[1. CONVENE] [00:00:04] GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO OUR AUGUST MEETING OF THE FERNDALE SCHOOL BOARD. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US WHETHER HERE IN THIS NICE WARM ROOM OR IN THE COMFORT OF YOUR OWN HOME 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 EXPECTATION 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 THIS 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 FEW QUICK HOUSEKEEPING MATTERS FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVEN'T BEEN HERE BEFORE. IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY, THE SAME DOOR YOU CAME IN IS THE ONE WE EXIT OUT AND IF YOU'RE IN NEED OF THE RESTROOMS, THEY'RE OUT THAT EXIT DOOR AND UP THE RAMP TO YOUR RIGHT. WITH THAT OUT OF THE WAY, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET OUR MEETING UNDERWAY AND WE'LL START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. IF YOU'LL PLEASE JOIN ME. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. NOW WE'LL HAVE THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. WE, THE FERRINGALE 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 LIVE 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. THANK YOU, MARCUS. NEXT [2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES] ON OUR DOCKET IS TO APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES FROM OUR JULY AND EARLY AUGUST MEETINGS. SO ARE THERE ANY CHANGES OR CORRECTIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE TO THE MINUTES OR IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT THEM? I MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE MEETING MINUTES AS WRITTEN. IT HAS BEEN MOVED THAT WE ADOPT THE MEETING MINUTES AS WRITTEN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? OKAY, THE MEETING MINUTES HAVE BEEN APPROVED. [3. ADOPTION OF AGENDA [GC-4.7]] THAT THEN TAKES US ON TO ADOPTING THE AGENDA. ARE THERE ANY CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE TO THE AGENDA OR IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT IT AS PRESENTED? I WOULD LIKE TO PULL SOME ITEMS OFF OF THE BOARD CONSENT AGENDA, SPECIFICALLY THE POLICIES THAT WERE INTRODUCED AND WERE ASKING TO ADOPT THEM IN THE SAME MONTH THAT THEY'RE INTRODUCED. SO 9.03 BOARD MEMBER INSURANCE, 9.06 POLICY 4300 IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT, AND 9.07 REVENUES FROM LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL SOURCES. OKAY. SO IT HAS BEEN MOVED TO PULL ITEMS 9.03, 9.06, AND 9.07 OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA. SO WE WILL VOTE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OR ANY OTHER CHANGES. SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF TAKING THOSE ITEMS OFF THE AGENDA SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? AYE OR NAY. SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND PULL THOSE ITEMS OFF OF THE CONSENT AGENDA THEN. SO THEN WE, IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER CHANGES TO THE AGENDA, OTHERWISE WE WILL ADOPT IT OR WE WILL MOVE ON ADOPTING IT AS MODIFIED. SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? [00:05:02] OKAY. MOTION CARRIES AND WE WILL MOVE AHEAD WITH THE AGENDA AS ADOPTED OR AS AMENDED. [4. PUBLIC COMMENT [GC-3.3]] FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA THEN, ITEM 4.01 IS 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 A SOLUTION. PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOT A TIME FOR DISCUSSION, IT IS A TIME FOR THE BOARD TO LISTEN. BOARD MEMBERS MAY INTERJECT TO CLARIFY 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 FOR DISCUSSION. OUR SILENCE IS NOT A SIGNAL OF AGREEMENT OR DISAGREEMENT BUT IS MEANT TO RESPECTFULLY HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY. PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOT THE ONLY WAY TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE BOARD. THOSE THAT ARE UNCOMFORTABLE SPEAKING IN FRONT OF A GROUP ARE CERTAINLY WELCOME TO CONTACT THE BOARD VIA PHONE OR EMAIL. WE ROUTINELY HEAR FROM A NUMBER OF DISTRICT STAKEHOLDERS EACH MONTH AND ASSIMILATE A WIDER RANGE OF INPUT ON DISTRICT ISSUES. WE APPRECIATE HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY AND INVITE THEM TO USE WHATEVER MODE OF COMMUNICATION THEY FEEL MOST COMFORTABLE WITH TO DO SO. OUR CONTACT INFORMATION IS READILY AVAILABLE ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE. THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMENT ARE ASKED TO SIGN UP ON THE SHEET IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM. EACH SPEAKER IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES AND THEIR TIME WILL BEGIN WHEN THEY STEP TO THE PODIUM AND ADDRESS THE BOARD. ANY SPEAKER WHOSE COMMENTS EXCEED THE THREE MINUTE LIMIT MAY SUBMIT THE ENTIRETY OR REMAINING COMMENTS IN WRITING. SO THE FIRST SPEAKER THAT WE HAVE FOR TONIGHT IS JOHN MUTCHLER. CAN YOU READ THAT IN THE BACK, HOLLY? CAN YOU READ THAT? IT SAYS, THIS IS MY PERFECT SOLUTION BUTTON. I PULL THIS OUT WHEN I'VE GOT A DIFFICULT FAMILY PROBLEM OR A CHURCH ISSUE OR CITY PROBLEM. PULL THIS OUT AND PUSH THE BUTTON. I COME UP WITH THE PERFECT SOLUTION EVERY TIME. I'LL COME BACK TO THAT IN A MOMENT. YOUR FERNDALE CITY COUNCIL VOTED FOUR TO THREE AGAINST EXPANDING THE MULTIFAMILY TAX EXEMPT PROGRAM. AND I'D LIKE TO MAKE A POINT ABOUT THE VOTE BECAUSE I WAS FORWARDED SOCIAL MEDIA COMMENTS SUGGESTING THAT THOSE WHO SUPPORTED THE MFTE DO NOT SUPPORT SCHOOLS. AS OFTEN HAPPENS, THERE WAS A COMPETITION BETWEEN TWO IMPORTANT VALUES, SUPPORTING PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND SUPPORTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THE MAYOR AND ALL SEVEN COUNCIL MEMBERS SUPPORT BOTH. WE SIMPLY WEIGHED THE TRADEOFFS DIFFERENTLY. THE PROGRAM INCENTIVIZES DOWNTOWN AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT THERE IS A COST. DURING THE EXEMPTION PERIOD, TAXING DISTRICTS DON'T RECEIVE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE ON THE QUALIFYING IMPROVEMENTS. THAT CONCERN SHOULD BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY. AT THE SAME TIME, THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROBLEM, AND MFTE IS ONE OF THE FEW TOOLS AVAILABLE TO THE CITY TO ENCOURAGE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DOWNTOWN. BUT AS THE RESPECTED ECONOMIST THOMAS SOWELL SAYS, QUOTE, THERE ARE NO PERFECT SOLUTIONS. THERE ARE ONLY TRADEOFFS, UNQUOTE. UNFORTUNATELY, AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, WE DON'T GET TO PUSH A BIG RED BUTTON THAT SAYS PERFECT SOLUTION. FOR 16 YEARS, I'VE LOOKED FOR IT. SO FAR, NO LUCK. KEVIN, HAVE YOU FOUND ANY? NOPE. SO THE THREE OF US WHO SUPPORTED THE EXPANSION WERE NOT CHOOSING HOUSING OVER SCHOOLS. AND THE FOUR WHO OPPOSED IT WERE NOT CHOOSING SCHOOLS OR HOUSING. WE SIMPLY CAME TO DIFFERENT CONCLUSIONS ABOUT THE APPROPRIATE TRADEOFFS. THE SAME PRINCIPLE APPLIES TO ANOTHER ISSUE FACING COUNCIL. A PROPOSED SALES TAX INCREASE DEDICATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY. PUBLIC SAFETY IS OUR MOST IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITY, BUT THERE ARE TRADEOFFS. THE RECENT SALES TAX INCREASE APPROVED AT THE COUNTY LEVEL WAS 0.1 PERCENT. AND IF FERNDALE'S PROPOSED INCREASE IS APPROVED, THAT COMBINED SALES TAX RATE INCREASES FROM 9.0 TO 9.2 PERCENT TAX ON YOUR CHEESEBURGER, EXERCISE BIKE, GALLON OF PAINT, OR ANYTHING YOU BUY HERE AND ONLINE. A SALES TAX BUMP AFFECTS EVERYONE'S POCKETBOOK, NOTABLY THE POOR, BUT INCLUDING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHICH PAYS SALES TAX ON EVERYDAY NECESSITIES LIKE COMPUTERS, BOOKS, FOOTBALLS, PACKAGED FOOD, BUSES, PAPER, AND MOST OTHER PURCHASES. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S ADDITIONAL COSTS FROM THE SALES TAX INCREASE COULD BE SIGNIFICANT AND POTENTIALLY GREATER IN DOLLAR TERMS THAN [00:10:01] THE FINANCIAL IMPACT WE WERE DISCUSSING WITH THE MFTE. I'M NOT SUGGESTING THE SCHOOL BOARD TAKE A POSITION ON THE SALES TAX INCREASE. THANK YOU, JOHN. AS YOUR LIAISON, I SEE YOU WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THE ISSUES AND THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS ON YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO NEXT IS DOM PHAM. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DOM PHAM. I IDENTIFY AS A FERNDALE RESIDENT. CHRIS REYKDAHL, THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, MADE HEADLINES RECENTLY AFTER REVEALING HIMSELF AS A FULL-BLOWN SOCIALIST THROUGH SOME PUBLIC STATEMENTS. THE FOLLOWING ARE SOME EXCERPTS FROM HIS RECENT PERSONAL FACEBOOK POST. I DON'T REMEMBER THE MEDIA IN 2016 WONDERING WHETHER THE FASCIST MAGA WING OF THE GOP WOULD DESTROY THAT ENTIRE PARTY, BUT THEY SURE SPENT A LOT OF TIME PERSEVERATING ON THE IDEA THAT THE DSA WILL DESTROY THE DEMOCRAT PARTY. DSA STANDS FOR DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST OF AMERICA. MAGA AND DSA ARE NOT TWO OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM. THE FORMER WANTS TO TAKE AWAY CIVIL RIGHTS, FURTHER HAND THE ECONOMY OVER TO OLIGARCHS, AND INSTALL A THEOCRACY. THE DSA WANTS AFFORDABLE HOUSING, A FAIR TAX CODE, AND ACCESSIBLE EDUCATION. HANG ON TIGHT, 2026 IS THE BABY STEP TO 2028, AND STOP VILIFYING THOSE WHO SEEK AN EXPANSION OF THE PUBLIC GOOD. THESE FOLKS ARE NOT COMMUNISTS. THEY WOULD MERELY HAVE BEEN REGULAR OLD DEMOCRATS FROM 1914 TO 1980. IT'S MEDIA CONSTRUCTION THAT HAS CHANGED, NOT THE CORE VALUES OF TRADITIONAL DEMOCRATS. THIS STATEMENT IS VERY DISTURBING BECAUSE HIS POSITION IS SUPPOSED TO BE NONPARTISAN, AND HE IS SUPPOSED TO SERVE ALL STUDENTS IN THE STATE. HE APPARENTLY HOLDS MANY OF THOSE STUDENTS' PARENTS IN CONTEMPT FOR NOT VOTING DEMOCRAT. HIS SELF-REVELATIONS DO NOT SURPRISE THOSE OF US WHO HAVE BEEN PAYING ATTENTION TO HIS IMPLEMENTATION OF WORK POLICIES IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS DURING HIS WATCH. HE IS NOW SO BRAZEN AND BLATANT ABOUT HIS LEFT-WING IDEOLOGY BECAUSE HE WILL BE TERM-LIMITED AT THE END OF THIS THIRD TERM. ALSO, KEEP IN MIND THAT STATE EDUCATION SPENDING GOES THROUGH THE ROOF, WHILE A MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENTS FAIL THE BASICS IN CORE SUBJECTS. BUT HE WANTS TO EXPAND THIS FAILED POLICY TO HIGHER EDUCATION AS WELL. AT THE WASHINGTON STATE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION IN JUNE, RICK DAHL SAID, I WANT TO WIN BECAUSE WE THOUGHT EIGHTH GRADE EDUCATION WAS WHAT WE NEEDED 40 YEARS AGO, AND NOW WE KNOW WE GOT TO PAY FOR COLLEGE. EVERY SINGLE YOUNG PERSON SHOULD HAVE COLLEGE PAID FOR IN THIS STATE AND IN THIS COUNTRY. RICK DAHL'S RHETORIC HAS VALIDATED WHAT STATE EDUCATION CRITICS HAVE BEEN WARNING FOR YEARS, THAT OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM HAS BEEN USED FOR INDOCTRINATION AND BRAINWASHING, NOT FOR LEARNING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOM. SO THAT'S ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT. AS ALWAYS, IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE ON YOUR MIND, FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO US VIA PHONE, EMAIL, REGULAR MAIL. WE ARE ALWAYS HAPPY TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY AND YOUR COMMENTS ON THINGS GOING ON WITHIN THE DISTRICT. [5. SHARING [GC-7.E.]] SO WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 5.01, WHICH IS THE SUPERINTENDENT SHARING. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I AM SUPER EXCITED THAT NEXT WEEK SCHOOL IS STARTING, AND SO THIS HAS BEEN A VERY, VERY BUSY TIME ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION. WE HAD OUR BACK TO SCHOOL EVENT LAST WEEK, AND IT WAS AMAZING. FOR THOSE WHO DID NOT GET [00:15:02] TO ATTEND, I MEAN, IT WAS PACKED WAY MORE FAMILIES THIS YEAR THAN WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST. WE RAN OUT OF SCHOOL SUPPLIES, MATERIALS. THE FOUNDATION IS DONATING MONEY TO, I THINK, IS IT $1,000 PER SCHOOL? WHAT IS IT? $1,500 PER SCHOOL TO BUY SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR FAMILIES WHO NEED HELP. SO IF YOU DID NOT GET SCHOOL SUPPLIES, GO TO YOUR SCHOOL, TALK TO YOUR OFFICE STAFF, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO SUPPORT YOU THERE. BUT IT WAS AMAZING. AND WHAT I MOST APPRECIATED, ACTUALLY, WERE JUST ALL THE SCHOOLS WERE PRESENT SO FAMILIES COULD CONNECT. I MET SO MANY FAMILIES THAT WERE NEW TO FERNDALE, AND THEY WERE JUST THRILLED. THEY GOT TO MEET PEOPLE THERE. THEY GOT TO TALK TO STAFF THERE. THERE WERE COMMUNITY RESOURCES. SO IF THEY HAD A QUESTION, THEY COULD CONNECT. AND SO IT JUST WAS AMAZING. AND AT THE SAME TIME, IN THE PAST, WE'VE HAD, FOR FAMILIES WHO CHOOSE, WE HAVE A VACCINATION CLINIC THAT THEY CAN GO TAKE CARE OF THAT ONE. FAMILY WAS VERY THANKFUL FOR THAT BECAUSE SHE SAID THEY WERE NEW TO THE AREA AND THE FIRST AVAILABLE APPOINTMENT THEY COULD GET WAS THE END OF OCTOBER. SO THIS WAS ABLE TO HELP THEM EARLY. AND WE HAD SPORTS PHYSICALS. AND THAT WAS WITH DOCTORS WHO CAME AND DONATED THEIR TIME TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. SO IT WAS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF OUR ONE TEAM, ONE TOWN. AND I JUST WAS VERY APPRECIATIVE OF EVERYONE. AND OUR AMAZING FRC TEAM PUT THIS TOGETHER ALONG WITH OTHER FOLKS WHO HELPED ON THE SIDE. AND IT WAS REALLY A GIFT. I MEAN, IF YOU WANTED TO LEARN HOW TO DO PARENT SQUARE, YOU COULD LEARN HOW TO DO PARENT SQUARE. IF YOU HAD IT QUESTIONS, YOU COULD DO THAT. OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT WAS THERE. SO IF THE FAMILY WANTED TO KNOW HOW TO FIND THEIR BUS ROUTES, SOMEBODY WAS THERE. IT WAS A ONE STOP SHOP. SO VERY APPRECIATIVE. WE HAVE OUR STAFF KICKOFF BOARD. I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU THERE. IT'S AT 830 ON SEPTEMBER 2ND. I HAVE POSED A COMPETITION BECAUSE I LOVE COMPETITION. SO THE MOST SPIRITED DEPARTMENT OR SCHOOL GETS A PIZZA PARTY COURTESY OF KRISTI DOMINGUEZ'S FUNDS. AND SO I AM VERY EXCITED. I KNOW YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE THE BUS DRIVERS HIGHLIGHTED HERE. THEY TEND TO BRING SPIRIT. SO I HAVE CAST IT OUT. AND IT'S A CHALLENGE TO EVERYBODY. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO A REALLY GOOD TIME. AND THEN THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL IS THE VERY NEXT DAY. AND I THINK FOR ME IT'S ONE OF MY MOST FAVORITE DAYS OF THE YEAR. JUST WE MISS OUR KIDS. I MISS THE STAFF. AND SO IT IS JUST A DAY FILLED WITH A LOT OF EXCITEMENT AND A LOT OF HOPE ABOUT WHAT A SCHOOL YEAR BRINGS. AND I THINK THESE PICTURES CAPTURE IT PERFECTLY. AND SO, BOARD, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO TO OUT AND ABOUT AND SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. THERE'S JUST NO BETTER FEELING THAN THE FIRST DAY. WE HEARD PUBLIC COMMENTS TONIGHT. AND SO I'M JUST GOING TO SHARE THAT I DID GO TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING LAST WEEK. PEGGY AND NANCY JOINED ME. I GAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON BEHALF OF THE SCHOOL BOARD. I THINK WHAT I, AND ANY OF YOU CAN CHIME IN, I THINK WHAT I WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND IS, AND I SHARE THIS IN MY PUBLIC COMMENT, OF WHICH THE BOARD YOU ALL SAW AHEAD OF TIME, WAS WE KNOW WE GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY EITHER WAY. IT'S NOT ABOUT THE MONEY. IT'S THE PRINCIPLE OF OUR WORD. THAT WHEN WE WENT OUT AND TALKED ABOUT PASSING A LEVY, IT IS ON THE PREMISE THAT AS THERE'S GROWTH, EVEN IF IT'S A LITTLE BIT, WE START TO SHARE THAT LIFT. AND WE DON'T GET MORE MONEY. IF THE COMMUNITY GROWS, IT'S NOT LIKE OUR LEVY INCREASES. IT STAYS FLAT THE SAME. AND SO IT REALLY WAS BASED ON THE PRINCIPLE OF WHICH WE RUN A LEVY ON, IS THAT WITH GROWTH COMES THE REDUCTION OR THE SPREAD OF WHAT'S CURRENTLY IN PLACE. AND SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW. IT WAS NOT ABOUT THE FUNDS. IT WAS REALLY ABOUT OUR WORD. AND OUR WORD MEANS A LOT. AND I KNOW THIS BOARD TAKES A LOT OF PRIDE IN WHAT YOU SAY TO THIS COMMUNITY. AND SO I TRIED TO EMPHASIZE THAT. I THINK FOR ME THE LEARNING, AND I HAVE MORE LEARNING TO DO, WAS THERE WAS A PRESENTATION ON THE MULTIFAMILY TAX EXEMPTION PRIOR TO PUBLIC COMMENT. AND THE EIGHT YEARS, IF IT'S AN EIGHT YEARS, IT SAID IT DID NOT HAVE TO BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND SO I THINK THAT'S MY WONDER IS IF IT'S AN EIGHT YEAR, THAT'S ACTUALLY NOT A REQUIREMENT THAT IT BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND COUNCIL MEMBER GUNTER [00:20:03] ACTUALLY ASKED THAT AT ONE POINT, LIKE, HOW ARE WE DEFINING IT? SO I STILL THINK THERE'S SOME WORK TO DO, SOME UNDERSTANDING. IT COMES DOWN TO COMMUNICATION. BUT REALLY I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW IT WASN'T ABOUT THE MONEY COMING TO THE DISTRICT. BECAUSE REGARDLESS, WE GET THE SAME AMOUNT. IT'S REALLY ABOUT OUR WORD WHEN WE WENT OUT AND RAN OUR LEVY THAT WE'RE STANDING BEHIND THAT. SO I JUST, I, YOU KNOW, THE RETREAT WAS GREAT. I LOVED IT. I LOVE THAT WE DOVE INTO LOTS OF DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS, ONE OF THEM BEING THE CONVERSATION AROUND THE SBAC. AND, YOU KNOW, WE LOOKED AT THE TIME THAT IT TAKES. AND ACTUALLY WHEN I DUG INTO THIS, WE, ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION, IT TAKES US ABOUT A MONTH. SO AT SOME LEVEL, ACROSS THE WHOLE ORGANIZATION, THERE'S ABOUT A MONTH WORTH OF LOST INSTRUCTION IN THERE. YOU LOOK AT, YES, PEGGY? I GUESS MAYBE I COULD WAIT ON THIS. BUT, OKAY, SO, I MEAN, I LOVED THE CONVERSATION TOO. BUT WENT OUT AND LOOKED TO SEE WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS WERE. AND WHILE INDIVIDUALS CAN OPT OUT, DISTRICTS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE. YES, I WAS GOING TO SHARE ALL THIS. OH, OKAY. THAT'S OKAY. YOU JUST STOLE MY THUNDER, PEGGY. NO, I'M KIDDING. I'M KIDDING. SO I LOOKED AT THAT BECAUSE YOU WERE ASKING THE COST. SO THERE'S JUST THE TIME WE LOSE AN INSTRUCTION. AND THEN THERE ARE ADDITIONAL COSTS AND STAFF HOURS TO IMPLEMENT IT. SO WE HAVE TO PAY FOR COORDINATORS, PEOPLE WHO IMPLEMENT IT. SO THERE IS A FINANCIAL COST. AND I HAVEN'T GOT THE EXACT NUMBER ON JUST THAT SIDE OF IT. AND THERE IS A LAW THAT SAYS YOU HAVE TO DO THIS. AND SO I THINK IT'S JUST A CONTINUED CONVERSATION OF THIS BOARD. IF THIS IS SOMETHING YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, LAW DRIVES PRACTICE. AND SO IF THIS IS A CONVERSATION PERHAPS THAT YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT WITH OTHER BOARDS OR IF OTHER PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT, IT'S JUST LETTING YOU KNOW. KELLY HAS BEEN DOING A DEEP DIVE INTO THE LEGALITIES OF THIS. WE HAVEN'T TALKED TO OUR LAWYERS YET. BUT KELLY'S LIKE, OH, THERE'S ACTUALLY A LAW THAT YOU COULD LOSE MONEY. I DID KIND OF TAKE A JOKE. I WAS LIKE, AREN'T WE ALREADY LOSING MONEY? BUT I THINK WE'D LOSE MORE MONEY. SO ANYWAY, SO JUST SO YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST THE BEGINNING OF THIS CONVERSATION. BUT I THINK WHAT I LOVE THE MOST AND WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT AS A TEAM WAS THAT CONVERSATION THAT IT'S JUST ONE MEASURE. AND THEN SO HOW DO WE AS A TEAM TALK ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT MEASURES? BECAUSE LIKE I SHARED WITH YOU AT THE RETREAT, WE'RE NOT USING THE SBAC IN THE CLASSROOM TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS. YES, BRIAN. SO WE WOULD POTENTIALLY LOSE MONEY. BUT WHAT WOULD WE GAIN IN INSTRUCTION TIME WITH THE KIDS? COULD THERE BE A TRADEOFF THAT MAYBE IT'S WORTH IT TO LOSE MONEY BECAUSE THE KIDS ARE GETTING IN THE MONTH OF INSTRUCTION BACK? I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I'M WONDERING. I THINK IT'S A LOT OF MONEY. BUT YEAH, LIKE ALL THE MONEY. BUT JUST I THINK IT'S SOMETHING FOR US TO CONTINUE TO DIVE INTO. LIKE WHAT'S THE VALUE? I THINK WE SHOULD DETERMINE WHAT'S THE PURPOSE? HOW IS IT BEING USED? AS I GO OUT ON MY ENTRY OR REENTRY TOUR, I PLAN TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH STUDENTS ABOUT IT. BUT I PERSONALLY HAVE HEARD FROM STUDENTS THE ANXIETY IT CREATES IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT. SO I THINK THERE'S ALSO AN EMOTIONAL COST. SO I THINK THIS IS A REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION FOR US TO BE HAVING PUBLICLY AND AS YOU TALK TO OTHER BOARDS TO TALK ABOUT THIS BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT IT, NO CHANGE COMES, RIGHT? SO I THINK THAT'S THE DIRECTION TO GO AT THIS TIME. BUT I WOULDN'T MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE OPT OUT ALTOGETHER ON THE SBAC, RIGHT, TEAM? WITH THAT THOUGH, THE QUESTION BEING IF PARENTS CAN OPT THEIR KIDS OUT, IF ALL THE KIDS OPTED OUT, THEN DO WE LOSE THE MONEY JUST BECAUSE... YEAH, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN PERCENT OF STUDENTS ACTUALLY. BUT IF THEY CAN OPT OUT, THAT ISN'T REALLY UNDER OUR CONTROL. YEAH, ALL EXCELLENT WONDERS. YEAH, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS TO LEAN IN ON AS IT'S CURIOUS. I THINK THERE'S BEEN SOME HISTORICAL PRECEDENT OF DISTRICTS TRYING TO OPT OUT OF EARLIER TESTING LIKE THE LAWSON STUFF, YOU KNOW, MIGHT BE WORTH LOOKING INTO HOW THAT HAPPENED. AND I THINK IT COMES BACK TO THAT IDEA ABOUT WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF LAW. SO, YOU KNOW, AND I'M LOOKING [00:25:01] AT OUR LEGISLATIVE ADVOCATE OVER HERE. SO ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT'S WHAT WE'VE LEARNED SO FAR. AND I LOVE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT. OH YEAH, GO AHEAD, PEGGY. SORRY, ONE MORE QUESTION. SO IS THERE AN OPTION FOR TAKING AN ALTERNATIVE? IS THERE AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE? I MEAN, THEY SEEM TO BE REALLY GREAT AT HAVING ALTERNATIVES FOR ALL KINDS OF THINGS. I'VE NOT HEARD OF ONE, BUT WE WILL EXAMINE THAT. I'M GOING TO LOOK BACK AT THE TEAM. THAT IS NOT A PATHWAY THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS. BUT IT'S A GOOD QUESTION TO BE ASKING. I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO BRING FORWARD ARE WHAT ARE OUR QUESTIONS, WHAT ARE OUR WONDERS, AND START EXPLORING THOSE. I WILL SAY THIS OF THIS BOARD, YOU HAVE BEEN LEADERS IN LOTS OF WAYS. AND I THINK LEADING THIS CONVERSATION IS ALSO A GOOD ONE. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE GOING TO ACT. IT MEANS THAT YOU'RE CURIOUS AND YOU WANT TO UNDERSTAND IT MORE. AND I THINK THAT'S GOOD. BOARD OF DIRECTORS ADOPTING SCHOOLS. THE OTHER THING I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT IS THAT YOU'RE EACH GOING TO BE ADOPTING A SCHOOL. I'M GOING TO BE SENDING AN INVITE WITH YOU AND THE PRINCIPALS THAT YOU ARE ADOPTING THEIR SCHOOL AND LETTING THEM KNOW THAT, LIKE, IF YOU'RE HAVING A FIRST DAY, THEY MAY JUST SHOW UP. KINDERGARTEN OPEN HOUSE, MAKE SURE IF YOU'RE HAVING A SPECIAL PERFORMANCE, SEND OUT AN INVITE. AND SO THOSE EMAILS WILL BE COMING IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ANOTHER THING, IF YOU LOOK AT SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU ARE SEEING, I LOVE FERNDALE NEIGHBORS. IT IS LIKE ONE OF MY DATA SETS. I LEARN A LOT ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING. AND I'M GETTING LOTS OF REPORTS. I GET CALLS ON SUNDAY THAT THERE'S THE MOTORIZED BIKES ON MAIN STREET, KRISTI. I'M LIKE, YEAH, WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO? I DON'T REALLY KNOW. BUT JUST BECAUSE STUDENTS ARE OUT IN OUR COMMUNITY USING THESE THINGS, THE SCHOOLS CAN PARTNER WITH FAMILIES IN THE CITY, BUT WE CAN ONLY CONTROL WHAT HAPPENS ON OUR CAMPUSES. AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY, WE'RE VERY CONCERNED AS A DISTRICT. WE HAD A LONG CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS. WE ARE JUST WAITING FOR SOMETHING TRAGIC TO HAPPEN IN THIS COMMUNITY. WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF VERY UNSAFE BEHAVIOR ON OUR ROADS. SO WE ARE WORKING ON THAT. YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU GO TO A CAMPUS AND IT SAYS YOU HAVE TO GET OFF YOUR BIKE HERE AND WALK IT TYPE THING. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT IMPLEMENTING THAT AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE'RE WORKING TO, WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING OUT A MESSAGE. BUT WE'RE GETTING PROBLEMS WITH, WE HAD A REPORT OF A MOTORIZED VEHICLE ON OUR TENNIS COURTS. WE'RE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THEM ON OUR TRACKS. THE SAD THING IS WHAT I'M SO PROUD OF IS WE HAVE ALL THOSE SPACES OPEN ALL THE TIME SO OUR COMMUNITY CAN USE THEM AS THEY SHOULD BECAUSE THEY'RE COMMUNITY SPACES. BUT IF IT'S GOING TO COME AT THE POINT OF DAMAGE AT SOME POINT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOCK UP THOSE SPACES. AND SO THIS IS A COMMUNITY PROBLEM AND WE'RE LOOKING AT IT THROUGH ONE LENS. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR PART. BUT I'M GOING TO BE WORKING, REACHING OUT TO THE CITY TO SEE WHAT CAN HAPPEN TOGETHER AROUND THIS. I WAS WONDERING IF THEY DID THE BICYCLE SAFETY PROGRAMS. YEAH, WE DO. BUT THIS IS A DIFFERENT, THIS IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THE MOTORIZED. IT'S NOT THE REGULAR BICYCLES. IT'S THE ONES THAT ARE MORE LIKE MOTORBIKE. THEY'RE NOT EVEN E-BIKES. THEY'RE LIKE A MOTORCYCLE. AND WE'RE HAVING VERY YOUNG CHILDREN ON THESE ELECTRIC SCOOTERS AND EVERYTHING WITHOUT HELMETS. I'M GETTING A LOT OF CALLS THAT KIDS ARE WEAVING OUT INTO THE ROAD AND CARS ARE BARELY MISSING THEM. AND CARS ARE REALLY BEING VERY DILIGENT, YOU KNOW, BUT WE'RE ABOUT TO HAVE TEENAGE DRIVERS ON THE ROADS. I MEAN, WE HAVE A, WE FEEL LIKE THERE'S AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN HERE. WE'RE VERY CONCERNED AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT. TEAM, ANYTHING YOU WOULD ADD THERE? OKAY. AND I'M GOING TO PASS IT OFF TO OUR STUDENTS WHO I'M SO EXCITED TO SEE. OKAY. HI, GUYS. LET'S SEE. SO FIRST DAY OF SCHOOLS NEXT WEEK. I'M PERSONALLY VERY EXCITED AND I MEAN, I'VE TALKED TO ME ABOUT IT. SHE'S ALSO VERY EXCITED. SO WE ARE RIGHT NOW. WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUR SCHEDULES SO WE CAN GET OUR BOARD PERIOD SO WE CAN VISIT ALL THE SCHOOLS THAT WE NEED TO VISIT. AND WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT LIKE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IT SENT OUT TO ALL THE SCHOOLS. SO THEN THEY LIKE THEY KNOW IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE LIKE ON LIKE A MONTH TO MONTH BASIS, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. SO ALL THE MEETINGS WILL BE SCHEDULED BEFOREHAND SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE TO ATTEND ALL THE SCHOOLS. AND THEN IF SOMETHING COMES UP, [00:30:01] THEN SOMETHING COMES UP. WE HAVE FRESHMAN ORIENTATION COMING UP NEXT MONDAY. THAT'S PUT ON BY OUR LEADERSHIP TO CLASS WITH THE HELP FROM LEADERSHIP ONE. SO WE HAVE OUR LIKE TRAINING AND LIKE PLANNING ON THURSDAY AND THEN WE DO IT NEXT MONDAY. SO I'M ALSO VERY EXCITED FOR THAT. I'M ALSO VERY EXCITED FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT MARCUS IS SAYING. ONE THING I'D LIKE TO ADD, WE HAD LIKE A PROMOTIONAL VIDEO EVENT YESTERDAY. WE HAD A PRETTY GOOD STUDENT TURNOUT OUT THERE. WE HAD A LOT OF FANS SHOW UP. AND I MEAN, I HOPE IT TURNED OUT GOOD. BRIAN SAID WE DID A GOOD JOB. SO IF HE SAID WE DID GOOD, I THINK WE DID GOOD. SO BUT WE HAD A GOOD SHOWING UP AT THAT. SO THAT WAS GREAT. AND THEN LIKE OR KRISTI MENTIONED THE STAFF KICKOFF KICKOFF EVENT, WHICH I MEAN, I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EMCEE ACTUALLY. SO I'M VERY EXCITED FOR THAT, TOO. AND YEAH, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL I HAVE. I MEAN, I DO KNOW WE HAVE SOME WITH LIKE SPORTS AND ATHLETICS, LIKE WITH SPORTS STARTING UP. WE HAVE TRIALS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW FOR OUR FALL SPORTS AND WE HAVE GAMES COMING UP SOON. I THINK SOME BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS. EVEN THE FIRST VOLLEYBALL GAME IS ACTUALLY SEPTEMBER 2ND AND IT'S AGAINST LINDEN. AND THEN OUR FIRST OUR FIRST FOOTBALL GAME IS TWO DAYS AFTER THAT, WHICH IS NOT THIS FRIDAY, BUT NEXT FRIDAY. AND THAT'S ALSO A HOME GAME. AND I KNOW THAT SOCCER GIRLS SOCCER ALSO HAS A GAME ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, I THINK, AGAINST HOME. SO LOTS OF COMPETITION. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO GO AND SUPPORT OUR FELLOW ATHLETES. I MEAN, IT'S AT HOME. YEAH, THAT'LL BE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. NANCY, IF YOU WANT TO GO, I'LL JOIN YOU THERE. AND AND TO THAT END, AT LEAST I THINK WITHIN EVERYBODY'S PACKET WAS THEIR BOARD MEMBER PASS AS FAR AS TO THE ATHLETICS. SO. HEY, ANY QUESTIONS FOR KRISTI OR THE STUDENTS? [6. UPDATES] OK, THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR REGULAR UPDATES, THE FIRST OF WHICH IS OUR BUDGET UPDATE. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. SO STARTING WITH FUND BALANCE, OUR CURRENT FUND BALANCE AS OF JULY 31ST IS SEVEN POINT ONE MILLION. AND OUR MINIMUM FUND BALANCE POLICY SAYS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE FOUR PERCENT OF OUR BUDGET EXPENDITURES FOR THE YEAR. SO THAT'S THREE POINT SEVEN MILLION. SO WE'RE SITTING GOOD. WE'RE SITTING KIND OF RIGHT WHERE WE THOUGHT WE'D BE. WE'RE CONTINUING TO BE VERY FRUGAL AND WE'RE REALLY FOLLOWING THE TREND THAT WE EXPECTED AT THIS POINT IN THE YEAR. THIS IS A GRAPHIC OF THAT THE GREEN OR THE SECOND LINE FROM THE TOP IS WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW. SO WE'RE SITTING RIGHT AT SEVEN POINT ONE MILLION. NOWHERE CLOSE TO THE RED LINE, WHICH IS THE MINIMUM FUND BALANCE POLICY. OUR FISCAL YEAR ENDS AUGUST 31ST. SO RIGHT NOW I'M TALKING ABOUT JULY, SO I'M ALWAYS KIND OF A MONTH BEHIND. SO FUND BALANCE PROJECTION IS OUR BEST GUESS AS TO WHERE WE'LL BE AT THE END OF THE YEAR. IT'S KIND OF HARD TO PREDICT. BUT AT THIS POINT, WE'RE SITTING RIGHT ABOUT WHERE WE EXPECTED IN OUR F-195, THE BUDGET. WE THOUGHT WE'D END THE YEAR AROUND EIGHT POINT FIVE MILLION. AND WE'RE VERY CLOSE. IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO BE VERY CLOSE TO THAT NUMBER, MAYBE SLIGHTLY ABOVE IT. AND THANKS TO OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION SAFETY NET. SO THIS IS HOW THAT FUND BALANCE ESTIMATE IS LOOKING AS OF JULY 31ST. CAN I JUST SAY THANK YOU TO TRINA, PAM JENKINS, JANINE, THE TEAM BEHIND THE SAFETY NET. IT IS A LOT OF PAPERWORK, A LOT OF TRACKING DATA. THE BETTER YOUR PAPERWORK, THE MORE LIKELY YOUR FUND BALANCE. AND I THINK THIS WAS A RECORD AMOUNT THIS YEAR THAT THEY GOT BACK. AND THEY DIDN'T STOP THERE WHEN THEY SAID YOU'RE NOT GETTING MONEY FOR X, Y, AND Z. THEY RESUBMITTED AND PUSHED BACK AND EVEN GOT A LITTLE ADDITIONAL BUMP. SO THAT'S HUGE. ANY QUESTIONS ON FUND BALANCE OR WHERE WE'RE AT? NO, BUT WHEN I RAN THE WHOLE BUDGET THROUGH GROC, IT WAS GLOWING ABOUT IT. THAT WAS GOOD. YEAH, IT WAS AWESOME. OH, THAT'S SO GREAT. THUMBS UP FROM GROC. THAT'S GREAT. YEAH, THUMBS UP FROM GROC. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR HOLLY? I WOULD JUST ADD THAT [00:35:01] OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, WE STARTED TODAY REALLY LOOKING AT ENROLLMENT. ENROLLMENT, I WOULD SAY, IS LOOKING GOOD. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF NEW STUDENTS REGISTER WITHIN THE DISTRICT. BUT OUR REGISTERS ARE BUSY AT WORK WITHDRAWING STUDENTS WHO ARE LEAVING, ADDING NEW STUDENTS. SO I'LL BE GIVING YOU UPDATES IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS VIA EMAIL ABOUT THOSE ENROLLMENTS, BECAUSE ENROLLMENT, AS YOU KNOW, DRIVES FUNDING. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE MONITOR VERY CLOSELY. AND AS MARK HAS EXPLAINED IN THE PAST, WE WILL GET FUNDED BASED ON THE PROJECTED ENROLLMENT. SO EVEN IF WE COME IN HIGHER, WE ONLY GET WHAT WE PROJECTED UNTIL ABOUT JANUARY. AND THEN THEY WILL, IF WE COME IN, IF WE HAVE A HIGHER ENROLLMENT, THEY'LL SPREAD THOSE ADDITIONAL FUNDS OUT THROUGH NEXT YEAR. BUT IF WE COME IN LOWER THAN WHAT PROJECTED, THEY TAKE ALL THE MONEY AT ONCE IN JANUARY. SO IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. SO WE MEET DAILY ABOUT THAT. STARTING TOMORROW, WE HAVE ENROLLMENT MEETINGS. PEGGY? YEAH, I HAD A QUICK KIND OF SORT OF UNRELATED QUESTION. BUT SOMEBODY ASKED ME WHERE STUDENTS ENROLL. DO THEY GO TO THE DISTRICT OFFICE, DO IT ONLINE, GO TO THEIR INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL? ALL OF IT. ALL OF IT, OKAY. YEAH. OVER THE SUMMER, THEY CAN DO IT ONLINE, OR WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE COME TO THE DISTRICT OFFICE. BUT NOW THAT OFFICES ARE STARTING TO OPEN UP, THEN THEY COULD GO THERE. BUT YEAH. THERE'S NOT, WE DON'T HAVE A WRONG DOOR. AND IF THEY DON'T KNOW, JUST HAVE THEM CALL THE DISTRICT OFFICE. IN GENERAL, HOW IS KINDERGARTEN TRENDING? YEAH, IT'S UP IN FACT. WE ARE ACTUALLY ADDING KINDERGARTEN SECTIONS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WELL, AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU, HOLLY. APPRECIATE THE REPORT. SO NEXT IS OUR AUDIT COMMITTEE. SO NANCY AND I WENT IN AND WE REVIEWED THE PAID RECEIPTS AND THE CANCELED WARRANTS. AND WE RECOMMEND APPROVING. ALWAYS MAKES ME FEEL BETTER WHEN PEGGY IS RECOMMENDING THAT WE APPROVE. I PERISH THE DAY WHEN SHE SAYS, WELL, WE FOUND A PROBLEM. BUT ANYWAY, GLAD THAT EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD. SO THANK YOU, PEGGY. THANK YOU, NANCY. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON THEN TO THE LEGISLATIVE REPORT. ALL RIGHT. I WILL TRY TO KEEP THIS SHORT, BUT BEAR WITH ME. AT OUR MOST RECENT ADVOCACY ACTION NETWORK MEETING, WE HAD TWO DIFFERENT SUBJECTS. ONE WAS CALLED THE LEA CLIFF, AND THE OTHER IS THE REGIONALIZATION REBASE. SO THE LEA CLIFF IS THE LOCAL EFFORT ASSISTANCE. AND I KNOW THAT KRISTI HAS TALKED WITH US ABOUT THIS. IT'S VERY COMPLEX, BUT I'LL TRY TO READ MY NOTES TO YOU. THE HISTORY OF IT, IT WAS IN 2025, THE LEGISLATURE ADDED ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR LEVY EQUALIZATION INTO THE BUDGET AT $150 PER PUPIL FOR 2026 AND $250 PER PUPIL FOR 2027. SO THAT WAS 2025 THAT THEY DID THAT. THEN LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, 2026, THE LEGISLATURE CHANGED THE LANGUAGE IN THE BUDGET AND LOWERED THE 2027 BUDGET FROM 250 DOWN TO 150 PER PUPIL. NOW, THE BUDGET BILLS CAN REDIRECT, CAN DIRECT FUNDING ENHANCEMENTS, BUT THEY DON'T REVISE THE UNDERLYING STATUTE. AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT ANY LEA ENHANCEMENT IS NOT GUARANTEED UNDER THE LAW. UNLESS THE LEGISLATURE PROVIDES ADDITIONAL FUNDING IN THE BUDGET OR REVISES THE STATUTE, THE COMBINED ENHANCEMENT FOR LEA GOES AWAY IN 2028. SO WE'D STILL GET THE BASE AMOUNT PER PUPIL THAT THE STATE PROVIDES, BUT WE WOULDN'T GET, AND WE WOULD GET A LITTLE BIT FOR INFLATION, BUT THE ENHANCEMENT FOR THE LEA DISAPPEARS. SO STATEWIDE, THE MAXIMUM TOTAL LEA FOR 2027 IS $354 MILLION-SOME-ODD, AND THE MAXIMUM TOTAL LEA FOR 2028 THE FOLLOWING YEAR IS $226 MILLION-SOME-ODD. SO IT'S A DROP OF $128-PLUS MILLION, OR 36% OF ALL LEA GONE. [00:40:03] SO WHAT THIS MEANS IN PRACTICAL PURPOSES IS IT'S GOING TO, WHEN DO WE HAVE OUR LEVY? IS THAT 2028? IS THAT, OUR NEXT ONE IS 2028? YEAH. WE'RE REALLY GOING TO NEED THAT LEVY. WE'RE REALLY GOING TO NEED THAT TO PASS. BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE CAN DO AS A BOARD IN A DISTRICT IS HAVE OUR BUSINESS OFFICE RUN THE NUMBERS FOR FERNDALE AND THEN SHARE IT WITH OUR LEGISLATORS. WE CAN ASK THEM TO EITHER ADD THE ENHANCEMENTS TO THE LAW, OR WE CAN ASK THEM TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE ENHANCEMENT IN THE STATE BUDGET. SO THERE'S THINGS THAT WE NEED TO BE ON TOP OF FOR THE LEGISLATURE, FOR OUR LEGISLATORS TO KNOW THAT THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO OUR SCHOOLS. YES, PEGGY? SO IS THERE ANY TALK, ANY EFFORT TO KEEP MORE OF OUR SCHOOL TAXES HERE AT HOME AS OPPOSED TO SENDING THEM TO OLYMPIA? WHAT DO YOU MEAN? I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR PROPERTY TAX BILL, A PORTION OF YOUR PROPERTY TAXES GO TO THE STATE TO FUND EDUCATION. CAN WE KEEP MORE OF THAT AT HOME? IS THERE ANYBODY PUSHING ANY KIND OF LEGISLATION TO LOWER THE AMOUNT THAT TAXPAYERS SEND TO OLYMPIA SINCE WE HAVE TO OFFSET IT WITH LOCAL TAXES? I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT YET, BUT THAT SOUNDS LIKE IT COULD BE PART OF A CONVERSATION. YEAH, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD IDEA, PEGGY. MIKE? SO THIS ISSUE IS LIKELY TO BE A TOP ISSUE IN THIS UPCOMING LEGISLATIVE SESSION FOR NOT ONLY WSSDA, BUT ALSO WASA, THE SUPERINTENDENTS, AND WASBO, THE SCHOOL BUSINESS OFFICIALS. SO THAT'S THE LEA CLIFF. AND THEN THE REGIONALIZATION REBASE. BACK WHEN THE MCCLEARY BILL WAS PASSED IN, I THINK IT WAS 2019, I THINK IT WAS 2019, BUT ANYWAY, WHENEVER IT WAS, IT ADDED REGIONALIZATION BASED ON AVERAGE HOME PRICES WITHIN A DISTRICT. THIS ADDED EITHER 6%, 12%, OR 18% TO THE AMOUNT OF STATE FUNDING A DISTRICT RECEIVES. AND THERE'S THIS BIG MAP OF WASHINGTON THAT SHOWS WHICH AREAS GET EITHER 12%, 6%, OR 18% IN THAT ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF MONEY BECAUSE THEY LIVE IN MORE EXPENSIVE PLACES. WE ARE A PART OF IT. NOT EVERYBODY GETS THAT. ANYWAY, EVERY FOUR YEARS, THE LEGISLATURE IS REQUIRED TO REVIEW AND REBASE THE REGIONALIZATION FACTORS, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE DETERMINES THE MEDIAN SINGLE-FAMILY HOME VALUE FOR EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT AT THAT FOUR-YEAR TIME, AND THAT'S GOING TO COME OUT IN NOVEMBER. THE LEGISLATURE THEN REVISES THE MINIMUM ALLOCATIONS, REGIONALIZATION FACTORS, AND INFLATIONARY MEASURES, IF NECESSARY, TO ENSURE THAT BASIC EDUCATION ALLOCATIONS CONTINUE TO PROVIDE MARKET RATE SALARIES AND THAT REGIONALIZATION ADJUSTMENTS REFLECT ACTUAL ECONOMIC DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SCHOOL DISTRICTS. WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT THE 2027, THIS UPCOMING LEGISLATURE, MUST EXAMINE AND REBASE COMPENSATION, REGIONALIZATION, AND INFLATION. SO OUR JOB, WHAT CAN WE DO? ONCE WE FIND OUT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE THE DISTRICT PROPERTY VALUE, WHICH SHOULD COME OUT IN NOVEMBER, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE IMPACT IS FOR FERNDALE. AND UNLESS IT SAVES MONEY IN THE BUDGET, THEY MIGHT NOT CHANGE THE VALUES, BUT WE CAN WORK WITH OUR LEGISLATORS ONCE WE HAVE THE NUMBERS AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO ACTUALLY REVIEW THAT DATA TO MAKE CHANGES. SO THAT'S THE REGIONALIZATION REBASE. WE'RE AT THAT FOUR-YEAR MARK, AND SO THAT WILL AFFECT MONEY THAT WE DO OR DO NOT RECEIVE. CAN YOU GO OVER THOSE PERCENTAGES AGAIN? YEAH. SIX PERCENT, 12 PERCENT, OR 18 PERCENT ADDED TO THE AMOUNT OF STATE FUNDING THAT A DISTRICT RECEIVES. SO DO WE KNOW WHERE WE ARE ON THAT? OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I THINK SIX PERCENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. NANCY, DO YOU KNOW ON THAT, IS THAT A SET AMOUNT IN THE BUDGET IN THE SENSE OF WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING AT IT, THEY'VE GOT A POT OF MONEY AND THEY'RE GOING TO DIVIDE IT [00:45:01] AMONG THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, OR IS THAT, AND I GUESS THE QUESTION I'M ASKING, ARE WE COMPETING AGAINST OTHER DISTRICTS FOR THE SAME POT OF MONEY, OR IF THERE'S ENOUGH REGIONALIZATION, DOES THAT INCREASE THE AMOUNT THAT GOES TO THE SCHOOLS OUT OF THE BUDGET? MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE'S A SET POT OF MONEY FOR ALL OF THE SCHOOLS, AND DEPENDING UPON THEIR LOCATION AND THAT REGIONALIZATION FACTORS INTO AN ADDITIONAL SIX, 12, OR 18 PERCENT BEYOND THE BASE LEVEL. DO YOU HAVE SOME KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THAT? YEAH, I WOULD JUST SAY I, AND MAYBE MARK AND HOLLY UNDERSTAND, I HAVE ASKED SO MANY PEOPLE TO EXPLAIN TO ME HOW THEY GET THESE CALCULATIONS. I'VE YET TO EVER GET THE SAME ANSWER. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. AND SO LIKE LYNDON HAS A HIGHER REGIONALIZATION THAN WE DO. SEE, YEAH. AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR US IS, SO YOU KNOW HOW WE ONLY GET A PERCENT OF, SO WE HAVE THE PROTOTYPICAL MODEL, SO WE ONLY GET PAID FOR SO MANY TEACHERS OR STAFF, AND THEN WE ONLY GET A PORTION OF WHAT IT ACTUALLY COSTS TO HAVE THEM. YOU KNOW, SO WE GET $80,000 INSTEAD OF THE $120,000 OR WHATEVER. THE DISTRICTS GET REIMBURSED DIFFERENTLY BASED ON REGIONALIZATION. OKAY. OKAY, AND THIS IS ALL BASED OFF HOME VALUES OR PROPERTY VALUES? THAT IS A REALLY GOOD QUESTION, AND DEPENDING, I THINK THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID TO YOU, BUT THEN I'VE HEARD DIFFERENT FORMULAS, AND DO YOU, HAVE YOU EVER HEARD A REALLY GOOD DEFINITION? WHEN IT FIRST CAME OUT, THEY EXPLAINED IT ALL TO US, AND IT DOESN'T, NOBODY CAN RECREATE THE WAY THEY ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT IT. BECAUSE IT HAS TO DO WITH YOUR, IF YOUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICT IS, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE LOWER THAN THEY ARE. THERE'S ALL KINDS OF ADJUSTMENTS TO IT THAT DON'T ACTUALLY WORK. OKAY. I REMEMBER, I DIDN'T TAKE THIS DOWN IN NOTES, BUT I DO REMEMBER THEM SAYING, YOU CAN'T BE 2% DIFFERENT FROM A NEIGHBORING, MORE THAN 2% DIFFERENT. BUT I THINK THAT HAD TO DO WITH THE LEA, NOT THE REGIONALIZATION. I THINK THAT WAS LEA. IT HAD TO BE, BECAUSE 6, 12, OR 18. YEAH, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE MATH OF SOME OF THESE THINGS. OKAY, SO THAT, SO TWO MORE VERY SHORT THINGS. THE FINAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY HANDBOOK JUST CAME OUT, AND THANK YOU, CHRIS, FOR PRINTING THAT OFF FOR ME. I APPRECIATE IT. AND SEPTEMBER 19TH IS GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AND I'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT FOR OUR BOARD. WE'VE ALREADY HAD LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT. AND THEN THE FINAL THING IS YESTERDAY AT 4 P.M. WAS THE VERY FIRST OFFICIAL NOMINATING COMMITTEE MEETING WITH OUR NEW MEMBERS. IF YOU WILL REMEMBER, OUR ABILITIES TO DO OUR JOB WAS REINSTATED ABOUT A MONTH AGO. AND THEN YESTERDAY WE HAD THE MEETING THAT SAID, OKAY, NOW WE HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU TO DO. AND THE SOMETHING FOR US TO DO WAS YESTERDAY WAS THE MEETING, TODAY WAS THE CALL FOR ELECTIONS. SO WE ALL, HOPEFULLY, IF EVERYBODY GOT THEIR JOB DONE, WE ALL PUT OUT TODAY THE CALL FOR ELECTIONS. SO YOU HAVE ONE IN YOUR INBOX AS A BOARD DIRECTOR. AND THEN IT HAS EVERYTHING ABOUT THE CANDIDATE FILING WINDOW, SEPTEMBER 1ST THROUGH 16TH, THE VOTING WINDOW, OCTOBER 1ST THROUGH 16TH, ET CETERA. SO ANYWAY, YOU KNOW I'LL BE HOUNDING YOU ABOUT THAT AS THAT GETS CLOSER. SO THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. THANK YOU. DID YOU SAY IF THAT'S IN OUR PERSONAL EMAIL ADDRESSES OR OUR WORK? NO. BOARD EMAIL. BOARD EMAIL. YEAH. BOARD, OKAY. AND NANCY HOUNDS US IN A VERY LOVING WAY TO VOTE, UNLESS YOU DON'T VOTE AND THEN IT GETS PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. SO RESPOND TO HER FIRST REMINDER TO VOTE. THAT'S MY ADVICE. THANK YOU, NANCY. APPRECIATE THAT AND APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS TO EXPLAIN THE LEA EQUALIZATION BECAUSE I WOULD AGREE WITH MARK AND KRISTI AND ALL THOSE THAT SPOKE. I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYBODY EXPLAIN IT THE SAME WAY TWICE. SO KEEP IT CONFUSING AND THEN WE HAVE TROUBLE KNOWING WHAT'S GOING ON. [7. MATTERS RESERVED FOR BOARD ACTION] OKAY. SO THAT'LL TAKE US ON TO SECTION 7 OF OUR MEETING, WHICH IS MATTERS RESERVED FOR BOARD ACTION, THE FIRST OF WHICH IS THE HIGHLY CAPABLE TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATION PHASE 2. IF YOU RECALL, THIS WAS PRESENTED [00:50:01] TO US LAST MONTH AT OUR MEETING AND WE HAD TIME TO READ THROUGH IT. AND NOW WE ARE HERE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION, AND THEN TO ACT ON THIS RECOMMENDATION. SO THE FLOOR IS NOW OPEN FOR ANY DISCUSSION. AND I GUESS I SHOULD ASK, IS THERE ANY COMMENTS THAT THOSE THAT PRESENTED LAST MONTH WANTED TO MAKE IN PREPARATION FOR THIS OR ANYTHING THEY HAVE THAT THEY WANTED TO ADD? YEAH. SO I DO HAVE QUESTIONS. ONE THING I LEARNED FROM THE ADOPTION OF THE MATH CURRICULUM IS I DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARY THAT YOU ADOPT EVERY SINGLE THING. AND I REMEMBER ASKING WHETHER THIS COULD BE KIND OF AN A LA CARTE SORT OF THING, WHICH SEEMS TO BE THE WAY THAT IT WAS. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, HAVE WE SAT BACK AND I MEAN YOU GUYS PROBABLY HAVE IN TERMS OF BUDGETING, DETERMINING WHAT YOU'VE SET MONEY ASIDE FOR FOR THIS YEAR? AND SO AMONG THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS, WHAT CAN WE AFFORD THIS YEAR? WELL, THE PRIMARY PART OF THE RECOMMENDATION IS THE STAFF. AND THEY ARE IN BUDGET. THEY HAVE CLASSROOMS. THEY'RE STARTING UP IN TERMS OF TRANSPORTATION. ALL OF THOSE THINGS WERE WORKED OUT. SO IT'S ALL THE FOR THIS YEAR, THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE SOLIDIFIED OVER THE COURSE OF NEXT YEAR. AND TRINA AND KELLY, PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. I'M GOING TO GIVE THIS A SHOT. THEY'RE GOING TO DO WORK. SO THEY'LL BE COMING NEXT YEAR TO SAY THESE ARE THE SHIFTS AND THEN WE'LL BUDGET ACCORDING TO THAT. OK. I WOULD AGREE COMPLETELY. REALLY, THIS YEAR IS FOCUSED ON THE PROFESSIONAL GROWTH, SOME LEARNING, AND THAT MIGHT REQUIRE SOME SUB TIMES. WE DO HAVE SOME TITLE TWO FUNDS THAT WE HAVE SET ASIDE AND HAVE ALLOCATED FOR THAT WORK. BUT OTHERWISE, AS KRISTI SAID, EVERYTHING CURRENTLY IS WITHIN OUR BUDGET WITH THE EXISTING STAFF. SO THEN MOVING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS, IF YOU'RE DOING THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THIS YEAR, AND I KNOW THAT'LL BE AN ONGOING THING, BUT ONE THING THAT I FELT LIKE I NEVER REALLY FELT TOTALLY COMFORTABLE WITH WAS THE IDEA OF THE MAGNET SCHOOLS AND TWO SEPARATE SCHOOLS. AND I'M WANTING TO GET A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT THE ACTUAL FOCUS IS. OK. SO THE CONCERNS THAT I HAD WERE THAT I HEARD IT EXPRESSED THAT THEY HAD TRIED TO, THAT WHEN YOU TRY TO EXPAND THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN A HIGHLY CAPABLE ONLY CLASSROOM, THAT YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DO THAT BECAUSE YOU NEED MORE STUDENTS AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE APPROPRIATE TEACHER TO STUDENT RATIO, IN WHICH CASE THE CLASSROOM WOULD NOT CONSIST SPECIFICALLY OF HIGHLY CAPABLE STUDENTS, BUT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE THOSE THAT ARE, WHAT'S THE WORD, THERE WAS ANOTHER WORD FOR IT. THEY'RE NOT LABELED HIGHLY CAPABLE. IT'S SOMETHING ELSE. IT'S HIGH ACHIEVING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, TRINA. AND THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO MADE COMMENTS THAT IF YOU BRING SOME KIDS IN THAT ARE HIGH ACHIEVING AND YOU'RE PUSHING THEM TOO HARD, THAT YOU MAY END UP WITH SOME SELF-ESTEEM ISSUES THAT MAY ULTIMATELY CAUSE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A REGRESSION IN SOME KIDS THAT ARE AT THE LOW END OF THAT. AND SO THERE WAS ALSO A COMMENT SAID THAT WE'VE TRIED THIS ONCE BEFORE AND IT DIDN'T WORK. AND SO I WOULD LIKE MORE HISTORY ON THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS NOW, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD MAKE IT WORK NOW AND NOT THEN, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WERE TO EXPAND THAT. AND IS THE IDEA TO CATER TO THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN LABELED HIGHLY CAPABLE OR IF YOU DO EXPAND IT, THEN DO YOU HAVE TO KIND OF, DO YOU HAVE TO DIAL IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT? I CAN SPEAK TO THAT. AND IF YOU WANT ADDITIONAL TIME OUTSIDE OF THE BOARD MEETING, I LOVE THIS TOPIC. SO I WOULD WELCOME THAT. THE IDEA WOULD BE TO HAVE WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE RIGHT NOW. NOW AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, I'LL SPEAK TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL MODEL, WHERE THE MAGNET CLASSES FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND SOCIAL STUDIES ARE ONLY AT VISTA FOR OUR STUDENTS THAT QUALIFY HIGHLY CAPABLE. SO IF YOU QUALIFY AS HIGHLY CAPABLE IN THE AREA OF READING, FOR EXAMPLE, AND YOU ATTEND HORIZON, YOU AS YOU KNOW PEGGY, THEN YOU WOULD NEED TO [00:55:03] CHANGE YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL IN ORDER TO ACCESS THE HIGHLY CAPABLE MAGNET CLASS. THE IDEA IS THAT THIS SCHOOL YEAR WE WILL WORK ON COLLABORATION AND UNIT DESIGN ACROSS THE TWO SCHOOLS SO THAT THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL YEAR WE WOULD BE ABLE TO OFFER THE MAGNET CLASSES AT BOTH HORIZON AND VISTA. THAT WILL MEAN LIKELY WITH OUR NUMBERS OF STUDENTS WHO QUALIFY HIGHLY CAPABLE, WHICH VARIES BY GRADE LEVEL, IT'S NOT ALWAYS CONSISTENT, BUT THAT THERE WOULD BE A LIKELIHOOD THAT THE CLASSES, BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE TWO CLASSES RATHER THAN THE ONE, WOULD HAVE STUDENTS WITH AND WITHOUT THE HIGHLY CAPABLE DESIGNATION. SOME UPSIDES TO THAT ARE RIGHT NOW WE DO HAVE STUDENTS WHO DON'T QUALIFY HIGHLY CAPABLE BASED ON THE CRITERIA FOR THAT IDENTIFICATION, BUT THEY DO HAVE REALLY HIGH TEST SCORES AND PERFORM WELL IN CLASS AND IT IS THE CLASS IS REALLY DOES MEET THEIR NEEDS AND SO BY HAVING THE CLASS HAVE STUDENTS THAT ARE LIKE IF YOU LOOK AT A RANK ORDER OF TEST SCORES AS ONE INDICATOR FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE CLASS AND YOU LOOK AT THE HIGHLY CAPABLE CRITERIA AND IDENTIFICATION AS ANOTHER YOU CAN STILL END UP IT WILL STILL BE A CLASS OF OF STUDENTS WHO ARE EXCELLING IN THAT AREA AND OUR TEACHERS ARE GIFTED THEMSELVES IN DIFFERENTIATING FOR STUDENTS SO IT WON'T BE THAT WE'RE TAKING IT'S NOT A CLUSTERED MODEL WHERE WE HAVE STUDENTS WITH A RANGE OF ABILITIES THAT IS WIDER WITH STUDENTS CLUSTERED THAT HAVE SIMILAR STRENGTHS THE THE RANGE IN THE MAGNET CLASSES WILL BE STILL LESS BROAD I CAN'T THINK OF THE WORD OPPOSITE OF BROAD WILL STILL BE MORE NARROW THANK YOU IT ALSO WITH WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL OF OUR INCLUSION WORK ACROSS THE DISTRICT WITH STUDENTS WITH SIGNIFICANT NEEDS AND THE WAY WE ARE ADDRESSING THOSE NEEDS IN CLASSES THAT ARE FULL OF ALL TYPES OF LEARNERS AND HOW LEARNERS BENEFIT FROM THAT THIS IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THAT STILL ON A NARROWER LEVEL BUT I THINK THEY'LL BE GREAT BENEFITS ONE OTHER THING TO ADD IS THIS PAST YEAR WE DID HAVE STUDENTS IN ONE OF THE GRADES AT VISTA THAT WERE IT WAS A CLASS THAT WAS ALREADY MIXED WITH STUDENTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED AND NON IDENTIFIED IN ORDER TO BRING THE NUMBERS UP TO A SIMILAR SIZE AS THE OTHER CLASSES SO IT'S ALREADY BEEN HAPPENING WE DO THAT IN MATH RIGHT NOW IN OUR ADVANCED MATH CLASSES AREN'T BASED ON IDENTIFICATION FOR HIGHLY CAPABLE BUT THEY'RE BASED ON TEST SCORES AND THERE'S STUDENTS WITH THEM WITHOUT THE HIGHLY CAPABLE IDENTIFICATION IN OUR ADVANCED MATH CLASSES SO IT'S ALREADY HAPPENING IN PLACES THIS WOULD JUST ALLOW STUDENTS OUT EITHER A MIDDLE SCHOOL TO BE ABLE TO STAY IN THEIR HOME SCHOOL AND GET THE SERVICES THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A NEED FOR THEM ANY OTHER QUESTIONS I JUST LIKED THE THE UNIVERSAL SCREENING SO KIDS DON'T GET MISSED I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD CHANGE WELL NOT ONLY THAT BUT KIDS DON'T GET PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT YOU KNOW I MEAN THE KIDS THAT EVERYONE GETS A CHANCE AT RATHER THAN YOU KNOW THE RIGHT PEOPLE OR WHATEVER YEAH AND I THINK YOU KNOW AS I MENTIONED LAST WEEK OR LAST MONTH YOU KNOW HIGHLY CAPABLE WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT GOT ME ON THE BOARD IN THE FIRST PLACE AND THE MORE WE CAN SPREAD OUT THOSE TECHNIQUES THE MORE WE CAN PUSH EACH STUDENT TO ACHIEVE THEIR BEST BETTER OFF YOU KNOW WE ARE I LIKED IT AT THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE WE WERE AT WHERE THEY SAID THAT EVERY PERSON YOU WORK WITH SHOULD HAVE AN EXPERT POWER THAT IS CELEBRATED YOU KNOW SO EVERY EVERY KID THAT WE WORK WITH HAS SOMETHING THAT THEY ARE GOOD AT AND WE THEY'VE SAID IT OR I'VE HEARD IT SAID BEFORE BUT YOU KNOW IF YOU JUDGE A FISH BY ITS ABILITY TO CLIMB A TREE IT WILL LIVE ITS ENTIRE LIFE AS A FAILURE YOU KNOW SO PART OF THAT IS FINDING WHAT THEY'RE GOOD AT AND HELPING THEM TO ACHIEVE [01:00:01] WITH IT SO YEAH PEGGY YEAH BUT THIS IS SPECIFICALLY FOR ENGLISH AND MATH AND SOCIAL STUDIES IS YOU KNOW THEY VERY VERY CLEARLY IDENTIFIED THAT THOSE ARE THE AREAS THAT THEY WILL CONCENTRATE NOT IN YEAH THIS DATE IDENTIFIES THAT BUT I THINK YOUR POINT IS LIKE I I REMEMBER THIS YEAR THERE WAS A YOUNG A YOUNG LADY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL HAD NEVER TAKEN A WELDING CLASS BEFORE TAKES WELDING THAT'S IT WAS NOT HER PASSION SHE'S LIKE HER DREAMS ARE TO GO TO HARVARD I THINK IN FOR MATHEMATICS WHICH THERE IS SOME IN THERE BUT SHE WON THE FIRST COMPETITION SHE WAS IN THE TOP PERCENT LIKE SHE FOUND THIS INCREDIBLE TALENT IN WELDING AND I THINK THAT'S THE POINT LIKE IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE S BACK IF WE ONLY LOOK AT THAT THEN WE MISS THE GIFTS OF SO MANY SO MANY STUDENTS AND I DO AGREE I MEAN IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE GREATEST EVENT INVENTORS SOME OF THEM DIDN'T EVEN GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL SO SO I MEAN THAT'S KIND OF THE OTHER THING IS THAT I'VE READ ARTICLES THAT SAY THAT MOST KIDS WHO IDENTIFY AS HIGHLY CAPABLE DON'T NECESSARILY SEE THE SAME SUCCESS AFTER THEY GRADUATE HOW DO YOU KEEP THAT MOMENTUM GOING AS THEY ENTERED I IDENTIFIED WHAT THE WHAT'S THE CAUSE OF YOU KNOW JUST TO THRIVE AFTERWARDS I WILL SAY IN AND I HAVE NOT TALKED TO KELLY AND TRINA ABOUT THIS I DID NOT I YOU MAY HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS BUT I WILL JUST TELL YOU IN WHAT I'VE TALKED TO STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE PROGRAM HER OPTED OUT OF THE PROGRAM THEY SAID THEIR BIGGEST CONCERN WAS THE SOCIAL LIMITATION WHILE IN THE PROGRAM JUST BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T IF THEY WEREN'T AT THEIR HOME SCHOOL THEN WHEN THEY WERE GOING TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE SAME SOCIAL CONNECTION I DON'T KNOW IT'S ALWAYS MADE ME WONDER THAT WAS A QUESTION THAT OUR STUDENTS ASKED ME HAVE WE LOOKED AT THAT SO I DON'T KNOW I DON'T KNOW I MEAN I ASKED MY DAUGHTER BECAUSE SHE WAS IN THE PULLOUT PROGRAM WHICH I UNDERSTAND IS GOING TO BE PHASED OUT RIGHT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GO AWAY FROM PULLOUT BUT AND SHE'S LIKE I WAS SO LONG AGO I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER AND AND SHE GOES WELL I DO REMEMBER IT WAS IT WAS NICE TO BE WITH JUST THE WELL-BEHAVED KIDS WHICH YOU KNOW THIS IS A THAT'S NOT A SIGNATURE HIGHLY CAPABLE BEHAVIOR LIKE RIGHT SO I THINK THAT'S THE OTHER THING IS WE CAN'T JUST ASSUME BECAUSE A STUDENT HAS GOOD COMPLIANCE THAT THEY'RE HIGHLY CAPABLE SOME OF MY FAVORITE STUDENTS I WOULDN'T PUT THEM IN THE AS A TEACHER MAYBE THAT WAS NOT THEIR SPECIALTY WAS COMPLIANCE BUT THEY WERE VERY GIFTED SO I JUST THINK IT'S GOOD I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION I REALLY APPRECIATE THE ADVISORY WRESTLED WITH SOME VERY HARD THINGS I KNOW IT WAS PERSONAL AND I I'M VERY PROUD OF THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THEY CAME TO SO I GUESS WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW IS IS THIS MODULAR ACTUALLY I MEAN THIS THIS THIS GO-ROUND WE'RE BASICALLY APPROVING YOU KNOW THE THE THE FIRST FIRST BIT WHICH IS THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND AND SOME OF THE BEGINNING STEPS BUT GOING FORWARD COULD THIS CHANGE I MEAN IF SOMEBODY THEY WOULD COME BACK TO YOU IF THEY NEEDED TO ADJUST IT THIS IS THEIR BEST INFORMATION TODAY AND I THINK IF IF I RECALL CORRECTLY RIGHT WITHIN IT THEY INDICATE THAT IT IS BUDGETARY CONSIDERATIONS WILL COME INTO EFFECT IN THE ENACTMENT AND THE PROCESS WITH THIS PHASE YOU KNOW UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S A REALITY OF NOW AS BUDGET DICTATES WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO I KIND OF HAD ANOTHER QUESTION TOO OKAY THERE WAS TALK ABOUT PROJECT-BASED LEARNING YOU KNOW FOR FOR KIDS HOW DO YOU DETERMINE WHICH PROJECTS HAVE THE BROADEST APPEAL BECAUSE YOU KNOW I THINK LIKE WITH SOME HIGHLY CAPABLE STUDENTS I MEAN THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE STICKING TO MATH ENGLISH WHATEVER IT WOULD BE MORE APPLIED YOU KNOW AND IN THAT CASE HOW DO YOU DETERMINE YOU KNOW WHAT SO I THINK YOU'RE GETTING AHEAD OF WHERE THEY ARE BECAUSE THEY HAVE THIS YEAR TO WORK ON THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SO THAT'S GOING TO BE THE TYPE OF LEARNING AND QUESTIONS THEY DIVE DEEP INTO THIS YEAR BUT BUT IS THERE GOING TO BE ANY ANY INVESTIGATION OF WHAT KINDS OF PROJECT BECAUSE I MEAN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO LAY THE THE GROUNDWORK FOR THOSE PROJECT BASED OPPORTUNITIES AND YOU KNOW IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE CONSISTENT AND SO I JUST WAS WONDERING AND AND AND HOW DO YOU YOU KNOW [01:05:02] WHEN DO YOU START ON THAT AND HOW MUCH HOW EXPENSIVE IS THAT I MEAN WHAT KIND OF PROJECTS ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ARE THESE IS IT PART OF PART OF THE STUFF THAT WE ALREADY HAVE OR YOU KNOW YEAH THAT WILL BE THAT'S ALL FOR THEM TO WRESTLE WITH OVER THE COURSE OF THIS YEAR AND THEN THEY'LL CONTINUE TO REFINE HAVE CONVERSATIONS LIKE KEVIN SAID IT'S ALL BASED ON BUDGET AND SO I'VE SEEN LOTS OF DIFFERENT POINTS TO THAT AND I THINK ALSO THEIR STUDENT VOICE IN THAT SO FOR US TO GO AHEAD AND PLAN IT WITHOUT THE STUDENT IN FRONT OF US AND THE PARENTS INVOLVED THAT'S COMPLICATED TOO SO MORE TO COME PEGGY SO I MEAN YOU GUYS ARE OKAY SO AMONG THE STRATEGIES THAT THEY LISTED WAS YOU KNOW ADVANCEMENT LIKE ADVANCEMENT FOR YOU MOVING KIDS UP A GRADE LEVEL AND I'M SURE WE MUST HAVE SOME PROTOCOLS AND PROCEDURES FOR DOING THAT AND WHERE DO YOU FIND THOSE AS WE SHARED IN LAST MONTH'S PRESENTATION THAT'S PART OF THE UPCOMING WORK IS WE HAVE POLICY REVISION THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN DURING THIS UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR SO YOU WILL FIND THOSE REVISED IN THIS UPCOMING YEAR AND THAT WILL COME TO YOU AS PART OF THE POLICY REVISION PROCESS IS IT POSSIBLE TO OFFER ANY FEEDBACK INTO THAT BECAUSE I HAVE WORKED WITH A COUPLE OF STUDENTS WHO REALLY WOULD HAVE BENEFITED THIS IS A WHILE AGO NOW NOBODY'S AROUND THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THIS SINCE WHO REALLY NEEDED TO BE SKIPPED A GRADE WOULD HAVE BENEFITED FROM IT BUT AT THE TIME AT THE TIME IT WAS JUST DENIED AND AS A RESULT THESE KIDS ENDED UP LEAVING THE DISTRICT AND SO I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO CHIP IN SUGGESTION THAT WOULD BE GREAT I PAY BECAUSE THIS IS DEFINITELY AN AREA PASSION FOR YOU WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS YOU SET UP MAYBE EVEN A QUARTERLY MEETING WITH THEM TO GET UPDATES ON THE WORK TALK TO THEM ABOUT IT I THINK THAT IS LIKE A VERY GOOD USE OF THEIR TIME THEN THEY CAN HAVE IN-DEPTH CONVERSATIONS SHARE WHAT'S HAPPENING AND THAT'S JUST MY SUGGESTION THAT WORK OKAY ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THE TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATION SEEING NONE THEN THE CHAIR WILL PUT FORTH THAT WE ADOPT THE HIGHLY CAPABLE TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS PHASE 2 IS PRESENTED HERE AND MAKE IT PART OF THE MINUTES SO WE'LL START WITH THE STUDENT ADVISORY VOTE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE AYE OKAY ON POST SO WITH A POSITIVE ADVISORY VOTE FROM THE STUDENTS WE'LL MOVE TO THE ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE AYE AYE FOR THOSE THAT ARE HEARING THAT THAT'S ANTONIO WHO'S JOINING US VIA ZOOM SO THE VOLUME LEVEL IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THANK YOU ANTONIO FOR JOINING US JUST A LITTLE BIT BUT THAT'S OKAY WE'RE GETTING USED TO IT IT KEEPS US ON OUR TOES AND KEEPS US AWAKE IN OUR WARM ROOM AND YOU'RE PROBABLY IN YOUR AIR-CONDITIONED CAR SO THAT'S OKAY NO WORRIES YOUR INSIDE VOICE SPOKEN LIKE A TRUE MOTHER OKAY SO ALL THOSE I GOT MYSELF LOST OR WE WE VOTED YES ALL THOSE OPPOSED OKAY SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS ADOPTED THAT TAKES US ON TO ITEM 7.02 WHICH IS TO ACT ON REVISED POLICY 3242 THE CLOSED CAMPUS THIS WAS IS ONE OF THREE POLICIES THAT WE WERE GIVEN LAST MONTH TO LOOK AT AND TO DISCUSS AT TONIGHT'S MEETING AND TO ACT ON SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION IN REGARDS TO POLICY 3242 PEGGY OH I WAS WONDERING WHAT THE STUDENTS THOUGHT ABOUT FROM WHAT WE FROM WHAT WE ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT RIGHT BEFORE THE MEETING I DON'T THINK IT'S A WORRY I THINK IT'S PRETTY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAD I THINK IT'S JUST CLEARING UP SOME LANGUAGE THAT WAS USED IN THE POLICY SO FROM WHAT WE UNDERSTOOD FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND BASICALLY IT'LL BE THIS LIKE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME THING WHERE HIGH SCHOOL SPECIFICALLY IT'S COOL IT'S CLOSED CAMPUS BUT I WAS JUST WORRIED ABOUT LIKE JUST LUNCH TIMES BUT THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE SAME WHERE THE SCHOOL WILL GET TO DECIDE SO THE ADMIN TEAM AT THE HIGH SCHOOL GET TO DECIDE LIKE WHAT GRADES CAN GO OUT FOR LUNCH AND IT'S LIKE A PRIVILEGE THAT CAN GET TAKEN AWAY SO THAT WAS THE ONLY THING [01:10:01] I WAS WORRIED ABOUT I THOUGHT IT WAS LIKE MET CLOSED CAMPUS ALL DAY BUT WE CLEARED THAT UP SO I'M GOOD TO GO I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD I JUST WAS CURIOUS TO WHAT THEY THOUGHT ABOUT IT IT'S GRADES 9 THROUGH 12 NOT 10 11 12 RIGHT SO RIGHT NOW IT SAYS 9 THROUGH 12 HOWEVER REMEMBER THE PROCEDURE IS WHAT WE'RE WAITING FOR TO WRITE AND CURRENTLY IT IS CLOSED CAMPUS FOR 9TH GRADE IT'S A PRIVILEGE FOR 10 11 AND 12 DO WE THINK IN LIKE LIKE FUTURE YEARS IS THAT GONNA CHANGE AND IS IT GONNA JUST LIKE PROGRESSIVELY BE MORE IT DEPENDS ON THE STUDENTS MAKING DECISIONS TO BE RESPONSIBLE WITH THEIR TIME OKAY SO IF IT BECOMES SOMETHING THAT IS INTERFERING TO GO OFF CAMPUS AND THIS IS ME THE SUPERINTENDENT TALKING IF IF STUDENTS ARE NOT IF THEY'RE CONSISTENTLY LATE THEY'RE CAUSING HAVOC IN THE COMMUNITY WHATEVER IT COULD BE THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE TABLE AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION SO IT'S A RESPONSIBILITY THAT WE GRANT STUDENTS BUT IF WE HAVE ANY STUDENT WHO CANNOT HANDLE THAT LEVEL OF RESPONSIBILITY IT CAN BE REVOKED FOR AN INDIVIDUAL BUT IF THERE WAS AN OVERALL GROUP THAT WAS HAVING A HARD TIME WE WOULD REVOKE IT FOR THE ENTIRE GRADE I DO HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION SO FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR IS IT STILL CLOSED CAMPUS LIKE FULLY FOR FRESHMEN AND THEN 10TH 11 12 OR IS IT LIKE 9TH AND 10TH NOW CAN'T GO NO IT'S STILL 10TH 11TH AND 12 IT'S THE SAME AS LAST YEAR SO IF YOU ARE A FRESHMAN YOU ARE ON CAMPUS 10 11 AND 12 WITH RESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOR YOU CAN GO OFF CAMPUS FOR LUNCH OKAY THANK YOU THIS SCHOOL YEAR IS KIND OF OUR BIG KICKOFF FOR AN ACADEMIC FOCUS SO I I KNOW BEHAVIOR IS ONE OF THE THINGS HAVING TO DO WITH REVOKING THAT PRIVILEGE BUT I WONDER IF ACADEMICS WOULD PLAY ANY ROLE IN REVOKE REVOCATION OF PRIVILEGES IT COULD BE TWOFOLD I THINK IN OUR STAFF KNOWS THE STUDENTS YOU KNOW IT'S KIND OF LIKE SOMETIMES PEOPLE SAY OH THIS STUDENT'S NOT DOING WELL IN CLASS WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THEM IN FROM RECESS WHAT ACTUALLY BACKFIRES AND CAUSES MORE SO YOU KNOW I JUST THINK SOME STUDENTS NEED JUST A BREAK TO STEP AWAY SO I THINK IT'S OUR STAFF KNOWING WHO THE STUDENTS ARE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM I THINK IT'S MORE AROUND ATTENDANCE DO THEY GET BACK TO CLASS IF THEY'RE REPEATEDLY BEING THERE THERE'S TWO THINGS I'VE HEARD ABOUT AND TRINA PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CHIME IN IF WE'RE GETTING CALLS ABOUT STUDENT BEHAVIOR OUT IN THE COMMUNITY DURING LUNCH WE USUALLY KNOW WHO THAT IS LIKE IT GETS REPORTED TO US WE'LL DEAL WITH THAT OR IF A STUDENT IS REPEATEDLY NOT GETTING BACK TO CLASS IN TIME THEY'RE CHRONICALLY LATE FOR THAT NEXT PERIOD THEN IT WOULD BE REVOKED TRINA ANYTHING YOU WOULD ADD NO I THINK THAT THAT IS IN LINE WITH THE THINKING I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS I LIKE ABOUT THE POLICY IS THAT IT ALLOWS FOR IT TO ADJUST YEAR-TO-YEAR AS NEEDED BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION AND THE APPROVAL OF THE SUPERINTENDENT AND ONCE THE POLICY IS IF IT WERE TO BE APPROVED TONIGHT WE HAVE DRAFT LANGUAGE READY FOR THE PROCEDURES TO BE GETTING THAT IN PLACE AS WELL AS COMMUNICATION AND GUIDANCE TO THE STUDENTS OF THE IDEA OF THAT BEING A PRIVILEGE AND WHAT BEHAVIOR AND EXPECTATIONS GO WITH THAT SO THE PRECEDING EXCUSE ME SO THE PROCEDURE WILL BE READY VERY SOON AFTER THE POLICIES THEY ARE THEY HAVE IT READY TO GO WE'LL FINE-TUNE IT BUT WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH IT UNTIL SO IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE IT FOR THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL SO COUPLE MORE YEAH YEAH CUZ OTHERWISE YOU'RE THERE I DID HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT IT THAT ONE AND I MEAN I'M MORE OF A PERSONAL FREEDOM PERSON MYSELF BUT I SAW SOME SOME ARTICLE THAT SAID THAT OPEN CAMPUS POLICIES LEAD TO KIDS EATING JUNK FOOD BECAUSE THEY GO OFF AND GET FAST FOOD PLACES AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND YOU KNOW THAT'S I THINK ON THEM I YOU KNOW I CAN'T MONITOR ALL THAT YEAH WE CAN CONTROL WHAT SERVED ON OUR CAMPUS YES SO THAT BUT THAT LEADS TO THE SECOND [01:15:01] QUESTION WHICH IS ARE THEY PROVIDING FREE LUNCHES FOR ALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THIS YEAR YES OKAY SO IF STUDENTS CAN JUST ON A WHIM DECIDE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GO OFF FOR LUNCH RATHER THAN EATING HOW DOES THAT WORK INTO YOUR PLANNING FOR SERVING MEALS AND DOES IT LEAD TO WASTE OF FOOD AND EXTRA EXPENSE WELL I WOULD SAY THEY'RE PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH THEIR FOOD MEALS LIKE THEY THEY HAVE IT DOWN TO A SCIENCE SO I THINK YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED HOW MANY STUDENTS STAY ON CAMPUS IT IS QUITE A FEW STUDENTS STAY BECAUSE OF THE SOCIAL INTERACTION THEY LIKE TO BE THERE THEY CHECK IN WITH TEACHERS I'VE SEEN THESE TWO HANGING OUT ON CAMPUS I MEAN THE THING ABOUT OUR HIGH SCHOOL IS THE PLACE THAT KIDS WANT TO BE AND SO I WOULD SAY MORE STUDENTS STAY ON CAMPUS THAN LEAVE SO IF YOU'RE IN OUR STUDENTS AGREE WITH THAT UM I WILL SAY THAT A LOT OF THE TIMES WHEN I WOULD GO OFF CAMPUS IT JUST BE WITH LIKE MY FRIENDS FOR LUNCH AND THEN BUT A LOT OF THE TIME ACTUALLY SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF PARKING YOU WOULDN'T LEAVE BECAUSE IT'S LIKE OH IF WE LEAVE LIKE YOUR SPOTS GONE SO YOU HAVE TO PARK IN THE BACK LOT AND THERE'S LOTS OF DECISION-MAKING HERE SO WHAT'S IT CALLED I DO VIEW AS LIKE A PRIVILEGE AND I DON'T I THINK SOME PEOPLE OR SOME STUDENTS DON'T VIEW AS AS LIKE OH LIKE IT'S NOT A PRIVILEGE LIKE WE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO DO THAT BUT I DO THINK THAT IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO LIKE GO OUT TO EAT BECAUSE I REMEMBER IN LIKE MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT WAS ONE THING I WAS VERY EXCITED ABOUT TO DO IN HIGH SCHOOL SO I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT LIKE YEAH I DID SPEND LIKE PROBABLY LIKE A SIXTY PERCENT TO FORTY PERCENT LIKE OF MY TIME AT THE SCHOOL DURING LUNCH SO I WOULDN'T GO OUT LIKE TOO MUCH IF THAT MAKES SENSE IT ADDS UP IT'S EXPENSIVE HOW LONG IS THE LUNCH BREAK AT THE HIGH SCHOOL I THINK IT'S JUST THIRTY MINUTES SO IT'S NOT LONG SO THEY WALK OUT TO THEIR CAR THAT'S PROBABLY AT LEAST FIVE MINUTES THEY GET OUT I MEAN HOW OFTEN I WOULD SAY MOST THE MOST THE STUDENTS THAT I'VE SEEN GO TO LITTLE CAESARS MUGSHOTS THEY'LL WALK SOMEWHERE I THINK ALSO WHEN MOST OF THE STUDENTS GO OFF CAMPUS AND GET FOOD USUALLY THEY COME BACK INTO LIKE THE CAP LIKE THE COMMONS CAFETERIA AREA AND EAT THEIR FOOD THERE SO THEY DON'T SPEND SO MUCH TIME OFF AND THEN THEY'RE LIKE IN THE SCHOOL BUILDING EATING THEIR LUNCH WITH ALL THEIR OTHER FRIENDS I MEAN I'M GONNA BE HONEST I'VE SEEN STUDENTS STANDING OUTSIDE THEY JUST GO RIGHT OUTSIDE AND THEY HAVE DOOR-DELIVER THEM FOOD I MEAN LIKE WE'RE DEALING WITH A DIFFERENT TIME FRAME HERE SO SO I'M GONNA GO BACK TO WHEN OUR YOU KNOW OLDEST KIDS WERE IN SCHOOL AND THEY HAD THE TWO LUNCHES AND IT JUST AND THEY WERE SHORT AND IT WOULD BE STANDING IN LINE IT WOULD TAKE UP A LOT OF TIME STANDING IN LINE AT THE CAFETERIA SO IS THAT HAS THAT SPED UP BECAUSE THAT ALSO KILLS A LOT OF TIME WAITING IN LINE YEAH IT THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IN HIGH SCHOOL WHEN WE THINK ABOUT SOME OF THESE RESPONSIBILITIES IS THEY'RE LEARNING SOME TIME MANAGEMENT YOU KNOW THERE'S SOME RESPONSIBILITY IT IS VERY EXPENSIVE TO GO DO THESE THINGS AND SO YOU KNOW UNLESS YOU HAVE A MEANS FOR FUNDS BUT THERE'S MORE THAN JUST LUNCHTIME TOO WE ALSO HAVE JUNIORS AND SENIORS WHO ARE INVOLVED IN RUNNING START COMING AND GOING LIKE THERE'S JUST LUNCH ISN'T THE ONLY THING THAT KIDS ARE COMING AND GOING FOR I HAVE KNOWN STUDENTS TO SAY HEY I NEED TO GO RUN AN ERRAND OR I FORGOT MY GYM BAG I'M GONNA USE MY LUNCH TIME TO RUN HOME REAL FAST AND GRAB MY PRACTICE STUFF SO IT'S NOT ALWAYS JUST AROUND FOOD SO YEAH BUT AGAIN I THINK THE THE BIGGEST STRESSOR FOR ME IS OUR HIGH SCHOOL STAFF IS USING IT AS PRIVILEGE YOU HEARD OUR STUDENTS SAY THAT AND AS LONG AS YOU'RE MANAGING YOURSELF AND USING YOUR TIME WISELY AND BEING RESPONSIBLE WITH YOUR TIME YOU GET TO MAINTAIN THE PRIVILEGE IF YOU'RE NOT IT'S REVOKED WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU REVOKE IT AND THE PERSON JUST GOES ANYWAY THAT'S A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION YEAH I MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE REVISED POLICY 32 42 AND IT HAS BEEN MOVED THAT WE ADOPT THE REVISED POLICY 32 42 CLOSED CAMPUS STARTING WITH THE STUDENT ADVISORY VOTE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE AYE ALL OPPOSED SO WITH A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE STUDENTS IN THE AFFIRMATIVE WE'LL MOVE IT TO THE ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING REVISED POLICY 32 42 CLOSED CAMPUS SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE AYE ALL OPPOSED OKAY [01:20:04] SO REVISED POLICY 32 42 HAS BEEN ADOPTED THAT THEN DOES BRING US ON TO THE NEXT POLICY THAT WE HAVE UP WHICH IS REVISED POLICY 61 14 GIFTS SO THAT WILL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR ANY QUESTIONS AND OR DISCUSSION I'LL START I'VE HAD A BIT OF THAT BACK AND FORTH WITH CHRISTIAN AND MARK ABOUT THIS POLICY AND SPECIFICALLY AROUND THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNSOLICITED OR BOOSTER GIFTS AND IT SPECIFICALLY GOES AROUND THE FOUR WORDS OF UNACCEPTABLE LEVELS OF DISPARITY AND I'M A BIT CONCERNED THAT IT LEAVES IT VAGUE IN THAT TO THE POINT WHERE THE POLICY IS NOT WHAT IS DRIVING THIS AT THE BEGINNING INSTEAD THE PROCEDURAL WILL BE THE WHAT IS DRIVING THIS SO THAT'S MY CONCERN I'M KIND OF CURIOUS OF WHAT IF THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS HAVE READ THIS POLICY AND THAT JUMPED OUT TO THEM BUT THAT'S KIND OF THAT'S I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT LANGUAGE IN MOST CASES THOUGH THE POLICY DOES TEND TO BE MORE VAGUE AND THE PROCEDURES TEND TO BE MORE SPECIFIC BECAUSE THEY CAN ADDRESS SPECIFIC SITUATIONS YOU KNOW AND AND SO IN THAT BECAUSE THIS GIVES IN MY MIND GIVES THE DISTRICT AND THOSE WRITING UP THE PROCEDURES THE ROOM TO DEAL WITHIN THE LAW AND RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT STATE THAT WAY AS WELL AS BECAUSE AGAIN IF WE GET REAL SPECIFIC IN THE POLICY THEN WE ARE KIND OF STEPPING INTO THAT PROCEDURAL REALM WHICH BOARDS IS POLICY AND DISTRICT IS PROCEDURE AND HOW IT BASICALLY THE PROCEDURE IS HOW THAT POLICY IS IS ENACTED OR PUT FORTH PEGGY WELL I MEAN I GUESS MY MY UNDERSTANDING OF POLICY IS IT CAN BE AS LOOSE OR AS TIGHT AS YOU NEEDED TO BE IN ORDER TO MEET YOUR GOALS AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO ECHO HIS CONCERN ABOUT THE LANGUAGE BECAUSE IT'S LIKE WHO'S DETERMINATION WHO GETS TO DETERMINE WHAT IS A WHAT IS A SIGNIFICANT DISPARITY AND WHAT ISN'T AND IS THERE A GUIDELINE SOMEWHERE YOU KNOW LIKE WITHIN THE STATE LAW THAT ACTUALLY SPELLS OUT WHAT'S CONSIDERED YOU KNOW TOO GREAT A DISPARITY AND WHAT ISN'T I'M GOING TO DEFER TO MARK HE AND I'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT THIS AND I'LL SHARE WHAT I'VE EXPLAINED TO BRIAN I THINK YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED BY HOW MANY GIFTS COME FORWARD TO US SO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE COST TO THE DISTRICT TO MAINTAIN THE GIFT IS IT APPROPRIATE DOES IT DOES IT ALIGN WITH CURRICULUM ALL OF THESE THINGS SO I THINK IT'S WITHIN THE PROCEDURE THAT WE PUT HOW THOSE DECISIONS ARE MADE AND SO BUT I'M GOING TO DEFER TO MARK HERE YEAH EXTREMELY VALID POINTS AND AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST ONES IS THE COMPLIANCE WITH TITLE NINE SO IF WE PUT HARD AND FAST RULES IN THE POLICY THAT ARE NOT ABLE TO WORK ON A SLIDING SCALE YOU'RE GOING TO BE LOCKED INTO MAKING DECISIONS EITHER THAT PUTS YOU IN A POSITION OF BREAKING THE LAW OR TURNING DOWN GIFTS BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT THEY'RE NOT WITHIN THE WITHIN THE POLICY EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY BENEFIT TWO DIFFERENT PROGRAMS BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY TO DETERMINE IS IT EQUITABLE ACROSS PROGRAMS EVEN THOUGH THE GIFT MAY BE OF DIFFERENT SIZE OR DIFFERENT VALUE SO THE BIGGEST KIND OF ISSUE BEHIND THIS WHOLE POLICY IS THE THE THE LEGAL COMPLIANCE AND LARGELY WITH THE TITLE NINE LAWS SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION THE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO AUDIT THIS ARE THE AUDITORS ARE CPR REVIEW THAT COMES FROM OSPI AND THE ADJUDICATOR THAT EVALUATES WHETHER OR NOT THE TITLE NINE LAWSUIT IS SUCCESSFUL I THINK WHAT PEOPLE MAY NOT UNDERSTAND BRIAN I'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION SO I'LL SHARE IT HERE IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM WHEN IT COMES TO TITLE NINE SO LET'S SAY THAT A LARGE DONATION IS MADE TO ONE ATHLETIC PROGRAM AND WE ACCEPT THAT THEN THE DISTRICT IS RESPONSIBLE TO MAKE SURE EVERY [01:25:01] OTHER PROGRAM HAS EQUITABLE AMOUNT OF FUNDING PER THEIR RATIO OF PARTICIPANTS OKAY I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT SOME THINGS ARE MORE EXPENSIVE THAN OTHER SOME PROGRAMS ARE MORE EXPENSIVE TO RUN THAN OTHERS LIKE FOOTBALL IS MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE TO DO THAN VOLLEYBALL BUT IT'S BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS SO THERE'S RATIOS THAT WE LOOK AT AND IT HAS TO BE EQUITABLE NOT EQUAL YEAH THAT'S SO IF A HELMET COSTS MORE THAN A JERSEY THAT'S ALLOWABLE BUT YOU CAN'T BUY THE SUPER CADILLAC HELMET AND A CHEAP DISCOUNT JERSEY RIGHT THEY HAVE TO BE EQUAL QUALITY AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES AND YOU KNOW THERE HAS TO BE EQUITY ACROSS THE PROGRAMS MAYBE THAT'S I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE GREATEST EXAMPLE BECAUSE A HELMET IS ACTUALLY SAFETY EQUIPMENT WHEREAS THE JERSEY DOESN'T MATTER AND IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE THE FUNDS COME FROM SO OKAY SO IS THE WSSDA MODEL POLICY IN COMPLIANCE YES YES OKAY AND WE HAVE ESSENTIALLY GOT THE WSSDA MODEL POLICY RIGHT THAT'S WHAT THIS WE'RE MOVING THIS TOWARDS THE WSSDA MODEL POLICY OKAY SO I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT WE HAD IN PLACE WAS ESSENTIALLY THE WE DID NOT WE'VE MADE A COUPLE OF VERY MINOR LANGUAGE TWEAKS TO ALLOW A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY ON THE REQUEST OF THE BOOSTER CLUB THE NEXT STEPS ACTUALLY THIS IS A UNIQUE POLICY IN THE FACT THAT TYPICALLY A PROCEDURE LIKE WE'LL USE THE CLOSED CAMPUS THE CLOSED CAMPUS PROCEDURE IS BEING WRITTEN BY OUR STAFF THEY'RE YOU KNOW WORKING WITH TRINA THEY MIGHT RUN IT BY A COUPLE KIDS BUT THAT'S KIND OF IN-HOUSE THIS PROCEDURE ACTUALLY IS GOING TO REQUIRE MARK AND ERIC TO GO SIT DOWN AND PROBABLY SOMEBODY FROM AN ELEMENTARY TO GO SIT DOWN AND HAVE BOOSTER CLUB HAVE PEOPLE WHO REPRESENT CTE OR THE FFA HAVE SOMEONE WHO REPRESENTS PTOS IS GOING TO HAVE TO SIT DOWN TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL THIS IS ABOUT EVERY SINGLE GIFT THAT COMES TO THE DISTRICT SO FOR EXAMPLE IN THE PAST WE'VE HAD PTOS WHO HAVE WANTED TO BUY VERY ELABORATE EQUIPMENT FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AWESOME GREAT AND WE CAN'T AFFORD TO MAINTAIN IT BUT AS SOON AS WE ACCEPT THE GIFT WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT WE'RE EITHER RESPONSIBLE FOR IT IN TERMS OF TITLE IX OR MAINTENANCE SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE LOTS OF PEOPLE ENGAGED IN THE WRITING OF THE PROCEDURE ON THIS ONE SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE TO OTHER POLICIES. AM I ALSO CORRECT IN THE ASSUMPTION THAT SAY THERE'S A LARGE DONATION MADE TO A PARTICULAR CLUB OR GROUP THEN IN ORDER TO KEEP TITLE IX IN LINE WITH TITLE IX THEN THE DISTRICT IS RESPONSIBLE TO FUND OTHER GROUPS IN PROPER RATIO TO THAT YEAH SO AGAIN IT DOESN'T MATTER I THINK THERE USED TO BE AN ASSUMPTION THAT IF IT'S A DONATION IT'S ENHANCED FUNDING IT'S NOT ANY MONEY REGARDLESS OF WHERE IT COMES FROM THEN WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR KEEPING AN EQUITABLE BALANCE AMONGST THE GROUPS SO HOW DOES THAT WORK WITH FUNDRAISERS AS OPPOSED TO DONATIONS IF YOU HAVE A GROUP THAT HAS MUCH GREATER ABILITY TO FUNDRAISE THAN ANOTHER GROUP IS THAT ALSO CONSIDERED INEQUITABLE SO IT DEPENDS IF THE DISTRICT IS GETTING THE MONEY OR IF THE AGENCIES SO IF A PTO IS GETTING THE MONEY AND THEY'RE USING IT FOR THEIR SCHOOL BUT YES WE'RE HAVING TO MONITOR ALL OF THAT. I'D REALLY LIKE TO HAVE YOU KNOW A LAWYER COME AND ACTUALLY SPELL OUT OF THE LEGAL WE CAN SHOW YOU OUR CPR REVIEW ON TITLE IX. THIS WAS ONE OF OUR FINDINGS. I'VE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH ON THIS JUST BECAUSE THERE'S KIND OF THE RED FLAG THAT POPPED OUT TO ME AND I'M NOT GETTING THE PART ABOUT US HAVING TO LET'S SAY THE BOOSTER CLUB DONATES I DON'T KNOW YOU KNOW LET'S SAY THAT BOOSTER CLUB DONATES $100,000 FOR TO GET THE COURTROOM SERVICE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AT THE TENNIS COURTS THAT WE HAVE TO SPEND THE EXACT SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY ON THE THE TENNIS TEAM LIKE I SHARED WITH YOU EARLIER IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT SERVES BOTH BOYS AND GIRLS TENNIS. SO IT'S THAT'S [01:30:05] THE THING LIKE IT'S IT'S NOT A PROGRAM BECAUSE IT'S A SPORT IT'S NOT SPORTS SPORT IT'S ABOUT THE TITLE IX ISSUES. OKAY SO AND NOW I THINK ABOUT THIS ALL OF ALL THE SPORTS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL THERE'S BASICALLY ONLY TWO SPORTS THAT ONLY HAVE ONE GENDER IT'S FOOTBALL AND VOLLEYBALL IF I THINK OF TOP OF MY HEAD SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS KIND OF WHAT THIS IS COMING DOWN TO AS FAR AS WHAT THE SPORTS THING AND WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. WELL THAT'S MAYBE CURRENTLY BUT WE WE CAN'T JUST THINK ABOUT RIGHT THIS SECOND I MEAN THIS POLICY HAS TO LAST OVER TIME SO WHAT'D YOU SAY LIKE WE DO HAVE FLAG FOOTBALL NOW BUT IT COULD BE YOU KNOW COULD BE CHEER IT COULD BE I MEAN THERE'S THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS IT'S NOT JUST SPORTS THERE'S LOTS OF INDICATORS. IS THERE ANY DISCREPANCY AS FAR AS LIKE BETWEEN SCHOOLS LIKE IF THERE WAS A LARGE DONATION TO CENTRAL FOR PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT THAT WE NEED TO KEEP THAT EQUITABLE AMONGST THE OTHER SCHOOLS AS WELL OR IS THAT? WE'RE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT THAT THAT'S BEEN ONE OF THE AUDITS WE'VE BEEN DOING ACROSS WITH PLAYGROUNDS AND WE STARTED WITH SAFETY AND WE CHANGED WHO CAN YOU KNOW WE'RE NOT HAVING PEOPLE GO OUT AND SOLICIT THEIR OWN BIG DONATIONS BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF LIKE WHAT BRIAN WAS SAYING ABOUT HIGHLY CAPABLE SOMETIMES IT'S WHO YOU KNOW WHICH SCHOOL GETS THE DONATIONS AND SO WE'RE CENTRALIZING ALL OF THAT THERE'S JUST BEEN A TON OF WORK AND THERE'S STILL A TON OF WORK TO DO WITH THIS PROCEDURE BUT UNTIL IT'S PASSED WE CAN'T GET TO THE MEAT OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO DEFINE THE RULES AND I CAN PROMISE YOU AS A SUPERINTENDENT IT WILL HAVE A LOT OF VOICES AT THE TABLE. YEAH SO YOU AND I TALKED EARLIER AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT STRINGS ATTACHED AND YOU KNOW NOT WANTING TO BE BEHOLDEN TO ANY ONE ORGANIZATION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT ONE NOT WANTING TO PUT LABELS ON THINGS BUT IN THE PAST I MEAN I'M THINKING QUITE A WAYS AGO YOU KNOW WHEN INTELCO WAS INVOLVED MORE YOU KNOW VERY HEAVILY WITH SCHOOLS AND MAKING MAKING DONATIONS AND I THINK THEY DID CREDIT THEM AND IS THAT A PROBLEM BECAUSE YOU KNOW ACKNOWLEDGING THAT BECAUSE IT'S MY WAY OF THINKING THAT ALSO RESTORES LIKE COMMUNITY TIES BETWEEN. PEGGY AS YOU KNOW I'VE BEEN PICKING UP A LOT OF ROCKS OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS SO YES THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF PROBLEMS IN THE PAST WITH HOW PROCEDURES WERE RUN OR LACK OF PROCEDURES I THINK THE PLAYGROUNDS A GREAT EXAMPLE AND I'M GONNA LOOK TO SOMEBODY WHO WORKED AT CENTRAL WE HAD KIDS GETTING SLIVERS IN THEIR HANDS BUT YET WE HAD OTHER SCHOOLS WHO ARE ABLE TO HAVE VERY ELABORATE NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART PLAYGROUND BECAUSE DONATIONS WERE BEING MADE TO ONE SCHOOL BECAUSE SOMEBODY HAD TIES TO THAT SCHOOL OR THAT FOUNDATION SO NOW THAT'S WHAT THE FOUNDATION HAS BEEN DOING IS WORKING WITH US TO MAKE SURE AND NOW WE HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL NEW PLAYGROUND AT CENTRAL AND WE HAVE OTHER SCHOOLS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT AND SO BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO REMEMBER ANYTHING THAT WE ACCEPT COMES WITH UPKEEP SO WE HAVE TO SAY IF WE'RE GONNA PUT IN THIS EQUIPMENT AT CENTRAL IS IT SOMETHING OUR MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT CAN DO HOW INVOLVED ARE THEY SO IT'S JUST IT'S THERE'S NO GIFT THAT'S AN EASY ONE TO JUST TAKE I THINK CAMP IS A IS A REALLY GOOD ONE RIGHT LIKE SOME SCHOOLS USED TO BE ABLE TO RAISE A LOT OF FUNDS FOR CAMP AND SO THE PTOS HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HOW DO WE WORK TOGETHER MAYBE HAVE A COLLECTIVE FUNDRAISER SO WE HAVE A POT OF MONEY THAT SPREAD EQUALLY BASED ON THE NEEDS OF YOUR SCHOOL SO THERE'S THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF REALLY GOOD CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING THIS YEAR WE DID GET A DONATION FROM 66 AND THEN KELLY PUT TOGETHER A FORMULA PER SCHOOL BASED ON YOU KNOW FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH OR NEED AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO SCHOLARSHIP CERTAIN CHILDREN DEPENDING SO NOT ALL THE SCHOOLS GOT THEY DID GET THE EXACT SAME AMOUNT BUT IT WAS WHO WAS GOING TO GET IT SO KELLY PUT TOGETHER A FORMULA WITH THE PRINCIPALS ABOUT WHO HAD TO GET IT SO I THINK SOMETIMES WE THINK THIS IS JUST ABOUT ATHLETICS IT'S NOT IT'S ABOUT LOTS OF ANY GIFTS THAT WE TAKE AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO FILTER THROUGH HOW TO MANEUVER ACCEPT OR NOT ACCEPT I MEAN I GET AN EMAIL ABOUT ONCE A WEEK I COULD HAVE A LOT OF PIANOS I DON'T NEED SO MANY PIANOS AND SO WE'RE JUST HAVING TO THINK THROUGH ALL OF THOSE MARK WOULD YOU ADD ANYTHING ELSE I THINK THAT'S THE YOU'D BE SURPRISED HOW MANY PEOPLE OFFER US THINGS OLD MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OLD TECHNOLOGY OLD APPLIANCES IT'S YEAH REALLY GOOD INTENTIONS WITH A LOT OF [01:35:03] COMPLICATIONS VERY APPRECIATIVE THAT THEY THOUGHT OF US BUT IT'S NOT STUFF THAT WOULD NECESSARILY BE PARTICULARLY USEFUL AND IT WOULD INCUR QUITE A BIT OF COST OKAY SO WHAT ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO REAL ESTATE DONATIONS I MEAN REQUIRED TO BE ACCEPTED BY THE BOARD BUT I MEAN JUST IN TERMS OF IT IS ONGOING EXPENSE OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW IN ADDITION TO BEING A BENEFIT THAT WOULD BE ONE YOU DECIDE NOT US THAT'S THAT'S OUTSIDE THIS GIFT POLICY IT'S ACTUALLY IN THE IT'S IN THE POLICY THAT IT ALL REAL PROPERTY HAS TO BE ACCEPTED BY THE BOARD AND SO WHAT DID THEY USE THE WORD REAL PROPERTY AS OPPOSED TO JUST REAL ESTATE I MEAN WHAT'S THAT WOULD BE A GREAT QUESTION FOR SAM THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT'S WE CAN'T WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE A STAR I DON'T KNOW I'M JUST THINKING THE FERNDALE SCHOOL BOARD STAR I DON'T KNOW BUT YOU JUST NEVER KNOW BUT I THINK LIKE I SAID AND I SHARED THIS FOR BRIAN AND WE'VE HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION BACK AND FORTH AND I'VE REALLY APPRECIATED HIS QUESTIONS HE HE DOESN'T HE DOESN'T NECESSARILY THINK I APPRECIATE IT BUT I REALLY DID APPRECIATE THE BACK AND FORTH BUT IT'S BIG AND I DON'T THINK I THINK YOU ALL WOULD BE SURPRISED IF YOU SAW HOW BIG THIS IS AND I THINK THE PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THE PROCEDURE ARE GOING TO SEE I'M LIKE I HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION WITH ONE OF OUR FFA TEACHERS BECAUSE THEY GET DONATIONS RIGHT THEY GET DONATIONS SO THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW ASB LAWS AND SO THERE'S JUST SO MANY DIFFERENT LAYERS HERE SO SO SINCE THIS IS OPEN TO INTERPRETATION BY WHOMEVER I MEAN NOT EVEN ONE SPECIFIC PERSON BUT I IN TERMS OF YOU KNOW EQUITABILITY AND YOU KNOW WHAT CAN BE ACCEPTED AND I MEAN WHAT'S OUR LIABILITY AS FAR AS YOU KNOW IF SOMEBODY MAKES A MISTAKE AND IN DECIDING TO ACCEPT A DONATION I MEAN AND AND WE'RE COMPLETELY OBLIVIOUS TO IT AND WHAT'S WHAT'S THE BOARD'S HOW ARE WE SORRY WE'RE THE ONES THAT ARE THE ONES THAT ACCEPT IT BECAUSE IT SAYS UP HERE IT SAYS IT WILL BE SUBJECT TO BOARD APPROVAL IS THAT RIGHT NOT ABOUT FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS YEAH YEAH FIVE THOUSAND OR GREATER SO I GUESS I GUESS MY QUESTION IS IS OUR OUR GIFTS DENIED BEFORE THEY EVEN GET TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL YOU WOULD BE MADE AWARE OF IT JUST LIKE I DO ANYTHING RIGHT LIKE THIS ISN'T ANY DIFFERENT I I'M I'M I GUESS I'LL SAY AS A SUPERINTENDENT I'M A LITTLE SURPRISED BECAUSE LIKE I TELL YOU LOTS OF THINGS THAT YOU KNOW HEY WE HAVE THIS HAPPEN WE HAVE THIS HAPPEN IF IT'S OVER 5,000 MARK IT'S KIND OF LIKE WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE BOND OVERSIGHT LIKE THERE WERE CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE HAD TO BRING FORWARD MOST GIFTS ARE NOT OVER 5,000 BUT IF THEY ARE THEN THAT THERE WOULD BE A DISCUSSION WITH THE BOARD OTHERWISE IT'S JUST A DIRECT WE GO THROUGH THE PROCEDURE DIRECT DISCUSSION WITH WHOEVER IS BEING ASKED OF IT BUT AGAIN I THINK THE PROCEDURE IS GOING TO REQUIRE A LOT OF VOICES AT THE TABLE AND I THINK THE PROCEDURE IS GOING TO REQUIRE LEGAL REVIEW TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE HAVE IS LEGAL IT'S NOT JUST LIKE THE CLOSED CAMPUS IF YOU ARE TARDY THREE TIMES I DON'T KNOW I'M JUST MAKING THIS UP IF YOU'RE TARDY THREE TIMES YOU CAN'T GO OFF CAMPUS FOR A MONTH OR WHATEVER THIS ONE'S GOING TO REQUIRE A LEGAL REVIEW SO I GUESS SPEAKING OF OKAY YOU KNOW THERE'S THREE TARDY'S I MEAN SO IS THERE A CUMULATIVE LIMIT THAT CAN YOU CAN RECEIVE FROM LIKE YOU KNOW SOMEBODY MAKES MULTIPLE DONATIONS OF SMALLER AMOUNTS THAN 5,000 BUT THEN ULTIMATELY JUST IT OR I MEAN IS THAT PER YEAR IS THAT IN ONE CHUNK IS THAT I DON'T KNOW DO YOU KNOW I THINK I MEAN I'M THINKING OF THE FFA PROGRAM THEY HAVE PEOPLE WHO GIVE LIKE I DON'T KNOW RIBBON EVERY YEAR FOR THEIR WREATHS LIKE OVER TIME THAT PROBABLY ACCUMULATES BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO SAY NO ON THE RIBBON I MEAN I DON'T KNOW MARK MY INCLINATION WOULD BE ON A PER INCIDENT BASIS BUT WHEN WE GET ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS TOGETHER AT THE TABLE WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WE'VE BEEN GETTING I WILL SAY THIS WE HAVE BEEN GETTING LOTS OF GOOD QUESTIONS FROM THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING THIS ONE THAT WE'RE COLLECTING FOR THEM TO BRING FORWARD TO THE TEAM AND I ASSUME BRIAN IS GOING TO BE A REPRESENTATIVE IN WRITING THE PROCEDURE HE'LL BE SITTING IN THAT ROOM I'M MAKING THAT ASSUMPTION I MEAN I WOULDN'T I WOULDN'T BE IF I WASN'T CONCERNED ABOUT THIS I WOULDN'T BE SAYING THIS TALK ABOUT THIS RIGHT NOW YEAH SO I [01:40:01] MADE THE ASSUMPTION THAT YOU WILL HAVE A BOARD REP SITTING ON AT THE TABLE HELPING WRITE THE PROCEDURE WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN OTHER PROCEDURES WE DON'T TYPICALLY HAVE BOARD MEMBERS BUT THIS IS THIS IS A STAKEHOLDER PROCEDURE WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE TO OUR OTHER PROCEDURES AND IT AVOIDS THE AUDITOR PROCEDURE YES AND WE LOOK TO HOLLY FOR THE AUDITOR YEAH I GET THAT THERE'S DEFINITELY A LOT OF MOVING PARTS WITHIN THIS WHOLE THING AND PROBABLY MOVING PARTS THAT WELL DEFINITELY MOVING PARTS I THINK THAT WE DON'T SEE BECAUSE WE AREN'T DEALING WITH IT ON A DAILY BASIS IN LISTENING TO THIS DISCUSSION IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE THOSE FOUR WORDS UNACCEPTABLE LEVELS OF DISPARITY THERE'S JUST A DISCOMFORT AROUND NO GUARDRAILS ON THAT AND I THINK THAT'S THE CRUX OF THE CONVERSATION BUT I GUESS THOSE GUARDRAILS WILL BE DEFINED BY LAW THAT WOULD BE MY THINKING BECAUSE IF WE IF WE TAKE THOSE RULES OUT THAT ARE NOT RESULT IN SO DOES NOT RESULT IN DISPARITY WELL WHAT DOES DISPARITY MEAN WE CAN'T DEFINE DISPARITY THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE SO UNACCEPTABLE IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE COME FROM A DEFINITION THAT'S WITHIN THAT PROCEDURE AND WITHIN THAT GROUP IT'S SORT OF LIKE YOU KNOW WE WRESTLE WITH THE WHAT IS REASONABLE PROGRESS THAT BECOMES A DISCUSSION AND THERE'S NOT THERE'S NOT AN EASY WAY TO PUT IT YEAH HOW MUCH ON THAT I GUESS MY THOUGHT WOULD BE AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG BUT AS WE LOOK AT THIS POLICY IF WE GET A PROCEDURE THAT COMES BACK THAT WE DON'T AGREE WITH THE BOARD HAS THE ABILITY TO CHANGE THE POLICY TO MAKE THAT PROCEDURE COME WITHIN LINE OF WHAT WE'RE THINKING AND RATHER THAN YOU KNOW IS IS MY SOME OF MY STAFF SAY YOU KNOW WE COULD WHAT IF THIS TO DEATH WHICH I SOMETIMES CAN DO BUT I CAN AND I THINK THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW ALL THE WHAT IFS THAT COULD HAPPEN. I THINK THROWING THIS BACK, PROVING MY THOUGHT PROCESS, WHETHER RIGHT OR WRONG, IS WE APPROVE THE POLICY WHICH ALLOWS THEM TO START WORKING ON THE PROCEDURE AND AS THAT PROCEDURE COMES TOGETHER, IF WE FIND THAT WE'RE SEEING IT, IF BRIAN'S ON THE GROUP, IS PART OF THE GROUP THAT'S DOING IT AS OUR REPRESENTATIVE, IF HE SEES CONCERNS, QUESTIONS, THEN WE CAN COME BACK AND SAY, OKAY, WE NEED TO TIGHTEN UP THIS POLICY AND WE HAVE A DIRECTION FOR WHERE TO TIGHTEN OR HOW TO TIGHTEN THAT BECAUSE AT THIS POINT, IF WE TAKE THOSE WORDS OUT, THEN WE'VE GOT EVEN A LOOSER THING. BUT IF WE FIND FROM DOING IT THAT, OKAY, HERE'S WHAT IS LOOKING LIKE IS A DEFINITION OF INAPPROPRIATE OR UNACCEPTABLE LEVELS OF DISPARITY, THEN WE CAN WORK ON WRESTLING WITH THAT DEFINITION MORE SO. MY CONCERN WOULD BE THAT IF WE BIND IT TOO TIGHT, THEN IT'S GOING TO BE HARDER FOR THAT GROUP TO COME UP WITH THEIR PROCEDURES THAT WE CAN LOOK AT AND SEE IF WE AGREE WITH. YEAH, I WILL TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY IN WAITING UNTIL, I THINK, THURSDAY TO BRING THIS UP WITH KRISTI. BUT THAT BEING SAID, I JUST FEEL LIKE I AM A BIT RUSHED AND I'M JUST UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THAT WORDING OF UNACCEPTABLE LEVELS OF DISPARITY. DO YOU HAVE WORDING YOU WOULD SUGGEST PUTTING IN THERE? YEAH. I'M A LITTLE NEW TO THIS. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY SUGGEST A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE. SO IF WE START FROM THE BEGINNING, MONEY OR ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT DONATED BY BOOSTER CLUBS OR OTHER GROUPS OR PATRONS TO SUPPORT SPECIFIC OR EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES ARE NOT TO RESULT IN UNACCEPTABLE LEVELS OF DISPARITY OR ALLOCATION FAVORING ONE TEAM OR GENDER. SO THAT'S WHERE IT ENDED. AND THEN I PROPOSE THAT WE ADD ON, IN DETERMINING WHETHER A DISPARITY IS UNACCEPTABLE, THE DISTRICT WILL CONSIDER EQUITABLE ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITY, THE REASONABLE NEEDS AND COSTS OF INDIVIDUAL PROGRAMS AND APPLICABLE LAW. DIFFERENCES IN THE AMOUNTS OF FUNDS RAISED, DONATED OR SPENT AMONG PROGRAMS DO NOT BY THEMSELVES CONSTITUTE AN UNACCEPTABLE DISPARITY. I'M WONDERING, [01:45:04] I GUESS I'M WONDERING WITHIN THAT HOW THAT DIFFERS FROM WHAT THEY'RE TELLING US THAT THE LAWS THAT ARE ALREADY THERE, AND REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE WRITE IN POLICY, WE CAN'T BREAK THE LAW. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE IN MY MIND, AND AGAIN, AND JUST THROWING OUT BECAUSE I'M HEARING THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME, THAT THAT IS JUST SAYING THAT WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW THE LAW, WHICH WE HAVE TO DO ANYWAY. I JUST THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT DIFFERENCES IN AMOUNTS OF FUND RAISE DONATED OR SPENT AMONG PROGRAMS DO NOT BY THEMSELVES CONSTITUTE AN UNACCEPTABLE DISPARITY. AND IT KIND OF GOES BACK TO WHAT NANCY WAS ASKING EARLIER. AND WHAT I HAD SHARED WITH BRIAN, I SAID IT COULD THOUGH, IF IT ENDS UP BEING THAT IT'S GOING TO COST THE DISTRICT MONEY BECAUSE WE HAVE TO EVEN OUT THE PLAYING FIELD. THAT'S MY, FROM A TITLE IX STANDPOINT, THAT'S MY CONCERN BECAUSE IF THAT, IF IT SAYS REGARDLESS OF THE AMOUNT, WE TAKE IT, IT CAN'T BE DETERMINED UNACCEPTABLE. BUT IF IT'S LIKE, HEY, THIS DISTRICT, WE'RE IN A FINANCIAL BIND. WE CANNOT, IT'S A GREAT GIFT. WE CANNOT THOUGH EQUITABLY PROVIDE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES, THEN WE HAVE TO SAY NO TO IT. AND SO WE NEED THAT PERMISSION TO TURN IT AWAY IF IT'S GOING TO COST OUR DISTRICT MORE. THAT'S JUST WHAT I SHARED WITH BRIAN EARLIER. YEAH. SORRY. I'M SORRY. BUT DOES THAT WORDING ACTUALLY CREATE THAT PROBLEM? COULD WE RUN IT PAST THE ATTORNEY TO FIND OUT IF IT DOES ACTUALLY CREATE THAT PROBLEM? WE COULD, OR WE CAN USE THAT LANGUAGE TO START TALKING ABOUT IT IN THE PROCEDURE. THAT WAS WHAT I WAS SAYING TO BRIAN EARLIER, WAS CAN WE BRING THAT VERBIAGE TO THE PROCEDURE AND LEAVE THE POLICY AS IS? RIGHT. AND SO THEN THE QUESTION THAT COMES DOWN TO WHERE IS THE BEST PLACE TO PUT THAT WORDING? I MEAN, IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO ARE WE GOING TO, I MEAN, AT THE TOP OF THE POLICY, IT SAYS THAT THE BOARD IS THE ONE THAT'S APPROVED ANYTHING OVER $5,000. BUT, I DON'T KNOW, I'VE KIND OF LAID IT ALL OUT THERE. I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY ABOUT THIS. AGAIN, I TAKE RESPONSIBILITY ABOUT BEING TOO LATE ON THIS. BUT THIS IS... NO, I HAVE TO SAY, I'VE REALLY APPRECIATED YOU ASKING AHEAD OF THE BOARD MEETING. BECAUSE I WAS ABLE THEN TO GO TALK TO MARK. WE WERE ABLE TO WRESTLE BACK AND FORTH, WHICH GAVE ME TIME TO THINK AND, YEAH. I'M ASSUMING SO. TONY, ARE YOU STILL THERE? YES, I AM. SORRY, IT TOOK A WHILE TO LET ME APPEAR. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? VERY GOOD DISCUSSION. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I RECENTLY JUST STARTED LOOKING INTO. I THINK THAT BRIAN HAS A GOOD POINT. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE GUIDELINES ARE. I MYSELF, AND GIVEN MY CIRCUMSTANCES, I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF MAYBE ALLOWING A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME FOR US TO MAYBE MARINATE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE, GIVEN THE CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP. BUT AS OF NOW, I'M IN THE PROCESS OF PONDERING RIGHT NOW ABOUT IT, YEAH. BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS CRISP AND CLEAR FOR ALL. SO I'LL JUST ADD FROM A DISTRICT, AND THEN YOU GUYS CAN VOTE ON IT. BECAUSE IF YOU CHOOSE TO VOTE NOT TO PASS IT TONIGHT, IT JUST HOLDS UP OUR ABILITY TO GET TO THE PROCEDURE, AND THAT'S FINE. I BELIEVE THAT WHAT THE POLICY SAYS IS WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW THE LAW. WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS GET TO MAKING SENSE OF THE LAW. HOW ARE WE GOING TO IMPLEMENT THE LAW? AND SO UNTIL WE HAVE THE POLICY PASSED, SO IT'S JUST ANOTHER MONTH. I'M NOT SURE WE CAN GIVE IT TO SAM. I THINK YOU CAN PUT IT IN THERE. IT WILL CHANGE THE CONVERSATION ONCE WE GET TO PROCEDURE. AND SO THAT'S UP TO YOU AS A BOARD. SO IN TERMS OF THE FINDINGS, HOW LONG DO YOU HAVE? LIKE A YEAR, RIGHT, TO CORRECT WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEIR CONCERN IS. [01:50:03] IS THAT CORRECT? I HAVE NO IDEA. NO, THAT'S SEPARATE. WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO IN TERMS OF HOW TO GET THAT. WE HAVE TO PUT A PLAN TOGETHER. THIS REALLY IS ABOUT GIFTS. AND THE TITLE IX STUFF IS BIGGER THAN JUST GIFTS. LIKE IT'S HUGE. AND SO WE HAVE LOTS OF WORK TO DO AROUND THAT. AND IT'S GOOD. IT'S GOOD. ANY ISSUE IN AN ORGANIZATION IS JUST THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO BETTER. SO I DON'T TAKE IT AS A DOWNSIDE, RIGHT? IT'S A LEARNING OPPORTUNITY. WE'RE A TEACHING AND LEARNING ORGANIZATION. I DON'T LOVE PROBLEMS BECAUSE I DO LOVE THE SUNNY SIDE, AND THAT'S JUST THE REALITY OF PEOPLE WORK. I THINK WE, MARK AND I, ARE AT A STANDSTILL. WHAT ELSE TO DO? THIS HAS BEEN RUN BY LEGAL. IT SAYS WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW THE LAW. WE WANT TO GET TO THE WORK OF THE PROCEDURE SO WE CAN START ENACTING IT. SO IF YOU WANT TO KICK IT DOWN THE ROAD ANOTHER MONTH, WE CAN TAKE IT BACK. IT'LL BE TWO MONTHS FROM NOW, THOUGH, BECAUSE WE WOULD ADD IT. AND THAT'S NOT TO DISPARAGE. I JUST WANT A TIMELINE. WE WOULD ADD IN THE LANGUAGE. WE WOULD NEED TO CHECK IT ALONG WITH LEGAL. YOU WOULD HAVE A MONTH TO REVIEW IT BECAUSE WE WOULD PROPOSE IT NEXT MONTH. SO THAT'S SEPTEMBER. SO YOU WOULD VOTE ON IT AGAIN IN OCTOBER. BRIAN, I'VE ONLY HEARD THAT LINE THAT YOU SAID ONCE. SO COULD YOU JUST REPEAT WHAT YOUR IDEA IS? YOU WANT TO REPEAT THE ENTIRE THING? OH, SURE. YEAH, I'M NOT SURE WHAT WOULD COME OUT OF IT. IN ADDITION TO EVERYTHING ON THAT PARAGRAPH STAYS THERE. OKAY, THEN JUST READ. I'M SORRY. GIVE ME ONE MINUTE. SO WE'LL END AT FAVORING ONE TEAM OR GENDER. IN DETERMINING WHETHER DISPARITY IS UNACCEPTABLE, THE DISTRICT WILL CONSIDER EQUITABLE ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITY, THE REASONABLE NEEDS AND COSTS OF INDIVIDUAL PROGRAMS AND APPLICABLE LAW. DIFFERENCES IN THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS RAISED, DONATED OR SPENT AMONG PROGRAMS DO NOT BY THEMSELVES CONSTITUTE AN UNACCEPTABLE DISPARITY. SO IN ADDING THAT, DO YOU CONSIDER THAT A GUARDRAIL THAT IS NECESSARY FOR THIS? IS THAT HOW YOU SEE THAT? YEAH, AND I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT I CAN'T COME UP WITH LEGAL WORDING. SO THIS OBVIOUSLY IS, YOU KNOW, I'M ASSUMING THAT'S THE WAY THIS WORKS. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER SUGGESTED A CHANGE IN POLICY. YEAH, WE HAVE TO TAKE IT TO LAW. I GUESS YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO BY LEGAL. AND I JUST WONDER AS I LISTEN TO THAT STATEMENT WHERE YOU SAID THAT A DIFFERENCE IN DONATION DOES NOT, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACTLY. I'LL SAY IT AGAIN. DIFFERENCES IN THE AMOUNT OF FUND RAISED, DONATED OR SPENT AMONG PROGRAMS DO NOT BY THEMSELVES CONSTITUTE AN UNACCEPTABLE DISPARITY. AND I GUESS I WOULD WONDER, AND AGAIN, I'M NOT LEGAL EITHER, I JUST WONDER BECAUSE SOMETIMES THE AMOUNT RAISED OR DOES REPRESENT, IN MY MIND, COULD REPRESENT A DIFFERENCE IN DISPARITY. BECAUSE IF YOU'VE GOT ONE GROUP THAT IS ABLE OR GETS A SIZABLE DONATION AND ANOTHER GROUP DOES NOT, THERE'S A DISPARITY. BUT SOME DISPARITIES SHOULD BE OKAY, THOUGH. I MEAN, IT'S JUST THE WAY THAT THE PROGRAMS FUNCTION. BUT WE CAN'T IF IT'S ILLEGAL. THAT'S WHERE WE'RE STRUGGLING, THAT THAT LANGUAGE RIGHT THERE COULD MOVE YOU OUTSIDE THE LAW. AND IN MY MIND, THAT SEEMS LIKE MORE PROCEDURAL. AGAIN, JUST MY OPINION, SOUNDS LIKE MORE PROCEDURAL, WHERE I COULD SEE THAT BEING A KEY CONCEPT IN THE PROCEDURE AS OPPOSED TO THE POLICY. SO I WAS THINKING THE WORD DO, MAYBE IF YOU USE THE WORD MAY THERE, MAYBE THAT WOULD BE KIND OF A DIFFERENCE BECAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW. YEAH. OR SPENT AMONG PROGRAMS MAY NOT BY THEMSELVES CONSTITUTE AN UNACCEPTABLE DISPARITY. MIKE. MIKE. I'M SORRY. I NEED HEARING AIDS, I'M SURE. WHEREAS MIKE IS, YOU KNOW, OR MAY IS POSSIBLY. I KNOW MARK'S BEEN AT THIS FOR SEVEN MONTHS. I JUST FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, [01:55:04] KRISTI JUST TALKED ABOUT A TIMELINE OF TWO MONTHS. I'D RATHER FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THIS THAN RUSH INTO THIS ONE. I'M SORRY, KEVIN, THIS IS THE WAY I FEEL ABOUT IT. IF YOU WOULDN'T, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT IF YOU DON'T WANT TO PASS IT TONIGHT, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT LANGUAGE, BECAUSE I THINK WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS PROCEDURAL AND YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT THAT. BUT BEFORE YOU MAKE THIS KIND OF A LANGUAGE CHANGE, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO BRING IN LEGAL COUNSEL. THE BOARD NEEDS TO CONSULT WITH THEIR ATTORNEY BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT LANGUAGE FOLLOWS THE LAW. THAT WOULD BE MY CONCERN IS THAT THAT PART DOESN'T, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'VE GOT HERE, IF I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY, HAS BEEN RUN BY LEGAL, SO IT DOES. SO THERE'S NO WAY WE'D HAVE TO RUN THAT BY LEGAL AND GET LEGAL'S OPINION ON. YEAH. BUT JUST BECAUSE IT'S BEEN APPROVED BY LEGAL DOESN'T MEAN THAT THERE MIGHT NOT BE EVEN BETTER LANGUAGE. SO, YOU KNOW, AND MAYBE THIS IS IT. ALWAYS THE CASE. THAT WILL ALWAYS BE THE CASE. SO, I MEAN, LIKE, I DON'T WANT, WE WILL NEVER MOVE FORWARD IF THAT'S THE CASE. LIKE, THERE'S ALWAYS PROBABLY BETTER LANGUAGE. OUR JOB AS A DISTRICT IS JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE FOLLOWING THE LAW. AND WE KNOW THAT THIS CURRENT PROCEDURE DOES. I MEAN, POLICY DOES. AND THEN WE HAVE TO WORK ON A PROCEDURE, WHICH THEN WE DO HAVE TO RUN BY LEGAL AGAIN, GIVEN THAT THIS IS, THIS HAS LOTS OF STAKEHOLDERS. AND SO I DON'T, I'M KIND OF STUCK. I'M NOT SURE. I MEAN, WE'LL RUN IT BY. I CAN PREDICT TO YOU WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHAT THE BOARD WANTS TO DO. YEAH. AND I'M SORRY I DIDN'T BRING THIS UP EARLIER BECAUSE THEN WE WOULD HAVE HAD TIME TO HAVE THEM REVIEW THIS. SO, MY FAULT. YEAH. SO WE, AT THIS POINT, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE, UNLESS THERE'S ANYTHING NEW WE WANT TO PRESENT, I THINK WE CAN VOTE WHETHER WE WANT TO PASS THIS AND LET THEM WORK ON THE PROCEDURES BASED ON THIS OR WHETHER WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, PROPOSE THAT WORDING CHANGE, THAT WORDING IDEA, AND RUN THAT BY LEGAL TO SEE IF THAT FLIES OR IF IT FITS. SO I THINK THAT IS, YEAH. IF, WHEN, NOT IF, BUT WHEN THEY HAVE THIS COMMITTEE, WILL YOU COMMIT TO BEING ON THE COMMITTEE? WILL YOU BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE MEETINGS AND HAVE YOUR VOICE HEARD AT THE, AT ALL THE MEETINGS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE THE PROCEDURES OUT? YEAH. I MEAN, ABSOLUTELY. I DON'T THINK THE CHANGE IN WORDING OR THE SUGGESTION THAT WE CHANGE THE WORDING OR ADD TO THAT IS GOING TO BE, IS GOING TO CHANGE WHETHER OR NOT I PARTICIPATE. I'M GOING TO BE THERE. AND BRIAN WOULD COME TO THAT MEETING AS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH HE'S BEEN PART OF BOOSTER CLUB, THERE WILL BE BOOSTER CLUB MEMBERS THERE. SO HE WOULD BE REPRESENTING YOUR VOICE AT THOSE MEETINGS. YEAH. MUCH LIKE PEGGY DID WITH HIGHLY CAPABLE OR, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU COME TO A MEETING AS A BOARD MEMBER, YOU COME WITH THAT LENS. SO HE WOULD REPRESENT ALL OF YOU. AND AS HAS BEEN POINTED OUT AND HAVING BEEN THROUGH THAT KIND OF PROCESS, YOU KNOW, THE POLICY IS ONE PART OF IT, BUT ULTIMATELY THE PROOF IS GOING TO BE IN THE PUDDING OF THE PROCEDURES AND HOW THAT'S ALL PUT TOGETHER BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO ALL HAVE TO BE, AGAIN, GONE THROUGH LEGAL AND IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO, THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A PROCEDURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE PASS THE POLICY AND TWO MINUTES LATER IT'S WRITTEN. IT'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, ONGOING TYPE THING BECAUSE THERE'S IT JUST KNOWING THE WAY THE LAW READS ABOUT THIS STUFF OR MY PERCEPTION OF WHAT THE LAW READS, IT'S GOING TO BE A COMPLICATED ONE TO FIGURE OUT BECAUSE WE DO HAVE TO PUT FORTH THE PROTECTIONS FOR THE DISTRICT BECAUSE, AGAIN, IF A DONATION IS MADE AND IS ACCEPTED FOR ONE, THEN WE'VE GOT TO EQUALIZE IT OUT AMONGST THE OTHERS, WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT BE BUDGETARILY POSSIBLE. SO, BUT IT DOES OBLIGATE US. AND WE HAVE HAD, IN THE PAST WE HAVE HAD DONATIONS, WE HAVE, THE BOARD HAS TURNED AWAY BECAUSE THE DONATION WAS GREAT, BUT THE UPKEEP, THE ONGOING COSTS, IT WAS LIKE THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. WE'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A GREAT IDEA, BUT NOT A GOOD LONG-TERM SOLUTION. SO ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? WOULD I BE ABLE TO SHARE A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS? AND I JUST FEEL THAT THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WORKING TOGETHER AND MAKING SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND. IN THIS CASE, YEAH, WE DO HAVE MAYBE A COUPLE OF BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE [02:00:03] TRYING TO SEEK MORE CLARITY ON THIS. AND WHILE I UNDERSTAND THAT SOMETIMES OR MANY TIMES THERE COULD BE BETTER LEGAL LANGUAGE THAT CAN BE, YOU KNOW, IMPROVING OF A POLICY, IN THIS CASE WHEN THERE'S ONE OR TWO CONCERNS FROM BOARD MEMBERS, I THINK THAT MAYBE WE CAN STOP AND IF WE DON'T HAVE A DEADLINE TO HIT AND WE WANT TO IMPROVE THE LANGUAGE OF THE POLICY, WE WOULD NORMAL. I HAVE A VERY CLEAR UNDERSTANDING THAT GOOD POLICY HELPS PROCEDURES, PROCEDURE LANGUAGE, RIGHT? SO IF WE CAN REVIEW THIS AND RUN IT BY LEGAL, WHICH IS DONE ALL THE TIME, SO THAT WE GET SATISFIED THE NEED OF THE BOARD AND LEGAL APPROVES OF THAT AND WE'RE COMFORTABLE. I THINK THAT THEN THE PROCEDURAL PART OF THAT WILL BE SMOOTHER AND EVERYBODY WILL BE HAPPY. BUT I THINK THAT IT'S A GOOD EXERCISE TO CHALLENGE AND TO ASK QUESTIONS. SO I'VE HEARD BRIAN APOLOGIZE A COUPLE OF TIMES. YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE DO. I THINK THAT'S WHY WE'RE ON THE BOARD. WE HAVE DIFFERENT MINDS AND WE BRING A VARIETY OF THOUGHT. AND IN THIS CASE, THIS SPECIFIC CASE, I DON'T SEE THAT A DELAY OF ONE OR TWO MONTHS FROM WHAT I HEAR. IF THERE WAS A DEADLINE, WELL, IT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT DISCUSSION. WE WOULD BE CASHING IT OUT RIGHT NOW AND TRYING TO GET THE BEST OUTCOME. BUT THAT'S MY POSITION RIGHT NOW AND I JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH EVERYONE. AND CAN I BE CLEAR ON THE NEXT STEP? SO ALL I'M HEARING IS THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN RUN BY LEGAL. SO LIKE THIS CURRENTLY IS APPROVED BY LAWYERS. SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GO ASK LEGAL, THE ONLY RECOMMENDATION I'VE HEARD IS BRIAN'S ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE. AND IF LEGAL SAYS NO, IT'S NOT LEGAL, WE CANNOT ADD IT. AM I RIGHT? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I KNOW THE DIRECTION I'M BEING ASKED TO GO. WELL, THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'D BE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT LANGUAGE. BUT IF THAT LANGUAGE COMPROMISES IT AND MAKES IT SO THAT IT JUST ISN'T A WORKABLE POLICY, THEN WE'LL HAVE MORE COMFORT WITH GOING BACK TO WHAT WAS BROUGHT TO US. I GUESS THE ONE THING YOU SAID IS WE HAVEN'T VOTED WHETHER WE ARE COMFORTABLE OR NOT. SO BASICALLY WE HAVE TWO OPTIONS COMING FROM THE PARLIAMENTARY SIDE. WE CAN VOTE ON THIS OPTION AS TO PASS IT OR TO FAIL IT. AND IF WE OPT TO FAIL IT, THEN WE CAN DIRECT KRISTI TO RUN IT BY SAM WITH THOSE, OR WE CAN VOTE TO AMEND IT TO PUT THAT IN AND THEN IT WOULD HAVE TO BE RUN BY LEGAL BEFORE WE CAN APPROVE IT. BUT WE HAVEN'T VOTED PER SE, SO JUST TO CLARIFY. YEAH, I LIKED WHAT HE ADDED TO IT AND I LIKED WHAT YOU SAID INSTEAD OF DO MAY. COULD WE JUST SAY THAT WE WOULD APPROVE, CAN WE APPROVE THIS WITH THE LANGUAGE AMENDED WITH THE CONDITION THAT IF IT PASSES LEGAL MUSTER, THEN IT WILL BE THAT WAY. AND IF IT DOESN'T, THEN WE'LL GO WITH THIS. SO I WOULD JUST SAY I WOULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE IF WE WRITE IT UP, BECAUSE ALL WE'VE DONE IS HEAR IT. SO I'D FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE IF WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, WE RUN IT BY LEGAL AND SEE IF IT'S EVEN VIABLE, AND THEN WE RUN IT THROUGH THE PROCESS JUST LIKE WE DO ANY PROCEDURE BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY ALSO HAS TO SEE IT. AND THERE'S LOTS OF PEOPLE LOOKING AT THIS. AND SO I WOULDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE APPROVING IT BASED ON WHAT WE'VE HEARD PERSONALLY. I WANT TO STAY WITHIN OUR PROCESS. I AGREE WITH KRISTI. BUT IT WOULD BE MUCH FASTER. YEAH, I WOULD SHORTEN THE TIMELINE. OKAY, SO AT THIS POINT THERE'S STILL, WE'VE HAD THE DISCUSSION, BUT THERE'S NO MOTION ON THE FLOOR. AGAIN, WE CAN PUT FORTH A MOTION TO ACCEPT THIS. WE CAN PUT FORTH A MOTION TO POSTPONE. BASICALLY, THE FLOOR IS OPEN AS FAR AS IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO SAY THAT WE POSTPONE THE ACTION ON THIS WITH THE CAVEAT THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THAT CHANGE AND RUN IT BY LEGAL AND THEN BRING IT BACK SUBSEQUENTLY. [02:05:01] IS THAT A MOTION? NO, THAT WAS JUST I'M TRYING TO GET A SENSE IN A MOTION. THAT'S MY JOB. I'M SUPPOSED TO TRY TO CORRAL THE FISH. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT? I LIKE THE IDEA THAT KRISTI JUST PRESENTED. WHILE IT DOES DELAY IT, IT DOES GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A LOOK AT THE LANGUAGE BECAUSE IT, YOU KNOW. SO WE HAVE TO MOTION. SO MAYBE I'LL TRY AT A MOTION. I MOTION THAT BASED ON WHAT I HEARD, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS A MOTION TO DELAY THE DECISION WHILE WE SEEK GUIDANCE FROM LEGAL ON THE PROPOSED LANGUAGE. THAT'S THE MOTION, RIGHT? IF I CAN SIMPLIFY IT, I WOULD SAY, AND SAYING THE SAME THING, BUT JUST THAT WE DELAY ACTION ON THE REVISION TO POLICY 6114 WITH LEGAL REVIEW OF THE ADDITION OF THESE WORDS TO SEE IF THAT'S A LEGAL OPTION. AND THEN WE ACT ON IT IN THE FUTURE. I LIKE KRISTI'S SUGGESTION BECAUSE SHE SAID IT FOLLOWS THE PROCESS THAT WE FOLLOWED AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S OUT IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC AND THAT MADE A LOT OF SENSE. OKAY. YES. OKAY. SO STARTING WITH THE STUDENT ADVISORY VOTE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF DELAYING ACTION ON POLICY 6114 GIFTS AND ADDING THE VERBIAGE PRESENTED BY BRIAN. SORRY, CHRIS. I'M MAKING THIS COMPLICATED. AND REVIEWING IT BY LEGAL AND THEN REPRESENTING IT TO THE BOARD SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. OKAY. ALL OPPOSED? OKAY. WITH AN AFFIRMATIVE RECOMMENDATION BY THE STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS, ALL BOARD MEMBERS, ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? NAY. SO THE MOTION PASSES AND WE'LL HAVE KRISTI AND THE TEAM RUN THAT BY LEGAL AND WE'LL RECEIVE IT AGAIN DEPENDENT ON WHAT'S DONE WITH IT NEXT MONTH. OKAY. THAT BRINGS US TO REVISED POLICY 1400 MEETING CONDUCT AND ORDER OF BUSINESS AND QUORUM. THE MAIN REASON THAT WE'VE GOT THIS POLICY ON THERE IS THERE WAS DISCUSSION AT OUR RETREAT AND THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSION PREVIOUS TO THAT ABOUT THE POTENTIAL OF CHANGING OUR PROPOSED REGULAR MEETING DATE FROM THE LAST TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH TO THE THIRD TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH. BIGGEST REASON FOR THAT IS THAT THIS WAS PUT FORTH AS AN OPTION WAS THAT WHEN THE LAST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH FALLS ON THE LAST DAY OF THE MONTH, ON THE 30TH, 31ST OR 28TH OR 29TH, I GUESS, IF WE'RE IN FEBRUARY, AND IF THERE IS AN EVENT WHERE WE CAN'T HAVE QUORUM OR WE DON'T HAVE SOME REASON WE CAN'T MEET, WE CAN BE IN VIOLATION OF THE REQUIREMENT THAT WE MEET ONCE A MONTH. AND SO BY HAVING THE MEETING MOVED EARLIER, IT HELPS AVOID THE ANXIETY THAT CAN SOMETIMES OCCUR WHEN WE'RE HAVING BAD WEATHER OR DIRECTORS ARE OUT OF TOWN OR WHAT HAVE YOU WHEN IT COMES TO THE END OF THE MONTH. SO THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR ANY DISCUSSION. ONE THING I TOLD YOU I WOULD DO IS TALK TO THE TEAM ABOUT WHAT MAKES SENSE FROM THE BUSINESS SIDE. AND SO I DID ASK COLLEEN TO SHARE HER OPINION, GIVEN THAT OUT OF ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS, THAT'S THE ONE THAT WOULD BE MOST IMPACTED BY ANY CHANGE. SO THERE'S JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT ARE IMPACTED BY THAT. ONE IS THE VOUCHERS. SO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE COMES IN AND REVIEWS OUR VOUCHERS EVERY MONTH. IT WOULD CHANGE THE, I GUESS, THE VOUCHERS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT EVERY MONTH. SO INSTEAD OF WHAT YOU HAVE LIKE ONE GROUP FROM THE PREVIOUS MONTH AND ONE GROUP FROM THE CURRENT MONTH INSTEAD OF THE WHOLE MONTH AT ONCE. SO IT'S GOING TO CHANGE THAT. SO IT'S KIND OF YOU'RE CROSSING MONTHS BY CHANGING THE DATE JUST BECAUSE OF WHEN OUR CHECK DATES ARE. SO WE HAVE, MARK AND I TALKED TO OUR ACCOUNTS PAYABLE PERSON, KELLY WARNER TODAY, AND WE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT SOME DIFFERENT, JUST TRYING TO COME UP WITH A STRATEGY BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO DELAY PAYMENT ON ANYTHING. AND I THINK THERE MIGHT ALSO BE AN ISSUE WITH WE MIGHT NEED TO DO A RESOLUTION TO MAKE SURE THE BOARD AUTHORIZES US TO PAY THINGS WITHOUT APPROVAL BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY THINGS AT THE END OF THE MONTH THAT YOU WOULDN'T REVIEW. SO THERE'S THAT. THE OTHER THING IS I DON'T GET [02:10:01] THE COUNTY TREASURER STATEMENT UNTIL THE 10TH OF THE MONTH. SO I CAN'T RECONCILE. AND IT'S NOT LIKE A BANK WHERE I CAN GO ONLINE AND LOOK AND SEE WHAT THE TRANSACTIONS. IT'S KIND OF AN OLD SCHOOL COPY THAT COMES IN EMAIL. AND I LOOKED AT IT DOES COME EVERY MONTH ON THE 10TH. SO IF WE LIKE NEXT MONTH, THE 10TH IS ON A FRIDAY, I BELIEVE. AND THE BOARD MEETING IF IT'S ON A TUESDAY WOULD BE THE 15TH OR THE 16TH. I WOULD BE REALLY HARD PRESSED TO GET YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS POSTED IN TIME. I COULD DO IT, BUT IT WOULD BE RUSHED, WHICH I NEVER LIKE TO DO THINGS IN A RUSH WHEN IT COMES TO OUR FINANCES. SO THERE'S THAT. WAIT, HOLLY, I'M SORRY. COULD YOU STOP FOR A SECOND? YEAH. WHEN YOU SAY RUSHED, DO YOU MEAN THE THIRD WEEK OF THE MONTH? THE THIRD TUESDAY OR THIRD WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH WOULD SOMETIMES BE RUSHED. OKAY. IT WOULD MAKE, YOU KNOW, IN DECEMBER WE HAVE THE EARLY BOARD MEETING. AND IF YOU'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR A WHILE, YOU KNOW, EVERY MONTH, EVERY DECEMBER I POST FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AREN'T READY YET. THEY'LL POST THEM AS SOON AS THEY'RE READY. SO THERE WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE MONTHS WHEN IF THE TREASURER'S STATEMENT IS LATE OR IF THERE'S A MISTAKE ON IT, AND I HAVE TO CIRCLE BACK WITH THEM AND MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, HAVE THEM MAKE A CORRECTION, IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE FOR ME NOT TO GET THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS DONE IN TIME FOR THE BOARD MEETING. SO THAT'S, THE TUESDAY IF WE'D MOVED TO THE THIRD WEEK, THE TUESDAY WOULD BE REALLY DIFFICULT. WEDNESDAY, WHEN WE TALKED EARLIER TODAY, WEDNESDAY WOULD BE THE PREFERRED DATE IF WE MOVED TO THE THIRD WEEK. TUESDAY WOULD FEEL RUSHED BECAUSE CHRIS HAS TO POST THINGS ON FRIDAY. SO LIKE HOLLY WAS SAYING, SOMETIMES SHE WOULDN'T GET TO FRIDAY, BUT IF IT'S A WEDNESDAY, CHRIS CAN MAKE THE POSTS ON MONDAY. SO IT'S JUST, IT'S THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. YEAH. WEDNESDAY WOULD BE BETTER THAN TUESDAY, BUT IT'S STILL RUSHED. IT'S STILL, IT COMPRESSES THE TIME FOR ME TO GET THAT INFORMATION RECONCILED AND THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS DONE. IT JUST COMPRESSES MY TIME. AS A MATTER OF KIND OF A HISTORICAL, RIGHT NOW THE KIND OF TREASURER'S BEEN VERY GOOD ABOUT AND RELIABLE ABOUT HITTING THE 10TH. IT IS NOT, HAS NOT OVER THE YEARS BEEN ATYPICAL TO GET THEM ON THE 11TH OR 12TH. AND LIKE HOLLY SAID, THEY DO SOMETIMES COME WITH ERRORS WHICH THEN HAVE TO GET SENT BACK AND RECONCILED. SO THERE IS A VERY REAL POTENTIAL THAT THERE MAY BE A DELAY IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. HOLLY, AS FAR AS A LOT OF OTHER BOARDS I KNOW HAVE THEIR MEETINGS EARLIER, ARE THEY JUST DOING IT THROUGH RESOLUTIONS OR DIFFERENT SCHEDULE OR ARE THEY A MONTH BEHIND WITH THEIR FINANCIALS OR DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW THEY'RE DOING IT? I DON'T KNOW. IT COULD BE THAT THEY'RE A MONTH BEHIND. THEY'RE ALREADY KIND OF A MONTH BEHIND BECAUSE HERE WE ARE AT THE END OF AUGUST AND I'M JUST PRESENTING JULY. SO IT'S JUST GOING TO DELAY. AND I HAVE TO PRESENT, YOU HAVE TO BE GIVEN A FINANCIAL STATEMENT EVERY MONTH. THAT'S STATE LAW, I BELIEVE. SO WHAT IT MIGHT MEAN IS IF THEY'RE NOT READY, I JUST WANT TO SET EXPECTATIONS. SO IF THEY'RE NOT READY FOR THE BOARD MEETING, THEN YOU MIGHT GET IT VIA EMAIL LATER IN THE MONTH. SO YOU GET THEM AND THEN WE WOULD POST THEM LATER ON. OR LIKE A DRAFT COPY. SO THE THIRD WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH IN NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR IS THE 18TH. SO WOULD WE HAVE THE BOARD MEETING AT WSSDA? NO. WE WOULD JUST MOVE IT. WE'D HAVE TO MOVE THAT. OKAY. DO WE HAVE TO HAVE A POLICY AROUND THE WHAT IFS TOO? I DON'T KNOW. CHRIS, DOES THE POLICY TALK ABOUT, I KNOW THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WE HAVE MOVED THE NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER MEETINGS. I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD IF THE POLICY HAS STIPULATIONS FOR THAT OR IF THAT'S JUST WE DO IT BY A RESOLUTION OR A MOTION. I'M READING REALLY QUICK. OKAY. I GUESS I COULD DO THAT TOO. WE'VE GOT THE POLICY THERE. SO FROM A WORKFLOW STANDPOINT, IT'S EASIEST TO HAVE THE MEETINGS FOR YOU GUYS ON A WEDNESDAY JUST BECAUSE IT'S NOT SO RUSHED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK. BUT IT'S EASIER, FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT, IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE, YOU FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WITH HAVING IT STILL STAY ON THE FOURTH WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH. IS THAT RIGHT? CURRENTLY TUESDAY, THE FOURTH TUESDAY. YEAH. WITH TUESDAY YOU HAVE TO POST EVERYTHING ON FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY YOU CAN POST EVERYTHING ON MONDAY. WEDNESDAY IS CERTAINLY BETTER BECAUSE OF THAT, THE FRIDAY VERSUS MONDAY. SO WEDNESDAY IS BETTER. AND IT JUST CHANGES THE NATURE [02:15:05] OF THE CONSISTENCY OF THE INFORMATION POTENTIALLY. SO YOU STILL GET ALL THE INFORMATION. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHEN IT FLOWS IN. SO I GUESS WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SUGGEST IS THAT IF WE MAYBE CAN AGREE ON WEDNESDAY AND THEN THE LAST THING TO FIGURE OUT IS IF IT'S THE THIRD OR FOURTH WEEKEND OF THE MONTH. WELL, THE FOURTH WEDNESDAY JUST, IT LEAVES US IN THE SAME SITUATION WE ARE WITH THE FOURTH TUESDAY. OH, I'M SORRY. I MEANT THE FOURTH, I'M JUST SAYING IF WE MOVE THE MEETING FROM TUESDAY TO WEDNESDAY AND THEN WE DETERMINE IF IT'S GOING TO BE THE THIRD WEEK OR THE FOURTH WEEK. THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY. WELL, THE CHALLENGE BEING, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THE FOURTH TUESDAY AS IT IS RIGHT NOW DOESN'T CREATE THAT PROBLEM BECAUSE THERE'S ENOUGH TIME FOR EVERYTHING TO BE DELAYED. SO MOVING IT TO THE FOURTH WEDNESDAY IS NOT A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE AND IT STILL LEAVES US WITH THE ORIGINAL PROBLEM OF IF THAT FOURTH WEDNESDAY FALLS ON THE LAST DAY OF THE MONTH, THEN WE'RE IN TROUBLE. THAT WAS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST NIGH JUST FOR MOVING IT IS WE HAVE HAD TIMES HISTORICALLY WHERE WE'VE BEEN A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS THAT WE WEREN'T GOING TO GET OUR MEETING IN AND WE HAD TO BE REAL CREATIVE AS FAR AS GETTING A QUORUM. GRANTED, WITH ZOOM CAPABILITIES, TECHNOLOGY MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER. YOU CAN GET US TOGETHER AND WE CAN HAVE A REMOTE MEETING IN THAT REGARD, WHICH WE DIDN'T HAVE THOSE POSSIBILITIES BEFORE, BUT THAT STILL LEAVES US ON THE EDGE BECAUSE IF WE DON'T HAVE A MEETING WITHIN EVERY MONTH, THEN WE'RE IN VIOLATION OF THE LAW. KEVIN, IT DOES SAY IN THE POLICY UNDER A REGULAR MEETINGS THAT IT'S SET FOR THE LAST TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH OR AT OTHER TIMES AND PLACES AS DETERMINED BY THE PRESIDING OFFICER OR MAJORITY VOTE OF THE BOARD. SO WE CAN ADJUST THAT. SO WE CAN ADJUST. YEAH. SO CURRENTLY, IT COULD BE THE FOURTH. THIS IS THIS MIGHT BE THE ISSUE. IT'S THE LAST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH. SOME WEEKS IT'S THE FOURTH. SOME WEEKS IT'S THE FIFTH. IF WE DID. IF WE IF IT WAS THE FOURTH. WHATEVER DAY, THE ONLY TIME WE WOULD HAVE AN ISSUE WOULD BE, IF I'M THINKING CORRECTLY, I'M NOT LOOKING AT A CALENDAR, THEN THE ONLY PROBLEM WE'D HAVE OR THE ONLY TIME WE'D HAVE POTENTIAL THAT BEING THE LAST DAY OF THE MONTH WOULD BE FEBRUARY. OCTOBER, BECAUSE IT'S HALLOWEEN. I KNOW WE WE CHANGED IT ONCE FOR HALLOWEEN. I DON'T REMEMBER WHY, BUT WE GOT A LOT OF WE GOT A LOT OF COMMUNITY OUTCRY AND I THINK WE WENT AND CHANGED IT. BUT I DON'T THINK THE FOURTH, THE FOURTH TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH COULD BE THE 31ST. WELL, THIS YEAR, BUT I MEAN. OF ANY YEAR. KRISTI, YOU REMEMBER IT. I MEAN, IT WAS. NO, WE DID SWITCH IT, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT I DON'T. IS ANYTHING BEYOND. IS THAT RIGHT? I HAVE TO LOOK AT A CALENDAR. YEAH, I'M LOOKING AT MY CALENDAR. AND IF WE WERE TO DO IT ON THE FOURTH WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH VERSUS THE LAST WEDNESDAY OR THE LAST. IT'D BE THE 21ST OF OCTOBER THIS YEAR IF WE DID THE FOURTH, RIGHT? I MEAN, THE 20TH VERSUS THE 27TH. I THINK THAT WAS IT BECAUSE WE DID THE LAST TUESDAY. IF WE SAID THE FOURTH WEEK, IT COULD IN SOME CASES, IF IT'S A FIVE WEEK MONTH, IT WOULD BUMP IT UP ONE WEEK. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD CREATE A PROBLEM FOR THE CHECKS BECAUSE SHE SAID THE 10TH OR 11TH. SO THAT'S STILL THE 20TH OR THE 21ST IF YOU DO WEDNESDAYS. BUT YEAH. BUT THEN YOU LOOK AT NOVEMBER. THE FOURTH IS THANKSGIVING WEEK. I THINK THAT'S AND THEN DECEMBER. SO THERE ARE A FEW MONTHS WE'D HAVE TO CHANGE. YEAH, THERE WOULD BE ON. THERE'S REGARDLESS. THERE'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE MONTHS LIKE DECEMBER. I'M LOOKING RIGHT NOW. WE WOULD NOT DO THE FOURTH OR THE LAST BECAUSE THOSE ARE BOTH OVER BREAKS. SO WE HAVE TO MOVE IT TO THE THIRD. THAT'S THE THAT WOULD BE THE 15TH, WHICH I THINK THAT'S WHAT HOLLY'S SAYING. THAT'S WHEN IT BECOMES TRICKY WHEN IT'S A TUESDAY FOR THOSE MONTHS. THAT'S HARD. NOT GREAT FOR WEDNESDAY, BUT HARD FOR TUESDAY. AND THEN I'M LOOKING AT JANUARY. [02:20:02] THAT WOULD BE IF YOU COUNT THAT FIRST WEEK AS IT STARTS ON A FRIDAY AS THE FIRST. SO IT WOULD BE THE 19TH ON THAT ONE. AND THEN THE NEXT ONE. YEAH. WAIT. SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIRD WEEK BECAUSE THAT'S A THIRD. WELL, THAT DEPENDS ON HOW PEOPLE ARE COUNTING IT. DEPENDS ON YOUR INTERPRETATION. YEAH. IT STARTED THAT ONE WEEK. IF YOU SAY THIRD TUESDAY. IT'D BE THE THIRD. SO WE WOULD SAY THE THIRD OR FOURTH FULL WEEK. WE'D NEED TO ADD IN THE FULL BECAUSE SOMETIMES A WEEK STARTS IN THE MIDDLE. I THINK THAT'S WHY THEY SAY THE LAST TUESDAY BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MATTER WHEN THE MONTH STARTS. RIGHT. I MEAN, IF YOU DID. SO LIKE IN JANUARY, IF YOU DID THE THIRD, THIRD TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY, IT'D BE THE 19TH OR THE 20TH. BUT THAT WOULD BE THE FOURTH WEEK IF YOU'RE COUNTING IT BY BY WEEKS. BUT I'VE ALWAYS DONE IT AS THE THIRD OR THE CHALLENGE. I'LL JUST SAY WEDNESDAYS ARE NOT A GOOD DAY FOR ME. BUT IF THAT'S THE DECISION OF THE BOARD, THEN WE'LL MAKE IT WORK. BUT I DON'T HAVE A PREFERENCE ON THE DAYS OR THE WEEK. BUT I GUESS I'M OPPOSITE OF KEVIN. I HAVE A LOT LESS CONFLICTS ON WEDNESDAYS THAN I DO TUESDAYS. I ALSO HAVE LESS CONFLICT ON TUESDAYS BECAUSE I PRACTICE ON TUESDAYS. SO THEN I WOULDN'T HAVE TO LIKE MISS A BOARD MEETING OR MISS PRACTICE IF WE HAD OUR MEETINGS ON A WEDNESDAY. THE WEEK DOESN'T REALLY MATTER. IN MY CASE, THAT'S LIKE A PERSONAL THING, TOO. I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO PREFERENCE BETWEEN TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. ANTONIO, DO YOU HAVE ANY TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY PREFERENCES? NOPE. NO PREFERENCE. SO I GUESS THE SO THEN THE QUESTION BECOMES LOOKING AT IT. DO WE GO WITH THE REGARDLESS OF WHAT WEEK I THINK WE CHOOSE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TIMES WHEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ADJUST OR CHANGE AS WE MENTIONED. YOU KNOW, DO WE GO THIRD OR DO WE GO DO WE GO THIRD WEEK? DO WE DO FOURTH WEEK? DO WE THIRD? IN MY MIND, IT'S MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD. BUT THAT'S JUST MY THINKING. THIRD TUESDAY OR FOURTH TUESDAY. I WILL SAY IF IT'S THE IF WE GO WITH AGAIN, THIS IS JUST IF WE GO WITH THE FOURTH TUESDAY, I WON'T BE HERE NEXT MONTH AND BECAUSE I'LL BE OUT OF TOWN. BUT IT'S ALREADY THE FOURTH. ISN'T IT ALREADY THE FOURTH TUESDAY? NO, IT'S THE LAST TUESDAY, WHICH IN SEPTEMBER, THERE'S FIVE TUESDAYS. I SEE. IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S THREE MONTHS THAT HAVE FIVE TUESDAYS. YEAH, TYPICALLY THERE'S. I'M I'M TRACKING NOW. SORRY, I WASN'T COMPLETELY TRACKING THE BURBERRY BETWEEN FOURTH AND LAST. I DON'T CARE WHEN THEY ARE. I JUST WANT IT CONVENIENT FOR HOLLY AND HER TEAM. YEAH. AND I'LL GO WITH ANYTHING. SO IF IT MATTERS TO SOMEBODY ELSE, PUT THAT OUT THERE. I'LL VOTE FOR WHATEVER YOU COULD DO THE MOST. YOU COULD CHANGE THE LANGUAGE. SO RIGHT NOW WE CURRENTLY USE THE LAST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH. YOU COULD SAY THE SECOND TO LAST TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY, WHICHEVER, INSTEAD OF SAYING THE WEEKS. AND STICK WITH THAT LANGUAGE, BECAUSE THEN IT FALLS WITHIN THE THIRD, YOU KNOW. BUT, OR IF WE CAN'T GET TO IT, WE JUST LEAVE IT AS IS AND... I ALSO WOULD RATHER NOT DISRUPT HOLLY. I MEAN, IT'S... I'M GOING TO ASK THAT YOU NOT DISRUPT HOLLY. I DON'T WANT TO. HOLLY WOULD ASK THAT WE DON'T DISRUPT HOLLY. I GUESS THE, I KNOW THERE'S THE PART OF THE REASON, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT... I KNOW WE'VE GOT, WE TALKED ABOUT THE CONCERNS AS FAR AS THE LAST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH. DOES THAT, GIVEN OUR CAPABILITIES TO PULL THINGS TOGETHER VIA ZOOM OR OTHER STUFF, DOES THAT, IS THE FEAR OF NOT HAVING A MEETING, YOU KNOW, NEGATED? I KNOW THAT IN THE COURSE OF MY HISTORY, WE HAD ONE TIME WHERE IT REALLY WAS A CONCERN AND WE WERE SCRAMBLING TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO. DOES THAT, IS IT A BIG ENOUGH [02:25:01] CONCERN THAT WE NEED TO MOVE IT WHERE EVERYONE IS COMFORTABLE OR IS USED TO WHERE IT'S AT OR WHAT IS, I GUESS, WHAT IS THE FEELING OF THE DISTRICT STAFF BECAUSE YOU'RE THE ONES THAT HAVE THE RAMIFICATIONS OF PAYROLL AND ALL THE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE APPROVED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAPPEN? AS LONG AS EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS. SO WE'LL NEED TO REVISE POLICY 6215 THAT TIGHTENS UP THE PREPAYMENT AUTHORIZATIONS A LITTLE EXPLICIT ABILITY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO PREPAYMENTS FOR THINGS THAT ARE NOT GOING TO MEET THE DEADLINE THE BOARD CAN APPROVE AFTER. IT JUST REQUIRES... WE HAVE CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS LISTED IN THAT POLICY NOW. WE'LL JUST HAVE TO EXPAND ON THAT A LITTLE BIT, WHICH IS, I'M SURE, HOW THE OTHER DISTRICTS DO IT. SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S A MAJOR HURDLE. AS LONG AS EVERYBODY IS OKAY WITH THE POTENTIAL INCONSISTENCY OF THE FORMAT IN WHICH YOU GET THE INFORMATION MONTHLY, I DON'T THINK IT REALLY MATTERS FOR US AS FAR AS PREPARING IT GOES. IT JUST MAY BE IN A DRAFT FORMAT OR COME LATER OR BY SOME OTHER MECHANISM THAN WHAT YOU'RE CURRENTLY USED TO. SO IF YOU'RE GOOD WITH THAT, THEN I DON'T THINK IT REALLY MAKES A WHOLE LOT OF... WE CAN ADAPT TO THE CHANGES. YOU'RE SAYING THAT IN REGARDS TO IF WE CHANGE AND MOVE THE MEETING EARLIER? CORRECT. OKAY. I GUESS MY QUESTION WAS, IS HOW BIG OF A CONCERN IS US MEETING ON THE LAST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH RELATED TO, I KNOW THERE'S A CONCERN, IF WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET QUORUM OR HAVE A MEETING, WHAT IS THE... ARE THERE OTHER CONCERNS THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT? WELL, WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE GET A QUORUM. THAT WOULD NOT BE AN OPTION. YEAH. SO... WE HAVE... I CAN'T REMEMBER THE SPECIFIC DATE OR TIME, BUT WE DID HAVE A MEETING THAT WE ABBREVIATED FOR WEATHER CONCERNS WHEN WE DID A VERY QUICK ZOOM APPROVE THE VOUCHERS AND THE PAYROLL ONLY MEETING. SO THAT'S... BUT THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE THE SOLUTION. SO KEVIN, HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU SERVED ON THE BOARD? 16. AND SO THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE ONLY ONE TIME IN 16 YEARS? YEAH. IS THAT WORTH DISRUPTING OUR SYSTEM FOR? WELL, THAT'S KIND OF THE QUESTION THAT I GUESS I'M NOT ASKING REAL WELL, BUT THAT'S A QUESTION IN MY MIND BECAUSE I DON'T... WE CAN ADAPT TO A DRAFT AND THEN A FINAL, BUT HAVING IT WHEN WE DO AND WHAT WE'RE USED TO, WE GET A FINAL OF OUR FINANCIAL REPORT, I THINK THINGS ARE COMING TO US MORE CONSISTENT THAT WAY THAN IF WE HAVE A DRAFT AND THEN IT'S LIKE, OKAY, WELL, THAT WAS A DRAFT LAST MONTH, WE HAD TO MAKE THIS ADJUSTMENT. THEN IT GETS A LITTLE, IN MY MIND, GETS A LITTLE FUZZIER. AND ALSO, WE HAVE ZOOM NOW. I MEAN, IF IT'S INCLEMENT WEATHER, WE CAN JUST HOP ON ZOOM, HAVE A MEETING AND DO AN ABBREVIATED ONE. SO THERE ARE ALTERNATIVES AVAILABLE FOR THE INFREQUENT TIMES THAT IT MIGHT EVER HIT US. AS LONG AS WE CAN GET A QUORUM OF THREE PEOPLE TOGETHER, YEAH. AND ISN'T THAT... OOPS, SORRY. ISN'T THAT... I MEAN, THAT COULD JUST BE A DISCLAIMER AT BOARD DOCS, RIGHT? THAT THIS IS WHEN OUR REGULAR MEETING IS AND IN THE EVENT OF BAD WEATHER, WE MAY REVERT TO ZOOM, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT IS STILL NOTICED. YEAH. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY THIS, BUT I REALLY COULDN'T CARE LESS WHAT WEEK WE HAVE THIS. I'M KIND OF WITH YOU, EXCEPT THAT I REALLY... I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I'M A CREATURE OF HABIT, I THINK. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF SETTING OUR WAYS ON AUDIT COMMITTEES. YEAH. FOR ME, IT WAS JUST THE DAY OF THE WEEK. I JUST HAVE LESS CONFLICTS ON WEDNESDAYS THAN I DO TUESDAYS. BUT I CAN TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHERE KEVIN'S COMING FROM. I MEAN, WE ALL LIVE DIFFERENT LIVES, HAVE DIFFERENT SCHEDULES. AND FRANKLY, KEVIN'S THE PRESIDENT RIGHT NOW, AND HE HAS TO PREPARE FOR THESE MEETINGS. AND SO IF WE MOVE THE MEETING TO A DAY THAT MAKES IT HARDER FOR HIM TO BE PREPARED, THEN I'M NOT REALLY IN FAVOR OF THAT. WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT. I MEAN, I GUESS PART OF THE REASON I LOOK AT IT IS WE ALL KIND OF CAME [02:30:01] INTO THIS KNOWING IT WAS TUESDAY AND THE END OF THE MONTH. SO IF, YOU KNOW, AS I START TO LISTEN TO, THERE'S THIS ISSUE, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT ONES. YOU GUYS, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GET YOUR LIFE THAT THERE'S NO CONFLICTS WHATEVER DAY. I LIKE THAT. ENTIREMENT. CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION THAT AT THIS POINT, JUST LISTENING TO YOU, WHAT I'M HEARING IS KEEP IT THE SAME AND ADJUST WHEN NEEDED. YEAH. YEAH. HOW ABOUT THAT? OKAY. I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE TIME AND HOW MUCH IS LEFT ON YOUR AGENDA. I WANT YOU TO HAVE TIME TO DISCUSS. CAN I BRING UP ONE MORE THING, THOUGH? WE HAD TALKED ABOUT A SECOND... NO, PEGGY. NO, I'M KIDDING. SECOND MEETING, YOU KNOW, DURING THE MONTH. YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU TALKED ABOUT DESIGNATING IT AS A SPECIAL MEETING. I PERSONALLY FEEL LIKE WE CAN GET TWO REGULAR MEETINGS IN AND IT WOULD BE FINE. AND IN FACT, THAT WAY, IF SOMEBODY COULDN'T MAKE ONE, THEY'D MAKE THE OTHER ONE AND IT WOULD BE OKAY. IT'S ABOUT THE BUSINESS ITEMS THAT WE APPROVE. SO THEN IF YOU'RE WANTING TO DO THE STUDY SESSIONS, SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO MOVE THEM TO BE ABLE TO VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH PUTS HOLLY RIGHT BACK TO WHAT SHE IS. SO IT'S THE BUSINESS SIDE THAT NEEDS TO BE AT THE END OF THE MONTH, WHICH IS WHAT WE REALLY NEED YOU TO PASS IN ORDER FOR US TO MAINTAIN PROCEDURES SO. BUT YOU COULD HAVE TWO REGULAR MEETINGS. IT'S JUST THAT ONE OF THEM YOU DO THE FINANCIAL STUFF AND THE OTHER ONE YOU WOULDN'T HAVE THAT. I MEAN... WE DID, ESSENTIALLY, LAST YEAR WE HAD A STUDY SESSION WHERE YOU CHOSE TOPICS AND YOU'VE ALREADY SELECTED THE TOPICS BETWEEN THE SIP PLANS AND ALL OF THAT. SO WE DO HAVE AN AGENDA THAT I'VE SHARED WITH THE TEAM. IF WE WANTED TO GET ANY ADDITIONAL REGULAR BUSINESS OUT OF THE WAY, AS LONG AS IT'S NOTICED AND IF WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A DECISION ON IT. FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE A BUNCH OF POLICIES ON THIS ONE. THERE'S NOTHING I CAN SEE THAT MIGHT STAND IN THE WAY OF HAVING... I THINK FROM A BUSINESS SIDE, IT ACTUALLY IS HARDER TO HAVE TO DO THOSE TWICE IN A MONTH. I THINK I WOULD PREFER WE JUST GO STATUS QUO. I LIKE YOUR IDEA, THOUGH. I JUST THINK IT'S A MUCH... BECAUSE WHAT I CAN SEE HAPPENING IS DOUBLING UP AND DOING MORE POLICIES IN A MONTH INSTEAD OF JUST SPLITTING THEM UP. CAN I SUGGEST THAT WE... AS FAR AS WE DID TALK ABOUT THE EXTRA MEETINGS AND STUDY SESSIONS, IF WE'RE LEAVING THIS MEETING AS STATUS QUO, IF CHRIS CAN SEND OUT DATES, PROPOSED DATES, SO WE CAN GET THOSE ON THE CALENDAR. BECAUSE GIVEN BRIAN'S AND MY SCHEDULE AND ANTONIO'S SCHEDULE, NOT NANCY'S AND PEGGY'S, GETTING THOSE ONTO OUR CALENDARS IS GOING TO HELP US SO WE CAN GET THOSE RESERVED SO WE CAN HAVE THOSE STUDY SESSIONS. AND THEN ONCE WE HAVE THE DATES, WE CAN PLAN BASED ON WHEN THOSE ARE, WHAT IS THE MOST APPROPRIATE TOPIC TO COVER BASED ON THE LIST THAT WE CAME UP AT THE RETREAT. SO IF YOU CAN GIVE US SOME DATES AND THEN WE CAN WORK FROM THAT, THAT'D BE GREAT. OKAY, SO NOTHING TO ACT ON BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE THAT AS IS. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO ITEM 7.05, WHICH IS ADOPTING THE ANNUAL WORK PLAN. THIS IS THE PLAN THAT WAS PRESENTED TO US FOR REVIEW AT THE RETREAT THAT CHRIS PUT TOGETHER WITH THE UPCOMING OEB AND OUR POLICIES, RESULTS AND OPERATIONAL EXPECTATION POLICIES. AND BASICALLY IT WAS PUT WHEN WE'LL BE RECEIVING THOSE THEN TO BE TALKED ABOUT THE SUBSEQUENT MONTH. AND SO BASICALLY WE JUST NEED AS PART OF OUR POLICY TO APPROVE THAT SO THAT THE TEAM CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE PRESENTATIONS. SO IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? WHY IS IT THAT WE'VE GOT TWO OES ON MAY AND ZERO OES IN JUNE OR JULY? TYPICALLY WITH JUNE AND JULY BECAUSE OF VACATIONS AND POTENTIALS FOR PEOPLE NOT BEING HERE, WE TRY TO KEEP THOSE MONTHS CLEAR OF THE REPORTS SO WE GET THEM WHILE SCHOOL IS STILL IN SESSION PLUS THE TEAM IS... IT'S ALSO HOW THE DATA WORKS TOGETHER. IF IT'S A SHORTER POLICY AND THE DATA IS SIMILAR, SO LIKE MARK FOR EXAMPLE WOULD WORK WITH BOBBY ON THE TWO AT ONE TIME. SO THE CALENDAR IS OFTEN CREATED AROUND WHEN DATA COMES IN, WHEN BUDGETS COME IN, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. I WAS GOING TO SAY IS IT JUST BECAUSE OF THE BUDGET AND THAT'S A PRETTY BIG THING WITHOUT OTHER... YEAH, IT REALLY IS AROUND OUR WORK SCHEDULE OF WHEN THINGS HAPPEN. ONE QUESTION WITH THAT, IF I'M READING THAT REPORT RIGHT, IF THIS IS WHEN WE'RE RECEIVING, SHOULD WE... [02:35:02] BASED ON THIS, SHOULD WE NOT BE RECEIVING THE SAFETY AND BELONGING REPORT TONIGHT? IT'S ON THE SCHEDULE. YEAH, IS IT ON THE SCHEDULE? IS IT ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT AND I'M MISSING IT? AT THE END OF THE BOARD CONSENT. CHRIS, DO YOU HEAR WHAT THEY'RE ASKING? I DO. THE ANNUAL WORK PLAN COULDN'T BE FINALIZED UNTIL THE MEETING SCHEDULE WAS DECIDED. SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF THE CHICKEN OR THE EGG. OKAY. UNFORTUNATELY. SO DOES THAT MEAN IF WE APPROVE THIS, THEN WE WILL GET THE R1 REPORT, WE'LL RECEIVE IT AND OE3 NEXT MONTH? OKAY. CHRIS, THESE ARE NOT WHEN THEY APPROVE THEM, THIS IS WHEN THEY GET THEM, RIGHT? YEAH, IT SAYS UP AT THE TOP RECEIVE. BUT IF, WAIT, IF THAT HAPPENED, THEN WE'D GET TWO IN SEPTEMBER SINCE WE GET ZERO IN AUGUST. WHY CAN'T WE JUST APPROVE THIS AND THEN RECEIVE THE R1 REPORT IN AN EMAIL? IS THE R1 REPORT READY TO BE RECEIVED IN SEPTEMBER? IS THE R1 REPORT READY TO BE RECEIVED IN AN EMAIL? AND CAN WE DO THAT? DOES THAT WORK VIA PROCEDURE OR POLICY? I'M NOT OPPOSED TO IT. I JUST DON'T WANT US TO BE OUT OF ALIGNMENT. HAS THAT EVER BEEN DONE? NOT THAT I CAN REMEMBER, BUT I WON'T SWEAR ONE WAY OR ANOTHER BECAUSE I HAVE TO LOOK BACK. I MEAN, RECEIVING IT, THE ONLY PART, IF WE RECEIVE IT VIA EMAIL, THEN IT'S NOT POSTED SOMEWHERE FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE AHEAD OF TIME. IS THERE A WAY TO POST IT? IS THERE A WAY TO POST IT? YEAH, I MEAN, APPARENTLY, YES. BECAUSE I'D RATHER DO ONE EACH MONTH THAN NOTHING THIS MONTH AND DOUBLE UP NEXT MONTH. AND R1'S A BIG ONE, RIGHT? I MEAN, IT'S SAFETY AND BELONGING, RIGHT? DO, WOULD WE HAVE IT, WHERE IS THE TEAM ON THAT ONE AS FAR AS, IS THAT A DOABLE THING OR ARE YOU CHECKING OR NOT MEANING TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT? WE CAN HAVE IT FOR YOU THIS WEEK. OKAY. OKAY, SO THEN BACK TO THE ANNUAL WORK PLAN. POTENTIALLY, IF WE APPROVE THIS THE WAY IT IS, THEN THE CHICKEN HAS LAID THE EGG AND THE EGG WILL CRACK AND WE'LL GET THE REPORT THIS WEEK. AND WE CAN KEEP ON THE PLAN AND DISCUSS R1, THE SAFETY AND BELONGING AT SEPTEMBER'S MEETING, AT WHICH WE'LL ALSO RECEIVE OE3 FOR DISCUSSION AT THE SUBSEQUENT MEETING, OR NEXT MEETING. DOES THAT WORK FOR EVERYBODY? YES, BUT I SEE ON 7.05, IT'S LABELED CONSIDERING OUR ANNUAL WORK PLAN, BUT THEN WHEN YOU GO TO ITSELF, IT SAYS RECEIVE REPORT. BUT WE WANT TO DO MORE THAN RECEIVE THE REPORT. WE WANT TO APPROVE IT, RIGHT? THE RECOMMENDED ACTION THAT IS STANDING THERE IS TO ADOPT THE ANNUAL WORK PLAN. SO IT DOES SAY CONSIDER, BUT WE CAN, THE ACTION WHERE YOU... OH, GOOD, OKAY. IF YOU OPEN IT UP, IT SAYS ADOPT. YEAH. OKAY, GOOD. CAN I MOVE THAT WE ADOPT IT? I AM GRATEFUL THAT YOU MOVED TO ADOPT IT. SO IT HAS BEEN MOVED THAT WE ADOPT THE ANNUAL WORK PLAN FOR THE 26-27 SCHOOL YEAR. SO WE'LL START WITH THE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE VOTES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? WITH AN AFFIRMATIVE FROM THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE STUDENTS, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE ELECTED OFFICIALS. AND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. AYE. [8. SUPERINTENDENT CONSENT AGENDA [GC-2.4]] ALL OPPOSED? [02:40:01] SORRY, ANTONIO, IF I CUT YOU OFF. SO, OKAY. THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE THREE POLICIES THAT WE'RE ON FOR APPROVAL, THAT WE'RE ON THE SUPERINTENDENT CONSENT AGENDA. TYPICALLY, JUST AS FOR EVERYONE TO KNOW, TYPICALLY IF THE POLICIES HAVE LIMITED CHANGES, PRIMARILY RELATED TO LAWS, GRAMMAR, THAT DON'T SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGE THEM, WE PUT THEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR REVIEW OR FOR RECEIVING AN ACTION THE SAME NIGHT IF THEY HAVE MORE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES, WHICH THERE ARE THREE ON THERE, THEN WE RECEIVE THEM AT ONE MEETING AND DISCUSS THEM AT THE NEXT. BUT WE HAVE TAKEN ITEMS 9.03, 9.06, AND 9.07 OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA, SO WE'LL WORK ON THEM NOW. SO STARTING WITH 9.03, WHICH IS THE NEW POLICY, 1732 BOARD MEMBER INSURANCE. SO THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION. YEAH, I DON'T REALLY PARTICULARLY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT. IT'S JUST THAT IT IS A BRAND NEW POLICY, AND SO IT'S NOT LIKE ONE THAT HAS MINIMAL CHANGES IS BRAND NEW, AND THAT'S WHY I THOUGHT IT SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO SIT FOR A LITTLE WHILE. I DIDN'T SEE ANY BIG ISSUES WITH IT, BUT I'M NOT THE ONLY PERSON THAT HAS THE VOTE ON IT. I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS PRUDENT TO PUT IT TILL NEXT MONTH. I MEAN, GIVE IT A WAITING PERIOD OF A MONTH. THAT'S FINE. REMEMBER THAT THE BOARD, JUST FOR OUR DECISION MAKING, THE BOARD AGREED THAT IF THERE WAS MINIMAL CHANGES THAT DON'T CHANGE THE MEANING OF THE POLICY AND IT'S JUST TO UPDATE THE FEW WORDS, THEN IT WOULD BE PUT ON TO VOTE ON. THAT'S WHY THEY'RE THAT WAY. SO WE'RE USING THE LANGUAGE OR THE PROCEDURE THAT THE BOARD PUT IN PLACE ON HOW WE DECIDE WHICH ONES GET TO RECEIVE THE NEXT MONTH TO ADOPT VERSUS... I WOULD OFFER THAT THIS IS NOT A MINIMAL CHANGE SINCE IT'S A BRAND NEW POLICY, AND THEREFORE... THAT ONE IS THE INSURANCE ONE, YES, SO I DO AGREE WITH THAT. THE OTHER TWO ARE MINIMAL LANGUAGE. YEAH, I WANT TO THINK MORE ABOUT THE RAMIFICATIONS OF MOVING THE DEFINITIONS, AND THEY SAID THEY ELIMINATED THE PROCEDURE ON THE IMMIGRATION ONE. I'D LIKE TO THINK ON THAT ONE A LITTLE MORE, ACTUALLY. WELL, HOLD ON. RIGHT NOW WE'RE ON THIS ONE, SO WE NEED TO STICK WITH ONE POLICY AT A TIME. NO WORRIES. YEAH, AND I DO BELIEVE, CORRECT, THAT WE DO HAVE BOARD MEMBER INSURANCE. WE ALREADY HAVE IT. WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE POLICY IN PLACE TO DO THAT, RIGHT, MARK? BOARD MEMBER INSURANCE, WHERE IT SAYS WE HAVE LIABILITY INSURANCE FOR... IT'S NOT A BRAND NEW [INAUDIBLE] POLICY, BUT IF WE DON'T HAVE IT, THEN IT'S NEW TO US. YEAH. YEAH, IT'S... IT'S IN PLACE. THIS IS NOT NEW. IT'S JUST REFLECTING THE... YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT, SO... IF YOU WANT TO APPROVE IT NEXT MONTH, THAT'S FINE. WE CAN DELAY... AS FAR AS WE GO. THOSE THINGS ARE ALREADY IN PLACE, I MEAN, BECAUSE THE LAW... BASICALLY THOSE ARE JUST STATE LAWS THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING. WHAT'S IT TAKE TO JUST MOVE IT TO NEXT MONTH? A MOTION JUST TO MOVE IT TO ACT ON IT NEXT MONTH. I MOTION THAT WE MOVE THIS TO NEXT MONTH. OKAY. IT HAS BEEN MOVED THAT WE ACT ON POLICY 1732, BOARD MEMBER INSURANCE NEXT MONTH, STARTING WITH THE STUDENT ADVISORY VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. WITH THE AFFIRMATIVE RECOMMENDATION OF THE STUDENT MEMBERS. ALL THOSE GOING TO THE REGULAR... THEY'RE THE ELECTED MEMBERS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? NAY. OKAY, SO THE 1732 HAS BEEN MOVED TO NEXT MONTH. DID ANTONIO VOTE? HE'S ON MUTE. OH, HE'S ON MUTE. SO... IT'S A AYE. OKAY. THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO 9.06, WHICH IS POLICY 4300 REGARDING IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT IN SCHOOLS. AND SO... OKAY. AGAIN, I MEAN, THEY MOVED THE DEFINITIONS OUT OF PROCEDURE AND FROM THE SOUNDS OF IT, ELIMINATED THE PROCEDURE. AND I DON'T KNOW IF WSSDA HAS AN UPDATED PROCEDURE, BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THINK [02:45:03] A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT, OKAY, YOU KNOW HOW WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT PUTTING GUARDRAILS IN POLICIES, I THINK PUTTING DEFINITIONS IN IS ONE FORM OF GUARDRAIL, AND I JUST WANT TO THINK ON IT A LITTLE MORE. YOU GUYS MAY HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION, BUT THAT'S WHERE I'M COMING FROM. OKAY. SO ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR A MOTION WHETHER WE VOTE ON ADOPTING IT OR WE VOTE ON MOVING IT TO... OR... WHETHER WE ADOPT, REJECT THE REVISIONS, OR WE MOVE IT TO NEXT MONTH? I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WE REMOVED THE PROCEDURE AND JUST PUT IT INTO THE POLICY. ACCORDING TO THE CHANGES THAT WERE OUTLINED ON THERE, THEY MOVED THE DEFINITIONS FROM THE... THAT WAS A... THIS IS IN LINE WITH THE WSSDA MODEL POLICY, HOW THEY SHIFTED IT, AND IT'S BASED ON LEGAL COUNSEL. YEAH, TYPICALLY MOST OF THESE SMALL REVISIONS LIKE THIS THAT COME THROUGH THIS WAY ARE BASED ON WSSDA CHANGES THAT ARE IN CONJUNCTION WITH LEGAL CHANGES, AND THAT'S WHY THEY COME FORTH AS A RECEIVE AND ACT ON THE SAME MONTH BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A LOT WE CAN DO OTHER THAN CHOOSE TO VIOLATE THE LAW. MY UNDERSTANDING FROM SOMETHING THAT THEY WROTE WAS THAT IT WOULD NOT PUT YOU OUT OF COMPLIANCE IF YOU DIDN'T. THIS WAS CLEANING UP THE LANGUAGE A LITTLE BIT. IT WAS MORE FOR CLARIFICATION. WHATEVER THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO DO. I JUST THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE POLICIES COMING, SO I JUST WANT YOU GUYS TO KEEP IN MIND THE MORE YOU MOVE TO THE NEXT MONTH, IT'S NOT GOING TO STOP OUR WORK. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP ADDING TO YOU, SO AT SOME POINT... BUT THIS WILL GIVE US A WHOLE MONTH TO PROCESS IT, AND WE'VE ALREADY READ IT. THAT'S THE THING. I MEAN, IT'S TOTALLY YOUR POINT. I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT AT SOME POINT THERE BECOMES A BACKLOG. I TOTALLY APPRECIATE THAT, AND I THOUGHT THAT THESE THREE WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, JUST GIVEN A LITTLE MORE TIME, THEN IT'S LIKE, OKAY, YEAH, SURE, BUT I WANTED THE EXTRA TIME MYSELF. I DON'T KNOW HOW EVERYBODY ELSE FEELS ABOUT IT, BUT I KNOW I WANT THE EXTRA TIME. AND SPECIFICALLY, SO YOU NEED TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE THIS TO NEXT MONTH. OKAY, SO THERE IS A MOTION TO MOVE THIS POLICY TO CONSIDERATION NEXT MONTH, STARTING WITH THE STUDENT ADVISORY VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? OKAY, MOVING ON TO THE ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS WITH THE AFFIRMATIVE STUDENT RECOMMENDATION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF MOVING THIS TO NEXT MONTH, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? NAY. NAY. OKAY, SO WE ARE MOVING IT THEN UNTIL NEXT MONTH. OKAY, THEN FINALLY, 9.07, APPROVAL OF REVISED POLICY 6100, REVENUES FROM LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL SOURCES. SO WITH THIS ONE, I JUST, IT WAS INTERESTING TO ME, AND I REALLY, I WAS HOPING THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY USE A DISCUSSION OF THIS POLICY TO START TALKING ABOUT LEVIES. AND THAT'S WHY I WANT TO POSTPONE THIS UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING, BECAUSE I THINK IN READING UP ON WHAT ENRICHMENT LEVIES CAN BE USED FOR AND WHAT THE STATE CONSIDERS BASIC EDUCATION, I THINK THIS IS A LAUNCHING PAD, THE DISCUSSION OF THIS POLICY IS A LAUNCHING PAD FOR A VERY GOOD DISCUSSION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FINANCES AND THAT'S WHY I WOULD REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. SO THAT IS SCHEDULED TO START TALKING ABOUT IN MARCH. SO YOU WOULD BE PUTTING THIS OFF UNTIL THAT TIME? NO, I MEAN, I'M JUST SAYING, NO, I THINK WE COULD VOTE ON THIS NEXT MONTH. I JUST WANT A BETTER UNDERSTANDING. I WANT TO BE MORE INFORMED ON THIS. SO I WOULD SCHEDULE A MEETING. I GUESS THIS IS MY THING, LIKE ANY OF THESE, IT'S HARD FOR US IN THE MOMENT TO LEAD LEARNING IF IT'S OUTSIDE OF STUDY SESSIONS. SO JUST YOU SETTING UP A MEETING WITH MARK AND HOLLY TO BETTER UNDERSTAND IT. I DON'T THINK THE, PERSONALLY, THIS IS JUST IN MY OPINION, AND NOBODY HAS TO AGREE WITH ME. PERSONALLY, I THINK THE UNDERSTANDING IS GOING TO COME OVER THE COURSE OF THE WHOLE YEAR AS WE LOOK AT BUDGET AND ASK QUESTIONS, REGARDLESS OF A POLICY. WELL, THAT'S PROBABLY TRUE. AS I SAID, I MEAN, I REALLY WANTED TO DIVE INTO THIS ONE AND GET A LITTLE [02:50:01] BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND ACTUALLY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A DISCUSSION. MAYBE NOT A LOT, BUT... SO, AND CERTAINLY I WILL MAKE APPOINTMENTS, YOU KNOW, TO COME TALK TO PEOPLE. ABSOLUTELY. COULD WE PASS THIS NOW AND THEN JUST REVISIT IT IN MARCH WHEN IT'S PERTINENT TO PROMOTING OUR LEVY? I LIKE THAT IDEA. I WOULD MOTION THAT WE APPROVE POLICY 6100. OKAY. SO IT HAS BEEN MOVED THAT WE APPROVE THE REVISED POLICY 6100 REVENUE FROM LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL SOURCES. STARTING WITH THE STUDENT ADVISORY VOTE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? OKAY. WITH THE AFFIRMATIVE VOTE FROM THE STUDENTS, MOVING ON TO THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? NAY. OKAY. SO POLICY 6100, THE REVISIONS HAVE BEEN ADOPTED. AND I DO WANT TO STRESS BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO START MAKING DECISIONS AND REALLY THE DECISIONS GET MADE NEXT FALL, BUT THIS YEAR IS YOUR YEAR TO LEARN ABOUT LEVIES AND ALL OF THAT, SO PLEASE UTILIZE THE TEAM TO COME IN AND SPEND TIME LEARNING AND TALKING. [9. BOARD CONSENT AGENDA [GC-2.4]] SO WHEN WE GET THERE, IT'S MUCH EASIER TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. OKAY. SO THIS BRINGS US TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD CONSENT AGENDAS. THE CONSENT AGENDAS ARE A GROUP OF ROUTINE ITEMS THAT THE BOARD HAS HAD ACCESS TO REVIEW BEFORE THE MEETING AND TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS AND TO GET CLARIFICATION SO THAT WE CAN APPROVE THEM IN ONE VOTE AS OPPOSED TO TAKING EACH INDIVIDUAL ITEM. AS PART OF TONIGHT'S AGENDA, THE BOARD WILL BE APPROVING A REVISION TO OUR GOVERNANCE CULTURE POLICY GC7, THE FERNDALE SCHOOL BOARD SOCIAL CONTRACT. THE BOARD REVIEWED OUR SOCIAL CONTRACT AT OUR BOARD RETREAT EARLIER THIS MONTH AND NOTED THAT IT REFERRED TO OUR STRATEGIC COMMITMENTS. THAT LANGUAGE WAS UPDATED TO INDICATE THAT THE BOARD WILL STAY TRUE TO OUR PURPOSE BY REGULARLY REVISITING AND RECOMMITTING TO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. AS A REMINDER, LET'S SEE. SORRY, GOT TO CHANGE THIS BECAUSE THINGS REMOVED. WE ALSO WILL BE RECEIVING THREE POLICIES FOR REVIEW WITH PLANS TO DISCUSS AND REVIEW AT OUR SEPTEMBER MEETING. POLICY 2022, ELECTRONIC RESOURCES AND INTERNET SAFETY. POLICY 2023, DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP AND MEDIA LITERACY. POLICY 6910, CONSTRUCTION FINANCING. AS ALWAYS, WE ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO VIEW ANY REPORTS AND POLICIES WE RECEIVE AND WE'LL BE ACTING ON TO SHARE ANY THOUGHTS THEY HAVE ABOUT THEM WITH THE BOARD PRIOR TO THE NEXT MEETING OR DURING PUBLIC COMMENT TIME AT THE MEETING SO WE CAN TAKE YOUR THOUGHTS INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN ACTING ON THESE ITEMS. SO WITH THAT SAID, THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION IN REGARDS TO THE CONSENT AGENDAS. I MOTION WE ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDAS AS PRESENTED. OKAY, IT HAS BEEN MOVED TO ADOPT THE CONSENT AGENDAS AS PRESENTED. THESE, WE DON'T HAVE A STUDENT ADVISORY VOTE SO WE MOVE STRAIGHT TO THE ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS. AND SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING THE CONSENT AGENDAS SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. AYE. [10. SHARING [GC-7.E}] AYE. ALL OPPOSED? THE CONSENT AGENDAS HAVE BEEN ADOPTED. WE'RE IN THE HOMESTRETCH, FOLKS. THAT BRINGS US TO BOARD MEMBER SHARING AND I WILL START OVER WITH BRIAN. YEAH, SO, I MEAN, ON PEGGY'S POINT ABOUT THAT POLICY AROUND 6100, I DO, I AM NOT GOING TO WAIT TO START TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, JUST UNDERSTANDING THE LEVIES PROCESS MORE. BECAUSE SOMETHING I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT HERE IS FIGURING OUT HOW WE CAN BETTER FUND OUR FACILITY MAINTENANCE. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING I'M GOING TO TRY TO RESEARCH THE BEST I CAN TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT OPTION WE COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE IN GETTING THAT, THOSE BETTER FUNDED. SO THAT'S THE FIRST THING I WAS GOING TO MENTION. THE SECOND THING IS I'M WONDERING ABOUT OUR, THE CURRENT WAY OF HOW WE HAVE THE CITY LIAISON COMING TO SPEAK WITH US. I DO REMEMBER A TIME, AND YOU KNOW, MAYBE BEFORE I WAS ON THE BOARD, WHERE ERIN GUNTER WOULD COME AND KIND OF SIT IN THIS CHAIR AND WE WOULD BE ABLE TO KIND OF HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH HER. [02:55:01] AND I WONDER ABOUT THAT FORMAT BEING A LITTLE BIT BETTER WHERE IT'S A KIND OF A DIALOGUE RATHER THAN JUST KIND OF A ONE WAY. SO THOSE ARE, THAT'S THE, THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS THAT HAVE KIND OF BEEN ON MY MIND A LITTLE BIT AS WE'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, OVER THE LAST BIT HERE, SO. OKAY, CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE CAN DISCUSS, LOOK INTO AS FAR AS OUR OPTIONS. SO, OKAY. ANTONIO. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE. THANK YOU FOR THE PATIENCE. I'M REMOVED, BUT I JUST WANT TO SHARE SOMETHING. I WAS DRIVING ON DOWNTOWN FERNDALE ONE NIGHT. IT WAS, YOU KNOW, IT WAS THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER, SO IT GETS DARK LATER. AND THERE WAS A KID WITH AN ELECTRIC LITTLE MOTORCYCLE SLASH BICYCLE. AND I DIDN'T SEE IT. I ALMOST HIT IT. AND I HAVE SEEN SOME COMMENTS ONLINE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, REACHING OUT TO THE SCHOOLS. AND I REALLY THINK THAT THIS IS, THIS IS A PARENT ISSUE AND THINGS THAT WE NEED TO REALLY START THINKING ABOUT WITH NEW TECHNOLOGIES. AND, BUT OUR, WHAT IS NOT NEW, WHAT IS OLD IS OUR ABILITY TO TEACH OUR KIDS TO BE CAREFUL AND TO BE MINDFUL THAT THEY CAN BE VERY HURT IF THEY'RE NOT CAREFUL. VERY HURT IF THEY'RE NOT CAREFUL, RIGHT? SO, I MEAN, AS A PARENT, I'M VERY AWARE OF THE THINGS THAT COULD HURT OUR KIDS AND WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TEACHING OUR KIDS IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT REAL QUICK. DEFINITELY. SAFETY IS ALWAYS A CRITICAL ISSUE AND TRYING TO HELP EVERYBODY RECOGNIZE THAT IS CRUCIAL. SO, THANK YOU. PEGGY. WELL, TO PILE ONTO WHAT ANTONIO SAID, I MEAN, I THINK RIGHT NOW IS THE TIME TO START TEACHING THEM WHAT TRAFFIC SIGNS ARE, WHAT LANE YOU STAND, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE RULES OF THE ROAD ARE BECAUSE ULTIMATELY WHEN THEY BECOME DRIVERS, WHEN THEY'RE OLDER, YOU KNOW, THEY WILL HAVE THOSE LESSONS LEARNED, WHICH I THINK IS, YOU KNOW, ONLY BENEFICIAL. DID HAVE SOMETHING WRITTEN DOWN. I WAS TRYING TO REMEMBER WHAT I DID WITH IT. JUST A SECOND HERE. OH, YEAH, OKAY. LOOKING BACK OVER THE CONSENT AGENDA AND THE NUMBER OF CONTRACTS THAT WERE IN THERE RELATED TO MENTAL HEALTH, A THOUGHT OCCURRED TO ME. I MEAN, I'VE NOTICED THE ONE, THE FEES WENT UP LIKE SOMETHING LIKE 6%, I THINK, AND I'M LIKE, IS THAT THE RATE OF INFLATION? IT SEEMED LIKE THE COSTS WENT UP INCREDIBLY. SO, TWO THINGS. NUMBER ONE IS THE COST OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES GOING UP FASTER THAN OTHER THINGS IS, YOU KNOW, DOES OSPI FACTOR THOSE KINDS OF SERVICES INTO THE AMOUNT SPENT ON STUDENTS? AND IT JUST SEEMED LIKE THE MAJORITY OF THOSE CONTRACTS WERE AROUND MENTAL HEALTH. AND I WONDERED IF YOU WERE TO FACTOR THAT INTO THE COST OF EDUCATING A STUDENT HOW MUCH THAT ACTUALLY ADDS TO THE BILL. I NOTICED THAT WE CUT SERVICES IN A COUPLE OF AREAS, YOU KNOW, REDUCED BECAUSE THE EXPENSE WAS JUST TOO GREAT. YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THE BILL TIGHTENING. I'M JUST WONDERING WHERE IN THE OVERALL PICTURE, I MEAN, THIS SEEMS LIKE MISSION CREEP TO ME. I REALIZE IT'S ESSENTIAL FOR KIDS TO BE MENTALLY HEALTHY. DON'T GET ME WRONG. BUT I ALSO DON'T FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE IN CHARGE, IF YOU'RE CHARGED WITH ACADEMICS, IF YOU'RE CHARGED WITH EDUCATION, THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN ANCILLARY THING AND I THINK IS MORE APPROPRIATELY LEFT TO, YOU KNOW, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES BUT SOMEHOW OR OTHER HAS CREPT INTO OUR TENT. AND, YOU KNOW, WONDERING IF THERE IS A WAY OF MOVING THINGS BACK WHERE THEY BELONG. SO WE TALK ABOUT THE BOARD HAS BEEN VERY CLEAR WITH US THAT WE ARE NEEDING TO FOCUS ON BEHAVIOR. THIS IS ALL PART OF IT. I CAN'T FOCUS ON BEHAVIOR IF WE DON'T HAVE SOME OF THESE SERVICES. SO IT'S RIGHT, LIKE, IF WE DON'T PROVIDE THEM AND A STUDENT DOESN'T GET THEM, THEN WHAT? THEY'RE NOT LEARNING. SO IT ALL DOES FALL INTO READING AND WRITING AND MATH AND BEING ABLE TO ATTEND. AND I THINK, TOO, THE IDEA THAT MENTAL HEALTH IS JUST A STUDENT GOING AND SITTING AND HAVING A CONVERSATION, IT'S SO MUCH [03:00:02] BROADER THAN THAT. I THINK JUST SOME OF THE EXAMPLES WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS WEEK ARE MENTAL HEALTH THINGS, YOU KNOW. IT JUST COMES OUT IN DIFFERENT WAYS. BUT I GUESS MY POINT IS THE STATE ISN'T FUNDING US FOR THAT. WE HAVE TO GO BEAT THE MOTIONS FOR GRANTS HERE AND PARTNERSHIPS THERE AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. IT'S NOT SEEN AS PART OF BASIC EDUCATION. AND THIS WAS THE OTHER THING THAT KIND OF GOT TO ME IN TERMS OF JUST LOOKING AT BUILDING MAINTENANCE. THE STATE DOESN'T CONSIDER THAT TO BE BASIC EDUCATION EITHER. SO IT'S AN ADVOCACY LEVEL. SO REDUCING IT AT OUR END JUST IMPACTS OUR KIDS. WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE'RE SAYING WHAT WE NEED. BECAUSE REMEMBER, THEY ONLY ALSO FUND SEVEN PARAEDUCATORS FOR OUR DISTRICT. SO IT'S NOT JUST THIS. THEY DON'T FUND A LOT OF THINGS. OKAY, ANYTHING ELSE? I THINK THAT WAS IT, NANCY. MY TURN? YEAH, IT'S YOUR TURN. WELL, I WAS THINKING THIS IS GOING TO BE A REALLY SHORT MEETING, BUT MAYBE NEXT ONE. I CAN TELL YOU WHAT'S COMING. IT'S NOT. OH, NO. IT'S A GOOD THING AMY WASN'T HERE, BUT TINA'S HOLDING UP THREE FINGERS. I THINK THAT'S LIKE WE WENT FARTHER. SHE CAN SAVE IT AND WATCH IT ON THE VIDEO WITH POPCORN AND EVERYTHING AND GET UP AND HAVE BATHROOM BREAKS. AND I JUST, YOU KNOW... I WANT A BATHROOM BREAK TOO. I'VE HAD TWO ALREADY. YOU CAN. OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT IN MANDATORY BATHROOM BREAKS. OKAY, GO AHEAD, NANCY. WE'RE USURPING YOUR TIME. EVEN THOUGH WE WENT REALLY LONG, I REALLY THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS A GOOD MEETING, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS WAY LONGER THAN I THOUGHT BECAUSE I LEARNED A LOT OF THINGS AND I HEARD DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES. I WISH THERE WAS A WAY THAT OPMA WASN'T A THING, AND I COULD JUST HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU GUYS WITHOUT BEING HERE IN THE PUBLIC EYE, BUT WE CAN'T. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHY IT GOES ALONG. WE HAVE TO HEAR EACH OTHER'S THOUGHTS. SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE PROCESS. I WISH IT WAS A LITTLE LOOSER, BUT OH WELL, WE HAVE TO WORK WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES WE ARE GIVEN. SO I'M JUST GRATEFUL TO BE A PART OF IT. OKAY, THANK YOU, NANCY. SO REAL QUICKLY, I WANT TO... I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION. WE TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS. ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK KRISTI FOR INVITING US TO THE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT THAT SHE DID EARLIER THIS MONTH. THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY TIMES THE NOTES FROM IT HAVE COME TRUE IN MY LIFE JUST IN THE LAST MONTH THAT I THINK IT'S BEEN GREAT, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS, AND I FINALLY FOUND THE QUOTE, THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS AND SOMETIMES WE HAVE SOME DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS, BUT THAT'S WHAT BRINGS ABOUT THOSE GOOD THINGS. IF WE WERE ALL SITTING HERE NODDING OUR HEADS IN AGREEMENT, WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T ALL NEED TO BE HERE. SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR PARTICIPATING AND FOR WHETHER IT BE PROVIDING INFORMATION FROM THOSE BEHIND ME TO THOSE LISTENING TO KEEP US ACCOUNTABLE OUT IN THE AUDIENCE AND THOSE AT THE TABLE HAVING THE DISCUSSION. THANK YOU. A COUPLE OF REMINDERS FOR EVERYONE. IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE YOUR VECTOR TRAINING, I DON'T WANT CHRIS TO BE THE ONLY BAD GUY. I'LL MENTION IT TOO. MAKE SURE YOU DO THAT. IT'S THRILLING, IT'S EXCITING. DON'T BELIEVE IT, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND IT'S IMPORTANT SO PLEASE GET THAT DONE. ALSO WITH WSSDA PLANNING, IF YOU HAVEN'T GOT THAT ALL SET UP WITH CHRIS, PLEASE DO THAT. AND THEN JUST THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR THE BOARD RETREAT AND THE GOOD CONVERSATION AND DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD THERE. THAT WAS EXCELLENT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SOME MORE OF THE SAME AT SOME OF OUR STUDY SESSIONS UPCOMING IN THIS COMING SCHOOL YEAR. SO WITH THAT SAID, MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.