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WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
[1. Call to Order]
READY. BEGIN.NEXT UP, WE HAVE OUR ROLL CALL.
. MADAM PRESIDENT, WE HAVE A QUORUM.
AND WE WILL NEED A MOTION TO EXCUSE JUL- OR SORA FROM THE MEETING TONIGHT.
I MOVE, WE EXCUSE SORA FROM THE MEETING THIS EVENING.
OKAY. WE HAVE, AN ACTION ON THE FLOOR.
EXCUSE SORA TOLLEY FROM THE MEETING TONIGHT WITH HER PREARRANGED ABSENCE.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES 3 TO 0.
WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT AGENDA TONIGHT.
WE HAVE OUR CONSENT AGENDA, THIS EVENING WITH FOUR ITEMS, NO OLD BUSINESS, TWO ITEMS OF NEW BUSINESS. AND THEN WE CAN LOOK AT FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND EVENTS.
[4. Agenda Approval (Board Vote w/Student Voice)]
OR MORE CONVERSATION OR ANY REMOVAL OF ITEMS FROM THE AGENDA TONIGHT? DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE TONIGHT'S AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
I WOULD LOOK TO OUR STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE FOR ADVISORY VOTE.
THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING TONIGHT'S AGENDA, PLEASE SAY AYE.
AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES 3 TO 0.
NEXT UP, WE HAVE OUR APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE NOVEMBER 27TH REGULAR MEETING.
[5. Approval of Minutes]
ANY QUESTIONS ON THESE MINUTES? HEARING NONE.I MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE NOVEMBER 27TH, 2023 REGULAR MEETING.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE NOVEMBER 27TH 23 REGULAR MEETING.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES 3 TO 0.
AND WITH THAT, WE WILL GET TO CELEBRATE SOME OATHS OF OFFICE.
[6. Oaths of Office - Board of Directors]
AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO, DENNY WATERS.I'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD, DEBBIE JOHNSON.
WE'RE GOING TO SHARE THIS MICROPHONE OKAY OKAY.
OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO I'LL READ.
AND THEN YOU JUST KIND OF FOLLOW ALONG HERE.
DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR I, DEBBIE JOHNSON, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I AM A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, THAT I AM A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES, AND OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON.
THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, AND THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON.
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FAITHFULLY, DILIGENTLY AND IMPARTIALLY.PERFORM THE OFFICE OF SCHOOL DIRECTOR.
DISTRICT NUMBER TWO, BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER 119.
PERFORM THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF SCHOOL DIRECTOR.
DIRECTOR. NUMBER TWO BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT.
IN AND FOR CLARK COUNTY, WASHINGTON.
AS SUCH, DUTIES ARE PRESCRIBED BY LAW.
IN AND FOR CLARK COUNTY, WASHINGTON, AS SUCH DUTIES ARE PRESCRIBED BY LAW.
CONGRATULATIONS. YOU'RE A BOARD MEMBER.
YOU CAN TAKE YOUR SEAT AT AND NEXT, I'D LIKE TO CALL TERRY TATE INTO THE EXACT SAME THING.
OKAY. WILL YOU SHUT DOWN? ARE YOU READY? YOU'RE PRESENTABLE.
I, TERRY [INAUDIBLE] TATE, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I AM A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, THAT I AM A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, AND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON.
TRULY, FAITHFULLY, DILIGENTLY AND IMPARTIALLY.
TRULY, FAITHFULLY, DILIGENTLY AND IMPARTIALLY.
OF THE OFFICE OF SCHOOL DIRECTOR, DISTRICT NUMBER FOUR BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER 119.
IN AND FOR CLARK COUNTY, WASHINGTON.
CONGRATULATIONS. WELCOME, BOARD MEMBERS.
DO I TURN OVER MY PLAQUE NOW? YES. YOU CAN . ALL RIGHT, WELL, CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR TWO NEW BOARD MEMBERS.
NEXT ON THE AGENDA, WE HAVE OUR ELECTION OF OFFICERS POLICY 1210.
[7. Election of Officers]
JUST TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND STATES THAT THE FIRST REGULAR MEETING AT WHICH NEWLY ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS ARE SEATED IN ELECTION YEARS AND AT THE FIRST REGULAR MEETING IN DECEMBER IN NON-ELECTION YEARS, THE BOARD SHALL ELECT FROM AMONG ITS MEMBERS A CHAIR, PRESIDENT AND A VICE CHAIR PRESIDENT TO SERVE ONE YEAR TERMS. NEWLY APPOINTED BOARD MEMBERS WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO SERVE AS AN OFFICER UNLESS A MAJORITY OF THE BOARD HAS BEEN APPOINTED.SO THAT IS NOT UP FOR, OUR REORGANIZATION TONIGHT.
MARY SNITILY IS OUR LEDGE REP, AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
SO, THE THIS BOTH THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND THE OFFICE OF VICE PRESIDENT, OUR ROLL CALL VOTES. SO WE WILL DO THEM ONE BY ONE.
AND THEN, SANDY WILL CALL EACH OF OUR NAMES TO ASK HOW WE VOTE, AND THEN SHOULD, AND THEN AND THEN THAT'S WHERE WE'LL START BEFORE I JUST KEEP STUMBLING OVER WORDS.
SO WITH THAT, DO WE HAVE ANY NOMINATIONS FOR THE CHAIR FOR PRESIDENT? I NOMINATE JACKIE MADDUX FOR PRESIDENT OF THE BATTLE GROUND PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 2024.
ANY FURTHER NOMINATIONS FOR THE ROLE OF PRESIDENT FROM THE BOARD? ALL RIGHT. IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE NO OTHER NOMINATIONS.
SO AT THIS TIME, SANDY, WE DO A ROLL CALL.
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. THANK YOU.NEXT UP, WE HAVE THE OFFICE OF VICE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD.
DO WE HAVE ANY NOMINATIONS? I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE MARY SNITILY FOR VICE PRESIDENT OF THE BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2024.
DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL NOMINATIONS FOR VICE PRESIDENT? HEARING NONE AT THIS TIME.
SANDY, WILL YOU CALL FOR A ROLL CALL VOTE? YOUR NEW BOARD VICE PRESIDENT IS MARY SNITILY.
YES. VERY GLAD NOT TO HAVE THE AWKWARD MOVEMENT OF CHAIRS LIKE THERE WAS LAST YEAR.
GET UP, GATHER YOUR STUFF AND SWITCH SEATS.
THAT WAS LIKE, IT'S NOT COMFORTABLE.
JUST IN CASE ANYBODY WAS WONDERING.
ALL RIGHT, NEXT ON THE AGENDA, WE HAVE STUDENT VOICE.
[8. Communications]
I HAVE.I BELIEVE A STUDENT FROM BATTLE GROUND IS GOING TO COME UP AND SPEAK.
BRING ANYBODY YOU WANT WITH YOU.
BOARD MEMBERS AND THOSE FROM OUR COMMUNITY HERE TONIGHT.
MY NAME IS JORDAN SNOTS, AND I'M THE PRESIDENT AT BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL.
THIS YEAR, BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL, ASB REPRESENTATIVES HAVE BEEN AIMING TO GIVE MORE THAN WE ASK.
ANOTHER EVENT INSPIRED BY THIS INVOLVED LEADERSHIP TRAINING IS OUR WINTER CHEER SPIRIT WEEK.
WE ARE WATCHING MOVIES AS A STUDENT BODY, RECEIVING AND RESPONDING TO NOTES FROM LOCAL PRIMARY STUDENTS, LEAVING ENCOURAGING NOTES ON CARS, AND CELEBRATING THE HOLIDAY SEASON IN WAYS THAT GIVE BACK TO OUR SCHOOL.
OUR FOODS CLASSES AND THEIR INSTRUCTOR, JEAN FRITZ, RUN THIS PROGRAM.
IN HIS WORDS, LOVE IS THE ONLY FORCE CAPABLE OF TRANSFORMING AN ENEMY INTO A FRIEND.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL OF THOSE HERE TODAY AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
YES. THE SECOND STUDENT FROM BATTLE GROUND HERE? HI. YES, YES.
MY NAME IS HOLLY AND I'M ACTUALLY FROM RIVER HOMELINK.
SO, I'M PRETTY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO SHARE MORE ABOUT OUR SCHOOL FOR YOU GUYS, SO TO START, OUR ASB IS REALLY UNIQUE AS WE'RE SEVENTH THROUGH 12TH GRADE, WHICH I KIND OF CONSIDER IT TO BE SUCH A BLESSING BECAUSE WE'RE ABLE TO REACH OUR VERY LARGE AGE DEMOGRAPHIC, WHICH CAN BE VERY DIFFICULT.
SO OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLERS REALLY HELP US WITH THAT, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THEM.
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JULIA STIFFLER AS PRESIDENT, HOLLY HOCKS IS VICE PRESIDENT.BRYSON ROBERTS AS SECRETARY, ELISE KIM AS TREASURER.
THIS IS WHY CONNECTION IS OUR BIGGEST GOAL THAT WE ARE STRIVING FOR.
THIS IS THE TIME WHEN EVERYONE BREAKS OFF INTO GROUPS TO WORK ON EXECUTING DIFFERENT EVENTS.
ONE OF OUR MAIN EVENTS, WINTER-GRAMS, IS CURRENTLY HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
AND WE EVEN SPELL, LIKE SING A SPECIAL SONG FOR THEM.
IT'S PRETTY FUN. WE ARE ALSO CURRENTLY PLANNING OUR WINTER FORMAL.
IT IS SEVEN THROUGH 12 AND IS ONE OF OUR FOUR DANCES THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
WE HAVE AN OUTREACH PROJECT GROUP WHOSE MAIN JOB IS TO COME UP WITH FUN AND CREATIVE WAYS TO BRING MORE COMMUNITY INTO OUR JAIL, SUCH AS THE FOOD DRIVE WE DID IN NOVEMBER AND A VETERANS DAY SLIDESHOW THAT WAS DISPLAYED IN THE COMMONS DEDICATED TO RELATIVES OF STUDENTS, STAFFS AND PARENTS THAT SERVED FOR OUR COUNTRY.
ANOTHER PROJECT GROUP THAT HELPS US FULFILL OUR WHY, IS MEDIA, WHICH IS IN CHARGE OF OUR TAKE WHAT YOU NEED WALL, WHICH IS A WALL IN THE HALLWAY FILLED WITH INSPIRING STICKY NOTES TO HELP ENCOURAGE SOMEONE TO GET THROUGH THE DAY.
MEDIA HAS ALSO IMPLEMENTED A COLORING BOOK COMPETITION, WHICH IS PRETTY NEW BUT VERY FUN.
OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS GROUP HAS ALSO BROUGHT A LOT OF LIFE TO OUR SCHOOL.
BY ANNOUNCING THE CHARACTER TRAIT OF THE MONTH.
EVERY MONTH, THE SCHOOL GIVES US A NEW CHARACTER TRAIT TO ANNOUNCE TO THE SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS TO WORK ON, AND WE HAVE ALSO BEEN COLLABORATING WITH OUR CULTURE CLUB, WHICH HAS BEEN ENCOURAGING STUDENTS TO PRACTICE THESE CHARACTER TRAITS.
FINALLY, OUR ASB IS NOT JUST A CLUB, BUT ALSO A LEADERSHIP CLASS THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY GET CREDIT FOR, WE ARE CURRENTLY STUDYING THE BOOK THE MAKING OF A MANAGER BY JULIE ZUO, AND THE MOST RECENT CHAPTER DISCUSSED ACCEPTING FEEDBACK FROM OTHERS, PROGRESSING AS A LEADER, HOW TO MOVE FORWARD FROM THINGS LIKE IMPOSTER SYNDROME AND SO ON.
SO, THAT'S KIND OF MY FIRST LITTLE INTRODUCTION FOR YOU TO OUR ASB.
AND I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO COMING BACK HERE EVERY MONTH AND SHARING MORE OF OUR SCHOOL WITH YOU.
HOLLY, BEFORE YOU GO, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. I'M JUST IMPRESSED WITH YOUR WORK ON LEADERSHIP AND HOW YOU'VE CONTINUED THAT WORK THROUGH A BOOK STUDY.
THANK YOU. THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER STUDENTS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT CAME TO SPEAK? OKAY. SEEING NONE, I WILL LOOK TO OUR STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE, JULIA STIFFLER, FOR ANY UPDATES SHE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SHARE.
BUT, I GOT TO SEE, OUR PRODUCTION OF THE ALADDIN.
YEAH, SO I WENT TO THAT, AND THAT'S KIND OF EVERYTHING ELSE WAS SAID BY HER, SO.
WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO COMMITTEE REPORTS.
FIRST UP ON THE LIST IS OUR LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE.
SO I AM MISSING THE LEDGE REP MEETING RIGHT NOW, BUT I'LL BE ABLE TO PICK IT UP.
IT'S RECORDED, AND I HOPE TO ATTEND THE DAY ON THE HILL IN JANUARY VIRTUALLY, IF WE CAN.
SO I WILL HOPEFULLY HAVE ANOTHER REPORT FOR YOU AFTER THAT OR MEETING IN JANUARY.
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AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT.THE AUDIT COMMITTEE MET THIS MONTH AND WE REVIEWED, THE BUDGET FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT, THE BUDGET FOR THE BOARD, THE PAYROLL, THE VOUCHERS.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, MICHELLE INFORMED US OF THE AUDITS THAT ARE COMING UP.
AND WE HAVE SEVERAL AUDITS, WHICH I'M SURE SHE'LL KEEP US INFORMED ABOUT.
THE AUDIT COMMITTEE DOES, HAVE TWO BOARD MEMBERS THAT SERVE ON IT? ONE POSITION IS NOW OPEN VACATED BY FORMER DIRECTOR MARK WATRIN, AND WE WILL BE LOOKING TO FILL THAT POSITION, AS WELL AS POSSIBLY A SECOND POSITION IF WITH MARY HAVING OUR HANDS FULL WITH THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE AND ALSO, NOW VICE PRESIDENT. BATTLE GROUND EDUCATION FOUNDATION.
FORMER DIRECTOR ANDREW LAWHON WAS OUR MEMBER BOARD REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE FOUNDATION, WE WILL NEED A NEW BOARD MEMBER TO BE APPOINTED AS A BOARD REPRESENTATIVE, WE'LL DO THAT IN JUST A FEW MINUTES, AND THEN I CAN SHARE THEY HAVE AN UPCOMING MEETING, I BELIEVE, ON THE 19TH OF THIS MONTH.
SO, TO START PREPARING FOR THEIR 30TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION.
NEXT MEETING IS NOT UNTIL JANUARY, SO NO UPDATES I SHOULD THEY DID MOVE IT UP TO THE 11TH THOUGH.
WHEN'S OUR NEXT? IT'S THE SAME DATE.
THEN I SHOULD HAVE A REPORT THEN FROM THE SAME DAY.
OKAY, AND THEN WE HAVE WASHINGTON STATE SCHOOL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION UPDATES OR WSSDA UPDATES FROM LAST. THE BOARD HAS TO SHARE.
IT'S KIND OF QUIET THIS TIME OF YEAR, AND THEN TOUR COMMITTEES.
WE COMPLETED A GROUP TOUR AT PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH WAS AMAZING, WHO WOULD LIKE TO CHAT ABOUT THAT? JULIA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO FIRST? YOU'RE PUTTING ME ON THE SPOT.
SO WE WENT. I HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN PROBABLY, LIKE, MAYBE NOT LIKE MOST OF YOU, BUT I HADN'T ACTUALLY BEEN PAST, LIKE, THE LOBBY AND THE AUDITORIUM AND, LIKE, THE GYM AT PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL. SO WE GOT TO GO INTO SOME COOL CLASSROOMS. WE WENT TO FOUR CLASSROOMS. IT WAS VERY CLEAR THAT PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL IS REALLY COMMITTED TO THEIR PLC WORK, AND I THINK THAT THEY REALLY FOSTERED THE IDEA THAT IT STARTS WITH THE TEACHERS AND THAT IF YOU DON'T HAVE A STRONG FOUNDATION THERE, THEN YOUR STUDENTS AREN'T GOING TO BE LEARNING.
AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING.
I ALSO THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY ADMIRABLE.
SO I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF MY MAIN HIGHLIGHTS FROM VISITING.
AND, YEAH, IT WAS I MEAN, I JUST GOT A FEELING FROM THE FOUR CLASSES WE WENT INTO, SAME AS YOU, JULIA, THAT, OBVIOUSLY THE TEACHERS ARE WORKING TOGETHER AND EVERYTHING WE HEARD EARLIER THIS EVENING, WE SAW IT IN PLAY, SO.
DID YOU GUYS WANT TO SHARE ANYTHING? I THINK THE I WOULD AGREE COMPLETELY.
WHAT WE SAW IN THE CLASSROOMS WERE AMAZING.
I REALLY APPRECIATED THE FOCUS THEY HAD BOTH LAST YEAR ON TARDINESS AND TRUANCY DURING CLASS, AND WHAT THEY DID TO ENCOURAGE AND MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS WERE IN CLASS.
I APPRECIATE THE PROCESS THEY USED WITH STUDENT INPUT ON THE PROCESS, STAFF INPUT ON THE PROCESS.
I REALLY APPRECIATED THAT AND REALLY THE DISCUSSION THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON THIS YEAR AROUND CELL PHONES AND HOW TO IDENTIFY HOW MUCH STUDENTS ARE ALLOWED TO USE CELL PHONES DURING THE CLASS AND WHAT TYPE.
SO TEACHING STUDENTS DIRECTLY THIS IS WHAT IT MEANS TO USE YOUR CELL PHONE AT THIS TIME.
IS IT A GREEN LIGHT, A YELLOW LIGHT, A RED LIGHT? I REALLY APPRECIATED THAT BECAUSE I THINK, SOMETIMES THINGS BECOME AN ALL OR NOTHING, AND I JUST APPRECIATE THE APPROACH, BECAUSE I DO THINK THERE'S A TIME AND A PLACE FOR CERTAIN THINGS, BUT WE HAVE TO TEACH THE EXPECTATIONS.
I THINK YOU'VE HIT ON A LOT OF THE KEY ISSUES THAT WERE THAT WE WITNESSED.
I THOUGHT THAT THE TORAH WAS FANTASTIC.
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FOR A SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASS.SO I JUST THOUGHT TALK ABOUT RIGOR AND HIGH EXPECTATIONS AND EMPHASIS ON, COMMUNITY AND POSITIVE CULTURE IN A CLASSROOM THAT WAS A PRIME EXAMPLE.
SO JUST, KUDOS FOR SHOWING US, YOU KNOW, THE ENTIRE CONTINUUM OF SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO ALL STUDENTS, I THINK TO I YEAH, ALL OF THIS JUST ECHOING WHAT A GREAT TOUR IT WAS.
I APPRECIATED GOING INTO A SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSROOM.
THE WAY THEY WERE STARTING THEIR DAY WAS BASICALLY, HOW DO YOU FEEL WHERE ARE YOU AT RIGHT NOW? AND I THOUGHT, GOSH, IF WE COULD ALL DO THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR DAY BEFORE WE INTERACT WITH PEOPLE, WHERE AM I AT? WHERE AM I FEELING LIKE, WHAT A BETTER PLACE THIS WORLD WOULD BE, RIGHT? AND SO, BECAUSE WE WOULD RECOGNIZE WHERE WE ARE IN OUR I'M KIND OF ANGRY, BUT IT'S NOT AT YOU, RIGHT? OR I'M HAVING A GREAT DAY.
RIGHT. LIKE THIS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF LETTING PEOPLE KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT.
AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATED THAT.
I APPRECIATED THE YUMMY SNACKS THAT WE GOT IN ADDITION TO, EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S BEEN SAID.
I WILL NEVER NOT GIVE HIM PROPS.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST SO HEARTFELT.
AND SO, PRAIRIE IS A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART.
I THINK IF YOU WATCH TED AND I BANTER A LITTLE BIT, YOU ALL KNOW THAT, BUT, TRULY, THEY COULD BE MY LEAST FAVORITE SCHOOL, AND THEY WOULD HAVE IMPRESSED ME BEYOND WORDS ON WHEN WE WENT ON THAT TOUR, BUT THEY ARE ONE OF MY FAVORITE SCHOOLS, SO THERE YOU GO.
SO ANYTHING ELSE FROM ANYBODY ELSE WHO WAS ON THAT TOUR THAT MIGHT WANT TO SHARE SOMETHING? TRAVIS.
AND I BELIEVE, WHAT IS THE TIME I SEE JANUARY 12TH? I DON'T SEE A TIME IT WOULD BE ON YOUR CALENDAR INVITE.
AND THEY VARY DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF SCHOOL BECAUSE OF THE START TIMES.
OKAY. YEAH. TYPICALLY 830 OR 930 OKAY.
OKAY. SO WITH THAT I, WE CAN MOVE ON TO DIRECTOR REPORTS.
BUT I ALSO BEFORE I WANT TO CIRCLE BACK TO THE OPEN POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE, WE SHOULD ALL CHANGE COMMITTEES AS WE CAN JUST , JUST SO WE CAN HAVE EXPOSURE TO OTHER COMMITTEES.
I FEEL LIKE I'M GOING TO GET A HARD NO FROM TED IF I ASK HIM TO SWITCH.
BUT I WILL ASK YOU TO JOIN ANOTHER COMMITTEE.
POSSIBLY THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, IT'S BY ZOOM STILL.
AND YOU GUYS WORK TOGETHER TO SCHEDULE THE TIME, SO IT WORKS OUT FOR EVERYBODY.
OKAY. THERE WOULD BE A SECOND OPENING.
ARE YOU OPEN FOR THAT OR DO YOU WANT TO STAY ON? NO, I'D BE HAPPY TO NOT GO FORWARD WITH THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AND CONTINUE WITH THE [INAUDIBLE] SO FOR ONE OF OUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS, WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN JOINING THE AUDIT COMMITTEE? AND IT'S REVIEWING THE BOARD BUDGET, THE SUPERINTENDENT'S BUDGET, PAYROLL, DEBBIE, DO YOU HAVE A PREFERENCE TO DO THAT? I DON'T I'LL DO THAT THEN.
OKAY. AND THEN WE ALSO NEED A.
WE'LL ALSO NEED A MEMBER FOR THE BATTLE GROUND EDUCATION FOUNDATION.
AND THAT IS A NONPROFIT GROUP THAT SUPPORTS BATTLE GROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED? ABSOLUTELY.
PERFECT. COLLEEN O'NEILL IS THE PRESIDENT FOR BGF, AND I WILL HAPPILY CONNECT THE TWO OF YOU.
SURE. THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR SWITCHING UP.
SO THERE'S NOTHING ELSE FOR RIGHT NOW THEN THAT WAS IT.
OKAY. KEEP THINKING THAT WAY, BUDDY.
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THAT'S EASY. I HEARD YOU SAY THAT.WE'RE GOING TO MAKE YOU WRITE THAT IN STONE.
MY WIFE'S GOING TO BE GLAD THAT I GOT SOMETHING TO DO, THE OTHER THING I WILL SAY.
AND MARK, FORMER DIRECTOR MARK WATRIN WAS SERVED ON THE LANDS COMMITTEE.
TRUST LANDS COMMITTEE? YEAH, THAT WAS A COMMITTEE THAT HE JOINED THERE ALWAYS FOR THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TO DO, OR YOUR WIFE MAYBE WANTS MORE FOR YOU TO DO. THERE'S ALWAYS OPPORTUNITIES WITH WSSDA TO JOIN COMMITTEES, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE THAT, BECAUSE THE MORE WE KNOW, THE MORE WE CAN SHARE.
I TALKED TO MARK ABOUT THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
ALL RIGHT, ANYTHING FURTHER, I GUESS, FOR DIRECTOR REPORTS FROM ANYONE THAT WANTED TO SHARE.
I ATTENDED THE FINE DINING EVENT LAST THURSDAY.
IT WAS WONDERFUL AGAIN, AS BEFORE.
AND THIS YEAR IT WAS FOURTH GRADE AT DAYBREAK.
AND SO A SHOUT OUT TO BRYSON, JASMINE, SOPHIA, AND HARPER, WHO WERE AT MY TABLE.
WE HAD A MENU THAT WAS PRINTED.
WE HAD, WHAT, A FIVE COURSE MEAL? YEAH, IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.
I HAVE NEVER SEEN A MEATBALL THAT BIG.
YEAH, IT WAS A MEATBALL IN A NEST OF SPAGHETTI.
I TOOK A PICTURE OF IT AND SENT IT TO OTHER PEOPLE.
BUT, WHAT A LOVELY EXPERIENCE.
AND WHEN BRYSON CAME TO THE TABLE, HE SAID, I HAVE NEVER EATEN AT A PLACE THIS NICE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW ANYBODY WOULD FOLLOW THAT, BUT ARE ANY OTHER DIRECTOR REPORTS? YEAH, YOU MISSED ALL THE FUN.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, WITH THAT, WE WILL TURN IT OVER TO MR.
[9. Superintendent and Staff Updates]
WATER WITH SUPERINTENDENT WATERS WITH SUPER.YEAH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT TODAY.
I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF THINGS.
NUMBER ONE, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I JUST WANT TO SAY HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL OF OUR STAFF, OUR STUDENTS, OUR FAMILIES AND THE COMMUNITY FROM THE DISTRICT.
WE, APPRECIATE YOU ALL GREATLY AND JUST HOPE YOU HAVE A FANTASTIC WINTER BREAK AND A GREAT CHRISTMAS AND A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR. SECOND, I WANTED TO INFORM THE BOARD THAT, SHELLEY AND I, ALONG WITH ASSISTANCE FROM LUKE LECOUNT AND LINNELL, HAVE, STARTED OUR CAPITAL LEVY PRESENTATIONS FOR OUR STAFF.
SO WE'RE TRAVELING AROUND TO EACH BUILDING AND EACH DEPARTMENT AND DOING THOSE PRESENTATIONS, I BELIEVE, THE LAST COUNT, I THINK WE WERE OVER HALFWAY DONE. YES.
RIGHT. IN JUST A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.
WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF ONES THIS WEEK AND INTO NEXT WEEK, HAVE THE OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT NEXT WEEK, AND THEN WE'LL FINISH UP AT THE, IN EARLY JANUARY.
BUT THE RESPONSE SO FAR FROM STAFF, HAS BEEN VERY POSITIVE.
THAT'S AT, 4:00, I BELIEVE IT'S 4:00 BEFORE I SAY SOMETHING AND GET MYSELF IN TROUBLE FOR PEOPLE SHOWING UP AT FOUR, WHEN IT SHOULD BE SOME OTHER TIME, IT IS NO GOOD.
IT'S A FANTASTIC COMPETITION WHERE STUDENTS WILL PROBABLY HAVE 25 TO 30 STUDENTS WHO HAVE, WILL GIVE THE INTERPRETATION, THEIR INTERPRETATION OF SOME FAMOUS POETRY AND PERFORM FOR THE AUDIENCE, IT'S AN OUTSTANDING COMPETITION.
AND BATTLE GROUND HAS DONE EXTREMELY WELL.
AND WE WILL HAVE THE WINNER OR WINNERS WILL COME HERE TO THE BOARD, AT A FUTURE MEETING AND
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PRESENT DO THEIR PERFORMANCE OF THE POEM.SO YOU HAVE NOTHING TO DO ON WEDNESDAY AT 3:00.
IT'S A GREAT IT'S A GREAT ACTIVITY.
THANK YOU, SODEXO, FOR PUTTING THAT ON EVERY YEAR AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAID, I JUST LOVE IT WHEN THEY COME IN AND THEY'RE WEARING LIKE A TIE FOR THE FIRST TIME. YEAH, IT'S THE CLIP ON TIES, WHICH IS GREAT.
SO APPRECIATE THAT TREMENDOUSLY.
AND WITH THAT, YOU HAD NOTHING OR YOU WANTED TO SAY A FEW WORDS.
SO WE'LL GO TO MICHELLE SCOTT IN FINANCE.
SO WE'RE JUST ON TRACK WITH OUR NORMAL AUDITS BUT THEY'RE IN THREE DIFFERENT.
WELL, THEY'RE IN MULTIPLE AREAS.
AND THAT'S PRIMARILY IN SPECIAL EDUCATION.
AND IT WILL COVER PROGRAM AND FISCAL.
AND IT COVERS OVER ABOUT TWO MONTHS OF ON AND OFF AND SENDING INFORMATION AND SOME REVIEW.
AND THE WISM ITEM TWO WAS IS BY OSPI.
SO THEY'RE BOTH BY OSPI THOSE ONES.
AND THEN WE ALSO RECEIVED NOTIFICATION THAT, OUR STATE AUDIT WILL BEGIN ON JANUARY 2ND.
THAT WILL COVER THREE DIFFERENT AREAS.
IT'LL COVER OUR FEDERAL PROGRAMS, FINANCIAL, STATEMENTS, AND THEN ACCOUNTABILITY.
AND THE ACCOUNTABILITY WILL BE A TWO YEAR BECAUSE THEY DID NOT DO 21-22 SCHOOL YEAR.
SO THOSE ARE KIND OF LOOK BACKS, THE NUTRITION SERVICES AND THE WISM AUDIT FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION.
SOME OF THAT'S A LOOK BACK AND SOME OF THAT'S CURRENT.
SO THAT'S JUST A LITTLE UPDATE.
WE'RE VERY BUSY AND WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED.
THANK YOU. AND COMMUNICATIONS.
JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS FOR YOU.
DURAN AND I'S ARTICLE ABOUT THE CAM DEDICATION THAT WE ALL, OR THAT MOST OF YOU WERE AT IN A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, AND THEN ALSO AN ARTICLE IN THE COLUMBIAN ABOUT BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL'S TIME IN SCOTLAND THIS PAST SUMMER THAT THE DRAMA TEAM WENT THERE TO PERFORM AT THE EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL.
AND THEN A COUPLE STORIES AS WELL ON OUR DISTRICT WEBSITE.
THEY HAD THEIR WINTER CARNIVAL RECENTLY, WHICH WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED.
AND SHE MADE THEM HERSELF, WITH SOME HELP FROM HER FATHER.
AND THEN ALSO THE WELDING STUDENTS PUT TOGETHER THE FRAMES.
SO IT WAS REALLY A VERY NICE COLLABORATION.
WE ALSO HAD AN ARTICLE ABOUT THE BOARD OF DISTINCTION AWARD.
SO CONGRATS AGAIN TO EVERYONE WHO'S INVOLVED WITH THAT.
AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO SHARE LEVY INFORMATION AS WELL.
AND ON THAT NOTE WE HAVE SOME COMMUNITY LEVY PRESENTATIONS IN JANUARY.
HOMELINK WILL BE CELEBRATING THEIR 30TH ANNIVERSARY IN JANUARY AS WELL.
SO PRETTY NEAT. AND THAT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR, CURRENT AND FORMER STUDENTS, PARENTS, GUARDIANS, STAFF TO ALL COME TOGETHER AND LOOK AT SOME MEMORABILIA AND SHARE THEIR MEMORIES FROM THE SCHOOL'S HISTORY.
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DOES THAT WRAP UP EVERYTHING FOR YOU? YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.[10. Citizens' Comments]
FROM THERE, WE'LL GO WITH OUR CITIZENS.COMMENTS. WE HAVE FOUR CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TONIGHT.
JULIA WILL BE GIVING YOU YOUR WARNINGS AT 30S, AS WELL AS WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP.
THERE IS ALSO A TIMER ON THE SCREENS.
WE ALLOW EACH CITIZEN TO HAVE THREE MINUTES, AND WE WILL CALL YOU UP, ONE BY ONE.
AND OUR FIRST, CITIZEN TONIGHT IS GRETCHEN [INAUDIBLE].
MY NAME IS GRETCHEN [INAUDIBLE].
I'M A MOTHER, A GRANDMOTHER, AND A LONG TIME MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY.
AND I JUST WANTED TO WELCOME DEBBIE.
WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU ON BOARD AND TERRY AND I WANTED TO WISH YOU ALL A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND THAT YOU HAVE A GREAT TIME WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
AND, THE ONLY REASON, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION A FEW THINGS HERE.
LAST TIME, LAST MEETING, I HAD TALKED ABOUT THE SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR AND VERY, QUESTIONABLE STUFF THAT CAME INTO THAT FAIR THROUGH, THAT WELL KNOWN BOOK FAIR IN THE PAST, AND THEY'VE TAKEN A TURN, IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
AND I JUST WANTED TO AND I HAD, GIVEN YOU EACH A RESOLUTION FROM FAMILY POLICY ALLIANCE.
I'M GIVING IT OUT AGAIN TONIGHT SO THAT DEBBIE AND TERRY GET THEM AS WELL.
AND IT'S TALKING ABOUT STANDARDS FOR EXPLICIT SEXUAL CONTENT IN SCHOOLS, AND THAT WE AS A SCHOOL HAVE, AN OBLIGATION SCHOOLS WITH WRITTEN, APPROPRIATE STANDARDS FOR SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATERIALS, MATERIALS THAT DIFFER FROM ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL ACCORDING TO THEIR AGE GROUP, FILL THE FINITE SPACE THAT WE HAVE IN THE CURRICULUM, THAT WE HAVE WITH THESE KIDS.
WE ONLY HAVE SIX HOURS A DAY, WE WANT AS SCHOOLS, DON'T WE WANT TO SPEND THAT FINITE TIME IN THE DAY ON ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AND SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONTACT CONTENT DISTRACTS FROM THAT.
I WOULD ASK THAT YOU RECONSIDER, MAYBE PUTTING ON THIS ON THE AGENDA AND TAKING IT A LOOK AT IT NEXT TIME IN JANUARY OR DOWN THE ROAD THAT WE CAN REVISIT IT AND SEE WHAT COULD BE GOOD FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT ON THE ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. THAT WOULD BE JUST BASIC.
IT WOULD PROTECT THE STUDENTS, AND IT ALSO WOULD PROTECT THE SCHOOL FROM LITIGATION.
THAT CAN BE A PROBLEM AS WELL.
AND AGAIN, I WISH YOU A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A WELCOME TO THE NEW MEMBERS.
REALLY HAVE A GOOD TIME WITH YOUR FAMILIES.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS EUNICE INGERMANSON.
MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE, HER, AND I'M A COMMUNITY MEMBER LIVING IN THIS DISTRICT.
FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME TO DEBBIE JOHNSON AND TERRY TATE, THE NEWEST MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD OF DISTINCTION. AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER INTERESTED IN OUR YOUTH LEARNING AND THRIVING THROUGHOUT THEIR SCHOOL YEARS HERE AND BECOMING HAPPY AND PRODUCTIVE ADULTS, I COMMIT TO DOING MY PART IN SERVING AS A VOLUNTEER AND STAYING IN COMMUNICATION WITH YOU ALL.
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ME. THESE WORDS SPELL OUT FOR ME THE ENVIRONMENT THAT FOSTERS STUDENT SUCCESS.WHILE I WAS IN SCHOOL, I DIDN'T FEEL I BELONGED.
GIRLS AND WOMEN AT THE TIME WERE TREATED AS LESS THAN OUR COUNTERPARTS.
WHO ELSE DIDN'T FEEL THEY BELONGED OR KIDS WHO HAD MIXED BLOOD, WHO SPOKE WITH ACCENTS, WHO HAD LEARNING DIFFICULTIES OR PHYSICAL CHALLENGES? LGBTQ KIDS? I NEVER EVEN KNEW THEY EXISTED AROUND ME.
I OFTEN HEAR PEOPLE SAY THAT SCHOOL SHOULD ONLY CONCENTRATE ON TEACHING THE ACADEMICS.
I WOULD SAY YES AFTER THE KIDS KNOW THAT THEY BELONG JUST AS THEY ARE, AND AFTER THEY KNOW THAT EVERYONE ELSE ALSO BELONGS. AND THEIR CURIOSITY AND ENERGY ARE READY TO BE ENGAGED CONSTRUCTIVELY.
SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING IS TO ACADEMICS WHAT BREATHING IS TO RUNNING.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING KIND, EMPATHETIC, EMOTIONALLY MATURE, AND FULLY ENGAGED LEARNERS AND ADULTS EMERGE FROM OUR SCHOOLS. THANK YOU.
GOOD EVENING, MERRY CHRISTMAS.
I'M JOHN POULOS, A 52 YEAR MEMBER RESIDENT IN THE BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT.
EXCUSE ME. ALL MY KIDS AND GRANDKIDS HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS SYSTEM.
I THINK I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER ADMINISTRATION ANYWHERE AND I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION FOR ALL THE GOOD WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE OVER THE YEARS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANY QUESTIONS? GOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. HAPPY HOLIDAYS.
YES. NO. HELLO, MY NAME IS MICHAEL BROWN.
I'M RECENTLY GETTING INVOLVED IN LOCAL WHAT YOU SAY ACTIVITIES IN MY RETIREMENT, INCLUDING PAYING ATTENTION MORE CLOSER ATTENTION TO WHAT THE SCHOOL AND THE SCHOOL BOARD IS DOING. I WAS VERY GLAD TO SEE IT OPEN WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I'M GLAD TO SEE THINGS SUCH AS COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN THE READING MATERIALS, SO KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE SCHOOL. I KNOW THIS IS NOT A VERY EASY TIME TO BE DOING SUCH, SO THANK YOU MUCH.
SO I'M ONE OF THE MANY VETERANS HE'S SORT OF GETTING INVOLVED IN THIS.
SEEING NOBODY RUSH THE PODIUM.
RIGHT SIDE OF THE [INAUDIBLE].
WE HAVE THE TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA.
[11. Consent Agenda (Board Vote w/Student Voice)]
I ALMOST TRIED TO SKIP IT UNTIL I'M READY FOR CHRISTMAS BREAK, ON TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA, WE HAVE BUSINESS AND OPERATIONS PERSONNEL REPORTS AND FINANCIAL REPORTS.THERE ARE ANY ITEMS THAT NEED ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION OR REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.
HEARING NO CONVERSATION, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE.
I'M SORRY. I MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
I WOULD LOOK TO JULIA FOR OUR ADVISORY VOTE.
[INAUDIBLE] ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD LAST MINUTE.
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ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.
IF I WERE TO OPPOSE, WHAT WAS I SUPPOSED TO SAY? YOU NEVER TELL ME WHAT TO SAY.
IF I OPPOSE, I DON'T TELL YOU TO SAY ANYTHING, OKAY? NAY, DON'T SAY ANYTHING.
I JUST I DON'T WANT TO TELL YOU WHAT TO SAY.
I'VE ALWAYS WONDERED NOW I GET A CHANCE TO ASK.
OKAY. WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO SAY IF I OPPOSE, TYPICALLY IN THAT YOU WOULD JUST STAY SILENT AND THEN SHE'D SAY ANY OPPOSED? AND THEN YOU WOULD SAY, YOU SAY ME? YEAH, OKAY.
ALRIGHT. I'M REALLY GLAD THE ENTERTAINMENT YOU'RE GOING TO BRING TO THIS BOARD, I'M GOING TO START KEEPING ALWAYS . ALL RIGHT.
MOVING ON. WE HAVE NO OLD BUSINESS TONIGHT.
WERE THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CONSENT AGENDA? OKAY, NO OLD BUSINESS TONIGHT.
WE DO HAVE TWO ITEMS OF NEW BUSINESS.
[13. New Business (Board Vote w/Student Voice)]
ALTHOUGH ITEM A HAS MULTIPLE ITEMS UNDERNEATH IT, TRAVIS DRAKE.THANK YOU BOARD. SO I'M HERE TONIGHT.
WE HAVE TEN NEW COURSE PROPOSALS TO BE DISCUSSED AND POSSIBLY APPROVED THIS EVENING.
OF THOSE SOME OF THEM ARE TRULY JUST RENAMING EXISTING COURSES.
AND THE PEOPLE WHEN THEY COME UP WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT.
JUST TO GIVE YOU A QUICK 32ND KIND OF VISUAL OF WHAT THIS PROCESS LOOKS LIKE, WE TAKE NEW COURSE PROPOSALS IN ONCE THE TRULY ONCE THE SCHOOL YEAR BEGINS. SO STARTING IN SEPTEMBER, PEOPLE FILL OUT A FORM IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE A NEW COURSE.
PRIOR TO DOING THAT, THEY NEED TO GET APPROVAL FROM THEIR DEPARTMENT CHAIRS AND THEIR PRINCIPALS.
AND SO WHAT YOU DON'T WANT TO DO IS HAVE TEACHERS FIGHTING BETWEEN THEMSELVES FOR THE SAME AUDIENCE.
RIGHT. AND SO I THINK THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE CONVERSATION HAPPENS AT THE BUILDING LEVEL.
AND THEN IT GETS TO THE COMMITTEE FOR OUR APPROVAL.
AND NOT ALL COURSES ARE APPROVED.
SO THE COURSES THAT YOU SEE TONIGHT WERE APPROVED BY THE COMMITTEE.
AND THERE WILL BE SOME FURTHER DISCUSSIONS AROUND THE TEXTBOOKS.
THEY WILL TALK ABOUT THE TEXTBOOKS TONIGHT.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE CURRICULUM IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST DISCUSSION POINTS.
AND THAT WILL BE TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT AS WELL ALLISON AND DAVE ARE LEADING THE PROCESS WITH CURRICULUM, AND THEY WILL BRING BACK THE CURRICULUM TO THE BOARD TO TALK ABOUT THAT PIECE. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AROUND THE CURRICULUM, OF COURSE WE CAN DISCUSS THAT.
SO MY ROLE TONIGHT WILL BE TO INTRODUCE THOSE COMING UP.
WE'VE PREPPED THEM AND LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU DO HAVE THE MATERIAL IN FRONT OF YOU.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASK PRIOR TO BEGINNING.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS IN TERMS OF PROCESS? MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE'LL VOTE ON THESE ONE AT A TIME.
CORRECT? SO WOULD YOU PREFER US TO DO THAT AT THE END AFTER EVERYBODY HAS COME UP AND SPOKEN OR AS WE GO? I WILL LEAVE THAT UP TO DENNY.
OKAY. SO THE FIRST TWO COURSES ARE PRESENTED BY THE SAME TEACHER.
SO ROB SHADLE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT DRAWING AND PAINTING THREE AND DRAWING AND PAINTING FOUR.
ROB IS A TEACHER AT PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL, PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL.
MR. SHADLE. ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU.
I TEACH DRAWING AND PAINTING AT PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL, AND THESE COURSE PROPOSALS WERE DEVELOPED IN CONJUNCTION WITH BRETT HOPE, WHO ALSO TEACHES DRAWING AND PAINTING AT BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL.
WE ALSO GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE THEIR WORK FOR THE AP PORTFOLIO AS WELL.
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PURSUING IT AS A CAREER SO, ROB, DO WE NOT HAVE WE? SO AFTER DRAWING ONE, DRAWING, PAINTING ONE, AND DRAWING AND PAINTING TWO, WE STOP CURRENTLY.OKAY. SO IT REALLY IS KIND OF PUTTING A JUST A DIFFERENT NAME ON THE SAME COURSE.
WOULD THERE BE ADDITIONAL LIKE MATERIALS OR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH LIKE REBUILDING LIKE CURRICULUM OR TEXTBOOKS OR THINGS LIKE THAT? NO, THERE'S NO TEXTBOOKS WITH THE CLASSES.
BUT IT'S $30 PER STUDENT CURRENTLY, SO THERE'S NO FINANCIAL ENCUMBRANCE FOR THE DISTRICT ON THIS.
CAN I ASK JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, DO THESE COURSES BOTH THREE AND FOUR, DO THEY COUNT FOR ANY OTHER CREDIT THAN JUST ART THAT IS ABOVE MY PAY GRADE? NO, THEY'RE NOT, OR ELECTIVE.
RIGHT. WHAT DO WE CALL THAT? DUAL CREDIT.
OH. DUAL CREDIT. THEY'RE NOT DUAL CREDIT.
OH, THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT. YOU JUST WONDERED IF THEY WOULD COUNT FOR OTHER THINGS.
YEAH, LIKE ELECTIVE OR THE ELECTIVE OR ART.
CAN'T USE IT FOR THAT BIOLOGY CLASS.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, ADOPT THE NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FOR DRAWING AND PAINTING THREE.
CAN WE DO IT AS ONE? I THINK. OKAY.
FANTASTIC. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THE NEW COURSE.
PROPOSALS FOR DRAWING AND PAINTING THREE AND DRAWING AND PAINTING FOUR.
I WOULD LOOK TO OUR STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE, JULIA, FOR YOUR ADVISORY VOTE WITH THAT.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.
CONGRATS, ROB. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. ROB. AND I DO WANT TO STATE AGAIN THE CURRICULUM QUESTION.
WE KNOW THAT FOR SOME OF THESE COURSES LIKE THIS, THE COURSES THAT WERE JUST APPROVED, IT'S REALLY NOT PART OF THE DISCUSSION, BUT THERE WILL BE COURSES THAT IT IS PART OF THE DISCUSSION. AND THE TEACHERS UP HERE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT.
BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AROUND THE CURRICULUM, AND I JUST WANT TO STATE AGAIN, IF THERE IS ANY NEW CURRICULUM THAT NEEDS TO BE APPROVED, ALLISON AND DAVE WILL BE BACK IN FRONT OF YOU TO ENSURE THAT HAPPENS IN AN AUTHENTIC PROCESS.
CORRECT. AND IF WE DON'T KNOW THAT NUMBER, IT'S HARD FOR ME TO BE LIKE, YEAH, LET'S DO THIS.
BUT THEN IT COMES TO US AND IT'S LIKE, WHOA.
AND WHEN WE'RE WHEN WE MEET WITH THE COMMITTEE, THAT IS ALSO ONE OF OUR FIRST QUESTIONS.
OKAY. AND I WOULD WANT, I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT EVERY YEAR WE ARE LOOKING AT NEW COURSES, BUT ALSO EVERY YEAR, COURSES STOP BEING OFFERED, MAINLY BECAUSE INTEREST CHANGES.
AND IF IT'S AN ELECTIVE COURSE, STUDENTS DECIDE BASED ON INTEREST.
SO THAT'S WHY COURSES COME AND GO, IS BECAUSE THE INTEREST CHANGE CHANGES.
YEAH. AND THE OTHER HUGE CHALLENGE IS THEY BUILT THEIR BUDGET LAST YEAR.
WE DIDN'T KNOW WHICH COURSES WERE GOING TO BE PRESENTED.
AND SO NOW WE'RE APPROVING COURSES, BUT WE DON'T HAVE AN ATTACHED BUDGET WITH IT.
SO IT REALLY IS A GUESSING GAME, AND ALLISON AND DAVE DO A GREAT JOB.
[INAUDIBLE]. I THOUGHT TATIANA RAN AWAY.
I TEACH AT PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT NOW.
I'M THE FULL TIME CERAMICS TEACHER, BUT WE'RE HOPING TO ADD AN AP ART HISTORY CLASS, THIS EVENING.
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OH, CLOSER. THANK YOU.OKAY, THERE ARE NO PREREQUISITES REQUIRED FOR THIS COURSE, THE COURSE WILL BE OFFERED TO OUR 10TH THROUGH 12TH GRADERS, AND IT WOULD BE A YEAR LONG CLASS, THE GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS, WHAT DOES IT SAY, ELECTIVE AND ART CREDITS ARE WOULD QUALIFY AND OR. THANK YOU, I DO HAVE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TEXTBOOKS THAT WE DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE IN DISTRICT, BRETT HOPE USED TO TEACH ART HISTORY, NOT AP, JUST TYPICAL ART HISTORY, AT BATTLE GROUND AND USED A BOOK CALLED ART IN FOCUS, SO WE HAVE THAT AS A DISTRICT.
I HAVE NOT PERSONALLY LOOKED THROUGH THIS TEXT RECENTLY.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT DOES NOT CONTAIN ALL OF THE 250, WHICH ARE THE 250 ARTWORKS AP ART HISTORY STUDENTS WILL NEED TO KNOW IN ORDER TO SUCCESSFULLY, PASS THE EXAM.
SO WHILE IT WOULD BE A GOOD SUPPLEMENTAL TEXT, I'M SURE, IT DOESN'T INCLUDE EVERYTHING, A FEW CHECKS THAT WE HAD NOTED IN OUR PROPOSAL WERE THE SIXTH EDITION OF ART HISTORY BY MARILYN STOKSTAD, AND GARDNER'S ART THROUGH THE AGES A GLOBAL HISTORY, WHICH WOULD BE OUR 16TH EDITION, A THIRD OPTION IS CALLED, SMART HISTORIES, AP ART HISTORY.
THIS IS AN ONLINE OPEN ACCESS TEXTBOOK.
UM, WHICH IS AWESOME BECAUSE THEY HAVE THIS SET UP, SORT OF LIKE IT READS TO ME LESS LIKE A TEXTBOOK AND MORE OF A SERIES OF ARTICLES. IT IS A LITTLE BIT TRICKY TO NAVIGATE UNLESS YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR FROM THE STUDENT'S PERSPECTIVE.
BUT I MYSELF WAS ABLE TO NAVIGATE IT, GET TO WHAT I NEEDED TO PRETTY QUICKLY.
SO I THINK WITH A LITTLE BIT OF LIKE TRAINING AND TIP SHARING THAT STUDENTS WOULD BE ABLE TO ACCESS IT BUT I MYSELF STILL PREFER HARD COPIES OF TEXTBOOKS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I USE THROUGH COLLEGE AND STILL HAVE USED, YOU KNOW, TO REFERENCE DIFFERENT ITEMS TODA, IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS USED IN ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
AND I CAN TELL YOU THERE'S E TEXTBOOK OPTIONS, PRINT AND ALSO REVEL, WHICH IS NEW TO ME.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT, BUT NO.
OKAY. WELL, IT WOULD BE A LEARNING PROCESS FOR ALL OF US.
BUT THE PRINT COPY IS 74.99, AND THIS WOULD BE A HARDCOVER OR PAPERBACK, LOOSE LEAF EDITION.
THIS IS A AFFORDABLE RENTAL OPTION FOR SELECT THIS SELECTED TITLE.
AND WE ALSO WOULD GET FREE SHIPPING FOR LOOSE LEAF.
HOW MANY SECTIONS OF THE COURSE DO YOU THINK YOU'LL BE OFFERING? JUST ONE. ONE A SINGLETON.
SO YOU'RE TALKING 30 CLASSROOM SET A CLASSROOM SET.
YEAH. SO, I'M GOING TO ASK JULIA'S QUESTION.
ART HISTORY, BUT IT WON'T COUNT.
CANNOT COUNT AS A SOCIAL STUDIES OR A HISTORY CREDIT.
IT ONLY COULD COUNT AS ELECTIVE OR ART.
BUT, LIKE I'VE TOLD KELLIE BEFORE, ART HISTORY IS MY FIRST LOVE, SO I AM JUST, I COULD TELL.
DO WE HAVE OTHER AP ART CLASSES IN THE DISTRICT? STUDIO CAN BE OFFERED.
SO LIKE A 2D, 3D, WHICH THEY DO AT BATTLE GROUND.
SO IF THEY WERE TO DO THE TEST OR THE PORTFOLIO, THEY CAN RUN IT THROUGH BATTLE GROUND.
WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO OFFER IT, BUT THIS IS REALLY THE ONE OF THE FEW LIKE ELECTIVE AP COURSE OFFERINGS OTHER THAN, COMPUTER SCIENCE THAT IS REALLY OUT THERE AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS.
AND WE KNOW STUDENTS, ANY STUDENTS TAKING AN AP CLASS HAS BETTER SKILLS MOVING INTO WHATEVER PATH THAT THEY GO INTO AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY SUCCEED OR EVEN DECIDE TO TAKE THE TEST.
JUST BEING EXPOSED TO THAT CONTENT AND THAT RIGOR BENEFITS THEM.
AND SO IF WE CAN PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO TAKE AP CLASSES IN DIFFERENT SUBJECTS WERE CREATING A MORE DIVERSE OPTIONS FOR STUDENTS TO GET THAT RIGOR.
WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS AS A DISTRICT THAT WE WANT TO DO IS INCREASE OUR AP OFFERINGS.
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TELLING US THAT JULIA AND I JUST HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT AP, WHEN WE WERE OVER AT RIVER HOMELINK, BECAUSE SHE WANTS TO TAKE MORE AP AND WE HAVE ONE CLASS. NWE ONLY HAVE ONE AT RIVER HOMELINK, RIGHT? SO FOR THAT. SO TATIANA, I JUST THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, THAT PART OF IT.JUST FOR CLARITY, THIS IS ONLY AT PRAIRIE.
BUT TO YOUR POINT, ONCE THE COURSE IS APPROVED FOR A PARTICULAR SCHOOL, IT CAN BE PICKED UP AT ANOTHER SCHOOL ANYWHERE, RIGHT? YOU JUST NEED SOMEONE TO TEACH IT.
EXACTLY. SO? SO TED RAISED AN INTERESTING QUESTION ABOUT COSTS, AND I'M SITTING HERE THINKING, WELL, YEAH, I GUESS COSTS SHOULD BE SOMETHING WE'RE CONSIDERING, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A THING. AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $80 TEXTBOOKS.
AND IF YOU BUY 30, ALMOST 3000.
YEAH. AND IF THERE'S TEN CLASSES, $30,000 IF WE BUY TEXTBOOKS.
BUT THERE'S ONLY GOING TO BE ONE CLASS, RIGHT? WELL, NO, BUT THERE'S TEN CLASS OFFERINGS.
AND SO I'M JUST THINKING, YOU KNOW, THERE'S POTENTIALLY $30,000.
BUT AS AS ROB ALREADY POINTED OUT, THE FIRST TWO CLASSES, WE DON'T NEED TO PURCHASE ANYTHING EXTRA.
RIGHT. AND THIS IS NOT A CRITICISM, IT'S JUST LIKE, GEE, I JUST WONDER.
IT ALL TO YOUR POINT, IT ALL ADDS UP.
THEY'VE THOUGHT ABOUT THE COSTS.
THIS IS NOT GOING TO IMPACT OUR, YOU KNOW, BUDGET, YOU KNOW, ADVERSELY.
YEAH. I MEAN, ULTIMATELY, AS TRAVIS SAID, THE COMMITTEE HAS DISCUSSED THE COST AND THE BUILDING WOULDN'T PUT IT FORWARD UNLESS THEY FELT LIKE THERE WERE SOME MATERIALS THAT THEY COULD PROVIDE FOR THE STUDENTS IN ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
SO IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE THE 74, $75 TEXT.
SO THERE'S A BUNCH OF VARIABLES BOUGHT BEFORE WE SEE IF WE HAVE THE 18 STUDENTS OR NO, WE'LL BUY THE TEXTBOOKS PRIOR TO WE WILL WE'LL KNOW IN APRIL, HOW MANY STUDENTS HAVE SIGNED UP.
AND WE'LL MAKE THAT DETERMINATION OF WHETHER OR NOT TO RUN THE COURSE.
INTERESTING STUFF AND ALLISON AND DAVE HAVE A BUDGET, AND IF THERE'S NO MONEY WITHIN THAT BUDGET AND THE SCHOOL IS NOT ABLE TO AFFORD, THEN SOMETIMES THE ANSWER IS NO, WE CAN'T RUN IT. BUT AGAIN, I WILL SAY IT IS A HIGH PRIORITY FOR US AS A DISTRICT TO OFFER MORE AP CLASSES.
PROBABLY THE PARENTS TOO. I MEAN, IT'S A HIGH PRIORITY.
AP CLASSES ARE A GOOD THING FOR US AND WE WOULD BE LOOKING IN THAT DIRECTION.
WE PRAISE TATIANA'S AMAZING AND KELLIE IS A HUGE ADVOCATE TO ADD AS MANY AP COURSES AS POSSIBLE, AND SHE'S DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB OF BRINGING THIS FORWARD. AND I THINK THE THING TO REMEMBER IS OFTENTIMES WHEN WE ADD COURSES, THINGS FALL OFF.
THERE'S ALWAYS SOME MOVEMENT IN THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO FIGURE IT OUT AS BEST WE CAN.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.
DON'T GO ANYWHERE. WE GOT TO GET THAT VOTE FIRST.
TATIANA, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
NO, I DON'T WANT TO DO IT MYSELF.
OKAY? I MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, ADOPT THE NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FOR AP ART HISTORY.
ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THE NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FOR AP ART HISTORY.
I WOULD LOOK TO JULIA FOR OUR STUDENT ADVISORY VOTE.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD HEARING? NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
OKAY, NEXT UP IS A PRE-AP ENGLISH NINTH AND 10TH.
AND I'LL LET KELLY TORRES EXPLAIN WHAT THAT IS.
HELLO. GOOD. LONG TIME NO TALK.
OKAY, SO WE ARE LOOKING AT ADJUSTING OUR MOVING FROM HONORS, NINE ENGLISH TO NINE AND TEN.
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SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A CURRICULUM CHANGE, BUT THEY'RE EMBEDDING THE PRE AP FRAMEWORK TO BETTER SUPPORT STUDENTS AS THEY LEARN TO WRITE FREE RESPONSE QUESTIONS, DOCUMENT BASED QUESTIONS.IT'S BASICALLY TEACHING THOSE AP SKILLS EARLIER ON.
SO THEY AS THEY MOVE INTO AP LIT AP LANG AP US HISTORY, THOSE MORE RIGOROUS CLASSES THAT THEY SPEND LESS TIME TEACHING HOW TO RESPOND CORRECTLY FOR THE EXAM AND MORE TIME GOING DEEPER INTO THE CONTENT.
THE FRAMEWORK DOES, COST MONEY EACH YEAR? HOWEVER, WE ARE PAYING FOR THAT OUT OF THE BUILDING BUDGET, SO THAT'S NOT A COST THAT THE DISTRICT HAS TO ACCRUE.
SO THIS IS JUST ABOUT IT'S A LOT OF THIS IS ABOUT ALIGNMENT.
SO, THE TEACHERS, THE CURRENT HONORS, NINE AND TEN TEACHERS, HAVE GOTTEN ACCESS TO THE SUPPORT MATERIALS A LITTLE EARLY TO BE ABLE TO SEE HOW THEY CAN WORK TO EMBED, THEIR CONTENT INTO THOSE.
THEY WERE ACTUALLY GOING TO SPEND THEIR NEXT PLC CYCLE REALLY DIVING INTO THE FRAMEWORK TO BE PREPARED SO THAT WHEN HOPEFULLY THIS IS APPROVED, THEY CAN START GETTING READY FOR NEXT YEAR.
SO IF MY UNDERSTANDING IS CORRECT, THIS CLASS IS NOT REPLACING ANY EXISTING ENGLISH COURSES.
IT'S JUST IT'S INSTEAD OF CALLING IT HONORS, WE WANT TO CALL IT PRE AP.
SO YOU JUST RENAMING IT AND THEN THE I'M ASSUMING THE CURRICULUM WOULD CHANGE A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID WITH THE ALIGNMENT A LITTLE BIT A LOT OF FOCUSING ON, NONFICTION SHORT STORIES AND ARTICLES TO BE ABLE TO PRACTICE THOSE WRITING SKILLS AND RESPONSE QUESTIONS.
AND I WILL SAY THAT WHEN THEY GET TO THE JUNIOR, BECAUSE REALLY, THE FIRST AP CLASS KIDS GENERALLY HAVE EXPOSURE TO IS EITHER AP HUMAN, AP WORLD MODERN HISTORY OR AP PSYCHOLOGY.
AND SOME OF THOSE CLASSES DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO REALLY TEACH HOW TO RESPOND, SO THAT THE ONUS BECOMES ON THE ENGLISH TEACHERS OR THE HISTORY AP HISTORY TEACHER TO DO THAT, WHICH TAKES SO MUCH TIME OUT OF THE CLASS WHEN THEY COULD BE REALLY COVERING THE CONTENT SO THE KIDS ARE MORE SUCCESSFUL, RIGHT? COOL. COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? I MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ADOPT A NEW COURSE PROPOSAL.
PRE-AP ENGLISH, NINTH AND 10TH.
GOOD JOB. VERY GOOD. FIRST ONE [INAUDIBLE] DID WE GET THAT ON VIDEO? WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THE NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FOR PRE-AP ENGLISH NINTH AND 10TH.
I WILL LOOK TO JULIA FOR HER ADVISORY VOTE.
PRO. WITH THAT, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.
HI. I'M PRESENTING THE NEXT ONE.
PLEASE THANK YOUR TEACHERS FOR THEIR WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING TO DO THAT ALIGNMENT.
I KNOW IT'S I, WE'RE SUPER LUCKY.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW MARY AND LEAH ARE AMAZING.
MINDY AND SHELLY'S OUT ON LEAVE, BUT WHEN SHE RETURNS THEY'LL BE DOING THAT WORK.
SO WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE SUCH GREAT STAFF MEMBERS.
THAT'S AWESOME. SO THE NEXT COURSE AND I WON'T WALK OVER THERE, ITS ME AGAIN.
SO CLAIRE WOULD LIKE TO, START SO DRAMA CAN BE COUNTED AS A SENIOR ENGLISH CLASS, WHAT SHE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS, IN CONJUNCTION WITH HER DRAMA THREE.
THEY'LL RUN IT. SHE WILL RUN IT THE SAME TIME, SHE WANTS TO DO A DRAMATIC LITERATURE COURSE FOR ENGLISH CREDIT FOR STUDENTS, IT WILL BE A FULL YEAR COURSE. EXAMINES THE THEMES AND STRUCTURES OF PLAYS IN DIFFERENT GENRES, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO READ THE FULL SOME DRAMATIC LITERATURE AND THE PREREQUISITES ARE DRAMA ONE AND DRAMA TWO.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE CURRICULUM COSTS PER SE, BECAUSE SHE HAS A VAST LIBRARY OF DRAMATIC LITERATURE. IS CLAIRE BASING THIS OFF OF, PERCEIVED NEED AS SHE HAD STUDENTS COME TO HER AND SAY, THIS IS.
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SO IF THEY'VE DONE DRAMA ALL LIKE THIS IS A FOURTH YEAR THAT THEY CAN DO, OR THEY CAN TAKE IT, AS A THIRD YEAR, LIKE, SO IF YOU START AS A SOPHOMORE, YOU CAN TAKE IT AS THE THIRD YEAR AND GET THE ENGLISH CREDIT, RIGHT? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? I MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, ADOPT THE NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FOR DRAMATIC LITERATURE.PRO HEARING THAT I WILL LOOK TO THE BOARD ONE MORE TIME FOR QUESTIONS.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.
THANK YOU CLAIRE [INAUDIBLE] SHE TOLD ME THAT TODAY, SO I'M GOING TO CASH THAT IN.
SO NEXT UP WE HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING.
AND I BELIEVE THEY ARE BOTH COMING UP HERE TO TALK ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING.
GOOD EVENING BOARD. WE HAVE A NEW CLASS THAT WE'D LIKE TO OFFER FOR CTE NEXT YEAR.
IT WOULD BE TAUGHT IN THE BUSINESS DEPARTMENT.
THIS IS THE TEXTBOOK THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT YOU'LL TAKE A LOOK AT LATER.
SHE IS ALSO A CTE INTERN THIS YEAR.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
IT WOULD REPLACE THE EXISTING ADVANCED MARKETING COURSE.
AND SO IT'S A COMPLETE REPLACEMENT, AND IT'S NECESSARY BECAUSE SOCIAL MEDIA IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING.
NOW THAT IS PART OF EVERY SINGLE BUSINESS AND ORGANIZATION IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IN OUR WORLD.
IT'S NOT ABOUT BECOMING AN INSTAGRAM INFLUENCER OR A YOUTUBER.
IT'S ABOUT TEACHING KIDS HOW TO HARNESS THE POWER OF THE METRICS AND COMMUNICATION IN SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE DIGITAL COMMUNICATION AGE TO BE ABLE TO CRISIS, MANAGE MARKET, SELL AND USE INFORMATION, TO BE ABLE TO REACH AUDIENCES THAT ARE FAR BEYOND WHAT THEY NORMALLY WOULD BE ABLE TO WITH OTHER TRADITIONAL MEANS OF COMMUNICATION. EVERY SINGLE ORGANIZATION THAT WE CAN THINK OF HAS SOME SORT OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING OUR OWN.
WE WOULD LIKE TO OFFER AS A CONJUNCTION WITH THIS COURSE, OUR STUDENTS WOULD THEN DO MINI INTERNSHIPS WHERE THEY COULD DO THINGS LIKE LEARN HOW TO SOCIAL MEDIA, USE THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO ADVANCE AND HIGHLIGHT OUR ATHLETIC PROGRAMS, OUR DRAMA PROGRAMS, OUR CTE PROGRAMS, OUR CORE PROGRAMS, OUR AP PROGRAMS THAT STUDENTS WOULD THEN BE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH JOURNALISM AND ASB TO BE ABLE TO DO MORE COMPREHENSIVE WORK, TO REACH OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY TO, AGAIN, DO WHAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO DO, WHICH IS TO BRING OUR COMMUNITY IN AND DEMYSTIFY WHAT A COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL IS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE LARGER COMMUNITY.
OTHER SCHOOLS AROUND THE STATE AND AROUND THE COUNTRY HAVE THIS, AND WE ARE OUR HOPE, IF THIS IS APPROVED, IS TO ACTUALLY HAVE IT ARTICULATED WITH CLARK COLLEGE, BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A FULL PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS STUDENTS TO BE BASICALLY A DIGITAL AGE, CERTIFICATE CERTIFICATION.
THAT IS IN ADDITION TO THINGS LIKE WEB DESIGN AND PHOTOGRAPHY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THANK YOU. THAT WAS WELL SAID.
WITH THAT, MY WITH IT REPLACING AN EXISTING CLASS THAT YOU SAID IT WAS ADVANCED MARKETING.
YES. SO STUDENTS WOULD TAKE INTRO TO MARKETING AS THE BASE CLASS.
AND THEN WE HAVE SOME PLANS FOR OTHER COURSES TO SORT OF, FILL OUT THE BREADTH OF THE MARKETING PLATFORM LATER ON DOWN THAT ARE ALREADY COURSES THAT ARE ALREADY APPROVED THROUGH THE DISTRICT. BECAUSE WE HAVE SPORTS MARKETING THAT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO BRING ON BOARD LATER.
SURE, BUT IT'S ALREADY APPROVED.
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OUT? BECAUSE WE'RE TAKING SOMETHING BROAD AND NARROWING IT DOWN.DO YOU FOLLOW MAYBE I'M NOT ARTICULATING THE QUESTION CORRECTLY.
YEAH. SO THAT'S A REALLY GREAT QUESTION.
I THINK SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING IS REALLY UPDATING THAT CLASS BECAUSE IT REALLY DIDN'T INCLUDE SOCIAL MEDIA, WHICH IS REALLY KIND OF THE LOT OF THE PLATFORM FOR COMMUNICATIONS TODAY. SO IT'S ENHANCING WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY ADVANCED MARKETING.
[INAUDIBLE] I MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ADOPT THE NEW COURSE PROPOSAL.
ALRIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO ADOPT A NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FOR SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING.
I WOULD LOOK TO JULIA FOR HER ADVISORY VOTE.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS 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 VERY MUCH, SIR.
OKAY. NEXT UP, AMANDA FULFER WITH HOLOCAUST AND GENOCIDE STUDIES.
I'M SORRY. I'VE GOT TO GO TO GLASSES NOW.
WE'RE GETTING TO THAT AGE, RIGHT? GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO OUR TWO NEWEST BOARD MEMBERS, LIKE TRAVIS SAID, MY NAME IS AMANDA FULFER, AND I TEACH AP WORLD HISTORY, AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY AND CONTEMPORARY WORLD HISTORY AT BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL.
I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS OFFERING FOR AT LEAST THE PAST TWO YEARS.
YES. YOU SHOW UP AND ARE GLUED TO MY SPEAKERS.
I HAVE BROUGHT IN, HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR, SPEAKER, A LEGACY SURVIVOR SPEAKER, A SPEAKER FROM RWANDA AND A SPEAKER FROM CAMBODIA, ALL TO SHARE THEIR STORIES.
AS WE GET FURTHER FROM THE HOLOCAUST AND THE SURVIVORS ARE NOT AROUND TO TELL THEIR STORIES, IT BECOMES INCUMBENT UPON US TO TELL THE STORY, THAT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN CHOICES ARE MADE THAT LEAD TO THE CRIME OF INTENTIONALLY DESTROYING A NATIONAL, RACIAL OR RELIGIOUS GROUP IN WHOLE OR IN PART, AND AFTER THE HOLOCAUST, THE WORLD SAID NEVER AGAIN.
BUT CLEARLY THIS HAS NOT BEEN THE CASE, AS IN RWANDA, GUATEMALA, MYANMAR, AND EVEN CHINA AS WE SPEAK, GENOCIDE IS THOUGHT TO BE IN THE PAST OR FLARING UP ONCE AGAIN.
ACCORDING TO THE UNITED NATIONS NEWS WEBSITE.
LAST WEEK, GUATEMALAN COUP IS AGAIN RAISING CONCERNS TOWARD GENOCIDE AND THE LASTING LEGACY OF THAT GENOCIDE, AS WELL AS FIGHTING ENGULFING OVER TWO THIRDS OF MYANMAR, FUELING HUMANITARIAN NEEDS.
AND I CAN ONLY GUESS THE EFFECTS ON THE ROHINGYA PEOPLE.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME THAT STUDENTS BECOME CRITICAL THINKERS.
I WANT THEM TO FORM THEIR OWN OPINIONS AND SUPPORT THEM WITH EVIDENCE.
I WANT THEM TO TELL ME WHY THEY THINK GENOCIDE CONTINUES TO HAPPEN.
STUDENTS WHO TAKE THIS CLASS WILL LEARN THAT CHANGE CAN BEGIN WITH THEM.
JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND OF WHERE I COME FROM ON TEACHING THIS MATERIAL, I AM A PART OF EDUCATORS FOR CHANGE, WHICH IS A WASHINGTON STATE COHORT OF TEACHERS THAT MEETS MONTHLY WITH THE FACILITATION OF THE SEATTLE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM.
I'M A THREE TIME BELFER ATTENDEE WITH THE UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM.
I TOOK A WEEK LONG TRAINING THIS SUMMER IN SEATTLE THAT YIELDED ME A POWELL FELLOWSHIP.
I AM A MEMBER OF A MUSEUM, THE MUSEUM BOOK CLUB.
I TRAVELED TO POLAND WITH THE MUSEUM IN 2022, AND I WILL BE TRAVELING AGAIN WITH THEM IN 2024.
MY WORK IN OUR DISTRICT, THROUGH LIMITED TEACHING AND CONTEMPORARY WORLD HISTORY, LED TO BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL BEING SELECTED AS THE SHOWCASE SCHOOL FOR 2022 VOICES FOR HUMANITY FUNDRAISER, WHERE I WAS MET WITH A LINE OF PEOPLE WHO COMMENDED ME FOR THE WORK THAT I'M DOING HERE IN OUR DISTRICT.
I COVER WORLD WAR ONE AND TWO IN LIKE TWO DAYS.
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WELL DONE. I THINK THAT'S AMAZING.SO YOU KNOW, MR. CHAMPINE AND I DIDN'T GET TO HAVE YOUR SON.
I'M JUST SAYING, LIKE, LITTLE HURT THERE.
HE HAD FRED. YEAH, I KNOW, WELL, HE SHOULD HAVE STARTED WITH AP WORLD.
ALL OF THE MATERIALS I USE WHEN I TEACH THIS MATERIAL NOW COME FROM THE SEATTLE MUSEUM.
AND THEY COME TO ME FREE OF CHARGE SO I CAN ORDER TEACHING TRUNKS WITH ACTUAL RELICS, YOU KNOW, LIKE SIMULATED YELLOW STARS AND SO FORTH. I CAN GET CLASSROOM SETS OF TEXTS THAT ARE APPROVED.
SO EVERYTHING IS, VETTED COMPLETELY.
I DON'T GO OFF COURSE WITH THIS.
ANY QUESTIONS? I'M GOING TO MAKE THE MOTION, BUT I JUST CAN'T.
I'VE GOT TO SAY THAT I THINK THIS KIND OF STUFF IS REALLY WHERE WE BEGIN TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES OF BULLYING AND EQUITY AND ALL OF THIS STUFF.
YOU'RE RIGHT. I START WITH A LESSON MR. TATE. UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'VE BEEN.
SO I START WITH A LESSON CALLED THE PYRAMID OF HATE.
AND WE TALK ABOUT ACTS OF BIAS MOTIVATED VIOLENCE, I'VE.
JUST LIKE MICROAGGRESSIONS AND WHERE MICROAGGRESSIONS LEAD TO.
AND I ASK THEM TO TELL ME WHERE THEY'VE SEEN THESE THINGS, WHERE HAVE THEY EXPERIENCED THEM? AND AT THE END OF THE ASSIGNMENT, I ASKED THEM, WHAT DO WE DO IN BATTLE GROUND? AND I'VE HAD KIDS TELL ME THAT WE SHOULD START KINDNESS CLUBS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE LIKE JUST THIS MORE HARMONIOUS.
I THINK IT'S KIND OF UTOPIAN IN THEIR MIND, BUT THIS PLACE WHERE EVERYBODY FEELS THEY BELONG.
AND THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT DOES START WITH US.
CHANGE STARTS WITH THE INDIVIDUAL.
WE STOP IT AND WE STOP IT AT THE GRASSROOTS.
SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. FORGIVE US FOR NOT TEACHING MORE OF THIS KIND OF STUFF.
SO SHOULD I MAKE THE MOTION? [INAUDIBLE] I GOT READ IT THE BOARD.
SO I MOVED THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ADOPT THE NEW COURSE PROPOSAL.
HOLOCAUST AND GENOCIDE STUDIES AND GENOCIDE STUDIES.
WE LOOK TO JULIA FOR OUR ADVISORY VOTE PRO.
WITH THAT. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? I ACTUALLY DID HAVE ONE.
SO IT SAYS THAT THIS IS AN ELECTIVE CREDIT, BUT I'M LOOKING AT THE STANDARDS AND ALL THAT.
IT LEAVES THEM OPEN A SECOND SEMESTER SO THEY CAN TAKE THAT THIS CLASS AND FIT THAT IN.
KNOW, US HISTORY LIKE THIS ISN'T A CORE CLASS.
NO. YEAH. LIKE, THEY DON'T HAVE TO TAKE THIS, RIGHT? NO. THIS WOULD BE AN ELECTIVE FOR ME, JULIA.
WHO WOULD LOOK AT THESE ART CLASSES THAT THEY'RE OFFERING AND GO, OH, I WOULD FAIL THOSE.
SO THIS IS JUST ANOTHER OPTION, RIGHT? YEAH, I GET THAT.
I THINK YOU MIGHT HURT BECKY'S FEELINGS.
SORRY. BECKY KNOWS MY [INAUDIBLE].
OKAY, I'VE HAD A KINDERGARTEN CLASS TELL ME I CAN'T DRAW.
AND I'M LIKE, YOU'RE RIGHT, BUT I DID.
I HAVE TO TELL YOU, I BOUGHT A CRICKET AND I USED IT, OKAY? I DIDN'T HURT MYSELF.
IT WORKED OUT. SO THIS IS THE EXTENT OF MY CRAFTING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? ALL RIGHT.
WE HAVE THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE HOLOCAUST AND GENOCIDE STUDIES.
JUST AS THAT WENT SIDEWAYS, I'LL REMIND US WHERE WE ALL ARE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
MR. TATE, YOU ARE WELCOME TO COME TO MY CLASS ANYTIME.
AND THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU. AND, BECKY BROYLES IS GOING TO COME ON UP.
SHE HAS THREE COURSES, AND I'LL LET HER EXPLAIN THEM.
THEY'RE ALL SIMILAR IN NATURE.
BECKY AND BECKY IS STILL ON HER CRUTCH.
YEAH. I WANTED TO ACT LIKE NOT SO TINY TIM TONIGHT.
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YOU JUST WANTED SYMPATHY FROM THE BOARD SO THEY'D VOTE YES.EXACTLY. BUT I'M RECOVERING, SO IT'S GOOD.
BECKY BROYLES, I TEACH AT RIVER HOMELINK.
I AM THE VISUAL ARTS AND MEDIA ARTS TEACHER THERE, AND I DO HAVE THREE COURSES TO PROPOSE TO YOU.
AND YOU MIGHT LAUGH IF YOU KNOW ME OR, YOU KNOW, RIVER, BUT WE'RE ALREADY TEACHING THESE, IN A WAY.
SO I'LL START WITH ART SPECIAL PROJECTS.
OKAY, SO WE RUN ART SPECIAL PROJECTS AS, LIKE A SECOND YEAR OF, PHOTOGRAPHY, OR WE RUN IT AS A SECOND YEAR OF FASHION OR A SECOND YEAR OF GRAPHIC DESIGN. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.
WHAT IS HARD FOR ME AS THE TEACHER IS, FIGURING OUT WHO'S IN FRONT OF ME AND WHAT THEY'RE TAKING.
I RUN MY CLASS LIKE A BUSINESS.
AND SO IN ONE CLASS, I'VE GOT PHOTOGRAPHY, FASHION, GRAPHIC DESIGN AND STUDIO ART AS WELL AND ALSO I HAVE SECOND YEAR FASHION, GRAPHIC DESIGN, STUDIO ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY STUDENTS.
AND SO HELPING ME TO DELINEATE THESE COURSES AS THESE ARE THE KIDS THAT ARE IN PHOTO PORTFOLIO, WHICH IS A COURSE THAT BATTLE GROUND WAS RUNNING, THAT I'M RUNNING THIS YEAR GAVE ME THE IDEA TO SAY, HEY, LET'S SPLIT THESE UP A LITTLE BIT.
LET'S DO ART SPECIAL PROJECTS.
THAT IS SECOND YEAR FASHION ONLY.
LET'S DO GRAPHIC DESIGN PORTFOLIO.
THIS IS GRAPHIC DESIGN SECOND YEAR ONLY.
ALL OF THOSE CLASSES KIND OF RUN THE SAME.
THE STUDENTS CONFERENCE WITH ME.
WE PICK WHAT THEIR GALLERY SHOW IS GOING TO BE.
EXCEPT MAY I POINT OUT, I PUT THIS IN TONGUE IN CHEEK A LITTLE BIT, BUT, IN MY COURSE PROPOSALS, YOU'LL FIND SOME TEACHER TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES, FOR SUMMERTIME TRAININGS THAT THOSE TEACHERS THAT ARE PRESENTING COURSES WITH NO CURRICULUM OR BUDGETS ATTACHED, IT'S BECAUSE THESE.
WELL, LET'S TALK ABOUT MYSELF HERE.
I'M REALLY TALKING ABOUT THEM. THESE TEACHERS ARE AMAZING AT THEIR CRAFT AND THAT THEY ARE DOING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE SUMMER, AND THEY HAVE THE CONTENT KNOWLEDGE TO BE ABLE TO, RUN THESE CLASSES WITHOUT CURRICULUM AND WITHOUT BUDGETS.
SO IF THEY'RE IN THE BUDGET, YOU GUYS CAN THINK ABOUT PUTTING SOME MONEY AWAY FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, FOR TEACHERS TO DO THESE EXTRA COURSES, MUSEUM STUDIES DURING THE SUMMER TIME TO INCREASE OUR CRAFT, AND YEAH, THAT'S THE COURSES.
GIVEN THAT YOU'RE BASICALLY TAKING YOUR CURRENT WORKLOAD AND YOU'RE JUST SPLITTING IT UP TO HELP KIND OF IDENTIFY WHO'S WHO, AND THAT IT IS RIVER HOMELINK, I'M ASSUMING THAT THIS IS STILL GOING TO BE A MANAGEABLE FORMAT FOR YOU, BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT ADDING KIDS PER SE, YOU'RE JUST KIND OF PUTTING THEM IN BLOCKS.
WELL, I WOULD IMAGINE NOT UNDER ONE.
I WOULD IMAGINE IT'S PROBABLY BETTER FOR YOUR STUDENTS KNOW WHEN IT SHOWS ON THEIR TRANSCRIPT.
YES. BECAUSE THEN COLLEGES KNOW.
OH, LOOK, THEY TOOK A FASHION PORTFOLIO VERSUS A RIGHT NOW IT'S ALL UNDER ART SPECIAL PROJECTS.
YEP. SO THAT QUESTION OF WELL WHAT WHAT IS THAT MEAN.
YEAH. THEY COULD TAKE IT AS A FRESHMAN FOR COLLEGES UNIVERSITIES, JOB POTENTIAL JOB OFFERS.
SO AM I UNDERSTANDING THIS CORRECTLY THAT THEY MIGHT TAKE THEY MIGHT BE IN A SIMILAR COURSE WITH A DIFFERENT NAME AND THEN MOVE INTO THE PORTFOLIO COURSE AS THEY PROGRESS, IS THAT THEY DO HAVE ON EACH OF THE COURSES THERE ARE PREREQS.
SO FOR GRAPHIC DESIGN IT'S GRAPHIC DESIGN ONE TWO.
AND THEN THEY WOULD MOVE INTO GRAPHIC DESIGN PORTFOLIO, WHICH THEY COULD CONTINUE TAKING FOR AS MANY CREDITS AS OR YEARS AS THEY WANT TO. WELL, I AGREE IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO HAVE A SPECIFIC NAME FOR THE COURSE WHEN YOU PUT IT ON A TRANSCRIPT RATHER THAN SPECIAL PROJECTS.
YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, ADOPT THE NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FOR FASHION PORTFOLIO, GRAPHIC DESIGN PORTFOLIO, AND THE ART SPECIAL PROJECTS.
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I WOULD LOOK TO JULIA FOR HER ADVISORY VOTE.YEAH, I WAS GOING TO SAY, JULIA, THIS IS YOUR CHANCE.
NO. I'D RATHER STAY IN HER CLASS.
HEARING THAT, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BEFORE THE BOARD? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
CONGRATS. THANK YOU BOARD. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
TEN FOR TEN, MR. DRAKE. THERE YOU GO.
SO IT'S BEEN A REALLY GREAT PROCESS.
WE WILL AT A JANUARY MEETING, WE HAVE TWO COURSES THAT DIDN'T GET ON THIS AGENDA.
THAT'S ENGLISH FOUR AND THEN INTENSIVE MATH ONE C SO I'LL BE BACK UP HERE FOR THOSE TWO COURSES.
AS A FORMER COLLEAGUE OF YOURS, I'M GRATEFUL THAT YOU'RE HERE.
AND DEBBIE, 38 YEARS IN THIS DISTRICT WITH KIDS GOING THROUGH THE DISTRICT.
IT'S AMAZING HAVING YOU HERE AS WELL.
SO THANK YOU, EVERYONE, AND I THINK I'M DONE.
THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE] WELL DONE.
THANK YOU. TRAVIS. NEXT UP WE HAVE OUR REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR PUBLIC SAFETY DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEM SCOTT MCDANIEL. I HAVE THE MOST EXCITING AGENDA ITEMS EVER FOR YOU GUYS.
ACTUALLY, THIS IS A REALLY INTERESTING ONE.
THE REQUEST IN FRONT OF YOU IS TO APPROVE OUR RFP TO GO OUT TO BID FOR INSTALLATION OF A PUBLIC SAFETY DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEM, OR DAS SYSTEM, THE PROCESS STARTED, I THINK, OVER A YEAR AGO.
AND, CHIEF FORT BATTLE GROUND CITY POLICE APPROACHED DENNY WATERS AND SAID WE MIGHT HAVE SOME FUNDING AND WE'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THINGS WE COULD DO TO HELP IMPROVE SECURITY IN THE SCHOOLS.
SO CHRISTMAS BREAK LAST YEAR, I MET WITH CHIEF FORT.
THIS IS A VERY LONG PROCESS, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES OF CAMERAS OR THIS RADIO SYSTEM.
THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS FROM THE CITY THAT AT TIMES THERE ARE POLICE OFFICERS IN BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL HAD ISSUES, SO WHAT WE DID FROM THERE IS CONDUCTED A STUDY OF ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES, EVEN THOSE THAT ARE, OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS, SO THAT WE KNEW EXACTLY WHERE OUR PROBLEM SPOTS ARE.
SO WHAT WE SAW WAS FOR THE SCHOOLS IN THE BATTLE GROUND CITY LIMITS, CHIEF, BOTH DAYBREAKS AND BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL ALL HAD ENOUGH FAILED AREAS THAT THEY THAT THEY WOULD QUALIFY FOR THIS KIND OF ANTENNA SYSTEM.
SO WE THEN SUBMITTED OUR INFORMATION TO THE CITY AND WAITED AND WAITED AND WAITED UNTIL THEY GOT THEIR FEDERAL FUNDING APPROVED, WHICH IS NOW WHAT IS ALLOWING US TO PROCEED WITH THIS.
THE AMOUNT THAT THEY HAVE AVAILABLE TO US IS UP TO $300,000 AND WE'RE NOT ENTIRELY SURE THAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH ALL FOUR SCHOOLS WITH IT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN WITH THAT 300,000.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT DO YOU HAVE AN ANTICIPATED, LIKE DO YOU HAVE AN EXPECTATION THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IN THE RESULTS FROM THE RFP? YES, I DO, YEAH, AT LEAST ONE COMPANY, WHILE THEY'RE NOT JUST LOCAL, BUT WE WORK WITH THEM QUITE A BIT.
[INAUDIBLE] WIRELESS, DOES INSTALL THESE KIND OF SYSTEMS. THERE'S A FEW OTHER COMPANIES THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH THAT HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO DO THIS, SO I THINK THAT WE'LL GET A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER.
[INAUDIBLE] SYSTEMS ARE FAIRLY COMMON.
I DO BELIEVE THERE THEY MAY BE REQUIRED FOR ALL NEW CONSTRUCTION ABOVE A CERTAIN SQUARE FOOTAGE, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT SQUARE FOOTAGE IS IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, BUT IT'S AT LEAST OVER 50,000FT².
SO, YEAH, THIS IS IT'S NOT A RARE THING.
IN OTHER WORDS, I THINK DAS SYSTEMS FIRST STARTED, BECOMING A REQUIREMENT FROM THE NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION AFTER 9/11, BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT THEY FACED, IS THAT COMMUNICATION IN THOSE BUILDINGS WAS HAMPERED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BUILDING ITSELF.
THIS WAS A GRANT THAT THE CITY APPLIED FOR.
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GOOD BUDGET.I HAD TO LOOK. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION IF ANYBODY WANTS TO GIVE ME ONE.
ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR TO APPROVE THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEM, I WOULD LOOK TO JULIA FOR HER ADVISORY VOTE. PRO.
WITH THAT, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
AND I WILL SAY THAT SCOTT AND I HAVE HAD, PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS.
WE THIS IS A CITY GRANT, SO WE CAN ONLY USE IT WITH OUR CITY SCHOOLS, BUT, FOR THE CAPITAL LEVY,, WE WILL BE IF THAT PASSES PLUG, WHICH I'M NOT ALLOWED TO SAY.
WERE THERE OTHERS THAT ROSE TO THE TOP OF THE LIST? TUKES ACTUALLY, IT'S, YOU KNOW, ALMOST A COOKIE CUTTER EXACTLY.
WE SAW A FEW CLASSROOMS FAIL IN THE NEW WING.
AND CAPTAIN, BECAUSE IT AGAIN, IT WAS OF THAT ERA, SCHOOLS THAT WERE, GRATIFYINGLY, GOOD.
AND BOY, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NEW CONSTRUCTION, IT'S I'M HAVING TO ASSUME THAT ITS LOCATION VERY NEAR TO THE TOWER MAY BENEFIT IT, SO, YEAH.
THOSE ARE THE BIGGEST SPOTS OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL SCHOOLS.
YEAH. PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL, BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL HAD SOME FAILURES.
YEAH, THOSE ARE OLDER BUILDINGS, BUT THEY HAVE THEIR CHALLENGES AND PLEASANT VALLEY, STRANGELY.
YEAH. PARTS OF PLEASANT VALLEY HAVE SOME WING SIGNALS.
THANK YOU SCOTT. YOU'RE WELCOME.
THANK YOU AGAIN. ALL RIGHT, WELL, THAT BRINGS US TO THE CLOSE OF NEW BUSINESS.
WE HAVE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND BOARD EVENTS.
[14. Future Agenda Items and Board Events]
I AM HAPPY TO SAY THIS IS IT UNTIL JANUARY.ANYTHING THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO SHARE BEFORE WE ADJOURN THE MEETING? MERRY CHRISTMAS.
WELCOME TO OUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS, MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO OUR STUDENTS, OUR STAFF AND OUR COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
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