Feb 24, 2025 Board of Directors

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GOOD EVENING. WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR FEBRUARY 24TH,

[1. Call to Order]

OKAY. AND NEXT WE'LL HAVE ROLL CALL.

MADAM PRESIDENT, WE HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU. AND NEXT, THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.

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

CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH HAS ITEMS A THROUGH J. WE HAVE NO OLD BUSINESS.

WE HAVE NEW BUSINESS ITEMS A THROUGH F, AND IF TIME PERMITS, WE'LL DISCUSS FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND FUTURE EVENTS.

MADAM CHAIR, I WAS WONDERING IF WE COULD MOVE ITEM F UNDER TEN, SUPERINTENDENT HIRING.

IF WE COULD MOVE IT TO A, MOVE IT FIRST, BECAUSE WE HAVE CITIZENS HERE THAT MAY WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT.

AND I'D REALLY PREFER TO GIVE THEM OPPORTUNITY IF WE COULD PLEASE.

YOU MEAN MOVE IT TO THE TO MAKE SUPERINTENDENT HIRING DENNY WATERS A, A UNDER NEW BUSINESS.

YES, IT WOULD STILL BE AFTER CITIZENS COMMENTS.

WELL, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT WE HAVE A SECOND OPTION FOR CITIZEN COMMENTS RELATED TO THAT ITEM, AS PER OUR BYLAWS OR OUR POLICIES. WILL YOU PLEASE STATE THE.

ARE YOU SURE? ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. THIS IS POLICY 1000, MEETING CONDUCT, ORDER OF BUSINESS.

IT'S UNDER MEETING CONDUCT. ORDER OF BUSINESS, PUBLIC ATTENDANCE AND COMMENTS.

VERY LAST LINE. LOOKS LIKE IT'S REALLY NEAR THE BOTTOM, JUST ABOVE MEETING RECORDINGS.

IT SAYS IN ADDITION TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, THE BOARD MAY IDENTIFY THE AGENDA ITEMS THAT REQUIRE OR WOULD BENEFIT FROM OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND PROVIDE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AS PART OF THE MEETING AGENDA BEFORE TAKING FINAL ACTION.

I SHOW, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT POLICY NUMBER BECAUSE.

POLICY NUMBER I'M SORRY, 1400. EXCUSE ME. YEAH 1400.

YEAH. SECTION 1000. SO, 1400 AT THE VERY END.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. DO THOSE REQUIRE A MOTION? JUST A SECOND. I'M READING THIS. SURE.

WELL, I THINK IT WOULD REQUIRE A MOTION IN ORDER TO MOVE IT.

SURE. AND SO I'D NEED TO HEAR FROM THE REST OF THE BOARD.

SURE. SO MOVED THAT WE ADDED A SECOND OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMENTS DURING THAT ITEM A ON NEW BUSINESS.

THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR, AND I NEED TO KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS COMMENTS ON THE MOTION, DISCUSSION, QUESTIONS. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF WE CAN ADD A SECOND CITIZEN'S COMMENTS AFTER AN ITEM OF NEW BUSINESS, OR IF IT HAS TO BE AFTER A SECTION OF ALL THINGS SPOKEN.

AND THAT'S WHAT I'M JUST TRYING TO READ THROUGH HERE, BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE WE'VE DONE THAT IN THE PAST.

SO I'M JUST NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT. DOES ANYBODY KNOW? AND I DON'T KNOW EITHER. YOU EITHER HAVE TO HAVE IT BEFORE OR AFTER.

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RIGHT DISCUSSION FOR RIGHT CITIZENS COMMENTS.

IF SOMEONE WANTED TO IF SOMEONE KNEW THAT THIS WAS COMING, THEY COULD SPEAK TO IT BEFORE YOU VOTED.

WELL, AND SINCE IT'S ON THE AGENDA, YOU WOULD KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ADDRESSING THAT COMING.

YEAH. TED DO YOU HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE WITH THAT IN YOUR.

WELL I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THIS FIRST SENTENCE AND INTERPRET IT CORRECTLY BECAUSE IT SAYS IN ADDITION TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

SO, MEANING OUTSIDE OF THAT, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, THE BOARD MAY IDENTIFY THE AGENDA ITEMS THAT REQUIRE WOULD BENEFIT FROM THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND PROVIDE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AS PART OF THE MEETING AGENDA BEFORE TAKING FINAL ACTION.

BOTH A WRITTEN AND ORAL, IS REQUIRED BEFORE THE BOARD ADOPTS OR AMENDS POLICY FOR NOT AMENDING A POLICY, NOT ADOPTING A POLICY. I DON'T I MEAN, I DON'T NECESSARILY INTERPRET THAT TO MEAN THAT IT HAS TO BE A SEPARATE SECTION, BUT THAT WE COULD CHOOSE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION PERIOD WITHIN THE NEW ITEMS IF IN THE NEW BUSINESS STRICTLY INTERPRETING THAT. BUT I AGREE THAT IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A VOTE.

I WAS UNDER THE ASSUMPTION IT WOULD BE A VOTE.

YEAH. BOARD MAY IDENTIFY THE AGENDA. ITEMS THAT REQUIRE WOULD BENEFIT FROM THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

PROVIDE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AS PART OF THE MEETING AGENDA. AGAIN, IT'S JUST TO FACILITATE MORE COMMENTS IF ANY, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY.

I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYBODY WILL HAVE ANY. I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM WITH IT.

SO, LET'S, WHERE DO WE WANT TO ADD IT INTO THE.

I THINK YOU WOULD ADD IT AS PART OF THE AGENDA ITEM.

A, BEFORE THERE'S A VOTE, YOU WOULD ADD A SUPERINTENDENT, I FORGOT WHAT IT SAID.

SUPERINTENDENT HIRING. YES, I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS.

RIGHT. AND THEN YOU WOULD SAY WITH DISCUSSION OR WITH PUBLIC COMMENT.

CITIZEN COMMENTS. I THINK THAT THE DISTINCTION I WAS TRYING TO MAKE IS THAT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE AFTER.

AFTER YOU COULD STILL LEAVE IT AS AGENDA ITEM F AS LONG AS IT WAS AFFORDED A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD OR JUST.

BUT THEY COULD ONLY COMMENT ON THAT SPECIFIC.

YES, THAT'S WHY I COULDN'T COMMENT ON ANYTHING ELSE. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. I'D LIKE TO SEE IT MOVED UP TO EIGHT.

SO YOU'RE ASKING FOR TWO THINGS THEN? THAT'S CORRECT.

SEE OKAY. BECAUSE YOU'RE. DO WE HAVE A RECORD OF THE ACTION? WHAT WAS THE ACTUAL MOTION? WHAT WAS THE MOTION? WELL, I ASKED FOR THE ITEM TO BE MOVED UP TO A, THIRD ITEM.

A SHOULD BE MOVED UP ITEM F TO BE MOVED TO ITEM A.

ITEM A UNDER NUMBER TEN. NEW BUSINESS. AND THEN WE STARTED TO MOVE FORWARD.

AND SO, THEN I MADE MY SECOND REQUEST. SO I PRESUME THAT THAT WAS ALREADY DONE.

DO WE WANT A MOTION? NO I'M JUST TRYING TO FOLLOW THE RULES HERE. SO WE HAVE TWO MOTIONS IS WHAT I UNDERSTAND. OKAY. YOU'LL HAVE TO MAKE A YOU'LL HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THE.

SURE. COMMENT. SURE. ABSOLUTELY. I'D BE HAPPY TO DO THAT.

SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THE FIRST VOTE ON THE FIRST MOTION FIRST.

SO, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. AND THE MOTION IS TO MOVE ITEM F UP TO ITEM A UNDER NEW BUSINESS.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0. OKAY. SO THAT SO ITEM F WILL BECOME ITEM A AND SO I MOVE THAT WE ADD COMMUNITY COMMENTS TO ITEM A AS PER POLICY 1400. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO READ IT AGAIN? NO, NO.

I'M SCARED. OKAY, CITIZENS COMMENTS AND CITIZENS COMMENTS WOULD BE JUST TO CLARIFY, WOULD COME BEFORE A OR AFTER A? AFTER A, THEY BECOME BEFORE THE VOTE. BEFORE THE VOTE WOULD ACTUALLY BE PART OF PART OF A.

OKAY. YEAH. IT WOULD BE PART OF A. EXACTLY. SO, AND THE COMMENTS WOULD BE I DON'T THINK YOU WANT TO CALL IT CITIZENS COMMENTS.

IT WOULD BE. IT JUST BE, IT JUST BE. WELL, IT WOULD BE PUBLIC COMMENT.

PUBLIC. PUBLIC COMMENT. PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT AGENDA ITEM.

YEAH. OKAY. SO PUBLIC COMMENT ONLY ON THAT AGENDA ITEM WHICH WOULD COME AS PART OF IT.

YEAH. PART OF A, BEFORE WE MOVED ON TO B AND BEFORE WE BEFORE WE MOVED.

BEFORE WE TOOK ANY ACTION. BEFORE WE TAKE ANY ACTION.

OKAY. ARE WE CLEAR ON THAT MOTION? OKAY. SOMEONE WANT TO CLARIFY THE MOTION FOR ME AGAIN? YEAH, I MOVE THAT THAT UNDER ITEM A WE ADD PUBLIC COMMENTS AS

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ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. OH, SORRY. NO. IT'S OKAY. I'LL JUST EXPLAIN THAT WE HAVE AN OPEN SESSION FOR CITIZENS COMMENTS, WHICH WOULD COVER IT. OKAY. I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARY.

I FEEL LIKE WE GIVE OUR CITIZENS ALL THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, AND WE HAVE ALWAYS ALLOWED ASKED FOR ADDITIONAL.

SO, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE COVERED, BUT. OKAY. THANK YOU.

I JUST LIKE TO EXPLAIN MY VOTE. NO, I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND STUDENT REPS. I'M JUST ON THE FIRST MOTION FOR ONE ON THE SECOND MOTION.

AND THAT WAS JACKIE AND STUDENT REPS. ABSTAIN.

ABSTAIN. OKAY. SO BACK TO APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA, AS AMENDED.

IF I COULD GET A MOTION ON THAT. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE AGENDA AS AMENDED.

OKAY. IT'S BEEN WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AS AMENDED.

NOW STUDENT REPS. PRO. PRO. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

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

AND WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO COMMUNICATIONS.

[5. Communications]

AND YOU CAN GO BEHIND. YEAH.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ADELINE CURTIS AND MY NAME IS EVA BERKOVICH.

WE ARE MEMBERS OF THE GLENWOOD HEIGHTS PRIMARY STUDENT LEADERSHIP TEAM.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TO SHARE ABOUT OUR SCHOOL.

TO BEGIN WITH, STUDENT LEADERSHIP IS REALLY FUN AND IMPORTANT TO OUR SCHOOL.

OUR FIRST EVENT THIS YEAR WAS SOCKTOBER. WE REACHED OUT TO THE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER AND ASKED THEM WHAT NEEDS THEY HAD.

EVERYONE IN STUDENT LEADERSHIP MADE POSTERS TO PUT UP AROUND OUR SCHOOL, LETTING OUR SCHOOL KNOW THAT WE ARE COLLECTING SOAP, BODY WASH, LAUNDRY SOAP AND UNDERWEAR. WE ANNOUNCED IT DURING THE MORNING ANNOUNCEMENTS EACH DAY AND GAVE THE SCHOOL AN UPDATE ON WHAT WE HAD BROUGHT IN. OUR GOAL IS TO COLLECT 175 ITEMS. IN THE END, WE COLLECTED 350 ITEMS THAT WERE DONATED TO THE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER IN OUR DISTRICT.

ANOTHER STUDENT LEADERSHIP EVENT WE HAVE DONE THIS SCHOOL YEAR IS OUR ANNUAL CANNED FOOD DRIVE.

THE CLASS THAT BROUGHT IN THE MOST CANS WOULD WIN A DONUT PARTY.

THE GRADE LEVEL THAT BROUGHT IN THE MOST CANS WOULD WIN.

MOST CANS EARNED AN EXTRA RECESS. EACH MORNING.

STUDENT LEADERSHIP KIDS WOULD COLLECT THE CANNED FOOD FROM CLASSROOMS AND PUT THEM INTO BOXES BASED ON THE ITEMS. EACH MORNING WE HAD AN UPDATED TOTAL ON THE MORNING ANNOUNCEMENTS.

IN THE END, WE COLLECTED 3152 ITEMS. WE DONATED THEM ALL TO THE NORTH COUNTY FOOD BANK, AND ALL OF STUDENT LEADERSHIP HELPED LOAD THE FOOD INTO THE TRUCK ON REGULAR BASIS. SOME STUDENT LEADERSHIP MEMBERS PICK UP TRASH OR STICKS TO HELP KEEP OUR SCHOOL CLEAN.

WE HAVE A GARDEN WHERE TEACHERS LET THEIR CLASS GO OUT WITH AN ADULT AND WATER PLANTS, OR PLANT A PLANT, OR THEY JUST SIT IN THE GARDEN AND READ A GREAT BOOK.

WHAT WE LIKE ABOUT OUR SCHOOL IS THAT WE CARE FOR EACH OTHER AND ARE LIKE ONE BIG FAMILY.

ANOTHER THING PEOPLE LIKE ABOUT OUR SCHOOL IS THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, STUDENTS GET TO LEAD THE COVEY SONG.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT AND FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE ABOUT OUR SCHOOL.

NICE JOB LADIES. VERY NICE. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.

SEE YOU THERE. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS OLIVIA AND I AM PART OF THE FOURTH GRADE STUDENT LEADERSHIP TEAM AT GLENWOOD HEIGHTS PRIMARY SCHOOL.

I LOVE MY SCHOOL A LOT. ALMOST EVERY WEEK WE HAVE STUDENT LEADERSHIP MEETINGS DURING LUNCH TO PLAN FUN EVENTS FOR OUR SCHOOL.

ONE EVENT THAT WE JUST FINISHED WAS VALENTINE'S AND SPIRIT WEEK IN DECEMBER.

OUR FIRST SPIRIT WEEK WAS IN DECEMBER, THE WEEK BEFORE WINTER BREAK.

EVERY DAY WAS A DIFFERENT THEME. WE HAD A MISMATCH.

MONDAY SPORTS DAY, WESTERN WEDNESDAY COLOR, WAR DAY, AND FRIDAY WE HAD A PAJAMA DAY.

I LOVE TO SEE EVERYONE SHOWING THEIR SCHOOL SPIRIT AND DRESSING UP.

OUR NEXT SPIRIT WEEK WILL BE RIGHT BEFORE SPRING BREAK.

FOR VALENTINE GRAMS, WE SOLD GRAMS BEFORE SCHOOL FOR EACH DAY.

EACH VALENTINE GRAM CAME WITH A SMILEY PENCIL AND A NOTE TO WRITE TO A TEACHER OR FRIEND.

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ALL THE MONEY WE MADE FROM SELLING VALENTINE GRAMS WAS DONATED TO THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON.

I'VE ATTENDED GLENWOOD FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW.

I THINK IT IS AN AMAZING AND SAFE SCHOOL. I LIKE THAT ALL OF THE TEACHERS ARE PATIENT WITH KIDS AND HELP THEM WITH THINGS THEY DON'T KNOW OR ARE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND.

I'VE ASKED SOME OTHER STUDENTS WHAT THEY LIKE ABOUT THE SCHOOL. HERE IS WHAT THEY SAID.

LEAH SAID I LOVE THE PLAYGROUND AND THAT WE GET TWO LONG RECESSES.

ACCORDING TO BELLA, THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT KIDS THAT YOU CAN BE FRIENDS WITH.

LIGHT AND LOVES ALL THE TEACHERS AND HOW KIND THEY ARE, AND I THINK THIS WILL BE A GREAT SCHOOL FOR MY YOUNGEST SISTER.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR HAVING ME HERE THIS EVENING TO SHARE ABOUT MY SCHOOL.

[APPLAUSE] I TELL YOU, WE GOT SOME PUBLIC SPEAKERS HERE.

WE DO, WE DO. I'M SO EXCITED THAT YOU HAVE BEEN RAISING MONEY AND OBJECTS TO GIVE TO THE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER.

THAT'S REALLY SPECIAL. AND ALL YOUR OTHER SERVICE PROJECTS.

EXCITING. WHO HAD TO COUNT ALL OF THOSE CANS YOU COLLECTED OF FOOD? 3000. SO, WE SAID 3152. DID YOU GUYS SPLIT IT UP OR THE TEACHERS? IT'S A GOOD MATH LESSON. YEAH. WELL, AGAIN, THANK YOU GUYS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU WERE OUTSTANDING. NICE JOB.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, PARENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER STUDENTS THAT WERE HOPING TO SPEAK TONIGHT? IF NOT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR STUDENT REPS.

IT'S ALWAYS ME. I ALWAYS GO FIRST. OKAY. I ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH TO REPORT.

THIS IS A KIND OF QUIET TIME OF THE YEAR. I KNOW WE'RE WATCHING EVERYBODY LEAVE.

IT'S ALSO ALWAYS SO DISAPPOINTING WHEN A FOURTH GRADER IS BETTER AT PUBLIC SPEAKING THAN I AM.

BUT IT'S OKAY. BUT, YEAH, I MEAN, THIS TIME OF YEAR, EVERYBODY IS REALLY JUST KIND OF IN THE GROOVE WITH THEIR CLASSES.

IT'S LIKE PEAK WINTER. YOU'RE JUST WAITING FOR IT TO BE SUNNY AGAIN.

AND IT WAS SUPER WINDY AND RAINY TODAY, SO IT REALLY I REALLY FELT THAT TODAY PERSONALLY.

SPRING SPORTS ARE STARTING IN EXACTLY A WEEK.

AND SO MARCH 3RD, GET READY FOR ME, GUYS. I'M TEARING UP THAT TRACK.

AND SO IS ITZEL ACTUALLY, JUST AT A DIFFERENT SCHOOL, BUT IT'S FINE.

WE DON'T HAVE BEEF. BUT, YEAH, WHAT'S REALLY COOL ABOUT THAT IS SPRING SPORTS START ON MARCH 3RD, AND RIVER HOMELINK, WHICH IS THE FIRST GRADUATION OF THE YEAR, IS ON JUNE 4TH.

SO, IT'S THREE MONTHS AND ONE DAY. SO, THE WAY I SEE SPRING SPORTS AND IT'S LIKE KIND OF LIKE THE FINAL, YOU KNOW, THE FINAL PUSH, THE FINAL STRETCH. IT'S LIKE WE'RE ALMOST DONE TO ALL OF OUR SENIORS, WHICH I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY ARE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND THERE ARE ALSO A LOT OF NEW COACHES THIS TIME OF YEAR.

SO, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PERSONNEL REPORTS, YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF NEW HIRINGS, RESIGNATIONS AND MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL. SOMETHING REALLY FUN THAT I THINK TED WOULD LIKE IS THAT WOODWARD IS AN ASSISTANT COACH FOR TRACK THIS YEAR.

NICE. YEAH, IT'S GOING TO BE GOOD. THAT'S THE HEAD FOOTBALL COACH FOR BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL.

AT RIVER HOMELINK, WE HAVE OUR FAMILY DANCE COMING UP ON MARCH 7TH.

AND THAT'S FOR ASB. IT'S GRADES K THROUGH 12.

FROM 6 TO 8, IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE SMALL GYM AND THE THEME IS RED CARPET.

SO, EVERYBODY IN ASB, WE'RE ALL DRESSING UP AS DIFFERENT CHARACTERS FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND TAKE PICTURES AND SAY HI AND IT'LL BE SUPER FUN.

OUR PTO JUST HAD THEIR BRICK FEST, WHICH I BELIEVE IS A LEGO COMPETITION.

IT'S LIKE A LEGO BUILDING COMPETITION FOR ALL AGES.

AND THEY RESCHEDULED IT. LET'S SEE IF I CAN FIND THE NEW DATE.

IT'LL BE APRIL 26TH. OH, WAIT. YEAH. APRIL 26TH, 2025.

FROM 10 TO 2. SO IT'LL BE ALL DAY, AND THAT'S ON A SATURDAY.

AND THEY'LL BE TAKEN OVER THE GYMS. AND SO SUPER FUN THINGS HAPPENING, LIKE MULTIPLE DIFFERENT GAMES.

LEGO BUILD CHALLENGES, A SILENT AUCTION, AND THERE'S AN AWARD CEREMONY FOR ALL THE BUILDS, INCLUDING A PEOPLE'S CHOICE, TEACHER'S CHOICE, AND PRINCIPAL'S CHOICE. SO THAT'LL BE SUPER FUN.

AND IN TERMS OF SPORTS, THE ONLY THING I HAVE TO REPORT FROM BATTLE GROUND IS THEY.

THE WRESTLING TEAM JUST CAME BACK FROM THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS AND WE DID HAVE A COUPLE PLACEMENTS, WHICH IS SUPER EXCITING. SO ZACHARY MATSOUKAS PLACED SECOND IN HIS WEIGHT DIVISION OF 138 POUNDS.

ANDREW GRAY PLACED FOURTH IN HIS WEIGHT DIVISION OF 144 POUNDS, AND EMMETT ORDWAY PLACED SIXTH IN HIS WEIGHT OF 215.

SO, THIS IS SUPER AWESOME. WRESTLING WAS WORKING HARD.

I STILL, EVEN FROM THE LAST BOARD MEETING, I WAS UNABLE TO FIND THE PRECISE LIST OF WHO FROM BATTLE GROUND WENT TO STATE.

BUT I DO KNOW THERE WERE MULTIPLE GIRLS AS WELL.

NOT PLACING DOESN'T MEAN YOU DIDN'T TRY. WRESTLING IS A HARD SPORT, ESPECIALLY AT THE FOUR A LEVEL. OR MAKING IT TO STATE PERIOD IS AMAZING.

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I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE GONE AS A TEAM. SO IT WAS SUPER DUPER COOL.

BUT YEAH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. OKAY. I'LL START WITH SPORTS TOO.

I THINK WE'VE HAD A, LIKE, REALLY GOOD LUCK WITH OUR BASKETBALL.

AND I KNOW A LOT OF OUR ATHLETES HAVE MADE ACCOMPLISHED THEIR GOALS AND EVERYTHING.

BUT ONE OF OUR COACHES, ROB SMITH, GOT GSHL 3A WRESTLING COACH OF THE YEAR, WHICH IS SUPER FUN.

I KNOW HE REALLY LOVES COACHING AND ALL OF HIS ATHLETES LOVE HIM.

THEY FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE A CONNECTION WITH HIM.

I KNOW I TALKED TO SOME OF THEM AND THEY SAY THAT HE'S TRULY MADE THEM LOVE THE SPORT THAT THEY DO.

AND THEN FAITH TARRANT, WON FOUR TIME STATE CHAMPION, SO SUPER PROUD OF HER.

SHE CAME BACK TO SCHOOL TODAY AND SUPER EXCITED, TALK TO HER ABOUT IT.

TEXTED HER LITERALLY THE DAY OF TEXTED HER LIKE CONGRATULATIONS.

SHE WAS SO HAPPY. 360 PREP DID INTERVIEW HER AFTER AND SHE JUST WAS SUPER HAPPY TO END HER LAST YEAR AT HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING WITH ANOTHER FOUR TIME STATE CHAMPION.

FAITH IS GOING TO PURSUE WRESTLING AT A COLLEGIATE LEVEL.

SHE IS, I THINK RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST KIND OF DEPENDING ON WHAT DIVISION SHE WANTS TO DO.

I KNOW SHE HAS A FEW COLLEGES THAT HAVE REACHED OUT TO HER IN DIVISION TWO AND DIVISION THREE, SO YEAH. AND THEN ONE OF OUR BOYS WRESTLERS, TOMMY VICK, PLACED SEVENTH IN STATE.

SO, HE'S SUPER HAPPY ABOUT THAT. AND THEN NOW I WILL BECAUSE I DID GO TO THE INDUSTRY FAIR AND I'VE NEVER BEEN TO THE INDUSTRY FAIR.

AND SO THIS YEAR WAS LIKE MY FIRST TIME. AND I THINK IT WAS DEFINITELY REALLY FUN TO SEE.

REALLY FUN TO SEE ALL LIKE THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT A LOT OF STUDENTS CAN HAVE WHEN IT COMES TO WORKING, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT A CHILD IS GOING THROUGH OR THE TYPE OF RESOURCES THEY HAVE AT HOME.

SO IT'S REALLY WONDERFUL TO SEE THAT THEY HAVE THE SUPPORT AT THE DISTRICT TO HAVE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY MIGHT NOT KNOW WHERE TO GO OR HOW TO REACH THEM.

SO I THINK IT WAS REALLY FUN, AND I ACTUALLY TALKED TO ONE OF THE BUSINESSES, THEY SAID IT WAS THEIR FIRST YEAR AT THE INDUSTRY FAIR, AND THAT THEY SAID IT WAS SUPER FUN TO TALK TO ALL THE STUDENTS, AND THEY ALL SEEM SUPER INTRIGUED NO MATTER WHAT THE JOB WAS, BECAUSE WHEN I WENT UP TO IT, I THOUGHT IT WAS SOMETHING ELSE, BUT IT WAS ABOUT CLEANING MOLD, SO I READ IT A LITTLE TOO WRONG, BUT THEY DEFINITELY SAID THAT THEY REALLY HAD A LOT OF FUN, AND THAT THEY ARE HOPING TO COME BACK NEXT YEAR TO GIVE THEIR BUSINESS AND OPPORTUNITY TO MORE STUDENTS.

AND THEN IN PRAIRIE'S ASB, WE HAVE A FEW COMMITTEES FOR PROM, SPRING FLING, WHICH WE FIGURED OUT OUR THEME TODAY IS GOING TO BE A GARDEN TEA PARTY. SO WE'RE GONNA START PLANNING HOW TO DECORATE AND EVERYTHING.

AND THEN WE DO HAVE BOYS VOLLEYBALL. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN PLANNING.

AND THAT WILL BE THE GAME WILL BE MARCH 28TH.

AND THEN I KNOW BATTLE GROUND HAS ALREADY STARTED.

THEY'RE ALREADY DID THEIR TRYOUTS AND ALREADY ARE PRACTICING, SO THEY'RE TRYING TO GET THERE A LITTLE MORE AHEAD THAN US.

BUT WE DO HAVE TRYOUTS THIS THURSDAY, SO WE DO HAVE A COUPLE GUYS SIGNED UP AND THEN ALL OF OUR GRADES HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THEIR COLOR WARS AND THEIR THEMES FOR THEIR SECTION. SO I KNOW A LOT OF I KNOW JUNIORS AND SENIORS DEFINITELY PICKED THEIR THEMES OUT, BUT FRESHMEN AND SOPHOMORES ARE STILL KIND OF STRUGGLING WITH THE KIND OF WEIRD COLORS THEY HAVE.

BUT. AND THEN I FORGOT TO TALK ONE MORE THING ABOUT SPORTS, BUT IT'S BOYS BASKETBALL.

WE MADE IT TO STATE, SO ALL THE GUYS ARE SUPER EXCITED.

THEY HAD THEIR STATE SEND OFF TODAY, AND THEN THEY HAVE THEIR GAME TOMORROW IN SPOKANE AGAINST CENTRAL VALLEY AND THEN A FEW EXTRA.

THIS IS THE LAST FEW THINGS, BUT A FEW EXTRA THINGS IS A GROUP OF STUDENTS ARE GOING TO GO TO PLEASANT VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL AND LAUREN MIDDLE SCHOOL TO TALK TO EIGHTH GRADERS ABOUT THEIR HOW THEIR HIGH SCHOOL YEARS HAVE WENT, AND KIND OF TO GIVE THEM A LITTLE HELP ON HOW TO START AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND HOW IT IS, INSTEAD OF JUST HEARING A LOT OF TEACHERS AND STAFF KIND OF SAY, OH, IT'S SO MUCH HARDER, OR OH, IT'S GOING TO BE WAY TOO EASY, OR JUST HEARING ALL THESE MIXED SIGNALS FROM STAFF, BUT HEARING IT FROM A STUDENT PERSPECTIVE, THEY'LL LEARN ON HOW TO SUCCEED IN A HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, BECAUSE I KNOW SOMETIMES WHEN IT'S AT AN EIGHTH GRADE LEVEL, THEY THINK THAT, OH, IT'S MIDDLE SCHOOL. NOBODY REALLY CARES.

SO THEN THEY GO INTO THAT MENTALITY IN HIGH SCHOOL.

SO WE'RE BRINGING A FEW HIGH SCHOOL GROUPS TO GO AND TALK TO THEM SO THEY CAN KIND OF SHOW THEM THEIR PERSPECTIVE OF HOW THEY SUCCEEDED IN THEIR HIGH SCHOOL YEARS, AND ALSO JUST TO GIVE THEM THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT IT IS TO BE IN HIGH SCHOOL.

SO PLEASANT. A GROUP OF STUDENTS WILL GO TO PLEASANT VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL ON FEBRUARY 27TH, AND THEN ANOTHER GROUP OF STUDENTS WILL GO TO LAURIN MIDDLE SCHOOL ON FEBRUARY 26TH.

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AND THEN WE HAVE OUR FUTURE FALCON NIGHT, MARCH 11TH, FROM 5 TO 7 P.M..

OKAY, THAT'S ALL FOR ME. THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION AWARDS.

LUKE LACOUNT. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, BOARD. I'D LIKE TO INVITE ALL THE RECIPIENTS TO COME UP FRONT RIGHT NOW.

I BELIEVE THEY'RE ALL HERE TONIGHT. WE'LL DO SOME FORMAL INTRODUCTIONS HERE.

YEAH. WE'RE GOING TO TURN AND SHIFT YOU TO THE SCHOOL BOARD DIRECTORS.

AND BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THE MESSAGES THAT I'LL READ WERE PARTS OF SUBMISSIONS BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS, STAFF MEMBERS, STUDENTS AND COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE DISTRICT, SO IT'S NOT A TOTAL PICTURE OF THEIR ENTIRE CAREER OR ALL THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

IT'S SOMETIMES IT'S EVEN A SINGULAR INCIDENT OR AN EVENT THAT IMPACTED SOMEBODY THAT CHOSE TO NOMINATE THESE FOLKS.

SO WE HAVE JUST ABOUT 300 NOMINATIONS DATING BACK TO LAST YEAR.

TONIGHT WE'LL RECOGNIZE AFTER TONIGHT WE'LL HAVE RECOGNIZED 43 EMPLOYEES OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

SO EXCITED TO INTRODUCE THESE FOUR. WE DID HAVE A FIFTH PERSON WHO WILL JOIN US NEXT MONTH, BUT APPARENTLY THEIR DAUGHTER DECIDED TO BE INDUCED YESTERDAY AND THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT. SO THAT MIGHT NARROW IT DOWN TO A COUPLE PEOPLE, BUT WE'LL REVEAL THE SURPRISE NEXT MONTH. SO FIRST, WE HAVE TINA YORK.

TINA IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF PRAIRIE'S COUNSELING OFFICE.

SHE GREETS EVERYONE WITH A BRIGHT SMILE AND A POSITIVE ATTITUDE, MAKING THE OFFICE A WELCOMING PLACE FOR STUDENTS, PARENTS AND STAFF. TINA BALANCES SUPPORTING THE SCHOOL COUNSELORS WHILE HANDLING COUNTLESS DAILY TASKS, ALWAYS STAYING PATIENT AND KIND. NO MATTER HOW BUSY SHE IS, SHE NEVER COMPLAINS AND IS ALWAYS READY TO HELP.

HER COMPASSION AND DEDICATION MAKE A LASTING IMPACT ON THOSE AROUND HER.

TINA MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN SO MANY LIVES EVERY SINGLE DAY.

HER HARD WORK, KINDNESS, AND WILLINGNESS TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND MAKE HER TRULY IRREPLACEABLE.

PRAIRIE IS LUCKY TO HAVE HER. TINA. [APPLAUSE] NEXT IS KRISTINA. KRISTINA IS A PASSIONATE TEACHER WHO CONSTANTLY FINDS CREATIVE WAYS TO SUPPORT HER STUDENTS, WHETHER IMPLEMENTING SENSORY FRIENDLY ACTIVITIES OR DEVELOPING PERSONALIZED LEARNING PLANS.

SHE IS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO HELP EACH CHILD SUCCEED.

SHE COLLABORATES WITH TEACHERS AND SPECIALISTS TO ENSURE STUDENTS RECEIVE THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO THRIVE BEYOND ACADEMICS.

KRISTINA FOCUSES ON BUILDING CONFIDENCE AND SELF-ADVOCACY SKILLS, CELEBRATING STUDENT GROWTH AT EVERY LEVEL.

SHE UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE OF INVOLVING FAMILIES AND LEARNING, AND REGULARLY COMMUNICATES WITH PARENTS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT.

CHRISTINA'S DEDICATION, KINDNESS, AND ABILITY TO BUILD STRONG RELATIONSHIPS MAKE HER AN INVALUABLE PART OF THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY.

SHE TRULY CHANGES LIVES. NEXT, WE HAVE DANIELLA ALEXAKIS, A P.E. TEACHER AT YACOLT PRIMARY SCHOOL.

DANIELLA IS A DEDICATED TEACHER WHO TEACHES STUDENTS MUCH MORE THAN JUST PHYSICAL EDUCATION.

SHE INSPIRES THEM TO BE WELL-ROUNDED, CONFIDENT INDIVIDUALS.

HER PASSION FOR STUDENT WELLNESS IS EVIDENT IN THE WAY SHE CONNECTS WITH EACH CHILD, MAKING P.E.

A HIGHLIGHT OF THEIR DAY. DANIELLA'S CREATIVITY AND COMMITMENT LED HER TO ESTABLISH THE YACOLT PRIMARY RUNNING CLUB, WHICH HAS ENCOURAGED STUDENTS TO BE ACTIVE, BUILD CONFIDENCE, AND STRENGTHEN THEIR SCHOOL COMMUNITY.

IN JUST TWO MONTHS, STUDENTS RAN OVER 2500 MILES, A REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT.

DANIELLA'S DEDICATION TO HER STUDENTS AND SCHOOL IS UNMATCHED.

SHE HAS CREATED SOMETHING TRULY SPECIAL AT YACOLT PRIMARY AND HER IMPACT WILL BE FELT FOR YEARS TO COME.

AND OUR FOURTH EMPLOYEE IS VICKI GODDARD. SHE'S THE KITCHEN STAFF.

LEADS THE KITCHEN STAFF AT CHIEF UMTUCH MIDDLE SCHOOL.

VICKI PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN ENSURING STUDENTS HAVE A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE IN THE CAFETERIA.

SHE IS INCREDIBLY THOUGHTFUL, ALWAYS REMEMBERING STUDENTS FOOD PREFERENCES AND MAKING SURE THEY HAVE WHAT THEY NEED.

SHE GOES THE EXTRA MILE TO SUPPORT STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, WORKING CLOSELY WITH STAFF TO CREATE AN INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT.

WHETHER HELPING A STUDENT LOGIN TO LUNCH OR ENSURING EARLY RELEASE STUDENTS RECEIVE THEIR MEALS, VICKI IS ALWAYS THERE TO HELP. SHE LEADS WITH KINDNESS AND PATIENCE, MAKING THE CAFETERIAS WELCOMING PLACE.

HER DEDICATION AND CARE MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE IN THE STUDENTS LIVES.

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CONGRATULATIONS. I JUST WANTED TO ADD A LITTLE ABOUT VICKI.

I'VE KNOWN HER FOR OVER 20 YEARS. AND AS THE LEAD AT CHIEF, SHE'S BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR PROBABLY CLOSE TO THREE QUARTERS OF A MILLION MEALS SERVED TO STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT. AND SHE'S ALWAYS DONE JUST SUCH A GREAT JOB FOR US.

AND WE'RE JUST SO HAPPY TO HAVE HER. AND I'M THANKFUL THAT YOU'RE RECOGNIZING HER TONIGHT FOR THAT.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND BEFORE YOU GUYS RETURN TO YOUR SEATS, THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO SHAKE YOUR HAND.

SO IF I COULD HAVE YOU KIND OF DO A HALF CIRCLE AROUND HERE TO GREET THE BOARD, AND THEN WE'LL END OVER HERE WITH A PHOTO OP WITH AMANDA.

[APPLAUSE] NEXT WE HAVE COMMITTEE REPORTS. WE'LL START WITH THE PLEDGE COMMITTEE. DIRECTOR TATE. YOU GUYS CAN'T SEE THIS.

THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS. THERE YOU GO. ALL RIGHT, THERE YOU GO.

THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO GO. LEDGE TO LED.WA.GOV.

SO, I GOT AN EMAIL FROM MARY. IT WAS QUITE INTIMIDATING.

WE WERE TALKING. SHE ALWAYS SENDS US A MESSAGE ABOUT THE AGENDA AND SHE SAYS OH THERE'S LOTS OF STUFF, LOTS OF STUFF. AND TERRY'S PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE ALL KINDS OF STUFF TO TALK ABOUT, SO I GOTTA REALLY TRIM IT UP.

OKAY. SO I AM GOING TO TRIM IT UP. SO, THE WSSDA, THE SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION, OF COURSE PROPOSED THREE AREAS THAT WE WERE GOING TO FOCUS ON SPEED AND TRANSPORTATION.

SO, THE REPORT ON THOSE IS THAT THEY'VE ALL THREE GONE ON OUT OF COMMITTEE TO THE NEXT LEVEL, WHICH IS A GOOD THING. OKAY. AND THE REPORT ON MSOC AND SPED IS THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE REPRESENTING US AND PROPOSING ALL THE ELEMENTS ARE VERY FAVORABLE WITH WHAT THEY'RE SEEING IN THE PROPOSALS THAT ARE MAKING IT THROUGH.

OKAY. BUT ON TRANSPORTATION, THEY THEY'RE NOT RAVING ABOUT HOW IT LOOKS.

THERE'S SOMETHING IN IT THAT THEY'RE VERY, YOU KNOW, CONCERNED ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT IT'S GOING TO REALLY BE FORMULAS THAT WILL WORK OR MAKE ANY IMPACTS OR MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'LL JUST HAVE TO SEE, WAIT AND SEE HOW IT TURNS OUT IF IT'S GOING TO WORK WELL FOR US.

BUT BEYOND THOSE THINGS THERE AND SO MSOC WAS 51 92 FOR ANYBODY WHO'S FISHING, SPED WAS 5263 AND TRANSPORTATION IS 5187. NOW, A REAL QUICK REPORT ON SOME OTHER THINGS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT OR INTERESTED IN. HB 1032, HB 1032 IS THE PIECE OF ACTION THAT IS MOVING FORWARD THAT MAY CHANGE LEVIES TO A MAJORITY RATHER THAN OR 55% OTHER THAN 60.

BUT THE TRADE OFF ON THIS IS UNFORTUNATELY THAT THAT THEY FEEL LIKE IF THEY'RE GOING TO CHANGE THAT FOR US, THEN THEY'RE GOING TO RETRACT OUR IMPACT FEES.

AND THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT AND SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY.

SO WE'RE TALKING BONDS NOT LEVIES? YEAH. HB 1032.

DID I SAY LEVIES? BONDS. BONDS. YES. EXCUSE ME.

BONDS. EXCUSE ME. MAKES MORE SENSE. YES IT DOES.

YEAH. SO, BONDS REQUIRE A 60% NOW AND THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE IT POSSIBLY 50 OR 55.

BUT WE WOULD LOSE OUR IMPACT FEES AND OUR DENNY HAS CONTACTED THEM, HAS WRITTEN SOME REALLY

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BUT IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD FOR THAT BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE THEY PROBABLY WILL REDUCE IT, WHICH MEANS WE LOSE OUR IMPACT FEES.

ANOTHER THING THAT IS IN THE IN THE NEWS IS THE TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN SITUATION.

AND THE TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN SITUATION LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO GET FUNDED FOR THE END OF THE YEAR, BUT IN THE FALL THERE'S GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTIONS.

THEY THINK SO IN THE FALL, THERE WILL BE A LOT OF REORGANIZING AND DIFFERENT WAYS OF LOOKING AT THINGS.

SOME PEOPLE ARE SUGGESTING MAYBE IT'S REALLY NOT HITTING THE TARGETS.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT'S 25, 26 THAT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN.

AND THEN THAT IS I BELIEVE IT'S HOUSE BILL 2526.

YES. THANK YOU. AND THEN LAST OF ALL, THE THING THAT I BROUGHT FORWARD WAS THIS PARENTS BILL OF RIGHTS.

I HEAR A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THAT FROM TIME TO TIME.

THERE IS A SENATOR. IT'S ON THE BOARD NOW. WHAT WAS THE SENATOR'S NAME? LISA. LISA WALDMAN. AND I HAD A LITTLE THING PREPARED HERE, BUT I LEFT IT OVER THERE NOW.

SO THIS IS A DOCUMENT. NOW, THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

IF YOU CAN SEE THAT OR IF IT'S ON YOUR IF IT'S ON YOUR SCREEN, IF YOU'RE WATCHING US ON THE VIDEO, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE EXPRESSING CONCERNS. OH, I'M SO CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THIS BILL.

THIS SENATOR HAS PUT TOGETHER A DOCUMENT. IT'S ON THE SCREEN.

YOU CAN GO TO HER WEBSITE AT LEG.WA.GOV OKAY.

AND YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THAT DOCUMENT. AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE SHE BELIEVES IT'S A VERY THOROUGH COMPARISON OF HOW THEY HAVE CHANGED THE BILL TO BE, YOU KNOW, APPROPRIATE AND THE VERBIAGE AND ALL THE STUFF.

SHE INSISTS THAT THERE'S NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE ORIGINAL BILL OF RIGHTS.

SO, ALL OF IT SHOULD BE IN THAT DOCUMENT. SO, ANYBODY WHO IS CONCERNED TO THAT SHOULD BE ABLE TO DOWNLOAD THAT DOCUMENT AND DO THE COMPARISONS YOURSELF. SO, I HOPE THAT'S HELPFUL.

AND I THINK THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE I'M FORGETTING THAT YOU NEED TO.

OKAY. THANK YOU. SURE. AND AUDIT COMMITTEE. ANY REPORT? YEAH. WE HAD A MEETING AND WE WENT THROUGH THE STANDARD ITEMS, TIME CARDS, BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT BUDGETS.

EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD TO GO. COVERING THROUGH THE INVOICES, WE TAGGED A FEW.

FUN FACT TWICE A YEAR, WE ORDERED 21 PALLETS OF PAPER.

JUST PRINTER PAPER WITH 4 OR 400 REAMS PER PALLET, PLUS 42,000 POUNDS OF PAPER.

WE DO THAT TWICE A YEAR. THAT'S JUST A CAN YOU JUST VISUALIZE THAT MUCH PAPER? THAT'S JUST CRAZY TO ME. BUT IT IS. I MEAN, THAT'S 18 SCHOOLS AND THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES, YOU KNOW.

SO AND THAT'S AFTER WE'VE GONE SO DIGITAL WITH THE WHAT DO THEY CALL THESE THINGS? CHROMEBOOKS. THANK YOU. THE OTHER THING OF SIGNIFICANCE IS WE OFFICIALLY STARTED OUR STATE AUDIT ON FEBRUARY 18TH.

WE HIT THAT DATE. GOOD. I'VE HAD MY INTERVIEW WITH THE AUDITOR, SO WE'RE GOOD THERE.

YOU HAD YOURS. I WILL SAY THEY ABSOLUTELY LOVE MICHELLE.

AND IT'S THE SAME AUDITOR WE'VE HAD FOR THE LAST SEVERAL ROUNDS.

SO WE'RE. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE OKAY. OTHER THAN THAT, EVERYTHING IS FINE.

NEXT MEETING IS MARCH 17TH. OKAY. THANK YOU. BATTLE GROUND EDUCATION FOUNDATION. I DON'T HAVE A REPORT. OKAY. AND TOURS COMMITTEE.

WE WILL HAVE A TOUR OF CHIEF THIS FRIDAY. AND I BELIEVE DEBBIE HAS A BYE.

IS THAT RIGHT, DEBBIE? YES. YEAH. OKAY. SO, WE'LL SEE YOU AT 8:30 AT CHIEF THIS FRIDAY.

DIRECTORS REPORTS. I WAS CURIOUS, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE REPLACEMENT LEVY.

IS WILL THERE BE A DISCUSSION LATER ABOUT THAT FROM YOUR END OR SHOULD I ASK MY QUESTIONS NOW? YOU'RE WELCOME TO ASK YOUR QUESTIONS. I WAS GOING TO REPORT ON THE REPLACEMENT LEVY AND THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH NOW IN THE SUPERINTENDENT STAFF UPDATES, BUT YOU'RE CERTAINLY WELCOME TO. NO, I'LL WAIT BECAUSE YOU'LL YOU MIGHT ANSWER SOME OF MY QUESTIONS, AND THEN I'LL CIRCLE BACK IF YOU DON'T.

GREAT. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DIRECTORS HAVE REPORTS TO OFFER? OKAY. THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE ON TO SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF UPDATES.

[6. Superintendent and Staff Updates]

FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO THANK THE BOARD FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING THAT OCCURRED LAST WEEK.

IN CASE THERE'S ANYBODY OUT THERE OR CITIZENS IN THE GROUP UNDERSTAND THAT THE DEADLINE FOR FILING TO RUN THE ELECTION IN

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WE'RE STILL WAITING ON RESULTS ON BECAUSE OF THE SNOW DAYS, THE THE SNOW DAYS, THE WEEK BEFORE ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, NO MAIL WAS DELIVERED. SO WE HAD TO WAIT FOR THE CLARK COUNTY ELECTIONS TO RECEIVE THAT MAIL, TO TALLY THE BALLOTS AND COME UP WITH A FINAL OFFICIAL NUMBERS, RESULT, OFFICIAL NUMBER.

SO AS MANY OF US IN HERE ARE AWARE, WE FELL SHORT OF 49.86.

I BELIEVE IT ENDED UP BEING TO 51.04. SO WE WERE 60 VOTES SHORT.

WHAT WE ARE DOING NOW THAT WE ARE RERUNNING WE IT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE, AND THE BOARD ACCEPTED THAT TO RUN THE LEVY AT THE SAME AMOUNT.

WE DO BELIEVE THAT WHEN WE WERE ASKING FOR THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT, WE DID NOT ASK FOR ANYTHING THAT WASN'T NEEDED.

REMEMBER, THESE ARE NOT WE'RE NOT ASKING TO IMPLEMENT ANY NEW PROGRAMS. WE'RE JUST ASKING THAT WE KEEP OUR CURRENT LEVEL OF SERVICES UP TO WHERE IT IS.

I KNOW PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ABOUT THE IDEA. WELL, IT'S A REPLACEMENT LEVY, BUT IT DOES GO UP AND THAT'S TRUE.

WE ARE COLLECTING MORE MONEY, BUT I THINK IF YOU CONSIDER THE AMOUNT OF INFLATION THAT HAS OCCURRED BETWEEN THE LAST TIME WE RAN THE LEVY AND NOW WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR, INFLATIONARY ESTIMATES ARE THAT COSTS HAVE GONE UP ALMOST 38% 8% IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS.

WE'RE ASKING FOR THE LEVY TO INCREASE BY 16%.

SO THAT IS PART OF THE REASONING THERE. IF THE LEVY DOESN'T PASS WE WILL NEED TO MAKE CUTS.

AND BECAUSE OF THE TIMING OF THIS LEVY, I WANT THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE HAVING TO MAKE THESE LOOK AT WHAT THESE CUTS WILL BE NOW. THE LEVY IS SCHEDULED TO BE RUN ON MAY, I MEAN, APRIL 22ND.

WE WOULD HAVE TO BRING A RESOLUTION TO THE BOARD ON PROPOSED CUTS.

PROBABLY BY THE LAST MEETING IN APRIL. JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE TO LET EMPLOYEES OR CERTIFICATED STAFF KNOW BY MAY 15TH WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE A JOB.

AND SO WE ARE LOOKING AT A DEPTH OF CUTS OF $20 MILLION FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

PEOPLE MIGHT BE ASKING, WELL, YOU'RE RUNNING THE LEVY FOR 40 MILLION.

WHY ARE YOU ONLY CUTTING 20? AND THE REASONING THERE IS BECAUSE WE WILL STILL RECEIVE HALF OF THE LEVY FROM NEXT YEAR, BECAUSE OUR CURRENT LEVY WON'T END UNTIL JANUARY.

SO, WE'LL HAVE HALF OF A LEVY. SO WE'RE CUTTING THAT HALF 20 MILLION.

BUT UNDERSTAND THAT THE FOLLOWING YEAR WE WON'T HAVE A FULL LEVY AT ALL.

SO WE'LL THIS YEAR WE'LL HAVE TO CUT 20 MILLION.

GOING INTO THE FOLLOWING YEAR WE'LL HAVE TO CUT AN ADDITIONAL 20 MILLION.

THIS IS COMING OFF OF 6.2 MILLION IN CUTS THAT WE MADE LAST YEAR, BECAUSE OF THE END OF THE FEDERAL RELIEF FUNDS THAT WERE IN PLACE. SO, I CAN TELL YOU, BOARD, THAT ALL OF THE PERCEIVED LOW HANGING FRUIT WAS TRIMMED LAST YEAR WHEN WE CUT THAT 6.5 MILLION. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT SIGNIFICANT CUTS, BUT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS.

I'VE ALREADY RECEIVED FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC THAT THEY ARE CONCERNED THAT WE WILL BE THREATENING THEM WITH CUTS. I WANT EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT A PROCESS THAT WE ENJOY GOING THROUGH.

IT IS NOT A THREAT. IT IS A REALITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE CUTS THAT WE ARE MAKING.

AND WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT $20 MILLION OF CUTS, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, $20 MILLION OF CUTS EQUATES IF YOU WERE JUST TALKING PEOPLE, $20 MILLION OF CUTS EQUATES TO OVER 200 PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE 1600 EMPLOYEES. IF YOU'RE WONDERING, WELL, DENNY, HOW DO YOU GET TO 200? WELL, OUR BUDGET REPRESENTS 13%, OUR LEVY REPRESENTS 13% OF OUR BUDGET.

WELL, JUST 10% OF JUST DOING THE SIMPLE MATH, 10% IS 160 PEOPLE.

AND THEN IT'S THOSE EXTRAS. AND, YOU KNOW, IT NEVER WORKS OUT BECAUSE SOME EMPLOYEES ARE PART TIME EMPLOYEES OR HALF TIME EMPLOYEES.

SOME ARE LOW ON THE SCALE, SOME ARE HIGH IN THE SCALE.

SO 200 200 EMPLOYEES IS JUST AN ESTIMATE. WITH THOSE 200 EMPLOYEES, IF YOU COULD IMAGINE RUNNING A DISTRICT WITH 200 LESS PEOPLE,

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WE ARE LOOKING AT REDUCTIONS IN ANY COURSE THAT HAS LESS THAN 25 FIVE PEOPLE WERE PROBABLY GOING TO ELIMINATE IT, WHICH WOULD ELIMINATE ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES, WHICH WOULD ELIMINATE SOME OF OUR HIGHER END SCIENCE, MATH, AND CTE COURSES. WE ARE LOOKING AT THE ELIMINATION OF MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS.

WE ARE LOOKING AT NO NEW CURRICULUM FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS.

THE ELIMINATION OR REDUCTION OF SUPPORT AND INTERVENTION SERVICES, INCREASED STUDENT FEES FOR ACTIVITIES, REDUCED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR STAFF, SIZABLE CUTS TO BUILDING AND DEPARTMENT BUDGETS.

WE ARE RIGHT NOW PLAYING AROUND WITH A 20 TO 25% INCREASE IN ALL DEPARTMENTS AND ALL BUILDING BUDGETS, REDUCED BUILDING MAINTENANCE AND CUSTODIAL SERVICES, CONSOLIDATION OF TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, LESS ROUTES, MORE TIME ON BUSSES FOR STUDENTS, THE REDUCTION OF SCHOOL SAFETY STAFF ELIMINATION OR REDUCTION OF CERTAIN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, AND AN OVERALL REDUCTION IMPACTING CERTIFICATED AND CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING ADMINISTRATION AND DISTRICT OFFICE PERSONNEL. SO THAT'S JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THE THINGS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT.

AND THAT'S TO GET UNDERSTAND THIS IS TO GET TO THE 20 MILLION.

WHERE WE GO THE FOLLOWING YEAR FOR THE ADDITIONAL 20 MILLION IS ANYBODY'S GUESS.

WE WE HAVE DONE SOME MATH. IF WE WERE TO CUT THE 50 MOST JUNIOR TEACHERS IN THE DISTRICT, THAT WOULD EQUATE TO APPROXIMATELY $5 MILLION. SO IT JUST GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF OF THE LEVEL OF THESE OF THESE CUTS.

SO WE WILL CONTINUE THIS PROCESS. WE ARE YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT AN EASY THING TO DO TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, THE COST BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT SENIORITY LISTS AND, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO MOVE PEOPLE AROUND JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO SAY YOU'RE GOING TO CUT, FOR INSTANCE A COUNSELOR, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THAT'S THE PERSON YOU'RE GOING TO CUT.

YOU MIGHT CUT THEIR POSITION, BUT THEY WOULD SLIDE INTO ANOTHER POSITION BECAUSE THEY HAVE MORE SENIORITY INVOLVED.

SO IT'S QUITE THE COMPLEX PROBLEM IN TERMS OF FIGURING OUT THE EXACT AMOUNT OF MONIES YOU ARE GOING TO YOU ARE GOING TO SAVE, BUT WE WILL CONTINUE THAT PROCESS. OUR GOAL IS THAT WE WERE WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO FIND THAT $20 MILLION OF CUTS AND COME BACK TO THE BOARD AND SHOW YOU EXACTLY WHAT THESE ARE.

THE BOARD MAY CHOOSE TO LOOK AT THE SCHOOL BOARD FUND BALANCE, WHICH WE CURRENTLY HAVE 5%. EACH PERCENT OF THAT FUND BALANCE EQUATES TO APPROXIMATELY $2.5 $5 MILLION.

SO IF THE BOARD WERE TO, FOR INSTANCE, SAY, DENNY, WE WANT YOU TO USE 1% OF THE FUND BALANCE.

YOU COULD WE COULD REDUCE THE CUTS BY $2.5 MILLION.

AT THAT POINT, THE BOARD WOULD SAY, HERE'S THE THINGS WE WANT YOU TO SAY, THAT, THAT, THAT AND THAT IF YOU WERE TO USE 2% OF THE FUND BALANCE, IT COULD SAVE $5 MILLION. IF YOU WERE TO USE 3% OF A FUND BALANCE, IT WOULD SAVE 7.5 MILLION.

MY ADVICE TO THE BOARD IS REMEMBER THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO USE ALL OF THE FUND BALANCE IN THAT FIRST YEAR BECAUSE YOU HAVE A SECOND YEAR TO GO. YOU MAY NOT WANT TO USE MUCH OF IT IN THE FIRST YEAR, BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT CUTS THE FIRST YEAR, AND THEN YOU MIGHT WANT TO SAVE THAT FOR THE SECOND YEAR TO IN ORDER TO GET THROUGH.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD WILL HAVE TO DISCUSS AND DECIDE.

ALSO, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, WHEN YOU USE THE FUND BALANCE, YOU DO PUT YOURSELF IN A PRECARIOUS POSITION BECAUSE THEN YOU DON'T HAVE ANY BACKUP FUNDS FOR ANY EMERGENCIES OR THINGS THAT WERE TO HAPPEN.

TERRY, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE TAKEAWAY FROM THE IMPACT FEES, JUST TO LET THE CITIZENS KNOW WE HAVE SPENT IN IMPACT FEES OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS.

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WE HAVE ADDED TEN PLEXES TOTALING OVER $5 MILLION.

WE BUILT CAM SCHOOL, WHICH WAS A $10 MILLION PROJECT.

WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING A NEW WAREHOUSE BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF OUR DISTRICT AND BECAUSE OUR AND IT'S A MAINTENANCE SHED, AND THAT'S BECAUSE OUR CURRENT MAINTENANCE SHED IS FROM 1939 AND IS FALLING DOWN.

THAT'S A $7.5 MILLION PROGRESS PROJECT. WE ARE BUILDING A NEW SCHOOL FOR BATTLE GROUND VIRTUAL ACADEMY.

THAT'S A $5 MILLION PROJECT. WE PUT NEW CLASSROOMS AT PLEASANT VALLEY PRIMARY.

THAT WAS A $3 MILLION PROJECT. WE ARE BUILDING A NEW FUTURES PROGRAM FOR OUR TRANSITION PROGRAM FOR OUR DISABLED STUDENTS.

THAT'S A $3.5 MILLION PROJECT. SO JUST SO YOU KNOW, THOSE FUNDS ARE THAT'S WHAT SCARES ME ABOUT THE FACT OF A, AND I ONLY BRING THIS UP IN RELATION TO A LEVY, BECAUSE ONE OF THE AREAS WHERE WE WOULD BE CUTTING SERVICES IS IN OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS. WE HAVE A CAPITAL LEVY, BUT THAT'S DESIGNED FOR SPECIFIC PROGRAMS. WE ALWAYS HAS, AS KEVIN CAN TELL YOU, FOR INSTANCE, WE JUST RECENTLY HAD A WATER BREAK IN THE 400 CLASSROOM IN PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL. AND THAT IS GOING TO BE A CONSIDERABLE COST.

SO, I BRING THAT UP BECAUSE YOU NEED A FUND BALANCE IN ORDER TO COVER THOSE UNEXPECTED COSTS.

SO THAT GIVES THE BOARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR PROCESS AND WHAT YOU'LL BE THINKING OF.

WE'LL BE SPENDING HOURS AND HOURS GOING THROUGH THE NUMBERS TRYING TO FIND EXACT NUMBERS.

RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST ALL BALLPARK. BUT I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE THINKING ABOUT.

ANY QUESTIONS THERE? I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY ONE OF THE THINGS YOU SAID SO IT DOESN'T GET MISUNDERSTOOD.

YOU MADE THE CORRELATION TO THE LEVY AND IMPACT FEES.

YES. IMPACT FEES CANNOT REPLACE WHAT THE LEVY FUNDS.

YES. AND THAT'S THE. YEAH. JUST I WAS GOING TO SAY AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, BECAUSE PEOPLE MIGHT BE SAYING TO US, WELL, WHY DON'T YOU TAKE ALL THOSE IMPACT FEES, RIGHT. AND USE THEM.

IMPACT FEES CAN ONLY BE USED WHEN IT'S TOWARDS STUDENT GROWTH.

SO, FOR INSTANCE, AT A SCHOOL AT PLEASANT VALLEY SCHOOL WE COULD USE THE IMPACT FEES BECAUSE WE NEED MORE ROOMS TO SERVE STUDENTS SO WE COULD BUILD THREE MORE CLASSROOMS. WE CAN'T USE THE IMPACT FEES TO SAY, FIX THE HVAC SYSTEM OR FIX THE ROOF, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT FOR NEW STUDENTS. OR PAY THE TEACHERS. OR RIGHT, OR PAY TEACHERS SALARY, OR ADD PROGRAMS, OR HIRE NEW COUNSELORS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

IT ONLY HAS TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH STUDENT GROWTH.

SO THANKS FOR THE CLARIFICATION. I WAS JUST TRYING TO MAKE THE CONNECTION THERE, SO EVERYBODY UNDERSTOOD.

AND THEN IT GOT ME THINKING ABOUT TERRY'S COMMENT ABOUT IMPACT FEES.

AND IMPACT FEES, DON'T THEY COME DIRECTLY FROM THE GROWTH IN THE COMMUNITY? CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT? YEAH. SO, IMPACT FEES EVERY TIME A, FOR INSTANCE, EVERY TIME A NEW HOUSE IS BUILT IN THE BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE RECEIVE A $10,000. OKAY. SO, WHAT WE'RE SAYING THEN IS IN SOME CONVOLUTED LOGIC, YOU KNOW, OH, WE'RE GOING TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF VOTES TO 50%.

AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO TELL YOU CAN'T COLLECT IMPACT FEES IN THE COMMUNITY AND THERE'S SOME RELATIONSHIP THERE.

I CAN'T FIND IT. AND THE RELATIONSHIP, I WILL TELL YOU, IS THAT SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON IS ONE OF THE FEW MUNICIPALITIES, FEW AREAS OF MUNICIPALITIES THAT EVEN ALLOW IMPACT FEES TO BE COLLECTED.

SO, FOR INSTANCE, ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE STATE, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE'S ONLY A HANDFUL OF DISTRICTS, PASCO BEING ONE OF THEM. THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO COLLECT IMPACT FEES.

SO THIS CHANGE WILL NOT IMPACT A MAJORITY OF THE STATE.

IT IMPACTS US. I WILL LET YOU KNOW THAT THE OUT OF THE TEN LARGEST, THE TEN DISTRICTS THAT COLLECTED THE MOST IMPACT FEES, FIVE OF THEM ARE IN SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON. WE COLLECTED $8 MILLION IN IMPACT FEES LAST YEAR.

WE WERE SECOND ONLY TO RIDGEFIELD. NOW, THOSE IMPACT FEES ALLOW US TO NOT GO OUT.

WHEN WE ASK FOR A CAPITAL LEVY, WE DON'T HAVE TO GO OUT AND ASK FOR A CAPITAL LEVY BECAUSE WE CAN BUILD, WE NEED TO BUILD CAM, INSTEAD WE CAN JUST USE OUR IMPACT FEES.

SO, IN ESSENCE IT SAVES THE TAX BASE FOR OUR DISTRICT.

SO, IT DOES HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPLICATIONS FOR US AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT, JUST LIKE IT DOES FOR RIDGEFIELD, JUST LIKE IT DOES FOR EVERGREEN, JUST LIKE IT DOES FOR IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT.

YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT A BOND, FOR INSTANCE, IF WE WERE GOING TO RUN A BOND AT 200 OR 300 MILLION, THAT WOULD BE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN TAX RATES THAT WOULD LAST FOR REMEMBER THIS, A BOND,

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IMPACT FEES ARE NOT ENOUGH FOR US TO SAY HEY, WE WANT TO REPLACE GLENWOOD LAURIN.

REPLACING GLENWOOD LAURIN WOULD TAKE US $80 MILLION.

AND SO THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, IT'S DIFFICULT TO USE IMPACT FEES FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT IMPACT FEES HELP US DO THINGS LIKE ADD PORTABLES AND, AND WORK ON OUR GROWTH.

AND IN FACT, THEY'RE NOT ENOUGH TO BUILD A NEW SCHOOL. NO, THEY'RE NOT ENOUGH TO BUILD A NEW IS REALLY WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. BUT THEY ARE ENOUGH TO DO SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS. THEY BUILT A SMALL SCHOOL IN CAM, BUT AGAIN, IT'S NOT A BRICK AND MORTAR SCHOOL.

IT'S A SCHOOL USING MODULAR. DOES IT FIT OUR NEEDS? IS IT GREAT? YEAH IT IS. KEVIN DOES A GREAT JOB OF MAKING THAT WORK.

BUT IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. SO. THERE'S I WAS ASKED TODAY BY A CITIZEN BY A PARENT IN THE DISTRICT. THAT AND ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO SHARE WAS SHE'S A YES VOTE. TRUE AND TRUE. SO SHE DIDN'T REALLY NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE LEVY WAS FOR.

SO THE INFORMATIONAL NIGHTS ARE HELPFUL. BUT AS A WORKING PARENT, SHE CAN'T ALWAYS GET TO THOSE.

RIGHT? ON TOP OF THAT, SHE KNOWS WHAT THE LEVEES FOR AND KNOWS HOW IT SUPPORTS HER FAMILY AND ASKED BUT WHAT SHE THOUGHT WAS MAYBE SOME PARENTS DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE LEVEE WAS FOR, AND MAYBE THEY CAN'T GET TO THOSE MEETINGS, AND MAYBE THEY DON'T WANT TO CLICK A LINK BECAUSE WE'RE ALL TOLD NOT TO CLICK LINKS THESE DAYS TO GO TO THE WEBSITE TO READ, YOU KNOW WHAT ALL THE THINGS THE LEVEE SUPPORTS.

AND HER RECOMMENDATION, WHICH I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH, JUST AS SOME FEEDBACK WAS WHEN WE PUT OUT THE HEY, VOTE FOR YOUR LEVEE EMAIL, HEY, HERE'S YOUR TEXT MESSAGE.

JUST SAY SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE IMPACTED THAT MIGHT GO AWAY JUST AS YOU JUST LISTED.

AND I KNOW THAT'S A WORKING LIST, SO I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE THAT SPECIFICALLY OUT THERE, BUT SOME OF THOSE THINGS I'VE ALSO HEARD, SEEN FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT SAME SCENARIO, COMMENTS, THAT IT'S A FEAR MONGERING AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST BULLYING PEOPLE INTO VOTE.

YOU'LL LOSE THIS IF YOU DON'T VOTE. I FEEL LIKE AS SCHOOL BOARD DIRECTORS AND AS ADMINISTRATION, WE CAN'T TELL PEOPLE HOW TO VOTE. SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE NO, VOTE NO. IF YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE YES, PLEASE VOTE YES. BUT PLEASE BE INFORMED. RIGHT.

SO THERE'S THAT. AND THEN THE OTHER PIECE OF INFORMATION THAT I WANTED TO SHARE, WHICH WAS A QUESTION WHICH I KNOW THE ANSWER TO, BUT I WOULD LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE TO KNOW THE ANSWER TO IN CASE THEY FOLLOW OUR MEETINGS AND THEY DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER.

IS THAT ONE OF THE COMMENTS I SAW WAS THEY'LL JUST RUN THIS EVERY TWO MONTHS UNTIL IT PASSES, UNTIL THEY BULLY US INTO IT. AND THAT'S NOT TRUE.

SO COULD YOU JUST CLARIFY THAT WHEN IF WE PASS THIS LEVY ON APRIL 22ND, WE ARE GOOD FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, AND IF WE DON'T PASS THIS LEVY ON APRIL 22ND, WE ARE NOT GOOD FOR THE NEXT.

IF WE DON'T PASS THE LEVY, WE CAN'T RERUN IT AGAIN UNTIL THE FOLLOWING CALENDAR YEAR.

SO, YOU CAN RUN IT TWO TIMES EVERY CALENDAR YEAR.

SO, WE HAVE RUN IT IN FEBRUARY. WE ARE RUNNING IT IN APRIL.

IF IT DOESN'T PASS IN APRIL, WE CANNOT RUN IT IN AUGUST.

WE CANNOT RUN IT IN NOVEMBER. THOSE CUTS WILL HAVE TO BE MADE.

WE CAN THEN RUN THE LEVY IN FEBRUARY OF 26. BUT UNDERSTAND, WHEN YOU RUN IT IN FEBRUARY AND 26, YOU DON'T START COLLECTING UNTIL THE NEXT YEAR.

SO YOU WOULDN'T START COLLECTING UNTIL JANUARY OF 27, WHICH IS WHY YOU WOULD GO HALF OF A YEAR.

YOU'D HAVE YOUR JANUARY. YOU'D HAVE YOUR JANUARY TO JUNE OF NEXT YEAR.

YOU WOULDN'T HAVE ANY LEVY MONEY. THAT'S YOUR HALF YEAR.

THAT'S 20 MILLION. AND THEN YOU'D HAVE YOUR SEPTEMBER TO JANUARY, YOUR SECOND PART OF THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR WHERE YOU WOULDN'T HAVE A LEVY.

THAT'S YOUR OTHER $20 MILLION. SO THAT'S THE $40 MILLION.

YOU CAN ONLY RUN IT TWICE. THANK YOU. I JUST THINK THAT THAT'S A IT'S GOOD TO CLARIFY TO YOU.

AND I WOULD SAY TO OUR FAMILIES THAT IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT THE REASON THAT YOU RUN THE LEVY IN APRIL VERSUS WAITING TO RUN THE LEVY IN AUGUST OR IN IN NOVEMBER IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO TELL EVERYBODY IN MAY 15TH WHO'S GETTING CUT. YOU HAVE TO MAKE THOSE CUTS ANYWAY BECAUSE YOU CAN'T KEEP ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE.

AND THEN JUST DO THIS BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T PASS THE LEVY, THEN IN NOVEMBER YOU'LL BE IN BIGGER TROUBLE THAN YOU REALLY ARE.

SO, YOU HAVE TO MAKE THOSE CUTS PRIOR TO. AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE TO RUN THE LEVY QUICKLY, ALL THAT STUFF RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. RIGHT? YEAH.

YOU CAN'T DO THAT. NO. YEAH. I APPRECIATE THE TRANSPARENCY AND GETTING THAT MESSAGE OUT THERE IN DEPTH.

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SO I DO WANT TO END ON A VERY POSITIVE NOTE, AND I DID WANT TO OFFER, ITZEL BROUGHT IT UP.

I WANT TO OFFER KUDOS TO THE CTE INDUSTRY FAIR.

IT WAS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC. WHAT I'VE NOTICED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.

I THINK THIS IS OUR FIFTH OR SIXTH. IS IT? HOW MANY YEARS? TEN. OKAY. TEN YEARS IS. THANK YOU. I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS TEN.

TIME FLIES WHEN YOU'RE HAVING FUN. I HAVE SEEN, I WAS GOING TO SAY, CINDY, YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN THE SAME THING, BUT IT'S AMAZING THAT WHEN WE FIRST STARTED OUR INDUSTRY FAIR AND IT WAS IN ITS BEGINNING STAGES, I WOULD SAY IT WAS 75% STUDENTS AND MAYBE 15 TO 20%, YOU KNOW, 25% AT THE MOST OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND PARENTS AND FAMILIES. NOW, IF YOU GO TO THIS INDUSTRY FAIR, I WOULD SAY IT'S ALMOST 75% PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

THERE'S A LOT OF ADULTS IN THERE LOOKING FOR JOBS.

AND SO IT SERVES, WHILE IT'S GREAT FOR OUR STUDENTS TO GET AN IDEA OF ALL THE DIFFERENT POSSIBILITIES THAT ARE OUT THERE IN TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT, IT REALLY IS SERVING A PURPOSE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

SO I JUST WANTED TO OFFER MY THANKS AND APPRECIATION AND MY RECOGNITION, CINDY, FOR YOU AND YOUR TEAM.

I KNOW IT TAKES A LOT OF PEOPLE TO PUT THAT TOGETHER.

THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, BUT YOU COULD NOT FIND A PARKING SPOT AT BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL LAST THURSDAY, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK IN THAT AREA. I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD OVER A THOUSAND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE PARTICIPANTS AND OVER 80 BUSINESSES WERE THERE. AND I KNOW PEOPLE NOTED THAT IT WAS IT IS THE LARGEST CAREER KIND OF JOB FAIR THAT YOU CAN FIND AROUND. AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT IT GETS SO MUCH FOOT TRAFFIC.

IT'S YEAH, IT WAS AMAZING AND NICE TO SEE SOME OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLERS DOING ROBOTICS AND THEIR SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THAT.

SO, THERE'S JUST A LOT OF DIVERSITY THERE, FROM ENGINEERING TO ROOFING TO JUST HVAC SYSTEMS, ALL KINDS OF THINGS. SO ANYBODY WHO'S LOOKING FOR A JOB PUT IT ON YOUR LIST FOR NEXT FEBRUARY, BECAUSE YOU'LL PROBABLY HAVE A DIFFERENT JOB BEFORE THEN, BUT YOU STILL SHOULD COME LOOK, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PROGRAMS THAT ARE APPRENTICESHIP BASED AND YOU CAN GET PAID FOR TRAINING AND WHATNOT WHILE YOU'RE WORKING, SO IT'S PRETTY AMAZING EVENT. YEAH. AND THAT'S IT FOR ME.

WHAT, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING? WELL, NO, I GUESS THAT'LL DO IT.

OKAY. MICHELLE. GOOD EVENING, BOARD. JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS TO SHARE.

JUST WHILE WE'RE ON THE TOPIC OF THE INDUSTRY FAIR.

SO WE WERE BATTLE GROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WAS PRESENT AT A BOOTH, AND ITZEL SPENT SOME TIME WITH US GREETING, GREETING INDIVIDUALS. IT WAS JUST A GREAT WAY TO CONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY SPECIFICALLY AROUND THE POSITIONS LIKE SUBSTITUTING AND CUSTODIAL.

SOME OF OUR POSITIONS THAT DON'T NECESSARILY REQUIRE A CERTIFICATE, BUT A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND A LOT OF INTEREST AROUND THOSE, THOSE POSITIONS. SECONDLY, JUST WANT TO TALK THROUGH OUR PRC, OUR POSITION REVIEW COMMITTEE.

SO, WE ARE PRETTY MUCH GETTING CLOSE TO THE END OF WRAPPING UP THAT PROCESS.

SO THAT'S A PROCESS WHERE EVERY YEAR WE LOOK AT A CERTAIN NUMBER OF POSITIONS WITHIN OUR CLASSIFIED ASSOCIATION.

AND SO THIS YEAR WE ARE WORKING THROUGH MAINTENANCE CAMPUS SECURITY GROUNDS.

AND WE HAVE JUST TWO OTHER POSITIONS LEFT TO REVIEW.

AND THAT'S CUSTODIAL AND WAREHOUSE. AND SO WE HOPE TO WRAP THOSE THOSE TWO POSITIONS UP IN THE NEXT NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

AND LASTLY, JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP ON OUR RADAR.

CLASSIFIED APPRECIATION WEEK. THIS IS ALSO KNOWN AS EDUCATION SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS WEEK THAT IS COMING UP IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

IT IS MARCH 10TH THROUGH 14TH AND SO MANY OF OUR SCHOOLS PLAN EVENTS AND CELEBRATION TYPE ACTIVITIES TO RECOGNIZE ALL OF OUR, CLASSIFIED STAFF OR EDUCATION SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS DURING THAT TIME.

SO, WE LOOK FORWARD TO TREATING THEM AND HONORING THEM DURING THAT TIME.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. NO REPORT FROM FINANCE TODAY.

NO REPORT FROM MR. JOLMA. HE'S GOING TO BE GIVING US A, HE'S IN FRONT OF THE BOARD TODAY WITH SOME ROOFING PROJECTS FOR WHICH IS USING OUR CAPITAL LEVY MONIES, AND THEN WE'LL GO TO AMANDA. ALL RIGHT.

GOOD EVENING BOARD. JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS TO SHARE WITH YOU.

RIGHT NOW, OUR KINDERGARTEN ENROLLMENT IS OPEN FOR ANYONE WHO HAS A CHILD WHO WILL BE FIVE BY AUGUST 31ST.

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ENROLLMENT WILL BE UNAVAILABLE FOR A PORTION OF THE SUMMER DUE TO OUR SKYWARD MIGRATION.

WE'RE ALSO ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS WITH INTEREST FOR THE TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM THAT IS FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE FOUR YEARS OLD, SO FAMILIES CAN FIND ALL THAT INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE.

AND THEN WE ALSO ARE ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR OUR VARIOUS ALTERNATIVE LEARNING SCHOOLS AND PROGRAMS. AND THE DEADLINES VARY FOR EACH OF THOSE. BUT THAT INFORMATION ALSO IS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE.

AND THEN JUST A COUPLE OF UPCOMING EVENTS, INCLUDING THE SOLAR CAR CHALLENGE, WHICH I'M SURE JACKIE IS FAMILIAR WITH.

WE'LL HAVE TEAMS FROM CHIEF AND CAM REPRESENTING US AT THAT EVENT.

THE COLLEGE AND CAREER FAIR WAS OPEN TO STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, AS WELL AS STUDENTS FROM OTHER DISTRICTS AS WELL, IF THEY'RE INTERESTED. AND THAT'S WHERE THEY CAN LEARN ABOUT APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS, TRADE SCHOOLS, MILITARY BRANCHES AND COLLEGES. AND THEN LASTLY, WE HAVE A NEW EVENT CALLED BINGO AND BOOKS THAT'S GOING TO GO ON AT CHIEF LATER THIS MONTH AND THIS IS A LITERACY EVENT FOR FAMILIES, SO SHOULD BE A GREAT TIME.

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

THANK YOU. WELL, AT LEAST IT'S GETTING THE LIST.

[7. Citizens' Comments]

THE BOARD WELCOMES COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS DURING CITIZENS COMMENTS, AND ASK THAT THOSE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD SIGN IN ON THE SIGN IN SHEET PROVIDED, WHICH IS LOCATED CLOSE TO THE ENTRANCE. PLEASE FOLLOW THE PROCEDURES FOR CITIZENS COMMENTS BY STATING YOUR NAME, LIMITING, 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 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 AN ACTION IS DEEMED NECESSARY. SO AND I THINK ITZEL IS OUR TIMER.

IS THAT RIGHT, TODAY? AND WENDY. SORRY, MADAM CHAIR.

YES. SINCE WE'RE HAVING THESE TWO THAT WE'RE HAVING AN ADDITIONAL COMMENTS TIME.

DO WE WANT PEOPLE IF THEY'RE GOING TO SPEAK TO THIS SUPERINTENDENT THING, DO WE WANT THEM TO WAIT UNTIL THEM OR DO YOU WANT THEM TO SPEAK TWICE? LET ME SEE WHAT THE TOPIC IS HERE. THERE'S ONE.

TWO. WE WANT THEM TO SPEAK TWICE. PEOPLE DID. YEAH. PROBABLY DON'T WANT TO SPEAK TWICE. SO I WOULD ASK THEM TO HOLD OFF. SO, IF YOU IF YOU ASK TO SPEAK ABOUT THE SUPERINTENDENT HIRING.

I'M UNLESS I MEAN, IF YOU CAN SPEAK NOW, I WOULDN'T WANT TO TELL SOMEONE NOT TO SPEAK NOW.

BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO WAIT UNTIL THAT ITEM, I'LL CALL YOU.

AT THAT TIME, I DID PUT ANOTHER FORM OUT FOR THAT.

OH. YOU DID. OKAY, WELL, I'VE GOT SEVERAL ON HERE THAT WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT.

SO I WILL CALL THOSE WHO ARE NOT SPEAKING ABOUT THE SUPERINTENDENT HIRING FIRST, AND THEN I'LL CALL THOSE WHO ARE SPEAKING ABOUT SUPERINTENDENT HIRING AT THAT TIME. SO, FIRST IS EUNICE INGERMANSON.

GOOD EVENING. BOARD. MY NAME IS EUNICE INGERMANSON.

SHE HER AND I'M A RESIDENT IN THIS DISTRICT. IN THE WAKE OF TITLE NINE, REVERTING TO THE WAY IT WAS IN 2020 AND A HOST OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS TARGETING MARGINALIZED POPULATION AND SO MUCH MORE.

I'M GRATEFUL THAT THE BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT IS NOT RUSHING INTO REWRITING A WHOLE BUNCH OF POLICIES AND PROCEDURES TO COMPLY WITH WHATEVER THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS. EXECUTIVE ORDERS ARE NOT LAWS.

AND WHEN THERE ARE EXECUTIVE ORDERS THAT ARE ILLEGAL, THEY SHOULD BE CHALLENGED, NOT OBEYED BLINDLY.

IF UNJUST OR HURTFUL BILLS GET PASSED INTO LAWS, I HOPE THAT THERE ARE ENOUGH CARING ATTORNEYS, GENERALS, AND BIG ORGANIZATIONS TO CHALLENGE THEM IN COURT AND GET THEM THROWN OUT.

IN THE MEANTIME, WE HAVE STATE LAWS THAT PROTECT ALL YOUTH TO FULLY PARTICIPATE IN THE ACTIVITIES OF OUR SCHOOLS REGARDLESS OF SEX, RACE, CREED, RELIGION, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, ETC., ETC.

APPARENTLY, IMMIGRATION STATUS HAS ALSO BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS CATEGORY FOR DISCRIMINATION,

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PLEASE KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK OF HELPING ALL STUDENTS KNOW THAT THEY BELONG IN OUR SCHOOLS.

IS THAT DEI? YOU BET. MAKING A LEVEL PLAYING GROUND FOR ALL KIDS IS A GREAT WAY OF ENSURING THAT OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY PREPARES OUR FUTURE TEACHERS, DOCTORS, SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, MUSICIANS, BUILDERS, HISTORIANS, EPIDEMIOLOGISTS, PLUMBERS, CHEFS, PROBLEM SOLVERS, COMMUNITY CONNECTORS.

ET CETERA, ET CETERA. AND SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS AND EVEN SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.

AND TO ALL KINDS OF OTHER PEOPLE WILL NEED TO THAT WE WILL NEED TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY GOING. AND IN 20, 30 YEARS FROM NOW, I WOULD LOVE FOR EACH OF THESE PEOPLE, THESE PEOPLE, TO REMEMBER FONDLY THE COMMUNITY THAT PROTECTED AND SUPPORTED THEM AND GAVE THEM A GREAT EDUCATION AND WANT TO BE THE VERY BEST THEY CAN BE TO GIVE BACK TO THAT COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SERGIO OCHOA.

GOOD EVENING. BOARD. MY NAME IS SERGIO, AND I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN WITH READING THE BATTLE GROUND PUBLIC SCHOOL'S MISSION STATEMENT RIGHT OFF OF YOUR WEBSITE.

BELIEVING THAT EVERY PERSON BRINGS VALUE AND HAS THE CAPACITY TO DO GREAT THINGS, WE WILL REACH EACH AND EVERY STUDENT ACADEMICALLY, SOCIALLY, AND EMOTIONALLY TO ENSURE THEIR SUCCESS IN LIFE.

IT IS WITH THIS BACKGROUND IN MIND THAT I WANT TO RAISE AGAIN THE ISSUE OF SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING IN YOUR SCHOOLS.

SEL AS LISTED ON THEIR CASTLE.ORG WEBSITE, THIS IS SAYING WHAT THEY INTEND TO DO IN THE CONTEXT OF SEL, EQUITY AND EXCELLENCE REFERS TO THESE STUDENTS ACROSS RACE, ETHNICITY, FAMILY INCOME LEVELS, LEARNING ABILITIES, HOME LANGUAGE, IMMIGRATION STATUS, GENDER IDENTITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AND OTHER FACTORS. ENGAGING IN HIGH QUALITY EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND ENVIRONMENTS THAT BEST PROMOTE THEIR HEALTHY SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, AND ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT. BECAUSE LEARNING ABOUT THE SEXUAL ORIENTATION OF MINORS WILL PROMOTE ACADEMIC PROSPERITY, RIGHT? I KNOW YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO SAY ANYTHING, BUT IF YOU APPROVE OF THAT, YOU CAN GIVE A NOD.

OR EVEN SO, THEIR RACE OR FAMILY INCOME LEVELS.

WHY BRING THESE THINGS TO LIGHT IF NOT TO CATEGORIZE THEM, WHICH IS WHAT INEVITABLY WILL HAPPEN.

THIS DOCTRINE WILL TEACH CHILDREN TO VIEW OTHERS IN EITHER A VICTIM OR OPPRESSOR CATEGORY.

TO THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE SCOFFING RIGHT NOW IN YOUR HEARTS, REMEMBER YOU HAVE BEEN DELEGATED AN AUTHORITY OVER THESE CHILDREN BY OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. YOU HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT AND HONORING TO YOUR NEIGHBOR, AND EVEN MORE SO TO THESE CHILDREN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JESSICA COLE.

HELLO. SCHOOL BOARD. MY NAME IS JESSICA COLE.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT CHILLY BACK THERE. I'M FINISHING UP MY THANK YOUS FROM BOARD APPRECIATION LAST MONTH.

SINCE WE ALL DIDN'T COORDINATE WHEN I WANTED TO SPEAK ON THAT.

AND SO, TED, YOU WEREN'T HERE LAST TIME I SPOKE, AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE SCHOOL SPORTS THAT YOU'VE DONE.

WHEN YOU SPEAK ABOUT IT, THE PASSION THAT COMES THROUGH.

I COULD FEEL THAT AND CATCH THAT. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR KINDNESS TO ME.

AND THEN ITZEL, YOU WEREN'T HERE LAST TIME, EITHER.

AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THIS YEAR, I NOTICED THERE'S BEEN A LOT MORE STUDENT VOICE THAN BEFORE.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, I CREDIT THE TWO OF YOU, AND I MISSED ONE OF THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS.

I WATCHED ONLINE A FEW MONTHS AGO WHEN THE TOPIC OF THE WEARER, GRANT, CAME UP WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND SUICIDE PREVENTION OR SUICIDE,

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AND THE INTERACTION BETWEEN YOU TWO, THE COMFORTING WAS JUST I DON'T HAVE GOOD WORDS.

SO I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING, THAT SEEING HOW YOU GUYS CARED AND WERE SO HUMANE TO EACH OTHER WAS JUST SO TOUCHING.

AND SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH AGAIN AND STILL.

AND I'M SORRY THAT THE LEVY DIDN'T PASS, AND I HOPE IT PASSES IN APRIL BECAUSE I KNOW OUR STUDENTS NEED THAT FOR THEIR EDUCATION. AND I THINK YOUR CALENDAR'S A LITTLE BIT OFF.

I THINK IT'S LIKE A LEAP YEAR OR SOMETHING, BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S NOT A JUNE 30TH THIS YEAR.

IT'S MY [INAUDIBLE] SHELLEY GOT MY JOKE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. PAUL KOENIG. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO SUPERINTENDENT.

YOU DON'T WANT TO SPEAK NOW? OKAY. GOT IT. OKAY.

THAT THE REST OF THESE CLEARLY SAID THEY WANTED TO SPEAK ABOUT SUPERINTENDENT HIRING.

SO WE WILL HEAR FROM YOU A LITTLE BIT LATER. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

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

BUSINESS AND OPERATIONS REPORTS. PERSONNEL REPORT.

STUDENT TRAVEL, FINANCIAL REPORTS, APPROVAL OF A DONATION FROM YAKULT AMBOY PTO AND CALVIN JOLMA, AND APPROVAL OF THE JEFF SPENCER DONATION TO BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL, AND THEN THE APPROVAL OF THE CTE FOUR-YEAR PLAN.

WE DO HAVE A COUPLE PEOPLE TO SPEAK TO THOSE TWO DONATIONS.

DO WE WANT TO DO THAT BEFORE WE HAVE A MOTION? I THINK WE HAVE SOMEONE HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE DONATIONS.

KELLIE CORDON. SHE'S COMING. OH, GOOD. GOOD.

HI, I'M KELLY GORBY, PRINCIPAL UP AT YACOLT PRIMARY, AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO ACCEPT A DONATION FROM OUR PTO.

THE KIDS WORKED REALLY HARD. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THIS IS FROM TWO YEARS OF SELLING PIES.

SO, WE'RE GOING TO GET WE'RE LOOKING TO GET A ROCK CLIMBING WALL FOR THE PLAYGROUND.

AND WE WOULD LIKE THREE PICNIC TABLES OUT THERE.

STUDENTS LIKE TO GO OUT AND HAVE LUNCH. AND THEN DURING THE BARBECUES WHEN PARENTS COME UP. SO WE'RE GOING TO INSTALL SOME PICNIC TABLES.

THAT'S WONDERFUL. AND I KNOW MR. JOLMA HAS BEEN A PARTNER IN THAT AS WELL.

YES. AND WHAT KIND OF PIES ARE YOU SELLING? THAT SOUNDS WONDERFUL.

DID YOU SAY PIES? THEY'RE PIES. PIES. WHICH IS IRONIC BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE UP NORTH AND EVERYBODY IS KNOWN FOR BEING GREAT BAKERS UP THERE, BUT YET THEY'RE BUYING A LOT OF PIES. THEY'RE FROZEN PIES, AND IT'S RIGHT AT THANKSGIVING TIME.

SO THERE YOU GO. WELL, WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL. AND I KNOW YOU'RE VERY GRATEFUL TO YOU.

WE ARE REALLY GRATEFUL. AND THE KIDS WORK HARD. MR. JOLMA. IT WAS FUN. YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYBODY IS HERE. SORRY. I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYBODY IS HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE SECOND DONATION, BUT IT'S ITEM I. APPROVAL OF JEFF SPENCER. DONATION TO BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL.

MR. SPENCER IS A MEMBER OF THE BATTLE GROUND COMMUNITY, AND IT'S A TOUCHING STORY.

HE LOVED BEING PART OF SPORTS WHEN HIS CHILDREN WERE OF HIGH SCHOOL AGE, AND NOW HE'S AT A POINT WHERE HE WANTED TO GIVE BACK TO THE SCHOOL.

SO HE'S DONATED A TOTAL OF $10000 TO BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL.

HE ASKS THAT A THOUSAND BE DONATED TO THE FOOD PANTRY AT BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL, AND THAT THE REMAINING $9,000 BE DONATED TO OUR ATHLETIC ASB ACCOUNT. 1000 AT BGHS SO THAT MONEY CAN REACH AS MANY ATHLETES AND PROGRAMS AS POSSIBLE.

AND NOT THAT THAT ISN'T WONDERFUL ENOUGH, BUT MR. SPENCER HAS ALSO INDICATED THAT HE'S INTERESTED IN POTENTIALLY DONATING EVERY YEAR TO BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL.

SO FROM YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO THANK ALSO THE, THE, THE DONATION THAT WENT TO THE YAKULT AMBOY PTA, BUT I WANT TO ON BEHALF OF, OF MYSELF AND THE DISTRICT REALLY, REALLY THANK MR. SPENCER FOR HIS THOUGHTFUL GIFT TO BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL.

THANK YOU. YES, WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL. YES. AND SO WE NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVES THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? STUDENT REPS.

PRO. PRO. OKAY. THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

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MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0. AND WITH THAT, THERE'S NO OLD BUSINESS.

AND WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM A, WHICH IS NOW SUPERINTENDENT HIRING ON NEW BUSINESS.

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

BUT AS YOU KNOW, MY RETIREMENT WILL BE EFFECTIVE.

LEAP DAY. JUNE. JUNE 30TH. YEAH. SO, I'LL BE LEAVING.

I WOULD JUST SAY AGAIN THAT IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE THIS DISTRICT FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS AS SUPERINTENDENT.

WHEN A SUPERINTENDENT LEAVES, IT IS THE BOARD'S PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY TO NAME, FIND AND NAME A NEW SUPERINTENDENT.

THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT WAYS TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

I'LL JUST LIST A FEW OF THEM. NUMBER ONE IS TO THE BOARD CAN APPOINT A CANDIDATE.

USUALLY IT'S AN INTERNAL CANDIDATE THAT THE BOARD IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH.

THIS IS A PROCESS THAT HAS BEEN USED IN MANY DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

IT'S BEEN USED IN BATTLE GROUND TO PROMOTE A SENSE OF CONTINUITY, WHICH IS IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY.

IF THE THE THE BOARD CHOOSES NOT TO GO THAT ROUTE, THEY CAN CONDUCT AN INTERNAL SEARCH, MEANING LOOKING AT MORE THAN ONE CANDIDATE WITHIN THE DISTRICT. THEY CAN CONDUCT A LOCALIZED SEARCH.

FOR INSTANCE, JUST GO OUT LOOKING IN SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON, CONDUCT A LOCALIZED SEARCH.

WHEN YOU CONDUCT A LOCALIZED SEARCH, IT USUALLY MEANS THAT YOU'RE NOT WORKING WITH A RECRUITMENT AGENCY.

IF THE BOARD WANTS TO GET DEEPER THAN THAT, THEY CAN CONDUCT A STATEWIDE SEARCH OR EVEN CONDUCT A NATIONAL SEARCH.

A STATEWIDE SEARCH AND A NATIONAL SEARCH USUALLY INVOLVE USING SOME KIND OF RECRUITING AGENCY.

IF YOU GO TO THE WAUSAU WEBSITE THERE IS A PAGE UNDER THERE UNDER RESOURCES WHERE THEY LIST, I THINK IT'S NINE. THE LAST TIME I LOOKED NINE SEARCH FIRMS THAT CAN HELP WITH THAT PROCESS DEPENDING ON THE DEPENDING ON THE EXTENSIVENESS OF A SEARCH. IT CAN TAKE BETWEEN I SAW SIX WEEKS TO THREE MONTHS TO DO THAT, DEPENDING ON HOW FAR YOU WANT TO GO, AND IT CAN COST ANYWHERE BETWEEN $30,000 TO $100,000, DEPENDING ON HOW FAR AND HOW MUCH PUBLICITY AND HOW MUCH YOU'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT IN THE LAST YEAR, THE WOODLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE WASHOUGAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE EVERGREEN SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE RIDGEFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT ALL HIRED NEW SUPERINTENDENTS.

WOODLAND, WASHOUGAL AND EVERGREEN, WHILE THEY CONDUCTED SEARCHES, THEY ENDED UP HIRING THE INTERNAL CANDIDATE.

THE PERSON WHO WAS AT THE SEAT NEXT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND RIDGEFIELD WENT OUT.

THEIR DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT DECLINED, DID NOT WANT THE POSITION, SO THEY WENT OUT FOR A SEARCH AND WERE ABLE TO HIRE SOMEBODY FROM THE TRI-CITIES AREA, I BELIEVE. SO IT HAS BEEN DONE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS.

SO I'M OPEN TO ASSISTING THE BOARD IN ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCESS, BUT I'M JUST KIND OF SETTING THE TABLE BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU WANT TO GO WITH THE DISCUSSION. AND I'LL BACK OUT AT THIS POINT. OKAY.

I I NEED THE BOARD'S CONSENSUS. DO YOU WANT PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST OR AFTER YOU'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSION? I WOULD PREFER TO HAVE THEIR COMMENTS FIRST. THEIR COMMENTS.

GO AHEAD AND HAVE THEM FIRST. YEAH I AGREE. OKAY.

SO I WILL CALL WENDY RUSH.

JUST AS A COMMENT. POINT OF ORDER. PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.

I ASKED FOR THIS ITEM TO BE ON THE AGENDA, AND I'VE NOT GIVEN HAD ANY OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO IT.

AND NOW WE'RE HAVING THE PEOPLE COME AND SPEAK TO IT FIRST.

AND I ASKED THAT THEY WOULD SPEAK AFTER WE HAD OUR DISCUSSION.

BUT I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU ALL FOUR JUST SAID THIS IS THE WAY YOU'D LIKE TO HANDLE IT.

I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT. THANK YOU. SURE.

HI, I'M WENDY RUSH, A PARENT IN THE DISTRICT, AND I KIND OF WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO DENNY TO MR. WATERS.

THANK YOU FOR THE YEARS WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER.

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AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME. WHAT I DID WANT TO TALK TO. I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED WHEN I SAW THIS ON THE AGENDA.

I WAS SURPRISED WHEN I SAW IT ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE I WAS CONSIDERING I'M GOING BACK TO WHEN I FIRST MOVED INTO THE DISTRICT AND WHEN WE WOULD HAVE SUPERINTENDENTS HIRED BASED ON AFTER PROS AND CONS FROM THE COMMUNITY, BASED ON SURVEYS THAT WERE PUT OUT.

THIS WOULD BE AFTER [INAUDIBLE] WAS THE LAST ONE, AND THAT WAS 2014.

AND SO I'M A LITTLE, I'M VERY CURIOUS FOR ALL THIS TIME OF HOW THAT ENDS UP CHANGING TO BECOME AN APPOINTMENT PROCESS, BASICALLY OF JUST KIND OF MOVING PEOPLE UP THE LADDERS THAT ARE IN DISTRICT.

I DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT FULFILLS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S POLICY ON BEST HIRING PRACTICES TO REALLY GET THE BEST CANDIDATE AND BEING ABLE TO INCLUDE THE PRIMARY STAKEHOLDERS, WHICH WOULD BE THE PARENTS AND THE STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY THAT'S VOTING ON THINGS LIKE LEVIES AND BONDS AND JUST THAT YOU WANT THEIR SUPPORT.

WHAT I WAS HOPING TO SEE IS MORE OF A DUE DILIGENCE, A TRANSPARENT AND THOROUGH PROCESS, CONDUCTING THE SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH BASED ON MERIT AND EXEMPLARY SKILL SETS AND MAYBE EVEN CHARACTER.

I WOULD ADD, MOST IMPORTANTLY, TO THE SATISFACTION AND THE CONFIDENCE OF THE PRIMARY STAKEHOLDERS, WHICH IN MY OPINION IS THE IS THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PAYING YOUR BILLS AND PUTTING THE KIDS IN YOUR SCHOOLS.

I HAVE A QUOTE FROM MARK HARTEAU, WHO WAS THE LAST SUPERINTENDENT THAT WE WENT THROUGH THE HIRING PROCESS AND I WAS INVOLVED WITH ON THE COMMUNITY END OF HIS HIRING. HE SAID, IF I AND THE DISTRICT DO OUR WORK AT A HIGH LEVEL WITH INTEGRITY AND TRANSPARENCY AND REALLY FOCUS ON THAT AREA, I BELIEVE THE REST WILL TAKE CARE OF ITSELF. THERE ARE TWO FRONTS TO REBUILDING TRUST.

WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT THE COMMUNITY WILL WORK TO SUPPORT A DISTRICT.

IF THEY JUST DO THEIR WORK, AND THEY DO IT AT A HIGH LEVEL.

AND I THINK THE COMMUNITY REALLY HAS BEEN LOOKING THAT FOR A LONG TIME.

AND THAT'S BEEN AN ISSUE FROM THE COMMUNITY FOR A LONG TIME OF KIND OF THIS SHAKE UP, OF BEING LEFT OUT, MARGINALIZED AND ALSO A LACK OF TRUST. I HOPE THAT THAT'S GETTING REBUILT, BUT I JUST DON'T KNOW, BASED ON THE BOND NUMBERS AND LEVY NUMBERS, THAT, THAT IS EVIDENT.

SINCE THEN THERE'S BEEN A PROCESS OF MARK HATEL UNFORTUNATELY LEFT AFTER ABOUT THREE YEARS.

WHEN HE WAS HIRED IN 2017, HE WENT ON TO WORK AT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HE HAD HIRED, MARK ROSS.

MARK ROSS THEN GETS PUT UP AS DEPUTY, HE THEN BECOMES.

FOUR YEARS LATER HE LEAVES AND THEN HE BECOMES APPOINTED IN HOUSE ADMIN, WHICH WAS DENNY WATERS.

THEN WHEN HE LEAVES ABOUT 3 OR 4 YEARS LATER, THEN DENNY IS APPOINTED AS SUPERINTENDENT AND HIS RIGHT HAND PERSON, SHELLEY, IS BUMPED INTO THE POSITION. OH, OKAY.

I DON'T I'M NOT SAYING THAT I DON'T APPROVE OF THAT. I JUST THINK THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE OF A DUE DILIGENCE IN THE SEARCH PROCESS. THANK YOU.

NEXT IS DON SIEVERS.

I'M SORRY. DON, IS IT SEAVER? DID I SAY IT'S SEAVER? DON SEAVER? YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT'S REALLY COMMON.

THAT HAPPENS A LOT, THOUGH. PEOPLE WANT TO PUT AN S ON THERE FOR SOME REASON, BUT THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK THIS EVENING.

FIRST, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RETIREMENT AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

I APPRECIATE IT, I REALLY DO. I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THE BOARD TO HOLD OFF ON HIRING A PERMANENT REPLACEMENT RIGHT AWAY.

WITH HALF OF YOUR TERMS EXPIRING THIS YEAR, THE BOARD COULD LOOK VERY DIFFERENT NEXT YEAR, AND I THINK THERE'S SOME VALUE IN LETTING THEM CHOOSE THAT POSITION.

AND SO MAYBE JUST APPOINTING AN INTERIM FOR A YEAR AND THEN LETTING THEM GO FROM THERE.

EXCUSE ME. THERE'S ALSO A POLICY CHANGES TAKING PLACE ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND PUSH BACK FROM SOME OF THE STATES, INCLUDING THIS ONE. SO, IT'D BE NICE TO SEE HOW THOSE THINGS SHAKE OUT AND SEE THE PERSON THAT YOU'RE HIRING IS IN LINE WITH WHAT'S TAKING PLACE AND REQUIRED. SO ANYWAY, WITH THOSE CHANGES, I THINK IT WOULD BE WISE JUST TO WAIT AND LET THE NEW BOARD TAKE THAT ON.

ALSO, AS WENDY WAS TALKING ABOUT, I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO LET THE COMMUNITY WEIGH IN ON CANDIDATES AND LET THEM HAVE A CHANCE TO MEET THEM AND ASK QUESTIONS BEFORE THAT FINAL DECISION IS MADE.

SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AGAIN, THANK YOU.

JENNIFER HEINE-WITHEE.

GOOD EVENING. CAN YOU RESTART? I THANK DON AND WENDY.

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THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I HAVE SO APPRECIATED WORKING WITH YOU ALSO AND ALSO WITH YOU, EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE NOT LEAVING.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO URGE THE BOARD, IF YOU DO DECIDE TO GO WITH A RECRUITING AGENCY, WENATCHEE SCHOOL DISTRICT. A FEW YEARS AGO, THEY WENT WITH A RECRUITING AGENCY.

THEY PUT OUT A SURVEY TO THE COMMUNITY. BUT IN MY OPINION, THEY DIDN'T REALLY DO ENOUGH RESEARCH ON THE AGENCY THAT THEY WENT WITH BECAUSE THE CANDIDATES THAT THEY GOT FROM THE AGENCY DID NOT MATCH THE VALUES AND THE PRIORITIES OF THE COMMUNITY. SO WHAT THEY ENDED UP WITH IS A SUPERINTENDENT THAT MANY OF THE CITIZENS OF THE COMMUNITY COMPLAINED ABOUT AND WONDERED, HOW IN THE WORLD DID WE GET THIS PERSON? THEY DON'T SHARE OUR VALUES. A SIMPLE SEARCH ON THIS ORGANIZATION'S WEBSITE WOULD HAVE TOLD THE DISTRICT ALL THEY NEEDED TO KNOW. AND SO I'M JUST ENCOURAGING DUE DILIGENCE.

I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THE COMMUNITY BE ABLE TO HAVE A VOICE THROUGH A SURVEY AND BE ABLE TO MEET CANDIDATES BEFORE THE FINAL SELECTION. GIG HARBOR DID THIS A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A NEW SUPERINTENDENT, AND I KNOW THE PEOPLE I SPOKE WITH FROM THE GIG HARBOR DISTRICT REALLY APPRECIATED THAT.

I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO ECHO DAWN IN SAYING THAT, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A WHOLE NEW, DIFFERENT BOARD COME NOVEMBER.

I THINK IT WOULD REALLY BE A GOOD IDEA TO BE ABLE TO HOLD OFF AND ALLOW THAT NEW BOARD TO MAKE THE DECISION ON WHO IS GOING TO BE HIRED, SINCE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT WILL BE WORKING THE MOST WITH THAT SUPERINTENDENT.

I THINK WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE ALL OF YOU SERVING ON THIS BOARD.

I'VE APPRECIATED EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU. AND I KNOW THAT YOU ARE ENTERING THIS WITH MUCH THOUGHT AND INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY. AND SO, I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. VICTORIA FERREIRA.

GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. AGAIN. I'M GOING TO ECHO WHAT THESE LADIES SAID.

I'M WAS LIKE, CUTTING EVERYTHING THAT I WAS GOING TO SAY BECAUSE THEY WERE HITTING EVERYTHING.

AND I'M TRYING NOT TO GIVE YOU THE SAME SPEECH.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. AND CONGRATULATIONS.

REPEATING THAT PART. THANK YOU. SO, YEAH, I THOUGHT THAT DON SEAVER BROUGHT UP AN EXCELLENT POINT THAT MANY OF YOU WON'T BE HERE UNFORTUNATELY. AND BUT AND THANK YOU GUYS, I, YOU KNOW, IN CASE I DON'T COME BACK BEFORE THAT TIME.

THAT'S THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AS WELL. AND I KNOW IT DOESN'T PAY WELL, YOU KNOW, AND YOU GUYS STILL DID THAT FOR THE KIDS.

SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. SO, I WOULD LIKE TO.

YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST ECHO WHAT SHE SAID. I THOUGHT THAT WAS GOOD ADVICE TO GIVE THAT, YOU KNOW, SINCE YOU GUYS WILL BE LEAVING, MAYBE JUST PUTTING IN AN INTERIM AND, AND THEN HAVING YOU GUYS GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

I KNOW THE AND WHAT JENNIFER HEINE HAD SAID ABOUT PUTTING A SURVEY.

I LOVE SURVEYS TO THE COMMUNITY. MOST OF YOU KNOW, I SIT ON A BOARD BUT AND DON'T WANT TO SAY WHICH ONE BECAUSE YOU GUYS KNOW AND I'M NOT HERE AS THAT MEMBER. AND SO WE HAVE A PROCESS, YOU KNOW, OURS ISN'T MUCH DIFFERENT THAN DENNY'S.

AND WE HAVE ONE EMPLOYEE AND THAT'S OUR ONLY PERSON THAT WE GET TO HIRE.

AND SO THAT'S OUR AUTHORITY. SO I'M JUST HOPING THAT YOU GUYS WILL GO THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS AS WE DO.

AND AGAIN, ALL FOR TRANSPARENCY. I'D LOVE TO HEAR THE COMMUNITY AND ALLOW THEM TO DO THAT WEIGHING IN.

AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY OF WHAT SHE SAID IS JUST PUTTING OUT A SURVEY OR, YOU KNOW, GETTING FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY, MAYBE HAVING A TOWN HALL, YOU KNOW, AND DO IT THAT WAY.

THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE MOST AFFORDABLE. BUT LIKE YOU, WHO WAS IT WHO SAID THAT? OH, JACKIE, YEAH MISS MADDUX, THAT NOT EVERYBODY CAN GET THERE, BUT MAYBE DO TWO.

I KNOW WE DID ONE FOR THE PARKS. YOU'D DO ONE ON THE WEEKEND AND THEN ONE IN THE EVENING.

SO, THEN IT GIVES EVERYBODY A CHANCE TO DO THAT.

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SO I THINK I THINK I'VE MADE MY POINT. SO, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU. TYLER LONG.

THANK YOU BOARD. I'M HERE TO ENCOURAGE AN OPEN, THOROUGH AND CAREFUL SEARCH FOR THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT POSITION AND REMIND WHAT WE SEE IN THE WORLD. REMIND YOU ALL THAT OFTENTIMES THE MOST SUCCESSFUL HIRES FOR CEO HAPPEN WHEN A FIRM BRINGS IN SOMEONE WHO IS COMPLETELY OUTSIDE OF THAT FIRM, OR EVEN THAT INDUSTRY, BECAUSE THEY BRING A FRESH PERSPECTIVE, AND THEY DON'T SUFFER FROM THE SAME BLIND SPOTS THAT HAVE PLAGUED WHATEVER ORGANIZATION THAT IS. AND OFTENTIMES, PEOPLE WITHIN A SYSTEM AND ITS ECHO CHAMBER FEAR OUTSIDERS PRECISELY BECAUSE THERE IS A BENEFIT TO THEM OF THOSE AROUND THEM KEEPING THEIR BLIND SPOTS. AND SO, THINK CAREFULLY ABOUT THE TIMING OF EVERYTHING AS WELL.

AT THE TIME WHEN THE TRUST IN THE DISTRICT IS LOW, THE LEVY JUST FAILED.

PUTTING SCHOOLS ON THE BALLOT IS LIKE PUTTING PUPPIES ON THE BALLOT.

AND IF YOU'RE FALLING SHORT, SELF-EXAMINATION IS NEEDED.

WE SHOULDN'T JUST BE ANGRY WITH THE PUBLIC AND THIS IS WHAT THE PUBLIC SEES OR POSSIBLY COULD SEE.

IN AN ELECTION YEAR WHERE THE MAJORITY OF SEATS ARE UP FOR ELECTION, THE SUPERINTENDENT ANNOUNCES HIS RETIREMENT BEFORE THE END OF HIS CONTRACT.

A NEW SUPERINTENDENT IS NAMED FROM WITHIN THE SYSTEM, GIVEN A LONG TERM CONTRACT WITHOUT AN EXHAUSTIVE SEARCH BY BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE ALSO LIKELY TO RETIRE SHORTLY AFTER THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO THE PUBLIC.

NOW, I'M NOT ACCUSING ANYONE OF ANYTHING HERE.

I'M MERELY MAKING YOU AWARE OF THE OPTICS. AND YOU SHOULD ALWAYS BE AWARE OF OPTICS.

BECAUSE YOU'RE IN THE BUSINESS OF PUBLIC RELATIONS.

YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY NOT TO GIVE ANY APPEARANCE OF IMPROPRIETY, ESPECIALLY SINCE TRUST CLEARLY NEEDS TO BE BUILT WITHIN THIS COMMUNITY.

AS I'VE SAID, SAID EXHAUSTIVELY, WE HAVE PORN IN OUR SCHOOLS.

THERE ARE BOYS AND GIRLS SPACES. WE HAVE PARENTS BEING KEPT IN THE DARK REGARDING DEEP LIFE QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR OWN KIDS.

WE HAVE RADICAL GENDER IDEOLOGY BEING PUSHED AND MARXIST CURRICULUMS ARE BEING USED AND CONSIDERED.

YOU HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO TOWARDS BUILDING PUBLIC TRUST, AND WE DON'T NEED TO GIVE THE PUBLIC ANY MORE REASON TO DISTRUST THE DISTRICT.

AND FOR THIS REASON I ASK THAT YOU FIND A TEMPORARY SOLUTION SINCE TIME IS SHORT, AND BEGIN AN EXHAUSTIVE SEARCH AND VETTING PROCESS THAT SHOULD ULTIMATELY BE DECIDED BY THE NEW BOARD THAT IS COMPRISED AFTER THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN IN THE UPCOMING ELECTIONS.

THAT IS WHAT WILL BUILD PUBLIC TRUST AND HELP YOU PASS LEVIES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. PAUL KOENIG. AND THEN PAUL, YOU.

OH, OKAY. YOU WANT ME TO TAKE YOUR NAME OFF? THANK YOU.

OKAY, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENT. SO, I'M OPENING IT TO DISCUSSION BY THE BOARD.

DO WE WANT TO GIVE TERRY AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK FIRST, SEEING HOW HE BROUGHT THE MOTION? NO, I GO AHEAD. YOU GUYS GO RIGHT AHEAD. I THINK MY CONCERN ABOUT MY MOTION IS THAT I WANT TO HEAR WHAT WE THINK.

I'M SORRY. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? WE DON'T HAVE A MOTION.

I USED THE TERM MOTION, I SHOULDN'T HAVE. NO, SORRY.

I JUST CLARIFIED. YOU MADE THE POINT TO. YES, I DID, I DID.

BUT NOW, AS I HEAR THE CONVERSATION, I'VE GOT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT MOTIONS THAT I'VE WRITTEN OUT THAT I'M NOT CLEAR WHAT THE MOTION SHOULD BE.

AND I WOULD REALLY ENJOY HEARING WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE TO SAY ABOUT HOW WE SHOULD PROCEED WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT.

I'VE GOT A FEW COMMENTS IF YOU WANT ME TO GO FIRST.

YEAH. GO AHEAD. FIRST OFF, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE PUBLIC, THE MEMBERS THAT HAVE COME AND SPOKE.

YOU GUYS ARE, WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE HEARING FROM YOU.

YOU GUYS MAKE SOME VERY STRONG POINTS. A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION IN THERE.

I HEARD SOME KEY WORDS THAT I DEFINITELY ZEROED IN ON.

FRESH PERSPECTIVE BEING ONE OF THEM. INTERIM BEING ANOTHER.

AND I THINK THAT WHERE I'M KIND OF LOOKING AT THIS, IS THAT TO THE POINT OF US HAVING A ESSENTIALLY OUTSIDE OF DIRECTOR TATE AND DEBBIE HERE. WITH THREE NEW BOARD MEMBERS AND A BRAND NEW SUPERINTENDENT.

WHILE I CAN UNDERSTAND THE PERSPECTIVE OF ALLOWING THE NEW MEMBERS TO SELECT A, THE SUPERINTENDENT, THE ROLE OF SUPERINTENDENT IS SO VITAL TO THE FUNCTION OF THE DISTRICT THAT I HAVE SIGNIFICANT CONCERN ABOUT THE CHAOS THAT WOULD BRING WITHIN THE DISTRICT ABOUT NOT HAVING ANY CONTINUITY OF LEADERSHIP AND INSIDE INFORMATION, AND HOW THIS DISTRICT RUNS.

YOU WOULD HAVE AN ENTIRELY NEW BOARD WITH TWO YOUNG FRESHMAN MEMBERS THAT DON'T UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS, AND A SUPERINTENDENT WHO MAY UNDERSTAND HOW DISTRICTS FUNCTION BUT DOESN'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON HOW THIS DISTRICT FUNCTIONS OR THE PEOPLE WITHIN IT,

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AND NOW WE'RE GOING INTO CUTS. THOSE CUTS WOULD HAPPEN DURING THAT CHANGE ORDER.

THAT'S GOING TO CREATE SIGNIFICANT TURBULENCE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND I HAVE SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS AND FEAR ABOUT THAT.

AND MANY OF YOU IN THIS ROOM KNOW ME. WE'VE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WITH EACH OTHER, AND I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU WOULD RESPECT AND TRUST MY PERSPECTIVE ON THAT.

AND SITTING UP HERE WITH THESE MEMBERS FOR THE LAST THREE AND A HALF YEARS AND HAVE TRUST AND FAITH THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO THAT.

WHEN I LEAVE THIS DISTRICT AS A BOARD MEMBER, I WANT TO LEAVE KNOWING THAT SOMEONE'S AT THE HELM, THAT I HAVE FAITH AND TRUST IN THEIR ABILITIES, AND THAT HAS THE BEST OF INTENTIONS FOR THIS DISTRICT.

THE PEOPLE OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE STUDENTS.

AND NOW I WON'T DISREGARD THE CONCERN ABOUT THE INTERIM.

I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THAT, ACTUALLY. I THINK THAT IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ON, I'M NOT AGAIN, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THAT. I WOULD HOPE THAT IF WE DID PLACE AN INTERIM BOARD MEMBER, THAT THAT INTERIM MEMBER WOULD HAVE ALL THE WEIGHT AND AUTHORITY AND BENEFITS OF BEING A SUPERINTENDENT AND EVERYTHING THAT THAT WOULD ENTAIL.

AND SO THAT THEY COULD FUNCTION AS A SUPERINTENDENT.

AND THEN THAT WOULD BUY THE COMMUNITY AND THE NEW MEMBERS THE TIME TO DECIDE IF THEY WANTED TO EITHER PUT THE INTERIM IN A PERMANENT PLACEMENT OR DO OUTSIDE RESEARCH. GOOD POINT. DEBBIE, DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO.

YEAH. I AGAIN APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU TO FOR TAKING THE TIME TO COME AND SPEAK TO US.

I HEARD SOME WORDS, TOO. I HEARD SURVEY, WHICH I THINK IS SUPER IMPORTANT.

I REALLY LIKE THAT, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO WEIGH IN.

I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT.

I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA. SO THAT WE COULD DO A THOROUGH SEARCH FOR A PERSON WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO ON FOR THE REST OF MY TERM, FOR SURE. AND THEN ALSO JUST GETTING COMMUNITY BUY IN SO THAT THE LEVIES AND THE FUTURE CAN PASS.

I THINK IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT THAT WE THAT WE HEAR WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS AND WHAT THEY'RE WANTING TO MOVE TOWARD.

SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I HEARD AND THAT I APPRECIATED AND WILL CONSIDER VERY STRONGLY.

I JUST WANT TO PIGGYBACK A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT TED SAID.

I DO APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS TONIGHT. I DO WANT TO SHARE SOME HISTORY.

AS I WAS SHARED RECENTLY WITH A FEW OF US AT THE CAC MEETING, CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

REPRESENTATIVE STEPHANIE MCCLINTOCK IS A FORMER SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, AND SHE CAME WHEN SHE CAME THAT NIGHT.

SHE WAS ON SHE SERVED SHE SAT ON A PANEL WITH BOTH TED AND I AND ANOTHER FORMER BOARD MEMBER, TROY MCCOY. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SHE SAID THAT REALLY SPOKE TO ME WAS THE HISTORY AROUND WHY THE INTERIM HIRING HAS TAKEN PLACE, NOT INTERIM. SORRY. THE APPOINTED HIRING HAS TAKEN PLACE AFTER SHAWNEE LEFT.

THERE WAS A SEARCH CONDUCTED AND THEY BROUGHT IN MARK HARDAWAY.

AND MARK HARDAWAY WAS OUR SUPERINTENDENT FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

ALONG WITH HIM, HE BROUGHT MARK ROSS, JUST AS WAS DESCRIBED BY OUR CITIZENS COMMENTS.

AT THAT TIME, THE BOARD REALLY MADE IT CLEAR THAT THEY WANTED.

WE HAVE AMAZING PEOPLE AND STAFF WITHIN OUR DISTRICT WHO ARE MORE THAN QUALIFIED FOR THIS POSITION AND TO SPEAK TO AND THEIR GOAL WAS TO CONTINUE TO GROW WITHIN OUR DISTRICT SO THAT WHAT WE HAD WAS A CONTINUITY OF LEADERSHIP, BUT ALSO OF OUR OF OUR VALUES HERE IN BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SO OF YOUR VALUES HERE IN BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND THAT WE WOULD TAKE SOMEONE WHO KNEW OUR DISTRICT AND LET THEM LEAD OUR DISTRICT IF THEY WERE SO QUALIFIED AND THEY WERE THE RIGHT FIT FOR THE POSITION.

SO I SHARE THAT BECAUSE THAT REALLY SPOKE TO ME.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT HISTORY BEFORE. I KNEW THAT AFTER SHAWNEE LEFT, WE HAD MARK HARDAWAY AND THEN WE HAD MARK ROSS, AND WE WERE VERY GRATEFUL TO HAVE DENNY FOR THE YEARS THAT HE SERVED.

SO AND I ECHO THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

BUT AND SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH EVERYONE.

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YES, I, I AGREE WITH FRESH PERSPECTIVE AND LOOKING FROM THE OUTSIDE, BUT I ALSO AGREE WITH GROWING YOUR EMPLOYEES AND TRAINING THEM UP TO WHAT YOU WANT THEM TO BE, AND TO LEAD AND TO SERVE. AND YOU CHOOSE THE RIGHT PERSON.

SO, I THERE'S SO MANY PIECES TO THIS, AND I THINK HAVING THE RIGHT FIT AND THE RIGHT LEADERSHIP AND THE RIGHT VISION FOR OUR SCHOOL TO CONTINUE ON SO WE CAN GROW AND SERVE OUR STUDENTS WHO WE'VE BEEN SO LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO POSITION THIS DISTRICT IN THE PLACE IT'S AT WITH THE LEADERSHIP WE'VE HAD.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE THAT HISTORY COMES FROM. I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT.

AND YOU KNOW, I THINK THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS ABOUT THIS, THIS PROCESS.

AND SO AS A NEW BOARD MEMBER, THE LAST TIME BRAND NEW.

LESS THAN SIX MONTHS. THE LAST TIME WE HIRED A SUPERINTENDENT, I WAS SO GRATEFUL FOR THE GUIDANCE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAD BEEN HERE FOR MANY YEARS, FOR THE GUIDANCE FROM THE STAFF AND THE ADMINISTRATION, SHARING HOW THE PREVIOUS PROCESS HAD NOT PROCESS HAD WORKED. BUT LIKE THE YEAH, PROCESS HAD WORKED, BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, I JUST LEARNED THE HISTORY. AND SO I JUST THINK IT'S REALLY IMPACTFUL TO MAKE SURE WHOEVER'S SITTING IN THESE SEATS HAS THE PARTNERSHIP THAT THEY NEED WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AS IT SPEAKS TO IN OUR POLICIES.

AND SO, THERE IS A POLICY AROUND THE BOARD SUPERINTENDENT RELATIONSHIP.

AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THAT IS HONORED AND FOR POTENTIALLY THREE NEW BOARD MEMBERS BECAUSE THERE'S THREE OPEN SEATS IN NOVEMBER, AND TO HAVE LEADERSHIP THAT KNOWS OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR DISTRICT AND WHAT THIS THE VISION AND MISSION STATEMENT ARE AND STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THIS DISTRICT ARE IS INVALUABLE.

THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY I THINK IT'S A BOTH AND I MEAN, I DON'T EVERYTHING THAT PEOPLE HAVE SAID TONIGHT IS TRUE.

AND FROM MY OWN EXPERIENCE, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN A BOARD MEMBER AND BEEN IN THIS POSITION.

BUT WATCHING THIS PROCESS UNFOLD IN OTHER DISTRICTS AND BEING VERY CLOSE TO THAT PROCESS, I'VE SEEN IT WORK BOTH WAYS.

BUT I KNOW ONE THING ABOUT THIS DISTRICT FROM MY OWN EXPERIENCE HAVING COMPARED THIS DISTRICT TO OTHERS.

ONE IS WE HAVE SOME OF THE BEST PROGRAMS I'VE SEEN IN THE STATE, AND I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD MANY PEOPLE GET AWARDS, AND WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT NOT JUST BY ME, BUT FROM OTHER SOURCES.

WE HAVE SOME INCREDIBLE LEADERSHIP. AND AND BECAUSE THAT IS MY THAT'S REALLY MY WORK HAS BEEN IN IN DEVELOPING LEADERS. I KNOW WHEN I SEE GOOD LEADERS AND WE HAVE GOOD LEADERSHIP IN THIS DISTRICT, AND THAT SPEAKS NOT JUST TO DENNY AND SHELLY AND ALL OF OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM HERE, BUT TO THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE TO BUILD THAT.

AND SO I GUESS ONE OF MY CAUTIONS IS YOU DON'T WANT TO JUST THROW THAT OUT.

I THINK IT'S REALLY IT'S IMPORTANT, LIKE JACKIE SAID, TO UNDERSTAND THE LEADERSHIP THAT YOU'VE BEEN BUILDING AND TO ALSO UNDERSTAND THE COHERENCE IN THIS DISTRICT THAT'S BEEN BUILDING.

AND IT IS HARD TO CONTINUE THAT COHERENCE WHEN YOU GO OUT AND PLUCK SOMEONE FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE.

AND LIKE I THINK JENNIFER SAID IT CAN BE. THAT CAN BE A SCARY EXPERIENCE FOR A DISTRICT AND IT CAN TURN OUT REALLY WELL, OR IT CAN TURN OUT NOT SO WELL. SO I THINK IT'S A BOTH AND I DON'T THINK THAT THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY TO DO IT.

THAT BEING SAID I APPRECIATE ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS AND I APPRECIATE THE SERIOUSNESS OF THIS PROCESS BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS HARD. ULTIMATELY, THE DECISION RESTS WITH US AND WE TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT, AND THAT'S WHAT WE WERE ELECTED TO DO. THAT'S ONE OF OUR MAIN JOBS, IS TO HIRE THE SUPERINTENDENT.

WE TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. AND YES, WE NEED TO HEAR THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY.

AND IN THE END, WE WON'T MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY.

NO MATTER WHAT DECISION WE MAKE, WE WON'T MAKE EVERYONE HAPPY.

SO I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS IS WE NEED TO BE THOROUGH, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO WE CAN'T DELAY A DECISION. AND ONE OF THE REASONS I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE POSITION WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW THE TIMING, THE LEVY. WE CAN'T DELAY A DECISION ON THIS PROCESS.

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SO WERE YOU JUST NOW SAYING THAT THERE'S A, WE NEED TO MOVE THIS ALONG EXPEDITIOUSLY? IS THAT KIND OF WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING? I THINK WE THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS SUPERINTENDENT HIRING.

AND I THINK IT'S UNDER NEW BUSINESS. I JUST THINK WE NEED TO HAVE SOME KIND OF A.

OKAY. RIGHT. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. SOME KIND OF A TIMELINE.

SEE? OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION. I'M A SOMEONE WHO'S OBVIOUSLY NOT CLEAR ON WHAT I THOUGHT MY JOB WAS, WHICH WAS TO MAKE A DECISION ON THE NEXT SUPERINTENDENT.

OKAY. AS A PASTOR, I SIT ON BOARDS WHERE WE WANTED A UNANIMOUS DECISION, BUT THERE WAS A REASON FOR THAT IDEA. THE IDEA WAS WE WERE ABOUT GOD'S BUSINESS.

OKAY. AND SO THE IDEA ON THAT BOARD WAS, WELL, WE DO THINGS UNANIMOUSLY BECAUSE IF SOMEBODY'S FEELING A CHECK, THEN WE TAKE THAT CHECK SERIOUSLY BECAUSE MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING TO THAT WE ALL NEED TO CONSIDER.

OKAY. I PRESUMED WHEN WE SIT ON THIS BOARD THAT WE'RE DOING A SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.

IF WE VOTE OUR CONSCIENCE, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE UNANIMOUS.

I'M OKAY TO VOTE NO, AND I'M OKAY TO SIT HERE IN FRONT OF THE STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY AND VOTE NO.

IF I REALLY BELIEVE THAT, AND LET THEM JUDGE WHETHER OR NOT I SHOULD BE A BOARD MEMBER.

AND THEN GUESS WHAT? DON'T SELECT ME NEXT TIME I COME AROUND, OKAY.

SO, THERE ARE THERE ARE LIKE THINGS THAT FUNCTION IN THE BACKGROUND OF WHAT WE DO.

I'M SORRY, I WAS ANSWERING A QUESTION. CLARIFICATION.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HOPE FOR IN OUR DECISIONS IS UNANIMITY.

BUT I DON'T BELIEVE WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE THAT. AND I THINK YOU JUST SPOKE TO THAT VERY CLEARLY. WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO END UP WITH A NEW BOARD SUPERINTENDENT, AND IF WE DO SOME KIND OF A SEARCH, THE CHANCES ARE REAL GOOD.

NOT ALL OF US ARE GOING TO AGREE, BUT YOU PROBABLY WON'T BE HERE.

SOME OTHER PEOPLE MIGHT BE HERE, BUT THAT DOESN'T MATTER. WHOEVER IT IS, THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE WE WON'T ALL AGREE.

AND THAT'S OKAY. SO I I AM STILL HAVE NOT HAD REAL CLEAR TO ME WHAT THE EXPECTATION WAS, EXCEPT THAT THAT THERE WAS SOMEBODY WHO IS OUR DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT THAT I RESPECT QUITE GREATLY.

AND I HOPE YOU KNOW THAT, THAT SHE'S SUPPOSED TO BE THE NEXT SUPERINTENDENT, AND I'M SUPPOSED TO VOTE FOR HER WITHOUT INTERVIEWING HER.

AND AS SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE EXPLAINED, I'M SUPPOSED TO VOTE FOR THEM BASED ON THEIR RECOMMENDATION, NOT ON MY RESPONSIBILITY AS A, AS A AS A DIRECTOR TO KNOW WHAT I'M DOING AND WHY.

SO THAT'S A REAL AWKWARD POSITION TO BE PUT IN.

SO I WAS I, I WAS ASKED TO MAYBE GET TO KNOW SHELLY.

AND WE HAVE SPENT SOME TIME GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER.

OKAY. AND I AM QUITE CONFIDENT THAT SHELLY CAN LEAD THIS SCHOOL, THIS DISTRICT.

AM I QUITE CONFIDENT THAT SHE'S THE BEST PERSON TO DO IT? WELL, I HAVEN'T REALLY INTERVIEWED HER, NOR HAVE I INTERVIEWED ANYBODY ELSE.

SO, WE RECENTLY RECEIVED SUPERINTENDENT WATERS ANNOUNCEMENT THAT HE IS RETIRING AS OF JUNE 30TH, 2025. AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SAY THAT HAVING SERVED AS THE BOARD, AS THE LEG REP, AND HAVING DEALT WITH YOU DENNY OVER A NUMBER OF OBJECTS AND ITEMS THAT YOUR WEALTH OF INFORMATION AND I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU CAN BE REPLACED.

SHELLY, ALL DUE RESPECT. GOSH, AND YOU HAVE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB IN NOT ONLY PREPARING HER FOR THE WELL-DESERVED RETIREMENT THAT YOU DO, BUT THESE FOLKS HERE THAT SIT HERE AS OUR ADMINISTRATORS.

APPRECIATE THAT. THERE IS THERE IS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT WE WILL BE OKAY.

YOU WILL BE A LOT BETTER OFF WITHOUT MR. TATE AND WITH SHELLY THAN YOU WOULD BE WITHOUT SHELLEY AND DIRECTOR TATE INSTEAD.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT, SO THE PROBLEM IS, THOUGH, I HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION.

AS TO DENNY'S REPLACEMENT, I'VE SPENT CONSIDERABLE TIME REVIEWING THE OPTIONS BEFORE US, AND I'M MORE CONVINCED THAN EVER THAT WE HAVE A VERY DEEP RESPONSIBILITY TO THE COMMUNITY.

WITH THEIR HELP TO FIND THE BEST REPLACEMENT WE CAN.

SO, WHAT SHOULD THE PROCESS BE? NOT. NOT WHO? WHAT SHOULD THE PROCESS BE? I THINK IT NEEDS TO INVOLVE A LOT OF LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY.

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I CAME ACROSS AN ARTICLE IN THE COLUMBIAN DATED MAY 2013.

HERE ARE SOME EXCERPTS ABOUT THE PROCESS FOR FINDING A NEW SUPERINTENDENT THAT THEY FOLLOWED.

THEN, RIGHT OR WRONG, FINDING A PERMANENT SUPERINTENDENT WILL BE AN INVOLVED PUBLIC PROCESS.

THE DISTRICT WILL USE AN INTEREST BASED APPROACH THAT INVOLVES COMMUNITY MEMBERS, PARENTS, EMPLOYEES, EMPLOYEE UNIONS, AND OTHER MAJOR GROUPS.

WE WILL COME TOGETHER WITH THE COMMUNITY AND HAVE PUBLIC MEETINGS.

THEY'LL BE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS TO DESIGN WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN A SUPERINTENDENT.

NOW, THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT THE PROCESS THEN.

AND I BELIEVE THAT'S THE KIND OF PROCESS WE SHOULD HAVE NOW FOR THE SAKE OF OUR COMMUNITY.

NOW, I DON'T KNOW WHY THE LEVY FAILED. THAT'S WHAT THE POINT IS.

WE HAVE GOT SOME WORK TO DO IN WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY, AND I'M NOT CONVINCED IT'S TIME TO CUT THEM OUT OF THE PROCESS.

MY HOPE IS THAT WITH AN INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT'S HELP, WE CAN FOLLOW A SIMILAR PATH THAT THEY FOLLOWED THEN.

AND I THINK DENNY HAS PREPARED SHELLEY, WHO HAS ALL THIS BACKGROUND IN HUMAN RESOURCES TO HELP US GET THIS JOB DONE. I THINK SHE MAY BE BROUGHT HERE FOR THIS TIME, SUCH A TIME AS THIS.

SO NOW, WITHOUT A LOT OF GUIDANCE. I'VE BEEN TRYING TO HELP THIS THING MOVE FORWARD.

I'VE BEEN TOLD WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO DO. I'M GOING TO OFFER A MOTION, AND I'M STILL WAVERING ON WHAT THE MOTION IS GOING TO BE BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD HAVE TO NAME SHELLEY AS THE INTERIM APPOINTMENT.

I THINK SHELLEY IS MORE THAN HAPPY TO TALK WITH US ABOUT THE WHO SHOULD BE THE INTERIM APPOINTMENT, RIGHT? I THINK SHELLEY, BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO TALK WITH US AND WE HAVE A DISCUSSION.

FOR MY FIRST TIME, I GET TO INTERVIEW HER. IF I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE JUST START THE PROCESS.

BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M GOING TO DO. I'M GOING TO MAKE THE MOTION I'VE BEEN ASKED TO MAKE, SO TO SPEAK. AND THAT IS LET'S MOVE THE PROCESS FORWARD.

LET'S GET THIS THING MOVING FORWARD. SO HERE'S MY MOTION.

IF I CAN FIND THE RIGHT PAPER AGAIN, HERE WE GO.

I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE APPOINTING. DID YOU HEAR THAT THE BOARD IS GOING TO APPROVE APPOINTING SHELLEY WHITTEN AS INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT AS OF JULY 1ST, 2025, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING SHE WILL ASSIST THE NEW BOARD THIS FALL TO CONDUCT A SEARCH FOR A PERMANENT SUPERINTENDENT TO BE HIRED BY JULY 1ST, 2026. MAY I SPEAK TO THE MOTION, PLEASE? OKAY, SO THIS GIVES US, I THINK EVERYTHING EVERYBODY TALKED ABOUT GIVES US A YEAR AND SIX MONTHS TO MOVE THROUGH THIS PROCESS. WE HAVE RIGHT NOW TO MOVE THROUGH A AN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY OVER THE SUMMER ABOUT WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN A NEW SUPERINTENDENT.

IT ALLOWS ANYBODY TO APPLY FOR THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT JOB THAT WE WILL BEGIN INTERVIEWING IN THE FALL WHEN WE HAVE OUR NEW BOARD, AND THEN WE WILL WORK THROUGH THE WHOLE YEAR WITH SHELLEY GUIDING US TO THE PLACE WHERE WE GET TO THE POINT THAT WE HAVE A NEW SUPERINTENDENT THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

SO MOVED. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK TO THAT MOTION? HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THE MOTION? WELL, I MEAN, YEAH, WHERE DO I START? I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION, TERRY.

AND IF WE'VE SOMEHOW IMPLIED THAT YOU WERE REQUIRED TO DO SOMETHING, I GUESS I APOLOGIZE ON THAT REGARD.

IN NO WAY DID WE EVER, OR AT LEAST I FEEL LIKE WE EVER TOLD YOU WHAT YOU HAD TO DO.

ON ONE HAND, YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU'RE OKAY WITH IT OVER HERE, BUT NOT OKAY.

IT WAS SO CONFUSING. SORRY. I'M JUST. I WAS REALLY CONFUSED IN THAT WHOLE PROCESS.

YEAH. JUST GIVE ME A MINUTE HERE. ONE OF YOU GUYS.

I NEED A MINUTE. YEAH. THAT MOTION WAS VERY, I WOULD AGREE, NOBODY'S. I DON'T FEEL LIKE ANYBODY'S TOLD YOU TO MAKE A MOTION.

THAT'S NOT HOW THE BOARD WORKS. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK TO AMEND THAT MOTION.

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YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? WELL, WE'LL ACCEPT THAT.

I THINK YOU CAN ACTUALLY AMEND IT, AND YOU CAN AMEND IT.

YOU CAN AMEND IT AND VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT. YOU VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT.

YEAH. IF TERRY ACCEPTS THE. NO, NO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO ACCEPT THE PROCEDURE IS THAT YOU AMEND MOTIONS.

OKAY. ON THE FLY, YOU KNOW. AND SO LET'S GO FOR IT.

I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED TO DO. IF YOU CAN GO AHEAD.

GO AHEAD. WHAT WOULD YOUR HOW WOULD YOU? I WOULD MOVE TO AMEND THE MOTION BY DIRECTOR TATE TO SIMPLY SAY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE APPOINTING SHELLY WHITTEN AS SUPERINTENDENT OF BATTLE GROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS, EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST, 2025.

THAT'S THE MOTION THAT I MEANT REQUEST THE AMENDMENT TO.

IT IS SIMPLE. WHAT HAPPENS GOING FORWARD IS UNKNOWN AND CAN BE DETERMINED BY THIS BOARD, A NEW BOARD.

I DON'T THINK IT NEEDS TO BE OUTLINED IN THE MOTION.

AND I THINK IT THE MOTIONS THAT WE PROVIDE SHOULD BE SIMPLE.

AND THAT'S THE REASON FOR MY AMENDMENT. OKAY.

SO, NONE OF THESE MOTIONS NEED SECONDS. NO, NO.

OKAY. YEAH. SO, THERE'S AN AMENDED MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

AND SO DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY TO THE AMENDED MOTION? MADAM CHAIR, COULD WE READ THE AMENDED MOTION, SO I MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS.

IF JACKIE CAN READ IT OR LISA. I'M NOT SURE WHICH ONE.

LISA, DID YOU WANT TO READ THE MOTION? SURE. THE AMENDED MOTION WOULD BE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE APPOINTING SHELLY WHITTEN AS SUPERINTENDENT OF BATTLE GROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST, 2025.

I'M UNCOMFORTABLE. I'LL SPEAK AGAINST THE MOTION.

I'M UNCOMFORTABLE BECAUSE I HAVE NOT OPPORTUNITY TO INTERVIEW SHELLY, AND THAT SOUNDS LIKE SHE COULD BE THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR THE NEXT FIVE.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW LONG SHE'S GOING TO BE SUPERINTENDENT. THAT'S NOT THE MOTION.

WHAT IS THE MOTION? TO HIRE HER AS THE SUPERINTENDENT? TO APPOINT HER SUPERINTENDENT. WHEN IS SHE NOT GOING TO BE THE SUPERINTENDENT? I MEAN, THERE'S NO DEFINITE TIME. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THIS COULD POSSIBLY WORK THAT WAY.

DON'T YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CONTRACT? AND DON'T YOU HAVE TO HAVE, LIKE, THREE YEARS OR TWO YEARS OR FOUR YEARS? DENNY, CAN YOU SPEAK TO HOW THE HUMAN RESOURCES PERSON OVER THERE, SHE'S SHAKING HER HEAD? YES. THIS IS REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE FOR ME. SO I'M GOING TO HAVE MICHELLE SPEAK TO THAT AS THE HR DIRECTOR.

YEAH. THANK YOU. SOME CLARIFICATION ABOUT HOW THAT PROCESS WORKS.

SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT THE BOARD WHAT IS DOING THIS EVENING IS MAKING A DECISION ON WHAT'S HAPPENING EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST.

THE PARAMETERS AROUND THE CONTRACTS, AROUND THE DURATION, THE TERMS, ALL OF THAT.

THAT IS NOT SOMETHING FOR PUBLIC DISCUSSION OR FOR A IN A PUBLIC.

IT WOULD NOT BE APPROPRIATE TO DO IN A, IN A PUBLIC FORUM.

SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS LATER. SO THAT WOULD BE THE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS OCCUR THEN.

SO YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD AS A BOARD THEN DECIDE TO MAKE IT A ONE YEAR CONTRACT.

YOU COULD DECIDE TO MAKE IT A THREE YEAR CONTRACT.

YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO DECIDE, YOU'RE GOING TO DECIDE THAT.

YOU MENTIONED THE POSSIBILITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL ASSISTING IN NEXT SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH.

I WOULD SAY TO YOU, I WOULD CAUTION YOU ON MAKING THAT PART OF IT, BECAUSE IF SHELLEY WANTS TO IF IT WERE SHELLEY, FOR INSTANCE, AND SHE WANTED YOU WANTED HER TO HELP WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH, BUT SHE WANTED TO APPLY FOR THE SUPERINTENDENCY.

THAT MAKES TOTAL SENSE. THAT WOULDN'T. SO THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS YOU WOULD WORK OUT AS YOU WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS AND THAT WOULD.

I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY. I WAS JUST, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY AND THAT HAPPENS DURING EXECUTIVE SESSION BECAUSE IT'S A IT'S A CONTRACT NEGOTIATION.

RIGHT, SURE. NEGOTIATION A CONTRACT. AND THEN I JUST WANT TO SAY AND THEN, TERRY, THE CONTRACT IS PUBLIC.

ONCE THE CONTRACT IS SETTLED WITH THE WHOEVER THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT IS, THE CONTRACT IS PUBLIC.

THE PUBLIC DOES SEE THAT. SO IT IS THAT IS PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD BECAUSE WE APPROVE IT AT A PUBLIC MEETING.

SURE. CAN I ASK A QUESTION? YEAH. SO, ARE YOU SAYING THEN THAT IT WOULD NOT BE APPROPRIATE TO APPOINT SOMEBODY AS INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT FOR SUCH AND SUCH A DATE? WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT THE TERMS OF A CONTRACT THAT WOULD NOT BE APPROPRIATE TO BE DISCUSSED HERE AT THIS TIME.

SO AM I SUGGESTING THAT AS A CONTRACT, WOULD IT BE NOT APPROPRIATE THEN, TO APPOINT SOMEONE AS INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT UNTIL SUCH AND SUCH A DATE? YOU CAN APPOINT FOR INTERIM. BUT THE DURATION OF THAT IS THAT THOSE ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT HAPPEN THAT ARE PART OF A THAT ARE PART OF A THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.

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THAT RIGHT NOW THE MOTION IS TO APPOINT HER AS THE SUPERINTENDENT.

I THINK THERE'S AN ASSUMPTION THAT AN INTERIM IS ONE YEAR.

AN INTERIM CAN BE TWO MONTHS. IT CAN BE TWO YEARS.

IT CAN BE SO INTERIM JUST MEANS TEMPORARY, THAT IT'S NOT A CONTINUING CONTRACT THAT ROLLS OVER.

WHEN A SUPERINTENDENT ROLE GOES INTO A NEW POSITION, APPLIES, GOES THROUGH AN ENTIRE PROCESS, THERE'S AN EXPECTATION THAT THEY WILL STAY IN THE DISTRICT.

THAT'S WHY MANY DISTRICTS HIRE SUPERINTENDENTS AND THEY CONTINUE TO ROLL THOSE CONTRACTS.

IT'S WHY OUR COMMUNITIES WAS UPSET WHEN SHAWNEE LEFT.

BECAUSE THOSE ROLL AND THEY'RE TYPICALLY THREE YEAR CONTRACTS, A BOARD CAN MAKE A DECISION TOGETHER TO OFFER A SHORTER TERM THAT USUALLY IS NOT DONE IN A PUBLIC FORUM. IT'S USUALLY DONE IN NEGOTIATIONS OF THE CONTRACT.

AND OF COURSE, IF THE BOARD OFFERS A SHORTER TERM THAN THE INDIVIDUAL, THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERING THE JOB CONSIDERS THAT AS PART OF WHETHER OR NOT TO ACCEPT THE POSITION OR TO DECLINE THE POSITION.

SO THAT'S WHY THAT'S PART OF THE CONTRACT NEGOTIATION.

SO, YOU COULD SAY SOMETHING. YOU COULD SAY SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF TO A POINT.

YOUR MOTION WAS TO APPOINT SHELLEY. YOU COULD SAY PER, PER NEGOTIATION OF A ACCEPTABLE CONTRACT OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.

TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT CAN BE TO BE NEGOTIATED.

SO IF I CLEARLY UNDERSTAND THAT, THEN I'M SORRY.

SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO NEGOTIATE THE CONTRACT.

AFTER. AT SOME POINT. YES. AT SOME POINT. YEAH.

I MEAN NOT TONIGHT AND. OH YEAH, SO OKAY. AND SO AT THAT POINT WE MIGHT NEGOTIATE AS A BOARD.

YOU COULD DECIDE IT'S ONE YEAR, ONE YEAR OR WELL NOW WHAT.

SO THEN WHEN DO WE ACTUALLY VOTE AS TO OUR AGREEMENT AS TO WHAT THAT CONTRACT WOULD BE? OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO WE MIGHT COME OUT AND SAY, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO VOTE TO MAKE IT A THREE YEAR CONTRACT.

AND SO, WE HAVE OUR VOTE. AND THEN I MAYBE VOTE NO BECAUSE I'M NOT.

RIGHT, SEE. AND SO THAT BUT THAT THAT CAST THAT VOTE AND THEN WE GO BACK AND OFFER THAT CONTRACT TO SHELLEY.

IS THAT THE KIND OF THE IDEA. AND REMEMBER, WE DO THIS EVERY YEAR BECAUSE WE'VE APPROVED DENNY'S CONTRACT EVERY YEAR TOO.

YEAH, I UNDERSTOOD DENNY HAD A THREE YEAR CONTRACT.

EACH YEAR WE'VE LOOKED AT HIS CONTRACT, WE'VE REVIEWED HIS CONTRACT.

AND SO, THE BOARD CAN STILL CHOOSE TO TERMINATE MY CONTRACT WITH CAUSE.

WITH CAUSE OR WITHOUT CAUSE. AND WE CAN'T. WITHOUT CAUSE, THEN WE HAVE TO LOOK AT.

YOU'VE NEVER GIVEN US A CAUSE, SO WE'RE NEVER GOING TO TERMINATE YOU WITH CAUSE.

I APPRECIATE THAT. I WAS THINKING, WELL, NOT YET.

I CAN'T EVER BELIEVE THAT WE WOULD EVER HAVE A CAUSE TO TERMINATE SHELLEY, EITHER.

NO, I HOPE NOT. SO, YEAH. AS MARY WAS SAYING, EVERY YEAR WE GO IN AND WE RENEW THE CONTRACT.

SO MAYBE INITIALLY IT STARTED FOR THREE YEARS AND THEN WE COME BACK THE NEXT YEAR AND MAYBE IT'S THREE MORE.

THREE YEARS ENDING, A YEAR LATER THAN THE FIRST TIME WE APPROVED IT.

RIGHT? IT JUST ROLLS FORWARD. WE HAVE. I'VE SEEN I'VE SEEN LOTS OF SUPERINTENDENT CONTRACTS THAT THAT DON'T GET RENEWED.

YEAH, EXACTLY. FOR ONE MORE YEAR OR YOU ONLY OFFER THE CONTRACT AT ONE YEAR.

SO AGAIN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO HAPPEN. NUMBER ONE, YOU'RE GOING TO APPOINT AND VOTE ON AN APPOINTMENT.

AND THEN A BOARD ALWAYS THEN VOTES ON APPROVAL OF THE SUPERINTENDENT'S CONTRACT AT A LATER TIME.

AT A LATER TIME. AND THEN THE TERMS OF THAT CONTRACT ARE RELEASED.

SO, WHEN I WAS APPOINTED, I WAS APPOINTED AS SUPERINTENDENT.

WE DIDN'T APPROVE MY CONTRACT UNTIL TWO MONTHS LATER.

SO, WE HAD TIME TO MEET AND NEGOTIATE IT. AND.

SO, WE HAVE AN AMENDED MOTION ON THE FLOOR. CAN YOU READ IT AGAIN? CAN YOU READ THE MOTION AGAIN, PLEASE LISA? THANK YOU.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE APPOINTING SHELLY WHITTEN AS SUPERINTENDENT OF BATTLE GROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST, 2025. ANY MORE DISCUSSIONS OR QUESTIONS ON THE AMENDED MOTION? WELL, JUST TO BE CLEAR, SO THAT I DON'T HAVE TO EXPLAIN, I'M GOING TO BE VOTING NO JUST BECAUSE I STILL DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE PROCESS.

BUT IF THIS IS THE PROCESS, THEN THIS IS THE PROCESS, AND THEN IT'LL GO THROUGH AND I'LL STAND ON MY NO AND EVERYBODY WILL MAKE THEIR JUDGMENT AS TO IF I KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT OR ANYTHING. SO THAT'S FINE.

I'M OKAY WITH THAT. AND ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION?

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ABSTAIN. I WOULDN'T SAY EITHER OF US KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THIS TO REALLY MAKE IT IS.

IT IS PRETTY COMPLICATED, I UNDERSTAND THAT. I ALSO THINK IT'S A LITTLE SUDDEN, IN MY OPINION, BECAUSE WE, SINCE WE HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN A PART OF THE RIGHT.

YOU WEREN'T PART OF THE. YEAH WE WEREN'T WE ARE NOT PART OF THE OVERARCHING DISCUSSION. SO I WOULDN'T SAY THAT WE COULD GIVE YOU GUYS WE DON'T WANT, YOU KNOW, THIS AND THIS IS NO, BECAUSE WE'RE STUDENTS. WE'RE IN HIGH SCHOOL. SO THIS IS ONE TIME YOU WISH I HADN'T ASKED YOU ABSTAIN.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT, I UNDERSTAND. OKAY. SO, AND I BELIEVE THIS IS A ROLL CALL VOTE, ISN'T IT? YES. OKAY. SO, THE AGAIN, IF YOU'LL READ THE MOTION AND THEN DO THE ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE APPOINTING SHELLY WHITTEN AS SUPERINTENDENT OF BATTLE GROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST, 2025. MARY SNITILY, DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT ONE.

HOW DO YOU VOTE? YES FOR SHELLY WHITTEN? DEBBIE JOHNSON, DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT TWO.

HOW DO YOU VOTE? NO? TED SHAMPINE, DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT THREE.

HOW DO YOU VOTE? YES FOR SHELLEY? TERRY TATE, DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT FOUR.

HOW DO YOU VOTE? NO. JACKIE MADDUX, DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT FIVE.

HOW DO YOU VOTE? YES FOR SHELLEY? MOTION CARRIES 3 TO 2.

THANK YOU. YOU BET. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.

FOR SURE. OKAY. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF NEW INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

ALLISON. GOOD EVENING. BOARD. I AM HERE THIS EVENING TO ASK YOU TO CONFIRM SOME NEW INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS. SO, OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS TYPICALLY HAVE THREE YEAR TERMS, AND WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE FULFILLED THEIR TERMS AND ARE READY TO MOVE ON AND PEOPLE READY TO FULFILL THEIR PLACES. SO I WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR OUTGOING MEMBERS WHO WERE TED SHELVIN, HEATHER SMITHLINE, JOHN FLICK, JORDAN SHERMAN.

AND THEN WE HAVE ONE MEMBER WHOSE TERM WILL EXTEND INTO DECEMBER, AND WE HAVE APPOINTED A PERSON TO TAKE THAT PERSON'S PLACE ALL IN THE SAME PROCESS. SO WE WOULD LIKE TO SEEK APPROVAL FOR THE FOLLOWING NEW MEMBERS.

AND YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THAT IN OCTOBER, WE INCREASED THE MEMBERSHIP TO THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS COMMITTEE.

SO WE ADDED A SECOND TEACHER, LIBRARIAN, ANOTHER PARENT COMMUNITY MEMBER, ANOTHER TEACHER, AND A STUDENT AS WELL. SO THE MEMBERS THAT I HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU ARE ALICIA CLAFLIN, COURTNEY RHODES, KASH HENRY, CALEB JONCAS, KATIE DART, DONNA JACKOWSKI, KRISTEN WESTERLUND, JENNIFER BUESCHER, AND AMANDA DUNN. OKAY. QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? I HAD A QUESTION. I WAS WONDERING WHAT'S THE CRITERIA IN THE CHOICE OF WHO IS APPOINTED TO THIS COMMITTEE.

SO WE ARE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND THAT THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE IS TWOFOLD.

SO, THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THAT IS AN OVERSIGHT GROUP TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ADOPTION PROCESS HAS BEEN FOLLOWED.

AND THEN WE ALSO LOOK FOR PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND THE COMPONENT OF THE LIBRARY BOOK OR RECONSIDERATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS. AND SO WE HAD A RUBRIC THAT WE USED.

WE DID BLIND SCORING. AND SO WE HAD A RUBRIC AND WE HAD THREE PEOPLE WHO SCORED THOSE.

AND THEN WE TOOK THE HIGHEST OF THE OF THE RATINGS.

AND THEN WE DID PHONE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE HIGHEST CONVERSATION, THE PEOPLE THAT WERE APPLICANTS.

AND THEN WE HAD CONVERSATION ABOUT WHO WOULD BE THE BEST COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

SO, ON THAT RUBRIC, WHAT IS IT? WHAT IS THAT? I'M NOT CLEAR WHAT THAT IS. SO IT'S PRETTY TYPICAL IN THE HIRING PROCESS THAT YOU IN, JUST IN GENERAL, THAT YOU TAKE THE APPLICATION AND YOU READ THEIR APPLICATION AND THEN SCORE IT FOR THE COMPONENTS THAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR.

AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOK FOR, BECAUSE IN OUR PROCESS FOR OPENING THAT UP TO THE COMMUNITY WAS WE OUTLINED THAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING FOR BOTH THE PROCESS OF THE PROCESS OF THE ADOPTION AS WELL AS LIBRARY BOOKS.

AND SO WE LOOK TO SEE THAT BOTH OF THOSE COMPONENTS WERE DISCUSSED IN THERE, IN, IN THE, IN THEIR APPLICATION.

AND SO IF PEOPLE APPLIED AND THEY WEREN'T CHOSEN, DO YOU GIVE THEM ANY FEEDBACK OR ANY REASON AS TO WHY THEY WERE

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WE DID CONTACT EACH OF THE PEOPLE WHO APPLIED.

WE HAD 32 APPLICANTS TOTAL, AND WE HAVE CONTACTED EACH PERSON TO LET THEM KNOW IF THEY WERE OR WERE NOT.

IF THEY WOULD LIKE FEEDBACK ABOUT THAT, THEY ARE CERTAINLY WELCOME TO CONTACT ME.

OKAY. THANK YOU. WELL, YOU ANSWERED ONE OF MY QUESTIONS WAS HOW MANY APPLICANTS DID YOU HAVE? SO, YOU PICKED NINE APPLICANTS OUT OF 30, THOSE 32? YES. ABOUT ALMOST A THIRD OF THEM. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS? I JUST HAVE ONE ABOUT THE STUDENT. WHAT GRADE IS SHE IN? WE HAD ONLY ONE STUDENT APPLY. SHE IS A 12TH GRADER, AND SO SHE WILL NOT HAVE A FULL THREE YEAR TERM, OBVIOUSLY. AND WHEN IT COMES TO STUDENTS, THIS IS JUST LIKE A QUESTION BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW, LIKE, DO HER PARENTS HAVE TO GIVE CONSENT? YES.

SO I CONTACTED THE PARENT FIRST, AND THEN I CONTACTED THE STUDENT.

AND THEN WE HAD BACK AND FORTH CONVERSATION. AND EVERY PERSON WHO IS OFFERED A POSITION HAS TO RESPOND IN WRITING SO THAT WE KNOW THAT THEY WANT THE POSITION. AND IN THAT CASE, BOTH THE PARENT AND THE STUDENT HAD TO REPLY SAYING THAT THEY WERE IN FAVOR OF PARTICIPATION.

THANK YOU. YEAH. SO WE TALK ABOUT WHAT THEIR DUTIES ARE AGAIN, JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE THE CURRICULUM ADOPTION COMMITTEE. BUT THIS IS JUST OVERSEEING THAT.

IT'S KIND OF LIKE AN AUDIT COMMITTEE OF THAT.

THE CURRICULUM COMMITTEE DID THEIR DUE DILIGENCE.

CORRECT. YES. RIGHT. SO, THIS ISN'T ACTUALLY REVIEWING THE CURRICULUM.

THAT IS CORRECT. AND THAT WAS PART OF THE PHONE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD.

IN PREVIOUS YEARS, I WOULD SAY THAT THERE HAS BEEN SOME CONFUSION OR I THINK THERE'S ALSO A DESIRE, IT'S MORE ENGAGING TO REVIEW LIBRARY BOOKS THAN IT IS TO REVIEW THE PROCESS OF ADOPTING CURRICULUM.

AND SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE ASKED.

IF PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD THAT BOTH OF THOSE WERE COMPONENTS OF THE PROCESS AND A REQUIREMENT OF THE JOB, AND IF THEY WERE WILLING TO DO BOTH PIECES. AND WE DID HAVE SOME A COUPLE OF PEOPLE WHO CHOSE TO OPT OUT OF OUR CONSIDERATION OF THEIR THEIR BEING A MEMBER BECAUSE THEY EITHER WEREN'T WANTING TO DO BOTH OF THOSE THINGS OR THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO MAKE THE TIME COMMITMENT FOR THE TIME THAT OUR MEETINGS ARE.

THANK YOU. I'D MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF THE NEW INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? NOW STUDENT REPS. PRO. PRO. OKAY. SO, APPROVAL OF THE MOTION IS APPROVAL OF THE NEW INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0. THANK YOU, ALLISON. AND THE NEXT IS REVISION OF POLICY 3110. LYNELL MURRAY. GOOD EVENING. BOARD. I AM HERE TO PRESENT A REVISION OF 3110. RIGHT NOW I HAVE SOME DATA JUST TO SHARE.

WE ARE THE ONLY DISTRICT IN OUR AREA THAT IS DOING EARLY ENTRANCE TO KINDERGARTEN.

BASED ON AN AGE GAP, AND THROUGH THE LAST FOUR YEARS, WE'VE TESTED ABOUT 24 STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO ENTER KINDERGARTEN AT THE AGE OF FOUR. OF THE 24, ABOUT 30, NOT ABOUT ONLY 13, HAVE ACTUALLY PASSED THE ASSESSMENTS IN ORDER TO DEMONSTRATE MASTERY OF KINDERGARTEN. AND OF THE 13, MOST OF THEM ARE DEMONSTRATING ABOUT BENCHMARK AND SOME STRUGGLING.

SO IN LOOKING AT DATA AND LOOKING AT WHAT WE ARE ASKING OF KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS RIGHT NOW AND THEN WHAT WE HAVE FOR PROGRAMS AVAILABLE, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT WE DISCONTINUE EARLY ENTRANCE TO KINDERGARTEN.

I'M SPEAKING TO MR. MASHAD, WHO OVERSEES PRIMARY SCHOOLS.

I ALSO SPOKE WITH OUR ASPIRE COORDINATOR, WHO OVERSEES THIS TESTING, KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS AND SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS AND COUNSELORS ALL IN AGREEMENT.

THE RIGOR OF KINDERGARTEN. RIGHT NOW, THE EXPECTATIONS ARE A LOT HIGHER THAN THEY WERE PRE COMMON CORE.

AND NOW THAT WE HAVE TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN, WE FEEL THAT THERE ARE AGE-APPROPRIATE OPTIONS FOR THE,

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I HAVE DATA OR ANY OTHER THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE QUESTIONS ON, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR CONCERNS.

IS THERE A COST SAVINGS HERE? THERE IS. IN TERMS OF LABOR OUR ASPIRE DEPARTMENT DOES THE PRE, THE TESTING. SO IT'S A COGNITIVE TEST. IT'S A LITERACY SKILLS TEST.

AND IT'S SOCIAL SKILLS TEST BASED ON A PARENT RATING.

BUT IT'S REALLY HARD TO KNOW WHAT A KID CAN DO FOR A PARENT AT HOME VERSUS WHAT THEY'LL DEMONSTRATE AT SCHOOL.

I WOULD SAY THAT OF THE 13 KIDS, WE ACCEPTED ONE OUT OF DISTRICT, SO THAT WOULD GAIN US SOME FTE.

HOWEVER, THAT ONE THAT WE ACCEPTED DIDN'T QUITE.

WE HAVE A 30 DAY TRIAL PERIOD WHEN WE ACCEPT A STUDENT FOR AN EARLY ENTRANCE, IF THEY CAN DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE STUDENT WASN'T ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND OF KINDERGARTEN.

IT'S IT'S A WONDERFUL PLACE. KINDERGARTEN IS AMAZING.

BUT WHEN YOU'RE FOUR AND YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE WORKING, THE COGNITIVE LIFT IS HUGE.

AND NOT A LOT OF AS ONE KINDERGARTNER HAS TOLD ME, IT'S TOO MUCH WORK AND NOT ENOUGH PLAY.

TOO MANY LETTERS. THAT'S WHAT I'VE HEARD. SO JUST A LOT FOR, FOR OUR FOUR YEAR OLDS.

AND NOW THAT WE HAVE TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN AND PARTNER WITH OUR PRESCHOOLS, WE JUST FEEL LIKE THERE'S A MULTITUDE OF OPTIONS.

IT'S NOT DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTING OUR FAMILIES.

LIKE I SAID, 24 STUDENTS IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS.

SO WE FELT LIKE THE ASK OF THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE HOPEFULLY RECEIVED WELL IN TERMS OF WE HAVE OTHER OPTIONS.

SO GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY. AM I UNDERSTANDING THE POLICY CORRECTLY THOUGH? IF I CHOOSE BECAUSE MY JOHNNY IS REALLY SMART.

YES. IF I CHOOSE TO PUT JOHNNY IN PRIVATE SCHOOL.

YES. FOR KINDERGARTEN, WILL I BE ABLE TO ENROLL IN FIRST GRADE? YES. IF THEY ARE MEETING. SO, ARE YOU SAYING SO? I PUT MY PUT HIM IN PRIVATE SCHOOL FOR KINDERGARTEN BECAUSE I, THEY WILL TAKE HIM EARLY, EARLY AND EARLY ENTRANCE.

AND THEN I BRING HIM AS A FIVE YEAR OLD TO FIRST GRADE.

WILL WE THAT ONE SO THAT ONE IF WE HAVE THAT WOULD FALL UNDER THE ACCELERATION POLICY WHICH IS STILL IN PLACE.

SO THIS ONE, WHAT I'M PROPOSING, WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS THAT THE SPECIAL EXEMPTIONS THAT ARE YOUNGER, SO THAT JUST THAT FOUR YEAR OLD BUBBLE, BECAUSE OF THAT SPECIFIC INSTANCE, WE DON'T WANT THAT THAT TO BE DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED.

SO WE WOULD STILL TAKE THAT ADVANCED TESTING.

WE WOULD STILL HAVE THAT ABILITY TO DO THE ACCELERATION PART OF THE OTHER POLICY WHERE WE EXERCISE ACCELERATION VERSUS RETENTION.

YEAH. THANK YOU. SO IF THEY'RE NOT QUITE FIVE AND THEY THEN THEY'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE A PROBLEM.

YEAH. YES. IF THEY'RE NOT FIVE BY SEPTEMBER 1ST.

YES. THANK YOU. SEPTEMBER 1ST. OKAY. THEY WILL NOT, THEY WILL QUALIFY FOR TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN.

THEY WILL NOT QUALIFY FOR FIRST GRADE FOR KINDERGARTEN.

WHAT ABOUT FIRST GRADE? THEY WON'T IF THEY'RE NOT FIVE.

YEAH. YEAH. I SHOULDN'T HAVE CONFUSED IT. NO, NO, NO.

YOU'RE FINE. YEAH. OKAY. GOT IT. AND AS AN EDUCATOR, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATOR MYSELF THERE'S PLENTY OUT THERE.

YEAH. AND IT'S REALLY HARD. I MEAN, WE'RE THE ONLY DISTRICT THAT DOES IT, RIGHT? YEAH. I THINK IT'S REALLY HARD ON LITTLE KIDS TO BE PUT IN THAT SITUATION.

I THINK, LIKE YOU SAID, MORE PLAY IS BETTER FOR THESE GUYS BECAUSE THEIR LITTLE BRAINS ARE JUST DRASTICALLY AND JUST TRYING TO CHANGE SO QUICKLY. SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA. MYSELF PERSONALLY.

YEAH. AND THE PART THAT IT IMPACTS IS JUST ONE LINE IN POLICY 3110 WHERE I AM PROPOSING TO EXCLUDE THE EXEMPTIONS PART. SO ALL THE OTHER QUALIFICATIONS WOULD STAY IN PLACE.

THE ACCELERATION RETENTION PIECE WOULD HELP WITH THAT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I MOVE THE BOARD, APPROVE THE REVISION OF POLICY 3110 AS PRESENTED.

OKAY. MAKE SURE I WAS READING THE RIGHT ONE. STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES.

PRO. PRO. OKAY. THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS THE REVISION OF POLICY.

APPROVAL OF THE REVISION OF POLICY 3110 QUALIFICATIONS OF ATTENDANCE AND PLACEMENT.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE, AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND, MR. JOLMA, YOU HAVE SOME BIG PROJECTS COMING UP. I'LL SPEAK ONCE.

[02:25:06]

YEAH. YEAH, YOU STILL HAVE TO HAVE THREE MOTIONS.

OKAY. THANK YOU, BOARD. I BRING TO YOU MY FIRST PROJECT UNDER THE CAPITAL LEVY THAT WE PASSED IN 2024.

THESE THREE ROOFS ARE PARAMOUNT FOR ME TO GET DONE THIS SUMMER.

I MOVED THEM UP A COUPLE OF YEARS BECAUSE OF THE FAILING NATURE OF THEM.

SO A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THESE AND THE 2008-9 YEARS WHEN WE WERE BUILDING OUR THREE, OUR SEVEN NEW SCHOOLS WE ALL I WAS USING THE SAME ROOFS AS EVERGREEN AND VANCOUVER ON RECOMMENDATION OF OUR ARCHITECT.

MY PREVIOUS HIS EXPERIENCE HAD BEEN WITH BUILT UP ROOFS AND CONCRETE ROOFS WITH LIQUID APPLICATION.

SO THIS WAS MY FIRST ATTEMPT WITH THEM, SO I FOLLOWED THEIR ADVICE.

SMALL MEA CULPA THERE. IT HOPED FOR A 15 YEAR, AND WE'RE REAL CLOSE TO HAVE GOTTEN 15 YEARS.

BUT IF YOU WANT TO THINK OF THESE ROOFS AS A LARGE SWIMMING POOL IS HOW I TRY TO EXPLAIN IT.

AND YOU LAY DOWN PLASTIC LINES AND YOU WELD THOSE LINES TOGETHER AND THEY ALL BECOME A SWIMMING POOL.

SOME OF THOSE SEAMS, THEY DO NOT LIKE TO BE UNDERWATER ALL THE TIME.

AND THERE ARE SPOTS WHERE THEY'RE UNDERWATER FOR QUITE A WHILE AND THEY DETERIORATE.

THESE WERE JP CAPTAIN STRONG IS NOT ON THIS PROJECT BECAUSE WE USED A DIFFERENT TYPE OF ROOF.

IT WAS A CARLISLE. THE THREE THAT THE FOUR THAT ARE FAILED US ARE THE J.P.

STEVENS WHO WENT WHO WERE SOLD TO DOW IN 2008 AND THEN NO LONGER SOLD THESE TYPE OF ROOFS IN 2011.

SO, THE INDUSTRY HAS MOVED ON FROM THESE ROOFS.

AND I AM PROPOSING WE PUT DOWN A 30 YEAR SELF ADHERED ROOFING SYSTEM THAT WILL GIVE US 30 YEARS VIRTUALLY WORRY FREE. I HAD OPTIONS FOR A TEN, BUT BY THE TIME WE HAD THE AMOUNT OF INSULATION I HAVE TO GO IN NOW AND REMOVE BECAUSE OF THE FAILING OF THE SEAMS, MY DELTA COST BETWEEN TEN, 20 AND 30 YEARS ARE VERY SMALL.

SO WE OPTED FOR THE 30 YEAR BULLETPROOF THAT WILL NOT PRESENT THESE ISSUES IN THE PAST.

IF YOU THINK ABOUT THAT SWIMMING POOL LINER DURING HOT AND COLD WEATHER, IT SITS AND EXPANDS LOOSELY AND PUTS PRESSURE ON THOSE SEAMS. AND THE 20 YEAR IS A MECHANICALLY ATTACHED. AND THIS IS A ADHESIVE ATTACHED.

EXCUSE ME. MEMBRANE ROOF ASSEMBLY, FULLY ADHERED IS THE WORD I WAS TRYING TO GET TO.

WHEREAS BASICALLY YOU PUT A BOARD DOWN OVER THE INSULATION AND THEN WE'RE ADHERING THIS.

AND THEN SO THERE'S NO MORE FLEXING. SO THERE'S NO MORE WORK ON THE SEAMS THAT ARE GOING TO FAIL.

THAT'S WHY I'M RECOMMENDING THAT WE GO TO THIS 30 YEAR PRODUCT.

QUESTIONS. I WANTED TO COMMENT BEFORE YOU GO TO QUESTIONS.

I WANTED TO COMMENT ON THE STRATEGY ASSOCIATED WITH GOING TO A 30 YEAR ROOF.

IF YOU NOTE THE THREE SCHOOLS THAT MR. JOLMA IS TALKING ABOUT, CHIEF UMTUCH MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE DAYBREAK PRIMARY AND MIDDLE, AND THEN THE TUKES VALLEY PRIMARY MIDDLE, THOSE ARE OUR NEWER SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT.

SO THOSE WERE THOSE WOULD NOT BE SCHOOLS IF WE WERE TO GO OUT FOR A BOND OR, YOU KNOW, A TO WE WOULDN'T BE LOOKING AT REPLACING THOSE BUILDINGS. SO THIS IS AN INVESTMENT IN THE THREE NEWER BUILDINGS SO THAT THEY CAN STAY AROUND FOR 20, 30. 30 YEARS BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN THE WAY WE DO OUR BUILDINGS.

RIGHT. WE HAVE 50 BUILDINGS FROM THE 50S.

SO I DON'T WANT I THINK THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE I WANT THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW.

AND I WANT THE BOARD TO KNOW THAT BY INVESTING IN A 30 YEAR ROOF, WE'RE NOT GOING TO COME BACK TO YOU IN TEN YEARS AND SAY, HEY, WE'D LIKE TO TEAR DOWN TUKES AND REBUILD A SCHOOL.

WELL, WHY DID YOU PUT A 30 YEAR ROOF ON THERE? EXACTLY. THESE ARE SCHOOLS THAT ARE GOING TO REMAIN IN OUR INVENTORY FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, FOR 30 MORE YEARS. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? I MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE THE CONTRACT FOR THE SNYDER ROOFING OF OREGON, LLC FOR CHIEF. OH, YEAH. FOR CHIEF. FOR CHIEF. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR THE CONTRACT WITH SNYDER ROOFING FOR CHIEF MIDDLE SCHOOL.

PRO. PRO. OKAY, SO BOARD ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? OKAY. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0, AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO DAYBREAK.

[02:30:08]

AND SO, CAN I GET A MOTION, PLEASE? THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVED THE CONTRACT WITH SNYDER ROOFING OF OREGON FOR DAYBREAK.

DAYBREAK'S. PRO. PRO. YES. ITS PRIMARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL.

PRIMARY AND MIDDLE. OKAY. AND SO ON. THAT MOTION BOARD.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0 AND FINALLY TUKES VALLEY.

SAME THING, THAT WAS OUR LAST ONE BUILT THOUGH.

SO, I MOVED THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, APPROVED THE CONTRACT WITH SNYDER ROOFING FOR TUKES VALLEY 100, 203 HUNDRED BUILDING ROOF PROJECT. OKAY. PRO.

PRO. OKAY. FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACT FOR TUKES VALLEY.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0. I THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

THANKS, KEVIN. AND MOVING ON TO FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS.

[11. Future Agenda Items and Board Events]

AND THEN I WOULD JUST CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE INVITATION THAT LISA SENT OUT TODAY FOR THE REGIONAL MEETING THAT'S IN RIDGEFIELD ON MARCH 20TH. AND IF YOU REMEMBER, WE HOSTED THAT MEETING LAST YEAR.

YEAH. AND SO, IT'S THE SAME THING. AND SO I APPRECIATE I KNOW WE ALREADY HAVE DEBBIE RESPONDED AND MARY RESPONDED AND JACKIE RESPONDED AND SHELLY AND I ARE GOING, SO WE HAVE A TEAM. BUT IF TED AND TERRY, YOU WANT TO JOIN IN, THAT'D BE GREAT.

IT'S GOOD TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR OUR LOCAL DISTRICTS THAT ARE HOSTING THESE.

SO THAT'S WHY IT'S PART OF THE. I DIDN'T KNOW IF STUDENT REPS ARE INVITED AS WELL.

YOU KNOW, I HEARD LAST YEAR THEY SHOULD BE WE WENT LAST YEAR BUT IT'S NOT HERE.

YEAH WE WERE ABLE TO. RIGHT. I CAN ASK THEM IF THEY'RE IF THEY'RE WELL MAYBE INCLINED.

YEAH. WE WILL FOLLOW UP AND SEND YOU AN INVITE.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT. YEAH. AND I THINK THAT COMES TO THE END OF OUR MEETING.

SO WE WILL ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT 8:33. THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.