Mar 14, 2022 Board of Directors

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IT'S 6:00.

I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MONDAY, MARCH 14TH, 2022 SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TO ORDER.

[1. Call to Order]

THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT AND SUPPORTIVE PARENTS COMING WITH THEM.

APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.

STAFF THAT'S GOING TO PRESENT TO THE BOARD TONIGHT TO PROVIDE US WITH INFORMATION AS WE MAKE DECISIONS.

ANY VIRTUAL AUDIENCE WE MIGHT HAVE THAT'S STARTING TO GO AWAY AND FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, IT FEELS LIKE A REBOOT ON THE COMPUTER, GO AGAIN TONIGHT.

SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU ENDURE ALL THAT AND MAKE IT HERE.

WE'LL START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

[2. Pledge of Allegiance]

NEXT UP IS OUR ROLL CALL.

[3. Roll Call]

GREAT. THANK YOU. ROB CALLED ME THIS MORNING AND SAID HIS VIRUS IS STILL KIND OF HANGING ON OR WHATEVER HE'S GOT, AND THAT IT'D BE BEST FOR ALL OF US IF HE WASN'T RIGHT NEXT TO US. SO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO EXCUSE DIRECTOR HENDRICKS IN THAT ABSENCE.

I MOVE WE EXCUSED DIRECTOR HENRIKSON FROM THIS MEETING.

THANK VERY MUCH. IT'S BEEN MOVED TO EXCUSE THE ABSENCE OF DIRECTOR ROB HENRIKSON.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES, 4 TO ZERO [INAUDIBLE] SAY THAT?

[4. Agenda Approval]

TONIGHT'S AGENDA INCLUDES THE AGENDA APPROVAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT, STAFF UPDATES, CITIZENS COMMENTS, CONSENT AGENDAS HAS ITEMS A THROUGH G.

I'LL READ THOSE AT THE TIME.

NO OLD BUSINESS.

NEW BUSINESS. WE HAVE TWO ITEMS. ITEMS A AND B. AGAIN, I'LL READ THOSE AT THE TIME.

WE'LL DISCUSS FUTURE BOARD EVENTS AND THEN THE JOURNAL.

ANY QUESTIONS OR ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA? IF NOT ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED, MOVE TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MOVE TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS IT STANDS.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES 4 TO 0.

[5. Communications]

[A. Student Voice]

THE FIRST ITEM THAT USED TO SAY ASB REPORTS NOW SAYS STUDENT VOICE, AND THAT CERTAINLY INCLUDES ASP REPORTS, WHICH WE THINK WE HAVE ON OUR TONIGHT'S AGENDA.

BUT THIS HAS BEEN A PROJECT THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD HAS BEEN WORKING ON TOGETHER TO INCREASE STUDENT VOICE IN OUR MEETINGS AND TO MOVE FORWARD MANY OF OUR GOALS WHERE WE INCREASE COMMUNICATION WITH THE COMMUNITY.

AND WE'VE GOT A GREAT ONE TONIGHT.

SO THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT WATERS DO YOU WANT TO START US OFF? YEAH, THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.

WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TONIGHT.

WE HAVE WITH US A NUMBER OF ATHLETES FROM THE VERY SUCCESSFUL WINTER SPORTS SEASON AT PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL.

AND WE'RE GOING TO HONOR AND CONGRATULATE THEM FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING SEASONS.

AND TO DO THAT, I'M GOING TO ASK THAT OUR OUTSTANDING PRAIRIE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, MR. MANNY MELO, COME UP AND MANNY WILL INTRODUCE YOU TO THE OUTSTANDING STUDENT ATHLETES THAT WE HAVE PRESENT TONIGHT.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, DENNY. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

IF I COULD HAVE ALL OF THE ATHLETES AND COACHES THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT, IF THEY COULD COME UP HERE, THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM.

YOU GUYS COME UP HERE, THAT WOULD BE AWESOME.

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FANTASTIC. ALL RIGHT, SO TONIGHT WE HAVE OUR SOME OF OUR WRESTLING TEAM, SOME OF OUR BOWLING TEAM AND SOME OF OUR GYMNASTICS TEAM UP HERE.

SOME OTHER STATE QUALIFIERS WE HAD WAS BOY SWIM.

DANCE RECENTLY QUALIFIED LAST WEEKEND AS WELL, AND MULTIPLE OTHER TEAMS THAT MADE THE PLAYOFFS THIS YEAR. I'VE BEEN HONORED TO BE IN THIS POSITION HERE AS ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT PRAIRIE.

IT'S BEEN JUST A PHENOMENAL, PHENOMENAL YEAR.

WINTER SEASON IS ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT'S SPECIAL IN MY HEART BECAUSE OF MY PAST COACHING EXPERIENCE, AND JUST ONE OF MY FIRST LOVES WAS BASKETBALL.

SO BEING ABLE TO FOLLOW ALL OF THESE SPORTS WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR ME.

JUST BEING SO BUSY IN MY PERSONAL PLAYING CAREER AND THEN WITH MY COACHING CAREER, IT WAS HARD TO FOLLOW ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, THE WRESTLING PROGRAMS OR BOWLING OR GYMNASTICS AND SWIM AND THOSE SPORTS THAT ARE THAT ARE JUST HARD TO FOLLOW, ESPECIALLY WITH THE LOCATION OF WHERE THEY DO THEIR EVENTS.

SO BEING ABLE TO FOLLOW ALL OF THESE TEAMS THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND ALL THEIR STATE TOURNAMENTS AND GETTING TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, ALL THE COACHES, ALL THESE GUYS, ALL THESE GALS WAS A PHENOMENAL EXPERIENCE FOR ME, TO SAY THE LEAST.

SO I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT.

I'M GOING TO START WITH THE GIRLS BOWLING TEAM.

THEY FINISHED THIRD PLACE THIS YEAR AND WE HAD AN INDIVIDUAL STATE CHAMPION AND THAT WAS LILLY BASH. [APPLAUSE] AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT CELEBRATION TO ROUND US OFF WITH BOWLING, WE ALSO HAD A PHENOMENAL COACH OF THE YEAR, AND THAT IS MISS RHONDA BASH. [APPLAUSE] FOR GYMNASTICS.

I DEFINITELY HELD MY BREATH A HANDFUL OF TIMES WATCHING THESE LOVELY LADIES FLY THROUGH THE AIR. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.

I WENT TO MY FIRST GYMNASTICS MEET AND I WAS JUST LIKE I WAS BLOWN AWAY WITH THE STUFF THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO DO, WHETHER IT WAS ON A VAULT OR ON THE FLOOR OR ALL THEIR DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT THEY DO.

IT WAS JUST UNBELIEVABLE.

AND IT JUST YEAH, JUST TOTALLY CRAZY WHAT THESE FINE LADIES WERE ABLE TO DO.

THEY WENT TO STATE UP IN SAMMAMISH, WASHINGTON, WON DISTRICTS FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER.

AND WE GOT THEM A SIGN ON THE IN THE GYM THAT'S GOING TO BE GOING UP.

WE HAVE IT ORDERED, READY TO ROLL.

AND I KNOW THAT THEY WERE EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

WE HAD AN INDIVIDUAL PLACER AT STATE, WHICH WAS GRETCHEN RIGHT HERE, EIGHTH PLACE, EIGHTH PLACE ON THE BEAM.

SO LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR. [APPLAUSE] BOYS SWIM.

THEY'RE NOT HERE. BUT I'LL TALK ABOUT THEM A LITTLE BIT.

I WENT AND SAW THEM SWIM AT STATE AND THE FACILITY THERE WAS WAS ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL.

IT WAS LIKE SOMETHING YOU YOU SEE ON THE OLYMPICS.

IT WAS JUST GREAT.

OUR KIDS DID DID VERY WELL.

THEY WERE STRUGGLING THROUGH A FEW INJURIES THROUGHOUT THIS TIME, BUT THEY'RE RELAY REALLY STEPPED UP. THEY GOT, THEY SCORED A FEW POINTS FOR THE TEAM BUT BE ABLE TO MAKE IT A STATE FOR SWIM GOING AGAINST SOME OF THOSE MONSTERS UP NORTH IS PRETTY DIFFICULT.

SO IT WAS VERY EYE OPENING FOR ME TO WATCH THAT EXPERIENCE.

SO IF WE COULD GIVE IT UP FOR SWIM, THAT WOULD BE.

[APPLAUSE] AND I'M GOING TO ROUND IT OFF HERE WITH WITH WRESTLING.

WE HAVE A FEW OF OUR WRESTLERS HERE TONIGHT AND LED BY COACH ROB SMITH.

THIS WAS A SPORT THAT WAS HARD FOR ME TO FOLLOW.

LIKE I SAID EARLIER, AS A AS AN ATHLETE AND AS A COACH, BECAUSE IT JUST WAS ALWAYS AT THE SAME EXACT OPPOSITE TIME THAT I WAS DOING MY THING AS A COACH AND AS AN ATHLETE.

BUT I GOT MY MY FAIR SHARE OF WRESTLING FOR THE YEAR.

FOLLOW THEM THROUGH THROUGH THICK AND THIN.

I KNOW COACH COULD SPEAK MORE TO IT, BUT THEY WERE IN A UNIQUE SITUATION WITH BEING ABLE TO BEING SHUT DOWN FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

AND, YOU KNOW, THAT WASN'T WHAT THEY WANTED.

IT WASN'T WHAT ANYONE WANTED.

AND THEY DIDN'T MAKE ANY EXCUSES.

THEY JUST SAID, ALL RIGHT, THIS IS WHERE IT IS.

WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO BE STRONGER AFTER THIS. AND THEY WERE GOING BEFORE SCHOOL, AFTER SCHOOL, LATE NIGHTS, EXTRA WORKOUTS, WEIGHT ROOM STUFF.

I MEAN, NO STONE UNTURNED FOR THIS GROUP AND IT SERIOUSLY PAID OFF FOR THEM MAKING THE STATE TOURNAMENT. COACH WE HAD 15 QUALIFIERS.

11 BOYS AND FOUR GIRLS QUALIFY FOR STATE.

FOR PRAIRIE, I MEAN, JUST A PHENOMENAL NUMBER.

WE HAD A STATE CHAMPION THIS YEAR.

HE'S NOT HERE. I SAW HIM YESTERDAY DOING TRACK A THREE SPORT ATHLETE AND THAT IS ALEX FORD. LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR ALEX FORD.

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SO ALEX FORD, FIRST STATE CHAMPIONS SINCE 87.

PHENOMENAL KID.

LIKE I SAID, TRACK WRESTLING AND FOOTBALL FOR US AS A JUNIOR.

AND WE ALSO HAVE SOMEONE IN ATTENDANCE WHO ALSO WON STATE FOR US.

SHE IS THE REGIONAL WRESTLER OF THE YEAR.

WE WERE BLESSED TO GET HER FROM COLORADO.

FRESHMAN, TOTALLY AN EYE OPENING EXPERIENCE FOR HER, I WOULD ONLY IMAGINE AT THE MAC CLASSIC THIS YEAR AND IT JUST WAS LIKE, IT'S NO BIG DEAL.

LIKE WE'RE JUST HERE AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO DO THIS THING AND JUST NEVER HESITATED WAS NEVER LIKE SHELL SHOCKED BY ANYTHING.

AND THAT IS FAITH TARRANT FRESHMAN.

[APPLAUSE] COACH, CAN YOU CONFIRM OVERALL POINTS FOR YOUR GUYS TEAM WHERE YOU GUYS FINISHED IN STATE? EIGHTH PLACE. 18TH PLACE.

SO LET'S GIVE IT UP ONE MORE TIME FOR WRESTLING.

SO I JUST BOARD, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US THIS TIME AND THIS OPPORTUNITY.

I KEEP TELLING PEOPLE PRAIRIE IS AN EXTREMELY SPECIAL PLACE.

SPECIAL STUFF HAPPENS WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH THAT DOOR.

I DON'T KNOW. IT'S JUST SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

IT'S HARD TO EXPLAIN, BUT I ALWAYS HEARD ABOUT IT.

BUT BEING THERE NOW AND SEEING IT AND AND LIVING IT WITH THESE KIDS, THESE ATHLETES, THESE COACHES, THESE TEACHERS, ALL STAFF, IT'S CRAZY.

AND SO IF YOU HAVEN'T SPENT A LOT OF TIME AT PRAIRIE, I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET OVER THERE AND JUST SEE ALL THE SPECIAL THINGS THAT NOT ONLY THESE ATHLETES ARE DOING, BUT OUR KIDS CERTIFIED STAFF, CLASSIFIED STAFF.

IT'S TRULY PHENOMENAL.

SO I APPRECIATE THE TIME.

I KNOW OUR ATHLETES APPRECIATE THE TIME.

I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE EVERYBODY HERE, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF KIDS DOING MULTIPLE SPORTS AND ARE PRACTICING RIGHT NOW, TOO.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

YOU'RE WELCOME. [APPLAUSE] SO BEFORE I DISMISS THIS WONDERFUL FINE GROUP HERE, I DO HAVE SOME INVITATIONS TO OUR BOOSTER AUCTION, WHICH WILL BE ON MARCH 26 FOR ALL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS HERE. SO I'LL COME AROUND, I'LL PASS THOSE OUT TO YOU.

AND IT'S BEEN BASICALLY TWO YEARS SINCE WE'VE HAD A NORMAL AUCTION AND IT'S EVEN BEING OUT ONE YEAR, IT'S HARD TO GAIN TRACTION, BUT BEING OUT TWO YEARS IS EVEN HARDER TO JUST KEEP THAT TRACTION GOING BECAUSE THE AUCTION IS SOMETHING THAT JUST KEEPS BUILDING OFF ITSELF YEAR AFTER YEAR.

AND, YOU KNOW, THE HELP AND SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, FAMILIES WILL PASS IT DOWN TO EACH OTHER AND SO ON AND SO ON. SO WE'RE WORKING REALLY, REALLY HARD TO MAKE IT A GREAT, FUN EXPERIENCE. BUT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE ABLE TO JOIN US AND TRY TO GET THIS THING REBOOTED AND GET IT BACK TO WHERE IT USED TO BE, YOU KNOW, WE'D REALLY APPRECIATE YOU SEEING SEEING YOU GUYS THERE AND SEEING THAT SUPPORT.

BUT EITHER WAY, APPRECIATE THE NIGHT TONIGHT AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

GREAT. [APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT, BEFORE YOU GET AWAY, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.

YOU COULD. YOU COULD TURN AND FACE THE BOARD TOO.

YEAH. NICE TO SEE YOU ALL THE FACES.

SO GIVE ME A RAISE THE HAND.

WHO'S COMING BACK NEXT YEAR? WHOO! THAT'S IMPRESSIVE.

OKAY. WHO'S FINISHING THEIR CAREER WITH PRAIRIE? LET'S GO. YAY! THANK YOU FOR PUTTING IN ALL THE TIME.

YOU GUYS DID AN AMAZING JOB.

I APPRECIATE IT. WHAT DO YOU THINK FAITH IS THE MAC CLASSIC PRETTY COOL? YEAH. I'VE GOT TO GO TO THE VERY FIRST ONE THAT THEY HAD THERE.

AND IT'S A PRETTY IMPRESSIVE VENUE WHEN YOU GET EVERY TEAM IN THE STATE THAT QUALIFIES UNDER THE SAME ROOF. SO.

BOARD, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? WAY TO GO, YOU GUYS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REPRESENTING BATTLEGROUND AND PRAIRIE IN PARTICULAR.

THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.

YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO STAY AND YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO SLIDE OUT WHEN THE TIME COMES. IF I NEED TO, I'LL JUST PAUSE IF I SEE A HERD OF PEOPLE GOING.

WE DO HAVE AN ASP REPORT TONIGHT, FROM CAM I BELIEVE, IS THAT CORRECT? IS THAT BRINA? DID I SAY IT RIGHT? WELCOME. HELLO.

MY NAME IS BRINA [INAUDIBLE]. I AM THE ASP VICE PRESIDENT AT CAM ACADEMY AND I HAVE SEVERAL UPDATES ON EVENTS THAT THE EIGHT CAM BSB MEMBERS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CREATE, AND THE RESULTS.

I'M BEGINNING TO [INAUDIBLE] WITH OUR ENTIRE SCHOOL HAVING AN ICE SKATING EVENT, IT WAS MORE FOR EIGHTH GRADERS THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL.

IT WAS ENTIRE SUCCESS AND THE STUDENTS HAD ENJOYED SPENDING TIME TOGETHER.

WE ALSO HAD RECEIVED RESULTS BEING ABLE TO PLAN FOR PROM.

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WE WERE LOOKING AT PROM TAKE PLACE MAY 21ST AT RED BARN.

EACH OF OUR ASP MEMBERS ARE WORKING ON DIFFERENT LOGISTICS AND DESIGNS, SO MORE INFORMATION WILL BE COMING REGARDING THAT AS WELL.

FOR THE REST OF THE GRADES, WE ARE THINKING OF A SPRING DANCE CALLED THE SPRING FLING AND MORE INFORMATION WILL BE COMING FOR THAT AS WELL.

WE STILL HAVE DISCUSSING THEME AND FUNDRAISING ALL FOR THAT.

LASTLY, WE HAD A PENNIES FOR PATIENTS FUNDRAISER, WHICH IS RAISING MONEY FOR THE FIGHT AGAINST CANCER.

WE DECIDED THAT THE CLASS WITH THE LARGEST AMOUNT WILL EARN A PRIZE.

OVERALL, THESE ARE LARGE EVENTS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE AND ARE TAKING PLACE FOR CAM RIGHT NOW. AND WE'RE WORKING, CONTINUING TO PLAN AND SET UP ALL THESE EVENTS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, BRINA.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I THINK THAT'S THE SECOND TIME WE'VE GOT TO SEE YOU.

THAT'S GREAT. YOU'RE WELCOME BACK ANYTIME.

I THINK THAT'S IT FOR OUR STUDENT VOICE.

YEAH, I THINK WE SHOULD MAKE A HABIT OF THAT.

WE'RE TRYING. YEAH, THAT'S GREAT.

YEAH, I'VE ACTUALLY GOT A GROUP OF SECOND GRADERS AT PLEASANT VALLEY PRIMARY I'M WORKING ON. THAT'S WONDERFUL. THEY MIGHT BE.

YEAH, WE'D LOVE TO SEE THEM JOIN US.

SEE? OKAY.

NEXT UP IS OUR COMMITTEE REPORTS.

WE'VE GOT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE, AUDIT COMMITTEE.

I'VE GOT AN EDUCATION FOUNDATION, WIAA, WASHINGTON STATE SCHOOL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATIONS, AND WE SHOULD HAVE QUITE A FEW REPORTS ON OUR TOURS.

I THINK EVERYBODY MADE IT AROUND THE PLACES.

DIRECTOR HENRIKSON IS OUT TONIGHT FOR THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE, BUT HE AND I TALKED BRIEFLY. I THINK THE BEST WAY TO DO THIS IS THURSDAY ON THE STATEWIDE NETWORKING CALL.

THE WHOLE MEETING IS GOING TO BE DEDICATED TO THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AT THIS YEAR LEGISLATURE. SO OUR LEGISLATIVE ADVOCATES ARE GOING TO DO A COMPLETE SUMMARY OF HOW THAT WORKS. SO IF YOU CAN FIND ROOM ON THAT, THEN NOON TO ONE ON THURSDAY IS THE STATEWIDE REPORT AND WE CAN BRING SOME RESULTS IN AS WELL.

THE NEXT MEETING. NEXT UP, AUDIT COMMITTEE

[B. Committee Reports]

WE DISCUSSED PAYROLL AND VOUCHERS AND SUPERINTENDENT TIMESHEET.

THE BOARD BUDGET.

EVERYTHING WAS IN ORDER.

WE WERE TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ONE OF THE EXPENSES THAT CAME THROUGH AND I REALLY DIRECTOR I'D REALLY LIKE YOU TO TALK ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT WAS A IT WAS A CHARGE FOR WSSDA AND JUST REALLY CLARIFYING WHAT WE MIGHT PAY THEM FOR AND THINKING THAT IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO ADD A LEVEL OF TRANSPARENCY.

SO IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND.

AND I KNOW WE GOT SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE FACT THAT IT IS A IN THE RCWS OUR DUES AND OUR MEMBERSHIP IS IN THE RCWS AND I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO CONNECT WITH YOU AND FIND OUT IF WE CAN BREAK THAT DOWN AND MAYBE MARK KNOWS, CAN WE BREAK THAT DOWN INTO WHAT WHAT DO WE RECEIVE FOR THAT? BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN A PUBLIC CONVERSATION FOR A WHILE. YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT WE'RE MEMBERS OF WSSDA THEN WHY AND WHAT DO THEY OFFER FOR US. SO IT MIGHT BE GOOD AT A FUTURE DATE AND I'M HAPPY TO RESEARCH THAT CONTINUE TO RESEARCH THAT AND MAYBE BRING A REPORT NEXT TIME.

YEAH, SURE. I ACTUALLY WAS JUST SHARING WITH SUPERINTENDENT WATERS THAT ONE THING OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, SINCE I'M PART OF THAT STATEMENT, TRUST LANDS DEAL IS THE LOBBYING TOWARDS THAT, WHICH I BELIEVE THAT'S ABOUT A $200,000 BENEFIT THAT WE GET FROM HAVING STATE TRUST LANDS IN THE DEAL.

I'D HAVE TO CHECK THE EXACT NUMBERS, BUT CLOSE TO THAT.

BUT CERTAINLY THE LOBBYING EFFORTS IS ONE OF THE KEY THINGS THAT WE SPEND MONEY ON.

I WOULD SAY JUST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, A NUMBER OF THINGS.

NUMBER ONE, LEGAL ASSISTANCE.

MANY, MANY, MANY TIMES OVER.

OBVIOUSLY, THERE IS THE ADVOCACY, THE LOBBYING EFFORTS, THE HELP WITH THE MODEL POLICIES AND THE GUIDE THAT WE GET THERE TO HELP US MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ON TRACK FOR ALL OF OUR POLICIES ARE IN PLACE.

AND THEN JUST RESOURCES IN TERMS OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING THAT OCCURS IS ANOTHER ASPECT OF WSSDA. SO THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE THINGS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

YEAH. MAYBE I'LL I'LL SET A GOAL FOR THE NEXT WSSDA REPORT TO MAYBE GET A MORE COMPLETE SUMMARY. BUT IT IS NOT INEXPENSIVE.

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AND THAT'S REALLY WHY THE QUESTION CAME TO THE TOP, IN ADDITION TO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE HAD PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, I THINK RECENTLY BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION AND QUESTIONS ASKED. YEAH, BUT IT IS.

AND THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT I KNEW DIRECTOR SNITILY THAT IT WAS A REQUIREMENT IN RCW. I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT.

SO, YEAH.

YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I JUST THINK THE MORE WE CAN SHARE, THE BETTER OFF WE ARE.

SO IT GIVES US A BETTER UNDERSTANDING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THOSE WHO ARE ARE OUR STAKEHOLDERS. RIGHT. SO BEYOND THAT, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE AUDIT THAT IS STILL OPEN. WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR A FINAL CLOSING APPOINTMENT AND THEN THAT SHOULD BE WRAPPED UP. AND I'M SURE, MICHELLE, TALKS MORE ABOUT THAT AND THEN.

BUT YEAH, IT WAS IT WAS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.

AND SO AUDIT COMMITTEE DID GOOD AND I NOTICED SOMETHING NEW THIS TIME.

DID YOU GET ALSO SO WE SIGN THE AUDIT DOCUMENTS AS PART OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AND THAT WE'VE ACKNOWLEDGED THESE THINGS AND REVIEWED THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS.

THIS SINCE THE AUDIT COMMITTEE USED TO BE IN PERSON.

THAT HAPPENED ON INK ON PAPER.

AND THEN WHEN WE WENT REMOTE, IT WENT TO EMAIL.

BUT THIS LAST TIME IT WAS THROUGH DOCUSIGN, WHICH WAS FANTASTIC.

SO WHEN I FORGET TO SAY THAT I REVIEWED THOSE DOCUMENTS LIKE I USUALLY DO.

IT WAS NICE JUST TO BE ABLE TO CLICK AND SAY THAT WE HAD REVIEWED THEM AND IT GIVES A DOCUSIGN IS ACCEPTED WELL AS A LEGAL DOCUMENT SO THAT WAS A GREAT CHANGE.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND ANOTHER NEW INNOVATION THAT WE BROUGHT INTO THE DISTRICT OFFICE.

SO THAT'S GOOD.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THAT MAKES IT MUCH MORE EFFICIENT FOR ME ANYWAY.

SO GREAT, YOU GET TO COME RIGHT BACK UP WITH AN EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

ALL RIGHT. LOTS OF EXCITING STUFF TO REPORT.

WELL, A COUPLE OF THINGS.

SO THEY SHARE THAT THEY HAVE OFFICIALLY HIRED THEIR FIRST EMPLOYEE IN THE FOUNDATION'S HISTORY. SHE IS A PARENT AND A VOLUNTEER WITH BATTLEGROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND A BIG CHEERLEADER FOR THE DISTRICT AND BRINGS A WIDE RANGE OF EXPERIENCE TO THE FOUNDATION WITH COMMUNICATION, EVENT PLANNING AND ORGANIZATIONAL EXPERTISE.

SO THEY'RE CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR NEW SPONSORS FOR THEIR ANNUAL AUCTION THAT THEY'LL HAVE THIS FALL.

AND SO THEY'RE OH, AND THEY'VE RECENTLY RENEWED THEIR PARTNERSHIP ON A DIFFERENT NOTE, RENEWED THEIR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNCIL FOR THE HOMELESS WITH A DONATION TO CONTINUE A BATTLEGROUND PUBLIC SCHOOL SPECIFIC ACCOUNT TO HELP FAMILIES WITH SHELTER ACTIVITY.

SO THAT WAS REALLY EXCITING.

AND THEN ONE MORE NOTE.

THERE WAS A THERE IS A 1998 GRADUATE OF PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL, DR.

GENE QUINN, WHO REACHED OUT TO THE FOUNDATION ABOUT ESTABLISHING A $5,000 SCHOLARSHIP FOR A PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT PURSUING A CAREER IN SCIENCE.

SO HE IS HONORING HIS SCIENCE TEACHERS AT PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL WHO INSPIRED HIM.

AND THE SCHOLARSHIP WILL BE OFFERED FOR AT LEAST THREE YEARS AND IS IN THE WORKS AS WE SPEAK. GENE WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE PHS SCIENCE OLYMPIAD TEAM, AND HE RESIDES IN ALASKA, WHERE HE'S A SPECIALIST IN PUBLIC HEALTH.

SO THAT WAS SUPER EXCITING TO HEAR TODAY, TOO.

SO YEAH.

ALL GOOD THINGS. THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT.

NEXT UP WASHINGTON INTERSCHOLASTIC ACTIVITIES.

YEAH, THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING IS THURSDAY, SO WE HAVEN'T HAD A MEETING SINCE THE LAST ONE. GOTCHA. WASHINGTON STATE SCHOOL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION.

ANYTHING FROM THE REST OF THE BOARD? I'LL JUST DO A KIND OF REPEAT OF THAT.

SO WE GOT WORD BACK FROM OUR WASHINGTON TRUST LANDS GROUP THAT WE WERE AT RISK OF LOSING THE TRUST LAND FUNDS AS PART OF THE EFFORT TO FIGHT WILDFIRES IN THE STATE, WHICH IS NOT A BAD CAUSE EITHER.

BUT IT WAS GOING TO HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THOSE SCHOOLS THAT RECEIVE STATE TRUST FUNDS. BUT IN ALL THE LAST MINUTE SHUFFLING IN THE LEGISLATURE, THEY WERE ABLE TO STRIKE A DEAL AND ALL THE SCHOOLS GOT TO KEEP THAT.

AND THEN NOT THAT I NEED ANOTHER THING TO DO, BUT THEY NEEDED SOMEBODY ON THEIR ENCUMBERED LAND SUBCOMMITTEE, SO I SIGNED UP FOR THAT.

THAT MEANS THOSE DISTRICTS THAT HAVE PRESERVED HABITAT FOR ENDANGERED SPECIES THAT THE DISTRICT THEN DOESN'T COLLECT ANY MONEY BECAUSE NO FORESTRY ACTIVITIES ARE TAKING PLACE ON THOSE. WE DON'T HAVE MUCH JUST A LITTLE BIT IN OUR PARTICULAR DISTRICT, AS A SMALL IMPACT. BUT FOR SOME OF OUR CLOSE NEIGHBORS, SKAMANIA AND WAHKIAKUM COUNTY, IT'S A

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THAT'S A ZOOM CALL ONCE A MONTH.

SO I THINK I CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN.

THAT BRINGS US TO TOURS.

GROUP ONE WENT TO MAPLE GROVE PRIMARY.

WHO WANTS TO TAKE THAT ONE? YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT ONE? WE WENT TO MAPLE GROVE.

IT WAS A FANTASTIC EXPERIENCE.

WE MET WITH PRINCIPALS BERRY AND ZIEGLER, AND THEY TOLD US ABOUT ALL OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS THEY ARE DOING, NOT ONLY WITH THE STUDENTS, BUT ALSO THEIR STAFF.

I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THEIR FOUNDATIONAL KIND OF GUIDE FOR EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY WITH THEIR STAFF, WHICH IS NOT ONLY THE HOW BUT THE WHY OR THE WHY AND THE HOW I GUESS IS THE WAY TO SAY IT. BUT THEY ALSO ENCOURAGE LEARNING PODS WITHIN THEIR STAFF WHERE THEY CAN DO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND LEARN FROM ONE ANOTHER.

THEY CAN REPEAT THE SAME, OR THEY CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT COURSE IF THEY FEEL THEY'RE COMFORTABLE. I JUST IT WAS JUST REALLY COHESIVE.

AND IT'S THAT IS ALL DWINDLING.

YOU CAN YOU CAN SEE THE THE DOMINO EFFECT TO THE STUDENTS.

AND SO IT WAS JUST A REALLY POSITIVE EXPERIENCE.

A COUPLE OF THE THINGS WE GOT TO HEAR ABOUT WAS THEY DO EVERY FRIDAY AFTERNOON, THEY DO WHAT THEY CALL WILDCAT SHOUT OUTS AND IT'S A ZOOM CALL AND THE ENTIRE SCHOOL GETS ON THIS ZOOM CALL. AND SO I ASKED FOR IF I COULD BE INVITED AND GOT THE ZOOM LINK AND IT WAS GREAT. THEY DO.

A STUDENT GETS TO SUBMIT A JOKE OF THE WEEK AND SO THEIR JOKE FOR THE WEEK THAT I GOT TO WATCH IT BECAUSE I THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD GET A HEAR A GOOD JOKE FROM A KID WAS WHAT IS WHITE, FURRY AND SHAPED LIKE A TOOTH? IT'S A MOLAR BEAR.

SEE? FANTASTIC.

AND THEN THEY GIVE SHOUT OUTS TO TEACHER TO TEACHER, TEACHER TO STUDENT, STUDENT TO STUDENT, STUDENT AND TEACHER.

JUST, YOU KNOW, WHOEVER YOU FEEL LIKE SAYING GREAT THINGS TO.

AND I THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT FOR MR. ZIEGLER. ONE OF THE STUDENTS SAID, THANK YOU FOR BEING FUNNY SOMETIMES.

AND SO BUT JUST I MEAN, IT WAS JUST SUCH A GREAT EXPERIENCE.

THE LAST THING WE DID IS WE ENDED UP IN THE MUSIC CLASS AND WE GOT TO PARTICIPATE IN THEIR LEARNING BOOTS OF SHINING LEATHER.

RIGHT NOW THEY'RE STEPPING AND CLAPPING.

THEY'RE GOING TO EVENTUALLY ADD SINGING.

SO WE GOT TO STEP AND CLAP WITH THEM.

AND IT REALLY JUST MADE THE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF PUT THE ICING ON THE CAKE FOR THE EXPERIENCE. SO IT WAS JUST A LOT OF FUN AND THEY'RE JUST DOING GREAT THINGS AT MAPLE GROVE. I THINK JACKIE HIT ALL OF MY HIGH POINTS.

I THINK THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD IS THAT THE LAST TIME I WAS THERE, THERE WAS NOT A COVERED PLACE YET. AND WE GOT TO WATCH THE KIDS PLAY IN THE COVERED PLAY SHED.

AND IT WAS RAINING PRETTY GOOD FOR PART OF THE TIME WE WERE THERE.

AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE A THANKS TO THE BOARD FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DID TO MOVE SOME OF THAT MONEY INTO THOSE FUNDS SO THAT WE COULD GET THAT PURCHASE FOR THAT BUILDING.

IT'S REALLY OBVIOUS WHAT A DIFFERENCE THAT'S MAKING EVERY DAY FOR KIDS.

SO ONE MORE POSITIVE THING TO ADD TO WHAT JACKIE SAID ABOUT THAT, TOO, OR IT WAS A LOT OF GOOD STUFF HAPPENING THERE.

A LIBRARY WE STOPPED IN AND BEAUTIFUL.

JUST GREAT, GREAT BUILDING.

SO THANK YOU.

BUT IT ELSE. OH.

I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU'RE STILL TALKING TO MAPLE GROVE OR CAN WE, ARE WE MOVING ON? ANYTHING MORE MAPLE GROVE? TOUR GROUP NUMBER TWO, CAPTAIN STRONG AND THE WAREHOUSE.

SO WE TOURED CAPTAIN STRONG AND IT WAS JUST AGAIN, ONE OF THOSE EXPERIENCES THAT IT MAKES YOU REALIZE WHY WE'RE DOING THIS WORK WHEN YOU CAN GET DOWN TO THE STUDENT LEVEL.

WE WENT THROUGH MANY, MANY CLASSROOMS FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FOURTH GRADE AND EVERY SINGLE CLASSROOM STUDENTS WERE SO ENGAGED.

THERE'S JUST A SENSE OF GREAT JOY, BUT ENGAGEMENT AND A LOT OF HARD THINKING WORK.

AND I JUST SO MUCH ENJOY SITTING, GETTING DOWN NEXT TO A STUDENT AND AND WATCHING WHAT THEIR LEARNING IS.

SO WE HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION WITH THE LEADERSHIP AT THE SCHOOL.

IT'S OBVIOUS THAT THIS COHERENCE WORK IS REALLY GETTING TRACTION, AND THEY TALKED A LOT ABOUT THEIR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES.

AND IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A, I THINK, STRUGGLE AND A STALL THROUGH COVID BECAUSE TEACHERS NOT BEING ABLE TO MEET FACE TO FACE.

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THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT WHERE THEY CAN GO NOW THAT THEY CAN REALLY GET TOGETHER AND MOVE FORWARD. GREAT LEADERSHIP AT THAT BUILDING.

GREAT LEADERSHIP REALLY MEANS GREAT LEARNING.

AND SO CAPTAIN STRONG, OH, WE DID GET TO VISIT A MUSIC CLASS AND IT WAS FUN.

FOURTH GRADERS LEARNING TO PLAY THE UKULELE AND THEY PLAYED SOME SONGS FOR US BECAUSE THINK ABOUT IT, THEY COULDN'T DO RECORDERS WITH COVID.

SO, YOU KNOW, FOURTH GRADE IS ALWAYS RECORDER YEAR.

YOU GUYS PROBABLY DID RECORDERS.

YEAH. SO UKULELE, THEY THEY ALL HAD UKULELES AND THEY PLAYED SOME MUSIC FOR US AFTER CAPTAIN STRONG, WE WENT TO THE WAREHOUSE.

I'VE NEVER BEEN THERE BEFORE.

IT WAS A LESSON IN LOGISTICS AND ORGANIZATION.

I WAS BLOWN AWAY AND I WAS FASCINATED BY THE, THERE'S A POST OFFICE THERE REALLY, BECAUSE THE DISTRICT YOU NEED, THE MAIL HAS TO COME IN AND GO SOMEWHERE.

AND IT'S QUITE A LITTLE POST OFFICE THAT WE'VE GOT AT THE WAREHOUSE.

THE THING IS, THOUGH, I THINK WHAT CAME TO LIGHT IS WE PROBABLY THAT'S AN AREA OF FOCUS THAT WE NEED TO PROBABLY WORK ON, IS GETTING MORE WAREHOUSE SPACE AND SUPPORTING THAT LOGISTICAL SIDE OF IT.

I CAN SEE AND THERE WAS SOME THINGS THAT CAME UP AS WE WERE TALKING, THAT'S AN AREA WE MIGHT BE LOOKING AT, I HOPE, IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

SO WHAT ELSE? ROB WAS WITH US.

HE WASN'T HERE.

WHAT DID I FORGET? I'M SORRY.

I ALSO WANT TO LOOP BACK.

WHEN WE WENT TO MAPLE GROVE, WE WENT TO OPERATIONS AS WELL, AND WE NOTICED MANY OF THE SAME THINGS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF AN AREA OF FOCUS.

THE BUILDING THAT HOUSES OPERATIONS IS NEARING A CENTURY IN AGE.

AND ALTHOUGH I THINK THEY'VE DONE A REALLY, REALLY NICE JOB MAKING IT THROUGH WITH THAT FACILITY, IT'S CLEAR THAT THEY COULD USE A LITTLE BIT OF SUPPORT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT THAT AREA CONTINUES TO BE AT A HIGH FUNCTION, A HIGH FUNCTIONING FACILITY FOR THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE WITH OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION STAFF.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO ALSO GO IN AND SEE OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND MEET WITH KEVIN AND AND VIVI AND OUR TEAM IN THEIR BUILDING TOO.

AND THEY HAVE A LOT GOING ON, AS YOU KNOW, WITH A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION HAPPENING AND CHANGES UPGRADES HAPPENING THIS SUMMER.

AND SO WE GOT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.

AND IT'S A GOOD IT WAS A GOOD VISIT TO THERE AS WELL.

BUT CERTAINLY ECHO WHAT MARY SAID ABOUT THE WAREHOUSE.

WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A REALITY BREAK.

I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES WE ARE PUTTING OUR RESOURCES WHERE STUDENTS ARE DIRECTLY AT. BUT CERTAINLY THE STAFF THAT ARE HELPING US KEEP THOSE THINGS THAT THE KIDS ARE DOING UP AND RUNNING AT A HIGH LEVEL.

THEY HAVE SOME NEEDS TO THAT WERE APPARENT.

DO YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT? JUST ONLY AS KEVIN WAS TELLING US ABOUT HOW OLD AND AND FRAGILE THAT BUILDING WAS, HE WAS LEANING UP AGAINST WITH HIS LIKE ALMOST LIKE HE WAS PUSHING IT OVER.

AND I WAS KIND OF LIKE, CAN YOU MOVE AWAY FROM THE WALL? MADE ME A LITTLE NERVOUS ON THE INSIDE.

BUT HE DID KNOW IT WAS A GREAT JOB AND IT WAS A GREAT REALITY THAT WE HAVE OTHER BUILDINGS OUTSIDE OF OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS THAT ARE IN SOME NEED OF REPAIR.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I WOULD JUST ECHO MARY'S THOUGHTS ABOUT OUR VISIT TO CAPTAIN HAD A WONDERFUL THE LEADERSHIP TEAM OVER THERE ANGELA KNIGHT THE PRINCIPAL AND NEIL BARBEL, THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL HAVE DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB.

THE CULTURE AND CLIMATE.

THAT'S THE FIRST THING THAT YOU NOTICE.

I WAS GREATLY IMPRESSED.

WE WENT INTO, AS MARY SAID, WE WENT INTO A NUMBER OF CLASSROOMS AND IT WAS THERE WAS A HIGH LEVEL OF RIGOR GOING ON.

WE SAW THE MATH PROGRAM IN ACTION.

AS MARY SAID, WE GOT TO SING ALONG IN THE UKULELE AND THE MUSIC CLASS.

OVERALL, IT WAS IT WAS A REALLY FUN TRIP AND WAREHOUSE TOO.

DARCY ACKERMAN IS OVER THE WAREHOUSE AND SHE DOES AN OUTSTANDING JOB.

AND AND I WOULD ECHO BOTH SHELLEY AND MARY'S THOUGHTS ABOUT A FACILITY.

AND ACTUALLY, JUST IN CASE YOU'RE CURIOUS, KEVIN HAS SOME IDEAS ABOUT WHAT WE COULD DO TO TAKE CARE OF BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS. SO PERHAPS AT A WORK SESSION, WHEN KEVIN GOES OVER THE FIVE YEAR PLAN, WE CAN ALSO TALK ABOUT THAT. BUT JUST WANTED TO THANK THE STAFF, THE STUDENTS AND THE LEADERSHIP TEAM AT CAPTAIN STRONG FOR A VERY NICE VISIT.

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YEAH. I'D LIKE TO ADD ON TO THAT.

I THINK I REMEMBER ONE OF MY RECENT MAPLE GROVE PTO MEETINGS AND CHIPPING IN FOR SOME OF THOSE UKULELE SO THERE WAS ENOUGH TO GO AROUND.

SO THAT SAME EXAMPLE OF THE PTO IS HELPING OUT AGAIN.

AND I HAPPENED TO STOP BY TRANSPORTATION AND SEE VIVIAN ABOUT SOME LANDSCAPE PLAN FOR SOME OF THE SCHOOLS. AND I HAD LOW EXPECTATIONS THAT THEY'D BE BURIED SOMEWHERE.

OH, NO. VIVIAN'S SO TALENTED.

SHE JUST WALKED RIGHT OVER TO THE CENTER TABLE AND PULLED IT RIGHT OUT.

AND I WAS OUT THE DOOR IN 5 MINUTES.

SO WE HAVE SOME GREAT, GREAT PEOPLE WORKING IN THOSE OPPOSITE.

ANY OTHERS FOR THEIR [INAUDIBLE].

OKAY. GROUP THREE. WE WENT TO CHIEF UMTUCH AND LEWISVILLE AND SYDNEY WANT TO START.

YES UM, SO WE, IT WAS AWESOME TO SEE THE STUDENTS AND JUST SEE A SCHOOL IN ACTION BECAUSE I REALLY HAVEN'T BEEN INSIDE LIKE A SCHOOL IN A COUPLE OF YEARS.

I STILL AM IN SCHOOL FOR ANYBODY WHO IS ASKING.

I STILL AM. I PROMISE NOT.

ANYWAYS, WE GOT TO SEE A SCIENCE ACTIVITY HAPPENING.

THERE WAS FIRE IN THE BACK OF THE CLASSROOM.

I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT ONE IN AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BEFORE OR MIDDLE SCHOOL.

THAT WAS KIND OF CRAZY.

ANOTHER THING THAT I REALLY LIKE TO SEE WAS THEIR WOLVERINE DEN AND HOW THEY ARE DOING, THE IMPLICATIONS ON THAT AND HOW, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE SENDING THEM TO A ROOM TO HAVE A MEANINGFUL CONVERSATION WITH SOMEONE RATHER THAN JUST TURNING TO A DISCIPLINARY ACTION LIKE A REFERRAL.

AND SO I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO SET UP A MEETING WITH MR. RUSH AND AARON THOMPSON AT THE HIGH SCHOOL TO GET OUR IMPLEMENTATIONS IN FOR PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL IN REGARDS TO THAT SO WE CAN HAVE IT THROUGH.

I BELIEVE THEY HAVE IT THROUGH THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE HIGH SCHOOL, SO ALL WILL FLOW NICELY.

YEAH. GREAT, SYDNEY.

CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, I THINK WAS OUR OUR STUDENT GUIDES, NATHAN AND PAIGE.

I BELIEVE SO. THEY WERE ON THE ASV.

THEY WERE AWESOME. YEAH.

AND I DON'T I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH ADMIN HELPS SET THAT UP.

I APPRECIATE HAVING THE STUDENTS ALONG AS THE TOUR GUIDES.

IT REALLY ADDED A NICE FLAVOR.

NATHAN WAS OUTSTANDING.

THAT'S AN INDIVIDUAL BUILDING DECISION.

OKAY. YEAH, WELL, WE ENCOURAGE IT.

IT WAS GREAT TO HAVE THEM ALONG.

AND YES, WE WALKED INTO OR DID QUITE A FEW SCIENCE AND MATH CLASSES.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WERE PLAYING TO THE SCIENCE TEACHER AUDIENCE HERE OR NOT, BUT I APPRECIATE IT ANYWAY. IT WAS GOOD.

ALTHOUGH I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH SOCIAL STUDIES CLASS THAT WE WERE IN WHERE THE TEACHER HAD KIND OF GAMIFIED THE LESSON.

SO THE KIDS WERE IN TEAMS, THEY REPRESENTED FICTIONAL COUNTRIES AND REGIONS.

IT WAS COLONIES.

WHAT? COLONIES.

COLONIES IS THE NAME OF ALL THAT THEY WERE ANYWAY.

THEY, THEY WERE BASICALLY DOING SIMULATED GOVERNMENTS AND INTERACTIONS AND TRADE AGREEMENTS AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS.

AND AGAIN, THERE'S THAT ENGAGEMENT GOING ON BECAUSE SOME REAL OWNERSHIP AND WHAT IT WAS NOT JUST LEARNING ABOUT SOME OF THE FACTS AND THINGS.

SO I ALSO REALLY ENJOYED SEEING THEIR STEM CLASS AND SEE HOW THOSE ARE STRUCTURED.

I HADN'T REALLY GOT TO SEE HOW THE MIDDLE SCHOOL STEM PROGRAMS WERE PUT TOGETHER AND THEY STARTED RIGHT OFF WITH SOME PRACTICE TYPING THAT GETS THEM RIGHT GOING AND WORKING ON THEIR KEYBOARDING SKILLS.

AND THEN THEY WERE MOVING INTO SOME COMPUTER PROGRAMING THINGS AND THEY HAD A LOT OF INTERACTIONS. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THEIR TECHNICAL MODELS THAT THEY WERE GOING TO GET READY TO BUILD. SO GOOD TO SEE THOSE MIDDLE SCHOOL STEM.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT ALL ALL THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS HAVE A STEM SECTION NOW, ETC..

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT CINDY SAID.

SO YEAH, THAT'S GREAT.

THAT'S A FAR CRY FROM WHAT WE HAD NOT TOO LONG AGO.

AND THEN YEAH, SAME THING.

I JUST THE STAFF IS WORKING REALLY HARD AND IT SHOWS UNDER THESE CONDITIONS IT HASN'T BEEN THE USUAL POLE AND BUT EVERYBODY IS REALLY PUTTING THEIR HEART AND SOUL INTO IT.

SO APPRECIATE THE STAFF.

I THINK I HAD ONE LAST QUESTION.

I KNOW DIRECTOR WATERS THAT ARE IN WATERS.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT USING CHIEF AS A MODEL BUILDING DESIGN.

SO I ASKED A LOT OF THE TEACHERS AND PRINCIPAL ALONG THE WAY IS, WOULD YOU DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT? BUT NO, THEY WERE PRETTY HAPPY WITH MOST OF THE DESIGN ASPECTS OF THE BUILDING, SO THAT WAS GOOD TO HEAR AT THAT CONFIRMATION.

IT'S A GREAT BUILDING. LOOKS UP NEXT STEP.

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AND THEN AFTER SPRING BREAK, RIVER HOME LINCOLN CAM DAYBREAK AND BATTLEGROUND HIGH SCHOOL. AND I THINK WE GOT PRAIRIE IN AND MAY 24TH.

RIGHT. WE CAN REPRESENT THAT.

ANYTHING ELSE ON TOURS.

AFTER MY PLACE. I THINK.

[C. Director Reports]

IF THERE'S ANYTHING IN ADDITION.

I'LL JUST SHARE THAT. I'M CONTINUING MY WORK ON THE COMPREHENSIVE SEXUAL SEX ED COMMITTEE, SELECTION COMMITTEE AND AS WELL AS MANY OTHER PEOPLE.

AND WE'RE MEETING EVERY SINGLE TUESDAY NIGHT FOR 2 HOURS.

ALISON AND DAVE HAVE REALLY WORKED HARD TO BRING THIS GROUP THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

I DON'T REMEMBER. AND I THINK I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE GIVING A REPORT TONIGHT, SO THEY'LL GIVE YOU A MORE UPDATED REPORT.

BUT WE'VE BEEN WE STARTED IN JANUARY.

WE'RE GOING ALL THE WAY THROUGH MARCH.

AND I AM IMPRESSED WITH THE COMMITMENT OF THE PEOPLE ON THE COMMITTEE, JUST REALLY COMMITTED PEOPLE TO COME EVERY SINGLE WEEK.

AND IT'S AND THERE'S HOMEWORK AS WELL.

SO A LOT OF TIME HAS GONE INTO THIS, SO I'LL LET THEM GIVE THEIR DETAILED REPORT LATER.

YEAH, GREAT. I'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET THROUGH MOST OF THE CURRICULUM MATERIALS AND SO.

YES. AND I KEEPING UP ON IT.

YES. THAT EVERYBODY HAS ACCESS TO IT.

SO I HOPE THAT YOU'RE SPENDING SOME TIME LOOKING AT THE FOUR CURRICULUMS THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT. WE LOOKED AT THE LAST ONE LAST TUESDAY.

SO JUST KNOW THAT OPPORTUNITY IS THERE.

AND WHO MADE IT TO THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE? I DID. OH, YEAH.

IT WAS A GREAT MEETING.

THEY CONTINUED TO TALK ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

WE DIVIDE IT OFF INTO SMALL GROUPS AND JUST WORKED THROUGH THE COMMITTEE.

I WASN'T AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING, BUT THE PREVIOUSLY THEY HAD WORKED THROUGH SOME OF THEIR GOALS AND THEN SOME ACTION ITEMS THAT WENT ALONG WITH THOSE GOALS.

AND THEN WE BROKE OFF INTO SMALL GROUPS THIS TIME AND JUST KIND OF TALKED THROUGH.

ARE THOSE GOALS REALLY DEFINED AS TO WHAT THEY THE TEAMS OR THE COMMITTEE ITSELF WAS EXPECTING? AND SO IT WAS JUST GREAT TO COMMUNICATE WITH INDIVIDUALS AS PART OF THE TEAM IN THOSE SMALL GROUPS AND JUST KIND OF HEAR THEIR THOUGHTS.

AND WE'RE NOT EVERYBODY AGREED ON EVERYTHING, BUT IT WAS GOOD TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND TALK IT OUT. AND IT WAS REALLY IT WAS REALLY ENLIGHTENING AND IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING ALL OF THE THINGS AFTER THEY'RE COMPILED, BECAUSE IT WAS IT WAS A LOT IT WAS A LOT OF GREAT CONVERSATION, I THINK, MR. WATERS WOULD AGREE.

AND MAYBE THIS WILL COME UP LATER, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REDOING OUR 2019 EXPIRED GOALS, AND WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF OVERLAP BETWEEN THE DISTRICT GOALS, THE COMMUNITY PROVIDED STRATEGIC PLAN AND OUR OWN SELF IMPROVEMENT GOALS THAT WE GOT FROM OUR SELF IMPROVEMENT SURVEY THAT WE DID.

AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT MAYBE COMBINING THOSE A LITTLE BIT AND FINDING THE COMMON GROUND.

SO WE'RE NOT REPEATING OURSELVES SO MANY TIMES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT ALSO MAKING IT CLEAR WHAT THOSE WHERE THOSE INTERSECTIONS ARE.

SO OK, ANYTHING ELSE FROM DIRECTORS, STUDENTS, ANYTHING.

WELL, I HAD SOMETHING FOR, LIKE, STUDENT BOYS, BUT KIND OF.

GO AHEAD, THIS WILL BE THE TIME.

LAURIN MIDDLE SCHOOL CONCERT IS COMING UP.

I BELIEVE IT'S THIS WEEK SOMETIME.

OUR PHS BAND CONCERT WAS ON MARCH 10TH AND THE LINK IS OUT THERE FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO GO WATCH IT. IT WAS REALLY GOOD.

IT WAS REALLY FUN EXPERIENCE.

I TOTALLY WOULD RECOMMEND ANYONE WATCHING IT.

DRAMA STARTED THEIR PRODUCTION OF SENSE AND SENSIBILITY, AND THERE IS A PHS CHOIR CONCERT AT THE END OF THE MONTH AS WELL.

THANK YOU. FEEL FREE TO INTERRUPT ME BACK ON STUDENT VOICE AND SAY YOU FORGOT ME.

IT WON'T OFFEND ME AT ALL, BUT I DO SOMETIMES TRY TO GO TOO FAST.

ALL RIGHT. I BELIEVE THAT'S IT FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD DIRECTORS COMMUNICATION'S.

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[A. Superintendent Report - Denny Waters]

REPORTS FROM SEVERAL SCHOOLS I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO SEVERAL PRINCIPALS.

TODAY WAS VERY, VERY POSITIVE.

I WAS IT WAS GOOD TO HEAR THAT ANY STUDENTS WHO FELT AND STAFF WHO FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE WEARING A MASK, THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS. AND THAT WENT REALLY WELL.

AND PEOPLE WERE RESPECTFUL AND UNDERSTANDING OF THOSE DECISIONS.

AND THOSE THAT WANTED TO TAKE THEIR MASKS OFF TODAY DID SO.

AND THERE SEEMED TO BE A LOT OF HAPPINESS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT DECISION AS WELL.

SO OVERALL, IT WAS A GOOD FIRST DAY AND A NEW START FOR US.

MY INTENT IS TO PROVIDE YOU WITH MY REGULAR COVID UPDATE, BUT I'M GOING TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT THIS WILL BE MY LAST COVID UPDATE.

OBVIOUSLY, THE NUMBERS WILL STILL BE AVAILABLE.

THEY'RE STILL ON OUR ON OUR WEBSITE.

ON OUR, WHAT DO WE WHAT'S THE WORD? DASHBOARD, THANK YOU.

I JUST LOST DASHBOARD FOR A SECOND THERE.

THEY'RE STILL ON OUR DASHBOARD AND THEY'RE READILY ACCESSIBLE.

AS YOU KNOW, PRIOR TO THE OMICRON, WE WERE AVERAGING ABOUT 100 CASES A WEEK.

DURING OMICRON, WE HIT A HIGH OF OVER 400 CASES PER WEEK, AND WE'VE SEEN THAT STEADILY DROP. I'M HAPPY TO REPORT AND IT SEEMS TO VALIDATE THE DECISION TO ALLOW FOR OPTIONAL MASK USE. OVER THE LAST TWO WEEK PERIOD.

WE HAD A TOTAL OF 24 CASES.

TWO WEEKS AGO, FROM 2/26 TO 3/4, WE HAD 20 CASES.

THOSE WERE THREE STAFF AND 17 STUDENTS.

AND LAST WEEK, 3/5 TO 3/11, WE HAD FOUR CASES, ONE STAFF MEMBER AND THREE STUDENTS.

SO THE NUMBERS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY DROPPING.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE TWO WEEK NUMBER FOR CLARK COUNTY IS NOW AT 136 PER 100,000. BUT THE EXCITING NEWS IS THAT LAST WEEK FOR THE SEVEN DAY TOTAL FOR THE ENTIRETY OF CLARK COUNTY WAS ONLY IN THE THIRTIES, I THINK IT WAS 33 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO WE'RE SEEING WE CONTINUE TO SEE A STEADY DROP IN THE NUMBER OF CASES.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? I UNDERSTAND THERE'S STILL A REPORTING REQUIREMENT.

IS THAT RIGHT? YES. WHO DOES THAT FALL ON? IT STILL FALLS ON US AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT.

WE STILL ARE REPORTING ALL OF OUR POSITIVE CASES.

AND THAT'S THE ONES THAT WE IDENTIFIED THROUGH OUR TESTING CENTER, BUT ALSO THE ONES THAT PARENTS REPORT.

AND THEN AND WE STILL HAVE NOTIFICATION OF STAFF AND WE'RE STILL DOING ALL SOME OF THE SAME THINGS. BUT OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS FAR AS CONTACT TRACING IS REDUCED SIGNIFICANTLY.

DOES THAT JUST FALL ON THE OFFICE AT EACH SCHOOL? YEAH. WITH WITH THESE NUMBERS WITH FOUR.

YEAH. I THINK WE CAN HANDLE THAT.

YEAH. SO YEAH, IT'S STILL IT'S STILL FALLING.

WE STILL HAVE DISTRICT CONTACT TRACERS, WE HAVE ISOLATION ROOM ATTENDANTS, WE HAVE CONTACT TRACERS AT OUR HIGH SCHOOL.

SO THEY'RE ASSUMING THAT RESPONSIBILITY WITH ASSISTANCE FROM THE NURSING STAFF.

SO IT'S A IT'S A TEAM EFFORT.

AND FROM DISTRICT OFFICE, CATHY SHANNON AND MICKEY MOSS.

SO IT'S A TEAM EFFORT.

AND I'M APPRECIATIVE OF ALL THE BUILDINGS AND ALL THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT IT HAPPENS.

[B. Human Resources Report - Michelle Reinhardt]

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, BOARD.

IT'S GOOD TO SEE ALL OF YOU.

JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS TO SHARE WITH YOU.

SO JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, MS..

WATSON AND I, WE WERE ABLE TO ATTEND A HR CONFERENCE PUT ON BY WASP IN SPOKANE.

AND SO THAT WAS REALLY A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE SOME TRAINING AND GET SOME UPDATED INFORMATION ABOUT THE LEGISLATURE.

THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS WE HAVE BEEN SLOWLY WRAPPING THINGS UP WITH OUR PRC PROCESS, AND THAT'S OUR POSITION REVIEW COMMITTEE WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT LIKE POSITIONS AND WE'RE DOING THAT WITH DIFFERENT GROUPS.

WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING THAT WITH OUR AD SUPPORT GROUP.

THAT'S OUR CLASSIFIED STAFF AT DISTRICT OFFICE IN ADDITION TO WITH PSC.

SO WORKING THROUGH COMPARING POSITIONS OR MAINTENANCE POSITIONS, WAREHOUSE CUSTODIAL GROUNDS OPERATIONS ARE GOING THROUGH ALL OF THOSE, THOSE JOB DESCRIPTIONS WITH

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SO THAT'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK AND SO WE HOPE TO KIND OF WRAP THAT UP IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO. IN ADDITION, I'D LIKE TO SHARE THAT THIS WEEK IS EDUCATION.

LET ME GET THIS RIGHT HERE. EDUCATION SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS WEEK AND THIS IS FORMALLY KNOWN AS OUR CLASSIFIED APPRECIATION WEEK.

AND AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, OUR CLASSIFIED STAFF HELPED RUN THIS DISTRICT.

AND THERE ARE MANY, MANY ROLES THAT THEY ALL PLAY.

AND IT'S JUST A THIS IS A LONG TIME STANDING TRADITION THAT OUR STATE HONORS HAS A WEEK WHERE WE HONOR THIS THIS ASSOCIATION, THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE.

AND I HAVE A LETTER I'D LIKE TO READ.

THIS IS FROM GOVERNOR INSLEE.

AND IT I THINK IT REALLY DESCRIBES IT'S A NICE SNAPSHOT OF ALL THE WORK THAT OUR CLASSIFIED STAFF DO.

SO IF YOU CAN JUST GIVE ME JUST A MINUTE AND I WILL READ THIS IN MY MY BEST PROFESSIONAL VOICE HERE. SO IT'S A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS EDUCATION SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS ARE INVOLVED IN NEARLY EVERY ASPECT OF EDUCATION, MAINTAINING BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS, PREPARING AND SERVING MEALS, KEEPING SCHOOL FACILITIES CLEAN AND ORDERLY, ASSISTING IN THE CLASSROOM, PROVIDING OVER 60% OF ALL INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS TO SPECIAL EDUCATION, ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS AND OPPORTUNITY GAP STUDENTS PERFORMING AND CONDUCTING RESEARCH ACTIVITIES, PROVIDING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND MEDIA SERVICES, ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT FUNCTIONS, AND SAFE TRANSPORTATION.

CREATING A SECURE AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT AND MANY OTHER SPECIALIZED SERVICES.

AND. WHEREAS, MORE THAN 62,000 EDUCATION SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS WORK, WORK WITH AND HELP STUDENTS IN WASHINGTON'S UNIVERSITIES, COLLEGES AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE THE BACKBONE OF OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM AND DESERVE RECOGNITION.

AND THANKS FOR THE OUTSTANDING WORK THEY DO FOR THIS STATE AND THEIR COMMUNITIES.

AND. WHEREAS, EDUCATION SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS ARE INSTRUMENTAL IN FULFILLING THE STATE'S RESPONSIBILITY TO EDUCATE ALL STUDENTS AND BY SUPPORTING THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT, THEY SERVE AS CRUCIAL PARTNERS WITH TEACHERS, PARENTS, ADMINISTRATORS AND SCHOOL BOARDS.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JAY INSLEE, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MARCH 14 THROUGH 18, 2022 AS EDUCATION SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS WEEK IN WASHINGTON, AND I ENCOURAGE ALL PEOPLE IN OUR STATE TO JOIN ME IN THIS SPECIAL OBSERVANCE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO ALSO DO A QUICK SHOUT OUT TO TOM BUCKLEY AND CHERYL O'DELL.

THEY ARE TWO CO PRESIDENTS FOR PSC, ALONG WITH JUSTINE CHANDNI.

SHE'S THE FIELD REP.

WE WORK ON A WEEKLY BASIS WITH THEM.

THEY ARE, THEY'RE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF OUR DISTRICT'S INITIATIVES AND THEY ALL ARE WORKING RIGHT RIGHT ALONG WITH US.

SO TOM AND CHERYL HAVE JOBS WITHIN THE DISTRICT.

AND YET AT THE SAME TIME, THEY ARE SUPPORTING ALL OF OUR CLASSIFIED STAFF AND THEY'VE JUST IT'S BEEN GREAT, A VERY GOOD PARTNERSHIP, VERY COLLABORATIVE.

SO ANYWAY, SO JUST WANTED TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO LET OUR CLASSIFIED STAFF KNOW HOW MUCH THEY'RE APPRECIATED AND VALUED.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MICHELLE. NEXT UP IS OUR TEACHING AND LEARNING UPDATE FROM DEPUTY

[C. Teaching and Learning Update - Shelly Whitten]

AND I'M GOING TO I PROMISED DAVE AND ALLISON I WOULD TAKE NO MORE THAN 10 SECONDS FOR THEIR INTRODUCTION. SO THEY'RE GOING TO GO OVER THE COMPREHENSIVE SEXUAL HEALTH PROCESS AND WHERE THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS WITH THEIR COMMITTEE.

GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING.

IT'S NICE TO SEE ALL OF YOU TONIGHT.

WE WANT TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ON WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE SEX ED COMMITTEE. AND I BELIEVE THERE ARE SOME SLIDES HERE THAT YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG WITH US.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO WE HAVE 17 MEMBERS WHO ARE PART OF OUR COMMITTEE.

WE HAVE PARENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, TEACHERS, DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF, AS WELL AS MARY SNITILY, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER AS PART OF OUR GROUP.

WE HAVE 12 MEETINGS SET ASIDE BETWEEN JANUARY AND THE END OF MARCH.

AND WE'VE I THINK WE'RE ON MEETING TEN TOMORROW NIGHT.

SO WE MEET TUESDAYS FROM 4:30 TO 6:30 AND THEY HAVE BEEN MOSTLY IN PERSON.

WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF MEETINGS DUE TO COVID PROTOCOLS WE'VE DONE BY ZOOM OR THE PRESENTERS WERE ONLY AVAILABLE BY ZOOM.

OUR ATTENDANCE HAS BEEN GOOD, SO WE'VE HAD A FEW ABSENCES HERE AND THERE, BUT FOR THE MOST PART EVERYONE HAS BEEN THERE AND WE HAVE ONE MEETING LEFT THAT IS GOING TO BE A WORK MEETING AND TWO MEETINGS THAT ARE DECISION MAKING MEETINGS.

SO OUR CORE BELIEF STATEMENT YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE, THE HIGHLIGHTED PART WAS ADDED BY THIS COMMITTEE WORK.

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SO THAT'S KIND OF A FOUNDATIONAL ASPECT OF OUR WORK.

AND SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT WE'VE DONE.

SO WE TALKED ABOUT THE CORE BELIEF STATEMENT.

WE SET NORMS. WE OPERATE ON AN A NORM BASIS FOR THE MEETINGS.

WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK WITH JUST GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER, KNOW THERE'S DIVERSITY ON THE GROUP IN WAYS THAT AFFECT PERSONAL BELIEFS AND VALUES.

AND WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT ALL COMMITTEE MEMBERS KNOW EACH OTHER KIND OF WHAT THOSE BELIEFS ARE. AND AND ABOVE ALL THAT WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER TO HELP KIDS.

AND I THINK THE RESULTS HAVE BEEN VERY GOOD, THAT THE COMMITTEE HAS A NICE, COHESIVE FEEL AND IS WORKING WELL TOGETHER.

WE ALSO SPENT SOME TIME LEARNING ABOUT THE STATE STANDARDS, THE DIFFERENT LAWS AND DISTRICT POLICIES THAT ARE ALL PART OF THE PROCESS.

AND IT SEEMS LIKE DOING A DISTRICT ADOPTION LIKE THIS, IT SHOULD JUST BE REALLY EASY AND YOU JUST KIND OF GO IN AND YOU GET IT DONE.

BUT IT TURNS OUT THAT THERE'S A LOT OF PIECES THAT ARE INVOLVED IN MAKING SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE FOUNDATIONAL WORK TO UNDERSTAND THE DECISION THAT YOU'RE MAKING.

SO WE WORKED WITH THE OSPI DIRECTOR IN CHARGE OF SEXUAL HEALTH EDUCATION.

SHE CAME IN AND DID SOME TRAINING WITH US ON USING THE TOOLS FOR THE SEXUAL HEALTH EDUCATION CURRICULUM DESIGN RUBRIC AND THE SEXUAL HEALTH EDUCATION ACADEMIC LEARNING STANDARDS RUBRIC.

AND BOTH OF THOSE, UNLIKE OTHER CURRICULA, WHERE THE DISTRICT GETS TO DO THE CHOOSING OF HOW WE HOW WE RATE THOSE PRODUCTS.

THESE ARE REQUIRED TOOLS BY THE STATE OF WASHINGTON.

SO THEY DID SOME TRAINING WITH OUR GROUPS SO THAT WE WOULD KNOW HOW TO USE THOSE.

THE LAST TWO BULLETS REFER TO THE WORK WE'VE DONE WITH THE SCOPE AND SEQUENCE.

WE REVIEWED THAT AND HEARD FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMITTEE.

AND THEN THE FINAL BULLET REALLY IS THE BIG TASK, WHICH IS TO REVIEW ALL THE MATERIALS, LOOK AT ALL THE PROGRAMS. LIKE MARY SAID, WE HAVE HOMEWORK AND THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO DO.

SO AND THE COMMITTEE IS LIKE ALL THE COMMITTEE WORK WE'VE HAD GOING BACK TO 2018 AND THEN THROUGH THIS PAST SPRING AND SUMMER, COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE TAKEN THIS VERY SERIOUSLY AND JUST HAVE A GREAT WORK ETHIC ALONG THE WAY.

SO WE HAVE FOUR PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT.

THE FIRST ONE WE SAW WAS HEALTH SMART, AND WE LOOKED AT GRADE FIVE, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM AND THE HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM.

AND YOU MIGHT REMEMBER FROM LAST YEAR THE HEALTH SMART MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM IS THE ONE THAT WAS RECOMMENDED TO MOVE FORWARD IN OUR PROCESS.

SO WE LOOKED AT THAT 1/1.

NEXT WAS GOODHART WILCOX.

AND GOODHART WILCOX IS OUR CURRENT TEXTBOOK ADOPTION FOR OUR HEALTH COMPONENT IN HIGH SCHOOL, NOT THE SEXUAL HEALTH COMPONENT, BUT THE HEALTH COMPONENT.

AND SO THEY HAVE A MIDDLE SCHOOL TEXTBOOK AS WELL.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM, AS WELL AS THE HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM WITH THE ADDITION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE SEXUAL HEALTH PIECE.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE GREAT BODY SHOP, WHICH HAS A FIFTH GRADE MODULE, A SIXTH GRADE MODULE, A MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL ONE MODULE, AND A MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL TWO MODULE.

AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT IN VARIOUS COMBINATIONS.

THANK YOU. SO THE COMPANY SAYS THAT YOU COULD POTENTIALLY USE THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL TWO AS YOUR HIGH SCHOOL FRESHMAN SOPHOMORE MATERIAL.

SO THAT'S PART OF WHAT THE COMMITTEE IS LOOKING AT TO FIND OUT IF THAT WOULD BE AGE APPROPRIATE, IF THAT WOULD WORK FOR STUDENTS OR NOT.

SO THAT'S ALL PART OF THE REVIEW PROCESS.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS THE CHECK THE FACTS MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM.

AND AS YOU MIGHT REMEMBER FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS LAST YEAR, THAT WAS ONE THAT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD FROM OUR COMMUNITY, FROM A GAL WHO WORKS IN CALIFORNIA.

AND WE LOOKED AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM LAST YEAR, AND THEN SHE TOOK THE THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GAVE HER FROM THAT REVIEW AND MADE REVISIONS TO THE PRODUCT.

AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT IT AGAIN WITH THE REVISIONS TO THE PRODUCT.

SHE HAS A CALIFORNIA VERSION FOR HIGH SCHOOL, BUT THE THE WASHINGTON VERSION IS NOT READY. SO WE WILL ONLY BE LOOKING AT THE CHECK THE FACTS MIDDLE SCHOOL VERSION.

SO WE AS MARY HAD TALKED ABOUT WHEN SHE GAVE HER REPORT EARLIER, WE ASKED FOR COMMUNITY FEEDBACK ABOUT ALL FOUR PROGRAMS. SO WE MADE ALL OF THEM AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE.

AND THEY'RE STILL AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE, BUT THE COMMENT PERIOD HAS CLOSED FOR THE COMMUNITY SO THAT WE CAN START OUR ANALYSIS OF THE COMMENTS AND PROVIDE THOSE TO YOU.

AND SO WE WILL BE PRESENTING THOSE TO OUR COMMITTEE NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT, AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE INCLUDE YOU ON THE 22ND.

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AND THEN IN A SIMILAR VEIN, THE GETTING FEEDBACK FROM OUR HEALTH AND PE TEACHERS IS IMPORTANT. AS YOU MAY KNOW THAT MANY OF THOSE TEACHERS ARE INVOLVED WITH MIDDLE SCHOOL ATHLETICS AND THAT PRECLUDED THEM FROM BEING INVOLVED WITH THE COMMITTEE BECAUSE THEY HAD AFTERSCHOOL COMMITMENTS FOR THAT.

SO WE ACTUALLY MET WITH THEM TODAY AND WE ARE LOOKING AT THEIR FEEDBACK THROUGH THAT SAME SORT OF ONLINE PROCESS SO THAT WE CAN GET THEIR INPUT INTO THIS AS WELL.

SO NOW WE'RE TO OUR NEXT STEPS.

SO WE ARE GOING TO BE MAKING A COMMITTEE DECISION.

OUR PLAN IS TO HAVE A DECISION ON MARCH 29TH, AND THEN WE HAVE TO TAKE IT TO THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS COMMITTEE WHERE THEY WILL REVIEW THE PROCESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH FOR OUR REVIEW PROCESS.

THEN OUR INTENTION IS TO BRING THIS TO YOU FOR THE APRIL 25TH BOARD MEETING FOR THE FIRST READING AND THE MAY 9TH BOARD MEETING FOR THE SECOND READING.

HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE A PURCHASE IN JUNE.

A SCOPE AND SEQUENCE WORK WILL NEED TO BE DONE ONCE A DECISION HAS BEEN MADE BY THE BOARD. WE NEED TO GO BACK AND FINISH THAT PROCESS OF WHERE EXACTLY ALL OF THE PIECES WILL LIE FOR EACH GRADE LEVEL AS WELL AS SET UP TRAINING.

AND SO ONE OF OUR QUESTIONS WE HAD FOR THE TEACHERS TODAY WAS, DO YOU PREFER YOUR TRAINING TO BE IN THE SPRING OR OVER THE COURSE OF THE SUMMER IN THE FALL? SO GETTING SOME FEEDBACK FROM THEM ON WHEN IS THE BEST TIME TO MEET THAT NEED FOR THEM AND THEN IMPLEMENTATION FOR FALL OF 2022.

SO WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE FOR US? I GOT A COPY OF THE SLIDE SHOW.

YES.

IF WE AS A BOARD WERE TO DO OUR HOMEWORK, ANY RECOMMENDATIONS ON AREAS TO FOCUS OR JUST TRY TO DO A BROAD VIEW OF ALL? AS A FORMER HEALTH TEACHER, I FIND MYSELF NOT WANTING TO SEPARATE THE SEXUAL HEALTH CURRICULUM FROM THE ENTIRE HEALTH CURRICULUM.

BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT THE FOCUS IS ON THAT PIECE.

RIGHT. WE DID PUT A DOCUMENT ON THE WEBSITE THAT GIVES YOU SOME INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT YOU SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR WITHIN EACH PRODUCT.

IT HELPS YOU KIND OF PINPOINT CHAPTER ONE AND TWO.

AND SO THAT THAT WILL HELP YOU NARROW IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

AND THEN OUR HEALTH TEACHERS AND PE HEALTH TEACHERS WILL LOOK AT THE TEXTBOOK COMPONENTS.

IF THE PROGRAM HAS THE OTHER HEALTH AREAS, THEY'LL LOOK AT THE OTHER HEALTH AREAS THAT ARE KIND OF BEYOND THE SEXUAL HEALTH COMPONENTS FOR INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO AREAS BEYOND SEXUAL HEALTH. AND I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN IN YOUR PLAN AND WE'VE HEARD IT BEFORE, BUT WOULD YOU MIND JUST BRIEFLY GOING OVER THE NUMBER OF DAYS THAT STUDENTS WILL BE RECEIVING THIS INSTRUCTION IN THE DIFFERENT GRADE LEVELS? BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WAS AN EYE OPENER TO MANY COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

AND IT KIND OF GIVES YOU A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE MATERIALS.

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.

THE PLAN THAT WE PRESENTED TO YOU IN NOVEMBER, WE ACTUALLY ADAPTED AND RE POSTED ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF CONFUSION WITH OUR PARENTS AND COMMUNITIES ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WE SPEND TEACHING SEXUAL HEALTH.

AND SO WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT IN DAYS WHEN WE ACTUALLY NEED TO BE TALKING ABOUT IT IN HOURS. SO IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL IN FIFTH GRADE, IT'S WE TALK ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE DAYS OF INSTRUCTION AND IT'S ACTUALLY FOUR OR 5 HOURS OF INSTRUCTION.

AND THEN I DON'T HAVE THAT DOCUMENT IN FRONT OF ME AND I DON'T HAVE IT ALL MEMORIZED.

BUT MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE'RE LOOKING AT SEVERAL HOURS OF INSTRUCTION PER YEAR.

AND THEN AS WE GET INTO THE HIGH SCHOOL, WE'RE LOOKING AT MORE OF ABOUT 15 HOURS PER SEMESTER AND IT'S A ONE SEMESTER COURSE, SO ABOUT 15 HOURS OF INSTRUCTION FOR SEXUAL HEALTH. YEAH, WE HAD KIND OF USED THE LANGUAGE THAT A TEACHER WOULD PROBABLY USE, LIKE, HEY, WE'VE GOT THREE DAYS TO DO THIS UNIT OR SOMETHING, BUT THAT REALLY IS A THREE CLASS PERIOD. SO THE OVERALL AMOUNT OF TIME REALLY IS MEASURED IN MORE HOURS THAN IT IS IN DAYS. AND FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL, THAT'S ROUGHLY 4 TO 6 DAYS, MAYBE SEVEN DAYS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IN HIGH SCHOOL, IT'S THAT SAME DAY STILL, SO 4 TO 6 HOURS OF CLASS PERIODS.

AND THEN FOR HIGH SCHOOL, IT'S A COUPLE OF WEEKS, MAYBE 15 TO 18 CLASS PERIODS.

BUT YEAH, I MEAN, THE POINT IS WELL TAKEN, [INAUDIBLE] BUT THE ACTUAL TOTAL AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WE SPEND ON COMPREHENSIVE SEXUAL EDUCATION IS RELATIVELY SMALL COMPARED TO OTHER SUBJECT AREAS.

BASICALLY, THE COMMITTEE WILL HAVE SPENT MUCH MORE TIME THAN THAT.

REMEMBER, MARY.

IT'S HOURS, NOT DAYS.

YES, THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH.

DO WE HAVE A DATE AS TO WHEN THE CHECK, THE FAX, HIGH SCHOOL EDITION WILL BE READY.

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THE VERSION THAT WE HAVE FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL IS STILL IN DRAFT FORM THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

AND SHE IS WORKING TO COMPLETE THAT AND IS HOPING TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION TO US NEXT WEEK. BUT EVEN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL VERSION IS STILL IN DRAFT AND SO SHE HAS GIVEN US NO TIMELINE FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL VERSION AND THIS IS AN INDEPENDENT INDIVIDUAL.

SO THERE'S NO PUBLISHING COMPANY, THERE'S NO STAFF, THERE'S NO SHE'S KIND OF DOING IT ON HER OWN AND NO REAL OVERHEAD PRESSURE.

RIGHT. I MEAN, SHE'S TRYING HER BEST AND WE'VE APPRECIATED HER HER EFFORTS.

BUT IT'S A ONE IT'S A ONE PERSON SHOW.

AND SHE JUST DOESN'T HAVE THE RESOURCES OR THE TIME.

SHE'S STILL DOING OTHER THINGS.

THE LAST QUESTION I HAVE IS I'VE BEEN DOING MY REVIEWS AND IT TAKES TIME TO GET THROUGH EVERYTHING. BUT WHAT I'M SEEING IS A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE STUDENT EDITIONS AND THE TEACHER EDITIONS.

WELL, OF COURSE IT FOLLOWS THE SAME OVERALL GUIDELINE AND FOLLOW SUIT IN PARALLEL.

I SEE A LOT MORE IN THE TEACHER EDITIONS THAN I DO IN THE STUDENT.

IS THERE A WAY FOR US TO, IF WE WERE TO LEAN HEAVILY TOWARDS ONE CURRICULAR OR THE OTHER, IS THERE A WAY FOR US TO PARSE THAT OUT IF THERE ARE CERTAIN ASPECTS OF IT THAT MAYBE IS LIKE THAT ONE HANG-UP THAT WE'RE HAVING VS IT BEING FULLY APPROVED.

WE DID THAT INITIALLY WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, AND IT HAS BEEN PROBLEMATIC.

I DON'T KNOW THAT I WOULD SAY NEVER, BUT IT'S A REAL CHALLENGE TO SAY YOU CAN USE THIS PAGE, BUT NOT THIS PAGE.

HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU GET THAT COMMUNICATION? AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT, I GUESS, FOR SCOPE AND SEQUENCE.

AND THAT WILL BE PART OF WHAT WE COMMUNICATE WITH OUR TEACHERS.

AND WE'LL NEED TO BE VERY CLEAR ON WHERE DO YOU FIND THIS INFORMATION? WHAT ARE OUR DISTRICT GUIDELINES ON HOW WE USE THIS? BUT IT WOULD BE VERY HARD TO SAY WE'RE ADOPTING THIS CHAPTER, BUT NOT THIS CHAPTER OR THIS PAGE, BUT NOT THIS PAGE.

AND JUST TO CLARIFY, WAS THAT THE INTENT OF YOUR QUESTION OR WAS IT MORE THAT YOU JUST WANTED TO BE ABLE TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN WHAT IS IT THAT THE STUDENTS SEE VERSUS WHAT IS IT THAT ARE THE TEACHER RESOURCES? WELL, I MEAN, I'LL GIVE THE EXAMPLE THAT I'M THINKING OF AS MY HEAD.

AND LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THE BODY SHOP AND WITH HEALTH SMART, A SIGNIFICANT THING I SAW IN BOTH OF THOSE WAS THE ROLE PLAYING CHAPTERS WHERE YOU ONLY SEE THAT IN THE TEACHER'S EDITIONS AND NOT THE STUDENT EDITIONS.

AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS AS TO IS THERE A REASON FOR THAT? I DON'T WANT TO GET TO GREAT IN DETAIL AT THIS POINT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT THAT READING YET.

AND I DON'T WANT TO GET IN THE WEEDS INTO SOMETHING THAT WE DO.

BUT THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING IS LIKE I CAN THE COMMENTS I'VE RECEIVED IS THAT THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE AND CONCERN WITH THE ROLE PLAYING SCENARIOS FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS.

AND IF YOU JUST REMOVE THAT REQUIREMENT FROM THE TEACHER EDITION, THEN THE WHOLE CURRICULUM STARTS TO LOOK A LOT MORE APPEALING, THINGS LIKE THAT.

I THINK THAT COULD BE INCORPORATED INTO THE SCOPE AND SEQUENCE WORK, ESPECIALLY AS FAR AS WHERE EXACTLY ROLE PLAYS TAKE EFFECT.

BUT TO ALISON'S POINT, I MEAN, WE'VE TRIED DOING THE PIECEMEAL THING WHERE WE, YOU KNOW, IT'S THIS CURRICULUM EXCEPT FOR THAT, OR WE'LL ADD THIS SUPPLEMENTARY PIECE AND THAT HAS A WAY OF JUST MORPHING INTO A SORT OF A MONSTER OF SORTS.

AND AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT THEN TO BE TRANSPARENT WITH THE COMMUNITY ON WHAT EXACTLY IT IS WE HAVE AND DON'T HAVE.

SO I THINK WHEN WE COME TO AS FAR AS THE RECOMMENDATION, THAT WILL BE A CURRICULUM IN WHOLE. BUT I BUT I DO THINK THAT THAT IN TERMS OF SCOPE AND SCALE, WE'LL HAVE A CURRICULUM AND THEN BE OKAY.

WE'RE GOING TO TEACH THIS ASPECT IN GRADE FIVE.

WE'LL TEACH THESE TOPICS IN GRADE SIX.

AND I THINK THAT INCLUDING THE CONVERSATION AROUND ROLE PLAYS IS VERY RELEVANT.

BOTH OF THOSE CURRICULA HAVE COMMENTED ABOUT THEIR ROLE PLAYS IN OUR PRESENTATIONS AND BOTH OF THEM ARE FEEL THAT THEY'RE PRETTY SIGNIFICANT COMPONENT TO THEIR PROGRAM.

AND I THINK THAT THEY WOULD PROBABLY BOTH SAY THAT IF YOU TOOK ALL OF THOSE OUT, THAT THEIR PROGRAM WOULD BE INCOMPLETE.

SO I THINK THAT TO SOME EXTENT IT IS A PORTION OF WHAT THEY DO TO MAKE THEIR PROGRAM COMPLETE. BUT WHAT IT WHAT IT VALIDATED AT THE STATE LEVEL, I MEAN, WHAT IS STILL PASS THE SNIFF TEST AND THE LEGAL SIDE, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE WOULD HAVE TO CONTACT OSPI AND FIND OUT.

OKAY. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY PARTICULAR REQUIREMENT THAT A PROGRAM HAS TO HAVE ROLE PLAYS IN IT.

YOU KNOW, SKILLS BASED PROGRAMS ARE HAVE ADVANTAGES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF NECESSARILY SKILLS BASE EQUATES TO ROLE PLAYING EITHER.

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SO I THINK WE'VE HEARD THAT MESSAGE AND I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PIECE.

THANK YOU. ONE OF THE THINGS ONE OF THE THINGS I NOTICE IN THE SCOPE AND SEQUENCE DOCUMENT THAT'S ON THE WEBSITE IS IT WILL TELL YOU HOW MANY, YOU KNOW, 45 TO 55 MINUTES IS EQUIVALENT TO A DAY.

SO, YOU KNOW, FIVE DAYS OF INSTRUCTION.

WELL, IT LAYS OUT VERY NICELY WHAT IS COVERED IN THOSE DAYS.

I THINK THAT IF YOU IF A PERSON KNEW WHAT THOSE WHERE THOSE ROLE PLAYS FELL, IT WOULD BE VERY EASY TO OPT OUT OF THE THINGS THAT THEY WERE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH.

YEAH, I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO IS LIKE BE VERY EXPLICIT ABOUT HERE ARE THE ROLE PLAYS THAT WILL, YOU KNOW, FOR THIS PARTICULAR GRADE LEVEL OR IN THIS GRADE LEVEL WE DON'T DO THEM OR THINGS LIKE THAT.

WE CAN BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT THAT.

YEAH. AND I KNOW I ASKED THIS QUESTION AT THE END OF THE LAST REBOOT TO GET STARTED ON THIS. BUT KNOWING THE BOARD'S ROLE IS REALLY IN SETTING OUR POLICIES TOWARDS HOW THESE PROCESSES, PROCESSES TAKE PLACE AND THAT DO YOU FEEL OUR POLICY IS STILL SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PROCESS OR DO WE NEED TO MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS IN OUR POLICIES? I THINK WITH THE ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE MADE WHEN WE BROUGHT THE POLICY BEFORE, I THINK WE'RE I THINK WE'RE SET.

I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO MAKE ANY CHANGES.

THANK YOU, GUYS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU AUDIENCE FOR HANGING IN THERE.

WE'RE GETTING WE'RE GETTING TO YOU.

WE'RE ALMOST THERE. NEXT UP IS FINANCE REPORT MICHELLE SCOTT.

[D. Finance Report - Michelle Scott]

AND IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT PAGE, THANK YOU.

SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND AND I WILL HAVE THIS POSTED ON THE BOARD DOC, SO EVERYONE CAN READ IT IN MORE DETAIL.

I WON'T SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON EVERY ONE OF THE SLIDES IN AN ESSENCE OF TIME, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU MORE ABOUT THIS COMMITTEE THAT I'M ON.

AS YOU KNOW, LAST FALL I WAS APPOINTED AS THE SCHOOL BUSINESS OFFICIAL TO REPRESENT THIS OSPI COMMITTEE FOR COMPENSATION.

AND WE ARE HAVE BEEN MEETING SINCE NOVEMBER AND WE CONTINUE TO MEET UNTIL NEXT YEAR.

SO THE K I'M SORRY, THROUGH SEPTEMBER.

K 12 BASIC EDUCATION COMPENSATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

THE LEGISLATION WAS PASSED IN 2021 TO HAVE THE COMMITTEE DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE THAT SUPPORT RECRUITING AND RETAINING A MULTICULTURAL AND MULTILINGUAL EDUCATOR WORKFORCE.

AND THEN ALSO, WE ARE GOING TO REPORT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SALARY REBATES AND COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENTS TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.

AND SO, AGAIN, THIS IS ALL DUE TO THEM BY THE LEGISLATURES BY SEPTEMBER 30TH.

AND SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND, AND DURING THE MCCLEARY SOLUTION THAT TOOK PLACE IN 2017, REBASING COMPENSATION AND SALARIES WAS PART OF THEIR COMMITMENT TO LOOK AT REGIONALIZATION AND COMPENSATION.

AND SO THIS IS JUST KIND OF JUST THE PROGRESSION OF GETTING TOWARDS THAT COMMITMENT.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO AGAIN, AUTHORIZING LEGISLATION, OUR CW AND TO 2023 THAT DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND EVERY FOUR YEARS AFTER THEY'LL REVIEW AND REBASE STATE BASIC EDUCATION COMPENSATION ALLOCATIONS COMPARED TO SCHOOL DISTRICT COMPENSATION DATA REGIONALIZATION FACTORS.

WHAT INFLATIONARY MEASURES IS MOST REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ACTUAL MARKET EXPERIENCE FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND OTHER ECONOMIC INFORMATION? AND NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

AND THEN IN 2021 THIS WAS ADDED TO THE TO THE THE COMMITMENT TO DO THAT WAS TO DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE GOVERNOR REGARDING THE THAT SUPPORTS FOR RECRUITING AND RETAINING A MULTICULTURAL AND MULTILINGUAL EDUCATOR WORKFORCE, BUT NOT LIMITED TO.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

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AND IT'S A LOT. IT REALLY IS.

WHEN YOU REALLY BOIL IT DOWN, I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT TO EACH COMPONENT OF THESE.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.

WE MEET IN THE EVENINGS.

AND SO THERE'S THERE'S A LOT GOING ON AND A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT WE'RE PROPOSALS AND PRESENTATIONS THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH ON COMPENSATION.

SO THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE COMPENSATION UPDATES, UPDATES TO REGIONALIZATION DATA AND ADJUSTMENTS TO INFLATIONARY FACTORS.

AND THAT'S A REAL HOT TOPIC RIGHT NOW WITH INFLATION.

AND SO AND IS THE IMPLICIT PRICE DEFLATOR THE RIGHT THE RIGHT COMPONENT TO LOOK AT FOR INFLATIONARY FACTORS? OR IS THERE SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT MATCHES MORE THE REALITY? NEXT SLIDE AND THEN AN ANALYSIS OF WORKFORCE NEEDS.

AND THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT AS WELL.

HARD TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN POSITIONS AND COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENTS TO PROMOTE EQUITY CONSIDERATIONS AND THEN ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION TARGETED TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN A MORE DIVERSE WORKFORCE.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO THE COMMITTEE IS MADE UP OF 12 MEMBERS.

THERE IS ONE FOR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, ONE FOR SCHOOL BUSINESSES OFFICIALS, AND THEN ONE FOR HUMAN RESOURCE PROFESSIONALS.

AND THEN THERE'S THREE REPRESENTING TEACHERS AND EDUCATIONAL STAFF ASSOCIATE, THREE REPRESENTING CLASSIFIED STAFF, ONE REPRESENTING PARENTS AND ONE REPRESENTING STUDENTS, AND THEN ONE REPRESENTATION OF INDIAN TRIBAL WHOSE TRADITIONAL LANDS AND TERRITORIES LIE WITHIN THE BORDERS OF WASHINGTON STATE DESIGNATED BY FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBES.

NEXT SLIDE. SO THE TIMELINE IS WE STARTED IN NOVEMBER AND WE ARE NOW HERE.

WE WENT THROUGH AND WE HAD SOME INFORMATION PRESENTED BY OSPI ON THE JUST APPORTIONMENT AND HOW IS THAT HOW IS HOW ARE SCHOOLS FUNDED? AND SO BECAUSE A LOT OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT WERE ON THERE, THAT'S THAT'S NOT THEIR WORLD THAT THEY LIVE IN.

SO THEY NEEDED TO LEARN A LOT OF THINGS.

AND THEN WE LEARN ALSO OTHER DATA ON HARD TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN POSITIONS AS SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THE DECADES OF HISTORY ON SOME OF THAT.

SO JUST SOME REALLY GREAT PROFESSIONALS COMING FROM OUTSIDE IN TO GIVE US DATA ON EDUCATION AND COMPENSATION.

SO WE ARE CURRENTLY RIGHT HERE ON JANUARY THROUGH APRIL HEARING PROPOSALS, RECEIVING PUBLIC COMMENT AND ALSO PRESENTATIONS.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

AND THEN WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AFTER ALL OF THOSE ALL OF THE PROPOSALS COME IN AND WE HAVE DOCUMENTED EVERYTHING, THEN WE WILL GO THROUGH THE PROS AND CONS AND THEN WE WILL START TO DRAFT A REPORT AND SUBMIT IT TO THE OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT.

AND THEN THEY WILL ALSO GO THROUGH IT AND LOOK AT IT.

AND THEN THERE WILL BE A LITTLE BIT OF BACK AND FORTH HERE EXCHANGE AND THEN THE FINAL REPORT WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION BY SEPTEMBER 15TH OF 2022. NEXT SLIDE.

SO COMMITTEE MEETING HIGHLIGHTS AGAIN SEVERAL PRESENTATION APPORTIONMENT CALCULATIONS, INFLATIONARY FACTOR, HISTORY AND SCENARIOS.

VERY INTERESTING.

THE LABOR MARKET HISTORY, AGAIN, VERY, VERY INFORMATIVE.

AND THEN ADJUSTMENTS TO EXPERIENCE FACTORS FOR CERTIFICATED INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF AND THEN SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS SALARIES AND RETENTION.

AND WE'RE AND WE'RE GETTING PROPOSED, WE'RE GETTING PRESENTATIONS ARE COMING IN.

AND SO WE WE HAVE QUITE A FEW ON THE HORIZON.

AND SO WE'VE REQUESTED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM SURVEYS RECEIVED.

THERE IS A LINK OUT ON THE WEBSITE IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

OH I'M SORRY.

LET ME GO OVER THIS HIGHLIGHTS REAL QUICK AND THEN I'LL WE'LL SHOW THE LINK.

AND SO FOR OUR WASBO MEMBERS, WHICH IS THE COMMITTEE, THE GROUP I'M REPRESENTING IS SOME OF THE THINGS FROM OUR SURVEY HAVE BEEN CONCERNS WITH REGIONALIZATION AND PROTOTYPICAL FUNDING MODEL INFLATIONARY FACTORS.

OUR LOCAL EFFORT ASSISTANCE HAS BEEN PHASED PHASING OUT AND SO SALARY BASE INCLUDING BUMPERS AND EXPERIENCE AND LONGEVITY SUB AND THEN AGAIN OUR LABOR MARKET HARD TO ATTRACT

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AND SO AGAIN, ON THE HORIZON HERE IS WE'RE GOING TO LEARN ABOUT THIS HEDONIC WAGE MODEL THAT'S PART OF THAT'S IN THE LANGUAGE THAT THEY WOULD LIKE US TO LOOK AT THAT IN THE REGIONALIZATION REALM AND THEN COMPARABLE SALARIES DATA HARD TO FILL UNRETAINED POSITIONS AND THEN DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE WILL BE COMING IN GIVING US SOME REGIONALIZATION DATA AND OFM FOR AND THAT'S THE OFFICE OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FOR INFLATIONARY FACTORS.

AND SO WE'LL REVIEW PROPOSALS AS THEY'RE RECEIVED AND WE'LL BE TURNING AROUND AND STARTING TO LOOK AT THE PROS AND CONS OF ALL OF THOSE.

AND THEN THERE IS A ON OSPI, THERE IS A K-12 BASIC EDUCATION COMPENSATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE WEB PAGE.

SO YOU CAN READ ALL ABOUT OUR MEETINGS AND THERE'S ALL THE NOTES FROM THE MEETINGS.

SO LOTS OF INFORMATION.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? I'D LIKE YOU TO EXPLAIN THE HEDONIC WAGE.

OUT THAT YOU IN PARTICULAR WERE INTERESTED IN SOME OF THE ISSUES LIKE REGIONALIZATION.

AND IT SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING THAT REALLY IMPACTS US, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU START COMPARING THE SEATTLE TACOMA MARKETPLACE AND US RIGHT ACROSS THE RIVER FROM PORTLAND AND THAT REALLY IMPACTS THE MODEL.

DO YOU FEEL LIKE THAT'S BEING PUT IN THERE AS A MAJOR FACTOR.

YEAH. YOU KNOW IT'S SURPRISING WHEN WE TOOK THE SURVEY AND ALL OF THE WASBO MEMBERS FROM ACROSS THE STATE YOU KNOW, WEIGHED IN ON THEIR CONCERNS WITH SOME OF COMPENSATION AND SOME AND SHARING THEIR INFORMATION.

IT WAS THERE WAS A LOT OF COMMON A LOT OF COMMON INTERESTS IN AREAS THAT NEEDED IMPROVEMENT. AND SO AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THE NOT ONLY THE PROTOTYPICAL FUNDING MODEL FOR THE AND THE LEA, BUT ALSO EXPERIENCE MATTERS FOR TEACHERS.

AND SO EXPERIENCE AND LONGEVITY AND WHEN YOU HAVE AN AVERAGE SALARY BASE ON APPORTIONMENT THAT NO LONGER REFLECTS THE STAFF MIX OF THE EXPERIENCE AND LONGEVITY OF THE TEACHER, AND YOU GET ABOVE THAT, THAT THAT MEDIUM LEVEL, YOUR DISTRICT, THERE NEEDS TO BE, YOU KNOW, A, THERE NEEDS TO BE A REFLECTION OF THAT IN YOUR APPORTIONMENT.

SO THAT'S THAT'S AN AREA OF STRONG INTEREST AS WELL.

SO MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT COMPENSATION FOR THE EXPERIENCE AND LONGEVITY.

SO IN MY UNDERSTANDING YOU CORRECTLY, THAT IF YOU FINISH YOUR WORK BY THIS SEPTEMBER, IF THE WORK IS FINISHED THIS SEPTEMBER, THAT THE HOPE IS THAT IT WOULD BE READY FOR LEGISLATIVE ACTION NEXT YEAR.

THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTION? THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MICHELLE.

NEXT UP, OUR OPERATIONS REPORT.

[E. Operations Report - Kevin Jolma]

I'M GOING TO JUST GO TO B.

SO TONIGHT'S NOT ONE OF MY FUNNER TIME, FUNNER SUBJECTS TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT CONSTRUCTION, SCHEDULING AND WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW.

SO WE JUST RECEIVED NOTICE LAST WEEK THAT OUR MODULAR, WHICH WAS FOR THE CAM FACILITY, YOU KNOW, OUR OUR PLAN WAS TO ORIGINALLY USE THE B BUILDING AS WELL AS A TEN PLEX OUT THERE IN THE FIELD.

WE WERE AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE'RE DELAYED FROM EARLY JULY TILL SEPTEMBER ONE.

OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S NOT GOING TO WORK FOR OPENING THE SCHOOL ON SEPTEMBER ONE.

SO WE'RE SCRAMBLING, MAKING SOME PLAN B'S AND C'S.

AND I JUST WANT TO STRESS THE MAIN THING HAS BEEN FLEXIBILITY OF EVERYBODY.

THE COMMUNITY ED HAS BEEN FANTASTIC, NATURAL RESOURCE HAS BEEN FANTASTIC.

EVERYBODY. CAM WE ALL UNDERSTAND THERE'S A REAL TIME LINE CRUNCH.

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FIRST THING IS THIS BUILDING.

SO THE CAMP FACILITY WILL BE IN THE LOWER DOWN.

DOWN. YEAH, THAT'LL BE THE EIGHT CLASSROOMS THAT WE ORIGINALLY PLANNED.

THE YELLOW ONES ARE AREAS I'VE LOOKED AT THAT I THINK WOULD SUBSTITUTE FOR THE TEN PLEX AS IT'S DELAYED.

WE ARE STANDING.

CAN YOU GO TO THE BOARD ROOM.

YEAH. SO WE'RE.

THAT'S THE BOARD ROOM IS THE TWO WHITE ROOMS. I'M GOING TO NEED TO BORROW YOUR EXECUTIVE SESSION ROOM FOR A SEMESTER.

SO THE GOAL IS TO GET THAT TEN PLEX IN AND OPEN IT UP AT CHRISTMAS BREAK.

SO THE FIRST SEMESTER I'VE BEEN TASKED WITH TRYING TO FIND TEN CLASSROOMS. SO WE'RE GOING TO CLUSTER FOUR THERE.

YOU'LL STILL BE ABLE TO USE IT AS AN EXEC SESSION.

IT'LL JUST BE SET UP AS A CLASSROOM, THEN OVER TO THE A BUILDING.

SO THERE ARE THREE I TOURED WITH [INAUDIBLE] LAST WEEK AND WE LOOKED AT THE THREE ON THE RIGHT, THERE ARE TWO OF THOSE ARE THE MAINTENANCE.

THOSE ARE MY MAINTENANCE ROOMS. I HAVE PAINT ROOMS AND PLACES WHERE WE FABRICATE.

I CAN GET THAT TIDIED UP AS WELL AS THAT CENTER AREA AND THEN OFF.

AND AS WE TOURED THAT, RYAN COMMENTED THAT HE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT THIRD LOWER THE LOWER LEFT UP.

YEAH, THAT ONE RIGHT THERE THAT'S CURRENTLY USED BY THE NATURAL SCIENCE RESOURCES FOR STORAGE. AND THERE'S I THINK I CAN CONSOLIDATE BETWEEN THOSE THREE CLASSROOMS THAT THEY CURRENTLY USE. GET THERE, GET THEM IN THE TWO.

I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH ANDREA PARKER WHO'S IN CHARGE OF THAT, AND I WILL GET THEM SOME DRY BOXES.

AGAIN, THEY'RE REAL BUSY UNTIL MIDDLE OF FEBRUARY, FEBRUARY, MIDDLE OF JUNE.

SO I'VE GIVEN TILL JULY ONE.

NO PROBLEM TO GET. I THINK I CAN.

IT'S A MATTER OF REPLACING SOME CEILING TILES.

THANK GOODNESS I'VE GOT MY BRAND NEW ROOF ON THERE SO I CAN GET RID OF ALL THOSE OLD CEILING TILES AND LEAKS AND TIDY IT UP.

AND THEN THE OTHER OPTION, IF WE NEEDED EIGHT OR NINE OR TEN, WOULD BE TO USE THE LIBRARY FACILITY. I COULD EITHER IF I ONLY NEED ONE, I JUST LEAVE IT AS IS.

IF I NEED TWO I'LL PUT A WALL DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THAT.

WE WE'RE GOING TO USE THAT AS OUR COMMONS AND CAFETERIA EATING SPACE, BUT WE'LL JUST MOVE THAT TO THE GYM JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER SCHOOL DOES.

SO WE'LL HAVE LUNCHES IN THE GYM.

YEAH. SOME OF THE REASONS LUMBER, WINDOWS, ELECTRICAL PANELS, TRANSFORMERS IN THE FACTORY ITSELF. SO THEIR BUILDINGS ARE SITTING THERE.

IT WORKS JUST LIKE A CAR FACTORY LINE.

YOU START HERE WITH THE FLOOR AND WORK YOUR WALLS AND YOU MOVE ALONG THE PRODUCTION LINE.

AND WHEN SOMETHING STOPS AT THE END THAT DOESN'T HAVE PARTS AND PIECES, EVERYBODY STOPS.

AND SOME OF THE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE STOPPING THEM FROM ACTUALLY GETTING INSPECTIONS FROM ILLINOIS.

SO THEY WANT TO INSPECT IT WITHOUT WINDOWS TO GET [INAUDIBLE] WINDOWS.

AND SO THERE'S JUST A MYRIAD OF THINGS THAT ARE INFLUENCING ON THE WORLD OF CONSTRUCTION . THIS SUMMER MY GOAL IS TO PUT ALL THE FOUNDATIONS AND ALL THE UNDERGROUND WORK AND AND BE READY FOR ALL THREE CITIES WORKING WITH ME ON THAT AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

AGAIN I JUST WANTED TO STRESS THE FLEXIBILITY THAT EVERYBODY HAS SHOWN, AND I APPRECIATE IT. QUESTIONS.

IF THEY MOVE FASTER THAN YOU EXPECT, IF YOU STILL STAY THERE SO YOU CAN HAVE CHRISTMAS BREAK TO MOVE THE CLASSROOMS AND THAT I'M GIVING MYSELF SOME LENIENCY ONCE IT ARRIVES, I WANT SIX OR SEVEN WEEKS TO ACTUALLY BUNDLE IT AND THEN BE READY TO HOLD CLASSES IN IT.

SO LET'S JUST SAY SEPTEMBER, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER.

I'D BE IDEALLY DONE NOVEMBER ONE.

SO IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, I DON'T THINK.

BUT WE MIGHT MOVE IT OVER A WEEKEND BUT SOMEWHERE BEFORE CHRISTMAS BREAK.

I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT IS TO ASSURE THE CAM FAMILIES, THE CAM STAFF, THAT IT IS OUR INTENTION TO BE ABLE TO RUN CAM NEXT YEAR.

IT'LL JUST LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE OF THESE UNFORESEEN DELAYS.

AND I WANT TO COMMEND THE WORK THAT KEVIN AND HIS TEAM HAVE DONE.

WHEN KEVIN CAME TO TELL ME ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK, YOU KNOW, HE WAS YOU KNOW, YOU COULD TELL

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I MEAN, NOBODY LIKES TO HEAR.

WE HE KNOWS THAT WE'RE COUNTING ON HIM, BUT HE CAME WITH A SOLUTION.

AND IT'S MUCH APPRECIATED.

AND I THINK IF WE CAN JUST CONTINUE TO SHOW PATIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING, WE'LL GET THROUGH THIS.

THANK YOU. AND NOW PART B OF THE OPERATIONS REPORT.

SEVERAL BOARD MEMBERS HAD ASKED FOR AN UPDATE ON TRANSPORTATION.

SO TOM ADAMS HAS SOME GUESTS AND THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD.

I DID BRING SOME GUESTS.

I'VE GOT BRANDON CASE, THE AREA MANAGER FOR FIRST STUDENT, AND THEN REUBEN REYES, THE ASSISTANT MANAGER, IS BACK THERE.

SO UPDATES.

SO FIRST OF ALL, A QUICK HISTORY, IF WE RECALL BATTLEGROUND, HAD TO START CONTRACTING TRANSPORTATION BACK IN THE EARLY 80S.

SO FOR 40 YEARS WE'VE CONTRACTED.

WHAT'S DIFFERENT THIS YEAR IS THAT THE NEW START UP, ALTHOUGH THE CONTRACTED NAME HAS CHANGED, WE NEVER HAD TO BRING IN A WHOLE NEW GROUP TO RUN OUR TRANSPORTATION UNTIL THIS YEAR. WITH THAT, IT MEANS WE BOUGHT 170 BRAND NEW BUSSES, WHICH MEANS WHEN THEY TOOK OVER JULY 1ST, WE HAD EXACTLY TWO MONTHS TO BE READY FOR THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

THAT MEANT THIS GROUP HAD TO LICENSE AND REGISTER, LET ALONE DRIVE THE BUSSES FROM EAST COAST TO GET THEM HERE.

THEY HAD TO GO THROUGH THE WASHINGTON STATE PATROL AND A BRAND NEW BUS IS THREE TIMES LONGER TO GO THROUGH THE CHECK THAN A BUS, NEXT YEAR IT WILL GO A THIRD SHORTER TIME.

AND WITH THAT, WE ALSO HAD TO PUT THE NAME ON THE SIDE OF THE BUS.

SO THIS IS ALL WORK WE WERE DOING BEFORE JUST TO GET THE BUS FLEET OUT ON THE ROAD.

AND WASHINGTON STATE PATROL DIDN'T LIKE WHAT WE DID BECAUSE WE HAD BATTLEGROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS ON THERE. SO THAT WAS KIND OF ONE OF THE FIRST ROADBLOCKS THAT THE NEW [INAUDIBLE] SAID. IT HAS TO SAY FOR STUDENTS, IF YOU SEE THE BUS, IT SAYS FIRST STUDENT WITH BATTLEGROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS UNDERNEATH IT.

AND WITH THAT, IF WE HAVE SOME PICTURES, WE WILL GIVE YOU SOME UPDATES.

SO THAT'S JUST THE START UP.

THEN WE HAD THE TRANSPORTATION STABILIZATION FUNDING THAT CAME IN AS WELL.

SO THERE WERE A LOT OF PROJECTS JUST TO GET THIS YEAR UP AND RUNNING THAT ABOVE AND BEYOND ANYTHING ELSE.

SO THIS PICTURE IS THE NEW DIGITAL GAS READER WE ARE FINALLY, AFTER ALL THE WORK GOT DONE , LIKE KEVIN WAS SAYING THERE'S DELAYS.

THERE'S DELAYS IN PRODUCTS, THERE'S DELAYS IN WORKMANSHIP, ALL OF THIS STUFF THAT WAS HAPPENING. SO BRANDON, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO UPDATE THIS ASPECT.

IF SO, THE EQUIPMENT IS ALL FULLY FINISHED.

WE JUST RECEIVED THE COMPUTER FOR THE DATABASE LAST WEEK.

WE'RE WAITING ON THE COMPANY TO COME BACK AND GIVE US TRAINING AND WE'RE READY TO JUMP IN STRAIGHT INTO THIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.

SO THIS ASPECT IS, IF YOU REMEMBER THE OLD GAS READERS, IF IF IT WAS 2600 AND YOU PUT 100 GALLONS OF GAS IN, IT WOULD SAY 2007, ALL OF THAT HAD TO BE DONE MANUALLY.

NOW IT'S JUST A FLICK OF THE CARD.

WE KNOW WHAT BUS, HOW MUCH GAS THEY GOT, ALL THAT.

SO MANPOWER IS AFFECTED THERE.

GO AHEAD. NEXT PICTURE, LISA.

HERE'S THE TOP OF THE BUS.

HERE'S WHAT I WANT TO POINT OUT HERE AND WE'LL GET CLOSER IN.

THERE'S FOUR AND TEN IS ACTUALLY ON THIS BUS.

BUT THEN YOU CAN SEE BUT THERE'S ACTUALLY A FIFTH ONE DOWN HERE.

SO TWO OF THOSE ANTENNAS AND EACH OF THOSE TAKE A GOOD HOUR MANPOWER TO INSTALL ON 170 BUSSES. I WANT.

SO THE ONE THAT YOU DON'T SEE IS THE ONE FOR THE GPS THAT GENERATES THE PARENT OUT.

THAT WAS UP IN LIVE IN NOVEMBER.

THE ONE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE IS THEIR RADIOS AND THEY CAN'T DRIVE WITHOUT THOSE RADIOS BECAUSE IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, AS WE KNOW HAPPENS, THAT'S THEIR COMMUNICATION ABILITY.

GO AHEAD TO THE NEXT ONE.

SEE THAT OR THE ROUND ONE IN THE BACK.

BACK THERE, THAT IS THE ANTENNA FOR THE DIGITAL DOWNLOAD THE VIDEOS THAT AS SOON AS THE BUSSES ENTER THE LOT, IT TRIGGERS THE VIDEO IN AND I KNOW THAT OUR STAFF HAVE REALLY APPRECIATED GETTING THOSE VIDEOS TURNED AROUND IN A MORE TIMELY MANNER.

GO AHEAD. NEXT PICTURE, NOPE GO BACK ONE MAYBE WE DIDN'T GET.

YOU SEE THOSE TWO BLACK ANTENNAS RIGHT UP FRONT.

THIS IS WHAT WAS JUST COMPLETED RECENTLY.

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INITIALLY IT WAS SUPPOSED TO START IN NOVEMBER, THEN IT WAS GOING TO BE DECEMBER AND ALL THIS. AND THAT'S THE WI-FI.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR IS THE WI-FI.

AND FINALLY IT'S ALL INSTALLED AND I'LL AND I'LL LET BRANDON TALK.

ABOUT THE DETAILS ON THIS.

ABSOLUTELY. SO THE THE INTENT, AS YOU SAW, AS TOM SAID, THAT TOOK QUITE A BIT OF TIME.

IT WAS A LOT OF CABLE PULLEY AND ROUTING WIRES IN THE SCHOOL BUS, DRILLING HOLES IN THE TOP. BUT WE'VE GOT THAT 100% COMPLETE.

WE JUST RECEIVED THE SIM CARDS LAST WEEK AND THOSE ARE GOING IN.

AND EVERYONE THAT'S RECEIVED THE SIM CARDS THUS FAR IS ACTIVELY PUSHING WI-FI.

AND WE DO HAVE ABOUT 50 SIM CARDS LEFT THAT ARE ON ORDER THAT SCOTT AND HIS TEAM IS WORKING TO GET FOR US.

BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO PUSH FORWARD TO FINISH THAT AND ALL THE WI-FI WILL BE COMPLETED.

YEAH. SO EACH OF THOSE FIVE ANTENNAS AT AN HOUR EACH IS 850 MAN HOURS.

THAT'S 21 WEEKS IF ONE PERSON DID IT 40 HOURS A WEEK.

SO THERE'S KIND OF A REASON OR AN EXPLANATION.

AND THEN WE'RE IN THE COVID WORLD AND OUR SUPPLY CHAIN ISN'T WORKING AS FAST AS WE'D WANT IT TO EITHER. BUT THE GOOD NEWS RIGHT NOW, MARCH 14TH, EVERYTHING IS INSTALLED AND WE'RE JUST KIND OF WAITING FOR A COUPLE SIM CARD OR A COUPLE OF BATCH OF SIM CARDS.

AND THAT'S WHAT THIS DEVICE IS BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO WE HAVE AT&T AND WE HAVE VERIZON.

SO UNLIKE VANCOUVER THAT JUST HAS ONE CARRIER, THEY HAD TO PULL ALL THOSE TWICE, PUT BOTH ANTENNAS IN, AND YOU CAN'T CLOSE THAT OFF TILL THE SIM CARDS ARE IN THERE AND YOU ACTUALLY TURN IT ON.

SO IT'S BEEN QUITE THE PROCESS.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? IT'S EXCITING, THOUGH.

IT'S JUST TAKEN LONGER THAN ANY OF US WANTED IT TO.

BUT THERE IS KIND OF AN EXPLANATION AS TO WHERE WE'RE AT.

IS THERE ANY WAY TO COLLECT DATA LIKE ONCE THE WI-FI IS UP AND RUNNING WITH ALL THE BUZZES IS HOW OFTEN IS IT ACTUALLY BEING? ACTUALLY, THAT'S WHY, SCOTT.

I MEAN, WE ALL WERE KIND OF PUSHING FOR THIS BECAUSE THE TWO, IF YOU RECALL IN THE INITIAL PRESENTATION THIS YEAR, WE'RE PAYING FOR TWO FOR ALL BUSSES, BOTH CARRIERS, AND SCOTT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO TRACK.

SO ESPECIALLY UP NORTH, WHEN DOES IT DROP AT&T AND KICK OVER TO VERIZON? AND OBVIOUSLY DOWN ON OUR SOUTH END, MAYBE AT&T IS THE CARRIER.

WE DON'T HAVE TO THEN PAY FOR VERIZON GOING FORWARD, BUT WE HAD TO GET ALL THIS INSTALLED SO THAT WE CAN TEST THAT.

SO HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE ABOUT A THIRD OF THE YEAR HERE LEFT THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET ENOUGH DATA TO FIGURE OUT WHICH WAY WE GOT TO GO FOR THE FUTURE BECAUSE WE ARE COMMITTED AT LEAST THREE YEARS.

WE HAVE FUNDING TO RUN THE WI-FI WITH ESSER AND EVERYTHING.

SO YEAH.

OKAY. THANKS, BRANDON.

YEAH. SO ONE OF THE TIME CONSUMING THINGS THAT WE SPENT THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS IS I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN BREAKING APART.

IMIE NUMBERS FOR EVERY PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, EVERY SIM CARD, AND WE'RE ATTACHING THEM TO BUSSES. SO SCOTT AND HIS TEAM WILL BE ABLE TO MONITOR AND IF THEY SEE SOMETHING WRONG, THEY CAN JUST REACH OUT TO ME PER THE SPREADSHEET THAT I PUT TOGETHER AND SAY, HEY, BUS 2020 LOOKS LIKE IT'S HAVING ISSUES WITH THE VERIZON OR VICE VERSA AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO PULL THAT UP AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

TOM, COULD YOU COULD YOU REAL BRIEFLY TOUCH ON THE THE APP, THE BUS APP? YEAH. SO THE PARENT APP IS IT'S AGAIN, IT'S IT'S NOT BEING USED AS MUCH AS WE'D LIKE IT TO BE BEING USED.

IT'S ABOUT 1500 FAMILIES, WHICH MEANS IT COULD BE MORE THAN 1500 STUDENTS IF YOU HAVE MULTIPLE KIDS IN THE FAMILY.

BUT BUT IT'S BEING USED BY THE RIGHT PEOPLE.

AND, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE WHEN WE DID KIND OF IT WAS TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO WITH THE OLD COMPANY AND WE HAD PURCHASED THE APP.

AGAIN, FIRST STUDENT IS PROVIDING THAT APP AS PART OF THEIR SERVICE.

SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND FIRST STUDENT IS IS TAKING OVER AND YOU KNOW WE KNEW THIS YEAR WOULD BE A LEARNING YEAR OR A TRANSITION YEAR, BUT WE WILL REALLY PUSH THAT HARD NEXT YEAR. BUT AGAIN, I THINK IT'S CUT DOWN THE PHONE CALLS FROM YOUR HIGHEST NEEDS AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE USING IT, I THINK, ARE REALLY BENEFITING FROM THAT.

WHEN YOU SAY NOT BEING USED, YOU MEAN 51500 PARENTS HAVE DOWNLOADED THE APP, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, YES.

YES. AND AGAIN, WE HAVE NEARLY 10,000 STUDENTS WHO RIDE THE BUS.

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SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET MORE USERS GOING FORWARD.

WELL, THERE MIGHT BE SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN DO ON OUR END TO PUSH IT A LITTLE MORE.

YEAH, BUT IT'S GOOD INFORMATION.

THANK YOU. YEAH.

THANKS, TOM. THANK YOU.

AND LAST BUT NEVER LEAST, COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT RITA SANDERS.

[F. Communications Report - Rita Sanders]

ONE IS GIRLS BASKETBALL WRAPPED UP LAST WEEK AND IT WAS REALLY EXCITING.

THE GYMS WERE FULL, STUDENT ATHLETES WERE ENTHUSIASTIC, AND NOW WE ARE LAUNCHING BOYS SOCCER AND CROSS-COUNTRY.

SO CROSS COUNTRY IS COED AND BOYS SOCCER IS NOW.

AND THEN AFTER THEY'RE COMPLETE, WE'LL FINISH UP WITH GIRLS SOCCER AND ANOTHER SEASON OF CROSS COUNTRY. SO IT'S PRETTY EXCITING.

WE ALSO HAD ON MARCH 3RD OUR FESTIVAL OF BANDS AND WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT SINCE BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. BUT IT'S A REALLY COOL EVENT WHERE ALL OUR BANDS COME TOGETHER AT PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL AND THEY HAVE CRITIQUES AND CLINICS AND IT'S A REALLY GOOD EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE AND ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO PERFORM AND GET SOME FEEDBACK.

WE ALSO HAVE COMING UP, 18 STUDENTS FROM PLEASANT VALLEY MIDDLE AND CHIEF MIDDLE SCHOOL ARE HEADED TO STATE HISTORY DAY.

SO THAT'S REALLY EXCITING.

THAT'S A FUN EVENT FOR OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS.

SO WE HAVE A LOT OF PARTICIPATION THIS YEAR.

ALSO COMING UP, BATTLEGROUND HIGH SCHOOL DRAMA DEPARTMENT IS PUTTING ON BASKERVILLE A SHERLOCK HOLMES MYSTERY AND THAT OPENS THIS WEEK.

SO IT'S BOUND TO BE VERY MYSTERIOUS PLAY.

SO IT'LL BE KIND OF FUN.

AND ALSO, WE'VE HAD A STORY RECENTLY.

WE RELEASED A STORY ON OUR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATES, WHICH ARE UP AT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS. AND SO YOU CAN WATCH FOR THE REFLECTORS TO BE COVERING THAT AND YOU CAN READ IT ALSO ON OUR BLOG.

SO THAT'S GREAT STORY, TOO.

ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU RITA. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, RITA.

AND THAT'S IT FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT REPORT.

JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS.

NUMBER ONE IS I DIDN'T DO MOST OF THE TALKING THIS TIME, SO JUST POINTING THAT OUT.

AND THEN NUMBER TWO, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING A LOT.

YEAH. SO THERE YOU GO.

ALL RIGHT. GREAT. THANK YOU.

AND ONE MORE TIME.

[7. Citizens' Comments]

I HOPE YOU LEARNED A LOT DURING THAT.

THERE WAS A LOT GOING ON THERE, THAT'S FOR SURE.

SO WE HAVE TWO OF OUR MORE REGULAR PRESENTERS TONIGHT FOR AND OUR FORUM BELL RINGS AND THEY'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT. SO WE HAVE EUNICE [INAUDIBLE] AND JESSICA COLE IN THAT ORDER AND I THINK YOU'VE HEARD THE SPIEL ON OUR SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS AND THAT'S ALL WELCOME EUNICE. GOOD EVENING, BOARD.

MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE] AND MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE/HER.

I AM A COMMUNITY MEMBER.

AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING, I TOLD YOU ABOUT THE BINARY BELIEF OF HUMAN SEXUALITY THAT I HAD, TILL MY DAUGHTER CAME OUT AS GAY.

UNTIL THEN, I THOUGHT OF MYSELF AS A PRETTY SCIENTIFIC SORT OF PERSON.

I GRADUATED FROM UC BERKELEY WITH A DOUBLE MAJOR IN PHYSICS AND MATH, THEN WENT ON TO COMPLETE AN MA IN MATH.

AND LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, AT THE BEGINNING OF MANY COURSES IN SCIENCE THAT I HAD BEEN I HAD BEEN REPEATEDLY INTRODUCED TO THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD OF INQUIRY.

I WAS ALSO A BIBLE BELIEVING CHRISTIAN OF THE SORT THAT WAS TAUGHT FROM BIRTH, THAT THE BIBLE TEACHES PRETTY MUCH EXACTLY HOW GOD CREATED THE WORLD, AND THAT ANY SCIENCE THAT PRESENTS A DIFFERENT PATHWAY OF SOMETHING COMING INTO BEING RATHER THAN BEING A LITERAL INTERPRETATION OF THE BIBLE, THAT WOULD BE ANTI-GOD.

THE ONLY THING IS GENESIS GIVES US A POETIC, PHILOSOPHICAL AND RELIGIOUS ORIGINS STORY WHICH ASSERTS THAT THERE IS A CROSS TO THIS UNIVERSE RATHER THAN A SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATION ABOUT A REPEATABLE PROCESS BY WHICH THE UNIVERSE CAN BE REPRODUCED.

AS, YOU KNOW, HUMAN UNDERSTANDING OF THE PHYSICAL ORIGINS OF THE UNIVERSE AND THINGS THAT

[01:45:03]

WE WENT FROM GEOCENTRIC UNIVERSE TO HELIOCENTRIC AND THEN BEYOND.

WHEN MY CHILD CAME OUT, SHE BECAME TO ME A COUNTER EXAMPLE OF WHAT I WAS TAUGHT IN MY UPBRINGING, UPBRINGING ABOUT HOW A PERSON BECOMES GAY.

YOU SEE, SHE HADN'T BECOME GAY.

SHE WAS AS LONG AS SHE COULD REMEMBER, NO MATTER HOW HARD SHE TRIED AND TRIED, PRAYED TO NOT TO BE. THIS WAS MY TURNING POINT.

NOW, I WAS READY TO LEARN THE INTRICACIES OF THE CHROMOSOMES, HORMONES, CHEMICAL PROCESSES THAT WENT INTO THE HUMAN SEXUALITY THAT PRODUCES THE INCREDIBLE ARRAY OF SEXES, GENDERS AND SEXUAL ORIENTATIONS.

SCIENCE CONFIRMED MY DAUGHTER'S EXPERIENCE.

I'M SO GLAD THAT THE DISTRICT IS IN THE PROCESS OF CHOOSING AN INCLUSIVE SEXUAL HEALTH CURRICULUM THAT IS MEDICALLY AND SCIENTIFICALLY ACCURATE.

I ASK THAT YOU MAKE SURE THAT THE SEXUAL HEALTH CURRICULUM THAT YOU END UP ADOPTING RESPECTS AND AFFIRMS AND IS USEFUL TO THE FULL SPECTRUM OF ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. WELCOME JESSICA.

HELLO, BOARD. MY NAME IS JESSICA.

MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE/HER.

I'M A PARENT OF ALUMNI AND I'M CIRCLING BACK TO, I THINK, WHEN BOYS MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS STARTED AND A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TED HAD MENTIONED THERE WERE INCIDENCES ACROSS THE STATE OF RACIAL SLURS.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY, WELL, YAY FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS.

I WAS LIKE, 40 YEARS IS A LONG TIME.

LONG TIME. SO YEAH.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, TED, FOR BEING PROACTIVE.

I MEAN, YOU ALL NOT MANY OF YOU ARE WATCHING OVER 12,000, 12,000 KIDS.

SO IT'S HARD TO BE PROACTIVE ALL THE TIME.

SO I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU WERE YOU AND YOUR TEAM ARE PROACTIVE AND COMING UP WITH A PLAN TO NIP THAT.

AND USUALLY I THINK I BELIEVE THAT A LOT OF TIMES WE'RE LIKE, YAY, WE'RE PROACTIVE, BUT STUFF PROBABLY ALREADY HAPPENED THAT WE'RE NOT AWARE OF.

SO THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN THINGS THAT WERE UNREPORTED.

AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

AND THERE WERE THINGS IN THE STATE THAT FOLKS HEARD OF, AND THERE WAS ANOTHER DISTRICT.

AND I JUST WANTED TO SHARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY THAT WERE RECOMMENDED FOR THEIR DISTRICT TO DO.

YOU ALL MIGHT BE ALREADY DOING IT AND YOU MIGHT ALREADY HAVE HEARD OF THIS OTHER DISTRICT DOING IT. BUT THEIR CODE OF CONDUCT HAD MENTIONED SLURS, BUT IT WAS RECOMMENDED TO ADD LANGUAGE THAT DIRECTLY ADDRESSED RACIAL SLURS, INAPPROPRIATE GESTURES AND HURTFUL DESIGNATIONS. AND THEY THOUGHT BECAUSE OF CORONAVIRUS, THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO DO ALL SCHOOL ASSEMBLIES. SO THAT COULD HAVE BEEN A FACTOR THAT DIDN'T HELP PREVENT SOMETHING FROM HAPPENING. SO THEY YOU KNOW, THEY WANTED TO DISCUSS THE SPORTSMANSHIP, APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE AND GESTURES AT SPORTING EVENTS AT HOME AWAY.

AND IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT THERE BE AN ASSEMBLY AT THE TOPIC OR BE INCLUDED IN AN ASSEMBLY FOR ANOTHER PURPOSE PRIOR TO MAJOR SPORTS SEASONS FOR THE YEAR.

THIRD THING WAS PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF EACH ATHLETIC CONTEST.

IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT A PA ANNOUNCER REMIND THOSE IN ATTENDANCE, ESPECIALLY IN THE STUDENT SECTION OF THE BEHAVIOR THAT IT IS OF THE BEHAVIOR THAT IS EXPECTED AND THE BEHAVIOR THAT WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.

IT WAS ALSO SUGGESTED THAT THE ADMIN AND FACULTY CONTINUE THEIR I LOST MY PLACE FOCUS ON DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION AND HAVE A FOLLOWING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DEVELOPED WITH THOSE WHO HAVE THE REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE AND INCLUDES STRONG STUDENT VOICES WHICH WE HAVE.

AND THEY GATHER PEOPLE.

AND THE LAST THING WAS COLLABORATE WITH WIAA AND THE REGIONAL ATHLETIC LEAGUES ON GAME PROCEDURES FOR STUDENT BEHAVIOR, EXPECTATIONS AND CROWD CONTROL.

AND ANOTHER DISTRICT THEY HAD, THEY WERE DOING QR CODES WITH THE SCHOOL SAFETY SYSTEM THAT WE WE HAVE THE SIMILAR ONE AND THEY WERE PUTTING THOSE ON THE BACK OF BATHROOM STALL DOORS SO WHERE STUDENTS COULD SEE IT WITH A QR CODE AND ALL THE WAY TO REPORT AND SUMMIT

[01:50:06]

SO SORRY FOR THE EXTRA TIME.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JESSICA.

THANK YOU.

OKAY. ONTO OUR BUSINESS PORTION, WHICH I THINK WILL MOVE RIGHT ALONG.

NEXT UP IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

[8. Consent Agenda]

ITEM B APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR THE FEBRUARY 28, 2022 REGULAR MEETING.

ITEM C OUR BUSINESS AND OPERATIONS.

ITEM D CONTRACTS RATIFICATION.

ITEM E PERSONNEL.

ITEM F, STUDENT TRAVEL AND ITEM G FINANCIAL REPORTS.

IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CONSENT AGENDA OR ITS CONTENTS OR SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE SEPARATE, THIS WOULD BE THE TIME TO DO THAT IF NOT I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

I'D MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA IS PRESENTED.

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

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

MOTION PASSES 4 TO 0.

NO OLD BUSINESS AS USUAL.

SO UNDER THE NEW BUSINESS WE HAVE TWO ITEMS.

[A. CAM Academy Phase 2 Engineering - Kevin Jolma]

LOOKS LIKE MR. JOLMA IS GOING TO COME BACK UP.

ITEM B WILL BE THE QUESTION TODAY.

WASHINGTON STATE SCHOOL VAPING LITIGATION WITH MR. WATERS. WELCOME AGAIN.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

SO FOR PROGRESS ON THE CAM PROJECT, I'VE PUT BEFORE YOU A PHASE TWO ENGINEERING FOR THE CAM ACADEMY, WHICH INCLUDES IF YOU'VE READ THE COVER SHEET OR ANY OF THE OTHER, THE CONTRACTS, THAT INCLUDES A LOT OF WORK.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT PERMITTING, ROAD MOD REQUESTS, SITE PLAN GRADING PAVING, SITE STORM, SITE WATER, SITE SANITARY, ELECTRICAL LOW VOLTAGE LANDSCAPE, TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS.

THIS IS A MONSTER TRAFFIC STUDY WE'RE DOING.

WE'RE AFFECTING ALL OF DOWNTOWN BATTLEGROUND.

THEY'RE MAKING MAKING US MONITOR EVERY INTERSECTION BASICALLY.

SPECIFICATIONS, COST ESTIMATES, COST CONSTRUCTION.

ALSO, I DIDN'T WRITE DOWN THAT THIS ALSO WILL INCLUDE A BOUNDARY LINE ADJUSTMENT.

OF COURSE, MY THREE BUILDINGS SIT ON THREE SEPARATE PARCELS AND YOU CAN'T HAVE THAT.

SO THERE'LL BE A BOUNDARY LINE ADJUSTMENT IN THERE.

AND ON MY LAST SENTENCE ON THE COVER SHEET, OVERALL, THIS LOOKS LIKE ABOUT ALMOST 2% OF YOUR CONSTRUCTION COST, WHICH IS WELL, WELL, WELL BELOW MOST PROJECTS.

WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK WITH THESE FOLKS.

THEY KNOW US INSIDE AND OUT.

THEY'VE DONE MANY TEN PLEX'S WITH US.

THEY KNOW OUR REQUIREMENTS AND OUR STANDARDS AND THEY'RE FAMILIAR WITH OUR FACILITIES.

AND JOSH [INAUDIBLE] PROVIDES THEM WITH BASICALLY DOES AT LEAST HALF THEIR WORK BY PROVIDING THEM WORKING DRAWINGS.

AND OUR RELATIONSHIP, I THINK, REALLY HELPS KEEP THIS PRICE DOWN.

SO I WOULD ASK THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THIS CONTRACT WITH ROBERTSON ENGINEERING AND ALL THE SUBCONTRACTORS BELOW THAT.

THANK YOU. YOU TALKED ABOUT THE IMPACT OF TRAFFIC.

AND I'M ASSUMING IN THE SHORT TERM THE PARKING FOR THIS FOR CAM WOULD BE HERE.

THE LEWISVILLE PARKING.

YEAH. THE LONG TERM AS WELL.

OH, OKAY. THANK YOU.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE APPEALING FACTORS THAT THERE WAS ABOUT A $2 MILLION PARKING LOT JUST SITTING THERE WAITING. AND REMIND ME OF SOME OF THIS OUT OF IMPACT FEES, OR IS THIS ALL.

THIS IS ALL [INAUDIBLE] IMPACT.

OH, IT'S ALL OUT OF IT, INCLUDING THE ENGINEERING.

YES, NOTHING.

NOTHING I'M DOING ON ANY OF THESE BUILDINGS.

THAT'S ALL SEPARATED OUT.

THIS IS FOR THAT CAMPUS.

GOTCHA. GOOD TO KNOW.

THANKS. YEAH. LAST CALL FOR QUESTIONS BEFORE VOTING, CAN WE GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS.

I RECOMMEND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE THE CONTRACT WITH ROBERTSON ENGINEERING PC.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT WITH ROBERTSON ENGINEERING FOR THE RE SITE OF CAM.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES 4 TO 0, I THINK.

[01:55:03]

THANKS. AND OUR SECOND ITEM OF BUSINESS TONIGHT, WASHINGTON STATE SCHOOL VAPING

[B. Washington State School Vaping Litigation - Denny Waters]

BOARD I HOPE YOU'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO OPEN UP THE ATTACHING DOCUMENT THAT'S THERE FOR THE WASHINGTON STATE VAPING FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION.

THAT EXPLAINS A LOT.

SUPERINTENDENTS ALL OVER THE STATE HAVE BEEN APPROACHED RECENTLY, MOSTLY THROUGH OUR PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION, THROUGH WSSDA, AND WE'VE BEEN ENCOURAGED TO NOT NECESSARILY TO PARTICIPATE, BUT TO TAKE A HARD LOOK AT THIS AS AS YOU ALL KNOW, VAPING IN OUR SCHOOLS, ESPECIALLY IN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS AND TO SOME EXTENT A GROWING EXTENT IN OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS AS WELL, HAS BECOME A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM FOR SCHOOLS AND FOR US IN THE BATTLEGROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT. WHAT IS HAPPENING IS THAT OVER 600 SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN APPROXIMATELY 30 STATES, INCLUDING DISTRICTS IN WASHINGTON, ARE SEEKING TO HOLD THE E-CIGARETTE VAPING COMPANY JUUL AND ITS MAJOR INVESTOR, ALTRIA, WHICH USED TO BE PHILIP MORRIS, LIABLE FOR THE UNPRECEDENTED RISE IN NICOTINE USE AMONG TEENS.

MORE SPECIFICALLY, THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS SEEK TO HOLD JUUL ACCOUNTABLE FOR COST SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE INCURRED OR WILL INCUR TO PREVENT, INTERVENE OR EDUCATE ABOUT NICOTINE USE AND THE ADDICTION DUE TO VAPING.

SO WHAT I AM SEEKING TODAY IS SEEKING PERMISSION FOR THE BOARD FROM THE BOARD TO TO MOVE FORWARD. THE AUTHORIZATION IT WOULD BE THE MOTION THAT I'M SEEKING IS SIMPLY THAT THE BOARD AUTHORIZES THE SUPERINTENDENT TO WORK WITH THE STEPHENS CLAY LAW FIRM.

AND STEPHENS CLAY IS A RESPECTED EDUCATIONAL LAW FIRM IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON.

AND TO HAVE BATTLEGROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT JOINED THE PENDING VAPING LAWSUIT AGAINST JUUL AND ALTRIA, THE SUCCESSOR TO PHILIP MORRIS.

THIS IS AT NO COST TO US.

WE WOULD NOT PAY ANYTHING UPFRONT.

I'M SURE THE ATTORNEYS WILL GET PAID AS A PORTION OF WHATEVER THAT SETTLEMENT IS.

BUT BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS, IS THAT IF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS WERE TO PREVAIL IN THIS CASE, THAT THROUGH OUR PARTICIPATION IN THIS LAWSUIT, WE COULD POTENTIALLY SECURE FUNDS WHICH ALLOW WOULD ALLOW US TO DO MANY THINGS TO HELP OFFSET SOME OF THE EFFECTS THAT WE'RE SEEING FROM VAPING IN OUR SCHOOLS.

AND THAT COULD INCLUDE THINGS LIKE HIRING ADDITIONAL SECURITY.

IT COULD BE EDUCATION FOR OUR STUDENTS, IT COULD BE VAPE DETECTORS IN SOME OF OUR AREAS AROUND SCHOOL, WHICH ARE EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE.

SO THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER AND LOOK AT AUTHORIZING ME TO PURSUE THIS MATTER. I THINK ALL OF THE QUESTIONS MIGHT BE ANSWERED IN THAT DOC SHEET, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY. YEAH, I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT.

I MEAN, IT'S ENCOURAGING THAT THEY HAVE A HISTORY OF AUTHORITY PASSING IN OTHER STATES BEING SETTLED. SO IT'S OPTIMISTIC.

YEAH. I WAS SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT THIS IS A $35 BILLION COMPANY.

YEAH. INDUSTRY? YEAH $35 BILLION.

YEAH. YEAH. NORTH CAROLINA RECENTLY GOT A $40 MILLION SETTLEMENT.

DO WE GET DATA ON OUR OWN STUDENT VAPING, IF THERE IS ANY, THROUGH THE HEALTHY YOUTH SURVEY OR.

SOME OF THE DATA IS ACTUALLY IN THE REPORT ABOUT THE UPTICK IN THE USE OF VAPING, AND A 12TH GRADER IN WASHINGTON IS APPROXIMATELY FOUR TIMES MORE LIKELY TO HAVE VAPED THAN SMOKED IN THE LAST 30 DAYS.

SO VAPING IS UP AND SMOKE.

REGULAR SMOKING OF CIGARETTES IS DOWN.

WE DON'T HAVE WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO ARE DISCIPLINED EACH YEAR FOR VAPING. BUT I THINK IF YOU WERE TO GO INTO OUR HIGH SCHOOLS AND ASK OUR ADMINISTRATORS AND OUR STAFF ABOUT CATCHING STUDENTS WHO ARE VAPING, IT'S EXTREMELY DIFFICULT, IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. I MEAN, I GUESS OUR STUDENT OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS COULD COMMENT ON THE PREVALENCE AS IT OCCURS IN SCHOOL AND JUST THE DIFFICULTY IN TERMS OF ENFORCING THE

[02:00:02]

I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK OF NAMES BECAUSE I'M JUST NOT GOING TO DO THAT.

BUT I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS STILL AT PRAIRIE MY FRESHMAN AND SOPHOMORE YEAR BEFORE COVID HIT. ANY TIME YOU GO INTO THE 400 BUILDING, THAT'S ALL IT REEKED OF WAS VAPING AND WEED.

AND SO IT'S IT'S THERE.

I KNOW IT'S THERE. IT'S VERY PREVALENT AT THE SCHOOL.

SO I SAY ALL FOR IT.

YEAH, I COULD SAY THE SAME THING.

IT'S STILL DOES SMELL KIND OF LIKE THAT WEIRD SMELL THAT YOU GET IN THE 400 BUILDING IS WHAT PEOPLE LIKE TO DESCRIBE IT AS AT LEAST.

AND IT HAPPENS A LOT IN OUR BATHROOMS, ESPECIALLY THE BOYS BATHROOMS. BUT YEAH, IT'S I'M FOR IT TOO.

SO THANK YOU.

I KNOW. YOU KNOW, I'M PROUD OF MY SCHOOL GARDENS OR WHATEVER AND LAURIN MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL SAID IT'D BE NICE IF WE COULD CUT DOWN THE HEDGES BECAUSE THEY WERE HIDING BEHIND THE HEDGES IN THE GARDEN AND THAT WAS THE PROBLEM SPOT AND HAD TO TAKE THEM OUT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. WATERS? HE'S ASKING FOR A MOTION TO SUPPORT THE JOINING OF THE SCHOOL [INAUDIBLE] LITIGATION. I MOVE FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AUTHORIZE THE SUPERINTENDENT TO WORK WITH STEVENS CLAY LAW FIRM TO HAVE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT JOINING THE PENDING VAPING LAWSUIT AGAINST JUUL AND ALTRIA, THE SUCCESSOR TO PHILIP MORRIS.

IT'S BEEN MOVED TO JOIN THE SCHOOL VAPING LITIGATION PROCESS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES 4 TO 0.

THANK YOU, BOARD. I THINK WE GOT OUR INVITATIONS TO THE PRAIRIE AUCTION, WHICH SOUNDS

[11. Future Agenda Items and Board Events]

THAT'S RIGHT. SO SATURDAY.

YEAH, SATURDAY COMING UP.

ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE BOARD? RICARDO AND I WILL BE SPEAKING AT THE AUCTION, TOO.

OH, OKAY.

EXTRA MOTIVATION.

THANK YOU FOR LETTING US KNOW.

MR. WATERS, ANYTHING FROM ADMIN GROUP? NO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OKAY. HEY. AND I WANT TO SAY THANKS.

WE'VE HAD VERY FEW EXTRA MEETINGS DURING YOUR TENURE.

MR. WATERS. THE BOARD APPRECIATES NOT HAVING TO ALWAYS ADD THINGS ON.

I KNOW WE HAVE A COUPLE OF TIMES, BUT NOT THAT OFTEN.

SO WE'RE DOING [INAUDIBLE].

YEAH. THAT'S WHY THESE ARE SO LONG.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU AUDIENCE FOR ATTENDING.

I'D LIKE TO ADJOURN THIS REGULAR BOARD MEETING MARCH BEFORE I FORGET 14TH, PIE DAY, I FORGOT ABOUT THAT, 2022 AT 8:03.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.