The board secretary or recorder will call roll of board members.
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Student voice is an opportunity for Associated Student Body (ASB) reports, student initiatives, achievements and recognitions. Berina Cehajic, ASB representative from CAM Academy, will provide an ASB update to the Board.
Athletes from Prairie High School will be recognized for their recent state championships in wrestling and bowling.
Lilly Bash finished first during the WIAA 3A state bowling championship in Tacoma. In addition, the team took home third place in the overall competition.
Faith Tarrant won her final wrestling match to win the state competition. Faith became Prairie High School's first female wrestling champion.
Alex Ford won his final wrestling match to win the state competition. Alex became the first boys champion for the school since 1987.
Other sports teams that qualified for state competition will also join us.
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Board Members
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Legislative Committee:
Rob Henrikson serves as the Board's Legislative Representative for the 2021 calendar year. He will give a report to the Board on current legislative news and events.
Audit Committee Report
Audit Committee members are Jackie Maddux and Mary Snitily. The audit committee will meet with Business Office staff prior to the first scheduled board meeting each month to review vouchers, the superintendent's and board of directors' budgets, payroll and the superintendent's time sheet. The committee will report back to the Board on the first board meeting of the month.
Battle Ground Education Foundation
Jackie Maddux serves as the Board representative on the Battle Ground Education Foundation.
Washington Interscholastic Activities Association Committee
Ted Champine serves as the Board representative on the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) committee.
Washington State School Directors' Association Updates
Board members who serve on various Washington State School Directors' Association (WSSDA) committees will have an opportunity to provide an update to the Board.
Tours Committee
The Board tours every school in the district by splitting up into three separate groups and visiting classrooms and offices. The tour schedule for the next two months follows:
| Maple Grove Primary School & Facilities | Group 1 | March 1, 2022 | Completed |
| Captain Strong Primary School & Warehouse | Group 2 | March 4, 2022 | Completed |
| Chief Umtuch Middle School & Lewisville | Group 3 | March 4, 2022 | Completed |
| Summit View High School & CASEE | Group 3 | March 25, 2022 | Upcoming |
| River HomeLink & CAM Academy | Group 1 | April 12, 2022 | Upcoming |
| Daybreak Middle School | Group 2 | April 15, 2022 | Upcoming |
| Daybreak Primary School | Group 3 | April 15, 2022 | Upcoming |
| Battle Ground High School | Groups 1, 2, 3 | April 29, 2022 | Upcoming |
| Group 1 Members | Ted Champine, Jackie Maddux, Ricardo Martin Del Campo, Shelly Whitten |
| Group 2 Members | Rob Henrikson, Mary Snitily, Denny Waters |
| Group 3 Members | Mark Watrin, Sydney Cordon, A. Allen, or M. Michaud, or D. Kennedy |
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An opportunity for board members to report out on their activities associated with their respective positions.
Presenter:
Denny Waters
Superintendent
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Denny Waters will provide periodic updates on events and/or recognitions throughout the district.
Presenter:
Michelle Reinhardt
Executive Director of Human Resources
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A human resources report will be provided to the Board by Michelle Reinhardt.
Presenter:
Shelly Whitten
Deputy Superintendent
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Shelly Whitten will provide an update to the Board on the Teaching and Learning Department. In addition, Allison Tuchardt and Dave Cresap, Directors of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment, will provide an update on the Middle and High School Comprehensive Sexual Health Curriculum Adoption Committee.
Presenter:
Michelle Scott
Chief Financial Officer
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Michelle Scott will give an update to the Board on finances.
Presenter:
Kevin Jolma
Executive Director of Facilities
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Kevin Jolma will give the Board an update on current projects. In addition, Director of Student Services Tom Adams and Brandon Case, Local Manager for First Student, will provide a transportation update on the parent app, diesel card reader, video download and WiFi.
Presenter:
Rita Sanders
Communications Officer
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Rita Sanders will report on district events and promotions.
This is a meeting of the Battle Ground Public Schools Board of Directors, and it is open to the public to attend, view presentations, and hear the discussion between board members during open session.
The Board welcomes comments from citizens during Citizens' Comments and asks that those wishing to address the Board observe the following process:
Please follow the procedures for Citizens' Comments by stating your name, limiting your time to three (3) minutes, and refraining from discussing confidential matters. A digital timer will sound when the time limit is reached.
Board members do not normally respond to questions or petitions during Citizens' Comments. They will listen and give direction to the Administrative Team if action is deemed necessary.
Minutes become official after approval by the Board.
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Vouchers and payroll reports are presented to the Board at the first meeting of the month for approval. A summary sheet for both items is attached.
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Contracts listed for Board ratification are enclosed in the attached spreadsheet. A cover page containing more detail may be attached for facilities' items. All amounts are no more than $75,000. Items over that amount will be listed as a separate item under the Consent Agenda or under New Business.
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Personnel reports are prepared by the Certificated and Classified Specialists for Board approval. The reports, attached, may contain items such as New Hires, Terminations, Assignment Changes, Resignations, Retirements, and Recommendations for Permanent Employment. Coaching assignments are listed when appropriate. The specialists will list incumbent employees and reasons for changes or new hires if appropriate. Confidential information is not contained in this report.
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Per Policy 2320, student travel requests require board approval if they are overnight trips. Advisors are required to submit all required paperwork at least two weeks in advance to Cheri Dailey, Director of Business Operations and Risk Management. Advisors must clear the trip with their building principal prior to submitting the request to Risk Management. Advisors are required to submit itineraries, budget information, transportation information and learning objectives along with the dates of travel and information on the group of students traveling with chaperones.
Exceptions to the rule are travel requests for state and national tournaments and competitions. The procedures for these types of trips is outlined in Procedure 2320P. Often the tournaments come up quickly and there is not enough time to present the trip to the board prior to the trip. In this case, advisors must submit all paperwork to the Risk Management Officer prior to the trip for approval. The trip is then ratified by board members at their next regularly scheduled board meeting.
Student travel requests are attached.
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WAC 392-123-115 requires a monthly budget status report for each fund to be prepared and submitted to each board member. The attached financial statements are provided to the board for their review and approval.
Presenter:
Background:
Presenter:
Kevin Jolma
Executive Director of Facilities
Background:
This $125,346 contract (no sales tax on professional services) is to complete the remaining engineering for the CAM relocation project to the Lewisville campus.
Previously, the Board approve the Phase 1 contract for $66,715 that was a feasibility, programmatic study along with preliminary work of sub-consultants. This contract will be to complete the engineering to permit and construct the project.
This includes project management; permitting; road modification request; site plan development; grading and paving; site storm water; site water; site sanitary sewer; electrical and low voltage; landscape; traffic impact analysis; specifications; cost estimates and construction services.
The overall construction costs will be over $10 million. Both engineering contracts combined, totals $192,061, which equates to roughly a 1.92% of construction cost which is well below industry standards of 10-15%.
Presenter:
Denny Waters
Superintendent
Background:
Over 600 school districts in about 30 states, including districts in Washington, are seeking to hold e-cigarette/vaping company Juul (and its major investor, Altria) liable for the unprecedented rise in nicotine use among teens. More specifically, the school districts seek to hold Juul accountable for costs school districts have incurred (or will incur) to prevent, intervene, and educate about nicotine use and addiction due to vaping.
To date, the school districts have prevailed against several motions by Juul to dismiss the claims. The first trial is set for late 2022. At trial, the school districts who participate in the case will seek monetary damages to offset costs related to teen vaping. These damage awards could be used to purchase vape detectors, fund education about nicotine abuse, support intervention by districts, help pay for SROs, or any other creative solution that districts develop to keep kids healthy.
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Board members will have an opportunity to add agenda items to upcoming board meetings.
Board members separately participate in many community and district events throughout each month as they are able. Each meeting they will review the calendar of upcoming events and discuss their participation.