>> GOOD EVENING. AND WELCOME TO THE JANUARY MEETING OF THE FERNDALE SCHOOL BOARD. 
          [1. CONVENE]
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THANK YOU FOR JOINING US WHETHER LIVE OR ONLINE. 
          THE PURPOSE OF THIS AND EVERY OTHER SCHOOL BOARD MEETING IS TO CONDUCT THE BUSINESS OF THE BOARD. 
          THAT BUSINESS IS TO FACILITATE THE MISSION OF OUR DISTRICT, WHICH IS TO PREPARE EACH STUDENT TO THRIVE IN AN EVER CHANGING WORLD BY PROVIDING A RIGOROUS EDUCATION THAT FOSTERS ACADEMIC GROWTH, NURTURES CONFIDENCE, AND ENCOURAGES CRITICAL THINKING. 
          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. 
          JUST A FEW HOUSEKEEPING MATTERS IN THE EVENT OF EMERGENCY. 
          JUST WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THE SAME DOOR YOU CAME OUT AS THE DOOR YOU WOULD EXIT. 
          ALSO, IF YOU NEED TO USE THE REST ROOMS FOR THOSE THAT AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH THE BUILDING, THEY'RE JUST OUT THOSE DOORS AND UP THE RAMP. 
          WITH THAT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR MEETING. 
          IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE JOIN ME IN A SALUTE TO OUR FLAG. 
          >> NEXT, WE'LL HAVE THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT. 
          >> WE, THE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT, ACKNOWLEDGE WE ARE RESIDING ON THE TRADITIONAL ANCESTRAL AND UNSEATED TERRITORY OF THE LUMI PEOPLE. 
          THE LUMI 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 MEMORIAL, THEY HAVE CELEBRATED LIFE ON THEIR WATERWAYS AND ON THE TRADITIONAL ANCESTRAL AND UNSEATED LANDS OF THEIR PEOPLE TO PERPETUATE THEIR WAY OF LIFE. 
          WE HONOR THEIR ANCESTORS AS WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE LUMI PEOPLE AS THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF THIS LAND. 
          >> THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM IS THE APPROVAL OF OUR MINUTES FROM LAST MONTH. 
          [2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN EITHER ANY CHANGES TO THE MINUTES OR A MOTION TO ADOPT THEM. 
          >> IN ADDITION TO THE MINUTES THAT ARE HERE, WAS THERE SUPPOSED TO BE MINUTES FOR THE SPECIAL STUDY SESSION OR DID I MISS THAT? 
          >> WELL, THERE'S A SET OF MINUTES FROM THE SPECIAL MEETING AND THE REGULAR MEETING, THE STUDY SESSION THAT WAS HELD EARLIER THIS MONTH, THOSE WILL BE ON NEXT ON FEBRUARY. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> YEAH. 
          >> IN THAT CASE, I MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE MINUTES AS THEY ARE. 
          >> IT HAS BEEN MOVED TO ADOPT THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED HERE AND ATTACHED MADE PART OF THE MINUTES FOR THIS MEETING. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> OR OPPOSED NAY. 
          THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO ADOPTING TONIGHT'S AGENDA. 
          [3. ADOPTION OF AGENDA [GC-4.7]]
ARE THERE ANY MODIFICATIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE TO THE AGENDA? 
          >> IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION OF THE AGREEMENT WITH WALKER COUNTY HEALTH FOR THE SUMMER PROGRAM PERSON? 
          >> WHICH ITEM ARE YOU? I THINK THAT'S IN THE CONSENT AGENDA, BUT I'M NOT SURE WHICH NUMBER WE'RE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. 
          >> ITEM 9.12. 
          >> SO WE CAN CERTAINLY ANYTHING ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, WE CAN DISCUSS, ARE YOU WANTING TO HAVE A SEPARATE VOTE ON IT BECAUSE THAT WOULD REQUIRE IT TO BE PULLED OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA OR JUST A DISCUSSION? 
          >> JUST A DISCUSSION. I JUST WANT SOME CLARIFICATION ON SOME STUFF BECAUSE I WASN'T REAL CLEAR ON 100%, AND THAT WAS SOMETHING I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO GET IN AND ASK. 
          SO IF YOU DON'T MIND, WE HAVE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF DISCUSSION ON THAT ONE. 
          >> WE MAY BE ABLE TO, BUT JUST BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE YOUR QUESTIONS AHEAD OF TIME, THE STAFF WHO CAN ANSWER MAY OR MAY NOT BE PRESENT. 
          SO I CAN'T NECESSARILY WE CAN DO OUR BEST. 
          >> APPRECIATE IT. NO, I THINK YOU PROBABLY WILL KNOW. 
          >> THERE'S JUST BEEN A FEW OTHER THINGS GOING ON IN THE LAST FEW DAYS SO IT MAY NOT BE RIGHT THE TOP, BUT THERE IS SOMEONE WHO DOES KNOW. 
          I DON'T WANT TO PROMISE THAT I CAN ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. 
          >> YEAH. THANK YOU, KRISTI. 
          >> JUST FOR CLARITY'S SAKE, FOR THOSE THAT MAY NOT KNOW WHAT KRISTI IS REFERRING TO BETWEEN THE CHANGE OF ADMINISTRATIONS AND FUNDING ISSUES AND THE LEGISLATURE BEING IN SESSION, 
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KRISTI HAS BEEN HOPPING FROM ONE TOPIC TO THE NEXT, AS HAS BEEN MOST OF THE DISTRICT. 
          THINGS HAVE BEEN MOVING FAST AND FURIOUS AND YOU'LL PROBABLY GET SOME IDEA OF THAT AS WE TALK ABOUT THINGS TONIGHT. 
          IF YOU'RE FINE WITH CONVERSATION, THEN WE'LL JUST DO IT THEN. OKAY? 
          >> I MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE AGENDA. 
          >> IT HAS BEEN MOVED THAT WE ADOPT THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> ALL OPPOSED. THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED AS PRESENTED. 
          NEXT, WE WILL GO TO ITEM 4.01, 
          [4. SCHOOL BOARD APPRECIATION]
WHICH IS THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH. 
          FOR THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO KRISTI. 
          >> IF YOU CAN LOOK AROUND, OUR STUDENTS HAVE CREATED SOME SPECIAL POSTERS FOR YOU. 
          I THINK IT'S VERY INTERESTING THAT PEOPLE DO NOT REALIZE HOW SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS DO BESIDES THE MEETING. 
          THIS IS A CULMINATION OF WHAT YOU DO EVERY MONTH. 
          BUT YOU ARE INVALUABLE TO OUR ORGANIZATION. 
          YOU SET POLICIES. 
          I JUST WAS MEETING WITH A PRINCIPAL TODAY WHO SAID, WHEN YOU COME TO VISIT, IT MEANS SO MUCH. 
          YOU ARE THE WINDOW FOR OUR COMMUNITY INTO WHAT'S HAPPENING EVERY SINGLE DAY, AND YOU'RE MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF. 
          I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU BECAUSE, WE WEREN'T EXACTLY SURE. 
          YOU WERE EACH GIVEN A PLAN TONIGHT BECAUSE I HOPE YOU REALIZED THAT YOU TRULY ARE HELPING US GROW INTO A BETTER ORGANIZATION EVERY SINGLE DAY AND YOU ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE. 
          WHETHER YOU ALWAYS FEEL IT OR NOT, WE GET THE GOOD AND THE BAD. 
          OUR STUDENTS KNOW WHO YOU ARE, AND I WILL BE SHARING A LITTLE VIDEO WITH YOU WHERE IT WAS PUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA THIS WEEK WHERE STUDENTS ARE THANKING YOU PERSONALLY. 
          THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. 
          >> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] WITH THAT, 
          [5. PUBLIC COMMENT [GC-3.3]]
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO ITEM 5.01, WHICH IS TO RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          PUBLIC COMMENT IS A TIME WHEN THE BOARD CAN HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY WHAT IS ON THEIR MIND AND IS IMPORTANT TO THEM, PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO WHAT IS HAPPENING WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          WE APPRECIATE RESPECTFUL CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM AND WELCOME SUGGESTIONS FOR SOLUTIONS. 
          PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOT A TIME FOR DISCUSSION. 
          IT IS A TIME FOR THE BOARD TO LISTEN. 
          BOARD MEMBERS MAY INTERJECT TO ASK CLARIFYING QUESTIONS OR MAY DIRECT SOMEONE MOST OFTEN, OUR SUPERINTENDENT TO TAKE FUTURE ACTION RELATED TO THE STATEMENTS. 
          BUT AGAIN, IT IS NOT A TIME FOR DISCUSSION. 
          OUR SILENCE IS NOT A SIGNAL OF AGREEMENT OR DISAGREEMENT, BUT IS MEANT TO BE TO RESPECTFULLY HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY. 
          PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOT THE ONLY WAY TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE BOARD. 
          THOSE THAT ARE NOT COMFORTABLE SPEAKING IN FRONT OF A GROUP ARE CERTAINLY WELCOME TO CONTACT THE BOARD VIA PHONE OR EMAIL. 
          WE ROUTINELY HEAR FROM A NUMBER OF DISTRICT STAKEHOLDERS EACH MONTH AND ASSIMILATE A WIDE RANGE OF INPUT ON DISTRICT ISSUES. 
          WE APPRECIATE HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY AND INVITE THEM TO USE WHATEVER MODE OF COMMUNICATION THEY FEEL MOST COMFORTABLE WITH TO DO SO. 
          OUR CONTACT INFORMATION IS READILY AVAILABLE ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE. 
          THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMENT ARE ASKED TO SIGN UP ON THE SIGN IN SHEET IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM. 
          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 ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT IS LIMITED TO A TOTAL OF 45 MINUTES. 
          FIRST ON TONIGHT'S LIST OF THOSE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IS MELISSA JACOBSON. 
          >> MY NAME IS MELISSA JACOBSON. 
          I'M COMMENTING IN SUPPORT OF PROPOSED BOARD POLICY 4300 LIMITING IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT IN SCHOOLS. 
          I'VE BEEN A TEACHER FOR 12 YEARS, AND THIS IS MY FOURTH YEAR AT FERNDALE HIGH SCHOOL. 
          AS COORDINATORS OF THE MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS PROGRAM, MY TEACHING PARTNER AND I SERVE CLOSE TO 130 ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS. 
          THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS HAVE BEEN A TIME OF REBUILDING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN STUDENTS AND SCHOOLS IN THE WAKE OF THE PANDEMIC. 
          WE FOLLOWED DR. DOMINGUEZ'S INITIATIVES TO BUILD A SENSE OF BELONGING AND INCREASE ATTENDANCE RATES. 
          WE'RE NOW FACED WITH ANOTHER NATIONAL SITUATION THAT THREATENS TO DISRUPT OUR STUDENTS' UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT SCHOOL IS AND WHETHER THEY BELONG HERE. 
          HERE ARE SOME STUDENT COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS WE'VE RECEIVED THIS WEEK. 
          WILL ICE COME INSIDE OUR SCHOOL TO GET PEOPLE? 
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WHAT DO WE DO IF WE'RE OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL AND THEY START ASKING US FOR INFORMATION? I WAS NOMINATED FOR AN AWARD, BUT I'M AFRAID MY FAMILY WILL BE SENT AWAY BEFORE I GET IT. 
          I'M WORRIED THAT THE GOVERNMENT WILL COME TO SCHOOL TO TAKE ME. 
          I'M AFRAID THAT MY FAMILY WILL BE DEPORTED AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO MY PARENTS. THIS IS A LONG ONE. 
          THEY COULD FOLLOW US ON THE BUS. 
          I AM SCARED THAT IMMIGRATION IS GOING TO COME TO MY HOUSE. 
          WE'RE EVEN SCARED TO GO BUY FOOD. 
          IF THEY GET MY DAD, DO I GO OR STAY? BECAUSE IF I STAY, WHO WOULD I STAY WITH, I JUST HAVE MY DAD HERE. 
          MY IMMIGRATION APPOINTMENT IS NOT TILL 2027. 
          WELL POLICY 4300 REITERATES OSBI'S POLICY RELEASED ON JANUARY 23RD, BY STATING IN OURSELVES, WE'RE TELLING OUR COMMUNITY DIRECTLY THAT WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO OUR STUDENTS RIGHT TO BE EDUCATED. 
          WE ARE SAYING WE WILL NOT COLLECT INFORMATION, SHARE INFORMATION, OR PERMIT LAW ENFORCEMENT ONTO CAMPUS, EXCEPT THROUGH CAREFULLY ESTABLISHED PROTOCOLS. 
          IF YOU ARE CONFRONTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT, YOU HAVE RIGHTS. 
          OSPI ALSO STATES THAT SCHOOLS ARE NOT TO ENGAGE IN ANY PRACTICES THAT CHILL A STUDENT'S RIGHT OF ACCESS TO SCHOOL. 
          AS A DISTRICT, WE HAVE BEEN MANDATED NOT ONLY TO EDUCATE, BUT TO WELCOME WITH OPEN ARMS ALL WHO COME TO OUR DOORS. 
          TO BE CLEAR, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EXTREMELY VULNERABLE CHILDREN. 
          MANY HAVE ENDURED POVERTY, ABUSE, FAMILY SEPARATION, HOMELESSNESS, AND LACK OF EDUCATION AND STABILITY. 
          THEY HAVE FOUND A HOME WITH US AND HAVE THRIVED HERE. 
          THEY ATTEND ALL WACOM COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGES. 
          WE HAVE A MANDATE TO CONTINUE TO EDUCATE THESE STUDENTS TO KEEP THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT A PLACE OF SAFETY. 
          WE NEED TO PROTECT OUR SCHOOLS AND KEEP THEM FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES. 
          WE ALSO NEED TO REDUCE OUR STUDENTS SENSE OF PANIC BY PROVIDING THEM ACCURATE EDUCATION ON THEIR LEGAL RIGHTS. 
          ON BEHALF OF ALL THE STUDENTS GOING TO SCHOOL TOMORROW, I URGE YOU TO PASS POLICY 4300 SO WE CAN TELL THEM, [FOREIGN], YOU STILL BELONG HERE. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU, MELISSA. NEXT, WE HAVE NATALI CHAVEZ. 
          >> HELLO. MY NAME IS NATALIE CHAVEZ. 
          THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO PUBLIC COMMENTS THIS EVENING. 
          FIRST OFF, THANK YOU FOR VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIME TO BE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. 
          AS YOU KNOW, MANY SCHOOL BOARDS ACROSS THE STATE FLIPPED TO A CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY BECAUSE PARENTS WERE FED UP WITH WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON IN THEIR CHILDREN'S SCHOOLS. 
          THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY, CHANGES IN CURRICULUM, THE EROSION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS, THE MOVE TOWARDS BIG PHARMA, MRC FUNDED SCHOOL BASED HEALTH CLINICS, SPHCS, WHICH STRONGLY PUSH TOXIC HPV VACCINES AMONG OTHER VACCINES, PUBERTY HORMONE BLOCKERS, MEDICATIONS FOR DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, ETC, AND WHICH, AS YOU KNOW, CAN ALL BE DONE WITHOUT PARENTAL CONSENT BY THE USE OF THE MATURE MINOR DOCTRINE. 
          MANY PARENTS BECAME MORE ENGAGED, UNITED, TOOK ACTION. 
          NOW THAT MANY SCHOOL BOARDS HAVE MORE AWARENESS AS TO WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING IN OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM AND THE AGENDA AND THE BIG PHARMA AND BIG TECH INFLUENCE BEHIND THIS AGENDA, AMONG OTHER THINGS. 
          NOW, AFTER PARENTS ARE MORE EMPOWERED, AWARE, AND EDUCATED, THE STATE THEN COMES IN TO DECREASE THE POWER OF SCHOOL BOARDS AND PRESSURE AND COERCE SCHOOL BOARDS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO COMPLY TO THE STATE'S ORDERS. 
          IF ANY OF THEM DO NOT COMPLY, THEN SOME FUNDING WILL BE WITHHELD FROM THAT SPECIFIC SCHOOL DISTRICT OR DISTRICTS. 
          NOW, DOESN'T THAT PLAYBOOK SOUND ALL TOO FAMILIAR? IF YOU DON'T COMPLY WITH OUR COVID CRAP DESTRUCTIVE ORDERS, WE'RE GOING TO WITHHOLD YOUR FUNDING. 
          IF YOU DON'T GET AN EXPERIMENTAL COVID 19 VACCINE INJECT IT INTO YOUR BODY, YOU'RE GOING TO BE FIRED FROM YOUR JOB. 
          WE KNOW THAT A FREE PINT FOR A POKE OR A FREE JOINT FOR A JAB OR A FREE SLICE OF PIZZA WASN'T ENOUGH TO ENTICE SOME OF YOU INTO GETTING A TOXIC EXPERIMENTAL VACCINE. 
          WE'RE GOING TO HAVE YOU OR YOUR EMPLOYEES FIRED FROM THEIR JOBS AND WITHHOLD FUNDING FROM SCHOOLS WHO DON'T COMPLY WITH OUR ORDERS. 
          HOW DOES THAT SOUND? TRUE OR UNTRUE? AS A FEMALE ATHLETE IN SCHOOL, I WOULD HAVE BEEN DEVASTATED IF A BIOLOGICAL MALE HAD TAKEN MY PLACE ON THE FOUR BY EIGHT RELAY TEAM OR PUSHED ME OUT OF MY VARSITY SPOT ON THE SOCCER TEAM OR GAVE ME A CONCUSSION FROM A HARD HIT WHILE I WAS PLAYING VOLLEYBALL, OR WHO PUSHED ME OUT OF A FIRST SECOND OR THIRD PLACEMENT DURING A SPORTS COMPETITION. 
          WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THIS STATE RIGHT NOW IS ABSOLUTE INSANITY. 
          IF YOU DON'T THINK IT'S INSANITY, THEN I'D LIKE TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS. 
          I HAPPEN TO BE A LIFELONG DEMOCRAT, AND NONE OF MY DEMOCRAT RELATIVES OR FRIENDS ARE OKAY WITH BIOLOGICAL MALES, PLAY IN GIRLS SPORTS, OR USING GIRLS LOCKER ROOMS OR BATHROOMS. I HAVE YET TO FIND ONE PERSON WHO I PERSONALLY KNOW WHO WAS OKAY WITH THIS. 
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ARE YOU ALL OKAY WITH THIS? I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO CRITICALLY REVIEW DIFFERENT LEGISLATIVE BILLS LIKE SENATE BILL 5181, SENATE BILL 5123, AND HOUSE BILL 1296. 
          WHAT ABOUT EQUAL RIGHTS FOR OUR BIOLOGICAL GIRLS, INCLUSIVITY SO THAT THEY CAN PLAY IN THEIR OWN SPORTS WITHOUT MALE DOMINANCE, INTIMIDATION, AND THREAT OF INJURY. 
          IT'S TIME TO TAKE A STAND. 
          IT'S TIME TO ROCK THE BOAT, AND THAT TIME IS. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          >> THANK YOU, NATALIE. 
          >> NEXT, WE HAVE DAVID SPRING. 
          >> THANK YOU. MY NAME IS DAVID SPRING, AND I'M A PARENT LIVING HERE IN NORTH BEND. 
          I'M ALSO THE DIRECTOR OF THE WASHINGTON PARENTS NETWORK, AND I HAVE A MASTER'S DEGREE IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON. 
          I HAVE THREE ISSUES I HOPE THE BOARD WILL CONSIDER. 
          FIRST, LAST FRIDAY, A KING COUNTY JUDGE LISTED THE INJUNCTION AGAINST THE PARENTS RIGHTS INITIATIVE AND IS THEREFORE NOW IN EFFECT IN EVERY SCHOOL HERE IN WASHINGTON STATE. 
          I WANT TO KNOW IF YOU WILL, THIS WEEK, SEND AN EMAIL TO EVERY TEACHER AND ADMINISTRATOR IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, INFORMING THEM OF THIS DECISION AND LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THEY ARE NOW LEGALLY REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THE PARENTAL NOTICE PROVISIONS OF THE PARENTS RIGHTS INITIATIVE. 
          NO MORE KEEPING PARENTS IN THE DARK ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THEIR KIDS. 
          I WILL HOPE YOU WILL ADOPT THE CLEAR POLICY THAT ANY FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE PARENTS RIGHTS INITIATIVE WILL LEAD TO DISMISSAL. 
          SECOND, ALSO LAST WEEK, PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER REQUIRING PROTECTION OF GIRLS AND GIRLS BATHROOMS, GIRLS LOCKER ROOMS, AND GIRLS SPORTS. 
          ALSO AS REQUIRED BY TITLE 9. 
          THEREFORE, SCHOOL BOARD POLICY 3211 IS NOW IN VIOLATION OF BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS. 
          I THEREFORE HOPE THAT THIS BOARD WILL REPEAL SCHOOL BOARD POLICY 3211. 
          FAILURE TO REPEAL THIS POLICY RISKS LOSING FEDERAL SCHOOL FUNDING BOTH IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND IN WASHINGTON STATE. 
          I ALSO URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THE CHANGE IN THE WIAA POLICY. 
          MERIDIAN, LINDEN, AND BLAINE SCHOOL BOARDS HAVE ALL PASSED RESOLUTIONS IN RETURNING TO GIRL SPORTS. 
          HOWEVER, IN AN ARTICLE IN THE WIAA CASCADIA DAILY FERNDALE THIS WEEK, FERNDALE SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT KEVIN ERICKSON STATED THAT THE FERNDALE SCHOOL BOARD WOULD NOT EVEN DISCUSS THIS ISSUE. 
          LET ME BE CLEAR. ALL OF THE CLAIMS MADE BY THE TRANS DRUG COURT HAVE BEEN PROVEN TO BE SCIENTIFICALLY FALSE, INCLUDING THE CLAIM THAT GIVING GENDER CONFUSED CHILDREN DRUGS WOULD REDUCE THE SUICIDE RATE. 
          WHEN IN FACT, I HAVE A MASTER'S DEGREE IN SCIENCE EDUCATION ALSO, GIVING KIDS DRUGS INCREASES THE SUICIDE RATE. 
          AS A RESULT OF THE WASHINGTON TRANSGENDER DRUG POLICIES, WASHINGTON CHILDREN NOW SUFFER FROM THE WORST MENTAL HEALTH OF ANY KIDS IN THE NATION WITH THE GREATEST INCREASE IN THE PAST SEVEN YEARS. 
          THE POLICIES WE'VE BEEN DOING THESE KIDS HAVE BEEN CRAZY AND KIDS HAVE BEEN SUFFERING BECAUSE OF THAT. 
          ALSO HUNDREDS OF GIRLS HAVE BEEN DEPRIVED OF METALS DUE TO THIS VERY SERIOUS MATTER OF ALLOWING BOYS TO TAKE OVER GIRL SPORTS. 
          FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ALL OF THIS, YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE, WASHINGTON PARENTS NETWORK. 
          I HOPE YOU'LL GET BETTER INFORMED ABOUT THIS ISSUE. 
          IT IS TIME TO STOP GIVING GIRL SPORTS AWARD TO BIOLOGICAL MALES, IT IS TIME TO END THE TRANS DRUG CULT HERE IN FERNDALE AND IN WASHINGTON STATE. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU, DAVID. NEXT, WE HAVE DOM FAM. 
          >> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DOM FAM. 
          I IDENTIFY AS THE FERNDALE RESIDENT ON BAR ROAD. 
          IN THE FINAL HOURS OF HIS LAST DAY IN OFFICE, PRESIDENT BIDEN SIGNED A NUMBER OF PREEMPTIVE PARDONS. 
          THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL AMONG WHICH IS FOR DR. ANTHONY FAUCI, THE FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE NIAID AND BIDEN'S CHIEF MEDICAL ADVISER. 
          CONSIDERING HIS ROLE IN INFLUENCING MANY POLITICAL LEADERS POLICIES AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT, I THINK IT'S WORTH REVISITING SOME OF HIS STATEMENTS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS DURING THE PANDEMIC. 
          FIRST, MASKING AND SOCIAL DISTANCING. 
          ON FEBRUARY 5TH, 2020, WHEN ASKED IF ONE SHOULD WEAR A MASK WHILE FLYING, HE REPLIED, "THE TYPICAL MASK YOU BUY IN A DRUG STORE IS NOT REALLY EFFECTIVE IN KEEPING OUT VIRUS, WHICH IS SMALL ENOUGH TO PASS THROUGH THE MATERIAL. 
          I DO NOT RECOMMEND THAT YOU WEAR A MASK." IN FEBRUARY 2021, HE CLAIMED, "I OFTEN MYSELF WEAR TWO MASKS." IN JANUARY 2024, DURING TESTIMONY BEFORE THE HOUSE SELECT SUBCOMMITTEE, FAUCI ADMITTED THAT HE DIDN'T REVIEW ANY SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE BEFORE ISSUING THE RECOMMENDATIONS ON MASKING AND SOCIAL DISTANCING. 
          SECOND, VACCINATION. IN MAY 2021, WHILE TOUTING THE BENEFITS OF VACCINATION, 
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HE ASSERTED, "THE RISK IS EXTREMELY LOW OF TRANSMITTING IT TO ANYBODY ELSE." IN JULY 2021, HE SAID, "VACCINATED PEOPLE ARE CLEARLY CAPABLE OF TRANSMITTING THE INFECTION." THIRD, LOCKDOWNS. 
          IN OCTOBER 2020, HE STATED, "I RECOMMENDED TO THE PRESIDENT THAT WE SHUT THE COUNTRY DOWN, AND THAT WAS VERY DIFFICULT DECISION BECAUSE I KNEW IT WOULD HAVE SERIOUS ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES, WHICH IT DID." IN JULY 2022, HE DENIED MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION BY SAYING, "I DIDN'T RECOMMEND LOCKING ANYTHING DOWN." AMID ALL THE FLIP FLOPS AND LIES, HE MADE A VERY IRONIC STATEMENT, "WE'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL WHEN THERE'S MIXED MESSAGES AND INCONSISTENCIES IN MESSAGING." FOURTH, MR. SCIENCE, IN NOVEMBER 2021, WHEN RESPONDING TO POLITICIANS CALLING FOR HIS RESIGNATION AND PROSECUTION, FAUCI SAID, "THEY'RE REALLY CRITICIZING SCIENCE BECAUSE I REPRESENT SCIENCE." HAVING LEARNED OF THE CLEMENCY, FAUCI DECLARED, "LET ME BE PERFECTLY CLEAR. 
          I HAVE COMMITTED NO CRIME." MY QUESTIONS ARE, IF HE STRONGLY BELIEVES THAT HE HAS DONE NOTHING WRONG, WHY DOES HE ACCEPT THE BLANKET PARDON? DOES HIS ACCEPTANCE ALSO MEAN THAT HE NOW WANTS HIS BRAND OF FIX SCIENCE TO BE PARDONED AS WELL SINCE HE REPRESENTS SCIENCE? THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU, DOM. THAT CONCLUDES THE LIST OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TONIGHT. 
          AGAIN, THIS IS NOT THE END OF YOUR ABILITY TO COMMENT TO THE BOARD. 
          IF YOU'VE HEARD SOMETHING OR YOU HEAR SOMETHING TONIGHT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS YOUR OPINION ABOUT, AGAIN, OUR CONTACT INFORMATION IS LISTED ON THE WEBSITE, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO HEAR FROM YOU. 
          WITH THAT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO THE SHARING PORTION 
          [6. SHARING [GC-7.E.]]
OF OUR MEETING AND I WILL TURN THINGS OVER TO KRISTI FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT SHARING. 
          >> WELL, THANK YOU AND WE WILL GET THE POWERPOINT UP HERE. 
          I JUST HAVE TO SHOUT IT OUT TO SELINA BECAUSE IF I HAD TO MANAGE THIS AT THE SAME TIME, I'D BE VERY STRESSED, SO I JUST CAN SIT HERE AND CALM. THANK YOU. 
          THIS LAST WEEK, I'M A LITTLE THROWN OFF ON TIME, AND PART OF IT IS BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A FEW DAYS. 
          LAST WEEKEND, THE WEEK BEFORE WE HAD SEVERAL DAYS OFF AND PEOPLE WERE WONDERING WHAT'S HAPPENING. 
          WELL, ONE OF THOSE DAYS WE HONOR TREATY DAY. 
          THE WEEK BEFORE THAT AND THEN THIS PAST WEEK, MOST OF OUR SCHOOLS HELD A TREATY DAY ASSEMBLY. 
          WHAT HAPPENED FOR THAT THIS YEAR WAS OUR HIGH SCHOOL CHESS QUEEN CLUB ACTUALLY WAS INVITED TO THE VARIOUS SCHOOLS TO COME AND THE CHAIRMAN JOINED THEM TO EXPLAIN WHAT TREATY DAY MEANS, WHAT IT MEANS TO THE LUMI PEOPLE, WHAT IT'S ABOUT. 
          IT WAS POWERFUL IN THE FACT THAT OUR STUDENTS PERFORMED THEIR ANTHEM. 
          AND THEN SMACIA, WHO IS JUST SUCH AN INCREDIBLY WISE AND BRILLIANT STORYTELLER, WAS ABLE TO EXPLAIN THAT. 
          FROM OUR KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS ALL THE WAY UP TO HIGH SCHOOL, I HEARD FROM MANY STUDENTS THAT THEY UNDERSTOOD A LOT MORE AFTER THAT INTERACTION. 
          I JUST WANT TO THANK OUR STUDENTS, BUT ALSO THE CHAIRMAN FOR COMING AND HELPING US TO LEARN. 
          THE OTHER PART, AND I'VE SHARED WITH YOU AND NANCY HAS ACTUALLY JOINED ME AT MORNING GATHERING. 
          MORNING GATHERING HAPPENS EVERY SINGLE DAY AT FERNDALE HIGH SCHOOL. 
          IT WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE REASONS THEY STARTED THAT WAS TO INCREASE ATTENDANCE. 
          OUR STUDENTS WERE NOT FEELING A SENSE OF CONNECTION, SO OUR NATIVE STUDENTS, AND ACTUALLY, IT'S OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS GATHER IN THE OX JAM AT THE HIGH SCHOOL MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AND THEN IN THE FERNDALE COMMONS ON FRIDAY. 
          OUR STUDENTS THIS YEAR, WHO ARE PART OF CHESS QUEEN CLUB AND WHO GATHER FOR SINGING AND DANCING IN THE MORNINGS THEY LOVE IT. 
          THAT IS JUST SOMETHING THAT FILLS THEIR SOUL. 
          IT FILLS THEIR BUCKET AND EVERY SINGLE TIME THEY GET INVITED TO GO EVERYWHERE, THE ONE THING THEY SAY IS ONE MORE TIME, IN FACT, I WENT TO WATCH THEM PERFORM AT THE MARTIN LUTHER KING CELEBRATION THAT TOOK PLACE IN BELLINGHAM ON A SATURDAY. 
          WHAT DID THEY SAY WHEN THEIR TIME WAS UP? "ONE MORE SONG." ANYWAY, WE HELD A TREATY DAY COASTAL JAM, AND PART OF OUR FEDERAL FUNDING IS FAMILY GATHERINGS. 
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THIS ALSO MET A REQUIREMENT FOR TITLE 6. 
          IT WAS GREAT BECAUSE I WAS ABLE TO MEET WITH FAMILIES AND SHARE THE JPPS THAT WE HAD GONE OVER WITH THE NATION IN DECEMBER AND PASSED THOSE OUT TO DIFFERENT FAMILIES. 
          THEN I WAS ABLE TO ASK FAMILIES WHAT WOULD THEY LIKE TO SEE FOR THEIR CHILDREN. 
          I GOT TO INTERVIEW DIFFERENT FAMILIES AND SEE WHAT THEY WERE INTERESTED IN. 
          FOR FOUR HOURS, OUR STUDENTS WERE DRUMMING AND DANCING. 
          I GET TIRED AFTER WATCHING THEM FOR ONE SONG AND THEY CAN JUST GO AND GO AND GO. IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. 
          WE HAD A REALLY GOOD TIME AND OVER 250 PEOPLE CAME. 
          THEN STATE OF THE DISTRICT. 
          CAN I JUST GIVE A SHOUT OUT FOR OUR TWO MCS? [APPLAUSE] THEY WERE AMAZING, VERY ENTERTAINING AND INFORMATIONAL. 
          BUT THIS WAS OUR FIRST STATE OF THE DISTRICT, AND IT REALLY WAS TO HIGHLIGHT OR SHARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN OUR ORGANIZATION AND TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE DATA AND WHY WE'RE DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING. 
          WHAT I APPRECIATED WAS FOLLOWING THE STATE OF THE DISTRICT, HOW MANY PEOPLE CAME UP AND SAID, I DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE DOING THAT. 
          THESE WERE DISTRICT EMPLOYEES. 
          I DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE DOING THAT AND SO IT WAS JUST A GREAT WAY TO SHARE WHAT'S HAPPENING DISTRICT WIDE. 
          IN THE MEANTIME, SINCE THAT HAS HAPPENED, I'VE HAD SCHOOLS APPROACH ME AND SAY, WE'D REALLY LIKE TO LOOK AT LOOPING. 
          WE'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THESE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES THAT WERE HAPPENING THERE. 
          I THINK EVERYONE THINKS THAT EVERYTHING WE DO COSTS MONEY, AND YES, STAFF COSTS MONEY. 
          BUT EVERY INITIATIVE IS NOT SOMETHING THAT DOES COST MONEY AND WE'RE CONSTANTLY LOOKING, HOW DO WE CHANGE THE MINDSET AND THE CULTURE AND MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS RESEARCH BASED AND HAS A POSITIVE OUTCOME FOR STUDENTS ACADEMICALLY AND SOCIALLY. 
          I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR ATTENDING. 
          IT MEANT SO MUCH TO HAVE ALL OF YOU THERE THAT NIGHT. 
          THANK YOU FOR COMING AND TO ALL THE STAFF WHO SET UP A TABLE AND SHARED DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE HIGHS AND THE LOWS OF FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WE'RE ALREADY BRAINSTORMING WHAT TO DO DIFFERENT NEXT YEAR. 
          GRADUATION RATES JUST CAME OUT, AND I AM PLEASED TO SAY, OVERALL, OUR DISTRICT AVERAGE WENT UP. 
          WE BROKE IT DOWN BETWEEN FERNDALE HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN FERNDALE VIRTUAL ACADEMY BECAUSE TWO DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. YOU CAN SEE THERE THE DISTRICT AVERAGE FOR THIS LAST SPRING, 86.9%. 
          WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT. 
          WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO QUESTION IT. 
          BOBBY AND I ARE NOW UNPACKING THAT DATA, AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN. 
          WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT MAKING SURE WE KNOW WHO'S ON TRACK TO GRADUATE. 
          JUST INUNDATED WITH DATA NOW THAT THIS HAS COME OUT SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU AS IT HAS NOT BEEN IN A PREVIOUS REPORT, BUT IT IS SOMETHING WE WILL TALK ABOUT FURTHER AT A DIFFERENT TIME. 
          I'M GOING TO KICK IT OFF TO OUR AMAZING TWO STUDENTS. 
          >> I DON'T REALLY HAVE MUCH, BUT IT'S THE START OF SECOND SEMESTER AT FERNDALE HIGH SCHOOL, AND I THINK IN OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS AS WELL. 
          CLASSES ARE KICKING IN AND FINALS ARE OVER UNTIL THE END OF THIS SEMESTER. THIS IS PRETTY EXCITING. 
          A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THEIR NEW SCHEDULES AND PEOPLE WERE FINDING THEIR NEW LUNCHES AND EVERYTHING'S CHANGED, BUT MY SCHEDULE HAS STAYED THE EXACT SAME. 
          THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY MORE FUN. 
          YOU KNOW WHAT, I KNOW MY TEACHERS, I KNOW MY CLASS. 
          IF I MADE IT THROUGH FIRST SEMESTER, I CAN MAKE IT THROUGH SECOND SEMESTER. 
          WITH THAT MENTALITY, EVERYBODY IS JUST LOCKING IN FOR THIS SECOND SEMESTER AND WINTER SPORTS ARE WINDING DOWN. 
          I THINK WE HAVE OUR BOYS SENIOR NIGHT TONIGHT AND THEN I THINK UNIFIED SENIORS BASKETBALL NIGHT IS TOMORROW. I'M PRETTY SURE. 
          THEY'RE JUST WINDING DOWN AND ONCE ALL THE SENIOR NIGHTS ARE OVER, FEBRUARY, THAT'S WHEN SPRING IS GOING TO START. 
          HOPEFULLY, I'M PRETTY SURE IT MIGHT SNOW THOUGH GUYS. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF SPRINGS ON ITS WAY. 
          IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE DELAYED. 
          THEN THE STATE OF THE DISTRICT THAT WE HAD EARLIER THIS MONTH. 
          THAT WAS SO COOL. 
          I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT WAS GOING TO BE PLANNED OR WHATEVER, WE WERE JUST MCING. 
          BUT IT WAS SO AWESOME TO SEE. 
          I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO MADE THOSE VIDEOS, BUT IT'S SUCH A GOOD JOB TO WHOEVER DID IT. 
          >> HUGE SHOUT OUT TO OUR COMMS TEAM. 
          THEY PUT THAT WHOLE THING TOGETHER. 
          >> THAT WAS SO COOL. 
          >> I THINK IT WAS JACKSON WHO PUT TOGETHER THE VIDEOS. 
          YEAH, JACKSON AND HIS SKILLS. 
          >> BECAUSE IT'S ONE THING TO JUST HEAR SOMEONE TALK ABOUT IT, BUT IT'S ANOTHER THING TO SEE IT HAPPENING AND HAVING A VIDEO OF IT 
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AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE TRULY IMPACTED BY LIKE THE TEACHERS AND THE STUDENTS TALKING ABOUT IT. 
          THAT WAS AWESOME, AND I KNOW GABBY AND I HAD A LOT OF FUN. 
          THEN I ALSO CHECKED OUT ALL THE BOOTHS AND I TALKED WITH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL BOOTH AND I LOVE THAT. 
          IT'S VERY FUN AND HOPEFULLY A LOT OF PEOPLE GOT TO CHECK IT ALL OUT. 
          YEAH, THAT'S ALL I HAD TO SAY. 
          >> I HAD TO MAKE A LITTLE THING TO REMEMBER EVERYTHING I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT. 
          PERFECT, I DON'T NEED THIS. 
          I CAN MAKE EYE CONTACT WITH YOU GUYS. 
          I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT DAY OF THE MONTH IT WAS. 
          I WANT TO SAY THE 18TH OF THIS PAST MONTH. 
          BLAINE MOUNT BAKER AND FERNDALE HAD A COLLABORATIVE TOWN HALL WHERE DIFFERENT DISTRICT EMPLOYEES AND CONCERNED PARENTS AND A COUPLE OF STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES MET WITH AND SPOKE TO OUR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND I THINK THAT WAS A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY. 
          IT WAS NICE CONNECTING WITH OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT EDUCATION. 
          I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WAS AFFORDED TO ME WHEN I WAS OFFERED A POSITION TO SPEAK ON THE STUDENT PANEL. 
          >> GOING INTO SECOND SEMESTER, WE'VE BEEN POSTING SENIOR SPOTLIGHTS. 
          WE HAVE OUR FIRST ONE OUT. 
          IF YOU GUYS CHECK OUT, FHS CLASS OF 2025 ON INSTAGRAM, WE'LL BE DOING MONDAY AND THURSDAY SPOTLIGHT POSTS FOR OUR GRADUATING SENIORS, AND AS WE GET CLOSER TO GRADUATION, WE'LL GO MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY. 
          PERSONAL LIFE. WHEN WE HAD THE END OF SEMESTER BREAK, I WENT AND VISITED TWO OF THE COLLEGES I'VE APPLIED TO AND I REALLY LIKED THEM, INCLUDING MY TOP CHOICE, MICHIGAN STATE. 
          IT WAS SNOWY, I WAS ZERO DEGREES, BUT I LOVED IT. 
          IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. THAT WAS WHAT I DID WITH MY BREAK. 
          IT'S DEFINITELY STARTING TO FEEL MORE REAL THAT I'M GRADUATING AS SECOND SEMESTER IS STARTING BUT THE BIG THING I WAS EXCITED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT AND THE REASON I MADE A THING THAT I HAD SENT TO SELINA IS THE STUDENT FEEDBACK MEETINGS BECAUSE I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SHARE THAT. 
          IT'S BEEN MY PASSION PROJECT SINCE I GOT SELECTED TO BE THE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE. 
          THIS YEAR, I'VE REALLY KICKED IT INTO GEAR. 
          FIRST OF ALL, ON NOVEMBER 25TH, AFTER COMMUNICATING WITH ADMINISTRATORS AT HORIZON MIDDLE SCHOOL, I GOT TO SPEAK WITH THEIR ADVISORY COUNCIL AND THE PRINCIPAL, AND WE HAD A WONDERFUL CONVERSATION. 
          IT WAS PROBABLY HALF AN HOUR AND IT WAS SO HARD TO LEAVE. 
          IT WAS SO HARD TO LEAVE FOR ALL OF US AND IT WAS REALLY GREAT ENGAGING WITH THESE STUDENTS BECAUSE IT SHOWS THAT THEY CARE SO MUCH AND THEY THINK SO MUCH ABOUT THE THINGS THAT MAKE OR BREAK THEIR EDUCATION. 
          WE HAD REALLY AWESOME DISCUSSIONS ON HALLWAY ETIQUETTE, THE IMPACTS OF CLICKS ON BELONGING. 
          I THINK THEY'RE DOING SOME KINDNESS CAMPAIGN, TOO, WHICH IS REALLY COOL TO HEAR ABOUT. 
          I'D BE INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT VISITOR STUDENTS THINK OF THIS BECAUSE I HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO THEM YET. 
          BUT THEY WERE REALLY INTERESTED IN DOING SOME EVENT OR HAVING MORE INTERACTIONS WITH ACTIVITIES THAT INCLUDED STUDENTS FROM BOTH MIDDLE SCHOOLS BECAUSE A LOT OF THEIR FRIENDS FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE THEY KNOW FROM SPORTS OR THAT THEY WILL KNOW WHEN THEY ATTEND THE HIGH SCHOOL, THEY WANT TO BUILD THOSE CONNECTIONS AND START REACHING OUT. 
          IT WAS REALLY GREAT ENGAGING WITH THESE STUDENTS AND I HOPE I GET TO TALK TO THEM AGAIN. 
          THE FIRST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL I VISITED WAS CENTRAL. 
          I WENT TO CENTRAL MYSELF AND MR. FRANCIK WAS THE FIRST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS PRINCIPAL TO GET BACK TO ME WITH WHEN WE COULD HAVE A CONVERSATION. 
          I MET WITH A GROUP OF KINDERGARTEN TO SECOND GRADERS AND A GROUP OF THIRD TO FIFTH GRADERS WITH PRINCIPAL FRANCIK IN THE LIBRARY ON JANUARY 16TH. 
          I WAS REALLY EXCITED TO BE THERE AND THERE'S SO MUCH JOY. 
          MR. FRANCIK SAID THAT BEING AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL IS LIKE BEING A ROCK STAR AND I REALLY FELT THAT IN THAT MOMENT, WE HAD SUCH WONDERFUL DISCUSSIONS. 
          WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT THEY LIKE ABOUT SCHOOL, AND IF YOU LOOK UP AT THE QUOTES, WE HAVE TWO DIRECT QUOTES FROM A KINDERGARTEN TO SECOND GRADE GROUP. 
          WE HAVE, "I FEEL LIKE THE TEACHERS CARE ABOUT ME", AND "I REALLY LIKE SCHOOL BECAUSE IT'S A FUN PLACE WHERE WE GET TO LEARN." WE HAD SO MUCH TALK AND THEY WERE SHARING HOW MUCH THEY LOVE THE TEACHERS AND THE STAFF. 
          SHOUT OUT TO EVERYONE WHO WORKS AT CENTRAL ELEMENTARY CERTIFICATED OR CLASSIFIED BECAUSE YOUR KIDS LOVE YOU AND YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. 
          SOME REALLY COMMON FAVORITES, THEY WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO THEIR UPCOMING PERFORMANCE. 
          THEY DO A SHOW FOR MUSIC CLASS IN THE WINTER. 
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THEY LIKED IT WHEN THEIR TEACHERS PLAYED CALMING MUSIC DURING WORK TIME. 
          THE LIBRARY IS INCREDIBLY BELOVED AND THE SENSATION, THE TREND THAT IS STRIKING ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ACROSS THE DISTRICT, IT'S BOOKS ON THE TITANIC. 
          THEY'D BE INTERESTED IN MORE IF ANYONE KNOWS OF SOURCES. 
          WITH THE OLDER KIDS, WE TALKED MORE ABOUT SOME THINGS THAT THEY CHANGE OR THEY FEEL LIKE AFFECTED THEM. 
          THEY EXPRESSED INTEREST IN A FAMILY NIGHT OR A DAY AT SCHOOL WHERE THEY GOT TO JUST FOCUS ON CONNECTING WITH PEOPLE FROM OTHER GRADES. 
          THEY REALLY LIKED HAVING FIELD TRIPS WHEN THEY WERE YOUNGER AND THEY WISH THAT THE MIDDLE GRADE KIDS GOT TO DO A COUPLE MORE OF THOSE. 
          THEY ALL SAID THAT THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN CONTINUING A RELATIONSHIP WHERE THEY GOT TO GIVE FEEDBACK WHEN WE HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT STUDENT INVOLVEMENT IN STUDENT LIFE. 
          I JUST THOUGHT CONNECTING WITH BOTH THE CENTRAL AND HORIZON STUDENTS WAS AMAZING. 
          I CAN'T WAIT TO HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATIONS WITH KIDS IN OUR DISTRICT BECAUSE THAT MEANS A LOT TO ME AND IT MEANS A LOT TO YOU GUYS. 
          THAT'S WHY YOU'RE ALL HERE. 
          >> I DO WANT TO ADD PAY ATTENTION TO THE WEATHER FORECAST AND REMEMBER THAT IF YOU LOOK OUTSIDE AND THERE'S A LOT OF SNOW, CHECK YOUR PARENTS SQUARE. 
          >> WHERE IS KABANA WHEN WE NEED HIM? [LAUGHTER] 
          >> OH, HE'S STILL WORKING FOR US ON THIS. 
          >> WELL, THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR EITHER KRISTI OR THE STUDENTS ON THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN SHARED? OKAY, IF NOT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO UPDATES AND ONE 
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OF THE THINGS WE'VE PUT ON THE REGULAR AGENDA FOR THIS YEAR IS BUDGET, AND THERE WAS A QUESTION WHETHER IT'S AN UPDATE OR A DISCUSSION, BUT IT FITS IN THIS GROUP SO WITH THAT, I WILL TURN THINGS OVER TO HOLLY. 
          >> I'M JUST GOING TO START REAL FAST. 
          ONE THING WE ARE DOING IS CONSTANTLY MONITORING THIS YEAR'S BUDGET AND MAKING DECISIONS IN REAL TIME, AS WELL AS PLANNING FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. 
          WHEN I SEND YOU EMAILS OR CONVERSATIONS, SOME OF IT WILL HAVE TO DO WITH RIGHT NOW, AND THEN SOME OF IT WILL BE THINGS THAT WE NEED YOU TO THINK ABOUT IN THE FUTURE. 
          IT'S THAT SPACE THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE IN WHERE WE'RE LIVING IN ONE SPACE, BUT WE HAVE TO PLAN FOR THE NEXT. 
          TONIGHT REALLY IS ABOUT LOOKING AT NEXT YEAR'S, BUT FOR EXAMPLE, I'LL SEND YOU INFORMATION ALONG THE WAY. 
          AS YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT NEXT YEAR, YOU UNDERSTAND THIS YEAR'S CURRENT CONTEXT. 
          IT HELPS US MAKE SOME DECISIONS OR HELPS YOU MAKE DECISIONS OR PRIORITIES FOR US TO WORK FROM IF THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          >> I'M GOING TO JUMP RIGHT IN. SPEAKING ABOUT OUR BUDGET DEVELOPMENT FOR THE 2025/26 SCHOOL YEAR. 
          TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET SURVEY THAT THE BOARD DID LAST YEAR. 
          WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THIS ANYWAY, THE BUDGET SURVEY RESULTS FROM THE LAST MONTH'S BOARD MEETING. 
          WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT SOME STAFFING CONSIDERATIONS. 
          WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUR CURRENT FUND BALANCE AND THEN HAVE SOME TIME FOR DISCUSSION AND QUESTIONS. 
          THE SURVEY AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING, WE SENT OUT A SURVEY FOR Y'ALL TO TAKE AND REALLY TO HELP US GUIDE THE BUDGET PROCESS, MAKING FINANCIAL PRIORITIES. 
          THE DISTRICT'S GOAL IS TO ALIGN THE BUDGET WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND WHILE EVERYTHING IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS IMPORTANT, THE SURVEY IS REALLY TO JUST PRIORITIZE FINANCIALLY WHERE WE WOULD LIKE TO SPEND OUR MONEY IN THE 25/26 SCHOOL YEAR. 
          THE FIRST PART OF THE SURVEY WAS SPENDING PRIORITIES WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN GOAL AREAS. 
          WE ASKED YOU TO RANK THE FOUR GOAL AREAS. 
          THERE'S SAFETY AND BELONGING, EARLY LEARNING, MASTER OF STANDARDS, AND FUTURE READY, AND OF THAT, MASTERY OF STANDARDS RECEIVE THE HIGHEST RANKING. 
          THIS IS JUST A GENERAL BROAD OVERVIEW OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          >> LET'S SEE. I'M NOT SURE HOW TO READ THAT EXACTLY. 
          WHAT IS REPRESENTED THERE? 
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          >> THERE ARE FIVE BOARD MEMBERS. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT THE BLUE, THREE OF YOU SAID THAT MASTERY OF STANDARDS WAS YOUR TOP PRIORITY BECAUSE THE BLUE IS THE NUMBER ONE RANKING. 
          ONE SAID EARLY LEARNING AND ONE SAID SAFETY AND BELONGING. 
          >> THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO SIT WITH THAT A WHILE. 
          >> YEAH. [LAUGHTER] I DID THE SAME THING. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> YEAH. 
          >> IS THIS OR WILL THIS BE ATTACHED SO THAT WE CAN GO BACK TO LOOK AT IT? 
          >> YES, WE CAN MAKE THIS AVAILABLE TO YOU. 
          >> AM I GOOD TO GO FORWARD? THEN WE DOVE A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO EACH OF THE GOAL AREAS. 
          THE FIRST ONE IS SAFETY AND BELONGING. 
          THE THREE AREAS, WE ASK YOU TO RANK WHERE PHYSICAL SAFETY, EMOTIONAL WELL BEING, AND INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT, AND PHYSICAL SAFETY WAS THE HIGHEST RANKED OUT OF THESE THREE AREAS. 
          READY TO MOVE ON? 
          >> OKAY. 
          >> THEN I PUT THE COMMENTS, JUST A SUMMARY OF THE COMMENTS IN HERE. 
          THEY'LL BE IN THE DOCUMENT THAT WE SEND YOU, BUT JUST SOME COMMENTS THAT YOU ALL HAD BECAUSE I ASKED FOR COMMENTS. 
          THE NEXT GOAL AREA WAS EARLY LEARNING. 
          OFF THAT, ACCESS TO QUALITY EARLY LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE INSTRUCTION WERE THE TWO HIGHEST RANKING, BUT IT WAS AT ALL OVER THE BOARD. 
          THEY WERE ALL IMPORTANT. 
          THESE ARE JUST A SUMMARY OF SOME OF THE COMMENTS. 
          I JUST WANT TO PAUSE. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR? I KNOW IT'S A LOT TO DIGEST. 
          >> I'M JUST WONDERING ABOUT THE OVERLAP BETWEEN EARLY LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE INSTRUCTION. 
          IS THAT IN TERMS TO SPECIFIC AREAS OF INSTRUCTION, OR IS IT JUST BASED ON THE TEACHING STYLES AND HOW THAT GOVERNS CLASSROOM ACTIVITY? 
          >> EARLY LEARNING IS ACTUALLY THE TIME PERIOD, THE AGES, WHEREAS DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE INSTRUCTION IS THE STRATEGIES. 
          THEY ARE TWO SEPARATE PIECES. 
          THE DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE MEANS THAT USE CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND HOW YOU WORK WITH STUDENTS, THE MATERIALS THEY HAVE, THE CURRICULUM. 
          WE ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE INSTRUCTION REGARDLESS OF THE AGE. 
          IF YOU REMEMBER AT THIS DAY OF THE DISTRICT, WE TALKED ABOUT CTE, HAS DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE INSTRUCTION FOR THAT AGE AND STAGE OF LEARNER, WHEREAS EARLY LEARNING ENCAPSULATES THE PRENATAL THROUGH THIRD GRADE. 
          EARLY LEARNING IS A TIME FRAME AND IT'S BASED ON WHEN THE BRAIN DEVELOPMENT IS MOST MALLEABLE. DOES THAT HELP? 
          >> SOMEWHAT. YEAH, I WAS JUST WONDERING WHY THE OVERLAP WAS A CONCERN OF THERE, BECAUSE IT SEEMED TO ME LIKE THEY WERE INCREDIBLY SEPARATE. 
          WE HAVE A DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE INSTRUCTION AS A PRACTICE THAT WE'RE PUTTING INTO PLACE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER EARLY LEARNING IS IN PLACE. 
          SINCE EARLY LEARNING IS A SPECIFIC GROUP, THAT WOULD BE PERHAPS SHAPED BY CERTAIN DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE INSTRUCTION PATTERNS, BUT ISN'T ENTIRELY BASED AROUND THAT. 
          THERE ARE OTHER SIGNIFICANT ELEMENTS TOO. 
          I WAS JUST WONDERING WHAT THE OVERLAP MEANT AS WHY IT WAS SOMETHING THAT'S REDUNDANT OR UNNECESSARY. 
          >> MAYBE THAT WAS JUST THE INTERPRETATION OF THAT QUESTION. 
          YEAH, BUT WELL SAID. 
          THE NEXT GOAL AREA IS THE MASTERY OF STANDARDS. 
          HEAD OF THIS, THE TOP PRIORITY WAS THE CURRICULUM ALIGNMENT AND STUDENT CENTERED ASSESSMENTS. 
          HERE ARE SOME OF THE COMMENTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS. 
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THEN THE LAST AREA IS FUTURE READY AND OUR TOP WRITERS HERE WERE CTE AND HIGH QUALITY LEARNING ALTERNATIVES. 
          AGAIN, THE BOARD COMMENTS. 
          DO WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME? WE'VE ALSO ASKED THE BOARD TO EVALUATE SOME OF THE OTHER BIG TICKET TYPE ITEMS, THE FACILITIES RENEWAL PLAN, CURRICULUM ADOPTIONS, MEETING THE BOARD'S FUND BALANCE POLICY, AND THEN THE SCRATCH COOKING PROGRAM, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY HAD BROUGHT FORWARD AS A BIG INITIATIVE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. 
          THIS IS THE TWO THAT REALLY STOOD OUT WHERE THE FACILITIES RENEWAL PLAN AND THEN RESTORING OUR FUND BALANCE TO OUR FUND BALANCE POLICY. 
          AGAIN, THE BOARD'S COMMENTS. 
          ACTUALLY, THESE COMMENTS ARE JUST IN GENERAL ABOUT THE SURVEY. 
          >> AS YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THESE THINGS, THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE DISCUSSION OF OUR BUDGET. 
          IT'S A PROCESS. 
          AS QUESTIONS ARISE, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT AND LET US KNOW IF THERE'S THINGS THAT YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OR AREAS THAT YOU WANT ME TO TALK ABOUT. 
          SUMMARIZING EVERYTHING. 
          IN THE CONTEXT OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN, THE MASTERY OF STANDARDS RECEIVE THE HIGHEST RANKING. 
          SAFETY AND BELONGING AND EARLY LEARNING WERE RANKED CLOSELY BEHIND THAT. 
          THEN THE TWO THINGS THAT ARE LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS AND A FINANCIAL PRIORITY, WHERE THE FACILITIES RENEWAL PLAN AND THE FUND BALANCE RESTORATION. 
          IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS NOW, OR YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT ANYTHING YOU SAW OR GO BACK, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. 
          I KNOW IT'S A LOT TO TAKE IN. 
          >> I THINK I MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE PERSON WHO LEFT THE COMMENT ABOUT DEVELOPMENTAL APPROPRIATENESS. 
          THE REASON I WAS QUESTIONING IT IS I THOUGHT THAT ALL EDUCATION WAS DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE, AND THAT WAS CONFUSING TO ME. 
          >> THE ACTUAL HOT TOPIC AND WHAT TRINA WAS TESTIFYING ON TONIGHT WITH BILL WHAT'S THE NUMBER? 1450. ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING AT THE STATE LEVEL IS REALLY MAKING OUR TK PROGRAM. 
          THERE'S IDEA OUT THERE THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS DO NOT KNOW HOW TO PROVIDE DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE EARLY LEARNING PROGRAMMING, THAT WE JUST PUT KIDS IN DESKS AND THEY'RE DOING PAPER-PENCIL TESTS ALL DAY. 
          THAT WOULD NOT BE APPROPRIATE FOR A YOUNG CHILD. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, FOR OUR YOUNGEST CHILDREN, KINDERGARTEN PRE-K, WHEN I WORK WITH DISTRICTS, I TELL THEM YOU DON'T NEED TO BE PULLING THEM IN SMALL GROUPS. 
          THE AMOUNT OF EXECUTIVE FUNCTION THAT IS REQUIRED, I'M LOOKING AT NANCY BECAUSE SHE PULLED SMALL GROUPS AT ONE POINT. 
          FOR CHILDREN TO SIT IN A SMALL GROUP, ATTEND TO A TASK, AND HAVE A CONVERSATION, THAT IS A VERY HIGH-LEVEL SKILL AND IT REQUIRES A HIGHER LEVEL OF EXECUTIVE FUNCTION. 
          YOUNG CHILDREN ARE MORE ONE-TO-ONE OR TWO CHILDREN TOGETHER INSTEAD OF A SMALL GROUP. 
          IF YOU'RE PULLING KINDERGARTNERS THE SECOND WEEK OF KINDERGARTEN IN SMALL GROUPS, WHICH IT DOES HAPPEN IN SOME PLACES, NOT HERE IN FERNDALE, THEN THAT IS NOT CONSIDERED DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE. 
          THERE'S THIS PUSH AND PULL THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS SHOULD NOT BE 
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INVOLVED IN EARLY LEARNING PROGRAMS SUCH AS TK OR ECAP OR OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS. THERE'S JUST THIS IDEA. 
          WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE, WE ACTUALLY REALLY DO HAVE TO SPELL THAT OUT FOR PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY JUST THINK THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PLAY AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES, SOME PEOPLE THINK CHILDREN SHOULDN'T BE PLAYING, THEY NEED TO GET BUSY INSTEAD OF UNDERSTANDING PLAY IS THE WORK OF THE CHILD. 
          IT'S REALLY A TENSION POINT RIGHT NOW. 
          ACTUALLY, IT'S BEEN A TENSION POINT MY ENTIRE CAREER, AND SO WE JUST CONTINUE TO COME BACK TO IT. 
          TEACHER PREP PROGRAMS DON'T ALWAYS ADDRESS IT EITHER, SO SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ATTENDING TO. 
          DOES THAT HELP? YEAH. YOU KNOW WHAT? NEXT TIME WE DO A LITTLE TRAINING, I'M GOING TO INVITE YOU. 
          THAT WILL HELP. YOU AND I COULD DO A TRAINING TOGETHER TOO. 
          >> I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS TAKING THIS SURVEY THAT I WISHED I HAD MORE INFORMATION THAN JUST THE QUESTION BECAUSE I WAS GOING, THIS ISN'T ENOUGH TO GAUGE THESE DECISIONS ON, AND I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT EACH OF THESE THINGS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE MORE UNDERSTANDING BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE THAT THE DECISIONS THAT I MADE LOOKING AT THAT SURVEY WOULD BE THE SAME DECISIONS I WOULD HAVE MADE HAD I HAD MORE IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE BY HAVING A GOOD ROBUST CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT. 
          I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GET THE THINGS WHICH ARE WRITTEN UP THERE THAT PEOPLE HAD SAID AND THAT YOU CONDENSED. 
          I'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF US SO WE CAN HAVE THOSE CUES AND START TALKING ABOUT THESE THINGS. 
          >> WE DIDN'T PROVIDE THEM TO YOU AHEAD OF TIME BECAUSE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN AN OPMA VIOLATION. 
          NOW THAT YOU'VE HAD THEM. 
          REMEMBER, THIS IS NOT THE FINAL DISCUSSION., THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF DISCUSSION. 
          NOW THAT YOU'VE HAD THAT, HOLLIES EXPLAIN THE SUMMARY, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO GET THEM, AND IT'S GOING TO BE PART OF THE DRIVER AS WE GO ON. 
          IT MAY BE THAT YOU CHANGE OVER THE COURSE. 
          MAYBE YOU WANT TO DO THE SURVEY AGAIN, OR YOU SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, COULD WE DO A SURVEY OF THESE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS? THIS WAS JUST A FIRST TAKE AT THE SURVEY. 
          THE OTHER PIECE TOO, I WOULD SUGGEST, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN LEARNING ABOUT ANY ONE OF THOSE AREAS, THE BEST PLACE TO DO IT IS ACTUALLY IN THE SCHOOL SPACES. 
          WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT A LOT HERE, BUT I THINK IT'S BETTER TO SEE IT IN ACTION. 
          NANCY, I KNOW YOU'VE GONE TO SEE PLAY-BASED LEARNING. 
          KEVIN, YOU'VE GONE INTO SOME OF OUR CTE PROGRAMS. WHEN YOU GO IN AND GET TO SEE SOME OF THIS, STEVE'S BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN THE FACILITIES CONVERSATIONS. 
          I KNOW YOU'VE HAD LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT A CURRICULUM. 
          WHEN YOU ARE DEVELOPING SOME EXPERTISE FROM THE ACTUAL EXPERTS, I CAN REPRESENT IT, BUT I'M NOT DOING THAT WORK EVERY DAY, AND I WOULD LOVE TO HOST YOU IN SOME OF OUR CLASSROOMS TO SEE SOME OF THIS IN ACTION AND TO TALK TO THE DIFFERENT TEACHERS. 
          >> SOUNDS LIKE TO SOME DEGREE, IT WOULD BE GOOD TO BE LOOKING AT THIS AS A STUDY TOPIC OR A STUDY SESSION TOPIC WHERE WE CAN HAVE A ROBUST CONVERSATION GOING BACK AND FORTH, POTENTIALLY HAVING SOME PEOPLE COME IN OR SETTING UP SOME VISITS FOR US TO SEE THINGS IN ACTION BECAUSE I WOULD AGREE ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN CONVERSATION. 
          WATCHING TEACHES YOU A LOT MORE AND HELPS YOU UNDERSTAND IT A LOT MORE. 
          >> AT WHAT POINT IN TIME WILL WE KNOW HOW MUCH INCOME WE HAVE TO WORK WITH? 
          >> WELL, I'M GOING TO LET HOLLY ANSWER THAT ONE. 
          BUT THAT IS A VERY GOOD QUESTION. 
          WELL, I WOULD SAY TO BE INVOLVED AND PAY ATTENTION TO THE BILLS AND WHAT'S HAPPENING. 
          THIS IS A LONG LEGISLATIVE SESSION. 
          I DON'T KNOW TEAM. 
          I DON'T EVER REMEMBER A LONG LEGISLATION ENDING WHEN THEY SAY IT'S GOING TO END. 
          >> NO. WE DON'T KNOW THE EXACT AMOUNT OF REVENUE UNTIL THE LEGISLATURE HAS DONE. 
          THERE'S SOME TOOLS WE USE TO TRY AND ESTIMATE, BUT IT'S A GUESSING GAME. 
          >> I WOULD ADD ON THAT. I THINK THERE'S SOME OTHER PIECES, ENROLLMENT DRIVES, WHAT WE GET, SO WE MAKE SOME PROJECTIONS. 
          WE'RE TRACKING RIGHT NOW, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WE'RE TRACKING BIRTH RATES TO PREDICT OUR KINDERGARTEN LEVELS, AND THOSE BIRTH RATES ARE GOING DOWN, SO WE'RE PAYING ATTENTION TO THAT. 
          THERE'S JUST LOTS OF FACTORS THAT GO INTO IT. 
          WHAT WE DON'T KNOW IS WHO'S GOING TO MOVE IN, WHO'S GOING TO MOVE OUT OVER THE SUMMER. 
          THERE'S SO MANY MOVING TARGETS. 
          WHAT HOLLY IS DOING IS USING MATHEMATICAL EQUATIONS TO FIGURE THAT OUT BASED ON PATTERNS AND LOOKING AT THAT. 
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SHE'S WORKING WITH OTHER FINANCE DIRECTORS ACROSS THE REGION, WE'RE PAYING ATTENTION TO EVERY BILL. 
          THE OTHER PIECE THAT WE HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO IS, YES, WE MIGHT GET FUNDING, BUT HOW MUCH OF IT IS UNFUNDED IN SOME OF THE EXPECTATIONS THAT WE GET? IF A BILL GETS PASSED, WE'RE ANALYZING THOSE BILLS TO SAY, HOW MUCH OF YES, WE MIGHT GET REVENUE FOR IT, BUT HOW MUCH REVENUE ARE WE NOT GETTING FOR THE EXPECTATIONS? 
          >> WITH THE SHORTAGE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD FUNDING, WHICH WAS NOT OBVIOUSLY PLANNED FOR BECAUSE IT WAS EXPECTED THAT IT WOULD BE THERE. 
          MOVING FORWARD, DO WE BUILD IN A CUSHION FOR THOSE TYPES OF CIRCUMSTANCES? IS THIS THE ONLY TIME YOU'VE EVER SEEN THIS HAPPEN, THIS SORT OF THING? 
          >> NO, IT DID HAPPEN ONCE BEFORE WITH FOOD SERVICE. 
          >> RIGHT. IT HAPPENED, I THINK IT WAS TWO YEARS AGO WITH FOOD SERVICE. 
          THEY HAD TO SHORT-PAY US IN APPORTIONMENT, BUT THEN THEY DID CATCH UP AFTER THE LEGISLATURE WAS FINISHED. 
          THEY DID PLAY US THE MONEY THAT THEY WERE OBLIGATED. 
          IT JUST TOOK THEM LONGER, WHICH AT THE TIME, WE HAD A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE, SO CASH FLOW WASN'T AN ISSUE. 
          NOW WITH OUR TK FUNDING AND THEM POTENTIALLY NOT PAYING US THAT MONEY, IT WILL CAUSE A CASH FLOW ISSUE. 
          >> THAT'S WHY IF YOU ASKED THE EXECUTIVE TEAM, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS EXACT SAME SURVEY. 
          OUR NUMBER 1 PRIORITY WAS REINSTATING THE FUND BALANCE AND START GETTING THAT BACK UP. 
          >> JUST STEPPING AWAY FROM OUR BUDGET TOPIC FOR JUST A SECOND. MY APOLOGIES. 
          I FORGOT TO MENTION AT THE BEGINNING OF TONIGHT'S MEETING THAT DIRECTOR MACHADO WAS UNABLE TO BE HERE INITIALLY BECAUSE OF WORK CONFLICT, BUT HE HAS JOINED US ON ZOOM, SO HE IS LISTENING IN. 
          I JUST WANTED EVERYONE TO BE AWARE OF THAT. 
          OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT BUDGET. 
          HOLLY, I GUESS, ONE QUESTION AND YOU MAY NOT HAVE AN ANSWER TO THIS, AND I DON'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON A SPOT, BUT JUST INTERESTED IF THERE IS ANYTHING TO COMMENT. 
          I KNOW ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL, THERE'S BEEN SOME FREEZING AND CHANGES AND THAT'S A MOVING TARGET AS WELL. 
          HOW IS THAT POTENTIALLY GOING TO AFFECT US OR IS IT TOO EARLY TO TELL? 
          >> WE HAVE SOME EARLY PREDICTIONS THAT I THINK TITLE 1 IS GOING TO BE REDUCED BY ABOUT 25%. 
          I THINK THEY WERE ELIMINATING TITLE 2 AND 4. 
          THE SMALLEST ONE STAYS. THERE IS TALK. 
          THAT WILL DEFINITELY AFFECT AND WE JUST HAVE TO PLAN FOR NOT HAVING THOSE FUNDS. 
          >> YOU WANT ME TO MOVE ON, BUT THE GRANTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN FUNDED, WE CAN EXPECT TO RECEIVE ALL OF THAT, I MEAN, FOR THIS YEAR. 
          >> NOT NECESSARILY AS OF TODAY, FEDERAL FUNDS WERE FROZEN. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT IMPACTS US. 
          >> I HAVE SOMETHING ON THAT LATER. 
          >> WHAT KEVIN SAID EARLIER, WE'RE LEARNING A LOT. 
          REALLY EVERY MINUTE, EVERY HOUR, SOMETHING THE LAWS ARE CHANGING OR WHATEVER. 
          WE'RE IN CONVERSATION, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THESE NEW LAWS OR THE CHANGES OR IF THERE'S A FREEZE, THE IMPLICATION IS. 
          THERE'S PEOPLE BEHIND THE SCENES, INCLUDING OUR LEGAL COUNSEL WHO IS WORKING AS FAST AS THEY CAN TO KEEP UP AND TO GIVE US THE MOST CURRENT INFORMATION. 
          >> IRONICALLY, IS THAT COSTING MORE MONEY TO HAVE THEM WORKING ALL THE TIME BY THE SEATS. 
          >> LUCKILY, WE'RE IN A COOP, AND SO IT'S PART OF OUR FLAT FEE, BUT THERE ARE EXTRA EXPENSES THAT COULD COME, YES. 
          I'VE BEEN READING AROUND THE CLOCK. 
          THE TEAM'S BEEN READING AROUND THE CLOCK, PAYING ATTENTION. 
          STAYING IS UP TO DATE. 
          THAT'S WHAT I'M SENDING YOU. 
          YOU MIGHT NOTICE THIS WEEK YOU GOT A LOT MORE E-MAILS FROM ME. 
          EVERY CHANGE. THEY'RE NOT ALL TIED TO FUNDING. 
          BUT IF FOR EXAMPLE, TITLE 9 IS CHANGING, THAT MEANS THE TEAM NEEDS TO STOP AND CHANGE ALL OF THOSE PIECES, GET YOU THE MOST UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION FOR YOU TO VOTE ON. 
          THERE'S JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A HICCUP IN THE WORK AT THE MOMENT. 
          BUT WE'RE GETTING THERE. WE'RE GETTING CAUGHT UP. 
          >> WELL, IN SPEAKING FROM A BUSINESS MANAGEMENT STANDPOINT, 
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IT MAY NOT BE COSTING MORE BECAUSE THOSE SAME PEOPLE ARE WORKING, BUT IT'S TAKING THEIR TIME AWAY FROM THE OTHER THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO DO IN THEIR JOB TOO. 
          KUDOS TO THEM FOR ALL THE WORK THEY'RE DOING TRYING TO KEEP UP BECAUSE IT'S A MOVING TARGET. 
          OTHER QUESTIONS. 
          >> I HAVE MORE. 
          >> I WAS JUST GOING TO CHECK IF THERE'S OTHER QUESTIONS, IF THEIR IS NO OTHER QUESTIONS, HOLLY, FEEL FREE TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          >> WE'RE GOING TO TALK NOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT STAFFING AND BUDGET CONSIDERATIONS. 
          WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST MEETING, BUT STAFFING IS THE LARGEST PORTION OF OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET. 
          IT'S CONSISTENTLY BETWEEN 82 AND 86% OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS. 
          WE'RE AN ORGANIZATION OF PEOPLE EDUCATING OTHER PEOPLE, SO IT JUST TAKES A LOT OF STAFF. 
          WHEN WE FEEL OR WHEN WE HAVE BUDGET CUTS OR WHEN WE HAVE TO MAKE BUDGET REDUCTIONS, IT'S ALWAYS FELT BY PEOPLE. 
          WHEN COMPARING LAST YEAR TO THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR, STAFFING HAS DECLINED, WHILE ENROLLMENT HAS GROWN SLIGHTLY. 
          CURRENTLY, OUR ENROLLMENT IS UP AT 1.2%. 
          OUR CERTIFICATED STAFF DECREASED BY 6.8%. 
          OUR CLASSIFIED STAFF REMAINED JUST ABOUT THE SAME AND OUR ADMINISTRATORS DECREASED BY 10.3%. 
          I HAVE A COUPLE OF GRAPHICS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT. 
          THIS IS THAT 10-YEAR TREND ABOUT WHAT OUR ACTUAL STAFF COSTS OF OUR TOTAL GENERAL FUND BUDGET. 
          IT'S VERY CONSISTENT OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS BETWEEN 82 AND 86%. 
          >> ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I SAID TO HOLLY TODAY, I SAID, WELL, WE HAVE DECREASED STAFF BY ABOUT 16%, SO WHY IS IT THE SAME? THAT GOES TO RAISES WITH INFLATION. 
          EVEN THOUGH YOU DECREASE PEOPLE, WHEN THERE'S A RISE OR A COST OF LIVING INCREASE, THEN IT STAYS ABOUT THE SAME PERCENT OF THE BUDGET. 
          WHILE YOU'LL SEE DIFFERENT STAFFING YEARS, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE ARE PAID. 
          >> OUR REVENUE HAS NOT CAUGHT UP OR HASN'T GONE AT THE SAME PACE THAT INFLATION HAS. 
          THIS IS A NEW CHART. 
          THIS SHOWS THE GREEN IS CERTIFICATED STAFF, AND THIS IS OVER THE PAST SIX YEARS. 
          THE BLUE IS CLASSIFIED STAFF, THE YELLOW IS ADMINISTRATORS. 
          THEN THE LINE RUNNING THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF IT IS ENROLLMENT. 
          YOU CAN SEE THAT IT DIPPED DURING THE PANDEMIC. 
          WE CAME OUT OF THAT, OUR ENROLLMENT CAME OUT OF THAT, BUT OUR STAFF HAS REMAINED RELATIVELY CONSISTENT WITH ENROLLMENT, AND OUR ADMINISTRATORS HAVE DECREASED OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. 
          ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS GRAPH? THE NEXT THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WAS FUND BALANCE. 
          THIS IS JUST A REMINDER OF DISTRICTS FUND BALANCE IS SIMILAR TO A SAVINGS ACCOUNT, AND THE BOARD'S POLICY IS THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE 4% OF OUR BUDGETED EXPENDITURES ON HAND, WHICH IS ABOUT 3.6 MILLION, AND 4% OF OUR EXPENDITURES ARE ABOUT TWO WEEKS WORTH OF PAYABLES. 
          LIKE OUT IN THE BUSINESS WORLD, MOST BUSINESSES LIKE TO HAVE ABOUT 60 DAYS WORTH, A LITTLE DIFFERENT BEING A GOVERNMENT AGENCY RATHER THAN LIKE A BUSINESS. 
          THE DISTRICT DIDN'T MEET THE MINIMUM FUND BALANCE REQUIREMENT IN JUNE, SEPTEMBER, NOVEMBER, AND DECEMBER, AND WE WILL NOT MAKE IT IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY EITHER. 
          JUST BY MY PROJECTIONS. 
          >> TODAY I SENT YOU AN E-MAIL JUST TO EXPLAIN SOME OF THE COSTS THAT WE DID NOT AS A TEAM PLAN FOR. 
          ONE IS JUST SUBSTITUTES. 
          WHEN THERE'S A SUBSTITUTE OR A NUMBER OF SUBSTITUTES, THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL COST. 
          IF SOMEBODY GOES OUT ON LEAVE AND THEY HAVE A POSITION THAT HAS TO BE REPLACED, THEN WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SUB THAT POSITION OUT. 
          WHEN SOMEONE'S ON LEAVE, THEY'RE GETTING THEIR SALARY. 
          BUT WE'RE ALSO PAYING THE SALARY OF THE PERSON WHO'S REPLACING THEM. 
          RIGHT NOW, JUST FOR SOME AND DO YOU WANT TO SHARE THE EXACT NUMBERS? 
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          >> FOR THE LEAVES FROM THIS YEAR. 
          FOR DOUBLE COVERED. WELL, JUST OVERALL AND THEN WHO'S DOUBLE COVERED? 
          >> OVERALL THIS YEAR, WE'VE HAD 79 LEAVE OF ABSENCES FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR UP TO THIS POINT PUT IN, AND 56 OF THOSE REQUIRE BASICALLY US COVERING THE CLASSROOM, SO COVERING THE STAFF MEMBERS LEAVE THROUGH THEIR SICK PAY PMFL, AND THEN ALSO THEN COVERING THE COST OF THEIR LEAVE REPLACEMENT OR SUBSTITUTE, AND ADDED COST FOR THE DISTRICT. 
          TO GIVE YOU IN RELATION FOR THE '23/'24 SCHOOL YEAR, WE HAD 84 LEAVE OF ABSENCES FOR THE ENTIRE SCHOOL YEAR. 
          AT THIS POINT WE'RE ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THE SCHOOL YEAR, WHEN WE HAVE 79. 
          >> THIS FUND BALANCE, THIS THE GRAPH WE ALWAYS LOOK AT. 
          THIS IS IN YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THAT ARE POSTED EVERY MONTH. 
          THE GREEN IS WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW, AND WE'VE BEEN DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO TRY AND SLOW DOWN THAT DECLINING LINE BETWEEN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER AND THROUGH JANUARY, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT EVERY EXPENDITURE. 
          WE HAVE A HIRING FREE ZONE RIGHT NOW. 
          THIS IS KEEPING ME UP AT NIGHT. 
          [LAUGHTER] AT THE FORE FRONT OF ALL OF OUR MINDS AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE RIGHT NOW. 
          ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS? 
          >> WELL, I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT NOVEMBER TO DECEMBER IS A LITTLE MORE HORIZONTAL BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE BLUE, PINK AND ORANGE ABOVE IT, IT SEEMS LIKE A REAL STEEP SLOPE. 
          GOOD JOB IN HANGING ON TO THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE. 
          >> WE'RE MAKING A GOOD EFFORT. 
          [LAUGHTER] THAT'S THE END. 
          IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. 
          >> I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR STAFF AND OUR PRINCIPALS. 
          EVERYONE'S WORKING ON THIS. 
          ONE OF MY GOALS HAS BEEN TO BE VERY TRANSPARENT ABOUT THIS. 
          THIS BELONGS TO ALL OF US, AND SO THIS IS A JOINT EFFORT, COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO HOW WE'RE DEALING WITH THIS. 
          WHEN WE GET A NOTICE THAT, SORRY WE CAN'T PAY OUR BILL, THAT AFFECTS US. 
          WHEN WE HEAR THERE'S A FREEZE ON FEDERAL FUNDS, THAT AFFECTS US. 
          WE'RE LOOKING AT EVERY BIT. 
          I LOVE NANCY'S EMAIL THIS WEEK WHEN I EMAILED YOU ABOUT THE ACCIDENT AT NORTH BELL. 
          WE HAD A CAR. WE JUST DON'T PLAN FOR THOSE THINGS. 
          WHEN HOLLY TALKS ABOUT A FUND BALANCE, IDEALLY, YOU WOULD SAY MINIMUM 8%. 
          THE BOARD POLICY SAYS 4%. 
          THE TEAM IS WORKING SO HARD AND WE ARE FINDING JOY IN THE WORK BECAUSE WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO REMOVE THIS FROM THE STUDENTS. 
          THIS IS NOT ABOUT THE STUDENTS, THIS IS AN ADULT ISSUE. 
          THE STUDENTS STILL GET A HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION AT THE SAME TIME, AND PEOPLE ARE JUST SO CREATIVE. 
          THE WAY THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT IT, THINGS THEY'RE TRYING. 
          HEY, WE COULD DO THIS, WE CAN DO THAT AND SO I HAVE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR LEADERS, ESPECIALLY WHO ARE SUCH INCREDIBLE THOUGHT PARTNERS IN THIS. 
          >> ANY QUESTIONS FOR HOLLY? THANK YOU, HOLLY. ANYTHING ELSE? 
          >> NO, YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          >> AS WE'VE SAID, THIS IS GOING TO BE AN ONGOING CONVERSATION THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AS WE TRY TO BE TRANSPARENT AND WE PUT OUR PRIORITIES FORTH. 
          FROM WHAT I'M HEARING, CONSENSUS WISE AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WE'D LIKE TO HAVE MORE OF A STUDY SESSION IN REGARDS TO THIS SO WE CAN HASH THOSE AND GET DEFINITIONS AND TALK ABOUT THINGS MORE. 
          CHRISSIE HAS SAID THAT WE'LL HAVE THOSE GRAPHS THAT SHOW THE SURVEY RESULTS ATTACHED SO WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AND CHEW ON THOSE A LITTLE BIT MORE OURSELVES. 
          >> THEY'LL BE ATTACHED. THEY'LL HAVE THE POWERPOINT ATTACHED TO THE SMR THIS WEEK, SO YOU'LL HAVE IT AHEAD OF WHEN THE MEETING MINUTES GO OUT, BUT WE WILL GET THAT TO YOU. 
          THEN I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU AND I KNOW SOME OF YOU TAKE HOLLY UP ON THIS. 
          HOLLY IS MEETING WITH EVERY LEADER, ANYONE WHO HAS A BUDGET, SHE MEETS WITH VERY REGULARLY, AND THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS, HOW DO WE LOOK AT THE BUDGET, MAKING SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THEIR BUDGET. 
          BUT YOU ALSO AT ANY TIME, CAN MEET WITH HOLLY. 
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IT'S SO COMPLEX. SCHOOL FINANCE IS SO COMPLEX. 
          PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE. 
          THEN NOW THAT ALL THE CHANGES ARE HAPPENING, IT'S GETTING EVEN A LITTLE BIT MESSIER. 
          JUST ANYTIME YOU THINK I'D LIKE TO LEARN MORE, SET UP A MEETING WITH HOLLY AND SHE WILL HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THIS IN A WAY. 
          SHE'S PROBABLY BEEN ONE OF THE BEST FINANCIAL TEACHERS I'VE PERSONALLY HAD IN MY CAREER AROUND THIS, AND SO I JUST HIGHLY ENCOURAGE THE BOARD TO TAKE HER UP ON THAT OPPORTUNITY. 
          >> WELL, CONTINUING THE BUDGETARY THEME, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE FOR ANY UPDATE THAT THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE. 
          >> NOT ANY PARTICULAR EXCITING UPDATE OTHER THAN NANCY AND I WENT IN AND DID A RANDOM SAMPLING OF THE VOUCHERS AND COMPARED. 
          WE HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT THEY WERE ALL ANSWERED TO OUR SATISFACTION WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE THING, WHICH I'M GOING TO ASK ABOUT LATER, BUT NOTHING THAT THEY DIDN'T ADDRESS WHEN WE ASKED. 
          >> IT'S GOOD TO HEAR THE AUDIT COMMITTEE COMING BACK WITH THE SAME REPETITIVE RESPONSE IF WE'RE NOT FINDING ANYTHING THAT'S PROBLEMATIC. 
          HOPEFULLY THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE TREND. 
          >> WE AS A TEAM HAVE TALKED ABOUT HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE THE AUDIT TEAM, THE QUESTIONS YOU ASK. 
          WE FEEL LIKE THAT'S INCREASED TRANSPARENCY WITH THE BOARD AND SO THAT COMES UP IN OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM MEETINGS QUITE OFTEN ACTUALLY. 
          >> WELL, GOING FORWARD, NANCY AND I RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE NOT ACCOUNTANTS AT THIS AND THAT THERE ARE PROBABLY OTHER THINGS THAT WE SHOULD BE ASKING ABOUT AS WELL. 
          AND SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE AS YOU BEAR WITH US BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO OTHER BOARDS JUST OCCASIONALLY, HEY, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS? WELL, SORT OF. BUT THEN WE HAVE NOT REALLY FOUND ANYBODY THAT'S GOT SOMETHING CONSISTENT. 
          AT THIS POINT, I'M STARTING TO LOOK IN OTHER STATES JUST FOR SOME GUIDANCE. 
          >> YEAH. CHRIS DID A VERY THOROUGH SEARCH, WHERE WE WERE TRYING TO DEVELOP THIS AUDIT COMMITTEE AND I DON'T THINK YOU FOUND ANYWHERE. 
          SHE LOOKED AND LOOKED AND SHE CALLED VARIOUS PEOPLE. 
          WE ARE LOOKING ON WEBSITES, AND WE SPENT A FEW WEEKS TRYING TO FIND SOMEBODY. 
          WE JUST COULD NOT FIND IT AT THE LEVEL. 
          I THINK YOU AS A BOARD HAVE CREATED SOMETHING THAT'S UNIQUE AND SOMETHING TO BE SHARED. 
          >> IT IS A STATE REQUIREMENT, AND WE WANT, AT LEAST I'M HOPING BEFORE I'M DONE THAT WE WOULD HAVE SOME STRUCTURE IN PLACE WITH SOME GUIDELINES OF, WELL, THIS IS WHAT YOU DO, PROCEDURE, LOOK THIS, AND SO GOING TO THE WASDA CONFERENCE, I WENT TO ONE OF THE BREAKOUT SESSIONS ON ASSESSING FINANCIAL SOUNDNESS, AND THEY HAD THE FOUR INDICATORS THAT THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE HAS. 
          THEY SAID, WELL, YOU CAN USE THIS ON A MONTH TO MONTH BASIS AND I HAVE AND HONESTLY, IT DOESN'T LOOK THAT GREAT, UNDERSTANDABLY, GIVEN THE FUND BALANCE IS GOING DOWN. 
          I HAVEN'T REALLY SAID ANYTHING ABOUT THAT. 
          >> WELL, KEEP IN MIND, THIS IS ONE OF THE STATE AUDITORS AT ONE POINT. 
          >> YEAH, I KNOW THIS. 
          >> IF YOU WANT TO ASK SOMEBODY, THAT'S WHO I GO TO [LAUGHTER] AND SHE STILL UNDERSTANDS THOSE PIECES. 
          I THINK THAT'S WHY SITTING DOWN WITH HOLLY AND ASKING HER THOSE QUESTIONS BECAUSE I HAVE TO TELL YOU THERE'S A REASON OUR AUDITS ARE CLEAN WHEN THEY COME, AND IT'S BECAUSE THE TEAM IS BEING TRAINED BY HOLLY WHO HAS THAT LENS, AND IF SHE DOESN'T KNOW, SHE'S ON THE PHONE FINDING OUT FROM HER CONNECTION. 
          WE'RE JUST VERY FORTUNATE HERE TO HAVE THIS LEVEL OF EXPERTISE. 
          >> WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE FROM THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. 
          WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE TO THE LEGISLATIVE REPORT, AND THERE'S PROBABLY NOTHING GOING ON IN OLYMPIA FOR [LAUGHTER] NANCY TO COMMENT ON, SO THIS SHOULD BE REALLY SHORT. 
          >> OH MY GOSH. IN PREPARING FOR THIS, I WAS WONDERING, WHAT AM I GOING TO FOCUS ON BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON IN THE LEGISLATURE RIGHT NOW. 
          BUT BECAUSE FUNDING FOR SCHOOLS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, WASDA AND ALL THE SCHOOL BOARDS AND THE SUPERINTENDENTS AND EVERYBODY AND THEIR DOG HAD DECIDED THAT THE BIG THREE IS WHERE WE MUST FOCUS OUR ATTENTION. 
          ALTHOUGH THERE ARE MANY OTHER THINGS GOING ON IN THE LEGISLATURE, 
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AND I CAN MENTION A FEW OF THOSE THINGS, BUT THEY'RE NOT WHAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON. 
          EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE SOME OTHER EDUCATIONAL BILLS IN THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE, THE ONES THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING ARE TO FUND SPECIAL EDUCATION, MSOC, LET'S SAY MATERIALS. 
          HELP ME OUT GABBY, WHAT'S THAT? MSOC. MATERIALS, SUPPLIES, AND OPERATING COSTS. 
          YEAH, THERE WE GO, AND TRANSPORTATION. 
          THOSE ARE THE BIG THREE THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON AND LET'S SEE. 
          THE STATE STEPPING UP WITH THE FUNDING THAT OUR STUDENTS DESERVE IS NUMBER 1, AND WE'VE BEEN REACHING OUT TO OUR LEGISLATORS. 
          GABBY HAD MENTIONED THAT BLAINE TOWN HALL, AND THAT WAS A REALLY WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH ALICIA ROE, JOE TIMMINS AND SHARON SHOMKE. 
          ALL OF THEM WERE VERY MUCH ON BOARD WITH HELPING US AND THEIR LINES OF COMMUNICATION HAVE BEEN OPEN SINCE THEN AND I'VE BEEN ABLE TO REACH OUT TO THEM AND SHARE SOME ANECDOTAL INFORMATION TO HELP THEM BECAUSE SHARON SPECIFICALLY SAID THAT IF YOU HAVE STORIES TO TELL SHORT STORIES, THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE CLASSROOM, BRING SMALL PACKAGE, SO THAT I COULD JUST SAY IT QUICKLY TO MAKE IT CLEAR WHY THIS WOULD MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE. 
          HOLLY GRACIOUSLY OFFERED ME A VERY SMALL, QUICK, BUT INFORMATIVE CHART ABOUT HOW MUCH UTILITIES AND INSURANCE HAVE GONE UP OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS, AND FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS HAD TO PAY OUT, I'VE EMBEDDED IT IN HERE SOMEWHERE. 
          I THINK OVER 2.3 MILLION DOLLAR OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS THAT HAVE MORE THAN THAT, THAT HAVE COME OUT OF LEVIES BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT BEEN COVERED BY WHAT IS GRANTED TO OUR DISTRICT BY THE STATE, AND THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE MANY AREAS. 
          FUNDING IS A HUGE ISSUE RIGHT NOW. 
          AS ALLEGED REP, I'VE BEEN KEEPING UP WITH WHAT THEY CALL IN SESSION EVERY THURSDAY DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION. 
          WASDA HAS A ONE HOUR UPDATE ON WHAT HAS HAPPENED AND WHAT IS COMING UP AND WAYS TO GET INVOLVED IN THOSE THINGS. 
          I'VE BEEN WATCHING A LOT OF THE TVW LIVE BILLS THAT ARE GOING ON AND LISTENING TO THE TESTIMONY, AND I SEE WASDA PEOPLE IN THERE AND OTHER FOLKS THAT I KNOW THROUGH CONNECTIONS THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE REP NETWORK, SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS. 
          AND I COULD GIVE YOU SOME PARTICULARS, BUT I THINK THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BORING. 
          I THINK THAT'S ABOUT ALL I HAVE. 
          THERE ARE SOME OTHER BILLS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH EDUCATIONAL THINGS. 
          THERE ARE SEVERAL ACTUALLY ARE TARGETING THE RECENTLY MADE INTO LAW, THE INITIATIVE FOR PARENTS RIGHTS. 
          THERE'S QUITE A FEW BILLS THAT ARE DASHING THAT, AND SO WE'LL JUST SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT. 
          THROUGH WASDA JUST TODAY, I RECEIVED SOMETHING, BUT I THINK DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THESE THINGS ELSEWHERE. 
          JUST A LEGAL LANDSCAPE UP DATE, THE RECENT REVERSAL OF 2024 TITLE 9 REGULATIONS. 
          AS OF NOW, THE 2024 TITLE 9 LEGISLATION IS NO LONGER EFFECT ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY AND TO COMPLY WITH CURRENT LAW. 
          ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS SHOULD REVERT TO THE PRIOR 2020 TITLE 9 POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT WERE IN EFFECT UNTIL THE START OF THIS CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR. 
          THEY GO ON TO LINE OUT. 
          WASDA HAS UPDATED SOME OF THEIR MODEL POLICIES TO BE IN COMPLIANCE, AND THREE THAT HAVE BEEN REINSTATED, WE ALREADY HAVE, I CHECKED 3205, 3211, 5011. 
          WE HAVE ALL OF THOSE POLICIES. 
          THEN THEY ALSO SAID THAT WE NEED TO DELETE SOME OF THE POLICIES WE HAVE, AND THEY LISTED THOSE AND WE HAVE THREE OUT OF FOUR OF THOSE POLICIES. 
          WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT. 
          THE OTHER INFORMATION THAT I HAVE DEALS WITH SOMETHING THAT'S LATER ON OUR AGENDA WITH 4,300. 
          WE'LL SAVE THAT INFORMATION FOR WHEN WE HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. 
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ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. 
          >> ANY UNFUNDED MANDATES THAT LOOK LIKE THEY'RE COMING DOWN BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT THAT, THAT HASN'T SEEMED TO BE IN A CONVERSATION RECENTLY THAT I'VE HEARD HAPPENING A LOT. 
          IT'S MOSTLY, INCREASED SPECIAL ED FUNDING, COVER MSOC. 
          IS THERE A POTENTIAL OF WHAT THINGS ARE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW THAT LOOK THEY MAY CAUSE UNFUNDED? I KNOW FINANCIAL EDUCATION MAY BE ONE. 
          >> THERE ARE SOME AND I'LL SEND YOU TRINA'S TESTIMONY FOR TONIGHT THAT SHE GAVE, AND THEN DR. EVERETT FROM MERIDIAN SPOKE UP. 
          PART OF THE BILL ISSUE WITH MAKING TK FOLLOW ECAP STANDARDS. 
          ECAP STANDARDS ARE GREAT. WE JUST CAN'T. 
          THERE'S NO FUNDING ATTACHED TO IT, AND SO MAKING SURE THERE'S CERTAIN CURRICULUM THAT WOULD BE USED, WE'D HAVE TO BUY THAT. 
          CERTAIN STAFFING MODELS WE'D HAVE TO DO. 
          IT DOESN'T FUND THAT. 
          THERE'S ALL SORTS OF PIECES, DATA COLLECTION THAT'S NOT FUNDED. 
          EVERY TIME WE READ A BILL THAT HAS TO DO WITH EDUCATION, THE TEAM, WHOEVER'S INVOLVED IN THAT LEVEL OF EXPERTISE, SITS DOWN, SAYS, THIS IS WHAT THIS BILL WOULD COST US TO RUN THAT'S NOT MENTIONED IN THE BILL. 
          THEN WE MAKE SURE TO WORK WITH OUR LOCAL REPS OR WE TESTIFY AND SAY, THESE ARE SOME UNFUNDED MANDATES. 
          THERE'S ALSO A NETWORK OF SUPERINTENDENTS WORKING CONSTANTLY TO SAY, HEY, DID YOU SEE THIS BILL? DID YOU SEE THIS BILL? THESE ARE SOME THINGS? AS YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH A GROUP OF SUPERINTENDENTS IN THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON THAT'S EXAMINING OUR FUNDING MODEL HERE IN WASHINGTON STATE. 
          WE'RE ONE OF ONLY SIX THAT IS NOT A WEIGHTED FUNDING MODEL. 
          THERE'S SOME COMPLEXITIES. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT DIFFERENT STATES AND HOW THEY FUND EDUCATION. 
          IS THERE A DIFFERENT WAY TO DO IT? IT'S NOT GOING TO BE FIXED FOR NEXT YEAR, BUT IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. 
          I'LL BE ATTENDING ANOTHER MEETING ABOUT THAT. 
          I BELIEVE I'VE SENT YOU SOME OF THAT, BUT I CAN RESEND IT JUST SO IT'S AT THE TOP OF YOUR INBOX, JUST SO YOU'RE UP TO DATE ON WHAT THAT CONVERSATION LOOKS LIKE. 
          >> I WANT TO END ON A HIGH NOTE. 
          THAT SO MANY EDUCATION BILLS HAVE BEEN SEEN WITHIN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION IS A GOOD SIGN BECAUSE IT MEANS THAT THEY'RE PAYING ATTENTION AND THAT IT MATTERS. 
          OFTEN IT DOESN'T HAPPEN THAT QUICKLY THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE SESSION. 
          >> THANK YOU, ANSI FOR THAT UPDATE. 
          AS WE'VE SAID A FEW TIMES, IT'S RAPIDLY CHANGING, SO KEEP AN EYE ON YOUR INBOXES. 
          THE UPDATES WE'VE BEEN GETTING BOTH FROM WADA, FROM KRISTI, FROM OTHER SOURCES ARE HELPFUL IN TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH WHAT'S GOING ON. 
          WITH THAT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO ITEM 8.01, 
          [8. MATTERS RESERVED FOR BOARD ACTION]
WHICH IS REVIEW AND ACTION ON THE REVISED OPERATIONAL EXPECTATION POLICIES. 
          THESE ARE THE POLICIES THAT WE DISCUSSED AT OUR STUDY SESSION EARLIER THIS MONTH, AND WE'RE NOW HERE TO LOOK AT THEM. 
          BOBBY'S GOT SOME MORE INFORMATION, AND SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO BOBBY AND KRISTI. 
          >> I'M JUST GOING TO ADD WHY WE'RE DOING THIS ONE, THE STUDY SESSION. 
          YOU DID A REVIEW OF WHAT BOBBY HAD BROUGHT FORWARD. 
          WE'RE JUST WANTING TO PUT THAT OUT THERE AGAIN, ONE, TO BE TRANSPARENT WITH THE COMMUNITY. 
          BUT TWO, WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT YOU'VE GOTTEN TO SEE IT, YOU'VE HAD A LITTLE TIME TO THINK BEFORE WE START INVESTING TIME IN WRITING THE INTERPRETATIONS, KNOWING THAT, AND BOBBY IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS, THIS IS A PROCESS. 
          WE'RE NOT FOCUSED ON AN END PART HERE. 
          WE'RE ENGAGED IN THE PROCESS. 
          BUT WE'RE GOING TO KEEP JUST COMING BACK TO IT OVER AND OVER. 
          IT DOESN'T MEAN AS I'VE I SAID THE OTHER NIGHT, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THIS IS THE LAST TIME YOU CAN CHANGE IT. 
          IT'S GOING TO EVOLVE AS YOU GET THE INTERPRETATIONS, BUT WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REVIEW THESE ONE MORE TIME FOR TRANSPARENCY AND ALSO BEFORE WE GO SPEND SOME TIME WORKING, WE JUST WANT ONE MORE SHOT. 
          >> THANK YOU, KRISTI. I JUST MADE A DIAGRAM THAT I PUT ON THE SCREEN THAT YOU'VE SEEN ALL OF THIS BEFORE. 
          LAST TIME WE HAD IT IN A LIST FORMAT, BUT THIS IS JUST TO SHOW THAT IT IS CYCLICAL. 
          THE TOP RIGHT, THE DARK BLUE, THAT IS THE PORTION THAT WE PARTICIPATED IN A LAST SPECIAL SESSION EARLIER THIS MONTH. 
          [01:25:01]
WE WERE UPDATING THE POLICIES FOR OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS. 
          THEN TONIGHT WOULD BE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BOARD TO VOTE TO APPROVE THE POLICIES. 
          JUST A REMINDER THAT, LIKE KRISTI SAID, THAT'S NOT TO SET THEM IN STONE, BUT MORE TO PROGRESS THE NEXT STAGE IN THE CYCLE, WHICH IS TO ALLOW US AT THE DISTRICT TO THEN PROVIDE AN INTERPRETATION AND MONITORING INDICATORS FOR EACH OF THE POLICIES THAT ARE WRITTEN. 
          THEN WE WOULD THEN PRESENT THEM BACK TO YOU, SO THAT AGAIN, YOU'D STILL HAVE A CHANCE TO REVIEW THOSE BEFORE YOU'D VOTE TO APPROVE THOSE. 
          IF OUR INDICATORS OR INTERPRETATIONS DID NOT MEET YOUR INTENT WITH THE POLICY, THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER TIME TO WORK BACK AND FORTH WITH THE DISTRICT TO GET THAT IRONED OUT. 
          ONCE THAT'S ALL APPROVED, THEN WE CAN PROVIDE A MONITORING REPORT. 
          AFTER THE MONITORING REPORT IS PROVIDED TO YOU, THEN YOU WOULD VOTE I THINK ONE OF THREE ITEMS FOR OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS WOULD BE COMPLIANT, NOT COMPLIANT OR COMPLIANT WITH THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONS. 
          THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONS REFERS TO EACH SUB POLICY BEING EITHER COMPLIANT OR NOT. 
          IF ONE SUB POLICY IS NOT COMPLIANT, THEN WE WOULD JUST NEED TO HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE TO SAY THAT WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS COMPLIANCE ON THAT ONE CATEGORY. 
          THEN FOLLOWING THAT REVIEW IS WHEN YOU, THE SCHOOL BOARD, AND ALSO THE DISTRICT WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, THE POLICY AND INDICATORS ARE GOOD AS WRITTEN OR WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TWEAK EITHER OF THOSE, AND WE'D MAKE REVISIONS BEFORE THE NEXT YEAR'S REPORT. 
          THIS IS JUST MORE OF A CLARIFYING TO ALL OF YOU THAT TONIGHT'S VOTE WOULD BE ALLOWING US TO THEN PROGRESS TO THE NEXT STEP. 
          >> I THINK TO REITERATE WHAT BOBBY IS SAYING IS, IN THE SENSE OF THESE NOT BEING SET IN STONE, CHISELED IN GRANITE, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, THE EXAMPLE THAT THESE POLICIES THAT WE'RE READJUSTING OUR OE POLICIES, IS THAT, LIVING DOCUMENT THAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE THE ONES THAT WE MADE BEFORE, WE'VE DECIDED, HEY, THESE NEED TO BE MODIFIED. 
          WE'VE GOT SOME GOOD IDEAS HERE, LET'S CHANGE THEM, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE. 
          AT ANY POINT IN THE FUTURE, WE'VE GOT THE OPPORTUNITY OR BOARDS OF THE FUTURE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADJUST AS IS APPROPRIATE OR IS NEEDED. 
          DISCUSSIONS ON ANY OF THE POLICIES THAT WE LOOKED AT AT THE STUDY SESSION,, THEY'RE ATTACHED ON BOARD DOCS, THE REVISED VERSIONS AND THE CONSOLIDATED VERSIONS, TAKING US FROM THE MULTIPLE ONES DOWN TO THE SIX. ANY COMMENTS? 
          >> EXCUSE ME. I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY AFTER REVIEWING THESE POLICIES, WHICH I THINK WE'VE ALL HAD A CHANCE TO DO, AND I'VE DONE. 
          B&ZS ARE LIVING DOCUMENTS. 
          AS YOU STATED, KEVIN, THESE CAN BE CHANGED AT ANY TIME. 
          I WOULD PROPOSE THAT WE MOVE FORWARD ON A VOTE TO ACCEPT THESE AS WRITTEN. 
          >> CAN I TAKE THAT AS A MOTION? 
          >> YES. IT HAS BEEN MOVED THAT WE ADOPT THESE REVISED POLICIES AS PRESENTED AND MOVE FORWARD TO THE NEXT STEP IN THIS PROCESS. 
          STARTING WITH THE STUDENT ADVISORY VOTE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE? 
          >> AYE. 
          >> ALL THOSE OPPOSED? THE STUDENTS ADVISORY VOTE IS IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. 
          MOVING FORWARD TO THE ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE? 
          >> AYE. 
          >> AYE. 
          SURE. 
          [01:30:05]
          >> YES, THEN. IT'LL MERGE. 
          LIKE THE BUDGET, WE ARE LIVING IN THE NOW AND WE'RE PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE. 
          WHEN WE GIVE OUR FEEDBACK ON THIS, IT'LL ALL GET MERGED INTO ONE REPORT. 
          >> THIS IS PLANNING FOR NEXT TIME YOU GET OE. 
          WE'RE CREATING THAT. WHEN YOU GIVE THE FEEDBACK TONIGHT ON THE ONES YOU GOT, YOU GIVE THEM AS IS. 
          BUT YOU WILL SEE TONIGHT IN THE REPORT, AND IF YOU SAW IN THE SNOW, EMAIL FROM BOBBY, WHAT HE IS STARTING TO DO IS, WE'RE TRANSITIONING INTO THE WAY THE OES WILL BE WRITTEN IN THE FUTURE, BECAUSE WE WOULD LOVE FEEDBACK ON THAT BEFORE WE GET IN THAT PROCESS TOO. 
          >> I THINK THE BIGGEST BEAUTY THAT WE HAVE MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY THOSE WILL START IN JUNE ISH, THE NEW ONES AS WE GET THEM ADOPTED, IS WE'RE CONSOLIDATING. 
          WE DO GET TO HIT EVERYTHING EACH YEAR AS OPPOSED TO SOME GOING A CYCLE OF TWO YEARS. 
          I'LL BE A MUCH BETTER PROCESS THAT WAY. 
          JUST FOR CLARITY BACK TO ALL THOSE BOARD MEMBERS IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING THESE POLICIES, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE? 
          >> AYE. 
          >> AYE. ALL OPPOSED? THE REVISED POLICIES FOR THE OPERATING EXPECTATIONS HAVE BEEN ADOPTED. 
          THANK YOU, EVERYONE. THANK YOU BOBBY FOR ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE BEHIND THE SCENES, WHICH HAS MADE OUR JOB EASY. 
          >> THANK YOU. THIS WILL JUST BE THE BEGINNING OF 20. 
          >> I KNOW THAT TOO. 
          >> TO KEEP YOU BUSY FOR A WHILE. 
          >> YES. I ALSO WANTED TO COMMENT JUST ON WHAT KRISTI WAS SAYING. 
          FOR THE OE 5 AND 6 REPORTS THAT YOU'LL RECEIVE TONIGHT, YOU'LL NOTICE, I THINK KRISTI HAS SENT THAT OUT IN THIS MORE, BUT BEFORE OUR EXPLANATION OF EVIDENCE FOR EACH OF THE SUB POLICIES, WE ADDED THE STATEMENT OF COMPLIANT OR NOT COMPLIANT RIGHT THERE. 
          THE MESSAGE THERE IS JUST, AS YOU'RE READING THROUGH, I THINK, IN THESE REPORTS, EVERY CATEGORY WAS COMPLIANT. 
          IN THE FUTURE, IT MIGHT BE THE CASE THAT ONE IS NOT COMPLIANT. 
          THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THE WHOLE REPORT IS NOT COMPLIANT, BUT THAT CATEGORY WILL THEN HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE. 
          THANKS FOR LEARNING WITH ME. 
          I KNOW KRISTI'S BEEN A HUGE SUPPORTER OF ALL OF THIS OR A BIG HELP FOR ME. 
          I KNOW THAT SHE'S TAUGHT ME A LOT ABOUT COHERENT GOVERNANCE ALREADY. 
          JUST BY DIVING INTO THIS, I THINK WE'VE NOTICED THAT THERE ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN MODIFY WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN THE NOW, THE CURRENT OE POLICIES, TO MAKE IT CLEARER FOR YOU AS A BOARD, AND THEN HOPEFULLY THAT'LL BECOME WRAPPED INTO THE NEW ONE AS WELL. 
          >> WELL, I THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE GOT RID OF THAT WORD REASONABLE, BECAUSE THAT'S SUCH A GRAY AREA, AND SO THIS IS MUCH HELP FOR US AS A BOARD TO EVALUATE THE OE POLICIES. THANK YOU. 
          >> UNFORTUNATELY, THAT WORD WILL STILL EXIST. 
          >> SORRY, STEVE. 
          >> NOT FOR THE OES, THOUGH, ACTUALLY. 
          BUT JUST FOR THE RESULTS POLICIES, THERE WILL BE, DOES IT DEMONSTRATE REASONABLE PROGRESS? BUT THE PART THAT I THINK, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE REALLY CLEAR ON WHEN WE DO THAT IS THAT, WE'LL HAVE TO DEFINE THAT THEN, BEFORE WE WRITE ANY REPORTS, WHAT IS REASONABLE PROGRESS? THAT'LL TAKE OUT THE GRAY AREA. 
          WE WILL HAVE REASONABLE PROGRESS OR NOT, BUT WE'LL HAVE DEFINITIONS FOR IT. 
          >> WELL, AND PART OF THAT IS MAKING SURE THAT OUR INDICATORS ARE MORE STRATEGIC AND THAT FIT. 
          AGAIN, I STATED IT LAST TIME, BUT I WILL STATE IT AGAIN BECAUSE IT BEARS REPEATING, HAVING BEEN THROUGH THE TRAINING OF THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY WROTE THE COHERENT GOVERNANCE BOOK, IF I HAVE KNOWING WHAT I KNOW NOW, IF I HAD A CHOICE, I WOULD TAKE BOBBY'S TRAINING OVER THERES. 
          MUCH SHORTER, MUCH CLEAR, MUCH MORE TO THE POINT, AND MAKES MORE SENSE. 
          THANK YOU. YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB WITH IT. 
          >> WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO SEE IS THE OE REPORTS ARE MUCH SHORTER NOW, BECAUSE THEY ARE JUST, HERE'S THE EVIDENCE, HERE'S THE LINK. 
          THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN FIND IT. 
          I DO WANT TO GIVE BOBBY SHOUT OUT, BECAUSE IT'S SUPER GRAY TO US TOO. 
          YOU THINK IT'S GRAY FOR YOU. 
          HE AND I ARE LIKE, WELL, WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS MEANS? HE'S BEEN DOING A TON OF RESEARCH AND MUTUAL LEARNING GOING ON. 
          >> THAT TAKES US ON THEN TO ITEM 8.02, WHICH IS ACTING ON RESOLUTION 02-2025, THE URGING OF THE WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE TO ADDRESS K-12 FUNDING. 
          [01:35:03]
THIS IS A TOPIC THAT WAS BROUGHT UP LAST MONTH, AND A RESOLUTION HAS BEEN PRODUCED, RAN BY LEGAL COUNSEL AND IS UP FOR OUR CONSIDERATION AND ACTION. 
          IT'S BEEN THERE POSTED ON BOARD DOCS. 
          HOPEFULLY, EVERYBODY'S HAD A CHANCE TO READ IT. 
          NANCY READ A ROUGH DRAFT VERSION OF IT LAST WEEK OR LAST MONTH. 
          AGAIN, THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION. 
          >> WHERE DO I SIGN? 
          >> SURE. 
          >> ON THIS, ARE YOU SURE? NO. 
          >> NO. 
          >> YOU CAN LEAVE THAT. 
          >> THAT WILL BE NEXT ON OUR AGENDA. 
          THIS IS WITH THE RESOLUTION FOR THE FUNDING. 
          THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS POLICY 4300. 
          NO WORRIES. IT WAS INTERESTING. 
          I HAVE SPENT A LITTLE BIT OF TIME LISTENING TO TV WAR AND SOME OF THE TALKING, AND IT HAS BEEN NICE TO SEE THE UNITED FRONT THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED BY PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY IN SCHOOL FUNDING WITH THE WHOLE SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING, THE MSACS, AND THE TRANSPORTATION. 
          AS NANCY MENTIONED, THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER BILLS WITH EDUCATION GOING ON, BUT THERE'S BEEN SOME REAL UNIFIED, EVERYBODY STATING THE SAME MESSAGE, AND INTERESTING WITH SOME OF THE STUFF THAT KRISTI HAS SHARED WITH US THIS WEEK IS, OSBI IS SENDING OUT THESE THINGS SAYING, HEY, YOU GUYS, YOUR BUDGET IS LOOKING LIKE IT'S GOING DOWNHILL AND IT'S LIKE, WELL, OF COURSE, IT'S GOING DOWNHILL. 
          YOU'RE CAUSING US TO DO EVERYTHING. 
          YOU'RE NOT GIVING US THE MONEY TO DO WHAT YOU TELL US WE NEED TO DO. 
          IT'S LIKE YOU CAN'T HAVE YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT TOO. 
          >> ANY OF THAT INFORMATION, I THINK THAT THE FEDERAL RELATIONS NETWORK WOULD ALSO APPRECIATE IF YOU'VE GOT STORIES, IF YOU'VE GOT INFORMATION SENDING IT TO THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING BACK TO DC AND LOBBYING THERE, AND PARTICULARLY WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION. 
          MARISSA RATHBONE IS HEADING THAT UP, AND I KNOW YOU KNOW HOW TO GET AHOLD OF HER, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION, AND MAYBE YOU HAVE BEEN SENDING STUFF TO HER, BUT I TRIED GETTING PEOPLE TO SEND ME STORIES ON THE SPECIAL EDUCATION STUFF GOT A COUPLE, BUT NOT AS MUCH AS I WAS HOPING FOR. 
          >> SURE. 
          >> TRINA WOULD BE A VERY GOOD RESOURCE FOR YOU. 
          >> I WOULD SAY THAT IF WE SPELLED THE WORD LEGISLATURE CORRECTLY, THEY MIGHT TAKE IT MORE SERIOUSLY IN THE TITLE. 
          >> THERE IS A TYPO THERE. 
          >> THAT IS HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE READ THIS AND JUST NOTICED THAT. 
          CHRIS, ARE WE ABLE TO REPRINT THIS OFF WITH THAT FIXED FOR TONIGHT? WE WILL HAVE IT FIXED BEFORE THE END OF THE NIGHT? 
          >> YOU COULD SAY THIS IS WHY FUNDING IS IMPORTANT. 
          >> IT GOES BACK TO, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU'VE SEEN, BUT THOSE THINGS THAT THEY WRITE OUT WHERE EVERY WORD IS MISSPELLED OR DOESN'T HAVE THE RIGHT LETTERS, BUT YOU CAN STILL READ THE WHOLE PARAGRAPH. 
          >> WELL, JUST NANCY AND I WERE TALKING THIS WEEK, AND AS SOMEBODY WHO HAS DYSLEXIA, THAT LOOKS GREAT TO ME. 
          I'M NOT THE PERSON TO EDIT YOUR PAPERS BECAUSE IT'S AMAZING WHAT I'M ABLE TO READ. 
          PLUS, IF YOU'VE EVER TAUGHT KINDERGARTEN, YOU COULD READ A LOT. 
          >>I ALWAYS GO BACK TO, AND I HOPE MY MOTHER'S NOT WATCHING BECAUSE I MIGHT GET MYSELF IN TROUBLE, BUT ONE DAY SHE WAS TRYING TO CONVERSE BACK WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL WITH A PERSON IN GERMANY. 
          SHE HAD WRITTEN A LETTER AND SENT WITH ME TO MY GERMAN TEACHER TO READ TOO, AND MY GERMAN TEACHER LOOKED AT ME AND SHE SAID, NOW I KNOW WHY YOU SPELL THE WAY YOU DO. 
          ANYWAY, WE WILL GET THAT CORRECTED. 
          ANY OTHER TYPOS OR ANY OTHER COMMENTS REGARDING THIS RESOLUTION. 
          >> I MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THIS RESOLUTION. 
          >> IT HAS BEEN MOVED THAT WE ADOPT RESOLUTION 02. 
          [01:40:06]
DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT, ANTONIO? YOU'RE MUTED. 
          >> I HEAR YOU. CAN YOU SEE US? 
          >> NOT SURE. WE CAN SEE YOU, BUT WE CAN'T HEAR YOU. HE WAS THERE. 
          >> ONE MOMENT, PLEASE. 
          THOUGH WE GET THE ECHO. DO YOU HAVE THE AUDIO ON FOR YOUR ZOOM, ANTONIO? AREN'T THEY GOOD AT READING LIPS? 
          >> NOW WE HAVE YOU. NO, ON THE PHONE. 
          [LAUGHTER] WE ARE GOING TO FIGURE THIS OUT. 
          >> SORRY ABOUT THAT. I'M GOING TO PROBABLY GET OUT AND COME BACK IN. 
          BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, THANK YOU TO YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. 
          >> THANK YOU. [LAUGHTER] 
          >> THEN WE WILL GO AHEAD AND WE WILL MOVE FORWARD ON VOTING ON RESOLUTION 02-2025, THE URGING OF THE WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE TO ADDRESS K12 FUNDING. 
          FIRST, FOR AN ADVISORY VOTE FROM THE STUDENTS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. 
          >> AYE, [OVERLAPPING] ASSUMING IT'S WITH THE TYPO CORRECTION. 
          >> IT IS WITH THE TYPO CORRECTION. 
          ALL THOSE OPPOSED. 
          THE ADVISORY VOTE IS IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. 
          NOW, WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS VOTING ON RESOLUTION 02-2025. 
          URGING THE WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE TO ADDRESS K12 FUNDING WITH THE TYPO CORRECTED. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. 
          >> AYE. [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> ALL OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES. 
          THE RESOLUTION HAS BEEN ADOPTED. THANK YOU. 
          THEN, WE MOVE ON TO ITEM 8.03, WHICH IS THE REVIEW AND ACTION ON NEW POLICY 4,300, LIMITING IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT IN SCHOOLS. 
          THIS WAS A POLICY THAT WAS BROUGHT UP AS PART, IT WAS IN THE QUEUE FOR REVIEW PRIOR TO EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL, AS PART OF THE REQUEST BY BOARD MEMBERS IN REGARDS TO ANYTHING THAT DEALT WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AS WE WERE LOOKING AT OUR DRO POSITION. 
          THIS IS MODELED AFTER THE WASDA PROPOSAL, AND SO IT WAS PRESENTED TO US LAST MONTH AND IS NOW UP FOR DISCUSSION THIS MONTH. 
          THESE ARE PEGGY'S COMMENTS THAT SHE'S HANDING OUT AT THIS POINT. 
          >> I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THIS IN THE FACT THAT EARLIER THIS YEAR, IF YOU REMEMBER A DISCUSSION BEING ASKED, SPECIFICALLY, IT STARTED AROUND THE DRO TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT ANYTIME WE HAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT IN OUR SCHOOLS OR WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM HOW THAT WILL LOOK. 
          IN THE LAST WEEK, THIS HAS RISEN TO THE TOP. 
          [01:45:04]
FIRST OF ALL, LET'S JUST SAY WE HAVE TAKEN SAFETY MEASURES IN CASE SOMEONE ENTERS OUR SCHOOL WITH A WEAPON. 
          THEY HAVE TO BUZZ IN. 
          WE HAVE DRILLS EVERY SINGLE MONTH BY LAW. 
          IF THERE'S A FIRE, THERE ARE THINGS WE DO THAT ALLOW US TO BE PREPARED IF SOMETHING HAPPENS. 
          WE'RE NOT SAYING IT WILL, WE'RE SAYING IF IT HAPPENS, THIS IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO GO ABOUT. 
          WHAT I'VE BEEN ASKED FOR IN THE LAST WEEK ARE PROCEDURES ON WHAT DO WE DO IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN. 
          WHAT I AM ASKING THE BOARD TO DO IS TO PASS A POLICY SO WE CAN MAKE THOSE PROCEDURES TRANSPARENT. 
          RIGHT NOW, I AM GIVING SOME GUIDANCE TO MY PRINCIPALS ON WHAT TO DO. 
          I CANNOT PUBLISH THOSE ON THE WEBSITE BECAUSE I DO NOT HAVE A POLICY. 
          WE HAVE A POLICY FOR OTHER THINGS ALL THE TIME, AND I DID RUN THIS BY LEGAL COUNSEL. 
          I THINK, ONE THING THAT PEOPLE SHOULD BE AWARE IS WHEN WASDA PUTS UP A MODEL POLICY, THAT MODEL POLICY IS VETTED THROUGH THEIR LEGAL. 
          I ALSO SENT THIS TO SAM FOR HIS REVIEW TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS UP TO DATE WITH THE CHANGES IN THE LAW. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, UP UNTIL THIS WEEK, SCHOOLS WERE SECURE PLACES, MEANING THAT THERE WERE CERTAIN AGENCIES WHO COULD NOT COME ON CAMPUS, MEANING THEY COULD NOT COME IN OUR PARKING LOTS. 
          THEY COULD NOT COME INTO THE SCHOOL. 
          THE TERM IN TERMS OF THEY HAVE TO HAVE A JUDICIAL WARRANT, THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE SAME. 
          BUT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME TWEAKS. 
          SAM HAS MADE SURE THAT THE POLICY MATCHES WHAT IS IN PLACE. 
          WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS ASKING ME FOR, AND MY PHONE HAS BEEN FILLING UP. 
          I SENT YOU ONE MESSAGE THAT I WAS ASKED TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD EARLIER TODAY. 
          PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR DIRECTION. 
          I AM ASKING YOU AS A BOARD TO ALLOW ME TO PROVIDE THAT DIRECTION AND TRANSPARENCY TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          >> DISCUSSION. 
          >> I PRINTED OUT MY THOUGHTS ON THIS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN READING UP ON IT MYSELF AND PARTICULARLY ABOUT THE LEGISLATION THAT GENERATED POLICY 4,300 IN THE FIRST PLACE. 
          WHAT I DISCOVERED WAS THAT WE ARE BEHIND ON UPDATING OTHER POLICIES THAT MIGHT ACTUALLY HAVE PROVIDED ENOUGH COVERAGE ANYHOW. 
          THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT. 
          I AM NOT I WILL HAVE TO SAY A BIG FAN OF THE WORDING ON 4,300 BECAUSE I FEEL IT'S A LITTLE BIT ANTAGONISTIC AND SO I PUT MY THOUGHTS DOWN. 
          I THINK THAT AS A BOARD, WE SHOULD STRIVE FOR A LITTLE MORE NEUTRAL LANGUAGE AND TO TRY AND NOT PUT OURSELVES IN THE CROSSFIRE BETWEEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE STATE. 
          WHAT I HAD WRITTEN WAS, IT'S NOT FSD'S INTENT TO CURRY POLITICAL FAVOR. 
          THE ADOPTION OF POLICY LANGUAGE THAT IS PANDERING OR INFLAMMATORY AND WHICH DOES NOT ENHANCE PROTECTIONS WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE IN OUR EXISTING POLICIES. 
          WE NEED THOUGHTFUL LANGUAGE AND CONSTRUCTIVE ACTION. 
          I NOTED WHAT KRISTI SAID ABOUT THE EMAIL THAT SHE HAD FORWARDED FROM SAM TALKING ABOUT WHAT CHANGES HAVE ACTUALLY TAKEN PLACE RECENTLY. 
          THEY HAVE TO DO WITH WHERE ICE CAN ENTER AND MAKE ARRESTS, BUT IT HASN'T CHANGED THE AUTHORITY REQUIRED TO MAKE AN ARREST, AND IT HASN'T CHANGED THE DISTRICT'S OBLIGATIONS IN RESPONSE TO ICE PRESENCE. 
          WHAT I FOUND IN MY READING IS IMMIGRANT LEGAL RESOURCE CENTER, A NATIONAL NONPROFIT IMMIGRANT ADVOCACY GROUP, STATES THAT MOST ICE DETAINEES ARE IDENTIFIED THROUGH INTERACTION WITH OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. 
          POLICY 4310, WHICH WE HAVE ENCOURAGED BY WASDA, DESCRIBES DISTRICT RELATIONS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER AGENCIES. 
          ICE IS CONSIDERED LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OUR RESPONSE TO THEIR ACTIONS COULD BE ADDRESSED THROUGH PROCEDURES FOR POLICY 4310. 
          POLICY 4310 WAS ADOPTED BY WASDA IN DECEMBER OF 2011. 
          THEIR LATEST REVISION WAS DONE IN DECEMBER OF 2018. 
          FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT ADOPTED IT IN NOVEMBER OF 2013 AND HAS NOT UPDATED IT SINCE. 
          >> THAT IS ON THE DOCKET. 
          [01:50:01]
YOU WERE THE BOARD MEMBER WHO ASKED US TO REVIEW ALL OF THOSE, AND SO WE'RE JUST BRINGING ONE FORWARD A MONTH. 
          THIS IS THE ORDER IN WHICH LONG AGO WHEN YOU ASKED FOR THIS THAT WE BROUGHT IT FORWARD. 
          ALL OF THE POLICIES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, YOU WILL BE SEEING, BUT WE'RE ONLY DOING ONE AT A TIME BECAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE ALREADY BEHIND ON ABOUT FIVE OTHER POLICIES. 
          UNLESS WE WANT TO HAVE STUDY SESSIONS AND JUST DO POLICIES AT BOARD MEETINGS, IT'S GOING TO JUST TAKE SOME TIME. 
          >> WELL, THE REASON I WAS THINKING IS BECAUSE I THINK THAT MAYBE THIS CONTAINS A MORE BROAD LOOK AT MORE SCENARIOS, AND THEREFORE COULD POSSIBLY BE AN ADEQUATE POLICY WITH ALL OF THE STUFF IF WE INCLUDED THE IMMIGRATION LANGUAGE IN WITH THIS. 
          >> THE PIECE THAT'S TRICKY FOR US IS WE DON'T WRITE THE PROCEDURES FROM SCRATCH. 
          WASDA ALSO PROVIDES MODEL PROCEDURES. 
          ANYTIME WE DEVIATE FROM WHAT THEY DO, THEN WE'RE ASKING OUR LEGAL TO SPEND MORE TIME TO HELP US TO DO THAT. 
          IF WE WANT TO, THAT'S FINE, BUT PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR THE INFORMATION NOW. 
          I'M NOT GOING TO BE BRINGING THAT FORWARD. 
          I WOULD HAVE TO BRING THAT POLICY TO YOU NEXT MONTH TO REVIEW. 
          IT WOULD BE THE END OF MARCH BEFORE WE COULD GET THAT DONE. 
          >> THEN MY QUESTION IS, SINCE I'M NOT SEEING THIS GOING ON IN SEVERAL OTHER DISTRICTS WHERE I THINK THEIR CONCERN WOULD BE EQUAL TO OURS. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, MOUNT VERNON DOESN'T HAVE THIS IN PLACE. 
          THEY HAVE 4310, NO, THEY DON'T HAVE IT. 
          >> THAT'S FINE. I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT OTHER DISTRICTS, I HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WHAT MY STAFF AND STUDENTS ARE ASKING OF ME. 
          IT JUST SO HAPPENED THIS WENT ON BECAUSE OF A REQUEST EARLIER IN THE YEAR BY THE BOARD. 
          THIS HAPPENED, AND IT'S JUST TIMELY IN THE FACT. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT IT'S ENCOURAGED, BUT IT'S WHAT OUR COMMUNITY IS ASKING. 
          YOU HEARD FROM STAFF TONIGHT, OUR STUDENTS ARE ASKING FOR JUST CLARITY. 
          THERE'S NO JUDGMENT. 
          THIS IS WHAT WE'LL DO. 
          IT'S JUST A SCRIPT OF IF THIS HAPPENS, I WANT YOU TO DO THIS AND THEN YOU DO THIS. 
          THERE'S NOTHING IN THE PROCEDURES THAT'LL SAY THIS IS OUR OPINION, IT'S JUST THE FACT OF A DRILL. 
          >> I'M JUST SAYING THAT I THOUGHT THAT THE PROCEDURES MIGHT BE IN ALIGNMENT WITH POLICY 4310 AS WELL BECAUSE 4310 COVERS LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OUR RESPONSE TO IT. 
          THIS IS LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, ICE IS A GOVERNMENT AGENCY, AND IT'S ALSO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SO I DON'T SEE A REASON WHY THIS POLICY COULDN'T INCORPORATE ALL OF THAT AND THAT WOULD FREE US UP FROM ONE SPECIFIC POLICY ABOUT ONE SPECIFIC AGENCY AND THEREFORE BE MORE COMPREHENSIVE AND JUST BETTER [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> CAN I ASK THEN, CAN I STOP LOOKING AT ALL THE OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT POLICIES? BECAUSE IF THAT ONE IS GOING TO ADDRESS ALL OF THEM, THEN WE'LL JUST HAVE ONE POLICY THAT DEALS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
          >> EXCEPT FOR 4310 SAYS THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SEPARATE POLICY FOR THE SRO STUFF. 
          >> THAT WAS NOT THE DIRECTION OF THE BOARD BACK IN SEPTEMBER. 
          >> BACK IN SEPTEMBER, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU MY RECOLLECTION OF SEPTEMBER, WHICH WAS THE ONLY THING I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT AT THAT POINT IN TIME WAS THE FACT THAT WE WERE REQUIRED TO HAVE A POLICY IN PLACE FOR THE SRO. 
          THAT WAS THE POLICY THAT WE HAD AVAILABLE. HERE'S THE THING. 
          I WAS LOOKING AT OUR POLICIES AND OUR POLICY 4310. 
          OUR POLICY 4310 HAD NOT BEEN KEPT UP TO DATE. 
          WE MISSED TWO UPDATES FROM WASDA. 
          >> NUMBER OF POLICIES. 
          REMEMBER, I SAID TO YOU, THE REASON WE HAVE EVELYN IS BECAUSE IT WAS GOING TO COST US OVER $8,000 TO GET ALL OUR POLICIES UP TO DATE BY WASDA, AND THEY SAID IT WOULD TAKE TWO YEARS BEFORE THEY COULD HELP US SO WE ARE SO BEHIND ON A NUMBER OF POLICIES. 
          >> I AGREE. I'M JUST LOOKING TO ELIMINATE REDUNDANCY AND MAKE THINGS CLEARER AND PUT IT IN ONE SPOT. 
          IF THIS ALL DEALS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, WHY HAVE SPECIAL CATEGORIES FOR EACH TYPE OF SITUATION WHEN WE CAN HAVE CLARITY AND CONSISTENCY AND I'LL HAVE IT IN ONE SPOT? WE'RE NOT RUNNING THE RISK TOO OF CREATING CONTRADICTORY POLICIES. 
          WHEN YOU HAVE MORE THAN ONE, YOU HAVE TO KEEP TRACK OF THIS. 
          >> JUST SO YOU UNDERSTAND HOW WE USE POLICY 
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IS EVERY SINGLE TIME A QUESTION COMES UP, WE SEARCH, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE TITLE MAY CAUSE SOME CONCERN. 
          IT'S LIKE THAT, SO WE CAN JUST SEARCH QUICKLY. 
          IF SOMEBODY GOES IN, THEY SEARCH IT AND IT POPS RIGHT UP. 
          PEOPLE DON'T FIND THAT POLICY SO THEN WE HAVE TO GO OUT AND CHECK. 
          IF THE BOARD CHOOSES TO GO IN THAT DIRECTION, WE WILL CLARIFY AND WE WILL STOP AND WE WILL WRITE PROCEDURES THAT INCLUDE THAT. 
          BUT THINGS ARE CHANGING ALL THE TIME AND SO I'M JUST BRINGING FORWARD AS I ASKED THEN THAT WE WOULD BRING FORWARD ALL THE POLICIES THIS YEAR THAT HAVE TO DO WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
          BECAUSE KEEP IN MIND, THE DRO IS ONE PART OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
          THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT PARTS THAT WE INTERACT WITH ALL THE TIME, ALL THE DIFFERENT AGENCIES. 
          IF THE BOARD JUST WANTS ONE POLICY, AND WE WILL HAVE TO WRITE SEVERAL PROCEDURES FOR THAT BECAUSE WE INTERACT WITH EVERY AGENCY DIFFERENTLY. 
          HENCE WHY WASDA HAS A SEPARATE POLICY FOR EACH ONE. 
          BUT IT'S UP TO THE BOARD. 
          >> QUESTION FOR CLARIFICATION. 
          WITHIN THIS, IF WE WORK WITH 4310 AND HAVE IT ENCOMPASSING ALL LIKE YOU SAID, WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE POLICIES, IT WOULD BE A DOCUMENT THAT WOULD BE EXTENSIVE AND POTENTIALLY HARDER TO SEARCH THAN IF WE HAVE POLICIES THAT ARE MORE SPECIFIC AND CAN NARROW DOWN ON THAT ATTITUDE, IS WHAT I'M HEARING. 
          >> IT DOES MAKE IT. THERE'S A LOT OF POLICIES. 
          IF YOU GO ON OUR POLICY, IT'S NOT SUPER EASY TO READ. 
          PEGGY AND I'VE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE NEED TO CHANGE IT ON THE WEBSITE SO IT'S EASIER. 
          BUT PEOPLE GO IN AND THEY SEARCH. 
          WE START MEMORIZING THE POLICIES BECAUSE WE'RE IN THEM ALL THE TIME, BUT THE AVERAGE COMMUNITY DOES NOT. 
          >> FOR FURTHER CLARIFICATION. 
          ARE WE LOOKING AT 4300 AS REPLACING 4310 OR IS IT AN ADDED LAYER OF PROTECTION? THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. IT OVERLAPS. 
          IT'S MORE 4310, AND I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO READ THIS AHEAD OF TIME, BUT IT'S MORE LIKE ALMOST AN UMBRELLA THAT WOULD ALMOST BE OVER 4300, WHICH SEEMS THAT NUMBERING IS ODD THAT WAY. 
          I WOULD THINK THAT THE 4300 WOULD BE THE MORE GENERAL WITH 4310 AND SUBSEQUENT BEING MORE ORGANIZED, BUT I DIDN'T WRITE THE NUMBERS. 
          IT'S BEEN REVIEWED BY LEGAL AND THERE'S NO OVERLAP OR CONFLICTS WITH THE TWO POLICIES. 
          >> NO, SAM WENT THROUGH IT, BUT WASDA ALSO, THEY PUT FORWARD THE DIFFERENT POLICIES. THEY COME UP. 
          I'LL ACTUALLY BE SURPRISED IF THIS ONE DOESN'T SHOW UP AT SOME POINT AS ESSENTIAL, JUST GIVEN THE CONTEXT. 
          BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S ENCOURAGED, BUT A LOT OF THEM ARE ENCOURAGED THAT WE HAVE. 
          >> JUST IN MY OPINION WITH IT, I THINK PART OF 4300 ISSUE IS THE TITLE OF LIMITED IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT IN SCHOOLS. 
          I WOULD PROPOSE THAT IF WE DO MOVE FORWARD WITH ADOPTING IT, THAT WE CHANGE IT TO IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT IN SCHOOLS AND GET RID OF THE LIMITING BECAUSE I THINK IT SETS PEOPLE UP IN MIND BECAUSE WHEN I FIRST LOOKED AT THIS, I WAS LIKE, OKAY, HOLD ON. 
          I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT. 
          BUT AS I READ IT, I THINK THE BIGGEST STATEMENT WITH IT IS FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT ADHERES TO ALL REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL AND STATE LAW. 
          THAT'S THE FIRST STATEMENT AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE GOT TO DO, BUT LIKE KRISTI SAYS, AND I'VE HEARD FROM OTHERS WITHIN THE DISTRICT, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR DIRECTION AS TO HOW TO HANDLE THESE SITUATIONS. 
          IF SOMEBODY SHOWS UP AT THEIR DOORSTEP OR PUSHING THE BUTTON ON THE SECURITY VESTIBULES WE HAVE AT THE SCHOOL. 
          >> I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, PEGGY. 
          IF IT'S THE TITLE, THAT'S THE INFLAMMATORY PART. 
          >> THAT IS PART OF IT. YEAH, I WILL ADMIT. 
          BUT ANOTHER PART OF IT IS WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE POLICIES THAT ARE PUT IN PLACE AREN'T SO RESTRICTIVE THAT IF WE NEED THEM TO COME IN LIKE SAY, A BORDER PATROL, IMMEDIATE RESPONSE, YOU HAVE YOUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE GROUP. 
          IF WE NEED SOMEBODY TO SHOW UP TO ADDRESS AN IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY THAT WE'RE NOT TRIPPING OVER. 
          >> WE HAVE A WHOLE TEAM THAT WORKS WITH ALL THOSE DIFFERENT AGENCIES AND PROTOCOLS THAT ARE WRITTEN BY THAT COLLECTIVE GROUP. 
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THAT'S PART OF THE I LOVE YOU GUYS PIECE. 
          IF THERE WAS A RESPONSE, BORDER PATROL HAS NOT BEEN IN THAT CONVERSATION. 
          FERNDALE PD HAS BEEN, BELLINGHAM PD, THE DIFFERENT AGENCIES, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. 
          I THINK THERE'S A DIFFERENCE TOO. 
          I THINK WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND STATE. 
          PART OF OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE HAS BEEN WE'VE BEEN DOING THE TRAINING WITH STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT, NOT THE FEDERAL PART. 
          THEN IF THERE WAS SOME NEED, AND IF CHRIS COCHRAN, WAS HERE, OR MARK, THEY COULD EXPLAIN IT MUCH BETTER, BUT WHAT THAT CHAIN OF COMMAND, THEY MEET MONTHLY. 
          THAT TEAM MEETS ON A MONTHLY BASIS ON HOW THEY DO INTERNAL STRUCTURES. 
          WHAT HAPPENED AT FERNDALE HIGH SCHOOL EARLIER THIS YEAR, THEY TAKE OVER AS THE COMMAND CENTER, AND THEN WE START PARTNERING WITH THEM, BUT THEN THEY'RE DOING THE OUTWARD COMMUNICATION. WE ARE NOT. 
          >> SORRY ABOUT THAT. 
          I APOLOGIZE THAT I'M HAVING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. 
          I WISH MY MICROPHONE WAS WORKING. 
          SO I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. 
          SO I AM VERY AWARE OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND HOW THAT HELPS WITH GOOD PROPER OPERATION OF ANY ORGANIZATION. 
          IN THIS CASE, MY QUESTION IS, WE PUT THIS INTO ONE POLICY OR WE SEPARATE IT, WE STILL NEED A PROCEDURE FOR THIS SPECIFIC ACTIVITY, IS THAT CORRECT? 
          >> YES. 
          >> MY NEXT QUESTION TO THE BOARD IS I READ THROUGH THIS POLICY, AND WHERE IS THE INFLAMMATORY LANGUAGE? I WOULD LIKE THAT SPECIFIED. 
          I JUST WANT TO GET TO IT AND SEE, I THINK PEGGY BROUGHT IT UP. 
          WHERE IS THAT LANGUAGE WHERE IT COULD BE PERCEIVED AS INFLAMMATORY? 
          >> WELL, FROM THE START, JUST THE TERMS, LIMITATIONS ON IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. 
          INSTEAD OF A POLICY JUST SIMPLY ADDRESSING HOW WE HANDLE IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. THAT THERE. 
          IT CREATED SOME BACKLASH FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT I HEARD, WHICH HAD TO DO, GREAT, WE'RE A SANCTUARY THIS, THE NEGATIVE PERCEPTION THAT WE WILL PROTECT PEOPLE WHO MAY BE HERE, NOT WITH THE BEST OF INTENT. 
          THERE IS SOME PERCEPTION OUT THERE THAT IS NEGATIVE TOWARD THIS FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE AND SINCE THAT EXISTS, I THINK WHAT MY AIM WOULD BE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PRESENTING IN THE MOST NEUTRAL AND FACTUAL WAY POSSIBLE SO THAT WE'RE NOT PUTTING OURSELVES IN THE MIDDLE OF A CONTROVERSY, THAT'S ALL. 
          KRISTI, I THINK YOU'RE AWARE THAT THERE WERE PEOPLE WRITING AND ASKING WHEN IT WAS INTRODUCED LAST MONTH. 
          >> THAT'S WHY PROCEDURES HELP SO PEOPLE CAN SEE EXACTLY HOW WE'RE GOING TO RESPOND. 
          I THINK WHAT'S CLEAR AND WHAT I'VE SHARED WITH PEOPLE, WE WILL ALWAYS FOLLOW THE LAW. 
          THE PROCEDURES ALLOW US TO SPELL THAT OUT. 
          >> I JUST WANTED TO SAY, PEGGY, I'VE REVIEWED ALL OF THIS, AND I'VE READ THROUGH THE ACTUAL POLICY 4300 A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT TIMES. 
          I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT INHIBITING THE NECESSARY EMERGENCY RESPONSE. 
          IT SEEMS LIKE YOU SAID IN 4310, EMERGENCY RESPONSE IS INCLUDED IN THESE THINGS THAT WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO. 
          I'M JUST A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED AS TO HOW IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT SPECIFICALLY IS SOMEONE THAT WE WOULD NEED TO CALL ON IN THE CASE OF AN IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY RELATING TO ANY OF THESE THINGS BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE IF, FOR EXAMPLE, IT WAS SOMEBODY WHO WAS NOT A US CITIZEN CAUSING THESE PROBLEMS, OUR FIRST CONCERN WOULD NOT BE THEIR CITIZENSHIP, BUT THE PROBLEMS THAT ARE HAPPENING ACTIVELY. 
          THAT WAS JUST WHY I WAS A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED ABOUT THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE BIT. 
          I DID WANT TO ADDRESS THE LANGUAGE REGARDING LIMITING IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AND HOW THAT CONNECTS TO WHAT YOU SAID WITH COOPERATIVE WORKING RELATIONSHIPS MENTIONED IN 4310. 
          I THINK THAT THE WORD COOPERATIVE. 
          IT DOES HAVE A REALLY STRONG CONNOTATION THAT IMPLIES COLLABORATION. 
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BUT I THINK THE IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER IS THE REASON THAT THEY USE LIMITING IS BECAUSE I THINK IT SAYS SOMETHING HIGHER REGARDLESS OF DIFFERENT TRAITS, INCLUDING THEIR CITIZENSHIP STATUS, AND WE ARE OBLIGED TO PROVIDE THAT EDUCATION. 
          I THINK WHAT IT'S SAYING WITH LIMITING IS WE DON'T WANT IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT INTERFERING WITH THE SAFETY AND FOCUS ON A CHILD'S EDUCATION. 
          IN DOING THAT, LIKE SHE SAID, WE'LL FOLLOW THE LAW, WE REMAIN COOPERATIVE, BUT COOPERATING WHEN ASKED AND BEHAVING IN LEGAL WAYS, DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN PROVIDING INFORMATION WITHOUT A WARRANT. 
          I THINK THAT THE BIG THING IS, IF WE ARE LEGALLY REQUIRED TO AGREE WITH THESE THINGS, WE WILL AND MAYBE IF IT'S THE TITLE THAT'S INFLAMMATORY, I'D SUGGEST NECESSARY INTERACTIONS WITH IMMIGRATION LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
          BECAUSE I THINK THE BIG THING IS, IS IT NECESSARY? BECAUSE A LOT OF IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT'S NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO SCHOOLS AND SINCE IT'S CAUSING SO MANY STUDENTS AND FAMILIES SO MUCH ANXIETY. 
          IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO OUR COMMUNITY IF WE COULD GET A POLICY THAT JUST SOLIDIFIES OUR STANCE ON JUST WE ARE GOING TO GIVE YOU AN EDUCATION AS BEST WE CAN, NO MATTER WHAT, AND I THINK THAT WOULD ASSUAGE SOME WORRIES AND HELP PEOPLE FEEL MORE CONNECTED. 
          >> WHAT I'M SAYING IS WE HAVE THAT IN PLACE IN MANY DIFFERENT POLICIES. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, OUR ENROLLMENT POLICY. 
          IF YOU GO LOOK AT THAT, IT SAYS WE WON'T ASK ABOUT IMMIGRATION STATUS OR CITIZENSHIP STATUS, AND WE ALSO HAVE A POLICY ON REMOVING STUDENTS FROM CLASSROOMS, WHICH SAYS THAT WE WILL NOT REMOVE STUDENTS FROM CLASSROOMS WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF THE STUDENTS' LEGAL GUARDIAN OR PARENT. 
          A LOT OF THESE PROTECTIONS ARE IN PLACE AND OTHER THINGS, YOU CAN'T JUST COME IN AND YANK SOMEBODY OUT UNLESS THERE IS A GOOD REASON FOR IT AND INVOLVES A JUDICIAL WARRANT. 
          THOSE THINGS ARE ALREADY THERE. 
          IT JUST FEELS TO ME LIKE THE COOPERATIVE TONE IS NOT IN THAT PARTICULAR ONE, AND HAD WE UPDATED THE POLICY 2310, WHEN WASDA HAD DONE THEIR UPDATES, THEN THAT MAY HAVE BEEN SUFFICIENT. 
          NOW, THE THING THAT WAS PUT OUT ALLUDES TO ONE OF THE RCWS THAT WAS CREATED BY THE KEEP WASHINGTON WORKING ACT, THAT LEGISLATION SAYS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE A POLICY IN PLACE AND THEY PROVIDE A MODEL POLICY, BUT IT ALSO GOES ON TO SHOW OTHER WAYS OF BEING IN COMPLIANCE THAT DON'T INVOLVE ADOPTING THAT MODEL POLICY. 
          IN FACT, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE FERNDALE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOLLOWED THE OTHER AVENUE AND ACTUALLY WROTE A LETTER ABOUT THEIR POLICY AND WHY THEY'RE GOING TO DO WHAT THEY HAVE IN PLACE. 
          YOU CAN SHOW WHERE YOUR POLICY UPHOLDS WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO. 
          THAT'S A DIFFERENT AVENUE TOWARD HAVING A POLICY. 
          WE MAY ALREADY HAVE ONE IS WHAT I'M SAYING. 
          >> I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT THE BROAD COVERAGE OVERLAP, ESPECIALLY, AND I THINK THAT'S A REALLY VALID CONCERN. 
          BUT WHAT I NOTICED IN THIS POLICY IS THEY WENT INTO MORE SPECIFIC CONCERNS THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY COVERED IN THE, WE CAN'T RELEASE CHILDREN TO PEOPLE WHO AREN'T THEIR PARENT OR GUARDIAN. 
          WE DON'T ASK UPON ENROLLMENT ABOUT PEOPLE'S CITIZENSHIP STATUS. 
          I THINK ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS ABOUT THIS IS IT'S KEEPING THE SCHOOL GROUNDS A PROTECTED PLACE SO THAT THEY CAN FEEL SAFE AND FOCUS ON LEARNING BECAUSE OTHERWISE, IT'S NOT TECHNICALLY AGAINST THE LAW FOR IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT TO LOITER ABOUT THE SCHOOL CAMPUS. 
          I THINK THAT WOULD MAKE PEOPLE VERY UNCOMFORTABLE. 
          I'M NOT SAYING THAT THEY WOULD, BUT IT IS ENGAGING A LEGAL PROTECTION AND ENFORCING THAT. 
          I THINK ANOTHER IMPORTANT THING IS UNLESS WE ARE PROVIDED WITH A JUDICIAL WARRANT, WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE OFFERING ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE STUDENT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
          >> YES. 
          >> THAT'S COVERED SPECIFICALLY IN THIS POLICY. 
          >> ANTONIO IS WANTING TO SPEAK. 
          >> YOU'RE ON. 
          >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M TRYING TO BE VERY CAREFUL WITH THIS, HOW WE BRING IT UP, BUT I WANT TO REMIND THE BOARD, WHO DO WE CATER TO AND WHAT THE PURPOSE OF WHY WE WERE SWORN IN. 
          WE ULTIMATELY SAID THAT WE WERE HERE FOR THE STUDENTS. 
          WE'RE HERE FOR THE CHILDREN. 
          WE'RE HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY CAN LEARN AND THEY 
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CAN PROGRESS SO THAT THEY CAN BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE FUTURE. 
          I THINK THAT IN DISCUSSING THIS WITH SOMEONE AND I'M SORRY, I'M IN OLYMPIA. 
          THAT'S BECAUSE OF WORK. 
          I'M HERE AND I WAS TALKING TO SOME LEGISLATORS ABOUT WHAT I DO, BUT THEN I ENCOUNTERED A PROMINENT MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY IN FERNDALE. 
          I BROUGHT THIS UP TO THIS PERSON, AND WE WERE DISCUSSING THOROUGHLY AND WE REALIZED THAT WHAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE IS THAT WE BRING EASE, WE TAKE THE STRESS OUT OF THE CLASSROOMS AND THAT WE CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY'RE NOT WORRIED ABOUT FIGHT OR FLIGHT, BECAUSE THAT IMPAIRS WITH LEARNING, AND THAT PAIRS WITH THE ABILITY TO REFLECT AND DEEP THINKING. 
          I AM THINKING THAT WHILE THIS, WE WILL ADHERE TO ALL REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL AND STATE LAW. 
          I THINK THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THE STUDENTS, THEIR PEACE, AND THAT THEY CAN FOCUS ON WHAT THEY ARE THERE FOR. 
          I SEE NO PROBLEM, MYSELF, THIS IS MY PERSONAL OPINION. 
          GOING FORWARD WITH THIS POLICY THAT WILL CREATE A PROCEDURE SO THAT THIS SUPERINTENDENT CAN OFFICIALLY HAVE A PROCESS BY WHICH THEY KNOW WHAT TO EXECUTE AND HOW TO EXECUTE IT AND BETTER SERVE OUR KIDS SO THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY FOCUS ON WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING. 
          >> I WOULD AGREE WITH ANTONIO IN THE SENSE OF, WE CAN SURVEY A CROSS-SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY AND WE'RE GOING TO GET ALL KINDS OF OPINIONS ON THE WHOLE IMMIGRATION ISSUE. 
          BUT OUR FOCUS IS NOT IMMIGRATION. 
          THAT'S A POLITICAL ISSUE. 
          I SEE OUR ROLE AS THE SCHOOL BOARD PROMOTES EDUCATION. 
          WHAT IS GOING TO PROVIDE THE BEST EDUCATION AND THE BEST ENVIRONMENT FOR EDUCATING OUR STUDENTS? REGARDLESS IF YOU'RE A STUDENT WHO MIGHT FALL UNDER THAT IMMIGRATION LAW OR ONE THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANY PROXIMITY TO IT, THE THOUGHT OF SOMEBODY COMING IN AND TAKING ONE OF YOUR CLASSMATES OUT IS NOT GOING TO PROMOTE A GOOD LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. 
          IF THAT STRESS IS BEING THERE, THAT'S NOT A GOOD THING. 
          AGAIN, I LOOK AT THIS AS AN ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE SOLVED ELSEWHERE, I SEE THE IMMIGRATION POLICY THAT IS PRESENTED BEFORE US. 
          I THINK YOU'RE PROBABLY RIGHT, PEGGY, I PROBABLY IS COVERED IN OTHER PIECES. 
          BUT WHEN SOMEBODY SHOWS UP AT THE DOOR AND WANTS TO COME IN, THEY DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO GO, LET'S LOOK THROUGH AND WE'VE GOT TO LOOK AT THIS POLICY IN THIS POLICY IN THIS POLICY, AND ALL THAT, THEY NEED IT ALL IN ONE PLACE. 
          HAVING BEEN IN SITUATIONS LIKE THAT, I THINK THIS OR THIS GIVES MORE DETAIL, MORE CLARITY. 
          AGAIN, KRISTI SHE CAN'T WRITE PROCEDURES UNLESS SHE HAS A POLICY. 
          I THINK THIS PROVIDES US WITH A LEGALLY SOUND POLICY THAT FOCUSES ON PROVIDING OUR STUDENTS WITH A GOOD LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. 
          AGAIN, WHEN WE GET TO A POINT THAT WE'RE READY TO START VOTING ON IT, I'M GOING TO PROPOSE THAT WE GET RID OF THE LIMITING TERM AT THE BEGINNING AND JUST LEAVE IT AS IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT IN SCHOOLS BECAUSE THAT IS A SEARCHABLE TERM AND THEY CAN FIND IT. 
          I THINK IT GETS RID OF SOME OF THOSE PRECONCEIVED NOTIONS THAT MAKE IT POTENTIALLY MORE INFLAMMATORY, BUT THAT WILL BE SOMETHING WE CAN VOTE ON AT THAT POINT TOO. 
          >> I AM COMING AT IT FROM THE STANDPOINT OF I THINK WE ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING IN PLACE, IT'S REDUNDANT. 
          IT ADDS UNNECESSARY BULK AND WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE TOWARD A PLACE MORE STREAMLINED AND EASIER TO FOLLOW, EASIER TO MAINTAIN, BECAUSE THIS THING DID NOT GET MAINTAINED REGULARLY AND HAS FALLEN TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S NO LONGER IN COMPLIANCE. 
          POLICY 4310, I GOT PUSHED BACK ON THAT ONE, AND I FEEL REALLY BAD ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THAT WAS BROUGHT UP SO THAT WE WOULD BE IN COMPLIANCE, AND WE STILL NEED TO HAVE THE PROCEDURES IN PLACE FOR THAT ONE AND IT'S BEEN SINCE SEPTEMBER. 
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          >> I HAVE TO DEFEND MY STAFF A LITTLE BIT. 
          THEY ARE WORKING OVERTIME. 
          THESE PEOPLE ARE WORKING. 
          DEPENDING ON WHO IT IS, DEPENDING ON WHAT CRISIS IS HAPPENING AT SCHOOL, WE ARE WORKING AS FAST AS WE CAN TO GET SOME OF THOSE OUT AND SOME ARE GETTING LIFTED UP ABOVE OTHERS, DEPENDING ON THE NEEDS OF THE SCHOOLS IN THE BUILDINGS, BUT IT IS NOT JUST QUICK TURNAROUND. 
          I KNOW PEOPLE THINK IT IS, BUT IT'S NOT. 
          IT TAKES TONS OF VETTING. 
          THE PRINCIPALS ARE ALL READING IT, THIS TEAM IS READING IT. 
          CHRIS, A LOT OF THESE POLICY, HE'S THE ONE WHO HAS TO GO WRITE THE PROCEDURES. 
          HE'S DOING IT WITH THE DRO, SO IT'S VERY COMPLEX. 
          I KNOW IT SEEMS SO SIMPLE, BUT IT'S NOT SIMPLE. 
          I KNOW, BUT WHEN YOU SAY WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON SEPTEMBER, WELL, NOT UNTIL YOU PASS IT, CAN WE START DOING THE WORK? WE DON'T GET IN FRONT OF YOU ON THAT. 
          WE WAIT UNTIL YOU PASS IT AND THEN WE INVEST OUR TIME IN WRITING IT. 
          >> NO, I MEANT THE PROCEDURES FOR 4311. 
          WE PASSED THAT IN SEPTEMBER. 
          >> WHAT I'M SAYING IS UNTIL YOU PASS A POLICY, MY TEAM CAN'T GO WRITE THE PROCEDURES. 
          I FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO STAND UP FOR STAFF A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THEY ARE WORKING CRAZY HOURS, SOME OF THEM SEVEN DAYS A WEEK TO GET ALL OF THIS UP TO DATE, AND IT IS HAPPENING. 
          EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT UP ON THE WEBSITE, THAT DOESN'T MEAN A TON OF PEOPLE HAVEN'T BEEN VETTING IT AND WRITING IT, IT GOES THROUGH LEGAL OFTEN. 
          I GET A LITTLE DEFENSIVE WHEN I HEAR WE'RE NOT WORKING FAST ENOUGH BECAUSE THEY CAN'T WORK ANY FASTER. 
          >> THIS OTHER WILL THEN TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER THIS ONE THEN. 
          >> THAT OTHER ONE IS ALMOST DONE. 
          IT'S ACTUALLY WRITTEN. 
          IT'S JUST NOT UP ON THE WEBSITE. 
          IT'S GETTING ITS LAST VETTING, SO IT'S JUST ABOUT DONE. 
          WE DON'T BRING PROCEDURES TO THE BOARD. 
          THOSE PROCEDURES JUST GO UP ON THE WEBSITE, SO I WILL EMAIL YOU AND SAY IT'S NOW UP ON THE WEBSITE. 
          I CAN EMAIL IT TO YOU, BUT EVELYN'S LOOKING AT IT, CHRIS IS LOOKING AT IT, CARL'S LOOKING AT IT, LOTS OF PEOPLE HAVE THEIR HANDS ON IT. 
          >> WE'VE HAD 4310 IN PLACE FOR A VERY LONG TIME SINCE 2013. 
          ARE THERE PROCEDURES THAT GO WITH THAT AND HAVE THEY BEEN UPDATED? 
          >> [OVERLAPPING] YOU REMEMBER WHEN I GOT HERE, I WENT AND DID A DEEP DIVE INTO ALL THE POLICIES AND WE WERE YEARS AND YEARS BEHIND, YEARS BEHIND. 
          THERE WAS ACTUALLY A POINT IN THIS DISTRICT WHERE POLICIES WERE BEING WRITTEN AND PUT ON THE WEBSITE WITHOUT BOARD APPROVAL. 
          WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHICH ONES OF THOSE HAPPEN AND WE ARE TRYING TO CLEAN IT UP. 
          IT IS GOING TO TAKE US A FEW YEARS. 
          IT IS NOT HAPPENING OVERNIGHT. 
          OFTENTIMES, THE POLICIES THAT COME TO YOU ARE THE ONES THAT ARE MOST PRESSING TO THE STAFF BECAUSE THAT YOU WRITE POLICIES AND THOSE GUIDE US AND HOW WE DO WORK. 
          WE'RE MOVING AT THE SPEED OF WHAT OUR STAFF NEEDS. 
          IF THE BOARD SAYING I REALLY WANT THIS POLICY, BUT IT'S NOT MAKING A DIFFERENCE TO OUR STAFF, THEY MAY NOT FEEL THAT THAT'S THE PRIORITY BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME DATA OR SOMETHING HAPPENING. 
          LIKE I SAID, WE COULD HAVE PAID MONEY AND HAD WSSDA JUST DO THAT FULL TIME, THEY STILL HAVE NOT GOTTEN BACK TO US IF THEY COULD DO IT, SO WE WOULD STILL BE WAITING FOR THEM. 
          [OVERLAPPING] GO AHEAD. 
          >> I WOULD ADD THAT WE HAVE SOME POLICIES THAT HAVE BEEN UPDATED THREE TIMES WITHIN THE LAST YEAR BASED ON ESSENTIAL UPDATES FROM WSSDA. 
          THERE HAVE BEEN SOME THAT HAVE NOT BEEN AS ESSENTIAL THAT MAYBE ARE ENCOURAGED, BUT OTHERS LIKE THE ONE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE RIGHT AFTER THIS ONE, WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE ON TO THAT ONE ABOUT [INAUDIBLE] AND AVAILABILITY WITHIN SCHOOLS THAT HAVE CONTINUED TO CHANGE. 
          THOSE HAVE ENDED UP CONTINUING TO RISE UP AS A PRIORITY, AND LIKE KRISTI SAID, FOR THE THIRD TIME, THIS ONE IS GETTING UPDATED. 
          NOW WE'LL HAVE TO GO REVISE TRAINING REQUIREMENTS AND A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS ONCE IT GETS THIS THIRD REVISION. 
          WE ARE CONSTANTLY TRYING TO STAY UP TO DATE, BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN POLICIES THAT HAVE IMPLICATIONS SUCH AS HEALTH IMPLICATIONS FOR OUR STUDENTS THAT HAVE BECOME MORE PRESSING FOR US AT TIMES. 
          KRISTI IS RIGHT, WE ARE WORKING. I DON'T KNOW. 
          CHRIS, I THINK OUR FIRST MEETING THIS MORNING IS AT 7:30, WE HAVEN'T LEFT. 
          I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE ARE WORKING REALLY, REALLY HARD ALL DAY LONG. 
          >> KELLY, I APPRECIATE THAT AND I DON'T DENY THAT YOU ARE. 
          I'M JUST SAYING, IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE WE ALREADY HAD STUFF IN PLACE, WHY REINVENT THE WHEEL WHEN WE HAVE POLICIES THAT SEEM TO HAVE EVEN BETTER COVERAGE IN MY OPINION BECAUSE IT COVERS MORE SCENARIOS? IT SEEMS LIKE IT COULD BE MORE LOGICALLY ORGANIZED AND EASIER TO ACCESS AND EASIER TO ACTUALLY CREATE PROCEDURES FOR. 
          >> FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF SOMEONE WHO IS JUST NOW, LIKE THIS PAST YEAR, 
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REALLY UNDERSTANDING HOW TO WORK BOARD DOCS AND SEA POLICIES. 
          I THINK THAT SEPARATING THEM ACTUALLY DOES MAKE IT EASIER TO BROWSE BECAUSE YOU'RE SAYING WHY REINVENT THE WHEEL? WE HAVE SO MUCH THAT COVERS THIS ALREADY, BUT A BROADER SCOPE ISN'T ALWAYS BETTER BECAUSE AT SOME POINT YOU LOSE SIGHT OF THE DETAILS AND THERE'S MORE CONFUSION THERE. 
          I WANT TO ECHO WHAT KEVIN SAID ABOUT CLARITY. 
          I DO THINK, LIKE YOU SAID, THERE IS SOME GENERAL OVERLAP, BUT LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, THERE ARE VERY SPECIFIC CASES TO THIS, AND I THINK MORE SPECIFIC POLICY ALLOWS THE TEAM TO MAKE EASIER PROGRESS WITH FITTING PROCEDURE AROUND IT. 
          IN TERMS OF PROCEDURE, RELEVANCY AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME, I DO WANT TO SAY THAT FROM A STUDENT PERSPECTIVE, OUR 4311 PROCEDURES ARE INCREDIBLY FUNCTIONAL. 
          I'VE SEEN US IN THIS PAST YEAR ALONE HAVE SOLID COLLABORATIVE EVEN INTERACTIONS WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE WAS THAT KID FROM CANADA DOING BOMB THREATS. 
          WE FELT VERY SUPPORTED BY THE FERNDALE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND I'VE SEEN OFFICER KENNERLEY IN OUR SCHOOLS INTERACTING WITH STUDENTS IN A POSITIVE WAY. 
          IT IS FUNCTIONAL FROM A STUDENT STANDPOINT. 
          LIKE KEVIN SAID EARLIER, I THINK THE BIGGEST FOCUS HERE IS EDUCATION, AND IF THIS IS A TEENY BIT REDUNDANT, BUT OVERALL SERVES TO FOCUS ON SPECIFIC ISSUES THAT CAN GUIDE WRITING PROCEDURES AND ALLEVIATES ANXIETY WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          I THINK A LITTLE BIT OF REDUNDANCY IS NOWHERE NEAR ENOUGH OF A NEGATIVE TO OVERRIDE THE LIGHT THAT THIS COULD BRING TO PEOPLE THAT NEED IT RIGHT NOW. 
          >> I WANT TO ADD BY SAYING THAT I AGREE WITH WHAT MR. MACHADO AND DR. ERICKSON WERE SAYING. 
          I JUST FEEL LIKE THIS POLICY WOULDN'T DO MUCH HARM BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE OBVIOUSLY GOING TO ADHERE TO THE LAW. 
          WE WILL FOLLOW THE LAW, BUT IF THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WILL HELP SOME OF OUR STUDENTS FEEL BETTER ABOUT COMING TO SCHOOL, I DON'T THINK THAT SHOULD BE A PROBLEM BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW THE LAW. 
          IF SOMETHING DOES HAPPEN, WE'RE GOING TO ADHERE TO WHAT IS GOING ON, BUT IF THIS MAKES SOME STUDENTS FEEL BETTER ABOUT COMING TO SCHOOL, WHICH, OBVIOUSLY, WE WANT THEM TO FEEL GOOD TO COME TO SCHOOL, THEN I DON'T SEE THE PROBLEM IN APPROVING THIS, BUT ALSO I AGREE WITH REMOVING THE WORD LIMITING. 
          I THINK FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, THAT CAN FEEL LIKE WE'RE LEANING TOWARDS ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, AND THIS JUST MAKES IT MORE CONCISE AND REASONABLE. 
          >> LIMITING AS A WORD DOES HAVE A SOMEWHAT NEGATIVE CONNOTATION. 
          I THINK IT'S THE SAME IN TERMS WITH REDUCTION OR REMOVAL. 
          EVEN IF IT'S REDUCTION OR REMOVAL OF SOMETHING HARMFUL, THOSE TERMS, IT'S WHY PEOPLE SAY, "WHEN WE'RE MAKING RULES, DON'T USE NO STATEMENTS, INSTEAD, USE DO STATEMENTS." I DO SEE THE VALUE IN REMOVING LIMITING IF WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID ALIENATING ANYONE POLITICALLY, BUT LIKE ANTONIO SAID, I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS OUTRIGHT A POLITICAL POLICY BECAUSE IT'S JUST STATING THAT WE ARE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT ANYONE'S IMMIGRATION STATUS UNLESS IT BECOMES RELEVANT TO OUR LEGAL RESPONSIBILITIES. 
          >> WHO ELSE IS UPDATING THEIR POLICIES RIGHT ABOUT NOW? YOU KNOW OF OTHER DISTRICTS THAT ARE UPDATING THEIR [INAUDIBLE]? 
          >> EVERYBODY IS ALL THE TIME. 
          IT IS LIKE BOBBY'S CYCLE. 
          THAT IS HAPPENING ALL THE TIME. 
          IN FACT, IN MY LAST POSITION, I WAS GIVEN POLICIES MONTHLY TO LOOK AT AND UPDATE. 
          EVERY TIME WSSDA SENDS SOMETHING OUT, LIKE KELLY SAID, EVERY TIME THE LAW CHANGES, EVERY TIME SOMETHING HAPPENS, WE HAVE TO UPDATE IT. 
          WE HAVE JUST BEEN BEHIND HERE. 
          >> WELL, I'M GOING TO GO BACK AND SAY I CAN SEE THIS STRUCTURE WHERE THINGS ARE VERY LOGICAL AND YOU'VE GOT LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND THEN FBI CHAPTER ON, ICE CHAPTER ON, JUST A CHUNK, CHUNK WHERE EVERYTHING'S IN ONE EASY DEFINED, WELL-ORGANIZED SPOT, AND TO ME, THAT'S WHAT I ENVISION AND SINCE WE ALREADY HAVE THIS ONE THAT I THINK IS WELL SET UP, HAD WE BEEN KEEPING IT UP TO DATE, BECAUSE THEY DID EXTEND IT TO INCLUDE SROS 
          >> YOU WILL BE GETTING IT AT ANOTHER MONTH. 
          [02:25:04]
          >> CERTAINLY, I CAN APPRECIATE THE DESIRE FOR STREAMLINING THINGS. 
          WE MADE THAT EVIDENT TONIGHT IN OUR OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS POLICIES THAT WE PUT FORTH. 
          WE'VE STREAMLINED THOSE AND SEE THE BENEFITS OF IT. 
          POTENTIALLY, DOWN THE ROAD, I COULD SEE THAT BEING A WORKING WITH THIS POLICY, BUT FROM WHAT I'M HEARING FROM KRISTI, BASED ON OUR EMAILS, BASED ON THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON, IF WE WANT TO WORK WITH 4310, THAT'S A MATTER. 
          IT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED, IT NEEDS TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, THEN WE WRITE PROCEDURES FOR IT. 
          THAT'S DOWN THE ROAD. 
          OUR DISTRICT EMPLOYEES, OUR STUDENTS, OUR PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR THIS NOW. 
          I DON'T SEE ANYTHING NEGATIVE IN IT OTHER THAN THE WORD LIMITING, WHICH I KEEP REFERRING TO, THAT IS NEGATIVE. 
          THIS IS READY FOR US TO ACT ON AT THIS POINT AND GIVES KRISTI THE ABILITY TO DO WHAT SHE'S ASKING US FOR THE PERMISSION OR THE DIRECTION TO DO SO THAT SHE CAN WRITE SOME POLICIES SO SHE CAN PROVIDE SOME STABILITY FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF THE DISTRICT, PROVIDE SOME GUIDANCE FOR THE ADMINISTRATORS SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. 
          AGAIN, JUST LIKE ANY OF THE POLICIES, IT'S NOT SOMETHING CARVED OUT IN GRAIN THAT CAN NEVER BE CHANGED. 
          IF WE WANT TO COME BACK, IN MY MIND, WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF OTHER THINGS THAT TAKE PRIORITY OVER COMING BACK TO TRYING TO STREAMLINE THAT, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S MY PERSONAL OPINION. 
          IT'S THE GROUP THAT DECIDES AS FAR AS WHAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH, BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE BOARD THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. 
          >> CAN I ASK A QUESTION? 
          >> CERTAINLY. 
          >> CAN WE MOVE FORWARD AND MAYBE JUST CHANGING THE TITLE TO POLICY REGARDING IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT IN SCHOOLS AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT? 
          >> I WILL GO FORTH AND PUT FORTH A OFFICIAL MOTION THAT WE AMEND THE POLICY TO BE CALLED IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT IN SCHOOLS, STRIKING OUT THE WORD LIMITED. 
          >> I WOULD SECOND THAT. 
          >> THERE IS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO CHANGE THE TITLE, STRIKING OUT THE WORD LIMITING AND JUST MAKING IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT IN SCHOOLS. 
          ANY DISCUSSION RELATED TO THAT SOLE ISSUE? 
          >> WHAT ABOUT REGARDING? ANTONIO SAID REGARDING. 
          BECAUSE IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT IN SCHOOLS ALSO COULD PUT SOME RED FLAGS OUT. 
          IF IT WAS JUST REGARDING, THAT'S A VERY NEUTRAL WORD. 
          REGARDING [OVERLAPPING] IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT IN SCHOOLS. 
          >> I WOULD ALSO SUGGEST INTERACTION WITH. 
          REGARDING AND INTERACTION WITH ARE BOTH PRETTY NEUTRAL. 
          >> YES. 
          >> IF WE JUST KEEP IT AS POLICY REGARDING IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT IN SCHOOLS, IT'S AS NEUTRAL AS IT CAN BE, AND THEN WE TAKE OFF THE ACTION PART OF HOW THEY COME. 
          SEEMS NEUTRAL TO ME. THEN WE CAN HAVE A POLICY AND THEN OUR GREAT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND CAN PUT TOGETHER A GOOD PROCEDURE AND EVERYBODY AWARE OF THAT. 
          I'M VERY MOTIVATED SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT TO DO, THAT WE'RE PREPARED. 
          COMING FROM THE INDUSTRY THAT I WORK FOR, WE'RE NOT SAFE BY CHANCE. 
          WE WERE SAFE BECAUSE OF THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT WE HAVE, AND WE KNOW WHAT TO DO IN CASES WHERE THINGS ARE NOT GOING OUR WAY, BUT WE KNOW HOW TO REACT. 
          WE HAVE PROGRAMS THAT WORK AROUND THAT, SO I WANT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT TO HAVE THAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND THAT WE CAN MINIMIZE THE DAMAGE THAT THE STRESS CAN CAUSE ON OUR STUDENTS OR OUR STAKEHOLDERS. 
          >> ARE WE GOOD WITH REGARDING IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT IN SCHOOLS? I CAN TAKE THAT AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT. 
          >> I WOULD PREFER THAT. I DO HAVE SOME INFORMATION I JUST WANT TO BRING FORWARD. 
          >> FIRST, WE DEAL WITH THE AMENDED AMENDMENT, GETTING MY ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER AS BEST I CAN AS WE HAVE INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION. 
          STARTING WITH THE STUDENT ADVISORY VOTE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF CHANGING THE TITLE OF POLICY 4300 TO REGARDING IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT IN SCHOOLS SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. 
          [02:30:01]
          >> [OVERLAPPING] AYE. 
          >> OPPOSED? NOW FOR THE ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF CHANGING THE POLICY TITLE TO REGARDING IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT IN SCHOOLS, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> ALL THOSE OPPOSED? THE AMENDMENT TO CHANGE THE TITLE TO REGARDING IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT IN SCHOOLS HAS PASSED, SO NOW WE CAN GO BACK TO DISCUSSING OR ANY COMMENTS IN REGARDS TO THE POLICY ITSELF. 
          >> THANK YOU. I GOT FROM WSSDA TODAY AND THIS MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY HERE KNOWS, BUT NOT EVERYBODY HERE KNOWS. 
          TALKING ABOUT IMMIGRATION, ALL THE NEW THINGS THAT HAVE COME FROM THE FEDS THAT HAVE MADE IT. 
          I JUST WANT TO SKIP STRAIGHT TO SCHOOL-SPECIFIC PROTECTIONS, AND WSSDA SAYS, "WSSDA MODEL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT COULD SUPPORT YOUR DISTRICT ARE 3226, WHICH IS INTERVIEWS AND INTERROGATIONS OF STUDENTS ON SCHOOL PREMISES, 4310, DISTRICT RELATIONSHIP WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, AND 4311, SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY SERVICES PROGRAMS." OUR OLD 4310, WHICH YOU HAVE A COPY OF, VERSUS THE NEW 4310, WHICH WAS UPDATED. 
          WE DON'T HAVE THE UPDATE BECAUSE WE JUST HAVEN'T DOWNLOADED THAT NEW ONE. 
          WE JUST GOT THE OLD ONE. 
          REGARDING IMMIGRATION, IT SAYS, "IF THE DISTRICT ENGAGES WITH A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER OR DISTRICT RESOURCE OFFICER, THE DISTRICT WILL CLARIFY ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE DRO, INCLUDING THE PURPOSE, ROLE, SUPERVISORY STRUCTURE, AND LIMITATIONS ON ACCESS TO STUDENT INFORMATION IN A WRITTEN MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, MOU. 
          IN CONTRAST TO THE WORKING RELATIONSHIPS NOTED ABOVE THE WORK OF IMMIGRATION AGENTS DOES NOT OVERLAP WITH THE WORK OR DUTIES OF THE DISTRICT." IT GOES ON MORE, A PARAGRAPH, ABOUT IMMIGRATION. 
          THERE IS A PARAGRAPH IN THE NEW 4310 THAT WE HAD NOT SEEN IN THE ONE THAT WE HAVE. 
          I'M JUST WONDERING WITH THAT INFORMATION, AND PEGGY HAD THAT FOR ALL OF US. 
          DOES THAT CHANGE ANYTHING ABOUT WANTING TO MOVE AHEAD WITH 4300? 
          >> MY ARGUMENT IS THAT THAT CONTAINS THE SAME INFORMATION. 
          IT'S JUST THE UPDATED VERSION OF 4310. 
          IF WE HAD THAT UPDATED IT, WE COULD HAVE THE PROCEDURES GO WITH THAT POLICY. 
          >> AGAIN, IF WE WANT TO WAIT UNTIL MARCH BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GET IT REWRITTEN. 
          BRING IT TO YOU NEXT MONTH TO VOTE ON IN MARCH. 
          THAT'S THE TRICKY PART. 
          THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY. 
          THAT WOULD HAVE WORKED IF THAT HAD BEEN THE ONE WE DID. 
          WE JUST HAPPENED TO THROW THESE OUT IN ORDER. 
          WE JUST PUT THEM ON, EVELYN GRABBED THEM AND WE STARTED DOING THEM ONE AT A TIME AS CHRIS AND CARL WERE RESEARCHING. 
          THERE REALLY WAS NOTHING SECRET ABOUT IT. 
          IT WAS JUST HOW IT FELL OUT. 
          >> WELL, AND THAT DOES. 
          AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THESE ARE NOT WRITTEN IN GRANTED. 
          IF WE COME AS 4310 COMES UP IN THE REVIEW PROCESS THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN LAID OUT, AND WE FIND, HEY, THIS IS COVERING THIS STUFF, IT MAKES 4,300 REDUNDANT. 
          WE CAN ALWAYS RESCIND AND PULL OUT 4,300. 
          THE KEY THAT I'M SEEING HERE IS 4,300 IS READY TO GO. 
          IF WE APPROVE IT NOW, IT HAS THE IMMIGRATION STUFF IN THERE, KRISTI CAN WRITE THE PROCEDURES THAT THE DISTRICT THAT EMPLOYEES ARE ASKING FOR, THE ADMINISTRATORS ARE ASKING FOR. 
          JUST BECAUSE THE MODEL POLICY FROM [INAUDIBLE] IN 4310 HAS THAT IMMIGRATION STUFF IN IT, OUR CURRENT 4310 DOES NOT. 
          WE WOULD HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL WE APPROVE THAT 4310 WITH THAT IN IT FOR HER TO WRITE SPECIFIC SPECIFIC PROCEDURES TO IMMIGRATION IN MY UNDERSTANDING. 
          >> UNLESS THE BOARD WANTS TO GIVE US DIRECTION TO WRITE PROCEDURES WITHOUT POLICY. 
          I DON'T THINK YOU WANT TO GIVE THAT UP. 
          I'M TRYING TO FOLLOW THE PROCEDURE THE BOARD HAS SET UP. 
          >> I THINK THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY GOOD DISCUSSION BECAUSE WE'RE HEARING A LOT OF DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES. 
          IN LISTENING TO EVERYBODY, I THINK LIKE ANTONIO SAID, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO MAKE THESE KIDS FEEL SAFE. 
          [02:35:01]
THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT'S A HOT TOPIC RIGHT NOW AND I THINK THE BEST THING THAT WE CAN DO IS PASS WHAT WE HAVE, WHICH IS 4,300 SO THAT CAN GO FORWARD FROM THERE. 
          IF WE WANT TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT 4,310 AND CHANGE IT AND UPDATE IT AFTER THAT, AT LEAST THIS WILL BE SOMETHING TO PUT THE KID'S MINDS AT EASE. 
          I'M SORRY THAT THEY'RE FEELING REALLY STRESSED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THE LIKELIHOOD OF ICE COMING IN IS SO NEGLIGIBLE. 
          IT IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD BE SHOCKED IF IT HAPPENED. 
          I REALLY THINK THAT IT'S NOT. 
          IT BOTHERS ME THAT KIDS ARE WORRIED ABOUT THIS, AND I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT IT CAN BE EXPLAINED THAT THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT THEY'LL HAVE TO DEAL WITH. 
          I REALLY DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. 
          >> LET ME ASK A QUESTION. 
          WHAT HAS BEEN DONE UP TO THIS POINT TO EDUCATE BECAUSE IT SAYS THAT WE WILL EDUCATE STAFF AND STUDENTS ABOUT IMMIGRANT RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS. 
          WHAT TRAINING DO YOU PROVIDE. 
          >> OUR STAFF WHO DIRECTLY WITH STUDENTS GET TRAINING. 
          >> BUT WHAT IS DONE TO PUT STUDENTS' MINDS AT EASE IN THIS REGARD? BECAUSE IT STRIKES ME THAT THIS IS THIS HOT ISSUE THAT'S IN THE PUBLIC EYE, AND I DO FEEL LIKE PEOPLE HIT A PANIC BUTTON AND CREATE UNNECESSARY TENSION. 
          >> I CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION. 
          THE CHANGE WAS SPECIFICALLY IN THE LAW THAT CHANGED LAST WEEK. 
          UP UNTIL LAST WEEK, IT SAID THAT SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES WERE SECURE SAFE PLACES. 
          THAT IS WHAT CHANGED. 
          THAT IN ITSELF, WHEREAS BEFORE HAVING THAT AT A FEDERAL LEVEL, YOU JUST CAN'T COME ON CAMPUS LIKE THIS CAN OCCUR HERE. 
          THAT IS NO LONGER THE CASE. 
          >> MY QUESTION IS THOUGH, IF THEY COME ON CAMPUS, DON'T THEY STILL HAVE TO FOLLOW, THEY HAVE TO COME TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE. 
          YOU HAVE A POLICY ON VISITORS ON CAMPUS. 
          >> THEY DON'T COME TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE, WE WOULD BUZZ THEM INTO THE OFFICE NOW BEFORE WE WOULD NOT HAVE HAD TO LET THEM INTO THE SCHOOL AT ALL. 
          THAT'S THE CHANGE. HOWEVER, EITHER CASE, THEY HAVE TO HAVE A JUDICIARY WARRANT. 
          EITHER CASE, THAT HAS NOT CHANGED. 
          BUT THAT'S WHAT AND THIS IS NOT MY LIFE. 
          I DON'T WALK IN THESE SHOES, SO I CANNOT SPEAK ON THE FEAR THAT SOMEONE ELSE MAY HAVE BECAUSE IT'S NOT SOMETHING I HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT. 
          I THINK WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT. 
          NONE OF US ON THIS BOARD. 
          THIS IS NOT OUR THING. 
          THIS IS NOT MY FAMILY. 
          THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT I'M FEARFUL OF. 
          THIS IS NOT ONE THAT I CAN GO TO BED AT NIGHT, NOT WORRYING ABOUT IT. 
          WE PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF KIDS AND WE CREATE SPACES WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE WORRIED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THEM AT SCHOOL. 
          BUT I ALSO HAVE STAFF WHO ARE CONCERNED, AND I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN HEARING FROM SOME OF THEM ABOUT THEIR STUDENTS. 
          WHAT DO THEY DO? WHAT ARE THEIR RIGHTS AS TEACHERS? WHAT CAN THEY SAY? THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE ARE ASKING. 
          RIGHT NOW, I CAN'T PUBLISH THAT. 
          FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT OUR TAKE, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO PUBLISH OUR PROCEDURES FOR THEM AS WELL SO THAT THEY KNOW WE ARE FOLLOWING THE LAW. 
          >>ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? 
          >> WHAT IS THE LIKELIHOOD THAT WE COULD REVISIT THIS AND ACTUALLY PUT IT INTO BECAUSE I REALLY THINK WE SHOULD UPDATE THE OTHER ONE. 
          I THINK IT'S A BETTER POLICY ALL THE WAY AROUND. 
          >> IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, AND CHRIS YOU CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THAT IS IN THE PIPELINE. 
          IT'S JUST A MATTER OF 4310 [INAUDIBLE] 
          >> WE JUST PUT THEM OUT GRAB THIS ONE, GRAB THIS ONE, SO IT'LL BE COMING. 
          PEGGY, YOU ASKED A QUESTION EARLIER ABOUT WHO ELSE HAS THIS? BURLINGTON DOES HAVE THIS POLICY AND MOUNT VERNON IS BRINGING IT FOR THIS MONTH. 
          >> ARE THEY? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? THEN IN SEEING NONE, THE CHAIR WILL BRING FORTH THE REVISED POLICY 4,300 REGARDING IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT IN SCHOOLS. 
          FOURTH, FOR A VOTE, STARTING WITH AN ADVISORY VOTE FROM THE STUDENT REPS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> ALL THOSE OPPOSED. 
          THE ADVISORY VOTE IS IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. 
          [02:40:02]
NOW MOVING ON TO THE ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING THE NEW POLICY 4,300, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> ALL OPPOSED? 
          >> NAY. 
          >> POLICY 4,300 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. 
          THANK YOU FOR A GOOD DISCUSSION, EVERYONE. 
          THAT'S PART OF WHAT MAKES US A STRONGER BOARD IS WHEN WE CAN HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND EXPLORE THINGS FROM MULTIPLE POINTS OF VIEW. THANK YOU. 
          THAT THEN BRINGS US ON TO SECTION 9 AND 10 OF OUR AGENDA, 
          [9. SUPERINTENDENT CONSENT AGENDA [GC-2.4]]
          [10. BOARD CONSENT AGENDA [GC-2.4]]
THE SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD CONSENT AGENDAS. 
          THESE ARE A GROUP OF ROUTINE ITEMS THAT ARE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD BEFOREHAND, AND WE ARE ALLOWED TO VOTE ON THEM AS A WITH A SINGLE VOTE AS OPPOSED TO VOTING ON EACH INDIVIDUAL TOPIC. 
          FOR THOSE THAT ARE OUT IN THE AUDIENCE OR ONLINE. 
          YOU CAN SEE THE INFORMATION THAT THE BOARD HAS AVAILABLE TO THEM ON BOARD DOCS. 
          IF YOU HAVE ANY TROUBLE GETTING TO BOARD DOCS OR WOULD LIKE SOME HELP WITH THAT, FEEL FREE TO TALK WITH ANY OF US AFTER THE MEETING BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT MEETING. 
          HAPPY TO HELP YOU FIND AND FACILITATE YOU LOOKING AT THAT INFORMATION, THE CONSENT AGENDAS ARE NOW UP FOR DISCUSSION AND ACTION. 
          A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT YOU WILL SEE ON THERE. 
          WE'RE RECEIVING THE TWO MONITORING REPORTS AS PEGGY ALREADY ALLUDED TO. 
          THESE ARE THE REPORTS ON OE5 AND OE6, WHICH AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WILL BECOME OE4. 
          WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE OLD SYSTEM AS WE GET THOSE MONITORING REPORTS, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME MODIFICATIONS MADE TO CHECK THAT OR TO IMPROVE THE LOOK OF THE MONITORING REPORTS IN PROJECTION FOR THE NEW OES THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THAT WE ADOPTED TONIGHT. 
          THOSE WE WILL HAVE THE SURVEYS PUT OUT THIS MONTH AND WE WILL BE DISCUSSING AND ACTING UPON NEXT MONTH. 
          THERE IS ALSO WE WILL ALSO HAVE A REVISED POLICY RELATED TO OPIOID-RELATED OVERDOSE REVERSALS. 
          THIS POLICY WILL BE DISCUSSED AND ACTED UPON AT NEXT MONTH'S MEETING AND WE ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO REVIEW THIS POLICY AS WELL TO LET US KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS SO THAT WE CAN TAKE THOSE INTO CONSIDERATION AS WE DELIBERATE ON THAT POLICY REVISIONS. 
          AGAIN, FLOOR IS OPEN TO DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS AND OR A MOTION FOR ACTION UPON SUCH. 
          >> I'M GOING TO INVITE TRACY TO COME UP HERE BECAUSE PEGGY, YOU HAD A QUESTION EARLIER ABOUT THE 912, AND THEN I ALSO HAVE KELLY AND TRINA READY TO ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS. 
          >> ONE OF MY QUESTIONS WAS, IS THIS A PURELY SUMMERTIME POSITION OR IS THIS EXTENDED TO THE SCHOOL YEAR? I WASN'T QUITE SURE ON HOW TO INTERPRET WHAT WAS WRITTEN THERE. 
          >> YEAH. THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 
          IT IS A YEAR-ROUND POSITION. 
          RIGHT NOW, OUR FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER CLOSES WHEN SCHOOL IS OUT OF SESSION. 
          THAT DOESN'T MEAN OUR STUDENTS DON'T NEED SERVICES. 
          I THOUGHT THAT THIS WOULD BE A GOOD WAY TO HAVE A WELL-ROUNDED FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER AND ALWAYS HAVE A CONNECTION THERE FOR OUR FAMILIES. 
          >> DOES THAT 150,000, DOES THAT JUST COVER SUMMER OR DOES THAT COVER IS THAT A FULL YEAR WHAT ACTUALLY DOES IT PAY FOR? 
          >> YES. THAT COVERS THE YEAR ROUND AND THAT ALSO WILL PROVIDE FORMULA, DIAPERS, AND SUCH FOR PEOPLE TO COME INTO THE FRC YEAR ROUND FOR ITEMS LIKE THAT TOO. 
          >> THAT COVERS BOTH THE POSITION OF THE COORDINATOR AND ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES? 
          >> IT WILL ALSO COVER CULTURALLY DRY GOODS. 
          BEANS AND RICE AND SUCH, THEY CAN COME IN. 
          WHEN THEY COME IN FOR PARENTING CLASSES AND SUCH, WE WANT THIS TO BE A COMMUNITY HUB FOR OUR LATINO FAMILIES. 
          >> DO WE HAVE A COORDINATOR THERE ALREADY? 
          >> WE DO NOT HAVE SOMEONE THERE YEAR-ROUND, NO, AND WE DO NOT HAVE A [INAUDIBLE] ON THERE. 
          >> I JUST WAS THINKING, IF WE HAVE A COORDINATOR AND THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF ALL FAMILIES, THEN ARE WE ADDING ANOTHER POSITION OR ARE WE ENHANCING THAT POSITION AND WE WILL HAVE SOMEBODY THERE, A PERSON THERE WHO CAN PROVIDE SERVICES TO EVERYBODY? 
          >> WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE SOMEBODY THAT SPEAKS SPANISH AT THE FRC. 
          [02:45:03]
          >> DO WE HAVE SOMEBODY ACTING AS A COORDINATOR? NOT YEAR ROUND. 
          THE COORDINATOR IS ACTUALLY KELLY. 
          >> RIGHT HERE. [LAUGHTER] 
          >> YOU'RE RESOURCE COORDINATOR? 
          >> ABSOLUTELY. ARE YOU GOING TO BE GOING BACK TO YOUR REGULAR JOB THEN ONCE YOU GET SOMEBODY IN THERE? 
          >> I'M GOING TO HAVE A PARTNER. 
          >> WE HAVE LIAISONS. 
          WE HAVE FRC STAFF WHO GO OUT AND DO THE NETWORKING AND THEN KELLY OVERSEES THEM, AND SHE SUPPORTS THEM WITH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, ANSWERS QUESTIONS, AND SO THEY DO THE WORK, THE CONNECTION, THEY GATHER DATA. 
          THERE'S CERTAIN DATA POINTS, WE HAVE TO GRAB. 
          WHAT HAPPENS IS THOSE POSITIONS CURRENTLY ARE NOT YEAR-ROUND. 
          WHAT WAS HAPPENING WAS WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE ANY RESOURCES OR CONNECTIONS FOR FAMILIES DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS. 
          EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE SUMMER SCHOOL, WE WOULD GET CALLS, WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE THAT. 
          THIS PROVIDES THAT LEVEL OF SUPPORT. 
          >> IN ANOTHER LANGUAGE. 
          >> OUR STUDENTS' ABILITIES TO START SCHOOL ON TIME AS WELL. 
          THIS WILL BE A GREAT SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          >> ENROLLMENT HAPPENS. 
          THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAPPEN OVER A SUMMER THAT WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MANAGE THAT. 
          >> I REALIZE THIS IS FUNDED THROUGH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 
          BUT I'M ALSO THINKING, WE'VE ALL BEEN TALKING ABOUT BUDGETS AND KEEPING THINGS, TRYING TO CONTAIN EXPENSES. 
          WONDERING IF THIS IS GOING TO BE A DUPLICATION OF SERVICES, BUT WITH MORE AVAILABILITY TO FAMILIES THAT DIDN'T HAVE IT BEFORE, OR, IF THIS PERSON IS JUST FILLING A HOLE THAT'S OPEN AND WE ABSOLUTELY. 
          I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU DON'T KNOW. 
          >> I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND. 
          WE HAVE A LOT OF GRANT-FUNDED POSITIONS. 
          OUR HOPE IS THAT WE EITHER GET ANOTHER GRANT OR THE STATE, THERE'S SOMETHING, BUT IF AT THE END OF THE GRANT, THERE'S NO FUNDS, THEN SADLY, THOSE ARE THE HARD DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE AS A TEAM. 
          >> BUT THIS ISN'T A GRANT. 
          THIS IS A CONTRACT THAT YOU'VE GOT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS PAYING FOR. 
          >>WHICH IS LIKE A GRANT. 
          WHEN IT COMES FROM AN OUTSIDE SOURCE, WE HAVE TO APPLY FOR IT, AND THEN THEY SAY, YES, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU THOSE FUNDS. 
          THERE'S DIFFERENT TYPES OF GRANTS. 
          WE WOULD CALL THIS A GRANT. 
          >> EVEN THOUGH YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THE SAME PROCEDURES THAT YOU WERE WITH A GRANT IN TERMS OF, I MEAN, DO THEY HAVE EXPECTATIONS THAT YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THEM ABOUT SHOWING HOW YOU'VE MET CERTAIN CRITERIA AND YOU'VE. 
          >> YES. THERE'S A FUNDING AND FINANCIAL IMPACT PORTION OF THIS GRANT. 
          THERE'S ALSO SUCCESS METRICS AND ACCOUNTABILITY ALL EMBEDDED WITHIN THIS GRANT. 
          ALSO JUST AS AN FYI, THE FUTURE FUNDING DEPENDS ON THE PROGRAM SUCCESS, SO OUR ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE GRANT, AND ALSO IF THERE IS POTENTIAL RENEWAL THROUGH THE COUNTY GRANT CYCLE. 
          THIS WE'RE RIGHT NOW RECEIVING FUNDING FOR THE 2025 CYCLE, BUT THIS WAS A 10-YEAR GRANT OR A 10-YEAR LEVY-FUNDED FUND, AND WHICH STARTED, IT LOOKS LIKE IN 2022. 
          THERE ARE POTENTIAL RENEWALS IN THE FUTURE. 
          SHOULD WE SHOW SUCCESSFUL ADMINISTRATION OF THE GRANT. 
          >> IF WE DON'T AND THEY DON'T RENEW IT, THEN WE DON'T RENEW THE POSITION. 
          IS THAT HOW THAT WORKS? 
          >> ESSENTIALLY, YES, THAT IS HOW IT WORKS. 
          >> GRANT POSITIONS ARE NOT BOUND TO WHEN THE GRANTS OVER THE POSITION IS OVER. 
          >> AS I SAID, I WASN'T LOOKING TO GRANT BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SAY GRANT. IT IS A GRANT. 
          >> YEAH. IT'S A GRANT. ANYTIME YOU HAVE TO APPLY FOR FUNDS THAT COME FROM OUTSIDE THE STATE AND THAT'S A GRANT. 
          >> THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU, TRACY. 
          SHE'S CONSTANTLY WRITING GRANTS. 
          A LOT OF GRANTS THESE DAYS. 
          >> TRACY WISHES THOSE GRANTS CAME WITHOUT STRINGS ATTACHED. MAKE YOUR JOB EASIER. 
          HOLLIS TOO, PROBABLY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS ABOUT THINGS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? 
          >> IF NOT, THEN THE CHAIR WILL PUT FORTH A MOTION. GO AHEAD. 
          >> THE STAFF TEACHING OUT OF ENDORSEMENT. 
          THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT. 
          >> YOU HAVE TO BRING THAT FORWARD IF YOU WANT TO BRING THAT FORWARD. 
          >> IS IT TOO LATE TO BRING IT FORWARD AS THE PRESIDENT? 
          >> NO. WE HAVEN'T VOTED YET, SO THE CONSENT AGENDA IS STILL ON THE FLOOR OR IS STILL OPEN FOR DISCUSSION. 
          >> WE COULD PULL THAT OFF FOR DISCUSSION IN A SEPARATE VOTE? 
          >> YOU WOULD HAVE TO PULL OFF TWO THINGS IF YOU WERE TO DO THAT. 
          YOU CAN'T PULL IT OFF FOR A SEPARATE VOTE BECAUSE IT DIDN'T GET PULLED OFF EARLIER SO YOU CAN JUST DISCUSS IT. 
          >> WE CAN DISCUSS IT. 
          [02:50:02]
          >> DOES IT DO ANY GOOD TO DISCUSS IT IF YOU CAN'T REALLY CHANGE THE OUTCOME? 
          >> WE COULD POTENTIALLY, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, IF THERE'S ENOUGH DISCUSSION AND WE COULD OPT TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO PULL IT OFF OF THERE IF WE GET A UNANIMOUS VOTE TO DO SO. 
          IF THE COMMENTS ARE SUCH THAT BRING UP ENOUGH CONCERN THAT WE FEEL LIKE IT'S NECESSARY TO DO THAT, WE CAN. 
          I GUESS I WOULD PUT FORTH YOUR CONCERNS AND IF THAT BRINGS FORTH ENOUGH CONCERN AMONGST THE BOARD, THEN IT'S OUR MEETING, WE CAN DO. 
          >> WELL, THE CONCERN WAS ACTUALLY THAT THE PARTICULAR PERSON THAT WAS GOING TO BE FULFILLING THAT SPOT DIDN'T HAVE A SOLID BACKGROUND IN A CORE SUBJECT MATERIAL AND SO CONCERN THAT MAYBE THERE WOULD BE A BETTER WAY TO GO ABOUT FILLING THIS NEED AS THIS PERSON IS GOING TO BE TEACHING MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE CLASS OR MATH CLASS, SORRY, AND HAS BACKGROUND ENDORSEMENTS IN ENGLISH AND WOULD BE TAKING TRAINING. 
          >> I DID SOME RESEARCH ON THIS. 
          THIS PERSON IS ACTUALLY GOING TO TEST FOR THIS ENDORSEMENT. 
          THE JOB WAS OPEN FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. 
          ONLY TWO PEOPLE APPLIED FOR THE JOB, EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS AN OUTREACH. 
          THE OTHER CANDIDATE PULLED OUT. 
          THIS PERSON KNOWS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, KNOWS THE STAFF. 
          THE TEAM AT THE SCHOOL HAS COMMITTED TO HELPING THEM ALONG, AND JUST FOR CONTEXT, ANOTHER MATH POSITION HAS OPENED. 
          THIS IS ONE OF THOSE JOBS AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO FILL AND SO I'M NOT SURE. 
          WE CAN TRY. KAREN, I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS MOVING FORWARD, HOW WE WILL APPROACH IT AND WHAT WE'LL DO. 
          WE'LL CHANGE SOME THINGS IN THE FUTURE. 
          I'M NOT SURE WE WOULD HAVE HAD A DIFFERENT OUTCOME. 
          >> THIS IS JUST A TEMPORARY THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR. 
          >> I DON'T KNOW IF IS IT THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR? 
          >> IT'S NOT THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR SO IT'S ONLY A THREE MONTH LEAVE. 
          THAT'S ALSO I THINK WHAT'S LIMITING THE APPLICANTS WE GET BECAUSE IT'S A SHORT TERM POSITION. 
          IT'S HARD TO FIND PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN TAKING THAT. 
          SORRY, WAS IT NOT CLOSE ENOUGH? IT'S NOT THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR. 
          IT'S A THREE MONTH POSITION. 
          I THINK THAT'S ALSO WHAT LIMITS OUR APPLICANTS FOR THESE POSITIONS BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE LOOKING THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR OR FOR PERMANENT POSITIONS THAT THEY WOULD THEN CONTINUE INTO THE NEXT YEAR, SO WE DEFINITELY GET WAY LESS APPLICANTS WHEN IT'S A SHORT LEAVE REPLACEMENT. 
          >> CERTAINLY, THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS REGARDING THAT? 
          >> WHAT SUPPORTS EXIST FOR STUDENTS IN A CLASS WHERE IT MAY BE WEAKER TEACHING IN A CONTENT. 
          >> WELL, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'LL BE WEAKER TEACHER. 
          THE PRINCIPAL GOES AND DOES OBSERVATIONS LIKE ALL OF THOSE THINGS HAPPENED, THE TEAM IS COMMITTED TO HELPING THE STAFF MEMBER. 
          THIS IS ALSO SOMEBODY WHO'S GOING TO GO TAKE THE TEST TO GET THEIR ENDORSEMENT. 
          THAT'S WHY I ASKED AND I EMAILED YOU, THEY HAVE A SOLID PLAN. 
          IT WASN'T JUST A HIRE AND NOW YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN. 
          THIS WAS A HIRE WITH AN INTENTIONALITY ABOUT HOW TO SUPPORT THE STAFF MEMBER. 
          >> COULD BE SOMEBODY WHO IF WE'RE LOOKING TO GET THAT ENDORSEMENT MAY WORK HARDER AND BE A BETTER TEACHER. 
          OTHER QUESTIONS? SEE NONE, AND THEN THE CHAIR WILL AGAIN PUT FORTH THE CONSENT AGENDAS FOR A VOTE. 
          AGAIN, WE DON'T DO A STUDENT VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA SO WE'LL MOVE STRAIGHT TO THE ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING BOTH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED HERE AND MAKING THEM PART OF THE MINUTES, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> AYE. ALL OPPOSED. 
          ANY ABSTENTIONS? THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE THEN PASSED, AND THAT WILL THEN TAKE US TO THE BOARD MEMBER SHARING PORTION OF THE MEETING, 
          [11. SHARING [GC-7.E}]
AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND START WITH STEVE. 
          >> YOU'RE ALWAYS PICKING ON ME. 
          >> I KNOW. PEGGY WAS JUST TALKING, 
          [02:55:02]
SO I WANT TO BALANCE THINGS OUT. 
          >> WELL, I'M GOING TO SHARE A LITTLE FRUSTRATION HERE. 
          RESPECTIVELY TO EVERYONE IN THE ROOM, BUT ESPECIALLY BOARD MEMBERS IS I JUST WANT TO REMIND THEM THAT I DID TAKE AN OATH OF OFFICE TO SUPPORT THIS COMMUNITY, THIS ADMINISTRATION, AND ESPECIALLY THESE CHILDREN. 
          I DO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF OFFENSE TO WHEN I'M TOLD TO THINK ABOUT HOW TO SUPPORT THESE CHILDREN AND REMIND ME AS A BOARD MEMBER THAT THAT'S IMPERATIVE FOR ME TO DO THAT. 
          THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TODAY. 
          THAT'S WHY I'VE BEEN HERE FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS. 
          I JUST WANT TO CAUTION PEOPLE WHEN THEY WANT TO REFLECT ON WHY WE HERE. 
          WE'RE HERE FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND THESE STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY. 
          THAT'S IMPERATIVE. 
          I SAY THAT THE MOST SINCERE WAY. 
          PLEASE, DON'T REMIND ME OF WHY I'M HERE. THAT'S WHAT I GOT TO SAY. 
          >> THANK YOU, STEVE. ANTONIO. 
          >> THANK YOU. MORE OF AN APOLOGY THAN ANYTHING ELSE. 
          SORRY. IT IS LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND WE WERE DOING A HILL CLIMB TODAY FOR OUR INDUSTRY AND JUST WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGIZE AND SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF INSIGHT THAT AS I WAS ABLE TO TALK TO SOME REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS TODAY THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATING OTHERS ON WHAT WE DO. 
          MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO HELP THEM SEE THE THINGS THAT THEY DON'T KNOW, AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT WE AS CITIZENS HAVE THAT ABILITY TO TALK TO THOSE THAT ARE MAKING DECISIONS SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE BETTER DECISIONS. 
          THIS APPLIES TO ALL OF US. 
          IT IS OUR DUTY AS SCHOOL BOARD TO LISTEN TO OUR COMMUNITY, TO LISTEN TO OUR PARENTS, TO LISTEN TO OUR STUDENTS. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE THE DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD TODAY. 
          I APPRECIATE THE CONSENSUS, AND I APPRECIATE THAT THERE'S A VARIETY OF THOUGHT AND MORE THAN ANYTHING, THERE'S A THOUGHT PROCESS AND THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, WE ARE THRIVING AND STRIVING TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR KIDS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THE BOARD. 
          THANK YOU TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          KRISTI AND HER TEAM, THEY'RE TOP NOTCH. 
          THEY ARE TRYING THEIR BEST AND WHILE WE WILL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN WITHIN THE LAW, AND WE WILL UPHOLD IT AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING OUR BEST TO BE AWARE OF ANYTHING THAT WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF, BUT WITHIN OUR HUMAN CAPABILITIES. 
          BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE KRISTI AND HER TEAM AND THE EXCELLENT EFFORT THAT THEY DO GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND, AND OF COURSE, BOBBY, GREAT JOB HELPING US OUT. 
          WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          >> THANK YOU, ANTONIO. 
          GLAD YOU WERE ABLE TO JOIN US VIA ZOOM. PEGGY. 
          >> I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE LOVELY ARTWORK AND THE PRETTY ROCK AND THE LOVELY PLANT AND ALL THAT. 
          IT'S BEAUTIFUL. I'M SORRY, THE TAPE ISN'T HOLDING UP TOO. 
          WELL, EVERYTHING'S FALLING DOWN, BUT WE APPRECIATE THE EFFORT THAT WENT INTO AND THANK YOU FOR SAYING THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU, PEGGY. NANCY. 
          >> I WANT TO GIVE PROPS TO PEGGY BECAUSE PEGGY DOES HER RESEARCH. 
          SHE THINKS DEEPLY ABOUT ISSUES AND SHE DOESN'T JUST RUBBER STAMP ANYTHING. 
          SHE REALLY LOOKS INTO POLICIES, PROCEDURES, THINGS LIKE THAT AND I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE THE DIVERSITY OF VOICES THAT WE HAVE ON THIS BOARD AND THE RESPECTFUL WAY IN WHICH EVERYBODY BRINGS FORTH THEIR IDEAS AND LISTENS. 
          THANKS PEGGY FOR SETTING THE STANDARD ON THAT. 
          >> THANK YOU, NANCY. I WANT TO SHARE SOMETHING THAT WAS 
          [03:00:02]
EXCITING ON THE STATE OF THE DISTRICT NIGHT, I WAS AT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TABLE, AND I WAS NEXT TO OUR MLL PEOPLE. 
          I COULD HAVE STAYED THERE ALL NIGHT TALKING TO THEM. 
          IT WAS SO EXCITING LEARNING ABOUT THE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, SOME OF WHICH I HAD NO IDEA THERE WAS SUCH A LANGUAGE. 
          BUT JUST THE EXCITEMENT THAT THEY HAD ABOUT TALKING ABOUT THE KIDS THEY WERE WORKING WITH AND THEIR PROGRAM, AND THEN WE WERE PLOTTING ABOUT STARTING DUAL LANGUAGE KINDERGARTEN. 
          I THINK WE'VE PRETTY WELL GOT IT PLANED, KRISTI, SO YOU'RE IN TROUBLE. 
          >> ANOTHER UNFUNDED MANDATE. 
          [LAUGHTER] 
          >> OH, BOY, NOW I'M IN TROUBLE. 
          BUT IT WAS JUST EXCITING TO HEAR ABOUT THAT ASPECT, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE DON'T ALWAYS HEAR ABOUT AND LIKE I SAID, THERE WERE MORE LANGUAGES IN THE DISTRICT THAN I KNEW ABOUT. 
          BUT IT WAS JUST FUN TO SHARE THEIR EXCITEMENT AND SEE THEIR ENTHUSIASM WITH THAT. 
          I TALKED TO KRISTI THAT NIGHT AND TALKED TO THEM ABOUT SOME EITHER STUDY SESSION OR BOARD MEETING HAVING THEM COME AND JUST SHARE SOME OF THAT STUFF JUST TO ENLIGHTEN THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY WHO SOMETIMES THINK THAT ENGLISH AND SPANISH IS WHAT'S OUT THERE, BUT THERE'S SO MUCH MORE, STUDENTS PROBABLY ARE WELL AWARE OF THAT BUT IT WAS JUST AN EYE OPENING THING. 
          AGAIN, WHAT ANTONIO TALKED ABOUT, EDUCATING THE PEOPLE, LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITY, I THINK IS AN IMPORTANT ROLE OF US AS THE BOARD MEMBERS. 
          THAT'S WHAT I'VE GOT FOR TONIGHT. 
          THAT TAKES US ON TO ITEM 12.01, 
          [12. MEETING EVALUATION SURVEY]
WHICH IS EVALUATION OF THE MEETING. 
          FOR THAT, I WILL TURN THINGS OVER TO PEGGY. 
          >> WELL, THAT'D BE GREAT. 
          IS THERE A SHEET FOR EVALUATING? 
          >> IT'S ON BOARD DOCS. NO WORRIES. 
          >> IT'S VERY TINY AND MY EYES ARE NOT GREAT. THE AGENDA [INAUDIBLE] 
          >> PEGGY SPEAK INTO YOUR MICROPHONE, PLEASE. 
          >> YOU SHOULD NEVER PUT ME IN CHARGE OF THIS PARTICULAR RESPONSE. THIS IS EMBARRASSING. 
          I'M HOLDING THIS THING UP HERE. LET'S SEE. 
          BOARD MEMBERS DID NOT INTERRUPT EACH OTHER AND CONTRIBUTED TO THE MEETING. 
          I DON'T THINK WE INTERRUPTED EACH OTHER, DID WE? I'LL GIVE US A FOUR FOR NOT INTERRUPTING. 
          DID NOT REPEAT WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN SAID. 
          I'M PRETTY SURE I DID. 
          I MIGHT GIVE THAT A THREE. 
          BOARD MEMBERS DID NOT PLAY TO THE AUDIENCE OR MONOPOLIZE THE DISCUSSION. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHETHER I DOMINATED MORE THAN I SHOULD HAVE IN THIS PARTICULAR THING, BUT I WAS REPRESENTING ONE SIDE AND EVERYBODY ELSE WAS REPRESENTING SOMETHING ELSE SO I WAS TRYING TO BALANCE THINGS OUT. 
          IF I MONOPOLIZED IT, I APOLOGIZE, IF NOT, SO I'LL GIVE THAT A THREE. 
          BOARD MEMBERS SUPPORTED THE PRESIDENT'S EFFORTS TO FACILITATE AN ORDERLY MEETING. 
          I WOULD SAY SO. I'D GIVE THAT A FOUR. 
          I THINK WE COMMUNICATED OPENLY AND QUITE ACTIVELY. 
          THANKS. FOUR. ALL BOARD MEMBERS CONTRIBUTED TO THE MEETING. 
          I THINK EVERYBODY SPOKE. 
          HAVE THAT ONE OF FOUR. PRACTICE RESPECTFUL BODY LANGUAGE. 
          I HOPE SO. I COULDN'T SEE MYSELF. 
          I HOPE I WAS. YOU ALL WERE. 
          I'M GOING TO GIVE THAT ONE A FOUR TOO. 
          SINCE THIS LANDS BETWEEN THREE AND A FOUR, I'LL GIVE IT A THREE FOLLOWING STEVE'S RULE THAT NOTHING'S PERFECT. 
          [LAUGHTER] THAT'S THE END OF MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU, PEGGY. THAT BRINGS US TO EVERYONE'S FAVORITE ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS ADJOURNMENT AND SEE THAT WE'VE COMPLETED THE TASK AND LIST OF THINGS TO DO, I NOW DECLARE THIS MEETING ADJOURNED. 
          THANK YOU, EVERYONE FOR ATTENDING.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.