Oct 23, 2023 Board of Directors

IT'S 6:00. GO AHEAD.

[1. Call to Order]

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START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

READY? BEGIN.

NEXT WE HAVE OUR ROLL CALL.

MADAM PRESIDENT, WE HAVE A QUORUM.

THANK YOU. NEXT UP, WE HAVE OUR AGENDA, APPROVAL AND TONIGHT'S AGENDA.

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

AND THEN WE'LL ADJOURN.

IS THERE ANY ITEMS THAT NEED FURTHER CONSIDERATION OR REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA TONIGHT OR ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDED? I MOVE THAT THE AGENDA BE ACCEPTED AS PROVIDED.

OKAY. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

I WOULD LOOK TO OUR STUDENTS FOR THEIR ADVISORY VOTE.

ALL RIGHT. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BEFORE WE CALL FOR A VOTE? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.

NEXT UP WE HAVE OUR COMMUNICATIONS AND THAT STARTS US OUT WITH STUDENT VOICE.

[5. Communications]

WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME TO THE PODIUM AND INTRODUCE YOURSELVES? SO FOURTH GRADE STUDENTS.

SO MAYBE A LITTLE SHY OR NOT.

HI MY NAME IS JASPER SOLAR AND I'M FROM THE FOURTH AND I'M IN FOURTH GRADE FROM MS. PEARL'S FOURTH GRADE CLASS IN CAPTAIN STRONG.

NICE TO MEET YOU. NICE TO MEET YOU, JASPER.

THANKS FOR BEING HERE. JASPER.

HI. MY NAME IS OLIVIA.

I AM IN MISS FRANCE FOURTH GRADE CLASS.

TODAY. I WILL BE TELLING YOU ABOUT THE BOOK FAIR NEXT WEEK, AND THE COUGAR CAVE, THANK YOU.

HI, OLIVIA. HI.

MY NAME IS IVY AND I'M IN FOURTH GRADE.

I'LL BE TELLING YOU ABOUT READING HALL OF FAME.

HI. I'M FINLEY FROM CAPTAIN STRONG PRIMARY.

I'LL BE TELLING YOU ABOUT THE PTA FUNDRAISER.

GREAT. HI, MY NAME IS JASON, I'LL BE TELLING YOU ABOUT MRS. BRECKENRIDGE'S CLASS AND THE NEW PLAYGROUND.

HI, MY NAME IS CECIL AND I'LL BE TELLING YOU ABOUT THE LEADERSHIP KIDS.

SO IN CAPTAIN STRONG THERE ARE THESE THINGS CALLED SPIRIT DAYS, AND THEY'RE REALLY COOL.

THEY HAPPEN WHEN WE EITHER GET A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MINUTES ON OUR READING HALL OF FAME, AND MY FRIEND WILL TELL YOU ABOUT THAT.

OR IF WE GET A 25 [INAUDIBLE], AND I'LL TELL YOU ABOUT THOSE.

SO WE HAVE THESE THINGS CALLED COUGAR PAWS.

THERE ARE THESE LITTLE PLASTIC THINGS THAT LOOK LIKE PAWS FROM A COUGAR AND.

THERE THEY ARE EITHER PAPER OR PLASTIC.

THE PLASTIC ONES YOU NORMALLY JUST GET IN CLASS FOR FOLLOWING THE LEAD EXPECTATIONS, AND THE PAPER ONES YOU GET FROM LIKE SPECIALISTS, RECESS AND OTHER STUFF OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM.

AND THEN THE PURPLE, THE PURPLE CLASS.

CAUSE WE GET THOSE WHEN SOMEONE, WHEN THE WHOLE ENTIRE CLASS IS FOLLOWING THE LEAD EXPECTATION AND WE IF WE GET A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF THEM, USUALLY SOME CLASSES GIVE US SOME SPECIAL WORD LIKE A, LIKE A ONE CLASS PER DAY, LIKE IT'S STUFFY DAY OR COZY DAY.

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THANK YOU. VERY COOL. THAT IS VERY COOL.

NICE JOB. THANK YOU. VERY NICE JOB.

NICE JOB. SO FIRST I WILL TELL YOU ABOUT THE BOOK FAIR NEXT WEEK.

THE BOOK FAIR NEXT WEEK IS IF YOU WANT TO GET A BOOK.

IF YOU WANT TO GET A BOOK, YOU NEED TO BRING MONEY TO BUY A BOOK AND YOU CAN BRING MONEY TO BUY TOYS ALSO. SECOND.

I'LL TELL YOU ABOUT THE COUGAR CAVE.

THE COUGAR CAVE IS FOR KIDS WHO ARE MAD, SAD, SUPER EXCITED.

YOU CAN TAKE A BREAK IN THERE.

YOU CAN READ AND FIDGET AND REST.

YOU CAN HAVE A TEN MINUTE BREAK OR A FIVE MINUTE BREAK IN THE COUGAR CAVE.

THE COUGAR CAVE IS FOR RESTING YOUR MIND SO YOU CAN BE READY TO GO BACK TO CLASS IN YOUR CALM.

THANK YOU. THAT WAS WONDERFUL.

NICE JOB. READING HALL OF FAME IS A SHEET OF PAPER.

YOU GET. YOU GET TO READ AT HOME.

FOURTH GRADE HAS TO READ 20 MINUTES EVERY DAY.

OUR SCHOOL HAS READ OVER 200,000 MINUTES.

WE GET TO.

ONCE WE GET TO 250,000 MINUTES, WE GET A SPIRIT DAY CLASSES WITH THE MOST MINUTES GET A TROPHY FOR THE WEEK.

THANK YOU. NICE JOB, GOOD JOB.

THE PTA FUN RUN WAS A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO.

ALL THE GRADES HAS RAISED $8,500.

THERE WERE TWO TRACKS AND EVERYONE WEARS A SHIRT.

VERY GOOD. OKAY.

SO TODAY I'M GOING TO BE TELLING YOU ABOUT MRS. BRECKENRIDGE'S CLASS.

THERE IS CLASS CURRENCY AND YOU CAN TURN THE CLASS CURRENCY IN FOR AWESOME PRIZES.

AND IF YOU DO LIKE GOOD THINGS, YOU CAN EARN CLASS CURRENCY IF YOU FILL UP YOUR COUGAR JAR.

YOU CAN GET SPIRIT DAYS IN THE NEW PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT.

WE HAVE THE FUNNEL BALL AND FRISBEE GOLF, AND WE HAVE BIG OLD SOCCER FIELDS AND THE SOCCER FIELDS SOCCER GOALS HAVE BEEN SWITCHED AROUND IN THE SCHOOL GARDEN.

OUTSTANDING. NICE JOB.

HIGH LEADERSHIP IS A GROUP OF FOURTH GRADE KIDS THAT GET TO SHOW OTHER PEOPLE THE RIGHT WAY TO DO STUFF AROUND THE SCHOOL, AND IF THERE'S NEW KIDS AT THE SCHOOL, YOU CAN SHOW THEM AROUND THE SCHOOL AND SHOW THEM AT DIFFERENT CLASSES AND STUFF.

NICE JOB. THANKS.

QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS.

I HAVE A QUESTION. CAN YOU GUYS ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS FOR US? IF WE HAVE THEM? YES. OF COURSE.

GOOD. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE READY.

WHAT CAN I DO IF I GET LOTS OF COUGAR PAWS? WHAT CAN I DO WITH THEM? I MIGHT HAVE MISSED.

YOU MIGHT HAVE SAID THAT, AND I MIGHT HAVE MISSED IT.

WELL, IF YOU GET LOTS OF COUGAR PAWS, WELL, YOU SHOULD JUST BE PUTTING THEM IN THE JAR.

AND IF YOU GET THE PAPER ONES, THEN YOU CAN THROW THEM IN THE RECYCLING BIN WHEN IT'S TIME, AND THEN YOU CAN TRADE THEM OUT FOR PLASTIC PAWS.

CAN PLASTIC PAWS BUY YOU SOMETHING OR JUST THEY'RE NICE.

YOU PUT THEM IN THE JAR AND THEN YOUR TEACHER PUTS IT OUT TO THE OFFICE.

AND IF YOU GET 25 OF THEM, YOU GET A SCHOOL SPIRIT DAY.

OH, NICE. VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU. WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE SPIRIT DAY THAT YOU'VE HAD? YES. OR ANYONE IN THE GROUP? MY FAVORITE SPIRIT DAY THAT WE HAD WAS STUFFY DAY BECAUSE YOU GET TO BRING YOUR STUFFY TO SCHOOL.

IS IT DIFFICULT TO DECIDE JUST ONE? YES.

I GET IT.

TAKES ME A LONG TIME.

SO I HAVE TO DO IT LIKE TWO DAYS BEFORE.

NICE JOB. ANY QUESTIONS? WHAT DO YOU LIKE BEST ABOUT CAPTAIN STRONG? WELL, I LIKE THE LEADERSHIP BECAUSE IT'S REALLY FUN.

AND IT HELPS KIDS, LIKE, BEHAVE BETTER BECAUSE WE, LIKE, CAN DO KINDNESS POSTERS AND STUFF.

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GOOD. I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS FUN RUN THAT YOU GUYS DID.

YEAH. THE TEACHERS LOOK REALLY COOL.

I SEE YOU. YEAH.

YOU SAID YOU MADE $8,000.

WOW. WHAT DID YOU DO WITH THAT $8,000? DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY DID WITH IT? DID THEY DONATE IT TO SOME SPECIAL CAUSE? NO. PLAYGROUND.

YEAH, THAT SOUNDS FUN.

WHERE DID YOU, WHERE DID THEY DO THE RUN? DO YOU KNOW? YEAH.

IN THE FIELD. RIGHT OUT IN THE FIELD THERE.

THAT'S FANTASTIC.

WHAT'S THE BEST PART OF PLAYING IN THE PLAYGROUND? WELL, THE BEST PART OF PLAYING RECESS FOR ME IS GOING DOWN THE SLIDES AND PLAYING FOUR SQUARE, AND I USUALLY PLAY SOCCER, BUT WHEN THE FIELDS ARE CLOSED, I JUST GO AND PLAY FOR SOME FOUR SQUARE.

WHY DID THE FIELDS GET CLOSED? IF IT'S RAINING AND IT IS REALLY MUDDY OUT.

AND YOU SEE THAT GUY RIGHT THERE? THIS ONE. THIS ONE RIGHT THERE.

THE ONE THAT. THAT'S HIS JOB.

HIS JOB IS TO KEEP THOSE FIELDS READY FOR YOU.

OKAY. SO NEXT TIME THERE'S A PROBLEM, YOU KNOW WHERE TO GO.

THANK YOU. WHAT'S THE BEST PART ABOUT HELPING THE KINDERGARTNERS? YOU GET TO HELP THEM AND TELL THEM THE RIGHT WAY TO DO STUFF, AND YOU GET TO SHOW THEM AROUND THE SCHOOL AND STUFF.

CECIL, IS THIS THE WHOLE GROUP? YOUR WHOLE LEADERSHIP TEAM? YEAH. THE SCHOOL.

I JUST WANT TO SAY TO ALL OF YOU, I KNOW THAT COMING IN FRONT OF A BIG AUDIENCE AND COMING UP HERE AND TALKING IS NOT EASY.

BUT I WILL TELL YOU GUYS, YOU WERE ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL.

SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

THANK YOU FOR TELLING US ALL ABOUT CAPTAIN STRONG.

SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE AN OUTSTANDING, FANTASTIC SCHOOL.

AND I WOULD SAY BASED OFF OF MEETING YOU GUYS, THAT THE REASON THE SCHOOL CAPTAIN STRONG IS SO GREAT IS BECAUSE OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU GUYS.

SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

SO I JUST HAVE ONE MORE REQUEST.

ARE YOUR PARENTS HERE? YES. YOUR PARENTS STAND UP? MAYBE. YEAH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PARENTS.

GREAT JOB. VERY NICE.

YOU GUYS COME BACK AND VISIT US AGAIN, OKAY? TAKE CARE. HAVE A GOOD DAY.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

I BELIEVE WE ALSO HAVE A COUPLE OF STUDENTS HERE FROM CHIEF UMTUCH, GAVIN AND KENNEDY.

ALL RIGHT, CHIEF, THAT'S A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW.

THERE YOU GO. WE BOUNCE UP.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I LIKE.

YOU DON'T SEEM DAUNTED.

LET'S GO. YOU GUYS ARE TALLER.

WE'RE NOT THAT TALL. OKAY.

GO AHEAD. OKAY, SO.

THANK YOU. I FORGOT ABOUT THAT PART.

I'M GAVIN DEMOSS, AND I'M IN EIGHTH GRADE.

I'M KENNEDY HEIKKILA, AND I'M IN SEVENTH GRADE.

SO, FIRST OF ALL, A CHIEF THIS WEEK IS A SPIRIT WEEK FOR US.

SO EACH DAY WE ARE DOING DIFFERENT ACTS TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR DRUG AND ALCOHOL PREVENTION.

WE HAVE TWO MORE. OH, YES.

WE ALSO HAVE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THE COUGAR CAVE.

WE CALL IT A WOLVERINE DEN, AND WE KNOW A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS STRUGGLE WITH ANXIETY AND STUFF AND GETTING OVERWHELMED AND WORKED UP, SO WE KIND OF USE IT TO HELP US CALM OURSELVES AND NOT BE SO NERVOUS ABOUT THINGS.

SO NOW WE HAVE QUITE A FEW AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AT CHIEF.

SO WE WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER THE ONES THAT WE KNOW ABOUT BECAUSE THERE ARE QUITE A FEW THAT WE, WE HAVE QUITE A FEW SPORTS THAT I DON'T KNOW AS MUCH ABOUT BUT ABOUT.

BUT I DO KNOW ABOUT JAZZ BAND, AND IT'S GOING PRETTY WELL FOR US.

AND OUR NEXT PERFORMANCE IS GOING TO BE THE SKYVIEW JAZZ FESTIVAL ON DECEMBER 2ND, AND IT'S GOING TO BE OUR FIRST PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR SO . AND WHILE I DO NOT DO JAZZ BAND, I DO DO A LOT OF THEATER.

SO WE JUST HAD OUR AUDITIONS FOR OUR NEW MUSICAL, NEWSIES JUNIOR.

AND YES, IT IS VERY EXCITING BECAUSE WE ONLY GET ONE ONCE, ONE EVERY OTHER YEAR, AND THERE WAS QUITE A

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LIKE WE HAD TO SING FOR THEM AND THEY WOULD DECIDE AND PICK THROUGH THE VOICES THAT WE HAD AND DECIDE WHICH PART THEY WANTED.

AND THEN THEY WOULD HAVE CALLBACKS AND THEY WOULD MAKE YOU READ LINES FOR THEM.

AND IT WAS IT WAS TWO DAYS AND A WEEKEND WORTH OF PROGRESS.

YES. YOU.

WE ALSO HAVE A RECENTLY CREATED AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITY, THE GREEN TEAM, WHICH THEY'RE WORKING ON INSTALLING A NEW GREEN SPACE INSIDE OF CHIEF UMTUCH MIDDLE SCHOOL BECAUSE WE QUALIFIED FOR THAT AFTER THE LOSS OF OUR FOREST LAST YEAR, OR WAS IT THE YEAR BEFORE? I CAN'T REMEMBER, SORRY.

AND I BELIEVE CASEY IS COMING TO HELP OUT WITH IT SOMETIME THIS WEEK, I BELIEVE.

NICE. AND CURRENTLY WE HAVE AN ASB SOCK DRIVE GOING ON.

WE ARE COLLECTING BRAND NEW YOUTH AND ADULT SOCKS FOR FOSTER KIDS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IT'S VERY OVERWHELMING TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

I DON'T THINK GAVIN OR I HAVE LIVED THROUGH IT, BUT I KNOW I HAVE SOME FRIENDS WHO HAVE AND IT'S QUITE SAD AND IT'S HELPING, LIKE, I GUESS KIDS THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH, IT CAN KIND OF HELP THEM FEEL SAFER.

AND YOU KIND OF GET A PRIZE FOR THE GRADE, WHO DONATES THE MOST SOCKS? AND THAT WILL BE GETTING TO SPEND TIME WITH OUR NEW THERAPY DOG, BECAUSE OUR OLD ONE JUST RECENTLY PASSED.

SO SHOULD I TALK ABOUT THE ROBOTICS.

SO WE ALSO HAVE LEGO ROBOTICS.

WE'VE HAD THAT AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITY FOR QUITE A WHILE, AND THIS YEAR IT SEEMS TO BE GOING WELL FROM WHAT I'M SEEING.

AND OUR COMPETITION IS CURRENTLY PLANNED FOR DECEMBER 9TH.

ASB HAS A CURRENT FIELD TRIP GOING UP.

I'M PRETTY SURE MR. WAGNER ALREADY TALKED TO YOU GUYS ABOUT THAT, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I BELIEVE THAT'S IT.

YEAH. SO GAVIN, KENNEDY, YOU GUYS DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB.

CAN I CAN I ASK, HOW DID YOU GUYS GET CHOSEN TO DO THIS? HOW DID THEY HOW DID THEY HOW DID THEY GRAB YOU? YEAH, THIS IS A GOOD STORY. IT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD STORY KENNEDY.

GAVIN, YOU CAN TELL. I RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM OUR PRINCIPAL ASKING IF I WOULD BE WILLING TO DO THIS, AND I RESPONDED WITH, YES, I WOULD BE WILLING TO DO IT. NOT AS EXCITING AS I THOUGHT, BUT GOOD.

KENNEDY I WAS IN THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE, AND I WAS ON AN UNRELATED MATTER.

WE DON'T NEED TO DISCUSS.

NO, I WAS GOING THROUGH AND I WAS ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DRESS CODE BECAUSE I LIKE TO SPEAK UP ABOUT STUFF LIKE THAT, AND SHE SAID, WELL, I CAN TELL THAT YOU'RE VERY GOOD AT TALKING, SO HOW ABOUT YOU GO DO THIS WITH ME? AND I WAS LIKE, THAT'S GREAT, THANKS, I APPRECIATE IT.

THERE MAY BE THE LAW IN YOUR FUTURE.

BOTH OF YOU. BOTH OF YOU DID ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC.

WE'RE ALSO ACTORS.

YEAH. AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU.

DID YOU GET A PART? YEAH, I HAVE A LEAD ROLE.

OH. ALL RIGHT.

THERE YOU GO. GAVIN.

WHAT DO YOU PARTICIPATE IN IN THE SCHOOL? I PARTICIPATE IN JAZZ, JAZZ BAND, LEGO ROBOTICS AND THE MUSICAL.

OH, FANTASTIC.

OH, SO YOU'RE IN THE MUSICAL AS WELL.

NICE JOB. CONGRATS ON THOSE.

YEAH. THANK YOU. THREE BIG ONES.

YEAH, OUTSTANDING.

QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD. WELL, I NEED SOME HELP.

YOU MENTIONED GREEN TEAM.

SO SINCE YOU GUYS ARE GOOD AT PROMOTING CHIEF, I WANT YOU TO HELP ME GET SOME CHIEF MIDDLE SCHOOLERS ON THE GREEN TEAM AND THE GARDEN CLUB COMING UP SO WE CAN GET OUR SCHOOL GARDEN IN.

WE'LL DO OUR BEST. ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. HEY.

THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO COME AND VISIT US TONIGHT.

WE REALLY ENJOYED IT. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

I'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO ATTEND THE JAZZ BAND CONCERT.

AND WE'LL DEFINITELY BE AT THE PLAY.

OKAY, WE'LL BE THERE.

NEWSIES. GREAT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU GUYS.

THANK YOU. AND ARE THERE PARENTS HERE AS WELL? YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING US.

THIS IS A REALLY SPECIAL PART OF OUR BOARD MEETINGS EVERY OTHER WEEK, AND I'M JUST SO GRATEFUL THAT OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR PARENTS JUST CONTINUE TO LET THESE STUDENTS COME IN AND TELL US ABOUT THEIR SCHOOLS.

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SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THOSE ARE THE THAT IS THE STUDENT VOICE THAT I HAVE ON MY PAGE.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER STUDENTS HERE THAT I DO NOT HAVE LISTED? GREAT. IF YOU COULD JUST TELL US YOUR NAMES AND THE SCHOOL YOU REPRESENT.

HELLO, MY NAME IS HAYLEY EASTMAN RICHARDS AND I AM A REPRESENTATIVE OF SUMMIT VIEW HIGH SCHOOL.

HI, MY NAME IS ARIANA LUM AND I'M ALSO REPRESENTATIVE OF SUMMIT VIEW HIGH SCHOOL.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

YEAH, REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

SO SUMMIT VIEW, WE'RE DOING A BLOOD DRIVE ON NOVEMBER 9TH, AND MOST OF OUR ASB HAS ALREADY SIGNED UP TO HELP.

AND SO FAR WE'RE LOOKING AT A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING TO DONATE BLOOD.

ALMOST A HUNDRED PEOPLE.

A HUNDRED PEOPLE. WOW.

OUTSTANDING. WHICH IS REALLY COOL SINCE OUR SCHOOL IS PRETTY SMALL AND CENTRALIZED, SO HAVING THAT MANY PEOPLE IS REALLY COOL FOR US.

WHAT A BIG HELP TO THE TO THE BLOOD BANK.

OF COURSE, YEAH, OUTSTANDING.

SO AT SUMMIT VIEW HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE A HALLOWEEN PARTY COMING UP ON THE 31ST ON A TUESDAY.

AND BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING IS JUST GOING TO BE FUN GAMES AND PRIZES AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR THE KIDS TO GET INVOLVED.

AND WE'RE HAVING A OFFICE AND COSTUME CONTEST FOR THE TEACHERS, SO THEY GET VOTED ON HOW WELL THEIR OFFICE IS DECORATED AND HOW WELL THEIR COSTUME IS.

AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BRIBED ME TO TRY AND DECORATE THEIR OFFICE.

I'M NOT ALLOWED TO VOTE THEN.

IT WOULD BE A LUCRATIVE BUSINESS.

IS THIS A YEARLY KIND OF THING OR IS THIS NEW FOR YOU GUYS? DO YOU KNOW? IT'S IT'S MORE OF A YEARLY THING SINCE IT'S SUMMIT VIEW IT'S ALL KIND OF INDIVIDUAL WORK.

ASB TRIES TO ITS BEST TO DO LIKE STUDENT INVOLVEMENT STUFF.

SO STUFF LIKE THIS PARTY.

WE HAD A PARTY LAST YEAR AS WELL, THE END OF YEAR PARTY THAT A BUNCH OF PEOPLE WENT TO.

AND SO WE TRY TO DO STUFF LIKE PARTIES AND GET TOGETHERS AND ALL THIS KIND OF STUFF TO JUST BRING IN STUDENTS AND KIND OF GET STUDENT PRIDE.

SO STUFF LIKE THAT.

YEAH. GOOD FOR YOU GUYS. YEAH.

SPEAKING OF THAT, WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING THE NOVEMBER FOOD DRIVE THIS YEAR TOO.

THAT'S RIGHT. WE HAVE IT UP IN OUR OFFICE.

YEAH, YEAH.

SO ME AND ARIANA ARE ACTUALLY THE LEADS FOR THAT.

I'M GOING TO START COLLECTING BOXES SO THAT EACH OF THE TEACHERS CAN HAVE THEIR OWN BOX.

AND YOU CAN JUST DONATE WHATEVER NON-PERISHABLES AND.

YEAH, YEAH, WE'RE READY FOR YOU.

WE'RE AT A DISTRICT OFFICE.

WE'RE COMING AFTER YOU. OKAY, OKAY, OKAY, OKAY, OKAY, OKAY.

YOU'RE PUMPING YOURSELF UP.

YOU GOT THIS. I DON'T DO WELL PUBLIC SPEAKING.

SO YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.

OKAY, SO, SO FAR AT SUMMIT VIEW, WE HAVE HAD ONE GRADUATE AND WHICH I THINK IS REALLY GOOD.

WE'RE ABOUT TO HAVE THREE, I THINK.

BUT SINCE WE'RE LIKE A GO AT YOUR OWN PACE ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL, IT'S REALLY GREAT TO HAVE SOMEONE LIKE, GRADUATE LIKE A WEEK INTO SCHOOL.

YEAH. SO WE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS OF SUMMIT VIEW IS WHEN THEY RING THE BELL AND, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY STOPS AND THEY CONGRATULATE AND THAT'S FANTASTIC. YEAH, YEAH, IT'S A LOT OF FUN.

YEAH, YEAH.

GOOD FOR YOU GUYS.

ANY QUESTIONS? NOT A QUESTION, BUT I SURE APPRECIATE GETTING THE UPDATES FROM SOME OF YOU GUYS ABOUT YOUR SCHOOL AS A WHOLE, IT'S BEEN REALLY CONSCIOUS ABOUT SENDING.. YEAH YOUR SCHOOL IS CONSISTENT AND I LIKE THAT THEY SEND DIFFERENT STUDENTS AT DIFFERENT TIMES.

YOU KNOW, IT'S ACTUALLY PART OF OUR ASB DUTIES.

IS THAT SO WE EACH COME ONCE OR TWICE.

YEAH. THAT'S GREAT.

LET EVERYBODY KNOW HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE IT.

THEY ACTUALLY HAD TO LIKE WHENEVER WE HAVE TO DO LIKE COME HERE.

IT'S LIKE, SO WHO WANTS TO GO LIKE FOR THIS TIME? AND WE'RE ALL LIKE THAT'S WHEN YOU LOOK DOWN, RIGHT? YEAH. THAT'S WHEN WE TIE YOUR SHOES LIKE BUSY OURSELVES.

SO ONE OF US HAS TO, LIKE, SACRIFICE.

I DON'T MEAN IT IN A BAD WAY. I CAME HERE FOR THE FIRST ONE THIS SCHOOL YEAR, AND I CHICKENED OUT LAST MINUTE, AND THEY WERE LIKE ANY OTHER STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES.

I JUST, LIKE, STUCK AT MY CHAIR LIKE.

NOPE. WELL, HOPEFULLY WE'VE MADE IT.

WE'VE MADE IT EASY FOR YOU.

YOU DID WELL, BUT HOPEFULLY WE'VE MADE IT EASY FOR YOU AND YOU'LL COME BACK AND VISIT US AGAIN NOW THAT YOU KNOW, NOW THAT YOU KNOW.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU GUYS.

THANK YOU. TAKE CARE.

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ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE, WE WILL MOVE ON TO COMMITTEE REPORTS.

WE WILL SEE IF I COULD.

YEAH, THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE IMPORTANT.

THANK YOU. JULIA, DO YOU HAVE A REPORT FOR US THIS WEEK? REPORTS? YEAH.

OKAY. I DO HAVE SOME KIND OF EXCITING KIND OF NEWS FROM RIVER HOME LAKE.

WE HAD OUR FIRST EVER IN THE HISTORY OF ASB.

AT LEAST WE HAD OUR FIRST EVER K-2 ASSEMBLY.

SO WE'VE ALWAYS HAD A HARD TIME REACHING OUT TO OUR KINDERGARTEN, OUR YOUNGINS, BECAUSE IT'S JUST NOT, IT'S NOT AS EASY.

IT'S NOT REALLY OUR GRADE BAND OR ASB 7-12, BUT IT WENT REALLY WELL AND IT WAS SUPER DUPER FUN.

I GOT TO SPEAK AND IT WAS LIKE I WAS LIKE, WHY IS IT IMPORTANT THAT WE SHARE? AND THEY WERE LIKE, I HAVE A COAT.

AND I WAS LIKE, OKAY, COOL.

BUT IT WAS, IT WAS IT WAS SO FUN.

AND LIKE, I HAD A TON OF PARENTS AND LIKE, SOME OF MY FRIENDS COME UP TO ME AND THEY WERE LIKE THE ENTIRE WAY HOME.

THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT LIKE THEIR WHY? BECAUSE THAT WAS WHAT MY SPEECH WAS ON.

AND SO WE ALREADY MADE PLANS TO DO ANOTHER ONE IN THE SPRING AND TO ALSO ADD A THREE THROUGH FIVE ASSEMBLY.

SO THAT WAS SUPER DUPER EXCITING.

AND THEN OUR PTO ON FRIDAY THEY HAD A HARVEST CRAWL THAT I COULDN'T MAKE IT TO BECAUSE IT WAS SUPER BUSY.

LIKE I WAS SUPER BUSY PERSONALLY, BUT I HEARD THAT IT WENT REALLY WELL, WHICH IS AWESOME.

AND THEN WE HAVE WE ALSO HAVE AN EVENT OF OUR FOOD DRIVE COMING UP, AND OUR ASB IS DOING A GAME NIGHT NEXT WEEK, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR FALL DANCE, WHICH IS KIND OF LIKE OUR REPLACEMENT FOR HOMECOMING, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY LIKE INFORMAL.

SO LIKE YEAH, AND THEN THAT'S ON NOVEMBER 17TH, WHICH I ALSO CAN'T MAKE IT TO, BUT NONETHELESS VERY EXCITING.

AND YEAH, I THINK THAT'S ABOUT IT FOR RIVER.

YOU SAID HARVEST SOMETHING, WHAT WAS THAT? HARVEST CRAWL, IT'S LIKE A..

CRAWL. YEAH, IT'S LIKE A LITTLE CARNIVAL THING.

AND IT'S MAINLY FOR LIKE K THROUGH SIX STUDENTS.

SO PART OF THE REASON WHY I DIDN'T GO, BUT ALSO BECAUSE I LITERALLY HAD SOMETHING ELSE.

BUT YEAH, IT WAS IT'S LIKE TEACHERS DOORS WILL BE LIKE DECORATED AND STUFF AND THE GYM WILL BE DECKED OUT AND THEY'RE LIKE LITTLE GAMES AND OH, NEAT.

AT BATTLE GROUND, JUST LIKE CHIEF, WE'RE DOING A OCTOBER INITIATIVE, AND THAT'S KIND OF JUST WITH NEW SOCKS, OBVIOUSLY, TO BENEFIT TWO LOCAL NONPROFITS THAT SUPPORT CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TMG CARES.

AND THAT ONLY RUNS UNTIL OCTOBER 27TH.

SO IF YOU GUYS HAVE THOSE EXTRA SOCKS, GET THEM IN QUICK.

OUR DRAMA DEPARTMENT IS ALSO HAVING A FALL PRODUCTION, AND THEY'RE DOING ONE STOPLIGHT TOWN, AND TICKETS START GOING ON SALE ON OCTOBER 30TH.

AND THEN THE SHOW IS RUNNING ON THE WEEKEND OF LIKE THE NINTH, 10TH AND 11TH, AND THE NEXT WEEKEND AFTER THAT, WHICH IS THE 16TH, 17TH AND 18TH.

SO DEFINITELY PUT THOSE ON YOUR CALENDARS AS WELL.

THAT'LL BE SUPER GOOD.

AND THEN ON THURSDAY, THIS THURSDAY, THE 26TH, BATTLE GROUND IS HOSTING A POST HIGH SCHOOL FAIR.

SO THAT'LL BE REALLY COOL.

THAT'LL BE FROM 8 A.M.

TO 10:15 A.M., AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A BUNCH OF VENDORS FROM COLLEGES, APPRENTICESHIPS, TRADE SCHOOLS AND FROM THE MILITARY.

SO I KNOW THAT'S GOING TO FREAK ME OUT A LITTLE BIT.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I WANT TO GO BECAUSE SENIOR, SENIOR YEAR, BUT THAT WILL BE REALLY EXCITING AND IT'S ALWAYS REALLY COOL.

LIKE ALL THE VENDORS ARE THERE AND IT'S IN THE CAFETERIA AND ALL LIKE THE BOOTHS ARE UP AND WE GET TO TALK TO EVERYONE.

AND WE ALSO LIKE WE GET A LOT OF OUR CLASSES A LITTLE BIT SO WE CAN GO, YOU KNOW, WANDER THE BOOTHS, SAY HI TO ALL THE PEOPLE.

SO YEAH, THAT'S ABOUT IT.

SORRY, I ALMOST MISSED THAT.

THAT'S OKAY. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR JULIA OR SARAH? OKAY. SO WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO COMMITTEE REPORTS STARTING WITH THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE.

THANK YOU FOR GETTING YOUR PRIORITY CHOICES INTO ME.

WE SUBMITTED THEM ON THE 16TH AND THEY SENT US BACK.

AND WE HAVE I HAVE A LIST OF TEN THINGS NOT IN ANY PARTICULAR ORDER, AND I'LL GET THAT OUT TO YOU.

BUT TODAY MICHELLE ALSO SENT ME WHAT WAS [INAUDIBLE] HAS FOR THEIR TOP FIVE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.

AND OF COURSE, THEY ALL PRETTY MUCH MATCH, AND MANY OF THEM HAVE TO DO WITH FULL FUNDING.

THEY START WITH THE WORDS FULL FUNDING, FULL FUNDING OF BASIC EDUCATION, FULL FUNDING OF SPECIAL EDUCATION, FULL FUNDING OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION.

SO WE ARE IN A LOT OF AGREEMENT THAT WE WANT FULL FUNDING.

BUT ANYWAY, I'LL GET THOSE OUT TO YOU.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT OUR CHOICES WERE.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE. AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT BECAUSE THERE IS NO COMMITTEE THIS TIME.

OKAY. BATTLE GROUND EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

UM, I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO REPORT, I THINK.

YEAH, I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO REPORT AT THIS TIME.

OKAY.

WIA. NO REPORT.

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WE DID YOU GO FIRST? IT WAS REALLY FUN TO GO TO AMBOY.

THE BUILDING THERE IS SO BEAUTIFUL.

LIKE THE SECOND YOU WALK IN, IT'S JUST LIKE HIGH CEILINGS.

EVERYTHING IS SO GORGEOUS AND LIKE THE SURROUNDING, YOU KNOW, THE TREES.

ON FRIDAY. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY.

YEAH, ACTUALLY.

YEAH, THAT MIGHT HAVE, YOU KNOW, BIASED ME EVEN A LITTLE BIT MORE TOWARDS THE WHOLE.

WHOA. BUT THE CULTURE AT AMBOY IS JUST SO AMAZING TO BE ABLE TO LIKE, WALK THROUGH AND EXPERIENCE AND THE CULTURE CREATED BY THE PRINCIPALS, YOU KNOW, GREETING EVERY STUDENT THEY SEE BY NAME WAS ALSO JUST SO EXCITING TO SEE.

WE GOT TO SEE, OH MY GOSH, WE GOT TO SEE SO MANY THINGS THAT I'M LIKE ALMOST FORGETTING.

WE GOT TO SEE THEIR LIKE COMPUTER KIND OF CTE LAB, WHICH WAS REALLY COOL TO SEE THE CTE CLASSES AND STUFF IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

AND THEY WERE CREATING LIKE REALLY COOL FOOT BRACES FOR MADE FOR PEOPLE WITH CEREBRAL PALSY.

AND I DON'T KNOW, IT WAS A LOT OF JUST EXCITING STUFF.

WHAT ELSE DO YOU HAVE TO ADD? YEAH, IT WAS AND I AGREE WITH YOU.

JUST A WARM ATMOSPHERE THERE.

VERY WELCOMING ATMOSPHERE FROM STUDENTS AND STAFF, EVERYONE.

AND A COUPLE OF THE THINGS THAT I SAW IN CLASSROOMS SAW WIT AND WISDOM BEING IN TAUGHT IN CLASSROOM.

AND THAT WAS FUN TO LISTEN TO A LITTLE BIT OF THAT.

I SAW A TEACHER EXPLAINING TO STUDENTS THE PROGRESS THEY HAD MADE ON DIFFERENT WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT HERE, FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS, THE FIRST FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT, AND THEN HOW THEY IMPROVED AS A CLASS IN THE NEXT ONE AND THE NEXT ONE.

SO I SAW THAT, AND JUST EVERY CLASS I WENT INTO REALLY, REALLY HIGH LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT WITH THE STUDENTS. AND IT WAS A GREAT YEAH, IT WAS A GREAT TOUR.

YEAH. WE WERE LED AROUND BY A FEW ASB STUDENTS AS WELL, WHICH REALLY ADDED TO THAT EXCITEMENT.

OH, AND THE NEW COVERED PLAY AREA.

OH YEAH. THEY REALLY, REALLY LIKE THEIR NEW COVERED PLAY AREA.

AND THEY HAVE MORE PLANS FOR KEVIN.

YEAH I'M SURE.

ANYWAY, THAT WAS. YEAH, IT WAS GREAT.

SO THE TWO OF YOU AND DAVID.

YES. OKAY.

DID DAVID LEAVE US? YES. YES YES OKAY.

THERE WAS A GROUP TWO GROUP TWO, TWO TOUR.

I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT'S SO HARD TO SAY, THAT WILL BE RESCHEDULED.

AND THEN WE HAVE A GROUP THREE TOUR TOMORROW WITH ME AND YOU AND JULIA.

AND THAT'S RIVER HOMELINK AND BATTLE GROUND VIRTUAL ACADEMY.

VERY EXCITING. THINK YOU KNOW WHERE THAT IS.

YOU HAVE AN IDEA.

UPCOMING. WE'LL HAVE AN ALL BOARD TOUR AT PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL ON DECEMBER 1ST.

AND IF I I COULD JUST MENTION THAT WE DID HAVE FOR THE REST OF THE BOARD, JACKIE WAS ABLE TO ATTEND.

BUT WE DID DO A BRIEF TOUR WITH THE WHAM-O ORGANIZATION, WHICH IS THE WASHINGTON ASSOCIATION MAINTENANCE OF MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS. RIGHT? YEAH, AND THEY CAME AND WANTED TO TOUR TWO OF OUR SCHOOLS THAT WERE IN NEED OF A POTENTIAL REPLACEMENT.

AND SO WE TOURED PLEASANT VALLEY MIDDLE AND GLENWOOD HEIGHTS PRIMARY, AND BOTH TOURS WENT REALLY WELL.

I WANT TO THANK THE PRINCIPALS AT BOTH OF THOSE, THE ADMIN TEAMS AT BOTH OF THOSE BUILDINGS FOR ENTERTAINING US.

WE WERE THERE FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AT EACH SCHOOL, BUT JUST GOT TO SEE SOME OF THE SOME OF THE DEFICIENCIES THAT THOSE BUILDINGS HAVE IN TERMS OF IN TERMS OF INSTRUCTION AND BEING ABLE TO SERVE STUDENTS.

SO THAT WAS HELPFUL.

AND I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR ANYBODY.

WE HAD TWO LEGISLATORS THAT JOINED US.

SO IT'S GOOD FOR THEM TO GET AN IDEA OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT SCHOOLS ARE STRUGGLING THROUGH.

SO OSPI WAS THERE AS WELL.

YES. AND OSPI WAS THERE.

IT WAS A REALLY LARGE GROUP AND VERY INFORMATIVE.

KEVIN MADE A POINT OF POINTING OUT THE TRUSSES AT PLEASANT VALLEY, AND IT WAS JUST KIND OF SURREAL TO THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE JUST JUNK. AND I DON'T MEAN I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE TO SAY IT, BUT AND WHAT OUR FACILITIES TEAM THAT HE'S LED HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO FOR THESE SCHOOLS AND TO KEEP THEM GOING.

SO AND I THINK THERE WERE SOME REALLY BIG WOW FACTORS DURING THAT TOUR, INCLUDING FOR MYSELF.

AND I'VE TOURED THOSE SCHOOLS MULTIPLE TIMES.

YEAH, IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW TO LEARN.

SO IT WAS A GOOD.

WAS THIS A TOUR JUST AT BATTLE GROUND, OR WERE THEY GOING TO OTHER DISTRICTS AND DOING THE SAME THING? THEY TRAVEL AROUND, THERE'S A CORE GROUP OF PEOPLE AND THEY DO TRAVEL AROUND.

BUT IT WAS A SPECIAL REQUEST BY GREG CHANEY AND, STEPHANIE MCCLINTOCK.

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SO THEY HAD ARRANGED A TOUR.

AND, YOU KNOW, THE IRONY OF IT, AND I DON'T MEAN THIS IN A NEGATIVE SENSE, IT'S JUST THE TRUTH IS THAT THEY HAD ASKED ME, CAN WE SEE A BUILDING THAT IS IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT? AND CAN WE SEE A BUILDING WHERE YOU HAVE USED STATE FUNDS IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS? OKAY, YEAH.

I HAD TO POINT OUT TO THEM THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY BUILDINGS WHERE WE'VE QUALIFIED FOR STATE FUNDS.

SO. RIGHT? SO INSTEAD THEY SAID, OH, WELL THEN LET'S SEE TWO BUILDINGS THAT NEED REPLACEMENT AND VERY DIFFERENT NEEDS AT BOTH SCHOOLS.

SO IT WAS AN INTERESTING, YOU KNOW, BOTH VERY SIMILAR IN THAT THEY HAVE DEFICIENCIES BUT IN DIFFERENT AREAS.

LIKE FOR INSTANCE, WE WERE ABLE TO SHOW OFF THE FANTASTIC GYMNASIUM AT PLEASANT VALLEY MIDDLE, AS YOU KNOW.

NOW, IF WE WERE TO REPLACE A SCHOOL, WE WOULD KEEP THIS GYMNASIUM BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF THE BEST MIDDLE SCHOOL GYMNASIUMS IN THE STATE.

AND YET WE GO TO GLENWOOD AND WE SAY, IF WE WERE TO REPLACE THIS IS ONE OF THE AREAS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THE GYMNASIUM IS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, CLASSROOMS. YEAH. LESS SMALLER THAN THIS ROOM, YOU KNOW, AND SO YOU SEE THAT YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE THAT THEY'RE STILL EATING IN THEIR CLASSROOMS AT PLEASANT VALLEY MIDDLE, WHERE WE HAVE A TEMPORARY PORT, A PORTABLE MODULAR CAFETERIA AT GLENWOOD. SO, YOU KNOW, JUST VERY DIFFERENT BUT.

IF WE HAD TO KEEP THAT TEMPORARY, THOUGH, AT GLENWOOD, COULD WE BUILD A COVERED WALKWAY TO AVOID SOME OF THE RAIN? THAT BECAUSE THEY LITERALLY ALL THE STUDENTS HAVE TO WALK OUTSIDE TO GO TO IT.

AT GLENWOOD? YEAH, I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT ONE.

JUST POPPED IN MY HEAD.

NOT WHILE I WAS THERE BECAUSE IT WAS BEAUTIFUL OUTSIDE.

SO NO RAIN THAT DAY.

I'VE GOT A PLAN I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT LATER.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

ANYTHING ELSE FOR COMMITTEE REPORTS BEFORE WE MOVE ON? OKAY. DIRECTOR REPORTS.

I'M TRYING TO THINK, DID I DO ANYTHING IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS? WENT TO A CAF MEETING.

RIGHT? IT WAS AFTER THE LAST BOARD MEETING.

THAT WAS GOOD. ALWAYS GOOD.

GOOD TO MEET THE NEW MEMBERS.

GOOD TO JUST SEE HOW MANY DIFFERENT SCHOOLS WERE REPRESENTED.

I DID LEAVE DURING THE PRESENTATION AND I'M SAD I HAD TO, BECAUSE TAMARA SCHEETZ WAS PUTTING ON A PRETTY DYNAMIC PRESENTATION WHEN I LEFT, AND SO I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THE REST OF IT WAS JUST AS AMAZING.

LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT ONE THOUGH.

SO. AND WITH THAT, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE WRAPPED UP.

[6. Superintendent and Staff Updates]

YEAH, I WAS GOING TO I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE CAP.

SO THE CAP.

SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

THAT TAKES THAT SCRATCH THAT ONE OFF THE LIST.

I AGREE WITH YOU. I THOUGHT IT WAS A VERY PRODUCTIVE MEETING.

I ALSO WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT LAST WEEK ON THURSDAY WE HAD OUR FIRST STUDENT ADVISORY MEETING AND WE HAD A FANTASTIC TURNOUT.

EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL REPRESENTED THERE.

I THINK WE HAD INVITED 40 STUDENTS AND WE GOT LIKE 30, 33 STUDENTS THERE, BUT EVERY SCHOOL HAD REPRESENTATION.

JULIA AND SARAH BOTH WERE KIND ENOUGH TO ATTEND AND SPOKE ABOUT THE THE ROLE OF STUDENT REP, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS VERY POWERFUL.

YOU COULD SEE A LOT OF STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY OUR YOUNGER MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS, THINKING, OH, I WANT TO BE LIKE THEM.

I COULD WE COULD DO THAT.

WE FOCUSED ON FIRST JUST A LITTLE, GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER, AND THEN WE WERE IDENTIFYING A TOPIC THAT WE COULD TACKLE THIS YEAR.

AND THE TOPIC THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS GOING TO BE BULLYING AND HARASSMENT, HOW WE CAN PREVENT THAT.

SO WE JUST DID SOME PRELIMINARY BRAINSTORMING, SOME FANTASTIC IDEAS.

I WAS TAKEN BY ONE OF THE THEMES THAT THAT CAME UP IN ABOUT HOW TO OVERCOME BULLYING AND HARASSMENT WAS HOW POWERFUL THE STUDENTS FELT LIKE, THE ROLE THAT THE STAFF PLAYED IN THIS, AND ABOUT THE STAFF, CREATING A CULTURE WHERE EACH PERSON WAS VALUED, AND STAFF CREATING A CULTURE WHERE EACH INDIVIDUAL FELT THAT THEY WERE LISTENED TO AND HEARD, AND THAT THE IMPACT OF THAT, EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T INTENTIONAL TOWARDS BULLYING, JUST DOING

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SO FASCINATING DISCUSSION TO HEAR THE STUDENTS GO THAT DIRECTION.

OUR PLAN IS OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT TWO MEETINGS THAT WE'RE SCHEDULED TO HAVE, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DEVELOPING A PLAN THAT CAN THEN BE TAKEN INTO OUR SCHOOLS.

I'M LOOKING AT SHELLY AS SHE'S WRITING UPSIDE DOWN FOR ME.

THE OTHER ISSUE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS WE BROUGHT THE BRANDING IDEA TO THE STUDENTS, AND JENNA AND AMANDA, DID YOU JUST KIND OF SNUCK IN ON ME? I WAS LIKE, AMANDA'S HERE.

SHE'S AT A CONFERENCE ALL DAY, SO I DIDN'T EXPECT HER HERE.

BUT AMANDA AND JENNA DID A NICE PRESENTATION ON THE BRANDING, AND WE ACTUALLY PROMOTED A STUDENT SURVEY THAT WE'RE DOING ABOUT THE IDEAS AROUND BRANDING AND WHAT IT CAN, WHAT IT CAN DO.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT STUDENT VOICE IN OUR REBRANDING EFFORTS THAT WE GO FORWARD ON.

SO OVERALL, VERY, VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL START TO THE STUDENT ADVISORY FOR THIS YEAR.

AND AND THANKS AGAIN TO THE TWO OF YOU.

MUCH APPRECIATED. THE OTHER THING, THE OTHER EXCITING THING IS THAT THE BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL BOARD HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS A 2023 BOARD OF DISTINCTION.

SO CONGRATULATIONS, BOARD.

I JUST WANT TO READ.

THERE ARE 34 SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE ENTIRE STATE THAT WERE RECOGNIZED FOR THIS.

AS A REMINDER, THERE ARE 296 DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON.

SO 34 GOT RECOGNIZED.

THERE'S 75 SCHOOLS THAT QUALIFY AS LARGE DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON.

14 OF THOSE SCHOOLS GOT RECOGNIZED FOR THE BOARD OF DISTINCTION.

THOSE THOSE THAT'S THE CATEGORY THAT WE ARE IN, IN ADDITION TO BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT.

JUST TO READ YOU SOME NAMES.

AUBURN, BELLEVUE, EDMONDS, EVERETT, FEDERAL WAY, ISSAQUAH, LAKE, WASHINGTON, NORTH THURSTON, NORTH SHORE, PASCO, PUYALLUP, SUMNER-BONNEY LAKE, AND TACOMA.

SO I DO WANT TO POINT OUT AND AND IF ANYBODY'S LISTENING, NOBODY ELSE FROM SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON IS IN THE CATEGORY OF BOARD OF DISTINCTION FOR 2023. SO TAKE THAT.

I JUST TO READ THE DESCRIPTION, IT SAYS THAT THESE THESE DISTRICTS THAT RECEIVE THIS AWARD REPRESENT A BROAD SPECTRUM SIZE, RANGING FROM A COUPLE OF HUNDRED STUDENTS TO MORE THAN 30,000 STUDENTS.

ALL SHARE A COMMON COMMITMENT TO ENSURING STUDENT SUCCESS.

THEY HAVE APPROACHED THIS GOAL THROUGH VARIOUS STRATEGIES, INCLUDING EXTENSIVE STRATEGIC PLANNING, DATA DRIVEN ANALYSIS TO UNDERSTAND TRUE STUDENT PERFORMANCE, AND CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT CONDUCIVE TO THE SUCCESS OF BOTH STUDENTS AND STAFF.

AND I WANTED TO READ THAT BECAUSE JUST GIVEN THE DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD IN OUR SESSION BEFORE OUR WORK SESSION, YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH ALIGNMENT THERE IS WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHAT THE STATE IS LOOKING FOR.

SO AGAIN, VERY, VERY PROUD OF THE BOARD.

SO CONGRATULATIONS.

AND WHAT THIS DOES IS IT MAKES US ONE OF THE 14 ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THE STATE BOARD OF THE YEAR, WHICH WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT THE WSSDA CONFERENCE IN NOVEMBER.

SO CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN.

AND BIG SHOUT OUT TO LYNELLE MURRAY FOR ALL THE HELP THAT SHE GAVE US TO PUT IT TOGETHER.

AND SPEAKING OF RECOGNITIONS, AND I SENT THIS OUT TO YOU, BUT BATTLE GROUND IS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT SO OUR COLLEAGUES RECOGNIZED IN 2024 AS A NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.

SO CONGRATULATIONS, SORA.

THIS ARTICLE WAS FEATURED IN THE REFLECTOR AND TALKS ABOUT SORA'S AND MENTIONS HER ROLE AS AS A STUDENT BOARD REP AND EVERYTHING THAT SHE'S ACCOMPLISHED. IN ADDITION TO HER OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT ON THE PSAT AND THE SAT.

SO IT'S ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC.

AND WE'RE ALL VERY PROUD OF SORA.

SO I WAS GOING TO MENTION IT LAST MEETING, BUT YOU HAD YOU WERE ABSENT AT THE LAST MEETING.

SO THAT'S WHY EVEN THOUGH IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF AN OLD NEWS, IT STILL NEEDS TO BE IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE IT.

SO CONGRATULATIONS, SORA.

OKAY. NEXT, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO.

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I'M JUST GOING TO BRING MINE UP HERE, TOO.

IF I COULD.

SORRY, GUYS. BEFORE I GET INTO THIS.

OH, THERE WE GO.

SLIDES. I DON'T HAVE MINES IN FRONT OF ME SO I'M NOT STRAINING TO SEE THIS.

HERE WE GO. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF RUNNING A CAPITAL LEVY, AND I AM PROPOSING, LISA GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE THAT WE LOOK AT RUNNING THIS CAPITAL LEVY SOON.

AND I'D LIKE TO GO OVER SOME OF THE RATIONALE THAT HAS LED ME TO THIS CONCLUSION, AND TO ASK YOU TO JUST CONSIDER IT.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD AGREEMENT ON, AS WE WERE LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF RUNNING A BOND, WAS THAT THERE WAS UNIVERSAL AGREEMENT, NO DOUBT THAT WE HAVE CONCERN ABOUT OUR FACILITIES, ESPECIALLY OUR OLDER FACILITIES.

I THINK THAT WE FELT THAT IT JUST WASN'T THE RIGHT TIME, GIVEN A LOT OF DIFFERENT REASONS.

WE DECIDED THAT IT WASN'T THE BEST TIME TO GO OUT AND RUN A BOND.

I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE BIGGEST REASONS WE DIDN'T RUN A BOND WAS BECAUSE WITH THE CURRENT ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT AND HAVING TO REACH A 60% THRESHOLD, WE THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO ACHIEVE.

BUT WE STILL AGAIN KNOW THAT WE HAVE OLDER FACILITIES THAT ARE IN NEED OF SIGNIFICANT UPGRADES AND IMPROVEMENTS.

NEXT SLIDE. ANOTHER RATIONALE FOR US IS THAT WE KNOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE GETTING MORE STUDENTS.

WE CAN SEE IT. WE'RE ONE OF THE FEW DISTRICTS IN SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON THAT ARE EXPERIENCING GROWTH, WHILE ALL THE OTHER DISTRICTS ARE LOSING 2 TO 300 STUDENTS A YEAR. LAST YEAR, WE GAINED 600 STUDENTS AND THIS YEAR WE GAINED OVER 300 STUDENTS.

SO WE ARE GROWING AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO GROW.

ONE OF THE DANGERS THAT I WAS AFRAID OF, AND I HAD VOICED TO THE BOARD ABOUT GOING AFTER A BOND, WAS I HAD CONCERNS THAT WE WERE PURSUING A BOND, PERHAPS TOO QUICKLY, THAT WE HADN'T SEEN HOW THE ENROLLMENT GROWTH WAS GOING TO COME IN OR WHERE IT WAS GOING TO COME IN. AND BECAUSE WE DIDN'T QUALIFY FOR ANY STATE FUNDS BECAUSE OF UNHOUSED STUDENTS, WE WOULDN'T BE RECEIVING THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF SUPPORT THAT WE COULD BE GETTING FROM THE STATE IF WE WERE TO WAIT.

I HAD MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES THAT I WAS AFRAID THAT WE COULD FALL INTO THE SAME PREDICAMENT THAT RIDGEFIELD WAS IN, WHERE THEY PASSED A BOND, BUILT NEW BUILDINGS AND THEN FOUR YEARS LATER EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT GROWTH AND OVERCROWDING, AND THEN HAD TO GO BACK TO THEIR CONSTITUENCY TO ASK FOR ANOTHER BOND.

AND WE KNOW THAT IN THIS COMMUNITY, GOING BACK FOR MULTIPLE BONDS IS NOT GOING TO WORK.

SO THE ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS AND WHERE THEY COME IN AND WHERE OUR GROWTH IS GOING TO BE, IT MIGHT EVEN BE BETTER FOR US TO WAIT A FEW YEARS.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WITH OUR AGING FACILITIES, CAN WE WAIT WITHOUT DOING NOTHING AT ALL? SO AGAIN, ANOTHER REASON TO CONSIDER A CAPITAL LEVY.

LISA, NEXT. INFLATION.

WE KNOW THE IMPACT OF INFLATION.

AND I PHRASED IT THIS WAY, INFLATION IMPACT ON THE DISTRICT AND ON THE COMMUNITY.

WE KNOW OUR VOTERS, OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET IN THIS HIGH INFLATIONARY PERIOD.

A GOOD REASON TO HOLD OFF ON A BOND.

BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT INFLATION IS IMPACTING THE DISTRICT IN MANY WAYS.

WE HAVE A SET AMOUNT OF MONEY AND A BUDGET, AND THE DOLLARS THAT WE ARE USING TO SPREAD OUT ARE NOT GOING AS FAR.

SO WHEN WE PASSED OUR LEVY TWO YEARS AGO AT $30 MILLION, WE WERE COLLECTING ON A LOCAL LEVY FOR $30 MILLION.

WE WERE HOPING THAT YOU KNOW WE KNEW THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE GROWTH, BUT WE WERE EXPECTING IT TO BE 3 TO 4% GROWTH INFLATION.

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AND SO THAT $30 MILLION IS NOT GOING AS FAR FOR US.

SO WHILE WE HAVE TO TAKE THE COMMUNITY INTEREST IN HAND ABOUT THE IMPACT IT HAS ON THEM, WE ALSO HAVE TO CONSIDER THE IMPACT THAT IT HAS ON US. CAPITAL LEVIES ARE COMMON IN OTHER DISTRICTS.

JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, VANCOUVER HAS A CAPITAL LEVY, A TECHNOLOGY LEVY.

EVERGREEN HAS A CAPITAL LEVY.

WASHOUGAL HAS A CAPITAL LEVY.

RIDGEFIELD, I MEAN, NOT RIDGEFIELD, CAMAS HAS A CAPITAL LEVY.

SO A LOT OF THOSE OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE CAPITAL LEVIES.

HISTORICALLY, WE HAVE NEVER HAD A CAPITAL LEVY.

ANOTHER REASON TO CONSIDER IT IS THE ESSER AND THE FISCAL CLIFF.

AND AGAIN, WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT MINIMIZING THE CLIFF.

CURRENTLY, RIGHT NOW I WILL LET YOU KNOW THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A CAPITAL LEVY, ALL OF OUR MONIES THAT WE USE TO IMPROVE OUR FACILITIES COME OUT OF OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS.

OUR M&O LEVY, WHICH IS CONSIDERED TO BE OUR ENRICHMENT ENHANCEMENT LEVY FOR PROGRAMS, BUT WE ARE USING AND WE ARE HAVING TO USE IT ON BUILDINGS AND REPAIRS UP TO A TUNE OF 2 TO $3 MILLION A YEAR.

AND ALSO OUR TECHNOLOGY IS COMING OUT OF THAT LEVY ALSO, AND WE HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING UP AT LEAST.

NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS ANOTHER REASON WHY I THINK WE SHOULD CONSIDER A CAPITAL LEVY.

IF YOU REMEMBER THE SURVEYS THAT WE DID ON THE QUESTION OF AGING SCHOOLS, RESIDENTS PRIORITIZED UPDATING AND MAINTAINING THESE SCHOOLS INSTEAD OF REPLACING THEM WITH NEW FACILITIES.

AND THAT WAS 16% SAID IT WAS A HIGH PRIORITY TO UPDATE AND MAINTAIN AGING SCHOOLS.

55% SAID THAT IT WAS A HIGH PRIORITY, SO THE TOTAL WAS MUCH HIGHER THAN REPLACING SCHOOLS WAS 13 AND 39%.

SO AGAIN, OUR RESIDENTS WERE EVEN TELLING US THAT RIGHT NOW THEY'D LIKE US TO SEE WORK ON IMPROVING THE SCHOOLS AND REMODELING RATHER THAN REPLACING.

AND TO THE NEXT SLIDE THAT WAS ALSO ENHANCED IN THIS QUESTION HERE.

IN GENERAL, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DO YOU THINK IS THE BEST APPROACH FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO TAKE REGARDING SCHOOL BUILDINGS THAT ARE AGING? ONLY 19% OF OUR COMMUNITY SAID BUILDING NEW SCHOOLS TO REPLACE AGING SCHOOLS, WHILE 64% OF OUR COMMUNITY SAID REMODELING OR RENOVATING AGING SCHOOLS WOULD BE THE PREFERRED APPROACH.

SO WHAT AM I PROPOSING? ELISE. HERE'S WHAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON.

WE'VE GOT A 42 CENT BOND THAT IS GOING OUT ON DECEMBER 31ST OF THIS YEAR.

WHAT I AM ASKING THE BOARD TO CONSIDER AS THAT BOND GOES OFF, I'M ASKING THE BOARD TO REPLACE THAT OR ASK THE VOTERS TO APPROVE REPLACING THAT WITH A 40 CENT CAPITAL LEVY.

A 40 CENT CAPITAL LEVY WOULD GENERATE APPROXIMATELY $7.8 MILLION PER YEAR FOR US, $7.8 MILLION PER YEAR.

I AM ASKING THAT WE JUST GO OUT FOR A THREE YEAR CAPITAL LEVY, AND THE ONLY REASON I WANT TO GO THREE YEARS IS BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO TIE OUR VOTERS INTO SOMETHING LONGER THAN THAT.

AND ALSO AT THAT POINT, WE MAY FIND THAT WE'RE IN A BETTER POSITION TO RUN A BOND.

SO WHAT THREE YEARS WOULD DO FOR US IS BRING IN A TOTAL OF 23.4 MILLION, AND THE FOCUS OF THAT WOULD BE ON TECHNOLOGY SAFETY, FACILITY UPGRADES AND REPAIRS.

I WAS TALKING TO KEVIN THIS AFTERNOON.

WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HIS FIVE YEAR PLAN THAT HE HAS.

CURRENTLY ON HIS FIVE YEAR PLAN.

AND WITH WHAT WE ARE GOING THROUGH IN TERMS OF BUDGET REDUCTIONS BECAUSE OF LOSS OF ESSER, KEVIN'S TALKING ABOUT HAVING TO EXTEND HIS FIVE YEAR PLAN OUT TO SEVEN YEARS, EIGHT YEARS, NINE YEARS, TEN YEARS BEFORE HE'S ABLE TO GET SOMETHING, BEFORE HE'S ABLE TO GET TO THOSE PROJECTS. AND THAT'S WITH THE IDEA THAT NO BIG ISSUE SURFACE LIKE BOILERS IN YOUR BOARD ROOM, WHICH IS WHY TONIGHT WE HAVE HEATERS AROUND THE ROOM BECAUSE THE BOILER IS OUT.

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SO BY HAVING THIS MONEY, NOT ONLY IT'S TWOFOLD, IT WOULD HELP US.

NUMBER ONE, IT WOULD LET US GET THINGS DONE.

WE NEED SECURITY CAMERAS, A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN SECURITY CAMERAS IN OUR BUILDINGS.

WE HAVE A PHONE SYSTEM THAT IS IN SIGNIFICANT NEED OF REPLACEMENT.

WE HAVE SECURITY LIGHTING IN OUR PARKING LOTS AND AROUND OUR BUILDINGS THAT NEEDS TO BE ENHANCED.

WE HAVE TECHNOLOGY IN TERMS OF OUR WIRING SYSTEM THAT IS COMING UP FOR SIGNIFICANT UPGRADES.

SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS FROM THE TECHNOLOGY SIDE, IN ADDITION, WE HAVE ROOFS, WE HAVE HVAC, WE HAVE PARKING, PARKING LOT SITUATIONS, WE HAVE FLOORING, WE HAVE PLUMBING CONCERNS, ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO GET INTO.

AND AGAIN, AS INFLATION GOES UP AND WE LOSE THE VALUE OF THE DOLLAR, THE $30 MILLION THAT WE HAVE FOR THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CURRENT LEVY IS NOT GOING TO MEET THOSE NEEDS.

WHAT THIS WOULD DO IS IT WOULDN'T RAISE TAXES FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

IT WOULD JUST CONTINUE THAT IT WOULD ACTUALLY $0.44 THIS YEAR, ACTUALLY LOWER IT BY $0.04 PER 1000 IS [INAUDIBLE].

I KNOW THAT'S NOT A LOT, BUT IT WOULD GENERATE FUNDS AND DO A LOT FOR US AS A DISTRICT.

I WOULD LIKE TO RUN THIS NEXT SLIDE, LISE.

THERE'S THE LIST OF PROJECTS WHICH I JUMPED OVER.

BUT OUR NEXT STEPS I WOULD LIKE TO RUN THIS IN FEBRUARY 13TH OF THIS COMING FEBRUARY 13TH, WHICH MEANS I NEED A RESOLUTION.

I WOULD LIKE THE BOARD TO CONSIDER.

I'D LIKE TO BRING A RESOLUTION TO THE BOARD ON NOVEMBER 13TH AT OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING, AND ASK YOU TO CONSIDER APPROVING THAT SO THAT WE COULD RUN A CAPITAL LEVY AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.

THE GREAT THING ABOUT A CAPITAL LEVY, 50%, THAT'S WHAT WE NEED.

WE NEED 50% IN ORDER TO PASS IT.

AND I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL STRAIN ON OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE DROPPING THE BOND AND WE'D BE INCREASING THE LEVY AND IT WOULD HELP US SIGNIFICANTLY.

QUESTIONS, THOUGHTS.

I'M NOT ASKING FOR A COMMITMENT AT THIS POINT.

IF YOU WERE SUCCESSFUL IN THAT, IT WOULD BE COLLECTION STARTING THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

YEAH, THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

YEAH, WE WOULD, IT WOULD BE APPROVED IN FEBRUARY, WE WOULDN'T COLLECT UNTIL THE NEXT YEAR.

THAT'S RIGHT. CORRECT.

SO THE COMMUNITY WOULD GET A WHOLE YEAR? YES, THEY WOULD GET A WHOLE YEAR.

NO. LEVY. RIGHT, RIGHT.

WHICH, LIKE US, WE'D BE WE'D WORK OURSELVES THROUGH THAT YEAR.

BUT THEN HOPEFULLY, AS IT STABILIZES, WE'D BE ABLE TO STABILIZE OURSELVES AND THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE STABILIZED.

WHAT'S YOUR PLAN FOR THAT? SHORT OF A WINDOW? I THINK WE'RE OKAY BECAUSE WE I'VE HAD INITIAL DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITIZEN'S GROUP, NOT JUST TO SAY WHAT WOULD BE A TIMELINE, AND THEY SAY THEY WOULD BE RAMPING UP IN NOVEMBER, DECEMBER AND JANUARY ANYWAY.

THAT WOULD BE THAT. THAT'S THE PRIME MONTHS.

ANYTHING BEFORE THAT IS USUALLY TOO EARLY, ESPECIALLY ON A SIMPLER CAMPAIGN THAN A BOND WHERE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY FORUMS AND LETTING PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE PROJECTS.

THIS WOULD BE A MUCH SIMPLER LEVY, EASIER TO EASIER CAPITAL LEVY, EASIER FOR US TO EXPLAIN.

SO THEY THOUGHT THAT THEY COULD WE COULD DO IT AND WE BELIEVE WE COULD DO IT FROM THE DISTRICT PERSPECTIVE.

GIVING SOME STATEMENTS ABOUT SOME OF THOSE OLDER BUILDINGS.

IS IT FAIR TO SAY THAT THOSE WOULD GET SOME ATTENTION? YEAH, THEY WOULD GET SOME ATTENTION.

YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE PRIORITIZED.

BUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WOULD BE ATTENTION AT AT PLEASANT VALLEY AND GLENWOOD, WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE IDEA OF WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING WITH THAT ROOF, A LITTLE BIT OF ROOF WORK FOR THEM.

WE'D BE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, PAINTING, AND WE'D BE LOOKING AT THE FOR GLENWOOD WE'D BE LOOKING AT SOME ELECTRICAL WORK THAT IS IN THAT BUILDING, THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT WE'VE GOT OTHER PROJECTS IN MIND.

KEV DO YOU WANT TO? YEAH.

MOSTLY IT WOULD ADDRESS THE SAFE, DRY AND WARM FOR SURE.

ROOFS, HVAC AND CARPET WAS THE OTHER ONE.

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BUT, YOU KNOW, TO KEVIN'S POINT, A ROOF JUST RESURFACING, YOU KNOW, AND REPLACING A ROOF IS IS $700,000..

OR MORE. OR MORE FOR AN HVAC UNIT, 1.5 MILLION OR MORE..

FOR THE SCHOOL. YEAH, YEAH.

THE SYSTEM. YEAH.

SO I'LL GO BACK TO THAT LIST.

WHAT CAN WE GO BACK TO THAT LIST? YEAH. SO IS THIS A WISH LIST OR DOES THIS EQUAL 23 MILLION? IT DOESN'T EQUAL 23 MILLION BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SPEND YOU CAN'T.

YOU CAN SPEND THE MONEY AS IT COMES IN.

SO YOU CAN SPEND $7.8 MILLION.

SOME OF IT IS THIS IS NOT ALL OF IT.

WE WOULD NEED TO PRIORITIZE THAT THAT LIST.

BUT THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WOULD BE THE FOCUS OF THAT WORK.

SO ARE THERE SPECIFIC PROJECTS IDENTIFIED? NO. DO WE HAVE THE LIST OF THOSE PROJECTS? YES WE DO. BUT IT WOULD JUST BE A MATTER OF OKAY, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO FIT THAT INTO THE MONEY THAT YOU'RE COLLECTING? AND WHAT'S THE TIMING OF IT? I THINK THE OTHER THING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO THINK ABOUT IN TERMS OF THE REPAIR OF OR THE UPGRADE OF CERTAIN BUILDINGS IS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT WHEN WE WERE ON THE TOUR ON FRIDAY ABOUT HOW SOME BUILDINGS HAVE REALLY STRONG BASIS.

GLENWOOD IS A WELL-BUILT BUILDING, AND SO WHAT YOU ADD THERE MIGHT LOOK DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU ADD AT PLEASANT VALLEY, BECAUSE PLEASANT VALLEY AS KEVIN LIKES TO SAY IT DOESN'T HAVE GREAT BONES.

YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST AN OUTSIDE STRUCTURE WITH SOME INSIDE WALLS BUILT.

SO WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO IN A SPACE LIKE THAT IS DIFFERENT.

YOU KNOW, DANNY HAD SAID AT GLENWOOD THEY'D BE DOING WIRING.

WELL, THAT'S BECAUSE IN IT WAS WIRED IN 1956.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN UPGRADED A BIT, BUT A LOT'S CHANGED SINCE THEN IN TERMS OF THE NEEDS.

SO WHAT WE CHOOSE WOULD ALSO HAVE A LOT TO DO WITH WHAT WE HOPE TO DO IN THREE YEARS, FOUR YEARS IN RUNNING A BOND, WE'LL HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF OUR ENROLLMENT AND OUR ENROLLMENT NEEDS, AND WE'LL KNOW WHETHER WE CAN JUST UPGRADE SOME OF OUR BUILDINGS OR WHETHER WE NEED FULL REPLACEMENT OR ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS DUE TO SIZE.

SO IT BUYS US SOME TIME TO FIX WHAT I WOULD CALL THE OLD CAR THAT NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED AND HAS TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY IN PUT INTO IT IN ORDER TO MAKE IT THROUGH. BUT IT'S NOT.

IT'S NOT GOING TO TAKE IT AND REBUILD THE ENTIRE ENGINE SO THAT IT'S READY TO RUN FOR ANOTHER TEN YEARS.

SO IT'S KIND OF A QUICK FIX TO LIKE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT GLENWOOD THAT WERE ON THE LIST TO AN ENHANCEMENT OF THE PLAYGROUND AREA BECAUSE THE SEPTIC SYSTEM USED TO BE THERE AND NOW THE SEPTIC SYSTEM IS NO LONGER THERE BECAUSE WE HOOKED UP.

AND SO WE'VE GOT A WHOLE AREA RECOATING THE ROOF.

THE ENHANCING OF THE PLAYGROUND AREA IS 200,000.

RECOATING OF THE ROOF IS 900,000, A NEW HVAC SYSTEM AT GLENWOOD, 1.5 MILLION.

NEW FLOORING AT GLENWOOD, 400,000.

NEW LIGHTING, $50,000 AT GLENWOOD.

SO THAT'S JUST GLENWOOD.

IF YOU LOOK AT LAUREN AGAIN, THE PLAYGROUND AREA 200,000, A COVERED PLAY SHED FOR THEM, 450,000 RECODING OF THE B AND AND GYM ROOFS 900,000 EXPANDED PARKING LOT.

WE ALL KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN TO GLEN LAUREN THE PARKING LOT 1.5 MILLION REPLACING COVERED WALKWAYS 600,000.

THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE ALL RECOGNIZE THAT WE NEED TO DO.

BUT BUT GIVEN THE SITUATION WE'RE IN, REMEMBER WE HAD THAT MONEY THAT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE DOLLAR 50 AND THE 250 THAT THE STATE ALLOWED US TO PASS.

WE HAD THAT MONEY.

THAT MONEY IS SPENT OUT.

WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO A LOT OF GREAT THINGS IN THIS DISTRICT BECAUSE OF THAT MONEY.

IF WE DON'T HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS, WE ARE REVERTING BACK TO HAVING $2 MILLION A YEAR.

$2 MILLION A YEAR TO WORK ON OUR FACILITIES.

SO HOW MANY OF THESE PROJECTS GET DONE WHEN YOU HAVE $2 MILLION A YEAR? THAT'S HVAC AND A QUARTER OF A PARKING LOT.

AND THAT'S ASSUMING YOU HAVE NOTHING GO WRONG LIKE A BOILER.

AND THAT'S WHERE WHERE KEVIN TALKS ABOUT GETTING BACK TO, YOU KNOW, IT BECOMES IT BECOMES SAFE, WARM, DRY.

YEAH. I THINK THE REASON WHY I WAS ASKING IS I THINK WE ALL KNOW THERE'S A LONG LIST AND THERE'S PROBABLY A LONG LIST AT EVERY SCHOOL.

SO I THINK TO VISUALLY HAVE EACH SCHOOL IDENTIFY ONE FIVE, TEN THINGS THAT NEED TO BE REPAIRED THAT CAN BE SHARED.

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AND THAT'S OUR PLAN IS TO HAVE SOME..

THAT'S I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS, IS I WOULD LIKE THE COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SEE IT.

I WOULD LIKE US TO BE ABLE TO SEE IT.

I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO BE..

WE CAN JUST SAY FOR ME, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE REST.

I THINK I WOULD HAVE A HARD TIME SAYING, YES I KNOW WE NEED MONEY FOR FACILITIES.

YES, I KNOW WE CAN'T SURVIVE OFF 2 MILLION, BUT CAN I JUST SAY HERE, HAVE 7.8 MILLION A YEAR WITHOUT KIND OF KNOWING WHAT IT'S FOR? I KNOW THERE'S THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE, BUT I WANT TO SEE.

AND WE ALSO HAVE SOME IDEAS ABOUT SOME NEW, SOME NEW THINGS.

WE WANT TO ENHANCE SOME OF THE CTE PROGRAMS AT OUR HIGH SCHOOLS.

SO FOR INSTANCE, WE WANT TO GET A CONSTRUCTION TRADES PROGRAM GOING AT AT LEAST ONE OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS.

IT'S ABOUT $1 MILLION.

WE WANT TO IMPROVE THE CULINARY PROGRAMS AT BOTH OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS.

CINDY ARNOLD TOLD ME TODAY THAT WHILE OUR CULINARY PROGRAMS ARE RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE BEST IN SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON, EMPLOYERS ARE TELLING US HER BUSINESS PARTNERS ARE TELLING US THAT THEY WILL NOT HIRE BATTLE GROUND.

THEY HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME HIRING BATTLE GROUND STUDENTS, BECAUSE BATTLE GROUND STUDENTS DO NOT HAVE THE EXPERIENCE OF WORKING IN COMMERCIAL KITCHENS, THAT THEY'RE USING OVENS THAT ARE FOR HOME EC VERSUS A COMMERCIAL OVEN THAT THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, SO THOSE ARE DETRIMENTS TO OUR STUDENTS AND OUR PROGRAMS THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS A CAPITAL LEVY WE COULD WORK TO IMPROVE THOSE PROGRAMS. WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO SPEAK? I KNOW THAT A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY IS VERY IS CONCERNED ABOUT UPGRADES WITH REGARD TO THE BUILDINGS, WITH REGARD TO SECURITY, CAN YOU SPEAK ABOUT SOME OF THE SECURITY MEASURES THAT MIGHT BE AMELIORATED, CONCERNS RATHER THAT MIGHT BE AMELIORATED BY THIS CAPITAL LEVY? YEAH. WELL, YOU KNOW, WE WE HAVE DONE A LOT.

WE'VE DONE THE OUTER FENCING, WE'VE DONE THE MAIN ENTRYWAYS, BUT WE ARE TO A POINT WHERE WE NEED WE WOULD LIKE TO DO SOME OF THE WORK ON THE MAIN ENTRYWAYS AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS.

BUT BUDGET CONSTRICTIONS ARE STARTING TO HIT US THERE.

I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW YET, YOU..

AND WHAT WE DID WITH OUR FIRST ROUND WAS CERTAINLY A PHASE ONE.

WE REALLY ADDRESSED THE FRONT DOOR.

THERE'S MANY OTHER DOORS TO ADDRESS.

SO THERE'S PHASE TWO, PHASE THREE ON THE SECURITY UPGRADES THAT ARE ON THE HORIZON.

I KNOW WE KNOW WHAT IT WILL TAKE TO SECURE THE WHOLE BUILDING, NOT JUST THE FRONT ENTRY.

RIGHT. SO THAT WOULD BE A PRIORITY FOR US.

THE OTHER THING THAT WOULD BE A PRIORITY ARE OUR SECURITY CAMERAS.

OUR SECURITY CAMERAS ARE AGING FAIRLY RAPID.

THERE ARE SOME OTHER IDEAS OUT THERE ABOUT SOFTWARE THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET THAT COULD GO DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.

WE'RE JUST DOING PRELIMINARY RESEARCH ON THAT.

BUT THAT'S THE ONE.

YEAH. I JUST I KNOW THAT THE LIGHTING IS ANOTHER BIG ONE.

SURE. I KNOW THAT I'VE HEARD FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THAT'S A VERY HIGH ON THE LIST AS WELL.

YOU KNOW, WE'D LIKE TO, TO GET, YOU KNOW, GET THE ELECTRONIC DOORS AT ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS, NOT JUST AND NOT JUST IN THE FRONT DOORS. SO THAT'S SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF SECURITY.

AND I WILL TELL YOU THIS.

AS AN ASIDE, KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WORRY ABOUT IS US LOSING THE ESSER FUNDING AND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WE'VE HIRED BECAUSE OF ESSER FUNDING IS ONE OF THE GROUPS THAT WE HAVE FUNDED USING ESSER IS OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL SECURITY.

BY HAVING THIS CAPITAL LEVY IN PLACE.

IF WE COULD SLIDE SOME OF THOSE EXPENSES OVER TO THE CAPITAL LEVY, THE TRUE CAPITAL LEVY NEEDS THE BUILDING AND THE SECURITY AND THE TECHNOLOGY.

IT MIGHT FREE SOME MONEY UP ON THE ENHANCEMENT LEVY, WHICH WAS WHICH IS DESIGNED FOR TO HAVE THOSE PEOPLE REMAIN.

SO THOSE ARE THE DIFFICULT CHOICES WE'RE UP AGAINST.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE PIECES OF FEEDBACK WE DID GET FROM AMBOY IS HOW MUCH THEY APPRECIATE HAVING THE SECURITY STAFF, AND I'VE HEARD IT FROM OTHER MIDDLE SCHOOLS, EVERYBODY.

SO YEAH, WE CAN COME WITH A LIST.

THIS IS JUST THE RECOMMENDATION.

JUST THERE'S SO MANY THINGS TO PUT ON IT.

IT'S WAY MORE THAN THIS CAPITAL LEVY IS GOING TO BRING IN.

OH IT IS, IT'S MUCH MORE THAN THE CAPITAL LEVY.

IT'S AT 50 MILLION NOW.

SO I'M PARING IT DOWN.

YEAH. WELL AND THEN TO BE TO BE FAIR THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT I MEAN.

WE WON'T GET IT FOR A YEAR.

SO WHAT WERE WE JUST TALKING ABOUT LIKE 600, 650 A SQUARE FOOT ON A NEW BUILDING.

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I MEAN, IT'S GONE FROM FIVE 550 TO 650.

RIGHT. SO THEN AND THEN SO THE BUYING RANGE JUST SHRINKS THAT MUCH MORE.

SO I JUST THINK SOME TARGETED LIKE IMPROVEMENTS WOULD BE AND THAT IS OUR INTENT.

THAT IS OUR INTENT TO HAVE THAT.

OKAY. WELL AND I THINK THE TRICKY PART IS AND I'M SURE KEVIN UNDERSTANDS AND DEALS WITH THIS ALL THE TIME IS WHAT DO YOU DO? BECAUSE IF YOU'RE HOPING THAT YOU CAN REPLACE THAT BUILDING, THAT'S ALL WE THAT'S ALL WE'VE DONE FOR 15 YEARS.

YEAH. IS FIGURE THAT OUT.

WELL IS TO IS TO WAIT.

BUT AT SOME POINT, WE CAN'T EVEN DO THAT ANYMORE.

I KNOW, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES, YOU KNOW PLEASANT VALLEY YOU KNOW WAS WAS SENDING ME EMAILS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HEY, DENNY.

IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S 38 DEGREES OUT AND IT'S FREEZING IN HERE OR VICE VERSA.

IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S 92 OUT AND WE'RE SWEATING BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE AIR CONDITIONING.

SO, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN ONLY YOU CAN ONLY WAIT SO LONG.

AND THERE'S THIS IDEA THAT EVEN WHEN YOU PASS WAS TALKING ABOUT THIS THE OTHER DAY, IF WE WERE TO IF, IF WE WERE TO DO THIS PLAN, WHICH MEANS WE WOULDN'T BE ASKING FOR A BOND FOR FOUR YEARS, RIGHT? AND THEN ONCE WE PASS THE BOND IN ORDER TO BUILD A BUILDING..

IT'S GOING TO TAKE ANOTHER.. IT'S GOING TO TAKE ANOTHER 3 TO 4 YEARS.

SO EVEN IF YOU WENT RIGHT NOW AND WE REPLACED PUT, PUT $1 MILLION INTO PLEASANT VALLEY, THAT'S GOING TO GO EIGHT YEARS BEFORE WE'RE EVEN LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF PLEASANT VALLEY BEING TORN DOWN AND REBUILT IN THE BEST CASE SCENARIO, IN THE BEST CASE SCENARIO. SO THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO WAIT AND HAVE IT JUST, YOU KNOW, DROP AWAY.

YOU HAVE TO PUT MONEY INTO IT.

AND THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT IT'S MORE EXPENSIVE.

AND AS KEVIN SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'RE RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS OF PUTTING $8 MILLION IN.

AT LEAST THIS WOULD GET US TO BE PUTTING IN $23 MILLION.

THE LIST THAT HE HAS IS $50 MILLION.

SO. I THINK I GOT A LITTLE FIRED UP.

YEAH. SORRY ABOUT THAT.

LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET THE COMMUNITY THE SAME WAY.

THAT'S IT FOR ME.

I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO ANYTHING.

YEAH. GOOD EVENING BOARD.

I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE FOR APPROVING THE BGA CONTRACT.

SO LAST BOARD MEETING, LUKE AND I WERE NOT HERE.

WE WERE ATTENDING A LAW CONFERENCE, AND SO JUST WANTED TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, WE HAVE BEEN ON WHAT WE CALL THE HR ROADSHOW AND JUST KIND OF HEADING INTO DIFFERENT BUILDINGS, MAKING SURE THAT OUR PRINCIPALS HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF SOME OF THE CONTRACT LANGUAGE AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW PIECES, AS WELL AS IMPLEMENTATION OF OTHER THINGS LIKE EVALUATION TIMELINES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO ANYWAY, JUST A SMALL LITTLE UPDATE IN THAT AREA, BUT WANTED TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU.

NEXT UP IS, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? NO. MICHELLE.

GOOD EVENING BOARD.

JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU AN ENROLLMENT UPDATE.

SO I'LL START OUT HERE.

AS YOU KNOW, ENROLLMENT DRIVES OUR FUNDING.

SO VERY IMPORTANT TO US THAT WE MAKE OUR BUDGET ON ENROLLMENT.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, ENROLLMENT IS UP FROM LAST YEAR.

WE HAVE ABOUT 345 ADDITIONAL STUDENTS FROM JUNE OF LAST YEAR.

SO THAT'S GREAT NEWS.

AND WE ARE ON TARGET TO MEET OUR BUDGET.

UM, THE AS A MATTER OF FACT, ON LAST FRIDAY WHEN I RAN THE P 223 REPORT THAT SHOWS OUR FTE, THIS IS BY FULL TIME EQUIVALENT. THAT'S HOW WE'RE FUNDED.

WE WERE AT EXACTLY OUR BUDGET.

SO THAT'S GREAT.

AND WE WILL PROBABLY GROW SOME MORE WHICH WILL GIVE US OUR ANNUAL AVERAGE FTE, WHICH IS WHERE WE WANT TO BE AT.

SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 12,111.35 FOR OUR OCTOBER COUNT.

AND ON FRIDAY WE HAD 12,121.

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SO AS YOU CAN TELL, WE ARE NOT QUITE AT OUR PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS, WHICH ARE UP THERE IN THE 12,500. BUT WE'RE WE'RE CLIMBING AND WE ANTICIPATE ADDITIONAL GROWTH.

FOR THE HEAD COUNT, 12,439 IS OUR CURRENT HEAD COUNT.

THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE OUR FULL TIME RUNNING START STUDENTS, SO IT'S CLOSER TO AROUND 12,600 WHEN YOU INCLUDE OUR FULL TIME RUNNING START KIDS.

SO I'M SO EXCITED TO HAVE ALL THOSE KIDS AND THE ENROLLMENT GROWTH.

AND THIS IS OUR ALLEY.

AND SO THAT ALSO HAS GROWN FROM PRIOR YEAR.

AND WE ARE UP ABOUT 181 STUDENTS FROM JUNE.

SO WE ARE AT 1,859.15.

AND THEN NEXT IS OUR HIGH SCHOOL CTE.

AND THEY ARE THERE AT THEIR HIGHEST PEAK THAT THEY'VE BEEN AT IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

AND SO SINCE, YOU KNOW, ANYWAY, SINCE THE BEGINNING OF WHEN WE STARTED CALCULATING THIS, SO 1,080.9, ABOUT 30% OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE IN A CTE PROGRAM.

SO IT'S PRETTY AMAZING THAT WE HAVE SO MANY STUDENTS ATTENDING THE CTE PROGRAM.

SO AND WE ARE MAKING BUDGET AS WELL ON OUR CTE, WHERE WE ANTICIPATED THEM BEING, UM, MIDDLE SCHOOL CTE AS WELL.

WE ARE RIGHT ON TARGET.

70.5 FTE ARE IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL CTE PROGRAMS. AND THEN NEXT WE HAVE OUR SPECIAL ED ENROLLMENT.

WE ARE JUST A LITTLE OVER OUR BUDGET FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION AT 1778.

AND HERE IS OUR BILINGUAL PROGRAM, TRANSITIONAL BILINGUAL PROGRAM.

WE ARE AT 1404, AND WE'RE NOT QUITE YET TO OUR BUDGET WHERE WE THOUGHT WE'D BE, BECAUSE WE WILL BE GROWING IN THAT PROGRAM AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW IN STUDENTS AS WELL.

SO WE'LL GET THERE ON THAT ONE.

HAS THE TESTING BEEN COMPLETED SO FAR? I MEAN, THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, THOSE THAT HAVE COME IN HAVE BEEN TESTED OR NOT.

YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T CHECKED WITH LANELL.

IS SHE HERE? WELL, SHE'S NOT HERE.

I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S STILL TESTING.

OKAY. I THINK THEY WERE STILL TESTING FOR THE NOVEMBER COUNTS.

AND WHAT YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT ELL OR ML STUDENTS IS THAT THEY TEST.

THEY HAVE TO TEST WITHIN A CERTAIN NUMBER OF DAYS THAT THEY ENROLL.

LANELL WAS JUST SHARING WITH DENNY AND I TODAY THAT IN THE LAST YEAR, WE'VE GONE FROM JUST OVER 8% TO JUST OVER 10% OF OUR STUDENT POPULATION IS ENROLLED IN OUR TRANSITIONAL BILINGUAL PROGRAM.

AND WHAT THAT KICKS IN FOR US AS A DISTRICT IS WHEN YOU REACH OVER 10% OF YOUR POPULATION, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A DESIGNATED COORDINATOR OF ML PROGRAMS IN YOUR DISTRICT.

SO THAT'S A NEW REQUIREMENT THAT WE NOW HAVE ADDED THAT WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT.

IS THERE ANY STATE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THAT? NO, NO. YOU'RE LEARNING THAT THAT'S PRETTY STANDARD PROCEDURE.

WHY DO WE GO TO THE LEGISLATURE? ADDING IT TO MY LIST OF UNFUNDED.

IT'S ON OUR LIST OF PRIORITIES.

YES. IT IS A LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY.

YES. AN UNFUNDED ONE.

YEAH YEAH YEAH.

CURRENTLY. SO NEXT IS OUR RUNNING START.

AND SO WE HAVE 297.46 FTE THAT IS ENROLLED IN OUR RUNNING START.

SO THAT NUMBER SHOULD CLIMB A LITTLE BIT AS WELL TOO.

SO BUT THAT IS A PASS THROUGH.

SO IT'S THE THE MONEY JUST COMES IN FOR THOSE STUDENTS AND IT GOES OUT TO THE COLLEGES.

SO WE KEEP A WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT FOR INDIRECT BUT IT'S IT'S REALLY A PASS THROUGH ON THAT.

AND THEN THERE ARE SOME SLIDES HERE THAT ARE JUST SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION FOR YOU TO LOOK AT.

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IT'S NOT THERE RIGHT NOW, BUT YOU'LL HAVE YOUR SEPTEMBER COUNT DAYS WITH HEAD COUNT AND FTE, AS WELL AS YOUR OCTOBER HEAD COUNT AND AND FTE.

SO IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. KEV.

YEAH, WE'VE BEEN BUSY OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS WITH THIS LAST OF THE GOOD WEATHER.

WE REROOFED THREE PORTABLES IN THE GLENWOOD LIBRARY SINCE OUR LAST MEETING.

PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL FIELD IS ALL EXCAVATED AND WELL UNDER THE WAY.

AND OF COURSE, TODAY WAS THE FIRST DAY THAT CAM WAS UTILIZING ALL THEIR BUILDINGS.

SO THE ADMIN WAS IN THE IN THEIR BUILDING IN THE 300 BUILDING.

AND IT'S KIND OF NEAT TO WATCH THE LITTLE FOURTH GRADERS GET SO EXCITED ABOUT THE LIBRARY.

THE OLDER KIDS DIDN'T REALLY CARE, NOT THE LIBRARY, BUT THE CAFETERIA, BUT THE THE LITTLE GUYS WERE PRETTY, PRETTY PUMPED.

THAT WAS NEAT.

PLAY SHED CONTRACTOR JUST MOBILIZED.

SO THAT'LL BE UP IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AS WELL.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A OFFICIAL OPENING CEREMONY IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS HERE.

AND SO WE'LL BE SURE TO INVITE THE BOARD IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN COMING.

THANK YOU TO IT AND STUFF.

THE OTHER THING THAT I, I, KEV, I HAD MENTIONED TO THE BOARD THAT YOU HAVE BEEN APPROACHED BY THE CITY REGARDING THE NEXT PHASE OF THE WITH THIS PHASE FINISHING UP, AND THAT YOU'VE ENCOURAGED THEM TO DO A PROVIDE US WITH A FORMAL INFORMATION RIGHT.

I SAID IT WAS TIME WE TALKED.

AND SO FOR RIGHT NOW, IT'S IT'S STILL AT MY LEVEL.

AND I'M GOING TO RELAY ON THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE NEED TO DISCUSS.

YES, THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THIS ROAD AND HOW YOU PROPOSE TO COMPENSATE US FOR THAT.

AND RIGHT. NONE OF THAT'S HAPPENED.

IT'S JUST THE DESIGN IS CONTINUED.

AND AND I WAS APPROACHED TO DISCUSS IT SOME MORE AND I SAID, WE NEED TO DISCUSS.

YEAH, THE BIG PICTURE, IT WOULD BE GOOD.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, THIS IDEA, THAT IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THEM TO COME AND ACTUALLY DO A PRESENTATION FOR THE BOARD. SO I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS.

I'M MEETING WITH THE CITY TO TELL THEM WHAT WE EXPECT OR WHAT WE'D LIKE TO TO SEE.

YOU KNOW, I WASN'T ABLE TO SHARE A WHOLE BUNCH OF INFORMATION WITH INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS, BUT WHAT I TOLD THEM WAS THAT IT'S IT'S THE NEXT PHASE OF THE PROJECT.

AND SO AS SOON AS THE CITY CAN PROVIDE US WITH, I MEAN, A FORMAL HAVING THEM COME TO A BOARD MEETING OR US SET UP A WORK SESSION FOR THEM TO PRESENT, YOU KNOW, THEIR PROPOSAL AND THE ASPECTS OF IT, WHAT'S INVOLVED.

I THINK IT WOULD BE BEST TO GO AS A WORK SESSION.

I'LL GET WITH THEM.

THEY'RE TAKING A LOT OF PROPERTY, PROBABLY OVER $2 MILLION WORTH OF PROPERTY.

SO WE NEED TO DISCUSS THAT AND HASH IT OUT.

AND I THINK A WORK SESSION WOULD BE THE WAY TO DO THAT.

OKAY. WE'RE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

THAT'S AN HVAC SYSTEM.

THAT'S RIGHT. I GOTTA DO SOMETHING OTHER THAN HVAC.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS, AMANDA RICHTER.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. I WANTED TO SHARE A COUPLE OF SPOTLIGHTS, STARTING WITH SOME OF THE RECENT FEATURED STORIES IN THE BGPS BULLETIN.

AS YOU MAY HAVE HEARD, THE FAMILY AND COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER IS GOING TO BE MOVING HERE TO LEWISVILLE, WHICH WILL OFFER A NUMBER OF BENEFITS, INCLUDING PROXIMITY TO THE FOUNDATION AND THE CLOTHING CLOSET, AND ALSO HAVE GREATER ACCESS TO OUR INTERPRETERS.

SO THAT WILL BE VERY HELPFUL.

AND THAT MOVE IS GOING TO BE HAPPENING SOON.

AND WE ALSO HAD A STORY ON BGVA AND HOW THEY'RE UP AND RUNNING THIS FALL, AND THE WAYS THAT THEY'RE OFFERING STUDENTS AND OFFERING FLEXIBLE LEARNING OPTIONS.

WE ALSO HAD A NEW EPISODE OF OUR BG CAST TO COME OUT RECENTLY, AND THAT IS FEATURES A CONVERSATION WITH CASSANDRA SMITH AND SCOTT MCDANIEL, TALKING ABOUT ALL THE WORK THEY DID DURING THE PANDEMIC, AND CONTINUING TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR DEVICES ARE RUNNING THE WAY THEY NEED TO, AND OFFERING SUPPORTS TO OUR TEACHERS AS WELL.

SO THAT'S A GOOD CONVERSATION.

IT ALSO FEATURES A CONVERSATION WITH MISS WASHINGTON, WHO IS A PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE, AND SHE'LL BE COMPETING IN JANUARY.

AND I THINK IF SHE WERE TO WIN, SHE WOULD BE THE FIRST MISS WASHINGTON EVER.

SO THAT'S KIND OF NEAT THAT IT'S SOMEONE WHO COMES FROM OUR DISTRICT.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

AND THEN ON THURSDAY, IDENTITY CLARK COUNTY WILL HAVE THEIR ANNUAL REAL HEROES RECOGNITION.

THIS IS THE AWARD THAT TERRY DOTSON AND MANDY WAUGH RECEIVED LAST YEAR.

THIS YEAR IT'S GOING TO BE GREG MCKELVIE WILL BE OUR STAFF MEMBER OF THE YEAR.

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SHE'S A GREAT VOLUNTEER WHO DOES JUST A LOT OF WORK FOR THEIR SCHOOL.

SHE WILL BE OUR VOLUNTEER HONOREE AND THEY, ALONG WITH OTHER STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS FROM DISTRICTS AROUND THE COUNTY, WILL BE RECOGNIZED AT A CEREMONY ON THURSDAY. AND THEN SOME OF THE OTHER UPCOMING PUBLIC EVENTS.

WE'VE GOT THE COLLEGE AND CAREER FAIR AT PRAIRIE ON OCTOBER 30TH, AND THEN AT THE SAME TIME, THERE'S A NEW EVENT THIS YEAR THAT THE MULTILINGUAL STAFF ARE WORKING ON.

IT'S GOING TO BE SPECIFICALLY FOR MULTILINGUAL FAMILIES.

THEY'LL GET TO LEARN ABOUT SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT.

THERE'S ALSO FOOD AND CHILDCARE PROVIDED, SO IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO BE ENGAGED.

AND THAT'S ON THE 30TH AS WELL.

A COUPLE MORE REMAINING FALL SPORTS BROADCASTS.

SO THEY'LL JASON FOSTER AND HIS STUDENTS WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THOSE.

AND THEN THE LAST SLIDE PLEASE.

I JUST WANTED TO DO ONE MORE REMINDER THAT BALLOTS HAVE BEEN MAILED.

SO MOST PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED THEIR BALLOTS OR WILL RECEIVE THEM SOON.

THE GENERAL ELECTION IS ON NOVEMBER 7TH, SO EVERYONE SHOULD REMEMBER TO VOTE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

AND THAT'S IT FOR SUPERINTENDENT STAFF UPDATES AND STAFF UPDATES.

OKAY. WE NEXT UP HAVE CITIZENS COMMENTS.

[7. Citizens' Comments]

COME UP, SAY YOUR NAME FIRST.

WE DO LIMIT YOU TO THREE MINUTES.

WE DO RECORD.

WE DO HAVE A TIMER ON THERE.

WE DO HAVE SORA WHO WILL HOLD UP YOUR 30 SECOND WARNING AND YOUR AND OUT OF TIME WARNING, AND JUST USE THE CORNER OF YOUR RIGHT EYE TO KIND OF SHOOT HER TO SEE WHERE YOU'RE AT. OR JUST LOOK BACK AT THE SCREEN IF YOU'RE WONDERING HOW MUCH TIME YOU HAVE LEFT.

FIRST UP, JENNIFER HEINE-WITHEE.

SHE'S. YEAH, WE'LL GIVE THEM OUT.

HI, I'M JENNIFER AND JENNIFER HEINE-WITHEE, AND TODAY I WANT TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE THE GOINGS ON IN ISRAEL AND THE ATTACK ON THE ISRAELI PEOPLE BY HAMAS.

IT WAS HORRIFIC.

I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE ON THAT.

AND THE REASON I'M BRINGING THIS UP IS BECAUSE AL JAZEERA IS THE MAIN PUBLISHER IN THE MIDDLE EAST THAT REPORTS ON THINGS IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

THEY'RE ALSO A CONTRIBUTOR TO NEWSELA, WHICH IS A SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE THAT THE DISTRICT USES, AND TEACHERS USE THAT IN THEIR CLASSROOMS. I'M REALLY CONCERNED BECAUSE WHEN YOU GO ONTO THE AL JAZEERA WEBSITE TO GET INFORMATION ON THE ATTACK, WHAT YOU GET IS A PROPAGANDA THAT IS VERY CENTERED ON THE PALESTINIAN SIDE.

FOR INSTANCE, THE HEADLINES THAT READ FOR OCTOBER 7TH ON THEIR WEBSITE WAS ISRAEL RETALIATION KILLS 230 PALESTINIANS AFTER HAMAS OPERATION.

ISRAEL PALESTINE ESCALATION UPDATES GAZA UNDER BOMBARDMENT.

SCENES FROM HAMAS MORNING ROCKET ATTACK ON ISRAEL.

NOT A SINGLE PICTURE OF THE DEAD IN ISRAEL AND FEARS OF A GROUND INVASION OF GAZA GROW AS ISRAEL VOWS MIGHTY VENGEANCE. AND WE KNOW THAT MORE HAPPENED FROM THIS INCIDENT.

WE KNOW ABOUT THE DEAD IN ISRAEL, ABOUT THE FAMILIES WHO WERE MASSACRED IN THEIR HOUSES, BABIES WHO WERE MURDERED, PEOPLE BURNED IN THEIR CARS. NOT ANYTHING ON THE AL JAZEERA WEBSITE MENTIONS THIS.

WHEN YOU GO ON TO NEWSELA AND YOU LOOK UP ISRAEL OR GAZA, THIS IS WHAT YOU GET.

BREAKING NEWS, WAR BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS.

WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT THE LATEST ISRAEL HAMAS CONFLICT AND AID GROUPS SCRAMBLED TO HELP AS ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR INTENSIFIES.

WE'RE SUPPORTING A SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE THAT IS NOT REPORTING ACCURATELY ON THIS INCIDENT, AND I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUSLY.

SO I'M SIMPLY ASKING THAT THE DISTRICT WOULD CONSIDER LOOKING FOR AN ALTERNATIVE TO NEWSELA AND PROVIDING OUR STUDENTS WITH A TRULY UNBIASED VIEW OF THE NEWS AND AND WILL REPORT HONESTLY, ESPECIALLY IN SOMETHING LIKE

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THANK YOU, THANK YOU. EUNICE INGERMANSON UP NEXT.

GOOD EVENING BOARD.

I LOVE THE STUDENT VOICE TONIGHT.

MY NAME IS EUNICE INGERMANSON AND I USE SHE HER PRONOUNS.

I LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY.

NATIONAL COMING OUT DAY IS AN ANNUAL LGBTQ AWARENESS DAY CELEBRATED ON OCTOBER 11TH SINCE 1988 TO SUPPORT ANYONE COMING OUT OF THE CLOSET.

THIS OBSERVANCE IS BASED ON THE BELIEF THAT HOMOPHOBIA AND TRANSPHOBIA THRIVE IN AN ATMOSPHERE OF SILENCE AND LACK OF KNOWLEDGE, AND THAT ONCE PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY HAVE LOVED ONES WHO ARE LGBTQ, THEY ARE MUCH LESS LIKELY TO MAINTAIN FEAR BASED AND OPPRESSIVE VIEWS.

THAT WAS CERTAINLY THE CASE FOR ME.

MY OWN ADULT CHILD'S COMING OUT GAVE ME THE BLESSED OPPORTUNITY TO RETHINK MY LONG HELD BELIEF THAT IT WAS SIN, WRONG AND UNNATURAL TO BE GAY.

THE 2021 HEALTHY YOUTH SURVEY DATA INDICATES THAT 30% OF OUR YOUTH IN BOTH CLARK COUNTY AND THE STATE ARE LGBTQ.

THIS MEANS THAT EACH OF YOU PROBABLY KNOWS SEVERAL YOUNG PEOPLE IN YOUR EXTENDED FAMILY OR CLOSE CIRCLE WHO ARE LGBTQ. IF YOU HAVE BEEN A KIND AND SUPPORTIVE PRESENCE IN THEIR LIVES, YOU'RE LIKELY TO HAVE THE PRIVILEGE SOMETIME TO HAVE THEM COME OUT TO YOU, TRUSTING YOU TO CONTINUE TO LOVE AND SUPPORT THEM AND LEARN WHAT YOU CAN ABOUT THEIR IDENTITIES TO SUPPORT THEM BEST.

I'M GOING TO LEAVE YOU WITH ONE TIP ON RESPONDING TO SOMEONE COMING OUT TO YOU IN A WAY THAT HELPS DEEPEN YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM.

I SUGGEST THAT YOU LISTEN DEEPLY AND SAY SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

THANK YOU FOR TRUSTING ME ENOUGH TO TELL ME THIS ABOUT YOURSELF.

I'M HONORED THAT YOU CHOSE TO COME OUT TO ME.

THAT TOOK A LOT OF COURAGE.

I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU AND BE THERE FOR YOU NO MATTER WHAT.

I WILL LET THIS BE YOUR STORY TO TELL OTHERS WHEN YOU CHOOSE TO.

I WILL DO MY BEST TO LEARN EVERYTHING I CAN ABOUT YOUR IDENTITY.

AND I WELCOME YOUR INPUT.

AND YOU CAN TELL ME WHAT MEANINGFUL SUPPORT LOOKS LIKE FOR YOU.

I WISH EVERYONE, EVERY QUEER YOUTH IN YOUR LIFE A SUCCESSFUL COMING OUT TO YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

JESSICA COLE.

HELLO, BOARD. MY NAME IS JESSICA COLE.

MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE HER.

A GREAT COMING OUT SONG IS BY GEORGE MICHAEL CALLED AN EASIER AFFAIR, AND HE ACTUALLY REFERENCES ME IN THE VERY BEGINNING.

YOU SHOULD LISTEN.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THE STUDENTS COMING TONIGHT TALKING ABOUT THEIR COUGAR CAVE AND WOLVERINE DEN TO HELP THEM, LIKE CALM AND WHATEVER ELSE THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, HELP THEM WITH THEIR EMOTIONS.

AND I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THE STAFF.

WAS IT LAST WEEK AT ALL THE SCHOOLS THAT KEPT OUR STUDENTS SAFE DURING THE TORNADO WARNING? AND I'M SURE, LIKE SOME OF THOSE SKILLS THEY LEARNED IN THE DEN AND CAVE PROBABLY HELPED.

I'M A PERSON THAT NEEDS THOSE TYPE OF SKILLS, AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE DRUG.

TAKE BACK THAT WE'RE DOING AGAIN IN OCTOBER.

AND WITH THE STUDENTS THAT WERE HERE THAT WERE TALKING ABOUT THE PREVENTION, THE DREAM TEAM, WE HAVE ONE AT TUKES NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND IT'S REALLY BIG AND STRONG.

AND FROM WHAT I HEAR, AND WE STILL HAVE ONE AT CHIEF CONTINUING AND JENNIFER KIRBY AND BLAKE BOWERS AND CARRIE KOHLER HAVE DONE A LOT WITH THE STUDENTS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS OR PROBABLY MORE THAN A FEW YEARS.

AND WE HAVE NEW STAFF AT THE TWO SCHOOLS, LIKE COMING IN, AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE DREAM TEAM AGAIN AT CHIEF, THAT IN THE SPRING THEY WON AN AWARD.

I KNOW YOU RECOGNIZED THEM, BUT IT WAS LIKE A MIDDLE SCHOOL AGAINST MOSTLY HIGH SCHOOLERS IN THEIR PRESENTATION ON PREVENTION, AND THEY DID AN AMAZING JOB.

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ANYWAYS, OUR DRUG TAKE BACK IS ON OCTOBER 28TH, SATURDAY FROM 10 TO 2 AT THE POLICE STATION AND THEY TAKE PILLS, INHALERS, LIQUIDS IN SEALED CONTAINER E-CIGARETTES WITH THE BATTERY REMOVED.

NO SHARPS ARE ALLOWED AT OUR LOCATION, BUT IF YOU GO TO PREVENTTOGETHERBG.ORG.

THERE'S OTHER PREVENT COALITIONS ACROSS THE COUNTY.

AND I DON'T REMEMBER WHO'S TAKES THE SHARPS.

BUT THAT WILL BE LOCATED ON THERE.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND I HAVE FLIERS FOR YOU ALL.

THANK YOU. ALI STRAPASON.

GOOD EVENING BOARD. I'M ALI STRAPASON ON.

I'M A COMMUNITY MEMBER, BUSINESS OWNER AND A PARENT HERE IN THE DISTRICT.

I WAS TOO BUSY AT WORK TO ACTUALLY WRITE IT ALL OUT.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO GET ME LIKE I AM.

OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THE TIME TO APPRECIATE YOU ALL, AND TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT WITH VERY SPECIFIC PROGRAMS THAT I THINK SET BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT APART FROM OTHER DISTRICTS THAT MAKE US REALLY GREAT.

AND ONE OF THOSE, PIGGYBACKING TO WHAT WE HEARD EARLIER TONIGHT, WAS A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING AND LEARNING EXPERIENCE AT THE CAC MEETING LAST, LAST THURSDAY WITH TAMARA AND HER AMAZING GROUP OF PEOPLE.

OUR FAMILY HAS BENEFITED FROM THOSE SERVICES AND SOMETIMES THEY WERE WHAT KEPT MY DAUGHTER ALIVE.

AND I THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR SUPPORTING AND CONTINUING TO PLACE SUCH VALUE ON OUR COUNSELING AND SCHOOL PSYCH SERVICES, AS WELL AS THE PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH.

WHEN MY DAUGHTER WAS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND WAS FIRST IDENTIFIED AS NEEDING SOME SUPPORT, HER COUNSELOR THROUGH THE CHILDREN'S CENTER WAS ONE OF THOSE COMMUNITY COUNSELORS WHO WAS ABLE TO MEET HER AT HER SCHOOL, SO I DIDN'T HAVE TO PULL HER OUT FOR THREE HOURS TO DRIVE 45 MINUTES TO EAST VANCOUVER FOR AN HOUR SESSION AND COME BACK, TAKING THE TIME OUT OF WORK, TAKING HER OUT OF SCHOOL WHEN SHE WAS ALREADY STRUGGLING.

THOSE KINDS OF THINGS MAKE A HUGE IMPACT ON FAMILIES SO POWERFULLY, SO POSITIVELY, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT IN THOSE PROGRAMS, BECAUSE I KNOW THE FUNDING DOES NOT COME FROM THE STATE.

THAT IS THINGS THAT YOU HAVE MADE A PRIORITY.

AND I THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THAT IS THE END OF OUR LIST.

IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO SIGN UP TONIGHT? OKAY. WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

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

PERSONNEL REPORTS, STUDENT TRAVEL, COMPLETED PROJECTS REQUESTS FOR APPROVAL, MAXIM HEALTH CARE STAFFING SERVICES, SUNBELT STAFFING, THE APPROVAL OF THE SCHOOL SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS FOR THE 2023 2024 SCHOOL YEAR AND THE APPROVAL OF THE DONATION FROM THE TIGER FOOTBALL BOOSTERS CLUBS, ITEMS A THROUGH I.

ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE REMOVED OR DISCUSSED BEFORE WE LOOK FOR A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA? APPROVAL. I MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

WITH THAT, I WILL LOOK TO OUR STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES FOR THEIR ADVISORY VOTE.

ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, ONE LAST REQUEST FOR QUESTIONS.

HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.

I'D JUST LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO PUBLICLY THANK THE TIGER FOOTBALL BOOSTER CLUB.

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SO JUST THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR OUR STUDENTS.

WE GREATLY APPRECIATIVE.

AND THANK YOU TO OUR COMMUNITY FOR SUPPORTING AND BUYING AND LOTS OF FUNDRAISERS RIGHT.

IT TAKES A VILLAGE.

LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS OF FUN, RIGHT? THEY MUST BE WORKING. BECAUSE YOUR RECORD THIS YEAR IS.

WE WERE SO CLOSE.

SO CLOSE. I KNOW HE'S BEEN SO QUIET ALL NIGHT.

DID YOU KNOW BATTLE GROUND IS PLAYING CAMUS THIS FRIDAY? JUST IN CASE YOU DIDN'T.

TED HASN'T MENTIONED IT.

7 P.M. DISTRICT STADIUM.

I DIDN'T EVEN SAY IT WHEN I WAS ON HER.

IT IS SENIOR NIGHT, THOUGH, SO THAT'S IMPORTANT.

YES. ALL RIGHT.

THERE'S NO OLD BUSINESS.

MOVING ON TO NEW BUSINESS.

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

WE ARE LOOKING TO PURCHASE 200 NEW DESKTOP COMPUTERS.

THESE WILL REPLACE STAFF COMPUTERS, SPECIFICALLY THE OLDEST OF THE OLD THAT WE HAVE IN STOCK AND ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THERE IS, BUT I CAN'T FIND IT.

ARE THEY KIND OF SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT OR ARE THEY.

THEY ARE SPREAD EVERYWHERE.

YEAH. FAIRLY EVENLY SPLIT.

YEP. I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THEY'RE STILL USING DESKTOPS.

THEY DIDN'T ALL JUST GO TO LIKE, A LAPTOP OR.

NO, WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO AFFORD IMPLEMENTING LAPTOPS FOR STAFF.

WE DO ISSUE CHROMEBOOKS FOR THOSE THAT WANT THEM.

MORE LAPTOPS ARE MORE EXPENSIVE.

LAPTOPS COST.

THEY COST A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN A REGULAR DESKTOP.

YEAH, WE DID LOOK AT DOING THAT WHEN WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PANDEMIC AND WE HAD TO SWITCH TO REMOTE LEARNING, BUT IT WASN'T SOMETHING WE COULD AFFORD TO DO FOR ALL OF OUR TEACHING STAFF.

I REALLY WISH WE HAD BEEN ABLE TO, BUT YEAH, PRESUME A FAIR NUMBER OF DESKTOPS WOULD HAVE TO HANG AROUND JUST FOR THE DATA STORAGE ASPECT, RIGHT? SPECIFICALLY MEANING RETAINING DATA? YEAH, WE HAVE A PRETTY A PRETTY ROBUST SERVER INFRASTRUCTURE AND WE HAVE EVERYTHING BACKED UP THERE.

WE ALSO STORE A COLD COPY, I SUPPOSE YOU COULD CALL IT ON AMAZON WEB SERVICES.

OKAY. SO YEAH, YOU JUST CLONE THE OLD COMPUTERS.

ARE YOU JUST CLONING THE OLD COMPUTERS OVER TO THE NEW ONES? WE CREATE NEW IMAGES.

WE ACTUALLY WILL FINALLY START IMPLEMENTING WINDOWS 11 HERE IN THE NEXT MONTH, ACTUALLY.

SO IT'S QUITE A BIT DIFFERENT.

HOW OLD ARE THE EXISTING DESKTOPS? WE HAVE SOME TEN YEARS OLD.

WOW. WOW. YEAH. THEY'RE THEY'RE WELL WELL PAST THEIR USEFUL LIFE.

THEY'RE HIDDEN IN CORNERS AND PULLED OUT WHEN PEOPLE WERE PUT IN SPECIFIC ROOMS AND, AND THEN THEY STARTED TELLING US WHEN THEY BROKE OR JUST DIDN'T MOVE.

SO YEAH, IT'S QUITE A QUITE ANCIENT.

YEAH. SO ON THE SECOND QUOTE, IT TALKS ABOUT THE OFFICE PRO PLUS FOR ALL LANGUAGES.

WHAT IS ALL LANGUAGES MEAN.

DOES THAT SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS OR THE COMPUTER? NO, IT'S JUST ALL LANGUAGES, MEANING THE ALL OF THE LANGUAGES THAT MICROSOFT SUPPORTS.

SO THEY WOULD HAVE THEIR, YOU KNOW, RUSSIAN VERSION OF THAT.

WE WOULD BE ABLE TO LEGALLY INSTALL ALL OF THE LANGUAGE OPTIONS SHOULD WE NEED TO.

YEAH. SO IT IS SPOKEN LANGUAGES, NOT COMPUTER LANGUAGES.

NO, NO, NOT COMPUTER LANGUAGES.

NO. SPECIFICALLY, IF WE DID HAVE A NEED TO DO IT, WE COULD.

SOME CORPORATIONS DO INSTALL THE APPLICATION FOR SOME OF THEIR NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING EMPLOYEES, WHICH IS NOT EASY WHEN YOU DON'T SPEAK THE LANGUAGE.

SO. DO WELL.

NEVER MIND. YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? HOW LONG WOULD YOU SAY THAT THESE WILL LAST? WE USUALLY LOOK AT ABOUT A 5 TO 6 YEAR ROTATION.

THAT'S WHY THESE ARE WHEN WHEN WE STARTED HEARING ABOUT THESE I HAD MY STAFF COLLECT ALL THE NUMBERS.

AND THESE ARE THE WORST OF WHAT WE NEED TO BE REPLACING.

A LOT OF TIMES WE DO USE ROLL DOWN COMPUTERS FROM OUR CTE LABS.

THEY'VE BEEN VERY GENEROUS IN ALLOWING US TO ALLOCATE THOSE, AND THEY ARE ON A MUCH TIGHTER ROTATION SCHEDULE JUST BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEIR FUNDING IS, IS STRUCTURED. IT IS TO BE ABLE TO TEACH A CLASS IN COMPUTER PROGRAMING.

YOU DO NEED SOMETHING THAT IS VERY CURRENT AND ROBUST.

SO IS THIS JUST FOR TOWERS?

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AND SO IT IS THE MONITOR KEYBOARD MOUSE HAS BUILT IN WIRELESS OKAY.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I MOVE, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF 200 DELL DESKTOP COMPUTERS AND LICENSING.

OKAY, SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

WE LOOK TO OUR STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES FOR THEIR ADVISORY VOTE.

UM, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANKS. ALL RIGHT.

THAT BRINGS US TO FUTURE ITEMS AND EVENTS.

[11. Future Agenda Items and Board Events]

SEE YOU THERE. EIGHT 3830.

OKAY. MEETING COMING UP ON THE NINTH.

SANDY KNOW IF YOU CAN GO.

LOOKS LIKE THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

UNLESS ANYBODY HAS ANOTHER REMINDER.

AND I'LL KEEP YOU INFORMED ABOUT THE IF WE DO A GRAND OPENING CEREMONY FOR.

YEAH. I THINK OUR TOUR WAS RESCHEDULED TO THE THIRD.

IS THAT RIGHT? YES.

NOVEMBER 3RD. YEAH.

MAPLE GROVE. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

GREAT. ANYTHING ELSE.

MEETING ADJOURNED 7:47.

THANK YOU ALL.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.