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THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, WHETHER LIVE OR ONLINE.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS AND EVERY OTHER SCHOOL BOARD MEETING IS TO CONDUCT THE BUSINESS OF THE BOARD.
THAT BUSINESS IS TO FACILITATE THE MISSION OF OUR DISTRICT, WHICH STATES 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 COUPLE OF QUICK HOUSEKEEPING MATTERS BEFORE WE GET STARTED.
IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY, THE SAME DOORS THAT YOU ENTERED ARE THE EXITS TO THE BUILDING.
WITH THAT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH TONIGHT'S MEETING.
AND IF YOU WILL, PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
NEXT, WE'LL HAVE THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT. WE, THE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT, ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE RESIDING ON THE TRADITIONAL, ANCESTRAL AND UNCEDED TERRITORY OF THE LUMMI PEOPLE.
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.
THANK YOU. NEXT, WE WILL APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM OUR JUNE MEETING.
[2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
ARE THERE ANY CHANGES OR CORRECTIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE TO THOSE MINUTES? IF NOT, THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MINUTES AS PRESENTED.I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED.
THANK YOU. SO IT HAS BEEN MOVED THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE.
I'M JUST PAUSING. IS NANCY ON? OKAY. THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A DELAY.
I SAID AYE. OH, OKAY. SORRY I DIDN'T HEAR YOU, NANCY.
SHE'S NOT QUITE IN HAWAII, BUT IT CERTAINLY LOOKS LIKE A NICE PLACE TO BE.
SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO JOIN US, NANCY.
[3. ADOPTION OF AGENDA [GC-4.7]]
ANY ADJUSTMENTS TO THE AGENDA AND OR A MOTION TO ADOPT IT AS PRESENTED.I MOVE TO ADOPT THE AGENDA AS WRITTEN. OKAY. IT HAS BEEN MOVED TO ADOPT THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE.
AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SO THE AGENDA HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
[4. PUBLIC COMMENT [GC-3.3]]
IT 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, ASK CLARIFYING QUESTIONS AND OR MAY DIRECT SOMEONE, MOST OFTEN THE SUPERINTENDENT, TO TAKE FUTURE ACTION REGARDING RELATED TO A STATEMENT.
BUT AGAIN, IT IS NOT A TIME FOR DISCUSSION. OUR SILENCE IS NOT A SIGNAL OF AGREEMENT OR DISAGREEMENT, BUT IS MEANT TO RESPECTFULLY HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY.
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PUBLIC COMMENT IS ALSO NOT THE ONLY WAY TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE BOARD.OUR CONTACT INFORMATION IS READILY AVAILABLE ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE.
TONIGHT WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE SIGNED UP AND FIRST IS DAWN PHAM.
GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DAWN PHAM. I IDENTIFY AS A FERNDALE RESIDENT.
OVER THE WEEKEND, ANTHONY FAUCI WAS BACK IN THE NEWS AGAIN AFTER SENATOR RAND PAUL RELEASED MORE THAN 100 PAGES OF FAUCI'S DIARY ENTRIES AHEAD OF HIS TESTIMONY BEFORE THE SENATE TOMORROW.
BIG FRONT PAGE ARTICLE ABOUT ME APPEARED IN THE WASHINGTON POST.
VERY FLATTERING. HE WROTE ON MAY 21ST, 2020, NOTING GLOBAL DEATHS OF 9800 WITH 272 DEATHS IN THE US. IT IS NOT HYPERBOLE TO SAY THAT TODAY I AM THE MOST FAMOUS AND TALKED ABOUT PERSON IN THE COUNTRY AND ONE OF THE MOST RECOGNIZABLE PERSON IN THE WORLD. MAY 23RD, 2020.
AFTER CASES SHOT UP 20% OVERNIGHT. APPARENTLY THE WHITE HOUSE IS VERY UPSET THAT I'M BEING PROFILED, AND IT LOOKS LIKE I'M PUTTING DOWN THE POTUS AND BECOMING A STAR THAT OUTSHINES HIM.
THIS IS HOW FAUCI DESCRIBED HIS CAREER AT THE NIH.
MY UPWARD CAREER TRAJECTORY TRAJECTORY WAS STEEP.
I WAS BECOMING WELL KNOWN AND RESPECTED NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY.
OTHER FILES SHOW THAT FAUCI, WHO HAD BEEN THE HIGHEST PAID FEDERAL OFFICIAL, ALSO SOLICITED NOMINATIONS FOR BIG MONEY AWARDS FOR HIMSELF FROM SCIENTISTS TO WHOM HE HAD GIVEN MILLIONS IN GOVERNMENT GRANTS.
FAUCI EVEN HAD HIS TAXPAYER FUNDED STAFF WRITING NOMINATIONS FOR HIM.
I HAVE SEEN AND HEARD SEVERAL DESCRIPTIONS OF FAUCI.
A CRIMINAL, A PSYCHOPATH, A TEENAGER WHO NEVER GREW UP, OR A GOD WHO IS WORSHIPED BY NUMEROUS POLITICIANS, BUREAUCRATS, MEDICAL EXPERTS, CELEBRITIES AND PROPAGANDISTS IN THE MEDIA.
I WOULD SIMPLY SAY THAT FAUCI IS EVIL AND MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR HIS CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY.
BECAUSE WITHOUT REFORMS AND CONSEQUENCES, I CAN GUARANTEE THAT SUCH CALAMITIES WILL HAPPEN AGAIN.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOM. NEXT WE HAVE JOHN MUTSCHLER.
THANK YOU. I HAD A WONDERFUL REPORT FOR YOU. EVEN HAS A CITY LOGO ON THERE.
BUT I GOT SOMETHING ELSE THAT POPPED IN MY HEAD.
SO YOU HAVE TO COME BACK NEXT MONTH FOR THAT ONE.
SO SOME THINGS THAT OCCURRED THIS JULY IN THE AREA.
I JUST WANT TO REMIND US OF THOSE THINGS. WE HAD THE BLAINE HARBOR MUSIC FESTIVAL, AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE THREE FERNDALE EDUCATORS WHO TEACH AT THAT FESTIVAL. I'M ONE OF THEM. BOB GRAY.
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IF YOU KNOW BOB, HE WAS THE LEGENDARY BAND DIRECTOR AT BLAINE HIGH SCHOOL, BUT HE LIVES JUST DOWN THE STREET HERE.AND THEN OUR OWN BOB STORMS. HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER BOB STORMS? YOU MUST HAVE BEEN IN HIS BAND BACK IN THE DAY SOMETIME.
I KNOW ABOUT FOUR DECADES OF EDUCATION HERE IN FERNDALE.
HE IS ONE OF OUR TEACHERS. AND WE CELEBRATED 25 YEARS.
AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FERNDALE STUDENTS THAT PARTICIPATE IN THAT EVENT.
SO THE BLAINE HARBOR MUSIC FESTIVAL WILL HAVE ITS 26TH YEAR NEXT YEAR.
WE JUST FINISHED UP WITH PIONEER DAYS. THIS THING GOES BACK 130 YEARS.
KEVIN, YOU'VE BEEN TO MOST OF THEM, HAVEN'T YOU? AS I RECALL.
130 YEARS. THINK OF THAT. THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A MOMENT.
HOW MANY OF YOU HERE KNOW? THAT WOULD BE NICE.
WE WE MISSED A COUPLE. ONE FOR WORLD WAR II AND ONE FOR COVID 19.
BUT THIS GOES BACK TO. THE FIRST ONE WAS HELD IN BIRCH BAY.
THEN IT MOVED TO FERNDALE, STARTED IN 1895. NOW WE'RE ALL EDUCATORS HERE.
WHO WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IN 1895? YOU'RE ALL THINKING REALLY HARD HERE. I'LL GIVE YOU A HINT.
WHAT'S THAT? AND WHAT THEY HAVE IN COMMON, THEY BOTH SERVED TWO TERMS NON-CONSECUTIVELY.
KIND OF NEAT. NOW YOU'VE ALL LEARNED SOMETHING HERE TODAY. SO 130 YEARS.
HOW ARE WE DOING? OH, I GOT A WHOLE MINUTE LEFT.
I JOINED THE OLD SETTLERS TRUSTEES ABOUT A DOZEN YEARS AGO.
AT THE TIME, THERE WERE 35 TRUSTEES. WE'RE DOWN TO ABOUT 12.
SO ROBERT PUTNAM'S BOWLING ALONE SEEMS TO BE TAKING PLACE THERE.
SO WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO HAVE A LARGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
WE JUST HAVE TO HAVE A WILLING GROUP OF CITIZENS.
I NOTED THIS YEAR THERE ARE THREE CHURCHES THAT GOT VERY INVOLVED.
THEY CAME OUT AND SET UP ALL THE CHAIRS. AND ON SUNDAY MORNING, TWO CHURCHES LOCALLY, NEW LIFE JUST DOWN THE STREET HERE AND CPK FERNDALE, THEY TORE ALL THE CHAIRS DOWN. SO A LOT OF FUN.
LAST TIME I GET TO SAY IS THE DIRECTOR OF OLD SETTLERS IS ONE OF YOURS.
LINDA LUCAS, FORMER FERNDALE SCHOOL TEACHER. AND I WANTED JUST TO SHOUT OUT HER NAME HERE BECAUSE SHE DOES A FABULOUS JOB HERDING A BUNCH OF CATS, INCLUDING ME, AND WE GET THE JOB DONE. SO NEXT YEAR, MAKE SURE YOU ATTEND OLD SETTLERS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, JOHN. YOU BET.
SO THAT'S ALL THE FOLKS THAT I HAVE LISTED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT.
JUST BECAUSE PUBLIC COMMENT IS OVER DOESN'T MEAN THAT IF SOMETHING STIRS YOUR MIND OR YOU HAVE COMMENTS ABOUT IT, THAT YOU CAN'T SPEAK TO US. OUR EMAILS ARE ALWAYS OPEN AND OUR INBOX IS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR EMAIL FROM THE COMMUNITY.
SO. YES, MA'AM. YEAH. DID YOU SAY, IS THERE SOMETHING I THOUGHT I SAW THAT TOMORROW NIGHT THERE'S A CITY COUNCIL? NOT A CITY COUNCIL MEETING, BUT I THOUGHT THERE WAS SOMETHING REGARDING CITY GROWTH.
OKAY. OKAY. SO THAT TAKES US TO ITEM 5.01, WHICH IS THE SUPERINTENDENT
[5. SHARING [GC-7.E.]]
SHARING. AND FOR THAT I'LL TURN THINGS OVER TO KRISTI.WELL, HELLO. YOU WOULD THINK THAT BEING JULY, THERE'S NOT A LOT GOING ON AND THERE'S A TON GOING ON.
SO WE'RE GOING TO JUST DO SOME HIGHLIGHTS HERE.
WE ARE BUSY PREPARING FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, AND THAT INCLUDES AN EVENT THAT I AM INCREDIBLY PROUD THAT WE HOST ON AUGUST 18TH FROM 4 TO 7. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE OUR BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT EVENT.
AND THIS IS AN AMAZING TIME WHERE FAMILIES CAN COME AND GET SCHOOL SUPPLIES, CONNECT WITH SCHOOLS.
THE PAST FEW YEARS, WE'VE OFFERED AN IMMUNIZATION CLINIC FOR FAMILIES WHO WANT, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND SPORTS PHYSICALS. AND THE FEEDBACK HAS BEEN, CAN YOU DO IT ALL AT THE SAME TIME? SO WE DON'T HAVE TO KEEP COMING BACK. SO THIS YEAR, ALL THREE OF THOSE THINGS ARE HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME AT THE HIGH SCHOOL ON AUGUST 18TH. AND SO IF YOU ARE A FAMILY WHO HAS A NEED, THIS IS A GREAT EVENT FOR YOU TO ATTEND.
AND WE'LL BE SENDING OUT COMMUNICATION TO OUR FAMILIES AS WELL.
SO TALKING ABOUT BUDGET, YOU'VE SEEN THIS GRAPH BEFORE.
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AND WE'VE TALKED IN THE PAST ABOUT THE BIG THREE.AND THE BIG THREE HAD BEEN SPECIAL EDUCATION, MSOCS AND TRANSPORTATION.
THIS YEAR WE'RE SHIFTING THE FOCUS SLIGHTLY BECAUSE WE CAN'T ASK FOR EVERYTHING.
SO WE'RE GETTING VERY CLEAR ON WHAT WILL HAVE THE GREATEST IMPACT.
AND I THINK WHEN YOU SAW THE MSOCS, WHAT WE GET AND WHAT WE EXPECT TO SPEND, YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY.
IMAGINE WHAT WE COULD HAVE DONE HAD THAT BEEN FULLY FUNDED.
SPECIAL EDUCATION, SAME THING. BUT THIS YEAR IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT INSTEAD OF TRANSPORTATION.
AND NOT THAT TRANSPORTATION DOESN'T MATTER, BUT IT'S NOT.
REALLY THE GREATEST NEED AT THE MOMENT IS TALKING ABOUT SUBSTITUTE COSTS.
AND SO I WANT TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WE TALK ABOUT UNFUNDED MANDATES.
THE STATE LAW SAYS THAT DISTRICTS HAVE TO PROVIDE, AT MINIMUM, TEN SICK DAYS TO OUR EMPLOYEES.
ON AVERAGE, THEY GET 12. OR DO ALL GET 12, KARA? ALL GET 12. SO THE LAW SAYS WE HAVE TO PROVIDE AT LEAST TEN.
THEY ONLY REIMBURSE US FOR FOUR. AND THEY REIMBURSE US AT THE RATE THAT THEY GIVE TO US.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, REGARDLESS OF WHERE A TEACHER MIGHT FALL ON THE SALARY SCHEDULE, THEY ONLY REIMBURSE US OR PAY INTO US $80,000. 80 TO $85,000 A TEACHER. SO NOT ONLY DO WE ONLY GET FOUR DAYS, EVEN THOUGH THE LAW REQUIRES TEN, THEY GIVE IT AT A FRACTION OF THE COST OF THE EMPLOYEE.
SO YOU CAN SEE WHY WE'RE HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT.
AND SO THAT'S GOING TO BE AN AREA OF FOCUS THIS YEAR, IS ASKING THE LEGISLATURE TO FIX THAT.
YEAH, JUST ASK. JUST WAS WONDERING AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, BUDGETING GOES, HOW YOU CALCULATE HOW MUCH THAT DIFFERENCE IS AND HOW MUCH THAT IS IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
WE DO HAVE A SEPARATE BRC FOR COSTS. YOU KNOW, BRCS ARE ONE OF THE WAYS WE BREAK DOWN THE BUDGET, JUST FOR THIS. AND WE SET ASIDE. I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I THINK IT'S AROUND $300,000, WHICH IS NOT ENOUGH, BUT THAT'S WHAT'S IN THE BUDGET.
I GUESS WHEN YOU SAY IT'S NOT ENOUGH, I MEAN, I'M JUST WONDERING, OKAY, SO YOU PROBABLY ESTIMATE THIS CONSERVATIVELY AND FIGURE EVERYBODY'S GOING TO BE TAKING THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT.
AND I DON'T THINK EVERYBODY TAKES THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT BECAUSE THEY CARRY OVER THEIR SICK LEAVE.
BUT THERE'S OTHER. I MEAN, IT'S MORE, I GUESS IT'S MORE COMPLICATED THAN JUST LOOKING AT THAT ONE BRC BECAUSE SOME ARE PAID OUT OF GRANTS AND THERE'S OTHER FUNDING THAT MAYBE OTHER PEOPLE ARE PAID OUT OF.
SO, THAT'S KIND OF OUR POT OF MONEY FOR BASIC ED FUNDED PEOPLE, WHICH IS PROBABLY.
IT MIGHT BE CLOSE, BUT IT'S NOT THAT NUMBER. AND I DON'T KNOW IF I'M REALLY ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION.
YEAH, KIND OF, SORT OF. BUT THIS YEAR WE'LL BE ABLE TO DIVE MORE INTO IT.
MSOCS, FOR SURE, BECAUSE THAT IS JUST OUT OF HAND.
AND THEN SUBSTITUTE COSTS INSTEAD OF TRANSPORTATION.
SO MORE TO COME. I JUST WANT TO GET THIS ON YOUR RADAR.
AND SO EMMY IS GOING TO REPRESENT. OKAY. SO I TALKED TO MARCUS AND ALL WE WANTED TO KIND OF MENTION TO YOU GUYS WAS, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF REPRESENT WITH THE DISTRICT DURING THE OLD SETTLERS PARADE, WHICH WAS SUPER FUN. WE GOT TO WALK. WE GOT A LOT OF OUR FRIENDS INVITED AS WELL, AND WE GOT TO WALK WITH THEM, HAND OUT SCHOOL SUPPLIES TO FAMILIES AND KIDS.
ALONG WITH THAT, SPORTS ARE GOING WELL RIGHT NOW.
SO THAT'S KIND OF IT. OH, MARCUS HAD SOMETHING HE WANTED TO ADD.
I'LL LET YOU GUYS KNOW. HE SAID THAT HE'S VERY SAD THAT HE COULDN'T COME AND MAKE IT TO THE MEETING,
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BUT HE. SINCE IT'S ONE OF HIS FAVORITE MEETINGS WHEN WE DRESS UP.SO HE SAID THAT HE CAN'T MAKE IT, BUT HE'S EXCITED TO SEE ALL YOU GUYS AT THE NEXT MEETING. AND THEN WE ALSO WANTED TO MENTION THAT WE'RE SAD THAT SUMMER IS ENDING, BUT WE'RE VERY EXCITED FOR THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR TO START.
SO THAT'S KIND OF IT. AND I DO WANT TO THANK OUR STUDENT REPS.
THEY DID GET A LOT OF STUDENT PARTICIPATION OUT REPRESENTING OUR DISTRICT AT THE PARADE, AND A SHOUT OUT TO THE FERNDALE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION, WHO SUPPLIED ALL THE SCHOOL SUPPLIES TO BE GIVEN AWAY.
SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THEY DEDICATED, AND I HEARD THAT WAS QUITE THE HIT.
SO. AND NOW, AS WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST YEAR, WE HAD A HIGHLY CAPABLE LEARNING ADVISORY. PEGGY WAS YOUR REP ON THAT.
SHE WENT TO THE MEETINGS AND LISTENED IN AND I THINK LEARNED A LOT.
AND TONIGHT YOU WILL SEE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE RECEIVING SOME INFORMATION.
AND THEY ARE GOING TO SHARE A BIT ABOUT THAT WORK AND WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT.
AND WHILE THEY'RE SETTING UP, I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO EVERYONE WHO TOOK TIME TO ATTEND THE MEETINGS, DO THE HARD WORK. THERE WAS A LOT OF HOMEWORK AND CONVERSATION, AND IT'S ONE OF THOSE AREAS THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE FEEL VERY PASSIONATELY ABOUT.
AND DON, I JUST REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THAT.
DAWN CAME TO US WITH A LOT OF EXPERTISE, A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
AND BEFORE DOING THAT, WE WANTED TO REMIND YOU WHAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO.
SO THIS PAST YEAR WE WERE IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM PHASE ONE.
AND THAT WORK HAD HAPPENED THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
AND THAT WORK WAS CENTERED ON IDENTIFICATION AND EQUITY.
WE FOCUSED ON HOW ARE WE SERVING THE STUDENTS.
ALL OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IN BOTH PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO ARE IN ORDER TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE AND ALIGNMENT TO A HIGH DEGREE WITH THE STATE REQUIREMENTS.
THE STATE HAS IT. CONSIDERS HIGHLY CAPABLE AS PART OF OUR BASIC EDUCATION.
IT REQUIRES US TO IDENTIFY STUDENTS, IT REQUIRES US TO SERVE STUDENTS APPROPRIATELY.
AND SO IN THIS PHASE TWO, WE LOOKED AT HOW IS IT THAT WE ARE EQUITABLY AND COMPREHENSIVELY SERVING STUDENTS IN GRADES K-8. THE TASK FORCE FOCUSED SPECIFICALLY ON THOSE GRADES.
GO AHEAD. SO DO THEY PUT CAPS ON THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO CAN BE IDENTIFIED? BECAUSE I KNOW LIKE IN THE PAST WITH. I REMEMBER WHEN MY SON WAS LOOKING AT THE PULLOUT PROGRAM THAT THERE WERE A LIMITED NUMBER OF SPOTS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE SCREENING WAS LIKE, WELL, THERE WAS A CUTOFF.
AND SO DO THEY DO THAT ANYMORE? OR IS IT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU TEST A CERTAIN WAY, THEN YOU'RE AUTOMATICALLY IN? FOR IDENTIFICATION, THERE ARE NO CAPS. FROM THE STATE, WE IDENTIFY BASED ON ESTABLISHED CRITERIA.
SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE IMPLEMENTED HAD TO DO WITH UNIVERSAL SCREENING AT SPECIFIC GRADE LEVELS, SO THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT MAKING SURE WE'RE CAPTURING STUDENTS WHO MAY NOT BE.
WE MAY NOT FIND OTHERWISE. MAYBE THEY DON'T GET REFERRED OR MAYBE THEY HAVEN'T SHOWED UP FROM A TEACHER RECOMMENDATION OR SOMETHING IN THAT WAY.
SO WE DON'T HAVE A LIMIT ON IDENTIFICATION. WHAT YOU WILL SEE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE SERVICES THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING, IT'S NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL. AND SO IT DOESN'T MEAN JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE IDENTIFIED THAT A CERTAIN CLASS OR PROGRAM IS FOR SURE WHAT YOU NEED.
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WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT A WIDER ARRAY OF SERVICES.ONE MORE QUESTION. SO SINCE YOU'VE IMPLEMENTED THE NEW IDENTIFICATION PROCESS, HAVE YOU SEEN A MAJOR CHANGE IN THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED? WE DEFINITELY WENT THROUGH WITH OUR MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM AND HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS.
ABSOLUTELY. I HAVE A QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN HEAR ME OR NOT.
WE CAN. OKAY. WHEN YOU SAY EQUITY IDENTIFICATION AND EQUITY, WHAT DOES THAT EQUITY REFER TO? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN THIS PROCESS? SO THREE OF THE KIND OF PILLARS OF THE IDENTIFICATION FROM PHASE ONE ARE SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE. THE EQUITY PART OF THAT IS THE UNIVERSAL SCREENING, SO THAT WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT GRADES TWO AND GRADES FIVE.
WE'RE SCREENING EVERYONE, ALL STUDENTS. AND SO THE EQUITY THERE IS THAT WE ARE ENSURING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT EVERY STUDENT, NOT JUST STUDENTS WHO ARE REFERRED BY A PARENT OR A TEACHER.
SO WE'RE NOT PLACING ALL OF THE IDENTIFICATION INTO ONE SPECIFIC TEST OR SCORE, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT A NUMBER OF FACTORS. AND THEN THAT MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM, WHICH INCLUDES A SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST, ADMINISTRATORS, OUR HIGHLY CAPABLE SPECIALISTS AND SOME OTHERS.
AND WE THEN LOOK AT EACH STUDENT WHO IS REFERRED AS WELL AS STUDENTS WHOSE PROFILE SHOWS SOME EXCEPTIONALITY AND STUDENTS WHO SHOW A CERTAIN PROFILE FROM THE SCREENING.
THANK YOU. THANKS, NANCY. OKAY, SO LOOKING AT WHO WAS INVOLVED IN OUR TASK FORCE, WE WERE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE A VERY REPRESENTATIVE GROUP AND A LOT OF PARENTS AND STAFF MEMBERS AS WELL AS STUDENTS ON OUR TASK FORCE. WE ALSO HAD OUR SCHOOL BOARD LIAISON, PEGGY, WAS ABLE TO COME TO OUR TASK FORCE MEETINGS AND BE THERE FIRSTHAND TO LEARN ALONGSIDE US. WE MET FOR EIGHT COLLABORATIVE SESSIONS FACILITATED BY DAWN CHRISTIANA.
AND DAWN SET THESE MEETINGS UP IN A WAY THAT THEY WERE LEARNING FOCUSED.
SO I BELIEVE BECAUSE OF THAT, THE RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT HERE REALLY IS REPRESENTATIVE OF INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE GROUNDED IN KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL AND REALLY KNOWING WHAT OUR CURRENT PRACTICES ARE, WHAT BEST PRACTICES ARE AND HAVING THAT SOLID FOUNDATION OF THE STATE LAW REQUIREMENTS AND WHAT WE WANT FOR OUR STUDENTS AND HAVING STAFF MEMBERS THERE WHO KNOW OUR SYSTEM SO WELL, HAVING PARENTS THERE WHO HAVE BEEN A PART OF THE PROGRAM, IT WAS A VERY WELL RUN.
THANK YOU DON. AND REALLY RICH EXPERIENCE. FOR TIME, I'M GOING TO SKIP OVER THESE LAST TWO SLIDES RATHER QUICKLY. BUT WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR K-8 STUDENTS IN THIS RECOMMENDATION.
OF COURSE, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED STUDENTS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL. BUT THIS WORK FOCUSED ON K EIGHT, WHICH IS RIGHT AROUND JUST UNDER 300 STUDENTS IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT RIGHT NOW.
AND HERE'S WHAT GROUNDED US. EACH TIME WE MET, WE WERE LOOKING AT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AROUND BELONGING AND INCLUSION, ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AND COMMUNITY, AND LOOKING AT THE REQUIREMENT FROM THE STATE THAT STATES THAT WE NEED A VARIETY OF APPROPRIATE PROGRAM SERVICES BASED ON STUDENTS UNIQUE ACADEMIC NEEDS ACROSS ALL OF THE GRADE LEVELS.
AND SO WE USED THIS AND THESE PIECES FROM OUR STRATEGIC PLAN TO REALLY GROUND OUR WORK TO MAKE SURE WE WERE RECOMMENDING RIGOROUS CONTINUOUS PROGRESS IN OUR ACADEMIC SUPPORTS FOR STUDENTS AS WELL AS HAVING THESE PIECES AVAILABLE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS AND NOT HAVING STUDENTS HAVE TO GO ELSEWHERE FOR THEIR LEARNING NEEDS.
I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO DAWN AND SHE'S GOING TO GET INTO THE MEAT OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
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IT HAS A VISUAL ON IT THAT LIKELY WILL END UP LEANING INTO FOR OUR ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM TO UNDERSTAND THIS RECOMMENDATION, AS WELL AS OUR COMMUNITY STUDENTS AND FAMILIES TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.AND SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THIS PHASE TWO, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT AN ARRAY OF SERVICES.
NO CHILD IS THE EXACT SAME AS ANY OTHER CHILD.
AND SO FOR STUDENTS IDENTIFIED HIGHLY CAPABLE, IT'S NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL.
BEFORE I MOVE ON, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL CLEAR.
THE STATE IDENTIFICATION OF HIGHLY CAPABLE IS ACADEMICS.
AND IT'S SPECIFICALLY READING AND MATH BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE AREAS THAT WE CAN SUPPORT.
IT'S NOT MUSICIANS, IT'S NOT ACTORS AND ACTRESSES.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE REALLY CLEAR THAT IT'S ACADEMIC FOCUSED.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT WITHIN THAT HIGHLY CAPABLE GROUP, AS WELL AS ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, THAT SOME STUDENTS MIGHT NEED JUST SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT OR REFINED. AND SO IN THAT TIER TWO FOR STUDENTS IDENTIFIED HIGHLY CAPABLE, OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH CLUSTER GROUPING, COMPACTING THE CURRICULUM, AND THAT HELPS KEEP KIDS AND FAMILIES IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS.
THE SMALLER GROUP, EVEN FEWER STUDENTS ACTUALLY DO BENEFIT FROM THAT GRADE SKIPPING, ACTUALLY, OR OUR SELF-CONTAINED PROGRAM THAT'S AT CENTRAL OR THOSE ADVANCED CLASSES THAT ARE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL.
AND THAT'S WHAT OUR FAMILIES HAVE SAID MANY OF THEM WOULD LIKE.
SO THE ARRAY OF SERVICES IN OUR DISTRICT HAS BEEN FRAMED AROUND THIS SORT OF RHOMBUS.
AND SO THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE LEANED INTO AS A TASK FORCE.
WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO YOU WITH SOME SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND POLICY AND PROCEDURE, AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT. BUT AGAIN, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE KNOW THAT HIGHLY CAPABLE LEARNERS ARE HIGHLY CAPABLE 24/7 AND THAT THEY HAVE VARYING DIFFERENT NEEDS ACADEMICALLY, BUT ALSO SOCIALLY, EMOTIONALLY.
AND SO A CHILD COULD ACTUALLY END UP IN THIS SORT OF RHOMBUS NEEDING THAT EXTRA TIER TWO SUPPORT, BEING CLUSTERED WITH LIKE PEERS AND ALSO NEEDING SOME SORT OF SUPPORT BECAUSE THEY'RE HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME SOCIALLY, EMOTIONALLY, OR IN A PARTICULAR SUBJECT AREA.
SO THAT ARRAY IS WHAT WE'RE LEANING ON. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE CURRENT WORK GOING TO THE FUTURE WORK, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT WE ARE HONORING THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN USING THAT ARE WORKING FOR SOME OF OUR FAMILIES AND OUR STUDENTS, WHILE ALSO FIGURING OUT HOW DO WE EXPAND THAT SO THAT MORE OF OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES ARE BENEFITING FROM OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE THEIR UNIQUE LEARNING NEEDS MET.
SPECIFICALLY FOR WHO THEY ARE. AND SO YOU'LL SEE AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL THE RECOMMENDATION IS MAINTAINING OUR SELF-CONTAINED CLASSROOMS THAT 4 OR 5 THAT'S CURRENTLY HOUSED AT CENTRAL. REALLY THINKING ABOUT THE ONE DAY A WEEK PROGRAM AND REALLY GRADUALLY RELEASING THAT.
AND THEN IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY'LL WILL MAINTAIN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL CORE, THE ACCELERATED PATHWAY THAT SOME OF THE KIDS GET TO DO WHEN THEY GET TO MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE MAGNET CLASSES AND THEN ADVANCED MATH CLASSES THAT ARE HAPPENING AND THAT FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING.
ONE OF THOSE ITEMS IS THE IDEA OF PROJECT BASED LEARNING.
SO WE ARE REALLY LEANING INTO THE EARLY LEARNING YEARS WITH PLAY, AND WE KNOW THAT'S HOW KIDS LEARN.
WHEN KIDS GET OLDER, THEY STILL NEED TO PLAY.
AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT OFTEN LINKS KINDERGARTEN TO CTE CLASSES.
AND AS AN ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL, THERE'S STILL GRADES IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL OF THAT THAT NEED TO HAVE THAT SAME ROBUST OPPORTUNITY TO THINK ABOUT THE QUESTIONS THEY HAVE AND TO STUDY THE THINGS THEY WANT. AND PROJECT BASED LEARNING IS GROUNDED IN THAT.
AND SO THAT'LL BE PART OF IT. COMPACTING THE CURRICULUM.
WE ACROSS ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL ARE RECOMMENDING THAT WE HAVE ALIGNED COMMON ASSESSMENTS WHERE TEACHERS ACTUALLY COULD REDUCE THE NUMBER OF LESSONS A CHILD HAS TO EXPERIENCE BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY SHOWING US THEY KNOW IT.
AND SO WHY ARE WE WASTING TIME FOR THEIR LEARNING AND INSTEAD GIVING THEM OPPORTUNITY TO STRETCH THEMSELVES IN A DIFFERENT WAY, OR FOR US TO STRETCH THEM? WE ALSO ARE RECOMMENDING THAT WE SORT OF SHIFT FOCUS FROM OUR HIGHLY CAPABLE ONE DAY A WEEK TEACHER TO BECOME A SPECIALIST,
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TO REACH OUT FOR STAFF. SHE'S ALREADY BEEN DOING THAT, BUT IT'S KIND OF A TWIST IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.WE'RE LOOKING AT CONTINUING THOSE FLEXIBLE PLACEMENT OPTIONS, BUT ALSO GIVING GREATER ACCESS AND THINKING ABOUT CLUSTERING IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL SO THAT BY THE END OF THIS RECOMMENDATION BOTH MIDDLE SCHOOLS WOULD BE ABLE TO SERVE THE STUDENTS THAT ARE PART OF THEIR BOUNDARY AND THAT THEY WOULD HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITY.
SO THOSE TWO SCHOOLS COMING TOGETHER TO DO THE WORK AROUND THAT.
SO THAT PLAY BASED LEARNING AGAIN, WILL BE A FOCUS.
AND GETTING THAT TARGETED DIFFERENTIATION IN THAT PLAY AND HELPING OUR TEACHERS KNOW HOW TO DO THAT, AND THEN THE INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT WHEN NEEDED. SO WE HAVE SOME KIDS WHO COME TO KINDERGARTEN READING BOOKS THAT ARE ABOVE WHAT A TYPICAL DEVELOPING KINDERGARTNER WOULD READ.
SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO TO HELP THEM SO THAT THEY'RE NOT JUST STAYING AT THAT SPECIFIC ABILITY OR SKILL? AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE EARLY ENTRANCE KINDERGARTEN. IN MIDDLE SCHOOL OR IN THE THIRD GRADE THROUGH FIFTH GRADE, I KIND OF SPOKE ABOUT THE PROJECT BASED LEARNING, REALLY THINKING ABOUT THE CLUSTER GROUPING, AND THEN THAT SELF-CONTAINED CLASSROOM AND MIDDLE SCHOOL WILL REALLY BE LEANING INTO SOME OF THOSE PIECES AROUND IDENTITY.
AND HOW DO WE HELP STUDENTS ADVOCATE FOR WHAT THEY NEED? SO WHEN A CLASS IS NOT A FIT, OR WHEN THEY'RE REALLY FEELING LIKE THEY ALREADY KNOW THIS, WHAT ARE THE WAYS THAT THEY ADVOCATE THAT ARE CALM AND SUPPORTED BY EVIDENCE AND THAT ARE POSITIVE SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE THEIR LEARNING NEEDS MET? AND AGAIN, IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, THOSE THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO COMPACT THE CURRICULUM FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS AS WELL AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
AND NOW KELLY IS GOING TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW WE PLAN TO IMPLEMENT ALL OF THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S A LOT. THANKS, DAWN. I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU ALL, AS WELL AS VIEWERS AND OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THAT EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE SHARING WITH YOU TODAY IS A VERY BRIEF OVERVIEW.
WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP IT FROM 7 TO 10 MINUTES TO HONOR AND RESPECT THE AGENDA THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, AS WELL AS THEIR TIME AS WELL. SO EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE SHARING IS BASED ON THIS TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATION DOCUMENT THAT YOU ALL HAVE ACCESS TO.
BUT ALL OF THE MEETING MINUTES, NOTES, THOSE THINGS ARE POSTED ONLINE.
AND FOR THE TEAM HERE, WE HAVE SAID SOME PHRASES LIKE COMPACTING, CLUSTERING, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND ONCE AGAIN, IF YOU GO BACK TO OUR PLAN, ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE DEFINED AS WELL.
AND SEVERAL OF THOSE DETAILS ARE ALSO CURRENTLY POSTED ONLINE FOR COMMUNITY.
PEGGY, I SEE YOU HAVE A QUESTION. I DO. I'M SORRY.
OKAY, SO YOU SAID THIS IS AN ARRAY OF SERVICES.
OKAY. HAVE YOU PRIORITIZED IN TERMS OF WHICH THINGS YOU THINK ARE THE HIGHEST PRIORITY AND IN TERMS OF WHICH THINGS DON'T COST ANYTHING, AND SO THEREFORE CAN BE MORE EASILY IMPLEMENTED EARLIER ON, WHICH THINGS, YOU KNOW, MIGHT BE MORE COSTLY AND, YOU KNOW, MAY NEED MORE PLANNING? SO THAT, YOU KNOW, IS IT A PROBLEM IF YOU CHOOSE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE PRESENTING AND NOT SOME OF THE OTHERS IS I GUESS WHAT I WAS WONDERING.
IF EVERYTHING FALLS APART, IF IT'S NOT ALL ADOPTED? ARE YOU OKAY IF WE PAUSE ON THAT QUESTION? BECAUSE I THINK SEVERAL OF THOSE ITEMS WILL BE ADDRESSED IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES.
OKAY. THANK YOU. SORRY. NO. YOU'RE GOOD. I APPRECIATE YOU SETTING THE STAGE FOR ME.
SO THIS NEXT YEAR, THE 26-27 SCHOOL YEAR IS REALLY INTENDED TO FOCUS ON PROFESSIONAL GROWTH BASICALLY CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND SOME FURTHER REFINEMENT. SO THAT'S REALLY INTENTIONAL. AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
BUT ABSOLUTELY THERE'S INTENTIONALITY REGARDING A PHASED IN APPROACH OVER A FOUR YEAR PERIOD.
AND THEN WHILE WE'RE DOING THAT PHASED IN PLAN, WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING ON THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, SOME CURRICULAR AND PROGRAM REFINEMENTS. AT THE MIDDLE LEVEL WHILE WE'RE MOVING THROUGH THIS, WE ARE LOOKING AT REALLY HONORING THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE AND THE STRENGTHS OF THE PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN IN PLACE,
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WHILE ALSO EXPANDING ACCESS TO ADVANCED PROGRAMING.AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE LIKE OUR MAGNET PROGRAM.
I DON'T THINK I CALLED THAT RIGHT. OKAY. OUR MAGNET PROGRAM AT BOTH SCHOOLS.
SO EXPANDING TO BOTH SCHOOLS. AND WE ARE INTENTIONALLY CONTINUING TO BUILD ON THE STRENGTH OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE DURING THIS TRANSITION TO ALLOW OUR STUDENTS TO STILL HAVE ACCESS TO STRONG PROGRAMS. SO THIS NEXT YEAR, WE'RE FOCUSING ON THAT PROFESSIONAL GROWTH AND EXPANDING SOME OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN PLACE, AS WELL AS OUR CURRICULUM WORK AND ALIGNMENT.
AND THEN YOU WILL SEE THROUGHOUT THE PLAN THAT WE CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT, KIND OF CONTINUE TO ROLL.
AND THEN 29-30 SCHOOL YEAR WOULD BE WHERE WE ARE AT FULL IMPLEMENTATION.
AND I'LL ONCE AGAIN KIND OF ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION, THIS NEXT ONE.
AND REALLY, IT'S THAT UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR, THE 26-27 SCHOOL YEAR.
THAT IS OUR REALITY. SO YOU WILL SEE THAT WE ARE, WITH INTENTIONALITY, TRYING TO MAXIMIZE THE EXISTING RESOURCES AND PROGRAMS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN PLACE RATHER THAN EXPANDING CURRENTLY.
SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DEEPEN STAFF UNDERSTANDING THROUGH THAT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, REFINE SOME OF THE MATERIALS WE HAVE, OR START BUILDING OR THOSE COMMON ASSESSMENTS.
YES. AND ONCE AGAIN, REFINEMENT WILL HAVE TO TAKE PLACE BASED ON THAT.
AND SO ESSENTIALLY WE'RE COMPLIANT AND WE ARE OFFERING SERVICES.
IT'S JUST THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO MAKE IT A BETTER SYSTEM.
YES. AND ON YOUR CONSENT AGENDA THAT YOU'LL SEE LATER, ANNUALLY WE'RE REQUIRED TO BRING TO THE SCHOOL BOARD ON A CONSENT AGENDA THE ASSURANCES THAT WE'RE MEETING THE HIGHLY CAPABLE REQUIREMENTS AND HOW WE'RE MEETING THOSE.
THAT'S A SEPARATE ITEM FROM THIS RECOMMENDATION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
CAN I JUST. FOR THE PUBLIC, WHAT TRINA JUST MENTIONED IS 10.02 ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
AND THEN THE RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT IS 10.03.
THANKS, KRISTI. SO OUR FINAL TWO SLIDES, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MENTION THAT EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE DONE THROUGH THIS WORK HAS BEEN INTENTIONAL AND ALIGNED WITH OUR FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT STRATEGIC PLAN AND OUR POLICIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN PLACE.
AND SO WE JUST WANT TO KNOW THAT, WHEN DAWN WAS FACILITATING THESE MEETINGS AND WHAT TRINA PRESENTED PREVIOUSLY, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR RECOMMENDATION, IT'S VERY MUCH GROUNDED IN WHAT WE HAVE BUILT HERE IN FERNDALE AND THE SYSTEM THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, AS WELL AS OUR ONGOING SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT EFFORTS.
SO YOU WILL SEE UP HERE WE TALK ABOUT OUR PROMOTION AND RETENTION POLICY UPDATE.
LAST YEAR, AT THIS EXACT MEETING, WE MODIFIED OUR HIGHLY CAPABLE POLICY.
SO WE WILL BE BRINGING THAT TO YOU THIS YEAR TO HAVE THEM UPDATED AS A RESULT OF OUR WORK.
SO YES, WE ARE WORKING REALLY INTENTIONALLY WITHIN THE SYSTEM THAT WE'VE BUILT, BUT THERE ARE SOME MODIFICATIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE, AND WE WILL BE MAKING THOSE WITH YOU THROUGH OUR WORK.
SO FOR THE PURPOSE OF JUST BEING REALLY BRIEF, I JUST WANT TO GO BACK TO THE VISION OF THIS WORK.
AND ONCE AGAIN, IT WAS REALLY TRYING TO BUILD ON THE STRENGTHS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN PLACE.
FOR PHASE TWO, WE WERE FOCUSED ON STRENGTHENING HOW WE WERE SERVING OUR HIGHLY CAPABLE LEARNERS.
SO THROUGH THE COMBINATION OF THOSE PHASES AND THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE, WE BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE PROVIDED A MORE EQUITABLE, ACCESSIBLE AND ALIGNED K-8 ADVANCED LEARNING OPTION FOR OUR STUDENTS HERE IN FERNDALE.
AND SO I WANT TO ULTIMATELY GO BACK TO OUR GOAL THAT WE HAVE WRITTEN HERE, WHICH IS TO ENSURE THAT EVERY IDENTIFIED, HIGHLY CAPABLE LEARNER IS KNOWN, APPROPRIATELY CHALLENGED EVERY DAY, SUPPORTED AND ABLE TO THRIVE IN A COMMUNITY IN WHICH THEY BELONG. SO THAT IS THE GOAL OF THIS WORK.
THAT CONTINUES TO BE THE GOAL AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND OUR PLAN.
AND WE THANK YOU FOR RECEIVING IT. AND WHAT QUESTIONS CAN WE ANSWER FOR YOU?
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SO I ACTUALLY HAVE A BUNCH, BUT I DON'T WANT TO BURDEN EVERYBODY WITH THEM.AND I'M JUST LIKE, OKAY, YOU KNOW. WE WOULD WELCOME THAT.
OKAY. THANK YOU. THERE WAS A SLIDE WHERE THERE WAS A CHART.
I THINK IT WAS BEFORE YOUR PRESENTATION. I THINK IT WAS THE PREVIOUS.
THAT ONE. THAT ONE. SO IS THAT IDENTIFICATION? OKAY. SO MAYBE I CAN ASK THE QUESTION OR I CAN ASK FOR THAT TO BE EXPLAINED, BUT I SEE.
WHAT IS THAT? SO IT COULD BE A COUPLE OF THINGS.
ONE IS THE STUDENTS IN SEVENTH GRADE AND ABOVE WERE IDENTIFIED UNDER DIFFERENT IDENTIFICATION PARAMETERS AS IN THE MORE RECENT YEARS, COULD BE PART OF THE CONTRIBUTING FACTOR.
BUT ALSO WHEN WE GET TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL WHEN COURSES ARE.
AND SO YOU'LL EVEN SEE BETWEEN SIX, THEN UP TO SEVENTH AND EIGHTH THOSE NUMBERS HAVE INCREASED.
SO HOW COME WE HAVE THAT MANY STUDENTS WHEN WE AREN'T SERVING THAT MANY IN THE MAGNET PROGRAM? I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT SOME STUDENTS ARE IDENTIFIED AS A SUBJECT AREA ACCELERATION. ALSO, IN OUR CURRENT PROGRAM OFFERINGS, SOME FAMILIES CHOOSE TO STAY AT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL RATHER THAN GOING TO A DIFFERENT SCHOOL IN ORDER TO GET THE MAGNET CLASSES.
SO I THINK UNPACKING MORE AND MORE ABOUT OUR CURRENT STUDENTS REPRESENTED IN THOSE TWO GRADE LEVELS WOULD HELP US TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS MORE THOROUGHLY.
THANK YOU FOR THAT. I WAS JUST THINKING, HOW IS IT THAT WE CAN RECOGNIZE THOSE LOWER GRADES SOONER SO THEY CAN GET LONGER BENEFIT, RIGHT? WE AGREE AND WE'RE REALLY PLEASED WITH OUR UNIVERSAL SCREENING PROCESS.
AND THAT IS NOW TAKING PLACE AT GRADES TWO AND GRADE FIVE.
SO THAT'LL BE HELPFUL. THIS IS PROBABLY A SILLY QUESTION, BUT IS IT, YOU KNOW.
ONCE SUCCESS. YOU KNOW, HIGHLY CAPABLE, ALWAYS HIGHLY CAPABLE OR DO SOME PEOPLE JUST BLOSSOM, YOU KNOW, AT DIFFERENT TIMES? SO THE REGULATIONS THAT SAY THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE AN EXIT CRITERIA AND ENTRANCE CRITERIA. AND SO IT COULD BE THAT A FAMILY MIGHT DECIDE.
AND TO BE QUITE FRANK, I KNOW OF FAMILIES IN OUR DISTRICT WHO HAVE OPTED OUT BECAUSE THEY HAD TO LEAVE THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL IN ORDER TO GET AN EXPERIENCE THAT WOULD MEET THEIR CHILD'S NEEDS. AND SO THE ARRAY OF SERVICES HOPEFULLY WILL HELP WITH THAT.
BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT. AND THE HOPE IS AS A COMMUNITY, AS A SCHOOL TEAM, AS A UNIVERSAL SCREENING PROCESS, THAT WE'RE CAPTURING THOSE STUDENTS ALONG THE WAY.
AND I WOULD ARGUE THAT PART OF THE BEAUTY OF THIS RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THERE'S 283 STUDENTS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED HIGHLY CAPABLE, BUT IT'S NOT A MAGIC BULLET. SO THERE'S LIKELY OTHER CHILDREN WHO WE ARE NOT CAPTURING IN THE PROCESS.
AND BY EMPOWERING OUR TEACHERS WITH STRONG UNDERSTANDINGS ABOUT PROJECT BASED LEARNING, STRONG UNDERSTANDINGS WITH CURRICULUM THAT SUPPORTS IT AND WITH ASSESSMENTS THAT SUPPORTS IT, I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET MORE AND MORE STUDENTS WHO ARE GETTING THEIR NEEDS MET, EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT IDENTIFIED, RIGHT? THE GOAL WOULD BE TO FIND THEM. BUT WE DON'T ALWAYS AND I THINK OUR COMMUNITY CAN ADVOCATE, TEACHERS CAN ADVOCATE, KIDS CAN ADVOCATE. AND THEN WE HAVE A PROCESS THAT HOPEFULLY IS CAPTURING MORE KIDS THROUGH THAT UNIVERSAL SCREENING PROCESS.
I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY KUDOS AND THANK YOU TO THE TEAM FOR WORKING ON IT.
IF I LOOK BACK, HIGHLY CAPABLE WAS WHAT ENDED OR WHAT GOT ME ONTO THE BOARD IN THE FIRST PLACE.
AND I'VE ALWAYS ASKED THE QUESTION, WHY IS IT JUST THIS GROUP?
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WHY AREN'T WE DOING THESE THINGS FOR ALL THE STUDENTS? AND I LIKE SEEING HOW WE'RE DOING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, HOW WE'RE FOCUSING ON EVERY KID SHOULD BE TREATED AS A HIGHLY CAPABLE KID BECAUSE ALL OF THEM HAVE THAT POTENTIAL.SO THANK YOU. WAIT, I WANT. I CAN'T LET US GO ON WITHOUT NOTICING THIS.
I REALLY LIKE THE. CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE LAST SLIDE? YEAH. THE ONE THAT ANTONIO HAD YOU BRING UP.
I WILL SAY THAT I REALLY LIKE THE LOGO AND THE FONT FOR FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
IN EVERY STUDENT, EVERY OPPORTUNITY, WE RISE TOGETHER.
I THINK THAT LOOKS AWESOME. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS A PART OF YOUR GUYS'S IDEA, BUT.
IT WASN'T ME. IT WAS ALL THEM. GOOD JOB. YEAH.
KELLY SPENT HOURS DESIGNING THAT. THANK YOU TEAM.
AND KEEP IN MIND YOU'RE RECEIVING THIS INFORMATION TONIGHT.
OH, YEAH. SO I CAN PUT MY FEET UP. YEAH.
NOPE. THAT'S ALL FOR ME TONIGHT. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR KRISTI IN REGARDS TO HER SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT? OKAY. SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR REGULAR UPDATES.
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FIRST ON THE DOCKET. AND SORRY, HOLLY, I HAVEN'T GOTTEN YOUR WALK ON MUSIC YET.STILL WORKING ON APPROPRIATE THEME SONG. SO, ANYWAY.
HOLLY, I KNOW WE'VE LISTENED TO YOUR EXPLANATION OF THE BUDGET, BUT IF YOU.
FEEL FREE TO GIVE US OUR HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING.
OKAY. I KEPT THIS A LITTLE SHORTER SINCE WE ALREADY TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE BUDGET.
OUR MINIMUM IS 4% OF BUDGETED EXPENDITURES, WHICH IS $3.7 MILLION FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
AND LIKE I ALWAYS SAY, WE ARE CONTINUING TO BE REALLY FRUGAL AND MONITOR FUND BALANCE.
AND THE TREND THAT WE FOLLOW IS VERY SIMILAR TO YEARS PAST.
SO HERE'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. THE GREEN IS WHERE WE ARE NOW.
THAT'S THE SECOND FROM THE TOP. JUNE TOOK A LITTLE BIT STEEPER DOWNWARD THAN MAYBE I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO, BUT IT WILL COME, YOU KNOW. WE JUST RECEIVED OUR APPORTIONMENT REPORT FOR JULY YESTERDAY, SO IT WILL COME BACK UP, JUST FOLLOW THAT TREND BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
SO IT'S LOOKING GOOD. OUR PROJECTION. SO THIS TOOL IS OUR BEST GUESS ESTIMATE.
IT'S GETTING, YOU KNOW, EASIER TO PROJECT NOW THAT WE'RE GETTING CLOSER TO THE END OF THE YEAR. BUT LIKE I ALWAYS SAY, IT'S REALLY HARD TO PREDICT, ESPECIALLY WHEN I STARTED, MY INITIAL PROJECTION WAS LIKE BACK IN JANUARY.
SO THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. THE DOTTED LINE IS KIND OF WHERE WE PROJECTED.
SO WE'RE, YOU KNOW, ABOVE WHERE WE THOUGHT WE'D BE.
AND IT WILL CLIMB UP, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY NET.
THE PROJECTED SAFETY NET WE'RE SUPPOSED TO RECEIVE IN AUGUST.
AND THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE FOR TONIGHT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. JUST AS A REMINDER TO ANY OF THOSE OF YOU WATCHING, WE DID HAVE OUR SPECIAL HEARING IN REGARDS TO THE BUDGET AT 05:45. AND THAT RECORDED SESSION WILL BE AVAILABLE ONLINE.
PEGGY. SO HI, NANCY. WENT IN AND, YOU KNOW, WENT THROUGH THE VOUCHERS BOX, DID NOT FIND ANYTHING OF ANY NOTE AT ALL.
AND RENATA WAS THERE TO HELP ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT I DID HAVE.
OH, I KIND OF DID HAVE A QUESTION, ACTUALLY. I MEAN, I KNOW THIS HAPPENS, BUT.
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OKAY, SO FOR EXAMPLE, THERE WAS LAST MONTH A REISSUED CHECK AND THEN THE CANCELED WARRANT WAS CANCELED AFTER THE FACT. SO HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE THAT A STOP PAYMENT IS PUT ON IT OR THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A OUTSTANDING CHECK THAT HASN'T BEEN CASHED AND YOU REISSUE IT? BUT. I DO THAT. WHEN KELLY CANCELS IT IN THE SYSTEM IN CUMULATIVE, THEN SHE GIVES ME A COPY OF EITHER THE COUNCIL CHECK, STAMP IT A VOID, OR IF IT'S LIKE A LOST WARRANT, THEN THERE HAS TO BE AN AFFIDAVIT THAT THE PERSON SIGNS TO SAY, I DIDN'T RECEIVE THIS. AND THEN I SEND A NOTE TO THE COUNTY TREASURER.SO THAT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY. I TAKE CARE OF IT.
AND I USE THOSE CANCELED WARRANTS TO PREPARE THE RESOLUTION THAT YOU SIGN EVERY MONTH.
OKAY. THANK YOU, PEGGY. NANCY. PEGGY, WHO DID YOU SAY WAS THERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS? I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND YOU. RENATA WAS THERE. USUALLY KELLY'S THERE, BUT KELLY WAS ON VACATION, AND I HOPE SHE'S HAVING A GOOD TIME. OKAY. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR LEGISLATIVE REPORT.
HI THERE. CAN YOU HEAR ME? WE CAN. ALL RIGHT.
GREETINGS FROM. LET'S SEE. CANADA, PENDER HARBOR RIGHT NOW.
I HAVE TWO THINGS TO SHARE WITH YOU FOR THE LEGISLATIVE REPORT.
THE FIRST IS ABOUT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THAT'S COMING UP.
THE HANDBOOK CAME OUT JULY 1ST, AND IT'S THE PRE AMENDMENT EDITION, AND THERE IS A WINDOW OF TIME FOR BOARD DIRECTORS. EXCUSE ME. TO SUGGEST AMENDMENTS TO THE POSITIONS.
THAT WOULD BE AUGUST 1ST THROUGH AUGUST 7TH. AND THEN THEY WILL CREATE THE FINAL PUBLISHED EDITION BY, LET'S SEE, AUGUST 19TH. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS SEPTEMBER 19TH AND IT'S A VIRTUAL EVENT.
AND AS YOUR LEGISLATIVE REP, I WILL BE THE DELEGATE FOR OUR BOARD, UNLESS ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO CHALLENGE THAT, OTHERWISE I'LL TAKE CARE OF IT. I THINK WE'VE BEEN OVER A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO HAVE HAPPEN FOR THAT.
THE WSSDA PLATFORM CURRENTLY INCLUDES 219 POSITIONS.
70 POSITIONS ARE BEING PROPOSED, SOME ARE NEW POSITIONS, SOME ARE AMENDMENTS TO EXISTING POSITIONS, SOME CONSOLIDATE POSITIONS AND SOME ELIMINATE POSITIONS.
THE PERMANENT POSITIONS REPRESENT WSSDA'S BELIEFS AND VALUES, AND THE RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE EVALUATES THESE AND RECOMMENDS EITHER PASS OR NO PASS TO ANY OF THOSE. THE LEGISLATIVE POSITIONS ARE WSSDA'S CALL TO ACTION DIRECTED AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE, AND THESE DEFINE AND DIRECT THE WORK OF WSSDA'S HIRED STAFF.
THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS EITHER PASS OR DO NOT PASS FOR THE LEGISLATIVE POSITIONS.
SO LOOKING AT ALL OF THE 70 POSITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED THROUGHOUT THE STATE FOR WSSDA.
MEAD SCHOOL DISTRICT REALLY STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE.
THEY PROPOSED 36 DIFFERENT CHANGES TO THE WSSDA LAWS PROPOSALS.
SAVED THE DO PASS AND FERNDALE, WE JOINED THEM IN SPONSORING SIX OF THEM AND EVERYTHING THAT WE RECEIVED, EVERYTHING THAT WE JOINED THEM ON RECEIVED A DUE PASS.
SO WE'RE LOOKING GOOD FOR THE POSITIONS THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED IN PREVIOUS BOARD MEETINGS.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. ANOTHER THING I JUST WANTED TO UPDATE YOU ON IS THE WSSDA BOARD'S DECISION TO SUSPEND THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE'S DUTIES THAT HAPPENED LAST MAY 15TH.
THE WSSDA EXECUTIVE BOARD HELD A MEETING WITH OUR NOMINATING COMMITTEE.
I AM ONE OF THE PEOPLE ON THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE AND NOW VICE PRESIDENT ON THAT.
WE MET WITH THEM ON JULY 15TH AND IT INCLUDED EVERYBODY WHO WAS IN THE EXECUTIVE BOARD.
MELISSA BEARD, THE WSSDA PRESIDENT, THE PAST PRESIDENT, AND NOMINATING COMMITTEE CHAIR, DEREK SALI.
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PRESIDENT ELECT NIKKI OTERO LOCKWOOD. VICE PRESIDENT JULIE BOCANEGRA.AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TRICIA LUBBOCK, AND ALL BUT ONE MEMBER OF OUR NOMINATING COMMITTEE.
WE DEFINITELY DID SPEAK OUR MINDS. MEMBERS OF THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE SUGGESTED WAYS TO INCREASE BOARD DIRECTORS PARTICIPATION IN VOTING BY ADJUSTING OUR BYLAWS TO INCLUDE OUTREACH, SUPPORTED BY BETTER LEADERSHIP BY THE CHAIR.
ONBOARDING TECH SUPPORT. TIMELINES FOR OUTREACH AND RELATIONSHIP BUILDING WITHIN OUR OWN DAS.
GETTING BOARD DIRECTORS TO FILL VACANT POSITIONS ACROSS ALL THE COMMITTEES.
THE WSSDA EXECUTIVE BOARD ENDED THE MEETING BY SAYING THAT THEY WILL HOLD A SPECIAL MEETING FOR THE EXPRESS PURPOSE OF RECOMMENDING RESCINDING THE DECISION TO SUSPEND THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE'S DUTIES. FOR THE RECORD, THIS VIRTUAL MEETING WILL BE HELD DAY AFTER TOMORROW, JULY 30TH AT 5 P.M. THE LINK IS ON THE WSSDA WEBSITE, AND I ENCOURAGE ANYBODY WHO IS INTERESTED TO GO AHEAD AND LISTEN IN.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY BRIEF MEETING.
THERE WILL BE NO PUBLIC COMMENT AT IT, BUT IT IS A VERY GOOD WIN FOR NOT ONLY THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE, BUT ALSO STICKING TO PROPER PROCESSES OF HOW THINGS HAPPEN.
IN THE AGENDA, IT STATES FOR THAT MEETING, THAT RESCINDING THAT DECISION IS NECESSARY.
AND IF WE'RE GOING TO MAKE ANY CHANGES, THEY NEED TO BE DONE THE RIGHT WAY. SO THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT.
DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION.
AS FAR AS THE AMENDMENTS GO, CAN INDIVIDUALS PROPOSE THOSE OR DO THOSE HAVE TO COME FROM A BOARD? THEY COME FROM SCHOOL BOARDS. AND IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN AMENDING ANY OF THE CURRENT POSITIONS, THE WINDOW IS AUGUST 1ST THROUGH 7TH.
SO WE WOULD HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THAT AS A BOARD.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THAT, TO READ THE HANDBOOK.
AND IT'S SURPRISINGLY QUICK TO BE ABLE TO READ THAT.
IT TOOK ME, I DON'T KNOW, NOT EVEN AN HOUR TO READ ALL OF IT.
SO YEAH, I'M NOT SURE, PEGGY, HOW TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
ALSO, IF YOU COULD PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT TO AN AMENDMENT.
ALSO WHETHER INDIVIDUALS CAN SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, LIKE.
CAN INDIVIDUALS SUPPORT IN ADDITION TO BOARDS OR IS THAT NOT EVEN A THING? YOU'RE BREAKING UP. I CAN'T HEAR YOU. I'M SORRY. I SAY, CAN INDIVIDUALS SUPPORT PEOPLE IN.
SUPPORT OTHER BOARDS IN THEIR POSITIONS, OR DOES IT HAVE TO BE ENTIRE BOARDS SUPPORTING IT? IT MUST BE A BOARD. BOARD. FULL BOARD. OKAY. YEAH.
AND AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, I'M GOOD WITH WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY SUPPORTED AND THAT THEY RECEIVED THE DO PASS RECOMMENDATIONS FROM EITHER THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE OR THE RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE.
UNLESS ANYBODY ELSE ON OUR BOARD WANTS TO CALL A SPECIAL MEETING TO LOOK AT ANY OTHER REVISIONS OF THINGS, I'M GOOD WITH WHAT IT IS AT THIS POINT. I'M NOT SAYING THIS BECAUSE I PLAN ON DOING ANYTHING.
I JUST WAS WONDERING WHAT THE PROCEDURE WAS. AND, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY HAD A QUESTION.
JUST AS ON OUR BOARD, WE CAN'T INDIVIDUALLY SAY, I WANT THIS TO HAPPEN.
WE HAVE TO DO IT AS AN ENTIRE BOARD TOGETHER, AT LEAST A QUORUM OF THE BOARD TO AFFECT ANY CHANGES.
AND SO I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE HOW YOU ARE ALL IN WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO DO THIS STUFF.
SO IT'S PRETTY AWESOME. GREAT JOB. THANK YOU SO MUCH, BRIAN, I APPRECIATE THAT.
AND WHEN YOU MENTIONED THAT LAST WEEK, IT DEFINITELY.
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OR LAST MONTH. DEFINITELY SOUNDED SKETCHY. SO THANK YOU.YES. AND IF I CAN ADD, I REALLY DO THINK THAT SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT THE BOARD HAS FOR CHANGES IN.
WELL, THEY WANTED TO GET RID OF THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE.
BUT WHEN WE HAD A DISCUSSION AS TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE REASONS FOR A NOMINATING COMMITTEE VERSUS NOT HAVING ONE, WE HAD SOME REALLY VALID REASONS WHY WE STILL NEED TO HAVE A NOMINATING COMMITTEE.
GETTING OUT THE VOTE IS THE BIGGEST ONE IN MY BOOK.
AND ALSO FILLING THE POSITIONS, JUST GETTING BOARD DIRECTORS TO PARTICIPATE.
IN MY ESTIMATION, WE MUST BE THE ONES WHO JUMP IN AND VOTE.
SO ANYWAY, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO PARTICIPATE IN WSSDA. I THINK YOU AND YOUR TENACITY COULD WRITE THE BOOK ON ENCOURAGING BOARD MEMBERS TO VOTE, GIVEN THE NUMBER OF TEXTS AND REMINDERS THAT YOU SENT OUT.
SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR NANCY? I THINK THAT'S THE BEST ZOOM BACKGROUND I'VE EVER SEEN TOO IT.
I LOVE THE NICE GENTLE PAN. IT'S PENDER HARBOR ON BC'S LOWER MAINLAND.
PRETTY NICE. OH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO THAT BRINGS US
[7. EXECUTIVE SESSION]
ON TO ITEM 7.01, WHICH IS A SHORT EXECUTIVE SESSION.AT THIS TIME, THE BOARD WILL CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PER RCW 42.30.110, SECTION C AND G FOR APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES TO DISCUSS MATTERS REGARDING PERSONNEL AND REAL ESTATE.
SO WITH THAT, IF THE BOARD MEMBERS WILL JOIN ME NEXT DOOR.
[8. MATTERS RESERVED FOR BOARD ACTION]
12-2026, WHICH IS THE ADOPTION OF THE 2026-27 BUDGET.SO THE FLOOR IS NOW OPEN FOR ANY DISCUSSION IN REGARDS TO THAT MATTER.
CAN I MAKE A MOTION? YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION. I MOTION THAT WE ADOPT THE BUDGET AS PRESENTED.
OKAY. SO IT HAS BEEN MOVED TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION NUMBER 12-2026.
THE ADOPTION OF THE 2026-27 BUDGET AS PRESENTED.
ALL THOSE. WE'LL START WITH THE STUDENT ADVISORY VOTE.
AND WE'LL PUT YOU ON THE SPOT WITHOUT MARCUS HERE.
YOU CAN DO IT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
AYE. OKAY. ALL THOSE OPPOSED. SO THE WITH A STUDENT ADVISORY VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, WE WILL MOVE TO THE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING RESOLUTION 12-26.
THE ADOPTION OF THE 2026-27 BUDGET SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? OKAY. SO THE BUDGET HAS BEEN ADOPTED AS PRESENTED HERE.
SO NEXT UNDER MATTERS RESERVED FOR THE BOARDS, WE HAVE ITEMS 8.02 AND 8.03.
THE ACTION ON THE COMPENSATION BUDGET FOR PROFESSIONAL TECHNICAL ANNUAL EXEMPT SALARIED STAFF AND THE APPROVAL OR THE ACTION ON THE EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES ECA STIPEND SCHEDULE.
NORMALLY, COMPENSATION BUDGETS FOR VARIOUS STAFF GROUPS ARE PART OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
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THESE PARTICULAR COMPENSATION BULLETINS HAVE BEEN PREEMPTIVELY PULLED OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA BECAUSE IT ALLOWS FOR DIRECTOR LYNCH TO EXEMPT HIMSELF FROM THE VOTING BECAUSE THEY POTENTIALLY COVER HIM AND OR HIS SPOUSE. SO BY REMOVING THESE FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA ALLOWS BRIAN TO RECUSE HIMSELF FROM THE VOTE ON THESE PARTICULAR BULLETINS, BUT STILL VOTE ON THE OTHERS. SO WE JUST WANTED TO DO THAT PREEMPTIVELY AND WANTED TO BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT IT.SO WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 8.02, WHICH IS THE ACTION ON THE COMPENSATION BUDGET FOR PROFESSIONAL TECHNICAL ANNUAL EXEMPT SALARIED STAFF. AND MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE WE COME UP WITH A MORE COMPACT NAME FOR THAT BECAUSE THAT'S A MOUTHFUL.
ANY DISCUSSION OR A MOTION? I MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE COMPENSATION BULLETIN FOR PROFESSIONAL TECHNICAL ANNUAL EXEMPT SALARIED STAFF.
VERY GOOD. SO IT HAS BEEN MOVED THAT WE APPROVE THIS.
SO ALL THOSE ON THE BOARD IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED. OKAY. AND ANY ABSTENTIONS? DO I DO AN ABSTENTION, CHRIS, FOR.
HE'S. OKAY. SO. OKAY, SO THE BULLETIN FOR PROFESSIONAL TECHNICAL ANNUAL EXEMPT SALARIED STAFF HAS BEEN APPROVED. THEN MOVING ON TO 8.03, THE APPROVED EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, ECA, STIPEND SCHEDULE IS NOW UP FOR ANY DISCUSSION AND OR A MOTION.
SO I JUST WANT SOME CLARIFICATION. SO THE CURRENT SCHEDULE IS IDENTICAL TO THE ONE THAT YOU'RE ASKING US TO APPROVE. IT ACTUALLY HAS SOME EDITS. IF YOU SEE, WE ADDED IN FLAG FOOTBALL FOR GIRLS IN THE SPORTS.
AND WE DID ALSO CHANGE SOME OF THE. JUST THE BASIC HEADERS.
SO IT'S VERY MINIMAL CHANGES. BUT THERE IS A CHANGE.
THERE IS A CHANGE. OKAY. AND IF THIS WERE NOT TO PASS, WHAT WOULD THE NEXT STEP BE? NEXT STEP, WE WOULD DEFAULT ANY PAYMENTS GOING FORWARD TO THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED SALARY SCHEDULE.
AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO BRING A PROPOSED SCHEDULE BACK TO THE BOARD.
OKAY. SO IT WOULD BE ON A FUTURE BOARD MEETING.
BUT THE DEFAULT IS ESSENTIALLY THIS CONTRACT.
OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. SO SEEING NO OTHER DISCUSSION, THE CHAIR WILL PUT FORTH THAT WE APPROVE THE EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, ECA, STIPEND SCHEDULE AS PRESENTED HERE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE.
ALL OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? OKAY. CAN I ABSTAIN FROM THAT ONE? YEAH. I REALLY HAVE MIXED FEELINGS ON THAT ONE. I'LL CHANGE MY VOTE TO ABSTENTION IF POSSIBLE.
THANK YOU. OKAY, SO THE EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, ECA, STIPEND SCHEDULE HAS BEEN APPROVED.
[9. SUPERINTENDENT CONSENT AGENDA [GC-2.4]]
[10. BOARD CONSENT AGENDA [GC-2.4]]
OKAY, SO THAT TAKES US ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.THE CONSENT AGENDA IS A GROUP OF ROUTINE ITEMS THAT THE BOARD HAS HAD ACCESS TO PRIOR TO THE MEETING AND IS ABLE TO VOTE ON WITH ONE MOTION, AS OPPOSED TO ACTING ON EACH INDIVIDUAL ITEM.
ALONG WITH SEVERAL COMPENSATION BULLETINS ALREADY MENTIONED, TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA INCLUDES TWO CONTRACTS, ONE BETWEEN THE DISTRICT AND THE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, FEA.
THE OTHER BETWEEN THE DISTRICT AND THE PRINCIPALS ASSOCIATION, FPA.
WE APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK OF THOSE INVOLVED IN THE NEGOTIATIONS THAT PRODUCED THESE AGREEMENTS AND ARE HAPPY TO HAVE LABOR AGREEMENTS READY FOR RATIFICATION WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. ANOTHER ITEM ALSO ON TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA IS A REVISION TO THE SUPERINTENDENT CONTRACT THAT WAS APPROVED LAST MONTH.
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THIS ITEM WAS NECESSITATED BY A CLERICAL ERROR IN THE PREVIOUS APPROVED CONTRACT FOR 2026-2029 THAT LISTED HER SALARY INCORRECTLY.THE BOARD IS ALSO RECEIVING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE HIGHLY CAPABLE TASK FORCE PHASE TWO.
REVISED POLICY 3242 CLOSED CAMPUS AND REVISED POLICY 6114 FOR GIFTS.
THE BOARD WILL BE DISCUSSING AND ACTING ON THIS REPORT AND THE POLICIES AT OUR AUGUST 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 NEXT MONTH'S MEETING OR DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT TIME AT THE MEETING, SO WE CAN TAKE YOUR THOUGHTS INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN ACTING ON THESE ITEMS. SO WITH THAT, I WILL OPEN UP THE FLOOR TO ANY DISCUSSION OR COMMENTS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS AND OR EMOTION TO ACT ON THEM.
I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. OKAY. SO I NOTICED WITH THE AGREEMENT WITH THE WHATCOM COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT THAT THE AMENDMENT THAT THEY PUT IN THERE THIS TIME SAID THAT WE HAVE TO. PEGGY, JUST.
OH, SORRY. NOT TO INTERRUPT, BUT COULD YOU SAY WHAT NUMBER? BECAUSE THERE'S LIKE A BAZILLION THINGS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT.
SO. AND NOW I GOTTA FIND IT. SORRY ABOUT THAT.
I THINK IT WAS. WHERE WAS IT? IT'S 9.05. THANK YOU.
SO THE AMENDMENT SAYS THAT WE WILL OPEN UP OUR FACILITIES FOR USE IN SUPPORTING THESE PROGRAMS THAT THEY'RE DOING THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. AND I WAS JUST WONDERING, YOU KNOW, WHICH FACILITIES AND HOW WOULD THEY BE USED? AND IF THERE'S ANY RULES GOVERNING HOW THOSE SPACES ARE USED. I'M JUST CURIOUS.
IT HAS TO BE VERY CLEAR. RIGHT NOW, FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE HAVE SOMEONE COME IN AND PROVIDE.
I'M THINKING LIKE, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WILL COME IN.
THEY HAVE A DESIGNATED AREA. THERE'S AN AGREEMENT ON HOW THAT SPACE IS GOING TO BE USED.
IT'S NOT JUST FREE WILL. LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF OVERSIGHT.
THERE'S DEFINITE GUIDELINES. TRINA, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD ADD TO THAT? NO, JUST THAT THESE ARE ONGOING PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE YEARS AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO NAVIGATE THOSE WHEN SPACE IS AVAILABLE AND WHEN IT ISN'T, WE GET CREATIVE. OKAY. IT'S JUST, I MEAN, IT WAS A NEW THING ON THE CONTRACT THAT WASN'T THERE BEFORE.
AND SO I THOUGHT I'D ASK ABOUT IT. YES. THEY SAID THE AGREEMENT IS ESSENTIALLY GONE BACK TO 2012.
I MEAN, IT'S NOT. THAT WASN'T THIS CONTRACT, BUT SIMILAR RELATED.
OKAY. SO THEN LET'S SEE THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE.
I HAD QUESTIONS. I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS. SHOOT.
I KNOW I HAD A QUESTION, AND NOW IT SLIPPED MY MIND.
HAD TO DO WITH ANOTHER CONTRACT, AND I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS.
MY APOLOGIES. I HAD NOTES, AND I DIDN'T BRING THEM.
OH, YEAH, I KNOW WHAT IT WAS. THE DISCOVERY PROGRAM AGREEMENT.
THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT. I GOT SOME NUMBERS THAT DIDN'T ADD UP RIGHT.
AND SO I WAS WONDERING IF YOU WOULD DOUBLE CHECK THAT LIKE, OKAY, SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE AND I DON'T HAVE IT SITTING IN FRONT OF ME, BUT THERE'S A SCHEDULE WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY SLOTS EACH INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL HAS, AND THEY ADD THEM ALL UP AND IT'S LIKE IT SAID, THERE'S A TOTAL OF 50 THAT'S IN THE TEXT.
BUT THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE, THE CHART, IT ADDS UP TO 53.
SO THERE WAS A DISCREPANCY THERE. SO I JUST WANTED TO.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT CREATES ANY PROBLEM WITH, YOU KNOW, OUR PART OF IT, BUT.
BECAUSE THOSE NUMBERS ARE ESTIMATES OF SOFT COMMITMENTS FROM EACH DISTRICT.
OKAY. AND LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE, THE COST WENT UP QUITE A BIT.
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I NOTICED ON THAT ONE. YES. SO. AND KELLY JUST POINTED OUT THE 50 UP ABOVE IS THE MINIMUM TO.I HAD ONE OTHER QUESTION. OKAY. ALTHOUGH WE'RE JUST RECEIVING IT, BUT CAN I ASK THE QUESTION NOW ON THE CLOSED CAMPUS THING? WHAT IF A PARENT DOESN'T WANT THEIR KID LEAVING CAMPUS AND YOU'VE GOT THIS OPEN POLICY FOR LUNCHES? HOW DOES THAT WORK? THEY WORK WITH THEIR CHILD.
AND SO THAT'S THE RELATIONSHIP. THEY CAN. I WILL SAY THIS.
THERE ARE LOTS OF TIMES WHEN STUDENTS LEAVE CAMPUS AND THEIR PARENTS WOULD NOT NECESSARILY APPROVE, NOR WOULD WE. YEAH. SO THE REASON IT CAME TO MIND IS BECAUSE I HAD A FRIEND WHO, WHEN HER DAUGHTER WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, SHE WOULD LEAVE CAMPUS FOR LUNCH. AND THEY WERE DOING OPEN, YOU KNOW, AND THEN SHE'D SKIP SCHOOL AFTER SHE LEFT FOR LUNCH.
AND IT WAS AN ONGOING. THAT'S A. WHEN I WAS A TEACHER, I WOULD TALK TO PARENTS ABOUT THE FACT THAT IF YOU DON'T WANT YOUR CHILD TO DO SOMETHING, THEN YOU MAKE THOSE RULES CLEAR IN YOUR HOME.
OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY, SO THEN THE CHAIR WILL PUT FORTH THAT WE ADOPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED AND MAKE THEM PART OF THE MINUTES.
SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE.
ALL OPPOSED. THE CONSENT AGENDAS THEN HAVE BEEN PASSED.
[11. SHARING [GC-7.E}]
SO THAT TAKES US ON TO ITEM 11 WHICH IS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER SHARING.AND ANTONIO, I'LL START WITH YOU TONIGHT. ARE YOU SURE? I AM SURE. I'M GOING TO SET THE TONE. NO, I'VE BEEN PONDERING LATELY.
UNFORTUNATELY, I'VE BEEN TRAVELING. SO A LOT OF AIR TIME AND DRIVING TIME FOR ME.
AND I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS AND HOW I WOULD BRING IT UP.
AND I WANT TO BE VERY CAREFUL AS TO HOW I BRING IT UP, BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING BENEFICIAL TO ALL OF US, BUT SOMEBODY. A LEADER FROM THE PAST TOLD ME, ANTONIO, NEVER MAKE A STUPID MISTAKE BY YOURSELF AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE FEEDBACK THAT I RECEIVE WHEN IT COMES TO PERSONAL MATTERS AND ALSO AS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, AND I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR IN OUR BOARD MEETINGS.
THEIR PERSPECTIVES HELP US MAKE BETTER DECISIONS.
WHEN COMMENTS ARE FOCUSED ON THE ISSUES THAT ARE BEFORE US OR WITHIN OUR RESPONSIBILITY, THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO INFORM OUR DECISIONS AND HAVE A MEANINGFUL IMPACT IN OUR MEETINGS. THAT ALSO HELPS US USE OUR MEETING TIME EFFECTIVELY SO WE CAN HEAR FROM EVERYONE AND STILL ACCOMPLISH THE IMPORTANT BUSINESS OF THE DISTRICT.
SO I HOPE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WILL CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE, AND THAT THEY'LL SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS ON THE ISSUES WHERE THIS BOARD CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT. I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THAT LATELY, AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE HELP EACH OTHER AND NOT MAKE THIS PLATFORM A PLATFORM WHERE BUSINESS OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS SHARED.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BRIAN. I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY THOUGHTFUL, ANTONIO.
I APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS. I DON'T HAVE A LOT TO SHARE.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR SCHOOL BOARD RETREAT HERE IN A COUPLE DAYS.
AND I HAVE SOME TRAINING FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD TOMORROW NIGHT, WHICH I'M ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO.
SO. BUT YEAH, NO, IT'S BEEN A GREAT SUMMER SO FAR.
OKAY. THANK YOU. NANCY. HI. IT'S STARTING TO GET A LITTLE BIT UNSTABLE, SO I DIDN'T HEAR ALL
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OF ANTONIO'S COMMENTS, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M REALLY GRATEFUL TO STARLINK FOR BEING ABLE TO LIVE MY LIFE AND STILL HAVE FULL PARTICIPATION IN SCHOOL BOARD BUSINESS.SO ANYWAY, LIFE IS GOOD. OKAY. THANK YOU. PEGGY.
OKAY. SORRY. I'M GOING TO BE LONG WINDED. YOU KNOW, I WAS NOTICING THE BUDGET WAS UP BY 4%, AND THAT KIND OF REFLECTS THE COST OF INFLATION FROM EVERYTHING I'VE BEEN ABLE TO READ.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T GONE WHOLE HOG AND THAT WE'RE ABLE TO STAY WITHIN, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE BRINGING IN. BECAUSE AS A TAXPAYER, I CRINGE EVERY TIME MY PROPERTY TAX BILL SHOWS UP.
AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR BUDGET HAS PLACED A NICE PART IN THAT.
AND I'M JUST GLAD THAT WE'RE DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING TO MAINTAIN OUR STAFF, YOU KNOW, KEEP OUR PEOPLE HAPPY AND HOPEFULLY NOT HURT THE PUBLIC TOO MUCH.
I HOPE WE CAN HAVE SOME FURTHER TALKS ABOUT MAINTENANCE AND THE COST OF MAINTENANCE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T EVER GET BACK INTO A SITUATION LIKE WE WERE IN BEFORE, WHERE THINGS WERE DEFERRED BECAUSE WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO MAINTAIN PROGRAMS. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO CONVERSATIONS ALONG THOSE LINES IN THE FUTURE.
I THINK I EMAILED TO YOU ABOUT IT, KRISTI THAT, YOU KNOW, ON FUTURE AGENDAS, I WAS HOPING TO ASK THE REST OF THE BOARD DIRECTORS IF THEY WOULD SUPPORT ME IN ASKING TO HAVE, WHEN WE HAVE CONTRACTS ON THE AGENDA, THAT WE HAVE THE CURRENT CONTRACT FOR RENEWALS.
BECAUSE I FIND MYSELF HUNTING FOR THINGS AND NOT NECESSARILY BEING ABLE TO FIND THEM.
AND I FEEL LIKE I'M BADGERING PEOPLE WHEN I GO AND ASK THEM.
BUT IF IT'S JUST A PRACTICE THAT THAT'S WHAT'S THERE, THEN THAT'LL JUST MAKE IT EASIER.
I WAS THINKING TOO, FROM THE STANDPOINT OF, YOU KNOW, THERE'S FIVE OF US BOARD DIRECTORS, AND IF EACH OF US IS DOING THESE THINGS INDEPENDENTLY, THAT'S FIVE PEOPLE'S WORTH OF WORK AS OPPOSED TO, YOU KNOW, THE SECRETARY WHO PROBABLY KNOWS WHERE EVERYTHING IS ANYWAY, JUST FINDING IT AND PUTTING ON THERE ALONGSIDE THE OTHER THINGS SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE EASIER ACCESS TO IT. YOU KNOW, ANYWAY, THAT'S MY REQUEST AND I'M HOPING, I THINK SINCE WE NEED TO GIVE DIRECTION AS A BOARD ON THIS, THAT THE REST OF YOU WILL SUPPORT ME IF I BRING THAT UP NEXT MONTH AND MAKE A REQUEST THAT WE MAKE A CHANGE TO THE WAY THAT WE PUT OUR AGENDAS TOGETHER.
SO IT'S ONE THING IF WE'RE THE OWNERS, THEN WE CAN DO SOME OF THAT.
AND I THINK KARA AND HER TEAM HAVE BEEN DOING A GOOD JOB OF SHOWING THAT.
WE CAN, YOU KNOW, AI IT AND SEE. BRIAN DOES IT ALL THE TIME.
HE DUMPS TWO IN AND HE SAYS, HOW ARE THESE THE SAME? HOW ARE THEY DIFFERENT? AND IT JUST PULLS IT OUT. SO.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO KEEP THAT IN MIND. YEAH.
YEAH. MORE IMPORTANTLY, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE EXISTING CONTRACTS SITTING ALONGSIDE PROPOSED.
AND SO IF YOU EVER DO HAVE A QUESTION, CHRIS CAN GET THOSE FOR YOU.
YEAH. SO THE QUESTION IS THAT THEY ARE NOT ALWAYS THERE.
IN FACT, I CAN I WILL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF ONE.
AND THAT WAS THE DETENTION CENTER ONE. THERE'S BEEN A RENEWAL.
I COULDN'T FIND IT. I MEAN, I FOUND AN OLDER ONE AND THEN I FOUND THE CURRENT ONE.
UNTIL WE GET THAT SHIFTED, ALWAYS JUST ASK. OKAY.
THANK YOU. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY. JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WANTED TO SHARE. FIRST OF ALL, AS YOU GUYS HAVE MENTIONED, THE BUDGET, IT WAS INTERESTING WHEN I PULLED UP THE WSSDA HEADLINES THE OTHER DAY AND
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GAVE AN AI SUMMARY AND IT SAID, LOTS OF DISTRICTS ARE DISCUSSING BUDGETS AND PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES AND WHAT HAVE YOU.I JUST WANT TO GIVE A KUDOS AND A SHOUT OUT TO OUR TEAM, BOTH AGAIN FOR THE NEGOTIATING, GETTING THE CONTRACTS TO THE POINT WHERE THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD RUMORS OF DISTRICTS GETTING READY TO STRIKE, AND THAT'S NOT A GOOD WAY TO START OUT YOUR SCHOOL YEAR. SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE. I ALSO APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE IN KEEPING THE BUDGET.
OR KEEPING WITHIN OUR BUDGET. SO WE'RE STAYING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE.
AND FOR THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE BOTH NOW AND HISTORICALLY TO THAT END.
SO THANK YOU TO THE WHOLE TEAM. ESPECIALLY A SHOUT OUT TO HOLLY FOR JUST KEEPING US UPDATED ON THE BUDGET AND THE FOCUS THAT WE'VE HAD, KNOWING WHERE IT'S ALL THE TIME. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
A COUPLE REMINDERS FOR THE BOARD. IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE IT ALREADY, REMEMBER YOUR VECTOR TRAINING.
SCARES ME A LITTLE BIT WHEN I GO THROUGH THE MEDICAL ONE AND I HAVE TROUBLE WITH IT.
SO, YEAH, IT'S AN ANNUAL TYPE THING JUST TO, YOU KNOW.
EVERY YEAR WE ALL DO IT. AND JUST IMAGINE THE PRESSURE WHEN THERE'S ONLY FIVE QUESTIONS AND YOU MISS ONE AND YOU HAVE TO GET 80%, YOU GOT TO GET THE NEXT FOUR RIDER, YOU GOT TO DO IT OVER AGAIN.
SO IT'S CAPTIVATING AND ALWAYS A GOOD TIME. IT IS IMPORTANT.
IT SORT OF MAKES ME CRINGE, THE FACT THAT WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY DO THIS, THAT, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, BUT IT IS STUFF THAT'S IMPORTANT AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO THE STUDENTS AND THE PEOPLE WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
SO PLEASE GET THAT DONE TIMELY SO THAT OTHERS DON'T FEEL BAD ABOUT HAVING TO REMIND YOU.
ALONG THOSE LINES OF FORWARD PLANNING, WSSDA PLANNING, THAT IS COMING UP.
I KNOW CHRIS SENT OUT AN EMAIL, BUT YOU'RE ALL HERE AND I CAN TELL YOU TO REMEMBER TO CONTACT WITH HER IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY SO THAT SHE CAN FINALIZE TRAVEL PLANS. AND IF YOU'RE ATTENDING A PRE-CONFERENCE, WHICH ONE YOU ARE WANTING TO ATTEND.
THE LONGER YOU WAIT, THE LESS OPTIONS THERE ARE IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT FLYING OVER.
SO THAT IS IMPORTANT EVEN THOUGH IT'S A FEW MONTHS AWAY.
ALSO, DON'T FORGET TO DO THE BOARD SELF-ASSESSMENT.
YOU WERE SENT A LINK FOR THAT. WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT INFORMATION WHEN WE HAVE OUR RETREAT, AND IF WE DON'T DO THE SELF-ASSESSMENT, THERE WON'T BE ANY RESULTS TO LOOK AT.
SO SEEMS KIND OF OBVIOUS. AND THEN FINALLY, JUST A REMINDER ABOUT THE BOARD RETREAT ON AUGUST 8TH.
LET'S SEE. OH, I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU, KRISTI, SO WE CAN GET IT ON OUR SCHEDULES.
IS THERE A SCHOOL YEAR KICK OFF PLANNED? WHY, YES, THERE IS.
AND YOU WILL BE THE DANCING TEAM. NO. I'M KIDDING.
IT IS SEPTEMBER 2ND. AND MORE INFORMATION TO COME.
I'M SUPER EXCITED WE'VE STARTED PLANNING THAT.
WE HAVE A NEW HASHTAG THIS YEAR, SO I'M EXCITED TO SHARE THAT AT THAT TIME.
ONE THING I WILL ADD, WE JUST COMPLETED FOUR YEARS.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN JUST SUCH A GIFT.
AND I REMEMBER HOW AFRAID I HAD BEEN. AND I'M JUST SO EXCITED.
AND THIS YEAR I WILL BE DOING A REVIEW. SO IF YOU REMEMBER, I DID AN ENTRY PLAN WHERE I VISITED EVERYBODY AND I WENT AND LISTENED TO STAFF AND STUDENTS, AND I'M GOING TO BE DOING THE SAME THING THIS FALL TO BE ABLE TO SAY WHERE WE WERE, WHERE ARE WE NOW, AND ARE WE HITTING OUR MARKS? SO MORE DATA TO COME ABOUT HOW WE ARE DOING AND THE PERCEPTION OF OUR ORGANIZATION.
BUT I'M SUPER PROUD OF THE WORK THAT'S HAPPENING HERE IN FERNDALE.
AND I THINK IT'S A TESTAMENT IN SO MANY WAYS TO ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON.
CAN I THROW IN ONE LAST THING? BECAUSE I'M JUST CURIOUS.
OKAY, SO BRIAN, THE TRAINING ARE YOU DOING TOMORROW NIGHT? WHAT IS THAT? OH, THAT'S MY TRIBAL CONSULTATION TRAINING.
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OKAY. IS THERE ANY WAY TO GET SIGNED UP FOR THAT LAST MINUTE? BECAUSE I THINK I'M. YOU'RE NOT. CHRIS KEEPS TRACK OF ALL OF THAT.AND CHRIS, AM I CORRECT? IT'S A TWO YEAR CYCLE? THREE YEARS. SO YOU'RE GOOD. WELL, JUST SO YOU KNOW, I WAS TRYING TO FIND OUT WHERE YOU COULD GET AHOLD OF THIS.
I CALLED WSSDA. THEY REFERRED ME TO OSPI. I LEFT TWO MESSAGES AT OSPI AND NOBODY CALLED ME BACK.
HENRY STROM, WHO WAS THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF NATIVE ED, RETIRED.
AND SO THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF HIRING A NEW DIRECTOR.
SO CHRIS HAS ACTUALLY BEEN IN CONTACT. AND SO SHE TAKES CARE OF ALL OF THAT.
I THINK WE START BACK IN. WE STARTED ASKING BACK IN JANUARY WHEN THE TRAININGS WERE GOING TO HAPPEN.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN MARKING THAT. SO YEAH. SO IT'S LIKE THEY TELL YOU YOU HAVE TO DO IT, BUT THEN IT'S LIKE YOU WANT INFORMATION SO YOU CAN GET SIGNED UP.
SHE KNOWS WHEN EVERYBODY'S DUE, WHAT THEY'RE DUE FOR.
AND THEN SHE SENDS OUT REMINDERS. I THINK TO.
AND MAXINE, WHO DOES THE TRAINING, IS OFTEN THERE.
BUT IS THAT SPECIFIC TO THE TRIBE THAT YOU ARE CONNECTED WITH? NO, IT'S JUST GENERAL. OKAY. YES. JUST GENERAL.
SO. OKAY. AND IS THERE ON THE SECOND. AND I MAY BE ASKING MORE QUESTIONS THAN WE HAVE THE INFORMATION, BUT DO WE HAVE A TIME FOR THE KICK OFF ASSEMBLY? OKAY. SHE BELIEVES IT'S USUALLY 8:30. THAT WORKS.
THAT SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT. OKAY. NOT TOO EARLY.
NOT TOO LATE. I'M LOOKING OUT IN THE AUDIENCE.
THE STAFF IS SHAKING THEIR HEADS. I FEEL LIKE WE ARE IN.
YES. IF IT ISN'T, THEN WE'LL JUST. THOSE OF US.
AT 8:45. SO THE DANCE PRACTICE STARTS AT 8:30 AND THE PERFORMANCE AT 8:45? I LIKE THAT. OKAY. WELL, I'M GOING TO STOP WHILE I'M AHEAD OR STOP DIGGING MY HOLE DEEPER.
SO AT THIS POINT THAT'S ALL WE HAVE ON THE AGENDA.
SO THANK YOU EVERYONE AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. MEETING ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.