Apr 29, 2025 School Board Meeting

[1. CONVENE]

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

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, WHETHER ONLINE OR HERE IN PERSON.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS AND EVERY OTHER SCHOOL BOARD MEETING IS TO CONDUCT THE BUSINESS OF THE BOARD. THAT BUSINESS IS TO FACILITATE THE MISSION OF OUR DISTRICT, WHICH IS TO PREPARE EACH STUDENT TO THRIVE IN AN EVER CHANGING WORLD BY PROVIDING A RIGOROUS EDUCATION THAT FOSTERS ACADEMIC GROWTH, NURTURES CONFIDENCE, AND ENCOURAGES CRITICAL THINKING.

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

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

A COUPLE OF QUICK HOUSEKEEPING MATTERS IN THE EVENT OF ANY TYPE OF AN EMERGENCY, THE SAME DOOR THAT YOU CAME IN IS THE EXIT.

ALSO, IF YOU NEED THE RESTROOMS, THEY ARE OUT THE DOOR TO YOUR LEFT UP THE RAMP AND YOU'LL FIND THEM THERE TO YOUR LEFT.

SO WITH THOSE THINGS OUT OF THE WAY, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND START TONIGHT'S MEETING.

AND IF YOU COULD PLEASE JOIN ME IN A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

NEXT, WE'LL HAVE THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT. WE, THE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT, ACKNOWLEDGE WE ARE RESIDING ON THE TRADITIONAL, ANCESTRAL AND UNCEDED TERRITORY OF THE LUMMI PEOPLE.

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

THEY LIVED IN VILLAGES THROUGHOUT THIS TERRITORY AND CONTINUED TO HAVE AN ONGOING RELATIONSHIP WITH THESE AREAS. SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL, THEY HAVE CELEBRATED LIFE ON THEIR WATERWAYS AND ON THE TRADITIONAL, ANCESTRAL AND UNCEDED LANDS OF THEIR PEOPLE TO PERPETUATE THEIR WAY OF LIFE.

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

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ARLENE. NEXT, WE'LL ACT ON THE MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING.

[2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

SECOND. SO HAS BEEN MOVED THEN THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES AS APPROVED HERE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE.

ALL OPPOSED? SO MINUTES HAVE BEEN APPROVED. OUR NEXT ITEM IS TO ADOPT THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING

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

I WOULD REQUEST THAT WE PULL 8.10 OFF TO HAVE A DISCUSSION.

OKAY, SO IT HAS BEEN MOVED THAT WE PULL ITEM 8.10 OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION.

ANY OTHER MODIFICATIONS TO THE AGENDA? I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A DISCUSSION ON 8.12 AS WELL. OKAY. ANY OTHER ITEMS? THEN, SEEING NONE, THE CHAIR WILL PUT FORTH THAT WE ADOPT THE AGENDA AS AMENDED, WITH REMOVING ITEMS 8.10 AND 8.12 FOR INDEPENDENT DISCUSSION.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE.

ALL OPPOSED? OKAY. THE AGENDA THEN HAS BEEN ADOPTED, AS AMENDED.

WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

[4. PUBLIC COMMENT [GC-3.3]]

WE APPRECIATE RESPECTFUL, CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM AND WELCOME SUGGESTIONS FOR SOLUTIONS.

PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOT A TIME FOR DISCUSSION. IT IS A TIME FOR THE BOARD TO LISTEN.

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

BUT AGAIN, IT IS NOT A TIME FOR DISCUSSION. OUR SILENCE IS NOT A SIGNAL OF AGREEMENT OR DISAGREEMENT, BUT 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 THE 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.

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OUR CONTACT INFORMATION IS READILY AVAILABLE ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE.

THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMENT ARE ASKED TO SIGN UP ON THE SIGN IN SHEET IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM.

EACH SPEAKER WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES, AND THEIR TIME WILL BEGIN WHEN THEY STEP TO THE PODIUM AND BEGIN TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.

ANY SPEAKER WHOSE COMMENTS EXCEED THE 3 MINUTE LIMIT MAY SUBMIT THEIR ENTIRE OR REMAINING COMMENTS IN WRITING, TO ENSURE THAT THE BOARD HAS ADEQUATE TIME TO ADDRESS ALL THE ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA.

PUBLIC COMMENT IS LIMITED TO A TOTAL OF 45 MINUTES.

SO WITH THAT, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND START AND THE FIRST PERSON I HAVE ON FOR TONIGHT IS KRISTEN RAFFERTY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME A CHANCE TO SPEAK TONIGHT.

I'M HERE TO SHARE MY DEEP APPRECIATION FOR OUR ORCHESTRA AND MUSIC PROGRAMS, AND I ASK THAT WE CONTINUE TO FULLY FUND AND STAFF THEM SO THEY CAN SERVE OUR STUDENTS IN THE STRONGEST WAY POSSIBLE. MUSIC EDUCATION, AND PARTICULARLY LEARNING A STRINGED INSTRUMENT, PROVIDES UNIQUE BENEFITS THAT GO FAR BEYOND SIMPLY PLAYING NOTES ON A PAGE.

STUDENTS IN ORCHESTRA BUILD PATIENCE, FOCUS, AND PERSEVERANCE.

THEY LEARN HOW TO WORK AS A TEAM, HOW TO LISTEN CAREFULLY TO THOSE AROUND THEM, AND HOW TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES IN WAYS THAT WORDS SOMETIMES CAN'T.

STUDIES SHOW THAT MUSIC STUDENTS PERFORM BETTER ACADEMICALLY AND DEVELOP STRONGER SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SKILLS, QUALITIES WE WANT FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROPOSAL TO COMBINE SIX, SEVENTH, AND EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS INTO A SINGLE ORCHESTRA.

WHILE I UNDERSTAND THE NEED TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS, GROUPING BRAND NEW BEGINNERS WITH STUDENTS WHO HAVE 2 OR 3 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE COULD MAKE IT HARDER FOR BOTH GROUPS TO SUCCEED. BEGINNERS NEED TIME, SPACE AND PATIENCE AND PATIENT INSTRUCTION TO BUILD THE FOUNDATIONS THEY NEED.

MEANWHILE, MORE ADVANCED STUDENTS DESERVE OPPORTUNITIES TO CONTINUE GROWING AT AN APPROPRIATE PACE.

KEEPING THESE GRADES SEPARATED, OR AT LEAST MAINTAINING SMALLER, LEVELED GROUPS, ENSURES THAT EVERY STUDENT FEELS SUPPORTED, CHALLENGED, AND PROUD OF THEIR GROWTH. THAT CAN ONLY HAPPEN IF WE CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE FUNDING FOR ENOUGH TEACHERS AND RESOURCES.

OUR MUSIC PROGRAMS ARE NOT EXTRAS. THEY ARE VITAL TO A WELL-ROUNDED EDUCATION.

THEY BUILD COMMUNITY, CREATE JOY, AND TEACH LIFE SKILLS THAT WILL SERVE STUDENTS NO MATTER WHERE LIFE TAKES THEM AND THEN I'LL GO OFF SCRIPT JUST FOR A MOMENT.

TWO GREAT EVENTS HAPPENED THIS PAST YEAR. ONE MOST PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH.

BUT THE HUNCHBACK WAS A PHENOMENAL PRODUCTION, AND ONE PART OF THAT WAS THAT PIT ORCHESTRA, WHICH IS SO UNIQUE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND COULDN'T HAPPEN.

EXCEPT FOR THAT. FOR YEARS THERE'S BEEN JUST PEOPLE DEDICATED AND RESOURCES AND TEACHERS DEDICATED TO BUILDING UP THESE SKILLS AND THESE STUDENTS AND I'M SO THANKFUL FOR THAT AND I JUST REALLY WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT CONTINUE AND THEN ANOTHER LESSER KNOWN FACT WAS IN SOLO AND ENSEMBLE WAS IN FEBRUARY AND AT THAT EVENT THERE WERE 53 STRING ENSEMBLES THERE AND THIS NEVER MADE IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND DIDN'T REALLY SEE ANY RECOGNITION. BUT THERE WAS AN ENSEMBLE FROM FERNDALE THERE.

THERE WERE 53 ENSEMBLES. WHAT PLACE DO YOU THINK FERNDALE PLACED? ANYBODY KNOW? THIRD PLACE. WE AREN'T A MEDIOCRE PROGRAM THAT COULD JUST BE SLOUGHED AWAY.

WE ARE A GOOD, STRONG PROGRAM AND IT NEEDS TO CONTINUE AND IT'S NOT WORTH GETTING RID OF.

WE'VE GOT REAL TALENT IN THIS COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU KRISTEN. NEXT WE HAVE GAIL RITENOUR.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M WE REALLY VALUE OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WITH THE BELLINGHAM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. AND WE ALSO REALLY VALUE THE LONG TIME TRADITION WITH FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF HAVING A ROBUST MUSIC AND ORCHESTRAL PROGRAM. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING MUSIC CLASSES AND PROGRAMS INTACT IN FULLY FUNDED IN THEIR CURRENT STATES.

MUSIC IS SOMETHING THAT BUILDS COMMUNITY. IT'S MORE THAN JUST A CLASS.

IT'S ONE OF THOSE PLACES WHERE MARGINALIZED STUDENTS CAN GO TO FIND A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND HOME.

A RECENT MIT STUDY FOUND THAT PEOPLE WHO WERE INVOLVED IN THEIR SCHOOL MUSIC PROGRAMS NOT ONLY DID BETTER ACADEMICALLY, BUT THEY WERE 24% MORE LIKELY TO GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL.

AND THAT IS A PRETTY IMPACTFUL STATISTIC RIGHT THERE.

THEY ARE ONE OF THE FEW PLACES IN SCHOOL THAT HAVE CONTINUITY.

YOU HAVE THAT SAME MUSIC TEACHER FOR YEARS AT A TIME, BUILDING A RELATIONSHIP, BUILDING RELATIONSHIP WITH PEERS THROUGHOUT THAT.

I KNOW THIS FIRSTHAND AS A MUSIC TEACHER MYSELF, WHO'S TAUGHT IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR OVER A DECADE.

IT ENHANCES OTHER SUBJECTS AND JUST LIKE OTHER SUBJECTS, IT HAS A SPIRAL CURRICULUM.

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IT'S ALSO A PHYSICAL SKILL SET. YOU'RE LEARNING.

SO I OFTENTIMES THINK OF MUSICIANS AS THE ATHLETES OF THE TINY MOST THE TINY MOTORS.

RIGHT. YOUR TINY MUSCLES AND SO IF YOU HAVE A GROUP OF SIXTH GRADE BEGINNING ORCHESTRAL STUDENTS, THEY ARE LEARNING SOMETHING THAT IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN A SEVENTH OR EIGHTH GRADE CLASS AND IN COMBINING THEM, IT WOULD PROVIDE. IT WOULD CREATE CHALLENGES THAT WERE GREAT BOTH FOR THE BEGINNING STRING GROUPS AND FOR THAT SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE GROUP AND IT WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO BOTH GROUPS, AND IT WOULD BE INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT FOR THE TEACHER AS WELL.

IT'S A PROGRAM THAT BUILDS SELF-ESTEEM AND CONFIDENCE FOR STUDENTS.

THERE'S NOTHING QUITE LIKE GOING ON A STAGE AND PERFORMING AND HAVING THESE SKILL THINGS THAT YOU LEARN WEEK AFTER WEEK, BUILD AND BUILD AND HAVING A BEAUTIFUL CULMINATING PERFORMANCE.

IT'S ONE OF THOSE FEW THINGS WHERE YOU WORK ON YOUR MEMORY, YOU WORK ON YOUR ATTENTION SPAN.

IT ACTIVATES THE LANGUAGE CENTERS OF THE BRAIN, THE MATH CENTERS OF THE BRAIN.

IT BUILDS COMMUNITY. IT BUILDS TEAMWORK. IT BUILDS COLLABORATION AND I THINK ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PARTS ABOUT MUSIC IS IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS LIFELONG.

SO YOU THINK ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY HERE IN WHATCOM COUNTY AND FERNDALE.

AND SO MUCH OF MUSIC CONTINUES BECAUSE OF WHAT FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S LEGACY IS WITH THEIR ORCHESTRAL AND STRINGS PROGRAMS. SO WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM FERNDALE WHO HAVE GONE OUT TO HAVE PROFESSIONAL CAREERS.

SOME OF THEM ARE RECORDING ENGINEERS FOR PLACES LIKE THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY.

SOME OF THEM PERFORM IN ORCHESTRAS WITH THE SYDNEY OPERA, WITH THE LONDON PHILHARMONIC, WITH THE NATIONAL SYMPHONY IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AND I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS A LOT OF THEM HAVE RETURNED TO OUR COMMUNITY AND BUILD HERE.

SO I HOPE YOU'LL CONSIDER KEEPING IT INTACT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. GAIL. NEXT IS JAMES RAY.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. I AM ACTIVE LOCALLY AS A TEACHER EDUCATOR AS LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY.

BY THE WAY, AS A TEACHER, EDUCATOR, AS A PERSON WHO PROVIDES PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR IN-SERVICE TEACHERS AS WELL AS PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS, I ACT AS AN EXTERNAL EVALUATOR FOR A CLINICIAN AND CONSULTANT FOR STUDENT MUSIC PROGRAMS AGAIN, BOTH LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY, AND I CONTRIBUTE TO THE MUSIC EDUCATION PROFESSION THROUGH PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS.

SO I'VE BEEN AROUND THE BLOCK A COUPLE OF TIMES.

MORE IMPORTANTLY, I'M HERE AS A DAD, A DAD OF TWO FERNDALE STUDENTS, ONE AT VISTA, ONE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

SO I ABSOLUTELY HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN THE FUTURE OF THE ENTIRE CURRICULUM HERE IN FERNDALE, BUT CERTAINLY THE MUSIC PROGRAM AS WELL. I'M ALSO A VOTER WHO PROUDLY SUPPORTED THE LEVY THAT PASSED LAST YEAR, AND I WOULD REPEAT THAT VOTE AGAIN TODAY. I HAD THE WONDERFUL PLEASURE THIS MORNING OF SPEAKING WITH DOCTOR DOMINGUEZ REGARDING POTENTIAL CHANGES THAT THAT SEEM TO BE UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR THE DISTRICT'S MUSIC PROGRAM.

AND A COUPLE OF THINGS IN MY CONVERSATION WITH DOCTOR DOMINGUEZ THAT I'M VERY GLAD TO HEAR.

FIRST OF ALL, ACCORDING TO DOCTOR DOMINGUEZ, THERE ARE NO PLANNED REDUCTIONS IN THE NUMBER OF MUSIC CLASSES THAT ARE GOING TO BE OFFERED IN THE COMING YEAR. AND ALSO, DOCTOR DOMINGUEZ ASSURED ME THAT THE MUSIC CLASSES WOULD BE TAUGHT BY QUALIFIED MUSIC EDUCATORS.

THAT'S ENCOURAGING. SO HERE I'M AT, I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR TWO PRIMARY POINTS FOR FOR THE BOARD AND THE ADMINISTRATORS TO CONSIDER MOVING FORWARD.

THE FIRST IS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MUSIC COURSES ARE TAUGHT BY NOT JUST QUALIFIED ON PAPER, BUT THE MOST QUALIFIED EDUCATORS AND THE SECOND IS MORE IMPORTANT, THAT IS THAT WE RETAIN LEVEL BASED COURSE OFFERINGS IN OUR MUSIC PROGRAMS. I THINK IN THE FIRST POINT, WHEN YOU LOOK AT MUSIC EDUCATOR CERTIFICATIONS AND OF COURSE, DIGGING INTO THE WEEDS A LITTLE BIT.

FOR EXAMPLE, FOR INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC EDUCATION IN THE STATE, THERE'S NO DISTINCTION IN THE STATE TEACHING ENDORSEMENT BETWEEN AN INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC EDUCATOR WHO IS QUALIFIED FOR BAND AND ONE WHO IS QUALIFIED FOR STRINGS AND OTHER INSTRUMENTAL COURSES.

BUT I LIKE TO THINK OF THAT AS VERY AKIN TO, SAY, A MEDICAL LICENSE.

PHYSICIANS ALL HAVE THE SAME LICENSE THAT QUALIFIES THEM AS A PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.

HOWEVER, THERE'S NO CIRCUMSTANCE UNDER WHICH YOU WOULD WANT YOUR CARDIOLOGIST PERFORMING A BRAIN SURGERY, WHICH MEANS YOU HAVE TO LOOK UNDER THE PAPER CERTIFICATION AND SEE WHAT IS THE BACKGROUND OF THIS PERSON.

WHAT IS THE TRAINING THAT ACTUALLY RECEIVED? WHAT ARE THEY QUALIFIED TO DO? SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, A BAND CLASS IS MOST THE. THE POTENTIAL FOR STUDENT SUCCESS IS HIGHEST WHEN THEY ARE TAUGHT BY A PERSON WHO SPECIALIZES IN BAND A STRING CLASS.

THE POTENTIAL FOR THAT SUCCESS IS MOST HIGH WHEN IT IS TAUGHT BY A PERSON WHO IS QUALIFIED IN STRING.

SO AS YOU LOOK AT THOSE THINGS, I REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK BEYOND THE SURFACE LEVEL CERTIFICATION AND MAKE SURE THAT THE QUALIFICATIONS, THE BACKGROUND OF THE TEACHERS INVOLVED REALLY DO MATCH THE CURRICULUM AND THUS THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS WHO ARE GOING TO BE THERE AND SECOND,

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THERE ARE QUALITATIVE DIFFERENCES, PARTICULARLY IN THE EARLIEST YEARS OF INSTRUMENTAL INSTRUCTION, BETWEEN A COURSE FOCUSED ON BEGINNERS, A COURSE FOCUSED ON SECOND YEAR STUDENTS, AND A COURSE FOCUSED ON THIRD YEAR STUDENTS AND FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO NERD OUT WITH ME, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DIG INTO THE WEEDS AND TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. THE NEEDS OF THE BEGINNERS ARE VERY.

THE PACING OF INSTRUCTION IS INTENTIONALLY. THANK YOU JAMES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT WE HAVE CHRIS.

IS IT ANTALEK? YES. YOU GOT IT ON THE FIRST TRY.

BOARD MEMBERS. DOCTOR DOMINGUEZ. GOOD EVENING, DOCTOR DOMINGUEZ.

THANK YOU FOR CALLING ME BACK THIS MORNING AND I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO TAKE YOUR CALL. I WAS PREPARING FOR MY EBD CLASS.

SO I'M HERE JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE YOU'VE HEARD SO FAR TONIGHT TALKING ABOUT THE MUSIC PROGRAMS. AND MY SON DANIEL, WHO'S SITTING BACK THERE IN THE AUDIENCE, HE SHOWED ME DOCTOR DOMINGUEZ'S SOCIAL MEDIA POST THAT SHE MADE AND I TOTALLY GET IT WITH BEING TECHNICALLY OVERSTAFFED, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THERE IS SUCH A THING.

SO I'M JUST GOING TO GO AHEAD AND READ WHAT I'VE WRITTEN.

I HAVE A LONGER VERSION THAT I'LL SEND TO THE BOARD MEMBERS WITH INFORMATION ABOUT HOW MUSIC HAS REALLY IMPACTED EVERY ONE OF MY KIDS.

WE ALL KNOW THAT BUDGET SHORTFALLS ARE A CONCERN.

THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT, DESPITE THE MCCLEARY RULING, THE STATE HAS NOT MET THE REQUIREMENT TO FULLY FUND PUBLIC EDUCATION, WHICH PUTS THE ONUS ON LOCAL DISTRICTS TO MANAGE WITH LESS.

UNFORTUNATELY, SOMETIMES THAT COMES WITH CUTS TO POPULAR AND IMPACTFUL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES IN THE DISTRICT.

THIS BRINGS ME TO THE REASON FOR COMING TONIGHT TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.

IT HAS RECENTLY COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT A DECISION HAS BEEN MADE TO MAKE CUTS TO MUSIC PROGRAMS WITHIN SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS, AND RIPPING THOSE TEACHERS AS PART OF THE BUDGET.

FOR THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT A RIFF IS, IT STANDS FOR REDUCTION IN FORCE OR A LAYOFF.

WHY ARE WE DOING THIS TO OUR TEACHERS WHO HAVE DEVOTED THEIR CAREERS TO PROVIDING THIS IMPORTANT FACET OF EDUCATION TO OUR STUDENTS? THERE ARE NUMEROUS STUDIES, AS YOU'VE HEARD TONIGHT ALREADY, THAT SHOW HOW IMPORTANT MUSIC EDUCATION IS TO CHILD DEVELOPMENT, AND TO TAKE AWAY THOSE THAT EDUCATION HAS DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES FOR OUR CHILDREN.

MUSIC HAS BEEN SHOWN TO IMPROVE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES IN OTHER SUBJECT AREAS, AND IN ADDITION, MUSIC EDUCATION HELPS TO FOSTER LIFELONG PURSUITS FOR MANY STUDENTS WELL INTO ADULTHOOD.

FOR MANY OF OUR STUDENTS, MUSIC IS AN OUTLET TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES AND ALLOWS THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP SOCIAL SKILLS IN A GROUP WHERE THEY ARE ACCEPTED BECAUSE OF THEIR TALENTS. MY OWN KIDS HAVE MADE MANY FRIENDSHIPS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS THROUGH THEIR MUSIC GROUPS AND PARTICIPATION, EVEN AS EARLY AS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT I'M STANDING HERE TONIGHT WEARING A FERNDALE MARCHING BAND AND COLOR GUARD SWEATSHIRT.

I DID THIS INTENTIONALLY TO SHOW THAT I AM NOT JUST ADVOCATING FOR MUSIC EDUCATION AS A CONCERNED COMMUNITY MEMBER, BUT ALSO AS THE PARENT OF THREE CURRENT AND FORMER FERNDALE STUDENTS WHO HAVE BENEFITED FROM THE MUSIC EDUCATION THEY RECEIVED FROM THEIR MUSIC TEACHERS AT THE ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVELS. ALL THREE OF MY KIDS DEVELOPED A LOVE OF MUSIC EARLY ON AND HAVE CONTINUED TO PURSUE IT ALL THROUGHOUT THEIR PUBLIC SCHOOL CAREERS, INTO COLLEGE AND BEYOND. ALL OF THIS IS POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF THE AMAZING MUSIC TEACHERS IN OUR DISTRICT FROM ELEMENTARY ON UP WHO HAVE ENCOURAGED THEM IN THESE PURSUITS. BUT THIS IS JUST MY FAMILY ATTENDING PERFORMANCES.

THANK YOU CHRIS. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE DOM PHAM.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DOM. I IDENTIFY AS A FERNDALE RESIDENT ON BORROWED PART OF THE AGENDA OF THE MARCH BOARD MEETING WAS THE RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MINIMUM EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM AND STAFFING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

DURING THIS DISCUSSION, DOCTOR DOMINGUEZ EXPRESSED HER FRUSTRATION AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE'S FAILURE TO AMPLY FUND EDUCATION.

I HAVE SOME OPINIONS TO SHARE ON THIS TOPIC. THE PREAMBLE IN ARTICLE NINE OF THE STATE CONSTITUTION SAYS IT IS THE PARAMOUNT DUTY OF THE STATE TO MAKE AMPLE PROVISION FOR THE EDUCATION OF ALL CHILDREN.

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HOWEVER, AMPLE'S DEFINITION DOES NOT MEAN WITHOUT LIMITS OR AT ALL COSTS.

THIS INFERENCE LEADS TO THE FIRST POINT THAT I WANT TO MAKE, WHICH IS THAT WE ALL HAVE TO LIVE WITHIN OUR MEANS, AND SO DOES THE GOVERNMENT, WHETHER IT BE AT THE FEDERAL, STATE, COUNTY OR CITY LEVEL.

THAT IS HOW THE REAL WORLD WORKS. MY SECOND POINT HAS TO DO WITH THE COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF THE EDUCATION SPENDING.

ACCORDING TO THE WASHINGTON STATE OSPI, THE FSD'S REPORT CARD FOR SPRING 2024 SHOWS DEFICIENCIES IN ALL THREE SUBJECTS.

43.9% FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS, 34.6 FOR MATH AND 46.2% FOR SCIENCE.

MEANWHILE, THE DISTRICT BUDGET AND PER PUPIL EXPENDITURE FOR THE 2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR WERE AT RECORD HIGHS.

SOME PEOPLE REFERRED TO EDUCATION SPENDING AS AN INVESTMENT, SO I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT BASED ON THESE DISMAL RESULTS, FERNDALE RESIDENTS GOT A POOR RETURN ON THEIR INVESTMENT.

MY THIRD POINT DEALS WITH THE PHILOSOPHICAL ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN EDUCATION.

THE US CONSTITUTION DOES NOT EVEN MENTION EDUCATION.

SO, AS STATED IN THE 10TH AMENDMENT, THE POWERS NOT DELEGATED TO THE UNITED STATES BY THE CONSTITUTION, NOR PROHIBITED BY IT TO THE STATES ARE RESERVED TO THE STATES, RESPECTIVELY, OR TO THE PEOPLE.

I THINK THE KEY PHRASE IN THIS STATEMENT IS THE VERY LAST PART.

TO THE PEOPLE AND TO ME, IT MEANS THE LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT THAT IS NEAREST TO THE PEOPLE WITHIN THE CONFINES OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THEREFORE, I WOULD EVEN SAY, LET'S ALSO GET THE STATE OUT OF EDUCATION AND PASS THE RESPONSIBILITY DOWN TO THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT LEVEL.

BUT THAT MAY BE THE SUBJECT FOR ANOTHER SPEECH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU DOM. NEXT IS BETTY ANN SCHWEDE. THANK YOU, DOCTOR DOMINGUEZ. THANK YOU SCHOOL BOARD I WILL TOUCH ON A FEW DIFFERENT AREAS. I MIGHT BE TAKING THIS ROUTE, BUT SOMETIMES THAT'S HOW MY BRAIN WORKS.

I'M A FORMER FERNDALE TEACHER. I'VE TAUGHT IN ELEMENTARY GENERAL MUSIC, I'VE TAUGHT ORCHESTRA, I'VE BEEN A STRING COACH. I'VE SUBSTITUTED BAND IN OTHER PLACES.

I'VE TAUGHT BAND AND COMBINED CLASSES HERE AND THERE IN VARIOUS STATES.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO STATE THAT THROUGHOUT ALL AGES, THROUGHOUT ALL CENTURIES, CULTURES HAD MUSIC, ALL AGES. AND THERE IS AN EMOTIONAL RESPONSE TO MUSIC THAT IS CONSISTENT.

IT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF A CHILD'S DEVELOPMENT.

IT USES ALL PARTS OF THE BRAIN. THIS HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED BY DANIEL LEVITHAN.

IF YOU READ EITHER OF HIS BOOKS, THERE'S A CUTE 4.5 MINUTE VIDEO, ANITA COLLINS MUSIC IN THE BRAIN THAT REALLY SHOWS IT GRAPHICALLY.

I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS.

MUSIC CAN REACH THEM. WE HAD AN AUTISTIC STUDENT DO A FABULOUS JOB ON THE PATTER SONG IN THE GILBERT AND SULLIVAN.

THE STUDENT OTHERWISE DIDN'T DO THINGS. I HAD ANOTHER ONE WHO WOULD ALWAYS BRING HIS BOOK TO ORCHESTRA, AND AFTER LETTING HIM READ A LITTLE BIT, I'D SAY, CAN I PUT THE BOOK ASIDE? AND HE'D PLAY BEAUTIFULLY. I HAD A HEARING IMPAIRED STUDENT AND PRACTICED LIKE CRAZY, PLAYED VERY OUT OF TUNE.

I TOOK THE TIME TO TEACH THEM IN CLASS, TIME TO PLAY IN TUNE AT THE END OF THAT YEAR.

I CAN'T REMEMBER IF SHE WAS FOURTH OR THIRD GRADE.

IT'S BEEN A WHILE AGO. THE TEACHER TOLD ME THAT SHE THOUGHT THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY THE VIOLIN AND LEARN IT, AND THE WORK THAT WE HAD DONE TO PLAY IN TUNE IMPROVED NOT ONLY HER SPEECH, BUT HER READING BECAUSE SHE WAS HEARING BETTER.

THERE ARE COUNTLESS WAYS THAT MUSIC IN ITSELF HELPS ALL STUDENTS.

I HAVE A PICTURE. NOW, IT DOES INVOLVE MY KIDS.

GOT TO ADMIT THAT. AND THEY'VE LONG SINCE GRADUATED.

THREE OF THEM WERE INVOLVED IN THE MUSIC PROGRAMS HERE AND HAVE GONE ON IN VARIOUS WAYS TO CONTINUE TWO OF THEM IN THEIR ACAPPELLA GROUPS IN COLLEGE.

BUT THE PICTURES OF WON FIRST PLACE, EIGHTH GRADE, THE FIRST PLACE SIXTH GRADE.

I LOOKED IT OVER AND ALVINA ALSTADT I SAID, HEY, ALVINA, WHAT DO YOU THINK EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE KIDS, SAY WON, WAS AN ORCHESTRA AND THAT ONE WAS IN BAND.

THERE IS SUCH A CORRELATION BETWEEN MUSIC AND MATH AND OTHER LEARNING AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS.

AND I ALSO HAVE I DO SOME PRIVATE CELLO NOW THAT I'M RETIRED, AND ONE OF MY STUDENTS WHO CAME COMES ACTUALLY LIVES IN BLAINE,

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SO, YOU KNOW, THE DISTRICT'S GAINING MONEY AND JUST AS AN ASIDE, IN MY LAST 10S, IF WE DIDN'T HAVE AN ORCHESTRA HERE, WE WOULD NEVER HAVE MOVED INTO THIS TOWN. SO DO KEEP THAT IN MIND.

THERE ARE MANY BENEFITS. THE KIDS, THE TOWN, THE COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU TO ALL IN THE AUDIENCE. DEFINITELY. BETWEEN THESE PUBLIC COMMENTS TONIGHT AND OUR EMAIL BOXES ARE AT LEAST MINE, AND I SUSPECT THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL.

WE ARE HEARING THAT MUSIC IS IMPORTANT, AND I DON'T THINK THAT I'M REMISS OF SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD THAT WE ALL VALUE MUSIC, AND WE ALL HAVE OUR STORIES AND EXPERIENCES WITH IT HERE IN FERNDALE AS WELL.

ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD ENCOURAGE THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE HERE IN REGARDS TO MUSIC, ONE OF THE THINGS COMING UP SHORTLY, AND WE ARE AT THE END OF OUR SPEAKERS OR PEOPLE THAT HAVE REQUESTED PUBLIC COMMENT.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT DURING THE SUPERINTENDENT SHARING TONIGHT IS WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF ROLL BACK THE CURTAIN AND SHOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW DECISIONS ARE MADE ABOUT CLASSES AND SETTING THAT UP.

SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO STICK AROUND AND HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT AND SEE SOME INSIGHT INTO IT.

FOR THOSE THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THOUGHT OF SOMETHING DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT OR WOULD LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, SHARE THEIR OPINIONS AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT TIME OUR EMAIL ADDRESSES ARE AVAILABLE, OUR PHONE NUMBERS ARE AVAILABLE. FEEL FREE TO CONTACT US AND SHARE THAT INFORMATION.

SO WITH THAT, I WILL GO AHEAD AND TURN THINGS OVER TO DOCTOR DOMINGUEZ FOR HER SHARING.

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

DO YOU WANT TO? WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE? ACTUALLY, I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT DURING THE BUDGET. OKAY. WE ARE GOING TO PAUSE, BUT JUST KNOW CLEAN AUDIT. IF YOU DID NOT KNOW OR IF YOU'VE NOT SEEN ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THE FERNDALE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION HAS THEIR SECOND ANNUAL ROCK THE NEST FEST THAT WILL BE ON MAY 17TH.

AND IF YOU DID NOT GET TO ATTEND LAST YEAR, IT IS SO MUCH FUN.

IT'S DEFINITELY A FAMILY COMMUNITY EVENT. LOTS OF ACTIVITIES FROM VERY YOUNG TO MORE MATURE AUDIENCES AND FUN FOR EVERYONE. WE ALSO HAVE THE FFA PLANT SALE.

I HAVE BEEN WAITING AND WAITING FOR THIS. AS THE DAUGHTER OF A FARMER, THEY USED TO ALWAYS TELL ME, DON'T PLANT UNTIL AFTER MOTHER'S DAY AND SO THIS IS PERFECT TIMING.

IT'S THIS WEEKEND, AND I CANNOT EXPRESS IT'S NOT JUST THE QUALITY OF THE PRODUCT, BUT THE SERVICE OF OUR STUDENTS.

IF YOU WANT TO SEE AN INSIDE, LOOK INTO WHAT OUR STUDENTS ARE UP TO.

HERE IS ONE WINDOW IN. IT'S ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.

CANNOT RECOMMEND IT ENOUGH. I'M GOING TO PASS IT OFF TO KELLY. WHAT I WOULD ALSO MENTION, AND YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HEAR ABOUT SOME OF THESE REDUCTIONS AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND AS WE'VE SHARED WITH YOU OVER.

IS THAT THESE ARE ALL HARD, BUT WE'VE HAD TO LOOK REALLY LONG AND HARD AT ALL OF THE PLATFORMS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY UTILIZING, AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE SOME REDUCTIONS IN THOSE PLATFORMS IN ORDER TO TO SAVE COSTS.

SO WE JUST WANT TO NOTIFY YOU THAT WE ARE MAKING A REDUCTION TO HOMEROOM AND I KNOW THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU, AS A SCHOOL BOARD, PRIORITIZED AND WERE A PART OF THE SELECTION OF.

BUT WE ARE IN ORDER TO SAVE FUNDS BECAUSE WE ARE IN THAT PROCESS, WE ARE ELIMINATING THAT PLATFORM.

BUT I WILL SAY THAT WE ARE INTERNALLY CREATING A DATA DASHBOARD AND WE HAVE SOME INCREDIBLE STAFF THAT WE ARE WORKING THROUGH AND WITH AND TO GET SOME TRAINING AND WE'RE CREATING HERE. SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE ARE ELIMINATING HOMEROOM, BUT WE ARE REPLACING IT WITH A DATA DASHBOARD THAT WE ARE BUILDING INTERNALLY.

SO JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU AND THERE ARE SOME OTHER PLATFORMS AS WELL THAT WE ARE NOT FINANCIALLY ABLE TO CONTINUE TO UTILIZE.

ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE IS PANORAMA. THAT'S OUR SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING TOOL THAT WE USE FOR SURVEY PURPOSES.

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SO ONCE AGAIN, WE ARE BUILDING AN INTERNAL SYSTEM WHERE WE CAN CONTINUE TO COLLECT THIS DATA.

AS WE KNOW IT'S VERY MUCH ALIGNED TO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT WE ARE BUILDING THAT SYSTEM IN-HOUSE AS WELL.

SO WE JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE ARE HAVING TO MAKE SOME REDUCTIONS AS WELL TO SOME OF OUR PROGRAMING AND OUR PLATFORMS THAT WE UTILIZE AND HAVE UTILIZED AND WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO BUILD THOSE WITHIN SO WE CAN STILL HAVE THE DATA BUT DO IT IN A MORE FISCALLY SOUND MANNER.

SO I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT WITH INFORMATION.

THANK YOU, KELLY, AND THANK YOU TO THE TEAM. I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO SARAH, DESERT AND BOBBY, WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING TO RECREATE THE HOMEROOM SYSTEM.

OUR OWN VERSION OF IT. YOU WILL CONTINUE TO SEE THE DATA IN YOUR BOARD REPORTS AND SO WE'LL BE READY TO SHARE WHEN IT IS FINISHED.

OKAY. I'M GOING TO ASK MARK OR HOLLY TO SHARE THE SKYWARD IS OUR CURRENT STUDENT AND FISCAL OPERATING SOFTWARE. SO YOU SEE, IN THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER WE'VE BEEN USING THAT FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

MOST DISTRICTS IN THE STATE SUBSCRIBE TO THE SOFTWARE THROUGH THEIR DATA CENTER, THE REGIONAL DATA CENTER ALL BUT THE VERY LARGEST DISTRICTS THAT TYPICALLY WILL HAVE THEIR HAVE THEIR OWN SYSTEM.

THEY HAVE SEVERAL YEARS AGO COME OUT AND ANNOUNCED THAT IT IS TIME FOR A REFRESH AND UPDATE TO A KIND OF A NEW SYSTEM THAT THEY ORIGINALLY CALLED Q, THAT THEY THEN CHANGED THE NAME TO CUMULATIVE, AND NOW IT'S BRANDED AS THE NEW SKYWARD.

SO IT'S BASICALLY IT'S A REFRESH, A MORE USER FRIENDLY, MORE GRAPHICAL INTERFACE OF THE CURRENT SOFTWARE THAT WE'RE USING.

BUT REQUIRES QUITE A LOT OF BACK END CONVERSION.

SO, EACH OF THE DIFFERENT AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY.

SO STUDENT RECORDS. HR FISCAL EVERYBODY IS KIND OF DIGGING IN, DOING DATA CLEANUP, LEARNING THE NEW SYSTEM AND GETTING READY FOR THE CONVERSION TO THE NEW SKYWARD.

THAT'LL HAPPEN THIS SUMMER. A LOT OF THE TRAINING IS VIDEO BASED, SO I KNOW WE'VE BEEN KIND OF PREPPING SOME TEAMS AND SOME FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO HELP US DELIVER SOME TRAINING, AND MORE INFORMATION WILL BE COMING OUT AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE CONVERSION.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN COMING FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND IT'S OUR TURN TO FINALLY MAKE THE TRANSITION THIS SUMMER AND MOST OF THE FEEDBACK FROM OTHER DISTRICTS THAT HAVE MADE THE CHANGE RECENTLY NOT THOSE THAT WERE FIRST IN THE LINE HAS BEEN PRETTY POSITIVE.

SO THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE DIFFERENT. SOME ARE BETTER, SOME TAKE A LITTLE GETTING USED TO, BUT IT'S BEEN MOSTLY POSITIVE FEEDBACK. GRADUATION IS JUNE 6TH, 6PM AT THE STADIUM. THERE HAS BEEN LOTS OF COMMUNICATION GOING OUT FROM OUR HIGH SCHOOL TEAM TO OUR SENIOR PARENTS.

I'M SURE ONE OF OUR DIRECTORS HAS BEEN GETTING THAT COMMUNICATION.

I DO WANT TO SAY AGAIN, THE GRADUATION WILL BE LIVE STREAMED.

AND SO I KNOW THAT'S AN AMAZING OPTION FOR FAMILY MEMBERS WHO ARE FAR AWAY.

OR IF YOU HAVE MORE THAN CAN ATTEND BASED ON YOUR TICKETS, THAT'S ONE OPTION.

I PERSONALLY LOVE A LIVE STREAM OPTION BECAUSE I CAN WATCH IT AFTERWARDS TOO.

SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE IN THE STANDS, YOU CAN OFTEN GET ACCESS TO IT LATER AND SHARE IT WITH FAMILY.

SO I'M EXCITED. IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE EVENTS.

OKAY, I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT MISS LENSSEN IS NOT HERE THIS EVENING.

SHE IS CURRENTLY COMPETING AT THE INTERNATIONAL DECA COMPETITION, AND EARLIER TODAY I LEARNED THAT SHE HAD MADE THE TOP 20 AND SO WE'RE STILL WAITING TO SEE WHERE HER FINAL LANDING WAS BUT THAT'S A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT.

YEAH, IT'S ACTUALLY REALLY HARD. GUYS. LIKE, I DID DECA FOR ONE YEAR AND I WAS IN THE SAME LIKE WE DO HR, AND SO GABBY AND I DID THE SAME ONE. AND GUYS, I DIDN'T MAKE IT PAST STATE LIKE IT'S SO HARD.

SO SHE'S JUST AN HR QUEEN LIKE THAT. BUT ANYWAYS THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON MAY IS AROUND THE CORNER. WE ARE TRYING TO FINISH STRONG.

BECAUSE THERE'S FINALS COMING UP. AP EXAMS ARE COMING UP.

MY FIRST ONE IS NEXT WEEK ON TUESDAY. SPRING SPORTS ARE ENDING, SO EVERYTHING IS KIND OF JUST COMING TO A CLOSE.

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SO IT'S GETTING CLOSE. I CAN SEE THE FINISH LINE AND I'M GOING TO BE A SENIOR NEXT YEAR, WHICH MEANS GABBY'S GOING TO BE GONE.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR HER REPLACEMENT. SO GABBY AND I HAVE BEEN GOING INTO THE SOPHOMORE HISTORY CLASSES TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A SCHOOL BOARD REPRESENTATIVE. SO WE'VE BEEN ENCOURAGING THEM TO APPLY, AND I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF KIDS ARE INTERESTED, SO IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD TURNOUT FOR THEIR INTERVIEWS.

BUT YEAH, I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. A LOT OF KIDS ARE INTERESTED, AND PROM JUST HAPPENED.

THAT WAS THIS WEEKEND AND WE HAD OUR AMAZING DJ MAC ATTACK, OR AS SOME PEOPLE KNOW HIM, ANTONIO MACHADO.

SO THAT WAS REALLY GOOD. THAT WAS REALLY FUN FOR THE UPPERCLASSMEN.

BUT YEAH, THINGS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND I THINK OVERALL JUST FOR STUDENTS, IT'S WE'RE REACHING THE END.

WE'RE REACHING THE END. OKAY AND YEAH, JUST EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN GOING ON IN THE DISTRICT, I KNOW, AT LEAST FROM THE STUDENT PERSPECTIVE, I CAN SAY THAT IT YOU KNOW, IT DOES IMPACT US AND I KNOW A LOT OF STUDENTS HAVE A LOT OF OPINIONS AND YOU KNOW, THERE ARE TEACHERS AND THERE ARE PROGRAMS AND IT'S ALL THAT SORT OF STUFF.

SO FOR A LOT OF ADULTS, YOU KNOW, IT'S THEIR KIDS AND THEIR LIVES THAT ARE BEING IMPACTED.

BUT FOR US, IT'S LIKE THESE ARE THE ADULTS THAT ARE AROUND US. THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT BUILD STRUCTURE AROUND US. SO I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I SEE MY FELLOW STUDENTS AND I UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM. SO YEAH.

THANK YOU HARLEEN. WELL SAID. SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS AS ND TONIGHT'S PERFECT, WE I APPRECIATED THE PUBLIC COMMENT, AND I'VE GOTTEN TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH MANY OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN EMAILING ALL OF YOU. I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT MR. JAMES, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONVERSATION EARLIER TODAY.

IF HE'S STILL HERE WHAT I SHARED WITH HIM WAS CURRENTLY IN OUR CURRENT STAFFING MODEL, AND I THINK THE HIGH SCHOOL TEAM IS GOING TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT.

WE HAVE MORE MUSIC. WE HAVE SOME MUSIC STAFF NOT TEACHING MUSIC THERE AND SO IT'S A GAME WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO ALIGN THE NUMBER OF STAFF WITH THE SECTIONS WE HAVE. BUT WHAT DOES THAT ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE? AND SOME OF YOU HAVE ASKED HOW DO YOU BUILD THE HIGH SCHOOL SCHEDULE? HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHAT TO RUN, WHAT NOT TO RUN? STEVE AND I'VE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE MORE CCT OFFERINGS THAT WE CAN DO.

WE DON'T RUN THEM ALL. AND SO HOW ARE THOSE DECISIONS MADE? AND SO I ASKED BEN GOODWIN ONE OF OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, AND PRINCIPAL RAVINDER DHILLON TO COME AND JUST SHARE A BEHIND THE SCENES SO PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY SEE WHAT IT ALL ENTAILS. PERFECT. I APOLOGIZE, I, HAVE MY BACK AGAINST THE AUDIENCE OVER HERE. SO MY APOLOGIES. SO THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SHARE WHAT THE MASTER SCHEDULE LOOKS LIKE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.

IT'S ACTUALLY QUITE COMPLEX. AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THROUGH HOW WE DETERMINE CLASSES AND SO FORTH.

IT'S ALL BASED ON STUDENT INTEREST AND STUDENT CHOICE, AND IT'S VERY MUCH ALIGNED WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN FOR OUR DISTRICT, PROVIDING FLEXIBILITY AND ALSO PROVIDING RIGOR COURSES.

SO LET ME TAKE YOU THROUGH THE TIME WHAT THE TIMELINE LOOKS LIKE.

BUT BEFORE I DO, I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK AT ALL THE GREAT CLASSES THAT WE OFFER AT FERNDALE HIGH SCHOOL.

WE HAVE EIGHT PERIODS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE A WIDE RANGE OF COURSES THAT WE OFFER IN MANY DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, AND WE HAVE OVER 71 CLASSES JUST IN OUR CAREER.

CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HERE. SO LOTS FOR STUDENTS TO CHOOSE.

AND JUST KNOW THAT STUDENTS ARE ALWAYS APPROACHING US FOR OPTIONS AS WELL.

I HAD AN EMAIL FROM A STUDENT LAST WEEK WHO ASKED, WHAT ABOUT ASL, RIGHT? WHAT ABOUT HAVING SIGN LANGUAGE? SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY.

AND THEN OF COURSE, IT WOULD BE LOOKING FOR A TEACHER THAT HAS AN ENDORSEMENT IN ASL AS WELL.

SO LET'S LOOK AT WHAT THE ACTUAL TIMELINE LOOKS LIKE.

SO WHEN WE START SCHEDULING STUDENTS, IT ACTUALLY STARTS VERY EARLY IN NOVEMBER, WHERE WE START TO TALK TO OUR DEPARTMENT CHAIRS ABOUT POTENTIAL CLASSES THAT WE'RE GOING TO OFFER NEXT YEAR. ARE THERE ANY NEW CLASSES THAT WE WANT TO OFFER? AND FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE BEEN INCREASING OUR COLLEGE IN THE HIGH SCHOOL OPTIONS, WANTING TO PARTNER WITH WESTERN AND UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON,

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AND SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A FEW MORE CLASSES IN THE FALL.

AS FAR AS FOR STUDENTS TO ATTAIN A COLLEGE CREDIT ON THEIR TRANSCRIPT WHILE STILL ATTENDING FERNDALE HIGH SCHOOL.

SO ONCE WE DECIDE WHAT CLASSES ARE GOING TO BE OFFERED, AND JUST BECAUSE I KNOW LISTENING TO SOME OF OUR SPEAKERS THIS EVENING ABOUT MUSIC PROGRAM, WE HAVE OFFERED THE SAME MUSIC CLASSES THAT WE HAVE ALWAYS OFFERED IN THE PAST, AND BEN WILL ALSO SHOW YOU WHAT THE NUMBERS LOOK LIKE IN OUR MUSIC PROGRAM, BROKEN DOWN INTO ORCHESTRA, CHOIR, AS WELL AS OUR BAND NUMBERS.

SO ONCE THE COURSE CATALOG IS FINALIZED, THEN OUR COUNSELORS START TO MEET WITH OUR STUDENTS AND THEY GO INTO EACH GRADE LEVEL ENGLISH CLASS TO TALK ABOUT THE EXCUSE ME COURSE OFFERINGS AND TALK ABOUT WHAT THE HIGH SCHOOL PLAN LOOKS LIKE. AS FAR AS WHAT ARE YOUR ELECTIVES, WHAT ARE CORE REQUIREMENTS YOU HAVE TO TAKE? BECAUSE THERE ARE CORE CLASSES SUCH AS ENGLISH, SOCIAL STUDIES AND SCIENCE AND MATH THAT STUDENTS DO HAVE TO TAKE AS A PART OF THEIR GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ELECTIVES WE'RE OFFERING.

SO AND THEN EVENTUALLY OUR COUNSELORS ARE STARTING TO VISIT THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

THEY THEY START VISITING VISTA AND HORIZON IN MARCH AND THEN WE ALSO GIVE ALL OUR CLUBS AND SPORTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SET UP A TABLE FOR OUR FRESHMEN INCOMING FRESHMAN ORIENTATION IN MID-MARCH SO THAT CLUBS, SPORTS AND PROGRAMS CAN SHOWCASE THEIR PROGRAMS AND THEIR OFFERINGS TO ENCOURAGE OUR INCOMING NINTH GRADE STUDENTS TO DECIDE WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO TAKE AND RIGHT NOW, WE BEFORE SPRING BREAK, WE GOT OUR INITIAL NUMBERS FROM THE COUNSELORS.

SO THE STUDENTS WENT INTO SKYWARD. THEY PICKED THEIR CLASSES AND WE ALSO TELL COUNSELORS, TELL THE STUDENTS, MAKE SURE YOU PICK A SECOND AND THIRD OPTION, BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO LEARN HERE VERY QUICKLY, VERY SOON THAT A LOT OF KIDS HAVE A LOT OF INTEREST IN CERTAIN CLASSES AND BASED ON THE TEACHERS WE HAVE IN THE BUILDING AND THEIR ENDORSEMENT, WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO OFFER ALL THE SECTIONS.

AND SO WE ALSO ASK OUR STUDENTS TO PICK SECOND AND THIRD ALTERNATES AS WELL.

SO ONCE WE GET OUR PRELIMINARY NUMBERS BEN AND I START TO WORK WITH OUR COUNSELORS TO CREATE SECTIONS FOR EACH OF THE DEPARTMENTS AND WE BUILD THE MASTER SCHEDULE AND NORMALLY THE COUNSELORS COME BACK IN AUGUST AND THEY START SCHEDULING THE STUDENTS INTO THEIR CLASSES. AS MARK MENTIONED, BECAUSE WE ARE TRANSITIONING FROM SKYWARD INTO CUMULATIVE.

WE'RE ON A BIT OF A SHORT DEADLINE, AND SO WE HAVE TOLD OUR COUNSELORS THAT YOU NEED TO START SCHEDULING KIDS IN JUNE.

SO THAT PROCESS IS ACTUALLY GOING TO HAPPEN IN JUNE AND NOT HAPPEN IN AUGUST.

SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING THE MASTER SCHEDULE, AND LET US SHOW YOU WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AS AN EXAMPLE.

SO ON THE LAST SLIDE YOU SAW APRIL 4TH WAS WHEN WE FIRST GET THE DATES.

THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT DATES IN THE SCHOOL YEAR. GRADUATION. AWESOME FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. AWESOME FOR ME.

I LOVE PUZZLES. APRIL 4TH IS AWESOME. SO THAT'S THE DATE WHERE WE SIT DOWN WITH THE COUNSELORS AND WE START THINKING ABOUT, OKAY, HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAKE THIS GIANT PUZZLE WORK? THAT IS THE MASTER SCHEDULE. SO THIS IS JUST A SNAPSHOT OF SOME OF OUR CLASSES FROM CTE THAT WE LOOK AT.

WE DO THIS FOR MATH. WE DO THIS FOR SCIENCE. WE DO THIS FOR THIS IS JUST MAYBE A SIXTH OF WHAT IT IS FOR CTE.

SO THIS IS A LONG DISCUSSION WITH A LOT OF DETAILS.

SO BUT BASICALLY WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS YOU'RE LOOKING AT A LIST OF SEVERAL CLASSES. HOW MANY STUDENTS REQUESTED TO TAKE THAT CLASS.

THAT'S WHAT THE SECOND COLUMN IS. THE THIRD COLUMN IS OKAY IF WE'RE GOING TO PUT 30 STUDENTS IN EVERY CLASS, WHICH IS WHAT THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL WAS BUILT FOR, WAS BUILT TO HAVE 30 STUDENTS IN EVERY CLASSROOM.

IF WE WERE TO HAVE 30 STUDENTS IN EVERY CLASS, HOW MANY SECTIONS SHOULD WE GET AND YOU GET SOME WEIRD DECIMALS AND WHATNOT. SO THEN COMES THE GUESSWORK OF, WELL, A COUPLE MORE KIDS TRANSFER INTO THAT CLASS.

WILL A COUPLE OF KIDS BAIL OUT OF THAT CLASS? SO THEN WE KIND OF ESTIMATE THE SECTIONS, AND THEN JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT CRAZY, WE THEN SAY, OKAY, WHAT WOULD THE AVERAGE CLASS SIZE BE. SO YOU CAN SEE IN SOME OF THESE ART ONE, ART TWO, THOSE NUMBERS KIND OF MAKE SENSE. ART THREE YOU HAVE 53 KIDS WHO SIGNED UP TO TAKE ART THREE.

ALL RIGHT. POPULAR CLASS, GREAT CLASS. IT MEANS THAT A STUDENT'S BEEN WORKING FOR TWO SEMESTERS TO BECOME COMPETENT IN ART.

THEY'VE GOT A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH AN AWESOME TEACHER, MR. MARTIN.

AND THEY WANT TO TAKE ART THREE. SO THEN WE POLL, WHO ARE THESE STUDENTS? WHO ARE THESE 53 STUDENTS? AND WE SAY, HAVE ANY OF THEM TAKEN ART THREE BEFORE?

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HE CAN'T TEACH MORE THAN 12 CLASSES. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT, OKAY, SEVEN ART ONES, FOUR ART TWOS, ARE WE GOING TO GO 1 OR 2 ART THREES? WELL, THIS YEAR WE WENT TWO ART THREES.

SO THIS COMING YEAR WE'VE DECIDED TO GO ONE ART THREE.

AND WE'RE ASKING THE STUDENTS WHO HAVE ALREADY TAKEN IT WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR.

OR IF YOU'RE A JUNIOR, MAYBE WAIT TILL YOUR SENIOR YEAR TO TAKE ART THREE.

SO THAT'S ALL PART OF THAT PROBLEM SOLVING QUESTION. JESSE A QUESTION. THANK YOU.

ON THE REQUEST, IS THAT JUST FIRST CHOICE OR FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD CHOICE? RIGHT NOW THIS IS ALL JUST FIRST CHOICE. SO FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT HAPPENS WITH THOSE 53 STUDENTS, RIGHT. THE ONES WHO AREN'T GOING TO BE TAKING ART THREE.

RIGHT. 31 ARE CURRENTLY SIGNED UP. SO WHAT THE COUNSELORS DID WITH THE OTHER 22 IS THEY FOUND THEM THEIR SECOND CHOICE OR THEIR THIRD CHOICE TO TAKE INSTEAD.

SO THEY'RE STILL TAKING A CLASS THAT THEY SELECTED.

PEGGY, DID I SEE A HAND AS WELL? MICROPHONE. I SEE, IS THERE SUCH A THING AS A WAIT LIST IN HIGH SCHOOL? LIKE IF SOMEBODY CHANGES THEIR MIND LAST MINUTE, THEY CAN THEY CAN MOVE SOMEBODY AROUND.

CORRECT. ANY TIME THAT A ROSTER IS DRAWN. SO WE DREW THE ROSTER OF THOSE 53 STUDENTS.

WE LOOKED THEM UP IN SKYWARD TO SEE WHAT THEY'VE PREVIOUSLY TAKEN.

THE COUNSELORS KEEP THAT ROSTER OF 53. SO IF ANY TIME THAT 31 DROPS TO SAY A 27, IT'S LIKE, OH, LET'S TRY TO FIND THREE MORE KIDS TO GET BACK INTO ART 3 SO THERE IS A A PAPER TRAIL FOR THAT.

YOU COULD SAY. SO MOVING ON. CERAMICS. ONE SIMILAR SITUATION WITH ART THREE BUT OBVIOUSLY ON THE OPPOSITE END.

IT'S A FIRST FIRST LEVEL CLASS, SO 252 STUDENTS SIGNED UP FOR IT.

RIGEL WEISS, GREAT CERAMICS TEACHER, ALSO CAN ONLY TEACH 12 SECTIONS.

ONLY CERAMICS TEACHER IN THE BUILDING. SO HE'S GOT ONE CERAMICS, 03, 4 CERAMICS TWOS.

SO HOW MANY CERAMICS ONE CAN YOU HAVE? WELL, HE'S GOING TO TEACH SEVEN, WHICH MEANS THE COUNSELORS TOOK 40 STUDENTS AND GOT THEM THEIR SECOND OR THIRD OPTION. SO THIS IS JUST PART OF THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH.

VIDEO GAME DESIGN. 165 KIDS SIGNED UP. WE SAID THAT CAN BE ABOUT TWO SECTIONS.

THAT PUTS THE CLASSES PRETTY LARGE. WE ONLY HAVE 32 COMPUTERS IN THAT LAB.

BUT WHEN YOU SAY, HEY, VIDEO GAME DESIGN ONE IS GOING TO BE FIFTH PERIOD.

NOT EVERY STUDENT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET INTO FIFTH PERIOD VIDEO GAME DESIGN ONE. SO IT'LL WORK ITSELF OUT AND THEN THAT STUDENT WILL GET AUTO ENROLLED INTO THEIR SECOND OPTION OR WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE. VIDEO GAME DESIGN 2 SIMILAR DEAL 39 TOO MANY, RIGHT? BUT THE AUTO SCHEDULE WILL HELP THAT STUDENT GET THEIR SECOND OPTION.

VIDEO GAME DESIGN. THREE WE'RE RUNNING THAT CLASS THIS YEAR.

UNFORTUNATELY, ONLY 11 KIDS SIGNED UP FOR IT NEXT YEAR, SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO OFFER IT NEXT YEAR.

BUT WE'LL KEEP IT IN THE COURSE CATALOG FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR AND ANY STUDENTS WHO ARE JUNIORS OR SOPHOMORES WHO WANTED TO GET IN THERE COULD TAKE IT AGAIN. BUT IN THE SITUATION THAT WE ARE IN, WE CAN'T RUN A CLASS OF 11 STUDENTS, RIGHT? AND THOSE TWO STUDENTS HAVE ALREADY HAD TWO SEMESTERS OF GREAT VIDEO GAME DESIGN INSTRUCTION FROM ILYA SPALKO.

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN IS AN INTERESTING ONE. MARK SCHNEIDER TEACHES THAT HE DOES A GREAT JOB WITH THAT.

AND HE SAID MULTIPLE TIMES, I DON'T CARE IF THEY'RE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN BEGINNERS OR ADVANCED.

WE CAN PUT THEM ALL IN THE SAME CLASS, AND I CAN CATER MY TEACHING TO TEN KIDS OVER HERE AND 20 KIDS OVER HERE, AND PROVIDE THAT INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTION TO ALL 30 OF THE KIDS WHO WOULD THEN TAKE THAT CLASS.

SO THAT WILL BE COMBINED INTO ONE PERIOD. CARPENTRY AND CONSTRUCTION, A CLASS THAT HASN'T RUN IN FIVE YEARS.

WE HAVEN'T RUN THAT SINCE COVID STARTED. SUPER EXCITED THAT 30 STUDENTS SAID, I WANT TO TAKE THIS CLASS.

I WANT TO LEARN WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A CARPENTER. I WANT TO GO INTO THE CONSTRUCTION FIELD. IT FITS MY HIGH SCHOOL AND BEYOND PLAN. AWESOME. SO THAT'S PART OF THE PICTURE.

THOSE ARE ALL ELECTIVES. SIMILARLY, WE HAVE CLASSES THAT STUDENTS HAVE TO TAKE.

SO IN THIS SITUATION WE'RE LOOKING AT ARE ENGLISH CLASSES FOR A EXAMPLE.

YOU CAN SEE GRADE 9,10,11, 12 THE GRADES THAT THEY CAN TAKE IT ALL THE REQUESTS FROM STUDENTS TO TAKE THOSE CLASSES ONCE AGAIN DIVIDE BY 30.

THAT'S HOW MANY ARE IN THE ROOM. ESTIMATE THE AMOUNT OF SECTIONS OUR ENGLISH CLASSES ARE GOING TO HAVE TO RUN PRETTY HIGH, RIGHT? AND THAT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHERE WE'RE AT.

RIGHT. THOSE CLASSROOMS WILL BE PRETTY LARGE, THE ADVANCED ONES A LITTLE LARGER THAN THE SMALLER ONES BUT THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT.

AND THAT'S WHERE THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FEELS THAT WE CAN BE. YOU CAN SEE AT THE BOTTOM WE HAVE TWO RED CLASSES.

BRITISH LITERATURE IS A CLASS THAT WE ALWAYS OFFER ON THE COURSE CATALOG. WE HAVEN'T RUN IT FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS SINGLE DIGITS. WE GO TO THOSE SIX STUDENTS AND WE SAY, HEY, WHAT'S A ENGLISH CLASS? A SENIOR ENGLISH CLASS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO TAKE INSTEAD, AND WE GET THEM IN THAT ONE.

WE'RE IN THEATER ARTS THIS YEAR. YOU KNOW, IT HAD LOW NUMBERS THIS YEAR AND IT STARTED TO HAVE LOW NUMBERS THIS YEAR.

SO WE MADE THE DECISION THAT WILL HAVE TO BE IN NEXT YEAR CLASS AS WELL. IN TERMS OF NOT A LOT OF STUDENTS SIGNING UP FOR IT.

SO THAT'S AN ENGLISH EXAMPLE WHERE OBVIOUSLY WE'VE GOT REQUIRED CLASSES.

SO YOU'VE GOT BIG NUMBERS, RIGHT? 318 FRESHMEN YOU KNOW, OVER 300 SOPHOMORES WHEN YOU COMBINE THOSE TWO TOGETHER.

SO LOTS OF PEOPLE TAKING ENGLISH CLASSES. YEAH.

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THAT'S A LOT OF STUDENTS. THAT'S THE STUDENT THAT, THAT'S THE CLASS THAT RUNNING START HITS THE HARDEST. RIGHT. IF A STUDENT'S GOING TO RUNNING START USUALLY THEY'RE NOT TAKING THEIR ENGLISH CLASS. SO THOSE NUMBERS IN MY FOUR YEARS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL HAVE ALWAYS GONE DOWN AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE SCHOOL YEAR. SO I DON'T THINK WE'LL BE RUNNING A JUNIOR ENGLISH CLASS AT 33.

I THINK THOSE NUMBERS WILL CONFIDENTLY GO DOWN AND WANTED TO BRING THE MUSIC EXAMPLE UP AS WELL.

OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE TALKED A LOT ABOUT MUSIC TONIGHT IN OUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

BUT WHAT THIS IS SHOWING IS THESE ARE ALL OF THE MUSIC CLASSES.

BAND, ORCHESTRA, CHOIR, MUSIC ELECTIVES THAT STUDENTS HAVE SIGNED UP FOR.

JASMINE HAS NOT RUN SINCE BEFORE COVID, RIGHT? SIX STUDENTS SIGNED UP FOR THAT MR. MENIFEE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HAVE A JAZZ BAND, BUT WE JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH STUDENTS TO GET IT GOING RIGHT NOW. BUT WE HAVEN'T RUN IT SINCE I'VE BEEN AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, SO IT'S NOT A LOSS.

THE OTHER ONE ON HERE THAT WON'T RUN IS TALONS.

BUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO AND WHAT WE TALKED TO MRS. SCHLICHTING ABOUT IS AND SHE'S DONE THIS IN THE PAST SEVERAL TIMES IS, HEY, CAN WE COMBINE TALONS AND TREBLE CHOIR TO MAKE A CHOIR OF 25, WHICH HAS MALE AND FEMALE VOICES, NOT JUST FEMALE, WHICH IS WHAT TYPICALLY THE TREBLE CHOIR IS? SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS AND YOU LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP FOR MUSIC CLASSES WE HAVEN'T CUT ANY MUSIC CLASSES AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.

WE'LL RUN THE EXACT SAME MUSIC CLASSES THAT WE'RE RUNNING THIS YEAR IN FACT, WITH LIKE, MUSIC CREATION LAB, WE'RE ACTUALLY RUNNING TWO SECTIONS AS OPPOSED TO THIS YEAR WE'RE ONLY RUNNING ONE. SO ARE THERE SOME THAT JUST BASED ON STUDENT INTEREST? THEY'VE GROWN AND AND SO WE CONTINUE TO LOOK TO PROVIDE ROBUST MUSIC OFFERING AT THE HIGH SCHOOL BASED ON STUDENT INTEREST.

RIGHT. WHICH WHEN WE GO BACK TO THAT STUDENT EXPERIENCE OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

RIGHT. WE WANT TO PROVIDE STUDENT CHOICE AND THIS IS WHAT STUDENT CHOICE IS DRIVING US TO RUN THIS NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

OKAY. SO JUST TO COVER OUR BASES IN TERMS OF THE MUSIC CONVERSATION RIGHT.

SOME OF THE CONVERSATION HAS FELT LIKE TONIGHT THAT THAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING, OH, YOU'RE CUTTING THE MUSIC PROGRAM AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE SUPPLEMENTED THE MUSIC PROGRAM WITH ACADEMIC WORKSHOP.

SO THAT'S A CLASS THAT'S 30 STUDENTS CAN GO TO, AND THEY JUST WORK ON CLASSES, OR THEY WORK ON WORK FROM OTHER CLASSES.

RIGHT. YOU PROBABLY WOULD HAVE CALLED IT A STUDY HALL 20 YEARS AGO. RIGHT? AND SO WHAT WE'VE DONE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL IS WE'VE GIVEN THOSE TO OUR MUSIC CLASSES WHO WEREN'T FULL TIME.

SO WORKING WITH SOME OF OUR CTE TEACHERS OVER THE PAST YEAR, WE'VE SAID, WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE TO MAKE ACADEMIC WORKSHOP A CTE CLASS? RIGHT. WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE TO WRITE A FRAMEWORK FOR THAT TO BUILD IN CAREER EXPERIENCES, TO BUILD IN CAREER INTERESTS, TO TRY TO MAKE IT, MEANINGFUL FOR STUDENTS TO NOT ONLY GET SOME WORK DONE, BUT ALSO GATHER SOME CAREER EXPERTISE OR SOME FIND OUT WHAT THEY WANT TO DO AFTER HIGH SCHOOL.

SO STARTING NEXT YEAR, OUR ACADEMIC WORKSHOPS WILL BE CTE CLASSES.

SO AS WE BUILT THE MASTER SCHEDULE, WE GAVE ALL OF THE ACADEMIC WORKSHOPS TO CTE TEACHERS WHO WHO DIDN'T HAVE THEIR SCHEDULE FILLED OUT OPPOSED TO WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING PREVIOUSLY, WHEN IT WAS JUST A BLANK STUDY HALL AND IT WAS BEING GIVEN TO ANYBODY IN THE BUILDING.

SO WHEN PEOPLE WERE UP HERE TALKING ABOUT STUFF, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT MIDDLE SCHOOL, NOT HIGH SCHOOL.

SO WE WERE TALKING ABOUT MIDDLE SCHOOL MUSIC CLASSES AND UNDERSTANDABLE AND AGAIN, THE CONVERSATION IS FOR THE BOARD AND WE APPRECIATE THE COMMENT AND UNDERSTANDING.

BUT AS JUST FOR THE AUDIENCE, THIS IS NOT AN INTERACTIVE THING.

BUT I DO APPRECIATE THE COMMENT. SO IN SUMMARY BUILDING THE SCHEDULE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, IT'S A FIVE MONTH PROCESS, RIGHT? IT STARTED IN FEBRUARY WITH STUDENTS. REALLY.

IT STARTED IN STAFF MEMBERS IN NOVEMBER. SO IT'S MORE OF A SEVEN MONTH PROCESS.

SO IT'S A LONG PROCESS. LIKE I SAID WHEN I STARTED TALKING, I LOVE THE PUZZLE THAT IT IS TO MAKE THE MASTER SCHEDULE, BUT IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME TO DIVE IN AND REALLY GET INTO ALL THE DETAILS OF ALL THE AREAS, RIGHT? WE LOOKED AT A HANDFUL OF CTE, WE LOOKED AT ENGLISH, WE LOOKED AT MUSIC.

THERE'S SO MANY MORE DEPARTMENTS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, AND IT'S VERY COMPLICATED FUN FOR ME, BUT A LOT OF WORK, RIGHT? LIKE WE SAID IN THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN, WE HAVE LOTS OF CLASS OPTIONS, WHICH ALLOW FOR STUDENTS TO HAVE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF CHOICE OF WHAT THEY WANT TO TAKE.

ULTIMATELY, THAT MEANS THAT SOME STUDENTS SIGN UP FOR SOMETHING AND THEN ULTIMATELY WE CAN'T RUN IT, BUT WE WANT TO GIVE THEM THOSE OPTIONS. WE WANT TO GIVE STUDENTS A VOICE TO SAY, THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO LEARN ABOUT IN HIGH SCHOOL. I ALSO THINK IT'S SUPER VALUABLE THAT OUR COUNSELORS GO INTO EVERY CLASS OF STUDENTS, RIGHT? THEY DO ALL THE SOPHOMORES, ALL THE JUNIORS, SOMETIMES IN ENGLISH CLASSES, SOMETIMES IN HISTORY CLASSES AND THEY DO THAT EARLY IN THE WEEK DURING REGISTRATION. AND THEN THEY MEET ONE ON ONE WITH EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR STUDENTS TO SAY, IS THIS REALLY WHAT YOU WANT TO TAKE NEXT YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT STUDENT VOICE IS BEING HEARD? AND I DON'T THINK THAT HAPPENS AT EVERY HIGH SCHOOL.

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AND THE LAST BULLET POINTS, OBVIOUSLY, IT'S VERY STUDENT DRIVEN BASED ON DATA.

AND I WAS JUST ABLE TO GIVE YOU A SNAPSHOT OF THAT TONIGHT. BUT I THINK THAT KIND OF SUMMARIZES WHAT WE GO THROUGH AS WE TRY TO BUILD THAT OUT.

THANK YOU, BEN AND RALPH. BOARD. ANY QUESTION FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL TEAM? I KNOW SOME OF YOU HAVE HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY DO YOU RUN CERTAIN THINGS, WHY DO YOU NOT RUN CERTAIN THINGS? PEGGY, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE MATH EXAMPLE UP THERE, BUT WE COULD GET THAT FOR YOU AND THOSE NUMBERS OF WHAT PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED UP FOR.

SO IF A STUDENT GETS INTO A CLASS AND THEY FIND THAT THEY REALLY IT'S NOT A GOOD FIT, WHAT HAPPENS THEN? THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS. THAT CONVERSATION IS COUNCIL DRIVEN.

SO THEY MEET WITH THEIR COUNSELOR FIRST AND THEY TALK ABOUT WHY IS IT NOT A GOOD FIT BECAUSE ANOTHER STUDENT IN THE CLASS, IS IT NOT A FIT BECAUSE IT DOESN'T WORK WITH WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE? SO THEN THERE'S THERE'S A PROCESS FOR THAT. THOSE ACADEMIC WORKSHOPS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, THOSE ARE GREAT ADD ONS FOR, OH, THIS STUDENT'S SECOND PERIOD, YOU KNOW, IS NOT GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN CLASS A AND SO WE CAN, EARLY IN THE SEMESTER, PUT THEM INTO SOMETHING LIKE AN ACADEMIC WORKSHOP OR FIND A PE CLASS THAT MAYBE THEY HAVEN'T TAKEN.

SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS WHERE WE CAN TRY TO SHUFFLE STUDENTS AROUND.

BUT ULTIMATELY THAT WINDOW IS SHORT, RIGHT? RIGHT. NOW, WHEN A STUDENT COMES TO YOU WITH 33 DAYS LEFT OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF BAILOUT OPTIONS THIS LATE IN THE SEMESTER AND I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY TO THE ACADEMIC WORKSHOP HAS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE FOR A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT ARE STRUGGLING WITH EIGHT PERIODS BECAUSE HAVING EIGHT CLASSES CAN BE A LOT OF A BIT OF A WORKLOAD FOR SOME OF OUR STUDENTS AND SO THEY PREFER, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE PLAYING SPORTS OR THEY HAVE EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES IN THE EVENING. THEY LIKE TO HAVE ACADEMIC WORKSHOP TO GET CAUGHT UP ON HOMEWORK AND GET THE SUPPORT THEY NEED. BUT AS BEN MENTIONED AS WELL, DEPENDING ON NORMALLY IN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS THE STUDENTS FIGURE OUT WHAT THE CLASS IS LIKE, HOW RIGOROUS IS IT. AND USUALLY THAT IS WHEN STUDENTS GO AND VISIT THEIR COUNSELORS AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? THIS CLASS IS NOT WHAT I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE LIKE I'M FINDING IT VERY CHALLENGING AND THAT IS WHERE WE WILL MAKE THE CHANGE, AND THAT'S WHERE SOME OF THE SHIFTS WILL HAPPEN.

BUT IF WE GET FURTHER INTO THE SCHOOL YEAR, THEN IT JUST BECOMES MORE DIFFICULT AND THEN WE DON'T WANT TO SEE THE WITHDRAWAL ON THE KIDS.

TRANSCRIPT TOO. AFTER YOU PASS A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME.

SO I HAD ANOTHER QUESTION. OKAY. SO ON SOME OF THESE CLASSES LIKE SOME OF THE ELECTIVES ENGLISH CLASSES, ARE THERE PREREQUISITES, I MEAN, OR YOU KNOW, ARE STUDENTS NOT ALLOWED INTO CERTAIN CLASSES BASED ON, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY'VE TESTED ON THINGS? I MEAN, ARE THERE BARRIERS TO SOME OF THESE COURSES? SO DEPENDING ON THE COURSE AND WHEN STUDENTS SIGN UP AND THEY LOOK THROUGH THE COURSE CATALOG, IT WILL TELL THEM EXACTLY IF THERE ARE PREREQUISITES.

RIGHT. AND ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE GOING INTO R2 OR R3 AS AN EXAMPLE OF COURSE, THEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE R1 AS A PREREQUISITE AND THE SAME GOES FOR ENGLISH.

YOU CAN'T TAKE JUNIOR ENGLISH IF YOU HAVEN'T TAKEN SOPHOMORE ENGLISH AND FRESHMAN ENGLISH.

SO WITHIN THE COURSE CATALOG, IT WILL TELL YOU IF THERE IS A PREREQUISITE AND THEN THE STUDENTS MAKE THE DECISION FROM THERE.

THAT BEING SAID, YOU KNOW, THERE'S EXCEPTIONS TO EVERY RULE.

OUR MATH DEPARTMENT HAS UTILIZED AN OPTION LATELY WHERE A STUDENT, IF A STUDENT'S IN ALGEBRA ONE AS A FRESHMAN AND THEY SHOW SOME MATHEMATIC PROMISE, THEY ENCOURAGE THOSE STUDENTS WHY NOT TAKE GEOMETRY AND ALGEBRA TWO THE SAME YEAR SO THAT YOU CAN TAKE AP CALCULUS WHILE YOU'RE IN HIGH SCHOOL? AND WE HAVE MORE STUDENTS THIS YEAR ACCESSING THAT OPTION THAN EVER BEFORE AND SO IT USUALLY COMES DOWN TO AN INDIVIDUAL SKILL OR CONVERSATION WITH A COUNSELOR.

CONVERSATION WITH THE TEACHER. IF A STUDENT IS LOOKING TO TAKE MORE RIGOROUS COURSES.

RIGHT. WE LIKE THAT, RIGHT. THAT SHOWS PROMISE.

THAT'S AWESOME. AND SO WE ENCOURAGE THAT WHEN IT MAKES SENSE.

SO I GUESS MY CONCERN IS MORE LIKE THINGS LIKE WHERE THERE ARE PREREQUISITES IF YOU'VE BECAUSE IF THERE'S A LOT OF DEMAND FOR IT AND SOMEBODY DOESN'T GET INTO A LOWER CLASS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO NEED TO GET INTO A HIGHER CLASS, DOES THAT END UP SHUTTING SOME STUDENTS OUT OF, YOU KNOW, FOLLOWING, YOU KNOW, A PATH ENTIRELY BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO TO GET INTO THE PREREQUISITE COURSES? YEAH, I THINK THAT WOULD MOSTLY DEPEND ON HOW MANY OF THOSE PREREQUISITE COURSES WE OFFER.

RIGHT. FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE LET'S I'M TRYING TO THINK OF AN ELECTIVE ONE.

WELL, WE LOOKED AT VIDEO GAME DESIGN, RIGHT? SO THIS YEAR WE HAVE THREE OPPORTUNITIES TO TAKE VIDEO GAME DESIGN THREE DIFFERENT PERIODS.

NEXT YEAR WE'LL HAVE TWO OPPORTUNITIES. THAT'S THE INTRO LEVEL CLASS RIGHT.

WE CAN ALMOST AND WE LOOK FOR THOSE INTEREST LEVEL INTRO LEVEL CLASSES TO TRY TO BE ABLE TO PUT STUDENTS IN.

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IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME AGO, BUT I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT'S DONE AND APPRECIATE THE EXPLANATION AND THE DEMONSTRATION OF IT. IS IT POSSIBLE? KRISTI TO COMMENT ON. YOU KNOW, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF COMMENTS IN REGARDS TO THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL.

CAN YOU COMMENT ON HOW THIS IS SCALED AND HOW THAT RELATES THAT WAY? I LIKE YOUR COMMENT ABOUT IT'S A PUZZLE. I HAVE FELT MORE LIKE A TETRIS GAME RECENTLY.

SO THERE'S THE HORIZONTAL PUZZLE THAT EACH LEVEL IS WORKING THROUGH.

AND I APPRECIATED ALL OF THE COMMENTS TONIGHT BECAUSE THERE'S ALSO THE VERTICAL PUZZLE THAT WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT.

SO THE HIGH SCHOOL HAS SHIFTED THEIR CTE PROGRAMING TO OR THEIR ACADEMIC WORKSHOP TO CTE, WHICH REQUIRES A CERTAIN TYPE OF ENDORSEMENT.

IT'S NOT JUST OPEN NOW. SO THEN THAT LEAVES US EXTRA FTE THAT IS UNFILLED.

SO WE HAVE A 1.0, LET'S SAY AN EXAMPLE OF A 1.0 MUSIC TEACHER, BUT THERE'S NO LONGER ENOUGH SECTIONS TO TEACH AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. SO THEN THAT MOVES THE PUZZLE FROM HORIZONTAL TO VERTICAL.

SO NOW THAT FTE GOES DOWN TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE HIGH SCHOOL AND SO YOU HAVE CERTAIN DISCIPLINES THAT MIGHT TEACH ACROSS TWO SCHOOLS THIS YEAR.

JESSICA SCHLICHTING WENT SHE TAUGHT CHOIR AND OTHER THINGS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND MUSIC CLASSES AND THEN SHE WENT DOWN AND SHE PICKED UP SOME FT AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. SO THAT'S THE PUZZLE WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON.

AND SO THERE'S MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND TRINA MIGHT BE ABLE TO ATTEST TO THIS.

MIDDLE SCHOOL IS A LOT LIKE, NOT AS COMPLICATED BECAUSE IT'S NOT AN EIGHT PERIOD DAY.

SO THERE'S NOT AS MANY CHOICES FOR STUDENTS. BUT STILL STUDENTS GET TO SIGN UP, THEY SAY WHAT THEY WANT TO TAKE, AND THEN THEY WORK ON THAT PUZZLE AT THE MIDDLE LEVEL HORIZONTALLY.

ELEMENTARY ALSO HAS MUSIC. IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN THE FACT THAT IT'S CONTRACTUAL FOR PLANNING, EVEN THOUGH IT'S SUPER VALUABLE, WHICH WE ALL WE HOLD TIGHT TO MUSIC MATTERING, SO WE MAKE SURE THAT IT FILLS IN AS ONE OF THE PLANNING OPTIONS.

AS A FORMER ELEMENTARY STUDENT, SOMEBODY SAID SOMETHING TONIGHT.

CULTURE. ALL CULTURES HAVE MUSIC. I WOULD SAY THAT EVERY MUSIC TEACHER.

I THINK THE PIED PIPER WAS PROBABLY A MUSIC TEACHER.

BECAUSE IF YOU SING IT, YOUNG CHILDREN WILL FOLLOW AND SO IT'S HIGHLY VALUED.

BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE TRYING TO WORK ON AS EACH LEVEL WORKS ON THE PUZZLE, WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO WORK ON THE STAFFING PUZZLE HORIZONTALLY.

SO THAT'S WHAT OUR TEAM, TRINA, KELLY AND KARA ARE BUSY FIGURING OUT.

AND THEN ALSO, YOU HEARD ABOUT THE DIFFERENT ENDORSEMENTS, WHAT'S LEGALLY ALLOWED, AND THEN WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO? SO ANYWAY? KARA, TRINA, KELLY, ANYTHING YOU WOULD ADD THERE? OKAY. DOES THAT HELP? SO MORE TO COME, BUT WE'RE JUST AT THE BEGINNING OF THAT PHASE AND FOR THOSE OF YOU. THANK YOU RAV. THANK YOU BEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I'LL JUST ADD YOU MAY AFTER WATCHING THAT TONIGHT, HAVE MORE QUESTIONS AS YOU SEE WHAT ENDS UP BEING OFFERED AND HOW IT LOOKS.

I KNOW THESE TWO WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO COME BACK AND ANSWER ANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS AS WE CONTINUE TO FINALIZE AND I THINK THE OTHER PIECE THAT I WILL ADD IS I'M FOND OF DOING HAVING BEEN THROUGH PARTICULARLY THE RIFFING, WHICH OFTEN BRINGS A LOT OF PUBLIC COMMENT, AND UNDERSTANDABLY SO, BECAUSE IT INVOLVES PEOPLE THERE'S A LOT OF PIECES THAT PLAY INTO IT.

SCHEDULE STUDENT DEMAND, ENDORSEMENTS, CONTRACTS, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S NOT A OH, THIS MAKES THE MOST SENSE.

THERE'S A LOT OF PLACE RULES THAT FALL INTO IT.

SO APPRECIATE THAT KRISTI HAS BEEN TALKING WITH PEOPLE IN THEIR CONCERNS AND CERTAINLY BOARD MEMBERS.

HAVE YOU GUYS HAVE ANY CONCERNS? YOU KNOW I CAN GIVE YOU A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE.

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OKAY, SO MOVING ON THEN UNLESS ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM CHRISTIE'S UPDATE? OKAY. THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS OUR UPDATES, AND WE WILL START WITH OUR EVER FAVORITE

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OKAY. SO TONIGHT WE'LL GO THROUGH THE TIMELINE AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BUDGET PROCESS AND KIND OF WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW.

I'LL DO A FUND BALANCE UPDATE, I'LL DO AN AUDIT UPDATE AND THEN QUESTIONS.

THIS IS OUR TIMELINE AND THE GRAY IS THINGS WE'VE ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED.

AND APRIL'S BEEN VERY PACKED WITH LOTS AND LOTS OF MEETINGS.

SO A LOT OF THINGS THAT MAYBE WE WOULD HAVE DONE IN APRIL HAVE BEEN DEFERRED DOWN INTO MAY.

SO MAY KEEPS GETTING BUSIER AND BUSIER AS WE MOVE ON.

KIND OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE TIMELINE BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY HARD TO READ ON THE SCREEN. WE HAD THREE.

WE FINISHED OUR THIRD OF THREE AD TEAM BUDGET MEETINGS WHERE WE MET WITH PRINCIPALS AND DIRECTORS TO JUST BRAINSTORM AND GO THROUGH DIFFERENT STAFFING SCENARIOS. THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION ENDED TWO NIGHTS AGO ON SUNDAY.

THE CERTIFICATED STAFFING REDUCTIONS DECISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE AND MEMBERS HAVE BEEN STAFF MEMBERS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED.

DISCUSSIONS REGARDING ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF AND CLASSIFIED STAFF ARE STILL ONGOING, AND NOTIFICATION WILL TAKE PLACE BY THE END OF THIS WEEK AND THE END OF NEXT WEEK, DEPENDING ON LABOR GROUP AND AS I SAID, MANY OF THE REGULAR APRIL TASKS WERE PUSHED INTO MAY.

FUND BALANCE. SO JUST A QUICK REVIEW. THE FSD BOARD POLICY IS TO HAVE A MINIMUM OF 4% OF BUDGETED EXPENDITURES ON HAND AS OUR UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE. THE DISTRICT HASN'T MET THAT REQUIREMENT VERY MANY TIMES, VERY MANY MONTHS THIS YEAR, INCLUDING JANUARY, FEBRUARY AND MARCH OF THIS YEAR.

A LOT OF UNPLANNED EXPENDITURES HAVE IMPACTED OUR CURRENT YEAR FUND BALANCE, INCLUDING A LOT OF LEAVES, A LOT OF PEOPLE ON LEAVES, WHICH WE HAVE TO PAY FOR, LEAVE REPLACEMENTS.

WE'VE PUT A LOT OF MEASURES INTO EFFECT IN THE CURRENT YEAR TO HELP KIND OF SLOW OUR EXPENDITURES, OUR SPENDING AND WE'RE SEEING THE POSITIVE EFFECT THIS MONTH, WHICH I'LL SHOW ON THE NEXT SLIDE AND WE'RE PROJECTED TO END THE YEAR UNDER NOT MEETING OUR PROJECTED FUND BALANCE AND THE BOARD SAID THAT FUND BALANCE RESTORATION IS A PRIORITY FOR OUR 25-26 BUDGET.

SO HERE'S OUR CURRENT FUND BALANCE AS OF MARCH.

SO AS YOU SEE IN THE BLUE, PURPLE AND YELLOW TRADITIONALLY WE GET OUR TAX COLLECTION IN OCTOBER AND THEN IT JUST DECLINES UNTIL APRIL WHEN IT GOES BACK UP AND AS YOU SEE THE BOTTOM, THE GREEN, WHICH IS OUR CURRENT YEAR, IT DECLINED UNTIL FEBRUARY AND THEN WE'VE STARTED TO CLIMB OUT OF IT.

SO THAT'S A REALLY POSITIVE SIGN TO SHOWS THAT KIND OF SOME OF THE MEASURES WE'VE PUT IN PLACE HAVE ARE WORKING.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS WHAT WE DID WAS WE JUST PROJECTED THE EXPENDITURES THAT WE HAD THIS YEAR ON WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE IF WE DID THE SAME THING NEXT YEAR AS WE DID THIS YEAR. THE TOP RED LINE IS OUR MINIMUM FUND BALANCE POLICY.

THE BOLD RED LINE IS ZERO AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IF WE JUST KEPT DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING THIS YEAR WITHOUT ANY CUTS, WE WOULD BE BELOW ZERO BANKRUPT.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT THE THE GREEN LINE IS AN ESTIMATE FOR NEXT YEAR, AND IT'S JUST SOLELY BASED ON WHAT WE THINK IS HAPPENING.

THE FIRST SEPTEMBER THROUGH MARCH OF THIS YEAR AND THEN I PROJECTED BASED ON LAST YEAR FOR THE REST OF THIS YEAR.

AND THEN ALL OF THE GREEN LINE IS A PROJECTION FOR NEXT YEAR AND THAT GREEN LINE, IF WE DID NOT MAKE ANY REDUCTIONS, THAT'S WHAT WE CAN ANTICIPATE. SO IT SHOWS WHY WE'RE HAVING TO MAKE THE REDUCTIONS WE'RE MAKING.

WE WOULD BE IN BINDING CONDITIONS IN THE FIRST MONTH OF SCHOOL.

THE OTHER THING I'D ADD ABOUT THIS IS WHERE WE WHERE THE PROJECTION OF THE GREEN, THE 25-26,

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SO THAT MEANS OUR HOPE IS TO END NEXT THE 25-26 SCHOOL YEAR WITH OUR MINIMUM FUND BALANCE IN PLACE.

HOLLY WHAT IS THE. WE'VE GOT ONE MONTH THERE WHERE WE HIT THAT ZERO MARK ON THE FORGIVE ME I'M COLORBLIND SO I'M ASSUMING ORANGE LINE. ARE WE STILL ABOVE OR ARE WE RIGHT AT ZERO OR ARE WE.

IT IS RIGHT AT ZERO. IT'S AN ESTIMATE JUST BASED ON LAST YEAR.

SO I, WE WON'T I DON'T THINK WE'LL GO BELOW ZERO.

I JUST WAS JUST RUNNING ESTIMATES JUST PURELY BASED ON LAST YEAR, SO, I DIDN'T PUT ANY, YOU KNOW, MAKE ANY ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. BUT I DON'T THINK WE'LL ACTUALLY BE AT ZERO.

OKAY PEGGY. OH I SAW YOU. NO. SO SO THAT ASSUMES THAT THE REVENUES THE SAME NEXT YEAR AND. RIGHT. YEAH. THE ASSUMPTION WITH THE GREEN LINE IS REVENUES ARE THE SAME, EXPENDITURES ARE THE SAME.

SO IT'S JUST A PROJECTION ESTIMATE. BUT HAS THE STATE LIKE APPROPRIATED MORE FOR THIS EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT RECEIVING THE, YOU KNOW EVEN THOUGH, YOU KNOW, IT WAS DISAPPOINTING WHAT THEY RESERVED, IS IT STILL GOING TO BE MORE THAN WHAT WE RECEIVED THIS YEAR? DO YOU KNOW, I MEAN, JUST AS FAR AS THE STATE APPROPRIATIONS, I MEAN, IT'S A SMALLER PIECE OF THE PIE, BUT IS IT STILL NONETHELESS, CAN WE EXPECT AN INCREASE NEXT YEAR? BASICALLY, WE CAN EXPECT AN INCREASE FROM THE STATE THIS YEAR, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT OUR EXPENDITURES WILL GO UP.

SO INSURANCE. YEAH, WE JUST LEARNED OUR INSURANCE IS GOING UP SIGNIFICANTLY AGAIN NEXT YEAR.

SO WE HAVE TO MONITOR THOSE PIECES AS WELL. YEAH AS WELL AS UTILITIES AND EVERYTHING HAS.

YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS.

OKAY. AUDIT UPDATE. SO THE WASHINGTON STATE AUDITOR'S OFFICE SAO THEY'VE BEEN WORKING AWAY SINCE FEBRUARY LOOKING THROUGH EVERYTHING AND THE WORK IS FINISHED AND WE HAD OUR EXIT CONFERENCE TODAY AND WE HAD A COMPLETELY CLEAN AUDIT.

SO THEY DID A FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDIT AND A SINGLE AUDIT, WHICH IS THE FEDERAL PORTION.

THEY AUDITED TITLE ONE AND IMPACT AID AND LIKE I SAID, TOTALLY CLEAN.

NO FINDINGS. THE SAO FIT TOOL. AND IT'S A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE INVOLVED BEHIND THE SCENES THAT MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING ALL THE THINGS WE HAVE TO DO TO COMPLY WITH THOSE AUDITS.

SO YEAH, IT'S GREAT NEWS. SAO HAS A TOOL ON THEIR WEBSITE THAT'S AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. IT'S CALLED THE FIT TOOL AND IT SHOWS FINANCIAL.

IT'S CALLED THE FINANCIAL IN. HELP ME OUT HERE IF FINANCIAL INDICATOR TOOL.

THANK YOU. SO THIS IS JUST A SNIPPET OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

THERE ARE CURRENTLY 295 DISTRICTS IN WASHINGTON, AND 65 OF THEM ARE IN GOOD FINANCIAL HEALTH.

45 HAVE AT LEAST ONE CAUTIONARY INDICATOR, AND 185 DISTRICTS HAVE ONE OR MORE FINANCIAL INDICATOR THAT'S. [INAUDIBLE] THAT'S CONCERNING? SORRY, MY THING WAS GETTING COVERED UP.

SO WE'RE NOT ALONE. THE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, BEING IN YOU KNOW, HAVING CONCERNS.

IT'S MORE THAN JUST US. ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD? EVERY DISTRICT IN WHATCOM COUNTY IS THE SAME BOAT.

ANY QUESTIONS? SO I WOULD JUST SAY KUDOS TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM. FOR THE CLEAN AUDIT. IT'S ALWAYS WE'VE COME TO EXPECT THAT JUST BECAUSE WE'VE HAD IT SO MANY YEARS.

BUT IT REALLY IS A LOT OF WORK AND A TESTIMONY TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM DOING THAT.

SO THANK YOU. I JUST WISH THEY WOULDN'T CHARGE US AS MUCH TO TELL US THAT.

THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR HOLLY?

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I DON'T HAVE MUCH IN THE WAY OF ANYTHING TO SAY FOR THAT.

I MEAN, TYPICALLY, I WAS THINKING WHAT THE AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT AMOUNTED TO WAS SAYING, YOU KNOW, NANCY AND I WENT IN AND WE LOOKED AT THE VOUCHERS, WE LOOKED AT THE CANCELED WARRANTS, AND, YOU KNOW, THE STUFF THAT HOLLY PRESENTED US, AND WE DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING THAT MADE US ASK QUESTIONS IF WE DID, IF SOMETHING RAISED QUESTIONS WE ASKED AND THEY WERE ANSWERED TO OUR SATISFACTION.

SO BASICALLY THE IDEA WAS JUST TO SAY, YEAH, IT'S ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, OKAY.

TO GO AHEAD AND SIGN OFF ON IT. SO THAT'S HOLLY MENTIONED THE FIT TOOL.

WHAT? IN ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT EARLIER TODAY THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE MENTIONED THEY GOT INFORMATION, DATA GOING BACK FOR 11 YEARS ON SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

THEY'VE ONLY IMPLEMENTED IT IN TERMS OF THEM STARTING TO USE IT ON SCHOOL DISTRICTS AS OPPOSED TO OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.

AND SO I THINK NOW, ISN'T IT ALSO REQUIRING THAT WE, WE INCLUDE THAT INFORMATION, LIKE WHEN YOU PUT OUT AN ANNUAL NEWSLETTER THAT'S THAT ALSO, THE FIT TOOL ALSO GOES IN THE REPORTING TO THE PUBLIC AT THE I BELIEVE IT'S ON OUR AUDIT REPORT.

THEY'LL HAVE A LINK TO IT ON THE AUDIT REPORT AND THE AUDIT REPORTS ARE AVAILABLE TO EVERYBODY ON THE WEBSITE.

THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR NANCY OR PEGGY? SEEING NONE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO THE LEGISLATIVE REPORT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. MY LEGISLATIVE REPORT IS IN THREE SECTIONS.

AND YOU CAN STOP ME IF IT GETS TOO LONG. FIRST WSSDA BECAUSE THAT IS CLOSEST TO US, THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE COMING UP.

AND THEN A REPORT FROM THE STATE AND THEN FROM THE FEDS.

SO IN WSSDA THAT POSITION, THAT PLATFORM REVISION WINDOW ENDS TOMORROW.

AND SO THAT'S WHY WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A COUPLE OF THINGS ON OUR AGENDA LATER TODAY.

TONIGHT. SOME POLICIES THAT 7.03 AND DEPENDING ON HOW WE MOVE ON THOSE I WOULD GET THEM IN BY TOMORROW. WSSDA IS ALSO CALLING FOR PRESENTERS FOR THE NEXT WSSDA MEETING, AND I KNOW THAT THIS LAST. NOT WSSDA I'M EATING, I MEAN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND I KNOW THAT LAST YEAR OUR DISTRICT SHARED A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE WHAT WAS IT CALLED, KEVIN? BOND OVERSIGHT. THANK YOU. BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.

SO I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO THINK ABOUT DOING A PRESENTATION ON ANYTHING THAT IS REMARKABLE THAT WE HAVE DONE PERHAPS SOMETHING LIKE THE CELL PHONE POLICY. SO PERHAPS WE COULD TALK ABOUT THAT AT SOME POINT IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED.

THE STUDENT REP NETWORK MEETS THE MAY 26TH. IF YOU GOT THAT ON YOUR SCHEDULE AND THEN THINKING AHEAD, THE AMENDMENT PROPOSAL WINDOW IS AUGUST 1ST THROUGH SEVEN.

SO THIS SUMMER WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT THINGS IN THE POLICIES AND DECIDING WHAT WE THINK EITHER NEEDS TO BE ELIMINATED, AMENDED, REPLACED OR ADDED. SO JUST A HEADS UP ON THOSE THINGS AND ALL OF THOSE ARE AVAILABLE ON THE WSSDA WEBSITE.

MOVING ON ANY QUESTIONS. YES. WELL I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THAT.

SO ONCE THESE PROPOSALS ARE SUBMITTED, IS THE AMENDMENT WINDOW FOR AMENDING SOME OF THE PROPOSALS OR IS IT FOR BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT WAS WHAT, THE PROPOSAL.

I'M JUST I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED. THEY'RE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.

SO WHAT WILL WE BE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT WILL BE POSITIONS, AND THE OTHER ONES ARE.

LET ME GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT. OKAY. I THINK PART OF IT IS, IS THERE'S THE INITIAL PART THAT THEY PUT OUT THAT'S DUE BY APRIL 30TH. BUT THEN AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THERE CAN STILL BE AMENDMENTS MADE AND ACTED ON AT THAT POINT.

I'LL LOOK INTO THAT. HOW ABOUT THAT? OKAY. CAN I ASK A QUESTION OF THE BOARD? OF COURSE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO, I'M WONDERING, WOULD THE BOARD LIKE ME TO FILL OUT A PROPOSAL FOR YOU TO PRESENT ON CELL PHONES AT THE.

JUST BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A TIMELINE. I'M NOT SURE THAT CLOSES PROBABLY BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING AND SO I WOULD NEED TO DO THAT SOON,

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I THINK WE'D WANT TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND I DON'T KNOW THE TIMELINE ON WHEN THAT IS.

IT CLOSES PRETTY QUICK. I MEAN, USUALLY IT DOES BECAUSE THEY START TO GET THEM IN.

SO DOES IT SAY 14TH TO MAY 31ST? SO RIGHT WHEN WE'RE FINISHING UP.

SO IF THE BOARD WOULD LIKE ME TO DO THAT I'M HAPPY TO DO IT AND I WOULD HAVE SELENA HELPING ME.

SO. BUT WE DO HAVE A LOT OF RESEARCH FROM YOUR WORK.

SO IT'S AN EASY APPLICATION. I'M HAPPY TO PUT THAT IN AND I WOULD CERTAINLY BE IN FAVOR OF IT.

OKAY. SHOULD I MAKE A MOTION. IS THAT POSSIBLE? MAKE A MOTION THAT WE SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO BE A PRESENTER ABOUT ON THE ISSUE OF CELL PHONES IN OUR SCHOOLS AND THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE ON THAT. I MAKE A MOTION FOR THAT.

OKAY. SO ANY DISCUSSION? SO ARE WE GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON THE PROCESS THAT WE DID TO GET THERE, OR WERE OR IS THERE A FOCUS THAT WE CAN DO ON OUTCOMES.

DO WE HAVE YOU COULD DO BOTH. IT WOULD BE A PRESENTATION.

WE CAN DETERMINE THE SCOPE OF OKAY. SO WE CAN TALK.

YEAH. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ANYTHING SPECIFIC.

IT'S BASICALLY WE'RE PROPOSING HEY WE'RE WILLING TO DO THIS PRESENTATION ON THE WORK WE'VE DONE AND THE RESULTS WE'VE SEEN.

IN REGARDS TO THE CELL PHONE POLICY AND HOW IT WAS ENACTED, BECAUSE WHAT I WAS THINKING IS, OKAY IF WE HAVE THAT ABILITY WHAT DO WE WANT TO FOCUS ON? I THINK THAT THE PROCESS WAS TRANSPARENT. I THINK THAT THE PROCESS WE BROUGHT IT UP.

WE HEARD THE COMMUNITY, THE CONCERNS OF THE PARENTS AND WHEN WE COULD HIGHLIGHT THE APPLICATION OF THAT, OR WE CAN HIGHLIGHT THE RESULTS FROM THE DECISION OF DOING THAT.

SO THAT'S GOING TO BE UP TO US. BUT THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT I WAS THINKING.

YEAH, I THINK ALL OF IT I THINK IT'S A TOPIC THAT IS QUITE A LOT OF INTEREST IN IT RIGHT NOW AND I THINK WE GOT OUT AHEAD OF THE CURVE ON THAT, AND I THINK OTHER DISTRICTS MIGHT BE INTERESTED TO HEAR HOW WE WENT ABOUT THE PROCESS AND THE KIND OF FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT FROM THE COMMUNITY, THE TEACHERS, THE STUDENTS.

AND I THINK WE COULD COVER IT FROM INITIATION TO CURRENT RESULTS.

AND WE HAVEN'T HAD IT THAT LONG, BUT IT'S BEEN SUCH A POSITIVE PROCESS.

I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY ENCOURAGING TO SHARE THAT WITH OTHER DISTRICTS.

SO I'VE HAD A COUPLE OF BOARD MEMBERS FROM OTHER PLACES APPROACH ME ABOUT IT AND ASK HOW IT'S GOING AND WANTING TO KNOW MORE.

WOULD IT BE BETTER TO JUST CONTACT THEM DIRECTLY AND FIND OUT? WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU WANT TO HAVE ANSWERED? I THINK THAT JUST GOES TO SHOW THAT THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED.

AND SO I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT IN MY MIND, WE'VE GOT SOME INFORMATION WE COULD SHARE THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO OTHERS.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT WHOLE SCOPE OF HOW WE IMPLEMENTED THE INPUT WE GOT AND THE RESULTS, BECAUSE THEN THEY SEE THE WHOLE PROCESS. SO BUT AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, OTHER BOARD MEMBERS OR OUTSIDE BOARD MEMBERS ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, I THINK ANSWERING THOSE, YOU KNOW, I THINK AGAIN, IT JUST SHOWS THAT THIS IS A TOPIC THAT PEOPLE HAVE INTEREST IN THAT WOULD BE WORTH PRESENTING. STEVE. ANY THOUGHTS? WELL, I WOULD TOTALLY ENCOURAGE IT, EVEN THOUGH I MAY NOT BE A PARTICIPANT, BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE BOARD TO TO MOVE FORWARD, TO SHARE THAT KNOWLEDGE BECAUSE IT WAS AN IMPORTANT STEP AND I THINK IT WAS IMPACTFUL FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SO YEAH I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT. OKAY.

SO I THINK A MOTION HAS BEEN MADE. SO SHOULD WE TAKE A VOTE? YEP. THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. WE'VE HEARD THE DISCUSSION.

SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ESSENTIALLY HAVING KRISTI AND SELENA PUT FORTH A PROPOSAL TO WSSDA ABOUT DOING A PRESENTATION. WE'LL START BY WITH AN ADVISORY VOTE FROM OUR STUDENT.

DON'T FEEL PUT ON THE SPOT AT ALL, ARLENE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

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

THOSE BOARD MEMBERS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL OPPOSED? OKAY, SO THAT MOTION CARRIES.

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YEAH, I THINK THAT'D BE COOL.

[INAUDIBLE].

OKAY. SO WHAT I WILL DO BASED ON YOUR INPUT, IS WE WILL PUT TOGETHER BOTH APPLICATIONS.

WHAT I WILL DO IS I'LL UPLOAD THOSE APPLICATIONS INTO THE S'MORE ONCE THEY'RE WRITTEN.

SO ANY INDIVIDUAL FEEDBACK YOU HAVE, JUST PROVIDE IT AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL UPDATE IT.

GIVEN THAT WE DO HAVE A BOARD MEETING PRIOR TO THE APPLICATION, I WILL MAKE SURE YOU SEE THAT PRIOR TO.

AND THEN WE CAN DO ANY FINAL DRAFTS AND IT'LL BE READY TO GO.

I LOVE IT. OKAY, GREAT. SOUNDS GOOD. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. OKAY, SO MOVING ON FOR THE LEDGE REPORT.

NOW, SOME THINGS FROM THE STATE, AND I HAD, OH, SO MUCH.

I JUST HAD TO CROSS OFF LEFT, RIGHT AND CENTER TO GET IT DOWN TO THE FEW THAT ARE HAVING TO DO WITH EDUCATION.

SENATE BILL 5041 PASSED. AND THAT IS SAID THAT STRIKING PUBLIC WORKERS GET SIX WEEKS OF UNEMPLOYMENT.

AND THAT'S NOT REALLY VERY GOOD NEWS AS FAR AS THE COSTS TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

IF THERE WAS EVER A STRIKE. LET'S SEE, FIVE, TWO, SIX, THREE. WE DID GET MORE MONEY FOR SPECIAL ED FUNDING THAN WE HAD EXPECTED LATER ON IN THE SESSION.

SO THAT WAS A POSITIVE. LET'S SEE, ANOTHER THING HAVING TO DO WITH SPECIAL ED AND STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES IS 5253 REQUIRES SPECIAL ED RELATED SERVICES FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES THROUGH THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, IN WHICH A STUDENT TURNS 22. SO THAT'S BEEN MADE OFFICIAL.

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN TO 21, BUT THIS WILL ALLOW THEM TO FINISH OUT THE SCHOOL YEAR.

[INAUDIBLE] BILL 5192 PROVIDES A PER STUDENT INCREASE OF OVER $35, PLUS $4.69 FOR NINE TO 12TH GRADE STUDENTS ON TOP OF THAT. SO THAT IS A POSITIVE.

ANOTHER THING, HOUSE BILL 2049 WAS PASSED AND IT PROVIDES FOR A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE LOCAL LEVY LID FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS PHASED IN OVER THE NEXT SIX YEARS. SO I'M SURE THERE'S THAT'S CONTROVERSIAL AS WHO THAT'S GOOD FOR AND WHO IT ISN'T BECAUSE IT'S JUST MORE TAXES.

AND WE'VE ALREADY, WITH THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION, HAD THE LARGEST TAX INCREASE IN WASHINGTON STATE HISTORY.

ANOTHER THING THAT IMPACTS SCHOOLS WAS HB 1296 THAT PASSED.

AND THAT ESSENTIALLY MEANS THAT THE PARENTS BILL OF RIGHTS I 281 NO LONGER HAS ANY TEETH IN IT ANYMORE.

MOVING ON TO FEDERAL LAW, TRUMP HAS MADE EXECUTIVE ORDERS CONCERNING EDUCATION.

HE SAID HE WANTS TO END THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, AND HE HAS MADE MAJOR REDUCTIONS IN THE STAFF.

HE'S MOVING DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENTS TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS.

BUT BUT THE DEPARTMENT OF ED CANNOT CLOSE UNTIL CONGRESS AUTHORIZES THAT.

EDUCATION SECRETARY LINDA MCMAHON SAYS TITLE ONE AND IDEA ARE SAFE.

SO EVEN THOUGH THERE'S BLANKET REDUCTIONS OF FEDERAL SPENDING, INCLUDING SCHOOLS FUNDING NO CUTS ARE PROPOSED FOR K-12 EDUCATION FROM THE FED HEAD START. ON THE OTHER HAND, MIGHT BE ELIMINATED.

IT'S NOT K-12, IT'S 0 TO 5, AND SCHOOL FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GOES OUT IN JULY, AND CHANGES FROM SPECIFIC FUNDING PROGRAMS MIGHT GO FROM THE FUNDING FOR THEM, FROM BEING SPECIFIC PROGRAMS TO BLOCK GRANTS. INSTEAD, THAT WOULD GO TO THE STATE AND BE DISPERSED THAT WAY.

BUT THAT WON'T HAPPEN THIS YEAR AND MANY PROPOSALS OR PROPOSALS FROM THE FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION INCLUDE MORE SCHOOL CHOICE PROGRAMS. SO THAT'S ALL THREE WSSDA STATE AND FEDERAL, AND IT'S JUST BARELY TOUCHING THE SURFACE OF ALL THE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED

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THANK YOU. NANCY, CAN I ADD ONE PIECE ON THE FEDERAL THAT WE'RE TRACKING? WE HAVE A LIST. WE'VE BEEN TRACKING ALL THOSE PIECES.

WHAT YOU MENTIONED WAS TITLE 1, IDEA. THAT'S VERY EXCITING.

WHAT REMAINS ON THE LIST ARE SOME OF THE OTHER TITLE.

SO WE'RE WATCHING, FOR EXAMPLE, TITLE TWO, WHICH DIRECTLY IMPACTS PROFESSIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STAFF.

ANOTHER ONE THAT IS REMAINS ON THE LIST IS MIGRANT EDUCATION, WHICH IS A FUNDING STREAM THAT WE GET INTO OUR DISTRICT.

SO WE'RE MONITORING THAT. AND THE OTHER THAT WE ARE MONITORING CLOSELY IS FOOD SERVICE.

SO CURRENTLY WE IF YOU REMEMBER WE WERE IN. HOLLY AND MARK, PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I MISSPEAK.

WE WERE IN YEAR ONE OF A FOUR YEAR GRANT THAT ALLOWED US TO FEED BREAKFAST AND LUNCH TO OUR STUDENTS.

WE WERE SUPPLEMENTING A TINY BIT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, BUT NOT MUCH THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN BACK OFF THE TABLE.

SO WE I BELIEVE WE HAVE TO REAPPLY OR WE HAVE TO JUST WAIT.

WE JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND SO WE CANNOT GUARANTEE COME FALL THAT WE WILL STILL BE ABLE TO OFFER FOOD SERVICE AT NO COST TO OUR FAMILIES AND SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO MONITOR THAT AND THOSE BUDGETS DO NOT COME OUT UNTIL JULY.

HENCE, PART OF WHY WE'RE ALSO MAKING REDUCTIONS DEEPER IN CASE WE HAVE TO BACKFILL FUNDING THAT WE ANTICIPATE OR ARE CURRENTLY USING.

AND WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. SO, HOLLY, MARK, ANYTHING YOU WOULD ADD ON THAT? OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR NANCY? OKAY. SEEING NONE. THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 7.0, WHICH IS TO ACT ON THE REVISED RESULTS,

[7. MATTERS RESERVED FOR BOARD ACTION]

SO THE THOSE REVISED RESULTS POLICIES ARE ATTACHED ON BOARD DOCS AND BASICALLY THE WORK THAT WE HAD OR THE REVISIONS FROM THE STUDY SESSION THAT WE HELD AND ALSO WE'VE GOT THE ANNUAL WORK PLAN THAT SHOWS AS FAR AS WHAT THE PLAN IS FOR IMPLEMENTING THOSE SHOULD WE ADOPT THE RESULTS POLICIES AS WELL AS THIS WORKFLOW PLAN? WITH IT, WE THEN IF ADOPTED, THEN WE'VE GOT BOTH THE OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS AND THE RESULTS POLICIES ADOPTED, AND HAVE US DOWN TO A NUMBER OF REPORTS THAT WE CAN HIT EACH ONE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AND HOPEFULLY MORE SUCCINCTLY.

SO AT THIS POINT I WILL OPEN IT UP. BOBBY, ARE THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO START WITH OR ANY COMMENTS BEFORE I OPEN IT TO QUESTIONS OR CONVERSATION? I'M HERE FOR QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, AND I WOULD JUST ADD, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THIS DOES NOT HAVE THE INDICATORS BECAUSE WE CAN'T BUILD THE INDICATORS UNTIL YOU'VE APPROVED THE POLICY. SO ONCE YOU'VE THEN, THEN WE'LL DO THE INTERPRETATION AND ALL OF THAT.

SO WE'LL BE BACK WITH THOSE. BUT WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE CAPTURED THE POLICY AS YOU HAD HOPED, KNOWING REMEMBER BOBBY'S THAT THIS IS CYCLICAL, THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO COME BACK.

WE'LL REFLECT, WE'LL REFINE OVER THE COURSE OF NEXT YEAR.

YOU KNOW, AS WITH MOST THINGS, WE ALL GOOD INTENT.

AND THEN WE ACTUALLY GET INTO THE WEEDS OF IT AND WE'RE LIKE, THAT IS NOT WHAT WE MEANT.

AND SO WE'LL HAVE THAT CAPACITY AND NEXT YEAR WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK.

BUT WE'RE JUST LOOKING. DID THE POLICIES MEET WHAT YOU HAD HOPED? AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK WITH THE INTERPRETATION AND THE INDICATORS.

SO ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS OR CONVERSATION IN REGARDS TO THESE RESULTS POLICIES.

YEAH. WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT R1 THE SAFETY AND BELONGING IT HAD OPTION ONE.

OPTION TWO. AND THAT WAS WHAT LAST THURSDAY THAT I WAS LOOKING AT IT AND NOW I'M LOOKING AT IT.

IT LOOKS DIFFERENT. IT LOOKS LIKE ONE POLICY.

YES, THERE WAS AN OPTION ONE AND THERE WAS AN OPTION TWO, AND WE CHOSE OPTION TWO.

OH, GOOD. SO IT GOT DOWN TO JUST ONE. I'M HAPPY.

YEAH. OKAY. SO IN JUST FOR INFORMATION, FOR THOSE THAT ARE EITHER LISTENING OUT IN THE AUDIENCE OR WATCHING, WE HAD A STUDY SESSION.

CAN'T REMEMBER THE DATE, BOBBY? IN MARCH. THAT WORKS.

HAD A STUDY SESSION IN MARCH WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT THE REVISIONS.

BOBBY HAD WENT THROUGH AND WITH THE HELP OF THE TEAM BASICALLY HAD CONSOLIDATED OUR RESULTS POLICIES AND KIND OF MADE THEM MORE

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AND THIS IS WHAT CAME OUT OF THAT DISCUSSION.

SO IF ANYBODY HAS QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THE BACKSTORY OF THAT STUDY SESSION IS RECORDED AND ONLINE FOR ANYBODY THAT IS INTERESTED IN SEEING IT. AND I'VE GOT ONE MORE QUESTION.

IN LOOKING AT THE ANNUAL WORK PLAN I HAD TWO QUESTIONS ON THAT.

DON'T ELECTIONS OCCUR ONLY ON ODD YEARS? AND IT SAID IT HAS ELECTIONS FOR ONE YEAR AND THEN THE NEXT ACROSS. SO WOULDN'T ONE OF THOSE NOT BE AN ELECTION YEAR? ISN'T IT EVERY OTHER YEAR? YES. WELL, THAT ELECTIONS I'M ASSUMING THAT PROBABLY RELATES TO THE BOARDS ELECTIONS. AND AS FAR AS THE INTERNAL BOARD PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT AND SUCH.

OH. INTERNAL ELECTIONS. YEAH. OKAY, THAT MAKES SENSE.

THANK YOU. YEP. AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD IS IN RECEIVING THE REPORT IN 25, 26TH JUNE AND JULY.

DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THERE YET. AM I MISREADING THE.

NO, THAT IS CORRECT. YEAH. JUNE AND JULY WOULD NOT RECEIVE REPORTS.

BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE TEN REPORTS TO RECEIVE THROUGHOUT THE 12 MONTHS AND WE'RE COMBINING TWO IN MAY.

SUMMERS OFF. YEAH. THE IDEA WAS THAT JULY HAS A LOWER STAFFING COUNT AT THE DISTRICT.

SO WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST THAT IT'S BEEN MORE CHALLENGING TO GET THE RIGHT PEOPLE INVOLVED FOR WRITING A REPORT.

AND THEN JUNE, THE THOUGHT WAS THAT IF YOU RECEIVE OE ONE, WHICH IS EXPECTATIONS OF THE SUPERINTENDENT IN MAY, THEN IT WOULD ALLOW FOR JUNE DISCUSSION, WHICH IS, I BELIEVE, THE SAME TIME THAT WOULD BE THE EVALUATION FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT.

YEAH. BECAUSE THAT THE EVALUATION OF THAT REPORT, MONITORING REPORT AND THE SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION ARE BASICALLY ONE AND THE SAME AND BECAUSE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S CONTRACT RUNS FROM JULY 1ST TO JUNE 30TH, THAT'S THE TIME WHEN WE BASICALLY ACT ON THAT CONTRACT AS WELL. SO IT'S KIND OF ALL ROLLED UP INTO ONE NICE TIDY PACKAGE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO SINCE I DON'T HAVE IT SITTING IN FRONT OF ME THE SAFETY ONE THAT WE'RE DOING TONIGHT. OKAY. IS THAT PARTS OF THAT GET SPLIT OUT INTO FACILITIES AND PARTS INTO SAFETY AND BELONGING, OR I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER WHERE THINGS WENT. I DON'T HAVE IT SITTING IN FRONT OF ME.

THE REPORT THAT'S TONIGHT IS AN OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS POLICY.

AND SO OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS IS KIND OF THE, I WOULD SAY THE WORK OF THE ADULTS.

WHEREAS RESULTS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF REPORTING ON OUTPUTS AND RESULTS OF STUDENTS AND SO THE THAT ONE WILL BE REDISTRIBUTED INTO OTHER OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS POLICIES, BUT WILL NOT BE A PART OF SAFETY AND BELONGING FOR RESULTS BECAUSE THAT'S STUDENT BASED.

OKAY. SO THANK YOU AND JUST TO NOTE WITH THAT IT IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE CONFUSING FOR THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE NEW RESULTS AND OPERATING EXPECTATIONS AND THE MONITORING REPORTS THAT WILL BE COMING, BUT THOSE DON'T START UNTIL AFTER.

YEAH. UNTIL ESSENTIALLY AUGUST IS THE FIRST ONE WHEN WE RECEIVE.

SO EVEN THE MONITORING REPORT THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT TONIGHT IS COMING FROM THE OLD STYLE.

SO I'M NOT GOING TO LIE, BOBBY AND I, EVERY TIME WE'RE WRITING A MONITORING REPORT NOW, WE'RE LIKE, WE CANNOT WAIT FOR THE NEW REPORT. SO WE ARE JUST ALL DRAGGING THEIR TO THE WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE NEW REPORTS BECAUSE WE CAN ACTUALLY SEE HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE MEASURING IT. AND RIGHT NOW SOME OF IT, WE'RE LIKE DO WE MEASURE IT LIKE THIS? WOULD THIS COUNT? SO WE'RE WE'RE EQUALLY EXCITED.

AND I THINK THAT'S EVIDENT IN THE REPORTS BECAUSE I'M SEEING THE TENDENCIES OF OUR DISCUSSIONS COMING OUT.

SO YEAH, I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHERE THE FEEDBACK FROM THIS ONE IS GOING TO BE PUT TO USE AND THE OTHER ONES.

OH YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD POINT. I THINK THAT HAS BEEN PART OF THAT DISCUSSION AND WHAT HAS TRIGGERED THE WHOLE REVISION POLICY AND PROCESS.

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ALL YOUR COMMENTS, FIRST OF ALL, I SHARE THOSE BEFORE THE MEETING WITH THE TEAM.

SO I'M JUST LIKE, HEY, THESE WERE SOME WONDERS, SOME QUESTIONS THE TEAM HAD.

AND THEN THE FOLLOWING TUESDAY OF EXEC TEAM AFTER WE'VE HAD A BOARD MEETING.

A SECTION OF OUR MEETING IS TO DISCUSS THE BOARD MEETING.

WHAT CAME UP? WHAT HAPPENED? AND YOU'RE GIVING FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT DATA TO US IN YOUR FEEDBACK AND SO WE BEGIN IMPLEMENTING THOSE CHANGES OR ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS RIGHT AWAY. SO IT DOESN'T WAIT A WHOLE YEAR.

IT HAPPENS. SO IT'S JUST A CONSTANT CYCLE. SO WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE INPUT YOU PROVIDE BECAUSE IT MAKES US BETTER.

AND WE'RE ABLE TO USE THAT IN REAL TIME. OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE REVISED RESULTS POLICIES.

OKAY, THEN. SEEING NONE. THE CHAIR WILL PUT FORTH THAT WE VOTE ON ADOPTING THESE REVISED POLICIES.

WE'LL START WITH A ADVISORY VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SO THE ADVISORY VOTE IS IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE BOARD MEMBERS VOTING.

SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING THE REVISED RESULTS, POLICIES AND ANNUAL WORK PLAN SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL OPPOSED? OKAY. SO THERE IS THE REVISED RESULTS POLICIES AND ANNUAL WORK PLAN ARE ADOPTED.

SO YOU GUYS CAN LOOK FORWARD TO AUGUST WHEN THE NEW REPORTS WILL START.

SO THANK YOU BOBBY AND IN THAT LIGHT WE'LL MOVE TO 7.2, WHICH IS TO ACT ON OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS. POLICY 12 OE 12, WHICH IS THE SAFETY.

JUST A REMINDER AND REQUEST THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS TAKE THE TIME TO FILL OUT THE GOOGLE SURVEYS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE MONITORING REPORTS THAT CHRIS SENDS OUT AFTER WE RECEIVE A NEW REPORT. IT REALLY HELPS THE REST OF THE BOARD, THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE PUBLIC KNOW WHAT EACH MEMBER IS THINKING AND PREPARED AND HELPED THEM TO PREPARE FOR THE DISCUSSION AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. OVERALL, IN LOOKING AT THE GOOGLE SURVEY ON THIS, IT APPEARS THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE BOARD FELT THAT THE DISTRICT WAS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE INDICATORS IN THE REPORT.

THE EXCEPTION APPEARS TO BE PRIMARILY DIRECTED AT UPDATING AND ADJUSTING THE INDICATORS FOR THIS REPORT AND WITH THE RECENT ADOPTION OF OUR NEW OE POLICIES, KRISTI, YOUR TEAM WILL BE DETERMINING THE NEW INDICATORS IN THE COMING MONTHS FOR THE AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE NEW POLICIES.

THERE WAS ONE EXCEPTION THAT I NOTED IN LOOKING AT THE GOOGLE SURVEY RESULTS.

AND THAT WAS HOW THE DRO WORKS IN PLACES LIKE CUSTER AND BEECH, WHICH ARE OUTSIDE THE FERNDALE CITY JURISDICTION AND SO I WAS WONDERING IF MAYBE KRISTI WOULD BE ABLE TO COMMENT ON THAT OR SOMEONE FROM THE TEAM.

AND THEN WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO DISCUSSION. I'M GOING TO PASS THAT TO MARK.

THE WHATCOM COUNTY SHERIFF AND THE FERNDALE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE A MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT THAT ALLOWS THE DRO TO BE THE RESPONDER OR FERNDALE PD TO RESPOND TO OUR SCHOOLS THAT ARE IN THE COUNTY.

OKAY. SO ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS REGARDING THE MONITORING REPORT FOR OE 12? YEAH, ACTUALLY FOR MARK, WHERE DO YOU FIND THAT AGREEMENT? I MEAN, I JUST. I WOULD SUPPOSE CITY HALL OR THE COUNTY, BECAUSE IT'S AN AID BETWEEN THE TWO AGENCIES THAT ALLOW FOR THE COOPERATION. SO I COULD ASK FOR A COPY IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE IT, BUT THAT'S.

YEAH, IT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO THAT, BUT I THINK THERE'S SOME SORT OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN ALL THE CITY AND COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT THEY WORK TOGETHER SOMEHOW THAT WAY. I'M SURE THERE'S FORMAL AGREEMENTS, BUT I'VE HEARD THAT BEFORE.

SO THE DRO MOVES AROUND, RIGHT? NOT ALWAYS. SO DOES HE GO OUT TO CUSTER? HE DOES. OKAY. THE BEACH. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S ACTUALLY BEEN TO BEACH.

YEAH. OH. YEP. HE HAS. I'M LOOKING AT THE TEAM.

I LOVE TO GO TO BEACH, SO. YEAH, BUT, YEAH, HE'S BEEN TO ALL OUR SCHOOLS.

AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST. THAT PARTNERSHIP HAS BEEN SO AMAZING FOR LOTS OF REASONS.

AND OFFICER KENNEALLY, YOU KNOW, HE'S OUT READING TO YOUNG STUDENTS.

HE'S SHOWING UP. HE I MEAN, I, DON'T KNOW IF HE'S EVER BEEN HUGGED SO MUCH BY LITTLE PEOPLE.

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SO ANOTHER QUESTION OCCURRED TO ME. WE HAVE STUDENTS IN THE DISCOVERY PROGRAM.

IS THAT DOES THAT PART OF THE AGREEMENT OR NOT? I MEAN, IN TERMS OF HAS HE EVER. HE'S BEEN THERE AS WELL.

TRINA SAYS HE REALLY IS A BUSY GUY. BUT THAT'S ALSO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT GOES TO MARK'S POINT. THERE'S SOMETIMES THAT HE MIGHT BE BUSY OR SOMETHING IS HAPPENING IN THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WILL RESPOND AND THE APPROPRIATE ENTITY WILL RESPOND.

I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE DRILLS. I KNOW THERE'S FIRE DRILLS, EARTHQUAKE DRILLS, LOCKDOWN DRILLS.

ARE THERE OTHER ONES BESIDES THOSE? THE I BELIEVE THE SHELTER IN PLACE AND A DO THEY ACTUALLY CALL IT AN ACTIVE SHOOTER HOLD. WE'LL ASK THE STAFF THERE.

WE'VE GOT STAFF HERE WHO ENGAGES IN THE DRILLS.

WHAT'S THE HOLD? [INAUDIBLE].

IS THAT LIKE AN ACTIVE SHOOTER DRILL SORT OF THING OR A LOCKDOWN? THAT'S LOCKDOWN. SO WE'VE GOT LOCKDOWN FIRE DRILLS.

EARTHQUAKE DRILLS. SO THAT'S THREE RIGHT. SECURE AND HOLD ANOTHER.

OKAY. SO THAT'S FOUR DIFFERENT DRILLS AND WE'RE DOING THEM EVERY SINGLE MONTH.

ONE OF THEM EVERY ONE A MONTH. SO THERE'S SO THE DIFFERENT BUILDINGS THEY ARE VERY GOOD ABOUT DOING THEM AND HOW I KNOW THIS IS BECAUSE EVERY TIME THEY DO A DRILL MY PHONE GOES OFF AND IT WILL SAY, THERE'S A DRILL HAPPENING AT EAGLE RIDGE.

AND SO I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN A DRILL. IF IT'S NOT A DRILL, CRISIS GO WILL RESPOND ON ALL OUR PHONES, THE ENTIRE EXECUTIVE TEAM. SO THEN WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A SITUATION.

IF IT SAYS DRILL, WE'RE JUST LIKE, OKAY, THEY'RE ENGAGING IN THEIR DRILL.

I CAN I ACTUALLY WILL BE LIKE, OH, IT'S TOWARDS THIS TIME OF THE MONTH BECAUSE THEN IT'S IN ONE DAY MY PHONE MIGHT GO OFF FIVE TIMES.

BUT IF IT'S NOT A DRILL, THEN WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS WHOEVER THE SUPERVISOR OF THE BUILDING.

SO TRADITIONALLY, IF IT'S AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, KELLY WILL CONTACT THE PRINCIPAL OR SOMEHOW FIND OUT, DO YOU NEED ADDITIONAL HELP BEYOND. SO WE'LL RESPOND OR TRINA WILL RESPOND TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOLS.

AND SO WE HAVE QUITE A I CAN SHOW YOU SOMETIME WHEN YOU'RE WITH ME.

MY QUESTION IS HOW MUCH INSTRUCTIONAL TIME DOES IT TAKE TO DO IT EVERY SINGLE MONTH.

AND THERE'S ONLY FOUR DRILLS. IS IT WORTH IT TO DO IT SO OFTEN I DON'T.

CAN I JUMP IN HERE? DO THE KIDS THINK? DO THE KIDS GET MORE CONCERNED THAT IT MIGHT HAPPEN BECAUSE THEY DO IT ALL THE TIME? I'M GOING TO LET KELLY, WHO'S VERY INVOLVED HERE THANK YOU.

I LOVE GETTING INVOLVED IN THIS. WHAT I WOULD SAY NANCY, IS THERE'S ACTUALLY A COUPLE MORE DRILLS THAT WE DO, BUT IT'S JUST NOT ON OUR LANYARD, SUCH AS AN EARTHQUAKE DRILL AND WE ARE LEGALLY REQUIRED TO AND THERE'S AN RCW THAT SAYS WE HAVE TO DO ONE DRILL A MONTH AND THEN THERE IS A CERTAIN LIST THAT SAYS THAT AT LEAST ONE DRILL ANNUALLY HAS TO BE DONE.

AND THERE'S A LIST OF THOSE. SO AT LEAST ANNUALLY WE HAVE TO DO AN EARTHQUAKE DRILL, BUT WE ONLY HAVE TO DO ONE DRILL A MONTH.

BUT WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT THOSE SPECIFIC DRILLS ARE COMPLETED ANNUALLY.

THANK YOU. YEAH AND FROM THE STUDENT PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW, I LOVE HAVING DRILLS LIKE THEY HAPPEN DURING MY MATH CLASS AND LIKE, WE'RE ON THE THIRD STORY AND THEN WE ALL GET TO WALK DOWNSTAIRS, GO OUTSIDE LIKE LAST.

I THINK IT WAS LIKE ALMOST TWO WEEKS AGO WE HAD OUR FIRE DRILL.

OH MY GOSH, IT WAS SO SUNNY OUT. IT WAS RIGHT BEFORE OUR TEST.

SO EVERYBODY WAS TAKING OUT LIKE TAKING THEIR STUDY GUIDE OUT WITH THEM AND WE WERE JUST OUT THERE STUDYING AWAY, LIKE STANDING OUTSIDE IN OUR LITTLE LINE. AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A COOL LITTLE WALK.

I THINK EVERYBODY IN MY CLASS WAS SO HAPPY. WE WERE LIKE, OH MY GOSH, IT'S A FIRE DRILL.

LET'S GO. SO I THINK EVERYBODY THINKS IT'S GREAT.

I'LL BE HONEST. IMPORTANT NOTE FIRE DRILLS ON SUNNY DAYS, NOT RAINY DAYS.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE. WE GOT IT RIGHT FROM THE HORSE'S MOUTH AND PLEASE DON'T TAKE THAT BADLY.

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ANY OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN NEVER BE TOO SAFE.

THERE WERE SUGGESTIONS FOR CHANGES. SO I THINK, IS THIS THE TIME THAT WE CAN MAKE THOSE CHANGES OR APPROVE THEM? OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? I THINK MY TAKE AND I'M CERTAINLY OPEN TO THE REST OF THE BOARD, BUT PART OF THOSE TAKES WERE BASED ON THE INDICATORS THAT ARE PART OF THESE OLD, THIS OLD OE 12, WHICH OE 12 DOESN'T EVEN EXIST ANYMORE.

IT'S BEEN ROLLED INTO ANOTHER OE AND SO THOSE I THINK THAT THOSE INDICATORS CHANGES ARE GOING TO HAPPEN JUST IN THE NATURAL ATTRITION OF OE 12 AND THE BIRTHING OF OE.

OKAY. SO I WROTE DOWN THREE DIFFERENT THINGS. 4.1 DISCUSSED CHANGING BIANNUAL SECURITY ASSESSMENTS TO ONGOING BECAUSE THAT WAS SUGGESTED.

SO IS THAT NOT RELEVANT TO DO THAT? AGAIN IT'S MOVING INTO ANOTHER YOU KNOW.

WELL, IT'LL BE ONE OF THE INDICATORS THAT GOES THAT THE ADMIN TEAM COMES UP WITH BECAUSE THEY CREATE THE INDICATORS AND THE OR THEY CREATE THE INTERPRETATION WHICH WILL LEAD TOWARD THE INDICATORS.

SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST JUST BECAUSE BOBBY HAS LEFT AND HE WOULD HAVE THAT HERE THAT HE AND I SIT DOWN AND WE LOOK AT YOUR FEEDBACK AND WE SEE WHERE THE OVERLAP IS AND IF WE'RE MISSING SOMETHING, THAT HE AND I WILL BRING THAT BACK AND SAY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE THIS REVISION? YEAH. LIKE CHANGING SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER TO DISTRICT RESOURCE.

YEAH. THAT WAS THOSE WERE THINGS WERE CHANGED.

SO BUT I WOULD LOVE TO DO A CROSSWALK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAPTURE WHAT YOU'RE ASKING IN THIS REPORT, SEE IF IT'S STILL RELEVANT IN THE NEW REPORT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ALIGN.

DOES THAT WORK? YEP. OKAY. GREAT AND I PUT A COMMENT ON THERE BECAUSE I REMEMBER THE LAST TIME THAT WE DID THIS THAT THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT HAVING AN ANNUAL YOU KNOW, FACILITY SAFETY INSPECTION VERSUS THEY WANTED TO ELIMINATE THAT AND GO TO LIKE ONGOING THERE'S ONGOING INDICATORS. SO WE DON'T NEED THE ANNUAL IS THERE.

I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE FACILITIES THE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE MODEL THAT YOU'LL BE GETTING UPDATES ON.

SO THERE'LL BE THOSE PIECES IN PLACE TOO. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? YEAH. YES. BECAUSE I REMEMBER WE HAD SOME DISCUSSION SURROUNDING THAT AND THAT WAS BEFORE WE HAD THE PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE PLAN IN PLACE.

I JUST WANTED TO KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S IN PLACE TO THE POINT WHERE IT REALLY CAN SUBSTITUTE FOR AN ANNUAL INSPECTION, OR WOULD IT STILL BE A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE THE ANNUAL INSPECTION TO TIE EVERYTHING UP IN ONE REPORT? I THINK HE HAS TO DO IT ONGOING, JUST BECAUSE IF YOU REMEMBER AND WE'LL HAVE JAMIE COME BACK AND KIND OF GIVE AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT.

BUT HE HAS TO DO IT BECAUSE NOT EVERYTHING'S HAPPENING AT THE EXACT SAME TIME.

SO THE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE PLAN WILL BE ON A CYCLE OF THESE ARE THE THINGS YOU MONITOR.

NOW THESE ARE THE THINGS YOU'RE CHECKING ON NOW. AND SO IT'D BE GOOD FOR US TO HEAR FROM HIM.

BUT IF YOU REMEMBER, THAT PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE PLAN CAME FROM THE LAST TIME WE LOOKED AT THIS REPORT, HOW DO WE GET A SYSTEM IN PLACE? BECAUSE PREVIOUSLY IT WAS JUST VERY REACTIVE AND IF YOU RECALL, YOU SAW THAT AS A NEED. SO DID THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.

SO THAT CAME OUT OF TWO DIFFERENT COMMITTEES TO MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION.

SO WE HAVEN'T HAD JAMIE COME FOR A WHILE AND GIVE AN UPDATE.

SO I'M GOING TO LOOK AT MARK. SO WE'LL GET HIM HERE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE.

OKAY. OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION. OKAY.

IF NOT THE TAROT PUT FORTH THAT WE ADOPT THE OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS POLICY 12 OE 12 SAFETY MONITORING REPORT AS IN COMPLIANCE. SECOND, SO STARTING WITH OUR ADVISORY VOTE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED. SO THE ADVISORY VOTE IS IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND MOVING ON TO THE BOARD VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE.

ALL OPPOSED? SO THE MONITORING REPORT IS ADOPTED.

THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM 7.03. THE PROPOSED REVISION TO THE WSSDA ADVOCACY PLATFORM AND POLICY.

AND FOR THIS I WILL TURN IT OVER TO NANCY. THANK YOU.

OKAY, SO THIS IS THAT WINDOW OF TIME THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT THAT STARTED APRIL 2ND, AND IT CLOSES ON APRIL 30TH,

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SO I MY PROPOSAL IS PARENTS ARE THE PRIMARY STAKEHOLDERS IN THEIR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION.

IF YOU'VE GOT THAT IN FRONT OF YOU, THE CURRENT WSSDA POSITION STATES WSSDA SUPPORTS PARENTS AND FAMILIES ARE IMPORTANT STAKEHOLDERS IN THEIR CHILD'S EDUCATION. PLEASE FORGIVE THE GRAMMATICAL ERRORS THERE, BUT THAT'S WHAT IT IS.

STUDIES CLEARLY SHOW WHEN PARENTS FAMILIES ARE INVOLVED AND ENGAGED, IT HAS A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON STUDENT ACADEMIC SUCCESS AND WELLNESS.

SCHOOLS SHOULD REDUCE BARRIERS TO PARENT FAMILY PARTICIPATION TO IMPROVE CONNECTIONS, COLLABORATION, PARTNERSHIP AND TRANSPARENCY, AND THAT WAS ADOPTED IN 2022.

SO THE CHANGES THAT I'VE MADE ARE SMALL BUT I THINK SIGNIFICANT.

SO HERE'S MY PROPOSAL TO REVISE THAT POSITION WAS TO RECOGNIZE THAT PARENTS AND GUARDIANS ARE THE PRIMARY STAKEHOLDERS IN THEIR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION, HEALTH, AND WELL-BEING.

STUDIES CLEARLY SHOW WHEN PARENTS GUARDIANS ARE INVOLVED AND ENGAGED, IT HAS A SIGNIFICANT POSITIVE IMPACT ON STUDENT ACADEMIC SUCCESS AND WELLNESS. SCHOOLS SHOULD REDUCE BARRIERS TO PARENTS GUARDIANS PARTICIPATION AND COMMUNICATION TO IMPROVE CONNECTIONS, COLLABORATION, PARTNERSHIP AND TRANSPARENCY. SO AS YOU SEE, THE WORD CHANGES ARE SMALL.

BUT I THINK I THINK IMPORTANT IN MY OPINION. SO I'M OPEN FOR CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS.

I WELCOME A DISCUSSION. SO ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

I APPRECIATE THAT IT MAKES PARENTS PRIMARY BECAUSE I THINK PART OF THE PROBLEM WITH SCHOOLS REPUTATION AND WITH PARENTS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY FEEL DISRESPECTED.

AND I THINK THIS RECOGNIZES THAT KRISTI HAS SAID MANY TIMES THE PARENTS ARE THE FIRST EDUCATOR.

I THINK THAT HAS BEEN A THEME THAT WE HAVE CONSTANTLY KIND OF REITERATED AROUND HERE.

IT'S NOT SCHOOLS AND PARENTS. PARENTS ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THAT, AND THEY ARE THE ONES THAT START WITH THE EDUCATION OF THE KIDS.

YOU KNOW, I FULLY SUPPORT THIS CHANGE. I REALLY FEEL THAT PARENTS ARE THE PRIMARY STAKEHOLDERS AS WE HELP OUR CHILDREN AND JUST A QUICK EXAMPLE IS MAYBE A LITTLE BIT TOO LATE, BUT MY CHILDREN SOMETIMES COME TO ME TO HELP HIM WITH MATH OR CHEMISTRY OR WHATEVER.

I CAN HELP HIM, RIGHT? IF NOT, THEY GO TO MOM.

BUT ME BEING A CHEMIST RECENTLY, I HAD TO BE REMINDED ABOUT MOLARITY, AND I COULDN'T REMEMBER THE FORMULA OF MOLARITY AND. BUT HE TRUSTED ME ENOUGH MY SON.

I'M TALKING ABOUT MY SON TO COME IN AND AND AND HE WAS LIKE, DAD, I REALLY NEED TO FINISH THIS HOMEWORK.

SO IT WAS A TEST OF TIME. BASICALLY, I HAD TO REMEMBER, BUT IT REMINDED ME HOW IMPORTANT, WHEN BOTH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND PARENTS ARE WORKING TOGETHER, THE OUTCOMES ARE BETTER.

OR DEFINITELY THERE'S A DIRECT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THOSE TWO.

SO I DO BELIEVE THAT WE CAME IN BEFORE THEM TO HELP THEM AND SUPPORT THEM.

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SO SO SUPPORT YOU NANCY. I THINK IT'S GOOD. THANK YOU.

OKAY. ANY COMMENTS STEVE. I, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I DON'T SEE A DIFFERENCE IN THE TWO STATEMENTS, EXCEPT FOR THE WORD PRIMARY.

BUT I THINK THE FIRST STATEMENT SUPPORTS SUPPORTS THE SAME ARGUMENT.

SO I'M NEUTRAL HERE. I THINK BOTH STATEMENTS SUPPORT EACH OTHER IN THE SAME WAY.

OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? THEN SEEING NONE. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THE PROPOSED REVISIONS TO THE WSSDA ADVOCATE ADVOCACY POLICY. ALL THOSE. WE'LL START WITH THE ADVISORY VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE.

I ALL THOSE OPPOSED. OKAY, THEN MOVING ON TO THE BOARD VOTE WITH THAT AFFIRMATIVE ADVISORY VOTE FROM OUR STUDENT.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE.

ALL OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? OKAY, THEN THE PROPOSAL PASSES, AND WE WILL LEAVE IT IN NANCY'S HANDS TO GET THAT OR THAT PROPOSED REVISION TO THE APPROPRIATE LAWS TO PEOPLE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THAT.

OKAY. I HAVE ANOTHER PROPOSAL FOR WAS TO POLICY DEVELOPMENT PROCEDURE.

SO THIS IS DIFFERENT AND IT'S ALSO ONE THAT IS NOT DUE TOMORROW.

IT'S A DIFFERENT KIND OF A PROPOSAL BECAUSE THAT ONE WAS A POSITION.

AND THIS IS ABOUT IT'S A DIFFERENT ANIMAL. SO LET ME PULL THIS UP.

SO IS THIS ONE THAT YOU ARE INTRODUCING FOR US TO HAVE AND THEN ACT ON IN A SUBSEQUENT MEETING OR.

YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. SO INTRODUCING THIS. SO SO IT'S A PROPOSAL FOR WSSDA POLICY DEVELOPMENT PROCEDURES, HOW THEY GO ABOUT DEVELOPING THEIR POLICIES. SO THE OBJECTIVE IS TO ESTABLISH A TRANSPARENT AND PARTICIPATORY PROCESS FOR DEVELOPING WSSDA MODEL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT ACCURATELY REFLECT ENACTED LEGISLATION AND INCORPORATE DIVERSE STAKEHOLDER INPUT AND THE RATIONALE FOR IT IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT YOURS, JUMP TO THE BOTTOM IS IMPLEMENTING A PROCEDURE THAT EMPHASIZES TRANSPARENCY AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION WILL ENHANCE THE CREDIBILITY AND ACCEPTANCE OF WSSDA MODEL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.

BY ACTIVELY INVOLVING STAKEHOLDERS AND ADHERING CLOSELY TO LEGISLATIVE INTENT, WSSDA CAN ASSURE THAT ITS POLICIES SERVE THE BEST INTERESTS OF WASHINGTON'S EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY. BY ADVOCATING FOR THE STRUCTURED APPROACH, WE CAN FOSTER A MORE INCLUSIVE AND REPRESENTATIVE POLICY DEVELOPMENT PROCESS WITHIN WSSDA. SO THE PROPOSED PROCEDURE HAS FIVE ELEMENTS TO IT.

THE FIRST IS INITIATION AND NOTIFICATION OF A NEW POLICY.

THE SECOND IS STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT. THE THIRD IS DRAFTING AND PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN REVIEW AND REVISION.

THEN FINALIZATION AND ADOPTION OF THAT POLICY.

SO INSTEAD OF ME READING EACH OF THE FIVE, THERE ARE FIVE BOARD MEMBERS.

CAN WE TAKE TURNS EACH READING ONE AND THEN DISCUSS AT THE END OF EACH AT EITHER AT THE END OF EACH OR AT THE END OF THE OF READING. COULD I GET YOUR COOPERATION ON THAT TO EACH TAKE ONE.

JUST GO AROUND AND SAY, CAN I ASK ONE QUESTION FIRST? IS THERE NOT OR IS THERE ALREADY A POLICY FOR DEVELOPING PROCEDURES THAT THIS WOULD TAKE THE PLACE OF, OR IS THERE NO SUCH POLICY IN WSSDA? I BELIEVE YES THERE IS.

WELL, THEY DO CREATE POLICIES, BUT WE DON'T GENERALLY GET THE LEVEL OF INPUT ON THOSE THAT THIS WOULD SAY.

SO THIS IS ASKING FOR MORE INPUT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF POLICIES.

OKAY. SO WOULD IT BE I GUESS I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IS IT A NEW POLICY OR SHOULD IT IS THERE ONE THAT THEY HAVE

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OKAY. AND NANCY, WHERE IS THIS? I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THIS.

THIS SCREAMS ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES ACT. IT'S HOW REGULATORY DEPARTMENTS DO TO TO COME WITH A REGULATION OR SOME SORT OF NEW POLICY. SO IT'S ALWAYS LIKE THIS.

SO I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROCESS. I THINK THIS IS A GREAT PROCESS.

I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS IT THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE.

BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THAT. WHAT ARE WE REPLACING? WHAT ARE WE REPLACING? ALTHOUGH I CAN TELL YOU THAT THIS PROCESS IS EXTREMELY TRANSPARENT.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES USE THEM, THEY INVITE STAKEHOLDERS, WHICH IS ANY STAKEHOLDER TO PARTICIPATE, TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT. AND EVERY SINGLE STEP IS SIGNALED IN A WAY THAT AT THE END, YOU KNOW, YOU GET WHAT YOU GET. YET, BUT IT'S VERY CLEAR EACH STEP.

SO THEY'RE STEPPING IT OUT. IT'S BASED ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES ACT, I CAN SEE AND BUT I WANT TO KNOW WHAT WE HAVE.

THAT'S THE PART THAT I JUST DON'T KNOW, DO WE? CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION? COULD I WORK WITH NANCY? AND THEN WE COULD GET THE OLD ONE AND THE NEW ONE, EMAIL THAT OUT TO YOU, AND THEN NEXT MONTH, BECAUSE YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU'RE JUST RECEIVING IT TONIGHT? YES.

WHEN WE COULD MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET BOTH. YEAH.

WHAT IS THE DUE DATE FOR ANY. BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO PROPOSE A SIMILAR TYPE THING, BUT I'M NOT SURE WHAT OUR DUE DATE IS. I'D HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT. I THINK IT COULD BE AUGUST.

OKAY, SO THEN IT PULLING BACK AND HAVING THOSE IN FOR THE NEXT TO DISCUSS IT.

THE MAY MEETING WOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM AS FAR AS DEADLINE.

YEAH. DO YOU WANT TO DO THAT? SHELVE IT FOR NOW AND GET MORE.

I'M HAPPY TO HELP. I WOULD LOVE TO PARTNER WITH YOU ON THIS.

YEAH, I WAS GOING TO SAY I DON'T RECALL EVER, YOU KNOW, AS IT WAS TO, YOU KNOW, AS A MEMBER BEING ASKED FOR ANY INPUT ON POLICY CREATION. I DON'T RECALL THE YOU.

I MEAN, SO I LIKE THE IDEA THAT THIS IS MORE INCLUSIVE AND IT ACTUALLY SOLICITS SOME INPUT AND I'M SURE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE A TIMELINE ON IT SO THAT IT WOULDN'T BECOME A BURDENSOME PROCESS. I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA FOR US TO HAVE MORE INVOLVEMENT IN THE ENTITY THAT THAT SUPPOSEDLY SUPPORTS AND REPRESENTS US. SO WHAT I DON'T KNOW IS IF WE HAVE IT IN PLACE AND WE DON'T USE IT AS WE SHOULD OR IT IS NOT IN PLACE. RIGHT AND THIS COULD BE GREAT.

BUT WHEN YOU HAVE A PROCESS LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW, WHEN IS YOUR TIMELINE TO SUBMIT A COMMENT, YOU KNOW, AND YOU CAN DO IT EITHER, YOU KNOW, TO STAND UP AND DO IT OR SUBMIT A COMMENT LETTER, WHICH YEAH, AND I DON'T THINK THAT EXISTS. THAT'S NOT THE PROCEDURE THAT'S IN PLACE RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT HAS TO BE RESPONDED. IF YOU SUBMIT A COMMENT THEY ARE TO RESPOND TO YOUR COMMENTS.

RIGHT. SO SO BASICALLY THIS PROCESS IS A VERY GOOD PROCESS.

I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT WE HAVE IN PLACE AND IF WE ARE ACTUALLY NOT USING IT.

AND IT WAS KIND OF LIKE OUR CELL PHONE POLICY, RIGHT? WE HAD A POLICY, YOU KNOW, WE WERE JUST NOT REALLY USING IT, YOU KNOW, AND PAYING ATTENTION TO IT.

SO WE YEAH, WE DUSTED IT OFF AND WE ADDED A COUPLE THINGS, BUT IT WAS MAINLY THERE.

SO THAT'S MY QUESTION. WELL, AND I WONDER IF THERE IS POSSIBLY A SIMILAR PROCESS THAT INVOLVES THE DISTRICT AREA REPRESENTATIVES. LIKE THERE ARE THE 11 DISTRICTS.

EACH HAS A REPRESENTATIVE AND THEY'RE THE ONES THAT GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

AND SO THE WAS THE PROCESS FROM OUR LOCAL BOARD LEVEL IS TO WORK THROUGH THAT PERSON.

I DON'T KNOW, I THINK THAT'S WHY I AGREE. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHAT'S IN PLACE ALREADY TO KNOW BECAUSE THIS SPELLS IT OUT WELL.

BUT IS IT REPLACING SOMETHING. WHAT IS IT REPLACING? EXACTLY. AND THAT'S WHAT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED FOR US TO SEND A UNIFIED MESSAGE FROM OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT TO THEM.

RIGHT. AND BECAUSE WHAT I HAVE BEEN HEARING IS THAT SOMETIMES SCHOOL DISTRICTS WANT TO GET TOGETHER AND WORK.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS US RECOGNIZING THE NEEDS OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, DISCUSSING IT, SUBMITTING EITHER A COMMENT, LETTER OR PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, COMMENT AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR VOICE IS HEARD AND THEN THEY HAVE TO RESPOND

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THE AGENCY OR WHOEVER'S DOING IT, THEY HAVE TO RESPOND BACK AND TELL YOU WHY THEY ARE APPLYING IT OR WHY THEY ARE NOT.

BUT AT LEAST THEY LISTEN TO YOU, RIGHT? AND THAT'S A TRANSPARENT PROCESS.

SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS UP, NANCY. BUT I THINK WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT IS IT THAT WE HAVE AND WE SHOULD APPLY.

SORRY I'M THINKING I'M LOOKING AT THE WSSDA WEBSITE AND THERE IS A PAGE ON OPERATING POLICY AND I THINK IT WOULD BE UNDER OPERATING POLICY, WOULD IT NOT? I MEAN BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE I WOULD START LOOKING FOR IT.

BUT YEAH, BUT LET'S NOT DO IT IN A BOARD MEETING.

YEAH. IF WE'VE GOT THE TIME TO BE ABLE TO WORK ON THIS I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT.

I'M HAPPY TO SEE THIS THROUGH AND FIGURE OUT ALL THE DIFFERENT PIECES AND I'D LOVE TO HELP YOU.

THANK YOU. YEAH. SO WE WILL ESSENTIALLY BY CONSENSUS.

THEN JUST TABLE THIS MOTION OR TABLE THIS ITEM AND BRING IT BACK AT A LATER DATE.

OKAY THEN MOVING ON TO 7.04, WHICH IS THE DISCUSSANT TO DISCUSS AND ACT ON THE EASEMENT AGREEMENT.

RELATED TO GOLDEN EAGLE DRIVE. THIS IS AN EASEMENT.

THAT INFORMATION THAT WAS BROUGHT TO US A FEW MONTHS AGO AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE HAD SOME CHANGES TO IT. IS THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING CORRECT, MARK OR.

YEAH, IT'S A SCALED DOWN VERSION OF WHAT THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL WAS THAT CAME TO YOU SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.

SO IT BASICALLY WENT FROM A REQUEST TO ALLOW ACCESS VIA THAT EXISTING PATHWAY.

THAT WAS THE IS THE OLD DRIVEWAY WHERE ON THE SOUTH END OF OLD MAIN THAT WENT BACK BEHIND CTE AND PROVIDED ACCESS TO THE HOUSE JUST SOUTH OF THE HIGH SCHOOL PROPERTY. THE ORIGINAL REQUEST WAS TO ALLOW ACCESS FOR A SUBDIVISION THAT WAS BEING BUILT IN THAT AREA. UPON FURTHER DISCUSSION, THE DEVELOPER HAS REVISED THAT AND THE THIS NEW AGREEMENT BASICALLY REFLECTS THE AGREEMENT THAT HAS BEEN IN PLACE AND UNDOCUMENTED FOR THE LAST 40 OR 50 YEARS.

WE'RE NOT EXACTLY SURE. THAT PROVIDES ACCESS TO JUST THAT ONE PROPERTY AND STAYS WITH THAT HOUSE.

IT DOESN'T EXPAND AT ANY POINT TO THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION OR THE REST OF THE DEVELOPMENT.

IT ACTUALLY SHRINKS THE FOOTPRINT OF THE EASEMENT AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT LEGAL HAS REVIEWED THIS AND THE RECOMMENDATION OF THOSE THAT HAVE REVIEWED IT IS THAT WE APPROVE THIS? CORRECT. OKAY. SO ANY DISCUSSION? JUST ONE.

SO THIS SHRINKS THEIR USE OF IT, YOU KNOW AND WHAT IS THE ADVANTAGE TO GRANTING AN EASEMENT VERSUS NOT.

I MEAN, CAN WE CAN WE SIMPLY NOT OR WHERE WOULD THAT LEAVE US? JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY. WE CANNOT WHAT IT DOES IS.

I DON'T KNOW THE PARTICULAR LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS OF NOT.

WE HAVE BEEN OPERATING UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT AN AGREEMENT HAS BEEN MADE AT SOME POINT IN THE PAST, AND WE'VE ALLOWED AND PERMITTED THIS ACCESS FOR DECADES, AND WE'RE JUST FINALLY DOCUMENTING IT.

AND THE ADVANTAGE TO US FOR THAT IS IT DOES RESTRICT THE ACCESS, THE USE OF THAT.

PROPERTY AND PUTS THE LIABILITY FOR DAMAGE OR REPAIR ON THE USER OF THE STREET, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE CURRENTLY. WE WOULD NOT HAVE IN PLACE IF WE JUST CONTINUE TO ALLOW IT WITHOUT AN ACTUAL OFFICIAL AGREEMENT.

MARK, DOES IT ALSO ADD CLARITY TO THE FACT THAT FUTURE BUILDING BACK THERE, IT WOULD BE DOCUMENTED THAT THAT WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED. IN THE FUTURE? IT IT DOESN'T RESTRICT THE DEVELOPERS.

DEVELOPING OF THE PROPERTY. IT RESTRICTS THAT ACCESS OF THAT ROAD TO SPECIFICALLY THAT ONE HOUSE, WHICH IS WHAT IS WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW. SO IT PROTECTS US FROM UNAUTHORIZED USE OR AN EXPANDED USE BEYOND WHAT WE ARE INTENDING TO LET THEM DO. SO IF I'M UNDERSTANDING YOUR QUESTION, THE ANSWER MAY BE YES IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THEIR DEVELOPMENT.

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CORRECT. EXACTLY. IT'S WE'RE SAYING WE WILL ALLOW CONTINUED ACCESS THAT YOU HAVE TO THE HOUSE OWNER THAT YOU, AS ALWAYS, HAVE ENJOYED. BUT NO MORE THAN THAT, RIGHT? YEAH. AND IT ACTUALLY SHRINKS THE FOOTPRINT OF THE CURRENT AGREEMENT BECAUSE THEY'RE REDEVELOPING THE THAT PARTICULAR HOUSE WILL NEED LESS PROPERTY BECAUSE THE GARAGE MOVES CLOSER. YEAH.

SO IT TIGHTENS IT UP. IT PROVIDES US SOME MORE PROTECTION.

AND IS THERE ANY RESTRICTION WITHIN THAT AGREEMENT ON IF WE WERE TO DEVELOP BACK FARTHER AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WOULD, BUT ANY. DOES IT PUT FORTH ANY RESTRICTIONS ON THE DISTRICT AS FAR AS OUR USE OF THAT PROPERTY? NO. OKAY. AND SO I JUST WANT TO BE ABSOLUTELY CLEAR ON THIS.

SO IF THEY REPLACE THAT HOUSE WITH A BUILDING THAT HAD THE SAME ADDRESS, THAT WOULD NOT THAT WOULD IT WOULD STILL BE IT WOULD HAVE TO THEY'D HAVE TO RERECORD A NEW EASEMENT. YEAH. IT'S A SINGLE RESIDENCE.

OKAY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? SO THAT SEEMS TO ME THAT ACTUALLY IS MORE BENEFICIAL BECAUSE THEN, YOU KNOW, IF WE JUST LEFT IT BE, THEY COULD CONTINUE TO USE IT AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY RESTRICTIONS ON CONTINUED USE IF YOU DON'T HAVE A RECORDED EASEMENT IN PLACE.

AND THAT SOUNDS LIKE IT PUTS PUTS SOME SOME GUARDRAILS.

SO. YEAH, I THINK IT SETS A CLEARER UNDERSTANDING.

SO THERE ISN'T AN ASSUMPTION THAT WE CAN THEY CAN DO SOMETHING OR WE CAN DO SOMETHING.

OKAY. ON THE OTHER HAND, WOULD, YOU KNOW, FORCING THEM TO JUST PROVIDE ACCESS TO ALL OF THEIR PROPERTIES, BE AN UNDUE BURDEN ON THEM? I MEAN, WHAT WOULD THAT DO? I LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT THE OTHER DAY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS OF PROVIDING ACCESS FOR AS MANY YEARS AS WE HAVE, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN DENYING IT, I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE WOULD BE FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT ON THAT ONE.

IT DOESN'T SEEM VERY GOOD NEIGHBORLY. YEAH. IT ISN'T A GOOD WAY TO INFLUENCE FRIENDS, AND IT COULD BE A WAY TO CREATE ENEMIES IN MY MIND, YOU KNOW? AND IF THEY'RE NOT USING IT FOR ANYTHING MORE THAN WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR MANY YEARS, THAT SEEMS APPROPRIATE. IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S SORT OF A GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT IN THAT.

OTHER THOUGHTS? OKAY. SEEING NONE, WE'LL PROCEED TO VOTE ON WHETHER TO APPROVE THE EASEMENT AGREEMENT THAT IS PRESENTED HERE, STARTING WITH OUR ADVISORY VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED? SO, WITH A AFFIRMATIVE ON THE ADVISORY VOTE, WE'LL TURN TO THE BOARD MEMBERS.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE.

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

SO THAT TAKES US DOWN TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA AND WE HAVE TWO ITEMS THAT WERE TAKEN OFF OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

AND WE'LL START ITEM 8.10, THE WIAA

[8.10 Adopt Resolution 07-2025 Authorizing Membership in WIAA]

SO, NANCY, YOU HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS? YEAH, I KNOW THAT ULTIMATELY, OUR HAND IS FORCED.

WE HAVE TO SIGN IT BECAUSE IT'S THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN THEY'VE GOT A MONOPOLY ON MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF THE

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THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE. ANOTHER DISTRICT HAD PUT FORTH AN AMENDMENT.

THERE COULD BE GIRLS SPORTS, BOYS SPORTS AND OPEN CATEGORY, WHICH WOULD TAKE GIRLS, BOYS AND ANYBODY WHO IDENTIFIED ANYWAY.

AND THOSE WENT TO THE VOTE AND JUST ONE UNDER THE 60% TO CHANGE IT.

FROM, HOW IT HAD BEEN TO THAT MISSED IT. SO IT HAS TO BE A 60%.

AND THEY NEEDED ONE MORE VOTE TO GET THAT. BUT WAS TO DECIDE OR NOT WAS TO EXCUSE ME, WIAA SAID THAT EVEN IF THEY, VOTED IN FAVOR OF MAKING IT PROTECT GIRLS SPORTS FOR GIRLS, IT WOULD BE IN VIOLATION OF STATE LAW.

BECAUSE OUR STATE LAW ALLOWS PEOPLE TO IDENTIFY WITH WHATEVER GENDER THEY CHOOSE IN SPORTS.

SO IT THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. AND EVEN HAD THEY GOTTEN THAT EXTRA VOTE FOR 60%, IT WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED BECAUSE OF OUR STATE LAWS.

AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT TOPIC TO A LOT OF PARENTS AND PEOPLE WHO WANT GIRLS TO BE ABLE TO COMPETE FAIRLY IN SPORTS AND NOT HAVE TO COMPETE AGAINST NOT BIOLOGICAL GIRLS. SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT OUT BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT TO A LOT OF PEOPLE AND FOR TRANSPARENCY'S SAKE, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THAT'S HOW IT IS NOW.

SO. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS IN REGARDS TO THE AUTHORIZING MEMBERSHIP IN THE WIAA. WELL, I DO HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE I KNOW THEY RECENTLY ADDED ANOTHER ANOTHER SPORT WHICH WAS FLAG FOOTBALL FOR GIRLS.

AND WHEN IT COMES TO TO SPORTS, I'M GOING TO PLEAD IGNORANCE ON THIS ONE.

YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOLS HOLD ANY LIABILITY FOR INJURIES WHEN KIDS ARE ENGAGED IN SCHOOL ENDORSED SPORTS? YES. SO EVERYBODY SIGNS A WAIVER. THE PARENTS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE THEIR OWN INSURANCE.

BUT THERE'S ALWAYS LIABILITY FOR EVERYTHING. THERE'S LIABILITY FOR EVERY EMPLOYEE AND EVERY STUDENT IN OUR BUILDINGS AT ANY POINT DURING THE COURSE OF THE DAY.

SO IT'S. YES, THERE IS. SO IT'S AN INTERESTING THING TO ME THAT THIS IS A 501C3. IT'S A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION AND IT'S PRIVATE.

AND SO IN TERMS OF TRANSPARENCY AND YOU KNOW, HOW THEY VOTE ON THINGS, THE PUBLIC REALLY DOESN'T HAVE ACCESS TO INFORMATION.

SO I KIND OF WONDER IF, YOU KNOW, IF THERE ISN'T LIKE A BETTER, BETTER WAY TO GO.

I REALIZE THERE'S NOTHING OUT THERE AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW THAT WOULD TAKE ITS PLACE, BUT IT DOES RAISE SOME CONCERNS IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, THE CONCEPT OF TRANSPARENCY JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE A PRIVATE ENTITY.

AND SO THEY'VE BEEN AROUND SINCE 1905. LONG, TIME, LONG TRACK RECORD.

THEY'RE THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN. SO THEY ESSENTIALLY HAVE A MONOPOLY ON THIS PROCESS AND I JUST I FIND IT INTERESTING THAT THEY CAN PLAY CALVINBALL WITH THE RULES IS LIKE, WELL, TODAY IT'S A VOTE, BUT NOW IT'S AN ADVISORY VOTE AND THEY CAN SWITCH BACK AND FORTH.

AND SO AND I FIND IT TO BE KIND OF A STRANGE ENTITY TO DEAL WITH.

AND I'M, YOU KNOW, LEARNING MORE ABOUT IT. BUT I GOT TO SAY IT'S AN ODD THING.

I WILL JUST ADD ATHLETICS ARE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR STUDENTS OPPORTUNITIES AND TO IT'S A

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PROBABLY. OUR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, ERIC TRIPP, WOULD HAVE A LOT MORE TO SAY ON THIS TOPIC.

WE CAN FIND OUT FROM HIM, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, MEMBERSHIP INTO WIAA GIVES OUR STUDENTS A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES WITHOUT A SIGNED DOCUMENT. WE DO NOT GET TO HAVE OUR STUDENTS DO NOT GET TO PARTICIPATE IN ATHLETICS HERE IN WASHINGTON STATE.

SO WHETHER WE LIKE THE SYSTEM OR NOT, IT IS THE SYSTEM.

AND THAT'S THE ONE THAT KEEPS DOORS OPEN FOR OUR KIDS.

SO I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. SO IT ISN'T JUST ATHLETICS.

THEY'RE ALSO INVOLVED IN OTHER THINGS. IS IT ORCHESTRA BAND, THINGS LIKE THAT? I MEAN, ARE THERE EVENTS THAT THEY COORDINATE THAT, YOU KNOW ALL, THE MUSIC AND BAND COMPETITIONS AS WELL AND CHEER, DANCE DEBATE. SO IT'S THE EXTRACURRICULAR, THE THINGS THAT FAMILIES MAKE AN INTENTIONAL CHOICE WITH THEIR STUDENT TO SIGN UP FOR. SO THEY HAPPEN OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL.

OUR STUDENTS HAVE HAD LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN DIFFERENT THINGS, AND IT'S PART OF THIS ORGANIZATION AND THEIR EXECUTIVE BOARD IS ACTUALLY MADE UP OF REPRESENTATIVES OF DISTRICTS THAT ARE MEMBERS OF WIAA.

SO, WHEN THEIR BOARD MEMBERS ARE ELECTED. OKAY.

SO IT SAYS THAT IT'S THE MEMBER, THE MEMBER SCHOOLS THAT ELECT THE BOARD MEMBERS, RIGHT AND SO THAT WOULD BE OUR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR THAT DOES THAT. RIGHT. WHO GOES AND REPRESENTS US DURING THOSE ELECTIONS? DOES THE BOARD EVER GET TO WEIGH IN AND TELL THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR THAT THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WHO THE SCHOOL BOARD WANTS YOU TO VOTE FOR IN THIS ELECTION? BECAUSE THAT ACTUALLY IS THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD, I BELIEVE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR.

SO IF THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO GET INTO THE WEEDS OF THAT, WE CAN BEGIN HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE TO THE BOARD, IS THAT HOW YOU WANT TO SPEND YOUR TIME? I DON'T THINK THAT ACTUALLY INVOLVES A LOT OF TIME. IT'S JUST A SIMPLE VOTE OF, YOU KNOW.

I KNOW, BUT IT'S A CONVERSATION YOU NEED TO DIVE IN AND LEARN ABOUT.

I MEAN, THAT'S FRANKLY CURRENTLY ATHLETICS AND FERNDALE IS WORKING THERE.

WE HAVE A HIGH PARTICIPATION. FAMILIES ARE VERY INVOLVED.

I MEAN, ANTONIO AND I ARE ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD AT IT'S LIKE BEING AT A ROCK CONCERT AT A FOOTBALL GAME.

AND SO I GUESS WHAT IS OUR CONCERN? IF IT'S THE TRANSPARENCY PART, WE CAN MAYBE WE NEED TO DO SOME MORE LEARNING.

BUT MY QUESTION TO THE BOARD IS THAT HOW YOU WANT TO SPEND SOME TIME? DO YOU WANT DESIGNATE A TIME TO INVITE ERIC AND LEARN ABOUT THAT? IS THERE A CONCERN FOR OUR STUDENTS CURRENTLY IN HOW THEY'RE PARTICIPATING OR THEIR ACCESS? I WOULD SAY NOT CURRENTLY, BUT IT NEVER HURTS TO BE MORE INFORMED ON A TOPIC, AND WE'VE NEVER HAD HIM COME AND SPEAK TO US.

SO I WOULD SAY, YES, I WOULD LIKE THAT. WITH THIS SPECIFIC TOPIC OR WHAT WE THINK WE'RE DISCUSSING. I HAVE I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT AND I HAVE VERY CLEAR GUIDELINES AND VALUES OF HOW I GO ABOUT THIS, BUT WHERE ARE WE GOING TO DRAW THE LINE AND ARE WE GOING TO SPEND ALL OUR, YOU KNOW, ON EACH AND THAT'S WHERE I'M THINKING MAYBE KRISTI A LITTLE BIT LIKE, OKAY, YOU WANT TO GO THERE ON EVERYTHING.

IT'S GOING TO BE A WILD RIDE AND WE BETTER, YOU KNOW QUIT OUR JOBS SO THAT WE CAN DO THIS, RIGHT. SO I'M THINKING WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL AND THAT'S PART.

AND I'M TRYING TO BE A LISTENING EAR HERE TO YOU, PEGGY.

BUT I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE TRUST THAT WE PUT ON THE PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAVE SELECTED AND BUT I HEAR YOU. THERE'S THAT CONCERN ABOUT.

WELL, THEY ARE THE ONES VOTING FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THE BOARD THAT ARE MAKING THE DECISIONS ON THESE SPECIFIC THINGS, AND WE'RE A LITTLE BIT STUCK. RIGHT. BECAUSE WHILE WE KNOW WHAT WE WANT, AT THE SAME TIME, THERE'S SOME, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT ARE THERE THAT WE JUST CANNOT WE CANNOT DO.

SO I, YOU KNOW, I HEAR YOU. I'M JUST A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED AS TO HOW MUCH WE WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN OUR

[02:30:06]

AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S POSSIBLE. I SIMPLY WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ON HOW WIAA WORKS AND HOW ERIC, YOU KNOW, HIS INVOLVEMENT. I JUST WANT MORE INFORMATION.

CAN I ADD ONE THING? YOU WOULD DIRECT ME BECAUSE I AM YOUR EMPLOYEE, SO YOUR JOB WOULD NOT BE TO DIRECT ERIC.

THAT'S MY JOB. I WORK WITH ERIC, SO IF YOU WANT ME TO BRING HIM FORWARD TO LEARN ABOUT WIAA, ALL OF THOSE, OR I CAN DO THAT LEARNING AND PRESENT TO YOU.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I GET THE DIRECTION AND THEN I WORK WITH MY STAFF AROUND THAT.

IT'S ALWAYS BASED ON THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENT AND THE DATA IN FRONT OF US.

IF I CONTINUE TO SAY, WELL, THIS COULD HAPPEN, THAT MIGHT HAPPEN, WHAT I WOULD WE CAN'T LOSE SIGHT OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH AND THAT'S TO INCREASE OUTCOMES FOR ALL STUDENTS.

THIS IS AN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY THAT NOT ALL STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN.

IT'S A CHOICE. IT'S NOT A HAVE TO AND SO I JUST I WONDER WHAT IS IT? IS THIS AN INTEREST OR IS THIS A DIRECTION THAT THE BOARD WANTS TO GO? THOSE ARE FOR ME. THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. THE TIME THE AMOUNT OF TIME.

I'LL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, WE'RE JUST SPENDING ON BUDGET. THAT IS A DIRECTION AND SO I DON'T WANT TO LOSE SIGHT OF WHAT OUR GOALS ARE.

MAY I ASK ONE MORE QUESTION? OKAY, SO IF NOBODY ELSE HERE IS INTERESTED IN THAT, CAN I CONNECT WITH YOU? AND YOU CAN GET ME WITH ERIC, AND I CAN JUST SIT DOWN AND TALK TO HIM, BECAUSE I'M ALWAYS IF THERE'S AN INDIVIDUAL PASSION OF A BOARD MEMBER, I MEAN, STEVE AND I TALK ABOUT, WELL, NO, STEVE AND I DON'T TALK.

STEVE AND MARK TALK ABOUT FACILITIES, BUT EVERYONE HAS A PASSION.

NANCY AND I TALK ABOUT INSTRUCTION. I KNOW KEVIN IS VERY INTERESTED IN CTE.

SO IS ANTONIO AND ALSO THE THEATER PROGRAM. I THINK WHAT MAKES YOU ALL SO GREAT IS YOUR PASSION AND YOUR INDIVIDUAL INTERESTS AND THE MORE YOU INDIVIDUALLY DO THE LEARNING, THEN YOU BRING THAT KNOWLEDGE TO SHARE WITH OTHERS AT THE BOARD.

SO I THINK THAT'S GREAT, PEGGY AND MY DOOR IS ALWAYS OPEN.

KRISTI IF I CAN ADD WHETHER IT'S FOR YOU, PEGGY, OR THE BOARD AS A WHOLE FOR YOUR LEARNING JUST A QUICK SEARCH ON WIAA'S PAGE ON THEIR EXECUTIVE BOARD. THEY ALSO HAVE AN HONORARY BOARD WHICH HAS REPRESENTATION BY OF WSSDA ON THERE AND THEN THEY ALSO HAVE ALL OF THEIR BOARD MEETING SUMMARIES AND MINUTES AVAILABLE FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS. SO I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE THAT LINK FOR THE BOARD.

IN THE NEXT MORE. MAY I JUST SAY SOMETHING? WE DID HAVE OUR WAS REPRESENTATIVE DID REACH OUT TO US AND THERE WAS LIKE PUSHBACK.

WE WANTED TO KEEP AN ARM'S DISTANCE AWAY FROM OUR REPRESENTATIONAL ROLE THERE AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY WE'VE ALREADY KIND OF BROUGHT THAT TOPIC FORWARD AT AN EARLIER MEETING, AN EARLIER TIME. AND IT WAS LIKE, NO, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT.

SO THAT'S WHY IT'S LIKE AND MY UNDERSTANDING WAS WE'RE FOCUSING ON WHAT IS IT WE'RE TRYING TO YOU ARE TRYING TO FOCUS ON WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH ON THE BOARD.

WE CAN'T DO EVERYTHING. SO WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO REALLY WELL AND SO YOU COLLECTIVELY DECIDE THE ACTION AND IF YOU WANT TO LEARN WITH ME, WE'LL SIT DOWN WITH ERICA. ACTUALLY, MARK SUPPORTS ATHLETICS SO WE CAN SET THAT UP, AND YOU CAN DIVE AS DEEP AS YOU WANT AND SORT OF FROM LIKE THE STUDENT PERSPECTIVE.

I KIND OF LIKE AGREE WITH THE SENTIMENT THAT MR. MACHADO HAD LIKE, AS SOMEONE WHO'S INVOLVED IN, LIKE, GIRL SPORTS AT FERNDALE AND LIKE, YOU KNOW, JUST BEING AROUND ALL MY OTHER FRIENDS WHO, LIKE, DO FEMALE SPORTS I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A LOT OF OPINIONS, AND I HAVE THEM MYSELF ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE WIAA, BUT I GET WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM WITH WE AS OUR DISTRICT HASN'T PERSONALLY DEALT WITH THIS ISSUE LIKE FIRSTHAND, I WOULD SAY.

SO I THINK THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT WE COULD FOCUS ON.

I DON'T THINK WE NECESSARILY HAVE TO, LIKE, GO INTO THE WEEDS OF THIS BECAUSE, I MEAN, FROM WHAT I'M HEARING, WHICH I DON'T REALLY KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE WIAA AND ALL THAT SORTS, LIKE ALL THAT STUFF, BUT LIKE, IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE TO SIGN THIS FORM TO GET PEOPLE IN SPORTS.

SO THERE IT REALLY IS, LIKE WE'RE STUCK IN A HARD PLACE IN [INAUDIBLE] OR WHATEVER THE SAYING IS.

BUT YEAH, YOU KNOW, I JUST HEAR PEOPLE SAY THAT, BUT I HAD TO WHIP THAT ONE OUT.

I DON'T WHIP THAT ONE OUT. BUT YEAH, I FEEL LIKE THERE'S REALLY NOTHING WE CAN DO.

SO ALTHOUGH I AM ALSO INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT WIAA AND THEIR MONOPOLY IN THIS, IN THIS STUFF.

BUT THEREARE WITH THE STUFF THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH NOW, YOU KNOW, THIS IS KIND OF AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LADDER.

WELL, AND I THINK THAT I WOULD HAVE TO AGREE IN THE SENSE OF, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A PLETHORA OF TOPICS WE COULD BRING UP AND TALK ABOUT,

[02:35:06]

YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT CHRISTY AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT IS A MEETING WITH THE CITY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE GAME PLAN IS, BECAUSE ANYBODY THAT'S DRIVEN PORTAL WAY HAS NOTICED THERE'S MORE HOUSES GOING UP.

AND IF THOSE MORE HOUSES BRING MORE KIDS, WHERE ARE WE GOING TO PUT THEM? WHAT'S OUR PLAN? AND SO I THINK THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE ON THE FOREFRONT OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE PART OF OUR DISCUSSION.

NO WORRIES. THEY'LL BE BACKED UP ON THE FREEWAY FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER THIS, BUT I AM I JUST ACT THIS WAY, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO CONVINCE YOU OF GOING THAT WAY, BUT AT LEAST THIS IS MY VIEW. I WOULD RATHER FOCUS ON 2 OR 3 THINGS, GET THEM DONE, DO HIM WELL, AND THEN WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT THING. AT THE MOMENT THAT WE TRY TO ACCOMPLISH TOO MANY THINGS, THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE UNDONE OR NOT TO THE QUALITY THAT THE KIDS NEED FROM US.

SO I WOULD RATHER JUST GET ONE THING DONE AND GET IT DONE WELL, AND THAT IT WILL BE, YOU KNOW, THAT WILL TRANSCEND. BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH THE BOARD BECAUSE, I FEEL THAT WAY.

AT LEAST WE'RE MOVING THE NEEDLE VERSUS JUST WARMING A CHAIR HERE, YOU KNOW.

WELL SAID. OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON WHETHER OR NOT TO AUTHORIZE OR ADOPT RESOLUTION ZERO SEVEN 2025, WHICH AUTHORIZES MEMBERSHIP IN THE WIAA.

SO BECAUSE THIS IS PART OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, I WON'T PUT ARLENE ON THE SPOT.

ALL THOSE BOARD MEMBERS IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? ME. OKAY, SO THE RESOLUTION SEVEN DASH 2025 IS ADOPTED. WE WILL THEN MOVE TO ITEM 8.12.

[8.12 Approve Whatcom County Skills Center Agreement]

PEGGY, I THINK YOU HAD SOME QUESTIONS HERE. YEAH, I JUST I HAD TIME TO ASK ABOUT THIS EARLIER.

I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHERE THINGS ARE IN THE OVERALL, YOU KNOW, IT SAYS NOW THIS IS 2026.

THE COST WAS 24,000. NOW IT'S 25,000 IF I REMEMBER I MEAN, I THINK IT WAS 24,000 TO BEGIN WITH.

AND YOU SAY THIS 20 THIS 25,000 GOES TOWARD THE THE COST OF THE INSTRUCTION. THE WHAT? SO RIGHT NOW WHAT THE THE AGREEMENT IS, IS WE'RE THEY'RE STILL WORKING TO GET THE FUNDING TO BUILD THE CENTER.

THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN WITHIN CURRENT STRUCTURES.

THIS IS A THIS BELONGS EVEN THOUGH IT BELONGS TO WHATCOM COUNTY.

AND ALL OUR STUDENTS CAN PARTICIPATE. IT'S BEING BUILT OR WILL BE BUILT ON LAND THAT MERIDIAN SCHOOL DISTRICT CURRENTLY OWNS.

THEY WILL PROVIDE THAT FOR IT. THERE ARE SOME PROGRAMS THAT CAN START EARLIER, BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PLANNING PERSON.

SO THIS IS PART OF THAT PHASE. IT STARTS WITH IN THE INITIAL PART, IT STARTS WITH SOME EQUAL MEMBERSHIP.

WE'RE ALL HOLD A SEAT ON THE ESSENTIALLY THE BOARD OF THE SKILL CENTER.

AND THEN AS ENROLLMENT OVER TIME ENROLLMENT DRIVES.

SO EACH DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, HAS. SO IF WE ONLY HAVE FOUR STUDENTS GO THEN WE PAY OUR SHARE OF THAT.

AND SO THIS IS THE INITIAL PIECE. AND YOU KNOW WHAT THEY WILL BE OFFERING WHEN THEY DO I MEAN STUFF THAT WE WILL NOT HAVE HERE.

YEAH I'M WORKING. WE DECIDE THAT. SO THOSE ARE DECISIONS THAT I WILL COME TO THE TABLE.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT RIGHT NOW. IT WOULD BE ADVANCED WELDING, WHICH WE HAVE SOME STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATE IN THAT.

I KNOW EARLY CHILDHOOD IS ONE OF THEM. IF YOU NOTICE, SOMETIMES YOU'LL SEE THAT MERIDIAN SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS GOTTEN SOME DIFFERENT GRANTS TO BUILD AN EARLY LEARNING CENTER. SO IT'S A BIT OF A CHILD CARE DESERT OUT THERE SO THEY CAN BUILD A CHILD CARE AT THE SAME TIME STUDENTS CAN GO AND GET THOSE SKILL SETS.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE OFFERING THAT. THAT'S NOT ONE OF OURS THAT HAS SHOWN UP.

SO CONTINUING TO BE WHAT ARE THOSE ADVANCED CLASSES OR OTHER PATHWAYS? FIRE SCIENCE IS ANOTHER ONE. WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE PICKING UP FIRE SCIENCE.

FOR FERNDALE, WE HAVE A RICH CTE PROGRAM. AND SO WE HAVE A PLETHORA OF OFFERINGS.

THAT'S NOT THE CASE IN OTHER DISTRICTS. SO WE HAVE TO REMEMBER IT'S GOING TO SUPPORT ALL OF WHATCOM COUNTY.

SO BELLINGHAM, FERNDALE WE MAY HAVE THINGS THAT OUR STUDENTS CAN STAY IN HOUSE FOR, WHEREAS THE OTHER SMALLER DISTRICTS,

[02:40:02]

OKAY. OTHER QUESTIONS. IF NOT, THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON WHETHER TO APPROVE THE WHATCOM COUNTY SKILLS CENTER AGREEMENT.

SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE.

ALL OPPOSED. AND ANY ABSTENTIONS. OKAY. SO THE AGREEMENT HAS BEEN APPROVED.

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

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

I MENTIONED IT EARLIER, BUT JUST TO CLARIFY, THIS MONITORING REPORT IS BASED OFF THE OLD RESULTS POLICIES, NOT THE NEW ONES WE ADOPTED TONIGHT. THE MONITORING REPORT, BASED ON THE NEW OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS AND ON THE NEW OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS AND RESULTS POLICIES. THOSE MONITORING REPORTS WILL BEGIN IN OUR NEW MONITORING REPORT CYCLE THAT STARTS IN AUGUST.

AS NOTED ON THE NEW ANNUAL WORK PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED TONIGHT.

WE'RE ALSO RECEIVING A NEW OR A REVISED VERSION OF POLICY 2030 OR 2230.

THE TRANSITION TO KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM. THIS WAS A NEW POLICY THAT WAS INTRODUCED TO THE BOARD AT LAST MONTH'S MEETING.

BUT SINCE THAT TIME OR SINCE RECEIVING THIS PROPOSED POLICY, WSSDA HAS MADE SOME CHANGES TO IT, AND THE TEAM FELT IT WAS MORE APPROPRIATE TO SUBMIT THE NEWER VERSION OF THE POLICY AT THIS TIME, RATHER THAN TO ACT ON IT AND VOTE ON THE CHANGES, SO THE POLICY WILL BE DISCUSSED AND ACTED UPON AT THE NEXT MONTH'S MEETING.

AS IS THE CASE WITH ANY NEW POLICY OR POLICY REVISION, WE ENCOURAGE THE DISTRICT STAKEHOLDERS TO REVIEW THE POLICY AND TO PROVIDE US WITH INPUT TO THE BOARD, EITHER PRIOR TO OR DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT AT NEXT MONTH'S MEETING.

SO WITH THAT SAID ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL OPPOSED? AND ANY ABSTENTIONS. OKAY. SO BOTH CONSENT AGENDAS ARE PASSED. THAT BRINGS US ON TO ITEM 10.01, WHICH IS BOARD SHARING AND I'LL START WITH PEGGY.

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

OKAY, NANCY. I WISH I HAD SOMETHING TO SHARE, BUT BOY, I SPENT SO MUCH TIME JUST GETTING READY FOR THIS.

I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING LEFT. OKAY, STEVE. OH, OKAY.

ANTONIO. STEVE WANTS THE CLOSING REMARKS. I JUST WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY FOR SHARING THEIR THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS ABOUT MUSIC.

AND WE SAW THAT COMING, YOU KNOW, ONLINE. WE SAW IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND THERE'S A BIG CONCERN AND COMING FROM A PERSON THAT LOVES MUSIC I TRULY BELIEVE THAT MUSIC IS MATH IN THE FORM OF WAVELENGTH, AND REALLY IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE FORMATION OF OUR KIDS AT ALL STAGES.

I UNDERSTAND NOT ONLY IN HIGH SCHOOL. I CONSIDER MYSELF THE MOST AVERAGE, MEDIOCRE DRUMMER IN THE WORLD.

THAT OKAY, IS DRUMMER IN THE WORLD. AND I STARTED WHEN I WAS NINE AND INSTRUMENTS, JUST LIKE MANY THINGS YOU DEVELOP WITH TIME AND YOU GROW THE TALENT.

YOU HAVE TO WORK ON IT. YOU HAVE TO START WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG AND I TRULY BELIEVE AND I HOPE IT IS MY HOPE THAT AT ALL LEVELS, WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT OUR KIDS HAVE THAT EXPOSURE, THAT ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND THE WORLD THROUGH MUSIC AND UNDERSTAND MATHEMATICS THROUGH MUSIC.

AND BUT I DO APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS THAT THE PEOPLE AND THE REMINDERS ABOUT IT.

[02:45:02]

SO I'M A VERY STRONG ADVOCATE OF THAT. I KNOW WE ARE TRYING OUR BEST MAKING HARD DECISIONS, BUT I COMMEND KRISTI DOMINGUEZ. SHE'S DOING A GREAT JOB.

HER TEAM AND I KNOW THAT THROUGH DIFFICULT TIMES COME OPPORTUNITIES.

AND AT SOME POINT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THRIVING.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. STEVE. MAN A FEW WORDS.

NO, I DON'T HAVE A LOT TO SHARE EXCEPT YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM, AND I AM TWILIGHTING.

I'VE RECENTLY HANDED IN MY CREDENTIALS. I'M OFFICIALLY RETIRED.

CONGRATULATIONS. MOVING ON IN LIFE. AND IT'S A DIFFERENT WORLD OUT THERE.

AND I'VE PUT IN MY TIME, BELIEVE ME AND SO, ANYWAY I'M ENJOYING LIFE, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FUTURE. SO THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.

GOOD DEAL. THE ONLY THING THAT I HAVE TO SHARE IS JUST A REMINDER TO EVERYONE THAT WE.

THE FILING PERIOD IS COMING UP FOR THOSE THAT ANYONE INTERESTED IN RUNNING FOR SCHOOL BOARD DIRECTOR.

IF YOU'VE BEEN HERE AT TONIGHT'S MEETING, YOU CAN TELL HOW MUCH FUN WE HAVE.

WE DID HAVE A INFORMATIONAL MEETING LAST WEEK ON THE 21ST.

NO, 22ND. 22ND. I THINK THE DAYS ALL RUN TOGETHER AND HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE COME OUT THAT DEFINITELY WERE PASSIONATE ABOUT THEIR INTEREST IN SCHOOLS. SO THAT WAS GOOD TO SEE.

NANCY AND I WERE THERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, AS WAS KRISTI AND JUST TO KIND OF GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE ROLE ON THE BOARD IS.

SO LOOKING FORWARD TO NEW FACES, NOT BECAUSE I WANT TO SEE STEVE AND PEGGY LEAVE, BUT BECAUSE THEY'VE TOLD US THAT THEY FEEL THEY'VE DONE WHAT THEY'VE COME TO DO. SO ANYWAY, JUST WANT TO MAKE IT PUBLIC THAT THOSE POSITIONS OR THAT ELECTION WILL BE OPEN AND SO PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN RUNNING YOU CAN GO TO THE COUNTY AUDITOR'S SITE TO GET THE INFORMATION.

AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE POSITION, THEY CAN CERTAINLY TALK TO THE BOARD MEMBERS OR KRISTI.

SO WITH THAT, IT FALLS UPON ME TO DO THE EVALUATION OF THE BOARD MEETING AND AS I WAS LOOKING HERE AND GOING,

[11. MEETING EVALUATION SURVEY]

I THINK WE HAD SOME GOOD DISCUSSION. TONIGHT I WANT TO THANK ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS FOR THAT DISCUSSION.

ALWAYS HELPS MAKE THE MEETING MORE INTERACTIVE.

MAKES ME FEEL LIKE I'M NOT HAVING TO SAY EVERYTHING, SO I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE IT AS THE PRESIDENT. PROBABLY SOME AREAS WHERE WE COULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, IMPROVE A LITTLE BIT AS FAR AS BEING PREPARED.

BUT I THINK WE HAD BALANCE WITH EVERYBODY SPEAKING AND SPEAKING THEIR MIND AND HONESTLY AND NOT PLAYING TO THE AUDIENCE.

SO OVERALL, I THINK WE DID A GOOD JOB. SO THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR PARTICIPATING.

NORMALLY AFTER THAT I GET TO ANNOUNCE THE FAVORITE PART OF THE MEETING, WHICH IS ADJOURNMENT.

BUT TONIGHT WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO AT THIS TIME, THE BOARD WILL BE CONVENING INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR 15 MINUTES TO DISCUSS A MATTER

[12. EXECUTIVE SESSION]

SO AT THIS TIME, THE BOARD WILL OR THE BOARD WILL BE GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND RECONVENING AT 8 OR 906. 906.

OKAY. WELCOME BACK. WE ARE NOW OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION, AND THERE'S NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN.

SO I DECLARE THIS MEETING ADJOURNED. THANK YOU EVERYONE.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.