Apr 24, 2023 Board of Directors

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HEY, GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, AND THANK YOU FOR COMING TO THE MONDAY, APRIL 24TH, 2023 REGULAR BOARD MEETING.

[1. Call to Order]

FIRST, WE'LL START WITH OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

READY? BEGIN.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

NEXT UP, WE HAVE OUR ROLL CALL.

DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT ONE MARY SNITILY.

SHE HAS A PREARRANGED ABSENCE THIS EVENING.

DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT TWO ANDREW LAWHON HERE.

DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT THREE TED CHAMPINE.

HE TOO, HAS A PREARRANGED ABSENCE THIS EVENING.

STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE RICARDO MARTIN DEL CAMPO.

HE HAS A PREARRANGED ABSENCE.

STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE SORA TOLLEY HERE.

MADAM PRESIDENT, WE HAVE A QUORUM.

THANK YOU. WE DO HAVE SOME EXCUSED ABSENCES TONIGHT.

I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE.

GREAT. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE ABSENCES OF THOSE MEMBERS WHO CALLED US IN ADVANCE AND MADE SURE THAT WE KNEW THEY COULD NOT BE HERE TONIGHT.

OKAY WITH THAT? DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR? ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE THE MOTION TO MOVE THAT WE EXCUSE OUR ABSENT MEMBERS FROM THIS MEETING.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. AYE. MOTION PASSES 3 TO 0.

NEXT ON THE AGENDA, WE HAVE OUR AGENDA APPROVAL ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.

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

WE'LL DO COMMITTEE REPORTS FROM THE BOARD, DIRECTOR REPORTS FROM THE BOARD.

IN OUR COMMUNICATION SECTION, WE WILL HEAR SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF UPDATES.

THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO CITIZENS COMMENTS.

WE HAVE OUR CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT WITH SEVERAL ITEMS ON IT.

NINE I BELIEVE.

NO OLD BUSINESS TONIGHT.

WE DO HAVE ONE ITEM OF NEW BUSINESS.

OH, EXCUSE ME. TWO ITEMS OF NEW BUSINESS.

AND THEN WE WILL LOOK AT OUR FUTURE EVENTS AND ADJOURN THE MEETING.

IS THERE ANYTHING THAT SHOULD BE REMOVED OR DISCUSSED BEFORE APPROVING TONIGHT'S AGENDA? YEAH. SORA WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE AN ADVISORY VOTE? PRO PRO.

THANK YOU. MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

YES. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? FOLLOW UP ON THAT.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. MOTION PASSES.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? HEARING NONE. MOTION PASSES 3 TO 0.

MOVING ALONG.

THAT BRINGS US TO OUR STUDENT VOICE.

[5. Communications]

ERICA. WHAT? URIBE? URIBE. SORRY.

HORRIBLE WITH NAMES.

SO THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.

AND I BELIEVE, ALLISON, YOU'RE GOING TO COME UP AND PRESENT THEM.

SHOULD HAVE LET YOU DO THAT.

YOU WOULD HAVE GOT HER NAME RIGHT.

GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING.

I AM SUPER EXCITED TO GET TO INTRODUCE TO YOU ERICA URIBE FROM MAPLE GROVE PRIMARY TODAY.

SHE IS A TEACHER, A MUSIC TEACHER IN THE PRIMARY BUILDING.

SHE'S BEEN WITH US SINCE 2007.

SHE HAS HAD FOUR YEARS AT MAPLE GROVE AND THREE YEARS AT CAPTAIN STRONG PRIMARY AND CHOIR IS KIND OF HER FORTE, SO SHE'S SUPER EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT THE CHOIR PROGRAM THAT IS GOING AT MAPLE GROVE.

THERE IS A VIDEO THAT YOU WILL GET TO WATCH FOLLOWED BY SOME TIME TO HEAR FROM STUDENTS AND THEN ASK SOME QUESTIONS IF YOU WOULD LIKE.

SO, ERICA, HERE WE GO.

COME. HI. HELLO.

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SO NICE TO SEE YOU.

IT'S REALLY, REALLY NICE TO BE HERE.

WE ARE SO EXCITED TO SING FOR YOU.

WE WANTED TO COME IN PERSON, BUT I DON'T THINK WE WOULD HAVE ALL FIT.

[INAUDIBLE] AND THAT'S WITH FOUR.

SO WE HAVE 80, ABOUT 80 OR SO THIRD AND FOURTH GRADERS THAT MEET AFTER SCHOOL.

ON MONDAYS WE HAVE TWO SESSIONS, ONE FALL WINTER SESSION, AND THEN WE JUST WRAPPED UP THE SPRING SESSION WITH OUR SPRING CONCERT ON THURSDAY, THIS PAST THURSDAY EVENING.

AND SO WE INSTEAD OF COMING BRINGING EVERYBODY TO YOU, YOU CAME TO US.

CHRIS BROWN CAME AND TOOK A RECORDING OF OUR STUDENTS ABOUT A MONTH AGO.

AND THEN I ASKED FOR FOUR OF OUR FOURTH GRADE REPRESENTATIVES TO COME AND SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT THE CHOIR.

SO I REALLY HOPE YOU ENJOY IT.

WE'VE WORKED REALLY, REALLY HARD.

THE SONGS YOU SEE IN THE VIDEO ARE A SELECTION OF THREE.

THE FIRST IS CALLED YONDER COME DAY.

IT'S BASED ON AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN SPIRITUAL FROM THE GEORGIA SEA ISLANDS.

THE SECOND IS CALLED THE DREAM KEEPER, WHICH IS A SETTING OF THE LANGSTON HUGHES POEM WRITTEN BACK IN 1932.

IT WAS THE ONLY IT WAS THE ONLY BOOK OF POETRY THAT HE PUBLISHED FOR CHILDREN.

SO IT WAS REALLY EXCITING TO SEE THIS SET TO MUSIC BY A LIVING COMPOSER.

AND THEN OUR LAST SONG ON THE VIDEO IS CALLED [INAUDIBLE].

IT IS A TRADITIONAL SONG FROM THE TORRES STRAIT ISLANDS, WHICH I LEARNED ARE BETWEEN NORTHERN AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA.

AND IT'S ABOUT THE WIND AND THE EFFECT THE WIND HAS ON THE MOUNTAINS.

AND THEN FOLLOWING THE VIDEO, I'LL INTRODUCE OUR STUDENTS TO COME UP AND SPEAK WITH YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [VIDEO]

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EVERYBODY. EVERYBODY COME UP RIGHT NOW.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING.

WE'RE JUST SO HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO SHARE WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH YOU AND THE COMMUNITY.

SO THIS HAS [INAUDIBLE], THIS IS MASON, OLIVIA AND JORDAN AND JENNA LYNN AND HER MOM, LINDY.

[INAUDIBLE], MASON, OLIVIA AND JORDAN HAVE PREPARED SOMETHING FOR YOU SO THEY COULD SHARE WITH YOU ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES IN CHOIR.

IS THIS ON? I DON'T THINK IT'S ON.

I DON'T NEED IT.

HELLO, MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE], AND I'M IN THE FOURTH AND I'M IN FOURTH GRADE AT MAPLE GROVE PRIMARY SCHOOL.

I'M HERE TO SHARE MY EXPERIENCES ABOUT SINGING IN CHOIR.

I'VE BEEN SINGING WITH THE WILDCAT CHOIR FOR TWO YEARS.

THE THREE THINGS I LIKE MOST ABOUT CHOIR ARE SINGING SONGS, GETTING TO PLAY INSTRUMENTS, AND SEEING MY FRIENDS PARTICIPATING IN CHOIR.

SOME OF THE SONGS I REMEMBER SINGING IN CHOIR ARE PUT A LITTLE, PUT A LITTLE LOVE IN YOUR HEART [INAUDIBLE] AND DREAM KEEPER.

MY FAVORITE SONGS ARE COUNT ON ME, TANGO, AND HAPPINESS RUNS.

WHEN I SING, I FEEL HAPPY BECAUSE I LIKE TO MAKE MY FAMILY PROUD WITH MY SINGING.

MY FAVORITE MEMORIES ABOUT CHOIR ARE STANDING ON THE RISERS LISTENING TO RECORDING RECORDINGS OF SONGS WE WILL DO AND STAYING WITH MRS.

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I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE SINGING IN CHOIR BECAUSE I WANT TO GET BETTER AT SINGING EACH YEAR.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING [APPLAUSE].

THANK YOU. THAT WAS GREAT.

HELLO, MY NAME IS MASON MONDA, AND I'M IN FOURTH GRADE AT MAPLE GROVE PRIMARY SCHOOL.

I'VE I'M HERE TO SHARE MY EXPERIENCES ABOUT SINGING IN CHOIR.

I'VE BEEN SINGING WITH A WILDCAT CHOIR FOR TWO YEARS.

THE THREE. THE THREE THINGS I LIKE MOST ABOUT CHOIR ARE THE SONGS SINGING AND INSTRUMENT PLAYING.

SOME OF THE SONGS I REMEMBER SINGING IN CHOIR [INAUDIBLE] COUNT ON ME IN A HAWAIIAN ROLLER COASTER RIDE.

MY FAVORITE SONGS ARE TANGO, [INAUDIBLE] AND DREAM KEEPER.

WHEN I SING, I FEEL INTRIGUED AND HAPPY.

MY FAVORITE MEMORIES ABOUT CHOIR ARE SINGING AT THE HAWAIIAN LUAU AT OUR SCHOOL AND PERFORMING AT THE VETERAN'S DAY PARADE AT SCHOOL.

I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE SINGING IN CHOIR BECAUSE IT'S FUN AND ALLOWS ME TO BE CREATIVE.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING [APPLAUSE].

NICE JOB. HELLO, MY NAME IS OLIVIA AND I'M IN THE FOURTH GRADE AT MAPLE GROVE PRIMARY SCHOOL.

I'M HERE TO SHARE MY EXPERIENCE ABOUT SINGING IN THE CHOIR.

I'VE BEEN SINGING WITH THE WILDCAT CHOIR FOR TWO YEARS.

THE THREE THINGS THAT I LIKE MOST ABOUT CHOIR ARE SEEING MY FRIENDS SINGING TOGETHER AND LASTLY, HAVING FUN WITH EVERYONE.

THIS SOME OF THE SONGS I REMEMBER DREAM KEEPER TONGA YONDER COME DAY AND AND HAPPINESS RUNS AND SOME OF THE OTHER SONGS FROM DIFFERENT ASSEMBLIES. MY FAVORITE SONGS ARE DREAM KEEPER AND COUNT ON ME.

WHEN I SING, I FEEL HAPPY AND JUST GET AWAY FROM REGULAR SCHOOL.

MY FAVORITE MEMORIES ABOUT CHOIR ARE SINGING, SEEING MY FRIENDS AND SEEING MY GREAT MUSIC TEACHERS, MRS. HOLTZ AND MRS. URIBE.

I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE SINGING IN THE CHOIR BECAUSE I LOVE SINGING AND SEEING MY FRIENDS.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING [APPLAUSE].

HELLO. MY NAME IS JORDAN.

THERE YOU GO. HELLO, MY NAME IS JORDAN AND I'M IN THE FOURTH GRADE AT MAPLE GROVE PRIMARY SCHOOL.

I'M HERE TO SHARE MY EXPERIENCES ABOUT SINGING IN CHOIR.

I'VE BEEN SINGING IN THE WILDCAT CHOIR FOR TWO YEARS.

THE THREE THINGS I. THE THREE THINGS THAT I LIKE MOST ABOUT CHOIR ARE THAT YOU CAN HAVE SO MUCH FUN THAT YOU'RE TURNING RED.

AND I ALSO LOVE CHOIR SO MUCH BECAUSE YOU GET TO LEARN NEW SONGS.

I LOVE CHOIR SO MUCH BECAUSE YOU GET TO SING FUN SONGS AND SONGS WITH A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE.

SOME OF THE SONGS I REMEMBER ARE [INAUDIBLE], COUNT ON ME, HAWAIIAN ROLLERCOASTER RIDE AND LOTS MORE.

MY FAVORITE SONGS ARE HAWAIIAN ROLLERCOASTER RIDE AND COUNT ON ME.

WHEN I SING I FEEL HAPPY, JOYFUL, EXCITED AND CURIOUS.

MY FAVORITE MEMORIES ABOUT THE ABOUT CHOIR ARE THE WINTER CONCERT AND ALL THE ASSEMBLIES.

I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE SINGING IN CHOIR BECAUSE IT MAKES ME HAPPY [APPLAUSE].

CAN WE GIVE THESE GUYS A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE? [APPLAUSE] HOW MANY DAYS A WEEK IS CHOIR? ONE DAY A WEEK. WHICH DAY? MONDAYS. MONDAYS. OH, BOY.

NEAT. ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS WONDERFUL, YOU GUYS.

THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE TODAY AND SHARING WITH US.

YEAH. OUTSTANDING.

FINDING A WAY TO SHARE [APPLAUSE].

YEAH. I THINK MR. WATERS AND I REMEMBER VISITING THAT CLASS.

WE HAD TO PARTICIPATE. I THINK IT WAS IT WAS IF IT WASN'T THE HOKEY POKEY, IT WAS SOMETHING LIKE IT.

YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I BELIEVE WE ALSO HAVE SOME ASB REPRESENTATIVES FROM SUMMIT VIEW HERE TO COME AND SPEAK TO THE BOARD.

DO YOU WANT TO COME UP?

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ALL RIGHT. YOU CAN SLIDE OUT.

HELLO. MY NAME IS ALBERT GARCIA.

I'M THE ASB TREASURER AT SUMMIT VIEW.

WE CAME TODAY TO TALK ABOUT MULTIPLE TOPICS.

I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE BLOOD DRIVE SINCE I WAS THE LEAD, WE HAD 28 PEOPLE COME AND DONATE BLOOD.

WE'RE ALSO HAVING AN END OF THE YEAR SCHOOL PARTY.

MY NAME IS NICK CONKLIN.

I AM THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AT SUMMIT VIEW ASB AND TODAY TALKING ABOUT HOW MANY GRADUATES THERE ARE.

FOR SOME OF YOU, THERE HAVE BEEN ROUGHLY 40 TO 50 GRADUATES SO FAR THIS YEAR, WHICH IS AWESOME.

AND THERE IS TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK GOING ON IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND WE ARE CELEBRATING THAT AT THE SCHOOL.

THAT'S KIND OF ALL WE HAVE GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

WE DON'T HAVE MUCH GOING ON.

THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT, THOUGH. YEAH, GREAT.

THANKS FOR COMING. I SAW THE BLOODMOBILE OUT IN FRONT THE OTHER DAY WHEN I WAS OUT THERE, SO.

YEAH. IT'S ALWAYS NICE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE APPRECIATE SOME OF YOU BECAUSE YOU GUYS SEND DIFFERENT PEOPLE EVERY TIME, SO IT'S NICE TO GET TO MEET, MEET EVERYBODY.

SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY TO, YOU KNOW, STAND UP HERE IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL BOARD AND DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

BUT YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB.

THANK YOU. AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN.

THANK YOU [APPLAUSE]. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER ASB REPRESENTATIVES THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND SHARE? OKAY. SEEING. NOBODY RUN TO THE PODIUM.

I WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO SORA TO GIVE US AN UPDATE THAT SHE HAS.

YEAH, OF COURSE. I'M SURE RICARDO WOULD HAVE HAD SOME STUFF FROM PERRY, BUT I DIDN'T GET A LITTLE UPDATE FROM HIM.

BUT FROM BATTLE GROUND, THE WELDING FABRICATION TEAM WENT TO STATE AND TACOMA AND APPARENTLY THEY TOOK SECOND PLACE WITH A SILVER MEDAL.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM.

THE ANNUAL PLANT SALE AT BATTLE GROUND IS HAPPENING ON SATURDAY, THIS SATURDAY, MAY 6TH, FROM 8 A.M.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT I WROTE TO 3 P.M.

AND IT'S AT THE GREENHOUSES.

THEY'RE JUST SELLING A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT THEY GREW THIS YEAR, WHICH IS SUPER COOL.

IT WAS REALLY PRETTY LAST YEAR WHEN I WENT AND SAW THE LIKE, THE REMNANTS OF IT.

AFTER THE SALE, THERE WEREN'T VERY MANY LEFT.

THE BATTLE GROUND ADVANCED JAZZ BAND IS LEAVING FOR KANSAS CITY TOMORROW, WHICH I'M VERY EXCITED FOR BECAUSE I'M GOING WITH THEM.

WE'RE LEAVING FOR FOUR NIGHTS AND WE'RE COMPETING IN A NATIONAL COMPETITION, SO THAT'S SUPER EXCITING.

WISH US LUCK. AND I THINK THAT'S KIND OF ALL I HAVE RIGHT NOW.

BUT IT'S BEEN BUSY.

IT'S GREAT.

THANK YOU. UM, WE'LL WRAP UP STUDENT VOICE AND MOVE ON TO COMMITTEE REPORTS.

OUR FIRST COMMITTEE IS THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE THAT DIRECTOR SNITILY REPORTS ON AND SOMETIMES DIRECTOR WATRIN.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FOR THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE? NO, I'M JUST WAITING TO SEE WHICH FINALLY GETS INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET OR NOT.

YOU CAN DO THAT BY GOING TO THE [INAUDIBLE] WEBSITE OR WHATEVER, BUT JUST WAITING FOR THE FINALIZED VERSION.

GREAT. THANK YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT.

NO. OKAY. NEXT COMMITTEE WOULD BE OUR AUDIT COMMITTEE.

WE HAVE OUR REPORT. WE MEET A WEEK FROM TOMORROW, SO REPORT AFTER THAT.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING RIGHT ALONG.

BATTLE GROUND EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

THANK YOU.

THERE WAS A MEETING THAT, UNFORTUNATELY, I COULD NOT ATTEND.

YES, THAT WAS THE FIRST MEETING THAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO ATTEND OF THE BATTLE GROUND EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BOARD THE FOLLOWING UPCOMING EVENTS.

21ST MAY IS A MOD PIZZA FUNDRAISER.

THAT'S A SUNDAY AND 17TH JUNE IS A MIN-CHEESE FUNDRAISER, BOTH TO BENEFIT THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION AND FROZEN YOGURT.

SO THAT'S NOT IT'S AN EASY SELL.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

UM, WE MOVING ON FROM THERE.

WE HAVE THE WIA COMMITTEE, AND WITH DIRECTOR CHAMPINE OUT, WE WILL HEAR FROM HIM WITH AN UPDATE ON OUR NEXT AT OUR NEXT MEETING.

AND THEN WASHINGTON STATE SCHOOL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION UPDATES.

ANY UPDATES FROM ANYONE ON THAT? LIKEWISE, MAY 1ST IS MY FOLLOW UP FOR THE TRUST LANDS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, ALTHOUGH THAT IS ONE OF THE PIECES I'M FOLLOWING AND IT WAS STILL IN THE BUDGET ACTUALLY NICELY APPOINTED MOVING FORWARD.

SO IT LOOKS GOOD FOR THE SMALL SCHOOLS TRUST FUND.

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YEAH, THAT'S MAY 17TH, 17, AND THAT'S IN CANVAS CANVAS.

AND THEN WE NEED TO REGISTER OR ARE WE ALREADY REGISTERED? NO, YOU NEED TO BE REGISTERED.

I WILL CONFIRM EVERYBODY BEFORE I ACTUALLY DO THE REGISTRATION.

PERFECT. THANK YOU, SANDY, AS ALWAYS.

OKAY. ANY OTHER WSSDA UPDATES TO SHARE? ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE DO HAVE TOURS COMING UP.

THERE WAS A TOUR AT PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL.

I KNOW SEVERAL WENT TO THAT.

DOES ANYBODY WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT? YEAH. THREE OF US.

JUST ONE OF US. THREE OF US THAT WERE THERE.

SO SORA YOU WANT TO GO FIRST? YEAH. IT WAS A GREAT TOUR OVERALL, IT WAS COOL TO SEE A DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT FROM KIND OF A TOUR PERSPECTIVE RATHER THAN JUST BEING IN THERE FOR SOME SPORTING EVENT. SO IT WAS SUPER COOL TO BE ABLE TO SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS THAT PRAIRIE HAS TO OFFER.

AND SOMETHING THAT REALLY STUCK OUT TO ME WAS THE SEL ROOM AT PRAIRIE.

I FORGOT WHAT IT'S CALLED.

THEY JUST CALLED IT LIKE ROOM 301 OR SOMETHING.

YEAH, IT WAS 301.

PERFECT. YEAH. AND THEY HAD TWO STAFF MEMBERS IN THERE AND IT JUST IT SEEMED LIKE A REALLY POSITIVE SPACE TO BE BECAUSE OF THE SEPARATION BETWEEN THE, LIKE, DETENTION AREA AND THE SEL, LIKE EMOTIONAL HELP AREA.

SO IT WAS A REALLY NICE DISTINCTION THERE THAT REALLY.

YEAH, I LIKED IT A LOT.

VERY NICE. YEAH, GREAT.

WE STARTED OFF RIGHT AWAY WITH STUDENT VOICE, WHICH WAS GREAT.

SO JONATHAN, BEN, ZACH [INAUDIBLE] AND NICHOLAS MERRITT AND MALIK HORN, EACH REPRESENTING ONE OF THE CLASSES, SPOKE TO THE GROUP TO START WITH, AND THAT WAS IMPRESSIVE.

I'M GLAD THEY'VE EMBRACED THAT STUDENT VOICE FIRST ON THE AGENDA.

I ALSO WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THEIR COUNSELING CENTER, WHICH REALLY I MEAN, THEY I GOT THIS IMPRESSION THAT IT WAS LIKE, WE'RE NOT JUST GOING TO SIT HERE AND WAIT FOR PEOPLE TO COME TO US.

WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT AND PUT ON EVENTS AND ATTRACT PEOPLE IN AND HELP THEM GET THOSE THINGS.

PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE RELUCTANT TO SAY, CAN I GO ASK FOR HELP KIND OF THINGS.

AND SO I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH ALL THE EVENTS THAT THEY PUT TOGETHER.

I WAS A POP POPCORN FOR A PLAN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WAS ONE OF THEM THAT JUST, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT WOULD APPEAL TO ALL THE KIDS.

AND THEN I WANT TO COMPLIMENT ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AARON THOMPSON, WHO'S REALLY CHAMPIONED THEIR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT GROUP AND THE WINTER CARNIVAL EVENT THAT THEY PUT ON AND INVITE THE COMMUNITY IN AND GET ALL THE CLUBS, ALL THE STUDENT CLUBS INVOLVED IN PUTTING THAT TOGETHER.

I THINK THAT REALLY ENCOMPASSES WHAT THE BOARD TRIES TO DO TO REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.

BUT THERE'S ONLY SO MANY DATES AND TIMES AND EVENTS THAT YOU CAN DO THAT.

SO FOR THEM TO SPONSOR ONE AND INVITE THE COMMUNITY IN IS REALLY IT'S HELPFUL TO THE BOARD.

THANK YOU. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT THERE AND THE WAY THEY REALLY HIGHLIGHTED ALL OF THEIR ATHLETES IN A WAY THAT WAS SUPER COOL AND THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS AND THEY WERE ALL EDITED IN REALLY IMPRESSIVE WAYS.

AND EVERY SINGLE MONTH THEY HIGHLIGHTED A DIFFERENT ATHLETE ON ALL OF THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. AND IT WAS YEAH, IT WAS REALLY COOL TO SEE.

I THINK WE GOT TO VISIT SEVERAL DIFFERENT AREAS.

AS MARK POINTED OUT, SORA POINTED OUT TOO ONE, WE VISITED THE ATHLETIC FACILITIES.

GOT TO SEE ALL OF THAT.

WE VISITED THE CAREER AND COUNSELING CENTER AND GOT TO LEARN ALL ABOUT THEIR EFFORTS THERE.

WE ALSO VISITED THEIR SEL, THEIR SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING CENTER, WHICH WAS GREAT TO SEE THE PARTNERSHIP THAT EXISTS BETWEEN THE TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE WORKING THERE. AND THEN WE GOT TO VISIT A CO-TEACH MATH CLASS THAT TWO TEACHERS ARE WORKING IN, AND THAT WAS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE AS WELL. SO IT WAS A IT WAS A TOUR FILLED WITH LOTS OF INFORMATION.

I WILL SAY THAT YOU MISSED OUT ON AN OUTSTANDING BREAKFAST.

WE HAD YUMMY CINNAMON ROLLS AND GREAT SELECTION OF FRESH FRUIT AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF STUFF PROVIDED BY THE CULINARY DEPARTMENT OVER THERE.

HE TOLD US THAT WE BARELY GOT THE CINNAMON ROLLS BECAUSE HE WAS.

HE WAS HE WAS GOING TO THEY WERE GOING TO EAT THEM BEFORE THEY GOT TO US.

THAT'S AWESOME. OVERALL, A WONDERFUL TRIP.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK PERRY FOR BEING SUCH A GRACIOUS HOST.

AND THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD IS I WANT TO THANK MARY SORENSON AND THE FLORAL DEPARTMENT BECAUSE I WAS ABLE TO BRING FLOWERS TO MY ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT.

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SO, YEAH, WONDERFUL TOUR.

I WOULD AGREE ALL THE ALL OF THE PLACES THAT THEY CHOSE TO HIGHLIGHT THIS TIME WERE DIFFERENT THAN LAST TIME AND THEY WERE CLEARLY THINGS THAT ARE MAKING IT BETTER FOR KIDS AT PRAIRIE. SO REALLY GOOD.

REALLY GOOD TOUR.

YEAH. YEAH. I'LL THROW ONE MORE IN THERE TOO.

I FORGOT. THEY USE A PARTICULAR STATISTIC ABOUT A CHANGE THEY MADE ABOUT GETTING KIDS TO CLASS ON TIME, REDUCING TARDIES.

I DON'T EVEN WANT TO SAY THE NUMBER BECAUSE IT WAS AMAZING HOW MUCH THEY REDUCED IT.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE REAL NUMBER IS, BUT IT WAS A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT.

YEAH. IMPROVEMENT IN GETTING KIDS TO CLASS ON TIME.

GREAT. THANK YOU.

DOES ANYBODY I KNOW THERE ARE A FEW OTHERS THAT WERE AT THAT TOUR.

DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD OR ARE YOU GOOD? NOTHING. IT WAS GREAT.

THANK YOU. THAT WAS.

THAT WAS FANTASTIC. THANK YOU.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF TOURS COMING UP.

WE ARE HEADED TO CAPTAIN STRONG GROUP ONE AND GROUP TWO IS HEADED TO RIVER HOMELINK THIS FRIDAY.

FRIDAY. AND IF YOU REMEMBER, I WON'T BE AT THE CAPTAIN TOUR.

MIKE IS GOING TO FILL IN FOR ME, SO I'M OUT MISSING THAT ONE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH, SORRY.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

ANYTHING ELSE? COMMENTS ABOUT TOURS OR QUESTIONS.

ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO DIRECTOR REPORTS.

ANY DIRECTOR REPORTS FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER.

NO REPORT HERE. NO, NOTHING FOR ME, THANK YOU.

JUST A HUGE THANK YOU TO PERRY HIGH SCHOOL AND THEIR AUCTION.

WE GOT TO ATTEND.

IT WAS A WONDERFUL EVENING.

I HOPE THEY RAISED A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR THEIR ATHLETICS.

BUT A FUN EVENT.

IT HAD A 70S THEME AND MANY OF THE ADMIN WERE IN FULL ATTIRE, SO THAT WAS A TREAT AS WELL.

AND THEN WE GOT TO WATCH DENNY DO A MAGIC TRICK.

SO THAT WAS PRETTY COOL. THAT'S TRUE.

YEAH. ANY OTHER DIRECTOR REPORTS.

OKAY. I GUESS I'LL GO AGAIN.

I ALSO GOT TO GO TO PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL.

THAT'S MY PLACE, I THINK, TO MEET THE STUDENTS WHO WILL BE INTERVIEWING POTENTIALLY WHO'VE BEEN RECOMMENDED FOR THE OPEN STUDENT REP POSITION THAT WILL BE COMING UP FOR NEXT SEASON.

JUST SO IMPRESSED WITH SUSANNA [INAUDIBLE] AND THE STUDENTS.

WOW. I MEAN, THESE KIDS LIKE THE SCHEDULES THEY KEEP AND THE STUFF THEY VOLUNTEER IN IS JUST IT WILL BE A HARD CHOICE FOR HER TO PICK WHO TO WHO TO REPRESENT, TO BRING FORWARD. SO KUDOS TO THAT.

ALL RIGHT. AND I'M GOING TO STOP TALKING AND TURN IT OVER TO SUPERINTENDENT WATERS FOR SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF UPDATES.

[6. Superintendent and Staff Updates]

WE HELD THAT AT CHIEF.

SO THANK YOU, CHIEF MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR HOSTING US.

WE HAD PROBABLY 20, MAYBE 20, 25 STUDENTS WHO WERE THERE AND THEY DID A FANTASTIC JOB.

IT WAS OUR FIRST MEETING AND WE SPENT THE TIME, NUMBER ONE, GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER.

BUT NUMBER TWO, JUST IDENTIFYING SOME OF THE KEY ISSUES THAT WERE IMPACTING STUDENTS.

THEY TALKED A LOT ABOUT HOW GREAT THEIR TEACHERS ARE, BUT THEY TALKED A LOT ABOUT GRADING POLICIES THAT ARE OCCURRING.

THEY TALKED A LOT ABOUT STUDENT ENGAGEMENT IN CLASS.

WE TALKED ABOUT CELL PHONES AND THEIR USE.

WE TALKED ABOUT BULLYING AND HARASSMENT THAT'S GOING ON.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE NEED FOR UPDATED FACILITIES, WHICH IS IN LINE WITH OUR EARLIER BOND DISCUSSION, TALKED ABOUT THE NEED FOR JUST EQUIPMENT AT VARIOUS GROUPS. SO IT WAS A IT WAS A GREAT MEETING.

WE LEFT THEM WITH A TASK WHICH WAS TO COMPLETE A THOUGHT EXCHANGE THAT WE HAVE GOING ON, AND THEY'RE GOING TO WORK ON THAT THOUGHT EXCHANGE AND TRY TO NARROW DOWN SOME OF THOSE TOPICS TO TAKE ON A SINGLE TOPIC.

WE'RE GOING TO PICK THIS UP NEXT FALL.

WHEN WE GET BACK, OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE THREE STUDENT ADVISORY MEETINGS A YEAR, ONE IN THE FALL, ONE IN THE WINTER AND ONE IN THE SPRING.

BUT OUR MISSION WILL BE TO ACTUALLY TAKE ON ONE OF THE TOPICS AND NOT ONLY TALK ABOUT IT, BUT PUT TOGETHER AN ACTION PLAN

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SO WE'VE GOT SOME EXCITING TIMES.

I WANT TO THANK TRAVIS DRAKE AND LUKE LACOUNT.

THEY WERE THERE AND KELLIE AND AMANDA, OF COURSE, THEY ALWAYS ARE PARTICIPATING WITH US, BUT OFF TO A GREAT START.

OKAY. AND THAT'S IT FOR ME.

I'M GOING TO NOW TURN IT OVER TO SHELLY.

DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT, SO I'M GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO MICHELLE AND HR.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD.

JUST A FEW THINGS TO JUST TOUCH BASE ON.

SO IT IS A BUSY TIME IN HR.

THIS IS THE TIME WHERE WE'RE DOING A LOT OF HIRING AND PLANNING FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

SO THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE FULL SWING INTO STAFFING DECISIONS AT EACH OF OUR BUILDING, EACH OF OUR BUILDINGS.

SO IT IS EXCITING WORK, HARD WORK, BUT WE ARE IN FULL FORCE WITH IT.

WE ALSO ARE BUDGET PLANNING AND SO WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THE BUSINESS OFFICE ON ESTABLISHING THE BUDGET FOR STAFFING FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

IN ADDITION, WE HAVE BEEN BUSY IN CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH BGA AND WE CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS AND WE WILL BE NEGOTIATING AGAIN THIS WEEK TWICE.

SO WE'RE EXCITED TO MAKE SOME SOME HEADWAY THERE.

AND THEN LASTLY, I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE OUR POSITION REVIEW COMMITTEE, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR WITH OUR PSC GROUP.

WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF COMPARING POSITIONS IN THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES.

SO PARA EDUCATOR, SPECIAL PROGRAM, PARA EDUCATOR, BA AND SECRETARIAL.

AND SO WE HAVE DONE ALL OF THOSE CLASSES, ALL OF THOSE GROUPS.

THE LAST ONE THAT WE ARE NOW FOCUSED ON IS OUR SECRETARIAL GROUP.

AND SO OVER THE NEXT TWO MONTHS WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO FINISH THAT, COMPARING THAT THOSE POSITIONS COMPARED TO LOCAL AND STATE, STATE OR DISTRICTS AROUND OUR STATE TO EVALUATE THEM FOR FOR COMPARE, I GUESS, SALARIES TO MAKE SURE WE'RE SOMEWHAT COMPETITIVE WITH THEM WITHIN OUR DISTRICT.

SO THAT IS ABOUT IT IN HR.

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

GOOD EVENING. BOARD.

JUST A QUICK LEGISLATIVE UPDATE TOO NOW THAT THE SESSION HAS ENDED AND ONE OF THE SENATE BILLS WE WERE WATCHING, 5174, THE TRANSPORTATION BILL, THERE WAS NOT A CONCURRENCE ON THAT.

SO THAT MEANS IT JUST DOESN'T GO ANYWHERE.

IT IS STILL CONSIDERED ELIGIBLE FOR THE SUPPLEMENTAL SESSION NEXT YEAR BECAUSE IT BECAUSE IT WAS INTRODUCED, YOU KNOW, AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS SESSION.

SO SO JUST A QUICK UPDATE THAT THAT DID NOT GO THROUGH.

THERE MAY BE SOME TRANSPORTATION DOLLARS IN THE BUDGET.

WE'RE STILL UNPACKING ALL OF THAT.

I HAVE YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN ALL THE INFORMATION YET ON THAT.

SO WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR THAT INFORMATION.

SPECIAL EDUCATION BILL PASSED THE SENATE VERSION.

SO THAT WAS TO DEFINITELY EVERYONE'S BENEFIT.

AND THEN THERE WAS A COUPLE OTHER LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS THAT HELP WITH BUDGET LEA STABILIZATION.

THERE'S JUST A SMALL AMOUNT FOR THAT FOR BATTLE GROUND WE'LL SEE.

AND THEN OF COURSE, IN THE LAST BUDGET WAS INCREASES THAT THEY HAD ALREADY APPROVED FOR THE PROTOTYPICAL THOSE CONTINUE SO YEAH SO SOME JUST SOME A COUPLE OF UPDATES I WANT TO DO AND ALSO EVERY TWO MONTHS WE DO AN ENROLLMENT UPDATE AND THIS IS JUST AN OPPORTUNITY JUST TO KIND OF JUST GIVE YOU A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF WHAT'S HAPPENING AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF JUST EDUCATE THOSE THAT AREN'T, YOU KNOW, REALLY IN TUNE TO ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT DRIVES FUNDING.

AND SO THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

AND SO WE DEFINITELY ARE ALWAYS WE'RE TAKING ENROLLMENT MONTHLY FOR TEN MONTHS.

AND SO IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THANK YOU. SO THE FIRST SLIDE WE HAVE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT SLIDE.

THIS IS OUR ENROLLMENT BY FULL TIME EQUIVALENT, AND THAT'S HOW WE'RE FUNDED.

WE'RE NOT FUNDED BY HEAD COUNT FOR OUR BASIC EDUCATION.

SO WE HAVE FOR THE FTE IS 11,881.

YOU CAN SEE IT KIND OF DIPPED DOWN A LITTLE BIT AND NOW IT KIND OF IS REBOUNDING A LITTLE BIT.

SO IT'S BASICALLY I WOULD CONSIDER THIS PRETTY STABLE.

IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GROWING, BUT IT'S JUST MAINTAINING.

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NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO THIS IS THE HEAD COUNT.

AND SO THE HEAD COUNT IS JUST REPRESENTING ALL OF THE STUDENTS EXCEPT FOR OUR FULL TIME RUNNING START STUDENTS ARE NOT ON THIS HEAD COUNT. SO THOSE WOULD BE IN ADDITION TO THIS HEAD COUNT AND THE HEAD COUNT, 12,184 CURRENTLY.

AND WE'LL DO A FINAL WRAP UP OF THE ENROLLMENT WITH ONCE WE HAVE THE JUNE NUMBERS DONE.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

OUR ALE BY FTE COMPARISON, IT'S ON ITS NORMAL TRAJECTORY, I GUESS, IN FOR GAINING A LITTLE BIT OF GROWTH IN THAT AREA.

SO 1,731.58 ON ALE.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

AND THEN OUR HIGH SCHOOL CTE.

THAT ONE SEEMS TO ALSO TEND TO DROP OFF.

I'M NOT SURE THE REASON OF WHY IT DOES, BUT IT SEEMS TO BE KIND OF TRENDING THE WAY IT HAS IN THE PAST.

SO 1489 FOR HIGH SCHOOL CTE.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

AND THEN WE HAVE OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL CTE.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY, WE ADDED A SCHOOL, A COUPLE OF CLASSES THAT CAME ON, AND THAT'S WHY THAT NUMBER JUMPED UP FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL CTE.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

AND THE ALE FOR HIGH SCHOOL CTE IS 69.2.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

AND SPECIAL EDUCATION ENROLLMENT SEEMS TO BE CONTINUING TO GROW, AND THAT SEEMS TO BE THE NORMAL TREND, 1770.

IT'S ABOVE BUDGET ON PROJECTIONS.

AND THEN NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

AND THEN OUR TRANSITIONAL BILINGUAL PROGRAM CONTINUES TO GROW.

THIS IS QUITE OFF THE CHARTS.

AND SO WE'RE AT 1,000, ALMOST 300 STUDENTS.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

AND THEN OUR RUNNING START IS 236.06.

IT TENDS TO DECLINE THIS TIME OF THE YEAR AND THEN THE NEXT FOUR SLIDES ARE JUST RECAPS OF THE COUNTS FOR INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS.

AND I WON'T GO THROUGH THOSE.

THOSE ARE AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO LOOK AT.

WE WILL POST THIS PRESENTATION ON THE BOARD DOCS SO IT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR VIEWERS OUT THERE TO BE ABLE TO REFER BACK TO.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, THEY CAN CONTACT ME.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. NEXT UP, KEVIN JOLMA OPERATIONS REPORT.

THANK YOU. SO JUST A QUICK UPDATE.

WE'RE GOING TO BE STARTING TO LAUNCH OUR SECURITY PROJECT.

CAPTAIN STRONG IS FULLY FUNCTIONAL NOW, OUR IN-HOUSE STAFF OF MAINTENANCE AND IT FOLKS WILL BE GETTING TRAINED ON THAT WEDNESDAY MORNING. AND WE'LL BE TRAINING THE CAPTAIN'S STAFF SHORTLY THEREAFTER.

AND THEN WE'LL DO A ROAD SHOW AND GET EVERYBODY ELSE ON LINE.

ARE WE FINALLY BEING ABLE TO GET ALL THE PIECES, THE PARTS AND EVERYTHING? THEY'RE COMING IN FINALLY FOR THE NEW FOR THE FOR THE SECURITY? OH, THE SECURITY. YEAH. YES, YES, I KNOW.

THAT WAS THE DELAY. YEAH, THERE'S ALWAYS DELAYS RIGHT NOW.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, KEVIN. NEXT UP, AMANDA RICHTER, COMMUNICATIONS REPORT.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE UPCOMING DISCOVER BGPS PATRON TOUR.

THIS IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

SO COMMUNITY MEMBERS, PARENTS, GUARDIANS, NEIGHBORS, VOLUNTEERS, EVERYONE IS WELCOME.

IT IS MAY 25TH AND WE ARE GOING TO BE GOING TO GLENWOOD HEIGHTS, LAURIN, AND PRAIRIE.

SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS WILL INCLUDE AT GLENWOOD.

WE'LL GO TO A SECOND GRADE CLASSROOM.

WE'RE GOING TO SEE ACADEMIC INTERVENTIONS AND NEW CURRICULUM BEING PILOTED, AS WELL AS CLASSES THAT SUPPORT OUR MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS.

AT LAURIN, WE'LL DROP BY AN EIGHTH GRADE HISTORY CLASSROOM, THE SCHOOL ZEN DEN, AND A SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSROOM.

AND THEN AT PRAIRIE.

OUR STOPS WILL INCLUDE THE GREENHOUSE, A CERAMICS CLASS AND A ROBOTICS CLASS.

AND THE TOUR WILL ALSO INCLUDE A LUNCH PREPARED BY THE CULINARY TEAM, WHICH IS EXCELLENT, AS NOTED EARLIER.

AND WE'LL ALSO HEAR A MUSICAL PERFORMANCE.

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AND I ALSO WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION IN THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING HARD ON THIS, AND SCHOOLS ALSO HAVE BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB GETTING THE WORD OUT ABOUT REGISTRATION.

CAN YOU GO NEXT SLIDE. SO WE HAVE DONE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT TACTICAL THINGS FROM DISTRICT AND SCHOOL WEBSITES TO OUR REGULAR NEWS TO [INAUDIBLE] COMMUNICATIONS.

WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED INFORMATION IN SCHOOL NEWSLETTERS.

WE SENT OUT A PRESS RELEASE.

THERE ARE MESSAGES ON READER BOARDS.

WE SENT PHONE CALLS AND TEXT MESSAGES TO CURRENT PARENTS AND GUARDIANS.

THERE ARE BANNERS ON FENCE LINES.

THAT'S A PICTURE OF ONE OF THEM RIGHT THERE.

WE CREATE WE CREATED A VIDEO THAT WILL WATCH IN A LITTLE BIT.

AND THEN WE'VE DONE SOME SOCIAL MEDIA OUTREACH, BOTH ORGANIC AND PAID.

SO WE'VE BEEN PROMOTING KINDERGARTEN AND REGISTRATION ON FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, NEXTDOOR, YOUTUBE, GOOGLE SEARCH ADS AND DISPLAY ADS, WHICH ARE THOSE ADS THAT KIND OF FOLLOW YOU AROUND THE INTERNET FROM ONE SITE TO THE NEXT.

AND ALL OF THE PAID ADS ARE PERFORMING ABOVE THE BENCHMARK.

WE HAD ALMOST 126,000 IMPRESSIONS AND ALMOST 3900 CLICK THROUGH TO THE DISTRICT WEBSITE AND THE DISPLAY ADS AND FACEBOOK ADS WERE SOME OF OUR MOST SUCCESSFUL IN TERMS OF IMPRESSIONS, AND WE HAD THE HIGHEST CLICK THROUGH RATE ON OUR GOOGLE SEARCH ADS.

SO IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THANK YOU.

SO OUTCOMES, WE ARE SEEING IMPROVEMENT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

WE'RE ABOUT 15% HIGHER IN TERMS OF REGISTRATIONS AT THIS POINT AND HOPEFULLY THAT TREND WILL CONTINUE.

SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE SCHOOL STAFF, INCLUDING THE PRIMARY ADMINISTRATORS, SECRETARIES, ASSISTANT SECRETARIES FOR ALL THE WORK THEY'RE DOING TO PROMOTE KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION.

AND I ALSO WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO CHRIS AND JENNA ON MY TEAM FOR ALL OF THEIR GREAT WORK, AS WELL AS TO SHELLY, MIKE AND MICHELLE FOR SUPPORTING THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE TO PROMOTE KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION.

AND I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH THE VIDEO THAT CHRIS CREATED THAT WAS ON YOUTUBE AND THAT WE'VE SHARED IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT PLACES.

THANK YOU.

[VIDEO] THANK YOU, AMANDA. ANY QUESTIONS? THAT'S IT FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING.

THAT'S A GREAT VIDEO.

SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT. ALL RIGHT.

WELL, THAT BRINGS US TO CITIZENS COMMENTS.

[7. Citizens' Comments]

WE LIKE TO DO THAT USUALLY ABOUT ONCE A MONTH JUST FOR REMINDERS AND HOW THIS WORKS SO THAT EVERYBODY IS AWARE OF THE PROCESS.

SO WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE FOLLOW THE PROTOCOL FOR THE CITIZENS COMMENTS.

PLEASE COME FORWARD TO THE PODIUM.

STATE YOUR NAME, LIMIT YOUR TIME TO THREE MINUTES AND REFRAIN FROM DISCUSSING CONFIDENTIAL MATTERS.

A DIGITAL TIMER WILL SOUND WHEN IT IS WHEN YOUR TIME LIMIT IS REACHED AND SORA WILL BE HOLDING UP CARDS WHEN YOUR 30 SECONDS ARE OUT AND THEN WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP.

SO JUST SO EVERYBODY'S AWARE.

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

THEY WILL LISTEN AND GIVE DIRECTION TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM.

IF ACTION IS DEEMED NECESSARY.

AND WE JUST ASK THAT YOU PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL OF ALL PRESENTERS AND REFRAIN FROM CLAPPING OR MAKING ANY COMMENTS WHILE A PERSON IS PRESENTING.

BATTLE GROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS POLICY 1400 STATES THE BOARD PRESIDENT MAY TERMINATE AN INDIVIDUAL STATEMENT WHEN THE ALLOTTED TIME IS PAST AND MAY INTERRUPT A SPEAKER TO REQUIRE THE SAME STANDARD OF CIVILITY THAT THE BOARD IMPOSES ON ITSELF.

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WE VERY MUCH VALUE OUR COMMUNITY VOICE, AND WE DO OUR BEST TO LET EVERYBODY BE HEARD, BUT WE WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL OF OTHERS ALSO WHO ARE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

SO WITH THAT, THAT BRINGS US TO OUR FIRST NAME ON THE LIST, WHICH IS TIFFANY.

IS IT? SHOO.

OKAY. GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS.

CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? YES.

MY NAME IS TIFFANY SHOO, AND I HAVE COME HERE TO DELIVER THESE DOCUMENTS TO SUPERINTENDENT WATERS AND BOARD MEMBERS PERSONALLY.

THESE ARE COPIES OF COMPLAINTS THAT I WILL FILE BOTH TO THE OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION AND THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS TOMORROW, APRIL 25TH.

MY STUDENT IS A SPECIAL EDUCATION AND A 14 YEAR OLD EIGHTH GRADER AT LAURIN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

SHE HAS SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT TRAUMA THAT INCLUDES EMOTIONAL, ACADEMIC AND BEHAVIORAL SETBACKS DUE TO THE DISTRICT'S FAILURE TO PROPERLY IDENTIFY AND SERVICE HER NEEDS.

ALTHOUGH THERE IS TYPICALLY A ONE YEAR STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS WITH OSPI, MY SUBMISSION WILL INCLUDE EVIDENCE OF LONG STANDING PATTERN OF BEHAVIOR THAT DATES BACK TO A SPECIAL EDUCATION CITIZENS COMPLAINT 1829, WHICH I FILED ON BEHALF OF MY STUDENT AND ALL SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS ATTENDING GLENWOOD HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

THE RESULT OF THAT INVESTIGATION FOUND THE BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT HAD VIOLATED THE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT OF 90 STUDENTS THAT WERE RECEIVING SERVICES AT THAT TIME.

DURING THE 2018 OSPI INVESTIGATION, MY STUDENT WAS IN THE THIRD GRADE AND HER READING COMPREHENSION LEVEL WAS A 1.0.

MY STUDENT IS CURRENTLY IN THE EIGHTH GRADE AND HER READING COMPREHENSION LEVEL IS 2.2.

A RECENT INDEPENDENT EDUCATION EVALUATION WAS CONDUCTED BY RANDALLS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, AND THEIR REPORT DESCRIBED MY STUDENT'S COMPREHENSION FUNCTIONING, BEING THE LOWEST OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS AND THAT DEVELOPMENTAL GAPS HAVE WIDENED.

MY COMPLAINTS OUTLINE NUMEROUS CONCERNS REGARDING THE BEHAVIOR AND PRACTICES OF THE DISTRICT, INCLUDING A PATTERN OF INACCURATE REPORTING, LIMITING INFORMATION, INCONSISTENT STATEMENTS, PRETEXTS WITHIN EVALUATIONS, AND DISMISSAL OF DATA.

FURTHERMORE, THE STARTLING NUMBER OF INAPPROPRIATE, UNPROFESSIONAL, UNETHICAL COMMENTS AND GESTURES MADE BY STAFF BY BOTH THE BUILDING ADMINISTRATORS AND DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES TOWARD BOTH MY STUDENT AND I AS I PERSIST IN ADVOCATING FOR MY STUDENT'S SPECIAL EDUCATION RIGHTS, HAVE CREATED AN EVER GROWING HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT.

MY HOPES FOR THESE CURRENT COMPLAINTS IS FOR BOTH THE FEDERAL AND THE STATE OFFICES TO CONDUCT A THOROUGH REVIEW OF MY CONCERNS AND TO ESTABLISH A FOUNDATION FOR ANY ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATIONS AND MEASURES THAT ADDRESS THE DISTRICT'S ALLEGED RETALIATORY CONDUCT AND CONTINUED LACK OF COMPLIANCE WITH STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS IN RESPONSE TO MY FILING OF SB CC 1829.

MY STUDENT HAS MADE INADEQUATE ACADEMIC PROGRESS AND HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF REPEATED INSTANCES OF BULLYING AND DISCRIMINATORY BEHAVIOR FOR BOTH STUDENTS AND STAFF.

DESPITE MY BEST EFFORTS TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE DISTRICT AND SCHOOL STAFF, THE SITUATION REMAINS DIRE.

LEFT WITH NO OTHER OPTIONS I AM GOING TO TAKE SUPERINTENDENT WATERS'S ADVICE, WHICH WAS TO MOVE IF I DIDN'T LIKE IT.

I'M GOING TO ASK YOU ARE PAST YOUR THREE MINUTES.

I WILL ASK YOU TO FINISH.

OKAY? PLEASE.

THANK YOU. I INTEND TO WITHDRAW MY STUDENT AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR DUE TO THE DISTRICT'S CONTINUED FAILURE TO PROVIDE A FREE APPROPRIATE PUBLIC EDUCATION TO HER.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU. AND I WILL GIVE YOU THESE.

NEXT UP, WE HAVE JENNIFER [INAUDIBLE].

SORRY I'M FEELING FOR THIS MOTHER.

A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, WE TALKED ABOUT THE REVIEWING THE ABSENTEE POLICY AND WE TALKED ABOUT

[00:55:03]

I AM WANTING TO SUGGEST TO THE BOARD THIS IS A BIG CONCERN OF PARENTS AND I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE LAWS IN THIS STATE THAT ALLOW MINORS TO RECEIVE MEDICAL CARE WITHOUT THE GUIDANCE OF THEIR PARENTS OR EVEN THE KNOWLEDGE.

AND WE ALWAYS SAY KNOWLEDGE IS POWER.

AND SO I'M REQUESTING THAT THE BOARD AND THE DISTRICT CONSIDER AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR HANDING OUT OR SENDING HOME TO PARENTS THE ACTUAL STATEMENTS OF AND LISTING OF THE MEDICAL PROCEDURES THAT THEIR MINOR CHILD CAN RECEIVE WITHOUT THEIR KNOWLEDGE OR NOTIFICATION.

I THINK THIS WILL REALLY HELP PARENTS IN MAKING INFORMED DECISIONS, IN COMMUNICATING WITH THEIR CHILDREN, AND MAYBE JUST BEING AWARE OF WHAT THEY ARE FACING AS A PARENT.

MANY PARENTS DON'T KNOW THE PROCEDURES THAT THEIR KIDS CAN GET.

AND I RAISED THREE KIDS.

I KNOW HOW BUSY A PARENT CAN BE RAISING THREE KIDS, AND I THINK PARENTS WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE THE SCHOOL GOING TO THOSE LENGTHS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW OF THESE MEDICAL PROCEDURES AND HAVING THAT KNOWLEDGE.

SO I'M ASKING THAT THE BOARD WOULD CONSIDER DOING THAT.

BUT I ALSO WANT TO END ON A GOOD NOTE.

IT WAS REALLY NICE HEARING THE KIDS SINGING EVEN IT WAS IF IT WAS ON VIDEO, IT WAS REALLY TOUCHING.

AND I'M GLAD THAT THIS IS A DISTRICT THAT SUPPORTS MUSIC AND FINDS IT VALUABLE.

ESPECIALLY I READ AN ARTICLE TODAY HOW THE OLYMPIC SCHOOL DISTRICT IS GETTING RID OF MUSIC CLASSES FOR SOME STUDENTS BECAUSE THEY FIND THAT IT'S AN EXAMPLE OF A WHITE SUPREMACY CULTURE THAT CAUSES SIGNIFICANT INSTITUTIONAL VIOLENCE.

AND I'M VERY THANKFUL THAT WE HAVE A BOARD AND WE HAVE A DISTRICT THAT DOES NOT DEAL WITH WITH THIS RIDICULOUSNESS, BUT SEES THE VALUE IN MUSIC FOR ALL STUDENTS.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, JENNIFER. JESSICA COLE.

HI BOARD. MY NAME IS JESSICA COLE.

MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE/HER.

I'M A PARENT THAT HAD CHILDREN IN THE DISTRICT.

AND. CAN YOU HEAR ME? I CAN'T HEAR MYSELF. SO I WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT PFLAG SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON IS GOING TO BE PUTTING ON A CULTURAL PROTECTIVE FACTORS AND SUICIDE PREVENTION WORKSHOP ON MAY 19TH.

AND YOU'RE INVITED.

I KNOW MAY IS TESTING MONTH, AND I KNOW THERE'S NO MONTH THAT YOU HAVE THAT'S NOT BUSY.

AND SO THE SPEAKER IS IVAN CAMPBELL AND I DON'T WANT TO READ THE WHOLE THING TO YOU.

YOU CAN LOOK IT UP YOURSELF OR NOT, BUT READING IT TO YOU REGARDLESS WOULD BE BORING, I THINK.

AND I JUST WHAT I WANT TO SAY ABOUT IVAN IS I THINK HE IS VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE AND IT WOULD BE WHOEVER ENDS UP COMING.

IT'S A GREAT IT WILL BE A GREAT EVENT.

AND HE IS LIKE HE'S AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ADVISOR TO THE OREGON ALLIANCE TO PREVENTION SUICIDE AND THE FOUNDER OF PROJECT TO LIVE, A NEW SUICIDE INITIATIVE TO SUPPORT SURVIVORS OF SUICIDE.

SO I THINK I THINK IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL.

STUDENTS ARE FREE.

AND I WANT TO END WITH SAYING I'VE BEEN TO ONE OF YOUR TOURS BEFORE THE PUBLIC TOURS, AND IT DID INCLUDE PERRY HIGH SCHOOL, AND IT HAD DELICIOUS FOOD BY THE STUDENTS, DELICIOUS FOOD.

AND I REMEMBER THE CHOIR SINGING AND THAT WAS IT WAS JUST A GREAT COMMUNITY EVENT.

AND LIKE FOOD AND MUSIC TEND TO PROBABLY HUMAN NATURE, LIKE BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.

SO IF YOU COULD COME TO THAT, COME, I'M SIGNED UP.

SO I HOPE NOTHING GETS IN MY WAY THAT I CAN'T COME.

SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

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IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WANTED TO SPEAK AND DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS A SIGN UP OR DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO SIGN UP? GREAT. WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

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

WE HAVE SOME PERSONNEL REPORTS, STUDENT TRAVEL, FINANCIAL REPORTS, COMPLETED PROJECTS, REQUESTS FOR APPROVAL.

WE HAVE REVISED INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR THE COLLECTION, DISTRIBUTION AND EXPENDITURE OF SCHOOL IMPACT FEES, AND WE HAVE THE REIMBURSABLE SERVICE AGREEMENT FOR FUEL AND EQUIPMENT REPAIR.

ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT NEED ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION OR SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD? OKAY. UM, I'M NOT QUITE SURE IF I'M DOING THIS OUT OF ORDER.

I DON'T KNOW [INAUDIBLE].

WILL YOU HELP ME OUT WITH THIS? ARE WE SUPPOSED TO MAKE HER ADVISORY VOTE AFTER THE MOTION IS MADE.

OR I FEEL LIKE I ASKED HER LAST TIME BEFORE WE MADE A MOTION, BUT I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD HAVE WAITED UNTIL AFTER THE MOTION WAS MADE.

NO, I THINK YOU GOT IT RIGHT BEFORE.

YEAH. OKAY, GREAT. ON THE SPOT.

SORA, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE CONSENT AGENDA? ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE YOUR VOTE? I ALWAYS LIKE LOOKING AT THE STUDENT TRAVEL SPECIFICALLY WITH CONSENT.

YEAH. YEAH, I LIKE SEEING WHERE EVERYONE'S GOING.

IT'S SO INTERESTING.

SO THIS TIME, SPECIFICALLY CASEY STUDENTS IN THE FFA, FUTURE FARMERS FOR AMERICA PROGRAM ARE GOING TO DEER PARK, WASHINGTON FOR THEIR STATE COMPETITION, FIVE OF THEM. SO THAT'S VERY COOL.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THEM.

AND FROM BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL, THE TRACK TEAM IS GOING TO STATE SOME OF THE PEOPLE ON THE TRACK TEAM, 13 OF THEM.

SO THAT'S A PRETTY BIG NUMBER.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THOSE STATE COMPETITORS.

AND YEAH, PRO I VOTE PRO FANTASTIC.

ALL RIGHT. ANY FURTHER CONVERSATION ABOUT THE CONSENT AGENDA? OR WE COULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED TO US.

ONE FINAL ASK FOR QUESTIONS.

HEARING NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES 3 TO 0.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON.

WE HAVE NO OLD BUSINESS WHEN WE DO HAVE SOME NEW BUSINESS.

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

ALLISON AND DAVE AND.

AND LOTS OF TEACHERS AND LOTS OF TEACHERS.

YEAH. PILOTS. YEAH.

COME ON UP. YEAH.

OKAY. APPLY THE PRESSURE.

YEAH. GOOD EVENING, BOARD.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

WE HAVE KIND OF KEPT YOU.

THANK YOU. UPDATED AS WE'VE GONE ALONG WITH THIS PROCESS.

BUT I WANTED TO INTRODUCE A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE TO YOU AND TRUSTEE HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FOR YOU AS WELL.

SO ON THE SCREEN WE HAVE OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS, SO THERE ARE QUITE A FEW, AS YOU CAN TELL.

THANK YOU. THERE ARE QUITE A FEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS, BUT I WANTED TO INTRODUCE THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE IN THE ROOM.

SO WE HAVE MEADOWLARK CLARK HERE, KINDERGARTEN TEACHER FROM TUKES VALLEY.

OH, I GOT IT WRONG ON THERE FROM TUKES VALLEY PRIMARY.

I NEED TO FIX THAT. LORRI SIBLEY BACK HERE, SECOND GRADE DAYBREAK.

SUZANNE MACLACHLAN, SECOND GRADE, GLENWOOD.

KAYLA VERPOORTEN OVER HERE, SECOND GRADE TUKES.

PAT HARMON THIRD GRADE MAPLE GROVE.

KATE DOWNING SIXTH GRADE LAURIN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

SARAH RHOADES.

EIGHTH GRADE. AMBOY MIDDLE SCHOOL [INAUDIBLE] NOPE, SHE DIDN'T MAKE IT.

OKAY. BECKY DERANIERI, READING INTERVENTION SPECIALIST FROM TUKES.

AMBER BUSHAW, MULTILINGUAL FROM MAPLE GROVE, AND HEIDI LAMMERS, A TEACHER ON SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT WITH THE DISTRICT OVER HERE.

AND THEN DID ERIC OLSON MAKE IT BY CHANCE? WE HAD A PARENT WHO THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT TONIGHT TO OUR PRESENTATION, BUT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE HE'S BEEN ABLE TO COME.

THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.

YES. AND FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE.

SO YOU HAVE SEEN THIS PROBABLY BEFORE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO REMIND YOU WHY WE'RE HERE.

SO THE CURRICULUM ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE IS THE K-5 CURRICULUM.

IT WAS ADOPTED IN 2008 PRIOR TO COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS, AND THAT WAS STORYTOWN.

THEN ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IS THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, SIXTH GRADE THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE CURRICULUM THAT WAS ADOPTED IN 2000.

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SO OUR CORE BELIEF STATEMENT AS A COMMITTEE, THIS WAS WORK THAT WE DID TOGETHER.

SO WE BELIEVE EACH AND EVERY STUDENT SHOULD RECEIVE SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN CONTENT, RICH AND DATA DRIVEN LITERACY INSTRUCTION IN A WELCOMING AND ENGAGING LEARNING ENVIRONMENT WITH THE GOAL OF BECOMING A LITERATE, ADULT AND LIFELONG LEARNER.

AND WE WENT BACK TO THAT STATEMENT IN EVERY MEETING AND THROUGHOUT OUR DECISION MAKING PROCESS SO THAT WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU AGAIN THIS EVENING. SO WE DO NOT NEED TO GO THROUGH EVERY ITEM ON HERE.

BUT THIS IS BASICALLY SHOWING YOU THAT OUR PROCESS STARTED IN THE SUMMER OF 2022 AND WE ARE NOW AT SPRING SUMMER OF 2023, WHICH HAS GONE THROUGH A RATHER LENGTHY AND EXTENSIVE PROCESS OF GETTING PRODUCT FROM MULTIPLE COMPANIES.

WHAT SEEING WHAT THEY HAVE OUT THERE, LOOKING AT THOSE, USING RUBRICS, MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT STAYS IN THE RUNNING, AND THEN ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE PROCESS OF PILOTING THE MATERIALS AND THEN MAKING A FINAL DECISION, WHICH PUTS US HERE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY.

SO WE ALSO ASKED FOR SOME FEEDBACK FROM COMMUNITY.

YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT THERE WERE SIX PEOPLE WHO RESPONDED.

WE HAVE BEEN BEGGING FOR PEOPLE TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR MATERIALS.

WE'VE WORKED WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT AND WE'VE HAD QUITE A FEW PEOPLE THAT HAVE LOOKED AT MATERIALS, BUT THERE WERE SIX THAT RESPONDED TO THE WIT AND WISDOM, WHICH IS THE K-5 PROGRAM.

YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAD TWO PEOPLE WHO FELT THEY STRONGLY AGREED THAT THIS MATERIAL WAS APPROPRIATE FOR BATTLE GROUND SCHOOLS, TWO PEOPLE WHO AGREED, ONE WHO NEITHER DISAGREED OR AGREED, AND THEN ONE WHO STRONGLY DISAGREED.

BUT THEY DID NOT LEAVE US ANY COMMENTS AS TO WHAT THEY THOUGHT SHOULD BE DIFFERENT ABOUT IT.

SO IT WAS REALLY HARD TO KNOW WHY THEY DISAGREED.

THEN IF WE LOOK AT THE COMMON LIT 360, WE HAD FIVE RESPONSES FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAD TWO THAT STRONGLY AGREED, ONE THAT AGREED AND TWO THAT NEITHER AGREED OR DISAGREED.

SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

AND THEN I BELIEVE THAT AMY HAD SENT YOU THE INFORMATION LAST WEEK ABOUT THE ACTUAL COMMENTS THAT CAME WITH THAT.

SO THAT IS AVAILABLE FOR YOU AS WELL.

SO KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FIFTH GRADE IS A PROGRAM CALLED WIT AND WISDOM WITH FOUNDATIONS.

THIS IS JUST PICTURES OF WHAT YOU SAW WHEN WE BROUGHT IT TO THE WORK SESSION LAST TIME.

SO WE WON'T SPEND A LOT OF TIME WITH THAT.

BUT THAT'S JUST KIND OF A REMINDER VISUALLY OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

IN THE K-5 MATERIALS.

WE WILL USE THE WIT AND WISDOM PROGRAM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FIFTH GRADE FOUNDATIONS IS AVAILABLE, KINDERGARTEN THROUGH THIRD GRADE.

BUT THE COMPANY REQUIRES THAT WE USE IT WITH SECOND GRADERS BEFORE WE USE IT WITH THIRD GRADERS.

SO WE WILL USE IT WITH K-2 THIS NEXT YEAR, AND THEN WE WILL USE IT IN THIRD GRADE THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

AND THEN GEODES IS THE DECODABLE TEXTS THAT TAKE THE FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS AND THE READING MATERIALS AND KIND OF MAKE THAT BRIDGE.

SO THOSE ARE AVAILABLE IN KINDERGARTEN FIRST AND SECOND.

AND THEN OUR COMMON LIT 360.

THESE ARE SOME OF OUR STUDENTS FROM OUR CLASSES THAT ARE USING THIS PROGRAM AS PART OF THE PILOT, AND IT IS A FULLY ONLINE PROGRAM, BUT HAS THE ABILITY TO PRINT AS NECESSARY BOTH FOR THE TEACHER AND FOR THE STUDENT.

AND THAT JUST TAKES US TO OUR QUESTIONS.

I DIDN'T WANT TO SPEND TOO MUCH TIME TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT WE'VE ALREADY PUT IN FRONT OF YOU, BUT I HAVE A WHOLE TEAM OF PEOPLE HERE WHO ARE READY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. SO THAT BEING SAID, WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE? YEAH. HOW OUT OF THE BOX? READY TO GO? IS IT OR IS IT GOING TO REQUIRE SOME GEAR UP TIME? I'LL BE HONEST. YEAH, IT WILL REQUIRE SOME PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

BUT AFTER YOU GET THROUGH THE GIST OF IT, YOU'RE GOOD TO GO.

SIR, WHAT DID YOU SEE AROUND THE ENGAGEMENT OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOLERS? DID YOU DID YOU SEE ANY? I MEAN, I USED LANGUAGE OF LITERATURE BACK IN 2002 WHEN I WAS STILL IN THE CLASSROOM.

AND DID YOU SEE ANYTHING AROUND ENGAGEMENT THAT WAS MAYBE NOT.

IS IT IS IT THERE? OKAY. I WILL SAY THAT THE ENGAGEMENT WAS A LOT MORE THAN I'VE EVER SEEN.

I'VE SEEN THEM ACTUALLY USE THE VOCABULARY OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM IN THEIR EVERYDAY CONVERSATIONS, AND THEY HAVE NOW EVIDENCE

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HOW BIG A SHIFT IS THIS FOR US AS A DISTRICT IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, THE DIRECTION WE'RE GOING IN, THE SCIENCE OF READING AND AND ALL OF THAT? I CAN SPEAK TO THAT ONE.

GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD A REAL STRONG CURRICULUM THAT EVERYBODY HAS USED, I WOULD SAY THIS IS A FANTASTIC SHIFT BECAUSE AS A EXPERIENCED TEACHER IN THIS DISTRICT, TO HAVE A NEW TEACHER COME ON BOARD AND SAY, WHAT DO I DO? YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO WAY TO POINT THEM TO ANY ONE THING AND SAY, HERE, HERE WE GO, THIS IS HOW WE DO IT.

AND THIS IS THE PROCESS THEY COME OUT OF COLLEGE WITH A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF SKILLS.

AND AND OF COURSE, OUR DISTRICT, OF COURSE, DONE A WONDERFUL JOB OF ADVOCATING FOR THE LETTERS PROGRAM AND THE WHOLE SCIENCE READING PIECE.

AND SO TO ADD THAT PIECE TO IT AND TO SEE THAT PIECE IN THIS PROGRAM AND HOW IT ALL DOVETAILS TOGETHER IS JUST BEEN REALLY FANTASTIC.

HAVING TAUGHT 36 YEARS, I WENT, OH MY GOODNESS, THEY FINALLY FIGURED OUT HOW TO PUT IT ALL IN ONE SPOT.

I AM SO THANKFUL.

AND SO THAT'S THE PIECE THAT I REALLY LIKE.

WILL WE KEEP YOU AROUND A LITTLE LONGER.

THE WHOLE SCARBOROUGH ROPE ON ON BOOKS AND YEAH, THERE'LL BE A LITTLE BIT OF A START UP PIECE, BUT AS SOON AS THEY CATCH ON TO THE PROGRAM, I THINK IT'LL JUST FLOW. AND THERE'S SO MUCH IT'S SO RICH.

IT'S A REALLY RICH CURRICULUM.

IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPLIFT IN TERMS OF THE THE LEVEL OF LEARNING IS GOING TO BE SO MUCH HIGHER, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S EXCITING.

YEAH. AND I HAVE A SCIENCE BACKGROUND AND I HAVE, [INAUDIBLE] AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.

AND SO FOR ME, THIS FIRST UNIT, THIS FIRST MODULE ON THE OCEAN WAS RIGHT UP MY ALLEY.

AND MY KIDS REALLY LOVED IT.

I HAD SOME REALLY FANTASTIC WRITING THAT CAME IN WITH IT TOO.

NICE. THANK YOU.

DID ANYONE FIND AN AHA MOMENT THAT KIND OF JUST MADE IT ALL COME TOGETHER FOR THEM OR SEE YOU WITH THE STUDENTS AS YOU WERE PILOTING THIS? I HAD USING THE FOUNDATIONS PROGRAM.

I HAVE A STUDENT WHO VERY, VERY LOW CAME IN VERY WELL.

MINIMAL ALPHABET KNOWLEDGE.

WRITING WAS A NIGHTMARE FOR HIM.

HE JUST HE HATED IT.

STARTING THE YEAR, I HAD TO SCRIBE FOR HIM ANYTHING, HAD GREAT IDEAS, BUT JUST DIDN'T WANT TO PUT IT DOWN, DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO PUT IT DOWN, COULDN'T SEGMENT SOUNDS.

AND SO AFTER USING FOUNDATIONS PROBABLY ABOUT FOR 3 OR 4 WEEKS, HE SAT DOWN AND HE WROTE AN ENTIRE PAGE ON I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER THE TOPIC, BUT HE SEGMENTED EVERY SINGLE SOUND IN EVERY WORD AND IT MADE SENSE.

THERE WERE SOME SPELLING ERRORS, BUT I COULD IT WAS THE SOUNDS WERE THERE.

THE ONE WORD HE NEEDED HELP WITH WAS COUSIN.

SO WE WE HELPED HIM WITH THAT ONE.

AND IT WAS AMAZING.

HE WAS SO PROUD OF HIMSELF BECAUSE HE SAT DOWN.

HE DID IT BY HIMSELF.

IT WAS AMAZING. SO I WAS SOLD COMPLETELY.

THANK YOU. ANDREW, SORA ANYTHING? HOW HAS THE FORMATION AND TRAINING OF THE TEACHERS WITH REGARD TO THAT KIND OF SOCRATIC EVIDENCE BASED ARGUMENT PORTION.

HOW HAS THAT GONE FOR YOU? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT CAN BE VERY DIFFICULT, AT LEAST AT THE BEGINNING.

YEAH. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE TYPICALLY STRUGGLE WITH ALL YEAR.

AND I'VE NOTICED A HUGE CHANGE IN MY STUDENTS WRITING THIS YEAR, LIKE BEING ABLE TO PROVE WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY.

AND WE ONE TIME HAD THEY LOOKED AT A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT VIDEOS AND EVERYTHING ABOUT OUR OCEANS ARE CHANGING WITH OUR UNIT AND I LIKE DECIDED TO DO A WHOLE CLASS DISCUSSION AND WE'D NEVER DONE ONE BEFORE.

AND SO I WAS LIKE, LET'S TRY IT.

AND THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD AND THE ANSWERS STUDENTS HAD, THEY WOULD SAY SOMETHING AND THEY WOULD BACK IT UP WITH WHAT THEY HAD LEARNED, AND THEY COULD CITE THAT. AND THAT WAS JUST AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD REALLY PRACTICED.

AND SO THAT WAS JUST INCREDIBLE TO SEE.

SO THEY'RE REALLY GETTING THAT SKILL DOWN AND IT'S A TRICKY ONE.

SO THAT'S BEEN REALLY ENCOURAGING.

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AND THEN THEY ALSO HAVE THE RESPECT BUILT IN ON HOW DO YOU RESPECTFULLY RESPOND TO PEER DISAGREEMENTS, YOU KNOW? SO IT'S REALLY BEAUTIFUL.

HAVE YOU NOTICED STUDENTS CHANGE THEIR MIND IN THE COURSE OF THAT DISCUSSION? YEAH. GOOD.

THAT'S REALLY GOOD. THAT'S WHEN THE LEARNING STARTS.

THE SERIES THAT I DID ON THE OCEAN WAS STARTED WITH A SERIES OF THREE, A PIECE OF WRITING AND THREE ART PIECES.

AND THEY THEN WERE INSTRUCTED TO WORK THROUGH THE PROCESS OF I NOTICE AND I WONDER.

SO I NOTICE IN THE GULF STREAM THAT THERE IS A LOT OF RED IN THE WATER.

AND SO WE TALKED ABOUT THESE ARTISTIC ELEMENTS AND I NOTICED THERE'S A LOT OF RED IN THE WATER AND I WONDER IF THAT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH ALL THE SHARKS IN THE WATER.

AND I NOTICED THAT THE GUY ON THE BROKEN BOAT IS LOOKING TO TOWARD THE SIDE.

I WONDER IF SOMEBODY'S GOING TO COME RESCUE HIM.

SO THIS I NOTICED I WONDER.

AND I FOUND IT WAS CARRYING OVER INTO THEIR MATH.

THEY WERE STARTING. I NOTICE HERE WE ARE DOING A MATH PROGRAM.

I NOTICE I WONDER, YOU KNOW, AND SO THAT PIECE ALWAYS LEADS UP TO GOOD ARGUMENT.

THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU.

AND I JUST WANTED TO ADD ON TO YOUR QUESTION THAT IN THE LOWER GRADES OF THE WIT AND WISDOM, THEIR SOCRATIC SEMINARS AND I DON'T KNOW, DID THEY HAVE IT DOWN TO KINDERGARTEN LEVEL? SO THE KIDS ARE STARTING TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS EVEN IN KINDERGARTEN.

AND BECAUSE THE TOPICS ARE ALL BUILT ON EACH OTHER FOR A LONG AMOUNT OF TIME, ALL THE BOOKS, ALL THE WRITING, IT'S ALL EMBEDDED TOGETHER.

THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO OFFER BECAUSE THEY'VE THEY NOW HAVE BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE.

THEY'VE BUILT THIS INFORMATION UP.

BUT IT ALSO TAKES ME TO BOTH MARK AND DENNY.

THIS IS NOT A PROGRAM THAT YOU JUST PULL OUT OF THE BOX AND YOU'RE JUST LIKE, OKAY, AND HERE YOU GO.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO THINK. AND IT IS GOING TO BE A SHIFT.

IT'S GOING TO BE A SHIFT FOR PROBABLY A GOOD HALF OF OUR DISTRICT.

AND I SAY THIS ONLY BECAUSE OF MY OWN BUILDING.

I PRESENTED TO THE STAFF LAST WEEK AND WHEN I ASKED HOW MANY OF THEM HAD HEARD OF THE SCIENCE OF READING, HALF OF THE BUILDING HADN'T HEARD RAISE THEIR HAND. AND SO I FEEL LIKE FOR THOSE OF US THAT HAVE BEEN TRAINED IN LETTERS, THOSE OF US ON THE ADOPTION COMMITTEE WHO GAVE UP NUMEROUS DAYS FROM OUR KIDS AND HAD LOOKED IN THESE PROGRAMS, THAT WE FOR US, IT'S NOT A SHIFT BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY SHIFTED.

BUT TWO YEARS AGO I WAS AT THE BEGINNING OF MY SHIFT AND I WAS LIKE, NO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND I AM A PERSON THAT IS WILLING TO TRY NEW THINGS.

SO I DID. BUT I DO THINK IT WILL BE A SHIFT.

BUT I THINK THE KIDS IN BATTLE GROUND ARE WORTH IT.

AND I THINK THESE PROGRAMS, THE FOUNDATIONS AND THE WIT AND WISDOM AND THE COMMON LIT 360, I THINK ARE OUR PROGRAMS THAT ARE WORTHY OF OUR DISTRICT.

AND I THINK WE WILL SEE HUGE SUCCESS WITH OUR KIDS.

AND I JUST I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS THE BOARD, WE HAVE SUPPORT FOR THE PD THAT WE WILL NEED TO BRING OUR TEACHERS AND NOT JUST GIVE THEM A CURRICULUM AND THEN GO, OKAY, YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN.

SO AS A TEACHER, THAT WOULD BE MY AND I KNOW IT OVER SPOKEN, BUT NO SUCH THING.

YEAH. YOU GOT TO THE HEART OF WHAT I WAS ASKING.

I KNOW. AND THE PASSION IS APPRECIATED.

YEAH. YEAH. IS IS BRIDGES KIND OF ESTABLISHED ENOUGH THAT TEACHERS ARE READY TO TACKLE THE THE LITERATURE PIECE? I FEEL LIKE IT IS. OKAY, GREAT.

THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. AND MY TEAM THAT I WORK WITH, WE ALL NOW FEEL CONFIDENT LIKE WE COULD PICK UP A BRIDGE LESSON AND GO, OH, I KNOW WHAT IT IS AND WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME. WHEREAS THE FIRST YEAR AND THE SECOND YEAR, EVEN AFTER COVID, WE WOULD BE LIKE, WHAT'S THE GAME WE'RE DOING TODAY? OKAY, HOW ARE WE DOING THAT WORKPLACE? WHAT'S LESSON IN HAVING TO READ THROUGH IT? BUT WE WILL STILL HAVE THAT WITH NEW TEACHERS.

SO WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR SUPPORT OR NEW TO A GRADE LEVEL.

RIGHT. DO YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS, ALL OF YOU, FOR US IN TERMS OF PLANNING HOW TO SUPPORT STAFF IN THIS IN THIS SHIFTS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN, DO YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR.

I'M NOT TRYING TO HUG MIKE.

I DO JUST WANT TO KIND OF GO IN THAT VEIN.

IS THAT THERE ARE SOME STAFF MEMBERS IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL WHO WILL BE INTRODUCED TO THREE BRAND NEW CURRICULUMS IN ALL 3 IN 1 YEAR.

SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN YOU'RE PLANNING THAT, THOSE PEOPLE WILL BE A LITTLE BIT OVERWHELMED AND THEY'LL ALSO HAVE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THEIR PLC GROUPINGS AS WELL AS THE OTHER JUST REGULAR PD JUST TO GET ON BOARD WITH THE CURRICULUM.

SO JUST AND IF YOU WERE GOING TO MAKE A SUGGESTION ABOUT THAT, I'M GLAD YOU SAID THAT ABOUT PLCS.

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SO THAT WAS A HEAVY LIFT COMING BACK IN AND BEING A EVERY CONTENT TEACHER.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I KNOW THAT IF I HAD BEEN TRYING TO LEARN SOMETHING NEW IN EVERY SINGLE SUBJECT, I DON'T KNOW THAT I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE DID WHAT I DID UNTIL I GOT THIS ON BOARD AND THEN.

BUT THAT'S ME.

WHAT DO YOU THINK FROM YOUR PEERS MY THOUGHTS ON MATH THIS YEAR IN TERMS OF OUR PLC WORK THAT WE DID BECAUSE WE KNEW THIS WAS COMING.

AND SO NOW THAT WE FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT OF WHAT WE'VE GOT GOING IN OUR MATH, THE FOCUS WILL SHIFT NOW, WE'LL BE FOCUSED ON THIS WILL GIVE US MORE TIME FOR THIS.

THERE MAY I KNOW AT ONE POINT IN BRIDGES YOU GAVE AN OPTION FOR TEENS TO MEET AND DO SOME AFTER SCHOOL STUFF, PAID THING.

AND THAT WAS VALUABLE TO US.

OUR TEAM TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THAT.

YOU MIGHT SEE SOME PEOPLE THAT NEED THAT, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE STRUGGLING SO HARD TO GIVE UP WHAT THEY USED TO HAVE.

WE'VE HAD A VOID HERE IN THE PRESENCE OF A VOID.

PEOPLE FEEL THE VOID AND THEN THEY TAKE OWNERSHIP OF IT AND IT'S HARD TO GIVE IT UP.

AND SO YOU MAY NEED SOME MORE WORK WITH THAT SORT OF PIECES GOING ON IN TERMS OF UPLIFTING INTO SOMETHING NEW.

BUT MY TEAM IS ALL EXCITED AND WE'RE READY FOR IT.

GREAT. I KNOW A FEW YEARS AGO, IT SEEMS LIKE WE REALLY, AS A DISTRICT MADE A CHANGE TO RECOGNIZING THE EXPERTISE THAT WE HAVE WITHIN OUR OWN DISTRICT AND HONORING THAT.

AND I, I LOOK AT THIS CROWD AND I GO, WE'VE GOT THE TALENT RIGHT HERE.

IS THAT FOR THIS PROGRAM? IS THAT TRUE? CAN WE USE THE EXPERTISE THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE DISTRICT TO ROLL IT OUT TO EVERYBODY? WELL, WE'RE ALREADY DOING THAT SOMEWHAT.

WE'RE DOING SHOWS.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING AROUND DOING THESE PRESENTATIONS.

WELL, SUZANNE AND I ARE GOING TO BE GOING IN THE MORNING.

YOU REMEMBER THE OLD KNOCK, LIKE BRING IN THE OUTSIDE EXPERT FOR A DAY OR WHATEVER, AND THEN THEY GO AWAY AND YOU DON'T SEE THEM AGAIN.

SO I THINK IT'S BEEN A POSITIVE SHIFT TO SAY WE'VE GOT GOOD EXPERTISE WITHIN OUR BUILDINGS.

YEAH, WE DO HAVE EXCELLENT EXPERTISE AND I THINK OVER TIME WE CAN UTILIZE OUR PEOPLE.

HOWEVER, WE ARE GOING TO NEED THE PUBLISHERS TO COME IN AND REALLY TRAIN US GOOD TO BEGIN WITH AND GUIDE US THROUGH THESE MATERIALS, US AND ANYONE YEAH, THAT PART OF THE CONTRACT, YEAH, IT'S ACTUALLY, IT'S A SEPARATE CONTRACT, BUT YES, THAT IS PART OF THE PLAN.

WE THERE'S DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF TIME DEPENDING ON THE PROGRAM, BUT IN THE WIT AND WISDOM, THERE'S TWO FULL DAYS OF TRAINING FOR THE K-5 TEACHERS AND THEN THE K-2 TEACHERS WILL HAVE AN ADDITIONAL FIVE HOURS OF TRAINING ON THE FOUNDATIONS, WHICH IS THE FOUNDATIONAL SKILL COMPONENT.

AND THEN IN OCTOBER THERE WILL BE ANOTHER THREE HOURS FOR THE GEODES, WHICH IS THAT DECODABLE THAT BRIDGES THE TWO PROGRAMS TOGETHER.

SO THERE IS A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT COMES FROM THE PUBLISHERS THAT WILL HELP SET US UP FOR SUCCESS.

THERE ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO DO SOME TRAIN THE TRAINER MODELS THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE BUDGET TO SEE WHAT WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO ACTUALLY DO.

BUT I THINK IN THE LONG RUN WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO OUR DISTRICT AND COST US LESS OVER A SIX YEAR PERIOD OF TIME, WHICH MEANS A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY UP FRONT, BUT WOULD SAVE US MONEY IN THE LONG RUN.

CAN I ASK A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT OUR SPECIAL POPULATIONS AND, YOU KNOW, THE KIND OF FEEDBACK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ON ELL AND SPECIAL ED? I KNOW WORKING WITH THE GREAT MINDS PROGRAM WITH THE K-4 ELS THAT I HAVE.

I WAS WORKING WITH A SMALL GROUP, SO IT WAS SIX SECOND GRADERS.

THREE OF THEM WERE BRAND NEWCOMERS, HAD NO ENGLISH, AND THEN THE OTHER THREE HAD ENGLISH.

THEY HAD BEEN IN SCHOOL SINCE KINDERGARTEN BUT WERE PERFORMING WELL BELOW GRADE LEVEL.

THE AMOUNT OF INTEREST THAT THEY HAD IN THE TOPIC, THE AMOUNT OF WRITING THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO PRODUCE WAS PHENOMENAL.

IT WAS MORE THAN I'VE EVER SEEN WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS THAT I'VE TRIED.

AND YOU BUILD SO MUCH KNOWLEDGE THAT AND IT ALSO ALLOWS SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS FOR STUDENTS TO SHOW THEIR KNOWLEDGE THAT THERE WAS VERY LITTLE SCAFFOLDING THAT I HAD TO DO ASIDE FROM WHAT WAS ALREADY MENTIONED IN THE PROGRAM.

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AND IT'S JUST PART OF WHAT DOES COME WITH THE PROGRAM.

GREAT. I WOULD ADD THAT LORRI AND I SHARE A STUDENT AND THAT STUDENT WAS A PART OF THE PILOT AND WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL. I THINK THE EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION THAT'S PROVIDED IN FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS IN PHONICS IS JUST INVALUABLE.

I'M ANXIOUS TO SEE MY GUT LEVEL IS THAT WE WILL HAVE STUDENTS WHO HAVE A BETTER DEPTH OF FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS AT AN EARLIER AGE.

AND SO WHEN STUDENTS ARE KIDS WHO WHO NEED SPECIALIZED INSTRUCTION, WE REALLY WILL KNOW WHAT IT WAS THEY'VE ALREADY HAD AND KNOW, OKAY, HERE'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO DIFFERENTLY.

AND THE ACTUAL PROGRAM ITSELF FOR FOUNDATIONS MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IF STUDENTS ARE NOT BEING SUCCESSFUL AT THE CLASSROOM LEVEL, HERE'S YOUR NEXT PLACE FOR INTERVENTION.

SO IT'S REAL EXPLICIT IN THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

AND I WOULD ALSO ADD THAT JUST THE DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE PIECE OFFERS OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS WHO WE SERVE TO TO GET THOSE KNOWLEDGE PIECES AS WELL.

THANK YOU. IT'S EXCITING.

YEAH. WHAT YOU SAID MADE ME THINK OF ONE THING THAT I THINK IS UNIQUE WITH FOUNDATIONS, WHICH IS THE PROGRAM THAT TEACHES THE FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS.

THE WAY THAT THE CORE PROGRAM IS LAID OUT FOR TEACHERS IS THAT AT THE END OF EACH UNIT, SO THEY RANGE IN WEEK, SO 4 TO 8 WEEKS DEPENDING.

IF 80% OF YOUR CLASS HAS NOT REACHED PROFICIENCY, INSTEAD OF JUST GOING ON.

IT GIVES YOU SOME GUIDANCE ABOUT WHERE TO TEACH IN THAT UNIT.

SO IT'S A DIFFERENT APPROACH.

WE'LL STILL HAVE STUDENTS WHO WILL BE THAT 20% WHO NEED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT, BUT THE GOAL IS THAT WE'RE PREVENTING THESE FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS.

DEFICITS THAT WE KNOW KIND OF CATAPULT AFTER MANY YEARS OF STRUGGLE.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK IS SUPER POWERFUL WITH THE PROGRAM.

PREVENTION IS THE BEST INTERVENTION.

BUT WHEN WE'RE SPEAKING ABOUT STUDENTS WITH LANGUAGE DEFICIENCIES AND SOME SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS, ONE OF THE PIECES WITH THE KNOWLEDGE BUILDING THAT WAS SUPER POWERFUL WAS VOCABULARY.

SO THE EXPLICIT VOCABULARY INSTRUCTION THAT STUDENTS ARE RECEIVING THAT THEY'RE PRACTICING.

ENCOUNTERING WHILE STAY ON THAT TOPIC FOR A NUMBER OF WEEKS HELPS BUILD THAT LANGUAGE THE LANGUAGE SKILLS SO.

THANK YOU. ONE LAST COMMENT.

WHAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT IS THAT IT'S READING, DECODING AND ENCODING.

SO READING AND WRITING ARE GOING TOGETHER AND WE'RE NOT DOING SEPARATE THINGS ON THE SIDE.

IT'S ALL INTEGRATED [INAUDIBLE].

WELL, THANK YOU ALL.

THANKS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DARE THEM TO VOTE NO.

[LAUGHTER] I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD CHALLENGE US.

NO, NO, UNFORTUNATELY.

TONIGHT. OKAY.

I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT IN ALL OF THE CURRICULUM ADOPTIONS WE HAVE DONE, WE HAVE OFFERED FOR PEOPLE TO COME TO THE BOARD MEETINGS AND WE HAVE NEVER HAD THIS MANY PEOPLE LIKE PEOPLE ARE EXCITED, SO EXCITED ABOUT THESE PRODUCTS.

SO THIS IS A TESTAMENT RIGHT HERE TO WHAT THERE IS TO COME.

WELL, I LOVE HAVING EVERYBODY HERE.

IT'S SO NICE TO HEAR THE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES AND HOW IT'S YET THE SIMILAR.

AND SO THAT'S REALLY ENCOURAGING FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

[INAUDIBLE] SORA, DO YOU HAVE AN ADVISORY VOTE FOR THE BOARD ACCEPTING DENNY'S CHALLENGE FOR US TO VOTE NO.

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IT SEEMS VERY IMPRESSIVE KNOWING THAT I WAS ALSO USING THE CURRICULUM THAT WE JUST HAD IMPLEMENTED.

IT'S REALLY NICE TO SEE THOSE NEW STIMULUSES AND YEAH, EVERYTHING.

YEAH. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I MAKE A MOTION THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE THE FIRST READING OF WIT AND WISDOM WITH FOUNDATIONS AND COMMON LIT 360.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THE FIRST READING OF WIT AND WISDOM WITH FOUNDATIONS AND COMMON LIT 360.

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

AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES 3 TO 0.

THANK YOU. DESPITE DENNY CHALLENGE [APPLAUSE].

YEAH. SORRY. DENNY. MAYBE NEXT TIME.

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A FOLLOW UP COMMENT JUST IN TERMS OF APPRECIATE THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION PRIORITIZING CURRICULUM AND GETTING OUR CURRICULUM UPGRADED.

I KNOW WE'VE GOT MORE COMING AND AND HELPING US CREATE SOME FINANCIAL BALANCE IN THE DISTRICT, UNLIKE SOME OF OUR SURROUNDING DISTRICTS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THOSE ADOPTIONS. IT'S REALLY AN IMPORTANT PART OF IT.

AND HATS OFF TO ALICE AND DAVE AND AMY.

THEY HAVE DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB THIS YEAR BALANCING IT ALL [APPLAUSE].

SO THANK YOU.

I WANT TO SEE IT IN PRACTICE.

I WANT TO SEE THOSE KINDERGARTNERS IN A SOCRATIC DISCUSSION.

YEAH. WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR SECOND ITEM OF NEW BUSINESS, MR. JOLMA WILL TALK TO US ABOUT CAM BUILDING.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD.

GOOD EVENING. BEFORE YOU IS THE APPROVAL OF THE CAM 300 BUILDING.

THAT WILL BE THE FINAL PIECE OF THE OUR CAMPUS HERE.

IT'LL IT WILL HOUSE THE ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM AS WELL AS THE CAFETERIA, THE CAFETERIA, AND AS WELL AS THE LIBRARY.

SO THIS CONTRACT IS FOR $3,000,609.

I WANTED TO. EXCUSE ME.

3697. I WANT TO JUST COMPARE TO THE OTHER TWO BUILDINGS THAT WE'VE DONE.

THE FIRST BUILDING WAS THE CAM 200.

IT WAS $3.6 MILLION.

THAT WAS WITH THE SCIENCE LABS.

THE SECOND ONE WAS MORE OF OUR STANDARD, WHICH WAS A $3.267 MILLION.

3267. THIS ONE IS $3.697.

IT'S A UNIQUE IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY IT'S A UNIQUE BUILDING.

WE'VE NEVER DONE ONE OF THESE AN ADMIN AND CAFETERIA.

IT'S GOING TO BE A PRETTY COOL BUILDING.

SO THERE'S SOME CHANGES.

FOR INSTANCE, THE HVAC COST MORE BECAUSE IT'S A LARGE UNIT UP IN THE UP IN THE ATTIC THAT'S DONE ON SITE AT PREVAILING WAGE INSTEAD OF IN A CLOSET, A SMALLER UNIT. AND FOR EVERY CLASSROOM, THIS ONE HAS A KITCHEN WITH SOME PRETTY EXPENSIVE EQUIPMENT IN IT.

ALL THE FLOORING, ALMOST ALL THE FLOORING IS HARD SURFACE, WHICH IS MORE MONEY AS WELL.

SO IT ADDED UP TO A LITTLE TO MORE MONEY, BUT NOTHING THAT WAS NOT RECONCILABLE AS I LOOKED THROUGH AND COMPARED.

SO I WOULD RECOMMEND WE APPROVE THIS CONTRACT AND GET OUR LAST BUILDING ON ITS WAY.

AND IT WAS ALL IMPACT FEES ANYWAY.

RIGHT? THIS IS ALL IMPACT FEES.

YES. YEAH. YEAH.

IT'S YOUR TURN. THERE MIGHT BE QUESTIONS.

YOU NEVER KNOW. SORA DO YOU HAVE AN ADVISORY VOTE FOR THIS? PRO. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? SOUNDS LIKE YOU EXPLAINED IT PRETTY WELL.

I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE THE CONTRACT AND ASSOCIATED PERMIT FEES FOR THE CAM 300 BUILDING MODULAR.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT AND ASSOCIATED PERMIT FEES FOR THE CAM 300 BUILDING MODULAR.

DO WE HAVE ANY FINAL QUESTIONS COMING FROM THE BOARD? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES 3 TO 0.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR NEW BUSINESS AND BRINGS US ON TO AGENDA ITEMS AND EVENTS I MENTIONED EARLIER.

[11. Future Agenda Items and Board Events]

I BELIEVE WE HAVE SOME PLANT SALES COMING UP CASEY THIS WEEKEND AND THEN BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL.

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UM, ANYTHING ELSE? WE'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT SORA'S BAND TRIP.

YEAH. NEXT MEETING.

BEST OF LUCK TO YOU GUYS. YES.

KANSAS CITY BARBECUE.

EXCITING. ALL RIGHT.

HEARING NOTHING ELSE, WE WILL CALL IT A NIGHT AND ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT 7:35.

THANK YOU, EVERYONE.

THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. T

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