Sep 12, 2022 Board of Directors

OKAY. MR. WATERS.

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I'D LIKE TO CALL THE ORDER THIS MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2022.

[1. Call to Order]

THANK YOU STAFF THAT IS HERE PRESENT TONIGHT.

STUDENTS APPRECIATE YOU COMING AND PROVIDE A VOICE.

CITIZENS IN THE AUDIENCE AND ONLINE.

WE APPRECIATE YOU PARTICIPATING IN OUR BOARD MEETING AND WE'LL START WITH OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

[INAUDIBLE] READY, BEGIN.

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

NEXT UP IS OUR ROLL CALL.

MR. PRESIDENT, WE HAVE A QUORUM.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT UP IS OUR AGENDA APPROVAL FOR TONIGHT.

[4. Agenda Approval]

OUR COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE BOARD AND STUDENT VOICE SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF UPDATES.

WE HAVE A SECTION FOR CITIZENS COMMENTS.

WE HAVE OUR CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH I'LL READ IN MORE DETAIL AT THE TIME.

NOTHING UNDER OLD BUSINESS AS USUAL.

NEW BUSINESS. WE HAVE THREE ITEMS AND AGAIN, I'LL GO OVER THOSE AT THE TIME AND THEN WE'LL DISCUSS ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND BOARD EVENTS, ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED TO CALL OUT OR CHANGED ABOUT THE AGENDA.

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

I MOVED THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

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

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED. AGENDA IS APPROVED FIVE ZERO.

THANK YOU. AND WE GET TO START OFF WITH THE SPECIAL RECOGNITION.

[5. Recognition]

YES. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS OF THE JOB, AND I AM HONORED TONIGHT TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK ABOUT ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES WHO HAS DEMONSTRATED ALWAYS HER COMMITMENT TO BATTLE GROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS, A COMMITMENT TO SERVE THE STUDENTS OF OUR DISTRICT, AND JUST A COMMITMENT TO GIVE EVERYTHING SHE HAS TO THE POSITION AND HER JOB.

THE WASHINGTON ASSOCIATION FOR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, A.C.T.E.

COUNSELING AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONAL AWARD RECOGNIZES SCHOOL COUNSELORS AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONALS WHO HAVE DEMONSTRATED A COMMITMENT TO CONNECTING STUDENTS WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUCCESS, SHOWN INNOVATION IN CAREER EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT, AND HAVE ADVOCATED FOR CTE AS A VIABLE OPTION FOR ALL STUDENTS.

KRIS NEAL HAS BEEN A WORK BASED LEARNING COORDINATOR FOR BATTLE GROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS SINCE 2014.

PRIOR TO THIS POSITION, SHE WORKED AT SUMMIT VIEW HIGH SCHOOL AS A CAREER GUIDANCE TECHNICIAN, SUPPORTING STUDENTS AND STAFF AND AS A WORK BASED LEARNING COORDINATOR.

KRIS SPECIALIZES IN WORKING WITH LOCAL AND REGIONAL BUSINESSES THAT EMPLOY AND SUPPORT THE DISTRICT'S STUDENTS.

KRIS IS A POWERFUL FORCE IN THE WORKPLACE AND USES HER POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND TIRELESS ENERGY TO ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO WORK HARD AND SUCCEED IN THEIR ENDEAVORS.

AND BECAUSE OF THAT ROLE AND BECAUSE OF OUR COMMITMENT TO STUDENTS AND BECAUSE OF HER COMMITMENT TO ACTE, KRIS HAS BEEN AWARDED THE WASHINGTON A.C.T.E.

EXCELLENCE AWARD.

AND SO WITH THAT, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR DIRECTOR OF CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, MS. CINDY ARNOLD, WHO WORKS CLOSELY WITH KRIS TO SAY A FEW WORDS.

AND THEN WE'LL HAVE KRIS COME UP TO ACCEPT THIS WONDERFUL HONOR.

I'M GOING TO HAVE KRIS COME UP AND JUST STAND NEXT TO ME.

LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME, WE STOOD HERE AND KRIS RECEIVED THE WASSER AWARD, THE CAREER GUIDANCE OF THE YEAR AWARD WITHIN HER

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AND THAT'S THE WASHINGTON A.C.T.

COUNSELING AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONAL AWARDS.

SO IT'S A BIG DEAL.

SO HER ORGANIZATION RECOGNIZED HER LAST YEAR AND NOW OUR WHOLE STATE IS RECOGNIZING HER.

AND SO I CAN'T THINK OF ANYBODY MORE WORTHY TO RECEIVE THIS AWARD THAN KRIS.

SHE HAS OVER 200 WORK BASED LEARNING STUDENTS AND WORKS REALLY HARD TO CONNECT THOSE KIDS TO OUR BUSINESSES.

SHE COMES UP WITH IDEAS ALL THE TIME, LIKE DUAL CREDIT NIGHT AND APPRENTICESHIP SIGNING DAY POP FOR A PLAN.

SHE'S JUST VERY INNOVATIVE AND THINKS ABOUT WAYS THAT WE CAN CONNECT OUR KIDS TO OUR BUSINESSES AND THEIR FUTURE.

AND I THINK WHAT SETS KRIS APART IS THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT SHE HAS, THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT SHE HAS WITH OUR STUDENTS, CONNECTING THEM TO THEIR FUTURE AND THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT SHE HAS WITH OUR BUSINESSES BAR NONE.

I REALLY BELIEVE KRIS IS THE BEST IN THE STATE FOR CONNECTING OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT TO OUR BUSINESSES WHEN THEY HAVE QUESTIONS.

SHE HAS ANSWERS AND IF SHE DOESN'T HAVE THE ANSWERS, SHE BRINGS IN PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE ANSWERS.

AND SO IT'S MY HONOR TO ALSO PRESENT THE SWORD TO KRIS NEAL [APPLAUSE].

THANK YOU, KRIS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT.

WHAT A GREAT WAY TO START A MEETING.

AND I ALWAYS LIKE IT WHEN THE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS ARE HIGHLIGHTED.

BATTLE GROUND HAS A TREMENDOUS HISTORY OF HAVING STRONG CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS. OUTSTANDING. A WIN FOR ONE, IS A WIN FOR ALL.

OKAY. NEXT UP IS OUR BOARD COMMUNICATIONS.

[6. Communications]

I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE GUESTS FROM BATTLE GROUND, AUSTIN COME ON UP.

GO AHEAD. INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO THE WHOLE BOARD.

HI. I'M AUSTIN.

I'M THE ASB. AUSTIN CLARK, THE ASB PRESIDENT OF BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL.

AND I'M HERE TO KIND OF REPRESENT THE STUDENT VOICE AND ALSO OUR ASB CLASS.

SO JUST GOING TO KIND OF RUN THROUGH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AND THEN SOME QUESTIONS OR AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT FOR PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM, IN MY OPINION OR THE STUDENT OPINION.

BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST WORKING ON HOMECOMING.

WE HAVE A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT COMMITTEES FOR THAT.

JUNIORS ARE WORKING ON PROM, WHICH UNFORTUNATELY I'M NOT ALLOWED TO KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT.

BEST OF BG.

OUR PAGEANT IS KIND OF GETTING STARTED.

THERE'S AN OPEN HOUSE WEDNESDAY FROM 5 TO 7, I BELIEVE, AND THAT'S JUST KIND OF PART OF BRINGING THE COMMUNITY BACK INTO THE SCHOOL.

I FEEL AND I KNOW A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE FEEL THAT DURING COVID WE FACED LIKE A BIG IMPACT, KIND OF LOSING OUR BALANCE BETWEEN COMMUNITY AND SCHOOL AND KIND OF BRINGING THOSE BACK TOGETHER, I FEEL IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

AND THEN TO KIND OF TIE INTO THAT COMMUNITY, WE'RE WORKING ON KIND OF REBUILDING OUR CULTURE AT BATTLE GROUND.

WE FEEL THAT WHEN COVID HAPPENED AND WE ALL WENT ONLINE AND THEN THERE WERE TWO GRADUATING CLASSES, ALMOST THREE, AND THEN WE JUST LOST A LOT OF WHAT WE HAD BEEN WORKING ON IN PRIOR YEARS.

SO WE'RE REALLY WORKING ON BRINGING BACK THAT CULTURE AND THAT SPIRIT AND REALLY JUST TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO BE HAPPY TO COME TO SCHOOL AGAIN.

AND THEN THROUGH THAT WE'RE DOING FUN.

ASB STUFF LIKE ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL WE DID HASHTAG FIRST FIT, AND THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE, BUT WE'RE JUST DOING A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT STUFF TO TRY TO GET PEOPLE EXCITED ABOUT COMING TO SCHOOL AGAIN.

WE'RE WELL, PERSONALLY, I'M WORKING TOWARDS STUDENT BODY MEETINGS.

IT'S WHERE ON A THURSDAY BASICALLY THE ASB PRESIDENT AND THE VICE PRESIDENT AND THEN THE SECRETARY, WE WOULD SHOW UP AND THEN TWO REPRESENTATIVES FROM EACH CLASS, EACH ADVISORY CLASS WOULD SHOW UP IN THE LIBRARY AND WE WOULD RUN THROUGH A MEETING AND BE ABLE TO GET ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS

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AND WE HAVEN'T HAD ONE SINCE MY FRESHMAN YEAR BEFORE COVID, AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THAT BACK ON TRACK, NOT ONLY SO I CAN DO MY BEST, BUT ALSO SO I CAN ADVOCATE FOR STUDENTS WHEN I COME BACK HERE IN THE FUTURE.

AND THEN THERE'S A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS WHAT WAS I GOING TO SAY.

OH, LIKE BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN I WAS ACTUALLY THINKING ABOUT THIS AND THERE'S ANYONE THAT HAS ANY SORT OF SUGGESTIONS THAT WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

BUT I FEEL LIKE THERE'S SOME STUDENTS.

I FEEL LIKE WE ALL CAN AGREE THE TYPE OF PERSON THAT WOULD GO TO A STUDENT BODY MEETING AND THE TYPE OF PERSON THAT WOULDN'T, THEY'D PROBABLY COMPLAIN ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.

AND SO REACHING OUT TO THE ENTIRETY OF THE SCHOOL IS PROBABLY ONE OF MY BIGGEST PERSONAL AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY AND THE ASB CLASSES, RESPONSIBILITY TO KIND OF BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN THE STUDENTS AND ALL THE ADMIN AND THEN THE SCHOOL BOARD.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT I AM WORKING ON AND THE ASB CLASS IS WORKING ON.

AND THEN I JUST HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS.

SO GRADE WAITING, I KNOW THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT SCOTT HAS BEEN WORKING ON AND I WAS JUST KIND OF WONDERING WHAT DIRECTION THAT'S GOING.

I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS MY TURN TO ASK QUESTIONS OR YOU CAN.

I THINK WE'VE JUST STARTED THE PROCESS, RIGHT? YEAH. I MEAN, I CAN TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT, BUT I HAD A MEETING WITH MR. DRAKE A FEW WEEKS AGO AND WE WERE JUST KIND OF TALKING ABOUT LIKE THE WORDING OF THE POLICY THAT SCHOOLS IN THE AREA HAVE BEEN USING FOR WEIGHTED GRADES.

BECAUSE I WAS SAYING LIKE WEIGHTED GRADES ONLY BENEFIT PEOPLE BECAUSE I WASN'T TRYING TO CHANGE WEIGHTED GRADES FOR LIKE THE ENTIRETY OF OUR GRADING SYSTEM, ONLY FOR OUR CLASS RANK TO KIND OF JUST REWARD THOSE WHO HAVE TAKEN RIGOROUS CLASSES AND, YOU KNOW, MAKE IT SO THAT THE BALANCE OF OUR CLASS RANKINGS ARE CORRECT.

SO YEAH, SO IN A FEW SCHOOLS AROUND US HAVE THAT SYSTEM IN PLACE ALREADY.

SO MR. DRAKE WAS KIND OF LOOKING AT THE WORDING THAT THEY USE FOR THEIR POLICIES AND WAS TALKING TO THE COUNSELORS IN OUR DISTRICT.

I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHERE THAT IS AS OF RIGHT NOW, BUT WE ARE KIND OF STARTING TO GET THE WHEELS ROLLING AND SEEING HOW EVERYONE FEELS ABOUT THAT, AT THAT AT THIS SPECIFIC MOMENT.

AND I CAN, YOU KNOW, SPEAK ON THAT MORE IN THE FUTURE, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT I'M REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT AND I REALLY HOPE THAT.

OH, OH, HE'S COMING UP [INAUDIBLE].

THERE'S A MICROPHONE.

SO YEAH. [INAUDIBLE] AND I CONNECTED.

IT'S BEEN A FEW WEEKS AND WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE PROCESS IS I'M GOING TO MEET WITH THE PRAIRIE COUNSELORS ON THURSDAY OF THIS WEEK AND GET THEIR THOUGHTS.

AND THEN I'M GOING TO MEET WITH THE BATTLE GROUND COUNSELORS.

I'M ALSO GOING TO REACH OUT TO EVERGREEN SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THEY'RE ONE OF THE LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHO DO WEIGHTED GRADES.

AND THIS IS NOT FOR GPA, THIS IS NOT FOR BECAUSE THAT'S A STATE LAW.

SO WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH THAT.

WHAT THE EVERGREEN SCHOOL DISTRICT DOES IS THEY DO WAIT GRADES FOR CLASS, RANK LIKE SAW WAS MENTIONING.

AND SO IT WOULD BE ALLOW THOSE STUDENTS WHO CHALLENGE THEMSELVES TAKING AP COURSES.

IF THEY GET A B-MINUS IN AN AP COURSE, IT OBVIOUSLY HAS A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THEIR CLASS RANK.

SO WHAT I MENTIONED TO SORA IS I DON'T HAVE ANY PRECONCEIVED FEELINGS ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

SO WE'RE JUST IN THE DATA GATHERING STAGE.

AND AT SOME POINT, AFTER TALKING TO THE COUNSELORS AT BOTH SCHOOLS AND MAYBE CHECKING IN WITH THE TEACHERS AS WELL, WE WILL BRING SOMETHING FORWARD TO THIS GROUP OR MAKE A DECISION THAT THE NEGATIVES OUTWEIGH THE POSITIVES.

SO WE'RE JUST KIND OF GOING INTO IT WITH AN OPEN MIND.

SO LIKE THE THING I REALLY FEEL ABOUT THIS IS THAT IT JUST REALLY PROMOTES AP PARTICIPATION IN ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AP CLASSES ARE JUST REALISTICALLY HARDER TO GET AN A IN AND IT KIND OF DRIVES STUDENTS AWAY FROM TAKING THEM BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOUR GPA IS IMPORTANT.

AND WHILE OBVIOUSLY THIS SHIFT WOULDN'T CHANGE THE GPA IN GENERAL, LIKE HAVING A 3.9 GPA WILL BRING YOU FROM BEING VALEDICTORIAN TO NOT AND BEING PRETTY LOW IN YOUR CLASS RANK.

SO YEAH, JUST HAVING AP CLASSES BE WORTH MORE THAN A 4.0 ON THIS SCALE JUST, YOU KNOW, MAKES THE POSITIVES OUTWEIGH THE NEGATIVES FOR TAKING AN AP CLASS AND COULD REALLY PROMOTE OUR SYSTEMS BECAUSE I KNOW AT MY SCHOOL EVEN SOME OF OUR AP CLASSES JUST DIDN'T HAPPEN THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF LOW PARTICIPATION RATES. AND I FEEL THAT WITH, YOU KNOW, THIS LITTLE PUSH IN THAT DIRECTION, WE CAN REALLY CHANGE THINGS A LITTLE BIT.

DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.

YES, THAT DOES ANSWER MY QUESTION.

IF I COULD ALSO JUST TOUCH ON THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.

SO I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO LIKE CRAZY DETAIL ABOUT THIS WHOLE SITUATION.

BUT JUST TO TOUCH ON [INAUDIBLE] LIKE AN ACTUAL EXAMPLE.

BUT LAST YEAR I HAD TO TAKE AN AP LITERATURE CLASS INSTEAD AND THEN THIS YEAR I'M TAKING AP LANGUAGE, BUT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE

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AND THEN THIS YEAR IT FEELS LIKE I'M GOING SLOW AND IT'S PROBABLY SOUNDS LIKE A CHAMPAGNE PROBLEM, LIKE COMPLAINING ABOUT HOW HARD AN AP CLASS IS.

BUT I JUST I AGREE WITH IT AND I FEEL LIKE WORKING ON GETTING PARTICIPATION WOULD HELP THAT PROBLEM BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF OTHER STUDENTS ARE ALSO FACING THAT PROBLEM.

AND THEN ALSO I HAD LIKE A REALLY GOOD CONNECTION TO ME ASKING IF THERE WERE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I FORGOT IT.

SO I'M JUST GOING TO SAY, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S A QUESTION, BUT FOR BOTH OF YOU AND MAYBE MR. DRAKE AS WELL, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO INCLUDE IN YOUR RESEARCH COLLEGE ADMISSIONS DIRECTORS.

AND SO MY SON HAPPENED TO BE A COLLEGE ADMISSIONS DIRECTOR FOR THREE DIFFERENT UNIVERSITIES.

AND I KNOW WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT WEIGHTED GRADES AND HOW THEY LOOK AT THOSE.

SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT VIEW TO INCLUDE IN THERE.

YOU KNOW, IS, IS HOW DO THOSE PEOPLE WHO LOOK AT THE APPLICATIONS ACTUALLY WHAT DO THEY LOOK AT AND WHAT DO THEY GIVE CREDENCE TO? AND I KNOW THE NUMBER OF AP CLASSES OFTENTIMES CAME UP IN THAT AS AN EXAMPLE.

YEAH. YEAH. AND SOMETHING TO NOTE IS THAT WE HAVE SO MANY VALEDICTORIANS EVERY YEAR AND WHILE, YOU KNOW, THE IDEA OF RANKING CHILDREN IS KIND OF JUST LIKE A DIFFERENT TOPIC ALTOGETHER, IT JUST THE FACT THAT WE HAD MULTIPLE VALEDICTORIANS, BUT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THEM DID TAKE THE MOST AP CLASSES, THE MOST RIGOROUS CLASSES, BUT WAS JUST GROUPED TOGETHER WITH OTHER STUDENTS WHO MIGHT HAVE TAKEN LESS RIGOROUS CLASSES IS, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE SHOULD BE CELEBRATED FOR WHAT ACCOMPLISHMENTS THEY DID ACHIEVE.

BUT KIND OF MAKING IT MORE OF A FAIR PROCESS IN AN ALREADY DIFFICULT GAME IS SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

SO YEAH. ANYWAYS CONTINUE ON.

NEXT QUESTION.

I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE.

OKAY. AUSTIN, CAN I ASK YOU A QUICK QUESTION? LAST YEAR, YOU KNOW THAT I CAME OUT AND I SPOKE.

WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THREE TIMES WITH THE ASB AND THE UTC GROUP TOGETHER.

DID YOU GUYS FIND THOSE VALUABLE? IS THAT SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO CONTINUE, SORA IS SHAKING HER HEAD.

YES, I FOUND IT EXTREMELY VALUABLE.

OKAY. YEAH, IT WAS I THINK IT WAS A LOT EASIER, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE BUILT IT INTO THE DAY AS PART OF ASB, BECAUSE SOMETHING THAT WE KIND OF FOUND IS ASB STUDENTS.

AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT WE MADE THIS REALIZATION.

BUT THE LESS THAT WE ASK STUDENTS TO DO, THE MORE LIKELY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT.

SO KIND OF LIKE STRUCTURING IT INTO THE DAY I THINK WAS A GOOD IDEA.

GOOD. SO WE'LL LOOK AT WE'LL LOOK AT CONTINUING THOSE.

AND MY THOUGHT, AS SINCE I HAVE THE BOARD RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF ME WAS THAT IF MAYBE WE COULD GET A BOARD MEMBER TO ATTEND THOSE MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, ONE, ONE PERSON EACH TIME.

JUST TO JUST TO BRING THAT VOICE IN AS WELL MIGHT BE WORTHWHILE.

SO JUST AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT WITH THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND CONNECT WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD.

SO WE'LL WORK ON SETTING THOSE UP AND WORK WITH MR. DRAKE. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE FEEDBACK.

I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT LAST YEAR, THOSE MEETINGS THAT YOU DID, THEY WERE VERY HELPFUL.

BUT THE THING ABOUT THOSE WERE THAT YOU COMPENSATED WITH THE ASB AND UTC CLASSES, WHICH ARE OUR LEADERSHIP CLASSES, YOU KNOW, AND LIKE AUSTIN WAS SAYING, THOSE CLASSES HAVE MUCH DIFFERENT THINGS TO SAY THAN SOME OTHER GROUPS IN OUR SCHOOL MIGHT HAVE.

SO MAYBE VISITING, LIKE EVEN OUR DETENTION AFTER SCHOOL CLASSES ARE LUNCH DETENTION CLASSES.

YOU KNOW, I WANT YOU TO KNOW IF YOU GUYS ARE OPEN TO PUTTING TOGETHER A GROUP OF STUDENTS WHO YOU FEEL ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SCHOOL, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE, ASB AND UTC WERE WERE JUST EASIER FOR US TO DO OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE THOSE ARE ESTABLISHED CLASSES AND WE COULD COME, YOU KNOW, SIXTH PERIOD AND TALK.

BUT IF WE WANTED TO COME UP WITH REPRESENTATION FROM ATHLETICS AND ACTIVITIES AND VARIOUS STUDENT GROUPS COMBINED WITH ASB, I'M CERTAINLY OPEN TO CONDUCTING SOME KIND OF STUDENT FORUM THAT WE CAN DO.

SO I WOULD I WOULD PUSH THAT ON TO THE TWO OF YOU OVER THERE AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER YOUR IDEAS ARE, I'M OPEN TO, YOU KNOW, TO TO MEETING WITH YOU GUYS.

AND I KNOW FROM THE FROM THE HEAD SHAKES I GOT FROM THE BOARD, WE'RE OPEN TO DOING THAT.

WE'RE OPEN TO COMING AND HAVING LUNCH WITH YOU GUYS.

WE'RE OPEN TO, YOU KNOW, HAVING THE CONVERSATIONS.

WE'RE OPEN TO VARIOUS DIFFERENT GROUPS, WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO FACILITATE THE CONVERSATIONS.

GREAT. THANKS, AUSTIN.

AGAIN, I APPRECIATE YOU COMING. GOT US GOT US TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF GOOD THINGS.

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THANK YOU. GREAT JOB, AUSTIN.

THANKS. OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS, YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING UNDER THE STUDENT VOICE? ALL RIGHT. WELL, I'M GOING TO SPEAK FOR PRAIRIE BECAUSE WOW, THAT WAS A LOT.

SO I'M JUST GOING TO GO IN AND JUST IN ORDER.

WE HAD OUR FALCON LAUNCH, WHICH I SAW I LET YOU RIGHT THERE, BUT WE DID HAVE A TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY AT THE FIRST TIME.

I HEARD YOU WERE WORKING HARD IN THE BACK THERE TO GET THE MICROPHONE GOING.

OH, YEAH. BUT WE ENDED UP FIXING IT, SO EVERYTHING WENT SMOOTHLY AFTERWARDS.

THEN WE HAD OUR WELCOME BACK ASSEMBLY.

THAT HAPPENED ON THE FIRST FRIDAY OF SCHOOL.

IT WAS REALLY GREAT. THERE WAS A LOT MORE PEOPLE WHO WERE INTO IT THIS YEAR THAN I SAW LIKE MY FRESHMAN YEAR.

SO IT FELT LIKE REALLY NICE TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO DO THIS AGAIN AND ACTUALLY BE A PART OF SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO FOR YEARS. NEXT UP, WE HAVE OUR SPIRIT DAYS THAT ARE HAPPENING THIS WEEK.

CURRENTLY, TODAY IS BLACKOUT.

TOMORROW IS COUNTRY VERSUS COUNTRY CLUB.

THEN WEDNESDAY IS DRESS AS YOUR CRUSH.

THURSDAY IS DRESS UP OR DOWN.

AND THEN OUR HOMECOMING GAME, WHICH WE WILL WIN BY THE WAY.

I WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK IS CAMO.

THEN WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON HOCO, WHICH OUR THEME FOR THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE NIGHT IN NEW YORK.

OUR COUNCIL, OUR STUDENT COUNCIL MEETINGS ARE GOING TO START VERY SOON.

I'M LOOKING SO FORWARD TO THAT.

AND THEN WE HAD OUR FIRST PEP BAND GAME.

WE ALSO HAD BAND CAMP, WHICH WAS HELPING OUR INCOMING BAND STUDENTS JUST GET PREPARED TO DO PEP GAMES.

AND THAT WENT REALLY WELL.

AND THEN WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE OUR FIRST EXEC MEET AND I GET TO RUN IT BECAUSE I'M THE BAND PRESIDENT.

SO. YEAH.

THANK YOU. NOT TO GO BACK TO WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE WE WERE WE WERE GOING ON AND ON.

BUT IN THE WHOLE STUDENT VOICE THING, I THINK THAT BATTLE GROUND SPECIFICALLY, WHICH KIND OF DIFFERS FROM PRAIRIE, WE HAVE A LARGE, LARGE APOSTOLIC POPULATION AND LIKE IN THE PAST WE HAVEN'T DONE MUCH TO INCLUDE THEM IN MOST OF OUR EVENTS, MOST OF WHAT WE DO.

AND I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY NEED TO GET PAST.

AND SOMEHOW, OBVIOUSLY I AM NOT THE PERSON FOR THIS, BUT JUST FINDING SOMEHOW SOME WAY TO GET THEIR VOICE AND GET THEM MORE INCLUDED IN THINGS AND FIND A WAY TO NOT FORCE THEM TO BE INCLUDED, BUT JUST FIND A WAY TO LIKE ENABLE THEM TO BE INCLUDED IS SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH A LARGE STUDENT BODY, BUT OUR PARTICIPATION RATES ARE LOW AND THAT'S NOT THEIR FAULT.

THAT'S OURS FOR NOT OPENING IT UP TO THEM.

SO JUST OPENING THAT CONVERSATION UP SOMEHOW IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN ON MY MIND A LOT RECENTLY.

BUT YEAH, THAT'S ALL.

THAT'S ALL FOR TODAY.

THANKS, SORA. THANK YOU.

AND WANT TO MAKE SURE THE BOARD NOTICES THAT OUR STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES HAVE FILLED THE STUDENT VOID SLOT THE LAST TWO WEEKS IN A ROW.

SO THEY'RE REALLY STEPPING UP TO IT.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ME DURING DIRECTOR REPORTS WHEN WE COME BACK TO THAT, TALKED ABOUT SOME WORK THAT I'M DOING WITH THE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES TO LOOKING AT ALL THE OTHER DISTRICTS IN THE STATE WHO HAVE STUDENT BOARD REPRESENTATIVES AND WHAT THEIR POLICIES ARE ON STUDENT VOICE.

AND SO YOU'LL HEAR FROM US AGAIN DURING THAT.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT LURKING AROUND IN THE BACKGROUND OR ANYTHING.

NO SURPRISES. WE'LL MAKE SURE AND FILL YOU IN ON ALL THE THINGS THAT WERE WE'RE LOOKING INTO.

THAT BRINGS US TO OUR COMMITTEE REPORTS.

AND FOR THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE.

DIRECTOR HENRIKSON YEAH, I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT GENERAL ASSEMBLY, WHICH IS COMING UP THE 30TH OF SEPTEMBER AND THE 1ST OF OCTOBER.

THAT'S A FRIDAY AND THE SATURDAY I VERIFIED THAT AND I PLAN TO TAKE PART IN THAT ON FRIDAY.

I KNOW THAT'S GOING TO BE THE BULK OF IT.

AND MARY IS ALSO OFFERED TO MAYBE HELP ON SATURDAY OR EITHER EITHER EITHER DAY.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT AND I'LL PROBABLY TAKE YOU UP ON THAT.

ALSO, IN REGARDS TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE PRIORITIES, ALL OF THEM THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR US TO LOOK AT.

AND THEN WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS LOOK IN TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY THAT WE ARE OPPOSED TO AND IF THERE ARE SOME THAT SOME OF THE PRIORITIES THAT ARE WE HAVE OR POSITIONS THAT

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SO WHEN I GO IN OR MARY GOES IN, WE CAN VOTE OR NOT VOTE FOR CERTAIN POSITIONS.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO TAKE TIME TO LOOK AT THOSE.

I'M THINKING IN TWO WEEKS WE CAN HAVE A MEETING.

THAT'S THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING PRIOR TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AND WE CAN MAYBE COME WITH TO THE TABLE WITH SOME POSITIONS THAT WE FEEL LIKE WE MAY DON'T MAYBE DON'T WANT TO HAVE MOVE FORWARD, THAT WE COULD VOTE NO ON.

SO BUT I CAN'T JUST DO THAT ON MY OWN.

WE NEED TO HAVE A VOICE FROM ALL FIVE OF YOU AND SO YOU CAN GET THERE BY JUST GOING TO WSSDA TRAINING EVENTS AND THEN DOWN TO PRIORITIZING ASSEMBLY AND THEN PRIORITIZING LEGISLATIVE.

AND YOU CAN GET THE WHOLE LIST THERE.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST WE DO AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT THE NEXT MEETING AND, AND TALK ABOUT WHICH ONES WE FEEL THAT WE DON'T WANT, IF THERE ARE ANY.

SO ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? OKAY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

I KNOW I NEED TO LOOK AT THE NEW POSITION AND SEE IF THE WSSDA RECOMMENDATION.

THE RETURNING POSITION'S RIGHT THERE.

THERE. BECAUSE WE VOTED FOR HIM LAST YEAR, SO OR AT LEAST A MAJORITY OF THE STATE DID.

SO THOSE ARE KIND OF A NO BRAINER, BUT THERE'S USUALLY ABOUT 20 OR SO NEW POSITIONS.

AND WE WANT TO LOOK AT THOSE AND AND SEE IF THEY'RE WHAT WE WANT OR WHAT'S GOOD FOR BATTLE GROUND.

RIGHT. NEXT UP, AUDIT COMMITTEE.

SOUNDS LIKE MARY'S GOING TO DO IT.

YES. SO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE MET ON SEPTEMBER 2ND AND WE REVIEWED ALL THE DOCUMENTS AS REQUIRED BY OUR CHARTER, INCLUDING VOUCHERS, PAYROLL, THE BOARD BUDGET, THE SUPERINTENDENT'S BUDGET AND THE SUPERINTENDENT'S TIMESHEET.

AND EVERYTHING WAS IN ORDER.

WE ALSO MET BRIEFLY WITH SUPERINTENDENT WATERS TO DISCUSS UPDATES REGARDING THE SPENDING THRESHOLD WHICH WILL BE BROUGHT TO THE BOARD LATER, AND ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE PROCESS THAT WE USE CURRENTLY FOR INFORMING THE BOARD ABOUT CONTRACTS ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

AND AGAIN, THAT WILL BE BROUGHT TO US AT A LATER DATE WITH SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR MAYBE SOME CHANGES.

CFO MICHELLE SCOTT IS PRESENTING THE CAPITAL FACILITIES PLAN TO THE CITY OF YAKULT TODAY.

GREAT. HER AND KEVIN.

SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE NOT WITH US.

AND THAT'S WHY THERE'S A DELAY IN PRESENTING CHANGES TO THOSE POLICIES.

GOTCHA. BATTLE GROUND EDUCATION FOUNDATION DIRECTOR MADDUX WELL, THEY ARE VERY BUSY AND HAVE A VERY BUSY NEXT FEW WEEKS.

COMING UP THIS THURSDAY IS THEIR RIBBON CUTTING AT LEWISVILLE FROM 4 TO 5:30.

SO WE HOPE YOU CAN JOIN THEM THERE FOR THAT.

I HEAR THERE WILL BE LIGHT REFRESHMENTS, SO THAT'S ALWAYS AN INCENTIVE TO GO CHECK IT OUT.

NEXT, THE FOLLOWING THURSDAY IS THE ANNUAL DRIVE FOR GIVE MORE 24 TO 24 HOURS OF GIVING, AND THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION IS REPRESENTED IN THAT AS WELL.

AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT LATER THE FOLLOWING WEEK, THEY HAVE THEIR AUCTION, WHICH IS A HYBRID EVENT.

THIS YEAR, THE ONLINE SILENT PORTION IS FROM STARTS ON THE 28TH OF SEPTEMBER AND GOES THROUGH THE 2ND AND THEN THEIR LIVE IN-PERSON EVENT IS ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1ST.

SO AND ALL OF THAT INFORMATION IS ON THEIR WEBSITE AT BGF.ORG.

SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO CHECK THAT OUT IF YOU HAVEN'T.

THANK YOU. I DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE GOING TO DO A HYBRID, SO THAT'S GREAT.

MORE. MORE OPPORTUNITY.

OK WASHINGTON INTERSCHOLASTIC ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATION.

SOUNDS LIKE THEY HAVE NOT MET, SO THAT'LL BE NEXT TIME.

WASHINGTON STATE SCHOOL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY? OH, JUST ONE THING.

AND THAT IS THAT THERE ARE MANY POSITIONS WSSDA POSITIONS THAT ARE STILL OPEN AND NOBODY HAS FILED FOR AND FILING DEADLINE IS THE 16TH. OKAY.

THANK YOU. YES. AND I KNOW THEY EXTENDED THAT.

YEAH. AND I DID ATTEND THE THE THURSDAY AT NOON.

THEY'RE DOING EVERY OTHER THURSDAY NOW, BUT I DO ENJOY SITTING IN ON THOSE.

IT WAS ALL ABOUT GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND REALLY TALKED ABOUT THE RATIONALE FOR KEEPING IT A VIRTUAL EVENT.

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AND TYPICALLY, IF YOU REMEMBER 70, I THINK 75, YEAH, 75 OR FEWER ACTUALLY PRESENTED VOTERS AT THE LAST GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

AND THEY FEEL LIKE BY KEEPING IT ONLINE THAT PARTICULARLY SOME OF THOSE REMOTE DISTRICTS THAT WOULDN'T TRAVEL TO SEATTLE OR SPOKANE OR WHEREVER THEY HAPPEN TO HAVE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THAT THEY WOULD THEY'RE TRYING TO INCREASE PARTICIPATION BY MAKING IT MORE ACCESSIBLE.

SO I APPLAUD THEM FOR THAT.

AS DO I.

YEAH. TOURS COMING UP AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER.

YEAH. EVERYBODY GOT THEIR SCHEDULE.

YEAH. PUT IT ON YOUR CALENDAR.

SO ON THAT.

RIGHT. SO YOU AND TED ARE TOGETHER.

IF TED CAN MAKE IT TO THE TOURS ON THOSE DAYS, WE'LL MAKE SURE SOMEBODY GOES WITH TED TO FILL YOUR SPOT.

ONE OF OUR BILLS, PROBABLY.

AND IF NOT, IF TED'S UNABLE TO MAKE IT ON THAT DATE, WE'LL DO SOME SWITCHING BETWEEN THE OTHER THREE BOARD MEMBERS SO THAT AT LEAST ONE BOARD MEMBER IS WITH EACH GROUP.

SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT'S A CONFLICT AND WE APOLOGIZE.

OH, THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING IN BEFORE THE SIP MEETINGS AND MAKING SURE WE GET EVERYBODY TAKING CARE OF US ARE ONE OF OUR FEW OPTIONS.

AND DIRECTOR, YOU DID THE VOTING LAST YEAR, IS THAT RIGHT? I DID, YEAH. AND DO YOU REMEMBER, WAS THERE KIND OF A LEAD IN PERIOD BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY GOT AROUND TO VOTING? WAS THERE SOME TIME LIKE IF YOU DIDN'T LOG ON RIGHT AWAY, WOULD YOU STILL GET THERE FOR THE MOST OF THE VOTING? YES. I MEAN, THEY HAD THEY HAD SOME PREPARATORY WORK AT THE BEGINNING AND INTRODUCTIONS AND SO ON.

RIGHT. AND BEFORE EACH POSITION, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CAME FORWARD TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAIN.

SO THERE'S TIME.

OKAY. YEAH.

SO THERE MIGHT BE A LITTLE ROOM FOR SOME TOURS AND STILL GET ON.

YEAH. GREAT.

WE'LL TRUST YOUR JUDGMENT ON THAT.

OKAY. I THINK THAT'S IT FOR COMMITTEE REPORTS AND REPORTS FROM DIRECTORS.

AS I MENTIONED, I AM LOOKING INTO OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT HAVE STUDENT DIRECTORS ON THEM.

CAME UP WITH A LITTLE BIT OF A LIST, ALSO LOOKED AT THEIR POLICIES ABOUT STUDENT DIRECTORS AND COMPARED THEM TO OUR POLICIES ABOUT STUDENT DIRECTORS.

AND I PRINTED SOME OF THAT MATERIAL OFF AND GAVE IT TO OUR STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES AND HAVE ASKED THEM TO KIND OF DO A COMPARISON AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE WHAT WE DO WITH OUR OUR STUDENT DIRECTORS, BOTH POLICY WISE.

AND THAT THE ONE THAT CAME UP WAS RIVERVIEW SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHICH IS KIND OF A SNOHOMISH CARNATION AREA SEMINARY THERE. AND THEY HAD A REALLY WELL DEVELOPED MANUAL ABOUT STUDENT VOICE AND THAT.

AND I ASKED HER IF SHE'D BE WILLING TO MAKE A COMMENT AND MAYBE READ A QUOTE FOR US.

YES, I TOOK A LOOK AT THIS TOOLKIT, AND AT THE VERY END THERE WAS THIS QUOTE THAT I THOUGHT WAS WORTH MENTIONING.

AND IT SAID, TRYING TO ASK THESE EDUCATIONAL EXPERTS HOW TO APPEAL TO KIDS WITHOUT ASKING STUDENTS THEMSELVES IS LIKE ASKING YOUR 92 YEAR OLD GRANDMOTHER HOW TO USE INSTAGRAM WHEN YOU HAVE A TEENAGER IN THE HOUSE.

SO THAT'S JUST THAT'S JUST WHAT I THOUGHT WAS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT A LITTLE BIT, BUT THAT'S THAT'S ALL GREAT.

AND I THINK THEY HAD SOME THINGS IN THEIR PAMPHLET ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS YOU JUST HEARD DIRECTOR WATERS MAKE OR SUPERINTENDENT WATERS MAKE AN OFFER FOR ORGANIZING DIFFERENT WAYS FOR THE STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS TO GO OUT AND MEET WITH DIFFERENT SCHOOL GROUPS AND BRING THAT INPUT BACK TO THE BOARD.

SO MAYBE WE CAN USE THAT AS AN EXAMPLE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO THAT'S IT FOR.

YES, PLEASE. SO SEVERAL OF US WERE AT THE OPENING FOOTBALL GAME FOR BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL.

IT WASN'T THE OUTCOME THAT I THINK WE ALL HOPED FOR, BUT IT WAS A WIN.

YOU COULD CALL A WIN A WIN BEFORE WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE SCOREBOARD.

AND I THINK DIRECTOR CHAMPINE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT THAT.

BUT I ALSO ATTENDED THE PRAIRIE HOME GAME AND WHAT A STARK DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE TWO GAMES.

BUT IT WAS EXCITING.

THERE WAS LOTS OF STUDENTS HAVING FUN AND IT WAS GREAT TO GET BACK OUT AND SEE EVERYBODY.

SO IF YOU CAN MAKE IT TO A SPORTING EVENT, TO A BAND CONCERT, TO A DRAMA, TO GET OUT THERE AND SEE THESE KIDS IN ACTION BECAUSE IT IS

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AND YOU'VE GOT TO TELL WHAT I MEAN BY [INAUDIBLE].

WELL, LAST SEASON IS I THINK IT'S YOU KNOW, YOU CAN LOOK AT MAXPREPS AND LOOK AT THE RECORD.

WE WERE ZERO AND NINE LAST YEAR AT BATTLE GROUND AND IN ONE GAME WE ARE OUR GAME OPENER.

WE HAD MORE POINTS THAN WE DID THE ENTIRE SEASON CUMULATIVELY FROM LAST YEAR.

SO IT WAS IT WAS GOOD IN THAT SENSE.

AND, AND LIKE DIRECTOR MADDOX HAD SAID, IS THE ATMOSPHERE AND THE VIBE THAT WE HAD FROM THE FANS WAS OUTSTANDING.

EVEN THOUGH WE DID LOSE, EVERYBODY WAS EXTREMELY HAPPY WITH HOW IT WENT, HOW WE PLAYED, GETTING SOME TOUCHDOWNS.

YOU KNOW, THE STUDENTS WERE SO HAPPY AND IT WAS ELECTRIC, YOU KNOW.

AND AGAIN, EVEN THOUGH WE DIDN'T WIN, IT WAS STILL A BIG WIN FOR US BECAUSE IT WAS A KIND OF A CULTURAL CHANGE FROM THE LAST SEASON OF LOSING.

IN FACT, TO CONTINUE ON WITH THAT, WE WENT AND PLAYED IN CENTRALIA AND WE WON THE CENTRALIA GAME 41 TO 6, AND THAT BROKE AN 18 GAME LOSING STREAK FOR BATTLE GROUND FOOTBALL.

SO IT WAS WE HAD COACHES CRYING ON THE SIDELINE.

IT WAS THAT IMPACTFUL.

WE HAD KIDS CRYING AND WE GOT SENIORS THAT HAVE NEVER WON A FOOTBALL GAME THAT FINALLY WON A FOOTBALL GAME.

SO IT WAS HUGE FOR US.

HUGE. AND YOUR QB IS UP FOR PLAYER OF THE WEEK AS IS PRAIRIE'S RUNNING BACK.

SO VOTES GO OUT AND VOTE.

AND I MEAN, IT'S BEEN ALLUDED TO, BUT THIS FRIDAY IS THE BIG GAME, RIGHT? IT'S BATTLE GROUND WIN.

THAT'S WHEN I WASN'T.

I'M NOT PICKING ANY SIDES.

IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD GAME.

ONE WAY OR HALF IS GOING TO BE MAROON AND GOLD.

AND THEN SOME US CRIMSON.

CRIMSON. IT'S GOING TO BE I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW WHO'S GOING TO WIN THAT GAME.

AND IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD GAME.

IT'S GOING TO BE INTENSE.

IT'S GOING TO BE GOOD.

PRAIRIE DID REALLY, REALLY WELL AGAINST HUDSON'S BAY, AND WE DID REALLY, REALLY WELL AGAINST CENTRALIA.

AND I THINK WE BOTH BOTH TEAMS HAVE THEIR STRENGTHS.

AND I'M JUST SO ANXIOUS FOR FRIDAY.

IT'S GOING TO BE IT'S GOING TO BE HUGE.

I HOPE THE STADIUM IS JUST STANDING ROOM ONLY.

IT'S GOING TO BE IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD GAME IF YOU CAN MAKE IT.

GREAT. THAT'S IT.

YEAH. THANKS.

I WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT AUSTIN WAS BRINGING UP THAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE SCHOOLS BE MORE OPEN AFTER THEY'VE BEEN CLOSED DOWN FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

AND GOING TO SCHOOL EVENTS, WHETHER THEY BE DRAMA, MUSIC OR SPORTS OR WHATEVER IT HAPPENS TO BE, HERE ARE ALL GOOD WAYS TO INTERACT WITH OUR COMMUNITY. THAT'S GREAT.

OKAY. I THINK WE'RE READY FOR SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF UPDATES.

[7. Superintendent and Staff Updates]

A LOT OF EXCITEMENT, A LOT OF ENERGY, A LOT OF OPTIMISM.

AND IN MY IT'S HARD FOR ME.

IT'S 16 YEARS I'VE BEEN IN THIS DISTRICT AND MY 16 YEARS IN THE DISTRICT IS ONE OF OUR BEST STARTS EVER.

SO I WANT TO I WANT TO TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THE WORK AND THE EFFORT AND THE ENERGY THAT THEY PUT INTO THAT DAY, OUR STAFF.

AND THAT GOES FOR EVERYBODY.

THAT GOES FOR OUR CLASSIFIED STAFF AND OUR CERTIFICATED STAFF.

IT GOES FOR OUR FOOD WORKERS.

IT GOES FOR OUR BUS DRIVERS.

IT GOES FOR EVERYBODY WHO WORKS WITH THE KIDS IN THE DISTRICT.

OUTSTANDING JOB, OUR ADMINISTRATORS.

AND THEN I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK OUR FAMILIES AND OUR PARENTS FOR FOR MAKING THAT THAT BEGINNING TO THE SCHOOL YEAR SO SUCCESSFUL FOR US.

SO JUST JUST JUST REALLY, REALLY POSITIVE EXPERIENCE, ESPECIALLY COMING OUT THE LAST FEW YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH.

ALSO, THE GOOD NEWS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT IS I'D LIKE TO GIVE THE BOARD WE'LL HAVE A MORE IN-DEPTH LOOK AT THIS NEXT NEXT BOARD MEETING WHEN MICHELLE RETURNS. BUT ENROLLMENT AND THESE ARE PRETTY FIRM NUMBERS.

WE FEEL LIKE WE'VE BEEN WORKING A LOT ON THESE ENROLLMENT NUMBERS.

ENROLLMENT FOR THE DISTRICT IS UP 409 STUDENTS.

SO THAT'S OUTSTANDING.

JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA.

WE HAVE TWO SCHOOLS WHERE ENROLLMENT ACTUALLY CAME IN BELOW THE PROJECTED.

I WON'T SAY IT'S BELOW LAST YEAR BECAUSE WE PROJECTED BASED ON ROLLOUT, BUT IT'S BELOW THE PROJECTED.

AND THOSE TWO SCHOOLS ARE CAPTAIN AND TUKES VALLEY MIDDLE.

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AT DAYBREAK MIDDLE, LAURIN HAD A 0.7% INCREASE.

PLEASANT VALLEY MIDDLE A 5.2% INCREASE.

TUKES VALLEY MIDDLE, AS I MENTIONED, HAD GONE DOWN.

BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL UP 4.1%.

PRAIRIE UP 8.7%.

SO JUST NICE INCREASES.

AND IF YOU REMEMBER, WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT IN TERMS OF BROAD STROKES, BROAD NUMBERS.

BUT FOR EVERY 100 STUDENTS, AN INCREASE IN ENROLLMENT BRINGS THE DISTRICT ABOUT $1,000,000.

SO WITH A FOUR 409 STUDENT INCREASE, THAT'S A $4 MILLION INCREASE IN BUDGET THAT WE CAN EXPECT IN REVENUE THAT WE CAN EXPECT.

SO THAT'S JUST FANTASTIC.

I'M GOING TO LET MS. REINHARDT TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THOSE ENROLLMENT NUMBERS HAVE IMPACTED OUR STAFFING AND SHE CAN DO THAT WHEN WE GET TO THE HR REPORT.

RIGHT NOW, CAN I ASK A POINT OF PRIVILEGE? I'LL ASK YOUR HELP ON THIS ONE.

SO I HAD ONE MORE THING UNDER DIRECT REPORTS OF THOSE POLICIES THAT I WANT TO MAKE [INAUDIBLE].

LISA, WOULD YOU RATHER ME PUT THAT AT THE END OF YOUR.

WHY DON'T I FINISH MINE? OKAY. AND THEN CIRCLE BACK, AND THEN WE'LL CIRCLE BACK TO.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

BECAUSE HE WANTS TO BE DONE. YEAH.

COULD YOU COULD YOU BLOW THAT UP A LITTLE BIT? TAKE A LOOK AT THE HIGHLIGHTED RIGHT THERE.

YOU GOT TO GO BIGGER. OKAY.

STUDENTS EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE WITH SCHOOL SPORTS AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.

I LIKE THAT. THIS WAS.

YEAH, THERE YOU GO. THIS WAS BASED OFF OF..

YOU REMEMBER, WE WENT OVER THIS, THE STRATEGIC PLAN AT THE AT THE RETREAT, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.

AND WITH THAT FEEDBACK, THAT WAS WHAT YOU GUYS WERE LOOKING FOR.

SO, LISA, IF YOU COULD GO BACK DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

THANK YOU. SORRY. SO YOU CAN SEE WE PLACED IT UNDER A SAFE AND CARING ENVIRONMENT, MOSTLY BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES IMPROVE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND STUDENT SENSE OF BELONGING.

AND SO WE PUT IT RIGHT THERE AND YOU CAN SEE IT FITS IN REALLY NICE.

SO I SEE A LOT OF HEAD SHAKING.

YEAH. SO I THINK WE'RE I THINK I THINK WE'RE GOOD TO GO WITH THIS.

AND WE HAVE STARTED THE CONVERSATIONS ON WORKING ON THE.

I'M WORKING ON THE MEASUREMENTS AND THE STRATEGIES TO PUT ON THE BACK PAGE, AND WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO THAT TOO.

SO VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

OKAY, NOW, MARK, I'LL GO BACK.

WELL, BEFORE WE LEAVE THAT TOO, THOUGH, OUR STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES IN AUSTIN, THANKS FOR STICKING AROUND.

YOU'RE WELCOME TO SLIDE OUT WHEN YOU WANT OR YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY FOR THE WHOLE THING IF YOU FIND IT FASCINATING.

BUT WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU HELP US GET THIS UPDATED STRATEGIC PLAN OUT TO THE STUDENT LEVEL AS WELL. I MEAN, WE NEED TO GET IT TO THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.

BUT IF YOU'VE GOT SOME SOME WAYS THAT WE CAN HELP GET THAT OR EVEN PUT IT IN STUDENT FRIENDLY LANGUAGE AS WE TAKE IT OUT THERE, THAT'D BE GREAT.

I WOULD SEE LIKE PROBABLY PUT LIKE POSTERS UP AT THE SCHOOLS JUST LIKE THIS IS WHAT BATTLE GROUND IS STRIVING FOR AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT.

IT WOULD ACTUALLY REALLY HELP STUDENTS UNDERSTAND, LIKE, WHERE OUR DECISIONS ARE COMING FROM AND LIKE WHO WE ARE AS A DISTRICT.

BECAUSE SOME OF THE PEOPLE ARE JUST LIKE, OH THAT WAS LIKE WEIRD.

LIKE, NO, YOU GUYS JUST DON'T GET LIKE THE ENTIRE PICTURE AND LIKE WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY TRYING TO DO.

SO I THINK LIKE JUST PUTTING UP POSTERS AT LEAST IN LIKE THE OFFICES OR JUST LIKE ANYWHERE IN LIKE CLASSROOMS WOULD LIKE DEFINITELY HELP STUDENTS UNDERSTAND.

GREAT. THANKS.

WE'LL WE'LL START WORKING ON IT.

OKAY. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME A POINT OF PRIVILEGE ON THIS.

YES. SO WE'VE HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS BEFORE, BUT I DID SOME ADDITIONAL WORK ON LOOKING AT SEVERAL OF OUR 1,000 POLICIES, WHICH ARE ABOUT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS THAT WE HAVE STRUGGLED TO MAKE WORK FOR OURSELVES BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT THEY'RE PHRASED

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SO WE HAVE QUITE A FEW POLICIES WHERE WE HAVE DEADLINES AT THE CALENDAR YEAR.

NOT ONLY DO WE NOT HAVE A SECOND MEETING IN DECEMBER RIGHT BEFORE THE CALENDAR YEAR, THE END OF DECEMBER AND EVEN INTO NOVEMBER, WE'RE DOING SIP PLANS, WE'RE DOING EXTRA WORK SESSIONS, WE'RE UPDATING OUR FACILITIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND TO GET SOME OF THESE THINGS DONE, THE FIRST HALF EVALUATION, FOR EXAMPLE, OF THE SUPERINTENDENT TO EVEN GET THAT ON THE CALENDAR, WE'D HAVE TO BE DOING IT LIKE IN NOVEMBER OR END OF OCTOBER.

WELL, THAT'S TWO YEARS OR TWO MONTHS INTO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

IT'S HARD TO GIVE A FIRST HALF REPORT.

SO WE'VE LOOKED AT SOME OF THESE OR I'VE LOOKED AT SOME OF THESE AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS.

WE'RE SUGGESTING THAT WE TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE THINGS THAT HAVE DEADLINES BASED ON THE FIRST OF THE CALENDAR YEAR AND CHANGE THEM TO BE THE SCHOOL YEAR.

SO A FIRST HALF REPORT FROM OUR SUPERINTENDENT WOULD BE DUE BY THE SEMESTER, THE FIRST SEMESTER INSTEAD OF THE CALENDAR YEAR.

AS YOU CAN SEE THERE ON THIS ONE, IT SAYS THAT IT'S DUE BY DECEMBER 31ST.

BUT THAT'D BE THE DECEMBER 12TH MEETING AT THE LATEST.

MARK SAID, WE DON'T HAVE A MEETING AT THE END OF THE MONTH.

RIGHT. SO THEN HE GOES TO DECEMBER 12TH.

RIGHT. WHICH THEN IS PROBLEMATIC AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE A COUPLE OF A MONTH JUST TO PREPARE FOR THAT.

AND SO YOU'RE REALLY BASING IT ON THE DATE YOU'RE PROPOSING.

RIGHT. RIGHT.

WHICH MAKES MORE SENSE.

SO ANYWAY, I'D LIKE TO HAVE US CONSIDER TAKING A LOOK AT THOSE DATES THAT WE'VE IMPOSED UPON OURSELVES OR PREVIOUS BOARDS HAVE IMPOSED UPON THE CURRENT BOARD AND CHANGE THEM TO COINCIDE WITH THE SCHOOL YEAR MORE THAN THE CALENDAR YEAR.

SO ANOTHER ONE WOULD BE THERE'S A JUNE 1ST DATE WHICH IS RIGHT SMACK IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THE GRADUATIONS.

WE DON'T EVEN REALLY HAVE THE END OF THE YEAR GRADUATION REPORTS IN THAT YET, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT.

WE'RE SUGGESTING PUSHING THAT TO JULY 1ST, FOR EXAMPLE, WHICH IS WHEN WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING IT ANYWAY.

WE'VE WE HAVEN'T HIT THESE DEADLINES FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS BECAUSE OF THE INCONVENIENCE.

SO ANYWAY, TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE.

IF YOU THINK THOSE ARE GOOD CHANGES, THEN WE'LL BRING THOSE BACK ALONG WITH THE SOME OF THE OTHER POLICY CHANGES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND PUT THAT TOGETHER.

THE OTHER ONES THAT WE MIGHT CONSIDER, PARTICULARLY IN LIGHT OF THE REVISED STRATEGIC PLAN, IS WE CURRENTLY HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT SETS OF GOALS THAT BY POLICY WE'RE SETTING.

ONE IS THE STRATEGIC PLAN ITSELF, ONE IS THE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANS.

ONE IS OUR OWN PERSONAL BOARD'S GOALS AND OUR OWN SELF EVALUATION.

AS A BOARD, IT FEELS LIKE MANY OF THOSE COULD BE CONSOLIDATED AROUND OUR CURRENT STRATEGIC PLAN, AND INSTEAD OF PRODUCING FOUR DIFFERENT SETS OF GOALS, REALLY CONSOLIDATED AROUND OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND OUR COHERENCE WORK AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO IF YOU'RE OPEN TO SOME OF THOSE CHANGES, WE'D LIKE TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE WORDING.

SO IT ALSO ENDURES FOR FUTURE BOARDS, BUT WE THINK IT'LL BE A LOT MORE FRIENDLY.

I TOTALLY AGREE. I THINK IT'S BEEN CUMBERSOME COMING ON AS A BOARD MEMBER AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE THOSE ALL THOSE DIFFERENT GOALS ARE KIND OF DISJOINTED. YEAH.

THE ONE THING I WOULD SAY IS THE SIP GOALS, IF I'M UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, I THINK THOSE HAVE TO BE IN POLICY SEPARATE FROM I MEAN, WE CAN CONSOLIDATE THE OTHERS.

I'M NOT SURE WE CAN CONSOLIDATE THE SIP THOUGH.

I DO THINK THAT WE HAVE MOVED TOWARDS ALIGNING THEM.

YEAH, ALIGNMENT IS IS PROBABLY A BETTER WORD THAN CONSOLIDATE.

AND EVEN WITH THE BOARD GOALS WHICH WE HAVEN'T FINISHED YET, WE EVEN MOVED IN THAT DIRECTION WITH THE BOARD GOALS TO ALIGN THEM SO THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THEM, YOU SEE A STREAM RUNNING THROUGH THAT IS SIMILAR IN ALL OF THEM.

YEAH, THAT'S GOOD.

YEAH. AND I THINK, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANS ACTUALLY CONTAIN SOME OF THE MOST USEFUL DATA BECAUSE IT'S REALLY LOCAL COMPARED TO, SAY, THE STATE TEST DATA OR THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND THAT MANY OF THOSE THINGS COULD BE USED AS PART OF THAT FIRST HALF SUPERINTENDENT UPDATE BECAUSE IT REALLY GIVES US A SNAPSHOT OF WHERE OUR BUILDINGS ARE.

SO JUST A SUGGESTION.

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ALL RIGHT. TURN BACK TO YOUR ATTENDANCE STAFF.

AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO SHIFT IT OVER TO SHELLY FOR TEACHING AND LEARN.

WELL, I WANT TO START BY SAYING THAT BEING OUT IN THE BUILDINGS THE FIRST FEW DAYS WAS ABSOLUTELY ENERGIZING THE THINGS THAT WE SAW STAFF BACK, PARENTS WALKING, KIDS IN TO THE BUILDING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A COUPLE OF YEARS WAS VERY HEARTFELT, WATCHING STAFF RETEACH ALL THE EXPECTATIONS AND WORKING WITH KIDS.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO ALL OF YOU SEEING IS THE [INAUDIBLE] PROGRAM.

THOSE FOUR YEAR OLDS ARE JUST SOMETHING ELSE READY FOR SCHOOL BACKPACKS ON.

ONE LITTLE BOY SAID, NOPE, I'M DOING IT MYSELF.

IT WAS PRETTY CUTE.

SO I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO ENJOY YOUR TIME IN THE BUILDINGS AS MUCH AS I DID IN THE FIRST FEW DAYS, AND MANY OF OUR STAFF WAS OUT AND ABOUT AND EXCITING TIMES FOR ALL OF US TO SEE SEE US BACK TO SOME SENSE OF NORMALCY.

SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU AND ALSO JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.

THIS WEEK IS OUR FIRST PLC OF THE YEAR WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT.

AS YOU KNOW, OUR TEAM'S BEEN WORKING REALLY CLOSELY WITH BOTH OUR BUILDING AND ADMINISTRATION, AND THEY'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEIR TEAMS IN THE BUILDING, THEIR THEIR LEADERSHIP TEAMS TO HELP FIGURE OUT AND MAKE A PLAN FOR ALL OF OUR STAFF.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THIS AND MOLD THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE SURE IT'S THE BEST FIT AND IT'S WORKING THE BEST AND WE THAT IT POSSIBLY CAN.

AND WE WILL BE BRINGING INFORMATION TO YOU.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO GET ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK FROM STAFF ON PROBLEM SOLVING ALONG THE WAY TO MAKE BOTH THE WAIVER DAYS AND THE WORK BETWEEN THE WAIVER DAYS VERY USEFUL AND BENEFICIAL TO MOVE THE WORK FORWARD THAT THEY'RE THAT THEY'RE DOING.

SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT, EXCITED ABOUT ALL OF THE WORK THAT'S GOING INTO THAT AND THE EXCITEMENT OF WORKING TOGETHER AGAIN MORE CLOSELY THAN WE HAVE AT OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING.

WE HAVE A WORK SESSION PLANNED AND WE WILL BE SHARING WITH YOU THE STATE WIDE DATA.

AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A HIATUS ON STATEWIDE TESTING FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT THEN LAST YEAR WE HAD TWO OPPORTUNITIES TO TEST, BOTH IN THE FALL AND IN THE SPRING.

WHILE THOSE TESTS ARE DIFFERENT, WE DO THINK THAT THERE IS SOME INFORMATION THAT WILL BECOME VALUABLE AND YOU'LL BE SEEING IT AGAIN AND AGAIN THROUGH OUR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANS. AND WE'D LIKE TO ALSO SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE WE'RE PUTTING IN PLACE TO HELP US MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CLOSING THE GAP FOR OUR KIDS THAT HAVE SUFFERED FROM LEARNING LOSS.

SO THERE ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO SHARE THAT AND WE'RE EXCITED FOR THAT WORK SESSION.

NEXT BOARD MEETING TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY.

OTHER THAN THAT, I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW TOMORROW WE START OUR CURRICULUM ADOPTION COMMITTEE WORK.

SO START THAT AT 8:00 AM TOMORROW AND WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED TO GET THAT MOVING FORWARD.

OF COURSE, THE EXTREME CHALLENGE IS THREE ADOPTIONS ONE YEAR AND MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF THOSE TIMELINES THAT WERE LAID OUT BY DAVE AND ALLISON, THAT THEY THAT WE MEET ALL OF THEM.

SO WE'RE ANXIOUS TO MOVE FORWARD AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE BUDGETS AND ALL OF THOSE CHALLENGES.

BUT IT'S EXCITING WORK AND WE WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE BACK AT IT.

SO THAT'S IT.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? QUESTION GOING BACK TO THE STATE DATA, I HAPPEN TO LOOK AT THE HOSPITAL SCHOOL REPORT CARD AND MY FIRST IMPRESSION WAS I COULD NOT THINK OF A MORE UNFRIENDLY PRESENTATION TO THE PUBLIC THAN WHAT YOU SEE WHEN YOU OPEN THAT THING UP.

CAN WE MAKE ANY ATTEMPT TO MAKE SOME OF THAT INFORMATION MORE CITIZEN AND STUDENT FRIENDLY? YEAH, WE WILL START TO WORK ON EXACTLY HOW WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT THAT.

BUT I THINK YOU MAKE A VERY GOOD POINT.

I WAS LOOKING AT SOME OF THE THE GRAPHS AND THINGS THAT WERE PUT OUT BY [INAUDIBLE] AND YEAH, WHAT'S VERY DIFFICULT AND I'M NOT SURE HOW WE GET OVER THIS HURDLE.

WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO SHOW YOU COHORT DATA, OH, RIGHT FROM YEAR TO YEAR AND BE ABLE TO SEE STUDENT PROGRESS OVER TIME WITH TWO YEARS OUT AND THEN THE FALL OF LAST YEAR, IT BEING A DIFFERENT TEST.

I'M NOT SURE HOW WE GET OVER THAT HURDLE WHILE WE LOOKED AT THAT INFORMATION.

LONGITUDINAL, ESSENTIALLY, YOU HAVE A THREE YEAR GAP IN THAT INFORMATION AND SO IT'S REALLY HARD TO GAIN ANY SORT OF

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BUT WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO TRY OUR BEST TO DELINEATE OUT SOME OF THE TRENDS THAT WE'RE SEEING.

FOR THE MOST PART, YOU WON'T SEE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN OUR SCORES IN READING.

THE ELA SIDE OF THINGS WAS NOT AS GREATLY IMPACTED AS MATH AND FRANKLY, SCIENCE EITHER.

SO MATH IS THE ONE AREA THAT I THINK WE REALLY HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL WORK TO DO.

AND WE'RE WE'RE EXCITED TO TACKLE THAT AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO ADDRESS IT.

BUT FOR THE MOST PART, OUR STUDENTS CONTINUE TO GROW IN THE AREAS OF READING AND WRITING AND SCIENCE.

SO EXCITING.

THAT PART'S EXCITING AS COMPARED TO SOME OF THE OTHER RESULTS.

I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A MAGIC BULLET THERE, BUT WE CAN MAKE IT LOOK A LITTLE FRIENDLIER THAN WHAT IT IS.

YEAH, I MEAN, WE'LL GIVE IT TO AMANDA OVER HERE, OKAY? SURE. SHE'LL WHIP IT INTO SHAPE IN TWO WEEKS FOR US.

NO SMALL. ASK IF SHE COULD DO THAT.

I THINK WE'D LOSE HER REALLY QUICKLY.

MICHELLE.

RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, BOARD.

JUST A COUPLE OF UPDATES AS IT RELATES TO HR.

SO AS DENNY ALLUDED, ENROLLMENT IS UP.

AND SO THAT HAS BEEN A VERY EXCITING, EXCITING THING TO SEE.

ONE OF OUR PROCESSES THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF AUGUST IS THAT WE HAVE WE'VE BEEN MONITORING ENROLLMENT.

AND SO WHEN BUILDINGS ALL THE BUILDINGS OPEN IN AUGUST, WE HAVE AN INITIAL DATE AT THE BEGINNING OF AUGUST WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT OUR NUMBERS.

AND THEN EVERY WEEK AFTER THAT, WE'RE MONITORING AND THEN ABOUT THE THIRD WEEK OF AUGUST, THEN WE START TO LOOK AT IT MORE FREQUENTLY.

WE START TO LOOK AT IT THREE TIMES A WEEK, AND THEN THE LAST WEEK IT'S DAILY.

AND SO WE TRY TO MAKE DECISIONS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

SOMETIMES WE HAVE HOT SPOTS WHERE WE'RE JUST KIND OF MONITORING.

AND SO THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF AUGUST AND MOVING INTO SEPTEMBER, WE HAVE ADDED SOME ADDITIONAL POSITIONS.

AND SO OVERALL AT THE PRIMARY LEVEL, WE HAVE ADDED FOUR POSITIONS AND THAT'S MAINLY IN THE AREA OF KINDERGARTEN, A FIRST FIRST GRADE CLASS AND THEN FOURTH GRADE.

WE ALSO ADDED TWO POSITIONS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL.

AND THESE ARE NEW STAFFING POSITIONS.

SO NEW STAFF TO THE TO THE POSITION AND OR OUTSIDE OF I GUESS ADDITIONAL THAN WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY BUDGETED.

MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE ADDED TWO MORE NEW STAFF TO LAURIN AND OVERALL THREE THREE TEACHERS TO THAT TO THAT CAMPUS.

AND AT THE HIGH SCHOOL WE ARE LOOKING AT ABOUT TWO AND A HALF POSITIONS BASED OFF OF BASED OFF OF THEIR ENROLLMENT.

SO WE'RE EXCITED, EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

THIS IS A GREAT A GREAT PROBLEM TO HAVE.

NOW THE CHALLENGE IS WORKING ON SPACING WITH A LOT OF THESE THESE BUILDINGS.

SO WE CONTINUE TO TO WORK AND MONITOR THOSE THOSE THOSE ENROLLMENT NUMBERS AS WELL.

LATER ON IN THE IN THE BOARD MEETING UNDER NEW BUSINESS UNDER NUMBER 11, I WILL BE TALKING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE THE PRC CONTRACT, PSC CONTRACT AND THEN THE PRC PROCESS.

SO I'LL GO INTO DETAILS THEN.

I ALSO WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR CLASSIFIED ALLOCATION.

THAT'S BEEN A REALLY BIG EMPHASIS THE LAST WEEK AND A HALF, STEPHANIE AND I, AS WELL AS OTHER OTHER PEOPLE IN HR, THIS IS THIS IS A VERY BUSY TIME.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'LL SEE ON THE CLASSIFIED STAFF AND REPORT, THERE'S A LOT THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THERE, A LOT OF NEW HIRES, A LOT OF PEOPLE MAY BE CHANGING POSITIONS. AND SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR BUILDINGS ON MAKING SURE THAT OUR SUPERVISION POSITIONS ARE COVERED, LUNCHROOM, RECESS, BUS DUTY, AND THEN ALSO LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN SUPPORT OUR OFFICES WITH SOME ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL TIME, BECAUSE THERE IS THERE ARE A LOT OF DEMANDS THAT COME THROUGH THE FRONT OFFICE. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO ADD MORE, MORE SUPPORT IN IN IN IN THE SCHOOLS THERE.

I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE AMANDA.

SO I KNOW WE'VE MENTIONED AMANDA A COUPLE OF TIMES.

SO AMANDA RICHTER IS OUR NEW DIRECTOR OF OF COMMUNICATIONS.

SO SHE REPLACES RITA SANDERS, WHO MOVED TO COLORADO.

AND AMANDA COMES FROM VANCOUVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND WHERE SHE HAS OVER TEN YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THEIR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.

AND SO I THINK WE HAVE SCORED A REAL GEM WITH AMANDA AND SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE HER.

SHE'S BEEN WORKING FOR ABOUT A WEEK NOW AND I THINK SHE GOT THE MEMO THAT SHE HAS A REPORT TO PRESENT HERE IN A FEW MINUTES.

SO BUT IF YOU CAN GIVE A A WARM WELCOME TO AMANDA OFFICIALLY.

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WHICH MAKES IT EASY BECAUSE FINANCE NO REPORT.

SCOTT. SCOTT AND OPERATIONS NO REPORT.

KEVIN JOLMA SO WITH THAT COMMUNICATIONS.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MENTION, I'M SO EXCITED TO BE JOINING THIS GREAT DISTRICT AND WORKING WITH THE TALENTED FOLKS AROUND THE DISTRICT AND SERVING STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND OUR COMMUNITIES.

THANK YOU. I WANTED TO START TONIGHT BY SHOWING SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS THAT THE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE PRODUCED ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL AND STARTING WITH THE WELCOME BACK VIDEO THAT SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE SEEN SOME OF IT.

[VIDEO] JUST TO SEE THE KIDS SMILING AND HAPPY AND NERVOUS.

SOME OF THEM ARE NERVOUS, TOO, BUT IT'S JUST IT'S A SPECIAL DAY.

IT'S A SPECIAL DAY.

AND I AM SO EXCITED FOR BATTLE GROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND ALL OF THE STAFF AND ALL OF OUR FAMILIES.

SO MUCH OPTIMISM AND HOPE IN THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

AND THAT'S WHAT I LOOK FORWARD TO, WATCHING THESE KIDS GET OUT OF THEIR CARS AND OFF THE BUS AS THEY START THE FIRST DAY.

KIDS ARE JUST ANXIOUS TO SEE THEIR FRIENDS AND MEET THEIR NEW TEACHER.

AND THERE'S JUST A SENSE IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT YEAR WHEN THE FIRST DAY ROLLS AROUND.

STARTING MY FIRST 2ND YEAR HERE AT AMBOY SCHOOL.

I'VE TAUGHT SEVENTH GRADE AND EIGHTH GRADE MATH, ALGEBRA, WORLD HISTORY, US HISTORY, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO A GREAT YEAR.

EACH YEAR IS GOING TO BE MY BEST YEAR EVER.

AND THAT'S HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT.

SO SHOUT OUT TO CHRIS BROWN AND JENNA BUSH ARE HELD FROM THE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE FOR PRODUCING THAT VIDEO.

SPEAKING OF CHRIS, HE ALSO WROTE A GREAT STORY THAT'S POSTED ON THE WEBSITE BLOG AND SHARED THE LAST BULLETIN ABOUT THE TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM.

SO CHECK THAT OUT IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT ALREADY.

AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION THAT JENNA WORKED WITH RIVER HOMELAND TO REDESIGN THEIR WEBSITE RECENTLY.

AND I'LL JUST SHOW YOU A LITTLE SNIPPET OF IT HERE.

ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT THE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE DOES IS EMPOWERING AND SUPPORTING THE GREAT COMMUNICATIONS WORK THAT SCHOOLS ARE ALREADY DOING.

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THE MAIN FOCUS WAS TO HELP VISITORS TO THE SITE.

BOTH FAMILIES AND STAFF BETTER UNDERSTAND THE PROGRAMS AND OPTIONS.

AND SHE WORKED TO HELP MAKE THE INFORMATION CONSISTENT AND COLLABORATED WITH PRINCIPAL MATT KESSLER, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL SUSAN SMITH AND HEAD SECRETARY DEAN MOORE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR AMANDA? IS THERE USUALLY SOMEBODY AT EACH BUILDING THAT MONITORS THEIR OWN WEBSITE OR HAS THAT DONE AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE? THERE ARE PEOPLE AT EACH BUILDING THAT HAVE BEEN TRAINED.

WE PROVIDE THE CONSISTENCY AND THE FORMATTING.

RIGHT. JENNA DID A LOT OF THAT.

WHAT'S COOL ABOUT JENNA IS SHE DID A LOT OF THE BRANDING HERSELF, YOU KNOW, THE LOGOS AND ALL OF THAT KIND OF STUFF.

SHE SHE'S REDESIGNED ALMOST ALL OF OUR LOGOS IN OUR SCHOOLS AND UPDATED THEM.

VERY TALENTED.

WE HAVE AN OUTSTANDING COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.

AND THAT'S IT FOR SUPERINTENDENT STAFF UPDATE.

OKAY, GREAT. NEXT UP IS OUR CITIZENS COMMENTS.

[8. Citizens' Comments]

THE BOARD RECOGNIZES THE VALUE OF PUBLIC COMMENT ON EDUCATIONAL ISSUES AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PUBLIC AT ITS MEETINGS.

IF YOU'LL COME TO THE PODIUM AFTER IDENTIFYING YOURSELF, I PROCEEDED TO MAKE COMMENTS IN THE TIME LIMIT ESTABLISHED.

OUR TIME LIMIT IS 3 MINUTES.

OUR TIMER IS RICARDO.

THE PRESIDENT MAY INTERRUPT OR TERMINATE AN INDIVIDUAL STATEMENT IF IT'S TOO LENGTHY, PERSONALLY DIRECTED, ABUSIVE, OBSCENE OR IRRELEVANT.

WE HOPE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.

THE BOARD AS A WHOLE HAS THE FINAL DECISION IN DETERMINING THE APPROPRIATE APPROPRIATENESS OF ALL SUCH RULINGS.

SO FIRST UP ON OUR LIST IS SARAH HARRISON.

DID I SAY THAT CORRECT? OKAY, GREAT. COME ON UP.

WELCOME. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GIVING ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS YOU ALL TODAY.

I'M HERE. I'M A PARENT OF A BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT TRANSFER FROM [INAUDIBLE] AND PRIOR TO THAT ST JOE'S SCHOOL, I HAVE OVER 30 YEARS IN PUBLIC SERVICE AND A DEGREE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION FROM UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND AND A DEGREE IN ECONOMICS.

ACTUALLY, IT'S A CERTIFICATE, MASTER'S CERTIFICATE.

I SHARE THAT WITH YOU. SO YOU KNOW THAT I'M COMING AT YOU WITH A HEAVY HEART TODAY.

THE TOPIC IS NUTRITION.

AND I'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU BECAUSE I'M VERY CONCERNED IN READING THAT THE BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL AND THEN HEARING FROM SOME MEMBERS TODAY THAT THE FUNDING FOR FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH PROGRAM IS NOT AVAILABLE TO BATTLE GROUND STUDENTS IS ABSURD.

NUTRITION IS AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT TO LEARNING.

IF CHILDREN AT ANY AGE ARE LEFT WITHOUT FOOD, THAT I THINK IT REALLY INFRINGES ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN, THE OBJECTIVE TO ENSURE HIGH LEVEL SAFETY STANDARDS.

ISN'T HEALTH A SAFETY STANDARD? IF STUDENTS AREN'T FED, THAT'S GOING TO INCREASE THEIR HEALTH RISKS.

THEY MIGHT FAINT, THEY MIGHT PASS OUT.

THEY HAVE FATIGUE.

THERE'S INABILITY TO CONCENTRATE, TO FOCUS, TO LEARN.

WE'RE MAKING AN INVESTMENT IN OUR FUTURE.

THESE KIDS ARE OUR FUTURE.

AND TO BE PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY, THEY NEED AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY'RE ABLE TO FOCUS, WHERE THEY'RE ABLE TO RETAIN INFORMATION, RECALL THAT INFORMATION, AND THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT IF THEY'RE HUNGRY OR IF THEY'RE NOT GETTING THE PROPER NUTRITION.

I'VE BEEN DOING RESEARCH OVER THE SUMMER AROUND NUTRITION AND THE FUNCTION OF NUTRITION ON THE BRAIN.

IT'S VERY, VERY VITAL THAT WE ALL, AT EVERY AGE THAT WE ARE EATING PROPERLY FROM ALL OF THE THE FOOD GROUPS. AND WE'RE DOING THAT TO MAINTAIN BRAIN FUNCTION.

AND SO. THE HUMAN RIGHT ELEMENT.

VALUING OUR PEOPLE AND OUR STUDENTS SHOULD NOT BE A FINANCIAL CHOICE.

I THINK WHEN IT COMES TO PROJECTS, SPECIAL INTEREST OR EVEN CONSTRUCTION OF FACILITIES, IF WE DON'T HAVE PROPER

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MY ASK IS, PLEASE PRIORITIZE YOUR PEOPLE, PRIORITIZE YOUR STUDENTS.

AND WITH THE INCREASED IN BUDGET FROM THE 4.1% OF INCREASE IN ENROLLMENT, PLEASE USE THAT TO FEED PEOPLE.

WE NEED OUR STUDENTS FED.

THEY NEED PROPER NUTRITION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANKS, SARA. AND NOT TO BE QUIET, WE DON'T NORMALLY RESPOND AT THE TIME WHEN PEOPLE PRESENT, BUT WE'D BE GLAD TO FOLLOW UP EITHER AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL OR OURSELVES. AND I THINK MOST OF THE BOARD MEMBERS KNOW THAT, IN FACT, THE NUTRITION FUNDING FOR WASHINGTON STATE SCHOOLS IS A LEGISLATIVE POSITION THAT WE GET TO VOTE ON COMING UP HERE.

SO I THINK MANY OTHER SCHOOLS FEEL THE SAME WAY.

YEAH. AND I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THERE MAY BE A LOOPHOLE I WAS READING UNDER THE COVID 19, THE CHILD NUTRITION RESPONSE 110 THAT APPLIES TO THE NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM. AND WHAT IT SAYS IS THAT THERE'S A WAIVER AVAILABLE FOR ANY STATE.

THERE'S NO END DATE ON THIS, AND IT'S FOR ANY SITUATIONS WHERE THERE'S BEEN A SUPPLY CHAIN DISRUPTION.

SO IF THAT AT ALL APPLIES, I HAVE NO IDEA.

THAT MAY BE ANOTHER SOURCE OF SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING FOR NUTRITION.

THANK YOU. WE'LL LOOK INTO IT VERY, VERY MUCH.

NEXT UP, JESSICA COLE.

HELLO, BOARD. MY NAME IS JESSICA.

MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE HER.

I'VE HAD STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT.

I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT BAN BOOK WEEK, WHICH IS SEPTEMBER 18TH TO THE 24TH.

IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR 40 YEARS WITH THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.

THE 2022 THEME IS BOOKS UNITE US SINCE CENSORSHIP DIVIDES US, ROM THEIR WEBSITE.

I DIDN'T MAKE THESE WORDS.

BOOKS REACH ACROSS BOUNDARIES AND BUILD CONNECTIONS BETWEEN READERS.

SO I SUPPORT THE ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND FREEDOM TO READ.

MOST TARGETED BOOKS ARE BY OR ABOUT BLACK OR LGBTQ PERSONS.

AND HALF OF THE TOP TEN BOOK BANNED BOOKS THIS YEAR ARE DUE TO LGBTQ CONTENT.

AND I BROUGHT SOME BOOKS, AND ONE OF THE BOOKS I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THE LIST, AND SOME ARE CHALLENGES.

SOME ARE BANNED. I'VE READ SO MUCH, SO I GET CONFUSED.

SO ONE IS I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED TO SEE THE BIBLE.

THIS IS THE BIBLE THAT MY GRANDPARENTS GAVE ME WHEN I WAS LITTLE.

MY GRANDPA WAS A PASTOR AND MY GRANDMOTHER READ THIS BOOK EVERY YEAR AND I FOUND IT BENEFICIAL TO DO AUDIO WHEN READING THE WHOLE BOOK THROUGH. BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE NAMES I CANNOT PRONOUNCE A LOT OF THOSE NAMES I CAN'T PRONOUNCE.

ANOTHER BANNED BOOK.

I WAS SUPER SURPRISED.

JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH.

I REMEMBER READING THIS BOOK IN THIRD GRADE.

I REMEMBER THIS IS THE FIRST BOOK.

I WAS LIKE, OH MY GOSH, THIS IS SO FUN.

WELL, THAT AND FLAT STANLEY.

FLAT STANLEY IS A FAVORITE ONE OF MINE.

LET'S SEE. WE HAVE WELL, THERE WAS A ERIC CARLE BOOK, THE HUNGRY CATERPILLAR.

WHEN I SAW DRAWING, I WAS LIKE, OH, I SEE WHY.

BUT LITTLE KIDS PROBABLY JUST THINKING OF MY KIDS WHEN THEY WERE LITTLE, THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE, WHATEVER.

ANNE FRANK, DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL.

ONE OF MY KIDDOS READ THIS ONE DRAMA.

YOU COULD SEE THIS ONE.

IT CAME FROM THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.

IT'S VERY LOVED.

IT'S USED A LOT.

I KNOW THE HUNGER GAMES.

I READ THAT WITH ONE OF MY KIDDOS.

I LIKE THE BOOKS BETTER THAN THE MOVIE.

THEY'RE LESS SUSPENSEFUL.

AND I'M CURRENTLY READING MAYA ANGELOU'S I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS.

SHE IS AN EXCELLENT WRITER, IN MY OPINION.

I JUST THE WAY SHE WRITES, IT'S JUST IT'S EASY FOR ME TO READ.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

THANK YOU.

BUT I HAD AN INTRO THAT I FORGOT TO SAY.

BUT I'LL SAY IT NOW REAL QUICK, DANNY, DO YOU KNOW WHO ELSE IN THE DISTRICT IS OUTSTANDING WITH YOUR EMPLOYEES? THE CROSSING GUARDS OUT STANDING.

BUT NO, I APPRECIATE THE ONES THAT ARE BY MY HOUSE THAT I GET TO KNOW THEIR FACE.

THEY'RE OUTSTANDING IN SEVERAL WAYS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

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LEAVE ON A HIGH NOTE. OUR THIRD SPEAKER IS EUNICE [INAUDIBLE].

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS EUNICE [INAUDIBLE].

AND I GO BY SHE HER PRONOUNS.

AND I'M A MEMBER OF THIS DISTRICT.

CONGRATULATIONS ON A GREAT START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AND ON THE INCREASE IN THE ENROLLMENT.

I'M REALLY HAPPY TO HEAR THAT.

I'M HERE TO TELL YOU A LITTLE STORY.

I STARTED MY LIFE IN THE US AS A 17 YEAR OLD, STARTED IN THE MIDDLE OF MY JUNIOR JUNIOR YEAR.

I WAS FRESH OFF THE BOAT, YOU KNOW, AND STARTED IN A SMALL RELIGIOUS SCHOOL.

AND A LOT OF THOSE KIDS CLASSMATES WERE IN THE 12 YEAR CLUB.

THEY STARTED THE SCHOOL FROM KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE AND WENT TO THE SCHOOL THE WHOLE TIME.

SO I DIDN'T REALLY BELONG.

I DIDN'T DRIVE.

I WAS PATHOLOGICALLY SHY.

I SPOKE A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE AND I WAS FROM A DIFFERENT CULTURE.

SO IT WAS SET UP TO BE A BAD YEAR UNTIL MR. HAINES CAME ALONG AND HE LET ME BE HIS LAB ASSISTANT.

AND I GOT TO SET UP CHEMISTRY LAB FOR HIS OTHER STUDENTS, AND I GOT TO WORK AS HIS GRADER.

AND HE HOOKED ME UP TO OTHER STUDENTS THAT NEEDED SOME HELP, ONE ON ONE TUTORING THAT MITIGATED MY SOCIAL AWKWARDNESS AND GAVE ME ENOUGH SENSE OF BELONGING THAT I WAS ABLE TO FINISH THE SCHOOL WITHOUT FALLING INTO THE HOLES.

EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BELONG.

BELONGING IS A FOUNDATION ON WHICH WE BUILD OUR LIVES, JUST LIKE NUTRITION THAT SARAH TALKED ABOUT.

AND I'M REALLY GLAD THAT THE SECOND OBJECTIVE IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT WAS ABOUT ENHANCING STUDENT EXPERIENCE WITH SPORTS AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.

THOSE WILL GIVE THAT SOME EXTRA BELONGING TO THE KIDS.

THERE ARE AND I'M HERE TO SUGGEST THAT MAYBE FOR THE 30% OF OUR STUDENT POPULATION WHO'S LGBTQ, MAYBE THE DISTRICT CAN PUT UP SOME BIG BANNERS WITH PROGRESSIVE RAINBOW SAYING, YOU BELONG, YOU ARE LOVED.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER CITIZENS COMMENTS FOR THIS EVENING.

WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

[9. Consent Agenda]

ITEM B APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE AUGUST 2022 AUGUST 22ND 2022.

REGULAR MEETING.

ITEM C BUSINESS AND OPERATIONS.

ITEM D CONTRACTS RATIFICATION.

ITEM E THE PERSONNEL REPORTS.

ITEM F STUDENT TRAVEL.

ITEM G APPROVAL OF THE DONATION FOR THE GIRLS SOCCER TEAM AT BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL.

ITEM H MATH CONSUMABLE WORKBOOKS FOR GRADES 6 TO 8.

AND ITEM I THE ICPA 1920-03, WHICH IS KIND OF LIKE OUR SUPPLIES CONTRACT DEAL WITH LAKE STEVENS SCHOOL DISTRICT.

IF ANYBODY HAS ANY OF THOSE ITEMS THAT THEY WISH TO BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY, NOW WOULD BE THE TIME TO DO THAT.

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AND I WAS GOING TO ASK OUR STUDENTS WHICH ITEM OUT OF THESE FALLS CLOSEST TO HELPING THE STUDENTS EVERY DAY EXISTENCE IN OUR SCHOOL? WELL, I WAS GOING TO SAY ITEM G, THE APPROVAL OF DONATIONS THAT THE GIRLS SOCCER TEAM AT BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL.

THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE IT'S REALLY RELEVANT TO MY EVERYDAY LIFE.

I DON'T PLAY SOCCER, BUT I HAVE FRIENDS THAT PLAY SOCCER AND THAT ARE ON THE TEAM.

AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE $6,990 IS A LOT OF MONEY AND IT CAN DO A LOT TO HELP THEM.

SO IT'S JUST IT'S REALLY NICE TO SIT ON THE SIT IN ON THESE MEETINGS AND JUST SEE THINGS THAT ARE SO RELEVANT TO MY DAILY LIFE AND MY FRIENDS AND LIKE, YEAH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, I GUESS, BECAUSE THAT WILL HELP MY FRIENDS IF IT DOES GET APPROVED.

YEAH. AND THANKS TO THE VOLUNTEERS THAT DID THE FUNDRAISING ON THAT.

YEAH. I WOULD ALSO SAY ITEM H MATH CONSUMABLE WORKBOOKS FOR GRADES 6-8 IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

GROWING UP LIKE I WASN'T BIG ON MATH AND YOU KNOW, THE MATH BOOKS REALLY HELPED ME WITH A LOT OF LEARNING WISE. SO I'M GLAD TO SEE LIKE IT COMING BACK AND STUDENTS ACTUALLY BEING ABLE TO USE THEM TO GAIN MORE KNOWLEDGE.

SO IF YOU WERE TO GIVE AN ADVISORY VOTE, WOULD YOU SUGGEST THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THESE DAILY OPERATIONS KIND OF ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? ABSOLUTELY. I FIGURED YOU WOULD.

ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS? IF I COULD HEAR A MOTION FOR APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA.

THAT'D BE GREAT. I RECOMMEND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

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

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED.

5 TO 0. THANK YOU.

AND I'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT WITH THE STUDENTS, WE'D LIKE TO MAYBE FEATURE SOME OF THE VARIOUS DIFFERENT CATEGORIES THAT ALWAYS SHOW UP ON THE CONSENT AGENDA SO WE CAN MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE TRANSPARENT FOR THE PUBLIC AND HAVE THEM KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT WE ALWAYS SEEM TO VOTE YES ON.

SO. DID YOU WANT TO BRING UP THE DONATIONS? [INAUDIBLE] OH.

ABOUT THE SOCCER DONATION.

YEAH. [INAUDIBLE] TELL US ABOUT IT.

I'M KIND OF THE THIRD STRING.

YOU KNOW.

WHAT I MEANT TO SAY BY THAT IS WE HAVE SOME SOCCER GOING ON THIS AFTERNOON, SO OUR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AND OUR COACH ARE INDISPOSED.

AND SO I GOT A QUICK, QUICK BRIEF ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.

AND ACTUALLY, I BELIEVE WHAT I'M OPERATING FROM IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT YOU PROBABLY HAVE ALREADY.

BUT OVER THE SUMMER, FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS ON JUNE 3RD, JUNE 18TH, JULY 13TH AND JULY 30TH, OUR GIRLS SOCCER PARENTS SIGNED UP FOR FOUR DIFFERENT EVENINGS TO HELP WORK CONCESSIONS AT THE RV AND AMPHITHEATER IN THEIR CONCESSION STAND OVER THE SUMMER.

AND OUR HEAD COACH CERTIFIED WITH PERMITS AND FOOD HANDLERS, CERTIFICATES AND ALL THAT, AND THEY RAISED AROUND $6,990 IN SALES AND TIPS. AND SO WHAT THEY'RE ASKING IS THAT WE WOULD HAVE PERMISSION TO DEPOSIT THESE FUNDS AS A DONATION INTO THE GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER PROGRAM FROM THE GRAD NIGHT AND VOLLEYBALL BOOSTERS.

I KNOW OUR PARENTS WORKED PRETTY HARD AND GAVE UP A LOT OF THEIR TIME FOR THAT, FOR OUR KIDS.

SO WE GREATLY APPRECIATED THEIR EFFORTS.

THAT'S ALL I KNOW ABOUT IT. YEAH, THAT'S GREAT.

THANKS. WE APPRECIATE THE PARENTS HELPING OUT.

ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL.

THANKS. THANK YOU.

THANKS. OK NO OLD BUSINESS.

THAT BRINGS US TO A NEW BUSINESS ITEM, A REVISION OF POLICY 3131 DISTRICT ATTENDANCE AREA.

[11. New Business]

SO THIS IS A RELATIVELY SIMPLE SHIFT IN POLICY.

3131. PREVIOUSLY, IF A STUDENT TRANSFERRED TO A SCHOOL IN ANOTHER COUNTRY THAT WOULD COME BACK AND SHOW UP AS A

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AND SO BOTH OSPI AND THE STATE AUDITOR'S OFFICE HAVE PROVIDED GUIDANCE STATING THAT IF DISTRICTS HAVE A POLICY IN PLACE, DISTRICTS CAN REPORT THESE SCENARIOS AS A TRANSFER WITHOUT A NEGATIVE CODE.

AND SO THIS POLICY HAS BEEN RETITLED FROM DISTRICT ATTENDANCE AREA TRANSFERS TO TRANSFERS TO REFLECT ITS BROADER APPLICATION.

THIS WAS BROUGHT TO ME BY OUR REGISTRARS IN TERMS OF SOMETHING THAT THEY WANTED TO SEE HAPPEN.

ANY QUESTIONS? DO WE KNOW HOW OFTEN THIS HAPPENS IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT? I DON'T THINK IT IS TOO OFTEN.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY STUDENTS I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE MOVING FROM OUR DISTRICT TO OTHER COUNTRIES.

IT WAS JUST IT'S HAPPENED OBVIOUSLY ENOUGH TO WHERE ONCE THIS NEW POLICY WAS IN PLACE AND WE DIDN'T HAVE IT IN OUR DISTRICT, IT WAS I WAS ASKED BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT, BUT IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I WAS ASKED THIS SUMMER.

AND I DO WANT TO STATE THAT WAS IT DOES NOT HAVE A PROCEDURE FOR THIS POLICY AT THIS POINT.

AND I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT THE PROCEDURES INCLUDED IN THE POLICY.

SO I'M GOOD WITH THAT.

I WAS TOLD I WAS TOLD SOMEONE ALWAYS ASKS ABOUT PROCEDURE, BUT I WAS NOT GIVEN.

IT IS I DON'T KNOW WHO THAT IS.

IT'S NOT GIVEN TO ME. RIGHT.

SO ASK FROM MARY.

BUT I DO HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.

SO THIS TAKES CARE OF THOSE STUDENTS THAT TRANSFER TO ANOTHER COUNTRY.

BUT I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF SITUATIONS WHERE STUDENTS MAY LEAVE THE DISTRICT AND IT'S HARD TO KNOW WHERE THEY ARE.

ARE THERE OTHER POLICIES IN PLACE WHERE IF YOU KNOW THAT THE STUDENT HAS GONE SOMEPLACE ELSE, EVEN IF YOU CAN'T GET AN OFFICIAL RECORD, THAT WE CAN TAKE THOSE STUDENTS OFF OUR ROLE IN TERMS OF GRADUATION RATE.

MARY I COULD PROBABLY WING AN ANSWER AND MAKE IT SOUND LIKE I KNEW WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT, BUT I CANNOT ANSWER THAT QUESTION, BUT I CAN FIND THE ANSWER TO THAT.

WELL, IT JUST IT JUST RAISED A QUESTION FOR ME BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN WE DID HAVE A DROP IN ENROLLMENT, SOME OF THOSE STUDENTS, WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY WENT. THEY DIDN'T SHOW UP IN ANOTHER DISTRICT.

MY UNDERSTANDING OF THAT IS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE DOCUMENTATION OR VERIFICATION THAT THE STUDENT HAS ENROLLED SOMEWHERE ELSE.

AND ONCE WE GET THAT VERIFICATION THAT THEY'VE ENROLLED SOMEWHERE ELSE, THEY'RE TAKEN OFF OF OURS AND PLACED ONTO THAT NEW ONE.

BUT WITHOUT VERIFICATION THAT THEY'VE ENROLLED SOMEWHERE ELSE, THEY CONTINUE TO COUNT AGAINST US.

AND AND WHAT YOU WILL OFTEN SEE AND MARY, I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS UP.

WHAT YOU OFTEN SEE IN A REFLECTION OF A DISTRICT'S GRADUATION RATE IS THE FAILURE TO BE ABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT'S COUNTING AGAINST THOSE SOMETIMES ARE THOSE STUDENTS THAT HAVE LEFT.

IT'S NOT A MATTER OF OUR SYSTEM BEING A FAILING THEM OR NOT ENABLING THEM TO GRADUATE.

IT'S JUST THAT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DOCUMENT WHERE THEY WENT TO AND WHO'S ASSUMED THAT RESPONSIBILITY.

SO WE ARE WE DO.

WE DO WORK ON THAT.

WE WORK WITH OUR REGISTERS ON HOW TO GET THAT.

BUT IT'S A IT'S SOMETIMES A FRUSTRATING.

BUT THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A LOT OF LEEWAY.

WELL, THERE ISN'T LEEWAY, I SUPPOSE, BECAUSE WE CAN'T JUST PUT A POLICY IN PLACE AND MAKE IT GO AWAY.

SO. OKAY.

THANK YOU. GREAT.

SO WE HAVE THE POLICY REVISION IN FRONT OF US.

STAY WHERE YOU'RE AT. STAY WHERE YOU'RE AT UNTIL THEY VOTE.

THIS IS INTENSE. CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOU DO.

HOW WE MEASURE YOUR SUCCESS.

IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG NIGHT. THEY VOTE AGAINST YOU.

YOU HAVE A WALK OF SHAME.

I'LL COME UP WITH A DIFFERENT POLICY.

I'LL TRY IT AGAIN. I'VE GOT ONE MORE.

I'LL MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE THE REVISION TO POLICY 3131 DISTRICT AREA ATTENDANCE.

IT'S BEEN MOVED TO APPROVE POLICY 3131 ABOUT DISTRICT AREA ATTENDANCE.

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

ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

MOTION PASSES 5-0.

THANK YOU. THAT. ISN'T THAT.

THANK YOU, EVERYONE. FIRST POLICY, ONE FOR ONE.

YOU MAY SIT DOWN NOW.

OKAY. ITEM B I'M PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN HERE.

I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE PRESENT ON THIS [INAUDIBLE].

APPROVAL TO PURCHASE A GROUND MASTER 5910.

LARGE AREA MOWER.

MR. WATERS, I'M HOPING YOU DON'T ASK ME A WHOLE LOT OF QUESTIONS, BECAUSE I CAN BE HONEST WITH YOU.

WHAT'S THE HORSEPOWER? YEAH.

ALL RIGHT, GOOD. THANK YOU.

LET ME PULL UP THE SCHEMATICS FOR YOU.

ARE YOU. ARE YOU ABLE TO OPERATE THIS MACHINE? I LOVE TO OPERATE THE GROUND MASTER 5910.

[01:30:03]

I'VE OFTEN THOUGHT THAT IN TERMS OF A JOB APPROVAL, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD ONE FOR ME.

YEAH. AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION THAT'S PRESENTED, WE CURRENTLY HAVE A OUR MAIN MOWER IS A JACOBSEN MOWER THAT WAS PURCHASED TEN YEARS AGO.

OUR BACK UP MOWER IS A TORO LARGE AREA MOWER WHICH HAS BEEN AROUND FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND HAS PASSED ITS USEFUL LIFE. WE CONTINUE TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE JACOBSEN SO THAT IT CANNOT SERVE AS THE MAIN MOWER, WHICH LEADS US TO NEEDING TO PURCHASE A NEW MOWER TO USE OUR THE NEW MAIN MOWER TO USE.

AND SO THE OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT AND KEVIN HAS DONE HIS DUE DILIGENCE AND FOUND A 16 FOOT WIDE MOWER TO HELP TAKE CARE OF OUR GROUNDS.

I WAS FLABBERGASTED AT THE PRICE, BUT I ASSUME THAT WE I ASSUME THAT WE PERHAPS WE SHOULDN'T BE FLABBERGASTED BECAUSE I'M SURE, AGAIN, WE DID OUR DUE DILIGENCE.

BUT THE COST OF THE MOWER IS $165,000, $164.997.64, INCLUDING SALES TAX.

AND WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THE WASHINGTON STATE CONTRACT PRICING AGREEMENT SO THAT WE KNOW WE'RE GETTING THE BEST DEAL THAT IS AVAILABLE.

AND SO I'M ASKING WE'RE ASKING THE BOARD TO APPROVE THIS PURCHASE.

IT'S WITHIN. KEVIN HAS SAVED UP THE MONEY WITHIN HIS BUDGET.

SO IT'S WITHIN HIS BUDGET.

IT'S NOT GOING OUTSIDE OF HIS CURRENT BUDGET.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE USING TO GET THIS PURCHASE.

DENNY, DO YOU KNOW IF THERE'S A TRAILER THAT COMES WITH THAT OR.

I BELIEVE WE HAVE I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE TRAILER.

WE HAVE THE TRAILER. WHAT I WOULD SAY TO THE BOARD THAT IN MY EXPERIENCE IN BUYING EQUIPMENT FOR COMPANIES, IT'S FAIRLY INEXPENSIVE FOR THE SIZE OF THE MOWER THAT THAT IN FACT IS ACTUALLY I THINK THAT'S A REALLY REASONABLE PRICE AND IT DOESN'T SHOCK ME AT ALL.

IT PAYS TO SIT NEXT TO TED.

YEAH, IT IS A BIG NUMBER I GET.

BUT I'M SURE YOU'RE RIGHT.

$10,000 A FOOT.

IS THAT ABOUT PLUS TAX, GIVE OR TAKE? YEAH, BUT I'M SURE YOU'RE CORRECT.

YEAH. YEAH, THEY CAN GET 20 YEARS OUT OF IT.

YEAH. AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY DO A GOOD JOB OF KEEPING EQUIPMENT GOING, BUT AT SOME POINT, DO WE MAINTAIN IT OURSELVES OR DOES IT COME WITH ANY SORT OF SERVICE? IT COMES WITH A WARRANTY.

KEVIN WAS TELLING ME ABOUT IT, BUT WE MAINTAIN IT.

SO WE DO ALL THE REPAIRS UNLESS IT'S SOMETHING SPECIALIZED, BUT WE DO THE BASIC MAINTENANCE.

THE FACT THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE OTHER TWO MOWERS AS LONG AS WE HAVE IS IT'S INCREDIBLE, YOU KNOW, SO IT SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM THAT THEY'RE DOING TO MAINTAIN THAT EQUIPMENT AND THAT WE'RE BEING GOOD STEWARDS, RIGHT? YES. THANK YOU.

AND THE 486 ACRES OF PROPERTY TO MOW IS IMPRESSIVE, TOO.

YEAH, THAT'S MAYBE THAT'S NOT ALL MOVABLE, BUT IT'S A GOOD CHUNK OF IT.

I WOULD SAY THAT IF MR. JOLMA WAS HERE TODAY, TORTURE HIM A LITTLE BIT LONGER.

BUT I'M JUST VERY GRATEFUL THAT YOU'RE NOT TORTURING ME.

IT LOOKS LIKE RICARDO WANTS TO TORTURE ME OVER THERE.

I AM WORKING HARD.

AP MUSIC THEORY.

OH, GOOD. OKAY, WE'VE GOT A MOWER TO CONSIDER.

I'LL MOVE TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVED THE PURCHASE OF THE GROUND MASTER 5910 LARGE AREA MOWER.

IT'S BEEN MOVED TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF THE GROUND MASTER 5910 LARGE AREA MOWER.

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

ALL THOSE OPPOSED MOWER IS APPROVED.

THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE] OK ITEM C RECOMMENDATION TO IMPROVE THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS EMPLOYEES BATTLE GROUND AND THE BATTLE GROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS 119 WHICH INCLUDES THE SALARY SCHEDULE FOR THE PERIOD OF SEPTEMBER ONE, 2022 TO AUGUST 31, 2025. MICHELLE REINHART.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

[01:35:01]

SO THE FIRST TWO DOCUMENTS THERE HAVE TO DO WITH OUR OUR CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH PSC, WHICH ARE WHICH IS OUR CLASSIFIED UNION.

AND SO THE FIRST ONE SAYS HOUSEKEEPING CHANGES.

ESSENTIALLY, THAT'S A DOCUMENT THAT WE ADDRESSED AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF OUR CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS THAT HAS TO DO WITH SOME MINOR CHANGES, FIXING TYPOS, ADDRESSING ANY ANY UPDATES THAT ARE THAT ARE OBSOLETE.

SO THINGS LIKE INSURANCE, THOSE KINDS OF PIECES.

AND IN ADDITION TO MAKING SURE THAT VERBIAGE IS CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE CONTRACT, SO WE KIND OF CALL THAT THE HOUSEKEEPING DOCUMENT.

THE SECOND DOCUMENT HAS TO DO WITH THE ACTUAL PROPOSALS, AND THOSE PROPOSALS TEND TO HAVE A GREATER, GREATER IMPACT.

THEY DEAL MORE WITH WORKING CONDITIONS, SALARIES AND BENEFITS, ADDRESSING ANY KIND OF PROCEDURES OR PROCESSES THAT IMPACT THE EMPLOYEE OR IMPACT OTHER DEPARTMENTS.

SO THOSE TWO DOCUMENTS ARE THERE FOR YOUR FOR YOUR APPROVAL.

THE THIRD DOCUMENT IS THE PSC SALARY SCHEDULE.

SO THAT IS ALWAYS THE THAT'S THE THE LAST PART OF THAT OF THE PROPOSAL AND THAT IS THE WAGES THAT WE HAVE REACHED A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT ON.

AND THOSE ARE WAGES THAT OUTLINE A THREE YEAR PLAN.

AND THEN THE LAST DOCUMENT IS SPRING OF 2020 222 PRC.

SO AS I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE, PRC HAS POSITION REVIEW.

SO EVERY YEAR WE DO HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO MEET WITH THE PSC AND WE LOOK AT DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATIONS AND WE COMPARE THOSE POSITIONS IN THAT CLASSIFICATION WITH OTHER POSITIONS LOCALLY AND AROUND THE STATE.

AND FROM THAT WORK, WE HAD LOOKED AT CUSTODIAL, WE LOOKED AT CAMPUS SECURITY OPERATIONS, GROUNDS, WAREHOUSE AND CAMPUS SECURITY.

AND FROM THE WORK THAT WE DID TOGETHER IN THAT IN THAT COMMITTEE, WE WERE WE'RE PROPOSING A COUPLE OF CHANGES RELATED TO CUSTODIAL BY INTRODUCING DIFFERENT LEVELS FOR CUSTODIANS, IN ADDITION TO LOOKING AT A BUMP UP FOR CAMPUS SECURITY.

AND THEN THE LAST AREA REALLY IS JUST TO NOTE THAT WE FELT THAT SKILLED TRADES CRAFTSMEN WE ALREADY STAFF GET ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION IF THEY HAVE THAT LICENSURE, WE ARE ADDING HVAC, THE HVAC TECHNICIAN TO THAT LICENSURE COMPENSATION.

SO THOSE ARE THE MAIN DOCUMENTS.

WE DO FEEL THAT THIS THIS CONTRACT IS IT IS A FAIR CONTRACT.

IT IS ONE THAT WE WORKED VERY HARD WITH THE ASSOCIATION.

YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THAT LAST THAT LAST DOCUMENT DOES SUMMARIZE WHAT THE THE ACTUAL COMPENSATION WOULD BE.

AND WE CALL THAT THE SCHEDULE A.

AND SO IT IT INDICATES ALL OF THE POSITIONS, THE CLASSIFICATION AND WHAT THAT SALARY SCHEDULE WOULD LOOK LIKE AS IT RELATES TO THE PROPOSAL. IF YOU I THINK ONE OF THE NUMBERS THERE, THE INCREASE IN 2022-23, AN INCREASE OF 6.75%, THAT MAY SEEM HIGH, BUT IF YOU REMEMBER, THE STATE SENT DOWN 5.5. AND SO REALLY, THAT IS JUST A 1.25 ABOVE WHAT THE STATE SENT DOWN.

QUESTIONS BOARD ? OKAY. IF THERE ARE NONE LOOKING FOR A MOTION ON THE APPROVAL OF THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT.

I RECOMMEND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE THE ATTACHED REVISIONS TO THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES OF BATTLE GROUND AND BATTLE GROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS NUMBER 119 AND APPROVE THE PROPOSED SALARY SCHEDULE.

THIS APPROVAL IS CONTINGENT ON THE PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES PSC RATIFICATION ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2022.

IT'S BEEN MOVED TO APPROVE THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT AFTER CONTINGENT ON THE VOTE THAT WILL BE TAKING PLACE SOON.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS?

[01:40:02]

ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT APPROVED.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU TO ALL OUR BS EMPLOYEES WHO DO A TREMENDOUS JOB.

I APPRECIATE IT. THEY'RE PART OF THAT CULTURE IN OUR DISTRICT.

WE APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL.

THANK YOU FOR. LAST UP TONIGHT IS OUR FUTURE EVENTS.

[12. Future Agenda Items and Board Events]

SO THE SECOND MEETING OF THE MONTH, WE WOULD INCLUDE A WORK SESSION.

SO AS WE'VE ALREADY INDICATED AT OUR NEXT MEETING, WE'LL DO A WORK SESSION ON THE DATA THAT WE RECEIVE FROM STATE TESTING AND WHERE WE GO WITH THAT.

AND THEN I WANTED TO GIVE THE BOARD JUST A HEADS UP THAT FOR OUR OCTOBER MEETING, WE'RE GOING TO START A WORK SESSION AT 4:30 JUST BECAUSE WE NEED A LITTLE EXTRA TIME. AND IT WILL BE KEVIN PRESENTING THE FIVE YEAR CAPITAL FACILITIES PLAN, BUT ALSO GETTING INTO THE BOND, KIND OF GIVING THE BOARD AN OVERVIEW OF BOND 101, IF YOU, IF YOU WILL, TO GIVE YOU GUYS SOME BACKGROUND AND CAN MOVE US IN THE DIRECTION OF WHERE WE WANT TO GO WITH A POTENTIAL BOND RUN IN THE NOVEMBER OF 2023.

GREAT. ANYTHING ELSE FROM BOARD MEMBERS? MAKE SURE YOU CHECK THE BGF SITE AND AND SEE ALL THEIR EVENTS GOING ON.

THEY'D LOVE TO HAVE THE SUPPORT.

THEY CERTAINLY HELP US A LOT.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF BOARD PREP TIME SLOTS OPEN FOR THAT.

WE'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU OTHER BOARD MEMBERS TO ATTEND THE ONE IN.

NEXT BOARD MEETING FOR NEXT BOARD MEETING.

AND THEN ONE FOR THE ABSENCE, ONE FOR THE END OF OCTOBER AS WELL.

SO I THINK THAT SO THERE WOULD BE AN OPENING AT BOARD PREP NEXT 21ST.

21ST. IF ANYBODY IS ABLE TO JOIN WITH US AND I THINK YOU'RE MENTIONING WE COULD EVEN DO IT BY ZOOM IF THAT WAS AN OPTION.

IS THAT STILL AN OPTION? OKAY. I COULD DO THE ONE ON THE 21ST.

WHAT TIME IS IT ON THE 21ST? WEDNESDAY, 3:30.

WEDNESDAY AT 3:30.

THAT'D BE GREAT. AND THEN THE 19TH OF OCTOBER IS ALSO A WEDNESDAY.

IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO JOIN THAT ONE, SO CHECK YOUR CALENDARS, MAYBE LET US KNOW.

WE'VE GOT SOME TIME BEFORE THAT ONE.

OKAY, GREAT.

ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER? THANK YOU STAFF, AUDIENCE, EVERYBODY UP HERE.

GREAT. I'D LIKE TO ADJOURN THIS SEPTEMBER 12, 2022, MEETING OF THE BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL BOARD AT 7:43.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.