The board secretary or recorder will call roll of board members.
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ASB Representatives
Battle Ground High School
Prairie High School
Summit View High School
CAM Academy
River HomeLink
Background:
Battle Ground Public Schools Board of Directors welcomes representatives from the district's high school Associated Student Body (ASB) organizations. The students will present an update to board members on current and recent school events and activities. At times, the board president may ask the representative to bring information such as student opinions back to the Board.
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Board Members
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Legislative Committee:
Rob Henrikson serves as the Board's Legislative Representative for the 2021 calendar year. He will give a report to the Board on current legislative news and events.
Audit Committee Report
Audit Committee members are Jackie Maddux and Mary Snitily. The audit committee will meet with Business Office staff prior to the first scheduled board meeting each month to review vouchers, the superintendent's and board of directors' budgets, payroll and the superintendent's time sheet. The committee will report back to the Board on the first board meeting of the month.
Battle Ground Education Foundation
Jackie Maddux serves as the Board representative on the Battle Ground Education Foundation.
WIAA Committee
Troy McCoy serves as the Board representative on WIAA (Washington Interscholastic Activities Association).
Washington State School Directors' Association Updates
Board members who serve on various Washington State School Directors' Association (WSSDA) committees will have an opportunity to provide an update to the Board.
Tours Committee
The Board tours every school in the district by splitting up into three separate groups and visiting classrooms and offices. The tour schedule for the next two months follows:
| Tukes Valley Primary School | Group 1 | October 12, 2021 | Upcoming |
| Amboy Middle School | Group 2 | October 15, 2021 | Upcoming |
| Yacolt Primary School | Group 3 | October 15, 2021 | Upcoming |
| Battle Ground High School | All Groups | November 12, 2021 | Upcoming |
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An opportunity for board members to report out on their activities associated with their respective positions.
Presenter:
Denny Waters
Superintendent
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Denny Waters will provide periodic updates on events and/or recognitions throughout the district.
Presenter:
Michelle Reinhardt
Executive Director of Human Resources
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A human resources report will be provided to the Board by Michelle Reinhardt.
Presenter:
Shelly Whitten
Deputy Superintendent
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Shelly Whitten will provide an update to the Board on the Teaching and Learning Department.
Presenter:
Michelle Scott
Chief Financial Officer
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Michelle Scott will give an update to the Board on finances.
Presenter:
Kevin Jolma
Executive Director of Facilities
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Kevin Jolma will give the Board an update on current projects.
Presenter:
Rita Sanders
Communications Officer
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Rita Sanders will report on district events and promotions.
This is a meeting of the Battle Ground Public Schools Board of Directors, and it is open to the public to attend, view presentations, and hear the discussion between board members during open session.
The Board welcomes comments from citizens during Citizens' Comments and asks that those wishing to address the Board observe the following process:
Please follow the procedures for Citizens' Comments by stating your name, limiting your time to three (3) minutes, and refraining from discussing confidential matters. A digital timer will sound when the time limit is reached.
Board members do not normally respond to questions or petitions during Citizens' Comments. They will listen and give direction to the Administrative Team if action is deemed necessary.
Minutes become official after approval by the Board.
Minutes become official after approval by the Board.
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Vouchers and payroll reports are presented to the Board at the first meeting of the month for approval. A summary sheet for both items is attached.
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Contracts listed for Board ratification are enclosed in the attached spreadsheet. A cover page containing more detail may be attached for facilities' items. All amounts are no more than $75,000. Items over that amount will be listed as a separate item under the Consent Agenda or under New Business.
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Personnel reports are prepared by the Certificated and Classified Specialists for Board approval. The reports, attached, may contain items such as New Hires, Terminations, Assignment Changes, Resignations, Retirements, and Recommendations for Permanent Employment. Coaching assignments are listed when appropriate. The specialists will list incumbent employees and reasons for changes or new hires if appropriate. Confidential information is not contained in this report.
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Per Policy 2320, student travel requests require board approval if they are overnight trips. Advisors are required to submit all required paperwork at least two weeks in advance to Cheri Dailey, Director of Business Operations and Risk Management. Advisors must clear the trip with their building principal prior to submitting the request to Risk Management. Advisors are required to submit itineraries, budget information, transportation information and learning objectives along with the dates of travel and information on the group of students traveling with chaperones.
Exceptions to the rule are travel requests for state and national tournaments and competitions. The procedures for these types of trips is outlined in Procedure 2320P. Often the tournaments come up quickly and there is not enough time to present the trip to the board prior to the trip. In this case, advisors must submit all paperwork to the Risk Management Officer prior to the trip for approval. The trip is then ratified by board members at their next regularly scheduled board meeting.
Student travel requests are attached.
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The Carl Perkins Grant is a Federal Grant for Career and Technical Education (CTE) where the allocations are to be approved by the Board of Directors. This year the grant will assist funding in the following areas: Battle Ground School District will set aside some Perkins funding for teacher professional development by either sending teachers to their respective content area conference to stay current in their field. We will work with our advisory committees to determine areas of need in equipment updates. In addition, Perkins will continue to fund: contracted services including ASL interpreting services, facilitation services, and services for survey data development and analysis as well as schedule calculations for minutes in CTE and compliance work.
CTE Director, Cindy Arnold will be on hand to answer any questions that may arise.
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Presenters:
Allison Tuchardt and Dave Cresap
Directors of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
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i-Ready is our district's reading and math diagnostic assessment for students in grades 1-8 and special education students in high school that was approved June 13, 2016. We have used this assessment in Battle Ground since 2016-17 and continue to use it at this time.
The i-Ready diagnostic assessment provides specific information about each student's ability and the i-Ready Personalized Instruction places the students into online, tailored instruction. We added the i-Ready Personalized Instruction in Reading during COVID because our middle schools do not have a current reading adoption and have no online resources to support online learning. We had intended to be well into a new English language arts (ELA) curriculum adoption process when COVID hit and then the levy failed its first attempt, keeping us from moving forward with an ELA adoption at all as the year began. Because of COVID, students need the individualized instruction that this program offers.
In Math, we found that students needed a program to help fill some of the gaps identified through the i-Ready assessment and the Math Personalized Instruction works directly with the assessment data to help fill these gaps, making it a good sole source option for support.
Both Reading and Math Personalized Instruction were used as a successful part of our summer school program. As we made decisions about resources for this year, it became apparent that an ELA adoption would remain on hold until the outcome of the levy becomes clear and students continue to need support at the middle school level in reading and math. Due to this need, this resource has been identified as a support in our Student Academic and Well-Being Recovery Plan in grades 5-8. Our intention is to pay the add-on of Reading and Math Personalized Instruction for middle school of $110,352.41 out of the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds. The quote also includes the diagnostic assessment portion for grades 5-8 which is paid through apportionment.
Presenter:
Michelle Scott
Chief Financial Officer
Background:
School districts require the need for legal services when preparing Capital Facility Plan updates, impact fee requests and coordinated land use planning matters. In the past, Clark County school districts have contracted with ESD112 for these services. Starting with the 2021-22 school year, ESD 112 no longer offers this service. LeAnne Bremer, Miller Nash LLP, was interviewed and selected to represent Clark County school districts. Ms. Bremer has previous experience with capital facility planning, impact fees requests and land use matters, as well as working with Clark County and Cities. For billing purposes, Miller Nash will charge each District (represented) an equal share of any services that benefit more than one District. They may also bill each District individually for work unique and specific to that District’s needs. Funding for invoices is provided by the Capital Project Fund impact fee reserves. Policy 6220 allows interlocal cooperative agreements with other governmental agencies.
Presenter:
Michelle Scott
Chief Financial Officer
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Beginning with school year 2021-22, RCW 28A.635.060 - Defacing or injuring school property—Liability of pupil, parent, or guardian—Withholding diplomas—Suspension and restitution—Community service program as alternative—Publication of information on withheld diplomas—Student rights protected is updated with the passage of SB 1176. This legislation addresses barriers to success that should be removed.
The policy update reflects the change in law that schools may no longer withhold transcripts for outstanding fines. The school district shall provide a program of community service for the in lieu of the payment of monetary damages. Diplomas may be withheld and requires the school district to publish the following information on its website: (i) The number of diplomas withheld, by graduating class, during the previous three school years; and (ii) The number of students with withheld diplomas who were eligible for free or reduced-price meals during their last two years of enrollment in the school district.
Presenter:
Michelle Scott
Chief Financial Officer
Background:
Beginning with school year 2021-22, RCW 28A.635.060 - Defacing or injuring school property—Liability of pupil, parent, or guardian—Withholding diplomas—Suspension and restitution—Community service program as alternative—Publication of information on withheld diplomas—Student rights protected is updated with the passage of SB 1176. This legislation addresses barriers to success that should be removed.
The policy update reflects the change in law that schools may no longer withhold transcripts for outstanding fines. The school district shall provide a program of community service for the in lieu of the payment of monetary damages. Diplomas may be withheld and requires the school district to publish the following information on its website: (i) The number of diplomas withheld, by graduating class, during the previous three school years; and (ii) The number of students with withheld diplomas who were eligible for free or reduced-price meals during their last two years of enrollment in the school district.
Presenter:
Michelle Scott
Chief Financial Officer
Background:
Beginning with school year 2021-22, RCW 28A.635.060 - Defacing or injuring school property—Liability of pupil, parent, or guardian—Withholding diplomas—Suspension and restitution—Community service program as alternative—Publication of information on withheld diplomas—Student rights protected is updated with the passage of SB 1176. This legislation addresses barriers to success that should be removed.
The policy update reflects the change in law that schools may no longer withhold transcripts for outstanding fines. The school district shall provide a program of community service for the in lieu of the payment of monetary damages. Diplomas may be withheld and requires the school district to publish the following information on its website: (i) The number of diplomas withheld, by graduating class, during the previous three school years; and (ii) The number of students with withheld diplomas who were eligible for free or reduced-price meals during their last two years of enrollment in the school district.
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Board members will have an opportunity to add agenda items to upcoming board meetings.
Board members separately participate in many community and district events throughout each month as they are able. Each meeting they will review the calendar of upcoming events and discuss their participation.