>> [LAUGHTER] IT'S SIX O'CLOCK.
[1. Call to Order]
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I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING OF THE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22ND, 2021 BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TO ORDER.I'D LIKE TO THANK THE STUDENTS, STAFF, AND CITIZENS WHO WILL BE PROVIDING INFORMATION TO US TONIGHT.
I MADE ONE COMMENT BACK TO THE AUDIENCE, BUT FOR THE NEW PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME IN, I APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE TONIGHT.
AS WE GO THROUGH THE AGENDA, WE HAVE SOME REPORTS FROM THE BOARD ABOUT OUR RECENT SCHOOL BOARD CONFERENCE.
WE HAVE AN OUTGOING BOARD MEMBER WE'D LIKE TO SAY THANKS TO AND WE WILL MOVE THROUGH AS EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE AND GET TO THE BUSINESS OF THE BOARD.
THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENTS IN GETTING THERE.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE LEARNED AT THAT CONFERENCE IS THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE IN THE NATION NO LONGER HAVE COMMUNICABLE DISEASE INSURANCE.
BY PROCLAMATION 202515, ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY ALLOWING ANY INDIVIDUAL TO ENTER OR REMAIN IN INDOOR SPACE UNDER THEIR CONTROL UNLESS THE INDIVIDUAL IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH BASED COVERING ORDER IN ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS.
THERE'S A REMOTE OPTION FOR THOSE WISHING TO MAKE CITIZEN'S COMMENTS THROUGH ZOOM AND WE HOPE THAT YOU'LL HELP US WITH THIS, OUR RISK MANAGEMENT PEOPLE WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.
ANYTHING ELSE, MR. WATERS, ON THAT?
[2. Pledge of Allegiance]
CAN YOU HELP US WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE?>> 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.
[3. Roll Call]
>> PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT 4, MARK WATRIN.
>> VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT 5, JACKIE MADDUX.
>> DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT 1, MARY SNITILY.
>> DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT 2, ROB HENRIKSON.
>> DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT 3, TROY MCCOY.
>> STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE, SYDNEY CORDON.
>> STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE, RICARDO MARTIN DEL CAMPO.
>> MR. PRESIDENT, WE HAVE A QUORUM.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT UP IS OUR AGENDA APPROVAL.
[4. Agenda Approval]
OUR AGENDA TONIGHT HAS THE AGENDA APPROVAL.COMMUNICATIONS REPORTS, WHICH INCLUDES ASP COMMITTEE REPORTS AND DIRECTOR REPORTS, SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF UPDATES, CITIZEN'S COMMENTS, WE HAVE 12 PEOPLE SIGNED UP ON OUR CITIZENS COMMENT LIST.
OUR CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH HAS ITEMS A THROUGH F, I'LL READ THOSE AT THE TIME AND NO SCHEDULED OLD BUSINESS.
NEW BUSINESS, THREE ITEMS, ITEM A, B, AND C AND AGAIN, I'LL READ THOSE WHEN WE GET TO THAT PLACE.
WE HAVE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS FOR THE BOARD AND THEN ADJOURNMENT FROM THAT POINT.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AGENDA?
>> MOVE TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
>> THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN MOVED TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
NEXT UP IS OUR COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE BOARD.
[5. Communications]
WE'RE GOING TO START WITH OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBER RICARDO, WHO IS FILLING IN FOR ASP REPORTS. THANKS, RICARDO.>> AWESOME. I AND THE PARTS OF PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL'S PERFORMING ARTS WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CAME TO OUR SHOW SO FAR THAT WE'VE HAD.
WE HAD A BAND CONCERT, WE HAD A CHOIR CONCERT, AND WE ALSO HAD A DRAMA PRODUCTION AND WE JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IF YOU CAME AND WE HOPE YOU ENJOYED WATCHING US [LAUGHTER]
>> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO COMMENT THERE BECAUSE I HAD THE PLEASURE OF GOING TO OPENING NIGHT [INAUDIBLE]
>> WE CAN'T HEAR YOU, I'M SORRY
>> I HAD THE PLEASURE OF GOING TO [OVERLAPPING] CUTTING OUT.
WELL, THAT DIDN'T LAST LONG. IS THAT BETTER?
>> I HAD THE PLEASURE OF ATTENDING OPENING NIGHT FOR THE DRAMA PRODUCTION AND IT WAS ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL.
I WANT TO EXTEND MY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ENTIRE CAST AND TO CLARE VARITY AND DOUGLAS SERAFINO WHO PUTS THINGS TOGETHER BUT I ALSO WANTED TO DRAW ATTENTION TO OUR VERY OWN RICARDO.
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RICARDO WAS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC.HE WAS FEATURED IN TWO SONGS, SEIZE THE DAY FROM THE MUSICAL NEWSIES.
ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL AND IT WAS A PLEASURE TO WATCH AND RICARDO, YOU ARE A VERY TALENTED YOUNG MAN.
CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT FOR YOU AS WELL.
>> IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'LL ADD, WE HAD THE GREAT PLEASURE AT THE CONFERENCE TO HEAR SEVERAL ACTS FROM SCHOOLS AROUND AND IT REALLY REINFORCED THE VALUE OF ARTS AND MUSIC EDUCATION IN OUR SCHOOLS.
COMMITTEE REPORTS, WE HAVE OUR LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE, DIRECTOR HENRIKSON.
>> JUST A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE TOP 15 PRIORITIES THAT WE SUBMITTED.
WE SUBMITTED THEM WITH 70 OTHER DISTRICTS, NOT WAITED.
NINE OF OUR TOP 15 WERE INCLUDED IN THOSE AND IT'S A GOOD GENERAL.
THE PRIORITIES ARE PRETTY WELL-MATCHED WITH ALL THE OTHER DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
ANYWAY, THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION WILL BE SHORT THIS SEASON, WHICH MEANS THEY PROBABLY WON'T BE HAVING ANY BIG MOVES AS FAR AS LEGISLATIVE DECISIONS. THAT'S MY UPDATE.
>> GREAT. THANK YOU. I'LL ADD IN, I WAS PART OF THAT SECTION AND IT WAS GRATIFYING TO SEE THAT SEVERAL OF THE EDUCATION ASSOCIATIONS, THE SUPERINTENDENT'S ORGANIZATION, THE SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION, PRINCIPALS' ORGANIZATION, AND ONE OTHER OH, BUSINESS OFFICERS ORGANIZATION ALL HAD PRIORITIES THAT OFTENTIMES REINFORCED EACH OTHER.
IT MAYBE THINK OF OUR THEME OF WORKING BETTER TOGETHER TO GET THINGS DONE.
AUDIT COMMITTEE, WHO WANTS IT?
>> OH, OKAY. WELL, THAT'S AN EASY ONE TO TAKE.
BATTLE GROUND EDUCATION FOUNDATION, DIRECTOR MADDUX.
>> THEY HAD THEIR GENERAL MEETING LAST THURSDAY.
I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO CATCH UP WITH THEM AT THIS TIME, SO I WILL REPORT LATER.
>> YEAH, ITS ON. IS THAT BETTER?
>> NOW, IS THAT BETTER? THEY HAD THEIR GENERAL MEETING LAST THURSDAY NIGHT.
I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO CATCH UP WITH THEM YET, SO I'LL HAVE THE REPORTED OF THE DECEMBER MEETING.
>> GREAT. THANK YOU. WIA, DIRECTOR MCCOY, HOW OFTEN DO THEY MEET?
>> QUARTERLY. GREAT. NEXT IS OUR WASHINGTON STATE SCHOOL DIRECTORS' ASSOCIATION UPDATES.
THE BOARD ATTENDED THE STATE CONVENTION FOR WASHINGTON STATE SCHOOL DIRECTORS THIS LAST WEEKEND AND I'M GOING TO ASK EACH PERSON TO REPORT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THEY LEARNED TO MAKE THEMSELVES A BETTER BOARD MEMBER.
THAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE WSSDA CONFERENCE.
IT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF OUR POLICIES, I BELIEVE POLICY 1822, THAT WE, AS A BOARD, WORK TO IMPROVE OUR SKILLS FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT AND IF I CAN, I'M GOING TO START WITH OUR STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES.
LET US KNOW WHAT YOU FOUND VALUABLE ABOUT THE CONFERENCE, WHAT TO DO TO MAKE A BETTER BOARD MEMBER AND I TOLD THE CROWD OUT THERE EARLIER THAT WE WOULD TRY TO HOLD OURSELVES TO THE SAME STANDARD AS THEM NOT MORE THAN THREE MINUTES FOR OUR REPORT [LAUGHTER]
>> I DON'T THINK I'M GOING TO GO NEAR TO THREE MINUTES.
BUT FOR ME, THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE CONFERENCE WAS JUST MEETING WITH OTHER STUDENT REPS AND IT WAS AWESOME TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT IN ENVIRONMENT AND MEET WITH FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS ACROSS THE STATE.
ONE THING THAT REALLY RESONATED WITH ME WAS A KEYNOTE SPEAKER, I BELIEVE HIS NAME WAS ROB.
HE TALKED ABOUT KINDNESS AND THAT REALLY SPARKED SOMETHING IN ME.
SOMETHING HE SAID THAT I REALLY LIKED WAS TO THROW KINDNESS LIKE CONFETTI AND THAT IN TODAY'S SOCIETY, KINDNESS ISN'T NORMAL AND I'D LIKE TO MAKE THAT NORMAL IN THE SOCIETY, ESPECIALLY GOING THROUGH EVERYTHING WITH COVID.
OVERALL, IT WAS JUST AWESOME TO MEET OTHER STUDENT REPS AND WE ACTUALLY STILL HAVE A GROUP CHAT WITH OTHER STUDENT REPS AND IT IS BLOWING UP LIKE CRAZY.
>> GOING ALONG WITH WHAT SYDNEY SAID, I LEARNED VERY MUCH,
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HOW TO ACTUALLY TALK TO PEOPLE AND THAT OUR VOICE AS STUDENTS, THEY ACTUALLY MATTER A LOT.OUR INPUTS ARE VALID AND WE SHOULD BE SHARING THEM A LOT MORE [LAUGHTER] AND THAT GROUP CHAT IS CRAZY. [LAUGHTER] ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING THAT STUCK OUT TO ME, ERIN JONES SAID THAT WE SHOULD ALWAYS START A CONVERSATION WITH GRATITUDE.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO START ONE BY SAYING I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAD, AND THE TRIP WAS AMAZING.
WE MENTIONED BEFORE WE TOOK OFF, BUT I WANT TO REINFORCE THAT RICARDO WAS PART OF OUR QUESTION AND ANSWER PANEL, WAS INVITED TO THAT, AND REPRESENTED BATTLEGROUND WELL. BOARD MEMBERS.
>> WELL, I LIKE TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT OUR TWO STUDENT REPS SHARED.
I SPENT THE FIRST DAY, BASICALLY, WITH THEM.
IT WAS AWESOME TO BE ABLE TO MEET WITH A LOT OF THE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT REPS THAT WERE STUDENTS AND TO SEE THEIR EXUBERANCE FOR BEING HEARD.
I THINK OF SOME DIFFERENT WAYS POSSIBLY THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SOME DIFFERENT WAYS DURING THAT DAY AT HOW WE CAN INVOLVE THE STUDENTS MORE AND GETTING THEIR VOICE.
WE TALKED ABOUT MAYBE A BREAKFAST AT SCHOOL LIKE WITH THE BOARD OR SOMETHING OR EVEN AN ORGANIZED GROUP WITH THE STUDENTS THAT'S LED WITH THE STUDENTS FROM THE SCHOOLS TO BE ABLE TO GET INFORMATION AND HELP YOU GUYS GET INFORMATION TO US THAT'S MUCH NEEDED FOR HOW TO RUN THE SCHOOLS AND WHAT THEIR DESIRES ARE AS WELL.
A BIG PART OF IT WAS JUST LEARNING AND EMPHASIZING MORE WHAT VALUE OUR STUDENTS HAVE IN INPUT.
I KNOW WE FOCUS A LOT ON PARENTS AND ADULTS, BUT I THINK THERE WERE SOME PRETTY WISE STATEMENTS AND EXAMPLES OF STUDENT REPS UP THERE, AND I THINK WE NEED TO REBOUND OFF OF THAT AND MAYBE MAKE SOME CHANGES IN HOW WE CAN GET THE YOUTH MOVEMENT MOVING FORWARD IN WHAT THEY DESIRE FOR THE SCHOOL SYSTEM TO BE LIKE.
ALSO, THE KINDNESS AND THE GRATITUDE SEEMED TO BE A RESOUNDING UMBRELLA OVER THE WHOLE CONFERENCE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT.
[INAUDIBLE] HE KNOW SPEAKERS, BUT YEAH, IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE.
>> I'LL GO NEXT. I WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND IN PERSON, SO I ATTENDED REMOTELY.
THE DISADVANTAGE OF THAT WAS NOT BEING ABLE TO NETWORK WITH OTHER SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS ACROSS THE STATE.
THE ADVANTAGE, I GUESS, WAS THAT I WAS ABLE TO POP INTO MANY SESSIONS.
ONE OF THE SESSIONS THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING WAS REGARDING A STUDY DONE OVER SEVERAL STATES ABOUT THE USE OF THE SCHOOL BOARD STANDARDS AND HOW THEY COULD BE LEVERAGED TO INCREASE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.
I THINK THAT'S WORTH SOME STUDY IN TERMS OF MAYBE THE BOARD TAKING A LOOK AT THAT.
I ATTENDED A PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE SESSION WHICH ALSO WAS VERY INTERESTING, AND I WILL BE GOING BACK TO REVIEW THAT ONE FOR SURE.
>> GREAT. I ALSO SPENT THE DAY WITH OUR STUDENTS AND DIRECTOR HENRIKSON, LISTENING TO THE POWER OF A STUDENT VOICE.
WHAT REALLY AMAZED ME IS, AGAIN, JUST HOW MUCH WE CAN LEARN FROM OUR STUDENTS.
THEY SPENT A LOT OF TIME REALLY ENGAGING THE STUDENTS IN WHAT THEY NEEDED AND WHAT THEY WANTED, WHAT WAS MISSING, AND WHAT THEY WANTED TO HAVE HEARD.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY TALKED ABOUT WERE HAVING STUDENT ADVISORY BOARDS.
TWO STUDENT REPS CANNOT COMPLETELY REPRESENT ALL 18 OF OUR SCHOOLS.
BREAKING IT DOWN SO THEY HAVE THOSE RESOURCES WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.
SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO FOR THE FUTURE.
THEN AGAIN, JUST MEETING ALL OF THE DIFFERENT STUDENTS FROM AROUND THE STATE, SOME WHO HAD ONLY BEEN TO ONE MEETING AND SOME WHO HAD BEEN DOING IT FOR YEARS.
JUST HEARING ABOUT THEIR PROGRAMS AND REALLY FEELING SOLID ABOUT OUR STUDENT PROGRAM AND WHAT IT'S BEEN BUILT UP TO, AND HOW OUR STUDENTS ARE REPRESENTING US.
JUST REALLY A LOT OF ADMIRATION FOR BOTH SYDNEY AND RICARDO CAME.
THEY HAVE JUST REALLY TAKEN US TO A NEW LEVEL.
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FOR MY GRATEFULNESS, I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE TWO OF YOU.IT WERE VERY MUCH WAS A THEME.
ONE OF THE SPEAKERS, AND FORGIVE ME IF I MISQUOTE THIS, BUT HE SAID, "45 PERCENT OF OUR DAY IS HABIT, 45 PERCENT OF OUR WEEK IS HABIT, 45 OF OUR LIFE IS HABIT.
IF WE ADD ONE PERCENT TO INTENTIONAL KINDNESS, WHAT DIFFERENCE CAN WE MAKE IN THE WORLD?" COMING INTO THANKSGIVING, I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY POWERFUL.
>> THANK YOU. BEFORE I TAKE MY TURN, WE HAD A PINCH HITTER FOR DIRECTOR MCCOY, OUR SOON TO BE FELLOW BOARD MEMBER, TED CHAMPAGNE, I'D LIKE TO INVITE HIM TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM, IF YOU'D LIKE TO, OR IF YOU HAVE A MICROPHONE THERE.
TED CHAMPAGNE FOR THOSE WHO HASN'T MET ME.
THANKS AGAIN FOR INVITING ME UP.
I THOROUGHLY ENJOYED THE WEEKEND AND MEETING YOU-ALL INDIVIDUALLY.
I DID SIT THROUGH THE FRIDAY KEYNOTES.
I'LL ECHO YOU GUYS THAT THE KINDNESS KEYNOTE PROBABLY STRUCK HOME THE MOST FOR ME.
THAT GENTLEMAN DOES HAVE A BOOK OUT.
IF WE COULD PROVIDE THAT NAME OF THAT BOOK, THAT'D BE GREAT FOR THEM.
MARY HAS A COPY OF IT UP THERE.
HE DOES SPEAK AT SCHOOLS, SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO CONSIDER IN THE FUTURE, IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED.
ON SATURDAY, I DID MOSTLY THE PARLIAMENTARY ITEMS. I PICKED UP A LOT OUT OF THAT CLASS AND I THINK THAT THIS ME BEING A NEW BOARD MEMBER, IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO SIT THROUGH THAT AND LEARN AS MUCH AS I CAN ABOUT ROBERT'S RULES.
HE ACTUALLY ENCOURAGED ME TO BUY THE BOOK, ALL 810 PAGES OF IT.
[LAUGHTER] I'LL DO MY BEST TO GET THROUGH THAT.
AFTER THAT, I FOCUSED REALLY ON THE LEGISLATIVE ITEMS AND THE BONDING, AND THEY WENT THROUGH A LOT OF THEIR PRIORITIES.
AS DIRECTOR HENRIKSON HAD POINTED OUT.
THEN ACTUALLY, THE BONDING WAS GREAT BECAUSE THEY DID A CASE STUDY ON THE YOM SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND HOW THEY GOT THEIR CONSTRUCTION BONDS PAST AND THE CHALLENGES THEY WERE FACED WITH.
THERE'S A LOT OF PARALLELS BETWEEN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, SO I THOUGHT THAT ONE WAS REALLY INSIGHTFUL.
>> THANK YOU. FOR MYSELF, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WHEN YOU GO TO A CONFERENCE LIKE THIS, IT'S ALWAYS WORTH RELEARNING THAT THE PRIMARY ROLE OF A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER IS REALLY TO KEEP OUR FOCUS ON OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR WELL-BEING AND ACHIEVEMENT.
AS I LOOK UP ON THE BOARD AND SEE WHAT DIRECTOR WATERS HAS HELPED ESTABLISH FOR OUR FOCUS WITH THE STRONG SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL LEARNING, AND HIGH-QUALITY INSTRUCTION, IT DEFINITELY HAS THAT STUDENT FOCUS.
I APPRECIATE IT. DIRECTOR MADDUX, IT WASN'T THE EXACT QUOTE, BUT I'LL KICK IN.
[LAUGHTER] WE HEARD THE KEYNOTE SAY, "KINDNESS TAKES WORK BUT IF YOU STOP TO THINK ABOUT IT, PRIORITIZING YOUR TIME FOR THAT KIND OF WORK ONLY BENEFITS EVERYBODY AROUND YOU." AGAIN, THAT REALLY FITS WITH OUR SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING PIECE IF YOU THINK OF THE NUMBER OF KIDS THAT COULD USE SOME KINDNESS ON ANY GIVEN DAY IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
IT'D BE GREAT IF WE COULD HAVE THE CAPACITY TO MAKE THAT A PRIORITY.
I ALSO ATTENDED THE LAW CONFERENCE WITH OUR DIRECTOR AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, AND THEY STARTED OFF BY SAYING, BASICALLY, THIS IS GOING TO BE THE SCARY SESSION WITH ALL THE SUPREME COURT [LAUGHTER] DECISIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
LUCKILY, WE DID THE KINDNESS AND ALL THAT AFTER THAT SO WE COULD GET OUR STAMINA BACK UP.
THAT'S PROBABLY ENOUGH ABOUT THAT.
ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT THE CONFERENCE ANYBODY WANTS TO SHARE?
>> I HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD TO JACKIE ABOUT HOW SHE SAID THAT IT'S HARD FOR RICARDO AND I TO MEET EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THIS SCHOOL AND HEAR THEIR VOICE.
ONE THING THAT I WANT TO DO PERSONALLY, AND RICARDO IS ONBOARD WITH THIS, IS POTENTIALLY SET UP A ADVISORY MEETING SINCE HERE, MIDDLE SCHOOL STARTS IN FIFTH GRADE.
HAVING A CLASS PERSON OR A CLASS SPEAKER COME IN OR HAVING A MEETING EITHER, IT BEING ZOOM OR SOMETHING FROM FIFTH TO 12TH GRADE, AND JUST HEARING WHAT THE STUDENTS WANT TO REPORT, WHAT'S GOING ON, WHAT'S GOING BAD, WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR SCHOOLS, JUST SO WE CAN HEAR FROM EVERY SINGLE PERSON FROM
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THAT GRADE LEVEL AND THEN REPORTING IT, POTENTIALLY HAVING WATERS IN THE MEETING WITH US OR MARK OR SOMEONE ELSE.TOURS ARE YET TO BE HAD SINCE WE CHANGED THE BATTLE GROUND TOUR ON THAT DAY AFTER VETERANS DAY, WHICH IS PROBABLY A GOOD DEAL; THAT'S BEEN RESCHEDULED.
WE'VE GOT ONE COMING UP, I THINK PRETTY SOON, EARLY DECEMBER.
WE'LL GET THOSE WHEN THAT COMES UP.
DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONS TO THE CONFERENCE WITH THAT?
I MISSED AN OPPORTUNITY AFTER OUR LAST MEETING THAT I'D LIKE TO RECLAIM.
WE HAD IN OUR CONSENT AGENDA, THE RETIREMENT OF TWO LONG-TIME CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES, GERALDINE SHUT, WHO STARTED IN 1978, FOR GOODNESS SAKE, I DID MY FIRST YEAR OF TEACHING IN 1978, AND BETTY MARTIN, WHO STARTED IN 1981 AND WHO HAS ALREADY RESIGNED.
BUT JUST WANT TO DO A SHOUT-OUT TO ALL OF OUR PSE EMPLOYEES WHO GIVE SO MUCH THOSE TWO, IN PARTICULAR, JUST THE LONGEVITY IN THE DISTRICT.
SUPER IMPRESSIVE. BOTH MY KIDS WENT TO GLETON LAUREN AND SO I KNEW THOSE PEOPLE PERSONALLY THERE.
THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR PSE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE SO DEDICATED AND ARE OFTENTIMES THE SOURCE OF SOME OF THAT KINDNESS THAT WE ASK FOR OUR KIDS.
WITH MR. WALTERS'S HELP, ONE OTHER THING THAT HAPPENED AT THE CONVENTION IS WE WERE ONE OF 34.
DID I GET THAT RIGHT? 34 SCHOOL BOARDS THAT WERE HONORED WITH A BOARD OF DISTINCTION AWARD.
>> YEAH, SO FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE BOARD FOR THAT ACHIEVEMENT.
IT'S AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF YOUR WORK AND YOUR EFFORTS.
I AM PROUD TO SERVE WITH ALL OF YOU AND I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I JUST WANT TO READ EACH DIRECTOR RECEIVES ONE OF THESE, BUT I'M JUST GOING TO READ IT REAL QUICKLY HERE.
IT SAYS, WASSDA, WASHINGTON STATE SCHOOL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DISTINCTION 2021 FOR EXCELLENCE.
THEN IT LISTS THE BOARD MEMBER'S NAME AND IT SAYS, IN RECOGNITION OF EXCELLENCE IN BOARD GOVERNANCE AS DEFINED BY THE WASHINGTON SCHOOL BOARD STANDARD, PRESENTED ON THIS DATE, 11-19-2021, AND IT'S SIGNED BY THE WASSDA PRESIDENT, RICHARD JAMIESON, AND THE WASSDA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, TIM GATTER.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BOARD FOR THAT RECOGNITION.
>> ALL RIGHT. JUST FOR THE AUDIENCES INFORMATION, STUDENTS HAVE LEARNING STANDARDS, THE TEACHERS HAVE STANDARDS FOR LEARNING THEIR CRAFT.
SUPERINTENDENTS HAVE STANDARDS THAT WE EVALUATE THEM ON, AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS HAVE STANDARDS THAT HAVE BEEN RESEARCHED TO FIND OUT WHAT MAKE BOARDS EFFECTIVE.
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY EACH YEAR.
THEY CHANGE WHICH STANDARD THEY WANT US TO SPEAK TO.
BUT THEY ALWAYS INCLUDE HOW IS YOUR DISTRICT CLOSING OPPORTUNITY GAPS FOR THE NEEDY STUDENTS.
WE EMPHASIZE ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT'S COMING UP LATER IN TONIGHT'S AGENDA, ABOUT OUR USE OF HOTSPOTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD DIGITAL EQUITY FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND EVERYBODY HAD ACCESS TO LEARNING DURING THOSE REMOTE TIMES.
NEXT UP. TONIGHT, WE HAVE TO PART WAYS, BUT NOT TOO FAR AWAY WITH OUR BOARD MEMBER, TROY MCCOY.
WE'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SAY THANKS TO THAT, AND SO WE HAVE THE TRADITIONAL PLAQUE PRESENTED TO DR. MCCOY, DIRECTOR DISTINCT NUMBER 3, BATTLEGROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 2017-2021.
THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE AND DEDICATION TO THE STUDENTS, STAFF, OF BATTLEGROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS, NOVEMBER 2021.
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY IT'S TRULY BEEN A PLEASURE SERVING WITH TROY.
I STARTED MY DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT'S POSITION WHEN TROY CAME ABOARD,
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AND WAS FORTUNATE TO SERVE WITH HIM DURING THAT TIME IN THAT CAPACITY.THEN HONOR TO BECOME THE SUPERINTENDENT UNDER, WITH A LOT OF GUIDANCE AND A LOT OF TEACHING AND A LOT OF MENTORING FROM TROY.
I JUST WANT HIM TO KNOW WHAT A DIFFERENCE HE MADE IN MY LIFE AND THE IMPACT THAT HE HAD ON THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS SIGNIFICANT.
TROY, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW, A GREAT RESPECT FOR YOU AND YOU WILL BE MISSED, MY FRIEND.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR THIS DISTRICT.
>> ANYBODY ELSE THAT WANTS TO SAY A WORD?
>> YEAH. I'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW THINGS ABOUT TROY.
[LAUGHTER] I MIGHT NEED A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.
NOW TROY HAS BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH.
TOOK ME UNDER HIS WING WHEN I FIRST CAME ON TWO-AND-HALF-YEARS AGO, AND ANSWERED A LOT OF QUESTIONS WAS A GOOD EXAMPLE AS HE PRESIDED OVER THE BOARD FOR THE FIRST WHILE THAT I WAS IN, AND APPRECIATED HIS KNOWLEDGE OF THE ROBERT'S RULES AND KEEPING US IN LINE THERE AND FOUR SENSE OF HUMOR WHICH LIGHTEN THE MOOD FOR ME SOMETIMES, AS I GOT A LITTLE BIT WORRISOME AND INTENSE WITH THINGS AND I APPRECIATE THAT AND YOU'LL BE MISSED, BUT YOU'LL BE A GREAT ADDITION TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
I WROTE DOWN A COUPLE OF THINGS FOR KEY POINTS.
YOUR WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT TO THIS BOARD IS UNBELIEVABLE.
I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST CAME ON, YOU WERE ONE OF THE BOARD DIRECTORS THAT REALLY STUCK OUT TO ME.
OF COURSE, IT WAS THROUGH ZOOM.
BUT YOU ALWAYS HAD SOMETHING TO SAY AND IT REALLY MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THE BOARD'S DECISION AND THE REST OF OUR COMMENTS AFTERWARDS.
I JUST REALLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK YOU'VE DONE.
ALSO THANK YOU FOR BEING A GOOD TEACHER BECAUSE I LEARNED A LOT FROM YOU.
[LAUGHTER] TROY, I HAVE KNOWN YOU FOR THE LONGEST AS EVERYONE ELSE HERE [LAUGHTER] WHICH IS VERY UNFORTUNATE, BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO KNOW YOU A LOT MORE.
BUT IN THE SHORT TIME THAT I'VE KNOWN YOU, IT'S BEEN REALLY FUN.
YOU WERE THE FIRST ONE OVER HERE TO MAKE ME FEEL COMFORTABLE AND TO SPEAK OUT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, AND ALL THE WORK YOU DO VERY.
YOU LIGHTEN THE MOOD, AND IT'S REALLY GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE TO WORK WITH US.
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, FOR WHEN I JOINED THE BOARD AND IT WAS ON ZOOM.
YOU WERE THERE ALWAYS TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, ANSWER MY TEXT, TAKE MY PHONE CALLS DIDN'T MATTER WHAT TIME OF DAY I SHOULDN'T SAY OR NIGHT, BECAUSE THERE WAS A LIMIT.
BUT YOU ANSWERED A LOT AND YOU WERE VERY PATIENT AND VERY KIND.
AGAIN, I APPRECIATE YOUR HUMOR JUST AS MUCH AS EVERYBODY ELSE.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR LEADERSHIP AND ALL YOU'VE DONE AND ALL YOUR PATIENCE WITH ME.
>> TROY AGAIN, I'M NEW AS WELL AND I JUST APPRECIATE YOUR PASSION ON THE BOARD.
I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT SAME PASSION TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AND WISDOM IN, ESPECIALLY THE PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S REALLY WHAT GIVES THE MEETING SUCH GOOD FORM.
YOU HAVE A DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE IN THAT WHICH WE ARE VERY MUCH GOING TO MISS.
>> I TOO WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING, I APPRECIATE TROY A GREAT DEAL.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE ABOUT TROY, NOT UNLIKE MONTE, HE HAS SUCH A WONDERFUL WAY OF ASKING QUESTIONS THAT BRING TRANSPARENCY TO THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING.
I JUST THINK THAT THAT CURIOUS MIND, AND THAT MIND TO HELP OTHERS UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE DOING IS A WONDERFUL AND AMAZING THING THAT WE NEED AND WE APPRECIATE IMMENSELY.
THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT AND ALL THE WORK ON THE BOARD, TROY, YOU WILL BE MISSED.
>> LIKEWISE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND KINDNESS HELPING ME WORK TOWARDS THIS CHAIR POSITION NOT ONLY BEING A GOOD EXAMPLE, BUT I THINK IT TOOK ME FIVE MEETINGS TO NOT SKIP AN ITEM WITH A GENTLE REMINDER [LAUGHTER] FROM TROY, WHICH EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS.
MY GOAL IS TO HONOR YOU BY MAKING IT THROUGH WITHOUT SKIPPING AN ITEM TONIGHT.
>> [BACKGROUND] HOPEFULLY, YOU CAN SEE THAT [BACKGROUND] THE YELLOW OUT OF IT OR YOUR REQUESTS, SO TRY TO KEEP IT BLASTY. [INAUDIBLE]
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>> WAIT, WE WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO PUT BALLOONS AND CONFETTI IN HIS BAG? [LAUGHTER] [BACKGROUND]
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE WITH THAT, AND ONTO SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF UPDATES, DIRECTOR WATERS.
[6. Superintendent and Staff Updates]
>> TWO THINGS TODAY. NUMBER 1, I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE FOR COVID CASES, 118 - 1121.
THE GOOD NEWS IS, IS WE HAD A 20 PERCENT DROP.
THAT'S EXCITING. AS I TOLD YOU THE LAST TIME, WE WERE PRETTY MUCH HOLDING STEADY, RIGHT AROUND 80 CASES PER TWO-WEEK PERIOD, AND THIS PERIOD WE DROPPED FROM 80 DOWN TO 66.
WE HAD STAFF, TWO CONFIRMED CASES, AND STUDENTS, 64 CONFIRMED CASES.
AGAIN, WE ALSO SAW A NOTICEABLE DROP IN THE NUMBER OF CLOSE CONTACTS IDENTIFIED.
WE WERE TYPICALLY RANGING ABOUT 250 CLOSE CONTACTS, AND THIS TIME WE DROPPED DOWN TO 176, BUT ONLY 143 HAD TO BE QUARANTINED AS OTHERS WERE VACCINATED.
AT THE CLARK COUNTY LEVEL, THE 14-DAY RATE HAS DROPPED TO A LOW THAT WE HAVE NOT SEEN FOR OVER THREE MONTHS.
IT'S DOWN TO 337, I BELIEVE, PER 100,000.
WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THE HOLIDAY SEASON DOESN'T BRING A SPIKE IN THOSE NUMBERS.
AT THE SUPERINTENDENT LEVEL, I WANT TO LET THE BOARD KNOW THAT, AGAIN, MET WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, ALL OF THE SUPERINTENDENTS IN THE AREA CONTINUE TO PUSH BACK, ESPECIALLY, AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S UNLIKELY THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET OUT OF MASKS OR WE'RE GOING TO GET OUT OF SOME OF THE MITIGATION METHODS, BUT WE ARE PUSHING BACK PRETTY HARD ON THE CLOSE CONTACT PROCESS AND THE IDENTIFICATION OF CLOSE CONTACT AND THE IDENTIFICATION OF THOSE THAT ARE CLOSE CONTACTS AND NEVER ACTUALLY DEVELOPED COVID.
WE'VE GOT SOME INTERESTING STATISTICS THAT WE ARE PUTTING TOGETHER AND I HOPE TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT WITH THE BOARD AT THE NEXT MEETING.
BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU A TASTE, FOR INSTANCE, IN THE VANCOUVER DISTRICT THAT WAS REPORTED BECAUSE JEFF'S NOW GAVE US A TASTE OF THE INFORMATION THAT HE'S ASKING FROM OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS, BUT JUST IN THE FIRST 50 DAYS OF SCHOOL, STUDENTS IDENTIFIED AS CLOSE CONTACT, AND I THINK IT WAS 373 STUDENTS, MISSED A TOTAL OF 12,000 DAYS OF SCHOOL.
IT IS SUBSTANTIAL AND IT IS CAUSING AN IMPACT ON STUDENT LEARNING, AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT, SO WE CONTINUE TO PUSH BACK ON THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
THE NEXT ISSUE I'D LIKE TO BRING TO THE BOARD'S ATTENTION IS I KNOW THAT THE BOARD HAS RECEIVED A NUMBER OF EMAILS FROM CITIZENS IN OUR COMMUNITY CONCERNED ABOUT A POTENTIAL DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES BEHAVIORAL TREATMENT CENTER FACILITY THAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED AT 16015 NORTHEAST 50TH AVENUE IN VANCOUVER.
THAT IS ABOUT A MILE AWAY FROM OUR PLEASANT VALLEY CAMPUS.
IT'S DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE BACK ENTRANCE TO WSUV, AND ACTUALLY RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM VANCOUVER'S ITECH ACADEMY, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR WHERE THAT'S LOCATED.
WE, KEVIN JOLMA AND I DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, IT'S ALMOST BEEN TWO YEARS NOW, TO SIT DOWN WITH THE INITIAL PLANS FOR THAT FACILITY WITH A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DSHS, AND WE WERE ABLE TO OFFER SUGGESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN TERMS OF SAFETY AND HOW THIS WOULD IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY.
WE VOICED SOME SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS.
THEY DID MAKE SOME CHANGES TO THE PROPOSAL AND THE FACILITY, AND SETTING IT BACK AWAY FROM THE ROAD FURTHER, PUTTING UP SOME MOUNDING TO PROVIDE SOME HIGHER FENCING AREAS AND SUCH, BUT IT STILL HAS SOME RISK INVOLVED.
I JUST WANTED TO LET THE BOARD KNOW THAT I WILL BE SENDING A LETTER ADDRESSING THOSE SAFETY AND SECURITY CONCERNS.
HERE'S JUST TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT I AM GOING TO BE POINTING OUT.
I'M SAYING, DESPITE THE PLAN MEASURES INTENDED TO PREVENT INDIVIDUALS FROM ESCAPING THE PROPOSED TREATMENT FACILITY, THERE REMAINS THE POTENTIAL THAT AN INVOLUNTARY COMMITTED PATIENT MAY
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ESCAPE AND THEY'RE THEREFORE UNSUPERVISED IN THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOOD.THIS WOULD BE ESPECIALLY CONCERNING TO BATTLEGROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS IF SUCH INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN DEEMED BY THE COURT TO PRESENT THE SERIOUS THREAT TO THE COMMUNITY ESCAPED WHEN STUDENTS WERE AT SCHOOL.
AS MENTIONED EARLIER, OUR PLEASANT VALLEY CAMPUS IS LESS THAN A MILE AWAY.
WELL, THE DISTRICT HAS RECENTLY UPDATED OUR SECURITY MEASURES BY INSTALLING NEW PERIMETER FENCING AROUND THE CAMPUS AND SECURING ENTRY POINTS.
BOTH SCHOOLS WERE BUILT IN THE 1970S PRIOR TO MANY OF THE DESIGN FEATURES THAT MAKE MODERN SCHOOLS SAFER AND MORE SECURE.
A PATIENT WHO ESCAPES THE TREATMENT FACILITY COULD EASILY ACCESS OUR CAMPUS AND ENCOUNTER STUDENTS WHO ARE OUTSIDE THE BUILDING DURING ARRIVAL, LUNCHES, RECESSES, PASSING PERIODS, AND DISMISSAL.
ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE MANY WORKERS AT THESE SCHOOLS AND THIS POSES ADDITIONAL SAFETY CONCERNS.
POINT NUMBER 2, SIMILARLY, THERE ARE POTENTIAL DANGERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PLAN DISCHARGE OF PATIENTS INTO THE COMMUNITY.
BATTLE GROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS UNDERSTANDS THAT PATIENT DISCHARGE WILL BE SUPPORTED, THOUGH THIS DOES NOT ENTIRELY ELIMINATE THE SAFETY CONCERNS OF INTRODUCING INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLUNTARILY COMMITTED INTO THE INPATIENT TREATMENT INTO THE COMMUNITY.
THESE CONCERNS WILL BE HEIGHTENED IF A PLAN DISCHARGE OCCURS DURING THE SCHOOL DAY.
LASTLY, TO REPRESENT THE CONCERNS OF OUR CITIZENS, BATTLE GROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAS HEARD FROM SEVERAL FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT THIS MATTER.
THE CONCERNS VOICED AROUND SAFETY AND SECURITY ARE SIGNIFICANT AND UNDERSTANDABLE.
WHILE YOU MAY HEAR TESTIMONY FROM SOME OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS, BATTLE GROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS FEELS OBLIGATED TO REPRESENT THOSE CONCERNS AS PART OF THIS TESTIMONY.
WE ARE ASKING THAT THEY RECONSIDER THIS PLACEMENT AND THAT THEY EXPLORE OTHER AREAS THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY CONNECTED TO THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF SCHOOLS.
IT'S NOT ONLY PLEASANT VALLEY, BUT IT'S ALSO, AS I INDICATED, THE ITECH ACADEMY IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.
WE HAVE ACTUALLY SOME OF OUR STUDENTS ATTEND THERE, 10 PERCENT OF OUR STUDENTS.
WE CAN FILL 10 PERCENT OF THEIR ENROLLMENT BASED ON AN AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE.
I BELIEVE THAT'S SIGNIFICANT, AND ALSO ABOUT A QUARTER OF A MILE DOWN THE ROAD IS THE GARDENER SCHOOL, WHICH IS A PRIVATE SCHOOL, BUT IT RESIDES IN THE BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT.
MANY OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO SUPPORT OUR SCHOOLS, WHO SUPPORT OUR LEVEES, WHO SUPPORT OUR BONDS, ALSO ATTEND THAT SCHOOL, SO I THINK IT'S JUSTIFIABLE THAT WE SEND THIS LETTER, AND THEREFORE, I'LL BE PASSING THAT OFF AS MY PIECE INTO ALL OF THIS.
I JUST WANTED TO INFORM THE BOARD AND KEEP YOU UPDATED.
[OVERLAPPING] ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT EITHER OF THOSE THINGS?
>> NICE TO HAVE THOSE SPECIFICS BECAUSE AS THE PRESIDENT, I RESPOND TO CORRESPONDENCE AND IT'S NICE TO HAVE MORE DETAILS TO THE ACTIONS ACTUALLY BEING TAKEN.
>> DO YOU KNOW THE TIMELINE FOR THEIR DECISION?
>> NO. I KNOW THEY'RE IN THE FIRST STAGES OF PUBLIC COMMENT.
>> I'M SORRY, MARY, I DO NOT KNOW THE SPECIFIC TIMELINE, BUT THEY'RE IN THE FIRST STAGES OF PUBLIC COMMENT.
I THINK THE HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR MID DECEMBER, ACTUALLY.
>> IF I COULD JUST ADD SOMETHING THE BOARD MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER SETTING ONTO.
>> YEAH, I DIDN'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR THE BOARD, BUT IF THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO JUMP ON TO THIS LETTER, I COULD CERTAINLY ADD YOUR NAMES AS WELL.
>> I WOULD LIKE THAT A LOT, ACTUALLY.
THANK YOU, AND I'M GOING TO PASS THE BATON TO, NO HR REPORT TODAY, SO I'M GOING TO PASS IT TO SHELLY WHITTEN IN TEACHING AND LEARNING.
>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD. AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN VERY APPRECIATIVE AND THANKFUL TO OUR COMMUNITY FOR SUPPORTING OUR LEVY, WHICH BRINGS US TO A EXCITING BUT CHALLENGING TIME OF TRYING TO DECIDE OUR PRIORITIES AND MAKE A LONG-RANGE PLAN FOR LEVY.
AS YOU KNOW, THE LEVY IS A REPLACEMENT LEVY.
ALTHOUGH WE DON'T SEE THAT CHANGING MUCH IN OUR PROGRAM BEYOND OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS PROGRAM, WE DO HAVE SR FUNDS THAT THOSE LEVY DOLLARS WILL ALLOW US TO USE SR MORE DILIGENTLY FOR LEARNING LOSS AND FOR OTHER THINGS THAT WE WERE USING TO HELP OFFSET SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS.
WE HAVE BEEN MEETING AS A TEAM TO SET SOME
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OF THOSE PRIORITIES AND LOOK AT THINGS THAT CAN PROVIDE IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE TO OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THIS STILL CHALLENGING TIME.WE ARE CREATING SOME PIECES THAT WE WILL BE SHARING WITH YOU AS WE GET THOSE MORE DEFINED.
ONE OF THE CHALLENGES OF THAT IS THAT MANY OF THE NEEDS ARE RELATED TO STAFFING.
WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A SCHOOL YEAR, AND AS YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T FILL ALL OF OUR POSITIONS CURRENTLY.
WE HAVE SAID WE DON'T WANT TO ROB FROM PETER TO PAY PAUL, WE DON'T WANT TO FILL POSITIONS WITH NEEDED SUPPORTS THAT WILL PULL PEOPLE AWAY FROM THE CURRENT POSITIONS THAT THEY'RE IN, AND SO WE'RE BEING PRETTY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE PUT IN PLACE AND HOW THEY MIGHT SUPPORT.
WE'RE ALSO BEING VERY CAREFUL BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW SR FUNDS ARE NOT A FOREVER FUND, AND SO WE HAVE TO BE VERY DILIGENT THAT THE THINGS THAT WE DO PROVIDE SUPPORT NOW BUT DO NOT CREATE ISSUE FOR US IN THE FUTURE BY CREATING A DEBT OR AN EXPENDITURE THAT GOES BEYOND THOSE FUNDS.
A LOT TO CONSIDER AND A LOT TO DECIDE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND HOW WE MOVE FORWARD.
BUT THAT'S THE WORK WE'RE DOING FOR THE MOST PART IN TEACHING AND LEARNING, A BIG PART OF OUR WORK RIGHT NOW. QUESTIONS?
>> I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION, CAN YOU USE THE ESSER FUNDS FOR NEW CURRICULUM SOCIAL STUDIES? I'M THINKING.
THE WAY THAT LEARNING LOSS IS DEFINED HAS A LOT TO DO WITH LOSS OF WHERE THEY ARE.
HOWEVER, WITH US, THERE ARE SOME INTERVENTION MATERIALS THAT WE CAN USE THAT GO WITH IT.
IT PROBABLY COULD BE USED FOR A PORTION OF A NEW ADOPTION BECAUSE IT DOES HAVE MULTIPLE COMPONENTS, COMPONENTS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION, ELL LEARNERS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
YOU HAVE ALREADY APPROVED SOME ESSER PURCHASES FOR CURRICULUM.
YOU APPROVED THE I-READY PROGRAM THAT WE DID IN BOTH ENGLISH AND IN MATH.
AGAIN, I THINK TO SHELLEY'S POINT, INTERVENTION CURRICULUM, I THINK CERTAINLY COULD FALL INTO THAT AREA.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE WERE ADOPTING SOCIAL STUDIES OR AN ELA CURRICULUM THAT IT WOULD.
BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WITH THE LEVY, NOW THE SURPLUS THAT WE HAD BUILT UP FOR THOSE CURRICULUM PURCHASES IS NOW BACKUP TO THAT THREE MILLION DOLLARS THAT IT WAS AT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TO USE IT TO COVER LEVY LOSS.
DAVE AND ALLISON ARE PUTTING TOGETHER A PLAN AS TO MOVING FORWARD RIGHT AWAY WITH THE START OF AN ELA ADOPTION, AND LOOKING AT SOME OTHER ADOPTIONS LIKE MIDDLE SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES.
EVEN PRIMARY SOCIAL STUDIES HAS BECOME A HOT TOPIC FOR US.
THEN NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO CALL UP KEVIN JOLMA FOR FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS.
>> GOOD EVENING. TROY, I'D ALSO LIKE TO SAY THANKS FOR MANY YEARS WORKING OF WITH YOU.
I APPRECIATED YOUR THOUGHTS, IDEAS, TEXT MESSAGES, ALL HOURS, I APPRECIATE IT.
TONIGHT I REALLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT OUR CAM RELOCATION PROJECT, AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN UP TO AND WHERE WE'RE GOING.
OUR SURVEY HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
THE SITE, THE GEOTECH HAS BEEN PERFORMED.
BUILDING B, WHICH WE'RE PLANNING ON UTILIZING AS WELL, WE'VE REALLY BEEN USING THAT AS A STORAGE WAREHOUSE, IF YOU WILL.
WE'VE SET UP A DECEMBER 11TH SURPLUS SALE.
WE'RE TRYING TO EMPTY THAT BUILDING OUT AND GET IT READY.
MY TECH DEPARTMENT IS WORKING ON SCOPE OF WORK THAT THEY'RE GOING TO NEED TO GET THAT READY FOR STUDENTS.
MY MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT IS SCOPING OUR HVAC WORK OR PLUMBING IN OUR ELECTRICAL WORK.
WE'RE GETTING OUR ARMS WRAPPED AROUND WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO GET THAT OPERATIONAL FOR A FEW YEARS.
ALSO JOSH AND I HAVE WALKED THE SCHOOL, WALKED THE SITE, AND TALKED WITH THE PRINCIPAL, RYAN COWL FROM CAM.
HE'S ONBOARD, AND WAS EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE HAD TO PRESENT TO HIM.
OUR FACILITIES DEPARTMENT IS WORKING WITH OUR MODULAR SUPPLIER.
ACTUALLY, WE HAVE ANOTHER MEETING TOMORROW.
RYAN WANTED TO IMPLEMENT INTO THE FIRST TENPLEX THAT WENT IN.
IT CAN BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN OUR STANDARD ONE, BUT MORE AIMED TOWARDS THE SCIENCE AND OLDER KIDS.
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WE'VE ALSO RECEIVED OUR PRE-UP NOTES FROM THE CITY OF BATTLE GROUND THERE IS A FEW CONCERNING NOTES ON THERE, BUT I HAVE A PRE-UP MEETING WITH THEM TOMORROW AT THREE O'CLOCK.WE'LL TRY TO HASH THROUGH SOME OF THOSE.
LAST POINT ON THIS IS, I'LL BE SUBMITTING A LETTER TO OSPI ASKING THEM TO ALLOW US TO USE LEWISVILLE AS WHAT THEY CALL A SWING SCHOOL.
WHICH MEANS, WE'LL TAKE IT OUT OF SURPLUS.
THEY'LL ALLOW US TO USE THAT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT NO MORE.
THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE RESOLUTION, DOESN'T REQUIRE BOARD ACTION WILL JUST BE A LETTER BY ME, AND I'M GETTING READY TO DO THAT.
ANY THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS OF WHERE WE'RE AT WITH CAM? WE'RE GOING FULL STEAM AHEAD.
>> I HAVE ONE. THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL EMAILS THAT I'VE RECEIVED ABOUT A POTENTIAL NEW ROAD GOING IN.
DOES THAT HAVE ANY BEARING ON CAM RELOCATING?
>> NO. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT, COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT.
IT'S BEEN IN THEIR PLAN FOR MANY YEARS.
THE PLAN THAT WE'RE COMING UP WITH WILL ACTUALLY UTILIZE IT IF AND WHEN IT GOES IN.
BUT THERE'S NO TRIGGER POINT, NO CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO.
>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING.
IT WOULD BE A TWO-YEAR TRANSITION IN TEMPORARY HOUSING, AND THEN YOU'D GET THEM INTO WHAT WOULD BE THE PERMANENT ONE? [OVERLAPPING]
>> THREE MODULARS THAT WE GOING TO DO OUT HERE.
>> WHAT WE ACTUALLY PLAN TO DO, MARY, IS WE HAVE TIME TO PUT IN ONE MODULAR OUT THERE.
THAT MODULAR WILL CONTAIN 10 CLASSES.
CAM IS APPROXIMATELY 20 CLASSES RIGHT NOW.
THAT MODULAR WILL CONTAIN 10 CLASSES, AND THEN WE'LL BE USING THIS OTHER BUILDING RIGHT OVER HERE WITH THE LIBRARY PORTION OF THE BUILDING HERE.
THAT WILL CONTAIN THE OTHER 10 CLASSES; THAT WILL BE TEMPORARY.
IT WILL THEN ALLOW US TO PLAN TO PUT ONE OR TWO MORE MODULARS.
IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE ONE MORE MODULAR, BUT THEN A SEPARATE, WHAT WOULD WE CALL IT?
>> ADMINISTRATION AND A COMMONS.
>> A COMMONS, THAT'S THE WORD I WAS LOOKING FOR, A COMMONS AREA.
THE EVENTUAL CAM WILL ALL BE LOCATED OUT THERE ON THAT FIELD, BUT IT'LL BUY US SOME TIME TO GO THROUGH THE TWO-YEAR PROCESS OF PUTTING THAT TOGETHER.
THIS WAY, CAM HAS A HOME NEXT YEAR.
AS YOU WILL SEE FROM THE BOARD, YOU'LL SEE SOME EXPENDITURES COMING YOUR WAY WHEN WE APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF THE TENPLEX THAT WE'LL BE USING IMPACT FEES.
BUT WE WILL BE USING SOME OF OUR CAPITAL MONEYS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE SAVED.
WE WILL BE USING THAT BECAUSE WE CAN'T USE IMPACT FEES TO IMPROVE THE LEWISVILLE BUILDING, BUT WE WILL BE USING THAT.
I THINK, A POSITIVE OUTCOME FOR ALL OF THIS THOUGH, WILL BE THAT WITH THE RENOVATION OR WHATEVER, IT WILL BE FOR THE LEWISVILLE CAMPUS, WHEN WE DO MOVE CAM INTO THEIR FACILITY, WE WILL THEN HAVE A BUILDING THAT WE CAN USE PERHAPS FOR MORE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES, LOCATION FOR COMMUNITY ED, FOR OUR COMMUNITY, ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT KINDS OF THINGS.
IT WILL PRESENT AND MAKE THIS CAMPUS MORE USABLE THAN IT IS NOW.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, THAT BUILDING, WE'VE DISCARDED IT, AND IT'S JUST BEING USED FOR STORAGE.
IN THAT END, I THINK THE END RESULT WILL BE POSITIVE FOR THE DISTRICT IN MANY WAYS.
>> THE GOAL IS TO DO IT BEFORE THE TWO YEARS.
I JUST WANTED TO GET SOME ROOM, BUT BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE OVERALL PROJECT, THAT REQUIRES A MUCH MORE EXTENSIVE PERMIT PROCESS.
BUT THEY'RE GOING TO ALLOW US TO ACTUALLY GET THAT FIRST TENPLEX IN WITHOUT ALL THE ADDITIONAL WORK THAT'S GOING TO REQUIRE.
IT'S TWO YEARS, BUT I HOPE TO MAKE IT ONE.
>> IS IT POSSIBLE TO PROJECT HOW THE USE OF IMPACT FEES TO REHOUSE CAM, WILL THAT HAVE ANY IMPACT ON OUR ABILITY TO PLAN FOR GROWTH IN OTHER GROWING PARTS OF THE DISTRICT?
>> WELL, WE'VE GOT QUITE A FEW IMPACT FEES.
WE'RE NOT SEEING MUCH GROWTH, YET.
AS THE ADDITIONAL BUILDING COMES IN, ADDITIONAL IMPACT FEES WILL COME IN WITH THAT AS WELL.
RIGHT NOW, I DON'T FORESEE A PROBLEM.
>> WHAT TO DO IS, IF YOU WERE TO PUT OUT A BOND, YOU COULD USE YOUR IMPACT FEES TO LOWER THE COST OF THAT BOND.
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BUT IMPACT FEES DO EXPIRE, I THINK IT'S 10 YEARS.>> IF YOU WAIT FOR A BOND, THEY JUST MAY NOT BE THERE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO THANK KEVIN AND YOUR TEAM, THIS IS PRETTY CREATIVE THINKING.
>> THANK YOU, TROY. I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT TOO.
I WAS GOING TO THANK KEVIN FOR THIS WORK THERE BECAUSE WE WERE STYMIED IN MANY WAYS WITH OUR ORIGINAL THOUGHTS ABOUT THE POTENTIAL OF MOVING CAM TO OTHER LOCATIONS.
IT SEEMED LIKE EVERY OTHER LOCATION THAT WE EXPLORED, WE RAN INTO A ROADBLOCK, WHICH WERE FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT.
>> YEAH, SUBSTANTIAL OR SIGNIFICANT IS THE WORD.
KEVIN COMING UP WITH THIS PLAN, REALLY IN MANY WAYS SAVED CAM.
>> I DIDN'T MEAN TO SKIP OVER OUR FINANCIAL REPORT, BUT I KNEW THAT MICHELLE WAS GOING TO BE GIVING A PRESENTATION.
I THOUGHT, GET THIS OTHER STUFF OUT OF THE WAY, AND THEN SHE COULD GO FROM THERE. HERE YOU GO.
>> GOOD EVENING. THE FIRST UPDATE THAT I HAVE FOR YOU IS, I WANTED TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE BUDGET EXTENSION PROCESS.
NOW THAT OUR LEVY HAS PASSED, TONIGHT, YOU'LL HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU A LEVY CERTIFICATION RESOLUTION THAT WILL NEED TO BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD.
ONCE THAT CERTIFICATION IS DONE, WE CAN SEND THAT TO THE COUNTY ASSESSOR, AND THEN WE'LL START TO PREPARE THE BUDGET EXTENSION DOCUMENT.
THIS WILL BE A FULL BUDGET DOCUMENT.
IT WILL REQUIRE A LEGAL NOTICE PUBLISHED IN THE COLOMBIAN FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE WEEKS, AS WELL AS A PUBLIC BUDGET HEARING AND A BUDGET EXTENSION RESOLUTION.
IT'S A VERY FORMAL PROCESS, AND IT'LL TAKE A LOT OF WORK, AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT WORK.
IN JANUARY, BOARD MEETING, YOU WILL SEE THAT IN FRONT OF YOU FOR ADOPTION OF THAT BUDGET.
THEN ALSO ENROLLMENT, WE'LL TAKE THE DECEMBER ENROLLMENT, AND WILL REPORT TO YOU AN ENROLLMENT REPORT TO TELL YOU HOW WE ARE DOING IN DECEMBER.
LET ME GET MY PRESENTATION UP HERE.
I'M GOING TO TURN THIS AROUND SO I CAN SEE AND DRIVE AT THE SAME TIME AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS. LET ME GET MY MOUSE.
WE HAVE COMPLETED THE FISCAL YEAR ENDS ON AUGUST 31ST, AND IT TAKES US A COUPLE OF MONTHS TO WRAP EVERYTHING UP AND GET EVERYTHING PROCESSED AND START TO GO THROUGH EVERYTHING.
IT'S DUE TO 0SPI ON NOVEMBER THE 15TH.
I WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A REPORT TO SUMMARIZE THE FISCAL YEAR.
THIS IS THE ACTUAL BUDGET OR THE END OF THE YEAR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
IT'S FUN READING IF YOU'RE A NUMBERS PERSON, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IT MAY NOT BE ALL THAT GREAT.
WE ARE GOING TO POST THIS ONLINE, ON OUR FINANCIAL EMBEDDED WEBSITE, AS WELL AS THIS PRESENTATION TONIGHT.
I'LL HAVE SOME CONTACT INFORMATION AS WELL IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS.
PRESENTATION OUTLINE, I'LL GO THROUGH SOME HIGHLIGHTS, SOME BUDGETING, HOW WE BUDGETED FOR LAST SCHOOL YEAR, AND STUDENT LEARNING.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT GENERAL FUND REVENUE EXPENDITURES AND FUND BALANCE.
OUR OTHER DISTRICT FUNDS, CAPITAL PROJECTS, ASB DEBT SERVICE, AND THEN CONTACT INFORMATION.
WHAT A ROLLER COASTER [LAUGHTER] LAST YEAR WAS.
THIS PRESENTATION WILL MEMORIALIZE SOME OF THE DIFFICULTIES WE HAD THROUGH THE LAST YEAR.
I MEAN, WE'VE NEVER SEEN THE CHALLENGES THAT THE DISTRICT FACED AND THE TIMING OF THE CHALLENGES.
I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THIS INFORMATION AVAILABLE AND WHILE IT'S HIGHLIGHTS ARE UP IN THERE, IT REALLY WILL BE HELPFUL IN THE FUTURE AS WE CONTINUE ON.
THE PANDEMIC IS CONTINUING, WE'RE PIVOTING BETWEEN REMOTE HYBRID AND IN-PERSON LEARNING, AND IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO COMPARE TO OTHER FISCAL YEARS.
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RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE DIFFICULT DECISIONS BEING MADE BY FAMILIES, STAFF AND DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS, AS WELL AS TIMING OF FUNDING.WE'LL SEE SOME TIMING ISSUES HERE THAT MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO MAKE DECISIONS BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE A SOLID FUNDING SOURCE.
BUDGETING, WHEN WE STARTED BUDGETING FOR THE LAST SCHOOL YEAR, WE STARTED IN JANUARY 2020.
WE PLANNED A FULL RETURN TO IN-PERSON LEARNING, FULLY STAFFED, FULLY NORMAL BUDGETED FOR NORMAL ENROLLMENT TRENDS AND FINAL BUDGETING WAS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED IN JUNE 2020.
THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT HAD SAID PLAN FOR A FULL RETURN TO IN-PERSON LEARNING.
COVID-19 RATES CLIMB AND SCHOOL BEGINS IN REMOTE LEARNING.
CHROMEBOOKS ARE DEPLOYED, STAFF AND STUDENTS ENGAGE IN REMOTE LEARNING.
MANY STUDENTS SHIFT FROM REMOTE LEARNING TO ALTERNATIVE LEARNING PLATFORMS, WHICH REQUIRED STAFFING SHIFTS.
ENROLLMENT DECLINES SIGNIFICANTLY FROM BUDGET, WHICH IS ENROLLMENT DRIVES FUNDING FOR OUR DISTRICT.
IT IS A DIFFICULT TIME, DISTRICT PLANS FOR REVENUE REDUCTIONS FROM THIS ENROLLMENT DECLINE.
AT THAT TIME, NO GUARANTEE OF ENROLLMENT OR TRANSPORTATION STABILIZATION FUNDING.
WE HAVE TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE.
THERE WAS FOR A LOW OF STAFF AND SOME PROGRAM BUDGET REDUCTIONS.
NEXT WE GO RIGHT INTO HYBRID LEARNING, STARTING IN FEBRUARY.
THAT'S WHERE WE STARTED PHASING IN THE GRADES AND THE SCHOOLS INTO THE HYBRID LEARNING.
SOCIAL DISTANCING, MASK, ATTESTATION, CONTACT TRACING, CHANGES FROM TRADITIONAL IN-PERSON LEARNING, A MAJOR SHIFT IN ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES, MORE PUBLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES AT THE SCHOOLS.
SOME FAMILIES CHOSE PRIVATE EDUCATION, ENROLLMENT CONTINUES TO DECLINE SIGNIFICANTLY FROM BUDGET.
IN OUR FEBRUARY LEVY ELECTION, THAT DOESN'T PASS.
WE HAVE TO DOUBLE DOWN OUR PROGRAM BUDGET REDUCTIONS.
COVID-19 RATES CONTINUE TO INCREASE.
WE GO INTO IN-PERSON LEARNING STARTING IN APRIL.
CONTINUE ALL THE THINGS WE JUST TALKED ABOUT ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.
WE ARE CHALLENGED WITH DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND CDC GUIDELINES AND REQUIREMENTS.
IT WAS A TOUGH TIME FOR EVERYBODY.
HERE IS JUST A SLIDE JUST TO SHOW THE ENROLLMENT TRENDING DOWN HERE AND WHERE WE NORMALLY SEE OUR ENROLLMENT IS UP HERE.
JUST TO SHOW HOW THAT ENROLLMENT WAS DECREASING.
THEN AGAIN, JUST SOME NUMBERS HERE ON FUNDING.
WE BUDGETED FOR 13, 238 THAT INCLUDES RUNNING START WHICH IS A PASS THROUGH.
BUT AGAIN, IT WAS OUR STUDENTS WE'RE NOT CHOOSING THOSE TYPE OF LEARNING STYLES.
THESE ARE THE ACTUAL NUMBERS WHERE IT TURNED OUT SO AND THEN EVEN OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION, THE HEADCOUNTS WENT DOWN.
WE WOUND UP WITH A TOTAL OF ALMOST $183 MILLION.
IN OUR STATE APPORTIONMENT AND EVEN THOUGH WE WERE DOWN 1.4 MILLION FROM PREVIOUS YEAR, THAT INCLUDES EXTRA FUNDING FOR ENROLLMENT STABILIZATION THAT CAME THROUGH AFTER THE LEGISLATIVE PASS THAT IN THE SPRING.
IT GAVE US $7.6 MILLION IN ENROLLMENT STABILIZATION, AS WELL AS TRANSPORTATION STABILIZATION OF $1.6 MILLION DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.
ALSO INCLUDED WAS AN INCREASE IN THE LOCAL LEVY AND THAT WAS TO HELP WITH FACILITY REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS AND THOSE PROJECTS ARE INCLUDED IN OUR OTHER FUNDS.
YOU CAN SEE THAT 63.4 PERCENT OF OUR FUNDING COMES FROM APPORTIONMENT.
IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE IN THIS YEAR, 15.7 IN STATE SPECIAL PURPOSE, 15.5 FROM LOCAL LEVY.
THIS IS OUR CERTIFICATED SALARIES, CLASSIFIED SALARIES, BENEFITS, SUPPLIES, PURCHASE SERVICES, TRAVELING, CAPITAL OUTLAY, AND WE HAD TOTAL ACTUAL EXPENDITURES OF $172.5 MILLION.
I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT A FEW THINGS.
FIRST OF ALL, THE UNUSUAL REDUCTION IN NON-PERSONAL EXPENDITURES DUE THE PANDEMIC ACTUALLY
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INCREASED OUR PERCENTAGE OF STAFFING COST OR PERSONNEL COST TO 83.3 WITH SALARIES AND BENEFITS.ANOTHER ITEM I WANTED TO POINT OUT IS PURCHASE SERVICES.
I THINK SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S ALL INCLUDED IN THE PURCHASE SERVICES.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THIS INFORMATION AVAILABLE THAT OUR TRANSPORTATION IS CONTRACTED, THAT'S A PURCHASE SERVICE, OUR RUNNING START, UTILITIES GARBAGE INSURANCE, AND FOOD SERVICE.
THERE'S ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT MAKE UP PURCHASE SERVICES.
IT JUST IS HELPFUL TO BE REMINDED OF THAT BECAUSE IT GETS LOST IN THAT CATEGORY.
AGAIN, HERE YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS PIE CHART, YOU HAVE YOUR CERTIFICATED SALARIES, CLASSIFIED SALARIES AND BENEFITS, MAKING UP THAT 83.3, AND THEN MOSTLY THE PURCHASE SERVICES AND THEN A SMALL AMOUNT FOR SUPPLIES.
THIS IS EXPENDITURES BY DETAILED ACTIVITY REPORT.
THIS TAKES DOWN AND TAKE SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE HAPPENING AND THEY'RE COLOR-CODED BY CONSOLIDATED ACTIVITIES WITH DISTRICT WIDE SUPPORT AND SCHOOL SUPPORT, EXTRA CURRICULAR, AT COMMUNITY ED, FOOD SERVICE AND TRANSPORTATION, AS WELL AS MAINTENANCE, UTILITIES, INSURANCE, AND THEN FINALLY TECHNOLOGY, PRINT SHOP, WAREHOUSE AND MOTOR PULLS.
YOU CAN SEE FOR SCHOOL SUPPORT, WE HAD 80.7 PERCENT OF THE BUDGET WENT DIRECTLY TO SCHOOL SUPPORT.
WE HAD 2.5 PERCENT FOR DISTRICT WIDE SUPPORT.
THAT INCLUDES THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THEN OTHER DISTRICT WIDE SUPPORT THAT'S HAPPENING.
JUST SO FOLKS KNOW, INCLUDED IN THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, IT INCLUDES AUDIT, LEGAL, AND ELECTION EXPENDITURES.
IT'S NOT JUST ALL FOR JUST SINGLE BOARD ACTIVITIES.
HERE IS A SLIDE HERE THAT IS JUST A PIE GRAPH SHOWING THE SCHOOL SUPPORT IN THOSE BREAKOUT, CELL.
THIS IS A RESOURCE TO PROGRAM REPORT, IT'S ALSO INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET DOCUMENT AND WHAT THIS REPORT DOES IS IT TALKS ABOUT WHERE THE RESOURCES OF REVENUE PUMP FOR THE EXPENDITURES THAT WE ARE SEEING.
WE HAVE STATE, FEDERAL, LOCAL LEVY, LEA, OTHERS AND THOSE ALL COME DOWN IN HERE AND THIS TELLS A COMMUNITY WHERE THE FUNDING'S COMING FROM, AND WE HAVE HERE ESSER 1 AND ESSER 2 RIGHT HERE, AND I HAVE AN ESSER SLIDE TO TALK ABOUT AS WELL.
THIS IS JUST INFORMATION OF WHERE THE SOURCES ARE COMING FROM.
FOR 2021 ONLY, SO WE DID SPEND MONEY IN 1920 ON ESSER.
THERE WAS 1.1 MILLION EXPENDED OUT ON ESSER.
BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR YEAR WE HAD IN 2021 LAST YEAR, THERE WAS ANOTHER MILLION DOLLARS AND THAT WAS FOR PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, HOTSPOTS FOR INTERNET CONNECTIVITY, AS WELL AS DESKS FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING AND SUMMER SCHOOL AND EXTENDING SCHOOL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, SO THAT IS SPENT FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR STAFF AND STUDENTS AND ACADEMIC SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS.
THERE ARE FINALLY OUR GENERAL FUND SUMMARY, TOTAL REVENUES AND ON 183 MILLION MINUS THE EXPENDITURES AND A TRANSFER TO DEBT SERVICE FUND FOR DEBT PAYMENT, AS WELL AS A TRANSFER TO CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR MAINTENANCE PROJECTS, INCREASE IN FUND BALANCE OF $7.2 MILLION.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THAT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY.
BUT WHAT WE DID IS WE DIDN'T NEED ALL OF OUR ENROLLMENT STABILIZATION FUNDS AND SOME OF THOSE TRANSPORTATION FUNDS.
WE WERE ABLE TO RETAIN THOSE IN THE ASSIGNED CATEGORY HERE FOR A TOTAL OF $4.1 MILLION TO PUT TOWARDS THE '21, '22 SCHOOL YEAR.
BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, THE ENROLLMENT DECLINE CONTINUED AND SO WE STILL WANTED TO KEEP STAFFING, WE DID CUT BACK, WE DID HAVE $6.6 MILLION IN REDUCTIONS.
BUT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT A $12-13 MILLION REDUCTION IN REVENUE, IT'S NOT ENOUGH, SO THOSE DOLLARS HELP TO OFFSET AND ARE GOING TOWARDS THE '21,
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'22 BUDGET TO HELP WITH SOME OF THAT.WE ALSO ARE USING SOME OF THE UNASSIGNED.
WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE BOARD MINIMUM FUND BALANCE POLICY OF SIX PERCENT IN HERE AND WE DID HAVE A REDUCTION AND THE UNASSIGNED AS WELL AS THE RESTRICTED.
NOW, JUST A REMINDER TO FOLKS OUT THERE LISTENING, THE NON SPENDABLE AND RESTRICTED CATEGORIES ARE JUST THAT, THEY'RE NOT AVAILABLE.
THOSE MONIES ARE SET ASIDE, WE HAVE INVENTORY PREPAID EXPENDITURES, AND NON SPENDABLE, NOT AVAILABLE FOR USE FOR OTHER THAN THOSE ITEMS, AS WELL AS RESTRICTED WITH LAB CTE CARRYOVERS, THAT'S MONEY WE RECEIVED AND WE MUST RETAIN SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE PROGRAMS. FINAL TAKEAWAYS FOR 2021, DECLINING ENROLLMENT FUNDING OF $13 MILLION, AND THE LEVY FAILURE IN FEBRUARY FORCE THE DISTRICT TO REDUCE STAFFING AND DEPARTMENT BUDGET.
THE ENROLLMENT STABILIZATION OF $7.5 MILLION AND TRANSPORTATION STABILIZATION OF 1.6 MILLION.
SPECIAL ONETIME FUNDING WAS APPROVED IN THE 2021 LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WHICH WAS MADE HERE FOR US AND WE ASSIGN $4.1 MILLION OF THAT TO HELP WITH OUR '21, '22 BUDGET SHORTFALL FROM DECLINED ENROLLMENT.
NOW THAT THE LEVY HAS PASSED NOVEMBER 2021, THE ASSIGNED FUND BALANCE MAY BE USED TO SUPPORT THOSE PROGRAMS BECAUSE AS YOU REMEMBER WHEN YOU ADOPTED THE BUDGET, YOU WERE USING A LOT OF YOUR ASSIGNED FUND BALANCE FOR CURRICULUM INITIATIVES, SEL DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WERE JUST DIFFICULT DECISIONS TO HAVE TO NOT BE ABLE TO FUND SO THIS IS A HUGE SIGH OF RELIEF.
ENROLLMENT DECLINE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE '22-'23 FROM PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS.
ADDITIONAL ENROLLMENT STABILIZATION FUNDING MAY BE POSSIBLE IN THE '22 LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
NOTE, WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL WE HEAR BACK FROM THE LEGISLATORS, BUT IT WON'T CONTINUE FOREVER.
AT SOME POINT, A BUDGET WILL NEED TO BE ADJUSTED.
OTHER DISTRICT FUNDS, SO WE HAVE CAPITAL PROJECTS DEBT SERVICE AN ASB FUND, AND WE TALK ABOUT HERE THE SUM OF THE EXPENDITURES, KEVIN WAS REALLY BUSY.
[LAUGHTER] WE'VE JUST OUTLINED THE FLOOR REPLACEMENTS, HVAC, LIBRARY REMODEL, PARKING LOTS, PLAY STRUCTURES, ROOF AND REPAIRS, PLUS SECURITY FENCES.
THAT'S PROBABLY NOT EVERYTHING ON THERE, BUT IT'S A LIST TO TRY TO AT LEAST EXPLAIN ALL THE WORK THAT WAS BEING DONE.
PRIMARY FUNDING HAS IMPACT THESE AND THEN YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT WE HAD REVENUE OF $9 MILLION AND EXPENDITURES OF 3.5 SO WE'RE GROWING, THIS IS PRIMARILY IMPACT PEAK FUNDING INSIDE OF THIS ENDING FUND BALANCE FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS.
DEBT SERVICE IS LOCAL TAXES FOR OUR BOND PAYMENT AND IT JUST OPERATES ITSELF EVERY YEAR ANNUALLY.
WE HAVE THE BOND PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYMENT.
THEN ASB, THEY DID HAVE REVENUE, BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE AS MUCH IN EXPENDITURES AND I THINK IT WAS JUST BECAUSE THEY MAY HAVE BEEN OUT THERE MAYBE DOING SOME FUNDRAISING FOR TRIPS THEY HAD PLANNED TO DO AND THEN DIDN'T GET TO DO THE TRIP SO THAT MONEY JUST SITS THERE IN THEIR ACCOUNT FOR THEM, IT IS DECIDED BY THE STUDENT COUNCILS AND ON HOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE SPENDING THAT MONEY.
HERE IS THE FINANCIAL BUDGET INFORMATION YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE.
AGAIN, THIS WILL BE POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE ALONG WITH THE F196, END OF THE YEAR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, AND MY CONTACT INFORMATION IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS.
JUST ONE MORE QUICK NOTE, THE AUDIT COMMITTEE THAT WILL BE MEETING IN DECEMBER, WILL BE LOOKING AT THE NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, SO THAT WILL ACCOMPANY OUR FINANCIAL DOCUMENT, SO WE WILL BE REVIEWING THAT WITH OUR AUDIT COMMITTEE AS WELL. IS THERE ANY QUESTION? [LAUGHTER]
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THE CITIZENS COMMITTEE, I GUESS IS MAYBE BOTH FOR YOU AND DIRECTOR WALTERS.I KNOW YOU SHOWED THEM THE BUDGET AT ONE OF THE MEETINGS I WASN'T ABLE TO GET TO.
IS THERE AN AVENUE FOR CITIZENS TO HAVE INPUT INTO BUDGET PRIORITIES?
>> I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION MARK.
OUR PLAN MOVING FORWARD WITH THE CITIZENS COMMITTEE IS TO GET THEM INVOLVED IN HELPING US REVISE AND DEVELOP OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
I THINK AS WE GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS, THE STRATEGIC PLAN PROCESS, THEN THAT CAN FOCUS OUR EFFORTS ON HOW WE WANT TO SPEND OUR MONEY.
BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO SPEND THE MONEY IN LINE WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND IN TERMS OF FACILITIES, IN TERMS OF QUALITY INSTRUCTION, IN TERMS OF SUPPORTS FOR MENTAL HEALTH, SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL SUPPORTS FOR KIDS, ALL OF THAT I THINK WILL BE AREAS THAT MAY BE DETERMINED AND THEREFORE WE CAN MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION SO YES, I THINK THAT IS ULTIMATELY A PART OF THIS.
>> I DO WANT TO CONGRATULATE, MAYBE EVEN PAT OURSELVES ON THE BACK, BUT ALSO TO CONGRATULATE THE BOARD.
BECAUSE THIS ACHIEVEMENT OF THE FACT THAT WE HAVE REACHED PER THE BOARD POLICY, THE SIX PERCENT AND FULLY HAVE A FULL FUND BALANCE IS A MONUMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT FOR BATTLEGROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
NEVER, NOT IN THE LAST 50 YEARS HAVE WE HAD A BUDGET WHERE WE ARE ABLE TO SAY THAT WE HAVE A FUND BALANCE THAT MEETS THIS BOARD POLICY AT SIX PERCENT.
AGAIN, A MONUMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT AND ALSO AT THE SAME TIME I PAT OURSELVES ON THE BACK AND CONGRATULATE YOU.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR CITIZENS BECAUSE WITHOUT THAT LEVY PASSING, I MEAN, PART OF THE REASON THAT WE SAW SO MUCH GROWTH IN OUR FUND BALANCE IS BECAUSE WE SYNCHED OUR BELTS SO TIGHT BECAUSE OF THE FEAR THAT THE LEVY WOULD NOT PASS AND WE KNEW THAT IF IT DIDN'T PASS, WE WOULD NEED MONEY FOR NEXT YEAR TO CARRY US THROUGH.
THE FACT THAT IT DID PASS NOW PUTS US IN A FINANCIAL POSITION THAT AGAIN, THIS DISTRICT HAS NEVER BEEN IN BEFORE.
I WANT TO JUST RESTATE WHAT MICHELLE SAID, IT STILL DOESN'T SOLVE LONG-TERM PROBLEMS BECAUSE OUR LONG-TERM ARE EVERY YEAR MONIES THAT WE GET ARE STILL THAT SAME AMOUNT.
BUT IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO DO SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT GOOD THINGS FOR THE KIDS AND FOR THE COMMUNITY THIS IS A BIG STEP FOR US.
>> YEAH, I'D LIKE TO SECOND THAT AND I'D LIKE TO REMIND THE BOARD THAT THE REASON THAT FUND BALANCE HELPS OUR INTEREST RATES ON ANY DEBT WE HAVE.
ANYTHING WE GO FORWARD WITH, THIS BOARD GETS ASKED A LOT TO SPEND THAT FUND BALANCE AND WE CAN SEE WITH COVID WHY WE NEEDED THAT.
I HOPE THE BOARD CONTINUES TO KEEP THE FUND BALANCE.
WE GET A LOT OF REQUESTS FOR CONTRACTS TO USE THAT UP.
PLEASE HOLD THE LINE ON THAT FOR ALL OF US CITIZENS.
>> IT IS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE FUND BALANCE IS LIKE A SAVINGS ACCOUNT.
WHEN YOU SPEND IT, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY GET REPLACED.
YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH THE EXPENDITURES AND WE ARE BEING DILIGENT IN GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND WE WILL HAVE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS AND GET, AS MARK INDICATED, GET SOME COMMUNITY FEEDBACK ON THAT AS WELL.
>> I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK MICHELLE FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
THIS IS A LOT OF WORK AND YOU CAME INTO IT NOT AT THE BEGINNING OF THAT SCHOOL YEAR AND JUST IT'S JUST REALLY AS A NUMBER'S NERD MYSELF, IT'S REALLY HARD TO STEP INTO SOMEBODY ELSE'S WORK.
KUDOS TO YOU AND YOUR LEADERSHIP OF YOUR TEAM. THANK YOU.
>> SPEAKING OF THAT, TROY, TIM GARCHO WAS ABLE TO GO THROUGH A LIST AND YET FROM THAT FIRST DAY, I THINK IT WAS MARCH 13TH, 2019 WHEN THEY ANNOUNCED THAT WE WERE GOING OUT AND HE LISTED A 125 DIFFERENT HOOPS OR DIFFERENT ACHIEVEMENTS THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAD TO GO
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THROUGH IN ORDER TO GET JUST TO THIS POINT WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.IT IS AN INCREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT ALL THE CHALLENGES THAT WERE PUT BEFORE ALL THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE.
THAT'S IT FOR SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
>> DID YOU WANT TO READ IT UP? [LAUGHTER]
>> NO. I DO WANT TO READ IT TO GO, SO THAT'S NOT IT.
[OVERLAPPING] EXCUSE THAT. I'M SORRY.
IT WASN'T FORGETTING YOU. I GUESS ACTUALLY, I DID FORGET YOU. [LAUGHTER]
I HAVE A FEW THINGS I WANT TO SHARE.
FIRST, TALKING ABOUT DOING GOOD THINGS FOR KIDS, WE HAVE MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS GETTING READY TO START IN JANUARY.
WE'VE BEEN SENDING INFORMATION OUT TO OUR FAMILIES AND WE WILL HAVE MORE INFORMATION COMING SOON.
KEEP WATCHING FOR THAT. IT'S VERY EXCITING.
WE KNOW THAT A LOT OF [INAUDIBLE] ALREADY STARTING TO GET THEIR SPORTS PHYSICALS FOR BASKETBALL SO THAT'S REALLY EXCITING.
ANOTHER GREAT THING THAT'S HAPPENED IS WE NOW HAVE BUS ROUTES IN BLACKBOARD.
THIS IS A REALLY BIG DEAL TO OUR SCHOOL OFFICE STAFF.
WE HAVE TO MESSAGE OUR FAMILIES WHEN WE HAVE A DELAYED BUS OR SOMETHING HAPPENS THAT WE NEED TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH OUR BUS ROUTES.
I WANT TO THANK FIRST STUDENT AND BLACKBOARD FOR DOING THAT.
WE HAVE BEEN WANTING TO HAVE OUR ROUTES IN BLACKBOARD FOR A LONG TIME SO THAT WE COULD JUST SEND MESSAGES TO THE CHILDREN ON A SPECIFIC BUS INSTEAD OF THE WHOLE SCHOOL.
WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT THEY DID THAT FOR US.
WE HADN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT BEFORE.
WE ALSO ARE GOING TO BE RELEASING THE FIRST VIEW BUS APP TO FAMILIES AND THEY ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO START USING THAT NOVEMBER 29TH SO THEY'RE GOING TO GET INFORMATION ABOUT THAT TOMORROW EVENING.
THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO TRACK THE STATUS OF THEIR CHILD'S BUS AND THEY CAN GET ALERT WHEN IT'S WITHIN TWO MILES AWAY.
I KNOW WE HAD THAT IN THE PAST AND PARENTS REALLY APPRECIATED IT.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER APP.
IT'S NOT THE SAME APP, BUT IT'S VERY SIMILAR.
THEN ALSO WE SENT OUT OUR WEATHER INFORMATION LAST WEEK.
JUST MAKE SURE YOU ALL ARE AWARE OF THAT IN CASE WE NEED TO CHANGE OUR SCHOOL SCHEDULE DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER, WE CAN DO THAT AND OUR FAMILIES HAVE THE INFORMATION FOR THAT.
AS YOU KNOW, IN OCTOBER WE DID A COMMUNITY THOUGHT EXCHANGE AND I'M JUST GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
I WANT TO PRESENT YOU A HIGH-LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE RESULTS.
THEN WE HAVE A LOT MORE TO GO THROUGH SO I'LL TRY TO BE CONCISE HERE, BUT I DO WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THE RESULTS.
WHAT THAT EXCHANGE DOES IS IT HELPS US FIND THE CONSENSUS IN OUR COMMUNITY, SHOWS US WHERE PEOPLE AGREE ON ISSUES.
WE WANTED TO USE THAT EXCHANGE TO IDENTIFY THE TOPICS THAT MATTER MOST TO OUR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES SO THAT WE CAN PRIORITIZE THOSE AND WORK BETTER TOGETHER.
WE ASKED THE QUESTION, WHAT ARE THE MOST PRESSING ISSUES FACING THE DISTRICT THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS? I WANT TO SHARE SOME OF THOSE.
THEN I'M ALSO GOING TO SEND YOU SOME INFORMATION SO YOU CAN TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE DATA AND THE THOUGHTS THAT PEOPLE SHARED.
THEN ALSO WE'LL BE PROVIDING THIS INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE SO THAT FAMILIES AND THE COMMUNITY CAN ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT THE RESULTS OF THAT EXCHANGE.
IN THIS ONE WE HAD ALMOST 1,900 PARTICIPANTS SHARE 2,000 THOUGHTS.
THEY GAVE 85,000 RATINGS OF THOSE THOUGHTS.
THAT MEANS THAT PEOPLE WOULD GO IN, THEY WOULD SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS, AND THEN THEY WOULD LOOK AT OTHER PEOPLE'S THOUGHTS AND RATE THOSE ON A SCALE OF 1-5 WHERE THEY ALSO THOUGHT THEY WERE IMPORTANT OR NOT.
THESE ARE THE TOP SIX THOUGHTS THAT CAME OUT OF THE THOUGHT EXCHANGE.
WITH FIVE BEING THE HIGHEST AND NOTHING RATED AT FIVE BUT THE TOP THOUGHTS THERE WAS THREE THAT RATED 4.4.
THEY WERE REAL EDUCATION AND CLASS SIZES ARE IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE.
THEN DRUGS BEING UNACCEPTABLE WAS IMPORTANT.
THEN THERE WAS THREE THAT RATED 4.3, SO REAL-LIFE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AND SKILLS TAUGHT AT SCHOOL.
BALANCING CLASS SIZES AND RECRUITING AND RETAINING QUALIFIED EMPLOYEES.
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JUST LOOKING AT INDIVIDUAL THOUGHTS, THOSE WERE THE ONES THAT PEOPLE RATED THE HIGHEST.NEXT, WHAT WE DO IS WHEN WE HAVE THOSE THOUGHTS IS THE COMPUTER SYSTEM, THE SOFTWARE PUTS THEM INTO THEMES FOR US OR CATEGORIES.
THEN SOMETIMES THOUGH THE COMPUTER IS NOT PERFECT, SO I WENT THROUGH AND THOUGHT EXCHANGE, THEIR SUGGESTION IS TO LOOK AT ALL THE THOUGHTS THAT WERE RATED ABOVE 3.5 BECAUSE THAT SHOWS SIGNIFICANT AGREEMENT AMONG THOSE THOUGHTS SO THAT THEY ARE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPORTANT AMONG THE PEOPLE WHO RANKED THEM.
I WENT IN AND LOOKED AT THE THOUGHTS THAT WERE ABOVE 3.5 AND JUST BROKE THEM DOWN INTO SOME DIFFERENT CATEGORIES A LITTLE MORE THAN THE COMPUTER HAD AND MADE SURE THAT THEY MADE SENSE WHERE THEY WERE.
WE ENDED UP WITH, I MADE 15 CATEGORIES AND THAT'S THE MAXIMUM THAT THE SOFTWARE WILL ALLOW YOU TO CREATE.
BUT THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE CATEGORIES AS THEY WERE RANKED BY PEOPLE.
THE THOUGHTS IN THESE CATEGORIES RECEIVED THE HIGHEST RATINGS SO PEOPLE THOUGHT THEY WERE THE MOST IMPORTANT THOUGHTS.
THE CATEGORIES WERE CLASS SIZES WAS A TOP ONE, THEN EDUCATION, THEN LEVY AND THE BUDGET, FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS, PARENT AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, SUPPORT FOR ALL STUDENTS, EXTRACURRICULAR AND ATHLETICS, SOCIAL EMOTIONAL, AND STAFF.
THEN CRITICAL RACE THEORY ALSO WAS A CATEGORY THAT IS ON THAT SIDE.
THAT ONE ENDED UP BEING BELOW 3.5 THOUGH THIS IS JUST SHOWING THE TOP.
THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL CATEGORIES, BUT THEY WERE BELOW 3.5 IN THE RATINGS.
I WANTED TO SHOW YOU THE TOP THREE THOUGHTS FROM THOSE ONES THAT RANKED HIGHER THAN 3.5.
IN CLASS SIZE, SOME OF THE TOP THOUGHTS WERE REAL EDUCATION AND CLASS SIZES.
BALANCING CLASS SIZES SO THAT THERE'S THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS FOR OPTIMAL LEARNING.
THEN JUST GENERAL AGAIN, CLASS SIZES, THE CLASS SIZES CATEGORY WAS PRETTY CLEAR.
EVERYONE WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE IN A CLASSROOM AND HOW THAT IMPACTS LEARNING.
THE NEXT HIGHEST RANKING CATEGORY WAS EDUCATION.
PEOPLE SAID THAT IS THE POINT OF SCHOOL, REAL-LIFE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AND SKILLS CLASSES TAUGHT AT SCHOOL LIKE MONEY MANAGEMENT, COOKING, MECHANICS, TECHNOLOGY, OUTDOOR LIFE SKILLS.
THEN ALSO TEACHERS NEED TO DRAW A PERSONAL LINE BETWEEN THEIR JOB AS EDUCATORS AND THEIR PERSONAL POLITICAL AGENDAS.
PEOPLE DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE POLITICS IN THE CLASSROOM.
THE NEXT ONE, HIGHEST CATEGORY WAS LEVY AND BUDGET.
IN THIS ONE, THE LACK OF FUNDING IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF MY MIND.
THEN AGAIN, FINDING FUNDS FOR IMPROVEMENTS, FINDING GOOD TEACHERS AND STAFF, NEW CURRICULUM AND UPDATES TO BUILDINGS.
THE LEVY AND THE BUDGET WERE DEFINITELY AT THE TOP OF PEOPLE'S MINDS WHEN THEY RAN THIS THOUGHT EXCHANGE AND PEOPLE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT ENOUGH, IT RANKED VERY HIGH.
THE NEXT ONE IS FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS.
IN THAT CATEGORY, YOU'LL FIND MOSTLY THINGS ABOUT OVERCROWDED AND OLD BUILDINGS THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED OR REBUILT.
THAT WAS THE GENERAL IDEA BEHIND THAT ONE AND HAVING APPROPRIATE FACILITIES FOR LEARNING.
THE NEXT HIGHEST CATEGORY WAS PARENT AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
THAT INCLUDED THINGS LIKE WANTING PARENTS TO BE INVOLVED IN SCHOOLS, BUILDING TRUST WITH STUDENTS, FAMILIES, AND THE COMMUNITY, AND CLEAR COMMUNICATION.
A FEW MORE CATEGORIES THAT RANKED HIGH, ONE WAS SUPPORT FOR ALL STUDENTS.
LOOKING AT PEOPLE'S CHARACTER, NOT THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN, BUILDING THE GAPS BETWEEN STUDENTS AND BEING EXCITED ABOUT ALL THE POSITIVE CHANGES IMPLEMENTED IN OUR SCHOOLS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ALL STUDENTS.
NEXT ONE WAS EXTRACURRICULAR AND ATHLETICS, AND THAT TALKED ABOUT PASSING LEVIES FOR THINGS LIKE MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.
MIDDLE-SCHOOL SPORTS NEEDS TO HAPPEN AND ELECTIVES AND SPORTS TO GIVE KIDS OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.
SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL ENCOMPASS THINGS LIKE DRUG USE AND DRUG PREVENTION EDUCATION, MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS AND KEEPING KIDS IN SCHOOL FOR THEIR MENTAL AND SOCIAL HEALTH.
THEN THE HIGHEST THOUGHTS IN THE STAFF CATEGORY WERE RECRUITING AND RETAINING QUALIFIED EMPLOYEES, GOOD TEACHERS ARE WORTH THEIR WEIGHT IN GOLD, AND ACQUIRING AND RETAINING GOOD TEACHERS AND STAFF IS IMPORTANT.
I'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION SO YOU CAN LOOK MORE AT THOSE
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AND SOME OF THE OTHER THOUGHTS THAT WERE IN THOSE CATEGORIES.THEN THE OTHER WAY YOU CAN LOOK AT CATEGORIES IS BY THE TOTAL NUMBER OF THOUGHTS IN A CATEGORY.
IN THIS ONE, THE FIRST ONE IS CALLED MISCELLANEOUS AND THAT HAD A FEW THINGS IN IT.
IT HAD A LOT OF THOUGHTS THAT DIDN'T REALLY FIT INTO ANOTHER CATEGORY.
THEN IT ALSO HAD THOUGHTS THAT FELL BELOW THAT 3.5 LINE.
BECAUSE REMEMBER I SAID I MADE SURE THAT ALL THE THOUGHTS THAT WERE ABOVE 3.5 WERE CATEGORIZED.
THERE'S A LOT OF THOUGHTS IN THERE THAT WENT BELOW THAT 3.5 AND THERE'S SO MANY THOUGHTS.
I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO CATEGORIZE ALL OF THEM.
[LAUGHTER] THAT WAS THE LINE I DREW.
AT THE TOP OF THE MISCELLANEOUS CATEGORY THOUGH, THERE ARE A LOT OF THOUGHTS ABOUT POLITICS.
THERE WASN'T ENOUGH TO MAKE IT ITS OWN CATEGORY, BUT THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO SUGGESTED THAT IT'S INAPPROPRIATE TO BRING POLITICS INTO THE CLASSROOM.
THEN OTHER CATEGORIES THAT HAD A LOT OF THOUGHTS WERE EDUCATION, MASKS WAS THE ONE CATEGORY THAT HAD THE THIRD HIGHEST NUMBER OF THOUGHTS.
THEN YOU'VE SEE THE FAMILIAR ONES LIVING IN BUDGET.
THERE'S COVID CAME IN THERE ALSO.
FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS STAFF, SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, VACCINES, AND CRITICAL RACE THEORY.
THE MASK, I FIND IT INTERESTING AND I WANT TO SHARE SOMETHING ABOUT THE MASK CATEGORY.
THE CATEGORIES THAT CAME OUT ON TOP BY HOW MUCH CONSENSUS THERE WERE AND HOW IMPORTANT PEOPLE DEEMED THAT THOSE CATEGORIES SO THAT THEY RANKED ABOVE THAT 3.5 NUMBER.
MASK IS AN INTERESTING CATEGORY BECAUSE IN THIS ONE, YOU CAN SEE THAT.
THERE WOULD SEEM TO BE TOO LARGE GROUPS OF PEOPLE THAT FELL ON EITHER SIDE OF THE MASKING ISSUE.
WHAT HAPPENED HERE IS YOU HAVE SOME PEOPLE ON SIDE A WHO SAID STUDENTS SHOULDN'T BE WEARING MASKS IN SCHOOL.
>> YOU HIT THE BUTTON BY MISTAKE.
>> THEN YOU HAVE SOME PEOPLE ON SIDE B WHO SAID THAT THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN IS HIGHEST PRIORITY AND THAT CHILDREN DO NEED TO HAVE MASKS IN SCHOOL.
YOU CAN SEE, SO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, 524 PEOPLE COMMENTED ON THE RATED THOSE SIDE A THOUGHTS HIGHER ABOUT GETTING RID OF MASS.
ABOUT 424 PEOPLE COMMENTED ON THE OTHER MATTER, RIGHT THE SIDE B THOUGHTS THAT KIDS SHOULD HAVE MASS.
YOU DEFINITELY HAVE A PRETTY GOOD SPLIT WITH TWO VERY LARGE CONTINGENTS ON BOTH SIDES.
WHAT HAPPENS IS IF YOU'VE GOT THE SIDE A RANKING THOSE THOUGHTS AS FIVES BUT THE SIDE B IS RANKING THOSE THOUGHTS AS ONE, THAT AVERAGE BECOMES SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE.
AT THREE. THIS CATEGORY HAD A LOT OF THOUGHTS, BUT IT DIDN'T RANKED HIGH AS FAR AS AGREEMENT AND CONSENSUS BECAUSE YOU HAVE TWO VERY DIFFERENT SIDES OF THE OPINION FOR THIS ISSUE.
ONE THING KNOWS, IT'S INTERESTING THOUGH THAT THE SOFTWARE POINTS OUT ONE THING THAT ALL THESE THAT A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE AGREED ON, WHO COMMENTED ON BOTH SIDES IS THAT WE SHOULD HAVE REALLY GOOD QUALIFIED STAFF TEACHING OUR STUDENTS.
THAT'S ONE AREA WHERE THEY COME TOGETHER.
THAT IS A HIGH LEVEL OF THE RESULTS.
LIKE I SAID, I WILL SHARE SOME, I CAN SEND YOU ALL AN EMAIL WITH SOME MORE INFORMATION SO YOU CAN DIG DEEPER INTO THOSE THOUGHTS AND LOOK AT SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS THAT CAME OUT.
>> THAT WAS OUR FIRST THOUGHT EXCHANGE THAT WE DID SO VERY PLEASED WITH THE LEVEL OF PARTICIPATION.
I THINK WE'RE ALREADY LEARNING STUFF ABOUT THESE SURVEYS BUT WE'LL GET BETTER.
BUT YOU CAN SEE IT'S A GOOD WAY TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AND AT LEAST GET SOME PERCEPTION ON WHAT THE KEY ISSUES ARE, THE KEY CONCERNS THERE, THE ABILITY FOR THEM TO SHARE THOUGHTS WITH BOTH OF US AS A DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION AND YOU GUYS AS A BOARD.
>> WELL, IT IS INTERESTING AND INTRIGUING AND I GUESS DEPENDING ON HOW YOU'RE GOING TO USE THE INFORMATION, WHAT YOU WOULD LOOK AT.
LOOKING AT CONSENSUS IS ONE WAY TO LOOK AT WHAT PEOPLE AGREE ON.
YOU COULD EXTRAPOLATE FROM THAT.
THAT WOULD BE OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY TO WORK ON.
THEN ALSO, LOOKING AT THE LAST SLIDE THERE, YOU WOULD SEE THE AREAS WHERE YOU NEED TO WORK TO BRING COMMUNITY TOGETHER, I WOULD THINK.
>> EXACTLY. I MEAN IT'S KIND OF TWO WAYS TO USE THE TOOL DEPENDING ON HOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT.
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I GUESS MY OTHER QUESTION IS, DO YOU DEVELOP THE QUESTIONS YOURSELF FOR THE SURVEY OR ARE THERE QUESTIONS THAT?>> WE DETERMINE WHAT WE WANT TO KNOW, WHAT'S GOING TO HELP US MOVING FORWARD AND SO WE ASK THE QUESTIONS.
THERE ARE CERTAIN GUIDELINES YOU WANT TO FOLLOW WHEN YOU'RE ASKING THE QUESTIONS SO THAT YOU GET THE INFORMATION YOU'RE LOOKING FOR OF COURSE.
YOU USUALLY WANT PEOPLE TO CONTRIBUTE MORE THAN ONE THOUGHT.
SO YOU SAY WHAT ARE SOME IDEAS OR WHAT ARE SOME ISSUES? SO YOU MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR AND THERE'S JUST SOME LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT THAT HELP MAKE SURE YOU GET THE INFORMATION YOU'RE AFTER [OVERLAPPING].
>> THEY ENCOURAGE YOU TO GIVE UP, OPEN-ENDED KIND OF A BIG QUESTION, RIGHT?
>> YES. BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT PROVIDING THE ANSWERS.
YOU WANT THE INPUT FROM THE PEOPLE.
YOU WANT THEM TO PROVIDE THEIR IDEAS AND THOUGHTS.
>> WE'LL READ IT. A LOT OF WORK WENT INTO THAT AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT INFORMATION YOU'RE SHARING IT WITH US.
>> AS I LISTENED TO ALL THESE PRESENTATIONS FROM [LAUGHTER] ONE OF OUR STAFF, THAT'S A LOT OF WORK WENT INTO ALL OF THIS STUFF.
I THINK THAT MAKES IT OFFICIAL THAT WE'RE DONE NOW SO [LAUGHTER] YOU CAN MOVE PAST THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT, BUT THANK YOU BOARD.
>> AGAIN, THANK YOU AUDIENCE FOR YOUR PATIENTS WHICH I WASN'T QUITE SO ACCURATE ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF PATIENTS YOU NEED, BUT THAT'S OKAY. WE'RE MOVING ALONG.
>> WE DO APPRECIATE HAVING THE AUDIENCE HERE TO HEAR THIS INFORMATION, SO IT'S GOOD.
>> WE DO HAVE A SLIGHTLY LARGER NUMBER OF CITIZENS' COMMENTS THAT USUAL.
[7. Citizens' Comments]
I AM GOING TO MAKE SURE I READ THE PROTOCOLS, I SEE SOME FAMILIAR NAMES, BUT SOME NAMES OF THEM I'M NOT AS FAMILIAR WITH.AS WE GET GOING ON CITIZENS' COMMENTS, I'LL READ THE LIST HERE IN JUST A MINUTE.
PLEASE FOLLOW THE PROTOCOL FOR CITIZENS' COMMENTS BY COMING FORWARD TO THE PODIUM, STATING YOUR NAME, LIMITING YOUR TIME TO THREE MINUTES, REFRAINING FROM DISCUSSING CONFIDENTIAL MATTERS, DIGITAL TIMER WILL SOUND, SO HOLD UP A 30 SECOND, BRIGHT PINK, OR WHEN THE TIME LIMIT IS REACHED.
BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS, PLEASE TRY TO STICK WITH THAT.
BOARD MEMBERS DO NOT NORMALLY RESPOND TO QUESTIONS OR PETITIONS DURING CITIZENS' COMMENTS.
THEY WILL LISTEN AND GIVE DIRECTION TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM.
OUR SILENCE DOES NOT MEAN AGREEMENT OR DISAGREEMENT.
PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL OF ALL PRESENTERS.
REFRAIN FROM COPYING OR MAKING COMMENTS AND NOT ONLY THE PRESENTERS, BUT YOUR FELLOW AUDIENCE MEMBERS AS WELL.
THE PRESIDENT MAY INTERRUPT OR TERMINATE AN INDIVIDUAL STATEMENT WHEN IT'S TOO LENGTHY OR PERSONALLY DIRECTED, ABUSIVE, OBSCENE, OR IRRELEVANT.
THE BOARD AS A WHOLE HAS A FINAL DECISION.
HOPEFULLY WE WON'T NEED TO USE THAT.
IN MY ZEAL TO TRY TO KEEP THINGS ORGANIZED, I HAVE MISSED THE LAST COUPLE OF TIMES PEOPLE COMING TO THE PODIUM AND NEITHER TAKEN OFF A MASK OR NOT HAVING AN APPROPRIATE MASK.
I ASKED MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS TO HELP ME IN MAKING SURE THAT WE ABIDE BY THOSE MASKS PROTOCOL.
OBEY THE ORDER THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR CITIZENS' COMMENT JESSICA COAL, SABRINA WORTHY, CURTIS KUBAT, GENE MICHAELSON, EUNICE INGRAM ANSON, WENDY RUSH.
JENNIFER [INAUDIBLE], DON SURBER, NIKIE W NAE, I HOPE I SAID THAT RIGHT.
PAMELA WANAS, MIKE HEART ALU AND CALEB BLANTON IS GOING TO TRY TO USE OUR ONLINE AND THEN WE PUT THEM NEXT.
JESSICA, SOON AS YOU CAN COME UP TO THE PODIUM, THAT WILL BE GREAT, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
>> AM I STANDING CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE MIKE? I TURN IT YET.
>> YOU HEAR ME NOW. I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR AWARD OF DISTINCTION FOR THE ENTIRE BOARD, CONGRATULATIONS.
WHAT I MOSTLY WANT TO SAY TONIGHT IS THANK YOU TO TROY MCCLOY FOR SERVING ON OUR BOARD.
YOU'RE THE BOARD MEMBER THAT'S BEEN HERE THE LONGEST.
THIS IS A YOUNG BOARD COMPARED TO MY ACTIVITIES OF COMING.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU'VE ALWAYS MAKE YOURSELF AVAILABLE AND TO LISTEN AND TAKE AN ACTION WE NEEDED.
I ALWAYS APPRECIATE YOUR PERSPECTIVES THAT ARE DIFFERENT THAN MINE, THAT MAKES ME THINK OUTSIDE OF MY THOUGHTS, AND HELPED ME TO GROW.
YOU'VE BEEN HUGE IN MAKING ME AND MY TWO TRANS-KIDS.
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THEY'RE ALL VERY WELCOMED IN THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT AND I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.I APPRECIATE YOU BEING SO PATIENT AND KIND WHEN I'VE BEEN FRUSTRATED OR MISCOMMUNICATIONS HAPPENED AND I'M LIKE, OH MY GOSH, FREAKING OUT.
[LAUGHTER] I KNOW, YOU KNOW A BIT ABOUT MY KIDS AND THINGS THAT THEY'VE EXPERIENCED AND THAT SOMETHING GOING TO SAY ABOUT THAT.
THEY'VE HAD GOOD EXPERIENCES IN OUR DISTRICT TOO.
IT JUST MEANT SO MUCH TO ME WHEN YOU FOUND OUT MY YOUNGEST WHEN HE WAS GRADUATING AND WASN'T GOING ACROSS THE STAGE AND YOU'RE LIKE, I'LL TAKE A PICTURE WITH HIM.
I WAS LIKE, OH, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS AN OPTION TO ASK THE BOARD TO [LAUGHTER], DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IT WAS REALLY COOL BECAUSE IT WAS AT THE GRADUATION AFTER SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS SO, YOU'LL TRICKLED IN.
IT GOT TO ME HERE BRIEFLY, AND IT GAVE THE PRINCIPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TO TAKE A PICTURE AND HE DID LET ME READ THE CARD THAT YOU GAVE HIM.
THAT MEANT SO MUCH TO ME THAT WHAT WAS WRITTEN IN THERE.
YOU'RE THE ONLY PERSON OUTSIDE OF OUR FAMILY THAT RECOGNIZE HIS GRADUATION AND THAT'S JUST SO MEANINGFUL TO ME.
THANK YOU, YOU WILL BE GREATLY MISSED.
YOU'VE BEEN A GREAT BOARD MEMBER AND WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF GREAT BOARD MEMBERS, SO THANK YOU.
>> SPEED UP JUST A LITTLE BIT, PROBABLY. THERE WE GO.
>> HOW ABOUT THE OTHERS? ARE YOU OKAY? OKAY. SPEAK UP IF YOU CAN.
>> OKAY. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS SABRINA WORTHY.
I HAVE A SOCIOLOGY DEGREE FROM OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY, AND I'M A FORMER SOCIAL WORKER.
I HAVE WORKED AT THE SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY, CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES, AT RISK YOUTH AND EXTENSIVELY IN TEEN PREGNANCY PREVENTION.
I'M A PARENT OF THREE CHILDREN, TWO OF WHICH HAVE GRADUATED FROM PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL.
[LAUGHTER] I'M ALSO THE MOTHER OF A SPECIAL NEEDS TRANSGENDER YOUTH.
AS A MEMBER OF THE SEXUAL HEALTH EDUCATION CURRICULUM COMMITTEE, I AGREE WITH OUR COMMITTEE'S FINAL RECOMMENDATION FOR HEALTHSMART.
WE CHOSE HEALTHSMART BECAUSE IT IS A COMPLETED CURRICULUM APPROVED BY OSPI AND REVIEWED BY MANY EXPERTS AND PROFESSIONALS TO BE INCLUSIVE AND SCIENTIFICALLY AND MEDICALLY ACCURATE, AS WELL AS AGE APPROPRIATE.
I HOPE THIS BOARD WILL DECIDE THAT THE NEEDS OF OUR DIVERSE STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY IS WORTH FIGHTING FOR.
>> THANK YOU, SABRINA. CURTIS CREBAR, THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME HERE. THANK YOU, BOARD FOR HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO TALK HERE TODAY, TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT SOME THINGS THAT ARE OF CONCERN, BUT NOT JUST CONCERN, BUT JUST RECOGNIZED.
MY NAME IS CURTIS CREBAR, I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE BATTLE GROUND EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, WHICH REPRESENTS CERTIFICATED STAFF HERE IN THE BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT AND INCLUDES TEACHERS, COUNSELORS, PSYCHS, NURSES, AND LIBRARIANS.
I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT. WE'VE BEEN GIVING LOTS OF ACCOLADES HERE TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE WHO JUSTLY DESERVE IT.
I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE AWAY ANYTHING FROM ANYBODY BECAUSE Y'ALL HAVE DONE AN AWESOME JOB AND I LOVE THIS BOARD.
OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF, THEY'VE BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH AS WELL.
BUT I WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR TEACHERS AND THE SACRIFICE THAT THEY'VE MADE IN ESPECIALLY THESE LAST TWO YEARS.
THE SACRIFICES THEY MADE FROM THEIR OWN FAMILIES, JUST SPENDING EXTRA TIME BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH TIME IN SCHOOLS AS THEY USUALLY DO TO HAVE PREPARATION FOR THEIR CLASSES BECAUSE THEY'RE SUPPORTING OTHER TEACHERS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SUBSTITUTES.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE AREAS THAT I WANT TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS TODAY, BUT I AM SO PROUD AND I'M SO HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO REPRESENT THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT I ADMIRE AND THAT WE AS A WHOLE, AS A COMMUNITY SHOULD FEEL EXTREMELY LUCKY TO HAVE SUCH GREAT TEACHERS IN OUR DISTRICT.
I UNDERSTAND THAT WITH THE RELUCTANCE TO HIRE
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MORE TEACHERS AND GET MORE STAFF BECAUSE THE STAFFING AND BECAUSE OF THE LEVY THAT WE HAD, BUT THE LEVY'S PASSED NOW.I THINK THERE'S A TIME TO ADDRESS SOME NEEDS AND IT'S NOT THAT WE AREN'T ADDRESSING THOSE NEEDS AS A WHOLE.
IT'S JUST THAT BECAUSE THERE'S A LACK OF TEACHERS, THERE'S LACK OF AREAS.
BUT THIS IS AN AREA OF CONCERN WE NEED TO ADDRESS.
WE ARE WORKING WITH DISTRICT TO GIVE THE BEST POSSIBLE PRODUCT TO THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO HAVE STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT AND WE WELCOME INPUT TO SUCCEED IN THIS ENDEAVOR.
I'LL BE SHARING SOME OF THESE IDEAS WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT WATERS THAT HAVE COME FROM THE TEACHERS AT THE DIFFERENT GRADE LEVELS IN AN EFFORT TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO STUDENTS AND TEACHERS.
ONE OF THE AREAS CONCERN, AS I JUST TALKED ABOUT, IS THE DEPENDABLE POOL OF SUBS AT ALL LEVELS.
WE HAVE SEEN ANY TEACHERS GIVE UP THEIR PREP TIMES TO HELP SUPPORT THEIR SCHOOLS AND COLLEAGUES.
THIS EMPHASIS ON SUPPORT STAFF BECOMES EVEN MORE IMPORTANT WHEN YOU SEE NEW AND SEASONED TEACHERS LEAVING THE PROFESSION BECAUSE OF OUR OVERLOAD, BURNOUT AND FRUSTRATION WITH INABILITY TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS TO THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.
>> YOUR TEACHERS LOVE YOUR STUDENTS.
THEY LOVE THE STUDENTS HERE AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN BE ABLE TO LOOK FORWARD AND SUPPORT THOSE IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
SHE'S ON HER WAY UP. THANK YOU.
>> MY NAME IS JEAN MARKUS AND I'M A RETIRED TEACHER IN THE BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I WORKED AT HOMELINK WHEN IT WAS HOMELINK, AND THEN I ALSO WORKED AT CAM.
JUST A DIVERSION FROM THE CITIZENS COMMENTS, I'D LIKE TO TAKE YOU FOR A MOMENT ON A RIDE TO THE UNDERGROUND IN LYNDEN.
IN THE UNDERGROUND STATIONS, THERE ARE TWO PROMINENT SIGNS.
ONE OF THEM SAYS, "MIND THE GAP." IT'S EMBLAZONED ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE PLATFORM AND IT'S A WARNING FOR TRAVELERS TO BE AWARE, TO BE CAREFUL OF THE GAP BETWEEN THE PLATFORM AND THE TRAIN.
ANOTHER SIGN IS THE WAY OUT SIGN, BECAUSE THERE ARE 11 LINES THAT RUN THROUGH LYNDEN AND THE STATIONS ARE AT DIFFERENT LEVELS, PASSENGERS NEED A WAY TO MAKE A CORRECTION SHOULD THEY FIND THEMSELVES HEADED IN THE WRONG DIRECTION AROUND THE WRONG LEVEL.
TWO YEARS AGO, WE WERE ALL STANDING ON THIS PLATFORM.
THE TRAIN IN FRONT OF US WAS CALLED FLASH CURRICULUM.
IN SPITE OF THE CITIZENS PLEADING WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD TO MIND THE GAP THAT THE FLASH CURRICULUM WOULD CREATE IN THE COMMUNITY AND TO LOOK FOR ANOTHER WAY OUT BY WAITING TO ADOPT THE CURRICULUM UNTIL THE LEGISLATURE HAD PASSED THE SEX ED CURRICULUM, THEY CHOSE THE FLASH CURRICULUM AND NOW IT APPEARS THAT THAT ONE IS NOT APPROPRIATE BECAUSE IT DOES NOT HAVE THE PARENT INVOLVEMENT THAT IS REQUIRED.
MASKS. [LAUGHTER] SO TODAY WE'RE STANDING AGAIN AT THAT PLATFORM, THE SIGNS ARE STILL THERE: MIND THE GAP, THE SIGN IS STILL THERE, WAY OUT.
ONE OF THOSE IS THE HEALTHSMART TRAIN, WHICH SEEMS TO ME TO BE VERY MUCH THE SAME IN TERMS OF SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ISSUES AS THE FLASH CURRICULUM AND CHECK THE FACTS.
I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THE CURRICULUM REVIEW COMMITTEE HAS SPENT HOURS OF TIME, EFFORT, AND ENERGY DISCUSSING ALL THE MATERIALS THAT THEY WERE GIVEN.
HOWEVER, I STILL HAVE A NUMBER OF CONCERNS ABOUT THE HEALTHSMART CURRICULUM, ESPECIALLY AFTER WATCHING THE SLIDE PRESENTATION GIVEN BY TEACHING AND LEARNING.
I FIND IT INTERESTING THAT THE WOMAN, SUSAN TELLJOHANN, WHO WAS THE LEAD AUTHOR OF THE HECAT METRIC IS ALSO ONE OF THE LEAD AUTHORS OF THE HEALTHSMART CURRICULUM.
WELL, APPARENTLY, SHE GETS NO MONEY OR FINANCIAL GAIN.
THAT MAKES ME WONDER WHY THIS MEASURE IS THE ONE THAT HAS BEEN CHOSEN BY THE CDC AND IT'S SO CLOSELY ALIGNED TO HER CURRICULUM.
I ALSO FIND IT INTERESTING THAT THE CHECK THE FACTS CURRICULUM, WHEN SCRUTINIZED UNDER THE HEAT CAC RUBRIC ALSO ALIGNS.
BUT APPARENTLY WHEN LOOKED AT THE OSPI, IT DOES NOT.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE MIND THE GAP, LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CULTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY AND CHOOSE THE CHECK THE FACTS CURRICULUM.
MAYBE IT DOESN'T HAVE ALL THE CONTENTS OF ENGAGEMENT, BUT I WONDER IF THE ENGAGEMENT THAT THEY'RE DOING OF SPEAKING THEIR DEEPEST THOUGHTS TO OTHER STUDENTS IN THE ROOM, WHAT IF THOSE GET OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY? WHAT IF THE KIDS GO OUT WALKING AROUND TALKING ABOUT PERSONAL ITEMS?
>> THANK YOU. EUNICE INGERMANSON.
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>> [NOISE] GOOD EVENING, BOARD.
MY NAME IS EUNICE [INAUDIBLE] AND I'M A COMMUNITY MEMBER.
THANK YOU, TROY FOR YOUR SERVICE FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS.
I REALLY APPRECIATED HEARING WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY.
NOW, I'M VERY CONCERNED THAT THIS SCHOOL COMMUNITY HAS HESITATED TOO LONG ABOUT OFFERING COMPREHENSIVE SEXUAL HEALTH EDUCATION BY CHOOSING NOT TO OPERATE IN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS IN FEAR OF THE COMMUNITY BEING DISPLEASED WITH THE IDEA OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS TEACHING THE SUBJECT AT ALL.
NOW THAT THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO OFFER COMPREHENSIVE SEXUAL HEALTH, THE CONCEPT OF INCLUSION, STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTION ON CONDOM USE WITHOUT WHICH THAT PARTICULAR METHOD OF CONTRACEPTION IS RENDERED INEFFECTIVE, AND USING TERMS LIKE SEX ASSIGNED AT BIRTH, OR A BODY WITH A PENIS, OR A BODY WITH A VAGINA.
TERMS THAT ARE TRULY MEDICALLY ACCURATE, AS WELL AS HARM REDUCING, ARE MISREPRESENTED AS EITHER ERRONEOUS AND UNTRUSTWORTHY BECAUSE THEY COME FROM EMERGING SCIENCE OR ARE DEEMED INDOCTRINATION WITH POLITICAL AGENDA.
ONCE EVERYONE THOUGHT THAT THE EARTH WAS FLAT, THEN THE EMERGING SCIENCE ESTABLISHED THAT THE EARTH WAS QUITE SPHERICAL.
WHEN I'M GARDENING, THE FLAT EARTH MODEL WORKS FINE.
BUT WHEN I GO ON INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS, THE ONLY WAY TO EXPLAIN THAT FLIGHTS TRAVELING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS CAN GET TO THE SAME DESTINATION IS THE ROUND EARTH MODEL.
SCIENTIFIC AND MEDICAL ACCURACY ISN'T DETERMINED BY POPULAR VOTE OR WHO CAN TALK THE LOUDEST.
YOU, THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION NEED TO DO YOUR OWN HOMEWORK AND KNOW FOR YOURSELF WHAT SCIENCE SAYS AND WHAT WILL BENEFIT ALL STUDENTS.
PLEASE REMEMBER THAT OVER 50 PERCENT OF OUR STUDENTS ARE GETTING SEXUALLY INITIATED BY THE TIME THEY FINISH 12TH GRADE, AND ABOUT 22 PERCENT OF OUR STUDENTS FALL UNDER THE LGBTQ PLUS CATEGORY.
THE NEED FOR A GENDER-INCLUSIVE CURRICULA AND ANTI-BULLYING POLICIES THAT EXPLICITLY PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION BASED ON SEXUALITY, GENDER IDENTITY, AND GENDER EXPRESSION IS CRITICAL [OVERLAPPING] EXCUSE ME?
>> ABOUT 20 SECONDS. THANK YOU.
>> OKAY, AND THE BENEFIT THAT YOU BRING BY MAKING SCHOOLS GENDER-INCLUSIVE AREN'T LIMITED TO THE GENDER-EXPANSIVE STUDENTS.
WHEN THE MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS ARE ELEVATED, ALL BENEFIT. THANK YOU.
>>TRY THAT ONE MARK AND SEE IF IT WILL WORK.
>> JENNIFER. DON [INAUDIBLE] ON THE DECK.
I FIRST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TROY MCCOY FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE ON THIS BOARD.
I KNOW THAT YOU WILL BE MISSED.
CONGRATULATIONS MR. CHAMPAGNE FOR YOUR ELEVATION TO THE BOARD AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU UP HERE.
I ALSO WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE AND I THANK YOU FOR THE TIME AND THE CAREFUL CONSIDERATION THAT YOU ARE TAKING IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL SEX-ED CURRICULUM.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE TIME THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET IT RIGHT AND THAT WE ADOPT A CURRICULUM THAT WILL TRULY SERVICE THE MOST STUDENTS IN THE MOST FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY, CONSIDERING THE WIDE RANGE OF OPINIONS,
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DESIRES, AND NEEDS THAT WE HAVE IN THIS COMMUNITY.I ALSO WANT TO THANK DAVID ALLISON BACK THERE.
I LOOKED AHEAD AT THE AGENDA THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE GOING OVER AND I APPRECIATE THAT THEY ARE WAITING TO REALLY GO FORWARD WITH ANYTHING UNTIL MR. CHAMPAGNE TAKES HIS PLACE ON THE BOARD.
I ALSO WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THE SURVEY THAT MS. SANDERS EXPLAINED THE RESULTS OF EARLIER.
THE COMMUNITY OPINION SURVEY THAT WAS CONDUCTED.
I TOOK PART IN THAT SURVEY, AND I FIND IT VERY INSIGHTFUL AND INTERESTING TO ACTUALLY SEE THE COMMENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY ALONG WITH THE GRAPH AND SCALE OF WHERE THOSE COMMENTS FALL.
I THINK THAT HAVING A SURVEY LIKE THAT, IF IT'S CONSIDERED TO GET THE COMMUNITIES OPINION ON THE SEX ED CURRICULUM, I THINK INCLUDING A SURVEY LIKE THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL.
WE ACTUALLY SEE THE COMMENTS FROM THE COMMUNITY.
THE SURVEY THAT WAS CONDUCTED A FEW YEARS AGO FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL SEX ED CURRICULUM HAD DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT PEOPLE COULD CHOOSE FROM, BUT THE QUESTIONS ALSO COULD BE INTERPRETED IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.
IT WAS HARD TO DETERMINE THE THOUGHT PROCESS OF PEOPLE WHO WERE ANSWERING THE SURVEY.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU AND GIVE YOU MY THOUGHTS ON THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DON [INAUDIBLE] ON THE WAY.
VICKI [INAUDIBLE] BE NEXT. AFTER THAT.
>> GOOD EVENING. I ALSO WANTED TO THANK YOU TROY FOR ALWAYS BEING WILLING TO MEET WITH US OFF HOURS.
I DID APPRECIATE THAT EXTRA ATTENTION.
SEEMS LIKE WE SHOULD BE HAVING COMMENTS AFTER NEW BUSINESS BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I'M JUMPING AHEAD A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THERE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THE BOARD TO ADOPT THE NEW COC ADOPTION PROGRAM THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PRESENT HERE.
I ALSO DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE COMMITTEE ACCURATELY REFLECTED OUR COMMUNITY.
I KNOW THAT THERE HAD BEEN ACTIVISTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMING TO THE MEETINGS REGULARLY AND THEY ALSO DO NOT REPRESENT OUR COMMUNITY.
WE KNOW A CURRICULUM LIKE CHECK THE FACTS HAS A BETTER CHANCE OF BEING ACCEPTED BY MOST PARENTS BECAUSE OUR COMMUNITY VOTED TO REJECT MANDATED CSC.
I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING ONE PUBLISHER FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL.
I LIKED THE CONTINUITY THAT THAT WOULD PROVIDE.
ALTHOUGH I HAVE TO SAY, I'M DISAPPOINTED TO SEE THAT HOW SMART IS STILL GOING TO BE CONSIDERED.
CHECK THE FACTS ACTUALLY GIVES KIDS MORE INFORMATION.
THE BIRTH CONTROL FAILURE RATES AND THE SIDE EFFECTS INTERNET SAFETY, SEX TRAFFICKING, BYSTANDER TRAINING, ALL THOSE THINGS THAT WERE NOT INCLUDED IN HEALTH SMART.
I CAN ALSO TELL YOU WITH CERTAINTY THAT LANGUAGE ABOUT BODIES WITH PENISES AND VAGINAS WILL NEVER BE ACCEPTED BY THE MAJORITY OF PARENTS.
IT'S JUST NOT IT'S NOT SCIENCE.
BUT ANYWAY, I DO THINK THAT THIS PLAN IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO ADOPT THAT.
I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO GET MORE INPUT.
I APPRECIATE THE EXTRA EFFORT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GET MORE INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. DON. VICKI'S COMING UP.
PAMELA [INAUDIBLE] WOULD BE THE NEXT PERSON UP AFTER THAT.
MAYBE I'VE BEEN REMINISCING AND NOT ASKING YOU TO REINTRODUCE YOURSELF AND WE'LL DO THAT, THAT'D BE GREAT.
>> I AM VICKI [INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME COME UP TO SPEAK.
I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE THIS SHORT.
I BELIEVE THAT THE HEALTH SMART MATERIAL THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE VOTING ON, WILL EXPOSE THE FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADE CHILDREN TO CURRICULUM THAT IS WAY OVER WHAT THEY CAN HANDLE EMOTIONALLY, AND I BELIEVE IT'LL SEXUALIZE THEM AT A VERY YOUNG AGE.
NOT ONLY WILL THIS SEXUALIZE THEM, BUT THE ROLE PLAY WILL MAKE THEM FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE AND FEARFUL WITH THEIR PEERS, OR AT LEAST SEXUALIZATION CAN LEAD TO CHILDREN BECOMING SEXUALLY AGGRESSIVE OR BECOMING VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ABUSE.
MY OWN STORY IS THAT OF A VERY YOUNG AGE, MY BROTHER WAS SEXUALIZED THROUGH PORNOGRAPHY IN THE HOME.
THIS RESULTED IN HIM MOLESTING ME WHEN I WAS SIX YEARS OLD AND RAPING MY OLDER SISTER AT THE AGE OF 14.
I CURRENTLY LEAD A WOMEN'S MINISTRY HEALING GROUP CALLED MENDING THE SOUL, HEALING SEXUAL ABUSE AND TRAUMA.
THIS ABUSE TAKES GREAT DEAL OF HARD WORK AND LETTING GO OF SHAME FOR HEALING.
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BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE WITH THEM FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.PLEASE TAKE SPECIAL CONSIDERATION FOR WHAT YOU'RE EXPOSING OUR CHILDREN TO AND THE RISKS THAT COULD RESULT IN YOUR BAD DECISIONS. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VICKI. PAMELA'S ON HER WAY UP.
MIKE HARLOW WILL BE AFTER THAT.
>> HELLO. MY NAME IS PAMELA [INAUDIBLE].
>> PAMELA CAN YOU PULL YOUR MASK UP THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THANKS.
>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS.
THANK YOU FOR HEARING MY COMMENTS TONIGHT.
I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT TRUST.
I WOULD LOVE FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO HAVE FULL TRUST IN OUR BATTLEGROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT AND IN THE BOARD.
SEEING HOW THE LEVY BARELY PASSED, I WOULD SAY THAT WE HAVE SOME WORK TO DO.
YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD TRUST WITH YOUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS YOU ALLOCATE YOUR LEVY FUNDS, AND AS YOU MAKE BIG DECISIONS SUCH AS THE MIDDLE-SCHOOL SEX ED CURRICULUM.
I AM ASKING THAT YOU CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD CHOOSING A MIDDLE-SCHOOL SEX ED CURRICULUM.
THAT YOU ALSO REMEMBER THAT YOUR COMMUNITY IS FRAGILE AND THAT TRUST MUST BE HANDLED WITH CARE.
YOUR ENROLLMENT NUMBERS ARE DOWN AND DECLINING AND THEY CAN EASILY CONTINUE TO DECLINE IF TRUST IS BROKEN.
I WOULD HOPE THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER AND THAT WE REALLY CAN FIND OUT WHAT THE COMMUNITY, THE MAJORITY OF THE COMMUNITY IS NEEDING AND WANTING.
TALK TO THEIR CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOL AND ITS YOU MEMBERS THAT WILL BE VOTING ON THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I CAME TO MY FIRST SCHOOL BOARD TWO WEEKS AGO.
>> MIKE, YOU CAN PULL THE MASK UP, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
>> TWO WEEKS AGO FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER BUMPING INTO PAMELA AT A COMMUNITY EVENT.
WHEN SHE READ ABOUT HEALTH SMART, I COULD TELL EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM WAS UNCOMFORTABLE, SQUIRMING. I WAS.
I SPENT YEARS PLAYING SPORTS HERE AND THERE'S A LOT OF LOCKER ROOM TALK THAT GOES IN SCHOOLS.
NOTHING LIKE THAT. THAT WAS UNCOMFORTABLE FOR ME.
I WORK IN CONSTRUCTION NOTHING LIKE THAT COMES UP THERE.
EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM WAS UNCOMFORTABLE.
ALL I ASK IS THE SCHOOL TO CONSIDER THAT, THAT IS INAPPROPRIATE FILTH FOR OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS.
I COULDN'T IMAGINE A PRETEEN ANY OF MY THREE KIDS THAT CAN HAVE BEEN PRODUCTS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, I'D BE APPALLED.
I'VE GOT NO HORSE IN THIS RACE, MY KIDS ARE MOVED ON.
FOR THE SAKE OF THE COMMUNITY, DO THE RIGHT THING, HEALTH SMART NO.
>> THANK YOU, MIKE. ARE WE WORKING ON CALEB? LET'S SEE IF WE CAN DO SOME MAGIC.
[BACKGROUND] YEAH, THAT WAS [BACKGROUND].
>> GOOD TO GO. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME SIR I COULDN'T ATTEND IN PERSON.
MY NAME IS CALEB, ALONG WITH MY WIFE TESSA WE HAVE FOUR CHILDREN, THREE OF THEM ARE IN THE BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THEY ATTEND TUKES VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, MY OLDEST DAUGHTER DOES, AND THEN TWO OF OUR SONS ATTENDS TUKES VALLEY PRIMARY.
A NOTE TO THE BOARD AND TO MR. WALTERS AT IS A FANTASTIC GROUP OF PEOPLE AND GREAT LEADERSHIP IN THAT SCHOOL.
OUR CONCERNS THAT THE BOARD IS CONSIDERING A CURRICULUM IN HEALTH SMART DOES NOT FOLLOW ESTABLISHED SCIENCE AND MEDICALLY ACCURATE FACTS.
I KNOW WE'VE HEARD, DON'T WORRY, THAT THROUGH SCOPES AND SEQUENCE THE MOST EXTREME PORTIONS OF THE PROGRAM, I WILL BE EVALUATED AND MOST LIKELY THEY WON'T BE PART OF THE PROGRAM.
BUT THE UNSCIENTIFIC AND MEDICALLY INACCURATE STATEMENTS, A PART OF THE CORE OF HEALTH SMARTS, WE CALL IDEOLOGY.
HERE'S SOME EXAMPLES. UNDER ABSTINENCE, PUBERTY AND PERSONAL HEALTH.
LESSON FIVE, THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM, A BODY WITH THE VAGINA, LESSON SIX, REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM AND A BODY WITH A PENIS.
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THOSE CHILDREN HEARING THAT WILL NOT HEAR THAT ANYWHERE ELSE THEY GO, NOT THE DOCTOR OR THE DENTIST, SPORTS TEAM, ET CETERA.IF HEALTH SMART IS CHOSEN, THIS WILL BE THE ONLY PLACE THEY HEAR, AND THAT'S THE BATTLEGROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THOSE LESSONS HAVE A QUOTE OR HAVE A NOTE AND I QUOTE, "IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT HEALTH SMART LESSONS ON REPRODUCTIVE, ANATOMY, PUBERTY, MENSTRUAL CYCLE, AND PREGNANCY, WHICH IS LESSONS 5, 6, 7, AND 8 BE TAUGHT AS A GROUP.
ALL THE CHILDREN IN THERE TOGETHER.
THIS IS A REMINDER CHILDREN ARE AS YOUNG AS 11 ARE RECOMMENDED BY THIS CURRICULUM AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE TOGETHER IN THE SAME ROOM.
SCIENCE AND MEDICINE STATE WITHOUT A DOUBT THAT THERE ARE TWO SEXES IN OUR SPECIES, MALE AND FEMALE.
WHY CONFUSE THESE KIDS WITH STATEMENTS THAT ARE BASED ON UNSCIENTIFIC IDEOLOGY.
IF THE BOARD IS CONSIDERING VOTING FOR A CURRICULUM THAT IS CLEARLY PUSHING IN IDEOLOGY VERSUS SCIENTIFIC FACT, YOU CANNOT SCOPE AND SEQUENCE THAT FUNDAMENTAL PORTION OF HEALTH SMART AWAY.
IT IS VERY APPARENTLY AUTHORS OF HEALTH SMART HAVE MORE OF A BELIEF SYSTEM THAN FACTS IN THAT SUBJECT.
THE GREAT THING IS WE HAVE ANOTHER OPTION, CHECKED THE FACTS MEETS ALL STATE REQUIREMENTS.
IS SCIENTIFICALLY AND MEDICALLY ACCURATE, AGE APPROPRIATE, AND YOU WON'T A LONGER SCOPE AND SEQUENCE PERIOD OF ELIMINATING INACCURATE AND EXTREME PORTIONS OF HEATH SMART.
THIS DECISION IS UP TO YOU, NOT THE COMMITTEE OR ANYONE ELSE.
THIS WILL BE EACH OF YOUR VOTES THAT SELECTS WHICH CURRICULUM GOES INTO OUR SCHOOL.
PLEASE DON'T BEND ON THE PRESSURE OF THE STATE AND OUTSIDE INFLUENCES, BOTH FOR TRUTH AND FACTS.
NOT AN IDEOLOGY THAT IS CLEARLY BUILT INTO HEATH SMART. " THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU CALEB. THANK YOU AUDIENCE FOR SHOWING COURTESY TO EACH OTHER THROUGHOUT THE MANY PRESENTATIONS.
IT'S A GREAT MODEL FOR OUR STUDENTS.
WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THE BUSINESS PORTION.
[NOISE] WE HAVE OUR FIRST ORDER
[8. Consent Agenda]
OF BUSINESS IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA.ITEM A IS THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, ITEM B, THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE NOVEMBER 8TH, 2021 REGULAR MEETING, ITEM C, CONTRACTS RATIFICATION, ITEM D, PERSONNEL REPORTS, ITEM E STUDENT TRAVEL AND ITEM F, SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF POLICY 3411, ACCOMMODATING STUDENTS WITH SEIZURE DISORDERS AND EPILEPSY.
IF THERE'S ANY ITEMS YOU WISH TO CONSIDER SEPARATELY, THIS WOULD BE THE TIME TO SEPARATE THEM OUT.
IF NOT, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
>> MR. PRESIDENT, I RECOMMEND THE BORDER DIRECTORS APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S BEEN RECOMMENDED TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES FIVE TO ZERO.
THERE'S NO OLD BUSINESS, AND SO WE'RE UNDER NEW BUSINESS.
[10. New Business]
ITEM A RESOLUTION R21 CERTIFICATION OF THE 2022 EXCESS PROPERTY TAXES. MICHELLE SCOTT, AGAIN.>> THANK YOU. THIS RESOLUTION IS NECESSARY TO CERTIFY THE VOTER APPROVED 2022 SCHOOL PROGRAM AND OPERATION LEVY AMOUNT OF 26,750,000 WITH CLARK COUNTY FOR COLLECTIONS.
NORMALLY, WE WOULD HAVE HAD THIS CERTIFICATION IN OUR BUDGET DOCUMENT.
HOWEVER, WE DID NOT HAVE AN APPROVED LOBBY.
>> YOU KNOW, ROB MONEY WOULD AMAZE YOU READ THIS WHOLE RESOLUTION.
>> YES, IT WOULD HAVE. [LAUGHTER] I WAS JUST STARING DOWN BUDDY.
>> [LAUGHTER] I WOULD LIKE TO GLADLY MAKE THIS MY LAST MOTION THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE RESOLUTION R21 CERTIFICATION OF 2022 EXCESS PROPERTY TAXES AND JUST THANK THE PUBLIC FOR THE TRUST THAT THEY SHOWED THE BOARD BY PASSING THAT.
>> GREAT. WE HAVE MOTION FOR THE PASSING OF RESOLUTION R21 CERTIFICATION OF THE 2022 EXCESS PROPERTY TAXES.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR CONCERNS? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES FIVE TO ZERO.
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>> THANK YOU, MICHELLE. ADAM B, APPROVAL TO ACTIVATE WI-FI HOTSPOT SERVICES AS NEEDED BY MCDANIEL.
>> THANK YOU. TROY, THANK YOU.
I ACTUALLY WAS REALLY HOPING THAT MY PROPOSAL WOULD BE YOUR LAST OF THE MOTION.
[LAUGHTER] THEY CALL IT WI-FI [OVERLAPPING] IN EUROPE.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS GET APPROVAL FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR MICHELLE SCOTT, TO APPROVE HOTSPOT ACTIVATIONS AS NEEDED.
AS YOU KNOW DURING THE PANDEMIC, WE ACQUIRED SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF HOTSPOTS FOR STUDENTS TO USE AT HOME, THEY WERE VERY WELL USED.
WHEN STUDENTS RETURN FULL TIME TO SCHOOL, WE DID COLLECT THOSE AND THEY HAVE BEEN SHUT OFF.
HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE A CERTAIN POPULATION OF STUDENTS THAT DO STILL NEED CONNECTIVITY FOR ACCESSING HOMEWORK RESOURCES, AS WELL AS TO ACCESS OTHER TOOLS TO ADDRESS LEARNING LOSS THAT THEY MAY STILL BE WORKING THROUGH.
WE HAVE STARTED REISSUING HOTSPOTS, IT'S QUITE A BIT LESS THAN WE HAVE IN THE PAST.
BUT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS SPEED THE PROCESS TO GET THOSE APPROVED AGAIN, RATHER THAN COMING TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AS MANY TIMES AS WE HAD TO BEFORE TO SEEK APPROVAL.
THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF A 154,368 IS WHAT IT WOULD COST FOR US TO ACTIVATE EVERY HOTSPOT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
INCLUDED IN THIS ARE THE HOTSPOTS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR ADDRESSING LEARNING LOSS AND IT ALSO INCLUDES THE COST FOR ACTIVATING THE HOTSPOTS FOR THE SCHOOL BUS WI-FI, WHICH AS I UNDERSTAND FROM TALKING TO TOM ADAM'S INSTALLATION WILL BE BEGINNING SOON.
I THINK IT WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLICATED THAN FIRST STUDENT ANTICIPATED, THEY HAVE A CONTRACT IN PLACE TO GET THAT ACHIEVED.
>> THESE FALL UNDER AS TO THE PLAN STILL; IS THAT CORRECT?
>> THANK YOU. YEAH. THAT IS THE ONE PIECE I DID NOT SAY.
ALL THE CONTRACTS HAVE BEEN REVIEWED BY THE DISTRICT PURCHASING AGENT RC SPEAKER AS USUAL.
>> DOES THIS COVER MULTIPLE PROVIDERS? [INAUDIBLE]
>> YES, IT IS. THIS WOULD COVER THE COST FOR ALL OF THE AT&T, T-MOBILE AND VERIZON HOTSPOTS.
AS I'VE SPOKEN ABOUT IN THE PAST DURING THE PANDEMIC, WE HAVE BEEN REQUIRED TO USE MULTIPLE CARRIERS MAINLY BECAUSE OF SOME VERY STRANGE GEOGRAPHY THAT WE HAVE.
WHERE ONE SIDE OF A HILL IS AT&T AND THE OTHER IS WELL, NOBODY.
I WISH THAT WAS A JOKE. [LAUGHTER] THAT WAS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
>> I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE THE SCHOOL YEAR 2021, 2022, HOTSPOT SERVICE AS NEEDED, AND AUTHORIZE MICHELLE SCOTT TO SIGN SERVICE AGREEMENTS NOT TO EXCEED A $154,368.
>> THANK YOU. WE'VE HAD A MOTION TO APPROVE TO ACTIVATE THE WI-FI HOTSPOTS, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES FIVE TO ZERO.
>> THANK YOU, SCOTT. ADAM [INAUDIBLE] NEW BUSINESS.
COMPREHENSIVE SEXUAL HEALTH EDUCATION CURRICULUM, ADOPTION PLAN. [INAUDIBLE] TOO HARD.
>> GOOD EVENING. ON OCTOBER 11TH, WE AGREED TO RETURN TO THIS MEETING WITH A PLAN TO MOVE FORWARD FOR THE SEXUAL HEALTH ADOPTION.
WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT OUR PLAN.
IF YOU HAVE A COPY THAT WAS PROVIDED TO YOU.
WE WOULD LIKE TO JUST GO THROUGH SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PROPOSAL WITH YOU.
THE FIRST THING WE'D LIKE TO WALK THROUGH IS THE TIMELINE.
IT IS NOVEMBER, AND THIS IS WHERE WE ARE WORKING ON THE PLAN.
IF YOU HAVE ANY FEEDBACK FOR US TONIGHT ON THE PLAN, WE WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.
THEN WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD IN DECEMBER WITH A NEW COMMITTEE SELECTION.
WE WILL ALSO BE GETTING REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS, WHICH MEANS THAT WE'LL NEED TO WORK WITH RITA SANDERS IF YOU APPROVE THIS PLAN TO PUT THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL OUT TO THE PUBLIC.
IN JANUARY, WE WOULD WORK WITH THE FOUNDATIONAL COMMITTEE
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TO DO THE ACTUAL WORK AND THEN MOVE INTO THE BACKGROUND WORK.THEN IN FEBRUARY WE'LL MOVE INTO VENDOR PRESENTATIONS.
IN MARCH, WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A DECISION, IN APRIL WE WOULD TAKE THAT TO THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THAT WE FOLLOWED THE PROCESS, AS WELL AS BRING THE FIRST READING TO THE SCHOOL BOARD.
IN MAY, HAVE A SECOND READING FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD, AND THEN WE WOULD WORK WITH TEACHERS IN JUNE, JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER AS FAR AS TRAINING AND IMPLEMENTATION.
>> IN THE SECTION ON WHY WE LISTED THIS SIX ADDITIONAL FACTORS THAT WERE PART OF OUR OCTOBER 11TH PRESENTATION.
WE THINK FACTORS 2, 4, 5, AND 6 ARE SIGNIFICANT TO PUT SOME SCOPE AND SEQUENCE WORK IN FRONT OF OUR SELECTION PROCESS.
NUMBER 4, WHICH IS CRUCIALLY IMPORTANT ABOUT HAVING COHERENCE AND CONSISTENCY WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL ADOPTION THAT WE NEED TO DO, AND THEN 5 AND 6, WHICH ACKNOWLEDGES THAT WE HAVE THE SECOND COURSE IN THE HIGH SCHOOL THAT WE HAVEN'T LOOKED AT BEFORE.
THAT THE FACT THAT OUR CURRENT NOTEBOOK OF RESOURCES DOES NOT REALLY MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF LAW FOR PARENT REVIEWS.
THERE'S OTHER ASPECTS IN THE WILD, BUT THOSE ARE THE MAIN HIGHLIGHTS THERE.
THERE'S A RATIONALE FOR WHY THIS PLAN IS AS IT IS.
>> IN THIS SECTION, HAVING TO DO WITH OUR PROCESS MOVING FORWARD, WE ADDED A SCOPE AND SEQUENCE, AND THIS IS A DRAFT DOCUMENT.
WE HAVE RECEIVED FEEDBACK AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS, NOT JUST THIS LAST TIME, BUT OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS ABOUT OUR FEEDBACK OR NOT HAVING ENOUGH INFORMATION ON WHAT WOULD BE TAUGHT EACH SCHOOL YEAR.
WE WANTED TO PUT TOGETHER A DRAFT SCOPE AND SEQUENCE, BUT IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A CHICKEN AND AN EGG PROCESS.
BECAUSE YOU EITHER CHOOSE THE CURRICULUM AND THEN DO SCOPE AND SEQUENCE, OR YOU DO THE SCOPE AND SEQUENCE AND THEN YOU PICK THE CURRICULUM, BUT YOU REALLY HAVE TO DO BOTH OF THOSE SIMULTANEOUSLY.
IN THAT PROCESS WE HAVE TWO PHASES THAT WE WROTE ABOUT.
PHASE ONE TALKS ABOUT A SCOPE AND SEQUENCE THAT WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER AND IT'S HERE FOR YOU TO LOOK AT, BUT THIS IS JUST A STARTING POINT.
WE NEED TO TAKE THAT TO OUR SELECTION COMMITTEE AND GATHER FEEDBACK AND EDITS FROM THAT GROUP, WHICH IT WOULD STILL BE A DRAFT AT THAT POINT.
BUT WE CAN TAKE THAT TO THEM TO JUST HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE STARTING.
WITH OUR DRAFT SCOPE AND SEQUENCE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE WITH YOU TONIGHT.
THEY ARE POSTED TO THE WEBSITE.
IN THIS DOCUMENT, IF THE PUBLIC WANTS TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT, IT'S AVAILABLE FOR THEM TO SEE AS WELL.
BUT BASICALLY, IN FIFTH GRADE, THERE WOULD BE ABOUT FIVE DAYS OF INSTRUCTION.
WE WOULD HAVE TO TEACH IT IN 5TH GRADE BECAUSE WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO TEACH THIS CURRICULUM IN 4TH AND 5TH GRADE AND WE CHOSEN BATTLEGROUND TO DO THAT IN THE 5TH GRADE RATHER THAN 4TH.
WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE THAT INSTRUCTION IN 5TH GRADE.
THEN IN LOOKING AT THE MATERIAL THAT NEEDS TO BE COVERED, WE THINK THAT WE COULD DO ABOUT FOUR DAYS IN 6TH GRADE, ABOUT FIVE DAYS IN 7TH GRADE, AND ABOUT SIX DAYS IN 8TH GRADE TO COMPLETE THE INFORMATION THAT WOULD NEED TO BE TAUGHT.
IN HIGH SCHOOL, IT WOULD TAKE APPROXIMATELY 15 DAYS, WHICH WOULD BE THE ENTIRE, ALL THE TOPICS AND GO MORE IN-DEPTH STUDY OF THOSE TOPICS.
BUT WE HAVE TO ALSO PUT IN A SECOND TIME THAT IT IS TAUGHT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.
WE HAVE NOT MADE ANY DECISIONS ON WHO WOULD DO THAT, WHERE THAT WOULD BE TAUGHT.
WE NEED TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR HIGH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND OUR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS TO DETERMINE WHERE THAT CONTENT WOULD BE ADDED AND WHAT EXACTLY IT IS THAT WE WOULD TEACH.
THEN WE WOULD MOVE INTO THE PHASE 2 PORTIONS.
ONCE WE HAVE THE ACTUAL ADOPTION, WE WOULD GO BACK AND REFINE THE CURRICULUM AND OR WE WOULD CHOOSE THE CURRICULUM AND THEN GO BACK AND REFINE THE SCOPE AND SEQUENCE.
>> THE NEXT SECTION WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS CALLED COMMITTEE SELECTION AND COMPOSITION.
WE'VE LISTED WHAT WE THINK SHOULD BE THE COMPONENTS OF THE COMMITTEE.
IT'S SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN THE COMMITTEE WE HAD BEFORE.
BEFORE WE HAD ABOUT 22 PEOPLE COUNTING ON MYSELF AND ALLISON, THAT'S NOW AT 16.
IT WILL NEED TO INCLUDE SOME HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS AS WELL AS MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS SINCE WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THE COMBINED MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUMS.
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THE QUESTION OF HOW DO WE GET A REPRESENTATIVE COMMITTEE IS CHALLENGING.WE'VE COME TO LEARN THAT WHEN OUR FIRST APPROACH ON THIS, IT WAS MORE THAT THERE'S THIS SPECTRUM OF VIEWS ALONG THIS CONTINUUM OF SORTS.
THE REALITY IS THAT IT SEEMS TO BE THAT THERE'S TWO OPPOSING VIEWS AND PERSPECTIVES ON THIS.
WE THINK THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT TO TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT, KEEP THAT BALANCED.
WE WANT, [NOISE] HOW DO WE SELECT? IT'S A SIMILAR PROCESS IN INVITING THE COMMUNITY, HAVING SOME INITIAL QUESTION, BUT ALSO DOING A BRIEF INTERVIEW WITH THE MEMBER.
THERE'S TWO IMPORTANT QUESTIONS.
ONE, WE EXPECT THE PEOPLE ON THE COMMITTEE, BESIDES COMING TO THE MEETINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT WE EXPECT THE PEOPLE ON THE COMMITTEE TO BE ABLE TO ADVOCATE FOR A POSITION AND THEN ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO MOVE WHAT WE'RE CALLING COMMON GROUND.
YOU GUYS IN REALITY, [NOISE] THERE'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE A UNANIMOUS VIEW ON THIS TOPIC.
THE ABILITY FOR US TO COME TO CENTER IN SOME WAY SO THAT IT'S NOT A WIN-LOSE, BUT RATHER, WELL, OKAY, WE CAN LIVE WITH THIS IF THESE THINGS ARE ACCOMMODATED FOR ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
THAT'S OUR VIEWS ON THE COMMITTEE SELECTION.
>> WE WOULD LIKE TO BROADEN HOW WE GET COMMUNITY INPUT.
THIS LAST TIME, WE HAD COMMUNITY MEMBERS PARTICIPATE IN THE COMMITTEE.
THE TIME BEFORE WE HAD A SURVEY THAT WE DID.
WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO THIS TIME, WE WOULD NEED TO GET PERMISSION FROM EACH OF THE PUBLISHERS THAT WE WOULD BE REVIEWING, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO ALLOW OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO REVIEW ALL OF THE CURRICULUM THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THAT.
IT IS NOT A VOTE. I WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR.
WE'RE NOT ASKING OUR COMMUNITY TO VOTE ON IT, BUT WE ARE ASKING OUR COMMUNITY TO LOOK AT WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE PUT OUT THERE AND PROVIDE COMMENTS ON ALL OF THEM, SO THAT THE COMMITTEE CAN REALLY HEAR THE PERSPECTIVES AND UNDERSTAND THE THOUGHTS THAT ARE SHARED WITH THEM ON ALL THE CURRICULUM.
THEN USE THAT INFORMATION TOGETHER WITH THE COMMITTEE IN THE COMMITTEE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION, PUTTING FORTH AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN JUST A SECOND.
>> IN TERMS OF PROGRAMS TO CONSIDER, WE WILL PROBABLY CONSIDER AT LEAST THREE PROGRAMS, AND OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE THOSE PROGRAMS BE SUCH THAT IT'LL HAVE BOTH A MIDDLE SCHOOL AND A HIGH SCHOOL VERSION OF THAT.
ONE OF THOSE THREE PROGRAMS WE THINK SHOULD BE HEALTH SMART BECAUSE VALUING THE INPUT FROM THE PREVIOUS COMMITTEES WORK.
WE WILL, AS ALLISON SAID, THERE'LL BE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE GOING OUT, IF THIS IS APPROVED IN DECEMBER.
WE'LL LOOK AT THAT AND AS WE'VE DONE BEFORE, WE WILL NARROW THAT TO LIKE THREE PROGRAMS AND WE WILL LOOK AT THOSE PROGRAMS BY THE COMMITTEE.
>> THEN THE FINAL DECISION-MAKING PROCESS, THE COMMITTEE WOULD WORK TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION AND DAVE AND I WOULD MAKE THE AND TALKING WITH TEACHING AND LEARNING, BUT WOULD COME TO YOU WITH THE FINAL DECISION.
GATHER INPUT, REALLY TALK ABOUT THIS WITH THE COMMITTEE AND GET INFORMATION FROM THEM.
BUT DAVE AND I ARE MAKING THE FINAL DECISION TO TAKE TO THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS COMMITTEE, AND THEN BRING THAT TO YOU AS THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR FINAL DECISION.
OUR HOPE IS THAT THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WOULD BE ABLE TO SAY THAT THEY CAN SUPPORT THE DECISION FULLY OR THAT THEY CAN SUPPORT THE DECISION WITH CERTAIN CONSIDERATIONS.
THAT IS OUR HOPE IN MOVING FORWARD.
BASED ON THAT, WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE FOR US?
I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THE PROPOSAL AND FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO GET IT RIGHT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
THAT'S IMPORTANT. I REALIZED THIS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE SOME COMMON GROUND AND I HOPE WE CAN WORK TOWARD THAT AS WELL.
I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS ON THAT SO FAR.
>> STICKING WITH THE THEME OF GRATITUDE, I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOUR COURAGE AND YOUR PERSEVERANCE IN THIS PROJECT.
I KNOW IT'S BEEN ARDUOUS AND WE'LL STILL CONTINUE TO BE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXPERTISE AND FOR YOUR VERY THOUGHTFUL PLAN THAT YOU BROUGHT TO US.
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A COUPLE OF THINGS I JUST WANT TO COMMENT ON OR ASK FOR CLARIFICATION ON.I REALLY LIKE THE IDEA THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT SCOPE AND SEQUENCE FIRST BECAUSE TO ME, UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOUR SCOPE AND SEQUENCE IS BASED ON WHAT THE STATES REQUIRING OF US AND WHAT THE STANDARDS TO ME GOING INTO THE ADOPTION WITH THAT MINDSET, I THINK MIGHT BRING A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY.
I KNOW THAT YOU TWO ARE EXPERTS AND I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE COMMITTEE AS AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE BECAUSE WE HIRE EXPERTS FOR A REASON.
I HOPE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL THAT YOU HAVE AND AT SOME POINT I HOPE THAT EITHER YOU CAN SHARE THAT WITH THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE AND THAT WHICH MIGHT BRING MORE COMPETENCE IN THAT PARTICULAR PIECE OF IT.
I AM EXCITED THAT YOU'RE GOING TO ASK THE COMMUNITY TO BE INVOLVED IN GIVING FEEDBACK ON THE CURRICULUM PIECES AS YOU GO ALONG.
I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY HELPFUL FOR THE COMMITTEE AS WELL.
ALL OF THOSE PIECES, I THINK YOU'VE PUT TOGETHER A PLAN THAT'S COMPREHENSIVE, THAT'S UNDERSTANDABLE, AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT'S GONE INTO IT. THANK YOU.
>> STUDENTS ARE ALLOWED TO COMMENT TOO.
>> I DON'T REALLY HAVE MUCH TO SAY.
>> THAT'S A VERY WISE STATEMENT. [LAUGHTER]
>> YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. [LAUGHTER] I JUST HAD TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE.
>> AS I WAS SITTING HERE LISTENING TO THIS, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO ASK IS THAT WE HAVE A BOARD MEMBER WHO PARTICIPATE.
I'D LIKE ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS TO CONSIDER THAT.
TROY. [LAUGHTER] BUT IT DID COME TO MIND THAT A STUDENT REP WOULD CERTAINLY BE A POSSIBILITY IN THIS.
I THINK ROB BROUGHT IT UP EARLIER, WHEN HE WAS TALKING, WAS THE PRESENTATION ABOUT MORE OPPORTUNITIES.
WE ARE SERVING STUDENTS TO GET STUDENTS INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS, SO IT IS SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.
>> COULD WE POTENTIALLY DO, ONE STUDENT REP AND ONE BOARD REP OR CAN IT ONLY BE ONE?
>> NO. I THINK WE COULD DO BOTH.
>> I THINK THAT WOULD BE BETTER IF WE'RE GOING TO INVOLVE THE STUDENTS.
>> I DO THINK THAT THIS HAS BEEN A LEARNING PROCESS, AND I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE BOARD FOR RECOGNIZING THE WORK THAT ALLISON AND DAVID HAVE DONE.
I HAVE THE HONOR OF WORKING WITH THEM FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS AS THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT AND NOW, THE SUPERINTENDENT.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FIND TWO BETTER PEOPLE TO LEAD THIS WORK.
I WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR BUT I KNOW HOW TOUGH IT IS, I THINK THE HARDEST ASPECT FOR US IN THIS, AND THE AREA THAT WE TAKE THE MOST CRITICISM.
I'VE SEEN IT COME UP AGAIN AND AGAIN, IS THE IDEA OF TRYING TO CHOOSE THE SIX PARENTS WHO ARE GOING TO BE PART OF THIS COMMITTEE.
I WOULD WELCOME ANY INPUT FROM THE BOARD ON THIS PART BECAUSE I WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT WHEN WE CHOOSE REPRESENTATIVES TO BE PART OF ANYTHING THAT WE DO, THERE'S NO AGENDA IN MIND.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR A TRUE COMMUNITY REPRESENTATION.
BUT WHEN I HEAR FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY, THAT'S ONE OF THE GREATEST ISSUES IS THAT, WELL THE COMMITTEE WAS BIASED OR THE COMMITTEE WAS TOO LEFT LEANING OR THE COMMITTEE WAS TOO RIGHT LEANING OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE.
WHEN WE DID THE SELECTION PROCESS FOR, SAY, THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THAT WAS RINGING IN THE BACK OF MY MIND, HOW DO WE SELECT? WE JUST ASKED A SINGLE QUESTION, HOW DO YOU WANT TO HELP BATTLE GROUNDS SCHOOL DISTRICT? WE JUST CHOSE PEOPLE.
WE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THEY CAME FROM OR WHAT THEY STOOD FOR.
I ACTUALLY THINK THAT IT TURNED OUT OKAY.
I THINK THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND I KNOW WE HAVE SOME OF THOSE MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE TODAY, BUT I THINK THEY WOULD SAY THAT, "HEY, THIS IS A TRUE REPRESENTATION.
WE'VE GOT PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE SPECTRUM." THAT'S MY BIGGEST CONCERN, IS WE'RE GOING TO GET THE TEACHERS,
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TEACHERS HAVE TO BE A PART OF IT.THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO BE TEACHING IT.
BUT IT'S FINDING THOSE SIX COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO, I HAVE NO DESIRE TO HAVE ONE DIRECTION OR ANOTHER, I JUST TRULY WANT PEOPLE ON THIS COMMITTEE AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT THE OTHER COMMITTEE DIDN'T DO THIS.
JUST WANT TO FIND PEOPLE WANT TO HELP US MOVE FORWARD.
BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE NEED TO DO, IS WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS.
>> NO, WE HAVE NOTHING RIGHT NOW.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO ADD, IF WE'RE GOING TO INCLUDE THE STUDENTS, I THINK THAT BOTH RICARDO AND I SHOULD GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ON THIS COMMITTEE.
I THINK BOTH RICARDO AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE ON THIS COMMITTEE, IF WE WERE GOING TO INVOLVE THE STUDENT REPS.
>> I'M SORRY. I DO HAVE SOMETHING, COULD WE TAKE THAT A STEP FURTHER AND MAYBE MAKE IT, THEY EACH BRING SOMEONE ON ALONG WITH THEM OUTSIDE OF THE STUDENT REPS, WITH PARENT APPROVAL OF COURSE.
I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE A STUDENT COMMITTEE MAYBE, JUST AN IDEA.
BECAUSE I THINK THEIR FEEDBACK IS IMPORTANT.
THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO LEARN.
WHILE I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE THE SOLE VOICE OF THEIR PEERS, I THINK THE MORE PEERS THAT ARE INVOLVED THE BETTER.
ALTHOUGH I THINK 20 STUDENTS IS PROBABLY A LITTLE EXCESSIVE.
ROUNDED AND A LITTLE BIT PARENTAL APPROVAL THAT MAYBE THEY COULD PARTICIPATE.
>> YEAH. I WOULD SAY THAT WE STICK TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
>> AGAIN, HERE'S THE SLIPPERY SLOPE THAT WE GO DOWN.
I JUST WANT TO CAUTION EVERYBODY THAT, WE BEGIN TO OPEN IT UP AND ALL OF A SUDDEN 16 BECOMES 20 AND 20 BECOMES 22.
I'M NOT CRITICIZING, I'M JUST SAYING THIS IS THE DIFFICULTY.
MY HOPE IS THAT WHEN WE WALK OUT OF THIS ROOM, WE HAVE A PROCESS THAT YOU FEEL AND WE CAN PUT TOGETHER A COMMITTEE THAT YOU FEEL CAN GIVE YOU THE BEST FEEDBACK AND HELP THE BOARD MAKE THAT FINAL DECISION.
BUT ONE OF OUR EXPERIENCES IS IT HAS TO BE MANAGEABLE.
>> OKAY. MY THING IS, LET'S JUST SEE HOW IT GOES.
BECAUSE I'M DOUBTING, THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES WE'VE HAD STUDENTS ON THIS TYPE OF SITUATION OR ISSUE.
I WANTED TO SAY, SEE HOW IT GOES AND IF IT'S GOING REALLY WELL, THEN MAYBE WE CAN ADD MORE STUDENTS.
BUT IF IT'S NOT GOING TOO WELL, IT'S NOT CLICKING, THEN WE DON'T GET IN OVER OUR HEADS.
>> I DO WANT TO CAUTION US BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF BACKGROUND BUILDING INFORMATION THAT HAPPENS REALLY EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS AND YOU DO NEED TO BE PART OF THE WHOLE THING TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE, HOW THE PROCESS WORKS AND HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION.
I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO MAKE A DECISION EARLY ON ABOUT HOW MANY STUDENTS REPS ARE GOING TO PARTICIPATE AND STICK WITH IT.
>> JUST A COMMENT, WHEN WE DO AN ADOPTION IN OTHER SUBJECT AREAS, WE TYPICALLY HAVE A PILOT.
WERE WE ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE TOP TWO PROGRAMS, TEACHERS USE IT WITH STUDENTS.
THEN WE'LL DO OUR SURVEY WITH STUDENTS ON WHAT THEY THOUGHT OF THE PRIOR AND THAT'S WERE WE REALLY GET A LOT OF STUDENT INPUT FOR THOSE CURRICULUMS OR THOSE TOPIC OR SUBJECT AREAS.
WITH SEXUAL HEALTH, IT'S MORE DIFFICULT BECAUSE WITHOUT BOARD APPROVAL WE DIDN'T REALLY WANT TO PUT SOMETHING IN FRONT OF STUDENTS FOR THE PILOTING.
WHENEVER WE REVIEW OUR STUDENTS, IT'S REALLY CRUCIAL THAT YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO REACH ALL DIFFERENT, LIKE A THEME OF A COLLUSION GOES ALL DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS FOR THE STUDENTS.
TO BE ABLE TO GET INPUT FROM A BROAD CROSS-SECTION OF STUDENTS AND SAY, THESE ARE THE CONCERNS, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE THINK ARE IMPORTANT.
THAT WOULD BE A CRUCIAL FACTOR IN THAT EVENT.
MIGHT BE HELPFUL IF WE WERE REAL CLEAR ABOUT WHAT THE TIME CONSTRAINTS AND EXPECTATIONS.
[OVERLAPPING] SOMEBODY DOESN'T GET IN OVER THEIR HEAD.
BUT I THINK THE POINT IS WELL-TAKEN.
WHAT I HEAR IS THERE SHOULD BE AN AVENUE FOR STUDENT INPUT ALONG THIS, REALM AND THERE'S A WAY WE COULD DO THAT, WHETHER IT'S BE ON THE COMMITTEE ITSELF OR JUST INPUT ALONG THE WAY AND THE RIGHT.
[02:30:05]
>> WE CAN ALWAYS FIND THAT, YOU'RE RIGHT, [OVERLAPPING] INPUT SOMEWHERE ELSE.
IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THEY HAVE TO BE A PART OF THE COMMITTEE.
I JUST BROUGHT IT UP BECAUSE OF THE BOARD [OVERLAPPING] ROLE AND NO LOOKING FOR OUR STUDENT REPS WHO I THINK ARE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB.
ANOTHER AVENUE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCESS.
>> AUDIENCE, I'M NOT TRYING TO DRAG THIS OUT, BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION AND A COMMENT.
AS I SAW THIS PLAN BEING PUT TOGETHER, I KNOW ONE REAL CONCERN I HAVE IS, DID WE HONOR THE WORK OF THE ORIGINAL COMMITTEE? THEY WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND AND TOOK SOME CRITICISM MAYBE UNNECESSARILY.
ONE OF MY BIGGEST CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE A POLICY AND WE FOLLOW THAT POLICY AND THAT COMMITTEE SERVED US VERY WELL IN THAT POLICY.
I WANT TO REMIND MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS WE NEED TO STAY IN OUR LANE OR OUR JOB IS TO SET POLICY AND TO LET THAT POLICY TAKE PLACE AND HIRE GOOD PEOPLE TO EXECUTE IT AND THEN WHEN THEY BRING THE RESULTS BACK TO US, DECIDE THEN.
WITH THAT IN MIND, I CHECKED THE POLICY ON OUR CURRICULUM ADOPTION.
I SEE IT WAS REVISED IN 2017 AND 2029.I LOOKED FOR SOME OF THOSE CHANGES.
THEY LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE BASED ON CHANGES TO STATE AND FEDERAL LAW.
MOSTLY ABOUT NON-DISCRIMINATION.
IS THERE SOMETHING ABOUT OUR POLICY THAT NEEDS REFINING OR IS IT STILL FUNCTIONAL FOR WHAT WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH?
>> I THINK IT'S STILL FUNCTIONAL AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT LIKE OUR [OVERLAPPING].
>> CURRICULUM ADOPTION POLICY.
>> I THINK OUR CURRICULUM ADOPTION POLICY IS SOLID.
IN 2020 IS WHEN WE WENT BACK TO THE [INAUDIBLE] MODEL POLICY AND HAVE IT FOLLOWS VERY CLOSELY TO THAT, WHICH ALLOWS US TO BE BROAD ENOUGH TO MAKE DECISIONS WITHOUT SCRUTINIZING EVERY SINGLE DETAIL THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY FIT EVERY SINGLE ADOPTION WHICH IS KIND OF WHERE IT HAD BEEN I GUESS.
>> ALONG THAT LINE, I AM NOT ASSURED THAT ALL OF US ARE REALLY CLEAR ABOUT THE RULE OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS COMMITTEE.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE NEED TO NECESSARILY LAY THAT OUT RIGHT HERE BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IS PART OF POLICY AS WELL.
THE PROCEDURES OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS COMMITTEE THOUGH, WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW AS A BOARD BEFORE WE GET TO THAT POINT, I BELIEVE, OR TO AT LEAST HAVE SOME CLARITY ON.
MAYBE THE REST OF BOARD MEMBERS DON'T NEED THAT, BUT I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.
>> THE ROLE OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS COMMITTEE PRESENTLY AND BY POLICY IS, THAT COMMITTEE REALLY OVERSEES THAT WE FOLLOW THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE FORCED TO FOLLOW IN YOUR GIVING A RECOMMENDATION FOR CURRICULUM.
IT IS NOT TO WEIGH IN ON WHETHER OR NOT THAT PARTICULAR CURRICULUM SHOULD BE ADOPTED.
WHEN WE HAVE A PROCESS, IT COMES WITH A RECOMMENDATION.
WE BRING THAT TO THE BASE AND WE BRING OUR PROCESS TO THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS COMMITTEE.
THEN IF THAT IS OKAY, WHEN IT COMES TO THE BOARD, THEN YOU CAN BE ASSURED THAT COMMITTEE SAID WE FOLLOWED THE PROCESS.
BUT, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION THAT THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL ACTUALLY GETS TO WEIGH IN ON THE ACTUAL RECOMMENDATION.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT IN DIFFERENT DISTRICTS, THERE ARE DIFFERENT INTERPRETATIONS OF THAT [OVERLAPPING] AND THIS IS THE WAY IT WAS SET UP WHEN DAVE AND I CAME INTO THIS ROLE.
THAT IS HOW WE HAVE CONTINUED WITH IT.
WE ARE SEEKING COMMUNITY INPUT THROUGH DIFFERENT AVENUES, ADDING PEOPLE TO THE COMMITTEE, ASKING FOR SURVEY FEEDBACK, THAT KIND OF THING.
WE DO THAT AS PART OF OUR COMMITTEE WORK.
THEN THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS COMMITTEE IS AGAIN, LIKE DAVE SAID, THE PROCESS PIECE, BUT I KNOW THAT IT IS DIFFERENT IN DIFFERENT DISTRICTS.
>> I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THEY ARE THERE TO MAKE ANY DECISIONS ABOUT CONTENT, BUT ONLY TO REVIEW YOUR PROCESS AND WHETHER YOU FOLLOWED THAT PROCESS.
I'M ASSUMING THAT THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS COMMITTEE HAS A PROCESS TO DO THAT AS WELL.
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THE REASON I EVEN BRING IT UP IS BECAUSE I THINK THAT EXACTLY WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, SOME CLARITY AROUND THAT FOR THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE HELPFUL.>> I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A PROCEDURAL DOCUMENT ON THAT.
>> BUT I DO THINK, ALLISON, THAT YOU'VE DONE A GOOD JOB.
BOTH YOU AND DAVE, I'VE DONE A GOOD JOB OF SETTING UP.
HERE'S THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT.
DID WE POST THE AD? DID WE GO OUT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT THE CURRICULUMS? DID WE NARROW DOWN THEIR CURRICULUMS? DID WE REVIEW EACH CURRICULUM FULLY? DID WE, [OVERLAPPING] YOU'VE GOT ALL THOSE THINGS THAT YOU ASKED.
TO MARY'S POINT, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE BOARD TO HERE WHAT GOES INTO THE IMC SO THAT THEY CAN SPEAK TO THAT BECAUSE I DO AGREE THAT THERE IS A LEVEL OF CONFUSION. YEAH.
>> THERE'S A SHEET THAT HAS ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS TO CHECK AND MAYBE IT WOULD BE AS SIMPLE AS THIS.
WHAT DO YOU PEOPLE SEE THAT SHEET WITH ALL THOSE [OVERLAPPING] IN THERE EASILY,.
>> THERE IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT PROCESS FOR A COURSE THAT IS A BRAND NEW COURSE VERSUS THAT COURSE WHERE IT HAS BEEN IN PLACE AND THEN WE'RE ADOPTING CURRICULUM FOR THAT.
THINGS ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FOR AP AND THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FOR CTE.
THERE ARE NUANCES TO THE PROCESS FOR EACH THING THAT HAPPENS, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY WORK TO PROVIDE SOME DOCUMENTATION ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
>> I JUST WANTED TO AGREE WITH MARY.
I KNOW THE SCOPE AND SEQUENCE IN YOUR WORLD HAPPEN SIMULTANEOUSLY.
I REALLY THINK IT WOULD HELP THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY IF THEY SEE WHAT THE SCOPE AND SEQUENCE IS, WHAT'S BEING TAUGHT.
FOR ME FROM A LOGICAL PERSPECTIVE, IT MAKES SENSE.
YOU'D HAVE THAT AND THEN YOU TRY TO FIT A CURRICULUM INTO IT.
I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO YOUR WORLD, BUT IT MAKES SENSE FROM A LOGICAL STANDPOINT, BUT I ALSO THINK IT WOULD BUILD TRUST IN THE PROCESS AND THE CURRICULUM YOU PICK IF WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING TO BE TAUGHT, BECAUSE I KNOW GOING BACK THREE-AND-HALF YEARS WHEN WE HAD FLASH UP HERE.
THERE WAS A LOT OF ISSUES WITH FLASH AND WE'RE LIKE, WELL, BUT WE DON'T TEACH THAT PART.
THAT REALLY IS THE GENESIS OF A LOT OF THIS TEXT.
I REALLY THINK THIS COULD POTENTIALLY PUT A LOT OF THAT TO BED.
>> I DO THINK THAT THE SCOPE AND SEQUENCE SHOULD BE RELATIVELY FINALIZED BEFORE WE COME TO THE BOARD, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A BIT OF A GIVE-AND-TAKE THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.
>> I KNOW FOR ME JUST THE OVERVIEW YOU PUT TOGETHER REALLY HELPS BECAUSE WE'VE HEARD LOTS OF FEARS FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO BE TAUGHT FIFTH GRADE, FOR EXAMPLE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FOUR DAYS AND WHAT'S ACTUALLY COVERED, IT'S HELPFUL FOR ME.
>> REALLY, IT'S ALSO HELPFUL IN IT WHEN IT LAYS IT OUT ALMOST BY DAY, IF THEY DON'T WANT TO OPT-OUT OF THE ENTIRE GRADE LEVEL OPTIONS THEY CAN OPT-OUT OF THAT DAY OR THIS DAY.
>> YEAH. I THINK WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO THE END OF OUR DISCUSSION, BUT IF SOMEBODY HAS SOMETHING ELSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A CHANCE.
I GUESS WE COULD SAY WE HAVE CONSENSUS OF THE BOARD TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PLAN OR WE COULD HAVE SOMEBODY MAKE A MOTION TO VOTE ON IT.
>> MAY I ASK IF WE'D HAVE A DECISION ABOUT STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES?
>> CAN WE GET SOME MORE RESEARCH ABOUT WHAT THE TIME COMMITMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WELL-INFORMED?
>> 4:30-6:30, ONE DAY A WEEK, JANUARY THROUGH MARCH, BASICALLY.
WE THINK THAT IT WILL PROBABLY BE TUESDAYS.
>> YOU CAN JUST STOP IN THE MEETING AND WATCH ONE OR TWO AND NOT BE PART OF THAT COMMITTEE TOO.
>> THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING.
THAT WAS WHAT I WAS REMINISCING IN MY HEAD IS WHAT IF RICARDO AND I AREN'T TECHNICALLY ON THE COMMITTEE, BUT WE ARE STILL OPEN TO ATTENDING MEETINGS AND JUST SEEING WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
>> EVEN THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
>> THEN POTENTIALLY WHEN THE CIRCUMSTANCE COMES, GETTING A STUDENT PERSPECTIVE DURING ONE OR TWO MEETINGS WHEN WE ATTEND.
>> I LIKE THE WAY YOU SAY THAT GETTING A STUDENT PERSPECTIVE.
MAYBE AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE PROCESS, WE CAN LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO GET THAT STUDENT PERSPECTIVE.
>> BECAUSE I'M GUESSING, THERE'S PROBABLY AN AGENDA
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GOING ON IN THE ZOOM MEETINGS OR SOME TYPE OF APP.>> WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THEM IN ZOOM.
>> SOUNDS GOOD. THAT'S HELPFUL.
>> IT'S A TWO-MONTH-LONG COMMITMENT.
>> WE'RE BOTH VERY BUSY WITH SCHOOL AND STUFF.
>> [LAUGHTER] I COULD SEE THE WHITES IN YOUR EYES OVER HERE.
LIKE I SAID, WE JUST APPRECIATE WHATEVER INPUT YOU GUYS CAN PROVIDE IS HELPFUL.
>> I WOULD DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE KNOW THAT IT'S A BIG COMMITMENT FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND PARENTS AS WELL.
IT IS A TOPIC THOUGH THAT IS SO PASSIONATE FOR OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE THINK THAT WE WILL HAVE A VARIETY OF PEOPLE WHO APPLY AND WE'LL HAVE GREAT APPLICANTS.
BUT IT IS A HUGE UNDERTAKING [LAUGHTER] FOR ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO PARTICIPATE.
>> THANK YOU, GUYS. IT'S A BIG COMMITMENT [LAUGHTER] FOR YOU TO APOLOGIZE TO YOUR FAMILIES ON EVERY TUESDAY.
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING OPEN TO LETTING THE STUDENTS COME AND JOIN.
>> LIKE YOU SAID, MARK, YOU CAN CHOOSE TO VOTE OR YOU CAN JUST GIVE US A THUMBS UP TO KEEP GOING IN THAT DIRECTION.
DOES THE BOARD WANT TO HAVE AN OFFICIAL EMOTION OR DO YOU WANT TO HAVE CONSENSUS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PLAN?
>> HEARING NO OBJECTIONS, YOU'VE GOT YOUR CONSENSUS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PLAN AS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD.
THANK YOU FOR THAT THOROUGH EXPLANATION.
>> THANK YOU BOARD FOR THE DISCUSSION.
WE'RE UP TO FUTURE EVENTS BEFORE WE ADJOURN.
[11. Future Agenda Items and Board Events]
MR. WATERS, YOU WANT TO INCLUDE ANYTHING?>> OKAY. BOARD, JUST BE AWARE THAT SOME TIME HERE WE SHOULD GET THE SELF-ASSESSMENT FINALIZED, WANT TO GET ALL THE INPUT IN, AND WE'LL NEED A WORK SESSION TO DO THAT.
IF YOU LOOK ON THE SELF-ASSESSMENT DOCUMENT WHEN YOU GET IT, IT HAS A RECOMMENDED HOW DO WE PROCESS THIS INFORMATION.
LAST TIME IT TOOK US ONE-AND-HALF OR TWO WORK SESSIONS AND I'M TRYING TO KEEP OUR EXTRA TIME DOWN AS LOW AS POSSIBLE.
I THINK IF WE'RE ORGANIZED, WE CAN DO IT IN ONE WORK SESSION LIKE RIGHT AFTER THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
POTENTIALLY WOULD BE EITHER IN DECEMBER OR EARLY JANUARY, WHICH YOU THINK ABOUT?
>> YES, I DID. MY MEMORY IS GETTING BETTER.
[LAUGHTER] I WANTED TO INFORM THE BOARD THAT SCOTT, MCDANIEL WAS TALKING TO ME TODAY AND THAT WE ARE GOING TO START WORK ON THE MICROPHONE SYSTEM, THE SOUND SYSTEM.
WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY BE DOING THAT THE DAY AFTER OUR DECEMBER MEETING BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT LONGER BREAK, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A SECOND MEETING IN DECEMBER.
THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET THE SOUND SYSTEM UP AND RUNNING.
HOPEFULLY, WE CAN ADDRESS SOME OF THESE CUTTINGS AND CUTOUTS, SO THAT WE EXPERIENCE WITH OUR MICROPHONE SYSTEM.
ALTHOUGH I DO HAVE TO SAY THAT IT HAS BEEN BETTER.
I AGAIN WANT TO THANK LISA [NOISE] AND JAMIE.
JAMIE HAS BEEN IN A BIG HELP FOR US.
>> NO. HEY, YEAH. [LAUGHTER] HOW DO YOU MAKE THAT WORK WITHOUT ANY ISSUES? [LAUGHTER] I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. INSTEAD OF 338 PAGES, THEY DO IT BY FOR DUMMIES, WHICH REALLY SPEAKS TO ME.
>> [INAUDIBLE] THAT ONE. HIGHLY RECOMMEND.
ALSO, I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE IS A SCHOOL TOUR COMING UP.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO INVITE TED ON THAT INSTEAD OF MYSELF.
>> HAVE YOU SEEN THE SCHOOL TOUR SCHEDULE? WHEREVER MR. MCCOYS NAME IS IN, YOURS IS NOW IN.
>> I THINK SANDY HAS SENT OUT DECEMBER 7TH IF I'M TRYING TO GO.
>> THE SIP PLANS. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT INVOLVEMENT YOU WANTED FOR THAT EITHER.
>> GREAT. WELL, THANK YOU AUDIENCE AND STAFF FOR HANGING IN HERE.
IT WAS A LITTLE LONGER BUT THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
IT IS 8:44 AND I'D LIKE TO ADJOURN THIS NOVEMBER 22TH, 2021, BOARD MEETING.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.