The board secretary or recorder will call roll of board members.
Presenter:
ASB Representatives
Battle Ground High School
Prairie High School
Summit View High School
CAM Academy
River HomeLink
Background:
Battle Ground Public Schools Board of Directors welcomes representatives from the district's high school Associated Student Body (ASB) organizations. The students will present an update to board members on current and recent school events and activities. At times, the board president may ask the representative to bring information such as student opinions back to the Board.
Presenter:
Board Members
Background:
Legislative Committee:
Rob Henrikson serves as the Board's Legislative Representative for the 2021 calendar year. He will give a report to the Board on current legislative news and events.
Audit Committee Report
Audit Committee members are Jackie Maddux and Mary Snitily. The audit committee will meet with Business Office staff prior to the first scheduled board meeting each month to review vouchers, the superintendent's and board of directors' budgets, payroll and the superintendent's time sheet. The committee will report back to the Board on the first board meeting of the month.
Battle Ground Education Foundation
Jackie Maddux serves as the Board representative on the Battle Ground Education Foundation.
WIAA Committee
Troy McCoy serves as the Board representative on WIAA (Washington Interscholastic Activities Association).
Washington State School Directors' Association Updates
Board members who serve on various Washington State School Directors' Association (WSSDA) committees will have an opportunity to provide an update to the Board.
Tours Committee
The Board tours every school in the district by splitting up into three separate groups and visiting classrooms and offices. The tour schedule for the next two months follows:
| Glenwood Heights Primary School | Group 1 | December 7, 2021 | Upcoming |
| Laurin Middle School | Group 2 | December 10, 2021 | Upcoming |
| Tukes Valley Middle School | Group 3 | December 10, 2021 | Upcoming |
| Pleasant Valley Middle School | Group 1 | January 11, 2022 | Upcoming |
| Pleasant Valley Primary School | Group 2 | January 14, 2022 | Upcoming |
| Summit View & CASEE | Group 3 | January 14, 2022 | Upcoming |
| Group 1 Members | Troy McCoy, Jackie Maddux, Ricardo Martin Del Campo, Shelly Whitten |
| Group 2 Members | Rob Henrikson, Mary Snitily, Denny Waters |
| Group 3 Members | Mark Watrin, Sydney Cordon, A. Allen, or M. Michaud, or D. Kennedy |
Background:
An opportunity for board members to report out on their activities associated with their respective positions.
Presenter:
Denny Waters
Superintendent
Background:
Denny Waters will provide periodic updates on events and/or recognitions throughout the district.
Presenter:
Michelle Reinhardt
Executive Director of Human Resources
Background:
A human resources report will be provided to the Board by Michelle Reinhardt.
Presenter:
Shelly Whitten
Deputy Superintendent
Background:
Shelly Whitten will provide an update to the Board on the Teaching and Learning Department.
Presenter:
Michelle Scott
Chief Financial Officer
Background:
Michelle Scott will present information on the end of the year (2020-21) budget.
Presenter:
Kevin Jolma
Executive Director of Facilities
Background:
Kevin Jolma will give the Board an update on current projects.
Presenter:
Rita Sanders
Communications Officer
Background:
Rita Sanders will report on district events and promotions.
This is a meeting of the Battle Ground Public Schools Board of Directors, and it is open to the public to attend, view presentations, and hear the discussion between board members during open session.
The Board welcomes comments from citizens during Citizens' Comments and asks that those wishing to address the Board observe the following process:
Please follow the procedures for Citizens' Comments by stating your name, limiting your time to three (3) minutes, and refraining from discussing confidential matters. A digital timer will sound when the time limit is reached.
Board members do not normally respond to questions or petitions during Citizens' Comments. They will listen and give direction to the Administrative Team if action is deemed necessary.
Minutes become official after approval by the Board.
Background:
Contracts listed for Board ratification are enclosed in the attached spreadsheet. A cover page containing more detail may be attached for facilities' items. All amounts are no more than $75,000. Items over that amount will be listed as a separate item under the Consent Agenda or under New Business.
Background:
Personnel reports are prepared by the Certificated and Classified Specialists for Board approval. The reports, attached, may contain items such as New Hires, Terminations, Assignment Changes, Resignations, Retirements, and Recommendations for Permanent Employment. Coaching assignments are listed when appropriate. The specialists will list incumbent employees and reasons for changes or new hires if appropriate. Confidential information is not contained in this report.
Background:
Per Policy 2320, student travel requests require board approval if they are overnight trips. Advisors are required to submit all required paperwork at least two weeks in advance to Cheri Dailey, Director of Business Operations and Risk Management. Advisors must clear the trip with their building principal prior to submitting the request to Risk Management. Advisors are required to submit itineraries, budget information, transportation information and learning objectives along with the dates of travel and information on the group of students traveling with chaperones.
Exceptions to the rule are travel requests for state and national tournaments and competitions. The procedures for these types of trips is outlined in Procedure 2320P. Often the tournaments come up quickly and there is not enough time to present the trip to the board prior to the trip. In this case, advisors must submit all paperwork to the Risk Management Officer prior to the trip for approval. The trip is then ratified by board members at their next regularly scheduled board meeting.
Student travel requests are attached.
Background:
House Bill 1085 requires seizure response training for school staff and for any parent-designated adult who will care for a student with seizure disorders. Under the bill, school districts must designate a medical professional, such as a school nurse, to train and supervise other identified school district personnel in the needed care of students with seizure disorders.
The Washington State School Directors' Association (WSSDA) recommends the adoption of Policy 3411, Accommodating Students with Seizure Disorders or Epilepsy.
The first reading of the policy was approved on November 8, 2021.
Ellen Wiessner, Executive Director of Special Services, will be available for questions.
Presenter:
Background:
Presenter:
Michelle Scott
Chief Financial Officer
Background:
This resolution is necessary to certify the voter approved 2022 School Program & Operations Levy amount of $26,750,000 with Clark County for collection.
The School Program & Operation Levy amount approved by voters are normally included in the F195 Budget document each August and certified by Clark County based on that information. The 2021-22 budget did not certify General Fund educational programs and operations excess property taxes to be collected in 2022 because the District, at the time of adoption of the 2021-22 budget, did not have an authorized educational programs and operations excess tax levy that would permit the collection of such excess property taxes. On November 2, 2021, voters within the District approved a four-year educational programs and operations excess property tax levy for the General Fund, the amount of which levy to be collected in calendar year 2022 (the first year of collection) is $26,750,000.
Presenter:
Scott McDaniel
Director of Technology Services
Background:
The board previously approved the purchase of and related service agreements for 1,350 hotspot devices during fiscal year 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 with Verizon Wireless, AT&T and T-Mobile. Currently, all but 100 district owned hotspot devices are deactivated. Approval of this request will allow hotspot deployment to continue as needed, as determined by Scott McDaniel, Director of Technology Services, and will help assist with student learning loss and student academic achievement. Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) II funding in the amount of $154,368.00 has been budgeted for fiscal year 2021-2022 for hotspot service agreements. Hotspot fees for school bus installation are included in this request.
Terms of each service provider’s contract are governed by the Washington State Department of Enterprise Services Contract #04718. This was a competitive procurement that meets Washington's RCW 39.26. The district has an agreement with Washington to access the contract to receive discounted devices and plan rates from each service provider. The service provider selected will be determined by geographic coverage area. The district provided hotspots from the three carriers as no single option meets all connectivity needs.
WA #04718 / AT&T NASPO ValuePoint Master Agreement MA149
WA #04718 / Verizon NASPO ValuePoint Master Agreement MA152
WA #04718 / T-Mobile NASPO ValuePoint Master Agreement MA176
Please note the following cancellation policy: Any Participating Entity may cancel its participation upon 30 days written notice, unless otherwise limited or stated in the Participating Addendum. Cancellation may be in whole or in part. Any cancellation under this provision shall not affect the rights and obligations attending orders outstanding at the time of cancellation, including any right of a Purchasing Entity to indemnification by the Contractor, rights of payment for Products delivered and accepted, rights attending any warranty or default in performance in association with any Order, and requirements for records administration and audit.
The NASPO ValuePoint Master Agreement is an additional procuring mechanism. The Wireless Service Provider (the Contractor) must agree; if a Public Service Entity chooses to utilize the NASPO ValuePoint Master Agreement, the procuring agency has the option to terminate their agreement at any time without added fees or penalties for cancellation.
Contract documentation to satisfy legal requirements is already on file from previous agreements.
Presenters:
Allison Tuchardt and Dave Cresap
Directors of Curriculum, Instructions and Assessment (CIA)
Background:
At the October 11, 2021 Board meeting, the Department of CIA presented the final work of the Middle School Sexual Health Committee. This work summarized the evaluations of the committee but also acknowledged some additional factors in the sexual health adoption process that kept the CIA from requesting a formal approval at that meeting of a comprehensive sexual education (CSE) curriculum. Rather, they agreed to return to the November 22, 2021 Board meeting with a plan moving forward that would include, among other things, the blending of the middle school CSE adoption with the high school CSE adoption. The details of this plan will be presented to the Board.
Background:
Board members will have an opportunity to add agenda items to upcoming board meetings.
Board members separately participate in many community and district events throughout each month as they are able. Each meeting they will review the calendar of upcoming events and discuss their participation.