Sep 26, 2022 Board of Directors

IT IS 6:00 AND WE WILL GET STARTED WITH OUR SEPTEMBER 26TH

[1. Call to Order]

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I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY TO THIS MEETING AND THOSE WHO ARE LISTENING IN AND HERE IN THE AUDIENCE AND WELCOME OUR BOARD AND OUR ADMINISTRATION. WE WILL START BY DOING.

I WILL. YEAH, WE'LL START BY DOING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IF SORA CAN LEAD US WITH THAT.

READY BEGIN.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP ON THE AGENDA, WE HAVE ROLL CALL.

CALL] MADAM VICE PRESIDENT, WE HAVE A QUORUM. LIKE TO HAVE SOMEBODY PROVIDE A MOTION TO EXCUSE PRESIDENT WATRIN FROM THE MEETING.

SO MOVED.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE VOTE AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

MOTION PASSES 4 TO 0.

NEXT ON THE AGENDA, WE HAVE THE AGENDA APPROVAL.

TONIGHT, WE'LL BE GOING OVER OUR COMMUNICATIONS.

WE WILL HEAR FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF UPDATES.

CITIZENS COMMENTS.

IF ANYONE SIGNS UP.

APPROVAL OF OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

[4. Agenda Approval]

BUT WE DO HAVE SOME NEW BUSINESS.

AND THEN WE'LL GO OVER FUTURE EVENTS BEFORE WE ADJOURN THE MEETING.

THE MAIN THING THAT NEEDS TO BE SORRY IS THERE ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDED OR REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA? I MOVED, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVED THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE VOTE AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

MOTION PASSES 4 TO 0.

[5. Communications]

IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAVE A COUPLE OF STUDENTS FROM WE'LL HAVE SOME ASB REPORTS TONIGHT.

IS ETHAN HERE? GREAT. IF YOU CAN COME FORWARD FROM ETHAN FROM CAM IS HERE FROM CAM ACADEMY, MAYBE SHARE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME SO I DON'T BUTCHER IT TRYING TO SAY IT MYSELF AND THEN TELL US ALL THE THINGS ABOUT CAM.

MY NAME IS ETHAN TANKSLEY.

THANK YOU. AND TODAY I WILL BE TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT ASB HAS BEEN DOING HERE AT CAM.

FIRST OFF, WE'VE BEEN WE HAVE AN OUTING IN THE PRELIMINARY STAGE.

WE'RE PLANNING ON EITHER GOING TO A MARINERS GAME OR TAKING THE STUDENTS TO GO GO KARTING.

AND WE'VE SENT OUT AN INTEREST FORM ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO.

NEXT OF ALL, WE HAVE OUR SPIRIT WEEK.

THAT'S COMING UP AT THE END OF OCTOBER.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY DAYS SET IN STONE, BUT WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO INCLUDE A WILD WEST DAY, A TWIN DAY, AND ANYTHING BUT A BACKPACK DAY. AND FOR THE ASSEMBLY TO CLOSE OFF THE WEEK, WE WILL LIKELY INCLUDE A GAMES RUN FOR THE STUDENTS AND SOME OF WHICH MAY BE MUSICAL CHAIRS, AN EGG SPOON RACE AND A MOMMY RAP CONTEST.

AND WE'VE ALSO TALKED ABOUT RUNNING A HISTORICAL TRIVIA CLUB TO SET UP, BECAUSE ONE OF OUR REPRESENTATIVES HAS FOUND A HISTORICAL TRIVIA CONTEST IN SPOKANE, AND THAT IS TAKING PLACE ABOUT MID-SPRING THAT HAS CASH PRIZES.

SO WE'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT SETTING THAT UP AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STUDENTS.

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WE'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT ADDING SENIOR HOODIES, A TEACHER ROAST THAT CAN TAKE PLACE DURING THE END OF OUR ASB ELECTION ASSEMBLY.

THAT'S COMING UP. AND ASB SOCIAL MEDIA ISN'T A POTLUCK, THOUGH.

IT'S STILL A WAYS OUT.

WE HAVE SENT OUT OUR HARVEST DANCE INTEREST FORM TO GAUGE THE STUDENT INTEREST IN OUR HARVEST DANCE.

AND WE HAVE STARTED OUR SEARCH FOR VETERANS TO SPEAK AT OUR VETERANS DAY ASSEMBLY.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR ALL THE TIME AND EFFORT THEY PUT IN TO MAKING SURE THAT CAM HAS A BUILDING THAT WE CAN CONTINUE OUR SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY IN.

SO WE'VE CREATED THIS CARD THAT'S BEEN SIGNED BY A BUNCH OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF TO HELP SHOW OUR APPRECIATION FOR THE BOARD PUTTING IN THAT TIME AND EFFORT TO KEEP US AS A SCHOOL.

THAT'LL BE ALL FOR ME. THANK YOU.

WAIT. WE MIGHT HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.

SORRY. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ETHAN? ARE YOU HOPING FOR A MARINER GAME OR A GO KART RACING? PERSONALLY, I'M MORE FOR GO KARTING.

I'M NOT A HUGE FAN OF WATCHING SPORTS, BUT I MEAN, THAT'S WHY WE SENT OUT THE INTEREST FORM.

WHERE DO YOU GO FOR GO KART RACING.

THERE'S A PLACE WE'VE GONE IN THE PAST, AND IT WAS IT WAS A BIG HIT LAST TIME.

I WOULD BE A BIG HIT FOR ME TO GO TO THE GO.

WHEN YOU FIND OUT WHERE IT IS, KIND OF LET ME KNOW.

I MIGHT BE THE ONE. OKAY, THAT ONE'S FAR AWAY.

I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW WHAT DO YOU THINK THE STUDENT FEELING ABOUT THE NEW FACILITY IS? I MEAN, IT'S I THINK IT'S A LOT OF GOOD.

HONESTLY, I MEAN, THERE'S IT'S A LITTLE JANKY AT TIMES BECAUSE, I MEAN, I HAVE TO GO THROUGH MR. HARP'S CLASSROOM TO GET TO MY PHYSICS CLASS.

BUT THAT'S NOT REALLY BEEN A PROBLEM BECAUSE IT'S THERE'S STILL BOTH HIGH SCHOOLS CLASSES AND THEY END AT THE SAME TIME.

BUT I THINK IT'S BEEN REALLY GOOD.

GOOD. THAT'S NICE.

IT'S NICE TO HEAR. AND IT'S NICE OF YOU TO.

THAT CARD IS IS VERY NICE.

WHERE DO YOU WANT ME TO LEAVE THE CARD? YOU CAN. YOU CAN GIVE IT TO MS. [INAUDIBLE] SHE CAN TAKE IT FOR YOU.

THANK EVERYBODY FOR THAT.

WE APPRECIATE ALL THE STUDENTS.

THANK YOU. AND YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN BUSY, SO IT'LL BE EXCITING TO HEAR AN UPDATE ABOUT HOW SOME OF THESE THINGS WENT.

THANK YOU FOR COMING AND SHARING.

THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE SAMANTHA HAVENS AND KYLE WHITE? INTRODUCE YOURSELVES IN YOUR SCHOOL.

I'M SAMMY, AND I GO TO SUMMIT VIEW.

I'M KYLIE, AND I GO TO SUMMIT VIEW.

WELCOME TO MEET YOU.

CURRENTLY, WE HAVE OUR CURRENT INTEREST IN THE BLOOD DRIVE.

THANK YOU. WE HAVE A CURRENT INTEREST IN THE BLOOD DRIVE, AS WELL AS A HALLOWEEN PARTY FOR OUR SCHOOL.

AND WE'RE HOPING TO GET PUMPKINS DONATED FROM..

BUSY FARMS. YEAH BUSY FARMS. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR ELECTIONS COMING UP AS WELL SOON.

AND WE'RE HOPING TO GET A LOT OF STUDENTS INTERESTED IN THAT AND VOTING ON OUR SCHOOL BOARD OR OUR STUDENT BODY BOARD.

NICE.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR? IT'S REALLY NICE OF YOU GUYS TO BE HERE.

GET SOME OF YOU A LOT.

SO WE APPRECIATE HAVING YOU GUYS TAKE THIS.

I KNOW IT'S NOT IT'S IT CAN BE KIND OF AWKWARD AND THE FIRST TIME DOING IT'S KIND OF NERVOUS.

BUT THANK YOU FOR HAVING US AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.

AND I THINK I SAW THAT BLOOD DRIVE COME OUT DECEMBER 8TH.

YES, DECEMBER 8TH, I THINK SO.

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I'M THE LEAD FOR THAT. SO SOMETIME AROUND DECEMBER AND IT'S ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL BLOOD DRIVES IN CLARK COUNTY.

THAT'S WHAT I THAT'S WHAT I'VE ALWAYS BEEN TOLD.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU GUYS FOR HELPING RUN THAT.

AND PLEASE COME BACK AND SHARE MORE WITH THIS.

WE HAVE MORE OF US COMING SOON, SO WE APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

NEXT, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM AUBREY.

YEAH. SO WE'RE GOING TO BRING AUBREY UP HERE SO AUBREY CAN COME UP AND BETH DOUGHTY OR ONE OF OUR TEACHERS CAN COME UP.

THIS IS GREAT.

WE ARE SO EXCITED.

AUBREY, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

I HAD THE PRIVILEGE AND THE HONOR OF WATCHING YOUR YOUR VIDEO PRIOR TO OUR MEETING, AND IT WAS ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT, TOO.

SO I AM JUST GOING TO I'M JUST GOING TO TURN IT OVER, BETH.

IS THAT OKAY? THAT'S TOTALLY FINE.

YEAH. THAT WAY I WON'T STEAL ANYTHING THAT YOU WERE GOING TO SAY.

YEAH, BUT I'M JUST GOING TO TURN IT OVER.

BUT THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE.

YEAH. SO, I'M BETH DOWDY.

I WAS AUBREY'S TEACHER FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.

NOW SHE'S AT PRAIRIE, BUT I HAD HER AT CHIEF FOR SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS I DO IS PART OF THE ASPIRE MAGNET PROGRAM, OF WHICH SHE IS A MEMBER, IS I HAVE MY STUDENTS COMPETE IN NATIONAL HISTORY DAY.

ALL STUDENTS MAKE A PROJECT THEY DON'T CHOOSE TO COMPETE.

AND AUBREY IS ONE OF MY STUDENTS THAT DID CHOOSE TO COMPETE.

EVERY YEAR, NATIONAL HISTORY DAY CHOOSES A DIFFERENT THEME AND STUDENTS ARE INVITED TO MAKE A WEBSITE, A TEN MINUTE DOCUMENTARY, A TEN MINUTE PERFORMANCE, WRITE A PAPER OR DO AN EXHIBIT BOARD. AND AUBREY CHOSE TO DO A DOCUMENTARY.

AND THE THEME LAST YEAR WAS DEBATE AND DIPLOMACY.

AND SO THE KIDS CAN CHOOSE ANY TOPIC THAT THEY WANT TO.

AND SO AUBREE DECIDED TO LOOK INTO THE MAKAH WHALE CONTROVERSY.

AND SO SHE TOOK FIRST IN THE STATE AND TOOK THAT FEEDBACK FROM THE JUDGES AND MADE SOME CHANGES AND WAS ABLE TO SECURE AN INTERVIEW WITH THE MCKAH TRIBE AND WAS ABLE TO LIKE LAST MINUTE, LIKE THE DAY BEFORE OR TWO DAYS BEFORE, TWO DAYS BEFORE, GET THE INTERVIEW DONE, GET IT EDITED, MODIFY THE WHOLE DOCUMENTARY. AND THEN DESPITE THE PANDEMIC, EVERYTHING COMPETED VIRTUALLY AND TOOK SECOND IN THE NATION.

WOW. FOR A DOCUMENTARY THAT SHE DID.

WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THIS THING, IT IS GOOD.

AUBREY SO THAT'S BACKGROUND.

ALL RIGHT.

WHEN I WATCHED I WILL BE HONEST WITH YOU, WHEN I WATCHED YOUR VIDEO, I WAS LIKE, KEN BURNS, THIS IS RIGHT IN THERE.

SO I'M WITH THE NEXT GENERATION ANGEL SOCIETY, WHICH IS BASICALLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE TOP SIX DOCUMENTARIES WINNING IN HD SPECIFICALLY.

AND I WAS ABLE TO DO AN INTERVIEW WITH MIKE MACHAN FROM THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, AND THEN IN NOVEMBER, I'LL BE DOING AN INTERVIEW WITH KEN BURNS ABOUT THE DOCUMENTARY AND THEN ALSO WITH THE NEXT GENERATION ANGELS WINNERS FROM LIKE PROFESSIONAL FILMMAKERS AND INTERVIEWING WITH THEM AND TALKING ABOUT FILMMAKING.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO.

IS THAT A PASSION OF YOURS? IS THAT SOMETHING? IT'S DEFINITELY.

I'VE GOTTEN MORE INTO IT SINCE STARTING THIS, BUT OH YEAH, THERE'S A FILM FESTIVAL IN PHILADELPHIA THAT'LL BE IN NOVEMBER AND THAT WILL BE DISPLAYED FOR ABOUT LIKE 600 FILM STUDENTS I THINK.

IT'S NOTHING THAT I WILL BE ABLE TO ATTEND, BUT THE CONTENT FROM MY DOCUMENTARY AND THE OTHER FIVE WINNERS WILL BE DISPLAYED FOR IHD STUDENTS FOR LIKE A CURRICULUM FOR EDUCATORS THAT ARE DOING NHD.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

WOW. YEAH, IT'S INCREDIBLE.

SO I'D LIKE TO STAY UP HERE.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN YOU CAN TAKE A SEAT OR SOMETHING, BUT COME BACK AFTER WE WATCH YOUR VIDEO.

OKAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO WATCH THE VIDEO NOW.

IT'S ABOUT 10 MINUTES LONG.

WE GET THAT.

WE SEEM TO ALWAYS HAVE THIS PROBLEM.

THE CULTURAL HEART OF THE MAKAH TRIBE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE WHALE.

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE GRAY WHALE HOLDS IN MAKAH ART AND TRADITION IS BOTH PROFOUND AND LONG LASTING.

IT FOLLOWS THROUGH AND EVEN THEIR TRIBAL SYMBOL, WHICH DEPICTS A THUNDERBIRD GRASPING A WHALE IN ITS TALONS.

FOR MORE THAN 2000 YEARS, THIS RESOURCE OF MEAT, OIL AND BLUBBER HAS BEEN A VITAL ASPECT OF MAKAH CULTURE FOR CENTURIES.

THE TRIBE PROSPERED ALONG THE STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA AND THE WASHINGTON COAST WITHIN FIVE VILLAGES CONSISTING OF ROUGHLY 4000 INDIVIDUALS.

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FATALITIES PLUMMETED THE MAKAH POPULACE, GENERATIONS OF ANCIENT TRADITION WERE AT RISK AS THE HEAVY LOSS LOOMED OVER THE COAST.

IN 1855, THE TREATY OF NEAH BAY WAS SIGNED A MUTUAL ACT OF DIPLOMACY THAT HAD A PROFOUND IMPACT ON THE MAKAH TRIBE AS A COMMUNITY.

IT ALLOWED THE MAKAH LIVING AROUND JUAN DE FUCA AND CAPE FLATTERY TO KEEP THEIR MARINE WATERS AND THEIR RIGHT TO WHALE.

IN DOING SO, HOWEVER, THE TRIBE HAD TO GIVE UP 90% NEARLY 300,000 ACRES OF THEIR LAND IN EXCHANGE.

THE COVENANT HAD DEVASTATING EFFECTS ON THE TRIBE, DESPITE BEING A PROFOUND DIPLOMATIC FOUNDATION THAT AFFIRMED THE TRIBE'S WHALING RIGHTS IN THE COMING DECADES.

AROUND THIS TIME AND AGAIN IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY, NON-NATIVE COMMERCIAL WHALING OPERATIONS WERE PUSHING THE GRAY WHALE POPULATION TO THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION.

BY THE 1920S, THE MAKAH VOLUNTARILY SUSPENDED THEIR HISTORICAL WHALE HUNT, ACKNOWLEDGING THE VULNERABLE SITUATION THAT THE SPECIES WAS IN.

THEY HAD PLANS TO RESUME WHALING WHEN THE GRAY WHALE POPULATION HAD REBOUNDED, WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE 70 YEARS LATER.

BY THE 1990S, THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC GRAY WHALE POPULATION HAD GREATLY RECUPERATED.

ALL COMMERCIAL WHALING IN AMERICA WAS OUTLAWED IN 1970, WHICH, COMBINED WITH EFFORT FROM ACTIVISTS, LED TO A REMARKABLE RECOVERY OF THE SPECIES.

AS A RESULT OF THE SUCCESS, GRAY WHALES IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC WERE REMOVED FROM THE LIST OF ENDANGERED SPECIES IN 1994.

IT WAS NOT TOO LONG AFTER, IN THE FALL OF 1998, WHEN THE TRIBE CAME TO THE AGREEMENT, THAT IT WAS THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO RESUME THE HUNT GIVEN FEDERAL APPROVAL.

THE MAKAH TRIBE'S DECISION SPARKED NATIONWIDE DEBATE AND CONTROVERSY, DRAWING THE MEDIA AND MANY ANIMAL RIGHTS GROUPS INTO THE ISSUE ON BOTH SIDES.

ONE PROMINENT GROUP AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE OPPOSING SIDE WAS THE SEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION SOCIETY, A MARINE ACTIVIST ORGANIZATION THAT WENT THROUGH GREAT LENGTHS TO PREVENT THE MAKAH FROM FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH A SUCCESSFUL HUNT.

SEA SHEPHERD BELIEVED THAT WHALES SHOULD NOT BE KILLED UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE, DESPITE THE FACT THAT WHALING HAD BEEN A CULTURAL FOUNDATION FOR THE TRIBE SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL.

THE MAKAH HAD GONE 70 YEARS AND LIVED WITHOUT KILLING A SINGLE WHALE.

SO THE DEATH OF ONE AT THIS POINT SEEMED UNJUSTIFIABLE IN THE EYES OF SEA SHEPHERD.

OTHER ACTIVISTS ARGUED THAT ALLOWING THEM A CAR TO HUNT WHALES WOULD PROMPT AND ENCOURAGE THE REINSTALLATION OF LARGE SCALE COMMERCIAL WHALING.

THIS IS WHAT MADE THE TRIBE'S DECISION A WORRY TO MANY, AS COMMERCIAL WHALING IS WHAT LED TO THE NEAR EXTINCTION OF GRAY WHALES IN THE FIRST PLACE.

OFTEN OUR OPPONENTS WILL USE SCIENCE OR PORTIONS OF THE SCIENCE THAT'S OUT THERE TO TRY TO INFLUENCE THE GOVERNMENT AS A REASON TO SAY NO TO WHAT WE'RE DOING.

AND WE WILL GO THROUGH THOSE AND WE GO THROUGH THOSE FORMS. WE PRESENT OUR SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE.

WE KNOW WE'RE NOT PEOPLE THAT ARE THAT ARE ANTI-SCIENCE AT ALL.

FOR EIGHT MONTHS FOLLOWING THE FEDERAL MAKAH WHALING AUTHORIZATION IN 1998.

MAKAH WHALERS PRACTICED AND TRAINED FOR THE HUNT BY [INAUDIBLE] CANOE, ENCOUNTERING PERSISTENT PROTESTERS ON THE RESERVATION LAND, AS WELL AS MANY LOCAL NEWS REPORTERS.

THE FIRST ATTEMPTED HUNT SINCE ROUGHLY 1928 WAS CONDUCTED ON MAY 10TH, 1999, JUST SOUTH OF CAPE FLATTERY.

A SWARM OF PROTESTERS, INCLUDING THOSE FROM SEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION SOCIETY, DISRUPTED THE CANOE [INAUDIBLE] ON THE WATER.

BLOCKING ANY HOPES OF THE SUCCESSFUL HUNT FOR THE TRIBE.

COAST GUARD BOATS LOOSELY FOLLOWED THE MAKAH CANOE TO PREVENT ANY PROTESTING BOATS FROM EXCEEDING THE LEGAL 500 METER RADIUS.

ANOTHER HUNT WAS ATTEMPTED FIVE DAYS AFTERWARDS ON MAY 15TH, BUT IT HAD THE SAME UNSUCCESSFUL OUTCOME.

THE TRAIL WAS QUICK, BUT STILL BRUTAL.

THREE BLASTS FROM A 50 CALIBER RIFLE AND SEVERAL HARPOON STRIKES TAKING THIS MASSIVE GIANT OF THE SEA DOWN IN LESS THAN 15 MINUTES.

IT WAS IN THE EARLY MORNING, MAY 17, 1999, WHEN THE MAKAH ACHIEVED THEIR FIRST TRIUMPH AT HUNT IN MORE THAN 70 YEARS.

TWO HARPOONS THROWN FROM THE WHALING CANOE WERE THRUST INTO THE WHALE TO PREVENT IT FROM DIVING.

FOLLOWING THIS, A 50 CALIBER ASSAULT RIFLE DELIVERED A FATAL BLOW TO THE JUVENILE GRAY WHALE FROM A NEARBY SUPPORT BOAT.

THE TRIBE'S DECISION TO MAKE A MODERNIZED ALTERATION WAS TO ASSURE A MORE HUMANE DEATH FOR THE WHALE STEAK TO PREVENT SUFFERING.

HOWEVER, THE DECISION WAS MET WITH EXTREME ANGER FROM PROTESTERS, MANY OF WHOM ARGUE THAT THE VALIDITY OF THE MAKAH'S WHALING RIGHTS WENT AWAY WHEN THEY STRAYED FROM TRADITION.

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GROUPS OF WHALE WATCHERS ON BOATS TRAVELED TO THE RESERVATION AFTER THE WHALE HAD BEEN TOWED TO LAND, MANY OF THEM YELLING IN OBJECTION.

THE WHOLE WORLD IS DISGUSTED AT WHAT YOU'VE DONE? THIS ISN'T DISGUSTING.

THIS IS DISGUSTING WHAT YOU'RE DOING HERE.

YOU'RE SO PROUD. LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE.

LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE.

DESPITE THIS, CROWDS OF TRIBAL MEMBERS REJOICE FROM THE WATER'S EDGE.

WHALING HAD ALWAYS BEEN CENTRAL TO MAKAH CULTURE.

SO THE POSITIVE IMPACT THAT THIS SORT OF CULTURAL REBIRTH HAD ON THE TRIBE WAS OF GREAT SIGNIFICANCE.

FOLLOWING TRADITION, TRIBAL CEREMONIES COMMENCED AND CENTURIES OLD SONGS WERE SUNG.

THE WHALE WAS CARVED ON THE BEACH IN PREPARATION FOR A MULTI TRIBAL POTLATCH FEAST TO CELEBRATE THE VICTORY, WHICH WOULD TAKE PLACE THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND.

FRESH BLUBBER WAS PASSED TO MANY MEMBERS OF THE TRIBE.

UNDETERRED BY THE GROUPS OF PROTESTERS THAT HAD GATHERED ALONG THE RESERVATION, THE MAKAH CELEBRATED WITH THE JOY OF KNOWING THAT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE HUNT WOULD PROVIDE LASTING HELP FOR THE TRIBE. IT WAS ALWAYS REALLY HARD TO PUT INTO WORDS THE FEELINGS, ACTUAL FEELINGS, YOU KNOW, HAVING BEEN THERE AND BEING PRESENT AT THAT TIME.

BUT TO KNOW THAT IN IN OUR LIFETIME, THAT THAT IS NO LONGER JUST STORIES TOLD BY OUR ELDERS.

IT'S IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S THAT'S REAL AND ATTAINABLE.

LATER ON THE SAME DAY AS THE KILLING, A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL TOOK PLACE AT THE SEATTLE FEDERAL BUILDING WITH MANY PROTESTERS HOLDING SIGNS.

THE EVENT WAS ORGANIZED AS A LOW KEY MEMORIAL FOR THE WHALE THE MAKAH KILLED, BUT IT QUICKLY REGRESSED INTO A SERIES OF VIOLENT MESSAGES AGAINST THE TRIBE.

RACIST REMARKS WERE WRITTEN ON SEVERAL ROADSIDE PROTESTERS SIGNS SUCH AS SAVE A WHALE, HARPOON A MAKAH AND OTHER VARIATIONS OF THE SAME PHRASE.

DEATH THREATS WERE SENT TO THE TRIBE BY ANONYMOUS PHONE CALLS.

RELIGIOUS LEADERS IN SEATTLE URGED FOR TOLERANCE AS THE ISSUE BEGAN TO SPIRAL.

THOSE WHO OPPOSE MAKAH WHALING RIGHTS PRIORITIZE BIODIVERSITY AND ANIMAL RIGHTS OVER THE CULTURAL HISTORY OF THE TRIBE, OPPOSITION HAS OFTEN BEEN RACIALLY MOTIVATED, DRIVEN BY THE MYTH THAT INDIGENOUS TRADITION IS FATED TO BE ASSIMILATED INTO MODERNITY FOR THE SAKE OF A GROWING SOCIETY.

THERE WAS IMMENSE PRESSURE ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FROM ANIMAL RIGHTS GROUPS AT THIS TIME TO SEIZE THE MAKAH'S RIGHT TO WHALE.

THERE WAS A LOT OF FEAR MONGERING ABOUT WHAT THE HUNT MEANT FOR THE POSSIBLE FUTURE OF COMMERCIAL WHALING AND GRAY WELL SPECIES.

AS A RESPONSE TO THIS.

IN JUNE OF 2000, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ISSUED AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF THE HUNT, WHICH WAS APPROVED IN 2001.

THIS CAN BE A COMPLICATED DIPLOMATIC PROCESS BECAUSE WE ARE OPERATING AT NOT JUST A NATIONAL LEVEL WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, BUT AT INTERNATIONAL LEVEL THAT INVOLVES A NUMBER OF COUNTRIES.

UNFORTUNATELY, PRESSURE ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LED TO A RULING BY THE US NINTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS DECIDING THAT MORE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS OF MAKAH HUNTS SHOULD BE FOLLOWED THROUGH WITH.

THE TRIBE'S RIGHT TO WHALE HAS BEEN IN LIMBO EVER SINCE.

THE ATTEMPTED SUSTAINABILITY OF SUCH A CONTROVERSIAL TRADITION HAS HELD THE TRIBE IN A CONTINUOUS LEGAL BATTLE.

DEBATE SURROUNDING THE ETHICS OF THE MAKAH WHALING RITES STILL PERSIST TODAY.

THE TRIBE HAS YET TO BE ALLOWED A FOLLOW UP TO THEIR SUCCESSFUL HUNT IN 1999.

WE'RE NOT GOING OUT THERE TO TAKE LIVES.

WE'RE GOING OUT THERE AND ASKING FOR THE LIFE OF THAT WHALE TO BE PRESENTED TO US.

WONDERFUL. THANK YOU.

YOU KNOW WHAT I WAS STRUCK BY? I KNOW IN A DOCUMENTARY YOU TRY TO STAY NEUTRAL, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS HARD.

YOU KNOW, I FELT THAT TIMES YOU WERE LEANING THIS DIRECTION AND THEN AND IT WAS.

AND THAT WAS GOOD BECAUSE IT MADE ME, AS THE INDIVIDUAL WATCHING IT, HAVE TO DEAL WITH MY OWN EMOTIONS AROUND IT.

SO I REALLY THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS THAT WAS POWERFUL AND I KNOW THAT WAS INTENTIONAL ON YOUR PART, BUT SO WELL DONE, THAT ASPECT OF IT.

THANK YOU. YEAH, ACTUALLY, FOR A MOMENT I FORGOT I WAS IN THE BOARD MEETING AND I WAS JUST WATCHING DISCOVERY CHANNEL.

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AND I AM INTERESTED IN LIKE PURSUING THAT KIND OF FIELD POSSIBLY, BUT I'M HOPING TO DO A NHD THIS YEAR IF I HAVE THE TIME FOR IT ALSO.

AWESOME. HOW DID YOU CHOOSE YOUR SUBJECT AND WHERE DID YOU COME UP WITH IT? IT WAS HONESTLY ONE OF THE FIRST TOPICS THAT I HAD EVEN THOUGHT OF.

I THERE WERE A FEW GOING THROUGH MY HEAD, BUT MY GRANDPA WORKS WITH THE LOWER COLUMBIA FISH RECOVERY BOARD AND SO HE HAS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH NATIVE TRIBES. AND THAT WAS AN ISSUE THAT HAD BEEN BROUGHT UP IN THE PAST THAT HE WAS TALKING TO ME ABOUT, AND IT STRUCK A CHORD WITH ME.

I DEFINITELY THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE PERFECT BECAUSE THERE WASN'T A LOT OF PRIOR MEDIA COVERAGE OF IT, ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST LIKE 20 YEARS.

SO I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GREAT.

VERY POWERFUL.

THANK YOU. LOTS OF EMOTION.

I WANTED TO MENTION THAT AUBREY'S CURRENT PRINCIPAL, SUSANNAH WEIR, IS IN THE BACK THERE FROM PRAIRIE JUST OFFERING SUPPORT.

AND I KNOW SHE'S.

WHEN I HEARD, YOU KNOW, THAT WE WERE DOING THIS, I KNOW THAT I HEARD FROM SUSANNAH THAT SHE IS EXTREMELY PROUD THAT YOU'RE A PRAIRIE STUDENT NOW, EVEN THOUGH EVEN THOUGH THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT OCCURRED WITH MISS DOUGHTY.

EXTREMELY PROUD.

SO WE'RE ALL EXTREMELY PROUD.

AND YOU DO ALL OF US IN BATTLE GROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN HONOR WITH THIS AND YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

SO THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. YEAH.

CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN.

THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] AND NOW YOU'RE DONE.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, BEFORE WE FINISH UP, STUDENT VOICE, I'LL JUST CHECK IN WITH OUR STUDENT REPS TO SEE IF THEY HAVE ANYTHING TO SHARE.

YEAH, I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO FOLLOW THAT.

CONGRATULATIONS, BY THE WAY. THAT WAS INCREDIBLE.

BUT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, IS KIND OF NEW TO ME, IS IT WAS KIND OF A SURPRISE TO ME, TOO.

BUT SO RIGHT NOW I'M PLANNING FOR PROM OF THIS YEAR RIGHT? AND I'M PROM CHAIR RIGHT NOW.

I'M KIND OF IN CHARGE OF IT.

BUT SO THE WAY IT WORKS FOR ASV AT BATTLE GROUND, FOR OUR FUNDS AND FOR PLANNING DANCES IS THAT FRESHMAN YEAR YOUR FUNDS FROM WINTER FORMAL YOU KNOW THE TICKET SALES YOU COLLECT THOSE RIGHT.

SOPHOMORE YEAR YOUR FUNDS FROM TOLO YOU COLLECT THOSE AND THEN THOSE KIND OF ADD UP.

SO THEN IN JUNIOR YEAR WHEN YOU'RE PLANNING PROM, YOU USE THOSE FUNDS FOR THAT VENUE, RIGHT? AND THEY'RE PRETTY EXPENSIVE.

YOU KNOW, THE ONES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ARE KIND OF IN LIKE THE TEN GRAND RANGE.

WE HAVE $0 AS OF RIGHT NOW.

SO BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THOSE DANCES IN FRESHMAN AND SOPHOMORE YEAR.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I RAN INTO AS I WAS TRYING TO PLAN.

AND IT WAS KIND OF A SHOCK TO ME BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, OH YEAH, WHAT'S OUR BUDGET? ZERO. BUT YOU KNOW, SO WE'RE JUST WORKING ON FUNDRAISING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT IT'S JUST THAT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS.

I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THIS UP BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THOSE CONSEQUENCES OF COVID.

YEAH, EXACTLY. THAT I DON'T THINK THAT ANY OF US HAD THOUGHT OF.

YEAH. AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I'M, LIKE, REALLY DEMANDING ANYTHING OF OR ANYTHING.

JUST. NO, BUT I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT IT TO OUR ATTENTION.

YEAH. IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT, LIKE SURPRISINGLY, BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY JUST HIDDEN CONSEQUENCES, LIKE OUR ASB BUDGET, THEY OBVIOUSLY WOULD BE AFFECTED.

BUT THOSE LITTLE THINGS THAT ARE HIDDEN, LIKE I DIDN'T KNOW THAT OUR FUNDS ADDED UP OVER THE YEARS AND FOR NEXT YEAR, THOSE ARE THE FUNDS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO GO INTO OUR LIKE SENIOR GIFT.

BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST KIND OF WORKING ON EVEN BUILDING THAT UP AT ALL.

SO YEAH, THAT'S KIND OF ALL I HAD, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING WELL OTHERWISE.

I WILL SAY I DON'T HAVE ANY I DON'T HAVE ANY ANSWERS FOR YOU, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU BROUGHT THIS UP.

AND I THINK THIS FORUM IS A GOOD PLACE TO BRING IT UP.

YOU'VE GOT THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN THE ROOM.

AND SO YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE IS MAYBE THERE IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK INTO IT.

YOU KNOW, WE WALK THIS LINE BETWEEN A GIFT OF PUBLIC FUNDS AND HOW WE SPEND ASB MONIES.

BUT I MEAN TO, TO YOUR POINT I THINK THAT'S A THAT AND I'M SURE THE SAME THING IS HAPPENING AT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS.

SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE, WE CAN LOOK AT.

YEAH. AND OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW WE HAVE THE FOUNDATION, WE HAVE BATTLE GROUND EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO THAT WAY.

I DON'T KNOW, BUT I'M GLAD YOU DID BRING IT UP.

YEAH, IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO EVEN HOLD DANCES AT THIS POINT.

IT'S REALLY SOMETHING THAT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT.

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BUT LIKE IN GENERAL, NOT HAVING THOSE YEARS HAS BEEN KIND OF DETRIMENTAL TO WHAT WE'RE DOING THIS YEAR BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I'M A JUNIOR AND I DON'T I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HOW TO PLAN A DANCE, ABOUT HOW TO HOLD AN ASSEMBLY, WHICH IS OUR OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON THIS YEAR.

SO YEAH, AGAIN, WE'RE JUST BUILDING UP FROM THE BOTTOM REALLY.

AND IF YOU WERE A JUNIOR AND HAD SPENT TWO YEARS IN A NORMAL SITUATION, YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN ALL OF THOSE THINGS AND KNOWING HOW TO DO THOSE, RIGHT? RIGHT. YEAH. GOOD. GOOD POINT.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, GUYS. I GUESS YOU KNOW, PERFECT SEGUE.

SO WE JUST HAD OUR HOMECOMING DANCE LAST WEEK, I BELIEVE OR TWO WEEKS AGO.

I DON'T REMEMBER. BUT WE ALSO WANT OUR RIVALRY GAME AND THAT WAS REALLY GREAT.

TED.

IT'S REALLY NOT THAT FUNNY ROB.

IT WASN'T FUNNY. IT WAS, AH GO FALCONS.

BUT FUTURE EVENTS THIS WEEK THERE IS AN SAT ON THE 1ST OF OCTOBER, THEN ON THE SEVENTH THE BAND IS GOING TO HAVE A FUTURE FALCONS GAME DAY FOR OUR INCOMING FRESHMAN FOR NEXT YEAR.

WE JUST INVITE ALL OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLERS IN LIKE THE AREA.

SO LIKE PLEASANT VALLEY, LAUREN, CHIEF AND ALL OF THEM.

WE INVITE THEM OVER TO TRY OUT TO SOME PEP BAND WITH US AND THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING PRETTY GOOD RIGHT NOW.

AND THEN LAST WEEK WE HOSTED OUR FIRST BLOOD DRIVE OVER AT PRAIRIE AND THAT WENT REALLY SUCCESSFULLY SO AND I BELIEVE THAT IS ALL I GOT. THANK YOU, GUYS.

THANK YOU. AND BEFORE WE WRAP UP, STUDENT VOICE, IS THERE ANYBODY I MISSED THAT MAY BE IN THE AUDIENCE, BUT.

ALL RIGHT, THEN WE WILL SWITCH OVER TO COMMITTEE REPORTS.

WE WILL START OFF WITH THE LEDGE COMMITTEE.

YEAH, THE BIG THING THAT I HAVE GOING ON THIS WEEK IS THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

SO THAT'LL BE GOING ON FROM FRIDAY ALL DAY AND THEN INTO SATURDAY AS WELL.

AND ANYWAY, LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT AND THE HELP THAT I'M GETTING FROM MARY.

SO I'LL LET HER TALK ABOUT SOME THINGS GOING ON THERE.

OKAY. SO AND IT IS VIRTUAL.

I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT.

SO I'VE BEEN STUDYING THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HANDBOOK AND OF COURSE, THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF POSITIONS AND MOST OF THE MANY, MANY, MANY OF THEM ARE EITHER CLARIFYING, REMOVING LANGUAGE OR ADDING LANGUAGE OR CLARIFYING LANGUAGE OR COMBINING POSITIONS.

AND IT REALLY IS MORE HOUSEKEEPING.

AND SO A LOT OF THOSE WERE JUST GOING TO BE SITTING AND LISTENING.

AND OBVIOUSLY, THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS A PATH ON THOSE.

BUT THEN THERE ARE JUST A HANDFUL I WANT TO BRING UP AND AND GET SOME INPUT ON.

THERE'S ONE AND THIS ONE I HAVE MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT.

BUT I, I'M KIND OF GLAD THAT KEVIN [INAUDIBLE] IS HERE BECAUSE IT SPEAKS TO HAVING AND I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF DESCRIPTION RATHER THAN YOU KNOW A LONG ONE . BUT IT SPEAKS TO HAVING FOR EACH LEGISLATION THAT COMES DOWN THAT REGARDS SCHOOLS, IT SPEAKS TO HAVING A BASICALLY A CLIMATE IMPACT STUDY OF THAT LEGISLATION FOR EACH SCHOOL.

AND WHILE I THINK THAT SOUNDS GOOD, I FEEL LIKE THAT IS AS A WAY TO ADD A WHOLE LOT MORE REGULATION TO EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IN TERMS OF FACILITIES.

AND SO MY RECOMMENDED RECOMMENDATION FOR THAT ONE WOULD BE A DO NOT PASS.

ANOTHER ONE IS ACTUALLY MARK HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN THIS ONE.

THE TRUST LANDS ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS BRINGING A POSITION AND OBVIOUSLY I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MARK BECAUSE HE WORKED ON THAT COMMITTEE.

SO THAT ONE'S A GOOD ONE.

THEN THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THEM THAT SPEAK TO CLARIFYING THE STATEMENTS ABOUT EQUITY AND EQUALITY.

AND ON BOTH OF THOSE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US, THERE ARE TWO AMENDMENTS THAT WOULD JUST CLARIFY THE LANGUAGE IN THOSE POSITIONS.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US VOTE FOR THOSE AMENDMENTS SIMPLY BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO CONTINUE THAT DISCUSSION.

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AND AGAIN, THAT TAKES A WHOLE LOT AWAY FROM LOCAL CONTROL.

SO I WOULD RECOMMEND FROM MY FOR MY READING THAT WE VOTE FOR A PASS FOR THOSE AMENDMENTS SO THAT AT LEAST THEY CAN COME UP FOR DISCUSSION.

BECAUSE THE WAY IT WORKS IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY, IF WE DON'T PASS THE AMENDMENT, WE CAN'T HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.

SO WE HAVE TO AT LEAST VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT.

THERE'S ONE THAT I PARTICULARLY AM INTERESTED IN.

IT CALLS OUT PARENTS AND FAMILIES AS IMPORTANT STAKEHOLDERS.

I DEFINITELY FEEL LIKE EVEN THOUGH THAT'S EMBEDDED IN SOME OF THE OTHER POSITIONS, I THINK RIGHT NOW THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT POSITION TO HAVE AS WADJDA. BUT THE ONE THAT I'M THAT I'M PARTICULARLY CONCERNED ABOUT IS, AND I'VE MENTIONED IT A COUPLE OF TIMES BEFORE, IS THE AND ACTUALLY IT CAME TO LEGISLATION LAST YEAR BUT NEVER MADE IT OUT OF COMMITTEE AND IT WOULD REMOVE THE CITIZENSHIP REQUIREMENT FOR SCHOOL BOARD DIRECTORS.

IT ALSO SPEAKS TO DISTRICTS BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE A SALARY, CHILD CARE AND SO ON FOR SCHOOL BOARD DIRECTORS.

WHICH DISTRICTS, IF THEY WANTED TO DO THAT, THAT WOULD BE ONE THING.

BUT WE KNOW HOW QUICKLY THINGS GO FROM MAY TO MUST, AND I SEE THAT COULD BE A BURDEN FOR DISTRICTS IF INDEED SCHOOL BOARD DIRECTORS WERE PAID POSITION WITH BENEFITS.

AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S TALKING ABOUT.

BUT THE BIGGEST ONE IS IN THAT BURIED IN THAT IS THE REMOVAL OF CITIZENSHIP AS A REQUIREMENT TO BE A SCHOOL BOARD DIRECTOR.

NOW WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT THAT ONE LAST YEAR THAT PASSED ONLY ON A WEIGHTED VOTE, SO IT DID NOT PASS AT FIRST.

AND THEN WITH THE WEIGHTED VOTE IT PASSED THIS YEAR, IT'S ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

WHAT I WOULD LIKE IS YOUR SUPPORT TO ASK FOR IT TO BE TAKEN OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION ABOUT IT BECAUSE OTHERWISE IT WON'T EVEN GET DISCUSSED AT GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

SO THOSE ARE THE MAIN ONES THAT I, ROB AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THEM.

WE JUST ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT RECOMMENDATION INPUT.

HOW DO WE GO ABOUT DOING THAT? DO WE DO A VOTE ON THESE AS A AS A BODY OR DO WE JUST.

I DON'T THINK IT INVOLVES A VOTE.

NO, JUST A CONSENSUS.

FEEL CONSENSUS OF HOW YOU WANT US TO PROCEED.

OKAY. YEAH.

I MEAN, I. I KNOW I WOULD FEEL THE SAME WAY AS YOU MARRY IN THAT REGARD.

I THINK THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T WANT TO JUST LEAVE ON A CONSENT AGENDA.

CERTAINLY WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I FEEL THE SAME WAY, YOU KNOW, IS THAT THAT IS A BIG BURDEN ON THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND THERE'S ALREADY I MEAN, HE'S TRYING TO PASS THREE CURRICULUMS. I CAN'T AFFORD MY SALARY.

WELL, AND I UNDERSTAND THE NEEDING TO DRAW MORE PEOPLE TO THE POSITION, YOU KNOW, THE POSITION OF SCHOOL BOARD DIRECTOR.

AND I UNDERSTAND IN THE PAST THERE FOR MANY DISTRICTS, IT'S BEEN HARD TO GET PEOPLE TO COME FORWARD.

BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT PROVIDING A SALARY IS GOING TO CHANGE THAT.

AND I THINK IT COMES WITH A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER BAGGAGE THAT I DON'T KNOW THE DISTRICT WANTS TO TAKE ON.

SO AND IT'S JUST HARD FOR ME TO CONCEIVE HOW YOU HAVE AN ELECTED POSITION WHERE YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE A CITIZEN TO HOLD THAT POSITION.

SO ANYWAY, IT WOULD TAKE FIVE DISTRICTS ASKING TO PULL IT OUT OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

WE WOULD JUST BE ONE.

SO IT'S NOT A SLAM DUNK EVEN IF WE DO IT.

HAVE WE SPOKEN WITH ANY OTHER DISTRICT? I HAVE. I HAVE BEEN IN CONVERSATION WITH SOME OTHER SCHOOL BOARD DIRECTORS, AND YOU KNOW I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE FIVE THAT WOULD DO IT.

BUT I'M NOT THAT MUCH IN THE LOOP.

BUT I THINK THAT IT'S POSSIBLE.

WELL, ONE TO START.

YES. WELL AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE LOGGED IN AND EVEN HAVE I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO CHECK THIS.

BUT SOMEBODY TOLD ME THE OTHER DAY THERE WERE ONLY 100 DISTRICTS OUT OF 295 THAT HAVE EVEN LOGGED IN TO GET THEIR TICKET.

YEAH, I'VE LOGGED IN AND GOT MINE, SO.

YEAH, I JUST FEEL LIKE THIS IS, THIS IS OUR VOICE TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND WSSDA IS OUR VEHICLE, SO I'M KIND OF PASSIONATE ABOUT THAT.

AH, WE APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU BOTH FOR DOING THAT.

YEAH. OKAY.

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WE'LL TALK TO HIM BY FRIDAY.

WE'LL BE SURE TO TALK TO HIM THEN.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

ANYTHING ELSE FROM LEDGE COMMITTEE? NO. ALL RIGHT.

THE AUDIT COMMITTEE HAS NO REPORT THIS WEEK.

BATTLE GROUND EDUCATION FOUNDATION HAD PARTICIPATED AND GAVE MORE 24.

IT WAS A SUCCESSFUL EVENT AND THEIR VIRTUAL PORTION OF THEIR AUCTION STARTS THIS WEDNESDAY AND THEIR IN-PERSON PORTION IS SATURDAY NIGHT.

SO IT WILL BE A GREAT TIME, I BELIEVE.

I JUST SAW A TEXT THAT THERE ARE STILL TICKETS AVAILABLE.

IF ANYBODY PROCRASTINATED AND THOUGHT THEY COULDN'T GET ONE, THEY CAN.

SO GO TO THE WEBSITE IF YOU ARE INTERESTED.

AND I THINK THAT WILL WRAP UP THEIR TRIFECTA FUNDRAISING FOR THE BACK TO SCHOOL MONTHS.

SO THAT WILL BE GOOD.

AND THEN NEXT WE HAVE WIAA KIND OF MEETING.

YEAH. SO WE DID HAVE A MEETING THIS LAST WEEK AND A COUPLE OF UPDATES I THINK WORTHY OF DISCUSSING IS THE DISTRICT FOUR WEBSITE IS FINALLY UP AND RUNNING.

I THINK THE LAST SIX MEETINGS I SAID THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON IT, SO IT'S FINALLY UP.

ALLOCATIONS SHOULD HAVE BEEN APPROVED THIS LAST WEEKEND.

SO THOSE ARE FOR THE POSTSEASON TOURNAMENTS.

THE AMENDMENT TIMELINE IS DUE OCTOBER 15TH, AND THE LAST THING WORTHY OF MENTIONING IS FOR FALL SPORTS FOOTBALL. WE CANNOT COVER FRIDAY NIGHTS WITH OFFICIALS THAT WE HAVE.

SO DUE TO THE OFFICIAL SHORTAGES THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT TRYING TO HAVE FOR FUTURE SEASONS ANYWAY FOR FALL SPORTS STARTING WITH FOOTBALL IS WE'D HAVE ONE THURSDAY NIGHT GAME FOR FOR STARTING WITH 4A AND THEN IT WOULD THE FOLLOWING THURSDAY WOULD BE A 3A GAME AND THEN SO ON AND SO FORTH AT ALL DIFFERENT LEVELS.

AND THEN THE OTHER AREA THEY'RE HAVING TROUBLE WITH IS MIDDLE SCHOOL BASKETBALL.

AND A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE SEQUENCE OF WHEN BASKETBALL PLAYS AT MIDDLE SCHOOL THEN VERSUS HIGH SCHOOL.

SOMETIMES IT'S THE SAME OFFICIALS AND THE GAMES AT MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL TEND TO RUN A LITTLE LONG.

SO THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT CHANGING THAT TO A RUNNING CLOCK SITUATION LIKE TWO 20 MINUTE HALVES IN ORDER TO TRY TO KEEP THAT OFFICIAL'S ALLOTMENT DOWN TO A ONE HOUR BLOCK AND THEN SET THEM LOOSE TO GO TO THE NEXT LEVEL.

SO THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE ONGOING RIGHT NOW.

SO MORE TO COME ON THAT.

THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO BRING UP IS THAT WE WERE PROVIDED WITH THIS ARTICLE THAT WAS WRITTEN BY A GUY NAMED KEVIN BRYANT, WHO'S AN AD WITH PACIFIC UNIVERSITY.

AT LEAST THAT'S WHERE HE'S CURRENTLY AT, WHICH IS IN FOREST GROVE, OREGON.

HE HAS BEEN AN AD FOR HIGH SCHOOLS FOR YEARS PRIOR TO THAT.

IT'S A GOOD ARTICLE. I PROVIDED IT TO SANDY, SO IT SHOULD BE AVAILABLE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE DOES THAT, BUT IF YOU WANT TO DISPLAY YOU CAN PUT IT UP.

NO, YOU DON'T NEED TO DISPLAY IT, BUT IT IS WORTHY OF A READ.

IT TALKS A LOT ABOUT THE AD'S PERSPECTIVE ON THINGS AND GIVES SOME INSIGHT OF WHAT YOU SHOULD BE LOOKING AT AS AN AD AT DIFFERENT TIMES IN YOUR CAREER. BUT THEN IT GOES IN TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE CURRENT ISSUES THAT THEY'RE FACED WITH.

AND ONE OF THE ISSUES ON HERE IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DEALING WITH ACTUALLY, AND IT'S HOW WE KEEP LOSING COACHES BECAUSE OF ALL THE ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS THAT WE KEEP PUTTING ON THEM.

I MEAN, WITHIN THIS DISTRICT OURSELVES, MEETING THE WIAA REQUIREMENTS TO BE A COACH HAS BEEN SO MASSIVE THAT WE'VE JUST NOT MET THAT AND WA KNOWS THIS AND A LOT OF IT'S THEIR ISSUES WITH THEIR PLATFORM, BUT IT'S BECOMING A PROBLEM BECAUSE IT JUST BEING MORE AND MORE AND MORE AND MORE AND MORE REQUIREMENTS EVERY YEAR.

SO IT'S AN ONGOING PROBLEM THAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO READ INTO.

AND THE OTHER ONE IS KIND OF TIES BACK TO WHAT MARY WAS SAYING ABOUT THE PARENTS ROLE IN ATHLETICS.

AND IT IS A GOOD IT'S A GOOD SOLID PARAGRAPH.

I WON'T READ THE WHOLE THING TO YOU, BUT THERE'S A COUPLE OF SENTENCES IN HERE I THOUGHT WERE WORTHY OF PULLING OUT.

AND ONE IS PARENTS NEED TO HAVE A VOICE AND NEED TO BE CONNECTED TO OUR PROGRAMS, NOT JUST FOR THE MONEY WHEN FUNDING IS NEEDED.

SO AND THAT'S GOOD BECAUSE A LOT OF A LOT OF COACHES AND ADMINISTRATORS TEND TO FORGET THAT.

RIGHT, IS THAT WE'RE HERE FOR OUR PARENT.

WE'RE HERE. WE SERVE THE PARENTS, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE WORKING WITH THE KIDS.

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THE OTHER ONE IS IT WAS A QUOTE FOR AN ADAGE, YOU HAVE TWO EARS AND ONE MOUTH.

USE THEM IN THAT PROPORTION, MEANING LISTEN MORE THAN YOU TALK.

RIGHT. I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NOT ONLY IS TRANSFERABLE IN ATHLETICS, BUT EVEN WHAT WE DO HERE AT THE BOARD LEVEL IS HAVING TWO YEARS IN ONE MOUTH.

DON'T YOU KNOW WE SERVE THE PEOPLE, RIGHT? SO ANYWAY, I THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS A GOOD READ.

THE ARTICLE IS REALLY WELL WRITTEN AND CAN KIND OF OPEN A WINDOW, SO TO SPEAK, SO YOU CAN PEER IN AND SEE KIND OF WHAT THE WORLD OF ATHLETICS IS A LITTLE BIT LIKE AT THAT LEVEL. SO THAT'S ALL I GOT FOR READING IT.

I, I LISTEN TO AND OVER THE WEEKEND I LISTEN TO AN HOUR LONG SPORTS RADIO SHOW THAT WAS FOCUSED SPECIFICALLY ON THE NATIONWIDE SHORTAGE OF OFFICIALS IN IN IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS.

AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW HOW YOU JUST CAN'T I MEAN, IT WASN'T LIKE BEFORE.

IT'S JUST NOT ATTRACTING PEOPLE.

AND MOSTLY IT'S BECAUSE OF THE THE.

STRESS ASSOCIATED WITH BEING AN OFFICIAL.

NOW, I WOULD I WOULD NOT WISH BEING A BASKETBALL OFFICIAL IN ANYBODY.

YOU KNOW, IT'S A REALLY HARSH ENVIRONMENT AT TIMES, EXTREMELY CHALLENGING.

AND YOU'RE RIGHT, WE ARE SEEING A NATIONAL SHORTAGE.

WE SEE IT HERE LOCALLY ALL THE TIME.

I MEAN, CASE IN POINT, AT THE FRESHMAN GAME, ONE OF THE REFS, YOU COULD TELL SHOULD PROBABLY HAVE RETIRED MAYBE A DECADE PRIOR AND REFUSE TO MAKE ANY CALLS.

HE WAS THE WHITE HAT AND ALL THE SIDELINE JUDGES WERE MAKING ALL THE CALLS.

EVEN WHEN THESE THINGS WERE HAPPENING RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIS EYES, HE JUST WASN'T DOING IT BECAUSE HE'S NOT GOING TO RUN UP AND DOWN THE FIELD.

AND IT CREATES AN UNSAFE ENVIRONMENT, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST FOR HIM, BUT EVEN FOR THE KIDS, TOO, BECAUSE HE CAN'T GET OUT OF THE WAY FAST ENOUGH IN FOOTBALL.

SO IT IS IT'S A REAL PROBLEM.

AND AGAIN, THAT'S PART OF THE REASON I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE ENGAGING PARENTS MORE, BECAUSE WHEN PARENTS FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE A VOICE OUTSIDE OF JUST THE ACTUAL GAME, MAYBE THEY DON'T, YOU KNOW, SCREAM SO MUCH OR GET SO UPSET DURING THESE THESE TOURNAMENTS AND THINGS GO A LITTLE SMOOTHER BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE A VOICE IN OTHER WAYS. SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S MY $0.02 OR $0.12, I GUESS.

AND LAST ON THE LIST ARE TOUR COMMITTEES.

AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE TOURS COMING UP THIS FRIDAY, OUR FIRST ONE.

SO THAT WILL BE WE WILL REPORT ON THOSE AT THE NEXT MEETING.

OH, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT, I DON'T THINK I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE FRIDAY MORNING ON AND BE GETTING SET UP AND READY FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT'S GOING TO DO TO THE TEAMS AS FAR AS..

I WAS GOING TO COVER THAT IN MIND.

OKAY, PERFECT.

I GOTCHA. THANKS.

ALL RIGHT, THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO DIRECTOR REPORTS.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING? TO REPORT. OKAY.

WELL, I JUST WANT TO MENTION THE SOMETHING I OBSERVED THAT I THOUGHT WAS REALLY COOL, WHICH IS FUNNY BECAUSE IT WAS AT THE PRAIRIE BATTLE GROUND GAME, BUT IT WASN'T ABOUT THE GAME.

IT WAS ABOUT THE SECURITY GUARDS WHO WERE SO IN SYNC AT THAT GAME.

IT WAS SO IMPRESSIVE.

THEY WERE TALKING TO EACH OTHER.

THEY WERE EVERYWHERE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FIELD.

THEY WERE CALM, THEY WERE PROFESSIONAL.

IT WAS JUST I DON'T KNOW WHY IT CAUGHT MY EYE, BUT OF ALL THE CRAZINESS, JUST A HUGE THANK YOU TO OUR SECURITY STAFF WHO DO THAT WEEK IN AND WEEK OUT AND EVEN SOME GIVEN A FEW HUGS.

AND SO TO STUDENTS, TO FAMILIES, TO SO IT WAS JUST LIKE THEY'RE JUST TRULY A PART OF OUR DISTRICT AND MAKE IT REALLY WHAT IT IS AND JUST LIKE EVERYBODY MATTERS.

AND SO I JUST JUST IMPRESSED ME SO MUCH.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.

SO I DO HAVE ONE THING I JUST WANT TO YOU MADE ME REMEMBER IT JUST TO SHOUT OUT TO ALL OF OUR CROSSING GUARDS BECAUSE IT'S BEEN CHALLENGING WITH ALL THE ROAD CONSTRUCTION.

I WAS OUT WALKING BY BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL AND THEY'RE JUST DOING A GREAT JOB OF KEEPING EVERYBODY SAFE WHEN THERE'S ACTUALLY NO SIDEWALK THERE.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE CROSSING GUARDS.

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SO THANKS TO BOTH OF YOU FOR BRINGING UP THOSE.

WITH THAT WRAPS UP OUR COMMUNICATIONS AND WE WILL TURN IT OVER FOR TO YOU FOR SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF UPDATE.

[6. Superintendent and Staff Updates]

SO THIS FRIDAY WE HAVE OUR FIRST BOARD TOURS.

I BELIEVE THAT MARY IS HEADED TOWARDS CAM AND RICCARDO IS GOING TO JOIN MARY.

AND I BELIEVE THAT TRAVIS DRAKE, OUR DIRECTOR OF INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP FOR HIGH SCHOOLS AND ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS, WILL ALSO BE JOINING THAT GROUP.

SO THERE WE HAVE THAT ONE.

IT'S JACKIE, MARK AND LUKE AND I ARE HEADED TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, DAYBREAK MIDDLE SCHOOL.

JACKIE. ALREADY BEEN RECRUITED.

OKAY. SO YOU GOT RECRUITED.

I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU, JACKIE, WOULD YOU BE WILLING.

SO YOU DID THAT, ALL RIGHT. I DID THAT SECRETLY, COVERTLY.

OKAY. SO SO INSTEAD IT WILL BE MARK AND I AND LUKE WILL BE HEADED TOWARDS DAYBREAK MIDDLE.

AND THEN JACKIE, BECAUSE TED'S GOT A CONFLICT, HE'S ACTUALLY DOING MORE OTHER SCHOOL RELATED BUSINESS.

SO IT'S NOT LIKE HE'S SKIPPING OUT ON US.

HE'S MEETING WITH OUR ATHLETIC REVIEW TEAM.

JACKIE WILL GO WITH WITH SHELLY AND MIKE MICHOD, AND YOU GUYS WILL GO TO DAYBREAK PRIMARY.

DREAM TEAM BACK TOGETHER.

THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT. OKAY.

THE SECOND THING I WANTED TO BRING UP WAS THAT WE DID GET APPROVAL FROM THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE FOR THE PROVISION OF BASIC ED FOR THE 2022 SCHOOL YEAR.

IT'S A COMPLEX PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH.

YOU HAVE TO FILL OUT THIS HUGE, HUGE DOCUMENT, TALK ABOUT WORKLOAD AND PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION THAT YOU'RE DOING THE 47 THINGS THAT THEY REQUIRE YOU TO DO AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND SO THAT WE ARE WE ARE PROVIDING ALL STATE REQUIRED ACTIVITIES AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS IN THE 2022-23 SCHOOL YEAR.

SO YOU'LL BE HAPPY TO KNOW THAT.

FOR ONE OF 117 DISTRICTS..

OUT OF 290.

295, SO THAT'S GOOD.

THE FIRST GROUP, THE FIRST WAVE TO BE APPROVED.

AND THEN LASTLY, WHAT I WANTED TO DO WAS I WANTED TO BRING UP THE BATTLE GROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2022-25 CORE BELIEFS. IT IS ALSO IN YOUR BOARD DOCUMENTS UNDER SUPERINTENDENT REPORT.

SO IF YOU PULL IT UP THERE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE IT.

IF YOU REMEMBER, THIS IS A DOCUMENT THAT WE REVIEWED DURING OUR BOARD RETREAT AND YOU ASK THAT WE DO SOME CHANGES HERE.

SO I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT IF YOU THE WAY THAT I HAVE BEGUN TO READ THESE IS THAT IF YOU PUT IN FRONT OF EACH OF THE BELIEFS, THE STATEMENT, FOR INSTANCE, WE, THE BOARD BELIEVE AND THEN YOU READ IT FROM THERE, IT KIND OF IT KIND OF MAKES SENSE.

BUT NUMBER ONE IS ALL AROUND HIGH QUALITY, PERSONALIZED INSTRUCTION LEADS TO CHALLENGING, ENGAGING LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS.

AND NONE OF YOU HAD AN ISSUE WITH NUMBER ONE.

SO NUMBER ONE BASICALLY REMAINED THE SAME.

IF YOU LOOK AT NUMBER TWO, YOU CAN SEE THERE THAT WE INCORPORATED IN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AND SPORTS THERE AS PART OF STUDENTS LEARN BEST IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT THAT SUPPORTS AND PROMOTES THEIR PHYSICAL, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING THROUGH EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, SCHOOL SPORTS, APPROPRIATE LEARNING RESOURCES AND CLEAR EXPECTATIONS.

SO I BELIEVE THAT ONE COVERS THAT.

BELIEF THREE AND BELIEF FOUR, YOU PRETTY MUCH HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH.

SO THOSE WERE KEPT VERY SIMILAR.

BELIEF FIVE, WE DID SOME WORDSMITHING THERE.

STAFF MEMBERS ARE VITAL TO THE SUCCESS OF THE DISTRICT.

EACH STAFF MEMBER BRINGS UNIQUE AND VALUABLE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, TALENTS AND EXPERTISE TO THEIR ROLE, AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS ARE ACKNOWLEDGED AND RESPECTED.

SO THAT ONE CAME OUT SOUNDING VERY GOOD.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE WAS THE STUDENT VOICE.

WE REWROTE THIS ONE SEVERAL TIMES, WANTING TO MAKE IT IN THE SAME FORMAT.

SO AGAIN, WE, THE BOARD, BELIEVE THAT STUDENT VOICE IS VALUABLE AND SHOULD BE NURTURED AND THAT STUDENTS EXPERIENCES ARE ENRICHED WHEN THEY FEEL HEARD AND SUPPORTED.

SO THOSE WOULD BE THE CORE BELIEFS.

AND UNLESS I RECEIVE INSTRUCTION OTHERWISE, SANDY AND I HAVE A GOAL THAT AT OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING, WHEN YOU COME BACK IN THAT

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SO COMMENTS FROM ALL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS.

ON GOAL OR EXCUSE ME, BELIEFS SIX COULD WE CHANGE THE WORD FEEL INSTEAD OF FEEL HEARD, SUPPORTED WHEN THEY ARE HEARD AND SUPPORTED.

OK, WHEN THEY ARE HEARD AND SUPPORTED, THAT'S A GOOD THAT'S A GOOD CHANGE.

YEAH. I MEAN THERE'S THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IN CONTEXT THERE.

YES. YES. GOOD, GOOD WORDSMITHING.

YOU GUYS OKAY WITH THAT ONE? YES. OKAY.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? DENNY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GOOD JOB, DENNY. GOOD JOB.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GREAT JOB. GREAT JOB, DENNY.

REALLY, REALLY, REALLY NICE JOB.

THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO.

ALL RIGHT. COME ON. IT'S NOT.

I'M GETTING EMOTIONAL, SANDY.

AND I JUST. I MEAN, THIS HAS BEEN ON OUR PLATE FOR SO LONG.

WE'RE JUST REALLY EXCITED TO GET THIS DOCUMENT DONE.

WE THINK WE THINK WE APPRECIATE THE BOARD'S INFLUENCE ON THIS.

AND I WANT TO THANK AMANDA.

GETTING A FRESH SET OF EYES ON THIS DOCUMENT WAS REALLY HELPFUL.

SHE DID SOME GREAT WORDSMITHING FOR US.

SO I DO THINK IT'S A IT'S A REALLY GOOD REFLECTION AND VERY WELL WHAT I TRULY APPRECIATE IT FROM A BOARD PERSPECTIVE, IT'S, IT'S IT ALIGNS ITSELF WITH THE OTHER WORK THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.

RIGHT. SO THANK YOU.

AND WITH THAT, THANK YOU, SANDY.

YES, THANK YOU, SANDY.

YOU KNOW, YOU SUPPORT IT JUST AS MUCH AS DANNY AND EVERYBODY ELSE JUST TO PUT UP WITH ME.

WE KNOW. DO YOU? YEAH.

SO THAT TAKES CARE OF ME.

WE'RE GOING TO GO TO TEACHING AND LEARNING WITH SHELLY DOESN'T HAVE A REPORT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO SKIP TEACHING AND LEARNING.

WE'RE GOING TO GO TO H.R..

AND MICHELLE DOESN'T HAVE A REPORT, SO WE'RE GOING TO SKIP H.R..

WE'RE GOING TO SKIP OVER SO WE CAN GO TO KEVIN, WHO WE'RE GOING TO SKIP BECAUSE HE'S GOT THREE PRESENTATIONS.

SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO END UP OVER HERE WITH MICHELLE AND THEN AMANDA.

SO. MICHELLE SCOTT CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.

CAN YOU BLOW IT UP A LITTLE BIT MORE? GOOD EVENING, BOARD. I WANT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR SEPTEMBER ENROLLMENT COUNTS.

AS YOU KNOW, ENROLLMENT DRIVES OUR FUNDING FOR OUR SCHOOLS.

SO THOSE THOSE COUNTS ARE VERY CRITICAL THAT THEY COME IN ON BUDGET OR ABOVE BUDGET.

AND I'M PLEASED TO SAY.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THAT WE ARE OVERBUDGET.

WE'RE ACTUALLY 409 FTE INCREASE OVER BUDGET.

SO WHEN WE PUT TOGETHER THE BUDGET FOR ENROLLMENT, IT WAS A VERY CONSERVATIVE BUDGET.

IT WAS JUST DIFFICULT TO TELL.

IT'S BEEN WE'VE HAD SOME JUST WITH THE PANDEMIC AND WHAT STUDENTS WOULD RETURN.

SO IT'S ALWAYS GOING IN A CONSERVATIVE IS A GOOD WAY TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. SO AND THEN COMING IN ON BUDGET, WE WERE ABLE TO HIRE TEACHERS TO ACCOMMODATE THAT INCREASED ENROLLMENT.

WE HIRED FOUR PRIMARY TEACHERS AND TWO MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS AND SOME HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS.

SO THAT WAS GREAT.

SO WHAT I WANTED TO SHOW YOU HERE IS OUR BUDGET WAS 11,424 FTE AND THAT'S FULL TIME ENROLLMENT.

SO THAT'S NOT NUMBER OF HEAD COUNTS.

THAT IS THEN THEN THE TIME THAT WE'RE SERVING THE STUDENTS.

OUR SEPTEMBER COUNT HERE WAS 11,000 833 FOR AN INCREASE OF 409 OVER BUDGET.

SO I WANTED TO SHOW YOU THAT WE ALSO HAD SOME HIGH GROWTH AREAS OVER PROJECTION.

SO GLENWOOD PLEASANT VALLEY PRIMARY AND AMBOY AND EVEN PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL CAME IN QUITE A BIT OVER PROJECTION.

SO THESE ARE JUST SOME PERCENTAGES TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA TO REFER BACK TO.

IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THESE THE HIGH SCHOOLS ARE DOING THEY'RE ABOVE PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS.

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AND LAUREN IS ALMOST THERE, TOO.

SO BUT WE ARE STILL SIGNIFICANTLY DOWN FROM OUR PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS OVERALL.

AND I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU SOME ADDITIONAL SLIDES ON THAT.

BUT IT'S GOOD TO SEE THESE ENROLLMENT NUMBERS AND AND KIDS COMING BACK INTO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.

I DID PUT A SLIDE DOWN HERE FOR YOU TO JUST SEE BY K FOUR PRIMARY.

NOW THESE ARE OUR COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOLS.

SO THESE DON'T INCLUDE OUR ALES.

THESE ARE OUR ALES, SO I'LL SHOW YOU THOSE.

BUT LOOKING AT THE COMPREHENSIVE, IT WAS A 4.3% INCREASE IN PRIMARY, 1.9 IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL IS 5.5. SO TOTAL 3.9 FOR COMPREHENSIVE.

AND THEN OUR ONLINE SCHOOLS, RIVER HOMELINK CAME IN AT ABOUT ONE AND ONE HALF PERCENT ABOVE.

THE ONLINE WENT DOWN SO ON THE PERCENTAGE AND THEN CAM WAS JUST A LITTLE ABOVE THERE.

SO OVERALL IT'S A 1.5% INCREASE IN THE ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS.

SO THAT'S GREAT NEWS.

OKAY. I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS.

QUESTIONS, OKAY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

ALL RIGHT. THESE ARE OUR CATEGORICAL PROGRAMS. AND I JUST WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION, WE'RE COMING IN.

WE'RE NOT QUITE THERE FOR A SEPTEMBER COUNT, FOR BUDGET, FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION, BUT THEY ARE STILL WORKING THROUGH IDENTIFYING STUDENTS AND WORKING THROUGH EVALUATIONS.

SO I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT NUMBER WOULD GO UP AND THAT WE WILL BE ON BUDGET WITH THE SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM.

SO THAT'S GOOD BECAUSE WE WERE PRETTY MUCH DOWN LAST YEAR FROM BUDGET SO..

SIGNIFICANTLY DOWN.

SIGNIFICANTLY DOWN.

SO YEAH. SO THAT'S SO WE'RE CLOSER TO OUR BUDGET, WHICH WAS, WHICH IS GOOD NEWS.

THE CTE PROGRAM IS QUITE A BIT OVER BUDGET ON THEIR ENROLLMENT.

SO THAT WAS INTERESTING TO SEE QUITE A BIT OF INCREASE IN THERE.

SO THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THERE'S OVERALL MORE STUDENTS.

IT'S ALSO STUDENTS ARE TAKING THE THE CTE COURSES MORE SO THAN THE NON CTE COURSES THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND BILINGUAL RIGHT NOW, THERE'S STILL TESTING AND IT WILL BE ABOVE BUDGET FOR THE OCTOBER COUNT.

IT WASN'T AND IT'S NOT NORMALLY IN THE SEPTEMBER COUNT BECAUSE THERE'S THEY EVERY YEAR THEY HAVE TO TEST STUDENTS AND SO WE ARE WE HAVE A LARGE INCREASE IN BILINGUAL PROGRAM.

WE'VE HIRED THREE CLASSIFIED SUPPORT PERSONNEL TO HELP WITH THEM.

AND WE'RE LOOKING AT ADDING SOME MORE TO HELP BECAUSE THOSE NUMBERS ARE CLIMBING QUITE A BIT IN THE BILINGUAL PROGRAM.

SO WE'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON THAT AND OUR NEXT REPORT TO THE BOARD.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

ALL RIGHT. SO HERE WE HAVE OUR HEAD COUNT.

SO YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW FOR JUST HEAD COUNT FOR THE DISTRICT 12,089.

SO YOU CAN SEE WE'RE STILL WE'RE STILL NOT QUITE THERE TO OUR PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS.

THIS IS THE 18, 19, 1920 SCHOOL YEAR.

AND THIS IS WHERE SCHOOL THE PANDEMIC STARTED.

SO BUT WE ARE ABOVE THE 21, 20-21, 21-22 SCHOOL YEAR.

SO NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

AND THEN HERE IT IS FOR THE FTE COMPARISON.

AGAIN, WE'RE NOT QUITE TO WHERE WE NEED TO WHERE WE WERE PRE-PANDEMIC, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

NEXT SLIDE. AND HERE WE HAVE ALES.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT.

SO WE'RE KIND OF THIS WAS OUR 20, 21 SCHOOL YEAR, YOU CAN SEE.

BUT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GETTING KIND OF CLOSER TO MORE OF THE NORM IN THE ALE PROGRAMS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

AND SO THE HIGH SCHOOL CTE THERE, THEY'RE DOING WONDERFUL AT 1,034.76.

AND SOME OF THAT DOES INCLUDE THE SUMMIT VIEW HIGH SCHOOL.

SO IT'S NOT ALL AT PRAIRIE AND BATTLE GROUND, IT IS INCLUDING THE SUMMIT VIEW.

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YEAH, THEY'RE WAY ABOVE PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS.

SO AND NEXT SLIDE AND HERE'S OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL IS AT 64.84 S O THAT IS A LITTLE BIT BELOW THE 21 LAST YEAR SCHOOL YEAR.

SO I'M NOT SURE IF THERE WAS SOME CHANGES IN PROGRAM THERE.

SO WE CAN REPORT BACK ON THAT ON OUR NEXT PRESENTATION.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

AND THEN HERE'S OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION ENROLLMENT OF 1637.

AND IT'S A LITTLE ABOVE LAST YEAR, BUT STILL BELOW SOME OF OUR PRIOR YEARS.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

AND THIS IS OUR BILINGUAL PROGRAM.

I ANTICIPATE THIS NUMBER IS GOING TO GOING TO GO UP QUITE A BIT HERE ON THAT ON OUR NEXT REPORT.

SO YOU CAN SEE WE'RE NOT QUITE THERE FROM THE JUNE, BUT THIS INCLUDES EXITED STUDENTS AS WELL.

NEXT SLIDE. EXITED STUDENTS THAT WE'RE STILL SERVING, I SHOULD SAY.

AND THEN THESE LAST TWO SLIDES ARE JUST FOR YOUR REFERENCE.

THIS JUST GIVES THE MONTHLY ENROLLMENT, THE FTE HERE, AND IT GIVES THE BUDGET RIGHT HERE ON EACH ONE.

AND THEN IT ALSO GIVES THE TOTALS FOR EACH FOR THE TOTAL FOR THE DISTRICT HERE SO THAT OUR BUDGET 11,424 AND OUR ACTUAL 11,832.68.

AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE IS HEAD COUNT AND WE DON'T BUDGET FOR HEAD COUNT, WE BUDGET FOR FTE BECAUSE THAT'S BASED ON FUNDING.

SO THAT JUST GIVES YOU ALL THE HEAD COUNT FOR ALL OF THE SCHOOLS AND THE..

WHAT IS OUR HEAD COUNT TOTAL? JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY.

IT'S 12,089 RIGHT HERE.

YEAH, YEAH.

12,000, YEAH.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? IT'S EXCITING NEWS. YEAH, IT'S GREAT.

IT'S WONDERFUL. YEAH.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. AND LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, COMMUNICATIONS.

GOOD EVENING. I WANTED TO SHARE A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE'S WORK.

CHRIS BROWN OF MY OFFICE MET WITH STUDENTS FROM PERRY HIGH SCHOOL'S LATINO STUDENT UNION WHO ARE PLANNING ACTIVITIES FOR HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, WHICH CONTINUES THROUGH OCTOBER 15TH. AND THOSE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE A FIELD TRIP TO THE UPCOMING LATINO YOUTH LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE IN VANCOUVER AND A POTLUCK.

THANK YOU. YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THOSE ACTIVITIES IN LAST WEEK'S BJPS BULLETIN, AS WELL AS WATCH FOR THIS WEEK'S BULLETIN, WHICH WILL HAVE MORE INFORMATION.

AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO SHARE JENNA BUSHER HILL'S WORK TO REVAMP THE WEB PAGE AND BRANDING FOR THE ASPIRE HIGHLY CAPABLE PROGRAM.

IF WE CAN PULL THAT UP, SHE DESIGNED A WEB PAGE AS WELL AS A BROCHURE AND A TEACHER TOOLKIT, AND THE MATERIALS SHE CREATED ARE VERY CLEAN AND INFORMATIVE FOR PARENTS AND HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT SERVICES FOR STUDENTS, REFERRAL PROCEDURES, THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS AND SELECTION.

SO SHE DID SOME GREAT WORK THERE.

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THIS WILL BE THE FIRST ONE SINCE FALL 2020.

SO WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR PRINTER TO FINALIZE THE DEADLINE, BUT HOPEFULLY THAT WILL BE HITTING MAILBOXES IN ANOTHER MONTH OR SO.

THANK YOU. SPEAK FOR US.

THANK YOU FOR WORKING ON THAT.

MAYBE. YEAH.

OH.

OKAY. LET'S JUST MOVE ON.

THAT'S GOOD. NO, DON'T.

IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT.

OKAY. OKAY, THAT CONCLUDES THE SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF UPDATE.

THANK YOU. GREAT.

THANK YOU. AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO CITIZENS COMMENTS.

[7. Citizens' Comments]

I'D LIKE TO WELCOME MEREDITH POTTER AND KRISTIN WADE FROM CLARK COUNTY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

THANKS. I'M MEREDY POTTER AND I AM A MEMBER OF THE CLARK COUNTY DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES ADVISORY BOARD.

AND THE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES ADVISORY BOARD ADVISES AND MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CLARK COUNTY COUNCIL RELATING TO DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES ISSUES AND SERVICES.

AND THE BOARD PROVIDES COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP ON IMPROVEMENT OF EFFICACY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES PROGRAMS. AND EACH YEAR THE ADVISORY BOARD HOSTS THE DISABILITIES EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS AWARDS.

AND THIS YEAR THE EVENT WILL BE ON OCTOBER 5TH FROM 4 TO 6 P.M.

AND MANY OF THE NOMINEES ARE AN AWARD WINNERS ARE FORMER STUDENTS OF OUR LOCAL DISTRICTS.

THE AWARDS HONOR THE ROLE OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES HAVE IN ASSISTING US TO ACHIEVE A DYNAMIC, PRODUCTIVE WORKFORCE AND RECOGNIZE THE LEADERSHIP OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

AND I AM A FORMER RETIRED TEACHER AND I'VE HAD SOME STUDENTS THAT GET OUT THERE, AND I HAD ONE THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, I'M A RETIRED ROOF CLIP MAKER.

HE WAS QUITE PROUD OF THAT.

MANY OF THE NOMINEES AND AWARD WINNERS.

OOPS, I'M SORRY. THE EVENT ALSO CELEBRATES THE OCTOBER NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS MONTH AND THE LIVE IN-PERSON EVENT THIS YEAR WILL BE HELD AT CLARK COUNTY COLLEGE IN GEYSER HALL, 1933 FORT VANCOUVER WAY, AND THE EVENT IS ALSO LIVE STREAMED, OF COURSE, FOR THOSE WHO PREFER TO WATCH AT HOME.

SO THIS IS A FREE PUBLIC EVENT AND THOUGH WE ARE ASKING FOR REGISTRATION SO THAT WE KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE TO EXPECT IN PERSON.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. I'M KRISTIN WADE WITH CLARK COUNTY DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES PROGRAM.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TONIGHT.

SHE COVERED ALL OF WHAT I WOULD PROBABLY SAY, BUT JUST WANT TO REALLY INVITE YOU GUYS TO JOIN US IN THIS EVENT.

IT'S A GREAT FILL YOUR CUP TYPE OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE CELEBRATE EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYERS AND CLARK COUNTY.

AND WE DO HAVE STUDENTS FROM BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT.

WE HAVE EMPLOYERS THAT HAVE BEEN HONORED FROM WITHIN BATTLE GROUND.

I LIVE IN AMBOY.

MY STUDENT, I HAVE A STUDENT AT BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL.

SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THIS IS MY DISTRICT.

AND IT'S IT'S IMPORTANT.

SO IF YOU GUYS CAN JOIN US, I BELIEVE WE SENT THE THE FLIER.

YES. AND SO HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS HAVE THAT.

AND WE'D LOVE TO SEE YOU THERE EITHER IN PERSON OR VIRTUALLY.

GREAT. THANKS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

MARY DADE, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU. WE INTERACTED BACK IN THE DAY WHEN I WAS A SPECIAL ED DIRECTOR.

YEAH, A DAY OR TWO AGO.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT.

[01:15:02]

ARE YOU TIMING? YES.

WE STARTED THE TIME. RIGHT. BECAUSE.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD. AS YOU KNOW, MY NAME IS ALI STRAPSON, I USE SHE HER PRONOUNS AND I AM A PARENT, RESIDENT AND BUSINESS OWNER IN THE DISTRICT.

I AM HERE TONIGHT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH AND SAY HOW ENCOURAGED I WAS TO SEE THE ARTICLE IN THE LAST THURSDAY'S BGPS BULLETIN ABOUT THE NEWLY FORMED LATINO STUDENT UNION AT PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE PLANS THEY ARE MAKING TO CELEBRATE THEIR FIRST HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH EACH MONTH WITH THE ENTIRE STUDENT BODY AND A SHOUT OUT TO SENIOR MELODY [INAUDIBLE] FOR SEEING A NEED AND STEPPING UP TO MEET IT IN SUCH A MEANINGFUL WAY.

I HOPE THIS INSPIRES TO NOT ONLY CARRY ON THE LATINO STUDENT UNION, BUT TO STEP INTO SIMILAR SPACES THAT ARE MEANINGFUL TO THEM.

SHE REMINDED ME THAT WE ALL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AND A RESPONSIBILITY TO BRING AWARENESS TO ALL OF THE RICH AND BEAUTIFUL DIVERSITY THAT REPRESENTS THIS COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY THAT WHICH MAY NOT BE SEEN AS MUCH IN THE FOREGROUND AS OTHERS, BUT IS EQUALLY ESSENTIAL TO THE TAPESTRY THAT WEAVES US ALL TOGETHER.

IT IS IN THAT VEIN THAT I REQUEST THAT THE BOARD PURPOSEFULLY CREATE SPACES SUCH AS WE'VE SEEN TONIGHT TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT AND APPRECIATION THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AS A WAY OF BRINGING US AND THE HISTORY OF THIS LAND TOGETHER FOR THE COMMON GOOD, WHETHER THAT BE HAVING ONE OF OUR INDIGENOUS MEMBERS GIVE A NATIVE LAND BLESSING BEFORE OR AFTER THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, OR HAVING OTHERS PRESENT A MEANINGFUL POEM, ARTISTIC INTERPRETATION LIKE WE SAW TONIGHT, OR OTHER CULTURALLY RELEVANT PRESENTATION THAT NOT ONLY ACKNOWLEDGES THE DEEP TRADITIONS AND ANCESTRIES THAT ARE REPRESENTED IN THIS DISTRICT, BUT TO CELEBRATE AND MAYBE EVEN EDUCATE US ALL ABOUT THE GREATER WORLD WE LIVE IN.

I CAN'T IMAGINE A BETTER WAY TO EMBODY BEING BETTER TOGETHER.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ALEX.

ALL RIGHT, I BELIEVE THAT WRAPS UP CITIZENS COMMENTS.

DID I MISS ANYBODY? OKAY. THAT TAKES US ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[8. Consent Agenda]

SO WE HAVE ITEMS A THROUGH D.

THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 12TH MEETING, THE CONTRACTS, RATIFICATION AND THE PERSONNEL REPORTS.

ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT ANYBODY WOULD LIKE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? THEN I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVED THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

MOTION PASSES 4 TO 0.

AND WITH THAT, WE HAVE NO OLD BUSINESS.

AND WE MOVE ON TO NEW BUSINESS AND WE HAVE THE REVISION OF POLICY 6210 WITH MICHELE SCOTT.

[10. New Business]

WE'RE COMING TO YOU WITH A FOR YOUR APPROVAL AND CONSIDERATION OF A REVISION TO POLICY 6210 WHICH IS AUTHORIZATION AND CONTROL.

AND IN THIS POLICY IT THE BOARD AUTHORIZES THE SUPERINTENDENT DESIGNEE TO DIRECT EXPENDITURES AND PURCHASES WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE DETAILED ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR.

HOWEVER, BOARD APPROVAL OF PURCHASES OF CAPITAL OUTLAY OF ITEMS IS REQUIRED FOR WHEN REQUISITIONS EXCEED 75,000. THAT AMOUNT OF 75,000 HAS BEEN IN THIS POLICY FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

AND WE'RE FINDING THAT WE'RE BUMPING INTO EXPENDITURES AND ITEMS THAT WE'D LIKE TO PROCURE IN A TIMELY MANNER.

WE NEED TO WAIT FOR BOARD APPROVAL IF IT'S OVER $75,000.

SO THE REQUEST TO COME TO YOU IS BASED ON A FEW THINGS AND NOT JUST TIMELINESS, BUT IT'S ALSO A WORK IN PREPARING FOR BOARD MEETING AND PREPARING ALL THE DOCUMENTS AND GETTING EVERYTHING READY FOR YOU.

WE ARE RECOMMENDING 100, 150,000 CHANGE TO THE WORDING IN THE POLICY.

HOWEVER, THAT IS JUST FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

[01:20:02]

WE HAVE ONE SMALLER SCHOOL DISTRICT NEXT TO US THAT HAS 100,000.

WE HAVE ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT'S IN EASTERN THAT'S ABOUT OUR SIZE THAT HAS A 200,000 POLICY LIMIT ON 6210.

AND THEN WE HAVE A DISTRICT NEAR US THAT HAS THE ANNUAL BUDGET IS ACTUALLY THEIR THRESHOLD.

SO THEY DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC AMOUNT TO TAKE.

ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT TO KNOW, THIS IS REALLY CRITICAL.

THIS DOES NOT CHANGE ANYTHING ABOUT OUR PROCUREMENT POLICIES AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING ALL STATE GUIDELINES AND FEDERAL GUIDELINES ON PROCUREMENT. AND I DID PUT SOME OF THAT INFORMATION IN YOUR BOARD DOCUMENTS.

SO WE STILL ARE REQUIRED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING THOSE PROCUREMENT LAWS AND AND ANYTHING OVER 75,000, IF IT IS, UNLESS IT'S ON THE SMALL WORKS PROJECT LIST, THIS IS GOING TO REQUIRE THAT WE ARE EITHER USING A INTERLOCAL OR INTER-DISTRICT ANY TYPE OF INTER COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE, WHETHER SDA AND THAT ALL OF THOSE ITEMS HAVE BEEN FORMALLY BID ALREADY.

SO SERVICES DO NOT REQUIRE A FORMAL BID PROCESS OVER THE 75,000.

HOWEVER, YOU KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE SOME BIG CONTRACTS THAT ARE WE DO GO OUT TO BID FOR WITH FOOD SERVICES AS WELL AS OUR TRANSPORTATION COOPERATIVE. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? THE REVISION, HOW LONG WOULD THAT BE IN EFFECT FOR? WE WOULD NEED TO REVISIT IT AGAIN.

IS IT ANOTHER 15 YEARS? RIGHT. YEAH.

SO YEAH, IT JUST DEPENDS ON BUDGET AND AMOUNTS AND AND STATE LAW.

I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE I THINK THOSE WOULD BE ALL THINGS THAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT.

BUT LIKE I SAID, THIS HAS BEEN IN POLICY FOR A LONG TIME AND WE JUST FIND IT'S JUST REALLY NOT MEETING OUR NEEDS RIGHT NOW.

I THINK WE WOULD BE ADDRESSING IT WHEN WHEN WE BUMP INTO THIS WHERE IT'S JUST NOT MEETING OUR NEEDS AND THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT IT'S TAKEN TO BRING THESE TO YOU. YEAH, FOR SURE.

NO, I TOTALLY GET THAT, I GUESS.

YEAH, I WAS JUST ASKING BECAUSE IT'S BEEN 15 YEARS.

YEAH. YEAH. I JUST DID A QUICK SEARCH ON THE BUYING POWER OF 75.

YEAH, FOR SURE.

YEAH. ROUGHLY 42% HAS CHANGED.

SO 75,000 WOULD BE WITH INFLATION WAS 107,000 TODAY.

SO IF YOU CONSIDER IF THIS WAS GOING TO BE AN EFFECT FOR NEXT FIVE, THAT'S WHY IT'S ASKING IS BECAUSE HOW LONG ARE YOU FIGURING IT OUT SO YOU MAINTAIN THAT SAME BUYING POWER? YEAH, IF WE WERE TO JUST DOUBLE THAT, THAT WOULD GIVE THEM ANOTHER TEN ISH YEARS.

SO 150,000 WOULD NOT BE OUT OF THE REALM OF POSSIBLE FOR SOME CONTINUED BUYING POWER.

MAYBE IT WILL BE HIGH TODAY TO BE THE EQUIVALENT OF 75,000, BUT IN FIVE, TEN YEARS, RIGHT? YEAH, EXACTLY.

GOOD NUMBER CRUNCHING, TED.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE TO THAT IT CONTRACTS UNDER 75,000 AND THAT'S OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM ARE ON OUR CONTRACT RATIFICATION LIST. AND SO THEY WE ARE TRANSPARENT IN PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC AND TO THE BOARD THROUGH THOSE THROUGH THAT DOCUMENT.

SO BUT WE DO HAVE A REQUEST ON THAT AS WELL.

BUT EVERYTHING WOULD BE AVAILABLE AND TRANSPARENT ON THAT.

WILL THIS REQUIRE MAYBE IT'S JUST SIGNATURES THAT I'M THINKING OF, BUT WE AUTHORIZED SIGNATURES FOR THAT SPENDING LIMIT. SO WILL WE BE HAVE IF THIS SHOULD PASS, WE'LL REAUTHORIZE ALL OF THOSE SIGNATURES FOR A NEW SPENDING LIMIT.

THAT WOULD BE CORRECT.

YES, WE HAVE A RESOLUTION IN PLACE.

AND I HONESTLY THINK THAT THE THE RESOLUTION THAT THAT THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO CHANGE IT TO THE AMOUNT THAT YOU APPROVE. DO WE NEED TO SET THE AMOUNT NOW OR JUST JUST GO WITH 150? WELL, THAT'S UP TO US.

RIGHT. I THINK 150 IS APPROPRIATE.

I DO. I AGREE.

[01:25:03]

SOMEONE LIKE TO OFFER A MOTION.

I'LL MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVED THE REVISION OF POLICIES 6210 PURCHASING AUTHORIZATION AND CONTROL.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

MOTION PASSES 4 TO 0.

THANK YOU, BOARD. THANK YOU.

NEXT ON THE LIST, CONTRACT RATIFICATION AGAIN WITH MICHELLE.

YES. HI.

WE ARE COMING TO YOU FOR A COUPLE OF RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE CURRENT PRACTICE THAT WE DO WITH THE CONTRACT RATIFICATION LIST THAT YOU FIND ON THE CONSENT AGENDA EVERY BOARD MEETING.

SO WITH THE RESOLUTION THAT OF A SIGNATURE AUTHORITY FOR UNDER FOR PURCHASES UNDER THE THRESHOLD AND PRIOR TO APPROVING THE INCREASE, IT WAS $75,000.

WHAT WE'RE FINDING IS THAT WE'RE SUBMITTING TO YOU FOR APPROVAL, SOMETHING YOU'VE ALREADY GIVEN US APPROVAL OF RIGHT THROUGH THE RESOLUTION.

SO IT'S KIND OF THAT LIKE, IS THAT REALLY THE APPROPRIATE PLACE IT SHOULD BE? BECAUSE IT'S REALLY THOSE CONTRACTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN EXECUTED AND COMPLETED.

AND IT FILLS I THINK I JUST THINK IN 2015 WHEN THAT RESOLUTION BECAME ACTIVE AND THAT FOR THE SIGNATURE AUTHORITY, I JUST THINK THAT THIS UPDATE OF TYING THAT THE CONTRACT RATIFICATION LIST TO YOU ALREADY HAVE GIVEN APPROVAL FOR THAT WASN'T IT WAS IT WASN'T QUESTIONED WHY IT WAS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

WE ARE STILL COMMITTED TO PROVIDING ALL THAT INFORMATION TO YOU AND WE'RE SUGGESTING THAT WE DO THAT THROUGH THE FORM OF A CONTRACT INFORMATION REPORT TO YOU AT EVERY BOARD MEETING SO THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE ALL CONTRACTS THAT HAVE BEEN EXECUTED BY THE DISTRICT.

AND THOSE ARE, AS YOU'VE SEEN ON OUR VERY LONG LIST, THERE ARE MANY ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT LITTLE CONTRACTS AND AMENDMENTS. AND AND SO HAVING THE CONTRACT INFORMATION REPORT AS PART OF THE FINANCIAL UPDATE STAFF REPORT, I THINK WOULD BE A MORE APPROPRIATE.

BUT WE'RE DEFINITELY OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS IN WHATEVER FORMAT YOU THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.

IT'S JUST IT JUST SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE APPROVING SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED.

AND SO THAT THAT IS..

MICHELLE, YOU CAN SPEAK TO THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT IT TAKES FROM YOUR DEPARTMENT TO PUT THOSE DOCUMENTS TOGETHER.

RIGHT. AND THAT'S PART OF WHAT THE CONSIDERATION IS FOR US.

I MEAN, AS MICHELLE ALREADY INDICATED, YOU'VE GIVEN US APPROVAL TO EXECUTE THOSE CONTRACTS.

WE EXECUTE THOSE CONTRACTS.

BUT IN COMING TO YOU WITH THE SECOND STAGE, IT CREATES A MASSIVE WORKLOAD ISSUE FOR THE FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT, WHICH COULD BE BETTER SPENT DOING OTHER THINGS.

RIGHT. SORRY, MAYBE YOU COULD SPEAK TO EXHIBIT A AND EXHIBIT B AND THE DIFFERENCE WHICH ONE WOULD WOULD BE USING A DIFFERENT ONE NOW? AND IS THAT WHY YOU BROUGHT THEM TO US? OKAY. YEAH.

YEAH. SO THAT WAS THE NEXT THING I WANTED TO GET TO IS THAT WE DO THE WAY THAT WE CURRENTLY DO THIS CONTRACT, WE ARE BASICALLY DUPLICATING EFFORTS.

WE'RE PUTTING IT INTO ONE MASTER CONTRACT LIST, WHICH IS EXHIBIT B, AND THAT CONTRACT LIST COULD EASILY BE SORTED AND SO THAT WE HAVE IT FOR WHICH BOARD MEETING IS NEXT AND THEN WE WOULD BE ABLE TO JUST FILTER THE ANYTHING THAT HAD HAPPENED SINCE THE PRIOR BOARD MEETING.

SO WHAT THIS WOULD DO IS SAVE IN DUPLICATION OF A REPORT THAT WE'RE CREATING AND WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF INFORMATION FROM WE'RE HAVING WE'RE JUST HAVING TO RETYPE IT AND RE PUT PUT EVERYTHING IN THERE AND ADD A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ON THIS.

AND SO THIS WOULD BE A BIG TIME SAVINGS TO A LOT OF AND NOT ONLY MY DEPARTMENT BUT ALSO THE

[01:30:08]

RIGHT NOW, THEY HAVE REQUESTS FOR APPROVAL FORMS THAT THEY HAVE TO FILL OUT IN ADDITION TO HAVING THE CONTRACT.

SO IT REALLY CREATES AN EXTRA WORKLOAD AND FACILITIES TO HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DO THOSE FOR EVERY SINGLE AMENDMENT, NO MATTER HOW. YOU KNOW, IF IT'S EVEN FOR $1,000, THEY'RE DOING A REQUEST FOR CHANGE.

AND SO THIS WOULD.

UM, THIS WOULD ELIMINATE A LOT OF WORK THAT IS BEING DONE IN MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS AND AS WELL AS OUR BOARD SECRETARY ALSO WE WORK WITH SANDY TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS, YOU KNOW, THAT WE GET THE REPORT THERE AND IT'S UPLOADED AND ALL THAT.

SO THIS WOULD BE A BIG TIME SAVING.

WE WOULD STILL BRING TO YOU ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THE FINAL APPROVAL OF COMPLETED PROJECTS, BECAUSE THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU DO APPROVE THOSE.

SO THOSE WOULD STILL BE BROUGHT TO YOU ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

WELL, YOU KNOW, IN THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE FOR US TO PREVIEW THIS LIST AS ONE OF OUR REPORTS THAT WE LOOK AT? BECAUSE HERE'S MY CONCERN.

MY ONLY CONCERN IS THAT I WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL THAT THEY CAN ASK A QUESTION.

AND THOSE THAT REPORT THAT YOU GIVE US DOES GIVE US A LOT OF INFORMATION.

HOWEVER, IT'S WAY TOO MUCH WORK AND TAKES AWAY TOO MUCH FROM NOT JUST YOUR DEPARTMENT, BUT OTHER DEPARTMENTS, AS YOU SAID, AND THE COORDINATION OF IT.

THE LIST IS PERFECT AND IT'S FINE.

BUT I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A WAY FOR US TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ITEMS ON THE LIST.

SO ABSOLUTELY, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE WORK..

AS LONG AS WE KEEP IT IN THE CAUSE.

I MEAN, I WANT TO SEE IT, TOO.

WELL, ABSOLUTELY, I STILL THINK THE BOARD NEEDS TO SEE IT.

BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE THE PERSONNEL REPORTS AND THE VOUCHERS, JACKIE AND I SEE THOSE FIRST AND WE YOU KNOW, WE PULL SOME OF THEM TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT.

SO FOR SURE, YOU STILL GET IT.

SO IF I UNDERSTAND THIS CORRECTLY, WHAT WE HAVE IS A PROCESS THAT'S WRITTEN DOWN THAT SAYS THAT THAT THESE EVEN THOUGH THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED THROUGH SIGNATORY AUTHORITY, THEY STILL HAVE TO COME TO US.

THAT PROCESS THAT'S WRITTEN DOWN AND EXISTS, THERE'S NO POLICY FOR THAT.

OKAY. I GUESS THAT'S. I'M ASKING.

YEAH. THERE'S NO POLICY FOR IT.

YEAH. IS TO APPROVE A REVISION.

BUT WHAT ARE WE REVISING? WE'RE REVISING A PROCESS MORE SO THAN A POLICY.

SO. THAT'S RIGHT. NO POLICY REFERENCE.

THEY'RE REVISING A PRACTICE.

BUT WE WANTED TO BE TRANSPARENT WITH YOU.

SO YOU DIDN'T THINK THAT WE WERE, YOU KNOW.

I GUESS I WAS JUST KIND OF FIGURE OUT IF WE REALLY NEEDED TO VOTE, IF IT DOESN'T EXIST, THEN WHAT ARE WE VOTING ON..

IF IT'S NOT A POLICY I DON'T THINK IT TAKES A VOTE, JUST CONSENSUS THAT YEAH, IT LOOKS GOOD.

I THINK WE'RE FINE WITH THAT TOO.

I MEAN, IF YOU WANT TO DO A FORMAL I MEAN, I'M JUST SAYING WE CAN VOTE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK? DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT IT? I THINK MERIT VOTING WOULD MAKE IT CLEAN.

WELL, WE'LL MAKE IT CLEAN.

YEAH, JUST IN CASE.

AND THEN WE CAN TAKE IT EITHER WAY.

I THINK SINCE IT'S BEEN ON THE SINCE IT'S BEEN AN AGENDA ITEM FOR SO LONG, I THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO SHOW CONSENSUS ON IT THROUGH A VOTE. FINE BY ME.

I'M WITH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVED THE RECOMMENDED REVISIONS TO THE CONTRACTS RATIFICATION PROCESS.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

THE VOTE PASSES 4 TO 0.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH BOARD. THANK YOU.

AND KEVIN JOLMA WAS NEXT.

THE REST OF THE MEETING IS HIS.

CALLING YOU UP, BETTER THAN CALLING YOU OUT.

SAME. SO I'LL BE OVER THE NEXT FEW BOARD MEETINGS.

I'LL BE BRINGING A QUITE A FEW PROJECTS TO YOU REGARDING SECURITY, ENTRANCES, SECURITY THAT ARE ENTRIES OF OUR SCHOOLS.

WE PLACE THIS AS A HIGH PRIORITY THIS YEAR.

IT'S A IT'S GOING TO TAKE UP ALL OF MY BUDGET TO DO THESE.

AND I'M GLAD WE'VE CONCENTRATED THE FIRST PART ON PRIMARY SCHOOLS.

I'LL HAVE FOUR.

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WE WANTED TO CONCENTRATE ON THE PRIMARY AND JUST AS I KNOW, I WROTE A VERY LONG COVER SHEET AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU READ IT ALL OR IF YOU WANT ME TO SUMMARIZE WHAT WHAT THE PROCESS IS.

BUT I'LL QUICKLY DO IT.

WE ARE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF UPGRADING ALL OF OUR SECURITY FEATURES AT OUR MAIN ENTRIES.

OBVIOUSLY, MANY OF OUR BUILDINGS HAVE DIFFERENT CONFIGURATIONS, SO EACH PROJECT, MOST PROJECTS WILL BE VERY INDIVIDUAL.

[INAUDIBLE] TWO SHOULD BE VERY SIMILAR.

THE GOAL FOR THIS IS TO CREATE A BARRIER FOR SOMEONE COMING INTO THE BUILDING.

WE'RE GOING TO PUT AN AUDIO VIDEO CAMERA OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL ON NON PASSING HOURS WHERE THE DOOR OR THE MAIN DOORS WILL BE LOCKED. YOU COME UP TO THE SCREEN, YOU SAY, YOU PRESS ON THE BUTTON, YOU SAY HELLO, I'M HERE TO PICK UP TOMMY AND THE SECRETARY SEES YOU AND EITHER HIT THE GREEN BUTTON OR A RED BUTTON TO LET YOU IN.

IT WILL GIVE THE SECRETARIES FULL CONTROL OF 2 TO 3 SETS OF DOORS TO ISOLATE FOLKS OR BUILDING LOCKDOWN IF THEY NEED TO.

IT WILL ALSO PROVIDE VISUAL, WILL PROVIDE A LARGE SCREEN TV IN THE LOBBY SO THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO KEEP TRACK OF FOUR KEY CAMERAS THAT THEY WANT TO LOOK AT.

IT'S TIME WE DO IT. OUR OLDER OUR OUR NEWER SCHOOLS ARE PRETTY MUCH READY FOR IT.

THESE THREE THAT I BROUGHT YOU TODAY ARE GOING TO REQUIRE SOME INFRASTRUCTURE, ALUMINUM, STOREFRONT AND NEW SETS OF DOORS TO CREATE A LOBBY ENVIRONMENT SIMILAR TO OUR NEWER SCHOOLS.

WHERE YOU WALK IN, YOU GOT TO GO INTO THE OFFICE AND YOU GO THROUGH ANOTHER SET OF DOORS.

THEY'LL UNLOCK THAT.

SO THESE THREE, I'M HOPING WE WERE SCHEDULING FOR CHRISTMAS BREAK BECAUSE A REAL DISRUPTIVE I'LL BE PUTTING UP WALLS, IF YOU WILL, GLASS WALLS DURING THE DAY.

SO WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO DO THESE ON CHRISTMAS BREAK.

THE OTHER FOUR I'LL BE BRINGING TO YOU, WE'RE GOING TO START IMMEDIATELY ON AFTER HOURS I HAD THEM PRICE TO DO AFTER HOURS AND WE'LL BE GOING ON THOSE IMMEDIATELY.

THE ORIGINS OF THE SYSTEM.

SCOTT MCDANIELS AT IT HAS BEEN COMPLETELY INVOLVED, PROBABLY MORE SO THAN I AM.

I'M MORE OF THE DOORS AND PUTTING THINGS UP.

SCOTT'S VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THIS FIRM.

THEY'VE DONE OUR WORK FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

THEY ARE OUR SOLE SOURCE FOR OUR LYNELL SYSTEM, WHICH CONTROLS ALL OF OUR DOOR LOCKING MECHANISMS, OUR CAMERAS, AND INTEGRATES WITH OUR SECURITY AND OUR BUILDING. AND WE'LL USE THAT SAME FIRM WHO WILL BE ACTING AS A GENERAL CONTRACTOR.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE THERE'S ALSO A TON OF COORDINATION BETWEEN PHONE LINES, DOOR LOCKS, THE AUDIO, VIDEO AND THE SYSTEM TO TIE TOGETHER.

SO CONVERGE IT'S A VERY LARGE FIRM WILL BE PURCHASING THIS THROUGH THE SOURCE WELL.

PURCHASING CO OP WHICH IS THE SAME THAT WE PURCHASED THE MODULARS HERE RECENTLY.

IT'S SIMILAR TO KCDA AND WE'RE FINDING SOURCE WELL AS TO BECOMING OUR GO TO ON THESE TYPE OF PROJECTS.

QUESTIONS. KEVIN, WITHOUT PORING THROUGH THESE DOCUMENTS, DOES ANY OF THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS INCLUDE ANY END USER TRAININGS? YES, ABSOLUTELY.

EVERY SCHOOL. PERFECT.

YOU TALK ABOUT GLASS WALLS.

OKAY. I'LL JUST PICTURE YOU'RE WALKING INTO DAYBREAK OR [INAUDIBLE].

SO INSTEAD OF A WALL, IT'LL JUST BE ALL GLASS.

THAT'S CALLED STOREFRONT.

GLASS THAT SHATTERS, NOT THE DOORS.

NO. AND WE WE I'VE TALKED ABOUT GOING ON THE BULLETPROOF ON THAT WHOLE GLASS, ON THAT WHOLE WALL.

I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S IN HERE.

SO WOULD THAT BE ADDITIONAL COST? IT WOULD IF IT'S NOT IN HERE.

BUT WE DISCUSSED AT LENGTH AND WE CAME TO A GROUP CONSENSUS ON WHAT TO DO.

I'M NOT SURE. I CAN'T REMEMBER QUITE WHAT'S IN HERE.

OKAY. IS THAT.

I CAN'T REMEMBER.

THAT'S OKAY. WE WENT ROUND AND ROUND FOR ABOUT A HALF HOUR.

ON WHETHER. WHETHER THOSE SHOULD BE OR NOT AND.

I'LL HAVE TO GET YOU AN ANSWER.

OKAY, I'D LIKE THAT. YOU CAN SEE THAT THE PRICE TAG IS SIGNIFICANT ON ALL OF THEM.

IT'S APPROXIMATELY $150,000.

AND THESE ARE THE THREE THAT WILL BE THE EXPENSIVE ONES.

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AND I'M NOT ADDING DOORS AND STOREFRONT.

SORA OR RICARDO, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS? SO THESE ARE ALL PRIMARY SCHOOLS, CORRECT? AND SO THAT LIKE KIND OF STOREFRONT, YOU KNOW, ENTRANCE IS ALREADY IN PLACE AT CHIEF.

YES. RIGHT. YES.

SO FOR THE HIGH SCHOOLS, IS THERE ANY TALK OF DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT AT THOSE? BECAUSE BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL, I KNOW IS LIKE, YES, THERE'S A LOT OF ENTRANCES THERE.

THERE'S A LOT OF DOORS THAT WE GO THROUGH.

YEAH, WE HAVE A WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD PLAN FOR BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOLS SIMILAR ON WHEN THE DOORS WILL BE LOCKED.

SO THE COOL THING ABOUT THESE IS YOU CAN YOU CAN UNLOCK ALL THESE DOORS, YOU CAN PROGRAM IT.

THEY'RE INFINITELY PROGRAMABLE, BUT YOU CAN PROGRAM IT FOR IN THE MORNINGS WHEN KIDS ARE COMING IN, EVERYTHING IS UNLOCKED, EVERYBODY'S COMING THROUGH.

AND THEN AFTER THAT PERIOD, IT'S LOCKED.

SO IN BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL, WHAT I ACTUALLY ENVISIONED FOR YOU IS THAT THE PUBLIC WILL NOT ENTER THOSE TWO DOUBLE DOORS ON THE ROTUNDA, BUT IT'LL BE OFF TO THE RIGHT.

IF YOU'LL NOTICE, THERE'S A LARGE WINDOW IN THE MAIN OFFICE THAT I PLAN TO REPLACE WITH A SET OF DOORS AND HAVE A NEW ENTRY GO THAT WAY.

SO PEOPLE WALK RIGHT INTO THE MAIN OFFICE..

I SEE YEAH.

DURING SCHOOL HOURS.

INTERESTING. AND SORRY, WHAT IT DOESN'T DO AND WE STILL HAVE ISSUES IS IT SECURES THE FRONT MAIN ENTRY.

BUT YOU STILL HAVE YEAH.

YOU STILL HAVE ALL THESE EXITS WHERE STUDENTS ARE GOING OUT TO THE PARKING LOT OR THEY'RE GOING TO THE PORTABLE OR THEY'RE GOING TO THE GYM OR THEY'RE GOING TO THE AUTO SHOP OR THEY'RE GOING RIGHT.

AND THOSE ARE THE CHALLENGES AND THOSE ARE NOT AS EASILY ADDRESSED.

BUT THESE ARE THESE PROJECTS ARE FOCUSED OFF OF MAIN ENTRY WAYS TO TRY TO MINIMIZE THE THREAT FROM THE MAIN ENTRY POINT.

AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE NEAT THING ABOUT THIS SYSTEM IS WE'LL BE ABLE TO INTEGRATE CARD READERS EVERYWHERE.

BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL, WE'RE GOING TO GET RID OF YOUR KEYS EVENTUALLY.

AND THAT'S THE EMPHASIS AND ALL THESE.

SO GET RID OF KEYS.

YOU'LL HAVE BADGES WITH SWIPES THAT ALLOW YOU IN ON CERTAIN HOURS AND TRACK.

IF YOU COME IN THE BUILDING LATE HOURS AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO INTEGRATE WITH THIS LINEAL SYSTEM.

I CALL IT PHASE TWO APPROACHING, ADDRESSING ALL THE DOORS, ALL THE MAIN OUTLET PRAIRIES OF ANOTHER ANIMAL AND [INAUDIBLE] ANOTHER ANIMAL.

BUT FOR THE ONES WITH MAIN, MAIN ENTRIES, WE'RE GOING TO GET THE ABILITY TO CARD SWIPE AND PASS THROUGH.

SO OUR FOCUS IS FIRST ON THE PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THE HIGH SCHOOLS ALES.

AND WE'VE WALKED THEM.

I'M JUST WAITING BIDS ON THE PRIMARY ON THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

I ASSUME THEY'LL BE HERE WITHIN A FEW WEEKS AND I'LL HAVE MORE FOR YOU.

AND WHAT'S YOUR END TIMELINE FOR THE EXCUSE ME, FOR THE WHOLE PROJECT ALL THE WAY THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL.

THE HIGH SCHOOLS, I'M NOT SET ON MY HEAD YET.

WE'RE WORKING THROUGH IT.

ONCE WE GET CONTRACTS WITH THEM, WE CAN TALK ABOUT MY GOAL IS BY THE END OF SUMMER.

OKAY.

I MIGHT NOT GET IT, BUT THAT'S MY GOAL.

RIGHT? DO YOU HAVE ANY PLANS ON WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE PRAIRIE CAMPUS? BECAUSE I KNOW OUR CAMPUS IS LIKE SUPER OPEN.

WELL, PRAIRIE CAMPUS I CAN'T ANSWER FOR.

BUT THE PRAIRIE ENTRANCE, WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS, IS LOCK YOUR FRONT DOORS WITH THREE SETS OF DOUBLE DOORS.

SO THOSE WILL BE ON THE SAME KIND OF TIMER MECHANISM.

SO THEY'LL BE UNLOCKED MOST OF THE TIME.

BUT I'M GOING TO PUT ONE OF THESE CAMERA AUDIO VIDEOS, YOU KNOW, TO WHERE THAT DOOR GOES INTO THE MAIN OFFICE.

SO I'LL PUT THAT THERE.

AND THAT'S WHERE VISITORS ARE GOING TO GO.

THEY'RE GOING TO I'M GOING TO CREATE THAT AS YOUR ENTRY INTO THE OFFICE.

YOU'RE WITH ME. SO NOW WE'VE CREATED IT WAS ALREADY THERE, BUT THEY DON'T REALLY USE THAT MAIN OFFICE, SO THAT DOOR.

SO I'LL SET UP A CAMERA SYSTEM IN THERE AND THAT'S WHERE THEY'LL CONTROL VISITORS ON WHEN THE DOORS ARE LOCKED.

YEAH, I KNOW THIS ISN'T YOUR FOCUS AT ALL, BUT IT'S LIKE ALL OF OUR ENTRANCES THROUGHOUT MY SCHOOL, BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL, IT'S JUST STUDENTS ARE SO USED TO TAKING THEIR SHORTCUTS BECAUSE YOU HAVE SUCH A SPREAD OUT CAMPUS THAT WE ARE JUST SO WILLING TO OPEN THE DOORS TO ANYONE THAT WE SEE ENTERING THOSE DOORWAYS.

AND I'M DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, I DO THAT TOO, ALL THE TIME.

AND WHEN I SEE LIKE KNOCKING ON THE DOOR, I'M LIKE, OH, YOU'RE LATE, COME ON.

BUT THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, IS LIKE A SECURITY CONCERN.

AND IT'S SCARY BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHO'S COMING IN.

SO, YOU KNOW, LIKE, OBVIOUSLY IF SOMEONE IS MEETING MALICIOUS INTENT, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO REALLY COME THROUGH THE MAIN DOORS.

AND IF THEY KNOW THE LAYOUT OF THE SCHOOL, THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO.

AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SCHOOL SHOOTERS, WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT

[01:45:06]

YEAH, IT TYPICALLY IS A STUDENT.

WHAT WE DO KNOW ABOUT PRIMARY SCHOOLS IS THAT WHEN THE SHOOTER COMES, IT'S TYPICALLY FROM THE OUTSIDE.

AND SO THAT'S WHY OUR FOCUS IS ON THE PRIMARY SCHOOLS FIRST.

THAT'S RIGHT. AND THEN THERE'S JUST SOME MORE.

YOU KNOW WHAT? WHAT EVERYBODY WILL SAY IS WHAT YOU JUST SAID SORA.

WHICH IS THE BEST WAY TO PREVENT A SCHOOL SHOOTING IS TO HAVE A CLIMATE AND A CULTURE THAT'S BUILT AROUND SAFETY.

AND THAT MEANS EVERYONE BEING AWARE, EVERYONE BEING VIGILANT, EVERYONE KEEPING THEIR EYES OPEN, EVERYONE REPORTING WHEN THEY HEAR THINGS OR HAVE CONCERNS OR HAVE SUSPICIONS.

THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO MAKE THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE.

SO WE DO HAVE SOME WORK TO DO AROUND THAT AS WELL.

YEAH. YEAH, I HAVE LIKE A LITTLE SAFETY CONCERN WITH LIKE HOW LIKE THE PERFORMING ARTS HALLWAY, OUR DOORS JUST THEY DON'T HAVE WINDOWS AND THEN SO IT'S LIKE KIND OF REALLY SCARY EVERY TIME.

LIKE SOMEONE LIKE, KNOCKS ON THE DOOR BECAUSE LIKE, A LITTLE PART OF ME IS JUST LIKE SOMETHING BAD COULD HAPPEN, BUT IT'S IT NEVER HAS KNOCK ON WOOD, BUT THEY JUST DON'T HAVE WINDOWS.

AND WE'RE LIKE, ASKING FOR THEM SO.

THE AUDITORIUM OR THE CHOIR AND BAND, THEY ALL DON'T HAVE WINDOWS, CORRECT? I DON'T THINK YOU'D WANT THEM ON THE AUDITORIUM WHERE YOU HAVE LIGHTS DIMMED, BUT THE OTHER TWO SHOULD POTENTIALLY HAVE THOSE.

YOU'RE TALKING TO THE RIGHT GUY.

I HADN'T HEARD ANY REQUESTS OF THAT SORT, BUT I WILL MAKE A NOTE OF IT.

KEVIN I'M SURE THE ANSWER TO THIS IS YES, BUT I JUST FEEL LIKE I NEED TO ASK.

I'M ASSUMING ALL OF THIS IS GOING TO BE CONNECTED TO THE FIRE SYSTEM, CORRECT? TO THE FIRE. IF THERE'S A FIRE ALARM GOING OFF, THESE EXTERIOR DOORS ARE GOING TO UNLOCK SO THAT KIDS CAN MAKE.

THERE IS NO INHIBITION OF LEAVING THE BUILDING.

THERE'S ZERO.

WE COULDN'T DO THAT.

IT'S JUST COMING IN.

OKAY. AND THERE IS A THERE IS ANOTHER FEATURE TO THIS.

ALL THE SCHOOLS HAVE A LITTLE RED BUTTON FOR THE HEAD SECRETARIES TO CALL THE POLICE.

AND THIS SYSTEM WILL BE INTEGRATED.

IF THERE'S A IF A PANIC BUTTON IS HIT, CALL WILL BE MADE TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO 911 AND THEY'LL BE DISPATCHED.

BUT YEAH, THERE'S THAT WAS A LOT OF TEXTING ANYBODY.

YEAH. THAT WAS A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT MY PRINCIPALS WITH ME ON THE, ON THE STUDENT TRAFFIC.

AND I SAID, LOOK, THEY COME RIGHT TO YOU, NO PROBLEM.

YOU'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO EITHER HIT A BUTTON TO LET THEM BACK THROUGH THERE OR THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A PASS.

WEDGE. WHAT? THAT. FAIR ENOUGH.

THANK YOU. BUT YOU CAN GET OUT.

NO STOPPING YOU GETTING OUT.

AND I'M GOING TO DO ALL THREE.

BASICALLY, IT'S DITTO, DITTO.

I THINK VERY SIMILAR.

WELL, I THINK WE'LL HAVE THE VOTE ON ALL THREE.

YEAH, YOU WILL. WE CAN HOOK UP.

TALK ABOUT DO DO WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT ANY OF THE OTHER TWO? BECAUSE THEY ARE IDENTICAL.

THEY'RE WITHIN A COUPLE THOUSAND DOLLARS OF EACH OTHER.

THEY'RE SUPER SIMPLE, SIMILAR.

I'M ADDING A STOREFRONT DOOR SYSTEM AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS I TALKED ABOUT CAPTAIN.

SAME THING. I JUST ASK IF THERE'S ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS.

NO. NO.

I RECOMMEND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVED THE CONTRACT WITH CONVERGENT FOR THE CAPTAIN STRONG PRIMARY SCHOOL ENTRY SECURITY PROJECT.

QUESTION ON THE FLOOR OR ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

MOTION PASSES 4 TO 0.

I RECOMMEND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE THE CONTRACT WITH CONVERGENT FOR THE GLENWOOD HEIGHTS PRIMARY SCHOOL ENTRY SECURITY PROJECT.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? I JUST WANT TO SAY, LIKE, I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS, LIKE PUSH FOR MORE SECURE CAMPUSES AND BUILDINGS BECAUSE LIKE RECENTLY THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE SCARY THING THAT HAPPENED AT BATTLE GROUND AND JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S A REALLY SCARY WORLD OUT THERE AND ESPECIALLY FOR THESE LITTLE KIDS, LIKE HAVING THAT EXTRA LAYER OF SECURITY BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

BUT YEAH, YEAH, IT HAS IT'S GOOD AND IT'S BAD.

IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, ALL THE ALL THE FENCING THAT WE HAD AND ALL THE SECURITY IT TAKES AWAY AS WELL.

[01:50:01]

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

MOTION PASSES 4 TO 0.

I MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVED THE CONTRACT WITH CONVERGENT FOR THE PLEASANT VALLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL ENTRY SECURITY PROJECT.

ANY FINAL QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

MOTION PASSES 4 TO 0.

THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS A PRIORITY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, KEVIN. THAT WRAPS UP NEW BUSINESS AND TAKES US TO FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND BOARD

[11. Future Agenda Items and Board Events]

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT ALREADY.

WE DID. WE HAVE THE CLARK COUNTY CELEBRATION OF NATIONAL DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS MONTH, IF ANYBODY CAN ATTEND THAT.

WE HAVE THE AUCTION THAT WILL GRAB AUCTION, EDUCATION FOUNDATION AUCTION COMING UP THIS WEEKEND.

ANY PROM PLANNING COMING? THE OTHER BATTLE GROUND FOOTBALL 100 YEAR CELEBRATION THIS FRIDAY.

I THINK PRAIRIE'S HAVING A GAME THIS WEEKEND, TOO, BUT I DON'T KNOW.

YEAH WE DO. SO IS THAT 7:00 START TIME FOR THE FOOTBALL GAME? YES. YES, I WOULD GET THERE EARLY.

THE HOME GAMES HAVE BEEN AROUND THE CORNER TO GET IN.

SO BUT YOU HAVE YOUR PASS SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GET IN AND WE HAVE VIPS SITTING THERE.

BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO WAIT IN LINE? NO. THERE IS A TAILGATE PARTY PRIOR TO THE GAME AS WELL, STARTING AT FIVE.

THAT'S A KIND OF A BIRTHDAY PARTY/THEME.

SO BALLOONS, HATS, CAKE, ICE CREAM? NO, IT'S BATTLE GROUND. A HUNDRED YEARS.

ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER.

WE WILL ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT 7:53.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.