Jun 23, 2025 Board of Directors

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GOOD EVENING. WELCOME TO THE BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

[1. Call to Order]

PLEASE STAND AND JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

AND NEXT WE HAVE ROLL CALL.

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

AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE AGENDA APPROVAL. ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.

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

CONSENT AGENDA HAS ITEMS A THROUGH J. WE HAVE NO OLD BUSINESS, AND WE HAVE THREE ITEMS OF NEW BUSINESS.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO FUTURE ITEMS IF TIME PERMITS.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THE AGENDA? IF NOT, I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.

I'LL MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE. NOTHING, I GUESS JUST GETTING READY FOR NOW THAT I'M A SENIOR.

JUST IN AGENDA. OH, YEAH. THERE YOU GO. SORRY.

CLOSE. OKAY. ALMOST THERE. THANK YOU. I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN AT THE LAKE ALL DAY, SO I KNOW I'M A LITTLE.

SO THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO COMMUNICATIONS NOW, STUDENT VOICE.

[5. Communications]

I'VE BEEN DOING SOME COLLEGE VISITS, KIND OF VISITING COLLEGES, AND THEN I'LL JUST KEEP ON VISITING COLLEGES THIS SUMMER AND THEN PLANNING FRESHMAN ORIENTATION. I'VE BEEN TRYING TO MAKE, LIKE, KIND OF A GOOD AGENDA OF HOW THE DAY BEFORE SCHOOL ONE'S FRESHMEN COME.

TRYING TO MAKE IT PRETTY SMOOTH AND JUST WHERE EVERYBODY CAN KIND OF DROP BY AND THEN JUST LEAVE WHENEVER THEY LIKE, BUT THAT'S ALL. SO HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE ASKED YOU WHAT THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL IS? DOES EVERYBODY COME AND ASK YOU, WHAT'S THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL? SOMETIMES, YEAH. OKAY. ESPECIALLY AT SOCCER. WHAT'S THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL? I HAVE TO ASK YOU.

I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW. AUGUST 26TH. YEAH. YOU JUST SHORTENED YOUR SUMMER.

YEAH. SHE LOOKS SAD. OUR NEXT ITEM IS RECOGNITION OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES AND RETIREES.

MICHELLE.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD. WELL, I'M EXCITED TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WILL BE OCCURRING.

WE'LL START OFF FIRST, THOUGH, WITH OUR TWO SLIDES HONORING OUR RETIREES IN OUR DISTRICT.

SO I WANT TO FIRST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR CERTIFICATED RETIREES.

SO AS YOU SEE HERE, WE HAVE QUITE A FEW INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN WITH US FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

SO IN THAT FIRST COLUMN THERE WE HAVE JOAN CAMPBELL AND BECKY SWANSON.

THEY HAVE A LITTLE LESS THAN TEN YEARS OF SERVICE WITHIN OUR DISTRICT.

BUT OUR RETIRING THOSE WITH MORE THAN TEN YEARS OF SERVICE, WE HAVE GINGER MARTIN, KELLY EISEMAN, PAMELA HULL, DANNY WATERS, CATHY OGG. MORE THAN 20 YEARS OF SERVICE IN OUR DISTRICT MARC CAUGHIE, JAMES MATHIS, JANE AND STAFF. AND THEN THESE ARE OUR MORE THAN 30 YEARS WITHIN OUR DISTRICT KATHY FERRIER, BRETT HOPE, LORI SIBLEY, DAVID HARDING, AND MICHAEL TYRONE.

SO WE'RE EXCITED FOR ALL OF THESE PEOPLE AND ARE GRATEFUL FOR THEIR SERVICE HERE IN BATTLE GROUND SCHOOLS.

THE NEXT SLIDE IS OUR CLASSIFIED RETIREES. SO AGAIN, FEWER THAN TEN YEARS WITHIN OUR DISTRICT, AT JANET CHAPMAN MORE THAN TEN YEARS IS BOBETTE NELSON, MORE THAN 20 YEARS, ROBIN KUHN, KIM BRIMLEY, RENEE SHEVCHUK, MARLA SMITH AND THEN MORE THAN 30 YEARS, CARMEN FLORES, RAEDEAN PIMM AND LYNETTE HOFER.

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NEXT ARE WE HAVE SOME ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES.

THESE ARE PRINCIPALS WHO HAVE MADE THE CHANGE.

SOLINA ADELSON-JOURNEY, SHE IS GOING TO BE THE NEW PRINCIPAL AT PLEASANT VALLEY PRIMARY.

MANY OF YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE THAT NAME. SHE IS THE WAS A FORMER ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT DAYBREAK PRIMARY FOUR YEARS AGO.

SO 4 OR 5 YEARS AGO. SHE HAS RETURNED AND IS GOING TO BE THE PRINCIPAL AT PLEASANT VALLEY.

NEXT IS KELLY TORREZ. KELLY IS CURRENTLY THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL, AND SHE HAS ACCEPTED THE POSITION AT LAURIN MIDDLE SCHOOL AS THE PRINCIPAL.

AND THEN STEPHANIE WATTS, A LOT OF YOU KNOW STEPHANIE ALREADY? OH. I'M SORRY. KEVIN PAULENA. KEVIN IS CURRENTLY THE PRINCIPAL OVER SOME OF YOU? HIGH SCHOOL. HE IS ALSO GOING TO BE THE PRINCIPAL OVER BATTLE GROUND VIRTUAL ACADEMY.

STEPHANIE WATTS, HAS BEEN THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL/ATHLETIC DIRECTOR.

SHE IS NOW STEPPING INTO THE ROLE AS THE PRINCIPAL AT PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL FOR THIS NEXT YEAR.

SO WE'RE EXCITED FOR THOSE CHANGES. AND THESE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL CHANGES.

SUZANNA WOEHR IS CURRENTLY THE PRINCIPAL AT PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL.

SHE HAS ACCEPTED THE POSITION AT GLENWOOD HEIGHTS AS THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, WORKING ALONGSIDE ANTONIO.

ERIC SAKSHAUG CURRENTLY THE PRINCIPAL AT LAURIN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

HE WILL BE WORKING AT PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL AS THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, AS ONE OF THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS.

MATT STANFILL, CURRENTLY PRINCIPAL AT BVA, WILL BE WORKING ALONGSIDE MATT KESSLER AT RIVER HOMELINK AS THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL.

AND THEN LASTLY, EVERETT KLODT, HE IS CURRENTLY AN AP AT LAURIN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

HE HAS ACCEPTED THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR POSITION AT PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL.

SO QUITE A FEW CHANGES THERE. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN OUR LAST SLIDE.

I DO WANT TO INTRODUCE LORI LANDERHOLM. I KNOW SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

SHE IS TRAVELING WITH HER HUSBAND. BUT SHE WISHES SHE COULD BE HERE.

SHE IS OUR NEW DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES. AND SHE IS COMING FROM LA CENTER SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHERE SHE HAS BEEN THE AP PRINCIPAL AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THEN ALSO THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT.

MOST RECENTLY IN LA CENTER. AND SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE HER ON BOARD.

AND THEN LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE LYNELLE TSUGAWA- MURRAY.

SHE IS CURRENTLY OUR DIRECTOR OF FEDERAL PROGRAMS, AND SHE HAS ACCEPTED THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT ROLE PENDING BOARD APPROVAL THIS EVENING. SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED THAT SHE HAS ACCEPTED THAT ROLE AND EXCITED TO HAVE HER MAKE AN IMPACT. SO THOSE ARE THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES AND THE RETIREES THAT WE WANTED TO HONOR.

SO IF WE CAN JUST KIND OF GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR ALL OF THOSE CHANGES.

I DID WANT TO POINT OUT I'VE GOTTEN A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE ROLES OF AN ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT VERSUS A DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT, SO I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE WORTHWHILE TO POINT OUT THE DIFFERENCES THAT ARE AT LEAST ARE TRUE FOR OUR DISTRICT.

YOU WILL NOTICE FROM DISTRICT TO DISTRICT THAT WHAT PEOPLE NAME ROLES IS DIFFERENT.

YOU'LL HEAR VICE PRINCIPALS SOMETIMES IN SOME PLACES WE DON'T.

WE DON'T USE THE WORD VICE PRINCIPAL, MAINLY BECAUSE OUR PRINCIPALS TELL US THEY HAVE NO VICES, SO THERE'S NO REASON TO CALL THEM VICE PRINCIPALS.

WE USE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, BUT THERE THE NAMES DO CHANGE FROM DISTRICT TO DISTRICT.

BUT WHAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN TRUE, AT LEAST IN BATTLE GROUND, IS THAT THE WAY THAT THE MAIN DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT AND AN ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT IS USUALLY THE AMOUNT OF THINGS THAT THEY OVERSEE.

SO ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENTS OFTEN OVERSEE ONE DEPARTMENT.

DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENTS USUALLY OVERSEE MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS.

IN VERY LARGE DISTRICTS DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENTS THEY ALMOST THEY'RE ALMOST IN A DIFFERENT ROLE.

THEY OVERSEE ALL THE DEPARTMENTS WITH THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENTS THAT ARE ON THOSE DEPARTMENTS.

SO IT DEPENDS ON THE SIZE OF THE DISTRICT, HOW THAT ROLE EXPANDS.

BUT DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENTS ALWAYS HAVE MULTIPLE ROLES WITHIN THE DISTRICT, MORE THAN ONE DEPARTMENT.

SO THAT'S THE MAIN DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE ROLES.

LYNELL WILL BE OVERSEEING OUR TEACHING AND LEARNING DEPARTMENT AND WILL BE HELPING WITH COMPLIANCE.

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SO THOSE WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE TWO ROLES.

BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE YOU MAY ALSO BE GETTING QUESTIONS, AS I HAVE. AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU COULD RESPOND TO THOSE IF YOU GOT THOSE QUESTIONS.

THE OTHER THING IS TO WE'VE GOTTEN SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT ADMIN LEVEL OF SUPPORT, WHAT'S NEEDED IN A DISTRICT.

AND I KNOW AS WE'RE MOVING TO A LOT OF STAFF CHANGES, AS MICHELLE JUST WENT OVER, I ANTICIPATE THERE WILL BE MORE AS WE NOW HAVE A DIRECTOR OF FEDERAL PROGRAMS POSITION. I EXPECT THAT THAT WILL CONTINUE ON INTO THE SUMMER.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ALSO DOING IS BECAUSE OF THE REDUCTION IN FUNDING DUE TO THE LOSS OF THE LEVY, WE HAVE BEEN MEETING TO DETERMINE WHERE ROLES GO AND HOW TO REALLOCATE THE THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THINGS GET IMPLEMENTED PROPERLY AND AND MAINTAIN THAT COMPLIANCE LEVEL THAT WE NEED.

AND SO I'VE STARTED TO DO SOME COMPARISONS, AND I THOUGHT I WOULD PROVIDE YOU WITH SOME INFORMATION.

I DID A COMPARISON. I'LL GIVE YOU A COPY OF THIS DOCUMENT.

BUT ESSENTIALLY I DID A COMPARISON WITH THE DISTRICTS THAT HAVE ENROLLMENT OF FOUR DISTRICTS THAT ARE OUR MORE HAVE MORE ENROLLMENT THAN US, BUT ARE ADJACENT TO US THAT HAVE AN INCREASE.

SO PEOPLE FROM 12,859 UP TO 14,762. I DID A COMPARISON, AS WELL AS DISTRICTS THAT HAD 11,438 DOWN TO JUST UNDER 10,000, SO THAT YOU COULD SEE LIKE SIZED DISTRICTS, THE WAY IN WHICH THEY'RE STAFFING AT THE SUPERINTENDENT LEVEL. I INTEND TO DO THE SAME THING FOR DIRECTOR LEVEL, PRINCIPAL LEVEL, SO WE CAN GET A SENSE OF WHERE WE FIT. THIS IS A BIT OF INFORMATION THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS CONTINUALLY TELLING US THAT WE'RE WE'RE NEEDING TO LOOK AT.

AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT INFORMATION IS ACCURATE AND SHARE THAT ACCURATELY.

WHAT I FOUND JUST DOING THE SUPERINTENDENT LEVEL.

SO THIS LAST YEAR, THE SUPERINTENDENT AND DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT WERE THE ONLY TWO SUPERINTENDENT LEVEL POSITIONS OF THE DISTRICTS DISTRICT'S LARGER THAN US. ALL OF THEM HAD 4 OR 5 SUPERINTENDENT LEVEL POSITIONS SUPERINTENDENT, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT, TWO ASSISTANT SUPES. ONE OF THEM HAD ONE OF THEM HAS ONE SUPERINTENDENT AND THREE ASSISTANT SUPES.

SO THEY'RE ALL VARIED, BUT THEY HAVE 4 OR 5 SUPERINTENDENT LEVEL POSITIONS.

OF THE FOUR DISTRICTS LOWER THAN US. ALL OF THOSE DISTRICTS HAD EITHER 3 OR 4 SUPERINTENDENT LEVEL POSITIONS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT BECAUSE AS WE HEAR FROM PEOPLE THAT WE ARE OVERSTAFFED, I WANT TO POINT OUT, AT LEAST AT THIS ROLE WHERE I'VE DONE THE COMPARISON, PART OF THAT COMPARISON, THAT'S AN INACCURATE INFORMATION. AS I SAID, I INTEND TO DO THAT FOR OUR OTHER POSITIONS AS WELL, BECAUSE WHAT WE KNOW IS WHEN YOU HAVE PROGRAMS AND YOU HAVE HEALTHY PROGRAMS, YOU HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE MONITORING THEM AND ASSURING THAT THEY'RE BEING HANDLED APPROPRIATELY AND CORRECTLY. THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT I THINK WE NEED TO BE OVERSTAFFED.

I THINK WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB WITH WHAT WE'VE HAD.

BUT I AM CONCERNED MOVING FORWARD THAT THIS REDUCTION, BECAUSE LINNELL IS GOING TO STEP INTO A ROLE THAT WON'T BE A DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT ROLE.

I FEEL LIKE WE WILL BE PUTTING OURSELVES IN SOME UNCHARTED TERRITORY THAT I'M A BIT WORRIED ABOUT.

AND SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH YOU.

AND AGAIN, I'LL PROVIDE SOME MORE INFORMATION AS WE GO ON, AS I AS I GATHER THAT.

BUT I'LL GIVE YOU A COPY OF THIS IN CASE YOU RECEIVE QUESTIONS.

AND JUST SO YOU HAVE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

VERY NICE. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR SHELLY? WELL, WHILE YOU'RE GOING BACK TO YOUR SEAT, I'LL ASK THIS SHELLY, YOUR EXPLANATION WAS VERY GOOD THERE AT THE BEGINNING ABOUT DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT AND OTHER SUPERINTENDENTS, AND WE DON'T HAVE VICE SUPERINTENDENTS AND ALL THIS STUFF RIGHT, YOU KNOW. SO HOW ARE YOU HANDLING ALL THAT NOMENCLATURE WHEN YOU DO THESE COMPARISONS? BECAUSE ISN'T IT POSSIBLE THAT PEOPLE WILL USE A TERMINOLOGY AND WE DON'T QUITE USE IT THE SAME WAY AND SO NOW YOU'RE NOT REALLY COMPARING JUST BECAUSE THE NAME COMPARES DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THE RESPONSIBILITIES COMPARE.

SO ARE YOU LOOKING DEEP INTO THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES? AT THE SUPERINTENDENT LEVEL THE RESPONSIBILITIES ARE VERY, VERY SIMILAR IN LIKE SIZE DISTRICTS.

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SUPERINTENDENT LEVEL RESPONSIBILITIES ARE PRETTY SIMILAR ACROSS FROM ONE ONE DISTRICT TO ANOTHER.

THERE'S NOT MUCH DIFFERENCE UNTIL YOU GET TO A TINY DISTRICT WHERE THERE'S ONE SUPERINTENDENT AND THEY HAVE TO DO IT ALL.

AND SO TYPICALLY IF YOU HAVE MULTIPLE IT'S I ALWAYS SAY IT'S AN INCH DEEP AND A MILE WIDE.

WHEN YOU DON'T, WHEN YOU HAVE TO DO IT ALL YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO VERY DEEP AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THE WORK VERY THOROUGHLY, BECAUSE TIME JUST DOESN'T PERMIT IT. BUT WHEN YOU HAVE SOME LEVEL, OUR DISTRICT HAS BEEN KNOWN TO HAVE THE PRINCIPAL POSITION AND THEN DIRECTOR POSITIONS AND THEN SUPERINTENDENT LEVELS.

THAT'S BEEN NORMAL FOR US. WHAT IS NOT NORMAL FOR US IS THAT MANY OF THE DISTRICTS OF OUR SIZE, AND I'M, I KNOW AT LEAST TWO OF THESE DISTRICTS THAT THIS IS TRUE OF.

THERE IS SOME WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER MIDDLE MANAGEMENT.

SOMETIMES THEY'RE CALLED MANAGERS, SOMETIMES THEY'RE TOSSES.

WE HAVE HAD TOSSES, BUT WE CUT MOST OF OUR TOSSES.

WE CUT SOME OF THEM LAST YEAR WHEN WE LOST ESSER FUNDS AND WE CUT ABOUT HALF.

MORE THAN HALF THIS GO AROUND WITH THE LEVY LOSS.

BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOSE MONEY, YOU HAVE TO KEEP IT FURTHER.

OR IN OUR OPINION, YOU KEEP IT FURTHER AWAY FROM THE KIDS.

WELL, THIS WILL IMPACT OUR TEACHERS. I ALLUDED TO THAT PREVIOUSLY IN ONE OF OUR PAST BOARD MEETINGS THAT IT WILL IMPACT, BUT WE WON'T SEE IT RIGHT AWAY. AND THAT'S A DECISION THAT WE MAKE INTENTIONALLY, BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE, KIDS DON'T FEEL THAT RIGHT AWAY, BUT WE WILL FEEL IT IN THE LONG RUN IN THE LONG TERM.

SO SUPERINTENDENT LEVEL, THAT'S NOT REALLY TRUE FOR BUT FOR OTHER LEVELS IT IS.

AND WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK REALLY CLOSELY WHEN WE DO THOSE COMPARISONS.

THIS IS REALLY GOOD STUFF. THANK YOU. AND YOU KNOW WE WANT TO GET THE LEVIES PASSED NEXT YEAR.

I THINK YOU'RE STARTING US OFF IN A REALLY GOOD WAY WITH THIS KIND OF THIS IS REALLY TO BE COMMENDED.

I THINK THIS IS A GOOD THING. GETS US GOING IN A GOOD DIRECTION.

THANK YOU. YEAH, YEAH, I WOULD BE CURIOUS IN ANOTHER COMPARISON OR ANOTHER COLUMN YOU COULD ADD TO THIS CHART IS THE NUMBER OF BUILDINGS AT EACH ONE OF THESE DISTRICTS, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT FACTOR. YOU MEAN YOU HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, NORTH THURSTON, YOU KNOW, THEY GOT A COUPLE THOUSAND MORE ON THE FTE, BUT THEY HAVE FIVE POSITIONS AT THAT, YOU KNOW, SUPERINTENDENT LEVEL. BUT HOW MANY BUILDINGS ARE THEY MANAGING WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOW MANY BUILDINGS WE MANAGE WITH ONLY TWO PEOPLE, IT STARTS TO PUT A WHOLE NOTHER ELEMENT TO THAT ANALYSIS.

YEAH. YOU KNOW BECAUSE THEY HAVE FIVE PEOPLE.

DO THEY HAVE BUT DO THEY HAVE 25 BUILDINGS, DO THEY HAVE 30 BUILDINGS OR DO THEY HAVE SIX BUILDINGS AND THEY'RE JUST ALL OVER STAFFED? YEAH, EXACTLY. SO IT WOULD BE A, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER CURIOSITY I THINK THAT WOULD HELP THAT ANALYSIS.

AND THEN I THINK, JUST MAYBE GIVE US A TIMELINE OF WHEN YOU CAN MAKE AND YOU KNOW, OR IDENTIFY WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS SUSTAINABLE FOR US.

YEAH. I MEAN, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE NEXT MONTH, OBVIOUSLY, BUT MAYBE BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS OR A COUPLE OF MONTHS INTO THE SCHOOL YEAR.

IF IT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE, WE NEED TO ADDRESS IT, THEN WE NEED TO ADDRESS IT.

I APPRECIATE THAT. YEAH. YES. ANYTHING ELSE? I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE TITLE DIFFERENCES, AND I KNOW YOU WERE CLEAR THAT THE DIFFERENCE MAINLY DIFFERENCE WAS THE DIFFERENCE IN DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT AND ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT. HAVE WE EVER HAD AN ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT? YEAH, I WAS ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT BEFORE DENNY WAS NAMED SUPERINTENDENT.

OKAY. SO I WAS THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OVER HUMAN RESOURCES.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SINCE I'VE BEEN AN EMPLOYEE IN BATTLE GROUND THAT WE'VE ONLY HAD TWO.

SO, I DON'T KNOW, I'D PROBABLY HAVE TO GO DEEP IN THE ARCHIVES TO FIND A TIME WHERE WE HAD TWO, TWO POSITIONS. BUT THAT, YOU KNOW, IS JUST THE REALITY.

DENNY AND I DECIDED TO DO THAT. THE UNIQUENESS OF THAT IS THAT WHEN DENNY GOT STARTED, IF YOU REMEMBER, WE DID NOT PASS THE LEVY IN FEBRUARY, BUT WE WERE COMING OUT OF COVID AND AS THE BOARD MADE THE DECISION THAT WE WOULD WAIT UNTIL NOVEMBER TO RUN IT AGAIN. SO WE HAD TO MAKE REDUCTIONS THAT THAT SPRING IN ORDER TO BUILD OUR BUDGET.

AND SO WHEN WE MADE THAT REDUCTION, WE DECIDED THAT BECAUSE I HAD EXPERIENCE IN BOTH HUMAN RESOURCES AND TEACHING AND LEARNING, I COULD DO BOTH ROLES. AND DENNY HAD EXPERIENCE.

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BUT HE HAD BEEN WORKING WITH KEVIN IN OPERATIONS AND AND HAD BEEN DOING SOME OF THOSE OTHER ASPECTS.

SO HE KEPT THAT AS SUPERINTENDENT. OFTENTIMES SUPERINTENDENTS ARE NOT OVERSEEING A DEPARTMENT.

THEY'RE MEETING WITH THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY AND DOING OTHER WORK THAT IS MORE FORWARD FACING THAN THE INTERNAL WORK OF RUNNING THOSE DEPARTMENTS.

SO WE DECIDED TO KEEP THAT. AND FRANKLY, I THINK IT HAS WORKED WELL FOR US JUST BASED ON THE STRENGTHS THAT WE EACH HAD.

BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW, AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW HOW SUSTAINABLE THAT IS LONG TERM FOR A DISTRICT OF OUR SIZE.

SO IT DOES WORRY ME WHEN I KNOW THAT WE'RE GAINING A GREAT PERSON FROM LA CENTER.

AND THEY HAD A SUPERINTENDENT AND ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT WITH 1700 STUDENTS, AND WE HAVE ALMOST 13,000, AND WE'RE AT THE SAME SUPERINTENDENT LEVEL STAFFING.

SO IT DOES MAKE ME A BIT NERVOUS. BUT WE WILL GO FORTH AND I WILL I WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THAT.

GO FORTH. THANK YOU. YEAH. OKAY. WE WILL MOVE ON TO COMMITTEE REPORTS.

AND DIRECTOR TATE, I'M IMAGINING THAT THE LEDGE IS.

WELL, I GOT I GOT SOMETHING TO SAY. OH, GOOD.

YEAH. GOOD. I'M GONNA MAKE IT. I'M GONNA MAKE IT UP.

MY LET THE THING GET DEAD HERE. I GOTTA, GOTTA REMEMBER MY PASSWORD.

I DON'T HAVE TO DO IT 17 TIMES. SO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS SEPTEMBER 20TH, AND IT'S GOING TO BE DONE ONLINE.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL SEE YOU ONLINE. AND THEN THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE IS NOVEMBER 20TH TO 22ND.

THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE FOR ANYBODY WHO'S INTERESTED IS KIND OF LIKE A SCHMOOZING EVENT WHERE THEY HAVE ALL THESE BOOTS AND ALL THE EVERYBODY'S SHAKING HANDS AND PATTING EACH OTHER ON THE BACK. RIGHT. AND THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS THE ONE THAT PUTS YOU TO SLEEP WHERE THEY THEY VOTE ON EVERYTHING, AND IT TAKES ABOUT 48 HOURS. AND EVERYBODY, BY THE TIME, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S DONE, YOU KNOW, IS GONE, YOU KNOW. SO YOU CAN BE A PART OF BOTH OF THOSE IF YOU REALLY GOT IT IN YOU.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN TERMS OF PUBLIC.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, I THINK YOU HAVE TO BE A BOARD MEMBER. YOU CAN'T BE A VISITOR, A GUEST? I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU CAN'T, I THINK, WELL, I WASN'T A BOARD MEMBER.

YOU WEREN'T A. YOU WEREN'T A BOARD MEMBER WHEN YOU WENT TO GENERAL. WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU.

SO SCHOOL BOARD REPRESENTATIVES CAN PARTICIPATE.

OKAY. SO YOU COULD ASK SOMEBODY TO REPRESENT, BUT YOU HAVE ONE VOTING, ONE VOTING MEMBER FROM EACH DISTRICT.

RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT. NOW, JUST AS A GUEST, I THINK SOME PEOPLE MIGHT THINK, YEAH, SOME OF THE SESSIONS, THE BREAKOUT SESSIONS ARE RATHER INTERESTING.

I JUST YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CONFERENCE. YEAH, I WAS TALKING.

OH, I'M SORRY, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT GENERAL ASSEMBLY. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOBODY. NOBODY WANTS TO GO TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY. NO, NO, NO, I JUST DON'T MAKE THEM DO THAT. NO. NOBODY WANTS TO GO TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY. AND CONFERENCE HAS A LOT OF A LOT OF TRAINING, GOOD TRAINING.

I HOPE EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO ON THE BOARD HAD A CHANCE TO GIVE FEEDBACK ON THE SURVEY FOR SESSIONS? YES. DID YOU GET THE EMAIL FROM? ACTUALLY I DID, YEAH.

GOOD FOR YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. THANK YOU. YEAH.

YEAH, THAT WAS A THAT WAS A TOUGH ONE. THERE WERE A LOT THERE WERE A LOT OF SESSIONS AND SOME OF THEM LOOKED VERY GOOD.

SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO AUDIT COMMITTEE. AUDIT COMMITTEE OCCURRED ON THE 18TH.

WE REVIEWED TIME CARDS AND VOUCHERS. SALARIES WERE ALL IN ORDER.

THE GIRLS DO AN AMAZING JOB OF EXPLAINING EVERYTHING IN DETAIL.

EVERYTHING WAS IN ORDER. AND OUR NEXT AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING WILL BE JULY 22ND AT 9:00.

THANK YOU. BATTLE GROUND EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

NO REPORT. OKAY. BOARD RETREAT PLANNING. THE BOARD RETREAT PLANNING IS MOVING FORWARD.

WE'RE MEETING AGAIN WITH DOCTOR KEARL IN JULY.

IT'S GOING TO BE AUGUST 6TH. AND I BELIEVE THE TIME IS 4:30 TO 9.

IS THAT RIGHT? WE'RE STILL KIND OF HAMMERING ALL THE DETAILS OUT AS FAR AS THE SCHEDULE.

BUT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO TRAINING ON THE EFFECTIVE BOARD MEMBER.

AND DOCTOR CURL'S VERY EXCITED ABOUT COMING AND SPEAKING TO US, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT, TOO. GOOD. AND I WOULD ADD TO THAT THAT DEBBIE HAD ASKED ME TO LEAD THE DISCUSSION ON BOARD GOALS FOR THE SECOND PART OF THE RETREAT. AND SO TO THAT END, I WILL ASK TO HAVE THE WAYS TO SURVEY FOR US SELF

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OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD ABOUT THE RETREAT, TERRY? NO. OKAY. OKAY. I WAS JUST THINKING. THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

MARY. I WAS JUST THINKING, IS THERE ANY OTHER DATA THAT MIGHT INFORM THOSE GOALS ALSO? I DON'T KNOW, BUT. YEAH, THAT'S. THAT'S GOOD.

ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU MIGHT THINK YOU KNOW. WELL, AND I'LL MAKE SURE THAT IN CASE YOU HAVE TUCKED YOUR BOARD GOALS OR PREVIOUS BOARD GOALS AWAY SOMEWHERE, I'LL MAKE SURE YOU EACH HAVE A COPY OF THE CURRENT BOARD GOALS.

YEAH. AND IT'S ALWAYS HELPFUL TO REVISIT OUR CORE BELIEFS WHEN WE DO THAT AS WELL.

PERFECT. I WOULD JUST ADD AS PART OF OUR POLICY AND THAT WE'VE CHOSEN TO USE EVALUATION TO WORK THROUGH THAT.

SO. SURE. MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO REVIEW THE POLICY AS WELL.

YEAH. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE ON BOARD? RETREAT.

OKAY. MOVING ON TO DIRECTOR'S REPORTS. I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE THE CLASS OF 2025.

WE'VE HAD TWO GRADUATIONS AFTER THE LAST BOARD MEETING.

WAS REALLY WONDERFUL TO. AND HEARTWARMING TO HEAR THE STORIES OF A LOT OF THESE YOUNG ADULTS THAT ARE THAT THAT HAD SOME TOUGH TIMES. AND IT WAS JUST IT WAS VERY INSPIRING TO ME TO HEAR ABOUT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO, YOU KNOW, ARE ON THEIR OWN, THEY'RE WORKING FULL TIME AND FINISHING THEIR EDUCATION, WHICH I WAS VERY INSPIRED BY. LOVE TO HEAR THE STORIES OF THEIR SUCCESSES.

AND PRETTY EXCITED TO BE A PART OF ALL OF THAT.

IT WAS TO ME, IT WAS VERY HEARTWARMING AND I REALLY PERSONALLY ENJOYED IT A LOT.

I ENJOYED DENNY'S RETIREMENT PARTY, A LOT OF GREAT FOOD, AND IT LOOKED LIKE DENNY WAS HAVING A GREAT TIME AND HAPPY.

AND WE'LL MISS HIM A LOT. SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL I HAD.

I'LL JUST ADD THE GRADUATIONS. I LOVE THE UNIQUENESS OF THEM.

I WILL NOT LIE, 6 IN 8 DAYS IS A LOT. I WAS VERY GRATEFUL TO JUST STAY AT HOME WHEN THEY WERE DONE, SO. BUT I REALLY IT'S SO UNIQUE, LIKE DEBBIE WAS SAYING ABOUT HOW EACH SCHOOL DOES A DIFFERENT WAY THE, THE COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS VERSUS THE AILEY'S.

I MEAN, IT'S JUST I REALLY ENJOY IT. AND THEY ALL JUST BRING THIS LEVEL OF YOU JUST REALLY FEEL FOR THESE KIDS AND YOU JUST WANT TO ROOT FOR THEM AND THE FACT OF WHAT THEY'VE ACCOMPLISHED AND GETTING TO SEE IT YOU REALLY GET TO SEE NOT ONLY LIKE THE TOP ACHIEVERS IN THE CLASS, BUT YOU GET TO SEE THE ONES WE HAD A GRADUATION, ONE OF THE GRADUATIONS.

SOMEBODY GRADUATED THAT DAY, RIGHT, LIKE THEY BECAME ELIGIBLE THAT DAY.

AND HOW COOL IS THAT RIGHT? LIKE HOW HARD THEY'RE TRYING.

SO I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE HOW HARD THIS DISTRICT WORKS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY STUDENT IS SUCCESSFUL.

MY MY DAUGHTER GRADUATED FROM SUMMIT. OKAY. AND SO I THE SMALL GRADUATIONS ALLOWED FOR US TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THE STUDENTS AND THEIR PLANS AND GOALS. AND THAT'S WHAT I PARTICULARLY VALUED THE MOST, WAS BEING ABLE TO SEE THOSE SMALL GROUPS OF KIDS SHARE THEIR LIVES IN A WAY THAT WE COULD KIND OF EVEN GET A FEEL FOR WHAT THEY WERE DOING AND WHAT THEY WERE SO EXCITED ABOUT.

SO IT WAS PARTICULARLY PRECIOUS. ALL FOR ME, I MEAN, YOU KNOW.

HATS OFF TO THE GRADUATES, OBVIOUSLY, BUT I ALWAYS AM AMAZED AT THE DISTRICT STAFF AND OTHER CONTRACTORS THAT COME IN AND CAN SET UP AND TEAR DOWN ALL THAT IN A MATTER OF DAYS.

I MEAN, LIKE YOU SAID, SIX GRADUATIONS. IT'S A LOT TO DO.

THE COORDINATION, EFFORT AND ALL THE PLANNING IT TAKES PLACE.

SO, YOU KNOW, KUDOS TO THE DISTRICT STAFF THAT DID ALL THAT AND MADE IT HAPPEN.

YEAH, I APPRECIATED THE SECURITY GUYS. THEY'RE AWESOME.

AND MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ALL GOT BACK SAFE AND EVERYTHING TOO.

SO KUDOS TO THEM TOO. THEY'RE THEY'RE AWESOME.

AND I JUST WANT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR YOUR STAMINA IN ALL THAT.

I THINK IT WAS ABOUT 930 DIPLOMAS THAT WEEK. I THINK SO, OR 930 HANDS THAT WE HAD.

YEAH. YEAH. AND A COUPLE OF JUST A COUPLE OF PRECIOUS STORIES.

ONE, THE GIRL WHO WAS 21 AND SPOKE AND TALKED ABOUT HOW HARD IT IS TO COME BACK AND HOW DETERMINED SHE WAS TO FINISH.

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BUT SHE DID IT AND SHE MADE IT. AND I JUST REALLY THOUGHT THAT WAS PRECIOUS.

JUST AS JACKIE SAID, THE UNIQUENESS IN ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THAT STUDENTS FIND SUCCESS THIS YEAR PARTICULARLY, I WANT TO CALL OUT OUR OPEN DOORS PROGRAM BECAUSE IN PREVIOUS YEARS, FOUR STUDENTS HAVE GRADUATED THROUGH OPEN DOORS.

THIS YEAR WE HAD 24. ALSO, SOME OF YOU HAD OVER 80 GRADUATES THIS YEAR, WHICH IS JUST AMAZING.

I THINK THAT'S THE MOST THEY'VE EVER HAD. SO THOSE PROGRAMS ARE SO VITAL, AND I WANT US TO ALWAYS KEEP THAT IN FRONT OF THOSE.

THE PICTURE OF THOSE KIDS GRADUATING, THAT'S GOT TO BE IN THE FRONT OF US WHEN WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS BECAUSE IT'S SO IMPORTANT.

I GOT TO SAY, THE AP COURSES, ALL THE AP COURSES THAT WERE ACCOMPLISHED, ALL THE PEOPLE TAKING RUNNING START RUNNING AND HOW MANY, SO MANY OF THEM GRADUATED WITH AN AA. YOU KNOW, IT WAS LIKE INCREDIBLE.

YEAH, IT WAS INCREDIBLE. I LIKE THE FACT THAT WE NEVER GIVE UP ON KIDS.

AND FOR ME, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THAT 8020 NUMBER OF THE GED STUDENTS AND THE STUDENTS THAT SOME OF YOU, MANY OF MANY OF THOSE STUDENTS ARE THEY'RE THEY WOULDN'T HAVE IN ANOTHER PLACE GOTTEN ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.

AND THAT'S 100 STUDENTS WHO ARE CHANGING THEIR FUTURE BY STICKING WITH IT.

AND I JUST THINK THAT THAT'S HATS OFF TO THE BELIEF SYSTEM HERE IN OUR DISTRICT TO NOT GIVE UP ON KIDS.

AND I LIKE THAT A LOT. THERE WAS A YOUNG MAN THAT HAD THE EIGHT CREDITS.

YOU KNOW, SO, YOU KNOW, I, I THOUGHT, I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THAT A LOT, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THE FIRST, THE FIRST ASSUMPTION IS, OH, WHAT DID THEY DO TO SNEAK HIM IN TO GET HIM? I BET YOU WHAT IT WAS. I WISH I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR HIS STORY, BECAUSE I BET YOU WHAT IT WAS WAS A YOUNG MAN WHO HAD STRUGGLED AND NOT FINISHED CLASSES.

AND I BET YOU THEY WERE ABLE TO GO BACK THROUGH ALL THAT. HE WAS ABLE TO GET HIS 24 CREDITS TOGETHER THIS LAST YEAR FROM EIGHT.

YOU KNOW, AND GET HIS DIPLOMA TAKEN CARE OF. AND I BET YOU THAT'S A WONDERFUL STORY, YOU KNOW.

I'D LOVE TO HEAR IT. THAT'S AMAZING. OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF UPDATES.

[6. Superintendent and Staff Updates]

HE IS LAST ONE WAS LAST TIME. SO TEACHING AND LEARNING.

I JUST WANTED TO. I KNOW YOU HAVE YOUR BINDERS, BUT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE PREVIEW, BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN WE MEET IN JULY ON THE 28TH, WE WILL HAVE OUR FIRST READING FOR THE CURRICULUM FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL SEL CURRICULUM. WAYFINDER, AND SO I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW WE HELD THE COMMUNITY NIGHT.

WE HAD ONE PARENT AND TWO COMMUNITY MEMBERS AT THAT MEETING, THE ONLINE NIGHT, WE HAD SIX INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE ABLE TO ATTEND, AS WELL AS A COUPLE OF STAFF MEMBERS WHO ADDED TO THAT.

WE HAD THREE PEOPLE WHO CAME IN TO REVIEW INDIVIDUALLY.

SOME OF TWO OF THOSE PEOPLE HAD ATTENDED ONE OF THE OTHER NIGHTS, BUT CAME IN BECAUSE THEY WANTED A LITTLE BIT OF A CLOSER LOOK.

SO WE DID HAVE A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE THAT TOOK US UP ON THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE DID NOT HAVE ANYONE RESPOND TO OUR SURVEY, WHICH WAS TOO BAD.

THEY ENCOURAGED THAT AT THOSE EVENTS FOR PEOPLE TO GO ON AND JUST GIVE SOME FEEDBACK, BUT UNFORTUNATELY NO ONE DID.

SO WE WON'T HAVE ANY RESPONSES FROM THE SURVEY TO SEND TO YOU TO ADD TO YOUR REVIEW PROCESS.

SO I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THAT WAS THE CASE, AND I CAN'T TELL YOU WHY PEOPLE DIDN'T TAKE THE TIME TO DO THAT.

BUT NOT THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. WE WILL HAVE OUR FIRST READING, AS I SAID, ON JULY 28TH.

THE SECOND READING IS SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 11TH.

THE QUESTIONS THAT DID COME UP. A HANDFUL OF THINGS, MAINLY AROUND SCOPE AND SEQUENCE AND HOW PARENTS CAN REVIEW AS STUDENTS ARE GOING THROUGH WHAT HAS BEEN ASSIGNED. AND SO THERE WAS A CONVERSATION ABOUT CLEVER AS BEING OUR TOOL THAT WE USE FOR PARENTS TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT LESSONS ARE BEING TAUGHT.

AND THAT THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. THE OTHER QUESTIONS WERE VERY GENERAL AND DIDN'T, WOULDN'T FALL INTO A BUCKET, BUT THERE WERE JUST A HANDFUL OF QUESTIONS. I THINK THEY SAID 6 OR 7 QUESTIONS ASKED AT THOSE EVENTS.

I DON'T THINK I MISSED ANYTHING. ANY QUESTIONS? HOW MANY OF THESE WORKBOOKS ARE THERE? WE THOSE ARE ONLY FOR YOU.

WE ARE NOT INTENDED. BUT I MEAN, THIS IS APPARENTLY THE CURRICULUM IS GOING TO BE BUILT ON THESE OR IS THIS FOR ADMINISTRATORS?

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AND I HAD TO ORDER THOSE SO THAT YOU COULD REVIEW THEM.

OKAY THEN LET ME ASK IT THIS WAY. IF WE WERE TO DO IT PHYSICALLY LIKE THIS, HOW MANY WORKBOOKS WOULD THERE BE? OH, ONE PER GRADE LEVEL. JUST WONDERING. I'M SORRY.

I DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD BE OKAY. THERE'S ONE PER GRADE LEVEL.

OKAY, SO THIS IS GRADE NINE, WORKBOOK NINE. YEP.

GRADE NINE. YEP. SO YOU'LL HAVE ONE PER GRADE LEVEL.

AND THEN IN THE FRONT PANEL THERE IS THE LOGIN INFORMATION.

SO YOU CAN GO IN AND REVIEW EVERYTHING THAT IS AVAILABLE TO STAFF ONLINE.

SO IS THIS LIKE ONE YEAR'S WORK. YEAH. THAT'S WHAT ACCOMPANIES THE LESSONS THAT THE TEACHER IS GIVING.

OKAY. FOR THE WHOLE YEAR. FOR THE WHOLE YEAR.

COOL. YEP. THANK YOU.

NEXT UP. MICHELLE.

ALL RIGHT. JUST A QUICK UPDATE. SO I JUST WANTED TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO A COUPLE OF ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

THE FIRST ONE BEING APPROVAL OF DISTRICT OFFICE ADMIN AND BUILDING ADMIN SALARIES.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE MAKE NOTE THAT THIS IS A 2.5% INCREASE.

THIS IS IPD. THIS IS THE COLA. THIS IS THE PASS THROUGH THAT COMES FROM THE STATE INTENDED FOR SALARIES.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE NOTE OF THAT. I WILL HAVE AT A LATER TIME ADD SUPPORT AND PSC SCHEDULE A'S TO SHARE WITH YOU.

WE CONTINUE TO BARGAIN WITH PSC. AND THOSE CONTRACTS AREN'T DON'T TAKE EFFECT UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1ST, SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, BUT I WILL COME AT A LATER TIME WITH THAT INFORMATION.

AND THEN LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO ALSO DRAW ATTENTION TO A STAFF MEMBER, SARAH COLEMAN.

SARAH WAS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE. SHE'S TRAVELING TO CANADA WITH HER FAMILY RIGHT NOW.

BUT SHE IS A AN ELA TEACHER AT DAYBREAK MIDDLE.

SHE COMPLETED HER NATIONAL BOARDS IN DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR.

AND SO WE WANTED TO JUST MAKE NOTE OF OF HOW HARD SHE WORKED.

AND WE TEND TO RECOGNIZE ALL OF OUR NATIONAL BOARD TEACHERS.

IT'S A VERY RIGOROUS PROGRAM. IT'S A PROGRAM THAT EXPANDS FROM 1 TO 3 YEARS.

AND FROM OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT IT IT REALLY HELPS TEACHERS BECOME VERY REFLECTIVE AND IMPROVE THEIR CRAFT.

WE PARTNER CLOSELY WITH HAWKINSON SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PROVIDE MEANINGFUL COHORTS FOR OUR STAFF MEMBERS.

AND CURRENTLY WE HAVE ABOUT 40 TO 45 TEACHERS WHO ARE NATIONALLY BOARD CERTIFIED.

SO IT'S A GREAT, GREAT PROGRAM. AND IT HIGHLY IMPACTS THEIR SKILL SET AS A TEACHER AND IMPROVES THEM IN THE CLASSROOM AND ULTIMATELY IMPROVES STUDENT LEARNING. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

GREAT. MICHELLE. GOOD EVENING. BOARD. I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A QUICK UPDATE ON THE DISTRICT'S MIGRATION FROM OUR SKYWARD SMS TO SKYWARD CUMULATIVE, AND THAT WAS SHARED WITH THE BOARD LAST FALL.

AND THIS IS A MAJOR MIGRATION WITH A LOT OF HARD WORK OVER THE LAST YEAR THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON WITH THIS MIGRATION. SO IN FOUR SHORT WEEKS, WE'RE GOING TO MIGRATE.

AND DURING THE MIGRATION, THE SYSTEM WILL BE UNAVAILABLE JULY 22ND THROUGH AUGUST 4TH FOR ALL USERS.

AND THEN SLOWLY WE'LL BRING THE MODULES ON AS WE DO THE POST MIGRATION CONFIGURATIONS THAT GO ON.

AND WHEN I SAY WE, I MEAN A TEAM OF DEDICATED STUDENT COORDINATORS, BUSINESS OFFICE STAFF, HR STAFF, TECHNOLOGY STAFF, AND OF COURSE, THE SUPPORT STAFF FROM OUR ISC THAT IS SUPPORTING US. THE MIGRATION INCLUDED PREPARING THE DATA TO MIGRATE, SO WE JUST HAVE TO PREPARE IT AND GET IT READY TO MIGRATE CONFIGURATION OF THE NEW SYSTEM, SECURITY SETUPS, TRAINING USERS AND READY THE SYSTEM FOR ALL USERS BECAUSE IT DOES IMPACT ALL USERS OF OUR SKYWARD SYSTEM.

SO TO DATE, OUR OUR STUDENT COORDINATORS HAVE PROVIDED OVER 25 TRAININGS TO DATE AND MANY MORE TO COME.

AS WELL AS THE BUSINESS OFFICE HAS PROVIDED SIX TRAININGS.

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IT'S IT'S NICE TO DO SOME OF THE TRAINING WHILE YOU'RE IN THE SYSTEM FULL TIME WITH IT.

WE WILL HAVE ACCESS TO OUR OLD DATA TO BE ABLE TO REFERENCE IF WE NEED TO.

THERE'S A TRAINING. WE HAVE A STAFF PORTAL THAT HAS TRAINING VIDEOS, GUIDES AND DOCUMENTS AND ALL KINDS OF INFORMATION FOR OUR USERS. SO THE NEXT TWO MONTHS ARE GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT CHALLENGING BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF LIKE RACING TO THE FINISH LINE AND WE'LL BE A LITTLE BIT TIRED, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE AND PREPARE TO HAVE ALL THE MODULES READY FOR THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR FOR ALL OF OUR FAMILIES AND STUDENTS AND STAFF. SO THAT'S A LITTLE UPDATE. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? HOW LONG IS THE MIGRATION TEAM GOING TO BE DOING THE POST MIGRATION? I GUESS COVERAGE. RIGHT. SO WE DO HAVE DEDICATED SUPPORT TO THE TO ALL OF AUGUST INTO SEPTEMBER. SO WHERE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, DIRECT ACCESS.

IT WILL PROBABLY AROUND MID SEPTEMBER. WE'LL PROBABLY START TO SEE SOME OF THAT KIND OF FILTER OFF.

AND THEN WE WILL BE SUPPORTED MORE WITH FOOTPRINT TICKETS WHERE WE, WHERE WE GET THAT SUPPORT THROUGH A DIFFERENT AVENUE.

BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE AVAILABLE FOR US ANYTIME WE NEED THEM AS WE CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE OUR SYSTEM IS THAT WE HAVE EVERYTHING IN THE RIGHT SPOTS THAT NEED TO BE.

AND AS WE'RE STILL LEARNING IT. SO OBVIOUSLY, FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, THE DISTRICT PERSPECTIVE, IT'S A HUGE UNDERTAKING. YES. FROM THE USER PERSPECTIVE, ON THE OTHER END, STUDENTS, PARENTS.

HOW INTUITIVE IS IT? WILL THEY STRUGGLE WITH IT OR IS IT GOING TO BE A PRETTY EASY TRANSITION, DO YOU THINK? YOU KNOW, WE'VE ASKED THAT QUESTION, AND MOST OF THE DISTRICTS HAVE REPORTED BACK THAT THE SYSTEM IS VERY INTUITIVE FOR FAMILIES TO USE. IT IS, IT'S JUST NAVIGATING A DIFFERENT SOFTWARE.

THEY'RE STILL DOING A LOT OF WHAT THEY WERE DOING.

IT'S JUST THAT THEY MAY GO TO A DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, PLACE ON THE SCREEN TO BE ABLE TO SELECT THE INFORMATION THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE.

BUT WE'VE HAD GOOD REPORTS THAT IT IS IT IS VERY USER FRIENDLY AND INTUITIVE FOR PARENTS AND STUDENTS. SO THANK YOU. WHAT IS THE POTENTIAL IMPACT TO OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE TO HAPPEN IN THAT WINDOW? LIKE I CAN'T REMEMBER THE DATES, BUT LIKE FALL SPORTS COMES TO MIND.

WE'RE GETTING REGISTERED FOR THAT BECAUSE THOSE PRACTICE, ALL THAT GETTING CLEARED, IT ALL STARTS TYPICALLY BEFORE SCHOOL EVEN STARTS.

IS THAT GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT OR IS THERE A PLAN IN PLACE FOR THAT? YEAH. SO SOME OF THE THE PRIORITIES THAT WE'VE MADE IS LIKE NEW STUDENT REGISTRATION AND OPENING IT UP AND GETTING SOME OF THOSE MODULES THAT WE NEED RIGHT AWAY.

AND ESPECIALLY THERE ARE CONSENT TO SHARE FORMS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE AVAILABLE AND READY FOR FAMILIES TO USE.

SO THERE IT WON'T BE AS TIMELY AS WE NORMALLY HAVE IT, BUT IT SHOULD WORK.

AND WE MAY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A DELAY, BUT IT WILL BE, IT WILL BE VERY, IT'LL BE VERY CLOSE TO WHAT WE NORMALLY HAVE, LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY. SO BUT WE HAVE BEEN.

WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT ALL THE WORKAROUNDS THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED FOR, FOR EXAMPLE, WHY THE SYSTEM IS NOT AVAILABLE.

OUR APPLICANT NEW APPLICANTS IF WE'RE HIRING, IF THERE'S POSITIONS OPEN IS NOT GOING TO BE AVAILABLE.

SO WE MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO HAVE OUR OLD SMS SYSTEM AVAILABLE SO THAT THERE'S NO LAPSE IN TIME, THAT WE CAN TAKE APPLICANTS IN THAT REGARD. SO THOSE ARE THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE.

ONE EXAMPLE OF HOW WE'RE TRYING TO MITIGATE SOME OF THAT TIME DELAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE DON'T MISS IMPORTANT THINGS.

SO AND I ASSUME THAT, AMANDA, ALL THIS IS GOING TO BE PRETTY WELL PUBLICIZED ON THE SITE FOR THE DISTRICT AND KIND OF, HEY, IT'S GOING TO BE DOWN, DON'T PANIC. WE GOT THIS PLANNED.

PERFECT. THANK YOU. I JUST STARTED MY FIRST PRAYERS FOR YOU.

SO THANK YOU. IT IS MAKING FOR AN INTERESTING SUMMER.

TYPICALLY A LOT OF STAFF TRY TO TAKE THE WEEK OF THE FOURTH OFF, BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE EVERYTHING CLEANED UP AS BEST WE CAN BY THE THIRD WEEK IN JULY WHEN WE GO DARK. SO IT IS KIND OF CHANGING THE NORM FOR US, SO WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT EVERYTHING WILL BE AS CLEAN AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WHEN WE

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PLAN FOR THE BEST, HOPE FOR THE BEST, PLAN FOR THE WORST.

SO WE'RE A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH RIGHT NOW. ALL RIGHT.

NOTHING FROM KEVIN. AMANDA. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING.

JUST A COUPLE OF END OF YEAR HIGHLIGHTS TO SHARE WITH YOU.

FIRST UP, OUR VERY OWN PLEASANT VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL RECEIVED THE SWEEPSTAKES AWARD AT THE JUNIOR ROSE PARADE RECENTLY.

THAT AWARD WAS FOR BEST EMBODIMENT OF THE THEME, WHICH WAS ALL TOGETHER NOW AND THIS YEAR.

DAYBREAK MIDDLE SCHOOL ALSO WAS NAMED A GOLD STANDARD BAND.

AND WHAT'S REALLY COOL IS THIS IS THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW THAT A BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL HAS TAKEN THE SWEEPSTAKES AWARD IN 2020 FOR TUKES VALLEY TIDE, AND THEN IN 2023, CHIEF TOOK HOME THE AWARD. SO THAT CERTAINLY SPEAKS TO THE EXCELLENCE OF OUR PROGRAMS. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THOSE STUDENTS AND THE BAND DIRECTORS AND THE PARENTS.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAD EIGHT STUDENTS WHO RECEIVED AWARDS FROM CASCADIA TECH.

THEY NAMED THEIR DISTINGUISHED GRADUATES, AND THEY ALSO GIVE OUT SOME SCHOLARSHIPS.

BUT THE DISTINGUISHED GRADUATE AWARD REPRESENTS THE STUDENTS WHO ARE THE BEST OF THE BEST IN THEIR RESPECTIVE PROGRAMS. SO AS YOU CAN KIND OF SEE A GLIMPSE FROM THE DIFFERENT PHOTOS WE HAD A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS REPRESENTED, FROM CULINARY TO FASHION DESIGN TO FIREFIGHTING AND MANY OTHERS AS WELL.

SO KUDOS TO ALL OF THEM. AND THEN I FOUND OUT THAT BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL AND THEIR WOOD DESIGN TWO CLASS, WHICH IS AN ADVANCED WOODWORKING CLASS, THEY DO SOMETHING KIND OF NEAT.

IT'S, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE LEARNING THESE TECHNICAL SKILLS AND CRAFTSMANSHIP, BUT THEY'RE ALSO LEARNING ABOUT CHARACTER EDUCATION.

AND THE TEACHER THERE, CHET WEATHERALL, GIVES OUT THESE AWARDS FOR PROFESSIONALISM, MATURITY AND PERSEVERANCE.

AND SO HE CHOSE THREE STUDENTS FROM EACH OF HIS DIFFERENT CLASSES TO RECEIVE THESE AWARDS AND HONOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CLASS AS A WHOLE.

AND THEN LASTLY, I WANTED TO MENTION THAT WE, WELL, CHARTWELLS WILL AGAIN BE OFFERING FREE SUMMER MEALS FOR ALL KIDS 18 AND YOUNGER THIS YEAR AT MAPLE GROVE AND CAM. THAT'S GOING ON NOW DURING WEEKDAYS, AND IT WILL BE EVERY WEEKDAY EXCEPT FOR THE 4TH OF JULY, THAT THEY'LL OFFER BREAKFAST AND LUNCH AT NO CHARGE.

THANK YOU. THAT'S IT FOR US. OKAY, WE WILL MOVE ON TO CITIZEN'S COMMENTS.

[7. Citizens' Comments]

THE BOARD WELCOMES COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS DURING CITIZENS COMMENTS, AND ASKS THAT THOSE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD SIGN IN ON THE SIGN IN SHEET PROVIDED, WHICH IS LOCATED CLOSE TO THE ENTRANCE. PLEASE FOLLOW THE PROCEDURES FOR CITIZENS COMMENTS BY STATING YOUR NAME.

LIMITING YOUR TIME TO THREE MINUTES AND EACH WILL WARN YOU 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 BOARD DURING CITIZENS COMMENTS.

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

AND WE THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

IF YOU HAVE ANY HANDOUTS, PLEASE GIVE THEM TO CARLA.

AND WE ASK THE AUDIENCE TO PLEASE REFRAIN FROM APPLAUSE.

OUR FIRST CITIZEN IS TIFFANY SHOOP. HELLO. IT'S BEEN A WHILE. I WAS HOPING DENNY WAS GOING TO BE HERE, BECAUSE THIS IS A HEARTWARMING STORY THAT NONE OF YOU GUYS HAVE EVER HEARD ABOUT HIM.

PROBABLY, EXCEPT FOR MAYBE YOU. MAYBE. I HIGHLY DOUBT IT.

I'M SURE HE WILL. I'M SURE HE'LL HEAR IT. OKAY.

DON'T START MY TIME YET. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE COST OF BEING AN ADVOCATE, AS IT RARELY COMES WITHOUT A PRICE.

THE MOMENT YOU CHALLENGE ANY SCHOOL YOU EARN, AN INVISIBLE MARK IS THE ONE ADVOCATES CARRY WITH THEM INTO EACH SCHOOL OFFICE, CLASSROOM, IEP, MEETING, DISTRICT OFFICES, AND YES, SOMETIMES TO EVEN BOARD MEETINGS.

OVER 20 YEARS AGO, I HAD TO ADVOCATE FOR MY SON WHEN A NEIGHBORING DISTRICT DENIED HIM SERVICES IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

I FILED MY FIRST OSPI COMPLAINT AND I SUCCEEDED.

NOT LONG AFTER MY SON MADE CHOICES THAT LANDED HIM ON PROBATION BEFORE HIGH SCHOOL, AND THAT SCHOOL USED THAT OPPORTUNITY TO TARGET HIM.

WHEN HE ENTERED HIGH SCHOOL, HE WAS ASSIGNED A SPECIAL EDUCATION COORDINATOR NAMED DENNY WATERS.

AND TO MY SURPRISE, HE WAS ACTUALLY GOOD AT HIS JOB.

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AFTER HEARING DENNY'S TESTIMONY, THE JUDGE RECOGNIZED THE DISTRICT'S PATTERN, AND MY SON WAS RELEASED FROM COURT OVER FOR COURT FROM COURT OVERSIGHT AND PROBATION WITHOUT DELAY. AND AFTER TWO AFTER NEARLY TWO YEARS OF CHARGES, VIOLATIONS AND SUSPENSIONS.

ALL BECAUSE I HELD THIS DISTRICT ACCOUNTABLE.

NOT THIS DISTRICT. DIFFERENT DISTRICT. BUT SPEAKING THE TRUTH THAT DAY CAME WITH A COST FOR DENNY.

HE EARNED THAT ADVOCACY MARK WITHIN THAT DISTRICT.

NOT LONG AFTER THIS, THE SCHOOL FOUND ANOTHER WAY TO PUNISH ME.

DENNY WAS SUDDENLY REMOVED FROM MY SON'S CASE WITHOUT WARNING, EXPLANATION, REPLACEMENT.

JUST SILENCE. BUT SETBACKS FUEL ME. THEY PUSHED ME TO DEMAND BETTER.

I FOUGHT HARD TO GET DENNY REINSTATED ON MY SON'S CASE, AS HE WAS THE ONLY PERSON WHO HAD THE COURAGE TO DO THE RIGHT THING WHEN ONLY OTHERS COWARD. I MET WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT MULTIPLE TIMES AND THROUGH MY PERSISTENCE, HE AGREED TO DO AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE SCHOOL'S ACTIONS, AND AS A RESULT, DENNY WAS EVENTUALLY REINSTATED TO MY SON'S ACCOUNT BECAUSE THERE WAS NO WRONGDOING.

BUT THE DAMAGE WAS DONE AND DENNY HAD TO CREATE DISTANCE BECAUSE BEING TIED TO MY ADVOCACY WAS GOING WASN'T GOING TO ADVANCE HIS FUTURE IN THAT DISTRICT. AND THAT WAS THE COST OF DOING WHAT'S RIGHT.

EVENTUALLY, DENNY LEFT THAT DISTRICT AND HE LANDED HERE.

AND ALTHOUGH MY STORY WASN'T THE ONLY REASON THAT HE LEFT, HIS REFUSAL TO STAY SILENT IN THE FACE OF INJUSTICE PLAYED A PART.

YEARS LATER, MY SON HAD A CHILD, AND THAT CHILD IS CASSIE.

WHILE I HAVE TO ADVOCATE FOR CASSIE IN THIS DISTRICT AND HER STORY IS STILL BEING WRITTEN.

DENNY AND MEI'S MUTUAL RESPECT HAS NEVER WAVERED.

NO MATTER WHAT POSITION DENNY HELD OR WHAT KIND OF COMPLAINT I HAD TO FILE INTERNAL, STATE OR FEDERAL.

THE RESPECT I HAD THAT WE HAVE HAS REMAINED UNSHAKABLE.

TIFFANY, CAN YOU FINISH UP? I AM FINISHING MY LAST SENTENCE NOW.

THANK YOU. FOR HIM TO HAVE THE COURAGE TO STAND UP FOR MY SON, AND TO WORK WITHIN THE TIGHT BOUNDARIES THAT THAT DISTRICT IMPOSED ON HIM MAY HAVE SEEMED COSTLY BACK THEN, BUT I CAN IMAGINE NOW RETIRING AS THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THAT VERY NEIGHBORING DISTRICT IS PROOF THAT SOME COSTS ARE WORTH PAYING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

EUNICE INGERMANSON.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS INGERMANSON. MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE, HER, AND I LIVE IN THIS DISTRICT.

HAPPY GRADUATION AND END OF SCHOOL YEAR. HAPPY SUMMER TO ALL.

I HAD A HARD TIME PREPARING THIS LITTLE THREE MINUTE SPEECH BECAUSE OF ALL THE GOODBYES.

ONE IS FOR ALL THE STAFF AND PROGRAMS THE DISTRICT IS LOSING BECAUSE OF THE LEVEE FAILURE.

I'M QUITE HEARTBROKEN ABOUT IT AND CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE THE STAFF THAT HAD TO MOVE ON, RETIRE EARLY, OR BE REASSIGNED TO MULTIPLE CAMPUSES OR SOMETHING LESS THAN WHAT THEY HAVE PASSION FOR, OR TO BE STUDENTS UNABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN A PROGRAM THEY'VE BEEN REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO.

I AM SO SORRY THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS LET YOU DOWN.

I AM COMMITTED TO WORKING ALONGSIDE ALL OF YOU HERE TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY FEEL GOOD ABOUT FULLY SUPPORTING OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR STUDENTS ALL THE TIME. WITH EVERY LEVY, EVERY BOND AND WHATEVER ELSE IS NEEDED.

MY QUESTION FOR EACH OF THE OUTGOING STAYING OR PROSPECTIVE DIRECTORS OF THIS SCHOOL BOARD IS THIS.

ARE YOU ALSO COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING A FULLY FUNDED PUBLIC EDUCATION FOR EVERY STUDENT IN OUR COMMUNITY? IF YOU ARE, I'M READY TO WORK WITH YOU TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

IF YOU'RE NOT, THEN I THINK YOU SHOULD NOT BE HERE.

MY $0.02. THE OTHER GOODBYE IS EQUALLY HARD AND MORE PERSONAL FOR ME.

AND THE PERSON I WANT TO SAY GOODBYE TO ISN'T HERE.

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I THANK HIM FOR ALL THE YEARS OF HIS SERVICE TO THIS DISTRICT, AND ESPECIALLY FOR HIS TRANSPARENT, RESPONSIBLE AND KIND LEADERSHIP AS SUPERINTENDENT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN I KNEW HIM.

I'M GRATEFUL THAT HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN AVAILABLE TO LISTEN TO MY CONCERNS AND ANSWER MY QUESTIONS.

I HAVE REALLY ENJOYED WORKING WITH HIM ON THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE DISTRICT AND THE COMMUNITY, AND ENGAGING IN HEALTHY, CONSTRUCTIVE DISCUSSIONS TO HELP OUR SCHOOLS BECOME A SAFE AND THRIVING PLACE FOR ALL. A HUGE THANKS TO DENNY FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.

I WISH HIM MANY YEARS OF HAPPY GRANDFATHERING, FREED FROM ALL THE STRESS OF BEING AT THE HELM OF THIS DISTRICT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, EUNICE. JENNIFER HINEYWITHEE WITH THE.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. SHELLEY, CONGRATULATIONS.

YOUR FIRST BOARD MEETING AS BEING IN CHARGE. FIRST OF ALL, I AM SO SORRY I FORGOT TO FILL OUT THE SURVEY. I APPRECIATE THE DISTRICT HAVING A ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE HIGH SCHOOL SEL CURRICULUM, AND I WAS ONE OF THOSE WHO WAS ON THE ZOOM MEETING, CAME IN IN PERSON, AND THEN CAME BACK JUST MYSELF.

SO I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT. AND THEN I FORGOT THE SURVEY.

BUT MAYBE THIS WILL ANSWER SOME OF MY FEEDBACK.

THERE ARE SOME THINGS IN THE CURRICULUM THAT I REALLY LIKED AND I THINK ARE VERY BENEFICIAL.

SPEAKING ABOUT GOAL SETTING, EXPLORING STUDENTS TALENTS, THEIR PASSIONS.

CAREER EXPLORATION. BEING A LEADER, EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION.

AND THE PARTS THAT REALLY TALK TO STUDENTS ABOUT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEMSELVES, THEIR EMOTIONS, IN THEIR OWN ACTIONS, I THINK IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT AND EFFECTIVE.

THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT I HAD SOME PROBLEMS WITH, SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES I, I WASN'T REAL FOND OF IT SEEMED EVERY GRADE HAD A GUIDED MEDITATION.

AND I KNOW THAT'S THAT'S AN ISSUE FOR A LOT OF FAMILIES.

I DID SUGGEST THAT INSTEAD OF HAVING GUIDED MEDITATIONS, THAT IT BE CHANGED TO CHILDREN VISUALIZING THE STUDENTS VISUALIZING, VISUALIZING A TIME WHEN THEY WERE A LEADER, VISUALIZING A TIME WHEN THEY WORKED AS A TEAM.

AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

SOME OF THE WORDING IN THERE ALSO, I FOUND PROBLEMATIC.

ONE EXAMPLE THAT I WAS REALLY THINKING ABOUT IS I THINK IT WAS ABOUT WINNING IN A DEBATE, AND THAT IS CONVINCING SOMEONE THAT YOU'RE RIGHT AND THEY'RE WRONG. I SEE THAT AS BEING A LITTLE BIT PROBLEMATIC.

BUT THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS THAT I THINK WE NEED TO PONDER.

SOME OF THIS MATERIAL, IS IT ALREADY BEING COVERED, FOR INSTANCE, IN THE COLLEGE AND CAREER CENTER? WILL TEACHERS HAVE ACCESS TO THE MATERIAL THAT'S NOT BEING COVERED AND HAS BEEN LEFT OUT? DOES THE DISTRICT HAVE TO BUY IT AS A WHOLE? SO EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT GOING OVER THINGS LIKE GENDER IDENTITY, DOES THE DISTRICT STILL NEED TO PURCHASE THAT MATERIAL? AND WITH THAT, WILL TEACHERS HAVE ACCESS TO THAT EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT IN THE SCOPE AND SEQUENCE? WHAT DATA WILL THE DISTRICT COLLECT? TO SHOW THE SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAM.

HOW WILL THAT BE LINKED TO IMPROVED ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE? I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. AND WHEN THE GRANT RUNS OUT HOW WILL THE DISTRICT PAY FOR THIS PROGRAM IF THEY CONTINUE IT? SO IN CONCLUSION I THINK FOR THE FUTURE, WE NEED TO THINK CAN WE JUSTIFY THE COST OF THE CURRICULUM GOING FORWARD? I THINK THE DATA WILL BE REALLY IMPORTANT IN CONSIDERING THAT.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, JENNIFER. JESSICA COLE.

HELLO, BOARD. MY NAME IS JESSICA, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY GRADUATE HALEY SMITH THAT WAS PICTURED IS AMAZING.

AND SHELLEY, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR THREE YEAR CONTRACT.

AND CONGRATULATIONS TO LANELL ON THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT POSITION.

[01:00:07]

SOME BOARD MEMBERS ONGOING ACTIONS MAKE THIS URGENT.

LAST MAY, DIRECTOR TATE EMAILED THE BATTLE GROUND CITY COUNCIL OPPOSING THE PROCLAMATION, DESCRIBING IT AS PUSHED BY A SECTARIAN, MILITANT, DIVISIVE GROUP THAT IS NOT RESPECTFUL OF ANY ALTERNATIVES PERSPECTIVES.

BUT THERE WAS NO GROUP. THERE WAS ONLY ME. I WAS THE SOLE PERSON WHO REQUESTED THAT PROCLAMATION.

WHETHER HE KNEW THAT OR NOT. HIS WORDS WERE INFLAMMATORY AND FALSE.

I FILED A FORMAL COMPLAINT AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS FOLLOW UP CONVERSATIONS, BUT NO APOLOGY EVER CAME FROM HIM.

AND I THINK THE BOARD AND DISTRICT KNOW WELL ENOUGH THAT HIS DESCRIPTION OF ME WAS INACCURATE.

THIS WASN'T AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. EARLIER THIS YEAR, HE PUBLICLY ACCUSED SOME FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS OF COERCING HIS VOTE, CLAIMS THAT THEY REFUTED ON RECORD. HE NEVER CORRECTED THE STATEMENT OR TOOK RESPONSIBILITY.

MORE RECENTLY, HE USED HIS PERSONAL EMAIL TO SEND BOARD RELATED COMMUNICATION TO DIRECTOR DEBBIE JOHNSON'S PERSONAL EMAIL ACCOUNT.

WHILE IT MAY NOT TECHNICALLY VIOLATE OPEN PUBLIC MEETING ACTS, IT CLEARLY UNDERMINES PUBLIC TRANSPARENCY.

AND ON A RECENT MEETING, DIRECTOR TATE ADMITTED THAT HE DIDN'T VOTE ON THE SCHOOL LEVY AFTER HELPING SEND IT TO THE BALLOT.

THAT LEVY FAILED. THE TEACHERS ARE LOSING JOBS.

STUDENTS ARE LOSING SUPPORT FOR A FORMER TEACHER WHO POSSIBLY RECEIVES A PUBLIC PENSION.

THAT IS A SERIOUS FAILURE OF LEADERSHIP. THIS IS NOT ABOUT POLITICS.

IT IS ABOUT TRUTHFULNESS, RESPONSIBILITY AND BASIC ETHICAL STANDARDS THAT COME WITH PUBLIC SERVICE.

I URGE THIS BOARD TO ADOPT A REAL CODE OF ETHICS BECAUSE WITHOUT ONE, PUBLIC TRUST CONTINUES TO ERODE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, JESSICA. MADAM CHAIR.

I'M SORRY, SINCE I WAS MENTIONED HERE PERSONALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO APOLOGIZE TO YOU FOLKS.

IF I HAVE SOMEHOW EMBARRASSED TO YOU AND I JUST WANT TO SAY TO JESSICA, I HAVE NO IDEA THAT JESSICA HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH PRIDE DAY AND OUR COMMUNITY. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, JESSICA, ON GETTING THAT DONE ALL BY YOURSELF.

AND I APOLOGIZE IF YOU THOUGHT I WAS INSULTING YOU, BUT I HAD NO IDEA YOU HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT.

THANK YOU, DIRECTOR TATE. MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

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

APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR JUNE 9TH, 2025 REGULAR MEETING.

BUSINESS AND OPERATIONS, PERSONNEL REPORTS, STUDENT TRAVEL, FINANCIAL REPORTS.

COMPLETED PROJECTS. REQUEST. REQUEST FOR APPROVAL.

PAID MEAL PRICES FOR 2025 2026. APPROVAL OF THIS DISTRICT OFFICE AND BUILDING ADMINISTRATORS 2025 2026.

SALARY SCHEDULES AND SURPLUS MATERIALS. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? I MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

STUDENT REP. THANK YOU. APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0. WE HAVE NO OLD BUSINESS.

NEW BUSINESS. FIRST ITEM A IS ENERGY SAVINGS PERFORMANCE CONTRACT SPC FOR DISTRICT WIDE LED LIGHTING RETROFIT.

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

OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BOARD. I'VE PRESENTED REGARDING THIS TOPIC MANY TIMES WITH THE BACKGROUND OF WHERE IT STARTED AND WHERE WE'RE HEADING, AND I'D LIKE TO PRESENT DOCUMENTS TO YOU AT THIS TIME.

THESE ARE THERE'S TWO OF THEM THAT IF YOU'VE READ THROUGH, THERE'S TWO OF THEM THAT ARE GOING TO REQUIRE DISTRICT SIGNATURE.

AGAIN, THESE THIS IS FOR AN ESCO PROJECT, WHICH IS UNIQUE IN THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SERVICES CONTRACTS WITH ESCO WITH A CONTRACTOR, AND WE CONTRACT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SERVICES.

SO IT'S DIFFERENT THAN OUR STANDARD. WE HAVE A CONTRACTOR.

WE SIGN A CONTRACT AND DO THIS JOB FOR THIS MUCH MONEY.

SO LOOKING BACK IN MAY OF 2024, THE BOARD APPROVED AN INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[01:05:08]

FEBRUARY 2024. AND COMPLETED COMPREHENSIVE THIS LAST FEBRUARY.

EXCUSE ME. THAT WAS THE DATE OF OUR WE AGREED FOR THE PROPOSAL.

AMOROSO HAS COMPLETED THEIR ENERGY AUDITS DISTRICT WIDE, AND WE'VE COME UP WITH A LIGHTING PROJECT THAT IS SELF FUNDED.

WE. THERE'S IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE ENERGY EFFICIENCY MEASURES WILL ENABLE BATTLE GROUND TO LOWER OUR ENERGY USE INTENSITY SCORES, WHICH WILL ALIGN WITH THE CLEAN BUILDINGS PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.

AND AGAIN, THAT WAS A SEPARATE BRANCH WE HIRED.

THAT PORTION IS REQUIRED BY THE STATE TO AUDIT ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS OF CERTAIN SIZES AND TO CREATE AN ENERGY USE INTENSITY, AND WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE BELOW THAT THRESHOLD.

LUCKILY, ALMOST ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS ARE. IN ADDITION, COME JANUARY 1ST, 2029.

HOUSE BILL 1185 WILL PROHIBIT THE SALE OF AND DISTRIBUTION OF FLUORESCENT LIGHTINGS, WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE IN VIRTUALLY ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS. SO TO FUND THIS PROJECT, BATTLE GROUND, WE HAVE ENGAGED WITH CAPITAL BANK, CAPITAL ONE BANK FOR A LIMITED GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND. THEY'VE PROVIDED A SPREADSHEET SHOWING HOW THE PROJECT WILL BE SELF-FUNDED AND HOW MUCH INTEREST IT WOULD PAY AND THE YEARS INVOLVED. WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH THE STATE THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SERVICES AND GETTING A LOAN PROPOSAL FROM THEM AS WELL. WE DO NOT KNOW THEIR TERMS QUITE YET.

THEY ONLY COME OUT TWICE A YEAR. BUT WE ARE IN CONTACT WITH THEM, AND I WON'T SAY OUR PREFERENCE.

PERHAPS OUR PREFERENCE IS TO GO WITH THEM AS IT WILL CREATE SOME SAVINGS AND INTEREST RATE, BUT IT ALSO IS AN ACCELERATED PAYMENT PAYMENT SCHEDULE.

SO WE WILL FOLLOWING TONIGHT'S BOARD MEETING AND APPROVAL OF THESE ITEMS. MICHELLE, WILL SCOTT WILL BE ENGAGING WITH THE STATE AS WELL AS CAPITAL BANK CAPITAL ONE BANK TO REFINE AND GET ACTUAL TERM SHEETS OF OF OF THE LOANS TO PAY FOR THIS PROJECT.

WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR THAT NOW. WE'RE JUST THAT'S PART OF WHAT COMES AFTER THESE AGREEMENTS.

AS YOU REMEMBER, THE VERY FIRST TIME I CAME UPON YOU, IT WAS TO GET APPROVAL FOR TO TO TO PROCEED, BUT IS ACTUALLY JUST A REINFORCEMENT TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SERVICES THAT WE ARE COMMITTED TO PROCEEDING.

AND THAT'S WHAT THESE DOCUMENTS ARE AS WELL. SO IF WE GO THROUGH THEM ONE BY ONE, THE ENERGY SERVICES AUTHORIZATION AMENDMENT IS TO PROVIDE FOR FUNDING OF 198,659 FOR THE ENERGY AUDIT AND ENERGY SERVICES PROPOSAL, PROPORTION OF THIS WORK WHICH WE HAVE DONE.

BUT THIS RAISES THE VALUE. AS WELL AS THE MEASUREMENT AND VERIFICATION AUTHORIZATION.

SO AS PART OF THIS OVERALL PROJECT AT THE END.

AT THE END OF YEAR ONE, AFTER WE'VE IMPLEMENTED ALL THESE, THESE SAVINGS, THERE'S AN ACTUAL MEASUREMENT OF OUR ENERGY USAGE AND VERIFICATION THAT THE PROJECT IS SELF-FUNDING. IT'S GUARANTEED IF THOSE SAVINGS AREN'T MET, THAT COMES OUT OF THE CONTRACTOR'S POCKET.

SO IT'S A THAT'S A CRITICAL PORTION OF THIS WORK.

THE ESCO CONTRACT OUTLINES THE SCOPE OF OUR WORK, WHICH IS FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF IT'S REPLACEMENT OF ALL OF OUR FLUORESCENT LIGHTING THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT WITH LED LIGHTING WHICH IS SUPERIOR IN WAYS AND, AND ENERGY SAVINGS BEING THE PRIMARY ONE. THEY'RE VERY AFFORDABLE.

THE INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT JUST UPDATED OUR A FEE AUTHORIZING ENERGY PROJECT MANAGEMENT FEE.

AND THE FINAL ONE IS THE FUNDING APPROVAL DOCUMENT.

IT ENCOMPASSES ALL THE DOCUMENTS THAT ARE ATTACHED HERE, AND THAT'S AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE DISTRICT AND THE DES.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS THIS IS SAYING THAT THE DISTRICT IS COMMITTED TO FUNDING THIS PROJECT IN ITS ENTIRETY, AND THE ENTIRETY OF THE CONTRACT IS $3.884 MILLION.

[01:10:04]

HOW LONG DOES THAT TAKE? BRIAN, I'D ASK BRIAN FROM AMERICA TO COME UP.

I DON'T WANT TO GO BY MEMORY. KEVIN, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.

YOU GOT, YOU KNOW, WAY MORE ABOUT IT. THAT WAS THE ONE THING I WAS WAITING TO HEAR.

AND YOU SAID IT RIGHT THERE AT THE END, AND THAT WAS WONDERFUL. SO JUST JUST WONDERING.

YEAH. HEY, RYAN. REALLY DEPENDS ON YOUR TURN.

RYAN, COME ON UP TO THE MIC, PLEASE. LIKE I SAID, IT DEPENDS ON WHICH WHICH LOAN TERM WE CHOOSE FOR THAT.

I SEE THE ROI. JUST. I'M JUST LOOKING FOR ROUND.

IS IT, LIKE, 30 YEARS? 16. YEAH. OKAY. THAT'S ALL I WAS LOOKING FOR.

YEAH. YEAH. IN MY LIFETIME, MAYBE. MAYBE. YEAH.

SORRY. I DID NOT HAVE THAT AT THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT IT DOES DEPEND ON THAT.

THAT WAS ALL I WAS AT THE TIME. PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. THE TERM. THAT'S OKAY.

TERM SHEETS. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THIS CLEARLY.

SO YOU ARE SAYING THAT THIS IS GOING TO LOWER THE ELECTRIC BILLS? YES. YES. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I HEARD YOU CORRECTLY, BECAUSE I HEARD LOTS OF DIFFERENT NUMBERS AND THINGS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS REALLY CLEAR.

AND THOSE ACTUAL DOLLAR SAVED WILL BE USED TO FUND THE PROJECT ITSELF.

AND SO IS IT. IS IT SEEN IMMEDIATELY OR IS. IS IT GOING TO TAKE A FEW YEARS? WELL 16 YEARS. 16 YEARS FOR TOTAL RETURN. AND THEN AFTER YEAR 16, ALL OF THOSE SAVINGS GO IN THE POCKET INSTEAD OF TO THE LOAN PAYMENT.

RIGHT. AND SO IF WE BUILD NEW BUILDINGS, DO WE TAKE THE LIGHTS OUT OF THE BUILDINGS THAT WE'RE TAKING DOWN AND PUT IT IN THE NEW BUILDING, OR DO WE HAVE TO BUY MORE NEW ONES? WELL, AS OF JANUARY 2029, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO USE THOSE.

NO LIGHT BULBS? NO, I JUST MEAN, LIKE, IF WE PUT THESE NEW WE, WE WOULD BE PUTTING TOP OF THE TOP LINE OF LED LIGHTS.

BUT IF WE PUT NEW LIGHTS IN AND LIKE, LET'S SAY WE HAD A BUILDING THAT, YOU KNOW, WAS WHICH WE KNOW THERE'S SEVERAL THAT ARE NEEDING TO BE REPLACED.

OUR BUILDINGS. I'M JUST WANTING TO KNOW ABOUT THE YOU KNOW, WHAT THE LIGHTING IS THAT YOU'RE PUTTING IN THESE OLD BUILDINGS.

OH, SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT IF SO, THE LIGHTINGS THAT WE UPGRADE ON, LET'S SAY GLENWOOD AND PERHAPS GLENWOOD, WE END UP IN A BOND REPLACING. IT'D BE A SALVAGE OPERATION OUT OF AN EXISTING STRUCTURE AND PUTTING IT IN A NEW ONE, WHICH TYPICALLY YOU WOULDN'T DO IN A NEW STRUCTURE.

I HADN'T REALLY THOUGHT THAT ONE THROUGH, YOU KNOW ON.

THERE WOULD BE A POTENTIAL. IT WOULD BE A POTENTIAL I SUPPOSE.

I MEAN COULD WE LIKE SELL THEM OR SOMETHING LIKE IN THE SURPLUS OR ANYTHING SO WE COULD GET SOME MONEY BACK OUT OF THEM? BECAUSE THE REALITY IS, IS WE PROBABLY WILL BE HAVING SOME NEW BUILDINGS AT SOME POINT.

YOU KNOW, IT MAY NOT BE TOMORROW OR THE NEXT YEAR, BUT I'M HOPING ESPECIALLY LIKE GLENWOOD AND LAURIN.

THOSE ARE REALLY OLD BUILDINGS. THEY'RE GOING TO GET NEW LIGHTS, BUT THEY'RE STILL OLD BUILDINGS.

VALID QUESTION. I DON'T HAVE A SOLID OFFER. POSSIBLY.

WE COULD POSSIBLY SALVAGE SOME OF THE LIGHTS, I SUPPOSE.

I MEAN, MY DAD ALWAYS KEPT FIXING THE OLD CARS.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALL I'VE BEEN DOING. THAT'S ALL I'VE BEEN DOING.

I'M GIVING THEM NEW HEADLIGHTS. YEAH, GETTING NEW BULBS IN THEM, YOU KNOW, GETTING NEW BRAKES ON.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I KEPT SAYING, DAD, JUST BUY A NEW CAR.

THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED TO DO, SO ANYWAY. SOMETIMES THE BUDGET DOESN'T ALLOW THAT.

I TOTALLY GET YOU, BUT I JUST I'M WISHING I'M PUTTING IT OUT IN THE UNIVERSE MORE TO MORE TO SALVAGE SOMETHING THAN IT DOES TO PUT IN THEIR TRUTH.

AND I'M JUST PUTTING IT OUT IN THE UNIVERSE OF THE PUBLIC HEARS ME THAT WE NEED SOME NEW BUILDINGS JUST SO THEY KNOW.

SUBTLE. THANK YOU. YEAH. SO DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR KEVIN? ARE WE READY FOR A MOTION? AND WHO IS BRAVE ENOUGH TO READ THE MOTION? ALL THE. I THINK YOU SHOULD DO IT. YEAH. IT'S FINE.

YOU. I RECOMMEND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE THE ENERGY SAVINGS PERFORMANCE CONTRACT WITH AMOROSO, CONTINGENT UPON FINANCING. AND APPROVE OF THE CFO TO PREPARE FINANCING DOCUMENTS FOR BOARD CONSIDERATION AT THE NEXT REGULAR BOARD MEETING.

[01:15:04]

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

ONE, ABSTAIN. SO THE MOTION PASSES 4 TO 1, WITH ONE ABSTENTION.

DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT? 4 TO 0 WITH ONE ABSTENTION.

DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT? SO I WORK AT ONE OF THE COMPANIES MENTIONED IN THIS CONTRACT, AND WHILE THERE IS FOR PURE TRANSPARENCY, THERE IS NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

HOWEVER, I'VE MADE IT A POINT FOR MY PART AS A BOARD MEMBER TO NOT LET THERE EVER BE ANY QUESTION IF THERE IS A BENEFIT OR A PARTNERSHIP AND THERE IS NOT FROM MY POSITION. SO TO STAY TRANSPARENT, I CHOOSE TO NOT VOTE ON MOTIONS THAT INCLUDE THE COMPANY I WORK FOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR MADDOX AND KEVIN.

APPROVAL OF CONTRACT FOR BATTLE GROUND VIRTUAL ACADEMY.

MODULAR BUILDING SITE WORK. SO THE LAST LAST BOARD MEETING, WE APPROVED THE BUILDING ITSELF.

THE MODULAR BUILDING CONTRACT. THE BUILDING AND EVERYTHING WITHIN FIVE FEET OF THAT BUILDING.

THIS CONTRACT IS FOR EVERYTHING FIVE FEET AWAY FROM THE BUILDING, IF YOU WILL, TO BRING THE POWER OF THE WATER, THE SEWER, BUILD THE PARKING LOT. ALL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH THE ON THE CIVIL SIDE OF OF THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.

I WAS PLEASED WITH THE NUMBERS WERE RIGHT AT MY ENGINEER'S ESTIMATES NUMBERS.

THEY HAVE INCREASED 5 TO 7% OVER THE LAST, OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.

BETTER THAN THE 12% WE'VE SEEN RECENTLY. BUT I WAS I WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED, PLEASED WITH THE NUMBER, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO MANAGE OVER OVER MANY YEARS IS PUTTING THE MODULARS IN THAT I HAVEN'T HAD TO BUILD AN ACTUAL PARKING LOT.

THIS THIS PROJECT COMES WITH AN ACTUAL PARKING LOT.

SO I WAS A LITTLE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT THE PRICE WOULD BE.

AND IT'S RIGHT ON THE NOSE OF WHERE WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE.

SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. ONE IS HOW MANY VEHICLES WILL WE BE ABLE TO PARK IN THAT PARKING LOT.

NOT THAT THIS IS A SCHOOL WHERE WE HAVE, I MEAN, MANY STUDENTS.

MOST STUDENTS ARE NOT ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY ATTENDING THE SCHOOL, SO I KNOW THAT'S A CONSIDERATION, BUT. I'M SORRY, I DON'T HAVE THAT IN MY BRAIN OF THE PARKING LOT LAYOUT, AND I DON'T BELIEVE I HAVE ANY. IT'S NOT THAT'S NOT A HUGE QUESTION.

WE UTILIZE WE UTILIZE THE SPACE FULLY THERE WHAT WE HAD.

IT'LL BE A NICE THERE'S AS YOU SAID, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF IN STUDENT ATTENDANCE.

IT'S MOSTLY DROP OFF, PICK UP. NOT A LOT OF STAFF IS WHAT IT MOSTLY IS.

ASSIGNED STAFFING THERE. IT'S CODE REQUIREMENT.

WE MET OUR CODE REQUIREMENT. MY HEAD TELLS ME 25 SPOTS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

COULD BE MORE. IS IT MATCH THE SITE PLAN THAT WE SAW AT THE TOUR? YES. OKAY. IT'S GOT. YOU SAID IT'S ALL THE SITE UTILITIES, SEWER, WATER, GAS, ELECTRIC? EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING FIVE FEET AWAY FROM THE BUILDING, IF YOU WILL, TO BRING WIRING FROM THE PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL 900 BUILDING FOR THE INTERNET. WATER SEWER HOOKING INTO THE SEWER LINE.

THAT'S ON SITE. DEMO OF EXISTING DEMO. VERY LITTLE DEMO.

THERE'S NO STRUCTURES ON THAT SITE. YEAH. FENCING.

HOW DEEP ARE THEY GOING FOR THE FOUNDATIONS? FOR THE UTILITY.

REALLY? I MEAN, THEY HAVE TO DIG OUTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

YOUR STANDARDS. OKAY. 2 TO 3FT DEPTHS. OKAY. NONE OF IT'S GRAVITY, BUT NONE OF THE.

NO UNDERGROUND. NOT. NO, NO. NO PUMP STATIONS, NO MANHOLES, NO NOTHING.

OH, THAT'LL BE MANHOLES WHERE WE CONNECT TO EXISTING UTILITIES.

HAVE TO DO THAT. BUT NO LIFT STATIONS. NO PUMP STATIONS.

OKAY. AND REMIND US AGAIN THESE ARE IMPACT FEES THAT ARE THIS.

THIS PROJECT IS FULLY FUNDED BY IMPACT FEES. YES.

THANK YOU. YES. AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THOSE GREAT LIGHTS IN IT.

RIGHT. THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LEDS. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE NEW LIGHTS.

GOOD. AND THEN HOW WHAT'S THE HEATING GOING TO BE LIKE.

IS THAT AN HVAC UNIT. YEAH. VERY NOT THE SAME AS CAM OR AS ADDRESSED ADDRESSED IN THE CEILINGS WITH CAM.

[01:20:01]

OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? THANKS FOR MENTIONING CHRISTMAS BREAK. BECAUSE THE CONTRACT COMPLETION SAYS JANUARY 30TH.

SO WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIKE, THAT TIMELINE? WHAT ARE THEY DOING TO COMPLETE THAT? OR IS THAT JUST A THEY HAVE UNTIL THEN.

BUT THE PLAN IS TO HAVE IT DONE BY CHRISTMAS BREAK. YES.

OKAY. THANKS. YES. HARD DEADLINES BRING HIGHER NUMBERS.

YEAH. AND SINCE DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR.

YEAH. TWO ITEMS TO CLEAN UP AFTER CONSTRUCTION.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. JOLMA? IF NOT, I WELCOME A MOTION.

I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE THE CONTRACT FOR THE BGVA MODULAR BUILDING SITE WORK.

OKAY. STUDENT REP. PRO. OKAY. THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT FOR BGA MODULAR BUILDING SITE WORK.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0. AND FOR THE TRIPLE, PLAY IT STILL KEVIN.

TURKEY AND BOWLING THEY CALL THAT, THREE STRIKES IN A ROW.

THIS IS A PAPERWORK CLEANUP. APPROXIMATELY A YEAR AGO.

IF YOU'LL RECALL, I BROUGHT THE [INAUDIBLE] PRAIRIE SITE, WHICH WAS A DONATED PIECE WITH A LONG, EXTENDED EXPLANATION OF HOW AND WHY WE HAVE IT.

GOT READY TO PUT IT ON THE MARKET THIS SPRING AND NOTED NOTICE THAT WE HAD THE WRONG NUMBER, THE WRONG PARCEL NUMBER AND ADDRESS FOR THE SHELLAC.

WHAT HAD HAPPENED WAS JUST A MONTH OR TWO PRIOR, WE HAD SURPLUS THE MINT FIELD PROJECT.

SOMEONE I DON'T KNOW WHO IT WAS. WHAT MY ATTORNEY SAID WASN'T HIM.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS ME. IT COULD HAVE BEEN ME. EITHER WAY, SOMEBODY CUT AND PASTE WITHOUT FIXING THE ADDRESS AND THE PARCEL NUMBER.

AND SO THIS DECLARATION IS TO BASICALLY NULL AND VOID THAT WE DIDN'T WANT TO DO A MODIFICATION.

IT'S JUST CLEANER TO JUST SAY THAT NEVER HAPPENED.

THIS ONE HAS THE CORRECT PARCEL AND THE CORRECT ADDRESS.

FOLLOWING BOARD APPROVAL WE WOULD BE ADVERTISING IN THE PAPER FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE WEEKS WITH OUR INTENT TO SELL, NAMING A FUTURE BOARD MEETING FOR A PUBLIC MEETING FOR PEOPLE TO COMMENT ON WHETHER THE DISTRICT SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT SELL THAT.

AND AT THAT POINT, WE CAN WE CAN LIST THE PROPERTY AND WE CANNOT CLOSE IT WITHIN 45 DAYS OF THAT MEETING, HOWEVER. SO IT'S A CLERICAL CLEANUP, CHANGING THE PARCEL NUMBER AND THE ADDRESS TO REFLECT THE PROPERTY, NOT THE MINT FIELD PROPERTY.

THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS ONE? I'M CURIOUS OF WHAT THE APPRAISAL ON THE PROPERTY IS, BUT I ALSO DON'T WANT TO GIVE AWAY ANYTHING IF YOU'RE TRYING TO GO INTO A NEGOTIATION ON THE SALE. SO WE'LL HAVE THAT AT THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

I HAVE THAT WRITTEN DOWN. SO OUR APPRAISAL SO OUR, OUR SELLING PRICE WILL WILL BE WHAT THE APPRAISAL IS.

SO I DON'T THE A YEAR AGO IT WAS 207,000. SO I'LL HAVE TO UPDATE THAT NOW BECAUSE THOSE ARE ONLY GOOD FOR SIX MONTHS AS I RECALL. SO I WILL BE GETTING AN UPDATED.

AND THAT'LL BASICALLY BE OUR ASKING PRICE. VERY DIFFERENT FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO SELL PROPERTY THAN TO BUY PROPERTY.

BUYING IS BUYING A PROPERTY THERE'S A VERY FEW RESTRICTIONS.

SELLING PROPERTY IS DIFFERENT. YOU HAVE TO BE YOU CANNOT SELL IT FOR LESS THAN 10% OF APPRAISED VALUE.

IF IT GOES ONE YEAR UNSOLD, YOU CAN DROP THE PRICE 10%.

SO IT'S MUCH MORE DIFFICULT AND REGIMENTED ON SELLING PROPERTY.

THAT'S WHY THE SURPLUS IS THE THE RESOLUTIONS.

IT'S VERY MUCH MORE RIGID THAN PURCHASING. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THE RESOLUTION? I MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, APPROVE RESOLUTION F 25, SURPLUS CORRECTION OF RESOLUTION B 24. THANK YOU.

STUDENT REP PRO. THANK YOU. THE RESOLUTION. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVED RESOLUTION F 25.

[01:25:02]

RESOLUTION PASSES 5 TO 0. THANK YOU. BOARD. KEEPING ME ON MY TOES.

THANK YOU, KEVIN. IN TERMS OF FUTURE EVENTS, WE HAVE A BOARD MEETING ON JULY

[11. Future Agenda Items and Board Events]

AND I'LL JUST REMIND YOU TO BE PREVIEWING THE THE CURRICULUM THAT WE WERE GIVEN THE SEL CURRICULUM.

AND I WILL BE SENDING YOU. WE'LL BE SENDING OUT THE SURVEY, THE SELF EVALUATION SURVEY, AND I WILL REMEMBER TO SEND YOU THE BOARD GOALS DURING JULY. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER, THAT'S GREAT. IF YOU'D LIKE, I CAN ALSO SEND OUT THE POLICY AROUND GOALS.

YES. YES, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

SO WE ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 7:26.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.