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          06:00 P.M.. GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING FOR THE BATTLE GROUND
SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR MONDAY, 
          [1. Call to Order]
APRIL 28, 2025. I CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:00 P.M.. 
          PLEASE STAND AND JOIN US FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 
          READY? BEGIN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. 
          ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          I THINK THAT'S THE MOST ROBUST PLEDGE WE'VE EVER HAD. 
          [LAUGHTER] NEXT, WE'LL HAVE ROLL CALL. PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT 1 MARY SNITILY. 
          HERE. VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT 5 . 
          JACKIE MADDUX. HERE. DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT 2 DEBBIE JOHNSON. 
          HERE. DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT 3 TED CHAMPINE. HERE. 
          DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT 4 TERRY TATE. HERE. STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE JULIA STIFFLER. 
          HERE. STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE ITZEL CONTRERAS MONTIEL. 
          HERE. MADAM PRESIDENT, WE HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU. 
          BEFORE WE APPROVE THE AGENDA, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. 
          WE HAVE, AS YOU CAN SEE, MANY PEOPLE HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT ONE PARTICULAR SUBJECT,
THE ASPIRE PROGRAM. 
          AND I WANT ALL OF THE STUDENTS IN THE AUDIENCE TO KNOW THAT WE DID RECEIVE YOUR NUMEROUS
AND BEAUTIFUL LETTERS, WELL WRITTEN, WELL ARTICULATED. AND NORMALLY AT OUR MEETINGS WE HAVE ONE CITIZEN'S COMMENT
TIME, WHICH IS 30 MINUTES. WE LIMIT IT TO 30 MINUTES. 
          AND SO TODAY WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS DURING STUDENT VOICE ,
WE'D LIKE TO HAVE THE STUDENTS WHO HAVE COME TO SPEAK ABOUT ASPIRE SPEAK DURING STUDENT VOICE . SO WE'LL HAVE A 30 MINUTE SECTION FOR STUDENTS TO SPEAK DURING STUDENT VOICE ,
AND THEN ANOTHER 30 MINUTE SECTION DURING CITIZEN'S COMMENTS FOR ADULTS TO SPEAK. SO IF YOU ARE A STUDENT AND YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE ASPIRE
PROGRAM, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND SO WE CAN TAKE ACCOUNT OF HOW MANY PEOPLE WE HAVE TO SPEAK DURING
THAT TIME? AND THEY WERE SPEAKING IN TANDEM. THEN ALL THE ONES IT LOOKS LIKE ABOUT 25,
20, 20, OR 25 THAT TOGETHER WOULD HELP US. YEAH. 
          TOGETHER WOULD HELP. THANK YOU. IT'S LIKE ONE MINUTE. 
          YEAH. THEY'D EACH HAVE IF THEY SPOKE SEPARATELY,
IT'D BE A LITTLE OVER A MINUTE FOR EACH ONE. 
          ABOUT A MINUTE AND 15 SECONDS A PIECE. SO IF YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR NOTES AND BE
PREPARED TO SPEAK FOR ABOUT A MINUTE AND 15 SECONDS DURING STUDENT VOICE , AND I'LL LET YOU KNOW. 
          I'LL CALL YOU UP AT THAT TIME. OKAY. MOVING ON THE AGENDA APPROVAL. 
          [4. Agenda Approval (Board Vote w/Student Voice)]
ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA WE HAVE COMMUNICATIONS. WE HAVE SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF UPDATES,
CITIZENS COMMENTS, THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS A THROUGH I. WE HAVE NO OLD BUSINESS. 
          FOR NEW BUSINESS WE HAVE TWO ITEMS. AND THEN WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THEN FUTURE
AGENDA ITEMS IF THERE IS TIME. 
          I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA. 
          I MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED. 
          STUDENT REPS. PRO. PRO. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? OKAY. 
          MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0. AND NOW WE HAVE COME TO STUDENT VOICE . 
          [5. Communications]
SO WE HAVE A GROUP FROM DAYBREAK WHO HAD SIGNED UP PREVIOUSLY TO COME AND SPEAK TO US. 
          SO I'M GOING TO ASK OUR FOURTH GRADE STUDENTS FROM DAYBREAK TO COME UP FIRST. 
          DO YOU WANT TO COME UP FOR STUDENTS? AND PARENTS,
FEEL FREE TO COME BACK BEHIND US SO YOU CAN GET A DECENT PICTURE, BECAUSE THE STUDENTS GENERALLY FACE US TO SPEAK. 
          GOOD EVENING. OH, WAIT A MINUTE. YOUR MIC ISN'T ON. 
          OKAY. NOW TRY. HELLO. MY NAME IS PEYTON MOORE. 
          I AM IN FOURTH GRADE AND A DRAGON ELDER AT DAYBREAK PRIMARY. 
          A DRAGON ELDER IS THAT MAKE SURE KIDS PAY ATTENTION AND FOLLOW DIRECTIONS. 
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MY FAVORITE SUBJECT AT DAYBREAK PRIMARY SCHOOL IS MATH. 
          NICE JOB. NICE. HELLO. MY NAME IS BRINA HUUMALA AND I AM A DRAGON ELDER AT DAYBREAK
PRIMARY. 
          BEING A DRAGON ELDER GIVES YOU THE PRIVILEGE TO SPEAK IN ASSEMBLIES. 
          ALSO, YOU GET TO HAVE DRAGON ELDER PARTIES AT THE END OF THE MONTH. 
          MY FAVORITE PART ABOUT OUR SCHOOL IS HELPING PEOPLE OUT. 
          HELLO, MY NAME IS DAHLIA DIXON AND I AM A FOURTH GRADER AT AND A DRAGON ELDER AT DAYBREAK
PRIMARY. 
          SINCE I AM A DRAGON ELDER, I WELCOME KIDS AND MAKE SURE THEY STAY IN LINE IN THE MORNING. 
          MY FAVORITE THING TO DO AT DAYBREAK PRIMARY IS VOLUNTEERING FOR A LOT OF THINGS. 
          TODAY I WENT TO A CAREER FAIR AND LEARNED THAT PEOPLE WHO MAKE VIDEOS NEED TO WORK
TOGETHER. 
          GOOD JOB. HELLO, MY NAME IS CHARLI DRAKE. I AM IN FOURTH GRADE AND A DRAGON ELDER AT
DAYBREAK PRIMARY. 
          WHEN BEING A DRAGON ELDER, I SAY GOOD MORNING TO KIDS AND START THEIR DAY OFF. 
          GREAT. I ALSO COME FOR THE KIDS WHO ARE UNHAPPY. 
          MY FAVORITE THING ABOUT DAYBREAK IS ARE THE KIND TEACHERS. 
          NICE JOB, YOU GUYS. 
          THANK YOU. OH, GO AHEAD, YOU GO. NO, YOU. THAT WAS A GREAT JOB. 
          AND I'M INTRIGUED BY DRAGON ELDER. HOW DO YOU GET TO BE A DRAGON ELDER? DO YOU REMEMBER? WE FOR HOW YOU BECOME A DRAGON ELDER AT SOME POINT INSIDE THE SCHOOL YEAR, THEY PASS OUT A PAPER AND YOU GET A VOLUNTEER FOR IF
YOU WANT TO BE A DRAGON ELDER OR NOT. 
          WELL, GOOD FOR YOU FOR VOLUNTEERING. HOW MANY DRAGON ELDERS ARE THERE? I DON'T KNOW. OH, ARE THERE A LOT? A COUPLE DRAGON ELDERS QUIT,
SO I DON'T KNOW. [LAUGHTER] YEAH, WELL, GOOD FOR YOU GUYS FOR HANGING IN THERE. 
          ARE THERE ANY BOY DRAGON ELDERS OR DID THEY ALL CHICKEN OUT FROM COMING TODAY? [LAUGHTER]. THREE DRAGON ELDERS. OKAY, GOOD. YEAH. 
          WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY YOU GUYS DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB,
AND YOU LOOK AT THIS AUDIENCE. 
          OR MAYBE DON'T LOOK OUT THE AUDIENCE THAT WAS PROBABLY A BETTER THING,
[LAUGHTER] BUT IT'S CROWDED OUT THERE AND YOU STILL ALL CAME UP AND YOU WERE ELOQUENT IN YOUR SPEAKING AND DID A REALLY NICE JOB. SO THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP FOR US. 
          I DON'T KNOW, THERE MIGHT BE SOME OTHER QUESTIONS. I WAS CURIOUS,
YOU SAID YOU REALLY LIKE VOLUNTEERING. 
          WHAT'S THE FAVORITE, YOUR MOST FAVORITE THING YOU VOLUNTEERED FOR SO FAR? SO FAR, I REALLY LIKED VOLUNTEERING FOR A COOK CONTEST. 
          I WON FIRST PLACE, I MADE GERMAN PANCAKES. OH,
THEY WERE SO GOOD. 
          I WAS FIRST, I WAS FIRST, THOSE WERE. THOSE WERE REALLY,
REALLY GOOD. 
          I REMEMBER THOSE, DAHLIA. TRUST ME, I REMEMBER THOSE. 
          WELL, THAT'S WHERE I RECOGNIZE YOU FROM. WELL,
AGAIN, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. FANTASTIC. NICE JOB. 
          AND STUDENT REPS. WHAT DO YOU HAVE FOR US THIS EVENING? ANYTHING? WELL, I DO HAVE SOMETHING. I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF WE WERE GOING TO LET THE OTHER
STUDENTS GO FIRST. YOU GO FIRST. WE CAN GO FIRST. OKAY. 
          I JUST HAVE ONE THING TO SAY. SO I JUST KIND OF WANT EVERYBODY TO LOOK AROUND AND JUST
KIND OF, LIKE, SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN THIS ROOM. THIS ROOM IS LITERALLY CHOCK FULL OF PEOPLE
WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN SOME WAY AND WHO HAVE BEEN TOUCHED BY IT AND ARE PART OF THE COMMUNITY. SO THAT'S REALLY AWESOME. AND I DID WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE
LEVY AND HOW THE LEVY FAILED. 
          AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY, LIKE, REGARDLESS OF HOW YOU VOTED I URGE EVERYBODY TO
UNDERSTAND THAT FOR BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT, 20 MILLION DOLLARS IN CUTS IS A VERY BIG TRANSITION. 
          AND BATTLE GROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS DOES HAVE TO MAKE SOME PRETTY TOUGH CHANGES. AND AS A
STUDENT, I'M KIND OF SEEING THOSE ALREADY AND JUST LIKE WALKING LIKE, YOU KNOW, THROUGH MY SCHOOL AND THROUGH LIKE,
LIKE TRACK SEASON AND THINGS LIKE THAT, I SEE WHERE ALL THE CHANGES WILL BE AND ALL THESE CHANGES AFFECT STUDENTS. AND THEN THIS NEXT YEAR,
EVEN THOUGH I'M GRADUATING, I WON'T BE HERE, BUT I'M STILL GOING TO OBSERVE HOW THESE HOW THESE CUTS ARE GOING TO CHANGE OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. GOOD AND BAD. 
          HOWEVER, THAT MAY LOOK, AND I WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT I'M STILL IN FULL SUPPORT OF
BATTLE GROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS , AND I STILL HAVE FULL FAITH IN OUR QUALITY OF INSTRUCTION, OF OUR COMMUNITY AND OF HOW SAFE THIS PLACE IS AND HOW PROUD I AM TO HAVE GRADUATED FROM
IT. 
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AND I OBSERVE EVERYBODY, OR I URGE EVERYBODY HERE WHO'S LISTENING TO ME TO OBSERVE THIS
NEXT YEAR, SEE THE CHANGES. TALK TO YOUR STUDENTS. IF YOU DON'T HAVE KIDS,
TALK TO PARENTS AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 
          TALK TO STAFF MEMBERS AND LEAN IN CLOSE TO YOUR COMMUNITY. 
          I THINK IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO HELP RAISE AND GRADUATE 12,000 SCHOLARS AND BATTLE GROUND
PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB AT DOING THAT SO FAR, AND I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S GOING TO DWINDLE BECAUSE OF THESE CUTS. 
          EVEN THOUGH IT WILL BE HARDER. SO YEAH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. 
          OKAY. SO I DID GO WELL, I DO HAVE ONE EVENT THAT I DID GO TO TODAY. 
          I WENT TO THE FOURTH GRADE FAIR. I HELPED AND I JUST WANT TO SAY I THANK ALL THE TEACHERS
AND STAFF FOR PUTTING IT TOGETHER AND PUTTING ON ALL THE COUNSELORS AND PUTTING IN ALL THEIR HARD WORK. TAKING CARE OF 300 FOURTH GRADERS IN THE SPAN OF 45 MINUTES IS REALLY
HARD, AND MAKING SURE THEY'RE ALL BEING LISTENED TO,
MAKING SURE THEY ALL KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING. AND IT ACTUALLY WENT JUST SUPER SMOOTHLY KNOWING THAT WE WERE DOING GROUP AFTER GROUP AFTER GROUP AND JUST,
JUST ALL THE GRATEFULNESS THAT THEY DECIDED TO DO THIS FOR OUR FOURTH GRADERS, GIVING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE ALL THE CTE CLASSES WE PROVIDE AND JUST MAKING SURE
THAT THEY'RE BEING HEARD. 
          AND I DON'T HAVE REALLY MUCH AS YOU CAN SEE. LIKE JULIA SAID,
IT IS A BIG GROUP. 
          AND AS BEING A STUDENT REP, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY STUDENT GETS THE VOICE THAT
THEY DESERVE BECAUSE LIKE THE LEVY, IS GOING TO AFFECT A LOT OF STUDENTS AND IT'S ALREADY BEING SEEN. 
          YOU WALK THROUGH THE HALLWAYS AND THERE'S JUST A DIFFERENT ATMOSPHERE. BUT I KNOW STUDENTS
ARE STRONG, I KNOW STAFF ARE STRONG, AND WE'RE GOING TO PUSH THROUGH IT AND BE THE POSITIVE WE CAN BE,
BUT I JUST WANT TO GIVE THESE STUDENTS THE FULL OPPORTUNITY THEY CAN, THEY TO HAVE TO JUST SPEAK ON WHATEVER THEY WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT AND JUST SHOW THAT THEY
ARE BEING EFFECTIVE. 
          SO THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. DO YOU WANT ME TO CALL THEM BY GRADE LEVEL? AND DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY WE HAVE? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU JUST WANT TO CALL THEM BY HOW THEY
SIGNED UP. 
          THE OTHER THING, MARY, I THINK IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW IS THAT I THINK THERE ARE OTHER I
THINK THERE ARE OTHER STUDENTS HERE TO SPEAK WITH US ABOUT OTHER PROGRAMS BEYOND ASPIRE. OH, OKAY. SO I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF WE WANTED TO MAKE ANY
ADJUSTMENTS BEFORE WE GOT STARTED OR IF WE WANT TO. 
          I THINK. LET'S HEAR FROM ALL THE STUDENTS DURING STUDENT VOICE . 
          IT MAKES SENSE, DON'T YOU THINK? YEAH. AND MAYBE WE'RE ALL STANDING UP WHEN I COUNTED IN
THAT GROUP. 
          OH, OKAY. OKAY. MAYBE WE START WITH THE SPIRE,
AND THEN WE MOVE TO. 
          I KNOW RIGHT NOW. SO I THOUGHT THAT WHAT WE COULD DO IS WE COULD JUST INVITE THEM TO COME
UP BY GRADE LEVEL. 
          YEAH, BY GRADE LEVEL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THEY CAN STAND HERE AND THEN GO ONE BY ONE BY
ONE BY ONE. 
          THAT WAS MY THOUGHT. AND THEN WHAT LISA CAN DO IS SHE CAN MARK THEM OFF THE LIST SO
THEY'RE CLEARED FROM THE LIST. 
          SOUNDS GOOD. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. AND SO ARE WE THINKING A MINUTE AND 15 SECONDS. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU, CARLA. SO WE'LL HAVE OUR THIRD GRADE ASPIRE STUDENTS COME FORWARD FIRST. 
          IF YOU'RE A THIRD GRADER AND YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO US ABOUT ASPIRE. 
          NICE JOB. NICE. [APPLAUSE] AND BE SURE AND GIVE US YOUR NAME FIRST. OKAY. MY NAME IS ELLIOT. OKAY. CAN I START? YOU CAN START. AND WE'LL. SHE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. 
          OKAY? OKAY. GO AHEAD. MY NAME IS ELLIOT, AND I'M IN THIRD GRADE ASPIRE CLASS,
SO I'M SPEAKING UP TO KEEP ASPIRE FUNDED BECAUSE I WANT TO KEEP LEARNING NEW THINGS. 
          IN A REGULAR CLASS MY OLD SCHOOL IS REALLY TOUGH BECAUSE THE KIDS WERE RUDE AND I WASN'T
GETTING CHALLENGED ENOUGH. 
          I HATED GOING TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY AND AT ASPIRE THE KIDS ARE REALLY NICE AND I'M BEING
CHALLENGED. 
          I GET TO BE CREATIVE, HAVE INTERESTING CONVERSATIONS,
DO COOL PROJECTS. 
          PLEASE FUND US. IT'S REALLY FUN AND ENJOYABLE. 
          AND I KNOW SOME SECOND GRADERS WHO ARE REALLY SMART. 
          I THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE A CHALLENGE TO PLEASE FUND ASPIRE BECAUSE I WANT THE NEXT
GENERATION OF THIRD GRADE KIDS TO ENJOY LEARNING AS WELL. 
          NICE JOB. NICE. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. HI. IS IT ON? YEAH. HI. MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE]. I'M A THIRD GRADE STUDENT IN THE ASPIRE MAGNET PROGRAM. 
          I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT KEEPING THE ASPIRE PROGRAM IN REGULAR CLASSROOMS. IT'S EASY TO DO WORK, AND MOST OF THE STUDENTS WOULD FINISH BEFORE EVERYONE ELSE. 
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BUT THE ASPIRE MAGNET PROGRAM HAS CHALLENGES THAT NO OTHER PROGRAM CAN GIVE. 
          ALSO, WE HAVE MADE NEW FRIENDS FROM DIFFERENT SCHOOLS. 
          AND THE REASON THEY CAME HERE IS BECAUSE THE OTHER SCHOOLS WERE TOO EASY FOR THEM. 
          AND IF THE ASPIRE PROGRAM SHUTS DOWN, THEN OUR FRIENDS WILL GO BACK TO THEIR OLD SCHOOLS
AND WE MIGHT NEVER SEE THEM AGAIN. 
          IT'S HEARTBREAKING TO KNOW THAT ASPIRE IS NO MORE. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] NICE JOB. 
          AND NOW I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM FOURTH GRADE STUDENTS THAT WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT ASPIRE. 
          CAN YOU BE SURE THAT THEY SAY THEIR NAME? MIC] [LAUGHTER] OKAY. SAY YOUR NAME NICE AND LOUD SO SHE CAN HEAR IT. 
          OKAY. HELLO, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS DAPHNE,
AND I AM IN FOURTH GRADE CLASS IN THE ASPIRE MAGNET PROGRAM. 
          I LOVE ASPIRE BECAUSE IT HELPS ME REACH MY FULL POTENTIAL,
LEARN AND GROW. 
          I WAS VERY SAD TO HEAR THAT THE LEVY DIDN'T PASS AND THAT ASPIRE WAS ON THE CUTS. 
          IT HELPS ME AND MY FRIENDS EXCEL AND GROW OUR IMAGINATION. 
          IT HAS BROUGHT US ALL TOGETHER AND I REALLY WANT YOU GUYS TO KEEP ASPIRE. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] MY NAME IS HENRY AND I AM A STUDENT IN THE
ASPIRE MAGNET PROGRAM. I'M IN THE FOURTH GRADE. I'M IN THE FOURTH GRADE. 
          ASPIRE MEANS A LOT TO ME BECAUSE WHEN I WAS IN A REGULAR CLASSROOM,
I WAS BORED MOST OF THE TIME BECAUSE I GOT MY WORK DONE SO FAST AND I HAD TO JUST SIT AT MY DESK AND WAIT FOR MY CLASSMATES TO FINISH THEIR WORK. 
          THE WORK WAS REALLY EASY FOR ME, BUT ONCE I TESTED INTO ASPIRE AND WENT TO THE MAGNET
PROGRAM, I FELT LIKE I WAS LEARNING AT THE RIGHT LEVEL FOR ME AND I WAS A LOT LESS BORED. 
          PLEASE KEEP THE ASPIRE MAGNET PROGRAM TO KEEP MY CLASSMATES AND I AT THE RIGHT LEVEL. 
          THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] LISA,
ARE YOU ABLE TO GET THE NAMES? OKAY. HELLO, MY NAME IS AUSTIN AND I'M IN THE FOURTH GRADE ASPIRE MAGNET PROGRAM. 
          PLEASE KEEP ASPIRE BECAUSE IT'S THE LEARNING WE NEED AND DESERVE. 
          ALSO, PLEASE KEEP ASPIRE TO KEEP ALL OF US HAPP Y AND KEEP ALL OF US TO HAVE HARD LEARNING
AND CHALLENGING LEARNING. 
          THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. [APPLAUSE]. NICE JOB. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS. AND NOW IF WE HAVE STUDENTS IN FIFTH GRADE WHO WOULD
LIKE TO SPEAK TO US ABOUT ASPIRE. SHE WAS LIKE, YOU GO FIRST. 
          WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. GOOD EVENING. SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS EVERETT JONES, AND I AM A STUDENT IN THE FIFTH GRADE ASPIRE MAGNET CLASS. 
          WHEN I WAS IN THE CLUSTER PROGRAM, I NEEDED MORE CHALLENGING WORK. 
          THE MAGNET CLASS WAS A BIG CHANGE, BUT I FINALLY FOUND A PLACE WHERE MY BRAIN COULD BE
CHALLENGED. 
          ASPIRE IS A PLACE WHERE KIDS LIKE ME CAN WORK ON GROUP PROJECTS TOGETHER AND THINK FREELY. 
          OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS THAT MY MAGNET CLASS HAS BEEN TOGETHER A LOT OF US HAVE MADE
GOOD FRIENDS. 
          LOSING ASPIRE WOULD MEAN WE WOULD ALL HAVE TO BE SPLIT UP. 
          MAKING NEW FRIENDS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL IS HARD,
SO PLEASE SAVE ASPIRE. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] MY NAME IS GEMMA AND MINE IS TESSA PORTMAN. 
          DEAR FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES, PEOPLE I'VE NEVER MET AND PEOPLE I HAVE. 
          TODAY WE ARE ALL HERE, HOPEFULLY IN SUPPORT OF THE ASPIRE MAGNET PROGRAM. 
          WE ARE BOTH FIFTH GRADERS IN THE ASPIRE MAGNET PROGRAM AND BEST FRIENDS. 
          BEFORE I WAS IN ASPIRE, I HAD FEW FRIENDS AND STRUGGLED TO MAKE THEM. 
          I FELT LIKE SCHOOL WAS ONLY BORING, EASY SCHOOLWORK,
BUT WHEN I CAME INTO ASPIRE, I MADE FRIENDS AND SCHOOL WAS FUN AND CHALLENGING AGAIN. 
          WHEN I WAS IN THIRD GRADE, I WAS BULLIED AND ONLY HAD FRIENDS BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO USE
ME FOR TEST ANSWERS. 
          WHEN I DID TEST A'S ON THEM ALL AND I FELT UNACCOMPLISHED. 
          WHEN I JOINED ASPIRE, I HAD REAL FRIENDS AND HAD FUN,
HARD WORK. 
          TOGETHER, WE ARE HERE TO STAND FOR THE PROGRAM AND ITS COMMUNITY. 
          WE ASPIRE STUDENTS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE HARD TIMES AND STAY STRONG. 
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WE HAVE. 
          THIS IS WHO WE ARE. THIS IS OUR COMMUNITY. WE STAND TOGETHER. 
          THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. THANK YOU. VERY NICE. 
          [APPLAUE] HI. MY NAME IS DALI. MY NAME IS NATHANIEL AND MY NAME IS WESLEY. 
          WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT WHY YOU SHOULD KEEP THE ASPIRE MAGNET PROGRAM,
A PROGRAM THAT IS WORTH PAYING FOR. 
          BEFORE WE JOIN THIS PROGRAM, WE DID NOT HAVE EDUCATION AT OUR LEVEL. 
          EVEN WHEN WE WERE IN THE CLUSTER PROGRAM, WE DID NOT GET ANY HIGHER LEVEL WORK. 
          WE SPENT OUR TIME IN THE CLUSTER HELPING OTHERS. 
          BUT NOW THAT WE ARE IN THE MAGNET PROGRAM, WE CAN BE THE ONES GETTING SUPPORT AND HELP
WITH OUR WORK. 
          WE HAVE BEEN TAUGHT MANY SKILLS BECAUSE OUR TEACHERS TEACH US AT OUR LEVEL. 
          IF YOU GET RID OF THE ASPIRE MAGNET PROGRAM,
THEN WE WILL NOT HAVE WORK AT OUR LEVEL AND WE WILL HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE CLUSTER PROGRAM WHERE WE WILL GET EXTRA WORK EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE,
WHICH DOESN'T GIVE US THE CHALLENGE WE NEED. 
          AND WE NEED ASPIRE BECAUSE IT GIVES US THE CHALLENGE WE REQUIRE. 
          PLEASE KEEP THE ASPIRE PROGRAM BECAUSE WE NEED EDUCATION THAT IS AT THE RIGHT PACE FOR US. 
          IF YOU DON'T, WE WILL JUST KEEP LEARNING MOST OF THE STUFF WE ALREADY KNOW,
WHICH IS NOT GOOD FOR OUR EDUCATION. 
          SO YOU SHOULD KEEP THE ASPIRE MAGNET PROGRAM BECAUSE WE WOULD GET THE EDUCATION WE NEED
AND WE WOULD STAY TOGETHER WITH PEOPLE WE HAVE BEEN WITH FOR MOST OF OUR SCHOOL YEARS. 
          THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANKS. 
          HELLO, EVERYONE. HELLO EVERYONE. I AM WAYLON GRIFFITHS OF THE ASPIRE MAGNET PROGRAM, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT YOU SHOULD NOT REMOVE THE ASPIRE MAGNET PROGRAM
BECAUSE IT IS A GREAT EDUCATING SYSTEM AND A PLACE THAT I AND MANY OTHER PEOPLE BELONG. 
          AND DANG IT. THE ASPIRE MAGNET PROGRAM MADE ME FEEL BETTER ABOUT SCHOOL AND SCHOOL WORK AND MADE IT SO I COULD FOCUS AND PAY ATTENTION. THE ASPIRE. BUT WHEN I WAS IN CLUSTER,
THE SCHOOLS, THE SCHOOLS, WHEN I FINISHED MY WORK, SAT ME DOWN ON A COMPUTER TO DO THINGS THAT THAT
WERE BORING AND NOT AND NOT FUN TO ME. THE AND THE ASPIRE MAGNET PROGRAM IS A GREAT AND FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. 
          SINCERELY, WAYLON. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. 
          HELLO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE SCHOOL BOARD. 
          MY NAME IS BENJAMIN G. AND I AM AFFECTED BY THE FAILED LEVY BECAUSE I AM IN THE ASPIRE
MAGNET PROGRAM. 
          MY PEERS WILL BE FAR AHEAD OF OTHER PEOPLE IN THEIR GRADE IF THE LEVY FAILS,
WHICH MEANS THERE WILL BE UNINTERESTED. 
          BEFORE I WAS IN ASPIRE, I WAS BORED IN CLASS AND OFTEN JUST READING BOOKS. 
          I WOULD TRY TO EXPLAIN MY WORK TO MY PEERS, BUT IT WOULD CONFUSE THEM,
AND I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE I COULD RELATE TO ANY OF MY CLASSMATES. 
          MY SISTER IS ALSO IN ASPIRE, AND IF THE MAGNET PROGRAM IS CANCELED,
SHE WILL NOT GET AN ASPIRE MIDDLE SCHOOL EXPERIENCE. 
          SAME WITH THE OTHERS IN HER CLASS AND THE THIRD GRADERS,
STUDENTS OF THE ASPIRE MAGNET PROGRAM HAVE FRIENDS FROM DIFFERENT SCHOOLS, WHICH MEANS THEY WILL NOT HAVE MANY FRIENDS. THEY HAVE BUILT FRIENDSHIPS OVER YEARS. 
          THOSE SAID FRIENDSHIPS WILL BE BROKEN. THERE IS ALSO BULLYING. 
          GIFTED KIDS ARE TARGETS FOR BULLIES. WHEN I WAS IN GENERAL EDUCATION I WAS BULLIED AND
MANY PEERS WILL EXPERIENCE THIS BECAUSE OF ASPIRE I FEEL WELCOMED AT SCHOOL. PLEASE SAVE THE ASPIRE PROGRAM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. 
          DO WE HAVE SIXTH GRADERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO US ABOUT ASPIRE? YES. 
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HELLO, I AM ELLA ALCOCK AND I'M ROSIE WADLEY. 
          WE ARE SIXTH GRADE ASPIRE MAGNET STUDENTS AT CHIEF UMTUCH MIDDLE SCHOOL,
AND WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT WHY ASPIRE MAGNET PROGRAM NEEDS TO STAY IN THE BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE WERE PROMISED TO HAVE THIS EDUCATION IN THIS CLASS FOR FOUR YEARS,
AND NOW IT COULD BE TAKEN AWAY FROM US, WHICH WOULD PUT OUR LEARNING AT JEOPARDY. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE AROUND OTHER STUDENTS
WHO ARE LIKE US, AND WHO CAN RELATE TO THE WAY OUR BRAINS FUNCTION. 
          WE DESERVE TO FEEL LIKE WE FIT IN. ALSO, DUE TO MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL MATURITY AT THIS AGE, MOST KIDS HAVE A HARD TIME FEELING THEY BELONG,
ESPECIALLY AT SCHOOL. 
          NOW IMAGINE YOU WERE A CHILD OF HIGHLY CAPABLE LEARNING AND ARE CONSTANTLY BEING SEPARATED
FROM THE CLASS BECAUSE YOU ARE DIFFERENT. 
          THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO US BEFORE ASPIRE. 
          TODAY WE WILL TALK ABOUT THIS ASPIRE HOW THIS ASPIRE PROGRAM HAS POSITIVELY AFFECTED OUR
LIVES AND HOW IT HELPS ME AS A STUDENT PERSONALLY. 
          FIRST OF ALL, ME AND MY PEERS IN THIS PROGRAM HAVE BRAINS THAT DEVELOP DIFFERENTLY FROM
THOSE IN GENERAL EDUCATION, AND THEREFORE WE NEED TO BE TAUGHT DIFFERENTLY. 
          IT'S NOT FAIR TO PUT US WITH KIDS THAT CAN'T RELATE TO THE WAY WE LEARN AND DON'T
UNDERSTAND US. 
          THIS WOULD CAUSE US TO GET WORSE GRADES AND ENJOY SCHOOL SIGNIFICANTLY LESS. 
          I KNOW THAT FEELING WELCOME AND ACCEPTED IN A IN A CLASSROOM CAN POSITIVELY AFFECT A
STUDENT'S MIND AND WELL-BEING. 
          ASPIRE HAS OPENED MULTIPLE WINDOWS FOR ME. IT HAS GIVEN ME THE CHANCE TO USE MY
INTELLIGENCE AND MY VOICE TO ITS FULL POTENTIAL, AND IT HAS SURROUNDED ME WITH PEERS WHO CAN PUSH ME AND CHALLENGE ME TO DO MY BEST. 
          BECAUSE OF THIS, YOU SHOULD KEEP THE ASPIRE MAGNET PROGRAM IN THE BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL
DISTRICT. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. AGAIN,
I WOULD SAY TO PARENTS, IF YOU WANT TO GET A BETTER VIEW, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME BEHIND US. 
          YOU'LL GET A BETTER PICTURE. I DON'T WANT YOU TO GET A SIDE ANGLE THERE. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. MY NAME IS JACK KERRIGAN. I'M A SIXTH GRADER IN THE ASPIRE MAGNET PROGRAM. 
          THIS PROGRAM HAS CHANGED MY LIFE AND MANY OTHERS. 
          THIS PROGRAM IS SHUT DOWN. THE STUDENTS IN THESE PROGRAMS WILL BE FORCED TO RETURN TO
THEIR HOME SCHOOLS. THESE KIDS HAVE BEEN TOGETHER FOR UP TO SIX YEARS. 
          THEY'VE ALSO BEEN WORKING NEARLY TWO GRADES AHEAD OF THE OTHER CLASSES. 
          IMAGINE LEARNING FROM AN EIGHTH GRADE TEXTBOOK IN SIXTH GRADE AND IN SEVENTH GRADE,
GOING BACK A FULL YEAR BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE CUTS TO THE DISTRICT. 
          I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF MONEY, BUT ONCE AGAIN, PLEASE THINK OF US,
THE KIDS IN THE VERY PROGRAMS THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING CUTTING THIS DAY THE MIDDLE SCHOOLERS, THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLERS, KIDS WHO CANNOT SKIP A GRADE AND LOSE PART OF THEIR
CHILDHOOD. 
          MY BROTHER HAS TESTED INTO THE ASPIRE PROGRAM AND WOULD BE GOING INTO IN THIRD GRADE. 
          I WOULD REALLY LIKE FOR HIM TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET INTO ASPIRE JUST AS I DID. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S A LOT OF MONEY, BUT MAYBE WE COULD DO SOME THINGS TO HELP OUT,
LIKE GETTING RID OF THE ASPIRE BUSSING OPTIONS SO PARENTS CAN DRIVE THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL. 
          MY FAMILY WOULD BE WILLING TO CARPOOL, AND I'M SURE OTHER FAMILIES WOULD BE TOO. 
          THE TEACHERS WORK SO HARD TO GIVE US WHAT WE NEED. 
          THEY UNDERSTAND THE WAY WE LEARN AND GENUINELY CARE ABOUT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US. 
          WE, THE KIDS IN ASPIRE, WOULD DO ALMOST ANYTHING FOR THIS PROGRAM,
FOR US, FOR OUR TEACHERS, ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, ALL OF US STUDENTS AND TEACHERS WOULD GO TO THE UTMOST EXTREMES TO
SAVE THIS PROGRAM. 
          PLEASE DO NOT CUT THESE PROGRAMS. THEY ARE SO IMPORTANT TO US. 
          THANK YOU FOR MY TIME. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] DO WE HAVE ANY SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO US ABOUT ASPIRE? HELLO, MY NAME IS EMERSON AND I AM A SEVENTH GRADE ASPIRE STUDENT. 
          MY FAMILY HAS BEEN INTO THE ASPIRE PROGRAM FOR 12 YEARS,
WITH ALL FOUR OF MY BROTHERS BEING A PART OF THE PROGRAM. 
          IT HAS GREATLY INFLUENCED THE WAY THAT WE HAVE LIVED OUR LIVES,
AND CUTTING IT WOULD BE A DEVASTATION TO WHAT OUR FAMILY HAS WORKED FOR. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THANKS. 
          MY NAME IS AALIYAH AND I AM A SEVENTH GRADE ASPIRE STUDENT. 
          I HAVE BEEN IN ASPIRE SINCE THIRD GRADE, AND I REMEMBER BEING VERY UNHAPPY IN SECOND GRADE
AND SPENDING A GOOD PORTION OF THE YEAR READING BOOKS. 
          MANY OF US IN THIS IN THE ASPIRE PROGRAM HAVE BEEN TOGETHER IN THIRD GRADE AND BUILT
BASICALLY A FAMILY. 
          I WOULD REALLY LIKE YOU TO KEEP ASPIRE BECAUSE IT IS VERY HARD FOR ME TO LEARN IN A NORMAL
CLASSROOM, AND I HAVE LOTS OF QUOTES FROM MY CLASS ABOUT WHY YOU SHOULD KEEP ASPIRE BUT DIDN'T WANT
DID NOT WANT TO COME SPEAK TONIGHT. 
          I HAVE MANY, I HAVE MADE FRIENDS FROM OTHER SCHOOLS,
PEOPLE WHO ARE LIKE ME AND SPEAK LIKE EDUCATED PEOPLE. 
          KIDS THAT I CAN TALK TO THAT MY AGE AND NOT ADULTS. 
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ASPIRE HAS REALLY HELPED ME LEARN NEW THINGS THAT OTHER CLASSES WOULD NOT TEACH ME. 
          IT HAS GIVEN ME NEW EXPERIENCES, ALONG WITH LETTING ME BE AROUND OTHER SMART STUDENTS
WITHOUT MAKING ME FEEL LIKE I AM SPECIAL OR GIFTED. 
          IT IS THE SORT OF LIFE. IT IS SORT OF LIKE A NORMAL CLASS FOR ME. 
          ASPIRE IS THE ONLY PLACE I HAVE LEARNED THINGS AND FELT LIKE I BELONG IN CLASS. 
          RIGHT NOW, THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS TO ME IS DOING GEOMETRY AND ASPIRE IS THE ONLY WAY
TO GET TO DO THAT NEXT YEAR. 
          THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] DO WE HAVE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS WHO WANT TO SPEAK TO US ABOUT ASPIRE? HELLO, MY NAME IS LORELEI [INAUDIBLE]. I'M IN EIGHTH GRADE AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE ASPIRE
PROGRAM. 
          YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE ME FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING. 
          WHENEVER I FOUND OUT THAT THE LEVY HAD FAILED,
I CRIED. 
          I CRIED A LOT. THE MORNING AND THE NIGHT BEFOREHAND,
I CRIED FOR THE TEACHERS THAT WOULD LOSE THEIR JOBS, INCLUDING MY MOM. AND I CRIED MOSTLY FOR ASPIRE. 
          ASPIRE IS VERY DEAR TO ME NOW. WHILE I AM VERY FORTUNATE TO BE GRADUATING OUT OF IT,
OTHERS DO NOT HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY. 
          THEY'RE GOING TO BE BASICALLY LOSING THEIR FAMILY. 
          I CONSIDER ASPIRE MY FAMILY. IT'S MEANT SO MUCH TO ME TO BE ABLE TO LEARN AT THE RATE THAT
I KNOW THAT I CAN LEARN AT. 
          BEFOREHAND I WAS STRUGGLING. IT WAS MISERABLE BEING A NORMAL CLASSES,
GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS AGAIN AND AGAIN, AND NOW I GET TO FEEL LIKE I'M TRULY ENGAGED BY MY TEACHERS WHO UNDERSTAND ME AND ARE THE
BEST TEACHERS I'VE EVER HAD, AND JUST GETTING TO BE IN ASPIRE IT MEANS SO,
SO MUCH TO ME. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] MY NAME IS NOAH SAWCHUCK. I AM A MEMBER OF THE ASPIRE PROGRAM. 
          MY LIFE HAS GREATLY BEEN BLESSED BY ASPIRE IN THREE DIFFERENT WAYS. 
          IT HAS GIVEN ME A GREAT COMMUNITY IN WHICH IS SUPPORT,
WHICH IS SUPPORTIVE. 
          AND MANY PEOPLE WHO I GREATLY CARE FOR WHO I WOULD NOT KNOW WITHOUT ASPIRE. 
          IT HAS ALLOWED ME TO GREATLY GROW AND REALIZE AND CHALLENGE ME ACADEMICALLY. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, DURING FIRST GRADE I WOULD GET DONE WITH ASSIGNMENTS VERY FAST AND THAT LED
TO ME WRITING ON A BIG SCROLL FOR NUMBERS WHICH EVENTUALLY STRETCHED ACROSS THE CLASSROOM. 
          I WROTE NUMBERS MY FRIENDS DIDN'T EVEN KNOW. AND FINALLY,
ASPIRE HAS GIVEN ME GREAT OPPORTUNITIES. 
          IT HAS BEEN ABLE TO GIVE ME A GREAT COMMUNITY IN AREAS LIKE MUSIC,
AND ALLOWED ME TO COMPETE, TO GET OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THINGS LIKE TAKE,
TAKE THE CHALLENGING COURSES AND COMPETE IN THINGS LIKE NHD, WHICH MANY OTHER ASPIRE STUDENTS HAVE ALSO DONE. 
          THANK YOU. HI, I'M BROOKLYN AND I'M OLIVE. WE ARE HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE ASPIRE MAGNET PROGRAM AND
WHAT IT MEANS TO US BECAUSE OF ASPIRE AND BECAUSE OF TEACHERS LIKE MISS DOWDY, WHO BROUGHT PASSION AND BELIEF TO EVERY LESSON. WE DIDN'T JUST SHOW UP TO SCHOOL,
WE SUCCEEDED. 
          THIS WEEKEND. WE WON FIRST PLACE AT THE NATIONAL HISTORY DAY COMPETITION,
AND WE ARE NOW HEADED TO NATIONALS IN WASHINGTON, D.C.. WITHOUT ASPIRE. [APPLAUSE] AND WITHOUT ASPIRE AND WITHOUT TALENTED,
INSPIRING AND PASSIONATE TEACHERS, OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THIS WOULDN'T EXIST FOR STUDENTS LIKE US. 
          TAKING AWAY ASPIRE MIGHT JUST SEEM LIKE A BUDGET CUT TO YOU,
BUT TO US, IT SENDS A MESSAGE THAT WE AREN'T WORTH THE INVESTMENT. 
          FOR ME, THIS IS MY FIRST YEAR OF BEING IN THE ASPIRE MAGNET PROGRAM,
AND SINCE I JOINED, IT HAD PUT ME IN WITH A BETTER GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT ARE MORE FOCUSED ON ACADEMICS, AND IT HAS MOVED AT A FASTER PACE THAN REGULAR CLASSES DIDN'T DO,
WHICH HAS HELPED ME ADVANCE IN MY LEARNING. 
          I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING AN ASPIRE IN THE ASPIRE PROGRAM FOR FIVE YEARS,
AND I'M FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR HOW IT SHAPED ME. 
          BUT IT BREAKS MY HEART KNOWING MY LITTLE SISTER WILL LOSE THIS OPPORTUNITY. MY LITTLE
BROTHER WILL NEVER EVEN GET THE CHANCE. 
          YOUR CHOICES TODAY SHAPE THEIR FUTURE, AND I HOPE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN THIS DOWN THE
LINE. 
          YOU CAN SHUT DOWN A PROGRAM OR OPEN THE DOOR TO THEIR FUTURE. 
          PLEASE BELIEVE IN STUDENTS LIKE US. SAVE THE ASPIRE MAGNET PROGRAM. 
          YOUR VOTE DECIDES OUR FUTURE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
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[APPLAUSE] HI, I'M EVA AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADVOCATE FOR ASPIRE AS WELL AS AP COURSES IN
OUR SCHOOLS. 
          I STARTED ASPIRE IN THIRD GRADE AND HAVE CONTINUED WITH IT UP UNTIL EIGHTH GRADE. 
          AS I GREW OLDER, I REALIZED HOW CRITICAL THIS PROGRAM WAS FOR MY SUCCESS IN SCHOOL. 
          IT HAS CHALLENGED ME IN WAYS AND ENGAGED ME IN WAYS THAT NORMAL CLASSROOMS DIDN'T. 
          I STARTED HATING SCHOOL IN SECOND GRADE BECAUSE I VIEWED SCHOOL AS AN UNNECESSARY CHORE. 
          I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY I HAD TO BE AT SCHOOL AND I THOUGHT IT WAS POINTLESS. 
          I'VE I HAD ALREADY LEARNED LOTS OF THE THINGS THAT SCHOOLS WERE TEACHING ME,
SO I WAS GIVEN LOTS OF BUSY WORK TO DO, WHICH AS A SECOND GRADER, I COULD ONLY DO FOR SO LONG. 
          SO I STARTED ACTING OUT IN AN EFFORT TO GAIN THE ATTENTION THAT I DIDN'T HAVE. 
          I HAD NO DRIVE WHEN IT CAME TO ACADEMICS, NOT BECAUSE I WASN'T CAPABLE,
BUT BECAUSE THE NORMAL CLASSROOM DIDN'T PROVIDE ME WITH WHAT I NEEDED, WHICH WAS A CHALLENGE. I'LL BE HONEST, FOR MANY YEARS I DREADED GOING TO ASPIRE BECAUSE IT
ACTUALLY MADE ME WORK HARD AND STUDY. 
          I HAD BEEN COASTING THROUGH SCHOOL AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE THAT I HADN'T BEEN USED TO PUTTING
ANY EFFORT INTO MY WORK. BUT THIS IS NOT HOW KIDS SHOULD BE TAUGHT IN SCHOOL, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T GIVE ME AN UPBRINGING THAT PREPARES ME FOR HIGH SCHOOL OR COLLEGE. AND IT DIDN'T
EVEN WANT ME TO MAKE ME WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN ANYTHING ACADEMIC MORE THAN I HAD TO. 
          SO PLEASE GIVE ME AND OTHER KIDS A REASON TO WANT TO COME TO SCHOOL. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] MY NAME IS ANDREW HOLTON AND I'M GOING TO ADVOCATE FOR ASPIRE FOR THE ASPIRE PROGRAM. 
          I'VE BEEN IN THE ASPIRE PROGRAM SINCE THIRD GRADE AND IT HAS REALLY ENHANCED MY LEARNING
CAPABILITIES. 
          WHEN I WAS IN SECOND GRADE, BEFORE I JOINED THE ASPIRE PROGRAM,
I FELT THAT THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH WORK FOR ME TO DO AND THAT I WOULD BE, SITTING ASIDE DOING NOTHING FOR MANY DAYS IN SECOND GRADE,
I FINISHED MY ASSIGNMENTS EARLY AND WOULD HAVE NOTHING TO DO. 
          MY TEACHERS DIDN'T HAVE ASSIGNMENTS PREPARED TO GIVE ME,
SO I WOULD OFTEN SIT IN THE CORNER AND DO NOTHING. 
          SINCE I JOINED THE ASPIRE PROGRAM, THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN ENOUGH WORK FOR ME TO DO AND I'VE
ALWAYS BEEN CHALLENGED. 
          BEING IN THE ASPIRE PROGRAM HAVE GIVEN ME OPPORTUNITIES TO TAKE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL COURSES
IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ENHANCE MY LEARNING CAPABILITIES. 
          WHEN I WAS IN SECOND GRADE, BEFORE I JOINED THE ASPIRE PROGRAM,
I DEAL WITH A LOT OF PROCRASTINATION RESULTING IN ME NOT HAVING ENOUGH WORK TO DO. 
          I FELT THAT BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH WORK,
I WOULD ALWAYS HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO CATCH UP. 
          THERE WAS NEVER REALLY A NEED FOR ME TO ACTUALLY DO MY WORK ON TIME,
BECAUSE I WOULD ALWAYS GET IT DONE RIGHT BEFORE DEADLINES ANYWAYS. 
          WHEN I JOINED THE ASPIRE PROGRAM, THIS AFFECTED ME A LOT BECAUSE I WASN'T ABLE TO ACTUALLY
GET MY ASSIGNMENTS DONE ON TIME SEEING AS THEY WERE CHALLENGING ENOUGH FOR ME TO NEED TO DO THEM. BEING IN THE ASPIRE PROGRAM HAS HELPED ME GROW A LOT AND MAKE THIS A LOT BETTER. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] ARE THERE ANY MORE ASPIRE STUDENTS OUT THERE THAT DID NOT GET A CHANCE TO SPEAK THAT WE'RE
HOPING TO SPEAK THIS EVENING? HIGH SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL. WE HAVE SOME HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. 
          OKAY. COME ON UP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          A HIGH SCHOOL, BUT I'M C.J. GARCIA, AND I'M IN EIGHTH GRADE ASPIRE. 
          AND ASPIRE HAS GIVEN. HOLD ON A MINUTE I DON'T THINK SHE GOT YOUR NAME. 
          DID YOU GET IT? NO. OKAY. CAN YOU SAY YOUR NAME AGAIN? SLOWLY. FOR HER. SEIJI GARCIA. SPELLED S E I J I . 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. ASPIRE. THE ASPIRE PROGRAM HAS GIVEN ME A TON OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT I
WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET FROM NORMAL SCHOOLS, FROM FIELD TRIPS TO JUST BEING ABLE TO BE CHALLENGED AT A SCHOOL AT A RATE THAT NORMALLY I
WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GET FROM A CLASSROOM. 
          AND IN THIS PROGRAM, I'VE MET A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT I LIKE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE,
BUT IT'S IT'S ALLOWED ME TO FORM A BOND THAT I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO FORM IN NORMAL SCHOOLS. AND IT FEELS LIKE ALMOST LIKE A FAMILY AT THIS POINT. 
          AND THAT JUST ISN'T POSSIBLE IN NORMAL SCHOOLS WHERE YOU SWITCH AROUND AND IT FEELS SAD
THAT MULTIPLE PEOPLE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET THIS OPPORTUNITY AND FORM THE BOND THAT I HAVE FORMED WITH A LOT OF MY FRIENDS AND CLASSMATES. 
          SO PLEASE KEEP THE ASPIRE PROGRAM. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] I'M GAVIN DEMAS. I'M A NINTH GRADER. I GRADUATED FROM THE ASPIRE PROGRAM AFTER SPENDING ALL SIX
YEARS IN IT. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO BRIEFLY GO BACK TO WHEN I WAS IN PRESCHOOL. 
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SO WHEN I STARTED PRESCHOOL FULL TIME, IT WAS THE EXACT SAME PRESCHOOL THAT MY SIBLING HAD
WENT TO. 
          AND I LOVED IT. THERE WAS SO MUCH TO DO THERE. 
          AND WITHIN, LIKE THE FIRST WEEK OR SO, I HAD DONE EVERYTHING AND I WAS LIKE,
WHAT'S NEXT? AND THERE WAS NOTHING NEXT. IT WAS THE SAME THINGS FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR OR IT WOULD
HAVE BEEN. 
          SO AFTER ABOUT A MONTH, MY PARENTS AND MY GRANDMA STARTED NOTICING THAT I DIDN'T WANT TO
GO TO SCHOOL ANYMORE. 
          I WAS DELAYING. I DIDN'T WANT TO READ WITH THEM. 
          AND OVERALL, I WAS JUST NOT HOW I USED TO BE. 
          SO I WAS LUCKY THEY PULLED ME OUT AFTER JUST A MONTH IN AND THAT I CAN'T IMAGINE HAVING TO
GO THROUGH THAT FOR YEARS AND YEARS, LIKE SOME PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TO WITHOUT THE ASPIRE PROGRAM,
BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T BAD TEACHERS AND IT WASN'T A BAD PRESCHOOL. 
          IT WORKED AMAZING FOR MY SIBLING. THE PROBLEM WAS,
THE TEACHERS DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO HANDLE GIFTED KIDS, AND MANY TEACHERS DON'T, BECAUSE THAT'S HASN'T BEEN A SKILL THAT THEY'VE NEEDED. 
          BUT THE TEACHERS IN THE ASPIRE PROGRAM, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE THERE FOR. 
          THEY'RE HERE TO KNOW HOW TO TEACH US AND HOW TO NURTURE OUR MINDS. 
          BECAUSE WHEN WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH GENERAL EDUCATION AND WE GO THROUGH THAT BOREDOM THAT
EVERYONE HERE HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT YOU, THEY START TO COPE IN VARIOUS DIFFERENT WAYS. 
          CAN YOU, CAN YOU WRAP IT UP BECAUSE YOU'RE OUT OF TIME? SORRY. THEY START ACTING OUT. THEY START ZONING OUT. 
          AND THAT MAKES A PROBLEM FOR TEACHERS. AND THEY DON'T LEARN HOW TO WORK FOR THINGS BECAUSE
THEY'VE NEVER HAD TO. 
          AND THAT'S JUST DETRIMENTAL TO THEIR LEARNING AND TO THE CLASSES AND EVERYTHING. 
          THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] HELLO. MY NAME IS WILLIAM JOHNSTONE. I'M A NINTH GRADER OVER AT PRAIRIE. 
          I KNOW I'VE BEEN HERE AT ONE OF THE MEETINGS BEFORE,
AND I'M REALLY RUNNING OUT OF TIME ALREADY, SO I KNOW YOU GUYS. YOU GUYS HAVE ALREADY HEARD A LOT ABOUT ALL THE FRIENDSHIPS,
ALL THE INSIGHTFUL CONVERSATIONS AND EVERYTHING WONDERFUL THAT THE ASPIRE PROGRAM DOES. 
          NOW, WHAT I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IS HOW CAN WE KEEP THIS PROGRAM GOING? BECAUSE AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND IT, IT'S COSTING THE DISTRICT ANYWHERE BETWEEN 600 TO
$700,000 A YEAR TO KEEP THIS PROGRAM GOING. 
          THAT'S AN INSANE AMOUNT OF MONEY. NOW, I KNOW THAT IT'S ON THE CUT LIST,
BUT WE REALLY NEED TO TRY AND PRESERVE THIS AMAZING, FANTASTIC PROGRAM. NOW, THERE'S BEEN SOME TALK OF MAYBE BUILDING A COMMITTEE TO WORK WITH
THE SCHOOL BOARD ON DECIDING WHAT TO CUT WHERE? LIKE SUCH AS BUS ROUTES OR OTHER THINGS OUTSIDE OF ASPIRE TO JUST TRY AND KEEP THIS
PROGRAM, AT LEAST IN SOME SHAPE, WAY OR FORM. 
          NOW MY THOUGHT IS TO INCLUDE SOME EITHER CURRENT OR PROBABLY BOTH. 
          CURRENT STUDENTS OF ASPIRE AND ALUMNI OF ASPIRE,
SUCH AS MYSELF, TO TRY AND COOPERATE AND WORK WITH THE BOARD. 
          I KNOW SOME OF THE ROBOTICS KIDS HAVE HAD A TON OF EXPERIENCE TALKING WITH CORPORATE LIKE
ACTUAL PROFESSIONALS AND WORKING OUT BUSINESS DEALS SO THEY COULD BE SKILLED AT SOMETHING LIKE THIS. I'M OUT OF TIME, SO I'LL START WRAPPING THIS UP. 
          BUT REALLY, I THINK WE SHOULD TRY AND BUILD SOME SORT OF STUDENT TEAM TO WORK WITH THE
BOARD TO TRY AND PRESERVE THIS AMAZING, FANTASTIC PROGRAM. AND THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] I THINK WE HAVE SOME STUDENTS HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO US ABOUT SOME OTHER
PROGRAMS AS WELL. 
          SO IF YOU'RE A STUDENT THAT'S HERE TO SPEAK TO US ABOUT OTHER PROGRAMS. ANY MORE STUDENTS? JUST COME ON UP. YEAH. COME ON UP. 
          OKAY. YOU START WHENEVER. JUST GO FOR IT. JUST GO FOR IT. 
          YEAH. JUST GIVE US YOUR NAME AND. COME UP HERE. 
          YEAH. THERE YOU GO. YOU CAN SIT RIGHT THERE. RIGHT THERE. IT'S FINE. YOU'RE GOOD. 
          OKAY. YOU'RE VIDEOING. RIGHT? HE'S GOING TO SPEAK. 
          SIT DOWN. HE'S GOOD. [LAUGHTER] GOOD EVENING. 
          MY NAME IS MEGAN MILLER. I'M IN THE SIXTH GRADE AT PLEASANT VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL. THIS
YEAR I PARTICIPATED IN CROSS COUNTRY, SOCCER AND TRACK AND FIELD. I'M HERE TO SHARE A FEW REASONS WHY I BELIEVE WE SHOULD DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO KEEP MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS. 
          MY FIRST REASON IS THAT PLAYING SPORTS OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL COSTS A LOT OF MONEY. 
          I SHOULD KNOW BECAUSE I ALSO PLAY SOCCER ON A CLUB TEAM. 
          MANY STUDENTS DON'T HAVE THE CHANCE TO DO TO PLAY SPORTS OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL LIKE I DO,
AND FOR MANY KIDS, SCHOOL SPORTS IS THE ONLY WAY IS THE ONLY WAY THEY GOT TO PLAY SPORTS THEY LOVE. 
          MY SECOND REASON IS THAT I HAVE LEARNED SO MANY AMAZING THINGS FROM SPORTS. 
          I LEARNED TO KEEP GOING EVEN WHEN PRACTICE IS REALLY HARD,
AND TO CHEER ON MY TEAMMATES WHEN THEY'RE HAVING A TOUGH DAY. IT ALSO TAUGHT ME TO WORK 
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TOGETHER TO WIN GAMES THAT WE COULDN'T WIN ON OUR OWN. 
          LASTLY, AND PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT TO ME ARE THE TIMES I SPENT PRACTICING OR
REPRESENTING MY SCHOOL HAVE BEEN SOME OF THE BEST MEMORIES OF MY SIXTH GRADE YEAR. 
          I MADE FRIENDS WITH THE KIDS FROM DIFFERENT GRADES,
AND I BUILT FRIENDSHIPS I WOULDN'T HAVE OTHERWISE. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] HI EVERYONE. MY NAME IS MIA PACE AND THIS IS WHY MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS ARE SO IMPORTANT TO OUR
DISTRICT. 
          FIRST, MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS HELP KIDS STAY ACTIVE AND ENGAGE IN GROUP ACTIVITIES THAT CAN
HELP THEM GROW AS A PLAYER AND A PERSON. 
          SCHOOL SPORTS CAN HELP BRING STUDENTS TOGETHER AND HELP THE NEW STUDENTS ENGAGE IN SPORTS
AND LEARN LIFE SKILLS LIKE HELPING EACH OTHER OUT AND THE OLDER, MORE EXPERIENCED STUDENTS TO BE PATIENT WITH THE NEW ONES THAT ARE STILL LEARNING. 
          MY LAST REASON THAT WE SHOULD HAVE MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS IS THAT IN HIGH SCHOOL,
WE CAN'T GROW OUT OF SPORTS AND WE HAVE TO COMMIT. 
          SO IN MIDDLE SCHOOL WE CAN PICK AND CHOOSE SO WE CAN HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY IN HIGH SCHOOL. 
          THIS MAKES ME A BETTER TEAM PLAYER AND JUST A BETTER PERSON. 
          SO I DEFINITELY THINK THAT WE SHOULD KEEP MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS. 
          THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] HI, MY NAME IS SCARLETT AND I'M IN SIXTH GRADE AT PLEASANT VALLEY. AND I THINK THAT WE SHOULD KEEP SCHOOL SPORTS BECAUSE ONE
CLUB AND TRAVEL SPORTS ARE VERY EXPENSIVE FOR SOME KIDS THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE THAT ADVANTAGE BECAUSE THEIR PARENTS COME FROM LOW INCOME. 
          AND ALSO, IT GIVES YOU A CHANCE TO MAYBE TALK TO PEOPLE THAT YOU DON'T USUALLY WOULDN'T
TALK TO AT SCHOOL AND BUILD NEW FRIENDSHIPS THAT YOU WOULDN'T GET AT SCHOOL FROM DIFFERENT GRADES OR FROM DIFFERENT SCHOOLS. 
          AND IT REALLY HELPS YOUR IT HELPS ACADEMICALLY BECAUSE TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK AT SCHOOL,
TO BE ABLE TO PLAY IN SCHOOL SPORTS, YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE GOOD GRADES. SO IT RAISES YOUR GRADES UP BECAUSE YOU WANT THAT
CHANCE TO BE ABLE TO PLAY. 
          AND IT ALSO CONNECTS YOU TO YOUR OUTSIDE AND TO YOUR SURROUNDINGS INSTEAD OF BEING ON
ELECTRONICS. 
          AND THIS IS WHY I THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS. 
          THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. 
          MY NAME IS COLIN TYSON. I'M A SEVENTH GRADE STUDENT AT PLEASANT VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL. MY
TWO YEARS OF THESE MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS BEING AVAILABLE, I'VE PARTICIPATED IN TWO SEASONS OF BASKETBALL,
TWO SEASONS OF TRACK AND FIELD, AND ONE SEASON OF CROSS COUNTRY. NOW, I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO SAVE MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS BECAUSE IN MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE,
I'VE MADE SO MANY FRIENDS THAT I NEVER WOULD HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET ONE SUCH, MY BEST FRIEND, LILY BERRY. I MET HER DURING TRACK AND FIELD,
AND I NEVER WOULD HAVE MET HER HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR TRACK AND FIELD. 
          AND THAT'S REALLY SCARY TO THINK ABOUT. AND THAT IS SCARY TO THINK ABOUT BECAUSE THIS
YEAR'S FIFTH GRADERS, WITH THIS LEVY FAILING, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE WHAT I HAD TO
EXPERIENCE WITH SPORTS. 
          AND THAT'S REALLY SCARY THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY THAT I DID TO BUILD THEIR OWN COMMUNITY AND MAKE NEW FRIENDS, MAKE NEW EXPERIENCES, AND DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. 
          LASTLY, THESE KIDS REALLY DO CARE ABOUT SPORTS,
WHETHER IT SEEMS LIKE IT OR NOT. 
          I WAS SPEAKING WITH SOME FRIENDS ABOUT IT. WHEN I HEARD THE LEVY DIDN'T PASS AND I WAS ON
THE BRINK OF TEARING, ON THE BRINK OF BAWLING MY EYES OUT, I WAS JUST. 
          I WAS REALLY GOING THROUGH IT. SO THESE KIDS REALLY DO CARE. 
          AND I HOPE YOU TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] HI, I'M SAGE FROM SEVENTH GRADE TUKES VALLEY. 
          I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE LEVY. I SPEAK NOT ONLY FOR MYSELF,
BUT FOR ALL THE HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES THAT ARE PART OF THE BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT ARE AFFECTED BY A LACK OF FUNDING. 
          I DO NOT AGREE WITH THE DECISIONS MADE WITH. 
          TAKE YOUR TIME. YOU'RE OKAY. OTHER CLASSMATES AND AND I'M SURE KIDS FROM OTHER SCHOOLS AGREE SPORTS ALONE ARE ENOUGH TO FUND OUR DISTRICT FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
AND ACTUAL TEST DONE THAT SPORTS HELP GRADES AND MENTAL WELL-BEING,
ESPECIALLY IN MIDDLE SCHOOL WHEN IT BENEFITS STUDENTS TO BE COMPETITIVE AND HAVE THAT WAY TO GET OUT ENERGY. FOR ME ALONE,
I HAVE ADHD AND I KNOW I DO BETTER WITH IN SCHOOL 
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WHEN I AM IN A SPORT AND WHEN OTHER AND WHETHER OTHER STUDENTS REALIZE IT OR NOT. 
          I'M SURE STUDENTS THAT PARTICIPATE IN SPORTS BENEFIT FROM IT AS WELL. 
          THIS IS WHY I THINK WE SHOULD KEEP SCHOOL SPORTS. 
          THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] MY NAME IS BETSY EMERSON. I AM AN EIGHTH GRADER AT CHIEF UMTUCH MIDDLE SCHOOL AND I HAVE PARTICIPATED
IN MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS CHIEFS BAND PROGRAM AND CHIEFS CHOIR PROGRAM. 
          AND I THINK THAT AS A STUDENT LIVING IN LIKE SCARY TIMES LIKE THIS,
WHERE MENTAL HEALTH IS A HUGE PROBLEM AROUND THE WORLD, WE CANNOT BE CUTTING PROGRAMS LIKE THIS THAT HAVE GIVEN ME,
IN SO MANY OTHER STUDENTS, AN OUTLET TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES AND MAKE THEMSELVES A BETTER PERSON. I ALSO THINK THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE CUTTING CROSSING GUARDS BECAUSE I KNOW
FROM EXPERIENCE AND DOING IT MYSELF AND SEEING MY SIBLINGS DO IT, THAT SO MANY KIDS HAVE TO WALK HOME FROM SCHOOL WITH RECKLESS DRIVING,
OR BY THEMSELVES BECAUSE THEIR PARENTS JUST CAN'T GET THEM HOME FROM SCHOOL. 
          AND I THINK THAT THIS IS TOO DANGEROUS TO BE CUTTING FOR BOTH OUR PHYSICAL SAFETY AND OUR
MENTAL WELL-BEING. 
          [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ONE MORE TIME. 
          OKAY, SO ONE MORE TIME. ARE THERE ANY OTHER STUDENTS THAT HAVE COME TO SPEAK TO US THIS
EVENING? I WAS JUST GIVEN A LETTER FROM A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT THAT WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT. 
          IS IT OKAY TO READ THAT OR. NO? YOU CAN. OR I CAN SUBMIT IT IF YOU COULD. 
          IF YOU COULD BRING IT UP HERE, WE'LL SUBMIT IT AND PUT IT ON THE RECORD. 
          YEAH. SO FROM CARTER STAFFORD, A FORMER STUDENT AND CURRENT SENIOR. 
          YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. 
          YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE STUDENTS WHO ARE
BRAVE ENOUGH TO COME AND SPEAK TO THE BOARD. WE DO TRULY APPRECIATE HEARING FROM YOU PERSONALLY. 
          ALL RIGHT AT THIS TIME, NORMALLY AFTER STUDENT VOICE ,
WE INVITE THOSE WHO HAVE COME TO SPEAK TO NOT STAY. 
          IF YOU DON'T WANT TO STAY, YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY FOR OUR ENTIRE MEETING. 
          BUT YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED TO STAY JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE IN THE ROOM. 
          SO IF YOU WANT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO EXIT YOU 'RE WELCOME TO DO THAT. 
          OH. THAT'S. ALL RIGHT. 
          JUST GIVE THEM A FEW MINUTES. YEAH. PLEASE START. 
          NOW'S YOUR CHANCE. YEAH. I SHOULD HAVE WAITED. 
          TELL YOU WHAT. I'LL DO THAT. TWO MINUTES. THAT'S FUNNY. 
          YEAH. GO AHEAD. BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO TAKE A MINUTE FOR THEM TO CLEAR OUT. 
          [00:55:07]
MAYBE JUST TAKE A REALLY BIG DESK. A BIG JOB. 
          WERE YOU ABLE TO MAKE HEADS OR TAILS OF IT? I GUESS I NEED TO GAIN SOME. 
          THAT'S OKAY. 
          OH, THE MICROPHONES ARE ON. SORRY. OKAY. AND AT THIS TIME,
WE WILL MOVE ON TO COMMITTEE REPORTS. SCROLL BACK UP. 
          IF I COULD HAVE YOUR ATTENTION, PLEASE. THANK YOU. 
          WE'LL MOVE ON TO COMMITTEE REPORTS. AND OUR FIRST COMMITTEE IS LEDGE COMMITTEE. 
          SO, TERRY. YEAH, YEAH. I'M NOT GOING TO SAY TOO MUCH TONIGHT. 
          THE LAST REPORT I GOT IN WITH INFORMATION WAS THURSDAY,
AND THE PROJECTIONS WERE ON HOW THEY WERE GOING TO CLOSE OUT THEIR BUDGET. 
          THEY VOTED ON A BUDGET. IT WAS 78 BILLION IN ON SATURDAY,
I THINK IS WHEN THEY ADOPTED IT. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF THE INFORMATION I HAD ON THURSDAY INDICATED IT WOULD BE LESS. 
          AND SO WHERE THE MONEY, EXTRA MONEY IS AT, I'M NOT SURE. 
          THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE A WRITTEN REPORT COMING OUT ON FRIDAY,
AND IF ANYBODY EVER WANTED TO TALK TO ME ABOUT IT, I'D BE HAPPY TO POINT YOU THAT DIRECTION. BUT FRIDAY THERE WILL BE SOME KIND OF WRITTEN
REPORT COME OUT THAT WILL HELP US BETTER UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT HAS BEEN DONE NOW. 
          THERE'S QUITE A LOT OF CONFUSION ABOUT IT. SO THAT'S ALL I CAN TELL YOU TODAY. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. HOW ABOUT AUDIT COMMITTEE? YEAH,
WE HAD OUR REGULAR MEETING. 
          WENT THROUGH ALL THE DIFFERENT VENDOR INVOICES. 
          PAYROLL DENNY'S PAYROLL HIS SCHEDULE, EVERYTHING CHECKS OUT. 
          IT ALL LOOKED PRETTY GOOD. WE ARE CURRENTLY UNDER BUDGET ON THE AUDIT COSTS. 
          WE HAVE ONE MORE INVOICE COMING IN, BUT WE'RE PROJECTED TO STILL BE UNDER OUR ORIGINAL
BUDGET ON THAT ONE. SO WE'RE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD THERE, ACTUALLY. AND MICHELLE WILL BE FINISHING UP THE BUDGET IN THE NEAR FUTURE. IT WAS OBVIOUSLY SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO MAKE,
BUT I THINK PRESENTING ON THAT IN MAY WAS THAT THE PLAN OR IS THAT MOVED? JUNE. OKAY. WE MOVED IT A MONTH. THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          OTHER THAN THAT, EVERYTHING ELSE CHECKED OUT. 
          AND YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON THE EXIT? YES. TERRY AND I,
DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO ADD? TERRY AND I WERE ON THE AUDIT EXIT MEETING. THAT WAS GIVEN,
AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO REPORT THAT EVERYTHING. 
          OUR AUDIT IS CLEAN AND THAT, I MEAN, EVERYTHING WAS EXCEPTIONAL. 
          AND WE JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THE TRANSPARENCY AND AND JUST THE AWESOME JOB THAT OUR CFO
DOES AND ALL OF HER TEAM. 
          YES. AND PASSED WITH FLYING COLORS. IT WAS FABULOUS. 
          WAS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO ADD? I'LL JUST ADD. 
          I'LL JUST ADD THAT THE AUDIT IS DONE BY THE STATE AUDITOR'S OFFICE FOR WASHINGTON STATE. 
          THEY AUDIT THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, PORT CITIES,
COUNTIES. 
          WE ARE LOOKING AT THEY HAD BUDGETED 400 HOURS FOR OUR AUDIT. 
          WE CAME IN AT 344 HOURS. SO THAT WAS REALLY GREAT. 
          THAT 344 HOURS IS ABOUT 43 DAYS OF WORK. SO THERE'S AN EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT GOES
INTO THE AUDIT BY THE AUDITORS. AND THEY REPORT BACK ON OUR FEDERAL GRANTS,
COMPLIANCE, OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND OUR ACCOUNTABILITY, WHICH INCLUDES PAYROLL, ASB ACTIVITIES. 
          AND IT'S VERY EXTENSIVE. AND I HOPE PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE WORK REALLY HARD TO HAVE CLEAN
AUDITS, AND OUR DISTRICT DOES A GREAT JOB. I THINK IT SHOULD BE ADDED THAT THE REASON WHAT THEY
SAID ABOUT THE COMING IN AT 34 HOURS, WAS IT. 344 HOURS? 344. [INAUDIBLE] THEY ARE GOOD AT BUDGETING HOW MUCH TIME THIS IS GOING
TO TAKE. 
          AND THEY, GAVE THE OFFICE KUDOS FOR ALL OF THE WORK AND HOW ORGANIZED THINGS WERE AND MADE
IT A LOT EASIER TO GET THE JOB DONE. 
          SO WE HAVE LOTS TO BE PLEASED WITH WITH YOUR OFFICE AND YOUR EFFORTS AND THINGS. 
          NEXT MEETING IS MAY 19TH. OKAY. YES, I HAVE A GREAT BUSINESS OFFICE STAFF. 
          THEY'RE EXCELLENT. THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU. BATTLE GROUND EDUCATION FOUNDATION. 
          [01:00:01]
JUST A SHORT UPDATE. THEIR FULL BOARD MEETING IS COMING UP NEXT MAY 15TH. 
          AND IF YOU WANT TO ATTEND THAT AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THE FOUNDATION. 
          PLEASE EMAIL INFO@BGEF.ORG. AND THEN THEY'RE ALSO PARTICIPATING IN GIVE BIG 2025. 
          THAT'S IN EARLY MAY. AND THEN THEY ARE ACTUALLY PARTNERING WITH THE CITY ON HOW IMPORTANT
OUR SROS ARE. 
          SO THERE IS A YOUTUBE VIDEO THAT THEY'VE PUT TOGETHER FOR THAT,
AND I'VE JUST SENT IT TO AMANDA TO SHARE WITH THE DISTRICT. 
          SO THANK YOU. HOW ABOUT RETREAT COMMITTEE? TERRY AND I ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY ON THE BOARD RETREAT. IT'S PLANNED FOR AUGUST 6TH,
04:30 TO 9:00. 
          WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING A SPECIAL SPEAKER FROM WSSDA,
DOCTOR CURL, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE TOPIC. 
          WE'RE CONSIDERING EFFECTIVE BOARD BOARD TRAINING. 
          SO WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT HAVING HER COME AND AND SHARE WITH US. 
          OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? EVERYBODY AVAILABLE AUGUST 6TH AND RETURNED YOUR INVITATION RSVP. 
          OKAY. WE'LL NEED TO MOVE BOARD PREP. YEAH. AS IT'S A CONFLICT. 
          I SAW THAT. OKAY. AND TOUR COMMITTEE. WE HAD OUR OUR LAST SCHOOL TOUR OF THE YEAR. 
          WE WERE AT AMBOY MIDDLE SCHOOL LAST FRIDAY. SOME OF US. 
          AND SO WHO WANTS TO START? I CAN START. YEAH,
WE WERE AT AMBOY MIDDLE SCHOOL. 
          SOME OF THE TAKEAWAYS FOR ME WERE THE PRINCIPAL SHARED WITH US THAT THEY'RE WORKING HARD
ON THE PLCS, AND ALSO THAT IT'S BECOME VERY ROOTED IN THEIR CULTURE THE WELL-BEING OF THE STUDENTS HE
REPORTED WAS GREAT. AND ALSO THAT HE WANTED TO REPORT THAT THE DATA INCREASES IN MATH AND STATE
ASSESSMENTS NOW FOR THREE YEARS HAVE BEEN INCREASING. SO I WAS REALLY PLEASED TO HEAR THOSE GREAT REPORTS. 
          AND IT WAS GREAT TO SEE MIDDLE SCHOOLERS LIKE ARM IN ARM AND GUYS ARE WITH THEIR ARMS
AROUND EACH OTHER. 
          I MEAN, IT WAS JUST A REALLY VERY CARING ENVIRONMENT AS WE WALKED THE HALLS AND WATCH THE
STUDENTS LISTEN TO THE STUDENTS TALK TO ONE ANOTHER. 
          THERE WAS A LOT OF RESPECT AND JUST IT SEEMED LIKE JUST A SUPER GREAT ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR
MIDDLE SCHOOLERS OUT THERE. 
          IT WAS REALLY A GREAT TOUR. DO YOU WANT ME TO GO NEXT? SURE. YEAH. I LOVE AMBOY MIDDLE SCHOOL. IT'S JUST A BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS,
AND THEY HAVE AMAZING ADMINISTRATORS. 
          ALMOST EVERY CLASSROOM WE WENT INTO, SOMEBODY WAS LIKE,
MR. KRAUSE IS THE BEST BECAUSE THEIR PRINCIPAL AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL WELL THEY ACTIVELY WALK
THROUGH ALL THE CLASSROOMS AND THEY INTERACT WITH STUDENTS IN A WAY THAT SOMETIMES OTHER SCHOOLS DON'T REALLY GET A CHANCE TO OR THEY JUST DON'T. 
          AND SO THAT WAS REALLY COOL. SOMETHING THAT REALLY STUCK OUT TO ME WAS IN THE BEGINNING
WHEN WE WERE ALL SAT DOWN AND TALKING I DON'T REMEMBER WHO SAID IT, BUT SOMEBODY POINTED OUT THAT I THINK IT WAS ACTUALLY MR. KRAUSE WHO POINTED OUT HOW REFERRALS AND AMBOY ARE CONSISTENTLY GOING DOWN WHILE THEIR
TEST SCORES ARE CONSISTENTLY GOING UP. 
          AND I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY COOL. AND IT'S A TESTAMENT TO THE WORK THEY'RE DOING. 
          AND I ALSO DO REALLY THINK THAT THAT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE PLCS,
BECAUSE THEY REALLY PRIORITIZE THAT AT AMBOY AND I AM A I'M AN AVID BELIEVER THAT INSTRUCTION IS PRETTY MUCH THE MAIN STAKEHOLDER IN A STUDENT'S EDUCATION. 
          SO. YEAH. THANK YOU. AND I WANTED TO COMMENT ON THE CULTURE THERE,
JUST THAT THE MOTIVATION SYSTEM WITH EAGLE BUCKS. 
          AND SO STUDENTS EARN EAGLE BUCKS FOR DOING ALL KINDS OF THINGS WELL AND TAKING CARE OF ONE
ANOTHER. 
          AND THEN THE EAGLE STORE, WE GOT TO SEE THE EAGLE STORE,
WHICH WAS VERY COOL. 
          AND WHAT'S NEAT ABOUT IT IS THE PTO, AND ALSO OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY ARE DONATING ITEMS
FOR THE EAGLE STORE. 
          AND ON FRIDAYS STUDENTS CAN SPEND THEIR EAGLE BUCKS. 
          BUT I ASK WHAT WAS THE THE TOP SELLER? AND THEY SAID IT WAS THESE LITTLE COUPONS THAT THEY
SELL AND THE COUPONS ARE FOR ONE FREE, ONE LATE ASSIGNMENT OR ONE MISSED ASSIGNMENT. 
          AND THOSE ARE THE HOT SELLERS. AND SO I THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS VERY COOL. 
          [LAUGHTER] ONE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION,
BECAUSE WE GO THROUGH THE SCHOOLS AND I NOTICE THIS EVERY TIME, BUT I'VE FORGOTTEN TO MENTION IT BEFORE. FOR EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL WE GO TO IS SO CLEAN,
SO TIDY, 
          [01:05:10]
SO WELL CARED FOR. AND I JUST KEVIN, YOUR TEAM,
THE MAINTENANCE TEAM, THE CUSTODIAL, THE EVERY BUILDING IN THIS DISTRICT IS PHENOMENALLY TAKEN CARE OF. AND I SAY THAT WITH A LOT OF EXPERIENCE AT LOOKING
AT SCHOOL BUILDINGS IN OTHER PLACES. 
          THIS DISTRICT REALLY TAKES CARE OF THEIR BUILDINGS. 
          AND I NOTICED THE COVERED PLAY AREA AT AMBOY. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE APPROVED THAT, WE OFTEN APPROVE A PROJECT AND THEN WE DON'T REALLY
SEE IT FOR A WHILE, BUT I NOTICE IT. IT LOOKS GREAT. AND SO KUDOS TO YOUR TEAM. 
          THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME ON THE TOUR,
BUT I ACTUALLY GOT SIDETRACKED. THEY WERE NICK AND LAURIE, HAD TO HAND OUT THEIR SERVICE PINS FOR 10,
15, 20, 25 YEAR EMPLOYEES, AND THEY ASKED IF I COULD STEP OUT OF THE TOUR AND GO AHEAD AND DO
THAT. 
          SO THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL. MANY PEOPLE KNOW THAT BOTH OF MY STUDENTS BOTH OF MY
STUDENTS, BOTH OF MY CHILDREN WENT TO AMBOY MIDDLE SCHOOL. 
          SO MANY OF THE PINS THAT I WAS GIVING WERE FOR TEACHERS THAT HAD HAD THEM WHICH WAS VERY
COOL BECAUSE IT'S JUST ANOTHER WAY TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THEY DO. ONE OF THE TEACHERS MISS CLAYTON INFORMED ME THAT WHEN SHE
WAS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND IN HIGH SCHOOL, I WAS A TEACHER AT CASCADE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND
EVERGREEN HIGH SCHOOL. 
          SO THE FACT THAT I'M RETIRING AT THE END OF THE YEAR THAT KIND OF BROUGHT IT FULL CIRCLE
BACK FOR ME BECAUSE IT WAS, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS PROBABLY MISS CLAYTON IS MUCH YOUNGER THAN I AM PROBABLY AT LEAST 2025
AT LEAST HAS TO BE OVER 25 YEARS AGO. 
          SO THAT WAS SPECIAL TOO. SO I JUST WANTED TO I KNOW THAT AMBOY RUNS A GREAT SCHOOL,
SO IT DIDN'T SURPRISE ME TO HEAR THAT THE TOUR WAS SO FANTASTIC. BUT I ALSO WANTED TO THANK NICK AND LAURIE FOR HAVING ALLOWING ME THAT
OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR WONDERFUL TEACHERS FOR THE SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDE. THANK YOU. AND NEXT UP,
SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF UPDATES. 
          [6. Superintendent and Staff Updates]
DIRECTOR'S REPORT. OH, SORRY. DIRECTOR'S REPORTS. 
          THAT'S OKAY. MARY AND I ATTENDED BREAKFAST FOR TEACH ONE TO LEARN ONE THAT SHE SPOKE ABOUT
LAST TIME. 
          IT WAS A WONDERFUL MORNING WITH A LOT OF GREAT ENCOURAGEMENT AROUND THE PROGRAM. 
          THE BEST PART, OF COURSE, WAS STUDENT VOICE AND THE STUDENT WHO CAME UP AND SHARED HOW THE
PROGRAM HAD IMPACTED HIS LIFE AND HIS SCHOOLING. 
          AND SO JUST ALWAYS A SHOUT OUT FOR STUDENT VOICE . 
          I'M A BIG TEAR JERKER AT THAT. SO NOT ONLY DID YOU SEE ME TEAR UP TONIGHT,
I TEARED UP THERE. 
          SO IT'S JUST WATERWORKS EVERYWHERE. BUT SO VERY GRATEFUL FOR OUR STUDENTS. 
          OKAY. ANY OTHER DIRECTORS REPORTS? I'D LIKE TO REPORT THAT I WENT TO THE CASEE PLANT SALE. 
          IT WAS ABSOLUTELY, UTTERLY FANTASTIC. IF YOU'RE A GARDENER,
IT WAS LIKE YOU'RE IN HEAVEN. 
          AND IT WAS WONDERFUL. AND LOTS OF PLANTS. ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC TURNOUT. 
          GREAT PRICES. YOU COULD TELL THAT THAT PEOPLE WERE VERY PROUD OF,
OF THE WORK THAT THEY HAD DONE THE, THE BARE ROOT CHERRIES AND, AND ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT THEY GROW IN CASEE. 
          ALSO ATTENDED THE PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL AUCTION. 
          GOT TO I WAS VERY INSPIRED BY THE ATHLETES THAT SPOKE TALKING ABOUT HOW ATHLETICS HAS
HELPED THEM AND JUST HOW INSPIRATIONAL THEY HAVE BEEN BY THEIR COACHES AND BY THE EXPERIENCE. 
          THERE'S A FANTASTIC TURNOUT. A LOT OF FUN, GREAT FOOD. 
          IF ANYONE IN THE FUTURE WANTS TO SUPPORT THEIR AUCTION. 
          HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. IT WAS FANTASTIC. THANK YOU. 
          ANYONE ELSE? DIRECTOR'S REPORT? OKAY, THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF
UPDATES. 
          SO TONIGHT IS A DIFFICULT MEETING FOR ALL OF US,
AND I WANTED TO START BY OFFERING SOME PERSPECTIVE AND SOME EXPLANATION. WE KNOW THAT THE LEVY,
LOST BY 527 VOTES 
          [01:10:03]
OVER OVER 25,000 VOTES WERE CAST. 49% YES, 51% NO. 
          OBVIOUSLY, WE RESPECT THE DECISION OF OUR TAXPAYERS AND COMMUNITY AND WE MUST NOW MOVE
FORWARD. 
          WE REALLY HAVE NO CHOICE. SO TONIGHT WE WILL BE BRINGING TO THE BOARD UNDER ITEM B,
NEW BUSINESS, A RESOLUTION FOR THE REDUCTION IN FORCE AND NOTICE OF AN INTENT TO ADOPT A MODIFIED
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM. 
          I WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE BRING THESE ITEMS SO QUICKLY AFTER THE LEVY LOSS,
ONLY BECAUSE WE HAVE JUST UNTIL MAY 15TH TO NOTIFY CERTIFICATED EMPLOYEES, WHICH INCLUDES ADMINISTRATORS,
THAT THEY MAY BE LOSING THEIR JOB. 
          SO WE HAD TO DO THIS MEETING BECAUSE IF WE WAIT TILL OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING,
THAT'S MAY 12TH, WHICH DOESN'T GIVE US ENOUGH TIME TO THEN FIND EVERYBODY AND GIVE THOSE NOTICES. 
          SO I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR, I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO THINK WE'RE RUSHING TO DO THIS. 
          EVERYBODY WILL SEE THAT THE CUTS AND THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE ARE CUTTING ARE REFLECTIVE OF
THE INFORMATION THAT WAS DISSEMINATED TO STAFF AND COMMUNITY PRIOR TO THE ELECTION. AS A DISTRICT,
WE HAVE TRIED TO BE TRANSPARENT THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCESS, THROUGH THE ENTIRE ELECTION CYCLE. I RECOGNIZE THAT REGARDLESS OF OUR ATTEMPTS,
I'M SURE THAT WE WILL HAVE PEOPLE SURPRISED BY THE DEPTHS OF THESE CUTS. I WANT EVERYBODY HERE TO UNDERSTAND TONIGHT,
AND I EMPHASIZE THIS TONIGHT IS OUR FIRST STEP IS JUST THE FIRST STEP IN OUR BUDGET BALANCING PROCESS. 
          WHAT WE IDENTIFY TONIGHT CAN AND MOST LIKELY WILL CHANGE. 
          WHAT WE PRESENT TONIGHT TO THE BOARD IS A WORST CASE SCENARIO. 
          NO FINAL DECISIONS WILL BE MADE REGARDING WHAT POSITIONS OR WHAT PROGRAMS MIGHT ULTIMATELY
BE PRESERVED. 
          UNTIL WE HAVE A CLEARER UNDERSTANDING OF THE OUTCOME OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND THE
RELATED BUDGET IMPLICATIONS OF THAT. 
          WHEN RECOMMENDATIONS ARE FINAL, OUR TOP PRIORITIES WILL BE OUR TOP PRIORITIES CONTINUE TO
BE STUDENT SAFETY AND WELL-BEING. ADDITIONALLY, I WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE A FUND BALANCE. 
          MICHELLE SCOTT, OUR CFO, IS GOING TO TOUCH ON THAT IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. 
          I WANT TO ASSURE EVERYBODY HERE IN ATTENDANCE AND THOSE LISTENING THAT WE ARE GOING TO USE
WHATEVER WE CAN TO OFFSET SOME OF THE MONEY LOSSES CREATED BY THE FAILED LEVY. FUND BALANCE IS COMPLEX THOUGH IT IS MADE UP OF
DIFFERENT MONIES, SOME OF WHICH CAN WE CAN USE AND SOME OF IT,
SOME OF WHICH WE CAN'T USE. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, YOUR FUND BALANCE CONTINUES ALL THE ITEMS OR CONTAINS ALL THE ITEMS THAT ARE
IN YOUR WAREHOUSE. 
          WE HAVE $3 MILLION OF ITEMS SITTING IN OUR WAREHOUSE. 
          OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T USE THOSE TO OFFSET MONETARY LOSS. 
          THERE'S ALSO MONEY IN OUR FUND BALANCE THAT ARE SPECIFIC. 
          THEY HAVE TO BE USED FOR SPECIAL ED, OR HAVE TO BE USED FOR TITLE PROGRAMS,
OR HAVE TO BE USED FOR CTE PROGRAMS. WE CAN'T USE ANY OF THAT MONEY. WE HAVE MONEY THAT'S THERE FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS. 
          WE HAVE TO USE THAT MONEY FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS. 
          WHAT WE MUST BE CONSCIOUS OF AS WELL IS THAT WHEN WE DECIDE TO USE FUND BALANCE,
IS THAT IF WE USE TOO MUCH OF IT, WE CAN PUT THE DISTRICT INTO FURTHER FINANCIAL INSTABILITY. 
          THE MONEY THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THE STATE DOES NOT COME IN ALL AT ONE TIME. 
          IT'S NOT LIKE THEY SAY, HERE'S YOUR MONEY FOR THE YEAR. 
          IT COMES IN IN WAVES. SOMETIMES IT COMES IN A LOT,
SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T COME IN AT ALL. 
          AND THE BUDGET, THE JUST JUST SO EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS JUST PAYROLL FOR THE DISTRICT EVERY
MONTH IS BETWEEN 13 AND $15 MILLION. 
          SO WE HAVE TO HAVE MONEY IN THE BANK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN PAY OUR BILLS EVERY SINGLE
MONTH. 
          THE EFFECTS OF A LEVY LOSS ALSO PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND IS NOT LIMITED TO A ONE YEAR
FIX. 
          THIS LEVY LOSS WILL IMPACT OUR BUDGET FOR AT LEAST TWO FULL SCHOOL YEARS. 
          NEXT YEAR WE WILL ONLY RECEIVE HALF THE LEVY,
AND IF SOMEHOW WE WERE ABLE TO PASS A LEVY NEXT YEAR, IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR. SO THE YEAR AFTER THAT WE WOULD ONLY RECEIVE HALF
OF A LEVY. 
          [01:15:04]
BECAUSE THE LEVY RUNS FROM JANUARY TO DECEMBER AND OUR SCHOOL YEAR RUNS FROM SEPTEMBER TO
JUNE. 
          SO YOU ONLY RECEIVE HALF OF A CALENDAR YEAR EVERY SCHOOL YEAR. 
          WE HAVE RECEIVED EMAILS FROM MANY PASSIONATE STUDENTS,
PARENTS, STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 
          THE MESSAGES ARE VERY SIMPLE, VERY SIMILAR. PLEASE SAVE INSERT PROGRAM NAME HERE. I'VE PERSONALLY RECEIVED EMAILS REGARDING THE VIRTUES OF THE ASPIRE PROGRAM WHICH WE
HEARD OUR STUDENTS SO ELOQUENTLY SPEAK ON MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS. AGAIN, WE HEARD OUR STUDENTS SPEAK ON THAT. 
          I RECEIVED EMAILS ABOUT SAVING ASSOCIATE PRINCIPALS BECAUSE OF THEIR VALUE,
COUNSELORS, SCHOOL SAFETY OFFICERS AND SROS, BEHAVIOR SUPPORT PERSONNEL, LIBRARIANS, MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS,
AS I MENTIONED, AND NURSES. 
          CROSSING GUARDS. AND CROSSING GUARDS. THANK YOU TED. 
          I WANT TO CLEARLY STATE FOR THE RECORD THAT WE AGREE WITH YOU ALL OF THOSE THINGS. 
          ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE IMPORTANT, AND WE WOULD LOVE NOTHING MORE THAN TO NOT HAVE TO MAKE THESE CUTS. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S NOT OUR REALITY. 
          BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I KNOW THE MISINFORMATION THAT IS OUT THERE. 
          BELIEVE IT OR NOT. BGPS RUNS AN INCREDIBLY LEAN OPERATION,
WHILE ALL AROUND US WE HAVE WATCHED DISTRICTS CUT 20 MILLION, 30 MILLION, 40 MILLION DOLLARS WHILE ALL AROUND US WE HAVE WATCHED SCHOOLS
MOVE INTO CRITICAL BUDGET CUTS. WE HAVE NOT. I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT OUR VOTERS UNDERSTAND THIS
IS A SELF-INFLICTED WOUND FOR US, AND THAT IS DISAPPOINTING. 
          [APPLAUSE] YEAH, THAT IS THE SHAME PART OF IT. THE STUDENT VOICE THAT WE HEARD AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS
MEETING WAS POWERFUL AND INCREDIBLY MEANINGFUL. WHILE, I AM CERTAINLY IMPACTED BY THE TESTIMONY THAT I
HEARD. 
          AND SOMEONE JUST SAID IT. MY WISH IS THAT ALL THOSE WHO VOTED NO ON THE LEVY WOULD LISTEN
TO IT AS WELL. 
          [APPLAUSE] LOSING THIS LEVY IS DEVASTATING TO ALL OF US. IT IS THE SINGLE BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT. 
          I'M SORRY. DENNY YOU'RE AMAZING. IT IS THE SINGLE BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT OF MY 38 YEAR
PROFESSIONAL CAREER. SCHOOLS HAVE FOUND THEMSELVES IN THE MIDDLE OF A DIVISIVE A POLITICAL CLIMATE. 
          WHEN ONE OF THE MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES IN THE STATE SENDS OUT A FLIER FILLED WITH
MISINFORMATION AND URGING MEMBERS OF THEIR PARTY TO VOTE NO ON THE BATTLE GROUND LEVY, IT IS A SAD DAY FOR OUR STATE AND A SAD DAY F
OR PUBLIC EDUCATION IN GENERAL. AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED HERE IN BATTLE GROUND COMMUNITY. 
          I WANT YOU TO KNOW THOSE ARE GOOD PEOPLE SITTING UP HERE,
AND THEY ARE GOING TO DO WHATEVER THEY CAN TO TO MINIMIZE THESE CUTS. AND YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL, THE BEST QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL TO LEAD YOU NEXT YEAR BECAUSE OF THIS SITUATION AND BECAUSE OF HOW WELL SHE KNOWS THIS COMMUNITY AND
SHE IS GOING TO FIGHT FOR YOU. 
          BUT. BUT NO MATTER HOW MUCH WE DON'T WANT THIS TO HAPPEN,
CUTS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN. WE CANNOT SAVE ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT. 
          [01:20:08]
WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY. WE ARE TALKING 13% OF A BUDGET,
$20 MILLION DOLLARS, FOLLOWING THE $6.2 MILLION OF CUTS THAT WE MADE LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF THE END OF THE COVID
RELIEF MONIES. 
          AGAIN, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF FAT TO BE CUT. THERE'S VERY LITTLE. 
          SO EVERYTHING IS GOING TO HURT. WE MAKE THESE DECISIONS RELUCTANTLY. 
          AND I WANT TO PROMISE YOU THAT WE PUT IN A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT AND ENERGY. 
          AND I APOLOGIZE NOW TO ALL OF YOU. WHEN WE MAKE THESE FINAL CUTS,
WHEN THE BOARD MAKES THESE FINAL CUTS, THERE WILL BE PEOPLE THAT WILL BE UNHAPPY. AND FOR THAT,
I AM PROFOUNDLY SORRY. 
          [APPLAUSE] WITH THAT. SORRY, MICHELLE, I'M GOING TO GO TO MICHELLE SCOTT,
OUR CFO. 
          DID YOU WANT ME TO GO OVER EXHIBIT ONE AT THIS TIME? COULD YOU. OKAY. LET'S. DO YOU WANT TO START WITH JUST THE RESOLUTION ITSELF? WELL, MAYBE GO TO THE. OKAY. JUST WANTED YOU TO KIND OF GO OVER FUND BALANCE. 
          OR DO YOU WANT TO WAIT UNTIL THE, NEW BUSINESS? I WAS THINKING WE DID THAT. YOU WAIT FOR THE NEW BUSINESS,
I APOLOGIZE. 
          OKAY. THAT'S ON ME. DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? I JUST WANT TO ECHO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT DENNY SAID. 
          THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST DIFFICULT THING I'VE BEEN A PART OF. 
          AND I'VE BEEN A PART OF A HANDFUL OF DIFFICULT THINGS,
HAVING BEEN IN HR AND DONE SOME ROUGH THINGS AS BOTH WHILE AS A STUDENT OR BEEN A PART OF SITUATIONS WHERE MONEY HAD BEEN CUT AS A STUDENT AND AS A STAFF MEMBER. 
          BUT WHAT I THINK IS TERRIBLY DIFFICULT ABOUT THIS SITUATION IS WHAT DENNY TALKED ABOUT,
AND IT'S THE SELF-INFLICTED PAIN THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH. WHAT I CAN ASSURE YOU,
BOARD AND STAFF AND COMMUNITY IS THAT BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I DO KNOW ABOUT THIS DISTRICT, I KNOW THAT WE ARE RESILIENT,
AND I KNOW THAT WE WILL FIGURE THIS OUT. 
          AND I THINK THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK VERY,
VERY DILIGENTLY TO HOLD EACH OTHER UP DURING THIS TIME BECAUSE THERE ARE DIFFICULT DECISIONS THAT MUST BE MADE, AND BECAUSE SOME OF THESE THINGS GO SO DEEP AND HAVE TO DO
WITH STUDENT SAFETY AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS, WE'RE ABSOLUTELY GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE VERY,
VERY DIFFICULT DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE BULK OF OUR STUDENTS. 
          IT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT TO MOVE FORWARD WHEN YOU CAN LOOK DIRECTLY ON OUR STRATEGIC
PLAN AT THREE VERY IMPORTANT AREAS OUR SAFE AND CARING ENVIRONMENT, OUR HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTION AND THEN COLLABORATION THAT BUILDS TRUST. 
          AND I LOOK RIGHT ON THAT LIST AND I SEE THINGS THAT ARE ON OUR LIST TO BE CUT. 
          AND SO THAT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          BUT WHAT I CAN GUARANTEE IS THAT THE STAFF OF THIS DISTRICT,
FROM CLASSROOM STAFF TO PLAYGROUND STAFF TO THE STAFF THAT WE WORK WITH AT DISTRICT OFFICE, WE'RE COMMITTED TO DOING THE VERY BEST THAT WE CAN FOR KIDS
AND TO CONTINUE TO OFFER THE VERY BEST PROGRAMS WE CAN. 
          THAT'S ALL I HAD TO SAY, IS THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER AND WORK BETTER
TOGETHER [APPLAUSE] MICHELLE. MICHELLE, I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO WAIT UNTIL. 
          KEVIN I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO SAY ANYTHING OR NOT. 
          NOPE. AMANDA. NO. OKAY, THAT'S IT FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. 
          ALL RIGHT. SO WITH THAT NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS OUR CITIZENS COMMENTS. 
          [7. Citizens' Comments]
WE NEED TO. 
          HOW MANY DO WE HAVE HERE? OKAY. JENNIFER AND JUSTIN. 
          OKAY. OKAY. HOW? 
          [01:25:06]
MANY DO YOU SEE? OR ABOUT 18, MAYBE TWO MINUTES EACH. 
          YEAH. SO TONIGHT WE WILL LIMIT OUR CITIZENS COMMENTS TO TWO MINUTES FOR EACH PERSON,
AND ITZEL WILL TIME YOU, AND IT WILL BE ON THE SCREEN AS WELL. 
          THIS IS A MEETING OF THE BATTLE GROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOARD OF DIRECTORS,
AND IT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC TO ATTEND, VIEW PRESENTATIONS AND HEAR BOARD MEMBERS DISCUSS TOPICS DURING OPEN SESSIONS. 
          THE BOARD WELCOMES COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS DURING CITIZENS COMMENTS,
AND ASK THAT THOSE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD SIGN IN ON THE SIGN IN SHEET PROVIDED, WHICH IS LOCATED CLOSE TO THE ENTRANCE WHICH YOU DID. 
          PLEASE FOLLOW THE PROCEDURES FOR CITIZENS COMMENTS BY STATING YOUR NAME,
LIMITING YOUR TIME TO TWO MINUTES, AND REFRAINING FROM DISCUSSING CONFIDENTIAL MATTERS. 
          THE BOARD REQUIRES THAT ALL COMMENTS SPOKEN AT THE MEETING BE APPROPRIATE FOR A FAMILY
AUDIENCE. 
          COMMENTS INAPPROPRIATE FOR A FAMILY AUDIENCE CAN BE SUBMITTED IN WRITING. 
          BOARD MEMBERS DO NOT NORMALLY RESPOND TO QUESTIONS OR PETITIONS DURING CITIZEN'S COMMENTS. 
          THEY WILL LISTEN AND GIVE DIRECTION TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM IF ACTION IS DEEMED
NECESSARY. 
          AND SO FIRST TONIGHT, BRIAN KIMBER. 
          ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA HAVE TO PARE THIS DOWN A LITTLE BIT,
BUT SO MY NAME IS BRIAN KIMBER, AND I'M ONE OF THE COUNSELORS AT BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL. 
          AND I'M ALSO A PARENT OF THREE KIDS IN BATTLE GROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS . 
          I DO WANT TO START BY SAYING I APPRECIATE EACH ONE OF YOU AND THE WORK THAT YOU'VE
COMMITTED YOURSELVES TO, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO DIFFICULT SITUATIONS LIKE THE ONE THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW,
WHERE THERE DOESN'T REALLY SEEM TO BE A RIGHT ANSWER TO A LOT OF THINGS. 
          BECAUSE OF THE LEVY FAILURE, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE MANY CUTS THAT ARE GOING TO
NEED TO TAKE PLACE, AND ALONG WITH MANY OTHERS, I'M GOING TO BE FEELING IT IN MY OWN SITUATION. LIKELY, THREE OUT OF THE SIX COUNSELORS IN MY BUILDING ARE GOING TO BE CUT DUE
TO SENIORITY, DISMANTLING WHAT HAS BEEN A REALLY SPECIAL STUDENT CENTERED COUNSELING TEAM. 
          ADDITIONALLY, WE'LL BE LOSING OUR PREVENTION INTERVENTION SPECIALISTS,
MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS, AND SOME ADMINISTRATORS, AMONG MANY OTHERS. ALTOGETHER, I THINK WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SUPPORT STUDENTS IN A REALLY MEANINGFUL WAY,
AND IT'S DISHEARTENING TO SEE HOW SO MANY OF THESE PEOPLE BEING CUT. 
          AND IT'S HARD NOT TO WONDER HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE GOING TO BE MISSED IN THE COMING YEARS
BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING WE'LL BE TASKED WITH. IN ADDITION TO THOSE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN MY OWN JOB, WHAT'S REALLY WEIGHING HEAVILY ON ME TONIGHT IS THE CUT OF THE ASPIRE MAGNET
PROGRAM, AS I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD. 
          MY SON IS CURRENTLY A FIFTH GRADER. YOU GUYS HEARD FROM HIM TONIGHT? HE'S BEEN AT CAPTAIN
AND CHIEFS SINCE THIRD GRADE AND HAS DEVELOPED FRIENDSHIPS AND HAD ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES THAT HAVE ALLOWED HIM TO THRIVE AS A STUDENT AND A LEADER. 
          SO HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ALONGSIDE LIKE MINDED STUDENTS HAS PRODUCED SUCH A
SPECIAL ENVIRONMENT THAT HE AND HIS FRIENDS HAVE LOVED AND EXCELLED IN UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF SOME INCREDIBLE TEACHERS. ON TOP OF THIS,
HE AND MANY OF HIS FRIENDS WERE EXCITED TO START SPORTS NEXT YEAR. 
          TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, IT WASN'T MY FAVORITE PARENTING MOMENT TO HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO HIM
THAT NOT ONLY IS ASPIRE BEING CUT AND HE'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO SWITCH SCHOOLS, BUT HE ALSO WON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN SPORTS AT HIS NEW SCHOOL. 
          SO TRULY, MY HEART REALLY HURTS FOR THE KIDS IN THAT PROGRAM WHO ARE GOING TO BE PENALIZED
MULTIPLE TIMES OVER FOR THE FAILURE OF THE LEVY. 
          I RECOGNIZE I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO FEELS THE EFFECTS OF THIS. 
          IT'S THE MESSAGE THAT'S BEEN SENT BY EVERYONE HERE. EVERYONE'S GOING TO FEEL IT. I KNOW
YOU CAN'T CATER TO THE REQUEST OF ONE PERSON. 
          BRIAN CAN YOU WRAP UP? YES. YOU GUYS ARE TASKED WITH MAKING SOME TOUGH DECISIONS. 
          MY PLEA HERE TODAY IS THAT THE DISTRICT CONSIDER FINDING A WAY TO MAINTAIN SOME FORMAT OF
ASPIRE MAGNET PROGRAM. 
          LIKE YOU GUYS SAID, I KNOW THAT THE VOTES ARE COUNTED,
COMMUNITY HAS SPOKEN. 
          I CAN'T CHANGE THAT. MY FAMILY REALLY IS FEELING THIS ONE. 
          I JUST HOPE THAT WE CAN FIND A WAY WITH THE ASPIRE PROGRAM. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]. 
          MICHELLE CATHCART. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT. MY NAME IS MICHELLE CATHCART,
AND I HAVE TWO KIDS IN THE ASPIRE MAGNET PROGRAM. 
          AN EIGHTH GRADER AND A FIFTH GRADER. I KNOW THAT YOU ARE ALL PART OF THE SCHOOL BOARD
BECAUSE YOU CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THESE CHILDREN. 
          IT WAS OBVIOUS IN THE SUPERINTENDENT'S VOICE AS WE HEARD HIM SPEAK. 
          TH E DISTRICT AND THE SCHOOL BOARD ARE IN AN INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT POSITION,
NEEDING TO CUT PROGRAMS AND STAFFING THAT ARE THERE TO HELP ALL OF OUR KIDS TO LEARN AND GROW IN A SAFE AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT. I APPRECIATE THE TRANSPARENCY OF THE DISTRICT AND
THE OUTREACH THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. 
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YOU HAVE A ROOM HERE THAT IS FULL OF PARENTS,
STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND STAFF THAT HAVE BEEN SUPPORTED AND NOURISHED BY THE ASPIRE PROGRAM. THEY LEARN AT A PACE THAT MEETS THEIR NEEDS,
AND I'VE SEEN HOW MUCH THESE AMAZING TEACHERS CARE ABOUT OUR KIDS. 
          I KNOW THE PROPOSAL IS TO STILL HAVE THE CLUSTER PROGRAM,
AND I KNOW THE CLUSTER TEACHERS DO THE BEST THAT THEY CAN, BUT WHEN THEIR CLASSROOM HAS A ROOM FULL OF A SPECTRUM OF KIDS FROM THOSE WHO ARE WELL
ABOVE STANDARDS TO THOSE WHO ARE WELL BELOW STANDARDS, WHERE DO YOU THINK THE ATTENTION IS FOCUSED? THESE KIDS THRIVE IN IN BEING CHALLENGED. 
          YOU HEARD ABOUT THE KIDS THAT ARE WENT TO THE NATIONAL HISTORY DAY THIS WEEKEND. 
          AND ONE STATE AND THEY LOVE LEARNING AND SHARING AND THEY'RE BORED WHEN THEY HAVE TO BE IN
INTEGRATED CLASSROOMS. AND THAT'S NOT GOOD FOR ANYONE. YOU HEARD IT FROM MANY OF THEM HOW THEY FELT WHEN THEY
WERE IN THE CLUSTER PROGRAM. 
          NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THESE KIDS HAVE A SAFE PLACE WHERE THEY CAN BE THEIR AUTHENTIC SELVES
WITH A PEER GROUP THAT SUPPORTS THEM, THEY BUILD FRIENDSHIPS THAT LAST. THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT TIME FOR ALL OF THEM. 
          AND I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS AND THERE ARE NO EASY ANSWERS. 
          I KNOW YOU HAVE TO FIND SAVINGS SOMEWHERE, AND I KNOW IT'S NOT FAIR TO ASK TO SAVE ONE
PROGRAM WITHOUT TANGIBLE SOLUTIONS TO YOUR CHALLENGES. 
          WHAT I ASK TONIGHT IS THAT YOU CONSIDER IT TO GIVE US THE DEDICATED PARENTS,
TEACHERS, STUDENTS AND STAFF, AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIND A SOLUTION. DON'T MAKE THE DECISION ON CUTTING THE ASPIRE PROGRAM
TONIGHT. 
          LET US FORM A COMMITTEE OF THE WILLING THAT WILL BRING A PROPOSAL BACK TO YOU. 
          WE KNOW THAT THERE'S ABOUT $600,000 IN SAVINGS THAT YOU NEED. 
          MICHELLE WRAP UP. SO PLEASE GIVE US THAT CHANCE TO COME UP WITH A PROPOSAL. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] KIMBERLY VYSSOTSKY. 
          MY NAME IS KIMBERLY VYSSOTSKY, AND I AM A PRODUCT OF BATTLE GROUND SCHOOLS. 
          AND I TEACH IN THE ASPIRE MAGNET PROGRAM. THE DISSOLUTION OF THE ASPIRE MAGNET PROGRAM
WILL DO A DISSERVICE TO NOT ONLY THE 143 STUDENTS CURRENTLY ENROLLED, BUT TO THE STUDENTS IN ALL CLASSES IN EVERY SCHOOL BUILDING DISTRICT WIDE,
WHERE THESE STUDENTS WILL BE PLACED THAT ARE UNABLE TO MEET THEIR UNIQUE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS, WHICH ARE OFTEN TWO OR MORE GRADE LEVELS BEYOND THEIR SAME AGE PEERS,
WHICH WILL LEAD TO BEHAVIORAL CONCERNS, EMOTIONAL INSTABILITY, AND COUNTLESS OTHER ISSUES. 
          THESE MAGNET STUDENTS ARE THE TOP ECHELON OF CANDIDATES THAT ARE EVEN BROUGHT IN FROM OUT
OF DISTRICT, WHICH IS WHERE WE ACTUALLY ACCRUE REVENUE. WE CURRENTLY HAVE THREE OUT OF DISTRICT
STUDENTS, WHICH EQUATES TO APPROXIMATELY $40,000 WORTH OF REVENUE. 
          WE MAKE MONEY WITH THIS PROGRAM. MANY OF THESE STUDENTS ARE CLASSIFIED AS TWICE
EXCEPTIONAL, WHICH MEANS THEY ARE COGNITIVELY ADVANCED AND OFTEN HAVE ANOTHER DIFFERING ABILITY THAT
REQUIRES KEEN ATTENTION WITHIN THE EDUCATIONAL SETTING TO HELP THEM SUCCEED, SOMETHING THAT IS NOT POSSIBLE WITHIN A GENERAL EDUCATION SETTING. 
          THE EDUCATORS IN THIS MAGNET PROGRAM KNOW THIS AND RISE TO THE CHALLENGE DAILY. 
          WE WANT TO DO THIS WORK. WE ARE PASSIONATE TO SERVE THESE INCREDIBLE STUDENTS. 
          THE MAGNET STUDENTS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO THRIVE OR SUSTAIN IN A CLUSTER SETTING. 
          I KNOW I TAUGHT THAT FOR NINE YEARS BEFORE MOVING TO THE MAGNET PROGRAM,
THEY WILL BECOME BORED WITH INCREASING CLASS SIZES AND THE INTELLECTUAL CAPABILITIES OF THESE MAGNET STUDENTS THAT WILL GO POORLY AND IT WILL NOT BE AT THE FAULT OF THE STUDENTS. 
          THEY WILL HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM A PROGRAM THAT WAS MEETING THEIR LEGAL RIGHT TO BE
EDUCATED AT THEIR COGNITIVE LEVEL, AND BY YOUR FISCAL DECISION, WILL BE DROPPED DOWN TO EDUCATIONAL HOLDING PATTERN UNTIL
THEIR GRADE LEVEL PEERS CATCH UP. 
          PLEASE TELL ME HOW THAT SERVES OUR DISTRICT MISSION OF CONNECTING EACH AND EVERY STUDENT
TO A SUCCESSFUL FUTURE. 
          THE ASPIRE MAGNET PROGRAM HAS PROVEN TIME AND TIME AGAIN THAT IT HAS VALUE AND WORTH. 
          THESE ARE OUR FUTURE LEADERS AND I AM PROUD AND HONORED TO SERVE THEM. 
          I HOPE THAT YOU WILL CHOOSE TO DO THE RIGHT THING BY THEM AND ALL FUTURE,
HIGHLY CAPABLE STUDENTS, AND RETAIN THE ASPIRE MAGNET PROGRAM. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          [APPLAUSE] JOHN FLICK. JOHN FLICK. 
          HI. MY NAME IS JOHN FLICK. I GRADUATED FROM BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL IN 1998. 
          I HAVE THREE CHILDREN THAT ARE CURRENTLY GO TO CAM. 
          IN SEVENTH GRADE, NINTH GRADE AND 11TH GRADE. 
          I CAME HERE TODAY BECAUSE ORIGINALLY I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK ABOUT MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS. 
          [01:35:08]
BUT SEEING EVERYBODY HERE TALK ABOUT ASPIRE MY SON WAS PART OF THAT PROGRAM. 
          AND WHEN HE WAS IN GENERAL CLASSES, IT WASN'T WORKING. 
          THE CLUSTER WASN'T WORKING. I STILL REMEMBER WHERE I WAS TO THIS DAY WHEN WE RECEIVED THE
EMAIL THAT HE WAS ACCEPTED INTO ASPIRE, AND HOW THAT AFFECTED HIM AND HELPED HIM HELPED HIM BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER
STUDENTS THAT WASN'T HAPPENING IN GENERAL EDUCATION. THE TEACHERS THERE WERE EXCEPTIONAL IN
PROVIDING HIM WITH WHAT HE NEEDED. 
          AND NOW HE IS THRIVING AT CAM. AND A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE TEACHERS AND THE KIDS
THAT HE MET AT IN THAT PROGRAM. AND THEN MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS. 
          MY DAUGHTER HAS BEEN A PART OF MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS SINCE SHE HAS BEEN ABLE TO IN SIXTH
GRADE, AND IT HAS DRASTICALLY IMPROVED HER CONFIDENCE OVERALL IN SCHOOL AND JUST BEING AROUND
STUDENTS IN SPORTS. IT'S SOMETHING THAT I FEEL THAT NOT A LOT OF,
NOT A LOT OF KIDS CAN ACCESS SPORTS. 
          AND HAVING IT IN THE SCHOOL WHERE THEY GET TO GO RIGHT AFTER SCHOOL. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, TEACHER, A LOT OF TIMES TEACHERS ARE THERE THAT ARE THEIR COACHES,
MAKES THEM FEEL COMFORTABLE IN BEING AROUND. 
          JOHN CAN YOU WRAP UP? YEAH. BEING JUST BEING A PART OF SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          THERE HAS TO BE AN ALTERNATIVE FOR THIS PROGRAM TO BE ABLE TO KEEP IT AROUND UTILIZING
VOLUNTEERS FOR COACHES AND MAYBE NOT DOING THE BUSING AND JUST REALLY BEING ABLE TO FIND SOME KIND OF ALTERNATIVE
TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THESE SPORTS FOR KIDS. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] PATRICK BAUCHMEYER. OKAY. THANK YOU. 
          GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. MY NAME IS PATRICK BACHMEYER. 
          MY SON IS IN THE SEVENTH GRADE ASPIRE MAGNET PROGRAM AT CHIEF. 
          HE'S ALSO IN THE MARCHING BAND. HE WAS IN KLICKITAT HONOR BAND,
ROBOTICS, MARTIAL ARTS AND TRACK. 
          YEARS AGO, I WAS A [INAUDIBLE] ICAP STUDENT MYSELF. 
          BUT UNLIKE BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT, MY SCHOOL DISTRICT HAD NOTHING AT ALL LIKE
ASPIRE. 
          SO I CAN TELL YOU FIRSTHAND. THE IDEA FOR THESE KIDS TO HAVE TO GO BACK TO GENERAL
EDUCATION CLASSROOMS IS AN ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE. 
          FOR ME I WAS ALWAYS BORED, CONSTANTLY BULLIED,
AND EVENTUALLY I GREW TO HATE SCHOOL AND THAT HATRED OF SCHOOL. 
          AND IT DID NOT GO AWAY UNTIL I WENT TO COLLEGE. IT LINGERED. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT THESE KIDS ARE STRUGGLING WITH RIGHT NOW. 
          LIKE ME, MY SON STRUGGLED IN GENERAL EDUCATION ENVIRONMENT,
INCLUDING THE CLUSTER PROGRAM. 
          THAT WAS LIKE A DROP IN THE BUCKET COMPARED TO WHAT HIS NEEDS WERE. 
          IT DOESN'T CHALLENGE HIS INTELLECT OR HOLD HIS ATTENTION. 
          WITH THE ASPIRE PROGRAM, HE'S ABLE TO LEARN FROM THE ABSOLUTE BEST TEACHERS WHILE WORKING
IN A LARGE PEER GROUP OF OTHER STUDENTS AT HIS ACADEMIC LEVEL. 
          THIS PROVIDES A DEGREE OF INTELLECTUAL AND SOCIAL STIMULATION THAT CANNOT BE REPLICATED IN
ANY OTHER CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT. 
          IT IS UNIQUE TO THE ASPIRE MAGNET PROGRAM AND ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL FOR OUR KIDS. 
          THE CLUSTER PROGRAM IS NOT AN ACCEPTABLE ALTERNATIVE. 
          PLEASE DON'T FORCE THEM BACK INTO GENERAL EDUCATION CLASSROOMS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 
          [APPLAUSE] JACK BACHMEIER. OKAY. THAT WAS OKAY. 
          SOME OF THESE ARE STUDENTS. SCARLETT STEVENSON. 
          OKAY. I THOUGHT SO. GEMMA MILLS, YOU SPOKE EARLIER AS WELL,
DIDN'T YOU? YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALEJANDRA FULLER. 
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IS THAT ANOTHER STUDENT? OKAY. MACKENZIE DUNHAM. 
          OKAY. HOW'S IT GOING? HELLO. MY NAME IS MACKENZIE DUNHAM, AND I AM HERE BEFORE YOU. AS A PROUD GRADUATE OF BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL,
A LICENSED, CLINICAL AND LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER WHO SPECIALIZES IN NEURODIVERGENCE. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, TONIGHT,
THE MOM OF A FIFTH GRADE ASPIRE STUDENT WHO'S IN THE MAGNET PROGRAM. 
          I KNOW THESE STUDENTS, BOTH PROFESSIONALLY AND PERSONALLY. 
          TWICE EXCEPTIONAL STUDENTS WALK A TIGHTROPE EVERY DAY. 
          THEY'RE TRYING TO MANAGE A DISABILITY WHILE THEIR BRAINS RACE FAR ABOVE THE GRADE LEVEL
CONTENT. 
          WHEN THE NEED FOR DEPTH AND PACE IS MET, AS IT IS IN ASPIRE WE SEE CALMER NERVOUS SYSTEMS, STRONGER PEER CONNECTIONS, AND AN ENTHUSIASM FOR LEARNING THAT SPILLS INTO THE WHOLE
COMMUNITY. 
          THE OPPOSITE IS ALSO TRUE. NATIONAL DATA SHOWS THAT 67% OF GIFTED EIGHTH GRADERS REPORT
THAT THEY ARE BULLIED FOR ACTING TOO SMART, AND AS MANY AS 1 IN 5 HIGH ABILITY STUDENTS ENDS UP UNDERACHIEVING OR DROPPING OUT WHEN
THEY ARE PLACED IN CLASSROOMS THAT CAN'T CHALLENGE THEM. CLUSTER MODELS DON'T WORK,
OR CLUSTER MODELS WORK ON PAPER, BUT ONLY WHEN TEACHERS HAVE TRAINING, PLANNING TIME, AND THE FREEDOM TO RUN PARALLEL CURRICULA. 
          ASK ANY CLASSROOM TEACHER HERE IF THAT'S TODAY'S REALITY. 
          ASPIRE IS NOT AN ELITE PRIVILEGE. IT'S AN ACCESSIBILITY RAMP FOR NEURODIVERGENT BRAINS AND
REMOVING IT FROM OUR CHILDREN REQUIRES THEM TO MASK WHO THEY ARE. TRADING CURIOSITY FOR CAMOUFLAGE. AS A THERAPIST,
I CAN TELL YOU THERE'S A CLINICAL COST, INCREASED ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, SCHOOL REFUSAL,
AND A HEARTBREAKING BELIEF THAT THEIR BEST IS TOO MUCH. 
          TOO MUCH FOR THEIR PEERS, TOO MUCH FOR THEIR COMMUNITY. 
          NOT TO MENTION WHEN NEURODIVERGENTS BRAINS, AS YOU HAVE HEARD OVER AND OVER AGAIN FROM
KIDS TONIGHT, EXPERIENCE BOREDOM, IT LITERALLY LIGHTS UP THE PAIN CENTER OF THE BRAIN. 
          NEURODIVERGENT STUDENTS EXPERIENCE PAIN WHEN THEY ARE BORED. 
          SO I ASK YOU TO JUST I KNOW YOU HAVE AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK TO DO,
BUT CONSIDER WHAT ALL STUDENTS NEED AND HOW THESE KIDS COULD BE SPED KIDS. IN ANOTHER DISTRICT. 
          THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] JENNIFER MARET. MERRITT. 
          MERRITT. GOOD EVENING, ESTEEMED BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS JENNIFER MERRITT, AND I SERVE AS THE PROGRAM COORDINATOR FOR THE
ASPIRE HIGHLY CAPABLE PROGRAM. 
          I THINK YOU'VE HEARD IT ALL TONIGHT. LET ME BEGIN BY SAYING THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMPASSION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CARE. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR HEART. THERE IS NOT ONE OF US OUT THERE WHO WOULD TRADE PLACES WITH
YOU AT THIS TIME. 
          I'M GOING TO KEEP IT TO FACTS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN UP TO THIS POINT. 
          AS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED, ACCELERATED STUDENTS HAVE UNIQUE NEEDS. 
          WHEN WE DO NOT MEET THOSE NEEDS, STUDENTS BECOME DISENGAGED UNDER STIMULATED
UNDERACHIEVING AND INCREASED ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION. THEY STOP GROWING. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT TEST SCORES FOR UNDER
STIMULATED GIFTED STUDENTS BEGIN TO MOVE CLOSER TO THE MEDIAN SCORES. 
          IF WE CUT PROGRAMS THAT SERVE HIGH ACHIEVING STUDENTS,
WE SEND A MESSAGE THAT EXCELLENCE IS A LUXURY AND EXPENDABLE. 
          OUR DISTRICT DATA PROVES THIS. IN FOURTH GRADE THIS SPRING,
THE ASPIRE MAGNET STUDENTS AVERAGED 86TH PERCENTILE FOR MATH ACHIEVEMENT AND 87TH PERCENTILE FOR READING ACHIEVEMENT ON THE NATIONALLY NORMED I-READY ASSESSMENTS. 
          THEIR SAME AGE PEERS IN GENERAL EDUCATION AVERAGED 46TH PERCENTILE FOR BOTH READING AND
MATH. 
          IN THE EIGHTH GRADE, MAGNET STUDENTS AVERAGED 93RD PERCENTILE FOR MATH AND 92ND PERCENTILE
FOR READING, WHILE GENERAL EDUCATION STUDENTS WERE AT THE 43RD AND 36TH PERCENTILES,
RESPECTIVELY. 
          THESE ARE NOT SMALL GAPS, THEY ARE ENTIRE QUARTILES. 
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REMOVING THIS PROGRAM WITHOUT A WELL-DESIGNED EVIDENCED BASED ALTERNATIVE WOULD NOT ONLY
LIMIT THESE STUDENTS GROWTH, BUT PLACE ADDITIONAL STRAIN AND UNSUSTAINABLE DEMANDS ON TEACHERS WHO ARE ALREADY MANAGING
VERY DIVERSE CLASSROOM NEEDS. 
          ELIMINATING THIS PROGRAM NOW WON'T MAKE IT HARDER TO REBUILD LATER. 
          IT WILL BE HARDER TO REGAIN THE CONFIDENCE AND SUPPORT OF FAMILIES WHO FELT SEEN BY IT. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, YOUR LEADERSHIP AND CONSIDERING THE NEEDS OF EVERY LEARNER IN OUR
DISTRICT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          [APPLAUSE] TED SCHELVAN. 
          GOOD EVENING BOARD. MY NAME IS TED SCHELVAN AND I AM THE TEACHER,
LIBRARIAN AND CAPTAIN STRONG PRIMARY. 
          I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND THE 14 OTHER TEACHER LIBRARIANS IN THE
DISTRICT THAT ARE HAVING THEIR POSITIONS ELIMINATED TONIGHT. 
          EACH APRIL, WE CELEBRATE NATIONAL LIBRARY MONTH,
INCLUDING NATIONAL SCHOOL LIBRARIAN DAY, CELEBRATED ON APRIL 4TH EACH YEAR, THE DAY AND THE MONTH COME AND GO,
AND NO SPECIAL RECOGNITION IS SHOWN TO OUR SPECIFIC GROUP BY THIS DISTRICT. 
          YOU WON'T SEE OUR NAMES OR OUR PICTURES CALLED OUT IN A POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          YOU WON'T SEE ANY SPECIAL FEATURES ON THE WEBSITE FOCUSING ON THE WORK THAT WE DO. 
          YET THE 15 OF US DO INCREDIBLE THINGS ON A DAILY BASIS THAT IMPACT STUDENT LEARNING AND
THE LIVES OF OUR STUDENTS FAR BEYOND THE TIME THAT THEY ARE WITH US. 
          SO I'M HERE TONIGHT TO RECOGNIZE MY PEERS FOR THE COUNTLESS HOURS AND YEARS OF DEDICATION
THEY'VE SHOWN TO NOT ONLY THE DISTRICT, BUT TO THE LIBRARY PROFESSION ITSELF. AT AMBOY MIDDLE SCHOOL,
WE HAVE NIKKI BLAHNIK, BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL, KELLIE BRITTON, CHIEF UMTUCH MIDDLE SCHOOL, RON WAGNER,
DAYBREAK MIDDLE SCHOOL, RACHAEL MARLOW, DAYBREAK PRIMARY, KARA WOOLEY, GLENWOOD PRIMARY,
DENNY DENFELD, LAURIN MIDDLE SCHOOL, ANGIE KRANT. 
          MAPLE GROVE PRIMARY, CHRISTINA MOSES. PLEASANT VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL,
CYNDI KULLBERG. 
          PLEASANT VALLEY PRIMARY KIM HOFFMAN, PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL,
KRISTEN WINTERLAND, TUKES VALLEY M IDDLE AMY HANSEN, TUKES VALLEY PRIMARY SUZANNE BURGESS AND YACOLT PRIMARY KOURTNEY RHOADS. 
          ONLINE DISINFORMATION WAS A KEY COMPONENT TO THIS DOUBLE LEVY FAILURE. 
          SO AS YOU ARE SOUNDING THE DEATH KNELL FOR TEACHER LIBRARIANS ACROSS OUR DISTRICT AND
THEIR CONTINUED DEMISE ACROSS CLARK COUNTY, I WANT YOU TO CONSIDER WHO IS TO HELP. I'M SORRY. 
          WHO WILL HELP OUR STUDENTS LEARN TO IDENTIFY AND COMBAT DISINFORMATION,
IF NOT THOSE SPECIFICALLY TRAINED AND SPECIALLY TRAINED TO EVALUATE RESOURCES. 
          I'LL LEAVE YOU TONIGHT WITH THIS QUOTE THAT COMES FROM HOWARD. 
          HOWARD HOWE SORRY. FORMER U.S. COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION FROM 1966 TO 1968. 
          WHAT A SCHOOL THINKS ABOUT ITS LIBRARY IS A MEASURE OF WHAT IT FEELS ABOUT EDUCATION. 
          LET ME REPHRASE THAT TO MODERNIZE IT A LITTLE BIT. 
          HOW A SCHOOL DISTRICT FUNDS AND STAFFS ITS LIBRARIES IS A MEASURE OF WHAT IT FEELS ABOUT
EDUCATION. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] JENNA AND DUSTIN MONTGOMERY. JENNA AND DUSTIN MONTGOMERY. YEAH, IT MUST HAVE BEEN. SHERRY CLOAK. 
          THANKS FOR SAYING THAT. RIGHT. NOBODY EVER DOES. I DON'T KNOW IF I'M GOING TO SAY ANYTHING
THAT HASN'T BEEN SAID, SO I'LL JUST READ WHAT I HAVE. MY NAME IS SHERRY CLOAK. 
          MY SONS GRADUATED FROM BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL,
SPENCER IN 2019 AND AUSTIN IN 2023, AND BOTH WERE PART OF THIS PROGRAM, WHICH I FEEL IS SO AMAZING. ORIGINALLY MY BELIEF FOR THE ASPIRE PROGRAM WAS IT WAS FOR
SMART KIDS AND THEY GOT GREAT TEST SCORES. 
          AND AS I GOT TO VOLUNTEER FROM KINDERGARTEN THEY WOULDN'T LET ME VOLUNTEER IN HIGH SCHOOL
TO EIGHTH GRADE. 
          I GOT TO SEE THAT THE ASPIRE PROGRAM WAS SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST A PLACE FOR SMART KIDS TO
GO. 
          WE CURRENTLY HAVE MANY PROGRAMS FOR SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS. 
          THESE PROGRAMS PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN AND BE EDUCATED
WITH THEIR THE WAY THEY LEARN THE SAME WAY. 
          I FEEL THE ASPIRE PROGRAM COMPARES TO HOW WE ACCOMMODATE SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS,
BUT IN A DIFFERENT WAY. 
          THE ASPIRE PROGRAM ACCOMMODATES CHILDREN THAT THINK,
LEARN, AND SOCIALIZE DIFFERENTLY. 
          THEY'RE ABLE TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS IN A DIFFERENT WAY AND IN A UNIQUE ENVIRONMENT,
AND I FEEL THE ASPIRE PROGRAM MEETS THOSE NEEDS. 
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IF THESE STUDENTS ARE NOT ALLOWED THIS ENVIRONMENT,
THEY CAN FACE UNDERACHIEVEMENT, DISCONNECT, AND IT CAN AFFECT THEIR PERFORMANCE. I ASKED MY SON SPENCER TONIGHT. 
          HE'S GRADUATED GETTING HIS MASTER'S. I SAID,
HOW DO YOU FEEL THE ASPIRE PROGRAM AFFECTED YOU? AND HE SAID, MOM, I DON'T THINK I'D BE WHERE I'M AT TODAY. 
          I THINK I WOULD HAVE BEEN BORED IN SCHOOL AND THAT WAS ALL HE SAID. 
          AND I WAS LIKE, WOW, THAT'S SO SIMPLE. I WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHIEF BAND BOARD AND THE
BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL BAND BOOSTERS. 
          I INTERACTED WITH MANY OF THESE STUDENTS FIRSTHAND. 
          MANY WERE AWARD WINNING MUSICIANS, SERVED ON MANY SOCIAL COMMITTEES,
HELD LEADERSHIP ROLES AND SUCCEEDED ACADEMICALLY. 
          I FEEL THESE STUDENTS THRIVED IN HIGH SCHOOL DUE TO THE ASPIRE PROGRAM,
WHICH CHALLENGED THEM TO BE THEIR VERY BEST. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] ELIZABETH [INAUDIBLE] I CAN'T READ THERE. GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS. 
          I'M ELIZABETH, I'M THE MOTHER OF KOTRINA, GABRIEL AND NOAH,
WHO ARE ALL ASPIRE STUDENTS. 
          AND I'VE WRITTEN YOU A LETTER ABOUT WHAT ASPIRE HAS DONE FOR THEM AND OUR FAMILY,
BUT I REALLY FEEL THAT'S BEEN COVERED. 
          THIS PROGRAM IS GREAT FOR OUR KIDS, BUT YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE WHOLE DISTRICT,
YOU'RE MAKING TOUGH DECISIONS, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOU. I'M ACTUALLY A SUPERINTENDENT'S DAUGHTER,
BY THE WAY, SO FEEL IT PERSONALLY. 
          BUT WHAT I WANTED TO SAY TODAY WAS THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT WHEN OUR ASPIRE
STUDENTS ARE EDUCATED IN A WAY THAT FITS THEM. 
          IT LIFTS THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. I'VE WATCHED MY KIDS,
MUCH LIKE SHERRY SAID, RISE TO BECOME LEADERS AT BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN ON INTO COLLEGE AT THIS POINT. AND I THINK THERE IS A GREAT EFFECT OF ALLOWING OUR HIGHLY
CAPABLE KIDS TO BECOME LEADERS THAT AFFECT THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, RATHER THAN THAT POSSIBLY TURNING INTO NEGATIVE
ENERGY. 
          MY SECOND COMMENT THAT I WANTED TO MAKE IS, I THINK IT'S CLEAR TONIGHT THAT WE HAVE A
HIGHLY CAPABLE GROUP OF FAMILIES, PARENTS AND STUDENTS WHO WANT TO HELP. WE WANT TO COME ALONGSIDE YOU. 
          I'M NOT SURE ALL OF WHAT'S LEGAL AS FAR AS PRIVATE FUNDRAISING GOES,
BUT MANY OF US ARE HIGHLY MOTIVATED TO PUT OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS TO PURSUE GRANTS, WHICH I'VE WRITTEN BEFORE AND OTHERS HAVE WRITTEN. 
          AND TO COME UP WITH WAYS THAT WE CAN TEAM TOGETHER AND COOPERATE AND WORK WITH YOU,
KNOWING THAT YOU WANT TO SERVE THESE STUDENTS THAT'S WHAT I REALLY BELIEVE. 
          I DON'T THINK WE'RE TWISTING YOUR ARM. I BELIEVE YOU WANT TO SERVE THEM. 
          SO WHAT I WANT TO DO IS OFFER OUR COMMUNITY TO COME ALONGSIDE. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SERVING. IT'S NOT AN EASY JOB. 
          WE APPRECIATE YOU. I ALSO OFFER THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO CAPTURE OUR STUDENT STORIES ON VIDEO
AND GET THAT ALL OVER THE INTERNET NEXT SPRING. 
          AS WE TELL THE STORIES OF OUR STUDENTS AND WHAT SCHOOL MEANS TO THEM. 
          THANK YOU, THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] GABRIEL. 
          I THINK GABRIEL WAS A STUDENT. OKAY. LINDSAY. 
          LINDSAY REMINGTON. KERRIGAN. KERRIGAN. THANK YOU. 
          HI, GUYS. THANK YOU. I HAD A LOT TO SAY, BUT I'VE KIND OF TUCKED IT AWAY BECAUSE I THINK
IT'S ALREADY BEEN SAID. 
          AND AT THIS POINT, I'M JUST SPEAKING FROM A MOTHER'S STANDPOINT THAT WATCHING CHILDREN,
I DO A LOT OF VOLUNTEERING IN THE CLASSROOM, BOTH OF MY YOUNGER SON'S CLASSROOM, AND HE'S IN SECOND GRADE AT PLEASANT VALLEY PRIMARY. 
          AND MY OLDER SON'S CLASSROOM WHO'S IN THE CHIEF ASPIRE PROGRAM? WATCHING THESE KIDDOS THAT ARE STRUGGLING CONSTANTLY BEING CALLED BEHAVIOR ISSUES OR
HAVING TO DEAL WITH THE CONSTANT REMINDER THAT YOUR CHILD IS UNHAPPY IN SCHOOL BECAUSE OF THE REFERRALS YOU'RE
SEEING AND THE COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE ADMINISTRATION. 
          AND THEY UNDERSTAND, BUT THEIR HANDS ARE TIED BECAUSE THE OPTIONS AREN'T THERE. 
          MY YOUNGEST CHILD, WHO HAS BEEN WAITING FOR YEARS,
LITERALLY TO JOIN THE ASPIRE PROGRAM TO FOLLOW HIS BROTHER'S FOOTSTEPS, FINALLY JUST GOT ACCEPTED. AND TO WATCH YOUR SEVEN YEAR OLD CRY BECAUSE HIS FUTURE IS
UNCERTAIN. 
          WE'RE NOT GOING BACK TO CLUSTER. IT'S NOT RIGHT FOR OUR FAMILY. 
          SO I WILL ASK THAT YOU PLEASE CONSIDER THAT THE ASPIRE KIDDOS THESE NEURODIVERGENT,
AMAZING, 
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INCREDIBLE, THOUGHTFUL, DEEP HEARTED, BIG HEARTED PEOPLE,
THEY'RE ALSO A SPECIAL KIND OF PROTECTED CLASS. THEY ALSO DESERVE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT,
JUST LIKE THE REST OF OUR SPED DOES. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          [APPLAUSE] JESSICA COLE. 
          HELLO, SCHOOL BOARD. MY NAME IS JESSICA COLE. 
          I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M VERY SORRY FOR ALL THE FOLKS THIS IS GOING TO AFFECT,
BUT I ALSO WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS, I WENT TO TWO COMMUNITY EVENTS. WELL, ACTUALLY,
DISTRICT EVENTS, TO BE SPECIFIC, AND I'LL JUST TOUCH ON ONE OF THEM TODAY. 
          AND IT WAS THE KEEPING STUDENTS SAFE THAT MIKE KESSLER PUT TOGETHER. 
          AND IT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE. IT WAS SO INFORMATIVE THAT I NEED TO GO AGAIN TO ABSORB,
OBSERVE MORE OF THE INFORMATION. 
          SO I'M GRATEFUL THAT THEY PUT THAT ON AND A RESOURCE THAT I FOUND THERE IS CALLED YOUTH
ACTIVITIES TOWARDS RESILIENCY. IT'S A NEW I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S IT'S A NEW PROGRAM IN OUR COUNTY. 
          AND I'LL JUST READ THE FLIER TO STAY ON POINT. 
          IT SAYS EMPOWERING THE YOUTH WITH SKILLS TODAY. 
          EMPOWER THE YOUTH WITH SKILLS TODAY AND THEY WILL BUILD A BETTER WORLD TOMORROW. 
          AND WHAT THIS PROGRAM IS, IS I'M JUST GOING TO READ IT. 
          IT PROVIDES A RANGE OF SERVICES TO YOUTH TO PROMOTE MENTAL HEALTH,
WELL-BEING, SUBSTANCE USE, PREVENTION, AND CONNECTION TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION PRACTICES. 
          REQUESTED ACTIVITIES MUST HAVE A CLEAR CONNECTION TO YOUTH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH,
AND THE FOLKS WHO WOULD QUALIFY FOR THIS ARE YOUTH LIVING IN CLARK COUNTY WHO ARE CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN SCHOOL. SO THE STUDENTS FROM SIXTH GRADE TO 18 YEARS OLD UNLESS
THEY'RE STILL ENROLLED AND NOT GRADUATED YET UNTIL 21. 
          AND THE YOUTH MUST BE CONSIDERED LOW INCOME TO BE AND BE PART OF AN AT RISK DEMOGRAPHIC. 
          AND THE PROGRAM MANAGER'S NAME IS CASSIE YOUNG,
AND IT'S SOMEHOW CONNECTED WITH MY MIND WENT BLANK RECOVERY CAFÉ, CLARK COUNTY. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU ALL. 
          THANK YOU. JESSICA. [APPLAUSE] JENNIFER HINEY-WIDTHE GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JENNIFER HINEY-WIDTHE AND THE LEGISLATION,
THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION ENDED ON SUNDAY. BUT EVERY YEAR, LAWMAKERS, LAWMAKERS IN OLYMPIA PASS NEW TAXES. 
          AND THIS YEAR, THE AMOUNT OF NEW TAXES PASSED HAS BEEN UNPRECEDENTED,
EVEN THOUGH THE OPPOSITION FROM WASHINGTON CITIZENS HAS BEEN OVERWHELMING. 
          SO WHEN TAXPAYERS FEEL IGNORED BY LAWMAKERS WHEN THEY ARE SCREAMING,
DON'T RAISE MY TAXES, I'M TAPPED OUT. THEY UNFORTUNATELY LOOK AT WAYS THAT THEY FEEL THEY CAN CONTROL. 
          AND UNFORTUNATELY, I THINK IT WAS THE LEVY. SO I THINK THAT WAS TRUE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE
OUT THERE. 
          YOU KNOW, MY MIDDLE MY MIDDLE SON WAS IN THE ASPIRE PROGRAM BECAUSE OF LIMITED SPACE. 
          HE WASN'T IN THE MAGNET PROGRAM AND HE REALLY NEEDED TO BE. 
          THE CLUSTER TEACHERS CAN'T GIVE ASPIRE STUDENTS THE ATTENTION THEY NEED IN THE REGULAR
CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT, AND AS A RESULT, MY SON WAS BORED. HIS ATTENTION IN CLASS SUFFERED AS WELL AS HIS GRADES. 
          IN MY OPINION, THE MAGNET PROGRAM NEEDED TO BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THE CLUSTER STUDENTS TO
GIVE THEM WHAT THEY NEEDED TO THRIVE. 
          SO AT THIS TIME, LET'S THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX IN ORDER TO PRESERVE ASPIRE. 
          HOW MANY PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, INCLUDING RETIRED TEACHERS,
WOULD BE HAPPY TO HELP BY VOLUNTEERING? TEACHERS AT ALL LEVELS SHOULD WELCOME VOLUNTEERS IN THEIR CLASSES. 
          YOU KNOW, EVERY MONTH THE OSPI PUBLISHES ALL SORTS OF GRANTS FOR SEX ED PROGRAMS. I'M SURE THEY COULD FIND GRANTS OR SPONSORSHIPS FOR HIGHLY CAPABLE STUDENTS. 
          WHAT ABOUT CREATING FIFTH AND SIXTH AND SEVENTH AND EIGHTH COMBINED MAGNET CLASSROOMS IN
THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS? 
          [02:00:06]
IN THIS TIME, WHEN MONEY IS SO TIGHT FOR EVERYONE EXCEPT FOR PEOPLE IN OLYMPIA,
LET'S BE CREATIVE. 
          IT'S TIME TO GET OUR COMMUNITY INVOLVED IN EDUCATING OUR CHILDREN. 
          WE WOULD NEVER CONSIDER ELIMINATING THE SPECIAL ED CLASSROOMS,
SO LET'S TREAT OUR HIGHLY CAPABLE STUDENTS WITH THE SAME CARE AND GO ABOVE AND BEYOND TO PRESERVE ASPIRE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] I'LL JUST ASK, IS THERE ANYONE OUT THERE WHO THINKS THEY SIGNED UP BUT DID NOT GET A
CHANCE TO SPEAK? OKAY. PLEASE COME UP. BECAUSE AS WE'RE MARKING OFF STUDENT NAMES,
WE MAY HAVE MARKED YOUR NAME OFF INADVERTENTLY. 
          I OFTEN GET CONFUSED WITH STUDENTS. HI, I'M AMY PACE. I'VE SPENT 80% OF MY LIFE IN BATTLE GROUND SCHOOLS. 
          I'M HERE FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS, ACTUALLY,
BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS TO PRESERVE IT. 
          AND SO I'M GOING TO GO OVER MY LIST. I'M GLAD THE TIMER IS NOT LOOKING AT ME BECAUSE I WAS
WATCHING IT BACK THERE, I GOT NERVOUS. SO MANY REASONS TO KEEP MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS. 
          ONE, I FEEL LIKE I NEVER GOT THEM, WHICH I FEEL LIKE IS A COMMON BATTLE GROUND KID TALK. 
          WE NEVER GOT THEM, WE NEVER GOT THEM, AND NOW THEY DO. AND IT'S SO EXCITING. 
          HAVE YOU GUYS EVER WATCHED MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS? IT IS GLORIOUS. IT IS GLORIOUS. ESPECIALLY TEAMS THAT HAVE NEVER PLAYED TOGETHER BEFORE. 
          AND THEY'RE FINALLY PLAYING TOGETHER AND THEY'VE NEVER PLAYED THE SPORT BEFORE. IT IS
GREAT AND HUMOROUS AT THE SAME TIME. 
          ONE OF THE REASONS WE NEED TO KEEP MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS IS THE OBVIOUS REASON OF KEEPING
KIDS ACTIVE. 
          WE ALL KNOW THE CONSTANT BATTLE WITH THE PHONES AND THIS REMEDY SOME OF THAT SITUATION. 
          KIDS GET TO TRY OUT SPORTS BEFORE THEY GO TO HIGH SCHOOL,
WHICH I FIND TO BE GREAT. 
          THEY GET IT ALL IN AND THEY FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY WANT TO DO,
WHAT THEY LIKE, WHAT THEY DON'T LIKE, AND THEY'RE NOT COMMITTED LIKE HIGH SCHOOL WHEN THEY SIGN UP FOR TRACK AND REALIZE THAT
THEY HAVE TO RUN. 
          EXPERIENCE. NOW, MIDDLE SCHOOLERS GET A LOT OF EXPERIENCES IN MIDDLE SCHOOLS. 
          SOME GOOD, SOME NOT GOOD. BUT SPORTS IS A GOOD ONE. 
          THEY GET TO EXPERIENCE SPORTS. FIRST OF ALL. THEY GET TO WHAT THEY GET TO EXPERIENCE
TEAMWORK AND CONFIDENCE AND BEING MENTORS. HIGH SCHOOL GOES UP. 
          I TALKED TO THE SOCCER COACH AT THE AUCTION. HE TOLD ME HE GETS AN 80% MORE TURNOUT FOR
SOCCER NOW THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS HAS STARTED. 
          THEY GET TO BE TEAMMATES. THEY GET TO ALL LEARN HOW TO BE A TEAM,
EVEN IF THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO PLAY THEIR SPORT. 
          SCHOOL INVOLVEMENT, ACADEMIC INVOLVEMENT. CAN YOU WRAP UP? YEAH. I MEAN, NO, I WAS GOING TO COME UP HERE AND SAY,
NO, I CANNOT WRAP IT UP. 
          JUST GETTING INVOLVED IN SCHOOL AND ACADEMICS. 
          YOU SHOULD SEE THE TWO MONTHS OF WORK WE GET OUT OF SOME OF THOSE MIDDLE SCHOOLERS BECAUSE
THEY KNOW THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE GRADES TO PLAY BASKETBALL OR SOCCER OR RUN CROSS COUNTRY. 
          LET'S TALK OPTIONS. PEOPLE LIKE THE ASPIRE PEOPLE. 
          I'M READY FOR A COMMITTEE. LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. 
          THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THIS EVENING WE HAVE THE
APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          [8. Consent Agenda (Board Vote w/Student Voice)]
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR APRIL 14TH. REGULAR MEETING. 
          BUSINESS AND OPERATIONS PERSONNEL REPORTS, STUDENT TRAVEL. 
          COMPLETED PROJECTS, REQUESTS FOR APPROVAL. THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION,
PATRICK HOUGH ENDOWMENT FUND DONATION, THE TUKES VALLEY PRIMARY PTO DONATION REQUESTS FOR APPROVAL. 
          ASSET PRESERVATION PROGRAM 2024 AND 2025 . ANY ITEMS THAT NEED DISCUSSION OR REMOVED FROM
THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          I MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. 
          OKAY. STUDENT REPS. PRO. PRO. OKAY. IT'S BEEN MOVED TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS
PRESENTED. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY OLD BUSINESS ON NEW BUSINESS. 
          [10. New Business (Board Vote w/Student Voice)]
OUR FIRST ITEM IS APPROVAL OF CONTRACT APPROVAL. 
          KEVIN JOLMA. WHILE KEVIN'S MAKING HIS WAY UP HERE. 
          I JUST WANT TO SAY IT'S HARD TO RAISE MONEY FOR STUDENTS. 
          AND THANK YOU TO THE TUKES VALLEY PTO FOR THEIR DONATION. 
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YES. THANK YOU. HELLO, BOARD. I PRESENT THIS AGENDA ITEM WHICH IS REGARDING THE CLEAN BUILDINGS PERFORMANCE STANDARDS OF AUDITING AND CONSULTING. 
          THIS IS MY THIRD OR FOURTH TIME UP HERE IN FRONT OF YOU. 
          HOPEFULLY YOU'RE ALL ON BOARD ON WHAT THAT IS AND WHAT IT IS DETAILED IN THE PAST. 
          THIS CONTRACT WILL BE WITH AMERESCO. AMERESCO IS ALWAYS ALSO HELPING US WITH OUR ESCO
PROJECT. 
          SO I KNOW I'VE GOT 2 OR 3 LANES RUNNING AT THE SAME TIME. 
          THIS ONE IS IN REGARDS TO THE WACC. THE CLEAN BUILDINGS ACT THAT WAS PASSED IN MAY 2019, WHICH REGARDS THE ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF OUR SCHOOLS,
OUR BUILDINGS. 
          AND STEP ONE OF THAT, IF YOU'LL RECALL, WAS AUDITING OUR ENERGY USE AND COMING UP WITH
WHAT WAS CALLED A ENERGY USE INTENSITY SCORE. WE DID VERY, VERY, VERY WELL. 
          ONLY FOUR OF OUR SCHOOLS WERE NOT IN COMPLIANCE OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS FOR ENERGY USAGE. 
          I WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED BY THAT. SO THE AUDITING PORTION OF THAT OF THAT PORTION OF
WORK IS COMPLETE. 
          AND THAT PORTION OF THIS CONTRACT IS FOR $144,212. 
          AND AS YOU'VE READ THROUGH MY COVER SHEET, WE APPLIED FOR GRANTS AND WE'VE GOT OTHER
GRANTS THAT WE'VE APPLIED FOR. 
          AND WE'RE SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING THIS GRANT FOR $144,212 THAT WILL OFFSET THOSE COSTS. 
          THE SECOND PORTION OF THIS CONTRACT IS CONSULTING,
AND THIS IS CONSULTING WITH AMERESCO. 
          NOW THAT WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE FOUR SCHOOLS THAT ARE OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW WITH
WACC. 
          WE NEED TO COME UP WITH AN ENERGY MANAGEMENT PLAN OF HOW WE THINK WE CAN GET THEM IN
COMPLIANCE OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, AND THAT REQUIRES A LOT OF WORK. IT REQUIRES TAKING ALL OF OUR ENERGY BILLS AND PUTTING IT
INTO THE ENERGY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM THAT THE STATE MONITORS WILL MONITOR. NOW, ALL THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND HOW THEIR BUILDINGS ARE
PERFORMING. 
          THIS IS AN INTENSIVE PROJECT THAT WE'RE WE HAVE QUITE A WHILE TO GO ON. 
          AND AGAIN, WE APPLIED FOR A GRANT TO COVER THESE,
AND WE WERE NOTIFIED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENTERPRISE SERVICES AND THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT THAT WE ALSO GOT A GRANT TO COVER THAT COST. 
          SO THIS CONTRACT IS FOR $640,355. THE TWO GRANTS THAT WE RECEIVED WILL COVER ALL OF THOSE DOLLARS. SO I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT TOOK A WHILE FOR ME TO WRITE
THIS COVER SHEET, TO EVEN GIVE IT A TO TRY TO MAKE THIS MAKE SENSE BECAUSE WE HAVE THREE,
LIKE I SAID, THREE PROJECTS RUNNING CONCURRENTLY. 
          I'D BE GLAD TO HAPPY HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE REGARDING THIS CONTRACT. 
          CONGRATULATIONS ON GETTING THE GRANTS, KEVIN. THAT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT. AWESOME. YEAH.
BIG DEAL. YEAH. I HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU TO AMERESCO. 
          I MOSTLY NODDED AND SAID YES, PLEASE APPLY FOR THOSE. 
          AND THEY WERE GREAT. AND I THANK THEM. WELL,
SOMEONE WHO'S RECENTLY AUDITED THE NATURAL GAS BILLS, I CAN ATTEST TO THE FACT THAT THIS IS MUCH NEEDED. 
          AND IT'D BE GOOD TO HAVE IT ALL RESOLVED. THANK YOU. 
          AND WE HOPE TO. AS I SAID, I WAS VERY PLEASANTLY SURPRISED THAT ONLY FOUR OF OUR SCHOOLS
AND THEY'RE ALL OLD, OLDER SCHOOLS. AMBOY, THE 300 BUILDINGS SET US OFF. 
          BUT I WAS VERY HAPPY WITH THE AUDIT OVERALL. I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT AMBOY. 
          I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE THAT ON THE LIST, BUT NOW IT MAKES SENSE. 
          YEAH, BECAUSE OF THE 300. YES. AND THERE'S SO MANY TECHNICALITIES I CAN GET INTO. 
          IT HAS TO SIMPLY HAVING TO DO WITH METERING. IF YOU METER ONE ONE BUILDING SMALL A SMALLER
BUILDING SEPARATELY OR IF YOU HAVE THAT BUNDLE TOGETHER, SAY BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL WHERE YOU BUILT IT. 
          IT CHANGES YOUR STRATEGY ON HOW TO COMPLY. RIGHT. 
          AND AMERESCO DID A GREAT JOB FOR US. ON BG AND PRAIRIE BEING ON THE LIST IS NOT
SURPRISING. 
          BATTLE GROUND LIKE I LIKE TO SAY, BATTLE GROUND WAS BUILT IN THE 50S,
60S, 70S, 80S AND 90S. 
          YEAH. FIVE DECADES, FIVE DECADES. IT'S MY ARMADA. 
          YEAH. YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR KEVIN? WHEN DO YOU EXPECT THE WORK TO BE COMPLETED? LIKE, IS THIS IS THE. IS THERE ACTUAL. IS THIS JUST CREATING THE PLAN? 
          [02:10:04]
SO THERE ARE DEADLINES ASSOCIATED WITH THE SIZE OF THE BUILDING. 
          TIER ONE. TIER TWO. TIER THREE. OUR ONLY BUILDING IN TIER ONE,
WHICH WE NEED TO HAVE A PLAN TO COMPLY WITH IN 13 MONTHS NEXT JUNE. 
          WE HAVE TO HAVE OUR PLAN SUBMITTED AND SAY HOW WE PLAN TO DO THAT. 
          YOUR NEXT QUESTION IS WHAT IF IT DOESN'T? IT WON'T. 
          THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN. THERE'LL BE MANY BUILDINGS THROUGHOUT THE STATE THAT DO NOT
COMPLY, AND BUT WE NEED TO MAKE A PLAN TO WHAT WOULD WHAT WOULD HAVE TO OCCUR TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN? IN WHICH BUILDING IS THAT? OH. I'M SORRY. BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL,
I ASSUMED. 
          AND THEN AND THE OTHER. AND THEN PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL WILL BE THE FOLLOWING YEAR,
AND THEN VARIOUS OTHER SCHOOLS THREE YEARS FROM NOW. 
          OKAY. SO IT'S A BIG PROJECT. YEAH. THAT EVERY EVERY BUILDING OWNER IN THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON IS GOING THROUGH IT. WOULD IMAGINE WE'RE SPENDING 700,000 HERE. 
          SO IS VANCOUVER EVERGREEN? EVERYBODY HAS TO DO THIS. 
          EVEN PRIVATE BUSINESSES. WOW. YEAH. WOW. YEAH. 
          AND THAT'S AN UNFUNDED. UNFUNDED MANDATE. UNFUNDED MANDATE? YES. FANTASTIC. SO JUST TO CLARIFY, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I HEARD YOU CORRECTLY THAT YOU
HAVE GRANTS, THAT THIS IS ALL COVERED. JUST WANT THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT THIS
IS ALL COVERED BY GRANTS. 
          THIS SHOULD THIS WILL BE A ZERO COST FOR THIS PORTION OF WORK TO THE DISTRICT,
DUE TO THOSE TWO GRANTS THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE STATE FOR THIS PORTION OF THE WORK, WHICH IS FOR THIS PORTION. YEAH. WHICH IS THE PLANNING. 
          BUT REMEMBER, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE PUTTING IN A LOT OF MANPOWER AND A LOT OF HOURS,
KEVIN INCLUDED, THAT, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES TIME. IT DOES TAKE TIME. 
          INDIRECT COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH IT IN GENERAL CONDITIONS. 
          YEAH. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER CLARIFICATION? I'D MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS,
APPROVE THE CONTRACT WITH AMERESCO. 
          STUDENT REPS. PRO. PRO. OKAY, IT'S BEEN MOVED THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVED THE
CONTRACT WITH AMERESCO. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0. THANK YOU. KEVIN. THANKS,
KEVIN. 
          THANK YOU. AND NEXT ITEM B IS APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION C 25. 
          AND MICHELLE WILL TAKE THIS FOR NOW. 
          GOOD EVENING. BOARD. IT'S WITH A HEAVY HEART THAT I COME BEFORE YOU WITH RESOLUTION C 25. 
          AS YOU HEARD WE ARE HAVING TO MAKE SOME REDUCTIONS. 
          AND SO WHAT I HAVE BEFORE YOU IS AN ATTEMPT TO MODIFY OUR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. AND THAT IS OUTLINED IN EXHIBIT ONE, TWO, AND THREE. 
          AND SO WITH THAT, WE IN ORDER TO BALANCE OUR STAFFING BASED OFF OUR ENROLLMENT LOSS,
AS WELL AS THE LOSS OF THE LEVY FUNDING, WE DO HAVE TO MAKE THESE ADJUSTMENTS. 
          EXHIBIT ONE WILL BE EXPLAINED A LITTLE MORE IN DETAIL BY MICHELLE SCOTT. 
          EXHIBIT TWO OUTLINES ALL OF THE CERTIFICATED POSITIONS THAT WE NEED TO THAT WE NEED TO
REDUCE THAT IS A STATUTORY DEADLINE OF MAY 15TH THAT WE NEED TO COMMUNICATE THAT WITH STAFF. AND EXHIBIT THREE IS OUR POSITIONS RELATED TO OUR
CLASSIFIED STAFF, BOTH AD SUPPORT AND PSC POSITIONS. SO WITH THAT I THINK MICHELLE IS GOING TO EXPLAIN A
LITTLE BIT MORE IN DETAIL THE FUNDING PIECE. I'M NOT SURE IF THAT COULD GET BLOWN UP A LITTLE BIT MORE JUST BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF DETAIL ON THERE. 
          SO I JUST KIND OF WANTED JUST TO DO A CURSORY LOOK AT OUR BUDGET PRELIMINARY FOR THE 25,
26 SCHOOL YEAR. 
          FIRST OF ALL IT'S BROKEN INTO FIVE COMPONENTS. 
          THIS SHEET, IT'S BROKEN INTO STUDENT ENROLLMENT. 
          OUR BEGINNING FUND BALANCE, PRELIMINARY PROJECTED REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES SHOWING THE
LEVY LOSS AND BUDGET REDUCTIONS AND THE ESTIMATED ENDING FUND BALANCE AT THE END OF NEXT SCHOOL YEAR WITH BUDGET REDUCTIONS. 
          AND AGAIN, THIS IS VERY PRELIMINARY INFORMATION. 
          I'M GOING TO WALK THROUGH THAT AND GIVE YOU A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ON THAT. 
          SO STARTING WITH STUDENT ENROLLMENT. ENROLLMENT IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE
ARE FUNDED FROM THE STATE. 
          THESE ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS ARE BASED ON ROLLING UP STUDENTS FROM OUR CURRENT ENROLLMENT. 
          THIS YEAR SOME 11TH AND 12TH GRADERS WILL CHOOSE RUNNING START. 
          SO THAT'S FACTORED IN. SO THIS ROLL UP SHOWS 250 STUDENTS LESS THAN BUDGETED THIS SCHOOL
YEAR. 
          [02:15:07]
FACTORING IN GROWTH ISN'T RECOMMENDED AT THIS TIME. 
          AND IF WE DO GROW, TEACHER STAFFING COULD BE ADDED. 
          NEXT IS THE ESTIMATED BEGINNING FUND BALANCE. 
          WE HAVE BEEN VERY FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE, AND ANY SAVINGS THAT WE'VE HAD FROM A BUDGET HAS
BEEN ROLLED BACK INTO FUND BALANCE. 
          AND I THINK THAT THAT IS SHOWS CHARACTER THAT WE HAVE NOT JUST GONE AND SPENT WHAT WE HAD
AVAILABLE FOR AUTHORITY, BUT WE HAVE SAVED IT AND CONTINUED TO CARRY THAT AS WE HAVE. 
          AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO WEATHER SOME WE'VE HAD FUND BALANCE REDUCTIONS THAT GO ON BECAUSE
WE HAVE OPERATING LOSSES, YOU KNOW, JUST FROM OUR GENERAL OPERATIONS. BUT IN THIS CASE WE DO HAVE A STRONG BEGINNING
FUND BALANCE. 
          AND A LOT OF THIS IS DUE TO BUDGETED SAVINGS FROM THE 23-24 SCHOOL YEAR THAT CARRIED OVER
INTO THIS FISCAL YEAR. 
          SO MOVING ON. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT JUST SO YOU KNOW,
IS REQUIRED TO FOLLOW WASHINGTON STATE SCHOOLS ACCOUNTING MANUAL, WHICH, AS DENNY TALKED ABOUT, THE DIFFERENT FUND BALANCE CATEGORIES THAT WE HAVE AND WHAT
SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THEM. 
          SO WE DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO USE ALL OF THE FUND BALANCE. 
          WE CAN USE SOME OF THE FUND BALANCE THAT'S AVAILABLE. 
          IN ADDITION, THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS SET A MINIMUM FUND BALANCE POLICY 6022 FOR SOUND
FINANCIAL PRACTICES SUCH AS SUFFICIENT CASH FLOW NEEDS. AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, THAT AGAIN,
THAT THE STATE DOESN'T FUND US EQUALLY EVERY MONTH, AND SO THERE ARE MONTHS WHEN WE DO NOT GET AS MUCH FUNDING,
AND OTHER MONTHS WE GET MORE FUNDING. 
          AND I'LL CALL OUT JULY AND AUGUST, WHERE WE CURRENTLY GET 22.5% OF OUR STATE FUNDING. 
          AND I BELIEVE THEY JUST PASSED IN LEGISLATION,
AND WE'RE WAITING FOR ALL THAT TO SHAKE OUT. 
          25% OF OUR FUNDING WILL BE IN JULY AND AUGUST. 
          SO MAY AND JUNE ARE REALLY TOUGH MONTHS FOR A LOT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT HAVE HAD LOW
FUND BALANCES, BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO MEET PAYROLL AND CASH FLOW AND HAVE HAD TO BORROW MONEY TO
MAKE THAT. 
          SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE DO HAVE SOME RETAINED IN FOR SUFFICIENT CASH FLOW,
AS WELL AS OTHER ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTIES, WHICH THE LEVY LOSS IS CERTAINLY AN ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY,
LOSS OF POSSIBLE FEDERAL FUNDING AND ENROLLMENT FLUCTUATIONS. 
          SO THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE REASONS. SO AGAIN,
THE REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES, IT'S STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS. 
          UNTIL WE UNPACK THE FINAL STATE BUDGET, LIKE TERRY MENTIONED WHICH WRAPPED UP YESTERDAY
ONCE WE DO THAT, WE CAN DIAL IN THE FINAL ALLOCATIONS TO OUR DISTRICT AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A MORE
ACCURATE REVENUE FORECAST. 
          IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT A REDUCTION IN ENROLLMENT 215 STUDENT EQUATES TO A REDUCTION
OF $2.5 MILLION IN REVENUE. 
          SO IT'S A LOT OF MONEY WHEN THE STUDENT ENROLLMENT ISN'T STABILIZED. 
          THE EXPENDITURES THAT YOU'LL SEE ARE BUDGETS FOR DEPARTMENTS BUILDING SALARIES AND
BENEFITS. 
          AND WE ROLLED ALL OF THOSE FORWARD WITH PRELIMINARY CHANGES UPDATED BASED ON THE BEST
INFORMATION ON HAND. 
          STAFFING, AS YOU KNOW, IS APPROXIMATELY 80% OF OUR BUDGET. 
          AND THE PERSONNEL BUDGET BY OUR HR TEAM TAKES A LOT OF TIME TO PREPARE AND REQUIRES MANY
PASS THRUS TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER. AND WE ARE STILL DOING THAT WORK RIGHT NOW. 
          IT IS NOT. WE DO NOT HAVE IT ALL DIALED IN. AND SO THERE'S SEVERAL MORE PASS THRUS THAT
NEED TO BE MADE TO KIND OF SHORE THOSE UP AS WELL. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THE ESTIMATED ENDING FUND BALANCE WILL HAVE FUNDING STILL
AVAILABLE IN THE UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE MINIMUM FUND POLICY AS WELL AS WE HAVE OUR ASSIGNED FUND BALANCE,
BUT THOSE ARE GRANT CARRYOVERS BUILDING BUDGET CARRYOVERS IF THEY HAVE ANY MONEY LEFT OVER. 
          AND ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT IS OUR COMMITMENT TO OUR CURRICULUM ADOPTIONS THAT STARTED IN
22, 23. WE'VE BEEN DONE A FABULOUS JOB OF MAKING SOME REALLY GREAT ADOPTIONS,
BUT WE'VE COMMITTED TO THOSE. 
          [02:20:05]
SO THERE IS A REASON TO HAVE ASSIGNED FUND BALANCE FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT REASONS. 
          SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S STILL AN OPERATION LOSS WITHOUT THE LEVY REVENUE AND THE
REDUCTIONS IN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY A WORST CASE SCENARIO. I'M VERY HOPEFUL THAT AS WE DIAL IN THE BUDGET,
THE ENDING FUND BALANCE WILL BE CLOSER TO THE 6%. 
          AND AND, OR MAYBE, PERHAPS EVEN A LITTLE BIT MORE AND THE BOARD WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE SOME
DECISIONS USING 1 TO 1.5% OF THE FUND BALANCE TO REINSTATE SOME OF THE REDUCTIONS THAT YOU SEE TONIGHT. 
          AND AS DANNY MENTIONED, IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THIS LEVY LOSS DOES SPAN TWO
FISCAL YEARS. 
          AND SO THIS MEANS AS YOU KNOW, THAT WILL BE WITHOUT THE LEVY FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE
26-27 SCHOOL YEAR AS WELL. 
          SO ANY DECISIONS MADE BY THE BOARD ON USE OF FUND BALANCE SHOULD CONSIDER THAT THESE ONE
TIME FUNDS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE WOULD NEED TO CARRY OVER TO THE SECOND YEAR IF WE WERE GOING TO CONTINUE WHAT WE BUDGET
FOR 25-26. 
          SO THE NEXT STEPS IN OUR BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS IS WE NORMALLY COMPLETE IT IN JULY AND
WE ADOPT IN AUGUST, BUT WE ARE ON AN ACCELERATED TIMELINE AND SCHEDULED TO BRING TO THE BOARD IN LATE JUNE. 
          THAT'S ALL I HAD TO SHARE ON EXHIBIT ONE. MICHELLE,
YEAH. 
          I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP THE FUND BALANCE. I WROTE DOWN A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS HERE. 
          WHAT LOWERING IT TO 4%. WHAT WOULD THAT BUY US? AND THEN WHAT WOULD THE LONG TERM IMPACT OF THAT BE? LIKE, WOULD IT IMPACT OUR CASH FLOW SO MUCH THAT WE WOULDN'T MAKE PAYROLL? RIGHT. YEAH. I RAN SOME SCENARIOS TODAY JUST TAKING THE 32 MILLION AND JUST TAKING JUST
OUR EXISTING REVENUES, EXCEPT FOR LEVY AND WIPED IT OUT AND WIPED OUT OUR AND THEN LOOKED AT CASH FLOW AND IT IS IT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY DIFFICULT TO DO CASH FLOW WITH 4%. 
          BUT I THINK WE I MEAN, WE HAVE COMMITTED THAT IN OUR FUND BALANCE POLICY THAT WE CAN DO IT
WITH 4 TO 6% AVAILABLE. 
          SO THAT WOULD BE STILL WE STILL FEEL LIKE THAT WOULD BE ENOUGH TO BE SUFFICIENT FOR CASH
FLOW. 
          WHAT WOULD THAT BUY US IN TERMS OF DOLLARS? LOWERING IT TO FOUR. 
          SO IT GOES BASED ON YOUR EXPENDITURES. I DON'T HAVE THOSE CALCULATIONS IN FRONT OF ME,
BUT JUST 1% IS, YOU KNOW, $2.5 MILLION. SO AND WE'RE CURRENTLY AT 5%. 
          YEAH, IT SHOULD BE RIGHT. I THINK IT WILL. YEAH. 
          BECAUSE WE HAD SAVINGS THAT CONTINUED WHEN WE ADOPTED THE BUDGET FOR 24-25 THIS SCHOOL
YEAR. 
          WE OF COURSE, WERE STILL IN THE 23, 24 SCHOOL YEAR BECAUSE YOU'RE YOU'RE ADOPTING A BUDGET
BEFORE YOU WRAPPED UP. 
          OUR FISCAL YEAR ENDS AUGUST 31ST. SO YOU DON'T HAVE THOSE FINAL FIGURES ON WHAT YOU'RE
GOING TO ACTUALLY SPEND. 
          SO YOU MAKE YOUR BEST ESTIMATE AT THAT TIME SO THAT YES,
WE DO THINK THAT WE WILL WRAP UP GREATER THAN THE 5% THAT WE BUDGETED. I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIND THE WORDS THAT WE HAVE A RATING. 
          WE RECENTLY RECEIVED A RATING FOR FISCAL EFFICIENCY. 
          BUT I CAN'T. I'M SORRY. I CANNOT PLACE THE WORDS FISCAL STABILITY. 
          STABILITY. MAYBE OUR FISCAL HEALTH SCORE. YES. 
          AND SO WHAT IS 3.5? YEAH, RIGHT. I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT. 
          AND I WAS THINKING FROM A FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE. 
          YEAH. YOU KNOW, YOU GET RATED FOR BONDS AND AND INTEREST RATES AND ALL OF THAT. 
          WHAT IMPACT IF WE WERE TO LOWER OUR FUND BALANCE,
WOULD THAT TAKE AWAY THAT RATING OR LOWER THAT RATING TO THE POINT WHERE WE, DOES IT COST US ANYTHING ELSE? INTEREST RATES GO HIGHER FOR MONEY BORROWED. RIGHT? YEAH. SO YES, YOU ARE CORRECT. AND WHEN WE DO USE WHEN WE HAVE OPERATING LOSSES AND WE'RE
USING FUND BALANCE, THAT IS PART OF THE SCORING IT WHERE WE WOULD BE IN THE SCORING. 
          YOU KNOW I HAVEN'T DONE YOU KNOW I LOOKED AT IT YET UNTIL WE GET A CLOSER LOOK AT OUR
BUDGET AND WE WRAP UP SOME OF THAT AND UNDERSTAND MORE OF WHAT IS AVAILABLE. 
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BUT SO, USE OF, WHEN YOU HAVE NET LOSSES ISN'T A FACTOR,
USE OF FUND BALANCE IS A FACTOR. A NEGATIVE FUND BALANCE IS DEFINITELY TAKES A SCORE DOWN. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT HAVE BEEN TEETERING ON NEGATIVE FUND
BALANCES. 
          SO WOULD IT COST US ANYTHING? AT THIS TIME, I MEAN,
WE WOULD DEFINITELY HAVE TO WORK HARD TO REBUILD THE FUND BALANCE TO BRING, YOU KNOW, AS WE IF WE WERE TO LOOK AT BONDING IN THE FUTURE,
BECAUSE THAT WOULD HELP SHOW THAT THE DISTRICTS IMPROVING AND GETTING BACK ON TRACK AS PART OF OUR BOARD POLICY. SO AS LONG AS WE CONTINUE TO HONOR OUR BOARD POLICY,
I THINK WE'RE WE'RE PRETTY GOOD. 
          OKAY. I JUST WANT TO THINK HISTORICALLY, WE HAVE GONE BELOW WHEN IT WAS AT 6% FLAT. 
          WE'VE GONE BELOW THAT IN PREVIOUS YEARS BECAUSE WE'VE HAD TO. 
          AND THEN THE BOARD MADE A COMMITMENT TO PUT SO MUCH BACK EACH YEAR TO GROW IT BACK TO THE
6%. 
          AND THEN JUST LAST YEAR WE REDUCED IT TO THE FOUR. 
          FIVE RIGHT? FOUR SIX. FOUR SIX IS WHAT OUR POLICY IS. 
          BUT IT WAS REDUCED TO FIVE. AND SO I JUST FOR I'M JUST I REALLY WANT TO HAVE A CLEAR
PICTURE. 
          AND IF YOU COULD CONTINUE TO SHARE THOSE SCENARIOS WITH THE BOARD OF IT'S NOT JUST THE
IMMEDIATE LIKE YOU SAID, IF WE CHOOSE TO REDUCE, THERE'S A TWO YEAR IMPACT FOR IT,
BUT IT'S MORE LIKE A FIVE YEAR IMPACT REALLY, BECAUSE I MEAN, AT A MINIMUM, IT'S JUST GOING TO HURT FOR A LONG TIME. 
          SO I WANT EVERYBODY TO BE AWARE LIKE THIS. IT'S ONLY A BAND AID,
RIGHT? CORRECT. SO WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL. THAT'S A GOOD POINT ABOUT THE LONG TERM IMPACTS OF
A DOUBLE LEVY FAILURE. 
          IT TAKES A WHILE TO CATCH BACK UP AND RECOVER. 
          OKAY. WHO'S NEXT? THANK YOU MICHELLE. 
          SO AT THIS TIME IN ORDER TO BALANCE STAFFING LEVELS BASED OFF THE CHANGING ENROLLMENT AND
LOSS OF LEVY FUNDS, CHANGING REVENUE. THE DISTRICT IS SEEKING BOARD APPROVAL FOR THE FOLLOWING REDUCTIONS
OUTLINED IN EXHIBIT TWO AND THREE. 
          ASK A QUESTION ABOUT EXHIBIT TWO. I NOTICED ONLY OUR COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS ARE
IMPACTED. 
          OUR ALE'S WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED AS WELL. WHAT WE'RE FINDING IS THAT AS WE ARE REDUCING
STAFF MEMBERS, THEY GO BACK INTO THEY BUMP OTHER PEOPLE WITH LOWER SENIORITY. 
          SO I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE MOST OF OUR ALE'S,
MANY OF OUR ALE'S HAVE WAITING LISTS. 
          AND SO ENROLLMENT IS THE DRIVER, PARTICULARLY AT OUR HIGH SCHOOLS,
OF THE REDUCTIONS, MOST OF THOSE REDUCTIONS ARE BECAUSE WE'VE DROPPED OVER 100 STUDENTS SINCE JANUARY, AND SO MOST OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL REDUCTIONS ARE NOT NECESSARILY LEVY
DEPENDENT. 
          THEY'RE ENROLLMENT AND FORECAST DEPENDENT. SO THAT IS A DIFFERENCE THAT YOU SEE IN THESE
NUMBERS. 
          WE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN HERE WITH A LEVY UNLESS WE DECIDED TO USE MORE LEVY DOLLARS. 
          NOT TO THIS LEVEL. NOT EVEN CLOSE. NOT EVEN CLOSE. 
          NOT EVEN CLOSE. BUT WE WOULD HAVE SEEN SOME REDUCTIONS BECAUSE THERE JUST WAS SOME
REDUCTIONS. 
          HOPEFULLY. USUALLY IN A NORMAL YEAR WE'RE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF ALL REDUCTIONS THROUGH
ATTRITION. 
          AND SO SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO COME. SOMETIMES WE DON'T. 
          OFTENTIMES THERE'S VARIATIONS, PARTICULARLY IN OUR CTE PROGRAMS AS STUDENTS FORECAST FOR
SOME COURSES AT A HIGHER LEVEL AND A LOWER LEVEL. 
          SO SO WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS MAINLY MOST OF OUR REDUCTIONS ARE MAINLY BECAUSE OF LOSS OF
LEVY DOLLARS. 
          BUT SOME, PARTICULARLY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, ARE ALSO DUE TO ENROLLMENT VARIATIONS THAT HAVE
COME IN LATE THIS SPRING. 
          I DO THINK THERE IS A TO MICHELLE'S POINT, ARE WE TEND TO HAVE A MORE SENIORITY AT OUR
ALE'S. 
          FOR INSTANCE, SUMMIT VIEW VERY HIGH SENIORITY TAKES TEACHERS A WHILE TO GET INTO SUMMIT
VIEW. 
          CAM IS THE SAME WAY. VERY HIGH SENIORITY. AND BECAUSE WE HAVE A WAITING LIST FOR BOTH VGVA
AND RIVER HOMELINK, 
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THERE'S THERE'S NO REDUCTIONS. PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO GET IT THROUGH THE DOOR. 
          SO THERE ARE NO REDUCTIONS AT THOSE PLACES. IF WE HAD MORE SPACE AND MORE. 
          THEN THEY. COULD SLIDE STAFF OVER THERE AND ACTUALLY SAVE STAFF. 
          AND THEY OFTEN DON'T HAVE THE LIKE THEY DON'T HAVE LIBRARIANS,
SO THEY DON'T HAVE PREVENTION INTERVENTION SPECIALISTS. 
          THEY DON'T HAVE INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES, SO YOU WON'T SEE THOSE IMPACTS THERE. 
          NO, BUT THEY DO HAVE ENGLISH AND SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES AND ART. 
          RIGHT. SO I'M JUST SAYING IT FEELS BY THE LOOK OF THIS IT FEELS A LITTLE INEQUITABLE. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING ABOUT THE WAITING LIST BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TOO. 
          AND AGAIN, SENIORITY THE SENIORITY IS A BIGGER FACTOR. 
          YEAH. BECAUSE WHAT YOU CAN'T SEE, NONE OF OUR STAFF CAN SEE. 
          AND THIS IS WHERE I MESSAGED OUR STAFF TODAY ABOUT PEOPLE POSSIBLY BEING SURPRISED IS THAT
WHILE ALE IS NOT LISTED ON HERE, THERE ARE STAFF WITH LOWER SENIORITY AT THOSE LOCATIONS AND THEY WILL BE EITHER DISPLACED
OR RIFT BECAUSE THEY HAVE LESS SENIORITY THAN PEOPLE AT OUR OTHER SITES. 
          SO I KNOW IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND,
BUT IN A SENIORITY SITUATION, YOU'RE LOOKING AT OVERALL EXPERIENCE. 
          AND JUST BECAUSE THE LEAST SENIOR PERSON MIGHT BE AT AN ALE AND SO THAT PERSON WILL LOSE
THEIR JOB AND SOMEONE ELSE MIGHT BE TRANSFERRED FROM A BUILDING THAT THEIR JOB WAS SAFE AT. SO IT IS A VERY COMPLEX PROCESS THAT OUR HR TEAM IS
DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB PUTTING TOGETHER. 
          BUT IT'S COMPLEX. SO STAFF ARE ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTED IN A VARIETY OF WAYS. 
          RIFT STAFF REDUCTION IN FORCE. STAFF WILL BE IN OF COURSE IMPACTED THE MOST. 
          DISPLACED STAFF WILL ALSO GO THROUGH CHANGES. 
          BRIAN KIMBER TALKED ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT WITH THE CHANGE OF OUR COUNSELING,
THE COUNSELING STAFF THERE. 
          WHEN YOU CHANGE A TEAM, YOU'RE CHANGING A LOT OF THINGS ABOUT THE WORKING CONDITIONS THAT
THOSE PEOPLE WILL BE WORKING TOGETHER ON. 
          AND THIS THAT'S A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHERE A TEAM WILL SHIFT. 
          THEY'LL HAVE FOUR COUNSELORS WHICH WILL MEET THE CONTRACT LANGUAGE,
BUT ONLY THREE OF THEM WILL BE PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE PREVIOUSLY. 
          SO THEY THAT WILL CHANGE. AS WE SHIFT STAFF AROUND IN ORDER TO MEET OUR SENIORITY
COMPONENTS. 
          WITH THIS CHANGE AND NEW TEAMS POTENTIALLY. I'M SORRY,
I'M ASKING A LOT OF QUESTIONS, BUT YOU'RE GOOD. 
          THIS COULD HAVE A VERY NEGATIVE IMPACT TO ALL THE PLC WORK WE'VE DONE. 
          SO JUST KIND OF A RIPPLE EFFECT, BECAUSE NOW YOU HAVE TO GET NEW TEAMS AND GET USED TO
EACH OTHER AND KIND OF START OVER AGAIN. 
          SO DOES THAT. WE LAST YEAR HAD SPOKE OF BEING MAYBE THE FINAL YEAR,
THIS YEAR BEING THE FINAL YEAR FOR WAIVER DAYS. 
          IS THAT A CONSIDERATION TO CONTINUE THOSE TO ALLOW TEAMS TO GET USED TO EACH OTHER? ONCE AGAIN, VERY INSIGHTFUL ON YOUR PART. I DO THINK THAT IS AN ISSUE. 
          I DO THINK THAT THIS WILL AFFECT OUR PLC WORK TO A LARGE DEGREE,
AND NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THE PLC TEAMS, BUT THE SUPPORTS THAT ARE PROVIDED FROM A DISTRICT LEVEL,
FROM INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES, FROM MTSS YOU KNOW, STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES, ALL OF THOSE THINGS. 
          SO YES, YES AND YES. THANKS FOR ASKING QUESTIONS. 
          SO THIS REDUCTION OF THIS BECAUSE WE'RE GOING BACK TO THE RESOLUTION RECOMMENDED ACTION. 
          AND WHAT'S LISTED IN THE EXHIBITS IS THAT LIKE DEFINITE. 
          THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE AGREEING TO. 
          BECAUSE I HEARD A LOT OF FOLKS TALK TONIGHT ABOUT THE ASPIRE PROGRAM. 
          AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE ASPIRE PROGRAM IS ON HERE QUITE A BIT. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING. IS THAT WHAT WE'RE. 
          SO THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN OUR IN BALANCING THE BUDGET OR AND THE ANSWER TO THAT IS NO. 
          WHAT THIS ALLOWS US TO DO IS UP TO THIS. WHAT DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE AND INFORMATION
THAT YOU'RE GIVEN THROUGH MICHELLE'S BUDGETING PROCESS, THROUGH THE FINALIZATION YESTERDAY OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND THE IMPACTS
THAT THAT THAT'S WHEN WE WILL NEED TO COME BACK TO YOU AND SHARE BUDGET UPDATES SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE A MORE ACCURATE PICTURE OF WHAT IT WILL
LOOK LIKE WITHOUT THE LEVY. 
          AND THEN WE WILL LOOK TO YOU FOR WHAT WHAT ADDITIONAL FUNDS WE MAY BE ABLE TO USE AND THE
PRIORITIES. 
          AND WE HAVE SOME IDEAS THAT WE WILL BE READY TO SHARE WITH YOU ABOUT PRIORITIES,
ABOUT RETURNING POSSIBLE PROGRAMS AND PARTS OF PROGRAMS. AND I WILL TELL YOU, WE ARE COMMITTED TO WORK WITH PARTNERS WHO WANT TO PARTNER WITH US ON
SOLUTIONS. 
          [02:35:06]
THIS IS JUST THE FIRST STEP AND THE WORST CASE SCENARIO. 
          AND WE ONLY BECAUSE OF A TIMELINE, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO HAVE. 
          I UNDERSTAND THE TIMELINE. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTOOD WHAT I WAS VOTING
FOR, SO THAT I'M NOT SURPRISED. YOU'RE VOTING TO SAY,
HEY, I UNDERSTAND YOU GOT TO GET SOME THINGS DONE. 
          BUT THE FINAL BUDGET, THE FINAL DECISIONS IN TERMS OF WHAT PROGRAMS ARE BROUGHT BACK,
YOU'LL HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. 
          YOU ARE GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE THROUGH OUR STAFFING PROCESS. 
          IT ALWAYS OCCURS ANYTIME THAT WE HAVE A REDUCTION OF ANY KIND. 
          WHAT ALWAYS OCCURS IS THAT WE GO THROUGH FIRST A REDUCTION PROCESS,
AND THEN WE GO THROUGH A DISPLACED PROCESS, AND THEN WE CALL BACK INDIVIDUALS. UNFORTUNATELY SOME OF US HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH THAT. 
          AND AND WE WILL GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS. AND SOMETIMES THAT PROCESS IS QUICK AND WE'RE
ABLE TO GET THROUGH IT IN MAY. 
          AND SOMETIMES IT IS LONGER AND WE ARE STILL WORKING ON IT AS WE GO INTO AUGUST. 
          SO IT'S THIS WILL BE A LONGER PROCESS BECAUSE I'VE NEVER BEEN HERE WHEN WE'VE MADE $20
MILLION IN CUTS. 
          AND THEN WHAT ABOUT, LIKE, THE PARENTS. A LOT OF THE PARENTS TONIGHT WERE TALKING ABOUT
COMMITTEES. 
          AND IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED OR SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS WOULD DO? THE BOARD WOULD DO? HOW DOES THAT WORK? NO, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT OUR STAFF WITH
THE EXPERIENCE IN THOSE AREAS WOULD DO AND WOULD BE DEPENDENT ON WHETHER THERE'S LEADERSHIP TO DO THAT. OBVIOUSLY IN DIFFERENT AREAS,
THERE'S LEADERSHIP TO DO THAT. 
          AND IN SOME PLACES THE LEADERSHIP IS CUT ALONG WITH THE PROGRAM. 
          SO JUST DEPENDS ON THE SITUATION. BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ALL THOSE
THINGS AND CERTAINLY TAKE INSIGHTS AND DIRECTIONS FROM THE FIVE OF YOU. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. TO DEBBIE'S CONCERN AND SHELLY'S COMMENTS AND
MICHELLE'S COMMENTS. 
          I'M A BIG LET ME SEE THAT IN WRITING GUY. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO DRAW YOUR
ATTENTION TO THE LAST PARAGRAPH IN THE RESOLUTION. 
          I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND READ IT REAL QUICK FOR THE PUBLIC. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HEREBY
RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MODIFY THE ANTICIPATED BUDGET PROJECTIONS AS INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE, AND TO REINSTATE THE POSITIONS ELIMINATED DEPENDING UPON THE REVENUE PROVIDED
TO THE DISTRICT, COST ADJUSTMENTS IMPACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION,
AND OTHER FACTORS THAT MAY IMPACT THE MONEY AVAILABLE IN THE DISTRICT, AND AS DEEMED NECESSARY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ITS STUDENTS,
AS DETERMINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 
          AND I THINK THAT REALLY WELL ENCOMPASSES WHAT YOU GUYS WERE JUST DISCUSSING. 
          AND FOR ME, THAT'S AN IN WRITING GUARANTEE THAT THIS IS ADJUSTABLE AND THAT WE CAN
REEVALUATE CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THIS. 
          AND THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY A FINITE. I GREW UP ON A PHILOSOPHY OF PLAN FOR THE WORST,
BUT HOPE FOR THE BEST. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS. AND THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING TO BE. THAT'S WHAT THIS IS. 
          THIS IS PLAN FOR THE WORST. BUT WE LEGALLY, WE HAVE TO PLAN FOR THE WORST. 
          WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER OPTION. WE HAVE TO. AND JUST AGAIN,
I JUST STRESS, I MEAN, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR IT. 
          THE TIMELINE, THE LEVY ELECTION WAS THE 22ND. 
          HERE WE ARE IN A MEETING ON THE, YOU KNOW, THE 28TH. 
          AND ALL OF THIS WORK HAS TO BE APPROVED BY THE 15TH. 
          IT HAS TO BE DISSEMINATED. NOW, IF WE WANT TO CHANGE IT,
WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME AFTER THAT. 
          BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE TIME NOW. SO AND I THINK THAT'S A QUESTION THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE MAY
HAVE IS WHY? WHY MAY 15TH. AND I KNOW THAT YOU CAN CLARIFY THAT. 
          IT'S A LAW. YES. IF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION HAD GONE ON AFTER YESTERDAY,
WHEN IT ENDED, HAD GONE ON, WE WOULD HAVE HAD UNTIL JUNE 15TH. BUT IN STATUTE ON A NORMAL YEAR,
IF THEY DO NOT GO INTO LONG SESSION, WE HAVE TO MAKE ALL OF OUR STAFF REDUCTIONS OF CERTIFICATED STAFF BY MAY 15TH. 
          AND IT'S NOT JUST THIS RESOLUTION, IT'S ALL OF THOSE TRICKLE DOWN EFFECTS. 
          WE ACTUALLY WE DON'T HAVE TO PLACE PEOPLE, BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE THE REDUCTION ENFORCE
LETTERS IN HAND FOR THOSE STAFF MEMBERS IMPACTED. 
          SO IT DOESN'T GIVE US A LOT OF WIGGLE ROOM. BUT I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT,
THAT THAT LAW IS IN PLACE ALSO TO PROTECT STAFF. 
          YEAH. BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T KNOW UNTIL END OF JULY OR AUGUST THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE
RIFFED, YOU DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT AND FIND ANOTHER JOB. 
          SO IT REALLY IS TO PROTECT STAFF AS WELL. AND WE WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR ASSOCIATIONS ON
DEVELOPING A CALLBACK PROCESS OR RECALL PROCESS. 
          AND THAT'S THE WORK THAT WE'LL FINE TUNE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. 
          I'M GOING TO VENTURE A QUESTION. I FEEL REAL COMFORTABLE WITH THE LEADERSHIP AND THE WORK
YOU'RE ALL DOING. 
          BUT I'M TRYING TO GET MY MIND AROUND WHAT I HEARD TONIGHT ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS. 
          AND I THINK MANY OF YOU UNDERSTAND SOME OF MY FRUSTRATIONS WITH THE BUREAUCRACY AND THE
WAY THINGS TELL US WE CAN'T DO THIS, 
          [02:40:06]
AND WE CAN'T DO THAT. SO I'M GOING TO ASK AN OVERSIMPLIFICATION AND TELL ME SPEAK TO IT IF
IT'S AN OVERSIMPLIFICATION, BUT CROSS GUARDS SO CROSS GUARDS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE LET GO. 
          WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR CROSS GUARDS. LET'S LET'S JUST PRESUME THAT,
OKAY. WELL WE USED TO HAVE CROSS GUARDS DO VOLUNTEERS. 
          RIGHT. SO SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT COMMITTEES WE TALK ABOUT LOOKING ABOUT HOW KEEPING THINGS
GOING, WE TALK ABOUT THE PLCS WHERE I'VE BEEN AND I'VE BEEN A PART OF PLCS WHERE WE'VE BEEN GIVEN
SOME VERY DIFFICULT PROBLEMS. AND, AND THE TEACHERS WERE ASKED, HOW WOULD YOU SOLVE THIS? SO THIS ASPIRE THING, IT JUST KIND OF SEEMS TO ME LIKE TALKING AND WORKING WITH COMMITTEES
AND WORKING WITH PEOPLE TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO IS ADVISABLE AS BEST WE CAN. 
          AND JUST SO THE BOARD IS AWARE, LYNNELL, WHO RUNS OUR OUR ASPIRE PROGRAM,
OVERSEES OUR ASPIRE PROGRAM. 
          LYNNELL MURRAY HAS ALREADY BEEN IN CONTACT AND SURVEYED PARENTS. 
          ONE OF THE ONE OF THE IDEAS BROUGHT UP WAS WHAT IF THE PARENTS COULD TRANSPORT THEIR
STUDENTS TO THE PROGRAM AND WE COULD ELIMINATE THE BUS ROUTES? THAT WOULD BE A HUGE HELP. SO THERE ARE THOSE DISCUSSIONS OCCURRING. 
          OKAY. WELL, LET ME FINISH ASKING MY QUESTION,
BECAUSE I WANTED TO SIMPLIFY IT BY TALKING ABOUT WITH THE CROSSING GUARDS, BECAUSE I HEARD SHELLY MENTION SOMETHING ABOUT HOW IT'S REALLY HARD TO GET COMMITTEES
TOGETHER. 
          YEAH, WE'RE WILLING TO TALK ABOUT THIS, BUT WE'VE GOT PEOPLE AN STAFF AND,
YOU KNOW, WHATEVER. 
          OKAY, I'M NOT SURE WHAT ALL THAT MEANS, BUT COULD WE COULD WE SEE SOME KIND OF WAY OF
TALKING WITH PEOPLE ABOUT GETTING VOLUNTEERS TO DO THE CROSSING GUARDS KIND OF A THING, YOU KNOW, AND. YES AND WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED THOSE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT,
YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, WE ARE ONE OF THE VERY FEW DISTRICTS IN THE STATE THAT PAYS FOR CROSSING GUARDS. 
          WE DID THAT SEVERAL YEARS AGO. THAT CAME ABOUT. 
          PROMISE BY ANOTHER SUPERINTENDENT. YEAH, IT CAME ABOUT BECAUSE THERE WAS A SAFE ROUTES TO
SCHOOL GRANT THAT CAME INTO BEING WHEN THERE WAS A LOT OF COMMUNITY OUTPOURING WHEN DAYBREAK CAMPUS OPENED AND THE ONE MILE RADIUS LAW WAS POINTED OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND THEY DIDN'T WANT KIDS. THEY DIDN'T WANT KIDS WALKING FROM AS FAR AWAY AS,
LIKE, BANK OF AMERICA AND THE ALBERTSONS AREA ALL THE WAY TO DAYBREAK. 
          AND IT WAS EXPENSIVE. SO AS A DISTRICT, WE WENT AFTER A GRANT,
AND WHEN THE GRANT EXPIRED, WE AGREED TO PUT IT ON TO THE LEVY EVERY YEAR AND HOPE THAT OUR COMMUNITY WOULD CONTINUE
TO FUND IT. 
          AND THEY DID. SO THEY KEPT THEIR PROMISE AND WE KEPT OUR PROMISE. 
          WE HAD CROSSING GUARDS. BUT TO YOUR POINT, WE DO NEED TO LOOK AT NOBODY. 
          EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CROSSING GUARDS. 
          SO WE DO NEED TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, CAN WE BUILD PROGRAMS AT EACH SCHOOL WHERE PARENTS CAN
VOLUNTEER AND WE CAN MAYBE EVEN USE STUDENTS LIKE WE'VE SEEN THAT IN OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 
          SO WE WILL BE EXPLORING THAT. IT WILL BE DIFFICULT,
TERRY, AND I THINK WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM. 
          IS IT IT WE WE MAY HAVE TO BE DOING SOME OF THAT AFTER THE FACT,
BECAUSE IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO PUT COMMITTEES TOGETHER TO EXAMINE ALL OF THESE THINGS PRIOR TO THE TIMELINE THAT YOU GUYS NEED TO MAKE A FINAL DECISION ON LEVY'S. 
          SO. SURE. SO, SO IF WE HAVE, FOR INSTANCE, IF WE DECIDE WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT THE
ELIMINATION OF CROSSING GUARDS, THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT BETWEEN NOW AND THE BEGINNING OF SCHOOL YEAR,
WE'RE NOT GOING TO TRY TO WORK ON IT AND FIND SOME OTHER WAYS TO AT LEAST SUPPORT THE PROGRAM. IN SOME WAYS, THE COMPLEXITY THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT,
THAT I SAID SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE TO SUPPORT THOSE PROGRAMS ARE GOING AWAY. 
          WE HAVE AN ASSISTANT SECURITY SUPERVISOR WHO'S ON THE RIFF LIST? WHO OVERSAW ALL OF THOSE CROSSING GUARDS? WHO OVERSAW ALL OF THOSE CROSSING GUARDS? SO WHEN I SAY YOU, IT'S NOT JUST AS EASY AS SAYING THE CROSSING GUARDS. 
          NOW YOU HAVE TO GIVE THAT RESPONSIBILITY TO SOMEONE ELSE. 
          AND WE COULD SAY, WELL, IF WE PUT IT AT ALL THE BUILDINGS,
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE PRINCIPAL TAKE IT ON. 
          BUT YOU GOT TO REMEMBER NOW, THE PRINCIPAL IS NOT GOING TO HAVE A FULL TIME ASSISTANT
PRINCIPAL. 
          THE PRINCIPAL IS NOT GOING TO HAVE A FULL TIME COUNSELOR. 
          THE PRINCIPAL IS NOT GOING TO HAVE AN INTERVENTION SPECIALIST. 
          THE PRINCIPAL IS NOT GOING TO HAVE BEHAVIOR SUPPORTS. 
          SO CAN WE ACTUALLY PUT THAT JOB OF CROSSING GUARDS ON A PRINCIPAL'S PLATE? AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER. 
          IT'S MORE COMPLEX THAN JUST SAYING, HEY, WE'VE GOT SOME PEOPLE WHO WANT TO DO IT. 
          IT STILL HAS TO BE ORGANIZED. IT STILL HAS TO BE MANAGED. 
          IT STILL HAS TO BE. YOU KNOW, IT'S EXTREMELY COMPLICATED. 
          [02:45:02]
AND IF WE DON'T HAVE THE PEOPLE TO SUPPORT THE STRUCTURE OR THE SYSTEMS,
IT WON'T WORK ANYWAY. 
          YEAH. AND I THINK WHAT I'M TRYING TO SUGGEST AND TO GET AT IS THE WAY THAT WE GO AROUND TO
SOLVING THIS. 
          THE MORE COMMUNITY CAN BE INVOLVED IN THE SOLUTION RATHER THAN THE PEOPLE THAT REALLY KNOW
EVERYTHING, JUST SOLVE IT FOR US. THE MORE BUY IN WE HAVE INTO THE FINAL SOLUTION,
AND THE MORE BUY IN WE HAVE INTO EVERYBODY WORKING TOGETHER AND MAKING IT HAPPEN AND GETTING EVERYBODY. SO I JUST WAS KIND OF SAYING,
LIKE WITH THE CROSS GUARDS. I THINK IT'S GREAT. I COULD SEE YOU COULD EASILY SOLVE THAT PROBLEM, BUT IF IT INVOLVES MORE OF A COMMUNITY DIALOG AND SOLVING IT,
THEN WE GET A LOT MORE SUCCESS AND BUY IN FROM THE COMMUNITY. 
          I THINK IT DOES. I THINK A LOT OF THESE THINGS IN WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT $20 MILLION IN
CUTS AND WANTING TO MAINTAIN AS MANY PROGRAMS FOR OUR STUDENTS, FOR SAFETY REASONS, FOR WELLBEING REASONS FOR OUR STUDENTS,
I THINK IT IS IMPERATIVE. 
          WE CAN'T RELY ON LESS STAFF TO DO THE SAME THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND ATTEMPT TO
DO. 
          WE NEED OUR COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH US. ABSOLUTELY. 
          [APPLAUSE] AND I THINK I THINK THAT IS WHAT I WAS HOPING WE WOULD GET OUT AND HAVE HEARD
BY EVERYBODY. 
          THAT'S THE GOAL. YEAH. YEAH. WE'RE IN THIS TOGETHER. 
          YEAH. AMEN. WE'RE IN IT TOGETHER. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME? Y OU GUYS ARE GOING TO DO REAL WELL WITH THIS,
WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR SUPPORT AND WE'RE GOING TO TRUST YOU GUYS. 
          YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO DO A GOOD JOB. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE GOOD. 
          WE'RE GOING TO BE OKAY. I MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVED RESOLUTION C25. 
          THIS RESOLUTION WILL REDUCE CERTIFIED STAFF AND ADMINISTRATION DUE TO THE LOSS OF LEVY
FUNDING. 
          STUDENT REPS. ABSTAIN. ABSTAIN. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE VOTE? SO THE MOTION IS ON THE TABLE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. AND OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0. THANK YOU. 
          AT THIS TIME, WE WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          [11. Executive Session]
FOR PERSONNEL. I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. 
          WE APPRECIATE YOUR. YEAH. YOUR INVOLVEMENT. THANK YOU. 
          SOMEBODY RAISE THEIR HAND OUT THERE. 
          CLASSIFIED DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME DEADLINES IN TERMS OF DATES. 
          SO WE WILL BE WORKING ON THE CLASSIFIED AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. WE SHOULD HAVE EXPLAINED THAT AND I APOLOGIZE. 
          I WILL BE SENDING YOU OUT. GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU,
DENNY. 
          THANK YOU ALL. I THINK YOU SHOULD CALL UP AND GET THEM INVOLVED. 
          I THINK THAT'S A GOOD POINT. SO AT THIS TIME,
WE'LL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR 30 MINUTES AND RETURN AT 9:20. 
          ACCORDING TO RCW 42.30.110. THERE, I SAID IT. 
          WE'LL EXTEND THE EXECUTIVE. OKAY. WE WILL EXTEND THE EXECUTIVE SESSION UNTIL 9:35. 
          09:45. I ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT 9:45 P.M.. THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.