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>> WELL, WELCOME TO OUR FEBRUARY 13TH REGULAR BOARD MEETING,
[1. Call to Order]
AND IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE HAD A ROOM THIS FULL, SO I WANT TO SAY WELCOME TO ALL OUR GUESTS.IF YOU'LL ALL JOIN US, WE START OUR MEETING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
>> NEXT UP, WE HAVE OUR ROLL CALL.
>> PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT 3, JACKIE MADDUX.
>> VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT IV, MARK WATRIN.
>> DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT 1, MARY SNITILY.
>> DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT 2, ROB HENRICKSON.
>> DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT 3, TED CHAMPINE.
>> STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE, RICARDO MARTIN DEL CAMPO.
>> STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES SORA TOLLEY.
>> MADAM PRESIDENT, WE HAVE A QUORUM.
>> THANK YOU. WELL, TONIGHT WE WILL START OFF WITH OUR AGENDA APPROVAL.
[4. Agenda Approval (Board Vote w/Student Voice)]
TONIGHT'S AGENDA WILL HAVE COMMUNICATIONS INCLUDING A ROOM FULL OF STUDENT VOICE, WHICH WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT.WE'LL HAVE OUR SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF UPDATES, ROOM FOR OUR CITIZENS COMMENTS, REVIEW OF OUR CONSENT AGENDA WITH ITEMS A THROUGH K. THERE'S NO OLD BUSINESS TONIGHT, WE HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS OF NEW BUSINESS AND THEN WE'LL REVIEW OUR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, AND BOARD EVENTS.
THE BOARD WILL RETIRE FOR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND THEN RETURN WITH POSSIBLE ACTION AND THEN WE'LL RETURN TO ADJOURN THE MEETING.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR AGENDA TONIGHT OR ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE REMOVED? HEARING NONE, I WOULD CARRY A MOTION.
>> I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS ACCEPTED.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY, AYE.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED, HEARING NONE. MOTION PASSES 5-0.
THAT BRINGS US UP NEXT TO OUR STUDENT VOICE,
[5. Communications]
AND I'D LIKE TO WELCOME OUR GUESTS FROM YAKEL PRIMARY SCHOOL, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM.IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO START BY SHARING YOUR NAMES, MAYBE YOUR GRADE LEVEL.
>> MY NAME IS ELLA AND I'M IN FOURTH GRADE.
>> MY NAME IS LEVI AND I'M IN FOURTH GRADE TOO.
>> HERE I HOPE FOR ME WE DO OUR BEST TO BE SAFE, RESPECTFUL, AND RESPONSIBLE, AND [NOISE] THAT OUR TEACHERS HELP US BE SAFE, AND THEY DO A LOT FOR US.
FOURTH GRADE YOU GET TO DO LIKE LEADERSHIP, AND WHEN YOU DO LEADERSHIP, YOU GET TO HELP OUT WITH THE COMMUNITY AND RAISE MONEY FOR A LOT OF STUFF.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS LEVI BUFFY.
HERE ARE SOME THINGS I LIKE ABOUT YAKEL PRIMARY.
I'VE HAD SOME AWESOME TEACHERS; AT KINDERGARTEN I HAD MS. MCGRAW, IN FIRST GRADE I HAD MS. SHERRY, SECOND GRADE I HAD MS. [INAUDIBLE], AND THIRD GRADE I HAD MISS DUNCAN, AND FOURTH-GRADE I HAD MISS LANGLOSS.
I LOVE PE AND I WISH WE COULD HAVE IT EVERY DAY.
I AM IN LEADERSHIP CLASS, MS. KIRBY AND MR. SIMON ARE OUR TEACHERS.
IN LEADERSHIP WE ARE DOING AWESOME THINGS; WE HELP WITH ASSEMBLIES, WE MAKE MORNING ANNOUNCEMENTS, AT CHRISTMAS TIME, WE'RE HUNGRY HEROES, WE COUNTED ALL THE DONATED FOOD AND STORED INTO BOXES.
WE HAD AROUND 2,600 FOOD DONATION.
ISN'T THAT AWESOME? LAST WEEK WE SOLD VALENTINE GRAMS,
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WE SOLD AROUND 500.THAT MONEY IS GOING TOWARDS PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT FOR RECESS TIME. I LOVE RECESS.
FOR SPIRIT WEEK WE MADE A VIDEO FOR EACH DAY.
I DROPPED, DRESSED UP AS AN OLD MAN, IT WAS SO FUN.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD FOR MAKING A VIDEO FOR PBIS.
IT MAY HELP TEACH THE KIDS AT YAKEL TO BE SAFE, RESPECTFUL AS POSSIBLE.
I LIKED BEING A GOOD ROLE MODEL FOR YOUNGER KIDS.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME TO LISTEN, HOW GREAT YAKEL SCHOOL IS.
>> GREAT JOB ELLA AND LEVI [INAUDIBLE] [APPLAUSE]
>> I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU GUYS, YOU ARE OUR FIRST PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS TO COME HERE TO THE BOARD MEETING.
YOU GUYS ARE LIKE EXPLORERS, YOU DISCOVERED US AND WE JUST WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING, YOU WERE WONDERFUL.
I KNOW IT'S NERVOUS TIME WHEN YOU'RE TALKING IN FRONT OF A LOT OF ADULTS, BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU, YOU DID ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL, AND IT WAS TERRIFIC.
YOU GUYS ARE GREAT. [APPLAUSE].
>> WELL, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THOSE TWO THINGS.
>> DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR? ANY?
I THINK THAT THESE MIGHT BE, BECAUSE THEY ARE THE YOUNGEST STUDENTS WHO'VE COME AND TALKED TO US, YOU CAN SEE OUR TWO STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES OVER HERE THAT ARE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, SO BOTH OF YOU NEED TO START THINKING ABOUT IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A SEAT ON THE BOARD WHEN YOU BECOME SOPHOMORES IN HIGH SCHOOL AND RUN PER STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES BECAUSE CLEARLY YOU'RE WELL ON YOUR WAY. NICE JOB YOU GUYS. [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE]
>> ALL RIGHT, I BELIEVE NEXT ON MY LIST, I HAVE ELISE COOL FROM CAM.
>> COOL. OH, I'M SORRY. I'M SO SORRY.
>> IT'S OKAY. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
MY NAME IS ELISE COOL AND I AM THE ASC PRESIDENT AT CAM ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SO I'M HERE TODAY TO TELL YOU HOW IT'S BEEN GOING UP CAM SINCE THE LAST TIME I CAME AND CHAIRED.
SO WE DID THE CLOTHING DRIVE THE END OF JANUARY, WE HAD AN AWESOME TURNOUT.
STUDENTS DONATED CLOTHING, UNNECESSARY HOUSEHOLD ITEMS FOR FAMILIES IN NEED.
SO WE HAD SEVERAL GARBAGE BAGS FULL OF CLOTHES TO DONATE TO THE GIVEN CLOSET.
ANOTHER THING THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL PARTICIPATED IN WAS A FOURTH-GRADE STUDENT AT CAM WANTED TO MAKE PAPER CRANES FOR HIS UNCLE WHO WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER.
AND IN JAPANESE CULTURE, 1,000 PAPER CRANES EQUALS ONE WISH.
SO HE WANTED TO WISH TO BE CURED.
SO HIGH SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND PRIMARY COMBINED MADE OVER 1,000 PAPER CRANES FOR HIM AND THAT WAS SUPER FUN.
ALSO, I WANT TO THANK SORE AND RICARDO FOR COMING TO VISIT US LAST WEEK.
THAT WAS SUPER NICE. WE WERE ABLE TO TELL THEM HOW IT'S BEEN GOING AT CAM FOR US.
ALSO, WE ARE PLANNING SPIRIT DAYS ON THE 16TH AND 17TH OF FEBRUARY, WE SEND A FORM OUT TO ALL THE MIDDLE-SCHOOL STUDENTS ASKING THEM WHAT THEY'D BE INTERESTED IN AND WHAT THEY DON'T WANT TO DO FOR SPIRIT DAYS AND CITY VERSUS COUNTRY DAY, AS WELL AS DRESS UP VERSUS DRESS DOWN WERE THE TOP VOTED.
SO THOSE WILL BE HAPPENING LATER THIS WEEK.
ANOTHER THING I WANT TO ADD WAS THAT ON FEBRUARY 17TH, CAM IS HAVING AN ALL SCHOOL TACO NACHO BAR THING AS A PART OF MEETING OUR SECOND SCHOOL-WIDE GOAL FOR PAUSE TICKETS.
SO CAT PARENTS HELP TO FUND THIS AS A RESULT OF POSITIVE BEHAVIOR BEING MET IN ALL THE GRADES.
A COUPLE MORE IDEAS THAT ARE JUST AN ASB THAT AREN'T LIKE FINALIZED YET.
WE WANT TO HAVE A SPRING SPHERE ASSEMBLY.
WE HAD ONE IN THE WINTER WHICH WAS SUPER COOL FOR EVERYONE.
ALL THE STUDENTS REALLY ENJOYED IT AND WE'RE SUGGESTING ANOTHER ONE.
SO WE HOPE TO DO THAT IN THE SPRING.
WE HAVE BEEN ASKING CLASSES WHAT THEY'D BE INTERESTED IN DOING.
THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF IDEAS GOING AROUND AND ALSO PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN SUGGESTING GOING TO UMSI ON A FIELD TRIP BECAUSE LOTS OF OTHER SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN DOING SO.
MAYBE THAT WILL BE SOMETHING WE HAVE IN SPRING.
IT'S STILL AN IDEA, BUT MAYBE THAT WAS SOMETHING WE WILL BE DOING.
OVERALL, ASB HAS BEEN VERY INVOLVED.
IT'S BEEN SUPER FUN FOR ASB AND FOR THE STUDENTS.
WE HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE TO MAKE SCHOOL
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ENJOYABLE FOR THE KIDS SO THEY CAN ASK THINGS TO LOOK FORWARD TO.THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
>> THANK YOU ELISE. [OVERLAPPING] [APPLAUSE]
>> ALL RIGHT. WELL, I WILL SAY THANK YOU FOR THE HELP WITH THE LAST NAME.
IT WILL NOT BE THE LAST NAME THAT I SLAUGHTERED TONIGHT.
SO WITH THAT, ASB PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT FROM AMBOY MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND I'M GOING TO LET THEM SAY THEIR OWN NAMES.
>> HELLO AND GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
WE'RE SO GLAD WE'RE ABLE TO BE HERE WITH YOU TODAY.
MY NAME IS CAROLINE HENDRICKSON AND I AM THE ASB PRESIDENT AT AMBOY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
>> MY NAME IS BELLA MERRYMAN AND I'M ASB VICE PRESIDENT AT AMBOY, WE ARE HERE TO UPDATE YOU ON WHAT WE ASB OFFICERS HAVE BEEN DOING THIS YEAR.
>> ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE DID THIS YEAR WAS AN EAGLE BUCK DRAWING.
WHERE KIDS, FOR THE EAGLEBUCKS INTO A DRAWING AND THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN COOL PRIZES SUCH AS SPORTS BALLS, GIFT CARDS, POP, AND OTHER COOL ITEMS. WE ALSO DID A STORE WHERE THEY GET TO USE THEIR EAGLEBUCKS TO BUY ITEMS THAT ARE SMALLER.
BOTH THE DRAWINGS IN THE STORES ARE LOVED BY EVERYONE AT AMBOY.
>> IN OCTOBER, EACH HOMEROOM CLASS NOMINATED TWO PEOPLE TO BE THEIR ASP REPRESENTATIVES.
WE HAVE MONTHLY MEETINGS IN WHICH WE INFORM THEM AS TO WHAT WE ARE DOING THAT MONTH, AND THEY REPORT THAT INFORMATION BACK TO THEIR HOMEROOM CLASS.
ALSO IN OCTOBER, WE HAD OUR FIRST PEP ASSEMBLY WHERE WE PLAYED GAMES AND HAD FUN.
>> IN DECEMBER, WE DID A FOOD DRIVE WHERE ALL THE CLASSES COMPETED AGAINST EACH OTHER.
THE TOP CLASS IN THE SCHOOL GOT A PIZZA PARTY, AND THE WINNING CLASS IN EACH GRADE GOT A POPCORN PARTY.
THERE WAS A LOT OF FOOD BROUGHT AND THAT GOT DONATED TO THE LIONS CLUB.
THERE WAS ALSO A GLOVE MITTEN IN SOC DRIVE, AROUND THE SAME TIME AND THERE WERE SOME BROWN BUT NOT THAT MUCH.
>> NOVEMBER 10TH WAS OUR VETERANS DAY ASSEMBLY.
A VETERAN WAS ASKED TO SPEAK AND CAROLINE AND I BOTH GAVE SPEECHES ON WHAT VETERANS DAY MEANT TO US AND WHAT WE DO TO HONOR OUR VETERANS.
ABOUT A MONTH AGO, WE HAD A DRAWING CONTEST FOR THE DESIGN OF THE EIGHTH GRADE SWEATSHIRT.
THE PERSON WHO DREW THE WINNING DESIGN GOT A FREE SWEATSHIRT.
>> THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, THE ASB HAS BEEN SELLING VALENTINE CARNATION FLOWERS, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE EIGHTH GRADERS, WERE THEY SELL FOR $1 EACH AND GET BROUGHT TO PEOPLE AROUND THE SCHOOL.
THE PROFIT FROM THEM GO TO THEIR EIGHTH GRADE RECOGNITION.
>> ON TUESDAYS DURING THE TIME THAT THEIR AFTER-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES, WE HAVE MEN GOING TO YAKEL PRIMARY TO OPEN THE KINDERGARTEN CLASSROOMS. THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS AND KIDS WILL LIKE IT AND READ IT TOO.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING US BE HERE TONIGHT.
>> THANK YOU. [BACKGROUND] [APPLAUSE]
>> DID YOU SAY YOU HAVE TWO REPRESENTATIVES FROM EACH CLASS?
>> THAT'S A PRETTY BIG GROUP, RIGHT?
>> NICE. ALL RIGHT, IMPRESSIVE.
>> HOPE YOU COME BACK AND VISIT US AGAIN.
>> WE DO HAVE ANOTHER RECOGNITION BUT BEFORE WE GO TO THAT, I'D LIKE TO ASK IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER ASB REPORTS IN THE ROOM THAT MAYBE ARE HERE THAT ARE ON MY LIST? YES. PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM. THANK YOU.
SO TOMORROW WE'RE STARTING PENNIES FOR PATIENTS.
>> CAROLINE TELL US YOUR SCHOOL.
>> OH, CAM ACADEMY AND I'M IN SEVENTH GRADE.
WE'RE STARTING PENNIES FOR PATIENTS TOMORROW FOR THE LYMPHOMA SOCIETY.
ON FRIDAY NIGHT, WE'RE HAVING A GAME NIGHT FOR LIKE THE WHOLE SCHOOL AND MOVE UP DAY FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLERS.
SO THE EIGHTH GRADES ARE GOING TO COME CHECK OUT HIGH-SCHOOL AND SEE WHAT IT'S LIKE.
WE'RE TRYING TO INCORPORATE THEM MORE INTO OUR HIGH-SCHOOL BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF SMALL.
THEN WE JUST WRAPPED UP OUR THEME FOR PROM AND WE'RE ALMOST DONE PLANNING THAT AND YEAH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ANY QUESTIONS?
>> COME BACK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT THAT ONE. ALL RIGHT.
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SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO BRING UP ALLISON TO HEART AND SHE IS GOING TO SHARE A RECOGNITION OF THE ALL STATE, ALL NORTHWEST AND HONOR BAND STUDENTS AND TEACHERS.>> GOOD EVENING. ANYBODY THAT IS PART OF THE BAND THAT IS HERE FOR BAND RECOGNITION, IF YOU WOULD ALL JUST COME FORWARD RIGHT NOW, INCLUDING OUR TEACHERS, IF THEY WOULD JOIN AS WELL, PLEASE.
WE'LL HAVE YOU JUST STAND ALONG THE FRONT, PLEASE.
I'M EXCITED TO INTRODUCE SOME SPECIAL BATTLEGROUND PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS AND TEACHERS THIS EVENING.
WE HAVE INVITED SOME MEMBERS OF OUR BAND PROGRAMS. BAND TEACHERS HAVE A BIG JOB THAT TAKE MANY HOURS OUTSIDE OF THEIR SCHOOL DAY FOR EVENTS SUCH AS CONCERTS, PET BANDS, AND PARADES.
BUT THEY ARE ALSO WORKING HARD BEHIND THE SCENES TO PREPARE FOR EVENTS THAT ARE LESSER KNOWN, ALTHOUGH BIG IN THE BAND WORLD.
THERE ARE SOME BIG COMPETITIONS, AND THEN OF COURSE, OUR STUDENTS ARE WORKING HARD TO PRACTICE THEIR PARTS, AND PREPARE FOR EVENTS THAT ARE THE EQUIVALENT OF DISTRICT AND STATE PLAYOFFS IN ATHLETICS, AND THESE ARE STUDENTS WHO ARE NAMED TO ALL-STATE TEAMS. LAST WEEKEND I WANTED TO JUST RECAP.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF FESTIVALS, IT'S FESTIVAL SEASON FOR BANDS, BUT THIS LAST WEEKEND WE HAD MULTIPLE SCHOOLS PARTICIPATING IN THE WEST SALEM JAZZ FESTIVAL.
MUCH LIKE THERE ARE DIVISIONS FOR SPORTS, THERE ARE ALSO DIVISIONS FOR MUSIC GROUPS, BUT THEY ARE CLASSIFIED VERY DIFFERENTLY.
THEY ARE CATEGORIZED AS BEGINNING, INTERMEDIATE, AND ADVANCED DIVISIONS BASED ON HOW EXPERIENCED THE BANDS ARE. DID I GET THAT RIGHT?
>> HOW LARGE THE SCHOOLS. THANK YOU.
OUR BANDS HAD OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES WITH THE FOLLOWING RESULTS.
CHIEF UMTUCH ADVANCED JAZZ BAND TOOK FIRST PLACE.
PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL INTERMEDIATE JAZZ BAND TOOK THIRD PLACE.
[APPLAUSE] PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL ADVANCED JAZZ BAND TOOK FIRST PLACE.
[APPLAUSE] BATTLEGROUND HIGH SCHOOL INTERMEDIATE JAZZ BAND 1 TOOK SECOND PLACE.
[APPLAUSE] BATTLEGROUND INTERMEDIATE JAZZ BAND 2 TOOK SECOND PLACE.
BATTLEGROUND JAZZ COMBO TOOK THIRD PLACE.
[APPLAUSE] BATTLEGROUND HIGH SCHOOL ADVANCED JAZZ BAND, WHICH IS IN THE MOST ADVANCED DIVISION, TOOK FIRST PLACE.
[APPLAUSE] THEY DID VERY WELL.
IN ADDITION TO THE FESTIVALS LIKE WEST SALEM JAZZ FESTIVAL AND SKY VIEW JAZZ FESTIVAL, THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN EVENTS CALLED HONOR BAND, PROVIDING LOCAL AND REGIONAL RECOGNITION.
ALL-STATE BANDS WHICH PROVIDE WASHINGTON STATE RECOGNITION, AND ALL NORTHWEST BAND PROVIDING MULTISTATE RECOGNITION SO WASHINGTON, OREGON, IDAHO, MONTANA, AND ALASKA.
STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO AUDITION TO THESE BANDS BY SUBMITTING RECORDINGS OF THEMSELVES PERFORMING.
THEN BEING SELECTED FOR ONE OF THESE BANDS IS A HUGE ACHIEVEMENT OR HONOR.
I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS AND TEACHERS FOR THEIR SELECTION AND PARTICIPATION IN THE FOLLOWING BANDS.
I'M GOING TO LIST FIRST THE HONOR BAND AND WE DIDN'T HAVE THEM COME TODAY, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THEM JUST BECAUSE IT IS A HUGE HONOR TO BE PART OF AN HONOR BAND.
WE HAVE ISABEL CLARK AND MARY WAGNER FROM AMBOY MIDDLE-SCHOOL UNDER THE DIRECTION OF JEREMY GALLAGHER.
WE HAVE CHLOE HOPWOOD, ELIJAH LINUX, AND LIKE YOU, I HOPE I'M GETTING NAMES RIGHT, BUT NO PROMISES THERE.
KARA TAOTIE, MAGDALENA AMAROSO, MICHAEL HOYT, MICHAEL HEARD, PIPER STRONG, RUBY MCCPHERSON, T. RICHONS, AND WILLIAM JOHNSTONE FROM CHIEF MIDDLE SCHOOL UNDER THE DIRECTION OF DANIEL ARMSTRONG.
WE HAVE BRANDON FELTON FROM LAUREN MIDDLE SCHOOL UNDER THE DIRECTION OF BONE WALCOTT.
CHLOE CRANE AND METAB KEILA FROM PLEASANT VALLEY MIDDLE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF JAMES DEBRIS.
NATALIE MENSIA, TEMPERANCE GILLIS AND KATE BIVS FROM TUKES VALLEY MIDDLE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF ALLISON PIERCE.
JACOB CASTRO, ABRIEL CLARK, AVERY HEMMING, PAIGE LAD, HAYDEN MCCARTY, AND GRADY MCHENRY FROM BATTLEGROUND HIGH SCHOOL UNDER THE DIRECTION OF GREG MCKELLY.
[APPLAUSE] [LAUGHTER] WE HAVE A FEW MORE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE STANDING IN FRONT OF US TODAY.
WE WOULD LIKE TO HONOR, ESPECIALLY THE ALL-STATE JUNIOR JAZZ BAND PARTICIPANTS.
WE HAVE TEMPERANCE GILLIS FROM TUKES VALLEY MIDDLE UNDER ALLISON PEARSON, GREG MIKKEL V. IS TEMPERANCE?
>> TEMPERANCE IS NOT FOR JAZZ BAND, BUT SHE IS HERE [INAUDIBLE].
>> OH, DID I GET IT BACKWARDS? YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CORRECT ME ON THESE OTHERS IF I GOT IT WRONG.
THANK YOU. THEN WE HAVE ELIJAH LINUX AND
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GAVIN DEMOSS FROM CHIEF MIDDLE SCHOOL UNDER DANIEL ARMSTRONG.>> THAT IS JAZZ BAND. THOSE PEOPLE ARE HERE.
[LAUGHTER] THEN IN THE ALL-STATE JUNIOR BAND, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HELP ME.
TEMPERANCE GILLIS, MAYBE A WRITTEN TWICE.
>> THANK YOU. THEN WE HAVE CHLOE SCHAEFER, MICHAEL HEARD, COL TON DIAMOND, MADDOX CHANKANLY FROM CHIEF MIDDLE SCHOOL WITH DANIEL ARMSTRONG. DID I MISS ANYONE?
>> OKAY. CHLOE SCHAEFER. THANK YOU [LAUGHTER].
THEN, FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE OLD NORTHWEST JAZZ BAND, WE HAVE GRADY MCHENRY FROM BATTLEGROUND HIGH SCHOOL.
IS GRADY HERE? THEN PARTICIPATION IN THE OLD NORTHWEST BAND, WHICH IS THE REGULAR BAND MCKAY NORBERG FROM PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF RYAN MESLEY.
THE OLD NORTHWEST BAND, LIKE I SAID, IS A MULTI-STATE BAND.
IF YOU WOULD PLEASE HELP ME CONGRATULATE ALL OF THESE FABULOUS TEACHERS AND STUDENTS FOR ALL THEIR WORK.
[APPLAUSE] [INAUDIBLE] [BACKGROUND]
>> DANIELLE AND ALLISON. THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH.
>> YOU GUYS CAN COME UP IF YOU WANT TO GET CLOSER TO TAKE A PICTURE.
>> I'M GOING TO ADD THROUGH [INAUDIBLE] .[LAUGHTER]
>> BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL STUDENT VOICE THAT I MISSED? WHO ARE WE GOING TO HEAR FROM FIRST TODAY? ALL RIGHT.
>> I JUST LIKE TO GIVE A FEW UPDATES NAMELY FOR THE BEST OF BATTLEGROUND PAGEANT, WHICH I HAVE A FEW MORE DETAILS ON.
OUR BEST OF BATTLEGROUND PAGEANT, WHICH IS A COMPETITION BETWEEN A FEW SENIORS ON THE BEST OF BATTLEGROUND, AND THE JUDGES CHOICE, AND IT'S A FUNDRAISER.
THIS YEAR OUR BENEFICIARY IS A BOY NAMED LUKE FROM CLARK COUNTY.
HE'S 15 YEARS OLD AND HE HAS, I HOPE I PRONOUNCE THIS RIGHT, HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME, WHICH ESSENTIALLY MEANS THAT THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS HEART IS NOT FUNCTIONING VERY WELL.
BY 12 YEARS OLD, HE HAD 16 OPEN HEART SURGERIES AND AT THE END OF LAST YEAR HE HAD TO GET AIRLIFTED BECAUSE OF I THINK IT WAS FLUID, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WENT PRETTY WRONG AND THERE ARE MAJOR COSTS AS HE WENT UP TO THE SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AND HIS FAMILY IS STAYING AROUND HIM THERE.
WE GOT IN CONTACT WITH HIM THROUGH THE SPIRAL CLUB AND SARAH SHOOT AND I ARE CO-DIRECTING THIS PAGEANT.
OUR JUDGES THIS YEAR ARE THE DEPUTY MAYOR OF CLARK COUNTY, OUR VERY OWN SUPERINTENDENT, AND A FORMER MISS CLARK COUNTY.
THE PAGEANT IS ON MARCH 25TH IN THE EVENING, AND YEAH, WE HAVE 19 YEARS IN THE RUNNING.
IT'S OUR 18TH YEAR AT BATTLEGROUND DURING THIS PROJECT, IT WAS FORMERLY CALLED MR. VJ.
I HOPE EVERYONE CAN ATTEND AND HELP THIS LUKE, KID OUT.
I THINK HE WILL REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
BUT MOVING ON, WE HAVE AN INDUSTRY FAIR AT BATTLEGROUND ON THE 16TH FROM 05:00 TO 07:00 P.M,
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AND THERE'S A RESUME WORKSHOP THERE, IT'S FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THE STUDENTS.WE'RE DOING A WISH WEEK, WHICH IS WHERE EACH STUDENT CAN MAKE A WISH FOR EITHER THEMSELVES OR ANOTHER PERSON, AND THAT JUST GETS GRANTED TO THEM, IT'S JUST A FUN THING. I THINK THAT'S ABOUT IT.
[LAUGHTER] OUR BIPOC/MULTICULTURAL CLUB GREW IN SIZE FROM EIGHT STUDENTS TO 30.
I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE OUR MULTICULTURAL CLUB FOR EXPANDING.
WE NOW HAVE LIKE OFFICER POSITIONS IN THE CLUB. THAT'S REALLY GREAT.
WE'RE CURRENTLY PLANNING OUT OUR SPRING DANCE AND THE THEME IS GOING TO BE ANNOUNCED ON FRIDAY AND WE'RE ALSO HAVING SPRINGS SPIRIT WEEK.
TOMORROW, WE'RE SENDING OUT SWEET SURPRISES WHICH ARE LIKE LITTLE VALENTINE'S DAY THEMED HEARTS, NOTES FOR STUDENTS AND THEY'RE REALLY CUTE.
[LAUGHTER] I WANT TO CONGRATULATE MS. ROSS FOR BEING A FINALIST FOR ADVISOR OF THE YEAR.
WE'RE ALL VERY PROUD OF HER AT PRAIRIE AND SHE DEFINITELY DESERVED IT.
WRESTLING GOT SECOND AT REGIONALS AND SOME OF THE STUDENTS ARE GOING TO STAY.
UNIFIED BASKETBALL GOT THIRD AT DISTRICTS, GYMNASTICS GOT FIRST IN DISTRICTS, BOY'S SWIMMING IS ALSO GOING TO STATE THIS WEEK.
AS YOU HEARD OUR JAZZ 1 GOT FIRST IN THE INTERMEDIATE DIVISION AT WEST SALEM JAZZ FESTIVAL.
JAZZ 2 GOT THIRD IN THE NOVICE DIVISION.
DANCE ALSO HAS A COMPETITION THIS SATURDAY AT UNION.
ZANADU OPENS THIS FRIDAY AT 7:00.
DAN SPEECH AND DEBATE IS ALSO GOING TO STAY, JAZZ 1 AND TWO PERFORM AT CLARK ON THE 28TH OF JANUARY AND THEN FINALLY, OUR NORTH COUNTY HONOR BAND PERFORMED ON THE BOARD.
I ABSOLUTELY WORE THE SHIRT TODAY, NOT KNOWING WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT [LAUGHTER].
>> I WANT TO ADD THAT [INAUDIBLE] HIGH SCHOOL HELD THE STATE CHEER COMPETITION AND THAT WAS INSANE.
I VOLUNTEERED THERE AND THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE, THE GYM WAS SO FULL.
THAT WAS A GREAT HONOR, IT WAS VERY CLEAR TO SEE THAT MANY PEOPLE IN OUR GYM, BUT THAT'S ALL [LAUGHTER].
>> I REALLY APPRECIATE HOW MUCH YOU GUYS SHARE [LAUGHTER].
DON'T EVER FEEL YOU'RE RUSHED OR WRAP IT UP [LAUGHTER]. IT'S GREAT.
I LOVE HEARING ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY.
WITH THAT, WE WILL WRAP UP STUDENT VOICE.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO COMMUNITY REPORTS AND WE WILL START WITH OUR LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE. [INAUDIBLE]
>> THANK YOU. I PROVIDE A SHEET THIS TIME WHICH MAYBE WILL HELP A LITTLE BIT WITH ALL THOSE DIFFERENT BILLS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
I KNOW ONE OF THE ONES THAT'S ON THE TOP OF OUR LIST THERE'S HOUSE BILL 1436 AND SENATE BILL 5311, THAT BOTH ARE REGARDING SPECIAL ED AND SO I WANTED TO READ FOR HER WAS TO ADVOCACY TEAM SET ABOUT THAT THIS WEEK.
THEY SAID WE CLOSED LAST WEEK'S ACTION ALERT SECTION WITH HOPEFUL NEWS.
THAT HOUSE BILL 1436 ON COMPREHENSIVE SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING WOULD BE HEARD IN HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS ON THURSDAY, WHICH WAS LAST THURSDAY.
HOWEVER, WE WERE DISAPPOINTED TO SEE A SUBSTITUTE TO THE BILL INTRODUCED 24 HOURS BEFORE THE HEARING, WHICH HAPPENS I KNOW.
THE SUBSTITUTE BILL TOOK SIGNIFICANT STEPS BACKWARD FROM THE ORIGINAL BILL LANGUAGE.
ADDITIONALLY, AND A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN, A NEW SECTION WAS ADDED.
SECTION 4, THAT WOULD DIVERT IT UP TO 50 PERCENT OF BASIC EDUCATIONS ALLOCATION, MEANING THE GENERAL ED FUNDS TO SPECIAL EDUCATION.
MEANING THE MORE THAT STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES ARE PLACED IN SPECIAL EDUCATION SETTINGS, THE MORE BASIC EDUCATION FUNDS WOULD BE DIVERTED UP TO THE 50 PERCENT CAP.
THIS LOOKS LIKE IT COULD BE INTERPRETED AS A DISINCENTIVE FOR INCLUSION.
BOTTOM LINE, WHAT THE ADVOCACY TEAM IS SAYING IS THAT THEY WANT TO KEEP, HOPEFULLY HOUSE BILL 1436 AND SENATE BILL 5311 ALIVE AS IT MOVES THROUGH COMMITTEE.
BECAUSE AT SOME POINT, HOPEFULLY THERE'LL BE A BETTER BILL THAT COMES OUT OF IT BUT AT THIS POINT, ON OUR SHEET ON OUR LIST, 1436, THEY WEIGHED IN AS PRO, THEY TESTIFIED AS PRO, EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE CHANGES TO IT.
THAT'S KIND OF A LITTLE UPDATE ON THE SPECIAL ED.
I GAVE YOU A LIST AND I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THIS IS A SHORTLIST BECAUSE ACTUALLY THE NUMBER OF BILLS THAT OUR ADVOCACY TEAM IS WATCHING IS ABOUT 155 AT THIS POINT,
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JUST EDUCATION BILLS THAT THEY'RE WATCHING AND SOME OTHERS, BUT MOSTLY THEY WEIGH IN ON EDUCATION BILLS.IF YOU LOOK AT EACH ONE OF THESE ON OUR LIST, IT GIVES JUST A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE BILL, AND THEN IN PARENTHESES IT SAYS WHETHER WASD IS WEIGHING IN PRO, CON OR OTHER, AND WHETHER THEY SIGNED IN OR ACTUALLY TESTIFIED.
SOMETIMES THEY DON'T WEIGH IN PRO OR CON FOR UNTIL THE BILL BEGINS TO MOVE THROUGH COMMITTEE AND ONTO THE FLOOR OR BECAUSE THERE ARE REASONS THEY REALLY ARE LIMITED TO OUR MEMBER ADOPTED POSITIONS.
THERE ARE TIMES WHEN A BILL IS CONFLICTING.
IT HAS IN IT PARTS THAT THE MEMBERS HAVE ADOPTED A POSITION ON, AND MEMBERS HAVE ADOPTED A POSITION AGAINST.
IT'S A LITTLE TRICKY, BUT IT IS PRETTY INTERESTING TO LISTEN TO THEM, DISCUSS HOW THEY MAKE THAT DECISION OF WIND AWAY IN EITHER PRO OR CON.
THAT'S OFTEN THE WAY IN OTHER, WHEN IT'S THIS EARLY IN THE SESSION.
THE FIRST ONE ON THERE, I WANTED TO ASK THE STUDENTS ABOUT SENATE BILL 5527 ADDS ADDITIONAL COURSES TO THE LIST OF COURSES APPROVED AS GRADUATION PATHWAYS.
I KNOW YOU'RE PREPARING FOR GRADUATION AND SO YOU KNOW ALL ABOUT THOSE GRADUATION PATHWAYS AND DIFFERENT COURSES.
WHAT IT DOES IS ADD SOME VERY SPECIFIC COURSES THAT WEREN'T IN THERE, SOME AP COURSES AND SO ON.
THAT COULD BE FOR YOUR MATH REQUIREMENT OR YOUR LANGUAGE ARTS REQUIREMENT, COULD FULFILL THAT REQUIREMENT.
I JUST WONDERED HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT WHAT'S AVAILABLE NOW IN TERMS OF THOSE COURSES, AND IF YOU THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE TO ADD ADDITIONAL COURSES.
>> I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
PERSONALLY, I WISH THERE WAS A LOT MORE GRADUATION PATHWAY OPTIONS.
BECAUSE AT LEAST IN MY CASE, LIKE GOING INTO MUSIC, OR AT LEAST I'M PLANNING ON GOING INTO MUSIC, THERE'S NOT REALLY ANYTHING THERE.
I KNOW LIKE I ALSO HAVE FRIENDS WHO WANT TO GO INTO ENGINEERING OR SOMETHING.
THEN THEY DON'T GET THE GRADUATION PATHWAY AND STUFF FOR IT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DESCRIBE IT, BUT I DEFINITELY THINK THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE OPTIONS AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS.
>> YEAH, FOR SURE. I DEFINITELY THINK EVERYONE DOES HAVE THEIR OWN PATHWAY OR THEIR OWN DIFFERENT PATHWAY AND SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE OUR CURRENT PATHWAY IS LACKING AND THAT IT DOESN'T ALLOW FOR THAT VARIATION SO.
>> YOU NOTICE THAT, THAT WAS THE WEIGHT AND CURL ON THAT.
>> WE'LL HAVE TO WATCH THAT AND SEE WHERE IT GOES.
>> MARY JUST TO CLARIFY ON THAT, IS THAT WHEN THEY SAY ADD ADDITIONAL COURSES, DID THEY MEAN ACTUALLY CREATING NEW CLASSES OR JUST APPROVED CLASSES ALREADY EXISTING,.
>> EXISTING CLASSES, SO AN EXISTING AP CLASS THAT ISN'T PART OF THE LIST FOR THE ACTUAL GRADUATION PATHWAY.
>> THIS IS ANOTHER ONE FOR IT WITH A QUESTION FOR STUDENTS.
IT'S HOUSE BILL 1658, AUTHORIZING PUBLIC HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENTS TO EARN ELECTIVE CREDIT FOR PAID WORK EXPERIENCE.
IN OTHER WORDS, YOU COULD GET CREDIT FOR YOUR JOB.
THE THING IS YOU COULD GET UP TO TWO CREDITS.
IT TAKES 360 HOURS TO EQUAL ONE CREDIT.
IF YOU ARE WORKING 20 HOURS A WEEK IN 18 WEEKS, WHICH IS ONE SEMESTER, YOU COULD GET A CREDIT.
I'M CURIOUS WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THAT.
>> YEAH. I PERSONALLY DO HAVE A JOB AS WELL AND IT'S DEFINITELY A REALLY BIG TIME COMMITMENT AND ON TOP OF YOUR SCHOOLWORK AND ELECTIVES ARE TYPICALLY CLASSES THAT YOU DO FOR FUN.
I DON'T KNOW, BEING ABLE TO TAKE MORE SPECIFIC TARGETED ACADEMIC CLASSES WHILE YOU'RE IN SCHOOL AND ALSO HAVING THAT JOB FULFILL THOSE ELECTIVE CREDITS, I FEEL LIKE IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD APPRECIATE PERSONALLY BECAUSE I KNOW I'M LIKE LACKING ONE CREDIT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AS AN ELECTIVE AND IF I HAD THAT OPTION, I WOULD'VE TAKEN IT.
>> YEAH, SO TO ADD ON, IT WAS LIKE ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO GO OUT AND LIKE PUT THEMSELVES IN A SITUATION WHERE WE AS STUDENTS CAN FEEL MORE LIKE ADULTS BECAUSE I KNOW AS IT IS WHEN WE'RE YOUNGER ADULTS WE ARE LIKE, WE WANT TO HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO LOOK OLDER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT I THINK IT PAVES THE WAY FOR STUDENTS TO REALLY SHINE THROUGH IN LIKE WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. I APPRECIATE IT.
>> I HAVE TO ASK. IT SAYS IT WANTS TO TESTIFY OTHER, DO YOU KNOW WHAT SPECIFICALLY THEY WERE THINKING FOR THAT ONE?
>> I THINK PROBABLY THERE ISN'T A SPECIFIC POSITION WAS IT DOESN'T HAVE A SPECIFIC POSITION ON IT.
BUT WE'LL HAVE TO WATCH THAT ONE TOO.
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THERE IS A REQUIREMENT THAT'S IN THE BILL AND THAT IS THAT YOU TAKE A PERSONAL FINANCE CLASS. I THOUGHT THAT WAS INTERESTING.>> AS OF RIGHT NOW, STUDENTS CAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S CALLED, BUT I THINK IT'S YOUR WORK-BASED LEARNING.
THEY CAN HAVE THAT IN PLACE OF A PERIOD AT SCHOOL AND WERE THOSE TIED TOGETHER IN A WAY?
>> THAT'S THE QUESTION IS HOW THOSE WOULD TIE TOGETHER AND WHO WOULD BE ADMINISTERING THOSE AND SO ON.
THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS STILL.
ANOTHER ONE THAT HAS TO DO WITH STUDENTS DIRECTLY IS THE 45-MINUTE, DAILY RECESS ONE, AND THAT'S HOUSE BILL 1504, WHICH IS STILL MOVING AND SO WAS THE TESTIFIED OTHER ON THAT ONE AS WELL.
THE LIBRARY TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM IS STILL MOVING, BUT THERE'S NO MINUTES REQUIREMENTS ON THAT ONE.
PREJUDGMENT, INTEREST IS STILL ALIVE AND THE ONLY OTHER ONE THAT I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT AND I'LL LET MARK TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT IS HOUSE BILL 1460.
>> THIS IS THE ONE WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING AND I'M ON TRUST LANDS ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THERE'S ACTUALLY THREE DIFFERENT ONES.
ONE IS THE STATE PROPOSAL TO TAKE TRUST LANDS REVENUE AND REALLY TARGET IT AT THE DISTRICTS THAT ARE GENERATING IT, LIKES COMEDIAN COUNTY AND GUY COME COUNTING AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND THEN BACKFILL THE AMOUNT WITH GENERAL FUNDS FOR THE LARGER SCHOOL DISTRICTS OR SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT DON'T HAVE THOSE RESOURCES.
I THINK THAT ONE IS STILL GOING FORWARD WITH WHY THEY SUPPORT.
THE TWO UP HERE ACTUALLY ARE OTHER THINGS THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES DOESN'T CURRENTLY HAVE PERMISSION TO DO AND SWAPPING PIECES OF LAND HERE AND THERE.
IT REALLY DEPENDS ON COUNTY TO COUNTY, HOW THAT BENEFITS OR NOT.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY SIGNED IN AS OTHER BECAUSE I KNOW FOR EXAMPLE AT THE VERY BOTTOM ONE, RUSTWIPE HOYT IS ON OUR TRUST LANDS ADVISORY FROM MOUNT BAKER SCHOOL DISTRICT UP THERE, AND THE SITUATION FOR THEM IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN IT IS FOR US DOWN HERE.
WHILST IT'S CHOOSING TO NOT TAKE A POSITION AND PIT ONE GROUP AGAINST ANOTHER ON THAT.
I MIGHT MENTION OF THE WAY THAT I WORKED ON THIS AND WHEN I WAS ON THE LEDGE GROUP THAT GOT SOME COACHING.
IF THERE'S A POSITION AND I WROTE, I'D LIKE LEGISLATORS ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT BILLS GOING IN, IF IT'S A WISER PRIORITY AND I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT HERE AT THE MEETING, I SIGNED IN WITH MY SCHOOL EMAIL.
IF I'M AT ALL UNSURE THAT THE REST OF THE GROUPS THAT I SIGNED IN WITH MY PERSONAL EMAIL.
GIVING YOU AN EXAMPLE, THEY'RE TRYING TO PUSH THROUGH A BILL TO HAVE A MOUNT ST. HELENS LICENSE PLATE THAT WOULD SPECIFICALLY BENEFIT THE MOUNT ST. HELENS INSTITUTE, WHO'S GOING TO USE IT TO HELP SUPPORT ALL SCHOOL OPPORTUNITIES FOR KIDS UP AT THE MOUNTAIN.
IT'S CONNECTED TO EDUCATION, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT I SIGNED IN WITH MY PERSONAL E-MAIL AS OPPOSED TO MY SCHOOL EMAIL BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT IT AS A SUPPORT.
>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. ANY OF THESE [NOISE] ON THE LIST AND THE OTHER 155 OR OTHERS ARE IN THE BILL WATCH AND IT'S VERY EASY TO GO IN, LIKE MARK SAID, AND SIGN-IN.
IF YOU WANT TO TESTIFY OR YOU WANT TO GIVE WRITTEN TESTIMONY OR YOU WOULD LIKE TO SIGN IN PRO, CON, MAKE A COMMENT, AND I HAVE DONE IT AND RECEIVED PERSONAL COMMUNICATION BACK FROM THE LEGISLATORS.
THE OTHER THING THE CONCERNING PREJUDGMENT INTERESTS I WANTED TO SAY THAT ONE IS MOVING BECAUSE IT'S MOVED THROUGH THE LAW AND JUSTICE COMMITTEE.
THERE HAS BEEN QUITE A BIT OF TESTIMONY ON THAT ONE.
QUITE A FEW PEOPLE WHO TESTIFIED, NON-PROFITS HAVE TESTIFIED CON.
IT'S INTERESTING TO GO IN THERE AND READ THE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES ON THAT.
IF YOU'RE AT ALL INTERESTED IN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE BROUGHT TESTIMONY ABOUT IT, BUT IT IS CONCERNING FOR US.
>> THANK YOU. MANY OF THE BILLS WE CAN BE SUPPORTIVE OF.
THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS, YOU WOULD THINK ONE THAT WE ALL LIKE THE IDEA, FOR INSTANCE, OF THE INCREASED RECESS OPPORTUNITIES.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WHERE ARE WE GOING TO FIND THE TIME? WHAT ARE WE GOING TO WHAT SUBJECT AREAS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE CUT? IT'S STUFF LIKE THAT THAT MAKES IT CHALLENGING BECAUSE.
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>> I MADE A NOTE HERE ACTUALLY, DANNY, HOW THAT IMPACTS THE INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS REQUIREMENTS.
>> THAT WE HAVE INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES FOR EVERY WEEK AND HOW WE FIT ANOTHER 45 MINUTES IN AND STILL HAVE KIDS. NOT RIGHT NOW.
>> IT WILL COUNT FOR INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES, BUT WHAT WE ACTUALLY PRESENTED ON A FISCAL NOTE BECAUSE THERE'S NO FUNDING COMING WITH THAT.
THAT WOULD ADD 10 MINUTES TO ALL OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF CONCERNS ABOUT IT.
WITHOUT FUNDS, WE HAVE TO PAY STAFF TO COVER THOSE RECESSES.
TO THE OTHER IMPACT IS CURRENTLY OUR RECESSES START WITHIN AN HOUR OF SCHOOL STARTING AND WITHIN HALF AN HOUR OF SCHOOL ENDING.
IF WE ADDED 10 MINUTES TO EVERY GRADE LEVEL AT THE PRIMARY SCHOOL, THEY ESSENTIALLY START THE MINUTE SCHOOL STARTED OR WE'D HAVE TO DO OVERLAPPING RECESSES WHICH WOULD MEAN THAT WE WOULD NEED A BIGGER PLAYGROUND.
IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE NOTES ON SOME OF THESE THINGS BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT OF MISNOMERS ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF SOME OF THESE BILLS IN THEIR PRACTICALITY WHEN IMPLEMENTED IN A SCHOOL SETTING.
TO DANNY'S POINT, AS WE AGREE THAT MORE ACTIVITY SOMETIMES CAN BE BETTER, I THINK THERE ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN FIT IT THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL DAY WITHOUT IT BEING RECESS TIME NECESSARILY.
THERE'S SOME CREATIVE WAYS THAT WE CAN ADD MORE MOVEMENT FOR OUR KIDDOS.
>> I SAT ON A WISE BULLETIN MAYBE THAT MORE SCHOOL DIRECTORS HAD TESTIFIED THAN EVER BEFORE IN THIS SESSION.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS INTERESTING.
THEN THE OTHER ARTICLE I SAW, WHICH WAS ALSO A HUGE SURPRISE TO ME WAS THEY'RE TRYING TO GET FREE MEALS, BREAKFAST AND LUNCH FOR ALL STUDENTS.
WHAT I DIDN'T REALIZE WAS THAT WE HAVE 1.1 MILLION STUDENTS IN WASHINGTON STATE, 700,000 ALREADY QUALIFY FOR FREE AND REDUCED MEALS.
WE'RE ONLY TALKING ADDING 400,000 STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO EAT AND THAT JUST BLEW MY MIND.
IT SEEMED LIKE A NO-BRAINER, BUT WE'LL SEE I HAVE TO WATCH THAT ONE AS WELL.
ALTHOUGH I DON'T KNOW FINANCIAL IMPACT OF IT SO I SHOULDN'T SAY THAT TOO.
>> DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO 1692?
>> THE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE MENTIONED IN THAT BILL, WE ACTUALLY MET AT THE SPOKANE WAZDA CONFERENCE AND WE HAD QUITE A BIT OF OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO HER, ACTUALLY TEXTED HER A FEW WEEKS AGO ASKING ABOUT HOW I SHOULD GO ABOUT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL TOURS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.
WE'VE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH HER.
THAT'S REALLY COOL TO SEE HER AND THE STUDENT ADVISORY GROUPS THAT WE'RE HOPING TO START TO IMPLEMENT A LITTLE BIT. YEAH.
>> SYDNEY AND I MET HER AT OUR SEATTLE CONFERENCE AS WELL AND THEN SHE'S REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT IT.
WE LOOK AT HER AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO ACTUALLY THRIVE AS BOARD MEMBERS.
BUT YEAH, SHE'S AMAZING. SHE'S DOING HARD WORK.
THE TWO OF YOU MAY BE AWARE THAT WE HAVE TRAVIS STRAIGHT, OUR DIRECTOR OF INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS AND ALES.
LUKE IS HERE TODAY AND LUKE IS THE DIRECTOR OF INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP AT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
BOTH TRAVIS AND LUKE ARE WORKING WITH OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND OUR HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS TO IDENTIFY STUDENTS FOR A STUDENT ADVISORY.
OUR GOAL IS THAT WE WOULD HAVE AT LEAST AN INITIAL MEETING WHERE WE WOULD START TO FORMULATE IDEAS SOMETIME IN THE SPRING FOR OUR FIRST STUDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHICH OBVIOUSLY YOU TWO WOULD BE A BIG PART OF.
YOU'D PROBABLY BE HONORED GUESTS.
[LAUGHTER] WE ARE WORKING IN THAT DIRECTION. I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW.
>> DO WE HAVE AN AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT?
>> GREAT. WE MET VIA ZOOM FOR THE NUMBER OF VOUCHERS AS WE NORMALLY DO, AND THE PAYROLL AND THE BOARD BUDGET MORE THAN THE SUPERINTENDENT'S BUDGET THIS TIME AROUND AND THAT NUMBERS MATCHED UP, THINGS LOOK GOOD.
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THERE'S SOME AMAZING COSTS.I REMEMBER PART OF A GARBAGE BILL AND JUST WHAT IT TAKES TO TAKE THE TRASH INTO WASTE CONNECTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I WAS ALSO INTERESTED IN THE ADDITIONS WE'VE HAD ON THE MIDDLE SCHOOL OFFICIALS AND HOW THAT ADDS TO THAT GROUP, WHICH IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY.
THEN THEY WANT TO MAKE A POINT OF ONE THING THAT REALLY CAUGHT MY ATTENTION ON THE BOARD BUDGET IS BY FAR AND AWAY THE BIGGEST CHUNK OF THE BOARD BUDGET IS LEGAL SERVICES.
I'M NOT SURE THE PUBLIC REALLY UNDERSTANDS THAT THAT THE BOARD IS THE LEGAL ENTITY OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND SO ALL THE LEGAL COSTS TO THE DISTRICT ARE PLACED ON THE BOARD BUDGET, AND THAT IS BY FAR IN A WAY THE BIGGEST CHUNK AND IT SOUNDS LIKE MICHELLE IS TELLING US ACTUALLY OUR COSTS IN THERE ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE INCREASING BECAUSE OF THE TREND OF THE SIZE OF OUR DISTRICT AND THE WAY THINGS RUN. ANYTHING ELSE?
NEXT ON OUR LIST BATTLEGROUND EDUCATION FOUNDATION.
>> [NOISE] THEY HAD A FUNDRAISER WHICH INCLUDED RAISING MONEY BY GOING TO THE BLAZER GAME ON THE 19TH.
THEY HAVE 58 PEOPLE GOING, I THINK TODAY IT WAS A DEADLINE FOR THAT TO MY UNDERSTAND BUT THEY HAVE 58 GOING TO THAT GAME AGAINST THE LA CLIPPERS ON THE 19TH OF MARCH.
WE'LL BE GETTING REQUESTS OUT FOR SPONSORS FOR THE OCTOBER AUCTION THIS WEEK.
THEY'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH QUANTIZE CLUB SCHOOLS AND THE SCHOOLS AND THE DR. SEUSS CELEBRATIONS.
I'M LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS TO GO INTO THE CLASSROOMS ON MARCH 1ST AND 2ND.
INTERESTED BOARD MEMBERS CAN EMAIL AT INFO@BGF.ORG FOR TIME SLOTS.
IF YOU NEED ME TO GET THAT EMAIL, I CAN DO THAT FOR YOU.
ALSO SOME PRETTY EXCITING NEWS.
THEY ARE ABLE TO OFFER PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL $5,000 SCIENCE SCHOLARSHIP THIS YEAR AND ARE ADDING 2,000 BILL GANLEY MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP, WHICH WILL BE OPEN TO ANY BATTLEGROUND PUBLIC SCHOOL 2023, GRADUATE HEADED TO A TRADE SCHOOL OR COLLEGE.
THAT'S EXCITING. THAT'S ALL I HAD.
>> THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? WIAA.
>> NO REPORT AND OUR MEETINGS IS THURSDAY.
ANY UPDATES FROM WASTA THAT ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SHARE? I SHARED MINE EARLIER.
THEN WE HAVE THE TOURS COMMITTEE.
WE HAVE TOURS COMING UP THIS FRIDAY.
GROUP 1, WILL BE AT PLEASANT VALLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL AND GROUP 2, WILL BE AT CHEAP I'M TOUCH.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO DIRECTORS REPORTS.
>> ARE YOU GOING TO BRING UP THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE LATER?
>> I DID ATTEND THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
THE THEME WAS OUR PBIS, POSITIVE BEHAVIOR, INTERVENTIONS, SUPPORTS.
I THINK IT WAS WELL-RECEIVED IN TERMS OF JUST INFORMATION.
THAT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE PART OF SCHOOL PROGRAMS THAT PARENTS MAYBE HAVE A VAGUE IDEA OR COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE A VAGUE IDEA, BUT I DON'T KNOW ALL THE DETAILS.
WE'VE GOT PRESENTATIONS BY A NUMBER OF STAFF THAT HELPED CLEAR THAT UP AND WE HAD SOME PRETTY GOOD DISCUSSION AT THE END.
>> ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANYTHING TO SHARE? I THINK THAT'S IT AND WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO SUPERINTENDENT WATERS.
[6. Superintendent and Staff Updates]
>> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, BOARD. FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THAT LAST WEEK WAS NATIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELORS WEEK AND SO WE CELEBRATED OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS.
BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO ALSO MENTION THAT AT A BOARD MEETING AND WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT THEY DO.
SECONDLY, I WANTED TO LET THE BOARD KNOW, AS MARK POINTED OUT, THAT WE DID HAVE OUR CAC MEETING.
ONCE AGAIN, I'VE GOT TO GET BETTER AT THE TIMING OF THOSE MEETINGS OR EXTENDING THE MEETING FROM ONE-AND-A-HALF HOURS TO TWO HOURS BECAUSE WE ALWAYS RUN OUT OF TIME.
TOM ADAMS CAME, GAVE THE COMMITTEE AN OVERVIEW OF THE NEW DISCIPLINE LAWS THAT WENT INTO EFFECT IN 2018, BUT REALLY IT HADN'T BEEN IMPLEMENTED BECAUSE OF THEN EFFECTS OF THE PANDEMIC.
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WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WHAT THOSE RULES WERE, AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT HOW WE ARE RESPONDING TO THOSE THROUGH OUR SOCIAL EMOTIONAL SUPPORTS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE FOR STUDENTS.IT WAS A TOUGH TOPIC, BUT OUTSTANDING FEEDBACK FROM THE CAC COMMITTEE.
WE WERE ABLE TO LEARN SOME THINGS AND LOOK AT SOME DIFFERENT WAYS THAT ESPECIALLY WAYS OF SUPPORTING STUDENTS, NOT THOSE THAT ARE INVOLVED IN DISCIPLINE OR BEHAVIOR ISSUES, BUT MORE SO, LOOKING AT PERSPECTIVE OF HOW DO WE SUPPORT THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE IMPACTED BY THOSE BEHAVIORS AND THE DISCIPLINE THAT'S OCCURRING.
IT WAS AN INTERESTING DISCUSSION AND IT GAVE US A LOT TO THINK ABOUT.
I'M ALWAYS GRATEFUL TO THE CAC MEMBERSHIP.
NEXT, I WANTED TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT BEGINNING NEXT WEEK, I BELIEVE IT'S FEBRUARY 20TH, OUR SURVEY FOR OUR STRATEGIES 360 RELATED TO THE BOND TO GET SOME FEEDBACK IS GOING TO BE GOING OUT.
WE'RE HOPING THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO CONTACT 250 AT A MINIMUM DISTRICT RESIDENTS EITHER THROUGH A PHONE SURVEY, AN EMAIL SURVEY, OR A TEXT SURVEY AND THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO COVER THE VARIED DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS THAT THEY'VE IDENTIFIED ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
THAT'LL GIVE US SOME INSIGHT INTO THE KEY ISSUES IMPACTING THE POTENTIAL OF RUNNING A BOND.
WHAT THE KEY CONCERNS ARE BY OUR COMMUNITY AND GIVE US A GAUGE OF SUPPORT WHAT WE'RE POTENTIALLY LOOKING AT.
I JUST WANTED THE BOARD TO BE AWARE THAT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WHAT'S GOING ON, WHY ARE WE GETTING THESE PHONE CALLS? WHY ARE PEOPLE REACHING OUT? YOU'D BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT.
IT'S JUST A SURVEY WE'RE DOING TO LEARN IN PREPARATION FOR A DECISION REGARDING A BOND THAT.
WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE WHAT COMES OF THAT.
WE HAVE MENTIONED THE FACT THAT WE ARE SPLITTING OFF OUR ONLINE ACADEMY FROM RIVER HOME LINK.
THE REASON WE ARE DOING THAT IS THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT REASONS.
THE PRIMARY REASON IS IT JUST MAKE SENSE FROM A LOGISTICAL STANDPOINT.
IN TERMS OF STUDENT RECORD-KEEPING, RIGHT NOW WE CURRENTLY HAVE ONLINE STUDENTS THAT ATTEND RIVER ONLINE, PRAIRIE ONLINE, BATTLEGROUND ONLINE.
JUST TRYING TO KEEP TRACK OF THOSE STUDENTS AND PROVIDE SERVICES IS PROVING DIFFICULT.
ALSO, WE FIND THAT THE ONLINE ACADEMY AT RIVER BEING IDENTIFIED OR JUST RIVER ONLINE OFTEN GETS LOST BECAUSE IT'S PART OF, I THINK IT'S UP TO SEVEN DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT CURRENTLY OCCUR AT RIVER HOME LINK.
ONE OF THE PROCESSES THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH IS TO NAME THE FACILITY.
TYPICALLY, THERE IS A BOARD PROCESS THAT'S OUTLINED IN BOARD POLICY 6970.
BUT WHAT THAT BOARD POLICY IS REALLY SPEAKING TO, IS IT'S SPEAKING TO THE CHOOSING OF NAMES FOR NEW SCHOOLS OR THE CHOOSING OF NAMES THAT HAVE SOME HISTORICAL, CULTURAL, OR COMMUNITY OR DISTRICT SIGNIFICANCE.
YOU CAN IMAGINE, FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU ARE GOING TO NAME A SCHOOL CHIEF I'M TOUCH, YOU WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT AND WHY THAT WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE NAME OR GLENN WOOD ARE PLEASANT VALLEY THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE ARE NOT LOOKING TO NAME THE NEW ONLINE SCHOOL, ANYTHING OTHER THAN SIMPLE NAME TO IDENTIFY CLEARLY AND NOT HAVE IT BE LOST.
SOME OF THE NAMES THAT HAVE COME UP ARE THE BATTLEGROUND VIRTUAL ACADEMY OR THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST VIRTUAL ACADEMY OR CASCADIA VIRTUAL ACADEMY.
THOSE THINGS HAVE COME UP BUT I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT OUR BOARD POLICY DOES SAY THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT OR HIS DESIGNEE SHALL CHAIR A COMMITTEE UTILIZING A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS.
MY DESIGNEE IS GOING TO BE TRAVIS DRAKE,
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OUR DIRECTOR OF INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP.IT SAYS THAT WE WILL HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM AT LEAST THE FOLLOWING GROUPS, IT SAYS THAT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, PARENTS, STUDENTS, DISTRICT SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, CERTIFICATED STAFF, AND CLASSIFIED STAFF.
I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE CONSULTED WE HAVE NOT PUT TOGETHER A COMMITTEE, BUT WE HAVE CONSULTED WITH CLASSIFIED STAFF, CERTIFICATED STAFF, DISTRICT, AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS.
THEY SAY THAT THE STAFF HAS SPOKEN TO STUDENTS AND WE DO HAVE PARENTS AS PART.
WE HAVEN'T OFFICIALLY, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THAT OFFICIAL PROCESS.
THE END RESULT OF THIS SAYS THAT THE COMMITTEE SHALL USE A CONSENSUS DECISION-MAKING TO ARRIVE AT A FINAL RECOMMENDATION OF THREE SUGGESTED NAMES TO BE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
MY PURPOSE IN TELLING YOU THIS IS THAT MY HOPE IS GIVING YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN TERMS OF NAMES AND WHAT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED FOR US.
WE ARE GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND IN THE NEXT PROBABLY MONTH TO MONTH AND A HALF, WE ARE GOING TO BE BRINGING YOU THAT RECOMMENDATION OF THOSE NAMES.
I DIDN'T WANT TO CATCH YOU OFF GUARD WHEN WE BRING THAT TO YOU.
THIS IS JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING, WHY WE'RE FOLLOWING IT, BECAUSE IT'S A BOARD PROCEDURE AND TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A TIMELINE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT PROCESS?
>> WHEN STUDENTS AT PRAIRIE OR BATTLEGROUND ACCESS ONLINE COURSES, THEY ARE ACCESSING THAT POTENTIAL ACADEMY AT THIS POINT.
>> THEY ARE ACCESSING THAT POTENTIAL ACADEMY.
>> IT WOULDN'T BE HOUSED IN A SPECIFIC PLACE WHERE STUDENTS COULD ONLY?
>> NO, BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF IT OBVIOUSLY IS ONLINE.
THE SUPPORT STAFF WOULD BE LOCATED ON THE RIVER HOME.
THE LOCATION OF THE PROGRAM IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE.
I THINK ANYBODY WHO'S CURRENTLY INVOLVED IN OUR ONLINE PROGRAM IS GOING TO NOTICE ZERO CHANGE IN THE PROGRAM.
THE CHANGE REALLY IS FOR US IN TERMS OF RECORD KEEPING IN ORDER TO PROMOTE THE PROGRAM AND ALSO FOR STAFF TO.
>> IT WILL SIMPLIFY MANY OF THE THINGS THAT ARE BEING REPLICATED AT MULTIPLE SITES BY PUTTING IT IN ONE HUB, WHICH WILL HELP US MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CONSISTENTLY IMPLEMENTING THE ONLINE PROGRAM.
WHEN WE GO THROUGH A PROCESS TO IDENTIFY COURSES, WHEN WE PURCHASE THE LICENSES FOR THOSE COURSES, IT WILL GO THROUGH ONE PLACE AND WE CAN HAVE GREATER CONSISTENCY IN THE WAY THAT WE IMPLEMENT THE ONLINE PROGRAM, WHICH WILL HELP WITH OVERSIGHT AND IT WILL JUST HELP US RUN A MORE EFFICIENT PROGRAM THAN TRYING TO REPLICATE IT IN THREE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS WHICH HAS PROVEN TO BE A BIT MORE DIFFICULT THAN WE ANTICIPATED.
>> BUT FOR STUDENTS, THEIR ACCESS WILL BE THE SAME.
>> RIGHT. A STUDENT COULD TAKE THE FIRST TWO CLASSES, A BATTLEGROUND HIGH SCHOOL, THEY'RE THIRD-CLASS, MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT THEY CHOSE TO DO ONLINE.
RATHER THAN THEM HAVING TO LEAVE CAMPUS BECAUSE THEY MAYBE HAVE CLASSES FOURTH, FIFTH, AND SIXTH.
THEY COULD GO TO THE LIBRARY, THEY COULD WORK ON THEIR COURSE IN THE LIBRARY.
HOWEVER, THERE'S NOT A STAFF MEMBER AT BATTLEGROUND HIGH-SCHOOL THAT'S HELPING THEM IMPLEMENT THAT.
THE TEACHER OF RECORD WOULD BE THROUGH THIS PROGRAM.
THEY WOULD BE HELPING THEM FROM REMOTELY.
>> WOULD IT CHANGE THOSE STUDENTS THAT GRADUATE FROM RIVER ONLINE? WOULD IT CHANGE THAT GRADUATION PROCESS? [OVERLAPPING] WE HAVEN'T DETERMINED YET, BUT WE MAY BE ADDING ANOTHER GRADUATION.
>> IT'S A MUCH SMALLER SCHOOL.
STUDENTS ARE NOT, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE WITH AN ONLINE PROGRAM, STUDENTS AREN'T GRADUATING NECESSARILY AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
>> WE HAVE TO DO SOME ASSESSMENT IN THOSE AREAS TO SEE WHAT A GRADUATION CEREMONY WOULD LOOK LIKE, WHETHER THEY COULD JOIN A GRADUATION CEREMONY FOR ANOTHER SCHOOL, MAYBE STAY PART OF RIVER'S GRADUATION CEREMONY.
IT'S WE'D STILL HAVE TO FIGURE THAT PART OUT.
>> HOW DOES IT IMPACT ENROLLMENT NUMBERS AND FTE FUNDING?
>> IT DOESN'T THEN THAT'S ONE OF OUR HOPES, IS THAT IT WOULD INCREASE OUR ENROLLMENT NUMBERS BECAUSE RIGHT NOW A LOT OF DISTRICTS ARE PROMOTING ONLINE PROGRAMS AND TO BE PART OF AN ONLINE PROGRAM IN A DISTRICT OBVIOUSLY, YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO RESIDE THERE.
>> WE HAVE A GREAT REPUTATION FOR AN ONLINE PROGRAM BECAUSE WE'VE HAD IT FOR SO LONG BUT IT GETS LOST UNDERNEATH THE RIVER HOMELAND.
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PEOPLE COME LOOKING FOR ONLINE PROGRAM AND THEY HAVE A HARD TIME FINDING IT.ONE OF OUR THINGS IS IT IF WE COULD IDENTIFY IT AS BATTLE GROUND VIRTUAL ACADEMY OR PACIFIC NORTHWEST VIRTUAL ACADEMY, WE COULD APPEAL TO A WIDER BASE AND ACTUALLY INCREASE ENROLLMENT [OVERLAPPING] OFF AND OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT BECAUSE IT'S NOT AS THOUGH IT'S A FACILITY NEED ISSUE.
WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE MORE SPACE.
>> BUT IF YOU HAVE A STUDENT IT'S CURRENTLY AT PRAYER AND THEY'RE TAKING SOME PORTION OF THEIR PROGRAM THROUGH THIS ONLINE ACADEMY WE'RE NOT SPLITTING THAT.
>> IT WOULDN'T BE A SPLIT FTE AND WE CURRENTLY ARE.
>> YEAH. THAT'S WHAT WE DO CURRENTLY.
>> THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW BUT WE'RE JUST TRYING RECORD KEEPING AND STUFF.
>> RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THREE ENTITIES THAT ARE CONSIDERED THE ONLINE PROGRAM.
WE HAVE BATTLE GROUND ONLINE, WE HAVE PRAIRIE ONLINE, AND WE HAVE RIVER ONLINE.
WHAT THIS WOULD DO IS PUT THEM UNDER ONE UMBRELLA.
HOWEVER, STUDENTS IT REALLY DOESN'T CHANGE ANYTHING IN THE WAY THAT STUDENTS ACCESS IT.
>> THEY HAVE NEVER EVEN NOTICED.
>> [LAUGHTER] NO, THEY WON'T NOTICE, WE WOULD CALL THEM, [INAUDIBLE] I'M SURE.
>> DENNY, WHEN IS THAT SCHEDULED TO? IT'S ONCE YOU GET THE NAME DONE?
>> THE NUANCE TO THAT IS THAT WHILE YOU GO THROUGH OUR PROCESSES TO APPLY TO THE STATE TO BECOME A NEW ENTITY, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO BE A MULTI-DISTRICT PROVIDER.
THAT PROCESS TAKES A BIT LONGER, SO WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO THAT NEXT YEAR, BUT WE COULD MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
>> THEN, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, EARLIER TODAY, I SENT ALL OF YOU AN EMAIL WITH INFORMATION REGARDING A CONCRETE BATCH PLANT THAT'S BEING PLANNED.
THE PLANT IS WITHIN FIVE MILES OF GLENN WOOD LAUREN, PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL, AND ALSO THE KC CENTER.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 7511 NORTHEAST 101ST STREET.
WE'VE BEEN CONTACTED BY A GROUP OF CITIZENS, SOME OF WHICH ARE HERE TODAY TO SPEAK DURING CITIZEN'S COMMENTS.
I SHARED THAT INFORMATION WITH YOU BECAUSE THEY ARE POTENTIALLY ASKING FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO WEIGH IN ON THIS PLANT.
CONCERNS AROUND TRAFFIC, CONCERNS AROUND NOISE, CONCERNS EVEN ENVIRONMENTAL, CONCERNS THE IMPACT THAT IT WOULD HAVE ON THE KC CENTER, FOR INSTANCE, IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP.
THE OTHER THING IS THE HEALTH CONCERNS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS CONCRETE DUST POTENTIALLY THAT IS IN THE AIR.
I SENT YOU THAT INFORMATION BECAUSE CERTAINLY I'M NOT AN EXPERT IN THIS AREA.
BUT I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU, AND THEN AT SOME POINT, GET YOUR FEEDBACK.
RECENTLY, WE WROTE A LETTER TO THE COUNTY OPPOSING A MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY THAT WAS GOING TO BE BUILT CLOSE BY TO OUR SCHOOL.
WE HAVE DONE THINGS LIKE THAT IN THE PAST, AND SO I WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK OVER THOSE MATERIALS.
I WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO LISTEN TO OUR CITIZENS COMMENTS TODAY.
THEN PERHAPS, WE CAN PROVIDE SOME FEEDBACK, AND YOU CAN OFFER ME SOME DIRECTION ON HOW THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED. THANK YOU.
I THINK ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT PERSONALLY I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT IS IF WE HAD THE OPERATIONAL PLAN BEHIND THE PLANT.
WHAT IS THEIR SCOPE GOING TO BE WITHIN THAT PLANT? ARE THEY JUST MAKING NEW CONCRETE, OR ARE THEY RECYCLING THE OLD CONCRETE AND CRUSHING IT WHATNOT? AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS MY INDUSTRY, SO I' WILL BE HIGHLY INTERESTED IN WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S AN OPTION FOR US TO OBTAIN THAT DOCUMENT.
>> WELL, AGAIN, MAYBE OUR CITIZENS COMMENTS CAN HELP US.
I'M ALWAYS WILLING TO LOOK TO DO MORE RESEARCH AND COLLECT MORE INFORMATION FOR THE BOARD IF THAT'S WHAT YOU SO DESIRE.
THAT'S IT FROM ME. I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO TEACHING, AND LEARNING RIGHT NOW, SHELLY.
>> I'M SORRY, I HAVE A HANDFUL OF THINGS BUT I WILL TALK QUICKLY.
WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE FIRST ABOUT OUR WAIVER DAY LAST WEEK.
REALLY APPRECIATE THE BOARD APPROVING THOSE AND THE STATE AS WELL.
IT WAS OUR LAST CYCLE, SO WE ARE ADDING A PIECE TO THE WORK THAT OUR STAFF HAS BEEN DOING.
AS YOU KNOW, DURING THE LAST CYCLE, THEY DEVELOPED COMMON ASSESSMENTS THAT THEY COULD LOOK AT, GIVE TOGETHER, AND THEN AGAIN, LOOK AT THAT DATA.
WE'RE ADDING THE PIECE THIS TIME THEN IF STUDENTS DIDN'T GET THE LEARNING,
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THEN WHAT WOULD WE INTERVENE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO NEXT TO HELP SUPPORT THOSE STUDENTS WITH THE INITIAL LEARNING AND THEN RETEST TO SEE HOW THOSE OUTCOMES PLAYED OUT.WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS NEW CYCLE.
AGAIN, GREAT STAFF PARTICIPATION.
THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT HOW TIRED EVERYBODY IS BY THE END OF THE DAY, BUT A LOT OF GOOD WORK THAT WAS HAPPENING DURING THAT TIME.
IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, WE WILL COME BACK TO THE BOARD AND GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION THAT WE GATHER FROM TEAMS THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER SO THAT WE CAN SHARE THAT INPUT.
I'LL JUST GIVE YOU A LITTLE TEASER.
ONE OF THE IDEAS THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM A HANDFUL OF STAFF, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOME SURVEYING PROBABLY TO HELP UNDERSTAND IT, IS BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A HEAVY LIFT ALL IN ONE DAY.
LAST YEAR WE HEARD, WE NEED MORE TIME, AN HOUR DOESN'T CUT IT TO REALLY GET INTO THE WORK.
NOW WE'RE HEARING A FULL DAY IS EXHAUSTING, AND IT'S KILLING US.
ONE OF THE IDEAS THAT WE'VE HEARD IS, WHAT ABOUT A HALF-DAY? WHAT WOULD A HALF-DAY LOOK LIKE? WOULD THAT WORK FOR OUR NEEDS? IT'S A LONGER BLOCK OF TIME, BUT IT'S NOT SUCH A HEAVY LIFT THAT PEOPLE ARE JUST COMPLETELY DONE BY THE END OF THE DAY.
WE'LL NEED TO GET SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THAT, BRING THAT TO YOU ON THE SPRING.
>> THE GOOD THING ABOUT THE HALF DAYS WAS IT WOULD NOT REQUIRE US TO DO WAIVER DAYS.
>> THE ONLY DRAWBACK THAT WE'VE REALLY TALKED ABOUT IN ALL OF THAT IS RIGHT NOW WE'RE ABLE TO DO COLLABORATION AMONGST ALL GRADE LEVELS, FOLLOW THE SAME SCHEDULE FOR THE ENTIRE DISTRICT, SO IT WOULD PUT US ON A PRIMARY AND A SECONDARY SPLIT.
BUT I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT PLAYS OUT IN TERMS OF THE PROS AND CONS, AND SO WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE THOSE THINGS OUT AND GET A LITTLE BIT MORE THERE.
WANTED TO ALSO LET YOU KNOW, MICHELLE, SCOTT AND MYSELF, AS WELL AS SODEXO HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER TO REVIEW OUR WELLNESS POLICY.
WE WOULD LOVE TO INVITE THE BOARD OR OUR STUDENT REPS OR MEMBERS OF OUR STUDENT REPS COULD REACH OUT TO THEIR ASPS, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A REP ON THE COMMITTEE.
CERTAINLY, NO PRESSURE INVOLVED IN THAT, BUT WE WILL MEET ABOUT THREE TIMES A YEAR AND LOOK AT THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING AROUND OUR WELLNESS POLICIES FOR BOTH STUDENTS AND STAFF.
IT WILL BE GOOD WORK TO CONSIDER THINGS LIKE HOW LONG ARE OUR RECESSES? WHERE DO OUR RECESSES FALL, BEFORE OR AFTER LUNCH? SOME OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, AND SO CERTAINLY, HOW DO WE PROMOTE WELLNESS? WHAT IS OUR HEALTH FITNESS CURRICULUM LOOK LIKE? IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED, YOU CAN LET MYSELF, OR SANDY, OR MICHELLE KNOW AND WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU JOIN US AND GIVE YOU TIMES PER WHEN THOSE MEETINGS WILL BE.
I ALSO MENTIONED THE CHEER COMPETITION WAS THERE ON FRIDAY NIGHT.
WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WELCOME THE GUESTS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE TO OUR BUILDING.
I WANTED TO ALSO SHARE THAT I HAD A SIDE CONVERSATION WITH MIKE HOFFMAN, THE DIRECTOR OF WIAA, AND HE WAS THANKING OUR DISTRICT FOR AGAIN HOSTING THAT EVENT.
HE SHARED SOMETHING INTERESTING THAT I THOUGHT WAS IMPORTANT TO MENTION TO THE BOARD.
HE SAID THAT WHEN BIG EVENTS COME TO PLACES LIKE YAKIMA OR TO SPOKANE, THEY'VE DONE SOME RESEARCH IN THOSE COMMUNITIES AS TO HOW THAT PLAYS OUT IN TERMS OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WHAT THEY PROVIDE IN SERVICES, AND HOW MUCH MONEY THAT GENERATES IN THE COMMUNITY.
I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING THAT HE SAID IN THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT ALSO HAVE HOTELS THAT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF, HE SAID THAT THEY HAVE FIGURED THAT A WEEKEND LIKE THAT, A 2-3 DAY EVENT WILL BRING IN A MILLION DOLLARS TO THE COMMUNITY.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY, AND I THOUGHT THOSE ARE, I THINK, GREAT OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP RECIPROCATE THE SUPPORT THAT OUR COMMUNITY BRINGS TO OUR SCHOOLS, AND FOR OUR SCHOOLS TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY.
I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT CONVERSATION BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A VALID POINT THAT HE MADE.
THE MORE WE CAN DO THOSE THINGS AND BRING THEM IN OUR COMMUNITY, THAT GIVES BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL.
ALSO, YOU'LL SEE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, WE HAVE OUR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANS.
I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO DAYBREAK PRIMARY, DAYBREAK MIDDLE, BATTLEGROUND HIGH SCHOOL AND CAMP FOR THE PRESENTATIONS THEY GAVE US IN THE WORK SESSIONS PREVIOUSLY, AND THANK ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THEY DO IN PUTTING THOSE TOGETHER SO THAT THEY CAN GET APPROVED BY YOU UNDER YOUR CONSIDERATION, AND APPROVED FOR THE STATE.
WANTED TO MENTION THAT AS WELL.
ALSO, YOU MAY HAVE, PARTICULARLY PARENTS,
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WILL BE RECEIVING OR RECEIVED TODAY, AND OUR COMMUNITY, AND OUR STUDENTS, AND OUR STAFF ARE RECEIVING A SURVEY THAT WILL RUN THROUGH THE 28TH OF THIS MONTH.IT IS OUR EDUCATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS SURVEY, AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO ENGAGE IN THAT SURVEY.
IT IS ALIGNED WITH THE NINE CHARACTERISTICS OF HIGH-QUALITY SCHOOLS, WHICH IS A LONGSTANDING RESEARCH-BASED SURVEY.
WELL, IT'S A RESEARCH THAT WAS DONE ABOUT THE COMPONENTS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE SCHOOLS.
THOSE QUESTIONS WILL PROVIDE US VALUABLE INFORMATION MOVING FORWARD ABOUT WHAT THINGS WE'RE DOING WELL AND WHAT THINGS WE NEED TO FOCUS ON IMPROVING.
IF YOU SEE THAT, OR IF YOU HEAR ABOUT IT, PLEASE ENCOURAGE THOSE PEOPLE TO TAKE THE SURVEY.
SHOULDN'T TAKE MORE THAN 15 MINUTES TO TAKE THE SURVEY, THE STUDENT PORTION PROBABLY WILL TAKE LESS.
>> YES EXACTLY 10 MINUTES FOR THAT.
>> GREAT. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT GETTING THE FEEDBACK.
IT DOES DO SOME IDENTIFICATION OF THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING.
>> WE DID THE SURVEY ONCE BEFORE, BUT NOT TO THIS EXTENT.
>> NOT TO THIS EXTENT, AND UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS RIGHT BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.
>> THIS IS OUR ATTEMPT TO BE ABLE TO GET EVERYBODY TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON WHAT THE DISTRICT IS DOING WELL, AND WHAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE IMPROVED, AND ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
IT'S OUR EFFORT TO BE TRANSPARENT WITH OUR STAFF, WITH OUR COMMUNITY, WITH OUR PARENTS, WITH OUR STUDENTS, AND TO JUST GET A FEEL FOR WHERE PEOPLE THINK WE ARE AS A DISTRICT.
IT'S IMPORTANT AND VALUABLE INFORMATION THAT WE WILL TAKE TO HEART.
>> WHEN WILL WE HAVE THE RESULTS, THE DATA BACK?
>> WITHIN TWO WEEKS OF OUR END.
MID-MARCH, WE WILL GET THAT INFORMATION.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO START SHARING IT OUT TO SCHOOLS, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO START USING IT FOR PLANNING AS WELL AS OUR DISTRICT LEVEL STAFF.
THE SURVEYS WILL BE SPECIFIC TO SCHOOLS, BUT THERE WILL ALSO BE DISTRICT LEVEL.
THERE'S DISTRICT LEVEL QUESTIONS SO WE CAN GET FEEDBACK FOR THE SUPPORT THAT WE'RE PROVIDING FROM DISTRICT OFFICE AND ALL LEVELS OF THE ORGANIZATION.
HOPEFULLY, IT WILL PROVIDE SOME MEANINGFUL FEEDBACK FOR US.
I HAVE ONE MORE PIECE FOR YOU THIS EVENING.
I'VE ASKED LYNELLE MARRIE TO COME AND TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR TBIP PLAN OUR TRANSITIONAL BILINGUAL PLAN THAT WILL BE UP FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THIS EVENING.
>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD. I WAS JUST BRINGING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION.
YOU SAW MY GRANT APPLICATION ATTACHED TO THE DOCUMENTS THIS EVENING, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS A REALLY POWERFUL GRAPHIC, WAS THE SLIDE THAT MICHELLE SCOTT PUT TOGETHER AROUND ENROLLMENT BECAUSE IT REALLY DOES GIVE AN OVERALL PICTURE OF WHAT OUR EL PROGRAM HAS EXPERIENCED THIS YEAR IN TERMS OF ENROLLMENT.
YOU'LL SEE OUR INSTRUCTIONAL PLAN THROUGH OUTLINED THROUGH THE GRANT.
THEN WHEN WRITING THAT GRANT, THE NUMBERS IN SEPTEMBER, WE'RE 887 STUDENTS AND RUNNING THE NUMBERS TODAY WE HAVE 1,259 STUDENTS THAT WE SERVE IN OUR PROGRAM AND OF THOSE WE HAVE 14 CERTIFICATED TEACHERS AND 16 INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANCE THAT WORK TOGETHER TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS.
ON TOP OF THAT, WE OFFER A VARIETY OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSES BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, 30 MINUTES WITH AN EL TEACHER OR 60 MINUTES WITH AN EL TEACHER IS ONE PART OF THEIR DAY, BUT THEY'RE ENTRENCHED IN THE LANGUAGE THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE DAY.
REALLY BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF ALL OF OUR GENERAL EDUCATORS AND A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE EDUCATORS IN THE PROGRAM.
PEOPLE THAT ARE TAKING THE PD COURSES, THEY'RE HIGHLY ATTENDED AROUND SHELTERED INSTRUCTION, DIFFERENTIATING FOR MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS.
I'M HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE GRANT APPLICATION OR ANY OF THE OTHER MATERIALS THAT I PUT TOGETHER WITH THE REPORT.
>> I THINK I WAS JUST SURPRISED AT HOW MANY DIFFERENT LANGUAGES ARE SPOKEN.
>> YES. I WAS JUST SPEAKING THAT.
I THINK IT VARIES BETWEEN 68 AND 71 LANGUAGES THAT WE SERVE IN OUR WHOLE DISTRICT.
WE HAVE ABOUT 541 FAMILIES THAT WE CURRENTLY WORK WITH THAT NEED RUSSIAN OR UKRAINIAN TRANSLATION, AND ABOUT 338 SPANISH FAMILIES THAT REQUIRE INTERPRETATION AND WE HAVE FOUR INTERPRETERS THAT PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES.
I WILL SPEAK THEIR PRAISES STILL THE END OF THE DAY BECAUSE THEIR NAME,
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THEIR JOB TITLE IS PARENT OUTREACH LIAISONS.BECAUSE REALLY THEY'RE PROVIDING RESOURCES, I WAS JUST WORKING WITH ONE THAT CONNECTED A NEWCOMER FAMILY TO HEAD START PROGRAM BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY EARLY PROGRAMS LIKE THREE OR FOUR.
REALLY THEY'RE WORKING TO SUPPORT OUR KIDS IN CONNECTING RESOURCES AND THE ENROLLMENT PROCESS WITH OUR SCHOOLS.
>> NOW WHEN YOU STARTED THE GRANT WRITING PROCESS, I ASSUME THAT WAS BACK WHEN YOU COUNTED THE 800.
>> YES. THOSE WERE SEPTEMBER NUMBERS.
>> ARE YOU TRYING TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR THE 1,200 BASED ON AN 18?
>> I THINK TRYING IS A GREAT WORD.
[LAUGHTER] BECAUSE THE GRAPH IS SUCH A GREAT VISUAL BECAUSE IT JUST SPIKED SO GREATLY AND IT REALLY SENT A LOT OF URGENCY, WHICH IS A GREAT THING TO SHED LIGHT TOO, BECAUSE IT'S GREAT INSTRUCTIONS.
THESE ARE ALL INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES THAT OUR EDUCATORS KNOW THAT WE'RE BRINGING LIGHT TO IT AND REALLY IT HELPS WITH INCLUDING OUR STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM.
IT'S JUST A HUGE LIFT ON BUILDING ADMINISTRATORS OUR EL COORDINATORS, AMAZING.
TEACHERS ARE AMAZING, THE INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS ARE AMAZING AND THEN THAT PARENT OUTREACH LIAISON TEAM, JUST COLLECTIVELY WE'VE WRAPPED AROUND AND REALLY DONE THE BEST THAT WE CAN.
I JUST LOOK FOR IT AND WORKING IN THE PROGRAM AND GROWING IT MORE AND BUILDING THE CAPACITY FOR US TO SERVE KIDS TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITIES.
LYNELLE, I JUST WANTED TO SAY I READ YOUR ENTIRE GRANT AND GREAT JOB BY THE WAY.
>> REMIND US ABOUT THE FUNDING BECAUSE I BELIEVE IF I'M CORRECT IN THIS, THAT EVEN THOUGH WHEN YOU WROTE THE GRANT, YOU HAD THAT NUMBER OF STUDENTS, THAT THE STUDENTS ARE ACCOUNTED MONTHLY.
WE DO GET FUNDED FOR THE STUDENTS THAT ARE IN THE DISTRICT REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY WERE THERE WHEN WE WROTE THE GRANT?
>> THANK YOU. YES, IT'S FUNDED THROUGH THE APPORTIONMENT ALGORITHM.
WE DO GET JUSTLY COMPENSATED SO BECAUSE OF THE INFLUX I WAS ABLE TO HIRE SINCE THAT GRANT, IT NOTED THAT WE HAD X AMOUNT OF STAFF WE'VE HIRED THREE CERTIFICATED TEACHERS AND FIVE INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANCE WITH THAT INFLUX.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT I CAN ANSWER? GREAT.
>> THAT'S IT FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING.
>> NEXT UP IS HUMAN RESOURCES. MICHELLE REINHARDT.
>> JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS TO SHARE WITH YOU.
WE HAVE CONTINUED TO MEET WITH BGA.
I THINK LAST TIME I SHARE WITH YOU, WE STARTED CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS AT THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY.
WE'VE MET AROUND THREE TIME, THREE DAYS WITHIN THAT SEVERAL DIFFERENT SESSIONS.
WE CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS TOWARDS PROPOSALS AND HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, I'LL HAVE A LITTLE MORE TO SHARE WITH YOU IN THAT AREA.
THE NEXT TIME WE MEET IS FEBRUARY 23RD.
I THINK I ALSO SHARE WITH YOU LAST TIME THAT WE STARTED WORKING WITH PSC ON THE POSITION REVIEW COMMITTEE OR POSITION REVIEW PROCESS.
ESSENTIALLY, EVERY YEAR WE IDENTIFY A THIRD OF THE POSITIONS WITHIN PSC THAT WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW AND THE IDEAS IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT JOB DESCRIPTIONS, EVALUATE THESE POSITIONS LOCALLY, AND IF WE ARE OFFERING COMPETITIVE SALARIES.
IT'S A VERY COLLABORATIVE PROCESS, THIS CYCLE SO THIS YEAR WE ARE LOOKING AT A SPECIAL PROGRAM, PEER EDUCATORS AND THAT'S FORMERLY CALLED OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION ASSISTANCE.
PAIR EDUCATORS LYNELLE SPOKE TO A COUPLE OF THOSE SSIA'S.
THOSE IN THE EL PROGRAM READING MATH, IA'S.
IN ADDITION TO BAS, THOSE ARE OUR BASIC ED ASSISTANCE, SO PEOPLE DOING RESEARCH SUPERVISION, AS WELL AS MORNING AND AFTER-SCHOOL SUPERVISION.
THE SECRETARIAL ARE CLASSIFICATION THAT COVERS ALL SECRETARIES IN OUR DISTRICT, IN THE BUILDINGS AS WELL AS PROGRAM SECRETARIES.
WE HAVE A LOFTY GOAL OF MEETING TWICE A MONTH TO REVIEW TO WORK THROUGH THESE POSITIONS.
WE ANTICIPATE HOPEFULLY BEING DONE BY THE END OF JUNE.
THEN LASTLY, I JUST WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
UNDER THE CERTIFICATED REPORT, ADMINISTRATIVE NEW HIRE, THERE ARE TWO POSITIONS THERE.
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ALEX ACTUALLY IS A FORMER EMPLOYEE.HE WAS A TEACHER AT DAYBREAK MIDDLE AND DID HIS INTERNSHIP LAST YEAR AT, I THINK BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL.
HE STEPPED AWAY, WAS HIRED IN ANOTHER DISTRICT AND WE ARE HIRING HIM BACK AS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT PLEASANT VALLEY MIDDLE.
THAT'S FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS YEAR AND THEN HE IS GUARANTEED A CONTINUING CONTRACT AS AN ADMINISTRATOR, BUT WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE HIM BACK AND THE ROLE THAT HE'LL HAVE A PLEASANT VALLEY WORKING ALONGSIDE ANGELA.
IN ADDITION, MARGARET NIERSON IS ON THERE WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SUBS.
WE HAVE BEEN USING OUR INTERNS IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT CAPACITIES AND WE'RE FINDING THAT WE ARE NEEDING ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR ADMINISTRATORS.
WE'RE EXCITED TO HIGHER MARGARET NIERSON.
SHE IS A FORMER INSTRUCTIONAL COACH AT MAPLE GROVE WITH ADMINISTRATIVE BACKGROUND AND SO SHE IS GOING TO BE ASSIGNED TO BUILDINGS TO HELP SUPPORT THEM SO THAT ADMINISTRATORS CAN CONTINUE TO WORK IN THE AREA OF TPAP, MEETING WITH TEACHERS AND JUST TO PROVIDE THAT ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR.
>> THANK YOU, MICHELLE. NEXT UP IS OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, MICHELLE SCOTT.
>> I JUST WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION SENATE BILL 5174 AND HOUSE BILL 1248.
THOSE ARE REGARDING CONTRACTED TRANSPORTATION SERVICES AND THIS WAS MENTIONED AT OUR LAST MEETING.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH GETTING THE CONTRACTOR, GETTING OUR FOR PUPIL TRANSPORTATION, THE COST FOR A PORTION OF IT FOR BENEFITS AND HEALTH CARE AND RETIREMENT BENEFITS.
IT IS QUITE AN EXPENSIVE COST TO THE DISTRICT SHOULD THAT PASS.
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US AND WE'LL BE WORKING TO RESPOND AND TO KEEP LETTING, ADVOCATING FOR FULLY FUNDING TRANSPORTATION AND WE SUPPORT A TRANSPARENT AND FULLY FUNDED TRANSPORTATION BILL.
>> COULD YOU REPEAT THOSE BILL NUMBERS?
>> THANK YOU, MICHELLE. NEXT STEP, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES, MR. KEVIN JOLMA.
>> HELLO. IS THAT WORKING? ONGOING PROJECTS, WE HAVE A LOT OF SECURITY PROJECTS THAT ARE ONGOING AND LOOKING TO WRAP THE INSTALLATIONS UP THIS MONTH.
THEN, OF COURSE, WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO PROVIDE TRAINING TO OUR STAFF ON HOW TO USE THOSE SYSTEMS. ALSO, BEFORE WE CAN SCHEDULE THE DOOR LOCKS AND HOW WE'LL BE ABLE TO CONTROL THOSE ACCESS, SO WE'RE GETTING CLOSER.
CAM, OUR FIRST BUILDING IS WATERTIGHT ROOFS ON.
COOL THING ABOUT THAT BUILDING, IT'S NEVER SEEN A DROP OF WATER.
GOT BUILT INSIDE A FACTORY, GOT SETUP, BUT IT'S ONE OF THE POSITIVES OF BUILDING IN A MODULAR.
WE'LL BE STARTING THE SECOND FOUNDATION THIS WEEK, AND THEN WE ARE WELL UNDERWAY IN CONSTRUCTION OF THE MODULARS FOR THAT SECOND BUILDING DOWN IN OREGON.
>> THANK YOU, KEVIN. THEN CERTAINLY LAST BUT NOT LEAST, MRS. AMANDA RICHTER, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS.
>> GOOD EVENING. JANUARY WAS AN EXCEPTIONALLY BUSY MONTH FOR THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.
WE HAD AN INCREASE IN THE VOLUME AND REACH OF EVERY TYPE OF COMMUNICATION.
SOME OF OUR TOP STORIES INCLUDED THE DONATION THAT GLENWOOD HEIGHTS RECEIVED FROM SLUMBERKINS, WE WATCHED THAT VIDEO AT THE LAST MEETING.
AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, THE CAM STUDENT WHO RALLIED HIS CLASSMATES TO CREPE PAPER CRANES FOR HIS UNCLE WHO IS BATTLING CANCER.
SOME OF THE SECURITY UPGRADES THAT TOOK PLACE OVER THE WINTER BREAK.
I WANT TO THANK JENNY BUTCHER HILL AND CHRIS BROWN FOR THEIR EXCEPTIONAL WORK TO KEEP UP WITH ALL OF THESE REQUESTS, AS WELL AS CONTINUING TO SUPPORT SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE MONTH. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
I ALSO WANTED TO SHARE SOME OF THE OUTCOMES AND THE WAYS THAT WE EVALUATE OUR COMMUNICATIONS WORK.
IN JANUARY AND EARLY FEBRUARY, WE LAUNCHED SOME POLL SURVEYS JUST TO GET QUICK FEEDBACK
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ON SOME OF OUR REGULAR COMMUNICATIONS SUCH AS THE, NEWS TO KNOW EMAIL AND THE BGPS BULLETIN.WE HAD 110 RESPONDENTS AND 92.4% OF THEM RATED THE NEWS TO KNOW AS EXCELLENT OR ABOVE AVERAGE.
THEY POINTED TWO THINGS, JUST ROUTINE INFORMATION, ABOUT SCHEDULE CHANGES AND EVENTS AS REALLY HELPFUL INFORMATION TO HAVE.
AS WELL AS HAD SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR CONTENT AROUND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO VOLUNTEER.
FOR THE BGPS BULLETIN, 72.2% OF RESPONDENTS RATED IT AS EXCELLENT OR ABOVE AVERAGE.
THEY LIKE THE INFORMATION ABOUT SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, THE REGULAR STORYTELLING THAT WE DO, AND INFORMATION ABOUT UPCOMING EVENTS.
THEY SUGGEST THAT WE CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON STORYTELLING AND ALSO SHARING ABOUT OUR FACILITY PLANS.
WE'LL BE EVALUATING ALL THAT FEEDBACK AND LOOKING AT WAYS TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS GOING FORWARD.
WE'VE ALSO BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK IN PREPARATION FOR THE INDUSTRY FAIR.
RIGHT NOW THERE'S MORE THAN 80 EMPLOYERS SIGNED UP TO ATTEND THE FAIR, WHICH I BELIEVE IS A RECORD.
THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM HAS REALLY ENJOYED SUPPORTING THE CAREER AND COUNSELING TEAMS FROM BATTLE GROUND OR PRAIRIE THAT HAVE DONE A LOT OF GREAT WORK TO MAKE THIS EVENT SUCCESSFUL FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND THAT'S LED BY KEVIN DOYLE, BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL.
WE'RE HOPING THAT THEY WILL SEE A RECORD TURNOUT IN ATTENDEES AS WELL.
THEN THE LAST THING I WANTED TO MENTION WAS CASEE SCIENCE NIGHT WAS IN MID JANUARY.
JENNA WORKED WITH CASEE TO REFRESH THE BRAND FOR A SCIENCE NIGHT AND CREATE SOME IMPORTANT COLLATERAL FOR THEM TO DISTRIBUTE AT THE EVENT.
THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN THERE.
THEY HAD GREAT ATTENDANCE FROM WHAT I HEAR, AROUND 110 PEOPLE.
A VIDEO THAT CHRIS CREATED FOR THE EVENT TO PROMOTE IT, AND IT REALLY SHOWCASES STUDENT VOICE AND ALLOWS CASEE STUDENTS TO TALK ABOUT WHAT MAKES THEIR SCHOOLS SPECIAL.
>> [INAUDIBLE] I FOUND OUT THAT THESE KIDS DID A LOT OF FIELD TRIPS INCLUDING THE OVERNIGHT, SOPHOMORE YEAR, AND I REALLY WANT TO DO MUCH FILED TRIPS IN HIGH SCHOOL.
>> EVERYTHING THAT I SAW SEEMED REALLY INTERESTING.
BECAUSE I SUDDENLY WOULD BE ABLE TO BE OUTSIDE AND NOT JUST HAPPEN TO BE IN A CLASS THE WHOLE DAY.
>> CASEE IS JUST SO WELCOMING HERE AND THE LABS HERE AS WELL.
I'VE LEARNT THINGS NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD EVEN BEGIN TO KNOW ABOUT.
IT WORKS WITH MY LEARNING STYLE.
>> ABSOLUTELY, IT'S A LOT CLOSER TOGETHER.
BECAUSE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE, BUT HERE AT CASEE, ALL THE THREE CLASSES, IT'S ONE BIG CLASS. YOU'RE FRIENDS WITH THEM.
>> YOU EIGHTH GRADER IN CAMERON, CASEE IS FUN.
YOU'RE NOT SCARED TO BE YOURSELF.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN BEING OUTSIDE AND BEING ABLE TO TALK TO PEOPLE AND ACTUALLY HAVE FUN, THEN I RECOMMEND YOU AT CASEE.
>> [BACKGROUND] [LAUGHTER] THANK YOU.
>> THAT'S IT FOR SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF UPDATES. THANK YOU.
>> WELL, THAT BRINGS US TO CITIZEN'S COMMENTS.
[7. Citizens' Comments]
WE DO HAVE A PROTOCOL FOR CITIZEN'S COMMENTS.I'M JUST GOING TO READ THIS OUT LOUD FOR EVERYONE.
IT HAS A NEW UPDATE, SO I WANT TO SHARE THAT.
PROTOCOL FOR CITIZEN'S COMMENTS.
PLEASE FOLLOW THE PROTOCOL FOR CITIZEN'S COMMENTS BY COMING FORWARD TO THE PODIUM, FACING THE BOARD, STATING YOUR NAME AND LIMITING YOUR TIME TO THREE MINUTES AND REFRAINING FROM DISCUSSING CONFIDENTIAL MATTERS.
I THINK I NEED SOME PUNCTUATION IN HERE. SORRY ABOUT THAT.
BOARD MEMBERS DO NOT NORMALLY RESPOND TO QUESTIONS OR PETITIONS DURING CITIZEN'S COMMENTS.
THEY WILL LISTEN AND GIVE DIRECTION TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM IF ACTION IS DEEMED NECESSARY.
PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL OF ALL PRESENTERS AND REFRAIN FROM CLAPPING OR MAKING ANY COMMENTS WHILE A PERSON IS PRESENTING.
BATTLE GROUND PUBLIC SCHOOL'S POLICY 1400 STATES, THE BOARD PRESIDENT MAY TERMINATE AN INDIVIDUAL'S STATEMENT WHEN THE ALLOTTED TIME HAS PASSED AND MAY INTERRUPT THE SPEAKER TO REQUIRE THE SAME STANDARD OF STABILITY THAT THE BOARD IMPOSES ON ITSELF.
IN THE EVENT THE MEETING IS INTERRUPTED BY A GROUP OR GROUPS OF PERSONS SO AS TO RENDER THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF SUCH MEETING UNFEASIBLE AND ORDER CANNOT BE RESTORED, THE BOARD MAY ORDER THE MEETING ROOM CLEARED AND CONTINUE IN SESSION OR MAY ADJOURN THE MEETING AND RECONVENE AT ANOTHER LOCATION.
IN SUCH A SESSION, FINAL DISPOSITION MAY BE TAKEN ONLY ON MATTERS APPEARING ON THE AGENDA.
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PRESS SHALL BE ALLOWED TO ATTEND THE MEETING.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME GET THROUGH THAT.
IT LOOKS WE HAVE FOUR CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO COMMENT.
I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME JEN KELLY TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE.
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YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES, YOU WILL BE TIMED.YOU WILL SEE OUR BOARD MEMBER, RICARDO, WAVE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
MY NAME IS JEN KELLY AND I LIVE IN CEDAR 49, DOWN THE ROAD A LITTLE WAYS FROM YOU-ALL.
WHEN CONSTRUCTION OF A CONCRETE BATCH PLANT THAT ALSO RECYCLES CEMENT WITH A CRUSHER IS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO ANY SCHOOL, THE HEALTH OF OUR CHILDREN BECOME FRONT AND CENTER IN OUR MIND.
WE HAVE A PROPOSED CONCRETE BATCH PLANT BEING BUILT AT 7511 NORTHEAST 101ST STREET RIGHT OFF A 72ND AVENUE.
WHILE THE CONCRETE PLANT ITSELF HAS A NUMBER OF ISSUES, IT'S THE PROCESS OF CRUSHING CEMENT AND RECYCLING THAT I'D LIKE YOU TO FOCUS ON FOR JUST A MOMENT.
WHEN YOU HAVE AN OUTDOOR CRUSHER AND IT DESTROYS CEMENT, SILICA DUST GETS AIRBORNE.
THAT SILICA DUST, IT'S VERY SMALL, VERY MINUTE PARTICLES, AND IT FLIES IN THE AIR, ADDED EASILY FIVE-MILE DISTANCE.
NOW, WHAT DOES THAT DO WHEN WE BREATHE IT IN? IT CREATES HARDENED LUNGS.
NOW HOW MUCH OF THAT SILICA DUST DO WE HAVE TO BREATHE IN BEFORE WE DIE? WE DON'T KNOW.
NOT YET, BUT WE'VE READ A LOT ABOUT IT.
THERE'S A LOT OF HEALTH ISSUES.
WHEN CHILDREN ARE IN THE PLAYGROUND, WHEN THEY'RE PLAYING SPORTS AND IT'S OUTDOORS AND THEY'RE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THAT CRUSHER, THAT SHOULD BE AN ALARMING LITTLE BELL THAT GOES OFF.
IT DOES FOR ME AND MY CHILDREN ARE GROWN.
BUT I LIVE IN A COMMUNITY THAT HAS LOTS OF CHILDREN. THEY WILL WALK.
THEY VISIT MY LIBRARY, THEY VISIT MY BLUEBERRY BUSHES AND PICK THEM RIGHT FROM THE FRONT YARD, INVITATION ONLY, BUT THEY KNOW WHAT'S THERE AND THEY KNOW THEY'RE WELCOMED.
THAT SILICA DUST THAT FLIES, NOT ONLY IS A HAZARD TO US HUMANS, IT'S A HAZARD TO PLANTS, IT'S A HAZARD TO THE GROUND, IT'S A HAZARD TO THE WETLANDS.
I WOULD ASK THIS BOARD, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE WRITE A LETTER.
>> THANK YOU, JEN. MUCH APPRECIATED.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT STEP WE HAVE WEN.
WEN, I'M GOING TO LET YOU SAY YOUR LAST NAME.
>> I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU WHEN I'M DONE. HI, MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE]. IS THIS THING WORKING?
>> I CAME HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE I WENT AND VISITED PAUL HARRIS, THE MAN WHO WANTED TO FLUORIDATE THE REST OF THE STATE.
I KNOW THAT BATTLE GROUND IS FLUORIDATED.
I HOPE TO GOD THAT YOU ALL HAVE WATER FILTERS ON THESE SCHOOLS.
IF YOU THINK DRINKING FLUORIDATED WATER IS GOOD FOR THE TEETH, IS GOOD FOR CANCER, IS GOOD TO SHORTEN YOUR LIFE, IT CAUSES ALL KINDS OF IQ PROBLEMS. IT MAKES KIDS HYPERACTIVE ATTENTION DEFICIT.
WITH THE MONEY THAT YOU GIVE FOR THESE SCHOOLS, I HOPE THAT YOU PUT WATER FILTERS ON EVERYTHING.
I LIVED IN THE BAY AREA AND I FOUGHT FOR OVER A YEAR TO GET WATER FILTERS ON THE SCHOOL.
I ALSO SHOWED THEM THAT IT LEACHES LEAD FROM THE PIPES.
THIS BOOK HERE, THE FLUORIDE DECEPTION BY CHRISTOPHER BRYSON TELLS ABOUT THE COVER-UP OF WHY THEY PUT POISON IN OUR DRINKING WATER AND TELL US IT REDUCES CAVITIES.
MY FATHER LIVED IN DONORA, PENNSYLVANIA WHERE THEY HAD THE FLUORINE GAS LEAK.
HE WOULD HAVE BEEN 93 IF HE WAS ALIVE TODAY.
IT'S VERY INTERESTING BECAUSE I PUT THIS ON PUBLIC RECORD AT CLARK COUNTY.
YOU SHOULD LOOK IT UP. THEY HAVE IT AS A E-BOOK.
WHAT I PUT ON PUBLIC RECORD AT CLARK COUNTY, CHECK IT OUT.
THIS IS THE MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET ON SODIUM FLUORIDE. WE GET IT FROM CHINA.
WHAT THIS IS, IS THE AIR POLLUTION THAT COMES OUT OF THE SCRUBBERS OF THE STEEL INDUSTRY AND THEY CAPTURE IT.
THEY DRY IT OUT AND THEY STICK IT IN A BAG.
IT'S GOT A SKULL AND CROSS BONE ON IT AND THIS IS WHAT THEY PUT IN YOUR WATER.
WHAT HAPPENS TO THE CHILDREN IS THAT IF IT MAKES THEM HYPERACTIVE ATTENTION DEFICIT,
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THEY END UP PUTTING THEM ON RITALIN.IF YOU CAN CONCEIVE, BECAUSE WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW IS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE BECOMING STERILE BECAUSE OF THE SHOTS. THOSE JABS.
SECONDLY TOO, IS THAT FLUORIDE BOOST THE CANCER DEATH RATES.
BECAUSE THE SHOTS THAT THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE PATENTS ON THE JABS.
I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU THAT LAST YEAR THAT THESE JABS SHOULD HAVE BEEN STOPPED.
ON MARCH 9, 2022, ROBERT F. KENNEDY SUED THE SUPREME COURT TO STOP THE COVID JABS.
WE STILL HAVE IT ON THE SCHOOL SHOT LIST.
MELNICK RIGHT HERE IN CLARK COUNTY IS STILL ENFORCING THIS.
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY UNBELIEVABLE.
THEY KNOW IT CAUSES BLOOD CLOTS.
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU ONE HERE.
THERE'S GOING TO BE THE PATENTS ON THESE THINGS.
IT ACTUALLY SHOWS THE NANOPARTICLES HOW THEY SELF-ASSEMBLE AND CAUSE BLOOD CLOTS.
WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THESE CHILDREN RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE GETTING MYOCARDITIS AND ALL STUFF.
ACTUALLY, ENFORCING THESE JABS, YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT WELLNESS? THIS SHOULD NOT BE ON THE CHILDREN'S HEALTH LIST.
THE STUFF I'M PUTTING ON PUBLIC RECORD DO CHECK IT OUT.
I HOPE THAT YOU STUDENTS CHECK IT OUT MOSTLY BECAUSE THIS IS YOUR LIFE.
IN THIS ARTICLE HERE, IT SAYS THAT ANYBODY WHO TOOK THOSE JABS BECAUSE IT HAS HIV AND IT GENETICALLY MODIFIES YOU.
YOU CAN'T CHANGE IT BACK ONCE IT DOES THAT, THAT MRNA IS JUST LIKE MAKING GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD.
THEY GENETICALLY MODIFIED HUMAN BEINGS.
I'M GOING TO PUT THIS ON PUBLIC RECORD, CHECK THIS STUFF OUT AND CHECK OUT CLARK COUNTY TODAY AND PLEASE PUT WATER FILTERS ON THE SCHOOLS.
>> NEXT, WE HAVE TERESA EDMONDSON.
A LOT OF YOU PROBABLY HAVE SEEN ME BEFORE.
I'VE BEEN A PARENT IN THE DISTRICT FOR 30 YEARS AND I'VE BEEN A SCHOOL IN PLAY FOR OVER 20 YEARS NOW.
ANYWAY, I'M HERE AND SUPPORTIVE WHAT JAN KELLY WAS BRINGING TO YOUR ATTENTION ABOUT THE CONCRETE BATCH PLANT.
I LIVE WITHIN A MILE OF WHERE IT WILL BE BUILT.
I'M IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF OUR BATTLE GROUND DISTRICT AND OUR SCHOOLS ARE WITHIN FIVE MILES OF IT, AND SO I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE SILICATE DUST AND THE OTHER AIR POLLUTION THAT GOES FROM THAT.
THE OTHER PART, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WILL AFFECT THE SCHOOL WITH THE NOISE AND THE LIGHT AND ALL OF THAT.
IT WILL AFFECT PEOPLE THAT ARE IN OUR SOUTHERN PART OF OUR DISTRICT THAT LIVE NEAR THAT.
BUT I KNOW THAT BATTLE GROUND SCHOOLS CARES ABOUT EACH AND EVERY STUDENT THAT IS IN OUR DISTRICT, EACH AND EVERY EMPLOYEE, STAFF MEMBER.
ALSO, I KNOW THAT YOU CARE ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE WE HAVE THE CASEE CENTER.
WE'VE TAUGHT KIDS HOW TO TAKE CARE OF OUR ENVIRONMENT.
WE REALLY NEED YOU TO SPEAK UP ABOUT THIS ALSO.
WE WEREN'T NOTIFIED ABOUT THE ZONING CHANGE THAT HAPPENED FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TO THE RAILROAD INDUSTRIAL, WHICH IS BASICALLY HEAVY INDUSTRIAL.
WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE BUILT UNTIL I FOUND OUT JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO.
EVEN THOUGH IT'S GOING TO IMPACT ME, IT'S GOING TO IMPACT MY NEIGHBORS AND MY FRIENDS AROUND.
I THINK IT WILL IMPACT THE SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT AS WELL.
THEY ONLY HAVE TO NOTIFY WITHIN 300 FEET CURRENTLY IF IT IS IN REGULAR AREAS AND 500 IF IT'S RURAL.
IT REALLY SHOULD BE NOTIFICATION FOR EVERYBODY THAT'S GOING TO BE IMPACTED.
WE'RE TRYING AS JUST CITIZENS TO FORM A GROUP AND INFORM PEOPLE THAT THIS IS EVEN HAPPENING.
IT'S THE 11TH HOUR, IT'S ALMOST TOO LATE TO STOP THIS.
WE'VE GOT TO GET OUR INFORMATION OUT TO PEOPLE.
WE'VE GOT TO SHARE OUR CONCERNS BECAUSE PREVENTION IS A LOT EASIER THAN TRYING TO MITIGATE AFTERWARDS.
I WOULD JUST ASK YOU IF POSSIBLE TO WRITE A LETTER OF CONCERN, A LETTER OF SUPPORT IN THIS MATTER. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, TERESA. THE LAST I HAVEN'T NOTICED IS EVAN.
>> HI, MY NAME IS EVAN DURECK.
I LIVE ALSO IN THE [INAUDIBLE] 49 AREA AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
IT'S GETTING LATE. I'LL BE AS FAST AS I CAN.
I WANTED TO PROVIDE A LITTLE MORE CONTEXT TO THIS SITUATION.
THIS COMPANY KNIFE RIVER, IS ONE OF THE LARGEST CONCRETE PRODUCERS IN THE UNITED STATES.
IT FOCUSED ON THE WESTERN PART OF THE US.
IT SOUNDS LIKE MR. CHAMPAGNE? [OVERLAPPING] THAT'S RIGHT? YOU KNOW THIS ALREADY AND, YOU KNOW A LOT MORE ABOUT CONCRETE THAN I DO.
BUT ANYWAY, THEY HAVE FACILITIES ALL AROUND THE WEST COAST.
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CONCRETE PRODUCTION FACILITIES AND THEY WANT TO PUT ONE HERE AT 101ST AND 72ND.THIS APPLICATION BY KNIFE RIVER HAS BEEN DENIED TWICE BY THE LAND USE PLANNING STAFF OF CLARK COUNTY BECAUSE IT JUST DOESN'T MEET THE CRITERIA.
HOWEVER, IN A WAY THAT I CAN'T FIGURE OUT KNIFE RIVER MANAGED TO GET THIS COUNTY COUNCIL TO REVERSE THE ZONING FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TO RAILROAD INDUSTRIAL.
WE KNOW THE REASONS, SOME OF THE REASONS WERE THAT IT'S PART OF THE COUNTY'S PLAN THAT THE LITTLE FREIGHT RAILROAD THAT GOES PAST THIS PROPERTY BE UTILIZED MORE.
HOWEVER, EXACTLY HOW THE LEGAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH KNIFE RIVER HAPPENED IS SO FAR UNCLEAR.
ANOTHER PART OF THE CONTEXT IS THAT THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF CONCRETE BATCH PLANTS ARE WELL-KNOWN AND HAVE BEEN KNOWN FOR MANY YEARS.
THE US EPA CONSIDERS CONCRETE BATCH PLANTS TO BE THE SECOND MOST POLLUTING INDUSTRY IN THE COUNTRY.
THAT'S FOR VARIOUS REASONS WHICH YOU CAN LOOK UP AT YOUR LEISURE.
THE IMPACT I'M FAMILIAR WITH WILL BE FROM YOUR POINT OF VIEW VERY MUCH ON CASEE.
THOSE KIDS GO OUTSIDE ALL THE TIME.
THAT'S PART AS YOU SAW IN THE VIDEO, HOW THEY ENJOY THEMSELVES AND THEY LITERALLY LEARN A LOT BY GOING OUTSIDE.
CONCRETE BATCH PLANTS HAVE A TENDENCY TO COAT THE ENTIRE AREA, ROOFS, CARS, AND TREES.
I'LL FINISH UP. THE NEXT STEP FOR THIS WILL BE WITH THE LAND USE HEARING EXAMINER OF CLARK COUNTY, AND THAT HEARING IS THE ONE THAT MAKES THE FINAL DECISION.
WE WILL ASK YOU IF YOU'RE INTERESTED TO PROVIDE A LETTER ABOUT THE IMPACT ON YOUR STUDENTS AND YOUR TEACHERS WHO WILL BE A CASEE FOR YEARS. THANK YOU.
>> WE APPOINT ADDITIONAL CITIZEN WHO WOULD LIKE TO COME UP?
>> GO AHEAD KENNY. [OVERLAPPING]
>> COME ON UP KENNY. I'M SORRY.
>> IT'S BEEN AWHILE SINCE I CAME TO A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.
I WAS THE FIRST FEMALE HEAD TEACHER IN OUR STATE 35 YEARS AGO, SO [OVERLAPPING] WE MOVED BATTLE GROUNDS, NO MORE COWS FOR ME.
KUDOS ALL THE CHILDREN THAT YOU HAD HERE AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE SHARING IS WONDERFUL.
I JUST WONDERED HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE IN THE BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT? IF YOU'VE GOT SO MANY ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS.
>> TWELVE-THOUSAND STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT.
>> SO 10 PERCENT OF YOUR STUDENTS NOW HAVE A DIFFICULTY WITH THEIR LANGUAGE.
IT'S AN INTERESTING THING BECAUSE THE STUDENT COMES WITH NOT JUST A LANGUAGE THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND, BUT THEY COME WITH A DIFFERENT CULTURE.
SOMETIMES THERE'S A BATTLE FOR THAT CULTURE TO OUR CULTURE.
YOU REALLY HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO OPEN UP THOSE KIDS.
THE OTHER THING I WAS GOING TO SAY, I WORKED AT A CEMENT BATCH PLANT WHEN I WAS GOING TO COLLEGE, AND I CERTAINLY WOULDN'T WANT IT NEXT TO CASEE.
MY GRANDSON IS A SENIOR THIS YEAR.
LAST YEAR HE WAS THE LEADERSHIP WINNER FOR CASEE AND HE'S HAD A GRAND TIME, BUT THAT CREEK RUNS JUST PAST THE LOWER PART OF CASEE.
THERE'S SO MUCH AGRICULTURAL OUT THERE AND OUR WINDS.
WHEN I LIVED IN VANCOUVER, I NOTICED EVERY AFTERNOON WE GOT A GOOD WIND COMING OFF THAT IN THE AFTERNOON, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE RAINING OR WHATEVER BUT IN THE AFTERNOON, THE COLUMBIA RIVER CHANGES OUR AIR HERE.
YOU DON'T WANT SILICA BLOWING IN YOUR LUNGS.
I WANT ALL THOSE KIDS TO BE HEALTHY.
I WANT EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> I WILL JUST DO ONE LAST CHECK FOR CITIZENS COMMENTS IN CASE WE MISSED ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.
ALL RIGHT THEN, THANK YOU CITIZENS FOR HANGING IN THERE WITH US.
I KNOW IT TOOK A WHILE TO GET HERE AND WE APPRECIATE THAT YOU STUCK IN THERE WITH US TO COME FORWARD TONIGHT.
WITH THAT, WE'LL BE MOVING ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
[8. Consent Agenda (Board Vote w/Student Voice)]
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TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA INCLUDES ITEMS A-K, INCLUDING OUR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM OUR JANUARY 23RD MEETINGS, JANUARY 23RD SPECIAL MEETING, BUSINESS AND OPERATION PERSONNEL REPORTS, SOME STUDENT TRAVEL, OUR FINANCIAL REPORTS, COMPLETE A PROJECT REQUEST FOR APPROVAL AND APPROVAL OF THE STATE GRANT APPLICATION THAT WE HEARD ABOUT EARLIER, APPROVAL OF THE '22/'23 SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANS THAT WE HEARD ABOUT EARLIER AND THE REVISED INVESTED SERVICES AGREEMENT.IS THERE ANYTHING ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT NEEDS FURTHER DISCUSSION OR THAT ANYONE WOULD LIKE REMOVED? [NOISE]
>> I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
>> MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
>> ARE WE GOING TO DO STUDENT VOICE VOTES?
>> I'M SORRY. [LAUGHTER] THANK YOU.
WE ADDED LAST WEEK TO OUR AGENDA THAT ANYTIME WE HAD A VOTE, WE WOULD CHECK IN WITH OUR STUDENTS TO SEE IF THEY HAD ANYTHING TO SHARE.
I ALREADY MISSED IT EARLIER, SO A FAIL, THANKS FOR NOT LETTING ME FAIL TWICE.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS OR WOULD LIKE TO WEIGH IN ON AS THE STUDENTS ON STUDENT VOICE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA BEFORE WE FORMALLY VOTE?
>> HE BROUGHT THIS UP AT A BAD TIME.
>> I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT OUTDOOR SCHOOL FOR PLEASANT VALLEY GOT CHANGED.
THAT MAKES ME REALLY HAPPY BECAUSE NOW IT'S LIKE NOT IN MY WAY OF GRADUATION. THANK YOU.
>> I WOULD LOVE TO SAY THAT I DID THAT, BUT I DIDN'T [LAUGHTER] WHOEVER DID IT, THANK YOU.
ANYTHING ELSE? THEN WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERN? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES FIVE TO ZERO.
[10. New Business (Board Vote w/Student Voice)]
FIRST THING ON OUR NEW BUSINESS TONIGHT IS THE FIRST READING OF THE PROPOSED TEXTBOOK AMERICAN STREET, A MULTICULTURAL ANTHOLOGY OF STORIES.>> THIS EVENING I'M HERE WITH HEATHER SMITH KLINE WHO YOU MET THE LAST TIME.
WE WERE HERE BEFORE ASKING FOR APPROVAL OF THE COURSE, MULTICULTURAL AMERICAN LITERATURE.
WE'RE BACK THIS EVENING TO HAVE YOU TAKE A FIRST READING OF THE TEXTBOOK, CALLED AMERICA'S STREET A MULTICULTURAL ANTHOLOGY STORIES.
I BELIEVE EACH OF YOU HAS A COPY OF THE TEXT AND YOU'VE HAD THAT FOR A LITTLE WHILE TO LOOK AT.
WE HAVE ALSO PROVIDED YOU WITH COPIES OF THE COMMENTS FROM PEOPLE WHO CAME AND REVIEWED THE TEXT.
THERE WERE FOUR PEOPLE THAT REVIEWED THE TEXTS AND ALL WERE IN FAVOR AND THEN I BELIEVE WE ALSO HAD COMMENTS FROM THE CITIZENS COMMENTS AT THE LAST MEETING IN SUPPORT OF THE TEXT AS WELL.
WE'RE HERE ASKING FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE FIRST READING.
>> I DO. I GOT A FEW QUESTIONS AND THEN I HAVE SOME COMMENTS.
MY FIRST QUESTION IS, IS THIS THE ONLY BOOK THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE DRAWING SOURCE FROM OR WHETHER THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL BOOKS?
>> WELL, LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME, WE'LL HAVE SOME SUPPLEMENTAL STUFF THAT KIDS WILL BE ABLE TO CHOOSE FROM.
THIS WILL BE THE CORE OF OUR CURRICULUM, AND THEN STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO CHOOSE FROM A VARIETY OF NOVELS TOO, AND POEMS AS WELL.
I THINK LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT, [OVERLAPPING] I ALWAYS GET IT WRONG, NEWSELA, NEWSELA ARTICLES AND THINGS STUDENTS TO THIS.
>> BUT YOU DON'T HAVE ANY EXAMPLES OF THOSE THAT WE CAN LOOK AT OR?
>> LAST TIME I THINK THAT I TOOK YOU THROUGH, WHAT WE MIGHT DO, FOR INSTANCE,
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WITH THE ONE STORY ABOUT THE MIGRANT WORKERS THAT WE WOULD BRING IN THE CHAPTER OF THE GRAPES OF WRATH, AND THAT WE WOULD HAVE A CESAR CHAVEZ SPEECH, AND THOSE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THE LAST TIME, JUST AS AN EXAMPLE.>> DO YOU INTEND TO USE THE TEACHER'S GUIDE THAT WAS PUBLISHED ALONG WITH THIS BOOK?
I FOUND IT ONLINE AND IT'S HERE, AND I THINK THAT WE MIGHT USE SOME OF THE THEMATIC GROUPINGS.
ANNIE AND I, AND ANNIE WANTED TO BE HERE TONIGHT, BUT SHE JUST BROKE HER LEG, [OVERLAPPING] SO SHE'S NOT HERE.
BUT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT DECIDING WHETHER TO TAKE THE STORIES CHRONOLOGICALLY AND TALK ABOUT LIKE AMERICAN LITERARY MOVEMENTS AS WE DO THAT OR TO LOOK AT THEM THEMATICALLY.
I LIKE THAT THIS ONLINE SOURCE GROUPED SHORT STORIES TOGETHER BY DIFFERENT THEMES, LIKE WE COULD HAVE ONE ABOUT THE GRANDPARENTS AND ELDERS AND ONE ABOUT WORK AND ONE ABOUT SCHOOL.
ORIGINALLY, THAT'S HOW WE THOUGHT WE WOULD GROUP THINGS TOGETHER, BUT WE'RE STILL TALKING THROUGH DIFFERENT IDEAS.
>> I FOUND IT ONLINE TOO AND I SPENT SOME TIME LOOKING AT IT.
DO WE HAVE A COST TO PURCHASE ALL THESE BOOKS?
>> I DID NOT BRING THE COST OF THE BOOK WITH THIS, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THE PAPERBACK VERSION IS LIKE $15 A TEXT.
IT IS NOT A TERRIBLY EXPENSIVE TEXT.
>> HOW MANY LITERALS DO WE NEED?
>> SIXTY, 30 FOR EACH HIGH SCHOOL.
>> THIS IS GOING AT PRAYER AS WELL, NOT JUST BATTLE GROUND?
>> IF THAT'S THE PART OF IT, [OVERLAPPING] STUDENTS WOULD HAVE TO SIGN UP.
IF STUDENTS DON'T SIGN UP FOR IT, THE CLASS WILL NOT BE OFFERED.
>> IS THERE A MINIMUM NUMBER OF KIDS THAT HAVE TO SIGN UP?
>> [OVERLAPPING] WE SAY 18 IS OUR MINIMUM TO RUN A COURSE, SO WE GO THROUGH FORECASTING.
I'LL JUST ADD THAT BOTH HEATHER AND ANNIE TOO APPLIED FOR SUPPLEMENTAL CONTRACT, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO WHEN TEACHERS ARE GETTING READY TO BE ABLE TO START A NEW COURSE, AND SO THEY HAVE HOURS SET ASIDE THAT THEY CAN WORK OUT MANY OF THESE DETAILS IN THE PLANNING OF THEM SO THEY CAN BE CONSISTENT AT BOTH HIGH SCHOOLS.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL COME ONCE THEY HAVE THE MATERIAL SELECTED AND THEN CAN USE THOSE MATERIALS.
>> SOME OF THE RESEARCH I DID WAS SOLELY BASED ON BATTLE GROUND.
I DIDN'T REALIZE YOU'RE DOING THIS AT BOTH HIGH SCHOOLS.
>> I THINK THAT'S WHAT WAS IN THE PROPOSAL?
>> IT PROBABLY WAS, AND I JUST OVERLOOKED IT.
I APOLOGIZE, SO SOME OF MY RESEARCH IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE SKEWED.
BUT I DO HAVE SOME COMMENTS I WANT TO GO OVER, SOME CONCERNS.
THE FIRST THING I HAVE IS THAT WE'RE CALLING THIS A TEXTBOOK, RIGHT? MY UNDERSTANDING OF A TEXTBOOK IS MORE SOMETHING THAT IS NON-FICTIONAL, INSTRUCTIONAL, CONTAINS THINGS LIKE LITERARY STYLES, GRAMMAR, SYNTAX, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
IT'S AN ACTUAL SET OF INSTRUCTIONS, SOMETHING THAT HAS LEARNING OBJECTIVES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
FOR ME I STRUGGLE, WHEN WE'RE CALLING SOMETHING A TEXTBOOK, BUT IT'S JUST AN ANTHOLOGY OF STORIES, OF FICTION STORIES.
THAT MAY JUST BE A PERSONAL THING, BUT THAT'S HOW I PERCEIVE IT AND THAT'S WHERE I STRUGGLE I'M HAVING RIGHT NOW, IS GOING FROM TEXTBOOK TO FICTION.
>> AS A LITERATURE TEACHER, I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE OFTEN WORK WITH SHORT STORY ANTHOLOGIES, [OVERLAPPING] FOR LITERATURE COURSES.
>> I HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH DANNY AS WELL, HE EXPRESSED THE SAME INFORMATION TOO, AGAIN, THIS IS MY STRUGGLE.
I'M NOT A LITERARY TEACHER, BUT THIS IS WHERE I'M AT IN MY SPACE HERE.
THE SECOND THING IS A LITTLE BIT MORE TOUCHY OF A TOPIC.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT NOT JUST I'VE STRUGGLED WITH, BUT ALSO OTHER PEOPLE, OTHER PARENTS I'VE TALKED TO, IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS ABOUT THIS, AND I'M GOING TO TRY TO BE AS SENSITIVE AS I CAN, SO PLEASE BEAR WITH ME.
I MIGHT EVEN JUST READ THESE COMMENTS THAT I WROTE UP, SO I DON'T MESS IT UP.
IT WAS MENTIONED IN THE LAST MEETING THAT THE INTENT BEHIND THE CLASS WAS TO ALSO HELP SOME OF OUR STUDENT BODY IDENTIFY WITH SOME OF THE LITERATURE, SO WITH THAT MINDSET, IN ORDER TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND IT MORE, I LOOKED INTO SOME OF THE AUTHORS, AND I LOOKED AT THE ANTAGONIST AND PROTAGONISTS OF THE STORIES.
I FOUND THAT WHEN I REVIEWED THE AUTHORS, PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THEM EXCEPT FOR ONE, WHO WAS A MINORITY.
I THINK IT WAS [INAUDIBLE] WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT WAS NOT A MINORITY AND SHE'S A CANADIAN AMERICAN.
ONE OF THE AUTHORS ACTUALLY, MR. BIG EAGLE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THIS, BUT HE WAS RECENTLY CONVICTED OF TRIBAL BRIBERY.
>> I THINK YOU HAVE THE WRONG MR. BIG EAGLE, THE AUTHOR?
>> RIGHT THEIR ARE A FEW OF THEM,
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SO THE AUTHOR WAS BORN IN 46 IN OKLAHOMA.THE GUY WHO WAS IN JAIL FOR BRIBES WAS BORN IN 49 IN SOUTH DAKOTA.
>> CLEARLY ALREADY RESEARCHED THAT AS WELL.
>> BECAUSE WE'VE LOOKED A LOT AT THE BOOK, AND WE FELL INTO THAT TOO AT THE START, I LOOKED THEN SAID, OKAY.
>> THAT WAS, THAT WAS ONE CONCERN, SO I'M GLAD THAT THAT'S BEEN ALLEVIATED THEN FOR ME.
THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THAT INFORMATION.
OUTSIDE OF THAT, WHEN I READ THROUGH THIS, IN MOST CASES, IN THE STORIES, THE ANTAGONIST IS, IF IT'S NOT AN INSTITUTION OR A SYSTEM, IT'S A WHITE PERSON.
THE PROTAGONIST IS ALWAYS A MINORITY.
IT'S EASILY CONCLUDED THAT THIS BOOK FOR ME IS MINORITY BASED, WHICH IS FINE, FOR WHAT IT IS, I DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THAT.
>> DO YOU MIND IF YOU GIVE ME SOME EXAMPLES BECAUSE I'M THINKING THROUGH LIKE THERE ARE CERTAINLY IN THIS CIRCUIT, I'M GOING THROUGH JUST LIKE STORY BY STORY.
I'VE GOT THE JOURNEY, NOT THE WHITE ANTAGONIST, I'VE GOT THE CIRCUIT, NOT A WHITE ANTAGONISTS, A WHITE TEACHER WHO WAS VERY SUPPORTIVE AND AWESOME, WHITE UMBRELLA, NOT A WHITE ANTAGONIST.
>> IN CASES, THOSE STORIES DIDN'T EVEN HAVE MUCH OF AN ANTAGONIST.
AGAIN, IF IT WASN'T A SYSTEM OR INSTITUTION, AS FAR AS GETTING AT THE SIXTH SENSE OR THE SIXTH GRADE, EXCUSE ME, WAS ONE AND I DO HAVE SOME OTHER ONES IN HERE AS WELL THAT I COVER.
THE SIXTH GRADE, THE SUMMER OF ICE CREAM, AND THAT WAS ACTUALLY MORE ADDRESSED IN TEACHER'S GUIDE.
AGAIN, I'M NOT SAYING THAT THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE, BUT IT'S A CONCERN THAT I'M HAVING.
THE OTHER THING IS WHEN YOU WHEN YOU TAKE THAT AND THE CLASS IS A MULTICULTURAL LITERATURE CLASS, AND WHERE I STRUGGLE IS THIS NOT SOLELY MINE, IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE A MINORITY LITERATURE CLASS, CORRECT? IT'S JUST SUPPOSED TO BE MULTICULTURAL.
>> I THINK WE COVERED LOTS AND LOTS OF CULTURES.
I THINK YOU WOULD BE HARD-PRESSED TO FIND, ARE THERE TWO STORIES BY PEOPLE OF THE SAME BACKGROUND? THERE ARE 20 STORIES ALL BY PEOPLE [NOISE] WHO ARE VERY DIFFERENT, SO I THINK IT WOULD BE WEIRD.
>> I'M NOT SAYING THAT THE 20 STORIES AREN'T MULTICULTURAL IN ITSELF, BUT WHAT I AM GETTING AT IS THAT OF THE, WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY CONCERNING AS MULTI-CULTURE, THERE'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF OUR POPULATION, OUR STUDENT BODY AT BATTLE GROUND THAT'S LEFT OUT OF THAT.
IN FACT, 83% OF OUR STUDENT BODY IS LEFT OUT OF THAT.
>> HAVE YOU SEEN OUR READING LISTS IN MOST OF OUR CLASSES? IF THIS CLASS BUILDS ITSELF AS MULTICULTURAL AND IT HAS 20 STORIES, ALL THE PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT CULTURES.
ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE IS WHITE, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW WE WOULD FIND A MULTICULTURAL BOOK THAT HAS 80% OF THEIR AUTHORS AS WHITE AUTHORS.
>> WHICH IS AGAIN, WHY I WAS ASKING, WHY DO WE HAVE SUPPLEMENTAL LITERATURES? THEY'RE REALLY INCLUDED, SO THAT THIS WASN'T THE ONLY ANTHOLOGY OF STORIES THAT WE WERE PULLING FROM.
BECAUSE IF WE'RE GOING TO, AND THIS IS WHAT I'M GETTING IS THAT, IF WE'RE GOING TO SIT AND SAY THAT THE PURPOSE FOR THIS CLASS IS SO THAT OUR STUDENT BODY CAN RELATE TO IT AND IDENTIFY WITH IT, WE'RE REALLY ONLY TARGETING 17% OF OUR STUDENT BODY.
>> I THINK WE ALSO SAID THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE A MIRROR AND IT WAS GOING TO BE A WINDOW, RIGHT? IN MOST OF THE STUFF THAT WE READ, OUR WHITE STUDENTS HAVE A LOT OF MIRRORS IN OUR CLASSES AND FEWER WINDOWS INTO THE LIVES OF OTHER PEOPLE.
THIS IS SUCH A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE OUR WHITE KIDS WINDOWS INTO OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES. THAT'S AWESOME.
>> ARE YOU AWARE OF THE ILLUSIONARY TRUTH EFFECT? HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF THAT?
>> I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO TEACH ME ABOUT IT.
>> OKAY. [LAUGHTER] THIS IS A TENDENCY.
I'M GOING TO READ THE DEFINITION SO I DON'T MESS THIS UP.
THIS IS THE TENDENCY TO BELIEVE FALSE INFORMATION, IT'D BE CORRECT AFTER REPEATED EXPOSURE.
WHEN TRUTH IS ASSESS, PEOPLE RELY ON WHETHER THE INFORMATION IS IN LINE WITH THEIR UNDERSTANDING OR IF IT FEELS FAMILIAR.
THE FIRST CONDITION IS LOGICAL AS PEOPLE COMPARE NEW INFORMATION WITH WHAT THEY ALREADY KNOW TO BE TRUE.
REPETITION MAKES STATEMENTS EASIER TO PROCESS RELATIVELY NEW ON REPEATED STATEMENTS LEADING PEOPLE TO BELIEVE THAT THE REPEATED COOK CONCLUSION IS MORE TRUTHFUL.
THE ILLUSIONARY TRUTH EFFECT HAS BEEN ALSO LINKED TO HINDSIGHT BIAS, IN WHICH THE RECOLLECTION OF CONFIDENCE IS SKEWED AFTER THE TRUTH HAS BEEN RECEIVED.
>> I'M INTERESTED IN THE TRUTH THAT YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT HERE IN THESE STORIES.
>> WHAT I'M CONCERNED WITH IS THAT THE SOME OF THESE STORIES ARE SO CLOSELY RELATED TO HISTORICAL EVENTS AND THAT WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON IN OUR CURRENT ENVIRONMENT, BOTH ECONOMICALLY, POLITICALLY, SOCIALLY, CULTURALLY, THAT SOME OF THESE FICTION STORIES CAN EASILY BE PERCEIVED AND RECALLED AS BEING FACT,
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AND I STRUGGLED WITH THAT.>> WE TEACH FICTION ALL THE TIME.
FICTION IS A REALLY GOOD WAY TO LOOK AT TRUTH.
BUT WE CERTAINLY DON'T GIVE KIDS FICTION AND SAY, THIS IS NOT FICTION.
WHEN WE READ FICTION, EVERYONE KNOWS WE'RE READING FICTION, WE KNOW IT'S A SHORT STORY, WE KNOW IT'S SEPARATE FROM THE AUTHOR.
EVEN IF THAT AUTHOR HAD BEEN IN JAIL, WE CAN SEPARATE THE WORK FROM THE PERSON WHO WROTE IT.
FICTION IS THE THING THAT WE ABSOLUTELY TEACH IN SCHOOLS AND SHOULD TEACH IN SCHOOLS.
BUT WE DON'T SAY THIS IS THE TRUTH.
BUT AGAIN, IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT I'M STRUGGLING WITH.
MY AUNT AND I HAVE CONCERN OVER.
I WON'T READ THE REST OF THIS STUFF BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU'RE NOT 100% SURE IF YOU'RE REALLY GOING TO EVEN UTILIZE THAT TEACHING GUIDE SO I WON'T EVEN COVER THE REST OF THIS SECTION.
BUT THE BOTTOM LINE FOR ME IS THAT I'M JUST STRUGGLING TO GET TO THE END WHERE THIS CAN BE CONSIDERED THE CORE TEACHING.
WHAT WAS THE TERM THAT WAS USED? THE CORE INSTRUMENTAL MATERIALS FOR THE COURSE.
I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A GROUP OF STORIES THAT ARE WONDERFUL STORIES FROM LOTS OF DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES.
IT'S GOT A NICE MIXTURE OF JOY AND STRUGGLE AND I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT IT BLOWS ME AWAY A LITTLE BIT.
>> I GUESS I'M THE ONE DISSENTING VOTE THEN.
>> I THINK MAYBE I CAN HELP HERE. I DON'T KNOW.
I REALLY ENJOYED A LOT OF THE STORIES FOR MANY REASONS.
I'LL JUST CALL OUT A FEW THAT YOU DECIDE. GARY SOTO.
THAT'S A UNIVERSAL THEME TALKING TO KIDS, KIDS HAVE DIVORCE, THE STRUGGLE THAT THEY HAVE OF CHOOSING THE PARENT.
>> AMERICANS. I LIKED THAT STORY.
WE PRESUME WHEN WE LOOK AT SOMEONE, WE MAY MAKE UP A STORY IN OUR HEAD ABOUT THEM AND THAT STORY REALLY BLOWS THAT THEORY.
THANK YOU, MA'AM, LANGSTON HUGHES, A GREAT STORY OF REDEMPTION, VERY SHORT.
I CAN SEE A LOT OF GOOD DISCUSSION COMING OUT OF THAT.
LIKE I SAID, I REALLY APPRECIATE SOME OF THE LITERATURE IN THERE.
I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT BIGGER THEMES.
I THINK THAT YOU'LL PULL OUT A LOT OF CRITICAL THINKING.
I THINK THE CAUTION IS MORE ABOUT THE CULTURAL PIECE AND I THINK MAYBE THAT'S WHAT TED IS TALKING ABOUT.
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT SOMETIMES TO LOOK AT A GROUP OF STORIES LIKE THAT AND TO PERCEIVE HOW A TEACHER MIGHT USE THOSE AND TO TALK ABOUT CULTURE BECAUSE CULTURE IS MORE THAN COLOR.
THERE'S RELIGIOUS CULTURE, THERE'S RURAL VERSUS URBAN CULTURE, THERE'S SOCIO-ECONOMIC.
THAT'S REALLY WHAT I SAW IS THE THEME OF THIS BOOK IS, IT'S MORE ABOUT THE CULTURE OF POVERTY.
>> A GOOD DEAL OF IT WAS MORE ABOUT THE CULTURE OF POVERTY AND HOW WE PRESUME A CERTAIN THING ABOUT PEOPLE WHEN WE LOOK AT THEM, AND WE DON'T SEE POVERTY OFTEN BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT IT DIFFERENTLY.
I GUESS I WOULD BE VERY CAUTIOUS ABOUT SOME OF THE STEREOTYPING, SUCH AS ASSOCIATING IDAHO WITH WHITE SUPREMACY THAT ALWAYS GETS ME BECAUSE I WAS RAISED IN IDAHO AND IT COMES UP ALL THE TIME.
>> I ALSO HAVE PEOPLE IN IDAHO.
I LOVE IT. MY DAD IS FROM BOSTON.
>> BUT THAT'S A STEREOTYPE THAT WAS IN HERE.
>> BUT DID YOU HEAR THAT THERE ARE SOME WHITE SUPREMACISTS WHO ARE VERY LOUD TO MAKE THEIR HOME IN IDAHO.
>> BUT REGARDLESS OF THAT PARTICULAR PIECE, I'M JUST SAYING STEREOTYPING EXISTS IN THESE STORIES AS WELL.
WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MIRRORS AND WINDOWS, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO BE REALLY CAREFUL ABOUT.
THE STEREOTYPING OF POVERTY IS THE BIG THING THAT I STOPPED, SAW IN THERE.
>> I THINK THAT THIS DISCUSSION THAT WE'RE HAVING IS ABSOLUTELY A DISCUSSION THAT WOULD HAPPEN IN THE CLASSROOM TOO.
>> ABSOLUTELY. BUT WHAT I THINK TED IS STRUGGLING WITH, AND I'M STRUGGLING WITH IT SOME TOO.
WHEN WE APPROVE A CURRICULUM OR A PIECE OF A TEXTBOOK IN A CURRICULUM, WE GENERALLY HAVE LEARNING OBJECTIVES AND WE CAN SEE LESSONS.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE USED TO LOOKING AT, IS BEING ABLE TO SEE A LESSON AND SEE HOW THIS WOULD PLAY OUT IN A CLASSROOM.
WHAT WOULD THE DISCUSSION LOOK LIKE? WHAT WOULD THE PROMPTS BE? WE'RE NOT SEEING ANY OF THAT.
I THINK THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE STRUGGLING WITH.
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>> LAST TIME THAT I WAS HERE, I WALKED YOU THROUGH HOW WE TEACH A SHORT STORY JUST IN GENERAL LIKE THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE DO WHERE WE PULL UP VOCABULARY AND THEN WE HAVE THE FIRST READ, AND THEN WE HAVE KIDS IN SMALL GROUPS DOING DISCUSSIONS.
THEN THE IDEAS THAT COME OUT OF THOSE SMALL GROUP DISCUSSIONS BECOME PAPERS THAT STUDENTS WRITE LIKE ESSAYS, THEME ESSAYS THAT THEY WRITE.
I GUESS, OF COURSE, I'M LOOKING AT THIS AS AN ENGLISH TEACHER WHO'S BEEN DOING THIS FOR 21 YEARS AND CAN LOOK AT A SHORT STORY AND SAY, OH YEAH, THIS IS SHORT STORIES ALL THE TIME. THIS IS WHAT WE DO.
WE HAVE CHALLENGING STORIES IN OUR TEXTS RIGHT NOW THAT WE READ WITH KIDS THAT ELICIT GOOD CONVERSATIONS AND ARGUMENTS EVEN WHICH IS EXCELLENT BECAUSE WE LEARN HOW TO HAVE GOOD ARGUMENTS WITH EACH OTHER, WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT LIFE SKILL.
I GET THAT. BUT AS AN ENGLISH TEACHER, I LOOK AT THIS AND SAY, OH, OF COURSE, THIS IS WHAT WE DO WITH THE TEXT.
IT'S THE THING THAT WE ALWAYS DO WITH THE TEXT.
THE OBJECTIVES THAT WE DID LIST IN OUR COURSE PROPOSAL WERE THERE AND THEY ARE THE CORE OBJECTIVES THAT WE TEACH IN LITERATURE CLASSES.
I GUESS, I DON'T KNOW, ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A SYLLABUS, SOMETHING MORE SPECIFIC?
>> YEAH. AGAIN, I DIDN'T CONTINUE WITH THE REST OF MY WRITE-UP, BUT ULTIMATELY THAT'S WHERE IT ENDED, IS IF WE HAD MAYBE WAITED ON THIS READING AND DONE A SYLLABUS REVIEW FIRST.
>> I GUESS I'M GOING TO PUSH BACK BECAUSE THAT'S NEVER BEEN THE PURVIEW OF THE BOARD IS TO LOOK AT SYLLABUS AND IMPROVE SYLLABUS.
WHAT THE BOARD HAS ALWAYS DONE IS LOOKED AT THE CORE CONTENT OF THE CURRICULUM.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING FOR YOU.
I WOULD PUSH BACK STRONGLY ON THE IDEA THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR TEACHERS BE PRESENTING A SYLLABUS.
>> IN HOW IT'S DELINEATED IN THE POLICY IS THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE PROCESSES.
THERE'S THE PROCESS OF THE NEW COURSE PROPOSAL WHICH THIS COURSE HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED FOR AND THAT'S ONE PIECE.
THEN THERE'S THE SELECTION AND THE ADOPTION OF MATERIALS [OVERLAPPING] OF THE CORE TEACHING MATERIALS.
THERE ISN'T A PIECE IN THE CORE.
IT IS TRUE THAT SOME OF THE TEXTBOOKS THAT WE SELECT ALSO HAS INFORMATION, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE REVIEWING THE TEACHER INSTRUCTIONAL GUIDES.
IT IS TRUE THAT SOME OF THOSE THINGS EXIST IN THE TEXTBOOKS, BUT THOSE ARE IN BIG THICK ANTHOLOGY-TYPE BOOKS THAT HAVE BEEN USED IN THE PAST.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT THOSE ARE BECOMING FEWER AND FARTHER BETWEEN, AS THERE ARE NOW STANDARDS THAT ARE ALIGNING RATHER THAN A TEXTBOOK COMPANY JUST HANDY AND MATERIALS TO OUR STAFF.
THE FACE OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS IS CHANGING FRANKLY, AS WE SPEAK, BOTH FOR MATERIALS THAT ARE PRINTED AS WELL AS ONLINE MATERIALS.
I DO THINK THAT WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IN THE PROCESS IS JUST THE SELECTION OF THE MATERIAL TO BE USED IN THE COURSE THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED.
>> WHAT I WOULD SAY THAT THEY LOOKED AT TEXTBOOKS THAT WERE DONE BY LARGE PUBLISHING COMPANIES AND THOSE TEXTS DIDN'T REALLY MEET THE PURPOSE OF THE COURSE EITHER THEY WERE MORE HISTORY-TYPE TEXTS OR FULL ENGLISH.
>> THEY DIDN'T MEET THE OBJECTIVE OF THE COURSE.
>> I THINK AGAIN, I'M JUST GOING TO GO BACK TO, AND I'M GOING TO PUSH BACK A LITTLE BIT TOO.
WHEN WE HAVE ADD OTHER CURRICULUMS BROUGHT TO US, WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN LESSON-BY-LESSON OUTLINES.
FOR INSTANCE, SIX-ED CURRICULUM, EVERY CURRICULUM THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO US, EVEN THE TECHNOLOGY CURRICULUM.
I COULD GO THROUGH AND SEE LESSON BY LESSON WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN SO I HAD A SENSE OF IT.
I DON'T REALLY HAVE A SENSE OF THIS.
I HAVE A READING THIS AND I LIKE THE STORIES THAT I DON'T HAVE A SENSE OF IT, OTHER THAN WELL, I'LL JUST SAY THIS.
YEAH, I'VE TAUGHT AND SO I HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT I WOULD DO WITH HOW I WOULD TEACH THOSE STORIES, BUT THAT'S NOT FAIR TO THOSE PEOPLE THAT HAVEN'T TAUGHT AND HAVEN'T PUT TOGETHER CURRICULUM.
I SEE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN HOW THIS IS BEING PRESENTED TO US COMPARED TO THE OTHER CURRICULUMS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT ON THE BOARD IN THE LAST TWO YEARS ANYWAY.
AM I WRONG? I'M WILLING TICKS HAVE, TELL ME WHERE I'M WRONG.
>> SURE. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS.
THEY KNOW THEY'RE SELECTING A MULTICULTURAL LITERATURE CLASS.
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THOSE ARE ALL TRUE STATEMENTS.IN CASE YOU MIGHT HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT THAT, MIGHT SELF-SELECT TO NOT TAKE CLASS IN THE FIRST PLACE.
>> I WILL JUST HAVE TO SAY THAT, LIKE YOU SAID, THERE IS A SPECIFIC PURPOSE FOR THIS CLASS AND IT IS A VOLUNTARY CHOICE BY EVERY STUDENT, AND RIGHT NOW I'M FORECASTING FOR MY CLASSES FOR NEXT YEAR, AND THERE ARE A PLETHORA OF ENGLISH OPTIONS.
THERE'S HISTORY THROUGH BASEBALL.
YOU CHOOSE CLASSES FOR YOUR OWN INTERESTS, AND I'D SAY THAT IF SOMEONE WAS NOT INTERESTED IN MULTICULTURAL STUDIES, THEY WOULD NOT CHOOSE THIS CLASS.
IN MY AP US HISTORY CLASSES AND MY AP LANGUAGE COMPOSITION CLASSES, THOSE ARE NATIONALLY STANDARDIZED CLASSES, THEY'RE NONFICTION, BUT THEY ARE VERY STRONGLY BIASED TOPICS THAT WE DISCUSSED AND THEY'RE VERY STRONGLY CONTROVERSIAL, BUT THEIR APPROACH IN AN ACADEMIC WAY, AND I THINK THAT THAT IS A POSSIBILITY FOR EVERY CLASS IN EVERY CURRICULUM.
I JUST THINK THAT VIEWING ACADEMIC MATERIAL AS SOMETHING THAT WILL CHANGE SOMEONE'S THOUGHT PROCESS IS, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PUT THAT, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
>> I THINK THE EXAMPLE OF HISTORY THROUGH BASEBALL IS A GOOD EXAMPLE.
>> THAT BOOK CAME TO THIS GROUP IN A VERY SIMILAR MANNER.
IT'S A TEXT THAT'S ABOUT THIS THICK AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT HAD INDIVIDUAL LESSON PLANS FOR EACH CHAPTER WITH IT EITHER.
IT'S A NICHE COURSE, AND SO THOSE HAVE TEXTS THAT ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
>> OR HISTORY THROUGH FILM, DOES THAT HAVE A CO-TEXT IN [OVERLAPPING]
>> WELL, CINEMA STUDIES PERRY HAS, BUT I KNOW THAT BATTLE GROUND HIGH-SCHOOL TOO HAS HISTORY THROUGH FILM.
>> I COULDN'T TELL YOU WHEN THAT ONE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS [LAUGHTER].
I FEEL LIKE IT WAS WHEN THAT SOCIAL STUDIES SPLIT HAPPENED AND HISTORY AND BASEBALL CAME UP IN HISTORY THROUGH FILM WAS [OVERLAPPING]
>> HE HAD SOME OTHER COMMENTS THAT YOU WERE SAYING.
>> [LAUGHTER] GREAT. NO, AND SO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT HAVE WE TYPICALLY HAD A COMPLETE LESSON PLAN OUTLINE FOR COURSES.
I REMEMBER SOME OF YOU ASKED FOR, I BELIEVE THE HISTORY OF ROCK AND ROLL WAS ONE OF THEIR COURSES.
WE DIDN'T GET AN EXACT, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING WEEK 1, WEEK 2, OR WHATEVER WE GOT AN OVERVIEW AND THE TEXTS LIKE THAT.
I WANTED TO ALSO COMMENT ON THAT CASEY, WITH THE MICROBIOLOGY CLASS, THEY CHOSE TO SUPPORT THAT WITH THE HOT ZONE, TRULY FICTIONAL STORY, BUT VERY APROPOS IN OUR CURRENT TIMES.
THE KIDS SEE THAT AS A GREAT ADVANCEMENT AND THEY UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S A FICTIONAL ACCOUNT OF A MICROBIOLOGY STORY IN THERE.
I THINK THAT UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW THIS PLAYS OUT WOULD GO.
I GUESS MY FAVORITE STORY WAS THE SUMMER OF ICE CREAM.
I JUST LIKE HOW [OVERLAPPING] IT'S ALL ABOUT ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND HOW ANY CULTURE CAN MAKE IT IF THEY HAVE THAT AMERICAN DREAM IDEA, SO SUPPORT YOUR CHOICE.
>> AS A STUDENT WHO IS A PERSON OF COLOR, I REALLY APPRECIATE HAVING THIS COURSE.
I WISH I WAS ABLE TO TAKE IT AND NOT BE A SENIOR, BUT REALLY THE ONLY BOOK I EVER FELT LIKE I WAS ACTUALLY SEEN IN IS HOUSE ON MANGO STREET.
HAVING A WHOLE CLASS THAT PERPETUATES AND HAS ALL OF THIS DIVERSITY AND TEACHES STUDENTS ABOUT THE STRUGGLES THAT PEOPLE LIKE ME, PEOPLE LIKE SARAH, LIKE WHAT WE HAVE, IS REALLY IMPORTANT, AT LEAST TO ME, AND I FEEL LIKE THIS WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD PLACE TO DO IT.
>> I JUST HAVE TO SAY LIKE WITH THE CONVERSATION OF ANTAGONIST VERSUS PROTAGONIST AS WELL, I'M HALF JAPANESE, AND EVEN IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LIKE WORLD WAR II, JAPANESE WERE PORTRAYED AS THE ANTAGONIST.
IN EVERY HISTORY CLASS, THE WHITE RACE IS THE PROTAGONIST AND WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT TOPICS SUCH AS THE WHITE MAN'S BURDEN, SUCH THINGS LIKE THAT IN OUR HISTORY CLASSES RIGHT NOW.
I THINK THAT IN A CLASS, YOU CAN INTERNALLY AND VOLUNTARILY AGREE WITH OR DISAGREE WITH ANYTHING THAT YOU'RE LEARNING AND COMPLETELY HAVE THE VALID RIGHT TO DO SO.
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STUDENTS DO THAT EVERY SINGLE DAY.I THINK THAT IN A CLASS WHERE YOU'RE LEARNING FICTION TOPICS VOLUNTARILY, THAT'S JUST VERY CLEAR THAT THAT'S POSSIBLE.
BEFORE WE PUT THIS OUT FOR A VOTE, I'M GOING TO ASK OUR STUDENTS IF THEY HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS, IF THEY WANT TO SHARE, I FEEL LIKE THEY DID, BUT JUST IN CASE. GOOD.
>> IF THERE ARE NO MORE COMMENTS, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
>> I MOVE THAT BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVED THE FIRST READING OF AMERICA STREET, A MULTICULTURAL ANTHOLOGY OF STORIES, COPYRIGHT 2019.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THE FIRST READING OF AMERICA STREET A MULTICULTURAL ANTHOLOGY OF STORIES.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE?
>> NEXT STEP. UNDER NEW BUSINESS, WE HAVE AN APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION A23 A DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY, MR. JOLMA.
>> OCCASIONALLY, WE NEED TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY TO PERFORM RENOVATIONS WHEN WE HAVE A PIPE BREAK, WHEN WE HAVE WATER THAT'S EMINENT.
WHEN YOU HAVE AN EVENT THAT UNLESS YOU JUMP ON IT AND START TO REPAIR IT, YOUR ASSETS WILL BE FURTHER DIMINISHED.
THAT ALLOWS US TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY, WHICH ALLOWS ME TO PICK UP A PHONE ON MY WAY TO LAUREN.
BY THE TIME I GET THERE, THOSE TWO VANS OF THE COMPANY, WITHIN AN HOUR, THERE ARE TWO CREWS ONSITE WORKING.
IT ALLOWS US SOME FLEXIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO SAVE OUR ASSETS AS WELL.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO COMMEND THE CREW AT LAUREN WHEN THAT WATER CAME IN AND I GOT THERE FIVE MINUTES AFTER IT HAPPENED.
THE GYM WAS FLOODED OUT TO HALF COURT AND ALL THE PE STAFF AND EVERYBODY JUST GETTING OUT BROOMS AND CAME OVER FOR GLEN ROAD AND WENT AND WE SAVE THAT FLOOR.
HAD WE NOT, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A 40 OR $50,000 REPAIR.
WE HAVE $10,000 DEDUCTIBLE ON THESE CONTRACTS REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE TOTAL IS.
I'M ASKING FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION A-23 DECLARING THIS AN EMERGENCY AND THE CONTRACT WITH PAUL DAVIS RESTORATION.
THE WORK IS COMPLETE AND IT LOOKS GREAT. QUESTIONS.
>> THAT SOUNDS LIKE A DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY HAPPENS WITH EACH OF THESE EVENTS.
>> SUNSETS WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT?
>> YEAH. OBVIOUSLY THE WORK HAPPENED ON DECEMBER 9TH TO NOW AND HERE'S OUR CONTRACT THAT ALLOWS US TO GO AND THE INSURANCE COMPANY IS INVOLVED EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
NOTIFYING THE STATE SCOPE OF WORK WERE INTENDING.
>> I RECOMMEND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVED RESOLUTION A-23 DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING AUTHORITY TO EXECUTE FOR MITIGATION AND RESTORATION OF LAUREN MIDDLE-SCHOOL DUE TO MAJOR FLOOD WATER DAMAGE.
I'M GOING TO REPEAT IT. [LAUGHTER] MOTION ON THE FLOOR [LAUGHTER] TO APPROVE RESOLUTION A-23, DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY.
STUDENTS, DID YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS BEFORE WE CHOSE TO VOTE?
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY I THINK IT'S GOOD THAT WE'RE FIXING THAT.
>> I'M GLAD. SORRY. THANKS. [LAUGHTER] SURE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD?
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ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES 5-0. THANK YOU.
>> NEXT UP, WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT.
AMENDMENT 1 TO PUPIL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES CONTRACT NUMBER 2122-01. MR. WATERS?
>> THANK YOU. BOARD, IF YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE INFORMATION IN THE BOARD PACKET.
YOU WILL SEE FIRST OF ALL, OUR CURRENT CONTRACT WITH FIRST STUDENT DOES INCLUDE AN ESCALATION CLAUSE THAT SAYS THAT BATTLEGROUND IN HOPKINSON SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THAT'S OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH FIRST STUDENT, WILL BE OPEN TO NEGOTIATING IN GOOD FAITH WHEN THERE ARE UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCES IN INCREASED COSTS FOR LABOR, MATERIALS, AND SUPPLIES.
JUST RECENTLY, FIRST STUDENT CAME TO US AND SAID TO US THAT THE RATE THAT THEY WERE PAYING THEIR DRIVERS WAS FAR BELOW THE RATES IN OTHER DISTRICTS, AND THEY HAD SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THE ABILITY TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN DRIVERS.
IF YOU SEE IN THERE, YOU'LL SEE A CHART THAT SHOWS YOU HOW CURRENTLY WE COMPARE TO OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
FOR INSTANCE, IN EVERGREEN SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE BEGINNING SALARY IS $28.89.
KWRL STANDS FOR KALAMA, WOODLAND, RIDGEFIELD AND LA CENTER.
THEY START AT 24.66 VANCOUVER, 30.37 WAS HUGO, 24.10, AND IF YOU LOOK TOWARDS THE BOTTOM THERE, FOR STUDENTS FOR BATTLEGROUND IN HOPKINSON WAS 21.97.
BECAUSE OF THAT, WE WENT AND WORKED WITH FIRST STUDENT, AND WE CAME UP WITH AN AGREEMENT THAT BEGINNING IMMEDIATELY ONCE THE BOARD APPROVES THIS, THAT WE WOULD HAVE A 5.4 PERCENT INCREASE, AGAIN, BEGINNING FEBRUARY 15TH AND GOING THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR, AND WE WOULD END UP INCREASING BUS DRIVER WAGES $3 PER HOUR.
OUR 21.97 WOULD RAISE 24.97, WHICH BY NO MEANS PUTS US AT THE TOP OF THE PAY SCALE, BUT AT LEAST IT PUTS US INTO THE CONVERSATION.
THAT'S WHAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING.
WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT YOU APPROVE THAT INCREASE.
THE TOTAL COSTS FOR US IS $235,350 OVER THE REMAINDER OF THIS YEAR, AND THE SR FUNDS WILL BE USED TO OFFSET THIS INCREASE.
WE WON'T USE IT TO PAY FOR THE INCREASE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE SOME MONIES AROUND, SO WE'LL OFFSET THIS INCREASE.
WE BELIEVE THAT BY DOING SO, WE WILL STILL BE COMPETITIVE AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO AT LEAST HAVE A CHANCE OF RECRUITING DRIVERS. ANY QUESTIONS?
>> ARE WE HAVING A HARD TIME RECRUITING DRIVERS RIGHT NOW? IT'S A BIG ISSUE, RIGHT?
WE'VE HAD SEVERAL DRIVERS INDICATE THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE LEAVING US FOR OTHER DISTRICTS OR EVEN TRAVELING FIRST STUDENT HAS ANOTHER CONTRACT IN THE PORTLAND AREA AND THEY'RE PAYING UP TO $30 AN HOUR.
EVEN THOUGH WE TRIED TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT WELL, YOU HAVE TO PAY INCOME TAX OVER THERE SO THAT DIMINISHES IT AND THERE'S STILL AN INCREASE THERE.
WE DO THINK THAT THIS SHOWS SOME GOOD FAITH THERE IN LINE FOR ANOTHER INCREASE NEXT YEAR THAT THEY'VE ALREADY NEGOTIATED THROUGH THEIR CONTRACT, SO WE BELIEVE THIS WILL HELP OFFSET THAT.
>> CAN YOU REMIND ME? WAS THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT WITH FIRST STUDENT THREE YEARS?
>> FIVE YEARS, AND WE'RE ON YEAR 2.
>> THE $3 AD IS ON TOP OF THE 27.39?
>> IT'S ON TOP OF ALL OF THEM.
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97, THE TOP OF THE PAY SCALE AND WILL THEN BE $30.>> EACH OF THOSE COLUMNS WE'VE GOT [OVERLAPPING]
>> THAT'S NOT A TIME PERIOD [OVERLAPPING]
>> NO. THAT'S A BEGINNING AND AN ENDING.
>> THREE DOLLARS ON EVERY CELL IN THEIR SALARY SCHEDULE IS WHAT WILL HAPPEN.
>> ANYONE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR? I THINK THIS IS PRETTY REFLECTIVE OF [OVERLAPPING] JOBS AS A WHOLE.
>> I MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE AMENDMENT 1 TO PUPIL TRANSPORTATION SERVICE CONTRACT NUMBER 2122-01.
>> STUDENTS, ANY THOUGHTS? WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE AMENDMENT 1 TO PUPIL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES CONTRACT.
ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE.
>>ALL THOSE OPPOSED, MOTION PASSES 5-0.
NEXT ON THE AGENDA, WE HAVE REVISION OF POLICY 1250 STUDENTS ON GOVERNING BOARDS, MR. WALKER.
>> BOARD, I'M PLEASED TO BRING THIS POLICY BEFORE YOU TODAY.
AS YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE DONE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK PRIORITIZING STUDENT VOICE.
YOU HAVE ACTUALLY, THROUGH YOUR COMMENTS AND APPROVAL, HAVE ACTUALLY GONE IN THIS DIRECTION.
THIS WILL MAKE IT MORE OFFICIAL.
THIS IS BASED OFF THE LATEST REVISIONS SUBMITTED BY WAZDA.
THERE ARE SOME LANGUAGE CHANGES IN THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW PROCEDURE, TALKING ABOUT STUDENT REPRESENTATION ON THE SCHOOL BOARD SO THAT STUDENT VOICE AND INPUT IS INCLUDED IN THE BOARD'S WORK.
IT MOVES SOME THINGS AROUND BUT IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE GOAL.
THE NEW PROPOSED BOARD POLICY DOES NOT CHANGE THE GOALS THAT HAVE BEEN REFLECTED IN OUR PRACTICES BEFORE HAND.
WHAT IT DOES DO IS THE LAST LINE OF THE NEW POLICY WOULD SAY THAT STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES PROVIDE THE BOARD WITH ADVISORY VOTES ON AGENDA ITEMS AS FOLLOWS; IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE BOARD VOTE ON AN AGENDA ITEM, THE STUDENT BOARD REPRESENTATIVE WILL PROVIDE THEIR ADVISORY VOTE, WHETHER PRO CON OR ABSTAIN AND OFFER ANY FEEDBACK.
THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING SUBSTANTIALLY FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.
I'VE ALSO INCLUDED THE DRAFT PROCEDURE IN THERE AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE PROCEDURE, YOU'LL NOTE THAT THERE REALLY IS ONLY ONE MAJOR CHANGE AND THAT IS ON THE LAST PART OF THE PROCEDURE.
IT JUST ADDS THAT INFORMATION ON THE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE, ADVISOR REPO.
I'M CERTAINLY OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS FROM THE BOARD AND SOME FEEDBACK. ANY QUESTIONS?
>> EVENTUALLY I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM STUDENTS ON THE SCOPE CUT.
THERE'S A FEW THINGS THAT WE DO THAT ARE JUST PROCEDURAL LIKE APPROVING THE AGENDA AT THE BEGINNING OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU WANT AN ADVISORY VOTE ON THAT CERTAINLY, THE POLICY WOULD SUPPORT THAT.
BUT MOST OFTEN IT'S THINGS LIKE THE NEW BUSINESS ITEMS THAT WE MOST OFTEN STOP AND HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT.
JUST BE GREAT TO HAVE YOUR INPUT ON THE BREADTH OF WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE INCLUDED.
>> I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE BOARD.
YOU GUYS HAVE MADE THESE PAST TWO YEARS REALLY MEANINGFUL.
AS A STUDENT, WE GET THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING ABLE TO SPEAK ON HERE FREELY WITHOUT ANY HEADWAY FOR THIS.
WE GOT TO SPEAK HERE IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT AND OUR VOICES ARE HEARD AND WE BOTH REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
BY TAKING THIS EXTRA STEP, I FEEL LIKE IT MEANS SOMETHING.
>> AT THE LAWS TO CONFERENCE, THERE WERE A LOT OF SESSIONS TARGETING STUDENTS AND MANY OF THEM SPOKE
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ON HOW TO SUCCESSFULLY GET VOICED OUT IN THEIR BOARD MEETINGS.WE REALIZED THAT THAT WAS ALREADY ACTUALLY HAPPENING AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY WERE SUGGESTING WAS ALREADY BEING TAKEN PLACE BY ALL OF YOU GUYS SO WE APPRECIATE THAT.
WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY STRUGGLES, WHICH ARE VERY COMMON.
>> FINE. JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU HAVE A BIG PART TO PLAY IN THE MOVEMENT THAT WE'VE TAKEN.
YOU'VE GIVEN US CONFIDENCE IN OUR STUDENT REPS, YOU'VE POSITIONED YOURSELF PROUDLY, YOU'VE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB AND IT'S ALWAYS VERY EASY TO MOVE IN THIS DIRECTION WHEN YOU SEE WHAT THE POTENTIAL IS AND YOU'VE CERTAINLY FULFILLED THAT POTENTIAL FOR SURE.
>> I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING AND I'LL JUST SHARE THIS BECAUSE IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST RECENT WAZDA I DON'T KNOW, MAGAZINES, ONLINE [OVERLAPPING] MAGAZINES THAT WE GOT AND IT WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW THE STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS WITH FULL VOTING PRIVILEGES REPORT THAT THEIR SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY HAS GROWN WITH THE PRIVILEGE.
THEY REPORT THAT WHILE DEMOCRACY CAN BE MESSY, SLOW MOVING, AND SOMETIMES DULL, IT IS ALSO CONSEQUENTIAL.
MOST OFTEN THOUGH, STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS SERVE IN AN ADVISORY ONLY CAPACITY.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT AS BOARD MEMBERS WE'RE ELECTED AND THAT COMES WITH A RESPONSIBILITY THAT WE ALL SHARE AND I THINK TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY.
BUT WE ALSO VERY MUCH AND HAVE VERY MUCH ENCOURAGED THE RESPONSIBILITY OF OUR STUDENT VOICE AND YOUR INPUT AND YOUR LEADERSHIP THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT TO THIS BOARD.
NOT ONLY THE TWO OF YOU, BUT OUR STUDENTS IN THE PAST AND SO I THINK IT'S HELPED THIS BOARD TO GROW VERY MUCH.
I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST AN INTERESTING WAY TO LOOK AT IT.
RIGHT NEXT TO THIS LITTLE PARAGRAPH IS YOUR PICTURES, WHICH [LAUGHTER] I THOUGHT WAS PRETTY COOL.
I BET I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THIS, BUT YOUR PICTURE IS ON THE WAZDA WEB PAGE AS WELL.
[LAUGHTER] I WAS LIKE WE ARE REPRESENTED WAZDA IN PHOTOGRAPHY.
I JUST THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE THAT.
IT'S JUST MY TWO CENTS I SUPPOSE AND I WOULD INVITE ANY OTHERS TO SHARE ANYTHING THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE AS WELL.
>> I MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE THE REVISION TO POLICY 1250 STUDENTS ON GOVERNING BOARDS.
>> STUDENTS, DO YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING ELSE?
>> THERE'S AN ADVISORY VOTE [LAUGHTER]
>> WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THE REVISION OF POLICY 1250 STUDENTS ON GOVERNING BOARDS.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED, MOTION PASSES 5-0.
THE NEW BUSINESS JUST KEEPS ON COMING [OVERLAPPING] REVISION OF POLICIES 6114.
>> THANK YOU, BOARD. THIS IS A REVISION THAT WE'RE REQUESTING FOR YOU TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT FOR DONATIONS THAT COME TO THE BOARD FROM 2,500-10,000 OR GREATER FOR MANY MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT.
WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS WE'VE HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT DONATIONS COMING IN OUR BOOSTERS.
OUR PTAS THEY'RE JUST SO GENEROUS AND THEY'RE OUT THERE FUNDRAISING AND DOING THEIR ACTIVE WORK AND WHAT HAPPENS IS, IS WE WILL GET SOME DONATIONS AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO SIT ON THEM AND WAIT UNTIL THEY'RE APPROVED BY THE BOARD.
BY HAVING THIS INCREASE THAT WILL HELP GIVE SOME SENSE OF BEING ABLE TO ACCESS THE MONEY AT THE SCHOOLS SOONER, AS WELL AS IT WILL STREAMLINE A BOARD MEETING.
>> I WOULD JUST ADD THAT THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE WON'T HAVE PEOPLE COME SO YOU CAN CELEBRATE THERE [LAUGHTER]
>> I SUPPORT. WE STILL GET NOTIFIED.
>> WE WILL DO SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST WITH CONTRACTS.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A LIST OF DONATIONS.
>> I THINK YOU MENTIONED MICHELLE IN OUR AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING THAT YOU HAD DONE SOME CHECKING WITH OTHER DISTRICTS TO SEE WHAT THE AMOUNTS WERE AT NIGHT.
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THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS FOR FEELING CONFIDENT ABOUT THE 10,000.>> YEAH, OUR POLICY HASN'T BEEN UPDATED SINCE 2013 AND I WILL ADMIT THEY ARE ALL OVER THE BOARD.
THERE'S UP TO 50,000 IN THE NEIGHBORING SCHOOL DISTRICT TO US AND THEN THERE ARE OTHER AMOUNTS.
IT'S REALLY I THINK THE COMFORT LEVEL OF THE BOARD AND WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
>> I THINK THAT ANSWERED THE SAME QUESTION I WAS GOING TO HAVE BUT MORE ALIGNED LIKE, IS THERE ANY STATE LIMITATIONS PUSH DOWN ON US SO WE GOT NO VIOLATION HERE BY DOING THIS.
>> I MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE THE REVISION OF POLICY 6114 GIFTS.
>> STUDENTS, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? QUESTIONS?
>> GUYS DO A LOT OF THAT FUNDRAISING.
[LAUGHTER] HERE WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO APPROVE REVISION OF POLICIES 6114 GIFTS.
[LAUGHTER] ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES 5-0.
>> I WAS GOING TO ASK FOR A POST FIRST.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT WAS GOING WITH THAT.
>> MICHELLE IS GOING TO STAY WITH US AND APPROVAL TO RETIRE POLICY 6119 UNCOLLECTED NON-TAX REVENUE.
>> WE BUMPED INTO THIS POLICY A COUPLE OF TIMES AND WE JUST KEPT LOOKING AT IT AND DOES SOMETHING WAS JUST NOT SITTING WITH US.
THERE WAS NO RCW CONNECTED TO IT.
WE WERE JUST REALLY STRUGGLING WITH IT.
WE STARTED DOING SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT THIS POLICY WAS ACTUALLY RETIRED BY WOZDA.
OCCASIONALLY, THAT HAPPENS WHEN THERE ARE CHANGES.
I DO NOT KNOW, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
I DO NOT KNOW THE FULL STORY BEHIND THIS, BUT WE DO HAVE RECORDS FOR WOZDA WHERE THEY HAD SAID THAT THEY DO WHEN WE FOUND THAT THIS POLICY HAD BEEN ELIMINATED AT THE ELIMINATED POLICIES AND PROCEDURES NO LONGER NEEDED.
SOME POLICIES HAD BECOME OBSOLETE AND WE'RE NO LONGER NECESSARY TO RETAIN AT A POLICY LEVEL.
I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT UNCOLLECTABLE NON-TAX REVENUES, WE DO HAVE PROCEDURES WITHIN OUR BUSINESS OFFICE FOR TAKING CARE OF UNCOLLECTED ACCOUNTS.
THERE IS MAYBE THEY JUST WERE LEAVING THAT TO THE BUSINESS OFFICES TO HANDLE AS A PROCEDURE VERSUS HAVING IT THROUGH A BOARD POLICY.
>> I MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE RETIRING POLICIES 6119 UNCOLLECTED NON-TAX REVENUE.
>> I KNOW THIS ONE IS YOU REALLY WANT TO COMMENT.
>> PLEASE DON'T ASK ME QUESTIONS. [LAUGHTER]
>> YOU HAVE THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR?
>> SORRY, I GOT DISTRACTED. IT'S LATE.
>> [INAUDIBLE] THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WE HAVE MOTION ON THE FLOOR THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE RETIRING POLICY 6119, UNCOLLECTED NON-TAX REVENUE.
PAUSE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[11. Future Agenda Items and Board Events]
>> FUTURE EVENTS, WE'RE ALMOST THERE.
>> WE HAVE THE INDUSTRY FOR THIS WEEK.
>> BE CONCERNED ABOUT A QUORUM THERE. HOW MANY OF US ARE GOING? [OVERLAPPING] [LAUGHTER]
>> WHAT IF I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY ELSE?
>> YEAH. [LAUGHTER] YOU CAN HANG AROUND WITH THEM TOO.
>> OH, YEAH. WELL, AND DEBBIE AND I WILL BE THERE SO YOU CAN BUDDY UP WITH.
I'LL ACTUALLY BE AT THE WHA MEETING FOR THAT, SO WON'T BE AVAILABLE.
>> YEAH, I'LL TRY AND DROP IN FOR A WHILE AND AVOID OTHER BOARD.
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>> I'M GOING TO TRY AND GO AS WELL.
THEN THE TOURS AND ON FRIDAY, ANYTHING WE'VE GOT LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE COMING UP.
ANYTHING ELSE I'M SURE RIGHT AWAY?
>> AN AGENDA ITEM, FUTURE AGENDA ITEM ON THE ROSTER POSITIONS WHERE WE NEED TO START WORKING ON THOSE.
I THINK THE AMENDMENTS AND REVISIONS START IN APRIL, SO MAYBE NEXT MONTH WE'LL GET THAT ON THE AGENDA.
>> I GUESS ONE THING AND I'D LIKE TO ASK THE BOARD IS HOW AND WHEN DO WE WANT TO CONSIDER THE REQUEST FROM THE CITIZENS REGARDING THE.
>> WELL, I THINK THE FIRST THING IS THAT WHAT'S THAT TIMELINE?
>> YEAH, WHAT'S THE COUNTY COUNCIL?
>> I'LL FIND OUT SOME INFORMATION JUST SEND IT TO YOU BY THE NOON.
>> YEAH, I'D LIKE IS THERE LIKE A DROP DEAD POINT WHERE IT.
>> YEAH. BECAUSE IF WE'VE GOT SAY BROKE GROUND LAST WEEK, GUYS.
>> THEY SAID YEAH, THE HEARING EXAMINERS, BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE A DAY.
>> I'LL DO MY BEST TO FIND OUT WHAT I CAN FIND OUT.
>> I KNOW YOU WILL. [LAUGHTER]
>> THEN WE ALSO HAVE AT OUR NEXT MEETING, WE HAVE A SPECIAL WORK SESSION FOR OUR ONLINE BOARD EVALUATION.
I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY ABOUT THAT.
>> THAT WILL BE GOING OVER THAT NEXT TIME AS WELL.
>> [INAUDIBLE] FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND ANOTHER DATES THAT I DON'T KNOW.
>> WITH THAT, THE BOARD IS GOING TO
[12. Executive Session]
EVALUATE THE CANDIDATES FOR A BOARD OF DIRECTOR NUMBER OF DIRECTOR DISTRICT NUMBER 2 POSITION.WE WILL BE GOING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION UNDER RCW 42-31101H WITH POSSIBLE ACTION.
>> WHY DON'T WE SAY IF WE WERE TO START IN THREE MINUTES, THEN WE WOULD GO 15 AND IF WE NEED TO GO FURTHER AND WE'LL COME BACK OUT AND EXTEND.
>> OUR MAIN DECISION IS HOW MANY INTERVIEWS, RIGHT?
>> WHO ARE WE GOING TO INTERVIEW?
>> THREE MINUTE BREAK AND THEN [OVERLAPPING]
>> WE'LL START AT 08:45 AND GO TILL 09:00.
>> WE'VE RETURNED FROM THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THERE'S NO ACTION MEETING ADJOURNED AT 09:00 PM.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.