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          >> THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. 
          THIS MORNING, I TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO FIND 
          [1. CONVENE]
OUT WHAT NUMBER MEETING THIS IS FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD. 
          ASSUMING THAT CHATGPT IS CORRECT AND THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS INCORPORATED AT THE SAME TIME AS THE CITY, WHICH WAS MARCH 19TH, 1907. 
          ASSUMING THAT THERE IS ONE REGULAR MEETING PER MONTH, THAT WOULD MAKE THIS THE 1,416TH REGULAR BOARD MEETING FOR THE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          I JUST THOUGHT YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW. 
          FEEL PART OF HISTORY. 
          ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, WHETHER LIVE OR ONLINE AT THE 1,416TH REGULAR BOARD MEETING OF THE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          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 WE ALL FOCUS ON THE ISSUES RATHER THAN THE PERSONALITIES. 
          A FEW HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THIS BUILDING. 
          IF YOU NEED TO USE THE RESTROOMS, IT'S DOWN THE HALL AND UP THE RAMP TO THE LEFT. 
          EXITS, LIKE FIRE EXITS OUT THE DOORS THAT YOU CAME IN. 
          I BELIEVE THERE'S SOME BACK THIS WAY AS WELL. 
          IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY, YOU SHOULD USE THE SAME DOOR YOU CAME IN, THAT'S OUR EXIT AS WELL. 
          WITH THAT, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND START THE MEETING. 
          I WOULD LIKE YOU ALL JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO START OUT WITH. 
          >> PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THE REPUBLIC. 
          >> NEXT UP, WE HAVE THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT. 
          ARLENE, YOU DECIDE WHICH ONE. ARLENE? 
          >> 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 IMMEMORIAL, 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. FROM THERE, 
          [2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
WE PROCEED TO ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES. 
          I'LL RECEIVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE MINUTES AS THEY ARE OR ANY CHANGES, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY CHANGES THEY WANT TO MAKE. 
          >> I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. 
          >> I SECOND. 
          >> OH, SORRY. ADVISORY VOTE FROM STUDENTS. IS IT TYPICAL? 
          >> I DON'T USUALLY GET AN ADVISORY VOTE FOR THIS. 
          >> ON THE MINUTES. INTERESTING. 
          >> I APPRECIATE THAT. [OVERLAPPING]. 
          >> TECHNICALLY. 
          >> I GUESS YOU COULD. IF YOU NOTICED ANY ERRORS OR ANY OMISSIONS, YOU COULD MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTE. 
          THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> AYE 
          [3. ADOPTION OF AGENDA [GC-4.7]]
          >> WE MOVE ON TO ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA. 
          I'LL ACCEPT A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA AS IT'S WRITTEN OR PROPOSE ANY CHANGES IF YOU WANT TO MAKE THEM. 
          >> MOTION TO APPROVE IT. 
          >> SECOND. 
          >> VOTE TO ADOPT THE AGENDA AS IT IS SUBMITTED. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> THOSE WAS OPPOSED. THE AGENDA HAS BEEN ADOPTED AS IT WAS SUBMITTED. 
          I GUESS I'M ONE OF YOU. THANK YOU. 
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NEXT UP ON THE AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          [4. PUBLIC COMMENT [GC-3.3]]
SO FAR, WE HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, DOM FAM. 
          PUBLIC COMMENT IS A TIME WHEN THE BOARD CAN HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY, WHAT IS ON THEIR MIND, AND IMPORTANT TO THEM, PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO WHAT'S HAPPENING WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          WE APPRECIATE CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM AND WELCOME SUGGESTIONS FOR SOLUTIONS. 
          PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOT A TIME FOR A DISCUSSION. 
          IT'S A TIME FOR THE BOARD TO LISTEN. 
          BOARD MEMBERS MAY INTERJECT TO ASK CLARIFYING QUESTIONS AND OR MAY DIRECT SOMEONE, MOST OFTEN THE SUPERINTENDENT, TO TAKE FUTURE ACTION RELATED TO STATEMENTS. 
          AGAIN, IT'S NOT A TIME FOR DISCUSSION. 
          OUR SILENCE IS NOT A SIGNAL OF AGREEMENT OR DISAGREEMENT BUT IS MEANT TO RESPECTFULLY HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY. 
          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 AT 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 MINUTES 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. 
          WE HAVE ONE PERSON, AS I SAID, WHO SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT, DOM FAM. 
          >> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DOM FAM. 
          I IDENTIFY AS A FIR DAY RESIDENT. 
          OF ALL THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS ISSUED SINCE HIS INAUGURATION, IN MY OPINION, THE ONE THAT HE RECENTLY SIGNED TO ELIMINATE THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IS ARGUABLY THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL. 
          IN DECEMBER 2024, KEVIN ROBERTS, PRESIDENT OF THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION AND HERITAGE ACTION FOR AMERICA, WROTE AN ARTICLE TITLED, WHY IS CONGRESS FUNDING THE FAILING DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION? I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME EXCERPTS FROM IT. 
          BY ITS OWN STANDARDS, THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION HAS BEEN AN ABJECT FAILURE. 
          THE AGENCY'S MISSION IS TO PROMOTE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND PREPARATION FOR GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS BY FOSTERING EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE AND ENSURING EQUAL ACCESS. 
          YET, NEARLY 45 YEARS AFTER ITS IN CREATION, HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS' MATH AND READING OUTCOMES REMAIN STAGNANT. 
          WORSE STILL, THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT GAP BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES' POOREST AND WEALTHIEST STUDENTS HAS NOT NARROWED SINCE THE DEPARTMENT'S INCEPTION. 
          THESE DISMAL RESULTS COME AT A STAGGERING COST. 
          FUNDING THIS VAST FEDERAL AGENCY, WITH ITS MORE THAN 4,000 EMPLOYEES, HAS COST PARENTS AND US TAXPAYERS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. 
          AS THE AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTES, RICK HAS RECENTLY POINTED OUT, MORE THAN 1,000 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION EMPLOYEES ARE PAID MORE THAN $160,000 ANNUALLY, WITH NEARLY 90 MAKING UPWARD OF $200,000, MORE THAN FOUR TIMES THE AVERAGE STARTING TEACHER'S SALARY. 
          HOWEVER, THE DEPARTMENT'S FAILURES GO FAR BEYOND INEFFICIENCY AND WASTE. 
          IT IS A MORALLY BANKRUPT INSTITUTION. 
          IN JUST THE PAST FOUR YEARS, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS WEAPONIZED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGAINST PARENTS AND CHILDREN IN UNPRECEDENTED WAYS. 
          THE FBI CREATED THREAT TAGS TO MONITOR PARENTS SIMPLY FOR EXERCISING THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS AT SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS AND SPEAKING UP ABOUT CRITICAL MATTERS SUCH AS SCHOOL SAFETY, BOYS IN FEMALE BATHROOMS AND LOCKER ROOMS, AND SEXUALIZED CONTENT IN CLASSROOMS. MEANWHILE, THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION REWROTE TITLE 9 RULES TO EXPAND THE DEFINITION OF SEX DISCRIMINATION TO INCLUDE GENDER IDENTITY AND THEN HANDED ENFORCEMENT OVER TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WHICH THREATENED TO WITHHOLD SCHOOL MEAL FUNDING FROM 
          [00:10:04]
INSTITUTIONS THAT REFUSED TO EMBRACE THIS RADICAL IDEOLOGY. 
          IN SOME, THE SAME CONGRESS THAT CREATED THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CAN AND MUST ABOLISH IT. 
          THIS ISN'T JUST ACHIEVABLE. 
          IT'S POLITICALLY POPULAR, FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE, AND MORALLY ESSENTIAL. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU, DOM. 
          AGAIN, ANYBODY WHO HAS ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, FEEL FREE TO SUBMIT THEM TO US VIA EMAIL OR PUBLIC COMMENT NEXT TIME. 
          MOVING ON TO THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA. 
          [5. SHARING [GC-7.E.]]
NOT THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. 
          SUPERINTENDENT SHARING, CHRISTIE. 
          >> THANK YOU, PEGGY. YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. 
          THANK YOU FOR FILLING IN TONIGHT. 
          THERE'S BEEN A LOT GOING ON, A LOT OF GREAT THINGS. 
          RECENTLY, WE HAD OUR THIRD, IT WAS OUR THIRD? YES, ANNUAL MULTICULTURAL NIGHT. 
          IF YOU REMEMBER THREE YEARS AGO, THIS STARTED BECAUSE ONE OF OUR STUDENTS IN A LEADERSHIP CLASS HAD A VISION FOR AN EVENT WHICH WOULD ALLOW THE STUDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT THE DIFFERENT CULTURES THAT ARE SEEN IN FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          THIS YEAR, LITERALLY, IF YOU WENT, AND DIRECTOR MACHADO WAS THERE. 
          I DID SEE SOME VIDEO OF YOU DANCING. 
          IT WAS VERY GOOD ACTUALLY. 
          BUT IT WAS SHOULDER TO SHOULDER. 
          IT WAS PACKED, AND THERE WAS MORE FOOD THAN I THINK I'VE EVER SEEN, AND IT WAS AN ABSOLUTE JOYFUL CELEBRATION. 
          IT'S REALLY RUN BY OUR STUDENTS. THEY TAKE THIS ON. 
          THEY BRING IT TO LIFE, THEY GET DIFFERENT COMMUNITY MEMBERS INVOLVED. THE MAYOR WAS THERE. 
          IT REALLY HAS BECOME QUITE THE EVENT, AND THERE'S ALREADY TALK ABOUT NEEDING A BIGGER SPACE NEXT YEAR, SO MOVING IT INTO THE GYM BECAUSE OUR COMMONS IS NO LONGER BIG ENOUGH TO HOLD THIS BY ITSELF. 
          VERY EXCITING. ANOTHER SHOUT-OUT IS WE HAD OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHO CAME UP AND SHARED THEIR TALENTS. 
          MOUNT VERNON SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS A STUDENT MARIACHI CLUB BAND. 
          THEY CAME UP AND SHARED THEIR TALENTS WITH US AND IN RETROSPECT, THEY ARE NOW INVITING SOME OF OUR STUDENTS TO GO DOWN AND SHARE THEIR TALENTS DOWN AT MOUNT VERNON. 
          NOW WE'VE HIT CROSS DISTRICTS. IT WAS INCREDIBLE. 
          >> YOU HAVE A QUESTION? 
          >> NO. 
          >> ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT MULTICULTURAL NIGHT OR ANYTHING ELSE RELATED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT? 
          >> OH, I STILL HAVE A FEW MORE. 
          >> OH, YOU DO? 
          >> OH, YEAH, I'LL JUST KEEP GOING. 
          BUT THAT'S OKAY. YOU MIGHT HAVE A QUESTION. 
          >> I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION. GO AHEAD. 
          >> I'LL GET THE VIDEO OF DANCING LATER. 
          SPRING BREAK IS COMING UP, APRIL 6TH THROUGH THE 12TH, AND ALL OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS ARE CLOSED. 
          I'M NOT SURE WHO'S LOOKING FORWARD TO SPRING BREAK MORE. 
          STUDENTS, STAFF, MAYBE WE COULD TAKE A SURVEY. 
          BUT I KNOW PEOPLE ARE REALLY EXCITED, AND I THINK TODAY'S WEATHER GAVE US ALL A LITTLE BIT OF A BUG FOR SPRING. 
          RECENTLY, SOMEONE ASKED CAN WE REVIEW THE CELL PHONE SURVEY RESULTS? I JUST WANTED TO BRING THOSE BACK UP. 
          ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THE BOARD ASKED WAS, HOW IS IT GOING? WHAT'S THE DATA SHOW? WE'VE HAD INCREDIBLE RESULTS. 
          IS THERE A SLIDE AFTER THIS? WHICH ONE? OH, THERE'S 11 SLIDES. 
          HERE WE GO. WE HAD JUST A FEW. 
          50 STAFF, 574 STUDENTS, AND 166 FAMILIES PARTICIPATE WHICH IT IS HARD TO GET THOSE NUMBERS, SO THAT'S A GREAT TURNOUT. 
          IT WAS JUST FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL. 
          WE JUST DID THE HIGH SCHOOL. THAT'S OKAY. 
          WHAT WE SAW THE, SOME OF THE SUMMARY WAS THE CHANGES IN BEHAVIORS AND ATTITUDE. 
          THERE WERE MIXED CHANGES IN ATTITUDES TOWARDS SCHOOL. 
          SOME STUDENTS REPORTED NO CHANGE WHILE OTHERS HAD MENTIONED MORE NEGATIVE OUTLOOK DUE TO RESTRICTIONS, AND WE'VE SEEN SOME OF THOSE EMAILS. 
          I DON'T THINK THAT'S A BAD THING TO HAVE WHEN THERE'S BOUNDARIES PUT UP TO HAVE STUDENTS SAY, WE DIDN'T LOVE IT. 
          BUT FROM THE STUDENTS I'VE TALKED TO, THE MAJORITY OF THEM, AND IT CONTINUES. 
          I SHARED WITH YOU THE IMPLEMENTATION GRAPH WHERE YOU START OFF REAL STRONG, EVERYONE'S EXCITED, AND THEN THERE'S A DIP. 
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WE GAVE THIS RIGHT AROUND WHEN THE DIP WAS STARTING, AND NOW WE'RE BACK UP. 
          WHEN I GO INTO THE HIGH SCHOOL, I SEE FEWER AND FEWER PHONES BEFORE SCHOOL, DURING LUNCH, AND AFTER SCHOOL. 
          I EVEN HAVE STUDENTS REPORTING LESS CELL PHONE USE AT HOME. 
          CHALLENGES AND FRUSTRATIONS. THAT'S OKAY. 
          CHALLENGES AND FRUSTRATIONS. 
          JUST INCONSISTENCIES, AND SO I KNOW THAT THE HIGH SCHOOL STAFF CONTINUES TO WORK ON THAT. 
          IT'S A LOT TO REMEMBER THAT YOU HAVE TO MAINTAIN THIS. 
          THE STAFF'S BEEN AMAZING. 
          ONE PIECE IS, HOW DO YOU RECORD THINGS LIKE A MUSIC CLASS. 
          THERE WERE SOME TIMES WHERE PEOPLE WANTED TO USE CELL PHONES FOR DIFFERENT COURSES. 
          THEY'VE BEEN BRAINSTORMING THAT. 
          SOME STUDENTS SAID THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THEM DURING PASSING PERIODS. 
          IF YOU REMEMBER, THAT WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP, AND THE ADULTS SAID ABSOLUTELY NOT BECAUSE THAT'S ACTUALLY WHEN WE WERE SEEING THE BULLYING HAPPEN WAS IN PASSING PERIODS. 
          THAT IS A RESTRICTION THAT HAS STAYED IN PLACE. 
          THE IMPACT ON HOME USAGE. 
          THE MAJORITY REPORTED NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE FALL. 
          I'M STARTING TO HEAR ABOUT A CHANGE FROM FAMILIES ACTUALLY NOW. 
          WHAT I'M NOTICING IS FAMILIES ARE MORE INVOLVED AT THIS TIME WITH WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THEIR STUDENT'S PHONES. 
          MANY STUDENTS FELT NEUTRAL OR NEGATIVE ABOUT THEIR OPINIONS BEING CONSIDERED IN THE POLICY DECISIONS. 
          THIS DEFINITELY WASN'T ONE WHERE WE WENT OUT AND SAID, HEY, WHAT DO YOU THINK? THE ADULTS MADE THE DECISION ON THIS ONE, AND THEN THE STUDENTS HAVE BEEN HELPING US TELL THE STORY. 
          >> HERE YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE QUOTES. 
          I FIND IT INTERESTING THAT FOCUS WITHOUT MUSIC, AND I JUST WONDER HOW MANY OF OUR STUDENTS GOT USED TO HAVING NOISE ON ALL THE TIME AND SO WHAT IS THIS DOING? I HAVE SOME WONDERS ABOUT THIS. 
          BUT WHEN I'VE MET AND BOTH HARLEEN AND GABBY MEET WITH ME IN THE ADVISORY GROUP, OVERWHELMING, POSITIVE IN THAT GROUP OF STUDENTS. 
          FROM FAMILIES, WE WEREN'T SURE WHEN WE FIRST IMPLEMENTED THIS, WHAT FAMILIES WERE GOING TO HAVE TO SAY. 
          I ONLY HEARD FROM TWO FAMILIES, AND IT WASN'T REALLY ANYTHING NEGATIVE, JUST MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION. 
          MANY CITING THE POSITIVE IMPACT ON FOCUS AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, THAT WAS BROAD SUPPORT. 
          WHILE MOST FAMILIES REPORT NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN BEHAVIOR. 
          TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT IMPROVEMENT, THEIR CHILD'S ATTITUDE OR FOCUS AT SCHOOL, BEING ABLE TO TALK ABOUT SCHOOL WHEN THEY GET HOME BECAUSE THEY'RE MORE ENGAGED IN IT. 
          THEN MANY OF OUR FAMILIES SHARE THE POLICY, FOSTERS BETTER ENGAGEMENT DURING CLASS TIME. 
          I'VE HEARD THAT FROM STUDENTS AS WELL. 
          I LOVE THIS ONE. "I'VE NOTICED MY CHILD TALKS MORE ABOUT THEIR DAY SINCE THEY'RE NOT GLUED TO THEIR PHONE." LEARNING TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND KNOWING WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE DAY IS CRITICAL. 
          JUST OVERALL VERY POSITIVE. 
          THEN STAFF. I'VE HEARD THIS. 
          I LOVE THAT WE HAVE THE SURVEY. 
          BUT THE STAFF, I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE AS SUPPORTED. 
          I WILL GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO OUR ADMIN TEAM. 
          THEY DID NOT WANT THE RESTRICTIONS OR IF A STUDENT HAD IT OUT, THEY DIDN'T WANT IT ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TEACHER AND THE STUDENT. 
          ALL THE TEACHER HAS TO DO IS CALL TO THE OFFICE AND SOMEONE SHOWS UP AND TAKES CARE OF IT FOR THE TEACHER. 
          IT DOESN'T WAY BETWEEN THE TEACHER AND THE STUDENT. 
          THE TEACHER WILL ASK THEM TO PLEASE PUT IT AWAY AND THEN IF IT CONTINUES, THAT'S WHEN THEY CAN CALL IN SOME REINFORCEMENTS. 
          BUT I HAVE TO SAY EVERY TIME I GO TO THE OFFICE, THEY HAVE THIS LITTLE BOX IN THE OFFICE. 
          WHAT WOULD YOU CALL IT, HARLEEN? 
          >> [OVERLAPPING] IT'S LIKE A SLOT PENALTY BOX TO PUT YOUR PHONE. 
          IT'S LIKE LOCKED UP. IT'S RIGHT THERE. 
          >> IT'S NEVER FULL OF PHONES. 
          IT'S ALMOST ALWAYS EMPTY, WHICH MEANS THE PHONES ARE NOT BEING REMOVED. 
          AS I SAID BEFORE, PEOPLE WERE NERVOUS ABOUT THE INCONSISTENT ENFORCEMENT. 
          IF EVERYONE'S NOT ON THE SAME PAGE, THEN THAT CAUSES A LACK IN FOLLOW-THROUGH, BUT THAT HAS BEEN ONE THAT THEY HAVE TAKEN VERY SERIOUSLY. 
          I WILL THANK THE BOARD FOR THAT. 
          I THINK BECAUSE THE BOARD TOOK SUCH A STRONG STANCE, THAT GAVE SOME LEGITIMACY TO STAFF KNOWING THAT IT WAS GOING TO HAVE SOME TEETH. 
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THERE WAS GOING TO BE SOME TO IT. 
          IT WASN'T JUST SOMETHING THEY TALKED ABOUT. 
          THEY KNEW THAT IT WAS SERIOUS AND SOMETHING THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON. 
          THE LUNCH EXCEPTION, THAT WAS ONE QUESTION AND THAT HAS DEEMED APPROPRIATE POSITIVE FROM THE TEACHERS. 
          I HAVE TO SAY MY FIRST TWO YEARS ON THE JOB, AT LEAST TWICE A WEEK, I GOT A PHONE CALL TALKING ABOUT BULLYING DUE TO SOCIAL MEDIA, ISSUES THAT PEOPLE ARE HAVING. 
          I KEPT SAYING TO CHRIS, WELL, WE ONLY GOT THREE CALLS THIS WEEK OR WE GOT TWO CALLS THIS WEEK. 
          THERE WERE SOME WEEKS WHERE I WAS GETTING SO MANY CALLS FROM FAMILIES ASKING US TO DO SOMETHING. 
          I HAVE NOT HAD ONE CALL THIS ENTIRE YEAR FROM A FAMILY TALKING ABOUT THEIR CHILD BEING BULLIED ON SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          I'VE SEEN A HUGE DECLINE ON THAT AND I DO THINK IT'S BECAUSE IT'S NOT HAPPENING AT SCHOOL. 
          HERE ARE SOME QUOTES. 
          "STUDENT TEST SCORES ARE MUCH HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR IN MY MATH CLASSES." "THE POLICIES MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN THE AMOUNT OF TIME THEY CAN SPEND INSTRUCTING AND HELPING STUDENTS." I LOVE THIS ONE. 
          IT FEELS LIKE TEACHING THE OLD DAYS WHEN STUDENTS WERE MORE PRESENT AND PARTICIPATING. 
          I ACTUALLY HAD A STUDENT SHARE WITH ME THAT THEY WERE NOT EATING AT LUNCH BECAUSE THEY WERE SO AFRAID THAT PEOPLE WERE GOING TO TAKE A PHOTO OF THEM AND POST IT. 
          THIS WAS PREVIOUSLY, KIDS WEREN'T DOING THINGS BECAUSE THEY WERE SO FEARFUL THAT SOMEONE WOULD TAKE A PHOTO OF THEM IN ACTION OR DOING SOMETHING IN THE POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND THAT FEAR HAS BEEN RELEASED. 
          I JUST THINK ABOUT THE REDUCTION IN ANXIETY. 
          >> MY FRESHMAN YEAR, THERE WAS LIKE AN EPIDEMIC OF FHS CAUGHT EATING, FHS CAUGHT LACKING, FHS SLOUCHED AND IT WOULD BE PICTURES OF RANDOM KIDS JUST UNAWARE. 
          >> I'M GOING TO PASS TO OUR AMAZING STUDENT LEADERS HERE. 
          >> IT'S BEEN A WHILE. I HAVE A LOT TO SHARE LIKE THAT I'M ACTUALLY REALIZING. 
          I THINK I'M GOING TO LET HARLEEN DO MOST OF THE TALKING ABOUT THE CONFERENCE THAT WE RAN WITH THE HUNDRED AND 89TH EDUCATIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, ESPECIALLY WORKING WITH MAGGIE AND HARLEEN, THE STUDENT REPS FROM OAK HARBOR. 
          BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY WE ARE GEARING UP TO START GOING INTO SOPHOMORE ENGLISH CLASSES TO LOOK AT FINDING MY REPLACEMENT. 
          SPRING SPORTS ARE IN FULL SWING. 
          I PERSONALLY, AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS MONTH, FERNDALE DECA WENT TO STATE. 
          WE TOOK 19 PEOPLE, I THINK, AND HAD TWO FINALISTS. 
          I WAS ONE OF THEM, AND I GOT FIRST FROM MY EVENT AND QUALIFIED TO COMPETE AT INTERNATIONALS IN FLORIDA. 
          [APPLAUSE] PLEASE VOTE YES ON MY TRAVEL. 
          [LAUGHTER] 
          >> WHICH YOU'LL FIND ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          >> YES, ALSO CONGRATULATIONS TO GABBY. 
          THAT'S SO AWESOME. OH, MY GOSH. 
          [APPLAUSE] I DID DECA LAST YEAR AND I DID THE SAME EVENT THAT GABBY DID, AND IT'S HARD. 
          LET ME TELL YOU GUYS, IT'S HARD. 
          SHE'S JUST TOO GOOD AT IT. 
          ESPECIALLY AGAINST ALL THE SEATTLE KIDS. 
          THEY KNOW THEIR BUSINESS STUFF. 
          THAT'S AWESOME. MULTICULTURAL NIGHT, I WANT TO TOUCH ON THAT, SO PACKED. 
          DOES ANYBODY HAVE A NUMBER? I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE HAD SOMEBODY LIKE TICKETING COUNTING NEXT YEAR, WELL, WE SHOULD HAVE THAT. 
          >> I TALKED TO ONE OF THE GIRLS WHO WAS RUNNING IT AND THEY ESTIMATED. 
          LAST YEAR, APPARENTLY, THERE WERE ABOUT 600. 
          THEY SAID IT MORE THAN DOUBLED. 
          WE HAD OVER 1,200 PEOPLE, AND I THINK THE EVENT STARTED AT 5:30. 
          I THINK THEY RAN OUT OF FOOD BY 6:30. 
          >> YEAH, IT WAS PACKED. 
          >> SO PACKED. IT WAS JUST SO AWESOME TO SEE SO MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF KIDS THAT USUALLY ARE NOT THAT INVOLVED IN SCHOOL STUFF. 
          THEY EVEN SHOWED UP AND IT WAS SO AWESOME TO SEE. IT WAS REALLY COOL. 
          THE HARD WORK THAT CALLEON AND SAVON AND HER TEAM OF PEOPLE PUT INTO IT. 
          OH, MY GOSH, I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. 
          SPRING SPORTS. 
          AWESOME. IT'S GOING PRETTY WELL. 
          THIS WEATHER, IT WAS HOT OUTSIDE. WE WERE ALL LIKE, OH MY GOSH. 
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WE WERE NOT EXPECTING IT TO BE THIS SUNNY BECAUSE IT'S BEEN RAINING SO MUCH. 
          IT'S BEEN REALLY NICE. WE HAD OUR TENNIS MATCH TODAY. 
          I THINK THERE'S ALSO BOYS SOCCER GOING ON. 
          THEY HAVE A MATCH TODAY LIKE GAME. 
          SOFTBALL, I HEARD THEY HAVE FIVE GAMES THIS WEEK AND THEY HAVE A DOUBLEHEADER WITH THE BOYS, IT'S CRAZY. 
          THERE'S SO MUCH STUFF GOING ON AT THE SCHOOL. 
          THEN TRACK AND FIELD, I THINK THEY HAVE AN INVITATIONAL. 
          AFTER SCHOOL, IT FEELS LIKE SCHOOL IS STILL GOING ON BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY CARS PARKED. 
          THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE WALKING AROUND. 
          BUT IT'S BEEN GOING PRETTY GOOD. 
          ANOTHER THING IS THAT GABBY AND I WENT TO CUSTER LAST MONTH OR EARLIER THIS MONTH, I DON'T REALLY REMEMBER, BUT WE WENT AND WE SPOKE WITH SOME OF THE FIFTH GRADERS AND FOURTH GRADERS THERE AND IT WAS SO AWESOME. 
          THEY WERE SO AMAZING AND WE ASKED THEM A FEW QUESTIONS. 
          NEXT TIME, WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A FORMAL PRESENTATION TO GIVE. 
          BUT THEY JUST TOUCHED ON SOME STUFF GOING ON IN THEIR SCHOOL AND WHAT GABBY AND I CAN DO BECAUSE WE ARE THEIR STUDENT REPS TOO. 
          REALLY, IT JUST SPARKED AN IDEA IN GABBINESS, LIKE TO BE MORE INVOLVED AS HIGH SCHOOLERS, TO GO DOWN TO CUSTER. 
          WE MAY OR MAY NOT BE PLANNING SOMETHING TO GO DOWN TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS MORE OFTEN AND HELPING OUT WITH A BULLYING CAMPAIGN AND ANTI-BULLYING, THAT'LL BE REALLY FUN. 
          THEN ALSO GABBY AND I WENT TO OUR 189 ESD. 
          >> EDUCATIONAL SERVICE DISTRICT 189. 
          IT COVERS WHATCOM, SKAGIT, AND ISLAND COUNTIES. 
          >> YES, SEE GABBY KNOWS ABOUT THAT. 
          >> A LITTLE BIT OF SNOHOMISH. 
          >> IT WAS THE FIRST COLLABORATION BY STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES IN WASHINGTON STATE. 
          >> WE WORKED WITH THE OAK HARBOR REPS AND THEY WERE SO AWESOME. 
          I WAS GREAT TO SEE QUITE A FEW REPS FROM ALL THESE BOARDS TURNED OUT. 
          WE HAD SOME REALLY GOOD DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A STUDENT BOARD REP AND HOW WE CAN HELP OTHER BOARDS ENCOURAGE THEM TO HAVE THEIR OWN STUDENT REPS BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF SCHOOLS JUST THAT WE HAVE REPRESENTATION. 
          WE FORMULATED OUR OWN, LIKE WHAT WOULD YOU WANT TO CALL IT? A MISSION STATEMENT OF OUR OWN? DO YOU HAVE IT? 
          >> A COLLECTIVE VISION OR DEFINITION. IT'S UP THERE. 
          >> WELL, YOU GUYS WILL SEE IT, BUT IT WAS PRETTY AWESOME. 
          WE HAD THREE DRAFTS OF IT. 
          PEOPLE WERE JUST SHOUTING AT IDEAS AND IT WAS AWESOME. 
          IT WAS REALLY GOOD TO SEE ALL THAT COLLABORATION COME INTO PLAY. 
          I THINK ALL OF THE STUDENT BOARD REPS WERE REALLY ENGAGED IN IT, AND I THINK WE'RE EXCITED TO DO MORE STUFF LIKE THAT. 
          WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ONE IN THE FALL, LIKE AN ONBOARDING FOR OUR NEW REPS FOR THOSE SENIORS WHO ARE LEAVING. 
          BUT IT WAS REALLY EXCITING, VERY BUSY MONTH. 
          >> WHERE WAS IT HELD? 
          >> IT WAS HELD IN ANACORTES AT THE ESD, AND THE GREAT PART WAS THE SUPERINTENDENTS. 
          WE WERE HAVING OUR MEETING AT THE SAME TIME. 
          THEY WERE MEETING A DIFFERENT ROOM AND SO THEN THEY CAME IN AND WE HAD LUNCH TOGETHER. 
          >> WE SHARED OUR VISION STATEMENT, SO IT WAS REALLY AWESOME. 
          >> I HAVE A QUESTION FOR HARLEEN. 
          YOU SAID WHEN YOU GO AND YOU TALK TO THE STUDENTS AT CUSTER AND THEY HAD IDEAS FOR YOU. 
          WHAT DO YOU THEN DO WITH THOSE IDEAS? DO YOU TAKE THEM TO THE ADMINISTRATION? DO YOU BRING THEM TO THE BOARD? WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT INFORMATION? 
          >> WELL, I THINK IT'S MAINLY BETWEEN GABBY AND I TO TALK IT THROUGH AND BE LIKE, OKAY, WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE WANT TO GO THROUGH WITH? GABBY AND I HAVE BEEN REALLY BUSY WITH THE BOARD, THE 189 ESD STUFF. 
          BUT I KNOW HER AND I ARE PLANNING ON TALKING ABOUT THIS ANTI-BULLYING CAMPAIGN THAT THEY BROUGHT UP BECAUSE THEY WERE TELLING US ABOUT THE STUFF THAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR SCHOOLS. 
          BULLYING IS A PROBLEM EVERYWHERE. 
          THEY WERE WITH HIGH SCHOOLERS LIKE, THEY LOOK UP TO US. 
          THEY WERE LIKE, IT WOULD BE COOL IF YOU GUYS COULD COME DOWN. 
          FROM THERE, WE'LL TAKE IT TO ADMIN AND TALK TO MRS. DILLON AND ALL THOSE PEOPLE, PEOPLE FROM CUSTER. 
          >> IT'S DEFINITELY A VERY NEW FORMAT FOR US TO ADAPT TO. 
          I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING GOING FORWARD WITH THIS IS THE COLLABORATION STRATEGIES. 
          WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS WE HAVE A DOCUMENT AND WE'VE BEEN REVIEWING INFORMATION THAT'S COMMON BETWEEN THE SCHOOLS THAT WE'VE VISITED AND SEEN IF THERE MIGHT BE MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS OF THAT AND FIGURING OUT A PLAN BEFORE WE MAKE FURTHER CONTACT WITH THE ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION. 
          >> THANK YOU. JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY. 
          I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE IF THE BOARD COULD GET AN UPDATE ON THE THINGS LIKE THAT THAT YOU'RE DOING EVERY MONTH BECAUSE 
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THAT'S GOOD THAT YOU'RE GOING IN AND FINDING OUT WHAT THE STUDENTS AT THE ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT. THANK YOU. 
          >> YEAH, I CAN START FILLING OUT REPORTS FOR THAT. 
          I CAN DO THE ONES WE'VE ALREADY DONE TOO. 
          I TAKE NOTES. IT'S JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE. 
          >> I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR BOTH OF YOU. 
          YOU GO THROUGH A PROCESS OF SELECTION HERE AND IT'S FOR A REASON. 
          I WAS THINKING IF WE CAN FURTHER SUPPORT YOU. 
          WITH WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, YOU MENTIONED THIS, HARLEEN, KIDS SEE YOU WITH AUTHORITY. 
          THEY LOOK UP TO YOU. THAT'S JUST THE NATURE OF SEEING AN OLDER PERSON THAT IS A LEADER, THAT IS YOUNG AND REPRESENTING THEM. 
          I WAS THINKING, IS THERE A WAY THAT THE PRINCIPALS WHEN THEY HAVE THE RALLIES OR WHEN THEY GET THE WHOLE SCHOOL TOGETHER, I'M THINKING I'VE SEEN THIS AT EAGLE RIDGE AND HORIZON, AND THAT YOU GUYS CAN BE INTRODUCED AND BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN WHAT IS IT THAT YOU DO TO THEM. 
          EVERY SCHOOL ALSO HAS THEIR LEADERSHIP TEAMS. I KNOW I HAVE KIDS THAT ARE IN THOSE GROUPS. 
          THAT SEEING YOU, ADVOCATING FOR THEM WILL DEVELOP THIS SENSE OF ADVOCACY IN THE FUTURE. 
          WHEN THEY ARE IN THAT POSITION, WE WILL HAVE BETTER-PREPARED YOUTH THAT UNDERSTAND THE ASSIGNMENT. 
          YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. 
          BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS IN THE FUTURE, IF YOU ARE MORE WELL-KNOWN, AND IF WE CAN IN THE HIGH SCHOOL, I DON'T KNOW MAYOR I'M THROWING TOO MANY IDEAS IN CHRISTIE'S LIKE, NO, ANTONIO. 
          BUT FOR EXAMPLE, THAT YOU GUYS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO AT LEAST GET OUT FOR A LITTLE BIT TO BE INTRODUCED, TO BE, WELL-KNOWN, AND TO BE ABLE TO NOT ONLY HELP ADVOCATE FOR THE KIDS BUT MOTIVATE AND INFLUENCE THEM SO THAT THEY CAN OPEN AND SHARE WITH OTHERS. 
          >> IT'S ACTUALLY FUNNY THAT YOU BROUGHT UP THE WHOLE PEP, RALLY STUFF BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE CUSTER KIDS ARE TELLING US BECAUSE THEY HAVE THEIR OWN LITTLE PEP ASSEMBLIES THAT THEY TOSS OUT PRIZES AND STUFF FOR GOOD BEHAVIOR AND WITH THE WHOLE SCHOOL. 
          THEY WERE LIKE, OH MY GOSH, IT WOULD BE AWESOME IF YOU GUYS COULD COME DOWN AND THEY WERE LIKE, IT'D BE SO FUN. 
          BUT, I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. 
          IF YOU'RE OUT THERE AND PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY CAN COME TO YOU TO ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR PEERS, IT JUST MAKES IT ALL THAT MORE IT'S EASY ACCESS. 
          I THINK GABBY DEFINITELY HAS SOME IDEAS AND SO DO I. 
          BUT I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND I'M EXCITED TO TAKE THE STEP ON THAT. 
          >> I GUESS I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT IT IN TERMS OF YOUR ROLE AS STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES TO THE BOARD. 
          IF YOUR FEEDBACK HELPS TO INFORM POLICY DECISIONS AND POLICY CREATION, AND SO HAVING THAT INFORMATION BROUGHT TO US MIGHT ADD TO THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS ON CERTAIN POLICIES. 
          THAT'S WHAT I WAS WONDERING HOW YOU ARE YOU WERE PLANNING ON BRINGING THAT KIND OF INFORMATION TO US TO MAKE OUR DECISIONS BETTER. 
          >> WELL, SO FAR, WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IS, AGAIN, THIS IS A TOTALLY NEW PROCESS. 
          EVEN WHEN [INAUDIBLE] AND I WERE REPS, WE DID NOT HAVE OUTREACH PROGRAMS TO THE ELEMENTARY OR MIDDLE SCHOOLS. 
          THERE WAS NO IDEA OF GOING IN AND TALKING TO THEM. 
          THIS IS A NEW SYSTEM WE'RE FIGURING OUT AND I'M WILLING TO TYPE THINGS UP, BUT WOULD YOU GUYS PREFER MONTHLY UPDATES VIA PRESENTATION AT BOARD MEETINGS OR TYPED UP AN E-MAIL? BECAUSE SO FAR WE'VE JUST BEEN USING THE INFORMATION WE'VE GLEANED TO WEIGH IN ON DISCUSSION WITH THAT WIDER PERSPECTIVE BASED ON WHAT WE'VE SPOKEN TO THE YOUNGER KIDS ABOUT AND WHAT WE'VE SPOKEN TO OUR PEERS ABOUT. 
          BUT ESPECIALLY AS MAYBE THINGS BECOME MORE RELEVANT TO DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING IN TERMS OF POLICY, I WILL MAKE SURE TO BRING UP FEEDBACK WE'VE GOTTEN FROM OTHER GROUPS. 
          >> WHAT ABOUT PUTTING IT IN THE SMART AND WE'D BE ABLE TO FIND IT? 
          >> IF YOU EMAIL ME AFTER YOU'VE GONE, BECAUSE I SEND A WEEKLY NEWSLETTER TO THE BOARD TO JUST KEEP THEM UP-TO-DATE ON THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING, I CAN PUT A STUDENT REP SECTION. 
          >> SOUNDS GOOD. 
          >> OH, SORRY. NEXT UP ON THE ITEM IS A DISCUSSION OF THE BUDGET, 
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A PRESENTATION ON THE BUDGET. 
          FOR THAT, WE TURN THINGS OVER TO HOLLY. 
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          >> CAN YOU HELP ME? I'M HAVING SOME ISSUES. 
          SORRY. 
          THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M PRESENTER. 
          SORRY ABOUT THAT. TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES HERE. 
          I HAVE A QUICK BUDGET UPDATE FOR YOU. 
          WE'RE GOING TO TALK OUR TIMELINE AND THE BUDGET PROCESS. 
          I'M GOING TO DO A FUND BALANCE UPDATE AND THEN WE'LL HAVE SOME TIME FOR QUESTIONS. 
          THIS SLIDE SHOWS MARCH AND APRIL OF OUR TIMELINE. 
          THE GRADE OUT PORTIONS ARE THINGS THAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE. 
          MARCH HAS BEEN A REALLY BUSY MONTH. 
          WE'VE HAD A BUDGET RETREAT. 
          WE'VE HAD OUR FIRST OF THREE AD TEAM BUDGET MEETINGS. 
          WE HAVE OUR SECOND ONE LATER THIS WEEK. 
          WE'VE MET WITH EVERY SINGLE BUILDING ABOUT THEIR STAFF ALLOCATION AND THEIR ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS. 
          HERE ARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS. 
          LIKE I SAID, THE AD TEAM BUDGET MEETINGS, MEETING WITH THE OTHER BUILDINGS, THE ASB TEAMS AT THE SECONDARIES HAVE STARTED THE PROCESS OF ESTABLISHING THEIR BUDGET. 
          WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON REVENUE FORECAST. 
          A VERY BUSY TIME AND LOTS OF DEADLINES LOOMING. 
          FUND BALANCE. JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON THAT. 
          FUND BALANCE IS LIKE US, THE HOUSEHOLD SAVINGS ACCOUNT. 
          OUR BOARD POLICIES HAVE A MINIMUM OF 4% OF OUR BUDGETED EXPENDITURES ON HAND. 
          THE DISTRICT HASN'T MET THE MINIMUM FUND BALANCE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS IN 2024 AND THEN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, WE ALSO HAVE NOT MET THE MINIMUM FUND BALANCE REQUIREMENT. 
          A NUMBER OF UNPLANNED EXPENDITURES HAVE REALLY IMPACTED OUR FUND BALANCE. 
          WE PUT A LOT OF MEASURES IN PLACE IN THE CURRENT YEAR TO SLOW SPENDING, TRAVEL FREEZE. 
          WE JUST ARE REALLY SCRUTINIZING EVERY SINGLE EXPENDITURE. 
          WE'VE HAD A HIRING FREEZE IN PLACE, AND FOR OUR FUND BALANCE FOR THE END OF THE YEAR, WE'RE NOT PROJECTED TO MEET THAT 4% REQUIREMENT. 
          AS OF THIS MONTH IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, THE GREEN LINE AT THE BOTTOM IS WHERE WE'RE AT. 
          THE RED LINE THAT STRAIGHT ACROSS IS OUR MINIMUM FUND BALANCE POLICY FOR THE YEAR. 
          YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'VE WORKED ON REALLY SLOWING THAT CURVE. 
          WE START COLLECTING LEVY STARTING IN MARCH, SO WE'RE REALLY HOPING THAT IT SLOWS AND IT'S BETTER THAN WHAT WE EXPECTED A FEW MONTHS AGO. 
          I THINK THE MEASURES THAT WE'VE PUT IN PLACE OF REALLY SCRUTINIZING EVERY EXPENDITURE HAVE HELPED. WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS. 
          I JUST WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE. 
          CASH FLOW, SINCE WE DON'T GET OUR REVENUES ON AN EVEN KEEL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THERE'S A COUPLE BIG SPIKES, AS YOU CAN SEE. 
          OUR FUND BALANCE IN OCTOBER AND APRIL ARE HIGH BECAUSE WE GET LEVY COLLECTIONS IN THOSE MONTHS. 
          BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GETTING REVENUE LIKE A STEADY STREAM THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE A FUND BALANCE ON HAND TO BRIDGE THE GAP. 
          A STABLE FUND BALANCE ALLOWS FOR JOB SECURITY. 
          IF HEALTHY FUND BALANCE IS REALLY GOOD FOR EMPLOYEES, BECAUSE JOB INSECURITIES FROM RIFS YEAR AFTER YEAR REALLY ARE HARD ON PEOPLE. 
          IT'S HARD ON STAFF, IT'S HARD ON THE COMMUNITY, IT'S HARD ON THE STUDENTS. 
          IT'S REALLY JUST HARD ON EVERYBODY. 
          THERE'S NOT REALLY A UNIVERSAL TRUTH ABOUT THE LEVEL THAT MAKES A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE. 
          OUR POLICY IS 4%, BUT YOU'LL SEE OUT IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR 25% IS COMMON, SO MUCH HIGHER. 
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BUT THE BENEFIT OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT IS WE DO HAVE SOME PREDICTABLE REVENUES, SO WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE A 25% LIKE THEY DO IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR. 
          BUT SOMEWHERE AROUND 8.33% WOULD BE A ONE MONTH WORTH OF BUDGETED EXPENDITURES, WHICH WOULD BE A GREAT GOAL. 
          I THINK THAT IS ABOUT IT. 
          ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT BUDGET PROCESS OR WHERE WE ARE AT THE MOMENT? 
          >> I DID WANT TO BRING UP TK BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN TRACKING THAT, AS YOU KNOW. 
          JUST A REMINDER THAT LAST OCTOBER, THEY NOTIFIED US THAT THE FUNDS THAT THEY HAD SET ASIDE TO PAY FOR TK FOR THE YEAR, THEY WERE GOING TO RUN OUT. 
          I KEEP JOKING. I WISH I COULD JUST SAY, I DON'T HAVE MONEY, I'M NOT GOING TO PAY MY BILL, BUT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY FOR US. 
          BUT ANYWAY, WE STILL HAVE NOT HEARD DEFINITE WHETHER OR NOT THE STATE IS GOING TO FULLY FUND TK THIS YEAR. 
          THEY WERE SUPPOSEDLY GOING TO RUN OUT IN FEBRUARY, THEN THEY WERE GOING TO RUN OUT IN MARCH. 
          WE'RE HEARING RUMORS THAT WE MIGHT ONLY GET HALF THE APPORTIONMENT IN APRIL, BUT THEN THEY WILL BACKFILL THAT, BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LEGISLATIVE ACT FOR THEM TO VOTE ON TO SAY THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BACKFILL THE LACK OF FUNDING THIS YEAR. 
          THERE IS CURRENTLY A BILL, TRINA, THAT WAS YESTERDAY. 
          THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL TK BILLS. 
          THE ONE THAT WAS HEARD YESTERDAY WOULD ACTUALLY SAY, IF IT'S TO PASS, THEY WILL COMMIT TO FUNDING THIS YEAR, AND TK WILL HAPPEN NEXT YEAR AT THE CURRENT LEVELS. 
          GIVEN THAT WE HAVE TK ALREADY, WE WOULD GET TO HAVE IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR FULLY FUNDED AT THE CURRENT LEVEL. 
          THERE ARE SOME DISTRICTS THAT ARE NOT IN FAVOR OF THAT PARTICULAR BILL BECAUSE THEY HAD NOT STARTED TK, AND THAT WOULD PROHIBIT THEM FROM DOING SO. 
          THERE WERE SOME WHO WERE SAYING, THAT'S GREAT, GO AHEAD AND CAP IT, BUT IN THE BILL, RIGHT, THAT IT'S JUST A PAUSE UNTIL THE STATE GETS RIGHT FINANCIALLY. 
          WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT ONE. 
          TRINA, ANYTHING YOU WOULD ADD ON THAT BILL? 
          >> I WAS ABLE TO LISTEN TO THE FOLKS WHO HAD SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY, YESTERDAY, WHEN THE BILL WAS PRESENTED, AND IT WAS JUST REALLY NICE TO HEAR FROM A WIDE RANGE OF PEOPLE, EVEN THOUGH A LOT OF FOLKS WERE SAYING THAT THEY WERE WEIGHING IN AS OTHER RATHER THAN PRO OR CON. 
          LIKE CHRISTIE MENTIONED, IT WAS REALLY BECAUSE OF WANTING IT TO BE MORE FULLY FUNDED, BUT NOT WANTING TO BE THERE FOR IT, BUT THEY WANTED TO BE EITHER JUST A PAUSE AT THIS LEVEL OR MORE. 
          BUT THERE WERE FOLKS FROM HEAD START IN SUPPORT OF IT, WEA, A NUMBER OF SUPERINTENDENTS, AND SOME FAMILY, AND EARLY LEARNING ADVOCATES. 
          IT WAS JUST REALLY NICE TO SEE PEOPLE TESTIFYING IN SUPPORT OF TK FROM QUITE A RANGE OF SECTORS. 
          >> WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT AND AS I GET UPDATES, I WILL DEFINITELY LET THE BOARD KNOW, HOLLY AND I ARE WATCHING THAT ONE VERY CLOSELY. 
          >> DO WE KNOW HOW MUCH WE'RE GOING TO GET IN FUNDING IN APRIL WHEN THE CHART ALWAYS GOES UP IN OCTOBER AND THEN APRIL? DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA? 
          >> CHRISTIE WAS TALKING ABOUT JUST THE TK FUNDING THAT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT HALF. 
          I THINK WE GET ABOUT $120,000 A MONTH IN TK JUST ON AVERAGE, SO IT'D BE 60. 
          >> I DON'T MEAN TK, I MEAN THE FUND BALANCE, OVERALL, DO YOU KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT? 
          >> WE SHOULD GET I THINK ABOUT 3.5 MILLION. 
          LET ME BACK UP TO THAT CHART. 
          >> THAT ONE? 
          >> YEAH. BASED ON LAST YEAR WHAT WE COLLECTED AND WE COLLECT THE BULK OF PROPERTY TAX IN APRIL, BUT IT SPREADS OUT BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY PAYS ON TIME. 
          I'M ESTIMATING WE'VE RECEIVED SOME IN MARCH, WHICH IS GREAT. 
          IN APRIL, I WOULD THINK ABOUT PROBABLY 3.5-4 MILLION WILL COME IN. 
          >> SO IT'S JUST TOO EARLY TO BE ABLE TO PUT MARCH IS UP THERE, BUT IT'S NOT GOING DOWN AS STEEPLY FOR MARCH? 
          >> THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, I HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE MONTH IS CLOSED BEFORE I CAN RECONCILE EVERYTHING. 
          WE WON'T BE UNTIL MID MARCH THAT I'LL BE ABLE TO PUT MARCH UP THERE. 
          >> ONCE MARCH CLOSES, THEN SHE'LL BE ABLE TO PUT MARCH UP THERE, 
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BUT WHAT HOLLY IS ABLE TO DO IS LOOK AT WHAT'S COMING IN OR WHAT SHE CAN PROJECT AND SHE'S ALREADY SEEING IT'S STABLE. 
          WHEREAS YOU SEE THERE, IT GOES DOWN AGAIN LAST YEAR THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HOPEFULLY STAYING PRETTY. 
          >> HOPEFULLY WILL BE FAIRLY FLAT. 
          IT'LL GO DOWN, SOME, IN MARCH, BUT THEN IT'LL SPIKE BACK UP IN APRIL WHEN WE START COLLECTING LEVY. 
          >> HELP ME TO UNDERSTAND THE TK FUNDING, HOW THAT WORKS? WHEN DO YOU RECEIVE FUNDING FOR TK? WHAT TIMES OF THE YEAR? 
          >> WE RECEIVE IT ALL YEAR. 
          THE STATE HAS THEIR APPORTIONMENT, YOU GET A PERCENTAGE EVERY MONTH AND EVERY MONTH IS DIFFERENT. 
          SOME MONTHS IT'S 5%, SOME MONTHS IT'S 12%. 
          THEY GIVE YOU AN ALLOCATION AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY ESTABLISH HOW MUCH YOU GET. 
          I BELIEVE THAT OUR TK FUNDING FOR THIS YEAR WAS ABOUT $1,050,000, AND WE'VE RECEIVED ABOUT 500,000 SO FAR THIS YEAR. 
          IT AVERAGES ABOUT 120,000 A MONTH THAT WE GET, AND THAT DOESN'T ADD UP IN MY BRAIN WHEN I JUST SAID THAT. 
          BUT SOME MONTHS IT'S LESS, AND THAT'S GETTING BACK TO WHAT I SAID ABOUT CASH FLOW. 
          IT'S NOT SPREAD EVENLY. 
          THEY DON'T JUST DIVIDE IT BY 12 AND GIVE YOU THE SAME AMOUNT EACH MONTH. 
          IT'S A PERCENTAGE THAT THEY GIVE YOU EVERY MONTH. 
          IN APRIL, THEY'LL GIVE US 5% IN AUGUST, THEY'LL GIVE US 12% OF THAT ALLOCATION. 
          >> BUT WE'RE NOT RECEIVING 100% BECAUSE OF [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> WE JUST PAY ATTENTION TO THE RUMORS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT STARTED IN OCTOBER, THEY SAID TO US, WE'RE GOING TO RUN OUT IN FEBRUARY. 
          THEN WE WERE TRACKING LIKE, HEY, WE'VE GOT TO SAVE FOR A RAINY DAY BECAUSE COME FEBRUARY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET ANY MORE FUNDING. 
          THEN THEY PAID FEBRUARY. 
          DID WE GET MARCH? WE GOT MARCH. 
          WHAT WE'RE HEARING, THE RUMOR IS WE'LL GET HALF THE APPORTIONMENT IN APRIL. 
          WE'VE SEEN NOTHING IN WRITING. 
          THIS IS JUST WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING, BUT THEN WE WILL COME BACK AND FILL THAT BACK IN IN MAY. 
          WE'RE JUST WAITING. PART OF IT IS THE LEGISLATOR HAS TO ACT AND VOTE TO FULLY FUND IT. 
          IT'S TIED NOW TO BILLS. 
          NOW WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS BILLS SAYING THAT THEY WILL DO THIS. 
          THAT'S THE LEGISLATORS PUTTING FOR SOME ACTION TOWARDS THAT. 
          HERE, RIGHT THERE. TRINA, DO YOU HAVE THAT BILL NUMBER WITH YOU? 
          >> NO. 
          >> WE'LL LOOK IT UP AND GET THAT TO YOU. 
          THIS WAS A NEW BILL THAT WAS JUST PROVIDED LAST WEEK. 
          IT'S ONE THAT CAME IN AND OUT OF ALL THE BILLS. 
          THE FIRST TK BILL CAME OUT AND IT SAID, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO ALL THESE THINGS IN ORDER TO HAVE TK. 
          THAT ONE HAS FALLEN OFF. WHAT IS IT? 
          >> HOUSE BILL. 
          >> HOUSE BILL 2012, IS THAT IT? THANK YOU, CHRIS. THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER BILL THAT SAID THEY'RE GOING TO FUND IT. 
          BUT THERE'S JUST BEEN A DIFFERENT NUANCE. 
          I GET PEOPLE DO NOT WANT THE CAP ON TK. I AGREE WITH THAT. 
          AT THE TIME WHERE OUR STATE IS FINANCIALLY, I THINK A PAUSE ON THE GROWTH ALLOWS THE STATE TO GET STABLE. 
          IT WAS ONE THAT I WAS PRO FOR. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR HOLLY? THEN, I GUESS, THAT MOVES US ALONG TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT. 
          NANCY AND I WENT IN TWICE THIS MONTH AND LOOKED AT THE VOUCHERS AND HAD ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED. 
          BUT ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO IS A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE NOTICED WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH THERE. 
          NANCY FOUND A RECEIPT FOR PIZZAS WHERE THERE HAD BEEN AN ERROR AND SOMEBODY QUESTIONED WHETHER WE ACTUALLY RECEIVED WHAT WE GOT, KATHY HOWARD. 
          WORKED WITH IT UNTIL SHE GOT IT SQUARED AWAY. 
          IT'S NICE TO SEE THOSE KINDS OF THINGS IN THERE BECAUSE YOU KNOW PEOPLE ARE PAYING ATTENTION EVEN TO 
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THE SMALL DETAILS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING WHAT WE PAID FOR. 
          I RAN ACROSS ONE ITEM IN THERE THAT COULDN'T MAKE HEADS OR TAILS OF, ENDED UP TALKING TO TAMMY LONGSTAFF, AND SHE TOOK ME THROUGH A RATHER LENGTHY [LAUGHTER] FINALIZING SOME OF THE EXPENDITURES ON THE CAPITAL SIDE OF THINGS ON THE HIGH SCHOOL, A VENDOR THAT WE HAD WORKED WITH ORIGINALLY HAD SOLD HIS BUSINESS TO ANOTHER VENDOR, AND SO ALL OF THE LOOSE ENDS THAT THEY HAD TO TIE UP AND MAKING SURE THE BILLING WAS CORRECT ON THAT. 
          IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE VERY MUCH PAYING ATTENTION TO THOSE THINGS AND FOLLOWING THROUGH AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT PAYING FOR THINGS WE DIDN'T RECEIVE. 
          ON ANOTHER NOTE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE APPRECIATED ABOUT BEING ABLE TO GO IN AND DO THIS IS THAT WE GET TO SEE SOME OF WHAT THE SCHOOL HAS TO PAY. 
          NANCY FOUND A BILL EARLIER TODAY THAT WAS REALLY SHOCKING TO A COMPANY CALLED ADNETICS, A SERVICE THAT WE USE, AND THEIR BILL CAME INTO THE TUNE OF AROUND $9,000. 
          SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS OF THAT WAS ACTUALLY SERVICES, $2,000 OF IT WAS TAXES AND FEES. 
          WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR OWN BUDGET AND THE BILLS THAT YOU PAY AND YOU LOOK AT THE ADDITIONAL TAXES AND FEES THAT ARE ADDED ON TOP OF THAT, THE SCHOOL IS LIKE THAT ON STEROIDS. 
          WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE MSOC FUNDING, THE MATERIAL SUPPLIES AND OPERATING COSTS, A GOOD CHUNK OF THE OPERATING COSTS ARE IN THE FORMS OF TAXES. 
          WHENEVER THEY TALK ABOUT RAISING TAXES DOWN IN OLYMPIA, THAT AUTOMATICALLY PUSHES OUR COSTS UP JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE'S. 
          THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WHILE WE SIT HERE AND FOCUS ON EDUCATION BILLS, THERE'S OTHER ASPECTS OF LEGISLATION THAT REALLY HAVE A HUGE IMPACT, AND THAT'S ONE OF THEM, AND YOU DEVELOP A REAL APPRECIATION FOR THAT WHEN YOU GET TO SEE THE EFFECT THAT IT HAS ON THINGS LIKE UTILITIES FOR THE SCHOOLS. 
          ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO PASS THAT ALONG BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT GOES INTO THE EXPENSE OF RUNNING A SCHOOL. 
          LIKE I SAID, IT'S LIKE YOUR HOUSEHOLD EXPENSES ONLY ON STEROIDS. 
          WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO NANCY FOR THE LEGISLATIVE REPORT. 
          >> THANK YOU, PEGGY. IT'S A REAL LEARNING EXPERIENCE TO DO THAT, AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO LEARN DEEPER ABOUT OUR DISTRICT THROUGH WHAT WE SPEND MONEY ON. 
          FOR THE LEGISLATIVE REPORT. 
          TODAY IS DAY 72 OF OUR 105 DAY LEGISLATIVE SESSION, AND I'LL JUST FOCUS FIRST ON THE BIG THREE. 
          AS ANYBODY WHO'S PAYING ATTENTION KNOWS, THE BIG THREE FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS WASHINGTON STATE IS SPECIAL ED; MSOC, WHICH IS MATERIAL, SUPPLIES, AND OPERATING COSTS; AND TRANSPORTATION. 
          OUR GREATEST HOPE FOR SPECIAL ED FUNDING IS SENATE BILL 5263, AND IT PASSED THROUGH THE SENATE, 48 TO ZERO ON MARCH 12TH, AND IT'S NOW IN THE HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. 
          THERE IS A LOOMING CUTOFF DATE FOR ALL BILLS, AND THAT'S APRIL 2ND, WHICH IS A WEEK FROM TOMORROW. 
          ALL BILLS MUST BE PASSED OUT OF COMMITTEE OF THE OPPOSITE HOUSE IN ORDER TO STILL BE ALIVE. 
          IF IT ORIGINATED IN THE HOUSE, IT HAS TO HAVE PASSED OUT OF THE SENATE BY THAT DATE AND VICE VERSA. 
          FOR MSOC, SENATE BILL 5192. 
          IT PASSED IN THE SENATE, 47 TO TWO VOTE ON MARCH 6TH, AND IS NOW IN HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS. 
          IT WAS AMENDED TO REDUCE THE ALLOCATION FROM THE ORIGINAL BILL. 
          IF IT PASSES THE HOUSE, IT WON'T BE FOR AS MUCH AS WE HAD HOPED, BUT IT WILL HELP. 
          I JUST WANTED TO SHARE SOMETHING THAT I DON'T RECALL IF I SHARED IT LAST MONTH OR NOT, BUT IT BEARS REPEATING EVEN IF I DID. 
          THAT IS SOME OF THE THINGS LIKE WHAT PEGGY WAS ALLUDING TO, THE UTILITIES, INSURANCE COSTS. 
          OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS, THERE'S BEEN A SHORTFALL OF THE STATE PAYING FOR OUR BILLS IN THAT $2,315,075, WE'VE HAD TO NOT FROM STATE FUNDING, WE'VE HAD TO TAKE THAT FROM LEVY FUNDING BECAUSE THE STATE DID NOT PAY US ENOUGH TO COVER THE INCREASED COSTS IN UTILITIES AND INSURANCE. 
          THAT WAS RATHER SHOCKING, 
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BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S HOW IT IS AND THAT'S WHY WE NEED THIS FUNDING. 
          TRANSPORTATION BILLS DIDN'T EVEN MAKE IT OUT OF THE BUS BARN, SO THERE'S NOTHING WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO ABOUT THAT, UNFORTUNATELY. 
          OTHER BILLS THAT WASA IS WATCHING, SENATE BILL 5041, WHICH WOULD ALLOW PUBLIC EMPLOYEES TO RECEIVE UP TO 12 WEEKS OF UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS WHILE ON STRIKE. 
          WSSDA AND WASA, WHICH IS WASHINGTON STATE SCHOOL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION. HELP ME OUT, CHRISTIE. 
          THIS IS WASHINGTON SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, THEY WROTE A LETTER OF GREAT CONCERN ABOUT THIS BILL, AND IF ENACTED, AND THIS IS A QUOTE FROM THE LETTER THAT THEY WROTE. 
          "IT WOULD HAVE POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC IMPACT ON K-12 EDUCATION, LABOR RELATIONS, AND SCHOOL FINANCES. 
          IT PASSED THROUGH THE SENATE AND IS NOW IN HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS. 
          IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO YOUR HEART, YOU MIGHT WANT YOUR VOICE HEARD IN THE LEGISLATURE ABOUT THAT. 
          THEN A COUPLE OF OTHER BILLS, SB 5181 AND HOUSE BILL 1296, OUR COMPANION BILLS, BOTH WOULD CHANGE THE LAW THAT WAS PASSED LAST YEAR BY THE LEGISLATURE, WHICH WAS INITIATED BY THE PEOPLE, I-2081, WHICH IS THE PARENTS' RIGHT BILL. 
          IF EITHER WERE PASSED, THE REMOVAL OF PARENTS' RIGHTS RELATED TO NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS WOULD THEN BECOME LAW. 
          SB 5181 PASSED OUT OF THE SENATE AND IS CURRENTLY IN THE HOUSE, A PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY. 
          HOUSE BILL 1296 PASSED OUT OF THE HOUSE AND HAD A PUBLIC HEARING IN THE SENATE AND IS SCHEDULED FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION IN THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON EARLY LEARNING AND K-12 EDUCATION ON MARCH 27TH. 
          THOSE ARE ALL ACTIVE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING, AND IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THE OUTCOMES, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTACT YOUR LEGISLATORS. 
          IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL ENTERTAIN THOSE. 
          OTHERWISE, THAT'S IT. 
          >> CAN I ADD ONE THING? I EMAILED THE BOARD AN EMAIL THAT I GOT EARLIER TODAY FROM DAN STEEL. 
          AS YOU KNOW, HE'S THE LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT OF WSSDA. 
          HE SUPPORTS US, AND HE WRITES THE TWIO THIS WEEK IN OLYMPIA THAT I LINK IN TO YOUR SMO. 
          HE SENT THAT THE SENATE AND HOUSE RELEASE THEIR '25-'27 BUDGET PROPOSALS. 
          I'VE SENT THAT TO YOU AND IF ANYONE'S CURIOUS IN READING THOSE OR PAYING ATTENTION TO THOSE, THEY CAN GO ON WASA, W-A-S-A, AND SEARCH TWIO, T-W-I-O, AND THEY CAN GET WEEKLY UPDATES. 
          ALL THE ARCHIVE COPIES ARE ALSO THERE. 
          THE OTHER PART THAT I DO LIKE ABOUT IT, HE PUTS IT IN A PODCAST, SO IF YOU'RE A LISTENER, YOU CAN LISTEN TO IT, BUT I HAVE EMAILED YOU THAT THIS EVENING, SO YOU HAVE THAT IN YOUR INBOX. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> THEN THE OTHER THING THEY CAN DO IS JUST GO TO THE LEGISLATURE WEBSITE, TYPE IN THE BILL, AND THE PAGE FOR THE BILL WILL SHOW WHERE THE BILL IS IN PROCESS, WHERE IT IS RIGHT THERE AND YOU CAN GET ABSTRACTS OF THE BILL, SUMMARIES THAT TELL YOU WHAT THE BILL IS ABOUT. 
          THERE'S A PLACE TO WEIGH IN, WHETHER YOU SUPPORT IT, HAVE NO OPINION OR DON'T SUPPORT IT, AND A PLACE TO SUBMIT COMMENTS AS WELL. 
          >> IT'S REALLY EASY. 
          IT'S LEG.WA.GOV, AND IT POPS RIGHT UP. 
          >> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD. 
          YOU HAVE BEEN AMAZING ADVOCATES OF THE EDUCATION POLICIES EVERY TIME I EMAIL YOU AND SAY THIS ONE'S COMING UP. 
          I HEAR FROM MOST OF YOU THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GO IN AND RESPOND AND I JUST THINK FERNDALE IS DOING A NICE JOB SHOWING UP FOR KIDS ON BEHALF OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OLYMPIA. 
          >> IF THERE'S NO MORE QUESTIONS FOR NANCY, THEN MOVING ON TO MATTERS RESERVED FOR BOARD ACTION. 
          [7. MATTERS RESERVED FOR BOARD ACTION]
FIRST UP ON THAT PART OF THE AGENDA IS TO ADOPT THE MONITORING REPORT FOR OPERATIONAL EXPECTATION OE3, THE RELATIONSHIP WITH AN ENGAGEMENT OF COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS. 
          OPEN FOR DISCUSSION, QUESTIONS. 
          >> I THINK SOME OF THE RESPONSES HAD QUESTIONS EMBEDDED IN THEM. 
          IF WE WANTED TO TAKE A PEEK AT THOSE AND SEE IF WE WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AROUND THOSE. 
          [01:00:01]
          >> THAT SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. 
          >> FOR EXAMPLE, COMMENTS ON SECTION 1, WHICH HAS TO DO WITH CLEAR PROCEDURES FOR HANDLING CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. 
          KEVIN SAID ON HIS COMMENTS, DO BOARD MEMBERS SIGN A CONFIDENTIALITY FORM? I CAN'T REMEMBER, IF ANYTHING, AT THE BEGINNING OF MY BOARD SERVICE OR NOT. 
          WHILE MOST OF THE INFORMATION WE RECEIVE AS PUBLIC, THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WE ARE GIVEN ACCESS TO PRIVATE INFORMATION. 
          I WOULD SUGGEST THAT IF THE BOARD HASN'T BEEN REQUIRED TO SIGN A CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT LIKE THE REST OF THE STAFF, WE SHOULD CONSIDER DOING SUCH. 
          DOES ANYBODY HAVE A MEMORY OF DOING THAT? I'M NOT SURE. DID WE? [LAUGHTER] 
          >> IT'S SO CONFIDENTIAL YOU DON'T REMEMBER. 
          [LAUGHTER] IT IS PART OF THE VECTOR TRAINING THAT YOU DO. 
          WHICH YOU DO DO NOW. 
          >> I REMEMBER THE TRAINING, AND THEN YOU SIGN OFF. 
          >> IT'S IN THERE. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> SPEAKING OF THOSE TRAININGS. 
          WHO KEEPS TRACK OF WHETHER WE'RE ALL UP TO SPEED AND HAVE THEM? ARE WE ON TOP OF THAT EVEN WITH CHANGES TO TITLE IX. 
          >> YOU'LL GET TO DO IT AGAIN IN THE FALL. 
          >> THERE WAS ONE QUESTION ON THERE THAT I DID WANT TO ANSWER. 
          WHEN THERE'S PUBLIC COMMENT, WHO RESPONDS? WHEN THERE'S AN EMAIL, OFTEN IF WE GET ONE, IT'S VERY RARE. 
          IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR ME, IF IT'S A SUPERINTENDENT ITEM, I DO RESPOND AND THEN IF I DON'T NOTIFY THE WHOLE BOARD THAT I'VE RESPONDED, I LET THE PRESIDENT KNOW. 
          IT DEPENDS. I WORK WITH KEVIN AT THIS TIME ON WHO SHOULD RESPOND. 
          I ALSO TAKE NOTES OF EVERY PUBLIC COMMENT HERE. 
          IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NEW THAT WE WEREN'T AWARE OF, THEN THE VERY NEXT DAY, CHRIS HAS THE CONTACT INFORMATION, I REACH OUT TO WHOEVER'S MADE PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          I MIGHT CALL THEM OR EMAIL THEM, AND THEN I TRY TO INITIATE A CONVERSATION TO LEARN MORE. 
          JUST KNOW THAT WE TRACK THAT, CHRIS AND I DO ALL THE TIME BECAUSE THAT'S INFORMATION FOR US, IT'S DATA FOR US ABOUT WHAT IS OR ISN'T WORKING. 
          THERE'S OTHER FORMS OF PUBLIC COMMENT THAT MAY NOT COME TO THE BOARD, HENCE, WHEN WE MEET WITH FAMILIES OR WHATEVER. 
          OFTEN, IF IT'S A SCHOOL, KELLY OR TRINA MAY HELP ME RESPOND, SO IT DEPENDS ON WHO THE APPROPRIATE AUDIENCE IS, BUT IT IS LISTENED TO. 
          >> IT MAKES ME WONDER IF IT WAS APPROPRIATE FOR ME TO RESPOND TO THAT EMAIL THAT WAS SENT THE OTHER DAY. 
          >> I THOUGHT THAT WAS FINE. 
          I APPRECIATE KNOWING IF YOU LEAVE ME ON THERE OR CC ME JUST SO I KNOW. 
          I THANK THAT INDIVIDUAL FOR SENDING THAT IN, INCLUDING ALL OF YOU. 
          I JUST SAID THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING YOUR INPUT TO THE BOARD BECAUSE THEY'RE MAKING HELPING MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT BUDGET, AND IT'S GOOD FOR THEM TO HEAR. 
          >> I DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT. 
          WHEN YOU RESPOND TO PUBLIC COMMENTS, IS THERE A PLACE WHERE YOU POST THAT SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN SEE IT? BECAUSE, I DON'T KNOW, THIS SEEMS LIKE THE FEEDBACK TO PUBLIC COMMENT WOULD BE PUBLIC. 
          >> NO, I DON'T PUT THAT OUT FOR EVERYBODY. 
          IF SOMEONE WANTS TO KNOW, I HOPE THEY GIVE ME A CALL. 
          MY DOOR'S OPEN. I TAKE LOTS OF PEOPLE TO COFFEE. 
          I DON'T NECESSARILY PUT IT UP ON THE WEBSITE. 
          SOME OF IT WOULDN'T BE APPROPRIATE. 
          IT'S NOT ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY WOULD WANT TO KNOW. IT DEPENDS. 
          IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING HAPPENING IN OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, THEN WE MAKE SURE THE PRINCIPALS KNOW. 
          WE JUST MAKE SURE THE RIGHT PEOPLE HAVE THE INFORMATION. 
          >> I WOULD SAY THAT NOT ALL PUBLIC COMMENT IS RELEVANT TO SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          I THINK THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO BE CAREFUL AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESS INDIVIDUALLY. 
          >> WELL, I KNOW AT ONE POINT, THERE WAS A PAGE ON THE WEBSITE ASKING THE BOARD QUESTIONS AND THEN THEY WOULD POST RESPONSES. 
          I WAS MORE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS, I GUESS IT WAS THERE IN THE PAST. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS STILL THERE OR NOT. 
          I HAVEN'T HUNTED FOR IT RECENTLY, BUT I ALWAYS WONDERED HOW THAT WORKED, WHO GOT SENT THE QUESTIONS, WHO ANSWERED THEM AND DECIDED WHAT TO POST. 
          >> THAT WAS NOT BEEN PART OF THE PRACTICE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE OR SELINA HAS BEEN HERE, SO I WOULDN'T KNOW ABOUT THAT. 
          [01:05:01]
I THINK TO LIKE MY EMAIL LAST WEEK. 
          ANYTHING THAT WE DO, I ADD UP THE TIME THAT IT COSTS STAFF TO ENGAGE IN IT, AND LIKE ANTONIO SAID, SOMETIMES PEOPLE USE PUBLIC COMMENT AS A FORUM BECAUSE IT IS PUBLIC AND THEY CAN MAKE STATEMENTS OR WHATEVER, IF IT REALLY IS, I'M TRYING TO THINK THERE WAS A STATEMENT LAST YEAR MADE OF A SAFETY SITUATION THAT SOMEONE BROUGHT FORWARD. 
          THAT I TOOK VERY SERIOUSLY, I REACHED OUT TO THAT PERSON. 
          IT TURNED OUT IT WAS A HYPOTHETICAL. 
          I WOULDN'T WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE, THAT IT WAS A HYPOTHETICAL. 
          IT HAPPENED IN ANOTHER DISTRICT AND THE PERSON WAS MAKING THE POINT IT COULD HAPPEN HERE. 
          WELL, I WOULDN'T PUT THAT OUT ON THE WEBSITE. 
          I THINK THE TEAM AND I WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ATTEND TO WHATEVER IS PERTINENT, AS ANTONIO SAID TO WHAT IS IN THE DISTRICT. 
          I DEFINITELY WOULD KEEP YOU POSTED IF IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS BROAD OR SO I'M TRYING TO THINK OF SOME VERY SPECIFIC THINGS. 
          LIKE TONIGHT'S PUBLIC COMMENT, THERE'S NOT A LOT FOR ME TO RESPOND TO. THAT IS HAPPENING. 
          IT'S PLAYING OUT AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. 
          WE WILL ALL KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING OVER TIME. 
          EXECUTIVE ORDERS ARE BEING WRITTEN ALL THE TIME RIGHT NOW, AND SO I'M ANALYZING THOSE AND THEN WE SEE HOW DO THOSE ALIGN WITH CHANGES IN FEDERAL LAW, THEN I'M ANALYZING STATE LAW, AND THEN I'M WATCHING A LOT OF THIS. 
          I'M JUST SITTING BACK AND WATCHING AND WAITING UNTIL WE GET SOME MORE DIRECTIONS. 
          >> ONE QUESTION I'VE SEEN CROPPING UP FREQUENTLY LIKE ON SOCIAL MEDIA IS ABOUT GRADUATION AND THE NUMBER OF TICKETS AND WHERE ALL IT'S GOING TO BE HELD. 
          QUESTIONS LIKE THAT THAT ARE GENERAL QUESTIONS THAT EVERYBODY, THAT'S NOT REALLY ANY NUANCED TO. 
          IT'S JUST WHAT IS THE SITUATION? 
          >> THE HIGH SCHOOL ACTUALLY COMMUNICATES WITH THE FAMILIES THAT ARE DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. 
          THE PEOPLE WHO NEED THAT INFORMATION, ARE GETTING THAT INFORMATION. 
          EVEN I HAVE TO SAY THE FIRST YEAR, I'VE GOTTEN TO BE PART OF LOTS OF GRADUATIONS, AND EVEN AT CIVIC FIELD, THERE WERE TICKETS GIVEN. 
          WHEN IT'S YOUR FIRST STUDENT OR IT'S YOUR CHILD GETTING THE TICKETS, YOU MAY NOT NOTICE WHAT HAPPENED PREVIOUSLY, BUT THE TICKET SITUATION IS NOT NUANCED. 
          I FIND IN THE PAST AS ONE PERSON PUT ON FERNDALE NEIGHBORS TODAY, TYPICALLY YOU GET THE TICKETS THE NUMBER OF TICKETS YOU NEED, AND WE HAVE TURNED INTO BROADCASTING GRADUATION, SO LOTS OF PEOPLE CAN WATCH IT. 
          BUT AGAIN, I'LL SAY THE SENIOR PARENTS AND FAMILIES DO GET THAT INFORMATION, SO IT WOULDN'T BE SOMETHING WE HAD PUT OUT FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. 
          >> YES. I HAVE THE SENIOR PARENT NEWSLETTER IN FRONT OF ME THAT WENT OUT AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE THIS PARENT RECEIVED THAT INFORMATION. 
          YOU'RE AWARE OF WHAT'S BEING COMMUNICATED IN MARCH. 
          THERE ARE FOUR PAGES OF JUST ALL THE INFORMATION NEEDED FOR SENIOR STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES, INCLUDING HOW THEY'RE GOING TO TURN IN THEIR TEXTBOOKS AND ANY FINES OR DUES THAT THEY HAVE REMAINING WHEN GRAD REHEARSAL WILL TAKE PLACE, GUIDELINES AROUND GRAD WALK AND DECORATING YOUR CAP AND ALL THE THINGS THAT PARENTS NEED TO KNOW. 
          I THINK THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. 
          BUT AS I WOULD IMAGINE, UNTIL YOUR CHILD IS A SENIOR, YOU'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO THESE LITTLE DETAILS AND SO THAT'S WHY I THINK IT WOULD COME AS A SURPRISE. 
          >> UNFORTUNATELY, FOR SOME, IT IS EASIER FOR THEM TO GO TO A PUBLIC SITE TO ASK THE QUESTION INSTEAD OF OPENING THE EMAIL AND READING THE INFORMATION. 
          WHICH CREATES SOME NOISE AND A LITTLE BIT OF ANXIETY, I WOULD SAY, WHEN THE INFORMATION IS THERE. 
          >> I WILL ADMIT I PUT A COMMENT ON HERE REGARDING AN ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE THAT VALUES INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES OF OPINION. 
          I THINK A LOT HAS BEEN DONE TO IMPROVE THAT, BUT I DON'T THINK WE'RE THERE YET. 
          THE REASON I SAY THAT IS BY VIRTUE OF THE FACT THAT, I HAD A TOPICS THAT I WANTED TO BRING UP FOR DISCUSSION, AND MANY ON THE BOARD WERE JUST SAYING, NO, THAT WOULD JUST CREATE TOO MUCH TURBULENCE. 
          WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT THIS, I WOULD CREATE UNNECESSARY TURMOIL WHEN WE HAVE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO FOCUS ON, MORE IMPORTANT THINGS BEING EDUCATION. 
          I AGREE. WE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT EDUCATION RATHER THAN SOCIAL BATTLES, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          [01:10:04]
IT BOTHERS ME THAT WE CAN'T HAVE OPEN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THINGS WITHOUT FEAR OF JUST CAUSING MAJOR DISRUPTION. 
          I THINK WE EACH OWN A PART AND IN THE WAY THAT WE HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS. 
          I JUST WAS WONDERING WHAT IS DONE TO FOSTER THAT OPENNESS SO THAT WE CAN MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION. 
          I THINK WE HAVE MOVED IN THAT DIRECTION SOME. 
          BUT I HONESTLY PERSONALLY DON'T FEEL LIKE WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE SOME OF THE HARD DISCUSSIONS THAT WE COULD HAVE THAT MIGHT LEAD TO BETTER SOLUTIONS. 
          >> WELL, I'LL LET ANY BOARD MEMBERS, BUT I CAN TELL YOU TWO LENSES THAT WE USE ON OUR TEAM, IS IT DIRECTLY TIED TO FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND IS IT LEGAL? IF IT'S NOT OUR FIGHT, IF IT'S A SITUATION HAPPENING IN ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT, I CAN TELL YOU WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH WORK TO HANDLE HERE AND TO TALK ABOUT HERE. 
          WHEN WE START TO TALK ABOUT WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE DEALING WITH OR TRYING TO SORT OUT. 
          THAT'S AWESOME, WE CAN COME ALONGSIDE OTHER PEOPLE AND SUPPORT THEM. 
          BUT YOU HAVE TO REALIZE THAT EVERY SINGLE TIME THAT WE SPEND TIME TALKING ABOUT THOSE OTHER DISTRICTS AND THEIR ISSUES IS TIME AWAY LESS FOCUSED ON OUR KIDS AND WHAT THEY'RE FACING RIGHT HERE. 
          I'M LOOKING OUT AT SOME OF OUR TEACHERS AND THEY HAVE REAL ISSUES THAT THEY'RE HANDLING EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT THEY'RE ASKING US TO STAY FOCUSED, JUST LIKE I ASKED THEM TO STAY FOCUSED. 
          WE GIVE THEM THE STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH IS NARROW AND DEEP, AND IF THEY START DOING FIVE OTHER THINGS, THEN THAT TAKES AWAY FROM THE STUDENT OUTCOME. 
          WE'RE EITHER GOING TO BE A BOARD THAT'S ABOUT THAT FOCUS AND ABOUT THE KIDS HERE, OR WE'RE GOING TO SAY WE'RE GOING TO TAKE UP EVERY CAUSE THAT THERE IS, AND I CAN'T SAY THAT THAT'S CAN CONTRIBUTE TO CHANGE IN STUDENT OUTCOMES. 
          THAT'S MY OPINION AS THE SUPERINTENDENT. 
          THAT'S WHAT I ASK MY TEAM TO DO. 
          IF THE BOARD WANTS TO GO A DIFFERENT DIRECTION, THEN SPRING WHEN WE'RE ALL OVER THE PLACE, WE HAVE TO COLLECTIVELY OWN THAT. 
          >> THIS IS JUST ME SAYING, HOW DO YOU GET TO A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN HAVE HARD DISCUSSIONS AND PRESENT SOLUTIONS RATHER THAN HAVE ARGUMENTS? 
          >> I THINK IF IT'S A DISCUSSION THAT HAS TO DO WITH FERNDALE AND FERNDALE STUDENTS, WE HAVE TO GO THERE. 
          WE HAVE TO. THAT'S OUR JOB. 
          IT'S OUR JOB TO HAVE THOSE HARD CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH FERNDALE STUDENTS AND FERNDALE DATA IN FERNDALE SITUATIONS. 
          THE PARTICULAR ISSUE THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT'S NOT OURS. 
          THERE'S NO DATA IN FRONT OF US TO SAY THAT THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT, AND SO HENCE WHY MY SUGGESTION WAS, IT'S JUST NOT FOR US. 
          I CAN TELL YOU, IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT BEHAVIOR AND SAFETY, LET'S GO. 
          LET'S HAVE VERY HARD CONVERSATIONS. 
          BUT THESE OTHER PARTS, WE CAN GET SO SIDEWAYS. 
          THERE IS THE WELL IS SO DEEP ON WHAT WE COULD TALK ABOUT THAT LIKE CELL PHONES, A LOT OF PLACES HAVE NOT GONE TO CELL PHONES. 
          THEY JUST HAVE NOT HAD THAT HARD CONVERSATION. 
          THEY HAVEN'T TAKEN THAT HARD A STANCE. 
          WE DID AND WE'VE SEEN GREAT RESULTS. 
          THOSE ARE THE THINGS. 
          IF WE'RE GOING TO BE ABOUT SOMETHING, LET'S BE ABOUT OUR KIDS. 
          >> I WILL SAY THAT AS A RESULT OF OUR CELL PHONE CONVERSATION, I'VE RECEIVED CALLS FROM BOARD MEMBERS AT OTHER DISTRICTS WANTING TO KNOW HOW WELL OUR CELL PHONE POLICY IS WORKING. 
          I MEAN, IT DOES WORK TO TAKE ON THE THING THAT'S SITTING RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU IN THE HOPES THAT IT WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO OTHER DISTRICTS AS WELL. 
          I GUESS MY CONCERN IS WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THIS ISN'T AN ISSUE NOW. 
          IT'S NOT AN ISSUE NOW, BUT WHAT IF IT BECOMES AN ISSUE TOMORROW, THEN WE BRING IT TOMORROW. 
          >> WE TALK ABOUT IT TOMORROW. 
          BUT WE COULD TALK ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS. 
          I REMEMBER AFTER COVID HAPPENED, WHICH I HATE TO GO BACK THERE, BUT WHEN COVID HAPPENED, SOMEONE SAID, DO WE WANT TO SPEND THE NEXT FEW MONTHS TALKING ABOUT THE NEXT PANDEMIC, AND I WAS LIKE, ABSOLUTELY NOT BECAUSE THAT COULD BE 100 YEARS FROM NOW. 
          NOW WE'VE GOT TO DEAL WITH WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THIS PANDEMIC WITH KIDS WHO ARE SITTING IN FRONT OF US. 
          I GO INTO CLASSROOMS AND I SIT ALONGSIDE KIDS AND I SIT ALONGSIDE TEACHERS. 
          THERE'S A REASON OUR TEST SCORES ARE THE WAY THEY ARE AND IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH OUR TEACHERS NOT WORKING TIRELESSLY TO ATTEND TO THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS SITTING IN FRONT OF THEM. 
          THERE ARE SO MANY VARIABLES AT PLAY. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT IS ATTENDANCE. 
          [01:15:01]
WE HAVE AN ATTENDANCE ISSUE HERE, SO HOW DO WE TACKLE THAT? THAT'S GOING TO REQUIRE US TO COME ALONGSIDE FAMILIES. 
          THAT'S A FERNDALE ISSUE THAT I WOULD LOVE TO TAKE ON. 
          WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? THOSE ARE THE THINGS. 
          KIDS CAN'T LEARN IF THEY'RE NOT IN SCHOOL. 
          I CAN NAME A TON OF THINGS. 
          I WOULD LOVE TO PUT THOSE HARD TOPICS IN FRONT OF US. 
          I THINK I COULD PROBABLY JUST KEEP ABOUT FIVE OF YOU AFTER AND THEY COULD GIVE YOU A LIST. 
          BUT LET'S GO AND HAVE THE HARD CONVERSATIONS, BUT LET'S HAVE THE HARD CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH FERNDALE. 
          >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT ITEMS ON THIS SURVEY? 
          >> I MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE MONITORING REPORT. 
          >> SECOND. 
          >> MONITORING REPORT, TAKE A VOTE ON WHETHER TO ADOPT THE MONITORING REPORT AS MEETING EXPECTATIONS. 
          HOW WAS THE TERMINOLOGY FOR THAT? 
          >> IN COMPLIANCE. 
          >> IN COMPLIANCE. THANK YOU. 
          >> SOMETIMES I CAN FIND THE WORD PEGGY. 
          >> ADVISORY, NOW WE'RE MISSING A STUDENT. 
          [LAUGHTER] 
          >> TELL ME WHAT'S THAT. 
          >> I GUESS WE CAN WAIT UNTIL SHE GETS BACK. 
          >> I THINK SO TO REPRESENT. 
          >> STUDENT ADVISORY VOTE ON THIS. 
          YOU MOVE TO ADOPTED AS BEING IN COMPLIANCE. 
          I'LL PUT IT TO THE REGULAR BOARD MEMBERS. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING OE3 COMMUNICATION WITH STAKEHOLDERS AS BEING IN COMPLIANCE, SAY A AYE. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> THOSE OPPOSED. OE3 IS ADOPTED AS BEING IN COMPLIANCE. 
          THAT MOVES US ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS UNFORTUNATELY TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION 05-2025, ESTABLISHING THE MINIMUM EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM AND STAFFING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE 2025-26 SCHOOL YEAR. 
          I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY CHOICE BUT TO PASS THIS RESOLUTION. 
          OBVIOUSLY, IF WE'RE NEEDING TO MAKE BUDGET CUTS, WE NEED TO MAKE BUDGET CUTS, BUT WE DO HAVE TO GIVE OUR APPROVAL. 
          PUT THIS OUT THERE TO, THIS ONE WASN'T ONE DELAY ON THE STUDENTS. 
          PUT THIS OUT THERE FOR THE REGULAR BOARD MEMBERS. 
          ANYBODY WANT TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADOPT? 
          >> OR DISCUSS. 
          >> OR DISCUSS. I GUESS WE COULD DISCUSS. 
          ANY DISCUSSIONS SURROUNDING THIS? 
          >> THIS IS THE THING OF THIS BOARD MEETING THAT I WAS DREADING THE MOST, HAVING TO DO THIS, BUT I KNOW THE WAY THAT WE NEED TO VOTE. 
          I JUST WANT AND I READ THROUGH THIS AND I'VE TALKED WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND I KNOW THAT THE VALUES OF THE BOARD AND OUR STRATEGIC PLAN ARE GOING TO BE INTEGRAL IN THIS. 
          I'M REALLY GLAD THAT WE WILL BE TRYING TO PROTECT THOSE AROUND THE STUDENTS THE MOST BECAUSE WE WANT THE LEAST IMPACT ON OUR KIDS FROM THESE CUTS THAT NEED TO BE MADE. 
          I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT THAT THOSE VALUES THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED WILL BE UPHELD, BUT I KNOW IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EASY FOR THE DISTRICT. 
          >> THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT, NANCY, IT WAS EASY FOR ME TO JUST SAY, LET'S GET ON TO VOTING ON IT BECAUSE I TALKED TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS AND GET ANSWERS. 
          I FEEL LIKE THERE DEFINITELY IS THE INTENT TO UPHOLD THE VALUES PUT FORTH IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN TO STICK WITH MAINTAINING THE SUPPORTS IMMEDIATELY AROUND STUDENTS AND MAINTENANCE AND REBUILDING THE FUND. 
          >> BUT I GUESS WITHOUT HAVING A DISCUSSION LIKE THAT, THEN THE PUBLIC DOESN'T REALLY GET TO HEAR IT. 
          THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP THOSE POINTS. 
          >> I HAVE A COUPLE COMMENTS, AND THIS IS VERY UNFORTUNATE THAT WE'RE IN THIS CIRCUMSTANCE, BUT WE DO HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE AND WE HAVE TO DO IT. 
          [01:20:01]
IT'S A TOUGH CALL AND IT'S NEVER EASY TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS, AND WE DO HAVE A POLICY HERE AND THERE ARE PRIORITIES HERE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO BE ON RECORD AS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, AND AS SITS HERE IN THIS RESOLUTION, IT DOES SAY THAT WE'RE COMMITTED TO ENSURING A FAIR AND TRANSPARENT PROCESS. 
          I WOULD LIKE THAT WE FOCUS ON PROTECTING, MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS. 
          THEY ARE OUR FOCUS. 
          THEY ARE OUR PURPOSE. 
          WHEN IT COMES TO MINIMUM STAFFING LEVELS THAT WE PLEASE SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS FIRST. 
          I JUST WANT TO BE ON RECORD SAYING WE SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS. 
          WHEN WE ARE GOING TO MAKE CUTS, NORMALLY, WE DO THEM FROM THE OUTSIDE IN. 
          WE TAKE CARE OF THE CORE. 
          WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT SACRIFICING OUR MAIN STAKEHOLDERS HERE. 
          THAT WITH THE BEST OF OUR ABILITIES, THAT WE DO NOT JEOPARDIZE THE TEACHERS ABILITIES TO TEACH AND THAT CUTS SHOULD START FROM WHERE THERE'S ANY FAT THAT WE CAN FIND AND THEN WE MOVE IN, BUT AS A BOARD MEMBER, I DO SUPPORT THIS. 
          IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT WE ARE HERE, BUT WE NEED TO REMEMBER OUR WHY. 
          THOSE THAT ARE ACTUALLY ON A DAILY BASIS, DIRECTLY, AND I'M TRYING TO USE THE WORD TOUCH, THAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY INTERACTING WITH OUR KIDS THAT THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO CONTINUE TEACHING AND THAT THIS WILL NOT AFFECT THEIR ABILITY TO BE AT PEACE AND FOCUSED IN TEACHING AND ANYTHING ELSE. 
          I THINK WE NEED TO FIND WHERE THERE'S FAT, AND USUALLY, IT'S FROM THE OUTSIDE IN. 
          >> I APPRECIATE THAT. THESE ARE ALL THE CONVERSATIONS WE'RE HAVING AND YOU HEARD EARLIER HOLLY SHARE THE PROCESS. 
          WHAT'S DIFFERENT THIS YEAR THAN LAST YEAR, MAYBE IN YEARS PAST IS THE PRINCIPALS AND DIRECTORS ARE AT THE TABLE, REPRESENTING THEIR SCHOOLS, FIGHTING FOR THE STUDENTS IN THEIR PURVIEW. 
          WHEN 83% OF AN ORGANIZATION IS PEOPLE, UNFORTUNATELY, YOU'RE LOOKING AT PEOPLE, HENCE WHY WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS, BUT I ALSO WANT TO MAKE A STATEMENT THAT IN THE WASHINGTON STATE CONSTITUTION, IT STATES IT IS THE ONLY THING THAT WASHINGTON IS RESPONSIBLE FOR. 
          IT IS THEIR PARAMOUNT DUTY TO AMPLY FUND EDUCATION, AND THEY ARE FAILING. 
          THEY HAVE FAILED YEAR AFTER YEAR. 
          THIS YEAR, WHAT WE ARE HEARING IS THAT THEY HAVE A $15 BILLION DEFICIT. 
          WHY I DON'T PREDICT THAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE MUCH MONEY COMING OUR WAY NEXT YEAR, I DO ANTICIPATE THAT WE ARE GOING TO HEAR THE MEMO OF, WELL, MORE OF THE STATE BUDGET HAS GONE TO EDUCATION, WHEN YOU CUT OTHER PARTS OF A BUDGET, THEN WE'RE GOING TO RISE UP, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY ARE GOING TO AMPLY FUND. 
          AMPLY FUND IS NOT BASIC, IT IS MEANING ABOVE AND BEYOND. 
          WHEN OUR COMMUNITY PASSES A LEVY, THAT IS FOR THE EXTRA. 
          IT IS NOT TO PAY FOR INSURANCE. 
          IT IS NOT TO PAY FOR BASIC ED, AND I'M SORRY, BUT IT IS THE STATE'S JOB TO BEGIN TO DO WHAT THEY, CONSTITUTIONALLY, ARE LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE TO DO. 
          WE WILL DO THIS AND WE WILL DO IT AGAIN, AND FOR THOSE OF US WHO'VE BEEN IN EDUCATION A LONG TIME, STILL WAITING, 31 YEARS, I AM WAITING FOR THE STATE TO PAY FOR EDUCATION AT THE LEVEL IT SHOULD BE PAID. 
          I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT STATEMENT AS WELL, AND I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT, AND WE'RE MAKING VERY HARD DECISIONS,ED AND WE WILL CUT THOSE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO WITHOUT OR WE CAN DO DIFFERENT, AND WE WILL BE TRANSPARENT. 
          WE WILL BE WORKING WITH YOU ALONG THE WAY. 
          I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT STATEMENT. 
          >> I WOULD LIKE TO FURTHER COMMEND THIS ADMINISTRATION ON VALUING OUR COMMITMENT TO MAINTENANCE AS A PROMISE TO THE TAXPAYERS WHO PASSED THE BOND BECAUSE THAT HAS BEEN A PROBLEM IN THE PAST WHEN THERE HAVE BEEN BUDGET SHORTFALLS. 
          I'M VERY PLEASED TO SAY THAT I SEE A COMMITMENT TO UPHOLDING THAT OBLIGATION AS WELL, WHICH IS IMPORTANT TO RESTORE THE TRUST OF THE COMMUNITY. 
          [01:25:07]
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION SURROUNDING THE RESOLUTION? 
          >> I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER, IS IT 05-2025? 
          >> SECOND. 
          >> MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING RESOLUTION 05-2025, ESTABLISHING THE MINIMUM EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM, AND STAFFING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE 2025/2026 SCHOOL YEAR, SAY AYE. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> THOSE OPPOSED. RESOLUTION 05-2025 PASSES. 
          I BELIEVE THAT BRINGS US UP TO THE CONSENT AGENDAS. 
          [8. SUPERINTENDENT CONSENT AGENDA [GC-2.4]]
          [9. BOARD CONSENT AGENDA [GC-2.4]]
ANY CONVERSATION AROUND THE CONSENT AGENDAS THAT ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE? 
          >> NOT FOR ME. 
          >> I ACTUALLY DID HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE I DIDN'T GET IT ANSWERED EARLIER, MAYBE I COULD, BECAUSE I COULDN'T CATCH UP. 
          ABOUT THE SUPPLEMENTALS. 
          I NOTICED THERE WERE SOME DUPLICATIONS. 
          >> WHICH NUMBER IS THAT YOU'RE DISCUSSING. 
          >> NUMBER 9, BOARD CONSENT AGENDA. 
          IT WAS THE SUPPLEMENTALS ON THERE. 
          >> NINE POINT? 
          >> LOOKING, SORRY. 9.8, YOU SAY? 
          >> [INAUDIBLE] 
          >> 8.05. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> I JUST HAD SOME QUESTIONS BECAUSE I NOTICED WHAT SEEMED TO BE SOME DUPLICATES ON THERE. 
          >> THE FALL POST SEASON, AND THEN THE FALL WINTER ATHLETICS. 
          >> IS THAT WHY THERE'S DUPLICATES, IS BECAUSE THEY COVER DIFFERENT TIME PERIODS? THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION. 
          THAT WAS THE QUESTION I HAD EARLIER. 
          >> POST SEASON STIPENDS ARE ADDITIONAL STIPEND IF THE TEAM MAKES IT FURTHER THAN TO DISTRICT AND TO STATE, THEN THEY GET AN ADDITIONAL PAYMENT FOR THOSE ADDITIONAL WEEKS THAT THEY WEREN'T PLANNING ON WORKING IN THEIR REGULAR TIMES. 
          >> THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION. 
          THAT WAS JUST [INAUDIBLE]. 
          WITH THAT OUT OF THE WAY, AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE HAVE TO APPROVE BOTH CONSENT AGENDAS AT THE SAME TIME? 
          >> YES. THAT IS ACTUALLY A LEGAL REQUIREMENT. 
          >> IN THAT CASE, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADOPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. 
          >> YES. GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY. 
          DID YOU MAKE THE MOTION? I'LL SECOND IT. 
          >> I MAKE THE MOTION TO ADOPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. 
          >> SECOND. 
          >> THE MOTION WAS MADE AND ACCEPTED TO ADOPT THE CONSENT AGENDAS AS PRESENTED. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING THE CONSENT AGENDA SAY AYE 
          >> AYE. 
          >> THOSE OPPOSED. I THINK THAT MOVES US ON TO BOARD SHARING. 
          [10. SHARING [GC-7.E}]
IS THAT WHERE WE ARE IN THE OVERALL SCHEME OF THINGS? 
          >> YOU'RE DOING GREAT JOB, PEGGY. 
          >> I CAN'T SEE, SO I HAVE NO WAY OF DOING THIS. 
          >> I THINK YOU DO YOUR FINE JOB IF YOU CAN'T SEE. 
          >> WHAT COMES NEXT? IT'S TERRIBLY. 
          >> YOU DON'T SEE. 
          >> BECAUSE I DON'T SEE. IT'S LIKE, WHAT COMES NEXT? SORRY. 
          >> IT'S THE BOARD. 
          >> IT IS THE BOARD SHARING. 
          WHO WANTS TO START? PERSON WITHOUT THE SLIDES? 
          >> WITHOUT THE SLIDES. 
          >> I [INAUDIBLE]. 
          >> YOU DO HAVE THEM. 
          >> [OVERLAPPING] I SENT SELINA SLIDES FROM ONE SECTION OF THE TRIP THAT I TOOK TO AFRICA. 
          THIS IS A SMALL VILLAGE IN RURAL KENYA. 
          IT'S A MAASAI VILLAGE. 
          I'LL JUST SHOW YOU WHY I CHOSE THIS PART. 
          IT HAS TO DO WITH SCHOOL. 
          BELGROVE LEMONGO, COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL IS IN A TINY VILLAGE CALLED LEMONGO. 
          [01:30:08]
I WENT THERE WITH A GIRLFRIEND WHO IS ON THE BOARD OF THE LEMONGO PROJECT, WHICH SUPPORTS THIS LITTLE VILLAGE, WHICH IS VERY IMPOVERISHED. 
          THERE'S BEEN A DROUGHT THERE FOR MANY YEARS, AND I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU WHAT SCHOOL IS LIKE IN A PLACE LIKE THAT. 
          YOU CAN SEE MAASAI PEOPLE, THEY'RE HERDERS. 
          THEY HAVE EITHER GOATS OR SHEEP OR CATTLE. 
          THOSE CATTLE ARE IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL THERE, AND THEN YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE KENYAN FLAG FLYING IN ONE OF THE SLIDES. 
          THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE OUTSIDE OF ONE OF THE BUILDINGS, THE INSIDE OF ONE OF THE BUILDINGS. 
          THEN YOU COULD SEE WHERE THERE ARE KIDS INSIDE NOW. 
          WE WENT THE DAY BEFORE THERE WAS SCHOOL AND THEN WENT BACK WHEN THE CHILDREN WERE FILLING IT. 
          I HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE, MY FRIEND LISA AND I GOT TO DO SOME LESSONS OR ACTUALLY REALLY ACTIVITIES WITH THE KIDS. 
          THEY SPEAK MAASAI, THEY SPEAK SWAHILI, AND THEY LEARN ENGLISH AT SCHOOL. 
          WE DID OLD MCDONALD HAD A FARM AND HAD SOME LITTLE PUPPETS ON STICKS, AND WE DID IT FIRST JUST FOR THEM, AND THEN WE GAVE THEM THE MATERIALS. 
          WE BROUGHT LOTS OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR SCHOOL PAPER AND POPSICLE STICKS AND TAPE, AND ALL OF SUPPLIES FOR THE SCHOOL, CRAYONS, COLORED CHALK, WHITE CHALK, THAT SORT OF THING. 
          I'M TOUCHING THE WRONG ONE. IT DIDN'T ADVANCE. THANK YOU. 
          HERE'S A PICTURE OF THE KIDS. 
          THEY MADE THEIR THINGS. 
          THEY WERE SO FAST, AND THEY WERE SO EXCITED TO DO IT. 
          WE DID THE SONG AGAIN AND THEY GOT TO HOLD UP THEIR ANIMALS EVERY TIME THEIR ANIMAL CAME UP, AND WE MADE SURE THEY CAME UP MANY TIMES AND THEY WERE HAVING A REALLY FUN TIME. 
          YOU COULD SEE THAT THE KIDS WEAR UNIFORMS TO THEIR SCHOOL. 
          MAYBE I'M CLICKING THE WRONG ONE. 
          PLEASE ADVANCE IT. MINE'S NOT WORKING. THANK YOU. 
          EVERY DAY THEY BRING THEIR OWN BOWL TO SCHOOL TO GET LUNCH. 
          THEY GET FED LUNCH THERE, AND THE LEMONGO PROJECT FEEDS ALL OF THE STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL. 
          THAT HAS DOUBLED THE POPULATION OF THE SCHOOL WHEN THEY STARTED DOING THAT. 
          THEY BRING THEIR LITTLE CONTAINER AND THE ONLY WATER THAT IS IN THE SCHOOL IS IN THIS LARGE TANK. 
          THERE'S NO WATER IN THE CLASSROOMS, THERE'S NO ELECTRICITY OR LIGHTS IN THE CLASSROOMS. THEY CLEAN THEIR LITTLE BOWL AND THEN THEY GO GET IN LINE. 
          YOU COULD SEE WHERE THE WOMEN MAKE THE MEAL, AND THEY LIGHT THE WOOD THAT THEY GATHER IN THE BOTTOM TO COOK THE MEAL, AND THE MEAL IS ALWAYS THE SAME. 
          ADVANCE, SELINA. 
          THE MEAL EVERY SINGLE DAY IS BEANS AND MAIZE, AND I ATE IT, AND IT WAS DELICIOUS, BUT YOU GET IT EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          THERE THEY'RE HEADING TO THE CAFETERIA. 
          YOU SEE LITTLE MARGARET GETTING HER PORTION. 
          ADVANCE, PLEASE, I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS CLICKER IS NOT ADVANCING FOR ME. 
          THERE WE GO. THE KIDS ARE EATING THERE. 
          AFTER THE YOUNG ONES ARE ALL FINISHED WITH THEIR LUNCH, THE BIG KIDS COME, SO YOU CAN SEE THEM IN DIFFERENT UNIFORMS. THEY'RE MORE ADVANCED. 
          I THINK I MENTIONED THIS IS K THROUGH EIGHT. YOU CAN ADVANCE IT. 
          ONCE THEY GRADUATE OUT OF EIGHTH GRADE, THERE'S NO LONGER SCHOOL IN THEIR VILLAGE. 
          IF THEY WANT ANY FURTHER EDUCATION, THEN THEY HAVE TO GO TO BOARDING SCHOOL, AND VERY FEW CAN AFFORD TO DO THAT. 
          THEY'RE HOLDING UP THEIR BOWLS THERE. 
          THEY WERE ASKED, WHAT DO YOU THINK? DO YOU LIKE YOUR FOOD? AND THEY LOVE IT. THEY LOVE HAVING THAT. 
          FOR A LOT OF THE KIDS, THAT'S THEIR MAIN MEAL OF THE DAY. 
          I THINK THAT'S WHY SO MANY KIDS ARE COMING TO SCHOOL. 
          THEN THEY CLEAN THEIR OWN SCHOOL. 
          YOU SEE THE GIRLS DOWN THERE STARTING TO CLEAN THINGS OUT. 
          THE BOYS DO THE HEAVY LIFTING, 
          [01:35:01]
WHICH DOESN'T TAKE A LOT OF EFFORT, AND MOVE ALL THE STUFF AWAY. 
          THEN THE GIRLS DO THE CONSTANT DRUDGERY OF CLEANING THE ENTIRE FLOOR. 
          IF YOU'LL ADVANCE IT, PLEASE. 
          YOU COULD SEE MORE OF THE CLEANING. 
          IN THE BACKGROUND THERE YOU SEE THE THREE KIDS PLAYING WITH BALLS. 
          THAT IS MOUNT KILMANJARO WITH SNOW ON IT IN THE BACKGROUND, AND THAT'S ACTUALLY IN TANZANIA ACROSS THE BORDER. 
          THIS VILLAGE IS PRETTY CLOSE TO THE TANZANIAN BORDER BECAUSE THAT MOUNTAIN IS IN TANZANIA. SELINA. THANK YOU. 
          WE BROUGHT A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT KIND OF SPORTS BALLS FOR THE KIDS TO PLAY WITH. 
          MY FRIEND LISA IN THE BLUE SHIRT THERE, SHE TAUGHT THEM HOW TO PLAY FOOTBALL BECAUSE THEY'D NEVER SEEN A FOOTBALL BEFORE. 
          THEY HADN'T PLAYED FOOTBALL. 
          SHE TAUGHT THEM HOW TO PLAY TAG FOOTBALL, BOYS ON ONE SIDE, GIRLS ON THE OTHERS, AND IT WAS PRETTY HILARIOUS AND THEY HAD FUN. 
          SELINA. THANK YOU. 
          YOU COULD SEE THEM PLAYING THAT. 
          THEN WE SAID OUR GOODBYES. 
          LEARN, SHINE, AND PROSPER IS THEIR MOTTO THERE. 
          IT WAS JUST SUCH AN AMAZING, HEARTWARMING EXPERIENCE TO SEE THESE KIDS. 
          THEY WERE SO VIBRANT AND FULL OF LIFE AND SO HAPPY. 
          THEY HAVE NEXT TO NOTHING, THEY'RE JUST LIVING LIFE. IT'S GREAT. 
          WE GOT TO KNOW SOME OF THE FAMILIES THERE, IN PARTICULAR ONE, WHICH HAD 12 CHILDREN IN IT, AND IT WAS JUST AMAZING. 
          THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SHARE THAT. 
          BE GRATEFUL FOR WHAT WE HAVE BECAUSE NO MATTER WHETHER WE GET THE THINGS WE WANT THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE OR NOT, WHAT WE HAVE IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING AND WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. 
          >> ANTONIO. 
          >> WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          DEFINITELY, NANCY, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE AND UNDERSTANDING HOW BLESSED WE ARE IN THIS COUNTRY. 
          THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY IS AMAZING. 
          I WAS JUST THINKING OF OUR SOCCER STADIUM. 
          WHAT A BEAUTIFUL FACILITY THAT IS. 
          IT'S GORGEOUS, IT'S TOP NOTCH, AND WE HAVE IT HERE. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. IT'S A GREAT REMINDER. 
          I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE. 
          I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR MULTICULTURAL NIGHT, AND LET ME TELL YOU WHY IT WAS SIGNIFICANT FOR ME. 
          FIRST, I GOT THERE. 
          IT WAS PACKED. YOU COULDN'T WALK. 
          I FEEL LIKE AT HOME. 
          MY KIDS WERE FREAKING OUT. IT WAS TOO CROWDED. 
          I FELT LIKE I WAS IN THE MEXICO CITY SUBWAY AND IT SMELLED THE SAME. 
          I WAS LIKE, I FEEL AT HOME. 
          THIS IS GREAT. THEN THERE WAS DANCING. 
          I FELT AT HOME. BUT THE MESSAGING WAS UNITY. 
          JUST BEING ABLE TO GO TO EVERY SINGLE TABLE AND EAT DIFFERENT FOOD AND IT TASTES DIFFERENT, WHAT A GREAT EXPERIENCE THAT WAS. 
          FOR ME, THE CONGLOMERATE OF PEOPLE MEANT NOTHING. 
          TO ME, THAT WAS ACTUALLY THE MORE THE MERRIER THERE THIS IS A SAYING IN MEXICO, WHERE WERE THREE EAT, SEVEN EAT. 
          IT'S JUST A TESTIMONY OF THE DIVERSITY AND THE UNITY THAT WE CAN FIND. 
          IT'S ACTIVITIES LIKE THAT THAT TRULY UNIFY. 
          WE WERE ABLE TO SEE DANCES FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, SO GOOD JOB. 
          I KNOW I SAW GABBY AND JUST SHE DIDN'T SAY HI TO ME BECAUSE SHE WAS TOO BUSY WITH THE TRASH THAT I WAS OVERFLOWING. 
          I GAVE HER A PASS. 
          AM I LAUGHTER] IN TROUBLE NOW? SORRY, GABBY. 
          NO, I WAS JUST THINKING THAT YOU WERE VERY COMMITTED TO KEEPING THE TRASH FOR OVERFLOWING. 
          GOOD JOB WITH THAT. 
          I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE CELL PHONE USAGE EFFORT THAT AS WE STARTED, THERE'S A HIGH SENSE OF ENFORCEMENT, AND THEN WE COME INTO GETTING COMFORTABLE AND COMPLACENT AND THAT'S JUST HUMAN NATURE. 
          THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS. CULTURE CHANGE AND THE SCIENCE BEHIND THAT, IT ALWAYS HAPPENS LIKE THAT. 
          BUT I THINK THAT AS A BOARD MEMBER, I WOULD LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THAT WE WANT TO MAKE THIS A CULTURE AND MAKE IT A WAY THAT TEACHERS FEEL THAT THEY HAVE OUR SUPPORT WHEN IT COMES TO CONTINUE THAT BECAUSE IT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE ON THE STUDENTS. 
          WHILE THERE'S NO CONTROL AFTER SCHOOL, AND THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO WHATEVER THEY WANT, 
          [01:40:03]
I KNOW THAT THE THREE KIDS THAT I HAVE, TWO THAT ARE IN HIGH SCHOOL HAVE EXPERIENCED THE BENEFIT FROM THAT. 
          USUALLY A PHONE BECOMES A BARRIER OR A SHIELD FROM INTERACTING WITH OTHERS AND TAKING THAT AWAY HAS OPENED THE WAY FOR PEOPLE TO INTERACT AND BE MORE HUMAN AND THEREFORE, MORE READY FOR WHEN THEY HAVE TO INTERACT WHEN THEY GO INTO THE PROFESSIONAL WORLD, BECAUSE AT SOME POINT, WE HAVE TO. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT SUPPORT. 
          AS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, I CONTINUE SUPPORTING THAT AND HOPEFULLY, I WILL BE REMINDING EVERY SO OFTEN. 
          I THINK THAT'S THE EFFORT THAT WE CAN DO EVERY SO OFTEN HAVING TO REASSESS WHERE WE ARE SO THAT WE CONTINUE HIGHLIGHTING THAT AND IMPROVING. 
          THE LAST THING THAT I WANTED TO SHARE WAS, AND I HAVE TO REPENT BECAUSE A STUDENT CAME TO ME, IT WAS A HUNCHBACK PRESENTATIONS AND HE SAID, MR. MACHADO, I WANT US TO PRESENT AT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. 
          BECAUSE WE HAVE AN ISSUE WITH VAPING AND WE HAVE AN ISSUE WITH DRUG USE. 
          I THOUGHT THIS WAS A REALLY GOOD EFFORT AND THIS SPECIFIC STUDENT WANTS TO PRESENT, WANTS TO SHARE WITH US THE INSIDE, WHAT IS GOING ON, WHAT THEY SEE. 
          I WAS VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          I TOLD HIM, REMIND ME, BUT HE TOLD ME TWO OR THREE DAYS BEFORE OUR MEETING AND OF COURSE, WE PLAN THEM, WE HAVE TO PUT THE AGENDAS OUT BEFORE WITH TIME. 
          THEN I FORGOT BECAUSE LEGISLATIVE SESSION HAS BEEN BRUTAL. 
          BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I RECOGNIZE THE STUDENT. 
          >> I HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT. 
          >> GREAT. 
          >> I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THAT STUDENT THE WHOLE TIME. 
          >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          >> THE UPDATE IS WHO HE HAD NOT TALKED TO WAS MRS. DILLON AND THE ADMINISTRATORS, AND HE DIDN'T KNOW WE HAD A POLICY ABOUT THAT. 
          HE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH MRS. DILLON AND MR. MORVIK, HIS LEADERSHIP TEACHER. 
          HE WENT AND PRESENTED THERE, AND THEN HE'S NOW GOING TO GO MEET WITH THE DRUG AND ALCOHOL SUPPORT AND THE COUNSELOR. 
          HE BEEN WORKING THE WHOLE TIME. 
          HE'S JUST NOT MADE IT TO OUR TABLE YET BECAUSE THERE WERE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE BETWEEN YOU AND HIM. 
          BECAUSE I SAID, IF YOU WANT TO IMPACT CHANGE, IT STARTS THERE. 
          HE'S BEEN WORKING HARD THE WHOLE TIME. 
          I'VE BEEN TALKING TO HIM SINCE YOU LET ME KNOW. 
          HE'S JUST NOT HERE YET. 
          >> GREAT. WELL, THANK YOU [OVERLAPPING] FOR MAKING ME FEEL LESS BAD. 
          >> YOU HAVE NOTHING [OVERLAPPING]. YOU GOT IT STARTED, AND HE'S BEEN DOING SOME GREAT WORK. 
          LOTS OF GOOD THINGS HAVE HAPPENED. 
          >> WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT, CHRISTIE, FOR THAT UPDATE. 
          I'M GLAD THAT I DIDN'T DROP THAT BALL. 
          I FELT LIKE I NEEDED TO REPENT AND SAY, SORRY. 
          >> IT'S AARON. NO, IT'S STILL GOING. 
          >> GOOD. 
          >> CAN I ADD ONE STORY TO SOMETHING YOU SAID THAT, MORE FEEDBACK ON THE CELL PHONES? THIS IS A TESTAMENT TO WHAT YOU JUST SAID ABOUT THE INTERACTION. 
          I SAT WITH A STUDENT WHO WAS BEING INTERVIEWED FOR A SITUATION. 
          A COMMUNITY MEMBER FROM THE OUTSIDE CAME IN TO INTERVIEW THIS STUDENT AND I WAS SITTING THERE WITH HER AND THE INTERVIEWER WAS TAKING NOTES ON THEIR PHONE. 
          BUT DIDN'T ACKNOWLEDGE, I'M GOING TO WRITE DOWN WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ON MY PHONE. 
          WE LEAVE AND THE STUDENT SAYS TO ME, WELL, THAT WAS JUST RUDE. 
          SHE HAD HER PHONE OUT THE WHOLE TIME AND WAS NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO ME. 
          I HAD TO EXPLAIN. 
          I GAVE SOME FEEDBACK. 
          I SAID, HEY, WE'RE A NO CELL PHONE DISTRICT. 
          NEXT TIME YOU COME, BRING PAPER AND PENS. 
          [LAUGHTER] 
          >> BESIDES ALL OF WHICH, WHAT I'VE HEARD IS WHEN YOU HAVE TO TAKE NOTES ON PAPER, IT ACTUALLY STICKS BETTER AND IT WORKS BETTER. 
          SWITCHING OVER TO MAKING STUDENTS TAKE NOTES ON PAPER, I DON'T THINK IS A BAD THING EITHER. 
          I SPACED A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT EARLIER IN THE EVENING. 
          FIRST ONE IS IN TERMS OF SHARING INFORMATION, THE SMRS HAVE BEEN LIKE THE MOTHER LOAD OF INFORMATION FOR US, I THINK AS FAR AS BOARD MEMBERS GO, IS THERE A POSSIBILITY OF SHARING THOSE WITH THE COMMUNITY? I MEAN I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S ANYTHING IN THERE THAT THE COMMUNITY COULDN'T SEE AND APPRECIATE, AND I THINK IF YOU WANTED TO REALLY INFORM PEOPLE, THAT PUTTING THOSE OUT THERE FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL. 
          >> PART OF WHY I SHARE IT WITH YOU IS SO YOU HAVE WAYS TO SHARE WITH YOUR CONSTITUENTS. 
          [01:45:06]
ALSO THERE ARE THINGS IN THERE THAT I THINK ARE SPECIFIC TO THE BOARD. 
          OF COURSE, THEY'RE PUBLIC RECORDS SO SOMEONE CAN GRAB THEM. 
          IF YOU WANT ME TO SPEND MY TIME, PUTTING THOSE THINGS TOGETHER, I CAN. 
          I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT'S HOW YOU WANT ME SPENDING MY TIME. 
          I THINK YOU NEED TO KNOW TO WRITE THAT SMART, IT TAKES ME ALL FIVE DAYS. 
          IF YOU WANT ME TO START DOING THAT, THEN REALLY, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT'S SPECIFIC TO SUPPORTING YOU. 
          I'VE TAKEN AWAY YOUR ABILITY TO BE EMPOWER YOU AS PEOPLE ASK YOU QUESTIONS OR WHATEVER. 
          I'LL BRING UP THE TWIO, AND I'LL SAY, AND THE STAFF, I'M POINTING TO MY STAFF OVER HERE. 
          I SENT A BUDGET UPDATE LAST WEEK AND I SHARED WITH THEM SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I SHARE WITH YOU SO THAT THEY'RE INFORMED. 
          THERE ARE PIECES THAT GO OUT TO DIFFERENT PUBLICATIONS, BUT IF IT'S FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, ARE THEY READING IT? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MY TIME IS BEST FOCUSED ON MY JOB. 
          MY JOB IS TO KEEP YOU INFORMED, SO I PUT IT TOGETHER FOR YOU. 
          I COULD PUT TOGETHER SOME NEWSLETTER THAT GOES OUT TO THE COMMUNITY ONCE A MONTH, BUT THEN AGAIN, IS THAT HOW YOU WANT ME TO SPEND MY TIME? 
          >> YOU HAVE PARENT SQUARE. 
          >> A LOT GOES OUT IN PARENT SQUARE, A LOT. 
          [LAUGHTER] SORRY, [LAUGHTER] I'M LAUGHING BECAUSE WE GET ALL THE PARENT SQUARES AND SO THERE IS SOME REALLY GOOD INFORMATION IN THERE. 
          WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT, SELINA AND I CAN TALK ABOUT IT, BUT I ALSO JUST WANT TO BE VERY MINDFUL ABOUT. 
          >> I GUESS I WAS JUST FIGURING YOU'VE WRITTEN IT ANYWAY. 
          THERE IT IS. WHY NOT JUST GIVE IT EVERYTHING? 
          >> IT WOULD TAKE A DIFFERENT FORMAT TO GET OUT TO THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. 
          I JUST SENT IT TO YOU IN AN EMAIL. 
          >> BUT IF WE WANT TO SHARE IT AROUND, NO PROBLEM. 
          >> I THINK THAT'S A DISCUSSION YOU GUYS CAN HAVE. 
          THERE ARE THINGS IN THERE THAT IT MIGHT BE BETTER TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AS BOARD. 
          IT'S PUBLIC, BUT IT'S FOR YOU TO INFORM YOU AS YOU'RE SETTING POLICIES SPECIFIC TO YOUR ROLE. 
          >> I WANT TO KEEP IT THAT WAY. 
          THERE'S A COMMUNICATION CHANNEL THAT IS HAPPENING THAT WAY. 
          I THINK IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH TRANSPARENCY OR NOT. 
          IT HAS TO DO MORE WITH, I'M GOING TO CALL IT MORE OF AN INTIMATE WAY OF SHARING. 
          I THINK THAT IS A WRONG WORD. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT WORD TO USE, BUT MORE OF A AMONGST COMMUNICATION OF THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD. 
          THAT'S HOW I SEE THE SMR, SHE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE A DIFFERENT APPROACH IF THIS WAS GOING TO BE SHARED TO THE MASSES, THERE SHOULD BE MORE CAREFUL WAYS THAT WE MAY LOSE A LITTLE BIT OF TOUCH WITH CERTAIN THINGS. 
          I DO APPRECIATE THE TRANSPARENCY THAT SHE HAS WITH OUR SCHOOL BOARD, AND I DON'T WANT TO LOSE THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL AS HOW WE BROADCAST IT. 
          I THINK WE CAN DO A VERY GOOD JOB AS CHRISTIE SHARED THAT IF PERSON IN THE COMMUNITY COMES TO US, WANTS TO KNOW SOMETHING THAT WE CAN SHARE A COUPLE OF THINGS TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE BEING TRANSPARENT. 
          BUT I JUST LIKE THE PERSONALIZED EFFORT TALKING TO THE SCHOOL BOARDS. 
          BUT WE'RE NOT HIDING ANYTHING, BUT THERE IS SOME INFORMATION THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH ANOTHER PROCESS IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO BE RELEASED. 
          IS THAT FAIR? 
          >> THE WAY I SEE IT IS I'VE ONLY EVER SEEN USEFUL INFORMATION THERE. 
          I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING THAT I THINK WOULD BE SENSITIVE, BUT MAYBE I'M WRONG. 
          I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK, BUT I DON'T RECALL EVER SEEING ANYTHING THAT WOULDN'T BE FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION. 
          >> I THINK IT'S USEFUL BECAUSE YOU'RE A BOARD MEMBER. 
          LIKE I'M VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT'S ON THERE. 
          I SELECT THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO DO YOUR JOB WELL AS A SCHOOL BOARD OR ALSO JUST, HEY, HERE'S AN UPDATE. 
          IT'S ALSO A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN SHARE INFORMATION WITHOUT GETTING LIKE YOU SENT SOMETHING TWO WEEKS AGO OR THREE WEEKS AGO WHERE YOU'RE LIKE, HEY, HERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE WHOLE BOARD THAT I SAW, I CAN PUT IT IN THERE AND SO YOU ALL CAN HAVE IT. 
          I THINK IT'S SPECIFIC FOR YOUR ROLE AS A BOARD MEMBER. 
          BUT IF IT'S BIGGER THAN THAT, 
          [01:50:02]
SOME OF THOSE THINGS LIKE THE LEGISLATIVE UPDATES AND EVERYTHING. 
          I SEND PROBABLY A WEEKLY UPDATE TO PRINCIPALS WHO THEN SEND OR MIGHT GIVE TO THEIR STAFF. 
          I TRY TO GIVE SOME OF THAT INFORMATION TO PRINCIPALS WHO THEN HAVE A SMR WITH THEIR STAFF. 
          IT PROBABLY GETS OUT FURTHER THAN YOU BELIEVE IT DOES, BUT THERE IS SOME THINGS THAT ARE JUST MAKE YOUR LIVES EASIER, I HOPE OR KEEP YOU INFORMED ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING. 
          >> WELL, THEY DO AND THAT'S WHY I THOUGHT YOU INFORMED EVEN MORE PEOPLE IF IT JUST WENT OUT TO MY WAY OF THINKING, IT HAS BEEN USEFUL IN TERMS OF THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION. 
          HEY, THE MORE PEOPLE GOING TO HAVE INFORMATION, THE BETTER IN MY VIEW. 
          THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO BRING UP AND I MEANT TO BRING IT UP DURING THE OE_3 IS THIS RELATES TO THE POLICY AND NOT TO THE MONITORING REPORT. 
          BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT BECAUSE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS MADE AN EFFORT TO SAY THAT THEY BELIEVE THAT PARENTS ARE THEIR KIDS FIRST TEACHERS AND THAT A RELATIONSHIP WITH PARENTS IS CRITICAL TO STUDENTS SUCCESS. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING IN OUR OE_3 POLICY THAT RECOGNIZES AS THE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT RECOGNIZES THAT PARENTS ARE THEIR KIDS PRIMARY STAKEHOLDERS AND THEIR KIDS EDUCATION AND WELL BEING. 
          WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT. 
          I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO REINFORCE THAT PARTICULARLY WITH SOME OF THE ARGUMENTS THAT ARE GOING ON ELSEWHERE TO SAY, YES, WE ARE FOR FAMILIES. 
          >> CHRISTIE, COULD I JUMP IN. DO YOU MIND? 
          >> YES, I WOULD LOVE THAT. 
          >> THANK YOU. PEGGY, WE ALSO HAVE A FAMILY ENGAGEMENT TASK FORCE THAT IS CURRENTLY RUNNING. 
          WE'VE HAD TWO MEETINGS, AND WE HAVE A FEW MORE. 
          ACTUALLY, WE HAD A MEMBER THAT WAS HERE THAT LEFT PROBABLY ABOUT 20 MINUTES AGO THAT WAS OUT IN THE AUDIENCE. 
          BUT WHAT I WOULD SAY IS, I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO RECEIVE SOME ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THAT TASK FORCE AT THE CONCLUSION OF OUR WORK. 
          IF POSSIBLE, I'D LOVE FOR US TO SEE THAT COMPREHENSIVE RECOMMENDATION AT THE COMPLETION OF THAT WORK, IF POSSIBLE. 
          >> I WILL GET YOU THOSE NOTES SO YOU CAN GET WHAT WE DID WITH THE EARLY LEARNING SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING AND FOLLOW UP. 
          WE HAVE TWO TASK FORCE GOING RIGHT NOW. 
          REMEMBER THOSE TASK FORCE OR ADVISORIES ARE RECOMMENDING BODIES. 
          THEY PUT TOGETHER, THEY'RE DOING THE LEARNING AND THEN THEY MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOU TO VOTE ON. 
          YOU WILL GET THAT SUMMARY AT THE END. 
          >> THOSE MINUTES AND POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS ARE CONSTANTLY BEING UPLOADED ON OUR WEBSITE. 
          UNDER THE TASKFORCE AND COMMITTEES LINK, YOU SHOULD ALREADY BE ABLE TO SEE THE MEETING NOTES FROM THE FIRST MEETING OF BOTH OF THOSE TASK FORCES. 
          >> I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          I REALLY DO LIKE THAT FEATURE OF THE COMMITTEE'S PAGE. 
          >> I WILL LINK THEM IN THE SMR. IF SOMEONE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT'S IN THE SMR, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT I JUST PUT EVERYTHING IN ONE SPOT FOR YOU TO ACCESS. 
          I'LL MAKE SURE THAT THOSE LINKS. 
          THERE'S ALSO ONE FOR HIGHLY CAPABLE. 
          I'M GOING ON SIMULTANEOUSLY. 
          >> THAT'S INTERESTING. I FOUND AN ARTICLE THE OTHER DAY THAT TALKED ABOUT SEATTLE CUTTING ITS HIGHLY CAPABLE PROGRAM AND HOW IT HAD A REALLY DELETERIOUS EFFECT THAT THEY WEREN'T EXPECTING. 
          >> I'M LOOKING OUT THERE AT PRINCIPAL KRISTIANA, WHO'S HELPING CO LEAD THAT. 
          >> SHE HAS SEEN THE ARTICLE. 
          [LAUGHTER] I CAN CONFIRM. 
          >> ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SHARE? ARE WE ALL SHARED OUT? THEN I GUESS THAT COMES DOWN TO THE EVALUATION 
          [11. MEETING EVALUATION SURVEY]
OF THE MEETING AND THAT FALLS ON NANCY THIS MONTH. 
          >> I THINK WE DID A GREAT JOB. 
          THANK YOU, PEGGY FOR SHARING IT IN KEVIN'S ABSENCE. 
          >> WELL, IF WE HADN'T, THERE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THREE OF US HERE AND THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM, SO[LAUGHTER] THANK YOU. 
          THEN THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF THE MEETING AND I GUESS THAT'S LIKE KEVIN SAYS, EVERYBODY'S FAVORITE PART, WHERE YOU SAY, THIS MEETING HAS ENDED. 
          YOU'RE FREE TO GO ABOUT YOUR DAY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.