[1. Call to Order]
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TO ORDER, AND PERFECT TIMING, RICARDO.[INAUDIBLE]. YOU BROUGHT ME COFFEE.
SHE'S AT THE JAZZ CONCERT, SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT WHEN WE DO THE ROLL CALL.
RICARDO, ARE YOU READY TO LEAD THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? YEAH. OKAY, THANKS.
FIRST THING, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
MR. PRESIDENT, WE HAVE A QUORUM.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND JUST TO STICK WITH OUR PATTERN.
EVEN THOUGH SORA WAS HERE FOR THE WORK SESSION, WE SHOULD EXCUSE HER FOR THE REGULAR SESSION.
SHE CALLED ME IN ADVANCE, AND SHE'S GOT A SCHOOL ACTIVITIES CONFLICT, WHICH IS THE KIND OF THINGS THAT WE LIKE TO LET THEM OUT FOR IF WE NEED TO.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO EXCUSE SORA'S ABSENCE.
SO MOVED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IT'S BEEN MOVED TO EXCUSE THE ABSENCE OF STUDENT MEMBER, SORA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR BY SAYING AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? ABSENCE IS EXCUSED.
[4. Agenda Approval]
NEXT UP IS OUR AGENDA APPROVAL FOR TONIGHT.OUR AGENDA INCLUDES A RECOGNITION RIGHT OFF THE BAT, WHICH IS GREAT.
WE'LL HAVE A SECTION FOR CITIZENS COMMENTS AND THEN OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
I'LL READ THOSE ITEMS WHEN WE GET THERE.
NO OLD BUSINESS TONIGHT WE HAVE TWO ITEMS OF NEW BUSINESS AND AGAIN, I'LL DESCRIBE THOSE AT THE TIME AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A DISCUSSION OF FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS THAT WE MIGHT HAVE COMING UP.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AGENDA? MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
IT'S BEEN MOVED TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS IT'S BEEN PRESENTED.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE.
AGENDA FOR TONIGHT IS APPROVED.
[5. Recognition]
FIRST UP, RECOGNITION.IT'S ALWAYS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS OF OUR MEETINGS.
TODAY WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TWO OF OUR VOLUNTEER SLASH STAFF MEMBERS WHO HAVE MADE A CONTRIBUTION TO EDUCATION THROUGH THE LEARN HERE REAL HEROES.
IT IS THE FOUNDATION OF A VIBRANT, HEALTHY COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE AND EMPLOYERS WANT TO OPERATE, AND EACH YEAR LEARN HERE TAKES A MOMENT TO THANK VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF WHO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY SUCH A GREAT PLACE TO LEARN.
LEARN HERE CALLS THEM REAL HEROES.
TERRY DODSON, AND UNFORTUNATELY, TERRY IS ILL AND CAN'T BE HERE TONIGHT WITH US, BUT OUR SECOND RECIPIENT IS MANDY [INAUDIBLE], AND WE'RE FORTUNATE BECAUSE MANDY NOW WORKS WITH US DOWN AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE.
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WITH STEPHANIE WATTS AS THE PRINCIPAL.SO WE'RE FORTUNATE THAT STEPHANIE IS HERE TODAY.
GOOD EVENING, BOARD. I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF KNOWING MANDY SINCE 2012 WHEN I FIRST CAME TO PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL AND MANDY IS A GRADUATE OF PRAIRIE.
I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT PIECE BECAUSE SHE CAME BACK TO PRAIRIE TO GIVE BACK TO HER COMMUNITY, AND MANDY WAS A SECURITY GUARD IN 2013 WHERE I WAS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, AND WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK SIDE BY SIDE WITH MANDY AND WE USED TO JOKE THAT WE WERE PARTNERS IN CRIME AND WE WERE GOING TO HELP KEEP THAT SCHOOL SAFE AND DO IT THROUGH RELATIONSHIPS WITH KIDS , AND I WANT TO SAY MANDY'S PERFORMANCE AS A SECURITY GUARD WAS FIRST AND FOREMOST ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS.
SHE TOOK IT UPON HERSELF TO LEARN ABOUT STUDENTS AND MAKE SURE NOT ONLY THEY WERE SAFE, BUT WHEN SHE SAW THAT THEY WERE BEING MEAN TO EACH OTHER, AND THAT WAS THE DRIVING FORCE OF A LOT OF OUR SITUATIONS THAT WE WERE DEALING WITH, MANDY WANTED TO HAVE A MOVEMENT WHERE WE WERE KIND TO EACH OTHER , AND WHAT STARTED AS CHOOSE LOVE WEEK IN FEBRUARY QUICKLY TURNED INTO INSPIRE WEEK, AND THEN NOT ONLY WAS IT AN INSPIRING WEEK FOR ONE WEEK OUT OF THE YEAR, IT TURNED INTO INSPIRE WEEK.
EACH SEMESTER, MANDY WORKED WITH A GROUP CALLED DUDE BE NICE, WHERE SHE WOULD GET STICKERS AND HAND THOSE STICKERS OUT TO KIDS AND YOU WOULD SEE THEM EVERYWHERE ON WATER BOTTLES, ON THEIR NOTEBOOKS, ON THEIR BUMPERS OF THEIR CARS, AND KIDS COVETED THESE STICKERS.
EVERYBODY WANTED ONE, AND IT WAS A REMINDER WHEN SHE SAW KIDS WALKING DOWN THE HALL, SHE WOULD BE LIKE, DUDE, JUST BE NICE TO EACH OTHER, AND THEY DID IT FOR MANDY , AND THEN MANDY WORKED WITH A COUPLE OF OUR STAFF AT PRAIRIE AND CREATED WHAT WAS CALLED CRIMSON CREW, AND THIS WAS ANOTHER AVENUE IN WHICH TO CELEBRATE KINDNESS AND CELEBRATE EACH OTHER AND IT WASN'T JUST ABOUT GOING TO SPORTING EVENTS AND CELEBRATING KIDS THERE, BUT TAKING ATHLETES AND BRINGING THEM TO BAND CONCERTS AND HAVING THEM CELEBRATE EACH OTHER.
IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCLUDE EACH OTHER BECAUSE WE ARE ALL ONE COMMUNITY, AND THEN MANDY DECIDED, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE NEED TO TAKE THIS DOWN TO OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS BECAUSE WE NEED THEM TO SPREAD THE KINDNESS SO THAT WHEN THEY GET UP HERE THEY UNDERSTAND OUR CULTURE , AND THEN SHE SAID, THAT'S NOT ENOUGH.
WE NEED TO TAKE THIS TO OUR COMMUNITY AND WE NEED TO GIVE BACK AND WE NEED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR KINDNESS THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US, AND IT'S EXCUSE ME, I REALLY CARE ABOUT MANDY, AND IT'S BEEN AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO WORK ALONGSIDE OF YOU.
[APPLAUSE] I'M ALSO REALLY HONORED THAT NOT ONLY MANDY IS WINNING THIS AWARD, BUT MY FATHER IS ALSO WINNING THIS AWARD.
SO I FEEL LIKE I AM IN EXCELLENT COMPANY.
THANK YOU. MANDY, IF YOU WANTED TO SAY ANYTHING.
I JUST FEEL LIKE BEING AT PRAIRIE.
WHEN I WENT THERE, IT WAS SUCH A CLOSE KNIT GROUP.
IT WAS JUST FAMILY, AND I FELT LIKE THAT WHEN I WAS A STUDENT THERE, AND WHEN I CAME BACK TO WORK TEN YEARS LATER IN 2008, IT WAS LIKE, I WANT TO BRING THIS BACK, BECAUSE IT WAS NOT AS APPARENT ANYMORE AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS HAPPENING IN THE WORLD AND TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL MEDIA, AND IT WAS JUST REALLY DISCONNECTING A LOT OF PEOPLE.
SO I JUST WANT TO BRING THAT BACK, AND SO IT WAS A REAL HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO DO THAT, AND WE WENT TO PLEASANT VALLEY AND LAUREN [INAUDIBLE] WITH IT. IT'S JUST BEEN REALLY COOL.
SO I'D LIKE TO CONTINUE DOING THAT AS MUCH AS I CAN.
YOU CERTAINLY ARE A REAL HERO.
THANK YOU. WANT TO ECHO THOSE AND FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, IF YOU GO TO THE WEBSITE WHERE THEY HAVE THESE, YOU CAN SEE THE COMPANY THAT OUR AWARDEES ARE WITH SOME OF MY FAVORITE
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PEOPLE, REPRESENTATIVE MONICA STONIER, WHO WORKS HARD IN THE LEGISLATURE ALL THE TIME.ONE OF MY VERY FAVORITE PEOPLE, BETH TUGAW IN THE HOCKINSON SCHOOL DISTRICT.
[6. Communications]
COMMUNICATIONS, TALAN, GREAT TIMING.WE'RE GOING TO START WITH OUR STUDENT VOICE.
COME ON UP. TALAN IS FROM PRAIRIE.
CORRECT. YOU CAN REINTRODUCE YOURSELF AND WHERE YOU GO.
I'M FROM PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL, AND I'M THIS YEAR'S ASB PRESIDENT AND I JUST CAME TO REPORT ON SOME THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED RECENTLY, AS WELL AS A FEW OF OUR UPCOMING EVENTS.
COMMENTS RANGED FROM IT WAS OUTSTANDING AND THERE WAS A VERY HIGH LEVEL OF PROFESSIONALISM, AND YEAH, WE'RE JUST REALLY PROUD OF OUR ARTS DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE BOARD. SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A SECOND TO SHOUT THEM OUT FIRST.
ALSO, WE HAD OUR BAZAAR JUST A FEW DAYS AGO AND YEAH, I DON'T KNOW, I HAVEN'T HEARD MUCH ABOUT IT.
RICARDO WAS THERE, BUT I HEARD THAT IT WAS REALLY WELL DONE.
THIS WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT ASB DID NOT HANDLE THE VETERANS DAY ASSEMBLY.
WE HANDED THAT OVER TO ROTC AND THEY PUT IT TOGETHER SUPER, SUPER WELL.
THE STUDENT BODY AS A WHOLE WAS VERY RESPECTFUL, WHICH I WAS REALLY PROUD OF EVERYONE ABOUT, AND IT WAS JUST LIKE A VERY BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE TO VETERANS, AND I HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE TO GROW AND HONOR THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE SERVING OUR COUNTRY.
SO THAT'S A FEW PAST EVENTS, AND FOR UPCOMING, THE MAIN ONE THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT TODAY WAS THE WINTER CARNIVAL, WHICH IS GOING TO BE THIS SATURDAY AND AT PRAIRIE, WE'RE CURRENTLY TRYING TO REDEFINE THE ROLE OF A COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL WITHIN OUR GREATER COMMUNITY.
I WOULD SAY THAT WE HAVE A VERY WELL LIKE CLOSE KNIT COMMUNITY INSIDE OF PRAIRIE, BUT MY HOPE IS THAT WE CAN TAKE THAT TIGHT KNIT COMMUNITY AND HAVE IT POUR OUT OUTSIDE OF OUR SCHOOL, INTO THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND JUST IN GENERAL, THE FAMILIES IN OUR AREA, BECAUSE THEY HAVE DONE SO MUCH TO SUPPORT US, AND SO WE WANT TO DO EVENTS THAT NOT ONLY SUPPORT THE STUDENTS CURRENTLY AT OUR SCHOOL, BUT EVERYONE WHO MAKES EVERYTHING AT PRAIRIE HAPPEN.
THIS WAS A VERY IMPORTANT EVENT TO ME, JUST BECAUSE THE POVERTY RATE IN OUR AREA IS VERY HIGH AND I PERSONALLY HAVE FACED FOOD INSECURITY WITHIN MY OWN FAMILY AND IT'S BEEN A REALLY HARD FEW YEARS.
SO I WANTED TO PUT TOGETHER SOMETHING THAT WOULD, ONE, BRING THE JOY INTO THE HOLIDAY SEASON FOR KIDS, BUT ALSO HELP TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF STRESS OFF PARENTS BACKS TRYING TO DO SOMETHING DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON THAT WOULD BE FUN FOR THEIR KIDS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE HAVING A GOOD TIME.
SO THAT'S THE WINTER CARNIVAL.
I HAVE INVITATIONS FOR YOU ALL TOO WHICH I'LL PASS OUT LATER, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR HOLIDAY BAND CHOIR CONCERT, WHICH IS ON DECEMBER 15TH, RIGHT? OH, I BELIEVE IT'S JUST CHOIR.
I WAS LIKE, I WAS TOLD IT WAS BOTH.
SO THAT'S COMING UP AS WELL, AND ALSO WINTER SPORTS JUST STARTED.
SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND.
YEAH. ANY QUESTIONS? OH WAIT, ALSO SORRY, I LIED.
WE ALSO HAVE FALCON FOREST COMING UP SOON AND I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT HERE BEFORE, BUT IT'S ANOTHER COMMUNITY EVENT WHERE CLUBS ARE ABLE TO DECORATE TREES AND THEN FAMILIES ARE ABLE TO COME IN AND VOTE ON THEIR FAVORITE TREES BY DONATING CANNED GOODS.
SO EACH CAN IS WORTH ONE VOTE.
OKAY, ANY QUESTIONS FOR TALAN? JUST A GREAT REPORT.
[INAUDIBLE]. THIRD OR NO, THE FIFTH, I BELIEVE IT'S THE NINTH, ACTUALLY.
THAT'S ANOTHER EVENT THAT EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO COME TO.
WELL, THANK YOU, TALAN. THANK YOU.
I PARTICULARLY APPRECIATE YOU GIVING THE BACKGROUND BEHIND THE THINKING OF NOT JUST THE EVENT, BUT THAT YOU'RE REACHING OUT TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THAT YOU'RE THINKING OF THE FAMILIES AND TRYING TO INVITE THEM IN, BECAUSE THAT'S CERTAINLY ONE OF OUR BOARD GOALS, IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITIES FEELS LIKE SCHOOLS ARE A
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PLACE THAT THEY CAN ALL ENGAGE IN AND NOT JUST THE STUDENTS.YEAH, I ALSO WOULD SAY WE'VE HAD A TON OF BUY IN AT PRAIRIE.
THANK YOU. RICCARDO, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD? I HAVE SO MUCH.
TALAN REALLY STOLE THE SHOW THERE BECAUSE SHE TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF IT, ACTUALLY.
THE BAZAAR WENT REALLY WELL THIS YEAR.
FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, OUR BAND HOSTS A BAZAAR EVERY YEAR, AND BASICALLY WHAT WE LIKE TO DO IS GET SOME PEOPLE TO COME OVER BY PRAIRIE NOT ONLY TO, LIKE, GO AND BUY THINGS AND SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES, BUT TO COME AND CHECK OUT LIKE WHO WE ARE AS A COMMUNITY, BUT IT WENT REALLY WELL THIS YEAR.
BUT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU JUST GOT TO GO WITH THE FLOW.
SO UPCOMING WE HAVE OUR CHRISTMAS GIG AT THE CHURCH BY PRAIRIE ON THE SECOND IN THE MORNING.
USUALLY THAT'S THE TIME THAT WE HAVE OUR JAZZ BAND.
WE ALSO HAVE SKYVIEW JAZZ FESTIVAL THE NEXT DAY.
I BELIEVE OUR JAZZ BAND IS PLAYING AT 5:30.
THEN WE HAVE OUR WINTER CARNIVAL THAT TALAN MENTIONED WE WILL HAVE, IT'S NOT ONLY JUST ABOUT LIKE CHRISTMAS STUFF, BUT WE ALSO HAVE STUFF LIKE HANUKKAH OR KWANZAA.
JUST SO LIKE NOT ONLY HAVE IT JUST BE CHRISTMAS AS A LOT OF WINTER HOLIDAY EVENTS TEND TO BE.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR FALCON FOREST THAT TALAN MENTIONED.
I BELIEVE THAT'S A CANNED FOOD DRIVE.
SO I WOULD TOTALLY RECOMMEND STOPPING BY AND DONATING SOME FOOD.
OUR BASKETBALL GAMES HAVE STARTED UP AS WELL.
AT PRAIRIE, WE'RE DOING A TOY DRIVE CURRENTLY.
SO THAT GOES IN FOR FOURTH PERIOD AND THOSE ARE POINTS COUNTED TO OUR GRADES, OUR BAND CONCERTS ON THE 15TH, AS TALAN MENTIONED, AND THEN ALSO WE JUST STARTED OUR PRODUCTION FOR XANADU.
SO THAT WILL BE ON ITS WAY VERY SOON.
GREAT. I SUPPOSE YOU COULD HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY LATER, BUT AT THE RECENT WASDA CONFERENCE WHICH RICCARDO ATTENDED , WHAT WAS THERE, 84 OTHER STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS? DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT? YES.
YEAH, QUITE A FEW, WHICH I'M SURE IT WAS NICE.
ANY TAKEAWAYS FROM THERE ON STUDENT VOICE THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC? HONESTLY, A LOT OF THE WASDA CONFERENCES FOR STUDENT VOICE KIND OF TARGETED ON LIKE OUR POSITION AS STUDENTS ON THE BOARD AND IT MADE ME APPRECIATE YOU GUYS A LOT BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM WERE LIKE, YOU'RE NOT ONLY JUST LIKE A CHILD, YOU'RE LIKE ALSO A PART OF THE BOARD, BUT IN THIS GROUP, I FEEL LIKE I AM A PART OF THE BOARD AND I TALKED TO SORA ABOUT IT AND THEN SHE ALSO AGREED THAT YOU GUYS DO A REALLY GREAT JOB, INCLUDING US ONTO THE BOARD.
I DIDN'T EVEN PAY HIM FOR THAT.
THAT'S GOOD. [CHUCKLING] YOU CAN.
NO, I'M KIDDING. [CHUCKLING] TO BE DETERMINED.
IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S IT FOR OUR STUDENT VOICE.
SO NEXT UP WOULD BE OUR COMMITTEE REPORTS.
DR. HENDRICKSON. AS FAR AS LEGISLATIVE, THERE'S NOTHING MUCH TO REPORT AT THIS POINT.
IT'LL KIND OF RAMP UP, I THINK, IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY WITH THE LEGISLATOR.
IT MIGHT COME UP LATER, BUT I DID ATTEND THE ESD 12 112 SPONSORED LEGISLATIVE FORUM THIS AFTERNOON.
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I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.GREAT. AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT.
BATTLE GROUND EDUCATION FOUNDATION.
THE FOUNDATION HAD THEIR GENERAL MEETING LAST WEEK.
THEY JUST WENT OVER THEIR NORMAL STUFF.
THEY'RE LOOKING AT WHAT EVENTS SHOULD BE COMING UP.
ONE OF THE THINGS THEY WILL BE ABLE TO DO AGAIN, IT LOOKS LIKE, IS THE BLAZER GAME WHERE JUST FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITY CAN GET DISCOUNTED TICKETS AND ALL SIT TOGETHER.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY ARE WORKING ON.
IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'LL BE IN MARCH.
SO THEY DID THAT, AND THEN THEY'RE WORKING WITH THE REFLECTOR FOR MAYBE A POSSIBLE ARTICLE.
SO WE'LL SEE WHAT COMES OF THAT, BUT YEAH, THEY'RE JUST LOOKING AT WAYS TO GET THEIR NAME OUT THERE AND KEEP SHARING INFORMATION SO THEY CAN HELP SCHOOLS.
WASHINGTON STATE INTERSCHOLASTIC ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATION SOUNDS LIKE NO REPORT.
OKAY, YEAH, I'M FAMILIAR WITH HIM.
SINCE THE PREVIOUS MEETING, THE DIRECTORS ATTENDED THE WASHINGTON STATE SCHOOL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION MEETING AND SINCE WE WERE ALL THERE TOGETHER, WE PRETTY MUCH KNOW, BUT I WAS GOING TO OPEN IT UP.
IF YOU THOUGHT THERE WAS ONE THING YOU WANTED THE PUBLIC TO KNOW, SINCE WE'RE ON RECORD HERE.
TAKE AWAY FROM THE WASDA CONFERENCE, THIS WOULD BE A GREAT TIME TO SHARE ONE KEY THING.
IT WAS IN A CLASS CALLED THE ROAD TO BELONGINGS IS PAVED WITH DIGNITY AND REALLY EMPHASIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING PATIENCE, EMPATHY, LISTENING AND OPENNESS, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT KIND OF IMPACTED ME WAS A STATEMENT THEY MADE THAT HUMILIATING PEOPLE IS LIKE AN ATOMIC BOMB EXPLOSION.
IT'S WHAT CAUSES CONFLICT, AND I KNOW THAT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T I KNOW THAT IT HAPPENS IN OUR SCHOOLS, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO MOVE FORWARD TO MAKE THIS SO IT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
SO THE BULLYING DOESN'T HAPPEN, SO THE HUMILIATION DOESN'T HAPPEN.
I THINK THAT STARTS FROM THERE.
IT MUSHROOMS INTO A MYRIAD OF OTHER PROBLEMS THAT WE DEAL WITH IN THE SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW.
WE NEED MORE OF THAT. YES, EXACTLY, AND JUST BRINGING ATTENTION TO IT.
THAT'S WHY OUR SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING CURRICULUM, ADOPTION THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH IS CRITICAL BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO SET A FOUNDATION TO HAVING THOSE KINDS OF DISCUSSIONS WITH KIDS AND ALSO BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE THE SUPPORTS NECESSARY TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE EACH OTHER'S BACKS.
YEAH. SOMETHING THAT STUCK OUT TO ME IN THAT SAME MEETING WAS A QUOTE THAT SAYS, WE ARE COMMITTED TO CREATING A CULTURE OF DIGNITY THAT LEADS TO BELONGING, AND I THINK THAT WE'RE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB ON THAT AS A BOARD, BUT WE COULD ALWAYS STRIVE FOR MORE INDIVIDUALLY AND AS A GROUP IN OUR SCHOOLS AND ON THE BOARD ITSELF.
THANK YOU. I ATTENDED THE SESSION ON THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES AND ALL OF THE DISCUSSION WE HAD OVER THE LAST MONTH ABOUT THE WASDA PRIORITIES AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND SO ON, AND WHAT IT ALL BOILS DOWN TO IS THE ONE-PAGER, AND SO I THOUGHT, IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THIS, IF YOU'D LIKE, WE'LL MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAS A COPY, BECAUSE AS WE WORK TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE SUPPORTING THE EDUCATION IN THE LEGISLATURE, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IT ALL GETS BOILED DOWN TO A ONE PAGER ON THE BACK, TALKS ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN DO AND HOW YOU CAN BECOME INVOLVED, AND SO I THINK IF THERE ARE BILLS THAT YOU WANT TO BECOME INVOLVED WITH OR GIVE INPUT, IT'D BE
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IMPORTANT FOR EACH OF US.SO IT WAS VERY, VERY INTERESTING.
GREAT. MAYBE NEXT MEETING WE CAN PUT THAT UP ON THE SCREEN DURING THE [INAUDIBLE] REPORT.
THAT'D BE GREAT, AND THEN WE CAN DISCUSS WHO WANTS TO CALL WHICH LEGISLATORS WHEN THE TIME COMES.
SOUNDS GOOD. ANY OTHERS? [INAUDIBLE] AND I ATTENDED A SESSION ON SUPERINTENDENTS AND BOARDS AND HOW THEY CAN OFTEN BE MISUNDERSTOOD.
AFTER THAT SESSION, I LEFT THERE FEELING THE SAME AND EVEN BETTER.
ONE OF THE TAKEAWAYS THAT I HAD WAS IT WAS MENTIONED THAT IT IS POLICY WITH SEVERAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT NO BOARD MEMBERS SHALL PUBLICLY CRITICIZE THE SUPERINTENDENT OR THE STAFF AND VICE VERSA, AND I WAS WONDERING IF WE HAD THAT POLICY AND THAT I FELT LIKE IT WAS SOMETHING WE SHOULD LOOK INTO.
NOT THAT WE WOULD, BUT I THINK IT'S A GOOD STATEMENT OF OUR GOOD STATEMENT OF OUR PARTNERSHIP.
YOU WANT TO SHARE, TED? NO, I WAS JUST MESSING WITH YOU.
[INAUDIBLE] FOR ME, I WENT THROUGH THE BOND SESSION AGAIN, WHICH I WAS EXPECTING IT TO BE THE SAME AS IT WAS THE PRIOR YEAR.
I JUST FELT LIKE IT WAS THE MOST RELEVANT TO WHAT WE'RE GETTING READY TO GO THROUGH WITH OUR BONDS, BUT ACTUALLY, IT WAS SURPRISINGLY BETTER THIS YEAR THAN IT WAS LAST LAST YEAR, WITH MORE OF A TOUR THROUGH ANOTHER DISTRICT'S ATTEMPT AT GETTING ONE.
IT'S A CHALLENGING DISTRICT, AND THIS ONE WAS MORE OF A VERY DETAILED REPORT SIMILAR TO THE ONE THAT WE HAD WITH WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THAT ORGANIZATION, THE 360 STRATEGY.
YEAH, IT WAS SIMILAR TO THAT, BUT A LOT MORE GRANULAR.
I THINK THEY HAD MORE TIME TO GO OVER IT.
GREAT. THANK YOU, AND I'LL ADD.
I WENT TO AN EQUITY SESSION ON ALL THE FEDERAL LAWS THAT APPLY, AND SO LOOKING OUT AT THE STAFF OUT HERE, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IS FOR THE BOARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE FOLLOWING THE LAWS AS THEY GO THROUGH THEIR VARIOUS FUNCTIONS AND THAT WE REALLY RELY ON THE STAFF TO HELP US WITH THAT.
SO THANK YOU, STAFF, FOR KEEPING US UP TO DATE.
NO TOURS UNTIL AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR.
RIGHT. OUR NEXT TOURS ARE GROUP ONE, WHICH IS [INAUDIBLE], MARK AND MYSELF.
WE'RE GOING OUT ON JANUARY 13.
WE'RE GOING TO GLENWOOD, AND THEN THE OTHER TWO GROUPS, GROUP TWO AND GROUP THREE ARE JANUARY 20TH, ROB, TED, KELLY AND SORA WILL BE GOING TO PLEASANT VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THEN MARY, RICARDO AND MIKE, AND SHAD WILL BE GOING TO TUKES VALLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL.
GREAT. THIS IS OUR TIME FOR ANY ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR REPORTS OTHER THAN WHAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE.
[7. Superintendent and Staff Updates]
SUPERINTENDENT WATERS.THANK YOU. I THINK OURS IS GOING TO BE SHORT AND SWEET.
WE'RE MISSING SOME PEOPLE TODAY.
WE DO HAVE ONE PRESENTATION FROM OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT, PHIL SCOTT.
FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT CONFERENCE, I ALSO WANTED TO COMMENT ON THE WASDA CONFERENCE.
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I WANTED TO THANK THE BOARD AND THIS INCLUDES OUR STUDENT REPS.EVERY YEAR WE GO TO THE CONFERENCE.
I'M ALWAYS IMPRESSED THAT WE ARE ONE OF THE FEW DISTRICTS THAT ALL OF OUR DIRECTORS ATTEND THE CONFERENCE, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT, AND AS JACKIE MENTIONED, I HEARD MARY MENTION IT.
AS MARK MENTIONED TODAY, WE HAD OUR ESD LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE WITH OUR LEGISLATORS.
WE HAD 13 LEGISLATORS THAT WERE THERE REPRESENTING MANY, MANY AREAS ACROSS SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON.
WE HAD IDENTIFIED FOUR PRIORITIES FOR OUR REGION.
I BELIEVE JUST IN OUR ESD REGION, THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONIES THAT ARE SPENT COVERING THE INADEQUACY OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING IS OVER $100 MILLION JUST FOR OUR REGION ALONE.
FOR BATTLE GROUND, IT'S APPROXIMATELY 3.5.
THE SECOND WAS TRANSPORTATION FUNDING AND A RELOOK AT THE STARS FUNDING FORMULA.
WE AGAIN STRUGGLE IN THIS AREA AS WELL, MOSTLY BECAUSE OF--OF COURSE, I'M ALWAYS SYMPATHETIC TO EVERY OTHER DISTRICT AND THEY HAVE THEIR OWN ISSUES, BUT WHEN I WAS LISTENING TO EVERGREEN TALK ABOUT THE STRUGGLES THAT THEY HAVE WITH THEIR 53 SQUARE MILES OF THEIR DISTRICT [CHUCKLING], COME OUT HERE AND COVER THE, YOU KNOW, THE 386 SQUARE MILES OR WHATEVER WE HAVE AND TRY TO FIGURE THAT ONE OUT.
THE THIRD WAS MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS FUNDING FOR STUDENTS.
WE'VE EVER SINCE THE PANDEMIC AND EVEN LEADING INTO THE PANDEMIC, WE'VE SEEN A RISE IN STUDENT BEHAVIORS, AND WE NEED MORE RESOURCES AND MORE FUNDING FOR THOSE RESOURCES, AND THAT INCLUDES MORE COUNSELORS AND SUPPORT STAFF AND SECURITY AND PSYCHOLOGISTS AND SOCIAL WORKERS AND ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
I WAS THE LEAD SPEAKER, CHRIS BROWN AND THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT PUT TOGETHER AN OUTSTANDING VIDEO FEATURING TORI DENFIELD, ONE OF OUR CAC MEMBERS, AND AS A PARENT AND ALSO FEATURING KEVIN JOLMA, AND WE IDENTIFIED THREE AREAS OF FACILITY FUNDING THAT ARE A CONCERN TO US ARE ONE, THE INEQUITY THAT'S CREATED IN THE HAVES AND HAVE NOTS.
NUMBER TWO WAS JUST THE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY, AND IT ADDS TO THIS ISSUE THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT, AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT SPECIAL ED FUNDING, TRANSPORTATION DEFICIT THAT WE HAVE TO FILL THERE AND THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE HAVE TO PUT INTO MAINTAINING OUR BUILDINGS BECAUSE MANY OF THEM ARE SO OLD.
SO THAT'S SIGNIFICANT, AND THE QUESTION THAT WE ALWAYS ASK OURSELVES IS IF WE WEREN'T SPENDING.
SO WE GET ABOUT 17, $18 MILLION A YEAR IN LEVY FUNDING, BUT IF WE DIDN'T HAVE TO SPEND THAT 5 OR $6 MILLION EVERY YEAR, WHAT COULD WE BE DOING WITH IT? AND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WE COULD BE DOING WITH IT.
SO THAT WAS THE KEY TO THAT, AND OVERALL THE FEEDBACK WAS REALLY POSITIVE.
TO MARK'S POINT, IT'S NICE TO SEE US ALL ALIGNED MAKING THAT PUSH, AND I THOUGHT THAT EVEN ACROSS THE AISLE THERE WAS A DEFINITE WILLINGNESS TO DISCUSS THESE ISSUES FROM OUR LEGISLATORS AND TO LOOK AT SOME CREATIVE SOLUTIONS.
OBVIOUSLY SOME GROUPS, FOR INSTANCE, ON THE FACILITY FUNDING, I DIDN'T BRING IT UP, BUT SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES BROUGHT UP THE IDEA OF LOWERING THE THRESHOLD FOR PASSING BONDS DOWN TO 50%.
THERE WAS SOME CONCERN FROM SOME OF THE LEGISLATURE THAT THE BURDEN THAT WOULD PLACE ON TAXPAYERS WOULD BE SIGNIFICANT, BUT THERE WAS ALSO A WILLINGNESS TO SAY, YEAH, WE RECOGNIZE IT'S A PROBLEM.
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WE HAVE TO HAVE SAFE SCHOOLS, AND SO HOW CAN WE LOOK AT IT FROM A CREATIVE STANDPOINT AND COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS THAT WOULD WORK FOR EVERYBODY? SO AGAIN, I THOUGHT THAT THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT WAS POSITIVE.CAN I ADD TO THAT? WHEN I HEARD THE LEGISLATORS RESPOND, I HEARD A REAL COMMON THEME UNDER THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL HEALTH AREAS.
YEAH, WE COULD HAVE JOINED IN, BUT YEAH, I THINK THE ONE THAT STANDS OUT IS LYLE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WITH ONLY 250 KIDS OR SOMETHING IN IT, HADN'T HAD ANY KIND OF A REPORT IN TWO OR THREE YEARS AND NOW THEY'VE HAD THREE OR FOUR ALREADY THIS YEAR. SO IT'S A SMALL GROUP.
IT WAS KELSO SCHOOL DISTRICT WHO WERE AVERAGING ONE A MONTH AND NOW ARE AVERAGING 5 TO 6 A MONTH.
THE SESSION I WAS IN THEY TALKED ABOUT CALIFORNIA IS THE ONLY STATE THAT GOES TO 55% INSTEAD OF 60, AND WHEN THEY DID THE ANALYSIS IN WASHINGTON, IT WAS SOMETHING LIKE 65 DISTRICTS WOULD HAVE PASSED A BOND BECAUSE THEY WERE GETTING IT LIKE THE 57-58%.
IT JUST CAN'T AND THEY WON'T EVEN COME CLOSE.
I MEAN, THEY'RE LUCKY TO GET 40%, LET ALONE 60%, AND I ALWAYS AM HESITANT TO MAKE A STATEMENT LIKE THAT BECAUSE SOME LEGISLATORS WILL GET VERY DEFENSIVE. THERE WASN'T THAT TONE.
THEY RECOGNIZED, YOU'RE RIGHT.
THERE IS, AND FOR THOSE DISTRICTS AND WE'RE INCLUDED IN THAT AND IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PASS THEM ON.
THERE HAS TO BE ANOTHER WAY FOR US TO GO ABOUT GETTING FACILITIES IMPROVEMENT.
SO AGAIN, HOPEFULLY AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, TO JUMP IN, LIKE TO MARY'S POINT, I GOT TO ATTEND RIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS BREAK--NOT CHRISTMAS BREAK; I'M LOOKING AHEAD--THANKSGIVING BREAK.
THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THAT I'VE GONE TO THE ELECTRICITY PROJECT AND THEY CREATE THESE REALLY COOL THINGS THAT SHOW HOW CIRCUITS WORK, AND THERE'S WINDMILLS AND THERE'S LIGHTS AND THERE'S MOTORS AND THE WHOLE THING AND IT'S REALLY, REALLY COOL.
SO IF YOU GET A CHANCE NEXT TIME, IF YOU GET INVITED, I WOULD HIGHLY ENCOURAGE IT.
SO NO TEACHING AND LEARNING REPORT, BUT YOU ACTUALLY HEARD OR TEACHING AND LEARNING REPORT IN THE SPECIAL WORK SESSION? NO HUMAN RESOURCES REPORT.
YOU'LL NOTICE KEVIN IS NOT HERE.
YOU NOTICE [INAUDIBLE] IS HERE, BUT NOTHING TO REPORT.
WHICH IS GOOD NEWS EXCEPT FOR SNOW.
WE'VE GOT SNOW TOMORROW, AND SOMEBODY JUST SENT ME A PICTURE OF SNOW ALREADY FALLING IN [INAUDIBLE].
SO WE ONLY HAVE OUR FINANCE REPORT AND OUR CFO, MICHELLE SCOTT.
THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND REVIEW THE END OF THE YEAR FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 2021-22.
JUST A REMINDER THAT OUR FISCAL YEAR ENDS ON AUGUST 31ST, AND SO IT TAKES US A FEW MONTHS TO WRAP EVERYTHING UP, AND SO HERE WE ARE WITH OUR FINANCIAL REPORT.
SO I'M GOING TO GO OVER SOME HIGHLIGHTS.
I'LL GO OVER GENERAL FUND AND OUR OTHER FUNDS.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND FUND BALANCE.
SO THE SCHOOL YEAR STARTED WITH A RETURN WITH IN-PERSON LEARNING AND REMOTE AND HYBRID LEARNING WAS NOT REQUIRED BY THE STATE.
HOWEVER, MASKING WAS STILL REQUIRED UNTIL AFTER SPRING BREAK.
OUR ENROLLMENT CONTINUED TO BE IN LESS THAN PRE-PANDEMIC.
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THE ENROLLMENT WAS 1104 FROM PRE-PANDEMIC COUNTS, AND THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE RUNNING START.I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT THE STUDENTS THAT ARE JUST LIKE IN OUR BUILDINGS.
SO AND JUST AS A REMINDER, ENROLLMENT JUST DOES DRIVE OUR FUNDING.
SO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, THE STATE SYSTEM DOESN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO PUT OUR REVISED BUDGET INTO THE DOCUMENT.
SO WHEN THEY'RE POSTED ONLINE THROUGH OSPI AND WHEN THEY'RE PRESENTED EVEN TO OUR AUDITORS, THEY DON'T HAVE THE REVISED.
SO IT LOOKS VERY SWAYED OFF WITH REVENUES AND WHATNOT, BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT IT, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT ACTUALS TO ACTUALS IN SOME COMPARISONS.
SO IT WAS BASICALLY A LITTLE TOO LATE TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO SPEND IT.
IT CAME IN AS A FEDERAL REVENUE TO US, EVEN THOUGH IT'S FROM THE STATE, AND SO TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO HOW TO SPEND IT APPROPRIATELY WITH FEDERAL GUIDELINES, IT'S JUST DIFFICULT TO DO.
SO WE ARE CARRYING SOME OF THAT OVER TO HELP US WITH SOME ENROLLMENT STABILIZATION FOR THE 22-23 SCHOOL YEAR , AND THEN JUST HERE IS AN ENROLLMENT SLIDE JUST SHOWING THAT WE HAD THE YOU CAN SEE LET'S SEE HERE THE 12,476 IN THE ANNUAL AVERAGE FTE IN 19-20.
THAT WAS BASICALLY PRE-PANDEMIC, AND THEN YOU COULD SEE OUR ENROLLMENT WAS 11,372 AND JUST UP A LITTLE BIT FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.
SO YOU CAN SEE FROM THE GRAPH THERE, THE REDUCTION IN THE ENROLLMENT.
SO THAT'S WHY THE ENROLLMENT STABILIZATION FUNDING IS SO IMPORTANT TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THAT'S WHY WE PETITIONED FOR IT, AND WE WERE THANKFUL FROM THE LEGISLATURE THAT THEY DID FUND THAT.
THAT'S GOING TO HELP US QUITE A BIT.
SO HERE WE HAVE THE GENERAL FUND REVENUES AND 72.3% OF OUR REVENUES IS COMING THROUGH STATE APPORTIONMENT AND STATE SPECIAL PURPOSE AND STATE APPORTIONMENT INCLUDES BASIC EDUCATION AND SOME SPECIAL EDUCATION AS WELL AS LOCAL EFFORT ASSISTANCE, AND ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS LOOKING AT LOCAL.
I HAVEN'T GONE TOO MUCH INTO THE WEEDS HERE, BUT WE RECEIVED IN THE 1819 SCHOOL YEAR, $4.8 MILLION IN LOCAL EFFORT ASSISTANCE TO HELP SUPPORT OUR LEVY EFFORTS AND SUPPORT THE DISTRICT AND THE STATE. IN 21-22, WE RECEIVED 694,000 AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY BUDGETED FOR THIS YEAR.
SO IT'S A PHASED OUT PROGRAM, AND SO THAT IS DEFINITELY A REDUCTION THAT WE'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, AND IN THE STATE SPECIAL PURPOSE THAT INCLUDES TRANSPORTATION, BILINGUAL, SPECIAL EDUCATION, HIGHLY CAPABLE, [INAUDIBLE], SCHOOL FOOD, LOCAL LEVY IS PRETTY SELF EXPLANATORY, LOCAL NON TAXES, FEES COLLECTED FOR DIFFERENT ITEMS, AND THEN THE FEDERAL OF COURSE INCLUDING YOUR ESSER TITLE PROGRAMS SPED IDEA AND SCHOOL FOOD PROGRAMS. SO AND I LOOKED AT 18-19 SO AGAIN PRE-PANDEMIC BECAUSE WE RECEIVED ESSER FUNDING IN IN THE 19-20 SCHOOL YEAR.
SO IT WAS 4% OF REVENUE WAS FEDERAL AND HERE WE SHOWED 12.2%.
SO I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE FIGURES HERE.
I WANTED TO JUST POINT OUT A FEW ITEMS ON REVENUE.
AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE IN THE STATE APPORTIONMENT, THE FIRST LINE, OUR INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR IS VERY SMALL AND THAT AGAIN HAS TO DO WITH LOCAL EFFORT ASSISTANCE, FUNDING GOING DOWN $1,000,000.
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SO WE DID GET SOME ENROLLMENT STABILIZATION IN 20-21 FROM THE STATE, AND THEN IT CAME IN AS FEDERAL OF $7.9 MILLION, FEDERAL. ESSER, WE INCREASED OUR SPENDING IN THOSE ESSER DOLLARS.WE ARE WORKING ON SPENDING ALL OF THOSE OUT BEFORE THEY EXPIRE IN THE 23-24 SCHOOL YEAR.
SO YOU CAN SEE WE INCREASED OUR SPENDING $4.5 MILLION THERE.
SO AGAIN, ESSER EXPIRES 23-24 AND ENROLLMENT STABILIZATION, WE WERE TOLD, WILL NOT CONTINUE THAT THESE ARE ONE TIME FUNDS AND THEY DON'T PLAN ON CONTINUING TO SEND THOSE THROUGH.
SO WE DID HAVE AN INCREASE OF REVENUES OF ALMOST $8 MILLION HERE.
HERE WE ARE GOING ON TO EXPENDITURES.
SO OUR FUND BY OBJECT AND I LIKE THAT THIS SLIDE HERE, IT JUST BASICALLY BREAKS DOWN OUR EXPENDITURES INTO JUST A FEW CATEGORIES, BASICALLY SALARIES AND BENEFITS AND THEN SUPPLIES, PURCHASE SERVICES AND CAPITAL OUTLAY, AND HERE YOU CAN SEE IN SALARIES AND BENEFITS ARE 79.2. NOW, NORMALLY IT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER FOR US AS A DISTRICT, BUT BECAUSE WE'RE SPENDING OUT SOME OF THOSE ESSER ON SOME OF THOSE LEARNING SUPPORTS THAT COULD BE THROUGH SUBSCRIPTIONS AND LICENSES AND CHROMEBOOKS AND WHATNOT AND SUPPLIES.
SO THAT CAME DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
AS A PERCENTAGE OF OUR EXPENDITURES, IT'D BE MUCH HIGHER IF WE HAD CONTRACTED.
SO THAT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO DO ON THIS SLIDE HERE WAS I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT EVEN THOUGH WE HAD A $12.4 MILLION INCREASE IN EXPENDITURES, IT REALLY FROM THE 19-20 SCHOOL YEAR, IT WAS A $6.2 MILLION INCREASE, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THIS BECAUSE WE'RE IN 20-21 BECAUSE OF CONTRACTED SERVICES WITH TRANSPORTATION AND JUST SOME OF THE UNFILLED POSITIONS THAT WENT UNFILLED.
SO WHAT THIS IS SHOWING IS THAT WE HAD A LOW YEAR OF EXPENDITURES IN 2021 BECAUSE OF THE HYBRID, REMOTE, IN-PERSON LEARNING.
IT WAS JUST A NATURE OF THAT TYPE OF LEARNING STYLE.
SO THE JUST A FEW THINGS TO POINT OUT.
WE INCREASED CLASSIFIED SALARIES, $3.5 MILLION, AND I'VE PUT SOME CATEGORIES IN THERE OF THE EXTRACURRICULAR. WE INCREASE THAT.
WE STARTED THE MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS IN THE LAST HALF OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AND THEN WE ALSO INCREASED SOME COUNSELING, PUPIL MANAGEMENT, SAFETY AND CLASSROOM SUPPORTS, AND THEN WE HAD IN OUR SUPPLIES, WE HAD AN ORDER OF 3700 CHROMEBOOKS , AND SO THAT WAS INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY AS WELL AS TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE, JUST WITH ALL OF THE NEW DEMANDS AND LEARNING STYLES AND MORE ITEMS BEING SUBSCRIPTIONS AND LICENSES AND CYBERSECURITY, ALL THOSE THINGS.
SO THOSE INCREASE THOSE AND PURCHASE SERVICES.
AGAIN, WE HAD A VERY LOW OUTPUT IN 20-21 FOR TRANSPORTATION AND NUTRITION SERVICES. SO THAT BUMPED UP AND MADE THOSE INCREASES.
EVERY ALL OF THE SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK ODD.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LOOK CONSISTENT OR HAVE GOOD FLOWS WITH THEM.
HISTORICALLY, IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO MAKE THINGS LOOK A LITTLE LIKE THEY DON'T FLOW CORRECTLY , AND ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE FEDERAL FUNDS I DID PUT IN THE PURCHASE SERVICES, I DID MAKE A NOTE BECAUSE TRANSPORTATION, AGAIN, IS CONTRACT AND NUTRITION SERVICES, A RUNNING START, UTILITIES, INSURANCE, THOSE MAKE UP THOSE BIG BUCKETS OF FUNDING THAT GOES THAT GETS SPENT OUT THROUGH PURCHASE SERVICES.
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OUR EXPENDITURES, AND SO DISTRICT WIDE SUPPORT IS GOING TO BE YOUR BOARD, YOUR CENTRAL OFFICE, AND THEN YOUR SCHOOL WIDE SUPPORT'S GOING TO BE YOUR LIBRARIES, TEACHING CLASSROOM, SCHOOL OFFICES, AND THEN OF COURSE THE OTHER ONES ARE SELF EXPLANATORY, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS JUST LOOKING AT AND I REALLY WISH I WOULD HAVE ADDED.I WISH I WOULD HAVE INCLUDED THIS IN THIS SLIDE IS I BROKE IT OUT BY SOME OTHER.
IT BROKE IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT GRANULAR.
SO OUR DISTRICT WIDE SUPPORT THE CENTRAL OFFICE IS 2.3% AND OUR HEALTH AND STUDENT SAFETY IS 6.2%.
SO WE'RE REALLY GOT QUITE A BIT GOING INTO THOSE THE HEALTH AND STUDENT SAFETY AND THE GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING, AND IT DIDN'T KIND OF DAWN ON ME THOSE EXPENDITURES, THOSE PERCENTAGES, BUT THEY'RE THEY'RE QUITE HIGH WHEN YOU LOOK IN THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE OTHER EXPENDITURES.
SO I DO HAVE A BREAKDOWN OF THOSE THAT IF ANYBODY IS INTERESTED IN THOSE, BUT YOU CAN SEE HERE 77.5% IN THE SCHOOL SUPPORT.
THIS IS INCLUDED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
THIS IS A REQUIRED REPORT THAT THEY USE TO DO SOME CALCULATION FOR INDIRECT, BUT I THINK IT'S A GREAT RESOURCE TO LOOK AT AS FAR AS THE PROGRAM EXPENDITURES.
SO THE FIRST COLUMN IS, IS THE PROGRAM AND IT'S IDENTIFIED BY ITS PROGRAM NUMBER, AND YOU CAN SEE IT STARTS WITH A BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND THEN OTHER INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS AND THEN OTHER PROGRAMS, AND IT KIND OF BREAKS IT DOWN INTO TO SOME DIFFERENT CATEGORIES AND THEN IT TELLS YOU HOW AND THEN IT GIVES YOU THE PROGRAM EXPENDITURES FOR ALL OF THE EACH ONE OF THOSE PROGRAMS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN IN OUR REPORTS, AND THEN IT SHOWS YOU WHAT RESOURCES SUPPORT EACH ONE OF THOSE PROGRAMS. AND AS [INAUDIBLE] MENTIONED, THE SPECIAL EDUCATION YOU CAN SEE IS $3.7 MILLION IS WAS USED TO SUPPORT FROM LOCAL FUNDS OR SPECIAL EDUCATION.
THERE'S A BIG DISCONNECT AND FOLKS REALIZING THAT IT IS NOT FULLY FUNDED, AND THEN ALSO YOU CAN SEE IN THE TRANSPORTATION DOWN THERE, DOWN TOWARDS THE END IS $1.1 MILLION THAT WAS USED FOR LOCAL FUNDS TO HELP SUPPORT THAT , AND THEN SO PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER, WE HAVE TOTAL REVENUE, $190 ,962,274.
TOTAL EXPENDITURES, 184,839,462.
WE DID HAVE A TRANSFER TO DEBT SERVICE FOR OUR DEBT PAYMENT.
THAT'S AN ANNUAL THING THAT WE DO.
SO IT'S BUDGETED AND WE EXPECT THAT, AND SO WE OVERALL HAD AN INCREASE IN FUND BALANCE OF ABOUT $5.8 MILLION, AND REALLY THAT'S MOSTLY BECAUSE OF THAT LATE ENROLLMENT STABILIZATION, JUST NOT BEING ABLE TO SPEND THAT OUT.
WE ALSO HAD I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT SOME USES OF ESSER FUNDING, AND SO YOU CAN SEE WE HAD LEARNING RECOVERY AND STUDENT WELLNESS AND SAFETY SUPPORTS, CLASSROOM AND SCHOOL OFFICE SUPPORTS CUSTODIAL AND INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES.
SO THAT WAS JUST A BREAKDOWN OF SOME OF THOSE ESSER SPENDING.
IN OUR GENERAL FUND BALANCE, WE DO HAVE A BECAUSE OF HAVING THAT ENROLLMENT STABILIZATION AND FEDERAL ESSER DOLLARS HELPING US OUT.
WE DO HAVE AN ASSIGNED BALANCE OF 20 MILLION WITH 15.5%. SO THAT IS GOING TO BE USED DOWN IN THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
WE HAVE ALREADY BUDGETED TO USE $13.1 MILLION OF THE ASSIGNED AND ALSO TO WIPE OUT SOME OF THAT UNASSIGNED DOWN THERE, AND YOU CAN SEE OPERATIONAL EXPENSE, STABILIZATION AND BUILDING AND DONATION CARRYOVERS THAT WE SET ASIDE FOR THOSE CARRYOVERS.
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SO THEY HAVE THOSE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO USE AND THEN CURRICULUM ADOPTIONS, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL, AND THEN WHAT'S LEFT IS STILL HAS A PURPOSE IN THAT ASSIGNED FOR CONTINUING ON TO SUPPORT CURRICULUM ADOPTIONS, FACILITY REPAIRS, TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATIONS.SO THE 6% IS OUR BOARD POLICY AND THE NON SPENDABLE AND RESTRICTED COLUMNS OR ROWS I SHOULD SAY ARE AGAIN AS THEY'RE RESTRICTED, THEY'RE THERE FOR A PURPOSE.
YOU'RE RESTRICTED IS GOING TO BE CARRY OVER FOR PROGRAMS SUCH AS CTE AND [INAUDIBLE] THAT WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED THOSE MONIES, BUT THEY DO NEED TO BE SPENT OUT IN THOSE PROGRAMS. SO WE'RE REQUIRED TO RESTRICT THOSE IN THE FUND BALANCE.
NOW NORMALLY THE NON SPENDABLE CATEGORY WOULD BE MUCH HIGHER AND IT GENERALLY ALWAYS IS, BUT WE GOT OUR WHEN WE PREPAY EXPENDITURES, IT GOES INTO THIS NON SPENDABLE ACCOUNT, AND SO OUR INSURANCE INVOICE CAME IN SEPTEMBER.
SO NORMALLY WE MAKE THAT PAYMENT AND THEN WE HAVE TO SET THAT MONEY ASIDE PER OUR ACCOUNTING MANUAL SO IT DIDN'T GET SET ASIDE. SO YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE CHANGES IN THE FUND BALANCE.
OVERALL, IT WAS AN INCREASE OF 1.7% IN YEAR OVER YEAR ON THAT.
ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR? OKAY, I'M GOING TO KEEP GOING.
ALL RIGHT, SO GENERAL FUND TAKEAWAYS FOR 21-22 ESSER AND ENROLLMENT STABILIZATION CONTINUES TO SUPPORT STAFFING, SALARIES AND BENEFITS, SUPPLIES AND SERVICES, AND THEN ALSO INCREASING ENROLLMENT IS CRITICAL TO MAINTAINING OUR ONGOING OPERATIONS THAT WE HAVE.
WE HAD A GREAT GROWTH THIS YEAR.
REALLY EXCITING TO BE OVER BUDGET FOR OUR ENROLLMENT.
WE ARE STILL ABOUT 500 KIDS DOWN FROM PRE-PANDEMIC.
SO AS YOU KNOW, AS WE CONTINUE TO HOPEFULLY GROW, WE WILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE ONGOING OPERATIONS, AND AGAIN, THE USE OF THE FUND BALANCE, AS I ALREADY MENTIONED.
MICHELLE, CAN I GO BACK TO THAT ONE? YEAH, SURE.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY MY OWN THINKING ON THE ESSER FUNDS THAT ENDS IN 23-24.
THAT'S A WE FRONT THE MONEY, SEND IT IN AND GET APPROVAL AND THEN THE FUNDS COME IN.
SO WHAT ENDS IS THE ABILITY TO SAY THIS QUALIFIES FOR ESSER FUNDING? THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH, SO THOSE ARE ALL--WE HAVE A BUDGET.
SO THAT'S QUITE A BIT OF MONEY THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE FOR SOMETHING ELSE.
SO YEAH, SO THESE FUNDS ARE WELL AS, AS THE CATEGORIES THAT I WENT THROUGH LEARNING LOSS OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS ALL KINDS OF OR LEARNING RECOVERY I SHOULD SAY FOR STUDENTS YOU KNOW GOOD USE OF THOSE FUNDS VERY THANKFUL FOR THOSE FUNDS, AND THEN WE DO HAVE THREE OTHER FUNDS THAT WE MAINTAIN.
WE HAVE OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS, DEBT SERVICE AND ASB, AND I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THE DETAILS ON THESE, BUT OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS, WE DO GET IMPACT FEES FROM NEW CONSTRUCTION. THAT'S OUR MAIN REVENUE FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS AND THOSE ARE SPENT TO ON CAPITAL FACILITIES AND LAND ACQUISITIONS.
I PUT DOWN SOME OF THE EXPENDITURES, THE BIG EXPENDITURES THAT WE HAD AND I'M SORRY, IT LOOKS LIKE THAT SOME OF MY HARD RETURNS DIDN'T GET IN THERE WELL ENOUGH, BUT IT'S CAM SITE WORK.
LAUREN MIDDLE SCHOOL PAVING SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY GO THROUGH ON THAT SO AND THEN ROOF AND THEN ALSO OUR DEBT SERVICE IS OUR VOTED AND NON VOTED DEBT SO WE TRANSFER MONEY FROM GENERAL FUND AND THEN IT GETS PAID OUT THROUGH THE DEBT SERVICE FUND AND WE DO HAVE THOSE DATES ARE EXPIRING FOR THOSE BONDS AND NON VOTED DEBT THERE AND THEN ASB FUND THAT'S A STUDENT
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LED FUND IT'S CULTURAL ATHLETIC RECREATIONAL AND SOCIAL FUNDRAISERS FEES SUPPORT THAT AND THAT GETS SPENT OUT THROUGH EXTRACURRICULAR TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS, SUPPLIES, ACTIVITIES, ALL KINDS OF FUN STUFF FOR THE KIDS.SO AND IT'S OKAY THAT THEY SPENT MORE THAN THEY BROUGHT IN BECAUSE THEY CERTAINLY HAD A BEGINNING BALANCE AND THEY HAD MONEY THAT THEY HAD EARNED BEFORE THE PANDEMIC AND JUST HAVEN'T HAD REALLY THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND IT.
I MEAN, THERE WAS SITE WORK DONE, BUT NOW WE'VE GOT THE PORTABLES RIGHT THAT ARE COMING IN 3 10-PLEXES COMING IN, AND THERE IS THE INFORMATION. WE'LL HAVE THIS POSTED ONLINE ON OUR BOARD DOCS.
SO WE WILL POST THIS PRESENTATION AND HAVE IT AVAILABLE, AND SO THAT'S THE PATHWAY TO THE PRESENTATION AS WELL AS THE ACTUAL F196 FINANCIAL DOCUMENT, AND THEN ALSO MY CONTACT INFORMATION.
IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS OUT THERE THAT THEY'D LIKE TO ASK.
ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, AND THIS GETS POSTED ON THE WEBSITE.
NO CITIZENS COMMENTS TONIGHT, I'VE BEEN INFORMED.
SO THAT MOVES US ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
THANK YOU, MR. BOWERS, FOR HANGING IN HERE ALL THIS TIME.
SO OUR CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT INCLUDES ITEM A APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA ITSELF.
[9. Consent Agenda]
ITEM B, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE NOVEMBER 14TH, 2022, REGULAR MEETING.ITEM C, THE PERSONNEL REPORTS, ITEM D, STUDENT TRAVEL, ITEM E, FINANCIAL REPORTS, ITEM F, DONATION AND APPROVAL FOR BASKETBALL HOOPS AT TUKES VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ITEM G COMPLETED PROJECTS REQUEST FOR APPROVAL.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY, THIS WOULD BE THE TIME TO DO THAT.
IF NOT, ACTUALLY, MAYBE BEFORE I ASK FOR A MOTION ON THIS, WE HAVE MR. BOWERS FROM TUKES VALLEY.
YOU WANT TO GIVE US A QUICK RUNDOWN ON THE BASKETBALL HOOP DONATION? FIRST, I'D LIKE TO THANK JAMESON FOR ALL OF HIS EFFORTS, NOT ONLY HERE, BUT BEING SO RESPONSIVE FOR ALL THE SCHOOLS AND FOR HELPING US OUT IN OUR LITTLE SPACE AS WELL. SO SHOUT OUT TO JAMESON, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE.
SO THIS IS MY SECOND YEAR AT TUKES VALLEY MIDDLE, AND THIS IS VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE PTO.
THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN AFTER FOR INCREASING STUDENT ENGAGEMENT.
IT IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE ONLY COVERED AREAS THAT WE HAVE IN THE DISTRICT THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANY BASKETBALL HOOPS UNDERNEATH IT, AND IT'S WHAT I CONSIDER TO BE A TRIFECTA, MEANING IT'S A COMMUNITY AREA, SO A COMMUNITY CAN USE IT.
IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN OUT ON RECESS AND THE STUDENTS NEED SOMETHING TO DO, AND IF THEY DON'T FIND SOMETHING TO DO, THEN MR. ANDERSON THE BULLYING, HARASSING AND OTHER THINGS, THEY'LL MAKE SOMETHING TO DO.
SO INCREASING STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND IT ALLOWS US SOME INSTRUCTIONAL CURRICULAR OPPORTUNITIES TO MOVE SOME OF OUR ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE BEHIND THE GYM AND UTILIZE THAT SPACE IN A MORE MEANINGFUL WAY.
SO FOR US, IT'S WINS ALL AROUND AND IT'S ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I WAS AFTER TO TRY AND GET THAT DONE AND THEN MOVE ON TO SOME OTHER STUDENT ENGAGEMENT PIECES THAT WE'LL TRY AND GET ACCOMPLISHED. HOW MANY HOOPS DID YOU GET TOTAL OR WILL BE ABLE, DO YOU THINK? TWO, BUT I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE FOR FACILITIES AND EVERYBODY AND FOR PTO, ESPECIALLY THE PTO THERE.
WHEN ORIGINALLY STARTED, IT WAS GOING TO BE ABOUT 500 BUCKS TO GET THIS GOING, BUT THEN AFTER WORKING WITH FACILITIES AND THEN FIGURING OUT WHAT WAS NEEDED TO SECURE AND GET EVERYTHING DONE, IT'S NOW ESCALATED TO OVER 3000, BUT THE PTO STILL COMMITTED AND IS GOING TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN FOR THE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT PIECE AND FOR THOSE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES. SO I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR ALL THAT.
ARE THESE THESE ADJUSTABLE HOOPS OR ARE THEY JUST STRAIGHT BACKWARD? NO, THEY'LL BE STRAIGHT BACK FORWARD.
YEAH, WE'RE WORKING ON SOME WORKING ON SOME OTHER THINGS.
AT LEAST I'M TRYING TO WORK ON SOME OTHER THINGS TO DO.
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WELL, WE NEED A PLAYGROUND REDESIGN.THE ORIGINAL BASKETBALL HOOPS ARE RIGHT THERE NEXT TO THE FENCE SO KIDS CAN'T PLAY BASKETBALL ON THOSE HOOPS THAT ARE OUTSIDE BECAUSE THE BALL GOES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE AND YOU CAN'T GET THEM.
I MEAN, THE HOOP IS HERE, THE FENCE IS THERE.
IF YOU DON'T GIVE THEM SOMETHING TO DO, THEY'LL FIND IT.
I'D BE GLAD TO HELP FACILITATE SOME WORK WITH OUR FACILITIES DEPARTMENT TO HELP SEE THAT HAPPENS.
BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT, IT'S TOTAL NONSENSE.
I MEAN, THE BUS ROUTE AND THE CAR ROUTE IS WORKING AS DESIGNED.
I MEAN, THAT WAS A COVID THING THAT HAPPENED, AND SINCE COVID, THEY WERE LIKE, HEY, LET'S KEEP THIS.
IT'S GREAT NOW, BUT WE NEED TO MOVE THE OTHER PIECES AROUND, BUT AGAIN, THE PTO HAS BEEN AWESOME. I MEAN, FOR THEM TO COMMIT $3,000 TO THIS PROJECT IS JUST REALLY GRATEFUL, INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
SOMEBODY SHOULD ASK THE QUESTION.
WE LIKE YOUR CREATIVE THINKING.
[CHUCKLING] OKAY, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN MOVED TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
RICARDO, 'YOU WANT TO CALL ANYTHING OUT ON CONSENT AGENDA OR? THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES I'VE LOOKED AT THE PERSONNEL REPORT IN LIKE DETAIL, AND I SEE LIKE VOLLEYBALL STUFF FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLERS, AND THAT MAKES ME REALLY HAPPY, BECAUSE MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS WAS A BIG THING FROM LAST YEAR, AND THAT MAKES ME HAPPY THAT I'M SEEING MORE OF IT.
YEAH. GREAT. I'M GLAD YOU NOTICED THAT.
THERE'S SHUFFLING IN PERSONNEL ALMOST EVERY MONTH, WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT.
RIGHT? I SUPPOSE THERE'S NEW PEOPLE [INAUDIBLE] GREAT.
[11. New Business]
FIRST ITEM UP. REVISION OF POLICY 4218 LANGUAGE ACCESS PLAN.[INAUDIBLE] MURRAY HAS BEEN WAITING A LONG TIME FOR THIS.
MY NAME'S [INAUDIBLE] MURRAY, AND ONE OF THE PROGRAMS I OVERSEE IS OUR MULTILINGUAL DEPARTMENT FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS, AND UNDER THAT TWO FALLS OUR LANGUAGE ACCESS PLAN, AND SO I'M JUST HERE, WE UPDATED THE LANGUAGE, AND PART OF THE LANGUAGE UPDATE INCLUDES WORK AROUND EQUITY AND ACCESS, AND SO IN REVIEWING AND I WAS GRATEFUL TO HAVE AMANDA'S HELP WITH THIS FOUR COMMUNICATION PIECE, AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, WE HAVE SOME AMAZING WE CALL THEM [INAUDIBLE] OUTREACH LIAISON. SO THE POL TEAM, IT INCLUDES TWO RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN INTERPRETERS, PARENT OUTREACH, AND IT INCLUDES TWO SPANISH OUTREACH , AND SO THE FOUR OF THEM ARE JUST A WELL-OILED MACHINE, AND GLENWOOD HAS SO GRACIOUSLY OFFERED TO HOST THEM AS WE'RE DOING SOME CONSTRUCTION OVER AT CASEE. SO A LOT OF THE PLAN THAT THIS REFERS TO, THIS POLICY IMPACTS THEIR WORK IN A POSITIVE WAY IN TERMS OF THEY'LL CONTINUE DOING WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
THEY REALLY WORK HARD IN TERMS OF WORKING FOR OUR FAMILIES, WITH OUR FAMILIES, AND A LOT OF THE PIECE OF THIS PLAN INCLUDES THAT EFFECTIVE TWO WAY COMMUNICATION, AND SO REALLY WHEN THE POLICY WAS UPDATED, THE RECOMMENDATION WAS IN THOSE FOUR AREAS AROUND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND COORDINATION, INTERPRETING, TRAINING AND CREDENTIALING.
RIGHT NOW, ONE OF THE OTHER PIECES OF MY JOB INCLUDES OUR PARAEDUCATOR TRAINING.
RIGHT NOW, OUR INTERPRETERS DON'T FALL UNDER THAT SPECIFIC AREA.
IT REALLY THE CREDENTIALING FOR INTERPRETERS IS FOR DEAF BRAILLE AND SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER.
SO THEY'RE REQUIRING SOME ADDITIONAL TRAINING AND CREDENTIALING AND THEN DATA COLLECTION.
THAT WOULD BE A NEW PIECE THAT WE WOULD BE IMPLEMENTING AROUND COLLECTING MORE INTENTIONAL DATA ABOUT NEEDS AND EFFECTIVE TWO WAY COMMUNICATION AND THEN ENGAGING COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE AROUND HOW DO WE BEST SERVE OUR FAMILIES THAT ARE EXPERIENCING LANGUAGE BARRIERS OR
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DISABILITY BARRIERS TO HAVE THAT TWO WAY RELATIONSHIP WITH SCHOOLS? SO I MADE THE PROPOSAL JUST TO UPDATE THE LANGUAGE, AND THAT CONCLUDES KIND OF THE UPDATE.IS THERE QUESTIONS THAT I CAN ANSWER ON THIS POLICY UPDATE? I SEE THAT THE POLICY IS A PLAN BECAUSE I'M USUALLY UNAWARE OF THE PROCEDURE, BUT I KNOW YOU HAVE THAT PROCESS IN PLACE, AND I GUESS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS IS HOW MANY DIFFERENT LANGUAGES MEET THAT CRITERIA OF 5% OR 1000 PERSONS? RIGHT NOW WE SERVE ABOUT 70 LANGUAGES IN OUR DISTRICT.
WE HAVE ABOUT 70 LANGUAGES, BUT THE MAJORITY, THAT 5% IS RUSSIAN, UKRAINIAN AND SPANISH, AND THOSE ARE WHERE OUR EFFORTS ARE TARGETED IN TERMS OF THE PARENT OUTREACH LIAISONS, AND CAN YOU DESCRIBE THAT PROCESS YOU USE TO IDENTIFY THOSE FAMILIES THAT NEED THAT SUPPORT? SURE. GREAT QUESTION.
SO WHENEVER WE GET NEW ENROLLMENTS, PART OF THE ENROLLMENT PROCEDURES IS THAT FAMILIES FILL OUT A HOME LANGUAGE SURVEY, AND THAT IS OUR FIRST INDICATOR OF WHAT HOME LANGUAGE IS SPOKEN AT HOME, AND SO THAT TRIGGERS A TESTING PROCESS ON OUR SIDE.
IT'S CALLED THE [INAUDIBLE] TESTING.
SO BASICALLY IT IT'S A SCREENER THAT WE GIVE TO STUDENTS TO SEE IF THEY ARE PROFICIENT ENGLISH SPEAKERS OR IF THEY'RE NEEDING MORE SERVICES, AND THEN THAT ALSO TRIGGERS OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER PROGRAM, AND SO THEY COULD QUALIFY FOR THAT PENDING ON THEIR TEST SCORES, BUT THEN PART OF THAT, TOO, THE OUTREACH TEAM DOES A LOT OF REGISTRATIONS JUST WITH THE FAMILIES, AND SO THEY'RE REALLY GETTING TO KNOW THE FAMILIES ONE ON ONE SO MUCH, IN FACT, THAT THEY KEEP KIND OF A SEPARATE SPREADSHEET WITH PREFERENCES AND THEY SHARE IT WITH SPECIFIC SCHOOLS.
SO THEY'RE RECORDING THAT ON THEIR END SPREADSHEETS AND THEY HAVE THAT SHARED WITH SCHOOL.
I WOULD LOVE TO INTRODUCE YOU SOMETIMES BECAUSE THESE ARE JUST THE MOST HARDWORKING INDIVIDUALS I'VE EVER WORKED WITH, AND THEN STEPHANIE [INAUDIBLE] IS THE EL COORDINATOR WHO'S JUST A PHENOMENAL PERSON OVERALL, BUT REALLY, THEY REALLY KNOW OUR FAMILIES AND OUR STUDENTS AND THEY EVEN HELP GET OUTSIDE RESOURCES TOO.
SO LIKE HEAD START FOR A REFUGEE FAMILY THAT JUST CAME IN AND HE WAS ABLE TO RESEARCH PLACES FOR ALL OF THE KIDS, NOT JUST OUR K-12 KIDS, BUT OUR EARLY EDUCATORS AND HOOKING PEOPLE UP WITH COLLEGE AND BEYOND KIND OF WORKSHOPS.
SO DOES THAT ANSWER THE QUESTION FULLY? ABSOLUTELY, YES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH, YOU'VE ADDED LANGUAGE IN HERE PROVIDE FOR SYSTEMATIC FAMILY ENGAGEMENT.
IS THAT WHAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED? YES, AND SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT SYSTEMATIC, THEY HAVE A VERY WELL OILED MACHINE BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER FOR SO MANY YEARS, AND SO THEY HAVE SPECIFIC PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES THAT WOULD BE PRETTY SYSTEMATIC, BUT WHAT I THINK THE PLAN IS REFERRING TO IS MORE OF A DISTRICT WIDE, SYSTEMATIC PROCEDURES THAT COULD BE SHARED AT ALL LEVELS, AND I THINK THAT'S A GROWTH AREA FOR US BECAUSE WE'VE HAD THE INFLUX OF NEWCOMERS OF THE PROGRAM HAS EXPANDED BY HUNDREDS OF KIDS.
I WAS JUST ANALYZING KIND OF THE DATA LAST YEAR.
THIS TIME WE HAD ABOUT OUR NOVEMBER COUNT WAS 766 STUDENTS IN OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROGRAM.
THIS YEAR OUR NOVEMBER COUNT IS 1092.
SO I MEAN, IT'S EXPANDED ASTRONOMICALLY.
SO WE'RE KIND OF IN THAT MODE OF WE WANT TO FIX GET KIDS SERVED, AND THEN WE REALLY WANT TO STEP BACK, AND THAT'S KIND OF THAT COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF WHAT SYSTEMS DO WE HAVE IN PLACE AS A DISTRICT AND WHAT CAN I LEVERAGE AS THIS PROGRAM COORDINATOR AND WORK WITH AND REALLY INSTILL THAT WE'RE SERVING FAMILIES TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY? WHAT LEVEL OF MAYBE INVESTMENT'S, THE WRONG WORD, BUT BUY-IN DO YOU HAVE FROM THOSE COMMUNITIES? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
I THINK IT VARIES FAMILY TO FAMILY, BUT MOST OF ALL VERY SUPPORTIVE FAMILIES, BECAUSE THESE FOUR INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE SERVING, NOT JUST THOSE 1092, BECAUSE THOSE ARE JUST THE KIDS THAT QUALIFY FOR SERVICES, BUT THEY'RE WORKING WITH PROBABLY DOUBLE THAT, BUT THEY KNOW THEM BY NAME. THEY KNOW ALL THEIR KIDS BY NAME AND THEY KNOW KIND OF GENERATIONAL HISTORY BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN HERE AND IN THE PROGRAM, AND SO I WOULD SAY THERE'S A REALLY TRUSTING
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RELATIONSHIP BECAUSE OF THE PARENT OUTREACH LIAISON TEAM.GOOD. YEAH. ONE QUESTION IS, WHAT IS THE REPORTING REQUIREMENT FOR YOU ON THIS PLAN? GOOD QUESTION. SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS REALLY AMBIGUOUS AND DOESN'T HAVE FUNDING BEHIND ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS, WHICH.
WHICH IS A BIG PART OF WHY I'M RECOMMENDING JUST TO UPDATE THE LANGUAGE FOR NOW, BECAUSE JUST UPDATING THE LANGUAGE IS A REALLY POSITIVE STEP FOR US IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT EQUITY AND ACCESS BECAUSE REALLY THERE IS NO FUNDING.
SO I'VE HIRED ABOUT FIVE NEW STAFF MEMBERS THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE INFLUX OF NUMBERS, AND I HAVE A JOB POSTED RIGHT NOW THAT I'M NOT GETTING A LOT OF APPLICANTS TO, BUT PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL IS ACTUALLY THE PLACE THAT HAS EXPLODED AND MAPLE GROVE AND PLEASANT VALLEY CAMPUS, THOSE THREE CAMPUSES, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET SOME MORE HELP THERE.
SO REPORTING WISE, IT GOES WITH THAT THE TBIP GRANT THAT TRANSITIONAL BILINGUAL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS I CAN ANSWER? I'LL ACTUALLY ADD IN A STORY.
HOWEVER, I JUST HAPPENED TO GET A SNAPSHOT OF THAT TEAM AT GLENWOOD AT WORK AND I GOT TO SEE THEM WHEN THEY WERE IN CASEE TOO, BUT I WAS IN BETWEEN VOLUNTEERING AND THIRD GRADE CLASSES AND THEY LET ME HANG OUT IN THEIR ROOM AND THEY WERE WORKING ON THE PHONE WITH THE FAMILY THAT HAD BEEN MOVED HERE FROM UKRAINE BECAUSE THE CONDITIONS THERE AND WANTED TO GO BACK TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILY FOR A LIMITED PERIOD OF TIME, BUT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO LOSE THEIR SPACE HERE. THEY WANTED TO BE ABLE TO GET BACK IN AND THE TEAM HELPED THEM GO THROUGH WHAT I'M SURE IS, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT PROCEDURES THAN IN THEIR HOME COUNTRY, BUT, YOU KNOW, WAS ABLE TO ASSURE THEM THAT THEY'D HAVE A SPOT WHEN THEY CAME BACK KIND OF DEAL, SO THAT WAS GREAT, AND THAT'S THE KIND OF LIKE WHEN WE THINK ABOUT CUSTOMER SERVICE AND REALLY SERVING OUR FAMILIES, THOSE FOUR PEOPLE REALLY COME TO MY MIND BECAUSE OF THEIR SERVICE ATTITUDE AND REALLY GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR ANY FAMILY THAT COMES THEIR WAY. THIS IS A BIT OF A WORK IN PROGRESS, BUT AT THE WASDA CONFERENCE, OUR STUDENT VOICE GROUP TALKED ABOUT SOME STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS GETTING KIND OF AN ADVISORY VOTE ON IMPORTANT POLICIES LIKE THIS.
SO RICARDO, WOULD YOU LIKE TO WEIGH IN? IS THIS A POLICY CHANGE DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD SUPPORT? YES, I 100% THINK THAT THIS IS A POLICY THAT WE SHOULD BE SUPPORTING, ESPECIALLY I'VE LIKE WALKED IN ON A BUNCH OF THE CLASSES THAT THEY'VE BEEN HAVING, AND I'M LIKE, I'VE ALSO SEEN LIKE STUDENTS AROUND THE SCHOOL AND JUST LIKE HEARING THEIR IMPROVEMENT WITH EVERYTHING AND IT MAKES ME HAPPY, AND I GOT TO SAY, I HAD THE PLEASURE BECAUSE THIS IS FIRST YEAR JOB FOR ME.
SO PART OF MY JOB IS TO GET OUT IN THE SCHOOLS AND SEE THE PROGRAMS TOO, AND I'VE GOT TO SAY, MRS. SAGER HAS AN INCREDIBLE PROGRAM AT PRAIRIE, AND IS ABLE TO SERVE 150 KIDS IN ABOUT 18 LEVELS.
I MEAN, WE HAVE INCREDIBLE EDUCATORS DOING THE BEST THEY CAN IN THIS INFLUX OF HUGE NUMBERS.
THANK YOU. IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, THAT'D BE GREAT.
IF NOT, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE POLICY 4218.
I MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVED THE REVISION OF POLICY 4218 LANGUAGE ACCESS PLAN.
IT'S BEEN MOVED TO APPROVE THE REVISION OF POLICY 4218 LANGUAGE ACCESS PLAN.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0 POLICY APPROVED.
YES. THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU.
SO SIGNING RESOURCES AND INTERPRETERS OR SRI HAS BEEN PROVIDING CONTRACTED STAFFING FOR DISTRICT ASL SERVICE SINCE 2010. OUR DISTRICT HAS TRADITIONALLY FILLED THESE POSITIONS USING CONTRACTED STAFF DEPENDING ON STUDENT NEEDS.
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SO THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT FOR THE BOARD WENT FOR $20,000 AND WAS APPROVED ON SEPTEMBER 12TH.WE KNEW AT THAT TIME THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE MUCH MORE.
SO YOU'RE SEEING US COME BACK NOW FOR 180,000, BUT WE WANTED TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE.
WE WERE ENCOURAGED BY OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR TO GO OUT AND LOOK AT SOME OTHER POSSIBLE VENDORS TO SEE HOW THEIR COSTS WERE IN COMPARED AND WHETHER OR NOT THEIR COSTS WERE IN LINE, AND WHAT WE FOUND THAT SRI WAS PROVIDING A VERY COMPETITIVE RATE, AND SO IT'S BEEN DETERMINED THAT SRI IS THE BEST PLACE FOR US TO STAY.
SO NOW WE'RE BRINGING BACK THE FULL CONTRACT OF 180,000, WHICH WILL COVER THE REMAINDER OF THE 22-23 SCHOOL YEAR AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT YOU'LL NOTE THE LAST LINE ON THAT INTRODUCTION THERE, THAT THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR THIS CONTRACT IS SAFETY NET.
SO ALL OF THIS, THE BULK OF THIS CONTRACT, THE COST OF THIS WILL BE REFUNDED THROUGH THE SAFETY NET PROCESS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS THAT NEED THIS ADDITIONAL ASL SERVICE.
SO THAT'S THAT FEDERAL FUNDING SOURCES? STATE FUNDING. OKAY.
SO WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL? ANY QUESTIONS, BOARD? OH, GO AHEAD. NO, I DON'T.
ANY INPUT FROM THE STUDENT POINT OF VIEW ON THIS CONTRACT? I HAVE NO INPUT OTHER THAN ADVISING THAT WE SHOULD VOTE YES. OKAY, GOOD, AND IT'S FAIR TO HAVE NO INPUT.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, I RECOMMEND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE ASSIGNING RESOURCE INTERPRETERS CONTRACT AGREEMENT FOR THE 22-23 SCHOOL YEAR. OKAY, GREAT.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED. CONTRACT IS APPROVED 5-0.
[12. Future Agenda Items and Board Events]
NEXT BOARD MEETING DECEMBER 12TH, AND THAT WILL BE A WORK SESSION AS WELL.THAT WILL BE AT 4:00, AND THAT'LL BE OUR FIRST TAKE ON THE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANS, AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT YOU ALL RECEIVED A COPY OF THOSE PLANS FOR YOU TO PERUSE THROUGH AND I BELIEVE THAT ON THE FIRST DATE THAT WE HAVE SCHEDULED HERE, DECEMBER 12TH, YOU'LL BE SEEING YOU'LL BE HEARING FROM DAYBREAK PRIMARY SCHOOL AND DAYBREAK MIDDLE SCHOOL.
PLEASE PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THOSE TWO PLANS.
ANYTHING ELSE? WE ALSO HAVE THE FINE DINING THING COMING.
YEAH, AND I BELIEVE THAT'S THE 9TH.
YEAH, I'M LEADING A FIELD TRIP THAT DAY.
YEAH. OKAY, IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, MR. WATERS, THEN ALSO A REMINDER THAT THE DECEMBER 12TH MEETING IS OUR ANNUAL ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING.
YOU CAN LOOK AT POLICY 1210 FOR HOW THAT GOES, BUT NOMINATIONS WILL BE OPEN FOR THE POSITIONS OF PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT, LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR , AND IF YOU HAVE ANY PREFERENCES FOR COMMITTEES THAT YOU WANT TO STAY ON OR MOVE TO, I KNOW I HAVEN'T BEEN ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE YET--I'M MAYBE PINING FOR THAT--THEN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT POLICY SO YOU KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.
MAKE SURE YOU LET MYSELF OR FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS KNOW OF ANY INTEREST IN CHANGES OR OFFICES, AND THE 12TH IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE A BUSY MEETING.
YEAH, THEN WE GET A BREAK. SO A LITTLE BIT LONGER ONE, MAYBE, BUT JUST BEFORE A BREAK.
ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.
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I'D LIKE TO ADJOURN THIS NOVEMBER 28TH, 2022 MEETING.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.