Aug 27, 2024 School Board Meeting

[INAUDIBLE] GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE AUGUST MEETING OF THE FERNDALE SCHOOL BOARD.

[1. CONVENE]

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THE PURPOSE OF THIS AND EVERY OTHER SCHOOL BOARD MEETING IS TO CONDUCT THE BUSINESS OF THE BOARD.

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

IN ORDER TO FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THAT PURPOSE, THE BOARD NEEDS TO HEAR AND DISCUSS A WIDE ARRAY OF OPINIONS ON EACH ISSUE.

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

QUICK COUPLE OF HOUSEKEEPING MATTERS.

FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, OUT THOSE DOORS AND UP THE RAMP ARE THE RESTROOMS SHOULD YOU NEED THEM.

AND IN THE EVENT WE NEED TO EXIT THE BUILDING, THE EXIT IS THE SAME DOOR THAT YOU CAME IN.

SO WITH THOSE FORMALITIES OUT OF THE WAY, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED TONIGHT AND IF YOU WOULD ALL PLEASE JOIN ME IN A SALUTE TO THE FLAG.

ALLEGIANCE].

THANK YOU.

NEXT WE WILL HAVE THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

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

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

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

SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL, THEY HAVE CELEBRATED THE 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. THANK YOU GABBY.

SO NEXT WE WILL APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING.

[2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE MINUTES.

OKAY. IT HAS BEEN MOVED TO ADOPT THE MINUTES FROM OUR JULY 30TH MEETING.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL OPPOSED? OKAY. THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.

THAT THEN TAKES US ON TO ADOPTING TONIGHT'S AGENDA AND SO WE HAVE THE AGENDA BEFORE US AND

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

I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.

8.02 FOR DISCUSSION.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE IT OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

OKAY. WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT.

JUST AS A REMINDER, WE CAN DISCUSS THINGS THAT ARE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

IT'S JUST A MATTER OF IF WE'RE VOTING ON IT SEPARATELY.

BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT.

ANY OTHER MODIFICATIONS TO THE AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING? 9.04 AND 9.05.

IF WE COULD JUST DISCUSS THAT, I'D APPRECIATE IT AND AGAIN, WE CAN DISCUSS THEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ARE YOU WANTING TO VOTE ON THEM SEPARATELY, OR ARE YOU JUST WANTING TO DISCUSS THEM? DISCUSS. OKAY AND WE CAN DO THAT AS PART OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, SO THAT'S FINE.

OKAY. SO SEEING NO OTHER CHANGES, I WILL GO AHEAD AND PUT FORTH THAT WE ADOPT THE AGENDA WITH THE REMOVAL OF ITEM 8.02 FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND MOVING IT INTO SEPARATE DISCUSSION, PROBABLY AS PART OF MATTERS RESERVED FOR THE BOARD.

SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

OPPOSED? OKAY.

SO THE REVISED AGENDA HAS BEEN ADOPTED.

THAT THEN WILL TAKE US INTO THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF OUR MEETING.

[4. PUBLIC COMMENT [GC-3.3]]

IT IS NOT A TIME OF DISCUSSION.

IT'S A TIME FOR THE BOARD TO LISTEN.

BOARD MEMBERS MAY INTERJECT TO ASK CLARITY, 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.

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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 UP 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 TONIGHT IS DAVID SPRING.

THANK YOU.

MY NAME IS DAVID SPRING.

I'M A PARENT HERE IN FERNDALE.

I HAVE DEGREES IN SCIENCE EDUCATION AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT.

THE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT, LIKE EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN WASHINGTON STATE, GETS FEDERAL FUNDING IS A REQUIREMENT OF FEDERAL FUNDING IS THAT THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT AGREES TO COMPLY WITH TITLE NINE, WHICH IS A 50 YEAR OLD FEDERAL LAW INTENDED TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF GIRLS IN ALL EDUCATIONAL AND ATHLETIC PROGRAMS. VIOLATION OF TITLE NINE CAN LEAD NOT ONLY TO LOSS OF FEDERAL FUNDS, BUT TWO FEDERAL LAWSUITS BY GIRLS AND THEIR PARENTS, WHO WERE HARMED BY A SCHOOL DISTRICT'S FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH TITLE NINE.

FOR THE PAST EIGHT YEARS, OUR STATE SUPERINTENDENT HAS FALSELY TOLD US THAT TITLE NINE REQUIRES ALLOWING GENDER CONFUSED BOYS TO USE GIRLS BATHROOMS, GIRLS LOCKER ROOMS, AND PARTICIPATE IN GIRLS SPORTS.

A WEEK AND A HALF AGO, THE U.S.

SUPREME COURT RULED NINE TO NOTHING THAT CHRIS RANDOLPH'S CLAIM WAS FALSE.

HERE'S A QUOTE FROM THE RULING.

ALL NINE MEMBERS OF THIS COURT AGREE THAT THE BIDEN TITLE NINE FINAL RULE VIOLATES STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES RIGHTS TO BODILY PRIVACY AND SAFETY, AND THAT ITS DEFINITION OF HARASSMENT VIOLATES THE FIRST AMENDMENT.

IN SHORT, THE SUPREME COURT AGREES THAT TITLE NINE DOES NOT INCLUDE GENDER IDENTITY.

TITLE NINE DOES NOT ALLOW BOYS TO VIOLATE THE PRIVACY OF GIRLS IN THE GIRLS BATHROOM, AND TITLE NINE DOES NOT EXPAND THE TERM HARASSMENT TO BE SO BROAD THAT IT VIOLATES THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS OF TEACHERS, STUDENTS, AND PARENTS.

RAGDOLL HAS NOT ONLY MISLED US ON THE MEANING OF TITLE NINE, HE HAS ALSO MISLED US ON THE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OF HOW TO HELP GENDER CONFUSED CHILDREN.

HE HAS FALSELY CLAIMED THAT THE ONLY WAY TO PREVENT A GENDER CONFUSED CHILD FROM COMMITTING SUICIDE IS TO ALLOW THEM TO USE MAGIC PRONOUNS AND TAKE TOXIC TRANSGENDER DRUGS. THESE DRUGS MAKE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR DRUG COMPANIES, BUT THEY ARE SEVERELY HARMFUL TO CHILDREN AS THEY GREATLY INCREASE THE RISK OF CANCER, TUMORS, AND EVEN THE RISK OF SUICIDE.

NEARLY ALL GENDER CONFUSED CHILDREN HAVE SERIOUS MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS, AND WHAT THEY REALLY NEED IS COUNSELING.

IRONICALLY, GENDER COUNSELING IS CURRENTLY ILLEGAL HERE IN WASHINGTON STATE BECAUSE WASHINGTON IS THE DRUGS ONLY STATE.

I ENCOURAGE YOU TO VISIT OUR WEBSITE, WASHINGTON PARENTS NETWORK.COM TO LEARN THE TRUTH ABOUT HOW TO COMPLY WITH TITLE NINE AND HOW TO HELP GENDER CONFUSED CHILDREN.

I THEN ASK YOU TO COMPLY WITH TITLE NINE BY REPEALING SCHOOL BOARD POLICY 3211 IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MY CONTACT INFORMATION IS ON THE COMMENT SIGN UP SHEET.

THANK YOU FOR SERVING ON THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THANK YOU FOR HEARING MY COMMENTS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU DAVID.

NEXT WE HAVE NATALIE CHAVEZ.

HELLO, MY NAME IS NATALIE CHAVEZ.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO PUBLIC COMMENTS THIS EVENING.

I WANT TO REPEAT A FEW COVID RELATED WEBSITES THAT I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE IN CASE THERE ARE ANY COVID VACCINE INJURED INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY BE HERE TONIGHT OR LISTENING ONLINE. THEY ARE REACT 19.ORG THAT IS REACT ONE 9.ORG AND COVID 19 CRITICAL CARE.COM AND THERE IS A SHORT DOCUMENTARY RECENTLY RELEASED THAT FEATURES SOME OF THE COVID VACCINE INJURED INDIVIDUALS FROM THE REACT19.ORG GROUP.

THE DOCUMENTARY IS CALLED UNSAFE AND INEFFECTIVE AND IT CAN BE WATCHED FOR FREE AT THE WEBSITE.

UNSAFEANDINEFFECTIVE.COM AT THE LAST MEETING, I SPOKE ABOUT SCHOOL BASED HEALTH CLINICS SBHCS AND THAT MERCK IS ONE OF THE FUNDERS OF THE SCHOOL BASED HEALTH ALLIANCE, AND MERCK IS THE MAKER OF THE HPV GARDASIL VACCINE, WHICH IS PUSHED ONTO CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS WITHOUT PARENTAL CONSENT

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AND PARENTS DON'T REALIZE THAT SBHCS HAVE CREATED DESTRUCTION AND DIVISION WITHIN SCHOOL COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

TODAY, I WANT TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO THE WEBSITE OF A LAW FIRM WHICH IS WISNERBAUM.COM THAT IS W I S N E R B A U M.COM.

UNDER THE PRACTICE AREAS LINK ON THAT WEBSITE, YOU CAN CLICK ON THE GARDASIL LAWSUIT LINK AND YOU CAN REVIEW INFORMATION REGARDING THE FOLLOWING.

GARDASIL AND CERVICAL CANCER.

GARDASIL DEATHS.

GARDASIL INGREDIENTS.

GARDASIL INJURY CASES.

GARDASIL LAWSUIT.

GARDASIL SIDE EFFECTS.

HOW TO FILE AN HPV VACCINE LAWSUIT HPV VACCINE MERCK, GARDASIL CLINICAL TRIALS AND MERCK. VIOXX SCANDAL.

I HOPE THAT SOME OF YOU WILL TAKE THE TIME TO REVIEW THE INFORMATION ON THAT LAW FIRM'S WEBSITE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU NATALIE.

NEXT IS DOM PHAM.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DAN PHAM.

I IDENTIFY AS A FERNDALE RESIDENT OF RESIDENT [INAUDIBLE].

3 YEARS AGO DENNIS PRAGER, A WELL RESPECTED WRITER AND COMMENTATOR AND THE FOUNDER OF PRAGER U, PUBLISHED A SHORT VIDEO TITLED HOW WE MAKE SOCIETY BETTER.

I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE SOME EXCERPTS THAT ARE STILL VERY APPLICABLE TO THE CURRENT CLIMATE IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS TODAY.

IN GENERAL, A MAJOR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE RIGHT AND THE LEFT CONCERNS THE WAY THAT EACH SEEKS TO IMPROVE SOCIETY.

CONSERVATIVES BELIEVE THAT THE WAY TO A BETTER SOCIETY IS ALMOST ALWAYS THROUGH THE MORAL IMPROVEMENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL.

THE LEFT, ON THE OTHER HAND, BELIEVES THAT THE WAY TO A BETTER SOCIETY IS ALMOST ALWAYS THROUGH DOING BATTLE WITH SOCIETY'S MORAL FAILINGS. ONE IMPORTANT CONSEQUENCE OF THIS LEFT RIGHT DISTINCTION IS THAT THOSE ON THE LEFT ARE FAR MORE PREOCCUPIED WITH POLITICS THAN THOSE ON THE RIGHT.

ANOTHER CONSEQUENCE OF THIS LEFT RIGHT DIFFERENCE IS THAT SINCE CONSERVATIVES BELIEVE SOCIETY IS CHANGING ONE PERSON AT A TIME, THEY ACCEPT THAT CHANGE HAPPENS GRADUALLY.

THIS ISN'T FAST ENOUGH FOR THE LEFT, WHICH IS ALWAYS AND EVERYWHERE FOCUSED ON SOCIAL REVOLUTION.

THE FOUNDERS OF THE UNITED STATES RECOGNIZED THAT THE TRANSFORMATION THAT EVERY GENERATION MUST WORK ON IS THE MORAL TRANSFORMATION OF EACH CITIZEN.

THUS, CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT WAS AT THE CORE OF BOTH CHILD REARING AND OF YOUNG PEOPLE'S EDUCATION FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THROUGH COLLEGE. BUT WITH THE ASCENT OF LEFT WING IDEALS, CHARACTER EDUCATION HAS ALL BUT DISAPPEARED FROM AMERICAN SCHOOLS.

INSTEAD, CHILDREN ARE TAUGHT NOT TO FOCUS ON THEIR FLAWS, BUT ON AMERICA'S AND WHEN THEY GO TO COLLEGE, AMERICAN YOUNG PEOPLE WILL BE TAUGHT ABOUT THE NEED TO FIGHT ECONOMIC INEQUALITY, WHITE PRIVILEGE AND THE ALLEGED RAPE CULTURE OF THEIR CAMPUSES. IRONICALLY, IF THERE REALLY IS A RAPE CULTURE THAT PERMEATES AMERICAN COLLEGE CAMPUSES, IF THERE REALLY IS A RAPE CULTURE, IF THE ONLY REASON THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE THAT THERE'S SO LITTLE CHARACTER EDUCATION IN OUR SCHOOLS OR FOR THAT MATTER, AT HOME.

FATHERS AND RELIGION.

HISTORICALLY, THE TWO PRIMARY CONVEYORS OF SELF-CONTROL ARE NONEXISTENT IN THE LIVES OF MILLIONS OF AMERICAN CHILDREN.

WE ARE NOW PRODUCING VAST NUMBERS OF AMERICANS WHO ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT FIXING AMERICA, WHILE DOING NEXT TO NOTHING ABOUT FIXING THEIR OWN CHARACTER.

THE PROBLEM, HOWEVER, IS THAT YOU CAN'T MAKE SOCIETY BETTER UNLESS YOU FIRST MAKE ITS PEOPLE BETTER.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU DOM.

SO THAT CONCLUDES THOSE THAT I HAVE ON THE LIST FOR PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT.

AGAIN, PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOT CLOSED JUST BECAUSE WE ARE DONE WITH THIS SECTION OF OUR MEETING.

YOU CAN CERTAINLY CONTACT THE BOARD AGAIN VIA OUR PHONE NUMBERS OR EMAIL ADDRESSES THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND WE DO ENJOY HEARING FROM YOU.

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

IT'S BEEN A FULL DAY THAT STARTED EARLY THIS MORNING AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND SO WE'RE GOING TO GIVE A LITTLE RECAP, JUST FOR EVERYONE TO KNOW SCHOOL STARTS TOMORROW AND SO I KNOW THAT WE HAVE DRIVERS WHO ARE READY TO BE AT THE BUS GARAGE READY TO PICK UP KIDS VERY EARLY AND WE HAVE TWO STUDENTS HERE WHO WILL BE STARTING THEIR JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEAR.

SO WE ARE ALL GREATLY ANTICIPATING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

SO THIS MORNING AT 8:30 A.M., WE HAD OUR BACK TO SCHOOL KICKOFF.

THIS STARTED THREE YEARS AGO AND IT'S A TIME WE'VE GOT THE PEP BAND OUT THERE, THE CHEERLEADERS, A LOT OF MUSIC, A LOT OF FUN.

WE HAD AMAZING SPEAKERS.

IT'S ONE HOUR WHERE WE COME TOGETHER AND WE JUST CELEBRATE TOGETHER WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A TEAM.

THIS YEAR WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON BEING BETTER TOGETHER BECAUSE WE KNOW IT TAKES ALL OF US AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR STUDENT SPEAKER THIS YEAR, SEVENTH GRADER COLBY WALKER AND TEACHER AMY NILAND, FOR COMING AND SHARING SUCH WORDS OF WISDOM AND INSPIRATION AND THEN OUR INCREDIBLE STUDENTS WHO WERE OUR EMCEES TODAY AND EVEN WHEN THE MIC WENT OUT, GABBY LET THE PARTY GO ON.

SO IT WAS A LOT OF FUN AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, AND YOU CAN SEE IT ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, WE HAD A CORE GROUP OF STUDENTS AND STAFF WHO HAVE BEEN PRACTICING OVER THE LAST WEEK ON A DANCE, AND WE HAD A SURPRISE FLASH MOB AND SO IT WAS JUST IT WAS A REALLY GOOD TIME, AND IT WAS A GOOD WAY TO START THE YEAR.

SO DURING THAT EVENT THIS MORNING, WE ANNOUNCED AND IT WAS REALLY THE OFFICIAL KICKOFF OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

WE'RE VERY EXCITED.

AS I'VE SHARED WITH YOU BEFORE, SO MANY THUMBPRINTS ARE ON THIS PLAN.

AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT IT.

THE ONLY PART THAT I WROTE WAS MY LETTER, AND THE BOARD WROTE THE MISSION.

OTHERWISE, IT WAS SUCH A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS OF SO, SO MANY AND YOU WILL SEE THIS IN ACTION.

YOU'RE GOING TO SEE POSTERS UP AROUND OUR SCHOOL.

IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE PLAN IN ITS ENTIRETY, YOU CAN GO ON THIS QR CODE HERE.

BOARD, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A COPY OF IT IN YOUR PACKETS AS WELL.

OUR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANS WILL BE DERIVED OFF OF THIS PLAN AND SO THIS IS A SIX YEAR PLAN THAT WILL WE'LL CONTINUE TO REVISIT EVERY YEAR, JUST LIKE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO KEEP COMING BACK TO IT AND SAYING, DID WE HIT IT RIGHT.

WHAT'S THE DATA SHOW AND SO THIS WILL REALLY BE A DRIVING FORCE OF WHAT WE SHARE OVER THE COURSE OF OUR NEXT MONTHS TOGETHER.

CELL PHONES IN SCHOOLS.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR FAMILIES AND STUDENTS KNEW ABOUT THIS POLICY AND WHILE IT'S NOT A NEW POLICY, IT HAS NOT BEEN A POLICY THAT WE'VE REALLY TALKED ABOUT OR HAD FULLY ENFORCED AND SO WE HAVE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF FEEDBACK.

I MADE SURE THAT I LINKED PUBLIC COMMENT IN FOR FEEDBACK.

WE DIDN'T HEAR ANY LIVE PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT, BUT I'VE BEEN FORWARDING TO THE BOARD AND TO ADMINISTRATORS WHAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING AND THE CONSENSUS FOR THE MOST PART IS PEOPLE ARE IN SUPPORT. THEY REALIZE IT'S GOING TO BE COMPLICATED, ESPECIALLY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL WHEN WE TALK ABOUT IT.

AND, TRINA, YOU MAY HAVE SOME THINGS TO ADD, BUT YOU KNOW, PASSING TIME, IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN IN THE HIGH SCHOOL DURING PASSING TIME TRYING TO MONITOR THAT, THAT'S GOING TO BE TRICKY AND SO WHO'S GOING TO NEED TO HELP TEACH THAT ARE ACTUALLY OUR STUDENTS AND THIS IS NOT GOING TO GET INTO A POWER STRUGGLE.

YOU KNOW, AS SOON AS WE START GETTING INTO A BATTLE, THEN WE'VE MISSED THE PART OF WHY THIS MATTERS AND SO WE'RE REALLY LEANING INTO WHY THIS MATTERS AND OUR STUDENTS HAVE BEEN HELPING WITH THIS CONVERSATION.

BUT OVERALL REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK.

PEOPLE ARE IN SUPPORT.

WE'RE GOING TO NEED OUR FAMILIES AND GUARDIANS TO BE PART OF THIS CONVERSATION.

WE'RE GOING TO NEED OUR STUDENTS TO BE PART OF THIS CONVERSATION AND WE ALSO KNOW IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME.

IT'S A CULTURAL SHIFT AND FOR SOME, EVEN ADULTS, WE'RE ADDICTED TO OUR PHONES AND SO YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT IT IN TERMS OF YOU'RE HAVING TO BREAK SOME HABITS AND SO I THINK WITH A LOT OF TEACHING AND LEARNING, WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE, BUT IT'S JUST GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME.

SOME CONCERNS HAVE BEEN WE DID HEAR FOR A COUPLE OF FAMILIES WHO ARE LIKE, YOU DON'T HAVE A RIGHT TO MONITOR THE PHONE, USE DURING PASSING TIMES.

THAT IS OUR TIME, OUR STUDENT'S TIME TO HAVE A BREAK AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'LL CONTINUE.

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TRINA, ANYTHING YOU WOULD ADD ON THAT? OKAY. BUT I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN YOU CREATE POLICY WITH THE PEOPLE.

SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO SHOW A LITTLE BRIEF.

WE'RE GOING TO CROSS OUR FINGERS THAT THIS WORKS.

A LITTLE BRIEF VIDEO THAT OUR STUDENTS MADE.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE ONE OF THE STARS RIGHT HERE, MISS HARLEEN AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO SHOW THE WHOLE THING.

BUT.

SO THAT'S JUST A LITTLE SNEAK PEEK OF WHAT OUR STUDENTS ARE GOING TO BE SHARING AND ADVISORY AND TO BEGIN THESE CONVERSATIONS, I'VE BEEN AMAZED AT HOW MANY STUDENTS HAVE THANKED US FOR PUTTING THIS IN PLACE AND STARTING THIS CONVERSATION? BECAUSE WITHOUT US DOING THAT, IT WOULD BE HARD TO START THE CONVERSATION AT THEIR LEVEL AND SO I THINK THIS VIDEO DOES A NICE JOB OF RECOGNIZING AND AT THE END OF IT, IT ACTUALLY HAS SOME STUDENTS TALKING ABOUT THE SHIFT AND THAT IT'S GOING TO BE CHALLENGING, BUT IT'S WORTH IT AND I THINK ONE OF MY FAVORITE COMMENTS AT THE END WAS A STUDENT SAID, WE'RE ONLY TOGETHER FOR FOUR YEARS.

LET'S NOT WASTE IT ON OUR PHONES AND SO I'M EXCITED FOR THAT.

IN TERMS OF ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL, THEY WERE A LITTLE BIT IT'S JUST DIFFERENT AGE, DIFFERENT LEVELS AND SO A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AND SO WE'RE REALLY SPENDING SOME TIME FOCUSING ON THE HIGH SCHOOL AT THIS POINT.

THE OTHER PART THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT IS ATTENDANCE THIS YEAR AND REALLY WHAT THAT MEANS AND ENCOURAGING.

WE HAVE ESPECIALLY SOME SUBGROUPS THAT HAVE WHEN WE PULLED THE DATA, IT WAS SOME STUDENTS ARE MISSING ABOUT 50% OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AND SO WE CANNOT CHANGE OUTCOMES FOR KIDS IF STUDENTS AREN'T IN SCHOOL.

IT'S ALSO VERY HARD ON INSTRUCTORS TO HAVE STUDENTS AT THAT LEVEL MISSING THAT AMOUNT, BECAUSE THEY SPEND SO MUCH TIME HAVING TO TRY TO CATCH ONE STUDENT UP WHILE THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD AND SO THIS WAS I'VE BEEN ATTENDING DIFFERENT WEBINARS AND TRYING TO DO ALL I CAN TO LEARN AND IT WAS INTERESTING WHEN I SAW THIS GRAPHIC ABOUT WHAT IT ACTUALLY MEANS AND SO IF A STUDENT MISSES TWO DAYS OF SCHOOL PER WEEK, THIS EQUALS AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE 13 YEARS, THIS EQUALS 72 DAYS PER YEAR, 14 WEEKS PER YEAR AND OVER THE 13 YEAR SPAN OF THEIR EDUCATION, THEY MISS FIVE YEARS OF SCHOOL.

ALSO, REALLY TALKING TO OUR STUDENTS ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE LATE AND SO THESE ARE SOME GRAPHICS AND AGAIN IT COMES BACK TO EDUCATING.

WHY DOES THIS MATTER AND SO SPENDING SOME TIME THIS YEAR YOU'LL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT IT.

WE'LL BE TRACKING THE DATA TRYING TO DO SOME COLLECTIVE LEARNING TOGETHER TO UP OUR ATTENDANCE ACROSS FERNDALE SCHOOLS AND LIKE I SAID, TOMORROW IS THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

I'M SO EXCITED I CAN HARDLY STAND IT.

I WAS TELLING THE STAFF TODAY, IT'S VERY QUIET IN THE SUMMER AND WE ALL WENT INTO EDUCATION BECAUSE WE REALLY LOVE WORKING WITH STUDENTS, AND SO I'M EXCITED FOR THE NOISE AND THE ORGANIZED CHAOS OF A FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL AND SO MORE TO COME OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

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HI. IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU ALL.

SORRY ABOUT THE SNACKING.

I CAME HERE DIRECTLY FROM VOLLEYBALL TRYOUTS.

SO, SUMMARY OF MY UPDATE.

YESTERDAY WE HAD FRESHMAN ORIENTATION, AND TODAY WE HAD THE STAFF KICKOFF AND WITH ALL OF THAT, I WOULD JUST LOVE TO THANK EVERYONE INVOLVED THE DRUMLINE, THE CHEERLEADERS, THE STAFF, THE LEADERSHIP STUDENTS, BECAUSE EVERYBODY WAS PUTTING IN THEIR TIME FOR THE LAST OF THEIR SUMMER TO MAKE IT A GOOD YEAR FOR EVERYONE ELSE WHO'S LIKE, COMING IN AND EXPERIENCING HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE FIRST TIME OR GETTING BACK INTO THE WORKPLACE.

ADDITIONALLY, BACK TO SCHOOL, LIKE KRISTI SAID, IS TOMORROW AND I'M ALSO REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE COUNSELORS, ESPECIALLY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL, FOR GETTING EVERYONE'S SCHEDULES DONE.

I KNOW THAT'S ROUGH BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS EMAILING YOU FOR THE FIRST LIKE THREE, FOUR WEEKS SAYING, OH, I DON'T WANT TO BE IN THIS CLASS.

I WANT TO GET OUT OF THAT CLASS.

CAN I BE IN THIS ONE WITH MY FRIENDS, AND IT'S REALLY CHALLENGING TRYING TO MANAGE THE SCHEDULES OF LIKE 1400 STUDENTS, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU FOR THAT.

SO THANK YOU, COUNSELORS.

TOMORROW'S SENIOR SUNRISE, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED.

WE'RE HAVING IT BY STAR PARK AND IT'LL BE REALLY NICE TO WATCH THE SUNRISE WITH FRIENDS THAT I'VE HAD SINCE KINDERGARTEN AND FRIENDS THAT I DIDN'T MEET UNTIL THIS YEAR AND I MEAN, WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT WE'RE ONLY TOGETHER FOR FOUR YEARS.

LET'S NOT WASTE IT ON OUR PHONES.

IT HITS A LOT HARDER WHEN YOU'RE STARTING YEAR NUMBER FOUR.

EVERYTHING FEELS SO MUCH BIGGER WHEN YOU'RE STARTING YEAR NUMBER FOUR.

JUST LIKE THE BEGINNING OF FALL SPORTS, MY GOAL THIS YEAR IS TO GO TO EVERY FOOTBALL GAME I'M SO EXCITED FOR, LIKE, FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS SEASON AND MAYBE I'LL PULL UP TO A CROSS COUNTRY MATCH OR TWO, YOU KNOW, AROUND THE VOLLEYBALL SCHEDULE.

HOPEFULLY I HAVE AN ENVELOPE IN MY POCKET CONTAINING WHETHER OR NOT I MADE THE TEAM AND WHAT TEAM I MADE, AND I HAVEN'T OPENED IT YET BECAUSE I HAD TO GET HERE AND OPEN THAT WHEN I GET HOME. BUT I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR THIS YEAR, AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT ONE AND I'M JUST REALLY GRATEFUL TO EVERYONE WHO IS INVOLVED IN GETTING PEOPLE READY FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR AND WHO'S GOING TO BE HELPING MAKE IT A GREAT SCHOOL YEAR.

JUST TO ADD ON TO THAT, I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT GABY IS SAYING.

I FEEL LIKE SCHOOL HAS ALREADY STARTED THOUGH, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN GOING TO THE SCHOOL LIKE, EVERY DAY SINCE, LIKE, LAST WEEK.

BUT FRESHMAN ORIENTATION WAS SO MUCH FUN.

OUR LOVELY GABY RIGHT HERE, SHE PUT IT TOGETHER, WHICH I KNOW SHE SPENT THE ENTIRE SUMMER DOING A LOT OF WORK TOWARDS THAT AND IT ENDED UP BEING AWESOME.

I MEAN, I LOVE FRESHMAN ORIENTATION, UNLESS YOU'RE, LIKE, THE ACTUAL FRESHMEN WHO ARE DOING IT, BUT IT WAS.

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN FUN. I'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR LIKE, THE PAST TWO YEARS AND THEN WE FILMED THAT VIDEO THAT WE JUST SAW AND IT WAS PRETTY COOL.

GOT TO SEE SOME STUDENTS I HAVEN'T SEEN SINCE LAST YEAR.

SO IT'S JUST FUNNY, LIKE FILMING IT AND OUR TEACHER IS JUST HILARIOUS.

SO IT WAS A GOOD TIME AND THEN OUR STAFF KICKOFF THAT WE HAD TODAY.

OH, MY GOSH, IT WAS JUST SEEING ALL THE STAFF TOGETHER.

IT JUST BRINGS ME SO MUCH JOY BECAUSE I REALLY LOVE ALL OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS AND SEEING, LIKE, TEACHERS FROM MY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND MY LIKE, MIDDLE SCHOOL.

IT WAS JUST SO GOOD TO SEE AND EVERYBODY WAS SO EXCITED.

I THINK THAT THIS IS JUST SUCH A GREAT WAY TO KICK OFF THE SCHOOL YEAR AND LIKE GABBY WAS SAYING, TRYOUTS.

I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DOING THAT SINCE MONDAY, SO THAT'S VERY EXCITING.

HOPEFULLY GET ON VARSITY AGAIN, WHICH I'M SURE GABBY WILL, BUT YEAH, A LOT OF MY FRIENDS HAVE BEEN BUSY DOING THAT.

VERY STRESSFUL.

THANKFULLY, I'M DOING A SPRING SPORT, SO WE'RE GOOD.

BUT YEAH, I'M SO EXCITED FOR THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL TOMORROW I'M GOING TO WEAR SOME MY NEW SHOES.

YOU KNOW, I KNOW EVERYBODY'S EXCITED ABOUT THE OUTFITS.

COME ON, WE CAN'T DENY IT.

BUT OUR RASB'S ARE GOING TO BE LINING UP THE DOORS TO WELCOME THE STUDENTS ON THE FIRST THREE DAYS OF SCHOOL.

LIKE, EVERY MORNING AT SEVEN.

SO I'M GOING TO BE WAKING UP EXTRA EARLY.

BUT IT'S GOING TO BE SUPER FUN, SO I'M JUST EXCITED.

I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO BE A GOOD SCHOOL YEAR.

I CAN FEEL IT IN MY BONES.

SO YEAH, I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAD TO SAY AND I'M GOING TO PASS IT OFF TO CARA TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON TWO CONTRACTS THAT YOU WILL SEE ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.

OKAY. SO SIMILAR TO THE UPDATE I SHARED WITH THE BOARD FOR FAAA BARGAINING, WE ALSO WERE BARGAINING WITH FOR WHICH IS OUR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE AND WITH THE PRINCIPALS AS WELL.

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OUR MUTUAL GOALS WERE CLEANING UP THE CONTRACT LANGUAGE AND WRAPPING THE LONGEVITY PAYMENT INTO STEPS AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE UPDATE THAT YOU HAVE WITH THE CHANGES. SO THE BREAKDOWN OF PAY INCREASE FOR THE FOURTH GROUP WAS FOR 24-25 SCHOOL YEAR WAS IPD PLUS 0.6.

SO A 4.3 TOTAL INCREASE FOR 25-26 IPD PLUS 1.75 AND 26-27 IPD PLUS 1.8.

SO SIMILAR TO THE INFORMATION I SHARED BEFORE IS TOTAL COST OF THE FAAA SALARIES FOR THE 23-24 SCHOOL YEAR AND THE PROJECTED TOTAL COST FOR FAAA SALARIES FOR 24-25 ARE LISTED THERE FOR YOU.

OKAY AND THEN THE NEXT IS THE PRINCIPALS.

SO FOR THE PRINCIPALS WE DID A ONE YEAR CONTRACT BECAUSE OUR MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING IS, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE UPDATE, THE CONTRACT IS ONLY CURRENTLY TWO PAGES, SO THERE'S SOME WORK WE NEED TO DO THERE TOGETHER MUTUALLY AND KRISTI IS COMMITTED TO MEETING WITH THE PRINCIPALS TO KIND OF GO OVER THAT AND START CLEANING UP THEIR LANGUAGE AS WELL.

SO FOR THE 2425 SCHOOL YEAR, WE INCREASED JUST A 4% INCLUSIVE OF IPD AND THE ONLY CHANGE TO THE CONTRACT YOU'LL SEE IS THE ADDED LANGUAGE REGARDING INCLEMENT WEATHER AND WORKING AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT, I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE AND ANTONIO, YOU MENTIONED THIS BEFORE, IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN PART OF BARGAINING.

IT IS HOURS AND HOURS.

IT IS HARD WORK BECAUSE WE'RE ALL PASSIONATE AND WE WANT TO TAKE CARE OF OUR STAFF.

WE WANT TO WORK TOGETHER AND SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT, AND WE HAVE SOME OF THOSE MEMBERS IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT WHO SPENT THEIR SUMMER REALLY WRESTLING WITH THESE CONTRACTS AND ALWAYS FOCUSED ON WHAT'S BEST FOR THE PEOPLE IN OUR ORGANIZATION, CENTERING OUR STUDENTS AND IT IS JUST TREMENDOUS CARE THAT IS TAKEN.

AND SO I JUST I WANT TO THANK PEOPLE.

IT IS NOT AN EASY JOB, AND THEY DO IT WITH SUCH RESPECT AND SUCH CARE AND SO JUST SHOUT OUT TO ALL OUR BARGAINERS.

SO ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHRISTY IN REGARDS TO HER UPDATE? I HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION.

IF YOU GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE AND IT SHOWED THE DROP IN THE PROJECTED COST FOR 2024-2025 FROM 2023 TO 2024.

WHAT'S HOW DID THAT.

SO ACTUALLY, THAT IS A TYPO, PEGGY.

IT SHOULD BE INSTEAD OF 440,000, IT SHOULD BE 40,000.

SO IT'S ACTUALLY AN INCREASE? YEAH, I NOTICED THAT AFTER WE ALREADY MOVED PAST THAT SLIDE.

BUT YEAH, THAT'S JUST A TYPO IN THE AMOUNT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. WE WILL FIX THAT BEFORE PUTTING IT UP.

MAKE SURE IT'S ACCURATE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. WELL THANK YOU BOTH KRISTI STUDENTS AND WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO

[6. MATTERS RESERVED FOR BOARD ACTION]

FIRST OF ITEM 6.01 IS THE SCHOOL BOARD ANNUAL RETREAT, WHICH POSTED ON BOARD DOCS. IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT, THEY CHRIS HAD SENT OUT A SURVEY OF TWO DATES, OCTOBER 12TH AND NOVEMBER 2ND AND WE HAD CONFLICTS ON BOTH OF THOSE DATES, UNFORTUNATELY.

SO AT THIS POINT, WE WERE WE'VE KIND OF BEEN KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD A LITTLE BIT.

JUST BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN HAVING CHALLENGES TRYING TO FIND A TIME THAT WE COULD GET ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS TOGETHER.

AND SO WHEN WE MET THIS LAST AGENDA PLANNING SESSION CHRIS AND I WERE TALKING IN REGARDS TO PARTIALLY, WE'VE GOT SOME POLICIES OR SOME POLICIES THAT HAVE REPORTS COMING UP ON THAT.

WE HAVE INDICATORS THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT UPDATING AND GETTING MORE TANGIBLE, AND WE'RE STARTING TO RUN INTO A POINT OF THAT BECAUSE OUR WE'VE ALREADY MOVED INTO NOVEMBER FOR A RETREAT.

SO WE WERE HOPING THAT POSSIBLY ON SEPTEMBER 10TH, 11TH OR 12TH THAT WE COULD SET UP FOR A STUDY SESSION AND HAVE BASICALLY WHAT WE'VE TYPICALLY DONE IS LIKE A FOUR TO 8 OR 5 TILL NINE.

TYPE ESSENTIALLY A 4 HOUR SESSION AND SO I WASN'T SURE IF PEOPLE KNEW THEIR SCHEDULES WELL ENOUGH THAT WE COULD GET SOMETHING DEFINED THAT WAY, OR IF WE NEED

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BUT WE JUST WANTED THE CHALLENGE BEING IS THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE KRISTI TEAM PUT A LOT OF TIME IN PUTTING TOGETHER THOSE REPORTS, AND IT SEEMS KIND OF CRAZY FOR THEM TO BE WORKING ON INDICATORS THAT WE'VE SAID NEED TO BE UPDATED AND IMPROVED, YOU KNOW, TO BE SPENDING THEIR TIME ON THAT.

SO COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, DO PEOPLE KNOW THEIR SCHEDULES? I KNOW THAT I COULD MAKE IT ON THE 11TH OR 12TH, BUT NOT THE 10TH.

FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGIZE THAT I'M WEARING SUNGLASSES.

I HAVE A STYE IN MY EYE.

LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY PUNCHED MY LEFT EYE.

THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I WOULD WEAR SUNGLASSES INSIDE OF A CLOSED BUILDING.

I CANNOT ATTEND SEPTEMBER 10TH, 11TH, OR 12TH.

I'LL BE OUT OF TOWN AND THE NEXT WEEK, TOO.

I THOUGHT WE WERE CONSIDERING TWO DATES.

A DATE IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER AND ACCORDING TO MY CALENDAR, I COULD ATTEND BOTH WITH PREFERENCE OVER TO NOVEMBER.

OUT OF THE DATES THAT MISS BUTTON MENTIONED.

I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT ON THE 12TH, BUT THE 11TH WOULD WORK FOR ME AS WITH THE 9TH OR 10TH OF SEPTEMBER.

I THINK I'M ACTUALLY FREE FOR ALL THREE DAYS AS I KNOW NO COMMITMENTS.

HOWEVER, CAN I ALSO THROW ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE OUT THERE.

I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WOULD WORK OR NOT, BUT THE EVENING OF WHEN WE'RE AT THE CONFERENCE, COULD WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EVENING HOURS DURING OUR TIME AT WSSDA TO HAVE A BOARD RETREAT? CAN I FOR THE POLICIES? AND THIS WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION.

YES, WE EASILY COULD.

IT'S HARD TO TALK ABOUT POLICIES, THOUGH.

IF PART OF THE TEAM WHO'S THE ONES WHO HAVE TO MANAGE IT OR FIGURE IT OUT, LIKE THE DATA, I WOULDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO ALL THE DATA AND ALL OF THAT.

SO WE COULD WE COULD TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE THINGS.

WE COULD START TO TWEAK SOME OF THEM, BUT SOME OF THEM, I DO FEEL LIKE THE EXPERTISE OF SPECIALLY TEACHING AND LEARNING OR MARK FROM OPERATIONS, HAVING THEM THERE OR BEING ABLE TO GET INTO HOME ROOM WITH THE DATA IS WHAT'S GOING TO I MEAN, WE COULD DO A LOT OF WORK AND THEN COME BACK AND HAVE THE TEAM SAY, ACTUALLY, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S MEASURABLE OR WHATEVER.

SO I JUST WANT TO PUT OUT THAT'S WHY WE'RE TRYING TO FIND A TIME WHEN AT LEAST PART OF THE EXEC TEAM AND BODY CAN BE PRESENT.

SO IN REAL TIME, WHEN YOU'RE SAYING, WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? HE CAN PULL THAT DATA UP.

THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION AS THE BOARD YOU GET TO DECIDE.

BUT THAT WAS KIND OF WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO IS FIND A TIME WHEN PART OF THE EXEC TEAM COULD BE THERE, AND BODY AND I WOULD DEFINITELY ECHO THAT AND EVEN THOUGH SOME OF THOSE INDICATORS ARE, YOU KNOW, NOT OUR FAVORITES THERE WAS A LOT OF INPUT FROM THE EXECUTIVE TEAM WHEN WE DEVELOPED THOSE, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN IDEA OF WHAT TO BE MEASURING, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT DATA IS OUT THERE AND HOW THAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE. SO IT DEFINITELY WAS BENEFICIAL TO HAVE THEM FOR THAT DISCUSSION.

SO STEVE, DO YOU HAVE OCTOBER DOESN'T WORK FOR ME.

[INAUDIBLE].CAN YOU USE THE MIC? OKAY. I'M SORRY.

NO PROBLEMS. JUST FOR THE PEOPLE ONLINE CAN HEAR AND SUCH.

SO IT'S SOUNDING LIKE WITH YOU, ANTONIO, WE'VE GOT PRETTY MUCH ALL OF SEPTEMBER.

THAT WE'RE OUT AS FAR AS EVENINGS AND SUCH.

OKAY. WELL, I WILL TALK WITH CHRIS, AND MAYBE WE'LL GET SOMETHING OUT.

IDEALLY, WE WANT TO HAVE THE WHOLE BOARD HERE FOR HAVING THAT DISCUSSION BECAUSE IT JUST IT MAKES IT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE REASON THERE'S FIVE OF US.

SO I'LL TALK WITH CHRIS AND CHRISTIE AND SEE IF WE CAN GET SOMETHING SET OUT.

AS FAR AS LOOKING AT SOME DATES.

YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THIS SO WE DON'T KEEP KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD.

BUT I UNDERSTAND WE ALL HAVE OUR DAY JOBS AND IN OUR OTHER OUTSIDE LIVES TOO.

SO WE WILL KEEP PUSHING FOR A DATE AND GO FROM THERE.

MAYBE WE COULD ALL JUST GET TOGETHER FOR ONE BIG THANKSGIVING DINNER AND HASH IT OUT.

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THEY CAN SIT AROUND AND WATCH FOOTBALL AND DO THOSE THINGS, AND WE'LL.

HEY, I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY ENOUGH ROOM IN HERE, YOU KNOW? OKAY, WELL, WE WILL KEEP DILIGENTLY WORKING AT IT.

SO NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS A CONTINUED REVIEW.

WE WERE LOOKING AT SOME DISCUSSION OF SOME POLICIES.

1240, GC5 ALL OF THESE RELATE TO COMMITTEES AND I HAD MENTIONED LAST TIME THAT I HAD SOME QUESTIONS JUST AS FAR AS THE CHANGES THAT WERE BEING MADE AND THE WAY THINGS WERE FORMATTED AND I ALSO SO I DID SOME MORE WORK AS I WAS LOOKING AT THINGS THIS LAST OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST MONTH, AND FOUND ONE THING THAT I'VE TALKED TO CHRIS THAT WE NEED TO BE AND IS IN THE WORKS OF GETTING FIXED IS THE GC 5 THAT WAS ON BOARD DOCS AND GC 5 THAT WAS ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE WERE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT. NO SUBSTANTIAL DIFFERENCES, BUT JUST PRESENTATION AND SUCH WERE DIFFERENT.

THE OTHER THING THAT I FOUND WAS WE ALSO HAVE.

POLICY. WHERE'S MY NUMBER? EXCUSE PARDON ME, 4110 WHICH ACTUALLY TALKS ABOUT CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND SO I DID A LITTLE BIT OF LOOKING AND RATHER THAN TRYING TO LOOK AT 100 AND OR 295.

OTHER. 294.

OTHER DISTRICTS. POLICIES.

ON THESE, I TOOK THE TEN COMPARABLE SCHOOLS THAT BOBBY HAD USED IN HIS REPORTS, FIGURING, OKAY, THAT'S A PLACE TO START AND FOUND THAT WITHIN THOSE WE HAD LET'S SEE, TWO OF THE DISTRICTS HAD NO POLICY ON COMMITTEES.

SIX OF THEM USED THE MODEL POLICY, WHICH IS WHAT I'M ASSUMING THAT FERNDALE POLICY IS JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL THE SAME.

I WASN'T ABLE TO GET INTO WSSDA.

THEY'VE UPDATED THEIR WEBSITE, AND SO I WASN'T ABLE TO GET IN TO LOOK AT THEIRS AND THEN THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THERE WERE TWO SCHOOLS AGAIN, THAT DIDN'T HAVE THEM, AND THEN FIVE THAT USED THE MODEL AND THOSE FIVE ALSO HAD WHAT APPEARS TO BE THE MODEL PROCEDURES, WHICH AGAIN, POLICIES ARE THE KIND OF THE QUOTE UNQUOTE, PROPERTY OF THE BOARD AND DEAL WITH THE THE WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

THE PROCEDURES ARE WRITTEN BY THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HER STAFF OR HIS STAFF, WHICHEVER THE CASE MAY BE AND THOSE ARE THOSE PROCEDURES ACTUALLY ARE KIND OF THE MEAT OF HOW THINGS ARE TO BE DONE AND I THOUGHT THAT WE NEEDED TO HAVE THAT.

THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE POLICY IN THAT DISCUSSION, BECAUSE, AGAIN, IT KIND OF TOOK SOME OF THE POSITIONS.

THE OTHER THING THAT I FOUND, AND I INCORPORATED SOME OF PEGGY'S CHANGES INTO THE BOARD COMMITTEE, THE GC FIVE EDITING THAT I DID OR KIND OF SOME MINOR CHANGES, AS WELL AS THE PARAMETERS THAT WERE ESTABLISHED WITH THE COMMITTEES BASICALLY SETTING UP AGAIN THE WHAT AND THEN THE HOW BECOMES PART OF THAT AS WE SET IT AND ALSO THEN HAVING INSTRUCTION TO THE BOARD SECRETARY TO MAINTAIN A LIST OF THOSE COMMITTEES WITH THE ABOVE PARAMETERS AS APPENDICES TO THIS POLICY, AS OPPOSED TO KEEPING ADDING ON.

THE ONE THING THAT I MENTIONED LAST TIME WITH, WITH PEGGY, THE ADDITIONS OR THE CHANGES SHE HAD MADE TO THE POLICY AS WELL, NOT ONLY WITH THE FORMATTING THAT KIND OF TOOK THINGS OUT OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEES OR SET THEM ASIDE DIFFERENT THIS WAY IT ALLOWS ONE SET OF POLICY TALKS ABOUT BOTH TYPES OF COMMITTEES OR ANY TYPE OF COMMITTEE THAT WE MIGHT CHOOSE TO SET UP AND ALLOWS US TO HAVE NOT HAVE TO CHANGE THAT POLICY.

EVERY TIME WE WANT TO CHANGE SOMETHING WITHIN A COMMITTEE, WE CAN DO THAT WITHIN THE WAY WE SET IT UP.

THAT PARTICULAR COMMITTEE SO WANTED TO THROW THOSE OUT AS JUST A DISCUSSION POINT AND SO THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.

SO I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS A LOT, AND I LIKE THE FACT THAT YOU WROTE OUT A LIST WITH KIND OF LIKE THE GOALS AND I WAS WONDERING.

I MEAN, I STILL FIND IT TOO WORDY.

I FEEL LIKE IT HASN'T REALLY ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED THE WHOLE AUDIT COMMITTEE, THE STANDING COMMITTEE TYPE OF COMMITTEE AND I'M WONDERING

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SURE. MOVE THE STUFF ABOUT THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE TO AN ARCHIVED AREA WHERE PEOPLE COULD FIND IT AND JUST PULL THAT OUT OF THE POLICY ENTIRELY.

YOU KNOW I KNOW ONE OF THE POLICIES, SOME MAYBE IT WASN'T ONE OF THESE MENTIONED THAT THE STRUCTURE OF COMMITTEES, THEY SHOULD HAVE A CHARTER.

THEY SHOULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD, YOU KNOW, SOME CONSISTENCY IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT, HOW TO SET UP A COMMITTEE YOU KNOW, WHAT ITS REPORTING AND RESPONSIBILITIES ARE AND THAT SORT OF THING AND THEN KEEP THE MINUTES OF THEIR MEETINGS AND STUFF ALL IN ONE PLACE.

AS I SAID, YOU KNOW, I REALLY WAS HAPPY WITH THE TASK FORCE FOR THE EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING AS FAR AS THE STRUCTURE AND THE TRANSPARENCY AND THE COMPLETENESS OF THAT, I THOUGHT THAT'S JUST THAT'S I THINK THAT'S THE TEMPLATE I LIKE, YOU KNOW, BUT THAT'S ME.

I'M JUST ONE OF US.

SO YOU KNOW.

YEAH. NO, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD.

I THINK WITHIN WE'VE GOT I THINK WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING IN PLACE.

WE'RE KIND OF MAYBE DOING IT BACKWARDS, BUT SOMETIMES THAT'S NOT A BAD WAY.

WE'VE GOT WHAT WE LIKE BEING DONE WITH THOSE COMMITTEES AND THE DOCUMENTATION AND THINGS, BEING TRANSPARENT ON THE WEBSITE.

NOW WE JUST NEED TO WRITE UP THE DIRECTIONS FOR HOW TO DO THAT SO THAT IT'S CONSISTENTLY DONE AND I THINK WE COULD GO AT IT WITH A WEED EATER AND MAKE IT REALLY CLEAN AND YOU KNOW, LIKE SIMPLE, EASY TO FOLLOW CLEAR.

I REALLY ISN'T RIGHT AT THE MOMENT AND I TAKE PARTIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT.

FOR ALL THE WORDS I THREW IN THERE AND I WILL TRY AND BE MORE CONCISE IF THE BOARD, IF THE REST OF THE BOARD WOULD AGREE, MAYBE PEGGY AND I CAN SIT DOWN WITH HER DRAFT AND MY DRAFT AND COME BACK TO AND WORK WITH KRISTI, AND MAYBE WE CAN COME BACK WITH POLICY, PROCEDURES AND EVERYTHING FOR US ALL TO LOOK AT AT ONE TIME, BECAUSE, I MEAN, I THINK WE'VE GOT IN PLACE WHAT WE WANT TO DO NOW.

WE JUST NEED TO WRITE IT UP SO WE CAN REPEAT IT CONSISTENTLY.

OKAY, I'M GOOD WITH THAT.

THAT SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.

DO WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION OR JUST SAY, YEAH, WE CAN BY CONSENSUS.

WE CAN DO IT SINCE IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE'RE DIRECTING NECESSARILY.

SO. YEAH. SO AND KEVIN, AS FAR AS KEEPING TRACK OF, YOU KNOW, LIKE IF WE'RE WORKING ON THIS DO WE SUBMIT THE GOOGLE DOCS WITH ALL THE CHANGES AT THE END? HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR WORK GETS TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE SO THAT IT'S TRANSPARENT? I WILL DEFER TO MAYBE CHRISTIE OR CHRIS TO HELP US.

YEAH, WE'LL HELP YOU OUT WITH THAT.

WE'LL MAKE SURE. SO ONCE YOU GET IT TO WHERE YOU WANT, PASS IT TO ME, AND THEN WE'LL TAKE IT FROM THERE AND HAVE IT READY TO GO.

WE'LL GIVE IT BACK TO YOU SO YOU CAN.

OKAY. I JUST WAS WONDERING IF YOU KNOW, THE DISCUSSION AND THE CHANGES AND ALL THAT NEEDED TO BE PART OF OR NOT.

I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF IT DOES OR NOT.

WE CAN ALSO HELP YOU IF YOU WOULD LIKE AND I'M SAYING WE WHICH I MEAN, SELENA CAN HELP YOU SET UP THE GOOGLE DOCUMENT, AND THEN THAT WAY, MAYBE SHE'S PART OF IT OR EVELYN'S PART OF IT, AND SO SHE CAN SEE IT TOO, IN REAL TIME.

SO WE CAN TRACK THOSE CHANGES WE'LL HELP SET UP A FORMAT AND THEN EMAIL YOU BOTH A LINK TO WORK IN.

DOES THAT WORK? THAT WORKS.

OKAY, SELENA, DOES THAT WORK? COOL. WE CAN USE MODERN TECHNOLOGY.

OKAY. MAYBE WE CAN EVEN USE MICROSOFT PILOT.

WHATEVER THAT THING IS, WE'LL USE CO-PILOT.

OH, OKAY.

SO WITH THAT, THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 6.03, WHICH IS THE POTENTIAL ADOPTION OF THE REVISED POLICY 2140 COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAMS. THIS WAS PRESENTED TO US LAST MONTH FOR REVIEW AND EVELYN'S PUT TOGETHER THE STANDARD DOCUMENT THAT WE'VE COME TO APPRECIATE AND SO ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS IN REGARDS TO THAT POLICY.

OKAY. I DID REVIEW IT AND I DO APPRECIATE REMOVING SPECIFIC REFERENCES, WHICH I THINK THEY WERE MEANT TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW US TO ADAPT THE POLICY TO BETTER FIT OUR NEEDS AND RESOURCES HERE.

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RIGHT. I'LL DEFER TO TRINA HERE FOR YOUR QUESTIONS.

THE [INAUDIBLE] MODEL IS A MODEL THAT OUR COUNSELORS FOLLOW, AND IT'S THEIR PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION.

HOWEVER, WITHIN [INAUDIBLE], THERE'S SOME SPECIFICS AND SOME STRINGENT PARAMETERS THAT DIDN'T SEEM FITTING IN OUR POLICY.

WE WOULD STILL WE'RE A DISTRICT THAT FOLLOWS [INAUDIBLE] GUIDELINES AND IDEALS.

BUT TO NOT HAVE SOME OF THOSE SPECIFICS WRITTEN RIGHT INTO THE POLICY.

THIS POLICY CHANGE.

CHRIS COCHRAN WORKED WITH OUR COUNSELORS ON BRINGING IT TO THEM WITH A FEEDBACK LOOP SO THAT THEY'RE WELL AWARE AND SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT'S IN IT AS WELL.

THANK YOU. I WOULD JUST ADD TO WHAT ANTONIO SAID WHEN I WENT THROUGH IT AND SAW THE CHANGES THAT CHRIS COCHRAN AND TRINA MADE, I THOUGHT, YEAH, THOSE ARE GOOD.

DOES IT FIT OUR DISTRICT? I BELIEVE SO, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT.

CAN I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT 3112? I WENT HUNTING FOR IT HIGH AND LOW AND COULDN'T FIND IT.

THERE'S A REFERENCE TO IT AND I'M SURE THAT'S WHY IT WAS STRICKEN.

BUT WHAT WAS IT? ANYBODY KNOW? I DON'T KNOW SPECIFICALLY.

I KNOW IN THE REFERENCE THAT THEY'VE GOT IN THERE.

IT IS A POLICY THAT WAS TO HAS THAT THEY ENCOURAGE BUT IT'S NOT LABELED AS ESSENTIAL.

SO IT'S NOT A POLICY WE HAVE.

BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SPECIFICS OF IT ARE.

IT'S REFERRED TO IN AN OLDER IN AN OLDER POLICY, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LIKE SIDELIGHT MENTIONED, BUT THEN CAN'T FIND IT ANYWHERE.

SO DID WE JUST NEVER HAVE IT? I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE PAST.

I JUST KNOW CURRENTLY WE DO NOT HAVE THAT.

I'M SURE ONCE WE ALL FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET BACK INTO WAASDA.

THAT'S TOMORROW'S GOAL.

I CAN FIND THAT, PEGGY.

AND FIND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND SEND IT OUT TO EVERYBODY.

WELL, WE CAN ATTACH IT AND NOW I'M GOING TO LOOK AT CHRIS.

WE CAN ATTACH IT TO THE S'MORE SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE MODEL POLICY IS.

OKAY. YEAH I JUST I MEAN, DON'T WASTE A WHOLE LOT OF TIME ON IT AND SPEAK TO THAT TO SOME OF THE NUMBERING IN OUR OLDER POLICIES THAT WERE UPDATING REFERENCED POLICIES THAT WEREN'T IN WSSDA AND THE NUMBERING SYSTEM.

SO SOMETIMES WHAT WE FOUND IS WHEN WE WERE GOING BACK TO MAKE SURE ALL OF THE CROSS-REFERENCES WERE STILL ACCURATE AND UP TO DATE.

SOME OF THE NUMBERING SYSTEMS FROM THOSE CROSS-REFERENCES DIDN'T MATCH WITH THE CURRENT NUMBERING SYSTEM IN ALL OF THE POLICIES GUIDELINES. SO I CAN FIND OUT EXACTLY WHICH ONE THAT IS.

LIKE I SAID, I'LL SHARE THAT WITH KRISTI, BUT A LOT OF TIMES IT WAS JUST A POLICY THAT'S NOT IN WSSDA AND ACTUALLY ISN'T THE NUMBERING WASN'T ALIGNED TO THE WASSDA MODEL, AND JUST FOR CONTEXT SAKE, THAT ISN'T A FERNDALE PROBLEM.

WHEN I WAS LOOKING FOR THE OTHER POLICIES RELATED TO COMMITTEES ONE SCHOOL DISTRICT, OUR POLICY 4110 WAS THERE.

4220, YOU KNOW, SO I'M NOT SURE WHY.

WHO DECIDED THE NUMBERS? BUT, PEGGY, I WANT TO CONFIRM THAT YOU MEANT THREE.

ONE, ONE, TWO, NOT THREE.

OKAY, [INAUDIBLE].

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. IF NOT, THEN THE CHAIR WILL PUT FORTH THAT WE ADOPT THE REVISED POLICY 2140 THE COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAM. AND WE WILL START WITH THE STUDENT ADVISORY VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED? OKAY. SO THE ADVISORY VOTE IS TO THE AFFIRMATIVE.

NOW WE WILL MOVE TO THE BOARD AND SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING REVISED POLICY 2140 COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAM SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE.

ALL OPPOSED? OKAY. THE REVISED POLICY IS HEREBY ADOPTED.

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THIS AGAIN WAS A REPORT THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD AT LAST MONTH'S MEETING, AND WE HAD THE GOOGLE SURVEY FORM THAT WAS PUT OUT AND THE BOARD MEMBERS RESPONDED TO, THANK YOU, EVERYBODY FOR DOING THAT AND THE COMMENTS THERE WE'VE HAD FOR REVIEW AND SO AT THIS POINT, WE ARE OPEN FOR DISCUSSION AND ACTION ON THIS REPORT.

SO THE FLOOR IS YOURS.

WHILE MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS ARE LOOKING AT THINGS AND GATHERING THEIR THOUGHTS, I WILL JUST MAKE A POINT FOR ANYONE OUT IN THE AUDIENCE, WHETHER LIVE OR HERE ONLINE.

ALL OF THIS STUFF THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS AVAILABLE ON BOARD DOCS.

IF YOU'RE NOT SURE HOW TO GET THERE, PLEASE LET US KNOW AND WE WILL HELP YOU.

BUT THIS INFORMATION THAT THE BOARD IS LOOKING AT AND REVIEWING AND HAS HAD TO REVIEW IS AVAILABLE THERE AS PART OF THE MINUTES AND THE AGENDA THAT'S POSTED.

SO I THINK THAT LOOKING AT THE GOOGLE SURVEY RESULTS AND KIND OF THE COMPOSITE.

WE DEFINITELY WERE ALL IN AGREEMENT THAT WE WERE IN COMPLIANCE.

THERE WERE A FEW COMMENTS AS FAR AS THINGS FOR THOSE THAT DON'T HAVE THE REPORT IN FRONT OF THEM.

OE-1 IS KIND OF A COMPILATION OF ALL THE OTHER OPERATING EXPECTATION REPORTS AND SO IT SORT OF REVIEWS WHAT HAS BEEN DONE IN THEM. WHEN I WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT THE INDICATORS AND THE OTHERS THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF THE INDICATORS, 268 OUT OF 379 WERE VIEWED AS COMPLIANCE BY THE BOARD AT THE TIME OF REVIEW.

SO THAT I THINK SPOKE HIGHLY.

THAT WAS ABOUT 71%.

THERE'S STILL SOME AREAS WHERE WE'VE GOT SOME ROOM TO IMPROVE.

PART OF THAT IS THE PROCESS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AS FAR AS REVIEWING OUR INDICATORS, TO GET THEM MORE IN LINE WITH THINGS THAT ARE MEASURABLE AND OR THAT MAKE MORE SENSE. SO IF THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS, THEN THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THIS POLICY.

OE-1 GLOBAL EXPECTATIONS.

OKAY, SO IT HAS BEEN MOVED TO ADOPT THE MONITORING REPORTS.

OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS OE-1 THE GLOBAL EXPECTATIONS REPORT AND I'M ASSUMING IT'S COMPLIANT.

YES. AS COMPLIANT.

SORRY. OKAY. NO PROBLEM AND SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO THE STUDENT ADVISORY VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL OPPOSED.

SO THE ADVISORY VOTE IS IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.

SO BOARD MEMBERS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING THIS REPORT AS IN COMPLAINT, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL OPPOSED.

SO OE-1, THE MONITORING REPORT HAS BEEN ADOPTED.

THANK YOU.

SO NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE REVIEW AND POTENTIAL ADOPTION OF REVISED POLICY.

2145 SUICIDE PREVENTION AND AGAIN, THIS HAS BEEN PROVIDED FOR THE BOARD TO REVIEW WITH THE EVELYN'S HANDIWORK AND SO ANY DISCUSSION AND OR QUESTIONS.

AFTER REVIEWING THE POLICY, I REALLY THINK THAT THESE ENHANCEMENTS THEY DO PROVIDE CLARITY AND FOCUS.

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WHILE THE POLICY COULD BE FURTHER STRENGTHENED BUT I THINK IT'S IN REALLY GOOD SHAPE.

YEAH, I THINK MOST OF THE CHANGES WERE PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.

THE PART I ALWAYS GO TO IS THAT A SAD FACT OF SOCIETY THAT WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THIS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, [INAUDIBLE] I APPRECIATE THE FACT OF GETTING PEOPLE, THE TRAINING, THE TEACHERS, THE STAFF, YOU KNOW, SO THAT THEY CAN HELP RECOGNIZE THOSE KIDS THAT NEED HELP AND OR COLLEAGUES.

IT'S NOT JUST STUDENTS.

SO ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? OKAY. HEARING NONE, THE CHAIR WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE THAT.

WE ADOPT THE REVISED POLICY.

2145 SUICIDE PREVENTION.

WE'LL TAKE THE ADVISORY VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. OKAY.

ALL OPPOSED? SO THEN ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING REVISED POLICY.

2145 SUICIDE PREVENTION SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL OPPOSED? OKAY. SO WE'VE ADOPTED 2145.

AND THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO REVIEW AND POTENTIAL ADOPTION OF REVISED POLICY.

3245 STUDENTS AND TELECOMMUNICATION DEVICES.

THIS IS THE POLICY THAT KRISTI HIGHLIGHTED EARLIER AND WE'VE GOT, AGAIN THE CHANGES, MOST OF WHICH WERE UPDATING THINGS.

SO WE WEREN'T TALKING ABOUT PAGERS AND BEEPERS AND, YOU KNOW, AND DIAL UP INTERNET OR SOMETHING AS OLD AS THAT.

SO ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT WE HAVE.

AGAIN, I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS BEING A LEARNING AND A DEVELOPING PROCESS FOR ALL OF US.

BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE A CHANGE.

THERE IS A LOT OF ADDICTION TO PHONES AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL HELP PEOPLE OUT.

IT'S, WE'RE DOING THIS FOR THE GOOD.

NOT LOOKING TO BE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT WORD I'M LOOKING FOR, BUT I THINK IT'LL BE HELPFUL.

SO I'M SO GLAD TO SEE OUR DISTRICT IMPLEMENT THIS AND BRING IT TO THE ATTENTION OF STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AND STAFF, AND THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO ADDRESS THIS IN A WAY THAT'S GOING TO REALLY HELP KIDS LEARN IN IT.

THERE'S EXPECTATIONS.

I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT HAPPENS IF THE KIDS DON'T DO IT, AND WILL THERE BE ANY IF THEY DON'T FOLLOW THE NEW EXPECTATIONS? WHAT? HOW CAN WE HELP THEM TO DESIRE TO BE COMPLIANT? SO THERE'S EDUCATION PIECE IN THERE AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO ADDRESS THAT? AND THIS IS THE PART WHERE I WAS SAYING IT'S A PARTNERSHIP, RIGHT? WE HAVE TO HELP STUDENTS UNDERSTAND THE WHY.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SPENT TIME LEARNING AND RESEARCHING AND KNOWING IT'S NOT JUST STUDENTS, IT'S ALSO FAMILIES.

YOU KNOW, THE PHONES ARE COMING INTO SCHOOLS FROM HOME AND SO IT'S NOT JUST A SCHOOL.

SO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE SPENDING THAT TIME AND SO I DON'T EXPECT THAT TOMORROW IT'S GOING TO JUST BE MAGICAL.

NO PHONES. RIGHT.

IT'S GROWING TOGETHER AND LEARNING TOGETHER.

WE DO NOT WANT TO GET INTO A BATTLE WITH OUR STUDENTS.

WE WANT IT TO BE A. HEY, DID YOU KNOW? THAT'S WHY THE STUDENTS ARE HELPING BE PART OF THE SOLUTION AND USING THEIR VOICE TO HIGHLIGHT.

WHAT DO STUDENTS NEED TO UNDERSTAND? WHAT DO THEY NEED TO KNOW? HOW CAN WE DO THIS? TAKING THEIR IDEAS? THEY THEY'RE THE CLOSEST TO THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO TALK TO AND SO MAKING SURE WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER.

I TALKED TO ONE PRINCIPAL.

THEY PLAN TO HAVE SOME PARENT NIGHTS SO PARENTS CAN COME AND LEARN TOGETHER.

THIS REALLY THIS IS A CONVERSATION THAT NEEDS TO START WHEN CHILDREN ARE VERY YOUNG.

THERE'S A LOT OF IN THE EMAIL THAT I SENT OUT TO FAMILIES, THERE WAS A LINK WITH A LOT OF RESOURCES ABOUT, DID YOU KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO BUY YOUR CHILD A SMARTPHONE? THESE ARE ALL THE THINGS TO CONSIDER AND WE ALSO HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT WE LIVE IN A TIME WHERE FAMILIES ARE FEARFUL AND SO A LOT OF KIDS WEAR SMARTWATCH NOT BECAUSE THEY'RE USING IT AS A DEVICE, BUT BECAUSE IT'S A WAY FOR A FAMILY TO KNOW WHERE THEIR CHILD IS.

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TRINA, IS THERE ANYTHING BECAUSE I KNOW CHRIS COCHRAN HAS REALLY BEEN A DRIVER IN THIS.

HE'S SOMEONE WHO'S SPENDING A LOT OF TIME THINKING ABOUT IT.

HE'S BEEN MEETING WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

HE'S BEEN MEETING WITH THE STAFF AND SO I JUST WONDER BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU'VE BEEN INVOLVED AS WELL.

YEAH. I WOULD JUST ECHO THAT IT'S A REAL IT'S WHAT OUR INTENTION IS A CULTURE SHIFT, A MIND SHIFT.

THE EDUCATION PIECE AROUND HOW WE CAN MAKE SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES WITHIN OUR SCHOOL ESPECIALLY OUR HIGH SCHOOL SETTING THAT ENCOURAGES MORE CONNECTION.

THAT'S WHAT I LOVED ABOUT THE VIDEO THAT THE STUDENTS MADE.

IS THAT WHAT IT REALLY HIGHLIGHTS IS HOW MUCH MORE CONNECTED WE ARE TO ONE ANOTHER WHEN OUR PHONES ARE AWAY.

THAN JUST THAT STARK DIFFERENCE OF BEING CONNECTED, HANGING OUT IN THE SAME ROOM.

4 OF THE KIDS ALL ON THEIR PHONES COMPARED TO THE OPPOSITE EXAMPLE WHERE THEY'RE INTERACTING WITH ONE ANOTHER, OR WALKING DOWN THE HALLS TALKING TO EACH OTHER RATHER THAN ON THEIR PHONES AND I THINK THAT'S IF WE CAN KEEP THAT IN THE FOREFRONT AND IF OUR STUDENTS CAN HELP LEAD THAT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO AND THAT'S LIKE KRISTI SAYING THAT'S LONG TERM.

THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.

BUT I DO KNOW THAT WE'RE ALSO VERY INTERESTED AND CONCERNED ABOUT HOW WE CAN HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY AROUND THERE'S NO SENSE IN HAVING RULES AND GUIDELINES IF WE'RE NOT ABLE TO HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY, BUT WE DON'T WANT IT TO BE LIKE A HAMMER OF ACCOUNTABILITY.

BUT HOW ARE WE MOVING TOWARDS THESE EXPECTATIONS AND KIND OF A DIFFERENT WAY OF BEING WITH OUR WITH ONE ANOTHER, WITHOUT OUR TECHNOLOGY ALL THE TIME, SO WE CAN REALLY FOCUS ON THE LEARNING IN THE CLASSROOM, ESPECIALLY SO AND THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH FAMILIES AND GUARDIANS.

SO THAT'S ONE PIECE I'VE HEARD FROM MANY PEOPLE IS HOW IF THERE'S A STUDENT WHO REPEATEDLY IS BRINGING OUT THEIR PHONE, EVEN THOUGH THEY'VE BEEN ASKED NOT TO, THEN HOW DO WE WORK WITH THE FAMILY TO BECOME PART OF THE SOLUTION? SO, GABBY, I KNOW YOU WERE HAD SOME IDEAS HERE.

I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY LIKE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO STRESS HERE IS MAKING SURE THAT STUDENTS AND FAMILIES UNDERSTAND THE WHY.

BECAUSE I'VE HAD PEOPLE TELL ME, OH, THEY CAN'T THEY CAN'T MONITOR EVERYONE.

THEY CAN'T GET ALL OF US.

LIKE, WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO, PUT THE WHOLE SCHOOL IN LUNCH DETENTION? I'VE HEARD PEOPLE LIKE SAYING LIKE, OH, THIS IS DUMB.

LIKE, WHY ARE WE EVEN DOING THIS? BUT I'VE BEEN IN CLASSES WHERE THERE ARE PEOPLE USING THEIR PHONES, AND I'VE BEEN IN CLASSES WHERE THERE ARE PEOPLE NOT USING THEIR PHONES AND IT'S JUST THERE'S SUCH A DIFFERENCE ON LIKE THAT LEVEL OF CONNECTION AND THAT LEVEL OF LIKE UNDERSTANDING AND ENGAGING WITH THE EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL.

AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE AS TIME GOES ON, ONCE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE WHY BEHIND THINGS, THERE'S MORE LIKELY TO BE SUPPORTIVE.

BUT LIKE YOU SAID, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEST INTRODUCED AT A YOUNGER AGE.

SO I'M DEFINITELY PRETTY SURE THAT THE HIGH SCHOOL IS WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE MOST RESISTANT OF IT.

BUT AS LONG AS THERE'S OPEN COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ALL PARTIES AND ENSURING THAT STUDENT NEEDS ARE MET DESPITE LIKE TECHNOLOGICAL REGULATIONS, LIKE I KNOW PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIKE THEIR DIABETES MONITORED THROUGH THEIR CELLULAR DEVICE, I KNOW PEOPLE WHO WEAR A SMARTWATCH SO THAT THEIR PARENTS KNOW WHERE THEY ARE, BECAUSE THEIR PARENTS ARE VERY WORRIED ABOUT, LIKE WHERE THEY ARE AT ALL TIMES AND I THINK THE BIGGEST THING THAT WE NEED TO DO IS JUST ENSURE THAT OUR ALL PARTIES HAVE A VOICE AND THAT IT'S WORKING TOGETHER AND NOT, YOU KNOW, GETTING STUCK IN A BATTLE AGAINST A BUNCH OF TEENAGERS WHO DON'T WANT TO GIVE UP THEIR ADDICTION BECAUSE, I MEAN, I AND THERE'S THAT.

YEAH AND I ALSO THINK WE HAVE SOME INCREDIBLE LEADERS, STUDENT LEADERS WHO I SEE KIND OF RISING UP LEADING THIS WORK AND SO THINKING ABOUT MIDDLE SCHOOL, THAT IS A PLACE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT ALL ROSES THERE.

IN TERMS OF TECHNOLOGY.

BUT HOW DO OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HELP, MAYBE GO DOWN AND TALK TO MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS AND HELP CO-CREATE AND TEACH SOME OF THESE LESSONS? SO I REALLY THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE STUDENTS TAKE A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN THIS, BECAUSE AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, I MEAN, WE DIDN'T SHOW THE WHOLE VIDEO TONIGHT, BUT EVEN JUST THE WISDOM OF THE STUDENTS AT THE END OF THAT VIDEO OF THE STRUGGLE THAT SOME OF OUR LEADERS ARE HAVING.

BUT YET, YES, WE'RE GOING TO I THINK YOU SAID IT BEST.

WE MAY NOT LOVE THIS NOW, BUT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK BACK AND REALIZE THAT THIS DECISION WAS BEING MADE FOR US AND THAT IT'S GOOD FOR US AND WE'RE GOING TO BE OKAY AND SO I'LL JUST KEEP YOU POSTED.

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OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S THOSE OPPOSED AND THOSE THAT, YOU KNOW, ENDORSE IT AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE REALLY STRUGGLED WITH THIS CONVERSATION.

I'VE GIVEN IT A LOT OF THOUGHT AND I'M TRYING TO TIE TOGETHER WHAT ENCOMPASSES EVERYBODY'S VALUES AND OPINIONS AND BECAUSE YOU HAVE ONE SIDE AND YOU HAVE THE OTHER SIDE AND THE THING THAT TO ME, BINDS ALL TOGETHER IS THE ULTIMATE GOAL HERE IS TO PREPARE OUR STUDENTS FOR THEIR FUTURE.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR AND FOR THEM TO SUCCEED AND THE ONE THING THAT WE ALL SHARE IN COMMON IS AT SOME POINT IN OUR LIFE, WE'RE ALL GOING TO HAVE A JOB AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK FROM 8 TO 5.

NOW, I'M NOT STEREOTYPING ANYBODY.

I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE.

BUT TYPICALLY THAT'S WHAT WE ALL DO.

WE HAVE A JOB AND YOU KNOW, FROM MY EXPERIENCE AND YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY HERE KNOWS THAT.

WHEN YOU HAVE A JOB AND SCHOOL PREPARES YOU FOR THAT, YOU GET UP IN THE MORNING, YOU GO AND GO TO YOUR JOB AND YOU SPEND YOUR DAY AND YOU DO YOUR THING.

BUT WHEN YOU GET OUT IN THE REAL WORLD AND YOU START YOUR CAREER, YOUR JOB CELL PHONES AREN'T GOING TO BE A PART OF YOUR LIFE.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SET THEM ASIDE, AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FOCUS ON YOUR TASK FOR THAT DAY AND SO I'M TRYING TO ENCOMPASS THIS INTO OUR LEARNING PORTION, THAT LET'S MAKE EVERYBODY REALIZE THAT WHEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S GREAT THAT WE HAVE THIS TOOL AND SOME PEOPLE AT THEIR JOBS, THEY USE THIS TOOL A LOT, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF JOBS THAT REQUIRE YOU TO FOCUS ON THE TASK AT HAND AND THAT MEANS SETTING THIS DAMN THING ASIDE.

I DO EVERY DAY AND BELIEVE ME, I'M THIS IS MY LEASH AND I USE IT.

BUT MY TASK WHEN I GO TO WORK IS TO SET THAT ASIDE AND FOCUS ON WHAT'S AND AND I WANT TO TAKE IT INTO A PERSPECTIVE THAT IT'S ALSO A SAFETY THING.

YOU KNOW, I WORK FOR A BIG CORPORATION AND I'M IN AN INDUSTRIAL ATMOSPHERE, AND I SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE WALKING IN A CROSSWALK THAT HAVE A CELL PHONE AND THEY'RE FOCUSED ON IT.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S A DANGER TO THEM.

YOU KNOW, SO I JUST I WANT PEOPLE TO JUST FOCUS ON THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE THINGS ARE REALLY AN IMPACT ON NOT ONLY YOU KNOW, THEIR ADDICTION.

YEAH, THEY'RE PART OF OUR LIFE.

BUT THERE'S A TIME WHEN WE NEED TO SET THEM ASIDE, AND WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THE TASK AT HAND AND IT'S NOT ONLY THAT, BUT IT'S ALSO A SAFETY ITEM.

SO ANYWAY, FOR ME, THAT IS WHAT I FOCUSED ON IS, IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PREPARING STUDENTS FOR THEIR FUTURE AND, YOU KNOW, KIDS JUST GET USED TO THE IDEA THAT WHEN YOU ENTER THE WORLD OF THE WORKING CLASS, WHICH YOU WILL, WE ALL DO.

THESE ARE SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO PICK UP AND USE AT ANY TIME OF THE DAY, AND IT'S PROBABLY A GOOD LEARNING CURVE AT THIS POINT IN YOUR LIFE TO START THINKING ABOUT THAT.

THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY.

STEVE IS PRETTY CLEARLY OUR LEADER IN ADOPTING THE STRATEGIC PLAN I THE FUTURE PREPARATION BIT, ALL OF THAT STRAIGHT OUT OF THE BOOK.

I WANTED TO ECHO WHAT GABY SAID.

THE BIT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, KIDS THAT HAVE THEIR PHONES AS A DIABETES MONITOR, YOU KNOW THINGS LIKE THAT.

I THINK JUST ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THERE ARE SOME SITUATIONS WHERE YOU DO ACTUALLY HAVE TO PROVIDE AN EXCEPTION, YOU KNOW, AND A COMMON SENSE EXCEPTION AT THAT GOES A LONG WAY TOWARD PEOPLE REALIZING THAT WE'RE BEING PRACTICAL.

THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO ASK IS THERE A CELL PHONE POLICY FOR STAFF SO THAT, I MEAN, IF YOU'RE GOING TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE. JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE I DIDN'T REALLY SEE ANYTHING.

NO, THIS WAS REALLY GEARED TOWARDS STUDENTS, BUT OUR STAFF AND THERE ARE SOME STAFF WHO HAVE THEIR PHONES FOR SAFETY REASONS.

[01:15:04]

SO THERE'S SOME ACCOMMODATIONS, BUT I DON'T WALK INTO CLASSROOMS. THEY'RE BUSY MONITORING, YOU KNOW, 26 STUDENTS TRYING TO TEACH A LESSON, TRYING TO DO THE TECHNOLOGY TO GET THE WHATEVER ON THE BOARD.

SO THEY'RE PRETTY BUSY, BUT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IT AND I THINK IT GOES TO WHAT STEVE SAID THERE'S A LEVEL OF PROFESSIONALISM AND I SEE THAT IN OUR STAFF AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK WHAT I'M BEING MINDFUL OF AND I'VE TALKED TO OUR TEAM ABOUT IS IF WE'RE WALKING AROUND THE SCHOOL, I WENT AND GOT A BIGGER FANNY PACK.

YOU CAN SEE THIS HERE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS HAVE ONE ON.

SO WHEN I'M IN THE HIGH SCHOOL OR IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, MY PHONES WILL BE INSIDE, SO I'M NOT WALKING HOLDING THEM.

SO I THINK IT'S THE MODELING OF, YES, WE HAVE OUR PHONES, WE'RE USING THEM FOR WORK AT TIMES, BUT JUST KEEPING THEM PUT AWAY SO STUDENTS AREN'T WATCHING US AND GOING, WHY DO THEY GET TO HAVE THEIR PHONE IN THE HALL? AND I DON'T. SO WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT AS A TEAM.

JUST BEING MINDFUL WHEN WE GO OUT TO SCHOOLS AND I UNDERSTAND THAT SOME PARENTS COMMUNICATE WITH THEIR PHONES, THAT THEY'RE TAKING CARE OF CERTAIN KIDS AND IT'S THEY USE IT FOR WORK AND IT MIGHT NOT.

WE THOUGHT ABOUT IT, TOO.

LET ME TELL YOU THAT BEFORE WE BROUGHT THIS UP TO THE BOARD, I DISCUSSED IT WITH MY FAMILY BECAUSE I HAVE THREE KIDS IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND SO EVERY NIGHT WE GET TOGETHER, WE JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT, AND THEN WE SAY GOOD NIGHT, AND WE GO TO BED AND WE SPENT THIS NIGHT A GOOD TIME DISCUSSING ABOUT IT.

WE DISCUSSED THE WHYS OF CELL PHONE, AND I WAS A LITTLE BIT SCARED BECAUSE I HAVE THREE KIDS AND FROM MY THREE KIDS, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY WHICH ONE, BUT MY BOY I HAVE THREE KIDS.

IT'S PROBABLY THE ONE THAT IS MORE INTO HIS PHONE AND WE DISCUSSED THE WHYS.

WE EVEN DISCUSSED THE TEACHERS.

RIGHT. LIKE FROM THE STANDPOINT, ARE THEY GOING TO USE IT OR NOT? AND OF COURSE, MY WIFE WAS THERE AND WE HAD A GOOD DISCUSSION.

WHAT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU IS THAT AFTER THIS DISCUSSION WE ALL LEFT THE ROOM.

WE GATHER IN OUR PLAYROOM, AND I WAS STILL IN THAT ROOM.

MY BOY CAME BACK IN AND HE SAID, THANK YOU, DAD, WE NEED IT AND SO I'M EMBARRASSING HIM RIGHT NOW.

HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW, BUT HE IS SUPPORTIVE OF IT.

MY THREE KIDS ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS, AND I THINK THIS IS THE BEST THING THAT WE CAN DO FOR OUR KIDS.

WHILE WE DIDN'T LIVE WHAT THEY ARE GOING THROUGH AND THE REALITY IS WE DON'T AND IF I SAY THAT I KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH, THAT'S A LIE.

BUT THAT I KNOW BECAUSE OF HOW THE WORLD WORKS AND HOW I CAN HELP THEM HAVE THE BETTER TOOLS AND SKILL SET TO SUCCEED IN THE FUTURE.

JUST LIKE WHAT STEVE SAID, YOU KNOW, WE ARE ABLE TO HELP THEM HAVE A BETTER CHANCE IN THE FUTURE.

THIS IS MY CONCERN WITH ALL THIS.

I THINK THIS IS GREAT, BUT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT OUR TEACHERS.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR TEACHERS UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE OUR SUPPORT.

IF THEY DON'T FEEL THAT THEY HAVE THE SUPPORT FROM THE TOP DOWN, THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE ENFORCEABLE.

THIS IS NOT GOING TO WORK AND I WAS PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT MORE VOCAL ABOUT, YOU KNOW, STRENGTHENING THIS POLICY A LITTLE BIT MORE TO SAY IN A WAY THAT WE HAVE OUR TEACHERS BACK.

I DON'T WANT TEACHERS DISTRACTED WITH POLICY OF THIS OR POLICING OR MAKING SURE THAT IT'S BEING, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY'RE DISTRACTING FROM TEACHING AND ENFORCING THIS.

BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD, FULL SUPPORT FOR OUR TEACHERS.

I KNOW THAT AS TEACHERS SEE KIDS ENGAGED AS A PERSON WHO LIKES TO TEACH, I UNDERSTAND HOW HOW GREAT THAT FEELING IS WHEN YOU HAVE THE ATTENTION OF THOSE KIDS AND THEY ARE LEARNING AND THEY ARE ENGAGED VERSUS DISTRACTED, RIGHT? YOU WANT TO COME THE NEXT DAY AND CONTINUE DOING AND STRENGTHENING THOSE KIDS.

THAT'S WHY TEACHERS DO WHAT THEY DO AND IT'S SUCH A NOBLE THING AND THAT'S WHY IN OTHER COUNTRIES, YOU KNOW, TEACHING IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST RESPECTED, YOU KNOW PROFESSIONS AND ALMOST THEIR VERY WELL RESPECTED.

SO WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE IS THAT IF THIS IS GOING TO BE A SUSTAINABLE EFFORT HAS TO COME FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM.

THIS HAS TO BE A LONG TERM EFFORT.

SO WE HAVE TO CONTINUE GOING THROUGH PHASES OF REMINDING.

WE CANNOT JUST GET EXCITED RIGHT NOW AND DROP IT.

THEN WE'RE GOING TO FAIL.

SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN THIS SO THAT IT BECOMES A CULTURE SHIFT?

[01:20:02]

I'M SO HAPPY ABOUT THAT.

BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS CULTURE SHIFT HAPPENS SO THAT IT STICKS.

AND WE NEED TO PROVIDE OUR TEACHERS THE ABILITY TO TO HAVE THE AUTHORITY AND AND THE RIGHT RESPONSE ENERGY TO TO THE DIFFERENT CASES AND AGAIN, THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME SPECIAL CASES THAT WILL NEED A ONE ON ONE AND FLEXIBILITY.

RIGHT. ANTONIO, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THAT UP AND WHAT I HAD NOT SHARED YET AND TRINA AND CHRIS AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT IS OVER THE NEXT MONTH, TWO MONTHS. THE VOICES THAT YOU HAVEN'T HEARD FROM RIGHT NOW ARE THE TEACHERS.

SO WHAT'S THE IMPACT TO THE CLASSROOM? HOW DOES THIS POLICY LOOK? SO WE WILL BE ENGAGING WITH STAFF AS WELL AS STUDENTS AND FAMILIES OVER THE NEXT MONTH, TWO MONTHS, YEAR AND HEARING EXACTLY WHAT CHALLENGES WHAT BARRIERS ARE THEY RUNNING UP AGAINST? WHERE ARE THEY GETTING INTO IT? BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, THEY CAN ASK STUDENTS TO PUT THE PHONES AWAY, BUT THEY CAN JUST THEY'LL JUST, YOU KNOW, A STUDENT MAY JUST KEEP WALKING.

SO THEN WHAT? AND SO IT SOUNDS GREAT.

IT LOOKS GOOD ON PAPER AND NOW IS THE WORK AND SO YOU'LL BE GETTING THAT FEEDBACK AND THAT'S WHY I SAY THIS IS GOING TO BE A PROCESS AND WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON PROCESS OVER PERFECTION, AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK AND I'LL JUST KEEP COMING BACK AND SHARING WITH YOU.

I'LL SHARE WITH YOU IN EMAILS.

AND I APPRECIATE OUR TEACHERS.

THEY'LL LET ME KNOW WHAT IS OR ISN'T WORKING.

I PLAN TO GO AND JUST OBSERVE IN HALLWAYS, MOSTLY IN THE HALLWAYS AT MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL, AND SEE BATHROOMS. YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING TO FOLLOW A STUDENT INTO A BATHROOM, YOU KNOW? SO THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS WE HAVE NOT THOUGHT OF THAT WE WILL HAVE TO THINK ABOUT AND DISCUSS OVER TIME.

SO, YES, THIS POLICY IS IN PLACE, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE DONE TOMORROW.

THIS IS THIS IS GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME AND WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE.

IT'S JUST SOMETHING WE'LL LOOK BACK ON I THINK IN A YEAR AND SAY, HOW FAR DID WE COME? SO HERE WE GO.

I'M WONDERING ABOUT BEING ABLE TO SHOW A SHIFT IN ATTITUDE AND A SHIFT IN OUTCOMES. THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE KIDS ARE ENGAGED IN THEIR CLASSES AND NOT DISTRACTED BY THEIR PHONES, AND IF THEY'RE ENGAGED, THEY WILL LEARN BETTER, THEY WILL LEARN MORE, AND THEY WILL ACTUALLY PROBABLY BE HAPPIER BECAUSE THEY'RE MORE CONNECTED WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SITTING AROUND THEM.

SO I'M WONDERING IF MAYBE SOME KIND OF A MEASURE LIKE A SURVEY AT THE BEGINNING.

HOW WERE YOU FEELING ABOUT THIS IMPLEMENTATION AND GETTING KIDS TO SAY HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT IT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, AND THEN REPEATING THAT AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND SEE IF THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IN THE ATTITUDES OF THE KIDS AND THEIR LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING THE WHY.

SO YEAH, I LOVE WHAT MRS. BUNTON JUST SAID. I THINK THAT DOING A SURVEY WOULD BE REALLY COOL BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF WRINKLES THAT WE NEED TO IRON OUT.

I THINK THAT'S FOR SURE.

YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY FROM THE STUDENTS, I WAS IN THAT VIDEO AND I THINK EVERYBODY FROM THAT VIDEO AGREED THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A GOOD CHANGE, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE HARD, YOU KNOW, EVEN FOR ME, LIKE, I'M, YOU KNOW, I'M KIND OF SCARED THAT DURING PASSING PERIOD, I'M ACCIDENTALLY GOING TO, LIKE, WHIP OUT MY PHONE JUST BECAUSE IT'S A HABIT AND GET MY PHONE TAKEN AWAY AND THEN HAVE TO CALL MY MOM.

SO THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE FUN.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE IT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE, A LEARNING CURVE FOR SURE.

BUT I THINK THAT ONCE IT HAPPENS, IT'S GOING TO BE AWESOME AND I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO SHOW STUDENTS, LIKE THE WHOLE POINT OF THE VIDEO WAS FOR US TO GIVE THEM REASSURANCE THAT WE FEEL WHAT THEY'RE FEELING.

YOU KNOW, THAT WE MAY BE THE STUDENT LEADERS AND BUT WE FEEL THAT TOO AND I JUST THINK THAT THEY'LL REALIZE, LIKE, ONCE THEY SEE THE IMPACTS OF HOW GOOD THEIR LEARNING IS, HOW HAPPY THEY SEEM.

YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE YEAR, IT'LL ALL BE WORTH IT AND ALL OF THAT LEARNING CURVE, ALL THE FIRST FEW WEEKS, THE PHONES THAT ARE GOING TO BE PILING UP IN THE OFFICE, IT'LL BE WORTH IT.

NOT JUST CALL YOUR MOM.

CALL YOUR MOM FROM A LANDLINE.

PUTS SHIVERS DOWN MY SPINE.

SO IS THERE ANY WAY, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD HAVE A CONTEST WHERE PEOPLE COULD KEEP THEIR PHONE BILLS, SHOW THEIR PHONE USAGE, AND USE IT AS A CHALLENGE TO SEE WHO CAN OUT NOT USE THEIR PHONE OVER.

[01:25:03]

I MEAN, TECHNICALLY, IF YOU HAVE AN IPHONE, I KNOW THERE'S LIKE SCREEN TIME AND YOU CAN TURN IT ON AND IT'LL TELL YOU HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN ON YOUR PHONE.

BUT I'M GUESSING A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO SHARE THEIR SCREEN TIME WITH, LIKE, ALL OF THEIR FRIENDS AND THE ENTIRETY OF ADMIN FOR INCENTIVES.

SO I THINK THE BIGGEST THING IS JUST LIKE WHAT MISS BUTTON SAID ABOUT THE SURVEY IS GETTING STUDENT PERSPECTIVE AND I'M HONESTLY PROBABLY ONE OF MY BIG PLANS FOR THIS NEXT MONTH IS I'M GOING TO REACH OUT TO PEOPLE, AND I'M GOING TO TRY TO GET STUDENT SPEAKERS AT PUBLIC COMMENT TO SHARE WHY THEY LIKE IT, WHY THEY DON'T.

WHAT WE CAN DO TO KIND OF MAKE THAT MORE OF A COHESIVE THING, WHERE STUDENTS ARE WORKING TOGETHER WITH ADMIN, WITH TEACHERS AND WITH THE BOARD, FOR THIS TO BE A POLICY THAT ACTUALLY, LIKE, CONTRIBUTES A CULTURE CHANGE AND I THINK A BIG PART OF THAT IS STRESSING THE FUTURE READINESS ASPECT, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE ON OUR PHONES IN THE WORKPLACE.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE ON OUR PHONES.

I MEAN, I'VE BEEN GUILTY OF THIS TRYING TO, LIKE, SHOOT OFF LIKE THREE DOZEN TEXT MESSAGES WHEN I'M WALKING DURING PASSING PERIOD BECAUSE I HAVE A BIG THING ABOUT FOLLOWING RULES. SO I DON'T REALLY GO ON MY PHONE IN CLASS BECAUSE THAT WAS ALREADY A RULE BEFORE THIS, BUT I'VE BEEN GUILTY OF NEARLY RUNNING INTO LIKE FOUR PEOPLE BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO, LIKE, ANSWER THE MESSENGER GROUP CHAT AND IT'S ROUGH AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO LEARN TO DO WITHOUT AND WHAT YOU WANT ISN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU NEED AND I THINK RIGHT NOW WE NEED THIS CULTURE CHANGE MORE THAN PEOPLE WANT TO BE ON THEIR PHONES.

I HAVE TO ADMIT, I'M SHOCKED THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO TEXT AND MESSAGE THAT MANY PEOPLE.

NOT REALLY.

I APPRECIATE THE SHORT CLIP OF THE VIDEO THAT WE SAW, JUST THE STUDENT LEADERSHIP BRINGING IN IT, BECAUSE I THINK BRINGING THAT WHOLE CONVERSATION TOGETHER.

BECAUSE WITHOUT THE WHY, THE RULES DON'T DO ANY GOOD AND IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, NO ONE'S TRYING TO BE MEAN OR, YOU KNOW, GET RID OF THE PHONES.

IT'S MORE OF A MATTER OF WE NEED TO USE THEM AND THERE'S JUST AS MANY ADULTS THAT NEED TO LEARN THAT AS THERE ARE STUDENTS.

SO AT LEAST THAT'S MY PERSPECTIVE.

BUT AND JUST MY CHILDREN, WHILE THEY HAVE GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL, WASN'T THAT LONG AGO, AND THEY CAN ATTEST TO THE FACT THAT TWO OF THEM DIDN'T GET THEIR FIRST PHONES UNTIL THEY WERE OUT OF SCHOOL.

THEY SURVIVED ALL THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH WE HAD MANY PARENTS ASK HOW THEY COULD DO THAT, BUT THEY SURVIVED AND DID JUST FINE SOCIALLY AND THE YOUNGEST WHO GOT HIS IS A JUNIOR, ALWAYS LEFT IT AT HOME, WHICH THE MAIN PURPOSE WAS GETTING AHOLD OF HIM.

SO IT WAS KIND OF FUNNY.

SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THAT? I APPRECIATE THAT.

I APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, IT'LL BE GREAT TO HEAR BACK FROM TEACHERS HOW THINGS ARE GOING AND HOW WE CAN SUPPORT THEM, BECAUSE IT'S A GROUP EFFORT.

IT'S A COMMUNITY EFFORT.

WE NEED PARENT BUY IN TEACHERS, BOARD ADMINISTRATORS, STUDENTS, ALL OF IT.

OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS QUESTIONS AND SEEING NONE WILL GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON WHETHER WE ADOPT THE REVISED POLICY.

3245 STUDENTS IN TELECOMMUNICATION DEVICES, STARTING WITH THE STUDENT ADVISORY VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? OKAY. SO THE ADVISORY VOTE IS AN AFFIRMATIVE.

ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

I JUST INTERRUPT FOR A SECOND.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON IS JUST TO ENFORCE THE EXISTING POLICY, AND WE'RE NOT ADDING ANY ADDITIONS TO WHAT'S ALREADY THERE.

WE ARE JUST TO BE.

OH, DO YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD? THE ONLY ADDITIONS WERE REALLY CALLING OUT THE DIFFERENCE, WHICH WAS ALREADY IN PLACE BETWEEN ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL.

SO HIGH SCHOOL.

THE POLICY FOR ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL, BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL PHONES CAN BE OUT FOR HIGH SCHOOL.

THEY CAN BE OUT BEFORE, AFTER SCHOOL AND DURING LUNCH.

SO THAT WAS THE ADDITION ADDED.

OKAY. I JUST WANTED WAS SENT TO US TODAY THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING.

YEAH AND THEN WE DID I THINK WE WANTED TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR TO STUDENTS.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE AT A TIME WHERE A STUDENT MAY VIDEOTAPE SOMETHING THAT IS INAPPROPRIATE AND THEN SHARING THAT AND JUST THE LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS AROUND THAT.

SO IT DOES CALL THAT OUT, BUT THAT'S TO PROTECT OUR STUDENTS.

YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY EASY TO SHARE INFORMATION, AND SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT GETS SHARED COULD BE ILLEGAL AND PUT THEM IN HARM AND BOTH

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BUT WE NEED THE POLICY FIRST BEFORE WE CAN HIGHLIGHT THOSE PROCEDURES.

YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE IT'S NOT NEW, BUT YEAH.

YEAH, IT'S MORE OF A CLARIFICATION OF THE EXISTING.

RIGHT. YEAH.

SO THAT YOUR HEART RATE MUST HAVE BEEN UP.

SO THANKS FOR THAT CLARIFICATION, STEVE.

SO WE WILL GO AHEAD THEN AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS VOTE ON ADOPTING REVISED POLICY 3245.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED? OKAY. SO THE POLICY HAS BEEN ADOPTED.

THAT THEN TAKES US ON TO ITEM 6.05 OR EXCUSE ME, 6.07, WHICH IS DO YOU MIND? WE DIDN'T GET WHO THE MOTION WAS MADE BY.

I PUT IT FORWARD. OKAY. SORRY.

NO PROBLEM. OKAY, SO THEN WE WILL MOVE FORWARD TO 6.07, WHICH IS TO RATIFY THE CONTRACTS WITH THE FERNDALE ASSOCIATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS, AND THE FERNDALE PRINCIPALS ASSOCIATIONS.

WE'VE ALREADY HEARD A LITTLE BIT OF THE CHANGES.

WE'VE HAD THOSE CHANGES.

THE CONTRACTS ON BOARD DOCS THERE FOR REVIEW.

SO AT THIS POINT, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY DISCUSSION POINTS.

OKAY. IF I'M NOT SEEING ANY DISCUSSION, THEN I'LL GO MOVE FORWARD THAT WE RATIFY THE CONTRACTS WITH THE FERNDALE ASSOCIATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS AND THE FERNDALE PRINCIPALS ASSOCIATION, BECAUSE THIS IS A CONTRACT THAT WON'T BE DOING A STUDENT ADVISORY VOTE. I DON'T WANT TO GET YOU GUYS INTO SO ANYWAY, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE VOTE OF THE ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE? AYE. ALL OPPOSED? OKAY, SO BOTH OF THOSE CONTRACTS ARE THEN RATIFIED.

SO THEN THAT WILL MOVE US ON TO ITEM THE ORIGINAL ITEM 8.02, WHICH WAS THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE CITY OF FERNDALE THAT PEGGY ASKED THAT WE MOVE SEPARATELY AND SO I WILL BRING THAT TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION AND OR QUESTIONS.

WELL, I DID HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.

IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE A FERNDALE CITY COUNCIL.

YOU KNOW, IN CREATING THIS THING, WHO ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, CREATED THE AGREEMENT.

JUST WONDERED WHERE EVERYTHING STOOD IN REGARD TO THAT AND THEN I ALSO HAD SOME OBSERVATIONS, AND WHICH IS WHY I WANTED TO PULL THIS OFF AND VOTE ON IT SEPARATELY.

I'M GOING TO LET MARK SPEAK TO IT.

I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAUSED US TO NEED AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, WE HAVE OUR GRANT WRITER, TRACY DEAL, AND ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS CAME UP IS THAT WE WERE WANTING TO LOOK AT CAMERAS FOR SCHOOLS, AND THE CITY HAS ACCESS TO FUNDS THAT WE AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT CANNOT ACCESS. SO IN THOSE PIECES, HOW DO WE WORK TOGETHER, ESPECIALLY AROUND SAFETY PIECES, TO BE ABLE TO USE THEIR RESOURCES AND OUR RESOURCES? SO TRACY COULD HELP WRITE A GRANT FOR THE CITY THAT WOULD DIRECTLY IMPACT, FOR EXAMPLE, BEING ABLE TO PUT SECURITY CAMERAS AT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

SO THAT'S THE KIND OF THE PURPOSE OF THE AGREEMENT AND THEN I'LL LET MARK ANSWER ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.

YEAH, I CAN'T SPEAK 100% TO WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THE CITY OTHER THAN CITY ADMINISTRATOR AND COUNCIL.

SO WE WORKED WITH THE STAFF.

I KNOW THEY ARE PLANNING TO TAKE IT TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR REVIEW OR ADOPTION HERE. COMING UP IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

SO OUR MEETING HAPPENED TO BE FIRST.

OTHERWISE, THEY WOULD HAVE ADOPTED IT ALREADY AND YOU'D HAVE ONE THAT THEY HAD ALREADY APPROVED.

ASSUMING THEY DO SO.

OKAY AND THEN I WAS ALSO WONDERING, YOU KNOW, WHETHER WE HAD RECEIVED ANY LEGAL REVIEW OF IT AND WHETHER THE CITY HAD.

YES, WE HAVE.

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THE CHANGES THAT WERE RECOMMENDED BY HIM AFTER HIS REVIEW ARE THOSE CHANGES INCORPORATED INTO THIS THING? AND YES, THEY ARE.

SO MY OBSERVATION IS I FEEL LIKE THE LANGUAGE IS A LITTLE CONFUSING, IS NOT CLEAR AND I'M NOT PARTICULARLY COMFORTABLE WITH THE WAY THAT IT'S WRITTEN BECAUSE I DON'T FEEL LIKE IT'S CLEAR.

SO I'M.

THAT'S FINE. IT'S REALLY FOR US TO KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO WORK TOGETHER AND SHARE RESOURCES AND SO IT'S NOT AN EXCHANGE OF MONEY, IT'S AN EXCHANGE OF TIME COLLABORATION, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAVE BEEN REALLY WORKING ON PLAYGROUNDS IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WITHOUT PASSING A BOND, IT WILL BE HARD.

IT WILL TAKE A LONG TIME BEFORE WE CAN ACCESS.

SO IF THE CITY LEARNS ABOUT SOME FUNDS THAT THEY COULD DIRECTLY PUT TOWARDS A PLAYGROUND IN LIEU OF A PARK OR WHATEVER, SO IT JUST IS A FORMAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN US AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO PARTNER TOGETHER AROUND THE USE OF RESOURCES.

SO IF IT'S CLEAR TO US, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO DO THE PARTNERING AND IF IT'S NOT CLEAR TO THE BOARD, YOU GET TO VOTE ON IT YOUR WAY.

YEAH. SO IT DOES SAY JOINT BENEFICIAL INTEREST OR MUTUAL BENEFIT.

WHAT WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE OF US BENEFITING THEM.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE DRL, THAT WOULD BE ONE WHERE WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER.

SO PRIOR TO HAVING A DISTRICT RESOURCE OFFICER, IF WE HAVE A SITUATION IN OUR DISTRICT, WE HAVE TO CALL THEM.

SOMEBODY HAS TO COME OFF THE BEAT IN ORDER TO COME RESPOND.

NOW WE HAVE THIS PARTNERSHIP WHERE WE SHARE A PERSON WHETHER PEOPLE ADMIT IT OR NOT, SCHOOLS ARE PLACES PEOPLE GO AS IF THEY ARE PARKS.

YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO GO TO YOUR LOCAL SCHOOL, SO THAT WOULD BE ONE.

TODAY I JUST TALKED TO A STAFF MEMBER WHO SAID IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE HAD BIKE TRAILS BETWEEN SCHOOLS SO KIDS AREN'T RIDING ON THE ROAD.

THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT BENEFITS THE CITY.

IT WOULD ALSO BENEFIT THE SCHOOLS BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE KIDS OFF THE ROADS.

THEY'D BE ABLE TO WALK OR RIDE A BIKE.

ANOTHER ONE WOULD BE THE CAMERAS.

SO IF WE HAD CAMERAS AT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND THERE'S GRAFFITI OR SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS, THEY'RE THE ONES WE CALL TO COME, YOU KNOW, LOOK INTO THAT.

BUT WITHOUT THE CAMERAS, IT MAKES IT HARDER.

SO IT'S THOSE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE WORK TOGETHER ON A REGULAR BASIS TRYING TO SOLVE.

SO THOSE WOULD BE SOME EXAMPLES.

SO ADDING DETAIL TO THIS OF CERTAIN EXAMPLES IS NOT BENEFICIAL TO THE DOCUMENT, RIGHT? NO, IT REALLY DEPENDS LIKE WHEN WE HAVE A SITUATION AND I'VE SHARED THIS WITH YOU BEFORE.

WHEN WE HAVE A SITUATION LIKE IF YOU HAVE EVER WATCHED, IF YOU'VE EVER GONE AND WATCHED THE DROP OFF OR PICKUP BY SKYLINE ELEMENTARY, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO WORK WITH THE CITY ON JUST BECAUSE THEIR ROADS ARE THERE, OUR KIDS ARE THERE AND SO THAT WE HAVE A BOTH A MUTUAL BENEFIT TO SOLVING THAT SOLUTION.

JUST THE BUSSING AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS HERE, HOW TO LOOP BUSSING.

SO THAT'S A MUTUAL BENEFIT.

SO WHEN WE THINK OF A PROBLEM OR SOMETHING WE'RE TRYING TO COLLECTIVELY SOLVE MARKET MARK HAS MORE MEETINGS WITH THE CITY THAN NECESSARILY I DO.

BUT WE WILL COME TOGETHER AND WE'LL SAY, HEY, THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE WONDERING ABOUT.

HOW CAN WE WORK ON THIS TOGETHER? AND LIKE I SAID, THERE ARE FUNDS THAT WE CAN ACCESS SOMETIMES AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT MIGHT BENEFIT THE CITY AND VICE VERSA.

SOMETIMES WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS, HEY, WOULD YOU WRITE A LETTER IN SUPPORT? AND SO THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO BE ABLE TO WRITE A LETTER TO SUPPORT.

SO THE CITY IS PUTTING FORWARD A GRANT.

THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS GOING TO GAIN SOMETHING FROM THAT GRANT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO WRITE A LETTER ON TO BENEFIT IT.

DOES THAT HELPING? YEAH. THANK YOU AND I THINK WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT WAS THE CONCEPT OF THEM HAVING LOBBYISTS, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD BE USED TO LOBBY ON BEHALF OF MUTUAL NEEDS.

AND I JUST WASN'T SURE HOW THAT PLAYED OUT.

I DIDN'T IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAD AS MUCH INPUT AS FAR AS THE DIRECTION OF, YOU KNOW, THESE PEOPLE AND THAT'S WHY THAT WAS ONE OF MY CONCERNS.

YEAH. SO I WILL TELL YOU THAT'S ACTUALLY A CONVERSATION I'VE ALREADY HAD.

SO SECURITY CAMERAS WE HAVE TRIED.

I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU HOW MANY GRANTS WE'VE PUT FORWARD TO TRY TO GET CAMERAS IN OUR SCHOOLS.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT IS SOMETHING SO AND, YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR IS NOT HERE OR YURI IS NOT HERE.

SO I JUST WANT TO TELL WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE TRUE AND I'M LOOKING AT TRACY.

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BUT THEY GO TO WASHINGTON DC AND THEY ADVOCATE FOR MONIES THAT THEY CAN ACCESS.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? IF THERE'S A POT OF MONEY THERE THAT WE COULD BE USED TOWARDS SECURITY CAMERAS SPECIFICALLY AT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

CAN YOUR LOBBYISTS LOOK INTO THAT FOR US? THEN THEY WOULD NOTIFY US AND SAY, HERE'S A POT OF MONEY.

IS THIS SOMETHING YOU'RE INTERESTED IN? SO IT'S LIKE THAT.

WE'RE VERY CLEAR ON THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD.

MARK HAS THOSE CONVERSATIONS ALL THE TIME.

BUT SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THEY'RE GOING TO GO LOBBY AND SAY, HEY, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT NEEDS TO IMPLEMENT THIS.

THESE ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING ALONG THE WAY.

SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO TRY AND CONSERVE RESOURCES AND TO DOUBLE UP WHERE YOU CAN BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT SAVES US ALL.

BUT I DO STILL HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT SOME OF THE LANGUAGE AND SO I JUST.

OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

OKAY. SO THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

OKAY. THE CHAIR WILL GO AHEAD AND PUT FORTH THAT WE APPROVE THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR BETWEEN THE CITY OF FERNDALE AND THE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT, RELATED TO STRATEGIC STRATEGIC COLLABORATION ON GRANT WRITING AND ADVOCACY EFFORTS.

BECAUSE THIS WAS PULLED OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S OF ANY PROBLEM WITH DOING AN ADVISORY VOTE, BUT WE TYPICALLY DON'T DO ADVISORY VOTE ON CONSENT AGENDAS.

SO SINCE IT WAS PULLED OFF THERE, I'M GOING TO LEAVE YOU GUYS OUT.

NOT THAT I DON'T VALUE YOUR OPINION, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP CLEAR WITH OUR LINES.

SO, BOARD MEMBERS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING THIS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL OPPOSED? NAY. OKAY, SO THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT HAS BEEN APPROVED.

THAT THEN TAKES US ON TO OUR UPDATES FOR TONIGHT AND FIRST ON THE DOCKET IS 7.01 AND THAT IS OUR LEGISLATIVE

[7. UPDATES]

THANK YOU.

OKAY. THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT ARE TWO DIFFERENT AREAS.

ONE IS THE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE LEGISLATURE THAT CHANGES THINGS FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AS DIFFERENT FROM LAST YEAR AND THE OTHER IS TO BASICALLY INFORM THE BOARD ABOUT WSSDA OFFICES AND A WINDOW OF TIME IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THAT.

SO THE FIRST PART THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS MY PAGE.

OKAY. THERE WERE SEVERAL THINGS THAT HAVE PASSED RECENTLY, AND THEY'RE KIND OF CONFLICTING WITH EACH OTHER.

SO IT'S KIND OF MUDDY WATERS ON A STATEWIDE LEVEL ABOUT HOW TO DEAL WITH EACH OF THESE THINGS AND YOU CAN LOOK TO GUIDANCE FROM WSSDA ON SOME OF THESE THINGS.

FOR EXAMPLE, IN MARCH, THE LEGISLATURE PASSED INITIATIVE 2081, THE PARENTS BILL OF RIGHTS, AND IT BECAME LAW IN JUNE AND IT FURTHER DEFINES WHAT CONSTITUTES A RECORD IN SCHOOL RECORDS, INCLUDING MEDICAL AND HEALTH RECORDS, MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING, AND MORE AND THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW IS BEING TRANSPARENT WITH PARENTS AND ONE PERSPECTIVE THAT IS OUT THERE IS THAT IT REALLY PARTICULARLY ADDRESSES THE TRANSGENDER STATUS OF THEIR CHILD AT SCHOOL, AND WHETHER THEY ARE TO BE INCLUDED IN THAT KNOWLEDGE OR NOT AND ONE PERSPECTIVE IS YOU DO NOT OUT THE CHILD, BECAUSE IF A CHILD COMES OUT AT SCHOOL, THEY TRUST THAT ADULT WITH THAT INFORMATION AND THAT PERSPECTIVE IS YOU DON'T TELL THE PARENT.

THE LAW'S PERSPECTIVE IS THAT YOU DO NOT HIDE THAT CHILD'S GENDER CONFUSION FROM PARENTS.

SO RIGHT NOW LET'S SEE.

CHRIS REYKDAL, OUR OSPI SUPERINTENDENT, HAS TOLD IN ON OSPI THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS WASHINGTON STATE TO IGNORE THE NEW LAW, CITING FERPA PROTECTIONS AND SAFETY CONCERNS FOR THE STUDENT.

SO IT'S KIND OF UP IN THE AIR ON THIS, BUT THAT COMES FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.

ANOTHER THING THAT HAPPENED OVER THE SUMMER WAS THAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAD CHANGED THE

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SO THERE'S A LOT OF BALLS IN THE AIR ON THIS AND THEY'RE VERY CONTROVERSIAL SUBJECTS.

BUT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO JUST BE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT AND ASK QUESTIONS.

SO I JUST WANT FOR THE NAME OF TRANSPARENCY.

I JUST WANTED TO BRING THOSE THINGS UP.

ON THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IS WSSDA, WHICH IS THE WASHINGTON STATE SUPERINTENDENT.

NO. WASHINGTON STATE SCHOOL BOARD DIRECTOR, SCHOOL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION.

THERE'S WAY TOO MANY ACRONYMS. IT IS WHEN YOU'RE ELECTED OR APPOINTED TO THE BOARD, YOU AUTOMATICALLY BECOME A MEMBER OF THAT AND IT IS A SELF-GOVERNING ORGANIZATION AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE DIFFERENT POSITIONS IN WSSDA ARE PEOPLE WHO STEP UP FROM THE BOARDS THROUGHOUT WASHINGTON STATE TO SERVE IN DIFFERENT POSITIONS AND THERE'S A WINDOW OF TIME, WHICH IS SEPTEMBER 1ST THROUGH SEPTEMBER 16TH, THAT IF ANYONE ON THIS BOARD IS INTERESTED IN SERVING THERE ARE OPEN POSITIONS FOR DIRECTOR AREA ONE, WHICH IS THE ONE OF 11 DIRECTOR AREAS IN WASHINGTON STATE, AND THERE ARE OPEN POSITIONS.

THERE'S ONE WHICH IS THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE AND ANOTHER IS RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE, ANOTHER IS NOMINATING COMMITTEE AND AN INTERSCHOLASTIC COMMITTEE, AND THAT ONE IS CURRENTLY VACANT.

SO THE VACANT ONE INTERSCHOLASTIC COMMITTEE, A PERSON COULD SAY THAT THEY WOULD WANT TO DO THAT AND THEN IF THEY ARE SELECTED TO DO THAT AS AN APPOINTED POSITION, THEN THEY CAN RUN AS AN INCUMBENT ON THAT.

BUT I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE TO OUR BOARD.

SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN GETTING DEEPER, DIVE INTO SCHOOL BOARD STUFF.

I HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON THAT AND YOU CAN FIND A LOT OF INFORMATION AS WELL.

ON WSSDA AND THE POLICY MANUAL THAT I HOPE EVERYBODY RECEIVED THROUGH, THE EMAIL.

SO THAT'S THAT'S ALL I HAD.

SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU IF YOU WANT TO THERE ARE POSITIONS.

I WAS ALSO IN ADDITION TO JUST WSSDA POSITIONS.

THERE'S THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR THE WESTERN REGION, AND THERE'S AN OPENING ON THAT AND I JUST WAS WONDERING IF SOMEBODY WITH A LOT OF EXPERIENCE ON THE BOARD MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN SHARING THAT EXPERIENCE ON THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, JUST PUTTING THAT OUT THERE.

SO THANKS. THAT'S ALL I GOT.

THANK YOU NANCY.

OKAY. THEN THAT WILL BRING US ON TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT.

NOT MUCH TO REPORT.

NANCY AND I WENT UP AND WE LOOKED AT THE VOUCHERS.

THERE WERE NO CANCELED WARRANTS.

SO THAT MADE THAT EASY.

HOW MANY ITEMS DID WE CHECK? WE WENT UP ON THE, I BELIEVE, THE 21ST AND AGAIN ON TODAY AND, YOU KNOW, DID A RANDOM SAMPLING OF ITEMS FROM ALL OF THE DIFFERENT ACCOUNTS. YOU KNOW, THE ASB FUND, THE GENERAL FUND, THE BUILDING FUND STAFF, THINGS THAT WERE SUBMITTED FOR REIMBURSEMENT AND WE GOT ANSWERS TO ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD.

EVERYTHING LOOKED GOOD AND SO OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE VOUCHERS AND THE FINANCIALS IN THE CONSENT AGENDA.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

THEN THAT TAKES US ON TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD CONSENT AGENDAS.

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

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

THERE ARE ALSO TWO POLICIES RELATED TO BOARD MEMBER SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER TRAINING SET TO BE ADOPTED.

NANCY MENTIONED EARLIER THAT SHE'D LIKE TO DISCUSS THESE.

THE REVISIONS WITHIN THEM ARE MERELY BRINGING THE POLICIES INTO COMPLIANCE WITH CURRENT LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENTS, AND IN LINE WITH WHAT THE BOARD HAS BEEN DOING, HENCE WHY THEY ARE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR ADOPTION AS OPPOSED TO BEING PRESENTED AND THEN REVIEWED AT THE SUBSEQUENT MONTH'S MEETING.

BUT AGAIN, IF WE OPT TO CHANGE THAT, WE CAN ALWAYS PULL THEM OFF AND TABLE THEM UNTIL NEXT MONTH.

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OKAY. ON POLICY 1805 AND 1822, WHICH IS ITEMS 9.04 AND 9.05 ON OUR AGENDA.

I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THOSE POLICIES ARE THEY ESSENTIAL, ENCOURAGED OR DISCRETIONARY AND HOW WOULD WE KNOW THAT? CAN I ASK A QUESTION? YEAH. ARE THESE WERE WSSDA POLICIES WSSDA RECOMMENDATIONS.

OKAY. WELL, THE REASON I WONDERED WAS BECAUSE ONE OF THEM, THEY REFERENCED THE BILL REGARDING THE TRAINING RATHER THAN THE CW, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS A LITTLE STRANGE, AND I WAS JUST WONDERING WHY THEY DID THAT AND I FEEL A LITTLE SILLY ABOUT THIS, BUT I'M READING POLICY 1805 RIGHT NOW AND I'M JUST READING THE TEXT OF IT.

IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE THAT IS ESSENTIAL BECAUSE WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO PMA STUFF.

SO WHY DID I ASK THAT QUESTION? NOTE TO SELF, NANCY, I'M LOOKING AT WSSDA AND 1805 IS ESSENTIAL AND 1822 IS ENCOURAGED.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU I'M JUST LOOKING AT THAT ONE.

THANK YOU CHRIS AND AGAIN, BOTH OF THESE WERE OUR POLICIES THAT BASICALLY WE'VE JUST IN UPDATED TO INCLUDE WHAT WE'VE ALREADY BEEN DOING.

SO AND THERE HAD BEEN SOME CHANGES WITHIN THE REQUIREMENTS OF WHAT WAS REQUIRED AS FAR AS THE EQUITY AND THEN ALSO THE TRIBAL RELATIONS TRAINING THAT.

YES. OKAY.

THOSE TRAININGS LOOK LIKE THEY'RE ESSENTIAL, EVEN THOUGH AT THE TOP IT SAYS ENCOURAGED.

I WONDER AND KEEP IN MIND THAT YOU, AS A BOARD HERE IN FERNDALE, HAVE TRAININGS SUCH AS THE TRIBAL RELATIONS TRAINING THAT IS NOT REQUIRED OF ALL BOARDS IN WASHINGTON STATE.

THERE'S ONLY 39 THAT ARE REQUIRED, YOU OF WHICH ARE ONE OF THEM AND SO FOR A DISTRICT THAT IT'S NOT REQUIRED, THAT WOULD BE AN OPTIONAL TRAINING.

BUT FOR US IT IS NOT OPTIONAL.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE SUPERINTENDENT CONSENT AGENDA AS WELL AS THE BOARD CONSENT AGENDA AS WRITTEN.

OKAY, SO IT HAS BEEN MOVED THAT WE ADOPT THE SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED HERE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL OPPOSED? OKAY. THE CONSENT AGENDAS HAVE BEEN PASSED AND ADOPTED, AND THAT WILL TAKE US ON TO SHARING

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

IT FEELS LIKE THERE'S YEAH, THERE'S A CONNECTION HERE.

YOU KNOW, I WISH I HAD SOMETHING TO SHARE.

REALLY? JUST ON A PERSONAL NOTE IT'S BEEN A BUSY SUMMER FOR ME.

ME AND MY FAMILY, WE'VE BEEN VERY BUSY ON THE EAST SIDE.

REMODELING SOME A CABIN WE HAVE OVER THERE ON THE RIVER IN WINTHROP AND IT'S BEEN CHALLENGING WITH THE PAST SHUTDOWN CONTINUALLY, YOU KNOW, WITH EITHER A FIRE OR A MUDSLIDE OR WHATEVER.

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THAT'S ABOUT ALL I HAVE TO SHARE IS JUST LIVING THE DREAM.

SOUNDS GOOD.

ANTONIO. IF THERE'S SOMETHING I CAN SHARE IS WE'RE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO RESET.

I REMEMBER EVERY YEAR WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMIT MYSELF TO TRY BETTER THAN THE YEAR BEFORE AND TO FOCUS AND TO LEARN.

MY KIDS MAY DISAGREE WHETHER I'M COOL OR NOT, BUT THEY ALL AGREE THAT I LECTURE AND REALLY FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE KIDS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, ENTERING THE LAST STAGE OF YOU KNOW, THEIR LEARNING IN HIGH SCHOOL, BASICALLY HIGH SCHOOL, THEY'RE ENTERING A VERY CRUCIAL STAGE OF THEIR LIFE WHERE THEY START MAKING DECISIONS FOR THEMSELVES THAT WILL CARRY THEM INTO THE FUTURE OF THEIR LIVES. IT IS RIGHT NOW WHERE YOU FORGE THOSE HABITS AND THOSE THINGS THAT WILL HELP YOU AND CREATE A SUCCESSFUL PERSON, AND I SHARE THIS WITH MY KIDS A LOT, AND I TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT WHATEVER THEY DO NOW, WHATEVER THEY SEW RIGHT NOW, IS WHAT THEY WILL REAP AND WHAT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TOMORROW TO TO SEE THEM WITH NEW SHOES AND NEW, YOU KNOW, CLOTHING AND, YOU KNOW, NEW PENCILS. THIS MORNING MY YOUNGEST, AMELIA, WAS SHARPENING PENCILS AND SHE WAS EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND I'M EXCITED FOR THEM.

SO WHAT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO RESET AND GIVE IT A GOOD CHANCE.

AND FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT THIS IS THEIR LAST, YOU KNOW, YEAR IT'S SAD.

YOU KNOW, I SEE MY DAUGHTER GRACE AND I AM EVEN SADDER.

I JUST EVERY DAY IS A DAY LESS WITH HER AND BUT WHAT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY YOU GUYS HAVE TO BE LEADERS AND EXAMPLES TO THOSE THAT LOOK UP TO YOU AND THEY REALLY DO AND THERE MAY BE SOME KIDS THAT YOU DON'T KNOW THAT KNOW YOU AND THEY'RE WATCHING YOU AND WHAT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY THAT IS TO SIT AND BE A LIGHT TO THEM, YOU KNOW.

THANK YOU. NANCY.

I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU SO MUCH FOR ACCOMMODATING ME.

I FELT REALLY BAD THAT I WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE THAT ONE MEETING, AND I HAD NO IDEA THAT THE RIPPLE EFFECT WOULD STRETCH OUT SO FAR. I THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD.

OKAY, WE'LL JUST DO IT, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE WEEKS LATER.

BUT I AM LEARNING ABOUT THE COMPLEXITIES OF A LARGE ORGANIZATION.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR KINDNESS AND AND FOR GOING TO ALL THE TROUBLE OF ACCOMMODATING MY INABILITY TO BE THERE AND I HOPE THAT WE FIND SOMETHING SOON SO WE CAN GET TOGETHER AND HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE SO THAT WE CAN DO THE BEST THAT WE CAN FOR THE KIDS IN THE DISTRICT.

ON ANOTHER NOTE BEING GONE FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS AND AND JUST GETTING MY HEAD IN, YOU KNOW, AWAY FROM THE BOARD BECAUSE I THINK ABOUT THE BOARD ALL THE TIME WHEN I'M IN MY REAL WORLD, YOU KNOW, BACK NOW.

BUT I FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN ABLE TO REALLY PUT IN PERSPECTIVE WHAT THIS POSITION THE HONOR THAT IT IS TO BE IN THIS POSITION AND TO WORK WITH ALL OF YOU BECAUSE I KNOW THAT EVERYBODY HERE IS HERE FOR THE EXACT SAME REASON WE WANT OUR KIDS IN FERNDALE TO DO THE ABSOLUTE BEST THEY CAN AND I FEEL LIKE THE CONVERSATIONS, LIKE THE ONE WE HAD AROUND CELL PHONES HERE TONIGHT WAS, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO, TO COME TO UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER'S PERSPECTIVES AND FIGURE OUT THE WAYS TO MAKE THINGS ABSOLUTELY THE BEST FOR KIDS.

SO I AM DELIGHTED AND HONORED TO BE A PART OF THIS SYSTEM.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

SO, PEGGY.

SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT RECENTLY NANCY AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO AND WATCH THE BLAINE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING LAST NIGHT, WHICH WAS KIND OF FUN TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WATCH OTHER PEOPLE HAVE THE PERFORMANCE AT US.

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ALSO WE ALL HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO NANCY AND I TO SIT IN ON SOME OF THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT STUFF THAT HAPPENED PRIOR TO SCHOOL STARTING, AND I INDULGED MYSELF.

I MEAN, WE BOTH WENT TO THE AI PRESENTATION, WHICH WAS WHICH WAS INTERESTING, VERY INTERESTING AND GOT ME THINKING ABOUT SOME THINGS.

ANYWAY PLANS FOR COOKING UP KNITTING PATTERNS AND ALL KINDS OF OTHER STUFF.

SO THEY KIND OF CREATED A MONSTER.

THE OTHER THING WAS I INDULGED MYSELF AND GOT TO SIT IN ON I-READY MASS PRESENTATION BY THE I-READY MATH COACH, MIKE.

I CAN'T REMEMBER HIS LAST NAME.

THANK YOU AND GOT TO MEET THREE MATH TEACHERS FROM VISTA MIDDLE SCHOOL, SIXTH TO SEVENTH AND AN EIGHTH GRADE TEACHER, AND DANIELLE, ANDREW AND I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER.

LET ME THINK. NOT THAT GREAT WITH NAMES, BUT RANDY? IT WAS RANDY. YES. THANK YOU.

RANDALL. YEAH AND THAT WAS ACTUALLY A LOT OF FUN.

I HAVE TO ADMIT, I HAD TO SIT ON MY HANDS, AND I THINK PROBABLY NEXT TIME, IF THERE IS A NEXT TIME, I'LL PUT TAPE OVER MY MOUTH TO KEEP FROM WANTING TO BE INVOLVED WITH IT.

IT WAS ENJOYABLE AND TO SEE THEM COLLABORATE, YOU KNOW, LIKE, OKAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PASSING THE BATON FROM SIXTH TO SEVENTH TO EIGHTH AND THEN ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, UP TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.

YOU KNOW, TO LISTEN TO THEM TALK ABOUT THE WAYS THAT THEY TRIED TO EXPLAIN A CONCEPT, THE DIFFERENT ANGLES THEY APPROACHED IT FROM, YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENT RESPONSES THEY GOT FROM STUDENTS. YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME YOU THINK, YOU THINK YOU'VE SEEN IT ALL, SOMEBODY COMES ALONG WITH SOMETHING ELSE AND IT'S LIKE, THIS IS HOW THEY VIEWED THINGS.

YOU HAD NO IDEA. EITHER SOMEBODY SHOWS YOU AN ALTERNATIVE WAY OF DOING SOMETHING THAT YOU DIDN'T REALIZE EXISTED, OR THEY PRESENT YOU WITH A MISCONCEPTION THAT JUST KIND OF CAN BLOW YOUR MIND, TOO.

IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING THIS WAY FOR MANY YEARS, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN SOMEBODY GIVES THEM, YOU KNOW, ONE LITTLE PIECE OF INFORMATION AND THE LIGHT BULB GOES ON AND THEY'RE ABLE TO GET PAST THE PART WHERE THEY'RE STUCK AND, YOU KNOW, TAKE OFF AND SO IT WAS FUN TO JUST SIT THERE AND LISTEN TO THESE GUYS AND HOW THEY WORK TOGETHER AND I'M IT'S REALLY YOU TALK ABOUT HOPE.

THIS WAS IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THIS TEAMWORK AMONG THESE TEACHERS AND I KNOW THAT THEY'RE CREATING A VERY GOOD ENVIRONMENT FOR THE MATH STUDENTS IN AT VISTA AND I'M SWIMMING ACROSS THE DISTRICT, BUT YEAH.

COOL. WELL, THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT PERSPECTIVE.

YEAH, AI IS EITHER GOING TO TAKE OVER OR, YOU KNOW, SKYNET COMES AND TERMINATOR AND ALL THAT STUFF.

ALL I HAVE TO SHARE IS MY WIFE AND I WERE REFLECTING THIS WEEKEND THAT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'RE NOT PREPARING FOR SCHOOL.

LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME, WE WERE MAKING THE LAST TREK WITH ACROSS THE STATE, TAKING A CHILD TO COLLEGE AND WE'RE NOT DOING THAT THIS YEAR.

SO WE'RE GOING TO CELEBRATE BY CAMPING, I GUESS.

SO THAT'LL BE FUN.

BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO THE YEAR THAT'S COMING.

IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THE ENTHUSIASM, SHOUT OUT TO THE BUS DRIVERS.

THEY WERE LIKE ON TOP OF IT TODAY AT THE ASSEMBLY.

SO NEED TO BRING THEM TO THE FRESHMAN ONE, MAYBE, AND GET THEM AND GABBY WAS PRETTY INCREDIBLE.

WHEN HER MIC WENT OUT AND SHE DIDN'T NEED IT, SHE JUST ROLLED WITH THAT PUNCH.

SO GREAT JOB.

IT'LL BE EXCITING TO HEAR AS THINGS GET GOING THE REPORTS AS WE START THE SCHOOL YEAR.

SO WITH THAT MY STUDENTS ASKED ME TO BE PROMPT AND QUICK WITH TONIGHT'S MEETING SO THEY COULD GET HOME BECAUSE THEY WANT TO GET TO BED EARLY SO THEY CAN GET UP EARLY FOR SCHOOL AND SO WE'RE ACCOMPLISHING THAT GOAL, WHICH IS GREAT.

SO LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA BEFORE WE ADJOURN IS THE MEETING EVALUATION AND FOR THAT, I'LL TURN THINGS OVER TO NANCY.

[11. MEETING EVALUATION SURVEY]

I'M JUST GOING TO CUT TO THE CHASE.

I THINK THIS WAS A REALLY GOOD MEETING, VERY PRODUCTIVE AND I GIVE US A 4.

THANK YOU MUCH.

SO WITH THAT, IT DOES BRING US TO THE END OF THE MEETING AND SO I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

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