[1. Call to Order]
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YEAH. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO CALL THIS SPECIAL MEETING ON MAY 22ND TO ORDER FOR OUR STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE INTERVIEWS.[2. Students on School Boards]
SO WE WILL GET STARTED RIGHT AWAY WITH EMILY.AND SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
I GUESS I'LL GO AHEAD AND KICK OURSELVES OFF HERE.
MY NAME IS TED CHAMPINE, THE DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT THREE.
WHERE I GOT TO ENHANCE MY SPEAKING ABILITIES GREATLY.
I REALLY IMPROVED FROM WHERE I WAS LAST YEAR WHEN I WAS NOT IN SPEECH DEBATE.
I GOT TO MEET A DIVERSE AMOUNT OF KIDS MY AGE, OLDER THAN ME, YOUNGER THAN ME, FROM A VARIETY OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND DIFFERENT SCHOOLS, WHICH ALLOWED ME TO GAIN GREATER INSIGHT ON VARIOUS TOPICS.
I'M ALSO INVOLVED IN HOSA, HEALTH OCCUPATIONS STUDENTS OF AMERICA, AND I JUST WAS ELECTED THE PRESIDENT OF THAT CLUB WHERE WE GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY VIA BLOOD DRIVES AND MENSTRUAL DRIVES.
SHE GAVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY IN A POSITIVE WAY.
I ALSO JUST APPLY FOR A NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY, WHICH SHOWS THAT I'M DEDICATED TO MY COMMUNITY BECAUSE I WANT TO FURTHER MY COMMUNITY HOURS AND ALSO GIVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY IN ANY WAY THAT I CAN.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A STUDENT VOICE THAT IS ABLE TO SPEAK FOR THE STUDENTS AND TO BE A PART OF A DIVERSE ARRAY OF ACTIVITIES.
SO YOU CAN HAVE A GREATER VOICE AND REPRESENT THE STUDENTS IN A POSITIVE WAY.
THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO LET THEM SETTLE IN FIRST AND THEN WE'LL.
THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SAY.
OKAY. EMILY I'M MARK WATRIN, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD DISTRICT FOUR.
WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER THE ROLE OF A STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE TO BE ON THE BOARD? I CONSIDER THE ROLE OF THE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE TO BE RETAINING VALUABLE COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE SCHOOL, THE DISTRICT STAFF, STUDENTS AND REPORTING VARIOUS ISSUES THAT YOU SEE AND PROVIDING VALUABLE INPUT DURING SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS.
GREAT. CAN I FOLLOW UP OR IS THAT ILLEGAL? YOU CAN FOLLOW UP. JUST TRY TO BE CONSISTENT WITH ALL OF YOUR.
YEAH. I LIKE YOUR IDEA OF INPUT.
CAN YOU GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT YOU MEAN BY INPUT TO THE BOARD? SO IF THERE WAS AN ISSUE OF, LET'S SAY, SCHOOL VIOLENCE, I'VE PERSONALLY WITNESSED THAT AT MY SCHOOL AND I COULD PROVIDE MY EXPERIENCE OF HOW I PERCEIVED IT AND HOW WE ADD WHAT WE COULD HAVE DONE BETTER OR BETTER RESPONSE TO THE SITUATION.
OKAY. I'M JACKIE MADDUX DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT FIVE.
ACTUALLY, NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
PICK ONE AND TALK TO US ABOUT THAT ISSUE AND TELL US HOW YOU MIGHT CONTRIBUTE TO THE DISCUSSION.
ONE ISSUE THAT I THINK MIGHT COME UP AT A BOARD MEETING IS DEFINITELY CELL PHONES.
I BELIEVE THEY ARE A PRETTY BIG PROBLEM AT NOT ONLY MY SCHOOL BUT OTHER SCHOOLS.
AND SOMETHING THAT I MIGHT CONTRIBUTE IS I'VE SEEN IT.
AND I THINK THE BEST WAY IS, IS REWARDS LIKE SEEING.
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FROM MY EXPERIENCE, I COULD GIVE MY EXPERIENCE OF SEEING MY DIFFERENT TEACHERS HOW THEY RESPOND TO THE CELL PHONE POLICY AND GIVE IT BACK TO ALL OF YOU DURING SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS.AND YEAH, THAT'S HOW I WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE ISSUE.
THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION.
IS THAT A IS THAT A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE FOR YOU? ARE THERE ANY OTHERS, ANY OTHER ISSUES THAT COME TO MIND THAT YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT? AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT THAT ONE.
I THINK CELL PHONES ARE A PRETTY BIG ISSUE RIGHT NOW, ACTUALLY.
YEAH. JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE JUST IN CASE.
HI, I'M MARY SNITILY AND I'M THE DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT ONE.
SO THIS PAST YEAR, THE BOARD HAS STRONGLY PROMOTED AND ENCOURAGED STUDENT VOICE.
HOW WOULD YOU CONTRIBUTE TO STUDENT VOICE AND HOW WOULD YOU ENCOURAGE ALL STUDENTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT TO PARTICIPATE? SO HOW I WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE STUDENT VOICE IS, AS I SAID, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN A DIVERSE ARRAY OF ACTIVITIES AT MY SCHOOL AND I BELIEVE HAVING CONNECTIONS WITH PEOPLE IN THOSE ACTIVITIES THAT I PARTICIPATE IN.
I THINK HAVING ALL OF THAT EXPERIENCE WITH DIVERSE PEOPLE, I WOULD BE ABLE TO BETTER COMMUNICATE THEIR NEEDS BY GROUPING THEM TOGETHER AND RELAYING IT BACK TO ALL OF YOU DURING SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS.
AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL STUDENTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT TO PARTICIPATE BY ASKING THEM QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT DIFFERENT TOPICS THAT COME UP DURING SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS, HOW ASKING THEM HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT IT AND GETTING THEIR RESPONSES AND THEN RELAYING IT BACK TO YOU.
IT'S ON THE WHITE ONE. GOT IT.
GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ANDREW LAWHON.
I'M THE DIRECTOR FOR DISTRICT TWO, AND I'M SORRY I WASN'T HERE FOR YOUR FIRST ANSWER.
IF YOU RECEIVED A COMPLAINT FROM A FELLOW STUDENT, PARENT OR COMMUNITY MEMBER CONSIDERING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? IF I RECEIVED A COMPLAINT FROM SOMEBODY ELSE CONSIDERING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHAT I WOULD DO IS TAKE IT IN AND TRY TO UNDERSTAND IT FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE.
WHAT WOULD I DO IN THEIR SHOES? AND THEN I WOULD TAKE THAT ISSUE UP TO THE SCHOOL BOARD DURING A MEETING SO WE CAN FURTHER DISCUSS IT.
YOU'RE WELCOME. WHAT CAR DO YOU WANT TO ASK? QUESTION NUMBER SIX. OR WOULD YOU RATHER WE DO IT? YOU COULD DO IT. I'LL TAKE THAT ONE.
QUESTION NUMBER SIX, WE'RE JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WHERE OUR EXPECTATIONS ARE AND JUST WANT TO HEAR IF IT'S GOING TO BE A PROBLEM FOR YOU. AND YOU CAN EXPAND, YOU KNOW, AND PROVIDE US WITH INFORMATION HOWEVER YOU FEEL.
SO WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO ATTEND 6 P.M.
BOARD MEETINGS ON THE SECOND AND FOURTH MONDAY OF THE MONTH? THE ONLY THING I THE ONLY ISSUE I HAVE WITH THAT IS THAT I ALSO PARTICIPATE IN VOLLEYBALL, WHICH WE HAVE PRACTICED EVERY DAY FROM SEPTEMBER TO NOVEMBER.
BUT ANY OTHER THAN THAT, THEN I DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THAT.
OKAY. WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO ATTEND WORK SESSIONS THAT BEGIN AT 4:00 OR 430 ON THE FOURTH MONDAY OF EACH MONTH? I WAS IN VOLLEYBALL SO I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO.
BUT YEAH, AFTER THAT I WOULD DEFINITELY BE ABLE TO.
WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO REVIEW THE DETAILED AGENDA CONTENTS IN BOARD DOCS, WHICH IS THE PROGRAM ON THE COMPUTER HERE IN PREPARATION FOR DISCUSSION AND ADVISORY NOTES ADVISORY VOTES? YES. OKAY. AND WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN SCHOOL BOARD TOURS, WHICH ARE MOST OFTEN RUN DURING THE SCHOOL DAY? WE HAVE TO GET YOU OUT OF YOUR CLASSES ONCE A MONTH.
AND WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE THREE DAY WASHINGTON STATE SCHOOL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONFERENCE, WHICH IS HELD IN NOVEMBER AND THIS YEAR OR NEXT YEAR IT WILL BE IN BELLEVUE? YES. GREAT.
THANK YOU. OKAY, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PORTION OF THE QUESTIONS.
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I DO. I'M PLANNING ON DOING RUNNING START NEXT YEAR.IS THAT GOING TO BE A PROBLEM OR IS THAT TOTALLY FINE? MY ANSWER WOULD BE TOTALLY FINE.
TOTALLY FINE. ACTUALLY, IT'S ANOTHER UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE THAT YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO OFFER.
YES, WE HAVE. YEAH, WE WE'VE HAD HAD GOOD MEMBERS SKILL CENTER, SYDNEY RUNNING START.
SO, YEAH, WE HAD, WE'VE HAD A BOARD MEMBER ALREADY WHO'S DONE AMAZING.
THAT WOULD BE GREAT. OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. OKAY, SO FROM HERE WE WILL EXCUSE YOU.
WE WILL BE INTERVIEWING THE REST OF THE CANDIDATES.
OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
OH, OKAY. WE HAD A PRINTING ISSUE.
ARE YOU READY FOR EMMA? I THINK SO.
IS EVERYBODY READY? COME ON UP.
I JUST HAVE SOMETHING TO HAND OUT.
HI. WE WILL BE EACH ASKING YOU SOME QUESTIONS.
THOSE QUESTIONS ARE ALSO IN FRONT OF YOU.
WHEN YOU'RE READY, WE'RE READY.
YOU CAN DO IT. YOU'RE GOING TO DO GREAT.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT THREE.
I'M GOING TO ASK YOU YOUR FIRST QUESTION.
I'M A SOPHOMORE AT BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL.
CURRENTLY. MY INTEREST AND ACTIVITIES, THE WHAT I DO AT SCHOOL, I'M INVOLVED IN A CLUB CALLED [INAUDIBLE] AND I'M ALSO AN ATHLETE.
I THINK THAT'S PREPARED ME FOR THIS ROLE BECAUSE I'M VERY INVOLVED IN THE ATHLETIC COMMUNITY AT MY SCHOOL AND THE CLUB COMMUNITY AT MY SCHOOL, SO I CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, WHICH IS WHAT WILL BE HELPFUL IN THIS POSITION ON THE SCHOOL BOARD.
SO YEAH, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF.
WHAT ABOUT THE LAST PART OF THAT QUESTION? WHY DO YOU WANT TO BE A STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE? OH YES, I WANT TO BE A STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE BECAUSE I FEEL I CAN BRING A PERSPECTIVE, A STUDENT PERSPECTIVE TO THE BOARD, WHICH IS WHAT YOU ALL NEED.
OKAY, NOW. MARK WATRIN DIRECTOR, DISTRICT FOUR, CURRENT VICE PRESIDENT ON THE BOARD.
WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER THE ROLE OF THE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE TO BE? I CONSIDER THE ROLE OF A STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE TO BE A STUDENT, OF COURSE, TO BRING A STUDENT PERSPECTIVE TO THE BOARD.
I'VE REPEATED THAT MANY TIMES, BUT SO LIKE BRING UP ISSUES THAT THEY'RE SEEING AT THE SCHOOL AND BRING UP IDEAS TO FIX IT AND WHAT IS NEEDED FROM A STUDENT. SO YEAH, BASICALLY.
OKAY. NAME 2 OR 3 ISSUES THAT YOU THINK MIGHT COME UP AT A BOARD MEETING THAT YOU COULD WEIGH IN ON.
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PICK ONE AND TALK TO US ABOUT THAT ISSUE AND TELL US HOW YOU MIGHT CONTRIBUTE TO THE DISCUSSION.MAYBE WHAT THEY THINK OF A TEACHER? OR WHAT ABOUT THIS CLASS AND GIVE A PERSPECTIVE OF IF THAT CLASS IS HELPFUL OR IF IT'S LIKE MAYBE NOT ON THE GOOD SIDE.
YEAH. ANOTHER ISSUE FROM MY PERSPECTIVE IS MAYBE SOMETHING GOING ON AT SCHOOL, LIKE THE HALLWAYS.
THEY'RE VERY BUSY, SO MAYBE SOMETHING TO RESOLVE THAT ISSUE AND YEAH BESIDES THE HALLWAY ISSUE, ARE THERE ANY OTHER THINGS THAT YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE CHANGE IN THE SCHOOLS? I DO. THE BUSSING ISSUE IS SOMETHING I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT, AND THE PARKING LOT IS ALREADY VERY CROWDED AS IT IS.
SO MAYBE SOMETHING TO TURN THE BUSSES AROUND OR SOMETHING TO MAKE IT FLOW EASIER.
IS THIS A SPECIFICALLY I'VE BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL? YEAH, I'VE HEARD THAT ONE BEFORE.
EMMA. I'M MARY SNITILY AND I'M THE DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT ONE.
HI. THIS PAST YEAR, THE BOARD HAS STRONGLY PROMOTED AND ENCOURAGED STUDENT VOICE.
HOW WOULD YOU CONTRIBUTE TO STUDENT VOICE AND HOW WOULD YOU ENCOURAGE ALL STUDENTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT TO PARTICIPATE? OKAY. OKAY.
I COULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE STUDENT VOICE BY AGAIN BRINGING A STUDENT PERSPECTIVE, BUT I COULD BRING THOUGHTS TO THE TABLE THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR DISCUSSION.
AND I COULD ENCOURAGE ALL STUDENTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT TO PARTICIPATE BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR SCHOOL, AND GETTING OTHERS INVOLVED WOULD ALSO OF COURSE BE VERY HELPFUL TOO.
SO THAT'S VERY LIKE IT'S IMPORTANT.
SO ENCOURAGING OTHERS TO DO IT WOULD ALSO BE A GOOD THING.
MS ANY DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS ON WHAT SPECIFIC ACTIONS YOU MIGHT TAKE IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE MORE STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE? YES, I COULD GET MY FRIENDS INVOLVED.
I COULD GET PEOPLE THAT I KNOW AND THEY COULD SPREAD THE WORD.
AND YEAH, SOCIAL MEDIA IS A BIG.
MY NAME IS ANDREW LAWHON. I'M THE DIRECTOR FOR DISTRICT TWO.
AND THE QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU IS IF YOU RECEIVED A COMPLAINT FROM A FELLOW STUDENT, PARENT OR OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBER REGARDING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? UM HM.
I WOULD BRING IT UP TO PEOPLE HERE AND WE'D TALK ABOUT IT AND WHAT WE COULD DO TO IMPROVE IT AND.
THANKS. I'M SORA TOLLEY AND I AM ONE OF THE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES.
AND I HAVE YOUR NEXT QUESTION, WHICH HAS KIND OF A BUNCH OF PARTS.
SO I'LL DO IT LIKE ONE AT A TIME.
AND THE FIRST PART IS, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO ATTEND 6:00 PM BOARD MEETINGS ON THE SECOND AND FOURTH MONDAYS OF THE MONTH? YES. AND WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO ATTEND WORK SESSIONS THAT BEGIN AT 4:00 OR 4:30 P.M.
WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO REVIEW THE DETAILED AGENDA CONTENTS AND BOARD DOCS IN PREPARATION FOR THE DISCUSSION AND ADVISORY VOTE? YES. WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN SCHOOL BOARD TOURS AND WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE THREE DAY WASHINGTON STATE SCHOOL SCHOOL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN NOVEMBER? YES. THANK YOU, EMMA.
ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.
FROM HERE, WE WILL EXCUSE YOU.
WE WILL MEET WITH THE REST OF THE CANDIDATES.
OH, DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR US? OH, MY GOD. THANK YOU, MARY.
OH, MAN. I'M JUST, LIKE, READY TO GO.
APPARENTLY, I'M JUST GOING TO PASS EVERYTHING ALONG, SO I APOLOGIZE.
DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR US? I DO HAVE A QUESTION. SO IF SOMETHING COMES UP AND I CAN'T MAKE ANY OF THE BOARD MEETINGS, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU WOULD LET ONE OF US KNOW AND WE WOULD EXCUSE YOU?
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OKAY. I WAS GOING TO SAY HOW YOU GUYS COULD TALK ABOUT YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE.THERE'S THINGS THAT HAVE COME UP TODAY.
BUT YEAH, I JUST MAKE SURE THAT I TEXT.
OH, BY THE WAY, I'M RICARDO MARTIN DEL CAMPO.
I'M THE SENIOR STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE.
I JUST LET JACKIE AND SANDY, WHO'S NOT HERE TODAY, I JUST LET THEM KNOW BY JUST TEXTING THEM, YOU KNOW? OKAY, THAT'S ALL.
OKAY, SO FROM HERE, WE'LL START THAT SPEECH OVER.
FROM HERE, WE'RE GOING TO EXCUSE YOU.
WE'RE GOING TO MEET WITH THE REST OF THE CANDIDATES.
THEN WE'LL WE THE BOARD WILL GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WE WILL MAKE A DECISION AND THEN WE WILL MAKE PHONE CALLS AND WE WILL CALL ALL OF THE CANDIDATES AND LET YOU KNOW ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. OKAY. AWESOME.
JUST DOWN THE STAIRS ON THAT TABLE.
HOW ARE YOU? GREAT. HOW ARE YOU? DOING GOOD. OKAY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, BY THE WAY.
THANK YOU ALL. WE ARE GOING TO ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS.
WE'RE GOING TO START AT THAT END AND KIND OF LOOP AROUND.
AWESOME. ARE YOU READY TO GO? WHENEVER YOU ALL ARE. ALL RIGHT.
I'M TED SHAMPINE, I'M THE DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT THREE.
I'LL HAVE THE FIRST QUESTION HERE TO GET US STARTED.
SO, HI, MY NAME IS ELIZABETH MCALEAR.
CURRENTLY, I AM A SOPHOMORE AT BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT MIGHT HAVE PREPARED ME FOR THIS ROLE, I'M JUST GOING TO GO DOWN THE LIST.
CURRENTLY I AM IN SPEECH AND DEBATE.
NEXT YEAR I WILL BE ONE OF OUR TEAM CAPTAINS.
I DO THE MARCHING BAND AS WELL AS THE CONCERT BAND AT BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL.
I'M PARTICIPATING IN STRIPES, WHICH IS PEER MENTORING FOR INCOMING FRESHMEN.
I ALSO WOULD LOVE TO BE THE STUDENT OR TO BE THE VOICE OF STUDENTS WITHIN OUR DISTRICT, AS I THINK THAT REPRESENTATION FOR ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF PEOPLE IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT REGARDLESS OF WHERE THAT MIGHT BE.
ELIZABETH MY NAME IS MARK WATRIN.
I'M A DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT FOUR AND CURRENT VICE PRESIDENT ON THE BOARD.
WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER THE ROLE OF THE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE TO BE? SO AS I HAVE BEEN TOLD, THE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES ARE BRINGING A STUDENT PERSPECTIVE, PERSPECTIVE SORRY, INTO DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE BY THE STUDENT BOARD. SO WHETHER WE'RE PASSING BONDS OR LEVIES OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE THAT WE'RE DOING, STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES HELP BRING A PERSPECTIVE THAT IS.
MAYBE DOWN MORE ON THE GROUND LEVEL.
IF WE'RE THINKING THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD IS LOOKING AT THINGS FROM 30,000FT ABOVE, STUDENTS ARE GOING TO BE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, DOWN IN THE TRENCHES DEALING WITH ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT WE ARE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? IT DOES ANSWER MY QUESTION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT.
I AM THE DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT FIVE AND CURRENT BOARD PRESIDENT.
PICK ONE AND TALK TO US ABOUT THAT ISSUE AND TELL US HOW YOU MIGHT CONTRIBUTE TO THE DISCUSSION.
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ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE HEARD ABOUT TALK THAT I HAVE HEARD HAVE BEEN TALKED ABOUT RECENTLY ARE WEIGHTED GPAS.AND I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD COME UP AS THAT CONCERNS ALL OF YOU.
HOW WOULD I CONTRIBUTE TO THIS DISCUSSION? WELL, NOT ONLY WOULD I BRING MY PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE AND THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE STUDENTS THAT ARE IMMEDIATELY AROUND ME, BUT ALSO WITHIN SPEECH AND DEBATE, I AM INVOLVED WITH A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT ARE FROM OTHER SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, AND I HEAR A LOT ABOUT MOST OF US ARE AP STUDENTS.
I HEAR A LOT ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT REGARDING THESE WEIGHTED GPAS AND REGARDING THE FIVE POINT SCALE.
HOW COULD I CONTRIBUTE TO THIS DISCUSSION? SORRY. I THINK I WOULD REALLY JUST BRING UP THE THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN TOLD TO ME, WHAT I HAVE DISCUSSED WITH OTHER STUDENTS, AND JUST BRING THAT TO THE TABLE.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, ARE THERE ANY OTHER ISSUES THAT YOU AS YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE IN SCHOOL THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THE BOARD TACKLE OR YOU'D BE ABLE TO OFFER PERSPECTIVE ON? I HAVE TWO OTHER IN MIND.
DO YOU WANT ME TO DISCUSS BOTH? YOU DON'T HAVE TO. I MEAN, YOU CAN.
YEAH, YOU HAVE THE QUESTION? SAID 2 OR 3. SO. YEAH.
AND WE ALSO DON'T HAVE AIR CONDITIONING.
AND ALSO FOR OUR ATHLETES THAT ARE IN THERE FOR SEVERAL HOURS A DAY DOING ATHLETE THINGS, I, I MEAN, I WOULDN'T WANT TO BE SO HOT IN THE GYM.
AND I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD PROBABLY BRING A NEW STUDENT PERSPECTIVE ON.
THE OTHER ONE I HAD IN MIND IS DISCRIMINATION WITHIN OUR DISTRICT.
WE CAN'T ALLOCATE $25 AND SAY, HEY, LET'S STOP RACISM.
HOWEVER, ON THE SCHOOL BOARD, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO SAY, HEY, LET'S BRING THIS EDUCATION FORWARD AND LET'S SAY WE'RE GOING TO EDUCATE THESE STUDENTS AND WE'RE GOING TO GIVE MAYBE HAVE PEOPLE TALK AND WE'RE GOING TO MAYBE BRING A NEW PERSPECTIVE AND TEACH STUDENTS ABOUT THE WEIGHT OF THEIR WORDS AND THE IMPACT OF WHAT IS GOING ON.
BECAUSE DISCRIMINATION SHOULD NEVER BE INVOLVED IN A SCHOOL SETTING.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S FAIR.
THANK YOU. ELIZABETH I'M MARY SNITILY, AND I'M THE DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT ONE.
THIS PAST YEAR, THE BOARD HAS STRONGLY PROMOTED AND ENCOURAGED STUDENT VOICE.
HOW WOULD YOU CONTRIBUTE TO STUDENT VOICE AND HOW WOULD YOU ENCOURAGE ALL STUDENTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT TO PARTICIPATE? HOW COULD I CONTRIBUTE TO STUDENT VOICE? SO BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES AND THINGS THAT I DO OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL, I AM EXPOSED TO AN ARRAY OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THROUGH SPEECH AND DEBATE, AS I'M INTERACTING WITH DIFFERENT STUDENTS FROM ALL OVER OUR DISTRICT.
I THINK ENCOURAGING ALL STUDENTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT TO PARTICIPATE IS REALLY, REALLY COMES DOWN TO TALKING ABOUT THE ISSUES THAT ARE GOING ON, JUST DISCUSSING THESE THINGS AND GETTING THESE NEW PERSPECTIVES WHICH COULD THEN BE BROUGHT BACK TO THE TABLE.
I THINK HAVING PERSPECTIVES FROM ALL DIFFERENT AREAS AND ALL DIFFERENT, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM WALKS OF LIFE IS REALLY IMPORTANT WHEN CONSIDERING NEW THINGS.
OKAY. MY NAME IS ANDREW LAWHON.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT TWO.
AND THE QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU IS, IF YOU'VE RECEIVED A COMPLAINT FROM A FELLOW STUDENT, PARENT OR COMMUNITY MEMBER REGARDING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? SO THAT'S NOT SOMETHING I AM ENTIRELY ALIEN TO.
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. WHEN RECEIVING A COMPLAINT, I THINK THE FIRST THING TO DO IS TAKE A STEP BACK AND ACTUALLY LOOK AT WHAT THEY ARE ASKING.IS THIS SOMETHING THAT IS REASONABLE? CAN WE ACTUALLY DO THIS OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT IS ONLY GOING TO BENEFIT OR AFFECT A COUPLE OF PEOPLE? SO FIRST, I WOULD LOOK AT WHAT IS BEING ASKED OF US AND THEN I WOULD THINK, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD IS FIT TO DO? AS I SAID EARLIER, YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING AT THINGS FROM 30,000FT ABOVE.
SHOULD THIS ISSUE OR COMPLAINT BE BROUGHT TO SOMEBODY ELSE THAT IS GOING TO BE BETTER FIT TO DEAL WITH THIS COMPLAINT? AND IF I DO DEEM THIS SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO BE BROUGHT TO THE SCHOOL BOARD, I WOULD PROBABLY I'M NOT 100% SURE HOW MEETINGS GO, BUT I WOULD BRING IT UP AT SOME POINT AND SAY, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I HEARD.
HOW CAN WE THEN GO AND MAYBE MAKE THIS COMPLAINT HEARD OR MAKE THIS EASIER? WHAT CAN WE DO TO SATISFY THE STUDENTS THAT ARE BEING AFFECTED BY IT? THANK YOU. OKAY.
HI, ELIZABETH. I'M SORA TOLLEY AND I'M ONE OF THE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES RIGHT NOW.
SO QUESTION SIX SAYS, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO ATTEND 6 P.M.
BOARD MEETINGS TO BEGIN ON THE SECOND AND FOURTH MONDAY OF THE MONTH? YES, I WILL. WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO ATTEND WORK SESSIONS THAT BEGIN AT 4:00 OR 4:30 P.M.
ON THE FOURTH MONDAY? ABSOLUTELY. AND REVIEW THE DETAILED AGENDA THAT CONTENTS IN BOARD DOCS IN PREPARATION FOR DISCUSSION AND ADVISORY VOTE.
YES. WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN SCHOOL BOARD TOURS, WHICH ARE USUALLY DURING THE DAY AND DURING CLASSES SO YOU'D GET EXCUSED? YES. AND ATTEND THE THREE DAY WASHINGTON STATE SCHOOL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN NOVEMBER? I BELIEVE SO. THANK YOU, ELIZABETH.
OKAY. ELIZABETH, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR US? I DO. I HAVE ONE TUCKED AWAY IN MY FOLDER.
UM, SO AS A STUDENT MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT I MIGHT FACE? IS THAT MIGHT BE A QUESTION MORE FOR YOU TWO OVER HERE? NO, GO FOR IT. UM.
LET'S SEE. AS FOR CHALLENGES THAT YOU MIGHT FACE, I THINK THAT, LIKE, YOU'VE COVERED THIS PRETTY WELL, BUT REALIZING THAT YOUR PERSPECTIVE IS A LOT DIFFERENT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THOSE THAT ARE ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, ELECTED ONTO THE BOARD.
AND WHEN THINGS COME UP, SOMETIMES THERE'S JUST CONCEPTS AND THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON LIKE IN THE BUDGET AND POLICIES THAT ARE REALLY HARD TO GRASP.
SO ACTUALLY, LIKE AFTER THE FIRST FEW MONTHS, REALLY TRYING TO PUT YOURSELF, I DON'T KNOW, IN A POSITION THAT CAN ACTUALLY START TO GRASP AND UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON IN STUDENT BOARD MEETINGS OR IN SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS, BECAUSE THERE'S VERY FEW THINGS THAT AT THE VERY BEGINNING YOU'LL ACTUALLY LIKE REALLY FEEL A CONNECTION TO BECAUSE THAT'S ALL YOU REALLY UNDERSTAND AT THE BEGINNING.
SO JUST LIKE TRYING TO GET IN THE FLOW OF THINGS I FEEL LIKE IS VERY DIFFICULT.
BUT AFTER THAT IT'S YEAH, I DON'T KNOW.
WHAT ABOUT YOU, RICARDO? WHAT DO YOU THINK? HI, MY NAME IS RICARDO MARTIN DEL CAMPO.
I'M THE SENIOR STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE.
BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU'LL HEAR, LIKE, ACRONYMS FOR, LIKE, EVERY SINGLE THING, AND THEN YOU'RE LIKE, WHAT DOES THIS ACTUALLY MEAN? SO THEN IT'S MORE LIKE YOU HAVE TO PUT IN YOUR OWN TIME AND EFFORT INTO LIKE RESEARCHING SAID LIKE ACRONYM OR LIKE REALLY ANYTHING THAT COMES UP WITH A BOARD AND ALSO MAKING SURE LIKE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE WHAT YOUR PURPOSE ON THE BOARD WILL BE LIKE IS.
I HAVE ONE MORE. DO WE HAVE? YES. AND THEN WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CURRENT THINGS THAT ARE BEING DISCUSSED RIGHT NOW? IF I'M ALLOWED TO ASK THAT FIRST.
PROBABLY THE BIGGEST DISCUSSION WE'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW, I WOULD SAY, HAS AND CONSISTENTLY HAS BEEN ABOUT DO WE RUN A BOND? AND SECOND TO THAT, I WOULD SAY IS CURRICULUM.
WE'RE REVIEWING A LOT OF CURRICULUM RIGHT NOW.
I THINK THERE'S TWO ON THE BOARD AGENDA TONIGHT THAT WILL BE REVIEWING.
THANK YOU. I CAN I THINK ANOTHER CONSTANT ISSUE WE HAVE IS HOW DO WE BUILD
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CLOSER TIES TO OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY SO WE GET THE WHOLE COMMUNITY'S VOICE, INCLUDING STUDENT VOICE IN THERE.AND WE ALWAYS ARE LOOKING FOR HELP ON THAT.
THAT'S ALL I HAD. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING? I THINK WE'RE GOOD. NICE JOB.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. FROM HERE, WE'LL EXCUSE YOU.
WE WILL FINISH OUR INTERVIEWS WITH THE REST OF THE CANDIDATES.
AND THEN WE WILL PHONE EACH OF THE CANDIDATES AND LET THEM KNOW ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
PLEASURE MEETING YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING IN.
YEAH. IT BECOMES RIGHT THERE FOR YOU.
HELLO. OH, WOW. SURPRISED? I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WOULD BE A MIC AND STUFF.
HOW ARE YOU? I'M GOOD. HOW ARE YOU? I'M DOING WELL, THANK YOU.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE. IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU ALL.
I HAVEN'T SEEN I'VE SEEN SOME OF THESE FACES, BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN ALL OF THEM.
WE ARE GOING TO ASK YOU A SERIES OF QUESTIONS.
WE'RE GOING TO START ON THIS END AND LOOP OUR WAY AROUND, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO ASK QUESTIONS OF US, AND THEN WE'LL GIVE YOU THE NEXT STEPS BEFORE YOU GO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT THREE AND I HAVE A FIRST QUESTION, SO I'M GOING TO START US OFF HERE.
AND AND THE QUESTIONS ARE IN FRONT OF YOU.
JULIA SO IF YOU LOSE TRACK, YOU CAN GO BACK TO THEM AND MAKE SURE YOU'VE GOT EVERYTHING.
COOL. OKAY? SO, YEAH, AS YOU GUYS ALREADY KNOW, I'M A 10TH GRADER.
I'VE BEEN GOING TO RIVER HOME LIKE, MOST OF MY, LIKE, TIME, SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF.
I'M VERY INVOLVED WITH LIKE EXTRA CLASSES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND I ALSO DO A LOT OF LIKE OUTSIDE COMMUNITY SERVICE THINGS.
LIKE I WORK AT A SUMMER CAMP DURING THE SUMMER SEASON AND IN THE OFF SEASON, AND I ALSO JUST HELP OUT WITH THINGS LIKE AT MY CHURCH, I'M VERY I'M COMMITTED TO PRE-K SERVICES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
OBVIOUSLY, I DON'T HAVE THE MOST LIKE, YOU GUYS HAVE MORE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THIS ROLE THAN I DO.
UM, SO I'M TRYING TO THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE.
LIKE IT'S JUST BATTLE GROUND AND PRAIRIE.
AND THEN YOU GUYS CAME AND VISITED AND YOU GUYS WERE LIKE, WE ARE OPENING IT TO ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS.
AND I'M ALSO I'M INVOLVED IN BOTH ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS AND I DO SPORTS AT BATTLE GROUND.
I LITERALLY JUST CAME HERE FROM BATTLE GROUND, ACTUALLY.
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ANYTHING, EVEN IF IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WORKS FOR THEM.OR IF YOU GUYS ASK ME FOR INSIGHT OF LIKE, WHAT DO YOU THINK LIKE THE STUDENTS WOULD WANT FOR A CERTAIN SITUATION? LIKE I WANT TO BE SOMEBODY WHO WOULD HAVE AN INSIGHT FOR BOTH THE ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS AND THE TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS SO THAT WE CAN COME TO A COMPROMISE THAT WOULD WORK FOR EVERYBODY.
HI. MARC. WATRIN DIRECTOR I'VE DISTRICT FOUR CURRENT VICE PRESIDENT ON THE BOARD.
WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER THE ROLE OF A STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE TO BE? I THINK IT'S KIND OF IN THE NAME.
AND LIKE FOR WHAT I SAW OF THE ROLE OF THE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES HERE IS THEY ARE HERE SO THAT YOU GUYS JUST DON'T MAKE BLIND DECISIONS, EVEN THOUGH SOMETIMES THAT CAN BE A GOOD THING.
LIKE IT'S THIS IS SCHOOL AND THIS IS EDUCATION.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR STUDENTS.
SO IT'S LIKE A TWO WAY STREET ALMOST, AND LIKE SOMEBODY WHO CAN ALSO LIKE LEARN AND SOMEBODY WHO CAN ALSO TEACH BECAUSE THEY'RE LIKE IN BOTH LIKE THE TOP AND THE BOTTOM WHERE THEY'RE LIKE EXPERIENCING THE EFFECTS AND THEY'RE ALSO HELPING MAKE THE EFFECTS.
I'M NOT SURE IF THAT MADE THAT MUCH SENSE, BUT I HOPE IT DID.
ALL RIGHT, JULIA. I AM JACKIE MADDUX.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT FIVE.
OKAY. UM, AN ISSUE COULD BE WITH ASVS, THE EDITING OF A CONSTITUTION OR TRYING TO. WHAT'S THAT WORD? OH, I FORGOT THE WORD, BUT LIKE CLUBS.
LIKE IF A SCHOOL IS PRESENTING A NEW CLUB.
UM, ANOTHER ISSUE COULD BE CURRICULAR CLASSES.
SO I'LL USE AN EXAMPLE ACTUALLY, FROM MY SCHOOL.
I'M A HIGH SCHOOLER AT A K 12 ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL.
I GO TO RIVER HOMELINK, WHICH I'M ASSUMING YOU GUYS ALL KNOW.
IT'S NOT SUPER FUN BECAUSE IT'S NOT VERY HANDS ON.
SO LIKE, HOW COULD WE GET MORE STAFFING AT RIVER HOMELINK OR AT ANY OTHER SCHOOL FOR MORE ELECTIVES? SO LET'S SAY WE USED TO HAVE WOODSHOP, BUT WE DON'T ANYMORE BECAUSE WE COULDN'T KEEP THE STAFF FOR IT.
AND WE HAVE MUSIC FOR YOUNGER TEACHERS, BUT YOUNGER TEACHERS, YOUNGER STUDENTS.
AND JUST THINGS LIKE THAT WHERE IT'S LIKE, OKAY, HOW CAN LIKE A STUDENT LIKE ME AND LIKE MAYBE WHAT ELECTIVES WOULD A STUDENT WANT AT THIS SCHOOL? OR LIKE, HOW NECESSARY IS IT FOR A STUDENT TO HAVE LIKE A WIDE AMOUNT OF ELECTIVES? AND SO, YEAH, THAT'S A WAY THAT I CAN CONTRIBUTE.
I COULD BE LIKE, OH, WELL, I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE AT MY SCHOOL AND A LOT OF PEOPLE AT OTHER SCHOOLS WHERE THEY TAKE LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, AT BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL, THEY HAVE CERAMICS AND I KNOW SO MANY PEOPLE AT MY SCHOOL WOULD LOVE CERAMICS, BUT LIKE, HOW WOULD WE MAKE THAT HAPPEN SO I COULD HELP YOU GUYS WITH STUFF LIKE THAT? HI, JULIA. I'M MARY SNITILY AND I'M THE DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT ONE.
THIS PAST YEAR, THE BOARD HAS STRONGLY PROMOTED AND ENCOURAGED STUDENT VOICE.
HOW WOULD YOU CONTRIBUTE TO STUDENT VOICE AND HOW WOULD YOU ENCOURAGE ALL STUDENTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT TO PARTICIPATE? I'M REALLY GLAD THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS ARE PROMOTING, ENCOURAGING BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS ALSO ONE OF MY CORE VALUES AND SOMETHING THAT REALLY DRIVES ME IN MY LEADERSHIP STYLE AND LIKE HOW I CARRY OUT BASICALLY EVERYTHING I DO.
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SO A GOOD WAY THAT I CONTRIBUTE TO STUDENT VOICE IS THERE'S LIKE A LOWER LEVEL AND A HIGHER LEVEL TO THIS.SO LOWER LEVEL WOULD BE BEING MORE RELATIONSHIP.
GIVE ME A SECOND RELATIONAL WITH LIKE STUDENTS AROUND ME.
SO THAT COULD BE LIKE GETTING MORE INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY.
I'M ALREADY INVOLVED IN SPORTS AND ASB, BUT HOW COULD I BE MORE INVOLVED? LIKE MAYBE I SHOULD JOIN LIKE STUDENT GROUPS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, GET GET OTHER PEOPLE'S OPINIONS ON ISSUES AND ASK THEM GENUINELY LIKE, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS? THAT'S A GOOD THAT'S A GOOD THING THAT I'VE BEEN DOING A LOT.
LIKE I'VE BEEN ASKING LIKE, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS AND THAT? LIKE, PEOPLE WILL ANSWER, STUDENTS WILL ANSWER.
AND ANOTHER WAY IS LIKE, I NOTICED YOU GUYS SENT OUT THAT SURVEY EARLIER THIS YEAR.
I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT WAS A THING ALSO.
AND A LOT OF IT IS JUST GOING AROUND AND BEING LIKE, WHAT'S YOUR GENUINE FEEDBACK ON THIS? SO A GOOD WAY THAT I HAVE LIKE CONTRIBUTED TO STUDENT VOICE, LIKE IN MY OWN COMMUNITY IS I'VE ADDED LIKE IN MY ASB, I'VE ADDED LIKE AN AGENDA LIKE TO THE AGENDA.
I'VE ADDED AN AGENDA SLOT THAT JUST SAYS COMMUNICATION.
AND IT'S JUST WE SIT THERE AND WE TALK ABOUT IDEAS AND WE SAY, OKAY, WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK ABOUT THIS? DO YOU GUYS LIKE THINK THAT THIS IS A GOOD THING THAT WE'RE DOING, OR DO YOU WANT TO DO IT DIFFERENTLY? AND LIKE THERE, I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING LIKE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD AS OF HOW WE CAN LIKE ENFORCE THAT, LIKE FOR ALL STUDENTS IN A WAY THAT IS LIKE SUPER EFFICIENT AND SUPER LIKE, I'M NOT WORRIED HELPFUL, BUT LIKE THERE ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN LIKE GET OTHER STUDENTS TO SPEAK.
AND ONE WAY THAT WE CAN DO THAT IS TO GET STUDENTS LIKE ME WHO ARE NOT SCARED TO SPEAK UP AND TO BE LIKE, HEY, LIKE, IS THIS WORKING FOR YOU? AND IF IT ISN'T LIKE COMING UP HERE BECAUSE THIS IS KIND OF SCARY.
I'M NOT GOING TO LIE. I'M A LITTLE SCARED, BUT LIKE, I JUST CARE A LOT ABOUT WHAT STUDENTS THINK.
AND SO THAT'S FROM A LOWER LEVEL, JUST LIKE BEING RELATIONAL AND BEING LIKE, HEY, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS? AND LIKE, DO YOU LIKE THIS IDEA? OR LIKE, SO I GUESS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF A BIG THING IS OUR PROM JUST HAPPENED AND THE WHOLE NIGHT I WAS JUST RUNNING AROUND.
I HAPPENED TO BE A CO PROM CHAIR WITH ANOTHER PERSON ON MY COMMITTEE AND I WAS JUST RUNNING AROUND AND I WAS LIKE, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS MUSIC AND LIKE, STUFF LIKE THAT? AND I KNOW THAT MY SCHOOL IS ALSO WORKING A LOT ON STUDENT VOICE AND LIKE, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS? SO THAT'S KIND OF A GOOD WAY.
MY NAME IS ANDREW LAWHON AND I'M THE DIRECTOR FOR DISTRICT TWO.
AND MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS, IF YOU RECEIVED A COMPLAINT FROM A FELLOW STUDENT, PARENT OR COMMUNITY MEMBER REGARDING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? I FEEL LIKE THIS IS DANGEROUS TERRITORY THAT WE RUN IN NOW.
I THINK THE FIRST THING THAT YOU ALWAYS NEED TO DO IS ASK FOR MORE DETAILS AND FOR CONTEXT.
SO LAST YEAR, YOU GUYS PROBABLY ALL KNOW MY PRINCIPAL, MR. KESSLER. SO THERE WERE SOME ISSUES REGARDING COMMUNICATION FROM BOTH SIDES.
IT WAS NOT JUST HIM. IT WAS NOT JUST ASB, BUT ME AND ANOTHER STUDENT WHO'S GRADUATING NOW.
WE WERE TRYING TO THINK OF LIKE, HOW CAN WE FIX THIS ISSUE? BECAUSE THINGS JUST LIKE WEREN'T REALLY HAPPENING THE WAY WE WANTED TO.
WE WERE LIKE, THAT CAN'T HAPPEN.
AND SO OUR FIRST OUR FIRST RESPONSE, INSTEAD OF ASKING FOR MORE CONTEXT FROM MR. KESSLER HIMSELF OR FOR ASKING FOR MORE DETAILS AND CLARIFICATION ON WHY THESE MISCOMMUNICATIONS WERE HAPPENING, WE JUST KIND OF WENT STRAIGHT TO THE SCHOOL BOARD, WHICH WAS DEFINITELY A MISTAKE. AND AND SO I THINK I GUESS WHERE I'M TRYING TO GET AT IS I DEFINITELY WOULD HAVE WISHED THAT SOMEBODY ASKED ME FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHY I WAS ASKING THE SCHOOL BOARD, BECAUSE IN MY HEAD I KNEW WHY AND I KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON, BUT LIKE I DEFINITELY SHOULD HAVE.
AND THERE WERE DEFINITELY OTHER SOLUTIONS.
LIKE LATER ON, WE ENDED UP ACTUALLY HAVING A MEETING WITH MR. KESSLER. I WAS LIKE AN HOUR LONG AND WE JUST LIKE WE MADE A PLAN AND WE WORKED THROUGH ALL THESE THINGS.
SO MANY THINGS GOT TAKEN CARE OF WITHIN A WEEK.
UM, SO THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST THING I'D DO.
JUST LIKE GO UP TO THIS PERSON.
WHOEVER, LIKE, IS COMPLAINING TO ME IS LIKE, HEY, CAN YOU, LIKE, SPEAK UP ABOUT THIS? AND IT'S LIKE, OKAY, LET'S DIVE INTO THIS PROBLEM.
THAT WAS THAT WAS A BIG LESSON I LEARNED AND THAT THAT WAS LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR, COMMUNICATION WITH MR. KESSLER AND JUST WITH EVERYBODY IN MY SCHOOL HAS BEEN SO MUCH BETTER.
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SO YEAH, AND IF IT IS LIKE A REAL ISSUE, THEN I'M LIKE, MAN, WE SHOULD REALLY BRING THIS UP.I'M SURE YOU GUYS HAVE A PROCESS.
I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT PROCESS YET, BUT I WOULD PROBABLY JUST BE LIKE, HEY GUYS.
SO I'D BE LIKE, SO THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT CAME UP THAT I THOUGHT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO BRING TO YOU GUYS, BECAUSE LET'S SAY A PARENT CAME UP TO ME AT MY SCHOOL, MY SCHOOL IS VERY PARENT ORIENTED. WE HAVE A PTO, FULLY INDEPENDENT PTO AND A FULLY INDEPENDENT ASB, WHICH IS PRETTY UNIQUE.
BUT LET'S SAY A PARENT CAME UP TO ME AND I WAS LIKE, I'M TRYING TO THINK OF A GOOD EXAMPLE.
WELL, I CAN'T THINK OF AN EXAMPLE RIGHT NOW, BUT LET'S SAY SOMETHING'S HAPPENING AND THIS PARENT COMES UP TO ME AND IS LIKE, CAN YOU BRING THIS TO SCHOOL BOARD? I HEARD THAT YOU'RE THIS BOARD REP.
AND SO I COME TO YOU GUYS, I'M LIKE, HEY, THIS IS THE ISSUE.
I DELVED INTO IT WITH THEM AND I LOOKED INTO THESE LIKE, I LOOKED INTO ALL THE DETAILS.
AND THIS IS A SOLUTION I THINK WE MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT.
IT MIGHT NOT BE SUPER DETAILED BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS.
I'M FAIRLY YOUNG, BUT I MIGHT HAVE SOME FORM OF INSIGHT TO GIVE TO YOU BEFORE.
I'M JUST LIKE, HEY, HERE'S THIS PROBLEM, THIS PARENT MAD.
FIX IT. BECAUSE THAT'S JUST I FEEL LIKE THAT'S NOT VERY PROFESSIONAL.
I'M ONE OF THE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES.
THERE'S A BUNCH OF PARTS TO THIS, SO I'LL JUST DO THIS ONE BY ONE AND HAVE YOU RESPOND.
BUT WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO ATTEND 6 P.M.
BOARD MEETINGS ON THE SECOND AND FOURTH MONDAYS OF THE MONTH? YEAH. AND WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO ATTEND WORK SESSIONS TO BEGIN AT 4:00 OR 4:30 P.M.
ON THE FOURTH MONDAY? YES. WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO REVIEW THE DETAILED AGENDA CONTENTS IN BOARD DOCS IN PREPARATION FOR THE DISCUSSION AND ADVISORY VOTE? I WOULD.
PARTICIPATE IN SCHOOL BOARD TOURS, WHICH ARE USUALLY DURING THE DAY AND DURING SCHOOL HOURS? YEAH, AND THAT'S PERFECT BECAUSE I ONLY GO TO SCHOOLS LIKE THREE DAYS A WEEK ANYWAY, SO.
CORRECT. AND WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE THREE DAY WASHINGTON STATE SCHOOL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN NOVEMBER? YES. THANK YOU, JULIA.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR US? OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF YOUR QUESTION AND KIND OF THROW IT BACK AT YOU A LITTLE BIT.
SO YOU GUYS TALKED A LOT ABOUT STUDENT VOICE.
I'M ALSO GOING TO TALK ABOUT STUDENT VOICE.
SO THIS IS KIND OF MAINLY FOR THE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES, BUT ANYBODY CAN ANSWER HOW LIKE, HOW IS YOUR VOICE HEARD LIKE IN THIS SPACE? HI, MY NAME IS RICARDO MARTIN DEL CAMPO.
I'M THE STUDENT SENIOR STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE ON THE BOARD.
BUT I FEEL LIKE OUR VOICE IS HEARD GENUINELY.
WE TALK WITH EACH OTHER AND JUST MAKE SURE, LIKE WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE.
IT'S REALLY LIKE A IT'S AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS IF NEEDED.
A LOT OF THE TIMES YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE LIKE RESEARCHING LIKE WHAT'S HAPPENING ON YOUR OWN.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, LIKE, IF YOU NEED CLARIFICATION, EVERYONE'S HERE.
WE ALSO DO A STUDENT ADVISORY VOTE.
SO BASICALLY WE JUST LOOK INTO WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON AND THEN WE SAY PRO OR CON.
SO LIKE IF WE AGREE WITH IT OR NOT, IT DOESN'T IMPACT THE VOTE IN GENERAL.
HOWEVER, IT JUST PROVIDES LIKE INFORMATION TO OUR BOARD ABOUT WHETHER STUDENTS WOULD AGREE OR STUDENTS LIKE US WOULD AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH WHAT'S GOING ON.
YEAH, AND I HAVE TO AGREE WITH RICARDO.
OUR VOICE IS REALLY ARE HEARD.
WE WENT TO THAT IN NOVEMBER AND THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT STUDENT VOICE BECAUSE IT'S A REALLY UP AND COMING LIKE TOPIC AND A LOT OF THE, LIKE LITTLE CONFERENCES THAT WE WENT TO MENTIONED HOW A LOT OF SCHOOL BOARD STUDENT MEMBERS WERE STRUGGLING WITH BEING HEARD IN THEIR RESPECTIVE BOARDS, BUT WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE THAT ISSUE. SO I THINK THAT GENUINELY LIKE IF YOU DO HAVE A LOT OF STUFF THAT YOU WANT TO BRING TO THE BOARD, DON'T BE AFRAID TO DO THAT.
OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A TIME AND A PLACE, BUT LIKE, YOU KNOW, IN GENERAL, IT'S A RECEPTIVE BOARD.
NO. OH, MY GOSH, THAT SOUNDED SO LIKE THAT SOUNDED SO TERRIBLE.
OKAY. THEY'RE MODERATELY RECEPTIVE.
WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO BETTER WITH THE NEW PEOPLE.
I'M SORRY. WHAT WERE YOU SAYING? I ACTUALLY COULDN'T.
ALL RIGHT. WE'LL BE TURNING HER MIC OFF LATER.
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DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR US? OKAY. SO I'M ALSO VERY I THINK I SAID THIS EARLIER, I'M VERY SERVICE ORIENTED.AND JUST LIKE I DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW TO PHRASE THIS, LIKE, HOW DO YOU GUYS LIKE ON LIKE A CONSTANT, LIKE WHAT'S NOT CONSTANT, I GUESS, LIKE DAY TO DAY BASIS, LIKE, HOW DO YOU GUYS, LIKE, SERVE THE SCHOOL IN A WAY THAT ISN'T LIKE YOUR UNIFORM DUTIES? I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
I DON'T I DON'T REALLY CARE HOW YOU ANSWER IT.
I JUST WANT TO HEAR WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE TO SAY.
NO, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND I'LL JUMP IN, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
LIKE EVERY ONE OF US HAVE SOME LEVEL OF INVOLVEMENT IN THE SCHOOLS, WHETHER IT'S BEING A PART OF ANOTHER COMMITTEE AND CONTRIBUTING THAT WAY. I'M PART OF THE WAA COMMITTEE, WHICH IS THE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, ALSO A HIGH SCHOOL COACH.
AND THEN BEYOND THAT, JUST OTHER COMMUNITY INTERACTIONS WE HAVE.
AND I THINK THE BEST WAY, THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY THAT WE FOUND IS IF WE CAN HAVE STUDENTS HELP US WITH THAT ENGAGEMENT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO LISTEN TO WHAT WE HAVE TO SAY. THEY'D MUCH RATHER HEAR FROM SORA AND RICARDO ABOUT THAT.
AND IT'S A WAY OF IT'S A WAY OF SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON THE FANTASTIC QUALITIES OF OUR STUDENTS.
I MEAN, WHEN WHEN PEOPLE LISTEN TO RICARDO SPEAK ELOQUENTLY ABOUT A SUBJECT MATTER OR HEAR SARAH, YOU KNOW, DO THE SAME THERE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A SENSE OF PRIDE THAT GOES THROUGH IT AND A WILLINGNESS TO GO, WELL, LOOK AT THAT.
AND I WOULD SAY, TOO, WHEN THERE ARE CONCERNS BROUGHT TO THE BOARD, I THINK THE STUDENT VOICE IS A REALLY STRONG MODERATOR OF THAT IN THAT SOMETIMES THE CONCERNS THAT COME TO US FROM THE COMMUNITY DON'T REPRESENT THE STUDENT CONCERNS.
AND SO IT IT PROVIDES A BALANCE THAT AS ADULTS, WE DON'T ALWAYS GET.
WE THINK WE KNOW WHAT'S RIGHT FOR KIDS.
YEAH, I GUESS THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS LIKE, IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME.
I DON'T THINK SO. SO FROM HERE, WE WILL EXCUSE YOU.
WE WILL COMPLETE THE REST OF OUR INTERVIEWS WITH CANDIDATES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME.
NICE TO MEET YOU. VERY NICE TO MEET YOU.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.
IT WAS REALLY NICE TO MEET YOU ALL AND TO TALK WITH YOU ALL.
TURN THE MICS OFF. I TOLD HIM THAT'S THE WAY IT WORKS.
THANK YOU. ARE THEY ALL? THAT WAS THE RIGHT WORD. LIKE DEMEANING.
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YOU DON'T WANT TO ANSWER.THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS. THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS.
SO JUST SO YOU CAN REFER TO THEM, WE'LL ASK THE QUESTIONS.
THOSE ARE THERE IN CASE YOU'RE LIKE, WHAT WAS THAT QUESTION AGAIN? SOUNDS GOOD. WELCOME, RUTH.
HI. WE ARE GOING TO ASK YOU A SERIES OF QUESTIONS TONIGHT.
AND THEN WE WILL DO SOME FOLLOW UP PROCESS AND THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT THREE.
OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU YOUR FIRST QUESTION HERE TO GET US STARTED.
YEAH, SO I'M INVOLVED IN A LOT OF ACTIVITIES AT PRAIRIE.
AS SOON AS I GOT TO PRAIRIE, I WAS LIKE, WHOA, THERE'S SO MANY THINGS I CAN DO.
SO I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, MIGHT AS WELL DO ALL OF THEM.
SO I GOT INVOLVED INITIALLY WITH BAND.
I'M IN THE PRAIRIE ADVANCED JAZZ BAND AND WIND ENSEMBLE WITH RICARDO, AND I ALSO JOINED DRAMA CLUB.
UM OH, I DID TWO SPORTS LAST YEAR.
I DID TRACK AND VOLLEYBALL, SO I GOT TO MEET A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE THERE.
AND I GET TO HEAR ALL THEIR OPINIONS AND HOW THE SCHOOL FUNCTIONS WITH ALL THOSE DIFFERENT ROUTES.
YEAH. AND THE SECOND PART OF THAT, WHY DO YOU WANT TO BE A STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE? WELL, I GET TO HEAR ALL THOSE VOICES AND OPINIONS, AND I JUST THINK BEING IN THIS POSITION, I CAN VOICE THOSE THINGS.
SO I THINK I CAN TAKE WHAT THEY WANT TO SAY AND PLACE IT HERE.
WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER TO BE THE ROLE OF THE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE ON THE BOARD? YEAH, SO I MEAN, IT'S REP, SO IT'S REPRESENTATIVE AS I WAS TALKING ABOUT.
I THINK IT'S JUST TAKING ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT STORIES AND PUTTING THEM ALL TOGETHER IN ONE PRETTY LITTLE PACKAGE AND PRESENTING THEM BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES I WITNESSED AT PRAIRIE.
BUT I WANT TO TAKE THE INDIVIDUAL STORIES AND BRING THEM HERE, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOT TO LOOK PAST THE LABELS OF LIKE, OH, THEY'RE A BAND KID, SO THEY THINK THIS OR OH, THEY DO SPORTS, SO THEY'RE THINKING LIKE THIS.
AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO BRINGING THEIR STORIES AND OPINIONS AND WHAT THEY THINK THEY WANT TO REPRESENT TO HEAR LIKE OUR SCHOOL, WE JUST MADE THE THE MULTICULTURAL CLUB.
AND I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD IDEA BECAUSE IT'S BRINGING ALL THOSE DIFFERENT CULTURES TOGETHER DESPITE THE STEREOTYPES, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THE PERSONAL STORIES AND THEIR EXPERIENCES AND BRING THEM OUT.
AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WANT TO DO HERE.
I WANT TO BRING THEM. THANK YOU.
GO AHEAD. OH, SHE'S STILL WRITING.
TIME TO DRINK WATER. OH, THANKS.
GOOD WATER. I'M JACKIE MADDUX, DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT FIVE.
PICK ONE AND TALK TO US ABOUT THAT ISSUE AND TELL US HOW YOU MIGHT CONTRIBUTE TO THE DISCUSSION.
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I KNOW RECENTLY WE HAD THE BIG ASSEMBLY ON FENTANYL AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.I KNOW THAT FENTANYL IS A BIG PROBLEM AND WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
BUT I THINK WE NEED TO ALSO BRING UP OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES THAT MIGHT AFFECT THE STUDENT BODY.
I THINK MENTAL HEALTH IS A BIG ONE.
UM, LAST YEAR WE HAD A STUDENT AT PRAIRIE TAKE HER LIFE AND I DON'T REMEMBER ASSEMBLY TALKING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AFTER THAT POINT OR SUICIDE PREVENTION.
I'VE NEVER HEARD OF A STUDENT AT PRAIRIE DIE OF FENTANYL.
SO I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT SORT OF THING.
BUT I REALLY WANT TO BRING UP THINGS THAT GO OVER ALMOST EVERYBODY AT PRAIRIE.
THANK YOU. RUTH, MARY SNITILY, AND I'M THE DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT ONE. HI.
THIS PAST YEAR, THE BOARD HAS STRONGLY PROMOTED AND ENCOURAGED STUDENT VOICE.
HOW WOULD YOU CONTRIBUTE TO STUDENT VOICE AND HOW WOULD YOU ENCOURAGE ALL STUDENTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT TO PARTICIPATE? I THINK THAT PERSONALLY, I'M A CREATIVE THINKER.
I THINK BEING IN THE PERFORMING ARTS HAS BROUGHT ME INTO MORE OF THE CREATIVE SIDE AND REALLY LOOKING IN DEPTH IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS, LOOKING AT HOW DIFFERENT SCENES LIKE TACTICS AND STUFF, AND THAT JUST HELPS ME THINK HARD. AND SO I THINK BRINGING MY STUDENT VOICE AND SORRY, CAN YOU I'M GOING ON A RANT.
CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION? YEAH. AND IT'S DOWN THERE IF YOU WANT TO READ IT, MAYBE.
SO JUST REPRESENTING THIS DIFFERENT STUDENT VOICES THAT I'VE ACTUALLY HEARD IN THE PERFORMING ARTS AND I KNOW THAT THEY GET INVOLVED IN DIFFERENT EXECUTIVE POSITIONS IN OUR DIFFERENT CLUBS AT SCHOOL, BUT I ALSO WANT TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO REACH OUT PAST THAT BECAUSE I KNOW I SEE A LOT OF DIFFERENT GREAT LEADERS WORKING REALLY HARD IN ALL THE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES AND BEING HERE, IT'S CRAZY.
AND I THINK THEY LIMIT THEMSELVES BECAUSE OF THEY DOUBT THEMSELVES.
BUT I THINK THEY COULD ALL BE SITTING IN THIS CHAIR RIGHT NOW.
OKAY I'M ANDREW LAWHON, I'M THE DIRECTOR FOR DISTRICT TWO.
HI. HI. MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS, IF YOU RECEIVE A COMPLAINT FROM A FELLOW STUDENT, PARENT OR COMMUNITY MEMBER CONSIDERING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? WELL, RIGHT NOW, I'D PROBABLY BRING IT UP TO A TEACHER OR A STAFF MEMBER I'M CLOSE WITH BECAUSE I'D FEEL COMFORTABLE TALKING ABOUT THE SUBJECT AND DEPENDING ON WHAT THE SITUATION IS, AND THAT WOULD DEPEND WHAT TEACHER I TALK TO BECAUSE I'M CLOSE TO DIFFERENT TEACHERS IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
BUT IF I WAS IN THIS POSITION, I'D DEFINITELY BRING IT UP HERE AND TAKE IT FROM BOTH SIDES.
I LIKE TO LOOK AT THINGS FROM BOTH SIDES BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT TO ADDRESS BOTH OPINIONS AND STORIES BECAUSE LIKE, IF I'M GOING TO BRING UP SOMETHING, I'M NOT GOING TO JUST SAY IT BECAUSE THEY'RE MY FRIEND.
HI, RUTH. FOR THIS NEXT QUESTION, I'M SORA TOLLEY.
BUT WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO, A, ATTEND AT 6 P.M.
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BOARD MEETINGS ON THE SECOND AND FOURTH MONDAYS OF THE MONTH? I WOULD. WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO ATTEND WORK SESSIONS THAT BEGIN AT 4:00 OR 4:30 P.M.ON THE FOURTH MONDAY? YES. REVIEW THE DETAILED AGENDA CONTENTS IN BOARD DOCS IN PREPARATION FOR DISCUSSION AND ADVISORY VOTE.
WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN SCHOOL BOARD TOURS? AND THOSE ARE USUALLY DURING THE DAY AND DURING CLASSES AND YOUR SCHOOL DAY.
THANK YOU. RUTH, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR US? WHAT SORT OF THINGS DO YOU THINK WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE FOR NEXT YEAR? SAY THAT AGAIN. LIKE WHAT SORT OF WHAT KIND OF PLANS ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT? LIKE, WHAT ARE THE CHANGES THAT YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE NEXT YEAR? LIKE, WHAT ARE THE BIG CONVERSATIONS WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. WE NEVER KNOW.
WE'RE LOOKING RIGHT NOW WE SPENT A LONG PART OF THIS YEAR LOOKING AT BOND, POSSIBLY REPLACING SOME SCHOOLS OR BUILDING NEW SCHOOLS OR IF YOU LOOK AROUND, YOU SEE THE ENROLLMENT, YOU SEE THE GROWTH THAT'S OCCURRING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE STUDENTS AT SOME POINT.
HOW ARE WE GOING TO HANDLE THAT? BUDGET IS ALWAYS A BIG THING AND WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE GOING TO BE, HOW ARE WE GOING TO SPEND THE MONEY THAT WE GET FROM THE STATE? I THINK WE TALK ABOUT CURRICULUM AND CLASSES AND CURRICULUM ADOPTIONS, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
AND THEN THERE'S THE BIG ISSUES THAT ARE IMPACTING STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, EVERY SINGLE DAY.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU YOU MENTIONED SOME OF THOSE LIKE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND THERE'S, YOU KNOW, SUICIDE PREVENTION AND THERE'S STUDENT DISCIPLINE.
BUT BUT A LOT OF OUR ISSUES COME BACK YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR BECAUSE SITUATIONS CHANGE.
STUDENTS CHANGE, LAWS CHANGE, RULES CHANGE, ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
SO THERE'S ALWAYS A LOT TO TALK ABOUT.
YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DON'T THINK SO.
ALL RIGHT. WELL, WHAT HAPPENS NEXT IS WE WILL EXCUSE YOU.
[3. Executive Session]
WE'RE GOING TO GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.TALK THROUGH ALL THE CANDIDATES.
THANK YOU. NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
THANK YOU, RUTH. PLEASURE. THANKS, JOHN.
AND I BELIEVE THAT COMPLETES OUR CANDIDATES FOR THE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES.
WE WILL NEED TO GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT THIS TIME TO EVALUATE THE QUALIFICATIONS OF A CANDIDATE FOR RCW 42.30.1101H. IT WILL HAVE ACTION.
THAT'S TOO LONG. IT SAYS I'M GOOD.
WE'VE RETURNED FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WE WILL HAVE ACTION.
AND IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE AND A VERY HARD DECISION TO SORT THROUGH.
THE RECOMMENDATION FOR NEXT YEAR'S BOARD.
GREAT. YES, WE HAD WONDERFUL CANDIDATES AT A NO LOSE SITUATION, I THINK, FOR OUR SCHOOL BOARD.
BUT AFTER CONSIDERATION, I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE JULIA STIFFLER FOR THE NEXT STUDENT BOARD POSITION.
[01:15:02]
2023. ADVISORY VOTE FROM OUR STUDENTS.ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? THE RECOMMENDED ACTION PASSES 5 TO 0.
IS THERE AN ALTERNATE? NO, WE'RE NOT.
NO. I'M GOING TO DO A DIFFERENT PROCESS, APPARENTLY.
OKAY. THANK YOU. AND WE'RE GOING, THANK YOU DENNY.
WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 5:38.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.