Oct 09, 2023 Board of Directors

ALL RIGHT. SIX. ALL RIGHT.

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[1. Call to Order]

JULIA, WILL YOU LEAD US? READY. BEGIN.

. THANK YOU.

NEXT UP, WE HAVE OUR ROLL CALL.

MADAM PRESIDENT, WE HAVE A QUORUM.

THANK YOU. WE DO HAVE TWO ABSENCES THAT WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE EXCUSED FROM THE MEETING.

I WOULD MOVE THAT WE EXCUSE THE ABSENCES OF BOARD MEMBER ANDREW LAWHON AND SORA TOLLEY.

SO WE HAVE THAT ON THE FLOOR.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF EXCUSING THE ABSENCES OF DIRECTOR LAWHON AND REPRESENTATIVE TOLLEY, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

PASSES 4 TO 0.

NEXT, WE MOVE ON TO OUR AGENDA APPROVAL.

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

WE HAVE OUR COMMUNICATIONS SECTION, SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF UPDATES A SECTION FOR CITIZENS COMMENTS OUR CONSENT AGENDA WITH ITEMS A THROUGH K. WE HAVE NO OLD BUSINESS TONIGHT.

THREE ITEMS OF NEW BUSINESS AND THEN TIME FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND BOARD EVENTS TO REVIEW ANY ITEMS THAT THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS HAVE REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA BEFORE WE GET STARTED.

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

WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

LOOK TO OUR STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE FOR HER ADVISORY VOTE.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER ANY ADDITIONAL OR NEW QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

AGENDA IS APPROVED 4 TO 0.

NEXT, WE MOVE ON TO COMMUNICATIONS.

[5. Communications]

WE DO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES HERE FROM SUMMITVIEW, CHLOE AND BROOKLYN.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME TO THE PODIUM? YOU CAN SAY YOUR NAMES AND YOUR SCHOOL.

I'M CHLOE FROCK FROM SUMMIT VIEW.

I'M BROOKLYN EVANS FROM SUMMIT VIEW.

SO RIGHT NOW, SOME OF YOU HAVE HAD ONE GRADUATE AND RIGHT NOW WE ARE PLANNING A HALLOWEEN PARTY WHICH WILL INCLUDE THE TEACHERS IN THEIR CLASSROOMS BEING LIKE HAVING A CONTEST FOR THEM, LIKE BETWEEN THE STUDENTS AND THE TEACHERS.

ALSO A PUMPKIN CARVING CONTEST.

AND WE'RE ALSO SCHEDULING AN ASP BLOOD DRIVE IN NOVEMBER 9TH.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR COMING. DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T KNOW. SO COMPETITION BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT OFFICE SPACES IN THAT? YES. COOL.

THE STUDENTS WILL VOTE ON THAT.

OH, THE STUDENTS GET TO VOTE ON HOW THE OFFICE.

THE TEACHER ROOMS ARE DECORATED.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT, I'LL HAVE TO GO TAKE A LOOK.

YEAH. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? I DON'T THINK SO. THANK YOU FOR COMING.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE VERY MUCH.

I ALSO HAVE GIGI FROM BATTLE GROUND HERE.

NOW SHE'S HERE FOR THE CITIZEN COMMENTS.

OKAY. DO WE HAVE BATTLE GROUND REP? DO WE HAVE A STUDENT REP? STUDENT VOICE FROM BATTLE GROUND TONIGHT.

DO WE HAVE STUDENT VOICE FROM PRAIRIE TONIGHT? PLEASE COME FORWARD.

NO PRESSURE. I'M ACTUALLY THE SUPERVISOR AND WE HAD A LAST MINUTE CANCELLATION AND OUR PRESIDENT IS STUCK AT THE LIGHT.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT I CAN SHARE FOR THEM OR YOU CAN DEFINITELY SHARE FOR THEM.

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BUT ISABEL MORALES IS THE PRESIDENT AND SHE'S SO EXCITED TO COME SPEAK.

SO SHE WILL PROBABLY FOR SURE COME BACK AND SPEAK FOR ALL OF YOU.

SO MY NAME IS DAN KARAS AND I'M THE ASB ADVISOR AT PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL.

THIS IS MY THIRD YEAR AS THE ADVISOR.

AND SPEAKING ON THE STUDENT VOICE, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT OUR PROGRAM HAS GROWN.

FROM MY FIRST YEAR.

THERE WAS 12 STUDENTS IN ASB, AND THIS LAST YEAR WE HAD 70 SOMETHING NEW STUDENTS APPLIED TO BE IN THE PROGRAM.

SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO CLASSES AND WE HAVE 49 STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM AND IT'S ME.

AND THEN WE HAVE A CO ADVISOR, OLIVER ROOT.

AND SO IT'S BEEN A VERY, LIKE WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE TO SEE A WIDE RANGE OF STUDENTS WANTING TO BE INVOLVED AND WANTING TO EXPRESS LIKE THEIR NEEDS AND THEIR WANTS AND HAVING OUR CLASS LOOK VERY DIVERSE AND REALLY CHANGE THE WAY OF WHAT STUDENTS LIKE, WHAT TYPE OF STUDENT THEY THINK AN ASB STUDENT REPRESENTS.

AND SO WITH THAT, THERE'S A LOT OF COMPLICATIONS BECAUSE NOW I'M MANAGING LIKE 49 DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES.

BUT THEN THE BEAUTIFUL PART OF THAT IS THAT IT'S GROWING SO MUCH AND WE'RE JUST SEEING STUDENT INVOLVEMENT GROW AS THEY SEE MORE AND MORE STUDENTS LIKE THEM REPRESENTING THE CLASS.

SO I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SEVERAL STUDENTS THAT WOULD LOVE TO COME AND SHARE WITH YOU GUYS AS ON OTHER BOARD MEETINGS.

THAT WOULD BE. WE WOULD LIKE THAT A LOT.

SHE'S HERE. SHE MADE IT.

YOU MAKE IT. HI. HI.

STEP RIGHT UP.

PERFECT TIMING, I SUPPOSE.

YEAH. HI.

SHE WAS [INAUDIBLE].

OH, IT'S A MICROPHONE.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU.

I'M ISABEL MORALES. I'M THE ASB PRESIDENT.

NICE TO MEET YOU. HOMECOMING.

OH, HOMECOMING. OKAY, SO WE HAVE A LOT OF EVENTS COMING UP IN ASB, AS WE ALWAYS DO, PRETTY MUCH.

BUT RIGHT NOW I THINK WE'RE SPLIT INTO 6 OR 7 COMMITTEES, WHICH IS REALLY NICE WITH THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WE HAVE, AND IT'S ACTUALLY FLOWING REALLY WELL.

I WASN'T EXPECTING THINGS TO BE GOING THIS SMOOTHLY WITH THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE AND WITH THE CLASSES BEING SPLIT.

BUT GOSH, SORRY, I'M OUT OF BREATH.

I JUST SPRINTED THE PARKING LOT.

SORRY ABOUT THAT. BUT I'M REALLY EXCITED WITH ALL THE PROGRESS WE'RE MAKING.

I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT A COUPLE OF CHANGES OR AT LEAST CHANGES IN SPIRIT, IF THAT NECESSARILY MAKES SENSE.

JUST WITH LIKE THE AMOUNT OF EFFORT THAT WE'RE PUTTING INTO OUR EVENTS, THE AMOUNT OF OUTREACH WE'RE INCORPORATING.

AND I DON'T KNOW REALLY WHAT ELSE TO SAY OTHER THAN I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED.

ASB IS PUTTING IN A LOT OF EFFORT THIS YEAR.

I'M SEEING A LOT OF PASSION FROM ALL THE STUDENTS, AND THEY ALL COME FROM VERY DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, SO THAT'S CONTRIBUTED A LOT TO HAVING LIKE AN INCLUSIVE HOMECOMING, TO SAY THE LEAST, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

SORRY, DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ISABEL? YOU GUYS HAVE ANYTHING OTHER OTHER EVENTS PLANNED OR COMING UP? OH, YEAH, WE DO. SO WE HAVE.

OH, THIS IS A WEIRD MICROPHONE.

SORRY. IN LATER OCTOBER.

WELL, I SUPPOSE THAT'S THIS MONTH.

WE HAVE SPOOKY SURPRISES, WHICH IS JUST LIKE OUR LITTLE KIND OF LIKE WHAT PEOPLE DO ON VALENTINE'S DAY WHERE YOU'LL JUST LIKE BUY A CARD OR SOMETHING WITH A LITTLE LIKE, A PRIZE? IS THAT THE WORD? IT'S LIKE A HALLOWEEN THEMED, LIKE, FUN TOY, LIKE SQUISHIES AND.

YEAH, RIGHT, YEAH.

AND WE HAVE THAT WHERE STUDENTS CAN PURCHASE THOSE, SEND THEM OUT TO OTHER STUDENTS.

AND THAT'S JUST A REALLY QUICK, CUTE, QUICK WAY FOR PEOPLE TO SHOW THEIR APPRECIATION FOR OTHERS.

WE ALSO HAVE TRUNK OR TREAT, WHICH IS OUR LITTLE LIKE HALLOWEEN DOORSTOP THING IN OUR PARKING LOT.

BUT IT'S RUN BY CLUBS, WHICH IS A NICE WAY TO GET THEM INCORPORATED.

YEAH. AND SPEAKING ON THE THE TRUNK OR TREAT JUST BECAUSE ISABEL IS RUNNING OUR HOMECOMING COMMITTEE.

SO THIS IS A EVENT THAT STARTED WHEN WE HAD COVID AND WE COULDN'T HAVE A LOT OF EVENTS.

AND IT WAS SO SMALL AND IT'S GROWN TREMENDOUSLY BECAUSE THERE'S TONS OF APARTMENTS AND COMMUNITY AROUND PRAIRIE NOW.

AND WE ARE ACTUALLY PARTNERED WITH TWO NONPROFIT COMPANIES THIS YEAR THAT HELP FOSTER CHILDREN.

AND SO LAST YEAR WE DID A SOCK DRIVE WHERE, LIKE YOU COULD EVERY PAIR OF SOCKS THAT YOU DONATE, A BRAND NEW PAIR OF SOCKS, YOU GET TO VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE TRUNK.

AND LIKE THE CLUBS GET VERY COMPETITIVE WITH EACH OTHER EVEN THOUGH THEY JUST WIN A FAKE TROPHY THAT OUR ADMIN MISS THOMPSON, MADE FOR THEM OUT OF A PLASTIC TOY CARD. AND IT'S LIKE BRAGGING RIGHTS.

BUT WE RAISED ALMOST 600 PAIRS OF SOCKS LAST YEAR.

SO THIS YEAR WE ARE PAIRING WITH THESE TWO NONPROFIT COMPANIES AND THEY CAME AND SPOKE WITH OUR ASB STUDENTS AND REALLY SHARED THEIR MESSAGE AND THEY HELPED FOSTER CHILDREN WITHIN CLARK COUNTY.

AND SO ALL OF OUR SOCKS ARE GOING TO GO TOWARDS THESE TWO NONPROFITS.

AND I THINK BY HAVING THE DIFFERENT COMPANIES COME TO OUR ASB STUDENTS AND REALLY LIKE MAKE THEM SEEM LIKE, OKAY,

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SO IT'S FUN TO SEE THEM INTERACTING AND GAINING CONFIDENCE WITH EACH OTHER.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE LIKE TONS OF LITTLE KIDS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY COME DRESSED IN THE CUTEST COSTUMES AND THEY'RE SO EXCITED.

AND SO IT'S AN EVENT THAT WE STARTED JUST BECAUSE WE WERE LIKE, OH, WE CAN'T HAVE EVENTS AND WE'LL DO TRUNK OR TREAT AND NOW IT'S STAYED AND GROWN BY LIKE THE CLUBS AND THE COMMUNITY WANTING THIS EVENT HAPPEN.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HAVING AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND AT THE END OF OCTOBER.

YEAH. IS THAT ALL WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT? YEP. OH. DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, THEN? WELL, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE HAVING AN IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY AROUND YOU, AND I THINK THAT'S GREAT.

I THINK THAT'S BEEN OUR BIGGEST GOAL THIS YEAR IS JUST EXPANDING MORE, BEING ABLE TO REACH OUT TO MORE PEOPLE, GET PRETTY MUCH OR AS MUCH AS THE SCHOOL THAT WOULD WANT TO BE INVOLVED. INVOLVED. WE APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR COMING.

DANICA, THANK YOU FOR GETTING US STARTED.

SORRY ABOUT THAT. YEAH, IT WAS A CHANGE OF PLANS LAST MINUTE.

SO ANOTHER TEACHER RUSHED ME HERE.

WE WERE NOT PLANNING. I WAS LIKE, I'M WEARING RAIN BOOTS, BUT WE ADAPT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OKAY. IS THERE ANY OTHER STUDENT VOICE THAT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT I DON'T WANT TO MISS ANYONE.

OKAY. NO BRAVE SOUL.

RAISE THEIR HAND.

WE WILL MOVE ON TO COMMITTEE REPORTS.

OH, WAIT. WE WILL GO TO JULIA.

DO YOU HAVE STUDENT VOICE FOR US? UM. NOTHING SUPER MUCH.

BUT AT MY SCHOOL, PERSONALLY, WE'RE PLANNING OUR FALL DANCE RIGHT NOW.

IT'S COMING UP IN JUST UNDER.

JUST OVER A MONTH.

IT'S PRETTY COOL. IT'S BARBIE THEMED, SO OUR SCHOOL IS FREAKING OUT ABOUT THAT, AND I FEEL LIKE WE'RE ALL JUST KIND OF FALLING INTO OUR ROUTINE EVENTS AND STUFF.

SO WE'RE PLANNING SOMETHING KIND OF SIMILAR TO SPOOKY SURPRISES, BUT WE CALL IT WINTER GRAMS, AND IT'S FOR KIND OF LIKE THE HOLIDAYS AND IT'S SUPER FUN.

AND IT'S ALSO LIKE SAT AND PSAT SEASON FOR THE SOPHOMORES AND SENIORS.

SO THAT'S QUITE SOMETHING.

AND I KNOW WE'RE ALL KIND OF LIKE GOING CRAZY TRYING TO LEARN HOW TO USE A GRAPHING CALCULATOR.

AT LEAST I AM. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ANYBODY ELSE, BUT I AM.

SO YEAH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO COMMITTEE REPORTS, STARTING WITH THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE.

OKAY. THANK YOU FOR STARTING WITH ME.

I PROBABLY HAVE THE BIGGEST THING.

SO I PROVIDED FOR YOU THE POSITION, THE LEDGE POSITIONS FROM WSSDA.

AND THEY'RE IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER, NOT IN ORDER ACCORDING TO CATEGORIES, BUT THAT THIS IS WHAT THEY PROVIDED FOR US.

AND ALSO THEN THE VOTING SHEET IS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER, WHICH MAY MAKE IT EASIER.

SO JUST TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE POSITIONS, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'LL NOTE, THIS IS JUST A SYNOPSIS OF EACH POSITION, BUT I LIKE THE WAY THAT IT SHOWS WHEN THEY WERE ORIGINALLY ADOPTED AND WHEN THEY'VE BEEN AMENDED BECAUSE THAT IS INFORMATIVE.

I THINK ONE OF THEM ON HERE WAS ADOPTED IN 1979.

SO JUST LOOKING THROUGH THOSE.

ONE THING THAT I KNOW OUR ADVOCACY TEAM DOES WITH THESE, THEY TAKE OUR INPUT AND THEN THEY MAKE KIND OF A ONE PAGER FOR THE LEGISLATORS.

SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN I'M THINKING ABOUT PICKING TOP TEN PRIORITIES, FOR INSTANCE, I MIGHT WANT TO THINK ABOUT NOT PICKING ALL OF THE FUNDING ONES, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW THAT IS ONE OF OUR BIG PRIORITIES.

BUT KNOWING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GROUP ALL OF THOSE FUNDING ONES INTO A STATEMENT.

THAT BEING SAID, THE ADVOCACY TEAM HAS TOLD US THAT THEY CANNOT WEIGH IN ON A BILL UNLESS THEY HAVE SPECIFIC POSITION TO DO THAT. SO THEY WILL NOT WEIGH IN PRO OR CON ON A BILL UNLESS THEY HAVE A SPECIFIC POSITION.

SO IF THERE'S ONE THAT YOU REALLY WANT THEM TO WEIGH IN ON THAT PARTICULAR POSITION, I WOULD SUGGEST YOU BRING THAT ONE TO THE TOP.

AND AS WE GO AND I KNOW THIS IS A LOT.

OKAY, SO OUR JOB IS TO TAKE THIS AND PICK TEN YOUR TOP TEN AND JUST MARK IT ON.

SEND ME THAT INFORMATION BY THIS SATURDAY BECAUSE I HAVE TO TURN IT IN ON THE 16TH.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO RANK ORDER THEM FOR ME IF YOU JUST PICK THE TOP TEN BECAUSE BASICALLY I'M GOING TO NEED TO TAKE THAT FEEDBACK ANYWAY AND IT'S GOING TO BE A CONGLOMERATION OF WHAT WE CAME UP WITH AS A BOARD.

SO, SO FOR INSTANCE, IF THREE PEOPLE VOTE FOR ONE AND NO ONE VOTES FOR ANOTHER ONE, OBVIOUSLY THOSE THAT GET THE TOP VOTES ARE THE ONES

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AND DO YOU GET TO PICK TEN OR HOW MANY DO YOU GET TO SEND TEN? YEAH. WHICH IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE PLENTY.

NOW, THAT BEING SAID, I MEAN, THEY DO GIVE THE LEGISLATORS ONE BASICALLY A ONE PAGER.

THESE ARE OUR TOP PRIORITIES AS WSSDA'S, YOU KNOW, INPUT.

HOWEVER, WHEN THE LEGISLATION STARTS I'M DOING I'M WATCHING THE BILLS AS THEY COME UP AND SO I'LL BE BRINGING YOU FEEDBACK AS THEY COME UP AND THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES, AS MARK KNOWS, BECAUSE I THINK YOU TESTIFIED LAST YEAR, DIDN'T YOU? YEAH. SO THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO GIVE MORE SPECIFIC INPUT AS THE SESSION STARTS WITH THE QUESTIONS.

DO YOU HAVE, WAS THIS IMPACTED BY WEIGHTED VOTING BEFORE WHERE, YOU KNOW, LIKE BECAUSE SEATTLE IS SO MUCH BIGGER, WOULD THEIR TOP TEN PRIORITIES HAD MORE WEIGHT THAN NO, BECAUSE THE WEIGHTED VOTE IS ONLY FOR GENERAL ASSEMBLY? GOT IT. YEAH.

SO THAT ONLY IMPACTS WHAT POSITIONS ACTUALLY ARE SUPPORTED BY WHAT.

SO THERE WERE I THINK WE HAD 48 DIFFERENT POSITIONS AND THINGS WE VOTED ON.

AND SINCE THAT WEIGHTED VOTE CAME AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY, ALL OF THOSE THINGS WE VOTED ON, THERE COULD NOT BE A WEIGHTED VOTE AS THERE HAD BEEN IN THE PAST.

SO I'M SURE THERE WERE POSITIONS THAT PASSED OR DIDN'T PASS THIS YEAR THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT BEFORE.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YES. OKAY. YOU. BUT AT THIS POINT, THE WEIGHTED VOTE.

YEAH, IT'S ONLY WITHIN WORCESTER THAT MATTERS.

WHAT OTHER QUESTIONS? OH, THAT'S GOOD. IT USED TO BE 15, SO THEY CUT IT DOWN TO TEN, HUH? OKAY. THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW AND I KNOW THEY REALLY APPRECIATE STUDENT ONES.

I HOPE THE STUDENT GROUP DOES THEIR TOP TEN TOO.

WE'LL SEE. YEAH, THAT'S A LOT TO GO THROUGH.

AND I KNOW IT'S A LOT.

AND IF YOU WANT MORE DETAIL, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN ALWAYS GO ON THE WEBSITE AND, AND DIG IN AND FIND OUT WHAT ALL THE DETAILS ON EACH OF THOSE ARE.

I WILL POINT OUT THAT THERE IS ONE IN A NEW ONE IN HERE ON AI WHICH IS KIND OF INTERESTING, WHICH EVEN IN THE POSITION ITSELF, THEY SAY THAT IT'S PROBABLY ALREADY OUTDATED BECAUSE IT WAS WRITTEN LAST SPRING.

BUT I THINK THAT'S ONE THAT WILL BE ON THE HORIZON THAT WE WANT TO THINK ABOUT.

AND YEAH, THAT'S ONE THAT AND THERE IS ONE ON PREJUDGMENT INTEREST.

AND SO I DON'T KNOW HOW IF [INAUDIBLE] IS PUTTING FORTH A POSITION ON THAT, I WOULD ASSUME, BUT THERE ARE SOME PROBABLY SOME AREAS FOR US TO.

JOINED TOGETHER WITH WSSDA TOO.

SO I HAVEN'T SEEN THE BO COME OUT YET.

SO FOR LEGISLATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS, IT SEEMS LIKE THEY PUSH US TO DO THIS REALLY FAST.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ANY OTHER LEGISLATIVE UPDATES.

OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO AUDIT COMMITTEE.

I'LL GIVE MARY A BREAK AND.

OH, YEAH, PLEASE.

YEAH. SO WE LOOKED AT A VARIETY OF VOUCHERS, INCLUDING TRANSPORTATION, AND THEN A LOCAL CONTRACTOR THAT'S USED A LOT. PRUITT HARDWOODS IS A LOCAL BATTLE GROUND FAMILY THAT'S BEEN DOING WORK IN HERE.

WE APPRECIATE LOCAL BUSINESSES BEING INVOLVED WITH THE SCHOOL.

WE LOOK AT THE SUPERINTENDENT TIMESHEET AND ONE OTHER PAYROLL THINGS.

WE NOTICED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT TAKES VERY FEW DAYS OFF IN AUGUST.

SO THIS YEAR I DID.

I WAS WAITING FOR A GRANDKID.

YEAH. BATTLE GROUND EDUCATION FOUNDATION IS OUR NEXT COMMITTEE DIRECTOR IS OUT.

I THINK SEVERAL OF YOU WERE OUT THERE.

BIG EVENT THIS PAST WEEKEND.

IF ANYBODY WANTS TO REPORT ON THAT, IT WAS TONS OF FUN AND I THINK IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL FROM WHAT I SAW.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY MAY REPORT ON THE NUMBERS AT SOME POINT, BUT IT JUST WAS A LOT OF FUN.

AND I LOVE THE WAY THAT THE FOUNDATION REALLY HONORS ALL OF THEIR SPONSORS.

AND THEY HAVE SOME VERY DEDICATED SPONSORS.

SO THAT WAS GREAT.

MIKE KESSLER, OUR HEAD OF SECURITY, WAS THERE.

HE SPOKE ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT THE NARCAN AND FOR THE FENTANYL OVERDOSES HAS MADE IN OUR CAMPUSES. HE TALKED ABOUT OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BATTLE GROUND POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE SRO PROGRAM AND THE REPEATERS THAT THEY GOT A GRANT FOR AND THEY'RE PUTTING INTO OUR BUILDINGS SO THAT RADIO TRANSMISSION CAN OCCUR.

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AND SO WE'RE PUTTING IN REPEATERS THERE.

AND SO IT WAS ALL AROUND.

IT WAS VERY GOOD. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF THE MONEY, IN RECENT YEARS, THEY'VE MADE OVER $30,000 EVERY YEAR. SO I WOULD EXPECT I THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS A GREAT TURNOUT AND THERE WERE PROBABLY 15 TABLES, 20 TABLES, 150 PEOPLE THERE.

YEAH, VERY GOOD.

WIAA UPDATES.

WE HAVE NOT HAD OUR OCTOBER MEETING YET.

ANY UPDATES FROM ANY VOTERS? DON'T FORGET TO VOTE.

I THINK THE VOTING CLOSES ON THE 16TH AND SO IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE IT YET.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, WE HAVE TOUR COMMITTEES.

I THINK I MENTIONED LAST TIME, OUR FIRST TOUR IS COMING UP ON THE 20TH.

AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

YEAH. JUST AS A REMINDER TO THE BOARD, IF YOU DON'T THINK YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT, THE MORE ADVANCED NOTICE YOU CAN GIVE US, THE BETTER OFF WE ARE BECAUSE THEN WE CAN TRY TO JUGGLE SOME THINGS AROUND THE PLANNING THAT GOES IN AND, AND THEY'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON THE BOARD MEMBERS.

SO WE TRY TO MOVE BOARD MEMBERS AROUND SO WE CAN HAVE AT LEAST ONE BOARD MEMBER SHOW UP.

SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, I'M GONE.

YES. SO I THINK WE'RE COVERING FOR YOU.

SO WE GOT THAT ONE TAKEN CARE OF.

BUT AND I KNOW THINGS COME UP, SO I'M NOT SAYING BUT WHATEVER YOU CAN IF YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT, LET US KNOW.

WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT. THANK YOU.

OKAY. AND I THINK THAT'S IT FOR COMMITTEE REPORTS.

THAT WOULD TAKE US TO DIRECTOR REPORTS.

GREAT. I DON'T HAVE MUCH ON FOR A SUPERINTENDENT REPORT.

I JUST WANT TO REMIND.

DIRECTOR REPORTS.

YEAH. JUST THAT HE IS.

DIRECTING THE. YEAH, SORRY ABOUT THAT.

GO FOR IT. JUST SUCK.

IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY AWKWARD IF NO ONE HAS ONE.

I KNOW. I DO. THANK YOU.

I'LL SAVE YOU. SAVE IT. NO, I HAVE ONE.

OKAY, GOOD. I ATTENDED THE CAM HONOR SOCIETY INDUCTION, WHICH WAS A LOT OF FUN, AND IT WAS NEAT.

AND I ALWAYS AM JUST IMPRESSED WITH HOW MANY STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN HONOR SOCIETY.

I LEARNED SOMETHING.

I THINK HONOR SOCIETY STARTED IN 1914, SO IT'S BEEN AROUND A WHILE AND SO THAT WAS A GREAT EVENT.

AND MISS HARP IS GETS KUDOS FOR THE WAY SHE IT'S SHE REALLY DOES A NICE JOB.

EVERY SINGLE STUDENT HAD A PERSONAL QUOTE THAT MEANT SOMETHING TO THEM AND IT WAS VERY PERSONAL.

IT WAS GOOD. I WAS JUST GOING TO CHECK IN WITH AS MANY OF THE PTAS THAT I COULD.

STARTED WITH GLENWOOD FOUND OUT THAT CHIEF IS HELPING WITH THEIR BUILDING THEIR NEW SCHOOL GARDEN THERE AND LAUREN.

SO I'LL KEEP TRYING TO GET AROUND AND WANT TO USE THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY JUST LIKE OUR PRAIRIE REPRESENTATIVES TALKED ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT THEY HAVE ON THE COMMUNITIES, THOSE PTAS AND PTO'S GIVE SO MUCH TO THEIR SCHOOLS AND THEY REALLY KNOW THEIR LOCAL SCHOOLS.

SO THEY REALLY, YOU KNOW, TAILOR IT EVENTS AND THINGS AT THOSE PLACES.

SO WE APPRECIATE ALL THE HELP FROM THEM.

AND JUST FOR THE COMMUNITY'S BENEFIT, PTAS AND PTOS STARTED 125 YEARS AGO THIS YEAR.

SO THEY'RE CELEBRATING HISTORY MONTH.

YEAH, HISTORY.

FIVE YEARS OF SUPPORTING KIDS IN SCHOOLS.

JACKIE, WHATEVER YOU'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT NEXT, YOU HAVE YOU BETTER HAVE A DATE.

A DATE WHEN IT STARTS. I DO, ACTUALLY.

I HAVE ONE OF THE DATE AS WELL.

PLEASE GO. YOU GO FIRST.

OKAY. WELL, I ATTENDED CASEY'S 30TH ANNIVERSARY.

THERE YOU GO. THE DATE I SNUCK IN AT THE VERY LAST MINUTE JUST IN TIME TO DO A TOUR.

IT WAS PRETTY AMAZING.

THE STUDENTS WHO THE TWO YOUNG MEN WHO LED THE TOUR WERE VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE.

THEY WALKED US THROUGH THE PATHWAY TO THE WEST AND WE DID A LOOP.

THERE WERE SOME THAT I APPRECIATED THAT THE TREES WERE MARKED, THE NATIVE TREES, AND SOME OF THEM I WOULDN'T HAVE EVEN KNOWN WERE NATIVE.

SO IT WAS KIND OF IT WAS DEFINITELY A LEARNING MOMENT.

AND IT WAS THE GROUNDS WERE GREAT.

I COULD SEE PEOPLE THERE WHO WERE JUST OUT THERE WALKING, NOT AFFILIATED WITH THAT CELEBRATION OR THE TOURS.

I WANTED TO TELL THEM TO GO GET CAKE, BUT I DIDN'T.

SO IT WAS A REALLY NICE EVENT.

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I HAVE COACHING FOOTBALL AND BATTLE GROUND IS NOW SIX AND ZERO AND WE HAVE NOT HAD A 6-0 RECORD SINCE 1991.

SO THERE'S YOUR DATE.

YEAH. THANK YOU. AND CONGRATULATIONS.

ALL RIGHT, NOW WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.

[6. Superintendent and Staff Updates]

WELL, NO, YOU JUST MAKE IT LEAP OUT.

TELL ABOUT ALL THE THINGS I DIDN'T SAY.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF GIVING AN OPENING SPEECH THAT.

AND THEN STAYING AROUND FOR THE CEREMONIES.

I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE AND CONGRATULATE OUR VERY OWN MR. WATRIN AS ONE OF THE FOUNDING FOUNDING FATHERS OF THE OF KC AND THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE.

WE THAT HIM AND AND HIS PREDECESSORS HAVE DONE, IT'S A REMARKABLE FACILITY.

AND I JUST WANTED TO AGAIN YOU KNOW WHAT IT BRINGS TO STUDENTS AND THE OPPORTUNITY IT GIVES FOR STUDENTS WHO ATTEND.

WE DID SOME MATH AND FIGURED OUT THAT WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 100 STUDENTS THAT ATTEND KC EVERY YEAR.

SO 3000 STUDENTS OVER THE COURSE OF 30 YEARS HAVE BEEN IMPACTED SIGNIFICANTLY.

AND WHAT WAS COOL TO SEE WAS NOT ONLY WAS MARK THERE TALKING ABOUT HOW KC WAS FORMED, BUT ACTUALLY EX STUDENTS AND THE IMPACT THAT IT HAS MADE.

SOME OF THEM HAVE GONE ON TO VERY SIGNIFICANT CAREERS IN THE INDUSTRY THAT'S RELATED TO PROVIDING KNOW WHETHER IT'S NATURAL RESOURCES, CONSERVATION, ENVIRONMENTAL CARE, TAKING ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

SO OUTSTANDING.

VERY GOOD. AND OFFER MY CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF KC FOR WHAT THEY DO.

AND THANK YOU, MARK. WE APPRECIATE IT.

AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT THE BOARD TO KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT OUR NEXT MEETING AND IT IS SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY AT 5:30, AND THAT GOES FROM 5:30 TO 7:30.

AND ACTUALLY, YOU'RE GOING TO GET A LITTLE PRELIMINARY DOSE OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE COVERING IN THE MEETING, BECAUSE I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MS. WHITTEN AND TEACHING AND LEARNING.

SO TONIGHT, WE WANTED TO MAKE A CONNECTION TO ONE OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS SAFE AND CARING, LEARNING ENVIRONMENT, AND WANTED TO HAVE A PRESENTATION SO YOU COULD HEAR SOME SHORT UPDATES IF YOU WANT THE LONGER VERSION.

AS DENNY SAID, THE CCAC MEETING ON THURSDAY NIGHT WOULD BE THE PLACE FOR A LONGER VERSION.

BUT TAMRA SCHEETZ, OUR DIRECTOR OF INSTRUCTIONAL INTERVENTIONS, IS HERE TO GIVE A PRESENTATION AND SHE'S GOT SOME SLIDES TO SHARE WITH YOU ABOUT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT AREAS OF OUR SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR KIDS.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, BOARD.

IT'S NICE TO SEE ALL OF YOU.

I'M PLEASED TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION WITH YOU ABOUT OUR SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS.

THERE ARE TWO SPECIFIC TOPICS THAT I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS WITH YOU TODAY.

ONE IS OUR HEALTHY YOUTH SURVEY, BECAUSE THAT IS THAT SEASON BEGAN AS OF TODAY.

AND THE SECOND THING THAT I'D LIKE TO TALK WITH YOU ABOUT IS A GRANT THAT WE WENT FOR.

SO LET'S START WITH THE HEALTHY YOUTH SURVEY.

THE WINDOW OPENED TODAY AND IT GOES UNTIL OCTOBER 27TH.

SO OUR COMMUNITY MIGHT BE HEARING ABOUT AND TALKING ABOUT THE HEALTHY YOUTH SURVEY.

I WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE CONTEXT AS TO WHAT IT IS AND HOW WE USE THE INFORMATION THAT WE THAT WE GLEANED FROM THE HEALTHY YOUTH SURVEY.

SO THE FIRST THING IS IT'S A BIENNIAL ASSESSMENT, A SURVEY THAT'S CONDUCTED WITH STUDENTS ACROSS THE STATE OF WASHINGTON.

IT STARTED IN 2002.

OUR DISTRICT BEGAN PARTICIPATE WAITING ABOUT 10 TO 15 YEARS AGO.

I THINK IT WAS AROUND 2012 WHEN WE STARTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS.

AND WE HAVE EVERY BIENNIAL SURVEY SINCE THEN.

IT'S A SURVEY THAT IS TAKEN BY STUDENTS IN SIXTH, EIGHTH, 10TH AND 12TH GRADES, AND IT ASKS A VARIETY OF QUESTIONS.

PARTICIPATION IN THE SURVEY IS VOLUNTARY.

THERE IS AN OPT OUT PROCESS.

IF A FAMILY WOULD PREFER NOT TO HAVE THEIR STUDENT PARTICIPATE, THERE'S AN OPT OUT PROCESS THAT FAMILIES WERE EMAILED ABOUT THAT IS MANAGED THROUGH SKYWARD. IT'S ALSO ANONYMOUS.

THIS IS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE GET A LOT IS THERE A WAY FOR US TO ATTACH THE SURVEY DATA TO SPECIFIC STUDENTS? AND THERE ISN'T.

THERE IS NO CODE ASSOCIATED.

WE DON'T COLLECT EMAIL ADDRESSES.

ALL OF THE INFORMATION IS COLLATED BY THE STATE AND THEN THE ANONYMOUS DATA IS SENT BACK TO DISTRICTS SO THAT WE CAN SEE HOW OUR STUDENTS.

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ANY PARENT WHO IS INTERESTED IN KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING TO BE ASKED ABOUT ON THE HEALTHY YOUTH SURVEY CAN READ THE EXACT SURVEY QUESTIONS.

THEY'RE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT THE LINK THAT I HAVE HERE.

IT WAS ALSO SENT OUT IN AN EMAIL THAT WAS SHARED BY OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT WITH FAMILIES.

SO ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS GO TO THE ASK HIS WEBSITE AND THEY'RE ABLE TO SEE THE SURVEY QUESTIONS FOR BOTH THE PRIMARY AGE STUDENTS AND THE SECONDARY AGE STUDENTS OR NOT.

PRIMARY EXCUSE ME, SIXTH GRADE MIDDLE SCHOOL AGE AND HIGH SCHOOL AGE.

OKAY. THE QUESTIONS RANGE IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, AND THEY'RE SPECIFIC TO HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT KINDS OF HEALTHY HABITS STUDENTS MAY OR MAY NOT BE ENGAGING IN.

THE QUESTIONS VARY FROM THINGS ABOUT SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS.

THOSE RELATIONSHIPS MIGHT BE THOSE WITH THEIR COMMUNITY, THEIR NEIGHBORS, THEIR FRIENDS, THEIR PARENTS.

IT ALSO ASKS ABOUT THINGS LIKE EATING HABITS, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND GOES INTO SOME BEHAVIORS RELATED TO SOCIAL SKILLS AND THINGS RELATED TO SAFETY.

AND PERHAPS IT ALSO ASKS, PERHAPS IF STUDENTS HAVE EXPERIENCED ANY FORM OF VIOLENCE.

THERE IS ONE SPECIFIC SUBSET OF QUESTIONS THAT DISTRICTS HAVE THE OPTION TO OPT OUT OF, AND THOSE QUESTIONS ARE RELATED TO SEXUAL BEHAVIORS AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE.

BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS OPTED OUT OF THOSE QUESTIONS.

THEY WILL NOT BE ASKED OF OUR STUDENTS.

THERE IS ANOTHER QUESTION THAT IS ON THE SIXTH GRADE QUESTIONNAIRE THAT IS SPECIFIC TO GENDER AND GENDER IDENTITY, AND DISTRICTS CAN ALSO OPT OUT.

WELL, ACTUALLY IT WAS AN OPT IN PROCESS.

WE HAD TO OPT INTO IT. WE DID NOT OPT INTO IT.

SO THAT QUESTION WILL NOT BE ASKED OF OUR SIXTH GRADE STUDENTS.

IT IS ON THE EIGHTH GRADE AND BEYOND SURVEY.

WE DIDN'T HAVE THE OPTION WHETHER TO OPT IN OR OUT OF THAT.

I FEEL LIKE THAT'S IMPORTANT TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD BECAUSE WE DID HAVE THE OPTION IN PREVIOUS YEARS AND WE DIDN'T THIS YEAR.

SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO SHARE WITH YOU.

ARE THEY ABLE TO SKIP IT IN THE SERVICE? THEY CAN SKIP ANY QUESTION IN THE SURVEY.

STUDENTS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO ANSWER EVERY QUESTION.

IF THEY SKIP A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS, IT CAN INVALIDATE THE SURVEY THAT THEY'VE TAKEN.

BUT THEY HAVE THE OPTION OF SKIPPING ANY QUESTION THEY DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE ASKING.

HOW WE USE THE DATA.

SO ONE OF THE REASONS I WANTED TO TALK WITH YOU ABOUT THE HEALTHY YOUTH SURVEY IS THAT WE GLEAN A LOT OF REALLY HELPFUL INFORMATION FROM THE SURVEY DATA, AND IT HELPS TO GUIDE SOME OF THE PROGRAMS AND SUPPORTS THAT WE PUT IN PLACE FOR STUDENTS.

ONE PRIME EXAMPLE OF THAT IS THE PREVENTION INTERVENTION SPECIALISTS AND THE SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDE TO OUR STUDENTS.

SO WE HAVE PREVENTION INTERVENTION SPECIALISTS IN OUR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS, AND THEIR JOB IS TO PREVENT THE STUDENTS FROM ACCESSING AND ENGAGING IN THE USE OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, NICOTINE AND OTHER DRUGS, AND ALSO TO INTERVENE WITH STUDENTS WHO HAVE ALREADY ENGAGED WITH THAT.

OUR PREVENTION INTERVENTION SPECIALISTS TAKE THIS DATA AND USE THAT TO HELP THEM DECIDE HOW TO SPLIT UP THEIR PRIORITIES.

LIKE WHAT THINGS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT OR THE MOST SALIENT THAT'S HAPPENING WITH OUR STUDENTS RIGHT NOW SO THAT THEY CAN INTERVENE ON WHAT THE PRESSURES ARE FOR OUR STUDENTS.

SO THIS DATA HELPS US TO GUIDE THE PROGRAMING FOR OUR PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION SPECIALISTS.

ALSO, OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS USE THIS DATA WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE SUPPORTS THAT THEY PROVIDE FOR STUDENTS.

A REALLY GREAT EXAMPLE OF THIS IS OUR NINTH OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS AT PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL LAST YEAR WERE LOOKING AT THE DATA FOR ANXIETY AND THEY REALLY WANTED TO FOCUS ON ANXIETY THAT STUDENTS WERE FEELING WHEN THEY COME INTO SCHOOL.

SO THEY USE THE DATA FROM THE HEALTHY YOUTH SURVEY TO WRITE A GOAL TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO REDUCE ANXIETY THAT STUDENTS WERE FEELING AND PROVIDE SKILLS AND RESOURCES TO HELP STUDENTS MANAGE FEELINGS OF ANXIETY THAT MIGHT COME UP.

SO THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE WAYS THAT WE USE THE DATA, AND THIS IS WHY IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THIS INFORMATION.

ALONG THAT LINE, I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT PARTICIPATION RATES, SO I HAD INCLUDED THIS INFORMATION.

WHEN I PRESENTED TO YOU AT THE BEGINNING OF LAST SCHOOL YEAR WHEN WE HAD JUST GOTTEN OUR HEALTHY YOUTH SURVEY DATA FROM 2021.

I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT OUR PARTICIPATION RATES LOOK LIKE.

THEY LOOK PRETTY GOOD FOR OUR SIXTH GRADE STUDENTS.

WE HAVE ABOUT 70% OF OUR STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATED IN A LITTLE HIGHER.

FOR EIGHTH GRADE. WE HAD ABOUT 73%.

WHEN WE'RE IN THAT 70% AND ABOVE RANGE, WE CAN TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND SAY THIS IS PROBABLY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE

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WHEN WE GET TO PARTICIPATION RATES THAT ARE THAT LOW, WE'RE NOT REALLY ABLE TO HAVE A DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE ABOUT MAKING GENERALIZATIONS ABOUT THE DATA THAT WE'VE RECEIVED. SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO US THAT WE HAVE PARTICIPATION FROM OUR STUDENTS SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO USE THAT INFORMATION TO GUIDE OUR PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS. SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH THE BOARD.

WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR SCHOOLS TO INCREASE PARTICIPATION.

THE STATE HAS ALLOWED US THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE THE SURVEY TO OUR STUDENTS AND RUNNING START.

SO THAT WILL HELP.

BUT EVERY STUDENT THAT WE CAN GET TO IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS IS A WAY FOR US TO GET STUDENT VOICE ABOUT WHAT THE PRESENTING NEEDS ARE FOR OUR STUDENTS SO THAT WE CAN RESPOND TO THOSE.

HOW DOES THAT STAND HISTORICALLY IN THE PARTICIPATION RATES? THIS IS KIND OF THE TREND THAT WE TEND TO SEE IS THAT WE HAVE HIGHER RATES IN SIXTH AND EIGHTH GRADE.

IT DROPS OFF FOR 10TH AND 12TH GRADE.

12TH GRADE TENDS TO BE THE LOWEST PARTICIPATION.

THIS WAS ONE OF THE FIRST YEARS THAT OUR DATA FOR 12TH GRADE, THOUGH, WAS SO LOW THAT IT WAS SUPPRESSED.

IT WAS WE COULDN'T MAKE ANY ASSUMPTIONS BASED ON THE DATA THAT WE GOT BECAUSE BELOW 40% DOESN'T REALLY GIVE US ENOUGH INFORMATION.

AND UNFORTUNATELY FOR ORGANIZATIONS, EVEN IN OUR COMMUNITY, THEY USE THIS DATA AS WELL TO WRITE GRANTS AND OTHER THINGS.

SO WE GET REQUESTS FOR THE DATA AND TO RELEASE THE DATA BOOK OUT TO THEM.

AND OFTENTIMES THEY'RE DISAPPOINTED TO FIND THAT IN THIS CASE, LAST TIME WE HAD TO SAY THAT MULTIPLE TIMES THAT WE COULDN'T THEY COULDN'T USE THE 12TH GRADE DATA.

SO BASICALLY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, IF THEY'RE WRITING GRANTS, THEY BETTER BE WRITING THEM FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH DATA HERE, AT LEAST IF THEY NEED THIS KIND OF DATA FOR A GRANT, ARE THEY PARTICIPATING IN A SPECIFIC CLASS? SO MAYBE ALL THE ENGLISH CLASSES.

IS THAT HOW IT'S HANDLED? YEAH, IT'S USUALLY HANDLED IN A SPECIFIC CLASS PERIOD.

IT CHANGES BASED ON WHATEVER SCHOOL BUILDING YOU'RE IN.

THEY DESIGN IT TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THEIR BUILDING AND THEIR STUDENTS.

SO IT MIGHT LOOK DIFFERENT AT PRAIRIE THAN IT DOES AT BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL.

SO HOW DO YOU HOW DO RUNNING START STUDENTS ACCESS IT IF THEY'RE NOT ON CAMPUS AT ALL? YEAH. SO THAT'S NEW THIS YEAR.

THEY'RE ALLOWING US TO SEND A LINK TO THE STUDENTS SO THAT THEY CAN PARTICIPATE REMOTELY.

AND THIS WILL BE I WONDER IF THAT WOULD BRING UP THE PARTICIPATION RATES IN, THE OTHER GRADES RATHER THAN DOING IT.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK TO YOUR POINT, I DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE ALONE SEEING THIS.

NO, I DON'T. REPRESENTATION.

I THINK THIS IS I DO THINK YOU'RE RIGHT.

I THINK THAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO FIND MORE PARTICIPATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

YES. IS THERE A WAY TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE WHO ACTUALLY OPT OUT VERSUS THOSE WHO JUST DON'T PARTICIPATE? YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THOSE NUMBERS, BUT I'M SURE THAT THERE IS A WAY FOR US TO GET THEM BECAUSE WE CONTROL THE OPT OUT PROCESS THROUGH SKYWARD. SO I WOULD IMAGINE THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GET A PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS WHO WERE OPTED OUT VERSUS WHAT OUR PARTICIPATION RATE WAS.

I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M STEREOTYPING THAT MAYBE ACTUALLY THE OPT OUT RATE MIGHT ACTUALLY BE HIGHER ON SOME OF THE YOUNGER YEARS AND LESS HIGH.

BUT I THINK YOU'RE PROBABLY RIGHT.

I DON'T KNOW THAT FOR SURE.

THAT'S TRUE. SO THEN THAT MEANS AS THAT PARTICIPATION RATE GOES DOWN, THOSE ARE STUDENTS JUST CHOOSING NOT TO PARTICIPATE VERSUS OPTING OUT OF THAT WHOLE PROCESS. YEAH.

AND I COULD I CAN PULL THAT DATA WHEN I BRING THE THE RESULTS BACK TO THE BOARD.

I CAN INCLUDE THE OPT OUT DATA SO THAT WE CAN SEE.

IT'LL BE INTERESTING. YEAH, IT WOULD, YEAH.

OKAY. OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT HEALTHY YOUTH SURVEY.

WHAT'S MY FINAL WORD ON HEALTHY YOUTH SURVEY? JUST A THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

LET'S DO IT AND WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS INFORMATION OUT THERE SO THAT FAMILIES, COMMUNITY MEMBERS KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE SURVEY IS, WHAT IT MEANS, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR AND WHAT WE'RE NOT DOING WITH THAT DATA.

WE JUST WANT TO PROVIDE CLARITY.

SO THE SECOND THING I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IS SOMETHING CALLED PROJECT AWARE, WHICH IS AN ACRONYM THAT SOME OF YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH BECAUSE WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY HAD THE AWARE GRANT, AS IT'S CALLED AWARE, STANDS FOR ADVANCING WELLNESS AND RESILIENCE IN EDUCATION.

AWARE IS PART OF A FEDERAL GRANT THAT'S PROVIDED BY THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION ADMINISTRATION SAMHSA.

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THOSE AGENCIES CAN BE DISTRICTS LIKE US.

IT CAN ALSO BE STATE EDUCATION AGENCIES LIKE OSPI.

IT'S EVEN BEEN AWARDED TO COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN COMMUNITIES THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY AFFILIATED WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

THE GRANT IS AWARDED FOR FIVE YEARS WHEN AN AGENCY RECEIVES IT, AND WHEN WE HAVE THIS GRANT IN 2014, WE HAD THE GRANT FROM 2014 TO 2019, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE PUT IN PLACE WERE OUR PBIS SYSTEM, DISTRICT WIDE.

THAT STANDS FOR POSITIVE BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS AND SUPPORTS.

WE ALSO IMPLEMENTED THE PREVENTION INTERVENTION SERVICES THAT I SPOKE TO YOU ABOUT BEFORE THEY STARTED WITH THE AWARE GRANT AND HAVE CONTINUED SINCE THEN.

WE BROUGHT MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS INTO OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND WE ALSO PROVIDED TRAINING TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO OUR STAFF ON YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID.

I AM VERY PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE TO YOU THAT BATTLE GROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAS RECEIVED THE PROJECT AWARE GRANT FOR A SECOND TIME.

OF ALL OF THE APPLICANTS NATIONALLY, WE WERE ONE OF 21 AGENCIES THAT WERE CHOSEN TO RECEIVE THIS GRANT.

WELL, WE ONE OF THE FACTORS THAT WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT HELPED US IN MAKE OUR CASE TO RECEIVE THIS GRANT FUNDING WAS THAT WE SUSTAINED THE THINGS THAT WE PUT IN PLACE THE FIRST TIME AROUND.

WE HAD RECEIVED THIS GRANT MONEY AND THOSE THINGS DIDN'T GO AWAY.

WHEN THE GRANT SUNSET IN 2019, WE SUSTAINED IT.

WE KNEW THAT THESE THINGS WERE IMPORTANT FOR OUR STUDENTS.

WE SAW GOOD OUTCOME DATA FROM THE SUPPORTS THAT WERE PUT IN PLACE.

AND BECAUSE WE CONTINUED IT ON, THAT LOOKED REALLY GOOD TO THE GRANT COMMITTEE BECAUSE THEY KNEW THAT WE ARE A DISTRICT THAT CARES ABOUT PROVIDING THOSE KINDS OF SUPPORT TO OUR STUDENTS. SO IN PART BECAUSE OF THAT, THEY CHOSE TO SUPPORT US THROUGH GRANT FUNDING AGAIN.

THIS TIME AROUND, THE GOALS ARE REALLY FALLING INTO TWO MAJOR CAMPS.

ONE OF THE CAMPS IS AROUND PROVIDING TRAINING AND ACCESS TO RESOURCES TO THE PEOPLE WHO INTERACT WITH YOUTH ON A REGULAR BASIS.

AND THE OTHER CAMP IS AROUND IDENTIFYING STUDENTS WHO ARE IN NEED OF ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AND HAVING INTERVENTIONS AT THE READY TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THEM WITH.

SO WE'D LIKE TO BOLSTER UP SOME OF THE EXISTING RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE.

WE'D ALSO LIKE TO LOOK AT WHAT OTHER AREAS DO WE NEED SUPPORT IN THINGS LIKE THE HEALTHY YOUTH SURVEY, HELP US TO DETERMINE WHAT SUPPORTS OUR STUDENTS NEED. IN ADDITION TO A LOT OF OTHER DATA SOURCES THAT WE USE.

WE'RE LOOKING AT INCREASING MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS.

WE'VE GOT SOME WE NEED MORE.

WE'D LIKE TO INCREASE THOSE SUPPORTS AND AVAILABILITY OF THOSE SUPPORTS TO OUR STUDENTS.

WE WANT TO EXPAND ACCESS TO SOME OF OUR CURRICULUMS THAT HELP SUPPORT SKILLS THAT ARE IMPORTANT IN LIFE.

I'M THINKING ABOUT LIKE THE CHARACTER STRONG CURRICULUM THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE IN GRADES K THROUGH EIGHT.

WE NEED ACCESS TO SOME KINDS OF RESOURCES AND SUPPORTS FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AS WELL.

IT'S GOING TO LOOK DIFFERENT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE YET, BUT WITH THE RESOURCES PROVIDED BY THIS GRANT, WE CAN BUILD THAT SYSTEM AND PROVIDE THOSE SUPPORTS TO STUDENTS.

DOES THE GRANT FULLY FUND THIS PROGRAM? THAT'S AN INTERESTING QUESTION.

I'M GOING TO TRY TO ANSWER IT.

AND IF I DON'T ANSWER IT THE WAY THAT YOU ARE ASKING, LET ME KNOW.

OKAY? OKAY. SO WHEN WE APPLIED FOR THE GRANT, WE HAD TO BE VERY SPECIFIC DOWN TO THE PENNY ABOUT HOW THESE GRANT RESOURCES WOULD BE USED.

SO WE HAD TO WRITE OUT A BUDGET FOR EXACTLY HOW THESE FUNDS WOULD BE USED FOR THE FIVE YEARS.

SO THAT MONEY HAS BEEN ALLOCATED AND THEY FULLY FUNDED THE THINGS THAT WE ASKED FOR.

BUT THERE'S NOT IT'S NOT LIKE A BLANK CHECK THAT IS WRITTEN AND GIVEN TO US THAT WE THEN CHOOSE WHAT TO DO WITH.

WE'VE PROMISED HOW WE'RE GOING TO USE THIS FUNDING.

SO IS THERE A COST ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROGRAM THAT YOU DIDN'T ASK FOR? NOT ANTICIPATED ONES.

OKAY, SO HOW MANY FTES DOES IT DOES THIS GRANT SUPPORT? 3.5. OKAY.

AND THOSE ARE WHAT ONE OF THE POSITIONS IS AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WHO SUPPORTS THE THE GRANT OBJECTIVES, WHO BASICALLY IS FOLLOWING THE PLAN THAT WE WROTE.

TWO OF THESE ARE HIGH SCHOOL INTERVENTION COORDINATORS.

WE KNOW THAT OUR HIGH SCHOOLS ARE THEY'RE LIKE MANY CITIES.

I'VE TOLD A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL IS LARGER THAN THE TOWN THAT I GREW UP IN.

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SO THESE INTERVENTION COORDINATORS, ONE FOR BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL AND ONE FOR PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL, WILL BE HELPING US TO STREAMLINE THAT.

THEY'LL BE LOOKING AT THE DATA, MAKING SURE THAT KIDS ARE GETTING ACCESS TO THE INTERVENTIONS THAT THEY NEED.

THE OTHER THE POINT FIVE IS A PERSON WHO WILL BE ESSENTIALLY A GRANT SECRETARY WHO IS SUPPORTING, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE REPORTING OUR GRANT USAGE TO THE FEDS APPROPRIATELY.

THERE'S A LOT OF RULES AND RED TAPE THAT'S TIED TO GRANT FUNDING.

SO THAT PERSON IS GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THAT PROPERLY.

AND SO WHAT ABOUT OUR OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS? DOES THIS A GRANT WRITTEN ONLY FOR OUR TWO COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

SO ALTHOUGH THERE'S FTE ALLOCATED FOR THE TWO COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS, THE GRANT ACTIVITIES ARE FOR ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS.

SO THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF AWARE IS THE PERSON WHO'S GOING TO BE PULLING TOGETHER PEOPLE FROM A VARIETY OF OUR SCHOOLS AND THEN FROM ALSO FROM OUR COMMUNITY TO TALK ABOUT WHAT PLANS WE'RE GOING TO PUT IN PLACE TO PUT THESE RESOURCES IN OUR BUILDING SO THAT KIDS HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO THEM.

THAT GOES FOR OUR PRIMARY MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL AND ALLOWS ALL OF THEM.

ANOTHER QUESTION DO YOU HAVE? SEE WHAT ELSE I'VE GOT UP HERE.

OUR NEXT STEP. SO I'VE SPOKEN TO THESE A LITTLE BIT.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVEN'T TOUCHED ON IS THERE WILL BE A COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD, SO IT'LL BE MEMBERS FROM THE COMMUNITY, ALSO MEMBERS FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND WE'LL REPORT OUT WHAT WE ARE DOING AND GET FEEDBACK FROM THAT GROUP ABOUT HOW TO PROCEED.

SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO US THAT WE ARE TRANSPARENT WITH THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING AND ALSO THAT WE'RE LISTENING TO THEM ABOUT WHAT THE NEEDS OF THEIR KIDS ARE, WHAT THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS ARE.

WE WANT TO OPEN THAT DOOR AND HAVE OPEN COMMUNICATION SO THAT WE CAN LEARN FROM THE EXPERIENCES OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TOO.

SO THAT WAS WRITTEN INTO THE GRANT AS ONE OF THE DELIVERABLES.

YEAH. SO THAT'S WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU.

WHAT OTHER QUESTIONS? IT DID SAY COMMUNICATING WITH THE BOARD.

HOW OFTEN WILL WE HEAR UPDATES ON THIS? GREAT QUESTION. YES.

AND I WANTED TO MENTION THAT, TOO, THAT ONE OF THE THINGS IS I WANT TO BE GIVING YOU REGULAR UPDATES.

I LOOK TO MY BOSSES TO HELP ME DEFINE WHAT REGULAR LOOKS LIKE, BUT DEFINITELY WANT TO BE BRINGING INFORMATION TO YOU AS WELL.

WE HAVE A PLANNED WORK SESSION LATER IN THE YEAR TO GIVE A LITTLE MORE TIME NOT JUST TO UPDATING ABOUT AWARE BUT A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS THAT ARE RELATED TO SAFE AND CARING ENVIRONMENTS.

SO THAT WORK SESSION, CERTAINLY WE WILL HAVE AN UPDATE.

IF YOU WANT AN UPDATE BEFORE THAT, WE CAN MAKE SURE IT GETS ON THE TEACHING AND LEARNING.

AND TAMRA IS GOING TO COME.

SHE'S THE FEATURED SPEAKER AT OUR MEETING ON THIS THURSDAY.

SHE'S GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT SAFE AND CARING ENVIRONMENT.

WE'RE GOING TO HIT THE THREE MAIN POINTS OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

SO WE'RE STARTING WITH SAFE AND CARING ENVIRONMENT.

IT'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DO TO HELP PROMOTE THAT.

SO AND THE AWARE GRANT IS BIG AND IT'S A HUGE KUDOS.

TAMRA JUST CAME IN AND SAID, CAN I APPLY FOR THIS? AND I SAID, YEAH, GO FOR IT.

AND SHE PUT IT ALL TOGETHER, DID ALL THE WORK, WORKED WITH A GRANT WRITER WHO HAD HELPED US LAST TIME AND, YOU KNOW, TO BE ONE OF 21 DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES IS, ABSOLUTELY HUGE.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANKS. IF YOU THINK OF THE SYSTEMS THAT WERE PUT IN PLACE BY THE FIRST ROUND OF.

RIGHT? YEAH. PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.

YEAH. ARE THERE ANY OTHER DISTRICTS IN WASHINGTON OR WERE THE ONLY ONES? SO THERE ARE A COUPLE OF OTHER DISTRICTS WHO CURRENTLY HAVE IT, BUT NO NEW GRANTEES.

YAKIMA CURRENTLY HAS IT.

YEAH, WE'RE THE ONLY ONE FOR THIS GRANT CYCLE.

OSPI IS UNDER PROJECT AWARE AS WELL.

THEY HAVE AN AWARE GRANT.

SO DOES THE ESD 112.

THIS LOOKS DIFFERENT FOR THOSE ORGANIZATIONS BECAUSE OF WHERE THEY ARE IN THE I THINK VANCOUVER IS JUST ENDED.

THEY HAD ONE. YEAH.

AND THEN THERE WERE TWO OTHER DISTRICTS IN THE STATE THAT WERE PART OF OUR ORIGINAL, BUT THEY HAVEN'T MARYSVILLE AND SHELTON SHELTON RIGHT? YEAH BUT THEY DID NOT HOLD ON TO THEIR PROGRAMS. WE DID. YEAH.

THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO ALSO POINT OUT THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE LAST FEW BOARD MEETINGS, WE'VE HAD SOME CITIZENS COMMENTS AROUND THE HEALTHY YOUTH SURVEY.

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YOU'LL SEE THAT BATTLE GROUND HISTORICALLY HAS NEVER PARTICIPATED IN THE QUESTIONS AROUND SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, SEXUAL VIOLENCE.

BUT BUT IT IS AND I'VE JUST CONTINUED THAT STRING AND BUT TO TAMRA'S POINT, IT IS GETTING MORE DIFFICULT TO OPT OUT FROM THE STATE.

THEY'RE MAKING MORE QUESTIONS THAT YOU CAN OPT OUT ON.

AND LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, ON THIS ONE, IT USED TO BE THAT WE COULD JUST OPT OUT.

WE JUST SAY WE'RE GOING TO OPT OUT AND THAT WAS FINE.

THIS TIME. I HAD TO ACTUALLY WRITE A LONG EXPLANATION AS TO WHY WE ARE OPTING OUT.

SO I JUST DON'T KNOW HISTORICALLY WHERE WE'RE HEADED TO.

I THINK THEY ARE REALLY LOOKING AT THE RESULTS.

I THINK THAT THE INFORMATION THAT'S OBTAINED CAN BE HELPFUL.

BUT I ALSO THINK THAT IN SOME COMMUNITIES, THE TYPES OF QUESTIONS THEY ASK ARE NOT RECEIVED WELL, AND IT COULD INCREASE THE OPT OUT RATE THAT WE SEE.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I ADVOCATED FOR US, BECAUSE OUR NUMBERS ARE ALREADY GOING DOWN AND THE INFORMATION WE RECEIVE ABOUT VAPING, ABOUT DRUG USE, ABOUT SUICIDE, MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IS ALSO VALUABLE, THAT WE DIDN'T WANT TO USE THAT.

BUT IF THE BOARD EVER DECIDES THEY WANT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT RECONSIDERING THAT STANCE, I'M CERTAINLY OPEN TO IT.

BUT I'M NOT MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION.

I THINK THE ONLY SECTION OF THE THAT WE OPT OUT OF THE SEXUAL VIOLENCE, I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THAT BECAUSE IT REALLY ANSWERS SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER OUR STUDENTS UNDERSTAND WHAT CONSENT IS.

AND SO THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT I WISH THAT WAS A LITTLE MORE AVAILABLE OR EVEN THAT IT WAS.

SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS WITHIN THERE WERE IN A SEPARATE SECTION, BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT THERE'S SOME MISNOMERS ABOUT CONSENT THAT I WISH WE HAD MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SO THAT WE COULD BE MORE STRATEGIC ABOUT HOW WE PLAN OUR TRAINING AROUND COMPREHENSIVE SEXUAL HEALTH CURRICULUM AND WHETHER WE OPT INTO CERTAIN PARTS OF THAT CURRICULUM OR NOT.

I DO THINK THAT'S A CONCERN FOR OUR YOUTH.

BUT WITHOUT THE DATA, I CAN'T SAY THAT'S ACCURATE.

I FOUND MYSELF WONDERING THROUGH THAT PRESENTATION, JUST A STUDENT PERSPECTIVE ON THE HEALTHY YOUTH SURVEY AND IF YOU HAD ANY THOUGHTS ON IT.

WELL, I ACTUALLY BECAUSE OF COVID, I HAVEN'T TAKEN IT SINCE THE SIXTH GRADE.

AND SO I DON'T REALLY REMEMBER MUCH ABOUT IT.

I REMEMBER IT WAS PRETTY LONG AND I REMEMBER I WAS SITTING IN MY SCIENCE CLASS AND I WAS LIKE, WHATEVER, BECAUSE MY PARENTS HAD KNOCKED ME OUT.

AND THEN I A LOT OF MY PEERS AREN'T FANS OF IT BECAUSE IT'S LIKE KIND OF PROBING QUESTIONS.

AND IT IS UNCOMFORTABLE TO KNOW THAT, LIKE WHETHER OR NOT IT'S ANONYMOUS, SOMEBODY IS GETTING THIS INFORMATION AND ESPECIALLY STATISTICS SORRY, STATISTIC IS HIGH ABOUT SOMETHING THAT LIKE MAYBE THEY'RE ENGAGING IN.

I THINK OF LIKE THE DRUGS AND ALCOHOL, STUFF LIKE THAT.

LIKE I THINK JUST GLOBALLY THAT'S KIND OF AN ISSUE WITH YOUTH LIKE THAT'S UNCOMFORTABLE.

NOBODY WANTS TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.

AND I THINK LIKE, MY STANCE ON IT MIGHT BE DIFFERENT THAN A LOT OF STUDENTS IN THE AREA.

SO I'M GOING TO SPEAK MORE ON THE STUDENTS.

I THINK THAT A LOT OF LIKE HIGH SCHOOLERS, LIKE I WAS LOOKING AT THE 12TH GRADE STATISTICS AND I COULDN'T SAY I WAS SURPRISED BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH I DON'T FEEL SUPER STRONGLY ABOUT IT, I KNOW OF A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT DO.

AND MY SCHOOL IS ALSO DIFFERENT IN THE CASE THAT WE'RE AN ALL SCHOOL, NOT EVERYBODY GOES EVERY DAY.

PEOPLE ARE MORE WHAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER SHELTERED AND IN PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS, THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE CASE.

AND EVEN THOUGH THIS INFORMATION IS INCREDIBLY LIKE IMPORTANT AND I SEE THAT AND I KNOW THAT STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT, I JUST LIKE IN TERMS OF IT BEING A SURVEY, IN TERMS OF IT BEING LIKE A QUESTIONNAIRE THAT YOU RECEIVE AT THE DOCTOR, IN TERMS OF IT BEING LIKE INTERVIEWED BY YOUR PARENTS.

YOU KNOW, LIKE I THINK THERE'S KIND OF THIS KIND OF THIS LIKE AIR OF IT BEING UNCOMFORTABLE AND AN AIR OF IT BEING SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD RATHER AVOID.

AND SO LIKE DURING THAT WAS AN AMAZING PRESENTATION.

THE WHOLE TIME I WAS LIKE WANTING TO SAY THINGS, BUT I WAS JUST I WAS THINKING A LOT LIKE THINKING OF LIKE, HOW DO WE LIKE, IS THERE ANY WAY TO WORK AROUND THAT? AND AS OF RIGHT NOW, I REALLY CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING BECAUSE LIKE, YOU HAVE TO GET THE.

MISSION AND THERE'S NO LIGHT WAY TO ASK DIRECT QUESTIONS, RIGHT? AND SO I THINK, LIKE, AS WE GET MORE INFORMATION AND HOPEFULLY MAYBE PARTICIPATION WILL COME BACK UP, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH SCHOOLERS THAT WE'RE KIND OF LACKING

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EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT IT, BUT LIKE KIND OF MAYBE A MORE EFFICIENT WAY FOR PEOPLE TO RESPOND SO THAT YOU GUYS CAN GET THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED.

BECAUSE I'M NOT LIKE THERE ARE DEFINITELY PARTS OF IT THAT AREN'T PRODUCTIVE AND THAT AREN'T COMFORTABLE FOR STUDENTS.

BUT THAT'S JUST OF SOME FASCINATING INSIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING.

DO YOU THINK IT WOULD BE MORE COMFORTABLE TO TAKE THE SURVEY IF STUDENTS MAYBE THEY DON'T ALL REALIZE THAT THEY CAN OPT OUT OF ANY QUESTION IF THEY'RE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH IT? I THINK STUDENTS KNOW.

I THINK IT'S KIND OF THERE'S LIKE A BIG I REMEMBER THERE'S A BIG DESCRIPTION ON THE TOP OF THE PAPER AND IT'S LIKE, WELL, IT SAYS LIKE THE THINGS LIKE USE A NUMBER TWO PENCIL AND FILL IT OUT AND FILL THE CIRCLES ALL THE WAY.

BUT IT ALSO SAYS THINGS LIKE, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION LIKE AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIKE MARK ANYTHING TO SAY THAT YOU'RE NOT ANSWERING THE QUESTION.

YOU CAN JUST SKIP IT. BUT I THINK JUST THE IDEA LIKE IT'S A LOT OF THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON THAT SURVEY.

LIKE EVEN LIKE AS A SIXTH GRADER, THERE WERE A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

AND SO I THINK IT'S JUST THE VAST AMOUNT OF INFORMATION IS KIND OF LIKE YOU KIND OF LOOK AT THE PAPER AND I'M SURE PEOPLE LOOK AT THE PAPER AND THEN DECIDE TO RECYCLE IT BECAUSE THEY'RE LIKE, IT'S TOO MUCH.

JULIA, DO YOU THINK AND TAMRA HIT ON THIS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE RUNNING START STUDENTS, BUT DO YOU THINK IF THE LINK WAS SENT TO STUDENTS INDIVIDUALLY THAT THEY WOULD BE MORE LIKELY TO PARTICIPATE IN IT IF THEY WERE AWAY FROM SCHOOL? DENNY SEEING NO, I DON'T THINK SO.

OR DO YOU THINK IT WOULD BE WORSE? I THINK IT DEPENDS.

HONESTLY, I DON'T KNOW.

I DEPENDS ON THE SURVEY.

DID YOU GUYS GET SIMILAR STATISTICS? YES. THEN I WOULD SAY PROBABLY NOT.

I THINK LIKE MIRROR, I THINK THE FACT THAT IT'S IN FRONT OF YOU, THERE'S A PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS THAT IF IT'S IN CLASS, LIKE, WELL, I'M GOING TO BE DOING SOMETHING ANYWAY, SO I MIGHT AS WELL DO THIS VERSUS IF IT'S AT HOME, IT'S KIND OF LIKE, WELL, I'M NOT SPENDING MY BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID, IT IS AN INTENSIVE SURVEY, RIGHT? I MEAN, YOU REALLY GOT TO PAY ATTENTION TO IT AND READ THE QUESTIONS AND GO THROUGH AND IT'S LONG, RIGHT? YEAH. SO IT'D BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF THEY WOULD CONSIDER THE OPTION OF BREAKING IT INTO PARTS.

PARTS. YEAH. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, MAYBE LIKE PART ONE, PART TWO, PART THREE OR SOMETHING.

YOU KNOW, THE GOOD NEWS IS IT'S ONLY DONE EVERY OTHER YEAR AND EVERY SECOND GRADE LEVEL, BUT THAT MEANS THE SAME STUDENTS ARE TAKING IT EVERY EIGHTH GRADE, 10TH GRADE, 12TH GRADE, AND IT FOLLOWS THE COHORT.

SO THAT'S THE IDEA BEHIND IT.

YEAH. THANK YOU.

ANYTHING ELSE? TEACHING AND LEARNING? NOTHING ELSE. TEACHING AND LEARNING.

YES. I JUST WE'LL HAVE A MORE DETAILED PRESENTATION FOR OUR ENROLLMENT TO SHOW YOU HOW WE'RE TRACKING AT OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING.

BUT I DID WANT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE THAT WE ARE 99.9% TO OUR BUDGET AND ENROLLMENT.

AND SO WE'RE JUST A FEW KIDS SHY 12,110 FTE, SO THAT'S FULL TIME EQUIVALENT, RIGHT? ENROLLMENT. SO THAT'S NOT BY OUR HEADCOUNT.

SO THAT'S ABOUT 350 KIDS MORE THAN WE ENDED THE SCHOOL YEAR WITH LAST YEAR AND FROM OUR AVERAGE ANNUAL FTE BECAUSE WE HAVE DIFFERENT POINTS, RIGHT? YOU HAVE YOUR YOU HAVE YOUR MONTHLY COUNTS AND THEN YOU HAVE YOUR ANNUAL AVERAGE.

AND SO YOU BASE YOUR BUDGET ON YOUR ANNUAL AVERAGE.

SO THAT IS THE GOAL IS TO HIT YOUR ANNUAL AVERAGE.

SO I'M VERY HOPEFUL THAT WE WILL BE HITTING OUR BUDGET.

SO WE'RE ABOUT 222 RIGHT NOW UP FROM OUR ANNUAL AVERAGE FTE FROM LAST YEAR.

SO GOOD NEWS TO REPORT ON.

AND STUDENT ENROLLMENT.

ALSO OUR CATEGORICAL PROGRAMS, INCLUDING BILINGUAL SPED, ARE ALSO HITTING THEIR TARGETS AS WELL.

AND THEIR ENROLLMENT IS COMING IN, WHICH MEANS THAT THEIR PROGRAMS WILL BE FUNDED AS WE BUDGETED.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, AMANDA.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING AND BOARD DOCS.

YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THE COMMUNICATIONS SCORECARD FOR LAST MONTH SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE WERE WORKING ON AND HOW WE'RE MEASURING OUR IMPACT.

BUT I WANTED TO LIFT OUT A COUPLE OF THINGS FROM LAST MONTH AND THIS MONTH TO TALK ABOUT TWO STORIES IN THE REFLECTOR RECENTLY.

ONE ABOUT THE PLEASANT VALLEY MASCOT THAT WAS CARVED INTO THE TREE THAT HAD TO BE REMOVED AND THEN ALSO THE CASEY 30TH ANNIVERSARY THAT WAS DISCUSSED EARLIER.

THOSE ARE BOTH GREAT STORIES.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

A LOT OF GOOD COVERAGE AS WELL ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE, STARTING WITH IN THE UPPER LEFT.

CHRIS BROWN WROTE THIS GREAT STORY ABOUT THE WORK THAT PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE DOING TO CELEBRATE HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH AND BRING EVERYONE INTO THE FOLD IN THAT

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TUKES VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL HAS A NEW DREAM TEAM.

AS YOU KNOW, CHIEF HAS LONG HAD A DREAM TEAM, BUT SO IT'S NEW AT TUKES THIS YEAR, AND THEY'RE GETTING STARTED BY DOING A CAMPAIGN THAT FOCUSES ON SUICIDE PREVENTION. AND THEN ALSO THERE'S A STORY ABOUT A NEW AD HOC SLOWPITCH SOFTBALL TEAM.

THAT'S FORMED BETWEEN CAM AND BATTLE GROUND, AS WELL AS SOME STUDENTS FROM HERITAGE AND WASHOUGAL.

SO IT'S KIND OF NEAT TO SEE ALL THOSE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS COMING TOGETHER.

AND THEN LASTLY, WE HAVE SOME UPCOMING EVENTS, INCLUDING THE ONGOING BROADCAST THAT JASON FOSTER AND HIS STUDENTS ARE WORKING ON AND THE COLLEGE AND CAREER FAIR ON OCTOBER 30TH.

AND THAT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, INCLUDING STUDENTS FROM OTHER DISTRICTS.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

AND MICHELLE REINHARDT AND LUKE LACOUNT ARE ACTUALLY AT A CONFERENCE TODAY, TOMORROW.

AND THEY COME BACK ON WEDNESDAY.

SO THEY'RE NOT HERE TONIGHT.

SO NO H.R. REPORT.

AND THEN KEVIN JOLMA IS ALSO NOT ABLE TO ATTEND TONIGHT.

SO NO OPERATIONS REPORT.

SO THAT CONCLUDES THE SUPERINTENDENT'S STAFF UPDATES.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THAT BRINGS US TO CITIZENS COMMENTS.

[7. Citizens' Comments]

WE WILL I'LL JUST ASK YOU TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM AS I CALL YOUR NAME.

YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

JULIA WILL BE THERE WILL BE A TIMER ON THE SCREEN, BUT SHE WILL ALSO LET YOU KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE 30S REMAINING.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP.

SO WE WILL JUST GET STARTED THERE.

I WILL DO MY BEST NOT TO SLAUGHTER ANYBODY'S NAMES, BUT I WILL INADVERTENTLY.

SO I APOLOGIZE UP FRONT.

I WILL ASK THAT IF YOU GO BEYOND THE THREE MINUTES, I WILL ATTEMPT TO STOP YOU.

NOT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY, BUT BECAUSE WE WANT EVERYBODY TO HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK.

AND SO WITH THAT, WE WILL CALL GRETCHEN UP TO THE STAND.

YEAH. GRETCHEN V THAT'S WHAT I CAN SAY BECAUSE THIS WILL BE THE NAME I WILL SLAUGHTER JUST RIGHT THERE.

WELL. HELLO, BOARD.

MY NAME IS GRETCHEN VERPOORTEN.

FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW ME, I'M A BATTLE GROUND AND CLARK COUNTY RESIDENT OF LONG TIME WIFE, MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER.

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT MY TOPIC TONIGHT IS FREEDOM.

WE LIVE IN THE BEST COUNTRY OF THE WORLD BECAUSE IT'S A FREE COUNTRY.

EACH GENERATION MUST GUARD THAT FREEDOM THAT WE'VE BEEN ENTRUSTED WITH.

SO LET'S REVIEW.

OUR GOVERNMENT EXISTS TO PROTECT, NOT TO GRANT OUR RIGHTS.

EARLY AMERICANS ENTRUSTED PARENTS, TEACHERS AND SCHOOL BOARDS TO RUN OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM.

IT WASN'T RUN UNDER A DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

EARLY AMERICANS OR EXCUSE ME, THE CONSTITUTION IN ARTICLE ONE, SECTION EIGHT LIMITS THE SIZE OF GOVERNMENT TO ONLY 17 THINGS.

EIGHT OF THEM CONCERN NATIONAL DEFENSE.

SIX WERE FOR COMMERCE AND THE REST ARE FOR GOVERNING TERRITORIES.

NOTHING ABOUT EDUCATION.

ANOTHER THING TO REMEMBER TRUTH DOES NOT CHANGE.

AND MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL, ALL POWER OF GOVERNMENT COMES BY OUR CONSENT.

NO OFFICIAL CAN REVOKE OUR FREEDOM OF RELIGION, FREEDOM OF SPEECH, OR FREEDOM OF RELIGION, OR THE FREEDOM TO EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN AS A SELF-GOVERNED CITIZENSHIP.

THIS HERITAGE IS ENSHRINED IN OUR BRILLIANT CONSTITUTION, WHICH IS BASED ON THE BEDROCK, WHICH IS THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, WHICH STATES THAT ALL HUMANKIND, THAT'S US, ARE EQUAL, AND WE'RE ENDOWED WITH CERTAIN INALIENABLE RIGHTS, LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.

OUR CONSTITUTION IS NOT AN EVOLVING OR LIVING DOCUMENT.

SO MY CONCERNS THAT I JUST WANT TO BRING UP TO YOU GUYS TONIGHT AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE VERY BUSY AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE TIME YOU PUT IN.

I'M WONDERING ABOUT OUR OWN STUDENTS AND GOVERNING THEM WITH DO THEY HAVE FREEDOMS? IN MY OWN LITTLE CIRCLE OF A FEW STUDENTS THAT I KNOW AND JUST THINGS THAT ARE BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION, I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT TWO INCIDENTS.

AND I'VE TALKED TO PRINCIPAL GOURD ABOUT THESE.

ONE WAS TWO DIFFERENT INVOLVING TWO DIFFERENT TEACHERS.

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AND THE OTHER THING I JUST QUESTIONED THAT AND THEN ANOTHER TEACHER TOOK DOWN THE AMERICAN FLAG UP FRONT AND REPLACED IT WITH LGBTQ AND FLAG AND 28.4050 .030 SAYS THAT A TEACHER UNDER THEIR CODE OF CONDUCT SIGNING UP FOR THIS JOB AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

MUCH MUST TEACH MORALITY AND PATRIOTISM, AND THAT'S ONE TO REFER TO.

I JUST WANT YOU AS THE BOARD TO BE AWARE OF THIS AND WE HAVE GREAT TEACHERS, BUT I THINK WE MAYBE NEED TO MONITOR SOME THINGS.

AND PRINCIPAL GOURD IS GREAT.

THANK YOU.

NEXT UP, WE HAVE ANGELA SLAYTON.

SEE HOW THAT HELPED ME TO STAY UP FRONT.

I'M REALLY BAD AT NAMES.

THANK YOU FOR HELPING.

HI, ANGELA. HELLO.

SO FIRST I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MYSELF AND TELL YOU ABOUT MY BACKGROUND.

I'M A THIRD GENERATION TIGER, AND MY DAUGHTER GIGI IS THE FOURTH GENERATION TIGER.

I'M A MOM OF FOUR KIDS, TWO WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.

SO MR. WATERS AND I GO WAY BACK FROM WHEN HE WAS SPECIAL ED DIRECTOR ANYWAYS, AND I'VE ALWAYS APPRECIATED HIS KIND, RESPECTFUL AND FAIR DEMEANOR.

AND I'M ALSO A BACHELOR PREPARED BEDSIDE NURSE FOR ALMOST 24 YEARS.

AS A NURSE, IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS AND AS A SPECIAL NEEDS MOM, IT'S IMPORTANT TO ASK WHY.

WHY IS THIS HAPPENING? WHY IS IT A NO? USING THESE SKILLS ALONG WITH BEING IN A SMALL TOWN? I'VE BECOME AWARE OF THE HOSA TEACHER ADVISOR.

MR. GODFREY HAS BEEN GONE SINCE THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

I'M CURRENTLY ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS FOR THE ADVISORY BOARD FOR THE WHOLE PROGRAM AND NO ONE HAS HEARD FROM MRS. GODFREY AND USING OUR CRITICAL THINKING SKILL, MY CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS, IT'S BECOME APPARENT THAT MRS. GODFREY MAY BE IN TROUBLE.

AND BEING IN A SMALL TOWN APPEARS TO BE HEARSAY FROM ANOTHER PARTY.

BECAUSE IT'S A SMALL TOWN.

I ALWAYS TELL MY KIDS, YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO TELL ME ANYWAYS, AND I HOPE THAT I'M WRONG ON THIS PART, BUT I WOULD NOT. I JUST HOPE THAT THE SCHOOL WOULD NOT BE HAVING HER IN TROUBLE FOR SOMETHING OVER HEARSAY.

MRS. GODFREY IS A VALUABLE COMMUNITY MEMBER AND TEACHER.

SHE ADVOCATES FOR THE KIDS TO BECOME BETTER LEADERS AND THINKERS.

SHE HELPS THEM THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX, HAVE DREAMS, HELP THINK OF OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY.

SHE ASSISTS THE KIDS IN BEING INDEPENDENT AND WORK ON ADULTING TO PREPARE THEM FOR THE REAL WORLD.

SHE ASSISTS TEACHERS, SHE ASSISTS AND TEACHES THEM TO BE EMPATHETIC AND KIND TO THEIR FELLOW STUDENTS.

MY DAUGHTER GIGI, SHE'S A STRONG, BEAUTIFUL PERSONALITY AND IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT HER AND THINGS I'M PROUD ABOUT THAT I LOVE ABOUT HER.

SOMETIMES, THOUGH, IT'S A FINE LINE, AND MRS. GODFREY HAS TAUGHT HER TO BE A STRONG LEADER AND TEACHES ALL THE KIDS.

YES, WE HAVE MADE MISTAKES, BUT WE LEARN FROM IT AND BECOME A BETTER PERSON.

FINALLY, MISS GODFREY HELPS OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR OWN STUDENTS TO BECOME NURSES, EMTS, DOCTORS, ETCETERA.

SO IT KEEPS VALUABLE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS IN OUR AREA.

CURRENTLY IN CLARK COUNTY, WE'RE AT A LEVEL ZERO FOR AMBULANCES, WHICH MEANS NO AMBULANCE AVAILABLE TO TRANSPORT AND CARE FOR CRITICAL ILL PATIENTS, MOSTLY DUE TO LACK OF EMTS. AND SAME WITH HOSPITALS SHORT OF NURSES AND CNAS.

I DON'T KNOW EXACT NUMBERS, BUT HAVING A PASSIONATE TEACHER SUCH AS MRS. GODFREY HELPS BRING NEW BLOOD TO THE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS.

SHE HAS A STATE OF THE ART SIM LAB THAT SHE'S WORKED HARD TO DO AND THAT EVEN SOME NURSING PROGRAMS IN OUR COMMUNITY DON'T HAVE AS MUCH OF NICE EQUIPMENT AND THINGS IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITY, IN THEIR OWN SIM LABS.

AND I'M TALKING ABOUT CLARK COLLEGE, ETCETERA.

OUR KIDS ARE AT A HUGE ADVANTAGE WHEN THEY GO OFF TO STUDY AND WORK.

I KNOW YOU CAN'T SAY ANYTHING, BUT AS A SPECIAL NEEDS MOM AND DOING MY RESEARCH, I LEARNED THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS FINAL SAY IF A TEACHER GETS LET GO OR NOT.

SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ALL YOU DO.

SO. AND THEN MR. WATRIN, I REMEMBER YOU.

KEY CLUB. THANK YOU, ANGELA.

NICE TO SEE YOU. G.

SLAYTON. BENSON.

OKAY. WELCOME.

HI. CAN I START? YEAH. HI.

GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS GIGI SLATEN BENSON, AND I'M ON THE HOSA CLUB.

I'VE BEEN IN HOSA FOR FOUR YEARS, AND I'M CURRENT TREASURER.

UM, I LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AND LISTENING TO WHAT I HAVE TO SAY.

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WE HAVEN'T HAD A TEACHER ALL YEAR, AND WE HAVE A CURRENT LONG TERM SUB MASON, AND I THINK HE'S DOING GREAT.

BUT THERE'S DEFINITELY A TON THAT WE'RE MISSING IN CLASS.

UM, WE.

I PERSONALLY HAVEN'T REALLY LEARNED ANYTHING SINCE SHE'S BEEN GONE BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T REALLY HAD A CHANCE TO, LIKE, DO WHAT WE NORMALLY DO.

AND I'VE BEEN IN HER CLASS ALL FOUR YEARS.

UM. GODFREY MAKES US FEEL SO MUCH AT HOME.

SHE MAKES US SMILE.

EVEN IF WE WANT TO, LIKE, CRY.

SHE DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB AT TEACHING.

AND SHE WANTS SHE MAKES KIDS WANT TO LEARN, WHICH IS VERY RARE, I FEEL LIKE, FOR OUR SCHOOL.

I GUESS SHE MADE HOSA AND HER CLASSES OUT OF NOTHING.

WE HAVE FULL SIM LAB, WE HAVE THE ANNE MARSH TABLE, AND WE JUST REALLY GET LIKE HANDS ON LEARN IN HER CLASS.

AND THAT'S WHAT I LOVE SO MUCH ABOUT IT.

SO I'VE NOTICED THAT I HAVEN'T LEARNED MUCH AND I'VE THROUGH HOSA AND HER CLASSES.

I'VE MADE SO MANY LIFELONG FRIENDS THAT I FEEL LIKE I'LL NEVER REALLY I MEAN, I WILL GET TO DO IN THE FUTURE, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO DO.

UM, HOSA DOES A LOT FOR OUR SCHOOL.

WE DO BLOOD DRIVES A TON OF COMMUNITY SERVICE AND WE'VE BEEN BEEN PREVENTED TO DO THAT.

WE CAN'T FUNDRAISE.

WE CAN'T.

UM, IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT FOR US TO FIGURE OUT.

FALL CONFERENCE AND STATE CONFERENCE AND HOSA HAS BEEN WE'VE HAD A LARGE DECLINE IN PARTICIPATION.

AND SO IT'S BEEN REALLY HARD AND IT'S IMPACTED US SO MUCH.

UM. BUT I WAS.

SO THERE'S WE DON'T HAVE A CONSISTENT ADVISOR.

WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING CONSISTENT FOR US.

SO IT'S BEEN HARD FOR US TO LIKE, LEARN AND DO LIKE STUFF FOR THE COMMUNITY.

UM, I BELIEVE THAT MASON IS DOING A GOOD JOB, BUT WITHOUT OUR TEACHER AND A CONSISTENT ADULT TO HELP HOSA, IT'S JUST LIKE BEEN NOT AS GOOD.

UM, ALSO I FEEL LIKE IT'S A CONCERN FOR HER CORE CLASSES BECAUSE MASON DOESN'T HAVE THE DUAL CREDIT CERTIFICATION.

SO KIDS ARE BASICALLY TAKING THAT CLASS FOR NO REASON.

SO BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GET DUAL CREDIT.

CAN I HAVE YOU WRAP UP? UM. OH, YEAH.

AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING TO ME.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR COMING.

KIM BECKER. HEY, KIM, I WANT TO KEEP WITH YOUR YOUR IDEA HERE.

HELLO. I'M KIM BECKER.

I'M THE BATTLE GROUND EDUCATION ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT.

TONIGHT, I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT APPROVING THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN BATTLE GROUND EDUCATION ASSOCIATION AND THE BATTLE GROUND PUBLIC SCHOOL.

THE BATTLE GROUND EDUCATION ASSOCIATION MEMBERS RATIFIED OR APPROVED THE CONTRACT ON SEPTEMBER 26TH, 2023.

ALMOST AFTER ALMOST TEN MONTHS OF DISCUSSION FOR THIS LIVING DOCUMENT, I ASK THAT YOU VOTE FOR THE PASSING OF THE CONTRACT.

I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO DISCUSS EVERYTHING, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW PARTS.

WE ARE PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE ACCOMPLISHED.

WE HAVE STARTED A WORKING GROUP ON THE LANGUAGE FOR THE MULTI-LANGUAGE TRAINING.

WE HAVE COLLABORATED WITH PSC TO HAVE LANGUAGE TO WORK FOR, BETTER LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS, THE TEACHERS AND THE PARENTS.

WE ARE ALSO 2% CLOSER ON A PAY SCALE TO ONE OF THE LARGER SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITHIN THE AREA.

THIS IS A LIVING DOCUMENT.

SOME PARTS ARE NOT PERFECT.

WE ARE READY TO TAKE ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ALWAYS ENHANCING THE PROCESS FOR OUR STUDENTS.

THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH TIME IN THE DAY.

ALMOST TEN MONTHS OF NEGOTIATIONS DID CAUSE PROBLEMS. WHAT ARE THEY? CERTAIN CLASSES HAVE STARTED BUT NEED TO BE CHANGED WITH THE UPCOMING SEMESTER.

CHANGING THE PROCESS FOR SOME SCHOOLS WHEN IT COMES TO USING CERTIFICATED STAFF FOR SUBSTITUTE.

HECK, WE EVEN HAD A BARGAINING BABY.

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I WOULD LIKE THE DISTRICT AND BGA TO START THINKING OF SOME IDEAS OF WHAT WE CAN DO TO CHANGE THE PROCEDURE FOR A FASTER BUT FAIR BARGAINING EXPERIENCE. I HOPE TO HEAR TONIGHT THAT YOU APPROVE THE CONTRACT WITH BGA.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU. VANESSA BURKE.

SORRY YOU HAD TO BRING THE WHOLE CLAN WITH ME TONIGHT.

HI, MY NAME IS VANESSA.

I AM HERE TO SUPPORT AN AMAZING TEACHER WHO HAS BEEN A SAFE PLACE AND POSITIVE INFLUENCE FOR MY CHILDREN.

I AM HERE BECAUSE OF.

I AM CONCERNED THAT SHE HAS NOT BEEN AT SCHOOL.

I HAVE RAISED COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE HARASSMENT AND THAT MS. GODFREY ENDURED AT BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL FROM A CLASSIFIED STAFF MEMBER THAT MY CHILDREN WITNESSED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS.

AND I FEEL LIKE NOBODY IS LISTENING BECAUSE SHE IS STILL GONE.

I AM AFRAID YOU GUYS HAVE LOST AN AMAZING ASSET.

I WANT MS. GODFREY BACK IN THE CLASSROOM.

I AM HERE TO ASK YOU GUYS FOR HELP IN THAT MISSION BECAUSE BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT DESERVES A GREAT TEACHER THAT CARES LIKE MS. GODFREY. I HAVE CHILDREN THAT HAVE GRADUATED.

THE BIG ONES. I HAVE CHILDREN THAT ARE STILL IN THIS SCHOOL AND I HAD ONE THAT TOOK ONE OF HER CLASSES JUST BECAUSE OF SHE WANTED TO BE TAUGHT BY MISS GODFREY.

SHE HAS BEEN A SAFE PLACE FOR ALL OF MY CHILDREN.

SHE IS A VERY GOOD TEACHER.

AND I JUST WANT TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT YOU GUYS WILL BE LOSING A VERY GOOD ASSET.

AND IT'S VERY SAD.

THANK YOU. HAVE A GREAT DAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE].

NEAR YOU. TERRY TATE.

SO I DON'T HAVE A BIG AGENDA TO TALK ABOUT, SO I'M NOT UNDER PRESSURE.

OKAY. HAVE WE STARTED MY THREE MINUTES? YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

SO I WANT TO SAY FIRST THAT I DON'T LIKE THE THREE MINUTE SIGN.

IT'S HARD TO READ.

AND I WOULD SUGGEST A LITTLE NEON COLORS, LIKE ONE MINUTE, THEN 30 AND THEN 15.

OKAY. BECAUSE LAST TIME I WAS UP HERE, I DIDN'T EVEN SEE IT.

BECAUSE YOU DON'T LOOK BACK HERE AND RED'S HARD TO SAY.

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT CHESS.

THERE'S A CHESS TOURNAMENT THIS SATURDAY.

OKAY. AND I DON'T WANT TO BE NEGATIVE.

I WANT TO BE POSITIVE.

SO I'M TRYING TO THINK HOW TO SPEND MY NEXT TWO MINUTES WISELY, BECAUSE I WANT YOU, I WANT TO ELEVATE THE UNDERSTANDING AND SOME OF YOU KIND OF KNOW HAVING CHESS ACTIVITIES IN BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS BEEN VERY DIFFICULT.

AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT, IT'S BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE SYSTEM WORKS.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN I FIRST CAME, MR. DRAKE WAS NOT ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE I DEALT WITH, BUT HE WAS CLOSE TO IT.

OKAY. AND SO.

OKAY, LET'S HAVE A CHESS CLUB.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, IT TURNS OUT AFTER WE GET THROUGH ALL OF THE STUFF, I'M JUST A TEACHER.

I JUST WANT TO HAVE KIDS COME AND PLAY CHESS IN MY CLASSROOM.

OKAY, THAT'S GREAT.

IT'S A GREAT IDEA. OKAY, LET'S DO IT.

TURNS OUT I COULD ONLY DO IT 36 DAYS OUT OF THE SCHOOL YEAR BECAUSE OF THE WAY CLUBS WORK.

IT'S NOT A SPORT, OKAY? IT'S A CLUB. AND WE ONLY DO THEM 36 DAYS A YEAR.

SO NOT MUCH OF A CHESS CLUB.

WELL, LET'S MAKE IT A SPORT.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, IT'S GOT TO BE DONE IN A PARTICULAR SEASON, OKAY? YOU CAN ONLY PRACTICE CERTAIN TIMES, AND IT DOESN'T REALLY FIT THE WHOLE AGENDA KIND OF A THING.

ALL RIGHT. AS FAR AS SPORTS GOES, BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT TO GO TO AN EVENT AS A TEAM, YOU GOT TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION.

THERE'S COSTS INVOLVED.

I'VE GOT MY OWN LITTLE CLOCK.

I DON'T WANT YOU TO BE SURPRISED.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. RIGHT.

SO I WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT IT HASN'T BEEN EASY.

AND IT SEEMS LIKE THAT I'VE IN MY OPINION, WE KIND OF HAVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS DOING THINGS THAT KIDS LIKE TO DO,

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SO WE GOT TO LIKE THINK ABOUT THIS STUFF.

SO I WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT THERE IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE CHESS ACTIVITIES, AND I WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO MR. DRAKE BECAUSE HE GRACIOUSLY SPENT SOME TIME TALKING TO ME BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW ALL THIS STUFF WORKS.

AND I TRIED TO DO IT BEFORE I REALIZED I WAS GOING TO BE ON THE BOARD.

SO NOW IT'S ALL DIFFERENT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE CHESS.

WE'RE PLANNING THREE TOURNAMENTS THIS YEAR.

THE FIRST ONE IS GOING TO BE SATURDAY.

THERE ARE ALREADY 100 KIDS REGISTERED, OKAY, FROM OVER 35 SCHOOLS IN THE AREA.

WE'VE GOT A KID FROM TUKES.

WE'VE GOT A KID FROM LAWN.

WE'VE GOT THREE KIDS FROM PRAIRIE HIGH CHIEF, THREE FROM RIVER HOMELINK AND FIVE FROM CAM.

OKAY, SO IT'S WELL, IT'S HEALTHY.

IT'S GOOD. IF YOU WANT TO COME BY AND SEE IT, WE'RE GOING TO BE OVER AT FIRMLY PLANTED FAMILY HIGH SCHOOL, FAMILY HOME SCHOOL CENTER THIS SATURDAY.

HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE AT RIVER HOMELINK OR LAWN OR ONE OF THE OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT LATER ON IN THE YEAR.

OKAY. BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW IT'S ALIVE AND WELL.

BUT IT HASN'T BEEN EASY.

TERRY, CAN I ASK YOU JUST. ABSOLUTELY SURE.

DO YOU KNOW OF OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE THAT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO YOU KNOW WHAT? NO. YOU SEE, BECAUSE I MEAN, IF YOU KNOW, THERE HASN'T THE ONLY PLACE WHERE IT WAS SUCCESSFUL WAS A PLACE THAT HAD A GRANT. OKAY.

SO IT'S NOT JUST THAT.

NO, IT'S NOT JUST US.

IT'S A PROBLEM.

OKAY? IT'S A PROBLEM. NO, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WEREN'T MISSING SOMETHING.

NO, IT'S NOT. NO, BUT.

BUT WE GOT IT. THERE'S A GUY HERE THAT WORKS WITH CHESS WHO SHOULD BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT MAYBE I COULD USE IS A CONTACT PERSON IN THE DISTRICT THAT WE COULD TALK THROUGH ABOUT IT BECAUSE MR. DRAKE DOESN'T HAVE VERY MUCH TIME.

THAT'S WHO I WAS. HE GAVE ME 20 MINUTES.

HE SAID, OKAY, CANCEL THE CANCEL IT.

HE SAYS, 20 MINUTES.

I GOT 20 MINUTES. ISN'T THAT TRUE? THAT'S NOT TRUE. I DIDN'T KNOW.

I DIDN'T DO A VERY GOOD JOB WITH MY 20 MINUTES.

THANK YOU, TERRY. TRACY [INAUDIBLE].

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS TRACY [INAUDIBLE].

I AM A PROFESSIONAL WHO NOT ONLY WORKS IN THE BATTLE GROUND AREA, BUT ALSO RESIDES IN HERE IN MY 18 PLUS YEAR CAREER.

AND I DON'T WANT TO GO OUT AND SAY, YES, THIS IS WHAT I DO, BUT IN MY TEN YEAR CAREER, I HAVE DONE A LOT OF BUSINESS IN THIS AREA FOR PEOPLE WHO BOUGHT AND SOLD HOMES.

AND I ACTUALLY WAS MEETING WITH ONE OF MY CLIENTS LAST WEEK AND SHE ACTUALLY HAS CHILDREN WHO ATTEND THE BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND AS WE'RE MEETING, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THINGS.

SHE BROUGHT UP SOMETHING THAT SHE WAS RECENTLY A PART BEEN A PART OF.

SO SHE WAS MEETING WITH SOME OTHER BATTLE GROUND PARENTS, AND THERE WAS A MOTHER WHO WAS SPEAKING PRETTY SLANDEROUS THINGS ABOUT ONE OF YOUR TEACHERS.

NOW, YOU KNOW, AS SHE'S TELLING ME THIS AND SHE LOOKS AT ME AND SHE GOES, WELL, DO YOU KNOW MS. GODFREY? I'M LIKE, WELL, YEAH, OF COURSE I DO.

SHE'S ONE OF THE CLIENTS I HAVE HELPED IN MY 18 YEAR CAREER.

AND SHE'S LIKE, WELL, DID YOU HEAR ALL THIS? AND I AM LIKE, HOLY CRAP, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT.

THAT'S INCREDIBLE.

SO LET'S, YOU KNOW.

AND I SAID, OKAY, WELL, WHAT'S BEING DONE? LIKE, THEY DON'T KNOW. NO ONE'S SEEN HER, NO ONE'S HEARD FROM HER.

AND I'M LIKE, WELL, THAT'S JUST BIZARRE.

SO AGAIN, BEING A TEENAGER IS HARD.

WE WERE ALL A TEENAGER ONCE.

I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE WITH THAT, RIGHT? BEING A TEENAGER SUCKS.

HOW MANY OF YOU WENT TO SCHOOL AND HAD A TEACHER THAT REACHED OUT TO YOU AND CARED FOR YOU AND WAS PASSIONATE ABOUT HELPING YOU? I THINK EVERY PERSON IN THIS ROOM HAS HAD ONE TEACHER THAT WAS THAT PERSON FOR THEM.

ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE CAN AGREE WITH THIS.

BATTLE GROUND IS A SMALL TOWN.

THINGS GET AROUND.

BEING A TEEN IS HARD.

BEING A TEEN IN A SMALL TOWN THAT STILL CARRIES MANY ANTIQUATED IDEAS CAN ALSO BE HARD, ARE EVEN HARDER.

I THINK AS A BOARD YOU SHOULD REALLY THINK ABOUT YOUR TEACHERS.

I AGREE WITH THAT.

HAVING A TEACHER THAT IS PASSIONATE ABOUT HER JOB, PASSIONATE ABOUT HER STUDENTS, AND REACHING OUT AND HELPING THOSE STUDENTS WHO MAY OTHERWISE HAVE FALLEN THROUGH THE CRACKS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

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AND I WOULD REALLY HOPE THAT YOU GUYS WOULD THINK TWICE ABOUT LOSING A TEACHER WHO MANY PEOPLE THINK OF AS THEIR TEACHER, THE ONE WHO HAS REACHED OUT TO THEM AND HELPED THEM THINK OF YOU WHEN YOU WERE A TEEN.

WHO WAS THAT TEACHER FOR YOU? HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF THEY WANTED TO GET RID OF HIM? THANK YOU. HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.

THANK YOU. KELSEY KIRKPATRICK.

HI. SO I'M HERE ON REGARDS OF THE HOST SITE AND I KNOW A COUPLE KIDS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE CLASS AND THEY'VE BEEN SAYING HOW MISS GODFREY ISN'T IN THE CLASS AND THEY'RE ALL HAVING PROBLEMS BEING ABLE TO GO AND LEARN THEIR CURRICULUM WHEN THERE'S NO CURRICULUM HAPPENING BECAUSE THE TEACHER'S NOT ABLE TO BE LIKE GODFREY.

SHE WE ALL KNOW HOW SHE'S A VERY SHE'S PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT SHE TEACHES.

AND THE KIDS THEY TEACH, THEY TAKE HER PASSION AND THEY PUT IT TOWARDS EVERYTHING AS WELL.

AND SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE SHE IS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THE KIDS WANT TO BE BACK TO LEARNING AND THEY CAN'T WITHOUT HER.

AND THAT'S ALL I REALLY NEED TO SAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

CHRISTOPHER PETERMAN.

I'M JUST HERE FOR SUPPORT.

OKAY. ASPEN IVERSON.

GREAT. THANK YOU.

THAT CONCLUDES EVERYONE ON MY LIST.

IS THERE ANYONE I MISSED THAT STILL WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.

ALL RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT.

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

BUSINESS AND OPERATIONS PERSONNEL REPORTS, STUDENT TRAVEL APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION F 23, CANCELLATION OF OUTSTANDING WARRANTS.

THE APPROVAL OF THE SALARY SCHEDULE FOR THE PRINCIPALS AND DISTRICT OFFICE ADMINISTRATORS.

APPROVAL OF SALARY SCHEDULE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT, APPROVAL OF THE SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF POLICY 2230 TRANSITION TO KINDERGARTEN AND THE SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF POLICY.

6550 CAPITALIZATION THRESHOLDS FOR LEASES AND SUBSCRIPTION BASED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ARRANGEMENTS.

AND THEN LAST, A SURPLUS OF MATERIALS.

ARE THERE ANY ITEMS ON THIS LIST THAT THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE TO HAVE AS AN INDIVIDUAL ITEM OR HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD? HEARING NONE.

I WOULD MAYBE SUGGEST A MOTION I WOULD MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD.

OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

I WOULD LOOK TO OUR STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE REPRESENTATIVE FOR AN ADVISORY VOTE.

THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS NOW FROM THE BOARD? HEARING NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES 4 TO 0.

WITH THAT, WE HAVE NO OLD BUSINESS.

WE'LL BE MOVING ON TO NEW BUSINESS.

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

THANK YOU. FIRST OFF, BEFORE I REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACT, I WOULD JUST WANT TO SAY A THANK YOU TO THE BGA BARGAINING TEAM. THE PROCESS WAS, AS KIM SAID, LONG AND HARD, AS WELL AS MICHELLE REINHARDT LOCAL ACCOUNT AND STEPHANIE WATTS BEFORE SHE LEFT US. I KNOW EVERYONE WORKED REALLY HARD TO FIND LANGUAGE THAT WOULD MEET THE NEEDS OF ALL OF OUR STAFF AND HELP THE WORKING CONDITIONS, AS WELL AS THE SALARY AND COMPENSATION TO BE AS COMMENSURATE AS WE COULD AFFORD WITHIN OUR OPPORTUNITIES.

SO I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE WORK THAT GOES INTO THIS.

I'VE BEEN AT THE BARGAINING TABLE.

I KNOW HOW DIFFICULT THE WORK CAN BE AT TIMES AND HOW LABOROUS IT CAN BE.

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SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE.

AS YOU COULD SEE, THE THERE IS A SALARY SCHEDULE IN FRONT OF YOU AS WELL AS A MARKED UP VERSION.

THAT CERTAINLY WOULD I WOULD TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

WE PROVIDED A TO DOCUMENT KIM IN HER CITIZENS COMMENT, MADE SOME REFERENCES TO SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE DID. I WOULD ADD A FEW THINGS TO THAT.

WE MADE SOME CHANGES IN OUR START UP DAYS, ALLOWING SOME OF THE TRAINING TO BE OUTSIDE OF START UP DAYS, WHICH I BELIEVE WILL HELP OUR STAFF BE BETTER PREPARED FOR THE START OF THE YEAR. I THINK YEAR THAT WILL CERTAINLY HELP.

WE ALSO MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO OUR CLASS SIZE, WHICH WILL ALSO HELP BOTH OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF WITHIN THE CLASSROOM TO BE ABLE TO MEET THE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS MORE READILY.

SO PROUD OF THAT WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE.

WE CERTAINLY DID SOME CLARIFICATION OF LANGUAGE THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST AND MADE SOME CHANGES, SLIGHT TWEAKS THAT WILL HELP PROVIDE CLARITY WHEN IMPLEMENTING THE CONTRACT, WHICH I THINK WILL HELP ALL OF US.

CERTAINLY MADE SOME CHANGES WITH SOME INCREASED RESPONSIBILITY TO OUR TEAM LEADS.

OUR BUILDING LEADS IN THE BUILDING HAVE A LOT TO DO WITH IMPLEMENTING THINGS LIKE OUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES AND OUR ESSENTIAL STANDARDS.

THEY HAVE A LOT TO DO WITH THAT.

AND SO WE HAVE INCREASED SOME OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES AND AS SUCH ALSO CHANGED THEIR COMPENSATION STRUCTURE A BIT AS WELL.

WE ALSO PUT IN SOME LANGUAGE FOR ALTERNATIVE LEARNING.

WE'VE NEVER HAD AN ALTERNATIVE LEARNING LANGUAGE IN OUR CONTRACT.

ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE'VE AVOIDED IT IN THE PAST IS THAT ALTERNATIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCE CHANGES OFTENTIMES THROUGH LEGISLATION.

AND SO WE'VE BEEN RATHER APPREHENSIVE ABOUT ADDING LANGUAGE.

BUT WHAT WAS BECOMING VERY CLEAR IS THAT WE COULD NO LONGER APPLY A LOT OF THE CONTRACT LANGUAGE TO INDIVIDUAL SITUATIONS VERY EASILY, WHICH MEANT THAT WE WERE CONSTANTLY GOING BACK AND FORTH ABOUT WHETHER THAT PART OF THE LANGUAGE APPLIED.

AND SO WE DID PUT SOME LANGUAGE IN THIS TIME TO CLARIFY SOME OF THAT, WHICH I THINK IS AN IMPORTANT MOVE FOR US TO STAY ON TRACK OF OUR ALTERNATIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THE BEST POSSIBLE WORKING CONDITIONS FOR OUR STAFF AND STUDENTS IN THOSE ENVIRONMENTS AS WELL.

I THINK THAT IS THE THOSE ARE THE MAIN HIGHLIGHTS.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD HAS BASED ON THE TEA DOCUMENT THAT'S ONLINE OR THE COMPENSATION THAT I COULD ANSWER FOR YOU? I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION.

I JUST HAVE A COMMENT.

I LOVE OUR TEACHERS 100%.

THEY ARE AMAZING. SO I WANT TO SAY THAT FIRST, THE COMPENSATION PACKAGE IS ALSO AMAZING AND A LITTLE UNREALISTIC AND NOT SUSTAINABLE LONG TERM BEYOND THIS CONTRACT.

HOW DO WE AS A BOARD, WHETHER IT'S THE SAME BOARD OR A BRAND NEW BOARD THREE YEARS FROM NOW, MAKE IT SO WE DON'T GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS A TEN MONTH PROCESS, WHICH IS HORRIBLE, RIGHT? I THINK THAT WAS LEARNED AND IT'S BEEN STATED.

HOW DO WE MAKE THIS SUSTAINABLE GOING FORWARD? RIGHT. I THINK THAT'S MY BIGGEST CONCERN ABOUT THIS CONTRACT.

IT'S NOT. WHEN DOES THIS STOP? RIGHT. AND I GUESS TO THAT, OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, THE INCREASES THAT HAVE BEEN GIVEN HAVE BEEN ENORMOUS.

RIGHT. SO WHILE I LOVE OUR TEACHERS AND I WANT THEM TO BE PAID APPROPRIATELY FOR THEIR POSITION, I WANT IT TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR NOT ONLY FOR US, FOR OUR DISTRICT, BUT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

SO HOW DO WE MAKE THAT HAPPEN? I THINK YOUR COMMENT, JACKIE, AS WELL THOUGHT OUT AND WELL RECEIVED.

I THINK THAT ALL OF THE DISTRICTS AROUND US ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO REMAIN FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE WHILE ADJUSTING TO THE MARKET.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, I BELIEVE THIS IS JUST MY PERSONAL BELIEF THAT WE USED TO HAVE ONE THING THAT WE MONITORED WHEN IT CAME TO OUR COSTS, OUR EMPLOYEE COSTS, AND THAT WAS REALLY HOW MANY STAFF MEMBERS DO WE HAVE, HOW MANY CAN WE AFFORD TO HAVE? AND I THINK WHAT'S CHANGED IS WITH THE MCCLEARY DECISION AND THE DOING AWAY OF A STATEWIDE SALARY SCHEDULE, WE NOW HAVE TWO THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.

WE'RE WORKING ON A SALARY SCHEDULE THAT'S INDEPENDENTLY NEGOTIATED AT 295 DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE.

[01:35:04]

I THINK THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT.

BUT I THINK THE REALITY OF THAT HAS BECOME FURTHER AND FURTHER AWAY SINCE 2018.

WE'VE NEVER HAD A CONTRACT BY AUGUST 31ST, BUT WE OFTEN DID PRIOR TO THAT TIME.

AND I THINK PART OF THAT IS THE COMPLEXITY OF CREATING YOUR OWN SALARY SCHEDULE IN EVERY SINGLE DISTRICT, BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR TIME IS SPENT GETTING COMPARABLES WITH OTHER DISTRICTS SO THAT WE KNOW WHETHER WE'RE MATCHING THE MARKET AROUND US OR NOT.

AND THAT GOES FOR NOT ONLY JUST COMPENSATION, BUT CLASS SIZE AND ALL OF THE OTHER ASPECTS THAT GO INTO A CONTRACT.

SO I THINK YOU MAKE A GOOD YOUR POINT IS WELL TAKEN.

WHERE DOES IT END? I DON'T KNOW.

SO CERTAINLY THERE ARE LOTS OF GROUPS ACROSS THE STATE THAT ARE LOOKING AT THIS.

THERE'S ONE LOCALLY CALLED THE GAP COMMITTEE, AND THEY'RE MEETING FOR TWO REASONS.

THEY'RE MEETING BECAUSE OF THE MONEY LOST THAT WE ALL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE NATION WILL ENDURE WITH THE LOSS OF ESSER FUNDS AND THE RELIANCE THAT DISTRICTS ACROSS THE NATION HAVE DEVELOPED.

AND THEN THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING AT WHAT ARE THE IMPACTS OF BARGAINING ON DISTRICT BUDGETS.

AND SO IT'S KIND OF TWOFOLD.

WE'RE AT AN INTERESTING TIME WHEN IT COMES TO BUDGET AND PLANNING DISTRICT EXPENSES.

AND I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO ADJUST SO THAT WE DON'T GET BEHIND OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE POINT WHERE WE LOSE VALUABLE STAFF.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I DON'T KNOW.

THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION AND WE'RE TRYING TO MONITOR IT AND DO OUR BEST TO KEEP THAT IN THE FOREFRONT OF OUR MIND, THE SUSTAINABILITY PIECE.

SO TO JACKIE'S POINT, IF WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS YEAR, IS THERE AN EFFORT TO BEGIN TO LOOK AT WHAT PROGRAMS WOULD HAVE TO BE CUT IF WE YOU KNOW, IF WE INDEED DON'T HAVE THE GROWTH THAT WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE? WELL, I THINK WE ALL ARE LOOKING AT A VARIETY OF THINGS, AND PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS IS SOMETHING THAT ISN'T NEW TO US, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE ARE NETTING US THE TYPE OF RESULTS THAT WE WANT.

THAT SHOULD ALWAYS BE OUR OBJECTIVE AS STEWARDS OF COMMUNITY AND OUR RESOURCES LOCALLY.

AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT OUR MEASURES ARE TO DETERMINE THE COST EFFECTIVENESS OF SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE.

AND CERTAINLY THERE ARE THINGS THAT WERE PUT IN PLACE JUST BECAUSE OF ESSER FUNDS, FOR INSTANCE.

AND SO THOSE THINGS, OF COURSE, WE'VE BEEN SAYING ALL ALONG, THOSE WERE TEMPORARY FUNDS AND WE'VE BEEN ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THOSE ARE TEMPORARY FUNDS.

SO CERTAINLY THERE'S LOTS OF PLANNING THAT WILL GO IN WITH OUR CFO AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR AND ADJUST AS THIS YEAR GOES ON.

BUT THERE WILL BE THINGS THAT WE WILL NOT HAVE IN PLACE IN THE FUTURE THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE NOW.

AND I GUESS PART OF MY POINT IS IT SEEMS THAT IF WE'VE TAKEN TEN MONTHS TO NEGOTIATE THE CONTRACT, THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO START EARLY, TO BEGIN TO LOOK AT AND HAVE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHAT THOSE MIGHT LOOK LIKE.

SO WE DON'T GET TO MAY 15TH AND THEN WE'RE SAYING WE'RE GOING TO CUT THIS AND THIS.

BUT WE HAVEN'T YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT IT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.

ABSOLUTELY. NO, I THINK WE'RE ALREADY HAVING THOSE DISCUSSIONS.

WE HAVE ANOTHER MEETING ON MONDAY.

SO THANK YOU. THERE'S NO DOUBT.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? I'LL JUST SAY I APPRECIATE THAT.

I KNOW IT'S NOT JUST OUR DISTRICT THAT IS STRUGGLING WITH.

I MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE THE ATTACHED REVISIONS OF THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN BGEA AND BGPS FOR THE PERIOD SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2023 TO AUGUST 31ST, 2026.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THE REVISIONS TO THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT.

WE'LL LOOK TO OUR STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE FOR AN ADVISORY VOTE.

ALL RIGHT. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES.

4 TO 0. NEXT UP FOR A NEW BUSINESS.

WE HAVE THE APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION G-23 PROVIDING CERTAIN EMPLOYEES TO CONTRACT.

SO I'M ASKING FOR APPROVAL TO MAKE A COUPLE OF CHANGES TO A RESOLUTION THAT WE'VE HAD IN PLACE ON

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THE FIRST ONE IS ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR FOR CONTRACTS FOR ADMINISTRATORS, ADMIN SUPPORT AND CERTIFICATED EMPLOYEE SUPPLEMENTAL CHANGING STEPHANIE WATTS TO LUKLA ACCOUNT.

STEPHANIE IS GONE IS AT PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL AS THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND LUKE HAS REPLACED STEPHANIE'S POSITION.

SO THAT'S ONE CHANGE.

AND THE SECOND CHANGE IS TO ALSO WE WENT OUT FOR RFP FOR BANKING SERVICES.

OUR FEES WERE BECOMING TOO HIGH FROM OUR BANK THAT WE HAD BEEN USING FOR LOCAL DEPOSITORY SERVICES.

AND THEN OUR CLERK, COUNTY TREASURER IS OUR OFFICIAL BANKER, BUT WE HAVE A LOCAL DEPOSITORY ACCOUNT SO THAT WE CAN PUT THOSE FUNDS IN THERE EVERY DAY. SO IT'LL BE ACTUALLY A VERY GOOD SAVINGS FOR US TO MOVE TO UMPQUA BANK AND WE'RE EXCITED TO BE WORKING WITH THEM.

AND SO WE WOULD LIKE YOUR APPROVAL OF THIS RESOLUTION FOR THOSE CHANGES.

QUESTIONS FOR MICHELLE.

MAYBE A MOTION.

I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE RESOLUTION G-23 PROVIDING CERTAIN EMPLOYEES TO CONTRACT.

WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE RESOLUTION G-23.

I'D LOOK TO OUR STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE FOR AN ADVISORY VOTE.

THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED MOTION.

GET MY EYE IN THERE. I MOTION PASSES 4 TO 0.

SORRY I'M GOING SO FAST.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

AND THE LAST ITEM OF NEW BUSINESS IS THE APPROVAL OF THE ALTRIA SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.

YES. THANK YOU. BOARD.

I'VE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED THAT ALTRIA WAS THE SECOND GROUP IN THE VAPING LITIGATION LAWSUIT.

THE FIRST COMPANY WAS JUUL COMPANY.

AND FOR THAT, BATTLE GROUND RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY $220,000.

THERE WAS A RECENT SETTLEMENT WITH THE SECOND FINAL DEFENDANT, ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES AND ALTRIA SETTLED FOR 168,250,000. THAT'S TOTAL.

YOU COULD SEE IF YOU OPEN UP THE ALTRIA GOVERNMENT ENTITY SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, YOU'LL SEE THAT TOWARDS THE BACK THERE, THERE'S A WHOLE LIST OF ALL THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT SETTLED.

I BELIEVE THERE'S SOMETHING LIKE 500 OF THEM.

NOT MANY, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH.

NOT MANY.

AND, YOU KNOW, GIVEN THAT WE HAVE 296 DISTRICTS, NOT MANY IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, I BELIEVE THERE WERE SOMETHING LIKE 45IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, INCLUDING SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS.

EVERGREEN SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS IN THERE.

BUT WE HAVE RECEIVED A SETTLEMENT OUT OF THAT $168 MILLION WE HAVE BEEN RECEIVING, WE'LL BE RECEIVING A SETTLEMENT OF $98,000.

AND IT IS RECOMMENDED BY THE LAWYERS WHO WERE REPRESENTING US THAT WE ACCEPT THAT SETTLEMENT OFFER.

AND SO THEREFORE, I AM COMING TO THE BOARD BECAUSE I NEED BOARD APPROVAL IN ORDER FOR US TO GO HEAD IN THAT DIRECTION.

AND I'M ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL ON THIS SETTLEMENT.

WILL THERE BE OTHERS? WELL, YOU KNOW, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, YOU MAY BE HEARING THAT THERE IS A LARGE A LARGE CASE GOING NOW AGAINST SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES.

YEAH. AND WE HAVE JOINED THAT CASE AS WELL.

SO THE SAME LAW GROUP THAT IS HAD WORKED WITH US, THE LOCAL NOT THE NATIONAL LEVEL, BUT THE LOCAL LAW GROUP IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, WE HAVE JUMPED ONTO THAT ONE AS WELL.

SO, YOU KNOW, THERE COULD BE OTHERS.

OKAY. ARE THERE RESTRICTIONS FOR THE USE OF THIS MONEY? NO, I WOULD LIKE TO YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN MENTIONING IT TO TAMRA.

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WE STILL HAVEN'T RECEIVED, YOU KNOW, HOW LONG THESE THINGS TEND TO TAKE.

WE'VE RECEIVED WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED THE MONEY FROM THE DUAL PORTION.

SO WHEN WE GET THAT, WHEN WE HAVE THE MONEY IN HAND, THEN WE WILL BE MAKING THOSE DECISIONS.

BUT THAT'S MY INTENT, IS TO PUT IT BACK TO PREVENTION.

I MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE THE GOVERNMENT ENTITY SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH ALTRIA.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO JULIA FA'S PRO ADVISORY VOTE.

THAT'S THE WORDS I WANTED.

ALL RIGHT. SO.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

MOTION PASSES.

4 TO 0. THANK YOU.

BOARD. AND THAT BRINGS US TO FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND BOARD EVENTS.

[11. Future Agenda Items and Board Events]

SO WE ARE BACK IN SCHOOL.

AND SO I JUST ASK THE BOARD TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

IF YOU HAVE YESES, NOS OR MAYBES FOR ATTENDANCE THAT NEED TO BE ADDED OR UPDATED, PLEASE JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AND SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU NEED TO LET SANDY KNOW ABOUT.

SO ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE BOARD FOR FUTURE EVENTS MEETING THIS THURSDAY? MEETING THIS THURSDAY.

DO YOUR WISE TO VOTE.

YEP. IS THIS DO WE HAVE LIKE AN ELECTRONIC VERSION OF THIS OR DO WE SEND THEM? BECAUSE I DON'T THINK I'VE SEEN IT? OR DO I JUST KNOW? OKAY, SANDY CAN SEND IT TO US? THAT'D BE. YEAH, THAT'S MUCH EASIER.

SURE. ABSOLUTELY. GET BACK TO YOU QUICKLY.

YEAH. BUT ALSO DO THE WAYS TO VOTE ON THE WEBSITE THE VOTE TO AND THESE IF I COULD HAVE THEM BACK BY SATURDAY THEN THIS WEEKEND I CAN COMPILE THEM AND GET THEM IN BY THE 16TH.

THANK YOU. DID YOU HAPPEN TO NOTE THE TOPIC FOR THE THURSDAY OR ARE THEY DOING EVERY OTHER THURSDAY? THEY'RE DOING EVERY OTHER THURSDAY.

OKAY. SO THERE WON'T BE ANY THIS THURSDAY.

ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ADDITIONAL FROM THE BOARD? ARE YOU SHOWING BABY PICTURES? YES. HE'S VERY DISTRACTING FOR THE ONE THAT WAS SO DISTRACTING.

HEY, THAT'S THE BREAKS. YOU SIT NEXT TO ME, YOU GET A BABY PICTURE.

I TURNED OFF MY COMPUTER AND IT'S THERE.

I'M ADJOURNING THIS MEETING AT 7:47.

THANK YOU, EVERYONE. THANK YOU.

[INAUDIBLE].

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.