Jan 24, 2022 Board of Directors

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OK. ALL RIGHT.

SO SIX O'CLOCK, BE READY.

OK, LET'S CALL THIS JANUARY 24TH 2022 A REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING IN THE BATTLEGROUND

[1. Call to Order]

[2. Pledge of Allegiance]

READY BEGIN.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH T STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

AND THANK YOU TO CITIZENS STAFF THAT ARE BRINGING US INFORMATION TONIGHT, STUDENTS AND AUDIENCE THAT WILL PRESENT AND UP HERE ON THE STAGE.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

[3. Roll Call]

PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT FOUR, MARK WATRIN.

HERE.

VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT FIVE, JACKIE MADDUX.

SHE DOES HAVE A PREARRANGED ABSENCE THIS EVENING.

DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT ONE, MARY SNITILY.

HERE. DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT TWO, ROB HENRIKSON.

HERE. DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT THREE, TED CHAMPINE.

HERE. STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE SYDNEY CORDON.

HERE. STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE RICARDO MARTIN DEL CAMPO.

HE TOO HAS AN EXCUSE, EXCUSE ME, A PREARRANGED ABSENCE FOR THIS EVENING.

MR. PRESIDENT, WE HAVE A QUORUM.

GREAT. THANK YOU. AND YES, BOTH OF OUR ABSENT MEMBERS TONIGHT CONTACTED ME LATE LAST WEEK AND ONE HAD A FAMILY EMERGENCY TO GO TO THE OTHER ONE'S TAKING A HEALTH PRECAUTION TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE SAFE AND SAID THEY'D TRY TO ATTEND ONLINE IF THEY CAN.

BUT I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE ABSENCES, PER BOARD POLICY.

SO MOVED. THANK YOU, IT'S BEEN MOVED TO APPROVE THE ABSENCES JACKIE MADDUX AND RICARDO MARTIN DEL CAMPO, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES FOUR ZERO.

THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS OUR AGENDA APPROVAL.

[4. Agenda Approval]

THANKS, THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE UNTIL WE GET THERE.

HOPEFULLY, IT WON'T BE TOO LONG INTO THE MEETING.

THEN OUR CONSENT AGENDA WHERE WE HAVE ITEMS, A THROUGH G OLD BUSINESS, WE HAVE ONE ITEM ALMOST THE FIRST.

NEW BUSINESS FOUR ITEMS. WE'LL GO OVER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. WE'LL TAKE A SHORT BREAK AND THEN WE DO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION RELATED TO PROPERTY PURCHASE RIGHT AFTER THE MEETING.

THEY DON'T EXPECT THAT TO TAKE LONG.

ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AGENDA? I MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, APPROVED THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN MOVED TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED. AGENDA IS APPROVED.

FOUR TO ZERO.

OK, AND THANKS FOR REMEMBERING FROM LAST YEAR.

[5. Recognitions]

SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO SUPERINTENDENT WATERS.

YEAH, YOU STOLE MY.

OH GREAT. I WAS GOING TO SAY.

SO WE'RE JUST THINKING ALIKE I WAS GOING TO THANK YOU.

OH, THANK THE LORD FOR ALLOWING US TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES.

SOMETIMES WE HIDE THEM IN THE TEACHING AND LEARNING REPORT OR THE SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT, AND IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THEM UP FRONT AND THAT WAY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE TIME COMMITMENT THAT IT TAKES FOR SOME OF THESE INDIVIDUALS TO COME, GET TO DO TWO RECOGNITIONS TODAY.

AND I GET TO START WITH A RECOGNITION FOR OUR POETRY OUT LOUD.

AND THIS IS A MULTI TIERED RECOGNITION AND ONE I CERTAINLY WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE PROGRAM.

THE PROGRAM NOW HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR, I WANT TO SAY, 13, 12, 13, 14 YEARS.

13, YEAH, THE PROGRAM ITSELF HAS BEEN GOING ON FROM 13 FOR 13 YEARS AND I'VE BEEN HONORED TO GET A CHANCE TO JUDGE THE PROGRAM FOR EVERY YEAR THAT IT'S BEEN AROUND.

SO I LOVED WHEN I WAS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT BATTLEGROUND AND THEN THE SPECIAL ED DIRECTOR AND THEN THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT AND NOW A

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AND THEN THE THIRD, WHICH WERE, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS PART OF OUR PRESENTATION TODAY IS TO CELEBRATE THE WINNERS OF THIS YEAR'S COMPETITION.

WE HAVE TWO PLACEHOLDERS WHO ARE GOING TO PRESENT TO US TONIGHT.

ONE IS OLIVIA PATTERSON AND THE OTHER IS OUR WINNER, TOP PRIZE WINNER ELLA HANCOCK, AND THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU A TASTE OF THEIR THE POEMS THAT THEY PRESENTED AND SHOW YOU HOW GREAT OF A COMPETITION THIS REALLY IS.

SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO INVITE OLIVIA, ELLA, AND MS. [INAUDIBLE] TO THE FRONT.

AND HEATHER, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO START JUST BY, YOU'LL INTRODUCE EVERYBODY, BUT JUST BY SAYING A FEW WORDS AND TELLING EVERYBODY ABOUT THE PROGRAM, WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.

AND YOU GUYS WILL SPEAK HERE.

HELLO. WELCOME.

GOOD TO SEE YOU. I'M HEATHER [INAUDIBLE] AND DENNY SAID MOST OF IT.

BUT THESE GUYS HAVE MEMORIZED FAMOUS POEMS BY PUBLISHED POETS.

AND WE HAD, I THINK, THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY TWO KIDS THIS YEAR WHO COMPETED AT THE CLASSROOM LEVEL. AND THEN EACH CLASSROOM SENDS A WINNER TO THE SCHOOL COMPETITION, AND THESE GUYS CAME IN FIRST AND SECOND PLACE.

AND ELLA WILL BE REPRESENTING US AT THE REGIONAL COMPETITION, WHICH IS VIRTUAL THIS YEAR.

SO SHE'S SENDING IN HER VIDEO BY WEDNESDAY.

ALL RIGHT. SO I THINK WHAT SHE'S RECITING TODAY IS HER SECOND POEM, SO IT'S THE FIRST TIME, WHICH IS EXCITING.

BUT FIRST, I THINK WE'LL HEAR FROM OLIVIA PATTERSON.

SO IF YOU WANT TO JUST COME UP AND DO, OH, HOW ABOUT DO IT HERE THEN.

NOW, WE CAN TURN IT ON.

OK . WINDY CITY, BY [INAUDIBLE].

THE GARMENTS WORN FLYING JEANS WERE FASHIONED THERE, OVERCOATS THAT SWOOPED LIKE KITES, SCARVES, STREAMING LIKE VAPOR TRAILS, GOWNS BALLOONING INTO SPIN ANCHORS.

IN A CITY LIKE THAT, ONE MIGHT SAIL THROUGH LIFE LED BY A RUNAWAY HAT.

THE YOUNG SCATTERED IN WHATEVER DIRECTIONS THEIR WILD HAIR POINTED AND GUSTING INTO ONE ANOTHER, FELL IN LOVE AT NIGHT WIND RIPPLED, SAXOPHONES HUNG LIKE WIND CHIMES AND PUNCH UP WINDOWS HOOTING THROUGH [INAUDIBLE] SO THAT THE STREETS SEEMED HAUNTED NOT BY NIGHTHAWKS, BUT BY DOVES.

PINWHEELS, WORLD FROM STEEPLES AND PLACE OF CROSSES, AT THE PINNACLES OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS SNAGGED UNDER CLOTHES, THE ONLY FLAG FLAPPED MAJESTICALLY, AND WHEN IT CAME TIME TO DISAPPEAR, ONE SIMPLY CHOSE A THOROUGHFARE DEVOID OF MEMORIES, RAISED A COLOR AND TURNED HIS BACK ON THE WIND.

I CLOSED MY EYES AND STEPPED INTO A SWIRL OF SCUTTLING LEAVES.

[LAUGHTER] THAT WAS WONDERFUL.

THE FAIR SINGER BY ANDREW [INAUDIBLE], TO MAKE THE FINAL CONQUEST OF ALL OF ME LOVE TO COMPOSE SO SWEET AND ENEMY AND WHO BOTH BEAUTIES TO MY DEATH AGREE.

JOINING THEMSELVES AND FAITHFUL HARMONY THAT, WELL, SHE WITH HER EYES.

MY HEART DOES BIND.

SHE WITH HER VOICE, MAY CAPTIVATE MY MIND.

I COULD HAVE CUT FROM ONE BUT SINGLY FAIR.

MY DISENTANGLED SOUL ITSELF MIGHT SAVE BREAKING THE CURLY TRAVELS OF HER HAIR.

BUT HOW SHOULD I AVOID TO BE HER SLAVE, WHOSE SUBTLE ART INVISIBLY CAN BRIEF MY FEATHERS OF THE VERY AIR I BREATHE? IT HAD BEEN EASY FIGHTING IN SOME PLANE WHERE VICTORY MIGHT HANG [INAUDIBLE] BUT ALL RESISTANCE AGAINST HER WAS VAIN.

WHO HAS THE ADVANTAGE? BOTH EYES AND VOICE.

AND ALL MY FORCES [INAUDIBLE] MUST BE DONE.

SHE HAD BEEN GAINING BOTH THE WIND AND SUN.

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[APPLAUSE] THE SECOND RECOGNITION THAT WE HAVE TONIGHT, PRETTY EXCITING, THIS AWARD IS FOR OUR PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL HORTICULTURE TEACHER ANNETTE [INAUDIBLE].

SHE WON THIS AWARD IN NOVEMBER AT THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF AGRICULTURAL EDUCATORS CONFERENCE, AND WE ARE JUST NOW GETTING TO A PLACE WHERE WE COULD INVITE HER TO COME UP SO I'D LIKE HER. SHE AND CINDY ARNOLD OUR CTE DIRECTOR TO COME UP AND TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS, AND I'LL LET CINDY INTRODUCE ANNETTE TO YOU.

OK. HELLO, BATTLEGROUND SCHOOL, BOARD, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HONORING ONE OF OUR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION TEACHERS TONIGHT, AND ANNETTE [INAUDIBLE] IS A PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL HORTICULTURE AGRICULTURE TEACHER.

SHE ACTUALLY TEACHES PLANT SCIENCE, ANIMAL SCIENCE, NATURAL RESOURCES, GREENHOUSE MANAGEMENT, SEVERAL COURSES THERE, AND SHE WAS RECOGNIZED IN NOVEMBER AS MS. [INAUDIBLE] 2021 AS THE REGION ONE IDEA'S UNLIMITED AWARD AT THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION, THE NAAE CONFERENCE MS. [INAUDIBLE] EARNED THE AWARD FOR HER WORK IN WATER BEADS, WHICH YOU ALL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A SAMPLING OF THAT.

THESE TINY BEADS GROW TO MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY TIMES THEIR ORIGINAL VOLUME WHEN SOAKED IN WATER.

MS. [INAUDIBLE] FIRST, USE THE BEADS TO HOLD FLOWERS ARRANGED IN A VASE, AND IT'S NOW USED IS NOW USING THE BEADS TO TEACH EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS AROUND TOPICS, INCLUDING THE EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE AND PH, BACTERIAL GROWTH, SUNLIGHT, UV RAYS AND ARRANGE FLOWER FRESHNESS.

AND SO PLEASE HELP ME HONORING IN THAT WEEKS FOR HER GOOD WORK AND THIS 2021 REGION ONE IDEAS UNLIMITED AND AAE AWARD FOR THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION.

[APPLAUSE] IF YOU WANTED TO SAY A FEW WORDS, YOU'RE WELCOME TO.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO. I'M GOOD.

THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE TO SAY TOO THAT ANNETTE IS JUST REALLY AN AMAZING TEACHER.

I THINK WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE HER IN OUR DISTRICT AND SHE'S ALWAYS GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND. I CAN CALL HER LATE IN THE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING, AND SHE'S STILL AT SCHOOL, SO SHE WORKS VERY HARD.

[LAUGHTER] YEAH.

THANK YOU, ANNETTE. GOOD TO HEAR.

[APPLAUSE] AND THAT DOES IT FOR RECOGNITIONS. THANKS AGAIN.

YEAH, THANK YOU. I LIKE THE TREND.

SEE IF WE CAN KEEP IT GOING.

I THINK THIS IS PART OF OUR GOAL OF TRYING TO GET A DIVERSE GROUP OF PEOPLE IN HERE SO WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. I LIKE THE MIX OF STUDENTS AND STAFF.

SO YEAH, WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO KEEP IT ROLLING.

OK.

[6. Communications]

THAT BOTH OF THEM OR ONE OF THEM.

BOTH.

OK, GREAT. I THINK WE HAVE BATTLEGROUND AND [INAUDIBLE].

WHAT DO WE HAVE TO [INAUDIBLE]? GREAT.

SO WE GOT BATTLEGROUND FIRST, RIGHT? YEAH. OK, GREAT. OH, THAT'S AWFULLY NICE OF YOU.

THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE] JUST WANTED TO SHOW SOME APPRECIATION FOR YOU ALL AND SO WE ALL MADE THIS POSTER FOR YOU.

AND RECENTLY, WE'VE JUST BEEN WORKING ON LIKE [INAUDIBLE], COLOR WARS, PROM AND BEST OF BG. WE HAVE DECIDED A BENEFICIARY.

WHO IS TREVOR ROSE? HE IS A 1990 HALL OF FAME BASKETBALL PLAYER FOR BHS AND HE NEEDS HELP WITH SOME MEDICAL BILLS AFTER SUFFERING FROM A STROKE.

AND THEN WE'RE ALSO LOOKING INTO DANCE PLANNING, [INAUDIBLE] AS SUCH INDOOR OUTDOOR

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AND THAT'S ALL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

YEAH. [APPLAUSE] REALLY APPRECIATE REACHING BACK TO MEMORY OF TREVOR ROSE AND HELPING HIM OUT, THAT'S OUTSTANDING.

GREAT. HELLO, MY NAME IS MARINA [INAUDIBLE].

I'M THE [INAUDIBLE] VICE PRESIDENT AT [INAUDIBLE] ACADEMY.

[INAUDIBLE] WAS ABLE TO CREATE EDUCATIONAL AND CREATIVE EVENTS FOR THE SCHOOL, BEGINNING WITH HER HOLIDAY SPIRIT WEEK DURING THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 13TH TO 17TH.

WE'RE ABLE TO CREATE A SPEAR WEEK FOR MARY MONDAY, WHERE A FAVORITE HOLIDAY SWEATER SHIRT . SANTA HAT TUESDAY.

WEAR YOUR FAVORITE SANTA HAT TO SCHOOL.

FLANNEL THURSDAY, WEAR FLANNEL SHIRT OR SWEATER.

AND FESTIVE FRIDAY WITH YOUR FAVORITE HOLIDAY SHIRT OR SWEATER.

I ALSO HELPED ORGANIZE A CITIZENSHIP AND TEMPERANCE DAY AT CAMP.

WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE THE WOMAN FROM THE CLARK COUNTY LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS TO COME IN AND TO HELP STUDENTS PRE-REGISTER IF THEY HAD NOT ALREADY DONE SO.

AND TO TEACH THEM ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF VOTING, OUR [INAUDIBLE] IS ONE TO HELP TO CREATE A SKATING, ALL SCHOOL ICE SKATING EVENT.

HOWEVER, DETAILS ARE STILL BEING WORKED OUT.

WE STILL NEED TO TALK WITH OUR TAP TEAM TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PLAN, BUT WE WILL MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT AS SOON AS WE COME UP WITH OUR PLAN.

OVERALL, RSP HAS BEEN WORKING HARD TO CREATE CREATIVE AND EDUCATIONAL EVENTS FOR STUDENTS, AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO MOVE FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO CREATE MORE SUCCESSFUL EVENTS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.

IT'S GREAT TO SEE THAT OUR [INAUDIBLE] SEEM TO PLOW RIGHT THROUGH ALL THE COVID DISRUPTIONS AND STILL MANAGED TO DO ALL THE THINGS THAT KIDS REALLY ENJOY HAVING AS EXTRAS IN THERE. IT'S GREAT.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.

ANYTIME [INAUDIBLE] REPS TO KEEP US FILLED IN.

OK, NEXT UP IS OUR COMMITTEE REPORTS.

OUR FIRST UP IS OUR LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE, DIRECTOR HENRIKSON.

YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT OUR LEGISLATIVE SESSION IS IN IN SESSION AT THIS POINT.

WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TO GIVE COMMENT AND ALSO TO BE ABLE TO TAKE PART IN ZOOM CONFERENCES WITH THE LEGISLATORS.

AND WE CAN FIND THAT IN THE [INAUDIBLE] AREA.

THE [INAUDIBLE] WEBSITE YOU CAN LOOK AT THE BILL WATCH LIST AND YOU CAN LOOK UP EACH OF THE BILLS AND YOU CAN COMMENT ON EACH OF THEM.

IT'LL GO RIGHT TO YOUR DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES AND SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE BILL AS A BOARD MEMBER, AS A CITIZEN.

AND YOU CAN ALSO GO TO THE THE SAME WEBSITE AND GO TO THE TRAINING AND EVENTS AND THEN GO TO A LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE AND WEEK ON THE HILL.

AND YOU CAN LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU TO GO IN AND LOOK AT THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEETING WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES ON A ZOOM CALL, AND YOU CAN LOOK UP THE TIMES THAT THEY HAVE SET UP. THERE'S SOME THAT THAT HAVEN'T GIVEN TIMES YET FROM OUR AREA, BUT IT'LL BE OPPORTUNITY. I'M ASSUMING THE ZOOM WILL BE FOR SEVERAL PEOPLE, NOT JUST ON ONE, ON ONE BASIS, BUT IT'LL BE SEVERAL PEOPLE.

SO ANYWAY, SO THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE COMING UP AND ENCOURAGE YOU AT LEAST TO LOOK AT THE BILL, WATCH AND LOOK AND SHOW YOUR SUPPORT TO SOME OF THOSE BILLS THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR BATTLEGROUND SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

SO. GREAT, SO JUST SO, YOU KNOW, AND THIS IS THROUGH [INAUDIBLE] ACTUALLY CITIZENS OUT THERE, YOU CAN DO THIS THROUGH THE REGULAR LEGISLATIVE SITE AS WELL.

BUT FOR US, [INAUDIBLE] MEMBERS UNDER TRAINING AND EVENTS, AS BOB SAID UNDER A LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE, I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY PUT IT THERE.

THEY'VE GOT WEEK ON THE HILL.

AND IF YOU HIT THAT, YOU CAN SEE DOWN BELOW IT SAYS MEET WITH YOUR LEGISLATOR.

GO DOWN. THERE YOU GO. FIND THE BUTTON AND I'LL LET THE REST OF THE BOARD KNOW.

I HAVE ALREADY SIGNED UP FOR TWO OF THOSE ON MONDAY, THE 31ST WITH REPRESENTATIVE PAUL HARRIS AND LINDA WILSON.

AND THERE'S ONE OTHER THAT DAY, BUT I'M IN EIGHTH GRADE CLASSES OVER AT LAWRENCE SO ANYBODY WANTS TO LOOK AT THAT.

AND THEN THERE'S ONE OF OUR REPRESENTATIVES IS ON WEDNESDAY AND ONE IS ON THURSDAY AND THERE'S TWO.

TWO SENATORS HAVE YET TO COMMIT ON A DATE AND TIME, BUT IT'LL BE DURING THAT WEEK.

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MARK, I'M JUST CURIOUS, ARE THESE MEETINGS LIVE OR ARE THEY ZOOM? THEY ARE, YES. AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT, I DO RECOMMEND.

SO WE WILL HAVE OUR REGION SIX LEGISLATIVE FORUM.

YES, BECAUSE QUITE HONESTLY, YOU GET MAYBE 10 MINUTES TOTAL.

AND SO THEY OF THE GROUP THAT ATTENDS ALL THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS THAT ATTEND, THEY TRY TO SCRIPT IT A LITTLE BIT.

SO EVERYBODY GETS A CHANCE TO SAY SOMETHING IF THEY WANT TO.

BUT THEY HAVE KIND OF A LEAD OFF PERSON.

AND IF YOU WANT TO BE A LEADOFF PERSON, YOU CAN YOU CAN DO THAT.

BUT THEY TRY TO COORDINATE IT SO EVERYBODY GETS A CHANCE TO ADVOCATE.

AND OF COURSE, THEY USE THE MAIN THREE TALKING POINTS FROM [INAUDIBLE] DURING THOSE PARTICULAR MEETINGS AS WELL.

YOU CAN ALSO JUST GO TO THE BILL WATCH AND SIGN IN AND SEND WRITTEN COMMENT.

SO I'VE SENT WRITTEN COMMENT ON THREE BILLS SO FAR.

AS HAVE I. YEAH.

REAL EASY. YEAH, IT IS REALLY EASY.

AND SO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

IF THEY DON'T HEAR FROM US, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WERE ADVOCATING FOR, SO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. OK.

ANYTHING ELSE, VILLAGE? NO. OK. NEXT UP IS OUR AUDIT COMMITTEE.

MARY, ANYTHING? NO.

OK. NO MEETING THIS TIME AROUND.

ALL RIGHT. AFTER THAT BATTLEGROUND EDUCATION FOUNDATION, I SENT HIM A QUICK EMAIL SINCE DIRECTOR MADDUX IS GONE AND NORMALLY SPEAKS TO THEM.

I DO KNOW THAT TRADITIONALLY THEY ARE A BIG SUPPORTER OF THE READ AROUND AMERICA PROGRAM, WHICH IS COMING UP IN ABOUT A MONTH OR SO.

THEY COMBINE WITH IQ CREDIT UNION AND THE KIWANIS CLUBS AND SOME OF THE OTHER SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, AND THEY'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO GO READ THE KIDS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'LL BE VIRTUAL OR IN-PERSON THIS YEAR.

IT'S USUALLY AROUND THE 1ST TO MARCH, 2ND OF MARCH.

TRADITIONALLY, IF IT'S A SCHOOL DAY, AND I'LL TRY TO GET A FURTHER REPORT ON THE FOUNDATION AS WE GO ALONG.

[INAUDIBLE] ANYBODY ELSE FOR [INAUDIBLE] EVENTS? OK, I'LL LET YOU KNOW THAT I JOINED THE TRUST LANDS ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR [INAUDIBLE].

DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT THE TRUST LANDS, BUT IF YOU WANT TO, I CAN DO A SESSION, BUT THEY'RE USUALLY FOREST LANDS THAT GENERATE MONEY THAT GOES TO THE COMMON SCHOOL TRUST. AND BATTLEGROUND, IN FACT, HAS THE LARGEST NUMBERS OF ACREAGE IN SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AT ABOUT 19,000.

SO IT'S GOOD THAT WE'RE REPRESENTED ON THAT COMMITTEE.

THERE WAS NOBODY FROM THE SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON HAD SERVED ON THE COMMITTEE IN OVER SIX OR SEVEN YEARS UNTIL I SIGNED ON AND I HAD A MEETING TODAY WITH THEM AND JUST GOT INTRODUCED TO THE GROUP. AND THEY ARE ALSO WORKING WITH THE LEGISLATURE BECAUSE MANY OF THE THINGS THAT ARE ALLOWED TO DO WITH THE TRUST LAND FUNDS ARE CONTROLLED BY THE LEGISLATURE, SO I GOT MY BLOCKING ORDERS FOR WHICH THINGS TO ADVOCATE FOR THE TRUST LANDS.

ONE OF THEM THAT COMES TO MIND, AND I'LL TRY TO KEEP YOU UPDATED ON IT.

THE KC CENTER, WHERE WE HAVE OUR ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AND SO ON, IS A DNR PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT HAS A LEASE ON IT.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CURRENT LENGTH OF IT IS, BUT THEY'RE LOOKING AT CHANGING THE RULES SO THAT YOU CAN EXTEND THOSE LEASES OUT FARTHER A GREATER NUMBER OF YEARS.

SO YOU KNOW YOU HAVE STABILITY IN THE USE OF THAT PARTICULAR LAND, WHICH SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE AN ADVANTAGE FOR US.

SO THAT'S ONE WE'LL KEEP AN EYE ON.

I BELIEVE JUST AS A POINT OF BECAUSE YOU ASKED THE QUESTION, I BELIEVE WE HAD A THIRTY FIVE YEAR LEASE. PERFECT.

YEAH, OK. DNR THAT ENDS ENDS IN 2035 OR.

YEAH, GREAT. THAT'S A NICE LENGTH.

I'M GOING BY MEMORY.

BUT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT AND IT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN THAT CATEGORY OF LEASE BECAUSE THERE ARE SEVERAL CATEGORIES OF LEASE, BUT THEY WERE LOOKING AT EXTENDING ONE OUT TO SEVENTY FIVE YEARS AND ONE OUT TO NINETY NINE YEARS.

YEAH, PARTICULARLY TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO INVEST IN THOSE LANDS AND TO PROVIDE STABILITY FOR THE PEOPLE WHO DO LEASE THEM.

SO. RIGHT.

OK. DIRECTOR REPORTS.

MARK, WE SKIPPED OVER WIAA.

OH, THANK YOU.

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THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU. WIA.

YES. OK, SO I DID GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE REGION FOR WIA MEETING, WHICH WAS NICE. IT WAS UP IN [INAUDIBLE] AND I WAS IN PERSON, SO IT WAS NICE TO INTERACT WITH ALL THOSE GUYS. SO THE FIRST THING WE WENT OVER THE FINANCES AND EVERYTHING SEEMS OK THERE, IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT, JUST I HAVE THE REPORT I CAN PROVIDE THAT THEY BROUGHT UP SOME AMENDMENTS NOW ALLOWING THE CHESS CLUBS TO BECOME CHESS TEAMS. AND THERE'S NOT ENOUGH CHESS TEAMS RIGHT NOW.

SO I THINK THEY HAVE EIGHT ALLOCATIONS AND THERE'S ONLY ONE ACTIVE CHESS TEAM.

SO WE COULD GO TO REGIONALS IF WE PUT A CHESS TEAM TOGETHER.

THE DATES AND ALLOCATIONS ARE UP NOW ON WIAA FOR THE 21-22 WINTER TOURNAMENTS, AS WELL AS REGIONALS FOR WRESTLING.

THE NORTH SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO BE WRESTLING AT ABERDEEN AND THE SOUTH WE'RE GOING TO BE WRESTLING AT HAWKINSON, BUT THAT'S NOT GOING TO WORK ANY LONGER.

AND FORTUNATELY, TOM WAS THERE AND SWOOPED IN AND SAVED THE DAY AND VOLUNTEERED PRAIRIE TO HOST THE THE REGIONALS FOR WRESTLING.

SO PRAIRIE IS THE [INAUDIBLE] BOY THAT FOUND OUT TODAY.

RICHFIELD, PERFECT. OK, ANOTHER NOTE IS WE REVIEWED THE FOUR YEAR THE MID-CYCLE FOR THE FOUR YEAR APPEALS TO RECLASSIFY IN SPORTS, AND THERE WAS ACTUALLY SEVEN APPEALS THAT HAD COME IN, ALL OF WHICH HAD NOT TECHNICALLY FOLLOWED THE HANDBOOKS RULES ON WHAT CONSTITUTED IS AN APPEAL, BUT THERE WAS ONE SPECIAL CASE WHICH ACTUALLY I THINK IS INTERESTING FOR THE LATER CONVERSATION IN REGARD TO.

THEY WANTED TO GO BACK UP TO WHAT THEY HAD RECLASSIFIED OUT OF BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T ANTICIPATE THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ADDITIONAL TRAVEL GOING TO A LOWER CLASSIFICATION SCHOOLS. THEY ACTUALLY TRIPLED THEIR THEIR TRAVEL COSTS.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER CONSIDERATION TO MAKE WHEN WE HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

KIND OF A HOT BUTTON ISSUE THAT HAD COME UP HERE IN THE LAST MONTH OR SO.

AND IT WAS THE WASHINGTON OFFICIALS ASSOCIATION AND WIA IN CONJUNCTION, ADDRESSING SOME RACIAL ISSUES THAT HAD GONE ON IN A COUPLE OF BASKETBALL GAMES.

I BELIEVE THERE'S BEEN TWO INCIDENTS ON RECORD WHERE THERE'S ACTIVE INVESTIGATIONS ONGOING. I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY RESULTS OUT OF THOSE YET, BUT WIA HAS PUT OUT GUIDANCE FOR HOW WE'RE TO HANDLE THOSE AT GAMES.

AND I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ON THE FLY ON THE WALL AT ONE OF OUR RECENT BASKETBALL GAMES WHERE MATT STANFILL OUR AD MET WITH THE OFFICIALS PRIOR TO THE GAME.

AND WE REVIEWED THAT THOSE PROCEDURES WITH THE OFFICIALS AND EVERYONE GOT ESSENTIALLY ON THE SAME PAGE TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THAT DID ARISE, WE KNEW HOW TO ADDRESS IT IMMEDIATELY AND RESOLVE ANY ISSUES WHERE THEY ESCALATED.

SO THAT WAS SOME GOOD [INAUDIBLE].

JUST TED.

JUST FOR A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, THOSE INCIDENTS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE STATEWIDE.

NOT, NOT LOCAL.

THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. AND THEN WE ANNOUNCED THE AD OF THE YEAR.

HER FIRST NAME IS [INAUDIBLE] SHIPLEY FROM RIDGEFIELD.

I SAY THAT RIGHT? GREAT THANK YOU. I'LL MAKE SURE, HAVE IT WRITTEN DOWN NEXT TIME.

SO [INAUDIBLE] NEXT TIME YOU WON'T HAVE TO WORRY BECAUSE TED ONLY HAS LIKE ONCE A MONTH OR QUARTERLY OR QUARTERLY.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I'LL STILL REMEMBER TO ASK.

NEVER KNOW. SOMETHING MIGHT COME UP.

OH, I DID HAVE A QUESTION.

SO WAS THE CHESS THING HIGH SCHOOL ONLY? OH NO [INAUDIBLE].

SO WHEN TED WAS? OH, THANK YOU. YEAH.

SO WHEN TED WAS TALKING ABOUT THE AMENDMENTS, ONE OF THEM WAS THE CHESS THAT IT WOULD BE SANCTIONED BY WIAA, VERY SIMILAR TO DRAMA OR MUSIC, OR NOW EVEN E-SPORTS COMING IN.

THERE'S A LOT OF CLUBS AROUND, SO THE AMENDMENTS WINNER COALITION WAS ACTUALLY TODAY TO DISCUSS THOSE AMENDMENTS.

GET CLARIFICATION, DO ANY AMENDMENT TO LANGUAGE? I WOULD SAY BASED ON THE MEETING TODAY AND THERE WERE NINE BREAKOUT GROUPS THAT IT'S NOT A DONE DEAL, BUT I HAVE A FEELING IT WILL PASS.

YEAH, AND THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, QUESTIONS ABOUT COST AND THE COST OF A CHESS BOARD IS

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SO, YEAH, SO IT'S KIND OF EXCITING.

HOW DO WE GET THAT WORD OUT TO SCHOOLS IF THEY WANT TO? WELL, WE SO WHERE WE'RE AT IN AMENDMENT PROCESS IS WINNER COALITION WAS TODAY.

I AM THE VOTING REP FOR 3A IN OUR DISTRICT AND KILL PYLONS THE 4A REP.

SO WE'LL HAVE DISCUSSIONS THROUGH THE END OF APRIL, BEGINNING OF MAY, AND THAT'S WHEN THE VOTING TAKES PLACE.

SO ANY ANY AMENDMENT THAT GOES THROUGH WOULD START NEXT YEAR.

EXCEPT FOR ONE, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT REDISTRICTING GOING FROM NINE DISTRICTS DOWN TO SIX, SO THE EAST SIDE WOULD GO FROM FIVE DISTRICTS DOWN TO TWO.

SO THAT'S A BIG ONE, AND THAT ONE WOULDN'T START UNTIL THE NEW COUNT CYCLE, WHICH IS TWENTY THREE TWENTY FOUR.

SO, YEAH, THE REASON I WAS ASKING WITH LAUREN MIDDLE SCHOOL USED TO HAVE A REAL DYNAMIC ONE. NOW THEY LOST THE TEACHER THAT WAS SPONSORING THAT, BUT HE USED TO HAVE 40 50 KIDS AFTER SCHOOL EVERY WEDNESDAY.

IT'S INTERESTING YOU ASK THAT ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE WIAA IS SEVEN THROUGH TWELVE.

YEAH, A LOT OF THE DISCUSSION WAS IN THE PRIMARIES OR ELEMENTARY.

THERE'S A LOT AND THEN KIDS TEND TO DROP OFF MORE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, BUT THERE ARE HIGH SCHOOL GROUPS OUT THERE.

I KNOW THE CENTER HAS A VERY ACTIVE CHESS GROUP AND THEY GO INTO OREGON TO PLAY TOURNAMENT. GOTCHA.

THANK YOU. THANKS, TOM.

OK, NOW CIRCLE BACK TO DIRECTOR REPORTS.

DO WE HAVE ANY? MEETINGS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, AND I KNOW I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, BUT I'M JUST AMAZED AT HOW MUCH THEY CONTRIBUTE, AND I KNOW RITA HAS BEEN TRYING TO KEEP TRACK OF WHICH ONES ARE ACTIVE, BUT I MEAN, LITERALLY TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS THAT THEY'RE PUTTING BACK IN. AND IT WAS REALLY COOL BECAUSE THEY WERE COORDINATING WITH THE PRINCIPALS ON THEIR SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL PROGRAMS. HOW CAN WE PROVIDE SUPPORTS AND REWARDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, MUCH LIKE WE HEARD IN THE [INAUDIBLE] PLANS TONIGHT? AND SO I DON'T KNOW, THEY GET THE RECOGNITION THEY DESERVE.

THANK YOU, PTOS AT ALL THE SCHOOLS.

APPRECIATE YOU.

OK, AND I THINK THAT'S GOOD FOR US, SO WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO SUPERINTENDENT WATERS AND THE

[7. Superintendent and Staff Updates]

I'D LIKE TO UPDATE THE BOARD START WITH OUR USUAL, WHICH IS TO UPDATE THE BOARD ON OUR COVID SITUATION AND COVID CASES.

WE'RE STILL RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.

WE ACTUALLY SAW SOME, SOME THE SURGE CONTINUE TO GROW.

LAST WEEK WE HAD OUR SOME OF OUR HIGHEST NUMBERS THAT WE'VE SEEN THE HIGHEST TEST NUMBERS. I WANT TO CONTINUE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT AND A MUCH APPRECIATION TO THE EFFORTS OF OUR STAFF. WE STILL HAVE ON A DAILY BASIS, A NUMBER OF UNFILLED POSITIONS.

TEACHERS ARE COVERING CLASSES ON A REGULAR BASIS.

ALL STAFF IS COVERING CLASSES, FILLING IN UNFILLED POSITIONS.

THE STRESS, THE WORKLOAD IS SIGNIFICANT AND PEOPLE JUST CONTINUE TO COME THROUGH AND DO A QUALITY JOB SO THAT WE CAN STAY OPEN AND CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR CONSTITUENTS.

AS I POINTED OUT, THE LAST TIME WE MET FOR US JUST TO GIVE YOU A REFERENCE POINT FOR US PRIOR TO BREAK, WE WERE SEEING IN A TWO WEEK PERIOD.

IT WAS TYPICAL FOR ME TO COME BACK AND REPORT TO YOU RIGHT AROUND TWO HUNDRED CASES OF COVID.

OVER THE LAST TWO WEEK PERIOD.

WE HAD SIX HUNDRED AND THREE POSITIVE CASES FOR COVID.

LAST WEEK ALONE WE HAD THREE HUNDRED AND NINETY ONE CASES.

OUT OF THOSE SIX HUNDRED AND THREE CASES, FIFTY SEVEN WERE STAFF.

FIVE HUNDRED AND THIRTY WERE STUDENTS.

IF YOU DO THE MATH, YOU'LL NOTE THAT THERE ARE 16 THAT ARE MISSING.

THOSE 16 WERE CONTRACTOR SUBSTITUTES, VISITORS, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

WE'RE SEEING IT OCCUR ON AN EQUAL BASIS ALL ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, DURING THAT TWO WEEK PERIOD, [INAUDIBLE] ONE STAFF, 16 STUDENTS, BATTLEGROUND HIGH SCHOOL, SIX STAFF, 50 STUDENTS, CAM ZERO STAFF, 16 STUDENTS, PLEASANT VALLEY ONE STAFF, 12 STUDENTS, TVM ONE STAFF, 13 STUDENTS, YACOLT FOUR STAFF, 15

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WELL, FIRST, LET ME TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TESTING IN ADDITION TO THE TESTING THAT WE DID OF STUDENTS.

WE ARE ALSO TESTING STAFF EACH MORNING.

SO STAFF CAN COME IN AND IF THEY'RE FEELING, IF THEY'RE JUST WONDERING IF THEY HAVE IT AND WANT TO BE CAREFUL, THEY CAN COME IN AND GET A TEST.

AND IF WE IF THE TEST IS NEGATIVE, THEN THEY CAN GO TO WORK.

SO THAT'S HELPING US KEEP TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM.

BUT LAST WEEK WE TESTED TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE STAFF AND WE HAD FORTY-TWO POSITIVES.

SO THAT'S A THAT'S A POSITIVITY RATE OF NINETEEN PERCENT.

WE DID PCR TESTS.

THE TESTS I'M TALKING ABOUT ARE THE RAPID ANTIGEN TESTS THAT WE'VE SHIFTED TO NOW.

BUT WE'RE STILL WE STILL HAVE A SUPPLY OF PCR TESTS, WHICH IS THE NASAL SWAB THAT WE THEN SEND IN FOR TESTING RESULTS.

WE DID THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY NINE OF THOSE TESTS LAST WEEK, ON THE LAST TWO WEEK PERIOD, WITH TWO HUNDRED AND ONE POSITIVES FOR A FIFTY THREE PERCENT POSITIVITY RATE.

I WILL SAY THAT I THINK BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN INUNDATED WITH TESTING AND WITH POSITIVE TESTS PER OUR WORK WITH THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

WE HAVE NOT PRIORITIZED CONTACT TRACING.

THEY SAY THAT WHEN YOU GET INTO A SURGE THIS SIGNIFICANT, THE CONTACT TRACING IS INCONSEQUENTIAL. SO IT'S LIKELY THAT THE REASON OUR POSITIVITY RATE HAS INCREASED SO HIGH IS BECAUSE THE STUDENTS WERE SEEING AND WE'RE TESTING OUR ONES WITH SYMPTOMS VERSUS BEFORE WE WERE SEEING BOTH STUDENTS WITH SYMPTOMS AND STUDENTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED AS CLOSE CONTACTS AND DIDN'T HAVE SYMPTOMS. SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT.

FOR OUR ATHLETIC TESTING, BATTLEGROUND HIGH SCHOOL IS ADMINISTERING APPROXIMATELY 650 RAPID TESTS A WEEK.

THAT'S EACH ATHLETE GETS TESTED THREE TIMES UNLESS THEY'VE TESTED POSITIVE WITHIN THE LAST 90 DAYS, AND THEN THEY ARE EXEMPT FROM TESTING AND DISTRICT WIDE WE HAVE ABOUT 80 STUDENTS WHO ARE EXEMPT FROM TESTING, BECAUSE THEY'VE ALREADY TESTED POSITIVE AND RECOVERED.

AT PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL ARE USING APPROXIMATELY 400 RAPID TESTS A WEEK.

AND THEN FOR STAFF, AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE USING APPROXIMATELY TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY RAPID TESTS A WEEK. TESTING SUPPLIES HAVE BECOME A PROBLEM ALL THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, PRIOR TO CHRISTMAS BREAK, WE COULD JUST ORDER OUR TESTS ONLINE. WE COULD ORDER A TWO WEEK SUPPLY, AND IT WAS LIKELY THAT IT WOULD GET SHIPPED OUT IN THREE TO FOUR DAYS AND WE'D HAVE IT WITHIN A WEEK.

ALL OF THAT STOPPED WHEN WE CAME BACK BECAUSE THE DEMAND WAS SO HIGH AND THE SUPPLY WAS SO LIMITED SO THEY COULDN'T FILL OUR ORDERS.

SO IN THAT CASE, THEY STARTED WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THE ESD AND ESD 112, OUR EDUCATIONAL SERVICE DISTRICT ACTUALLY WENT UP FOR ALL THE SCHOOLS AND WENT UP TO THE WAREHOUSE AND GOT THE SUPPLIES AND BROUGHT THEM BACK.

WE WERE ASKED TO SUBMIT TWO WEEKS WORTH OF SUPPLIES AND WE DID THAT.

AND WHEN THE ESD GOT UP THERE, THEY WERE TOLD THEY COULD ONLY BE GIVEN A ONE WEEK SUPPLY.

SO THEY WENT BACK THIS WEEK AND WHEN THEY WENT BACK THIS WEEK, THEY WERE TOLD THAT THEY COULD ONLY GET 80 PERCENT OF A ONE WEEK SUPPLY.

SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE FOUND WE WERE FORTUNATE WE HAD SOME FRIENDS IN OTHER DISTRICTS WHO I DID A LITTLE BIT OF CONVINCING TO PROVIDE US WITH SOME ADDITIONAL TESTS.

SO WE'RE OK FOR THIS WEEK AND WE'RE OK FOR NEXT WEEK, BUT WE'RE GOING THROUGH APPROXIMATELY 2500 TESTS A WEEK JUST FOR BATTLEGROUND.

SO THAT IS A CONCERN HOW WE MOVE FORWARD FROM THERE.

TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF STUDENT ATTENDANCE RATES, I MENTIONED THE LAST TIME THAT I WAS HERE. IT'S TYPICAL FOR US TO HAVE A 90 PERCENT ATTENDANCE FOR STUDENTS.

WHEN WE CAME BACK FROM WINTER BREAK, WE SAW NUMBERS DROPPED TO THE MID EIGHTIES.

EIGHTY FIVE, EIGHTY SIX, EIGHTY FOUR PERCENT THE FOLLOWING WEEK, WHICH WAS LAST WEEK.

I MEAN, THE WEEK BEFORE LAST WE WENT DOWN TO AT THE END OF THE WEEK ON, FOR INSTANCE, 111, 112, AND 113 AND 114.

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THAT PUTS ANOTHER BURDEN, ONE IT IMPACTS THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION AND TO IT PUTS A BURDEN ON OUR CLASSROOM TEACHERS AND ALL OF THE STAFF IN THE SCHOOL TO TRY TO MAKE UP.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER FACTOR THAT PLAYS IN.

I THINK I WAS GETTING REAL CLOSE TO HAVING SOME SERIOUS CONCERNS IF IT REACHED SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT AND THEN ONE BELOW THAT.

FORTUNATELY, LAST WEEK WE SAW AN UPTICK.

LAST WEEK, ON TUESDAY, WE DIDN'T HAVE SCHOOL ON MONDAY.

ON TUESDAY, WE JUMPED UP TO EIGHTY THREE POINT NINE SIX.

ON WEDNESDAY, WE JUMPED UP TO EIGHTY FOUR POINT FIVE FOUR.

ON THURSDAY, WE WERE AT EIGHTY FOUR POINT SIX SIX AND ON FRIDAY, WHICH TENDS TO HAVE MORE ABSENCES AND REMEMBER, FRIDAY WAS A HALF DAY.

WE WERE STILL AT EIGHTY THREE POINT ZERO SIX.

SO THAT TREND SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE POSITIVE.

FOR OUR STAFFING, FOR OUR STAFFING, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA AGAIN, LAST WEEK WE SAW SOME MARKED IMPROVEMENTS JUST TO LET YOU KNOW OUR REQUEST OF OUR OF OUR COMMUNITY TO HELP US WITH WITH SUBSTITUTES AND COVERING CLASSES PROVED TO BE A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE. WE WE GOT A COUPLE OF DOZEN OF NEW SUBSTITUTES.

UNFORTUNATELY, THEY'RE STUCK IN THE CLEARANCE PROCESS AND GETTING FINGERPRINTED.

BUT JUST AS A SHOUT OUT ALONG THOSE SAME LINES, THE BATTLEGROUND EDUCATION FOUNDATION PROVIDED US WITH A GRANT SO THAT ANY OF OUR NEW SUBSTITUTES WHO WERE COMING IN AND COULDN'T AFFORD THE FINGERPRINTING BECAUSE IT IS ABOUT IT'S AN EIGHTY FIVE DOLLARS FEE, BATTLEGROUND EDUCATION FOUNDATION WAS PAYING FOR IT.

SO THAT'S KIND OF COOL JUST AS A SIDE NOTE.

VERY COOL, YEAH.

BUT LAST WEEK, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, LAST WEEK WE HAD ON TUESDAY OF LAST WEEK, ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY TWO ABSENCES CERTS UNFILLED.

TWENTY SIX, CLASSIFIED UNFILLED THIRTY NINE.

THEN ON WEDNESDAY, ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY EIGHT.

THIS IS COMPARATIVELY SPEAKING, THE WEEK BEFORE WE WERE UP IN THE 220S 230S.

SO AGAIN, THAT WENT DOWN.

SO ON WEDNESDAY, ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY EIGHT CERT UNFILLED, ONLY EIGHTEEN CLASSIFIED UNFILLED FORTY-TWO.

ON THURSDAY, ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY SIX.

SO GOING BACK UP AGAIN.

CLASSIFIED UNFILLED FORTY-TWO, BUT CERT UNFILLED ONLY 16.

AND THEN FRIDAY AGAIN, WE WENT WAY UP AGAIN.

BUT FRIDAYS TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY NINE TOTAL ABSENCES, BUT ONLY 18 UNFILLED CERT POSITIONS AND THIRTY SEVEN CLASSIFIED UNFILLED.

NOW TODAY, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, WE WENT DOWN IN THE TOTAL NUMBER.

WE WERE ONLY AT ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FIVE ABSENCES TODAY, BUT WE HAD 49 UNFILLED CLASSIFIED AND THIRTY TWO UNFILLED CERT, SO A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FACTORS IN MY CONVERSATIONS WITH MARY.

SHE EVEN POINTED OUT IT COULD BE THAT SOME OF OUR SUBSTITUTES ARE GETTING ARE ILL OR IT COULD BE A MYRIAD OF FACTORS.

IT'S JUST HARD TO IT'S HARD TO PINPOINT.

SO WE DO CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH IT.

AGAIN, SHOUT OUTS TO ALL OF OUR STAFF, OUR ADMINISTRATORS, OUR CLASSIFIED STAFF OUR [INAUDIBLE] STAFF WHO CONTINUE TO DO A FANTASTIC JOB, PUT FORTH A MONUMENTAL EFFORT TO HELP TO HELP US CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO CALL ON MICHELLE REINHARDT TO DO THE HUMAN RESOURCES REPORT. GOOD EVENING, BOARD.

JUST A KIND OF FOLLOW ALONG WITH ECHO WHAT DENNY IS REFERRING TO.

SO WE CONTINUE IN HR TO WORK THROUGH SOME OF THOSE STAFFING SHORTAGES.

SO WE ARE GLAD THAT WE HAVE THAT.

WE HAVE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE STEPPING UP AND SHOWING INTEREST IN A WIDE

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SO IT WAS VERY IT'S VERY ENCOURAGING AND WE CONTINUE EACH DAY TO TO MONITOR THAT.

SO HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, WE WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME LOWER NUMBERS IN TERMS OF STAFFING ABSENCES.

SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS JUST KIND OF FOCUS YOUR ATTENTION ON THOSE TWO ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT I'D LIKE TO JUST TALK THROUGH.

SO THE FIRST ITEM YOU WILL NOTICE, IT'S THE EXTRACURRICULAR CONTRACT.

SO THIS WAS A CONTRACT THAT WAS HAD EXPIRED AT THE END OF AUGUST OF 2021, AND WE WORK CLOSELY WITH [INAUDIBLE] ON GETTING THAT UP TO DATE AND IT WAS RATIFIED BY THE MEMBERS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

I JUST WANTED TO THANK KEVIN DONOVAN, [INAUDIBLE], CURTIS [INAUDIBLE] AND CANDI HERRERA.

THOSE WERE [INAUDIBLE] MEMBERS WHO ARE ON THE EXTRACURRICULAR BARGAINING TEAM AND THEN FROM OUR DEPARTMENT, TOM ADAMS AND STEPHANIE WATTS WERE INSTRUMENTAL AS WELL IN THAT IN THAT WHOLE PROCESS.

SO YOU'LL NOTICE A COUPLE OF THINGS ON THERE, SPECIFICALLY AROUND SOME CHANGES AROUND, NOTABLY MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS.

SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT ON THE CONTRACT LAST PREVIOUS CONTRACT.

YOU'LL NOTICE ALSO SOME SET SALARY SCHEDULES REFLECTING IPD, AS WELL AS ELIMINATING THAT FIVE YEAR STEP.

I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE DID A LOT OF WORK WITH COMPARING COACHES SALARIES IN OTHER DISTRICTS LOCALLY AND REALLY FELT THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE OFFERING COMPETITIVE SALARIES.

WE KNOW HOW HARD COACHES WORK, AND WE KNOW THAT THE STIPEND DOESN'T FULLY COVER ALL OF THE TIME THAT THEY ACTUALLY TRULY ARE WORKING WITH OUR WITH OUR STUDENTS.

BUT WE DO FEEL THAT THE SALARY SCHEDULES THAT ARE THAT ARE THERE ARE TRULY, TRULY REPRESENTATIVE COMPETITIVE IN COMPARISON TO WHAT OTHER OTHER DISTRICTS ARE OFFERING.

SO WE ARE PLEASED WITH THAT.

AND IN ADDITION, YOU'LL NOTICE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT OUR UNIFIED SPORTS THAT HAVE HAD FAILED TO BE RECOGNIZED AS WELL IN PREVIOUS CONTRACTS.

SO YOU WILL SEE UNIFIED SPORTS AS OUR FORMER SPECIAL OLYMPICS.

SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE STAFF WHO PARTICIPATE IN THAT AND THAT'S THAT'S AN IMPORTANT, IMPORTANT SPORT.

SO THAT IS ONE THAT IS BEFORE YOU FOR YOUR APPROVAL.

AND ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.

I DO HAVE TOM ADAMS HERE AS WELL WHO MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP ANSWER.

SO THE SECOND ITEM I'D LIKE TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION IS THE DISTRICT CALENDAR.

SO THIS IS THE STUDENT CALENDAR FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

FOR TWENTY TWO TWENTY THREE.

I KNOW IT'S HARD TO EVEN IMAGINE PLANNING FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, BUT ESSENTIALLY THE CALENDAR THAT'S BEFORE YOU REFLECTS THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL SPECIFIC BREAKS SUCH AS WINTER BREAK, THANKSGIVING BREAK, SPRING BREAK, YOU'LL NOTICE ALSO, SNOW MAKEUP DAYS KIND OF SCATTERED ABOUT THERE, SPECIFICALLY ONE IN MARCH AND TWO IN JUNE AT THE END OF END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

YOU WILL ALSO NOTICE EARLY RELEASE DAYS, AND IN OCTOBER WE SET ASIDE THOSE EARLY RELEASE DAYS FOR STUDENT TEACHER CONFERENCES, BOTH AT THE K-5 LEVEL FOR ALL WEEK OR K-4 LEVEL ALL WEEK AND THEN FIFTH THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE IS FOUR DAYS A WEEK AND THEN THE HIGH SCHOOL CONFERENCES ARE FOR TWO DAYS A WEEK.

AND YOU'LL NOTE ALSO END OF SEMESTER OR EARLY RELEASE DAYS AS WELL TO HELP WITH FINALS AND GRADING.

UM, AND I THINK THAT IS THOSE ARE THE KEY PIECES THAT I WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION.

YOU'LL NOTICE THAT GRADUATIONS ARE NOT ON THIS CALENDAR.

WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO WAIT AND GET MORE COMMUNITY INPUT STAFF INPUT ON HOW THIS YEAR'S GRADUATION GOES.

SO THERE ARE SOME OPTIONS THERE, SO WE HOPE TO GET THAT FEEDBACK, FEEDBACK AND AND SHARE THE RESULTS WITH YOU IN THE SUMMER.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME OR TOM? I HAD A QUESTION OR MAYBE A COMMENT.

THERE'S A BILL IN THE LEGISLATURE RIGHT NOW TRYING TO FIND IT JUST NOW.

I COULDN'T FIND IT, BUT THAT'S LOOKING AT LETTING THOSE THAT ARE RETIRED TEACHERS COME

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IF THAT'S APPROVED, YOU ANTICIPATE THAT BEING A BENEFIT TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND HAVING THEM COME BACK WITH OUR SHORTAGE AND TEACHERS.

DEFINITELY. WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME, SOME RETIRED TEACHERS WHO HAVE BEEN LIMITED IN TERMS OF HOW MANY HOURS THAT THEY CAN DO.

SO I THINK RIGHT NOW THEY CAN WORK SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY EIGHT, FIFTY SEVEN.

OK, SO INCREASE IT A LITTLE BIT.

YEAH, YEAH.

OKAY, THANKS. YEAH, WE'LL TAKE IT.

YEAH. WELL, IT'S SO MUCH OF IT IS DEPENDENT ON WHICH RETIREMENT, WHETHER THEY TAKE EARLY RETIREMENT OR NOT.

OH, YEAH, SO IT'S DEPENDENT ON THAT.

AND I HAVEN'T SEEN THE BILL, THE DETAILS OF THE BILL, BUT ANYTHING TEN HOURS WE'D TAKE.

YEAH, RIGHT. JUST CURIOUS WHEN YOU DID YOUR RESEARCH OF COACHING SALARIES AND THAT ACROSS THE COUNTY, WAS THERE SOME CONSISTENCY OR IS THERE A LOT OF WIDE VARIETY? OH, THAT MUST HAVE BEEN A GOOD QUESTION.

DO YOU WANT TO ANSWER THAT? OKAY.

IT, IT IS INTERESTING BECAUSE WE COMPARED CAMAS WASHINGTON ROLE, EVERGREEN VANCOUVER, LONG VIEW, KELSO, SO EVERYONE IN OUR LEAGUE AND THEN THE LOCALS, AND IT KIND OF DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU'RE AT.

BUT ONE THING WE DID FIND AND WHEN WE WERE NEGOTIATING THE SUM IS THERE'S A SUM OF MONEY, BUT WHERE WAS THAT BEING DISTRIBUTED? SO THAT WAS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST THING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WAS IT GOING TO BE A THOUSAND DOLLAR RAISE FOR EVERYONE? WELL, THAT DOESN'T REALLY KEPT US UP IN CERTAIN SPORTS WHERE WE'RE UNEQUAL.

AND SO THAT WAS A LOT OF THE WORK THAT WE HAD DONE.

I WILL TELL YOU, PROBABLY THE GLARING THING WAS OUR UNIFIED SPORTS BECAUSE THEY WERE NEVER PART OF THIS CONTRACT.

AND THEN OUR WRESTLING PROGRAMS AND THOSE OF US WHO KNOW SPORTS WRESTLING IS NOT JUST MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, BUT THEY ARE DOING SO MANY SATURDAYS AND THEY ARE AN ALL DAY EVENT. SO THOSE WERE PROBABLY THE TWO BIGGEST SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THIS CONTRACT AND THEN OBVIOUSLY MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORT.

SO WHILE I'M HERE, I THINK MICHELLE IS GOING TO GIVE ME A CHANCE.

WE HAD OUR FIRST GAMES TODAY.

IT WAS SO AMAZING AND I THINK RITA MAY TALK ABOUT IT TOO.

BUT OUT AT PLEASANT VALLEY, WE HAD DAYBREAK EIGHTH GRADE THERE IN CHIEF, 7TH GRADE BLAZE FROM THE BLAZERS WERE THERE.

ALL THREE SCHOOLS HAD THEIR MASCOTS THERE.

TROY MCCOY WAS OUT.

HE DID THE OPENING TIP ACTUALLY TO REPRESENT THE BOARD, THANK THE COMMUNITY.

AND THEN I WAS ABLE TO GO OVER TO LOREN FOR THE TUKES LOREN GAME TODAY.

AND SO IT'S IT'S JUST I HEARD SO MANY TIMES THIS IS SO COOL.

THIS IS SO COOL TO SEE OUR KIDS BACK ACTIVE AFTER 40 YEARS IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

SO THANK YOU EVERYONE.

YEAH. THANKS, DON.

THANK YOU, TOM. I DID WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION TO WHAT TOM AND MICHELLE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WITH THE COMPARABLES.

THAT'S A THAT'S A SYSTEM THAT STARTED WITH OUR PSC GROUP SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

AS YOU'RE AWARE, IT'S IN THEIR CONTRACT TO DO REVIEWS.

WE'VE BEEN UTILIZING THAT PROCESS WITH PSC AND OUR ADD SUPPORT FOR A WHILE NOW.

WE BELIEVE THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT WITH ALL OF OUR GROUPS IS SEEING WHAT OUR COMPARABLES ARE.

AND SOMETIMES IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO DO BECAUSE IN SOME EMPLOYEE GROUPS IT'S YOU'RE NOT COMPARING APPLES TO APPLES, IT'S EASY FOR THINGS LIKE CUSTODIANS.

THEIR JOB RESPONSIBILITIES LOOK VERY SIMILAR OR RECESS AID.

SOME OF THE POSITIONS ARE MORE DIFFICULT TO FIND COMPARABLES BECAUSE HOW THEY BREAK APART THEIR JOB RESPONSIBILITIES DEPENDS ON DISTRICT SIZE, HOW MUCH REGIONALIZATION FUNDS THEY GET, HOW MANY SCHOOLS THEY HAVE, HOW THOSE SCHOOLS ARE BROKEN DOWN WITH US, WITH US HAVING K FOUR AND FIVE EIGHT IN OUR K-8 PROGRAMS, SOME OF THAT IMPACTS IT.

BUT WE'RE TRYING TO FIND COMPARABLES AND WHAT WE'RE USING IS OUR LOCAL SCHOOLS.

JUST LIKE IN THIS PROCESS AROUND US, AS WELL AS IN SOME OF THOSE HARD TO DEFINE POSITIONS, WE'RE LOOKING AT COMPARABLES ACROSS THE STATE THAT ARE IN LIKE SIZE DISTRICTS BECAUSE SOMETIMES THE WAY THAT THEY FORMAT SOME OF THEIR HARDER TO FIND POSITIONS, PARTICULARLY OUR AD SUPPORT POSITIONS.

THOSE WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THOSE KINDS OF WAYS THAT THE THE JOBS ARE ACTUALLY STRUCTURED.

BUT WHEN WE DO THAT, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMPARABLE AND WE REALLY ARE LOOKING FOR COMPARABILITY AND COST OF LIVING IN OUR AREA.

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BUT THAT PROCESS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEE GROUPS, OUR ADMINISTRATORS, OUR AD SUPPORT, OUR PSC, OUR COACHES.

OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE NOT BARGAINING WITH TEACHERS ANYTIME SOON, BUT THOSE OTHER GROUPS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT.

WE'RE TRYING TO BE VERY SYSTEMATIC IN OUR APPROACH, AND I THINK THAT WILL HELP US REALLY JUST BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE COMPARING TO AND HOW ALL OF THAT WORKS AND WHY WE BELIEVE THINGS NEED TO CHANGE OR THINGS NEED TO STAY THE SAME.

SO IT IS A PROCESS THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE THE REFINEMENT THAT OUR HR TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING ON. SO IT'S GOOD STUFF.

THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THAT, SHELLY.

AND WITH THAT, YOU'RE TEACHING AND LEARNING.

SO JUST A BRIEF UPDATE.

I ASKED MIKE TO COME TALK WITH US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR EARLY LEARNING PROGRAM, SO HE'S GOING TO SHARE WITH US A COUPLE OF GRANTS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED AS WELL AS SHARE WITH YOU ABOUT OUR RIGHT AT SCHOOL PROGRAM.

AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MIKE AND LET HIM COME ON UP AND SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH YOU.

THANK YOU, MS. WHITTEN. GOOD EVENING, BOARD, AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME A FEW MINUTES TO SPEAK WITH YOU THIS AFTERNOON.

MICROPHONE WORKING, OK, I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU.

START BY SHARING IT WITH YOU.

THREE STATISTICS AND THE EFFORTS BEING MADE BY BATTLEGROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO RESPOND TO SOME OF THOSE STATISTICS.

THE FIRST THING IS, YOU SEE ON THE DOCUMENT THAT MS. [INAUDIBLE] IS HANDING OUT IS THAT WE CURRENTLY SERVE 89 STUDENTS IN THE BATTLEGROUND AREA IN ECAP PRESCHOOLS, HEAD START, STATE FUNDED PRESCHOOLS.

BUT YOU'LL NOTICE THAT WE HAVE CLOSE TO 228 THREE AND FOUR YEAR OLDS THAT WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR PRESCHOOL.

THAT LEAVES ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY THREE AND FOUR YEAR OLD CHILDREN LOOKING FOR AFFORDABLE PRESCHOOL IN OUR AREA.

THE NEXT STATISTIC THAT I'D HAVE YOU LOOK AT THERE IS, ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES, ONLY 11 PERCENT OF THE CHILD CARE NEEDS IN BATTLEGROUND ARE BEING MET. AND LASTLY, IT'S NOT ON YOUR DOCUMENT THAT I HANDED OUT, BUT APPROXIMATELY 55 PERCENT OF OUR KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS DEMONSTRATE THE KINDERGARTEN READINESS SKILLS, ACCORDING TO THE WA.

KIDS ASSESSMENT. SO THERE'S THREE THINGS, REALLY, THAT I WANTED TO PRESENT TO YOU TONIGHT AND WAYS IN WHICH WE ARE TRYING TO SUPPORT AND SERVE OUR COMMUNITY IN THE PRE-K WORLD.

THE FIRST IS THAT WE APPLIED FOR AND RECEIVED A $40000 GRANT FOR THE EXPLORATION, PLANNING AND INSTALLATION OF INCLUSIVE TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS. AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT DOCUMENT, IT SHOWS WHAT THE PILLARS OF TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN, BUT ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT IS IT'S KINDERGARTEN FOR FOUR YEAR OLDS, AND SO WE ARE PLANNING IT FOUR OF OUR PRIMARY SCHOOLS NEXT YEAR TO OFFER KINDERGARTEN TO FOUR YEAR OLDS.

I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THE THE PILLARS DOWN THERE.

I'LL ALLOW YOU TO KIND OF READ THAT FOR YOURSELF, BUT ESSENTIALLY THE FOUR YEAR OLDS WILL COME IN. WE HAVE SPACE AT FOUR SCHOOLS WHERE WE FEEL LIKE WE COULD DO THAT SUCCESSFULLY, AND WE RECEIVED THE $40000 TO START THE PLANNING.

GET STAFFING, PURCHASE, CURRICULUM, FURNITURE, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS AND BE READY TO GO BY FALL OF 2022.

AND THEN LASTLY, THE PRESCHOOL INCLUSION CHAMPIONS GRANT.

WE ALSO RECEIVED A $10000 TO KIND OF TAKE A LOOK AT OUR CURRENT PRESCHOOL OPTIONS IN WAYS THAT WE CAN BE MORE INCLUSIVE AND MEET THE DEMANDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

SO WE'RE EXCITED TO BE RESPONSIBLE WITH SPENDING OUT THAT $50000.

AND LASTLY, THE RIGHT AT SCHOOL PIECE, WHICH IS THE CHILD CARE, THE BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL, WE CURRENTLY HAVE 292 STUDENTS.

YOU CAN SEE THAT BY SCHOOL, THE NUMBERS OF ENROLLMENT.

WE HAVEN'T TURNED ONE CHILD AWAY OR ONE FAMILY THAT'S CONTACTED US ABOUT BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL CARE. AND SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THAT FACT.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT BUILDING A COMPREHENSIVE PRE-K MODEL.

AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE DOCUMENT IN FRONT OF YOU THE DIFFERENT PRESCHOOL OPTIONS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AT ALL OF OUR PRIMARY SCHOOLS.

AND WHERE YOU SEE IT SAYS ITK IS WE'RE PROPOSING THAT WE ADD THOSE PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS. SO WORKING CLOSELY WITH EOCF, THE ESD, SOME OF OUR LOCAL PROVIDERS, YOU CAN SEE THAT UNDER

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SO WE'RE EXCITED TO BEGIN THAT PROCESS.

WE HAVE $50000 TO DO SO.

SO ANY QUESTIONS I BELIEVE AS EARLY AS THIS WEEK OR NEXT, WE WILL BE COMMUNICATING THIS OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO OUR STAFF.

AND SO I'M GOING TO ASK, IS THIS A KINDERGARTEN READINESS PROGRAM? THE ITK, THE INCLUSIVE TRANSITIONAL KINNAIRD? YES. SO THEY WOULD THEY WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE KINDERGARTNERS AS FIVE YEAR OLDS.

AND WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT PUSHING THEM A YEAR AHEAD.

CORRECT? YES.

JUST GETTING THEM PREPARED.

YES, IT WOULDN'T BE IN PLACE OF THEIR KINDERGARTEN EXPERIENCE.

THERE MAY BE A FEW ISOLATED CASES IN WHICH AN OLDER FOUR YEAR OLD WOULD BE READY FOR FIRST GRADE, AND WE WOULD MAKE THOSE DETERMINATIONS.

YOU KNOW, FILING BOARD POLICY FOR ACCELERATION, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

ALL RIGHT. GREAT QUESTION.

WE'LL, POTENTIALLY LOOKING AT 80 ADDING 80 STUDENTS FROM AN ENROLLMENT STANDPOINT, WHICH WOULD HELP MAKE UP FOR SOME OF THE LOSS OF ENROLLMENT THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC AND THOSE STUDENTS, THE PRE-K STUDENTS WILL BE FUNDED JUST LIKE YOU'D FUND A A KINDERGARTEN STUDENT.

SO FROM THE STATE WILL RECEIVE ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO HELP PROVIDE THIS SERVICE.

TAKE A TEAM TEAM EFFORT AND TEACHING AND LEARNING TO AIR AND EVERYBODY ELSE TO MAKE THIS WORK THAT WE'RE WE'RE EXCITED LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU GUYS HAD A HEADS UP BECAUSE YOU MAY SEE SOME OF THIS, SOME OF OUR MATERIALS GOING OUT IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, NUMBER ONE TO ALERT PARENTS AND NUMBER TWO TO START TALKING TO STAFF ABOUT ABOUT FILLING THESE POSITIONS.

WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF TEACHERS WHO HAVE EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN TAKING ON OUR OUR PRE-K.

WELL, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PLACES IN THE STATE THAT ARE USING THIS MODEL, IS THERE ANY ONE PARTICULAR ONE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT AND FOLLOWING OR WELL, BEING RECIPIENTS OF THOSE GRANTS ALLOWS US TO PARTNER CLOSELY WITH THE ESD AND OTHER NEIGHBORING SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE KIND OF IN THE SAME PLACE THAT WE ARE.

AND THAT IS ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS AS WE'RE MEETING MONTHLY, BOTH AS AN INTERNAL TEAM AND WITH THE ESD TO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WE'RE DOING THIS RIGHT.

AND SO I'M JUST GOING TO ASK A COUPLE OF SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.

WOULD IT BE AN ALL DAY PROGRAM FOR FOUR YEAR OLDS? YES. AND SO TRANSPORTATION WOULD BE WITH OTHER PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, I ASSUME, OR SOMETHING. WE HAVEN'T GOT INTO THE DETAILS, BUT IT IS REQUIRED THAT WE PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION TO ALL STUDENTS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN.

THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO CHOOSE THE LOCATIONS OF THOSE PROGRAMS WISELY.

AND SO EVEN IF THERE WASN'T A TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM AT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL, WE WOULD PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION.

WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THOSE DETAILS.

I BELIEVE HAWKINSON WILL BE A GOOD PARTNER WITH US.

MICHELLE HAS SHARED WITH US THAT THEY HAVE A FULLY FUNCTIONAL TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM AS WELL, SO IT'S VANCOUVER AS WELL.

THREE CLASSROOMS. THANKS, MIKE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT IF YOU.

AND THEN NEXT UP IS MICHELLE SCOTT IN FINANCE.

YOU JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF UPDATES FOR YOU.

FIRST, I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT WITH SO MANY STUDENTS GOING INTO QUARANTINE AND ISOLATION, WE STARTED WORKING WITH OUR FOOD SERVICE PARTNERS, SODEXO, TO DISCUSS HOW COULD WE TAKE CARE OF THOSE STUDENTS THAT ARE AT HOME AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S FOOD SECURITY. SO WE DEVELOPED AN ONLINE GOOGLE FORM FOR FAMILIES OF STUDENTS HERE IN BATTLEGROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT TO FILL OUT THE GOOGLE FORM IF THEY'VE BEEN ORDERED TO BE QUARANTINED OR AN ISOLATE, AND BUY THE SCHOOL OR BIOMEDICAL PROVIDER TO GO IN, FILL OUT THE GOOGLE FORM. THEY CAN ORDER UP TO FIVE DAYS OF MEALS, BOTH BREAKFAST AND LUNCH FOR THEIR ALL THEIR STUDENTS, AND THEY CAN PICK THEM UP AT WE HAVE THREE LOCATIONS THAT THEY'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR.

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THERE'S A SET TIME FOR PICKUP, BUT IF THE FAMILIES DECIDE THAT THAT THEY CAN'T COME AT THAT TIME THAT WE'RE WILLING TO WORK WITH THE FAMILY TO TRY TO ARRANGE A TIME FOR PICKUP OF THOSE MEALS SO THEY CAN ORDER UP TO FIVE.

AND IF THEY NEED MORE DAYS THAN THAT, THEY CAN, OR THEY CAN AGAIN GO IN AND PLACE AN ORDER. SO IT'S JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THAT IS FUNDED BY FEDERAL FUNDS.

SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CLAIM FOR REIMBURSEMENT.

SO WE'RE EXCITED FOR THAT, FOR OUR STUDENTS.

HAD THAT STARTED ALREADY? YES, IT STARTED ACTUALLY LAST WEEK.

SO EARLY LAST WEEK IT STARTED.

AND SO AND IT JUST CAME OUT IN OUR WEEKLY UPDATE TODAY TO FAMILIES VIA EMAIL.

AND ALSO THE NURSES AND THE SCHOOLS ALL HAVE INFORMATIONAL FLIERS FOR FAMILIES WHEN STUDENTS ARE GOING TO GET TESTED AND ALL THAT.

SO YEAH, SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE WORD OUT THERE FOR OUR FAMILIES.

SOMETHING ELSE THAN THAT, KATE, JUST ANOTHER SECOND UPDATE IS WE'VE STARTED OUR ANNUAL AUDIT WITH THE STATE AUDITOR'S OFFICE.

SO THAT STARTED ON JANUARY THE 12TH AND WE MET FOR OUR ENTRANCE CONFERENCE ON JANUARY THE 19TH, AND WE HAVE FOUR AUDITORS ON THE AUDIT TEAM.

SO IT'S A BIG TEAM AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM CLOSELY TO GET ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED. BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE STATE AUDITORS AND JUST A LITTLE OVERVIEW REAL QUICK THAT WE WILL BE HAVING AN ACCOUNTABILITY AUDIT AS WELL AS FINANCIAL STATEMENT AND FEDERAL AUDIT.

AND SO AND WITHIN AND THE ACCOUNTABILITY IS FOR BOTH FINANCIAL AND FEDERAL.

SO THEY IT'S LIKE FOUR, FOUR LITTLE AUDITS AND FOUR BIG AUDITS, ACTUALLY AND THE STATE AUDITOR'S OFFICE DOES.

THEY CONDUCTED LAST YEAR TWO THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND FORTY NINE AUDITS, SO THEY AND THEY DO GET AUDITED TOO.

SO JUST, YOU KNOW, BUT ANYWAYS, SO WE FOR OUR ACCOUNTABILITY AUDIT, THEY WILL BE LOOKING AT OUR USE OF LOCAL REVENUE FOR ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES.

SO THE USE OF OUR LEVY AND THEY'LL BE LOOKING AT THAT AND TESTING THAT RESTRICTED FUNDS SUCH AS PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FUNDS THAT ARE PAID FOR BY THE STATE, THAT THEY'RE BEING USED ACCORDING TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THOSE RESTRICTED FUNDS AND COMPLIANCE WITH SUPPLEMENTAL CONTRACTS FOR ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES, PAYROLL, GROSS WAGES, LEAVE CASH OUTS, CONTROLS OVER PAYROLL, DIRECT DEPOSITS, ACCOUNTS PAYABLE.

OUR FINANCIAL CONDITION AS A DISTRICT.

AND ALSO THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS, MINUTES AND EXECUTIVE SESSION REQUIREMENTS.

THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THAT IS GOING TO BE PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDIT THAT AREA AS LONG AS WELL AS WITH THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THAT THEY'RE MATERIALLY REPRESENTED CORRECTLY. YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING'S GOOD WITH THOSE AND THE NOTES OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. AND THEN ALSO AND THEN THEY'LL ISSUE AN OPINION ON THAT.

AND THEN THE OTHER IS THE FEDERAL GRANT AUDIT.

AND SO THEY ARE ASSESSING INTERNAL CONTROLS AND COMPLIANCE OF OUR MAJOR PROGRAMS, AND THERE WILL BE ALSO ISSUING OPINIONS ON THAT AND THE TWO GRANTS THAT THEY WILL BE AUDITING THIS YEAR AS TITLE ONE AND COVID 19, OUR EDUCATIONAL STABILIZATION FUNDS THAT WE RECEIVE.

SO THAT COVERS ABOUT 30 PERCENT OF OUR TOTAL FEDERAL EXPENDITURES.

SO THAT'S WHERE THEY LIKE TO BE IN THEIR REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL AUDITS.

SO LET'S SEE.

YEAH, THAT IS PRETTY MUCH IT.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T SEE ANY I KNOW THIS IS A YEARLY PROCESS, AND IT'S NICE TO BE KEPT INFORMED ON WHAT THEIR FOCUS IS, RIGHT? WE SHOULD BE WRAPPING UP IN MARCH IS ABOUT WHEN WE EXPECT TO KIND OF HAVE EVERYTHING COMPLETED AND OUR FINAL REPORT, SO WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED.

THANK YOU. NEXT WOULD BE OUR OPERATIONS REPORT, BUT YOU'LL WE WON'T HAVE ONE TODAY.

WE'RE GOING TO SKIP THAT. YOU'LL HEAR FROM KEVIN, THOUGH LATER AND NEW BUSINESS AND THEN IN THE EXACT SESSION WITH THE PROPERTY, SALE OR PURCHASE.

AND SO LAST BUT NEVER LEAST, IS OUR COMMUNICATIONS REPORT WITH RITA SANDER.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD. GOOD EVENING.

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ONE IS I WANT TO POINT OUT A COUPLE OF VIDEOS THAT WE HAVE RELEASED RECENTLY.

ONE WAS CREATED TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO APPLY FOR OPEN SUBSTITUTE POSITIONS, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT ON YOUTUBE.

AND WE'VE PUT IT ON FACEBOOK AND IN OUR NEWSLETTERS.

AND CHRIS DID A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH THAT VIDEO AND INTERVIEWING SOME OF THE AMAZING PEOPLE WHO WANT A LITTLE FLEXIBLE SCHEDULE.

MAYBE THEY'RE RETIRED AND THEY WANT TO WORK A LITTLE BIT, AND THESE POSITIONS ARE GREAT FOR THEM. SO WE'RE JUST HELPING TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO APPLY FOR THOSE OPEN POSITIONS THAT WE NEED FILLED. WE ALSO RELEASED A VIDEO ON PLEASANT VALLEY SIXTH GRADERS WHO CREATED A BOOK FOR KINDERGARTNERS AT THEIR SCHOOL.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR JOINT CAMPUSES, AND ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF THOSE IS THAT SOMETIMES OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS WORK WITH OUR PRIMARY STUDENTS.

AND IN THIS CASE, THE SIXTH GRADERS IN A STEM CLASS LEARNED ALL ABOUT ANIMALS.

THEY RESEARCH THEM AND WROTE DESCRIPTIONS, AND THEY LEARNED ABOUT PUBLISHING A PRINTED BOOK, AND THEY FOUND AN ANIMAL FOR EVERY LETTER IN THE ALPHABET, INCLUDING X IS THE X RAY TETRA. IT'S KIND OF FUN A LITTLE SEE THROUGH FISH, SO EVERY LETTER HAD AN ANIMAL.

SOME OF THE COMMUNICATIONS WE HAVE COMING UP FOR PARENTS OF STUDENTS WHO ARE IN OUR HEALTH AND P.E. CLASSES, THIS IS THE SECOND SEMESTER.

SO WE HAVE A NEW GROUP OF STUDENTS IN THOSE CLASSES.

SO WE'LL BE SENDING OUT THE NOTIFICATIONS HERE NEXT WEEK ABOUT OUR HIV AIDS EDUCATION, WHICH IS REQUIRED BY LAW IN CERTAIN GRADES, AND THEN ALSO THE FIFTH GRADE PERSONAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT AND THE HIGH SCHOOL HEALTH CLASSES THAT COVER SEXUAL HEALTH.

SO THOSE ALL NOTIFICATIONS WILL BE GOING OUT AND PARENTS WILL BE ABLE TO REVIEW THOSE MATERIALS AND OPT OUT THEIR STUDENTS IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO.

AND IN THE LAST THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT, LIKE WHEN TOM WAS UP HERE, HE TALKED ABOUT THE BASKETBALL GAME.

I CAME HERE TO THE BOARD MEETING RIGHT FROM THE BASKETBALL GAMES THAT WERE GOING ON AT PLEASANT VALLEY MIDDLE. THEY HAD PRESENT KELLIE MIDDLE VERSUS DAYBREAK MIDDLE EIGHTH GRADERS, AND THEN THE SEVENTH GRADERS WAS GOING TO BE PLEASANT VALLEY MIDDLE VERSUS CHIEF MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND EVERYONE WAS HAVING A REALLY GOOD TIME.

AND I HAVE A LITTLE VIDEO JUST 30 SECONDS THAT I THOUGHT I'D SHARE WITH YOU SO THAT YOU COULD SEE WHAT WENT ON.

I CAN GET THIS. IT WAS QUITE FUN.

AND I DON'T HAVE THE SOUND ON, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE.

CAME. WE DO HAVE THE SOUND ON THANK YOU.

THERE'S BLAZE WITH THE TRAILBLAZERS.

WAS HELPING CHEER THE KIDS ON.

THEY LOVED IT. IT WAS JUST REALLY GREAT TO HAVE OUR GYMS ACTIVE AFTER SCHOOL AND HAVE THIS HAPPENING AND, YOU KNOW, BOYS, NOW THEY'LL HAVE TWO WEEKS OF GAMES AND THEN GIRLS JUST STARTING COMING UP.

SO THAT IS ALL REALLY FUN.

AND AGAIN, BOARD, THANK YOU FOR COMMITTING TO THAT BECAUSE IT REALLY BENEFITS OUR STUDENTS. SO THANK YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? ALL RIGHT, THANKS. THANKS FOR SHOOTING THAT VIDEO.

YEAH, THANKS. IT'S ALWAYS GOOD.

YEAH, JUST IT'S NICE TO SEE ALL THE THE SPECTATORS, TOO.

AND SOME GOOD STUFF.

AND THAT'S IT FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT STAFF UPDATE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

[8. Citizens' Comments]

THANK YOU, CITIZENS FOR BEARING WITH US WHO WE'RE NOT TOO MUCH LATER THAN USUAL FOR OUR USUAL TIME. WE HAVE FOUR PEOPLE ON THE AGENDA.

AND WHEN YOU COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE, IF YOU'LL REINTRODUCE YOURSELF AND SAY YOUR AFFILIATION TO THE DISTRICT, RECOGNIZE THAT YOU'VE GOT THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

SYDNEY IS OUR OFFICIAL TIMER.

SHE'LL GIVE YOU A 30 SECOND WARNING IF YOU GET THAT FAR AND BE AWARE THAT THE BOARD DOESN'T TYPICALLY COMMENT ON THE PUBLIC CITIZEN'S COMMENTS AT THE TIME, BUT YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO CONTACT US, OR WE CAN DIRECT YOU TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HIS PEOPLE.

I KNOW ONE OF THE ISSUES TONIGHT IS THE MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY ON 50TH AVENUE AND WE HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THAT, BUT WE'RE INTERESTED IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

SO HERE WE GO.

OUR ORDER OF PRESENTATION DON BENTON, JESSICA COLE, FRED LUCKE, GAVIN HOPKINS.

I HOPE I SAID THAT, RIGHT? WELCOME. I'M SMILING.

YEAH, IT'S HARD TO TELL BEHIND THESE MASKS.

YEAH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

PRESIDENT WATRIN AND SUPERINTENDENT WATERS AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD FOR HEARING US THIS

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AND WE CAME TONIGHT REALLY FOR TWO REASONS ONE TO SAY THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR HEARING US BACK IN OCTOBER WHEN WE WROTE TO YOU.

MANY OF US DID AND ALERTED YOU TO THE SAFETY FACTORS INVOLVED AROUND PLEASANT VALLEY IN THE MENTAL HEALTH JAIL THAT IS BEING PROPOSED.

THE STATE HEALTH CARE AND DSHS HAVE DETERMINED THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD A MENTAL HEALTH JAIL, A 48 BED LOCKED DOWN FACILITY FOR MENTALLY UNSTABLE PEOPLE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ON 50TH AVENUE, A FEW BLOCKS FROM PLEASANT VALLEY PRIMARY.

IT'S STILL PUZZLING FOR US WHO HAVE FOLLOWED THIS PROCESS TO UNDERSTAND HOW A SITE LIKE THIS THAT MEETS NONE OF THE CRITERIA GETS PURCHASED BY THE STATE BEFORE IT'S EVEN SELECTED IN THE PROCESS.

WELL, THERE ARE AT LEAST FOUR OTHER SUITABLE SITES THAT MEET MOST OF THE CRITERIA LISTED BY DSHS.

BUT NONETHELESS, DSHS SEEMS TO BE PUSHING FORWARD.

IT'S CLEAR TO US AND OBVIOUSLY TO YOU FROM THE LETTER THAT YOU WROTE THAT THIS CREATES A SAFETY HAZARD AND A SAFETY SITUATION IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, ESPECIALLY RIGHT THERE BY THE SCHOOL. DSHS HAS A SAD, UNFORTUNATELY AND GRISLY HISTORY OF SAFETY MANAGING THESE TYPES OF FACILITIES.

IT IS A FACT THAT PEOPLE ESCAPE FROM THESE FACILITIES AND HAVE ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION AND DO HORRIBLE THINGS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

JUST LOOK UP A FEW OF THEM.

ONE, EARL SHRINER IS AN EXAMPLE.

SO WHAT WE ASK FOR YOU TO DO IS THAT THE LETTER AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SUPERINTENDENT IS VERY WELL RESEARCHED LETTER.

VERY WELL DONE.

WE'RE ASKING YOU TO COME TO THE NEXT LEVEL RATHER THAN JUST THE LETTER TO STAFF AT THE COUNTY. WE'RE ASKING YOU TO MAKE A FORMAL REQUEST OF THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WHAT THEY CALL NOW, THE BOARD OF COUNSELORS, COUNTY COUNSELORS, AND ASK THEM TO DENY THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT THAT WILL BE REQUIRED FOR THE STATE TO GO AHEAD AND CITE THIS FACILITY THERE. THEY CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, AND THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HAVE TO GRANT ONE.

AND WE'RE ASKING YOU ON BEHALF OF OUR KIDS AND THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY TO REACH OUT TO THE OTHER ELECTED YOUR COUNTERPARTS AT THE COUNTY AND ASK THEM TO STOP THE STATE FROM FORCING THIS INTO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE.

THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO STAND WITH YOUR CITIZENS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. FOR. THANK YOU.

NEXT UP, JUST A CALL.

HELLO, BOARD. MY NAME'S JESSICA COLE.

MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE HER, AND I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT AN ISSUE I HEARD IS COMING UP THIS MONTH TO LET YOU KNOW IF I SUPPORT OR, OPPOSE IT.

AND I HAVE HEARD THAT IT IS A SCHOOL BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH AND I FULLY SUPPORT THAT.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO TED AND MARY AND JACKIE AND MARK AND RICARDO AND SIDNEY. AND ROB, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SERVING.

THANK YOU FOR GIVING US FREE TIME.

YOUR BOARD MEMBERS AND STUDENTS THAT ARE NOT FINANCIALLY COMPENSATED.

I CAN'T BREATHE AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I KNOW YOU PUT A LOT OF TIME IN.

I HEAR FROM ALL THESE REPORTS AND I KNOW YOU PROBABLY DO SO MUCH MORE BEHIND THE SCENES THAT I HAVE NO CLUE ABOUT AND THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

AND WHEN I STARTED COMING, THE FIRST TIME I CAME TO SCHOOL BOARD MEETING IS WHEN THE FIRST STUDENT REPS WERE SWORN IN, AND I HEARD SUCH GREAT COMMENTS ABOUT THE BOARD.

I KNOW WE HAVE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES AND THAT THE BOARD WORKED REALLY WELL TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, AS KINDNESS, AND I REALLY HOPE THAT THAT'S STILL GOING ON WITH THE CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS BECAUSE I FIND RESPECTING KIND OF SUPER IMPORTANT.

AND THAT'S WHAT I EXPERIENCED FROM YOU ALSO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SERVING.

AND I GOT A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR ME, AND I CANNOT WAIT TILL YOU AND RICARDO GIVE YOUR PRESENTATION. WE'RE WORKING ON IT'S SO HARD BETWEEN OUR SCHEDULES TO FIND TIME WHEN WE

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BUT WE'RE WORKING ON IT.

I PROMISE I THAT'S OK.

I JUST KEEP CALLING BOARD MEMBERS.

IS IT THIS WEEK, IS IT THIS WEEK? NO WORRIES. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH BOARD MEMBERS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

YES. BEING A STUDENT IS BUSY ENOUGH, LET ALONE BEING A STUDENT AND A BOARD MEMBER.

OK, GREAT.

FRED LUCK . WELCOME.

GOOD EVENING, ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH, DEJA VU.

I SAT HERE NOT IN THIS ROOM A LONG TIME AGO.

I WAS JUST I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU HOW LONG AGO SOMEONE ON THE STAFF CAN PROBABLY LOOK ME UP. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LETTER.

IT WAS SUPERB.

THANK YOU, MR. SUPERINTENDENT.

I WANT TO CONTINUE IN DON STATEMENTS.

WHAT BOTHERED ME MOST ABOUT THIS PROCESS IS THE STATE BASICALLY VIOLATED THEIR OWN PROCEDURE. AND THERE'S ONE THING YOU'VE ALL LEARNED IN THIS LITTLE JOB WHERE ALL HAVE BEEN IN AND YOU ARE IN PROCEDURE SEEMS TO GUIDE ALMOST EVERYTHING, DOESN'T IT? YOU REALLY CAN'T DO THINGS WITHOUT THE PROCESS IN THEIR OWN PUBLIC STATEMENTS.

THE STATE HAS SAID SEVEN MILES FROM VANCOUVER IS TOO FAR.

THIS PROPERTY'S 20.

PARDON ME, 12.

TO CLOSE THE SEATON HIGH SCHOOL, THE BLOCK NEXT TO COSTCO.

THE EMPTY GROUND THERE.

THIS ONE'S IN THE MIDDLE OF FIVE SCHOOLS, NOT ONE SCHOOL.

THE AGAIN TWO LARGE EIGHT EIGHT POINT SEVEN ACRES PARCEL IS LARGER THAN NEEDED.

THEY BOUGHT 20 ACRES HERE.

SO WHAT ELSE DO THEY HAVE IN THE BACK OF THEIR MINDS? NOT ACCESSIBLE.

THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION WAS ANOTHER PIECE OF PROPERTY TURNED DOWN.

I HAPPEN TO LIVE ON THIS THING FOR QUITE A WHILE.

IT'S WHAT WE USED TO CALL THE FARM ROAD.

IT'S A TWO LANE HIGH ROAD SURROUNDED WITH SIX FOOT SWALES.

NO BUSSES. OTHER THAN YELLOW ONES FROM TWO DISTRICTS, US IN VANCOUVER, THEY'RE NOT MAINTAINING THEIR OWN PROCESS.

AGAIN I REITERATE WITH AND AGREE WITH THEM.

WE ASK YOU TO COMMIT AN ACTUAL DON'T DO IT LETTER.

NOT AS SUGGESTED WHY YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT IT.

BUT THIS SITE HAS VIOLATED THEIR OWN PROCESS, AND WE SHOULD NOT IGNORE THAT, LET ALONE THE PROBLEMS THAT COULD BE CREATED IF THEY ACTUALLY BUILT IT.

SO THAT'S MY COMMENTS.

MY WIFE WILL BE HAPPY.

I CAME AND TALKED TO YOU TONIGHT.

DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN.

I DO THANK YOU ALL SERIOUSLY FOR KEEPING THE MANTLE UP.

I KNOW WHAT THE HOURS ARE.

YOU'VE ALL DONE VERY WELL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE AS WELL AT THE TIME.

YEAH, OUR LAST SPEAKER, GAVIN HOPKINS.

HELLO. WELCOME, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME.

HELLO. BATTLEGROUND SCHOOL BOARD.

FIRST OFF, I'D LIKE TO APOLOGIZE FOR MY VERY UNELOQUENT REVISION OF MY LETTER, WHICH WAS MORE POINTED PETITION TO A THANK YOU FOR YOUR ALLIANCE AS I WAS UNAWARE OF YOUR AWARENESS OF THIS ISSUE. ALSO WITH THE DHS PROPOSED FACILITY ON 50TH AVENUE.

MY WIFE AND I HAVE HAD THREE KIDS GO THROUGH PLEASANT VALLEY PRIMARY MIDDLE AND GRADUATE PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL.

WE HAVE A FOUR YEAR OLD AT GARDNER SCHOOL JUST UP THE WAY HEADED TOWARDS PLEASANT VALLEY AS WELL. SO THIS DSHS FACILITY THAT IS FOR THE MENTALLY ILL AND QUITE LITERALLY THE CRIMINALLY INSANE JUST UP THE ROAD FROM OUR HOUSE AND SCHOOLS.

DSHS HAS HAS CHANGED THEIR STORY MANY TIMES ON THIS NUMEROUS TIMES, REALLY, WHEN THEY SPEAK TO THE PUBLIC ON WHAT THEY WHAT THIS WILL BE COMPRISED OF AND WHAT ITS TRUE DESCRIPTION AND PURPOSE IS.

ONE CONSTANT, HOWEVER, IS THAT THEY PLAN FOR THIS TO BE A COURT ORDERED LOCK UP FACILITY FOR THE MENTALLY UNSTABLE PEOPLE WHO POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO THEMSELVES AND OTHER PEOPLE. THEIR MOST RECENT CLAIM IS THAT THERE WILL NO LONGER THEY NO LONGER PLAN TO HAVE GUARDS OR A RAZOR WIRE FENCE ON THIS PROPERTY.

THEY WILL NOW HAVE A HIGH FENCE THAT THEY CLAIM IS UNCONSCIONABLE.

I THINK IT'S OBVIOUS THAT ONE OF YOUR GUYS IS MAIN PRIORITIES IS THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN, OUR STAFF AND OUR FAMILIES, MAINLY BECAUSE IT SHOWS AND THANK YOU.

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WE HAVE SEEN DHS ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS.

I APOLOGIZE FOR THE ECHO AS YOU HAVE HEARD THIS FROM DONNA AND I'M SURE OTHERS, BUT WE'VE SEEN DSHS FAIL MANY TIMES ON PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITIES.

THIS IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE.

SO IT IS UP TO US AS AS A COLLECTIVE TO FIGHT THIS LOCATION.

IT IS UNSAFE.

IT VIOLATES COMMON SENSE.

AND THERE'S PLENTY OF OTHER LOCATIONS THAT WOULD BE BETTER SUITED.

AGAIN, WE THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE ALREADY DONE AND WE ARE ASKING YOU TO ONE CONTINUE TO OPPOSE THIS FACILITY, THE SITE OF THIS FACILITY, AND PURSUE THE COLLECTIVE SAFETY OF ALL OF US TO CONTINUE TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE COUNTY.

AS DON MENTIONED AND THE STATE, WITH REGARD TO YOUR OPPOSITION OF THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS, AND SINCE DSHS HAS DONE A VERY GOOD JOB OF FLYING UNDER THE RADAR WITH THIS ENTIRE PROJECT, THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FEET OF NOTICE TO SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS IS NOT ENOUGH OUT THERE. WE ASK YOU TO THREE, AFFIRM YOUR DECISION TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN TONIGHT AND IN THE COMING MONTHS.

I JUST WOULD LIKE TO ALSO SAY THAT WE ARE NOT AGAINST THIS FACILITY.

WE ARE AGAINST THE ILL, THE VERY, VERY ILL CONCEIVED LOCATION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OK, THAT CONCLUDES OUR CITIZEN COMMENTS, AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA AT TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA

[9. Consent Agenda]

ITEM SEE THE CONTRACT'S RATIFICATION.

ITEM DE PERSONNEL REPORTS ITEM E STUDENT TRAVEL ITEM F, THE MAXIMUM HEALTH CARE STAFFING CONTRACT FOR DISTRICT RN'S AND LPNS AND ITEM G THAT WE HEARD FROM MR. REINHARDT. THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BATTLEGROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE BATTLEGROUND EDUCATION ASSOCIATION EXTRACURRICULAR EMPLOYEES.

THERE'S ANY OF THESE ITEMS YOU'D RATHER HAVE SEPARATELY.

NOW WOULD BE THE TIME TO CHANGE THOSE.

IF NOT, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

I RECOMMEND THE BOARD. OH, I RECOMMEND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. THANK YOU.

IT'S BEEN MOVED TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED, MOTION PASSES FOUR TO ZERO.

THANK YOU. OK, WE FINALLY HAVE SOMETHING IN THE OLD BUSINESS SLOT FOR ONCE HUH, SO WE'RE

[10. Old Business]

AND WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION.

YES, SO WE REACHED OUT.

I REACHED OUT TO OSPI AND THERE WILL BE NO OSPI REPORTING.

THE REPORTING WILL BE ANNUALLY TO THE BOARD.

SO THAT WILL BE OUR REPORTING REQUIREMENT.

AND THANK YOU, MARK, FOR REACHING OUT TO WSSDA AS WELL.

SO IT DOES APPEAR THAT THAT WILL BE THE LIMIT.

WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

WE HAVE PUT A NUMBER OF THINGS ON THE PROCEDURE THAT WILL BE LOOKING AT.

AND SO THE PROCEDURE AND THE POLICY ARE THERE FOR YOUR REVIEW AND HOPEFULLY YOU'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT BOTH OF THOSE PIECES.

WE HAVE MELDED TOGETHER OUR PROCESS THAT WE ALREADY USE WITH OUR BENEFITS COMMITTEE WITH THIS COMMITTEE, SO THAT WE ARE LOCKING THOSE TWO THINGS TOGETHER.

SO WE BELIEVE IN WORKING SMARTER, NOT HARDER.

AND SO THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE WILL DO TO TO BRING THIS FORWARD USING MANY OF THE SAME PEOPLE THAT ALREADY SERVED ON THAT COMMITTEE AND ADDING SOMEONE FROM OUR MTS AS TEAM AT DISTRICT OFFICE BECAUSE THAT TEAM IS LOOKING AT THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF STAFF AND STUDENTS AND ALREADY DOES SOME PIECES IN TERMS OF LOOPING OUT MULTIPLE TIMES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WITH SELF CARE INFORMATION AND INFORMATION FOR OUR STAFF.

SO WE INCLUDED THAT PIECE IN THE PROCEDURE AS WELL.

AND ADDITIONALLY, THEY DO HAVE ALL OF THE RESOURCES ALREADY ON OSPI'S WEBSITE.

AND SO WE'VE PUT THE LINK WITHIN THE PROCEDURE FOR THE RESOURCES THAT THEY OFFER THERE.

THERE ARE NOT ANY RESOURCES YET THROUGH THE ESD, AND WE WERE UNABLE TO FIND ANY THROUGH

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YET SO BOTH OF THOSE ARE STILL LACKING.

SO WE DID NOT PUT THOSE IN THE POLICY WE JUST PUT WHEN AVAILABLE, IF AVAILABLE.

AND SO WE WE CAN UPDATE THE PROCEDURES WHEN THOSE RESOURCES GET IN PLACE.

BUT WE DO HAVE LOCAL RESOURCES THAT WE USE, AND MUCH OF THAT IS ON OUR WEBSITE FOR STAFF TO ACCESS AS WELL.

SO THE EAP, THE NEW EAP PROGRAM IS UP AND RUNNING AND I DON'T HAVE ANY USAGE REPORTS ON THAT YET SINCE WE JUST STARTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS MONTH.

BUT WE WILL HAVE THOSE WHEN WE REPORT TO THE BOARD AND WE WILL GIVE OUR FIRST UPDATE.

OUR PLAN WOULD BE TO DO THAT IN JUNE.

SO EVEN THOUGH IT WON'T BE A WHOLE YEAR, THAT WILL GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK, I THINK THAT AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK ON THE PROCEDURE BECAUSE I THINK THAT JUST TO ME, THAT BRINGS THE CLARITY THAT THAT I WAS ASKING FOR.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.

NO PROBLEM. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NO QUESTIONS? JUST WHEN I TALKED TO ABIGAIL WESTBROOK, THE LEGAL ADVISER IT WAS, SHE ACTUALLY THOUGHT OUR INCLUSIVENESS BY MAKING IT ALL INSTEAD OF THE LIST OF THINGS WAS A GREAT IDEA.

SO SHE EXTENDS HER COMPLIMENTS.

SHE SAID THAT WAS IN FACT IN THE SPIRIT OF THE POLICY.

YEAH, YEAH, GOOD.

SO I WOULD JUST ASK THAT YOU APPROVE THE SECOND READING ON THE ADOPTION OF POLICY FIVE FIVE ONE FIVE, WORK FORCE SECONDARY TRAUMA STRESS, TRAUMATIC STRESS.

I'LL MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVED THE SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF POLICY FIVE FIVE ONE FIVE, WORK FORCE SECONDARY TRAUMATIC STRESS THAT'S BEEN MOVED THAT WE ADOPT A SECOND MEETING POLICY FIVE FIVE ONE FIVE AND FURTHER DISCUSSION.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSE, MOTION PASSES FOUR-ZERO.

THANKS BOARD. HEY, MAYBE IT'LL BE SIX MONTHS BEFORE OUR NEXT OLD BUSINESS.

YOU KNOW IT'S OK.

[11. New Business]

A REVISION OF POLICY ONE ONE ONE TWO, DIRECTOR ORIENTATION.

MR. WATTERS IS IT GOING TO HANDLE THAT? YES. THANK YOU, MARK.

THIS IS THE NEXT TWO POLICIES ARE RELATED TO BOARD PRACTICES AND ACTUALLY PRETTY MINOR REVISIONS. WE'RE LOOKING TO REVISE POLICY ONE ONE ONE TWO DIRECTOR ORIENTATION SO THAT IT WILL BE UPDATED TO REFLECT OUR CURRENT PRACTICE.

THIS HELPS PROVIDE CLARITY TO HELP PROVIDE CLARITY.

LIST OF RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO NEWLY ELECTED AND APPOINTED BOARD MEMBERS UNDER WSSDA, THE DISTRICT WEBSITE AND BOARD DOCS.

AND IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE DRAFT POLICY, YOU'LL SEE THAT ON THE ON THE WRITE OUT THE THE ONE THAT WE'VE LOOKED THAT PRIOR TO THIS REVISION OF THIS PROPOSED REVISION OF THIS DOCUMENT, WE JUST LISTED A THRU N, ALL OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE WSSDA POLICY.

AND ALL WE'VE SIMPLY DONE IS TO REORGANIZE THOSE IN A BETTER, MORE CLEARER WAY SO THAT IT'S CLEAR WHERE TO FIND THAT INFORMATION SO YOU CAN SEE THERE.

FOR INSTANCE, WHAT WE DIRECT WILL BE DIRECTING NEW BOARD MEMBERS TO THE WSSDA WEBSITE, TO THE DISTRICT WEBSITE OR PROVIDING DISTRICT DOCUMENTS THAT GO WITH THAT OR EVEN TO BOARD.

SO IT'S JUST A SIMPLER, MORE EFFICIENT WAY TO PRESENT THE SAME INFORMATION.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT POLICY? NO, IT'S A GOOD REVISION, I THINK.

BUT WHAT CAUGHT OUR ATTENTION WAS THE IBN TRAINING, WHICH WAS LIKE THREE AND A HALF SUPERINTENDENTS AGO OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND THEN THREE AND A HALF.

YEAH, YEAH. I DON'T KNOW WHO HAVE.

I DON'T KNOW FIRSTHAND, BUT THERE WAS THERE WAS ONE PERSON WHO DIDN'T FINISH THEIR TERM.

RIGHT. AND AND IT REALLY BRINGS UP TO THE FACT THAT MOST RECORDS NOW ARE ELECTRONIC INSTEAD OF ON PAPER.

SO. OKAY. I AGREE WITH MARY.

I THINK IT'S A GOOD REWRITE.

OK. THERE'S NO FURTHER QUESTIONS TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO THE REVISION OF POLICY ONE ONE ONE TWO.

I MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVED THE REVISION OF POLICY ONE ONE ONE TWO DIRECTOR IN ORIENTATION. IT'S BEEN MOVED TO REVISE OR APPROVE THE REVISION OF POLICY ONE ON ONE TWO,

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ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I LIKE ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

MOTION PASSES FOUR TO ZERO.

OK. ITEM B NEW BUSINESS POLICY ONE TWO FOUR ZERO.

YEAH, THIS IS EVEN A SIMPLER REVISION.

THE CURRENT POLICY WOULD JUST IT JUST IT TALKS ABOUT COMMITTEES, BUT COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD MAY BE CREATED BY A MAJORITY OF THE BOARD.

NO MORE THAN TWO BOARD MEMBERS WILL SERVE ON ANY BOARD APPOINTED COMMITTEE.

THE BOARD PRESIDENT WILL APPOINT BOARD MEMBERS TO SERVE ON SUCH COMMITTEES, THE PURPOSE OF TERMS OF WHICH WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE MAJORITY OF VOTES ON THE BOARD.

THAT WAS THE EXTENT OF THE OF THE POLICY.

WE WERE HAVING DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE WANTED TO LIST THE DIFFERENT COMMITTEES AS THEY, BUT WHAT WE WERE AFRAID OF IS THOSE COMMITTEES SEEM TO BE THE CHANGE AT A RAPID PACE AND WE DIDN'T WANT TO PROVIDE US WITH A WHERE WE HAD TO KEEP COMING BACK TO THE BOARD. WE SAY THESE ARE OUR COMMITTEES AND THEN A YEAR FROM NOW, THOSE COMMITTEES CHANGE OR SO FORTH.

SO WE JUST DECIDED TO ADD A SIMPLE STATEMENT THAT SAYS THAT CURRENT COMMITTEE LISTS ARE ALWAYS REFLECTED ON THE BOARD AGENDA UNDER COMMITTEE REPORT.

SO THAT WAY, IF SOMEBODY LOOKS AT THIS POLICY AND WANTS TO KNOW, WELL, WHAT ARE THE COMMITTEES THAT THE BOARD IS WORKING ON, THEY CAN SIMPLY GO TO BOARD DOCS UNDER COMMITTEES. WE HAVE THAT STANDING LIST OF THE CURRENT COMMITTEES THAT WE HAVE, AND THAT WAY THEY COULD SEE WHAT IS WHAT, WHAT COMMITTEES THE BOARD IS IS WORKING ON.

SO JUST THE SIMPLE UPDATE, HOPEFULLY IT MEETS WITH YOUR APPROVAL.

IF NOT, WE'LL TAKE IT BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AGAIN.

I THINK THE UPDATE IS APPROPRIATE.

QUESTION I HAVE IS SO I'M ASSUMING EACH COMMITTEE THEN HAS A CHARTER OR SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE COULD LOOK AT AND SAY, EVEN IF I'M THE PUBLIC, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THAT COMMITTEE DOES. FOR INSTANCE, THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AT THIS DOT, I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A CHARTER. I DON'T KNOW EITHER.

NOW THE AUDIT COMMITTEE I WAS GOING TO DO, YEAH, YEAH.

THE AUDIT COMMITTEE IS ACTUALLY ALSO COVERED UNDER A SEPARATE POLICY.

OK, SO THAT ONE IS KIND OF UNIQUE IN THAT WAY, BUT I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA TO SAY, IF NOTHING ELSE, MAYBE GIVE SOME ORIGINAL REASONING BEHIND OUR BGF COMMITTEE OR WHATEVER IT HAPPENS TO BE. SOME OF THEM ARE RECOMMENDED BY THE STATE, LIKE THE AAA AND SO ON.

AND WOULD IT BE? WOULD IT BE REASONABLE TO ADD THAT INFORMATION UNDER INTO THE BOARD DOCS AS A STANDING YOU KNOW, AN EXPLANATION OF WHAT THE THE PURPOSE OF EACH COMMITTEE IS? IT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE HELPFUL INFORMATION FOR A POSITION THAT DOES TURN OVER ON ALL OF THEM. SOME OF THEM GIVE YOU A BASE UNDERSTANDING.

DOES IT? OK FOR INSTANCE, FOR LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE RIGHT NOW? IT SAYS IT NAMES ROB AS THE REPRESENTATIVE.

ROB HENRIKSON SERVES AS THE BOARD LEGISLATIVE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE 2021 CALENDAR YEAR.

HE WILL GIVE A REPORT TO THE BOARD ON CURRENT LEGISLATIVE NEWS AND EVENTS AND THEN, FOR INSTANCE, FOR TED UNDER THE WIA COMMITTEE, IT SAYS TED CHAMPAGNE SERVES AS A BOARD REPRESENTATIVE ON THE WIAA WASHINGTON INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION.

THAT'S ALL IT SAYS. SO I MEAN, WE COULD LOOK AT EXPANDING THAT.

WELL, I'M NOT ASKING TO ADD LAYERS OF WORK FOR PEOPLE AND AND I KNOW HOW THOSE THINGS GET PUT ON THERE AND THEN THEY DON'T GET REVISED.

AND SO THEN THERE, BUT.

AND IF WE THINK ABOUT IT, OUR AGENDA ACTUALLY DOES DESCRIBE THE COMMITTEE.

SO MAYBE THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO LEAVE IT.

OK. I MEAN, SIMPLER TO ME IS BETTER.

I THINK THERE'S SOME THINGS LIKE THE AUDIT COMMITTEE.

IT MAKES SENSE. YES, WE NEED TO HAVE.

WE NEED TO HAVE A CHARTER AND WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE EXPECTED TO DO EACH MONTH.

BUT THAT'S PROBABLY NOT NECESSARILY FOR EVERY COMMITTEE.

OK. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW OTHERS FEEL, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT HARD WORK. YEAH, I THINK MOST OF THEM ARE PRETTY WELL GROUNDED IS EITHER RECOMMENDED BY WSSDA OR THE STATE OR, YOU KNOW, FROM VERY SPECIFIC.

SO WE DON'T CARRY IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE WE CARRY A LOT OF COMMITTEES.

SO YEAH, YEAH.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, IF YOU'RE OK WITH THAT REVISION, I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REVISION OF POLICY.

12:40. I'LL MOVE.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVED A REVISION ON POLICY 12 40 COMMITTEES.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?

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12:40 ON COMMITTEES SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES FOUR TO ZERO.

THANK YOU, BOARD. ITEM C NEW BUSINESS, THE WAVE BUSINESS FOR DISTRICT BROADBAND NETWORKING. GOOD TO SEE YOU, MR. MCDANIEL. THANK YOU.

THE PROPOSAL IN FRONT OF YOU IS REQUESTING APPROVAL FROM THE BOARD FOR US TO PROCEED WITH WHAT IS KNOWN AS A DARK FIBER SOLUTION FOR THE DISTRICT.

THIS IS THROUGH THE E-RATE PROGRAM.

IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH E-RATE, IT'S FUNDED BY THE FCC AND A LINE ITEM ON ALL PHONE BILLS THAT READS UNIVERSAL SERVICE THAT GOES TO PROVIDE DISCOUNTED INTERNET NETWORKING AND SOME EQUIPMENT FUNDING FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

WE RECEIVE A DISCOUNT ON E-RATE FUNDING FROM OUR FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH RATE.

BASED ON OUR NUMBERS, THE DISTRICT RECEIVES 50 PERCENT DISCOUNTING ON CERTAIN SERVICES, PART OF WHICH INCLUDES THIS.

THE DARK FIBER SOLUTION THAT WE OBTAIN PRICING ON IS CONSIDERABLY CHEAPER THAN THE LIT FIBER SOLUTION THAT WE'RE USING WITH CENTURYLINK.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DARK AND LIT FIBER IS LIT FIBER IS MANAGED FULLY BY THE BY THE COMPANY THAT YOU CONTRACT WITH.

THEY MANAGE ALL OF THE OPTICAL CONNECTIONS, THEY MONITOR IT, AND THEY ENSURE THAT A CERTAIN LEVEL OF CONNECTIVITY IS MAINTAINED AT ALL TIMES.

DARK FIBER SOLUTION IS JUST PROVIDING THE ORGANIZATION WITH THE ACTUAL CABLING, JUST THE GLASS AND THE ON THE POLES AND UNDERGROUND.

AND THEN WE PROVIDE ALL THE OPTICAL ELECTRONICS FOR MANAGING IT.

THERE'S NO REASON IN OUR MIND THAT WE WOULD PAY SOMEBODY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ELECTRONICS ARE WORKING WHEN WE CAN DO THAT QUITE CAPABLY OUR SELF.

THE SAVINGS ARE MASSIVE, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE THE LANGUAGE ON THE AGENDA ITEM.

I AM INCREDIBLY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO SAVE THIS KIND OF MONEY.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

ACTUALLY, I WAS LOOKING INTO THE PROGRAM AND I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING, BUT I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY. IS THERE ANY REASON THAT WE WOULD EVER AGE OUT OR NO LONGER BE QUALIFIED FOR THIS LEVEL OF SAVINGS? ANYTHING THAT COULD CHANGE IN THE FUTURE? NO, IT'S IT'S HIGHLY UNLIKELY.

I THIS PARTICULAR PROPOSAL, THIS TYPE OF PROPOSAL IS THE MOST LIKELY TO BE APPROVED, AND I SEE NO REASON WHY FROM ON ANY GIVEN YEAR THAT WE WOULDN'T BE APPROVED FOR IT.

FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE E-RATE PROGRAM IN THE LATE 90S, THE DISTRICT'S NEVER NOT BEEN APPROVED FOR ANY PARTICULAR APPLICATION.

I'VE NEVER SEEN A FAILURE ON IT MYSELF.

I'VE BEEN HERE 23 YEARS IN MY 23RD YEAR.

PREVIOUS SCHOOL DISTRICT I WORKED WITH.

IT'S THIS IS BASIC CONNECTIVITY.

AND EVEN IF WE EVEN IF E-RATE DISAPPEARED, THIS IS STILL A SAVINGS OVER WHAT WE WERE PAYING. EVEN IF WE HAD TO PAY THE FULL COST.

AGAIN, I SERIOUSLY DO NOT ANTICIPATE THAT EVER OCCURRING.

E-RATE'S A VERY, VERY POPULAR PROGRAM.

YEAH. OK, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. IS THE DARK FIBER? IS THAT A NEW SERVICE, NEW PROGRAM OR NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT JUST CAME OUT? AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE CAPITALIZING ON IT? OR IS THIS SOME REASON WE DIDN'T DO IT BEFORE THERE WAS A PERIOD OF TIME? THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME THAT ERA HAS BEEN IN PLACE, DARK FIBER WAS NOT ALLOWED.

IT WAS NOT CONSIDERED AN ELIGIBLE SERVICE.

IT RECENTLY BECAME ELIGIBLE.

WE'RE ABLE TO LEVERAGE THE LANGUAGE IN OUR EXISTING MULTI-YEAR CONTRACT WITH CENTURYLINK TO SHIFT IT TO MONTH TO MONTH AS WE WAIT FOR CONSTRUCTION TO COMPLETE WITH THE WAVE.

OKAY. AND I'M ASSUMING THAT FIBER IS FIBER AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEE ANY DROP IN DATA SPEEDS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

NO, THEY MAINTAIN A CERTAIN SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT WITH THE CONNECTIVITY.

THE OUTAGE TIME MEAN TIME TO RESOLUTION IS ALL DOCUMENTED VERY CLEARLY.

IT'S THE SAME FOR THEIR FIBER SOLUTION AS WELL.

WAVE IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THEM, THEY PROVIDE THE UNDERLYING CONNECTIVITY TO A LOT OF THE AT&T TOWERS, AS WELL AS SEVERAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON ON THE STATE'S NETWORK. OK.

AND MY LAST QUESTION IS, IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE OR CABLE RUNS THAT WE HAVE TO DO WITH THE PHYSICAL SYSTEMS IN ORDER TO PUT THIS IN PLACE? RIGHT. THERE'S A FEW BUILDINGS THAT DEPENDING ON WHERE WAVE NEEDS TO COME IN FROM THE

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AND THEY DON'T LIKE TO SHARE.

ALL RIGHT. I'VE BEEN DOWN THAT ROAD.

YEAH. THESE ARE VERY EASY CONSTRUCTION PIECES.

MOST OF THE BUILDINGS WE HAVE ACCESS ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT SIDES OF THE BUILDING, ESPECIALLY THE NEWER CAMPUSES, THAT IT'S VERY EASY TO PENETRATE.

YEAH, THANK YOU.

THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. YEAH, THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW.

THAT WAS MY QUESTION. IF IT WAS GEOGRAPHICALLY EQUAL AROUND THE DISTRICT? YEAH. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? WE'RE LOOKING FOR APPROVAL OF THE WAVE BUSINESS DISTRICT BROADBAND NETWORKING.

MOVE TO APPROVE THE WAVE BUSINESS PROPOSITION.

GREAT, IT'S BEEN MOVED TO APPROVE THE WAVE BUSINESS FOR DISTRICT BROADBAND NETWORKING.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, SCOTT, FOR KEEPING AN EYE OUT FOR SAVING A DIME OR TWO.

YEAH, IT'S GREAT. I LIKE THAT YOU GAVE THEM SOME TOUGH QUESTIONS THERE TOO TED.

YEAH. IT'S GOOD. HE NEEDS IT.

YEAH, YEAH. YOU KNOW, HE'S OK.

OK. LAST ITEM NEW BUSINESS AMBOY MIDDLE SCHOOL COVERED PLAY SHED.

MR. JOLMA, GOOD TO SEE YOU! GOOD EVENING, BOARD, YEAH, THAT WAS NICE TO HEAR, SCOTT, FINALLY GET SOME QUESTIONS.

I'M USUALLY THE ONE WHO GETS THEM ALL.

WELL, YOU HAVEN'T STARTED YET.

OH, I'LL GET SOME. I KNOW THAT THIS AGENDA ITEM IS REGARDING THE AMBOY MIDDLE SCHOOL COVERED PLAY SHED.

I'M ASKING THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THIS CONTRACT WITH RAPTOR EXCAVATING AND CONTRACTING COMPANY. IT WAS A TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY TWO THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY EIGHT BID.

WE'RE GOING TO INSTALL A NEW COVERED PLAY SHED.

THIS ONE HAS A LITTLE MORE INFRASTRUCTURE WORK.

WE HAVE TO WIDEN A FIRE LANE BECAUSE WE'RE INFRINGING ON OUR FIRE LANE AND SOME LANDSCAPE. AND WE ADDED BECAUSE OF THAT.

GOOD BIDS, WE HAD FIVE GOOD SOLID BIDS.

LOW BID WAS TWO NINETY THREE.

NEXT ONE 311, NEXT ONE 312 NEXT ONE, 337 THEN NEXT ONE.

SOMEBODY JUST THREW A DART AT 460, BUT FOUR REAL GOOD, FOUR GOOD BIDS.

WE HAVEN'T BEEN GETTING THAT MANY BIDS IN THE PAST AND THE THE MARKET'S GETTING A LITTLE TIGHTER, A LITTLE MORE HUNGRY.

MATERIAL COSTS ARE KILLING ME THOUGH.

I JUST LIKE TO GO OVER, SO RAPTOR HAS DONE OUR PREVIOUS TWO STRUCTURES.

I HAVE A HIGH LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE IN HIM, LOCAL CONTRACTOR FROM YAKULT, SO IT'S GOOD TO KEEP THE MONEY LOCAL.

IN 2020 WE DID THE SAME SHED AT MAPLE GROVE AND IT WAS TWO HUNDRED AND TEN.

WE DID IT IN YAKULT.

LAST SUMMER IT WAS TWO 220 AND THIS ONE'S TWO NINETY THREE.

BUT LIKE I SAID, I THINK WE HAVE ABOUT 30000 EXTRA IN THERE OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND LANDSCAPING, SO 210, 220, 260.

BUT WHAT'S REALLY SCARY IS THAT LAST LINE OF THE LEAD TIMES IT WENT FROM USED TO LEASE SEVEN TO 10 AND IT WENT EIGHT TO TEN EIGHT TO 12, AND NOW IT'S SEVENTEEN TO TWENTY FOUR.

BUT I GOT US IN THE PIPELINE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

I HAVE FULL FAITH THAT THIS WILL GET DONE THIS SUMMER.

WELL, THERE'S NO KIDS AROUND AND QUESTIONS UP ON THE UPPER CAMPUS.

YEAH, STRAIGHT BEHIND THE CAFETERIA.

OK, SO MARK, YOU KNOW THAT THEY THEY HAVE A PLACE SHED THERE.

THAT'S YEAH, THEY HAVE SIX HUNDRED FEET AWAY, DOWNHILL SECURITY.

IT'S NOT SERVING THE NEEDS OF CAMPUS, RIGHT? WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE THAT FOR THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, FOR AFTER HOURS.

BUT FOR THAT'S A LONG HIKE.

YES. YEAH, NO, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.

YEAH. AND OUR PLAN IS TO CONTINUE THIS AT OUR, WITH LAWN IN PLEASANT VALLEY I THINK TO GO . DID YOU ALREADY HAVE DID YOU DO LIKE AN IGE OR ANYTHING IN PREPARATION FOR THIS? WHAT'S AN IGE? LIKE A GOVERNMENT ESTIMATE? LIKE YOUR OWN INDEPENDENT ESTIMATE, PRIOR TO OUR ESTIMATE WAS 300 ME AND MY ARCHITECTS BASED ON THE OTHER PRIOR PROJECTS.

OK. SO I WAS QUITE HAPPY.

YEAH. SEVEN GRAND UNDER MY OFFICE, MY BUDGET.

OK. YEAH, WE ARE.

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AND IS THIS STILL FROM OUR ORIGINAL WHERE WE WERE DOING INFRASTRUCTURE AT EACH SCHOOL OR? YEAH. OK, GREAT. YEAH.

WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT. LIKE I SAY, I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE TWO MORE.

WE'RE LOOKING AT LOWER AND PLEASANT VALLEY FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

SO IN A WAY, WHEN WE'RE DONE, WE'LL HAVE SERVED THOSE SCHOOLS WITH THE NEW BLANCHETTE AREA WHERE EVERYBODY WILL HAVE.

YEAH, THAT'S GREAT. IT'S BEEN INTERESTING.

JUST SO THE BOARD KNOWS, YOU KNOW, WE EVEN HAD DISCUSSIONS JUST RECENTLY IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF ADDING PLAY SHEDS NOT TO BE USED AS PLAY SHEDS TO OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, BUT TO BE USED AS OUTDOOR COVERED EATING AREAS.

RIGHT? YEAH. AND JUST, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAYBE ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF COVID, IF THERE IS SUCH A THING IS THAT IT'S ENCOURAGED KIDS TO BE EATING OUTSIDE AND STUFF. SO WE'RE THINKING THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LINE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, WE'D LIKE TO ADD SOME OF THESE AND DIFFERENT THAN HAVING A BASKETBALL COURT UNDERNEATH THEM. WE'D PROBABLY JUST PUT A BUNCH OF PICNIC TABLES AND OUTDOOR EATING AREAS SO KIDS COULD CONGREGATE OUTSIDE.

AND YEAH.

WE'LL SEE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK, SYDNEY? YEAH, I THINK FOR PRAIRIE.

WELL A, I WOULDN'T KNOW WHERE YOU PUT IT BECAUSE HE FIGURES THERE'S A LOT OF PLACES YOU COULD PUT IT BESIDES THE FIELDS.

BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE A COOL IDEA.

JUST KIND OF DEPENDS ON WHERE BECAUSE IN THE FIELDS, IT'S LIKE YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE THE FOUR HUNDRED BUILDING WANTING TO GO OVER THERE.

IT'S JUST A LONG TRAVEL.

YEAH, I HAVE NOT REALLY GIVEN IT MUCH THOUGHT AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS YET.

IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, BUT I'LL GIVE HER SOME THOUGHT.

THE LAST QUESTION I HAVE.

HAVE YOU SEEN THE 15 DAY COMPLETION PERIOD, IS THAT ADEQUATE? HAVE YOU SEEN HIM GET IT DONE WITHIN THAT PERIOD AND THE OTHER BUILDS 15 DAY, IT SAYS, AND FINAL COMPLETION 15 DAYS THEREAFTER? OH, THAT'S FROM SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION TO FINAL COMPLETION.

OK. THAT'S JUST PUNCH LIST WORK.

OK, SO WHAT'S THE OVERALL DURATION OF THE BUILD? HE HAS TILL APRIL, AUGUST 15TH, IF I RECALL.

OK. AND YOU HAVE ZERO DOLLARS FOR LIQUIDATED DAMAGES.

ANY PARTICULAR REASON FOR. I NEVER DO TO LOOK AT [INAUDIBLE] DAMAGES, BUT I'VE NEVER, NEVER, NEVER USE THEM.

NEVER SEEN THEM USED. I HATE THEM.

JUST NEVER HAVE USED THEM. I WON'T DISAGREE WITH THAT.

JUST CURIOUS. I JUST DON'T AGREE WITH THEM.

OK. THAT'S ALL I GOT.

THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.

ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AMBOY MIDDLE SCHOOL COVERED PLAY SHADE MOVE.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVED THE CONTRACT WITH RAPTOR EXCAVATING AND CONTRACTING COMPANY FOR THE PLAY SHED AT AMBOY MIDDLE SCHOOL.

IT'S BEEN MOVED TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT FOR THE AMBOY MIDDLE SCHOOL COVERED PLAY SHED.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES FIVE TWO ZERO, FOUR-ZERO.

THANK YOU, CAUGHT ME, DANG.

I WENT BACK BACKWARDS.

I JUST CAME IN.

NO, NO. I THINK I THINK I FINALLY GOT VOTING RIGHTS.

THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT IT WAS.

WE SLIPPED IT IN, IN A POLICY YEAH.

YEAH ALL RIGHT THANK YOU.

AND WITH THAT, WE'RE UP TO OUR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND SYDNEY'S HAPPY BECAUSE I TOLD HER

[12. Future Agenda Items and Board Events]

SO ANY FUTURE EVENT SO WE WANT TO PAY ATTENTION TO I DID WANT TO ALERT THE BOARD THAT AT OUR NEXT MEETING, WHICH IS VALENTINE'S DAY, BY THE WAY.

OH YEAH. SO I WILL BE GIVING YOU A HALF YEAR UPDATE ON MY THE EVALUATION COMPONENTS THAT I'VE CHOSEN.

AND SO I'LL BE I'LL BE GIVING YOU THAT DURING MY SUPERINTENDENCE UPDATE.

OKAY, GREAT. KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE LEGISLATIVE ISSUES, THEY'RE GOING TO GO FAST IF YOU NEED ANY INFORMATION ON THAT, BOTH ROB AND I THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS COME TO OUR ATTENTION IS THAT BILL THAT WAS WITH TRANSPORTATION. YEAH, HAS RESURFACED AGAIN.

SO IF WE COULD KEEP OUR EYE ON THAT, THE BENEFITS ONE, THAT'S THE BENEFIT ONE.

OK. YEAH. AND WE'RE NOT FOR THAT.

WE'RE NOT FOR THAT, ALTHOUGH WE SEEM WE MIGHT HAVE SOME PROTECTION WITH OUR CURRENT CONTRACT. ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT FOR IT.

OK, THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. ACTUALLY, I'M GLAD YOU REMINDED ME.

ARE THERE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU CAN THINK OF BESIDES THAT ONE? THAT'S THE ONE THAT IS THAT'S THE KEY ONE LATELY.

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IT NEVER WAS OFFICIALLY DEAD.

SO IT'S JUST RESURRECTED ITSELF.

YEAH. YEAH, THAT'S BILL SEEMS LIKE SEEMS LIKE THERE ARE TWENTY SIX.

OK, YEAH. WHAT IS IT? FIVE, THREE, TWO SIX.

AND WHAT IT WOULD REQUIRE, MARY IS EVEN THOUGH WE'RE CONTRACTING WITH OUR WITH OUR TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, IT WOULD REQUIRE THAT WE THAT THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO WORK FOR THAT COMPANY HAVE THE SAME FORM OF BENEFITS THAT OUR EMPLOYEES HAVE, WHICH MEANS THAT THE COSTS ARE GOING TO BE CONSIDERABLE, WHICH ULTIMATELY WOULD BE PASSED ON TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. YEAH, RIGHT.

SO. GREAT.

WELL, IF ANYTHING ELSE COMES UP THAT YOU WANT US TO KEEP AN EYE ON, THEN MAKE SURE YOU LET, THOUGH I DID GET A PHONE CALL FROM TERRY DOTSON, CITIZENS FOR BETTER SCHOOLS, HE'D LIKE TO COME THE SECOND MEETING IN FEBRUARY AND ADDRESS SCHOOL BOND, ISSUE SUPPORT AND GET THAT BALL ROLLING.

SO JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE THAT WE'LL EXPECT HIM, HE'LL JUST DO IT DURING REGULAR CITIZENS COMMENTS AND THERE IS A PROPOSAL.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'LL GO THROUGH.

I DON'T THINK IT HAS A HUGE FOLLOWING BEHIND IT THAT ALL SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS WOULD BE REQUIRED TO DO BOND TRAINING.

I THINK VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT TED ATTENDED AT THE CONFERENCE, WHICH I DON'T THINK IS A BAD IDEA, BUT I KNOW SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST SAYING WE'VE GOT ENOUGH REQUIREMENTS ALREADY.

SO ALL RIGHT, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SIGN PAPERS FOR SANDY AND THEN GO TO OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR RCW FORTY TWO POINT

[13. Executive Session]

NO ACTION, JUST INFORMATION.

AND WHAT DO YOU ESTIMATE THE TIME ON THAT? I BELIEVE AT LEAST 15 TO 20 TO CALL 20 50.

OK, WE'LL CALL IT TWENTY 20 MINUTES AFTER THE BREAK, SO THAT'LL PUT US DOWN AT EIGHT TWENTY FIVE.

AND IF WE NEED TO EXTEND THAT, WE'LL COME IN AND DO THAT.

BUT OTHERWISE, THAT'S WHAT WE'LL EXPECT.

YOU GOT ME ON. OH, GREAT.

THAT'S OK.

WE ARE FINISHED WITH OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION.

IT IS EIGHT TWENTY FOUR AND WE ADJOURN THIS MEETING.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.