Nov 13, 2023 Board of Directors

ALRIGHT. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13TH, 2023.

WE WILL START THIS MEETING WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

READY? BEGIN.

FOR ALL. NEXT UP, WE HAVE OUR ROLL CALL.

MADAM PRESIDENT, WE HAVE A QUORUM.

THANK YOU.

NEXT, WE'LL DO OUR AGENDA APPROVAL.

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

WE HAVE SOME RECOGNITION.

WE HAVE COMMUNICATIONS, SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF UPDATES, SECTION FOR CITIZENS COMMENTS, IF THERE IS ANY, WE HAVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS A THROUGH K.

NO OLD BUSINESS TONIGHT.

WE DO HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS OF NEW BUSINESS AND THEN WE WILL REVIEW ANY FUTURE EVENTS.

IS THERE ANYTHING THAT NEEDS FURTHER DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD OR REMOVE FROM THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT? I MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE TONIGHT'S AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

I WOULD LOOK TO OUR STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES FOR THEIR ADVISORY VOTE.

THANK YOU. ANY LAST QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

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

NEXT ON THE AGENDA, WE HAVE SOME SPECIAL RECOGNITION TONIGHT, AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO SUPERINTENDENT WATERS.

[5. Recognition]

MADDUX, I APPRECIATE THAT.

TODAY WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL PRESENTATION TO COME TO US.

OUR LOCAL HISTORIAN, LOUISE TUCKER, WHO IS AUTHOR OF BATTLE GROUND IN AND AROUND, IS HERE TO PRESENT TO US A VERY SPECIAL MAP AS WE AS WE GO ON AND MOVE ON, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE REMEMBER OUR HISTORY.

AND THE BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS A VERY UNIQUE HISTORY IN WHICH IT'S MADE UP OF A HUGE NUMBER.

AND I DON'T THINK THAT PEOPLE REALIZE THIS.

A HUGE NUMBER OF SMALLER DISTRICTS THAT MAKE UP WHAT BATTLE GROUND IS TODAY.

SO WITH THAT, I'M JUST GOING TO CALL UP LOUISE TO TO COME UP AND MAYBE SHE'LL SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE MAP AND WE'LL SHARE IT WITH EVERYBODY.

SO, LOUISE, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

YEAH. RIGHT TO HERE.

AND SHELLEY AND I WILL HOLD UP ON THAT.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THIS IS THE BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND LUIS, WHY DON'T YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT? YOU CAN USE THE MICROPHONE RIGHT THERE.

BRING IT DOWN TO.

WELL, I THINK IT WAS FOR THE 100TH YEAR.

100 YEAR. YEAH.

AND IT WAS POSTED UP THERE.

AND THEN WHEN, WHEN THINGS WERE ALL BEING TAKEN DOWN, WHEN IT WAS ALL OVER, IT LOOKED LIKE THAT WAS GOING TO GO BY THE WAYSIDE.

AND SO.

WELL, WE'RE GLAD YOU KEPT IT, THAT'S FOR SURE.

I KIND OF STUFFED IT UNDERNEATH MY BED FOR A FEW YEARS, AND THE LOCATIONS ARE AS CLOSE AS I CAN FIGURE.

THOSE THOSE ARE WHERE THEY ARE IDENTIFIED IN THE BATTLE GROUND.

SO I'M COUNTING CORRECTLY BECAUSE I'M CHEATING AND I'M LOOKING AT THE THE LEGEND OVER HERE.

AND IT APPEARS THAT THERE WERE 38.

WELL, ACTUALLY MEADOW GLADE AND GREEN MOUNTAIN WERE.

OH, OKAY. THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE NOT CURRENTLY WITH US.

YEAH. RIGHT. SO GREEN MOUNTAIN FORMED ITS OWN.

YES. AND MEADOW GLADE IS RIGHT ON THERE.

BUT AS A SCHOOL.

BUT SO 35 THEN CURRENTLY THAT MADE UP THAT MAKE UP THE CURRENT BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND IT'S AMAZING, YOU KNOW.

AND THE NAMES ARE FAMILIAR, WHICH IS COOL.

YOU KNOW, YOU STILL HAVE AMBOY AND YOU HAVE THINGS LIKE BRUSH PRAIRIE AND BEECHTREE, CHELATCHIE PRAIRIE, RIVERVIEW, FARGHER LAKE, GRAVEL POINT, HYSON, TOM, TOM, WHICH I THINK WE STILL HAVE THE BUILDING OR WE USED TO HAVE THE TUM-TUM BUILDING UP

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THIS IS IMPORTANT. WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS MOUNTED AND WE'RE GOING TO POST IT IN THE BACK OF OUR BOARD ROOM.

SO JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU BOARD.

HERE'S A QUICK LIST. AND AND THERE IS ANOTHER LITTLE BOOK OUT.

OH THERE IS JUST RECENT.

YES. IT'S THE HISTORY OF BATTLE GROUND LAKE.

BEFORE IT WAS A STATE PARK.

OH GOOD. AND IT'S BEING PRODUCED BY THE GENERAL FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS.

BATTLE GROUND. WELL, IF YOU IF YOU'VE NEVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO READ LOUISE'S BOOKS, THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL.

AND IT TELLS THE STORY OF OUR HISTORY HERE.

SO, LOUISE, THANK YOU VERY, VERY, VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO COMMUNICATIONS TONIGHT FOR STUDENT VOICE.

[6. Communications]

IF THAT'S CORRECT, WOULD YOU PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM? AND I BELIEVE OUR PRINCIPAL FOR BATTLE GROUND VIRTUAL ACADEMY, MATT STANFILL, IS HERE, ALONG WITH KEVIN POLLINA IS HERE.

SO IF YOU GUYS WANT TO COME UP, TOO, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME.

NO TURNING IT ALL OVER TO THE TO THE STUDENTS.

OKAY, WELCOME.

COULD YOU SHARE YOUR NAMES? AND I'M LILA.

HELLO. MY NAME IS ISABELLA HUGHES.

I'M A JUNIOR AT BATTLE GROUND VIRTUAL ACADEMY.

SO TODAY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHY WE CHOSE BATTLE GROUND VIRTUAL ACADEMY AND WHAT MAKES IT SO SPECIAL TO US.

OKAY. AS A STUDENT IN BG, I EXPERIENCED RELIEF IN BEING ABLE TO GO AT MY OWN PACE OR WORK AHEAD SO I CAN HAVE EXTRA TIME TO LEARN ABOUT ADDITIONAL THINGS I'M INTERESTED IN AND TAKE EXTRACURRICULAR CLASSES FOR FUN.

I ENJOY BEING ABLE TO COMMUNICATE ONLINE WITH OTHER STUDENTS AT OUR WEEKLY ZOOM MEETING, AND I ENJOY THE EXCITING AND INTERESTING ACTIVITIES AND PROJECTS ASSIGNED TO US BY OUR TEACHERS. LEARNING IN BG IS MUCH EASIER FOR ME, AS I CAN EASILY ADJUST MY SURROUNDINGS IN THE WAY TO THE WAY THAT HELPS ME LEARN BEST.

I CAN ADJUST THE TIME I AM WORKING IN WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME PERIOD AND GET THINGS DONE ALMOST ANYWHERE.

MY TEACHERS HAVE BEEN AMAZING.

BOTH MR. THOMAS AND MRS. VAN DO A GREAT JOB OF SUPPORTING THEIR STUDENTS AND PROVIDING A MORE IN DEPTH EXPLANATION OF CURRICULUM THAT A STUDENT MAY NEED HELP WITH.

IN THE DIGITAL LAB, THE ONLY ISSUE I CAN THINK OF IS THAT SOMETIMES THE PROGRAM WE USE CALLED EDGENUITY HAS MINOR BUGS.

HOWEVER, THE PROGRAM STILL FUNCTIONS WELL ALMOST ALL THE TIME AND IS A GOOD OPTION FOR WORKING ON SCHOOLWORK ANY TIME THERE HAS BEEN AN ISSUE.

MY TEACHERS HAVE BEEN VERY HELPFUL AND SUPPORTIVE.

IN CONCLUSION, LEARNING WITH BG IS A BETTER LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR ME AND I HAVE MORE TIME DURING THE DAY TO FOCUS ON MY INTEREST AND HANG OUT WITH MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY.

THANK YOU. SO, FROM THE JUNIORS HIGH SCHOOL POINT OF VIEW, THE REASON WHY I CHOSE BG IS I ATTEND CASCADIA TECHNICAL ACADEMY, WHICH IS THREE HOURS IN THE MORNING, WHICH DID NOT GIVE ME TIME TO TAKE MY FULL CREDITS THAT I NEEDED FOR MY JUNIOR YEAR.

IN ORDER TO GET THOSE, I WAS ABLE TO TAKE TWO ONLINE CLASSES AS WELL AS MY TWO IN-PERSON CLASSES THROUGH RIVER HOMELINK.

I ATTEND THOSE TWO VIRTUAL CLASSES AT HOME, AND WHAT'S AMAZING ABOUT IT IS I AM IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH BOTH MY TEACHERS WHO UNLOCKED UNIT TESTS AND EVERY OTHER THING FOR ME.

I ALSO AM PROVIDED WITH GUIDED NOTES, WHICH I CAN FOLLOW ALONG THROUGH EACH VIDEO AND TAKE MY NOTES, AND I AM ALLOWED TO HAVE THEM ON MY QUIZZES, WHICH HAS HELPED IMPROVE MY GRADES TREMENDOUSLY AND HAS IMPROVED MY GRADES THROUGHOUT CASCADIA AND MY OTHER CLASSES.

THAT'S FANTASTIC.

THANK YOU. DID DID DID BOTH OF YOU ATTEND THE ONLINE SCHOOL WHEN IT WAS PART OF RIVER HOMELINK, OR IS THIS YOUR FIRST? I DID, I DID AS WELL.

GOOD. THIS BOARD.

HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? LEILA, CAN I ASK WHAT GRADE ARE YOU? WHAT GRADE? I'M IN. I'M IN SEVENTH GRADE.

SEVENTH GRADE? IT'S FANTASTIC.

AND HOW MANY CLASSES DO YOU ARE YOU CURRENTLY TAKING? I'M CURRENTLY TAKING FOUR CLASSES ON EDGENUITY, WHICH IS THE THING WE USE TO WRITE LATER SCHOOLWORK.

AND WHEN YOU FINISH ONE CLASS, THEN YOU JUST PICK UP ANOTHER ONE AND START.

SO DO YOU ALWAYS HAVE FOUR GOING AT THE SAME TIME? YES THAT'S RIGHT.

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YES. I ATTEND RIVER HOMELINK AND I TAKE TWO IN-PERSON CLASSES, WHICH IS ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND ALGEBRA TWO.

I ALSO ATTEND BVA AND I TAKE US HISTORY AND ENGLISH FOUR.

I AM CURRENTLY IN SEMESTER TWO OF BOTH MY ONLINE CLASSES, AND ALMOST FINISHED WITH THAT SO THAT I CAN HAVE MY FREE TIME TO INTERNSHIP THROUGH CASCADIA TECHNICAL ACADEMY.

WOW. THAT'S AMAZING.

GOOD FOR YOU.

SO YOU'RE ALREADY IN THE SECOND SEMESTER OF THOSE CLASSES, AND IT'S THE END OF OCTOBER, THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER, END OF OCTOBER.

I WAS LIKE, WHAT HAPPENED TO ME? WHAT DO YOU DO? THE TIME WARP.

WHAT ARE YOU TAKING ADVANTAGE OF AT CASCADIA TECH? I AM IN HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM.

I AM THE LEADER OF MY PROGRAM, WHICH IS TRAVEL AGENCY.

I LEAD FIVE DIFFERENT STUDENTS AND I HELP PLAN TRIPS FOR PEOPLE AROUND BATTLE GROUND.

AND WE PLAN THEM FOR CRUISES TO TRAVELING THROUGH BLAINE.

I CAN SEE YOU'RE ALREADY OFF TO A GOOD START BECAUSE YOU'RE AN EXCELLENT SPEAKER.

THANK YOU. LENA, YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU HAVE A ZOOM MEETING WITH YOUR WITH YOUR OTHER WITH WITH EACH CLASS EVERY WEEK OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? EVERY THURSDAY, EVERY EVERY WEEK ON THURSDAYS, WE WILL HAVE A, UM, WE WILL HAVE A ZOOM MEETING WITH THE ENTIRE THE ENTIRE MIDDLE SCHOOL, INCLUDING SIXTH, SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADERS AND OUR BOTH OUR TEACHERS, MISS VAN AND MR. THOMAS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE ZOOM MEETING AND WILL MANAGE THE ZOOM MEETING.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

DO YOU EVER. DO EITHER OF YOU TAKE ADVANTAGE OF GOING TO BATTLE GROUND VIRTUAL ACADEMY FOR SOME IN-PERSON ASSISTANCE OR SUPPORT? I GO ABOUT ALMOST EVERY 2 TO 3 DAYS.

I LOOK OVER UNIT TEST.

I HAVE RETAKEN UNIT TESTS THAT I SCORED MAYBE A 90 ON AND I WANTED 100.

GOOD FOR YOU. I'M JUST KIND OF THAT WAY.

I ALSO LOOK OVER MY ESSAYS SO THAT I HAVE ESSAYS WRITTEN, AND I ALSO HAVE LOOKED OVER RESUMES, WHICH IS NOT USUALLY IN THEIR PAY GRADE, BUT THEY ARE STILL NICE ENOUGH TO LOOK OVER IT WITH ME AND MAKE SURE THAT IT IS UP TO STANDARDS FOR WHEN I DO AND AM READY TO GET A JOB.

THAT'S FANTASTIC.

WHAT ABOUT YOU? DO YOU EVER GO? I MOSTLY DO THE ZOOM.

I GENERALLY JUST DO THE ZOOM, AND THE ONLY TIMES THAT I GO TO THE ACTUAL SCHOOL WOULD BE JUST IF WE ARE DOING LIKE. STATE TESTING, RIGHT? BESIDES THAT, I GENERALLY STAY AT MY HOME.

YEAH, WELL, WE FEEL VERY FORTUNATE THAT YOU CAME HERE TO SEE US TONIGHT, SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

THANKS, BOTH OF YOU.

THANK YOU BOTH. THANK YOU.

OUTSTANDING. WELL DONE.

THANK YOU. DO WE ALSO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM SUMMITVIEW HIGH SCHOOL HERE TONIGHT? I DO NOT SEE. OKAY.

DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER STUDENTS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT MAYBE DIDN'T MAKE MY LIST? ALL RIGHT, THEN I WILL ASK OUR OWN STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES FOR ANY UPDATES THEY MAY WANT TO SHARE.

OKAY, WELL, IT'S ALWAYS TELLING ME TO GO FIRST.

I DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH TO UPDATE, WHICH IS KIND OF THE ONLY THING I CAN THINK OF IS WHEN OUR SPORTS STARTED TODAY, FOR ALL THE HIGH SCHOOLS, I THINK MIDDLE SCHOOL, I MEAN, THEY MIGHT HAVE STARTED TODAY, BUT I THINK THEY MIGHT START A LITTLE BIT LATER.

MIDDLE SCHOOL, I THINK THEY START IN LIKE TWO WEEKS.

BUT ONE THING IS, IN ALL THE HIGH SCHOOLS, EXCEPT FOR MAYBE CAM, THEY ALL HAVE ALL THE DRAMA PROGRAMS HAVE BIG PLAYS COMING UP, WHICH IS VERY EXCITING. I'VE SEEN LIKE ADVERTISEMENTS FOR AT LEAST PRE BATTLE GROUND AND RIVER HOMELINK, AND SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND.

IT'S VERY EXCITING. YEAH.

SPEAKING OF THE PLAYS AT BATTLE GROUND, THEY HAD THEIR OPENING WEEKEND LAST WEEKEND AND THEY HAVE ONE MORE WEEKEND.

SO YOU GUYS HAVEN'T MISSED OUT LIKE THIS FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY I THINK.

SO CHECK THAT OUT.

IT'S ONE STOPLIGHT TOWN AND THEN BATTLE GROUND IS ALSO HOLDING LIKE A STUDENT CLIMATE SURVEY RIGHT NOW.

SO I DON'T KNOW ENCOURAGE YOUR KIDS TO TAKE THAT IF THEY GO TO BATTLE GROUND.

THINK THAT'S ABOUT IT.

THANKS FOR DOING THAT TOO, BECAUSE THE SURVEYS ARE VERY IMPORTANT FOR US IF WE WANT TO GETTING GETTING STUDENT FEEDBACK AND FAMILY FEEDBACK, THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY WAY FOR US TO DO IT. SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AND IT'S OPEN TILL THANKSGIVING.

GOOD. FEW MORE DAYS.

YEAH. THANK YOU. PRAIRIE ALSO HAS URINETOWN GOING ON THEIR PLAY.

IT'S PRETTY FUNNY.

IT'S A SATIRE.

IT'S YEAH.

THEY DID A NICE JOB ON OPENING NIGHT.

I THINK I SAW ALADDIN IS PLAYING AS WELL.

YEAH, RIVER, LOTS OF PLAYS.

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OKAY, SO AFTER GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND TURNING IN OUR TOP PRIORITIES, IT'S FINALLY BOILED DOWN TO A ONE PAGER WHICH I GAVE TO EACH OF YOU.

AND YOU WILL NOTICE THAT, NOT SURPRISINGLY, THE TOP PRIORITIES ARE FUNDING, FUNDING AND FUNDING AMPLE FUNDING FOR STAFF CTE FUNDING.

AND I AM GLAD THAT TRANSITION TO KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM MAINTAINING THE TRANSITION TO KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM IS ALSO SPELLED OUT OR NAMED IN ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES.

AND I MEAN THE PURPOSE, OBVIOUSLY, OF MAKING IT, OF MAKING IT SO CONCISE IS SO THAT IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN HAND TO LEGISLATORS.

AND AND IT REALLY EVEN WITH ESPECIALLY WITH THE SHORT SESSION, IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE SUCCINCTLY.

DISCUSSION IN OUR LEDGE.

WE HAD A LEDGE REP MEETING THIS MONTH, AND A LOT OF THE DISCUSSION WAS AROUND WHETHER OR NOT THERE WILL BE A BILL TO FOR SIMPLE MAJORITY ON BOND PASSAGE.

AND IT'S KIND OF PEOPLE ARE TORN WHETHER THEY TRY FOR THE 55% THINKING THAT IF THEY TRY FOR THE 55%, THAT IT MIGHT MEAN THAT WE CAN'T GO FOR THE 50% SIMPLE MAJORITY LATER, THAT IT MIGHT PUSH THAT DOWN THE ROAD FURTHER.

SO THERE'S THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER THAT THERE WILL BE A BILL AND IF SO, WHETHER WE SUPPORT IT OR NOT.

SO. SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.

WE'LL PROBABLY BE ASKED THE QUESTION AT SOME POINT AS A BOARD WHETHER WE WANT TO GIVE INPUT ON THAT.

UM. LET'S SEE.

I ALSO ATTENDED THE TWO NETWORK CALLS THIS MONTH.

ONE, WE TALKED QUITE A BIT ABOUT AI, AND IT WAS VERY INTERESTING BECAUSE THE FOUNDER OF KHAN ACADEMY SPOKE ABOUT HOW THEY'RE USING AI TO INDIVIDUALLY HELP STUDENTS, AND IT WAS FASCINATING.

FASCINATING. ALL OF THOSE ARE RECORDED.

SO IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO GO WATCH THAT, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD ONE TO SEE.

AND THEN THE NEXT LAST WEEK'S NETWORKING CALL AND I DON'T KNOW, MARK, IF YOU ATTENDED THIS ONE, IT WAS ALL ABOUT LUCAYA COMES LAWSUIT AND HOW THAT TURNED OUT.

AND THEN A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE CONUNDRUM OF SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION AND THE RISING COSTS AND THE FACT THAT EVEN IF YOU PASS BONDS, YOU DON'T HAVE, YOU JUST DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO BUILD SCHOOLS.

AND SO THAT SEEMS TO BE THERE SEEMS TO BE A KIND OF A PREVAILING THOUGHT THAT THAT EVENTUALLY WILL COME TO SOME KIND OF A LAWSUIT.

LAWSUIT AGAIN, WHETHER THAT'LL HELP US OR NOT, I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A WAYS OFF.

SO THOSE TWO THINGS.

YEAH. THAT'S IT. YOU KNOW, ALONG THOSE LINES IN THE MOST RECENT ELECTION, I BELIEVE THAT THERE WERE EIGHT BOND BALLOTS ON STATEWIDE AND NOT A SINGLE ONE OF THEM PASSED.

WELL, AND THOSE ON THE ON THE NETWORK CALL WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION, MANY DISTRICTS WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO BUILD A SCHOOL EVEN IF THEY COULD PASS A BOND.

THERE JUST ISN'T ENOUGH FUNDING THERE TO ACTUALLY PAY THE PER SQUARE FOOT COST.

RIGHT, KEVIN.

SO THE THE PUSH IS THAT THE THERE'S NEW FUNDS, NEW TAXES, THE PUSH IS TO GO FOR THOSE NEW TAXES FOR SOME SCHOOL BONDS, SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION, WHETHER THAT'LL HAPPEN OR NOT I DON'T KNOW.

THAT'S INTERESTING. AND I AGREE WITH MARY.

IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO SEE THE ONE ABOUT, I WOULD ACTUALLY GO BACK AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

YEAH. IT'S FASCINATING.

YOU COULD FAST FORWARD THROUGH THE THROUGH THE TALK AND JUST SEE THE.

YEAH. GO TO THE TED TALK.

YEAH. RIGHT.

ANYTHING FOR THE AUDIT COMMITTEE.

DO YOU WANT IT? YEAH, I'LL START OFF.

OKAY. JUST DO THAT.

YEAH. SO WE DID OUR OUR USUAL CHECK OF BOTH THE BOARD AND THE SUPERINTENDENT BUDGET.

I'LL HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT WE SELECTED SOME OF OUR YEARLY RENEWAL CONTRACTS.

AND THE ONE I SELECTED WAS FOR GOGUARDIAN, THE SUBSCRIPTION THAT HELPS KEEPS OUR OUR KIDS FILTERED AND SAFE ONLINE. AND IT WAS ABOUT 35,000.

AND JUST, YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME I AM AT ONE OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETINGS, I JUST SEEMS LIKE A BIG NUMBER, YOU KNOW? BUT I GOT TO THINKING ABOUT IT ON MY WAY HERE.

AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE 12,000 STUDENTS THAT WE SERVE, THAT'S THREE BUCKS A KID, RIGHT?

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NOW, IT DOES SEEM A LOT OF OUR SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE ABOUT $35,000, BUT THAT JUST SEEMS TO BE THE NUMBER IN THERE.

SO AND AS USUAL, THANK YOU.

OUR FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT HAD VERY COMPLETE EXPLANATIONS FOR ALL OF THE THINGS, RIGHT DOWN TO THE SNACKS THAT THE COMMUNITY GROUP MEETING. SO VERY THOROUGH.

BATTLE GROUND EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MEETING ON THE 16TH, I THINK, AND SO I DON'T HAVE A REPORT NOW, BUT I WILL HAVE A REPORT AFTER THAT.

THANK YOU. WIPA COMMITTEE.

OUR NEXT MEETING IS THURSDAY.

WASHINGTON STATE SCHOOL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION UPDATES.

I DID HAVE A TRUST PLANS ADVISORY MEETING.

IT WAS A SMALL GROUP FOR THAT PARTICULAR MEETING, BUT IT CIRCLES BACK TO THE WITTHAYAKHOM IDEA AND I DON'T KNOW IF CITIZENS SAW IT, BUT ACTUALLY THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES MADE THEIR SINGLE LARGEST LAND PURCHASE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY.

THAT'S CONNECTED BACK TO THIS.

SO THIS IS LAND THAT HAD BEEN PUT OFF LIMITS FOR TIMBER REVENUE BECAUSE OF ENDANGERED SPECIES ISSUES.

AND THEY WORKED WITH THE LOCAL RESIDENTS IN WIKIA.COM AND THE LOCAL COMPANIES IN WIKIA.COM TO BUY THAT LAND SO IT CAN NOW GO BACK INTO PRODUCTION EITHER FOR TIMBER OR FOR CARBON CREDITS.

EITHER WAY, IT WILL GENERATE MONEY FOR THE SCHOOL TRUST FUNDS.

AND SO IT'S A SMALL VICTORY.

IT'S NOT LIKE THE 50 OR THE 55% KIND OF DEAL, BUT PEOPLE ARE STILL WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES TO TRY TO IMPROVE THE SCHOOL FUNDING FOR BUILDINGS GROUP.

AND THAT'S JUST ONE ONE EXAMPLE OF IT.

AND WHILE I'M SAYING THAT I ENCOURAGE ALL BOARD MEMBERS TO CONSIDER BEING ON ONE OF THOSE SUBCOMMITTEES AT WASEDA, I THINK THEY THEY DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. EVEN IF YOU'RE DOING SMALL VICTORIES AT A TIME, OR WHETHER YOU GET SOME OF THE BIG LEGISLATIVE WINS, THAT IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE TO BE INVOLVED.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER UPDATES? WE DO HAVE THE WASEDA CONFERENCE.

THIS WEEK, SO A FEW OF US WILL BE HEADING THAT WAY.

SO QUIET TONIGHT, OKAY.

TOUR. TOUR COMMITTEES.

THERE WAS A TOUR AT RIVER HOMELINK AND BATTLE GROUND VIRTUAL ACADEMY ON THE 24TH.

DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT? YEAH. OH, IT'S MY SCHOOL, SO.

YEAH. NO, IT WAS SO COOL, I.

I WENT TO BREAK ROOM FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE HAD OUR LITTLE DEBRIEF.

KIND OF. AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW, WHAT SHOULD I SAY ABOUT IT? IT'S KIND OF NORMAL FOR ME. IT'S JUST NOTHING.

YEAH. UNFORTUNATELY, WE DIDN'T GET TO.

OH, WE DID GET TOURED AROUND BY A STUDENT.

TECHNICALLY, ME, BUT YOU DID A GREAT JOB.

THANKS. IT WAS VERY EXCITING.

IT'S A VERY. RIVER.

HOMELINK AND BGB ARE BOTH VERY UNIQUE SCHOOLS IN DIFFERENT WAYS.

LIKE RIVER HOMELINK IS VERY HANDS ON WITH ADVISORS AND KIND OF STAFF, STUDENT RELATIONSHIPS AND STAFF PARENT RELATIONSHIPS.

SO WHERE LIKE LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, I KNOW THERE LIKE WAS IT LAST WEEK, TWO WEEKS AGO, IT WAS TWO WEEKS AGO WHERE THERE WERE EARLY RELEASES LIKE DISTRICT WIDE FOR PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES.

RIVER HOMELINK DOESN'T HAVE EARLY RELEASE BECAUSE LIKE EVERY DAY THERE'S A DIFFERENT PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCE HAPPENING.

SO I PERSONALLY I MEET WITH MY ADVISOR WHO'S A TEACHER, EVERY TWO WEEKS.

AND THAT'S THE NORMAL.

THAT'S THE NORMAL TIME FOR LIKE HIGH SCHOOLERS.

AND SO IT'S A LOT MORE PERSONAL IN THAT WAY.

AND THAT'S KIND OF LIKE THE SENSE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SCHOOL.

AND YOU CAN FEEL THAT WITH LIKE, SINCE IT'S K 12, IT'S LIKE WE WERE TAKING IT, WE WERE TAKEN INTO A CLASSROOM.

IT WAS ACTUALLY MY MATH CLASSROOM WHERE I WAS MISSING CLASS, BUT IT WAS MY MATH CLASSROOM.

AND THEN ACROSS THE ROOM, ACROSS THE HALLWAY, IT WAS A FIRST AND SECOND GRADE CLASSROOM.

AND IT'S VERY IT'S JUST VERY PERSONAL, VERY COMFORTABLE.

AND I AM RUNNING OUT OF WORDS.

BUT. I PICKED JULIA'S BRAIN A LOT ON THAT TOUR.

IT WAS FASCINATING.

WE WERE GIVEN A MAP, AND I'M KIND OF A SPREADSHEET JUNKIE, SO THIS MADE ME VERY HAPPY.

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BUT THEY HAVE EVERY PIECE OF SPACE USED AND SO THAT THEY CAN SERVE THE MOST STUDENTS.

AND IT WAS REALLY IMPRESSIVE TO SEE HOW THEY ARE SHUFFLING KIDS.

LIKE JULIA SAID, YOU'VE GOT THIS GROUP OF HIGH SCHOOL MATH STUDENTS, AND ACROSS THE HALL YOU HAVE FIRST AND SECOND GRADERS.

SO THAT JUST TO ME, JUST BLEW MY MIND AND HOW THEY KEEP IT ALL TOGETHER.

WE GOT TO SEE A STUDENT WHO IS GOING THROUGH SOME READING BOOKS AND BROUGHT IN LINCOLN LOGS BECAUSE HE WAS SO EXCITED TO SHOW HIS ADVISOR LIKE WHAT HE HAD LEARNED IN THAT PROCESS.

AND IT WAS JUST IT WAS IT WAS PRETTY COOL.

AND THEN TO GO TO THE VIRTUAL ACADEMY AFTER AND SEE, YOU KNOW, YOU THINK VIRTUAL ACADEMY.

IT'S ONLINE, RIGHT? THERE WERE STUDENTS EVERYWHERE IN THAT SCHOOL AND ON THEIR OWN VOLUNTEER.

THEY COME IN TO GET HELP.

AND SO JUST REALLY IMPRESSIVE PROGRAMS. WHAT THEY'RE DOING OVER THERE.

THERE WAS OH, AND THE MATH CLASS, THERE WAS FOUR DIFFERENT TYPES OF MATH BEING TAUGHT IN THAT CLASS AT ONE TIME.

SO FOR THAT TEACHER TO BE ABLE TO JUST SWITCH GEARS LIKE THAT ALSO WAS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.

AND SO I JUST I JUST WAS BLOWN AWAY.

I HAD NO IDEA. THIS IS MY FIRST TOUR.

WELL, IT'S THE FIRST YEAR FOR BATTLE GROUND VIRTUAL ACADEMY, BUT FOR RIVER HOMELINK, I HADN'T BEEN THERE PRIOR TO THAT IN MY PAST THREE YEARS ON THE BOARD, SO I JUST CAN'T SAY ENOUGH GOOD THINGS. IT WAS JUST REALLY GREAT TO SEE ALL OF THE INTERACTIONS, AND I'VE BEEN THERE SEVERAL TIMES, AND I'M STILL AMAZED AT THE COMPLEXITY AND HOW THE SCHEDULING AND HOW THEY DO IT. THE TEACHERS.

YOU MENTIONED THE MATH TEACHER.

I'VE BEEN IN SOCIAL STUDIES CLASSES WHERE THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE FIFTH, SIXTH, SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADERS IN ONE CLASS AND THEY JUST ROTATE THE THE CURRICULUM.

SO IT IS AMAZING.

I'M ALWAYS IMPRESSED AT THE LEVEL OF PARENT INVOLVEMENT.

I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S A PARENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM, BUT, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER YOU GO OVER THERE, YOU SEE, YOU KNOW, 50, 60 PARENTS THAT ARE THERE WORKING SIDE BY SIDE WITH THEIR WITH THEIR STUDENTS, WITH THEIR CHILDREN.

THAT WAS IMPRESSIVE.

AND THEN TO YOUR POINT, JACKIE, I JUST THOUGHT THAT GOING OUT TO THE BATTLE GROUND VIRTUAL ACADEMY, IT'S GOOD THAT THEY'VE HAD THEIR OWN IDENTITY.

EVERYBODY SEEMED SO HAPPY AND A LOT OF WORK GETTING DONE.

AND TO YOUR POINT, WHAT MAKES BATTLE GROUND VIRTUAL ACADEMY UNIQUE IS THAT IT DOES HAVE THAT COMPONENT THAT ALLOWS STUDENTS TO COME TO THE SCHOOL AND RECEIVE SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE.

SO THAT MAKES IT ONE OF THE SPECIAL THINGS ABOUT IT.

SO VERY PROUD OF BOTH BOTH SCHOOLS AND THE PROGRAMS AND THE SUPPORTS THAT THEY PROVIDE.

AND THERE WAS ALSO A TOUR AT MAPLE GROVE PRIMARY.

I DON'T KNOW WHO ATTENDED THAT.

IT WAS ME AND SHELLY.

I WANTED TO GO FIRST.

I CAN GO FIRST. ROCK, PAPER SCISSORS.

YEAH, THANKS. SO IT WAS.

IT WAS VERY INTERESTING.

IT'S THE SAME CAMPUS, RIGHT? ESSENTIALLY. AND SO THE SAME KIND OF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT SPACE AND HOW DO WE MAXIMIZE SPACE.

AND THERE'S A DRAGON IN THE SHOP.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THAT, BUT THERE IS.

WE SAW IT. SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE SAME KIND OF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT SPACE AND MAXIMIZING SPACE.

BUT WHAT WE REALLY WAS IMPRESSIVE TO ME IS THE THE FOCUS ON PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT'S HAPPENING WITH ALL OF THE TEACHERS AT THAT SCHOOL AND SEEING THE KNOCK ON EFFECT IT'S HAVING IN REAL TIME IN TERMS OF STUDENT RESULTS IS REALLY IMPRESSIVE.

AND I WAS THAT WAS THE THING THAT REALLY IMPRESSED ME THE MOST.

AND I COULD WE WE EVEN TALKED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING JUST LIKE A WORK SESSION TO JUST KIND OF SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN PERSON, BECAUSE IT'S REALLY, AS I SAY, IT'S IMPRESSIVE.

SO IT WAS A REALLY NEAT VISIT.

AND ALSO WE WERE ABLE TO SPEAK TO A RELATIVELY NEW TEACHER AND THEN TEACHERS WHO HAD BEEN THERE A LITTLE BIT LONGER TOO.

AND TO HEAR FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE EXPERIENCE CURVE, IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT THAT, THE INTENTIONAL KIND OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY THAT'S BEING CULTIVATED THERE IS REALLY TOP NOTCH.

SO IT WAS AN EXCELLENT VISIT.

YEAH, IT WAS NICE.

ONE OF THE CLASSROOMS WE WENT INTO WAS ACTUALLY SURPRISED AT HOW WELL INFORMED SOME OF THE STUDENTS WERE ON WHAT WE DO HERE IN THE BOARD.

THAT'S RIGHT. AND, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL OF THE STUDENTS RAISED THEIR HAND WHEN ASKED IF THEY'D KNOW WHAT THE BOARD MEMBERS DO.

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I'M LIKE, WELL, THAT'S WHAT WE DO.

SO IT WAS IT WAS GOOD.

YEAH. WE WERE TAKING NOTES. YEAH.

YEAH, THAT WAS GOOD.

WOULD YOU REPEAT THAT AGAIN? YEAH.

AND THEN WE, I GUESS, KIND OF SAT ON WHAT FELT LIKE A PANEL, AND WE GOT JUST PEPPERED WITH QUESTIONS FROM THE STUDENTS.

I ALWAYS THINK IT'S INTERESTING HOW WHEN YOU GO TO THE PRIMARY SCHOOLS, THEY'RE SO FEARLESS AT THAT AGE, YOU KNOW, AND THEY JUST ASK YOU EVERYTHING.

BUT WHEN YOU GO TO THE HIGH SCHOOL, THEY'RE JUST NO QUESTIONS.

SO IT'S NICE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

AND THEN AND THEN WE WENT TO THE GYM AND TOURED THROUGH THERE AND YEAH, IT WAS GOOD.

I WOULD AGREE. I ECHO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE ALREADY SAID, BUT ANDREA AND HER TEAM OF BUILDING LEADERS AND THEY'VE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB. THEY THEY USE ONE OF THEIR STAFF MEETINGS DURING THE MONTH TO DO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INSTEAD OF YOUR TYPICAL WHAT WHAT PLANS DO WE HAVE OR WHAT THINGS DO WE NEED TO COMMUNICATE? THEY DO THAT VIA OTHER THINGS, AND THEY HAVE BEEN DOING THAT FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS AND IT JUST SHOWS.

IT SHOWS ACADEMICALLY, BUT IT ALSO SHOWS IN THE CULTURE.

WHEN WE WERE IN THOSE CLASSROOMS, YOU COULD JUST SEE SOME OF THE THINGS YOUNG MAN CAME IN PARTWAY THROUGH.

THE TEACHER QUIETLY GREETED HIM.

IT WAS JUST SOME THINGS THAT YOU NOTICE NOTICED IT.

WHEN THE ONE OF THE TEACHERS TOLD US ABOUT HOW SHE WAS A FIRST YEAR TEACHER AND HOW SUPPORTED SHE WAS BY HER TEAM.

SO THERE'S JUST THIS CULTURE OF WRAPPING AROUND BOTH STUDENTS AND STAFF IN A WAY THAT MAKES THEM A PART OF THE CULTURE THERE.

AND THEY BOTH CLASSES WE WERE IN KNOW WHY? WHAT MAKES MAPLE GROVE A SPECIAL PLACE FOR YOU AND THE THINGS THAT THEY SAID, IT JUST REALLY THEY WERE HEARTFELT AND YOU COULD YOU COULD REALLY FEEL IT.

SO IT WAS A NICE PLACE TO, TO BE.

I WOULD LOVE, LIKE ANDREW SAID, IT'D BE FUN TO SEE THEM DO AN EXAMPLE FOR US OF WHAT THEIR PLC WORK LOOKS LIKE TOGETHER, BECAUSE YOU CAN TELL THAT IT'S NOT ONLY THE PROCESS OF THE PLC, BUT IT'S HOW THEY'RE GROWING THEIR PRACTICE TO GET BETTER AND BETTER AT IT.

AND SO IT'S A NICE A VERY NICE CULTURE THERE THAT THEY HAVE.

THAT WAS A GREAT TOUR.

IT LOOKS LIKE ON DECEMBER 1ST WE HAVE PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL, AND THAT'LL BE AN ALL BOARD TOUR COMING UP.

MOVING ON TO DIRECTOR REPORTS.

IS THERE ANYTHING? EVERYBODY HAS TO SHARE.

I ATTENDED THE VETERANS DAY ASSEMBLY AT PRAIRIE AND I WAS SO IMPRESSED.

I MEAN, IT'S ALWAYS SO INSPIRING.

OUR CADETS DO AN AMAZING JOB.

OUR ROTC CADETS AND AND THEIR, YOU KNOW, THE THINGS THAT THAT I SEE AT THAT VETERANS DAY ASSEMBLY THAT I'VE NOT SEEN BEFORE, LIKE THE FLAG FOLDING CEREMONY WHERE THEY EXPLAIN WHAT EVERY FLAG SYMBOLIZES, EVERY FOLD SYMBOLIZES ALL 13 FOLDS.

THE MR CEREMONY, WHICH, IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THAT, IT'S VERY TOUCHING.

AND THERE ARE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CALL THEM OUR RIFLE DRILL TEAM.

WHAT? YEAH.

SO THEY DID A DISPLAY, AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY HOPING TO GO TO FLORIDA FOR COMPETITION.

THEIR DISPLAY WAS AMAZING.

UM, MISS WASHINGTON WAS THERE.

SHE'S A GRADUATE OF PRAIRIE, AND SHE'S ACTIVE MILITARY.

SHE'S STATIONED AT JOINT BASE LEWIS MCCHORD.

SO THAT WAS FUN TO SEE.

AND I JUST FELT LIKE, WHAT A FITTING HONOR TO THOSE WHO HAVE PAID THE COST OF FREEDOM FOR ALL OF US.

IT'S JUST. AND THE STUDENT BODY WAS SO RESPECTFUL.

AND THE LAST, LAST YEAR WHEN I WENT AS WELL, I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE STUDENT BODY AND THE RESPECT THAT THEY SHOWED WAS.

TOUCHING. YEAH.

VERY TOUCHING. SO I WAS GLAD TO DO THAT.

I HAVE ONE OTHER THING I WANT TO SHOUT OUT TO OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.

THE COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER ARRIVED SOMETIME BETWEEN THESE TWO MEETINGS.

AND WHAT A WAY TO TELL OUR STORY IN SUCH CONCISE BUT VISUAL WAY.

SO I JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S A PRESENTATION OF A LOT OF INFORMATION, BUT I FEEL LIKE YOU DID IT SO WELL TO MAKE IT UNDERSTANDABLE, BECAUSE IT'S COMPLEX INFORMATION YOU'RE TRYING TO CONVEY TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND I THANK YOU.

THAT'S A LOT OF WORK.

THANK YOU. I HAVE ONE BRIEF THING.

KATE AND I ATTENDED THE HOLIDAY BAZAAR AT WARREN MIDDLE SCHOOL ON SATURDAY, AND IT WAS A GREAT EVENT.

THEY DID A REALLY GREAT JOB AND IT WAS REALLY FUN, AND THERE WERE A LOT OF NEAT VENDORS AND MS..

WASHINGTON MADE AN APPEARANCE.

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SO SHE GETS AROUND.

YEAH. WELL, YEAH, BECAUSE SHE HAD, I THINK BEING IN A PARADE RIGHT BEFORE THAT AND PROBABLY JUST BECAUSE IT WAS RAINING CATS AND DOGS PRETTY MUCH THAT WHOLE DAY.

SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKED OUT FOR HER.

BUT YEAH, NO, IT WAS A REALLY GREAT EVENT.

AND I'M REALLY GLAD THAT WE WENT AND I'M GLAD THAT THE DISTRICT HOSTED IT.

OR PTO. PTO HOSTED IT TECHNICALLY.

THEY'RE ALWAYS GOOD EVENTS.

AMBOYS IS COMING UP IN A COUPLE TWO WEEKS OR NO.

IS IT THIS COMING? SATURDAY.

PLEASANT VALLEY IS THIS SATURDAY, THEN TOOKS IS A LITTLE BIT LATER.

I KNOW THEY'RE HAVING SO.

LOTS OF PLACES. THERE'S NO EXCUSE THAT YOU DIDN'T GET YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING DONE, YOU KNOW.

I HAVE AN EVENT TO SHARE TO INVITE THE BOARD TO.

I SUPPOSE I COULD DO THIS AT THE END OF THE EVENING AS WELL.

BUT. LEADERSHIP.

CLARK COUNTY PUTS ON A ROUNDTABLE FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS FOR THEIR CLASS OF EACH YEAR.

THEY PUT ON AN EDUCATIONAL EVENT.

THEY REACH OUT TO FORMER LEADERSHIP CLARK COUNTY GRADUATES WHO HAVE BECOME ELECTED OFFICIALS.

AND SO I KNOW OUR PAST BOARD MEMBERS HAVE GONE TO THIS ROUNDTABLE, AND SO THAT THEIR CURRENT CLASS OF OF UPCOMING LEADERS CAN LEARN ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT POSITIONS WITHIN THE COUNTY.

AND IT'S A I KNOW WHEN I WENT THROUGH IT, IT WAS, GOSH, THERE WAS PROBABLY 100 ELECTED OFFICIALS THERE.

IT WAS REALLY IMPRESSIVE.

AND IT'S LIKE SPEED DATING YOU GO THROUGH AND THEY JUST HOP FROM TABLE TO TABLE AND LEARN ABOUT WHAT YOU DO.

SO WE HAVE AN INVITE FOR OUR BOARD FOR A SINGLE BOARD MEMBER TO GO ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1ST.

IT'S FROM 10:15 TO 11:45 AND IT'S ACTUALLY AT BATTLE GROUND CITY HALL IF I'M UNABLE TO ATTEND.

BUT IF ANYBODY IS INTERESTED, I'D BE HAPPY TO PASS THIS INFORMATION YOUR WAY.

SO AND THAT.

DOES THAT CONFLICT WITH OUR TOUR? ISN'T OUR TOUR DECEMBER 1ST? OH, IT MIGHT BE. YOU'RE RIGHT.

GOOD POINT. FOR, RIGHT? OKAY, SO IT COULD STILL BE DONE IF YOU WANTED TO GO BACK TO BACK.

THAT'S A PUSH THOUGH.

PROBABLY SO I'LL SHARE THAT AS WELL.

I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE. ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? SORRY, JULIA. OKAY, OKAY.

UM, THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF UPDATES.

[7. Superintendent and Staff Updates]

I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO YACOLT PRIMARY.

THEY HAD THEIR VETERANS DAY ASSEMBLY, THE THIRD AND FOURTH GRADERS.

IT WAS WONDERFUL SAYING A WHOLE BUNCH OF SONGS.

I'D LIKE TO THANK WENDY HAUSER, THE MUSIC TEACHER OVER THERE, FOR THE INVITATION, AND IT WAS ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL.

AND IN CASE ANYBODY WANTS TO GO OUT TO TO YACOLT PRIMARY, I BELIEVE ON DECEMBER 12TH, THE FIRST AND SECOND GRADERS WILL BE HOSTING THEIR HOLIDAY PROGRAM.

SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED.

AND THEN ALSO, I'D LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL AND SPECIFICALLY TO JOSE CALDERON, THE ADVISOR OVER THERE FOR THE HISPANIC HERITAGE ASSEMBLY.

THAT WAS DONE EXTREMELY WELL DONE TO CELEBRATE HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH IN OCTOBER, AND HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO OVER THERE.

AND A BRAVE GROUP OF STUDENTS WHO ARE JUST TRYING TO GET AN ASSEMBLY STARTED.

AND THERE WERE ONLY LIKE 15 OF THEM, BUT THEY PULLED IT OFF AND DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB HIGHLIGHTING THE VARIOUS HISPANIC CULTURES THAT ARE AT BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL.

SO CONGRATS TO THEM.

I'M GOING TO STOP THERE BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A FULL PRESENTATION.

I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO TEACHING AND LEARNING AND SHELLY.

SO I'M GOING TO START WITH THE STARS OF THE TEACHING AND LEARNING.

AND THAT WOULD BE OUR ESPORTS ADVISOR, SIMEON AND MR. MCDANIEL..

AND STUDENTS..

AND LOTS OF STUDENTS.

SO COME ON UP. COME ON UP, GUYS.

AND I LOVE THAT THEY'RE WEARING THEIR JERSEYS.

SCOTT. NICE JOB.

YEAH, WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

FIRST OFF, I WANT TO INTRODUCE WHO WE HAVE WITH US.

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HE IS ILL, SO I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE THE TWO PLAYERS.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANY MORE WANDERED IN.

ENRIQUE SANDOVAL AND JACKSON HOYLAND.

RIGHT. OKAY.

DID I MISS ANYONE? REAGAN AND REAGAN WHITBECK.

BUT I WILL ALLOW COACH SIMEON REDBERG TO INTRODUCE HIS MANY, MANY PLAYERS.

YEAH, I JUST ASKED FOR A COUPLE VOLUNTEERS AND THEN LIKE, HALF THE TEAM SHOWED UP.

YEAH. SO WE GOT RASHAD WHITE, BEN FERGUSON, EMMY CASSINETTO, JADEN O'MARA, ELIZABETH JOHNSTONE, GRIFFIN BOUCHER.

BOUCHER I SHOULD KNOW THAT HE IS IN MY FIFTH PERIOD CLASS.

I SHOULD KNOW THAT. REINHARDT KUMAR SAID, OKAY, YES, THIS IS MY PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP TODAY.

TONIGHT. UM, GO AHEAD AND ADVANCE THROUGH THESE.

WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT OBVIOUSLY, IS WHAT IS EA SPORTS.

AND GO AHEAD AND.

PROVIDE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE BATTLE GROUND AND PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS. TALK ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF IT AND TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE.

IF EA SPORTS, FOLLOWED BY THE THING THAT YOU GUYS ACTUALLY WANT TO LISTEN TO, WHICH IS THE PLAYERS, WE I'M UNDER NO ILLUSIONS AS TO HOW FASCINATING I AM, BUT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE LAUGHTER.

SO GO AHEAD.

I THINK THIS IS YOU.

ALL RIGHT, SO THIS IS ME. SO WE JUST WANT TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT ESPORTS ACTUALLY IS.

SO ESPORTS IS COMPETITIVE ONLINE GAMING.

IT'S VIDEO GAMES, BUT IT'S DONE IN A TEAM ATMOSPHERE.

UM, YEAH, WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER.

THERE'S A BUNCH OF LITTLE POINTS ON THEIR SCREENS GOING.

KEEP GOING. SO ACTUALLY, ESPORTS HAS A VERY STRONG HISTORY IN ACADEMICS.

ESPORTS AS AN ORGANIZED, COMPETITIVE SPORT WAS ACTUALLY STARTED AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY IN 1972.

SO WERE THEY PLAYING IN 19? YOU KNOW, I ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW.

PONG MAYBE I DON'T KNOW.

I KNOW IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.

YEAH, JUST LIKE COMPETITIVE CODING OR SOMETHING.

I'M NOT REALLY SURE. COMPETITIVE PONG.

YES. YEAH.

IT'S CUTTHROAT.

FASCINATING. YEAH.

GO AHEAD AND KEEP GOING I DON'T KNOW OKAY.

SO SINCE THEN.

SO THIS ACTUALLY COMES FROM ARTICLE IN I THINK IT WAS FORBES MAGAZINE THAT I FOUND IT WAS A COUPLE YEARS OLD.

I THINK IT'S FROM 19 OR FROM 2020.

AT THAT POINT, ESPORTS WAS A $10 BILLION INDUSTRY.

AND THAT'S NOT FROM SELLING GAMES.

THAT'S FROM THE ACTUAL EVENTS THEMSELVES.

IT'S FROM PRIZE MONEY, IT'S FROM ADVERTISING.

IT'S FROM ALL THE MONEY THAT GOES INTO JUST PUTTING ON THESE EVENTS FOR ESPORTS.

AND AT THAT TIME, IT WAS ESTIMATED BY NEXT YEAR THAT IT WOULD BE A $24 BILLION INDUSTRY.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S GROWING.

AND AGAIN, THIS ISN'T JUST LIKE PEOPLE SITTING AT HOME PLAYING VIDEO GAMES IN THEIR FREE TIME.

THIS IS ORGANIZED. THIS IS SPONSORED.

THIS IS STUFF PEOPLE MAKE CAREERS OUT OF.

AND IT'S REALLY POPULAR.

IN 2019, THERE WAS 380 MILLION PEOPLE ATTENDED LIVE ESPORTS EVENTS.

THAT'S MORE PEOPLE THAN WATCH THE SUPER BOWL.

YEAH, AND THEN COMPETITION FOR PRIZES IN THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

PEOPLE CAN MAKE A CAREER OUT OF THIS AND COMPETING FOR DIFFERENT ESPORTS.

SO WHEN I FIRST STARTED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, IT WAS KIND OF IT WAS SPONSORED.

WE'RE NOT SPONSORED, BUT IT WAS ORGANIZED BY WEAA.

SO THE WASHINGTON AREA INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, THEY DECIDED THAT THEY DIDN'T REALLY WANT TO BE INVOLVED WITH IT ANYMORE.

SO WE'RE CONTINUING ON.

I'M NOT REALLY EXACTLY SURE WHO'S BEHIND THE WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL ESPORTS.

IT'S ORGANIZED BY THEY SUBCONTRACT THROUGH AN ORGANIZATION CALLED PLAY FLY, WHICH KIND OF ORGANIZES OUR MATCHES FOR US.

THERE ARE 63 HIGH SCHOOLS REGISTERED THROUGH WASC, THOUGH.

WE JUST FINISHED A FALL WRAPPING UP A FALL EXHIBITION LEAGUE OR SEASON WHERE THERE'S FEWER HIGH SCHOOLS TAKING PART IN THAT.

OUR REAL SEASON STARTS IN JANUARY.

WE PLAY FIVE DIFFERENT GAMES.

RIGHT NOW, ROCKET LEAGUE IS 3V3.

IT'S BASICALLY SOCCER WITH CARS, ALTHOUGH IT MOVES A LOT FASTER THAN SOCCER.

I WOULD SAY IT'S LIKE MORE LIKE HOCKEY AND HOW IT FLOWS.

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WE HAVE LEAGUE OF LEGENDS, WHICH IS A5V5.

THAT'S SORT OF A TOP DOWN MAP WHERE YOU'RE WORKING TO BASICALLY TAKE OUT THE OTHER TEAM'S TOWERS.

EACH PERSON CONTROLS WHAT'S CALLED A SUMMONER.

EACH SUMMONER HAS DIFFERENT ABILITIES AND PLAYS A DIFFERENT ROLE.

MARIO KART EIGHT, WHICH IS 4V4 THAT IS RACING WITH SHOOTING PEOPLE WITH TURTLE SHELLS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

IT'S A LOT OF FUN. IT'S A LOT OF FUN.

WE HAVE SUPER SMASH BROTHERS ULTIMATE, WHICH IS MORE KIND OF LIKE A YOU MIGHT THINK OF IT AS MORE OF A TRADITIONAL ISH STYLE, 1V1 COMBAT GAME, BUT IT WORKS IN A TEAM OF THREE.

EACH PERSON GOES 1V1, BUT IT THOUGH YOUR LINEUP OF WHO PLAYS FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AND THE PLAYERS WORK WITH EACH OTHER, WATCH EACH OTHER, AND HELP POINT OUT STRATEGIES AND MOVES THAT THE OTHER TEAM IS DOING.

AND SO IT IS VERY INTERACTIVE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S 1V1.

AND THEN VALORANT IS 5V5.

THIS IS SORT OF A FANTASY TEAM STRATEGY SHOOTER GAME.

PRAIRIE DOESN'T HAVE A TEAM RIGHT NOW FOR VALORANT, BUT BATTLE GROUND DOES.

AND YOU GUYS ARE UNDEFEATED THIS YEAR, RIGHT? I THINK THAT'S COMING UP LATER.

YEAH. SO HISTORY SOME OF THE WAYS OR THE ACCOLADES I GUESS IN 2021, WHICH WAS I THINK PRETTY MUCH THE INAUGURAL REAL SEASON FOR THIS BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL TOOK SIXTH PLACE IN STATE IN ROCKET LEAGUE IN SPRING 2023.

ACTUALLY IT WAS IN DECEMBER, BUT BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL HOSTED A SUPER SMASH BROS.

TOURNAMENT AT BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL.

THERE WAS 32 KIDS THAT COMPETED IN THAT TOURNAMENT.

PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL. WE HOSTED A ROCKET LEAGUE TOURNAMENT.

IT WAS A LITTLE BIT SMALLER, AND THEN LAST YEAR WE CAME FOURTH PLACE IN STATE IN SUPER SMASH BROTHERS, AND WE STREAMED THAT ON TWITCH AND THERE WAS 4400 PEOPLE WATCHING US.

I DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE, BUT THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE TO WATCH A HIGH SCHOOL TEAM PLAY A VIDEO GAME FOR THIRD PLACE IN STATE.

SO PRETTY CRAZY.

AND THAT YEAR WE ALSO FINISHED SIXTH PLACE IN STATE IN LEAGUE OF LEGENDS.

THIS YEAR, THIS FALL.

SEASONS WRAPPING UP BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL WAS UNDEFEATED IN VALORANT AND MARIO KART.

THEY TOOK FIRST IN MARIO KART.

PERRY TOOK SECOND.

WE ALSO ARE GOING TO BE PLACING PROBABLY SECOND SUPER SMASH BROTHERS AND SECOND PLACE IN ROCKET LEAGUE.

WE HAD A ROCKET LEAGUE, OUR FINAL ROCKET LEAGUE MATCH TODAY, WHICH WE WON.

SO THAT'S FANTASTIC.

ALL RIGHT. AND ROB WAS SUPPOSED TO CARRY SOME OF THIS, BUT HE WAS SICK TODAY.

SO I'M JUST GOING TO KIND OF GO THROUGH THIS.

SO THE QUESTION COMES UP IS ESPORTS A SPORT.

I DON'T KNOW. IS GOLF A SPORT? UM. HONESTLY? YEAH. REALLY? OUCH.

NOT THE WAY I PLAY IT.

APPARENTLY, THERE'S A LOT OF BOATS.

NO, I LIKE GOLF. I REALLY DO, ACTUALLY.

UM, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T I TRY NOT TO GET WRAPPED UP INTO THAT ARGUMENT, HONESTLY.

I JUST KNOW WHAT ESPORTS DOES PROVIDE.

ESPORTS IS REALLY BIG ON ON EYE HAND COORDINATION.

RIGHT? YOU ARE.

YOU'RE PROCESSING INFORMATION LIKE REACTING TO THAT INFORMATION, DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

AND I CANNOT BEAT ADRENALINE.

IF YOU WALK IN DURING A CLOSE MATCH, EVERYONE'S ON THEIR FEET LIKE YELLING AND SCREAMING.

IT'S INTENSE.

TEAMWORK IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY IN SOME OF THESE LIKE ROCKET LEAGUE, VALORANT AND LEAGUE OF LEGENDS.

YOU HAVE TO BE CLICKING AS A TEAM.

YOU HAVE TO BE COMMUNICATING OR YOU WILL LOSE LEADERSHIP SKILLS.

THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS THAT I'VE SEEN WITH ESPORTS.

WATCHING KIDS STEP UP INTO LEADERSHIP ROLES HAS JUST BEEN AN AMAZING THING FOR ME TO SEE.

IT'S WHY I'M IN ESPORTS STRATEGY AND PLANNING.

THEY'RE WATCHING YOUTUBE VIDEOS.

LIKE, THESE GUYS ARE ALL BETTER AT THESE THAN I AM.

AND ROB WOULD SAY THE SAME THING.

IT'S PURE COACHING.

THEY'RE DOING RESEARCH, THEY'RE WATCHING YOUTUBE VIDEOS.

THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT FRAME RATES, HITBOXES, LIKE THEY GET SUPER TECHNICAL.

WE'RE WORKING ON TRYING TO GET SPECTATORS.

IT'S STILL ALL VERY, VERY NEW.

IN THE SPRING, I WILL BE STREAMING ON A PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL TWITCH CHANNEL SO EVERYONE CAN WATCH OUR MATCHES, OR AT LEAST OUR VARSITY MATCHES, I THINK BATTLE GROUND YOU GUYS STREAM TOO? YEAH, OCCASIONALLY.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT MORE REGULAR SO PEOPLE CAN WATCH FROM HOME OR COME INTO THE LIBRARY AND WATCH US.

UM, AND YOU CAN GET A VARSITY LETTER AT LEAST WHEN, I'LL HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK ON THAT.

ACTUALLY, WIA IS NO LONGER DOING IT, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THE VARSITY LETTER THING STILL COUNTS.

YEAH, WE'LL STILL DO THAT.

OKAY, SO YEAH, YOU CAN GET A VARSITY LETTER FOR IT AS WELL.

WE GOT A LETTERMAN JACKET RIGHT THERE.

SO. YEAH. YEAH.

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I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO BE KIND OF QUICK ON THIS.

I HAVE LIKE A BUNCH OF STUFF. I'M NOT GOING TO READ ALL OF IT.

COGNITIVE SKILLS, LIKE I SAID, ANALYZING IN-GAME SITUATIONS AND ADAPTING STRATEGIES HAS TO HAPPEN.

IF YOU DON'T RECOGNIZE PATTERNS OF WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE DOING AND MAKE ADAPT TO THAT, CREATE NEW STRATEGIES.

CHOOSE A DIFFERENT CHARACTER TO GET A BETTER MATCHUP.

YOU HAVE TO DO THAT. OTHERWISE YOU'RE GOING TO FAIL.

SAME WITH TEAMWORK AND COMMUNICATION.

THEY'RE CONSTANTLY INTERACTING WITH EACH OTHER, HELPING HELPING EACH OTHER RECOGNIZE WHAT'S GOING ON AND HOW TO ADAPT AND OVERCOME THAT COMPETITIVE SPIRIT.

THESE GUYS ARE ALL HERE BECAUSE THEY WANT TO WIN FOR SURE.

UM, TALKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE MENTAL AGILITY, IF ANY OF YOU, I'M SURE YOU'RE ALL BIG GAMERS, BUT THE IT COULD BE I MEAN, IT COULD BE THE REQUIREMENT, THE DEMANDS TO CONSTANTLY BE ADJUSTING STRATEGY TECHNIQUES, THE NEW SKILLS AND ABILITIES THAT YOU MAY GET DURING THE GAME IS IT'S INTENSE AND IT CAN BE QUITE A MENTAL WORKOUT.

BUT BUT MOVING ON TO TO THINGS LIKE THE STREAMING AND CONTENT CREATION.

AS COACH REDBIRD MENTIONED, TWITCH IS A IT IS A STREAMING PLATFORM FOR GAMING, AND BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL HAS RUN A TWITCH CHANNEL FOR SOME TIME, AND I'M REALLY GLAD THAT PERRY HIGH SCHOOL IS RUNNING A TWITCH CHANNEL.

UM, BUT WITH WITH THAT CONTENT CREATION, WHAT WE'RE STARTING TO TALK ABOUT IS SHIFTING INTO SOME CAREER OPPORTUNITIES, WHICH IS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK WHEN YOU FIRST TALK ABOUT E-SPORTS OR COMPETITIVE VIDEO GAME PLAYING, MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE WHAT WHAT LUCRATIVE CAREER OPTIONS THERE ARE, AND THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN JUST A MINUTE.

INCLUSIVITY IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT.

EVERYONE NEEDS TO FIND LIKE I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, IT WAS ALL ABOUT LIKE GETTING RID OF CLIQUES AND LIKE MAKING EVERYBODY BLEND WITH EVERYONE.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S THAT'S STILL GOOD.

BUT YOU NEED TO FIND, LIKE, YOUR PLACE WHERE YOU FIT AND YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE AND YOU FEEL BELONG, LIKE YOU BELONG.

AND I FEEL LIKE HAVING ESPORTS PROVIDES A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT HAVE THAT IN OTHER PLACES IN SCHOOL HAVE A PLACE FOR THAT.

AND WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE IN OUR GROUPS, NOT JUST THE GAMERS.

WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO DO SPORTS AS WELL.

SO THEY'RE LIKE DOING WRESTLING ONE DAY AND THEN THE NEXT DAY THEY'RE LIKE, YEAH, FIRST DAY OF WRESTLING TODAY, IT'S KIND OF WIPED OUT.

UM, YEAH. I HAVE PEOPLE DOING VOLLEYBALL AND THEY'RE WAITING FOR VOLLEYBALL TO WRAP UP SO THEY CAN COME DO ESPORTS.

BUT THEN I HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE LIKE, I WOULD NEVER DO SPORTS, EVER.

BUT I LIKE BEING HERE.

SO IT'S REALLY A GOOD PLACE FOR EVERYBODY.

THAT SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT KIND OF STARTED OUT WITH A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE, AND THEN IT KEEPS GROWING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE KNOW SOMEONE WHO'S IN E-SPORTS.

HOW MANY OF YOU GUYS JOIN RECENTLY BECAUSE YOU KNEW SOMEONE THAT WAS IN ESPORTS? YEAH. SO YEAH, WE KEEP BRINGING PEOPLE IN AND IT'S THE KIDS THAT ARE BRINGING PEOPLE IN THAT SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT.

ENGAGEMENT. I'VE ACTUALLY HAD SOME PEOPLE TELL ME I'M HERE BECAUSE MY MOM SAYS I HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.

SO I'M LIKE, ALL RIGHT, COME ON IN.

THIS IS A GOOD PLACE FOR YOU.

UM, YEAH.

THE NEXT THING, THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT FASCINATED ME WHEN WE FIRST STARTED TALKING ABOUT ESPORTS IS, YOU KNOW, AS I MENTIONED, THE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES, BUT ALSO THE COLLEGE OPPORTUNITIES WITH DEGREE PROGRAMS IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH ESPORTS.

IT ISN'T JUST PLAYING, IT'S.

IT'S COACHING.

IT'S ADVERTISING, IT'S COMMUNICATION, IT'S BROADCAST.

THESE ARE ALL BENEFITS.

BUT ALSO WITH THAT IS THE AVAILABILITY OF SCHOLARSHIPS.

THERE ARE A LOT OF VERY BIG NAME COLLEGES THAT HAVE EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL ESPORTS TEAMS, AND THERE ARE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN POTENTIAL SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

AND IT GOES UP.

I BELIEVE THE LAST DOLLAR FIGURE I SAW WAS 2019, 2020, WHERE $16 MILLION IN SCHOLARSHIPS HAD BEEN AWARDED AT THAT POINT.

BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HOW BROAD A REACH THIS IS, A COUPLE OF FIGURES.

IN 2022, THERE WERE 140,000 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PLAYING COMPETITIVE ESPORTS AT 3000 PLUS HIGH SCHOOLS NATIONWIDE. AND.

WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ISN'T JUST A UNITED STATES THING.

THIS IS AN INTERNATIONAL GAME IN AN INTERNATIONAL SPORT, WHERE IN OTHER COUNTRIES IT IS, I THINK YOU COULD SAY ARGUABLY

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AND SO WE'VE GOT A WORLDWIDE COMPETITIVE PLATFORM OCCURRING.

ONE OF THE OTHER BENEFITS IS IT IS THE POTENTIAL THAT ENGAGING IN THIS KIND OF ACTIVITY, BEYOND JUST BEING YOUNG AND MAYBE BEING A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBLE WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES, BUT ALSO BECAUSE THEY'RE CONSTANTLY LEARNING AND ADAPTING TO CHANGING THE SITUATIONS IN THE GAMES THAT THERE IS THE CAPABILITY OR THE POTENTIAL THAT THEY ARE GOING TO ADAPT TO NEW TECHNOLOGIES EVEN FASTER THAN, YOU KNOW, THAN WE MIGHT.

SO THE LAST THING ON HERE TALKING ABOUT ATTENDANCE, THERE'S SOME RESEARCH IN HERE.

SO OBVIOUSLY WITH ANY HOBBY OR ANY SPORT, IT'S REALLY EASY TO FOR IT TO BECOME A DISTRACTION MORE THAN SOMETHING THAT HELPS.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE DEFINITELY AWARE OF.

BUT THERE IS SOME RESEARCH TO TO BACK BACK UP HAVING ESPORTS.

THIS SAYS THAT ATTENDANCE AMONG STUDENTS RISES ABOUT 10% WHEN KIDS ARE ENGAGED THROUGH ESPORTS, AND THEIR GRADE POINT AVERAGES JUMP ABOUT 1.7 POINTS.

SO JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER SPORT, WE HAVE ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS JUST LIKE ALL THE OTHER SPORTS.

SO IF THEY'RE FAILING TWO CLASSES OR MORE, HOPEFULLY NOT MORE.

IF THEY'RE FAILING TWO CLASSES, THEY CAN'T COMPETE.

SO I'VE ACTUALLY HAD STUDENTS, WE DO GRADE CHECKS AND I'VE HAD STUDENTS THEY'RE SITTING RIGHT NOW BOTH OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE MEETING IN THE LIBRARY.

RIGHT. YOU GUYS BE IN YOUR LIBRARY TOO.

SO I'LL HAVE I'LL HAVE ESPORTS KIDS SITTING AT THE LIBRARY DOING THEIR HOMEWORK AND TEST CORRECTIONS SO THEY CAN GET THE GRADE UP SO THAT THEY CAN COMPETE.

SO IT'S BEEN A REALLY GREAT MOTIVATOR.

I'VE SEEN THAT FIRSTHAND OF STUDENTS KEEPING THEIR GRADES UP SO THAT THEY CAN COMPETE.

UM, SO I KNOW SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING, THAT'S KIND OF THE BUZZWORD RIGHT NOW, I GUESS.

OR PHRASE THAT'S THE NEW ACRONYM THAT THAT IS EVERYONE'S TALKING ABOUT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT PLACE WHERE AND I KIND OF MENTIONED THIS BEFORE, THAT PLACE WHERE PEOPLE FIND A PLACE WHERE THEY BELONG.

AND I THINK ESPORTS PROVIDES THAT FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.

UM, WE'VE HAVE HAD PEOPLE IN THE PAST, STUDENTS IN THE PAST, WHO THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW PLACES WHERE THEY ACTUALLY FIND THAT SOCIALIZATION.

THEY FIND THAT PLACE WHERE THEY CAN BE THEMSELVES AND TALK TO OTHER PEOPLE AND WORK ON THOSE COMMUNICATION SKILLS, BUILD THEIR SELF ESTEEM WHEN THEY'VE BEEN PRACTICING AND THEY THEY HIT THAT GOAL AND AND THEIR HARD WORK PAYS OFF.

WE CAN SEE ALL THAT HAPPENING IN ESPORTS.

MOVING PAST HIGH SCHOOL, I MENTIONED SOME OF THE CAREER AND COLLEGE OPPORTUNITIES, BUT I WISH COACH POLLACK COULD HAVE BEEN HERE.

HE IS ONE OF OUR CTE TEACHERS AT BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL, AND THERE ARE MULTIPLE PATHWAYS AVAILABLE AND AND STEM OPPORTUNITIES.

2023 WASHINGTON STATE PRIZE POOL $15,000 A COUPLE OF OTHER SCHOLARSHIPS ARCADIA, OHIO STATE.

UC IRVINE IS A VERY BIG HAS A VERY BIG PROGRAM AS WELL AS BOISE STATE, WHICH ACTUALLY GETS, I THINK, THE LION'S SHARE OF THE PRESS BECAUSE OF HOW ORGANIZED AND PROFESSIONAL THEIR TEAM IS.

THERE IS AN ARTICULATED CURRICULUM.

I THINK THERE'S ACTUALLY SEVERAL DIFFERENT CURRICULUM FOR CTE PROGRAMS. THE ONE THAT'S PICTURED HERE IS WAS PUT TOGETHER BY SEDRO-WOOLLEY SCHOOLS.

I THINK FOUR YEARS AGO WHEN WE FIRST STARTED TALKING ABOUT IT, THIS WAS BEING SHARED BY THE COACH UP THERE WITH OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN WASHINGTON.

AND JUST A REALLY QUICK GRAPHIC ON THE KIND OF JOBS THAT ARE OUT THERE. I WON'T READ ALL OF THOSE BECAUSE THERE'S FAR TOO MANY, AND IT'S SURPRISING.

BUT RIGHT NOW I WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO, AS I SAID, THE PEOPLE YOU ACTUALLY WANT TO HEAR FROM, WHICH IS THE PLAYERS.

ALL RIGHT. BAKARI.

I THINK I KEEP PULLING IN TOO FAR AWAY.

OH, IS THIS GOOD? YEAH.

YOU'RE GOOD. SO, HELLO.

MY NAME IS BAKARI DRY WHITE.

I'M A SOPHOMORE, AND MY EXPERIENCE WITH ESPORTS SO FAR HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD.

I THINK ONE OF THE I TRY TO STAY IN THE MOMENT, BUT WITH ESPORTS, LIKE, IT'S KIND OF SAD REALIZING THAT ONE DAY IT'S GOING TO GO.

IT'S JUST ALWAYS KIND OF BEEN LIKE MY DREAM.

AND IT'S LIKE, THANKS TO REDBERG THAT I CAN ACTUALLY COME UP HERE AND JUST TALK ABOUT SMASH BROS.

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AND YOU KNOW, I'M PLAYING FOR SO LONG.

I THINK WE DID THAT. NICE, I LIKE IT, YEAH.

BUT THIS ALSO LED ME TO I USED TO WATCH A LOT OF SMASH BROS CONTENT, AND I DIDN'T THINK I'D MEET ONE PLAYER THAT I REALLY LIKED.

HE WAS THE BEST PLAYER AND I ACTUALLY PLAYED HIS CHARACTER.

BUT WINNING THAT BATTLE GROUND TOURNAMENT, THEY GIVE YOU A FREE PASS TO THIS TOURNAMENT WITH LIKE A $15,000 PRIZE POOL.

OF COURSE, I DIDN'T WIN BECAUSE THERE ARE ALL PRO PLAYERS COMING FROM LIKE JAPAN AND MEXICO, BUT LUCKILY I WAS ACTUALLY ABLE TO MEET MKLEO.

HE IS FROM MEXICO AND I GOT A PHOTO WITH HIM AND I GOT HIS AUTOGRAPH, AND IT WAS SO NICE TO ACTUALLY SEE HIM AND HAVE CONVERSATIONS.

AND I JUST, I WOULD DO ANYTHING TO SEE THEM AGAIN.

THAT'S VERY COOL. IT WAS AWESOME.

YEAH. VERY COOL.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO. MY NAME IS EMMY CASTEGNARO AND I AM A JUNIOR IN PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL.

I CAN DEFINITELY SAY THE SAME FOR BASHARI.

GROWING UP I HAD LIKE A WII, AND OF COURSE I HAD LIKE NO RECOLLECTION OR LIKE ANY MEMORY AT ALL WHATSOEVER OF JUST MASHING BUTTONS CONTROL LIKE UNCONTROLLABLY.

BUT OF COURSE, AS I GREW UP, I WOULD ALWAYS SEE, LIKE WHEN MY FAMILY AND I HAD A GET TOGETHER, I'D ALWAYS SEE MY UNCLES OVER, LIKE OVER AT THE COUCH, ALWAYS PLAYING SMASH, AND I'D ALWAYS, LIKE, TAG ALONG.

BUT I WAS NEVER REALLY WHAT YOU CONSIDER A THREAT TO THEM.

SO BASICALLY I'D BE EASY PICKINGS.

BUT OF COURSE, OVER THE YEARS I STILL PLAYED WITH THEM AND IT FEELS NICE BECAUSE IT'S FAMILY AND YOU CAN NEVER, EVER SAY NO TO FAMILY.

OF COURSE, FAMILY ALWAYS COMES FIRST.

AND WHEN I REALIZED E-SPORTS STARTED LAST YEAR WHEN I WAS A SOPHOMORE, I THOUGHT, WOW, I CAN FINALLY SEE OTHER PEOPLE WHO ALSO WHO ALSO HAVE THE SAME INTERESTS, SUCH AS SMASH BROS OR EVEN MARIO KART.

I DIDN'T DO IT LAST YEAR, UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE I JUST HAD A LOT ON MY PLATE, BUT I WAS ABLE TO FINALLY DO IT THIS YEAR AND WHAT A TEAM I'VE SEEN.

AND IT KIND OF GIVES ME A LITTLE NOSTALGIA OF WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO BE HOME AGAIN, DESPITE ME BEING SO FAR AWAY FROM MY OTHER FAMILY.

VERY COOL. HELLO.

SO MY NAME IS JAYDEN O'MARA.

I'VE GROWN UP PLAYING GAMES ALL MY LIFE.

I THINK I'VE STARTED AT TWO YEARS OLD.

WHEN MY DAD DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY TO PLAY WITH.

HE WOULD JUST THROW ME A CONTROLLER AND SAY, HEY, LET'S PLAY.

SO I PLAYED ALL THE TIME WITH HIM.

WE WE MADE IT A FUN THING TO DO.

AND I'D GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE I GOT SO GOOD AND I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS REALLY COOL.

BUT I WAS HOPING THERE WAS SOMETHING MORE I COULD DO WITH THE SKILL I HAD EARNED FROM PLAYING SO MUCH AND FEELING LIKE, HEY, I SEE THIS LINE.

THERE'S THIS THING CALLED E-SPORTS.

WELL, WHY NOT? LET'S GIVE IT A SHOT.

AND SEEING PEOPLE RISE FROM AN 18 YEAR OLD WINNING $3 MILLION, PLAYING A VIDEO GAME TO KIDS, WINNING $1 MILLION ALMOST EVERY MONTH, JUST PLAYING VIDEO GAMES.

IT KIND OF AMAZES ME WITH THE WAY THAT IT'S EVOLVED TO GET TO HERE, BUT THAT'S ABOUT IT.

I'VE BUILT KIND OF A FAMILY LIKE GROUP JUST FROM HERE, SO THAT'S MY SPIEL ABOUT E-SPORTS AND NICE JOB. HELLO, MY NAME IS ELIZABETH.

I'M A JUNIOR.

UM, I'VE BEEN AWARE OF E-SPORTS FOR A WHILE.

UH, IN, LIKE, PREVIOUS YEARS, WHEN I WAS YOUNGER AND EVEN MY TWO FIRST YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOL, I WAS LIKE, OH, THAT'S REALLY COOL.

YEAH, I LIKE THAT.

BUT I WAS TOO SCARED TO JOIN AT FIRST BECAUSE I WAS SO ACADEMICALLY FOCUSED.

I DIDN'T WANT TO RUN THE RISK OF ESPORTS POSSIBLY GETTING IN THE WAY OF THAT, BUT I FINALLY DECIDED I'M GOING TO GO BIG.

I'M GOING TO GO BOLD.

AND I JOINED E-SPORTS THIS YEAR AND IT'S GENUINELY IT IT'S IT'S BEEN AMAZING.

LIKE IT HASN'T AFFECTED MY GRADES AT ALL.

IF NOT, THEY'VE MADE THEM BETTER BECAUSE IT GAVE ME THE MASSIVE MENTAL BREAK I JUST NEEDED AFTER SCHOOL.

BECAUSE JUNIOR YEAR HAS BEEN REALLY INTENSE FOR ME AND ESPORTS JUST ALLOWED ME TO CALM DOWN, NOT HAVE TO THINK FOR TWO HOURS, AND THEN AFTERWARDS I COULD FINISH WHATEVER HOMEWORK I DIDN'T FINISH EASILY.

IT WAS NOT A PROBLEM AND IT WAS JUST AMAZING.

I LOVE HANGING OUT WITH EVERYONE.

I LOVE PLAYING WITH EVERYONE.

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VERY COOL. HELLO, I AM GRIFFIN BOUCHER.

I'M A FRESHMAN IN VERY HIGH SCHOOL AND I RECENTLY JUST JOINED ESPORTS.

MY FRIEND BEN HAD RECOMMENDED ME TO JOIN IT BECAUSE HE HAD TO BECAUSE HE HAD DONE IT LAST YEAR.

AND WELL, I THINK IT WAS A GREAT THING TO DO BECAUSE I ENJOY IT.

IT'S A GOOD AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITY, AND IT'S LIKE I CAN BE PLAYING WITH MY FRIENDS IN PERSON INSTEAD OF LIKE OVER AN XBOX PARTY CHAT OR LIKE A CALL, RIGHT? AND BEING ABLE TO SEE EACH OTHER IN PERSON ALL THE TIME IS GREAT, BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE PLAYING IN, WHEN YOU'RE PLAYING IN PERSON, IT'S A LOT DIFFERENT THAN WHEN YOU'RE JUST TALKING TO EACH OTHER OVER A CALL.

WHEN I WAS LITTLE, I JUST PLAYED VIDEO GAMES FOR FUN, AND I THOUGHT MAYBE GETTING INTO A COMPETITIVE SCENE, INTO A GAME I WAS ACTUALLY GOOD AT WAS A WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR FOR ME, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE COOL.

I ENJOY IT.

IT'S FUN AND IT IS GOOD.

THANK YOU. HELLO, I'M RONY KUMAR.

I'M A SENIOR AT PRAIRIE, AND I JOINED ESPORTS LAST YEAR BECAUSE DURING MY FIRST TWO YEARS IN FRESHMAN YEAR, WE HAD ONLINE SCHOOL, SO I DIDN'T REALLY GET TO DO MUCH IN PERSON.

I DIDN'T GET TO SEE PEOPLE.

AND THEN AFTERWARDS, I MISSED MY ENTIRE SENIOR OR SOPHOMORE YEAR DUE TO SOME MEDICAL CONDITIONS.

SO I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE LIKE TIME TO TALK WITH OTHER PEOPLE, MAKE NEW FRIENDS.

ALL THE NEW FRIENDS I MADE WERE THROUGH MY OTHER FRIENDS, AND SO I WANTED TO JOIN SOME TYPE OF AFTER SCHOOL CLUB OR SPORT.

AND I SAW ESPORTS, WHICH WAS SOMETHING THAT I WAS ALREADY GOOD AT AS I'VE BEEN PLAYING GAMES SINCE I WAS VERY LITTLE DUE TO MY COUSIN WHO INTRODUCED ME.

ME AND HIM WOULD LIKE PLAY FIFA EVERY TIME I WENT TO HIS HOUSE.

LIKE I'D GO TO HIS HOUSE AT LIKE SEVEN IN THE MORNING WITH MY MOM AND DAD AND I'D WAKE HIM UP, GET HIM OUT OF BED WHILE HE WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL ON THE WEEKEND.

YOU KNOW, NOW THAT I SAY IT OUT LOUD, I FEEL LIKE I WAS A VERY BIG PAIN FOR HIM.

BUT I'D MAKE HIM GET OUT OF BED AND WE'D PLAY FIFA ONE ON ONE AGAINST EACH OTHER.

AND, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS VERY NICE.

BUT AS I GREW UP, I STARTED SEEING HIM LESS.

SO, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T GET TO PLAY WITH HIM AS MUCH.

BUT I STARTED PLAYING NEWER GAMES AND SOME OF THE GAMES THAT ARE IN ESPORTS I WAS ALREADY INTERESTED IN, LIKE ROCKET LEAGUE, SMASH BROS.

AND THIS YEAR, MARIO KART AS WELL.

AND SO IT GAVE ME SOMETHING TO WORK TOWARDS IN MY FREE TIME.

IT IF I EVER HAVE LIKE AN HOUR OR TWO AT HOME, I WOULD LIKE BOOT UP MARIO KART AND I WOULD JUST LIKE PRACTICE THE GAME A LITTLE BIT, TRY TO GET BETTER.

YOU KNOW, LIKE I FEEL LIKE EVERYONE HERE HAS LIKE A STRONG COMPETITIVE SPIRIT, RIGHT? EVERYONE WANTS TO GET BETTER AT THE GAME THEY PLAY, YOU KNOW, BE THE BEST.

AND SO, YOU KNOW I THINK THAT'S YOU KNOW WHY I DID IT.

OUTSTANDING. NICE JOB.

MY NAME IS REAGAN AND I AM A SOPHOMORE AT BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL.

I FIRST JOINED ESPORTS BECAUSE I BEEN IN LOVE WITH VIDEO GAMES SINCE I WAS A KID.

HONESTLY, ANY CHANCE I'D GET, I'D PLAY.

BUT ESPORTS OPENED UP A WHOLE NEW WORLD FOR ME.

I COULD MAKE NEW FRIENDS FINALLY, AND I COULD FINALLY BREAK OUT OF THAT CONFUSED, SCARED SHELL OF A NEW HIGH SCHOOLER.

AND THAT'S GOOD.

PERSONALLY, I THINK THAT THAT'S COMPLETELY CHANGED MY OPINION ON HIGH SCHOOL.

YEAH, AND WITHOUT E-SPORTS, I DON'T THINK THERE WAS ANY PLACE ELSE THAT I'D RATHER BE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

MY NAME IS ENRIQUE SANDOVAL.

I AM A SENIOR AT BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL.

I WAS FIRST INTRODUCED TO VIDEO GAMES BY WATCHING MY DAD.

HE. HE USED TO PLAY THE PS3 AND HE'D PLAY A GAME CALLED SHADOW OF THE COLOSSUS, AND IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL GAME.

SO THAT'S HOW I GOT INTRODUCED.

I WANTED TO PLAY HIS PSP, BUT SINCE IT WAS MODDED, HE WOULDN'T LET ME.

HE GOT ME MY OWN FOR CHRISTMAS THOUGH, AND I PLAYED ALL SORTS OF GAMES LIKE CALL OF DUTY AND I WAS.

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NOW AT HIGH SCHOOL, I JOINED BECAUSE MY PARENTS WERE LIKE, YOU NEED TO GO JOIN SOMETHING SOCIAL.

SO I WAS LIKE, ALL RIGHT.

AND THEN THAT'S WHERE I MET JACKSON AND REAGAN.

THEY ARE AMAZING.

JACKSON IS SUPER SMART.

HE IS GOING TO BE A VIDEO GAME DESIGNER WHEN HE GROWS UP.

SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO PLAYING HIS GAMES.

BUT YEAH, THE REASON WHY I JOINED WAS JUST TO MEET NEW PEOPLE AND THAT WORKED OUT.

I JOINED THESE FOUR WORDS.

YOU ALREADY HEARD ME FROM ENRIQUE, AND I JOINED IT BASICALLY AS SOON AS I FIGURED OUT THAT I REALLY COULD, BECAUSE I HAD A WII GROWING UP, AND I WAS ACTUALLY THE BEST PERSON IN MY FRIEND GROUP AT BASICALLY EVERY GAME I HAD, AND I WAS LIKE, HEY, MAYBE THERE'LL BE OTHER GOOD PLAYERS HERE.

AND I WAS ACTUALLY RIGHT, BECAUSE WHENEVER I LOST TO SOMEONE RANDOM ONLINE, IT WAS ALWAYS, OH, THEY'RE JUST SOME RANDOM PERSON ANYWHERE ON THE PLANET.

YOU KNOW, THEY COULD BE A POOL PLAYER.

BUT HE WAS LIKE, I'M LOSING TO AN ACTUAL REAL PERSON WHO I CAN ACTUALLY PLAY AGAINST A LOT AND IMPROVE AGAINST.

AND THAT WAS DEFINITELY VERY HELPFUL BECAUSE I WAS BASICALLY EITHER IT'S SOMEONE I KNOW AND I CAN CRUSH THEM.

I REACHED A POINT WHEN I WAS LITTLE WHERE MY PARENTS WOULD GET MAD AT ME BECAUSE I HAD SUCH A BIG EGO.

IF I GOT SECOND PLACE, I WOULD TURN OFF THE WII.

AND. IF I WAS ONLINE, I WOULD TYPICALLY LOSE AND THEN I'D JUST GO, OH, IT'S SOME RANDOM PERSON ONLINE LINE.

THEY'RE A PRO PLAYER, PROBABLY.

THEY ARE CLEARLY SO GOOD.

I COULD NEVER LOSE TO ANYONE WHO ISN'T A PRO.

AND THEN I DID THESE SPORTS AND I WAS PLAYING AGAINST PEOPLE WHO WERE ACTUALLY BETTER THAN ME, AND THAT DEFINITELY PUSHED ME TO IMPROVE.

YEAH. THANK YOU. THAT'S VERY GOOD.

NICE JOB, YOU GUYS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ANYBODY? SCOTT, ARE WE IN TERMS OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON, ARE THERE OTHER PROGRAMS IN NEIGHBORING SCHOOLS THAT WE WOULD OR ARE WE THE LEADERS HERE? WE WE ARE IN A RAREFIED GROUP.

YEAH. EVERGREEN HAS ONE TEAM, I BELIEVE, ACROSS THE DISTRICT, LAST I CHECKED, I THINK CAMAS MIGHT.

VANCOUVER IS TALKED FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS ABOUT DOING IT, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY SPEARHEADED IT TO ACTUALLY GET IT OFF THE GROUND.

RIGHT. I THINK DO YOU KNOW OF ANY OTHERS? NOT CLOSE TO US.

YEAH. THE CLOSEST ONE THAT WE COMPETE AGAINST IS CHALLIS.

OKAY. YEAH.

GOOD FOR YOU GUYS.

I CAN TELL YOU, LAST WEEK WE HAD A PRESENTATION AT OUR CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING, AND IT WAS ABOUT STEM AND IT WAS ABOUT CTE.

AND ONE OF THE STORIES THAT WAS TOLD TO US WAS ABOUT A COMPANY THAT'S ACTUALLY THEY THEY CREATE TURBINES FOR MACH ONE RACE CARS, AND NONE OF THEIR EMPLOYEES THAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR HAD COLLEGE DEGREES.

BUT WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR IS PEOPLE THAT COULD WRITE CODE, PEOPLE THAT HAD GEOMETRY SKILLS, THAT WERE PROBLEM SOLVERS, THEY HAD TEAMWORK SKILLS AND..

COMMUNICATION. COMMUNICATION.

AND HONESTLY, THOSE THINGS THAT YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT ARE ALL THOSE THINGS.

SO IT'S PRETTY CRAZY TO THINK THAT SOME OF THE SKILLS THAT YOU'RE PICKING UP THROUGH ESPORTS AND YOUR CLASSES CAN LEAD TO A HIGH PAYING JOB RIGHT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL.

SO GOOD JOB YOU GUYS HERE FOR YOU.

OH YEAH I BET. YEAH I BET THE HAND-EYE COORDINATION THAT GOES WITH IT.

ABSOLUTELY. I REALLY ENJOY HOW COMPETITIVE YOU GUYS ARE I LIKE THAT.

YEAH. YEAH. THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT YOU TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY AND YOU'RE GOING AFTER IT.

SO THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO FOR PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL AND FOR BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL.

WE APPRECIATE YOU.

WE'RE PROUD OF YOU GUYS. THANK YOU.

YEAH. CONGRATS.

I PROMISED COACH POLLACK THAT I WOULD READ THIS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF ENRIQUE HAS READ IT OR KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.

I'M THE PARENT OF ENRIQUE SANDOVAL.

HE'S BEEN IN EA SPORTS FOR THREE SEASONS SINCE HE STARTED IN EA SPORTS.

I'VE NOTICED A GROWTH IN HIM.

EACH TIME ENRIQUE IS IN A NEW SEASON, HE HAS GROWN IN SELF-CONFIDENCE, TEAM BUILDING, COMPROMISING, AND RESPONSIBILITY.

WHEN INDIVIDUALS ARE A PART OF A TEAM OF PEERS WITH SIMILAR LIKES AND GOALS, CONFIDENCE IS BUILT DURING EA SPORTS.

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ESPORTS IS ENABLING OUR CHILDREN TO BE BETTER ADULTS BY TEACHING THEM TO WORK IN A TEAM ENVIRONMENT.

IT HAS PUSHED THEM TO WORK TOWARDS A COMMON GOAL, TEACHES THEM TO COMPROMISE, TEACHES THEM HEALTHY COMPETITION, RESPONSIBILITY, AND COMMITMENT.

AS A PARENT, I'M GRATEFUL THAT EA SPORTS WAS AVAILABLE TO HELP ENRIQUE GROW IN ALL THESE AREAS TO PREPARE HIM TO GO INTO THE ADULT WORLD.

VERY COOL. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SCOTT. THANK YOU SCOTT.

I ALSO JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND SEND A NOD TO ALL OF OUR STAFF.

AS YOU KNOW, THE TWO WEEKS, NOT THIS LAST WEEK, WE HAD CONFERENCES AND WE HAD A LOT OF FAMILIES IN OUR IN OUR SCHOOLS MEETING WITH THEIR TEACHERS, LEARNING ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING FOR THEIR KIDS, LEARNING ABOUT THEIR SUCCESSES AND THEIR CHALLENGES MOVING FORWARD.

SO A BIG SHOUT OUT TO OUR STAFF AS WELL AS OUR FAMILIES FOR JOINING US DURING CONFERENCE WEEK.

THAT WAS A THAT WAS A HEAVY LIFT, BUT A VERY WORTHWHILE LIFT.

SO A SPECIAL THANKS FOR THAT.

I ALSO WANTED TO JUST SAY WE HAVE ANOTHER WAIVER DAY.

SO WE HAD ONE DURING OUR START UP DAYS.

WE HAVE ONE THIS WEDNESDAY.

WE'RE EXCITED FOR THE TIME FOR OUR TEACHERS TO WORK TOGETHER AGAIN TO SET UP THEIR ESSENTIAL STANDARDS, SEE HOW KIDS HAVE PROGRESSED, MAKE CHANGES TO THEIR INSTRUCTION TO BETTER MEET OUR STUDENTS NEEDS.

SO I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR SETTING THAT TIME ASIDE.

IT WILL BE USED AND IT WILL BE VALUABLE FOR OUR STAFF.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMITMENT.

APPRECIATE THAT.

AND THAT'S IT FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING.

SO NO HUMAN RESOURCES REPORT.

SO WE'LL SKIP THAT AND TURN IT OVER TO FINANCE.

SO SCOTT I JUST HAVE A QUICK UPDATE THAT WE HAVE FINALLY FINISHED UP THE 2223 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FROM OUR FISCAL YEAR END OF AUGUST 31ST. SO IT TAKES A COUPLE OF MONTHS TO GET EVERYTHING IN ORDER FOR THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND THE NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

SO WE WILL BE ROLLING OUR SYSTEM, AND THEN YOU WILL GET CAUGHT UP ON YOUR BUDGET STATUS REPORTS THAT I KNOW YOU LOOK FORWARD TO EVERY MONTH.

AND SO THOSE WILL BE COMING FORTH VERY SOON.

I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THAT.

THANK YOU. MICHELLE, A QUICK OPERATIONS REPORT.

NOW THAT YOU HAVE TO BE QUICK.

YOU SAID IT WAS QUICK. I CAN DO I CAN DO THAT.

AS YOU'LL SEE ON THE CAM.

PLAYSHEDS COMING TO A CLOSE, GETTING READY TO FINISH THAT UP AS WELL AS THE FLAGPOLE COMMONS AREA.

I JUST WANTED TO REMIND YOU ABOUT THE GRAND OPENING BEFORE THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

THANK YOU. YEAH, THAT'S NOVEMBER 27TH AND THAT'S PRIOR TO OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING.

AND THAT CAMPUS IS LOOKING GREAT.

I WAS JUST TELLING KEVIN THE OTHER DAY, HOW DO YOU GET TO GROW THE GRASS SO NICELY LIKE THAT? I NEED A NEW YARD.

YEAH. AND THEN COMMUNICATIONS.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. I WANTED TO START WITH OUR ANNUAL REPORT, WHICH MARY IS SO GRACIOUSLY MENTIONED.

THANK YOU. THIS REALLY IS A LABOR OF LOVE FOR THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM.

IT GETS MAILED TO ALL HOUSEHOLDS AND BUSINESSES IN THE DISTRICT, AND WE PUT A LOT OF TIME INTO TRYING TO MAKE IT COMPELLING AND ACCURATE AND REPRESENT THE OUTCOMES OF THE DECISIONS THAT THE BOARD MAKES ON THINGS LIKE CURRICULUM, ADOPTIONS AND BUDGET.

SO KUDOS TO THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM ON THAT NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

A COUPLE OF RECENT STORIES AND PODCASTS, STARTING WITH THE UPPER LEFT CORNER.

CHRIS WROTE THIS REALLY FUN STORY ABOUT A BIOLOGY TEACHER, CHRISTINA GREEN, AT PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL, WHO CREATED THIS CHARACTER, MR. BONES. AND THEN SHE TOOK HIM TO RESTAURANTS AROUND TOWN AND BROUGHT BACK FOOD AND HAD THE STUDENTS TEST THE MOLECULES TO DETERMINE WHERE MR. BONES WAS WHEN HE DIED, AND THEN WHAT HE HAD IN HIS STOMACH.

SO IT WAS A COOL MURDER MYSTERY SLASH SCIENCE EXPERIMENT ON THE BOTTOM LEFT.

I THINK I MENTIONED THIS AT THE LAST MEETING, BUT WE HAD A BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL BAND TEACHER, GREG MCKELVIE AND CAM ACADEMY VOLUNTEER HOLLY AMUNDSON, AND THEY WERE RECENTLY HONORED AT THE IDENTITY CLARK COUNTY LEARN HERE HEROES EVENT, WHICH HONORED STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS FROM DISTRICTS ALL OVER THE COUNTY.

BUT IT WAS REALLY NEAT TO SEE BOTH OF THEM ACKNOWLEDGE FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO, AND WE SHARE THAT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

AND MAN, IF YOU WANT AN INFLUX OF, YOU KNOW, LIKES AND LOVES JUST.

POST THESE TWO TO YOUR PAGE BECAUSE I THINK LAST TIME I CHECKED WE HAD SOMETHING LIKE 920 REACTIONS.

SO PRETTY COOL.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAD A GREAT EPISODE WITH THAT, TALKS ABOUT THE BUDGET, AND THEN ALSO HAS A SPOTLIGHT ON THE NEW DREAM TEAM AT TUKES VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL.

AND THIS WAS A MULTILINGUAL EVENT THAT WAS HELD AT THE END OF OCTOBER, WHERE FAMILIES WHO ARE IN THE PROGRAM GOT TO COME IN.

THEY GOT TO MEET THE STAFF AT THE SCHOOL, LEARN ABOUT THE CURRICULUM, TAKE HOME SOME BOOKS.

SO REALLY GREAT WORK BY ALL THE MULTILINGUAL STAFF AND PUTTING THAT ON.

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WE ALSO RECENTLY HAD ANOTHER ISSUE OF OUR NEWER STAFF NEWSLETTER.

SO LOTS OF INFORMATION FOR OUR EMPLOYEES ABOUT THINGS LIKE HOW TO FIND OUT IF SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED DUE TO WEATHER AND OPEN ENROLLMENT, AND JUST KIND OF HELPFUL NUTS AND BOLTS, STUFF LIKE THAT. AND THEN LASTLY, I THINK IT'S BEEN MENTIONED, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT THEATER OPPORTUNITIES GOING ON IN THE DISTRICT RIGHT NOW AT PRAIRIE AND BATTLE GROUND, AND THEN ALSO RIVER'S PRODUCTION OF ALADDIN JUNIOR AT PRAIRIE.

AND THEN, AS KEVIN MENTIONED, THE CAM DEDICATION IS IN TWO WEEKS, 27TH, 430 TO 630, WITH A CEREMONY BEGINNING AT 5 P.M..

SO WE'LL HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE.

THANKS. THANK YOU. AND THAT'S IT FOR SUPERINTENDENT STAFF UPDATES.

ALL RIGHT, THAT BRINGS US TO CITIZENS COMMENTS.

[8. Citizens' Comments]

YOU WILL BE GIVEN YOUR ALLOTMENT OF TIME OF THREE MINUTES.

WE WILL.

SORA WILL FLAG YOU WHEN YOU HAVE 30S LEFT.

AND THEN WHEN YOU'RE OUT OF TIME.

SO JUST KEEP YOUR EYES FOCUSED.

JUST TO THE RIGHT, JUST A LITTLE BIT TO WATCH THOSE COME UP.

YOU CAN ALSO CHECK THE BOARD IF YOU NEED TO KNOW HOW MUCH TIME YOU HAVE LEFT.

WITH THAT, WE WILL CALL OUR FIRST CITIZEN UP TERRY TATE.

COULD YOU DO ME A FAVOR? WHEN I HAVE 30.

SAY REAL LOUDLY.

30. OKAY, I WILL DO THAT.

30 I ALMOST I ALMOST.

DID NOT GET UP HERE TO SPEAK TO YOU GUYS, OKAY? I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A CHESS UPDATE, AND I'M SO GLAD I WROTE MY NAME DOWN, BECAUSE I AM SO JEALOUS OF THOSE GUYS.

AND THEY'RE ALL GONE NOW.

OKAY. THE FIRST TOURNAMENT THAT THEY HAD, THE FIRST E-SPORTS TOURNAMENT WAS IN 72.

THE FIRST FULLY COMPUTERIZED CHESS TOURNAMENT WAS IN 70.

SO WE BEAT YOU.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. BUT WE'RE LAGGING BEHIND IN PROMOTION, SAY, BECAUSE CHAMPIONS ARE WHAT MAKE THIS WORK.

AND OUR CHAMPION BACK THERE CAME FORWARD AND TALK WITH YOU ABOUT THIS AND GOT THIS THING GOING AT BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL.

YOU ASKED ME LAST TIME I WAS HERE, IS IT THE SAME IN ALL THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS OR IS IT JUST BATTLE GROUND HAS SO MUCH TROUBLE GETTING CHESS GOING ALL THE DISTRICTS.

OKAY, SO WHAT I WANT TO DO BEFORE I RUN OUT OF TIME IS I WANT TO SAY WHAT I CAME TO SAY, AND THEN HOPEFULLY I CAN ADDRESS SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS, BECAUSE THREE MINUTES IS A LOT HARDER THAN THE TIME WE JUST HAD.

OKAY. WHAT I WANTED TO TELL YOU WAS THAT WE HAD OUR TOURNAMENT ON THE 14TH OF OCTOBER.

WE HAD 38 SCHOOLS.

WE HAD 102 PLAYERS AND I WANTED TO PUT THE NAMES OUT OF THESE GUYS.

THE TOP EIGHTH GRADER WAS CALEB VAVILON FROM CAM ACADEMY.

THE TOP NINTH GRADER WAS JACK SEARS FROM PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL, AND THE TOP 11TH GRADER WAS LUKE SEARS FROM PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL.

WOW. OKAY. NOW WE HAD STUDENTS FROM ALL OVER THE PLACE.

AND THE PROBLEM IS, SINCE IT'S NOT A BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT EVENT, THERE'S NO WAY QUITE REALLY TO GET IT INTO THE BATTLE GROUND NEWS.

NOW, IT WAS IN THE COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER.

OKAY. BUT NOW WE'RE HAVING ANOTHER TOURNAMENT JANUARY 27TH.

I CANNOT DELIVER A FLIER TO BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL AND SAY, COULD YOU LET THE KIDS KNOW THAT THIS IS GOING ON IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT IT? I CAN'T DO THAT BECAUSE IT'S NOT A BATTLE GROUND EVENT.

THE EVENT WAS HOSTED AT A PLACE CALLED, I CAN'T FIRMLY PLANTED RESOURCE CENTER.

OKAY. IF I HAD IT AT LAUREN HIGH SCHOOL.

LAUREN MIDDLE SCHOOL, I HAD TO PAY $1,000.

SO I AM REALLY, THIRTY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY IT.

I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT GETTING ON THE HEELS OF THAT.

OKAY. BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THERE ARE ONLY ABLE TO DO THAT 90 DAYS OUT OF THE YEAR BECAUSE THEY ONLY HAVE A SPRING AND A FALL LEAGUE.

I HEARD A GAL SAY COMPLETELY CHANGED HER OPINION OF HIGH SCHOOL.

WE GOT KIDS GOING TO DRILL TEAM, RIFLE DRILL TEAM ROTC, AND THEY ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT MAYBE GOING TO FLORIDA.

YOU KNOW WHAT? PROBABLY MOST OF THE KIDS IN ALL THE HIGH SCHOOLS DON'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT IT EXCEPT FOR THIS, MAYBE 14 KIDS.

THEY ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.

OKAY. I BELIEVE THAT THERE'S LOTS THAT WE CAN DO AND THERE'S LOTS TO DO, AND I DON'T SEE WHY BATTLE GROUND CAN'T BE ON THE FRONT OF THIS AND

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THANK YOU. EUNICE INGERMANSON.

GOOD EVENING BOARD. MY NAME IS EUNICE INGERMANSON.

MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE, HER, AND I AM A COMMUNITY MEMBER IN THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I LEARNED SO MUCH TONIGHT FROM LISTENING TO ALL THE STUDENTS.

VERY EXCITING.

A WEEK FROM NOW ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20TH, FROM 6 TO 8 P.M.

IN DOWNTOWN VANCOUVER, THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL GATHERING TO REMEMBER THE 25 TRANSGENDER AND NON-BINARY PEOPLE THAT WERE KILLED IN VIOLENCE IN OUR COUNTRY THIS YEAR.

I HAVE TRANSGENDER FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS, AND EVERY TIME I HEAR OF TRANSGENDER PERSONS LIFE CUT SHORT BY HATE AND VIOLENCE, I FEEL THE SHOCK AND GRIEF IN MY GUT.

ACCORDING TO HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN, 88% OF THE VICTIMS THIS YEAR WERE PEOPLE OF COLOR, 52% WERE BLACK TRANSGENDER WOMEN.

72 WERE KILLED WITH A GUN.

47% OF THE VICTIMS WITH A KNOWN KILLER WERE KILLED BY A ROMANTIC OR SEXUAL PARTNER, FRIEND OR FAMILY MEMBER.

I INVITE YOU TO JOIN ME AT THIS TRANSGENDER DAY OF REMEMBRANCE EVENT.

LET US STAND TOGETHER IN MOURNING THE LOSS OF THESE PRECIOUS 25 LIVES IN THE US AND 320 LIVES WORLDWIDE, LOST TO ANTI-TRANSGENDER HATE AND VIOLENCE.

AND LET US RESOLVE THAT ON OUR SCHOOL CAMPUSES.

NO MATTER WHAT WE PERSONALLY FEEL ABOUT GENDER IDENTITIES, WE WILL WORK HARD TOGETHER TO HELP OUR TRANSGENDER AND NON-BINARY STUDENTS AND STAFF STAY SAFE AND THRIVE.

THANK YOU. ONE FINAL SPEAKER.

I AM NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SAY YOUR LAST NAME, SARITA.

MAYBE IT WAS ABOUT ESPORTS, SO POSSIBLY THEY LEFT WITH THE GROUP.

OKAY. I THINK THEY YEAH, I THINK IT WAS ONE.

THEY PROBABLY THOUGHT THEY NEED TO SIGN UP.

OH, YEAH.

UM, ANYBODY ELSE FOR CITIZENS COMMENTS THAT MAYBE DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO SIGN UP? OKAY. SEEING NONE, WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

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

RESOLUTION I 23, WASHINGTON STATE SCHOOL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE DIRECTORS ELECT INTERGOVERNMENTAL COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF SEATTLE, AND THE FINAL ITEM IS THE APPROVAL OF THE CARL PERKINS GRANT UNDER CTE PROGRAMS. IS THERE ANY ITEMS ON THIS LIST THAT THE BOARD WOULD LIKE REMOVED OR MORE INFORMATION ON BEFORE WE PROCEED? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

CAN WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED? I WOULD LOOK TO OUR STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES FOR AN ADVISORY VOTE.

LAST CALL FOR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

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

BEFORE I MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WAS THERE ANY DISCUSSION AROUND THESE ITEMS OR FOLLOW UP THAT ANYBODY WANTED TO MENTION? JUST CHECKING. SOMETIMES WE TALK.

NOT TONIGHT. WE HAVE NO ITEMS OF OLD BUSINESS ON THE AGENDA.

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

BOARD. RECENTLY, CLARK REGIONAL WASTEWATER REACHED OUT TO ME AND WE HAD SOME PAPERWORK THAT WE DIDN'T FINISH UP AT THE END OF 2019.

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SO THEY REACHED OUT TO ME AND PROVIDED THIS EASEMENT AS WELL AS THE BILL OF SALE.

THE EASEMENT IS JUST ON OUR LAUREN PROPERTY AND IS A SMALL AREA WHERE OUR STORM, OUR PUMP STATION IS.

IT ALLOWS THEM TO GO IN AND PERFORM ANY MAINTENANCE THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO DO ON THAT.

THE BILL OF SALE IS A FORMAL CONVEYANCE OF OWNERSHIP OF THE SEWER PIPE.

BEFORE THE PROJECT STARTED, WE HAD A DEVELOPER'S AGREEMENT WHICH BASICALLY STATED, WE'LL BATTLE GROUND BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL PAY TO INSTALL THE WHOLE THING UP FRONT. AND AT THE END OF THAT, WE WOULD TURN THAT OVER TO THE CLARK REGIONAL WASTEWATER.

THAT WAY, IF THERE'S ANY MAINTENANCE REQUIRED OR ANY DAMAGE, IT'S THEIR PIPE.

THEY FIX IT. SO THE ONLY THING WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN IS OUR PUMP STATION, WHICH IS ON SITE.

THE EASEMENT JUST ALLOWS THE WASTEWATER DISTRICT TO HAVE ACCESS TO THAT STORMWATER TO THAT PUMP.

SORRY, IT'S FOUR YEARS LATE.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? I MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE SIGNATURE OF THE SEWER EASEMENT AND BILL OF SALE FOR THE GLENWOOD LAWN SEWER PROJECT.

THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THE SEWER EASEMENT AND BILL OF SALE.

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

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

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

FOR THE NEXT ITEM OF NEW BUSINESS, I WILL BE RECUSING MYSELF FROM THIS ITEM AS I WORK FOR THE UTILITY.

AND TURNING OVER THIS AGENDA ITEM TO VICE PRESIDENT WATRIN.

GREAT. THANK YOU. AND WE DISCUSSED THIS.

IT'S PROBABLY NOT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE BOARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ERR ON THE SIDE OF THE RIGHT WAY RATHER THAN THE WRONG.

AND SO EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT, I'LL RUN THIS PARTICULAR VOTE AND.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THIS IS A VERY, VERY SIMILAR EASEMENT AS THE PRIOR TOPIC WE JUST DISCUSSED.

THIS ONE, HOWEVER, IS THE CLERK PUBLIC UTILITIES.

IT'S AN EASEMENT AND THE RIGHT OF WAY ON OUR MAPLE GROVE CAMPUS.

THEY'RE GOING TO COME IN FROM THE THEATER SIDE OUT INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD AND CONNECT TO A AN UNDERGROUND BOX THERE.

THIS IS REALLY NEAT BECAUSE IT ALLOWS, LET'S SAY THERE'S A CAR ACCIDENT THAT TAKES DOWN A POLE, AND WE'RE SERVED FROM THE EAST SIDE, FOR INSTANCE, THE IS DOWN.

THIS ALLOWS THE CLERK PUBLIC UTILITIES TO IMMEDIATELY REROUTE OUR POWER SOURCE FROM A DIFFERENT LOCATION SO THAT OUR SCHOOLS WILL STAY ON.

AGAIN, IT'S A STANDARD, STANDARD EASEMENT.

I'M SURE MS.. MADDUX HAS SEEN A MILLION OF THEM.

IT'S FOR THEM TO HAVE ACCESS.

IT'S NOT OUR WIRE. IT'S FOR THEM TO HAVE ACCESS IN THE FUTURE.

IF ANYTHING GOES WRONG AND THE BOX OR WHATEVER IS ALREADY THERE.

YEAH, IT'S AN EXISTING ONE IN THE FIELD ITSELF INTO ITSELF.

YEAH. INTERESTING. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? I MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, APPROVE THE EASEMENT AND RIGHT OF WAY TO CLARK PUBLIC UTILITIES, AND MOVED TO APPROVE THE EASEMENT AND RIGHT OF WAY FOR THE MAPLE GROVE CAMPUS FOR CLARK PUBLIC UTILITIES.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? STUDENTS ADVISORY VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES 4 TO 0, AND I DEFER BACK TO PRESIDENT MADDUX.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

THE NEXT ITEM OF NEW BUSINESS IS THE REVISION OF POLICY 3520 STUDENT FEES, FINES OR CHARGES.

MICHELLE SCOTT GOOD EVENING.

BOARD. SO THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO SOME LEGISLATIVE ACTION THAT TOOK PLACE IN 2023.

SO THIS IS STATE LAW THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING BY INCORPORATING THIS INTO OUR BOARD POLICY 3520.

THIS IS AGAIN THE NEXT STEP IN REDUCING BARRIERS FOR STUDENTS.

SO WE'VE HAD SEVERAL REVISIONS TO THIS POLICY AS YOU MAY RECALL.

SO THIS ONE IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.

IT IS A REDUCING OR IT'S PREVENTING THE DIPLOMA BEING WITHHELD.

IF STUDENTS HAVE FINES LESS THAN $1,000.

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SO UNDER STATE LAW NOW, WE WILL BE IT'LL HAVE TO BE ANYTHING OVER $1,000.

AND THEN THERE'S A FEW THINGS THAT WILL HAVE TO DO AS WELL ON THAT.

SO I'M ASKING FOR YOUR BOARD APPROVAL OF THE REVISION TO POLICY 3520.

STUDENT FEES, FINES AND CHARGES.

ANY QUESTIONS? I MAKE A MOTION AT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, APPROVE THE REVISION OF POLICY 3520 STUDENT FEES, FINES OR CHARGES.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT MOTION TO APPROVE THE REVISION OF POLICY 3520.

I WOULD LOOK TO OUR STUDENTS FOR THEIR ADVISORY VOTES, AND I WOULD ASK IF THERE'S ANY FINAL QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.

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

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

NEXT, UNDER NEW BUSINESS, WE HAVE THE REVISION OF POLICY 6700.

NUTRITION, HEALTH AND PHYSICAL FITNESS.

MICHELLE SCOTT. YES.

SO I DO WANT TO APOLOGIZE THERE.

ONE OF THE MAJOR UPDATES TO THIS POLICY IS ACTUALLY INCORPORATING THE LAWS OF 2023, CHAPTER 272 ESSB 5257 PUBLIC SCHOOLS DAILY RECESS INTO THE LEGAL PORTION OF IT.

WE WERE HAVING A LITTLE DIFFICULTY WITH BOARD DOCS AND BEING ABLE TO ACTUALLY PUT THAT IN THERE SO YOU COULD SEE THAT CHANGE.

AND THEN ALSO ESSHB 1238, SCHOOL MEALS AND VARIOUS PROVISIONS.

SO THE CHANGES FOR THOSE TWO LEGISLATIVE ACTION THAT BECAME STATE LAW ARE REALLY EMBEDDED INTO THE PROCEDURE. SO THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE THE PROCEDURE THAT WILL BE UPDATED TO INCLUDE THAT THE STATE REQUIREMENT FOR 30 MINUTES OF DAILY RECESS FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS, WHICH WE MEET THAT DAILY REQUIREMENT, AND THEN ALSO TO INCLUDE THE NEW STATE FUNDING PROGRAM FOR FREE MEALS FOR GRADES K THROUGH FOUR WHEN NOT PARTICIPATING IN A FEDERALLY FUNDED UNIVERSAL MEAL PROGRAM AND MEETING CERTAIN FEDERAL GUIDELINES FOR LOW INCOME.

SO THOSE ARE IT'S KIND OF ALL ENCOMPASSING OF THOSE THINGS.

THERE WERE ALSO SOME RECOMMENDED SMALL CHANGES THAT YOU CAN SEE THROUGHOUT THE POLICY THAT WERE ALSO BROUGHT IN THROUGH THE WAS THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE POLICY.

SO ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL OF THE REVISION TO POLICY 6700 NUTRITION, HEALTH AND PHYSICAL FITNESS.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE THE REVISIONS OF POLICY 6700 NUTRITION, HEALTH AND PHYSICAL FITNESS.

WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

I WOULD LOOK TO OUR STUDENTS FOR THEIR ADVISORY VOTE.

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.

AND LAST ORDER OF NEW BUSINESS TONIGHT, WE HAVE THE RESOLUTION NUMBER H 23 FOR THE CAPITAL LEVY FOR SAFETY FACILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY.

MR. WATTERS. THANK YOU.

BOARD. BOARD.

AS YOU KNOW, AT OUR LAST BOARD MEETING, I CAME TO YOU AND ASKED IF YOU WOULD CONSIDER US PUTTING FORTH A CAPITAL LEVY FOR FEBRUARY 13TH OF 2024.

THE REASONS ARE PLENTIFUL.

AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO PASS A BOND IN THE DISTRICT SINCE 2005, SO EVEN OUR NEWEST BUILDINGS ARE APPROACHING 20 YEARS OLD.

WE HAVE A LOT OF FACILITY NEEDS, AS MR. JOLMA MENTIONED, THE LAST TIME WE MET ON HIS FIVE YEAR PLAN, HE HAS OVER $50 MILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS THAT ARE NEEDED TO KEEP THE DISTRICT RUNNING IN TERMS OF SAFE, WARM AND DRY. AND THESE ARE NOT THESE ARE NOT WANTS.

THESE ARE DEFINITE NEEDS.

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SO WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT ALTERNATIVES, AND THE ALTERNATIVE THAT WE HAVE COME UP WITH IS IN THE FORM OF A CAPITAL LEVY, AND YOU HAVE THE COMPLETE RESOLUTION IN FRONT OF YOU.

AND I HOPE THAT YOU'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK THAT OVER.

BUT I'M GOING TO GO OVER THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE RESOLUTION.

PLEASE. COULD YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE? THANKS. SO WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS THAT WE RUN A CAPITAL LEVY.

IT WILL BE A THREE YEAR LEVY WHILE WE WILL BE RUNNING THE LEVY IN FEBRUARY 13TH OF 2024.

WE WILL NOT START COLLECTING ON THE LEVY UNTIL 2025.

SO WE'LL COLLECT 2025, 2026 AND 2027.

THE GREAT THING ABOUT A CAPITAL LEVY AS COMPARED TO A BOND IS THAT WHILE THE BOND REQUIRES A SUPERMAJORITY, THE LEVY SIMPLY REQUIRES A SIMPLE MAJORITY IN WHICH TO PASS.

I BELIEVE THAT THE THREE YEARS WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR US.

I THINK OUR HOPE IS AFTER THREE YEARS, WE CAN REASSESS.

THERE MIGHT BE CHANGES AS AS DIRECTOR SNITILY HAS INDICATED, THERE MIGHT BE CHANGES WITH THE BOND PRACTICES.

AS DIRECTOR WATRIN HAS INDICATED, THEY MAY LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT COULD POTENTIALLY HELP US.

SO THREE YEARS WILL GIVE US A CLEARER PICTURE.

THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT WE CAN'T WAIT THREE YEARS FOR SOME OF OUR FACILITY NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.

KEVIN AND I WERE TALKING TODAY AND JUST ABOUT OUR ROOFS AND OUR ROOFS.

ROOFS, OUR ROOFS.

THIS JUST DOESN'T SOUND RIGHT.

ROOFS, WHATEVER THEY ARE, THOSE THINGS THAT COVER US.

YES. YEAH.

WE HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT NEEDS IN JUST THAT AREA.

OUR HVAC SYSTEMS ARE ANOTHER.

SO THIS PROPOSAL WOULD BE TO MEET THOSE NEEDS AND THEN AGAIN PUT US IN A BETTER SITUATION FOUR YEARS FROM NOW TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AND SEE WHAT NEXT STEPS WOULD BE.

WE HAVE FOCUSED SIGNIFICANTLY ON SECURITY IN TERMS OF ENTRYWAYS AND CAMERAS.

AND AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE STARTED THE ENTRY PROCESS.

HOWEVER, WE NEED ADDITIONAL MONIES TO COMPLETE THOSE.

AS I MENTIONED, ROOF AND HEATING AND COOLING REPAIRS.

WE ALSO WANT TO DO SOME WORK WITH OUR CTE PROGRAMS, ESPECIALLY ONE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION TRADES AND CULINARY AND HEALTH SCIENCES.

AS SHELLEY INDICATED, WE WERE TREATED AT THE LAST CAC MEETING TO ESD, VICKI HERDINIA, WHO RUNS THE ESD STEM PROGRAM, CAME AND SPOKE TO THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND TALKED TO US ABOUT, FOR THOSE STUDENTS NOT GOING OFF TO COLLEGE, THAT THE CAREERS AND THE TRADES THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND THE GOOD SALARIES AND THE BENEFITS AND THE JOB OPPORTUNITIES THAT EXIST ARE SIGNIFICANT.

AND THREE OF THE TWO OF THE HIGHEST AREAS THAT SHE TALKED ABOUT WERE THE CONSTRUCTION TRADES, WHERE IF YOU LOOK AT CLARK COUNTY AND YOU LOOK AT THE THE HIGHEST JOB NEED IN CLARK COUNTY, IT'S CONSTRUCTION TRADES AND THEN HEALTH SCIENCES WAS RIGHT THERE. ALSO, IT WAS IN THE TOP THREE.

WHILE CULINARY IS NOT IN THOSE TOP AREAS, IT'S STILL A HIGH DEMAND TRADE.

BUT ALSO, AS I MENTIONED TO YOU, WE HAVE OUTSTANDING CULINARY PROGRAMS IN BOTH OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS AT PRAIRIE AND BATTLE GROUND, AND IT'S A SHAME THAT SOME OF OUR CULINARY STUDENTS ARE MISSING OUT BECAUSE OUR FACILITIES ARE NOT UP TO GRADE.

SO THIS THESE PROJECTS FOR NEW LEARNING SPACES WOULD FOCUS ON CTE.

AND IT'S IT'S HIGH NEEDS FOR US AS WELL.

AND ALSO WE'D BE DOING TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES.

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PLEASE, CAN YOU GO MAYBE, MAYBE BLOW IT UP JUST A TAD BIT? THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND THOSE PROJECTS ARE LISTED BY DISTRICT BUT ALSO BY BUILDING.

SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO THROUGH THOSE AND SEE THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR BUILDINGS, OUR 19 SCHOOLS, WILL BE TOUCHED BY THESE VARIOUS PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE OCCURRING.

AND IF YOU GO BACK TO THE TOP OF THAT LIST, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'VE BROKEN IT OFF INTO THREE SECTIONS, APPROXIMATELY. I CAN'T SEE THAT FAR AWAY.

NINE THANK YOU.

19% FOR SAFETY.

THERE YOU GO. OR A LITTLE OVER 5 MILLION, 54% FOR FACILITIES IMPROVEMENTS OR REPAIRS.

ALMOST 15 MILLION THERE AND 27% FOR TECHNOLOGY, ALMOST A LITTLE OVER 7.5 MILLION THERE, AT LEAST.

IF WE COULD GO BACK TO THE OTHER PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. AND THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

HERE'S WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT.

WE INCLUDED HERE CURRENTLY THE TOTAL BOND OR CAPITAL LEVY AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE THIS YEAR IS $7.3 MILLION. AND THAT EXPIRES AS WE KNOW THAT BOND EXPIRES AT THE END OF 2023.

THE CURRENT RATE OF THAT BOND IS $0.44.

SO WHAT OUR PROPOSAL IS, IS TO PLACE THIS CAPITAL LEVY IN FRONT OF OUR VOTERS IN 2024.

IF THE CAPITAL LEVY SUCCEEDS IN 2025, WE WILL KEEP THE LEVY RATE AT $0.44.

SO THERE WILL NOT BE AN INCREASE FOR OUR TAXPAYERS.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT RATE WILL STAY AT $0.44 FOR 2025, 2026 AND 2027. BECAUSE OF THE ASSESSED VALUE INCREASES IN THE DISTRICT, WE WILL BE ABLE TO RAISE $8.5 MILLION IN 2025, $9.2 MILLION IN 2026, AND $10 MILLION IN 2027. NOW, TO GIVE YOU AND OUR COMMUNITY AN IDEA OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE TO THE INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYER, THIS IS WHAT IT CURRENTLY LOOKS LIKE.

SO RIGHT NOW ON A 300 K PROPERTY, OUR TAXPAYERS ARE PAYING $132 PER YEAR ON A 400 K PROPERTY, $176 AND 500 $220 PER YEAR.

IN 2024, WE WOULD NOT COLLECT ANY OF THOSE TAXES, BUT THEN IN 2025, WE WOULD COLLECT ON THE 300 K PROPERTY.

IT WOULD BE EQUIVALENT TO WHAT WE'RE COLLECTING RIGHT NOW.

SO 132 176 AND 220.

AND THEN EVEN THOUGH WE'RE COLLECTING MORE MONEY BECAUSE OF THE INCREASED ASSESSED VALUE, IT STAYS THE SAME.

SO THE RATE THAT WE WOULD BE COLLECTING WOULD BE CONSISTENT ACROSS THE TIME PERIOD THERE.

I DO THINK THAT IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR NOT ONLY OUR BOARD, BUT OUR COMMUNITY TO SEE THAT WHEN YOU COMPARE CLARK COUNTY 2023 TAX RATES AND WHAT OTHER DISTRICTS ARE RECOUPING, YOU CAN SEE THERE THAT STARTS AT THE TOP WITH KANSAS.

THEY HAVE AN EPO, EPO LEVY OF $1.90.

THEY ALSO HAVE A TECHNOLOGY LEVEL LEVY AT $0.41, WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO OUR WHAT OUR PROPOSED CAPITAL LEVY WOULD BE.

AND THEY HAVE A BOND AT $1.26.

SO THE TOTAL LOCAL BOND AND LEVY AMOUNT FOR CAMAS IS $3.57.

AND YOU CAN GO THROUGH THAT CHART AND LOOK AT ALL OF THEM.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS THAT ALL THE WAY ON THE BOTTOM THERE IS THE BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT.

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WE DO NOT HAVE A TECHNOLOGY LEVEL AND OUR BOND IS SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE.

AND THAT'S THAT $0.44.

AND EVEN WITH A CONTINUATION OF THE $0.44 IN A CAPITAL LEVY, OUR TOTAL COLLECTION WOULD STILL BE $2.14, LOWER THAN ALL THE OTHER DISTRICTS IN SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON.

SO I BELIEVE WE ARE BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF TAXPAYER MONEY.

BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT NEED.

THE ANALOGY THAT ONE OF OUR CCAC LEADERS USED LAST YEAR, WHEN HE CAME AND SPOKE TO YOU ABOUT THE IDEA OF RUNNING A BOND FOR BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND HE TALKED ABOUT THE OLD CAR.

AND THE OLDER THE CAR GETS, THE MORE EXPENSIVE IT GETS AND THE MORE DIFFICULT IT IS FOR THE UPKEEP. WE ARE DRIVING THE OLD CAR AND WE HAVE BUILDINGS THAT HAVE SIGNIFICANT NEEDS, AND WE KNOW THAT OUR DOLLAR IS NOT GOING AS FAR AS IT USED TO BE.

TWO YEARS AGO, WE ASKED FOR A FOR A LEVY FROM OUR VOTERS, AND OUT OF THAT LEVY, APPROXIMATELY $4 MILLION GOES TO TECHNOLOGY AND MAINTENANCE AND FACILITIES.

BUT THAT $4 MILLION IS NOT KEEPING UP, AS KEVIN'S INDICATED, 2 TO 3 TIMES MORE EXPENSIVE, MAYBE EVEN MORE SO FOR PARTICULAR PROJECTS.

AND THAT THAT $2 MILLION THAT KEVIN GETS EVERY YEAR OUT OF LEVY TO DO THESE THINGS IS NOT MEETING OUR SIGNIFICANT NEEDS.

AND SO I'M ASKING THE BOARD TO CONSIDER THE RESOLUTION TO PUT FORTH TO OUR VOTERS SO THAT IN FEBRUARY 13TH, 2024, AT LEAST GO TO THE NEXT LAST SLIDE THAT WE CAN HAVE OUR VOTERS CONSIDER OUR REQUEST.

THE DEADLINE TO REGISTER FOR VOTING IS FEBRUARY 5TH ONLINE AND FEBRUARY 13TH IN PERSON.

BALLOTS ARE MAILED JANUARY 26TH.

ELECTION DAY IS FEBRUARY 13TH, AND RESULTS WILL BE CERTIFIED ON FEBRUARY 23RD.

SO I'M ASKING THE BOARD TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION, WHICH ALLOWS US TO MOVE FORWARD, AND THEN WE CAN ACTIVATE OR THE CITIZENS FOR BETTER SCHOOLS CAN ACTIVATE AND BEGIN TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY AND ASK FOR THE SUPPORT OF OUR VOTERS.

MANY QUESTIONS. I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I DO HAVE A COMMENT.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.

I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD, THE COUNTLESS CONVERSATIONS, WORKING SESSIONS, GOING OVER ALL OF THESE NEEDS, ALL THE TOURS AND IDENTIFYING ALL THE DEFICIENCIES IN THE STRUCTURES. IT'S I'M JUST GRATEFUL THAT WE'RE FINALLY HERE AT THE RESOLUTION.

I APPRECIATE THAT, AND AT THIS POINT, AND ANY LACK OF COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS THAT THIS BOARD HAS, PLEASE LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A VERY LONG TIME, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU AND I APPRECIATE IT.

A LOT OF HELP FROM A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE LIKE TO SPECIFICALLY CALL OUT MICHELLE SCOTT, WHO DID A LOT OF THE WORK TO PUT THIS RESOLUTION TOGETHER.

OF COURSE, KEVIN JOLMA, AMANDA RICHTER, GREAT, GREAT, GREAT TEAM.

SO THANK YOU GUYS.

AND SCOTT MCDANIEL I'M SORRY, SCOTT, I WAS SO MESMERIZED BY YOUR ESPORTS THAT I FORGOT THAT YOU WORKED ON THIS AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU SCOTT.

YEAH. AND OF COURSE SHELLEY, I JUST WANT TO ECHO THAT.

THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT'S GONE INTO IT AND ALL THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD.

I THINK THIS IS AN EXTREMELY CONSERVATIVE APPROACH, WHICH I THINK THE COMMUNITY WILL APPRECIATE IN THESE ECONOMIC TIMES.

AND STILL, I BELIEVE THAT IT RESPECTS THE NEEDS THAT WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS.

SO AGAIN, I THINK IT'S IT'S THE RIGHT WAY TO GO.

AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT'S GONE INTO IT.

AND YEAH, LET'S GET OUT THERE AND MAKE IT HAPPEN.

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BUT AS I'VE BEEN GIVEN ADVICE BEFORE, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO KEEP YOUR GOALS AND EXTEND YOUR DEADLINES.

AND THIS IS A GOOD WAY TO TO DO THAT.

AND WE DEFINITELY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BUILDINGS CAN LAST UNTIL THAT EXTENDED DEADLINE COMES UP.

I THINK THAT I JUST I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, DENNY, FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE PUT INTO THIS IN TERMS OF EDUCATING, YOU KNOW, THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE BOARD ABOUT THESE ISSUES.

I'VE BEEN ON THE TOURS, I'VE SEEN IT AND WE'VE TALKED IT.

I THINK YOU'LL FORGIVE THE EXPRESSION.

I THINK WE'VE TALKED THIS THING TO DEATH.

JUST, YOU KNOW, THE BOARD MEMBERS ALL FEEL LIKE, LET'S HURRY UP AND GET THIS THING VOTED BECAUSE AND I DON'T WANT I DON'T WANT THE FACT THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING A PROLONGED DISCUSSION NOW FOR PEOPLE WHO MAY POSSIBLY BE WATCHING THIS, TO THINK THAT THIS IS JUST A PRO FORMA THING.

WE HAVE LITERALLY SPENT WORK SESSIONS AND TOURS AND TALKING ABOUT IT AND GOING BACK AND FORTH ABOUT LEVY BOND, LEVY BOND LOOKED AT THE POPULATION, PROJECTED NUMBERS AGAIN AND AGAIN.

SO I JUST I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE PUT INTO THIS.

I AGREE WITH DIRECTOR SNITILY.

IT IS A CONSERVATIVE, MEASURED APPROACH AND IT EXERCISES AND IT'S EXERCISING THE STEWARDSHIP THAT IS OUR SACRED DUTY.

THANK YOU. I WISH I HAD WISE WORDS, BUT I DON'T.

I'M JUST HOPING YOU CAN SLEEP MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE NOW ONCE THIS VOTE IS GONE.

WHAT IS THAT? I DON'T KNOW, WHEN YOU FIND OUT, YOU LET ME KNOW.

BUT. FEBRUARY 23RD.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? I WOULD MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVED RESOLUTION NUMBER H-23, CAPITAL LEVY FOR SAFETY FACILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY.

ALL RIGHT. I WILL LOOK TO OUR STUDENTS FOR THEIR ADVISORY VOTES.

AND FROM THERE THIS WILL BE A ROLL CALL VOTE.

HE MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.

THANK YOU BOARD. ALL RIGHT, THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF NEW BUSINESS.

WE WILL LOOK AT FUTURE ITEMS AND BOARD EVENTS.

[12. Future Agenda Items and Board Events]

DEFINITELY SOME DRAMA EVENTS IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN CATCHING A GREAT PLAY.

LOOKING FORWARD, AGAIN THE WSSDA CONFERENCE IS COMING UP THIS WEEK.

WE HAVE THE RIBBON CAM RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY DEDICATION BEFORE THE NEXT BOARD MEETING ON THE 27TH.

IS THERE ANYTHING ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO ADD OR THAT I'VE FORGOTTEN? ALL RIGHT THEN WITH THAT, WE WILL ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT 7:58.

THANK YOU EVERYBODY.

THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.