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>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. WE ARE HERE TODAY MONDAY,
[1. Call to Order]
SEPTEMBER 9 FOR OUR REGULAR BOARD MEETING.I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER, AND WE'LL START WITH OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
>> NEXT, WE HAVE OUR ROLL CALL.
>> PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT 5 JACKIE MADDUX.
>> VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT 1 MARY SNITILY.
>> DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT 2, DEBBIE JOHNSON.
>> DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT 3, TED CHAMPINE.
>> DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT 4, TERRY TATE.
>> STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE JULIA STIFFLER.
>> STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE ITZEL CONTRERAS MONTIEL.
>> MADAM PRESIDENT, WE HAVE A QUORUM.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT, WE WILL HAVE OUR AGENDA APPROVAL AND TONIGHT'S AGENDA,
[4. Agenda Approval (Board Vote w/Student Voice)]
WE'LL HAVE COMMUNICATIONS WITH SOME RECOGNITION.SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF UPDATES, CITIZENS COMMENTS.
OUR CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT HAS ITEMS A THROUGH G. NO OLD BUSINESS TONIGHT, ONE ITEM OF NEW BUSINESS, AND THEN FUTURE ITEMS AND BOARD EVENTS.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT THE BOARD HAS QUESTIONS ON OR WOULD LIKE FURTHER CLARIFICATION ON FOR TONIGHT'S AGENDA?
>> I MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVED THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
I WOULD LOOK TO OUR STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES FOR THEIR ADVISORY VOTE.
>> THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES 5:0.
NEXT, WE HAVE SOME SPECIAL RECOGNITION TONIGHT,
[5. Communications]
AND I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP MR. KESSLER.>> GOOD EVENING. I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH SOME BIOS HERE OF OUR GREAT SROS.
WE HAVE BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT IS ONE OF TWO SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN CLARK COUNTY THAT ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE SROS WHICH ARE ALSO KNOWN AS SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS.
IN 2019, ACTUALLY, BATTLE GROUND HAS HAD AN SRO FOR MANY YEARS, ALONG WITH PRAIRIE, BUT IN 2019, WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE A SECOND SRO IN THE CITY LIMITS OF BATTLE GROUND, WHICH COVERED THE PRIMARY MIDDLE SCHOOLS, WHICH THEY ARE PRESENTLY AS WELL.
I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR FIRST SRO.
HE'S AT BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL, AND HE WORKS FOR BATTLE GROUND PD, AND THAT'S OFFICER PHIL ANDERSON.
HE'S BEEN IN LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR OVER 21 YEARS, AND HAS CURRENTLY BEEN WITH BATTLE GROUND PD FOR THE LAST 18 YEARS.
PHIL HAS ALSO BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE SRO PROGRAM FOR ABOUT SEVEN YEARS.
HE IS A FAVORITE OF ALL STUDENTS AND STAFF BECAUSE OF THE OPEN DOOR POLICY THAT HE HAS, AND HE ALWAYS A DISH OF CANDY FOR THE KIDS AND THE STAFF MEMBERS.
[LAUGHTER] HE'S ALSO KNOWN AS THE GUY THAT DELIVERS A JOKE A DAY, AND HE'S EVEN DONE IT OVER THE LOUD SPEAKER FOR EVERYBODY TO HEAR DURING THE MORNING ANNOUNCEMENTS.
PHIL HAS ALSO BUILT A LOT OF GREAT RELATIONSHIPS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS THAT HE'S BEEN THE SRO TO THE POINT WHERE HE MAKES HIS TIME TO GO DOWN TO THE PRIMARY SCHOOLS, READ STORIES TO OUR PRIMARY KIDS FROM TIME TO TIME.
AND ALSO THEY BACK EACH OTHER UP THE TWO SROS HERE.
THAT'S KIND OF HE KIND OF COVERS THOSE SCHOOLS AS WELL.
PHIL, CAN YOU GO AHEAD AND STAND UP,.
>> [APPLAUSE] I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE HIS CO-HART. HE'S STARS.
HE'S H. SRO WORKED FOR BATTLE GROUND PD, OFFICER GLENN PAVLCO.
WELL, HE DOES COVER BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL WHEN YOU'RE NOT AVAILABLE,
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BUT MOST OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND PRIMARY SCHOOLS.HIS LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE IS ABOUT 19 YEARS.
WELL, HE WORKED FOR CAMAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
HE WORKED FOR LCENTER POLICE DEPARTMENT AND HAS BEEN NOW WITH THE BATTLE GROUND PD. HOW MANY YEARS?
>> OKAY. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT IN ON HIS SELECTION AS SRO, AND HE GOT HIS FEET WET REAL QUICK AND I'VE SEEN HIM IN ACTION AT JUST BUILDING THOSE GREAT RELATIONSHIPS WITH STAFFS AND STUDENTS THROUGHOUT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND PRIMARY SCHOOL.
[APPLAUSE] WELL, AS WE ALL KNOW, WE HAD A SRO AT PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL FOR MANY YEARS, AND THEN SOMETHING CALLED COVID HIT.
EVERYTHING WAS SHUT DOWN, AND THEN WHEN SCHOOLS REOPENED UP, WE HAD A STAFFING ISSUE WITH ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT AROUND, NOT ONLY THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, BUT OUR COUNTRY AS WELL.
PART OF IT, THE STAFFING, OF COURSE, TAKES PRIORITY FOR OUR CITIZENS.
WE WENT WITHOUT AN SRO FOR I KNOW, PROBABLY ABOUT THREE AND A HALF YEARS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SUPERINTENDENT, DENNY WATERS AND DIRECTOR TOM ADAMS AND I WERE STILL INVOLVED, BUT DURING THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE BEEN COLLABORATING WITH VANCOUVER SCHOOL DISTRICT, EVERGREEN SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE VANCOUVER POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THE CLARK COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ON SAFETY AND SECURITY ISSUES IN CLARK COUNTY.
YOU KNOW, HOW WE CAN BETTER THEM WORKING TOGETHER AS A TEAM AND SHERIFF JOHN HORCH ADVISED THAT HE'S STILL TRYING TO BUILD HIS STAFFING BACKUP TO THE NUMBERS WHERE THEY COULD RESPECTIVELY SERVE OUR CITIZENS, BUT ON THE SAME TOKEN, HE COMMITTED TO TWO SROS FOR THE '24-'25 SCHOOL YEAR.
I'VE KNOWN DENNY FOR MANY YEARS, AND I THINK THAT'S THE MOST EXCITED I SAW HIM WHEN THAT CAME OUT.
DENNY, AND I WANT TO THANK ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS HERE TOO THAT HAD A DECISION IN THAT.
I'LL TELL YOU IT'S IT'S GREAT TO HAVE THAT SRO BACK AT PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL.
NOW, I KNOW THAT WE GOT A GOOD DEPUTY BECAUSE WHEN THE SHERIFF PERSONALLY TEXTS ME ON MY OWN PERSONAL CELL PHONE, AND SAYS YOU GOT A GOOD ONE.
I BELIEVE HIM. AND I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE DEPUTY CHELSEA QUIGLEY.
SHE'S BEEN IN LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS WITH CLARK COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
SHE ALSO HAS OVER EIGHT YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WORKING AS A TEACHER, BEHAVIORAL COACH FOR QUEST ACADEMY AND FAMILY HOUSE ACADEMY IN KELSO.
YOU COULDN'T ASK FOR ANYTHING BETTER, YOU KNOW, SCHOOLS AND A LAW ENFORCEMENT.
I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT WITH WHAT SHERIFF HORCH HAS SAID, IS YOU GOT A GOOD ONE.
I JUST IN MY SHORT TIME OF SEEING HER IN ACTION IN THIS LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, I FIRMLY BELIEVE WE GOT A GOOD ONE.
DO YOU COME ON THAT? [APPLAUSE] THESE ARE OUR THREE SROS THAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.
>> DO YOU GUYS GUYS WANT TO SAY ANYTHING?
>> TILL MILL GIVES A JOKE. [LAUGHTER]
>> WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT, IT WOULD BE SO MUCH MORE DIFFICULT.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
YOUR SUPPORT MEANS THE WORLD TO US.
WHICH BRINGS US TO THE JOKE OF THE WEEK, LAST WEEK, WHICH WAS, WHY ARE HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGES SO UNPOPULAR? AND OF COURSE, THE ANSWER IS HORSES CAN'T DRAW THAT WELL. [LAUGHTER]
>> VERY GOOD. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, FOR HIM?
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I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE.
I JUST HAD A CONVERSATION WITH A STUDENT TODAY ACTUALLY AND THEY'RE ASKING ME, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? WHY IS THERE A COP HERE? I SAID, SROS HAVE BEEN AROUND SINCE THE '70S.
I SAID PRAIRIE HAD ONE FOR A LONG TIME AND I SAID, UNFORTUNATELY, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO CONTINUE THAT.
I SAID, BUT NOW BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS REALLY PRIORITIZED YOUR GUYS A SAFETY AND SECURITY HERE AT THE SCHOOL.
THAT'S WHY I GET TO BE HERE WITH YOU GUYS.
HE LOOKED AT ME AND HE GOES, I FEEL THAT BECAUSE I FEEL MUCH SAFER.
EVERYBODY'S BEEN SO KIND AND WELCOMING AND IT'S BEEN A BUSY COUPLE OF WEEKS, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE REST OF THIS WEEK.
>>THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU ALL.
>> WE TOOK THE SUMMER OFF, BUT SCHOOL IS BACK IN SESSION NOW, AND WE HAVE STUDENT VOICE.
DO WE HAVE ANY STUDENTS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT ARE HERE TO SHARE ANY UPDATES? I DIDN'T THINK I SAW ANY COME IN.
>> I THINK WE'RE STARTING OUR CYCLE THROUGH SCHOOLS.
>> GIVE EVERYBODY A CHANCE TO SETTLE IN.
>> I'D LOOK TO JULIA AND FOR THEIR UPDATES, IF YOU SHOULD HAVE ANY.
>> THERE ISN'T THAT MUCH TO REPORT BECAUSE WE ALL STARTED THE SCHOOL YEAR, AND IT'S BEEN TWO WEEKS OF SCHOOL SO FAR.
BUT AT HOME LINK, WE'VE HAD TWO COMMUNITY DAYS, WE HAD OUR ORIENTATION.
I WATCHED THE KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FIFTH GRADERS ALL SWITCHED THEIR ELECTIVES FOR THE FIRST TIME ON WEDNESDAY AND IT WAS INSANE.
[LAUGHTER] SO I WAS IN A MEETING WITH ADAN RIGHT BEFORE, AND THEY WERE LIKE, CAN YOU HELP? AND THERE WERE LIKE 30 PARENTS LIKE LINING THE HALLS, TELLING KIDS WHERE TO GO.
IT WAS CHAOS, BUT IT WAS SO AMAZING.
AS FOR OUR ASP, WE HAD OUR FIRST ASP MEETINGS.
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE PLANNING AN ESCAPE ROOM.
WE HAD OUR WELCOME BACK, WHICH IS BASICALLY WHERE WE STAND OUTSIDE OF THE BEGINNING OF SCHOOL WITH POSTERS AND SAY HI TO ALL THE STUDENTS.
AND THEN WE'RE ALSO PLANNING OUR FIRST ASSEMBLIES FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
AND THEN FOR SPORTS, I HEAR THINGS ARE; YEAH, LOOK AT THAT HEAD.
[LAUGHTER] I HEAR FOOTBALL IS DOING PRETTY WELL SO FAR.
WE HAD THEIR JANUARY AND WAS IT EISENHOWER THAT THEY PLAYED?
>> GOOD STUFF. AND THEN THERE'VE BEEN A COUPLE OF VOLLEYBALL MATCHES.
I THINK SOCCER. I THINK BATTLE GROUND MIGHT HAVE HAD A SOCCER GAME TODAY.
>> THEY DO AND THEN THEY HAD THEIR [INAUDIBLE] AS WELL.
>> IT'S GOOD STUFF. BUT WE'RE ALL JUST GETTING INTO IT.
I'M GOING TO HAVE A LOT MORE TO REPORT NEXT TIME.
BUT SO FAR, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
>> SO ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, WE HAD OUR FRESHMAN ORIENTATION IN THE MORNING AND AT PRAIRIE, AND I THINK IT CAME OUT REALLY GOOD.
I THINK A LOT OF STUDENTS WERE REALLY EXCITED AND I THINK THEY LIKED HOW ME, THE VICE PRESIDENT OF ASP AND THE PRESIDENT ASP FAITH WE TALKED ABOUT HOW OUR FRESHMAN YEAR WENT AND WORDS OF WISDOM TO ALL THE NEW FRESHMEN.
THEN WE SHOWED THEM AROUND THE SCHOOL.
AND THEN IN ASP, WE'RE STARTING OUR COMMITTEES FOR THE HOMECOMING DANCE, HOMECOMING ASSEMBLY, HOMECOMING SPIRIT WEEK, HOMECOMING HALFTIME SHOW.
TODAY IT WAS ACTUALLY OUR FIRST LEADERSHIP CLASS BECAUSE WE HAVE A WEEKLY AGENDA WHERE MONDAYS, WE DO LEADERSHIP LESSONS.
TODAY, I TALKED ABOUT AN AWARE PROJECT WITH THE AWARE PROJECT, WHERE THEY WANTED TO MAKE A COMMITTEE FOR THE SEO CURRICULUM, CORRECT? YEAH. SO I GAVE THE WHOLE CLASS THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK INTO THAT AND APPLY FOR THAT.
AND THEN WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE COMMITTEES TO GIVE NASP WHERE WE WANT TO GIVE MORE RECOGNITION TO CLUBS AND TO DIFFERENT SPORTS AND ALL OF THAT.
SO WE DEFINITELY PUT PEOPLE INTO THOSE GROUPS.
AND THEN LIKE JULIA SAID, SPORTS HAVE STARTED.
I KNOW PRAIRIE HAD THEIR FIRST GAME ON SATURDAY.
AND IT WAS DEFINITELY A TOUGH LOSS, BUT WE'LL COME BACK FROM THAT AND THEN.
>> YEAH. [LAUGHTER] AND THEN THE SOCCER TEAM FOR PRAIRIE OF THE GIRLS TEAM, THEY HAD THEIR JAMBOREE.
AND WE BEAT CALMAN AND HAWKINSON. THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR NOW.
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>> THAT WILL MOVE US ON TO COMMITTEE REPORTS.
MARY, DO YOU HAVE A REPORT FOR THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE?
>> JUST I'M ALL SET TO GO TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
AND AS OF NOW, 83 DISTRICTS HAVE REGISTERED, WHICH IS LAST YEAR THERE WERE OVER 139.
SO HOPEFULLY, PEOPLE ARE JUST REGISTERING LATE BECAUSE 75 IS A QUORUM.
AND SO OUT OF 295 DISTRICTS RIGHT NOW ONLY 83 DISTRICTS.
IS THERE A REASON WHY DISTRICTS CHOOSE NOT TO REGISTER FOR A LEGISLATIVE?
>> VERY HONESTLY, SO MANY OF THE 295 DISTRICTS, AS YOU KNOW, ARE VERY SMALL DISTRICTS.
I THINK A LOT OF TIMES JUST UNDERSTANDING THE PROCESS, AS NEW BOARD MEMBERS COME ON, THAT INFORMATION JUST DOESN'T GET PASSED ON.
I DON'T THINK PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF EVEN ATTENDING GENERAL ASSEMBLY OR HAVING A LEDGE REP.
I THINK A LOT OF THEM DON'T EVEN HAVE A LEDGE REP AND THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IMPORTANT PROCESS.
>> I KNOW THEY'RE TRYING TO GET TO EDUCATE PEOPLE MORE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE THEY COULD DO, BUT I HOPE THAT MORE PEOPLE WILL REGISTER.
>> HOW MUCH MORE TIME DO THEY HAVE?
>> WELL, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS THE 20TH, AND I THINK YOU CAN REGISTER RIGHT UP UNTIL THAT DAY, PRACTICALLY.
ANYWAY, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR SUGGESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
AND OTHERWISE, I'LL BE REPRESENTING YOU ON THE 20TH AND 21ST.
>> IT'LL BE A COUPLE OF LONG DAYS.
IS THERE AN AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT?
>> NOT YET. WE HAVEN'T HAD OUR MEETING YET, 17TH.
>> OKAY. IS THERE A BATTLE GROUND EDUCATION FOUNDATION?
>> ANY UPDATES FROM WASDA THAT BOARD MEMBERS WANT TO REPORT ON?
>> I'VE BEEN SEEING EMAILS ABOUT NEW POLICIES.
COULD YOU GIVE US AN UPDATE IF YOU'RE GETTING THOSE AS WELL? HOW DOES THAT PROCESS WORK? WHEN THEY JUST LIKE WHAT POLICIES?
>> DO YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC POLICY.
>> SO THE STUDENT STUDENT DISCIPLINE IS THE ONE I TALK ABOUT.
>> WE DID RECEIVE THE STUDENT DISCIPLINE POLICY AND THIS IDEA THAT THERE WERE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO IT.
BUT WE HAVE VETTED THE POLICY AGAINST OUR CURRENT PRACTICES.
WE ACTUALLY ASKED THE QUESTION, CAN YOU POINT TO US TO OUR ATTORNEY ANY DIFFERENCES BECAUSE WE'RE NOT SEEING THEM.
SHE SAID THERE'S NOT BETWEEN OUR PRACTICE AND THAT PIECE.
>> EITHER WE WERE OMNIPOTENT AND FIGURED OUT WHAT THOSE CHANGES WERE GOING TO BE OR MAYBE THERE ARE DISTRICTS THAT HAD NOT IMPLEMENTED IT TO FIDELITY, BUT ACCORDING TO OUR POLICIES, WE'RE RIGHT ON TRY?
>> I ALSO DID SOME CHECKING WITH SOME LOCAL SUPERINTENDENTS AS WELL TO SAY WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM YOUR ATTORNEYS AND THEY SAID THE SAME THING.
WE'VE DONE THE CHANGE FROM EXPULSION TO EXCLUSION OR TO REMOVAL.
WE'VE UPDATED THE COMMITTEE WORK THAT'S INVOLVED.
WE CAN'T SEE ANYTHING THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE PRESENTED TO YOU IN JUNE.
>> THAT'S A GREAT UPDATE BECAUSE THEY'RE LIKE, BIG RED LETTERS.
>> THERE WAS THERE WAS SOME LEAD UP TO THIS.
HEY, THIS IS COMING. PLEASE BE AWARE.
WE WERE ON PINS AND NEEDLES WAITING FOR IT, AND THEN IT CAME DOWN AND WE ALL LOOKED AT EACH OTHER LIKE.
>> THAT'S THE ONE I THOUGHT YOU WERE REFERRING TO.
>> THEY'RE ALSO RIGHT NOW, AS OF TODAY, STILL, THERE WERE TWO POSITIONS STILL OPEN FOR OUR DISTRICT, ONE FOR LEDGE REP AND ONE FOR FOR THE LEDGE COMMITTEE AND ONE FOR THE RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE.
IT'S A TWO YEAR COMMITMENT, AND I THINK YOU HAVE TO YOU HAVE TO APPLY OR FILE BY THE 16TH.
I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET INVOLVED AT THAT LEVEL, IF YOU'D LIKE TO.
AND ALSO, I'M PRETTY SURE THAT MOST OF THE MEETINGS ARE ZOOM MEETINGS.
>> THE TWO LADIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THOSE SEATS ARE GOING TO RUN AGAIN.
>> THEY ARE GOING TO RUN AGAIN, SO IT'S.
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>> THEY'VE BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB, SO NICE TO HAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE DOING THINGS.
>> THERE'S ALSO UPDATES AND CALLING ALL STUDENT BOARD REPS. ARE YOU GUYS GETTING THOSE AND GETTING CONNECTED?
>> I HAVEN'T. IT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING JOINING THE SRA, WHICH IS A STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE ADVOCACY, WHICH USED TO BE THE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE NETWORK BECAUSE THEY CHANGED THE PERSON WHO'S IN CHARGE OF IT?
>> WELL, IT'S STILL LOGAN KIND OF.
>> HE SENDS THE EMAILS, BUT THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT LIKE FULLY STUDENT RUN, BUT THE PROBLEM IS THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LIKE THE CHAIR GRADUATED, AND THE VICE CHAIR GRADUATED AND THE SECRETARY GRADUATED.
THERE'S ACTUALLY, LIKE NOTHING HAPPENING.
I HAVEN'T GOTTEN AN EMAIL SINCE THEY ALL GRADUATED.
>> I ACTUALLY EMAILED LOGAN AND THEN I DIDN'T GET A RESPONSE.
THEY ARE DOING THAT, THOUGH, WHICH IS FUNNY BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE DON'T HAVE MEETINGS UNTIL AFTER THE WASA CONFERENCE.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEY'RE GETTING AT RIGHT NOW.
>> THANK YOU FOR PAYING ATTENTION TO THAT THOUGH.
>> WE DO NEXT HAVE OUR TOURS COMMITTEES.
LET ME SKIP DOWN HERE TO OUR OTHER THING TO SEE I BELIEVE THE TOUR IS ON THE 20TH OF THIS MONTH.
BOARD TOUR FOR ALL OF US, BUT MARY, SHE WILL BE AT GENERAL ASSEMBLY AT PLEASANT VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WE'LL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR FIRST BOARD TOUR OF THIS YEAR.
ANYTHING ELSE ANYBODY HAS TO SHARE FOR BOARD TOURS? OKAY. THAT WILL TAKE US TO DIRECTOR REPORTS.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING TO SHARE FOR DIRECTOR REPORTS?
>> I HAD SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO JUST ASK ABOUT.
I NOTICED THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE APPROVING AND I'M NOT SURE I'M SAYING THIS CORRECTLY.
I JUST HAD A QUESTION, HOW DO WE VET CONTRACTORS THAT THE DISTRICT WORKS WITH? I DID SEE SOME CONCERNING REVIEWS ABOUT COMPANY WORKERS, AND SO I JUST FELT LIKE MAYBE WE NEEDED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS GOING ON, HOW THOSE CONTRACTORS WERE CHOSEN AND UNDERSTAND IT.
ANYTIME I SEE A CONCERNING AND THESE WERE PRETTY CONCERNING CONCERNS, I GUESS, IT IS A GOOD WAY OF SAYING IT.
TO HAVE THESE FOLKS ON DISTRICT PROPERTY WOULD BE A LITTLE CONCERNING NOT TO SAY THESE FOLKS WOULD BE ON THE PROPERTY, JUST SAYING THAT THE BEHAVIORS THAT WERE REPORTED WOULD BE CONCERNING TO ME, AS A PARENT AND AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER.
>> IN TERMS OF VETTING, THERE IS AN APPROVED LIST THAT THEY GO THROUGH FROM OUR VENDORS.
WE ASK FOR BIDS, SO THEY BID THE JOBS.
AT THE TIME OF BIDS, TYPICALLY, WE ARE GOING OUT AND SEEKING REFERENCES.
IN THE CASE OF, FOR INSTANCE, MANY OF OUR VENDORS, WE'VE WORKED WITH IN THE PAST.
WE JUDGE THEM SPECIFICALLY ON OUR INTERACTIONS WITH THEM AND THE QUALITY OF THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE THERE.
CONVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, FOR INSTANCE, WE'VE WORKED WITH CONVERGENT FOR THE LAST, I WOULD SAY, AT LEAST AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN IN THE DEPUTY AND THE SUPERINTENDENT JOB, SO AT LEAST FOR SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS, TECHNOLOGIES.
THE NUMBER OF FIRMS THAT DO A SPECIFIC LEVEL OF WORK THAT WE NEED IS, OF COURSE, SIGNIFICANTLY LIMITED IN A REGIONAL CAPACITY.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, WE ARE EVALUATING THEIR PROFESSIONALISM WHEN THEY COME AND WORK WITH US AND WE'RE EVALUATING THEIR RESPONSIVENESS IN TERMS OF, IF WE DO HAVE ANY DIFFICULTY WITH WORKERS, WE REPORT THAT, AND OUR EXPECTATION, OF COURSE, IS THAT THE COMPANY ITSELF IS GOING TO HANDLE THOSE MATTERS AND FIX SITUATIONS.
THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT TYPICALLY WE WOULD DO IN ORDER TO VET THEM.
I CAN SAY I AM FAMILIAR WITH SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT YOU BROUGHT.
WE'VE HAD NOTHING LIKE THAT IN OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THAT COMPANY.
THAT'S WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IN TERMS OF THAT. WE ARE VERY CAREFUL.
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I AGREE WITH YOU. WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL WITH THE QUALITY OF INDIVIDUALS THAT WE BRING ONTO OUR SCHOOLS.THEY'RE NOT TYPICALLY THERE DURING SCHOOL HOURS.
THEY DO MUCH OF THEIR WORK FOR US AFTER HOURS, BUT STILL THERE'S A IMPORTANCE OF VETTING THEM.
ALL OF THEIR WORKERS ARE BONDED AND INSURED.
THAT'S ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THEM TO DO WORK.
>> THAT WOULD PRESUME THAT IF THERE HAD BEEN ANY LEGAL ACTION AGAINST A COMPANY, FOR INSTANCE, YOU WOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT?
>> IT HELPS, BUT I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO BE CAUGHT.
I WAS CONCERNED AND I ALREADY KNOW THAT THE WORK'S BEEN DONE, SO IT'S AFTER THE FACT, BUT I WAS JUST CONCERNED WITH WHAT I READ.
I JUST KNOW TO BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT'S GOING ON.
>> AS I SAID, I THINK KEVIN HAS A REALLY GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORKERS AND HE HAS A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THESE COMPANIES, AND WE'VE WORKED WITH THAT PARTICULAR COMPANY FOR YEARS AND YEARS, AND NEVER HAD A COMPLAINT AGAINST THEM FOR THE WORK THEY'VE DONE FOR US.
>> I THINK IT'S ALSO FAIR TO SAY AND I'M JUST GOING TO SAY IT BECAUSE OF MY HR BACKGROUND THAT OFTENTIMES IF THERE ARE DIFFICULTIES WITH EMPLOYEES, WE WOULD NOT NECESSARILY KNOW ABOUT THAT BECAUSE A COMPANY WILL TAKE CARE OF IT, AND THEN WE WON'T HEAR ABOUT IT UNLESS IT WAS TO HAPPEN ON OUR SITES, WHICH THANK GOD, WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY CONCERNS LIKE THAT.
>> ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR REPORTS?
>> A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANTED TO SHARE.
I PROMISED YOU ALL I WOULD SEND YOU SOME SCHOOL BOARD TOPICS FOR UPCOMING WORK SESSIONS.
I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THOSE.
I WOULD LIKE ONE TO TWO IDEAS FROM EACH BOARD MEMBER AS WELL AS OUR STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES ON SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT.
IF YOU GUYS COULD DO THAT THIS WEEK AND GET BACK TO US, THEN I CAN WORK WITH THE ADMINISTRATION TO OUTLINE WHERE THOSE FALL IN THE SCHEDULE AND TIMING.
THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO SHARE IS, THE TOPICS I SHARED WITH YOU HAVE BEEN GATHERED OVER A FEW YEARS.
JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND. SOME OF THEM MAY NOT HAVE THE RIGHT WORDING OR MAYBE EVEN OUTDATED AT THIS POINT.
BUT I WILL SAY THAT OUR WORK SESSION TOPICS TYPICALLY ALIGN WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
THINK ABOUT SAFE AND CARING ENVIRONMENT, HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTION, AND COLLABORATION THAT CULTIVATES TRUST.
THERE'S MANY OTHER TOPICS THAT MIGHT GO OUTSIDE OF THIS WINDOW, AND THOSE WOULD DEFINITELY BE MORE PRESENTATIONS WITHIN A BOARD MEETING.
OR POSSIBLY FROM TEACHING AND LEARNING FROM DENNY'S TEAM.
IF WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE TIME TO HAVE A 45 MINUTE HOUR LONG WORK SESSION THAT WE'RE REALLY ALIGNING IT WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
IT'S JUST THE GOAL AROUND HAVING THEM AND THAT'S HOW WE'VE REPORTED WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH OUR WORK SESSIONS TO NOT ONLY TO WASA, BUT OUR COMMUNITY.
I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT IF I COULD GET THAT FROM ALL OF YOU.
THEN THE SECOND THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT, I'M HOPING THIS WILL BE OUR WORK SESSION AT OUR NEXT MEETING.
I WAS DOING SOME RESEARCH WORK AND REVIEWING SOME INFORMATION FROM LAST YEAR, AND IT TALKED ABOUT OUR EIGHT CHARACTERISTICS OF EFFECTIVE SCHOOL BOARDS.
WE HAD THESE PRINTED OUT THE EIGHT CHARACTERISTICS.
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU ALL A COPY TONIGHT THAT YOU CAN TAKE WITH YOU AND JUST REVIEW, AND IT'LL BE A BOARD TRAINING SESSION.
DENNY AND TEAM WILL BE HERE TO SUPPORT US AND ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT MAYBE WE DON'T KNOW, BUT WE REALLY WANTED TO THE SEVEN OF US TO HAVE A CHANCE TO READ THROUGH THESE, ASK QUESTIONS.
HOW ARE WE DOING THIS? GIVE SOME EXAMPLES AND EVEN LET SOME OF OUR LONGER SERVING BOARD MEMBERS SHARE WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE AND HOW IT'S IMPACTED US OVER THESE YEARS.
AND SO WITH THAT, I WAS GIVEN THE OPTION FOR A SEPTEMBER WORK SESSION AT OUR NEXT MEETING, WE COULD START AT 4:30 AND DO DINNER BEFORE THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING,
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OR WE CAN START AT 5:00 AND GO STRAIGHT THROUGH.SO I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE TO THE BOARD. I LOVE FOOD.
SO I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU ALL WANT ME ANSWERING FOR YOU.
SO I JUST THOUGHT I'D THROW IT OUT THERE WHAT YOU GUYS WANT.
>> IF I COULD JUST ADD TO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, MOST LIKELY IN OCTOBER, WE WOULD ASK THE BOARD THAT WE HAVE OUR UPCOMING LEVY.
WE WOULD PREFER THAT THE WORK SESSION IN OCTOBER BE LEVY FOCUSED.
A DISCUSSION AROUND, WHAT TO INCLUDE IN LEVY, IF WE WERE TO GO, WHEN TO PUT THAT FORWARD TO OUR CITIZENS, THAT SORT OF THING.
THEN WE ALSO HAVE TWO SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT WORK SESSIONS.
ONE SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER 9TH, AND THE OTHER SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY.
I JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOU.
>> YEAH. I'M RAINING ON YOUR PARADE.
IT'S JANUARY 27TH AND DECEMBER 9TH.
WE ONLY HAVE THAT ONE MEETING IN DECEMBER.
THAT'S WHY THE DECEMBER 9TH MEETING.
WE DO HAVE AN OPEN SLOT IN NOVEMBER, AND WE DO HAVE THEN OPEN SLOTS, OBVIOUSLY IN FEBRUARY, MARCH, APRIL, MAY.
>> EXCEPT THERE'S ALSO THE STUDENT ONE IN MAY OR APRIL WHERE WE INTERVIEW STUDENTS.
>> YES, THERE IS THAT ONE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT TAKES CARE OF APRIL.
WE HAVE ABOUT FIVE SLOTS OPEN.
>> OKAY, AND THERE'S FIVE OF US.
SO ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE MOVE ON?
>> I JUST WANT TO ASK FOR CLARIFICATION.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR NEXT MEETING.
>> THANK YOU. EFFECTIVE BOARD. THE 2ND SEPTEMBER.
WE WERE THINKING THAT THAT ONE WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY AN HOUR LONG, WHETHER OR NOT YOU WOULD.
>> YEAH. IF YOU'D LIKE TO MEET AT 4:30, WE CAN GO.
>> SO 4:30-5:30 WITH A MEAL IN BETWEEN.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
>> ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE TURN IT OVER TO FIRST SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF UPDATES?
>> AGAIN, I'M GOING TO ASK FOR CLARIFICATION.
YOU LIKE US TO COME BACK TO THAT NEXT MEETING WITH HAVING CHOSEN MAYBE OR.
>> IF YOU COULD SEND ME BY THE END OF THE WEEK THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
IF THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET IN TROUBLE.
>> ALL RIGHT. WOULD THAT TURN IT OVER TO YOU?
[6. Superintendent and Staff Updates]
>> THANK YOU. JUST REAL QUICK UPDATE.
AS THE STUDENT REPS POINTED OUT, WE'RE FULLY INTO SCHOOL NOW AND I JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT THINGS HAVE BEEN GOING QUITE WELL.
OBVIOUSLY, THERE ARE HICCUPS IN INDIVIDUAL SITUATIONS THAT ARISE, BUT OVERALL FROM A DISTRICT STANDPOINT, THINGS HAVE BEEN GOING EXTREMELY WELL. VERY PLEASED.
I WANTED TO OFFER SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND OUR PARTNERS FOR STUDENT.
OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, IT'S ALWAYS DIFFICULT TO GET THINGS ROLLING FOR BUS SERVICES, BUT THIS YEAR WAS EXCEPTIONALLY SMOOTH, NO ISSUES.
THEN I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR FOOD SERVICE PARTNERS TO CHARTWELLS, BECAUSE THAT HAS BEEN GOING EXTREMELY WELL, THE TRANSITION OUTSTANDING.
YOU WOULDN'T HAVE EVEN KNOWN THAT WE CHANGED FROM, I MEAN KNOWN FROM, I DIDN'T MEAN IT THAT WAY.
[LAUGHTER] I MEAN IT'S A POSITIVE CHANGE, BUT THERE WAS NO DISRUPTION IN TERMS OF SERVICES AND STUFF.
I DID WANT TO LET THE BOARD KNOW THAT OUR FIRST CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS THIS THURSDAY, AND THAT WILL BE AT 5:30 TO 7: 30 AT BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY.
LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THIS YEAR AND I THINK THIS IS A POSITIVE REFLECTION OF THE CAC.
WE DIDN'T HAVE MANY CAC MEMBERS WHO WANTED TO STEP DOWN OR LEAVE THE CAC.
INSTEAD OF NOT ADDING ANY NEW MEMBERS, WE'RE STILL ADDING 12 MEMBERS, BUT WE'RE GROWING THE CAC FROM 30 UP TILL OVER 40 MEMBERS NOW.
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WE HAVE 12 NEW MEMBERS JOINING US ON FRIDAY.
I MEAN, THURSDAY, THIS THURSDAY.
THIS FIRST MEETING WILL BE JUST AN INTRODUCTION AND GETTING EVERYBODY CAUGHT UP TO SPEED.
THEN WE'LL BE MOVING FORWARD FROM THAT.
>> YEAH. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY ZEROEYES, WHICH IS A GUN DETECTION SYSTEM.
WE'RE GOING TO HEAR SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THAT.
ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF WHAT HAPPENED IN GEORGIA RECENTLY.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT. THAT'LL BE OUR MAIN FOCUS.
AS JULIA MENTIONED HOW YOU TRY TO GET THE PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING THE WORK TO RUN THE MEETING, AND SHE MENTIONED THAT THE STUDENTS ARE TAKING MORE RESPONSIBILITY FOR RUNNING THOSE STUDENT MEETINGS.
WE'RE TRYING TO DO THE SAME WITH THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEES.
WE'RE TRYING TO STEP OUT AND MAKE THIS A REAL PARENT RUN GROUP.
WE FORMED A CAC ADVISORY TEAM, AND THEY ARE PUTTING TOGETHER THE AGENDAS, AND THEY ALREADY HAVE THE.
>> THEY HAVE THE YEAR OUTLINE.
REALLY WHEN WE GET TOGETHER, IT WE'LL JUST BE PUTTING THE FINISHING TOUCHES ON EACH OF OUR MEETINGS.
>> WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
THEN WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE PVM BOARD TOUR ON THE 20TH AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST IS WE CONTINUE TO MEET WITH THE CITY ON A REGULAR BASIS TO TALK ABOUT THE NEXT STAGE OF THE ROAD DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WOULD BE THE ROAD THAT GOES ON FIFTH STREET AND WHICH WOULD RUN RIGHT BY THE HOUSES AND TAKE OUT PART OF OUR FIELDS THERE.
WE ARE MEETING WITH THEM AGAIN.
WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY MEET WITH TWO OF THEIR ENGINEERS.
THAT'S GOING TO OCCUR NEXT WEEK ON THE 19TH, THAT'S A THURSDAY, AND JACKIE, AS BOARD PRESIDENT, IS GOING TO ATTEND, AND THEN TED, BECAUSE OF HIS EXPERTISE IN THE CONSTRUCTION FIELD AND ENGINEERING, IS GOING TO ATTEND FOR US.
WE'RE EXCITED TO HEAR WHAT THE CITY HAS TO SAY ABOUT THAT.
>> JUST CIRCLE BACK TO THE CAC FOR JUST A SECOND.
ALL BOARD MEMBERS SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED INVITES FOR THOSE MEETINGS.
IF YOU KNOW YOU WON'T BE THERE, PLEASE DECLINE THE INVITATION THAT HELPS LISA TRACK WHO CAN COME AND WHO CAN'T.
IF THREE OF US OR MORE RESPOND, YES, SHE WILL WORK THROUGH NOTIFYING EACH OF US WHO CAN'T COME DUE TO WE DON'T WANT TO VIOLATE OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS.
>> I JUST WANT TO THROW THAT OUT THERE TOO.
IF THERE'S EVER A QUESTION, I THINK I CAN GO EVEN AT THE LAST MINUTE, JUST REACH OUT TO LISA AND SHE'LL BE ABLE TO LET YOU KNOW IF THERE'S AN OPEN SPOT.
I KNOW SCHEDULES GET TIGHT, SO I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE ANYBODY OUT.
>> WE'RE GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO SHELLY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING.
>> JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK UPDATES.
AS YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU PASSED OUR CURRICULUM ADOPTIONS FOR SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES.
WE ARE OFF TO A GOOD START IN IMPLEMENTING THOSE.
I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A LOT OF KUDOS TO OUR KINDERGARTEN TEAMS. THEY ARE IMPLEMENTING WHAT IS CALLED A 45-DAY PLAN, WHICH YOU WILL HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IN AN UPCOMING BOARD MEETING, BUT REALLY HELPING TO SET OUR KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS OFF RIGHT WITH THE BEHAVIORS AND EXPECTATIONS NEEDED TO BE SUCCESSFUL ACADEMICALLY.
>> SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS IN THOSE TRANSITIONS INTO THE SCHOOL SETTING.
WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT WE'LL HAVE SOME REALLY NICE OUTCOMES BECAUSE OF THOSE SHIFTS, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING MORE WITH YOU AFTER THOSE 45 DAYS.
>> NEXT, LUKE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD ANYTHING TO SHARE NOW.
NO. OKAY. WE'LL GO TO MICHELLE SCOTT, CFO.
>> ONE MOMENT. GOOD EVENING, BOARD.
OUR OFFICIAL COUNT DATE FOR ENROLLMENT FOR SEPTEMBER WAS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER THE SIXTH, AND A LOT OF EXCITEMENT BUILDING UP TO COUNT DATE BECAUSE EVERY DAY WE'RE LOOKING AT STAFFING, WE'RE GETTING COUNTS FROM THE BUILDING, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK BEHIND THE SCENES, MAKING SURE STAFFING IS ALL IN LINE.
I'M PLEASED TO REPORT THAT WE CAME IN JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOVE BUDGET.
OUR COMPREHENSIVE K-12 SCHOOLS CAME IN MUCH HIGHER THAN WHAT WE HAD BUDGETED, BUT OUR ALES DID NOT COME IN QUITE AS HIGH.
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OVERALL, AND WE'LL DO A MORE FORMAL REPORT ON THIS.WE ARE 61 FTE ABOVE BUDGET FOR OUR SEPTEMBER COUNT.
WE'LL SEE HOW OCTOBER GOES TO SEE IF THAT GROWS AGAIN LIKE IT DID LAST YEAR.
THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE, AND GOOD NEWS.
OUR TTK CLASSES, THEY START A LITTLE LATER, SO THEY'RE ONLY A PARTIAL FTE, BUT THEY'LL BUMP UP TO THEIR FULL FTE NEXT MONTH.
THAT WILL REALLY DRIVE THOSE NUMBERS FOR THE TTK AND GET THEM ON TRACK AS WELL.
I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE VERY PLEASED THAT ENROLLMENT CAME IN ON BUDGET.
>> SHELLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE SUPERINTENDENT'S MEETING ON FRIDAY.
THE WORD FROM OTHER DISTRICTS IS THAT?
>> WE'RE ONE OF THE ONLY ONES THAT ARE SEEN ENROLLMENT INCREASES.
THAT'S A GOOD FOR US, BUT NOT SO GOOD FOR THEM.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE TREND IS.
THERE WAS SPECULATION, BUT NO ANSWERS AS TO WHY.
>> KEVIN'S WAS NOT ABLE TO JOIN US THIS EVENING AND NEITHER WAS AMANDA.
THAT'S IT FOR SUPERINTENDENT STAFF UPDATE.
>> THAT TAKES US TO CITIZENS COMMENTS.
[7. Citizens' Comments]
WE WILL GET READY FOR THAT.WE WILL REMIND EVERYONE WHO MAY BE A NEW SPEAKER THAT THIS IS A MEETING OF THE BATTLE GROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
IT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC TO ATTEND, VIEW PRESENTATIONS, AND HERE 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.
PLEASE FOLLOW THE PROCEDURES FOR CITIZENS COMMENTS BY STATING YOUR NAME, LIMITING YOUR TIME TO THREE MINUTES, AND REFRAINING FROM DISCUSSING CONFIDENTIAL MATTERS.
YOU WILL SEE ITSELF HAS A YELLOW SHEET FOR 30 SECONDS, AS WELL AS A RED SHEET FOR WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP.
THERE WILL ALSO BE A TIMER ON THE SCREENS.
THE BOARD REQUIRES THAT ALL COMMENTS SPOKEN AT THE MEETING BE APPROPRIATE FOR A FAMILY AUDIENCE.
COMMENTS INAPPROPRIATE FOR FAMILY AUDIENCE CAN BE SUBMITTED IN WRITING.
BOARD MEMBERS DO NOT NORMALLY RESPOND TO QUESTIONS OR PETITIONS DURING CITIZENS COMMENTS.
THEY WILL LISTEN AND GIVE DIRECTION TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM IF ACTION IS DEEMED NECESSARY.
THANK YOU FOR COMING AND SHARING.
>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD. HAPPY UPCOMING HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, STARTING SEPTEMBER 15 THROUGH OCTOBER 15.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING ALL THE BEAUTIFUL CELEBRATIONS AGAIN THIS YEAR AROUND THE DISTRICT.
SEPTEMBER IS ALSO SUICIDE AWARENESS MONTH.
AN ISSUE THAT MANY OF YOU KNOW IS VERY CLOSE TO MY HEART.
I WANT TO REMIND YOU AND THE REST OF OUR COMMUNITY OF THE NOW VERY EASY TO REMEMBER NUMBER OF 988.
WHICH IS NATIONWIDE AND PUTS CALLERS AND TEXTERS IN DIRECT AND IMMEDIATE CONTACT WITH A TRAINED CRISIS COUNSELOR FOR SUPPORT OF THOSE WHO ARE THINKING ABOUT SUICIDE OR SELF-HARM, THOSE CONCERNED ABOUT SOMEONE ELSE, AND OR ANYONE DEALING WITH EMOTIONAL STRESS, SUBSTANCE USE, AND ABUSE, AND OR MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES.
JUST SOME QUICK STATS BETWEEN JULY OF 2023 AND MAY OF THIS YEAR, AN AVERAGE OF 7,426 WASHINGTONIANS CALLED OR TEXTED 988 EVERY MONTH.
IN COMPARISON BETWEEN JULY 2021 AND JUNE OF 2022, BEFORE OUR STATE'S TOLL-FREE 10-DIGIT LONG NUMBER WAS INTEGRATED INTO THIS NATIONWIDE 988 SYSTEM.
THE CRISIS LINE RECEIVED AN AVERAGE OF 4,467 CALLS PER MONTH.
THAT JUMP ISN'T LIKELY BECAUSE OF AN EXPONENTIAL INCREASE IN PEOPLE NEEDING THIS SERVICE, BUT MORE LIKELY BECAUSE OF AN INCREASE IN AWARENESS AND EASE OF ACCESS DUE TO THE EASIER TO REMEMBER NUMBER AND THE FACT THAT ONE CAN TEXT INSTEAD OF CALL AND TALK OUT LOUD.
WHILE THERE IS STILL A LONG WAY TO GO FOR THE LEGISLATURE IN TERMS OF CONTINUING TO INCREASE FUNDING AND INFRASTRUCTURE, SO THAT THE VISION OF 988 AS AN ENTRY POINT TO A FULLY FUNCTIONING ROBUST CRISIS RESPONSE SYSTEM THAT CAN DISPATCH MOBILE CRISIS TEAMS AND BRING PEOPLE TO CRISIS RELIEF CENTERS FOR COMPREHENSIVE CARE LIKE 911 DOES FOR OTHER EMERGENCIES, WE ALL HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY TO.
ONE OF THOSE WAYS WE ACCOMPLISH THIS IS IN THE FORM OF THE DISTRICT'S PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION SERVICES BY CONTINUING TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS AND CURRICULA THAT PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING AND MANAGING DIFFICULT EMOTIONS,
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MAKING RESPONSIBLE DECISIONS, HANDLING STRESS, SETTING GOALS, EMBRACING DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND BELONGING, BUILDING HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS AND CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT OUR SEL ROOMS, OUR POSITIVE BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION AND SUPPORT PROGRAM, AND OUR SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING CURRICULUM PROVIDE.WE HELP OUR CHILDREN AND BY EXTENSION, OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY TO LEARN, AND GROW, AND BE SAFE, HEALTHY, AND RESILIENT.
WE THEREFORE LESSEN THE LIKELIHOOD OF OUR CHILDREN, PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS, FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS, EVEN OURSELVES TO NEED THE USE OF 988, WHILE ALSO WRAPPING LOVING CARE AROUND THEM IN THE MOMENTS WHEN LIFE OVERWHELMS US AND WE FIND THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPORT.
THANK YOU, BOARD FOR YOUR LOVING CARE THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN TO THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES OF THIS DISTRICT BY VALUING, SUPPORTING, AND CONTINUING TO BUILD COMMUNITY THROUGH THESE CRITICAL AND MEANINGFUL PROGRAMS, WHICH POSITIVELY IMPACTS OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU.
>> HELLO. I'M KRISTIN WADE WITH CLARK COUNTY DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES PROGRAM.
I AM A RESIDENT OF AMBOY, WASHINGTON, SO ALSO LOCAL TO NORTH CLARK COUNTY AND BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I'M HERE TONIGHT TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES ADVISORY BOARD AND OUR UPCOMING NATIONAL DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS MONTH EVENT.
I COME EVERY YEAR. THIS YEAR, I'M COMING A MONTH EARLY.
YOU MAY BE VISITED BY ONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS AT YOUR NEXT MEETING.
THIS WAS THE ONE THAT WORKED BEST FOR ME.
OUR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES ADVISORY BOARD ADVISES AND MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CLARK COUNTY COUNCIL RELATING TO DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES ISSUES AND SERVICES.
THE BOARD PROVIDES COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP ON IMPROVEMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES PROGRAMS. EACH YEAR, THE ADVISORY BOARD HOSTS THE DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS AWARDS.
THIS YEAR'S EVENT WILL BE ON OCTOBER 9, 2024.
CAN YOU NOT HEAR ME VERY WELL?
MANY OF THE NOMINEES AND AWARD WINNERS ARE FORMER STUDENTS OF OUR LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND BATTLE GROUND OBVIOUSLY INCLUDED IN THAT.
THE AWARDS HONOR THE ROLE OF PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND WHAT THEY HAVE THEY'RE OFFERING OUR COMMUNITY AND ASSISTING IN ACHIEVING A DYNAMIC, PRODUCTIVE WORKFORCE, AND RECOGNIZE THAT LEADERSHIP OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
THIS EVENT ALSO CELEBRATES OCTOBER AS THE NATIONAL DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS MONTH.
THE LIVE IN PERSON EVENT WILL BE AT CLARK COLLEGE IN GEISER HALL, THAT'S 1933 FORT VANCOUVER WAY IN VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON.
THE EVENT WILL ALSO BE LIVE STREAMED, AND RECORDED, AND AIRED ON CV TV FOR THOSE WHO PREFER TO WATCH FROM THE COMFORT OF THEIR HOME.
THE EVENT IS FREE TO THE PUBLIC.
BUT WE DO ASK FOR REGISTRATION IF YOU'RE COMING IN PERSON JUST SO THAT WE CAN ACCOUNT AND ACCOMMODATE APPROPRIATELY.
THE REGISTRATION INFORMATION, YOU CAN EMAIL US DD.PROGRAM@CLARK.WA.GOV OR CALL 564-397-2130.
I THINK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE JOINED US IN THE PAST.
I'VE SEEN YOU NOT JUST HERE, BUT OUT THERE AND WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU, AND THAT INCLUDES THE PUBLIC AS WELL.
ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO JOIN US.
I THINK IN THE PAST YOU'VE ASKED IF I CAN GET YOU A FLYER AND I WILL DO THAT SO IF WE HAVEN'T ALREADY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH [INAUDIBLE].
>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD. MY NAME IS JENNIE FURAN.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THIS TIME TO VOICE OUR CONCERNS AS PARENTS.
THE ISSUE THAT I BRING BEFORE YOU IS A POLICY HIDING THAT HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED AND ENFORCED IN MANY SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES.
THIS POLICY OF HIDING PERTINENT INFORMATION FROM PARENTS CONCERNING OUR CHILDREN IS ON THE FOREFRONT.
MORE THAN 3.2 MILLION US PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE COVERED BY GUIDELINES THAT BLOCK PARENTS FROM KNOWING, RELEVANT ISSUES CONCERNING THEIR CHILD.
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THE ISSUES RANGE FROM DRUG AND ALCOHOL PROBLEMS TO WHAT GENDER YOUR CHILD IDENTIFIES WITHIN THE CLASSROOM.AT LEAST, IF NOT MORE, THEN 168 DISTRICTS, GOVERNING 5,904 SCHOOLS NATIONWIDE HAVE RULES ON THE BOOKS THAT PROTECT FACULTY AND STAFF FROM DISCLOSING TO PARENTS A STUDENTS GENDER WITHOUT THEIR PARENTS PERMISSION.
NOW, THESE POLICIES VIOLATE PARENTS' RIGHTS UNDER GOD'S AUTHORITY. THESE ALSO CALLS AS A MAJOR GULF IN THE GODLY FOUNDATION OF PARENTING.
AS PARENTS, WE ARE THE OVERSEERS OF OUR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION, THEIR CARE AND WELL BEING, AND OUR GOD GIVEN ROLE TO TEACH, INSTRUCT, AND INSTILL THE GOODLY STANDARDS WITHIN OUR CHILDREN.
THE SCHOOLS, GOVERNING BOARDS AND ADMINISTRATORS ARE NOW INSERTING THEMSELVES INTO OUR CHILD'S LIVES.
THE YOUNG IMPRESSIBLE MINDS OF OUR CHILDREN ARE BEING BOMBARDED WITH PORNOGRAPHIC IMAGES AND MATERIALS TO SOCIALLY TRANSITIONING AND USING A VARIETY OF PRONOUNS.
PARENTS ARE BEING SHUT OUT FROM WHAT INVOLVES THEIR CHILD WELL UNDER THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
WITH THIS POLICY, IT IS DRIVING A WEDGE AND ERODING THE PARENT CHILD'S RELATIONSHIP.
POLICY IS REDUCE OUR CHILDREN IN COVERING UP AND BEING DECEPTIVE TO THEIR PARENTS TO WHAT IS GOING ON IN THEIR LIVES.
NO ONE LOVES OUR CHILDREN, MORE THAN CHRIST, AND WE AS PARENTS.
WE STAND UNITED AND WE SET THE GUIDELINES AND PARAMETERS OF WHAT OUR CHILDREN ARE BEING TAUGHT.
GOD'S STANDARD TEACHES US THE RIGHTFUL ROWS OF PARENTS AND CHILDREN.
ACCORDING TO SCRIPTURE, WE ARE TO TRAIN UP OUR CHILDREN BY THE STANDARDS OF CHRIST AND NOT MAN.
CHILDREN ARE TO OBEY PARENTS AND THE LORD, FOR THAT IS RIGHT, TO HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER IS QUOTED IN THE BOOK OF EPHESIAN 6:1-2, AND ALSO COLOSSIANS 3 AND 20.
NOW, I PUT THIS BEFORE YOU TO CONSIDER AS A SCHOOL BOARD ON THE ACCOUNTABILITY YOU ARE UNDER NOT ONLY FOR THE PARENTS AND CHILDREN, BUT ALSO ABOVE ALL TO GOD, WHO IS A LORD OVER ALL CREATION.
HE IS A KING AND HE HOLDS ALL MAN ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR DEEDS.
IF GOD DID NOT SPARE, HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON WHO CHRIST GAVE HIMSELF, WILLINGLY FOR DEPRAVED WORTHLESS SINNERS WHO DID NOT SEEK HIM SO THAT THEY MIGHT BE MADE RIGHT AND RECONCILED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
>> HELLO, BOARD. I THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.
IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL HAS ALREADY RECEIVED FEDERAL GRANT MONEY TO IMPLEMENT SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING.
IF THIS IS THE CASE, I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT THE MONEY IS GIVEN BACK.
I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU GUYS TO HEAR AND UNDERSTAND THAT SEL FOCUSES ON THE PHYSICAL INTANGIBLE.
I'M HERE TO HIGHLIGHT THE METAPHYSICAL ASPECTS OF SEL AND CASEL.
THE WIDESPREAD IMPLEMENTATION OF SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING, PARTICULARLY THROUGH THE COLLABORATIVE FOR ACADEMIC, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING.
CASEL POSES A SERIOUS THREAT TO PUBLIC EDUCATION.
WHILE SEL IS MARKETED AS A PROGRAM DESIGNED TO FOSTER EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL SKILLS.
ITS DEEPER IDEOLOGICAL AIMS, ROOTED IN CRITICAL THEORY ARE MORE CONCERNING.
CASEL'S SHIFT TOWARD TRANSFORMATIVE SEL REVEALS HOW SEL NOW ACTS AS A VEHICLE FOR CRITICAL RACE THEORY.
IDENTITY POLITICS, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE ACTIVISM, ALL UNDER THE GUISE OF EMOTIONAL WELL BEING.
THIS UNDERMINES THE CORE PURPOSE OF EDUCATION AND BRINGS SERIOUS REAL WORLD CONSEQUENCES FOR STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND FAMILIES.
CASEL EXPLICITLY TIES ITS TRANSFORMATIVE SEL FRAMEWORK TO CONCEPTS DRAWN FROM CRITICAL RACE THEORY AND OTHER RADICAL IDEOLOGIES.
CASEL'S OFFICIAL DOCUMENTATION OPENLY PROMOTES EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE AS CORE OBJECTIVES OF SEL, FRAMING THESE AS ESSENTIAL TO STUDENT DEVELOPMENT.
BY DOING SO, SEL NO LONGER FOCUSES SOLELY ON EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE, BUT INSTEAD EMBEDS CONTROVERSIAL POLITICAL AND SOCIAL IDEOLOGIES INTO THE CURRICULUM.
THIS IS A DIRECT APPLICATION OF CRITICAL RACE THEORY, WHICH DIVIDES SOCIETY INTO OPPRESSORS AND OPPRESSED, REFRAMING EVERY ISSUE THROUGH THE LENS OF POWER AND IDENTITY.
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CASEL ASSERTS THAT TRANSFORMATIVE SEL MUST PROMOTE IDENTITY, DEVELOPMENT, AGENCY BELONGING, AND ENGAGEMENT THROUGH A FOCUS ON HISTORICAL CONTEXT, POWER DYNAMICS, AND PRIVILEGE.THIS IDEOLOGICAL FRAMING MIRRORS CRITICAL THEORIES EMPHASIS ON SYSTEMIC POWER, AND BALANCES.
CASEL HAS EXPLICITLY INTEGRATED CRITICAL THEORY INTO ITS TRANSFORMATIVE SEL MODEL.
CRITICAL THEORY ROOTED IN THE MARXIST CRITIQUE OF SOCIETY, VIEWS THE WORLD AS A PERPETUAL STRUGGLE BETWEEN OPPRESSOR AND OPPRESSED GROUPS.
THIS FRAMEWORK, SOCIAL IDENTITY, WHETHER DEFINED BY RACE, CLASS OR GENDER, DETERMINES A PERSON'S MORAL STANDING, PRIVILEGES, OR LACK THEREOF.
CASEL'S TRANSFORMATIVE SEL INCORPORATES THIS IDEOLOGY BY EMPHASIZING EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE AND ENCOURAGING STUDENTS TO SEE THEMSELVES AND THEIR PEERS THROUGH THE LENS OF IDENTITY POLITICS.
IT CALLS ON EDUCATORS TO HELP STUDENTS UNDERSTAND AND ADDRESS ROOT CAUSES OF INEQUITY AND EXAMINE POWER, PRIVILEGE, AND OPPRESSION. THANK YOU, BOARD.
I SAY REALLY BAD. I'M GOING TO SLAUGHTER SOMEBODY OR MANY PEOPLE'S NAMES TONIGHT.
>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD. MY NAME IS SERGIO, AND TODAY, I'M GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT ACTUALLY CONTINUING JESSE MCCARTY'S EXPLANATION OF THE DANGERS OF SEL AND CASEL, WHICH IS JUST CRITICAL RACE THEORY AND DISGUISE.
THIS FRAMEWORK DISTORTS THE BIBLICAL VIEW OF HUMAN NATURE AND JUSTICE.
ACCORDING TO SCRIPTURE, ALL HUMANS ARE MADE IN THE IMAGE OF GOD, GENESIS 127, AND ARE EQUALLY FOLLOWED, ROMANS 3:23.
MEANING SIN AND BROKENNESS DO NOT OPERATE PRIMARILY THROUGH POLITICAL CATEGORIES LIKE RACE OR CLASS, BUT THROUGH THE HUMAN HEART.
BY CONTRAST, CRITICAL THEORY REDUCES INDIVIDUALS TO THEIR GROUP IDENTITY, SEEING OPPRESSION AS THE DEFINING FEATURE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS.
THIS REDUCTIONISM LEADS TO DIVISION AND ANIMOSITY, IGNORING THE UNITY OF ALL PEOPLE IN THEIR COMMON NEED FOR REDEMPTION IN CHRIST.
NUMBER 2, IDENTITY, POLITICS, AND RACIAL DIVISION IN THE CLASSROOM, TRANSFORMATIVE CELL TEACHES STUDENTS TO VIEW THEMSELVES AND OTHERS PRIMARILY THROUGH THE LENS OF RACE, GENDER AND CLASS.
IT REINFORCES A VICTIM OPPRESSOR DYNAMIC THAT CREATES DIVISION RATHER THAN UNITY.
CASEL'S APPROACH ENCOURAGES STUDENTS TO ANALYZE THEIR OWN IDENTITIES AND RECOGNIZE HOW PRIVILEGE OR MARGINALIZATION IMPACTS THEIR LIVED EXPERIENCE.
THIS RHETORIC MIRRORS CRITICAL RACE THEORIES FOUNDATIONAL CONCEPT OF RACIALIZED POWER STRUCTURES, WHICH DIVIDES SOCIETY INTO PRIVILEGED AND MARGINALIZED GROUPS.
BY EMBEDDING SUCH DIVISIVE CONCEPTS INTO THE FABRIC OF PUBLIC EDUCATION, SEL RISK PITTING STUDENTS AGAINST ONE ANOTHER BASED ON IMMUTABLE CHARACTERISTICS LIKE RACE OR ETHNICITY, RATHER THAN FOSTERING EMPATHY, MUTUAL RESPECT, OR SHARED VALUES.
CRITICS HAVE POINTED OUT THAT THIS NOT ONLY DISRUPTS CLASSROOM HARMONY, BUT MAY EVEN FUEL RESENTMENT, HOSTILITY, OR ALIENATION BETWEEN GROUPS OF STUDENTS AS SEEN IN VARIOUS SCHOOLS WHERE CELL INITIATIVES HAVE LED TO INCREASED SOCIAL TENSION.
I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT WE JUST PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THAT FLAG THERE.
I PROPOSE THAT THIS SHOULD NOT BE TAUGHT AND THAT MONEY SHOULD BE RETURNED TO THE BOARD, AND TO ALL WHO ARE LISTENING, WHO BELIEVES IT IS JUST TO CONSIDER A GROUP OF PEOPLE OPPRESSOR, OR OPPRESSED BASED ON UNCHANGEABLE CHARACTERISTICS.
PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME OR MY SON OR DAUGHTER HOW A VICTIM, HOW MUCH OF A VICTIM I AM AND THEY ARE AND HOW MUCH OF MY SHARE OF JUSTICE THAT I DESERVE THROUGH THIS WORLD VIEW.
MY GOD HAVE THE GLORY TODAY. BLESS YOUR HEARTS.
>> THANK YOU. DELANEY O HABER.
>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD. THANK YOU FOR HEARING OUR COMMENTS THIS EVENING.
I'M HERE TO CONTINUE THE TALK ABOUT SEL.
>> PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, PLEASE.
>> MY NAME IS DELANEY O HABER. SORRY.
>> GOOD. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE THAT.
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>> I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT MARXISM, COMMUNISM, AND FASCISM.
THE IDEOLOGICAL ROOTS OF CRITICAL THEORY.
CRITICAL THEORY, WHICH HEAVILY INFLUENCES SEL THROUGH CASEL'S TRANSFORMATIVE FRAMEWORK HAS DEEP ROOTS IN MARXISM.
KARL MARX VIEWED SOCIETY THROUGH THE LENS OF CLASS STRUGGLE, DEFINING HISTORY AS A BATTLE BETWEEN THE OPPRESSED WORKING CLASS AND THE OPPRESSING CAPITALISTS.
SIMILARLY, CRITICAL THEORY VIEWS RACE, GENDER, AND OTHER SOCIAL CATEGORIES AS SYSTEMS OF OPPRESSION THAT MUST BE DISMANTLED.
THIS IDEOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK IS NOT MERELY THEORETICAL, IT HAS REAL WORLD CONSEQUENCES.
MARXIST IDEAS LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR TOTALITARIAN REGIMES SUCH AS COMMUNISM AND FASCISM, WHERE THE STATE ASSUMED CONTROL OVER INDIVIDUAL LIVES INCLUDING THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN.
THESE REGIMES DEHUMANIZED INDIVIDUALS BY REDUCING THEM TO THEIR SOCIAL CLASS OR POLITICAL IDENTITY.
MILLIONS OF LIVES WERE LOST UNDER MARXIST AND FASCIST REGIMES DUE TO THE AGGRESSIVE PURSUIT OF EQUITY THROUGH REVOLUTION, PURGES, AND STATE SANCTIONED VIOLENCE.
CASEL'S SEL, WHILE NOT AS EXTREME, ENCOURAGES A SIMILARLY REDUCTIONIST VIEW OF SOCIETY WHICH CAN FOSTER DIVISION AND RESENTMENT.
COMMUNISM LEGACY OF MORAL AND CULTURAL DECAY SERVES AS A STARK WARNING AGAINST ADOPTING ANY IDEOLOGY THAT PITS GROUPS AGAINST EACH OTHER.
SELS EMBRACE OF IDENTITY, POLITICS, AND THE DIVISION OF STUDENTS INTO PRIVILEGED AND MARGINALIZED GROUPS MIRRORS THESE DIVISIVE STRATEGIES, UNDERMINING TRUE SOCIAL COHESION.
INSTEAD, FOSTERING RECONCILIATION AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING, SEL ENCOURAGES STUDENTS TO VIEW THEIR PEERS AS EITHER REPRESSORS OR VICTIMS, A DYNAMIC THAT BREEDS BITTERNESS, ALIENATION, AND FURTHER SOCIAL BREAKDOWN.
POINT NUMBER FOUR, UNDERMINING PARENTAL AUTHORITY.
CASEL'S AGENDA EXTENDS BEYOND MERELY TEACHING CHILDREN ABOUT THEIR EMOTIONS.
BY INCORPORATING ELEMENTS OF CRITICAL THEORY, CASTLE SEEKS TO TRANSFORM STUDENTS INTO AGENTS OF SOCIAL CHANGE AND SOMETIMES AGAINST THE VALUES OF THEIR FAMILIES.
TRANSFORMATIVE SEL URGES EDUCATORS TO CRITICALLY EXAMINE ROOT CAUSES OF INEQUITY AND DEVELOP COLLABORATIVE SOLUTIONS TO COMMUNITY PROBLEMS. THIS APPROACH CLEARLY STEPS INTO IDEOLOGICAL TERRITORY THAT SHOULD BE RESERVED FOR PARENTS TO GUIDE, NOT SCHOOLS.
BY DOING SO, CASEL UNDERMINES PARENTAL AUTHORITY AND INJECTS A POLITICAL AGENDA INTO CHILDREN'S EMOTIONAL AND MORAL DEVELOPMENT.
PARENTS ARE INCREASINGLY LEFT OUT OF THE LOOP UNAWARE THAT THEIR CHILDREN ARE BEING TAUGHT IDEAS ABOUT RACE, PRIVILEGE, AND JUSTICE THAT MAY DIRECTLY CONFLICT WITH THEIR FAMILY'S VALUES AND BELIEFS. THANK YOU.
>> HELLO BOARD. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS JOHN O' HABER.
I'D LIKE TO APPEAL TO YOU IN THE CONTINUING ARGUMENT OF WHAT YOU'VE JUST HEARD, PSYCHOLOGICAL HARM AND EMOTIONAL MANIPULATION.
THE SEL PROGRAM OFTEN REQUIRES STUDENTS TO ENGAGE IN SELF REFLECTION ABOUT DEEPLY PERSONAL ASPECTS OF THEIR IDENTITY AND EXPERIENCES, ESPECIALLY AS THEY RELATE TO RACE, GENDER, OR SOCIAL STATUS.
THIS CAN CAUSE UNNECESSARY EMOTIONAL STRESS AND CONFUSION FOR YOUNG STUDENTS WHO MAY NOT YET HAVE THE MATURITY TO UNDERSTAND THESE COMPLEX ISSUES.
IN FACT, BY FRAMING SO MANY ASPECTS OF A CHILD'S SOCIAL EXPERIENCE IN TERMS OF OPPRESSION AND INEQUITY.
SEL CAN HEIGHTEN ANXIETY, SELF DOUBT, AND DIVISION RATHER THAN PROVIDING THE EMOTIONAL SUPPORT AT CLAIMS. WHEN STUDENTS ARE PRESSURED TO ADOPT THE 'CORRECT PERSPECTIVES' ON CONTROVERSIAL SOCIAL ISSUES, THEY MAY FACE FEELINGS OF ISOLATION OR EVEN COERCION.
BY FOCUSING ON IDENTITY BASED NARRATIVES DRAWN FROM CRITICAL THEORY, SEL RISKS DOING MORE PSYCHOLOGICAL HARM THAN GOOD.
AT THE COMING END THERE. THANK YOU.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD. MY NAME IS JAY SHEA GREEN, AND THIS IS A CONTINUING ARGUMENT.
WE'RE ON THIS TRAIL CART HERE.
TALK ABOUT THE DATA HARVESTING AND PRIVACY VIOLATIONS.
UNDER CASEL'S FRAMEWORK, SEL ASSESSMENTS INVOLVE
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COLLECTING AND ANALYZING STUDENTS EMOTIONAL RESPONSES AND ATTITUDES.WHILE THIS MAY SEEM HARMLESS ON THE SURFACE, MANY CRITICS HAVE RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT THE COLLECTION OF THE DATA THAT IS INVOLVED.
CASEL'S TRANSFORMATIVE APPROACH INVOLVES GATHERING DATA ON STUDENTS BELIEFS, EMOTIONS, AND BEHAVIORS, OFTEN WITHOUT PARENTS INFORMED CONSENT.
THIS INTRUSIVE LEVEL OF SURVEILLANCE HAS SIGNIFICANT PRIVACY IMPLICATIONS AND RAISES ETHICAL QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT SCHOOL SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO MONITOR AND ASSESS.
GIVEN THE POLITICAL NATURE OF THE CONCEPTS ACSEL PROMOTES, CRITICS FEAR THAT THIS DATA COULD BE USED TO FURTHER SEGREGATE AND LABEL STUDENTS BASED ON THEIR BELIEFS OR EMOTIONAL RESPONSES TO CONTROVERSIAL TOPICS.
THIS WILL SUM IT UP IN THE CONCLUSION, WHICH IS A DANGEROUS EXPERIMENT IN IDEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING.
THE CASEL'S TRANSFORMATIVE SEL IS NOT AN A NEUTRAL PROGRAM DESIGNED MERELY TO HELP STUDENTS MANAGE THEIR EMOTIONS.
IT IS A RADICAL INITIATIVE THAT PROMOTES DIVISIVE IDEOLOGIES DRAWN FROM WHAT'S KNOWN AS THE CRITICAL THEORY, WHICH ENGAGES STUDENTS TO ADOPT IDENTITY POLITICS AND RADICALIZED THINKING BY POSITIONING SCHOOLS AS AGENTS OF SOCIAL JUSTICE, AND THEY ARE FRAMING STUDENTS EXPERIENCES THROUGH THE LENS OF POWER AND WHAT IS CALLED PRIVILEGE.
CASEL UNDERMINES THE ROLE OF PARENTS, I ALSO INVADES THE STUDENTS PRIVACY AND RISKS CAUSING SIGNIFICANT PSYCHOLOGICAL HARM.
THESE PUBLIC SCHOOLS SHOULD PRIORITIZE ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ROOTED AND SHARED HUMAN VALUES, NOT TO SERVE AS LABORATORIES FOR IDEOLOGICAL EXPERIMENTATION.
THE INTEGRATION OF CRITICAL THEORY INTO SEL IS NOT MERELY THEORETICAL, IT IS EVIDENT IN CASEL'S OWN DOCUMENTS AND PUBLIC STATEMENTS, PARENTS AND EDUCATORS AND THE POLICYMAKERS MUST TAKE THESE STRUTS SERIOUSLY TO RESIST THE INFILTRATION OF DIVISIVE, POLITICIZED AGENDAS INTO THIS EDUCATION SYSTEM. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. EUNICE INGERMANSON.
>> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS EUNICE INGER MANSON, AND I PRONOUNCE AS SHE/HER.
I'M A MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY.
RAINBOW KIDS ARE WITH US IN LARGE NUMBERS.
THE 2023 HEALTH YOUTH SURVEY INDICATED THAT OVER 21% OF OUR YOUTH IN CLARK COUNTY AND STATEWIDE ARE LGBTQ.
FOLKS, THAT'S ONE M PER ATHLETE.
A MARCH 2024 ARTICLE PUBLISHED BY GALLOP FROM THEIR 2023 SURVEY, ALSO INDICATED THAT 22% OF GEN Z ADULTS WHO ARE BORN BETWEEN THE LATE '90S AND 2010S IDENTIFY AS LGBTQ, DRIVING UP THE NATIONAL LGBTQ AVERAGE FROM 4.5%-7.6%.
IN LIGHT OF THIS, I SO WELCOME THE RECENT WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATION SB 5462, THAT MANDATES THAT OSPI LEARNING STANDARDS AND SCHOOL BOARD POLICIES AND PROCEDURES BE MODIFIED TO INCORPORATE ADOPTING INCLUSIVE CURRICULA AND SELECTING INCLUSIVE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS THAT INCLUDE THE HISTORIES, CONTRIBUTIONS, AND PERSPECTIVES OF HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED AND UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS, INCLUDING LGBTQ PEOPLE.
THIS WILL HELP OUR QUEER STUDENTS WITH AN INCREASED SENSE OF BEING SEEN AND BELONGING.
IT WILL HELP OTHER STUDENTS TO HAVE A HEALTHY RESPECT AND APPRECIATION FOR THE QUEER PEOPLE.
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU GO BEYOND JUST COMPLYING WITH THE NEW LAW, BUT THAT YOU TAKE PROACTIVE STEPS TO INFORM THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING PARENTS OF THE CURRENT STATISTICS AND PROVIDE THEM WITH INFORMATION AND RESOURCES, SO THEY CAN BE PREPARED TO EMBRACE, ACCEPT AND SUPPORT THE LGBTQ LOVED ONES.
AS CHRISTIAN PARENTS WHO ARE QUITE DAZED WHEN OUR CHILDREN FIRST CAME OUT AS LGBTQ A FEW YEARS BACK.
CALLED TO LOVE WOULD BE HONORED TO COME ALONGSIDE ANY PARENTS WHO FIND THEMSELVES IN THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN FAITH AND LGBTQ OR WHO WANT TO PREPARE THEMSELVES FOR THIS POTENTIAL REALITY.
WHEN WE GET OUR WEBSITE RUNNING,
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I WILL LET YOU KNOW MORE. THANK YOU.>> HELLO, BOARD. MY NAME IS JESSICA COLE.
AND I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE CROSSING GUARDS FOR A QUICK MOMENT.
AND I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE WHEN I USE ONE OF THEM, ONE OF THE CROSSWALKS THAT THEY'RE ALWAYS VERY KIND TO ME, AND THE ONES LIKE, THIS IS HOW THE LIGHT WORKS.
WAIT FOR THE CYCLE. IT'S NICE TO CHIT CHAT A LITTLE BIT WITH SOME OF THEM SOMETIMES.
I KNOW AT THE BEGINNING, THE STUDENT REPS WERE TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF THE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES IN THE DISTRICT, AND I DON'T REMEMBER EVERYTHING THEY SAID.
I KNOW THE BAND ON FRIDAY IS GOING TO BE PLAYING AT WALMART AT A GRAND REOPENING.
THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO BE PLAYING ON SATURDAY AT CITY HALL FOR THE ARTS FESTIVAL IN THE CITY THAT'S BEING PUT ON.
YOU COULD ALSO SEE OUR BAND AT VARIOUS FOOTBALL GAMES, AND YOU COULD ALSO SEE THE FOOTBALL PLAYERS THERE AND THE CHEERLEADERS.
I'M JUST REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES THAT GO ON IN THE DISTRICT AND THE DIFFERENT CLUBS, AND I ALWAYS APPRECIATE THERE'S ASB BECAUSE THAT HELPS OTHER CLUBS COME IN.
OF COURSE, I'M A BIG SUPPORTER OF THE DREAM TEAM AT OUR THREE MIDDLE SCHOOLS NOW.
AND HAVING THESE DIFFERENT EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES ARE GREAT PROTECTIVE FACTORS TO HELP STUDENTS TO LIVE DRUG FREE LIVES OR TO HELP THEM SUPPORT THEIR MENTAL HEALTH.
WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THESE EXTRA THINGS OUTSIDE OF ACADEMICS IS IT HELPS, I'M NO LONGER A STUDENT.
BUT WHEN YOU'RE IN THERE, YOU BECOME US WITH WHATEVER GROUP IT IS EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE ALL THESE DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS, YOU BECOME AN US.
IT'S A GREAT WAY TO BUILD BRIDGES AND MEET PEOPLE THAT YOU NORMALLY WOULDN'T HAVE.
I JUST APPRECIATE THESE EXTRA PROTECTIVE FACTORS FOR OUR STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT.
THANK YOU, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
>> HI. MY NAME WINNE GISICH, AND I'M HERE TONIGHT.
I'M GOING TO TALK IN BULLET POINTS.
FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS A TAMPON THAT THEY HAVE IN THE SCHOOL BATHROOMS AND THEY HAVE AT THE SCHOOL LIBRARY.
AND IF YOU READ ON IT ON THE BACK, IT SAYS, IF YOU KEEP IT IN LONG ENOUGH, YOU CAN END UP WITH TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME.
WHICH MEANS THAT THESE TAMPONS HAVE GLYPHOSATEON IT.
THIS IS NOT AN ORGANIC TAMPON.
AND GENERALLY, WHEN WOMEN WEAR THIS, IN MY AGE BRACKET IN THE '70S, THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DIED FROM TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME WHEN THEY FIRST STARTED THIS.
AND WHAT THEY FOUND OUT IS LATER ON, THE MORE YOU USE THEM, YOU END UP GETTING TUMORS DOWN THERE.
SO YOU WANT TUMORS UP YOUR VAGINA, USE THESE.
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT CAN BUY ORGANIC TAMPONS AND KOTEX.
WHEN I RAN FOR SCHOOL BOARD IN HAYWARD, I ASKED FOR IT.
AND THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT, AND YOU GIRLS SHOULD BE PROTESTING FOR THIS.
THIS IS IMPORTANT THAT EVERY BATHROOM HAS ORGANIC TAMPONS IN IT.
ANOTHER THING TOO IS THAT THEY'RE STARTING UP THIS TRY TO GET YOUR COVID VACCINE AGAIN, AND YOU ALL KNOW IT'S POISONED.
YOU HAVE THE PATENTS, AND OUR LOVELY COUNCIL IN CLARK COUNTY HAS NOT TOLD ANYBODY WHAT THE INGREDIENTS ARE, AND THEY'RE TOXIC.
THEY'VE GOT NANOPARTICLES IN IT AND THEY'VE GOT GRAPHENE, HYDROGEL, AND IT CAUSES BLOOD CLOTS.
THERE'S FIVE STATES SUING RIGHT NOW, WHICH WE SHOULD BE GETTING THIS STATE TO SUE TOO AGAINST ALL THE PEOPLE THAT DIE AND HAVE VACCINE INJURIES.
ON THE 18TH ON A WEDNESDAY, AT THE VANCOUVER MALL, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A VIDEO ON VAX 3, AND THEY'RE GOING TO HIGHLIGHT ALL THE PEOPLE THAT DIED AND HAVE VACCINE INJURIES FROM TAKING THESE COVID SHOTS.
AND I'M TELLING YOU THIS NOW SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE ANY INKLING TO GET IT YOURSELF BECAUSE THIS IS DANGEROUS.
A LOT OF THE ARTICLES THAT I'M GOING TO PUT ON IS ABOUT THE VACCINE AND WHAT'S IN IT.
AND SECONDLY, IS DR. BRYAN ARTIST.
HE TALKS ABOUT THE SNAKE VENOM AND THE VACCINES AND WHAT YOU CAN DO.
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THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU LOOK THIS UP.EVERYTHING THAT I PUT ON PUBLIC RECORD, YOU SHOULD KEEP FOR YOUR COLLEGE RECORDS, SO WHEN YOU GO OFF TO COLLEGE, YOU CAN WRITE REPORTS ON THIS.
BUT MOST OF ALL, IS THAT YOU HAVE THE CHANCE TO STOP FLORIDATION.
WHAT I DON'T SEE IN THIS SCHOOL IS THAT YOU'RE TEACHING THESE KIDS HOW TO DO CIVICS.
YOU CAN GO TO THAT CITY COUNCIL AND YOU CAN DEMAND THEM TO STOP THE FLORIDATION.
IF YOU GET ENOUGH PEOPLE IN MASSES, YOU HAVE POWER.
WHY AREN'T THESE TEACHERS TEACHING THIS? THEY'RE NOT EVEN TEACHING YOU HOW TO SURVIVE.
PEOPLE VOTED 50 YEARS FOR YOU TO DRINK POISON.
AND IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IT'S POISON, THIS IS THE BAG WITH A SKULL AND CROSSBONE ON IT.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE DRINKING.
AND YOU CAN GET IT STOPPED BECAUSE THEY PASSED A LAW LAST YEAR, THEY CAN DO IT.
RIGHT NOW, THE MAYOR OF BATTLE GROUND, ON AUGUST 5, 24 MINUTES INTO THE SESSION, YOU CAN WATCH ON YOUTUBE, HE SAYS, WHEN YOU SPEAK, YOU DIRECT IT TO ME, THE MAYOR, NOT TO THE COUNCIL.
SO, YOU KNOW WHAT? LET'S HOLD THE MAYOR WHO THINKS HE'S A DICTATOR LIABLE.
SO IF HE IS THE ONE THAT CAN STOP THE FLORIDATION, YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO GET A PETITION.
YOU SHOULD JUST GET MASSES IN THERE AND TELL HIM, ANYBODY THAT GETS POISONED OR HAVE CANCER FROM IT, YOU ARE LIABLE.
AND PLEASE WATCH THAT VIDEO ABOUT BATTLE GROUND CITY COUNCIL 24 MINUTES, AND IT'S ON AUGUST 5TH.
>> THAT'S THE OTHER ONE YOU SHOULD WATCH.
>> THAT CONCLUDES CITIZENS COMMENTS.
>> CAN I HAVE A MINUTE? I DIDN'T GET TO MAKE IT IN TIME.
>> YES. PLEASE COME UP, STATE YOUR NAME.
>> MY NAME IS VICTORIA FERRERA.
I'M HERE AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN.
GET IT TOGETHER, GET IT TOGETHER.
SORRY. THERE WAS A YOUNG MAN WHO LOST HIS LIFE THIS WEEKEND AND I WAS ASKING IF WE COULD JUST BOW OUR HEADS AND GIVE HIM A MOMENT OF SILENCE, PLEASE.
SORRY. I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW YOU'RE KEEPING IT TOGETHER RIGHT NOW.
>> YES. I'M SORRY. THE ONLY REASON I LOOK FOR GUIDANCE IS BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE PERMISSION FROM HIS FAMILY.
>> SO CAN I JUST SIT HERE IN SILENCE AND IF ANYBODY WANTS TO PARTAKE IN THE NEXT FIVE MINUTES.
>> I APPRECIATE YOU MENTIONING.
>> I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU.
>> DID I ACCIDENTALLY THOUGH? I DIDN'T WANT TO.
>> THAT'S WHY I SAID THAT BECAUSE I WAS AFRAID YOU WERE GOING.
[OVERLAPPING] I APPRECIATE THAT. SO THANK YOU.
>> YES. THANK YOU. SO IF ANYBODY IN THE CROWD, I KNOW I CAN'T TALK TO THEM DIRECTLY BEHIND ME, BUT IF ANYBODY WANTS TO TAKE THE NEXT FEW SECONDS TO JUST HONOR THIS YOUNG PERSON WHO LOST THEIR LIFE THIS WEEKEND, I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IF YOU WOULD PARTAKE IN THAT WITH ME.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE LADY BEHIND ME WHO MENTIONED THE 988.
I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT IF WE'RE INTRODUCING THAT.
>> THAT'S GOOD. BECAUSE ALL I CAN THINK OF IS, DID THIS YOUNG PERSON KNOW THAT IT WAS AVAILABLE FOR THEM? DID THE PARENTS, WERE THEY AWARE WHAT THEIR CHILD WAS GOING THROUGH, SO THEY COULD BE THERE.
JUST REAL QUICK. MY TIME'S UP.
SO I CAN'T GIVE YOU MY TESTIMONY ON WHY THIS HURT SO MUCH.
AS A PARENT WHO HAS A MENTAL, A CHILD WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA AS WELL.
THEY HAD BEEN PUT ON MEDICATION THAT MADE THEM SUICIDAL.
SO I WAS HER ONLY ADVOCATE AND SO I WAS ABLE TO BE THERE FOR HER.
SO IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR ME TO KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON, WHICH IT'S STILL HARD TO DO WHEN SHE'S 22-YEARS-OLD.
I DON'T REALLY GET THAT, BUT THAT'S NOT YOUR CONCERN.
SO I JUST THANK YOU ALL WHO PARTICIPATED IN THIS MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR OUR GREAT LOSS IN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU.
>> I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT FROM THE BACK OF ALL OF
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OUR ID CARDS AND OUR STUDENT ID CARDS, THERE'S SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE SUICIDE HOT LINE AND ALSO THE 988 NUMBERS RIGHT THERE.>> MOVING ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
[8. Consent Agenda (Board Vote w/Student Voice)]
WE HAVE ITEMS. ON TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA, WE HAVE THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM OUR AUGUST 26, 2024 MEETING.PERSONNEL REPORTS, STUDENT TRAVEL, FINANCIAL REPORTS, COMPLETED PROJECTS REQUESTS FOR APPROVAL, AND THE APPROVAL OF THE CONVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES CONTRACT.
ANYTHING ON TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA THAT THE BOARD WOULD LIKE REMOVED TO BE HEARD ON ITS OWN OR QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THE ITEMS IN THE AGENDA.
>> MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE THE CONSENT TO AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
I WOULD LOOK TO OUR STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES FOR THEIR ADVISORY VOTE.
>> THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES 5-0.
WE HAVE NO OLD BUSINESS TONIGHT.
[10. New Business (Board Vote w/Student Voice)]
WE ARE BEING REQUESTED TO RETIRE A POLICY, MR. OCOT.>> GOOD EVENING BOARD. THE REQUEST TONIGHT FAIRLY SIMPLE AND TO ALIGN OUR PRACTICE WITH WAA'S RECOMMENDATION.
WE'RE REQUESTING THAT WE RETIRE POLICY 5521 RELATED TO THE TEACHER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
SO YOU CAN SEE IN THE BACKGROUND IN THE NOTES PROVIDED TO YOU IT'S BEEN OUTDATED AND WE'RE REQUESTING THAT WE RETIRE IT TONIGHT.
>> ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? WE HAVE A MOTION.
>> I MOVE THE BOARD APPROVE THE RETIREMENT OF POLICY AND PROCEDURES 5521 TEACHER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. WE LOOK TO OUR STUDENTS FOR THEIR ADVISORY VOTE?
>> ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES 5-0. THANK YOU.
LAST THING ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA IS JUST FUTURE EVENTS.
[11. Future Agenda Items and Board Events]
WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT MOST OF THEM.THE CAC MEETING THIS THURSDAY, BOARD TOUR THE FOLLOWING FRIDAY.
WE HAVE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THE 20TH AND 21ST, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
ANYTHING ELSE? ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR INSIGHTS FROM THE BOARD?
>> I KNOW THAT TERRY, YOU PROBABLY KNOW THIS TOO.
THE NATO GROUND EDUCATION FOUNDATION HAS ALREADY STARTED PROMOTING THEIR OPTION THAT'S COMING UP.
AND BOARD SHELLY AND I ARE GOING TO BE PURCHASING A TABLE.
AND SO IF YOU WANT TO ATTEND, WE'LL ASK LISA TO SEND OUT AND INVITE AND WE WOULD.
>> THANK YOU, DENNY, FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
AGAIN, THIS IS ALL ONLINE, AND THEY ARE HAVING SOME EVENTS THAT ARE FUNDRAISERS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH SILENT AUCTIONS AND THIS KIND.
>> SO LOOK IT UP BECAUSE IT CAN HELP A LOT, AND I'M SORRY THAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT MEETINGS TOMORROW. HERE'S WHAT I THOUGHT.
>> AND YOU'RE RIGHT THE MEETING IS ON.
REMIND ME BECAUSE I JUST SAW AN EMAIL ASKING IF WE WERE PLANNING ON ATTENDING, AND WE ARE.
>> BATTLE GROUND EDUCATION, IN MY MIND BGER FOUNDATION.
[OVERLAPPING] SO IT'S REALLY EASY TO BUY ONLINE.
>> AND I BELIEVE THAT THIS YEAR IT'S STILL AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
>> I ALSO SENT THE BOARD AN EMAIL FROM MY REQUEST FROM THE FOUNDATION.
SO IF YOU WANT TO JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, JUST LET ME KNOW IF YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE OR NOT, EITHER WAY, NO PRESSURE.
BUT IT WOULD BE NICE TO KNOW ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, IF YOU GUYS CAN HELP ME WITH THAT.
AND OTHER THAN THAT, ANYTHING ELSE? MEETING ADJOURNED, 7:24.
THANK YOU, EVERYONE FOR COMING.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.