The board secretary or recorder will call roll of board members.
Background:
Student voice is an opportunity for Associated Student Body (ASB) reports, student initiatives, achievements and recognitions.
Charb Gourde, Principal of Battle Ground High School, and Battle Ground Senior Maggie Hickey, will be present. Miss Hickey advocated for the installation of an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accessibility button on the front doors of the school. (This report was postponed from April 11 due to the closure of district-wide schools caused by the snowstorm.)
Presenter:
Board Members
Background:
Legislative Committee:
Rob Henrikson serves as the Board's Legislative Representative for the 2021 calendar year. He will give a report to the Board on current legislative news and events.
Audit Committee Report
Audit Committee members are Jackie Maddux and Mary Snitily. The audit committee will meet with Business Office staff prior to the first scheduled board meeting each month to review vouchers, the superintendent's and board of directors' budgets, payroll and the superintendent's time sheet. The committee will report back to the Board on the first board meeting of the month.
Battle Ground Education Foundation
Jackie Maddux serves as the Board representative on the Battle Ground Education Foundation.
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:
| CAM Academy | Group 1 | April 12, 2022 | Completed |
| Daybreak Middle School | Group 2 | April 15, 2022 | Completed |
| Daybreak Primary School | Group 3 | April 15, 2022 | Completed |
| Battle Ground High School | Groups 1, 2, 3 | April 29, 2022 | Upcoming |
| Pleasant Valley Middle School | Group 1 | May 10, 2022 | Upcoming |
| Tukes Valley Middle School | Group 3 | May 13, 2022 | Upcoming |
| Pleasant Valley Primary School | Group 2 | May 13, 2022 |
Upcoming |
| Prairie High School | May 24, 2022 | May 24, 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 |
Background:
An opportunity for board members to report out on their activities associated with their respective positions.
Presenter:
Denny Waters
Superintendent
Background:
Denny Waters will provide periodic updates on events and/or recognitions throughout the district.
Presenter:
Michelle Reinhardt
Executive Director of Human Resources
Background:
A human resources report will be provided to the Board by Michelle Reinhardt.
Presenter:
Shelly Whitten
Deputy Superintendent
Background:
Shelly Whitten will provide an update to the Board on the Teaching and Learning Department.
Presenter:
Michelle Scott
Chief Financial Officer
Background:
Michelle Scott will give an update to the Board on finances.
Presenter:
Kevin Jolma
Executive Director of Facilities
Background:
Kevin Jolma will give the Board an update on current projects.
Presenter:
Rita Sanders
Communications Officer
Background:
Rita Sanders will report on district events and promotions.
This is a meeting of the Battle Ground Public Schools Board of Directors, and it is open to the public to attend, view presentations, and hear the discussion between board members during open session.
The Board welcomes comments from citizens during Citizens' Comments and asks that those wishing to address the Board observe the following process:
Please follow the procedures for Citizens' Comments by stating your name, limiting your time to three (3) minutes, and refraining from discussing confidential matters. A digital timer will sound when the time limit is reached.
Board members do not normally respond to questions or petitions during Citizens' Comments. They will listen and give direction to the Administrative Team if action is deemed necessary.
Minutes become official after approval by the Board.
Minutes become official after approval by the Board.
Background:
Contracts listed for Board ratification are enclosed in the attached spreadsheet. A cover page containing more detail may be attached for facilities' items. All amounts are no more than $75,000. Items over that amount will be listed as a separate item under the Consent Agenda or under New Business.
Background:
Personnel reports are prepared by the Certificated and Classified Specialists for Board approval. The reports, attached, may contain items such as New Hires, Terminations, Assignment Changes, Resignations, Retirements, and Recommendations for Permanent Employment. Coaching assignments are listed when appropriate. The specialists will list incumbent employees and reasons for changes or new hires if appropriate. Confidential information is not contained in this report.
Background:
Per Policy 2320, student travel requests require board approval if they are overnight trips. Advisors are required to submit all required paperwork at least two weeks in advance to Cheri Dailey, Director of Business Operations and Risk Management. Advisors must clear the trip with their building principal prior to submitting the request to Risk Management. Advisors are required to submit itineraries, budget information, transportation information and learning objectives along with the dates of travel and information on the group of students traveling with chaperones.
Exceptions to the rule are travel requests for state and national tournaments and competitions. The procedures for these types of trips is outlined in Procedure 2320P. Often the tournaments come up quickly and there is not enough time to present the trip to the board prior to the trip. In this case, advisors must submit all paperwork to the Risk Management Officer prior to the trip for approval. The trip is then ratified by board members at their next regularly scheduled board meeting.
Student travel requests are attached.
Background:
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.
Background:
The SW Washington Wrestling Booster Club would like to donate $13,298.56 to the Battle Ground High School ASB wrestling account for the purchase of a new wrestling mat for Battle Ground High School.
Under Board Policy No. 6114 the gifts/grant greater than $2,500 are subject to board approval. Under this policy also the gift/grant shall become district property and shall be accepted without obligation relative to use and/or disposal.
Karl Johnson, Head Wrestling Coach, of Battle Ground High School will be available for questions.
Presenter:
Background:
Presenters:
Denny Waters, Superintendent
McKay Larrabee, Senior GIS Analyst, FLO Analytics
Background:
Please note this process will not affect where a student attends school. This process affects School Board Director Districts only, not student attendance areas.
Every 10 years, following the U.S. Census, Battle Ground Public Schools is required to evaluate and possibly redraw the boundaries of its Board of Directors' districts. The 2020 U.S. Census revealed that there was a large population increase in Director District 4. The district hired FLO Analytics to perform a redistricting analysis and provide boundary recommendations for the board director districts. McKay Larrabee, Senior GIS Analyst, from FLO Analytics will present the proposed Draft School Board Director Redistricting Plan in this public hearing.
Pursuant to RCW 29A.76.010 (5)(a), Publish the draft plan and hold a meeting, including notice and comment, within ten days of publishing the draft plan and at least one week before adopting the plan.
Any person may appear at the hearing and comment on the Draft School Board Director Redistricting Plan.
Presenters:
Allison Tuchardt and Dave Cresap
Directors of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
Background:
At the November 22, 2021 Board Meeting, the Department of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment presented a plan to bring a curriculum recommendation for instruction in comprehensive sexual education (CSE) for the middle and high schools' health classes. Since then, the Middle School/High School CSE Adoption Committee has met each Tuesday from January 8 through March 29, 2022. This has resulted in the recommendation in the middle and high school CSE curricula as specified below:
Grades 5 and 6: The Great Body Shop
Grades 7 and 8: Goodheart Willcox - Comprehensive Health for Middle School
High School: Goodheart Willcox - Comprehensive Health for High School
The attached report How We Got Here explains the rationale for this proposal. The Directors of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment will provide further information in their Board Presentation.
This proposal comes with the endorsement from the Instructional Materials Committee (IMC) that the adoption process for this proposal has met all requirements of Board Policy 2020 and Procedure 2020P.
Background:
Board members will have an opportunity to add agenda items to upcoming board meetings.
Board members separately participate in many community and district events throughout each month as they are able. Each meeting they will review the calendar of upcoming events and discuss their participation.