The board secretary or recorder will call roll of board members.

Background:

Student voice is an opportunity for Associated Student Body (ASB) reports, student initiatives, achievements and recognitions.

Maple Grove Primary School’s music teacher Erika Uribe has been running an after-school choir program for third and fourth grade students for several years. Some of the students will be present to share about the choir program. In addition, a video of the choir performing will be played.

Presenter:

Board Members

Background:

Legislative Committee: 

Mary Snitily serves as the Board's Legislative Representative for the 2023 and 2024 calendar years. She will give a report to the Board on current legislative news and events.

Audit Committee Report

Audit Committee members are Mark Watrin and Mary Snitily. The audit committee will meet with Business Office staff prior to the first scheduled board meeting each month to review vouchers, the superintendent's and board of directors' budgets, payroll and the superintendent's time sheet. The committee will report back to the Board on the first board meeting of the month. 

Battle Ground Education Foundation

Andrew Lawhon serves as the Board representative on the Battle Ground Education Foundation.

Washington Interscholastic Activities Association Committee

Ted Champine serves as the Board representative on the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) committee.

Washington State School Directors' Association Updates 

Board members who serve on various Washington State School Directors' Association (WSSDA) committees will have an opportunity to provide an update to the Board.

Tours Committee

The Board tours every school in the district by splitting up into three separate groups and visiting classrooms and offices. The tour schedule for the next two months follows:

Background:

An opportunity for board members to report out on their activities associated with their respective positions.

Presenter:

Denny Waters

Superintendent

Background:

Denny Waters will provide periodic updates on events and/or recognitions throughout the district.

Presenter:

Shelly Whitten

Deputy Superintendent

Background:

Shelly Whitten will provide an update to the Board on the Teaching and Learning Department.

Presenter:

Michelle Reinhardt

Executive Director of Human Resources

Background:

A human resources report will be provided to the Board by Michelle Reinhardt.

Presenter:

Michelle Scott

Chief Financial Officer

Background:

Michelle Scott will give an update to the Board on finances.

Presenter:

Kevin Jolma

Executive Director of Facilities

Background:

Kevin Jolma will give the Board an update on current projects.

Presenter:

Amanda Richter

Director of Communications & Community Outreach

Background:

Amanda Richter will report on district events and promotions.

This is a meeting of the Battle Ground Public Schools Board of Directors, and it is open to the public to attend, view presentations, and hear the discussion between board members during open session.

The Board welcomes comments from citizens during Citizens' Comments and asks that those wishing to address the Board sign in on the sign-in sheet provided which is located close to the entrance.

Please follow the procedures for Citizens' Comments by stating your name, limiting your time to three (3) minutes, and refraining from discussing confidential matters. 

Board members do not normally respond to questions or petitions during Citizens' Comments. They will listen and give direction to the Administrative Team if action is deemed necessary.

Thank you for your comments.

Minutes become official after approval by the Board.

Minutes become official after approval by the Board.

Background:

Personnel reports are prepared by the Certificated and Classified Specialists for Board approval. The reports, attached, may contain items such as New Hires, Terminations, Assignment Changes, Resignations, Retirements, and Recommendations for Permanent Employment. Coaching assignments are listed when appropriate. The specialists will list incumbent employees and reasons for changes or new hires if appropriate. Confidential information is not contained in this report.

Background:

Per Policy 2320, student travel requests require board approval if they are overnight trips. Advisors are required to submit all required paperwork at least two weeks in advance to Cheri Dailey, Director of Business Operations and Risk Management. Advisors must clear the trip with their building principal prior to submitting the request to Risk Management. Advisors are required to submit itineraries, budget information, transportation information and learning objectives along with the dates of travel and information on the group of students traveling with chaperones.

Exceptions to the rule are travel requests for state and national tournaments and competitions. The procedures for these types of trips is outlined in Procedure 2320P. Often the tournaments come up quickly and there is not enough time to present the trip to the board prior to the trip. In this case, advisors must submit all paperwork to the Risk Management Officer prior to the trip for approval. The trip is then ratified by board members at their next regularly scheduled board meeting.

Student travel requests are attached.

Background:

WAC 392-123-115 requires a monthly budget status report for each fund to be prepared and submitted to each board member. The attached financial statements are provided to the board for their review and approval.

Background:

Projects deemed complete and ready for acceptance by the school board as per the attached Request for Approval. This action protects the district from obligation to reimburse a subcontractor who files a lien after this 45-day period. This acceptance is required pursuant to RCW 60.28.011 and RCW 39.08.030.

Background:

On May 23, 2022, the Board approved an Interlocal Agreement for the collection of school impact fees by the Town of Yacolt.

On April 10, 2023 The Town of Yacolt approved revisions to the Interlocal Agreement to include Town municipal codes and additional language for clarification. There are no material changes to the agreement, The Town of Yacolt will continue to collect and distribute school impact fees for Battle Ground School District, following RCW 82.02 that allows for the collection of impact fees for public facilities.  

Chief Financial Officer Michelle Scott will be available for questions.

Background:

This agreement memorializes a relationship between the District and Clark County for the reimbursement of fuel and occasional equipment repair. Records show that this relationship has been in existence for at least 15 years. There is only one fuel tank at the First Student bus barn location. This tank is diesel fuel for large yellow buses. Small yellow buses and our maintenance vehicle use unleaded which must be procured off site from the bus barn. This agreement allows the District to ‘piggyback’ onto the County’s contracted fuel for price plus indirects for overhead. 

Chief Financial Officer Michelle Scott will be available for questions.

Presenter:

Background:

Presenter:

Allison Tuchardt, Director of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment

Amy Fredericks, Curriculum Adoption Coordinator

Background:

The last English language arts (ELA) adoption for middle schools was in 2000 and the last ELA adoption for primary schools was in 2008. Both of the previous adoptions were prior to State Standards and therefore were not aligned with standards or current teaching practices.

Wit & Wisdom with Fundations and CommonLit 360 were selected by a committee of 37 teachers, administrators and community members. The process included initial identification of programs; there were sixteen. Based on budget and whether they were considered complete ELA programs, the choices were narrowed to the top ten. With the use of a “Red Flag Screener” the top four programs were selected for publisher presentations to the committee. A rubric was used to determine which of those four programs should be moved forward to the pilot phase. Publishers trained our pilot teachers on the use of the top two programs. A thorough review process was completed after each pilot using data from teachers, students, parents, and committee members. Through the use of a consensus process, our committee determined that Wit & Wisdom and CommonLit 360 would be the best programs for the students of Battle Ground Public Schools.

Presenter:

Kevin Jolma

Executive Director of Facilities

Background:

The Interlocal Purchasing System (TIPS) #21020201 contract with Aries Building Systems is for the construction of one 9,770 sq. ft. modular building for CAM on the Lewisville Campus. The project will be funded with impact fees.

This modular building will be the last of three buildings to be constructed for CAM and will house the school administration, library and cafeteria. Work to be completed under this contract includes the factory construction of the building modules, site foundation construction, delivery and placement of the building on site. 

There will be a separate contract for building specific site utilities, and the low voltage package.

Background:

Board members will have an opportunity to add agenda items to upcoming board meetings.

Board members separately participate in many community and district events throughout each month as they are able. Each meeting they will review the calendar of upcoming events and discuss their participation.