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ALL RIGHT, I'D LIKE TO CALL ORDER OF THIS.
[1. Call to Order]
MONDAY, AUGUST 22ND, 2022.MEETING OF THE BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL BOARD.
THANK YOU STAFF THAT ARE HERE TO PRESENT TONIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THE PROCESS.
IF WE CAN START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, SO THAT'LL BE YOU [INAUDIBLE]. BEGIN.
PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT FOUR, MARK WATRIN HERE, VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT FIVE, JACKIE MADDUX HERE, DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT ONE, MARY SNITILY HERE, DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT TWO.
ROB HENRICKSON HERE, DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT THREE.
STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE RICARDO MARTIN DEL CAMPO HERE.
STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE SORA TOLLEY, HERE.
MR. PRESIDENT, WE HAVE A QUORUM.
[4. Agenda Approval]
NEXT UP IS OUR AGENDA APPROVAL.WE DO HAVE AT LEAST ONE SIGNED UP.
DID WE GET ANY MORE? WE HAVE TWO.
OKAY. THANK YOU. OH, OKAY, GREAT.
WE HAVE OUR CONSENT AGENDA TO GO OVER OLD BUSINESS AND THEN SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THIS MEETING.
AND CITIZENS WILL HAVE A CHANCE IN PARTICULAR TO CHIME IN AFTER THAT BUDGET HEARING.
ANY QUESTIONS OR CHANGES TO THE AGENDA? IF NOT, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
I MOVE. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
IT'S BEEN MOVED TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS WE'VE READ IT, AND I'LL DO THE DETAILS AT THE TIME.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
[5. Communications]
IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH.AND HELP ME OUT BY PRONOUNCING YOUR LAST NAME, TAYLYN MANDAGWIT.
OKAY, GREAT. SO, HI, I'M TAYLYN.
I'M PRAIRIE'S ASB PRESIDENT THIS YEAR AND I'M JUST HERE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING.
SO LAST WEEK WE WERE ABLE TO HOST OUR FALCON LAUNCH, WHICH I BELIEVE IT'S THE SECOND YEAR THAT WE'VE DONE THIS, AND WE WERE ABLE TO SEE OVER 70 OF OUR INCOMING FRESHMEN WHO ARE ON OUR TIER LIST AND JUST KIND OF GIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING SKILLS AND BE ABLE TO FOSTER GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEM WITH SOME OF THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE AT PRAIRIE, AS WELL AS OTHER STUDENT MENTORS.
AND I THINK IT WENT REALLY WELL.
BUT WE WERE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT OUR PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND GIVE THEM SOME TOOLS TO SUCCEED WHILE AT PRAIRIE, AND WE'RE GOING TO GET SOME MORE INPUT ON HOW THAT WENT AND MAKE CHANGES AND ADJUSTMENTS AS NECESSARY FOR NEXT YEAR.
ALSO, WE HAVE COMING UP OUR FRESHMAN ORIENTATION, WHICH IS NEXT WEEK, WEDNESDAY.
SO WE'LL HAVE A TRAINING FOR THAT AS WELL FOR OUR STUDENT MENTORS.
AND THAT'S JUST WITH OUR OBVIOUSLY OUR ENTIRE FRESHMAN CLASS.
AND WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY FEEL WELL ORIENTED AT PRAIRIE.
AND THIS YEAR, MY BIG PUSH IS COMMUNITY.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE FEELS LIKE THEY HAVE A PLACE AT OUR SCHOOL.
AND SO WE'RE DOING LOTS OF MORE COMMUNITY ORIENTED EVENTS THAT HOPEFULLY WE'LL TARGET, NOT JUST LIKE A CERTAIN DEMOGRAPHIC OF STUDENTS AT OUR SCHOOL, BUT THE ENTIRE STUDENT BODY. YEAH, THAT'S MY HOPE FOR THIS YEAR.
HEY, STAY ON UP HERE FOR A MINUTE.
BOARD MEMBERS DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
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YOU CAN'T ESCAPE TO QUICKLY. NO.I KNOW SHE ALWAYS TRIES. HAVE YOU BEEN ON ASB PRIOR TO THIS YEAR? YES. I STARTED ASB MY SOPHOMORE YEAR, SO I'VE BEEN A PART OF IT FOR THREE YEARS.
WELL, HAVING BEEN BOTH A PARENT AT THE FRESHMAN ORIENTATION AND THEN GETTING TO SEE IT AS A BOARD MEMBER, I THINK OVER THE YEARS YOU GUYS HAVE REALLY HONED IN ON A GOOD EVENT FOR HELPING MAKE KIDS FEEL WELCOME WHEN THEY STEP INTO THE SCHOOL.
SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE PUTTING A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO IT.
YEAH, YEAH. AND YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME BACK.
YEAH THIS YEAR WE REALLY WANT TO BE INVOLVED AT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.
SO WE HAVE AN ONGOING LIST OF UPPERCLASSMEN AND UNDERCLASSMEN THAT WILL SORT OF LIKE ROTATE IN THE FIRST SEMESTER, IN THE SECOND SEMESTER SO THAT WE HAVE LIKE UPPERCLASSMEN AND UNDERCLASSMEN VOICE AND THEN ALSO LIKE HELPING TO GET OUR SOPHOMORES AND FRESHMEN PREPARED AS THEY BECOME UPPERCLASSMEN TO SORT OF LIKE LEAD THAT AND BE ABLE TO REPRESENT OUR SCHOOL AND WHAT WE'RE DOING.
I LIKE IT. SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN.
THANK YOU, TAYLOR. HOW ABOUT OUR OWN STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES? YOU GOT ANYTHING FOR US? YEAH. SO WE'VE BEEN HAVING.
I'M ON ASB AT MY SCHOOL AT BATTLE GROUND.
I'M A SECRETARY AND WE'VE BEEN HAVING SOME ASB EXEC MEETINGS WHERE WE WERE JUST KIND OF TRYING TO HONE IN AND DECIDE WHAT OUR GOALS ARE FOR THIS YEAR, JUST LIKE TAYLYN WAS TALKING ABOUT. AND I THINK WE'RE FOCUSING ON TRYING TO GET JUST SOME MORE STUDENT VOICE IN FROM OTHER AREAS OF OUR SCHOOL BECAUSE YOU KNOW, LIKE ASB AND WHAT WE HAVE UTC, WHICH IS ANOTHER LEADERSHIP CLASS, THEY'RE ALL STUDENTS WHO ARE VOLUNTEERING TO LEAD AND WE ALWAYS JUST MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON THOSE PEOPLE'S OPINIONS.
AND YEAH, SO WE'RE DOING A FRESHMAN ORIENTATION AS WELL AND I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE SORT OF A ASSEMBLY ATMOSPHERE FOR THAT AT SOME POINT AT LEAST BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO HAVE THIS FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS.
SO WE'RE GETTING THAT BACK, WHICH IS REALLY FUN AND EXCITING.
WELL, IT WAS A THING, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO CALL IT, BUT YEAH, IT WAS LIKE A LEADERSHIP CAMP CALLED INVOLVE A FEW WEEKS AGO AND WE TOOK QUITE A FEW MEMBERS OF OUR ASB AND SOME OF OUR SPORTS CAPTAINS AND WE COME WHERE WE CAME UP WITH A BUNCH OF GREAT IDEAS FOR THIS YEAR AND WE MET UP WITH A BUNCH OF OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE AREA LIKE HERITAGE AND PRAIRIE AND YEAH, IT WAS REALLY EXCITING.
SO YEAH, I THINK ALSO WE'LL HAVE OUR ASB PRESIDENT COMING IN QUITE A FEW TIMES.
HIS NAME IS AUSTIN COOK, HE'S MY FRIEND, SO WE'LL HAVE HIM TO KIND OF GIVE SOME MORE DETAILS.
BUT YEAH. AND THEN FOR PRAIRIE OUTSIDE OF ASB, WE HAVE FOOTBALL STARTING UP.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A BAND CAMP, WHICH IS ONLY FOR TWO DAYS, BUT IT'S JUST TO HELP INCOMING STUDENTS WHO ARE JUST NEW TO OUR PROGRAM.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
GREAT. IT SOUNDS VERY PROMISING.
I'M PLANNING ON WORKING ON THAT THIS YEAR MORE BECAUSE I WANT ALL THESE MIDDLE SCHOOLERS COMING IN AND IT'S JUST LIKE, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING AND THEY'RE ALWAYS SO HAPPY, SO IT'S REALLY BOUT TO HAPPEN.
GREAT. LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU GUYS THIS YEAR AGAIN.
WE'VE GOT OUR COMMITTEE REPORTS.
FIRST UP, LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE.
DR. HENDERSON. YEAH, MARK BROUGHT IN THE TOP 15 FROM LAST YEAR.
OUR TOP 15 POSITIONS JUST TO REVIEW.
I WAS THINKING THAT WE HAD TO GET THE POSITIONS PUT TOGETHER THE TOP 15 PRIOR TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
BUT WE HAD AN EMAIL FROM LOGAN ANDREW SAYING THAT'LL HAPPEN AFTER THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
SO THEY'LL START WITH THE PRIORITIZATION FORM, MAKING IT AVAILABLE STARTING OCTOBER 4TH.
SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO WORK ON THAT.
ESSENTIALLY, WE WANT TO CONTRIBUTE OUR TOP TEN AND ACTUALLY THEY'RE ASKING FOR TOP TEN THIS YEAR.
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BUT THIS GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT WHAT OUR DESIRES ARE.AND SO THAT'S A GOOD PRACTICE.
BUT WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, BUT REVIEW THESE AND SEE WHAT YOU THINK.
MARK AND I MIGHT SPEND SOME TIME AND COME UP WITH OUR OWN TOP TEN, AND IF YOU HAVE SOME IDEAS OF WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, LET US KNOW AND THEN WE'LL GIVE YOU SOME AND GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THOSE AND AND GIVE US SOME INPUT BEFORE WE SUBMIT THEM.
SO ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? WELL, I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION, AND THIS REALLY REGARDS A POSITION FROM LAST YEAR AND A SURVEY THAT WE RECEIVED FROM WAZDA.
SO THAT'S AND I THINK ALL OF US GOT THE SURVEY AND I HOPE PEOPLE TOOK THE SURVEY.
OH, RIGHT. AND SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DEADLINE ON THAT ONE WAS, BUT I KIND OF HAD A QUESTION ABOUT IT, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS IN THAT POSITION IS A PROPOSAL THAT SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS WOULD NOT NEED TO BE US CITIZENS TO RUN FOR SCHOOL BOARD.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER GOOD THINGS IN THERE, BUT THAT'S PROBLEMATIC.
SO MY QUESTION TO IS, I'M NOT CERTAIN WHY WAZDA WOULD SEND A SURVEY ON ONE PARTICULAR POSITION.
DO YOU HAVE ANY INPUT ON THAT? I DON'T. I DONT HAVE ENOUGH HISTORY TO KNOW WHY THEY WOULD PUSH ONE LIKE THAT.
I WAS JUST GETTING OFF THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE AT THAT TIME AS THE DISTRICT AREA DIRECTOR.
AND THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION, JUST AS YOU SAID, ABOUT THOSE PARTICULAR ISSUES.
AND THIS IS THE AMENDMENT WINDOW.
I'M GUESSING IT'S GOING TO GET QUITE A FEW AMENDMENTS COMING IN FOR APPROVAL.
SO A POSITION HAS TO BE PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY THREE YEARS IN A ROW BEFORE IT CAN BECOME PERMANENT.
YEAH, AND THIS WOULD BE ONLY A SECOND YEAR.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO SUBMIT THAT AND.
RIGHT. AND THE AMENDMENT THAT WINDOW CLOSES PRETTY SOON, RIGHT? I THINK IT CLOSES THE 31ST.
OKAY. SO THAT'S I'M NOT POSITIVE ON THAT.
DO WE NEED TO SUBMIT THE AMENDMENT AS A BOARD? NOPE. NOPE.
CAN TO DO IT. YOU CAN DO IT AS AN INDIVIDUAL.
AND THEN THIS IS MEANT IF YOU WANT TO GIVE SOME FEEDBACK, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE AHEAD OF THE GAME, THE WAY YOU LOOK AT THIS IS YOU NOTICE NUMBER SEVEN AND EIGHT POSITIONS WERE TAKEN OUT BLANK AND THEY'RE DOWN AT THE BOTTOM AND THAT'S BECAUSE THEY PASSED THE LEGISLATURE.
SO THAT WAS THE FUNDING FOR SOME OF OUR COUNSELING AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL HEALTH.
EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T A BIG BUDGET YEAR, WE DID GET SOME ASSISTANCE THERE.
AND SO KIND OF CONSIDER THOSE TWO SOMEWHAT ACCOMPLISHED AND THAT MOVES OTHER THINGS IN THERE.
AND MY COMMENT THANKS, ROB, FOR KEEPING US ON TOP OF THIS IS AFTER WE HEAR TODAY'S BUDGET HEARING, WHICH WE'VE ALREADY GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT OF A PREVIEW OF SOME OF THESE ISSUES ABOUT FULLY FUNDING STATE EDUCATION, WHERE SOME OF THEM ARE NOT LIKE NOT BENEFITS ARE ONLY SUPPORTED BY ABOUT 72% FROM THE STATE.
SO THE REST OF IT COMES OUT OF THE LEVY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THOSE ARE GOING TO BECOME MORE AND MORE IMPORTANT.
SCHOOL FUNDING ISSUES AT THE STATE LEVEL CAN RISE TO THE TOP AFTER A YEAR OF EMERGENCY PRIORITIES LIKE THE ONLINE LEARNING AND THE BROADBAND CONNECTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, SOME OF WHICH GOT TAKEN CARE OF ANYWAY.
AND STUDENTS THEY LOVE HAVING STUDENT VOICES ADVOCATING AT THE LEGISLATURE.
YOU GUYS HAVE A BIG IMPACT IF THEY GET YOU THERE.
SO THINK ABOUT BEING PART OF IT.
AND THE COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF EACH OF THESE POSITIONS IS IN THE HANDLING.
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AND THE OTHER. ONTO OUR AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT IF WE HAVE ONE.BATTLE GROUND EDUCATION FOUNDATION DIRECTOR MADDUX WE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL STUFF.
IT WAS GREAT. SO THANK YOU TO FIRST STUDENT AND TO BRANDON FOR THOSE BUS DRIVERS VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME TO BRING THOSE BUSSES TO THOSE LOCATIONS AND THEN WE HAD HELP FROM OUTSIDE GROUPS.
JFWC WAS THERE JUST, JUST WONDERFUL VOLUNTEERS, JUST HELP SUPPORTING AND BRINGING IN TONS AND TONS OF SUPPLIES FOR THE DISTRICT. SO JUST, JUST OVERWHELMINGLY THANKFUL AND GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE SUPPORT.
SO, JACK, IS THAT WINDOW DONATION CLOSED OR IS IT JUST THE ONE EVENT? IT WAS THE YEAH, SORRY.
IT WAS THE ONE EVENT FROM 10 TO 2 LAST SATURDAY.
I DO KNOW THAT DONATIONS ARE STILL BEING ACCEPTED AT WALMART.
THEY ACTUALLY HAVE THIS HUGE BIN SITTING OUT WHERE YOU CAN PUT DONATIONS OUT.
PROBABLY THERE IS NOT ANYTHING SIMILAR TO THAT AT FRED MEYER THAT I'M AWARE OF.
AND THEN OF COURSE, YOU CAN DONATE ONLINE TO BGF DOT ORG.
SO YEAH. AND THEN THEY HAVE THEIR NEXT EVENT COMING UP IS SEPTEMBER 22ND, WHICH IS GIVE MORE 24, WHICH IS AN ONLINE DAY OF GIVING. SO IF YOU MISSED THIS EVENT BUT STILL WANT TO DONATE TO THE FOUNDATION, YOU CAN DONATE ON THE 22ND FOR THEIR GIVE MORE 24.
AND FOLLOWING THAT, RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER IS THEIR ANNUAL AUCTION ON OCTOBER 1ST.
AND SO THEY ARE SELLING SEATS AND COLLECTING DONATIONS FOR THAT.
AND ALL OF IT GOES BACK TO SUPPORT THE KIDS IN THE DISTRICT.
SO IF ANYBODY HAS TIME TO GIVE OR PEOPLE THEY KNOW THAT MIGHT PLEASE REACH OUT TO THEM.
I KNOW THEY WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
THANKS. I'D LIKE TO THANK MY PARTNER.
THE FIRST QUESTION, A LOT OF IF THEY HAD A QUESTION, THE FIRST QUESTION THEY HAD IS, IS THIS GOING TO BATTLE GROUND STUDENTS? IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO THEM THAT THEY KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO BATTLE GROUND STUDENTS.
AND THEN THERE WAS NO STEREOTYPING WHATSOEVER.
SO THANK YOU, COMMUNITY, FOR CHIPPING IN FOR THAT EVENT.
YEAH, WE HAD OUR FIRST MEETING BACK SINCE THE SUMMER BREAK, SO I HAD ABOUT THREE MONTHS OFF AND SO IT WAS A LOT OF REHASHING OF OLD NEWS, JUST TRYING TO GET BACK IN THE SWING OF THINGS.
WENT THROUGH THE STANDARD BUSINESS FINANCES PLAN FOR THE YEAR.
THEY DID THE SEATING COMMITTEE CONVERSATIONS, THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT TRAINING, SOME NEW TRAINING PLATFORMS WERE PUT OUT AND THERE WERE SOME ISSUES WITH THAT. BUT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THOSE.
THE NEW HANDBOOK HAS IT SHOULD BE OUT.
THEY ARE A LOT OF OTHER DISTRICTS ARE ALSO HAVING THAT SAME CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW.
THE DISTRICT FOUR WEBSITE FOR WIA IS STILL UNDER IN PROGRESS.
PAPERWORK'S ALREADY OUT. I THINK TOM PROBABLY HAS THE ORAL FORM.
AND THEN ONCE WE GET THOSE, WE'LL GET THOSE HANDED OUT.
IT'S ALL I GOT. THOSE WILL MOST LIKELY COME THROUGH.
SANDY AND SANDY WILL MAKE SURE THAT YOU EACH GET YOUR PASS.
THANK YOU. WASHINGTON STATE SCHOOL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION UPDATES.
JUST A REMINDER, WE TALKED ABOUT THE BOARD OF DISTINCTION APPLICATION LAST WEEK.
ROB, GIVE ME A LITTLE BIT OF FEEDBACK THAT I CAN INCLUDE IN THERE.
BUT IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS SOME OR IF YOU NEED ME TO SEND YOU ANYTHING ABOUT THAT, LET ME KNOW.
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VIDEOS. OH, I DON'T KNOW.WE'LL HAVE TO SEE HOW THAT PLAYS OUT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT IS A FORM.
YEAH. AND THOSE TWO VIDEOS ARE THE ONE ABOUT MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS AND THE ONE ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLAN ARE I THINK WOULD BE IS A GOOD REPRESENTATION OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IN THE DISTRICT.
AND IT PAINTS A REALLY CLEAR PICTURE.
SO THOSE ARE TWO OF THE DOCUMENTS ARTIFACTS.
I WILL DOUBLE CHECK AND SEE IS AN ARTIFACT.[LAUGHTER] I THINK THEY'D ALSO ENJOY IT A BIT MORE THAN A PIECE OF PAPER.
ALL RIGHT. I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION FOR LOGAN.
SO THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THAT'S ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS I NEED, IS THOSE DOCUMENTS TO SUPPORT IT AND JUST TO LET THE BOARD KNOW MY GOAL IS DUE SEPTEMBER 10TH, BUT I'D LIKE TO GET IT DONE RIGHT CLOSE TO THE 1ST OF SEPTEMBER.
I KNOW WE HAD TALKED ABOUT WITH OUR HELP PERHAPS.
YES, THE CREATION OF A GOOGLE DOC OK.
I THINK IF YOU COULD SEND ME WHATEVER FORMAT YOU HAVE IT IN, I CAN CREATE A GOOGLE DOC AND THEN SHARE IT AMONGST ALL OF US SO THAT WE CAN WORK OFF OF A SINGLE DOC VERSUS ALL RIGHT, I'VE GOT MY MARCHING ORDERS.
I KNOW. AND I ASSUME WE'LL GET A TOUR SCHEDULE FOR TOO LONG.
WE HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN TO THAT STAGE BECAUSE TYPICALLY WE DON'T START OUR TOURS UNTIL OCTOBER.
YEAH, SO BUT SANDY AND I WILL BE WORKING ON THAT PROBABLY IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS OR SO.
YEAH. BUT IT WAS NICE TO GET INVITED TO THE NEW TEACHER EVENT AND GET TO SEE THE WHAT, 82 NEW TEACHERS. YEAH. RICCARDO WAS THERE BECAUSE HE WAS ALSO DOING A NEW EVENT AT PRAIRIE TO AT THE SAME TIME.
OH YEAH. HE WAS DOING DOUBLE DUTY.
BUT THOSE ARE GREAT. AND THE FRESHMEN ORIENTATIONS, YOU KNOW, I HOPE BOARD MEMBERS, IF YOU GET A CHANCE, CAN STOP BY SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT GET STARTED, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE THE OFFICIAL BUILDING TOURS YET.
OK TIME FOR ANY ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR REPORTS.
THERE'S NOT MUCH TIME FOR ANYTHING ELSE AND THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
THAT SOUNDS LIKE IT. SO, SUPERINTENDENT, SNAP UPDATES.
[6. Superintendent and Staff Updates]
THANK YOU. EXCITING TIME FOR US.FOR INSTANCE, COUNSELORS, NURSES, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
BUT THE MAJORITY OF OUR CERTIFICATED STAFF WILL BE SHOWING UP TOMORROW AND THEN ALSO PARTICIPATING IN THOSE STARTUP DAYS AS A GOOD PORTION OF OUR CLASSIFIED STAFF AS WELL. SO THAT'LL BE TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.
THEY'RE GOING TO SPEND THE MORNING TOGETHER WORKING AS A STAFF, JUST GETTING, YOU KNOW, SAYING HELLO AND GETTING REACQUAINTED AND TAKING CARE OF SOME BUSINESS ITEMS. BUT THEN IN THE AFTERNOON, WE HAVE OUR GUEST SPEAKER, MR. MIKE MATTOS, WHO'S GOING TO SPEAK TO OUR ENTIRE DISTRICT THROUGH OVER THE INTERNET ONLINE.
SO IT WON'T BE HERE, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY TO BATTLE GROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
AND I BELIEVE WE SENT OUT THAT LINK TODAY TO ALL OF YOU.
SO IF YOU CAN MAKE IT, IT IS FROM 1 TO 3.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED THAT OUR WAIVER DAYS WERE APPROVED BY THE STATE.
AND WE'LL BE SENDING OUT SOME INFORMATION TO THE COMMUNITY IN JUST A FEW DAYS HERE TO TO PROMOTE THOSE IDEAS, EXPLAIN WHAT THEY'RE FOR AND EXPLAIN THE CHANGES TO OUR CALENDAR.
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SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER RIGHT NOW TO THE TEACHING AND LEARNING UPDATE.WE HAVE, OF COURSE, A LOT OF WORK GOING ON IN TEACHING AND LEARNING AS WE PREPARE FOR THOSE DAYS AND MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE HAPPENING ARE PERTINENT TO ALL OF OUR STAFF. AND SO I'M EXCITED.
THIS YEAR WE'RE DOING SOME SPECIAL WORK WITH OUR ESA STAFF AND INCLUDING THEM IN SOME OF THE WORK WE HAVE DONE WITH OUR CLASSROOM TEACHERS AROUND TEACHER CLARITY AND HOW TO DESIGN A LEARNING PROGRESSION AROUND SOME OF THE STANDARDS THAT THEY HAVE FOR THEIR INDIVIDUAL WORK.
SO EXPANDING ON WHAT WE'VE DONE, WHICH AGAIN WILL STRENGTHEN OUR PLC PROCESS AND CONTINUE US MOVING FORWARD TONIGHT SPECIFICALLY, I'M EXCITED TO HAVE OUR SOME OF OUR MEMBERS OF OUR CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION AND ASSESSMENT TEAM HERE.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE SHARING WITH YOU OUR PLAN FOR OUR THREE CURRICULUM ADOPTIONS THIS YEAR, OUR SOCIAL STUDIES, OUR ELA AND OUR SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING CURRICULUM.
ALL OF THOSE CURRICULUMS ARE UP.
SOME OF THEM ARE PAST DUE, AND SOME OF THEM ARE READY JUST NOW TO BE LOOKED AT.
AND THERE IS A TEAM OF INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE GOING TO BE DOING THIS WORK.
SO I WILL LET THEM INTRODUCE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SUPPORTING THEM.
BUT DAVE CRESAP, ALLISON TUCHARDT AND AMY FREDERICKS, THIS WILL BE HER FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH FOR ALL OF THOSE CURRICULUM ADOPTIONS.
SO FIRST SLIDE WE HAVE HERE IS WE WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO AMY FREDERICKS, AND I KNOW THAT SHE WAS HERE BEFORE AND JUST KIND OF WAVED AT YOU, BUT SHE ACTUALLY GETS TO PRESENT THIS EVENING. BUT SHE IS OUR CURRICULUM COORDINATOR AND SHE HAS BEEN IN EDUCATION FOR 25 YEARS.
SHE HAS BACKGROUND AS A CLASSROOM TEACHER AND INSTRUCTIONAL COACH AND A READING SPECIALIST.
SO TO PLACE THIS IN CONTEXT, WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF THE COHERENCE INITIATIVE THAT WE HAVE.
AND THERE'S TWO OVERARCHING GOALS.
THE SECOND GOAL IS ALL ABOUT HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTION.
EVERY SCHOOL WILL IMPLEMENT HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTION IN EVERY CLASSROOM TO IMPROVE STUDENT LEARNING.
AND THEN WHAT GOES WITH THAT IS HIGH QUALITY CURRICULUM.
AND WE THINK THAT IT'S ACTUALLY A PREREQUISITE TO GOOD INSTRUCTION THAT YOU HAVE GOOD CURRICULUM.
SO THAT PLACES EVERYTHING THAT WE DO HERE IN CONTEXT.
THAT HIGH QUALITY CURRICULUM IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR WHAT WE DO.
ALL RIGHT. WE WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CURRICULUM ADOPTION.
THE LAST TIME WE HAD A MIDDLE SCHOOL, ELA, ADOPTION WAS THE YEAR 2000.
WE ARE VERY READY FOR SOME NEW CURRICULUM IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND IN THE PRIMARY IT WAS PRE COMMON CORE WHICH IN BATTLE GROUND WAS WE ADOPTED I THINK IN 2012. SO IT'S BEEN TEN YEARS AND IT IS NOT ALIGNED.
WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE ADOPTED, IS NOT ALIGNED WITH THE STATE STANDARDS.
THEN WE HAVE K-8, SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING.
YOU'LL ALSO HEAR US TALK ABOUT SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT.
SO THIS IS THE CURRICULUM THAT SUPPORTS THAT.
AND WE HAVE TAMARA SCHEETZ, DIRECTOR OF INSTRUCTIONAL INTERVENTIONS, AND MIKE MICHAUD, DIRECTOR OF INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP FOR THE PRIMARY, ARE GOING TO HEAD UP THAT ADOPTION AND THEY ARE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH MAKING SURE THAT ALIGNS WITH THE SURVEY RESULTS THAT WE DID IN THE SPRING AND ALIGNS WITH GOAL NUMBER ONE OF COHERENCE WITH OUR SOCIAL EMOTIONAL AND THEN OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES ADOPTION.
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SOMETHING THAT IS A NATIONAL CURRICULUM.SO WE WILL BE LOOKING AT GRADES FIVE, SIX AND EIGHT AND THAT WILL BE HEADED UP BY DAVE AND THEN LUKE LA COUNT, OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL DIRECTOR OF INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP, AND THEN WE HAVE PSYCHOLOGY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
SO IN THE MEANTIME, WE'RE USING AN AP PSYCHOLOGY TEXTBOOK UNTIL WE ADOPT A REGULAR PSYCHOLOGY TEXTBOOK, AND THEN WE HAVE SEVERAL ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES THAT WE NEED TO UPDATE.
SO THE WAY AP WORKS IS THAT THE COLLEGE BOARD GOES THROUGH A PROCESS OF UPDATING THEIR STANDARDS AND THEIR CURRICULUM AND THINGS, AND THEN YOU NEED A TEXTBOOK THAT IS GOING TO ALLOW THE TEACHERS TO TEACH TO THAT SO THAT KIDS CAN PASS THE TEST TO GET THE COLLEGE CREDIT.
SO IT'S KIND OF A LONG, CONVOLUTED PROCESS, BUT THERE ARE VERY FEW TEXTBOOKS WHEN WE GO TO LOOK AT THOSE AND WE HAVE SEVERAL THAT HAVE EXPIRED AND WE ARE READY TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS TO UPDATE THOSE AS WELL.
AND NOW AMY IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUR TIMELINE.
SO I'M GOING TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE WE'VE BEEN AND WHERE WE'RE HEADED.
SO WE STARTED THE ADOPTION PROCESS THIS SUMMER.
IN JULY, WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THOSE APPLICATIONS.
WHAT DO YOU HAVE AND HOW MUCH WILL IT COST? IN AUGUST, THOSE PROPOSALS STARTED ROLLING IN.
WE SAVED THEM ELECTRONICALLY AND PRINTED HARD COPIES.
WE INVITED OUR COMMUNITY TO APPLY FOR OUR ADOPTION COMMITTEES AND WE WANTED TO LET THE PEOPLE KNOW IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT AND THOSE WATCHING AT HOME THAT THE APPLICATION PROCESS IS STILL OPEN.
SO IF YOU HAVE AN INTEREST, PLEASE GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO APPLY.
AND JUST LAST WEEK WE LET OUR STAFF KNOW WHO WILL BE JOINING US FOR THIS WORK.
SO AS SOON AS THE SCHOOL YEAR STARTS, THE REAL FUN BEGINS.
SO EACH COMMITTEE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET EIGHT TIMES.
OUR FIRST MEETINGS WILL BE IN SEPTEMBER AND THIS IS WHERE WE'LL BRING THE TEAMS TOGETHER.
WE'LL GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER, SET EXPECTATIONS AND NORMS, TALK ABOUT OUR VISION, LOOK AT THE STATE STANDARDS, BUILD BACKGROUND, KNOWLEDGE, EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED TO DO TO GET UP AND RUNNING. THEN BETWEEN OUR FIRST MEETING AND OUR SECOND MEETING, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS.
SO THESE SUBCOMMITTEES ARE GOING TO NARROW THEM DOWN TO 6 TO 8.
SO ONCE WE HAVE THOSE FOUR, WE'RE GOING TO CONTACT VENDORS.
CONGRATULATIONS. YOU'VE MADE IT THIS FAR.
COME TALK TO OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE TO OFFER.
OUR CLASSROOM TEACHERS WILL PILOT FOR SIX WEEKS.
WE'LL LOOK AT THE PROS AND CONS AND THEN ULTIMATELY MAKE DECISIONS.
WE WILL BE PRESENTING OUR RECOMMENDATION TO YOU FOR ELA IN MARCH AND THEN PRESENT OUR RECOMMENDATION TO YOU FOR, EXCUSE ME, SOCIAL STUDIES AND SEL IN APRIL. AND THEN WE WILL HAVE OUR FIRST AND SECOND READINGS IN MAY AND JUNE NEXT.
I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT OUR COMMITTEE IS STILL SEEKING PARENT AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.
WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THREE PARENTS OR COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON EACH COMMITTEE.
AND WE WILL USE THAT DATA AS WE NARROW IT DOWN TO TWO.
AND THEN COME APRIL, WE'LL HAVE THE PUBLIC REVIEW OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE KIND OF MENTIONED THE GOAL NUMBER TWO ON HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTION.
BUT IF YOU ACTUALLY LOOK DOWN FURTHER IN THE DOCUMENT, YOU KNOW, A GUARANTEED AND VIABLE CURRICULUM HAS ITS OWN SPOT THERE BECAUSE IT REALLY IS FOUNDATIONAL TO EQUITY AND JUST GOOD CONSISTENT INSTRUCTION ACROSS WE HAVE SOME TEACHERS INDIVIDUALLY ARE VERY GOOD AT DEVELOPING THEIR OWN CURRICULUM.
THEY CAN TAKE THE STANDARDS AND DEVELOP WHAT THEY MIGHT TEACH AND BE VERY GOOD AT THAT.
BUT IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR INDIVIDUAL TEACHERS TO DO WELL CURRICULUM FOR A WHOLE SYSTEM.
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IT WOULDN'T BE CONSISTENT AND YOU KNOW, ISSUES OF EQUITY AND STUFF WOULD BE THERE.DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR PLANS? I MEAN, IT LOOKS LIKE A GREAT PLAN AND VERY AMBITIOUS AND CONGRATULATIONS ON GETTING THAT ALL PUT TOGETHER BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S A LOT OF WORK.
AND SO WHAT I'M WONDERING, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT TO WAIT 20 YEARS OR 22 YEARS TO ADOPT AGAIN, HAVE YOU? AND MAYBE I'M GETTING AHEAD, BUT DO WE HAVE A CYCLE OF ADOPTION SO THAT WE AREN'T IN A POSITION WHERE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, KEEPING BOOKS THAT HAVE EXPIRED? SO DAVE AND I HAVE HAD THIS GREAT PLAN THIS SUMMER OF DOING IT, AND THEN WE GOT BUSY WITH THE WORK OF THE SUMMER.
BUT YES, IT'S TRUE THAT NONE OF THE CURRICULA LASTS FOREVER.
AND SOME OF THEM HAVE VERY DEFINITE, ESPECIALLY THE DIGITAL COMPONENTS HAVE VERY SPECIFIC END DATES.
I MEAN, A BOOK YOU CAN ONCE YOU PURCHASE THE BOOK, YOU CAN USE IT INDEFINITELY.
BUT YEAH, SO TYPICALLY, YOU KNOW, THE LIFE OF A CURRICULUM IS 6 TO 8 YEARS ROUGHLY.
AND SO AND WE, YOU KNOW, TO BE VERY HONEST, WE'VE GOTTEN BEHIND AS A DISTRICT.
AND SO NOW WE'RE PLAYING CATCH UP TO SOME EXTENT.
WELL, IN MOST DISTRICTS HAVE GOTTEN BEHIND MORE RECENTLY.
BUT IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET IMPACT OF THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY ANXIOUS TO SEE US HAVE A VERY GOOD CYCLE OF GUARANTEED AND VIABLE CURRICULUM AND TO PUT SOME RESOURCE THERE.
OH, GO AHEAD. YOU WERE GOING TO SEE TOOK THE WORDS RIGHT OUT OF MY MOUTH.
TO YOUR POINT, THAT'S BEEN OUR BIGGEST CONCERN IS WE'VE GOTTEN BEHIND IN TIMES WHERE WE'VE HAD IN STABLE FUNDS TO SUPPORT AN ONGOING CYCLE. AND OUR HOPE IS THAT WE'RE PAST THAT TIME FRAME AND WE CAN GET ON A REGULAR CYCLE AND NOT GET BEHIND AGAIN.
WOULD IT IS QUITE AMBITIOUS WHAT THIS TEAM IS UNDERTAKING THIS YEAR AND WE'RE SO GLAD THAT AMY IS JOINING THE TEAM TO REALLY HELP WITH THAT WORK. SO IT IT IS AMBITIOUS, BUT WE'RE HOPING THAT WITH SOME REAL SPECIFIC WORK, WE CAN GET CAUGHT UP AND THEN STAY CAUGHT UP.
YEAH, I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT AMY, DAVE AND ALLISON CAN DEVELOP A CYCLE FOR US.
MY BIGGEST CONCERN, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, IS THE FUNDING OF ALL OF THIS, BECAUSE IT'S CONCEIVABLE THAT JUST THROUGH THESE ADOPTIONS AND THIS YEAR THAT WE WILL HIT A ABOUT A $3 MILLION PRICE TAG ON JUST THESE.
AND WHEN YOU KNOW, TO YOUR POINT AND WHAT SHELLY REITERATED WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE IDEA OF, YOU KNOW, WE DID A MAJOR MATH ADOPTION, WHICH SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CALENDAR, IT WAS FOUR YEARS AGO.
AND SO IN ANOTHER FOUR YEARS, WE'LL HAVE TO DO ANOTHER MAJOR MATH ADOPTION, LET ALONE SCIENCE.
HIGH SCHOOL, SOCIAL STUDIES, HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH.
YEAH. THEY JUST KEEP THEY JUST KEEP COMING.
SO FUNDING IS A IS THE CRITICAL ISSUE.
SO WE ASKED THE PUBLISHERS TO TELL US WHAT WOULD BE THE MINIMUM COST IN THE MAXIMUM COST, JUST IF WE WERE TO PURCHASE THE PRODUCT AND IT RANGES BETWEEN THE THREE ADOPTIONS, THE MINIMUM COST WOULD BE $1.5 MILLION AND THE MAXIMUM COST AND THIS IS JUST FOR THE PRODUCT, IT DOESN'T INCLUDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
THINGS LIKE THAT WAS 6.2 MILLION.
SO THERE'S AN AVERAGE IN THERE.
WE WON'T PURCHASE THE MOST EXPENSIVE OF EVERYTHING KIND OF A THING.
I'M CURIOUS ON HOW THE PILOTING OF THE CURRICULUM WORKS, HOW LIKE WHO STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE THAT AND DOES THAT CREATE ANY INCONSISTENCIES OR ANYTHING IN THOSE STUDENTS SAY IF YOU DECIDED NOT TO TAKE THAT CURRICULUM? EXCELLENT QUESTION. I'M GOING TO LET DAVE TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT IN RELATION TO HOW WE DID IT WITH THE MATH ADOPTION.
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MEMBER WHO IS ON THE ADOPTION COMMITTEE WOULD PILOT AND THEY WOULD ALSO BRING ALONG A PARTNER TEACHER FROM THEIR BUILDING SO THAT THEY CAN COLLABORATE AND HAVE SOMEBODY TALK ABOUT HOW IT'S GOING, STUFF LIKE THAT.AND SO WE WANT EACH GROUP TO HAVE TO SEE BOTH OF THEM.
AND YOU'LL HAVE LIKE A RUBRIC OF HOW WELL DOES IT COME TO THE STANDARDS, HOW WELL DOES IT ENGAGE STUDENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT? BUT TO YOUR POINT, SIR, WHEN YOU ASK IS IT THERE'S A GREAT INCONSISTENCY OR IS IT A DETRIMENT TO STUDENTS WHO ARE USING A PILOT PROGRAM? ALL OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE WOULD BE USING AND PILOTING WOULD BE ALIGNED TO THE STATE STANDARDS.
BUT THE CONTENT WOULD MEET THE STATE STANDARDS AND ENSURE THAT EVERY STUDENT WHO WAS PARTICIPATING IN A PILOT WAS GETTING THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEEDED TO HAVE IN ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE COURSE.
AND BEYOND THAT, AND WE'LL WORK WITH THE THE PILOT PROGRAM AND THE TEACHERS TO TRY TO ALIGN IT AS CLOSELY TO WHAT IS BEING TAUGHT WITH THE CURRENT ADOPTED CURRICULUM SO THAT IT'S NOT CREATING HUGE GAPS.
YEAH, I MEAN, TAKE FOR EXAMPLE, THE PSYCHOLOGY COURSE.
SO A PSYCHOLOGY CLASS IS GOING THROUGH ITS YEAR ALL OF A SUDDEN FOR THAT PARTICULAR CLASS, THAT TEACHER THEY'RE GOING TO PILOT, THE PSYCHOLOGY TEXTBOOKS ARE THERE THAT THEY WOULD USE THAT TEST.
BUT WE WOULD ALLOW FLEXIBILITY LIKE SO IF THE SYLLABUS OR IF THE SEQUENCE OF TOPICS WITHIN THE PSYCHOLOGY COURSE DEMANDED THAT THEY DO THESE TOPICS A, B AND C, THAT WE WOULD MAKE SURE THAT THEY PILOTED THOSE TOPICS.
SO STUDENTS DON'T MISS SOMETHING IN THAT PILOT.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.
THANKS SO MUCH. LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU AGAIN.
THAT'S IT FROM TEACHING AND LEARNING, UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FROM YOUR BOARD.
GOOD EVENING, BOARD. JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS TO SHARE.
I'M EXCITED TO SHARE WITH YOU.
SO THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS WE HAVE BEEN IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH PSC, WHICH IS OUR CLASSIFIED UNION, AND WE REACHED A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT LAST WEDNESDAY WITH OUR WITH THIS ASSOCIATION.
WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO SHARE WITH YOU.
WE HOPEFULLY THE NEXT BOARD MEETING WILL HAVE A CONTRACT TO BE ABLE TO BRING FOR YOUR APPROVAL.
AND WE'RE EXCITED TO SHARE THE, WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.
SO, AND THAT'S IT FOR ME, JOHN.
THANK YOU. AND THEN NEXT UP, OUR FINANCE REPORT FROM OUR CFO, MICHELLE SCOTT.
GOOD EVENING, BOARD. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE THAT KEVIN AND I ATTENDED THE CLARK COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING ON THURSDAY NIGHT, LAST THURSDAY NIGHT, AND ALONG WITH FIVE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND WE DID A PRESENTATION TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE PLAN, OUR CAPITAL FACILITY PLAN AND IMPACT FEE AMOUNT WAS APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION
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AND IT WILL NOW GO ON TO THE CLARK COUNTY COUNCIL.SO WE WERE PLEASED WITH THE RESULTS OF THAT AND JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? WHEN DOES IT GO BEFORE THE COUNCIL? I HAVEN'T RECEIVED A DATE YET ON THAT.
AND I THINK THAT THEY HEARD US AND HEARD ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE PROVIDED TO THEM.
I THINK IT WAS A GOOD PRESENTATION.
AND I THINK THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND OUR CHALLENGES AND OUR REQUESTS.
THANK YOU. AND NEXT UP, OPERATIONS REPORT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS, MR. KEVIN JOHN.
THANK YOU. REALITY STARTING TO HIT.
I GOT FIVE BUSINESS DAYS BEFORE SCHOOL.
WE DO LOTS OF LITTLE ODDS AND ENDS THAT WE'RE CATCHING UP ON.
WE WILL BE READY TO OPEN SCHOOL.
AND PRETTY QUICK YOU'LL BE SEEING EQUIPMENT BREAKING GROUND OUT HERE THIS WEEK FOR SURE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT MORE YOU WANT TO KNOW.
I KNOW. I APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO.
THANKS JOHN AND YOUR ENTIRE TEAM.
AND THEN? NOW IT'S HER LAST COMMUNICATIONS REPORT.
I JUST HAVE A FEW THINGS TO SHARE TONIGHT.
WE'VE BEEN ALSO PREPARING FOR BACK TO SCHOOL AND SENDING OUT INFORMATION TO FAMILIES.
OUR BUS ROUTES WILL BE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE SOON.
AND WE ALSO SENT OUT MESSAGING ASKING FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR BOTH OUR CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME BASES WE WOULD LIKE TO FILL.
AND THE OTHER THING I WANT TO SHARE IS SO I HAND IT OUT BEFORE THE MEETING, OUR NOTE CARDS AND I KNOW THIS IS A LITTLE EARLIER THAN THE YEAR, THEN WE NORMALLY HAND THEM OUT, BUT WE WERE ON THE BALL THIS YEAR AND THIS IS OUR ART SHOW, SOME OF OUR ART SHOW WINNERS FROM THIS PAST MAY, AND WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL PUT THEM TO GOOD USE WHEN YOU'RE OUT ON A TOUR OR IN A BUILDING AND YOU SEE SOMEONE DOING SOMETHING GREAT OR SOMETHING.
AND WE ALSO THIS YEAR TURNED IT INTO SORT OF A FUNDRAISER FOR OUR ARTS DEPARTMENTS.
AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO FUNDRAISE BY SELLING CARDS AND THE PROCEEDS ALL BENEFIT OUR ART.
SO THAT WAS REALLY COOL TOO, AND I DON'T HAVE A FINAL FIGURE.
WE STARTED KIND OF A WE DID A LOW KEY.
THIS YEAR IS OUR FIRST TIME DOING IT.
SO WE THINK WE'LL HAVE ABOUT $300 FUND RAISED FOR OUR ARTS DEPARTMENT.
THANK YOU. THIS IS RITA'S LAST OFFICIAL MEETING, AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY PUBLICLY THAT WE WILL MISS HER VERY MUCH. SHE'S DONE SO MUCH FOR THIS ORGANIZATION IN BUILDING OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT INTO SOMETHING WE CAN ALL BE PROUD OF.
BESIDES THAT, SHE'S JUST OUTSTANDING AT OUR JOB, AND I WILL MISS HER MOST OF ALL.
I DO ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT THROUGH RITA'S HELP, WE WERE ABLE TO FIND, I WON'T SAY REPLACEMENT BECAUSE SHE'S IRREPLACEABLE.
WE WILL BE ABLE TO FIND A SUBSTITUTE, A VERY HIGHLY.
SHE'S GOING TO BE REALLY GOOD.
AND WE HAD INTERVIEWS LAST WEEK AND WE WERE EXTREMELY IMPRESSED.
AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO WELCOME AMANDA TO OUR TEAM.
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YES, I HAVE WORKED WITH AMANDA FOR A WHILE AND I CAN LEAVE KNOWING THAT BATTLE GROUND IS IN GREAT HANDS.THANKS AGAIN, RITA. THANK YOU.
[7. Citizens' Comments]
THAT'S IT. OKAY.THAT BRINGS US TO CITIZEN'S COMMENTS.
WE'VE GOT THREE PEOPLE ON OUR LIST.
SOME ARE REGULAR PRESENTERS, BUT SOME ARE NEW.
3 MINUTES IS OUR TRADITIONAL PRESIDENT MAY INTERRUPT OR TERMINATE ANY INDIVIDUAL STATEMENT THAT'S TOO LENGTHY, PERSONALLY DIRECTED, ABUSIVE, OBSCENE OR IRRELEVANT.
THE BOARD AS A WHOLE HAS THE FINAL DECISION IN DETERMINING THE APPROPRIATENESS OF THAT RULING.
AND SO FIRST UP IS KARL JOHNSON.
AND YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT, OF COURSE, WE SEE A LOT OF PLAN USE ISSUES FROM EVERYWHERE.
AND WHEN IMPACT FEES COME FIVE OR SIX, WE HAVE, WHAT, TEN OR 11 DISTRICTS? YOU ALWAYS ARE LOOKING AT THIS AND THE WEEK BEFORE WE HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND YOU'RE TRYING TO BALANCE THIS AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT.
IT'S EASY TO GIVE ACCOLADES, AND KEVIN'S PROBABLY SAYING, I DON'T HAVE TIME, I WANT TO SLEEP.
BUT WHAT HAPPENED? AND THERE WAS NOBODY THERE.
AND SO MY EPIPHANY WAS I'M LOOKING OUT THERE AND HOW THE DEBATE WENT BACK AND FORTH.
WHAT I WANT TO TELL YOU IS THAT HOW WE EDUCATE OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT ON WHAT'S COMING, 179TH INTERCHANGE, $60 MILLION FROM THE STATE. WE'RE GOING TO $100 MILLION ON THE INTERCHANGES.
A THIRD OF THAT IS IN BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I ASKED KEVIN, IS THAT BAKED INTO THE EQUATION? YES, IT IS.
I HATE THAT WORD. BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST THIS ABSOLUTE RUSH.
HOUSING PRICES ARE GOING THROUGH THE ROOF.
SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO THE COMMUNICATION ASPECT WITH THE DISTRICT IS ABOUT TEACHING THEM.
RICHFIELD IS TALKING ABOUT HAVING TO GO FULL YEAR.
AND I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THEIR BEST CONVERSATIONS WITH US SPLITTING.
THE ROOM IS THE ROOM I'M AT LAUREN.
I LOVE LAUREN BECAUSE I GOT A WOODSHOP.
SO GOES THE WOODSHOP. BUT THE REALITY, IS THAT OUT THERE, SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY IS HAPPENING.
AND SO BUT THE FOCUS HERE IS HOW THAT CONVERSATION WENT.
AND IT WAS AWESOME BECAUSE I SAT THERE GOING, EXPLAIN THIS TO ME AND I KNOW SOME OF THE STUFF.
WE ARE TRYING TO DO WHAT WE CAN WITH THAT.
BUT THE REALITY IS THAT AREA IS GROWING.
ALL OF THESE PRESSURES ARE GOING TO RESULT AND NOT JUST ONE OR TWO OR THREE.
IT'S GOING TO ME FOUR IN MY MIND, SCHOOLS OVER THERE ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
PLUS WHATEVER HAPPENS TO PRAIRIE AS IT FEEDS.
SO IT'S NOT NOTHING YOU DON'T KNOW.
BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT I LOOKED AT AND THE CONVERSATION WAS BEAUTIFUL, BUT I WAS LIKE, I WISH WE COULD GET SOME TIME TO REALLY I WISH WE COULD GET SOMEBODY TO SAY THAT CONVERSATION TYPE WITH THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT WAS EDUCATIONAL.
SO AGAIN, I KNOW I RAMBLE ON, BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU, CARL. THANK YOU, CARL.
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THEY'RE HAPPY FOR YOU TO LOOK AT.THESE ARE DATA FROM 2021 HEALTHY YOUTH SURVEY.
I TALKED WITH CLARK COUNTY HEALTH EMPLOYEE WHO SENT ME SOME OF THESE NUMBERS.
SHE'S ESPECIALLY WORKED ON THE BOTTOM, THE LGBTQ CALCULATION.
AND SHE TOLD ME THAT THESE NUMBERS, EVEN THOUGH THE PARTICIPATION OF THE STUDENTS IN THE SURVEY, WERE A BIT LOWER THAN THE PREVIOUS YEARS, THEY ARE SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH TO BE RELEVANT.
AS YOU CAN SEE, ESPECIALLY AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CHART, AS OF 2021, THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS IDENTIFIED AS LGBTQ. ALL RIGHT.
THERE'S ONE CORRECTION TO BE MADE IN SEXUAL ORIENTATION.
COLUMN ONE IN SOMETHING ELSE CATEGORY.
SO THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE NEED EVERYONE TO BE EDUCATED, LEARN ABOUT WHAT LGBTQ MEANS.
WHAT LGBTQ STUDENTS NEED, GET CULTURAL COMPETENCY, ETC.
AND WE NEED TO MAKE A CONCERTED, COLLABORATIVE AND OUTLOUD SUPPORT OF THE LGBTQ YOUTH.
AND WE NEED TO ASK OURSELVES, WHERE IS HARM BEING DONE TO THESE STUDENTS? LET'S WORK HAND IN HAND TO PROMOTE HUMAN FLOURISHING, ESPECIALLY AMONG THOSE WHO WERE TRADITIONALLY OTHERED AND EXCLUDED AND EXPERIENCED SPECIAL HARDSHIPS IN THIS COMMUNITY.
AND I WISH YOU A VERY HAPPY, SUCCESSFUL, FLOURISHING NEW SCHOOL YEAR.
NEXT UP, JESSICA COLE AND JESSICA.
JUST A REMINDER, SO WE BOTH STAY OUT OF TROUBLE.
I LIKE YOUR TOPIC [INAUDIBLE]. MY TOPIC IS A DIFFERENT PERSON.
MY NAME IS JESSICA. MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE HER.
I'M A MOM THAT HAS HAD KIDS IN THE DISTRICT.
FIRST, I'D LIKE TO SAY GOODBYE TO RITA.
AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THE DISTRICT.
AND NOW I'D LIKE TO TALK TO ABOUT A WOMAN I'VE KNOWN NAMED LISA WOODS.
SHE WAS THE MOM OF NIKKI COON.
AND NIKKI WAS A 17 YEAR OLD TRANSGENDER YOUNG WOMAN WHO WAS MURDERED IN JUNE 2019.
RIGHT BEFORE SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO GRADUATE, SHE WAS FROM VANCOUVER, BUT SHE WAS MURDERED IN BRUSH PRAIRIE, WHICH IS IN THE BOUNDARIES OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. AFTER NIKKI'S MURDER, HER MOM, LISA, BECAME A GREAT ACTIVIST FOR THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY.
SHE HELPED GET THE SO CALLED GAY OR TRANS PANIC DEFENSE BANNED IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN 2020.
LISA WAS ALSO A HUGE ACTIVIST FOR GETTING JUSTICE FOR HER DAUGHTER, NIKKI, THROUGH THE LEGAL SYSTEM LAST YEAR BY GETTING A CONVICTION FOR HER MURDER.
ALL THOSE THAT DIDN'T BRING NIKKI BACK, IT WAS A HUGE THING BECAUSE CONVICTIONS ARE NOT COMMON FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE VICTIMS OF MURDER, WHO ARE TRANSGENDER.
SADLY, LISA WOODS JUST PASSED AWAY ON AUGUST 11TH.
LISA WAS AN AMAZING EXAMPLE OF BEING A PARENT OF A TRANS KID.
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THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JESSICA.AND OUR FOURTH SPEAKER, ALI STRAPEZON.
GOOD EVENING, BOARD. MY NAME IS ALI STRAPEZON.
I AM HERE TONIGHT TO THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE FIRST READING OF THE POLICY.
THREE, FOUR, TWO, FOUR, AND THE GREAT SUGGESTIONS.
EXCUSE ME, I CAN'T SEE WHAT THOSE ARE.
THE GREAT SUGGESTIONS OF HAVING ALL DISTRICT ATHLETE ATHLETIC TRAINERS BE TRAINED AND CERTIFIED TO CARRY NARCAN AND HAVE NARCAN TRAINING INCLUDED IN THE DISTRICT'S ANNUAL FIRST AID AND CPR TRAINING.
AND TO HAVE THIS PROGRAM TO ALL PRIMARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN ADDITION TO THE MANDATED HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES, JUST LIKE HAVING EIGHT EXCUSE ME, AED MACHINES AT EVERY SCHOOL, HAVING NARCAN AVAILABLE AT EVERY CAMPUS, NOT ONLY AS A POSITIVE DECISION OF EQUITY ACROSS OUR DISTRICT, IT ALSO CAN SAVE LIVES WHEN EVERY SECOND COUNTS.
AS A HEALTH CARE WORKER IN THIS COMMUNITY.
OKAY. THAT'S THE END OF MY SIGNED UP LIST.
ANY OTHER CITIZENS COMMENTS? OK HEARING NONE.
ON TO BUSINESS. NEXT UP IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
[8. Consent Agenda]
IT'S A LENGTHY ONE.I GUESS. I'M GOING TO READ ALL THIS.
STARTS WITH ITEM A APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ITEM B, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE AUGUST EIGHT REGULAR MEETING.
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE AUGUST TEN SPECIAL MEETING.
ITEM D. CONTRACTS RATIFICATION.
ITEM F THE SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF POLICY 3424 OPIOID RELATED OVERDOSE REVERSAL.
ITEM G. APPROVAL OF THE 2022 2023.
MINIMUM BASIC EDUCATION REQUIREMENT COLLECTION.
ANNUAL RENEWAL OF THE DISTRICT LIABILITY INSURANCE COVERAGES.
ITEM K AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE CONTRACT NUMBER 1920 ZERO THREE.
WAREHOUSE CONSUMABLES, FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT.
ITEM L THE INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT WITH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
INTERAGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR GROUNDS EQUIPMENT AND MAINTENANCE.
ITEM M APPROVAL OF THE MAXIM HEALTH CARE STAFFING CONTRACT.
ITEM N APPROVAL OF THE SUNBELT STAFFING CONTRACT.
ITEM O. APPROVAL OF THE JIM TANTRUM IN CENTER INTER-DISTRICT COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT AND ITEM P.
APPROVAL OF THE PLAYING CARDS FOR CLUBS AT DAYBREAK MIDDLE SCHOOL.
OKAY. BOARD, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY ONE OF THOSE ITEMS, NEEDS ITS OWN SPOT ON THE AGENDA.
OR. MR. PRESIDENT, WE NEED TO PULL ITEM E PERSONNEL REPORTS FROM THE CONTENT AGENDA.
SO ITEM E WILL BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY.
ANY OTHERS? THEN THE WAY YOU WOULD MAKE THAT MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA MINUS ITEM E, AND THEN WE'LL DO THAT ITEM SEPARATELY. RIGHT AFTER I DO THAT, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVED THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED MINUS ITEM E.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
CONSENT AGENDA MINUS ITEM E IS APPROVED.
SO NOW WE HAVE ITEM E, THE PERSONNEL REPORTS.
[E. Personnel Reports]
MR. PRESIDENT, ONCE AGAIN, I WILL RECUSE MYSELF FROM THIS VOTE.THANK YOU. SO AS A RELATIVE INVOLVED HERE.
SO BASED ON THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST THINGS WHICH ALL SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS MUST ABIDE BY, DIRECTOR MADDUX HAS RECUSE YOURSELF FROM THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS? THEN I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PERSONNEL REPORTS.
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LIE TO ME. MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVED TO APPROVE THE PERSONNEL REPORTS ITEM E FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT'S BEEN MOVED TO APPROVE THE PERSONNEL REPORTS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
AND WE HAVE SOME DAYBREAK REPRESENTATIVES IN THE VAN.
THEY JUST WANTED TO SAY THANKS.
THAT WAS A BIG DONATION FOR THEM.
IT HELPS A LOT. AND THAT'S A VERY POPULAR CLUB.
THEY DO A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU, GUYS.
THANK YOU. AS USUAL, WE'VE TAKEN CARE OF PREVIOUS BUSINESS, SO THERE'S NO OLD BUSINESS THAT BRINGS US TO A RECESS.
YOU WANT TO DO A SHORT RECESS OR DO YOU JUST WANT TO ROLL RIGHT INTO THE BUDGET HEARING? I THINK WE'RE LOOKING TO JUST ROLL RIGHT IN, RIGHT.
IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU GUYS, UNLESS.
ANYONE FEELS LIKE THEY NEED A QUICK STRETCH.
SO WE ARE ON RECESS FOR THE PUBLIC BUDGET HEARING.
THERE'LL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT.
AND THERE'S A SIGN IN SHEET THAT ALLOWS YOU TO LET US KNOW THAT.
[11. Budget Hearing]
I THINK SO. OKAY, GREAT.GOOD EVENING. I AM HERE TO PRESENT THE 22-23 BUDGET PROPOSED BUDGET.
SO THIS IS THE BUDGET HEARING.
I WILL PRESENT THE SAME PRETTY MUCH THE SAME INFORMATION AT OUR WORKSHOP.
SO THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGES TO ANYTHING THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE WORKSHOP.
IF THEY DON'T HAVE IF THEY'RE IF WE'RE GOING THROUGH THESE SLIDE PRESENTATION AND THEY'RE LIKE, THAT'S JUST NOT ENOUGH INFORMATION, THEN THEY CAN ALWAYS LOOK AT THAT HANDOUT.
AND THEN AS WELL I'LL HAVE MY CONTACT INFORMATION.
AND WE'LL ALSO TELL FOLKS AT THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION WHERE THEY CAN ALSO FIND THAT HANDOUT.
ADDED TO THIS IS THE FOUR YEAR FORECAST, THE F 195 F AS IT'S CALLED.
AND SO THAT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP BUT IS PART OF THIS HEARING.
SO AT THE END OF THE HEARING WILL TAKE SOME ANY PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN WE'LL ADD WE'LL CLOSE THE HEARING AND THEN AFTER THAT THERE WILL BE SOME NEW BUSINESS TO ADOPT THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE BOARD ACTION ITEM.
SO JUST A LITTLE BIT, WE'RE GOING TO COVER A BUDGET PROCESS, STATE BUDGET AND SOME LEGISLATIVE ACTION, A FEW ASSUMPTIONS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET, AS WELL AS GENERAL FUND ENROLLMENT, REVENUES, EXPENDITURES, STAFFING FUND BALANCE, SUMMARY. AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR OTHER FUNDS.
SO WE HAVE THE FOUR FUNDS AND THEN WE HAVE A CAPITAL PROJECTS, ESB AND DEBT SERVICE FUNDS AS WELL.
AND THEN WE'LL LOOK AT SOME OF OUR FOUR YEAR BUDGET PROJECTION ASSUMPTIONS.
WE WON'T BE GOING OVER ALL OF THOSE NUMBERS IN THERE, BUT THERE IS A DOCUMENT IN THE BOARD DOCS AND THEN MONITORING THE BUDGET, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT AND AS WELL AS BUDGET AND CONTACT INFORMATION AND PUBLIC COMMENT TIME.
SO IN THE BUDGET PROCESS, BUDGETING IS HAPPENING YEAR ROUND.
OKAY. SO WE'RE ALWAYS ANALYZING THE BUDGET AND WE'RE ALWAYS MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ANY VARIANCES OF THE BUDGET AND SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS NECESSARY AND PREPARE FOR THE FOLLOWING BUDGET.
WE ARE ALSO MONITORING ACTUAL FINANCES TO THE BUDGET AND ENROLLMENT TRENDS AND THEN LOOKING AT STUDENT ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS STARTING IN JANUARY.
SO WE'RE TAKING AND LOOKING WHO HAS COME IN AND WHERE'S EVERYBODY AT IN JANUARY? AND THEN WE'LL START TO DEVELOP PROJECTIONS AND STAFFING TO GO WITH THOSE PROJECTIONS.
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AND THEN WE HAVE THE REVENUE EXPENDITURES AND FUND FORECASTS THAT WE WILL BE WORKING THAT WE WORK ON.AND THEN WE HAD THE WORK SESSION, AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED.
SO IN LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS, SO IT WAS A SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET THIS YEAR.
SO FOR THE TOTAL 21-23 STATE OPERATING BUDGET WITH THE SUPPLEMENTAL, THE TOTAL STATE OPERATING BUDGET IS $64.1 BILLION IN THE K-12 ARENA.
SO WHILE THERE WAS SOME ENROLLMENT STABILIZATION THAT WAS PROVIDED, ALL IN ALL, THE MAINTENANCE LEVEL WAS DECREASED DUE TO THE DECLINING ENROLLMENT.
SO AND THEN SO THE EDUCATION FUNDING TRENDS AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE OPERATING BUDGET HAVE IN 19-21 BUDGET, THEY WERE 52% OF THE STATE BUDGET.
IT'S 43% OF THE STATE BUDGET IS OUR ENROLLMENT.
OUR FUNDING K 12 FUNDING OF THE OPERATING BUDGET, SOME MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS THAT WE HAD HERE.
SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THIS KIND OF ALIGNS WITH SOME OF THESE FUNDING HIGHLIGHTS.
IT'S A THREE YEAR PHASE IN FOR PHYSICAL, SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL SUPPORT.
PROTOTYPICAL FUNDING INCREASES FOR STAFFING IN THOSE AREAS.
AND I'M SORRY, I FORGOT TO MENTION IT'S $6.6 MILLION FOR THE ENROLLMENT STABILIZATION.
SO AND THEN GOING BACK TO THE PIECES, WE'RE LOOKING AT APPROXIMATELY TEN FTE THIS YEAR AND THEN ANOTHER TEN, ANOTHER TEN DEPENDING ON ENROLLMENT BECAUSE IT'S BASED ON THE PROTOTYPICAL BATTLE GROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS DID ADD SCHOOL ROOM EDUCATORS AND MIDDLE SCHOOL SECURITY FIRST AS STUDENT SAFETY, AS WELL AS OTHER SECURITY IN HIGH SCHOOLS AS WELL.
SO PSYCHOLOGISTS AND COUNSELORS WERE ALSO ADDED AT NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO THIS SLIDE IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
I WANT TO POINT THIS OUT HERE.
WHAT THIS TOOL IS SAYING IS WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT STAFFING THAT YOU HAVE AND SAY WHO? HOW ARE WE GOING TO CONFIRM COMPLIANCE THAT THE DISTRICT IS TAKING THE ADDITIONAL STAFFING AND IS ALLOCATING IT TO THE APPROPRIATE POSITIONS THAT QUALIFY FOR THE PSES.
SO THE TOTAL STAFFING UNITS FOR BATTLE GROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS 63.5.
IS THE STAFFING UNITS THAT QUALIFY FOR COMPLIANCE.
THE PROTOTYPICAL FUNDING FORMULA FOR 2223 IS 33.8.
SO THE DISTRICT IS ALREADY THERE.
WE'RE ALREADY IN THAT, BUT WE'RE ALREADY MAKE THIS INITIATIVE OF WE MAKE IT.
WE'VE ALREADY ADDED THOSE STUFF.
WE'VE ALREADY MADE IT A PRIORITY FOR OUR DISTRICT.
SO AND IT'S EQUIVALENT OF ABOUT $3.1 MILLION.
THESE ARE THEIR CALCULATIONS THAT THEY HAVE PROVIDED.
SO IT'S IT'S WE'RE ALREADY THERE.
WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS AND CONTINUE TO ADD STAFF AS NECESSARY.
SO THAT'S YOU KNOW, THAT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHEN WE LOOK AT THE FULL PHASE IN HERE OF THE PROTOTYPICAL FUNDING FORMULA.
SO WHAT THIS IS TELLING YOU IS HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE NEEDED TO GENERATE ONE STAFFING UNIT OR ONE ONE PSYCHOLOGIST, ONE SOCIAL WORKER, ONE SCHOOL NURSE, ONE GUIDANCE COUNSELOR.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT ON A PSYCHOLOGIST, FOR EXAMPLE, RIGHT NOW THE DISTRICT RECEIVES A TOTAL OF A 0.3 PSYCHOLOGISTS FOR THE ENTIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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FULLY FUNDED IN.SO MY POINT HERE ON THIS SLIDE IS WE STILL HAVE WORK TO DO.
WE STILL I BELIEVE THAT THERE'S STILL AN OPPORTUNITY AND THIS IS JUST SCHOOL NURSES ARE THE SAME.
I MEAN, WE WILL HAVE ABOUT 12 NURSES IF WE WERE TO IF OUR ENROLLMENT WAS TO STAY THE SAME.
SO WE WILL HAVE INCREASE IN NURSING STAFF.
THAT WILL INCREASE A LITTLE IN A MUCH MORE THAN THE PSYCHOLOGISTS.
BUT AGAIN, I STILL FEEL LIKE THERE IS WORK TO DO AND THE PROTOTYPICAL FUNDING FORMULA.
SO JUST QUICKLY GOING OVER THE ASSUMPTIONS, THE THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THEM THAT WERE PROVIDED.
IS THAT WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW IS WE'RE COMPARING BUDGET OVER BUDGET FROM BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T FINISHED AND CLOSE THE YEAR FOR 21-22.
SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT COMPARISONS AND I ALWAYS LIKE TO POINT THAT OUT AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN THE WORKSHOP AND THEN THE STUDENT ENROLLMENT, WE ROLLED IT FORWARD WITH NO GROWTH AND BUDGETED CLASSROOM STAFFING AND SHIFTING AS NEEDED.
SO JUST AGAIN, THIS IS INFORMATION YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN IS ON OUR FULL TIME ENROLLMENT.
THE RUNNING START STUDENTS ARE KIND OF MORE OF A PASS THROUGH.
AND WE PROVIDE ALL THEIR SERVICES THAT THEY NEED.
SO WE REALLY LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT ENROLLMENT.
SO THAT'S WHY I PUT THESE ARE KIND OF A PASS THROUGH OVER HERE.
BUT THIS IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE.
THE ENROLLMENT IS 12,880 WAS OUR ACTUAL IN 1920 AND FOUR 22-23 WERE BUDGETING FOR 11,750 FOR THESE TWO NUMBERS RIGHT HERE WE'RE ABOUT 1000 FTE DOWN FROM PRE-PANDEMIC ENROLLMENT COUNTS AND ABOUT 8% DECREASE IN ENROLLMENT IS BUDGETED FROM THOSE PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS.
YES. SO REVENUE SO ENROLLMENT DRIVES FUNDING.
AND IT'S THE DRIVER FOR OUR STATE FUNDING IS SIGNIFICANT TO ENROLLMENT.
AND SO 75% OF OUR REVENUE IS COMING FROM THE STATE FOR STATE GENERAL PURPOSE AND SPECIAL PURPOSE.
AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT ENROLLMENT IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF THAT ENTIRE FUNDING OF THAT 75%, I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT OUR LOCAL TAXES MEANS OUR SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND OPERATIONS LEVY.
AND SO THAT FUNDS ABOUT 13.7% OF THE REVENUE IN THE IN OUR TOTAL REVENUE.
SO ON THIS SLIDE HERE, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT HERE THAT OF OUR TOTAL INCREASES IN STATE FUNDING AND LOCAL TAXES, JUST THESE ITEMS HERE, THAT WAS ABOUT A 4.6% INCREASE.
THAT JUST BRINGS IT DOWN TO AN OVERALL ABOUT 4.6.
WE ONLY RECEIVE THAT WHENEVER WE HAVE INCREASES IN OUR LEVY APPROVED LEVIES AND SO TOTAL.
YEP. REAL QUICK. SO REVENUE TOTAL REVENUE IS $201,655,049.
SO WE HAVE TEACHING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING SUPPORT ACTIVITIES.
WHAT WE'RE DOING BY SHOWING YOU THIS BY ACTIVITY WILL SHOW YOU EXPENDITURES IN A FEW DIFFERENT SLIDES BY A FEW DIFFERENT ABUSE OF EXPENDITURES.
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SO ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE THE SAME USING THE SAME DOCUMENTS.AND SO YOU'LL SEE THIS IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE'LL LOOK AT.
BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT I BELIEVE THAT WAS 71% OF THE TEACHING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING SUPPORT IS 71% OF THE EXPENDITURES.
OKAY. THIS IS EXPENDITURE BY OBJECTS.
SO THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES BECAUSE IT JUST IT'S VERY SIMPLE.
IT TALKS ABOUT CERTIFICATED SALARIES, CLASSIFIED SALARIES, BENEFITS, SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS, PURCHASE SERVICES, TRAVEL AND CAPITAL OUTLAYS. SO THOSE ARE JUST THE SIMPLE CATEGORIES.
BUT I THINK WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE HERE IS THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT CERTIFICATED SALARIES, CLASSIFIED AND BENEFITS, THAT EQUATES TO 76% OF OUR EXPENDITURES AND IT WOULD BE CLOSER TO 85% IF YOU WERE TO FACTOR IN, BECAUSE WE HAVE WE CONTRACT FOR NUTRITION SERVICES AS WELL AS TRANSPORTATION.
SO ON THIS SLIDE HERE, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS I'VE HIGHLIGHTED A FEW OF THESE ITEMS ON THIS SLIDE TO JUST TO EXPLAIN THEM, BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THINGS, YOU'RE LIKE, WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? SO RIGHT HERE IN CAPITAL OUTLAY, THERE IS AN INCREASE IN CAPITAL OUTLAY.
SO IT'S FUN, BALANCED, NEUTRAL.
IT COMES IN AS REVENUE AND GOES OUT THROUGH EXPENDITURES.
SO IT'S NOT A NEW EXPENSE THAT THE DISTRICT HAS TO TAKE ON WITHOUT THE REVENUE COMPONENT OF IT.
IT COMES THROUGH SPECIAL EDUCATION IDA FUNDING.
SO I HAVE IT KIND OF SLASHED BECAUSE IT'S A COMBINATION OF BOTH OF THEM.
BUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE HERE IS EVEN THOUGH WE BUDGET $1.4 MILLION IN SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS, THESE ARE THE OBJECTS HERE THAT WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT. MOST OF THIS WILL BE USED FOR SALARIES, BENEFITS AND PURCHASE SERVICES, AND IT'S NOT ALL GOING TO STAY THERE.
IT'S A HOLDING SO THAT WE CAN RESPOND TO NEEDS AS THEY ARISE.
AND I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE REASON FOR THAT DECLINE.
SO THOSE ARE THE BIG TWO BIG ONES IN HERE THAT ARE CAUSING THIS REDUCTION.
SO TOTAL OVERALL EXPENDITURES FOR THE DISTRICT IS 214,000,404 A $404,119. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO THIS IS JUST ANOTHER LENS OF LOOKING AT THIS.
I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS ENTIRE THE ENTIRE SLIDE, BUT I LIKE TO HAVE THIS BECAUSE IT'S JUST ANOTHER LENS FOR PEOPLE TO LOOK AT IF THEY WANT TO LOOK AT IT IN THIS WAY FOR THOSE EXPENDITURES.
SO ESSER FEDERAL EXPENDITURES.
SO THIS FOR THE 22-23 SCHOOL YEAR, THIS IS HOW WE PLAN TO USE THAT.
ESSER THAT ONE TIME FUNDING, FEDERAL FUNDING.
DUE TO THE IMPACTS FROM THE PANDEMIC, THAT MUST BE SPENT BY 23, 24.
WE HAVE OUR ESSER THREE FUNDING WITH CONTRACTING A CONTACT TRACING ASSISTANCE, AND WE PROBABLY AND IT'S LOOKING LIKE WE'RE NOT GOING TO NEED THOSE. SO THAT WILL BE REALLOCATED.
AND SO WE'RE JUST ERRING ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION, I GUESS, IF YOU PUT IT THAT WAY, SO THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL OF THE POSITIONS COVERED IF IF WE NEED THEM.
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AND THE HOLDING AGAIN RESPONDS TO ALLOWS THE DISTRICT TO RESPOND TO STUDENTS NEEDS AS THEY ARISE.AND THEN FINALLY, OUR ESSER THREE LEARNING RECOVERY.
THIS IS A SPECIFICALLY MUST BE SPENT ON LEARNING RECOVERY, WHICH WE'RE HAPPY TO DO.
THESE WILL BE DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR AND THEN SOME SUPPLIES.
AND SO THAT'S A TOTAL OF 837,000.
AND SO THE GRAND TOTAL IS $5.7 MILLION OF THOSE ESSER FUNDS FOR THE 22-23.
AND THAT WILL LEAVE US A BALANCE BETWEEN IF EVERYTHING IS SPENT OUT, EVERYTHING WE'LL BE LOOKING AT BETWEEN 3.25 AND 4.25 AVAILABLE FOR THE FINAL YEAR, THE 23-24.
THERE IS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT ALLOWING A CONTINUATION THAT THEY MIGHT EXTEND ANOTHER YEAR, BUT WE'RE THINKING THAT IT'S ONLY GOING TO BE IF YOU HAVE CONTRACTS THAT ARE IN PLACE AND THAT ARE AND I WOULD SAY IT'D BE MORE ALIGNED WITH CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS USING ESSER FUNDS FOR MAYBE SOME TYPE OF HVAC INITIATIVES THAT YOU'RE PUTTING IN.
SO BUT WE'LL KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT AS IT CONTINUES ON.
THERE'S NOTHING THAT'S BEEN FINALIZED.
SO SORRY FOR THE NOT HAVING THAT ON THERE, BUT THIS IS REQUIRED BY OUR RCW.
AND JUST THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THIS SLIDE IS WE WERE REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE IF THE DISTRICT IS SPENDING ALL OF THEIR MAINTENANCE SUPPLIES AND OPERATING COSTS ALLOCATION THAT WE'RE FUNDED FOR.
BECAUSE IF WE'RE NOT, THEN WE NEED TO EXPLAIN WHY.
BUT THE DISTRICT IS FULLY SPENDING ALL OF THEIR MSOC ALLOCATION AND THEN SOME.
SO THAT'S WHY IT'S IT HAS THE THE BALANCE THAT HAS THERE.
SO IT'S AND IT'S REQUIRED THAT I MAKE THAT PART OF OUR PRESENTATION TONIGHT.
SO HERE'S OUR STAFFING CHANGES FOR THE YEAR.
SO IN OUR TOTAL CERTIFICATED EMPLOYEES, WE HAVE AN INCREASE OF SEVEN IN CERTIFICATED FTE AND FTE IS FULL TIME EQUIVALENT.
AND SO IT'S A47 THAT WOULD BE SEVEN SCHOOL YEAR FOR CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES. 34 IS ALSO SCHOOL IS A YEAR ROUND FULL TIME EQUIVALENT.
SO THAT WOULD BE AS IF YOU'RE WORKING ALL YEAR ROUND.
SO THIS COULD BE UP TO AROUND 50 PEOPLE IN OUR SCHOOLS.
IN ADDITION, NOT JUST 34 FTE, 34 PEOPLE.
SO WHAT? SO LOOKING AT THIS FOR THESE SEVEN, WE HAVE COUNSELORS, PSYCHOLOGIST, CURRICULUM, ADOPTION COORDINATOR, DIRECTOR OF INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP.
SO THOSE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE ONES.
AND THEN ALSO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR CLASSIFIED MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL SECURITY SEL ROOM PARENT EDUCATORS, CUSTODIAL CUSTODIAL LEAD ITK, PARENT EDUCATORS AND COMMUNICATION SUPPORT.
SO WHEN WE PUT ALL THIS TOGETHER, OUR BUDGET, OUR TOTAL REVENUES WERE 201 MILLION.
WE HAVE TOTAL EXPENDITURES, 214 MILLION.
YOU'LL SEE IT'S GOING TO BE PAID OFF PRETTY SOON.
SO OUR EXPENDITURES EXCEED REVENUE BY $13 MILLION.
SO OUR PROJECTED ENDING FUND BALANCE RIGHT NOW IS AROUND 42,950,000.
AND WE'RE WITH AFTER THIS, 13 MILLION THE BUDGET, THE ENDING FUND BALANCE WILL BE $29,855,930.
SO HERE IS THE USE OF FUND BALANCE.
WHAT IS HAPPENING? WELL, WE HAD MONEY SET ASIDE IN OUR FUND BALANCE FOR CURRICULUM ADOPTION CATCH UP.
SO WE'LL BE SPENDING $3.75 MILLION ON THAT.
SO THESE WERE ASSIGNED IN OUR FUND BALANCE AND I'LL SHOW YOU THIS IN THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES AS WE GO THROUGH AND THEN PUBLIC RELATIONS, COMMUNICATIONS OPERATION AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING INITIATIVES AND SO, SO REALLY WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT, SO THIS $8,233,669 IS ONGOING.
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OPERATIONAL EXPENDITURES ARE GREATER THAN REVENUE.WE WERE ABLE TO BANK AND PUT IT AWAY.
AND SO WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THIS STABLE, THE THE THE ONGOING OPERATIONAL EXPENDITURES THROUGH THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
SO FINE BALANCE RESERVES, VERY TRICKY.
SO YOU HAVE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF FUND BALANCE.
SO YOU HAVE RESTRICTED FUND BALANCE, WHICH IS YOU CANNOT USE IT TO BALANCE THE BUDGET.
THESE ARE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE ARE TO RESTRICT THESE.
THESE ARE PART OF OUR ACCOUNTING MANUAL AND ACCOUNTING PRACTICES.
THEN YOU HAVE ASSIGNED TO OTHER PURPOSES.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
WE HAVE CURRICULUM, WE HAVE A CAPITAL OUTLAY AND IMPROVEMENTS AND SOCIAL INITIATIVES.
SO WE HAVE SET ASIDE AND ASSIGNED FUNDING FOR THOSE THINGS.
SO WE HAVE THIS BALANCE THAT'S PROJECTED AND THEN WE'LL USE SOME OF THAT FROM THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, WHICH WILL GIVE US A BALANCE OF 13,241,683 IN THAT.
AND THEN WE HAVE SOME ASSIGNED BALANCE SO THAT WE'RE PROJECTING TO HAVE AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.
SO WE'RE STILL IN WE'RE STILL CLOSING UP THE END OF THE THE 21, 22 SCHOOL YEAR.
SO BUT WE'RE NOT PROJECTED TO HAVE ANY THAT'S KIND OF UNASSIGNED IS THE RAINY DAY FUND.
SO WE'RE NOT PROJECTING TO HAVE ANY OF THAT LEFT.
WE'RE LOOKING AT 13 MILLION, LIKE I SAID, 6.2% STILL AVAILABLE IN THE ASSIGNED AND THEN MEETING OUR FUND BALANCE MINIMUM BALANCE POLICY REQUIREMENT.
SO PART OF THE BOARD POLICY IS REQUIRED IS A 6% MINIMUM FUND BALANCE.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT AS A PERCENTAGE OF EXPENDITURES, WE'RE LOOKING AT AROUND 6% HERE AND 6.2%.
RIGHT. SO WE DON'T LOOK AT THAT.
OKAY. SOME OTHER DISTRICT FUNDS WE HAVE, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE HAVE CAPITAL PROJECTS, DEBT SERVICE AND ASB AND I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH A LOT OF DETAIL ON THESE, BUT ON THE CAPITAL PROJECT, I DID WANT TO MENTION THAT WE DO HAVE $24 MILLION OF EXPENDITURE SET ASIDE SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING FOR THE CAM ALTERNATIVE COMPLEX THAT'S 310 PLEX MODULES AND SITE WORK AND THEN THE YACOLT PRIMARY MODULAR AND SITE WORK.
SO THOSE ARE PART OF THE CAPITAL PLAN.
AND SO THAT'S AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS THIS FUNDS THAT WE HAVE IN CAPITAL PROJECTS, THEY CAN ONLY BE USED FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS THEY'RE NOT ELIGIBLE TO USE FOR BASIC EDUCATION.
AND THEY APPROVED OUR THEY APPROVED OUR CAPITAL FACILITY PLAN.
AND SO YOU MUST USE THOSE TO ADD FACILITIES DUE TO GROWTH AND DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO YES, SO THOSE ARE KIND OF RESTRICTED IN THAT SENSE.
WE DO HAVE SOME DEBT SERVICE FUND FOR PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYMENTS.
IT'S MONEY THAT COMES IN THROUGH TAX COLLECTIONS AND THEN GOES OUT AND THEN WE HAVE THE NON VOTED DEBT IS GOING TO OR I'M SORRY, THE VOTED DEBT IS GOING TO EXPIRE IN DECEMBER 23 AND OUR NON VOTED DEBT EXPIRES IN DECEMBER 24.
AND THEN THE ASB THAT IS STUDENT LED THEY THE STUDENTS IN THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, THEY WORK ON ALL OF THEIR DIFFERENT CLUB ACTIVITIES, BUDGETING THOSE.
AND SO AND THEN THERE'S ALSO SOME OTHER ATHLETICS AND GENERAL ASB ACTIVITIES THAT ARE HAPPENING.
AND YOU KNOW, THE PANDEMIC IS HAS CUT DOWN A LOT OF DIFFERENT SPENDINGS.
SO THIS IS ALL THIS IS ALL APPROVED BY THE ASB CLUBS.
IT'S ALL PART OF THEIR PROCESS WITHIN THE SCHOOLS.
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THE SO WHEN WE DID THIS, WHEN WE ROLLED, WE ROLLED UP THE ENROLLMENT, BUT WE DID HAVE SOME INCREASES TO OUR ENROLLMENT IN THIS, WHICH IS GREAT INCREASED ENROLLMENT.AND THEN WE KNOW A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THOSE WILL COME IN TO THE DISTRICT AS KINDERGARTNERS.
WE LOOKED AT, WELL, IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE KIDDOS, WE BETTER ADD MORE STAFF IN, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE MORE TEACHERS THAT ARE ADDED FOR TO SUPPORT THAT ENROLLMENT GROWTH.
SO THERE'S SOME INS AND OUTS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN STAFFING REVENUE AND WE DID DO SOME STATE REVENUE INCREASES BASED ON INCREASED ENROLLMENT AND THEN ALSO USING THE STATE PROJECTED INFLATIONARY FACTORS THAT WERE PROVIDED AND ARE ON THE OSP WEBSITE.
AND THEN WE LOOKED AT THE APPROVED LEVY INCREASES THAT THE VOTERS HAVE APPROVED.
AND THEN THEN WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE FUNDING EXPIRES IN 2324 FOR ESSER.
THE INCREASES IS REALLY DIFFICULT, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, INFLATION.
WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH IT? BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS COULD BE KIND OF A MORE OF A CONSERVATIVE INCREASE, BUT MAYBE NOT.
AND THAT'S BASICALLY WE DO HAVE STEP INCREASES IN OUR CONTRACTS AS WELL AS THIS.
SOMETIMES THEY STATE INFLATIONARY AND INCREASE SO.
SO THERE IS A PROPOSAL FOR THE STATE TO CHANGE TO AT LEAST THE SEATTLE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, WHICH IS A BETTER WAY OF LOOKING AT INFLATIONARY INCREASES.
SO THE FUND BALANCE ON HERE IS IT'S QUITE CHALLENGED IN 2024, 25, 25, 26.
AND I CALL IT KIND OF THE PERFECT STORM.
AND ACTUALLY THAT IS ACTUALLY A PHRASE THAT'S BEING USED QUITE A BIT IS FISCAL CLIFF AND PERFECT STORM. AND LET ME EXPLAIN WHAT I MEAN BY THE PERFECT STORM.
WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THIS WAS OUR LAST YEAR.
AND THEN WE LOOK AT INFLATION, DEFLATION, LABOR SCARCITY, ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN COULD BE AN A CONCERN.
SO THIS IS NOT JUST UNIQUE TO BATTLE GROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
THIS IS A BEING TALKED ABOUT THROUGHOUT THE LOCALLY DISTRICTS, STATEWIDE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND NATIONALLY SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
SO IT IS BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THIS ALL YEAR.
WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON IT AND WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT OUR ENROLLMENT TRENDS.
AND WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE CHALLENGES AND SEE HOW WE CAN WORK THROUGH THOSE CHALLENGES TO NOT HAVE THE ENDING FUND BALANCE THAT'S CURRENTLY PROJECTED.
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BUT WE'RE BEING VERY TRANSPARENT BY HAVING OUR FUND BALANCE SHOW THE FUND BALANCE THAT IT HAS, WHICH IS VERY CHALLENGED. AND SO WE WILL BE WORKING ON IT, LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY.SO WE ALSO HAVE FOUR YEAR PROJECTIONS FOR OUR OTHER FUNDS FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS.
SO WE JUST HAVE TO PUT SOMETHING IN THERE AS A PLACEHOLDER THAT YOU KNOW, THAT THEY WILL BE WORKING THROUGH THEIR BUDGETS GOING FORWARD IN THEIR PROJECTIONS. SO MONITORING TOOLS, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, WE SAID THAT WE WOULD MONITORING IS VERY IMPORTANT IN BUDGETING. SO WE DO MONTHLY BUDGET STATUS REPORTS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
WE HAVE OUR FISCAL YEAR END REPORT AS.
AND THEN WE ALSO LOOK AT OUR PLANS SUCH AS A STRATEGIC AND STUDENT WELL-BEING RECOVERY PLAN AND MONITORING THAT MONTHLY ENROLLMENT REPORTS BECAUSE THAT'S SO IMPORTANT TO US.
AND LOOKING AT THOSE LEGISLATIVE UPDATES, APPORTIONMENT, INTERNAL AUDITS BY BUSINESS OFFICE FINANCE STAFF AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR AUDIT COMMITTEE THAT MEETS MONTHLY WITH TWO BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
AS WELL AS A BUSINESS OFFICE STAFF AND THEN STRONG FISCAL INTERNAL CONTROLS THAT ARE REVIEWED BY INDEPENDENT STATE AUDITORS.
SO WE HAVE AN ANNUAL AUDIT EVERY YEAR, SO FROM OUR STATE AUDITORS.
SO THOSE ARE ALL OF THE MONITORING TOOLS THAT HELP US, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE STAYING ON TRACK.
SO YOU CAN FIND ALL OF THIS GREAT BUDGET INFORMATION AT BATTLE GROUND DOT ORG.
UNDER THE DISTRICT THERE IS A CATEGORY FOR FINANCE AND THEN YOU'RE LOOKING FOR DISTRICT BUDGET OR I'VE ALSO PUT THE URL THERE AND THEN ALSO MY CONTACT INFORMATION IS THERE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? JUST ONE QUESTION ABOUT THE PERFECT STORM.
ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE END THAT THE ESSER FUNDS GO THROUGH THE 23-24 SCHOOL YEAR? SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 24 TO 25 SCHOOL YEAR BUDGETING FOR THAT? MIGHT BE CORRECT. YEAH, WE START TO EXPERIENCE SOME OF THAT STORM.
SO THE MINIMUM FUND BALANCE IS CHALLENGED DURING THAT TIME.
WE START USING ALL OF THAT ASSIGNED CATEGORY AS ASSIGNED AND THEN WE START TO SEE A REAL DEEP DIVE IN THE FUND BALANCE STARTING IN THE 24, 25 AND 25, 26.
ONE IS THAT THE ENROLLMENT STABILIZATION GOES AWAY.
AND YOU DON'T USE YOUR RECESS AIDES AND YOU DON'T LOSE YOUR ADMINISTRATORS.
AND SO YOU STILL HAVE TO FIND WAYS TO PAY FOR THOSE PEOPLE BECAUSE YOU STILL NEED THEM.
AND SO THE OVERALL IMPACT WITH ENROLLMENT IS CONSIDERABLE FOR US.
YES. HOW DO WE BUILD THE FUND BALANCE? WELL, WE MEAN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE BUILT THE FUN BALANCE UP.
BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WAS YOU KNOW, AND I MEAN, THIS IS GOING TO SOUND CRAZY THAT I WOULD SAY THAT, BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT, WELL, IT WAS THROUGH WISE THINKING AND WE WERE VERY CAREFUL.
AND WE, YOU KNOW, WE JUST DID WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO.
AND I LED THE CHARGE AND WE HAVE A 41, $43 MILLION.
BUT ACTUALLY, WE JUST DIDN'T WE DIDN'T SPEND THE MONEY.
WE WERE WORRIED ABOUT THINGS LIKE NOT PASSING A LEVY.
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YOU KNOW, WE GREW OUR FUND BALANCE LAST YEAR.WE GREW A FUN, BALANCED FROM LIKE BY BY $12 MILLION ALMOST.
BUT THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAD MADE SIGNIFICANT CUTS.
WE WERE WORRIED ABOUT THE LEVEE FAILURE.
SO WHAT MICHEL MICHELLE HAS MADE A GOOD POINT.
WE'VE GOT THESE ADDITIONAL FUNDS, THE ESSER AND THE ENROLLMENT STABILIZATION.
TO MICHELLE'S POINT, SHE SAID TO ME, DENNY, WE'VE GOT THE MONEY.
HERE'S OUR BUDGET. LET'S SPEND IT.
LET'S SEE WHAT WE SPEND AND LET'S SEE WHAT THE SERVICES ARE GOING TO COST.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO OVER OUR BUDGET, BUT WE MIGHT BE RIGHT ON OUR BUDGET TO THAT POINT.
THAT'LL GIVE US A CLEAR INDICATION OF WHERE WE NEED TO BE.
BUT TO MARY'S POINT, WE CAN'T GO INTO NEXT YEAR WITH, AS YOU SAW THERE, THE MINIMUM FUND BALANCE FOR THE BOARD POLICY IS GOING TO TAKE UP 13 OF THAT IF AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER SECTION THAT WE CAN'T TOUCH IN FUND BALANCE BECAUSE IT'S TIED TO CATEGORICAL.
THERE'S ONLY ABOUT A $13 MILLION, YOU KNOW, AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE CAN USE AND WE CAN'T GO INTO NEXT YEAR THINKING, WELL, LET'S JUST SPEND IT ALL AND THEN FIND OURSELVES IN A BAD SOLUTION WHERE WE REALLY ARE ON THAT FISCAL CLIFF THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT.
WE'RE GOING TO SEE HOW THIS BUDGET YEAR PLAYS OUT AND WE'RE GOING TO ADAPT ACCORDINGLY.
I WAS CURIOUS IN THE ENROLLMENT DROP THAT YOU NOTED WAS ABOUT 8%, I BELIEVE.
HOW DOES THAT COMPARE TO THE STATE DROP LIKE AVERAGE? YEAH, THE STATE IS A, UM, THE REPORT I READ THE LAST REPORT WAS 3.4%.
SO OUR DROP IS GREATER THAN THE STATE AVERAGE.
THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL DISTRICTS, FOR INSTANCE, IN OUR OWN AREA, RIDGEVILLE, WHO IS GROWING AT AN ASTRONOMICAL RATE. SO THERE'S A BALANCE.
BUT WHEN YOU SEE WHEN YOU COMPARE US WITH OTHER DISTRICTS, FOR INSTANCE, EVERGREEN AND VANCOUVER ARE ENROLLMENT LOSS IS EQUIVALENT TO THEM WHERE WE ARE ANXIOUS TO SEE WHAT THE OUTCOME WILL BE AS SOON AS SCHOOL STARTS.
IT MIGHT JUST SHIFT FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER.
AND SO WE'RE HESITANT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THAT UNTIL WE KNOW THAT FOR CERTAIN.
BUT I THINK MICHELLE MIGHT AGREE WITH ME ON THIS.
SEE, I PREFACE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO AGREE WITH ME.
I THINK THAT THE EASIEST WAY TO AVOID THE FISCAL CLIFF.
IS ENROLLMENT GAME, RIGHT? YEAH, THAT'S MY CHOICE.
THAT'S THE EASIEST WAY WE COULD IF WE COULD GAIN THE ENROLLMENT THAT WE'D LOST THOSE 800 TO 1000 STUDENTS, WE WOULD BE FINE GOING INTO THE FOLLOWING YEAR. AND SO WE'LL JUST HAVE TO SEE WHAT WE GET BACK.
DO WE KNOW WHAT'S CAUSING THE DECREASE AS A PEOPLE PULLING OUT? JUST IT'S NOT COMING BACK AFTER COVID.
AND TO SHELLEY, JUST TO SHELLY'S POINT, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, ROB.
TO SHELLEY'S POINT, WE ARE SEEING INDICATIONS, BUT WE'RE HESITANT TO JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS IT ALWAYS LOOKS GOOD BEFORE THE STUDENT SHOW UP. BUT WE'RE SEEING INDICATIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF A BUMP.
AND THEN THE OTHER GREAT INDICATION THAT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, TO SOME DEGREE IS NOT EVEN FACTORED IN BECAUSE AS MICHELLE POINTED OUT, SHE'S LOOKING AT BIRTH RATES AND WHERE THAT TAKES US. BUT THAT DOESN'T ALSO THAT DOESN'T ACCOUNT TO THE NEW MOVE INS.
AND WE KNOW WE'RE GETTING A BUNCH OF THOSE.
IT STILL SEEMS, THOUGH, IN OUR LOOK THAT IT'S STILL SOUTH.
AND WE'VE HAD SOME INTERESTING TRENDS THAT WE'VE BEEN MONITORING AND TALKING ABOUT IN OUR DISTRICT.
WHEN DAYBREAK OPENED, FOR INSTANCE, AT OUR PRIMARY SCHOOL, WE HAD 650 STUDENTS AND 650 STUDENTS NOW EQUATES, AT DAYBREAK, PRIMARY TO 500 STUDENTS, SO 150 STUDENTS LESS.
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BUT WHAT HAPPENED IN THAT AREA IS WHEN FAMILIES MOVED IN, THEY WERE YOUNG FAMILIES, BUT THEN THEY GOT UPSIDE DOWN IN THEIR HOMES WHEN THE ECONOMY WENT DOWN THE TUBES IN THE MID 2000S.AND SO PEOPLE STAYED IN THEIR HOMES AND THOSE KIDS AGED OUT OF THE SCHOOLS.
WE ARE SEEING SOME CHANGEOVER IN THAT COMMUNITY.
WE'RE STARTING TO SEE STUDENTS NOW.
I THINK THE TRENDS IN FAMILIES, WHAT WHAT I EXPERIENCED 30 YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS STARTING A NEW FAMILY, IS WE MOVED INTO A STARTER HOME AND WITHIN TWO OR THREE YEARS WE WERE HAVING KIDS.
I DON'T THINK THAT TREND IS EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH OUR YOUNG FAMILIES.
I THINK THEY'RE WAITING LONGER TO HAVE CHILDREN AND SO IT'S TAKING A LITTLE LONGER FOR US TO SEE THE IMPACT OF THOSE NEW HOMES EQUATE TO STUDENTS IN OUR CLASSROOMS. SO WE'RE WATCHING ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
WE'RE LOOKING AT TRENDS IN THE COMMUNITIES AND HOW THEY VARY FROM ONE SCHOOL CAMPUS TO ANOTHER.
BUT IT'S HARD FOR US TO REALLY MAKE PROJECTIONS.
THEY DON'T NECESSARILY BREAK IT DOWN BY SCHOOL COMMUNITIES.
AND SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO KEEP AN EYEBALL ON THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
SO WE CAN KIND OF GET A SENSE OF HOW MANY KIDS ARE IN AND HOW MANY KIDS ARE OUT.
AND MAYBE THEY'RE THEY'VE BEEN HAPPY WITH THOSE CHOICES FOR THEIR FAMILIES.
SO, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THOSE THINGS, I THINK, ARE IMPACTING PUBLIC SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW ACROSS THE STATE.
AND WE'RE JUST ALL ALONG FOR THE RIDE.
WELL, I HEAR A PERSPECTIVE THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING TO LEARN FROM.
DEALING WITH THE LEVEE FAILURE THAT CAUSED US TO MAYBE WHEN OTHER DISTRICTS DIDN'T PASS OUT PINK SLIPS, WE DID PASS OUT A FEW, AND THAT WAS HARD TO DO. BUT IT ALSO PUT US IN THE POSITION WHERE WE'RE STABLE.
LET'S TRY NOT TO GET INTO THAT BOOM AND BUST CYCLE, THOUGH.
LET'S CATCH UP ON CURRICULUM SO THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING TO SPEND A BIG CHUNK ALL AT ONCE.
I THINK THE PUBLIC GETS MORE CONCERNED WHEN THEY SEE THE WIDE SWINGS THAN IF WE COULD JUST SAY, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO RENEW ONE CURRICULUM AREA A YEAR AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BUDGET FOR THAT.
RIGHT. I DO THINK, MARK, THAT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO REMEMBER AND FOR THE PUBLIC TO REMEMBER THAT OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, THREE YEARS, IF YOU JUST TAKE THE ESSER FUNDS THAT WE RECEIVED AND THE ENROLLMENT STABILIZATION, THERE HAS BEEN AN INFLUX INTO THIS DISTRICT OF OVER $30 MILLION, AND THAT'S GOING AWAY.
LAST YEAR, WE GOT ALMOST 12 MILLION FOR ENROLLMENT STABILIZATION.
SO YOU JUST LOOK AT ENROLLMENT STABILIZATION OF 18 MILLION.
AND THEN ESSER FUNDS ON TOP OF THAT, ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, IT'S OVER $30 MILLION AND THAT'S GOING AWAY.
WELL, THEY NEVER MIND THE IMPACT OF INFLATION RIGHT NOW.
SO, ALI, BACK UP TO THE PODIUM.
SO I HAVE SOME CONCERNS OF AN OUTSIDE IMPACT LOOKING AT THE DEVELOPER THAT IS REQUESTING THE TAX EXEMPTION FOR DEVELOPING AND THAT HAS A HUGE IMPACT ON US, DOES IT NOT, WITH IMPACT FEES BECAUSE THEY ARE ASKING FOR 100% TAX EXEMPTION ON THAT DEVELOPMENT.
WHAT DOES THAT DO? YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THAT LIKE 220 UNITS, I THINK IS WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO BUILD, WHAT THAT WOULD EQUATE TO IN DOLLARS.
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I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH OK.FEEL FREE TO GIVE ME A COLUMN THAT CAN GET THAT INFORMATION.
BECAUSE I MEAN, AS SOON AS I HEARD ABOUT THAT AND I ACTUALLY SAW IT IN THE REFLECTOR AND THAT'S WHAT GOT MY HUSBAND AND I TO LOOK AT THAT AND THEN WENT BACK AND REVIEWED THE RECORDED MEETING WHERE HE MADE HIS PRESENTATION AND HE'S GOING TO THROW IN 300,000 OF HIS MONEY FOR THIS BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE AN IMPACT, BUT THAT'S TO BE SHARED BETWEEN THIS DISTRICT AND FIRE.
THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE WERE THINKING TO.
SO I MAKE THIS PRESENTATION AND PLEAD TO EVERYBODY.
I'VE GOT A KID WITH SPECIAL ED FUNDING.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THAT HAS A HUGE IMPACT ON THIS.
SO ANYWAY, THERE'S I GUESS THE POINT WAS THERE'S OTHER THINGS OUT THERE THAT WE COULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON THAT THEN RESULTS IN AN IMPACT EITHER POSITIVELY OR NEGATIVELY ON THE DISTRICT AS WELL BY USING OUR VOICE.
UNLESS THERE'S OTHER CITIZENS COMMENTS.
I THINK WE'RE GETTING TO THE CLOSE OF OUR PUBLIC BUDGET HEARING.
YEAH. WELL, MICHELLE, THANK YOU.
AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. I KNOW SARA AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT IT.
WE MIGHT NEED TO GET A BUDGET LESSON FROM MICHELLE HERE SOMETIME.
SO YOU KNOW THE TERMINOLOGY, RIGHT? CONFUSED SOMETIMES.
AND YOU COULD INTERRUPT ON THAT.
WE'RE ACTUALLY WE'RE GOING TO GET A LITTLE GONGS OR SOMETHING MSOC.
OKAY. THEN WE WILL RESUME OUR REGULAR BOARD MEETING.
[13. New Business]
AND WE ARE ON TO NEW BUSINESS, WHICH IN FACT IS THE APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION G 22 ADOPTION OF THE 2022 2023 BUDGET.SO YES, THIS IS THE, UM, REQUEST FOR YOUR APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION G 22 ADOPTION OF THE 2223 BUDGET. AND THAT IS AND I'M JUST GOING TO READ JUST THE TOP PART OF THE RESOLUTION.
IT'S QUITE A LENGTHY RESOLUTION, SO WE WON'T READ THE WHOLE RESOLUTION, BUT IT'S A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF BATTLE GROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS, NUMBER 119, CLARK COUNTY, WASHINGTON, FOR FIXING AND DETERMINING A FUND APPROPRIATIONS, ADOPTING THE 2223 BUDGET, THE FOUR YEAR BUDGET PLAN SUMMARY AND THE FOUR YEAR ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS PROVING CERTAIN FUND TRANSFERS AND PROVIDING FOR OTHER RELATED MATTERS.
AND YOU'LL SEE ON THE VERY FIRST PAGE OF THE OF THE RESOLUTION, THE APPROPRIATION AMOUNTS ARE INCLUDED FOR EACH ONE OF THE FUNDS FOR YOUR. A PRIOR APPROVAL.
HE HAD A QUESTION HERE. YOU HAD A CHANCE FOR QUESTIONS EARLIER.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PROPOSAL ITSELF? WHENEVER YOUR'E READY A MOTION.
I MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVED RESOLUTION NUMBER G 22 ADOPTION OF THE 2022-23 BUDGET.
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THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN MOVED TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION 20 2022 ADOPTION OF THE 22-23 BUDGET.ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
[14. Future Agenda Items and Board Events]
OKAY. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. WE TALKED ABOUT A FEW THINGS GOING ON IN THE SCHOOLS.THAT'S GREAT. AND I'M SIGNED UP FOR THE OPIOID THING TOMORROW, MAYBE.
GET YOUR INPUT IN ON THE BOARD OF DISTINCTION.
DEALS MAYBE BITES OFF BITE OFF SMALL CHUNKS OF THAT LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES THING.
I'M THINKING INCREASING BASIC STATE FUNDING WOULD BE A GREAT PRIORITY.
SEEING THE LONG TERM BUDGET PROJECTION.
YES. SO WE HAVE THREE WEEKS UNTIL OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING.
BECAUSE THE BEGINNING OF SCHOOL.
BUT WE'LL PROBABLY BE SENDING OUT A EMAIL IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO JUST TO CHECK IN WITH YOU TO FIND OUT IF THERE'S ANY DAYS THAT WORK BETTER THAN OTHERS.
SO WE'LL SEND THAT INFORMATION OUT AND WE'LL GET THAT SET UP AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.
THANK YOU ALL. ANYTHING ELSE? OK LIKE TO ADJOURN THIS MARCH, AUGUST 20 OR MARCH.
AND TOO MANY TWOS HERE MEETING.
THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.