Jan 23, 2023 Board of Directors

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ALL RIGHT, WELL, WELCOME TO OUR JANUARY 23RD REGULAR BOARD MEETING.

[1. Call to Order]

READY? BEGIN.

NEXT UP, WE'LL HAVE OUR ROLL CALL.

MADAM PRESIDENT, WE HAVE A QUORUM.

GREAT. NEXT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR AGENDA APPROVAL.

[4. Agenda Approval (Board Vote w/Student Voice)]

ONE PIECE OF OLD BUSINESS.

ONE PIECE OF NEW BUSINESS.

THEN WE WILL REVIEW, OUR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND BOARD EVENTS, AND THEN WE WILL ADJOURN TO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION BEFORE ADJOURNING THE MEETING.

I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT BEFORE WE BEFORE I ASK FOR AN APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED, WE DID MAKE ONE MINOR CHANGE FOR NOT ONLY FOR OUR BOARD AND OUR STUDENTS REPRESENTATIVES, BUT FOR TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT WITH OUR COMMUNITY.

WE DID ACKNOWLEDGE IN THE AGENDA WHERE THE BOARD WILL BE VOTING, AND WE DID ADD WITH STUDENT VOICE AS WE ALWAYS LOVE THEIR INPUT.

SO JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT AND THAT.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT TONIGHT'S AGENDA? IF NOT, I WOULD CONSIDER A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

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

WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

ALL RIGHT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

ANYONE OPPOSED? THE AGENDA PASSES 5 TO 0.

NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS OUR STUDENT VOICE, AND [INAUDIBLE] OVER TO MR.

[5. Communications]

ANYBODY WHO HAS PARTICIPATED IN BOARD MEETINGS OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS HAS HEARD ME SPEAK PASSIONATELY ABOUT, I CONSIDER IT TO BE ONE OF MY FAVORITE ACTIVITIES OF THE YEAR, AND THAT IS OUR POETRY OUT LOUD COMPETITION THAT OCCURS EACH YEAR AT BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL.

THIS YEAR, WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE OUR WINNER, XANDER CRAWFORD, HERE TO SHARE WITH ALL OF US HIS PRIZE WINNING POEM THAT HE RECITED, AND USUALLY I INVITE HEATHER SMITHLINE UP HERE.

MS. SMITHLINE COORDINATES THE POETRY OUT LOUD PROGRAM, BUT THIS YEAR I'LL GET THE PLEASURE OF INVITING ZANDER'S ENGLISH TEACHER, MS. MARY METCALF, WHO HAPPENS TO BE ONE OF MY FAVORITES OF ALL TIME UP TO THE PODIUM, AND MS. METCALF IS GOING TO SAY A FEW WORDS, AND THEN WE'LL GET TO HEAR FROM XANDER.

HELLO, I'M MARY METCALF, OBVIOUSLY.

POETRY OUT LOUD IS A NATIONAL COMPETITION THAT'S DEVELOPED TO FOSTER APPRECIATION OF AND CONNECTION TO POETS, PUBLISHED POETS AND THEIR POETRY AND IT BEGINS IN THE CLASSROOM EACH YEAR AND GOES TO A SCHOOL COMPETITION AT WHICH XANDER WON AND THEN GOES TO REGIONALS AND THEN STATE AND NATIONALS, AND SO IT'S A LONG PROCESS EVENTUALLY.

I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

YEAH, GO AHEAD. THIS IS XANDER CRAWFORD.

[INAUDIBLE].

YOU ARE THE ICE CREAM SANDWICH CONNOISSEUR OF YOUR GENERATION.

BLESSED ARE YOUR FLORAL [INAUDIBLE], YOUR DEEPLY PINK FANNY PACK WITH TRAVEL SIZE LINT ROLLER.

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LEVEL OF SPLENDIFEROUS IN YOUR OUTFIT, 200.

TYPES OF INVISIBLE PAIN STEMMING FROM ADOLESCENT DISASTERS IN CLASSROOMS, LOCKER ROOMS, AND QUITE OFTEN, TOYOTA CAMRY'S RAISE AT LEAST 10,000.

YOU ARE NOT A JIGGLYPUFF, NOT YET A WIGGLY [INAUDIBLE] REPORTERS, AND FATHERS CALL YOUR GENERATION THE WORST.

WHICH REALLY MEANS QUEER KIDS WHO COULD GO ONLINE, AND LEARN THAT CLEAR DOESN'T HAVE TO MEAN DISASTER OR DEAD.

INSTEAD, QUEER MEANS SPLENDIFEROUSLY YOU, AND YOU MEAN SOMEONE WHO KNOWS THAT COMMON FLAVORS FOR ICE CREAM SANDWICHES IN SINGAPORE INCLUDE RED BEAN, YAM, AND HONEYDEW.

YOUR POWERS ARE GREAT, ARE GROWING.

ONE DAY YOU WILL CREATE AN ONLINE PERSONALITY QUIZ THAT ALSO FRESHENS THE BREATH.

THE NEXT DAY YOU WILL TELL YOUR FATHER YOU WERE WRONG TO SAY I HAD TO CHANGE TO MAKE ME PROMISE THAT I WOULD TO MAKE ME PROMISE, AND PROMISE.

OH, WONDERFUL. XANDER, YOU MIGHT WANT TO JUST HANG OUT FOR A LITTLE BIT.

THERE MIGHT BE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.

WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING TO XANDER? THAT WAS GORGEOUS. THAT WAS REALLY, REALLY WELL DONE.

YOUR PERFORMANCE WAS GORGEOUS.

XANDER, HAVE YOU WRITTEN ANY POETRY? I HAVE. NOT ANY GOOD POETRY.

[CHUCKLING] THE ATTEMPT IS THERE.

POETRY, NONETHELESS.

GOOD. GOOD FOR YOU.

I'M JUST CURIOUS. XANDER'S A FRESHMAN.

IS THIS OUR FIRST FRESHMAN WINNER? DO YOU KNOW THAT? YES.

YEAH. WE'LL GO WITH IT, AND JUST IF WE'RE MAKING THE ASSUMPTION, I'M ALSO PROBABLY THE COOLEST.

[CHUCKLING] I LOVE IT.

I LIKE IT. THANK YOU, XANDER, VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR GRACING US WITH YOUR PRESENCE AND A WONDERFUL JOB.

OUTSTANDING. YEAH, GREAT.

THANK YOU. GOOD LUCK TO YOU AS YOU MOVE ON IN THE COMPETITION.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, HARD ACT TO FOLLOW, BUT DO WE HAVE ANY ASB REPORTS TO SHARE FROM THE AUDIENCE? AND IF NOT, OH, YES, PLEASE COME UP.

I'M CAROLYN ALBERS.

I'M FROM CAM ACADEMY, JUST ACROSS THE HALL, AND I WAS JUST TOLD THE KIND OF FILL YOU IN ON WHAT WE DID.

I JUST STARTED THIS YEAR SO I'M NOT QUITE USED TO THIS, BUT WE JUST HAD OUR WINTER FORMAL IN WINTER AND--WELL, DUH--WE HAD IT IN DECEMBER. WE HAD A PRETTY GOOD TURNOUT.

I THINK IT WAS AROUND, I'D SAY, 60 TO 70 PEOPLE, AND FOR A SMALL SCHOOL, I'D SAY THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.

WE ARE PLANNING OUR PROM IN MAY, I THINK, AND WE'RE TRYING TO PLAN A FIELD TRIP TO A HOCKEY GAME.

I THINK THAT'S JUST ONLY HIGH SCHOOL, AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO START WORKING ON GOING ICE SKATING AS A ONLY HIGH SCHOOL, TOO, AND WE'RE GOING TO START DOING PENNIES FOR PATIENTS IN A FEW WEEKS HERE.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU DID A NICE JOB. YEAH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING.

I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE.

STUDENTS, DO YOU HAVE ANY UPDATES FOR US? WE ARE CLOSING OUT OUR SEMESTER.

THIS WEEK IS FINALS WEEK.

SO, YOU KNOW, GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE OUT THERE.

I'M DEFINITELY PUSHING MYSELF THROUGH AS WELL, AND FOR ASB, OUR SENIORS ARE WORKING ON FINDING THEIR SENIOR GIFT RIGHT NOW AND THAT'S REALLY UNDER WRAPS.

I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

IT'S A BIG SECRET.

JUNIORS, THIS IS ALSO A BIG SECRET, SO CAN'T TALK MUCH ON THIS, BUT OUR PROM DATE IS SCHEDULED WORKING ON STUFF FOR THAT.

OUR TOLO, WHICH WE HAVEN'T BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS.

EVEN LAST YEAR WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DO THAT.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE ALL FOUR DANCES THIS YEAR.

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WE'RE WORKING ON THAT ONE, AND YEAH, THAT'S ABOUT IT.

WE'RE JUST REALLY TRYING TO CLOSE OUT STRONG THIS SEMESTER AT LEAST.

YEAH, SAME THINGS HAPPENING AT PRAIRIE, WHERE WE HAVE OUR FINALS WEEK GOING ON, SO THAT'S BEEN PRETTY STRESSFUL, BUT THAT'S OKAY, AT PRAIRIE, WE JUST HAD A WRESTLING TOURNAMENT.

I THINK WE WENT TO STATE, IF THAT'S CORRECT.

I WAS UNABLE TO GO BUT YEAH THEN WE HAD MULTIPLE SPEECH AND DEBATE WINS OVER THE WEEKEND AS WELL.

SO THAT WAS REALLY GREAT, AND I'M GLAD THAT WE FOUND LIKE THE FUNDING FOR EVERYTHING.

SO OUR SPEECH AND DEBATE KIDS WERE REALLY HAPPY.

WE ARE HAVING CLARK JAZZ BAND FESTIVALS, I THINK FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

I KNOW PRAIRIE HAS THERE'S AT 11:20 AND THEN BATTLE GROUND PERFORMANCE IS AT 8:30 AND THEN I KNOW PRAIRIE BAND WE'RE GOING TO GO TO OR MIDDLE SCHOOLS ARE COMING TO US ON THE SECOND FOR LIKE A LITTLE BAND RECRUITMENT.

SO THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY FUN TO HAVE, AND SPEAKING ON THAT, RICARDO AND I HAD THE PLEASURE TO GO VISIT LAUREN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND PLEASANT VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL THIS PAST WEEK ON THURSDAY, AND I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO ANYONE THAT ALLOWED THAT TO HAPPEN FOR US, AND WE REALLY, REALLY ENJOYED TALKING TO ALL THE STUDENTS.

THEY WERE SO RECEPTIVE AND SO WILLING TO JUST TALK TO US AND BE SO OPEN AND HONEST, AND WE ARE WORKING ON KIND OF DEVELOPING ALL THE RESPONSES THAT THEY GAVE TO BE ABLE TO REPORT THEM TO ALL OF YOU.

SO YEAH, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THAT AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING MORE OF THESE IN THE FUTURE.

WE HAVE SETTLED ON GOING TO CHIEF AND CAM NEXT, OR AT LEAST WE'RE PLANNING ON IT.

SO AND YEAH, I JUST WANT TO THANK THE TWO OF YOU FOR TAKING THE INITIATIVE AND TO DO THAT.

THE FEEDBACK THAT I HEARD FROM THE BUILDINGS WAS INCREDIBLE.

THEY REALLY APPRECIATED THE STUDENTS APPRECIATED HAVING YOU THERE.

THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE STAFF APPRECIATED.

IT WAS A GREAT IDEA ON YOUR PART, AND I'M GLAD THAT WITH MR. [INAUDIBLE] WE WERE ABLE TO FACILITATE THOSE FOR YOU, BUT THANK YOU GUYS.

SORA, ONE OTHER THING.

WHAT IS THE DATE ON THE BEST OF BATTLE GROUND? LET ME LOOK AT MY CALENDAR.

I THINK OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, IT'S MARCH 25TH.

OKAY, I'LL UPDATE YOU.

OKAY, SO MARCH.

YEAH, SOMEWHERE IN LATE MARCH.

YES. THANKS.

ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO COMMITTEE REPORTS.

FIRST UP, OUR LEGISLATION COMMITTEE REPORT.

I ATTENDED THE PHONE OR THE ZOOM CALL LAST THURSDAY WITH THE ADVOCACY GROUP FROM WASDA, AND THEY TALKED ABOUT SEVERAL BILLS.

I'LL JUST LIST SOME BRIEFLY THAT I'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, AND THAT MIGHT BE IMPORTANT FOR IF YOU WANT TO HOP ON AND GIVE COMMENT ON THEM.

THE SCHOOL BUS SAFETY ONE CAME UP AND AGAIN, IF YOU RECALL THAT THESE ARE UNFUNDED.

THAT WOULD BE SEATBELTS IN SCHOOL BUSSES, NEW SCHOOL BUSSES AND REQUIREMENT THAT STUDENTS ACTUALLY USE THE SEAT BELTS.

SO THERE'S SOME PROBLEMS WITH THAT.

THE 45 MINUTE MANDATORY OUTDOOR RECESS FOR ALL STUDENTS.

THE COSTS OF THAT, I WAS JUST TALKING TO MICHELLE.

THE COST OF THAT WOULD BE PRETTY GREAT, AND THE PRACTICALITY OF AN OUTDOOR RECESS FOR ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS MIGHT BE A CHALLENGE.

THE ONE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, AND THIS ONE I'D ACTUALLY LIKE SOME FEEDBACK ON BENEFITS FOR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS BECAUSE I DIDN'T I HAVEN'T WEIGHED IN ON THAT, BUT IF THE SCHOOL BOARD WOULD LIKE ME TO WEIGH IN ON THAT, IF THE OTHER MEMBERS WOULD LIKE ME TO WEIGH IN ON THAT IN SOME WAY, I CAN DO THAT.

SO THINK ABOUT THAT ONE.

THE MANDATORY LIBRARY MEDIA TIME FOR K-12, WHICH ADDS, I THINK, A BURDEN TO OUR ALREADY CROWDED CURRICULUM.

THESE ARE ALL ONES THAT WASDA IS EITHER RIGHT NOW NO POSITION BUT WILL PROBABLY WEIGH IN AS CON AND THEN THE PRE JUDGMENT INTEREST WHICH MICHELLE HAS TALKED TO US ABOUT BEFORE AND THESE ARE ALL EITHER IN COMMITTEE NOW OR THEY'LL BE IN COMMITTEE NEXT WEEK.

SO THOSE ARE ONES THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO THINK ABOUT SOON.

ALSO SOME FUNDED ONES, FREE SCHOOL LUNCH FOR AND BREAKFAST FOR ALL AND SEVERAL SPED BILLS, WHICH SOME ARE WHICH ARE FUNDING BILLS, ONE OF WHICH FUNDS SUMMER IEPS, AND AGAIN, THAT'S A CHALLENGING ONE IN TERMS OF STAFF AND TIME AND KIDS BEING IN

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SO THOSE ARE ALL ONES YOU MIGHT WANT TO THAT'S JUST THE SHORT LIST OF THE ONES YOU MIGHT WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT IF ONE OF THOSE ARE TWO OF THEM, YOU WANT TO LOOK FURTHER AND ON THE WASDA HOME PAGE UNDER ADVOCACY TAB, SCROLL DOWN TO BILL WATCH, AND IT'S REALLY EASY.

IT TAKES LESS THAN 3 MINUTES TO GIVE FEEDBACK.

YOU CAN WRITE A COMMENT, YOU CAN SAY PRO, CON, WHATEVER.

YOU CAN ALSO SIGN UP TO TESTIFY IF YOU WANT TO GIVE MORE FEEDBACK.

THERE IS ONE THAT JUST POPPED UP TODAY.

A BILL WAS INTRODUCED, THE SIMPLE MAJORITY BILL FOR SCHOOL BONDS.

SO IT'S ONE WE'LL WANT TO WATCH.

THE EASIEST WAY TO WATCH THE BILLS AND WHAT WASDA IS DOING FOR US IS ON THEIR INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT, WHICH IS AT WASDA, UNDERSCORE ADVOCACY, AND THEY POST PRETTY MUCH EVERY DAY WHAT THEY'RE UP TO AND WHAT BILLS WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT.

SO JUST A LITTLE UPDATE THERE, AND AGAIN, I'D LOVE TO HAVE THE SCHOOL BOARD'S FEEDBACK ON THE BENEFITS FOR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, WHETHER WE SHOULD WEIGH IN ON THAT OR NOT.

MARY, DO YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE THE NUMBER FOR THE BILL REGARDING UNIVERSAL FREE MEALS? I HAVE IT SOMEWHERE.

I DON'T HAVE IT IN THIS NOTE, BUT I PROBABLY HAVE IT BACK IN ONE OF MY OTHER NOTES.

THANK YOU, AND I'LL GET IT TO YOU.

MARY, WHAT WERE THE BENEFITS THAT THEY WANTED TO ADD? HEALTH BENEFITS, BENEFITS, THE SAME AS A SCHOOL EMPLOYEE, BASICALLY.

INTERESTING, I THINK I CAN GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF FEEDBACK ON THAT, AND IT'S AN INTERESTING ONE.

SO YOU LOOK AT THE DEMOGRAPHIC MAKEUP OF SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, WE OFTENTIMES HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING PARENTS, YOUNGER MEMBERS, SOMETIMES THINGS LIKE THAT, AND I KNOW IT WAS SPECIFICALLY CHAMPIONED BY A COUPLE OF PEOPLE OUT OF THE [INAUDIBLE] AREA WHO HAD YOUNG CHILDREN.

THEY WERE INTERESTED IN, YOU KNOW, CAN I KEEP GIVING MY TIME AWAY WHEN I GOT TO PAY FOR CHILD CARE AND BENEFITS AND THINGS LIKE THAT? SADLY, THERE'S NOT VERY MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE FOR THEM, BUT THE IDEA WAS TO ENCOURAGE THOSE PEOPLE WHO MAYBE STILL HAVE YOUNG KIDS, AND THAT'S AN EXTRA BURDEN FOR THEM TO BE A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER TO ACTUALLY BE WILLING TO SIGN UP.

YEAH, AND I MEAN GOOD INTENTIONS AND I THINK THAT WASDA WILL WEIGH IN AGAINST IT, MAINLY BECAUSE OF, AGAIN, THE COST.

RIGHT. YEAH.

WHERE'S THE MONEY COME FROM? YEAH.

RIGHT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON THAT.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YEAH, I'LL JUST I DID WRITE MY FIRST ONE OF THOSE.

SO MARY'S TAKING THE LEAD AS THE LEG REP, BUT ANY ONE OF US CAN GET ON AND WRITE TO OUR LEGISLATORS AND SO THE ONE FOR THE TRUST LANDS ADVISORY, THE MONEY TO GO TO THE SMALL SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOLS AND THEN BE BACKFILLED FOR THE REST OF THE SCHOOLS.

I DID WRITE TO OUR SENATORS ON THAT HASN'T COME UP IN THE HOUSE YET, BUT DO YOU KNOW IF THE SIMPLE MAJORITY ONE WAS THE HOUSE VERSION OR THE SENATE VERSION? I THINK IT'S THE HOUSE VERSION.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, NEXT, AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT.

NO REPORT? BATTLE GROUND EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

YEAH, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND MY FIRST BATTLE GROUND EDUCATION FOUNDATION MEETING ON THURSDAY, AND I'M NOT SURE HOW I MISSED IT OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS.

I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT AND INTEGRAL THEY ARE TO HELPING THE SCHOOLS AND THE AND THE STUDENTS.

A FEW OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE WE'VE DONE IS THEY HAVE GRANTS THAT ARE GIVEN TO DRAMA DEPARTMENTS AT PRAIRIE, AT BATTLE GROUND AND AT RIVERVIEW HOME LINK AND VARYING AMOUNTS BASED ON NEED.

THEY ALSO HAVE PROVIDED SMART SUITCASES TO RESUPPLY IN CRISIS MANAGEMENT SITUATIONS, AND THEN THEY'RE PUTTING IN BOXES. THEY'VE ALREADY GOT BOXES AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS AT PRAIRIE, BATTLE GROUND, AND RIVER HOME LINK.

OR MAYBE IT WAS CAM, BUT THEY HAVE SMART BOXES FOR THE NARCAN.

NOT SMART BOXES. THERE'S BOXES THAT HOLD THE NARCAN MEDICATION FOR OVERDOSES, AND WE TALKED ABOUT GETTING FUNDING TO PUT THEM IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS AS WELL.

SO THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THE BOXES PUT IN EACH OF THE SCHOOLS, MIDDLE SCHOOL THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL TO HOLD THE NARCAN MEDICATION.

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SO WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL.

YEAH, THEY DO GREAT WORK.

WIAA COMMITTEE.

SO WE HAD A MEETING ON THE 19TH, AND WE HAVE A FEW THINGS TO GO OVER.

ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS IS THAT THERE'S CURRENTLY AN AMENDMENT ON THE TABLE.

WELL, THERE'S A FEW, BUT THE BIG ONE IS IS ADJUSTING THE NUMBERS FOR THE CLASSIFICATIONS, 4A, 3A, 2A SPECIFICALLY 3A AND 4A NUMBERS ARE CHANGING, AND SO FOR AN EXAMPLE, RIGHT NOW 4A IS 1300, WHICH WE'RE JUST OVER AT BATTLE GROUND AND UNDER AT PRAIRIE, BUT THEY'RE ADJUSTING THEM DOWN TO 1225.

SO WITH THAT, WHILE BATTLE GROUND WILL STILL BE OVER AND AS YOU WELL KNOW, WE'RE WORKING TO TRY TO GET SOME EXEMPTIONS FOR THE [INAUDIBLE] PRAIRIE WILL MOST LIKELY GET BUMPED UP INTO THE 4A CATEGORY OH WOW. CYCLE, WHICH WOULD NOT TAKE EFFECT THIS NEXT ACADEMIC YEAR, BUT THE FOLLOWING.

SO THE CURRENT JUNIORS, ONCE THEY GRADUATE THAT NEXT YEAR WILL BE IMPACTED BY THAT ADJUSTMENT, AND WE'RE PROJECTING PROBABLY SEEING MOUNTAINVIEW JUMP UP AS WELL, BUT IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A WAIT UNTIL THEY STILL DO THEIR ASSESSMENT.

SO AND THEN FROM THERE, THE NEXT LEVEL TO BE 3A WOULD BE BETWEEN 912 AND 1224.

WE'RE CURRENTLY AT 900 TO 1299.

SO THAT'S THE BIG THING THERE.

THERE'S ANOTHER AMENDMENT THAT WOULD ALLOW WIAA AT THE STATE LEVEL TO ACTUALLY UNILATERALLY MAKE THOSE DECISIONS ON WHAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE, WHICH IS NOT GETTING BUT IT'S NOT VERY POPULAR AMONGST THE DISTRICTS TO TAKE THAT CONTROL AWAY FROM THEM BECAUSE THEY COULD JUST MAKE THAT CHANGE WHENEVER THEY WANT.

SO WE'D LIKE TO AVOID THAT AND MAINTAIN THE MORE LOCAL CONTROL, IF YOU WILL.

SO THOSE ARE THE TWO BIG AMENDMENTS THAT I SEE.

THERE'S A COUPLE MORE GOING ON, BUT THOSE ARE THE BIG ONES.

ANOTHER ONE IS THERE IS A RISE IN LAWSUITS AND WE'RE SEEING ACROSS THE NATION AGAINST SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR THE USE OF MUSIC DURING EVENTS BECAUSE OF LICENSING ISSUES.

SO IF YOU PLAY A SONG AND THERE'S A MONETARY ENTRANCE INTO THAT EVENT, THEN YOU ESSENTIALLY YOU'RE PLAYING MUSIC THAT YOU COLLECTED MONEY FOR.

SO WHAT WE CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW IS AT LEAST WE KNOW AT BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL.

I'M NOT 100% ON PRAIRIE.

I KNOW AT BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL THEY USE NEPTUNE, WHICH IS A SOFTWARE SUITE THAT ALLOWS IT'S PREDETERMINED MUSIC.

THERE'S A COPIOUS LIST.

I'VE GONE THROUGH IT MYSELF AND ANY SONG THAT WE CHOOSE IS ALREADY PRE LICENSED THROUGH THAT.

SO WE ARE ESSENTIALLY PROTECTED IN ANY LAWSUIT THAT COULD POTENTIALLY COME ABOUT AROUND HIGH SCHOOL.

AGAIN, I'D HAVE TO CHECK IN ON PRAIRIE, BUT.

IS THERE A FEE TO BE PART OF NEPTUNE? YEAH, WE AT BATTLE GROUND, THEY'RE PAYING 1620 DOLLARS FOR THE ENTIRE ACADEMIC YEAR AND THAT'LL COVER ALL OF THE SPORTS AND STUFF THAT WE HOLD FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, SOCCER, WHATEVER, AND IT'S A PRETTY INTUITIVE THING.

THEY JUST SEND THE LINK OUT FOR THE GAME AND THEN THE ATHLETES WILL PICK WHAT SONGS THEY WANT AND THEN THEY'LL SEND IT BACK TO THE ASB OFFICE AND THEN THEY'LL COORDINATE AND PLAY THE SONG. SO I ADVOCATED AT THE MEETING THAT SOME OF THE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS PICK THIS UP BECAUSE IT'S PROTECTING BATTLE GROUND AT THIS TIME.

SO ACTUALLY TODAY THEY HAD A ZOOM MEETING.

I HAVEN'T HEARD THE OUTCOME OF THIS YET, BUT IT WAS WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE AMENDMENTS.

I HEARD THEM SAY THA. OH I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF EVENTS COMING UP BETWEEN BATTLE GROUND AND PRAIRIE.

WE HAVE THE BOYS SUBREGIONAL FOR WRESTLING THAT'S GOING TO BE HOSTED AT PRAIRIE, AND I'M SORRY, I DON'T HAVE THE DATES FOR THAT, BUT THAT IS A 3A OR 4A.

I THINK IT'S RELATIVELY SOON BECAUSE THE STATE TOURNAMENTS, I BELIEVE, ARE ON FEBRUARY 11TH AND THAT'S HOSTED AT VARIOUS, I THINK BATTLE GROUND MIGHT HOST AS ONE OF THE LOCATIONS, BUT I'M NOT 100 PERCENT POSITIVE YET IT'S NOT DEFINITIVE JUST YET, AND THEN WE HAVE I THINK IT WAS MENTIONED IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, STATE CHEERS BEING HOSTED AT BATTLE GROUND FROM THE THIRD TO THE FIFTH.

THAT IS THE BIG STUFF FOR WIAA AND I DIDN'T

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I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY USED IT FOR SPORTS, BUT IT WAS FOR MORE FOR LIKE A YEAH.

AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY STILL HAVE IT, SO.

ALL RIGHT, TOURS.

I THINK ALL OF US WENT ON SCHOOL TOURS.

I THINK.

I KNOW GLENWOOD HEIGHTS, DIRECTOR, WATRIN AND I ATTENDED THAT ONE.

YOU WANT TO START? YEAH. GREAT.

OKAY.

I THINK THREE THINGS STOOD OUT.

NUMBER ONE, RIGHT WHEN YOU WALKED IN THE DOOR, THE WORK THAT KEVIN JOLMA DID TO GET THE IMPROVED SAFETY ENTRANCE WHERE PEOPLE HAVE TO BE BUZZED IN FOR GETTING THAT.

SO. IN OUR OLDEST BUILDING IN THE DISTRICT THAT DIDN'T HAVE SOME OF THOSE SAFETY FEATURES BEFORE, KEVIN WAS VERY CLEVER AND IT'S NOT OBTRUSIVE AND IT'S ALL SEE THROUGH AND SO THAT'S NICE TO HAVE THAT INCREASED SAFETY AT GLENWOOD.

I'M ALWAYS IMPRESSED WITH ANTONIO, THE PRINCIPAL THERE, HIS FOCUS ON HELPING EACH KID.

HE HAD THE I-READY DATA ALL SET TO GO AND NOT JUST WHAT IT WAS BUT WHERE HE WANTED TO BE WITH IT AND THEN HOW HE WAS HAVING THE STAFF HELP MEET THAT GOAL.

HE CREATES A TREMENDOUS ATMOSPHERE OF TEAM IN THAT BUILDING.

AND WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO GO DOWN AND SEE THE SECOND GRADE TEAM WHO'S VOLUNTEERED IN THE PAST FOR OUR FISHBOWL.

IN FACT, THEY CAME TO THE BOARD MEETING AND PRESENTED ABOUT HOW THEY'RE USING THEIR PLC TIME AND HOW THEY'RE SHARING THAT INFORMATION.

SO THAT'S MY MEMORY.

I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS TO ADD.

THERE WERE A COUPLE OF.

WOULD ASK THE STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE GREATEST PART ABOUT GLENWOOD? WE GOT A LOT OF RECESS, WE GOT SOME SNACKS, BUT THE MAJORITY WAS EVERYTHING.

THAT WAS THE ANSWER, AND HOW COOL IS THAT? SO IT JUST THAT WHOLE YOU KNOW CARING AND SHARING AND WARM FUZZY FEELING, THAT HOME PRESENCE THAT YOU GET AT GLENWOOD, YOU JUST.

I DON'T KNOW, AND I AGREE.

ANTONIO DOES A GREAT JOB.

IT WAS GREAT TO SEE HAVING JUST THE WHOLE STAFF WAS SO INCREDIBLE AND GETTING TO HEAR SOME OF THE PLC WORK.

SO YEAH, IT WAS GREAT.

DID YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING DENNY? YEAH, I DID. I [INAUDIBLE] THAT ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS OF THE TOUR WAS WHEN WE WENT INTO ONE OF THE TEACHERS AND SHE WAS PILOTING THE NEW ELA CURRICULUM. SO THAT WAS VERY COOL.

A LOT OF WORK FROM ON HER PART, BUT SHE WAS ENTHUSIASTIC AND WAS SEEING SOME REALLY GOOD THINGS ABOUT THE CURRICULUM AND, AND THAT WAS JUST EXCITING TO SEE THEM GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

COOL. WE ALSO HAD GROUP TWO GO TO PLEASANT VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL.

SO. YEAH.

PLEASANT VALLEY MIDDLE ONE OF THE ANGELA, HOW DO YOU SAY YOUR LAST NAME? SALAZAR. OKAY, ANGELA SALAZAR.

SHE'S BEEN THERE CLOSE TO 4 MONTHS?.

SHE HEARD THIS.

SHE CAME IN AUGUST AND HAS BEEN THE PRINCIPAL THERE ON AN INTERIM BASIS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

SO SHE'S DOING A GREAT JOB.

SHE IS. SO WE DID I DID A TOUR OF THE PLEASANT VALLEY PARK LAST YEAR, AND I NOTICED A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE JUST IN THE OVERALL APPEARANCE OF THE INSIDE OF THE BUILDING.

IT'S SIGNIFICANTLY LESS CLUTTERED IN THE HALLWAYS, WHICH I MEAN, THERE'S VARIOUS REASONS THAT'S GOOD, AND THE OTHER THING THAT SHE HAD DONE IS SHE HAD MADE A BIG LOGISTICS CHANGE WITH THE SEL ROOM TO INCREASE THE FLOW OF STUDENTS AND TO MAKE IT MORE ACCESSIBLE, AND THEN THERE WAS ALSO A PILOT PROGRAM GOING ON THERE.

YEAH, SIXTH GRADE ELA, AND AMY PACE AND LUCINDA BANCROFT, THEIR INSTRUCTIONAL COACH, WERE TEACHING THE NEW CURRICULUM IN THE CLASSROOM.

SO THAT WAS FUN FOR US TO SEE.

YEAH. I'LL JUST ADD, I GUESS JUST A LITTLE BIT.

IT WAS REALLY TED AND I.

SO IT WAS A SMALL TOUR GROUP AND LUKE JOINED US.

FORTUNATELY, THAT GAVE ONE MORE PERSON TO ASK LOTS OF QUESTIONS AND PESTER ANGELA A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE ALSO GOT TO SEE THEY'VE MADE SOME CHANGES IN ONE OF THEIR SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSROOMS. THEY'RE NOW UTILIZING TWO CLASSROOMS, ONE AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL AREA AND ONE AS A PLACE WHERE STUDENTS CAN INCREASE THEIR REGULATION SO THAT THEY CAN GET BACK TO WORK WHEN THEY NEED THAT.

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SO IT WAS NEAT TO SEE THEM IMPLEMENTING SOME OF THE ESSENTIAL STANDARDS WORK IN THEIR CURRICULUM FOR P.E, AND HEALTH STANDARDS.

SO THAT WAS NICE TO SEE THE TRANSFER, NOT JUST IN A CLASSROOM CLASSROOM, A TRADITIONAL CLASSROOM, BUT TO SEE THAT IN OUR SPECIALIST CLASSROOM AS WELL.

SO THAT WAS THAT WAS FUN TO SEE.

I THINK THAT'S IT THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SHARE. DID I REMEMBER RIGHT.

DID THEY DO A NEW FLOOR IN THE GYM RECENTLY? IT'S BEAUTIFUL. I CAN GET OVER AND LOOK.

YEAH. THAT SPACE IS LIKE NO OTHER.

IT FEELS LIKE A COLLEGE GYM.

WE DID TUKES VALLEY PRIMARY AND RICARDO AND I WERE THERE AND WE HAD A GREAT TALK, FIRST OF ALL, WITH APRIL AND SELENA.

THEY SHARED THEIR I-READY DATA, WHICH THEY WERE VERY PROUD OF AND TALKED ABOUT THEIR GROWTH.

THEY TALKED ABOUT THEIR COACHING CYCLES AND HOW WELL THE PLC WORK IS GOING AND HOW MUCH THEY APPRECIATE THE WAIVER DAYS.

THEY'VE MADE HUGE PROGRESS, AND ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS THERE IS THAT WE HAVE OUR SIGN RIGHT IN FRONT OF US HERE.

TWO OF THE CLASSES MADE THIS SIGN FOR US, AND THESE STUDENTS USE THEIR HANDS AND THEY'RE REACHING FOR THE STARS, AND SO THEY PRESENTED THE SIGN TO US AND WANTED US TO SHARE WITH THE REST OF THE BOARD HOW MUCH THEY APPRECIATE WHAT THE SCHOOL BOARD DOES.

SO I WANTED TO BRING THAT AND SHOW YOU JUST A GREAT LEARNING ENVIRONMENT THERE.

WE GOT TO SEE THE ITK, AND ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT WE THE KIDS GOT TO ASK US QUESTIONS, AND I'LL LET RICARDO SHARE WITH SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THEY ASKED HIM BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THEY SAID WE COULD ASK QUESTIONS, AND I THINK YOU MAYBE HAD GONE BY THEN.

WE WERE IN A KINDERGARTEN CLASS.

SO I ASK, WHAT'S THE BEST THING YOU'VE LEARNED TODAY? AND A LITTLE GIRL IN A PINK PRINCESS SWEATER RAISED HER HAND SHE SAID, WE LEARN TO IGNORE .

[LAUGHTER] WHAT A GREAT LIFE SKILL THAT IS.

SO I JUST WANT TO SHOUT OUT TO PINK PRINCESS FOR REMINDING US THAT MOST OF THE IMPORTANT STUFF THAT WE NEED TO KNOW WE LEARNED IN KINDERGARTEN.

AND THEN I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY.

THOSE CHILDREN LOOK SO ENGAGED, EVERY TEACHER.

THEY MADE IT FEEL LIKE IT WASN'T A CLASSROOM.

IT WAS A HOME, AND I REALLY I REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT.

ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE WERE ASKED IS, WHAT'S THE BIGGEST DECISION YOU'VE MADE IN YOUR LIFE? AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS LIKE COMING FROM A THIRD GRADER.

I BELIEVE THAT WAS LIKE, OKAY, YEAH, IT WAS GREAT.

I HAD TO LEAVE EARLY, UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE OF AP CLASSES, BUT IT WAS A REALLY GREAT EXPERIENCE TO HAVE.

WELL GREAT.

FROM THERE, WE HAVE OUR DIRECTOR'S REPORTS.

I THINK THERE'S SEVERAL THINGS TO SHARE.

SO WHO WANTS TO START? I'LL GO FIRST. GREAT.

GET IT OVER WITH. OKAY, SO I HAD TWO MEETINGS WITH SINCE THE LAST ONE.

THE FIRST ONE ON THE 13TH.

WE HAD ANOTHER ATHLETIC REVIEW TEAM MEETING.

IT'S THE FIRST ONE WE'VE HAD SINCE THE HOLIDAY BREAK, SO WE HAD A LOT TO GO OVER.

OBVIOUSLY, THE CHANGE IN THE CLASSIFICATION LEVELS WAS A BIG DISCUSSION BECAUSE, AGAIN, WE'RE PUSHING TO GET BATTLE GROUND DOWN TO 3A.

WE'VE MADE SOME MOVEMENT IN THAT DEPARTMENT AND WE'VE GOT SOME MORE ADVOCACY PREPARED FOR THAT.

STILL A LOT OF DATA TO COLLECT OVER THE NEXT YEAR BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING CLOSE TO THAT TIMELINE.

ANOTHER ISSUE WE'RE FACED WITH IS COACHING SHORTAGES.

SO AS WE CONTINUE TO PUT OUT REQUESTS FOR THAT, WE HAD A PRETTY LENGTHY DISCUSSION ABOUT POSSIBLY OPENING UP THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO MAYBE EVEN SOME OF THE BUILDING ADMINISTRATION STAFF.

I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF EXPERIENCE THERE.

THERE ARE SOME HURDLES TO OVERCOME, BUT ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY BE OPEN TO IS ALLOWING THAT STAFF TO COACH.

SO THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE STILL ONGOING BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT TO WORK THROUGH.

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WE ARE AS I THINK EVERYONE WELL KNOWS WE'RE UPGRADING THE WEIGHT ROOM AT BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL.

I BELIEVE THOSE THE EQUIPMENT IS THE NEXT STEP, AND THAT'S IN PROCUREMENT, CORRECT, AND THEN I'M NOT 100% SURE BUT ON THE STATUS, BUT WE ARE GETTING NEW WRESTLING MATS AT PRAIRIE. IN ADDITION TO SOMETHING ELSE.

AND CHEER MATS. CHEER. CHEER MATS.

THAT'S RIGHT. SO THOSE ARE GREAT BECAUSE THEY'RE DEFINITELY DESPERATELY NEEDED.

LAST TIME BATTLE GROUND PLAYED PRAIRIE AND I WAS THERE.

THAT'S THE ONE THING THAT COACHES WERE LIKE, WE NEED MATS.

THEY DIDN'T CARE ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE BUT THE WRESTLING MAT.

SO. OKAY, SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT ONE.

THE OTHER THING THAT I DID ON THE 18TH, DENNY, MARY AND MYSELF WENT TO CITY HALL AND MET WITH THE MAYOR AND THE CITY MANAGER AND OUR FORMER BOARD MEMBER, TROY MCCOY, AND NOW COUNCIL MEMBER, AND HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT A LOT OF INTERACTION BETWEEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE CITY AND POTENTIAL COLLABORATIONS FOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND THE UPCOMING PROJECTS TO CUT THE NEW ROAD IN BEHIND BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL.

I THINK THAT WAS LIKE THREE ISH YEARS OUT, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

AND THEN ALSO OTHER POTENTIAL TRAFFIC IMPACTS WITH UPCOMING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS LIKE THE 502 503 INTERSECTION AND AS WELL AS SOME OF THE SECURITY CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE WITH THE NEW WALKING PATH DOWN THE 502.

SO A LOT OF GOOD DISCUSSION WAS HELD THERE.

MARY OR DANNY, IF YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT TOO.

I THINK YOU COVERED IT [INAUDIBLE].

THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I GOT.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? I MADE IT TO KC'S OPEN HOUSE, AND I WAS MOST IMPRESSED WITH THE WAY THEY'VE ORGANIZED IT SO THAT THOSE STUDENTS INTERESTED AND THEIR PARENTS INTERESTED IN THAT PROGRAM COME IN AND ACTUALLY GET TO SEE THE STUDENTS PRESENT.

NOT NECESSARILY THE TEACHERS WERE THERE, BUT IT WAS REALLY THE STUDENTS PRESENTING.

SO THEY GOT A STUDENT VOICE POINT OF VIEW ABOUT THEIR INFORMATION THEY WANTED FOR GOING TO KC.

AS WE HEARD IN TONIGHT'S SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANS, THE CAM PROGRAM AND RIVER HOME LINK, WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT MAGNET PROGRAMS IN THE DISTRICT.

DON'T YOU THINK, MARY? JUST THAT I ATTENDED THE AUDIT ENTRANCE CONFERENCE FOR OUR STATE AUDIT, AND I KNOW MICHELLE WILL HAVE A LOT TO SAY ABOUT THIS, BUT JUST ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS, I GUESS, FOR ME WAS IN NO SURPRISE TO ANYONE.

THE TWO FEDERAL PROGRAMS THAT THE TWO FEDERAL PIECES THAT THEY'LL BE AUDITING OUR SPED AND THE ESSER FUNDS.

YEAH, AND THEN I'LL JUST ADD THAT I ATTENDED THE CAC MEETING CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, MORE WORK ON BONDS.

IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE JUST TO KIND OF WIN OVER INDIVIDUAL PRIORITIES, I GUESS, FOR WHAT THEY FELT LIKE A BOND WOULD BE GOOD FOR AND KIND OF HOW MUCH WE SHOULD RUN IT FOR.

IF WE CONSIDER THAT OPTION AND JUST GETTING SOME FEEDBACK ON THAT, IT WAS PRETTY AMAZING.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S READY TO SHARE BECAUSE I THINK THEY'RE STILL GOING OVER THE DATA, BUT JUST HEARING THE CONVERSATIONS WAS REALLY WORTH IT, AND TO JUST TO HAVE THAT COMMUNITY VOICE TO HEAR ABOUT OUR FACILITIES AND WHAT UPGRADES PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO SEE AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO THEM, AND I JUST I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE SUCH A DIVERSE GROUP IN THAT WITH THAT COMMITTEE THAT IT JUST IT REALLY BUT YET THE VOICES ARE COMING TOGETHER AND I REALLY AM JUST REALLY GETTING THAT FROM IT, AND SO THAT'S BEEN REALLY GREAT.

THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT, WELL, WE WILL MOVE ON THEN TO OUR SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF.

[6. Superintendent and Staff Updates]

WE ARE VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY FORTUNATE IN THIS DISTRICT TO HAVE SUCH GREAT LEADERSHIP FROM OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, AND I'D LIKE TO READ

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WHEREAS THE MISSION OF WASHINGTON'S PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IS TO ENSURE THAT ALL STUDENTS ACHIEVE AT HIGH LEVELS AND POSSESS THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO BE RESPONSIBLE MEMBERS OF A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY AND ENJOY PRODUCTIVE AND SATISFYING LIVES.

AND WHEREAS, WASHINGTON'S 295 LOCALLY ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND NINE ELECTED EDUCATIONAL SERVICE DISTRICT, ESD BOARDS ARE THE CORE OF THE PUBLIC EDUCATION GOVERNANCE SYSTEM IN OUR STATE SERVE MORE THAN 1.1 MILLION STUDENTS HAVE A COMBINED ANNUAL BUDGET OF OVER 15 BILLION AND EMPLOY APPROXIMATELY 120,000 PEOPLE.

AND WHEREAS, SCHOOL BOARDS PLAY A CRUCIAL ROLE IN PROMOTING STUDENT LEARNING AND ACHIEVEMENT BY CREATING A VISION, ESTABLISHING POLICIES AND BUDGETS, AND SETTING CLEAR STANDARDS OF ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ALL INVOLVED, AND WHEREAS, SCHOOL BOARDS DIRECTORS ARE DIRECTLY ACCOUNTABLE TO RESIDENTS IN THEIR DISTRICTS AND REGIONS SERVING AS A VITAL LINK BETWEEN MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THEIR SCHOOLS, AND WHEREAS, SCHOOL BOARDS AND ESDS PROVIDE A PASSIONATE VOICE OF ADVOCACY FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE WELFARE OF SCHOOL CHILDREN, AND WHEREAS, IT IS APPROPRIATE TO RECOGNIZE SCHOOL BOARD DIRECTORS AS OUTSTANDING PUBLIC SERVANTS AND CHAMPIONS OF PUBLIC EDUCATION.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JAY INSLEE, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JANUARY 2023 AS SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNITION MONTH IN WASHINGTON, AND I ENCOURAGE ALL PEOPLE IN OUR STATE TO JOIN ME IN THIS SPECIAL OBSERVANCE.

SIGNED THIS FOURTH DAY OF JANUARY 2023.

GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE.

SO ONCE AGAIN, ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT, ON BEHALF OF MYSELF PERSONALLY, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU ALL.

YOU MAKE THIS JOB A LOT EASIER, A LOT MORE FUN AND A LOT BETTER, AND YOUR PASSION, YOUR DEDICATION, YOUR COMMITMENT TO OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF AND TO THIS DISTRICT IS SO GRATEFULLY APPRECIATED.

THANK YOU, GUYS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] AND THEN SECONDLY, ALL OF YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, AT LEAST I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SHOW THIS.

WE HAVE A COPY OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.

WE'RE EXCITED BECAUSE IT IS FINALIZED NOW AND WE'LL BE SENDING IT OUT, BUT WHAT YOU CAN SEE IN THERE .

OBJECTIVES UNDERNEATH, WHICH IS THE MEASUREMENTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE AND KEY IN ON AS AN INDICATION THAT WE'RE MEETING OUR GOALS THERE OUR SAFE AND CARING ENVIRONMENT, HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTION AND COLLABORATION THAT CULTIVATES TRUST.

SO AGAIN, I WANT TO OFFER MY SINCERE APPRECIATION TO THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR ALL OF THEIR HARD WORK AND TO THE BOARD FOR YOUR SUPPORT THROUGH THE PROCESS, THE INPUT THAT YOU PROVIDED.

I HAD THE SHELLY AND I AND DAVID KENNEDY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH A COLLEAGUE FROM WAY BACK WHO WORKS IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE STATE.

BUT HE'S DOING THE WORK WITH A LOT OF DISTRICTS ON STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT OF STRATEGIC PLAN WITH THE SIP, AND WE BROUGHT HIM IN BECAUSE WE WERE CURIOUS AND HE TOOK ONE LOOK AT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, ONE LOOK AT OUR SIP AND SAID, THIS IS AS GOOD AS I'VE SEEN, I DON'T NEED TO HELP YOU GUYS.

[LAUGHTER] SO THAT WAS REALLY NICE, AND THEN I HAD ANOTHER SUPERINTENDENT OF A LOCAL DISTRICT WHO'S IN THE PROCESS OF REVIEWING AND CREATING THEIR OWN STRATEGIC PLAN, SAY TO ME THAT HE THOUGHT THAT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN WAS THE MOST SUCCINCT, CLEAR AND BEST STRATEGIC PLAN THAT HE HAD SEEN IN A LONG TIME. SO WE'RE GETTING RECOGNITION FROM IT, AND AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK OF EVERYBODY TO GET TO THIS POINT.

WHEN I LOOK AT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND I LOOK AT OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS CORE BELIEFS, WHEN I LOOK AT OUR COHERENCE, WHERE THERE IS SO MUCH ALIGNMENT AND

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SO THANKS AGAIN TO EVERYBODY.

YEAH, GREAT, AND NEXT, TEACHING AND LEARNING.

I JUST REALLY QUICKLY WANTED TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION IN THE CONSENT AGENDA TO A DRAFT CALENDAR FOR YOUR REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING. I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT WE HAVE NOT, OF COURSE, MADE ANY DECISIONS THAT WILL BE WITH YOUR INPUT FOLLOWING OUR PLC WINDOWS ON WHETHER OR NOT WE WILL GO TO THE STATE AND REQUEST ADDITIONAL WAIVER DAYS FOR NEXT YEAR.

SO THIS REALLY JUST OUTLINES THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR BEING THE WEDNESDAY BEFORE LABOR DAY AND THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL BEING THE 12TH OF JUNE, AS WELL AS THE SNOW MAKEUP DAY AND PUTTING OUR HOLIDAYS IN THERE SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO GET THAT OUT SO OUR FAMILIES CAN DO PLANNING AROUND THE CALENDAR FOR NEXT YEAR.

SO THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT WE WILL BRING IT BACK TO YOU FOR REVISION DEPENDING ON HOW THE REMAINDER OF THE WINTER AND SPRING GO IN THAT WAY, BUT JUST WANTED TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THAT AND IT DOES NOT HAVE THOSE DAYS BUILT IN LIKE WE ENDED UP ADJUSTING AND BUILDING IN THIS YEAR.

ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? BUT JUST, FOR THOSE WATCHING, THAT WOULD NOT CHANGE THE BEGINNING OR END DATE.

NO, WHAT THAT WOULD DO IS IT WOULD WE'VE IDENTIFIED TWO OR THREE DAYS.

ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT OUR STAFF HAS FOUND THIS YEAR IS THAT THERE'S NOT GREAT ALIGNMENT BETWEEN WHEN THOSE WAIVER DAYS FALL AND THE GRADING PERIODS, WHICH WOULD BE REALLY LOVELY MOVING FORWARD, BUT IT WOULD REQUIRE WE WENT TO THE STATE FOR TWO DAYS LAST YEAR. IT WOULD REQUIRE A THIRD TO GET THOSE IN ALIGNMENT.

SO WE'LL MAKE THOSE DECISIONS AGAIN AFTER WE SEE THE IMPACT THAT THE WORK WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS YEAR IS HAVING ON STUDENT LEARNING AND ON OUR STAFF.

HONESTLY, A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH HOW STAFF ARE BEING ABLE TO ENGAGE IN THE WORK AND MOVE THAT WORK FORWARD, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IT WILL TAKE A WHILE TO SEE THIS REGENERATE ITSELF ACROSS THE CURRICULUM.

WE'VE ASKED THEM ESSENTIALLY TO DO THREE WINDOWS OF TIME WITH ONE STANDARD IN EACH WINDOW.

SO OBVIOUSLY THREE STANDARDS MAY NOT A BUNCH OF GROWTH MAKE, BUT IT WILL CERTAINLY DEVELOP AND CONTINUE TO GROW THE PROCESS THAT OUR STAFF IS USING FOR THE PLC WORK, AND WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT BUILDS ON ITSELF SO THAT WE CAN SEE SUCCESS FOR OUR STUDENTS ULTIMATELY.

SO YES, WHAT WE WOULD DO IS WE WOULD TAKE TWO OR THREE LATE STARTS AND TURN THOSE INTO WAIVER DAYS.

SO THAT WOULD BE OUR PLAN IF WE WERE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.

OKAY, THAT'S IT FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING.

FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING. NEXT UP IS OUR HUMAN RESOURCES REPORT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MICHELLE REINHARDT.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD. JUST A COUPLE OF UPDATES.

SO AS I MENTIONED AT OUR LAST BOARD MEETING, WE WERE STARTING CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH BGA, AND SO WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET TWICE SO FAR THIS MONTH , AND WE HAVEN'T REALLY AT THIS POINT WE'RE JUST STARTING AND SO WE'VE REALLY ONLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE PROPOSALS, AND SO I DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH TO SHARE WHEN WE DO SHARE MORE THAN LIKELY TO BE DONE THROUGH AN EXEMPT SESSION WITH THE BOARD.

SO BUT SO FAR WE HAVE SHARED PROPOSALS AND WORKING THROUGH THOSE.

SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO SHARE MORE INFORMATION WITH YOU IN TERMS OF WHAT THOSE PROPOSALS ARE AND THE NEEDS THAT BGA IS SHARING WITH US.

TOMORROW WE START OUR POSITION REVIEW COMMITTEE.

THIS IS A PROCESS THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO BEFORE WITH PSC, WHERE EVERY YEAR WE IDENTIFY THREE OR FOUR CLASSIFICATIONS OF WITHIN OUR CLASSIFIED STAFF AND WE REVIEW THOSE POSITIONS.

WE LOOK AT JOB DESCRIPTIONS, WE COMPARE THERE OUR SALARIES TO LOCAL SALARIES AROUND US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE OFFERING COMPETITIVE, COMPENSATION.

THIS YEAR OR THIS CYCLE WE ARE LOOKING AT SPECIAL PROGRAM PARA EDUCATORS.

SO THAT'S OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION ASSISTANTS.

WE'RE LOOKING AT SECRETARIES AND THEN BEA'S BASIC ED ASSISTANTS.

SO OUR BEAS OFTEN ARE DOING SUPERVISION MORNING AND AFTER SCHOOL BUS DUTY, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

SO WE BEGIN THAT PROCESS TOMORROW AND IT'S VERY TIMELY BECAUSE THESE ARE POSITIONS ARE A SPECIAL PROGRAM PARA EDUCATOR AND OUR BEAS ARE OFTEN POSITIONS THAT WE STRUGGLE

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU, AND NEXT UP IS OUR FINANCE REPORT FROM OUR CFO, MICHELLE SCOTT.

GOOD EVENING. I WANTED TO SHARE A FEW UPDATES.

THE FIRST ONE IS OUR CAPITAL FACILITY PLAN WAS ADOPTED BY THE CITY OF VANCOUVER JANUARY 9TH, AND IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL THERE.

SO I WANTED TO GIVE YOU THAT UPDATE.

CLARK COUNTY IS SCHEDULED FOR THIS SUMMER SOMETIME, AND WE DON'T HAVE THOSE DATES YET, AND THEN WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH THE TOWN OF YACOLT.

SO THAT'S AN UPDATE ON THE CAPITAL FACILITY PLAN.

TWO DOWN TWO TO GO. THERE YOU GO.

YEAH, LOTS OF MEETINGS, LOTS OF INFORMATION, FOR PRESENTED.

ALSO, AS MARY MENTIONED, WE BEGAN OUR STATE AUDIT ON JANUARY THE FOURTH, AND WE'RE SCHEDULED TO END IN FEBRUARY. IT'S A LITTLE LONGER BECAUSE OUR AUDITORS ARE ALSO BEING CALLED AWAY TO OTHER SCHOOLS.

SO THERE'S SO, YOU KNOW, IDEALLY THEY WOULD BE HERE FOR FOUR WEEKS AND THEN THEY WOULD GO ON TO THEIR NEXT PROJECTS, BUT THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY HOW IT WORKS, AND WE HAVE TWO AUDITS THAT THEY'LL BE PERFORMING OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDIT AND OUR FEDERAL PROGRAMS, AS MARY MENTIONED, THEY WILL WE DID HAVE THAT ENTRANCE CONFERENCE AND ALL IS GOING WELL SO FAR.

SO. NEXT, JUST ON THE STATE BUDGET UPDATE, SO PART OF THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION, ONE OF THE MAIN PRIORITIES IS TO ADOPT A NEW BUDGET FOR THE 23-25 BIENNIUM.

IT'S A LONG SESSION, IT'S 105 DAYS, SO IT'LL GO THROUGH APRIL 23RD.

SO THAT'S A LONG TIME BEFORE WE GET THE FINAL NUMBERS OF FUNDING THINGS LIKE IPD THAT ARE IMPORTANT FOR US AND SO ON WITH FUNDING.

THE GOVERNOR INSLEE HAS RELEASED HIS BUDGET PRIORITIES AND IT WAS NOT THERE WASN'T MUCH INCLUDED IN FOR K 12 EDUCATION.

THERE WAS THE REQUIRED MAINTENANCE LEVEL FUNDING AND THEN A SMALL AMOUNT FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION AND THE IPD AND SUB INCREASES A 7.7% INCREASE FOR THE SUB MEDICAL PREMIUM INCREASES.

SO THE SUPERINTENDENT REYKDAL ALSO RELEASED HIS BUDGET AND IT WAS A LITTLE MORE ROBUST.

IT HAD A REBASING OF SALARIES, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR COMPENSATION COMMITTEE THAT I WAS ON WORKED ON.

IT ALSO HAD UPDATES TO REGIONALIZATION AND THEN FUNDING FOR DISTRICTS WITH HIGHLY EXPERIENCED, CERTIFICATED INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF AND UNIVERSAL MEALS FOR STUDENTS, FULLY FUNDING SPECIAL EDUCATION AND OTHER INCREASES IN THE PROTOTYPICAL MODEL, SPECIFICALLY TO PRINCIPALS AND THEN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, A FEW OTHERS.

SO IT WAS A MORE ROBUST.

WE'RE NOT ANTICIPATING THAT WE WILL GET ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

IT DOESN'T IT SEEMS TO BE THERE'S QUITE A FEW OTHER PRIORITIES IN THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAN THE K 12.

SO BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR FUNDING, WE'LL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE AND SHARE OUR INFORMATION ON THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE AS SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR OUR STUDENTS, AND SO THAT'LL KEEP GOING.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? OKAY, I HAVE AN AUDIT QUESTION, ACTUALLY.

CAN I GO BACK? SURE.

SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS.

I NOTICED THE ENTRANCE MEETING WAS ZOOM OR TEAMS OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, A PLATFORM.

ARE THEY BACK ON SITE NOW BECAUSE YOU SAID THEY'RE GOING TO OTHER SCHOOLS OR IS IT STILL ARE THEY STILL AUDITING REMOTELY? THEY'RE DOING MOST OF IT REMOTELY.

REMOTE OKAY. AND THEN THEY HAVE COME ONSITE, THOUGH, FOR ONE DAY AND WE ACCOMMODATED THEM.

SO IT WAS JUST A LITTLE EASIER THAN MAKING COPIES OF EVERYTHING.

SO, YES, THEY'RE DOING A LITTLE BIT OF A HYBRID.

SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS. YEAH. BECAUSE IT JUST SEEMS LIKE SUCH A BURDEN ON THE STAFF.

YEAH, BUT YET IT'S I THINK IT'S A SIGN OF THE TIMES TOO.

YEAH. YEAH.

IN THE WINTER TIME WE WEREN'T SURE HOW YOU KNOW WHAT THEY WOULD PREFER.

WE LEAVE IT UP TO THEM.

IT'S UP TO THEM WHAT THEY WOULD PREFER.

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WE BOX UP EVERYTHING AND JUST HAND THINGS OVER TO THEM AND, AND SO IT WORKS OUT.

SO YEAH, WE'RE DOING.

IT'S DOING WELL. THANK YOU.

I HAVE A QUESTION. YES, THERE IS A WELL, MAYBE BACK UP.

WIAA IS CURRENTLY PREPARING AND MAKING PLANS.

THAT IF SUPERINTENDENT REYKDAL'S BUDGET PORTION FOR THE FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH IS APPROVED, THAT THEY HAVE TO MAKE CHANGES TO WHAT THAT DOES TO ENROLLMENT NUMBERS.

SO THEY HAVE A GENERAL SENSE THAT'S GOING TO PUSH FORWARD.

IS THERE ANYTHING COMING FROM THAT SIDE THAT THINKS THAT'S GOING TO BE A GO OR IS THERE A GENERAL SENSE OF THAT AT ALL? YES, WE'RE VERY HOPEFUL THAT'S GOING TO BE THAT'S GOING TO PASS.

SO BUT YOU DON'T KNOW UNTIL IT'S DONE, BUT I THINK THERE IS A STRONG CONSENSUS TO IT'S SUPPORTED.

RIGHT. OKAY, SO THANK YOU, BY THE WAY, THAT BILL IS HOUSE BILL 1238.

I HAD A SPY IN THE AUDIENCE.

I MEAN, TEXT MESSAGE.

OH, YEAH. OKAY, AND THE SIMPLE MAJORITY ONE IS ACTUALLY HOUSE BILL 1353.

SORRY. FIRST STUDENT, TOM, DANNY, SHELLY, AND I MET WITH FIRST STUDENT REGARDING THE CHALLENGES OF RETAINING SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS.

COMPETITIVE DRIVER WAGES IS THE MAIN CONCERN AND WE'VE DONE SOME COMPS WITH THERE AND ALTHOUGH THEY ARE CONTRACTED, THEY ARE FEELING THE CHALLENGES AS WELL WITH SALARIES AND WAGES, AND SO THERE IS A REQUEST FROM FIRST STUDENT FOR A MID-YEAR INCREASE TO HELP SUPPORT INCREASING DRIVERS WAGES, WHICH WILL COME TO YOU AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING FOR APPROVAL.

OKAY, AND THEN FINALLY, I JUST WANT TO DO A HIGH BRUSH OVER OF OUR ENROLLMENT, AND JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT ENROLLMENT IS HOLDING STEADY.

SO THAT'S NICE.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S JUST KIND OF FOLLOWING OUR NORMAL TRENDS NOW.

SO THAT'S GREAT.

WE ARE AS JUST A REMINDER, WE'RE UP 4.6% ABOVE BUDGET, SO WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED THAT IT'S MAINTAINING THERE, AND THEN I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH EACH OF THESE SLIDES.

I'D LIKE TO JUST SKIP OVER TO BILINGUAL, BUT IF YOU DO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS IT IS IN THE BOARD PACKET AND IT'S AVAILABLE ONLINE, YOU CAN SEE MOST OF THESE ARE JUST TRENDING PRETTY NORMALLY.

AND THIS IS THE ONE I WANTED TO JUST MENTION IS THE TRANSITIONAL BILINGUAL PROGRAM.

IT'S NOW HOLDING STEADY AT THAT 1246.

SO I JUST RAN IT AGAIN.

THIS WAS TAKEN 20 DAYS AGO, AND SO WE ARE STILL SHOWING THAT WE'RE AT THAT NUMBER RIGHT AROUND THAT NUMBER.

NOT EXACTLY. IT'S 1241, BUT SO IT'S HOLDING THERE.

SO THAT'S GOOD BECAUSE THAT PROGRAM HAS JUST EXPLODED, AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU, AND IT LOOKS LIKE I MEAN, THIS IS QUITE A BIT OVER WHAT WE'VE HAD HISTORICALLY.

I KNOW WHEN WE WERE AT TUKE'S, I DID SPEAK TO THE EL TEACHER AND SHE HAD HAD NINE NEW STUDENTS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.

SO, AND YOU SEE THE JUMP BETWEEN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER BECAUSE OF THAT'S WHEN THE TESTING OCCURS.

SO PRESUMABLY WE PROBABLY.

THOSE KIDS WERE THERE, THEY WERE THERE.

WE JUST HADN'T FINISHED THE TESTING TO DETERMINE THAT THEY WERE ELIGIBLE FOR PROGRAM, BUT YEAH, STILL, EVEN IF THAT WAS JUST WHAT IT WAS IN OCTOBER, WE WERE STILL UP NEARLY 60.

60 STUDENTS AS A DISTRICT, BUT KEEPING IN MIND THAT WHILE WE GAIN STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM, WE ALSO LOSE STUDENTS IN PROGRAMING WHEN WE DO THAT TESTING BECAUSE STUDENTS TEST OUT OF THAT PROGRAM MORE FREQUENTLY AS THEY'VE BEEN HERE IN THE US OR HAVE BEEN RECEIVING SERVICES FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

OH, I DO HAVE ONE QUICK. DENNY.

NEXT UP IS OUR.

I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION BECAUSE TED BROUGHT IT UP.

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THAT'S A VERY INTERESTING THOUGHT.

SO. YEAH.

SORRY. THANK YOU.

NEXT UP IS OPERATIONS, AND WE HAVE NO REPORT.

[INAUDIBLE] IS ABSENT TONIGHT, AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, OUR COMMUNICATIONS REPORT WITH OUR DIRECTOR AMANDA RICHTER.

GOOD EVENING. I WANTED TO SHARE THE RESULTS OF A THOUGHT EXCHANGE SURVEY THAT WE DID WITH STAFF AND FAMILIES IN DECEMBER, AND WE ASKED THEM ABOUT FACILITY NEEDS. SO WE GAVE THEM TWO QUESTIONS.

HOW WOULD YOU RATE THE CONDITION OF THE FACILITY WITH WHICH YOU ARE MOST ASSOCIATED AND WHAT IS THE TOP FACILITY NEED AT YOUR BUILDING? AND SO THE WAY IT WORKED IS PEOPLE SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS AND RESPONDED TO THOUGHTS SHARED BY OTHERS.

WE HAD THE MOST PARTICIPATION FROM STAFF, FOLLOWED BY PARENTS AND GUARDIANS, AND WE ALSO HAD SOME STUDENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND VOLUNTEERS PARTICIPATE.

WE HAD GOOD PARTICIPATION, ALMOST 600 PEOPLE, AND WE ASKED THEM TO RANK THE PHYSICAL CONDITION, AND THE DISTRICT WIDE AVERAGES CAME OUT TO BE PRETTY EVEN WHEN WE LOOK AT THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE.

SO 35.5 SAID VERY POOR OR POOR, 33.1 SAID ACCEPTABLE AND 31.3 SAID GOOD OR VERY GOOD, AND WHEN YOU BREAK THAT DOWN BY THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF RESPONDENTS, THOSE PERCENTAGES WERE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME, PLUS OR MINUS A COUPLE PERCENTAGES.

HOWEVER, WHEN YOU LOOK AT SPECIFIC BUILDINGS, THOSE RANKINGS CHANGE QUITE A BIT AND THOSE SPECIFIC SCHOOL RANKINGS ARE AVAILABLE IN BOARD DOCS AND ON THE WEBSITE AS WELL.

ON THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE THE TOP THEMES THAT EMERGED FROM THOSE RESPONSES.

SO THEY INCLUDED OVERCROWDING, AGE AND CONDITION OF BUILDINGS SAFETY.

SO THIS INCLUDED THINGS LIKE ENTRYWAYS, GATES AND DOORS LOCKING, SOME OF WHICH ARE ALREADY BEING ADDRESSED AS YOU KNOW.

HEATING AND COOLING ISSUES.

THERE WAS KIND OF A MISCELLANEOUS CATEGORY THAT INCLUDED THINGS LIKE CLEANING AND NUMBER OF BATHROOMS, PARKING LOT IN THIS REFERRED TO THINGS LIKE SIZE, TRAFFIC FLOW OR LIGHTING, LAYOUT AND DESIGN AMENITIES.

SO THIS INCLUDED CAFETERIAS, STORAGE SPACE, PLAYGROUND IMPROVEMENTS, AND THEN TEACHING AND LEARNING NEEDS WAS THE LAST CATEGORY, AND THIS WAS THINGS LIKE THE NEED FOR LARGER COMPUTER LABS, SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT OR NEED FOR MORE OUTLETS, STRONGER WIFI, THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO NOW I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT THE RESPONSES LOOK LIKE AT THREE SPECIFIC BUILDINGS.

SO FIRST UP IS PLEASANT VALLEY PRIMARY.

THIS HAD 36 PARTICIPANTS PRETTY EVENLY SPLIT BETWEEN STAFF AND PARENTS AND GUARDIANS.

79% SAID THAT THE PHYSICAL CONDITION OF THE BUILDING WAS VERY POOR OR POOR.

18% SAID ACCEPTABLE AND JUST 3% SAID GOOD, AND WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THE SCREEN ARE THE TOP THREE THOUGHTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED BY PARTICIPANTS. SO CAPACITY IS CLEARLY AT THE TOP OF PEOPLE'S MINDS, AND THE TOP THEMES WERE IN ORDER OF RANKING OVERCROWDING, SAFETY, AGING, CONDITION, HVAC AND LAYOUT AND DESIGN, AND THE NEXT WE'LL LOOK AT LAURIN.

LAURIN HAD 40 PARTICIPANTS.

AGAIN, A LITTLE MORE STAFF THAN PARENTS AND GUARDIANS.

92% SAID THAT THE PHYSICAL CONDITION OF THE BUILDING WAS VERY POOR OR POOR.

8% SAID ACCEPTABLE AND NO ONE SAID GOOD OR VERY GOOD, AND THE FOCUS OF THE RESPONSE HERE WAS DEFINITELY AGE AND CONDITION OF THE BUILDING.

SO THE TOP THEMES IN ADDITION TO THAT WERE OVERCROWDING, HVAC LAYOUT AND DESIGN AND SAFETY, AND THEN LAST, WE'LL LOOK AT BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL.

THIS HAD 67 PARTICIPANTS, MOSTLY STAFF.

27% SAID THE BUILDING IS VERY POOR OR POOR CONDITION.

55% SAID ACCEPTABLE AND 18% SAID GOOD, AND THE TOP THEMES WERE SAFETY, LAYOUT, DESIGN AND AMENITIES, AGING CONDITION, HVAC, TEACHING AND LEARNING NEEDS, OVERCROWDING AND PARKING LOT, AND AGAIN, IF YOU WANT TO GET INTO THE SPECIFICS FOR EACH SCHOOL, THAT INFORMATION IS ON BOARD DOCS.

SO WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THIS INFORMATION AND THEMES AND INCLUDE THEM IN SOME PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH THAT WE'LL BE LAUNCHING SOON.

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SO WE'RE WORKING WITH A COMPANY CALLED STRATEGIES 360 THAT WILL CONDUCT A SURVEY OF COMMUNITY RESIDENTS AND WHICH WILL PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL DATA INFORMATION FOR US TO ASSIST WITH OUR DECISION MAKING PROCESSES.

SO THEY'LL BE CONDUCTING A POLL BY PHONE CALLS AND TEXT MESSAGES AND ASKING PEOPLE ABOUT FUNDING PRIORITIES, THEIR AWARENESS OF FACILITY NEEDS, RATING OF BUILDING CONDITIONS AND MORE, AND THEY'LL PROVIDE AN ANALYSIS OF THE DATA AND SURVEY ABOUT 250 PEOPLE.

IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS BEFORE I SWITCH GEARS? IT'S INTERESTING THAT A LOT OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE SEE FOR MOST OF THE BUILDINGS INCLUDE THE SECURITY, WHICH IS WHEN YOU READ THROUGH IT, IT'S THE SCOPE OF WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.

SO I THINK THAT A LOT OF THOSE COMMENTS AND CONCERNS, AT LEAST THE TOP ONES, MIGHT ACTUALLY GET ADDRESSED WITHIN THESE CONTRACTS.

ANOTHER ONE I HAD A CHUCKLE WAS ACTUALLY PLANNING THE HEDGE ALONG THE 503, BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD WITH THE MAYOR.

SO THAT'S FUNNY.

[LAUGHTER] SORRY. JUST THANKS FOR GETTING THAT INPUT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S HELPFUL TO KNOW WHAT OUR STAFF THINKS IN EACH OF THOSE BUILDINGS, AND THEN I'M GLAD WE INCLUDED PARENTS IN THAT AS WELL.

YEAH, IT'S GREAT THAT ALSO THIS TIMING ALIGNED WITH ALL THE WORK THAT KEVIN AND HIS TEAM HAVE DONE OVER WINTER BREAK AND PEOPLE START TO SEE THOSE SECURE ENTRYWAYS BEING PLACED.

I WANTED TO SHIFT GEARS JUST BRIEFLY AND TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF COMMUNICATIONS PROJECTS BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GREAT THINGS GOING ON WITH THE TEAM THAT I WANTED TO SHARE.

TO THE LEFT IS A SIGN THAT JENNA BUSHER HILL CREATED, AND THESE ARE THIS IS ONE OF SEVERAL SIGNS THAT WILL BE PLACED AROUND THE PRAIRIE CAMPUS TO HELP ENCOURAGE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AMONG STUDENTS. ONE OF THE IMPORTANT PARTS OF OUR WORK IS ABOUT EMPOWERING OTHERS.

SO JENNA ALSO DID THIS GREAT PRESENTATION FOR THE CTE TEACHERS TO HELP GUIDE THEIR THINKING ABOUT THE UPCOMING FORECASTING PROCESS AND HOW THEY CAN HELP STUDENTS BE ENCOURAGED TO ENROLL IN THEIR CLASSES.

SO SHE HELPED THEM IDENTIFY THEIR UNIQUE VALUE PROPOSITION AND SOME KEY MESSAGES TO PROMOTE THEIR COURSES, AND SHE ALSO HELPED THEM DELVE A LITTLE BIT INTO BRANDING AND GRAPHIC DESIGN. SO KUDOS TO HER.

AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE.

LAST MEETING, YOU HEARD DENNY TALK ABOUT THE SLUMBERKINS DONATION AT GLENWOOD HEIGHTS PRIMARY AND THAT COMPANY'S CONNECTION TO OUR DISTRICT WITH THE TWO FOUNDERS BEING PRAIRIE GRADS. THIS IS JUST A FEW PICTURES OF THE MANY GREAT SMILES THAT WE SAW THAT DAY, AND I ALSO WANTED TO END BY SHOWING A SHORT VIDEO THAT WAS CREATED BY CHRIS BROWN. SORRY.

AGAIN, THE ILLUSTRIOUS NOTICE AND UNDERSTAND YOUR FEELINGS.

BECAUSE WE DIDN'T THINK THERE WAS ENOUGH OF THAT IN THE WORLD.

SO WE SEWED SLUMBERKINS, WE MADE THEM OURSELVES.

WE LEARNED HOW TO GROW A BUSINESS.

NOW HERE WE ARE SEVEN YEARS LATER AND WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT IT IN YOUR SCHOOL THE NEEDS OF BATTLE GROUND.

WE GREW UP AROUND HERE TOO JUST LIKE YOU GUYS, AND WE'RE SO EXCITED BECAUSE TODAY WE WANT TO GIVE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU YOUR VERY OWN SLUMBERKIN TO TAKE HOME AND HAVE.

[CHEERING] IT MAKES OUR ENTIRE YEAR IT'S SO EXCITING AND WE'RE SO BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO GIVE BACK AND GIVE BACK TO ESPECIALLY TO A COMMUNITY WHERE WE GREW UP IN.

SO FOR THEM TO GET THEIR VERY OWN WAS AMAZING.

THE SLUMBERKINS JUST THE THERAPEUTIC.

I THINK THAT BEAUTY IS A THERAPEUTIC CONNECTION TO KIDS BECAUSE THEY CAN REALLY RELATE.

I MEAN, IT'S JUST AMAZING. YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THESE 25 YEARS I HAVE, THIS IS BY FAR THE BEST THAT I HAVE SEEN IN DECADES WITH SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING AND JUST, YOU KNOW, THE SKILLS AND THE [INAUDIBLE] .

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[LAUGHTER] I WANT ONE.

THANK YOU, AND THEY ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE? YEAH. I HAVE SOME GRANDKIDS THAT WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THOSE.

I'VE ALREADY PICKED ONE OUT. [LAUGHTER] THAT'S IT FOR SUPERINTENDENTS AND STAFF.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

NEXT, WE HAVE CITIZENS COMMENTS.

[7. Citizens' Comments]

JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY HERE AND ONLINE CITIZENS ARE ENCOURAGED TO BRING THEIR CONCERNS TO THE BOARD, PROVIDED THEY'RE NOT CONFIDENTIAL.

THE BOARD WILL ALLOW EACH GUEST UP TO 3 MINUTES TO SPEAK.

BOARD MEMBERS TYPICALLY DO NOT RESPOND TO QUESTIONS OR PETITIONS DURING CITIZENS COMMENTS.

THEY WILL LISTEN AND GIVE DIRECTION, THOUGH, TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM IF ACTION IS DEEMED NECESSARY.

SO WE JUST LIKE TO THROW THAT OUT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE SO EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME INFORMATION, AND FIRST UP ON THE LIST IS ALI, COME UP.

DO YOU MEAN? MY NAME IS ALI STRAPAZON.

I USE SHE HER PRONOUNS.

I AM A PARENT, BUSINESS OWNER AND COMMUNITY MEMBER IN THIS DISTRICT.

FIRST, I WANT TO PERSONALLY ACKNOWLEDGE SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNITION MONTH BY SAYING THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR THE HARD WORK THAT YOU PUT INTO THIS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT POSITION AND THE SUPPORT IT GIVES TO OUR STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY, AND ALSO FOR THE VALUE IN STUDENT VOICES THAT YOU HAVE RECOGNIZED AND CONTINUE TO NURTURE BY HAVING STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES ON THE BOARD IN ADDITION TO BUILDING A VERY SPECIFIC SPACE AND ENCOURAGING REPRESENTATIVES FROM EACH OF THE SCHOOLS AT EVERY MEETING. THIS IS ONE OF THE MANY THINGS THAT IS DONE RIGHT IN OUR DISTRICT, AND I'M VERY PROUD AND GRATEFUL FOR IT.

SECONDLY, I WOULD LIKE TO PUBLICLY VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR THE PROPOSED HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH ELECTIVE THAT WOULD BE OFFERED TO SENIORS THAT YOU WILL BE HEARING ABOUT LATER IN THE MEETING.

I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE PROPOSED TEXTBOOK, AMERICAN STREET; AMERICA STREET EXCUSE ME, AND SUBMIT COMMENTS ONLINE THROUGH THE EASY COMMUNITY REVIEW LINK THAT WAS ANNOUNCED IN THE DISTRICT NEWSLETTER.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AS WELL.

WHILE I WASN'T ABLE TO GO TO THE DISTRICT OFFICE TO REVIEW THE MATERIALS IN PERSON, I WAS ABLE TO DOWNLOAD A SAMPLE THROUGH MY AMAZON KINDLE APP.

VERY HELPFUL. I WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH THE STORIES THAT I ACTUALLY BOUGHT A USED HARD COPY FOR MY OWN PERSONAL LIBRARY, WHICH ACCORDING TO MY APP, SHOULD ARRIVE EARLY NEXT WEEK. I CAN'T WAIT TO READ THE REST OF THE SAMPLE STORIES AS WELL AS THE OTHERS, FOR WHICH I ONLY GOT TO SEE THE TITLES ON THE APP.

THERE ARE STORIES ABOUT MULTIGENERATIONAL HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES THAT MAKE A CIRCUIT AROUND THE STATE, MOVING FROM ONE SEASONAL EMPLOYMENT SITUATION TO ANOTHER AND ANOTHER WHO TRAVELED BY TRAIN TO RECEIVE MEDICAL ATTENTION FOR A LIFE THREATENING RESPIRATORY AILMENT THAT DOCTORS IN HIS SMALL TOWN COULDN'T TREAT.

ONE STORY IN PARTICULAR, THOUGH, THAT WAS IN THE SAMPLE WAS ABOUT A YOUNG ASIAN AMERICAN GIRL AND HER SISTER.

IT TOOK PLACE AT THEIR PIANO LESSON ONE DAY.

I TOO, TOOK PIANO AS A YOUNG PERSON.

I ENVISIONED HER PIANO TEACHER AND THE PIANO ROOM OF THE TEACHER'S HOUSE JUST LIKE MINE.

I COULD EVEN SMELL HOW I REMEMBER MRS. COBB'S HOUSE SMELLING AND FEEL THE HARDNESS OF THE PIANO BENCH.

AS I WAS READING THIS STORY, HAVING SEVERAL SIBLINGS FROM ASIA, SOME OF THE CULTURAL REFERENCES I UNDERSTOOD, BUT NOT ALL OF THEM.

I BEGAN TO WONDER IF ANY OF MY SIBLINGS HAD HAD SOME OF THOSE SAME FEELINGS GROWING UP IN A DIFFERENT CULTURE SO FAR AWAY FROM THEIR HOMELAND.

WHAT I QUICKLY REALIZED WAS HOW IMPORTANT A CLASS LIKE THIS REALLY IS.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOT ONLY LEARN ABOUT CULTURES DIFFERENT FROM OUR OWN, BUT IT'S EQUALLY IMPORTANT TO SEE OURSELVES REPRESENTED.

A CLASS LIKE THIS REALLY EMBODIES THE HEART OF THE DISTRICTS AND MY SHIRT'S MESSAGE THAT WE ARE ALL CONNECTED.

WE'RE STRONGER TOGETHER AND WE'RE LOVE'S HAND IN THE WORLD.

PLEASE VOTE TO APPROVE THE ADOPTION OF THIS CLASS IN TEXT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

NEXT UP, EUNICE, AND THANK YOU, RICARDO, FOR MONITORING OUR 30 SECOND WARNING.

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BOTH RICARDO'S AND SORA'S AND THE OTHER STUDENTS THAT COME.

AS YOU CAN TELL FROM MY LOOKS AND MY ACCENT, I AM A TRANSPLANT FROM KOREA.

A WHILE BACK, I CHECKED OUT A NOVEL CALLED PACHINKO BY A KOREAN AMERICAN AUTHOR MIN JIN LEE, FROM THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.

THE MAIN CHARACTER IS PACHINKO WERE ETHNIC KOREANS LIKE ME OF THE GENERATIONS OF MY GRANDPARENTS, MY PARENTS, MYSELF, AND MY CHILDREN LIVING IN A DIASPORA ALSO LIKE ME AND EVENTUALLY ENDING UP IN THE UNITED STATES.

READING THIS NOVEL, I SAW WHAT LIFE COULD HAVE BEEN LIKE FOR MY FAMILY HAD MY ANCESTORS EMIGRATED TO JAPAN RATHER THAN THE US AND RAISED THEIR FAMILY THERE.

ONE SPECIAL ASPECT OF THIS BOOK THAT SO SPOKE TO ME WAS THAT IT WAS AN AMERICAN STORY.

THE WHOLE OF MY AMERICAN LIFE BEING SEEN AND ACKNOWLEDGED IN AMERICAN LITERATURE IT IS SOMETHING THAT I AM ONLY NOW ABLE TO DECLARE THAT I NEED AFTER LIVING IN THIS COUNTRY FOR 45 YEARS.

IN REALITY, ALL OF AMERICA NEEDS THIS.

ALL POCKETS OF AMERICA NEEDS THIS.

THE CHILD MIGRANT FARMER WHO CAN GO TO SCHOOL ONLY IN LITTLE PATCHES OF TIME IN BETWEEN CROPS, THE BIRACIAL TEENAGER, BETWEEN JEWISH AND HINDU CULTURES.

THE THIRD GENERATION CHINESE GIRL, WHOSE GRANDMOTHER TELLS HER FAIRY TALES IN CHINESE TO KEEP THE LANGUAGE ALIVE IN THE FAMILY.

THE TEENAGE BOY OF ARAB DESCENT LIVING THROUGH 911 IN NEW YORK CITY.

THESE ARE JUST SOME AMERICAN YOUTH VOICES LIVING THROUGH THAT YOU CAN HEAR IN AMERICA STREET.

EACH STORY TELLS A DIFFERENT POCKET OF OUR YOUTH.

WE SEE YOU. WE HEAR YOU.

YOUR AMERICAN LIFE IS VALID.

YOUR AMERICAN STORY MATTERS.

THIS PROPOSED MULTICULTURAL AMERICAN LITERATURE COURSE IS BRILLIANT.

IT IS, AMONG OTHER THINGS, A COMMUNITY EXERCISE IN PAYING RESPECTFUL ATTENTION TO EACH OTHER'S AMERICAN STORIES.

MY WHOLEHEARTED THANKS TO HEATHER SMITHLINE AND JENNIFER MCINTOSH FOR PROPOSING THIS MULTICULTURAL AMERICAN LITERATURE COURSE USING AMERICA STREET AS A TEXTBOOK.

I HOPE YOU GET MY GREEN LIGHT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

AND JESSICA.

HELLO BOARD. MY NAME IS JESSICA COLE.

MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE HER.

I'M A PARENT OF ALUMNI IN THE DISTRICT AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THE SCHOOL BOARD.

I KNOW IT'S ALL VOLUNTEER.

SO ZERO PAID DOLLARS.

YOU'RE PAID IN GRATITUDE FROM ME.

I'M SORRY YOU CAN'T CASH THAT IN ANYWHERE FOR, LIKE, A SLUMBERKINS, BUT I KNOW YOU TAKE TREMENDOUS TIME OUT OF YOUR LIVES AND SCHOOL WORK, YOU KNOW, TO DO THIS.

WELL, I'M SURE YOU COMPLETE YOUR SCHOOLWORK, BUT HOW YOU FEEL ALL THE WORK IN THAT YOU DO IS REALLY AMAZING FOR ALL ALL SEVEN OF YOU, AND I KNOW BESIDES SCHOOL BOARD WORK, IF YOU KNOW YOU HAVE ALL THESE OTHER COMMITTEES THAT YOU'RE ON AND OTHER SCHOOLS THAT YOU'RE REACHING OUT TO BESIDES YOURS, AND WE COULDN'T HAVE AS GOOD OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT WITHOUT ALL YOUR WORK AND BRINGING IN FOLKS AND THE LEGISLATION AND SPORTS AND SCIENCE, AND I MEAN, MARY WHEN I THINK OF YOU, I THINK OF LANGUAGE ARTS.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD SAID THAT TO US AT THE BEGINNING OR IF IT'S THE WAY YOU SPEAK.

I THINK OF LANGUAGE ARTS WHEN I THINK OF YOU AND I KNOW JACKIE, WITH THINGS YOU SAY, I'M LIKE, YOU SOUND LIKE A MATH PERSON AND THAT'S MY SUBJECT.

SO I'VE APPRECIATED DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU ALL, AND I JUST AM SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR BEING WILLING TO DO THIS FREE JOB BECAUSE WE NEED YOU ALL.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND I HAVE A LITTLE THING FOR EACH OF YOU, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

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SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA, AND OUR CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM OUR JANUARY

[8. Consent Agenda (Board Vote w/Student Voice)]

IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA OR ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE REMOVED? I HAD ONE QUICK QUESTION, JACKIE.

I WAS JUST KIDDING.

[LAUGHTER] YOU GOT ME.

YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO ASK QUESTIONS. OKAY, SO I HOPE KEVIN WOULD HAVE BEEN HERE TONIGHT, BUT DENNY MAYBE YOU CAN HELP ME ON THE PROJECT FINAL ACCEPTANCE.

THE PROJECT AT AMBOY MIDDLE SCHOOL FROM RAPTOR EXCAVATING.

THE FINAL CONTRACT IS ONLY ABOUT 10-ISH PERCENT OF THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT.

IT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION.

DO YOU KNOW WHY THAT'S SO MUCH LOWER? FOR ME, THAT WAS THE PLACE STRUCTURE.

I THINK IT WAS BID BASED ON COSTS OF MATERIAL AND THEN IT CAME IN.

IT'S QUITE THE DECREASE IN MATERIAL.

I MEAN, I'M ALL GOOD WITH THAT KIND OF MATERIAL.

I THINK THAT'S I THINK AT THE TIME WHEN WE WERE BIDDING, THE PROJECT PRICES WERE AT THEIR PREMIUM, AND BY THE TIME WE GOT AROUND TO ORDERING REDUCED SIGNIFICANTLY BECAUSE OF IMPROVEMENTS [INAUDIBLE].

SURE.

ESPECIALLY AROUND [INAUDIBLE].

YEAH, THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIG AREAS.

YES. OKAY, WELL, THAT WAS THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD BECAUSE I SAW THAT, TOO.

PRETTY DRAMATIC SHIFT FROM $315,000 DOWN TO $33,000.

SO. YEAH.

OKAY, THANK YOU. SORRY FOR ASKING THE QUESTION.

OKAY, ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH IT BEING LEFT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, OR DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT HAVING IT REMOVED? YEAH. OKAY, RICARDO, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I HAVE A COMMENT. SO IT'S IN REGARDS OF STUDENT TRAVEL SPECIFICALLY FOR THE ALL NORTHWEST HONOR BAND.

WOULD YOU GUYS BE WILLING TO HAVE I'LL CHECK IN WITH THE STUDENT BUT WOULD YOU GUYS BE WILLING TO HAVE A STUDENT PERFORM THEIR AUDITION MATERIAL FOR THE NORTHWEST HONOR BAND FOR ONE OF THE MEETINGS? BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD BE PRETTY COOL BECAUSE HE'S A HARD WORKER AND IT'S HE'S JUST AMAZING.

HE'S A CLARINET PLAYER AND HE'S AWESOME.

TOTALLY DESERVE THIS.

SO I'M GOING TO GIVE HIM LIKE A PLACE A SHOT.

I THINK IT'D BE AWESOME. YEAH.

I'D LOVE IT.

WOULD EVERYBODY LIKE TO HEAR THE STUDENT PERFORM? WE'RE WILLING TO DO THAT BECAUSE HE'S A BIT OF A QUIET PERSON, BUT HIS CLARINET SKILLS, HE'S AMAZING.

AWESOME. ARE YOU OFFERING TO REACH OUT TO MR. [INAUDIBLE] AND SET THIS UP AND THEN WORK WITH SANDY ON SCHEDULING? YEAH. SWEET.

ALL RIGHT, ACTION ITEM.

MANDATORY THEN I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

MOTION PASSES, 5 TO 0, AND WE DID NOTE THAT THIS IS A BOARD VOTE WITH STUDENT VOICE.

WAS THERE ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT YOU GUYS, EITHER OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON? ALSO, IN STUDENT TRAVEL, I WAS LOOKING AT THE DRAMA STUDENTS TRIP TO EDINBURG, SCOTLAND, AND I WAS ACTUALLY TALKING TO ONE OF MY FRIENDS IN DRAMA ABOUT THIS, AND THEY HAVE BEEN ANTICIPATING THIS TRIP FOR SO LONG.

SO THEY ARE SO HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO FINALLY GO ON THIS.

SO I THINK ON THEIR BEHALF, THANK YOU, AND LIKE EVERYONE WHO'S INVOLVED.

YEAH. IT'S VERY COOL. YEAH.

VERY COOL. THAT'S INCREDIBLE.

SCOTLAND. AWESOME.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO OLD BUSINESS.

[9. Old Business (Board Vote w/Student Voice)]

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IT WAS APPROVED 3 TO 0 ON THE VOTE, BUT WE CHOSE TO BRING IT BACK AS OLD BUSINESS DUE TO OUR MISSING, OUR BOARD MEMBERS WHO COULDN'T JOIN US THAT NIGHT.

SO THEY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN AS WELL.

GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU.

I'M HERE TO ASK FOR APPROVAL ON THE SECOND READING OF THE TEXTBOOK AND THE APPROVAL FOR CONTEMPORARY ECONOMICS, FOURTH EDITION BY WILLIAM A. MCEACHERN AND I HAVE A CORRECTION FROM LAST TIME.

THERE IS AN ONLINE EDITION, SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, AND DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? IT'S NICE BECAUSE RICARDO WAS MAKING A BIG DEAL ABOUT CARRYING THE BOOK AROUND WHENEVER I PUT MY BACKPACK DOWN.

I HAD DONE I THOUGHT EVERY SINGLE TIME I'M LIKE, OH, IT'S THE BOOK.

[LAUGHTER] I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS.

AND IF THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE THE SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF THE TEXTBOOK CONTEMPORARY ECONOMICS FOURTH EDITION BY WILLIAM A.

MCEACHERN. ALL RIGHT, ANY LAST MINUTE? HEARING NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

MOTION PASSES, 5 TO 0.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, AND UNDER NEW BUSINESS TONIGHT, WE HAVE THE MULTICULTURAL AMERICAN LITERATURE COURSE.

[10. New Business (Board Vote w/Student Voice)]

THANK YOU, AND WE HAVE ANOTHER THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PUT IN FRONT OF YOU NOW, AND SO IT IS CALLED MULTICULTURAL AMERICAN LITERATURE, WHICH YOU HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT DURING CITIZENS COMMENTS.

YOU HAVE RECEIVED THE BOOK, I BELIEVE, AT THE LAST MEETING, AND WE WILL ACTUALLY GO THROUGH THE APPROVAL OF THE BOOK IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY.

BUT WE WANTED TO GET THE COURSE APPROVED SO THAT WE CAN GET IT IN THE COURSE CATALOG SO STUDENTS CAN START SELECTING THAT AS PART OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE FORECASTING FOR, AND SO I HAVE HEATHER SMITHLINE AND ANNIE ODRO HERE TODAY TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MULTICULTURAL AMERICAN LITERATURE.

SO HERE'S. GOOD EVENING.

THANKS FOR HAVING US HERE, AND SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR CITIZENS COMMENTS.

WE DID NOT ASK THEM TO COME, BUT THEY SAID THINGS WAY BETTER THAN WE CAN.

SO WE ARE JUST SO GRATEFUL FOR THIS COMMUNITY FOR SUPPORTING THIS COURSE THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING SO HARD ON AND WE ARE SO EXCITED AT THE PROSPECT OF BEING ABLE TO OFFER THIS AT BOTH PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL AND BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL.

SO WE'RE JUST TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT WHY WE NEED THIS COURSE, AND AGAIN, THE CITIZENS SAID MUCH MORE THAN WE COULD VERY RICHLY AND BEAUTIFULLY.

SO WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HOW THIS IS GREAT LITERATURE.

THE TEXT THAT WE ARE CHOOSING TO PROPOSE IS CALLED AMERICA STREET, AND IT HAS 20 SHORT STORIES IN IT AND IT IS RICHLY DIVERSE WITH DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF LANGUAGE.

I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTE AS A SENIOR ELECTIVE COURSE.

THE EXPERIENCES SHOW A WIDE RANGE OF PERSPECTIVES AND THEMES, BUT ALSO THE LANGUAGE AND THE SYNTAX AND THE DICTION.

WHEN YOU ARE HEARING VOICES FROM DIFFERENT FAMILIES AND DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS THAT LANGUAGE IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT.

SO THAT'S GOING TO MAKE IT NOT ONLY A VERY RICH EXPERIENCE FOR OUR STUDENTS TO HEAR SOME OF THEMES AND CONNECT WITH SOME OF THESE STORIES, BUT ALSO TO BE EXPOSED TO DIFFERENT TYPES OF STRUCTURES IN THEIR LITERATURE, AND AS THE COMMENTS WERE MADE, THE DIVERSITY OF STORIES IS VERY IMPORTANT WITH THIS.

AS OUR COMMUNITY IS GROWING AND WE ARE GETTING SUCH AN INFLUX OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES, IT'S SO GREAT TO HAVE REPRESENTATION. WE TALK A LOT AT PRAIRIE ABOUT HOW WE NEED GREATER REPRESENTATION OF DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, AND WHAT IS BEAUTIFUL ABOUT THE STORIES IN THIS COURSE IS THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES OF FAMILY AND LOVE AND RESILIENCE, AND EVEN THOUGH WE ARE HEARING DIFFERENT THINGS, A LOT OF US CAN STILL CONNECT TO THOSE STORIES REGARDLESS OF WHERE WE COME FROM.

SO WE ARE JUST VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS, AND ENGLISH TEACHERS LIKE TO SAY THAT KIDS NEED MIRRORS AND WINDOWS IN THEIR LITERATURE, THAT WE NEED LITERATURE THAT SHOWS US OURSELVES

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AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NOTICE ABOUT THE MULTICULTURAL LITERATURE THAT WE HAVE ALREADY IN OUR CLASSES, BECAUSE ALL LITERATURE CLASSES IN OUR SCHOOLS SHOULD BE MULTICULTURAL LITERATURE CLASSES, BUT THE PIECES THAT WE TEACH NOW, GENERALLY SPEAKING, WHEN THEY'RE WRITTEN BY WRITERS OF COLOR, ARE PIECES ABOUT STRUGGLE.

AND THOSE THOSE ARE REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT TO READ, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO READ STORIES OF JOY AND STORIES OF FAMILY, AND THIS BOOK GIVES US THAT.

SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

SO AS WE HAVE SAID, THIS WILL BE A SENIOR ELECTIVE COURSE.

SO THE WAY THAT OUR COURSES WORK, SENIOR YEAR STUDENTS TAKE A SEMESTER LONG COURSE, SO HALF A YEAR THEY GET TWO COURSES, THEY GET TO CHOOSE.

SO IT'S AN ELECTIVE AND WE LOVE THAT BECAUSE THAT GIVES STUDENTS AGENCY, THEY GET OPTIONS OF CRITICAL CINEMA, OR CREATIVE WRITING, SCIENCE FICTION.

SO THIS WOULD BE ANOTHER WAY FOR STUDENTS TO CHOOSE SOMETHING THAT THEY ARE EXCITED ABOUT TO LEARN IN THEIR LITERATURE COURSES.

SO SCHEDULE LIKE THEY ALREADY ARE, AND THIS, OF COURSE, MEETS THE COMMON CORE.

THAT'S NEXT. OH, SO THIS THE BOOK IS A SHORT STORY ANTHOLOGY, SO IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THE USUAL ENGLISH TEXTBOOKS THAT HAVE STORIES AND POEMS AND ALL OF THE ANCILLARY MATERIAL THERE WITH QUESTIONS AND THINGS.

SO EACH OF THE UNITS THAT WE ARE GOING TO CREATE WILL BE BUILT AROUND THE SHORT STORIES, AND WE'LL BRING IN ARTICLES AND POEMS AND OTHER THINGS TO BACK UP THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE SHORT STORIES SO ON, AND WE'LL ALSO DO SOME SMALL BOOK GROUPS WHERE KIDS WILL GET TO CHOOSE WHAT THEY READ IN TERMS OF BIGGER NOVELS, AND THEY'LL READ THOSE LIKE IN SMALLER BOOK GROUPS AND DISCUSS THOSE TOGETHER.

SO STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE CHOICES.

AND THE NEXT SLIDE JUST GIVES AN EXAMPLE.

FOR INSTANCE, THE CIRCUIT, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE STORIES THAT THE COMMUNITY SPEAKERS BROUGHT UP FOR THAT ONE, WHICH IS A STORY ABOUT A KID WHO IS IN AN ITINERANT, AGRICULTURAL WORKING FAMILY, MOVES FROM SCHOOL TO SCHOOL AND SOMETIMES ISN'T ABLE TO GO TO SCHOOL, AND SO WHEN TEACHING THAT ONE, WE WOULD BRING IN SHORT STORIES.

WE'D BRING IN SOME SPEECHES BY CESAR CHAVEZ THAT WE CAN FIND ON NEWS ELA, BRING IN A CHAPTER OF THE GRAPES OF WRATH AND OTHER STORIES OF PEOPLE WORKING IN AGRICULTURE, AND THOSE STORIES AND POEMS AND SPEECHES WILL SPEAK TO EACH OTHER.

SO THAT'S HOW WE'LL BUILD THE CURRICULUM AROUND THIS CORE GROUP OF TEXTS, AND WE JUST HAVE ON THESE SLIDES TOO A COUPLE OF REALLY GOOD ARTICLES ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF TEACHING MULTICULTURAL LITERATURE.

ONE OF THEM SAYS ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE SAID SO FAR, AND THE OTHER ONE IS REALLY INTERESTING.

IT'S FROM SCIENTIFIC AMERICA.

OH MY GOODNESS. I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE PUBLICATION, BUT IT'S ABOUT HOW WE BUILD EMPATHY THROUGH READING GOOD LITERATURE, AND THAT'S A GOOD ONE, TOO. SO I THINK YOU HAVE THESE SLIDES.

DO THEY HAVE THESE SLIDES? SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THOSE, YOU CAN LOOK AT THOSE ARTICLES TOO.

AND THAT'S ALL WE HAVE. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WE HAVE PUT THIS OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, OBVIOUSLY, AND THEN WE HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ABOUT THE TEXT AND WE'LL GIVE YOU THE COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED.

LIKE WE'VE BEEN UP HERE BEFORE AND SAID WE HAVE HAD NOBODY COME REVIEW ANY OF THESE TEXTS.

WE HAVE HAD FOUR PEOPLE THAT CAME IN AND REVIEWED THE TEXT IN PERSON AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD FEEDBACK ABOUT THAT, AND I'LL GIVE YOU I'LL SEND THAT TO YOU FOR THE REVIEW OF THE TEXT, BUT I WANTED YOU TO HEAR THESE COMMENTS THAT WERE ABOUT THE COURSE AS WELL.

SO WE HAVE FROM THREE DIFFERENT PEOPLE, I ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORT THE NEW CLASS OFFERING AND THE USE OF THIS TEXTBOOK, AND THEN I SUPPORT THIS TEXT IN THIS CLASS 100%, AND I APPLAUD THE CHOICE OF THIS TEXTBOOK AND THIS COURSE.

SO BECAUSE IT INCLUDED THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE COURSE, I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO HEAR THIS EVENING AS WELL.

THANK YOU. QUESTIONS.

YEAH. SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR ON WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON TODAY.

ARE WE VOTING TO ADD THIS COURSE? AND IF SO, IS THERE ALREADY AN ASSOCIATED SYLLABUS WITH THIS COURSE, OR IS IT JUST THE COURSE AND THEN WE'LL BUILD THE SYLLABUS LATER? SO IN THE BOARD DOCS, THERE IS A NEW COURSE PROPOSAL THAT OUTLINES AND GOES THROUGH THE COMMON CORE STANDARDS THAT IT MEETS AND THAT KIND OF THING.

YEAH. SO THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH THE WORK OF DESIGNING ALL OF THE COMPONENTS OF THE COURSE.

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IF THE SYLLABUS HAS BEEN.

ALSO PUT IN THE PROPOSAL FOR WE PUT IN A PROPOSAL FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL CONTRACT TO BUILD THE INDIVIDUAL UNITS SPECIFICALLY.

SO THERE'S THAT, BUT THE GENERAL STRUCTURE OF THE COURSE AND ALL OF THE STANDARDS THAT WE WILL REACH IN THE COURSE ARE ALL IN THE PROPOSAL.

CAN YOU GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF WORK PRODUCT FOR THE STUDENTS? LIKE WHAT STUDENTS WILL BE DOING? YES. OH, FOR SURE.

SO WE'LL HAVE A QUICK VOCAB LESSON THAT WE WILL FOLLOW UP.

THEN WE'LL DO A FIRST READ OF THE STORY USUALLY TOGETHER.

AFTER WE DO THE FIRST READ OF THE STORY, WE HAVE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT CONCEPTS THAT ARE BROUGHT UP.

WE BRING IN THE ANCILLARY MATERIAL, SO THEY MIGHT BE READING A POEM AS WELL.

THEY MIGHT WATCH A SPEECH THAT'S GIVEN AND THEN WE'LL HAVE SOME KIND OF SUMMATIVE ASSIGNMENT THAT WOULD BE AN ESSAY THAT THEY WRITE ABOUT THE LANGUAGE AND THE STORY, OR THEY MIGHT GIVE A TALK TO THE REST OF THE CLASS AND DO A PRESENTATION.

SO SET UP LIKE THE WAY THAT WE SET UP OTHER LANGUAGE ARTS CLASSES WHERE KIDS ARE ALWAYS READING AND WRITING AND SPEAKING AND LISTENING AND THEY'RE TALKING IN SMALL GROUPS, THEY'RE TALKING IN FRONT OF THE GROUP, THEY'RE DOING LESS FORMAL WRITING, AND THEN THEY'RE WRITING FORMAL ESSAYS AT THE END.

DID YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT? THIS IS NOT REPLACING ANY EXISTING COURSE.

IT'S JUST AN AN ADDITION TO CORRECT? [INAUDIBLE] AND IT'S AN ELECTIVE. YEAH.

OKAY, SENIOR.

RIGHT. YEAH I SAW THAT 12TH GRADE.

SO LIKE AT OUR SCHOOL, KIDS CAN CHOOSE BRITISH LITERATURE OR THEY CAN CHOOSE THIS CLASS OR THEY CAN CHOOSE POETRY.

THEY HAVE A LOT MORE SELECTION.

SPORTS AND LITERATURE.

WELL, WE HAVE A HISTORY CLASS THAT'S HISTORY OF AMERICA THROUGH BASEBALL.

LIKE WE HAVE A LOT OF THOSE NICHE CLASSES.

YEAH. OKAY, I'M JUST TRYING TO BE CLEAR.

SO EVERYBODY IN THE ETHER KNOWS.

FOR SURE. FOR SURE. YEAH, AND I APPRECIATE THE CITIZENS COMMENTS TONIGHT THAT ACTUALLY REVIEWED THE BOOK BECAUSE, LIKE YOU SAY, SOMETIMES SOME OF THESE COURSE THINGS GO THROUGH WITH NO EXTRA INPUT.

SO IT'S NICE TO HAVE THE CITIZENS PARTNERSHIP AND LOOKING IN THAT MATERIAL.

WE WERE SO EXCITED BECAUSE WE WERE SITTING THERE AND THEY HIT ALMOST ALL OF OUR TALKING POINTS.

THERE YOU GO. SO THAT WAS SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

[LAUGHTER] I THINK IT'S AWESOME.

I THINK IT'LL BE GREAT IF WE PASS IT.

THAT'S HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT. IT'LL HELP JUST WITH OUR SOCIETY AND OUR CULTURE HERE.

LEARNING MORE ABOUT. EACH OTHER.

IT'S JUST GOING TO MAKE US BETTER.

I REALLY DO LIKE THE FOCUS ON THE WHAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT OFTENTIMES WHEN YOU READ LITERATURE, THAT'S FROM A MULTICULTURAL PERSPECTIVE IT'S ABOUT THE STRUGGLE, AND WHAT I REALLY FOUND FROM LOOKING THROUGH THE BOOK WAS THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF JOY IN THE STORIES, A LOT ABOUT FAMILY, A LOT ABOUT LOVE, A LOT ABOUT LEARNING, A LOT ABOUT WHAT AMERICA MEANS TO IMMIGRANTS WHEN THEY COME FROM OTHER PLACES.

YEAH, VERY COOL.

AND I RARELY DO THIS, BUT I'M GOING TO JUST GIVE A PERSONAL COMMENT.

SO MY GRANDSON IS A CHILD OF COLOR, AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT SO MUCH OF THE LITERATURE BEING ABOUT STRUGGLE BECAUSE HE'S A VERY JOYFUL KID.

WELL, HE'S A MAN NOW, BUT ANYWAY, AND RATHER THAN FEED HIM, HE SHOULD BE STRUGGLING.

HE SHOULD BE STRUGGLING. I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THERE'S JOY AND FAMILY AND SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.

I APPRECIATE THAT. I'LL JUST ADD THAT I LIKED THAT SOME OF THE STORIES WERE ONLY A COUPLE OF PAGES LONG.

[LAUGHTER] AND I GET THROUGH THEM.

THE KIDS WILL LIKE THAT.

I THOUGHT THE KIDS WOULD LIKE THAT TOO.

SO BUT SOME WERE MUCH LONGER AND ALL ENJOYABLE.

SO YEAH, I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD READ.

NOT THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING THE BOOK, BUT THAT WAS JUST MY TAKEAWAY.

SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? SO IF WE APPROVE THE COURSE, WE HAVE TO APPROVE THE BOOK? NO. NOT NECESSARILY.

ISN'T THAT HAND IN HAND, THOUGH? NO, NO, NO.

THEY HAVE A STRUCTURE, BUT YOU'LL APPROVE THE COURSE.

IF YOU APPROVE THE COURSE, THEN YOU DON'T APPROVE THE COURSE.

THEN THERE'S NO.

NO REASON. RIGHT? GOTCHA.

IF YOU APPROVE THE COURSE THEN THE BOOK WILL BE NEXT.

RIGHT. THERE HAS TO BE A FORMAL APPROVAL, OF COURSE, FIRST.

RIGHT, AND AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, WE'RE KIND OF WAITING ON THE SUPPLEMENTAL CONTRACTS THAT THEY'VE PUT IN TO DEVELOP ALL OF THE CURRICULUM OUT UNTIL WE KNOW THAT INDEED THAT BOOK

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THIS IS THE BOOK THAT WE TOOK THROUGH THE PROCESS OF SO AS LONG AS THE BOOK IS APPROVED THEN FOR SURE THIS WILL BE ONE THING AT A TIME. [LAUGHTER] YES, IT IS.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE? I KNOW A LOT OF STUDENTS ARE GOING TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THIS CLASS, LIKE PERSONALLY IF I WAS ABLE TO TAKE THIS CLASS NEXT YEAR, I WOULD HAVE TOTALLY, LIKE, JUMPED ON TO IT.

SO IT MAKES ME VERY HAPPY TO SEE STORIES LIKE CESAR CHAVEZ, AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE LIKE STORIES FROM PEOPLE WHO, LIKE COMMUNITIES WERE [INAUDIBLE] HEARD THAT OFTEN.

I REALLY ENJOYED THAT.

SO THANK YOU. I JUST LIKE TO ECHO THAT AND SAY THAT A LOT OF THE TIMES I FEEL LIKE MULTICULTURAL, JUST THINGS IN GENERAL ARE LOOKED AT AS JUST LIKE CONCRETE, JUST EVENTS IN HISTORY AND THINGS LIKE THAT, RATHER THAN ACTUALLY EXPANDING ON, YOU KNOW, INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCES AND, YOU KNOW, ETC..

SO I THINK THAT THIS IS JUST INCREDIBLE AND IT'S NOT REALLY IT DOESN'T HAPPEN A LOT AND A LOT OF JUST BASELINE COURSES.

SO HAVING THAT OPPORTUNITY IS GREAT.

SO THANK YOU.

AND I KNOW THAT WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THE BOOK WHEN WE COME BACK AFTER THE COURSE IS APPROVED, BUT AS A CURRICULUM DIRECTOR, I LOOKED AT THE BOOK AND THOUGHT, THIS IS A REALLY TINY LITTLE BOOK. IS THERE REALLY ENOUGH HERE? THERE IS SO MUCH CONVERSATION TO BE HAD BASED ON THOSE 20 STORIES.

IT'S REALLY INCREDIBLE THE DEPTH THAT THEY CAN GO TO WITH THOSE.

WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? ARE YOU READY FOR A OK? I MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVED THE MULTICULTURAL AMERICAN LITERATURE COURSE.

MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

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

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

MOTION PASSES. 5 TO 0.

THANK YOU. WE NOW MOVE ON TO FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND BOARD EVENTS

[11. Future Agenda Items and Board Events]

WHAT DO WE HAVE NEXT? WE HAVE A BOARD MEETING IN FEBRUARY ON THE 13TH.

THE INDUSTRY FAIR IS COMING UP.

WE HAVE TOURS IN FEBRUARY.

LOTS HAPPENING THIS WEEK.

I THINK MRS. BACHMAN HAS INVITED THE BOARD TO COME TO THE ART SHOW AT LAURIN.

IS THAT THIS WEEK? THAT'S GOOD. SO THERE'S THINGS, LOTS OF THINGS HAPPENING.

ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD OR? I'D LIKE TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT.

I'VE DECIDED TO STEP DOWN FROM THE BOARD AS OF THE 27TH OF FEBRUARY.

IT'S BEEN A GOOD FOUR YEARS AND I FEEL THAT IT'S BEST FOR THE BOARD THAT I STEP DOWN AT THIS POINT FOR REASONS OF TO BETTER THE BOARD.

I THINK IN BEING ABLE TO CHOOSE AND INTERVIEW SOME PEOPLE.

SO ANYWAY, SO IT'S BEEN A GOOD FOUR YEARS.

I'LL BE AROUND FOR THE NEXT SIX WEEKS THOUGH.

SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT FEBRUARY 27TH WILL BE MY LAST TIME.

I JUST WANT TO SAY ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT, ROB, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE AND AN HONOR.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR THE DISTRICT.

THANK YOU. YOU WILL BE MISSED.

THANKS ROB. BEEN A PLEASURE TO SERVE WITH YOU.

THANK YOU. THAT'S A BUMMER, BUT VERY UNDERSTOOD.

DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER EVENTS THAT THEY WANT TO MENTION OR THINGS THEY THOUGHT ABOUT THAT ARE UPCOMING? IF YOU WANT TO SHARE.

ALL RIGHT, WE WILL BE GOING TO EXECUTIVE

[12. Executive Session]

IT'S WE GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION UNDER RCW42.30.110 ARTICLE G.

I BELIEVE WE WILL BE ABOUT 30 MINUTES.

IS THAT STILL CORRECT? YEAH. WE WANTED TO GIVE EVERYBODY ABOUT A FIVE MINUTE BREAK.

SURE, AND THEN WE'LL CALL AND THIS WILL BE FOR A PERSONNEL ISSUE WITH NO ACTION.

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LET'S DO IT. THANK YOU, EVERYONE.

MEETING ADJOURNED AT 8:19.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.