[1. CONVENE]
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WELL, GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE MAY MEETING OF THE FERNDALE SCHOOL BOARD.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US WHETHER LIVE OR ONLINE.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS AND EVERY OTHER SCHOOL BOARD MEETING IS TO CONDUCT THE BUSINESS OF THE BOARD AND THAT BUSINESS IS TO FACILITATE THE MISSION OF OUR DISTRICT, WHICH STATES THAT WE, THE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT, 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.
OUR COMMITMENT TO HIGH EXPECTATIONS ENSURES EVERY LEARNER ACHIEVES THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.
WE CULTIVATE RESILIENCE AND INNOVATION IN EACH STUDENT AND FOSTER A SENSE OF BELONGING IN A SAFE AND INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT THAT EMPHASIZES CARING AND COMPASSION, PREPARING STUDENTS FOR THEIR FUTURE.
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 QUICK COUPLE OF HOUSEKEEPING MATTERS.
IF ANY OF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN HERE BEFORE, IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY, OUR EXITS ARE THROUGH THE DOORS TO YOUR LEFT, OUR RIGHT, SAME DOORS YOU CAME IN.
ANYONE IN NEED OF THE RESTROOMS, THEY'RE OUT THOSE SAME DOORS AND UP THE RAMP TO THE RIGHT.
I HAVE TO DO THIS WITH MY HANDS.
OTHERWISE, I DON'T KNOW MY LEFT AND RIGHT, SO BEAR WITH ME.
AND WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON AND GET STARTED WITH TONIGHT'S MEETING.
SO IF EVERYONE WILL PLEASE JOIN ME IN.
RECITING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
NEXT, WE'LL HAVE OUR LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
SCHOOL DISTRICT ACKNOWLEDGE WE ARE RESIDING ON THE TRADITIONAL, ANCESTRAL, AND UNCEDED TERRITORY OF THE LUMMI PEOPLE.
THE LUMMI PEOPLE ARE THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF WASHINGTON'S NORTHERNMOST COAST AND SOUTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA.
THEY LIVED IN VILLAGES THROUGHOUT THIS TERRITORY AND CONTINUE TO HAVE AN ONGOING RELATIONSHIP WITH THESE AREAS.
SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL, THEY HAVE CELEBRATED 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.
SO THAT BRINGS US TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
[2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
CORRECTIONS, OR ADDITIONS TO THE MINUTES FROM OUR PREVIOUS MEETINGS THAT NEED TO BE MADE? AND IF SO, A MOTION OR A MOTION TO ADOPT THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED.BOTH SETS OF MINUTES, THE STUDY SESSION AND THE REGULAR MEETING AS IS.
IT'S BEEN MOVED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF BOTH THE STUDY SESSION AND OUR REGULAR MEETING AS PRESENTED.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
ALL OPPOSED? MOTION HAS PASSED AND THE MINUTES HAVE BEEN ADOPTED.
WE WILL THEN MOVE ON TO ADOPTING THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING.
[3. ADOPTION OF AGENDA [GC-4.7]]
AND...ARE THERE ANY CHANGES OR ADDITIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE TO TONIGHT'S AGENDA? I, UM, KEVIN, WE COULD REMOVE.
SEEING NO OTHER CHANGES, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED WITH THE ONE CHANGE OF REMOVING ITEM 10.07 FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND PUTTING IT FORTH AS A SEPARATE DISCUSSION ITEM.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
SO THE REVISED AGENDA HAS BEEN ADOPTED AND WE WILL PROCEED ON.
THAT THEN TAKES US TO ITEM 4.01, WHICH IS TO RECOGNIZE THE 2026 MASONIC EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR.
AND FOR THAT, I WILL TURN THINGS OVER TO CHRISTY.
[4. SPECIAL PRESENTATION]
WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE MASONIC GROUP HELP US ACKNOWLEDGE EDUCATORS EVERY[00:05:01]
YEAR.AND I JUST FIRST WANT TO THANK YOU.
BUT YOU MAY, BEFORE YOU DO YOUR PART, I JUST, I HEARD IT'S SOMEBODY'S BIRTHDAY TODAY.
SO, MS. MCDANIEL, I WISH WE WERE HERE TO SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, WHICH I AM.
BUT WHAT A GOOD REASON TO GET OUR EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR, MORGAN AYACHI, TO COME ON UP.
SO I JUST BRIEFLY, SO GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
MY NAME IS ANTHONY GONZALEZ AND I AM A MEMBER OF THE LYNDON FERNDALE INTERNATIONAL LODGE NUMBER 56 AND IT IS MY DISTINCT HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO TO PRESENT OUR 2026 EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR AWARD FOR THE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WE ARE ONE OF THREE MASONIC LODGES IN WHATCOM COUNTY.
THE TWO OTHER LODGES ARE BELLINGHAM BAY, NUMBER 44, AND WHATCOM LODGE, NUMBER 151.
OUR LODGE MEETS ONCE A MONTH JUST HERE AT FERNDALE MASONIC TEMPLE ON 3RD AVENUE, AND THE TWO OTHER LODGES MEET AT DOWNTOWN BELLINGHAM ALONG STATE STREET.
SO FREEMASONRY IS THE LARGEST.
AND ONE OF THE OLDEST FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS IN THE WORLD.
IT UNITES MEN OF GOOD CHARACTER WHO, THOUGH OF DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS, ETHNIC, AND SOCIAL BACKGROUNDS, SHARE A BELIEF IN THE BROTHERHOOD OF MAN UNDER THE FATHERHOOD OF GOD.
IT OFFERS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR GOOD MEN TO IMPROVE THEIR CHARACTER THROUGH ITS SYSTEM OF DEGREES AND SYMBOLS, AS WELL AS FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AND CHARITABLE ENDEAVORS.
MANY OF AMERICA'S FOUNDING FATHERS, INCLUDING GEORGE WASHINGTON, OF WHOM THE STATE IS NAMED AFTER WERE MASONS.
AND WHILE WE HAVE THE GOOD FORTUNE OF CALLING THEM OUR BROTHERS, WE ALSO HAVE THE DUTY AND RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT WE DO NOT BESMIRCH THEIR GOOD NAMES AND THOSE THAT HAVE COME BEFORE US.
SO TEACHING IS A VERY NOBLE PROFESSION, AS TRUE EDUCATORS MEASURE THEIR SUCCESS BY THE ACHIEVEMENTS AND GROWTH OF THEIR STUDENTS.
AS THE SAYING GOES, A GOOD TEACHER IS LIKE A CANDLE.
IT CONSUMES ITSELF TO LIGHT THE WAY FOR OTHERS.
SO I HOPE THIS SMALL TOKEN ILLUSTRATES HOW FORTUNATE WE ARE TO HAVE YOU, AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR THE CHILDREN.
SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE 2026 LYNDON FERNDALE INTERNATIONAL LODGE NO.
56 EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR FOR FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT, MORGAN AYATCH.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS I LEARNED MANY YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS A STUDENT FROM A TEACHER SPECIFICALLY WAS THE IMPORTANCE OF HUMILITY AND ASKING FOR FORGIVENESS, WHICH I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEMONSTRATE TONIGHT.
SO MORGAN, WE'RE PRESENTING YOU WITH THIS CERTIFICATE AND I AM ASKING FOR BOTH OF YOUR FORGIVENESS AS THE NAME WAS THE SUPERINTENDENT OF BLAINE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE PRESENTING YOU WITH A PERPETUAL PLAQUE WITH YOUR NAME ON IT, AND WE'LL LEAVE THIS IN THE HANDS OF YOUR SUPERINTENDENT, WHO I'M SURE WILL BE PLACED IN A POSITION, IN A PLACE OF PROMINENCE WITHIN THE SCHOOL.
AND LASTLY, WE HAVE A SMALL TOKEN, AGAIN, OF APPRECIATION.
I HOPE IT MAKES UP SLIGHTLY FOR THE MISTAKE THAT WE MADE.
YEAH YEAH SO THAT'S IT THANK YOU ALL EVERYONE APPRECIATE IT CONGRATULATIONS, MORGAN, ON AN HONOR WELL-DESERVED, AND THANK YOU TO THE MASONIC LODGE FOR THEIR SUPPORTIVE EDUCATION.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT DELAYING THIS ONE BECAUSE WE'RE NOT SURE THAT HARLEEN IS GOING TO GRADUATE, SO WE MIGHT HAVE TO KEEP HER ON THE BOARD.
THAT MIGHT HAVE TO DO WITH US HACKING INTO HER FILES AND CHANGING HER GRADES.
SPEAKING FROM MY EXPERIENCE, HARLEEN HAS BEEN A PLEASURE TO HAVE ON THE BOARD, AND IT IS WITH BITTER SORROW
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THAT WE WISH HER WELL IN HER FUTURE, BUT ALSO...AND WITH THAT, I WILL TURN THINGS OVER TO CHRISTY.
WHEN I WAS IN THE CLASSROOM, I USED TO TELL MY STUDENTS ALL THE TIME, ONCE I'M YOUR TEACHER, YOU WILL BE PART OF MY LIFE FOREVER.
AND HARLEEN, THAT HOLDS TRUE FOR YOU ALL AS WELL.
IT HAS BEEN AN ABSOLUTE HONOR TO WATCH YOU JUST BLOSSOM HERE AS A BOARD MEMBER.
AND YOU HAVE MADE SUCH A TREMENDOUS IMPACT.
AND I WOULD LOVE TO FIGURE OUT TIME MANAGEMENT FROM YOU.
I'M NOT SURE HOW YOU DO IT ALL.
I'M LIKE, WHERE WERE YOU TODAY? AND YOU'LL NAME 10 PLACES.
BUT WHAT I LOVE ABOUT YOU, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO YOU COME IN CONTACT WITH.
AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT BELONGING, YOU EXEMPLIFY WHAT I HOPE ALL STUDENTS DO FOR OTHERS.
AND I AM SO PROUD OF YOU, AND I CANNOT WAIT TO WATCH YOU JUST GO KNOCK THEIR SOCKS OFF AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.
I JUST, WE'RE GOING TO BE IN EACH OTHER'S LIVES FOREVER, BUT IT JUST, I'M GOING TO MISS YOU, SEEING YOU ON A DAILY BASIS.
SO ANY FEEL-FREE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS IF YOU WANT TO CHIME IN, AND THEN HARLEEN WILL GIVE YOU THE LAST WORD.
PLANNING ON SAYING ANYTHING, BUT I CAN'T NOT.
I'M GOING TO MISS YOU SO MUCH, SITTING NEXT TO ME FOR TWO YEARS, AND JUST LIKE DR. DOMINGUEZ SAID, JUST RADIATING JOY, AND YOU ARE A BLESSING TO EVERYONE WHO COMES IN CONTACT WITH YOU, AND YOU'RE SO BRIGHT.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SUCH AN AMAZING FUTURE.
WE WILL MISS YOU, BUT WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO JUST AMAZING THINGS, AND REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU PERIODICALLY, AND JUST...
TOUCH BASES AND LET US KNOW WHAT YOU'RE UP TO, BECAUSE WE ALL WOULD WANT TO KNOW, RIGHT? WE LOVE YOU.
I'M NOT QUITE AS GOOD AS THESE AS FAR AS SPEAKING OFF THE CUFF, SO I PREPARED SOME WRITTEN STATEMENT OR WRITTEN COMMENTS HERE, BUT OFTENTIMES I THINK THAT HARLEEN IS THE SMARTEST PERSON IN THE ROOM.
HER ABILITY TO BASICALLY SPEAK SO FLUENTLY, AND I GUESS ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS MOST IMPRESSED ABOUT IS HOW SHE SPOKE IN FRONT OF 1,600 PEOPLE LAST FALL AT THE, WELL, IT SEEMED LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE.
THE GYM WAS FULL AT THE KICKOFF FOR THE DISTRICT, AND SHE HELD THAT ROOM LIKE IT WAS JUST US.
SO HER ABILITY TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC IS JUST OFF THE CHARTS, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HER DOING THAT ALSO AT GRADUATION.
AND I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR WHAT SHE SAYS.
SHE ALSO SAYS YES TO EVERYONE WHEN THEY ASK FOR HELP.
SHE'S THE PICTURE OF SOMEBODY BEING PASSIONATE.
BUT HER PASSION FOR EVERYTHING SHE DOES JUST SHINES SO BRIGHT.
DURING THE MEETINGS, OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS, SHE'S SO CONVINCING.
AND SHE DOES IT IN A REALLY NICE WAY, BUT SHE'S JUST SO...
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT SHE'S ABLE TO BASICALLY CONVINCE EVERYONE THAT SHE'S RIGHT.
SHE'S BEEN A FANTASTIC MENTOR TO MARCUS.
I THINK THAT THEIR TEAMWORK AND THE EXAMPLE SHE'S SET FOR HIM HAS BEEN JUST GREAT.
ON A PERSONAL NOTE, SHE WAS ALSO VOTED THE MOST VALUABLE TEAMMATE ON THE HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS TEAM.
SHE WORKED EXTREMELY HARD TO MAKE THAT TEAM, AND I'M SUPER PROUD OF HER FOR THAT.
AND I THINK THAT THE IDEA OF HER BEING A GREAT TEAMMATE ALSO HAPPENED HERE.
I'M CONVINCED THAT SOMEDAY HARLEEN WILL BE A LEADER OF A FORTUNE 500 COMPANY.
THERE'S JUST NO DOUBT IN MY MIND.
JUST WITH HER INTELLIGENCE, HER PEOPLE SKILLS, HER LEADERSHIP, SHE'S GOING TO BE AMAZING.
SO THANK YOU FOR BEING SO GREAT FOR US.
I DIDN'T PREPARE ANYTHING AND I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE PUT IT IN THE CARD.
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PROUD OF YOU AND I'M REALLY GLAD YOU'VE BEEN SUCH A...RAY OF SUNSHINE ON THE BOARD, YOU REALLY HAVE, AND PROVIDING A LOT OF THOUGHTFUL COMMENTARY.
IT'S JUST BEEN A REAL PLEASURE.
AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, IF IT MOVES AND IT'S GREEN, IT'S BIOLOGY.
IF IT BLOWS UP AND STINKS, IT'S CHEMISTRY.
IF IT DOESN'T WORK, IT'S PHYSICS.
SO IF YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A SITUATION WHERE SOMETHING ISN'T WORKING, IT'S PROBABLY PHYSICS.
I GOT THAT FROM MY PHYSICS PROFESSOR.
SO I WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK, AND I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO KNOCK THEIR SOCKS.
SORRY GUYS, I'M ALREADY LIKE GETTING EMOTIONAL.
SO I WROTE, OKAY WAIT I GOT THIS.
I WROTE DOWN EVERYTHING THAT I WANTED TO SAY, SO BECAUSE I KNEW THIS WOULD HAPPEN AND I KNEW THAT I WAS GONNA CRY IF I DIDN'T WRITE ANYTHING DOWN.
BUT HARLEEN, BEING ABLE TO WORK CLOSELY ALONGSIDE YOU THIS PAST YEAR HAS BEEN ONE OF THE BEST OPPORTUNITIES I'VE EVER BEEN GIVEN.
NOT ONLY HAVE YOU BEEN AN AMAZING MENTOR AND TEACHER, BUT AN AMAZING FRIEND AS WELL.
SOME OF MY BEST MEMORIES COMING FROM THIS SCHOOL YEAR ARE THE TIMES I HAVE SPENT WITH YOU, LIKE GOING OUT AND GETTING OUR SWEET TREAT OF THE DAY BEFORE EVERY SCHOOL VISIT, OR RANTING ABOUT HOW OUR UNDESIGNATED BUT DEFINITELY DESIGNATED LHNRI'S OFFICE SPACE WAS BEING USED.
YOU HAVE SHOWN ME EXACTLY WHAT KIND OF LEADER I WANT TO BECOME, NOT SOMEONE WHO BOSSES EVERYONE AROUND, AND IS ALWAYS RIGHT, EVEN THOUGH I LIKE DOING THOSE THINGS.
BUT A LEADER THAT ISN'T AFRAID TO ASK FOR HELP.
HE TAUGHT ME HOW TO BE CONFIDENT IN THE WAY THAT I SPEAK, THE WAY THAT I ACT, AND THE WAY I PRESENT MYSELF TO OTHERS.
ONE OF THE BEST COMPLIMENTS I CAN RECEIVE NOWADAYS IS YOU TALK SO MUCH LIKE HARLEEN OR YOU'RE STARTING TO SOUND LIKE HARLEEN MORE AND MORE EVERY DAY.
AND WHENEVER I HEAR SOMEONE SAY THAT, IT FILLS ME WITH AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF PRIDE.
I ALREADY KNOW THAT THIS SCHOOL IS GOING TO MISS YOU, THE SCHOOL BOARD IS GOING TO MISS YOU, BUT MOST OF ALL, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, I'M GOING TO MISS YOU.
TRULY, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE FOR ME, AND I'M READY TO CARRY ON YOUR LEGACY.
GO DAWGS BEFORE I TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU FOR THE LAST WORD, IT'S INTERESTING SITTING HERE, AND I THINK IT'S ALWAYS APROPOS THAT WE DO THIS ON THE NIGHT WE ELECT THE NEW SCHOOL BOARD, BECAUSE I REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE SITTING IN THOSE CHAIRS.
AND JUST THE CHANGE AND THE GROWTH THAT I'VE SEEN IN YOU AND THE DEVELOPMENT, IT'S BEEN AWESOME.
YOU'RE GOING TO CONQUER WHATEVER YOU CHOOSE TO CONQUER AND EVEN MORE JUST BECAUSE OF THE SPIRIT THAT YOU HAVE WITHIN YOU AND HOW YOU LEAD PEOPLE, HOW YOU DIRECT THEM, AND HOW YOU MAKE THEM FEEL IMPORTANT.
SO CONTINUE TO BE YOU AND MAKE US PROUD AS YOU HAVE.
THIS WITHOUT SHEDDING ANY MORE TEARS THAN I ALREADY HAVE TONIGHT BUT YOU GUYS YOU ALL KNOW I HATE SAYING GOODBYE I HATE SAYING GOODBYE WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE I'M PART OF SO MANY THINGS SO A LOT OF GOODBYES BUT I WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW ALL OF YOU GUYS THAT PEOPLE ALWAYS TELL ME THAT I'M SO GREAT AND THAT HARLEEN'S DOING THIS AND HARLEEN'S DOING THAT BUT I'M ONLY AS GREAT AS THE PEOPLE AROUND ME AND YOU ALL IN THIS ROOM HAVE TAUGHT ME SO SO SO MUCH LIKE, I THINK I COULD WRITE EACH OF YOU GUYS, LIKE, A NOTE, AND I INTEND ON DOING THAT SOON.
BUT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU GUYS, EVERY SINGLE BOARD MEMBER, EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN A PART OF THIS ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM BACK HERE HAS TAUGHT ME SO MUCH.
LIKE, THE PASSION THAT I SEE IN YOUR GUYS' EYES FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.
I MEAN, YOU CANNOT BE IN THIS LINE OF WORK AND JUST, LIKE, VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIME LIKE THIS IF YOU DID NOT TRULY FEEL PASSIONATE ABOUT KIDS AND THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU.
THAT IS SO, SO IMPRESSIVE TO ME, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THIS, BUT I ACTUALLY TURNED IN MY APPLICATION FOR BEING A STUDENT REP THE DAY OF, THAT, LIKE, THE DAY IT WAS DUE, BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, SHOULD I DO THIS, SHOULD I NOT DO THIS? AND I TURNED IT IN, AND I WAS JUST LIKE, LET ME JUST GIVE IT A WHIRL, LIKE, I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MY INTERVIEW IS GOING TO GO, BUT I AM SO, SO HAPPY, LIKE, ANYTIME I MEET ANY KIDS, AND WHEN WE WENT AND WE TALKED TO THE SOPHOMORE CLASSES ABOUT, LIKE, YOU KNOW, JOINING THIS AND DOING THIS.
I TOLD EVERY SINGLE CLASS THAT I WENT TO THAT THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST DECISIONS THAT I EVER MADE WAS TURNING IN MY PACKET AND DOING THIS INTERVIEW BECAUSE WHAT A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE THIS HAS BEEN.
AND SO I WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW THAT ALL OF YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT BELONGING AS A DISTRICT AND YOU BELONG AND YOU BELONG THIS, BUT THE FACT THAT IT COMES TOP DOWN FROM OUR DISTRICT.
BECAUSE WHAT I SEE HERE IN THIS
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SCHOOL BOARD I FELT NOTHING BUT WELCOMING AND LIKE THAT I FEEL LIKE I BELONG AND WHAT I SAY MATTERS.BUT JUST LIKE FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM, EVERYBODY FROM THE DISTRICT OFFICE, EVERY SINGLE PERSON HAS MADE ME FEEL LIKE I BELONG.
AND I JUST, YOU GUYS, FERNDALE IS REALLY THE BEST.
I AM SO, SO THANKFUL THAT I WAS A PART OF ALL THIS.
LIKE I HAVE BEEN TAUGHT SO MUCH AND WHAT A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE THIS HAS BEEN.
LIKE TRULY, WHEN I THINK OF MY HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIES, WHICH I- I KNOW FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, HIGH SCHOOL IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOMENTS THAT THEY TALK ABOUT THE MOST IN THEIR LIFE.
BECAUSE IT INFLUENCED WHO THEY ARE AS A PERSON.
I WILL BE THINKING OF EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU GUYS.
YOUR GUYS' FACES WILL BE POPPING INTO MY HEAD.
BECAUSE YOU GUYS HAVE TAUGHT ME SO, SO MUCH OF WHAT IT REALLY MEANS TO BE PASSIONATE.
AND, YOU KNOW, THINKING OF OTHER PEOPLE AND CARING AND JUST BEING TRUE, TRUE LEADERS.
ERICKSON WAS TALKING ABOUT THE GROWTH FROM...
WHEN I WAS DOING MY INTERVIEW TO NOW AND ALL THAT GROWTH IS BECAUSE OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND LIKE SO MUCH SO MUCH PASSION AND THAT IS JUST SO IMPRESSIVE TO ME AND I CAN ONLY HOPE TO BE HALF AS GREAT AS EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU GUYS IN THIS ROOM SO THANK YOU SO SO MUCH FOR MAKING THIS EXPERIENCE SO INCREDIBLE AND I WISH YOU ALL LUCK WITH THE REST OF WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING THIS DISTRICT IS IN GREAT GREAT HANDS AND TO DR.
DOMINGUEZ BECAUSE I KNOW FOR THE BOARD I PROBABLY SEE YOU GUYS MAYBE LIKE TWICE A MONTH.
BUT DR. DOMINGUEZ, YOU HAVE, I'M SO, SO LUCKY TO HAVE MET YOU AND HAVE WORKED THIS CLOSELY WITH YOU BECAUSE I COULD NOT EVEN DO HALF OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
AND, YOU KNOW, I PROBABLY TALK TO HER AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK ABOUT SCHOOL BOARD STUFF.
AND IF I NEED ANYTHING, SHE GIVES ME THE QUICKEST RESPONSE, HELPS ME OUT WITH ANY SCHOOL BOARD STUFF, LIKE ANYTHING.
AND I'M JUST SO GRATEFUL THAT I WAS ABLE TO WORK WITH YOU.
AND MARCUS, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT...
I'M VERY HAPPY AND THAT YOU ARE, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GROWN INTO YOURSELF AS A LEADER THIS YEAR.
EMMY, SHE'S GOING TO BE GREAT, TOO.
I'M VERY EXCITED FOR ALL OF YOU GUYS AND WHAT THIS DISTRICT IS GOING TO ACCOMPLISH.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING ME BE A PART OF IT.
WELL, THANK YOU AGAIN, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, AND BEST OF LUCK IN THE FUTURE.
[5. PUBLIC COMMENT [GC-3.3]]
SO WITH THAT, WE MOVE ON TO RECEIVING PUBLIC COMMENT.PUBLIC COMMENT IS A TIME WHEN THE BOARD CAN HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY WHAT IS ON THEIR MIND AND IS IMPORTANT TO THEM, PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO WHAT IS HAPPENING WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WE APPRECIATE RESPECTFUL, CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM AND WELCOME SUGGESTIONS FOR SOLUTIONS.
PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOT A TIME FOR DISCUSSION.
IT IS A TIME FOR THE BOARD TO LISTEN.
BOARD MEMBERS MAY INTERJECT TO ASK CLARIFYING QUESTIONS AND OR MAY DIRECT SOMEONE, MOST OFTEN THE SUPERINTENDENT, TO TAKE FUTURE ACTION RELATED TO THE STATEMENTS.
BUT AGAIN, IT IS NOT A TIME OF DISCUSSION.
OUR SILENCE IS NOT A SIGNAL OF AGREEMENT OR DISAGREEMENT, BUT IS MEANT TO RESPECTFULLY HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY.
PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOT THE ONLY WAY TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE BOARD.
THOSE WHO ARE NOT COMFORTABLE SPEAKING IN FRONT OF...
THE GROUP ARE 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 INPUTS ON DISTRICT ISSUES.
WE APPRECIATE HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY AND INVITE THEM TO USE WHATEVER MODE OF COMMUNICATION THEY FEEL MOST COMFORTABLE WITH TO DO SO.
OUR CONTACT INFORMATION IS READILY AVAILABLE ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE.
THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMENT ARE ASKED TO SIGN UP ON THE SIGN-UP SHEET IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM.
AND EACH SPEAKER IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES, AND THEIR TIME WILL BEGIN WHEN THEY STEP TO THE PODIUM AND BEGIN TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.
ANY SPEAKER WHOSE COMMENTS EXCEED THE THREE-MINUTE LIMIT MAY SUBMIT THEIR ENTIRE OR REMAINING COMMENTS IN WRITING.
TO ENSURE THAT THE BOARD HAS ADEQUATE TIME TO ADDRESS ALL THE ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT IS LIMITED TO A TOTAL OF 45 MINUTES.
WITH ALL THAT SAID, OUR FIRST PERSON SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT IS BETH RANDALL.
HI EVERYONE, I'M BETH RANDALL AND BEACH ELEMENTARY AND THIS IS NOT A VACATION LIKE PUBLIC SPEAKING OF ANY SET I AM HERE IN MY CAPACITY AS CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF VACATION WHERE THE ORGANIZATION FUNDRAISING TO SAVE THE SECOND TEACHER POSITION LAST YEAR SO I'M HERE TO EXPRESS THE ISLAND'S CONCERN OVER THE DECISION TO ELIMINATE A TEACHING POSITION SORRY AT
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BEACH.SO WE RECOGNIZE THE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FISCAL POSITION THAT THE DISTRICT IS IN, NOT JUST OUR DISTRICT BUT DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE, AND WE KNOW THAT WE'RE IN THIS POSITION NOT BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM BUT BECAUSE OF THE DECISIONS, THE REALLY SHORT-SIGHTED DECISIONS.
SHORT-SIGHTED DECISIONS BEING MADE BY OUR STATE LEGISLATORS.
BEACH SCHOOL HAS BEEN OPERATING ON LUMMI ISLAND FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS.
AND IT CURRENTLY SERVES A MIX OF ISLAND KIDS, MANY OF WHOM ARE SECOND OR THIRD GENERATION STUDENTS ON THE ISLAND.
IT ALSO SERVES AN INCREDIBLE GROUP OF STUDENTS THAT COME FROM MAINLAND TRANSFERS FROM LUMMI NATION.
IT'S A REALLY SPECIAL COMMUNITY, AND THE SCHOOL IS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT YOUNG WORKING FAMILIES HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MOVE TO THE ISLAND, AND THE REASON THAT A LOT OF FAMILIES AND PEOPLE WHO GREW UP ON THE ISLAND HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MOVE BACK.
THIS HAS ALL LED TO A REALLY INCREDIBLE REVITALIZATION OF OUR ISLAND COMMUNITY, BUT IT'S REALLY HARD AND GETTING HARDER FOR YOUNG FAMILIES TO STAY.
THE DECISION TO MOVE TO A SINGLE TEACHER IS ANOTHER HIT.
WE'RE REALLY, REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE POSITION THAT THE TEACHER IS BEING PUT IN.
MANAGING A K-6 CLASSROOM TEACHING NEXT YEAR WOULD BE FIVE GRADE LEVELS.
BUT PERHAPS OF GREATER CONCERN IS WHAT LONGER-TERM REPERCUSSIONS THIS MAY HAVE FOR OUR SCHOOL.
WE ALREADY KNOW THAT SOME FAMILIES ON THE ISLAND ARE CONSIDERING ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION, INCLUDING HOMESCHOOLING FOR THEIR KIDS.
FOR THE 27-28 SCHOOL YEAR, WE HAVE AT LEAST FIVE AND POSSIBLY MORE POTENTIAL KINDERGARTNERS ON THE ISLAND.
AND THOSE ARE SOME OF THE FAMILIES THAT MAY CHOOSE NOT TO ENROLL THEIR KIDS.
SO WHILE WE KNOW THE INTENTION IS NOT TO CLOSE BEACH SCHOOL, ISLAND RESIDENTS ARE REALLY, REALLY WORRIED THAT THE VIABILITY OF THE SCHOOL MAY BE AFFECTED BY THIS DECISION AND THE SPIRAL THAT IT COULD INITIATE.
WE'RE ALSO CONCERNED THAT ONCE WE LOSE A TEACHING POSITION, THE BAR WILL BE HIGHER TO GET IT BACK IN THE FUTURE.
SMALL RURAL COMMUNITIES ARE STRONG IN A WAY THAT I REALLY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND GROWING UP IN AND LIVING IN CITIES.
BUT THEY'RE ALSO FRAGILE, AND CHANGES CAN HAVE UNINTENDED DOMINO EFFECTS THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO UNDO OR FIX.
WE'RE WORKING REALLY HARD TO KEEP OUR ISLAND VIBRANT.
AND RECRUIT STUDENTS TO THE SCHOOL.
WE APPEAL TO THE BOARD TO KEEP IN MIND HOW THIS BUDGET DECISION MAY HAVE LONG-TERM REPERCUSSIONS.
I AM THE FERNDALE CITY COUNCIL LIAISON TO THE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD, AND WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT DENSITY, APARTMENTS AND CONDOS, AND HOW CITIES THINK ABOUT THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE OF LAND.
TONIGHT, I'D LIKE TO TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE OTHER SIDE OF HOUSING, SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES, LOT SIZES, AND WHAT I CALL, AND I HOPE YOU'LL REMEMBER THIS, THE BIG FLIP.
FERNDALE REGULATED NEIGHBORHOODS USING MINIMUM LOT SIZES.
EVERY LOT HAD TO MEET A MINIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE REQUIREMENT.
IT COULD BE LARGER, BUT NOT SMALLER.
WE HAD THREE BASIC RESIDENTIAL ZONES, 6,500 SQUARE FOOT MINIMUM LOTS AND 8,500 SQUARE FOOT MINIMUM LOTS, AND THEN THE LOWEST DENSITY WOULD BE THE 10,500 SQUARE FOOT MINIMUM LOTS.
BUT IN REALITY, LOTS WERE OFTEN MUCH LARGER BECAUSE LAND DOESN'T DIVIDE PERFECTLY.
ROADS CURVE, WETLANDS EXIST, ENGINEERING HAPPENS, AND SOMETIMES THE MATH SIMPLY REFUSES TO COOPERATE.
AT A STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL, THERE WAS GROWING PRESSURE TO REDUCE SPRAWL, PRESERVE LAND UNDER THE GMA.
SO IN AUGUST 2014, THE CITY FLIPPED THE SYSTEM.
INSTEAD OF REGULATING BY MINIMUM LOT SIZE, WE BEGAN TO REGULATE BY MINIMUM DENSITY.
THAT MAY SOUND LIKE A TECHNICAL
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PLANNING ADJUSTMENT, BUT IT IS FUNDAMENTALLY A CHANGE OF DEVELOPMENT APPROACH.BEFORE 2014, DEVELOPERS WOULD CREATE LARGE LOTS IF THEY WANTED TO.
LOOK AT VIEWPOINT DRIVE NEAR THE BOTTOM OF CHURCH ROAD.
FOUR HOMES ON ROUGHLY HALF-ACRE LOTS, ABOUT 25,000 SQUARE FEET EACH.
IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO BUILD THAT KIND OF SUBDIVISION NOW.
TODAY, LOTS IN SOME DEVELOPMENTS CAN BE AS SMALL AS, NOW GET THIS, 3,500 FEET.
YOU CAN STILL BUILD LARGER LOTS, BUT NOW THE OVERALL DENSITY OF THE PROJECT HAS TO MEET THE CITY'S TARGETS.
DEVELOPERS GAIN MORE FLEXIBILITY, WHICH THEY LIKE, BUT THE RESULT IS SMALLER LOTS OVERALL AND MORE HOMES PER ACRE.
NEIGHBORHOODS BUILT BEFORE 2015 TEND TO HAVE LARGER LOTS AND YARDS.
NEWER NEIGHBORHOODS ARE NOTICEABLY MORE COMPACT.
AND WHETHER PEOPLE REALIZE IT OR NOT, IT IS FUNDAMENTALLY, IT HAS...
FUNDAMENTALLY RESHAPED THE PHYSICAL CHARACTER OF MODERN FERNDALE AND IT DIRECTLY IMPACTS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WHILE UNINCORPORATED WHATCOM COUNTY DISCOURAGES RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH LARGE MINIMUM LOT REQUIREMENTS, SOMETIMES 10 ACRES FOR A SINGLE HOME, INSIDE FERNDALE CITY LIMITS THAT SAME AMOUNT OF LAND COULD THEORETICALLY ACCOMMODATE 60, 70, OR 80 HOMES.
SO BY SIMPLE MATH, MOST FUTURE SCHOOL GROWTH IS LIKELY TO OCCUR INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS.
WHICH MEANS CONVERSATIONS ABOUT DENSITY ARE NO LONGER JUST PLANNING DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.
THEY ARE SCHOOL DISCUSSIONS, TOO.
SO NOW YOU KNOW ABOUT THE BIG FLIP.
ANY QUESTIONS? I'VE GOT ZERO SECONDS LEFT.
I IDENTIFY AS A FERNDALE RESIDENT.
PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS NATIONWIDE ARE FACING A GROWING ENROLLMENT CRISIS.
A RECENT ARTICLE TITLED, DECLINING BIRTH RATES, IMMIGRATION DRIVE ENROLLMENT CRISIS IN THE U.S.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS, EXPLAINS THAT DISTRICTS ARE NOW CONFRONTING BUDGET CUTS, LAYOFFS, AND POTENTIAL SCHOOL CLOSURES AS STUDENT ENROLLMENT CONTINUES TO DECLINE.
ACCORDING TO THE ARTICLE, ENROLLMENT HAS DROPPED IN 30 STATES.
THE PROBLEM WORSENED DURING THE PANDEMIC WHEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS LOST MORE THAN ONE MILLION STUDENTS.
ALTHOUGH SOME STUDENTS LATER RETURNED, MANY DISTRICTS STILL HAVE NOT RECOVERED TO PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS.
THE ARTICLE IDENTIFIES DECLINING BIRTH RATES AS THE PRIMARY CAUSE.
SINCE BIRTH RATES PEAKED IN 2007, FEWER STUDENTS HAVE BEEN RE-ENTERING.
HAVE BEEN ENTERING THE EDUCATION SYSTEM.
OTHER FACTORS ARE ALSO CONTRIBUTING TO THE DECLINE.
RISING HOUSING COSTS HAVE PUSHED FAMILIES OUT OF MAJOR CITIES.
INCREASED COMPETITION FROM PRIVATE SCHOOLS, HOMESCHOOLING, CHARTER SCHOOLS, AND ONLINE EDUCATION HAS ALSO DRAWN STUDENTS AWAY FROM GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS.
ACCORDING TO THE DATA FOR THE LAST SCHOOL YEAR FROM THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS, AND JOHN HOPKINS, HOMESCHOOL RESEARCH LAB, THE NUMBER OF HOMESCHOOLED STUDENTS HAS ALMOST DOUBLED FROM 2.8% TO 5.4% SINCE PRE-PANDEMIC TIMES.
THE ARTICLE FURTHER NOTES THAT IMMIGRATION TRENDS TEMPORARILY BOOSTED ENROLLMENT IN SOME DISTRICTS, BUT THAT EFFECT HAS FADED AS IMMIGRATION LEVELS DECLINED.
DISTRICTS ARE NOW FACING INCREASING FINANCIAL PRESSURE DUE TO THE CLOSE TIE BETWEEN SCHOOL FUNDING AND ENROLLMENT.
MANY SCHOOLS ARE OPERATING BELOW CAPACITY WHILE STILL REQUIRING FULL STAFFING AND MAINTENANCE, INCREASING PER STUDENT COST.
AS ENROLLMENT SHRINKS, SCHOOLS OFTEN REDUCE ELECTIVES, ADVANCED CLASSES, AND OTHER PROGRAMS, WHICH MAKE THEM LESS ATTRACTIVE TO FAMILIES AND FURTHER ACCELERATE THE DECLINE IN ENROLLMENT.
MARGARET ROSA OF GEORGETOWN TOWN UNIVERSITY CHARACTERIZED THE CURRENT SITUATION AS MERELY THE BEGINNING OF A LARGER PROBLEM.
AS A RESULT, DISTRICTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE BEING FORCED TO CONSIDER SCHOOL CLOSURES AND CONSOLIDATION PLANS.
THE MAIN POINT OF THE ARTICLE IS THAT DEMOGRAPHIC AND SOCIAL CHANGES ARE RESHAPING PUBLIC EDUCATION NATIONWIDE, AND SCHOOL SYSTEMS WILL EVENTUALLY BE FORCED TO ADAPT
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TO THOSE REALITIES.SO THAT'S ALL THAT WE HAVE LISTED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT.
AGAIN, IF THERE ARE OTHERS THAT HAVE INPUT THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THE BOARD, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL US, CALL US, OR UTILIZE WHATEVER FORM OF COMMUNICATION WORKS BEST FOR YOU.
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SO THAT THEN TAKES US ON TO ITEM 6.0.ONE, WHICH IS SUPERINTENDENT SHARING.
AND WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO CHRISTY.
IT'S ALREADY BEEN SUCH A FUN NIGHT.
IT IS KIND OF A CRAZY TIME OF YEAR.
I WAS TALKING TO MY HUSBAND THIS MORNING.
HE SAID, WHAT TIME WILL YOU BE HOME? I SAID, WELL, WHEN THE MEETING'S OVER.
BUT I HAVE A MEETING STARTING AT 6 A.M.
SO I WILL SEE YOU ON SATURDAY.
THAT'S KIND OF HOW THE HOURS ARE WORKING RIGHT NOW.
SO JUST THIS SATURDAY, THE LOCATION HAS CHANGED.
PIONEER PARK IS THE ROCK THE NEST FEST.
AND I THINK FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE GOING TO GET TO GO TO THE SCHOLARSHIP EVENT TOMORROW NIGHT, THE AMOUNT OF SCHOLARSHIPS THAT OUR FOUNDATION IS BRINGING IN AND DELIVERING TO OUR STUDENTS IS OFF THE CHART.
IT'S THIS YEAR, THERE'S BEEN SO MANY TIMES WHERE I'VE WATCHED EDUCATORS SAY, HEY, THIS FAMILY REALLY NEEDS SOMETHING, THIS IS HAPPENING, AND THEY SAID, NO PROBLEM, WE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT.
AND JUST THE BARRIERS THAT THE FOUNDATION BREAKS DOWN.
SO I KNOW THIS IS NOT JUST A FUN EVENT, IT'S ALSO A GREAT FUNDRAISER FOR THE FOUNDATION.
AND SO I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME OUT.
THERE'S GOOD MUSIC, GOOD FOOD, AND LOTS OF FUN.
HERE'S JUST A FEW, AND BY THAT I MEAN REALLY JUST A FEW.
THERE IS SOMETHING GOING ON EVERY SINGLE NIGHT IN PREPARATION FOR GRADUATION.
THESE ARE THE EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING THAT ARE FOR ALL STUDENTS.
SO TOMORROW MORNING WE HAVE A SENIOR RECOGNITION ASSEMBLY, WHICH I WILL BE AT.
TOMORROW NIGHT WE HAVE THE SENIOR SCHOLARSHIP NIGHT.
IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO GO, THAT IS SPONSORED BY OUR SENIOR PARENTS.
THE GRAD PARADE, I DO WANT TO CALL OUT THAT THERE'S NO THROWING CANDY THIS YEAR.
THAT BECAME A SAFETY CONCERN, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW THAT.
I GET A LITTLE EMOTIONAL EVERY TIME.
THE GRAD WALK, ONE OF MY FAVORITE EVENTS OF THE YEAR.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT NOT ALL COMMUNITIES CAN PULL OFF, AND WE ARE ABLE TO DO IT HERE WHERE OUR SENIORS GET TO WALK THE HALLS OF NOT ONLY THE HIGH SCHOOL, SCHOOL, BUT THEY'RE ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND I THINK PEOPLE FORGET BECAUSE GRADUATION HAPPENS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, BUT GRADUATION IS A CULMINATION OF 13 YEARS OF EDUCATION.
AND SO MANY ADULTS HAVE BEEN A PART OF EACH STUDENT'S JOURNEY.
AND SO I JUST LOVE THAT AS ONE WAY TO HONOR THE WORK OF MANY.
AND THEN JUNE 5TH, GRADUATION.
AND THE BOARD AND I WILL BE THERE.
MARCUS, ARE YOU COMING? I THINK SO.
SUMMER, AND THEN IT KEEPS GOING.
SO JUNE 12TH IS THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL.
IF YOU REMEMBER, WE HAD TO ADD A COUPLE OF DAYS DUE TO FLOODING.
AND THEN THE DISTRICT OFFICE, ONE WAY WE HAVE CUT BACK ON BUDGET THE LAST FEW YEARS IS WE'VE ADJUSTED THE SUMMER HOURS AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE.
SO WE RUN MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
WE ARE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC FRIDAY, SO THAT ALLOWS STAFF.
IN THE DISTRICT OFFICE IF THEY NEED TO THEY CAN TAKE THEIR TIME OFF THAT DAY WITHOUT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT SUBS AND WE DO CLOSE AT LUNCH HOUR, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR SUBS SO THOSE WILL BE POSTED ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE JUST A HEADS UP THAT WE ARE GOING TO ENGAGE IN THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR AND THEN ONE COMMENT I WANT TO MAKE SO I'M GOING TO PASS THIS OUT MARCUS I'M GOING TO WILL YOU GIVE ONE TO? SO WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT INDICATORS, AND THIS IS JUST A PREVIEW JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME INSIGHT.
YOU MIGHT COME TO THESE MEETINGS AND YOU THINK, I BROUGHT THIS UP AND WHAT'S HAPPENING? THERE'S A LOT HAPPENING BEHIND THE SCENES.
SO AS YOU KNOW, THE BOARD IS IN CHARGE OF POLICY.
SO YOU SET THE POLICY, AND THEN OUR JOB, MY JOB, IS TO SET THE INDICATORS.
HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAKE SURE? THAT WE ARE ANSWERING THE POLICY, THAT WE'RE SHOWING YOU DATA THAT SUPPORTS WHAT IT IS YOU'VE ASKED US TO DO.
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THESE THAT WE'RE REWORKING RIGHT NOW.AND I THINK SOMETIMES WE GET A LITTLE CAUGHT UP, AND I WAS READING THE COMMENTS FOR THIS OE.
SOME OF THEM WERE ABOUT INDICATORS AND LESS ABOUT THE DATA.
SO I'M HOPING THIS HELPS A LITTLE BIT.
BUT ONE OF THE COMMENTS AS WE'RE LISTENING IS WE HAD TAKEN INDICATORS FROM...
PRE-ME, THAT SAID HOW MANY STUDENTS WERE ENROLLED IN DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO HOW MANY STUDENTS WERE IN ART CLASSES OR WHATEVER.
THAT'S REALLY NOT GETTING TO WHAT THE BOARD IS ASKING.
AND SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS REALLY, PLEASE NOTE, THIS IS JUST A DRAFT.
IT'S JUST A WORKING DOCUMENT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
BUT SHOWING YOU THAT WHAT WE'RE THINKING OF MOVING TOWARDS IS SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION, PROGRESS TOWARDS GRADUATION, AND CONSISTENT OUTCOMES.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WE WILL LOOK AT THOSE DIFFERENT CLASSES THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, ARTS, THE CTE COURSES, AND THEN DETERMINE HOW MANY STUDENTS WHO ARE TAKING THOSE CLASSES ARE ON TRACK TO GRADUATE.
SO HOW ARE THOSE COURSES HELPING STUDENTS GET TO GRADUATION? EQUITY IN GRADUATION OUTCOMES, THE GAP IN GRADUATION RATES BETWEEN STUDENT GROUPS AND NON-GROUPS.
SO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE TRACKING THE DIFFERENT SUBGROUPS.
AND THE PERCENT OF STUDENTS GRADUATING WITHIN FIVE YEARS, INCLUDING MULTI-YEAR TRENDS.
SO REMEMBER, IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, IF YOU DON'T GRADUATE BY 18, YOUR FOURTH YEAR, YOU CAN STAY IN SCHOOL UNTIL AGE 21 OR 22 NOW.
STAY MULTIPLE YEARS AND SO WE'RE WHAT WE'RE WHILE WE WANT OUR STUDENTS TO GRADUATE IN FOUR YEARS THAT'S NOT EVERYBODY'S JOURNEY SO HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TRACKING WHO IT TOOK FIVE YEARS MAYBE IT TOOK THEM SIX YEARS TO GET THAT DIPLOMA SO THIS IS KIND OF THE DIRECTION SO I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU THAT WE ARE WORKING ON THESE THINGS AND OVER THE SUMMER WHEN WE'RE AT THE RETREAT I'LL BE BRINGING MORE COMPLETED WORK AS WE CONTINUE TO IRON THIS OUT ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THIS IS REALLY JUST OUR FIRST STAB AND WE HAVEN'T ALL MET AS A GROUP ABOUT THIS SO OKAY MORE TO COME AND THEN OUR STUDENT UPDATES OKAY UM LET'S SEE WHERE DO WE START OH UH LAST WEDNESDAY HARLEY AND I HARLEEN AND I HAD OUR LAST VISIT WITH UM A SCHOOL THIS YEAR SO WE MET WITH HORIZON MIDDLE SCHOOL AND WE ALSO MET WITH THEM BACK IN OCTOBER, I THINK.
SO IT WAS NICE TO SEE THEM AGAIN AFTER, LIKE, A WHOLE ENTIRE SCHOOL YEAR, BASICALLY.
AND A LOT OF THE KIDS, A PART OF THAT ADVISORY WE MET WITH WAS, LIKE, THEIR PRINCIPAL.
AND LIKE THREE SEVENTH GRADERS SO A LOT OF EIGHTH GRADE LEADERS WERE PRESENT.
AND SOMETHING FROM THE SURVEY THAT WE SENT OUT A WHILE AGO TO KNOW WAS KIDS FEEL ABOUT TRANSITIONING FROM LIKE FIFTH TO MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THEN FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL TO HIGH SCHOOL.
SO WE DECIDED TO CHECK IN WITH MAINLY THE EIGHTH GRADERS ABOUT LIKE OKAY HOW ARE YOU GUYS FEELING ABOUT GOING TO HIGH SCHOOL, DO YOU FEEL LIKE MIDDLE SCHOOL HAS SET YOU UP FOR THAT SUCCESS? DO YOU FEEL PREPARED? AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT CAME UP A LOT DURING OUR DISCUSSION WITH THE 8TH GRADERS WAS CONVERSATIONS ABOUT MATH AND THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY IN THEIR MATH CLASSES.
SO SOMETHING THAT THEY FELT LIKE WAS HAPPENING WAS MAYBE TOO MUCH TECHNOLOGY TIME.
WHEN IT CAME TO THEIR MATH CLASSES AND THEY FELT LIKE I MEAN I THINK THE SYSTEM THAT THEY USE IS IREADY YEAH WHICH I DID I DID IREADY TOO WHEN I WAS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL BUT FROM HOW THEY WERE DESCRIBING IT LIKE IT'S IT'S LIKE THEY'RE USING MORE OF THE SYSTEM NOW UM AND SO THE STUDENTS WERE JUST SAYING THAT THEY WERE ASKING US LIKE HOW OUR MATH CLASSES ARE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
SO I WAS JUST EXPLAINING LIKE, WELL, I TOOK GEOMETRY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH IS USUALLY THE FIRST STEP.
AND THEY WERE SAYING THAT LIKE WHEN I WAS LIKE EXPLAINING HOW OUR GEOMETRY CLASS LOOKS LIKE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, THEY WERE SAYING THAT THEY HAVEN'T THEY DON'T REALLY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE PREPARED TO NECESSARILY LIKE TAKE A CLASS THAT HAS LIKE NO NONE OF THAT TECH TIME.
BECAUSE OUR GEOMETRY CLASS, LIKE MY CALCULUS CLASS RIGHT NOW,
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WE DO NOT USE OUR COMPUTERS LIKE AT ALL.OUR TEACHER, HE PROJECTS LIKE A LESSON ON THE SCREEN.
WE DO LIKE A SLIDESHOW AND THEN WE TAKE NOTES BY HAND AND THEN LIKE HE'LL ASSIGN US.
YOU'VE GOT TO DO THREE OF THESE ASSIGNMENTS IN THIS HOMEWORK OR HE'LL MAKE US PACKETS THAT WE DO.
SO THE MIDDLE SCHOOLERS WERE JUST ASKING BECAUSE I THINK WE BROUGHT THIS UP AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR ABOUT LIKE THEIR USE OF IREADY.
AND THEY SAID THAT THEY DID HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT, BUT THEN THEY FELT LIKE NOTHING NECESSARILY HAPPENED AFTERWARDS IF THAT MADE SENSE.
SO THAT'S PROBABLY LIKE THE BIGGEST THING THAT WE GOT FROM THEIR CONVERSATION.
THEY SAID FOR EVERY OTHER ONE OF THEIR CLASSES, THEY FELT REALLY GOOD ABOUT LIKE ENGLISH. THEY FELT GOOD ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SOCIAL STUDIES AND ALL THAT.
THEY WERE EXCITED TO TRY OUT THE CT STUFF THAT WE HAVE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY'RE STARTING TO LIKE PICK THEIR CLASSES NOW, I THINK.
BUT I THINK MATH IS THE ONE THAT THEY ARE FEELING LIKE A LITTLE LIKE THEY NEED MORE SUPPORT ON THAT.
BECAUSE, I MEAN, AND FOR MARCUS AND I, THE REASON WHY WE BROUGHT IT UP HERE IS BECAUSE I KNOW AS A BOARD, WE'RE VERY ALIGNED ON THE CELL PHONE POLICY AND NOT HAVING THAT TECH TIME.
BUT I FEEL LIKE FROM THE WAY THAT THESE KIDS WERE TALKING ABOUT IT AND THEY WERE ALSO BRINGING UP THE CELL PHONE POLICY STUFF WAS THEY WERE SAYING THAT, WELL, YEAH, WE TOOK AWAY THE PHONES, BUT I FEEL LIKE THEY WERE SAYING THAT.
WE'RE REINTRODUCING IT BY HAVING SO MUCH TIME ON THEIR CHROMEBOOKS AND THEIR MACBOOKS AND ALL THAT SORT OF STUFF.
ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD, MARCUS? YEAH.
HARLEEN PRETTY MUCH COVERED EVERYTHING.
THEY JUST SAID THAT THEY DO SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THEIR COMPUTERS DOING IREADY.
AND I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE ALSO SPENT, I WOULD SAY, MORE TIME THAN WE DO IN HIGH SCHOOL ON OUR COMPUTERS.
BUT FROM THE WAY THAT THEY WERE SAYING IT, THEY SAID THAT THEY DO.
I-READY IN CLASS AND THEN AFTER SCHOOL THEIR HOMEWORK IS ALSO ON I-READY AND IT'S JUST VERY DIFFERENT FROM HOW WE DO AT THE HIGH SCHOOL SO LIKE HARLEEN SAID A LOT OF OUR STUFF IS LIKE PEN AND PAPER THE ONLY THING I REALLY DO ON MY COMPUTER IS LOOK AT THE ASSIGNMENT SO SAY ON MY TEACHER WILL HAVE A CANVAS PAGE AND IT'LL BE LIKE OH DO THESE PROBLEMS AND THEN I GO TO THE TEXTBOOK AND THEN I WRITE IT DOWN SO THAT WAS ONE THING THAT THEY WERE REALLY LIKE QUESTIONING WAS JUST LIKE WORRIED ABOUT LIKE HOW MATH IS GOING TO SHIFT OR THAT THERE'S A SHIFT FROM A LOT OF TECHNOLOGY USE IN MATH TO PEN AND PAPER BUT OTHER THAN THAT THEY DID SAY THAT THEY WERE VERY EXCITED FOR HIGH SCHOOL.
SOME OF THOSE KIDS ALSO WENT TO THE LEADERSHIP WORKSHOP THAT HARLEEN ACTUALLY PLANNED AND THEY SAID THEY HAD AN AMAZING TIME SO PROPS TO HARLEEN FOR THAT AND YEAH.
CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION REAL FAST? HAVE YOU SHARED THAT INFORMATION WITH MS. DILLON SO SHE CAN PASS IT ON TO THE MATH TEACHERS? SO I WAS, IN FACT, GOING TO DO THAT TODAY BECAUSE WE MET WITH THEM LAST TIME.
IT WAS SENIOR SKIP DAY, IF NO ONE GOT THAT.
I TOLD MARCUS I HAD STUFF TO DO.
SO THAT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU WOULD, FOR ME, PASS THAT ON.
I FEEL LIKE OUR MATH TEACHERS, LIKE, OBVIOUSLY THEY WANT THEIR KIDS COMING INTO THEIR HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES TO BE PREPARED.
SO I FEEL LIKE HAVING THAT INTERCONNECTEDNESS, LIKE STARTING THEM EARLY OF, LIKE, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AT HIGH SCHOOL, LIKE STARTING THEM EARLY IN MIDDLE SCHOOL OF, LIKE, THIS IS HOW WE TAKE NOTES, THIS IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS, IT WILL SET THEM UP.
BUT, YEAH, OTHER THAN THAT, THEY WERE ALL, LIKE, YEAH, LIKE I'M SO READY TO GET OUT OF MIDDLE SCHOOL, LIKE I'M SO READY TO BE A HIGH SCHOOLER, AND I WAS LIKE, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, CALM DOWN, LIKE WE STILL HAVE A MONTH LEFT, LIKE YOU NEED TO LIKE HOLD YOUR HORSES, BUT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, WE'VE HAD, SO I KNOW ALL, MOST SPRING SPORTS ARE ENDING, I KNOW TRACK AND FIELD STATE IS THIS WEEKEND, AND WE HAVE A FEW ATHLETES GOING, AND THEN WE HAD FERTINCHELLA ON FRIDAY, WHICH IS LEADERSHIP PLANNED, AND IT'S LIKE A HUGE EVENT, FREE FOR THE MOST PART THERE'S LIKE SOME FOOD TRUCKS THAT COME THAT YOU CAN LIKE BUY FOOD BUT THAT'S NOT LIKE REQUIRED BUT IT'S FREE FOR ALL STUDENTS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL TO COME AND I WOULD SAY THAT WAS A PRETTY GOOD TURNOUT IT WAS ALSO SPRING FLING WEEK LAST WEEK SO WE HAD SPIRIT DAYS WE HAD A SUPER COOL OUTDOOR ASSEMBLY THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR AND IT'S ALWAYS SUPER FUN SATURDAYS ROCK THE NEST FEST YOU GUYS UM IF YOU DID NOT ALREADY KNOW I AM ALSO THE FERNDALE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATIONS STUDENT REP THERE AS WELL SO UM YEAH, I GUESS.
AND YEAH, I JUST WANT TO SPREAD THE NEWS.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS PROBABLY LIKE THEIR BIGGEST FUNDRAISER OF THE YEAR.
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AND THEY HAVE SO, SO, SO MANY SCHOLARSHIPS THAT THEY HAVE FOR A LOT OF STUDENTS.THIS YEAR, I ACTUALLY TOOK IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
AND I WAS WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE BOARD AND TRACY DEAL TO LIKE KIND OF GET THIS PROMOTION OUT OF LIKE ROCK THE NEST FEST TO THE STUDENTS SO IF YOU SHOW UP ON SATURDAY, YOU WILL PROBABLY SEE SOME KIDS LOOKING LIKE HIGHLIGHTERS, BECAUSE THIS FRIDAY WE HAVE A SPIRIT DAY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE ANY KID WHO IS BEST DRESSED IN THEIR NEONS AND 80S THEME, THEY WILL WIN FREE DOMINOES FOR A YEAR, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT DOMINOES OFFER TO OUR FOUNDATION, SO IN COLLABORATION WITH THEM, THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.
SO YOU MIGHT SEE A KID DRESSED UP LIKE A HIGHLIGHTER.
AT THIS POINT, THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO HAVE TO DO.
THINK ABOUT THAT IF YOU'RE A SENIOR AND YOU'RE GOING OFF TO COLLEGE AND YOU WIN DOMINOES FOR A YEAR.
GUYS, NEXT TIME YOU SEE ME, THAT'S THE ONLY THING I'M GOING TO HAVE IN MY FRIDGE.
SO ANY QUESTIONS FIRST OFF ABOUT THE WHOLE MATH RELATIONSHIP? I SAW SOMEBODY.
WELL, I DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT IREADY.
ARE THERE TEXTBOOKS? I'VE SEEN WORKBOOKS.
BUT JUST WONDERING IF THERE ARE TEXTBOOKS.
I AM GOING TO ASK TRINA AND OR KELLY TO ENGAGE.
FOR THE STUDENTS, THERE ARE WORKBOOKS.
YES, BUT ARE THERE TEXTBOOKS? IT'S THE INSTRUCTION, THE CORE INSTRUCTIONAL PART OF IREADY IS ONLINE.
SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THE TEACHERS TYPICALLY HAVE A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION, SIMILAR TO WHAT HARLEEN SHARED, THAT THEY USE THAT THEY PRESENT IT TO THE STUDENTS.
AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROMPTS WITHIN THAT.
A LOT OF TIMES STUDENTS ARE USING WHITEBOARDS, COMPLETING THE ACTIVITY.
AND IF AND WHEN THERE IS SOMETHING TO COMPLETE, SOMETIMES IT CAN BE DONE ONLINE THROUGH THE TECHNOLOGY OR THEY CAN USE PAPER PENCIL THROUGH THE WORKBOOK.
SO THE TEXTBOOK PORTION, LIKE THE TIER 1 CORE INSTRUCTION PART, WOULD BE DELIVERED FROM THE TEACHER USING THE SLIDE DECK THAT'S ONLINE THROUGH IREADY.
OKAY, AND WOULD THAT TYPICALLY BE DONE IN CLASS AS OPPOSED TO HOMEWORK? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND IS THERE HOMEWORK? THERE COULD BE SOMETIMES, AND SOMETIMES IT'S DEPENDENT ON THE CORE CONTENT AREA, THE AGE.
FOR THE STUDENT AND KIND OF WHAT THEY'RE STUDYING? THE REASON I ASK IS BECAUSE I HAD A PARENT ACCOST ME THIS LAST WEEKEND AND SAID THEY WERE VERY FRUSTRATED IN TRYING TO HELP THEIR KID WITH MATH BECAUSE THERE WAS NO TEXTBOOK.
THEY WEREN'T REALLY SURE WHAT IT WAS THAT THEY NEEDED TO BE HELPING WITH.
THEY WERE UNSURE ABOUT THE ONLINE STUFF.
AND THESE WERE NOT UNSUPPORTIVE PARENTS OR UNEDUCATED PARENTS.
IN FACT, LIKE, I THINK SHE WAS AN EPIDEMIOLOGIST.
WHO DEFINITELY WOULD HAVE HAD THE MATH BACKGROUND TO BE ABLE TO HELP THE CHILD.
SO I'M REALLY CURIOUS TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS, ABOUT THOSE PROCESSES.
AND I THINK, DIDN'T YOU GO, DID YOU GO VISIT VISTA? SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO ENGAGE WITH, IT WAS MELANIE. IT WAS MELANIE.
NO, AND WHAT I SAW AT VISTA I REALLY LIKED.
I MEAN, THEY WERE SENDING KIDS TO THE WHITEBOARDS.
THE KIDS WERE NOT JUST SITTING THERE ON SCREENS.
SCREEN COME OUT EVEN ONCE, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF TIMES.
WELL, I SPENT SOME TIME AT HORIZON, AND I SPENT SOME TIME AT VISTA.
I THINK I'VE BEEN THERE LIKE A TOTAL OF LIKE BETWEEN THE TWO, FOUR TIMES, AND I'VE NEVER ONCE SEEN A KID ON A SCREEN.
SO WHAT I DID SEE WAS KIDS DOING WORK IN WORKBOOKS, LIKE YOU SAID.
I'VE ALSO SEEN THEM SEND THEM TO WHITEBOARDS, AND THEY WOULD BE GIVEN OF PROBLEMS SO THEY'VE BEEN GROUPS DOING GROUP INSTRUCTION AND THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO FROM GROUP TO GROUP, LOOK AT THE ANSWER, SEE IF IT WAS RIGHT, EXPLAIN HOW THEY ARRIVED AT THE ANSWER.
SO, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT SEEMED REALLY INTERACTIVE AND THOROUGH.
THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT I HAVE WITNESSED, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE HAPPENS IN TERMS OF HOMEWORK.
AND THE ABILITY TO ENGAGE PARENTS AND SUPPORT THEM SO THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO SUPPORT TEACHERS IN THE MATERIAL THAT THEY'RE PRESENTING.
SO, YEAH, I REALLY DO WANT TO KNOW MORE.
AND I THINK WE HAVE A COUPLE THINGS WE CAN ADDRESS.
FIRST OFF, I JUST WANT TO SAY WHAT CAN BE REALLY COMPLICATED IS WHEN WE SAY I-READY.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT RESOURCES FROM IREADY.
WE HAVE OUR SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT THAT WE GIVE THREE TIMES A YEAR.
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SO THAT IS A DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT OUR STUDENTS, OUR TEACHERS USE TO LOOK AT STUDENT GROWTH TO SEE HOW THEY CAN BETTER SUPPORT STUDENTS.SO WE HAVE IREADY IN TERMS OF A SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT THAT WE DO THREE TIMES A YEAR.
THEN THAT INFORMATION FEEDS INTO IREADY MYPATH, WHICH IS THE INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTION BASED ON THAT IREADY DATA FROM THE SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENTS.
SO STUDENTS HAVE INDIVIDUALIZED LIKE LEARNING PATHWAYS THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON BASED ON THEIR DATA.
SO WE DO ENCOURAGE WEEKLY USE OF MYPATH AS STUDENTS ARE WORKING ON THEIR INDIVIDUAL LEARNING.
AND READYMATH IS OUR CORE MATHEMATICS CURRICULUM.
SO THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE'RE USING IN TERMS OF THE READY, OR EXCUSE ME, IREADY MATERIALS, BUT THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT PURPOSES FOR THOSE.
THE OTHER THING I WOULD MENTION IS JJ IS HERE, WHO IS OUR VISTA PRINCIPAL.
SO IF WE DO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING...
WHAT THEY'RE DOING AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
HE'S ANOTHER GREAT RESOURCE, JUST LIKE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT WITH MEL.
AND LAST YEAR, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, AND WE CAN THINK ABOUT THIS AGAIN FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR, WE HOSTED A PARENT NIGHT.
AND WHEN I SAY IT, NOT THE 25, 26 SCHOOL YEAR, BUT THE 24, 25, WHERE WE HAD A ZOOM INVITED PARENTS TO COME.
WE HAD THE I-READY REPRESENTATIVES THERE WHO ARE INCREDIBLY SUPPORTIVE.
AND WE HAD SOME PARTICIPATION, JUST TRYING TO TALK THROUGH PARENTS HOW THEY CAN HELP SUPPORT THEIR STUDENTS.
PROBABLY NOT AS MUCH AS WE WOULD HAVE LIKED, AND THEN WE DID SHARE OUT AFTERWARDS, BECAUSE WE DO GET QUESTIONS LIKE YOU'RE ASKING, PEGGY, OF HOW CAN WE BETTER SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS.
AND I WOULD JUST ADD ONE THING, THAT IF WE HAVE PARENTS WHO ARE WONDERING, HOW DO I SUPPORT MY STUDENT, THE BEST PLACE TO START IS CONTACTING THE TEACHER, BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY WHO'S AT THAT LEVEL, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE CURRICULUM, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE FORMAT, BUT THE PERSON WHO HAS THE RELATIONSHIP AND KNOWS THE DAY-TO-DAY, IS THE CLASSROOM TEACHER.
SO ALWAYS FEEL FREE TO ENCOURAGE THEM.
OUR TEACHERS ARE AN AMAZING RESOURCE.
AND CHRISTY, IF I COULD JUST ADD ONE MORE THING, ESPECIALLY AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, AND TRINA CAN CONFIRM AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL, BUT WITH REPORT CARDS, LIKE SEMESTER ONE AND SEMESTER TWO, AS WELL AS THE PROGRESS REPORTS, THE FIRST ONE, THEY RECEIVE AN IREADY, BASICALLY AN INFORMATIONAL HANDOUT SPECIFIC TO THEIR CHILD.
AND IN THAT DOCUMENT, IT ALSO MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW THEY CAN SUPPORT THEIR STUDENTS AND SHOWS WHERE THEY CAN GO ONLINE TO ACCESS SOME OF THOSE RESOURCES AS WELL.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER RESOURCE THAT FAMILIES CAN USE WHEN YOU'RE SPEAKING WITH FAMILIES, IS THEY DO GET THAT INDIVIDUALIZED REPORT FOR THEIR STUDENTS.
SO WHICH ONE OF THESE THREE ELEMENTS COULD THE KIDS HAVE BEEN REFERRING TO? SO.
MIND YOU, WE'RE DEALING WITH MIDDLE SCHOOLERS, OKAY? SO JUST EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE SAYING, ALREADY KNOW, LIKE A LITTLE GRAIN OF SALT, LIKE THIS IS WHAT THEY WERE SAYING.
THEY JUST FELT LIKE THE CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION FOR ALL OF THEIR, LIKE THE 8TH GRADE MATH CLASSES THAT THEY HAVE AT HORIZON, BECAUSE WE WERE TALKING TO THE HORIZON KIDS, NOT THE VISTA KIDS, THEY WERE SAYING THAT IT JUST WAS, A LOT OF THEIR INSTRUCTION WAS ON THE COMPUTER.
THE ONE FEW TIMES THAT THEY WOULD GET A WORKBOOK, THEY SAID, THAT THEY WOULD LIKE, A LOT OF THE KIDS WOULDN'T EVEN DO IT, AND THEN THEY WOULD JUST FOLLOW ALONG WITH THE TEACHER ONCE THE TEACHER WOULD LIKE GO OVER IT, AND THEY WOULD JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S HOW THEIR ENTIRE CLASS WOULD LOOK LIKE, AND THEN THEY WOULD GO HOME, AND THEN THEY WOULD WORK ON THEIR INDIVIDUAL PATHWAYS, WHICH I'M PRETTY SURE, THAT'S, NOW I'M LIKE UNDERSTANDING IT AS WELL AS LIKE WHAT THE THREE LAYERS ARE, AND THEY WERE JUST WORKING THROUGH THAT, AND THEN IT DIDN'T ALIGN WITH WHAT THEY WERE BEING TAUGHT IN CLASS, SO.
THAT WAS LIKE STRANGE FOR THE KIDS.
AND SO THEY WERE JUST SAYING THAT IT WAS JUST A LOT OF WORKING ON THEIR CHROMEBOOKS, WHICH LIKE IN WHEN I WAS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, OBVIOUSLY NOT THAT LONG AGO, WE DID DO A LOT ON OUR CHROMEBOOKS.
AND I FEEL LIKE THAT'S THE AGE TO LIKE START BUILDING THEIR SKILLS WITH THE TECHNOLOGY AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
BUT WHEN I WAS EXPLAINING TO THEM, LIKE, OH, YEAH, THIS IS WHAT GEOMETRY AND ALGEBRA LOOKS LIKE.
AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, LIKE THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO IS LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE NOTES BY HAND.
THEY WERE KIND OF UNSURE AND NERVOUS ABOUT WALKING INTO THAT BECAUSE THEY HAVE NEVER TAKEN NOTES BY HAND AND NEVER DONE STUFF LIKE THAT, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
SO THEY JUST FELT LIKE THEIR IN-CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION WAS JUST NOT TO THE LEVEL OF WHAT HIGH SCHOOL IS GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK LIKE.
WHAT LEVEL OF MATH WAS THIS? I'M ASSUMING THERE'S MORE THAN ONE LEVEL OF MATH AT THIS END OF EIGHTH GRADE.
SO ALSO WHAT THEY TOLD US THERE IS HORIZON DOES NOT OFFER ALGEBRA 1.
ONLY VISTA OFFERS ALGEBRA 1, SO THOSE STUDENTS WERE SAYING THAT HOPEFULLY, LIKE THE FEW 7TH GRADERS AND 6TH GRADERS THAT WERE IN THE ROOM, THEY WERE
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SAYING THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO LIKE GATHER THEIR PEOPLE INTO, YOU KNOW, GETTING ALGEBRA FOR NEXT YEAR, WHICH I THINK THAT REVOLVES AROUND LIKE TESTING SCORES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.SO THEY SAID THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO LIKE MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET IT FOR NEXT YEAR, BUT THIS YEAR THEY DO NOT HAVE ALGEBRA 1.
SO IT'S JUST LIKE A PRE-ALGEBRA CLASS.
YEAH, ALL OF THE 8TH GRADERS ARE IN.
JUST FROM WHAT WE HEARD, EIGHTH GRADE, LIKE MATH.
I THINK IT'S CALLED PRE-ALGEBRA, YEAH.
OR YEAH, LIKE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WELL, THANK YOU, STUDENTS.
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AND WITH THAT, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO ITEM 7.01.THAT IS OUR BUDGET UPDATE, SO I WILL TURN THINGS OVER TO HOLLY.
OKAY, SO WE JUST TWO WEEKS AGO HAD OUR STUDY SESSION, SO THIS IS GOING TO BE KIND OF BRIEF BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE JUST TALKED A LOT.
THINGS WE'RE DOING BUDGET-WISE RIGHT NOW, WE'RE CONTINUING TO REFINE THE STAFFING BUDGET, WHICH THAT'S REALLY KIND OF ARDUOUS WORK, LIKE GOING THROUGH PERSON BY PERSON, MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE...
ACCOUNT CODES ARE RIGHT, MAKING SURE OUR GRANTS ARE FULLY EXPENDED, AND WE'RE KIND OF GATHERING ALL THAT INFORMATION.
AND THEN NEXT WEEK, HR IS GOING TO WORK ON UPDATING WHAT WE CALL BUD 03, WHICH IS OUR NEXT KIND OF DRAFT.
WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON BUD 2 RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN I'M ALSO WORKING ON THE OTHER FUNDS, THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND, DEBT SERVICE, AND TVF.
SO THOSE ARE KIND OF IN PROCESS IN THE SYSTEM.
ASB FUNDS, I'VE RECEIVED TWO OF OUR THREE SECONDARY SCHOOLS, SO I'M JUST WAITING FOR ONE MORE, AND THEN I'LL GET THOSE UPLOADED INTO CUMULATIVE.
SO KIND OF THINGS ARE HAPPENING BEHIND THE SCENES RIGHT NOW.
OUR FUND BALANCE, APRIL IS A GREAT MONTH BECAUSE WE HAVE A BIG TAX COLLECTION, SO CURRENT FUND BALANCE IS $10.5 MILLION.
OUR MINIMUM FUND BALANCE IS $3.7 MILLION FOR THE 25-26 SCHOOL YEAR.
AND LIKE I ALWAYS SAY, WE'RE CONTINUING TO BE VERY FRUGAL AND WATCH OUR SPENDING.
THAT'S A GRAPH OF WHAT OUR FUND BALANCE LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW.
SO THE GREEN IS WHERE WE ARE AT $10.5 MILLION.
AND THEN FUND BALANCE PROJECTIONS.
SO THIS TOOL IS OUR BEST GUESS ESTIMATE, AND IT IS REALLY HARD TO PREDICT.
I WILL SAY THAT TAX COLLECTION ARE...
LEVY WAS LARGER THAN WHAT WE PREDICTED, WHICH IS GREAT.
I THINK IT'LL BE A LITTLE SMALLER IN MAY.
THE TIMING ALWAYS KIND OF MAKES A DIFFERENCE OF WHEN THE 31ST FALLS.
IT FELL ON, I THINK, ON A THURSDAY.
SO THEY DID CAPTURE A LOT OF THAT TAX COLLECTION BY THE 30TH, I MEAN, NOT THE 31ST.
AND RIGHT NOW THAT'S WHERE WE'RE SITTING AT $10.5 MILLION.
WE HAD ESTIMATED IT WOULD BE KIND OF, I THINK, 8.4 MILLION, SO QUITE A BIT HIGHER THAN WHAT WE EXPECTED.
HOLLY, WHAT WAS THE REASON, OR WHAT'S THE GENERAL REASON OF WHY WE HAD A MUCH HIGHER COLLECTION THAN NORMAL? I THINK A LOT OF IT IS TIMING.
I LOOK AT HISTORY OF WHAT WE COLLECTED IN APRIL FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS WHEN I DID THIS GRAPH, AND LIKE I SAID, WE DID COLLECT MORE, YOU KNOW, I THINK IN THE PAST, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT PERCENTAGE, IT WAS LIKE MAYBE 70% OF OUR TOTAL COLLECTION, OR NO, THAT'S NOT RIGHT, LIKE 45% OF OUR TOTAL COLLECTION FOR THE YEAR IN APRIL, AND I THINK WE WERE CLOSER, WE WERE A LITTLE HIGHER.
PLUS, OUR LEVY RATES WENT UP THIS YEAR.
WE ARE A MILLION DOLLARS MORE FOR THIS LEVY THAN WE WERE FOR LAST YEAR'S LEVY, SO THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
AND THEN THE TIMING, YOU KNOW, IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHEN PEOPLE REMIT THEIR TAXES.
MAIL THEM RIGHT ON THE DAY, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S POSTMARKED, SO THEN YOU DON'T GET IT TILL MAY, SO THERE'S KIND OF SOME TIMING ISSUES.
AND WE ALWAYS ESTIMATE LOW REVENUES, YOU KNOW.
WE MUST ESTIMATE ON THE LOWER SIDE.
WE DON'T WANT TO OVERESTIMATE MONEY COMING IN.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THAT CHART IS A THING OF BEAUTY THIS MONTH.
SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT.
WELL, CAUSED A BRIEF PANIC BECAUSE THERE WAS SOMETHING I WAS LOOKING FOR THAT I COULDN'T FIND.
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THE DOCUMENT WAS LOCATED, AND BECAUSE SOMEBODY PUT IT IN THE O'S INSTEAD OF THE P'S.SO OTHER THAN THAT, THERE IS NOTHING TO REPORT AS FAR AS AUDIT COMMITTEE GOES.
THANK YOU, HOLLY, AND TELL KELLY THANK YOU.
O'S AND P'S CAN LOOK THE SAME.
THERE'S JUST A LINE THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING AND LOOKING AT THOSE THINGS, PEGGY, AND YOUR DILIGENCE IN THAT AREA.
I'VE GOT A FEW THINGS FOR THE BOARD.
RIGHT NOW, THE WASDA LEGISLATIVE AND RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEES ARE MEETING, AND THEY'RE CONTINUING THEIR WORK TO PREPARE FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, WHICH IS SEPTEMBER 19TH.
AND THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE'S RESPONSIBILITIES IS TO RECOMMEND EITHER PASS OR DO NOT PASS ON LEGISLATIVE POSITION PROPOSALS.
AND THEN THAT'S SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY WASDA MEMBERS AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
AND THE RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS PASS OR DO NOT PASS ON PERMANENT POSITIONS VOTED ON BY THE WASDA MEMBERS.
SO I HAD NOT THOROUGHLY UNDERSTOOD.
UNTIL JUST NOW AND I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR YOU KNOW OVER A COUPLE YEARS LEGISLATIVE IS FOR LEGISLATIVE POSITIONS RESOLUTIONS IS FOR PERMANENT POSITIONS THEY DO THE SAME KIND OF WORK BUT DIFFERENT DIFFERENT POSITIONS WITHIN WASTA MOVING RIGHT ALONG STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION IS WORKING ON FUTURE READY SO I THOUGHT IT WAS KIND OF INTERESTING THAT WE GOT THIS FUTURE READY THING AND WORD.
TALKING ABOUT THAT NOW TOO, BUT THEY'RE WORKING ON THE INITIATIVE FOR IT.
AND THAT STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION HAS 16 MEMBERS.
SOME ARE ELECTED, SOME ARE APPOINTED, AND THEY HAVE TWO STUDENTS ON IT, AND THEY'RE WORKING ON GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS.
IN 2019, LEGISLATION DISCONNECTED EXIT EXAMS WITH GRADUATION PATHWAYS OPTION.
AND THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION NEEDS TO FINISH THEIR LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL BY THIS SEPTEMBER, SO IT WILL BE READY FOR THE 2027 LEGISLATIVE SEASON.
SO WE'RE KIND OF IN A IN-BETWEEN LAND RIGHT NOW WITH FUTURE READY AND GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS.
SOME OF THE TERMS USED IN LISTENING TO THIS SESSION TODAY, THIS IS ALL, MOST OF THIS IS FROM MY, WE CALL IT, IT USED TO BE CALLED LEGISLATIVE REP NETWORK, AND NOW THEY CALL IT SOMETHING ELSE.
ANYWAY, THE MEETING WAS TODAY AT NOON, AND SO MOST OF MY INFORMATION HERE COMES FROM THAT.
SOME OF THE VERBIAGE THAT WAS USED IN DESCRIBING ALL THE WORK THAT THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION DOES WITH INTERSECTIONALITY, LIVED EXPERIENCE, HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, CREATING SPACE FOR STUDENTS TO DEFINE.
SO THE EARLIEST THAT ANY NEW REQUIREMENTS COULD TAKE EFFECT WOULD BE ENTERING THE NINTH GRADE COHORT.
SO THE CLASS OF 2031 WOULD BE UNDER THE NEW GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS.
ANOTHER THING IS THAT I'VE INVITED OUR THREE LEGISLATORS, SHARON SHOEMAKE, JOE TIMMONS, AND ALICIA RUHL.
TO THE GRADUATION, I SENT THEM AN EMAIL AND HADN'T HEARD BACK FROM THEM, SO I CALLED THEIR ASSISTANTS AND LEFT MESSAGES ON THEIR PHONES AND STILL HAVEN'T HEARD BACK FROM THEM.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING TO SHOW UP OR NOT, BUT THEY DEFINITELY HAVE BEEN INVITED.
SO THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT FOR LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE.
I APPRECIATE ALL THE INFORMATION AND THE THOROUGH JOB YOU DO
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WITH GETTING THAT.SO THAT TAKES US ON TO ITEM 8.01, WHICH IS ACTION ON THE MONITORING REPORT FOR OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS TO OE2 COMMUNICATIONS AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS.
THERE WERE CERTAINLY LOTS OF COMMENTS.
THE SURVEY WAS 31 PAGES LONG WITH ALL THE COMMENTS.
ONE REQUEST THAT I'LL VOICE OUT IS...
WHEN YOU ARE ANSWERING THOSE SURVEYS, IF YOU COULD PLEASE PUT YOUR INITIALS AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY PARAGRAPH.
IT WAS KIND OF HARD TO TELL WHO MADE WHAT COMMENTS BECAUSE THERE WERE A LOT OF PARAGRAPHS
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THAT HAD NO INITIALS, AND SOMETIMES IT FLOWED FROM THE PARAGRAPH TO HEAD, OTHER TIMES IT DIDN'T.SO IT'S JUST HELPFUL TO PUT THOSE INTO PERSPECTIVE IF PEOPLE PUT THEIR INITIALS SO WE KNOW WHO SAID WHAT.
OF THE 23 INDICATORS WERE THERE, WE HAD 67 VOTES FOR IN COMPLIANCE, 34 VOTES FOR IN COMPLIANCE WITH EXCEPTIONS, AND 3 VOTES FOR NOT IN COMPLIANCE.
SO WITH THIS MANY INDICATORS AND A MYRIAD OF COMMENTS, A BIT CHALLENGING TO SUMMARIZE, I DID FEEL AND CHRISTY MENTIONED THIS UM, AHEAD OF ME SO SHE STEALS MY THUNDER.
BUT IT DID FEEL LIKE THERE WERE SOME PLACES WHERE WE WENT OFF ON RABBIT TRAILS.
AND ALSO WHERE WE TALKED MORE ABOUT THE INDICATORS THAN WHETHER OR NOT THINGS FIT WITH THE, WHETHER OR NOT WE WERE IN COMPLIANCE OR NOT.
AND DEFINITELY I THINK THERE'S SOME ROOM WITHIN THIS AS FAR AS DUPLICATION AND THINGS THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT.
WORKING ON THOSE INDICATORS BUT AT THIS POINT I'LL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR ANY DISCUSSION COMMENTS WELL WOULD IT BE BEST JUST TO START AT THE TOP AND WORK OUR WAY DOWN SAY ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS ANYONE HAVE A DISCUSSION ON ITEM ONE ITEM TWO I'M OPEN TO THAT IF WE WANT TO DO IT ONE BY ONE OR IF THERE ARE PARTICULAR ONES THAT PEOPLE HAVE.
SO WITHOUT ANY FURTHER SUGGESTIONS.
SO ANY COMMENTS ON INDICATORS ONE OR 1.2? WELL, IT WAS NOTICEABLE TO ME THAT WE WERE ALL OVER THE PLACE WITH THAT ONE, 40% IN COMPLIANCE, 40% IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING.
EXCEPTIONS, AND 20% NOT IN COMPLIANCE.
SO THAT SEEMS WORTH TALKING ABOUT AND SHARING OUR REASONING.
THERE WERE REALLY GOOD NOTES, I THOUGHT, ON THERE.
AND STARTING WITH THAT, IT SEEMED TO ME LIKE GOING THROUGH THE ENTIRE THING, READING WHAT PEOPLE WERE SAYING, THERE SEEMS TO BE SOMEWHAT OF A CONSENSUS OF FORMATTING A DASHBOARD FOR INFORMATION.
AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S IN PROGRESS OR SOMETHING RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? THAT THERE'S A DASHBOARD THAT'S BEING MADE FOR THE DISTRICT.
SO, YEAH, I WOULD LOVE TO TALK ABOUT THE DASHBOARD.
THE DASHBOARD, AND I'LL BE HONEST, I'M A LITTLE STUCK, BECAUSE THE DASHBOARD IS FOR TEACHERS AND BUILDINGS TO LOOK AT INDIVIDUAL STUDENT DATA TO BE ABLE TO MAKE FORMATIVE DECISIONS IN THE MOMENT.
AND SO IT'S BEING DESIGNED, AND IF I WAS TO STOP THE DESIGN FOR SCHOOLS, I WOULD HAVE TO STOP THE DESIGN FOR SCHOOLS AND WORKING DIRECTLY WITH SCHOOL TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS IN ORDER TO BUILD A DASHBOARD FOR THE BOARD, WHICH RIGHT NOW IS THESE MONITORING REPORTS.
AND SO I GET THE BOARD'S WANTING DATA, AND AT THIS POINT I WOULD ASK IF THE BOARD'S FEELING LIKE AN INDIVIDUAL, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S AN INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER WHO MIGHT WANT IT.
BECAUSE AS A BOARD, YOU GET THE DATA AS THE MONITORING REPORT COMES FORWARD.
BUT I GUESS MY QUESTION FOR THE BOARD IS, HOW DO YOU WANT US TO SPEND MY TIME INFORMING YOU ABOUT THE DATA? SOME OF IT JUST COMES ONCE A YEAR.
WE DON'T GET MULTIPLE POINTS OF DATA.
THE IREADY DATA IS FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT THAT THE TEACHERS USE IN THE MOMENT, AND THEY'RE MONITORING IT.
ARE TIER 2 TEAMS, TIER 3 TEAMS USE THE ATTENDANCE DATA AND ALL OF THAT TO BE ABLE TO KNOW WHO TO ENGAGE.
SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE THEIR PLATFORM TO INFORM HOW THEY'RE DOING THE WORK.
THE DASHBOARD THAT I CONTINUE TO HEAR ABOUT FROM THE BOARD IS VERY DIFFERENT.
THE PURPOSE IS DIFFERENT AND EVERYTHING, AND SO MY TEAM WOULD NEED TO PIVOT IN ORDER TO CREATE THAT.
AND I GET YOUR URGENCY TO HAVE IT, BUT IT'S GOING TO COME AT THE EXPENSE OF US BEING ABLE TO CREATE IT.
CREATE AND WORK DIRECTLY WITH SCHOOLS SO THAT'S WHY WE JUST HAVEN'T BECAUSE WE'RE PRIORITIZING THE STUDENT WORK.
AND ALSO KEEP IN MIND THERE'S NOT MANY OF US DOING A LOT OF THINGS, AND SO EVERYONE'S WORKING
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AROUND THE CLOCK.SO I DO HEAR THE DESIRE FOR A DASHBOARD, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING.
WE HAD HOMEROOM, AND I GOT THAT AS A RESULT OF THE BOARD WANTING A DASHBOARD FOR SCHOOLS TO HAVE ACCESSIBLE DATA.
AND WE GOT RID OF THAT A YEAR AGO TO SAVE MONEY, AND SO NOW WE'RE BUILDING OUR OWN FROM SCRATCH, AND IT JUST TAKES TIME.
SO I GUESS IF THE BOARD'S SAYING, HEY, PIVOT, WE'RE GOING TO PRIORITIZE US HAVING THE DASHBOARD OVER SCHOOLS, THEN I'LL TAKE THAT TO MY TEAM, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.
I DOUBT THAT ANYBODY'S ASKING FOR THAT.
I KNOW, BUT I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR WHAT THAT WOULD TAKE.
YEAH, SO YOU'RE SAYING THEY'RE DIFFERENT.
THEY'RE JUST DIFFERENT PURPOSES, DIFFERENT AUDIENCES.
YOU DON'T NEED THE INDIVIDUAL STUDENT DATA.
LIKE, I'M NOT GOING TO GRANT INDIVIDUAL STUDENT DATA TO ANY BOARD MEMBER.
I DON'T GO IN AND LOOK AT INDIVIDUAL STUDENT DATA.
THAT'S REALLY WHAT THE BOARD WOULD NEED, AND WE WOULD TIE THEM TO THE POLICIES THAT YOU'VE DONE BECAUSE YOU'RE POLICY PEOPLE.
AND SO I WOULD SAY, AND BOBBY'S WORKING ON IT.
BOBBY'S LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT POLICIES AND SAYING, OKAY, WHAT WOULD THAT DASHBOARD LOOK LIKE? BUT IT'S JUST GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME.
I'M KIND OF WONDERING IF AI CAN HELP SPEED UP BOTH PROCESSES.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE USING.
IT JUST TAKES TIME BECAUSE THE PEOPLE, SO SARAH AND BOBBY WHO ARE WORKING ON IT, THEY ALSO HAVE LIKE, THEY GO OUT AND SUPPORT SCHOOLS AND THEY HAVE OTHER JOBS.
AND SO WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING IS GOING OUT AND WORKING DIRECTLY WITH BUILDINGS AND TEAMS TO SAY, HOW DO YOU WANT THIS TO LOOK? WHAT DO YOU NEED THE DATA TO LOOK LIKE? AND THEN THEY GO BACK AND...
IN FACT, THEY'RE BEING HIGHLY NOTED ACROSS THE STATE FOR THEIR WORK IN IT.
SO IT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE A LOT EASIER AND FASTER THAN IT IS.
THE REALITY IS IT JUST TAKES TIME.
THEY HAVE OTHER JOBS AS ASSIGNED.
I GUESS WE NEED TO LOOK AT, MAYBE WE NEED TO BACK UP, HONESTLY, AND LOOK AT, BEFORE THERE'S EVEN A DASHBOARD, DETERMINE WHAT WE ACTUALLY NEED TO EVEN LOOK AT.
BECAUSE THE DASHBOARD SHOULD BE BUILT AROUND WHAT WE WOULD LOOK AT BEFORE WE EVEN LOOK AT THE DASHBOARD.
SO, I DON'T KNOW, THESE ARE ALL THINGS I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT A LOT.
WHAT I'VE SEEN IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS.
I GUESS MY QUESTION TO THE BOARD, WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THIS, I THINK OUR INTERPRETATION AS A TEAM WAS VERY DIFFERENT.
THIS WAS REALLY, THIS IS AN OE.
THIS IS A TECHNICAL POLICY ABOUT THE COMMUNICATION STRUCTURES.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SEND OUT A NEWSLETTER EVERY FRIDAY THAT HAS INFORMATION.
IF IT'S REALLY CRITICAL INFORMATION, I SEND AN EMAIL.
IF IT'S VERY CRITICAL INFORMATION, I'LL TEXT YOU ALL INDIVIDUALLY SAYING, HEY, THIS IS HAPPENING, PLEASE CALL ME.
AND SO I'VE GOT TIERED APPROACH TO COMMUNICATION.
SELINA AND HER TEAM, THE WEBSITE'S ANOTHER FORM OF COMMUNICATION.
SO I GUESS THIS IS AN OPERATIONAL EXPECTATION, AND I THINK IT WAS BRIAN I WAS TALKING TO THIS WEEK.
WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF POLICIES, THE OES ARE REALLY MORE THE BUSINESS OF THE DISTRICT, WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE.
THE RESULTS POLICIES OF WHICH THE DASHBOARD BOARD WOULD FIT INTO IS MORE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE SCHOOLS.
THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE STUDENT OUTCOME DATA.
AND SO TYPICALLY AN OE POLICY IS JUST PRETTY QUICK AND SNAPPY.
IT'S JUST TECHNICAL THINGS THAT WE DO, SYSTEMS WE HAVE IN PLACE.
THE RESULTS TEND TO BE BIGGER REPORTS, BIGGER POLICIES, BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT STUDENT DATA.
THIS REALLY ISN'T ABOUT STUDENT DATA, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
THERE MUST HAVE BEEN SOMETHING ELSE.
I MEAN, THERE MUST HAVE BEEN SOMETHING EITHER ABOUT INDICATORS OR SOMETHING THAT MAY SPEND WAY MORE TIME ON SOMETHING THAT SHOULD COME ACROSS AS EXTREMELY TECHNICAL.
I WAS GOING TO SAY, AS FAR AS OE REPORTS, OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS, THERE ARE SOME PRETTY CONCRETE THINGS THAT I THINK COULD SHOW UP IN TERMS OF...
LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, ACCIDENT REPORTS AND THAT'S
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IN A DIFFERENT ONE THAT'S IN THE HR REPORT BUT BUT I'M JUST SAYING THOSE THAT WAS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF THE KIND OF INDICATOR THAT MIGHT BE IN AN OE REPORT COMPLAINT LOGS YEAH YOU HAD A COMPLAINT LOG YOU KNOW HOW YOU KNOW CATEGORIZE IT BY TYPE OF COMPLAINT YOU KNOW SO YOU COULD YOU COULD CHECK THE FREQUENCY OF IT AND SEE HOW QUICKLY THESE THINGS ARE BEING RESOLVED EXACTLY.THAT WOULD BE USEFUL INFORMATION FOR...
SO THIS REPORT, ACTUALLY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT, WHEN I THINK ABOUT MY TEAM BACK HERE, THIS IS A SELENA AND HER TEAM REPORT.
IT FALLS UNDER COMMUNICATIONS, HOW WE COMMUNICATE WITH YOU, BUT ALSO WITH THE COMMUNITY.
ALL I'M SAYING IS I THINK THAT'S THE KIND OF INFORMATION THAT CAN BE EASILY QUANTIZED AND PUT IN A DASHBOARD.
YOU WILL GET INFORMATION THAT I CAN'T MAKE PUBLIC.
SO I JUST NEED YOU GUYS TO TRUST ME THAT IT'S MORE COMPLICATED THAN WHAT, IT'S JUST NOT A SNAP OF THE FINGERS, AND IT TAKES A LOT OF PEOPLE.
AND I'M GETTING YOU INFORMATION AS FAST AS I CAN.
IN FACT, I DON'T THINK I CAN ACTUALLY GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION ANY FASTER AND EVER LEAVE MY COMPUTER.
THE DASHBOARD WILL COME, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO COME FAST.
BECAUSE I'M NOT, I COULD ACTUALLY HAVE A DASHBOARD FOR YOU FRIDAY, AND IT'LL BE NOTHING GOOD.
IF I'M GOING TO DO IT, I'M GOING TO DO IT WELL, AND WE'RE GOING TO DO IT RIGHT, AND IT'S GOING TO BE THOUGHTFUL, AND IT'S GOING TO BE TIED TO THE POLICIES YOU'VE WRITTEN.
BUT THIS PARTICULAR REPORT ISN'T NECESSARILY ABOUT THE DASHBOARD.
IT'S ABOUT THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM AND MYSELF AND HOW I COMMUNICATE WITH THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY.
AND I WOULD ADD, IF YOU FEEL THAT I AM FALTERING ON COMMUNICATION, THAT'S THE TYPE OF FEEDBACK I WOULD LIKE.
IT KIND OF SOUNDS TO ME LIKE A PIE IN THE SKY.
SOMEDAY WE NEED TO WORK TOWARDS THAT KIND OF A COMMUNICATION WHERE IT'S LAID OUT SO YOU CAN ACCESS EVERYTHING.
I DON'T KNOW INITIALS ON IT, BUT I REALLY THOUGHT YOU HAD SOME GREAT IDEAS IN BEING ABLE TO FOLLOW TRENDS OVER TIME, WHICH YOU CAN'T WITH JUST A SINGLE REPORT.
I REALLY LIKE THAT CONCEPT BECAUSE THAT WOULD GIVE SO MUCH MORE INFORMATION.
SO THAT'S A COMMUNICATION FEEDBACK.
YEAH, THAT IS EXACTLY, IF YOU REMEMBER, BOBBY AND I JUST HAD THIS CONVERSATION.
BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT SBAC SCORES FOR THIS YEAR AND COMPARING THEM FROM THE LAST TWO YEARS, WAS ONLY THE STUDENTS WHO TOOK IT, NOT THE NON-PARTICIPANTS.
BUT THAT'S THE KIND OF DATA WE GIVE YOU IN THE RESULTS REPORT AROUND THE TEST SCORES.
REMEMBER, THERE'S MULTIPLE YEARS, GRADUATION RATES, MULTIPLE YEARS ACROSS GROUP VERSUS NON-GROUP.
SO THAT IS WHERE THAT SHOWS UP IS IN THE RESULTS.
THAT CAN SHOW UP IN A DASHBOARD.
IT'S JUST NOT THERE FOR YOU YET.
I THINK ON A POSITIVE NOTE, ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS, AND I THINK I CAN GET HOPEFULLY AGREEMENT WITH IT, IS JUST WHAT WE'VE SEEN ON THE WEBSITE WITH THE TRANSPARENCY OF OUR COMMITTEES AND ADVISORIES IN PUTTING FORTH THAT INFORMATION FROM WHAT IT USED TO BE, WHICH WAS NOTHING, TO NOW MINUTES, NOTES.
PRETTY MUCH WITH THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, AND THAT STOOD AS AN EXAMPLE, AND WE'VE DONE IT WITH HIGHLY CAPABLE, THE BELL TIME, ALL THOSE.
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FOR PEOPLE TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING, WHAT INFORMATION PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT, WHAT THE FEEDBACK IS, WHO'S ON THE COMMITTEE.SO THAT HAS BEEN A GREAT IMPROVEMENT AS FAR AS COMMUNICATION, NOT ONLY WITH THE BOARD BUT THE PUBLIC AND ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS IN THE DISTRICT.
AND I WOULD JUST ADD ON TO THAT THE BUDGET, THAT WE ARE REALLY WELL INFORMED ABOUT THE BUDGET COMPARED TO WHAT I UNDERSTAND IT USED TO BE.
YEAH, I'D ALSO LIKE TO MENTION THAT CHRISTY IS EXTREMELY ACCESSIBLE TO US.
I MEAN, YEAH, EXTREMELY ACCESSIBLE, AND SHE'S ALWAYS THERE WHEN WE HAVE QUESTIONS, SO THAT'S A HUGE, HUGE STRENGTH.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A GOOD PLACE TO BRING UP SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANS, BUT WHEN YOU SENT THE INFORMATION OUT TO US THAT SHOWED, YOU KNOW, WHERE THESE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS WERE IN TERMS OF MEETING THEIR GOALS, NUMBER ONE, NEVER HAD SEEN THE GOALS AT THE INDIVIDUAL LEVEL.
YOU KNOW, NUMBER TWO, YOU KNOW, HEY, THIS IS HOW FAR THEY'RE DOWN.
THAT WAS REALLY USEFUL INFORMATION, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS A WAY OF PRESENTING THAT TO US.
I THINK IT'S, WHAT IS IT, 2000? I'LL HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE NUMBER.
BUT THERE IS A POLICY THAT TALKS ABOUT AN ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE SIPS TO THE BOARD.
IT'S A POLICY THAT'S STILL IN EXISTENCE, AND I THINK ESSENTIALLY YOU KIND OF MET THAT WITH THAT GROUP OF EMAILS.
BUT JUST WONDERING IF THAT COULD BE PART OF...
WHAT WE GET BECAUSE THAT WAS REALLY HELPFUL THAT WAS THAT WAS MORE INFORMATION ON PROGRESS YOU KNOW AND WHAT INDIVIDUAL THINGS THEY WERE WORKING ON IN DIFFERENT AREAS THAN I'D SEEN ANYWHERE ELSE THANK YOU AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO KELLY AND TRINA AND OUR BUILDING PRINCIPALS THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE THE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANS WERE NOT ALIGNED PART OF IT WAS WE DIDN'T HAVE A STRATEGIC PLAN SO THEY'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD TO GET ON THE SAME PAGE THE FOR EXAMPLE, THE ELEMENTARY TEAM I KNOW AS A COLLECTIVE MADE MATH A FOCUS THIS YEAR.
SO THEY MEET WEEKLY AND THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL OF THAT WORK AND SHARING STRATEGIES.
SO JUST IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, REALLY, AND KELLY AND TRINA, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD, THEY HAVE MADE TREMENDOUS GROWTH.
AND SO I HOPE THAT YOU'LL CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT.
THAT'S AN INTERESTING PIECE BECAUSE I, AS A SUPERINTENDENT, AM NOT INVOLVED.
SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT LAYERS, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT KELLY AND TRINA ARE INVOLVED IN, AND THEY INFORM ME, WHICH THEN I INFORM YOU, BUT I'M LESS INVOLVED.
AND SO THERE'S JUST DIFFERENT LAYERS THAT'S HAPPENING ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE THINGS ARE IN PLAY.
I WOULD JUST ADD, I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE AND NOT TOO DIFFICULT TO DO TO BRING THE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANS TO YOU WHEN THEY'RE FIRST DRAFTED.
ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE TALKED TO A COUPLE OF YOU GUYS ABOUT IS THE STRUCTURE AND FORMAT OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANS THIS YEAR.
PARTIALLY THAT'S BECAUSE THOSE ARE REQUIRED IN A DIFFERENT WAY FROM THE STATE BECAUSE OF THE OSSI FUNDS AND OR REQUIREMENTS THAT COME WITH THEM.
BUT A COUPLE OF YOU HAVE SAID YOU'VE APPRECIATED THAT FORMAT.
WHERE THE PRINCIPALS ARE NOT ONLY SETTING THEIR GOALS AND MONITORING THE RESULTS, BUT IN JANUARY AND THEN AGAIN AT THE END OF THE YEAR, ANSWERING SOME VERY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT THE STATE PROVIDES AND THAT GIVES A REALLY CLEAR PICTURE BASED ON THE DATA OF THEIR PROGRESS.
YEAH, I JUST FOUND THAT TO BE, IT'S JUST LIKE, OKAY, THAT GIVES KIND OF A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT'S GOING ON ACROSS THE YEAR.
WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE KIND OF LACK.
SO MUCH APPRECIATED, ACTUALLY.
KEVIN, ARE WE SKIPPING AROUND? OKAY.
ON 4.1, I BROUGHT UP THE POINT ABOUT USING MULTIPLE COMMUNICATION CHANNELS, INCLUDING PARENTSQUARE, EMAIL, NEWSLETTERS, AND BOARD MEETINGS, AND THESE ARE ALL GREAT.
I DIDN'T REALIZE WE WERE GETTING EMAILS OR UPDATES FROM PARENTSQUARE UNTIL A COUPLE...
I THINK PART OF THE REASON WAS BECAUSE THE UPDATES, FOR WHATEVER REASON, ARE GOING TO MY PERSONAL EMAIL ADDRESS.
BUT I JUST WONDER WHY WE JUST DON'T HAVE THOSE JUST COMING
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TO OUR INBOX WITH EVERYTHING ELSE.DO YOU MEAN THE NEWSLETTER? I THINK SO.
DO YOU DRAFT A NEWSLETTER EVERY WEEK? EVERY SINGLE FRIDAY A NEWSLETTER GOES OUT TO THE BOARD THROUGH PARENTSQUARE.
WHAT DID WE HAVE BEFORE? I'M WONDERING IF THAT'S WITH YOUR SETTINGS BECAUSE I GET THEM BOTH PARENTSQUARE AND EMAIL.
BECAUSE THE PARENT SQUARE IS NOT JUST ME.
SO, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, 10.07, MARK HAD A VERY DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THAT WAS ABOUT.
AND SO THE EXEC TEAM MAY PUT THINGS IN THE NEWSLETTER.
YOU'RE GOING TO GET EMAILS FROM ME THAT ARE NEEDED TO BE TIMELY.
LIKE IF IT'S YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS NOW OR I SAW YOU HAD A COMMENT ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF SOMEONE EMAILS ME SOMETHING THAT I THINK THE WHOLE BOARD SHOULD SEE, I'LL SEND THAT IN AN EMAIL.
I'M NOT GOING TO PUT THAT IN A NEWSLETTER.
THE NEWSLETTER REALLY IS FOR INFORMATION, IMPORTANT DATES TO MARK, WHATEVER.
THE EXEC TEAM MAY PUT THINGS IN THERE AS WELL.
SO IT'S KIND OF A CULMINATION.
WHAT DID WE HAVE BEFORE, DID YOU SAY? SWAY.
I USED TO HAVE SOMETHING CALLED A SWAY THAT I WOULD SEND OUT, AND THEN THAT DOESN'T EXIST ANYMORE, AND SO WE'RE USING PARENTSQUARE NEWSLETTER.
SO WE ALL WEEK LONG, ACTUALLY, SOMETIMES TWO WEEKS, EMAIL CHRIS THINGS, AND THEN SHE COMPILES IT ALL IN THERE, AND THEN WE'RE ABLE TO THEN KEEP TRACK OF IT.
SO SHE CAN GO BACK AND SAY, THIS NEWSLETTER WAS SENT OUT, THAT INFORMATION WAS SENT OUT, THIS DATE.
HERE IT IS, AND WE CAN SEND IT AGAIN, WHEREAS EMAIL CAN GET KIND OF LOST.
SO THIS IS MORE TIMELY INFORMATION, MORE GENERALIZED INFORMATION OR, HEY, FYI.
YEAH, I'LL HAVE TO HAVE A LOOK AT THE SETTINGS BECAUSE I HAVEN'T BEEN TO CINE'S FOR A WHILE.
AND WE CAN HELP YOU WITH THAT TOO.
I MEAN, AGAIN, I WOULD SAY PART OF THE REASON IS BECAUSE I'M A PARENT, AND SO WE'RE GETTING LOTS OF PARENT SQUARE NOTIFICATIONS.
IT COULD JUST BE GETTING BURIED, BUT I DON'T WANT TO MISS THAT.
SO WE ALWAYS SEND IT ON FRIDAY, UNLESS FOR SOME REASON WE DON'T HAVE SCHOOL FRIDAY, AND THEN CHRIS WILL SEND IT ON A THURSDAY, AND IT COMES FROM HER.
I HAVE YOUR ACCOUNT IN FRONT OF ME, AND I CAN CONFIRM THAT YOU ARE NOT RECEIVING THE EMAILS BECAUSE IT'S NOT SET UP WITH YOUR SETTINGS.
SO WE'LL CHANGE THAT FOR YOU NOW.
AND YOU SHOULD RECEIVE THE NEXT ONE ON FRIDAY.
IS ANYBODY ELSE NOT GETTING THEIRS? BECAUSE SELENA CAN LOOK IT UP RIGHT NOW.
AND I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY BEFORE SHE SAID THAT, THAT I WOULD HAVE BEEN HAPPY TO HELP YOU SET THAT UP, BUT SOMEBODY SET IT UP FOR ME, AND SO I JUST GET THEM THAT WAY FROM...
WELL, AGAIN, I DIDN'T A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
I'M LIKE, WELL, WHY IS IT GOING...
ANYWAY, 2,000 UNREAD EMAILS OR SO.
WELL, WE KNOW WHAT BRIAN WILL BE DOING THIS EVENING.
AND I FEEL LIKE I SEE THE SAME THING.
OVER AND AGAIN, AND THAT'S VERY REPETITIVE, AND SO I NEVER KNOW WHETHER IT'S SOMETHING I'VE ALREADY READ OR IF THERE'S AN UPDATE IN THERE.
SO CHRIS AND I ARE WORKING ON THAT.
WE KNOW WHO'S OPENED IT AND WHO HASN'T, AND SO SOMETIMES WE'LL LEAVE SOMETHING IN THERE BECAUSE WE SEE THAT MAYBE ONLY ONE PERSON ACCESSED IT THAT WEEK, AND SO YOU NEED TO SEE IT, SO WE'LL LEAVE IT IN THE NEXT WEEK.
WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, LIKE, WE'LL HIGHLIGHT WHAT'S NEW, AND SO SHE AND I JUST HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT IN OUR ONE-ON-ONE.
I MADE A COMMENT IN 6.2 ABOUT A SINGLE-TERM SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER LOOKING AT ACADEMIC PROGRESS BASICALLY ONE TIME EACH YEAR, SO FOUR TIMES TOTAL.
I THINK THAT WHAT PEGGY WAS JUST MENTIONING ABOUT SEEING THESE PLANS COULD HELP WITH THAT, SO IT'S NOT JUST THAT ONE REPORT.
AND BRIAN, JUST WHEN I GOT HERE, THAT REPORT ACTUALLY USED TO ONLY COME TO THE BOARD EVERY OTHER YEAR.
THEY WERE ONLY LOOKING AT ACADEMIC OUTCOMES EVERY OTHER YEAR.
DO YOU REMEMBER THAT? AND SO, YEAH.
CHRISTY, I HAD NEVER SEEN ONE SINCE.
NOT THE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, THE MONITORING REPORT.
REMEMBER THAT ACADEMIC WAS ONLY COMING EVERY OTHER YEAR.
WELL, THERE WAS A LOT MORE REPORTS.
WELL, YEAH, PART OF THE CONSOLIDATION PROCESS WAS SO WE COULD BE LOOKING
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AT THEM MORE REGULARLY AND IN A MORE CONSOLIDATED FORMAT SO THAT WE DID GET THOSE THINGS ON MORE THAN EVERY TWO YEARS.AND I THINK THAT HAS DEFINITELY BEEN A WORK IN PROGRESS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I HATE TO BE THAT PERSON THAT SAYS IT BECAUSE THEN I SOUND OLD, BUT IT'S LIKE IT'S WAY BETTER NOW THAN WHAT IT WAS.
I MEAN, AS FAR AS THE REPORTS AND THE TRANSPARENCY AND ALL THE INFORMATION THAT IS THERE, IS IT PERFECT? NO, THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S AN ONGOING STATEMENT AND GOAL, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY BETTER AND MUCH MORE ALIGNED, PARTICULARLY WITH HAVING A STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT ALSO WITH HAVING SCHOOL ALIGNMENT AND.
KEVIN, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT SECTION 7? YOU SAID YOU APPRECIATE THE STREAMLINED NATURE OF NEWER MONITORING REPORTS.
I THINK WE HAVE SOME WORK TO DO ON INDICATORS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING THE INFORMATION WE REALLY NEED, WANT, BUT ALSO THINK IT'S AN ONGOING, NEVER-ENDING PROCESS.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY WE? AND WHAT KIND OF, IT'S LIKE WE STILL HAVE WORK TO DO ON INDICATORS.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? I THINK THAT THOSE INDICATORS, AS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT EVEN JUST NOW THIS CONVERSATION, WE SET THE POLICIES, THE INDICATORS ARE SET UP BY THE TEAM, AND OUR COMMUNICATION OF WHAT INFORMATION WE'RE WANTING TO SEE HELPS THEM TO ALIGN THOSE INDICATORS.
AND IN THE ORIGINAL PROCESS WHEN THESE WERE ALL SET UP, A LOT OF IT WAS A TEAMWORK PROCESS OF, WELL, WE'D LIKE TO SEE THIS.
WHAT INFORMATION IS THERE THAT'S AVAILABLE? AND I THINK WE HAVE SAW FROM SOME OF THOSE REPORTS, IT'S LIKE FUTURE READY.
WELL, WE'RE TELLING HOW MANY KIDS ARE IN THESE CLASSES? WELL, HOW DOES THAT REALLY TELL US THAT THEY'RE FUTURE READY? SO WE'VE GOT INFORMATION, BUT IT'S REALLY NOT ANSWERING OUR QUESTION.
SO IT'S AN ONGOING PROCESS OF TWEAKING OR FIGURING OUT HOW TO GET THAT INFORMATION.
I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT WITH FUTURE READY THAT WE'VE THROWN OUT A FEW TIMES IS HOW DO WE FIND OUT FROM OUR STUDENTS WHO BETTER TO TELL US IF THEY WERE FUTURE READY THAN THE STUDENTS ONE YEAR, FIVE YEARS, TEN YEARS OUT? BUT GETTING THAT DATA IS NOT THE EASIEST, AND SO IT'S AN ONGOING PROCESS OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT, HOW TO GET THINGS TOGETHER.
AND AS SYSTEMS CHANGE AND AS DATA BECOMES MORE AVAILABLE OR DIFFERENT DATA BECOMES AVAILABLE.
ADJUSTING THOSE INDICATORS SO THAT, AGAIN, IT'S A TEAM PROCESS THAT WE'RE GETTING THE INFORMATION.
NO DIFFERENT THAN THE DASHBOARD.
I MEAN, THAT'S A GOAL OF AN INDICATOR THAT WE WANT THAT HELPS US TO SEE THAT TREND LINE THAT ISN'T AS AVAILABLE.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE SEE THAT IN SOME OF THE RESULTS POLICIES WHERE WE'RE SEEING THE TRENDS OF OUR TEST SCORES.
YOU KNOW, BUT SOMETIMES IT'S LIKE, WELL, THE TEST SCORE DOES THIS ROUTINE.
JUST BECAUSE IT'S DOWN THIS YEAR, DOES THAT MEAN WE DIDN'T MAKE, YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU INTERPRET THAT DATA? SO, AGAIN, I THINK IT'S AN ONGOING CONVERSATION THAT WAY THAT WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH AND ADJUST THE INDICATORS BASED ON THE DATA THAT'S AVAILABLE AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO FIND SUPPORT FOR IF WE'RE MEETING THE GOAL OF THAT POLICY.
I ASKED YOU, SINCE YOU WERE HERE WHEN THIS GOVERNANCE POLICY WAS DEVELOPED OR ADOPTED, WHY DID YOU GUYS CHOOSE TO NOT HAVE THE INDICATORS CHOSEN AS A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS BETWEEN THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT RATHER THAN JUST THE SUPERINTENDENT CHOOSING THE INDICATORS? IT WAS ESSENTIALLY KIND OF A HYBRID OF THAT BECAUSE WE WERE TELLING THEM THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO, AND THEY WERE PROVIDING DIRECTION ON INDICATORS BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT.
THEY HAD AVAILABLE AND THEN AS WE LOOKED AT THAT WE WERE SAYING IT'S NOT EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE WANTING AND THAT'S I MEAN PART OF WHAT OUR PROCESS IS IS WE LOOK AT THOSE INDICATORS UM AND WHEN WE LOOKED AT INDICATORS AND SAID OKAY THIS LOOKS LIKE DUPLICITY UM BUT PART OF IT WAS IT IN OUR MINDS DIDN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE TO HAVE A LOT OF INDICATORS THAT WERE THERE THAT THERE WAS NO DATA TO SUPPORT OR NO WAY TO COLLECT DATA TO SUPPORT AND SO THAT WAS PART OF THAT PROCESS COLLABORATIVE.
AND I THINK PART OF WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH SOME OF THIS IS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE INDICATORS AND SAID, THESE INDICATORS DON'T REALLY WORK.
THIS ISN'T WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR AS WE'RE TRYING TO MONITOR, DOES THIS FIT WITHIN OUR POLICY? AND I THINK, TOO, REMEMBER THE BOARD DETERMINES THE WHAT,
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WHICH IS THE POLICY.THE SUPERINTENDENT DETERMINES THE HOW.
SO THE INDICATORS ARE HOW I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU THAT WE'VE MET THE POLICY.
SO IT'S THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO.
BUT EXACTLY RIGHT, IF THE INDICATORS THAT WE PUT FORWARD ARE NOT GIVING THE BOARD THE DATA THEY WERE HOPING TO SEE, THEN THE BOARD WOULD SAY, WELL, IS THAT THE RIGHT POLICY? DID WE WRITE THE POLICY IN A WAY THAT GETS US MOVING IN THE DIRECTION WE WANT? YEAH, THIS ONE HERE, AGAIN, I DID A LONG TIME TO GO THROUGH IT.
I'M JUST WONDERING IF IT COULD BE SIMPLIFIED OR...
THEN CHRIS EMAILS IT OUT TO EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY BEHIND ME, AND THEN BOBBY GETS A COPY TOO.
AND WE READ EVERY SINGLE COMMENT.
AND THAT IS WHY IT IS HELPFUL TO HAVE THE INITIALS, BECAUSE IF THERE'S ONE THING ON THERE, I'M LIKE, OH, I'LL JUST CALL NANCY AND SAY, HEY, NANCY, I SAW THAT YOU ASKED THIS.
WE DON'T NEED TO WAIT UNTIL THE MEETING FOR THAT, BECAUSE THIS IS ONE WAY FOR ME TO SEE WHAT INDIVIDUALS ARE THINKING.
BUT THEN BOBBY ALREADY COULD TELL JUST FROM THE COMMENTS.
WE CAN TELL FROM THE COMMENTS WE DIDN'T HIT THE MARK WITH THE INDICATORS, AND THERE'S TOO MANY.
AND SO HE'S ALREADY STARTED REWORKING.
THESE INDICATORS AND SAID HE HAD SOME IDEAS TO SHARE WITH ME.
BECAUSE AN OE REPORT, LIKE I SAID, SHOULD BE VERY QUICK.
IT'S JUST AN OPERATIONAL EXPECTATION.
IT'S JUST, IN FACT, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO JUST SAY THIS IS INCOMPLIANT BECAUSE THESE THREE THINGS HAPPEN.
SO THIS IS GREAT, THIS FUTURE READY, I MEAN.
WE LOOK AT EVERYONE, WE PLAY BACK THIS CONVERSATION.
AND THEN WE START TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS.
FIRST, BOBBY AND I MEET AND WE TALK ABOUT IT.
AND THEN WE ASK WHO SHOULD BE IN THE ROOM.
FOR EXAMPLE, THIS ONE, SELENA WOULD BE IN THE ROOM TO TALK ABOUT IT.
IF IT'S THE FUTURE READY ONE, THAT WOULD BE A TRINA KELLY ONE.
WE WOULD HAVE THEM IN THE ROOM TO TALK ABOUT IT.
SO IT DEPENDS WHO'S KIND OF, IT'S THEIR BODY OF WORK.
AND THEN WE SIT AND WE MEET AND WE THINK THROUGH IT.
LIKE THAT ONE WAS VERY EASY TO DO BECAUSE WE'VE NEVER LIKED.
THE OLD INDICATOR, WE JUST COULDN'T THINK THROUGH.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE LAST CONVERSATION THAT THE BOARD HAD, IT WAS LIKE, OH, THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO BE DOING.
WE NEED TO SAY WHO'S ON TRACK TO GRADUATE.
SO COULD THIS, THESE DRAFTS THAT COME UP, COULD THEY BE AN AGENDA ITEM, DISCUSS THEM? SO WE'RE GOING TO, AS SOON AS WE GET IT FORWARD.
SO THE NEXT TIME THAT COMES UP, WHICH WILL BE NEXT YEAR, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT MONTH, YOU'LL HAVE THE NEW INDICATORS.
SO WE TRY TO GET IT DONE BEFORE THE REPORT COMES BACK TO YOU.
SO TYPICALLY WE'VE HAD THOSE COME.
AND SOME OF THE POLICIES AND SOME OF THE INDICATORS HAVE BEEN LIKE, OKAY, BOOM, THAT ONE WORKED AND THAT REPORT WAS SMOOTH AND STRAIGHTFORWARD.
OTHERS, WHEN THERE'S MORE COMMENTS, SUCH AS THIS ONE WITH, LIKE I SAID, 31 PAGES, THAT PRESENTS ITSELF MORE TOWARDS THAT.
COMES BACK IN SOME CASES IS WHEN WE REVIEW THOSE INDICATORS AND LOOK AT THE NEW PROPOSED ONES THAT COME FORTH.
SO WHEN THOSE ARE READY, I MEAN, THAT'S BEING PUT FORTH NOW, BUT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THOSE MORE.
WE'LL SEE THIS DRAFT AGAIN BEFORE A YEAR FROM NOW.
MY HOPE IS THAT WE'LL HAVE AT LEAST TWO TO BRING TO THE RETREAT, BECAUSE THEN THAT'S A TIME WE CAN ACTUALLY SIT AND WRESTLE WITH IT.
OR IT COULD BE A STUDY SESSION, WHICH WE HAVE TO START TO SET THOSE CALENDARS.
OTHER COMMENTS? GOOD DISCUSSION.
I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT THERE WILL BE LESS.
INDICATORS THE NEXT TIME WE SEE THIS.
WE ARE TRYING TO GET AN AWARD FOR THIS ONE.
HEY, I WAS HAVING FUN MAKING HASHTAGS, KEEPING TRACK OF ALL THIS.
AND I WAS LIKE, HOLD ON, DID I MISS ONE? WELL, AND REMEMBER, THIS IS YOUR ONE OF US TRYING TO MERGE SOME THINGS.
AND SO WE KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT MESSY BECAUSE WHAT LOOKS GOOD ON PAPER DOESN'T, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T PLAY OUT THAT WAY ALWAYS.
ACTUALLY, I HAVE ONE MORE THING.
AND ON THE SAME TOPIC, IF WE HAD TIME FOR A DASHBOARD.
WOULD THE DASHBOARD BE BASED OFF OF THESE,
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OR WOULD IT BE BASED OFF THE STRATEGIC PLAN? WHICH THESE ARE BASED OFF THE STRATEGIC PLAN.OKAY, SO IT'D BE IN GOOD DETAIL.
THERE ARE THINGS IN A POLICY THAT THE BOARD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR.
SO YOU WOULD ASK A QUESTION IF WE DIDN'T, AT A DIFFERENT TIME.
IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THESE POLICIES, YOU WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR, PEGGY, HAVE YOU COUNTED HOW MANY POLICIES THERE ARE? A LOT OF THEM.
WE WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THOSE.
AND WHEN I TALK TO OTHER SUPERINTENDENTS, THEY DON'T ALWAYS EVEN GET TO TALKING ABOUT ACADEMICS BECAUSE THEY'RE HAVING TO MONITOR ALL THE POLICIES.
SO REALLY WHAT THESE SHOULD DO IS TAKE THE BIG BODIES OF WORK THAT A BOARD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR AND NARROW IT DOWN SO YOU CAN DO YOUR JOB WITHOUT GETTING BOGGED DOWN BY ALL THE LITTLE THINGS.
AND SO, LIKE, YOU HAVE AN HR POLICY AND THERE'S A FACILITIES POLICY AND THERE'S ALL THE...
BUSINESS SIDE, WHICH IS THE OES, AND THEN WE HAVE THE RESULTS POLICIES.
SO THAT FUTURE READY, WHAT ARE THE OTHER ONES? MASTERY OF STANDARDS.
THOSE ARE TIED TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
THESE ONES, MORE IS ABOUT HOW WE FUNCTION.
AND PART OF THE GOAL WITH THE COHERENT GOVERNANCE MODEL WAS TO DROP DOWN THE NUMBER OF THINGS THE BOARDS ARE TRYING TO KEEP TRACK OF BECAUSE LITERALLY THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF POLICIES.
THERE AND A LOT OF THEM ARE REQUIRED AND THINGS THAT ARE COVERED BUT TRYING TO GO THROUGH THOSE ON A REGULAR BASIS AS CHRISTY SAID WE WERE LOSING TRACK OF THE THE ACADEMIC END OF THINGS AND THE OUTCOMES BECAUSE WE WERE GOING YOU KNOW WORRIED ABOUT I CAN'T EVEN THINK OF A GOOD EXAMPLE OF IT GOING THROUGH THOSE POLICIES AND EVEN AS IS UM THERE WAS A NOTE I THINK PEGGY MADE A COMMENT ABOUT THE POLICIES AND THE REVIEW PROCESS YEAH, AND WHICH ARE CONSIDERED, WHICH ARE, WHICH ARE THE ONES ARE CONSIDERED CORE? IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU STATE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WILL FOCUS ON ALIGNING THE CORE POLICIES WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
WELL, WHICH POLICIES ARE CONSIDERED CORE? THE GOVERNANCE POLICIES? OR ARE THERE OTHERS IN ADDITION TO THAT? AND HOW ARE THEY PRIORITIZED IN TERMS OF A REVIEW FOR, YOU KNOW, REVISION? AND I JUST WANTED A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF.
OF HOW WE'RE APPROACHING THAT? I CAN ANSWER THAT.
WAZDA PUTS OUT, AND I THINK WE SEND IT TO YOU, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, IF YOU REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE, A LOT OF THE POLICIES, WE HAD SOME THAT WERE AS FAR BACK AS 2000.
CHRIS, WHAT WAS THE OLDEST ONE WE FOUND SO FAR? WAS IT 2008? 2008.
SO SOME POLICIES HADN'T BEEN UPDATED SINCE THEN.
WE WERE GOING TO HIRE WAZDA, JUST A LITTLE HISTORY.
WE WERE GOING TO HIRE WAZDA TO COME IN AND HELP US CLEAN IT UP.
IT WAS GOING TO COST $8,000 TO DO IT, AND WE WERE ON A TWO-YEAR WAITING LIST.
AND WE'RE LIKE, WE CAN'T WAIT TWO YEARS.
AND SO WHAT EVELYN IS DOING IS GOING THROUGH ALL THE POLICIES, AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE A SPREADSHEET THAT THE EXEC TEAM AND I HAVE WHERE WE MONITOR ALL THE DIFFERENT POLICIES THAT NEED UPDATING AND WHO'S GOING TO TAKE THE LEAD AND WHO'S GOING TO WORK WITH EVELYN.
BUT THEN WASDA SENDS OUT THAT YEARLY DOCUMENT THAT SAYS THESE ONES HAVE TO BE, THESE ARE REQUIRED, AND THEN THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE JUST NICE TO HAVE.
SO HONESTLY, WE DON'T FOCUS AS MUCH ON THE NICE-TO-HAVE ONES UNLESS THEY'RE PERTINENT TO FERNDALE.
WE'LL GET TO THEM, BUT WE, YOU KNOW, SO WE HAVE LIKE THREE DIFFERENT SYSTEMS THAT WE USE TO TRY TO PRIORITIZE WHICH ONES TO GO OVER.
SOMEBODY, THE CELL PHONE POLICY, RIGHT? THAT WAS NOT NECESSARILY A REQUIRED ONE, BUT BECAUSE THE BOARD WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IT, IT GOT EXPEDITED AND WE UPDATED IT.
BUT THAT ONE STILL CALLED OUT PAGERS.
AND SO SOME OF THEM ARE A LITTLE BIT ARCHAIC, BUT SLOWLY WE'RE, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE STARTING TO SEE SOME SUNSHINE COMING OUT OF THE POLICIES, ACTUALLY.
AND I'LL HAVE TO SAY FROM WHEN WE DID DO THE.
POLICY REVIEW BEFORE EARLY IN MY TENURE, EVELYN'S DOING A MUCH BETTER JOB AS FAR AS THE INFORMATION THAT SHE PROVIDES.
NOT ONLY WHAT'S CHANGING AND THE SUMMARIZATION.
BEFORE IT WAS KIND OF LIKE, HERE'S THE OLD, HERE'S THE NEW.
OKAY, WHERE ARE THE CHANGES? AND, YOU KNOW, PARTICULARLY ON SOME OF THOSE LONG ONES, YOU'VE SEEN SOME OF THE ONES THAT SHE'S DONE WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE ALL RED AND ALL NEW.
AND TRYING TO DO THAT WHEN YOU JUST HAVE THE OLD ONE AND THE NEW ONE WAS LIKE.
SO I HAVE A REAL APPRECIATION FOR EVELYN AND THE JOB SHE'S DOING THAT WAY JUST BECAUSE IT WAS A NIGHTMARE BEFORE, AND WE'D HAVE THIS PILE OF THEM, WHICH WE WEREN'T DOING DUE JUSTICE TO JUST BECAUSE IT WAS.
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MORE OF A CHECK THE BOX, GET THEM DONE, THAN IT WAS REALLY LOOKING THROUGH THEM, AND IT WAS TOO HARD TO ASSESS ALL THAT INFORMATION.SHE'S REALLY PUTTING IT INTO PERSPECTIVE OF HOW IT AFFECTS THE DISTRICT AS WELL.
WELL, AND THEN AS PEGGY HAS POINTED OUT VARIOUS TIMES OVER THE YEARS, NOT ALL OF THE POLICIES EVEN HAD A PROCEDURE, WHICH IS PROBLEMATIC, RIGHT? SO THE BOARD HAD SET A POLICY, BUT THEN THERE WAS NO HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE.
SO THEY'VE ALSO BEEN WORKING ON THE PROCEDURE SIDE OF IT.
SO TO BEAT A DEAD HORSE, I'M GOING TO SAY THIS AGAIN.
IT WOULD BE NICE IF ON BOARD DOCS WE COULD HAVE THE POLICIES PRESENTED NEXT TO THE PROCEDURES SO WE COULD HAVE THEM ALL THERE ON BOARD DOCS.
I MEAN, I KNOW YOU STASHED THEM ELSEWHERE ON THE WEBSITE AS WELL, BUT FOR EASE OF REFERENCE ON BOARD DOCS, IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE POLICY PROCEDURE AND ALSO A SEPARATE PAGE FOR MINUTES.
AND YOU REALIZE THEY'RE ATTACHED TO THE AGENDAS AND EVERYTHING, YOU CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE OLD AGENDAS, WOULD BE MORE CONVENIENT TO BE ABLE TO JUST GO BACK AND FLIP THROUGH MINUTES WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH THAT.
AND IF YOU REMEMBER, I'M GOING TO LET SELENA CHIME IN, IF YOU REMEMBER WE'RE GETTING A NEW WEBSITE.
WHEN DOES IT LAUNCH? JUNE 17TH, AND WE ACTUALLY GET A FIRST LOOK TOMORROW MORNING.
WE DO CURRENTLY HAVE OUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ON OUR WEBSITE, BUT DURING THE FIRST COUPLE WEEKS YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THEY ARE NOT THERE.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE WERE MAXED AT A 200-PAGE COUNT FOR THE TRANSITION, AND SO WE CHOSE TO NOT INCLUDE THAT IN OUR TRANSITION PACKAGE.
SO WE WILL BE MANUALLY ENTERING THEM ONCE WE LAUNCH OUR WEBSITE.
SO IT WILL TAKE A COUPLE WEEKS.
I THINK WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE USER, THE PROCEDURES REALLY, LIKE WHEN I HEAR FROM A PARENT, THEY GO TO THE PROCEDURE, AND SO WE TRY TO THINK WHO'S THE AUDIENCE FOR IT AND WHERE WILL THEY MOST LIKELY LOOK.
SO THEY MOST LIKELY LOOK ON THE WEBSITE.
IT'S NOT INTUITIVE TO THEM TO LOOK ON BOARD DOCS.
AND SO THAT'S PART OF IT, TOO, IS WHO'S THE AUDIENCE AND WHERE ARE THEY WANTING TO BE.
BUT ON THE OLD WEBSITE, WHICH IS THE CURRENT WEBSITE, IT'S NOT ALL THERE.
SO THEY'RE CLEANING THAT UP RIGHT NOW.
WELL, IT'S GETTING CLEANED UP.
WITHIN THAT PROCESS, IF I CAN ASK A BAD QUESTION.
I'VE ALREADY HEARD ALL THE BAD QUESTIONS.
YEAH, WELL, THIS ISN'T A NEW ONE.
BUT ARE WE, WITHIN THAT PROCESS, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT I'VE SAW WITH BOARD DOCS AND WITH THE DISTRICT WEBSITE IS SOMETIMES THE POLICIES DON'T MATCH.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'VE BEEN LOOKING AT.
I KNOW, BECAUSE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE.
NO, THAT'S BEEN PART OF THE CLEANUP.
PLUS, THERE WAS A BOOK OF THEM.
SO IT'S JUST CLEANING UP A LOT OF DIFFERENT SYSTEMS. AND LIKE SELENA AND HER TEAM NOTICED, EVEN ON THE WEBSITE, THERE WOULD BE A LINK TO AND THEN THAT LINK WAS NOT WORKING.
AND SO THEY'VE BEEN SPENDING HOURS AND HOURS TRYING TO JUST CLEAN THIS UP.
SO IT'S JUST GOING TO BE BETTER.
CAN I ASK ANOTHER BAD QUESTION? IS THE URL FOR THIS WEBSITE...
WE ARE WINNING TONIGHT ON BAD QUESTIONS.
IT'S LIKE, GUYS, NEW WEBSITE, LIKE, HOLD ON.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THE NEW ONE IS GOING TO BE LIKE? WHO CAN FIND IT FIRST? IT'S GOING TO BE A RAFFLE PRIZE.
SO WHAT'S YOUR LAUNCH DATE ON THAT? THE 17TH.
AND HARLEEN, I ACTUALLY LEARNED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT PROCESS.
AND SO OUR TECH TEAM WILL BE READY ON LAUNCH DAY AND IT'LL KIND OF BE LIKE A OFF SWITCH ON THE OLD ONE AND THEN AN ON SWITCH ON THE NEW ONE SO THAT THE URL STAYS THE SAME.
I WAS LIKE, I'M GONNA HAVE TO MEMORIZE A NEW ONE.
THESE KIDS LIKE, TRUST ME, LIKE THIS IS INGRAINED IN OUR HEADS SINCE LIKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
OKAY, OTHER COMMENTS? OR BAD QUESTIONS.
WELL, I MEAN, I APPRECIATE THE EXTENDED CONVERSATION ABOUT OUR GOVERNANCE POLICY.
I MEAN, I KNOW WE ARE EYE-SIDE-TRACKED INTO THAT, BUT THESE ARE THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN WRESTLING WITH FOR MONTHS, AND HE'S BEEN WORKING WITH ME FOR MONTHS, AND I HAD TO PAY HIM QUITE A BIT ABOUT THIS TOO.
SO IT'S VERY HELPFUL FOR US TO TALK ABOUT THIS AS A BOARD.
MARK DID A NICE JOB REMINDING ME, AND I FORGET THIS.
PART OF THE BEAUTY OF A GOVERNANCE, ONE, IT...
[01:55:01]
IT'S VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHO'S IN CHARGE OF WHAT, RIGHT? THE BOARD'S IN CHARGE OF THE POLICY, THE SUPERINTENDENT'S IN CHARGE OF THE INDICATORS, SO IT'S JUST CLARITY THERE.IT ALSO ALLOWS YOU TO HOLD THE SUPERINTENDENT MORE ACCOUNTABLE.
IT IS VERY CLEAR IF I HAVE NOT BEEN MAKING PROGRESS.
IN OTHER MODELS, IT'S EASY TO GET SO GRAY THAT IT'S HARD TO HOLD A SUPERINTENDENT ACCOUNTABLE FOR NOT DELIVERING OUTCOMES.
AND WHEN I SAY THESE ARE THE THINGS I'M ACCOUNTABLE TO WHILE WE FIGURE OUT THE INDICATORS, MAKING SURE, YOU CAN EASILY SAY, NO, YOU JUST DIDN'T, WE'RE NOT GETTING IT DONE.
WE NEED TO SEE SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
SO IT DOES GIVE THE BOARD MORE AUTHORITY THAN IF WE DIDN'T HAVE A STRUCTURE AT ALL.
AND FOR ME AS A SUPERINTENDENT, IT PROVIDES, AND I SAY ME MEANING THE WHOLE DISTRICT, IT PROVIDES THE PRINCIPALS WITH MORE CLARITY.
THE TEAM BEHIND ME MORE CLARITY ON EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.
I THINK IN EDUCATION, AND I'VE BEEN TRYING TO TELL MY STAFF THIS, MEANING THE TEACHERS AND EVERYBODY, WE CAN'T DO EVERYTHING.
WE'RE BEING ASKED TO DO WAY TOO MUCH.
AND SO WHEN WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT IS WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE FOCUSED ON, THEN WE SPEND OUR TIME THERE INSTEAD OF PLAYING SQUIRREL AND GETTING LOST IN EVERYTHING.
I PERSONALLY APPRECIATE THE PROCESS.
I KNOW MY TEAM APPRECIATES THE PROCESS, AND I THINK IT'S HELPING OUR PRINCIPALS GET VERY CLEAR ON WHAT IT IS THEY'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH, WHICH YOU SAW IN THE SIP PLAN.
THERE WAS DIRECTION VERY CLEAR ON WHAT IT IS THEY WERE TRYING TO GET TO.
SO I THINK THERE'S MULTIPLE BENEFITS.
I THINK ANOTHER OVERARCHING THING THAT I SUPER APPRECIATE, AND I THINK IT'S...
KIND OF INDIRECTLY BEEN SAID, BUT AS CHRISTY'S AVAILABILITY, IF WE DO HAVE QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, WHAT HAVE YOU, ALL IT TAKES IS A TEXT, A PHONE CALL, A REQUEST FOR A MEETING, AND WE GET THOSE THINGS COVERED.
SO I THINK THAT OPEN LINE OF COMMUNICATION THAT WAY HAS BEEN A REAL ASSET AND HAS REALLY HELPED.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE MEETING WITH EACH OF YOU.
I LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERY TIME.
WHERE INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS ARE COMING FROM.
IT MEANS A LOT TO ME THAT YOU TAKE TIME TO MEET WITH ME TO EXPLAIN WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM OR QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
SO AS I'VE SAID TO A FEW OF YOU, YOU'RE MY TEAM AND SUPERINTENDENT JOB CAN BE A VERY LONELY JOB AND SO I DO APPRECIATE EACH ONE OF YOUR SUPPORT IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
IT GIVES ME NOT ONLY CLARITY BUT IT ALSO FEELS LIKE A HIGH LEVEL OF SUPPORT.
SO OTHER COMMENTS? I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY READY TO MOVE ON AND APPROVE THIS.
SO I SUPPOSE LOOKING AT ALL THE DIFFERENT...
FEEDBACK ON THE SCORES, IT WOULDN'T BE 100% IN COMPLIANCE, BUT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONS, WITH NOTING THAT FEWER INDICATORS, A CONSOLIDATION PERHAPS, AND THEN ON THE RECORD SOMETHING ABOUT HOW WE LOOK FORWARD TO A DASHBOARD SOMEDAY.
BUT KNOWING THAT THAT IS THE TREND OF WHAT THE BOARD IS ASKING FOR.
YEP, AND THEY DID ASK FOR IT BEFORE IT STARTED AFTER MY FIRST YEAR.
THE REPORTS USED TO JUST BE RAW DATA, SO WE'VE COME A LONG WAY IN FOUR YEARS.
WE HAD TO GET RID OF HOMEROOM.
I DON'T THINK IT EVER HIT THE MARK, REALLY, AND SO I KNOW BOBBY AND SARAH HAVE LOTS OF IDEAS, AND SO I DON'T THINK IT'S.
I JUST THINK IT'S NOT TODAY, BUT IT'S COMING.
JUST CAN I ADD, AND IN A DRAFT OF WHAT THIS, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, SOMETIME SOON, SO WE'RE NOT, SO WE CAN SEE THIS AGAIN, WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE BEFORE WE SEE IT IN A YEAR.
YEAH, CHRIS REMINDED ME THAT THIS IS ON THE AGENDA ALREADY FOR THE RETREAT.
AND KNOWING FROM CHRIS, BECAUSE SHE'LL BE LOOKING AT ME WANTING THE IT'S ALWAYS A CHALLENGE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT IT.
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WITH THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONS, AND THEN LEAVE HER TO FIGURE OUT THE EXCEPTIONS BASED ON OUR COMMENTS.BUT IN THIS CASE, I THINK THANK YOU, NANCY, FOR KIND OF THROWING OUT A FEW OF THOSE AS FAR AS FEWER INDICATORS, CONSOLIDATION, A DASHBOARD AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, AND LOOKING AT A DRAFT OF REITERATING SOME OF THESE.
INDICATORS AND WHERE THEY'RE AT.
SO WITH EVERYONE'S CONSENSUS, A MOTION HAS BEEN PUT FORTH THAT WE ADOPT MONITORING REPORT FOR OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS TO OE2 COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONS AS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONS, LOOKING FOR FEWER INDICATORS, MORE CONSOLIDATION TO DASHBOARD, AND THEN A DRAFT OF THOSE TO REVIEW AND TO DISCUSS BEFORE THE NEXT.
RENDITION OF THIS REPORT IS MADE.
SO STARTING WITH THE STUDENT ADVISORY VOTE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
THEN FOR THE ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
SO THE REPORT HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE COMMENTS THAT WERE POSTED ON THE SURVEY.
THAT, I THINK, HELPS TO STIMULATE OUR THOUGHTS AND PROCESS ON IT AND CERTAINLY GIVES GOOD FEEDBACK TO CHRISTY AND HER TEAM.
[10.07 Resolution 10-2026 Ferndale High School Replacement Project Acceptance as Complete]
OKAY, SO THAT TAKES US ON TO ITEM 10.07, WHICH WAS PULLED OFF...THE CONSENT AGENDAS FOR DISCUSSION AND A SEPARATE VOTE.
SO I WILL LEAVE THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION ON THAT OR QUESTIONS.
AND I'M ASSUMING THAT THOSE WOULD BE DIRECTED TOWARDS MARK, BUT CHRISTY, YOU CAN CLARIFY.
I THINK THE WHOLE IDEA OF THIS.
IS THAT IT'S KIND OF A MILESTONE, AND IT REALLY DOESN'T BELONG ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
IT DESERVES A GREAT, I MEAN, IT WASN'T, I DON'T EVEN THINK THERE'S ANY, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ANYBODY ELSE, BUT I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY ISSUE WITH WHAT WAS ON IT.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF A MILESTONE, AND SO.
YEAH, AND I MISSED THE, SO MAYBE MARK CAN.
DISCUSS IT BRIEFLY AND THEN I ALSO KIND OF WONDER ABOUT IF THIS GIVES THE END ANY KIND OF WARRANTY BECAUSE WE'VE HAD ISSUES THIS LAST SCHOOL YEAR FACILITY SO I WAS HOPING THE CLARITY ON THAT SO THE WORK OF THE CONTRACTOR HAS BEEN DONE FOR QUITE A WHILE SO ANY WERE ANY WARRANTY IS MANUFACTURER WARRANTY IN RELATION TO THE MATERIALS OR THE EQUIPMENT THAT WAS INSTALLED.
IN RELATION TO THE ROOF ISSUES THAT WE HAD, BOTH THE CONTRACTOR OF THE METAL BUILDING, VON MILLER, AND THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR, CORNERSTONE, HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY RESPONSIVE TOWARDS FIXING THOSE AND HAVEN'T RAISED ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WARRANTY WHATSOEVER.
COME UP HERE EVERY TIME THERE'S BEEN AN ISSUE AND HAVE COMMITTED TO FULLY TAKING CARE OF THOSE.
THEY WILL BE BACK UP THIS SUMMER TO DO SOME REPAIR WORK ON THE RIDGE ON THE CTE AND GYM WING.
THE KIND OF THE MILESTONE OF IT IS A THANK YOU.
THIS IS A FINAL STEP THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN DONE QUITE A LONG TIME AGO, BUT THERE WAS ONE REMAINING ISSUE THAT WE HAD TO SETTLE WITH.
THE CITY HAD PUT A REQUIREMENT ON THE HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT THAT WAS UNRELATED TO THE HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT, IN OUR OPINION, AND OUR INITIAL KIND OF EFFORTS TO GET THAT SEPARATED SO WE COULD UM APPROVE THE HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT AND DEAL WITH THE STORMWATER EASEMENT FOR ASHLEY MEADOWS AS A SEPARATE ISSUE BECAUSE THEY WERE SEPARATE DIDN'T BEAR FRUIT SO THAT DRAGGED IT A LITTLE BIT THE PROPOSED LANGUAGE FOR THE EASEMENT WENT BACK AND FORTH WITH ATTORNEYS BETWEEN THE DISTRICT AND THE CITY AND EVERYBODY'S ATTORNEYS SEVERAL TIMES WHICH AGAIN DRAGGED IT OUT FOR A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT
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OF TIME SO THAT EASEMENT CAME TO THE BOARD SEVERAL MONTHS AGO WHEN WHICH THEN WE HAD TO WAIT FOR IT TO GET RECORDED WITH THE COUNTY, AND THAT HAS FINALLY HAPPENED.SO NOW WE'RE HERE WITH THE FINAL ACCEPTANCE.
SO OSPI CAN CLOSE THE BOOKS ON THE PROJECT.
AND YOU CAN OPEN A BOTTLE OF CHAMPAGNE OFF-SCHOOL PROPERTY.
THE CHAMPAGNE WAS DRUNK YEARS AGO.
SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MARK? OKAY.
SO IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, THEN THE CHAIR WILL PUT FORTH THAT WE APPROVE RESOLUTION 10-2026, ACCEPTING THE FERNDALE HIGH SCHOOL REPLACEMENT PROJECT AS COMPLETE.
AUTHORIZING SUBMISSION TO OSPI FOR PROJECT CLOSEOUT.
SO SINCE THIS IS COMING FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA, I WILL FOREGO A STUDENT VOTE.
AND WE'LL GO STRAIGHT TO THE ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
SO RESOLUTION 1026 IS ADOPTED.
[9. SUPERINTENDENT CONSENT AGENDA [GC-2.4]]
[10. BOARD CONSENT AGENDA [GC-2.4]]
SO THAT THEN DOES TAKE US ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.THE CONSENT AGENDA IS A GROUP OF ROUTINE ITEMS THAT ARE PUT FORTH THAT THE BOARD HAS INFORMATION TO AND ACCESS TO PRIOR TO THE MEETING, CAN ASK QUESTIONS FOR CLARIFICATION.
BUT WE'RE ALLOWED TO VOTE ON THESE WITH ONE VOTE AS OPPOSED TO MULTIPLE INDIVIDUAL VOTES.
AS PART OF TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA, THE BOARD IS RECEIVING THE MONITORING REPORTS FOR OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS 1, OE1.
THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, AND THE MONITORING REPORT FOR OPERATIONAL EXPECTATION 06, OE6 INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM.
WE ARE ALSO RECEIVING FOUR POLICIES FOR REVIEW, 3141, NON-RESIDENT STUDENTS, 3131, DISTRICT ATTENDANCE AREA TRANSFERS, 2140, RELEASE OF RESIDENT STUDENTS, AND 4030, TITLE I, PART A, PARENTS AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT.
THE BOARD WILL BE DISCUSSING AND ACTING ON THESE POLICIES.
THESE REPORTS AND POLICIES AT OUR JUNE MEETING.
AS ALWAYS, WE ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO REVIEW REPORTS AND POLICIES WE RECEIVE AND WILL BE ACTING ON TO SHARE ANY THOUGHTS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE WITH THE BOARD PRIOR TO OUR NEXT MONTH'S MEETING OR DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT TIME OF THAT MEETING SO THAT WE CAN TAKE YOUR THOUGHTS INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN ACTING ON THESE ITEMS. SO WITH THAT, I WILL OPEN UP THE FLOOR TO ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THIS.
CONSENT AGENDA AND OR A MOTION TO TAKE ACTION ON SITE.
HAVE WE EVER RECEIVED TWO MONITORING REPORTS IN ONE MONTH BEFORE? I THINK WE HAVE BEFORE BACK WHEN THEY ARE NOW WITH THE CONSOLIDATION.
WE'VE GOT IT SO THAT I THINK WE DON'T END UP GETTING REPORTS IN THE SUMMER MONTHS BECAUSE IT'S HARDER AS FAR AS PUTTING THEM TOGETHER.
SO THERE ARE A COUPLE MONTHS I THINK.
ARE THERE TWO OR ONE? I CAN'T REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
YOU'LL GET TWO OES TOGETHER BECAUSE, REMEMBER, THEY'RE JUST OPERATIONAL THINGS.
YOU WOULD NEVER GET TWO RESULTS POLICIES TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE MEATIER.
I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE, OR APPROVE, THE SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD CONSENT AGENDAS.
SO IT HAS BEEN MOVED TO ACCEPT THE SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD CONSENT AGENDAS AS PRESENTED HERE TO AND MADE PART OF THE MINUTES.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
[11. SHARING [GC-7.E}]
OKAY, CONSENT AGENDAS ARE ADOPTED, AND THAT TAKES US ON TO BOARD SHARING, WHICH WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF TONIGHT.SO WE WILL CONTINUE THE TREND.
I'LL START OVER THERE WITH BRIAN.
PEGGY SAYS THAT WHEN I HAVE HER FIRST.
I'LL HAVE TO START WITH NANCY D'ANTONIO.
THERE WAS ACTUALLY, I WANT TO START WITH TRINA.
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I RAN INTO HER TWICE AT DIFFERENT MUSIC CONCERTS THE LAST WEEK, AND I REALLY APPRECIATED THE CONVERSATION.I'M SURE THE LAST THING SHE WANTED TO TALK WAS BUSINESS, BUT SHE'S ALWAYS SHE WAS A WILLING TO ENGAGE AND TALK AND SHE'S VERY THOUGHTFUL AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATED THE CONVERSATION.
THERE WAS AN EMAIL A COUPLE DAYS AGO ABOUT THERE BEING 21 VALEDICTORIANS THIS YEAR.
AND I THINK THAT WHILE I UNDERSTAND THE GIST OF THE EMAIL, BECAUSE I THINK IN MY CLASS OF 1996 THERE WAS THREE, I SEE.
I DO THINK THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE CELEBRATED.
I THINK THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE PATHS TO GETTING TO A 4.0 GPA.
I MEAN, HARLEEN'S PROBABLY TAKEN THE HARDEST ROAD, BUT THAT'S JUST BECAUSE IT FITS HER SKILL SETS AND HER INTERESTS AND HER LONG-TERM GOALS.
YOU KNOW, OTHER KIDS THAT TRY TO, YOU KNOW, GO OVER THE HEAVY MUSIC STREAM, I MEAN, THEY CAN STILL GET TO THAT.
YOU KNOW, THAT 4.0 OR AG SCIENCE OR WHATEVER.
BUT I THINK THAT THE BIG THING, I THINK IT SHOULD BE CELEBRATED THAT WE HAVE 21. AND FRANKLY, I THINK IT WOULD BE AWESOME IF WE HAD 42 NEXT YEAR OR 96 OR WHATEVER.
SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS, AND THERE WAS A NUMBER OF KIDS ON AN ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE.
SO I THINK THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I LOVE SEEING.
SO ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I'M EXCITED.
WE'RE GOING TO DISNEY. THE BAND IS GOING TO DISNEYLAND THIS WEEKEND.
I THINK THAT YOU'VE PROBABLY DONE THAT BEFORE, TOO, WITH YOUR KIDS GOING THROUGH.
WHAT'S COOL ABOUT IT FOR ME IS THEY'RE MARCHING DOWN MAIN STREET, USA, AND MY DAUGHTER, WHO IS A SENIOR, IS PLAYING MELLOPHONE IN IT.
I DID THE SAME THING 31 YEARS AGO.
SO I THINK IT'S COOL THAT THE FERNDALE BAND HAS BEEN ABLE TO ESTABLISH.
AND JUST CONTINUE SUCH A LONGSTANDING TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S, I DON'T THINK THERE'S A LOT OF PROGRAMS OUT THERE THAT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SUSTAIN THAT KIND OF LEVEL OVER THE YEARS.
AND SO THAT GIVES A HUGE TESTAMENT TO WHAT MEL HANSON STARTED AND WHAT STEVE MENEFEE HAS BEEN ABLE TO CONTINUE.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO ROOTING THEM ON.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GRADUATION HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS.
MY DAUGHTER IS GRADUATING, AND JUST SO HAPPENS SHE IS ONE OF THE 21 VALEDICTORIANS, SO I'M VERY PROUD OF HER, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HANDING HER HER DIPLOMA.
AND I THINK ALL FIVE OF US WILL BE FIGHTING TO SEE WHO CAN HAND HARLEEN HERS.
WE AREN'T GIVING HER ONE BECAUSE THEN SHE CAN'T LEAVE.
ANTONIO DID THIS LAST YEAR WITH GRACE AND I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS BECAUSE I DON'T GET EMOTIONAL VERY OFTEN BUT I HAVE A FEELING THAT'S ALL.
I'M EXCITED TO SEE GRADUATION AND OF COURSE WE NEED TO MAKE IT HAPPEN SO THAT WE CAN GIVE IT TO...
TO YOUR DAUGHTER, I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR HARLEEN, FOR YOUR EFFORT, FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO THE POSITION, AND YOU DEFINITELY WORKED HARD TO TRY TO GET FEEDBACK FROM NOT ONLY HIGH SCHOOL, BUT ALL THE OTHER SCHOOLS, AND SO GRATEFUL FOR WHAT YOU DID.
EMMY TO COME JOIN MARCUS AND MARCUS I HOPE THAT NOW YOU BEING THE SENIOR YOU KNOW MEMBER THAT YOU CAN THAT YOU CAN HELP EMMY AND BE SUCCESSFUL AND TAKING IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL YOU KNOW I'M NOT TOO TOO TOO SHY TO SAY THAT EMMY IS A GREAT YOUNG PERSON JUST LIKE YOU HARLEEN AND AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
IT'S NOT EASY TO PUT YOURSELF OUT THERE, YOU KNOW.
THERE'S CRITICISM, AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS WHAT'S BEST FOR THE STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE STAFF IN THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS THAT ARE TRYING TO DO THEIR BEST WITH WHAT WE HAVE.
AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE SOME TIME TO RECOGNIZE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AS A WHOLE.
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AND I HAD A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE RECENTLY WHERE FIRSTHAND I COULD SEE HOW SOMETHING WAS TRIGGERED, A RESPONSE WAS TRIGGERED AND MANAGED.SO EFFICIENTLY, I HAVE TO SAY.
SO EFFICIENTLY, SO FAIRLY, AND I'M JUST VERY IMPRESSED.
AND, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY TAUGHT ME THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CORRECT IN PRIVATE AND WE RECOGNIZE IN PUBLIC.
AND ALI CHRIST DOING AN AMAZING JOB HELPING THE KIDS THERE, BEING A GOOD EXAMPLE, TEACHING NOT ONLY BY THE WORD, BUT BY EXAMPLE.
OF COURSE, RAV IS DOING A GREAT JOB THERE, AND ALL THE STAFF IN THE HIGH SCHOOL.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT I HAVE BEEN TO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS, YOU KNOW, ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE DOING SUCH GREAT WORK.
I JUST, SOMETIMES WE FOCUS A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH ON THE NEGATIVES, ON THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO IMPROVE, AND FORGET TO BE GRATEFUL FOR THE GREAT SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT WE HAVE.
WE DO HAVE A GREAT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
STATES IN THE UNITED STATES WOULD WANT TO HAVE A DISTRICT LIKE WE DO, AND HOW MANY COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD WOULD PAY A HIGH AMOUNT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE WHAT WE HAVE.
SO IT'S NOT ALL DOOM AND GLOOM.
WE DO LIKE TO WORK ON THE THINGS THAT NEED IMPROVEMENT, BUT THAT DOES NOT OR SHOULD NOT TAKE AWAY THE GREAT EFFORT THAT IS HAPPENING IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
NANCY? I'M GOING TO HOLD MY FINAL LISTENING SESSION FOR THE 25-26 SCHOOL YEAR.
IT'LL BE SATURDAY, JUNE 6TH FROM 10 TO 11 A.M.
AT THE FERNDALE LIBRARY IN THEIR MEETING ROOM THAT HOLDS 10 PEOPLE.
SO HOPEFULLY I'LL GET 10 PEOPLE.
LAST TIME I HELD ONE, I GOT THREE PEOPLE.
ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO SHOWED UP WAS A FORMER PARENT OF A STUDENT THAT I HAD HAD OF HIS IN FIFTH GRADE, AND HE CAME WITH PHOTOGRAPHS.
AND HE SAID, DO YOU KNOW WHO THIS IS? AND IT WAS A PICTURE OF ME HANDING HIS SON A DIPLOMA, AND I KNEW EXACTLY WHO THAT WAS.
SO THAT WAS A REALLY FUN, GRATIFYING THING.
THEN, OF COURSE, HE SHOWED ME ALL THE PICTURES OF WHAT HE'S DOING NOW IN THE MARINES.
SO PRETTY FUN THING TO HAVE HAPPEN.
SO I ENCOURAGE ANYBODY WHO'S LISTENING OUT THERE, IF YOU WANT TO COME AND TALK WITH ME, I'M ALL EARS LISTENING FOR YOUR DREAMS AND IDEAS AND GOOD THOUGHTS OF HOW WE CAN MAKE OUR DISTRICT EVEN BETTER THAN IT IS.
MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO GRADUATION ON THE 5TH. I THINK IT'S JUST SO GRATIFYING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE HONOR AND PRIVILEGE OF HANDING OUT THESE DIPLOMAS TO THESE KIDS, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'VE BEEN FORMER STUDENTS AS WELL.
SO ANYWAY, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL THAT.
ONE MORE TIME TO SAY, HARLEEN, YOU WILL BE SORELY MISSED, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU.
I THINK I PROBABLY SHOULD MENTION THE HIGHLY CAPABLE COMMITTEE, THE ADVISORY GROUP, THAT HAS BEEN WORKING HARD AND HAS TAKEN A STEP BACK AND IS GOING TO BE APPROACHING US WITH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FIRST AS OPPOSED TO PUTTING THINGS IN PLACE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, TO ACTUALLY GET THE DUCKS IN A ROW AND DO THINGS IN A VERY ORGANIZED AND SENSIBLE FASHION.
SO, KELLY, YOU SAID THAT WILL BE COMING TO US NEXT MONTH, RIGHT? OKAY, SO WE SHOULD EXPECT A PRESENTATION NEXT MONTH.
AND IT'S BEEN KIND OF FUN TO LISTEN TO THEM DISCUSS AND MOVE THINGS AROUND AND ARRIVE AT THINGS THAT I THINK SOUND GOOD, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL ALL GET TO HEAR IT TOO.
THERE WAS ONE OTHER THING I WAS GOING TO MENTION.
I GUESS IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN TOO IMPORTANT.
IT'LL COME TO ME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. YOU CAN TEXT ME.
I WILL. THANK YOU, PEGGY. SO HAVE FUN IN DISNEYLAND, BRIAN. WE HAVE HAD GOOD TRIPS
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WITH THE KIDS. ROBIN AND I WENT DOWN A COUPLE OF YEARS. MY FAVORITE WAS WHEN THE YOUNGER TWO BOYS WENT BECAUSE THEY WERE TOGETHER ON THE TRIP, AND I WAS ABLE TO FINAGLE IT TO GET OUR OLDEST. TO MEET FROM SPOKANE, HAD ROBIN TURNED THE WRONG WAY AT THE RIGHT TIME, SO ALL OF A SUDDEN SHE TURNED AROUND TO THE PERSON WHO WAS GOING TO SIT NEXT TO HER, AND SHE'S LIKE, WHERE DID YOU COME FROM? WE MANAGED TO PULL IT OFF, WHICH WASN'T EASY, BUT IT WAS FUN. AND THOSE ARE ALWAYS GOOD TIMES THAT YOU REMEMBER, SO THAT'S EXCITING.AND IT IS ALSO A GOOD REMINDER OF JUST THE PARENT SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR KIDS AND OUR GROUPS. I WAS AT THE FFA BANQUET HERE. WHAT NIGHT WAS IT? THURSDAY NIGHT, I GUESS. LAST THURSDAY, AND JUST SEEING THE NUMBER OF PARENTS THAT WERE OUT, THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WERE OUT SUPPORTING OUR FFA KIDS AND THE WORK THAT THEY WERE DOING, THE BUSINESSES THAT HAD DONATED TO THEIR AUCTION. WE DON'T DO THIS IN A VACUUM. WE'VE GOT COMMUNITY PARENTS, TEACHERS, EDUCATORS, STAFF ALL COMING TOGETHER, AND IT'S GREAT WHEN WE HAVE THAT COMMON GOAL AND WE CAN PRODUCE THE THINGS THAT WE DO. AND I SEE PEGGY'S. BRAIN HAS KICKED IN, SO LET ME TURN IT OVER TO HER BEFORE SHE FORGETS. YES, MY BRAIN KICKED IN, AND I FEEL REALLY BAD ABOUT WHAT IT WAS. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MARK AND TAMMY FOR WRITING THAT RESOLUTION THAT'S SITTING THERE IN THE CONSENT AGENDA. IF ANYBODY READ IT, IT'S IN SUPPORT OF BUSINESSES AT CHERRY POINT. AND BLAINE HAS ALSO PUT IT ON THEIR AGENDA. I WAS GOING TO PASS THAT TONIGHT AS WELL.
SO JUST WE ALL STAND TOGETHER.
AND, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY IN THIS COUNTY, SOMETIMES A LITTLE SOLIDARITY HELPS. AND EVEN THOUGH IT'S JUST WORDS, I THINK IT MEANS SOMETHING TO STAND WITH EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, IN SUPPORT OF BUSINESSES. THANK YOU, MARK. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
OKAY. GOOD POINT. GLAD THAT YOU REMEMBERED, PEGGY, AND THAT'S AN APPROPRIATE POINT.
DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THE STAFF AND ALL THEY DO. I WAS THINKING ABOUT IT DURING THIS MEETING.
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WE'VE HAD THE PRINCIPALS, AFTER THEY'VE HAD LONG DAYS OUT THERE, WE'VE HAD TEACHERS, WE'VE HAD SUPPORT STAFF. THANK YOU, GUYS. YOU KNOW, WE'RE UP HERE. WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT OUT THERE AS WELL. SO THANK YOU FOR ENDURING ALL MY BAD DAD JOKES AND EVERYTHING ELSE. AND I'M STILL WORKING ON 45 MINUTES THERE, YOU KNOW. SO BABY STEPS.
THAT'S REALLY BABY STEPS. IT'S SORT OF LIKE INDICATORS ON REPORTS. IT'S HAPPENING AT THE SPEED OF THE DASHBOARD.
I CAN SEE IT NOW. THERE'S GOING TO BE A COMMENT. LENGTH OF LAST SCHOOL BOARD ON THE DASHBOARD. OH, BOY.
WELL, WITH THAT, THANK YOU, EVERYONE. LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU GUYS AT THE RECOGNITION NIGHT AND AS WELL AT GRADUATION. AND WHO KNOWS, MAYBE WE CAN DO A GROUP HUG OF GIVING HARLEEN HER DIPLOMA.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL DECLARE THIS MEETING ADJOURNED. THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.