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SO IT'S SIX O'CLOCK, MR.[1. Call to Order]
MCDANIEL, YOU'RE BACK ALREADY.LIKE TO CALL THIS JANUARY 10TH, 2022 MEETING OF THE BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL BOARD TO ORDER.
IF I GO TOO FAST OR SOMETHING, SLOW ME DOWN OR CATCH ANY OF MY MISTAKES I MIGHT MAKE.
THANK YOU, STAFF FOR BEING HERE TO PRESENT TONIGHT.
WE'VE GOT SOME UNIQUE PRESENTATION.
CITIZENS, THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME OUT OF YOUR SCHEDULE TO COME IN AND PRESENT OR LISTEN TONIGHT.
AND STUDENTS AS WELL, OUR STUDENT AS WELL, WHO I CORRALLED HELP US WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
SO KARA, WOULD YOU HELP US WITH PLEDGE.
[2. Pledge of Allegiance]
OF ALLEGIANCE? THANK YOU, CAROL.[3. Roll Call]
PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT FOUR, MARK WATRIN? HERE.VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT FIVE, JACKIE MADDUX? HERE.
DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT ONE, MARY SNITILY? HERE.
DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT TWO, ROB HENRIKSON? HERE.
DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT THREE, TED CHAMPINE? HERE.
STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE SIDNEY CORDON? STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE RICARDO MARTIN DEL CAMPO? HERE.
AND OUR ATTENDANCE RULES FOR THE BOARD INCLUDE NOTIFYING THE PRESIDENT IF YOUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBER BEING GONE.
AND SYDNEY CONTACTED ME SAID SHE'S STILL IN TUCSON WITH HER MOM MAKING HER WAY HOME.
AND RICARDO HAS A GRADED BAND PERFORMANCE TONIGHT.
SO I SAID THOSE SEEMED LIKE LEGITIMATE REASONS AND THANK YOU FOR INFORMING ME WITH THE HELP OF THE REST OF THE BOARD MEMBERS, I'D ENTERTAIN A VOTE TO EXCUSE THE ABSENCES FOR OUR TWO STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS.
IT'S BEEN MOVED TO GIVE AN EXCUSE TO OUR TWO STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS WHO CONTACTED US IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED MOTION PASSES 5-0.
BUT NEXT UP IS OUR AGENDA APPROVAL.
[4. Agenda Approval]
OUR AGENDA TONIGHT INCLUDES COMMUNICATIONS REPORTS, OUR SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF UPDATES.WE HAVE A CONSENT AGENDA WITH ITEMS A THROUGH H NO OLD BUSINESS.
WE HAVE A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FUTURE TONIGHT WITH AN UPDATE TO OUR BUDGET HEARING.
WE WILL RECESS SHORTLY FOR THAT HEARING.
ANY CITIZEN THAT WANTS TO MAKE COMMENTS AT THAT TIME, WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.
OUR OWN MICHELLE SCOTT WILL DO THAT PRESENTATION.
WE'LL THEN RESUME THE MEETING AND FINISH OUT WITH NEW BUSINESS FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND COMPLETING OUR BOARD GOALS FROM OUR SELF-ASSESSMENT.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT TONIGHT'S AGENDA? IF NOT I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.
I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVED THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES 5-0.
[5. Communications]
OK, FIRST UP IS OUR COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE BOARD WE OPEN WITH OUR STUDENTS, IF WE HAVE THEM, ASB REPORTS, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY PRE NOTIFY US OF THOSE IF THERE'S ANY STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES OR ASB OFFICERS IN THE AUDIENCE, OR I SUPPOSE THEY COULD BE ONLINE, BUT THEY'D HAVE TO CALL IN.LOOKS LIKE NO ASB REPORTS TONIGHT, I TAKE THIS TO OUR COMMITTEES.
FIRST UP IS OUR [INAUDIBLE] COMMITTEE AND DIRECTOR HENRIKSON.
JUST A WORD THAT A LEGISLATIVE WEEK ON THE HILL WILL BE VIRTUAL FOR OBVIOUS REASONS.
JANUARY 31ST THROUGH FEBRUARY 4TH AND THE REMOTE [INAUDIBLE] ASSEMBLY IS ON JANUARY 30TH.
THAT'S A SUNDAY AFTERNOON FROM ONE TO FIVE.
AND THERE'S A REGISTRATION FEE OF 195 DOLLARS.
BUT I THINK MICHELLE SCOTT AND SOMEBODY WAS GOING TO BE SHOWING PROVIDING THAT FEED
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AT THE CONFERENCE ROOM AT THE AKC.SO A COUPLE OF THE DIRECTORS COULD GO TO THAT.
WE COULDN'T HAVE MORE THAN A QUORUM THERE, BUT JUST THROWING THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY.
WERE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? I DON'T KNOW.
CAN WE TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THEY DO DURING THAT SESSION? DURING THE? BEFORE THE? THE 31ST OR THE FOURTH? NO, THE SESSION ON THE 30TH.
HAVE YOU DONE THAT LEGISLATIVELY? THE LEGISLATIVE? FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, IT'S GEARED TOWARD NEWER DIRECTORS TO GIVE THEM A FEEL OF KIND OF WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE ON THE HILL AND TO WORK WITH THE LEGISLATIVE THING.
I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE A REALLY GOOD KEYNOTE SPEAKER, BUT THAT'S ALL I KNOW.
I HAVEN'T SEEN AN AGENDA FOR IT AT ALL.
DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE ON THAT? YOU KNOW, I THINK I'LL COME BACK DURING THE [INAUDIBLE] THING AND USE THE WEBSITE.
AUDIT COMMITTEE, DID WE HAVE A MEETING? WE DID.
THE COMMITTEE MET ON THE 6TH OF JANUARY.
WE REVIEWED SUPERINTENDENTS TIME SHEET AND BUDGET.
THE BOARD BUDGET ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND PAYROLL AND EVERYTHING WAS IN ORDER.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE REST OF THE BOARD MEMBERS? THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
NEXT UP ON EDUCATION FOUNDATION, DIRECTOR MADDUX? YEAH, THEY ARE.
THEY'VE JUST RECENTLY POSTED A PART TIME POSITION FOR AN EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT SO THAT THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD ON SECURING THE FOUNDATION'S LONGEVITY.
SO, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY LOOKING FOR PART TIME WORK WOULD BE INTERESTED.
I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT A WHILE.
OK, NEXT UP, OUR WIA COMMITTEE, DIRECTOR CHAMPINE? ALL RIGHT, SO THERE I HAVEN'T BEEN TO A MEETING YET.
THE FIRST ONE THAT I SIGNED UP FOR IS THE JANUARY 23RD.
BEFORE OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING.
SO THE NEXT MEETING, I'LL BE ABLE TO PRESENT SOMETHING ON THAT.
DO THEY DO THOSE REMOTELY? DO YOU KNOW? I BELIEVE SO.
WASHINGTON STATE SCHOOL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION, I WAS GOING TO GET MR. MCDANIEL'S HELP AND HAVE HIM PULL UP THE LAWS, THE WEBSITE.
WE DID THIS LAST TIME FOR HOW DIRECTORS CAN DO THEIR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH LAWS.
BUT TODAY STARTS THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND THEY ALSO HAVE TOOLS FOR THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
SO IF YOU GO TO THE LAW AS THE WEBSITE GO ACROSS THAT DROPDOWN BAR TO THE STRATEGIC ADVOCACY AND LET'S SAY LEGISLATIVE UPDATE, DOESN'T IT, SCOTT? IS THAT WHAT IT SAYS? YEAH.
A COUPLE OF THINGS YOU MIGHT WANT TO MAKE NOTE OF THIS SESSION IS GOING TO GO FAST, AND IF WE DON'T COME BACK UNTIL TWO WEEKS FROM NOW, ANYTHING WE REPORT TO YOU IS GOING TO BE MOSTLY OUTDATED.
SO IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN KEEPING UP ON THOSE THINGS ON YOUR OWN, YOU CAN GO TO THE BILL WATCH AND YOU COULD OF COURSE, DO THIS THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE ITSELF, CITIZENS OUT THERE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN LEGISLATIVE ISSUES.
YOU CAN CERTAINLY GO TO THE REGULAR LEGAL LEGISLATIVE AREA.
THE NICE THING ABOUT THE [INAUDIBLE] ONE IS THESE ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS MAIN ONES THAT THEY WANT TO ADVOCATE FOR OR POSSIBLY AGAINST.
IT'S THE ONE THAT THEY KIND OF FORMED A TEAM WITH THE SUPERINTENDENTS ORGANIZATION AND THE BUSINESS OFFICERS ORGANIZATION SO THAT YOU CAN KIND OF KEEP TRACK OF THE PROGRESS ON THAT.
AND IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN TESTIFYING ON ONE OF THESE BILLS OR SENDING AN EMAIL OR THINGS LIKE THAT, YOU CAN, OF COURSE, LIKE I SAID THROUGH THE WA.GOV, DO THAT ON YOUR OWN THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE PATH PLATFORM.
BUT IF YOU CONTACT WASDA THROUGH THIS AND I THINK EITHER ROB OR I COULD HELP WITH THAT, THERE WILL BE DURING THE WEEK ON THE HILL PRESENTATIONS TO OUR LEGISLATORS FROM THIS AREA AND ACTUALLY BATTLEGROUND HAS PIECES OF JUST ABOUT FOUR DIFFERENT LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A COUPLE OF MAIN ONES.
SO IT TURNS OUT TO BE ABOUT SIX OR EIGHT LEGISLATORS THAT YOU COULD POTENTIALLY SPEAK TO.
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SO I JUST BRING THAT UP BECAUSE THINGS CAN MOVE VERY QUICKLY AT THE LEGISLATURE.AND IF YOU WANT TO KEEP UP ON THAT.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE GROUP? OK.
THAT'S IT FOR A WASDA, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING FROM WASDA? OH, I WAS GOING TO MENTION TO THURSDAY, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO MAKE A HABIT OF HAVING AN UPDATE FROM WASDA NOON TO 1:00.
YOU CAN JUST GO TO THE WEBSITE AND JUMP ON IF YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE THAT BLOCK OF TIME.
IT'S USUALLY YOU GET TO HEAR THINGS JUST A LITTLE BIT BEFORE IT COMES OUT IN THE NEWS OR THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT I DO FIND IT INTERESTING.
AND I KNOW MARY HAS MENTIONED THAT ALSO ON TUESDAYS, THEY DO HAVE A FEATURE CALLED [INAUDIBLE] LEARNS, AND THE FOCUS OF THAT RIGHT NOW IS ON THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS.
IT'S NOT EVERY WEEK, BUT IT'S LIKE AT LEAST EVERY OTHER WEEK, AND IT MIGHT BE EVERY WEEK DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND IT'S KIND OF GEARED TOWARDS THAT.
THEY ALSO TAPE IT, THOUGH, SO YOU CAN GO BACK AND WATCH IT ON YOUR OWN SCHEDULE.
OK, TOURS SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE ON HOLD.
YEAH, UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, WE HAVE SUSPENDED TOURS.
OUR BUILDINGS ARE BEING SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED BY STAFFING SHORTAGES, AND IT'S JUST DIFFICULT TO PULL STAFF AWAY AND TO PULL ADMINISTRATORS AWAY TO RUN A TOUR.
I APPRECIATE YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND YOUR PATIENCE, BUT WE'LL GET THOSE RESCHEDULED AS SOON AS WE GET PAST THIS DIFFICULT TIME.
YEAH, OUR STAFF DO NOT NEED AN EXTRA LAYER OF ANYTHING RIGHT NOW.
WELL, I THINK WE GOT THROUGH OUR REPORTS PRETTY QUICK.
[6. Superintendent and Staff Updates]
SUPERINTENDENT WATERS, YOU'RE UP.HEY, I'M GOING TO START WITH SOME REALLY GOOD NEWS.
WE WOULD LIKE TO BRING ATTENTION TO AND RECOGNIZE THAT THIS MONTH, JANUARY IS SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNITION MONTH.
AND SO IN HONOR OF THAT, IF YOU BEAR WITH ME, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS READ THE PROCLAMATION THAT WAS ISSUED BY THE GOVERNOR ON DECEMBER 15TH OF 2021.
AND THEN WE HAVE A SHORT WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS TO PRESENT TO THE BOARD.
AND THEN WE HAVE A SHORT VIDEO PRESENTATION THAT I THINK THAT YOU WILL ENJOY.
SO WE'LL START WITH THE PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS THE MISSION OF WASHINGTON'S PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IS TO ASSURE THAT ALL STUDENTS ACHIEVE AT HIGH LEVELS AND POSSESS THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO BE RESPONSIBLE MEMBERS OF A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY WHO ENJOY PRODUCTIVE AND SATISFYING LIVES.
AND WHEREAS WASHINGTON'S TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY FIVE LOCALLY ELECTED SCHOOL BOARDS AND NINE ELECTED EDUCATIONAL SERVICE DISTRICT BOARDS ARE THE CORE OF THE PUBLIC EDUCATION GOVERNANCE SYSTEM IN OUR STATE.
AND WHEREAS THE DISTRICTS AND REGIONS THEY LEAD SERVE, MORE THAN ONE MILLION STUDENTS HAVE A COMBINED ANNUAL BUDGET OF OVER FIFTEEN BILLION AND EMPLOY APPROXIMATELY 120000 PEOPLE.
AND WHEREAS SCHOOL DIRECTORS PLAY A CRUCIAL ROLE IN PROMOTING STUDENT LEARNING AND ACHIEVEMENT BY CREATING A VISION, ESTABLISHING POLICIES AND BUDGETS, AND SETTING CLEAR STANDARDS OF ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ALL INVOLVED.
AND WHEREAS SCHOOL DIRECTORS ARE DIRECTLY ACCOUNTABLE TO THE RESIDENTS OF THEIR DISTRICT AND REGIONS, SERVING AS A VITAL LINK BETWEEN MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THEIR SCHOOLS.
AND WHEREAS SCHOOL DIRECTORS AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICE DISTRICTS PROVIDE A PASSIONATE VOICE OF ADVOCACY FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE WELFARE OF SCHOOL CHILDREN, AND WHEREAS IT IS APPROPRIATE TO RECOGNIZE SCHOOL DIRECTORS AS OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEERS AND CHAMPIONS FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION.
JAY INSLEE, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JANUARY 2022 AS SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNITION MONTH IN WASHINGTON, AND I ENCOURAGE ALL PEOPLE IN OUR STATE TO JOIN ME IN THIS SPECIAL OBSERVANCE.
SO WITH THAT, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY A HEARTFELT THANKS AND APPRECIATION TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND DEDICATION TO BATTLEGROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT WATERS, AND I KNOW YOU GOT SOME OTHER THINGS THAT.
WE ARE GOING TO BE PRESENTING JUST A SMALL LITTLE TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION, JUST A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION.
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THANK YOU.THESE ARE SAY WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU JUST PASSED OUT OUR VERY OUR HOMEMADE, THANK YOU CARDS THAT WE'VE MADE FROM THE DISTRICT ART SHOW.
AND IT'S JUST A COLLECTION OF SEVERAL DIFFERENT CARDS THAT FEATURE THE ARTWORK OF STUDENTS IN BATTLEGROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE BOARD CAN USE THOSE.
AND THEN WITH THAT, BEFORE WE MOVE ON, WE HAVE A SHORT VIDEO TO SHARE.
AND I THINK WE'RE ALMOST READY.
I THINK YOU'LL ENJOY THIS AS WELL.
ANOTHER STUPENDOUS CHRIS BROWN PRODUCTION.
TOUGH JOB, REALLY, REALLY HARD JOB, AND I HAVE NOTHING BUT UTMOST RESPECT FOR THOSE THAT CHOOSE TO DO IT, AND WE'RE FORTUNATE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT A FANTASTIC FOUR.
WE ASK OUR KIDS AND OUR STAFF TO GIVE THEIR BEST EFFORT EVERY DAY, WHETHER IT'S [INAUDIBLE] BY LETTING KIDS COME BACK IN AND BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT OUR ADMINISTRATION AND.
HEAR ABOUT THE GOOD THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING.
IT'S JUST SUCH A GREAT PART TO BE INVOLVED WITH THE TEAM AND REALLY TO.
NOT JUST AS THE BOARD, BUT IN CONJUNCTION WITH YOU, THINK THAT TEACHING STAFF TO SUPPORT STAFF, THE KIDS, THAT'S WHAT FEELS BETTER THAN.
UNCOMMON TO SEE [INAUDIBLE] WHICH I THINK SHOWS THEIR LEVEL OF COMMITMENT.
THEY'RE SEEKING UNDERSTANDING.
AND I THINK THAT GOES INTO THE WHOLE IDEA OF WHAT MAKES THIS [INAUDIBLE].
ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THEY WERE RECOGNIZED AS AN ORGANIZATION.
I'M VERY PROUD THAT WE EARNED IT BECAUSE IT JUST SHOWED HOW COHESIVE WE ARE, HOW WE'RE REALLY STRIVING TO WORK TOGETHER AS A BOARD AND DO GOOD AS A WHOLE.
TO ME, IT IS REALLY A STATEMENT THAT SAYS WE AS A BOARD TEAM ARE GOING TO ENDEAVOR TO DO THE VERY BEST WE CAN, AND IT'S EVIDENCE THAT WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
I WOULD NEVER HAVE IMAGINED, AND THEY'VE JUST REALLY KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK.
AND THE STUDENT VOICE THAT THEY BRING HAS BEEN EYE OPENING AND HAS PROVIDED US WITH A LOT OF INSIGHT AND A LOT OF PERSPECTIVE AND HELP US MAKE BETTER DECISIONS.
THE BOARD TENDS TO ACCUMULATE ALL THE PROBLEMS THAT NEED TO BE SOLVED, AND THEY ALMOST ALWAYS ARE REMINDING US THESE ARE THE GOOD THINGS THAT HAVE GONE ON EVERY DAY IN MY CLASS.
THEY SAY, OH, WE'VE GOT TO DO THIS TODAY, OR I'LL BE PART OF THAT GROUP TODAY OR THE PLANE WENT ON OR I WAS AT A SOCCER GAME.
WE NEED TO BE REMINDED OF THAT.
WE'RE STRONGER AS A DISTRICT AND WE'RE ALL FOCUSED IN THE SAME DIRECTION [INAUDIBLE] IN THE SAME DIRECTION.
AND I THINK THE BOARD UNDERSTANDS THAT, AND I KNOW THEY WANTED TO GET OUR COMMUNITY INVOLVED AND TO HAVE A TRUE PARTNERSHIP.
AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT, AND I THINK IT'S REFLECTED IN THEIR ACTIONS AND [INAUDIBLE].
SET UP OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PUBLIC TO SHARE THEIR VIEWS AND THEIR VOICE.
AND WE HAVE SOME TOUGH QUESTIONS AND SOME INTENSE MOMENTS.
THANK YOU, MR. BROWN AND THE DISTRICT BUREAU FOR PUTTING THIS ON AND AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THE THEME OF WORKING BETTER TOGETHER BECAUSE WE SURE APPRECIATE HAVING THIS BE A TEAM EFFORT AND NOT JUST THE FIVE OR SEVEN OF US UP HERE.
SO THANK YOU, FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS FOR SHARING THE LOAD AND THANK YOU COMMUNITY AND STAFF FOR BEING PART OF THAT TEAM.
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CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL AGAIN AND AGAIN.THANK YOU ALL VERY, VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO.
WITH THAT, MOVING ON FROM SOME GOOD NEWS, I DO HAVE SOME KIND OF SOBERING NEWS TO REPORT, AS YOU KNOW, SENT OUT A SENT OUT AN EMAIL TO OUR TO OUR ENTIRE DISTRICT ON FRIDAY, KIND OF OUTLINING WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH.
EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO OUR DISTRICT, YOU CAN JUST LOOK AROUND AND SEE ALL THE NEWS STORIES NATIONWIDE AND AND AROUND OUR REGION WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW FOR THE OMICRON VIRUS.
SO I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE AS TO WHERE TO WHERE WE ARE.
FIRST OF ALL, I'M GOING TO SHARE.
I'VE GOT SOURCES OF INFORMATION ALL OVER THE PLACE.
I'M NOT USING MY PHONE, I'M JUST OPENING UP A TEXT HERE.
SO JUST TO GIVE EVERYBODY AN EXAMPLE, PRIOR TO THE PRIOR TO COMING BACK FROM WINTER BREAK, WE HAVE OUR TESTING FACILITY RIGHT OVER HERE AT LEWISVILLE AND WE WERE TESTING AROUND 60 PEOPLE A DAY POTENTIAL POSITIVE COVID CASES, 60 PEOPLE A DAY WE WERE TESTING AND OUR R RATE OF POSITIVITY AT THAT POINT PRIOR TO THE BREAK WAS APPROXIMATELY 10 PERCENT.
SO IF WE TESTED 60 PEOPLE A DAY, IT WASN'T UNCOMMON FOR US TO SEE, YOU KNOW, SIX SEVEN EIGHT PEOPLE WHO WERE POSITIVE.
SINCE COMING BACK FROM THE BREAK.
JUST LAST WEEK, WE TESTED AN AVERAGE OF 130 PEOPLE A DAY THAT INCLUDED 130 STAFF AND 451 STUDENTS.
AND OUR POSITIVITY RATE FOR THE WEEK WAS 44 PERCENT.
SO TO GIVE YOU SOME REAL NUMBERS PRIOR TO THE BREAK AT OUR LAST BOARD MEETING, I REPORTED TO YOU THREE WEEKS WORTH OF DATA CASES FROM ELEVEN TWENTY TWO TO TWELVE TEN DURING THAT TIME.
WE HAD NINETY THREE CONFIRMED CASES.
NINE CASES WERE STAFF MEMBERS.
EIGHTY FOUR CASES WERE STUDENTS JUST IN THE LAST WEEK.
SO FROM ONE THREE TO TODAY WE'RE COUNTING THROUGH.
TODAY WE'VE HAD FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY SEVEN CASES, EIGHTY NINE FOR STAFF AND THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY EIGHT FOR STUDENTS.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT OMICRON IS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTING US.
TYPICALLY, I WOULD GIVE YOU THE DATA FOR THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS IMPACTED BY CLOSE CONTACTS, BUT WE'VE BEEN UNABLE TO KEEP UP WITH OUR CONTACT TRACING.
THE CONTACT TRACING AT THIS TIME HAS OVERWHELMED US TO A DEGREE.
I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK THAT WE ARE ALONE IN THESE NUMBERS.
IT'S THE SAME THING THAT I'M HEARING FROM VANCOUVER SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE SAME THING THAT I'M HEARING FROM RIDGEFIELD.
AND [INAUDIBLE], THE NUMBERS ARE SKYROCKETING EVERYWHERE AND THE IDEA OF CONTACT TRACING IS DIFFICULT, WE STILL ARE EXCLUDING STUDENTS AND WE'RE BEGINNING TO SEE AN IMPACT THERE AS WELL.
OUR AVERAGE ATTENDANCE RATE FOR STUDENTS IS RIGHT AROUND 90 PERCENT SINCE COMING BACK.
WE'VE SEEN THAT DROP SIGNIFICANTLY MONDAY AND TUESDAY.
WE WERE RIGHT AROUND EIGHTY FIVE PERCENT WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WE HAD SLID DOWN TO ABOUT EIGHTY THREE PERCENT.
AND BY THE END OF THE WEEK AND THEN TODAY, WE'RE RIGHT AROUND JUST A LITTLE OVER 80 PERCENT, HOVERING RIGHT NEAR EIGHTY ONE PERCENT.
SO IT IS ALSO BEGINNING TO IMPACT OUR STUDENT ATTENDANCE AS WELL AS OUR STAFF ATTENDANCE.
TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA ON STAFF ATTENDANCE, I DON'T HAVE MONDAY AND TUESDAY'S RESULTS.
WE WE STARTED TO GET AN IDEA THAT WE WERE HEADED THIS DIRECTION.
SO AND I ASKED FOR THESE STATS TO BE GIVEN TO US ON A DAILY BASIS.
BUT ON WEDNESDAY OF LAST WEEK, WE HAD ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY FIVE STAFF ABSENCES.
NINETY OF THOSE STAFF ABSENCES WENT UNFILLED.
THIRTY FOUR CERTIFICATED POSITIONS WENT UNFILLED.
FIFTY SIX CLASSIFIED POSITIONS WENT UNFILLED.
ON THURSDAY, WE HAD TWO HUNDRED AND ONE ABSENCES, SO NOT MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE ONE NINETY FIVE TO TWO OR ONE, BUT STILL RISING.
WE HAD EIGHTY EIGHT UNFILLED POSITIONS, SO WE ACTUALLY DID BETTER.
TWENTY NINE IN CERTIFICATED FIFTY NINE IN CLASSIFIED ON FRIDAY, THOUGH, WE HAD TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY FOUR ABSENCES.
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FORTY ONE OF THOSE WENT UNFILLED IN CERTIFICATED AND SIXTY SIX OF THOSE WENT UNFILLED, SO ONE HUNDRED AND SEVEN WENT UNFILLED.AND THEN TODAY WE HAD TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY SIX, SO OUR NUMBER OF ABSENCES WENT DOWN, BUT OUR NUMBER OF UNFILLED POSITIONS WENT UP.
AND I'M ASSUMING BECAUSE WE'RE NOW SEEING THE VIRUS BEGINNING TO IMPACT OUR SUB POOL.
SO TODAY WE HAD ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN UNFILLED POSITIONS FORTY NINE IN CERTIFICATED AND SIXTY FIVE IN CLASSIFIED.
I WANT TO STOP FIRST FOR JUST A SECOND AND JUST SAY A HUGE THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR STAFF IN ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS.
AND ALSO WANT TO THANK, YOU KNOW, OUR MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT.
I WANT TO THANK DISTRICT OFFICE.
I MEAN, LAST WEEK ON FRIDAY, KELLIE AND I DID LUNCH SUPERVISION AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS.
JILL SMITH TAUGHT A KINDERGARTEN CLASS, A SECOND GRADE CLASS, DAVE CRESAP WAS IN FOURTH GRADE MATH CLASS THAT HE TAUGHT.
MIKE MASHAD WAS OUT DOING COVERING CLASSES AT CAPTAIN ALL DAY, SO DISTRICT OFFICE IS ASSUMING SOME OF THAT RESPONSIBILITY.
BUT THE BURDEN OF THE WORK, THE BURDEN OF THE EFFORT IS FALLING ON OUR INDIVIDUAL BUILDINGS.
WE HAVE TEACHERS THAT EVERY SINGLE DAY ARE GIVING UP THEIR PREP PERIOD SO THAT THEY CAN COVER CLASSES FOR CLASSES WHERE WE DON'T HAVE SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS.
WE HAVE CUSTODIANS COMING OUTSIDE AND HELPING WITH LUNCH SUPERVISION AND RECESS SUPERVISION.
WE HAVE COUNSELORS AND LIBRARIANS AND INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES AND PSYCHOLOGISTS AND AND CLASSIFIED STAFF THAT IS STEPPING UP AND MOVING OUT OF THEIR POSITIONS AND STEPPING INTO CLASSROOMS AND SERVING AS SUBS.
SEARS ARE COVERING OUR SPECIAL ED ASSISTANTS ARE COVERING SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSROOMS. SO WE HAVE ALL HANDS ON DECK AND SO FAR WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO IT.
BUT AGAIN, I WANT TO STRESS THAT WE WOULDN'T COME CLOSE TO BEING ABLE TO DO THIS IF IT WASN'T FOR THE MONUMENTAL EFFORTS OF ALL OF OUR STAFF.
AND I DON'T WANT TO FORGET ONE PARTICULAR GROUP THAT'S BEEN IMPACTED SIGNIFICANTLY, AND THAT'S OUR BUILDING ADMINISTRATORS.
IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR OUR BUILDING ADMINISTRATORS TO BE COVERING CLASSES EVERY SINGLE DAY WHILE STILL HAVING TO DO THEIR DUTIES TO PERFORM OF RUNNING A BUILDING, WHICH IS, IS, IS, IS NO EASY TASK, AS YOU KNOW.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE THE SUPPORT THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM OUR FROM OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANT.
THERE'S A LOT OF PATIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING GOING ON, SOMETIMES BUILDING ADMINISTRATORS DISTRICT OFFICE.
WE'RE NOT ABLE TO GET BACK TO PEOPLE IN A IN A QUICK AMOUNT OF TIME, AND OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN GREAT UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE SEEING.
SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE MOVING IN THE DIRECTION OF SHIFTING TO SOME REMOTE LEARNING.
TODAY, IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE VANCOUVER SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL BE MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION.
WELL THAT HAVE TWENTY FIVE PERCENT OF THEIR DISTRICT ON A ROLLING BASIS.
SO A DIFFERENT TWENTY FIVE PERCENT FOR THE NEXT FOUR WEEKS WILL SHIFT TO REMOTE LEARNING.
THEY DID THAT MOSTLY BECAUSE OF BUSSES AND THEIR INABILITY.
THEY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF BUS DRIVERS THAT ARE OUT.
AGAIN, WE ARE NOT IN THAT POSITION, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO UPDATE THE BOARD AND GIVE THEM THE NUMBERS.
A LITTLE BIT OF GOOD NEWS IS TODAY WE WERE ABLE TO GET CONFIRMATION FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH THAT THEY HAVE CHANGED OUR QUARANTINE AND ISOLATION GUIDANCE TO BE MORE IN LINE WITH THE STATE.
IN ADDITION TO THAT CONTACT TRACING FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONTACT TRACING AND CLASSROOMS, STAFF WILL BE IDENTIFIED FOR CLOSE CONTACT IF THEY ARE WITHIN THREE FEET.
AND THIS IS A CHANGE USED TO BE SIX FEET.
SO NOW IT'S THREE FEET, SO THAT'LL CREATE LESS CONTACT TRACING IN THAT AREA.
INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID 19, PEOPLE WHO TEST POSITIVE FOR COVID 19 CAN RETURN TO SCHOOL AFTER ISOLATING FOR A FULL FIVE DAYS, WHICH MEANS ON DAY SIX THEY CAN RETURN AS LONG AS THEY DON'T HAVE ANY SYMPTOMS. AND THEY ARE, AND THEY ARE NOT.
SO IF THEY HAVE NO SYMPTOMS AT PRESENT OR SYMPTOMS ARE RESOLVING AND THERE'S NO FEVER THAT IS PRESENT THEY CAN RETURN, AND A NEGATIVE TEST RESULT FOR THOSE IS NOT
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NEEDED SO THEY CAN JUST COME BACK WITHOUT A TEST.FOR THOSE IDENTIFIED AS QUARANTINED OR CLOSE CONTACT, THEY CAN ALSO RETURN AFTER A FULL FIVE DAYS.
HOWEVER, THEY HAVE TO HAVE A NEGATIVE TEST, BUT DIFFERENT FROM BEFORE WHERE IT HAD TO BE A PCR TEST WHERE WE HAD TO SEND IT AWAY AND YOU HAD TO WAIT 72 HOURS.
IT NO LONGER HAS TO BE A PCR TEST.
IT CAN JUST BE A RAPID ANTIGEN TEST.
SO WE ARE SHIFTING OUR TESTING FACILITY AWAY FROM PCRS TO RAPID ANTIGEN TESTING.
SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THAT AVAILABLE AND ALL OF OUR FAMILIES CAN ACCESS THAT.
SO IF THEY WANT TO ACCESS THAT ON DAY FIVE, THEY CAN CREATE AN APPOINTMENT.
WE CAN GIVE THEM A TEST IF IT'S NEGATIVE AND WE CAN GET THOSE RESULTS IN 10 TO 15 MINUTES.
THEY CAN COME BACK TO SCHOOL THE NEXT DAY.
ALSO IS THAT A HOME TEST CAN NOW BE USED SO PARENTS CAN ACTUALLY AVOID COMING DOWN HERE TO DISTRICT OFFICE.
IF THEY GO GET A HOME TEST AND SHOW US PROOF OF THE TEST.
AND ALL THEY HAVE TO DO TO SHOW US PROOF OF THE TEST IS SIMPLY TAKE A QUICK PICTURE OF IT, PUT THE STUDENT'S NAME ON IT AND THE DATE OF THE TEST.
TAKE A QUICK PICTURE OF THE TEST.
MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN SEE THE RESULT THAT IT'S NEGATIVE AND THEY CAN JUST BRING THAT PICTURE IN.
SHOW THAT TO AN INDIVIDUAL AT THE SCHOOL AND THEY CAN ALSO COME BACK AFTER FIVE DAYS.
SO WE'RE HOPING THOSE TWO THINGS WILL REDUCE THE NUMBER OF ABSENCES THAT THAT WE ARE SEEING.
I WILL SAY THAT TESTING AND THE PROVISION OF TESTING HAS PROVEN TO BECOME DIFFICULT.
WE ACTUALLY RAN OUT OF TESTS ON FRIDAY OF LAST WEEK, AND THAT'S NOT ANY ANY NEGLIGENCE ON OUR PART.
WE'VE ORDERED THE TEST JUST LIKE WE'VE ORDERED THEM BEFORE.
THEY SAY THERE IS NO BACK LOAD OF TESTS.
THERE'S JUST A BACK LOAD OF THE LOGISTICS OF BEING ABLE TO GET THE TESTS OUT AGAIN.
SO WE'RE NOT LOOKED UPON AS WELL.
HOW COME BATTLEGROUND IS OUT OF TESTS? THAT NOBODY ELSE IS OUT OF TEST.
OTHER PEOPLE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TESTS.
THE ESD RAN OUT OF TESTS TODAY AND VANCOUVER SCHOOL DISTRICT RAN OUT OF TESTS.
THE ONLY TESTS WE CURRENTLY HAVE ARE THE TESTS THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR ATHLETES, AND WE DON'T WANT TO USE THOSE BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO SHUT DOWN SPORTS.
WE STILL HAVE TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF TESTING ATHLETES THREE TIMES PER WEEK AND THE DAY OF A CONTEST.
SO WE'VE GOT ENOUGH TESTS FOR THOSE ATHLETES TO GET US THROUGH AT LEAST THIS WEEK, AND WE'RE HOPEFUL WE WE WILL BE MAKING A CHANGE WITH OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS.
WE WERE GOING TO BE TESTING OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS, WHICH WOULD ALLOW THEM TO COMPETE WITHOUT MASKS.
WE'RE UNABLE TO DO THAT AT THIS POINT.
SO IN ORDER FOR US TO CONTINUE WITH OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE ATHLETES WEAR MASKS.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO WORK EXTRA MASK BREAKS INTO THE MINUTES OF A GAME CONTEST, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DID DO LAST YEAR WHEN WE HAD HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS.
AND SO WE KNOW IT'S POSSIBLE TO DO AND IT WON'T PUT US AT A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE BECAUSE WE'RE ONLY PLAYING THE TEAMS IN OUR OWN DISTRICT AND ALL OF OUR TEAMS WILL BE DOING THAT.
BUT THAT WILL SAVE US ON SOME OF THE TESTING AND ALLOW US TO USE SOME OF THE RAPID TESTS FOR THE TESTING THAT I POINTED OUT WE NEED TO DO FOR STUDENTS.
SO THAT KIND OF GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE WE ARE AND HOW WE ARE ADJUSTING.
THE CHANGES ARE COMING QUICKLY IN THE SPAN OF HOURS.
WE ARE ADJUSTING AND TRYING TO CHANGE.
AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE TO ALL THE PARENTS WHO MIGHT BE LISTENING IN AND GET FRUSTRATED BECAUSE THEY CALL US UP AT EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING AND WE SAY, NO, I'M SORRY, THEY CAN'T RETURN YET BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE DOH GUIDANCE.
AND THEN TWO HOURS LATER, WE SAY, YES, YOU CAN RETURN BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THE DOH GUIDANCE, BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A TEST.
AND THEN AN HOUR LATER, THEY SAY, I JUST HEARD THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE A TEST AND WE CHECKED THE GUIDANCE AGAIN AND IT SAYS, YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A TEST NOW, NOT FOR THAT, BUT FOR THIS.
WELL, CAN I USE A HOME TEST AND WE SAY NO, UNFORTUNATELY, YOU CAN'T USE A HOME TEST BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE A TEST ADMINISTERED BY HEALTH OFFICIALS.
AND THEN TWO HOURS LATER, WE SAY, OK, YOU CAN DO THAT.
SO I'VE BEEN MAKING A LOT OF PHONE CALLS TODAY.
I'VE BEEN APOLOGIZING A LOT, BUT IT'S JUST THE NATURE OF THE BEAST THAT WE ARE IN.
SO I'M GOING TO STOP THERE BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION.
I'M EVEN PRETTY IMPRESSED WITH MYSELF.
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REMEMBER ALL OF THAT, BUT FEEL FREE TO TO ASK AWAY IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.WELL, I KNOW IT TAKES ALL OF US TO EVEN TRY TO KEEP UP ON THAT AND AND CLEARLY THE INFORMATION'S GET TO YOU QUICKLY AND THE QUICKER WE CAN GET IT OUT TO OUR CITIZENS, THE BETTER.
WE DID RELEASE AN EMAIL TODAY READY TO WORK.
AS THINGS WERE CHANGING, HAD TO ADAPT SEVERAL TIMES TODAY.
NO, WAIT, DON'T PRESS THE BUTTON.
IT DID GO OUT TO STAFF RIGHT AROUND 4:30 OR SO.
AND I THINK IT WENT OUT TO PARENTS RIGHT AT FIVE O'CLOCK.
SO PARENTS HAVE THAT INFORMATION AND WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE DOING SOME CLARIFICATION ON THAT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY AND ALL OF THIS, I WANT TO SAY, I KNOW THERE IS STILL A GREAT DEAL OF FEAR, AND I'VE HEARD FROM BOTH THE PARENTS SIDE AND THE STAFF SIDE WHO ARE DISCOURAGED BY THE FACT THAT IT APPEARS THAT, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS THE STATE, PERHAPS THE THE DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS EVEN MYSELF ARE ALLOWING POSITIVE CASES TO OCCUR.
WE ARE STILL I WANT TO MAKE IT VERY, VERY CLEAR WE ARE STILL FOLLOWING THE GUIDANCE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
WE HAVE NOT STEPPED OUTSIDE THAT GUIDANCE.
WE ARE FOLLOWING THAT GUIDANCE.
THEY HAVE CHANGED AND ADAPTED AS WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT THE THE NOT ONLY THE VIRILITY OF THE OMICRON, BUT THE SEVERITY OF THE OMICRON AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS WE'RE NOT SEEING THAT SAME LEVEL OF SEVERITY THAT WE SAW WITH EARLIER VARIATIONS OF THE COVID.
AND SO THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING.
BUT AGAIN, I WANT TO STRESS TO ANYBODY WHO HAS CONCERNS.
WE ARE CLOSELY MONITORING DOH GUIDELINES AND WE ARE FOLLOWING ALL OF THE DOH GUIDELINES.
QUESTION, DO YOU THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY IF WE NEED TO, TO PREVENT CLOSURE FROM SCHOOLS, TO DO THE REMOTE, SINCE VANCOUVER HAS BEEN GIVEN SOMEWHAT OF A MODIFIED PERMISSION TO DO THAT? OR DO YOU THINK THAT'LL MOVE IN THIS DIRECTION? RIGHT.
AND I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THE REASON VANCOUVER IS SHIFTING TO REMOTE AGAIN IS THE BUSSING AND THE TRANSPORTATION THAT'S RIGHT, IN THE INABILITY TO GET KIDS TO SCHOOL.
THERE'S A LOT OF CHALLENGES WITH REMOTE.
I'LL TRY TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THEM WITH YOU, AND SHELLY CAN HELP ME OUT.
BUT ONE OF THE CHALLENGES, FOR INSTANCE, IS JUST THE NUMBER OF STAFF THAT WE HAVE OUT ILL.
NOW, FINDING SUBSTITUTES FOR REMOTE LEARNING IS TWICE AS DIFFICULT.
SO GOING OUT ON REMOTE WITH THE IDEA THAT WE WOULD THEN BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A QUALITY PRODUCT WOULD BE DIFFICULT IN ITSELF BECAUSE WE WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO GET A TEACHERS BECAUSE THEY'RE SICK AND WE CAN'T ASK THEM TO WORK IF THEY'RE SICK.
NOW I KNOW IF WE WERE SEEING THE INCREASED NUMBERS IN CLOSE CONTACTS AND PEOPLE WHO WERE QUARANTINED, THAT MIGHT BE A DIFFERENT STORY, BUT WE'RE SEEING PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT BECAUSE THEY ARE ACTUALLY SICK.
THE OTHER ISSUE IS THE ONE THAT WE STILL HAVE CHALLENGES WITH, ESPECIALLY IN BATTLEGROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT IS ONE OF EQUITY.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO SHIFT TO REMOTE UNLESS WE CAN ASSURE THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS CAN ACCESS REMOTE AND WE KNOW WHAT A CHALLENGE IT WAS WITH INTERNET ACCESS.
THE THE OTHER THE OTHER THING IS THAT I COULD SEE US SHIFTING TO REMOTE FOR PARTICULAR BUILDINGS IF WE NEED IT.
BUT THAT'S THE OTHER INTERESTING THING IS THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, WE HAVE SOME BUILDINGS THAT HAVE ZERO STAFF ABSENT.
WE HAVE SOME BUILDINGS THAT HAVE ONE OR TWO STAFF ABSENT, AND THEN WE HAVE OTHER BUILDINGS THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, 12 OR 13 ABSENT OR EIGHT UNFILLED POSITIONS, AND THAT IS A REAL CHALLENGE FOR THEM.
BUT SO FAR, WE ARE MAKING IT WORK.
WE HAVE DEVELOPED A PLAN WHERE WE ARE GOING TO TAKE SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS AND ACTUALLY CLOSE THEM DOWN FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND REUSE STAFF IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS SO THAT WE CAN KEEP SCHOOLS OPEN.
AND I'M HESITANT TO GO ANY FURTHER THAN THAT BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T COMMUNICATED IT WITH THOSE THAT MIGHT BE, IN FACT, AFFECTED BY IT.
I WON'T SAY GET INFECTED, WHICH WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN MAYBE APPROPRIATE IN THIS SETTING.
BUT WE HAVEN'T COMMUNICATED WITH THOSE THAT ARE HAVE BEEN AFFECTED.
BUT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN DO FIRST BEFORE WE GET TO HAVING TO CLOSE.
AND SO WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THOSE MIGHT WILL WORK.
THE OTHER THING THAT'S SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT THAN WHEN WE WERE IN REMOTE
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PREVIOUSLY IS WE HAVE INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTE REQUIREMENTS NOW THAT WE DID NOT HAVE THEN.PLUS OUR ATTENDANCE HAS NOT CHANGED.
SO WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A SYSTEM FOR ASSURING THAT ALL STUDENTS WERE ACTUALLY GETTING ONLINE.
AND IF THEY DID NOT ON COUNT DAY, THAT WOULD IMPACT OUR FUNDING.
THE OTHER THING IS WE DID NOT.
THE INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES PIECE WAS WAIVED FOR US.
DURING THAT TIME, WE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE SERVICES 70 PERCENT OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES THAT IS NORMALLY REQUIRED, SO STUDENTS WOULD BE ONLINE A LOT MORE TIME THAN THEY WERE WHEN WE WERE IN REMOTE.
AND WE KNOW SOME OF OUR, PARTICULARLY OUR YOUNGER LEARNERS.
IT WAS A CHALLENGE AS MUCH AS THEY WERE ON PREVIOUSLY, BUT THAT AMOUNT WOULD HAVE TO GO UP SUBSTANTIALLY FOR US TO MOVE TO REMOTE.
IF YOU REMEMBER, OUR REMOTE SYSTEM IN LAST YEAR WAS, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES STUDENTS CAME IN THE MORNING AND THEN IN THE AFTERNOON THEY HAD OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK ON TEACHERS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT TOGETHER PLANNING.
WE WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO DO THAT.
WE WOULD BASICALLY HAVE TO RUN THE REMOTE CLASS LIKE WE RUN SCHOOL.
SO FIRST PERIOD WOULD GO FROM EIGHT O'CLOCK TILL NINE O'CLOCK AND THEN STUDENTS WOULD LOG OFF AND LOG ON TO THEIR SECOND PERIOD CLASS FROM NINE TO, YOU KNOW, AND FOLLOW THAT ROUTINE THAT HAS SOME CHALLENGES IN ITSELF.
INTERESTINGLY, AS DENNY AND I WERE OUT LAST FRIDAY, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I ASKED HIGH SCHOOLERS AT PRAIRIE WHEN I WAS THERE, AS I SAID, WHEN I WOULD GO AROUND AND REMIND THEM THEY WERE DONE EATING, SO IT WAS TIME TO PUT THEIR MASKS BACK ON RATHER THAN WHAT I ANTICIPATED WAS A LITTLE FLAK ABOUT THAT.
I JUST SAID, WE WANT TO KEEP EVERYBODY IN SCHOOL.
COULD YOU PUT YOUR MASK BACK ON IF YOU'RE DONE EATING? MANY, MANY STUDENTS SAID, YEAH, WE WANT TO STAY IN SCHOOL.
SO I DO THINK, TOO, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO KNOW IS FOR EVERY ONE PERSON THAT'S TELLING US, OH, LET'S JUST GO REMOTE.
WE HAVE TWO OR THREE MORE WHO ARE SAYING, PLEASE DON'T MAKE US GO BACK REMOTE.
SO, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IT'S A MIXED BAG, IT ALWAYS IS A MIXED BAG.
OUR CONCERN IS WE SWITCH MAKE SWITCHES OVER TO REMOTE AS AN ENTIRE SYSTEM.
IT TAKES A LOT OF EFFORT TO DO THAT FOR OUR STAFF, ALL OF OUR STAFF TO MAKE THOSE KIND OF CHANGES.
WE MIGHT BE TALKING ABOUT A SURGE THAT'S TWO, THREE, FOUR WEEKS AND THEN WE MOVE BACK TO THIS KIND OF A SYSTEM THAT'S A LOT OF EFFORT ON OUR STAFF.
IF WE CAN MAKE CHANGES TO HELP US SHIFT STAFF CONTINUE TO SHIFT STAFF INTO POSITIONS, DISTRICT OFFICE HELP OUR INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES, SOME OF OUR OTHER STAFF HELP DURING THIS TIME.
I THINK THAT WE WILL BE BE BETTER PREPARED TO PROVIDE A CONTINUITY TO OUR STUDENTS IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS THAN IF WE WERE TO HAVE TO MAKE A WIDE SPREAD CHANGE.
AND AGAIN, I JUST CAN'T SAY ENOUGH THANKS TO ALL OF OUR STAFF IN THE BUILDINGS THERE.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, FOR EVERY DISTRICT, IT IS A CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW.
SHELLEY AND I WERE COMMENTING THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE REMEMBER WHEN WE FIRST WENT OUT ON REMOTE AND WHAT THOSE NUMBERS, THOSE CASE NUMBERS WERE LIKE, THEN WE WOULD TAKE THAT IN A HEARTBEAT.
NOWADAYS, THEY'RE ESTIMATING OUR PER ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND WAS SOMEWHERE AROUND THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY SEVEN.
THE LAST TIME WE MET, THEY'RE ESTIMATING THAT IT COULD GET HIGH AS FIFTEEN HUNDRED PER ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND.
SO BY THE TIME WE'RE AT THE PEAK, SO IT IS SIGNIFICANT.
RATHER THAN SWITCH TO REMOTE, IF THERE WERE A DAY OR TWO WHERE A SCHOOL OR A CERTAIN GRADE LEVEL HAD TO SHUT DOWN, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THEIR SCHOOL YEAR WOULD BE EXTENDED? YES.
AND WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT WHAT OUR OPTIONS MIGHT BE.
WE COULD DO THAT AND THEN EXTEND, WE WOULD HAVE TO EXTEND THE YEAR BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THERE ARE NO EMERGENCY WAIVERS IN PLACE FOR THIS.
WELL, WHEREAS BUT BUT I WILL SAY THAT THAT THAT COULD POSSIBLY CHANGE TOO, BECAUSE IN THE LAW THAT ALLOWS FOR EMERGENCY WAIVERS, HEALTH CRISES ARE NOT THE WORD HEALTH.
HEALTH SITUATIONS ARE ONE OF THE REASONS WHY YOU CAN GRANT AN EMERGENCY WAIVER.
BUT AT THIS POINT, THE STATE HAS NOT INDICATED OSP IS NOT INDICATED THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO GRANT ANY WAIVERS.
SO ANY DAY WHERE WE DON'T GO TO SCHOOL AND WE CAN'T IMPLEMENT REMOTE LEARNING TO FIDELITY WOULD REQUIRE US TO MAKE IT UP.
AND WE ARE TRYING TO BALANCE, YOU KNOW, AS I SAID IN MY LETTER, WE'RE TRYING
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TO BALANCE THE HEALTH AND SAFETY NEEDS OF OUR STAFF AND STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY ALONG WITH WE KNOW WE KNOW THAT THE LEARNING IMPACT ON LEARNING IS SIGNIFICANT, MOVING TO REMOTE OR SHUTTING DOWN.WE KNOW THAT THE MENTAL HEALTH COMPONENT IS SIGNIFICANT.
WE WANT TO AVOID THAT AT ALL COSTS.
AND WE KNOW THAT IT CREATES, JUST A LOT OF DIFFICULTY THAT IT CREATES.
I'LL TELL YOU, I AM WORRIED WITH THE SHUTTING DOWN OF OTHER DISTRICTS, THE IMPACT THAT THAT HAS ON OUR STAFFING BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE'LL HAVE TEACHERS WHO HAVE KIDS AT THOSE SCHOOLS WHO WILL NOW HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET SOME SUPERVISION BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE IN SCHOOL THE NEXT WEEK.
SO THOSE KINDS OF THINGS MAY ADD TO OUR CONCERNS AND I JUST THOUGHT OF THAT RIGHT NOW AS I WAS SITTING HERE.
SO AT THIS POINT, AS VANCOUVER SAID, A WEEK.
OK, SO A QUARTER OF THEIR SCHOOLS FOR ONE WEEK OR QUARTER OF THEM THE NEXT WEEK OR SO WHEN THEY'RE DONE WITH THEIR FOUR WEEK ROTATION, EACH SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT WOULD HAVE SPENT A WEEK ON REMOTE OK.
THEY'RE LOOKING TO DO THOSE BY FEEDER SCHOOLS.
SO FEEDERS INTO COLUMBIA RIVER? AND THEY HAVEN'T TOUCHED THEIR PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
I MEAN, THEIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, IT'S ONLY THEIR MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND THEIR HIGH SCHOOLS.
AND AGAIN, IT'S IT'S PRIMARILY TO FREE UP BUS DRIVERS SO THAT THEY CAN GET THE REST OF THE DISTRICT TO SCHOOL.
AND HOW IS OUR SUPPLY OF TESTS FOR TEACHERS? WE, AS I WAS SITTING HERE, I JUST GOT A AN EMAIL THAT SAYS THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED PATIENCE.
THE FOLLOWING ARE TRACKING NUMBERS FOR SUPPLIES FOR TESTS TO BATTLEGROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO WE HAVE TODAY WE ARE OFFERING TESTING FOR TEACHERS EVERY MORNING FROM SIX TO EIGHT A.M.
TEACHERS CAN COME TO KC AND IF THEY HAVE SYMPTOMS OR THEY'RE CONCERNED THAT THEY MIGHT BE POSITIVE FOR COVID, WE'RE TESTING THEM.
TODAY, WE HAD OVER 40 TEACHERS SHOW UP AT KC IN THE MORNING AND OUT OF THOSE 40, WE HAD 10 POSITIVES.
SO BUT WE HAD 30 TEACHERS THAT WERE THEN ABLE TO GO INTO THEIR CLASSROOMS AND CONTINUE WORKING.
AND I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THANK YOU FOR JOGGING MY MEMORY.
BUT ALL OF THAT IS BEING DONE BY CATHY SHANNON AND NIKKI MOSS, WHO ARE COMING INTO WORK NOW AT 5:45 AND SPENDING LONG, LONG HOURS FILLING IN FOR NURSES AND DOING ALL KINDS OF TESTING.
SO, YOU KNOW, YEAH, WHAT CAN YOU SAY? EXCEPT WOW.
YEAH, HOW MANY SNOW DAYS DO WE HAVE BUILT INTO OUR CALENDAR? THREE.
TWO AT THE END OF THE YEAR, ONE COMING UP IN MARCH.
WE'VE ACTUALLY THOUGHT ABOUT IT, MARY, LIKE NEXT WEEK, FOR INSTANCE, WE'VE GOT MARTIN LUTHER KING.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE END OF THE SEMESTER.
THAT'S PART OF OUR DIFFICULTIES IS THE CHALLENGES WE'RE COMING UP ON THE END OF THE SEMESTER.
SO IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO SHIFT TO THE END OF THE SEMESTER WHEN WE'RE EXPECTING ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO PLAN TO TAKE, YOU KNOW, IMPORTANT END OF THE SEMESTER TESTS AND ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS TO CONSIDER.
AND THE ONLY ADVANTAGE WOULD BE IF YOU HAVE A LONG WEEKEND ANYWAY, THAT WOULD THAT MANY DAYS MAYBE GET MORE PEOPLE THROUGH THE.
WHAT WE'VE SEEN, THOUGH HARD TO SEE.
YEAH, WHAT WE'VE SEEN JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, THOUGH, IS BECAUSE SCHOOLS ARE ACTUALLY PROVING IN ALL OF THE STUDIES AND ALL OF THE DATA THAT'S COMING OUT OF OUR LOCAL DISTRICTS, SCHOOLS ARE SHOWING TO BE ONE OF THE SAFER PLACES FOR STUDENTS BECAUSE THEY'RE PRACTICING THE BEHAVIORS THAT AND THE MAJORITY OF OUR CASES.
WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS IT COMES BACK AFTER A LONG WEEKEND.
SO IN SOME SENSE, IT MIGHT HELP US WITH THE STAFFING.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IT HELPS US WITH THE OVERALL CASES, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S BLOWING UP THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
WE DO FEEL LIKE IT MIGHT BE WORTH WAITING A LITTLE BIT LONGER BECAUSE OF THE PROJECTIONS OF THE SURGE REALLY HITTING AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
SO IF IT DID GET MUCH WORSE, IT WOULD GET WE COULD USE THOSE DAYS THERE.
DON'T WANT TO USE THEM TOO SOON.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IT'S CONSUMED A GREAT DEAL OF TIME FOR EVERYBODY.
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UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S NOT SO MUCH ABOUT MOVING FORWARD AS IT IS HANGING ON, AND THAT'S JUST THE REALITY THAT WE'RE AT.AND WITH THAT, IT'S MY SEGWAY INTO TALKING TO REPORTING TO MR. CHAMPINE ABOUT OUR RECLASSIFICATION COMMITTEE.
I WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT WE HAD A MEETING SCHEDULED FOR LAST WEEK, EXCEPT WE HAD PEOPLE WHO WERE SUPPOSED TO BE PART OF THAT MEETING WHO WERE OUT SICK.
AND WE JUST HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET BACK WHERE WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE MAKEUP OF THE COMMITTEE AND HOW WE WOULD PUT THAT TOGETHER AND WHAT THE TIMELINE WOULD BE.
SO, UNFORTUNATELY, I APOLOGIZE.
I DON'T HAVE A LOT TO ADD ON THAT, EXCEPT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT ANOTHER ONE ON THE BOOKS FOR LATER THIS WEEK AND WE'LL SIT DOWN AND GET THAT STARTED.
AND RATHER THAN WAIT UNTIL OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING, IF WE GET SOME THINGS DECIDED, WE'LL SEND IT OUT TO THE BOARD AS AN ENTIRETY AND LET YOU KNOW.
BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW WE HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN.
IT'S JUST BEEN A LITTLE BIT CHALLENGING.
AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO HR FOR AN HR REPORT.
WELL, NOT MUCH LEFT TO SHARE AFTER THAT.
SO I THINK DENNY SHARED QUITE A BIT OF WHAT WAS ON MY LIST TO SHARE, BUT ESSENTIALLY WE ARE ALL WORKING TOGETHER TO ADDRESS THESE STAFFING CONCERNS.
AND AGAIN, JUST LIKE DENNY HAD SAID, WE GREATLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE FROM CUSTODIANS TO OR ADD SUPPORT TO DIRECTORS TO SUPERINTENDENT.
PEOPLE ARE ALL STEPPING IN AND OUR TEACHERS STEPPING IN AS WELL.
SO WE KNOW THAT WORDS CAN'T EXPRESS HOW MUCH WE WE APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S EFFORTS, BUT WE ARE WE ARE NOTICING IT.
SO THAT IS OUR HOPE THAT YOU'LL GET US THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
SO A COUPLE OF OTHER PIECES I'D LIKE TO SHARE.
THE EXTRACURRICULAR CONTRACT TODAY WAS RATIFIED WITH THEIR MEMBERS, AND SO THAT IS GREAT NEWS AND WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO BRING THAT TO YOU AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING FOR YOUR APPROVAL.
AND THEN WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR ASSOCIATIONS ON ALL OF THESE ISSUES AND OBVIOUSLY WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING ANY CONCERNS OR MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING ANY KIND OF ANY ANY CONCERNS THAT ARE COMING UP THROUGH OUR DECISION MAKING IN THIS PROCESS.
I DON'T KNOW THAT I NEED TO REHASH ALL OF THE ALL OF OUR CREATIVE WAYS THAT WE ARE COVERING COVERING OUR CLASSROOMS. BUT CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION JUST BECAUSE I GET THIS QUESTION A LOT, AND I THINK IT'D BE GOOD TO SAY IT PUBLICLY.
WHAT IS REQUIRED TO BE A SUBSTITUTE? BECAUSE I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE ALL ARE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE, BUT IT'D BE GOOD TO KNOW WHAT'S REQUIRED.
WELL, WE'D LOVE FOR PEOPLE TO LOVE KIDS, WORK WITH KIDS.
THE OTHER PIECE IS IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO HAVE A BACHELOR'S DEGREE.
THAT WAS A KIND OF A PRACTICE THAT WE HAD IN PLACE PRE-COVID.
WE HAVE KIND OF EXTENDED THAT AND ARE ALLOWING PEOPLE WITH JUST A SEVERAL YEARS OF OF OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES TO BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR EMERGENCY CERTIFICATE.
AND RENEE SHEVCHUK AND RAY BALLIOL IN OUR OFFICE, THEY CAN HELP WITH HELP STAFF OR ANYBODY WHO'S INTERESTED IN INQUIRING ON HOW TO SUB HELP THEM WITH THE APPLICATION PROCESS.
AND THERE'S A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT POSITIONS THAT THAT PEOPLE CAN MAYBE COMFORTABLE WITH.
IT DOESN'T ALWAYS HAVE TO BE TEACHING.
IT COULD CERTAINLY BE CROSSING GUARDS.
IT COULD BE HELPING WITH RECESS SUPERVISION, HELPING OUT IN THE CAFETERIA.
ALL OF THESE POSITIONS ARE, THERE ARE OPENINGS, AND IT DEFINITELY ALLEVIATES OTHER PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO COVER AND ADMINISTRATIVE PEOPLE COVER A CLASSROOM, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY DON'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY BE IN THE CAFETERIA.
SO EVERY BIT HELPS, AND SO WE APPRECIATE OUR COMMUNITY.
THE ONLY THING THAT TENDS TO SLOW THE APPROVAL PROCESS DOWN IS THE FINGERPRINTING.
YES, YOU HAVE TO GET FINGERPRINTED AND BUT WE'RE PAYING VERY WELL RIGHT NOW BECAUSE YOU JUST VOTED LAST TIME TO INCREASE THE SUB RATE.
SO, YOU KNOW, AND TO MICHELLE'S POINT, I THINK CLASSIFIED PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE HOW MUCH A CLASSIFIED POSITION CAN HELP US.
BUT FROM DENNY REPORT, YOU HEARD THAT OFTENTIMES HALF OR MORE THAN HALF OF OUR
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STAFF THAT HAVE UNFILLED POSITIONS OR CLASSIFIED POSITIONS.THOSE INCLUDE EVERYTHING FROM OFFICE STAFF TO RECESS STAFF TO SPECIAL EDUCATION ASSISTANTS, CUSTODIAL STAFF.
SO THAT JUST REQUIRES A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA.
AND SO CERTAINLY WE WOULD WE WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYONE WHO HAS EXTRA TIME TO CONSIDER IT.
IT IS A LITTLE BIT SPENDY FOR THE FINGERPRINTING.
EIGHTY DOLLARS, BUT ONCE YOU'VE DONE THAT, IT'S GOOD FOR TWO YEARS OR IT'S FOREVER IF YOU STAY WITH US, BUT IT'S GOOD FOR TWO YEARS IF YOU'RE JUST RECREATIONALLY SUBBING FOR US, THOUGH.
SO WHAT'S THE TURNAROUND ON THE FINGERPRINTING? FINGERPRINTING, ONCE YOU GET THE APPOINTMENT IS VERY QUICK.
SO JUST GETTING THE APPOINTMENT, IT'S GETTING THE APPOINTMENT.
THEY HAVE A BIT OF A BACKLOG JUST BECAUSE OF ALL THE STAFFING CHANGES ACROSS THE DISTRICTS.
IT'S BETTER NOW THAN IT HAS BEEN RECENTLY.
SO ABOUT A COUPLE OF WEEKS OUT, IN MANY CASES SO AND THEN ANOTHER WEEK, OFTENTIMES FOR RESULTS SO IT CAN TAKE A FEW WEEKS TO GET THAT HOOP JUMPED THROUGH, FOR SURE.
WHAT? WHAT MECHANISMS ARE YOU USING TO ADVERTISE FOR SUBS? YEAH, GREAT QUESTION.
RITA AND CHRIS ARE WORKING ON AN ADVERTISEMENT TO GO IN THE REFLECTOR AND THEN ALSO TO GO ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE TO REACH TO REACH AS MANY PEOPLE.
WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING A JOB FAIR IN THE NEXT NEXT FEW WEEKS.
WE JUST NEED TO KIND OF BEGIN THAT PLANNING.
THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A PRIORITY.
SO WE DID SPEAK WITH EVERGREEN.
THEY DID A HIRING FAIR FOR PARA EDUCATORS AND FOR BUS DRIVERS.
IT WAS NOT OVERLY ATTENDED, BUT WE'RE OPEN TO ANY AND ALL IDEAS THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH.
CERTAINLY RUNNING AN AD IN THE NEWSPAPER IS NOT SOMETHING WE'VE DONE, AND OUR HOPE IS THAT THE REFLECTOR BEING SOMETHING THAT HITS MOST OF OUR PATRONS MAILBOXES EACH WEEK COULD NET US RESULTS BECAUSE PEOPLE, EVERYONE'S GETTING IT.
LAST QUESTION I HAD IS MAYBE MORE APPROPRIATE FROM THIS GUY, BUT WITH THIS NUMBER OF NEED FOR SUBS, ARE WE SEEING ANY FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS AND OR ANY, YOU KNOW, REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE STATE AND THIS EMERGENCY SITUATION OF HAVING SUCH HIGH NUMBERS OF STAFF OUT? YEAH.
SO THEY ARE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE SET ASIDE FOR IMPACT FOR COVID RELATED EXPENDITURES IS SUPPORTING THOSE ADDITIONAL COSTS.
THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, TED, BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY OVER, WE ALREADY OVERSPEND FOR SUBS AND NOW WE HAVE MORE SUBS THAN WE EVER HAD BEFORE.
WE ARE USING ESSER FUNDS TO COVER THAT.
OK, NOW WE'RE GOING TO SHIFT BACK TO THE REAL GOOD NEWS AGAIN.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS TO SHARE WITH YOU IN OUR TEACHING AND LEARNING UPDATE.
WE'RE GOING TO START WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE SEXUAL HEALTH PLAN, AND DAVE AND ALLISON ARE GOING TO SHARE WHERE WE ARE SINCE THEY REPORTED TO YOU IN NOVEMBER.
WE'RE HERE TODAY TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE FOR SEXUAL HEALTH COMMITTEE AND FOR THE ADOPTION PROCESS, SO WE WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE GONE AHEAD AND WE HAD AN APPLICATION PROCESS.
WE HAD FIFTY EIGHT-ISH APPLICANTS FOR THE COMMITTEE.
WE HAVE SELECTED OUR MEMBERS, SO WE WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS BETWEEN THE WINTER BREAK AND NOW.
AND SO WE HAVE FOUR TEACHERS THAT WILL BE ON THE COMMITTEE.
TWO OF THEM ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH STUDENTS IN A HEALTH CAPACITY.
WE HAD PLANNED ORIGINALLY TO HAVE SIX TEACHERS PARTICIPATE, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT.
SO WE ACTUALLY REDUCE THE NUMBER OF TEACHERS AND HAVE A PLAN FOR WORKING WITH THE TEACHERS SEPARATELY.
AND LARGELY THIS HAS TO DO BECAUSE OF MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS, WHICH IS A PRO CON, I GUESS.
BUT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS, MANY OF OUR PE HEALTH TEACHERS IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL ARE COACHES, AND SO THEY'RE NOT AVAILABLE WHEN OUR COMMITTEE IS GOING TO BE MEETING.
BUT WE TOOK THE EXTRA POSITIONS AND APPLIED THEM TO THE COMMUNITY PARENT GROUP.
SO WE INCREASED THE NUMBER OF PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WILL BE PARTICIPATING TO NINE AND THEN WE HAVE FOUR DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF AND ONE BOARD MEMBER.
OUR FIRST MEETING WILL BE TOMORROW AND WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER BOTH AN IN-PERSON OPTION AND A ZOOM OPTION FOR OUR COMMITTEE BASED ON THEIR COMFORT LEVEL WITH THE CURRENT COVID PROTOCOLS.
SO WE ARE GOING TO TRY OUT SOME NEW LOCALLY ACQUIRED, WE HOPE SKILLS WITH
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TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE THAT WORK FOR TOMORROW EVENING TO BE ABLE TO DO BOTH AT THE SAME TIME.AND WE WE BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE BALANCED REPRESENTATION AND WE WORKED REALLY HARD TO FIND COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO COME TO CENTER AND FIND COMMON GROUND.
ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE.
DAVE AND ALISON, THANK YOU, DAVE AND ALISON.
WE I WANT TO FIRST APOLOGIZE TO OUR TEACHERS WHO ARE HERE TO BE RECOGNIZED AND THEIR STUDENTS.
I TOLD THEM WE'D PROBABLY BE TO THEM BY ABOUT 6:30, SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
I'M GOING TO BLAME IT ON DENNY SO SO I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE THEM TO YOU.
THE FIRST ONE I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU IS JOHN NESBITT AND A COUPLE OF MEMBERS OF HIS LEGO LEAGUE ROBOTICS TEAM.
THEY PARTICIPATED IN REGIONAL COMPETITION IN DECEMBER, AND THEY ARE GOING ONTO STATE IN FEBRUARY.
AND I KNOW THAT YOU WILL WANT TO ASK THEM SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS.
ALSO, JOHN WAS RECOGNIZED AS THE MENTOR COACH FOR OUR REGION, SO HE WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE PERSON WHO WAS LEADING HIS TEAM IN A REALLY POSITIVE WAY.
THESE STUDENTS AND JOHN ARE FROM CHIEF MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WANT TO INTRODUCE THE STUDENTS? YES, I'LL HAVE THEM TALK.
THEY CAN EXPLAIN WHAT WE'RE DOING MORE THAN I CAN.
SHE'S BEEN DOING LEGO ROBOTICS FOR THREE YEARS, ABOUT THREE YEARS, AND SHE'S ON OUR GALAXY KEW GREEN TEAM.
HE'S BEEN DOING LEGO ROBOTICS FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS OFF AND ON, AND HE'S ON OUR DOUBLE TEAM, SO THEY WANTED TO KIND OF SHARE ABOUT THE PROGRAM.
GO FOR IT GUYS IF YOU GO OVER TO THE MICROPHONE.
SO I'M GOING TO EXPLAIN PRETTY MUCH THE PROJECT ASPECT, AND SHE'S GOING TO EXPLAIN PRETTY MUCH THE MORE THE ROBOT PART.
SO FOR THE PROJECT, YOU FIND A PROBLEM.
THIS YEAR IT'S THE CARGO CONNECT, WHICH IS LIKE YOU FIND A PROBLEM WITH LIKE THE CARGO INDUSTRY, SO LIKE SENDING PACKAGES AND SHIPPING AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO YOU FIND THE PROBLEM AND THEN YOU WORK WITH YOUR TEAM TO FIND A SOLUTION.
AND ONCE YOU FIND A SOLUTION, YOU TRIED WORKING AS HARD AS YOU CAN TO MAKE THAT LIKE MORE POSSIBLE TO LIKE, TRY CREATING MODELS OR LIKE GETTING IT OUT TO THE PUBLIC LIKE THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING.
SO THE PROBLEM THAT WE FOUND WAS THAT SOMETIMES DOGS ATTACKING MAIL CARRIERS MAKES IT SO THAT THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO CONTINUE DOING THEIR JOB BECAUSE THEY'RE INJURED AND ALSO MAKES IT SO THAT SOME PEOPLE AND SOME ROUTES ARE LESS LIKELY TO BE DELIVERED TO BECAUSE PEOPLE KNOW THERE'S A DOG THERE THAT IS AGGRESSIVE SO THEY DON'T WANT TO BE DELIVERING TO THAT AREA.
SO WE DESIGNED A SORT OF LEG PROTECTION TO PROTECT FROM THE DOGS WHEN THEY BITE SO THAT IT DOESN'T INJURE THEM AS MUCH.
AND THEY'RE ALREADY TRAINED TO PROTECT WITH THEIR MAIL BAGS, WHICH ARE PRETTY BIG AND THICK, SO THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO BLOCK WITH THE LEG GUARD INSTEAD OF JUST BEING BIT.
THEY THEY'VE GONE IN 3D MODELS AND 3D PRINTED KIND OF THEIR OWN NEW DESIGN FOR LIKE DOGS, SO THEY'RE STILL IN THE PROTOTYPING PHASE.
THEY MADE A KIND OF A HEXAGONAL CHAIN MAIL, IF YOU WILL, THAT WE'VE UTILIZED THE 3-D PRINTERS AT SCHOOL AND A COUPLE OF 3-D PRINTERS AT HOME.
AND THIS IS NEARLY FULL SIZE NOT GOING TO PROTECT SOMEONE'S ENTIRE LIFE.
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YES, WE GET THE IDEA, THOUGH OBVIOUSLY PICKED A TIMELY TOPIC.YEAH, YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE HARDWARE? SO THE ROBOT PART EACH YEAR, THERE'S A DIFFERENT BOARD THAT HAS AROUND 17 MISSIONS, AND THE MISSIONS ARE BASED OFF THE NEWEST THEMES.
SO THIS YEAR'S THEME WAS CARGO.
SO THE THEME, THE MISSIONS WERE BASED OFF OF CARGO.
AND EACH YEAR YOU HAVE TO DESIGN AND CREATE A ROBOT TO CODE AND THEN HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHICH MISSIONS WORK BEST FOR YOU TO CODE.
AND THEN YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE ROBOT DO IT.
AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU GET A TIME LIMIT OF TWO MINUTES AND 30 SECONDS.
AND SO WE WERE FORTUNATE THIS YEAR AT OUR REGIONAL CONTEST THAT BOTH OF OUR TEAMS HAVE MADE IT QUALIFIED FOR THE STATE CONTENT CONTEST IN FEBRUARY, SO WE'RE EXCITED TO GO SEE HOW WE'LL DO THERE.
WHERE IS THE STATE CONTEST UP? OH YEAH, COOL.
IT'S THAT AMAZON MEDIA CENTER.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY KIND OF FEATURES ON OUR WEBSITE ON ANY OF THIS PICTURES OF THE.
COUPLE FUTURE MIT STUDENTS HERE.
SO HOW MANY FELLOW STUDENTS DO YOU HAVE IN YOUR GROUP? THERE'S FOUR OTHER PEOPLE ON THE TEAM I'M IN.
AND THERE'S ALSO FOUR OTHER MEMBERS ON THE TEAM THAT I AM ON.
DO ANY OF THE OTHER SCHOOLS HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY OR THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER SCHOOLS THAT HAVE COMPETED IN THE PAST? AND I KNOW LIKE DAYBREAK AND TO THE RIVER HOMELINK USUALLY HAVE TEAMS. THE CONTESTS WERE HELD A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY THIS YEAR.
WE NORMALLY ALL COMPETE AT ONE REGIONAL, BUT THEY OFFER THE REGIONAL IN-PERSON PLUS SOME ONLINE OPTIONS.
SO I'M NOT SURE IF SOME OF THOSE TEAMS HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THE ONLINE OPTIONS OR COMPETED IN OTHER REGIONAL CONTESTS.
BUT HOW MANY TEAMS ACROSS THE STATE? WE THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION THAT I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER FOR IT.
SO WHEN I WAS READING THE EMAIL, THERE WAS 14 TEAMS, INCLUDING OUR TEAM THAT GOT INTO THE INNOVATION PROGRAM.
BUT I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE TOTAL.
I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY COMPETE THERE.
THERE WERE A LOT OF REGIONAL TOURNAMENTS THERE, PROBABLY A HALF A DOZEN TO A DOZEN REGIONAL TOURNAMENTS WITH USUALLY 30 TEAMS AT EACH TOURNAMENT WOULD BE MY GUESS.
AND SO IT'S CONTINUALLY GROWING.
IT'S WONDERFUL THAT YOU HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COMPETE AT THE STATE LEVEL, AND I'M SURE IT'S GOING TO BE A MIND BOGGLING EXPERIENCE WITH ALL OF THOSE TEAMS. SO CONGRATULATIONS.
SO I THINK IT'S GREAT FOR YOU GUYS TO REMIND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT EXTRACURRICULARS TO THE COMMUNITY, IT'S NOT ALWAYS JUST BASKETBALL AND UH, CROSS-COUNTRY OR THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT ABOUT GROUPS LIKE THIS AS WELL.
I ALSO, AS A FORMER MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER, REALLY LOVED TO SEE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN THESE TYPES OF EVENTS BECAUSE I JUST THINK IT GROWS, IT BEGINS THERE AND CAN GROW INTO CAREERS AND INTO OTHER THINGS IN HIGH SCHOOL.
IT'S JUST A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY.
SO, SO GLAD TO SEE YOU GUYS DOING WELL AND ENJOYING WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
AND THE SCHOOL BOARD DOESN'T HAVE NEAR AS MUCH POWER AS SOME PEOPLE CLAIM THAT WE HAVE, BUT WE DO CONTROL THE AGENDA.
SO IF WE EVER NEED THOSE STUDENT VOICES UP FRONT, WE CAN ARRANGE THINGS AND GET THEM CLOSER TO THE FRONT.
WE SHOULD KNOW BY NOW, THE NEXT TIME I WILL REMEMBER THAT WE HAD NO IDEA WE WOULD HAVE THAT MANY THINGS TO SHARE WITH YOU THIS EVENING.
SO THE OTHER THING THAT I AM EXCITED TO TELL YOU ABOUT CERTAINLY NOT SOMEONE WHO'S A STRANGER TO WINNING AWARDS, BUT CERTAINLY A VERY HONORED AWARD TO RECEIVE WITH US TONIGHT IS BETH DOUGHTY.
SHE IS ALSO A TEACHER AT CHIEF MIDDLE SCHOOL HISTORY.
SHE HAS RECEIVED THE NATIONAL CITIZENSHIP CITIZENSHIP TEACHER'S AWARD.
AND THIS IS FOR TEACHING PROGRAMS THAT STIMULATE AN INTEREST IN AMERICAN HISTORY TO TRADITIONS, AMERICANISM, CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY, FLAG ETIQUETTE AND PATRIOTISM IN HER CLASSROOM.
AND SHE, SHE AND I ACTUALLY BEGAN TEACHING HERE AT LEWISVILLE TOGETHER MANY MOONS AGO, AND I'M JUST EXCITED FOR HER.
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SHE WILL BE SEEN IF SHE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT LEVEL.SO I'LL LET BETH TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE IN HER CLASSROOM AND HOW SHE DOES THOSE THINGS.
SO THIS IS THE VFW THAT I WON THIS AWARD, AND I WAS TOLD THAT I SHOULD FIND OUT BY JANUARY 19TH, SPOKANE HAS THE REGIONAL MEETING AND I'LL FIND OUT THAT IF I MOVE ON TO THE STATE LEVEL AND IF I WIN STATE LEVEL, THEN I COULD GO ON TO NATIONALS, WHICH WOULD BE IN KANSAS CITY IN THE SUMMER, I BELIEVE.
TWO YEARS AGO, IT'S BEEN LIKE EVERY OTHER YEAR.
SO FOUR YEARS AGO, WHEN THEY GO TO WASHINGTON STATE HISTORY TEACHER OF THE YEAR AND THEN TWO YEARS AGO, I WON THE SON OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
SO REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT HISTORY.
I'M REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT CIVICS, CIVIC MINDEDNESS, AND SO I REALLY DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO MAKE SURE MY STUDENTS ARE FULLY ENGAGED AND UNDERSTAND HOW TO BE ENGAGED IN CIVICS.
MULTIPLE NATIONAL HISTORY DAY COACH.
SO, YEAH, SO I LIKE TO DO AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO HAVE THE KIDS WRESTLE WITH PRIMARY SOURCES AND REALLY UNDERSTAND HISTORY IN A DIFFERENT WAY AND APPLY IT TO THEIR LIVES.
AND SO THAT HOPEFULLY IT'LL COME TO LIFE FOR THEM AND THEN THEY'LL CARE ABOUT CIVICS AND HISTORY.
SO, YEAH, I'M GOING TO HOPE THAT SOME OF HER STUDENTS COME BACK AND SERVE AS BOARD MEMBERS IN THE FUTURE, AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT COULD REALLY HAPPEN.
SO I KNOW IF I WIN THE NEXT ROUND.
I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY JUST THE STRIVING FOR IT THAT REALLY KEEPS YOU GOING.
IT'S NICE TO BE RECOGNIZED, ESPECIALLY WITH THIS DIFFICULT OF A YEAR TO HAVE SOMETHING RECOGNIZED LIKE THIS.
AND THAT'S IT FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING TONIGHT.
FOR MICHELLE DOES NOT HAVE WE DON'T HAVE A FINANCE REPORT BECAUSE MICHELLE IS GOING TO TALK IN A LITTLE BIT WHEN SHE DOES THE BUDGET HEARING.
SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO QUICKLY.
GET A QUICK REPORT FROM KEVIN JOLMA ON OPERATIONS.
GOOD EVENING, BOARD, I WILL KEEP IT BRIEF.
SNOW REMOVAL, WE GOT LUCKY WE HAD TO CLEAR TO TWO SCHOOLS LAST WEEK, RAIN DID MOST OF THE WORK AND AMBOY I JUST HAD A JOB.
THAT'LL BE BIDDING JANUARY 24TH, WHICH IS OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING AT TO ALL OF A PLACE HOLDER AND HOPE TO AWARD THAT NEXT.
MEETING CAPTAIN STRONG OVER THE CHRISTMAS BREAK, WE REMODELED THEIR MAIN OFFICE.
WE GOT RID OF ALL THE CHIPPED CABINETS AND THAT PEPTO-BISMOL COUNTERTOPS ARE NOW PRETTY BLUE.
LEWISVILLE, OUR NEW [INAUDIBLE] BUILDING ROOF, WILL START THIS MONTH.
WE ARE VERY DEEP IN ENGINEERING AND GETTING READY FOR THE CAM CAM MOVE OVER HERE.
SCOTT AND HIS STAFF AND MY AND MY STAFF HAVE A MEETING TOMORROW WITH THE ENGINEERS TO GET US FORMALLY GOING AND GETTING SOME DRAWINGS THAT WAY.
WE'RE ALMOST DONE WITH OUR FIRST DESIGN ON THE ON THE INITIAL 10 PLAQUES.
IT'S A UNIQUE ONE WHERE WE'RE ADDING THREE SCIENCE LABS, SO WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT IN A MODULAR BEFORE.
SO IT'S TAKEN US A LITTLE BIT OF TIME ON THAT.
ALSO DURING CHRISTMAS BREAK, WE CONVERTED A CLASSROOM UP AT YAKULT INTO A KINDERGARTEN CLASSROOM, REMOVED ALL THE CABINETS AND LOWERED THE CABINETS OUT OF THE SINK.
QUESTIONS? TOOK THE DAY OUT OF KINDERGARTEN CLASS OR JUST WHAT'S THAT WHERE THEY JUST MAKE AND DO UNTIL THEY COULD GET THAT OR? THEY ADDED AN EIGHTH.
OH, THEY ADDED AN EIGHTH IN THE KINDERGARTEN CLASS, SO WHICH IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO HAVE SINKS IN THOSE FOR THOSE LITTLE GUYS.
WELL, I HOPE IT ONLY SNOWS ON THE WEEKENDS FROM HERE ON OUT.
NO MORE, NO MORE, OK, JUST IN.
IF IT SNOWS, IT COUNTS JUST AS GOOD AS US TAKING THE DAY OFF.
WE'RE JUST GOING TO HOPE IT HAPPENS ON THE SURGE DATE, RIGHT? YEAH, YEAH.
AND THEN LAST WOULD BE COMMUNICATIONS, AND RITA HAS NOTHING TO REPORT.
SO NEXT UP WILL BE OUR CITIZENS COMMENTS.
[7. Citizens' Comments]
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AND JUST LIKE FOR THE STUDENTS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND WAITING THIS LONG.IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE HAD FIVE SPEAKERS.
I'VE GOT ON MY LIST TONIGHT, SO REMINDER TO BOTH THE BOARD AND THE AUDIENCE OUR POLICY 1400 ON PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF YOU'LL APPROACH THE MICROPHONE, REINTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOUR ASSOCIATION WITH BATTLEGROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT.
PLEASE WEAR YOUR MASK OVER YOUR NOSE AND MOUTH WHILE YOU'RE SPEAKING.
OUR STUDENT TIMER IS NOT HERE TONIGHT, SO SANDY'S GOING TO DO THE TIMING AND PUT UP THE NOTICE OF THAT.
THE BOARD APPRECIATES COMMENTS FROM THE COMMUNITY, AND THE PRESIDENT MAY INTERRUPT OR TERMINATE AN INDIVIDUAL STUDENT'S STATEMENT IF IT'S TOO LENGTHY, PERSONALLY DIRECTED, ABUSIVE, OBSCENE OR IRRELEVANT.
THE BOARD AS A WHOLE HAS THE FINAL DETERMINATION IN THAT, AND I DON'T PLAN ON DOING THAT IF I CAN HELPFUL.
WE WE TRY TO BE COURTEOUS TO THE SPEAKERS IF THEY'LL ALSO BE COURTEOUS TO THE BOARD AND FELLOW AUDIENCE MEMBERS, AND WE'LL GET TO HEAR EVERYBODY.
WE DON'T NORMALLY RESPOND TO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT ARE MADE DURING THE BOARD MEETING, BUT IF SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DEALT WITH, WE'LL WORK WITH OUR ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM TO GET BACK TO YOU.
OR YOU CAN ALWAYS COMMUNICATE WITH US BY EMAIL OR REQUEST TO MEET WITH ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS.
SO OUR FIVE SPEAKERS TONIGHT, IN THE ORDER THAT THEY SIGNED UP JESSICA COLE, EUNICE MASON, GRETCHEN [INAUDIBLE], CONRAD [INAUDIBLE] AND JENNIFER [INAUDIBLE].
AND SO JESSICA, IF YOU WANT TO COME UP AND GET US STARTED.
SEEMS LIKE THE NEW MICROPHONES WORKING PRETTY GOOD, BUT TRY TO STEP RIGHT UP TO IT WHEN YOU PRESENT.
MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE/HER, AND I'M A PARENT OF KIDS THAT WERE AT RIVER HOMELINK.
AND LAST WEEK WE FOUND OUT THAT MS. ALI, THAT MS. ALI, ONE OF THE ENGLISH TEACHERS, PASSED AWAY, AND I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU OUR EXPERIENCE WITH MS. ALI.
SHE WAS A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL HUMAN BEING.
MY CHILD DOES THE BEST IN ENGLISH HAD HER AS A TEACHER, AND IT WAS PHENOMENAL.
SHE WAS ALWAYS SO CARING AND RESPECTFUL.
SHE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ALLIED TEACHERS, IF NOT THE FIRST ALLIED TEACHER THAT WE MET AT THE SCHOOL.
SO THAT WAS ALWAYS GREAT THAT WE HAD THAT AS MY FIRST KID CAME OUT.
AND I'VE HEARD A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY A LOT OF POSITIVE THINGS ABOUT HER IN THE LAST FEW DAYS.
AND I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW SHE WAS AMAZING.
AND IT'S GREAT THAT YOUR DISTRICT HAS.
OUR DISTRICT HAS HAD SUCH AN AMAZING PERSON HERE.
AND I KNOW THERE'S LOTS OF AMAZING TEACHERS HERE LIKE HER.
AND I WAS LIKE, OH, YOU KNOW, SHE'S AN ENGLISH TEACHER.
I'M A MATH PERSON, AND I WENT, ALI THAT COULD STAND FOR AMAZINGLY LOVELY INDIVIDUAL.
THANK YOU, JESSICA, FOR HONORING HER.
MAYBE I'LL MOVE FORWARD TO THE NEXT PERSON AND PUT EUNICE BACK IN THERE, OH, THERE SHE IS, NEVER MIND.
I DIDN'T MEAN TO MAKE A DRAMATIC EXIT ENTRANCE.
CAN YOU BEND THAT MICROPHONE DOWN? SO IT'S VERY LOW.
OK? CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? I CAN.
SORRY ABOUT THE DRAMATIC ENTRANCE.
MY NAME IS EUNICE [INAUDIBLE] MANSON, AND I'M A COMMUNITY MEMBER RAISING A GRANDCHILD WHO IS STILL A BABY.
BUT I HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN THE HEALTH AND SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF THE CHILDREN OF OUR DISTRICT.
AND TODAY I COME WITH A GIFT FOR YOU.
THIS IS AN LGBTQ INCLUSIVITY IN SCHOOLS [INAUDIBLE] ASSESSMENT TOOL, AND I THOUGHT IT
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WOULD BE REALLY GOOD FOR ALL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS AND SOME WHOEVER ELSE IS INTERESTED THAT WORKS IN THE DISTRICT TO JUST DO A QUICK ASSESSMENT.IT'S NOT A FANCY TOOL, BUT IT'S A SIMPLE TOOL WITH RESOURCES TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE AT IN TERMS OF YOUR STANDING ABOUT HELPING AND SUPPORTING OUR LGBTQ STUDENTS.
AND DEPENDING ON WHETHER YOUR MONTHLY AS OR BS OR CS THERE'S DIFFERENT KINDS OF RESOURCES THAT YOU CAN, YOU CAN LOOK AT TO EDUCATE YOURSELF AND BECOME A BETTER, BETTER AWARE PERSON AND A BETTER ALLY.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE THESE WITH YOU AND FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON A PERSONAL BASIS TO SEE WHERE YOU STAND, WHAT YOU THINK, WHAT YOUR OPINIONS ARE AND WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO WITH THIS INFORMATION.
AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO LEARNING A WHOLE LOT FROM THIS RESOURCE MYSELF.
I DIDN'T SCORE STRAIGHT A'S AND I WOULD LIKE TO BECOME A BETTER EDUCATED ALLY MYSELF ALONG WITH ALL OF YOU.
OUR THIRD SPEAKER GRETCHEN [INAUDIBLE].
HI, MEMBERS, CAN YOU HEAR ME? CAN.
MY NAME IS GRETCHEN [INAUDIBLE].
I'VE LIVED IN CLARK COUNTY FOR 33 YEARS AND MY WIFE, I'M A MOM AND I'M A GRANDMA.
A LIE TOLD ONCE REMAINS A LIE, BUT A LIE TOLD A THOUSAND TIMES BECOMES THE TRUTH.
HISTORY TELLS A STORY AND TRUE ABOUT TRUE EVENTS, TIMES AND PEOPLE.
YESTERDAY, LAST WEEK, WHATEVER HAPPENED IN YOUR OWN LIFE IS HISTORY.
TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT THAT HISTORY, EVEN IF IT'S UGLY, IS IMPORTANT, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE LEARN, AND HOPEFULLY THAT'S HOW WE GROW.
OUR FIRST PRESIDENT, GEORGE WASHINGTON, SAID IT IS THE DUTY OF ALL NATIONS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROVIDENCE OF ALMIGHTY GOD TO OBEY HIS WILL, TO BE GRATEFUL FOR HIS BENEFITS AND TO HUMBLY IMPLORE HIS PROTECTION AND FAVOR.
DO YOU GUYS REMEMBER WHO THE THIRD PRESIDENT AND THE AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE WAS THOMAS JEFFERSON, AND IN HIS FIRST INAUGURAL ADDRESS, HE REMINDED THE NATION THAT THE FIRST THING NECESSARY TO MAKE US A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS PEOPLE WAS THE ACKNOWLEDGING AND ADORING OF AN OVERRIDING AND OVERRULING PROVIDENCE.
DID YOU KNOW THAT IN 1641 OVER 100 YEARS BEFORE THESE TWO MEN SAID EITHER OF THOSE THINGS THAT MASSACHUSETTS PASSED A LAW AGAINST MAN STEALING OR CHATTEL SLAVERY, IT WAS PUNISHABLE BY DEATH.
SO IN 1646, WHEN A SHIP LOAD OF SLAVES ARRIVED IN MASSACHUSETTS, THE COLONISTS FREED THE SLAVES AND IMPRISONED AND PUNISH THE SLAVE TRADERS.
HISTORY TOLD AS IT REALLY HAPPENED TELLS THE TRUTH ABOUT REAL EVENTS WHEN WE CANCEL TRUE EVENTS OR DO NOT TELL THE COMPLETE STORY ABOUT THAT EVENT WERE TRYING TO CANCEL TRUTH, JUST TRYING TO ERASE IT.
THINK ABOUT THIS THERE IS ONLY ONE RACE.
EVEN IF WE HAVE DIFFERENT SKIN COLORS.
THERE ARE TWO GENDERS MALE AND FEMALE.
YOU CAN MESS AROUND WITH YOUR HORMONES.
BE WARY OF CANCEL CULTURE, WHICH TRIES TO ERASE TRUTH.
CANCEL CULTURE GIVES CENSORS A FREE PASS.
THEY CENSOR WHATEVER THEY DO NOT LIKE OR WHAT THEY DON'T AGREE WITH.
BE WARY OF COMPREHENSIVE SEX EDUCATION, WHICH BREEDS CONFUSION OVER GENDER IDENTITY.
CANCEL CULTURE AND CSE ARE BOTH A PART OF CRT CRITICAL RACE THEORY.
SO IF OUR DISTRICT ENTERTAINS CANCEL CULTURE OR CSE, WE HAVE CRITICAL RACE THEORY RIGHT HERE.
AND AT ITS CORE, CRT IS AN IDEOLOGY OF DISUNITY AND COMMUNISM.
REMEMBER THAT QUOTE I STARTED WITH, A LIE TOLD ONCE REMAINS A LIE, BUT A LIE TOLD A THOUSAND TIMES BECOMES THE TRUTH.
IT WAS DR. JOSEPH GOEBBELS WHO SAID THAT, AND HE WAS A NAZI WAR CRIMINAL.
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THANK YOU.YEAH, MY NAME'S CONNER [IANDUIBLE].
I DON'T KNOW YOU GUYS VERY MUCH.
YOU KNOW, I USED TO WORK HERE AND BE A PART OF THE PROGRAM DELIVERY COUNCIL THEY CALLED IT BACK IN THE EARLY 90S.
WE WERE IMPLEMENTING GOAL 2000.
I SPENT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF THE GOVERNMENT'S MONEY AND OUR MONEY HERE, TEACHING THE TEACHERS HOW TO TEACH TO THE NEW CURRICULUM.
YOU KNOW, AND TALKING ABOUT HISTORY, MY MOM AND MY MOM'S FAMILY CAME HERE IN 1870.
WELL, PROBABLY EVEN 1860S BECAUSE THEY GOT MARRIED HERE AT LEWISVILLE IN 1877.
MY MOM GRADUATED FROM THIS HIGH SCHOOL 1923.
SHE WAS BORN HERE IN BATTLEGROUND IN 1906.
I OWE IT TO HER AND MY GRANDKIDS TO VOICE MY OPINION ABOUT A FEW THINGS WHILE I STILL CAN.
I'M PUSHING 80 AND I HAVE SOME PRETTY STRONG FEELINGS ABOUT SOME OF THIS STUFF.
YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO GO ON RECORD TO THAT.
IN THAT SENSE AND VOICE MY OPINION, I GUESS WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO.
I SAT OVER THERE IN THAT MEDIA CENTER, I THINK THEY CALL IT MANY, MANY NIGHTS, FOR YEARS WORKING WITH THEM [INAUDIBLE].
MY FAMILY IS IN THAT BOOK BATTLEGROUND IN THE REALM.
I LOVE THIS DISTRICT AND I RAISED THREE KIDS HERE IN THE SCHOOL, AND THEN I MARRIED A WONDERFUL WIFE AND WE GOT A WHOLE BUNCH MORE, GOT 10 GRANDKIDS NOW.
AND I JUST LOOKING AFTER THEM.
I JUST WANT THEM TO BE RAISED RIGHT AND HAVE A GOOD EDUCATION.
JENNIFER? GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I WAS GOING TO SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF SCHOOLS CLOSING BECAUSE OF THE OMICRON VARIANT.
I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THAT BECAUSE I THINK FROM LISTENING TO EVERYTHING TONIGHT, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT EVERYBODY IS ON BOARD WITH DOING EVERYTHING THEY POSSIBLY CAN TO KEEP OUR SCHOOLS OPEN AND RECOGNIZE THE DAMAGE THAT IT'S DONE TO OUR KIDS WHEN WE CLOSE.
SO ON TO WHAT I WANTED TO REALLY TALK ABOUT.
I HAVE BEEN READING THE BOARD POLICIES, WHICH ARE VERY INTERESTING AND INSIGHTFUL.
AND I RECENTLY LEARNED THAT SOME DISTRICTS OPERATE UNDER A POLICY CALLED SCHOOL BOARD GOVERNANCE.
FOR THOSE HERE WHO MAY NOT KNOW WHAT THAT IS.
IT'S A SYSTEM WHERE THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE SCHOOL BOARD TOGETHER DEVELOP A SET OF GOALS FOR THE DISTRICT, AND IT'S THE JOB OF THE SUPERINTENDENT TO CARRY OUT THE MEANS TO ACHIEVING THOSE GOALS.
EVEN IN CASES WHERE THE BOARD DOESN'T AGREE.
SO HERE IS A QUOTE FROM THE FEDERAL WAY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THEY DO HAVE A POLICY OF DISTRICT POLICY GOVERNANCE.
THE BOARD/SUPERINTENDENT RELATIONSHIP DEFINES THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE BOARD AND THE SUPERINTENDENT.
THE SUPERINTENDENT DIRECTS THE BOARD.
LET'S SEE BETWEEN THE BOARD AND THE SUPERINTENDENT.
SORRY DIRECTS THE BOARD TO ACT AS A UNIT.
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CREATES ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, DELEGATION TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND MONITORING SUPERINTENDENT PERFORMANCE.THE ENDS ARE THE RESULTS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD EXPECTS INCLUDE HOW MUCH THEY EXPECT THOSE RESULTS TO COST.
THE SCHOOL BOARD CREATES POLICIES THAT DEFINE THE ENDS, AND THE BOARD WILL RESPECT AND SUPPORT ANY REASONABLE INTERPRETATION OF ITS POLICY, EVEN THOUGH SUPERINTENDENT CHOICES MAY NOT BE THE CHOICES OF THE BOARD OR ITS MEMBERS.
I COMPARED THAT TO THE POLICY IN THE BATTLEGROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT AND IT SAYS.
LET'S SEE WHERE IT SAYS THE SUCCESSFUL OPERATION OF SCHOOLS REQUIRES A CLOSE, EFFECTIVE WORKING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE BOARD AND THE SUPERINTENDENT.
THE RELATIONSHIP MUST BE ONE OF TRUST, GOODWILL AND CANDOR AS THE LEGALLY DESIGNATED GOVERNING BODY.
THE BOARD RETAINS FINAL AUTHORITY WITHIN THE DISTRICT, AND I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT THAT EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A FANTASTIC SUPERINTENDENT AND THERE'S A VERY GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP, I'M GLAD THAT WE HAVE THIS SYSTEM HERE BECAUSE YOU ARE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE VOTERS AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO KEEP IT EVEN THOUGH LEGISLATION IS COMING THIS THIS SESSION THAT MIGHT DISCOURAGE THAT.
AGAIN, THANK YOU CITIZENS FOR COMING AND SHARING WITH THE BOARD, AND THERE'S MULTIPLE WAYS YOU CAN GET HOLD OF US BESIDES COMING UP TO THE MICROPHONE AND TALKING TO US.
PLEASE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
WE'RE GETTING TO SOME OF THE BUSINESS PART OF IT.
[8. Consent Agenda]
WE'VE GOT OUR CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT.OUR CONSENT AGENDA INCLUDES ITEM A, THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM B, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE DECEMBER 13, 2021 REGULAR MEETING.
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE DEC.
ITEM D, THE BUSINESS AND OPERATIONS.
ITEM E CONTRACTS RATIFICATION.
ITEM G STUDENT TRAVEL AND ITEM H OUR FINANCIAL REPORTS.
IF THERE'S ANY OF THESE ITEMS THAT THE BOARD WISHES TO DO SEPARATELY, THIS WOULD BE THE TIME TO MOVE THEM.
OR IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ITEMS OR WANT TO MAKE A STATEMENT, YOU CAN DO THAT.
IF NOT, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS IT'S BEEN PRESENTED TO US.
I'LL MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED, IT'S BEEN MOVED TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS IT'S BEEN PRESENTED TO US.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? CONSENT AGENDA PASSES FIVE TO ZERO.
TAKE A MOMENT JUST TO SAY I WANT TO THANK AMONG THE MANY PEOPLE THE NUMBER OF STAFF AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT HAVE STEPPED UP TO DO MIDDLE SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND AND SPORTS.
I WAS REALLY PLEASED TO SEE FAMILIAR NAMES ON THERE.
I THINK IT REALLY BENEFITS OUR STUDENTS WHEN THEY HAVE SOMEBODY THAT THEY ARE ALSO SEEING IN CLASSES EVERY DAY OR HAVE ACCESS TO TO DO THAT.
SO THANK YOU MIDDLE SCHOOL STAFF FOR STEPPING UP AND HELPING US GET OUR ACTIVITIES OFF THE GROUND IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
NEXT UP, OLD BUSINESS, WHICH THERE IS NONE AS USUAL, WE SEEM TO BE NOT LEAVING THINGS LEFT OVER.
[10. Recess]
NEXT UP IS OUR PUBLIC BUDGET HEARING FOR THE REVISION.AFTER OUR LEVY, IT SAYS WE CAN TAKE A RECESS IN HERE IF YOU WANT TO.
DO YOU WANT TO HAVE A RECESS THAT GOES A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME? OR DO YOU WANT TO MOVE FORWARD? ALL RIGHT, SANDY CLEARED ME UP ON THAT PART OF IT.
AS WE RECESS, WE CAN THEN GO TO THE BUDGET HEARING, WHICH SOUNDS LIKE WE COULD GET TO RIGHT AWAY AND THEN WE'LL RESTART THE MEETING.
AFTER THAT, ANY CITIZENS IN THE AUDIENCE YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO COMMENT ON THE PRESENTATION ON THE BUDGET HEARING, IF YOU'D LIKE TO.
BUT IF NOT, WE'LL CONTINUE ON WITH OUR REGULAR MEETING.
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ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING, BOARD.[11. Budget Extension Hearing]
SO I AM HERE TO PRESENT OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET EXTENSION, PUBLIC HEARING.IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO EXPLAIN WHAT IS WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH THIS BUDGET EXTENSION AND FOR YOU TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE ALL OF THE CHANGES WITHIN THE BUDGET.
OK, SO WE HAD A LOVELY PASSAGE IN NOVEMBER OF 2021 AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT HOW THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT OUR BUDGET, PUBLIC BUDGET HEARING AND SCHOOL BOARD DIRECTOR APPROVAL IS REQUIRED FOR A BUDGET EXTENSION AND A SUMMARY OF CHANGES IN THE REVENUE, EXPENSES AND FUND BALANCE OF MANAGEMENT'S BEST ESTIMATE AT THE TIME AND THEN BUDGET AND CONTACT INFORMATION AND THEN TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO JUST TO START OFF WITH IS THAT OUR 21-22 BUDGET WAS APPROVED IN AUGUST OF 2021 WITHOUT THE 2022 HALF YEAR LEVY COLLECTION, AND THIS REQUIRED USE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FUND BALANCE RESERVED FOR SCHOOL PROGRAMS, USE OF ESSER FUNDS FOR ONGOING OPERATIONAL EXPENSES AND BUILDING IN DEPARTMENT BUDGET REDUCTIONS.
SO WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE 22-25 SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND OPERATIONS LEVY APPROVED BY VOTERS IN NOVEMBER OF 21, WE ARE ABLE TO TO DO A BUDGET EXTENSION AND TO CAPTURE THAT INFORMATION INTO THIS BUDGET.
AND WHAT THAT DOES IS IT PROVIDES FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS.
IT RESTORES OUR ESSER FUNDS FOR THE ONGOING RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC.
IT ALSO RESTORES FUND BALANCE RESERVES FOR CURRICULUM ADOPTIONS.
SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING SUPPORTS FEW OTHER ITEMS AS WELL, AND THEN RESTORES BUILDING OF DEPARTMENT BUDGETS TO NORMAL LEVELS.
SO THE BUDGET HEARING AND APPROVAL IS REQUIRED UNDER AND I'VE JUST PUT THESE IN HERE THE RCW, THE WALKS AND THE BOARD POLICY THAT WE HAVE A PUBLIC BUDGET HEARING WITH APPROPRIATE LEGAL NOTICE AND ANY PERSON MAY SPEAK AT THE MEETING AT WHICH THE APPROPRIATION BUDGET EXTENSION RESOLUTION IS TO BE VOTED ON AND MAY BE HEARD FOR OR AGAINST THE ADOPTION.
AND THEN, AS WELL AS BOARD APPROVAL WILL BE REQUIRED.
WE'LL HAVE AN ACTION ITEM COMING UP WITH A NEW BUSINESS WITH THE RESOLUTION TO ACTUALLY HAVE YOUR APPROVAL FOR THE ACTUAL ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS.
AND SO HERE'S A SUMMARY OF CHANGES AND WE HAVE STARTED HERE IN THE THIS IS OUR ORIGINAL BUDGET RIGHT HERE.
REVENUES OF ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY ONE MILLION EXPENDITURES OF ONE HUNDRED NINETY SEVEN MILLION SOME TRANSFERS OUT.
SO WE HAD EXCESS EXPENDITURES OF SIXTEEN POINT ALMOST TWO MILLION
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DOLLARS.WHAT THAT DID IS IT TOOK OUR FUND BALANCES DOWN TO FOURTEEN THOUSAND FOURTEEN MILLION NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTY SEVEN THOUSAND.
IT WAS A DEFICIT OF AGAIN THE SIXTEEN POINT TWO MILLION DOLLARS.
WITH THIS BUDGET EXTENSION, THERE'S STILL A USE OF FUND BALANCE IN HERE.
WE SAID WE WOULD USE ENROLLMENT STABILIZATION DOLLARS, A TRANSPORTATION STABILIZATION DOLLARS, AS WELL AS OUR RAINY DAY FUND AND RESERVE TO HELP.
AND THIS IS A THIS IS STILL THE THE CONCERN OF THE ENROLLMENT DECLINE IS WE'RE STILL THERE, SO WE DON'T HAVE AN ADDITIONAL REVENUE.
SO IT'S CREATING AN [INAUDIBLE] EXPENDITURES AS WELL.
SO WE'VE GOT TO SHOW THAT THIS IS GOING TO HELP WITH WITH GOING AHEAD AND CONTINUING OPERATIONS, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A DECLINE OF ENROLLMENT.
AND THEN WE'LL GO THROUGH THESE CHANGES IN REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES.
SO THE ORIGINAL BUDGET HERE IN LEVY REVENUE WAS TWELVE MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND, WITH THE BUDGET EXTENSION WILL BE TWENTY SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED WITH A CHANGE OF FOURTEEN POINT EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS.
ALSO, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS THAT WHEN YOU DO PASS THE LEVY, YOU THERE'S ALSO THE OPPORTUNITY FOR STATE SPENDING ASSISTANCE, AND THAT'S CALLED LOCAL EFFORT
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ASSISTANCE.AND IT'S ONLY AVAILABLE WITH AN APPROVED LEVY.
SO WITH THIS APPROVED LEVY FROM THE VOTERS, IT ACTUALLY GIVES US AN ADDITIONAL MILLION DOLLARS CHANGE HERE OF REVENUE THAT WE GET TO UTILIZE FOR PROGRAMS FOR PROGRAMS. SO THE INCREASE IN REVENUES IS FIFTEEN POINT EIGHT MILLION.
EXPENDITURE CHANGES, AND I'VE JUST KIND OF CONSOLIDATED THESE.
SO WITH OUR BUDGET EXTENSION, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES OF FIVE MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY FIVE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED EIGHTY DOLLARS.
AND SO THIS IS WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE RESOLUTION.
IS THIS ADDITIONAL USE OF THOSE DOLLARS? AND WHAT THOSE ARE GOING FOR IS OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS AND ACTIVITIES, RESTORING
[12. Call to Order]
[13. New Business]
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STAFFING BUDGETS, POSITION REVIEW CHANGES WHICH ARE PART OF OUR ANNUAL PROCESS THAT WE DO HERE IN THE DISTRICT.BUILDING BUDGETS AND CARRY OVER RISK RESTORATION TECHNOLOGY CURRICULUM.
AGAIN, JUST RESTORING TO NORMAL LEVEL.
SO FIVE MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY FIVE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED EIGHTY DOLLARS, SO FOR FUND BALANCE, HOW THIS WORKS OUT HERE IS THAT WE ORIGINALLY HAD THIRTY SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS.
THIS IS NOW AGAIN OUR BUDGET DOCUMENT.
IT REPLACES OUR PROJECTED WITH OUR ACTUAL THAT WE ENDED WITH.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE UPDATED IN THIS [INAUDIBLE] HUNDRED DOCUMENT, WHICH IS THE THIRTY SEVEN MILLION ONE HUNDRED FIFTY SEVEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED NINETY EIGHT.
SO YOU CAN SEE HERE THIS IS WHAT WE WERE PROJECTING TO DO AND WE WE'RE PROJECTING TO COME OUT AND THE USE OF ASSIGNED FUND BALANCE, WHICH WAS FOR MANY OF OUR PROGRAMS, CURRICULUM REDUCTIONS, SEL OF THE [INAUDIBLE] SET ASIDE.
SO THIS IS THIS IS GOING TO BASICALLY BRING THAT DOWN TO ONLY FOUR MILLION ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY THREE AND THEN TEN MILLION OF OUR RAINY DAY FUND.
SO WE'RE RESTORING THAT THOSE THOSE SET ASIDE'S FOR THOSE SCHOOL PROGRAMS. SO I HAVE PROVIDED BUDGET INFORMATION, IF ANYBODY OUT THERE IN THE AUDIENCE OR ANYONE LISTENING IN WOULD LIKE TO CONTACT ME AT ANY TIME.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY FINANCIAL AND BUDGET QUESTIONS.
AND THIS IS THE TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT, THEY ARE WELCOME TO COME UP HERE TO THE PODIUM OR TO DIAL IN VIA ZOOM.
AND WE HAVE SOMEBODY MONITORING THAT, MR. MCDANIEL.
IT PAYS TO STICK, PAYS TO STICK AROUND, YOU GET TO THE GOOD STUFF.
I'M NOT A FINANCE PERSON, SO ALL THIS IS KIND OF.
I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT YOU CALLED IT, BUT IT WAS IF THE LEVY PASSED, THE DISTRICT BASICALLY GOT A BONUS OF.
IT WAS A EQUALIZATION LEVY EQUALIZATION RIGHT HERE.
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WHY, I GUESS, IS MY MY QUESTION.IF WE PASS OUR LEVY, TAXPAYERS HAVE SAID WE'RE YES, WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR THIS LEVY.
WHY DO WE GET A BONUS? SO THE STATE HAS HAS A PROGRAM WHERE THERE IS A MINIMUM AMOUNT THAT A DISTRICT IS TO COLLECT PER STUDENT AND IF THEY DON'T QUITE REACH THAT AMOUNT, THE STATE WILL HELP AS LONG AS YOU PASS A LEVY OVER A CERTAIN AMOUNT.
SO THIS IS A FUNDING PROGRAM THAT CAN EQUALIZE IT THROUGHOUT THE STATE THAT WE'RE PUT THIS ON ON A SOMEWHAT MORE LEVEL PLATE.
SO, OK, HAVE WE SHOWN THAT WE HAVE A NEED FOR THAT BONUS? IS IT DO THEY? THEY LOOK AT THE SCHOOLING AND GO, YES, YOU'VE PROVEN THAT YOU NEED THIS MONEY OR IS IT YOU PASS THE LEVY? SO WE'LL JUST THERE IS AN EXTENSIVE FORMULA USED TO TO THAT GOES THROUGH AND IT
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TAKES IT TAKES ASSESSED VALUATION FOR THE DISTRICT AND IT TAKES OUR APPROVED VOTER LEVY.AND IT IS A STATE PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN ACTUALLY IT'S AN RCW IT'S IT'S IT'S PART OF IT'S PART OF THE EDUCATIONAL FUNDING SYSTEM.
CAN I CAN I RISK AN EXPLANATION HERE? SO SITTING IN ON THE LAST LEGISLATIVE MEETING WHERE DISTRICTS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE WERE DOING ISSUES LIKE THIS, THEY GAVE AN EXAMPLE THAT REALLY HELPED ME UNDERSTAND.
SO THE PROPERTY TAXES IN AVERAGE URBAN DISTRICTS A SEATTLE, TACOMA, WHATEVER, BASED ON THEIR ASSESSED VALUE OF THAT FOR AN EQUAL SIZE BOND TO BUILD A NEW BUILDING, SOMEPLACE LIKE THAT MIGHT PAY 50 OR 60 CENTS PER HUNDRED THOUSAND FOR [INAUDIBLE] SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHICH HAS BEEN TRYING TO BUILD A BUILDING FOR DECADES.
EACH PROPERTY OWNER WOULD HAVE TO PAY ALMOST FIVE DOLLARS PER ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND ALMOST 10 TIMES OR 100 TIMES AS MUCH FOR THE SAME THING JUST BECAUSE OF THE PROPERTY VALUES IN THAT AREA.
SO WHAT MY UNDERSTANDING IS, THIS IS A WAY FOR THE STATE TO SAY THOSE DISTRICTS THAT DON'T HAVE HIGH PROPERTY VALUE ASSESSMENT.
THIS IS OUR WAY OF TRYING TO EQUAL THINGS OUT A LITTLE BIT.
WELL, [INAUDIBLE] DISTRICT WAS WHAT CAME TO MIND BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE SOME TYPE OF A LAWSUIT OR SOMETHING GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
I THINK, WELL, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION, JENNIFER AND I WILL ALSO TELL YOU THAT WE WHEN WHEN WE PUT TOGETHER THE THE LEVY AND THE AMOUNT WE DO, WE ARE UNDER THE REALIZATION OF HOW MUCH WE'LL APPROXIMATELY GET FROM THE STATE FOR LEVEL EQUALIZATION.
SO WE FACTOR THAT IN WHEN WE SET OUR BOUNDARY.
MICHELLE CAN YOU REMIND US WITH OUR FINAL FUND BALANCE HOW CLOSE WE ARE TO OUR POLICY? I KNOW WE HAVE SET IN POLICY THE PERCENTAGE THAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE IN FUND BALANCE.
YES, WE ARE MEETING OUR POLICY GOALS.
AND CONGRATULATIONS TO US BECAUSE YES, THAT IS THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME, 50 YEARS.
YEAH, THAT WE HAVE REACHED THAT LEVEL OF FUND BALANCE, WHICH IS GOOD BECAUSE IT DOES IMPROVE OUR BOND RATES AND IMPROVES OUR ABILITY TO OUR CREDIT RATING WITH THE BANKS, A WHOLE BUNCH OF THINGS IT'S GOOD FOR.
AND PUT PROGRAMS IN PLACE FOR KIDS THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO PUT EXACTLY IN PLACE FOR MANY, MANY DECADES.
I'M NOT TRYING TO BE OVERLY OPTIMISTIC OR ANYTHING, BUT KNOWING WE'RE COMING UP ON A LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND THEN KNOWING THAT THE PRIORITIES FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THAT INCLUDE SOME THINGS LIKE THE IMPACTS FROM ENROLLMENT DROP AND TRANSPORTATION LOOKS LIKE MIGHT GET A LITTLE HELP.
AND THAT WOULD THAT WOULD THE PRIORITY THEN BE TO PUT THAT BACK IN THE FUND BALANCE? SO IT'S AVAILABLE.
IT JUST DEPENDS ON OUR ENROLLMENT AND OUR ENROLLMENT DOES, AND THESE WOULD BE STABILIZATION DOLLARS THAT WOULD BE SET ASIDE FOR A MOMENT UTILIZATION.
SO THOSE DOLLARS WOULD BE GRAVELY USED FOR NEXT YEAR.
WHEN WE DO HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD SEE WE HAVE A SIX MILLION DEFICIT STILL RIGHT THAT BECAUSE OF THE ENROLLMENT STABILIZATION.
SO ANY SUPPORT THAT WE RECEIVE WITH THE WITH THE ENROLLMENT STABILIZATION DOLLARS WILL HELP TO MITIGATE THAT BUDGET VARIANCE THAT WE'RE GOING TO.
THAT WILL IMPACT THE 22-23 SCHOOL YEAR UNLESS THERE IS CHANGES TO OUR ENROLLMENT.
BUT THAT IMPACT WOULD MAINLY BE ON NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, NOT THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.
THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND.
STILL, NO QUESTIONS ONLINE, NO QUESTIONS ONLINE.
WELL, THANK YOU, MICHELLE, I KNOW THAT MEANT DOING TWO TWO BUDGETS INSTEAD OF ONE
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LAST AUGUST AND NICE TO SEE WHERE IT ENDS UP HERE.THAT CONCLUDES OUR BUDGET HERE.
SO I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING BACK TO ORDER AT 7:50.
AND THAT BRINGS US INTO OUR NEW BUSINESS UNLESS WE HAVE.
DID YOU HAVE OTHER THINGS, MICHELLE, FOR US OR OH OH, I GUESS YOU'RE GOING TO STAY UP HERE.
SO ROLLING RIGHT INTO NEW BUSINESS, OUR FIRST ITEM ITEM A APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION A 22 FOR THE 21-22 BUDGET EXTENSION.
MICHELLE SCOTT, THANK YOU AGAIN.
SO I WILL NOT READ THE WHOLE ENTIRE RESOLUTION.
THE RESOLUTION JUST INCORPORATES EVERYTHING THAT I'VE ALREADY EXPLAINED ONTO THE IN THE PRESENTATION, AND WE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION A22 THE 21-22 BUDGET EXTENSION RESOLUTION.
ANY QUESTIONS? I WOULD MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVED RESOLUTION NUMBER A 22 FOR THE 21-22 BUDGET EXTENSION.
IT'S BEEN MOVED TO APPROVE THE TWENTY ONE, TWENTY TWO BUDGET EXTENSION, WE'VE HAD QUITE A CHANCE FOR QUESTIONS, BUT IF THERE'S ANY OTHERS.
HEARING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES 5-0.
THANK YOU FOR THAT EXTRA WORK.
AND WE ONLY HAVE ONE OTHER NEW BUSINESS ITEM, ITEM B.
FIRST READING OF POLICY FIFTY FIVE FIFTEEN, THE WORKFORCE SECONDARY TRAUMATIC STRESS [INAUDIBLE].
SO THIS POLICY IS THE WORKFORCE SECONDARY TRAUMA STRESS POLICY.
IT IS AN ESSENTIAL POLICY THAT HAS BEEN PUT FORTH BY WSSDA.
AS YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES WHEN WE HAVE A BRAND NEW POLICY, WE STICK PRETTY CLOSELY TO THE WSSDA MODEL POLICY, WHICH WE DID THIS TIME MAKING ONLY ONE CHANGE WHATSOEVER FROM THEIR MODEL.
AND THAT'S JUST A RENAMING THE COMMITTEE FROM.
THEY HAD WORKFORCE MENTAL HEALTH COMMITTEE AND WE HAVE A BENEFITS AND WELLNESS COMMITTEE ALREADY IN PLACE.
AND MANY OF THE THINGS DESCRIBED HERE WE ALREADY DO AS A DISTRICT.
AND SO WE JUST BASICALLY ASSIGNED THE ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES TO THAT COMMITTEE.
AS YOU KNOW, YOU ALSO RECEIVED PROBABLY AN EMAIL AND SOME FEEDBACK ABOUT ADDING ANOTHER GROUP TO THE LIST HERE.
WE CERTAINLY HAVE NO CONCERNS IF THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO ADD NURSES TO THE LIST OF PEOPLE THAT ARE EXPERIENCING ADDITIONAL TRAUMA AND LOSS, PARTICULARLY AT THIS TIME.
AS YOU KNOW, SINCE COVID BEGAN, WE'VE SEEN A HUGE INCREASE NOT JUST IN STUDENTS BUT IN STAFF CONCERNS AROUND THEIR WELLNESS AND MENTAL HEALTH, MAINLY BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE WORKED WITH WITH SITUATIONS WHERE THERE IS INTENSE TRAUMA, OFTENTIMES PEOPLE CAN'T LET THAT GO.
THEY STRUGGLE WITH THAT THEMSELVES, AND THERE'S MORE THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO PUT IN PLACE FOR SELF CARE IN ORDER TO NOT REACH BURNOUT.
THIS POLICY IS INTENDED TO HELP WITH THOSE THINGS AND PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR STAFF MAKING SURE THAT THINGS ARE IN PLACE AROUND THEIR OWN HEALTH, AND WE HAVE RECENTLY ADDED OR CHANGED PROGRAMS FOR OUR EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
IT'S BECOME A MUCH BROADER PROGRAM, HAS ONLINE SUPPORTS AS WELL AS IN-PERSON COUNSELING AND SUPPORTS FOR OUR STAFF, BUT SOMETHING THAT WE CONTINUALLY MONITOR AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO WITH THAT COMMITTEE.
WHETHER YOU PASS THE POLICY OR NOT, WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE AND INCREASE IT BASED ON THIS POLICY.
BUT THIS POLICY IS TO CODIFY MUCH OF THAT WORK, PARTICULARLY IN PLACES WHERE IT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN AS FULLY IMPLEMENTED.
SO I'M JUST ASKING THAT YOU CONSIDER APPROVING THIS POLICY AND WOULD LIKE YOUR RECOMMENDATION IN TERMS OF ADDING ADDITIONAL STAFF.
AS AS YOU HEARD, CERTAINLY WE THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE.
SO ADDING RNS OR LPNS OR JUST NURSES? WE'D SAY NURSES BECAUSE WE HAVE BOTH LPNS AND OUR RNS.
CERTAINLY, I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE.
ARE THERE OTHER GROUPS THAT ARE GOING TO? WE WONDERED.
WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT.
THERE ARE CERTAINLY OTHER GROUPS.
ALL OF OUR STAFF HAVE DO WORK THAT CREATES TRAUMA FOR THEM, PARTICULARLY AT A TIME LIKE THIS.
SO CERTAINLY, AS IT READS, IF WE SAID AS A RESULT, TEACHERS, SCHOOL COUNSELORS, NURSES, ADMINISTRATORS AND OTHER SCHOOL STAFF, THEY MAY EXPERIENCE SECONDARY TRAUMA STRESS.
I THINK WE WOULD BE ACKNOWLEDGING ANYONE WITH OTHER SCHOOL STAFF MAY EXPERIENCE.
YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL NEEDS OF STUDENTS FALLS MAINLY ON COUNSELORS AND AND BUILDING ADMINISTRATORS IN TERMS OF MONITORING IT.
I MEAN, THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO WERE ASKING TO TURN IN RISK ASSESSMENTS AND DO SOME OF THE REALLY REFERRAL PROCESS WORK WITH OUR STAFF.
BUT OTHERS DO BECOME A PART OF THOSE TEAMS THAT WORK ON THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
AND NURSES ARE OFTEN ON THOSE TEAMS. SO I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE.
WE ALSO HAVE PREVENTION INTERVENTION.
I MEAN, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO FLOAT IN AND OUT BASED ON THEIR STRENGTHS AND THEIR ABILITY TO HANDLE THOSE KIND OF STRESSFUL SITUATIONS, TOO.
SO WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST.
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BUT AS I SAID, I DO THINK IT IS APPROPRIATE NURSES ARE OFTEN ON THOSE TEAMS FOR US TO INCLUDE THEM.I, YOU KNOW, I SAW THAT EMAIL AND I QUESTIONED, YOU KNOW, HOW FAR COULD THAT GO? I KNOW THAT MAYBE THE LIST ISN'T EXHAUSTIVE, BUT AS A COACH, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY SPORTS COACHES WILL BE ON THAT LIST.
I MEAN, I COULD GO ON AND ON, AND I MADE THE SUGGESTION TO DENNY THAT RATHER THAN LISTENING [INAUDIBLE] IT JUST BE ALL DISTRICT STAFF EMPLOYEES, THEN IT'S INCLUSIVE OF EVERYBODY, AND NO ONE TITLE IS NAMED AS SPECIFICALLY.
TO MAKE THEM FEEL LIKE THESE ARE THE ONLY ONES, IN BROAD STROKES.
TO YOUR POINT IN THE SECTION THERE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE PURPOSE WHERE IT SAYS AS A RESULT, TEACHER SCHOOL SCHOOL COUNSELORS, ADMINISTRATORS AND OTHER SCHOOL STAFF, THE SENTENCE PRIOR TO THAT SAYS EVERY DAY SCHOOL STAFF WORK WITH STUDENTS EXPERIENCING TRAUMA AND LOSS.
IF YOU IF YOU WANTED TO ELIMINATE ANY OF THE GROUPS, YOU COULD JUST SAY EVERY DAY SCHOOL STAFF WORK WITH STUDENTS EXPERIENCING TRAUMA AND LOSS.
AS A RESULT, MANY SCHOOL STAFF EXPERIENCED SECONDARY TRAUMATIC STRESS AND NOT NAME ANY OF THE GROUPS.
AND I HAD THE SAME THOUGHT AS I'VE HAD.
I JUST I DON'T WANT TO MINIMIZE THE WORK THAT OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS, OUR ADMINISTRATORS THAT OUR FRONT LINE STAFF MAY HAVE WITH STUDENTS OR WITH TRAUMATIC SITUATIONS.
I WAS LIKE, WHY WOULD WE EXCLUDE ANYBODY? IT SHOULD BE INCLUSIVE OF EVERYBODY AND LISTENING TO YOU GUYS TALK EARLIER ABOUT HOW EVERYBODY'S SWITCHING JOBS TO STEP UP TO MAKE SCHOOL HAPPEN RIGHT NOW.
IT JUST TRULY BACKS UP THE STATEMENT THAT THERE ISN'T ANYONE OUT THERE WHO SHOULD BE EXEMPT FROM THIS.
AND I DON'T WANT TO TAKE AWAY ACKNOWLEDGING A GROUP BY ACKNOWLEDGING ALL OF OUR STAFF.
I FEEL LIKE ALL OF OUR STAFF SHOULD BE.
IT SHOULD BE NOT ONE GROUP OR ANOTHER.
BUT ALL STAFF AND MAYBE SOME ARE MORE IMPACTED THAN OTHERS.
BUT I WOULDN'T WANT SOMEONE TO FEEL LIKE THEY WEREN'T.
PART OF IT, IF THEY HAD THAT EXPERIENCE, WHETHER IT'S A COACH, WHETHER IT'S A CUSTODIAN BREAKING UP A FIGHT, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I JUST I DON'T FEEL LIKE THERE IS A GROUP OUT THERE THAT SHOULDN'T BE ACKNOWLEDGED, AND SO TO LIFT EVERY POSITION WOULD BE NOT WISE.
SO I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE THE SAME ONE GROUP, WHICH IS OUR WHOLE DISTRICT.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S, I AGREE, I THINK IT'S HARD TO MAKE A LIST AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S INCLUSIVE AND THAT IT REMAINS INCLUSIVE BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, OTHER STAFF POSITIONS ARE CREATED OVER TIME AND POLICIES DON'T GET CHANGED.
AND SO I FEEL THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST WAY TO DO IT.
SO WE JUST SAID EVERY DAY, SCHOOL STAFF WORK WITH STUDENTS EXPERIENCING TRAUMA AND LOSS AS A RESULT, STAFF.
AS A RESULT, MANY STAFF MAY EXPERIENCE SECONDARY TRAUMATIC STRESS AND SECONDARY TRAUMATIC STRESS IS LEFT TO UNDRESS AND JUST GO FROM THERE.
WOULD THAT BE ACCEPTABLE? AS FOR A FIRST READING AND A VOTE? ARE YOU KEEPING TRACK OF THAT FOR US? ANDY, THANK YOU.
SO THEN WE CAN SAY AS RECOMMENDED EDITS, RIGHT? OK.
RIGHT? IF YOU'RE OK WITH THAT, THIS IS THE FIRST READING.
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THIS IS THE FIRST READING.YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TO LOOK AT IT REFRESHED AGAIN.
ALTHOUGH I WANT TO BRING UP THAT WE HAVE A POLICY THAT IF THE VOTE ON A POLICY LIKE THIS ON THE FIRST READING IS UNANIMOUS, IT CAN GO TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
IT CAN ALWAYS BE PULLED OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA AND GIVEN ITS OWN POSITION IF YOU WANT FURTHER DISCUSSION AS WE GO ALONG.
JUST TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE THAT OPTION, IF IT'S UNANIMOUS AND THAT IT CAN GO THE QUICK AND EASY ROUTE, THE NEXT TIME IT WOULD, YOU WOULD STILL SEE IT ON THE CONSENSUS AGENDA AND YOU COULD CHECK THAT THE CHANGES WERE MADE.
THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS BEHIND THIS POLICY.
HAVE WE DONE ANY ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE WHAT CHRIS WOULD BE LOOKING AT AS FAR AS ADDITIONAL RESOURCES NEEDED TO MEET THE POLICY? WELL, EAP, THE EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM STAFF PAY INTO THAT AND THEY RECEIVE SERVICES BY BEING PART OF A LARGE GROUP.
THE COST GOES DOWN ARE THE OLD PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE THAT ENDED IN DECEMBER WAS JUST A LOCAL PROVIDER THAT OFFERED THAT, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER IT WAS LIKE 34 CENTS A MONTH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT OFF OF EACH EMPLOYEE.
AND THEN EMPLOYEES COULD GET THREE COUNSELING SESSIONS FOR FREE.
THERE WERE SOME OTHER SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDED COULD PROVIDE THE NEW COMPANY THAT WE HAVE.
I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT COST IT IS.
I BELIEVE IT'S A SLIGHTLY LESS.
AND IT HAS BOTH LOCAL COUNSELORS THAT STAFF CAN ACCESS, BUT IT ALSO HAS A LOT OF ONLINE OPPORTUNITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES.
SO IT WILL INCREASE THE THE AMOUNT OF SUPPORT THAT OUR STAFF CAN GET AND DIVERSIFY THE WAYS IN WHICH THEY CAN GET IT.
SO I THINK IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE A GOOD CHANGE FOR US.
BUT THAT'S WHAT THAT COMMITTEE WILL MONITOR EACH YEAR IS THE USAGE AS COMPARED TO WHAT IT HAS BEEN IN THE PAST AND WE'LL GATHER INPUT.
THAT COMMITTEE IS MADE UP OF BOTH OF OUR ASSOCIATIONS, WELL, ALL OF OUR ASSOCIATIONS.
WE HAVE ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL THAT SIT ON THAT.
WE HAVE DISTRICT OFFICE PERSONNEL, DISTRICT OFFICE ADMINISTRATORS, BGA REPS AND CLASSIFIED REPS THAT SIT ON THAT COMMITTEE ALREADY.
SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO USE THAT COMMITTEE TO LOOK AT WHETHER THOSE SERVICES ARE MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR STAFF.
BUT TO ANSWER TED'S QUESTION, I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS AN EXCESS COST.
YEAH, BUT THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO KEEP THAT IN MIND WITH ALL OF OUR POLICIES, BECAUSE A LOT OF THE POLICIES THAT COME DOWN FROM THE STATE, THEY DO HAVE HIDDEN COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH IT AND THEY ARE UNFUNDED.
WELL, I PROMISE YOU, I WILL CONTINUE.
WE HAVE A COUPLE COMING UP THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT IN TERMS OF COST.
THE BIGGEST CHANGE FOR US IS THAT WE WILL NOW BE REPORTING TO THE BOARD ANNUALLY ON THIS INFORMATION.
THAT WAS NOT A PIECE OF WHAT OUR PRACTICE WAS PREVIOUSLY SO.
SO THAT PIECE IS NEW, NEW FOR US.
SO AND THAT'S KIND OF THE QUESTION THAT I HAD AS I READ THROUGH THERE, WHAT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY? AND IT LOOKS LIKE A REPORT YEAR THE AND I YOU ANSWERED IT THAT YOU HAVEN'T PREVIOUSLY WITH THE PREVIOUS COMMITTEE.
THE OTHER THING AND I MAY BE READING BETWEEN THE LINES IS THAT IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE OVERSIGHT FROM OSP.
AND WHAT WILL THAT LOOK LIKE? WE DON'T KNOW, BUT MY GUESS IS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ACCESSING EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, WHAT PROGRAMS WE HAVE IN PLACE, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
WE'VE NEVER HAD ANY SORT OF REPORTING TO THEM.
SO AND WE HAVE NO IDEA BASED ON THE BILL WHETHER AND THAT WAS BILL 1363, THE DETAILS OF IT ARE UNCLEAR AS TO WHAT.
THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE HOW WE WOULD BE REPORTING, SO YEAH, TO COME, I'M SURE, OBVIOUSLY WE'LL PROBABLY GET A BULLETIN FROM OSPI AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO CREATE THE THE REPORTING DOCUMENT.
BUT BUT A GOOD POINT, MARY, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WITH REPORTING, THAT'S A COST.
I MEAN, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE WELL TIME AND ENERGY AND MANPOWER AND YOU KNOW, HOW REPORTING TENDS TO MUSHROOM AND IT LEADS IT ALWAYS LEADS TO SOMETHING AND ALWAYS WHAT HAPPENS WITH REPORTING, AS WE KNOW, IS WE OFTEN DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT THEY
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WANT US TO REPORT ON UNTIL WE RECEIVE THE BULLETIN.AND SO THEY'RE, I'M SURE WE'LL BE A CATCH UP GAME THAT WE WILL PLAY WHEN WE SEE THE REPORTING TOOL.
WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO GATHER INFORMATION THAT WE EITHER DIDN'T HAVE OR WE'LL HAVE TO SCRAMBLE TO PUT IT TOGETHER IN A MEANINGFUL WAY.
THE WAY THAT THEY NEED US TO REPORT.
SO THAT WILL CERTAINLY, TO DANNY'S POINT, TAKE SOME MANPOWER TO PUT TOGETHER.
WELL, WHICH KIND OF LEADS TO MY FINAL QUESTION, WHICH IS ARE WE GETTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE? WOULD IT BE BETTER TO KNOW? FOR ONE THING, IT'S A POLICY WITH NO PROCEDURES.
THAT THEY, THE BULLETIN THAT CAME OUT OF RECOMMENDED THAT WE HAVE THIS PASSED BY DECEMBER OF 2021.
SO WE'RE A COUPLE OF WEEKS BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL ALREADY.
BUT AS BOARDS AND MAKING PUTTING POLICIES IN PLACE FOR ME, I HESITATE TO PUT A POLICY IN PLACE WHEN I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S GOING TO MEAN FOR US.
I MEAN, COST WISE, STAFF WISE, EVEN THE REQUIREMENTS THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN CLEAR ABOUT WHAT OUR REQUIREMENTS ARE GOING TO BE.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S CONCERNING TO ME WHEN WE HAVE A POLICY, WE'RE EXPECTED TO PUT IN PLACE A POLICY AND WE HAVE ONE PAGE WHICH SOUNDS GOOD, BUT WE REALLY HAVE NO DETAILS OTHER THAN WE KNOW.
WE'VE HAD A COMMITTEE IN THE PAST, BUT WE DON'T KNOW IF THAT COMMITTEE IS GOING TO BE WHAT OSP IS GOING TO EXPECT OF US.
I KNOW IT'S FRUSTRATING FOR YOU AS WELL.
THE BULLETINS COME WAY BEHIND THE REQUIREMENTS.
OFTENTIMES THEY AREN'T IN LINE.
SOMEONE'S STILL READING THE BILL AND DECIDING WHAT THEY'LL REQUIRE US.
I JUST, YEAH, LIKE I SAID, A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT ARE ON HERE ARE THINGS THAT WE HAVE AS FAR AS RESOURCES FOR STAFF, SO THAT PIECE DOESN'T WORRY ME AT ALL.
IT CERTAINLY DOESN'T WORRY ME TO PROVIDE THE INFORMATION FROM OUR DISCUSSION WITH THAT COMMITTEE REPORTING.
OF COURSE, THAT COULD BE A PROBLEMATIC WHEN THEY HAVE TO FIGURE SOME OF THAT OUT ON THE BACK END.
WE ALREADY HAD LINKS UP ON OUR WEBSITE ABOUT SUPPORTS FOR STAFF THAT WAS ALREADY IN PLACE.
WE MADE SOME CHANGES BECAUSE OF THE CHANGEOVER FROM THE OLD OLD PROGRAM TO THE NEW PROGRAM IN JANUARY, BUT WE WOULD HAVE BEEN DOING THAT ANYWAY.
SO A LOT OF THIS FOR US AGAIN IS SOMEWHAT MOOT OTHER THAN THE REPORTING TO YOU AND THEN.
WELL, AND I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, IF WE DID NOT PASS THE POLICY TONIGHT, IF THERE'S NO FUNDING ATTACHED TO IT AND WE DECIDED TO DELAY UNTIL WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION AND WE ALREADY HAVE THOSE PIECES IN PLACE, IT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE THAT.
IS THAT CORRECT? IT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO OFFER OUR EMPLOYEES RIGHT NOW.
NOW THE EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IS THERE REGARDLESS OF THE POLICY.
AND AND I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT IT'S OUR EMPLOYEES ARE NOW PAYING EIGHTY FOUR CENTS FOR EVERY BENEFIT ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE.
SO THAT'S A BIG REDUCTION FROM WHAT THEY WERE PAYING BEFORE.
A DOLLAR FORTY OR DOLLAR FORTY TWO.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HAVE MORE CLARITY ON WHAT'S GOING TO BE REQUIRED.
WHO DO YOU THINK COULD BE CONTACTED BETWEEN THIS READING AND THE SECOND READING? WHO COULD PROVIDE SOME OF THAT CLARITY.
WE COULD REACH OUT TO WSSDA TO SEE IF THEY HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS OF WHAT DEPARTMENT WE MIGHT REACH OUT TO OSPI OR IT MIGHT EVEN BE [INAUDIBLE] I'M NOT SURE.
MY FEELING IS THAT WE'D HAVE TO REACH OUT TO TO OSPI AND FIND OUT THAT FIRST BULLET THERE.
WHO'S GOING TO ADMINISTER THIS AT OSPI? THAT'S THE QUESTION.
I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER TO THAT.
AND THAT MIGHT STILL BE WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT.
COULD BE, TOO, THAT THE CARTS IN FRONT OF THE HORSE BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN BUSY WITH OTHER THINGS.
WELL, BECAUSE THEY HAVE A BILL, THEY HAVE TO ACT ON IT, BUT THEY WANT US TO ACT ON IT.
BUT THEY HAVEN'T GOT THE PIECES IN PLACE YET.
MARY, THANKS, THAT'S REALLY INSIGHTFUL, I APPRECIATE THAT PERSPECTIVE THAT ACTUALLY MADE ME THINK OF SOMETHING ELSE IS.
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DENNY, WHAT IMPLICATION WOULD THIS HAVE? I MEAN, GIVEN THE CHALLENGES THAT YOU GUYS ARE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW AND TRAUMATIC STRESS JUST FROM DEALING WITH THOSE CHALLENGES IS A REAL THING.AND DO YOU GUYS ANTICIPATE A WORD THIS RIGHT? YOU ANTICIPATE A HIGHER USAGE OF THESE PROGRAMS AS WE COME OUT OF THIS AND PEOPLE START TO KIND OF WIND DOWN.
AND THAT'S WHEN YOU START TO RECOGNIZE, YOU KNOW, THE ACTUAL TRAUMATIC.
THE RESULT OF ALL OF THAT, BECAUSE YOU RELAX, YOU CERTAINLY FEEL A LITTLE BIT MORE THAT YOU ANTICIPATE THIS, YOU KNOW, CONTRIBUTING TO THE CHALLENGES WE'RE ALREADY FACED WITH AND HAVING TO SEE MORE SOME TIME AND MORE STEPS.
TO GO BACK TO OUR ORIGINAL DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER WE INCLUDE ALL STAFF OR HOW WE OUTLINE IT.
I KNOW THAT IF WE WERE TO BREAK DOWN THE STATS, PARTICULARLY AROUND PEOPLE WHO CONTINUALLY DEAL WITH SOME OF THE MOST DIFFICULT NEEDS OF STUDENTS, THAT ABSENTEEISM, THE MEDICAL LEAVES, THE MENTAL HEALTH LEAVES THAT ARE BEING TAKEN BY SOME OF THOSE STAFF ARE CERTAINLY AT A HIGHER RATE THAN THEY HAVE BEEN IN IN PAST YEARS.
I'D SAY I'M HAVING WEEKLY CONVERSATIONS WITH STAFF ABOUT THE NEED TO TAKE LEAVE AND BECAUSE OF THE LEVEL OF STRESS, OUR HOPE IS THAT WITH THIS PARTICULAR EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, THERE'S A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT MODES AND FOR WHICH YOU CAN RECEIVE SUPPORT AND SERVICES, AND IT GOES FROM LEGAL CONSULTATION TO FINANCIAL CONSULTATION TO A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT FORMATS.
TEXTING, YOU KNOW, COUNSELING SERVICES, FAMILY COUNSELING SERVICES, THOSE ARE ALL SUPPORTS THAT ARE THAT ARE IN PLACE.
I THINK WHAT THIS POLICY DOES IS IT HELPS US BECOME VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT MAKING SURE WE ARE PUTTING SYSTEMS IN PLACE FOR OUR STAFF NOT TO ACCESS THESE RESOURCES AND TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALSO MONITORING USAGE BECAUSE THE REALITY IS IS OUR PREVIOUS EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
IT WAS LIMITING IN TERMS OF HOW THEY COULD USE IT, WHEN THEY COULD USE IT.
THIS THIS CURRENT PROGRAM IS A LOT MORE INCLUSIVE IN TERMS OF TAKING AWAY THAT STIGMA OF NEEDING THAT EXTRA SUPPORT.
IT COVERS THE GAMUT OF ALL KINDS OF SUPPORT THAT ONE MIGHT NEED THROUGHOUT THEIR CAREER.
AND SO WHAT THE POLICY DOES IS IT HELPS US JUST BECOME VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT WHAT SUPPORTS DO WE HAVE AVAILABLE AND ARE THEY WORKING AND ARE PEOPLE ACCESSING IT? AND IF NOT, WHY NOT? SO BECAUSE WE'RE STILL SEEING ATTENDANCE ISSUES, PERHAPS OR THE NEED FOR LEAVES? WELL, AND I JUST WANT TO REITERATE, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS AND I THINK IT'S SO NEEDED.
AND I THINK YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT THAT TAKING AWAY THAT STIGMA OF ASKING FOR HELP IS A BIG PART OF PEOPLE REACHING OUT FOR HELP.
YOU'RE DOING A WONDERFUL JOB WITH THAT, AND I THINK YOUR, YOU KNOW, YOUR NEW APPROACH, YOUR NEW PROGRAM IS GOING TO BE GREAT FOR STAFF.
I DON'T HAVE ANY DISAGREEMENT WITH THAT AND NOT WITH THE CONCEPT AT ALL.
I JUST FEEL LIKE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH CLARITY IN THIS POLICY.
WE HAVE NO PROCEDURES TO LOOK AT.
AND FOR ME, WHEN I SEE A POLICY, WHAT REALLY DEFINES A POLICY IS WHAT THE PROCEDURES ARE, AND THERE ARE NO PROCEDURES YET.
AND THAT CONCERNS ME TO PASS, YOU KNOW, TO APPROVE A POLICY WITHOUT PROCEDURES THAT JUST KIND OF ONE OF MY THINGS THAT I'M PRETTY CAREFUL ABOUT.
SO I, YOU KNOW, I AGREE WITH THE PROGRAM.
I WOULDN'T WANT ANYTHING TO HAPPEN TO THAT.
AND I ALSO AGREE THAT HAVING A POLICY IS A GOOD THING.
AND JUST SO, YOU KNOW, WADJDA HAS NOT RELEASED ANY PROCEDURES.
YEAH, YEAH, I KNOW THERE ARE LOTS THAT DON'T.
AND YOU KNOW, IN GENERALLY THOSE THAT DON'T HAVE PROCEDURES, IT'S BECAUSE THE POLICY ITSELF SPELLS OUT ENOUGH THAT YOU REALLY DON'T NEED THOSE PROCEDURES.
I CAN'T SAY THAT THESE BULLETS HERE GIVE ME ENOUGH INFORMATION TO ADD ENOUGH CLARITY TO KNOW WHAT'S EXPECTED OF US AND WHAT WE'RE EXPECTED TO GIVE BACK TO OSPI.
THAT'S KIND OF MORE MY CONCERN.
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO DO A GOOD JOB WITH OUR EMPLOYEES.
AND I THINK YOU WORK REALLY HARD AT THAT.
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MY CONCERN IS WHAT'S GOING TO BE EXPECTED OF US ON THE OTHER END? YEAH.YOU'VE GOT A LULL IN THE CONVERSATION, BUT YOU ALSO WANT TO WEIGH IN.
WELL, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT NEEDS TO BE JUST CONSIDERED A FIRST READING AT THIS POINT AND REVIEW IT AGAIN.
I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO GET IT POLICIES IN PLACE.
AND IF YOU GUYS ARE BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL TO GET THIS POLICY PUT TOGETHER AND APPROVED, WHERE DO WE MEET IN THE MIDDLE, YOU KNOW? WELL, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, RON.
I MEAN, AT THE END, WHAT WOULD THE IMPLICATIONS THOSE IMPLICATIONS BE? WHAT WOULD THE IMPLICATIONS BE IF WE DIDN'T PASS THIS POLICY? I THINK MARY'S DEAD ON, I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE WOULD BE ANY IMPLICATIONS, EXCEPT, YOU
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KNOW, WE WOULDN'T HAVE A POLICY THAT'S BEEN DEEMED AS ESSENTIAL AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE MET THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW, WHICH WAS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE THIS PASSED[02:30:06]
BY DECEMBER OF 2021.BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO POLICY POLICE THAT ARE WANDERING AROUND, FINDING SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR NOT HAVING THE POLICY.
BUT I THINK THE OTHER THING IS, EVEN WITH THE BILL, IF SOMEONE YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE IF WE'RE ABLE TO GET MORE CLARITY ON THAT, WHAT WHAT THE EXPECTATION IS.
AND AND AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO PUT ALL THAT ON YOU.
I KNOW YOU'RE YOU'RE BUSY ENOUGH, BUT CERTAINLY WAS TO OR SOMEONE IT WAS TO HAS GONE THROUGH AND AND LOOKED CAREFULLY AT THAT BILL TO IN ORDER TO CREATE THE POLICY.
I THINK IT MIGHT BE A REACH OUT TO THEM.
I WAS GOING TO SAY OUR FIRST STEP CERTAINLY COULD BE EVEN TO REACH OUT TO OSPI AND SAY WHAT? WHAT IS THE REPORTING PIECE? BECAUSE IF THE REPORT COULD GUIDE WHAT IT IS THAT WE PUT IN PLACE, THEN WE HAVE THE PROCEDURE.
IF YOU CAN SEE WHAT THEIR REPORTING IS, YOU'RE GOING TO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO REQUIRE OF YOU.
RATHER THAN GETTING A NO VOTE ON THIS AND PROLONGING THIS OUT, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE COULD POSTPONE THIS TO THE NEXT MEETING UNTIL WE CAN GATHER SOME INFORMATION RATHER THAN HAVING A YEAH, I'LL SEE IF I CAN LAY OUT OUR OPTIONS AS WE MOVE TOWARDS A VOTE ON THIS, BUT SINCE I DO GET TO PARTICIPATE AS A BOARD MEMBER, I THINK MARY IS BRINGING UP SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY ENDED UP IN OUR TOP 15 PRIORITY, WHICH IS WHEN THE STATE LEGISLATURE PASSES LAWS THAT WE ASK THAT THEY DEFINE OR SPELL OUT WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS AND COSTS FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE.
THEY DO THAT WITH SOME OF THE OTHER BUDGET THINGS.
AND SO WE'RE NOT ALONE IN THAT SKEPTICISM IN TERMS OF IT'S A WASTE OF POLICY TO ASK THE LEGISLATURE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DEFINE BOTH THE FINANCIAL AND HUMAN RESOURCES IMPACT WHEN THEY PASS LEGISLATION THAT PUTS ON SCHOOLS.
I'M AFRAID IT'S A LITTLE BIT LIKE WE WANT YOU TO FULLY FUND EDUCATION, WHICH THEY CLAIM THEY DO.
BUT OF COURSE, WE KNOW WHEN YOU ONLY OFFER ONE PSYCHOLOGIST FOR THE ENTIRE MIDDLE SCHOOL POPULATION OF THE STATE, YOU'RE NOT REALLY DOING THAT.
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SO THAT'S IT.SO IN MY MIND, YOU CAN CERTAINLY CORRECT ME IF YOU THINK IT'S DIFFERENT, WE COULD PASS THE FIRST READING OR VOTE ON THE FIRST READING AND EITHER PASS OR TO FAIL THAT.
AND IN THE MEANTIME, TAKE A LOOK SPECIFICALLY AT WHAT INFORMATION WE COULD GATHER FROM OSPI.
I GUESS THEY WOULD BE THE MAIN ONE WITH THE IDEA OF TRYING TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION AROUND WHAT A SAMPLE PROCEDURE MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
I'M ACTUALLY I'M ACTUALLY SEEING HERE THAT IN THE DAYS THAT WE FIRST LOOKED AT THIS TILL NOW, THEY HAVE IMPLEMENTED, THEY HAVE NOW LISTED A SAMPLE PROCEDURE.
BUT INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S GOING TO ANSWER ANY OF OUR QUESTIONS.
BECAUSE IT'S VERY REDUNDANT AS TO THE POLICY AND WHAT IT REALLY JUST TALKS ABOUT IS THE DISTRICT WIDE WORKFORCE MENTAL HEALTH COMMITTEE, WHICH WE ARE CALLING OUR BENEFITS AND WELLNESS COMMITTEE.
THE DISTRICT WILL ESTABLISH A DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE WORKFORCE MENTAL HEALTH COMMITTEE.
THE DISTRICT WILL SEEK COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND THEN IT LISTS IN BULLETS WHO THOSE MEMBERS SHOULD BE, WHICH KELLIE ALREADY POINTED OUT ONE TEACHER, ONE CLASSIFIED MEMBER OR ONE TEACHER, ONE CLASSIFIED MEMBER FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL, ONE FROM K-8 LEVEL BLAH BLAH BLAH BUILDING ADMINISTRATOR AND THEN IT SAYS 4B, IT SAYS THE COMMITTEE WILL SEEK RESOURCES RELATED TO SECONDARY TRAUMATIC STRESS FROM OSPI.
THE ESD AND SCHOOL EMPLOYEES BENEFITS BOARD, AND THEY WILL DEVELOP A WEB PAGE, WHICH WILL BE, THESE WILL BE POSTED ON.
AND THEN IT JUST SAYS MATERIALS AND RESOURCES RELATED TO SECONDARY TRAUMA AND STRESS WILL BE SHARED DISTRICT WIDE VIA.
AND THEN THE DISTRICT IS SUPPOSED TO INSERT THE VIA WHAT HOW WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT THAT.
AND THEN SIMPLY THE LAST PART OF THE PROCEDURE JUST SAYS THE DUTIES OF THE COMMITTEE.
AND IT SAYS NUMBER ONE, THAT THEY'LL SHARE SUPPORTS DISTRICT WIDE NUMBER TWO, THAT THEY'LL SHARE LINKS TO SECONDARY TRAUMATIC STRESS, SELF ASSESSMENT AND ASSOCIATED RESOURCES.
AND THEN, WHEN POSSIBLE, THE COMMITTEE SHOULD USE A CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROCESS THAT CAN INCLUDE A STAFF CLIMATE SURVEY IN ACCORDANCE WITH POLICY 3112, WHICH IS YOUR SOCIAL EMOTIONAL CLIMATE POLICY.
SO BASICALLY, THE PROCEDURE AS LISTED JUST TALKS ABOUT THE DUTIES OF THIS COMMITTEE THAT WE'RE GOING TO FORM.
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU ALREADY HAVE THAT COMMITTEE IN PLACE.
AND IT'S VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO FOR OUR PROCEDURE, IF WE WERE TO TAKE THIS AS A GUIDE, WE WOULD JUST USE THE MAKEUP OF OUR CURRENT COMMITTEE AND INCLUDE THAT IN HERE.
OTHERWISE, I THINK THEY'RE DOING THE SAME THING SO THAT THE COMMITTEE, I GUESS WHAT THE PROCEDURE HAS LAID OUT BY WSSDA BASICALLY JUST FUNDAMENTALLY TO CREATE A COMMITTEE, CREATE A COMMITTEE.
AND WHAT IF YOU DON'T ALREADY HAVE ONE? IT STILL DOESN'T GO INTO THE.
YEAH, I MEAN, I GUESS THAT WOULD, AND IN SOME WAYS THAT DOES BRING A LITTLE MORE CLARITY, THOUGH.
AND THAT'S AGAIN, YOU KNOW, PUTTING ANOTHER BURDEN IF WE DON'T HAVE TO, WE'RE POSSIBLE TO USE AN ASSESSMENT.
AND MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THE COMMITTEE ALREADY DOES.
BUT WE'RE NOT DOING THAT RIGHT NOW.
YEAH, I MEAN, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT WOULD BE UP TO THE COMMITTEE.
I THINK THE BIGGEST QUESTION LEFT IS WHO'S ADMINISTERING THIS AT OSPI AND WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO REQUIRE OF YOU IN TERMS OF REPORTING? AND WE CAN FIND THAT OUT.
SOME WERE COMFORTABLE EITHER WAY, IF YOU'D LIKE TO PAUSE AND JUST WAIT AND WE CAN GO BACK AND DO SOME DUE DILIGENCE, OR I HAVE FAITH THAT WITHIN THE TWO WEEK PERIOD WE COULD BRING YOU SOME MORE INFORMATION WE COULD SEND OUT THIS.
WE COULD WE COULD LOOK AT THIS PROCEDURE AND UPDATE IT TO FIT OUR NEEDS AND THEN INCLUDE THAT IN THE NEXT BOARD PACKET FOR YOU TO LOOK AT.
EITHER WAY, WE'RE FINE WITH WHATEVER YOU DECIDE.
SO SOMEBODY WOULD NEED TO MAKE A MOTION, FOR ONE THING.
WE HAD THE FIRST DISCUSSION WAS CONCERNED AROUND THE INCLUSIVENESS OF THE TRYING TO DO AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST VERSUS JUST SAYING ALL STAFF.
SO IT SOUNDED LIKE THERE WAS SOME AGREEMENT.
IF I HEARD THAT RIGHT THAT YOU WOULD WANT THE EDITS THAT SANDY HELPED KEEP TRACK OF IN TERMS OF BEING MORE INCLUSIVE.
SO IF WE WERE TO MAKE A MOTION ON THAT PARTICULAR POLICY, IT WOULD BE WITH THE AMENDMENTS THAT WE SUGGESTED AND THEN WE COULD GO TO THE VOTE.
DO WE STILL CALL IT A FIRST READING? IT IS STILL A FIRST READING AND YOU'D HAVE AN OPTION WHEN IT COMES TO THE SECOND READING WHETHER TO PROCEED OR PAUSE AGAIN.
BUT THERE IS A TIME LIMIT ON THAT.
I'LL HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK THAT ONE UP, BUT YOU CAN'T HAVE UNLIMITED TIME BETWEEN A FIRST AND SECOND READING OF A POLICY.
SO IF YOU WERE TO PAUSE AT THE SECOND READING, YOU WOULD NEED TO TAKE ACTION SOON.
I WOULD JUST RECOMMEND AT THAT POINT THAT YOU VOTE NO AND THEN WE COULD START ALL OVER.
WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE EDITS IF WE GO NO AND COME BACK WITH THE FIRST READING? I MEAN, ON THE SECOND READING OF THE THING.
AND IN THE SECOND READING, THE PIECE THAT I WOULD WANT TO DO JUST BASED ON THE CONVERSATION HERE IS NOT PUT THAT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, BUT BRING IT AS A SECOND READING.
I THINK IT WARRANTS FURTHER DISCUSSION.
YOU INDICATED THAT SO ORIGINALLY THIS WAS PROMPTED BY A PIECE OF LEGISLATION, WHICH IS LAW.
YES, WHICH WE ARE OBLIGATED TO FOLLOW.
SO EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE NO POLICY POLICE PER SAY WE, WE AS A BOARD WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE.
AT SOME POINT SOMEONE'S GOING TO WE'RE IN LINE WITH THE LAW.
PARTICULARLY BECAUSE I THINK 90 PERCENT OF THIS POLICY WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING RIGHT.
I ALMOST WONDERED, I'M SPEAKING AS JUST A BOARD MEMBER HERE, NOT AT PRESIDENT.
YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS A BIGGER ISSUE ABOUT ALL POLICIES THAT GET LEGISLATED TO US AND WHAT IMPACT DOES THAT HAVE ON OUR FINANCES AND OUR PERSONNEL RESPONSIBILITIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT NOT SPECIFIC TO THIS POLICY, BUT JUST ALL THE POLICIES THAT COME DOWN.
AND THAT MIGHT BE A DIFFERENT BATTLE TO FIGHT THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE THAN IT IS AT OUR BOARD TABLES HERE.
WELL, I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT, MARK, BUT I THINK ALSO AS BOARD MEMBERS AND AS A BOARD, WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL THAT WE ARE CAREFULLY LOOKING AT THE POLICIES FOR CLARITY BECAUSE I THINK SOMETIMES POLICIES DO COME TO US THAT THAT AREN'T JUST LIKE THE NURSES BROUGHT UP, YOU KNOW, IT'S WRITTEN WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, NAMING CERTAIN PEOPLE AND NOT OTHERS.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S INCUMBENT UPON US TO LOOK AT THOSE FOR CLARITY.
AND ALSO AND THIS IS MY OWN PARTICULAR BIAS WHEN, AND THIS ONE IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE.
IT DOESN'T GIVE CLEAR IT'S A POLICY THAT DOESN'T GIVE CLEAR DIRECTION WITHOUT PROCEDURE.
AND SO I THINK IN THAT WAY, IT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO SLOW DOWN AND TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT POLICIES.
I MEAN, IT'S EASY SOMETIMES TO JUST PASS THEM BECAUSE WSDA SAYS THEY'RE OK, BUT WE ALL MISS THINGS.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I'M COMING FROM, TOO.
WELL, I THINK WE'VE COVERED EXTENSIVELY, BUT WE'VE GOT HERE IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD, SOMEONE WOULD NEED TO MAKE A MOTION ON THE SO HOW WOULD THAT MOTION READ? THROUGH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ACCEPT THE FIRST READING OF POLICY 515.
WITH SUGGESTED EDITS FOR THE WORKFORCE.
OR WE READ MOTION TO EXTEND TO THE NEXT MEETING UNTIL WE GET CLARITY ON SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS.
SO WE CAN EITHER DO THE FIRST READING AND PROVE IT AND HAVE IT, HAVE THEM WORK ON IT OR JUST NOT PROVE ANYTHING.
WE CAN STILL HAVE THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED BEFORE WE APPROVE THE SECOND READING.
SO THEN WE SHOULD DO THE FIRST.
ALL RIGHT, SO I MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ACCEPT THE FIRST READING OF POLICY 515 WITH ACCEPTED CHANGES TO THE VERBIAGE THAT, YEP, SUGGESTED EDITS FOR THE POLICY 515 WORK FOR SECONDARY TRAUMATIC STRESS.
WE'VE GOT A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR THE FIRST READING OF POLICY 515 WORK FOR SECONDARY TRAUMATIC STRESS GOT QUITE A DISCUSSION AND THE OTHERS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES 5-0.
OK, THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM 14 FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND BOARD EVENTS.
A FEW OF THOSE, UNFORTUNATELY, HAVE BEEN TAKEN OFF OUR CALENDAR, I GUESS, OR FORTUNATELY,
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WHICHEVER WAY YOU LOOK AT IT, SO.NO, NO TOURS, NO COMMUNITY MEETING THIS WEEK.
SO KIND OF THOSE THINGS ARE ON HOLD.
ANYTHING OF NOTE? OK, LET'S SEE.
I'LL BRING TWO IN JUST IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T HEARD IT.
OUR TWO STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES ARE LOBBYING FOR HAVING THEIR TABLES NEXT TO EACH OTHER, AND THEY DO WANT TO CO-PRESENT THE DEEP FAMOUS BOOK NEXT TIME.
SO BE AWARE THAT WE MAY DO A LITTLE SHUFFLING.
THE DEEP KINDNESS BOOK THAT WE GOT AT THE CONVENTION, SO I KNOW THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT PRESENTATION, SO WE MIGHT END UP PUTTING SIDNEY AND MIKADO KIND OF NEXT TO EACH OTHER, AND THEN WE'LL SEE HOW THAT GOES.
SO JUST SO NOBODY'S FEELING KICKED OUT OF THEIR SPOT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
MAYBE MAKE SOME REARRANGEMENTS IN THE SEATING WHEN THOSE TWO COME BACK.
I THINK THAT'S ABOUT IT FOR ME.
WELL, WE DO HAVE A WORK SESSION ON OURS AND IT'S SIMPLY A FOLLOW UP TO OUR BOARD GOALS BASED ON OUR SELF-EVALUATION.
AND WE SAID LAST TIME THAT BECAUSE WE WERE MISSING TWO OF OUR MEMBERS, WE WOULDN'T FINALIZE IT UNTIL TONIGHT.
SO I'LL CATCH YOU UP ON WHERE WE LEFT OFF.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, YOU CAN LET ME KNOW.
SO OUR FOUR GOALS THAT WE CARRIED FORTH FROM LAST YEAR INCLUDED TO UPDATE BOARD MEMBER ORIENTATION MANUALS AND PROCESSES SPECIFICALLY FOR STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS, BUT ACTUALLY FOR ALL BOARD MEMBERS.
AND THE TWO STUDENT MEMBERS AGREED TO TAKE THAT ON AS A RESPONSIBILITY THEMSELVES, SO THEY SELF DELEGATED THEMSELVES FOR THAT.
WE HUNG ON TO THE USE AND MAKE OPPORTUNITIES, PROMOTE CULTURAL, RACIAL, ETHNIC UNDERSTANDING AND SENSITIVITY AT BOARD MEETINGS BY TRYING TO PURPOSELY INVITE A VARIETY OF GROUPS INTO OUR MEETINGS TO PRESENT.
OUR THIRD GOAL WAS BASED ON OUR NUMBER 56 AND 57 QUESTIONS WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT ESTABLISH WRITTEN PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS, AND WE ACTUALLY ALREADY HAD THOSE IN PLACE WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND EVALUATION.
THOSE ARE ON THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION FORM.
WE ESTABLISHED NUMBER 2A AND 4B, AND IF YOU NEED DETAILS ON THAT, MAKE SURE YOU GET TO ME AND MAKE THAT AVAILABLE AND THEN PRIORITIZE THE REGULAR REVIEW OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT DAYS.
AND I THINK ACTUALLY THE FOCUS HERE IS ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, BUT I KNOW WE'VE HAD A CONVERSATION JUST WE HAVE SEVERAL ANNUAL REPORTS THAT HAVE TO TAKE PLACE AND REALLY TAKING A LOOK AT MAKING SURE THOSE ARE CALENDAR BOARD AND THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAPPEN AND MAYBE EVEN CONSOLIDATING THEM TO SINGLE OR ONE OR TWO MEETINGS IF IT DOESN'T MAKE THAT MEETING TOO LONG.
BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE SEVERAL ANNUAL REPORTS THAT HAVE TO COME TO THE BOARD AND THEY CAN BE HARD TO KEEP TRACK OF.
SO THOSE WERE OUR FOUR GOALS WHERE WE LEFT THEM ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION OR RECOMMENDATIONS.
I'M GOOD WITH JUST MOVING ON WITH THOSE AND, OK, CONTINUE WORKING ON THEM.
AND THIS IS ACTUALLY ONE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO VOTE ON.
IT'S A CONSENSUS WITH THAT AND IT'S FLEXIBLE.
WE CAN ALWAYS ADD OR SUBTRACT AS WE GO ALONG.
I'M JUST AND MAYBE I MISSED IT, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK BECAUSE WE ARE WORKING ON IT BECAUSE I THINK IT IS AN AREA OF FOCUS FOR US IS THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.
AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS WITH GOALS, IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME DATA, OBVIOUSLY, TO SEE WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR GOALS.
AND I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE SOME DATA ON HOW WE'RE DOING IN TERMS OF COMMUNICATING WITH THE COMMUNITY.
SO DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF THOSE SPECIFICALLY FOCUS ON THAT OR IF THERE ARE SOME WAYS THAT WE CAN.
YEAH, I BELIEVE THE SUPERINTENDENT WAS GOING TO SAY THE WRITTEN GOAL 4B.
SO IT'S REFLECTED THROUGH MY EVALUATION, BUT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY REFLECTED, MARY, AND IN THE BOARD'S EFFORTS.
WOULD IT BE HELPFUL JUST THINKING OUT LOUD THAT THE GOAL RATHER THAN BEING.
WELL, ALTHOUGH IT SAYS WITH WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT OR YOU COULD SAY, AS A SUPERINTENDENT BOARD TEAM, I'M GOOD WITH IT.
SO OUR BOARD GOALS CARRY FORWARD, WHICH MAKES SENSE.
IT WAS HARD TO WORK ON SOME OF THEM LAST YEAR WHEN WE WERE SO REMOTE AND THINGS LIKE THAT SO GOOD TO CARRY YOU THROUGH SOME OF THOSE AND SOME OF THEM LOOK LIKE THEY COULD BE KIND OF ENDURING GOALS ANYWAY.
ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER? GLAD TO SEE EVERYBODY BACK AND HOPEFULLY RESTED, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE YOU AGAIN IN TWO WEEKS AND WITHOUT ANY CHANGES.
SO I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS JANUARY 10TH 2022 REGULAR BOARD MEETING THE BATTLEGROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT AS CONCLUDED.
8:35.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.