Jan 27, 2025 Board of Directors

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6 P.M.. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. I CALL THIS MEETING OF THE BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR MONDAY,

[1. Call to Order]

THANK YOU JULIA. AND NOW WE WILL HAVE OUR ROLL CALL.

PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT ONE, MARY SNITILY HERE.

VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT FIVE, JACKIE MADDUX HERE, DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT TWO, DEBBIE JOHNSON HERE, DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT THREE, TED SHAMPINE.

HE HAS A PRE-ARRANGED ABSENCE AND DISTRICT OF OR DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT FOUR, TERRY TATE HERE.

STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE JULIA STIFFLER HERE. AND STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE ITZEL CONTRERAS.

MONTIEL HAS ALSO A PRE-ARRANGED ABSENCE. OKAY.

MADAM PRESIDENT, WE HAVE A QUORUM. OKAY. THANK YOU.

AND COULD I HAVE A MOTION TO EXCUSE DIRECTOR CHAMPINE? I'LL MOVE THAT. WE EXCUSE DIRECTOR CHAMPINE FROM THE MEETING TONIGHT.

OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION TO EXCUSE DIRECTOR CHAMPINE FROM TONIGHT'S MEETING.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES 4 TO 0.

AND DO WE HAVE TO HAVE A MOTION TO EXCUSE? NO.

OKAY. THANK YOU. NEXT IS APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.

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

WE HAVE SUPERINTENDENT STAFF UPDATES, WE HAVE CITIZENS COMMENTS.

WE HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH HAS ITEMS A THROUGH I.

WE HAVE NO OLD BUSINESS. WE HAVE ONE ITEM OF NEW BUSINESS, AND THEN WE HAVE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AS TIME PERMITS.

SO IF I COULD GET A MOTION TO APPROVE, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THE AGENDA, ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED OR REMOVED.

I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

OKAY. ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THE AGENDA? IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES 4 TO 0 AND WE'LL START WITH COMMUNICATIONS.

[5. Communications]

AND WE ARE HAPPY TO WELCOME FOURTH GRADE STUDENTS FROM MAPLE GROVE PRIMARY AND IF YOU WILL, GIVE US YOUR NAMES AS YOU COME FORWARD. YOU GUYS GOT THIS? OH, IS THAT FOR YOU? NO. OKAY. OH, OKAY. OKAY.

YEAH. AND PARENTS, IF YOU WANT TO COME UP, YOU CAN. YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME UP AND GO AHEAD AND WRAP YOURSELF AROUND SO YOU GET A GOOD VIEW. YOU GOT TO GET THE GOOD CAMERA ANGLE. SO.

ANYWAY, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. MY NAME IS MAX MONDA AND I AM IN FOURTH GRADE AT MAPLE GROVE PRIMARY SCHOOL.

I AM HERE TONIGHT TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME THINGS THAT MAKE OUR SCHOOL A FUN PLACE TO LEARN.

I'VE BEEN IN STUDENT LEADERSHIP FOR FOUR MONTHS.

AS A PART OF STUDENT LEADERSHIP, I HAVE HELPED WITH ASSEMBLY, SET UP AND TAKE DOWN MORNING ANNOUNCEMENTS AND POSTER MAKING.

AS FOR ME, BEING A WILDCAT MEANS TO BE SAFE, RESPECTFUL, AND RESPONSIBLE.

ONE THING THAT I LOVE ABOUT MY SCHOOL IS THAT THEY PUT ON FUN EVENTS LIKE TRUNK OR TREAT.

NICE JOB MAX. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS MATTHEW BEN AND I AM IN THE FOURTH GRADE AT MAPLE GROVE PRIMARY SCHOOL. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME THINGS THAT MAKE OUR SCHOOL A FUN PLACE TO LEARN.

I AM INVOLVED IN THE FOLLOWING EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AT MAPLE GROVE PRIMARY.

I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN STUDENT LEADERSHIP FOR APPROXIMATELY FOUR MONTHS AS PART OF THE STUDENT LEADERSHIP.

I HAVE HELPED WITH POSTER MAKING FOR GRATITUDE IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER.

FOR ME, BEING A WILDCAT MEANS TO BE SAFE, RESPECTFUL AND RESPONSIBLE AND TREAT OTHERS THE WAY YOU WANT TO BE TREATED.

NICE JOB MATTHEW. MY NAME IS. GOOD JOB. MY NAME IS.

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I AM HERE TONIGHT TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME THINGS THAT MAKE OUR SCHOOL A FUN PLACE TO LEARN.

I'M INVOLVED IN THE FOLLOWING EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AT MGP.

THE LEADERSHIP AND SCIENCE OLYMPIAD. AS A PART OF LEADERSHIP, I HAVE HELPED WITH ASSEMBLIES TAKE DOWN AND SET UP.

WE ALSO MAKE POSTERS FOR OUR ASSEMBLIES THAT FOR BEING A WILDCAT IT MEANS THAT I AM SAFE, RESPECTFUL AND RESPONSIBLE AND KIND.

I LOVE TO PLAY FOOTBALL AT RECESS WITH MY FRIENDS.

GOOD JOB. SPENCER. HI, MY NAME IS NIKITA LEANCA.

I AM IN FOURTH GRADE AT MAPLE GROVE PRIMARY SCHOOL.

I'M HERE TONIGHT TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME THINGS THAT MAKE OUR SCHOOL A FUN PLACE TO LEARN.

I'M INVOLVED IN THE FOLLOWING EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AT MGP.

STUDENT LEADERSHIP FOR ABOUT FOUR MONTHS AND CHOIR FOR TWO YEARS AS PART OF THE STUDENT LEADERSHIP.

I'VE HELPED WITH MORNING ANNOUNCEMENTS, ASSEMBLY POSTERS AND SCHOOL BOARD STUDENT SPEAKING.

FOR ME, BEING A WILDCAT MEANS ALWAYS BEING SAFE, RESPECTFUL AND RESPONSIBLE, NOT A BULLY AND ALWAYS DOING THE RIGHT THING.

NICE JOB NIKITA. MY NAME IS BEVERLIN AND I'M IN FOURTH GRADE AT MAPLE GROVE PRIMARY SCHOOL.

I'M HERE TONIGHT TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME THINGS THAT MAKE OUR SCHOOL A FUN PLACE TO LEARN.

I'M INVOLVED IN THE FOLLOWING EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AT MGP.

STUDENT LEADERSHIP AND CHOIR. AS A PART OF STUDENT LEADERSHIP I'VE HELPED WITH IS GERM BUSTERS, MORNING ANNOUNCEMENTS AND ASSEMBLY AND THE ASSEMBLY.

I WAS IN A GROUP THAT SHOWED BEING RESPONSIBLE AT LUNCHTIME.

FOR ME, BEING A WILDCAT MEANS BEING KIND. HELPING OTHERS AND MAKING OTHERS FEEL SAFE.

NICE JOB MA'AM. MY NAME IS JEFFREY MA AND I'M IN THE FOURTH GRADE AT MAPLE GROVE PRIMARY.

I'M HERE TONIGHT TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME THINGS THAT MAKE OUR SCHOOL A FUN PLACE TO LEARN.

I'M INVOLVED IN STUDENT. I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN STUDENT LEADERSHIP FOR ABOUT FOUR MONTHS AS PART OF THE STUDENT LEADERSHIP.

I'VE HELPED WITH THE MAKING OF THE RESPONSIBILITY POSTER, WHICH KIDS COULD TAKE A PICTURE WITH IF THEY EARN THE RECOGNITION FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. FOR ME, BEING A WILDCAT MEANS BEING SAFE, RESPECTFUL, RESPONSIBLE, AND BEING A GOOD A GOOD PERSON.

WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THE SCHOOL ARE THE FRIENDS I'VE MET HERE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. GOOD JOB. THANK YOU.

GREAT JOB. [APPLAUSE] FOURTH GRADERS DO WE HAVE.

SO, DO YOU GUYS WANT TO ALL STAND? AND WE MIGHT HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

AND THEN YOU CAN DECIDE WHO WANTS TO. IF WE GET A QUESTION FOR YOU, YOU CAN DECIDE WHO WANTS TO ANSWER IT.

DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, BOARD? YOU GUYS DID.

YOU GUYS DID A REALLY GREAT JOB. AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT YOUR FAVORITE WHAT YOU WHAT YOUR FAVORITE CLASS IS WHAT YOU REALLY LOVE DOING EVERY DAY.

THANKS. ANYBODY WANT TO ANSWER FAVORITE CLASS? YEAH. IT'S OFF SCRIPT. IT'S HARD. IT'S BASICALLY EVERYTHING.

GOOD. GOOD ANSWER. MATH? YEAH.

I LIKE LEARNING ABOUT THE FIRST EXPLORERS OF NORTH AMERICA.

NICE. SO SOME HISTORY AND STUFF. GOOD FOR YOU.

SCIENCE. SCIENCE. NICE. MATH. YES. WRITING. WRITING.

YOU KNOW, NOBODY SAID RECESS, SO THAT'S GOOD.

YEAH. I WANTED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT CHOIR.

JUST TELL US ABOUT CHOIR. YEAH. HAVE YOU HAD ANY PERFORMANCES THIS YEAR? TELL US ABOUT YOUR CHRISTMAS CONCERT. OUR CHRISTMAS CONCERT WAS, LIKE, I AND AROUND DECEMBER, DECEMBER 19TH.

THANK YOU. YEAH. WE DON'T MEAN TO PUT YOU GUYS ON THE SPOT.

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WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BEING HERE AND YOU DID A FABULOUS JOB.

SO THANK YOU GUYS VERY, VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THANKS TO OUR TWO BUILDING ADMINISTRATORS.

ALL RIGHT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER STUDENTS OUT THERE THAT CAME FOR STUDENT VOICE? IF NOT JULIA, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. IT'S ALWAYS SO EMBARRASSING GOING AFTER A REALLY COOL SCHOOL.

I JUST WANT TO SAY, BEFORE YOU GET STARTED, I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE PARENTS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO BRING THE STUDENTS HERE.

AND THANK YOU FOR HELPING US SHARE THIS GREAT NEWS WITH THE ENTIRE DISTRICT.

SO APPRECIATE YOU GUYS AND DON'T FEEL OBLIGATED TO STAY, ALTHOUGH IT'S VERY EXCITING.

ALL RIGHT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS NOTICED, BUT ITZEL IS ILL TODAY SO SHE COULDN'T MAKE IT.

BUT I DID ASK IF SHE HAD ANYTHING THAT SHE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE.

AND SHE DID. SO IT'S OUT AT PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL, IS INVOLVED WITH TWO CLASSES THAT ARE PILOTING THE CURRENT SEL CURRICULUM, WHICH IS WAYFINDER. AND SHE SAYS IN BOTH HER CLASSES IT HAS MADE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE, ESPECIALLY IN HER ONE CLASS, WHERE HER TEACHER HAS A LEARNING GOAL WITH THE SEL CURRICULUM, AND WHEN HER TEACHER UNDERSTANDS OR HELPS HER STUDENTS UNDERSTAND WHY THEY ARE LEARNING SEL AND PROMOTES FUN LEARNING. SO LIKE WHEN IT'S INTERACTIVE, THEY'RE GETTING TO KNOW OTHER STUDENTS, THEY'RE HAVING FUN. AND IT ISN'T JUST SITTING THERE AND TALKING ABOUT THEIR FEELINGS, WHICH ISN'T NECESSARILY THE GOAL OF SEO.

AND SHE ALSO MADE THE COMMENT THAT IF TEACHERS DO NOT WANT TO TEACH THE SEL, THEN THE STUDENTS WILL NOT EITHER.

AND SHE ALSO WANTED YOU GUYS TO KNOW THAT THE PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL WELLNESS CLUB WILL BE MEETING AGAIN TOMORROW, I BELIEVE DURING TIGER TIME, NOT TIGER TIME, FALCON SUPPORT.

SORRY, GUYS. BATTLE GROUND HERE. BUT SO. YEAH.

AND THEN AS FOR MY REPORT, I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE MUCH, TO BE HONEST.

OUR WINTER FORMAL AT RIVER HOMELINK WAS FRIDAY THE 17TH.

IT WENT SUPER WELL. WE MADE $2,100, WHICH IS FOR MY SCHOOL.

VERY GOOD. NEW SEMESTER STARTED TODAY, WHICH IS GREAT.

I SEE LIKE A LOT OF SCHEDULING CHANGES. I WAS WALKING THROUGH THE HALLWAY OF BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL, AND THERE WAS THIS HUGE WHITEBOARD IN FRONT OF THE COUNSELOR'S OFFICE SAYING, STOP! THESE ARE THE ONLY REASONS WE WILL SWITCH YOUR SCHEDULE.

AND IT WAS LIKE SIX THINGS WERE LIKE, WE WILL NOT CHANGE IT IF YOU WANT TO BE WITH YOUR FRIENDS.

IT WAS REALLY FUNNY. AND AT RIVER HOMELINK COMING UP IN THE SPRING.

I DO NOT KNOW THE EXACT DATES, BUT THEY ARE PUTTING ON THE SHOW.

PETER PAN. GUYS, COME SEE PETER PAN. IT'S GOING TO BE SO GOOD.

I'M SO EXCITED. AND PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL ALSO IN THE SPRING THEY ARE PUTTING ON THEIR PLAY PROM, WHICH I BELIEVE IS A MUSICAL. AND I DON'T KNOW THE DATES FOR THAT.

AND BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL, ACTUALLY, AS FAR AS I KNOW, HAS NOT ANNOUNCED THEIRS. LAST TIME I TALKED TO MY THEATER FRIENDS AT BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL, THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT SHOW THEY WERE DOING. SO IT'S KIND OF STILL A SURPRISE, AND I THINK IT'LL BE LATER IN THE SPRING, BUT IT'LL BE GREAT. AND I WAS TALKING TO A FRIEND TODAY DURING TRACK ABOUT THE UNIFIED SPORTS.

AND I JUST REALLY WANT TO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WE AT BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT HAVE, LIKE, THE BEST UNIFIED SPORTS EVER. LIKE, ALMOST ALL OF OUR UNIFIED TEAMS GO TO STATE AND WE HAVE THE BEST SUPPORT AND EVERYBODY HAS FUN.

I'VE NEVER HEARD A SINGLE BAD THING ABOUT OUR UNIFIED SPORTS.

AND WE HAVE LIKE THE UNIFIED CHAMPION AWARDS.

SO I JUST KIND OF WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT UNIFIED SPORTS ARE AMAZING IN OUR DISTRICT.

WANT TO EXPLAIN TO THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW? YEAH.

YOU'RE SO RIGHT. DENNY. OKAY. SO UNIFIED SPORTS.

I'M GLAD THAT YOU FIGURED THAT OUT. OKAY. SO, YEAH.

YOU'RE OKAY. SO UNIFIED SPORTS ARE ESSENTIALLY SPORTS WHERE IT'S A COLLABORATION BETWEEN HELPERS.

LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE IF THERE'S BASKETBALL, THERE WILL BE ATHLETES WHO PLAY BASKETBALL, AND THEN OTHER ATHLETES WHO MAY HAVE DISABILITIES MAY NOT HAVE HAD LIKE, THE SAME OPPORTUNITY TO COMPETE COMPETITIVELY WITH THE SAME LEVEL. SO THAT'S UNIFIED SPORTS. THEY PLAN TO PLAN A TEAM TOGETHER.

IT'S VERY SUPPORTIVE. THE GOAL IS TO UPLIFT AND HELP THOSE STUDENTS HAVE FUN, AND TO LEARN ABOUT THE SPORT AND TO COMPETE AGAINST EACH OTHER.

AND GUYS, I'M SO SERIOUS WHEN I SAY OUR DISTRICT IS THE BEST AT UNIFIED SPORTS.

AND I KNOW MAYBE IT'S NOT THAT MUCH OF A COMPETITION, BUT IT IS SO AND WE WIN.

BUT YEAH, WE'VE TAKEN FIRST IN STATE THAT MULTIPLE TIMES.

AND WHAT ELSE DO I HAVE? OH. AND BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL HOSTED STATE FOR CHEER, THE CHEER COMPETITION THIS WEEKEND WENT VERY WELL.

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YOU CAN SEE IT ON THE BG TV 27. I THINK IT'S ON THE YOUTUBE, BUT IT'S ALSO ON THE OTHER SOCIAL MEDIAS.

SO YEAH, AND THE OTHER SPORTS ARE KIND OF IN LIMBO RIGHT NOW.

CAN I JUST TAG ON TO THAT? THE STATE CHEER COMPETITION HAS BEEN HELD HERE FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS AND IT IS WONDERFUL EVENT HAVING IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE GOT AN EMAIL FROM NICK HOFFMAN FROM WIAA TODAY, AND THEY ESTIMATE THAT THAT EVENT BROUGHT IN ABOUT $750,000 TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND HATS OFF TO THE BATTLE GROUND TEAM.

THEY DID A LOT OF OUTREACH. WE HAD A LOT OF LOCAL FOOD TRUCKS, TRUCKS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, AS WELL AS PREPPING THE BUSINESSES ALONG MAIN STREET AND IN BATTLE GROUND FOR THAT EVENT.

AND SO SOMETHING WE'VE COME TO LOOK FORWARD TO EACH YEAR.

AND IT'S JUST A GREAT, GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EVERYTHING BATTLE GROUND HAS TO OFFER.

SO A GREAT EVENT. YEAH. IF YOU IF YOU HAPPEN TO DRIVE BY BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL EITHER ON FRIDAY EVENING OR ALL DAY SATURDAY, YOU NOTICE THE PARKING LOT WAS COMPLETELY FULL.

SO JUST A LOT OF ATHLETES COMPETING. YEAH. AND IT'S IMPORTANT ALSO TO NOTE FOR THE STATE YOUR COMPETITION THAT ISN'T JUST LIKE BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS THAT PUTS IT ON.

IT'S LIKE NOT ONLY STUDENTS FROM ALL OVER BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL, BUT STUDENTS FROM PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL COME OVER AND HELP, AND EVEN FROM THE ALES. SO MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

AND IT'S LIKE, DEFINITELY AT BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL, OUR BIGGEST EVENT ALL YEAR.

AND IT'S SUPER AWESOME. AND THE TRAFFIC IS HORRIBLE, BUT IT'S WORTH IT.

SO YEAH, BUT THAT'S IT FOR ME. OKAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. AND I THINK THAT'S IT FOR STUDENT VOICE.

AND SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION AWARDS.

LUKE LECOUNT. I'VE INVITED MR. DRAKE TO HAND OUT THE CERTIFICATES. AND BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I'M GOING TO INVITE ALL FIVE RECIPIENTS TO COME UP TO THE FRONT OF THE ROOM.

IF YOU. WE HAVE SANDY COY, CARRIE ANDERSON, BECKY DE RANIERI, JEANNE HALEY AND JACK WEBB.

VERY COOL. YEAH. ALL FIVE ARE HERE. THAT'S GREAT.

I LOVE IT. TONIGHT'S RECOGNITION, A VERY DIVERSE GROUP.

WE HAVE A TEACHER, A BUS DRIVER, A SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST, A HEAD SECRETARY AND A CROSSING GUARD.

SO A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING TODAY, AND YOU GUYS ARE WELCOME TO TURN AND FACE THE BOARD AND.

OH, SORRY. THE SCHOOL BOARD. SORRY ABOUT THAT.

STARE, STARE AT THE WALL FOR THE NEXT FEW MINUTES.

DO NOT SMILE. SO. ALL RIGHT, PERFECT. FIRST UP IS SANDY COY.

SHE'S THE. EXCUSE ME. I'M SORRY. IF ANYBODY WANTS TO COME UP AND FILM IT OR TAKE PICTURES, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME UP THIS WAY.

THANK YOU. WE HAVE, I GUESS. I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE DONE THAT, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD ADD THAT TO IT.

BUT WE NEED TO ADD THAT, BECAUSE IF THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK OVER THERE, IT'S GOOD THAT COME UP AROUND HERE WHERE YOU CAN GET A DECENT PICTURE.

RIGHT. COME ON UP. YEAH. COME ON UP. ALL THE WAY UP.

COME UP BEHIND US. YOU'RE FINE. DON'T WORRY ABOUT US.

OH, THIS IS GOOD. ALL RIGHT. LUKE. PERFECT. SANDY COY.

SANDY COY IS HANDS DOWN, ONE OF THE MOST WELCOMING AND WARM STAFF MEMBERS AT LAUREN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

HER DEDICATION TO COORDINATING THE HELPING TREE FOR CHRISTMAS GIFTS IS AN INCREDIBLE EXAMPLE OF HER COMPASSION AND COMMITMENT THROUGH THIS INITIATIVE.

SANDY ENSURES THAT ALL STUDENTS CAN EXPERIENCE THE JOY OF CHRISTMAS WHILE PROTECTING THEIR PRIVACY AND DIGNITY.

RECENTLY, DESPITE LOSING HER OFFICE. SANDY REMAINED POSITIVE AND FOCUSED ON SERVING OTHERS.

A TESTAMENT TO THE SELFLESSNESS, HER SELFLESSNESS.

SHE TRULY IS A GIFT TO THE SCHOOL, ITS STUDENTS, AND THE FAMILIES SHE SUPPORTS.

SANDY. COY. YES. SANDY. TO CLARIFY, SHE LOST HER OFFICE BECAUSE THEY ADDED AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL. WE DIDN'T JUST TAKE IT AWAY FROM HER.

SHE. IT WASN'T A DISCIPLINARY TOOK IT AWAY FROM HER FOR NOT PLAYING NICE.

NO. KERRY ANDERSON IS THE IS AN EXTRAORDINARY SPEECH AND LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST WHOSE DEDICATION TO SUPPORTING STUDENTS SHINES BRIGHTLY AT DAYBREAK PRIMARY SCHOOL. HER COLLABORATIVE WORK WITH THE SPECIAL EDUCATION PRESCHOOL TEACHER HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING STUDENTS MEET THEIR COMMUNICATION GOALS.

KERRY GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND DEVELOPING INDIVIDUALIZED SUPPORTS, INCLUDING TRAINING STAFF ON AAC DEVICES, CREATING SCHEDULES, AND PREPARING VISUAL AIDS.

HER PROFESSIONALISM AND COMPASSION INSPIRE BOTH COLLEAGUES AND FAMILIES.

KERRY IS TRULY DESERVING OF THE RECOGNITION FOR HER OUTSTANDING WORK.

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SHE CONSISTENTLY GIVES HER BEST TO HER STUDENTS AND SCHOOL.

OVERCOMING CHALLENGES WITH GRACE AND RESILIENCE.

BECKY'S DEDICATION AND POSITIVE ATTITUDE MAKE HER A TRUE INSPIRATION TO HER COLLEAGUES AND STUDENTS ALIKE.

SHE REPRESENTS WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A LEADER AND A ROLE MODEL IN EDUCATION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JEAN HALEY IS A VIGILANT AND COMPASSIONATE PRESENCE IN HER SCHOOL COMMUNITY.

SHE CONSISTENTLY WATCHES OUT FOR HER CHILDREN'S SAFETY, DEMONSTRATING BOTH KNOWLEDGE AND KINDNESS.

HER SWEET DEMEANOR AND DEDICATION TO HER ROLE BRING JOY AND COMFORT TO THOSE AROUND HER, MAKING HER AN INVALUABLE ASSET TO HER SCHOOL.

FINALLY, WE HAVE JACK WEBB, WHO EXEMPLIFIES CARE AND DEDICATION IN HIS ROLE AS A BUS DRIVER FOR THE DISTRICT.

HE WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND BY HOLDING A HAND OF A YOUNG STUDENT AND WALKING THEM TO SCHOOL ALONGSIDE AN AIDE.

HIS THOUGHTFUL AND CARING GESTURE REASSURES PARENTS AND STAFF THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE TRULY IN GOOD HANDS.

JACK'S ACTIONS REFLECT HIS COMMITMENT TO THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF EVERY CHILD IN HIS CARE.

CONGRATS, JACK. ALL RIGHT. NO MORE FACING THE BOARD.

BUT THEY DO WANT TO SHAKE YOUR HAND. SO IF BECKY CAN LEAD US OFF HERE AND THEN GO AROUND THE LOOP THERE, SHAKE THE BOARD'S HAND, AND THEN WE'LL END OVER HERE WITH A PHOTO WITH AMANDA.

VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. I USED TO BE A BUS DRIVER.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GREAT WORK. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS.

CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU FOR DRIVING THE BUS.

WE APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OKAY. AND NEXT ON OUR AGENDA. SUPERINTENDENT WATERS HAS A RECOGNITION.

YES. THANK YOU. BOARD. LAST, AT OUR LAST MEETING, WE MENTIONED THAT JANUARY IS SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNITION MONTH. SO WE'D LIKE TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO READ A PROCLAMATION FROM THE GOVERNOR CELEBRATING SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNITION MONTH. SO WITHOUT FURTHER HESITATION, I DID.

WHEREAS THE MISSION OF WASHINGTON'S PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IS TO ENSURE THAT ALL STUDENTS ACHIEVE AT HIGH LEVELS AND POSSESS THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO BE RESPONSIBLE MEMBERS OF A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY AND ENJOY PRODUCTIVE AND SATISFYING LIVES.

AND WHEREAS WASHINGTON'S 295 LOCALLY ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND NINE ELECTED SERVICE DISTRICT ESD BOARDS ARE THE CORE OF THE PUBLIC EDUCATION GOVERNANCE SYSTEM IN OUR STATE.

AND WHEREAS THE DISTRICTS AND REGIONS THEY LEAD SERVE, MORE THAN 1.1 MILLION STUDENTS HAVE A COMBINED ANNUAL BUDGET OF OVER $15 BILLION AND EMPLOY APPROXIMATELY 120,000 PEOPLE.

AND WHEREAS SCHOOL DIRECTORS PLAY A CRUCIAL ROLE IN PROMOTING STUDENT LEARNING AND ACHIEVEMENT BY CREATING A VISION,

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AND WHEREAS SCHOOL DIRECTORS ARE DIRECTLY ACCOUNTABLE TO THE RESIDENTS IN THEIR DISTRICT AND REGIONS, SERVING AS A VITAL LINK BETWEEN MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THEIR SCHOOLS.

AND WHEREAS SCHOOL DIRECTORS AND ESDS PROVIDE A PASSIONATE VOICE OF ADVOCACY FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE WELFARE OF SCHOOL CHILDREN.

AND WHEREAS IT IS APPROPRIATE TO RECOGNIZE SCHOOL BOARD DIRECTORS AS OUTSTANDING PUBLIC SERVANTS AND CHAMPIONS FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION.

NOW THEREFORE, I, BOB FERGUSON, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JANUARY 2025 AS SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNITION MONTH IN WASHINGTON AND I ENCOURAGE ALL PEOPLE IN OUR STATE TO JOIN ME IN THIS SPECIAL AND WELL DESERVED OBSERVANCE. SIGNED THIS 21ST DAY OF JANUARY 2025.

BOB FERGUSON, GOVERNOR, STATE OF WASHINGTON. SO WE'D LIKE TO JUMP ON THOSE.

KUDOS AND THANK THE BOARD FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.

WITH MUCH APPRECIATION FOR THE WORK YOU DO AND SUPPORTING BATTLE GROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

AND. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU TO PLEASANT VALLEY FOR BRINGING THE TREATS FOR YOU TONIGHT.

SO THIS BOOK WITH THE NEW LOGO, THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU HAD THAT.

AND I HOPE THE CARD IS MAKING ITS WAY AROUND FROM STAFF.

OH, THERE IT IS. AS WELL AS YOU'LL SEE THE POSTER ON THE SIDE WALL, WHICH STUDENTS, STUDENT LEADERSHIP AND OTHER STUDENTS IN THE BUILDING MADE A POINT TO SIGN. SO IF YOU HAVE A MINUTE BEFORE YOU LEAVE TONIGHT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

WE SO APPRECIATE THE GESTURE THAT THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE AS WELL AND TO RECOGNIZE ALL THAT YOU DO FOR US.

FOR ME, IT'S A PERSONAL PLEASURE TO GET TO WORK WITH ALL OF YOU, SO THANK YOU.

YES, I ECHO THOSE THOUGHTS. AND WE DID ALSO GIVE THEM A NICE CERTIFICATE, SO SIGNED ESPECIALLY BY ME.

THANK YOU, GUYS FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. WE LOVE YOU.

THANKS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE RECOGNITION.

WE GET A WHOLE MONTH? YES, A WHOLE MONTH. AND IT'S STILL, IT'S STILL GOING ON.

IT'S ALMOST OVER. SO, I COULD CALL IN FAVORS TILL THE END OF THE MONTH.

OKAY. NEXT, WE'LL MOVE TO COMMITTEE REPORTS. AND FIRST ON THE COMMITTEE REPORTS IS LEDGE COMMITTEE.

AND I'M SURE TERRY HAS LOTS TO SHARE WITH US.

I THINK YOU TESTIFIED THIS WEEK, DIDN'T YOU? OR LAST WEEK, ACTUALLY.

YEAH. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. FIRST THING I WAS GOING TO MENTION THAT THERE'S JUST SO MANY THINGS GOING ON WITH THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

AND SO FIRST THING I WANTED TO MENTION WAS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED WITH LAND COMMISSIONERS.

YES. TALKING TO THE MICROPHONE. SO, MR. RIVERS DIDN'T.

MR. RIVERS, YOU KNOW, WHERE DID I GET THIS DENNY RIVERS THING FROM THE WAY A MIND WORKS.

WE HAD RECENTLY A LAND SALE THAT WE RECEIVED MONIES FROM.

DIDN'T WE? A LAND SALE WAS APPROVED, BUT THE LAND SALE HAS NOT GONE THROUGH OKAY? IT HASN'T GONE THROUGH. HOW MUCH ARE WE DESTINED TO MAYBE GET FROM THAT? I THINK LOW ESTIMATES ARE AROUND 400,000, BUT HIGH ESTIMATES ARE CLOSER TO 700. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

SO DEPENDING ON THE PRICE OF TIMBER. SO NOW THEY'VE PUT A STOP.

THEY'VE PUT A HOLD ON ALL LAND SALES. WE'RE NOT GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ANY MORE RIGHT NOW UNTIL THEY ASSESS ALL THE BECAUSE OF THE ELECTION.

SO I WAS REALLY DISAPPOINTED TO HEAR THAT. AND I, I THINK THE FIRES IN LA KIND OF HELP US TO UNDERSTAND THAT OUR MANAGEMENT HASN'T BEEN REAL WELL. AND I WOULD HOPE TO SEE SOMETHING HAPPEN THERE WHERE WE BEGIN TO SEE THOSE MONIES AGAIN THAT WERE INTENDED AT ONE TIME FOR US.

THAT MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE. THERE WERE FOUR PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT CAME UP WITH REGARD TO THE NEW LAW THAT WAS PUT THROUGH FOR PARENTS, THE PARENTS BILL OF RIGHTS, YOU KNOW, ELEMENTS.

AND SO THE NUMBERS WERE 51, 81, 51, 80, 51, 23 AND 51, 79.

THOSE ARE ALL LEGISLATIVE ELEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT FORWARD, AND ALL OF THEM ARE PUT FORWARD WITH REGARD TO THE PARENTS BILL OF RIGHTS THAT WAS ACCEPTED AS THE NEWEST LAW. AND THE INTENT IS THAT THE NEW LAW DOESN'T REALLY CORRESPOND WITH SOME OF THE EXISTING LAWS. AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO REWRITE THE, THE OR AT LEAST THEY WANT TO CHANGE THE PARENTS BILL OF RIGHTS TO CONFORM TO EXISTING LAWS THAT ALREADY ARE ON THE BOOKS. SO IT'S KIND OF A WEIRD WAY OF GOING ABOUT MAKING NEW LAWS AND THINGS.

I'M KIND OF CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. AND ONE OF THEM I TESTIFIED ON WAS 5179.

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RIGHT. AND THAT'S CHALLENGED. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO CHALLENGE IT IN COURT ANY LONGER.

THEY WANT TO CHALLENGE IT BY A CITIZEN FILING A CHALLENGE.

AND THEN OSP BECOMES THE COURT AND DOES THE INVESTIGATION AND DOES DOES THE LITIGATION AND DOES THE SENTENCING KIND OF A THING.

SO IT'S IT'S KIND OF AN ODD WAY TO GO ABOUT IT.

AND, AND IT DOESN'T QUITE SAY IT THAT WAY, BUT THAT'S WHAT IT AMOUNTS TO BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T SAY TO YOU NOW YOU GUYS ARE OUT OF ORDER.

I'M GOING TO GET A LAWYER. WHAT THEY WILL SAY TO YOU NOW IS YOU'RE OUT OF ORDER, AND I'M GOING TO FILE A COMPLAINT WITH OSP AND HAVE THEM HAVE THEM INVESTIGATE, YOU SAY. SO I'M A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THAT.

SO I TESTIFIED TO THAT END. AND WHEN I TESTIFY IN THOSE KIND OF THINGS, I DON'T TESTIFY IN IN REPRESENTING THE BOARD BECAUSE I HAVEN'T TALKED TO THE BOARD AND WE HAVEN'T TAKEN ANY ACTION OR FILED ANY POSITIONS.

YOU KNOW, I JUST I JUST EXPRESS CONCERNS, YOU KNOW, AS A CITIZEN AND AS A PERSON INVOLVED WITH THE SCHOOLS.

AND THEN STEPHANIE MCCLINTOCK RECENTLY WAS THERE AND TESTIFYING AND DOING SOME THINGS.

AND I WANTED TO JUST GIVE HER KUDOS IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY THAT I FELT LIKE SHE MENTIONED BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SHE MENTIONED ALL OF HER OLD FRIENDS HERE. AND I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS LIKE, SO VERY COOL.

AND I, I SHE JUST HAD NOTHING BUT FLOWERY THINGS TO SAY ABOUT US.

SO THAT WAS VERY NICE. SO I WANTED TO MENTION THAT ALSO NICE TO HEAR.

YEAH. THANK YOU. AUDIT COMMITTEE, DO WE HAVE A REPORT THIS TIME? YES. WE MET AND WE REVIEWED ALL THE VOUCHERS AND PAYROLL SALARIES.

EXCUSE ME. AND ALSO SUPERINTENDENTS CALENDAR AND EVERYTHING WAS IN ORDER.

THESE LADIES ARE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING AND OUTSTANDING, AND I WOULD NEVER WANT TO DO THEIR JOB.

SO KUDOS TO YOU. THE NUMBERS MAKE MY MIND TIRED, BUT THEY DO A GREAT JOB.

EVERYTHING WAS FANTASTIC. YOU KNOW, WE THE LIGHTS ARE STILL ON, AND WE AND THOSE OF YOU THAT WORK FOR THE DISTRICT WILL GET A PAYCHECK, SO, YOU KNOW, GOOD TO KNOW, RIGHT? BUT THANK YOU, LADIES, FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO.

THANK YOU, DEBBIE. THANK YOU. BATTLE GROUND EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

YEAH. THEY HAD THEIR MEETING ON JANUARY 16TH.

THEY TALKED ABOUT, UM DOCTOR SEUSS. READING, AND THEY HAVE HATS AND BOOKS TO GET OUT TO THE SCHOOLS BEFORE MARCH 2ND.

AND BOARD MEMBERS WILL BE HELPING DELIVER THOSE.

NOT THESE BOARD MEMBERS, BUT THEY'RE BOARD MEMBERS.

THEY GAVE AN UPDATE ON STUFF THE BUS. AND THE FCRC IS GOING TO TAKE THIS ON THIS YEAR.

THESE BOARD MEMBERS, AS WELL AS THEIR BOARD MEMBERS, WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN UP FOR A SHIFT TO VOLUNTEER.

THAT WILL BE AUGUST 23RD. SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT AWAY, BUT COMING, COMING FASTER THAN WE THINK IT PROBABLY WILL.

THEY'RE ALSO WORKING ON PLANNING THEIR DESTINATION GRADUATION 2025 THEME THIS YEAR, 30 YEARS AND BEYOND.

SO THEY'RE STARTING TO GET STARTED ON THAT. AND THEN THEY JUST HAD THEIR YEAH.

SO READ ACROSS AMERICA. THAT'S THE DOCTOR. SEUSS.

UPDATE. SORRY, I DIDN'T SAY THAT FIRST. THEY'LL BE AND THEN THEY HAD SOME OTHER BOARD ISSUE ITEMS THAT THEY DISCUSSED. BUT THAT'S BASICALLY THE BULK OF IT IS THEIR UPCOMING EVENTS.

I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO TRY AND BE AT THE COMING UP IN 2025.

THEY HAVE READ ACROSS AMERICA, THE BATTLE GROUND PRIDE COMMUNITY RESOURCES FAIR POTENTIALLY GIVE MORE 2024 IN SEPTEMBER.

AND THEN DESTINATION GRADUATION OCTOBER 4TH. AND THEN THEIR NEXT MEETING FOR THEIR BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS MARCH 20TH.

OKAY. THANK YOU. AND TOURS COMMITTEE. WE HAD A TOUR AT BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL, AND SO I WANTED TO GIVE PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT SOMETHING FROM THAT TOUR. WELL, I ALWAYS LOVE TO SEE THE THE CLASSES WHERE THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING JOB TRAINING AND THIS KIND OF THING, YOU KNOW.

SO WE WENT IN AND SAW WOOD, SOME WOODWORKING AND SOME GLASS WORKING, AND I JUST GET SO EXCITED ABOUT ALL THAT STUFF MYSELF.

IT WAS JUST WONDERFUL. AND THEY INVITED ME TO COME IN ON WEDNESDAYS EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE AND DO SOME WOODWORK IF I WANTED TO LEARN,

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IT'S IN THREE PHASES. AND IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING TO HEAR ABOUT LIKE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, TO ACTUALLY SEE IT AND TO SEE WHERE IT NEEDS IMPROVEMENT BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE COVER THERE.

SO IF THEY WANT TO WORK ON THEIR CONSTRUCTION, IT HAS TO BE A CLEAR DAY.

AND IF IT ISN'T A CLEAR DAY, THEN THEY'RE KIND OF JUST STUCK IN THE WOOD SHOP DOING THE LITTLE CONSTRUCTION THINGS.

SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING. THAT STUCK OUT TO ME DURING THE BOARD TOUR.

I ENJOYED WOODSHOP AS WELL. I'M STILL WAITING FOR AN ANSWER ABOUT TO THE QUESTION, I WAS CURIOUS.

IT'S VERY LOUD IN THERE AND SO I'M HOPING TO GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM ON EAR PROTECTION FOR OUR STUDENTS.

DO YOU HAVE THAT? DO YOU WANT A MIC? YES. LOVELY.

ANYWAYS, THE REASON BEING IS IT WAS REALLY LOUD AND I THOUGHT, WELL, GOSH, LIKE I WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS ARE SAFE.

AND SO THAT WAS ONE OF MY FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS FOR THE, THE ADMINISTRATION WHEN WE WERE THERE.

SO WE DID I HEARD THIS MORNING AND I DON'T THINK I HAVE THE ENTIRE STORY YET, BUT I HAVE ENOUGH TO WHERE I FEEL LIKE I CAN GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION.

MISTER PARKER WENT IN THERE AND TESTED, AND IT DOES FALL BELOW THE DECIBEL LEVEL THAT LEVEL THAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE AT FOR THE DURATION THAT IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE. AND SHERRY DAILY IS CHECKING WITH CLEAR RISK TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE FOLLOWING THEIR PROTOCOLS AND THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE WOOD SHOP. AWESOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE FOLLOW UP ON THAT.

YEAH. REALLY? YEAH. WE GOT TO SEE THE CHOIR AND THE BAND.

IT WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. JUST AND THEN THE CERAMICS AS WELL.

THEY HAD JUST FIRED SOME PIECES. THAT WAS REALLY NEAT TO SEE.

AND THE JEWELRY WHERE THEY, THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW THEY WERE LAYERING.

SO YOU HAVE TO START WITH A PLAN, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO YOU START WITH AN IDEA AND THEN YOU DRAW OUT THE PLAN, AND THEN YOU PARTICIPATE IN THE WORK TO GET IT TO ITS FINISHED PRODUCT AND THEN MARKET IT.

AND THEY HAVE LIKE AN ONLINE LIKE WEBSITE THAT YOU CAN GO TO TO LOOK AT IT.

IT WAS JUST REALLY IMPRESSIVE BECAUSE THEY AREN'T JUST TEACHING YOU HOW TO MAKE SOME JEWELRY.

THEY'RE TEACHING YOU THE FULL THE FULL JOB SKILL AROUND IT.

AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY COOL. AND SO I JUST, I REALLY I HAD TO LEAVE EARLY, BUT I REALLY ENJOYED THIS TOUR.

THANK YOU. DEBBIE, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SHARE? YES. EXCUSE ME. THE CHOIR. I WAS, OF COURSE, I LOVE MUSIC, SO I WAS THEY WERE VERY.

THOSE KIDS WERE FOCUSED. THE TONES THAT WERE COMING OUT OF THEM WERE JUST FABULOUS.

AND THE WAY THEY BLENDED IT WAS ABSOLUTELY SOMETHING TO HEAR.

IT WAS. IT WAS QUITE IMPRESSIVE, TO BE HONEST, FOR HIGH SCHOOL KIDS AND THE TEACHER, I MEAN, HE INSPIRED ME JUST IN THE SHORT TIME I WAS IN HIS ROOM BECAUSE VERY ENGAGING AND INSPIRATIONAL.

I JUST LOVE TO SEE ALL THE ATTENTION THAT THE STUDENTS JUST SEEM SO ATTENTIVE TO THE TASKS AND TO THE INFORMATION THAT THEY WERE INVOLVING IN AND THEY WERE VERY ENGAGED. AND I ALWAYS LOVE SEEING, YOU KNOW, THAT RIGOROUS INSTRUCTION GOING ON.

SO IT WAS PRETTY EXCITING. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS ESPECIALLY PLEASED WITH WAS THE NOTICINGS AROUND CELL PHONE USAGE.

IN THE PAST, ESPECIALLY COMING OUT OF COVID, IT WAS NOT UNCOMMON TO WALK INTO A CLASSROOM AND SEE THREE, 4 OR 5 STUDENTS WITH THEIR PHONES OUT AND USING THEM.

AND I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT IN ALL OF THE CLASSES WE WENT INTO, I DID NOT SEE A SINGLE PHONE OUT.

SO OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE CELL PHONE POLICY IS WORKING AND I THINK IT SHOWS THAT IT CAN, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE OVERLY RESTRICTIVE AND USE BAGS AND ANYTHING LIKE THAT, JUST HOLDING STUDENTS ACCOUNTABLE.

SO KUDOS TO THE STAFF. THE OTHER CLASS THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WAS I LOVE THE AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE CLASS THAT WE THAT WE WENT INTO, AND JUST THE SETUP OF THE CLASS AND THE ROUND, AND HOW THE STUDENTS WERE ALL VISUALLY BEING ABLE TO SEE THE TEACHER AND JUST WHAT WAS GOING ON, TOTALING ENGAGEMENT FROM THE STUDENT SIDE.

YEAH. I THOUGHT THE ENGAGEMENT EVERYWHERE THAT WE WERE WAS REALLY, REALLY HIGH.

I APPRECIATED LIKE, TERRY, I THINK I'M GOING TO GO JOIN THE JEWELRY MAKING THOUGH, NOT THE WOODSHOP.

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THEY HAVE THAT OPEN TO COMMUNITY, FAMILY, ANYBODY TO COME IN AND LEARN WHAT STUDENTS ARE LEARNING.

SO I THINK THAT'S A GREAT OUTREACH AS WELL. I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT AND THANK YOU TO THE STUDENTS FROM THE CBC PROGRAM THAT ALL MADE THAT'S PART OF THEIR LEARNING IS TO CREATE DO A PROJECT THAT TEACHES THEM A LIFE SKILL, AND THEY PROVIDED US TEA AND COFFEE AND A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

WHEN WE ARRIVED, I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS SO THOUGHTFUL OF THEM FOR DOING THAT, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY DO FOR STAFF A COUPLE DAYS A WEEK AND PROVIDES A SKILL AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO LEARN SOMETHING THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO USE LATER ON.

SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS GREAT TOO. SO GREAT TOUR.

APPRECIATE ALL OF THE WORK THAT CLEARLY THE STAFF AND ADMINISTRATION ARE DOING IN THAT BUILDING IS JUST REALLY EVIDENT AND JUST A GREAT, GREAT TOUR. THERE'S A DIFFERENT VIBE. YES. YEAH.

THE YEAH, THE CULTURE IS DIFFERENT EVEN DURING PASSING TIME.

I NOTICED MARY, THERE WAS ONE THING THAT WASN'T MENTIONED ALSO, AND THAT WAS THE BOUTONNIERES THAT PEOPLE WORKING WITH FLOWERS, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THE TRADE ITSELF AND WORKING WITH FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS, THEY HAVE COOLERS AND ALL KINDS OF IT'S VERY COOL, HANDS ON WORK THAT THEY WERE LEARNING AND SOMETHING YOU COULD SELL.

YOU KNOW, YOUR SKILL, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THING. SO I WANTED TO SHARE A FUN STORY IS THAT WE WENT INTO ONE OF OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSES, AND ONE OF THE STUDENTS, AS I WAS LEAVING, HE CAME UP TO ME AND HE SAID THAT HIS CHROMEBOOK WAS EXTREMELY SLOW AND IF I COULD DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT TO GET HIM A NEW CHROMEBOOK, IT WOULD MAKE THE WORLD OF DIFFERENCE.

SO WHEN I WENT BACK, I SPOKE TO OUR DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY, SCOTT MCDANIEL.

I JUST THOUGHT, WELL, IF HE HAS THE GUTS TO COME UP TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND ASK FOR A CHROMEBOOK, HE'S GETTING A CHROMEBOOK. AND SO SCOTT WAS ABLE TO DELIVER HIM OUR MOST NEW OUR NEWEST CHROMEBOOK WITH INCREASED MEMORY.

AND I GOT A SWEET THANK YOU CARD AND A PICTURE FRAME FOR ME.

HIM HOLDING UP HIS NEW CHROMEBOOK SAYING THANK YOU.

AND SO HE HAS HIS NEW CHROMEBOOK, TERRY, JUST SO YOU KNOW, AND HE'S VERY HAPPY.

AND HIS TEACHER SAID THAT IT ENCOURAGED HIM TO GET SEVERAL OF HIS ASSIGNMENTS AND.

WAIT TILL WORD GETS OUT. FOR HIM, IT WAS FUN.

THAT'S GREAT. ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WAS THE STORE.

THE CLOTHES CLOSET STORE, THE STUDENT STORE WHERE STUDENTS CAN COME AND SHOP, AND EVERY ITEM IS A DOLLAR.

AND IT WAS AMAZING TO ME HOW THEY HAD THEY HAD MARKETED IT AND HOW, YOU KNOW, THE ITEMS IN THERE WERE REALLY SEEM LIKE THEY WERE NICE ITEMS THAT KIDS WOULD BUY.

AND SO AND ACTUALLY, I THINK THE PRINCIPAL SAID SOMEBODY GAVE HER A PAIR OF EARRINGS FROM THERE.

YEAH. I NEED TO SHOP. IT'S FUNNY THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT, BECAUSE I TOOK TWO BAGS OF THINGS IN THERE AFTER CLEANING OUT MY DAUGHTER'S, WHO NO LONGER LIVE WITH ME CLOSETS AND ACTUALLY FOUND SOME CLOTHES STILL WITH TAGS ON THEM.

SO SOMEBODY'S GOING TO GET SOME REALLY GREAT DEALS BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN WORN.

THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, AND FOR THOSE WHO WEREN'T HERE FOR THE FIRST SESSION WHEN BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL ACTUALLY PRESENTED TO US BECAUSE DURING THAT TOUR, THE PRINCIPAL AND I HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT AND I THINK SHE TALKED TO ALL OF US ABOUT, THE VERY FIRST THING THAT THEY DID AS A TEAM WAS TO ELIMINATE THE DISTRACTIONS.

AND THEN AS WE WERE STANDING IN ONE OF THE CLASSES, I SAW A STUDENT COME IN AND HAND A SLIP TO THE TEACHER, AND SHE SAID, THIS IS ONE OF THEM. THIS IS ONE OF THE SYSTEMS WE HAVE IN PLACE WHERE IF A STUDENT IS MISSING A CLASS, WE KNOW THEY'RE MISSING THAT CLASS. WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT TILL THE END OF THE DAY OR THE TEACHER DOESN'T HAVE TO STOP.

WE KNOW RIGHT THEN AND WE TAKE CARE OF IT RIGHT THEN.

AND SHE FELT LIKE THAT WAS REALLY MAKING A DIFFERENCE WITH ABSENCES, SINGLE CLASS ABSENCES.

I KNOW, I KNOW, WE KEEP SAYING ONE MORE THING, ONE MORE THING. BUT I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ONE MORE THING AS WELL, IS THAT I NOTICED THAT WHEN STUDENTS GET PASSES TO GO USE THE RESTROOMS, THE PASSES ARE COLOR CODED.

AND SO I SAW A SECURITY MEMBER STOP ONE OF THE STUDENTS AND SAY, YOU HAVE A RED PASS.

YOU SHOULDN'T BE USING THE BATHROOM HERE. YOU SHOULD BE USING IT OVER HERE. AND SO I WAS CONFUSED ABOUT THAT AND ASKED WHAT THAT WAS.

SO APPARENTLY WHAT IT IS TO STOP STUDENTS FROM WANDERING.

SO IF A STUDENT HAS A PASS AND THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO USE IF THEIR ROOM IS LOCATED NEAR THE RED BATHROOMS, THEY GET A RED PASS. THEY SHOULD USE A RED BATHROOM SO THAT THEY'RE NOT WANDERING ABOUT THE SCHOOL GOING INTO, YOU KNOW, A BATHROOM THE FURTHEST AWAY AND MISSING CLASS TIME, WHICH I ALSO THOUGHT WAS A DISTRACTION,

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ABSOLUTELY. OUR NEXT TOUR IS CHIEF MIDDLE SCHOOL ON FEBRUARY 28TH.

SO WE'LL HAVE AT LEAST 1 OR 2 BOARD MEETINGS BEFORE THAT.

BUT JUST KEEPING THAT ON YOUR CALENDAR, I'M NOT SURE WHO HAS THE BYE, BUT WE CAN MAYBE TALK ABOUT THAT AT THE END IN OUR FUTURE EVENTS.

DIRECTOR'S REPORTS. I WENT TO THE SORRY, [INAUDIBLE] MIDDLE SCHOOL. MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL TO THIS UNIFIED BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT.

OKAY. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT YOU DIDN'T MENTION THESE ARE COED.

YEAH, IT'S ONE OF THE FEW ORGANIZED LEAGUES, YOU SEE, BECAUSE ALL THIS GENDER STUFF GOING ON.

THIS IS COED. THEY WERE ALL OUT THERE PLAYING TOGETHER AND NOBODY.

THE ONLY OTHER THING I KNOW, IT'S COED IS CHESS.

SO PUT THE PLUG IN. CHESS IS COED. OKAY. THEY'RE JUST ALL HAVING A GOOD TIME.

AND IT WAS JUST WONDERFUL TO SEE THEM PLAYING BASKETBALL TOGETHER.

AND I REALLY ENJOYED IT. YEAH. YEAH. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT? I JUST WANTED TO SEND OUT THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS TO THE SCHOOL THAT HAD A SCHOOL SHOOTING.

BREAKS ALL OF OUR HEARTS AND WE NEED TO ALWAYS BE MINDFUL OF OTHERS.

SO I JUST REALLY WANTED TO THINK OF THEM AND SEND OUT OUR SINCERE SYMPATHIES FOR THOSE THAT THAT LOST THEIR LIVES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF UPDATES.

[6. Superintendent and Staff Updates]

BALLOTS WERE MAILED OUT LAST WEEK. PROBABLY MOST OF YOU HAVE RECEIVED YOUR BALLOTS.

WE FINISHED UP OUR LAST LEVY FORUMS THAT WERE PRESENTED LAST WEEK AS WELL.

I WANTED TO SAY, WHILE THE TURNOUT WASN'T AS PLENTIFUL AS WE WANTED OUR OVERALL COUNT FOR THE NINE FOR THE TEN LEVY FORUMS WE DID IS SOMEWHERE AROUND 175 PEOPLE.

SO MUCH BETTER THAN THE THREE THAT WE DID FOR THE CAPITAL LEVY, WHERE WE HAD MAYBE A TOTAL OF 20 OR LESS THAN 20.

SO A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT THERE. YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY THERE'S A SAYING, RIGHT, THAT THE HAY'S IN THE BARN, THE HAY'S IN THE BARN. IN TERMS OF WHAT THE SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO BE DOING, THERE ARE STILL SOME ACTIVITIES GOING ON THROUGH THE BATTLE GROUND CITIZENS FOR BETTER SCHOOLS. THEY HAD A BIG WALK AND KNOCK THAT OCCURRED ON SATURDAY, AND THEY GOT DOOR HANGERS OUT.

SO I WANTED TO MENTION THAT AND APPRECIATE AND OFFER MY THANKS AND APPRECIATION FOR, FOR THAT COMMITTEE AND THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE.

AND ALSO TO RECOGNIZE ALL OF THE KEY PLAYERS AT DISTRICT OFFICE.

MANY OF THEM ARE IN THIS ROOM. WHO HELPED WITH THE WITH THE LEVY FARMS AND LEVY PRESENTATIONS? SO THANK YOU TO THE TEAM. IT WAS A TRUE TEAM EFFORT.

AND THAT'S IT FOR ME. AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO TEACHING AND LEARNING AND BOARD.

I JUST HAVE A QUICK UPDATE FOR YOU. YOU HAD ASKED ME IN DECEMBER TO GET YOU SOME INFORMATION AROUND THE MENSTRUAL HYGIENE PRODUCTS AND WHAT WE OFFER IN OUR DISTRICT. THAT LEGISLATION THAT CAME INTO BEING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 22-23 SCHOOL YEAR REQUIRED US TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS.

WE DID MAKE DECISIONS, AND WHAT WE OFFER IN OUR BUILDINGS ARE THE MENSTRUAL PADS, THE SANITARY PADS FOR US, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT SPECIFIC FUNDING THAT CAME WITH THIS.

THAT WAS A MONETARY DECISION FOR THE MOST PART AS WELL.

FOR US TO DO THAT FOR A CASE OF 500, IT'S ABOUT $27.

THAT WAS A LOT MORE FISCALLY MADE, A LOT MORE FISCAL SENSE FOR US THAN ANYTHING ELSE.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE OFFER IN OUR IN OUR RESTROOMS IN OUR SCHOOLS.

SO DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME AROUND THAT? ARE THEY ONLY OFFERED IN THE LADIES ROOMS OR THE HEALTH ROOM? THE HEALTH ROOM? YEAH. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT.

THANK YOU. SHELBY. AND NEXT UP, NO REPORT FROM HR, BUT WE HAVE A SHORT REPORT FROM OUR CFO, MICHELLE SCOTT. GOOD EVENING. BOARD. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ON OUR CUMULATIVE MIGRATION PROJECT, AS WE HAD PRESENTED BEFORE TO YOU THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE MIGRATING TO A NEW SOFTWARE AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

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SO LOTS OF WORK IN BUILDING THE NEW SYSTEM AND PREPARING IT AND THEN, AS WELL AS BUILDING TRAINING PLANS, WAS DONE OVER THE WINTER BREAK. SO THERE WAS QUITE A FEW, HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET THE TRAINING OUT AND HOW IS IT GOING TO LOOK? AND SO WE'RE REALLY COMING A LONG WAYS. IT'S A LITTLE BUMPY AND IT'S A LOT, BUT WE'RE GETTING THERE AND WE FEEL REALLY CONFIDENT THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT PRODUCT FOR US TO USE AND THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE MIGRATION.

SO LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO DO TRAINING.

WE START OFF WITH WAIVER DAY TRAINING THAT'S COMING UP ON WEDNESDAY, SO THAT'LL BE GREAT.

WE'RE PROVIDING THAT TO SOME OF OUR SELECT STAFF AND JUST ROLLING OUT RESOURCES AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AND RECORDED VIDEOS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE QUEUE MIGRATION? NO, BUT I'M WONDERING HOW YOU'RE MANAGING ALL OF THAT.

AND I'M THINKING AUDITORS. YEAH. SOON. YES. YES, ACTUALLY THEY ARE COMING IN FEBRUARY.

SO WE ARE SCHEDULED. AND KUDOS TO MICHELLE AND HER TEAM FOR WORKING ON THIS.

BUT TO YOUR POINT, IT ALSO MEANS THAT OUR BUDGET PREPARATION AND APPROVAL NEEDS TO BE MOVED UP ALMOST BY A MONTH AND A HALF.

YOU STOLE MY THUNDER. YEAH, THAT WAS WHERE I WAS GOING NEXT.

SO GO AHEAD. OH, NO, I KNOW. YES. DUE TO THE MIGRATION BECAUSE OF WE NEED TO HAVE THAT.

OUR BUDGET EXPORTED ABOUT TWO MONTHS SOONER THAN WE NORMALLY DO.

SO WE'RE ON A VERY CONDENSED SCHEDULE, WHICH IS CHALLENGING WITH A LONG LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND THEN THE MIGRATION.

SO YEAH, IT'S GOING TO BE IT'S GOING TO BE FAST AND FURIOUS, BUT IT WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD EARLY.

WE'LL HAVE SOME WORK SESSIONS AND WE'LL GET THAT THAT INFORMATION OUT TO YOU.

WE'RE LOOKING AT AN ADOPTION AT THE END OF JUNE WHEN WE NORMALLY ADOPT AT THE END OF AUGUST.

QUESTION. MAY I? I'VE HAD PEOPLE ASK ME ABOUT WHY WE NEVER HAVE BALANCED BUDGETS.

OKAY. I TOLD THEM, WELL, YOU KNOW, I COULD TALK WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT, I COULD TALK WITH OUR CFO.

I COULD FIND OUT WHAT THE SITUATION IS. I'VE BEEN KIND OF WAITING, YOU KNOW, TO BRING THAT UP.

I DIDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE BRINGING IT UP WITH EVERYTHING AND NOW WE WITH ALL OF THAT, IT SEEMS TO POINT OUT TO ME THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A REAL STRESSFUL TIME WITH EVERYTHING THIS YEAR. I REMEMBER LISTENING INTENTLY WHEN THEY WERE TALKING BECAUSE I USED TO DO DATA MIGRATION.

SO DO YOU THE QUESTION IS JUST THIS DO YOU THINK THAT WE COULD GET TO A PLACE SOMEDAY WHERE WHEN WE PRESENT OUR BUDGETS LIKE THIS ONE IS GOING TO BE TO BE PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT, YOU KNOW, AND WE'LL SEE HOW THE, THE, THE LEVY GOES, YOU KNOW, BUT EVEN WITH THE LEVY IT'S STILL GOING TO BE DIFFICULT.

DO YOU THINK THAT SOMEDAY WE COULD LIKE BRING A DIFFICULT BUDGET THAT SAYS, HERE'S OUR PROPOSED BUDGET WITH $4 MILLION IN CUTS OR WHATEVER CHANGES? AND HERE WOULD BE WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE IF THERE WAS A BALANCED BUDGET.

THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO. I GUESS I'M CONFUSED TERRY, COULD YOU EXPLAIN OR COULD YOU DEFINE WHAT YOU MEAN BY A BALANCED BUDGET? IN OTHER WORDS, WE WOULDN'T USE ANY OF OUR RESERVES TO BALANCE OUR BUDGET, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE WANTED TO HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY IN THE RESERVES.

AND WE TAKE, YOU KNOW, WE TAKE RESERVES TO HELP ME.

SO IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WHEN WE BRING BUDGETS LIKE THAT, WE COULD ALSO HAVE A, A BALANCE, A BUDGET THAT SHOWS HERE'S WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY DON'T SEE. THEY DON'T SEE WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE IF WE DIDN'T TAKE THE RESERVES.

AND THIS IS THE CUTS WE'D HAVE TO MAKE. AND ALL THIS STUFF, YOU SEE SAY? IS THAT THEORETICALLY SOMETHING? COULDN'T WE DO THAT AT SOME POINT? WE DON'T ALWAYS DIP INTO OUR RESERVES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

WE'VE ONLY DIPPED INTO IT. WE ONLY DIPPED INTO OUR RESERVES WITH THIS LAST ONE, AND WE WERE ANTICIPATING DOING IT IN THE NEXT ONE.

RIGHT. IF WE IF THERE IS NOT AN INCREASE IN FUNDING FROM THE LEGISLATURE BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, THOSE DEFICITS CONTINUE TO GROW. SO I THINK PART OF IT IS INCUMBENT UPON THE LEGISLATURE AND THEM FULFILLING THEIR DUTIES TO FUND SOME OF THESE MANDATES.

WE HAVE. SPECIAL ED BEING AN EXAMPLE, TRANSPORTATION BEING AN EXAMPLE.

SO IT'S ALL DEPENDENT ON THAT. WE CAN MAKE THOSE CUTS.

AS YOU KNOW, BUT THOSE CUTS WOULD BE SIGNIFICANT AND ELIMINATE MANY OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE.

SO I THINK WE ONLY USE GOING INTO THE BUDGET, GOING INTO THE GOING INTO RESERVES IS NOT CERTAINLY NOT A LONG TERM SOLUTION FOR US.

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WELL, YEAH, I'M JUST SUGGESTING THAT POSSIBLY WE COULD ACTUALLY SHOW WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE RATHER THAN JUST.

WE CERTAINLY WE COULD. I'M NOT PROPOSING THAT WE DO, BUT I'M JUST TELLING PEOPLE ARE ASKING ME.

WELL, WHAT WOULD THAT WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE TO CUT? YOU KNOW, KIND OF A THING. AND I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THEM. I THINK, MICHELLE, YOU CAN SPEAK BETTER TO THIS THAN ME.

BUT A FEW YEARS BACK, WHEN WE RAN OUR LAST LEVY, WE FAILED THE FIRST TIME.

AND DURING BUDGET SEASON, WE HAD TO DO SIDE BY SIDE BUDGETS.

ONE IF THE LEVY DIDN'T PASS AND THE NEXT GO AROUND, AND ONE IF IT DID.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING. YEAH. EXACTLY WHAT THAT IS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK.

WHAT I WANTED TO HEAR FROM YOU GUYS WAS, IS THAT AN UNREASONABLE AMOUNT OF WORK TO DO THAT? OH, JUST FOR THE FUN OF IT. YES. NO, NO, NO. IT'S WEEKS, BUT IT'S WEEKS OF WORK BY MANY, MANY PEOPLE.

SO IT WOULD NOT BE SOMETHING THAT I WOULD WANT TO ASK STAFF TO DIVERT FROM LEARNING AND THE OTHER IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO JUST TO SHOW THAT WE CAN. CERTAINLY. FOR US, IF WITHOUT A LEVY WE'RE TALKING EVEN FOR HALF A YEAR'S BUDGET, WE'RE GOING TO BE 18 TO $20 MILLION IN CUTS. YOU KNOW WHAT WE WENT THROUGH TO CUT 6.2? A YEAR AGO BECAUSE OF THE COVID LOSS OF FUNDS.

SO THAT'S MULTIPLIED BY THREE AT LEAST TO DO JUST GET US THROUGH A PARTIAL YEAR'S LEVY LOSS.

SO IT WOULD BE SIGNIFICANT. AND WE I THE MAN HOURS THAT WENT INTO THE 6.2 AFTER YOUR AGREEMENT OF USING A LITTLE BIT OF THE FUND BALANCE BECAUSE IT WAS 8.5, THAT WAS THAT WAS A HUGE AMOUNT OF WORK.

I WOULD SAY MONTH AND A HALF, A LOT OF PEOPLE'S TIME, PROBABLY A GOOD PORTION OF EACH OF THOSE WEEKS.

BUT I DO THINK TO YOUR POINT, I THINK IT'S A WELL MADE POINT.

IF SOMEBODY'S LIKE, LAST YEAR WOULD HAVE SAID TO US, IF YOU COULDN'T HAVE USED THAT THREE POINT, THAT THAT THAT 2.2, $2.3 MILLION, WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE HAD TO CUT? I THINK BECAUSE WE HAD GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS, YOU CAN TELL WE COULD EASILY HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT.

YEAH.

I HAVE PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THE LEVY. I HAD A LONG CONVERSATION WITH SOMEBODY TODAY.

WELL, IT'S JUST FLUFF. YOU GUYS ARE JUST SPENDING THE MONEY ON FLUFF.

YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T SEE, YOU KNOW, SHOW ME WHERE YOU'RE CUTTING, WHAT YOU WOULD CUT. TELL ME WHERE IT WOULD BE SO DAMAGING NOT TO. SO THEY THERE'S THEY'RE ASKING FOR THAT KIND OF STUFF.

SO THEY'RE ASKING TO SEE WHAT IT WOULD REALLY LOOK LIKE, YOU KNOW.

YEAH. NO. NO, I THINK IT'S A GOOD, GOOD QUESTION, TERRY.

AND I THINK THERE'S ALWAYS WAYS THAT WE CAN COMMUNICATE.

I MEAN, IN GENERAL PARTICULARLY, THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN YOU HAVE TO CUT THAT MUCH OUT OF ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET.

IT LOOKS LIKE CUTTING STAFF, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT IS, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE BUDGET IS STAFFING? WELL, THE DISTRICT IS PEOPLE. I'VE HAD SOME HEART TO HEART TALKS WITH SOME FRIENDS HERE IN THE STAFF AND OH, WELL, YOU HAVE TOO MUCH STAFF. YOU'RE WAY OVERLOADED WITH STAFF.

YOU CAN CUT STAFF. WELL, OKAY. WHERE YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A THING.

SAY SO. I'M JUST SAYING FOR THE SAKE OF OUR COMMUNITY.

IT'S A LEGITIMATE QUESTION. UNDERSTANDING AND FOR MOVING FORWARD WITH ALL OF OUR TRANSPARENCY AND OUR DESIRE TO BE WORKING TOGETHER.

AND WHILE WE. SOMETHING WE WANT TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO.

AND I THINK IN OUR LEVY PRESENTATIONS, WE TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO CUT IF, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THAT'S THE WAY TO DO IT TOO.

I MEAN, THAT'S JUST MY OPINION. YOU TALK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WOULD NOT EXIST GOING FORWARD. YOU WOULDN'T DO A RIGHT, A BUDGET SIDE BY SIDE TO THE ACTUAL RIGHT. IT'S JUST SO LABOR INTENSIVE.

WELL, WHERE CAN I SEE THIS INFORMATION? WELL, HAVE YOU THE CONVERSATION, HAVE YOU LOOKED ON THE WEBSITE AT THE LIST OF, YOU KNOW, THINGS HAVE YOU GONE TO. OKAY, I'LL GO LOOK THERE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THING, YOU KNOW.

RIGHT. IT'S ALWAYS COMMUNICATION, ISN'T IT? RIGHT.

YEAH. THAT'S AND THAT'S ALL. AND IT'S INTERESTING I THINK THE MOST DIFFICULT PART.

THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING IT AND GIVING SOME FEEDBACK TO IT.

I THINK THE MOST DIFFICULT PART ABOUT COMMUNICATION IS TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO ENGAGE.

YEAH. AND THAT'S THE HARDEST PART. THE INFORMATION IS OUT THERE AND WE'RE VERY WILLING TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.

SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO KNOW WHAT THEY WANT, WHAT INFORMATION THEY WANT.

BUT I WOULD SAY THAT WE RECEIVED REALLY, REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS LIKE THAT TERRY, AT THE LEVY PRESENTATIONS, IT'S JUST I WISH MORE PEOPLE HAD HAD COME AND ASKED US THOSE QUESTIONS FOR SURE, BECAUSE THEY'RE CERTAINLY REASONABLE QUESTIONS

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YEAH. AND I WOULD JUST CHALLENGE THE COMMUNITY TO GET ONTO THE WEBSITE AND LOOK AND TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS AT STAKE, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN ON NEXT DOOR PERUSING AROUND AND I'VE SEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.

AND I JUST THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST NEED SOME INFORMATION.

THEY NEED TO GO LOOK AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT PROCESS IS.

SO. OKAY. MR. JOLMA FACILITIES. THANK YOU. UPDATE HERE ON OUR ESCO PROJECT, OUR ENERGY SAVINGS PROJECT. WE'RE PROGRESSING WELL.

WE'VE DEFINED ALL OF OUR MAJOR PROJECTS. WE'VE APPLIED FOR A COUPLE OF GRANTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 250,000 THAT I'M FAIRLY CONFIDENT WE'LL GET.

WHAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON THE ESCO PROJECTS ARE COMPLETE REMOVAL AND UPDATED TO LED LIGHTS ALL THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. WE HOPE TO DO THAT ENTIRELY THIS SUMMER.

ONE OF THE NICE THINGS THAT OUR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SERVICES REPRESENTATIVES, ONE OF THE EMAILS SHE JUST SENT RECENTLY WAS THAT SHE THOUGHT THIS WAS ONE OF THE BEST ENERGY SAVINGS PROJECTS THEY'VE SEEN IN YEARS.

SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT. THAT WAS GOOD TO HEAR.

AND IT WILL BE. I'LL GIVE YOU MORE UPDATES. YEAH.

IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD PROJECT. DISTRICT STADIUM SCOREBOARD IS ALL COMPLETE.

WE'RE TRAINING THE ADS RIGHT NOW AS WELL. AS I KNOW TED CHAMPINE WAS INVOLVED IN SOME OF THAT TRAINING.

SO WE'LL GET A CHANCE TO SEE THAT MAGNIFICENT SCOREBOARD PRETTY SOON.

OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU DRIVE ALONG PARKWAY, YOU'VE SEEN OUR CENTRAL OPERATIONS BUILDING COMING RIGHT ALONG.

PRIMARY SLAB HAS BEEN POURED. THE PRIMARY STEEL IS UP.

WE'RE STILL ON SCHEDULE TO MOVE IN. AND SOMETIME IN SEPTEMBER COORDINATION HAS BEEN GOING WELL.

THERE IS SOME BIG COORDINATION WITH THE WAREHOUSE FOR ONE OF THESE DAYS.

WE'RE GOING TO BE SHUTTING THEM DOWN, AND THEY CAN'T HAVE TRUCKS IN THERE FOR A DAY OR TWO. SO THAT'S JUST COORDINATION BETWEEN DARCY AND JOHN MORRIS. OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS MANAGER. LASTLY, BATTLE GROUND VIRTUAL ACADEMY.

WE'RE ALL IN FOR PERMITS. WE'VE BEEN NEGOTIATING, HAGGLING WITH THE COUNTY TO TRY TO SPEED THINGS UP.

WE'RE. WE'RE OKAY. WE'RE STILL OKAY ON SCHEDULE WISE.

AND CONSTRUCTION. THANK YOU. AND I YOU GOT IN ABOUT THAT EMAIL AND I WAS GOING TO MENTION THAT THAT EMAIL CAME THAT WAS FROM LISA STEELE AT THE WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENTERPRISE SERVICES.

SHE SAID ONE OF THE BEST ENERGY SAVING PROJECT PROPOSALS I HAVE SEEN IN YEARS.

WOW. THAT'S GREAT. KUDOS. THANK YOU. GOOD JOB.

AMANDA. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS TO SHARE WITH YOU.

STARTING WITH, WE HAVE A STATE CHAMPION YOU MAY NOT HAVE HEARD ABOUT.

THIS IS PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL'S ESPORTS TEAM, LED BY THEIR COACH, WHO IS A TEACHER NAMED SIMEON REDBIRD.

AND THEY WON THE STATE TOURNAMENT IN THE OVERWATCH COMPETITION AGAINST SELAH HIGH SCHOOL.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM. AND SPEAKING OF AWARDS, ON THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE SOME AWARD WINNING ARTWORK BY LAWRENCE STUDENTS.

THESE ARE THESE ARE STUDENTS OF TEACHER TANYA BACHMAN.

THEY TOOK HOME HONORS FROM THE 2025 ROSE CITY CLASSIC DOG SHOW AND STUDENT ART CONTEST, AND THEIR ARTWORK WAS ON DISPLAY AT THE PORTLAND EXPO CENTER. A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM.

AND PERHAPS YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THESE PIECES WHEN WE HAVE THE BIG ART SHOW IN MAY.

AND THEN OVER AT RIVER HOMELINK, THEY'VE HAD A REALLY COOL READING CHALLENGE.

I'M SURE JULIE HAS SEEN THIS ALONG THE HALLS.

AS PART OF THE EXPERIENCING ARTS AND CULTURE CLASS, A TEACHER, TRACY DONAHUE, CHALLENGED HER STUDENTS TO READ 40 BOOKS OF DIFFERENT GENRES BY THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. ON THE LEFT IS AN EIGHTH GRADER NAMED MAYA, AND SHE HAS ALREADY COMPLETED THE CHALLENGE AND IS STILL GOING.

AND ON THE RIGHT YOU HAVE TWO SISTERS, AMELIA AND MEGAN.

THEY PARTNERED, PARTNERED UP AND THEY ARE WORKING TO READ THEIR HEIGHTS WORTH OF BOOKS.

SO THEY'VE ALREADY TRIPLED THEIR HEIGHT IN TERMS OF THE AMOUNT OF BOOKS THAT THEY'VE READ.

AND THEY ALSO ARE CONTINUING TO READ AND WORK.

SO A REALLY FUN WAY TO ENCOURAGE LITERACY OVER THERE.

AND LASTLY, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION A COUPLE OF KEY DATES.

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THE DEADLINE TO RETURN THE BALLOT IS AT 8 P.M., AND THEN FEBRUARY 20TH WILL BE THE 10TH ANNUAL INDUSTRY FAIR.

SO THAT'S ALWAYS A BIG, REALLY WELL PUT ON EVENT THAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING THE COMMUNITY TO.

AND THEN ON FEBRUARY 21ST IS THE DEADLINE FOR ANY FOURTH GRADER TO REGISTER FOR THE DISCOVERY KITCHEN COOK OFF, WHICH IS A I DO CHALLENGE THAT CHARTWELLS IS HOLDING THIS YEAR FOR FOURTH GRADERS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN CULINARY PURSUITS.

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

THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE CITIZEN'S COMMENTS. MARY.

PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. MAYBE IF I MAY I'M GRIEVED.

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT THING UP ABOUT THE SHOOTING. I THINK YOU'RE REFERRING TO TENNESSEE.

I'M SORRY. I'M REALLY I'M JUST BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT AND DISTURBED, YOU KNOW? AND I'VE TALKED TO TAMARA ONE TIME, HAD A REALLY NICE CONVERSATION WITH HER, AND IT SEEMS LIKE WE JUST DO BUSINESS AS USUAL SOMETIMES, AND I FEEL LIKE IF WE WOULDN'T, IF YOU GUYS WOULDN'T MIND.

MADAM CHAIR I THINK IT WOULD BE MAYBE APPROPRIATE TO STOP AND HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE JUST IN THEIR BEHALF.

CERTAINLY. IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND. THREE SECONDS. FIVE SECONDS. I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE ARE CONCERNED FOR ALL OF OUR KIDS.

WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT I SEE HERE THIS EVENING WHO SPEAK OFTEN ON BEHALF OF OUR CHILDREN.

AND WE WANT ALL OF OUR CHILDREN TO BE SAFE. WE WANT ALL OF OUR CHILDREN TO BE.

WE WANT ALL OF OUR CHILDREN TO GET UP IN THE MORNING AND WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL. SO JUST A FEW MOMENTS OF SILENCE.

ABSOLUTELY. THANKS. THANK YOU.

THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT UP, TERRY. THANK YOU. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO CITIZEN'S COMMENTS.

[7. Citizens' Comments]

THE BOARD WELCOMES COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS DURING CITIZEN'S 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 CITIZEN'S 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 THE ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM IF ACTION IS DEEMED NECESSARY.

SO FIRST TO SPEAK TONIGHT IS EUNICE INGERMANSON AND JULIE WILL BE HOLDING THE TIME CARDS TONIGHT.

GOOD EVENING. BOARD. MY NAME IS EUNICE INGERMANSON.

MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE HER, AND I'M A MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, AND A VOLUNTEER IN THIS DISTRICT.

THANKS TO EACH OF YOU FOR SERVING ON THE BOARD.

ALSO TO ETZEL AND JULIE FOR YOUR ROLES AND YOUR INPUT.

JANUARY 9TH WAS A HARD DAY FOR ME. I WAS HEARING THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION'S EXPANDED TITLE NINE BEING STRUCK DOWN BY A FEDERAL COURT, AND ALL THE GAINS IN STUDENT PROTECTION FOR THOSE I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT BEING LOST AND THINGS GOING BACK TO HOW THEY WERE IN 2020. I KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE REJOICE OVER THIS COURT ACTION, BUT I'M WITH MANY WHO MOURN OVER IT. THERE ARE OTHER THINGS COMING DOWN THE PIKE, INCLUDING STATE LEGISLATION AND OSP RESPONSE, ETC. BEFORE YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU, AS A BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THIS DISTRICT, WILL EVENTUALLY NEED TO DO TO COMPLY WITH ALL THE LAWS OF THE LAND.

WHEN THAT TIME COMES AND YOU'RE TRYING TO DECIDE WHAT THE FEDERAL AND STATE CONSTITUTIONS AND LAWS REQUIRE YOU TO DO AND WHAT LOCAL CONTROLS YOU ARE ABLE TO EXERCISE. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TO KEEP ONE THING FOREMOST IN YOUR MIND. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR EDUCATING 12,000 YOUNG PEOPLE OF OUR DISTRICT.

THESE PRECIOUS CHILDREN AND BUDDING YOUNG ADULTS ARE LITERALLY THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY.

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EACH AND EVERY INCLUDES EVERY LGBTQ STUDENTS, EVERY STUDENT WITH UNSTABLE HOUSING SITUATION, EVERY SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVOR, EVERY SPECIAL ED STUDENT.

EVERY STUDENT WITH A DISABILITY. EVERY IMMIGRANT STUDENT SPEAKING WHATEVER LANGUAGE.

REPRESENTING EVERY CULTURE. EVERY LEARNING STYLE.

ALL KINDS OF FUTURE DREAMS AND GOALS. I WILL BE WATCHING TO HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE TO DO THAT, AS WELL AS DOING MY VERY BEST TO COLLABORATE WITH YOU ALL ON IT.

THANK YOU. NEXT, JENNIFER HANEY WITH.

GOOD EVENING. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. LAST WEEK I SPENT TWO DAYS AT THE CAPITOL TESTIFYING ON BILLS DEALING WITH EDUCATION. AND TERRY TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TWO OF TWO OF THE BILLS SENATE BILL 5181 AND HOUSE BILL 1296. BOTH OF THESE BILLS, IF THEY WERE PASSED THE RESULTS WOULD BE BASICALLY GUTTING THE PARENTAL BILL OF RIGHTS THAT WAS PASSED LAST YEAR. SOME OF THE RESULTS, IF THEY WERE TO BE PASSED, WHAT WOULD BE PARENTS WOULD LOSE THE RIGHT TO IMMEDIATE NOTIFICATION IF THEIR CHILD IS REMOVED FROM THE SCHOOL OR TAKEN OFF CAMPUS WITHOUT THEIR PERMISSION.

THEY WOULD LOSE THE RIGHT TO RECEIVE PRIOR NOTIFICATION WHEN MEDICAL SERVICES ARE BEING OFFERED TO THEIR CHILD.

ACCESS TO MEDICAL, MENTAL HEALTH, MENTAL COUNSELING, DISCIPLINE AND ATTENDANCE RECORDS, AND TO RECEIVE ASSURANCE THAT THEIR CHILD'S PUBLIC SCHOOL WILL NOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST THEIR CHILD BASED UPON THE SINCERELY HELD RELIGIOUS BELIEFS OF THE OF THE CHILD'S FAMILY.

THEY WOULD ALSO LOSE THE RIGHT TO EXAMINE THE TEXTBOOKS, CURRICULUM, AND SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL USED IN THEIR CHILD'S CLASS.

IF 1296 WAS PASSED, THERE WERE. THERE ARE SOME ADDED THINGS IN THERE.

A TEACHER OR ADMINISTRATOR COULD KEEP SECRET FILES ON STUDENTS AND THEY WOULDN'T BE SUBJECTED TO PARENTS SEEING THEM.

A TEACHER COULD NOT BE CORRECTED FOR TEACHING ABOUT MARGINALIZED GROUPS OR SEX ED CURRICULUM.

SO THIS WOULD COME INTO PLAY IF YOU'VE GOT A HISTORY TEACHER THAT SPENDS AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF TIME TEACHING ON MARGINALIZED GROUPS AND THEN DOESN'T TEACH AMERICAN HISTORY. OR A TEACHER TEACHING A SEX ED CURRICULUM OUTSIDE OF THE SEX ED CLASSROOM.

IN REINFORCING GENDER IDENTITY PROTECTIONS. IT WOULD ALSO BE REMOVING PROTECTIONS FOR GIRLS SPORTS, BATHROOMS AND LOCKER ROOMS. SOME OTHER CONCERNS WOULD BE THAT IF THESE THINGS WERE PUT INTO PLACE, SCHOOLS COULD BE IN DANGER OF LOSING FEDERAL FUNDING BECAUSE THEY VIOLATE RECENTLY PASSED FEDERAL REGULATIONS. THEY WOULD ALSO IT PUT TEACHERS IN A POSITION OF VIOLATING THEIR RIGHTS TO FREE SPEECH. AND THEIR RIGHTS TO RELIGIOUS LIBERTY.

SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THOSE UP TO YOU AND LET YOU KNOW.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JENNIFER. JESSICA. COLE.

HELLO. SCHOOL BOARD. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR THE TIME THAT YOU PUT IN TO PREPARE AND DO THE WORK OF BEING ON THE BOARD. TED'S NOT HERE. YOU WEREN'T HERE LAST TIME.

BUT, DEBBIE, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE WHEN YOU SHARED ABOUT ALL THAT RESEARCH YOU DID ON CASTLE.

I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THE INTEGRITY THAT YOU HAD.

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AND I JUST SO APPRECIATE YOU. YOU'RE ALWAYS LIKE, DO THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES DO THEY ALIGN? AND LIKE, I UNDERSTAND IF THEY DON'T LIKE WHAT CHAOS COULD ENSUE.

SO I SO APPRECIATE THAT ABOUT YOU. JACKIE, I APPRECIATE YOUR A GOOD LISTENER AND PROBLEM SOLVER, AND YOU'VE MADE YOURSELF VERY ACCESSIBLE AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND, TERRY, I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT OF THE BATTLE GROUND EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

AND HE TELLS ME YOU'RE WELCOME. AND, JULIA IT'S SUPER EXCITING THAT YOU'RE THE FIRST STUDENT FROM YALE, AND ESPECIALLY THAT IT IS RIVER HOMELINK. AND I APPRECIATE THAT WHAT YOU SHARE.

SO FOLKS KNOW, LIKE THE EXPERIENCE OF AN ALLEY.

NOT THAT THEY'RE ALL THE SAME. NOT LIKE ANY OF THE SCHOOLS ANYWHERE.

THE SAME. AND I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU TALKED TO ME, LIKE, AT THE MEETINGS OR LIKE AT RACHEL.

AND IT'S JUST IT'S VERY MEANINGFUL TO ME BECAUSE MY KIDS AND YOU OVERLAPPED AT THE SAME SCHOOL.

I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M EMOTIONAL ABOUT THAT, BUT I AM.

SO THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. AND THE LEVY. I'M SUPER GLAD YOU GUYS PUT IT ONLINE BECAUSE, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, I JUST MISSED THEM ALL, YOU KNOW? SO I'M REALLY GLAD IT'S ONLINE. YEAH. AND AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW, I DID GET SOME NEW RESIDENTS JUST REGISTERED TO VOTE. SO I WAS LIKE, I HOPE YOU SUPPORT THE LEVY.

AND I THINK THEY DO. AND WITH THE MOMENT OF SILENCE, I KNOW IT'S YOUR BOARD MEETING, AND I DO APPRECIATE THE MOMENT OF SILENCE.

MY JUST FEEDBACK IS IF IT WAS A FEW MORE SECONDS LONGER, LIKE MAYBE TEN.

I, YOU KNOW, IT GETS UNCOMFORTABLE WITH SILENCE SOMETIMES, BUT I COULD HAVE DONE A FEW MORE SECONDS, BUT IT'S NOT A CRITICISM, JUST A FEEDBACK. SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. WINN GIRSHICK.

HI. MY NAME IS WINN GERSICH, AND I'M HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THAT LEVY TO GO THROUGH.

FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WHAT I READ IN CLARK COUNTY TODAY, THERE WAS AN ARTICLE SHOWING ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY YOU HAVE AND THAT YOU DON'T NEED IT.

AND WHAT REALLY AMAZES ME IS THAT WHEN I SAW THAT YOU WERE GOING TO SPEND $7,000 READING PORN BOOKS TO DECIDE WHETHER TO PUT THEM IN YOUR LIBRARY OR NOT, AND YOU WANT TO TAX ME TO PAY FOR THAT? I DON'T THINK SO.

AND WHAT'S AMAZING TO ME IS I PAY OVER $6,000 IN PROPERTY TAXES.

OUR CLARK COUNTY, THERE ARE 11 MILLION IN DEBT.

THEY'RE GOING TO RAISE OUR PROPERTY TAXES. VANCOUVER.

SAME THING. PEOPLE AROUND HERE CAN'T COUNT. THEY OVERSPEND.

THEY DON'T USE THE MONEY THAT THEY HAVE. AND WHAT'S REALLY AMAZING IS THE FACT THAT THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT CAN BE FIXED.

YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT USING A SANITARY PADS.

ARE THEY ORGANIC? THEY DON'T HAVE CHLORINE IN IT.

CAN YOU ANSWER ME THAT? AT LEAST SHAKE YOUR HEAD.

NO. OH, WELL, IF YOU DIDN'T GET THE ORGANIC ONES, YOU STILL GOT A PROBLEM.

BECAUSE THE FACT IS CHLORINE. THERE IS A LADY.

HER NAME IS IT'S SHAUNA. ANYWAY, SHE. I'VE SHARED THIS WITH YOU NUMEROUS TIMES ABOUT CHLORINE.

SHE'S GOT A BUNCH OF YOUTUBE VIDEOS, AND SHE WAS THE ONE THAT WORKED FOR KAISER IN THE BAY AREA.

SHE SAID SIX GLASSES OF TAP WATER A DAY CAUSES SPONTANEOUS ABORTIONS AND 1 IN 10 WOMEN.

AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF AMOUNT OF CHLORINE. WHEN YOU GIVE SANITARY NAPKINS, THEY SHOULD BE ORGANIC WITH NO CHLORINE ON IT.

AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE MONEY FOR THAT, BUT YOU'VE GOT 7000 TO STUDY PORN BOOKS, THAT'S RIDICULOUS.

SO I'M ON A BUDGET. I'M RETIRED. AND IT REALLY UPSETS ME ABOUT THAT.

BUT WHEN I TOLD HER TO HAND OUT TO ALL OF YOU.

I WANT EVERYBODY TO LOOK AT THIS. PFIZER PAPERS BY NAOMI WOLF, THE COVID SHOTS THAT THEY GAVE TO PEOPLE.

YOU SEE THIS? I WORKED WITH GAY PEOPLE MY WHOLE LIFE.

I WAS A HAIRDRESSER IN SAN FRANCISCO, AND MOST OF THEM DIED WHEN FAUCI GAVE THEM THE HEPATITIS B SHOT IN 78 THROUGH 82.

AND THIS IS WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE. KAPOSI'S SARCOMA.

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I'VE ALREADY MET A FIREMAN WHOSE WIFE'S GOT BLACK SPOTS ALL OVER HER.

SHE'S GOT A THIS. WE'RE ON A DEATH ROLL RIGHT NOW, AND WE CAN'T BE SPENDING STUPID MONEY AND MAKING MISTAKES AND THINGS, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR CHILDREN. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SAFETY, YOU SHOULD HAVE NO MORE VACCINES.

THEY'RE ALL POISON. EVERY STINKING ONE OF THEM. THIS IS ANOTHER THING.

YOUTUBE, S IS FOR FAILURE. THIS IS DOCTOR PHIL.

HE DOES MERIT STREET MEDIA. AND DOCTOR PHIL SHOWS NATIONWIDE ABOUT OUR SCHOOLS AND HOW THEY'RE FAILING.

AND HALFWAY THROUGH IT, HE TALKS TO A LADY THAT'S BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR 30 YEARS TRYING TO CHANGE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BECAUSE HE SAID 80% OF THE MONEY FOR THE SCHOOLS GO TO ADMINISTRATION. IT DOESN'T GO TO THE TEACHERS, IT DOESN'T GO TO THE KIDS.

AND I'M JUST HORRIFIED TO SEE THIS, BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE WE NEED AN EDUCATED POPULACE FOR THE FACT IS, CAN YOU ALL THE PEOPLE IN JAIL CAN'T READ OR WRITE? AND YOU'VE GOT THAT RIGHT HERE. THANK YOU. THAT'S OUR WATER SHOULD BE LABELED.

NEXT ON OUR AGENDA, WE HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

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

APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR JANUARY 13TH. REGULAR BOARD MEETING.

BUSINESS AND OPERATIONS. PERSONNEL REPORTS. STUDENT TRAVEL.

FINANCIAL REPORTS. COMPLETED PROJECTS REQUESTS FOR APPROVAL.

APPROVAL OF DONATION FROM PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING TEAM AND THE AMENDMENT WITH AMERICA'S HEALTH CARE STAFFING.

ARE THERE ANY ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT WE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT OR NEED REMOVED? I MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT, THANK YOU.

IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES 4 TO 0. I'D JUST LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE WRESTLING BOOSTERS.

THAT DONATION WAS FOR $20,000. AND THAT'S. THAT'S PARENTS AND FAMILIES RAISING MONEY FOR THEIR STUDENT ATHLETES.

AND IT'S A PRETTY COOL GROUP, BUT IT'S A LOT OF MONEY TO RAISE.

AND SO THEY IT DOESN'T IT DOESN'T COME EASY. SO KUDOS TO THEM TO BE ABLE TO RAISE THAT MONEY AND GIVE IT TO THE WRESTLING TEAMS. GREAT JOB. AND I'M SURE THEY USE IT FOR MATS OR TRAVELING TO TOURNAMENTS OR TOURNAMENT ENTRY FEES.

WOW. ANYWAY, THAT IS A LOT OF TRAVEL. YEAH, IT'S A LOT.

THANK YOU. JACKIE. NO OLD BUSINESS ON OUR NEW BUSINESS.

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

AND IT LOOKS LIKE LUKE IS GOING TO TALK TO US.

FILLING IN FOR MICHELLE, WHO'S NOT FEELING WELL TONIGHT. AND SINCE WE'VE ENTERED THIS SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR, WE MIGHT AS WELL FOCUS ON NEXT YEAR. SO, SURE, JUMP TO IT.

AND IF YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE CALENDAR, JUST A FEW HIGHLIGHTS THAT WE'RE PUTTING BEFORE YOU.

STARTING AGAIN BEFORE LABOR DAY. HAVING A THREE DAY WEEK PROVIDING THAT FRIDAY OFF GOING INTO THE FOUR DAY WEEKEND.

SEEM TO GO WELL THIS YEAR AND POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY.

PUT THAT ON THE CALENDAR. WE HAVE A COUPLE SNOW MAKE UP DAYS BUILT IN THERE IN MID AND LATE MARCH.

WITH A COUPLE MORE AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR IN CASE THOSE ARE NEEDED.

WE DO NOT YET HAVE WAIVER DAYS ATTACHED TO THIS CALENDAR.

THAT'S A CONVERSATION THAT WILL COME LATER WITH YOU GUYS AND MEMBERS OF OUR TEAM AND VARIOUS LEADERS FROM OUR DISTRICT.

BUT WE DID HIGHLIGHT IN THE YELLOW ON THE EXAMPLE OR THE CALENDAR TEMPLATE.

THE LATE START WEDNESDAYS WILL CONTINUE. SO GRADUATIONS ARE ALSO SOMETHING THAT WILL ALLOTTED FOR ON THE CALENDAR BUT WILL BE DETERMINED AT A LATER TIME. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BOARD SUPERINTENDENT AND MEMBERS OF OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM.

SO QUESTIONS. WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE FOR LUKE? SO THE LHS IS A LATE START, CORRECT? AND THAT'S FOR THE PLCS TO HAPPEN.

OKAY. GOT IT. IS THAT AN HOUR. OKAY. EVERY WEDNESDAY.

BUT DO THE TEACHERS GET AN HOUR. YES. OKAY. NO.

MEANING THE TEACHERS SHOW UP ON TIME SO THAT THEY CAN USE THAT TIME.

TEACHERS WORK THE REGULAR TIME. THE TEACHERS SHOW UP ON THE REGULAR TIME.

BUT THEY HAVE THE HOUR FOR THE PLC? GOT IT. OKAY.

STUDENTS SHOW UP. AN HOUR. IS AN HOUR ENOUGH? YES. BECAUSE THEY USE START. THEY USE PART OF THEIR.

WELL, WE'VE BEEN DOING THE WAIVER DAYS WHICH THEY DO THEIR LONGER PLANNING ON THE WAIVER DAYS AND THEN THEY DO THEIR SHORT INTERVENTION PLANNING ON THE LATE START.

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AND THEN THE LATE STARTS ARE REALLY TO TALK ABOUT THEIR INTERVENTIONS AND LOOK AT ASSESSMENT DATA FOR THE NEXT STEPS.

SO THEY'RE CURRENTLY WORKING NOW. BUT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A SURVEY AND BRING SOME RESULTS TO YOU TO DETERMINE HOW WE WILL CONTINUE THAT MOVING FORWARD. SO THAT'S WHY THAT'S NOT ON HERE YET IS WE HAVEN'T.

WE'RE JUST GOING INTO ANOTHER PHASE OF THE WAIVER.

AFTER THIS WAIVER DAY, IT WILL BE OUR LAST WINDOW.

SO WE'LL MAKE THAT DECISION AFTER THE FINAL. WE HAVEN'T HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT EXTENDING THOSE WAIVERS THOSE LATE STARTS.

NO. BE AN HOUR. SO EXTENDING THEM AS IN EXTENDING TO MORE TIME RIGHT.

NO WE WON'T. HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU BEEN DOING LATE STARTS? LATE STARTS. PROBABLY SEVEN, SEVEN, SEVEN YEARS.

YEAH. SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S 1819 WAS. IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S, YOU KNOW, BEEN A PART OF OUR SCHEDULE FOR A WHILE.

IT WAS PART OF PART OF EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE STATE ALMOST.

YEAH. A COLLABORATION WITH OUR UNIONS AND WITH OUR TEACHERS TO DISCUSS WHAT WOULD WORK AT ALL LEVELS.

PRIOR TO THAT, MIDDLE SCHOOL HAD DAILY COLLABORATION AT THE COST OF ABOUT $4 MILLION A YEAR, AND THAT WAS NOT SUSTAINABLE. THE ONLY WAY TO OFFER IT TO ALL GRADE LEVELS, IN ORDER TO DO THE WORK THAT WE NEEDED TO DO, WAS WITH THROUGH A LATE START, BECAUSE STUDENTS HAVE TO BE SOMEWHERE DURING THAT TIME, AND THE ONLY WAY WE COULD DO IT IS TO HAVE THEM ARRIVE LATE SO THAT ALL TEACHERS HAD THE SAME TIME ALSO, SO STAFF FROM DIFFERENT BUILDINGS COULD COLLABORATE AT THE SAME TIME BECAUSE BATTLE GROUND AND PRAIRIE, THERE WAS NO WAY REALLY FOR THEM. WELL, NOW THERE IS ZOOM, BUT AT THE TIME THERE WASN'T REALLY A WAY FOR THEM TO COLLABORATE WITHOUT HAVING COMMON TIME. SO YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? I MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, APPROVE THE 25-26 PRELIMINARY SCHOOL CALENDAR.

OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THE 2526 SCHOOL CALENDAR.

AND STUDENT REP JULIA. PRO. THANK YOU. SO THE MOTION IS ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THE CALENDAR.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE AND OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES 4 TO 0.

THANK YOU. FUTURE ITEMS. OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING IS FEBRUARY

[11. Future Agenda Items and Board Events]

AND THAT WILL BE. ARE YOU GOING TO TEXT ME? YEAH.

TEXT ALL OF YOU. THAT'LL BE WITH THE CITY OF BATTLE GROUND.

WE'LL BE PRESENTING FOR OUR NEWER BOARD MEMBERS.

THEY'LL PROVIDE YOU WITH SOME HISTORY ON THE ROAD PROJECT AND WHERE THEY ARE, WHICH IS STAGE FOUR OF THEIR ROAD PROJECT, AND THE POTENTIAL OF BUILDING A ROAD THAT WOULD RUN RIGHT BEHIND THIS BUILDING.

BEHIND THIS BUILDING. RIGHT. SO THEY'LL GIVE YOU SOME IDEAS.

IT WILL BE A INFORMATION SETTING ONLY THERE WON'T BE ANY VOTES TAKEN OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

IT'LL JUST BE A FIRST OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO HEAR WHAT THEIR PROPOSAL IS AND TO ASK QUESTIONS.

IT'S AN HOUR SESSION. I ASK THAT THEY SAVE AT LEAST HALF OF IT, SO AT LEAST 30 MINUTES FOR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.

AND I ASK THAT THEY TRY TO GET US THE PRESENTATION THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO PRIOR TO THE MEETING AND THAT WE COULD SET IT UP IN BOARD DOCS SO YOU COULD GET A LOOK AT IT PRIOR TO THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

BE PREPARED THAT DAY. SO THAT'D BE HELPFUL. WE TALKED ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE ALSO, JUST CASUALLY.

BUT NOW THAT I'M THINKING ABOUT IT BECAUSE I'M THINKING ABOUT IT, THE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANS WE HAD TALKED ABOUT MAKING SURE EVERYBODY REALIZED THAT IF WE WANTED TO MAYBE TALK WITH ANOTHER SCHOOL OR SOMETHING, IF WE HAD QUESTIONS, WE SHOULD LET YOU KNOW.

YEAH. AND SHELLEY HAD MENTIONED THAT THAT SHE'LL BE GLAD TO TAKE ANY TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE AND REACH OUT TO THE INDIVIDUAL BUILDINGS.

YEAH. PLEASE DO, BECAUSE YOU WILL BE VOTING ON APPROVAL OF THE SCHOOL.

YEAH. AND YEAH. SO YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THAT. NECESSARILY INVITE ALL OF THE BUILDINGS TO BE HERE.

SO HAVING THOSE QUESTIONS IN ADVANCE WILL BE IMPORTANT.

AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT NIGHT WE WILL HAVE THAT ON THE AGENDA.

BUT WE WILL BE VOTING ON APPROVAL OF THE PLAN THAT THAT THEY'VE BROUGHT US.

AND THAT MEANS THAT WE'RE VOTING TO APPROVE THE PLAN THAT THEY'VE PUT TOGETHER.

IN OTHER WORDS, THAT THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS AND PROVIDED A PLAN THAT MEETS THEIR REQUIREMENTS.

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BUT STILL QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. YEAH. PLEASE BRING THEM TO SHELLEY.

OKAY. AND THERE IS A CAC MEETING ON FEBRUARY 13TH.

SO THAT WILL BE AFTER OUR NEXT MEETING. AND THEN LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE A TOUR COMING UP IN FEBRUARY AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE BYE FOR THAT TOUR IS DEBBIE YOU'RE THAT YOU HAVE BYE FOR THAT TOUR FOR THAT.

SO YOU DON'T GO TO THAT ONE. SO I DON'T GO TO IT.

YEAH. AND WITH THAT, IF THERE'S NO OTHER BUSINESS TO BRING BEFORE THE BOARD, WE WILL ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT 07:30. THANK YOU. DID YOU JUST HIT YOUR GAVEL? I DID. WOW. DENNY HAS BEEN WANTING ME TO.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.