Aug 26, 2024 Board of Directors

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THANK YOU.

[1. Call to Order]

WE HAVE OUR MONDAY, AUGUST 26TH, 2024 BATTLE GROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS REGULAR BOARD MEETING THIS EVENING WE WILL START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

READY BEGIN.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

NEXT, WE HAVE OUR ROLL CALL.

PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT FIVE, JACKIE MADDUX HERE.

VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT ONE MARY SNITILY HERE.

DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT TWO DEBBIE JOHNSON HERE.

DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT THREE TED CHAMPINE HERE.

DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT FOUR TERRY TATE HERE.

STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE JULIA STIFFLER HERE.

AND STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE ITZEL CONTRERAS MONTIEL.

MISS MISS MONTIEL HAS A PREARRANGED ABSENCE.

MADAM PRESIDENT, WE HAVE A QUORUM.

THANK YOU. DO YOU WANT TO DO AN EXCUSE? YES. COULD WE HAVE A MOTION TO EXCUSE ITZEL FROM THE MEETING TONIGHT? SO MOVED. ALL RIGHT.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED? PASSES 5 TO 0.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, WE HAVE TONIGHT'S AGENDA APPROVAL ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.

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

WE HAVE SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF UPDATES, CITIZENS COMMENTS, CONSENT AGENDA WITH ITEMS A THROUGH G NO OLD BUSINESS.

WE WILL RECESS AT THAT TIME TO HAVE OUR BUDGET HEARING.

THEN WE WILL RESUME OUR MEETING.

WE HAVE THREE ITEMS OF NEW BUSINESS TONIGHT A REVIEW OF FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND BOARD EVENTS.

AND THEN WE WILL HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION BEFORE ENDING THE MEETING THIS EVENING.

ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT THE BOARD WOULD LIKE REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA TONIGHT? I MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR AND WE LOOK TO OUR STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE FOR HER VOTE.

[INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

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

NEXT UP, WE HAVE OUR COMMITTEE REPORTS.

[5. Communications]

OKAY. I WILL TRY TO KEEP THIS AS SHORT AS POSSIBLE.

THIS IS THE HANDBOOK FOR GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AND WE ONLY HAVE, I THINK, 49 ITEMS WE NEED TO VOTE ON.

NOT WE AS, BUT AS A GROUP.

THE THE REPS HAVE TO VOTE ON 49 ITEMS. THOSE ARE WE DON'T HAVE ANY BIG ONES UNDER BYLAWS.

BUT THERE IS ONE INTERESTING ONE THAT I'VE GIVEN TO THE STUDENT REPS TO TAKE A LOOK AT AND COME BACK WITH SOME FEEDBACK FOR ME.

IT JUST ADDS STUDENT REPS REALLY TALKING ABOUT THE STUDENT REPS, AND THERE'S A HUGE AMENDMENT TO IT.

AND SO I ASKED THEM TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND THEY'LL REPORT ON THAT NEXT TIME.

THEN, AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF POSITIONS.

THERE ARE PERMANENT POSITIONS THAT IS WSSDAS BELIEF STATEMENTS.

AND THEN THERE ARE PLEDGE POSITIONS, WHICH IS OUR ADVOCACY STATEMENTS.

AND SO MUCH OF WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA THIS TIME, I WOULD SAY A MAJORITY OF IT IS WORDSMITHING.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S HAPPENED THIS YEAR, WHICH IS GOOD, WE ARE NOT HAVING ANY AMENDMENTS AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

ALL THE AMENDMENTS HAD TO BE HAD TO BE SUBMITTED BEFORE, BECAUSE LAST YEAR THAT'S WHAT TOOK SO LONG, IS WE AMENDED AND THEN WE AMENDED THE AMENDMENT AND THEN WE AMENDED IT WENT ON AND ON. THIS YEAR THERE ARE SOME AMENDMENTS TO THE AMENDMENTS, BUT THEY'RE ALL RIGHT HERE.

AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO IS TAKE A LOOK AT THE POSITIONS.

YOU CAN FIND IT ON THE WSSDA WEBSITE.

OR YOU RECEIVED A BULLETIN.

AND THE BULLETIN HAS A LINK DIRECTLY TO THIS HANDBOOK, AND ALSO TO A HANDY LITTLE TOOL TO THAT JUST GIVES THE LIST IN SHORT FORM.

SO YOU COULD TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

AND ACTUALLY IT HELPS A LOT.

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AND THOSE HAD TO DO WITH LOCAL CONTROL AND NO UNFUNDED MANDATES.

AND THAT WAS A THEME THROUGH MANY OF THE OF THE POSITIONS ON OPERATIONS, ON FACILITIES AND CONSTRUCTION, ON FUNDING, PARTICULARLY THE THEME WAS LOCAL CONTROL AND NO UNFUNDED MANDATES.

OF COURSE, THOSE POSITIONS WE SUBMITTED WITH YOUR APPROVAL, I WOULD VOTE IN FAVOR OF, EVEN THOUGH MANY OF THEM THE WSSDA COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED DO NOT PASS.

IT WAS JUST PRETTY TYPICAL THROUGH THE WHOLE THING.

THAT WAS THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED DO NOT PASS ON ANYTHING THAT SAID LOCAL CONTROL.

AND THERE IS ACTUALLY ONE IN THE BYLAWS THAT SPEAKS TO LOCAL CONTROL.

SO MY INTENT WITH YOUR SUPPORT WOULD BE TO VOTE FOR THE ONES THAT WE PUT FORTH, EXCEPT FOR ONE.

AND THE ONLY REASON I WOULDN'T VOTE FOR THAT IS BECAUSE SOMEBODY WROTE A BETTER ONE, AND SO I WOULD VOTE FOR THAT ONE INSTEAD.

THERE WERE A COUPLE OF INTERESTING ONES.

MANY OF THE OF THE POSITIONS WERE JUST A MATTER OF CHANGING, ESPECIALLY THE FUNDING ONES.

IT WAS CHANGING WORDING FROM AMPLE TO AMPLY.

MAYBE YOU UNDERSTAND WHY BETTER THAN I DO.

IT SEEMED LIKE A LOT TO AMPLY AND FULLY WERE THE TWO NEW WORDS.

THEY WANTED TO USE THOSE WORDS CONSISTENTLY.

SO MANY OF THE POSITIONS IT'S IT WAS CHANGING THOSE TWO WORDS AND THAT WAS IT.

LET'S SEE, THERE WERE A COUPLE THAT WERE INTERESTING.

ONE WAS THERE'S A LITERACY WORK GROUP APPARENTLY, AND ONE POSITION ADVOCATED FOR FUNDING BASED ON THIS LITERACY STATE LITERACY WORK GROUP'S WORK.

MY CONCERN AFTER READING IT, IS THAT I HAVE RARELY SEEN A STATE WORK GROUP THAT DIDN'T INITIATE AN UNFUNDED MANDATE.

AND SO MY CAUTION IN VOTING FOR ADVOCATING FOR FUNDING IS THAT WE WOULD GET THE REGULATION, BUT WE WOULDN'T GET FUNDING BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS A LOT, TOO.

SO I NEED I MEAN, I NEED TO KNOW IF YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION ABOUT THAT.

AND THERE WASN'T I DIDN'T FEEL THERE WAS ENOUGH IN THE POSITION TO REALLY NAIL DOWN HOW WHAT THE OUTCOME MIGHT BE.

SO I CAN GIVE YOU THAT NUMBER IF I DON'T HAVE IT RIGHT HERE.

BUT I WILL GIVE YOU THE NUMBER AND LET'S SEE.

OH, OKAY.

ONE OF THE POSITIONS I FELT MIGHT LEAD TO ACTUALLY THE STATE.

I MEAN, IF WE'RE ADVOCATING FOR THE STATE TO AND MAYBE THIS WAS THE LITERACY ONE.

WE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB.

I FILLED IN THE DISTRICT OF ADOPTING A NEW ELA CURRICULUM LAST YEAR, AND WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND A GREAT DEAL OF MONEY MAKING SURE THAT WE WERE WE WERE ADOPTING SOMETHING THAT WAS THAT WAS RESEARCH BASED.

I HESITATE TO ADVOCATE FOR THE STATE TO COME AND GIVE US DIFFERENT DIRECTION ON THAT BECAUSE I FEEL AGAIN LOCAL CONTROL.

I FELT WE DID OUR WE HAVE THE EXPERTS HERE.

WE DID A GOOD JOB.

SO I HESITATE TO TO SUPPORT THAT ONE.

OTHER THAN THAT, MOST OF THE ALL OF THE POSITIONS ARE VERY SIMILAR TO THE ONES THAT WE'VE HEARD BEFORE.

THERE IS ONE THAT'S BEEN RETIRED THAT HAS TO DO WITH COVID GRADUATION REGULATIONS.

AND SO EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE THEY DO RETIRE A POSITION, BUT THERE WEREN'T ANY OTHERS OF CONSEQUENCE.

SO WHAT I NEED FROM YOU IS IF YOU CAN LOOK AT THE POSITIONS AND GIVE ME ANY FEEDBACK, EITHER BETWEEN NOW AND OUR NEXT MEETING OR AT OUR NEXT MEETING.

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME.

I'VE MET WITH OR REACHED OUT TO A COUPLE OF YOU, AND I'M HAPPY TO SPEND TIME WITH YOU AND GO THROUGH EACH ONE SO WE, YOU KNOW, HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING.

BUT THAT'S MY.

HOW LONG DO WE HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU? WELL, I NEED TO WE WOULD NEED TO IF WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE, MAKE ANY OTHER DECISIONS.

WE WOULD NEED TO MAKE THEM AT OUR NEXT MEETING BECAUSE OUR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS SEPTEMBER 20TH AND 21ST, SO.

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OKAY. GIVE YOU MY OPINION BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS SO SO IF I CAN JUST GIVE YOU MY OPINION, THEN I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT.

OKAY. SURE.

YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT.

I'D LOVE THAT. ANYTHING ELSE? MARY CAN I JUST COMMENT ON YOUR YOUR COMMENT AROUND TEXTBOOK.

YES. TEXTBOOK PURCHASING.

I AGREE WITH YOU WHOLEHEARTEDLY THAT WE HAVE A WE HAVE THE EXPERTS IN THE ROOM.

I THINK THE BIGGEST FACTOR, AND IT'S A FACTOR THAT IS ON THE SIDE OF MY MIND THAT MAKES ME WEIGH IN ON OR LOOK TO POSSIBLY SUPPORT THAT IS THAT THERE HAS BEEN SOME TALK ABOUT THE EXPENSE OF THE PURCHASES, AND THAT IF THERE WERE, IF WE WERE PURCHASING CURRICULUM AS A BLOCK, THAT'S TRUE.

YEAH. IN THE STATE, WE COULD MOST LIKELY GET MUCH BETTER PRICING.

THAT'S THE ONLY THING I'LL SAY ABOUT IT.

NO, NO, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND.

AND THAT WHEN I THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT IT UP.

BECAUSE THAT ONE I'M LIKE.

AND I AND I'M THE SAME I DID ONE OR THE OTHER.

I WOULD RATHER PICK IT, BUT I'D LIKE TO HAVE SOME CONTROL OVER.

YEAH, I'D LIKE TO HAVE SOME CONTROL OVER THE PRICE POINT.

YEAH. AND WE DON'T RIGHT NOW ABSOLUTELY. YOU KNOW, WE'RE AT THE WHIM OF THE DEALERS.

AND OBVIOUSLY, IF WE WENT IN WITH A LITTLE MORE OOMPH, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET BETTER PRICING.

YOU PROBABLY I'M NOT AWARE, BUT YOU PROBABLY KNOW STATES THAT DO THAT.

YES. AND IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

IT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE. AND ACTUALLY, THE TEXTBOOK COMPANIES END UP WRITING THE CURRICULUM FOR THAT STATE.

YEAH. YEAH. I DON'T THINK WE'LL EVER GET THAT FAR.

NO, I THINK CALIFORNIA AND TEXAS HAVE US BEAT THERE.

YEAH. SO THAT WOULD BE ONE THAT MAYBE PEOPLE WANT TO LOOK AT.

IT'S JUST ONE TO CONSIDER. I WONDER WHAT THE IF THERE WERE COMMENTS ALONG THOSE LINES, IF THEY HAD ANY IDEA HOW PRICE POINT MIGHT BE IMPACTED.

I'D BE CURIOUS.

IT DIDN'T REALLY GET INTO THAT.

IT'S REALLY JUST GETTING STARTED WITH TAKING THAT WORKGROUP AND, AND, YOU KNOW, GOING TO THE LEDGE AND PROBABLY THAT'S WHERE IT'S GOING THOUGH, RIGHT? YEAH. I KNOW THAT PRICING, THE EXPENSE OF TEXTBOOKS HAS BEEN A HUGE ISSUE AND TALK AMONGST THE SUPERINTENDENTS, IT'S IT'S OUT OF CONTROL.

RIGHT. WELL, THEY HAVE US THEY HAVE US OVER A BARREL, SO TO SPEAK, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE THE ELECTRONIC SIDE OF THINGS, THEY JUST TURN THE SERVERS OFF NOW AFTER 8 YEARS AND, AND SO YOU'RE FORCED TO WE'RE FORCED TO GO BACK INTO THE CYCLE.

WHEREAS BEFORE WE COULD KEEP A BOOK FOR, YOU KNOW, 10-12 WE DIDN'T LIKE IT.

20 BUT WE COULD KEEP A BOOK FOR 20 YEARS SOMETIMES IF WE COULDN'T AFFORD IT.

NOW, THAT'S NOT EVEN AN OPTION FOR US, RIGHT? WELL, AND IT'S ALWAYS IT'S ALWAYS TRICKY BECAUSE WE DO WANT TO ADVOCATE FOR FUNDING, AND WE ALSO WANT TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR CONTROL OF THE FUNDING.

YES. SO IT'S YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF THAT.

YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.

THANK YOU. NO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND SO AGAIN, IF YOU WOULD GIVE ME FEEDBACK BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT MEETING AND OR BRING IT TO THE NEXT MEETING, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT I CAN OR WALK YOU THROUGH THE, THE TOOLS AND JUST LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU NEED.

ANY QUESTIONS? [INAUDIBLE] OKAY.

SO NEXT WE HAVE OUR AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT.

WE HAVE NOT HAD OUR MEETING YET FOR THIS MONTH TO ALLOW MORE TIME FOR BUDGET STUFF, SO OUR NEXT MEETING IS NOT UNTIL THE 17TH.

FANTASTIC. BATTLE GROUND EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

I KEEP THE PAPERS HERE IN FRONT OF ME SO I CAN REPORT ON THIS.

I AM JUST LEARNING.

OKAY. AND I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW IMPORTANT I FEEL LIKE THIS IS.

AND I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT IT REALLY, TO MY EMBARRASSMENT.

OKAY, SO BUT BATTLE GROUND EDUCATION FOUNDATION DOES THINGS FOR BATTLE GROUND SCHOOLS.

THEY THEY THEY THEY HAVE FUNDRAISERS, THEY COLLECT THINGS.

AND WE JUST HAD A STUFF THE BUS EVENT.

SO THE STUFF THE BUS EVENT WAS AND I HAPPENED TO BE OUT THERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

AND YOU STAND THERE AND YOU ASK PEOPLE, YOU GIVE THEM A LITTLE SHOPPING LIST.

YOU SAY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HELP US STUFF THE BUS? AND THEY GO INSIDE AND THEY BUY STUFF, BRING IT BACK OUT, PUT IT IN THE BUS.

IT'S BEEN GIVEN. SO THEY'VE STARTED GIVING THIS STUFF ALREADY TO THE KIDS IN BACKPACKS.

JUST PEOPLE GO IN AND BUY THE STUFF AND THEY GIVE IT TO THE KIDS.

IT'S A VERY GOOD THING.

OKAY, SO THEY HAVE ANOTHER EVENT COMING UP AND IT'S CALLED A DESTINATION GRADUATION.

AND IT'S HAPPENING OCTOBER 5TH.

AND YOU READ ABOUT THIS STUFF.

GUESS WHERE YOU JUST LOOK UP BATTLE GROUND EDUCATION FOUNDATION AND YOU READ ABOUT IT RIGHT THERE.

OKAY. SO THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF END OF YEAR FUNDRAISING TO SUPPORT ALL OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DO, WHICH INCLUDE AND THESE ARE JUST

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THEY THEY HAVE A FAMILY AND COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER.

THEY HELP KIDS IN NEED, CELEBRATE READING, LIBRARIES, ARTS AS WELL AS TECHNOLOGY, HEALTH AND SAFETY.

SO THEY DO LOTS OF THINGS TO HELP BRING ADDED GOODNESS TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SO THEY'RE GETTING READY TO DO THAT OCTOBER 3RD, AND IT HAS TO DO WITH A DINNER.

IT HAS TO DO WITH GIFTS THAT YOU DO, LIKE A SILENT AUCTION, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF STUFF.

AND THEY'RE JUST RAISING MONEY TO DO THE THINGS THAT THEY DO ALL YEAR THAT YOU CAN READ ABOUT ONLINE.

NOW, I DO WANT TO PUT IN THE KUDOS FOR COLLEEN O'NEILL.

SHE'S BEEN OUR PRESIDENT.

BUT TO ALLISON BULLOCK IS OUR NEW PRESIDENT.

IS ALLISON HERE SOMEPLACE? NO. OKAY.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO HER.

AND THANK YOU ALL THAT SERVE ON THAT.

AND THANK YOU ALL THAT HELPED WITH THE STUFF THE BUS.

IT WAS FUN. THANK YOU.

ANYTHING FROM THE WIAA COMMITTEE? NO UPDATES. OKAY.

I WILL SHARE THAT OUR BOARD WILL NOT BE THE REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR WIAA GOING FORWARD.

WE AS A WHOLE IN SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON, WE CAN SEND ONE BOARD MEMBER FROM ANY OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THIS AREA TO BE THAT BOARD REPRESENTATIVE, AND WE HAVE HAD THAT GOSH, IN OUR SEVEN YEARS.

SEVEN YEARS. THANK YOU.

I WAS GOING TO SAY SIX.

SO THANKS FOR LOOKING THAT UP FOR SURE.

SO ONE OF THE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS WILL BE OUR BOARD REPRESENTATIVE GOING FORWARD, AND WE JUST WANT TO THANK TED FOR HIS SERVICE ON THAT BOARD.

AND IT'S BEEN GREAT TO HAVE IT RIGHT HERE IN OUR HOUSE FOR A WHILE.

BUT IT'S TIME TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT.

SO AND I WILL CONTINUE TO GET UPDATES FROM TOM ADAMS, OUR DISTRICT ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, AND SHARE THOSE UPDATES FOR THE BOARD PROBABLY ONCE A MONTH IN THESE MEETINGS. GREAT.

THANK YOU. ANY WSSDA UPDATES? ELECTIONS? YES.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN A DISTRICT OR STATEWIDE, EITHER A DISTRICT COMMITTEE OR STATEWIDE OFFICE, YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY FILE.

I THOUGHT THE FILING WAS THE FIRST PART OF SEPTEMBER, THE 16TH OF SEPTEMBER.

THAT'S RIGHT. AND IT'S AN IMPORTANT THING TO BE ON THOSE COMMITTEES AND TO INFLUENCE THE STATEWIDE AND ALSO, I THINK STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

THERE'S A POSITION AS WELL.

OKAY. AND THEY'LL ANNOUNCE THOSE RESULTS AT THE CONFERENCE, I THINK, BEFORE THAT, ACTUALLY.

I THINK IT'S THEY'LL ANNOUNCE THEM LATE OCTOBER.

OKAY, GREAT.

AND IF YOU DON'T VOTE, THEY WILL GIVE YOU LOTS OF REMINDERS TO GO OUT AND VOTE.

BE SURE AND VOTE. YES.

ALL RIGHT. THAT TAKES US TO DIRECTORS REPORTS.

ANY REPORTS TO SHARE? I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.

SPORTS STARTED YESTERDAY OR TODAY.

SORRY, NO FOOTBALL STARTED LAST WEEK.

YEAH, I JUST CAME FROM PRACTICE.

I'M REALLY SWEATY AND STICKY AND EVERYBODY WAS THERE ALL SWEATY AND STICKY, LIKE VOLLEYBALL HAD.

LIKE THEY HAD, LIKE, NUMBERS.

THEY'RE DOING CRAZY TRYOUTS THIS YEAR.

AND. YEAH.

SO WE ALREADY GOT A TON OF STUDENTS AT THE SCHOOL TODAY, WHICH IS REALLY COOL.

NICE. DENNY AND I AND MR. JOLMA MET WITH THE CITY OF BATTLE GROUND OVER SOME PROPOSED ROADS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO PUT IN.

IT WAS A GREAT MEET AND GREET WITH THEIR NEW CITY MANAGER, AND SO WE GOT TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH GETTING TO KNOW HER.

AND I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING BACK YET, BUT I DID REQUEST FOR A MEET AND GREET FOR THE WHOLE BOARD WITH THE CITY.

SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF ALL LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT TO DO WITH THE ROAD PROJECTS AND HOW IT IMPACTS US.

AND WE CAN ASK LOTS OF QUESTIONS AND CLEAR UP LOTS OF UNKNOWNS IS MY HOPE.

SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL HEAR BACK ON THAT SOON.

WE DON'T HAVE WE DON'T HAVE ANY TIMELINE.

THEY WERE UNABLE TO GIVE US ANY TIMELINE, NOT IN TERMS OF SETTING UP A MEETING, BUT OF EVEN THE ROAD AND THE PROGRESS ON THAT.

OKAY. ALSO ON YOUR TABLES YOU WILL SEE A 24-25 BOARD TOUR SCHEDULE.

THIS IS THE REVAMP THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT AT THE END OF THE LAST MEETING.

YOU WILL SO OUR STUDENTS ARE NOT LISTED ON THIS.

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BUT AS YOU LOOK KIND OF DOWN THE DATES, YOU WILL SEE THERE ARE ONLY FOUR BOARD MEMBERS PER TOUR.

IF THERE'S THREE OF US TOGETHER IT'S A QUORUM.

BUT IF WE GO TO THE TOUR TOGETHER AND TWO OF US GO WITH THE PRINCIPAL AND TWO OF US GO WITH AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, THEN WE DON'T.

WE ARE NOT A PARTY OF THREE AND WE DON'T HAVE A QUORUM.

BUT THIS WAY WE CAN ACTUALLY TOUR AS A BOARD TOGETHER AND WE CAN DO IT HOWEVER THE BOARD WOULD LIKE IT.

WE CAN STICK WITH A PARTNER, WE CAN SWITCH SPOTS.

WE CAN, YOU KNOW, REALLY GET THE FULL EXPERIENCE OF GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER A LITTLE BETTER AND LEARN FROM EACH OTHER AND DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES AND ALL THAT.

AND SO I'M, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS NEW SCHEDULE.

AND SO EVERYBODY DID PUT IN THEIR DATES THAT THEY WERE AVAILABLE.

SO IT KIND OF SETTLED ON FRIDAYS.

SO IF THE THE OTHER PART ABOUT THAT IS THERE'S ALWAYS A FLOATER, RIGHT? IF ONLY FOUR OF US GO.

SO IF THE, IF YOU CAN'T ATTEND ONE, THEN WE CAN ASK THE BOARD MEMBER WHO'S NOT ATTENDING TO STEP IN OUR PLACE IF NEEDED.

AND THEN THE OTHER GOOD THING IS, EVEN IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT IN THE FLOATER, CAN'T MAKE IT MEANS WE STILL HAVE THREE BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE GOING TO ATTEND, WHEREAS IN THE PAST WE WOULD ONLY END UP WITH IF ONE COULDN'T MAKE IT.

WE'D ONLY HAVE ONE OR NONE, OR WE'D HAVE TO CANCEL OR WE'D HAVE TO CANCEL SO THIS GIVES US A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY.

ON THE FRIDAY, JANUARY 17TH TOUR, THE BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL TOUR, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT ALL FIVE BOARD MEMBERS ARE INVITED TO THAT ONE.

THAT'S BECAUSE THEY HAVE MULTIPLE, AS JACKIE POINTED OUT, MULTIPLE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS.

SO THEY CAN SPLIT US UP INTO THREE GROUPS SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE THE QUORUM ASPECT.

OKAY. [INAUDIBLE] GET YOUR HEAD NODS, WHICH I'VE SEEN.

AND LISA WILL SEND OUT THE CALENDAR INVITES [INAUDIBLE].

THERE'S ALREADY A COUPLE THAT ARE NOT GOING TO BE AVAILABLE.

OKAY, I'LL TRY TO DO SOME SWITCHING, BUT I ONLY HAVE ONE BODY, SO I DON'T HAVE.

RIGHT. WE'LL SEE.

IT HAPPENS.

AND AGAIN, IF WE GET THREE BOARD MEMBERS, WE'RE STILL UP TO WHERE WE BETTER OFF THAN WHERE WE WERE BEFORE.

WELL, THE FIRST ONE HAPPENS TO BE THE FIRST DAY OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY, SO I KNOW I'M AVAILABLE.

YEAH. SO ANYWAY.

WELL, I THINK JACKIE HAD SOME DATES.

FRIDAY SEEMED TO BE THE DATE.

IT IS THE DATE. BUT WE CAN CHANGE THE WE CAN CHANGE THE WHICH FRIDAY WE DO THAT AND WE CAN ALSO CHANGE THE WHO.

SO IF YOU NOTICE ANY DISCREPANCIES RIGHT AWAY, SEND THEM TO SHELLY AND I.

OKAY. AND WE WILL ADJUST.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I'LL DO THAT.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THE OTHER TOPIC THAT I TALKED ABOUT AT THE END OF THE MEETING LAST TIME WAS SOME BOARD TOPICS THAT WE COULD START DOING WORK SESSIONS ON. I DID NOT SEND THIS DOCUMENT OUT, SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF MENTION IT AGAIN.

I'LL GET IT OUT THERE FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, AND WE'LL GET TALKING ABOUT THIS AT THE NEXT MEETING, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT WITH EVERYBODY.

SURE. OKAY.

ANY OTHER DIRECTOR REPORTS?

[6. Superintendent and Staff Updates]

THANK YOU. I JUST GOT A FEW UPDATES.

NUMBER ONE, TOMORROW IS THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

WE'RE VERY EXCITED.

WE'LL HAVE ALL OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF WILL BE OUT IN DIFFERENT BUILDINGS AND WE'LL BE VISITING ALL THE SCHOOLS.

AND WE'RE VERY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT VERY MUCH.

THE GOOD NEWS IS, IS THAT OUR INITIAL ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS ALREADY WE ARE UP 146 STUDENTS ABOVE WHAT WE PROJECTED AT.

SO WE PROJECTED AN INCREASE, BUT ABOVE WHAT WE PROJECTED AT THAT OUT, IT'S 146 BEYOND THAT, WHICH AGAIN, YOU KNOW, AND I HATE TO ALWAYS TALK ABOUT MONEY, BUT MONEY IS IMPORTANT.

AND 146 STUDENTS TRANSLATES TO ROUGHLY $1.5 MILLION [INAUDIBLE].

AND THAT'S ONLY K-8.

THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE OUR ALE SCHOOLS OR OUR COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS.

SO WE THAT'S WHERE WE'RE SITTING RIGHT NOW.

SO THAT'S A GOOD SIGN.

WE HAD OUR NEW TEACHER ORIENTATION.

I'M SORRY THAT YOU GUYS COULDN'T MAKE THE LUNCHEON.

WE KNOW IT WAS KIND OF SQUEEZED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, BUT I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE HAD APPROXIMATELY 50 NEW TEACHERS AND NEW EMPLOYEES BROUGHT ON BOARD CERTIFICATED STAFF.

THIS WAS FOR. AND WE DID SOME TRAINING ON THEM ON THE DANIELSON TEACHER FRAMEWORK.

AND WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND EVERYTHING ABOUT BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND IT WENT VERY WELL.

AND THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED WAS EXTREMELY POSITIVE.

I ALSO WANTED TO TALK ABOUT JACKIE ASKED ME TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON PROGRESS REPORT ON PROCEDURE 2120.

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SO FAR, WE ARE BANGING OUR HEADS AGAINST THE WALL.

SKYWARD IS NOT AN EASY SYSTEM TO WORK WITH.

THERE SEEMS SOME HESITANCY ON THE STATE'S PART BECAUSE WE'RE SWITCHING TO CUMULATIVE.

YEAH. CUMULATIVE IS REPLACING SKYWARD, SO THEY DON'T WANT TO DO A WHOLE LOT OF WORK.

WE HAVE LEARNED THAT THE DESTINY SYSTEM IS READILY AVAILABLE, AND PARENTS CAN SIGN UP FOR THE DESTINY SYSTEM AS LONG AS THEY WANT.

AND THEY CAN RECEIVE THAT INFORMATION BY LOGGING ON TO DESTINY.

SO THAT MIGHT BE A WORKAROUND THERE.

WE HAVE EXPLORED THE POSSIBILITY OF THE EXPANSION OF THE COMMITTEE.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT ADDING ANOTHER PARENT REP, TWO STUDENT REPS ONE DISTRICT OFFICE REP, ONE TEACHER, ONE MORE TEACHER LIBRARIAN AND ONE MORE BUILDING ADMINISTRATOR.

SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT, AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE TWO PARENT REPS WILL BE ROTATING OFF.

THIS IS THEIR LAST YEAR, SO THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL OPEN OPENINGS ON THE PARENTS SIDE.

AMANDA'S BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT ON OUR SURVEY THAT WE PROMISED WE WERE GOING TO GET OUT.

WE HOPE TO RELEASE THAT TOWARDS THE END OF SEPTEMBER.

AND THEN SHELLY AND I HAVE SETTING UP A MEETING WITH OUR SCHOOL LIBRARIANS, WHICH WE SAID THAT WE WOULD DO TO LOOK AT IDEAS THEY HAVE ABOUT TIGHTENING UP THE SELECTION PROCESS.

AND LOOKING AT THE, THE RESOURCES THAT THEY HAVE AVAILABLE FOR THEM FOR THAT.

SO WE'RE STILL ON TRACK TO REPORT BACK TO THE BOARD ON THE LAST MEETING OF OCTOBER.

AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST LAST BOARD MEETING I BROUGHT, I SAID THAT I WAS GOING TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION WITH YOU FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ON THE TIMBER SALE.

THE DOBBLER TIMBER SALE, WHICH IS THE AREA THAT WAS IMPACTED, THE REPLANT THAT OCCURRED DURING THE YACOLT BURN AND THAT TIMBER IS READY TO BE HARVESTED.

AND AS YOU COULD SEE FROM THE INFORMATION THAT I FORWARDED YOU, IT IS A SOMEWHAT CONTROVERSIAL.

THERE'S STRONG OPINIONS ON BOTH SIDES.

I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE ARE FROM A STANDPOINT OF THE DISTRICT, JUST TO PROVIDE THE BOARD WITH SOME PERSPECTIVE.

OF COURSE, WE ARE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE LAND, AND THE YACOLT FOREST AREA IS AN IMPORTANT NATURAL RESOURCE FOR OUR AREA.

IT PROVIDES RECREATION AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

ALSO, AT THE SAME TIME, WE DO RECEIVE FUNDS WHEN TIMBER IS CUT IN OUR DISTRICT AND IF THAT TIMBER WERE TO BE CUT AND SOLD IT'S ESTIMATED THAT BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT WOULD RECEIVE APPROXIMATELY $700,000 FROM THE SALE OF THAT TIMBER, SO IT KIND OF GOES BOTH WAYS.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH THIS, SO I'LL SHUT UP AND PERHAPS ASK WHAT THE BOARD IS THINKING.

AND THEN IF YOU WANT, I CAN OFFER MY PERSPECTIVE AND MY THOUGHTS IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU WANT THAT.

AND THEY ASKED FOR AN OPINION OF THE FROM THE DISTRICT, NOT THE THEY, NOT THE BOARD, THE FROM THE DISTRICT.

RIGHT. BUT I FEEL LIKE IT'S IMPORTANT THAT IF I'M GOING TO REPRESENT THE DISTRICT THAT YOU ARE INVOLVED ON IT, ESPECIALLY IF I WERE TO GIVE THEM AN ANSWER THAT THEY DIDN'T LIKE THEIR DNR IS ASKING, THE AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION IS ASKING US TO SUPPORT THE LOGGING OF THIS TIMBER.

THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE ASKING US TO DO.

THEY'RE NOT ASKING US TO FORM AN OPINION.

THEY'RE ASKING US TO FORM THAT OPINION AND SUPPORT THAT BY SOLICITING THAT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.

I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY. JUST BECAUSE THERE'S NO VOTE, THERE'S NO THERE'S NO VOTE.

THIS IS NOT A RESOLUTION.

IT'S JUST BEING A DISCUSSION SO.

YEAH. ANY THOUGHTS? WHAT WAS THE DEPARTMENT AGAIN? DENNY DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES TERRY. SO THEY'RE THEY'RE THEY'RE RECOMMENDING THAT WE SUPPORT THIS.

NO, THE AMERICAN FOREST ASSOCIATION.

AMERICAN FOREST RESOURCE COUNCIL.

OKAY. IS ASKING FOR A LETTER OF SUPPORT TO BE SENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.

THANK YOU. MY PLEASURE.

IT'S DNR LAND.

IT'S DNR LAND.

DNR WILL HAVE THE FINAL DECISION.

SOMETHING IN MY RESEARCH THAT I DIDN'T QUITE PICK UP ON THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED THAT THIS AREA IS ALREADY THIS IS AN AREA THAT'S BEEN BURNED.

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100 YEARS AGO. SO IT WAS REPLANTED AFTER THE YACOLT BURN.

AND SO NOW. SO NOW THE TIMBER IS 100 YEARS OLD.

AND. YES, OBVIOUSLY.

OKAY. HENCE THE REASON FOR THE CONCERN.

YEAH. YEAH. YOU GOT A SPOTTED OWL HABITAT IN THERE.

SURE. THEY'RE REPORTING THAT IT'S EXCESS HABITAT AND THAT THEY STILL HAVE ADEQUATE.

BUT IT'S A TOUGH LINE TO DRAW IN THE SAND.

SO THERE'S CONCERN.

YEAH. I THINK IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE WHERE I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE EXPERTISE TO TO WEIGH IN.

I GUESS THAT'S KIND OF HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT TOO, IS IT'S NOT MY.

AND THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD, IN ALL HONESTY, WOULD BE THAT WE STAY NEUTRAL ON THIS.

I DON'T FEEL LIKE I HAVE ENOUGH EXPERTISE TO MAKE AN OPINION ABOUT IT.

YEAH, SAME.

THE ONLY VESTED INTEREST WE HAVE IN IT WOULD BE FINANCIAL.

YOU KNOW, OTHER THAN FOR PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT.

BUT AGAIN, WE.

CAN YOU SPEAK IN THE MIC, PLEASE.

AND WE DON'T HAVE THE I DON'T HAVE THE EXPERTISE.

HOW MANY ACRES ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? OH I KNOW I READ THAT SOMEWHERE.

I DON'T REMEMBER 140 ACRES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THANK YOU DEBBIE.

I'M NOT SURE, THOUGH.

YEAH. SO THERE'S FIVE.

THERE'S FIVE. THERE'S FIVE UNITS.

YEAH. AND SO UNIT ONE HAS 93 ACRES.

UNIT TWO HAS 13, UNIT THREE HAS 29, UNIT FOUR HAS THREE, AND UNIT FIVE HAS TWO ACRES.

ACRES. ACRES. ACRES.

SO, DEBBIE, YOU'RE RIGHT.

IT'S. IT ADDS UP TO A LITTLE OVER 140 ACRES.

I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO THE POLITICIANS TALKING ABOUT THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT LAND MANAGEMENT THAT IS UP FOR ELECTION THIS CYCLE.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THEY TALK ABOUT IS HOW WE SHOULD BE POSSIBLY LOOKING AT HARVESTING SOME OF THESE FORESTS THAT HAVE BEEN TOTALLY SHUT DOWN.

SO I DON'T FEEL LIKE I KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT IT EITHER.

BUT I DO KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF TALK AND THAT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE SAYING THAT WE'RE NOT HARVESTING ANYTHING.

AND IT'S AND THE BIG HIT IS THAT THE SCHOOLS USED TO GET THAT MONEY AND THEY DON'T GET IT ANYMORE.

[INAUDIBLE] SO I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF SOME KIND OF COMPROMISE.

SO I CAN'T SAY THAT I'M OPPOSED TO IT.

I'M NOT OPPOSED TO IT.

I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF IT.

I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT IT, BUT I'D LOVE TO SEE THEM DO SOME HARVESTING.

I WOULD JUST TRUST THAT DNR WOULD EXACTLY HAVE THAT ABILITY TO KNOW WHAT TO DO AND WHEN TO DO IT.

YEAH, EXACTLY.

YEAH. AND I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.

NOT NOT ME AS A SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT.

SURE, SURE. AND WE DO STAND A LOT.

I MISSED THAT CLASS. WE HAVE A LOT TO GAIN BY THEM DOING THAT.

I MEAN, IT'S IN OUR FAVOR. IT IS IN OUR FAVOR.

SO THAT'S KIND OF LIKE, GEE WHIZ, SELF-SERVING, YOU KNOW, KIND OF STUFF.

DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU GOT ENOUGH FEEDBACK FOR DIRECTION? OKAY. THANK YOU. PERFECT.

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

AND THIS EVENING I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME MIKE MICHAUD, OUR DIRECTOR OF INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP.

HE IS GOING TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR ADMINISTRATIVE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, OUR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT.

AND SO MIKE, COME ON UP.

THANK YOU, MISS WHITTEN.

THANK YOU BOARD, FOR ALLOWING ME A FEW MINUTES TO SPEAK WITH YOU THIS EVENING.

BUT I WANTED TO START BY ACKNOWLEDGING MANY OF THE PEOPLE.

BEHIND ME. SO WHAT I'M ABOUT TO TALK ABOUT ISN'T SIMPLY THE WORK THAT I DO.

YOU KNOW, I WORK CLOSELY WITH MR. DRAKE AND WITH MR. LECOUNT. MISS LYNNELL MURRAY IS BACK THERE, TAMARA, ALLISON.

SO THERE'S QUITE A FEW PEOPLE INVOLVED IN WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE.

BUT I JUST WANTED, I GUESS I GOT VOTED TO BE THE SPOKESPERSON TONIGHT TO KIND OF SHARE SOME OF THIS INFORMATION WITH YOU.

SO THANK YOU.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO WHAT THIS SLIDE REPRESENTS IS THE LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK AND THE WAY IN WHICH ALL OF OUR BUILDING ADMINISTRATORS ARE EVALUATED. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S EIGHT DIFFERENT CRITERION.

AND THE REASON THAT I PUT THE STRATEGIC PLAN UP THERE IS TO SHOW THAT THERE'S A DIRECT CORRELATION BETWEEN WHAT SHOWS UP IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND THE WAY IN WHICH OUR PRINCIPALS ARE EVALUATED AND THE WAYS IN WHICH THEY RECEIVE FEEDBACK FROM BOTH MR. DRAKE AND MYSELF AROUND THEIR PERFORMANCE.

FOR EXAMPLE, YOU CAN SEE SAFE AND CARING ENVIRONMENT THAT EXISTS UP THERE, AND ALSO CRITERION ONE AND TWO BEING CREATING A CULTURE, ENSURING SCHOOL

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NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO WHAT THIS SLIDE REPRESENTS IS WITHIN A MONTH WE MEET WITH OUR PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND DISTRICT LEADERS EVERY THURSDAY MORNING.

ONE THURSDAY A MONTH, WE HAVE OPERATIONS MEETINGS WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BASIC TASKS AND OPERATIONS THAT OUR PRINCIPALS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR. TYPICALLY THOSE MEETINGS WE'RE GETTING UPDATES FROM HUMAN RESOURCES OR RISK MANAGEMENT, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

ONE THURSDAY A MONTH, TRAVIS AND I MEET WITH ALL OF OUR PRINCIPAL GROUPS AND PLCS, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT GRADE SPECIFIC PROBLEMS OF PRACTICE OR DATA THAT ARE RELEVANT TO OUR PARTICULAR GRADE LEVELS IN WHICH WE OVERSEE.

THE THIRD THURSDAY OF THE MONTH IS SPECIFIC TO THE K-12 INSTRUCTIONAL MEETINGS.

AND SO THIS YEAR, THAT WORK IS PRIMARILY SLATED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES AND THE NEW TPEP EVALUATION PROCESS.

SO WE ADOPTED THE UPDATES TO THE DANIELSON FRAMEWORK.

AND SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PRINCIPALS ARE WELL VERSED IN THOSE CHANGES.

AND SO OUR K-12 MEETINGS OFFER THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE AND TO EVALUATE TEACHERS FAIRLY AND EFFECTIVELY.

AND THEN THE LAST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH IS SPECIFIC TO THEIR PERSONAL LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, WHICH I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IN MORE DETAIL HERE IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF IS THE MENTORING PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR PRINCIPALS.

SO ALL OF OUR FIRST AND SECOND YEAR PRINCIPALS GET A MENTOR.

AND SO OUTSIDE OF THE WORK THAT THE DIRECTORS AND TRAVIS AND MYSELF OFFER, THEY HAVE A MENTOR THAT THEY CAN CALL MOST OF THOSE MENTORS YOU CAN SEE THAT ARE LISTED THERE AT THE BOTTOM ARE EITHER CURRENT PRINCIPALS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF OUR DISTRICT OR RETIRED PRINCIPALS OR DIRECTORS THAT WERE INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL AS BUILDING LEADERS.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE LIST OF MENTORS THAT ARE THERE, AND THEN A LIST OF THE PARTICIPANTS AND MENTEES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

SOMETIMES WE HAVE PRINCIPALS THAT ASK FOR A THIRD YEAR OF MENTORING.

AND SO WE TRY TO BASED ON FUNDING THAT'S AVAILABLE, PROVIDE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM AS WELL.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO WE HAVE A CLOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH AWSP AND AWSP STANDS FOR THE ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL PRINCIPALS.

AND SO WHAT YOU SEE IN THIS SLIDE IS THE NEXT LEVEL LEADERS IS KIND OF AN ADVANCED LEARNING OPPORTUNITY THAT MANY OF OUR PRINCIPALS WERE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE LIST DOWN BELOW AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT SLIDE, OF THE 4 OR 5 PRINCIPALS FROM BATTLE GROUND THAT HAVE SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT TWO YEAR LONG PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY.

SO WE'RE EXCITED FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS AS WELL.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO THIS IS NEW AND I HAVE TO THANK LYNNELL MURRAY WHO'S SITTING RIGHT BEHIND US.

SO AWSP THIS YEAR IS ALSO OFFERING A MEANINGFUL EVALUATION WORKSHOP.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE LARGE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS THAT WE HAVE IN THIS PARTICULAR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPTION ONLY COSTS US $100 PER PERSON. BUT REALLY, WHAT THIS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OFFERS THEM IS SOME SUPPORT IN THE NEW DANIELSON FRAMEWORK AND BEING ABLE TO EVALUATE OUR TEACHERS FAIRLY AND EFFECTIVELY.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO THIS IS WHAT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT.

AND THIS IS WHAT'S NEW, I THINK TO BATTLE GROUND THIS YEAR IS I THINK THAT WE RECOGNIZED THAT THERE WAS MAYBE A HOLE IN LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT THAT WE HAD HERE IN BATTLE GROUND.

IT WAS WITH OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS.

AND SO TRAVIS AND I SAT DOWN WITH MISS WHITTEN AND MR. WATERS, AND I HAVE TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THIS.

BUT WE DECIDED THAT WE WANTED TO MEET WITH JUST OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE GROWING PROFESSIONALLY.

AND IF THEY SO CHOOSE, WE'RE READY FOR THE PRINCIPALSHIP WHEN CALLED UPON.

SO WHAT THIS SLIDE REALLY TALKS ABOUT IS TRAVIS, MYSELF, LUKE LECOUNT, SHELLY AND DENNY ARE GOING TO MEET WITH OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS QUARTERLY, AND THEN OUR GREAT LEADERS OVER HERE TO MY LEFT ARE ALSO GOING TO GO OUT AND MEET WITH THEM INDIVIDUALLY THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE YEAR JUST TO TALK ABOUT LEADERSHIP, GET FEEDBACK ON THEIR EXPERIENCE AS ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS IN OUR DISTRICT.

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WHAT I'M ABOUT TO KIND OF SHARE WITH YOU IS A QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED IN OUR FIRST OF THOSE FOUR QUARTERLY MEETINGS.

SO IF YOU COULD SKIP TO THE NEXT SLIDE HERE.

WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IS THIS IS A SCHOOL LEADER PARADIGM.

THIS IS OFFERED OUT OF THE ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL PRINCIPALS.

AND REALLY IT'S THIS IDEA OF BECOMING WELL DOING IT'S THAT WE ALL HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO GROW IN OUR PRACTICE.

AND ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE PARADIGM, YOU SEE THE LEARNING LEADER.

AND SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO GROW THE PERSONAL SYSTEMS AND SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE OF ALL OF OUR LEADERS HERE IN BATTLE GROUND.

AND ON THE RIGHT SIDE, YOU SEE THE LEARNING ORGANIZATION.

THOSE PRINCIPALS ARE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CULTURE, THE LEARNING OF THE STUDENTS IN THOSE BUILDINGS, AND THEN DEVELOPING SYSTEMS IN WHICH THOSE SCHOOLS CAN FUNCTION EFFICIENTLY AND SAFELY.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE THIS THIS IS KIND OF A NEVER ENDING SORT OF PROCESS.

WE ALWAYS WANT OUR PRINCIPALS TO BE GROWING AND LEARNING.

AND SO WE USE THIS VISUAL AS A WAY TO HELP THEM KIND OF THINK ABOUT THEIR DEVELOPMENT AS HUMAN BEINGS, BUT ALSO AS LEADERS OF A GREATER ORGANIZATION. I BELIEVE THAT IN YOUR PACKET OF MATERIALS TODAY, I GAVE YOU A LIST OF ALL OF THE PERSONAL SYSTEMS, SOCIAL INTELLIGENCES, AND THEN ON THE BACK SIDE, THE LEARNING ORGANIZATION, THE LEARNING, THE SYSTEMS AND CULTURE.

SO IF AT A LATER DATE, YOU WANTED TO KIND OF LOOK AT ONE OF THOSE SPECIFIC ATTRIBUTES ARE THAT FALL WITHIN EACH ONE OF THOSE DIFFERENT DOMAINS THAT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON WITH THEM.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO PART OF THE WORK THAT WE DID WITH OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS WAS WE LOOKED AT STRENGTHSFINDER, AND I SHARED WITH YOU AN EXAMPLE OF MY STRENGTHS. SO YOU SIT DOWN AND YOU TAKE ABOUT A 30 MINUTE SURVEY AND THEY ASK YOU A VARIETY OF QUESTIONS ABOUT LEADERSHIP AND WHO YOU ARE AS AN INDIVIDUAL.

AND SO THIS IS ME.

REALLY STRONG IN RELATIONSHIPS.

STRONG IN EXECUTING AND INFLUENCING.

BUT AS A PERSON, MAYBE NOT SO MUCH ABOUT THE STRATEGIC THINKING.

AND SO IT'S A GOOD THING THAT I HAVE TRAVIS AND THE PEOPLE BEHIND ME TO HELP WITH THE STRATEGIC THINKING, AND THOSE ARE SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE WANT TO BE HAVING WITH OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE THE EXPERT IN EVERYTHING, BUT WE WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT WHAT YOUR STRENGTHS ARE AND LEAD WITH THOSE STRENGTHS, AND BUILD PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU IN AREAS WHERE MAYBE YOU'RE NOT AS STRONG.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO AGAIN HERE IS THE INTELLIGENCES THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT.

SO IT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE LOOKS LIKE SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE AND SYSTEMS INTELLIGENCE.

SO OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS WENT THROUGH A PROCESS OF REFLECTING ON THOSE SORTS OF THINGS FOR THEMSELVES.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

AND THEN WE ASKED THEM TO THINK ABOUT THEIR OWN PERSONAL STRENGTHS, THEIR INTELLIGENCES AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE WHEN RUNNING AN ORGANIZATION. SO THAT WAS STEP ONE OF FOUR MEETINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WITH OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS.

AND I KNOW THAT DENNY AND SHELLY WILL BE OUT IN BETWEEN THOSE QUARTERLY MEETINGS, HAVING CONVERSATIONS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT EACH INDIVIDUAL STRENGTHS, THEIR INTELLIGENCES, AND THE AREAS IN WHICH THEY NEED TO GROW TO LEAD OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF IN AN EFFECTIVE WAY.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU THIS EVENING BOARD.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I KNOW THAT WAS REALLY QUICK, BUT WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT THAT WE'RE DOING TO SUPPORT OUR PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS.

THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT THAT I'M VERY PROUD OF IT, TOO.

AND I THINK ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE CAN DO IN, IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT IS DEVELOP THE LEADERS.

AND I APPRECIATE THE INTENTIONALITY.

AND I KNOW THE SYSTEMS THAT YOU'RE USING ARE RESEARCH BASED.

AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE LEADERS YOU'RE DEVELOPING.

SO THANK YOU. YEAH.

THANK YOU. THANKS, LISA.

THANK YOU MIKE. THANK YOU.

THE ONLY OTHER THING I WOULD SAY IN OUR TEACHING AND LEARNING UPDATE, AS YOU KNOW, BECAUSE SCHOOL IS STARTING TOMORROW, IT'S BEEN A VERY BUSY COUPLE OF WEEKS BETWEEN CURRICULUM TRAININGS.

AS DENNY SAID, NEW EDUCATOR ORIENTATION.

VERY BUSY FOR OUR BUILDING ADMINISTRATORS, HIRING, ADJUSTING STAFF, DOING A LOT OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS RAN INTO OUR INTERPRETERS ON THE WAY IN, AND I CANNOT FAIL TO MENTION THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE VERY, VERY BUSY WITH NEW ENROLLMENT OF FAMILIES THAT NEED HELP WITH INTERPRETED SERVICES IN ORDER TO JUST

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SO THAT'S IT FOR US FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING TONIGHT.

THANK YOU.

MICHELLE. GOOD EVENING BOARD.

JUST A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS TO SHARE.

SO AS SHELLY STATED THAT IT HAS BEEN A BUSY TIME IN HUMAN RESOURCES THIS TIME OF YEAR.

WE ARE QUICKLY TRYING TO FILL POSITIONS AND COMPLETE THE HIRING PROCESS BOTH FOR CERTIFICATED AND CLASSIFIED POSITIONS.

WE HAVE A PROCESS WHERE WE'RE MONITORING ENROLLMENT VERY CLOSELY AND HAVING TO MAKE SOME MAKE DECISIONS.

AND WITH THE ABOVE ENROLLMENT, ABOVE PROJECTIONS WE'RE RESPONDING, TODAY, EVEN HIRING AND WHICH IS EXCITING. SO ADDITIONALLY, I JUST WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA IT'S OUTLINED AS APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED PSC SALARY SCHEDULE.

AND THIS IS A PROCESS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE WITH PSC, WITH OUR CLASSIFIED ASSOCIATION.

AND IT'S A PROCESS CALLED PRC POSITION REVIEW COMMITTEE.

AND WHAT WE DO IS WE TAKE A THIRD OF THE POSITIONS AND WE REVIEW THOSE POSITIONS EACH YEAR.

AND SO THIS LAST SPRING, WE REVIEWED PROPHETIC AND LIBRARY TECHNICIANS AND ALLOWS US TO BE ABLE TO WE COMPARE THOSE THOSE POSITIONS WITH LIKE POSITIONS IN OTHER DISTRICTS.

WE LOOK AT BOTH JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND MAKE SOME EDITS AND UPDATES.

AND THEN WE ALSO LOOK AT SALARIES.

AND SO WHAT IS BEFORE YOU IS A COMPILATION OF, OF THAT, OF THAT WORK.

SO AND WE ARE UNDER BUDGET.

SO THAT IS A PLUS AS WELL.

SO THAT'S IT.

NEXT UP WOULD BE MICHELLE.

BUT SHE'S GOING TO DO A BIG BUDGET PRESENTATION.

SO WE'RE SKIPPING HER.

AND THAT BRINGS US TO KEVIN AND FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS.

WELL THANK YOU. YEAH.

TOMORROW BEING THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL I WANT TO GIVE SOME KUDOS TO JOSH JOYNER.

WE WILL HAVE OUR OCCUPANCY PERMIT TOMORROW ON THE PLEASANT VALLEY THREE CLASSROOMS. WE'VE ALWAYS HAD A BACKUP PLAN THAT WE PERHAPS WOULD NOT BE READY.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THAT PLAN, AND THEY'LL HAVE TO MAKE USE OF THAT FACILITY NEXT TUESDAY.

IT'S A I'M VERY HAPPY WITH HOW IT IS TURNING OUT.

WE'RE NOT QUITE DONE, BUT IT LOOKS GREAT.

SECOND THING I WANTED TO DO WAS GIVE AN ESCO UPDATE.

WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING THE ENERGY USE OF OUR BUILDINGS AND THE CLEAN BUILDINGS ACT.

AND AS I MENTIONED, THE FIRST STEP WAS TO AUDIT OUR FACILITIES TO SEE WHAT OUR ENERGY USE WAS, THE SQUARE FOOT AND THE DOLLARS PER YEAR.

I WAS PLEASANTLY PLEASED.

I GUESS THAT'S REDUNDANT.

BUT I WAS HAPPY WITH THE WITH THE CONDITION OF MANY OF OUR BUILDINGS.

AMBOY, WE'RE A LITTLE OVER.

WE'LL NEED ONE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO ISOLATE THE 300 BUILDING ENERGY USE, WHICH IS A VERY OLD BUILDING AND IS BRINGING DOWN OUR SCORE.

BATTLE GROUND HIGH IS QUITE A BIT OVER.

I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT AT THE END AS WELL.

CAPTAIN STRONG IS DOING GREAT.

WE'RE WELL UNDER CHIEF UMTUCH.

WE'RE WELL UNDER RIVER HOMELINK.

WE'RE WELL UNDER MAPLE GROVE.

WELL UNDER PRAIRIE AGAIN WELL OVER THE TWO LARGE HIGH SCHOOLS.

YACOLT WERE GOOD AS WELL.

CASEY WE'RE OVER.

DAYBREAK IS RIGHT RIGHT AT IT.

WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT A COUPLE OF ISSUES THERE.

GLENWOOD IS IS UNDER.

AND AS YOU WOULD EXPECT, THE PLEASANT VALLEY IS ALSO QUITE A BIT OVER.

AND TUKES VALLEY IS UNDER.

SO VIRTUALLY EVERY SCHOOL WE BUILT BACK IN THE EARLY 2000 IS, IS UNDER OR AT.

AND AGAIN, THIS WAS STEP ONE.

NOW FOR JUST BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE A WE HAVE A DEADLINE OF JUNE 26TH TO HAVE CERTAIN MEASURES DONE.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON NOW AND TO BE FOLLOWED BY THE OTHERS.

LASTLY, DENNY ASKED ME TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF PROJECT COMPLETION THAT YOU'LL SEE ON CONSENT AGENDAS EVERY, EVERY TIME I'M LOOKING AT THIS THIS YEARS.

THE REASON FOR THIS PROJECT, THIS PAGE THAT WE APPROVE ON CONSENT AGENDA.

IT'S TO START THE FINAL.

WE ARE DEEMING THE PROJECT 100% COMPLETE AND WE'RE GIVING ANYONE SUBCONTRACTORS, SUPPLIERS ANYONE 45 DAYS TO SUBMIT ANY UNPAID OR ANY LIENS THAT THEY ANTICIPATE PUT ON THE PROJECT.

SO WE PUT OUT A PUBLIC NOTICE AND TO SAY THIS PROJECT IS COMPLETE, ANY OF YOU YOU HAVE 45 DAYS TO TELL US IF YOU'RE OWED

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ONE WAS THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT AND THE OTHER IS THE FINAL CONTRACT.

AND THE REASON THOSE VARY IS BECAUSE OF CHANGE ORDERS THAT ARE DONE THROUGHOUT A PROJECT.

SO DENNY JUST ASKED ME TO BRIEFLY A REAL BRIEF CHANGE ORDERS ONE ON ONE CHANGE ORDERS.

CHANGE TO THE OFFICIAL CHANGE THE CONTRACT EITHER UP OR DOWN.

MANY, THERE ARE MANY ITEMS THAT CAN AND DO CAUSE CHANGE ORDERS.

I'LL JUST GIVE SOME QUICK EXAMPLES.

UNFORESEEN SITE CONDITIONS THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING HIDDEN THAT YOU PULL OUT A WALL AND YOU WEREN'T EXPECTING SOMETHING OWNER CHANGE OWNER REQUESTED CHANGES THERE.

THAT'S WHEN WE ASK THEM TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE OR A LITTLE BIT LESS, DIFFERENT THAN THE PLANS.

THERE'S ALWAYS DESIGN AND AIR EMISSIONS BY THE ARCHITECT.

SOMETIMES IT'S MATERIAL AVAILABILITY.

THE SPECIFIED PRODUCTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE ON TIME, SO WE CHANGE THE PRODUCTS TO ONE THAT WILL BE ON SITE.

AND ANOTHER ONE IS CHANGE IN DESIGN STANDARDS.

A LOT OF TIME IN OUR A LOT OF TIME IN OUR PROJECTS, I'LL, I'LL BID A JOB BEFORE I HAVE THE PERMIT AND JUST TO MAINTAIN OUR SCHEDULE AND THAT THAT WILL BE WITHOUT ANY OF THE COUNTY'S OR THE CITY'S RED LINES OR CHANGES THEY WANT TO MAKE.

SO YOU TAKE THAT GAMBLE BY BIDDING BEFORE YOU HAVE ALL OF THOSE, BUT YOU ADDRESS THEM BY CHANGE, ORDER ALONG THE JOB TO KEEP THE JOB ON SCHEDULE.

THOSE ARE THOSE ARE SOME VERY BASIC AND HIGH LEVEL REASONS FOR CHANGES.

THIS ONE WAS PRETTY GOOD.

THERE'S ONLY TWO WITH CHANGES.

ONE. TWO OF THEM ARE CREDIT, TWO CREDITS AND ONE ADDITION.

SO THAT'S THE REASONING FOR THE TWO COLUMNS.

KEVIN, IT SAYS IN THE THE REPORT THAT IT'S FINAL PAYMENT LESS RETAINAGE.

WHEN IS THAT RELEASED, THE RETAINAGE? AFTER ALL PAPERWORK IS DONE, ALL THE PAPERWORK IS DONE TO THE STATE ALL THE STATE.

[INAUDIBLE] SIGNS OFF.

FROM THE CONTRACTOR OR FROM THE DISTRICT? BOTH. THANK YOU KEVIN.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, AMANDA AND COMMUNICATIONS.

GOOD EVENING BOARD.

I WANTED TO CATCH YOU UP ON A COUPLE OF QUICK THINGS.

THE FIRST IS A COUPLE OF NEW PODCAST EPISODES THAT WERE RELEASED OVER THE SUMMER, ONE ABOUT THE ROLE OF HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND THE COMPLEX WORK THAT THEY DO, LEADING ALMOST LIKE A SMALL CITY.

ONE ABOUT OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES AND THE ROLE THAT EMPLOYEE ASSOCIATIONS PLAY IN THE DISTRICT.

AND THEN ALSO ONE ABOUT THE BATTLE GROUND EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

THOSE ARE ALL AVAILABLE NOW ON AMAZON, SPOTIFY AND APPLE PODCASTS.

AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT DEBBIE SMITH, WHO IS THE WORK BASED LEARNING COORDINATOR AT SUMMIT VIEW HIGH SCHOOL, SHE RECENTLY RECEIVED THE COUNSELING AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONAL AWARD FROM THE WASHINGTON ASSOCIATION FOR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, AND THIS IS AN AWARD THAT RECOGNIZES PEOPLE IN HER ROLE WHO HAVE DEMONSTRATED A COMMITMENT TO CONNECTING STUDENTS WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUCCESS, SHOWN INNOVATION AND CAREER EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT, AND HAVE ADVOCATED FOR CTE.

AND DEBBIE, ALONG WITH CHRIS NEAL, HAS DONE A LOT OF GREAT WORK TO GROW THE WORK BASED LEARNING PROGRAM IN RECENT YEARS.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO HER.

THANK YOU. DENNY.

ANYTHING ELSE? ANYTHING ELSE? NOTHING ELSE. I'M SORRY.

THANK YOU. I WAS DISTRACTED.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, WE HAVE CITIZENS COMMENTS.

[7. Citizens' Comments]

THIS IS A MEETING OF THE BATTLE GROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND IT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC TO ATTEND, VIEW PRESENTATIONS AND HEAR BOARD MEMBERS DISCUSS TOPICS DURING OPEN SESSIONS. THE BOARD WELCOMES COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS DURING CITIZENS COMMENTS, AND ASK THAT THOSE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD SIGN IN ON THE SIGN IN SHEET PROVIDED, WHICH IS LOCATED CLOSE TO THE ENTRANCE.

PLEASE FOLLOW THE PROCEDURES FOR CITIZENS COMMENTS BY STATING YOUR NAME, LIMITING YOUR TIME TO THREE MINUTES, AND REFRAINING FROM DISCUSSING CONFIDENTIAL MATTERS.

THE BOARD REQUIRES THAT ALL COMMENTS SPOKEN AT THE MEETING BE APPROPRIATE FOR A FAMILY AUDIENCE.

COMMENTS INAPPROPRIATE FOR A FAMILY AUDIENCE CAN BE SUBMITTED IN WRITING.

BOARD MEMBERS DO NOT NORMALLY RESPOND TO QUESTIONS OR PETITIONS DURING CITIZEN'S COMMENTS.

THEY WILL LISTEN AND GIVE DIRECTION TO ADMINISTRATION TEAM IF ACTION IS DEEMED NECESSARY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

JULIA WILL BE HOLDING UP SIGNS WHEN YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS LEFT AND THEN WHEN YOU ARE OUT OF TIME, SHE WILL HOLD THE RED ONE.

THERE'S ALSO A TIMER ON THE SCREENS.

JUST FOR ALL OF YOU TO GLANCE IF YOU SHOULD SEE IT.

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I'M BACK AGAIN TO ASK YOU TO GET WATER FILTERS ON YOUR SCHOOLS.

AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE NOW BATTLE GROUND IS ALSO BUYING WATER FROM CLARK COUNTY.

AND IT HAS THESE RIGHT HERE [INAUDIBLE].

THESE ARE POISONS.

THESE ARE FOREVER CHEMICALS YOU CANNOT GET RID OF.

AND THIS IS KIND OF INTERESTING TOO, IS THE FACT THAT WHEN YOU FLOSS YOUR TEETH, IF YOU USE ORAL-B, THE DENTAL FLOSS THAT IT HAS, WHAT IT HAS IS FLUORINE CONTAINING COMPOUNDS WITH PFAS.

THAT'S WHAT THAT F IS FLUORIDE.

SO NOT ONLY ARE THEY PUTTING THE POISON IN YOUR DRINKING WATER, THEN YOU HAVE ALL THESE OTHER THINGS YOUR NONSTICK PANS AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT IS MAKING THE WATER MORE TOXIC.

AND THIS IS WHY ESPECIALLY THEY SAID THAT THEY CHECKED THE BLOOD OF PREGNANT WOMEN AND THESE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THIS STUFF CAUSES BY USING ORAL-B BECAUSE IT'S GOT FLUORIDE AND THESE PFAS, WHAT IT DOES, IT MAKES THE THE FLOSS SLIDE EASY.

BUT IT SAYS IT'S LINKED TO TESTICULAR CANCER, KIDNEY CANCER, THYROID, ELEVATED CHOLESTEROL, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT, INFERTILITY, IMMUNE DYSFUNCTION.

AND YOU SHOULD NOT USE THAT BRAND ORAL-B BECAUSE OF THE PFAS.

AND THIS IS IN YOUR WATER RIGHT NOW.

SO IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT THIS SCHOOL GET WATER FILTERS.

AND THIS IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE ALL THESE TOXIC CHEMICALS THAT ARE CORROSIVE, THEY ALSO LEACH LEAD FROM THE PIPES AND LEAD POISONING CAUSES HEART ATTACKS.

IT MAKES THE KIDS VIOLENT.

AND IT SAYS RIGHT HERE IT SAYS THAT WITH ALL THESE CHEMICALS IN IT, THE POORER NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE A BIGGER PROBLEM BECAUSE THE KIDS ARE MORE VIOLENT AND THE LEAD IS PRESENT IN LOWER CONCENTRATIONS, CAN ALSO INCREASE JUVENILE DELINQUENCY, VIOLENCE, AND SUICIDES.

DOCTOR PHIL HAS A NEW PROGRAM OUT.

IT'S CALLED MERIT STREET MEDIA, AND YOU SHOULD WATCH IT.

THEY ALSO PUT IT ON YOUTUBE, AND THEY TALK ABOUT THE SCHOOLS AND WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE SCHOOLS.

AND RIGHT NOW NATIONWIDE, THERE'S A LOT OF TEACHERS QUITTING BECAUSE THE KIDS ARE BEATING THE TEACHERS UP AND THEY CAN'T HELP THEMSELVES.

IT'S UNBELIEVABLE BECAUSE THEY PUT THEM ON RITALIN OR THEY PUT THEM ON PROZAC LATER ON, AND THAT'S GOT MORE FLUORIDE IN IT.

BUT A LOT OF STUFF THAT'S HAPPENING TO THESE KIDS RIGHT NOW ALSO HAS TO DO WITH THE ALL OF THIS STUFF USING COMPUTERS AND EVERYTHING, BECAUSE THERE IS IT'S A MIND CONTROL THING.

THE BLUE LIGHT IN THESE COMPUTERS CAN ACTUALLY CONTROL PEOPLE'S BRAINS.

AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THIS SCHOOL NEEDS TO BE REALLY LOOKING AT, BECAUSE I'M GOING TO PUT A WHOLE LOT OF PAPERS ABOUT THE NEW SHOTS THAT THEY'RE COMING OUT.

THEY'RE GOING TO REPEAT THIS COVID STUFF, WHICH IS RIDICULOUS BECAUSE THEY KNOW IT KILLS PEOPLE.

AND THE SAD THING IS, IS THAT THESE CHILDREN, WHEN YOU GET THREE SHOTS OR MORE, YOU'VE GOT HIV.

AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS THEY'RE TREATING COVID PATIENTS WITH IT SAYS COVID VACCINES CAUSE AIDS.

AND THIS IS THE PROOF.

THERE'S MORE PROOF ABOUT THIS.

THREE SHOTS OR MORE YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM IS SHOT.

SO ALL THIS IS GOING ON PUBLIC RECORD I HOPE EVERYBODY READS IT.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

AND GET WATER FILTERS ON THIS SCHOOL.

THANK YOU, JESSICA GARDNER.

HI, I'M A MOTHER OF FOUR CHILDREN, TWO OF THEM ATTEND A BATTLE GROUND PUBLIC SCHOOL.

I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT POLICY 3210, SPECIFICALLY THAT ANY CHILD WHO IS 13 YEARS AND OLDER HAS THE RIGHT TO KEEP INFORMATION ABOUT DRUGS, ALCOHOL, OR MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT CONFIDENTIAL.

SAME AGE STUDENTS AND OLDER WHO ARE ABSENT FROM SCHOOL DUE TO TESTING OR TREATMENT FOR MENTAL HEALTH DRUGS OR ALCOHOL TREATMENT ALL HAVE A RIGHT TO ALSO KEEP THIS INFORMATION INFORMATION CONFIDENTIAL FROM ANYONE WHO THEY CHOOSE.

I HAVE PERSONALLY SEEN THIS SORT OF POLICY BE EMPLOYED IN THE LONG VIEW SCHOOL DISTRICT AND AFFECT A LOVED ONE.

THIS INDIVIDUAL WAS EXCUSED FROM SCHOOL MULTIPLE TIMES FOR THEIR MENTAL HEALTH STATUS.

PART OF THEIR TREATMENT WAS SETTING UP A SAFETY PLAN THAT WOULD ALLOW THIS INDIVIDUAL TO FEEL SAFE, UNDER GREAT DURESS OR IN STRESSFUL CIRCUMSTANCES.

HOWEVER, THEY WERE ABLE TO KEEP THIS INFORMATION PRIVATE FROM THEIR PARENTS.

IT SEEMS ILLOGICAL THAT WE WOULD ALLOW AN ADOLESCENT THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE DIAGNOSED WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES TO ALSO, AT THE SAME TIME, BE OF SOUND JUDGMENT TO KEEP

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THE SYSTEM SAID THEY WERE THERE TO PROTECT THIS ADOLESCENT.

THEY DID QUITE THE OPPOSITE AND SAID THIS PERSON WAS ISOLATED FROM LOVED ONES AND UNSURE OF WHO TO TRUST.

WE LIVE IN A TIME WHERE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND TREATMENTS ARE STILL CONSTANTLY CHANGING AND EVOLVING.

YET WE WANT TO KEEP PARENTS AND GUARDIANS IN THE DARK WHEN THEIR CHILDREN WHO ARE SUFFERING ARE PUSHED INTO A POLICY WHERE THERE IS NO DEFINING STANDARD.

POLICY 3210 DOES NOT HELP OUR CHILDREN, INSTEAD IT ISOLATES, CONFUSES AND COMPLETELY GOES AGAINST THE FAMILY STRUCTURE THAT GOD HAS DESIGNED.

GOD HAS GIVEN PARENTS THE JOB TO GUIDE AND RAISE THEIR OWN CHILDREN.

IMPORTANT MEDICAL INFORMATION AND SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SHOULD NOT BE KEPT FROM PARENTS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU. I'M SORRY IF I SAY THIS WRONG.

I SHOULD HAVE REMEMBERED FROM TWO WEEKS AGO.

JOSIAH GREENE.

JOSIAH. THANK YOU.

MY NAME IS JOSIAH GREENE, AND I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE POLICY CODE 3210 ON NONDISCRIMINATION FOR PROTECTED CLASS, IN WHICH YOUR WEBSITE FOR BATTLE GROUND STATES THAT THIS ON DISCRIMINATORY HARASSMENT.

DISCRIMINATORY HARASSMENT HAPPENS WHEN THE CONDUCT IS BASED ON A STUDENT'S PROTECTED CLASS AND IS SERIOUS ENOUGH TO CREATE A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT.

NOW I'M WONDERING THIS EXACT THING IF THIS PROTECTED CLASS ALSO INCLUDES ALL STUDENTS, REGARDLESS OF RELIGION, COLOR, ETHNICITY, WHO DO NOT IDENTIFY AS A DIFFERENT SEX, OR EVEN CLAIM ONE, OR ANY OF THESE ASININE BOGUS GENDERS IN WHICH, IN AT LEAST FROM A 2024 REPORT, THERE'S AT LEAST 107 DIFFERENT GENDERS SOMEONE CAN IDENTIFY.

I WONDER IF THIS IF THIS WOULD FIT IN THIS CLASS THAT DESERVES PROTECTION.

I THOUGHT THESE PEOPLE ARE FIGHTING FOR EQUALITY, RIGHT? BUT APPARENTLY THEY'RE ALWAYS IN ALL INCLUSIVITY.

THERE IS SOMEONE, A COMMUNITY THAT IS OUTCASTED AND SHUNNED AND SILENCED.

THANKS BE TO GOD THAT THERE HAS BEEN YOUNG CHILDREN AND PARENTS STANDING UP AND FIGHTING AGAINST THIS.

AND I WANT TO ASK, WHAT IS SO DISCRIMINATORY FOR YOUNG CHILDREN AND PARENTS WANTING THE PRIVACY OF THEIR YOUNG ONES AND THE SECURITY AND SAFETY FOR TO HAVE PRIVACY IN A BATHROOM AT SCHOOL, RATHER THAN IN A BIOLOGICAL MALE OR A BIOLOGICAL WOMAN COMING INTO A BATHROOM WHERE THEY SHOULD NOT BE IN.

THERE'S REASONS WHY THERE IS EXCLUSIONS AND SEGREGATION IN SOCIETY.

I'M SURE YOU HEARD OF THE CASE IN VIRGINIA AT LOUDOUN COUNTY, WHERE A FEMALE WAS SEXUALLY ASSAULTED BY A BIOLOGICAL MALE WHO IDENTIFIED AS A WOMAN.

BUT THAT SCHOOL BOARD, LO AND BEHOLD, THEY TRIED TO KEEP IT UNDER WRAPS.

THERE'S ANOTHER CASE IN OKLAHOMA WHERE A TRANSGENDER STUDENT ASSAULTED A FEMALE IN A FEMALE'S BATHROOM.

ONE MORE AT A SUN PRAIRIE AREA HIGH SCHOOL IN WISCONSIN, THERE WAS FOUR FEMALE FRESHMAN GIRLS WHO WERE EXPOSED TO TO MALE GENITALIA.

SO WHAT'S THE DEAL HERE? WHAT ABOUT THESE YOUNG STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN GROSSLY EXPOSED AND ASSAULTED? MUST THEY SHUT THEIR MOUTH FROM SPEAKING? ACCORDING TO A GALLUP POLL OF 2 24, AT LEAST 7.6% OF U.S.

CITIZENS IDENTIFY AS LGBTQ, AS OPPOSED TO THE 92.4% WHO DO NOT.

SO I WANT TO ASK YOU, WHO ARE THE ONES THAT ARE THE DISCRIMINATED ONES? WHO ARE THE ONES THAT SHOULD BE THE PROTECTED ONES? I PERSONALLY HAVE A FRIEND THAT EXPERIENCED SUCH IMMORALITY.

THAT'S WHAT IT IS. AND IT LEFT HER IN A FRAGILE CONDITION AND WAS VERY UNCOMFORTABLE BY THE VERY SITUATION.

THANKS BE TO GOD THAT IT DID NOT HAPPEN ANYTHING WORSE IN HER CASE.

BUT SINCE EACH OF YOU ARE REPRESENTATIVES OF EDUCATION, YOU MAY NOT BE KINGS OR RULERS OR JUDGES, BUT IN SOME WAYS YOU HAVE POWER AND AUTHORITY THAT GOD HAS CONSIGNED TO YOU TO DO JUST CAUSES. THERE'S A SCRIPTURE THAT YOU CAN LEARN AND HEED FROM.

IT'S PSALM 82 2-4.

HOW LONG WILL YOU JUDGE UNRIGHTEOUSLY AND SHOW PARTIALITY TO THE WICKED? GIVE JUSTICE TO THE POOR AND THE ORPHAN.

JUSTIFY THE AFFLICTED AND DESTITUTE.

PROTECT THE POOR AND THE NEEDY.

DELIVER THEM OUT OF THE HAND OF THE WICKED.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU JOSIAH.

TYLER LONG.

THANK YOU, BOARD, FOR LISTENING TO OUR COMMENTS, AS ALWAYS.

AND SINCE YOU GUYS ARE CHARGED WITH LISTENING TO THE PUBLIC, AND YOU HAVE BEEN FAITHFUL IN OPENING THE MICROPHONE TO THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO SOME OF THE ARGUMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE ON THE OTHER SIDE REGARDING THE LIBRARY POLICY SINCE YOU'RE WEIGHING BOTH SIDES, I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO ADDRESS ALL OF THAT.

AS WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING THE PORNOGRAPHIC BOOKS THAT ARE IN OUR LIBRARY, THERE'S BEEN TWO MAIN ARGUMENTS THAT I'VE HEARD FROM THE OPPOSING SIDE.

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THE OTHER ARGUMENT THAT I'VE HEARD IS THAT THEIR IDENTITY DEPENDS ON SUCH MATERIAL BEING IN THE SCHOOL LIBRARIES.

SO FIRSTLY, IF JOY JUSTIFIES SOMETHING, THEN ANYTHING CAN BE JUSTIFIED BECAUSE THE NUMBER OF THINGS UNDER THE SUN THAT PEOPLE DERIVE JOY FROM IS ENDLESS.

WHY DON'T WE JUST GIVE OPEN ACCESS TO PORNHUB IN THE SCHOOL? I'M SURE MANY YOUNG PEOPLE WOULD MEET THAT WITH JOY, AND THAT WOULD NOT JUSTIFY THAT POLICY IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM.

REGARDING THEIR IDENTITY BEING DETERMINED BY WHAT IS PROVIDED IN OUR LIBRARIES.

IF YOUR IDENTITY REQUIRES THAT SOMEONE ELSE PROVIDE YOU WITH MATERIAL, I WOULD ARGUE THAT THE PROBLEM LIES WITH YOUR OWN VIEW OF SELF BECAUSE NOBODY SUPPLIES YOU WITH YOUR IDENTITY. I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT, AND EVERYONE SHOULD NOTE, THAT NONE OF THE MATERIAL THAT'S BEEN READ IN THIS FORUM HAS BEEN OF THE LGBTQ VARIETY, YET CERTAIN PERSONS OF THAT COMMUNITY SAY THAT THEIR IDENTITY REQUIRES THESE TYPES OF EXPLICIT MATERIALS TO BE PROVIDED IN THE LIBRARIES.

I AM A HETEROSEXUAL MARRIED MAN.

I DO NOT NEED EXPLICIT MATERIAL DEPICTING HETEROSEXUAL SEX IN THE LIBRARY TO JUSTIFY MY IDENTITY.

AND OF THE TWO SIDES, WE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE CONSISTENTLY APPLYING THIS.

WE ARE NOT SINGLING OUT LGBTQ MATERIAL.

WE'RE SINGLING OUT APPROPRIATE MATERIAL AND INAPPROPRIATE MATERIAL, AND IT'S UNIVERSALLY APPLIED.

IF THERE'S EXPLICIT MATERIAL OF ANY VARIETY THAT IS INAPPROPRIATE AND YOU GUYS, AS A BOARD HAVE DEMONSTRATED THAT YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT APPROPRIATE IS AND WHAT INAPPROPRIATE IS, BECAUSE WE GET A WARNING READ TO US BEFORE EVERY SINGLE MEETING THAT IT NEEDS TO BE FAMILY FRIENDLY.

AND EVERY SINGLE MINOR IN YOUR SCHOOLS IS PART OF A FAMILY.

AND SO THAT WARNING THAT YOU GIVE BEFORE EACH MEETING APPLIES TO THE VERY PEOPLE THAT THIS MATERIAL IS BEING SUPPLIED TO.

WE NEED TO ADDRESS THIS POLICY.

WE NEED TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN.

PLEASE MOVE SWIFTLY ON THIS, I IMPLORE YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU TYLER.

JENNIFER HANEY-WITHY.

GOOD EVENING.

AND FIRST OF ALL, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS ON A NEW SCHOOL YEAR, AND I HOPE IT IS A SUCCESSFUL ONE.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY, I HOPE THAT THE DISTRICT KEEPS MOVING FORWARD ON LOOKING AT THE PROCEDURES OF THE LIBRARY POLICY AND MAKING SOME OF THESE CHANGES THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT.

THANK YOU. TONIGHT I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT POLICY 3210, THE PRIVACY POLICY OF THE DISTRICT.

AND IN THIS POLICY, AS YOU VERY WELL KNOW, IT STATES ALL PERSONS HAVE A RIGHT TO PRIVACY.

THIS INCLUDES KEEPING STUDENTS TRANSGENDER STATUS PRIVATE.

AND DISCLOSING THIS INFORMATION TO A STUDENT'S PARENTS MAY VIOLATE PRIVACY LAWS.

THE PROCEDURE STATES THAT AN APPROPRIATE SCHOOL EMPLOYEE WILL PRIVATELY ASK KNOWN, TRANSGENDER OR GENDER EXPANSIVE STUDENTS HOW THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDRESSED IN CLASS, IN CORRESPONDENCE TO THE HOME AND AT CONFERENCES WITH THE STUDENT'S PARENT OR GUARDIAN.

WHEN COMMUNICATING WITH THE PARENTS OF A TRANSGENDER OR GENDER EXPANSIVE STUDENT, SCHOOL EMPLOYEES WILL RETAIN.

REFRAIN FROM USING THE GENDER PRONOUNS.

WILL REFRAIN FROM THE USE OF GENDER PRONOUNS AND REFER TO THE STUDENT BY THE STUDENT'S NAME WHENEVER POSSIBLE.

AS YOU CAN UNDERSTAND, THIS IS CONCERNING TO PARENTS.

NOW, ALMOST A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, THE [INAUDIBLE] SCHOOL DISTRICT, THEY ADOPTED A POLICY.

THEIR POLICY IS 3211 AND 3211P.

NOW THEIRS STATES, THE DISTRICT RECOGNIZES THAT PARENTS AND GUARDIANS HAVE THE PRIMARY ROLE TO PLAY IN ANYTHING AFFECTING THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF THEIR CHILDREN.

ADDITIONALLY, QUESTIONING GENDER IDENTITY AND GENDER TRANSITIONING AFFECTS THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF CHILDREN.

DISCLOSING THE INFORMATION TO A STUDENT'S PARENT.

OH. SORRY.

I AM GOING BACKWARDS. HERE WE GO.

IT IS NOT THE ROLE OF THE SCHOOLS TO FACILITATE QUESTIONING GENDER IDENTITY OR TO FACILITATE GENDER TRANSITIONING.

THE DISTRICT WILL BE TRANSPARENT WITH PARENTS, GUARDIANS, AND THE COMMUNITY ABOUT CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTION AND ACTIVITIES WHICH ADDRESS GENDER IDENTITY AND EXPRESSION. THE SCHOOL SHOULD ALSO BE TRANSPARENT WITH PARENTS AND GUARDIANS OF CHILDREN, WHO QUESTION THEIR GENDER IDENTITY, SO THAT THE PARENTS GUARDIANS

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AND GENDER AFFIRMING CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTION AND OR ACTIVITIES IN SCHOOLS SHOULD NOT BE PROVIDED WHERE IT IS NOT A PART OF THE BOARD APPROVED SUBJECT MATTER.

THIS POLICY AND PROCEDURE HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE A YEAR AGO IN APRIL, AND WAS CONCURRENTLY ADOPTED BY THE WOODLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT. I THINK IT'S TIME THAT WE LOOK AT ADOPTING THE SAME POLICY AND PROCEDURE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU JENNIFER.

EUNICE INGERMANSON.

GOOD EVENING BOARD, MY NAME IS EUNICE INGERMANSON.

MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE, HER, AND I LIVE IN THIS DISTRICT.

I'VE BEEN REALLY EXCITED ABOUT GOING THROUGH THE VECTOR TRAINING LAST FEW DAYS FOR THE JUST IN CASE I GET TO DO VOLUNTEER VOLUNTEER WORK WITH THE KIDS.

AND I WAS REALLY GLAD TO FIND OUT THEIR SUICIDE PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION.

AND I WAS LOOKING FOR ANY UPSTREAM PREVENTION MATERIALS, AND I CLICKED ON EXTRA TRAINING.

THIS IS PART THAT'S NOT MANDATORY.

AND I CLICKED ON SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL.

AND THERE ARE 39 MODULES INCLUDING INCLUDED IN THE 39 MODULES WERE FOSTERING BELONGING IN K THROUGH 12 CLASSROOMS. HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS.

HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS FOR STUDENTS AND MAKING SCHOOLS SAFE AND INCLUSIVE FOR LGBTQ STUDENTS.

MAKING SCHOOLS SAFE AND INCLUSIVE FOR TRANSGENDER STUDENTS.

NOW, OVER 20% OF OUR STUDENTS IDENTIFY AS LGBTQ.

NOW, ONE TIDBIT I LEARNED IN GOING THROUGH PART OF THE MAKING SCHOOL SAFE AND INCLUSIVE MODULES WAS THIS MORE THAN 58% OF LGBTQ STUDENTS HAVE HEARD TEACHERS AND STAFF MAKE ANTI-GAY REMARKS AT SCHOOL, AND MORE THAN 72% OF GENDER EXPANSIVE STUDENTS HAVE HEARD TEACHERS AND STAFF MAKE NEGATIVE REMARKS ABOUT GENDER EXPRESSION. MY SUGGESTION IS FOR THOSE. MY COMMENT IS FOR THOSE TEACHERS AND STAFF WHO HAVE BEEN ALREADY STANDING UP FOR AGAINST BULLIES IN THE SCHOOLS.

I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

YOU ARE SAVING LIVES.

AND IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE SO YOU BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL.

CHECK OUT THIS EXTRA TRAINING IN THE VECTOR IN THE VECTOR TRAINING.

IF YOU HAVE EVER, AND ESPECIALLY RECENTLY, MADE NEGATIVE COMMENTS OR THOUGHT NEGATIVE THOUGHTS ABOUT THE LGBTQ STUDENTS, CONSIDER YOURSELF PERSONALLY INVITED TO AVAIL YOURSELF TO THESE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED BY VECTOR TRAINING.

THANK YOU AND HAPPY HAPPY NEW SCHOOL YEAR.

THANK YOU EUNICE. JESSICA COLE.

HELLO, BOARD. MY NAME IS JESSICA COLE, AND I CAME TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT A PICKLEBALL FOR PREVENTION, ALOHA CHARITY EVENT THAT'S BEING PUT ON BY THE BATTLE GROUND PREVENTION ALLIANCE AND THE BATTLE GROUND PREVENTION ALLIANCE IF YOU DON'T REMEMBER, THE YOUTH COMPONENT OF THE COALITION IS THE DREAM TEAMS HERE IN THE DISTRICT.

WE HAVE ONE AT CHIEF, ONE AT TUKES, AND WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GET ONE AT PLEASANT VALLEY.

BUT DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT.

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SO WE SO WE'RE A NONPROFIT.

WE BECAME A NONPROFIT LAST YEAR, AND WE NEED TO BECOME SUSTAINABLE.

AND A LOT OF THE WORK WE DO IS FOR YOUTH AND WITH THE YOUTH.

AND SO MY BRAIN JUST WENT A MILLION PLACES.

SO OUR FUNDRAISER IS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26TH.

IT'S FROM 9 TO 4, BUT THERE'S DIFFERENT START TIMES.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE THERE THE WHOLE TIME.

IT'S AT CHIEF UMTUCH GYMNASIUM.

THERE'S GOING TO BE PRIZES AND RAFFLES, A SILENT AUCTION, HAWAIIAN FOOD, KIDS ACTIVITIES.

IT'S FUN FOR ALL AGES AND ALL SKILL LEVEL.

THE PICKLEBALL PORTION IS GOING TO BE FOR FOLKS 12 AND UP, BUT THERE ARE GOING TO HAVE THERE WILL BE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS OF ALL AGES. THERE'S GOING TO BE CLINICS FOR NEW PLAYERS OR CLINICS FOR PEOPLE THAT WANT TO GAIN MORE SKILLS.

THERE'LL BE A ROUND ROBIN TEAM PLAY AND AN EIGHT MINUTE SCRAMBLE.

AND THE PROCEEDS GO TO BENEFIT THE PROGRAMS OF BATTLE GROUND PREVENTION ALLIANCE.

AND WE WORK WE ARE HELPING KIDS TO LIVE HAPPY, HEALTHY, DRUG FREE LIVES.

THERE'S A FLYER WITH THE QR CODE THAT WILL TAKE YOU RIGHT TO THE PAGE.

OTHERWISE, YOU COULD GO TO PREVENT TOGETHER BG.ORG TO FIND OUT.

AND THE WHOLE COMMUNITY IS INVITED.

AND I'VE HEARD THERE'S SOME PICKLEBALL PLAYERS IN THE DISTRICT, AND I'D LOVE TO SEE YOU THERE.

AND I GUESS I SHOULD SAY IT'S $40 PER PERSON BECAUSE IT IS A FUNDRAISER.

SO HOPEFULLY SOME OF YOU COULD COME SUPPORT IT OR SPREAD THE WORD.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU JESSICA.

ALLEN FAVOR? NO. ALL RIGHT.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR CITIZENS COMMENTS AND TAKES US TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

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

BUT TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA INCLUDES THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM BOTH THE AUGUST 12TH REGULAR AND SPECIAL MEETINGS, FINANCIAL REPORTS, PERSONNEL REPORTS, COMPLETED PROJECTS, REQUESTS FOR APPROVAL AND THE APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED PSE SALARY SCHEDULE.

THERE ARE ANY ITEMS THAT NEED REMOVED OR FURTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE MOVING FORWARD WITH A MOTION TO PASS OR NOT PASS. I MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

I WOULD LOOK TO JULIA FOR HER ADVISORY VOTE.

PRO. THANK YOU.

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

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

ALL RIGHT. WE ARE AT A POINT WHERE WE ARE READY TO TAKE A RECESS AND BEGIN OUR BUDGET HEARING WITH.

BEFORE WE BEGIN THAT, I WILL ASK THE BOARD IF WE NEED A SHORT BREAK.

THIS MEETING, THIS WILL GO ABOUT 45 MINUTES TO AN HOUR ISH AND IS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

SO IF WE NEED A FIVE MINUTE BREAK BEFORE THAT GETS STARTED, WE SHOULD TAKE IT NOW.

YES. FIVE MINUTES EVERYBODY.

SO WE'LL TAKE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS AND WE WILL START THE BUDGET HEARING AT 7:23.

WELL, I'D LIKE TO ASK EVERYBODY TO COME BACK TO THEIR SEATS SO WE CAN RESUME.

WE HAVE TAKEN A SHORT RECESS, AND NOW WE ARE READY TO START OUR BUDGET HEARING WITH MICHELLE SCOTT.

[11. Budget Hearing]

I JUST WANT TO START WITH A BUDGET OVERVIEW AND LET THE PRESENTATION GET UP THERE ON THE SCREEN.

SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET PROCESS, LEGISLATIVE ACTION, GENERAL FUND, AND SOME CHALLENGES AND ASSUMPTIONS.

OUR ENROLLMENT REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND SOME REQUIRED DISCLOSURES THAT WE HAVE.

WE HAVE A NEW ONE THIS YEAR AND THEN ALSO SOME GENERAL FUND STAFFING.

AND OUR BUDGET SUMMARY AND FUND BALANCE.

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AND JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, THIS BUDGET HEARING WAS ADVERTISED IN THE COLUMBIAN AND THE REFLECTOR THAT WE WOULD BE HAVING IT.

IT WAS IN FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE WEEKS.

SO THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO TAKE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT FOR OR AGAINST ANY PART OF THE BUDGET.

SO THAT'S WE DID GET THAT ADVERTISING DONE.

SO PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS IS REALLY HAPPENING ALL YEAR ROUND.

WE'RE MONITORING OUR ACTUAL FINANCES TO BUDGET AND ENROLLMENT TRENDS.

WE'RE LOOKING AT LEGISLATIVE ACTION AND THE SESSION INFORMATION AND, AND HOW THAT MAY IMPACT OUR BUDGET.

AND THEN WE'RE ALSO REVIEWING A STUDENT PROGRAM NEEDS.

AND THE STUDENT ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS START EARLY IN JANUARY, AND THEN WE IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THOSE PROJECTIONS DONE AND WE KEEP MONITORING THEM EVEN UP UNTIL JUNE.

SO WE'RE REALLY, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AND LOOKING AND WATCHING HOW OUR ENROLLMENTS BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO DRIVE FUNDING AND STAFFING NEEDS.

AND THEN OF COURSE OUR CAPITAL FACILITIES.

AND WE'RE LOOKING AT REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES.

AND THEN WE HAD A BOARD WORK SESSION ON OUR LAST MEETING FOR THE BOARD.

AND THAT WAS ON AUGUST 12TH, AND THERE WAS A BUDGET HANDOUT WITH MORE INFORMATION.

SO I'M NOT GOING TO GO OVER ALL OF THAT INFORMATION AGAIN.

IT'S AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.

IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT.

IT HAS MORE DETAILS ON SOME OF OUR REVENUE STREAMS, EXPENDITURE STREAMS AND MORE INFORMATION.

I'LL COVER SOME OF IT, BUT FROM A VERY HIGH LEVEL TONIGHT.

AND SO JUST SPEAKING ABOUT NEXT SLIDE ON LEGISLATIVE ACTION FOR SOME OF THE MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS.

THERE WAS A SMALL CHANGE IN THE PROTOTYPICAL MODEL, WHICH PROVIDED SOME ADDITIONAL CLASSIFIED POSITIONS ABOUT FOUR SCHOOL YEAR POSITIONS FOR OUR DISTRICT.

AND THOSE THOSE POSITIONS, I MEAN, WE ADDED A LOT OF STAFFING IN EDUCATION ASSISTANCE.

AND SO SOME OF THOSE WERE MULTILINGUAL.

ALSO FOR THE THE BENEFITS FOR CONTRACTED TRANSPORTATION.

WHEN OUR CONTRACT RENEWS IN THE FISCAL YEAR 26-27 WE'LL BE REQUIRED TO INCLUDE IN OUR RFP AND CONTRACT THE PASS THROUGH OF BENEFITS AND OF HEALTH CARE AND RETIREMENT BENEFITS TO CONTRACTORS THAT WILL BE REQUIRED FROM THE CONTRACTOR.

SO THE ESTIMATED ANNUAL COST IS ABOUT $2 MILLION.

THE STATE HAS SAID THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR THAT, AND THERE'S A PROCESS THAT'S GOING TO BE INVOLVED.

AND WE HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN HOW THEY HAD TWO SMALL CONTRACTS THAT WENT FOR 24-25.

SO THEY KIND OF PUT THAT INTO PLAY.

SO WE'RE KIND OF MONITORING TO SEE HOW THAT'S WORKING AND HOW THE STATES DOING WITH THAT AND MAKING SURE THAT THAT'S FUNDED THROUGH THE STATE.

BUT IT'S WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION ON HOW THAT WILL TRULY IMPACT OUR BUDGET.

BUT WE DO KNOW IT'S A MAJOR COST THAT WILL BE REQUIRED TO FUND THAT LEGISLATIVE ACTION. MATERIALS, SUPPLIES AND OPERATING COSTS.

THERE WAS A SMALL INCREASE IN 23-24 DURING THIS LEGISLATIVE ACTION, AND IT WAS ONLY FOR OUR BASIC ED ENROLLMENT.

IT DIDN'T INCLUDE ALL OF OUR ENROLLMENT.

AND SO IT WAS REALLY ONLY A SMALL INCREASE OF $190,000, WHICH I MEAN IS NOT A SMALL INCREASE BUT IT HELPED.

BUT THE IDEA OF IT IS THAT IT'S OFFSETTING YOUR YOUR INCREASES IN UTILITIES THAT HAPPEN FROM THE 22-23 SCHOOL YEAR TO THE 23-24, OR YOUR INSURANCE COSTS.

OUR INSURANCE COSTS FOR LUCKILY ENOUGH FOR 24-25 DID NOT GO UP.

WE WERE ABLE TO REMAIN FLAT WITH OUR PREMIUM, BUT FROM 22-23 TO 23-24, DURING THIS TIME PERIOD OF THIS LEGISLATIVE ACTION, WE DID HAVE AN INCREASE OF $568,000, WHICH WAS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE.

SO THAT FUNDING IS GOING TO HELP OFFSET THAT.

IT DOESN'T FULLY COVER IT, BUT IT HELPS OFFSET IT.

NEXT SLIDE ON THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS.

JUST AGAIN, IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT OUR DOCUMENTS COMPARE THE BUDGET OF LAST YEAR TO THE BUDGET OF THE NEW FISCAL YEAR.

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OUR FISCAL YEAR ENDS ON AUGUST 31ST, AND SO WE'RE STILL IN THE IN THE THROES OF, YOU KNOW WE HAVE EXPENDITURES HITTING AND TAKING CARE OF ACCRUALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WE'LL NEED TO DO.

SO IT TAKES US A LIKE ANOTHER MONTH TO WRAP UP.

BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT WE DID AS DENNY HAD MENTIONED, WE HAD PROJECTED A LITTLE BIT OF GROWTH, BUT WE'RE OVER THAT BUDGET NOW ON OUR K COMPREHENSIVE. SO WE'LL SEE HOW IT TURNS OUT FOR THE WHOLE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE.

BUT WE ADDED TWO TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN CLASSES, ONE AT PLEASANT VALLEY PRIMARY, MAPLE GROVE PRIMARY.

SO THAT WAS AWESOME TO BE ABLE TO ADD THOSE CLASSES.

AND THEN THE STATE REVENUE INFLATIONARY INCREASE IS 3.7 FOR BASIC EDUCATION SALARIES AND 3.1% FOR MATERIAL SUPPLIES AND OPERATING COSTS. THAT'S THE STATE PROVIDED ALLOCATION.

AND THEN WE ALIGN THE STAFFING WITH STUDENT NEEDS.

AND THEN ALSO WE HAD TO MAKE SOME PROGRAM REDUCTIONS BECAUSE OF THE LOSS OF ESSER FUNDS.

SO THAT WAS ABOUT $6.2 MILLION.

AND SO THAT LEADS US TO THE BUDGET CHALLENGES THAT KIND OF GOES IN.

SPEAKING OF THE INFLATION, I HAVE ANOTHER SLIDE COMING UP AFTER THIS ON INFLATION THAT OSPI PUT OUT.

I THINK IT'S A GREAT SLIDE.

THAT KIND OF KIND OF YOU CAN SEE A VISUAL OF THE CHALLENGES.

THE STATE FUNDING IS USES THE US IMPLICIT PRICE DEFLATOR, ALSO KNOWN AS IPD.

AND SO THAT HAS BEEN TRENDING VERY LOW COMPARED TO THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, WHICH WE LOOK AT IT FOR THE SEATTLE PUGET SOUND AREA.

SO THE REVENUE IS NOT KEEPING UP THAT WE'RE OUR STATE FUNDING IS NOT KEEPING UP WITH THE COST OF OUR EXPENDITURES, AND THAT'S KIND OF THE GAP THAT WE'RE FINDING OURSELVES IN AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS AS WELL, ALL AROUND THE STATE.

I MEAN, IT'S JUST IT'S A STATE WIDE ISSUE.

AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE.

SO ALSO WITHIN ENROLLMENT, WE STILL HAVEN'T GOTTEN BACK TO OUR PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS.

WE'RE GETTING CLOSER, THOUGH, SO THAT'S EXCITING.

SO WE STILL ARE DOWN FROM OUR PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS.

LOSS OF FUNDING FOR PANDEMIC PANDEMIC RELIEF FUNDING.

WE'VE HAD A LOT OF MONEY THAT'S COME IN THROUGH ENROLLMENT STABILIZATION AND FEDERAL FUNDING FOR SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS.

AND SO THAT'S ALL WE'RE NOW ON OUR, YOU KNOW, JUST OPERATING ON OUR NORMAL BUDGET.

SO THOSE ARE OUR CHALLENGES AND THE STATE BUDGET AND OVERALL FUNDING.

THIS IS AGAIN PUT OUT BY OSPI AND IT HAS TO SO IT LOOKS AT IN 2018-19, IN THE MIDDLE THERE.

THE AVERAGE FUNDING PER STUDENT WAS $12,525.

AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE IS THEY'VE COMPARED THIS TO THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX AND WHAT THEY'VE AND WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY ALLOCATING OUT.

AND SO THE STATE AND LOCAL FUNDING FOR STUDENTS HAS ACTUALLY GONE DOWN OVERALL TO $11,588 IF YOU WOULD BE COMPARING IT TO THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX.

RIGHT. SO THE FUNDING CONTINUOUSLY GOES UP EVERY YEAR, BUT NOT AT THE RATE THAT WE THAT THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX IS GOING UP. SO THAT IS A YOU KNOW, THAT CREATES A SHORTFALL FOR US.

AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY IF YOU LOOK IF YOU WERE TO USE THIS CHART AND THIS WAS OUR AVERAGE, IT WOULD BE QUITE A BIT OF MONEY FOR 12,154 STUDENTS. THAT DIFFERENCE OF $937.

SO IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? JUST CHECKING IN.

OKAY. SO THAT $937 TIMES THE 12,000, 12,000 STUDENTS WE HAVE IS EQUIVALENT TO $11.4 MILLION.

WOW. YEAH. OKAY.

IT'S A LOT OF. YEAH.

AND THAT'S AND THAT'S THE GAP THAT AGAIN YOU KNOW I JUST CAN'T SAY THIS ENOUGH.

THAT'S THE CHALLENGE THE GAP.

BECAUSE WHEN THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX WHEN CONSUMER SERVICES AND AND AND MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES ARE GOING UP, IT'S IT'S NOT ONLY FOR JUST OUR MATERIAL SUPPLIES AND OPERATING COSTS, IT'S ALSO FOR OUR STAFFING AND SALARIES AND BENEFITS ALSO.

MOVING ON TO ENROLLMENT, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS QUITE A BIT AT THE WORK SESSION.

BUT WE HAVE WE LOOK AT IT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS.

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AND YOU CAN SEE HERE WHERE WE ARE LOOKING AT 12,154 FTE.

THAT WOULD BE 10,121 IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE AND 2,033 IN OUR ALE.

YOU CAN SEE THE ALE HAS GROWN WITH BGBA OPENING AND AND JUST OVERALL, THE CHANGE HAS ACTUALLY THERE'S BEEN A SHIFT FOR MORE ONLINE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS.

SO WE SEPARATE THAT OUT BECAUSE THE RUNNING START AND THE DROP OUT RATE ENGAGEMENT ARE GENERALLY PRETTY MUCH PASS THRUS.

RIGHT? SO WE'RE JUST PASSING THROUGH THE MONEY FOR TO THE COLLEGES FOR THOSE.

SO I DON'T LIKE TO LOOK AT THOSE BECAUSE IT COULD REALLY SWAY THE NUMBERS.

BECAUSE AGAIN THEY ARE ALSO DOWN FROM PRE-COVID.

SO. SO AGAIN, IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THESE ARE BASED ON FTE.

SO THAT MEANS FULL TIME EQUIVALENT.

AND IT ALSO EQUATES TO ABOUT $3.1 MILLION IN VARIANCE IF WE WERE TO BE AT OUR, YOU KNOW, PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS OF 19-20. SO NEXT SLIDE IS REVENUE.

SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT REVENUE IS 77.4% OF OUR REVENUE IS FROM STATE FUNDING, WHICH IS PRIMARILY DRIVEN BY ENROLLMENT.

THE OTHER PORTION OF OUR ENROLLMENT IS GOING TO BE LOCAL TAXES, 13%.

AND THEN FEDERAL SPECIAL PURPOSE IS 6.1% AND LOCAL NON-TAX SUPPORT IS 3.3%.

AND THE NEXT SLIDE, WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON THIS.

SO YOU CAN SEE 13% IS REALLY IS $30 MILLION OF OUR BUDGET.

SO THOSE ARE THOSE ARE OUR EXPECTED LEVY COLLECTIONS IS FOR LOCAL TAXES, AND THOSE ARE APPROVED LEVIES BY THE VOTERS.

AND THEN THE STATE AND GENERAL PURPOSE AND SPECIAL PURPOSE.

THAT'S ABOUT $180 MILLION TOGETHER.

AND THE STATE GENERAL PURPOSE IS GOING TO BE YOUR BASIC ED, IT'S GOING TO BE YOUR ALE.

IT'S GOING TO BE JUST YOUR GENERAL BASIC ED FUNDING.

AND THEN AND IT ALSO INCLUDES RUNNING START AS WELL.

BUT YOUR SPECIAL PURPOSE IS GOING TO BE YOUR TRANSPORTATION SPECIAL EDUCATION LAP TRANS BILINGUAL INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM TRANSITIONAL EXCUSE ME BILINGUAL INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM AND YOUR HIGH CAP.

AND THEN IN THE FEDERAL SPECIAL PURPOSE IT'S $14 MILLION AND IT'S TITLE, SPED, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE SPECIAL FEDERAL PROGRAMS THAT WE GET. AND THOSE ARE WE CONSIDER THOSE CATEGORICAL IN NATURE SO THAT THEY IF WE HAVE THE FUNDING, WE CAN DO THE PROGRAM.

AND IF WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING, WE DON'T DO THE PROGRAM.

SO AND ESSER FUNDS WERE FEDERAL SPECIAL FUNDS AND SPECIAL PURPOSE.

AND SO THEY HAVE GONE DOWN THE FEDERAL.

BUT WE DID GET SOME MORE MONEY FOR THE AWARE GRANT.

SO THAT'S IN THAT CATEGORY.

SO THAT CHANGED OVER TIME.

AND THEN OUR LOCAL SUPPORT NON-TAX SUPPORT THERE IS THAT'S OUR FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM.

WE HAVE DONATIONS AND THERE IS A LITTLE BIT FOR CAPACITY AS WELL, BECAUSE IF OUR ENROLLMENT GROWS, WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY FOR SET ASIDE.

WE DON'T HAVE TO DO A BUDGET EXTENSION FOR ADDING TEACHERS.

AND SO AND TEACHERS HAVE BEEN ADDED SINCE WE HAVE SINCE OUR BUDGET FOR OUR INCREASED ENROLLMENT.

SO TOTAL REVENUE IS $233,250,109.

AND NEXT SLIDE IS ON OUR EXPENDITURES BY OBJECT.

THIS IS ONE LENS THAT WE LOOK AT EXPENDITURES.

THERE'S A FEW LENSES THAT WE LOOK AT THEM.

BUT HERE WE'RE LOOKING AT IT FROM BASICALLY FROM OUR OUR CERTIFICATED SALARIES, CLASSIFIED SALARIES, EMPLOYEE BENEFITS, AND PAYROLL TAXES, MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES, AS WELL AS PURCHASE SERVICES.

SO THOSE ARE THE CATEGORIES.

AND 78.8% OF OUR EXPENDITURES ARE FOR SALARIES AND BENEFITS.

AND IT'D REALLY BE CLOSER TO 84% IF WE WERE PAYING FOR SALARIES AND BENEFITS FOR TRANSPORTATION AND FOR FOOD SERVICE, BUT BECAUSE THOSE ARE CONTRACTED SERVICES, THEY'RE INCLUDED IN THE PURCHASE SERVICE CATEGORY.

SO IT REALLY WOULD BE CLOSER TO WHAT YOU WOULD SEE IN A NORMAL SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT DOESN'T CONTRACT FOR THOSE SERVICES WE'D BE CLOSER TO THAT TO THAT NUMBER OF FOR SALARIES AND BENEFITS.

SO IN THE NEXT SLIDE HERE.

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AND AGAIN YOU CAN SEE CERTIFICATED SALARIES IS 42% CLASSIFIED SALARIES IS 16% AND PAYROLL TAXES IS 20.7%. SO THAT'S $191 191.2 MILLION, WHICH MAKES UP THAT 78.8%.

SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS 7.5% AGAIN AND PURCHASE SERVICES $32,727,000 FOR 13.5%.

SO THAT'S JUST ONE LENS.

WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT ONE, WHICH IS OUR EXPENDITURES BY ACTIVITY.

AND WE HAVE MANY CODES.

WE HAVE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF ACCOUNTING CODES.

AND SO WITHIN ACTIVITIES THERE'S MULTIPLE ACTIVITIES.

AND WE'VE WE'VE ACTUALLY CALLED THEM OUT HERE SO THAT WE CAN YOU CAN SEE WHAT THOSE ACTIVITIES ARE BECAUSE WE'RE CONSOLIDATING DOWN THOSE ACTIVITIES.

SO IT JUST COLLAPSES THEM TO TEACHING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING SUPPORT OTHER SUPPORT BUILDING ADMINISTRATION AND CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT ABOUT 95% OF THE EXPENDITURES BY ACTIVITY ARE GOING REALLY FOR, YOU KNOW, TEACHING, TEACHING SUPPORT, TRANSPORTATION, MAINTENANCE GROUNDS, CUSTODIANS, UTILITIES, INSURANCE ALSO OUR BUILDING ADMINISTRATION OFFICES, PRINCIPALS AND BUILDING OFFICE STAFF.

SO REALLY A LOT OF THE FUNDS ARE GOING TO THOSE BUILDINGS AND THOSE CAMPUSES.

AND SO NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE WE JUST DID THOSE TWO LENSES ON EXPENDITURES.

SO I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO DISCLOSURES, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ON EXPENDITURES BEFORE I MOVE ON OR REVENUE.

OKAY. SO SO THIS IS AN ANNUAL DISCLOSURE THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO.

AND WHAT WE ARE DISCLOSING HERE IN THIS IS AND THIS IS YOU KNOW, PUT OUT BY YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A TEMPLATE THAT WE USE THAT'S GIVEN TO US FROM THE STATE TO USE.

AND THEN ALSO THE THE INFORMATION ON THE REQUIREMENT TO DO THIS DISCLOSURE.

WHAT THIS DISCLOSURE IS, IS THAT WE HAVE GIVEN YOU MSOC MONEY, BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND WE'VE GIVEN YOU $14.3 MILLION IN THAT ALLOCATION.

SO PLEASE TELL US HOW YOU'RE SPENDING IT AND ARE YOU SPENDING IT FOR ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO SPEND IT FOR? AND ARE YOU SPENDING THE FULL ALLOCATION? AND SO OUR BUDGETED EXPENDITURES FOR THE CATEGORIES OF BASIC EDUCATION, ALE, DROPOUT RATE ENGAGEMENT, AND OUR DISTRICT WIDE SUPPORT IS $19.8 MILLION.

SO AGAIN, THIS GOES BACK TO THE THE GAP THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BETWEEN WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO SUPPORT OUR DISTRICT AND WHAT THE WHAT THE ALLOCATION IS THAT WE'RE RECEIVING FROM THE STATE.

SO THE THE VARIANCE IS, IS THAT WE ARE SPENDING $5.5 MILLION GREATER THAN THE STATE ALLOCATION.

AND I JUST WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SUPPLY TOTAL FOR BASIC ED, SO THAT'S IN THE SECOND COLUMN OVER THERE IT SAYS PROGRAM 01 BASIC EDUCATION.

SO THE SUPPLIES IS $4.2 MILLION, AND I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU THAT $2 MILLION OF THAT IS GOING TO OUR CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES. AND SO THAT'S IN OUR I CHECKED AND LOOKED.

IT'S GOING TO OUR ACTIVITY 27 FOR CLASSROOM.

AND THEN $1.4 MILLION IS GOING FOR CURRICULUM.

AND THEN $0.4 MILLION IS GOING FOR OUR INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND, OUT OF THAT CATEGORY.

THERE'S A COUPLE OF CATEGORIES THAT TECHNOLOGY COMES OUT OF.

BUT SO THAT'S REALLY THE THE MAIN USES OF THOSE SUPPLIES AND EXPENDITURE SUPPLIES TOTALS FOR BASIC ED.

AND THEN FOR THE DISTRICT WIDE SUPPORT, IT'S AND IF YOU GO TO THE LAST COLUMN OVER AND THE SECOND ROW DOWN, YOU'LL SEE IT'S ABOUT $9.3 MILLION FOR PURCHASE SERVICES TOTALS.

AND THAT'S REALLY GOING FOR YOUR INSURANCE IS $2.3 MILLION.

OUR RISK INSURANCE POLICY IS APPROXIMATELY $2.3 MILLION, UTILITIES IS $4 MILLION, AND GROUNDS MAINTENANCE TECHNOLOGY MAKE

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SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT'S WHY A LOT OF THOSE EXPENDITURES, THOSE OBJECT SEVENS ARE THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE FOOD SERVICE.

IT DOES NOT INCLUDE TRANSPORTATION.

IT ONLY INCLUDES DISTRICT WIDE SUPPORT ITEMS. SO AND NOT EXCEPT FOR THE, YOU KNOW, THE FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM BECAUSE THAT'S A THAT'S A DIFFERENT PROGRAM NUMBER.

SO THAT DISCLOSURE IS REQUIRED AND PRESENTED TO YOU.

NEXT SLIDE.

CAN I ASK A QUESTION. OH SURE.

YOU BET. SO WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT INFLATION, SO IT'S NOT LIKE OUR HOW DO I WANT TO ASK THIS? IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE BUYING MORE THINGS.

IT'S JUST THE THINGS WE BUY COST MORE RIGHT? YEAH. OKAY. YEAH I JUST YEAH.

AND EVEN THOUGH INFLATION IS GOING DOWN AND WE'RE SEEING IT, YOU KNOW THAT THEY'RE SAYING IT'S GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO WHERE THEY FEEL THAT IT'S A MORE HEALTHY INFLATION. WE STILL HAVE THAT GAP.

SO THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONTINUE TO SHARE OUR STORY ABOUT THAT GAP BECAUSE WE NEED TO CATCH UP. RIGHT.

AND SO WE HAD A SHORT SESSION ON OUR LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

BUT THIS WILL BE A NEW SESSION WHERE IT'S A BIANNUAL.

SO WE'LL JUST HAVE TO CONTINUE TO TELL OUR STORY OF HOW NOT ONLY JUST MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES, BUT SALARIES ALSO AS WELL ARE, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE ADJUSTED TO HELP TO SUPPORT THAT INFLATIONARY FACTOR THAT WE'RE ALL FEELING SO.

AND NOT TO HAVE YOU SPEAK TO OTHER DISTRICTS BUDGETS.

BUT THIS ISN'T ISOLATED TO BATTLE GROUND.

NO, I MEAN IT'S STATEWIDE.

IT IS. ABSOLUTELY.

YEAH. IT'S A LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY FOR MANY OF OUR ORGANIZATIONS LIKE WASBO AND MANY OTHERS.

SO THE NEXT DISCLOSURE IS WHAT IS REQUIRED.

AND THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE $21 INCREASE PER FTE, THE $190,000 THEY RECKON OSPI AND THE STATE AUDITORS RECOMMENDED WE PUT IT IN OUR BUDGET HEARINGS SO THAT IT'S BEEN DISCLOSED AND IT'S, IT'S PART OF OUR HEARING.

AND SO THIS IS JUST SAYING THAT WE ARE USING OUR MONEY FOR INSURANCE TO HELP PAY FOR THE INSURANCE INCREASE THAT WE HAD.

SO THAT'S ALL THAT SLIDE IS FOR, IS JUST TO DISCLOSE THAT INFORMATION AND MEET THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE FUNDING.

SO THE NEXT IS STAFFING.

SO WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A FEW WEEKS AGO ON THE STAFFING.

EVEN THOUGH WE HAD SOME BUDGET REDUCTIONS IN SOME AREAS WE HAD SOME INCREASES IN OTHER AREAS.

SO WE DID ADD IN OUR CERTIFICATED AND EMPLOYEE STAFF.

SO ONE AND YOU CAN SEE THE VARIANCE THERE IS THAT WE INCREASE CLASSROOM TEACHERS, SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS, MULTILINGUAL TEACHERS. AND WE DID HAVE SOME REDUCTIONS OF A CURRICULUM DIRECTOR AS WELL AS INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES AND A DEAN.

AND THEN ON OUR CLASSIFIED WE INCREASED 16 FTE.

SO THAT'S FTE WOULD BE LIKE IF THEY WORKED ALL YEAR ROUND.

SO THAT'S REALLY CLOSER TO ABOUT 22, 21 ACTUAL BODIES AT THEIR SCHOOL YEAR BODIES.

RIGHT. BECAUSE FTE IS IS IF THEY WERE WORKING YEAR ROUND.

SO CLASSIFIED INCREASES INCLUDE SPECIAL EDUCATION ASSISTANCE, MULTILINGUAL EDUCATION ASSISTANCE AND A PART TIME PAYROLL TECHNICIAN.

SO THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE YOU KNOW, THERE WAS OTHER LITTLE SHIFTS HERE AND THERE, BUT THOSE ARE KIND OF THE MAIN KEY POINTS OF STAFFING CHANGES.

NEXT SLIDE.

OKAY. SO BUDGET SUMMARY.

SO TOTAL REVENUES $233,250,109.

TOTAL EXPENDITURES $242,645,492.

AND THEN WE DO HAVE A TRANSFER OUT TO OUR DEBT SERVICE FUND FOR OUR LAST PAYMENT ON SOME NON VOTED DEBT THAT WE HAVE.

SO THAT'S $370,000.

SO OUR TOTAL EXPENDITURES ARE EXCEEDING REVENUE BY $9,765,383, AND OUR BEGINNING FUND BALANCE IS $33,874,334.

AND THEN OUR THAT WAS THE BEGINNING.

AND OUR ENDING WILL BE $24,108,951 IS BUDGETED.

AND I DO HAVE A SLIDE, THE NEXT SLIDE TALKS ABOUT OUR GENERAL FUND BALANCE BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS VERY YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT CATEGORIES TO OUR FUND BALANCE.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.

BECAUSE WHEN YOU HEAR THAT NUMBER YOU THINK, WOW, THAT'S A BIG NUMBER.

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SO THERE'S DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.

THE MAIN FOUR ONES THAT I HAVE HERE AND I HAVE THEM HIGHLIGHTED IN RED, SO YOU CAN SEE AT RED AND THEN A COUPLE BLUE AND THEN PURPLE IS TO KIND OF EXPLAIN THAT YOU'RE RESTRICTED CANNOT BE USED TO BALANCE THE BUDGET.

WHEN WE HAVE RESTRICTED FUND BALANCE, IT'S MONEY WE'VE COLLECTED THAT'S CATEGORICAL, THAT CANNOT BE USED FOR ANYTHING ELSE.

IT HAS TO BE USED FOR EXACTLY THE WAY THE MONEY INTENDED TO IT TO BE.

AND AN EXAMPLE OF RESTRICTED REVENUES IS IF WE HAD SOME CTE FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVED IN AND DIDN'T SPEND IT ALL, THEN THAT WOULD CARRY FORWARD TO THE NEXT YEAR AND WOULD BE SPENT OUT TO THE NEXT YEAR.

AND SO AND THE IDEA IS, IS OBVIOUSLY TO TRY NOT TO HAVE ALL THAT.

BUT SOMETIMES THERE'S CASES WHERE CARRYOVER IS IMPORTANT, A LOT FUNDING MAY BE CARRIED OVER AND SOME OTHER RESTRICTED REVENUES.

THE NEXT ONE DOWN THAT'S RESTRICTED IS OUR INVENTORY AND PREPAID ITEMS. AND I KNOW THOSE SEEM QUITE HIGH, BUT WE GET A VOLUME DISCOUNT WHEN WE PAY FOR ALL OF OUR SIX YEARS OF SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR CURRICULUM IN ADVANCE. SO WE HAVE TO PUT THOSE IN A PREPAID.

AND THEN EVERY YEAR WE EXPEND THEM OUT AND THEN OUR BALANCE WILL GO DOWN.

AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IN OUR FOUR YEAR PROJECTION, YOU'LL SEE THAT DECLINING.

AND THEN WE HAVE SOME WE HAVE SOME SET ASIDE THAT'S BEEN WE'VE HAD IT SET ASIDE FOR A LONG TIME FOR THE SELF INSURED AND UNINSURED RISK, JUST IN CASE WE NEED TO TAP INTO THOSE FUNDS FOR SOMETHING UNEXPECTED.

THE NEXT CATEGORY IN THE DOWN IS ASSIGNED, AND THE ASSIGNED FOR OTHER PURPOSES IS REALLY IT'S KIND OF IT CONTAINS OUR CURRICULUM ADOPTION SET ASIDE MONEY.

IT IT CONTAINS SEL, CAPITAL REPAIRS, THERE'S SPECIAL WITHIN IT.

THERE'S MULTIPLE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN SET ASIDE FOR THE ASSIGNED FOR OTHER PURPOSE.

AND PART OF THAT INCLUDES AND IT'LL BE ON THE NEXT SLIDE, IT INCLUDES FOR ONGOING OPERATIONS BECAUSE WE KNEW GOING INTO THE 24-25 BUDGET WE WOULD HAVE SOME SAVINGS.

WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO MAKE AS MANY CUTS AS WE, YOU KNOW, AS OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE BEEN MAKING BECAUSE WE'D HAD SOME SAVINGS AND THAT WE COULD APPLY THAT TO 24- 25 SCHOOL YEAR.

SO THE NEXT CATEGORY IS THE UNASSIGNED, WHICH IS RAINY DAY FUNDS, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE ANY SET ASIDE IN THE RAINY DAY FUND BUCKET.

WE HAVE PLANS FOR ALL OF OUR, OUR FUNDING.

AND THEN THE LAST CATEGORY IS UNASSIGNED TO MINIMUM FUND BALANCE POLICY 6022.

AND THIS IS FOR SOUND FINANCIAL PRACTICE BECAUSE OF THE COMPLEXITY OF FUNDING AND OTHER ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTIES.

AND WE'VE HELD, YOU KNOW, A 6% FOR MANY YEARS.

THAT'S BEEN OUR POLICY.

IT WAS UPDATED TO BE BETWEEN 4% AND 6%.

SO WE DID USE 1% OF THAT FUND BALANCE TO HELP US, WITH YOUR PERMISSION, TO HELP US TO BALANCE THE BUDGET, SO IT WOULD MAKE REDUCTIONS.

IT WOULD, IT WOULD DECREASE THE NEED FOR REDUCTIONS.

SO THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL.

USING 1% WAS EQUIVALENT TO $2.3 MILLION.

BUT BECAUSE OUR REVENUE INCREASED IN ORDER TO KEEP IT AT 5%, WE ONLY USED $1.289 RATHER THAN THE $2.3.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE OUR BUDGET GREW.

AND SO IN ORDER TO KEEP IT AT FIVE.

YEAH. AND IT'S IMPORTANT ALSO TO KNOW THAT WE DIDN'T GROW IT TO THE 6%.

RIGHT. SO THAT'S ABOUT $1.3 MILLION RIGHT THERE THAT WE DID NOT GROW AND BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK, IF WE WANT TO BRING IT BACK UP TO 6%, THEN THAT WOULD BE OUR, YOU KNOW, IF WE WERE TO, YOU KNOW, OVER TIME, IT MAY TAKE 2 OR 3 YEARS TO BRING IT BACK UP TO THE 6% TO DO THAT.

SO OBVIOUSLY, THE HIGHER OUR OUR YEARLY BUDGET GETS, THE HIGHER WE NEED TO GO.

WHEN YOU HAVE TO REACH THAT 6%.

EXACTLY. I THINK TOO, I WANTED TO MENTION TO THE UNASSIGNED TO MINIMUM FUND BALANCE IS NOT JUST IMPORTANT FOR JUST FOR THE COMPLEXITY OF FUNDING ENROLLMENT SWINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD HELP OFFSET IT.

IT'S IMPORTANT FOR CASH FLOW.

AND A LOT OF DISTRICTS ARE HAVING TO REACH OUT AND BORROW MONEY TO GET THROUGH JUNE, YOU KNOW,

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SO APPORTIONMENT IS ACTUALLY NOT GIVEN TO YOU ON AN EQUALLY MONTH BASIS, AN EQUAL AMOUNT EVERY MONTH, THEY HAVE AN APPORTIONMENT SCHEDULE.

AND THE SCHEDULE THE STATE SHIFTED QUITE A BIT OF THE APPORTIONMENT TO JULY AND AUGUST.

SO THAT'S A 6% DELAY IN FUNDING THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING THOSE THOSE PRIOR MONTHS, WHICH IS ABOUT $10.8 MILLION.

SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE YOUR FUND BALANCE THAT UNASSIGNED FOR CASH FLOW PURPOSES.

I CANNOT STRESS THAT ENOUGH.

IT'S VERY CRITICAL THAT YOU HAVE FUND BALANCE IN THERE ALSO FOR THAT, FOR THAT PURPOSE.

AND THERE ARE DISTRICTS THAT DON'T HAVE THAT FUND BALANCE.

AND SO THEY'RE HAVING CASH FLOW ISSUES.

AND SO THEY HAVE TO GO OUT AND BORROW MONEY TO MAKE PAYROLL OR DO INNER FUND INTERFUND LOAN TRANSFERS.

ON THE NEXT SLIDE, I SHOW THE USE OF THE FUND BALANCE TO SUPPORT STUDENTS AND STAFF AND THAT IS USING.

SO THIS IS KIND OF GIVING YOU AN IDEA OF HOW WE'RE USING THE ASSIGNED FOR OTHER PURPOSE FUND BALANCE OF $7.5 MILLION.

LIKE I SAID, SOME OF IT'S SET ASIDE FOR CURRICULUM, THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF SET ASIDE FOR CURRICULUM, BECAUSE WE'RE WE'RE APPLYING THAT AS WE HAVE OUR CURRICULUM ADOPTIONS AND NEEDS.

AND THEN ALSO FOR WE HAVE SOME MONEY SET ASIDE, THE SOME OF THE STATE FOREST FUNDS THAT WE RECEIVED FROM TIMBER HARVEST HAVE GONE TO HELP WITH K-4 CLASSROOM SUPPLIES. AND THEN ALSO PUBLIC RELATIONS, COMMUNICATIONS, SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING AND TECHNOLOGY.

AND SO REALLY WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO THE BOTTOM PART, ONGOING OPERATIONS IS ABOUT $6 MILLION OF THE USAGE OF THAT $7.5 MILLION. SO SOME OF THOSE ARE ONE TIME EXPENDITURES THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY, YOU KNOW, SCHEDULED TO REPEAT, BUT THE ONGOING OPERATION IS THE ONE THAT'S SCHEDULED TO REPEAT.

AND THEN AGAIN, THE USE OF AN UNASSIGNED TO MINIMUM FUND BALANCE POLICY OF THE $1.3 MILLION.

SO THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO ONGOING OPERATIONAL EXPENDITURES.

AND THAT'S THE CHALLENGE WE HAVE IS GOING INTO THE FUTURE HOW DO WE HOW DO WE MITIGATE SOME OF THOSE CHALLENGES? SO SOME OF THE WAYS THAT WE'RE USING FUND BALANCE TO SUPPORT STUDENTS AND STAFF, AND THIS IS JUST A FEW HIGH LEVEL ONES, IS, YOU KNOW, CAMPUS SAFETY, STAFFING AND LEARNING CLASSROOM TEACHERS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION AND MULTI LEARNERS, CLASSROOM ASSISTANCE FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION AND MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS.

SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING SUPPORT, COUNSELING SUPPORT, CURRICULUM INCREASES IN MATERIAL SUPPLIES AND OPERATING COSTS FOR UTILITIES AND INSURANCE. SO THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE HIGH LEVEL OF THE USE OF SOME OF THOSE USES OF FUND BALANCE FOR THOSE ONGOING OPERATIONAL ITEMS. NEXT. AND SO WE HAVE THREE OTHER DISTRICT FUNDS.

WELL, LET ME BEFORE I MOVE ON IS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON GENERAL FUND? TWO. OKAY.

THE TIMBER HARVEST. DID I JUST HEAR YOU SAY THEN THAT WE RECEIVED $50,000 LAST YEAR FROM TIMBER HARVEST? NO, WE HAVE A RESERVE OF TIMBER HARVEST FUNDS THAT WE RECEIVED IN THE PAST YEARS.

SO WE HAVE IT SET ASIDE IN A SPECIAL PART OF OUR ASSIGNED FUND BALANCE.

AND IT WAS AND WHEN THOSE FUNDS STARTED COMING IN AND WE COULD KEEP THEM, THERE WAS ONE TIME WE COULDN'T KEEP THEM, THEY WOULD REDUCE OUR APPORTIONMENT.

BUT NOW THEY'RE LETTING US KEEP IT AS SO WE SET IT ASIDE AND SAY WE ARE GOING TO USE $50,000 OF THOSE FUNDS TO DO K-4 SUPPLIES.

SO WE HAVE ABOUT FOUR YEARS AVAILABLE TO US IN OUR, IN OUR IN THAT ASSIGNED FUND BALANCE.

RIGHT. AND OUR FAMILIES WOULD GO TO THE STORE AND BUY ALL THE SUPPLIES.

AND, AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT THAT WAS A HARDSHIP FOR MANY OF OUR FAMILIES.

SO WHEN THEY CHANGED THE RULES FOR THE TIMBER THEY ALLOWED US TO ACTUALLY TAKE THE MONEY, ONE OF THE COMMITMENTS THAT WE MADE TO OUR COMMUNITY WAS THAT WE WOULD USE THAT MONEY FOR OUR K-4 STUDENTS SO THAT OUR FAMILIES DID NOT HAVE TO BUY SCHOOL SUPPLIES.

WELL, AGAIN, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A TIMBER HARVEST, I JUST KIND OF $700,000 WOULD GO.

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IT WAS JULY. YEAH.

SO THEY THEY HOLD AND GIVE US 22% OF OUR BUDGET? 22.5%. ALMOST A QUARTER FOR THE YEAR IN JUNE, JULY.

JULY AND AUGUST, JULY AND AUGUST.

HAS THAT EVER BEEN CHALLENGED, TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE? I MEAN, HAS ANYBODY EVER ASKED, WHY ARE THEY DOING THIS AND WHY ARE THEY HOLDING THE MONEY AND WHY ARE THEY SITTING ON IT? AND WHY AREN'T THEY GIVING IT TO US? I HAVE NEVER ASKED THAT QUESTION BECAUSE I AM SURE IT HAS BEEN ASKED.

OKAY, BUT TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE WE DON'T KNOW AN ANSWER FOR THAT? OTHER THAN THEY LIKE TO KEEP IT IN THE BANK TO GET THE INTEREST ON IT OR SOMETHING.

IT'S A VERY HOT TOPIC.

30TH. SO IF YOU HAVE EXPENDITURES OR YOU'RE SENDING MONEY TO YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN JULY AND AUGUST, THAT'S NOT PART OF THIS BUDGET, IT'S PART OF THE NEXT BUDGET.

OKAY. SO YEAH.

OKAY. AND SO THERE HAS BEEN A REQUEST TO TRY TO TRY TO BALANCE THAT-- YEAH. NO.

YEAH. THEY'RE HERE TO SERVE.

THOSE OTHER MONTHS MEAN YOU'RE GETTING FAR, FAR LESS.

RIGHT. AND THEN YOU HAVE TO RIDE WITH GETTING LESS RIGHT.

WELL, THERE IS A REASON THAT THEY DO THAT.

THEY JUST WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.

AND THAT'S WHY OUR FUND BALANCE GOES THIS AND THIS AND THIS.

AND IT'S MY GOAL TO GET YOU A NICE CHART ON SO YOU CAN SEE THE FLOW BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT FUND BALANCE DOES GO UP AND DOWN DEPENDING ON WHETHER YOU HAVE LEVY COLLECTIONS COMING IN AND ALSO YOUR APPORTIONMENT.

BUT YEAH JULY AND AUGUST-- YOU'RE WELCOME.

ALL RIGHT. SO MOVING ON TO OTHER DISTRICT FUNDS.

WE HAVE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND AND DEBT SERVICE FUND AND ASB FUND.

AND I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THE INFORMATION ON HERE, BUT JUST KNOW THAT SOME OF THE CAPITAL LEVY PROJECTS THAT WERE ON THE LIST THAT ARE INCLUDED, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A NEW CAPITAL LEVY THAT STARTS FOR 2025.

SO IT'S ONLY A HALF YEAR COLLECTION FOR OUR NEXT BUDGET.

BUT ALREADY THERE'S LOTS OF EXCITEMENT AROUND GETTING SOME OF THESE CAPITAL LEVY PROJECTS COMPLETED.

AND SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE ON THE LIST FOR 24-25 ARE LISTED HERE, THAT YOU CAN SEE ALL THE VARIOUS PROJECTS.

AND THEN WE ALSO WILL BE USING SOME OF OUR IMPACT FEES AS WELL FOR MODULAR CLASSROOMS AND SUPPORT.

SO THERE IS A BUDGETED AND ENDING FUND BALANCE IS ESTIMATED AT $2.3 MILLION FOR OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR DEBT SERVICE FUND.

AND WE WILL WE WILL WE'RE PAYING OFF OUR LAST PAYMENT NON VOTED DEBT PAYMENT.

AND WE'RE TRANSFERRING OUT SOME OF THE INTEREST THAT'S ACCRUED THAT'S IN THE RESOLUTION AND SOMETHING WE TALKED ABOUT AT OUR LAST WORKSHOP MEETING.

AND THEN THEY'LL STILL BE SOME MONEY SITTING IN THERE THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR IF WE HAVE ANOTHER BOND OR SOMETHING THAT WE CAN USE THAT THOSE FUNDS TO HELP WITH.

NEXT SLIDE. SO FOUR YEAR PROJECTION ASSUMPTIONS.

SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE HAD TO TAKE OUR YOU KNOW OUR 24-25 BUDGET AND THEN SAY OKAY WHAT IS THE STATE AND WHAT ARE OUR ENROLLMENT NUMBERS GOING TO BE.

WHAT IS OUR STAFFING GOING TO BE LOOK LIKE? WHAT IS OUR INFLATIONARY INCREASE FROM THE STATE.

AND THESE ARE THE NUMBERS THAT WERE GIVEN TO US TO USE FROM THE STATE.

THE 1.9, 2.1 AND 2.0 IS THE EXPECTED INCREASES FOR SALARIES, MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES AND OPERATING COSTS. AND THEN WE ALSO LOOKED AT OUR INCREASE IN EXPENDITURES AND WHAT WE THINK OUR SALARIES AND BENEFITS AND MATERIAL SUPPLIES AND OPERATING COSTS WILL COME IN.

AND THE ASSUMPTION OF ONGOING REVENUE SOURCES, INCLUDING THE PASSAGE OF THE LEVY.

SO THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE FOUR YEAR PROJECTION.

AND SO AND IN ENROLLMENT WE DO SHOW DEMOGRAPHER.

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AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME INCREASES COMING UP IS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

SO WE HAVE WE HAVE BUILT IN ENROLLMENT INCREASES, WHICH WILL DRIVE MORE FUNDING, WHICH WILL ALSO INCREASE STAFFING. BUT EVEN AFTER THAT, INCREASED ENROLLMENT AND INCREASED EXPENDITURES WE STILL HAVE THAT GAP THAT WE'RE STILL DEALING WITH IN OUR BUDGET SHORTFALL. SO WE ARE SHOWING RIGHT NOW.

SO THE THE DOCUMENT, THE FOUR YEAR BUDGET HAS THESE REDUCTIONS BUILT INTO IT.

SO THOSE HAVE ALREADY BEEN REDUCED.

AND THEN THOSE ARE THE FINAL EXPENDITURES.

BECAUSE WE NEED TO BALANCE OUR FUND BALANCE TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.

SO WE BUILT IN REDUCTIONS OF $5 MILLION FOR 25-26, $8.1 MILLION IN 26-27 AND 27-28 $6.3 MILLION.

SO THESE ARE ONGOING REDUCTIONS THAT DON'T COME BACK, THEY BUILD AND BUILD AND BUILD.

SO THAT'S WHY IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE THAT THE STATE STEP IN AND PROVIDE THE FUNDING FOR THE COSTS THAT IT REALLY TAKES TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS.

AND THAT'S THE AND THAT'S REALLY THE LEGISLATIVE ACTION THAT REALLY NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE.

AND WE'RE HOPING.

NEXT SLIDE.

SO I DID PUT THAT I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL THESE GENERAL FUND ENDING BALANCES, YOU CAN LOOK AT THOSE, BUT WE DO RETAIN THE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR RESTRICTED FUND BALANCES THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T TOUCH THOSE TO BALANCE THE BUDGET, BUT WE SHOW IN 25-26 WE WILL REDUCE OUR ASSIGNED TO OTHER PURPOSE AS WELL AS THE REDUCTIONS THAT WE'RE TAKING.

SO THERE WILL BE A REDUCTION.

AGAIN, WE'LL BE USING A CURRICULUM SEL MONEY, SOME OF THOSE THINGS AND THEN WE'LL USE SOME OF THE MONEY IF THERE'S ANYTHING LEFT IN THE [INAUDIBLE] WE HAVE SOME EXTRA MONEY IN THE ASSIGNED FOR OTHER PURPOSE.

WE'LL USE IT FOR THE BUDGET.

SO THAT LEADS TO YOU CAN SEE THE EXPENDITURES AS THEY, AS THEY GO UP THAT ALSO INCREASES THE UNASSIGNED TO MINIMUM FUND BALANCE POLICY, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE KIND OF KEEPING IT AT 5%.

AND THEN THERE'S JUST A LITTLE BUMP UP IN 26-27, 27-28.

SO REALLY, YOU'RE GOING FROM WE'RE LOOKING AT A TOTAL OVERALL 9.9% ENDING FUND BALANCE TO 8.48.38.1 ON THE FUND BALANCE PROJECTIONS.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE? OKAY, SO MOVING ON.

I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THE FOUR YEAR PROJECTIONS ON THE CAPITAL PROJECTS AND DEBT SERVICE.

AND THERE'S SO THERE IS ACTUALLY NONE GOING FORWARD AFTER 24-25 FOR DEBT SERVICE.

CAPITAL PROJECTS WE'LL CONTINUE THOSE LEVY COLLECTIONS.

AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO EXPEND THOSE FUNDS AS THEY COME IN FOR THE PROJECTS THAT WERE PROMISED FOR THE CAPITAL LEVY.

AND THEN THE ASB FUND WILL WORK THROUGH THAT ANNUALLY.

SO WE'LL RELOOK AT THESE BUDGETS.

THESE ARE JUST KIND OF LOOKING OUT TO THE FUTURE.

AND NEXT SLIDE IS, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE FOUR YEAR BUDGET? NO. OKAY.

SO MONITORING TOOLS JUST THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR TOOLBOX FOR MONITORING OUR BUDGET IS WE HAVE THE MONTHLY BUDGET STATUS REPORTS THAT WE PROVIDE TO THE BOARD, OUR MONTHLY ENROLLMENT REPORTS, OUR LEGISLATIVE UPDATES, APPORTIONMENT, INTERNAL AUDITS THAT WE DO WITHIN OUR BUSINESS OFFICE FOR OUT IN OUR BUILDINGS, WE DO INTERNAL AUDITS AND WE DO AUDITS INTERNALLY AS WELL MONTHLY AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND THEN STRONG FISCAL INTERNAL CONTROLS ANNUALLY REVIEWED BY INDEPENDENT STATE AUDITORS.

AND NEXT SLIDE IS MORE ON BUDGET INFORMATION.

SO IF YOU HAVE ANY IF YOU ALL THIS WILL BE POSTED AT OUR WEBSITE.

OUR BATTLE GROUNDPS.ORG/BUDGET.

AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE MY CONTACT INFORMATION.

IF ANYBODY SHOULD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS LATER ON THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEND ME.

IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE OUR PUBLIC COMMENT TIME? THANK YOU. 45 MINUTES ON THE DOT.

PARDON ME. 45 MINUTES ON THE DOT.

WITH A SMILE.

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PLEASE FOLLOW THE PROCEDURES FOR CITIZENS.

COMMENTS. STATE YOUR NAME, LIMIT YOUR TIME TO THREE MINUTES AND REFRAIN FROM DISCUSSING CONFIDENTIAL MATTERS.

AND I THINK WE FOUND THE SIGN IN SHEET.

SO, JENNIFER.

READY? HI, I'M JENNIFER AND I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.

UNFORTUNATELY, THIS DOESN'T ALLOW FOR ANSWERS, BUT MAYBE I CAN GET THEM LATER.

I NOTICED ON.

LET'S SEE.

I NOTICED, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE LINE ITEMS IS SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING, AND THE BUDGET FOR THAT IS ALMOST AS BIG AS THE CURRICULUM BUDGET. I MEAN, IT'S OVER HALF.

IS THERE A WAY TO CUT THAT DOWN? IS IT NECESSARY FOR ALL CHILDREN TO HAVE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING EVERY SINGLE YEAR? THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY FOR SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING, SUCH THAT IT HAS TO HAVE A LINE ITEM IN IT.

I DON'T KNOW, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY FOR THAT.

SECOND THING I'M WONDERING IS THERE A LEGISLATIVE ACTION THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN THAT IF YOU HAVE HAD A MAGIC WAND, YOU COULD GO JUST TAKE THAT AWAY.

LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, MANDATORY TRAINING FOR TEACHERS OR ADMINISTRATORS THAT IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S A BIG EXPENDITURE THAT REALLY ISN'T NECESSARY.

I'M WONDERING IF COMMUNICATION WITH LEGISLATORS IN THE COMING SESSION COULD BE BETTER.

AND I'M TALKING ABOUT ME AND THE PUBLIC.

ALSO, I SEE THAT YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE RUNNING A LEVY.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT SOME OF THESE POSITIVE CHANGES WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WOULD LOOK GOOD TO THE PUBLIC, BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE A HARD TIME PASSING LEVIES AND SHOWING PARENTS AND THE COMMUNITY THAT WE VALUE PARENTS.

WE VALUE WHAT IS BEING PUT IN FRONT OF STUDENTS AND WE'RE PROTECTING THEM.

AND WE REALLY ARE PARTNERING, PARTNERING WITH PARENTS SUCH AS WITH THE PRIVACY POLICY THAT WOULD REALLY LOOK GOOD TO THE COMMUNITY. AND THAT'S WHAT I HAVE.

THANK YOU. JENNIFER. OKAY.

NOW YOU CAN ANSWER HER QUESTION.

SO WHEN WE RECEIVE THE AWARE GRANT PART OF OUR COMMITMENT WAS THAT ONCE THE AWARE GRANT WENT AWAY, THAT WE WOULD SUSTAIN THE SERVICES THAT WE HAD.

SO WE SET ASIDE SOME MONEY IN OUR FUND BALANCE THAT IS THERE.

AND WE DON'T SPEND ALL OF THAT MONEY IN ONE YEAR WE'VE SPREAD IT OUT.

SO WE TAKE A PORTION OF THAT MONEY AND SUSTAIN SOME OF THE SERVICES THAT WE PROMISED WE WOULD CONTINUE ONCE THE AWARE GRANT FADED OUT.

SO IT PAYS FOR THINGS LIKE OUR PREVENTION INTERVENTION SPECIALISTS WHICH, YOU KNOW, TO YOUR POINT, IS NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, IT HAS TO BE THERE EVERY SINGLE, EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

SO THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

HOW LONG ARE YOU OBLIGATED TO AWARE? WELL, WE JUST GOT ANOTHER AWARE GRANT SO.

SO WHILE MY INITIAL THOUGHT WHEN WE SET ASIDE THE MONEY WAS FOR A FIVE YEAR PERIOD, WE HAD THE GRANT FOR FIVE YEARS.

AND THEN I THOUGHT, WELL, IT'S FAIR THEN THAT WE WOULD SUSTAIN THAT FOR AN ADDITIONAL FIVE YEARS.

EXCEPT NOW WE'VE GOT A NEW GRANT, A NEW AWARE GRANT WHICH COVERS DIFFERENT THINGS THAN THE FIRST AWARE GRANT.

IT'S MORE FOCUSED ON HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE THE FIRST AWARE GRANT WAS FOCUSED MORE ON BRINGING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TO THE DISTRICT.

SO WE'LL HAVE TO SUSTAIN THAT.

BUT THERE'S ALWAYS A DANGER.

NOT NOT A DANGER.

DANGER IS THE WRONG WORD, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR USING IT.

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AGAIN I WOULD TELL YOU THAT MOST OF THE SERVICES ARE GEARED TOWARDS ARE FOCUSED ON PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION, MORE SO THAN THEY'RE FOCUSED ON ANYTHING ELSE.

WELL, I THINK MAYBE THE PART OF THE CONFUSION, I MEAN, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG ON THIS, IS THAT THE WORDING SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING HAS A CERTAIN CONNOTATION RIGHT NOW THAT IT'S A CURRICULUM, AND THIS AWARE GRANT COVERS A WHOLE LOT MORE.

SO IT MIGHT BE MORE THE THE LINE ITEM, THE LABEL OF THE LINE ITEM.

AND I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU, MARY, BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT WE'VE MOVED AWAY FROM THAT DESIGNATION OF SEL IN ALL OF OUR IN ALL OF OUR MATERIALS ON OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. WE MOVED AWAY FROM IT.

IT'S BEEN IN THE BUDGET FOR SO LONG THAT THAT WE JUST FORGOT ABOUT IT.

AND IT'S IT'S STILL THERE AS THAT.

BUT I MEAN, I WHEN I'M LOOKING AT IT, I'M NOT LOOKING AT, OH THIS IS GOING TO PURCHASE A CURRICULUM.

NO IT'S NOT. THIS IS A DIFFERENT KIND OF THESE ARE TO PROVIDE THE ACTUAL SERVICES.

OUR SEL ROOMS THAT WE HAVE OUR SOCIAL EMOTIONAL ROOMS THAT WE HAVE IN ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS, OUR PREVENTION INTERVENTION SPECIALISTS.

THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT THAT MONEY HELPS SUPPORT.

AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PREVENTION INTERVENTION SPECIALISTS.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SPECIALIST PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION OF DRUGS AND ALCOHOL.

DRUGS AND ALCOHOL.

YEAH. OKAY. YEAH.

SO IS THAT AWARE GRANT THAT'S IN THAT $500,000 OR IS THAT SEPARATE? IT'S SEPARATE. SEPARATE.

OKAY. SEPARATE. YEAH.

YEAH. OKAY.

YEAH. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT UP. YEAH.

IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT IT.

AND WE ONLY HAVE THE ONE SPEAKER.

OKAY. SO THAT BRINGS US TO CONCLUSION OF OUR BUDGET HEARING, AND WE WILL RESUME BACK TO OUR REGULAR MEETING. ARE WE GOOD TO MOVE FORWARD BOARD? I'M GETTING NODS, YES. OKAY.

SO THAT BRINGS US TO NEW BUSINESS.

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

MICHELLE SCOTT. YES.

BOARD. REQUESTING YOUR APPROVAL.

IT'S QUITE A LONG RESOLUTION.

IT'S BROKEN UP INTO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.

TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE LEGALITIES AROUND THE BUDGET, THE REQUIREMENT OF THE NOTIFICATION OF A BUDGET HEARING, PUTTING THE BUDGET TOGETHER, FIXING AND ADOPTING. AND SO WE'RE WE'RE ASKING YOU FOR IS FOR TO PROVIDE AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS FROM EACH OF THE FUNDS THAT ARE CONTAINED IN THE 24-25 BUDGET.

SO YOU'LL SEE THAT ON THE FIRST PAGE, WE HAVE OUR GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES, CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND AND DEBT SERVICE FUND AND ASB FUND.

SO THAT'S TO SET THOSE EXPENDITURE AUTHORIZATIONS.

AND THEN THE FUND TRANSFERS.

THERE'S THREE OF THEM.

AND SO ONE OF THEM IS FOR OUR DEBT TRANSFER THAT'S REQUIRED TO BE IN THE RESOLUTION.

THE SECOND ONE IS A TRANSFER FROM OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS.

IT DOESN'T SAY IT, AND I HAD THE ATTORNEY WRITE THIS BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS CORRECT, BUT IT'S NOT REQUIRED TO PUT THE AMOUNT IN THERE.

IT'S JUST TRANSFERRING SOME OF OUR CAPITAL LEVY WILL BE USED FOR THE INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY, WHICH WILL BE PURCHASED THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND. SO IT'S GOING FOR THE PURPOSE DESIGNED FOR THE CAPITAL LEVY, BUT IT'S JUST A TRANSFER INTO THE GENERAL FUND FOR THAT.

AND THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET DOCUMENT.

IT'S $246,000 ON THAT ONE.

AND THEN ALSO OUR INTEREST THAT WE HAD ON SOME OF OUR EARNINGS AND OUR DEBT SERVICE FUND TO TRANSFER THOSE INTO OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS BECAUSE THEY CAN BE USED FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS.

AND SO REQUESTING YOUR APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION E 24 ADOPTION OF THE 24-25 BUDGET.

QUESTIONS, ANYONE? I MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE RESOLUTION E 24 ADOPTION OF THE 24-25 BUDGET WITHOUT RESERVATION. I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THE BUDGET.

I WOULD LOOK TO JULIA FOR HER ADVISORY VOTE.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? COMMENTS. I JUST THINK YOU DID AN AMAZING JOB.

YES. THANK YOU.

HOW YOU DO IT? I HAVE NO IDEA.

I THINK IT'S JUST FANTASTIC.

I HAVE SOME VERY GOOD HELP SITTING RIGHT HERE.

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SO AWESOME. YEAH.

SO IT'S IT'S DEFINITELY A TEAM EFFORT.

THANK YOU. HEARING NO FURTHER COMMENTS.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE.

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

THANK YOU MICHELLE. THANK YOU.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK OUR HR STAFF BECAUSE THEY WORK SO HARD ON OUR PERSONNEL PLANS.

THEY DO A LOT OF WORK, SO THEY DESERVE SOME RECOGNITION AS WELL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU MICHELLE.

THANK YOU FOR TAKING THEM THAT MOMENT AND RECOGNIZING THE HARD WORK OF MICHELLE.

WHEN I, WHEN I LOOK AROUND AT OTHER DISTRICTS.

SIT DOWN. I WAS GOING TO LET IT GO, BUT IT'S BUT IT'S BUT IT'S THE TWO OF YOU.

SO WHEN I, WHEN I LOOK AROUND AT OTHER DISTRICTS AND I SEE THE SHAPE THAT THOSE OTHER DISTRICTS ARE IN FINANCIALLY, I CAN'T HELP BUT FEEL GOOD ABOUT OUR SITUATION.

AND AND I, LIKE YOU, AGREE THAT MICHELLE AND HER TEAM, CINDY AND ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.

THEY WORK TIRELESSLY AND IT'S AND A BIG REASON WHY WE'RE IN THE SHAPE THAT WE ARE IN AS A DISTRICT IS BECAUSE OF THEIR THE WISDOM THEY PROVIDE, THE LEADERSHIP THEY PROVIDE AND THE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE THEY PROVIDE US.

SO THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.

YEAH. APPRECIATE IT. [APPLAUSE] OKAY.

WE'RE GOOD. ALL RIGHT.

YEAH. NOW APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR SEL CURRICULUM, TAMRA.

HELLO, BOARD. HELLO.

WE ARE HERE TODAY TO SEEK YOUR APPROVAL TO RELEASE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR A HIGH SCHOOL SEL CURRICULUM.

SO I THINK JENNIFER'S QUESTIONS WERE VERY TIMELY.

AND I THINK THAT THEY ARE REALLY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS.

AND SO I'D LIKE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS, WHAT WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEKING TO PUT INTO PLACE, WHAT FUNDS WE'RE GOING TO USE FOR IT, AND WHAT OBLIGATIONS THAT WE HAVE BEYOND THE LIFE OF THE GRANT.

SO, FIRST OF ALL, YES, THE TERM SEL HAS HAS BECOME MANY THINGS THAT IT WAS NEVER INTENDED TO BE.

SO I, I LIKE TO DRAW CLARITY AROUND THE SUBJECT BY NOT USING THE TERMINOLOGY SEL.

WE ARE SEEKING TO TEACH STUDENTS SKILLS RELATED TO PROBLEM SOLVING, STRESS AND EMOTION MANAGEMENT, RELATIONSHIP SKILLS AND CONFIDENCE. SO THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF SKILLS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO TEACH STUDENTS.

THE FUNDS THAT WE WOULD USE FOR THIS CURRICULUM COME SOLELY FROM THE AWARE GRANT.

SO WE WERE THE RECIPIENTS OF A $5 MILLION GRANT FROM THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, AND THOSE ARE THE FUNDS THAT WOULD BE USED TO PAY FOR THIS. AND THE THING THAT SUCKS IS ABOUT TO TALK ABOUT AS WELL.

OUR OBLIGATIONS BEYOND THE LIFE OF THE GRANT ARE IT'S REALLY UP TO US AS A DISTRICT.

AND I THINK THAT THOSE DECISIONS NEED TO BE MADE BASED ON THE SUCCESS THAT WE SEE WITH THE PROGRAM THAT WE PUT IN PLACE.

FEEDBACK FROM STUDENTS ON WHETHER OR NOT IT'S PREPARING THEM.

AND THEN ALSO WHERE WE ARE AT FINANCIALLY AS A DISTRICT.

WE HAVE NO OBLIGATION.

NO REQUIREMENT TO CONTINUE THESE THINGS BEYOND THE LIFE OF THE GRANT.

OBVIOUSLY, I HOPE THAT WE DO.

I THINK THAT THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT, BUT I ALSO THINK THAT WE NEED TO USE DATA TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT WE DO MOVING FORWARD.

SO ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT I JUST TALKED ABOUT? JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, IN YOUR OPINION, DON'T YOU THINK THAT ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE WERE A RECIPIENT THE SECOND TIME OVER FOR THE AWARE GRANT WAS THAT IN THE FIRST YEAR, IN THE FIRST AWARE GRANT, WE IMPLEMENTED SOME THINGS AND THEY MADE A DIFFERENCE AND WE KEPT IT GOING.

I CAN TELL YOU FOR CERTAIN THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE RECEIVED IT A SECOND TIME.

I'VE ASKED OUR GRANT OFFICER AT [INAUDIBLE] WHY WE WERE CONSIDERED HEAVILY AGAINST, SO MUCH SO THAT WE ACTUALLY GOT IT.

I DIDN'T EXPECT US TO RECEIVE THE GRANT A SECOND TIME.

RIGHT? YEAH. SO IT HAD ONLY BEEN, WHAT, FOUR YEARS SINCE OUR OTHER GRANT HAD SUNSET.

AND THEY SAID THAT WHAT THEY WERE IMPRESSED BY IN OUR APPLICATION WAS THAT WE HAD SUSTAINED THE THINGS FROM THE FIRST TIME AROUND, THE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR STUDENTS, OUR POSITIVE BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS AND SUPPORTS PROGRAM, AND THE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS IN OUR SCHOOLS FOR STUDENTS.

SO THOSE WERE WE WERE THE ONLY WE WERE THE ONLY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON TO RECEIVE THE AWARE GRANT.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

WILL PARENTS BE OFFERED THE SAME SKILLS TO USE AT HOME? WILL THERE BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO PRACTICE THE THINGS THAT THEIR CHILDREN ARE BEING TAUGHT AT SCHOOL?

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AND THE ANSWER IS YES THROUGH A VARIETY OF WAYS.

SO FOR ONE THING THESE CURRICULUMS THAT WE LOOK AT ALWAYS HAVE LIKE A PARENT PACKET COMPONENT.

THAT'S THE THE SOFT ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS THAT THERE WILL BE MATERIALS SENT HOME AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

THE ANSWER THAT I'M MORE EXCITED ABOUT IS THAT THROUGH THE AWARE GRANT, WE'VE ALSO GOT TWO INTERVENTION COORDINATORS IN EACH COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL. AND THEY'RE WORKING ON A PARENT UNIVERSITY.

SO THIS WOULD BE ACTUALLY KIND OF UNRELATED TO THE SEL ADOPTION THAT YOU'VE GOT IN FRONT OF YOU.

BUT THEY'RE PUTTING TOGETHER A PARENT UNIVERSITY WHERE WE WILL SURVEY PARENTS ON TOPICS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THEM AND PROVIDE BASICALLY LIKE UNIVERSITY TYPES OF COURSES TO THEM, TO TEACH THEM ABOUT HOW TO UTILIZE CERTAIN SKILLS, HOW TO CONNECT WITH THEIR, THEIR CHILDREN, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT SUCKS ACTUALLY KNOWS MORE ABOUT IT THAN I DO.

SO I SHOULD STOP RAMBLING AND LET HIM TALK ABOUT IT.

THERAPISTS. I ALWAYS WORRY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PUTTING PEOPLE IN POSITIONS TO BE TRAINING THINGS AND TEACHING THINGS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? THE EXPERTISE IN.

AND I JUST HOPE THAT WE DON'T EVER TRY TO REPLACE THEM AND THAT THE FOLKS WHO ARE THESE INTERVENTIONISTS, THAT THEY ARE KEEPING IN THEIR LANE AND MAKING SURE THAT IF WE SEE KIDS OR FAMILIES IN IN A SERIOUS SITUATION, THAT THEY DO USE THE PROFESSIONALS THAT THAT ARE EXPERTS IN THESE AREAS.

YES. SO I WAS WORRIED ABOUT THAT.

WHENEVER WE START, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE A LITTLE COOL THING OVER HERE, IT CAN REALLY GET OUT OF HAND REALLY EASILY, ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA OF MENTAL HEALTH.

YEAH. AND I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE WITH YOU.

I COULD MAYBE WE SHOULD TALK AFTER, BECAUSE I COULD BORE YOU TO TEARS WITH WITH MY BELIEFS ON ON THE TOPIC.

BUT I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE WITH YOU.

I THINK THAT WE AS EDUCATORS NEED TO KNOW OUR ROLE IN THIS RELATIONSHIP AND THAT IT'S OUR OBLIGATION TO WORK WITH COMMUNITY PROVIDERS TO PROVIDE THOSE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR STUDENTS, TO PROVIDE THERAPY FOR STUDENTS.

BUT THAT THAT'S NOT OUR ROLE AS EDUCATORS.

SO THERE'S A PARTNERSHIP TO BE HAD THERE.

WE HAVE A LOT OF ACCESS TO STUDENTS, SO REFERRAL THROUGH US MAKES A LOT OF SENSE, BUT THAT WE SHOULDN'T GET IN THE BUSINESS OF PROVIDING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR STUDENTS.

I LOVE HEARING THAT.

SO THIS IS THIS RFP THOUGH IS FOR A SPECIFIC AND FOR A CURRICULUM WHICH YOU'RE GOING TO SEE.

OKAY. YEAH. AND IS IT A CURRICULUM THAT YOU EXPECT ALL STUDENTS WILL BE REQUIRED TO TAKE? WE WANT ALL STUDENTS TO HAVE ACCESS TO IT.

YES. SO THE VERY FIRST STEP FOR THIS COMMITTEE THAT WOULD REVIEW THE CURRICULUMS THAT RESPOND TO THE RFP, THEIR VERY FIRST TASK WOULD BE TO LOOK AT THE LOGISTICS OF THAT.

FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT EVERY STUDENT GETS ACCESS TO THIS CURRICULUM? OKAY. BUT THEY BUT BUT IT ISN'T A GRANT REQUIREMENT THAT EVERY STUDENT MUST TAKE IT.

CORRECT. OKAY.

YEAH. AND WOULD YOU MAKE SURE THAT THERE WOULD BE A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ON YOUR COMMITTEE TO MAKE SURE THAT ITS CURRICULUM LINES UP WITH WHAT IT NEEDS TO DO? SO THE THE ORGANIZATION THAT WE'RE LEANING ON IS CALLED CASTLE.

IT'S THE COLLABORATIVE FOR ACADEMIC, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT.

AND WHAT THEY DO IS THEY HAVE A SERIES OF FIVE DIFFERENT CRITERIA THAT THEY CONSIDER.

IF YOU MEET ALL OF THESE FIVE CRITERIA, THEN YOU ARE A CURRICULUM THAT WILL THAT MAKES SENSE FOR A SCHOOL SETTING TO TEACH THESE SKILLS.

IT'S IMPORTANT THAT I MAKE THAT DISTINCTION IN A SCHOOL SETTING.

WE AREN'T PROVIDING THERAPEUTIC MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT THROUGH AN SEL CURRICULUM.

WHAT WE'RE PROVIDING IS AN OPPORTUNITY AND AIR LIKE A SPACE FOR A TEACHER TO TEACH SKILLS RELATED TO PROBLEM SOLVING, EMOTIONAL REGULATION, EMPATHY, STRESS MANAGEMENT.

BUT IT'S NOT GOING INTO THAT THERAPEUTIC SPACE OF PROVIDING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR STUDENTS.

BUT YOU GO AHEAD.

SORRY, MARY.

BUT YOU ANTICIPATE IT DOES INCLUDE SUICIDE.

IT IS PART OF OUR SUICIDE PREVENTION.

I WOULD CONSIDER THIS LIKE THE TIER ONE OF SUICIDE PREVENTION.

YEP. WHERE WE TEACH STUDENTS TO RECOGNIZE THOSE EMOTIONS AND HOW TO RESPOND TO THEM WHEN THEY EXPERIENCE THEM.

WE DO CURRENTLY ALREADY, AS PART OF OUR FIRST PROJECT AWARE, HAVE A A SUICIDE PREVENTION CURRICULUM THAT'S SPECIFIC TO SUICIDE.

IT TEACHES STUDENTS SIGNS OF SUICIDE AND TO REACH OUT TO AN ADULT IF THEY IF THEY EXPERIENCE THAT OR EXPERIENCE A FRIEND WHO MAY BE AT

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JUST TO KIND OF ELABORATE OR DIVE DEEPER INTO ONE OF MARY'S QUESTIONS.

I GUESS I'M STILL A LITTLE CONFUSED ON THE FORMAT OR THE CONTEXT OF WHEN, HOW, OR WHAT THE TRIGGER EVENT WOULD BE FOR A STUDENT TO HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, GO INTO THIS CURRICULUM AND THEN KIND OF WHAT FORMAT WOULD THAT BE PRESENTED? IS THIS GOING TO BE TREATED LIKE A STANDALONE CLASS THAT THEY MIGHT GET A CREDIT FOR OR LIKE? I MEAN, I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THE FORMAT OF THIS, LIKE WHEN AND HOW? YEAH. AND THOSE ARE OPTIONS THAT ARE ON THE TABLE.

BUT I DON'T I DON'T THINK THAT I CAN MAKE THAT DECISION FOR TWO COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS WORTH OF TEACHERS LET ALONE THE ALTERNATIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.

SO THAT'S WHAT THIS PROCESS ALLOWS US TO DO, IS TO EXPLORE.

YEAH. ANY CURRICULUM THAT ULTIMATELY WE WERE SEEKING APPROVAL WOULD COME BACK TO YOU WHERE WE WOULD HAVE WE WOULD HAVE THEN VETTED THE PROGRAM, DEVELOPED THE IDEA OF HOW WE WERE GOING TO IMPLEMENT IT, AND YOU'D BE ABLE TO REVIEW IT AND REVIEW THAT PROCESS AND MAKE A DECISION AT THAT POINT.

ALL THIS IS DOING IS SAYING, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO SEND AN ANNOUNCEMENT OUT THAT SAYS, HEY, ANYBODY OUT THERE WHO HAS A CURRICULUM OR HAS IDEAS AND WANTS US TO CONSIDER THEM, WE'RE INTERESTED IN FINDING OUT, OKAY, THAT MAKES MORE SENSE NOW BECAUSE THEN I'M READING THE SCOPE ON THIS THING.

I'M LIKE, I IT DOESN'T IT'S NOT CLEAR TO ME, LIKE HOW THIS IS BEING PRESENTED.

THIS IS THE FIRST STEP YOU'RE ASKING FOR THEM TO TELL US.

YEAH. IT'S LIKE THE RFP THAT YOU SEE FOR THE ELA CURRICULUM OR ANY OF THE OTHER CURRICULUMS. IT'S WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING TO TO BE COVERED.

WE'RE GIVING THEM SOME SOME CRITERIA.

CRITERIA. WE'RE ASKING THEM IF YOU'VE GOT A PRODUCT THAT YOU THINK MEETS THIS NEED, SUBMIT IT AND WE'LL CONSIDER IT.

AND THEN THEY'LL GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE ADOPTION PROCESS.

AND WE'LL HAVE A COMMITTEE, FAMILY REVIEW COMMITTEE.

PARENTS WILL BE ON THE COMMITTEE.

EXPERTS WILL BE ON THE COMMITTEE.

WE'LL GO THROUGH THAT. YEAH.

JUST LIKE ANY CURRICULUM.

YEAH. THIS IS JUST THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL.

EXACTLY. I'M PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT SEEING THE AWARE PROGRAM IMPLEMENT THIS AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS.

OKAY. I THINK IT COULD BE VERY IMAGINATIVE PRODUCT.

YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE VERY IMAGINATIVE.

COULD, YOU KNOW, REALLY BENEFICIAL, I THINK SOME RESERVATIONS ABOUT WHAT REALLY IS IN THE CURRICULUM, BECAUSE MAYBE WHAT PEOPLE WOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT, AND IT'LL GO THROUGH ALL THE PROCESS AND EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO MITIGATE THAT.

IS THERE IS THERE A PROCESS WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO COME AND ADDRESS US THAT ARE QUITE WISE ABOUT SOME THINGS.

IT SEEMS LIKE, YOU KNOW, MORE SO THAN I.

AND MAYBE THERE MIGHT BE SOME LEAD TO SOME CURRICULUM THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF THAT MIGHT WORK FOR US.

IS THERE SOME PROCESS THAT THEY WOULD FOLLOW TO COMMUNICATE THAT TO US? WHAT I WOULD ASK OF THEM IS TO REACH OUT TO THAT COMPANY AND LET THEM KNOW THAT WE'VE RELEASED AN RFP SO THAT THEY CAN RESPOND TO THE RFP.

THE COMPANY WILL RESPOND.

YEAH, I THINK I THINK WE'RE ON THE STEPS OF SOMETHING REALLY GOOD.

YEAH. YEAH, YEAH.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. EXCITED. THANK YOU.

ME TOO. I MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, APPROVE THE RFP FOR THE SEL CURRICULUM.

MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR THE RFP.

WE LOOK TO JULIA FOR HER ADVISORY VOTE.

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

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

THANK YOU. AND YOU JUST GET TO STAY, RIGHT? [INAUDIBLE] HELLO, I AM ERIC SUKSDORF.

I AM THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF AWARE.

SO I GET TO WORK WITH MISS SCHEETZ HERE ON PROJECT 20 OR PROJECT AWARE OF 2023.

SO SIMILAR TO THAT WORK.

WE ARE PROJECT AWARE IS SEEKING PROPOSALS FOR A UNIVERSAL SCREENER.

AND A UNIVERSAL SCREENER IS A TOOL THAT IS USED TO ASSESS STUDENTS IN SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SKILLS.

IT CAN GO ANYWHERE FROM, LIKE.

MISS SCHEETZ WAS TALKING ABOUT ASKING STUDENTS ABOUT THEIR DECISION MAKING SKILLS, SELF-AWARENESS, RELATIONSHIPS.

AND WHAT THAT DOES IS IT GIVES US DATA, OUR SCHOOL TEAMS DATA THAT WILL DRIVE SOME OF THEIR WORK IN THEIR INTERVENTIONS AT THE SCHOOLS WITH THEIR SUPPORT TEAMS. AND WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE SEL CURRICULUM FOR HIGH SCHOOL ARE TO PUT IT OUT IN THE WORLD AND ASK FOR PROPOSALS FOR THE DIFFERENT UNIVERSAL SCREENERS THAT ARE OUT THERE.

THIS IS ALSO FUNDED BY PROJECT AWARE FOR 2023 AS WELL.

ON THIS PROCESS WHERE YOU WOULD OFFER THIS, AND IT SOUNDS KIND OF LIKE IT'S A SURVEY OF SORTS FOR THE STUDENTS.

[02:30:06]

SO IF THERE WERE SOME WARNING SIGNS OR ANYTHING THAT TRIGGERED CONCERN, THAT SUPPORT TEAM SPECIFIC TO THAT SCHOOL FOR THAT STUDENT WOULD BE MADE AWARE, OR THEN THEY COULD COME IN WITH THE EARLY INTERVENTIONS AND SUPPORTS FOR THAT STUDENT.

BUT THAT INFORMATION IS NOT GIVEN OUT WITH PARENT INVOLVEMENT.

ABSOLUTELY. LIKE ANY PROCESS THAT WE DO WITH INTERVENTIONS, ONE OF THE FIRST STEP IS TO REACH OUT TO PARENTS AND GET THEM ON THE TEAM.

I GUESS. OKAY.

I JUST, I WANT TO BRING THIS UP BECAUSE IT WAS BROUGHT UP IN THE PUBLIC COMMENTS IS HOW IS THAT GOING TO CORRELATE WITH THE POLICY 3210 IS THERE GOING TO BE SOME CONCERN THERE WE'RE GETTING INFORMATION THAT WE'RE SAYING WE'RE GOING TO BRING THE PARENTS AND HAVE THEM INVOLVED IN THAT INTERVENTION, BUT IS THAT GOING TO BE A VIOLATION OF THAT POLICY? ARE THERE CONFLICTS THAT EXIST IN THERE? YEAH. SO THERE IS 3210 IS SPECIFIC TO THEIR RIGHTS UNDER THE LAW PERTAINING TO MEDICAL THINGS.

AND SO LIKE DRUGS, ALCOHOL, GENDER IDENTITY THOSE THINGS ALL FALL UNDER THE MEDICAL CATEGORY.

THESE THINGS ARE MORE RELATED TO THEIR EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE AND THEREFORE ARE NOT SUBJECT TO 3210.

SO WE WOULD BE INVOLVING PARENTS FROM DAY ONE.

WE ALSO WOULD CREATE AN OPT OUT PROCESS TO AND I'M SORRY I TOOK THAT PART FROM YOU TO ENSURE THAT IF A PARENT DID NOT WANT US TO COLLECT THIS INFORMATION, WE WOULDN'T COLLECT IT ON THEM.

OKAY. PERFECT. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.

YEAH, IT REALLY IS A GOOD QUESTION.

SO BECAUSE THAT WAS MY QUESTION, ALL STUDENTS HAVE THE SCREENING.

OKAY. YEAH.

UNLESS THEY OPT OUT.

I MEAN THEY CAN THEY'LL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO OPT OUT.

AND THESE ARE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS, RIGHT? NOT K THROUGH EIGHT K THROUGH EIGHT.

THE SECOND ONE IS THE TYPES OF THE TYPES OF QUESTIONS THAT YOU'RE YOU'RE ASKING ARE, YOU KNOW, DO YOU HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME STAYING ON TASK.

YEAH. YOU KNOW YOU KNOW IT'S THOSE IT'S THOSE TYPES OF QUESTIONS.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE NOTICED.

I'M SORRY. DO YOU GET FRUSTRATED EASILY? YES, YES.

DO YOU.

DO YOU FEEL CONNECTED TO YOUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY? DO YOU FEEL, YOU KNOW? DO YOU FOLLOW SCHOOL RULES? DO YOU HAVE FRIENDS THAT YOU CAN? YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S THOSE TYPES OF QUESTIONS.

AND I THINK AGAIN, IT'S IT'S WORDING UNIVERSAL.

THAT WORD ALWAYS RAISES YOU KNOW SOME.

YEAH UNDERSTANDABLY.

YEAH. IS THIS SURVEY SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE MAKING OR SOMETHING THAT'S THAT'S JUST OUT THERE.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING OUT TO FIND IS THE IS THE SURVEY.

AND THERE ARE MANY, MANY COMPANIES WHO OFFER THESE.

SOME BETTER THAN OTHERS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO SEE WHAT'S OUT THERE AND WHAT, YOU KNOW, SOME YOU CAN ADMINISTER IN, YOU KNOW, FIVE, TEN MINUTES, FIVE, TEN MINUTES.

YOU KNOW, OTHERS ARE MORE IN-DEPTH AND MORE COMPLICATED.

SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO SEE WHAT'S OUT THERE.

MAYBE I CAN HELP A LITTLE BIT HERE.

THE REASON YOU'RE COMING WITH THESE RFPS, BECAUSE WE DON'T SEE THESE ALL THE TIME, IS BECAUSE YOU'RE UNDER A GRANT.

THE GRANT REQUIRES YOU TO HAVE THIS FORMAL PROCESS OF AN RFP BEFORE YOU START LOOKING FOR ANY PRODUCT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BUY WITH THE GRANT.

IS THAT A SIMPLE EXPLANATION OR NOT? THANK YOU. THAT'S GREAT. THIS THIS K THROUGH EIGHT SCREENING IS REQUIRED BY THE HIGH SCHOOL.

NO, NO, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL.

EXPECTATION IS THAT WE LOOK FOR A UNIVERSAL SCREENING TOOL.

OKAY. SO THIS IS FOR K THROUGH EIGHT.

AND THE AWARE GRANT THAT WE'RE GETTING.

SO THE K THROUGH EIGHT HAS IS DONE.

NOW WHILE WE'RE GETTING THE NEW AWARE GRANT.

AND WHILE IT FOCUSES PRIMARILY ON THE HIGH SCHOOL IT STILL HAS ASPECTS OF IT TERRY THAT INVOLVE OUR K THROUGH EIGHT STUDENTS.

AND SO THEY'RE ASKING US TO HAVE A SCREENING PROGRAM TO HELP HAVE THEIR PROGRAM BE EFFECTIVE IN THE HIGH SCHOOL.

RIGHT. IT'S EARLY INTERVENTION.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK. WHAT PRECIPITATED THIS? THAT MAKES NO SENSE, AND I APOLOGIZE.

I SHOULD HAVE CLARIFIED THAT WE WOULD BE STARTING THIS IN K FOR THE YOUNGER YEARS, AND THEN EVENTUALLY, THROUGHOUT THE LIFE OF THE GRANT, WE WOULD ROLL IT UP.

SURE. OKAY.

ARE THEY THE COMPANY THAT WOULD PERFORM THE OR DEVELOP THE TOOL?

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DO YOU WANT TO GET THAT? YEAH. IT DEPENDS ON THE COMPANY.

SO LIKE ONE OF THE EXAMPLES THAT WE HAVE IS JUST A SPREADSHEET THAT THEY GIVE TO US AND IT'S FREE AND WE HAVE TEACHERS FILL IT OUT.

THAT UNFORTUNATELY IS ONE OF THE ONES THAT TAKES UP TO 30 MINUTES TO COMPLETE.

THERE ARE OTHERS WHERE IT'S A COMPANY THAT HAS SOFTWARE THAT WE CAN SIGN INTO, AND WE CAN SEE THE INFORMATION, THE THE DATA ON THEIR END IS ENCRYPTED.

THEY CAN'T ATTACH IT TO STUDENT NAMES, BUT THE INFORMATION ON OUR END IS NOT.

BUT IT'S WE HAVE LIMITED ACCESS TO WHO CAN SEE THAT INFORMATION.

OKAY. PERFECT. THANK YOU.

AND THEN PARENTS CAN OPT KIDS OUT IF THEY DON'T WANT THEM TO TAKE THE SURVEY.

CORRECT. GOOD QUESTIONS.

YEAH. THANK YOU.

OKAY. GOOD ISSUES.

IMPORTANT ISSUES. I MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, APPROVED THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL K THROUGH EIGHT UNIVERSAL SCREENER.

RIGHT. ANOTHER MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR THE SECOND RFP.

I WOULD LOOK TO JULIA FOR 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.

[14. Future Agenda Items and Board Events]

IT'S NOT A BOARD EVENT, BUT TOMORROW'S THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, SO THAT'S EXCITING.

WE HAVE OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING ON THE 9TH, AND THE FIRST CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING ON THE 12TH.

THAT IS OPTIONAL FOR UP TO TWO BOARD MEMBERS, THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

IT IS NOT AN ASSIGNED MEETING.

SO IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, PLEASE REACH OUT TO LISA.

AND IF WE ALL SIGN UP, SHE WILL LET US KNOW.

SOME OF US CAN'T GO.

THAT IS THE MOST PROBABLY CURRENT ITEMS COMING UP.

DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS? HEARING NOTHING.

THEN WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

I WOULD SAY 20 MINUTES, 20 MINUTES.

OKAY. SO THE BOARD.

DO WE NEED A COUPLE MINUTE BREAK SPEAKERS]. SO GREAT.

[15. Executive Session]

WITH NO ACTION, WE WILL BE WILL BE FOR 20 MINUTES, STARTING AT 8:45 AND WE WILL RETURN AT 9:05.

WE HAVE RETURNED FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION.

IT IS NOW 9:10.

THERE WILL BE NO ACTION FOR OUR PERSONNEL MATTER, FOR RCW 42.301101G.

AND WITH THAT, OUR MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.