>> I CALL TO ORDER THIS REGULAR MEETING OF
[1. Call to Order]
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THE BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR SEPTEMBER 8, 2025 AT 6:00 PM.PLEASE STAND AND JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
>> THANK YOU, AND NOW ROLL CALL.
>> PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT ONE, MARY [INAUDIBLE]
>> VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT FIVE JACKIE MADDOX.
DIRECTOR MADDOX HAS A PRE ARRANGED ABSENCE.
DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT TWO, DEBBIE JOHNSON?
>> DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT THREE, TED CHAMPAGNE?
>> DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT FOUR, TERRY TATE?
>> STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE [INAUDIBLE]
>> STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE, TONY WYNN?
>> MADAM PRESIDENT, WE HAVE A QUORUM.
>> THANK YOU. COULD WE HAVE A MOTION TO EXCUSE DIRECTOR MADDOX, PLEASE.
>> MOTION TO EXCUSE DIRECTOR MADDOX. STUDENT RPS.
>> EVERYONE ELSE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
>> ANY OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES 4-0.
>> NEXT IS APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
[4. Agenda Approval (Board Vote w/Student Voice)]
ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT, WE HAVE STUDENT AND BOARD UPDATES, SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF UPDATE, CITIZENS COMMENTS.WE HAVE A CONSENT AGENDA WITH ITEMS A-G. WE HAVE NO OLD BUSINESS, TWO ITEMS OF NEW BUSINESS AND FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, AND THEN WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
IF I COULD HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.
>> I MOVED TO ACCEPT THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED TO ACCEPT THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED, STUDENT REPS.
>> EVERYONE ELSE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
>> THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES 4-0.
[5. Student and Board Updates]
I WAS THE LAST MEETING, BUT I HAD SOCCER TRIAL.
HAPPY TO END OF THE YEAR WITH A GOOD NOW.
SOME OF THE UPDATES I HAVE IS FOR PRAIRIE, THE FOOTBALL TEAM LAST FRIDAY, BEAT RIDGEFIELD, 46-44, AS WELL AS THE QUARTERBACK THIS WEEK BEING NOMINATED FOR COLUMBIAN ATHLETE OF THE WEEK.
GOOD TO SEE THAT. OUR TEAM ALREADY STARTED ON A GOOD RUN.
SOCCER HA JAMERE AGAINST TOLEDO.
HAWKINSON, WE TIED TOLEDO AND WE LOST HAWKINSON ONE TO ZERO.
OUR CROSS COUNTRY TEAM MADE AN EVENT CALLED FALCON FAMILY RUN.
INSTEAD OF DOING THE OLOTHON, THEY USUALLY DO A 1 MILE RUN WHERE THEY HAVE ALL PARENTS AND OTHER STUDENTS PAY ADMISSION OF $10 TO HELP THEIR FUND RAISE MONEY FOR THEIR PROGRAM.
FROM WHAT I HEARD FROM THE CROSS COUNTRY RUNNERS WAS REALLY GOOD. IT WAS AMAZING.
I HAD A REALLY GOOD TURNOUT AND TO SEE THAT THEY'RE GETTING SUPPORT, BOUGHT WITH THEIR SPORT WITH THE 1 MILE RUN IT IS SO AWESOME TO SEE THAT THEY REALLY HAD A REALLY GOOD TURNOUT WITH THAT.
THEN THIS FRIDAY, FOOTBALL WILL PLAY WELL SHOGLE AT 7:30, JUST BECAUSE I GO TO PARADE, DOESN'T MEAN I WON'T GIVE ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR BATTLE GROUND.
I'M TRYING MY BEST TO REALLY MULTITASK WITH BOTH.
PLAYED EISENHOWER, BEAT THEM 47-0.
JUST WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL HIGHLIGHT TO THE BATTLE GROUND FOOTBALL TEAM AND THEIR PROGRAM BECAUSE THEY GOT THEIR GAME CANCELED ON FRIDAY, AND THEY REALLY DID EVERYTHING IN THEIR HEART TO REALLY GET THAT GAME MOVING AND MOVED IT TO SATURDAY AND OPENED UP THE DISTRICT STADIUM TO GO PLAY THERE.
IT'S JUST WONDERFUL TO SEE THAT THAT THEY HAD THAT MUCH DETERMINATION TO PLAY AND TO MOVE IT, AND THEY GOT A BIG WIN, SO AND THEN THE GIRLS SOCCER TEAM ALSO PLAYED LAST WEEK AND THEY PLAYED WOODLAND AND THEY BEAT THEM 10, SO THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO START THEIR SEASON AS WELL.
AS WELL AS VOLLEYBALL, BEAT FIRM FOUNDATION CHRISTIAN BY THREE TO ZERO, SO GREAT TO SEE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO TWO MORE ROUNDS.
THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, FOR PRAY ASP, WE'RE WORKING ON FALL EVENTS NOW SUCH AS HOMECOMING SPIRIT WEEK, HOMECOMING HALFTIME, THE HOMECOMING DANCE, AS WELL AS ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY EVENTS CALLED TRUNK RETREAT.
WE DO IT EVERY YEAR WHERE STUDENTS COME, DECORATE THEIR CARS, AND THEN WE GIVE OUT CDIS A FREE COMMUNITY EVENT.
AND SO FAR, WE HAVE OUR DATE TO BE OCTOBER 29, AND BECAUSE I WASN'T HERE AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT OUR FRESHMAN ORIENTATION, WE DID IT DIFFERENTLY THIS YEAR.
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WE HAD STUDENTS COME IN.THEY GOT TO PICK UP THEIR SCHEDULES AND JUST ROAM AROUND THE SCHOOL GET FIRST HANDSY ON EVERYTHING AND WHERE EVERYTHING'S AT. I HAD A GOOD TURNOUT.
WE HAD A LOT OF STUDENTS ASK QUESTIONS, A LOT OF FRESHMEN GETTING TO KNOW THEIR CLASSES BEFORE ACTUALLY WALKING IN AND AFRAID OF A HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS JUST ROAMING AROUND ALREADY KNOWING AND THEM JUST BEING AFRAID.
THEN WITH OUR TWO HOUR LATE START WHEN WE DID IT, IT WAS A REALLY GOOD TURNOUT.
A LOT OF THIS YEAR'S FRESHMEN WERE VERY WERE JUST REALLY GOOD LISTENERS AND THIS FRESHMAN CLASS WAS REALLY NICE.
THEY ACTUALLY PAID ATTENTION. THEY ASKED QUESTIONS.
THEY ALSO HAD REALLY GOOD SPIRIT AT OUR BACK TO SCHOOL ASSEMBLY, WHICH WAS PRETTY GOOD FOR OUR FIRST WE PLANNED IT IN TWO DAYS, WHICH IS REALLY HARD TO PLAN A BACK TO SCHOOL ASSEMBLY AND WE ONLY HAD 20 MINUTES TO ACTUALLY DO THE ASSEMBLY.
BUT EVEN THOUGH WE HAD SOME MINOR INCONVENIENCES WITH SOME OF THE GAMES, IT WAS A REALLY GOOD TURNOUT.
NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE LEFT EARLY FROM THE SCHOOL.
THEY ACTUALLY STAYED AT THE ASSEMBLY AND WATCHED CHEER PERFORM, CHEER SHOWED A NEW CHEER THING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO AT THE GAME.
I WAS JUST REALLY FUN TO SEE ALL THE SPIRIT ALREADY GETTING OFF ON A GOOD NOTE. THAT'S ALL FOR ME.
WOW. I DIDN'T KNOW YOU'RE COVERING BATTLEGROUND AS WELL.
I WAS THERE FOR OUR 47-0 TO VICTORY.
WE WERE JUST IT WAS PASS AFTER PASS.
IT WAS GREAT. VOLLEYBALL GAME TWO, 3-0.
I DID NOT KNOW THERE WAS SO MUCH CHEERING IN VOLLEYBALL.
LIKE AFTER EVERY POINT, EVERYONE'S CHEERY.
I WAS THERE FOR THAT. THE COLON.
ALSO, A LOT OF THE SPORTS ARE DOING THAT.
CALLING YOUR FAMILY AND HEARING THEM REJECT YOU IS NOT FOR THE WEAK.
I KNOW SOME MEMBERS ON THE TENNIS TEAM ALSO DID AND FOOTBALL AND FUND RAISING AT THAT SATURDAY GAME AS WELL AFTER IT GOT CANCELED ON FRIDAY.
THEN I KNOW, MY SCHOOL IS THEY'RE HAVING INTERNATIONAL NIGHT AND A HARVEST PARTY ON 24 OCTOBER, AS OF RIGHT NOW, RESCHEDULING IT A BIT. THAT'S ALL.
>> THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO COMMITTEE REPORTS.
I'LL START WITH THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE.
I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LOT TO DISCUSS.
>> WELL, WITH THE ALLEGED COMMITTEE, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE WASDA MEETING AND POLICIES AND THINGS.
WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT NOW? IN YOUR AGENDA, UNDER THE COMMITTEE REPORTS AT THE BOTTOM, THERE IS A COPY OF THE LINK TO. AM I NOT MISTAKEN? THERE IS. THERE'S A LINK TO GOING TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HANDBOOK.
THERE'S BASICALLY SIX THINGS THAT I WOULD LOVE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT.
WE'RE GOING TO BE VOTING ON ALL OF THESE POSITIONS AND MOST OF THEM HAVE BEEN ADVISED TO HOW TO VOTE AND THERE ARE THREE THAT I'D LIKE TO GET YOUR INPUT ON AND SEE IF WE WANT TO VOTE DIFFERENTLY.
BUT LET'S START WITH THE BYLAWS.
ON PAGE OF G, WHAT IS IT 23, I BELIEVE OR SEVEN SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
>> I THINK MAYBE IT STARTS ON 21 PROPOSAL.
LET'S GO DOWN THERE AND LOOK AT THAT.
WHAT THIS IS THIS IS A PROPOSAL TO CHANGE THE BYLAWS.
IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD TRUTHFULLY.
THIS DOES NOT SHOW THE SAME DOCUMENT THAT I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT ALL WEEK.
SORRY, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO FUMBLE THROUGH IT A LITTLE BIT MORE AWKWARDLY.
THE BIG CHANGE IN THIS IS THE 180 DAYS.
IF YOU LOOK THROUGH THE WHOLE DOCUMENT, THERE ARE SOME OTHER VERBIAGE CHANGES.
BUT THE BIG DECISION IS THEY'RE ASKING FOR 180 DAYS TO PREPARE TO PUT THESE BYLAWS FORWARD.
WHAT'S BEING SAID HERE IS WE'VE HAD 90 DAYS.
YOU HAVE UNTIL 90 DAYS BEFORE THE MEETING TO PUT UP A NEW BY LAW OR AN AMENDMENT.
NOW THEY'RE ASKING FOR 180 DAYS.
IN OTHER WORDS, 180 DAYS BEFORE THE VOTING ON BYLAWS AND AMENDMENTS IS WHEN YOU HAVE TO GET YOUR NEW BYLAWS AND AMENDMENTS IN.
THAT'S THE MAJOR CHANGE. THE QUESTION IS,
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DO WE WANT TO KEEP IT AT 90 DAYS OR DO WE WANT TO GO TO THE 180 DAYS? YES, MA'AM.>> AS I READ IT, I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST THE BYLAWS THEY'RE ASKING FOR 180 DAYS.
>> WELL, IF YOU NOTICE AT THE VERY BOTTOM IN THE NEW HOW IT WILL READ, IT SAYS, ADOPTION OF BYLAW CHANGES, CHANGES TO THE BY LAW.
YOU KNOW WHAT? IT DOESN'T SAY AMENDMENTS.
>> I THINK AMENDMENTS WILL STAY THIS.
>> WELL, THE WORDING HAS BEEN CHANGED. IT'S NOT SIGNIFICANT.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE STRIKEOUTS, BYLAWS, CHANGES, AMENDMENTS, THAT'S JUST VERBIAGE CHANGES THAT ARE REALLY NOT VERY SIGNIFICANT.
THE ONLY THING THAT'S SIGNIFICANT IS THE 180 DAYS.
NOW, I'M INCLINED TO KEEP IT AT THE 90 JUST BECAUSE I TEND TO GET THINGS IN LATE AND I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO GO 90 DAYS BEFORE AND SAY, HEY, WAIT, WAIT, I WANT TO SUBMIT THIS AMENDMENT.
BUT IF YOU'LL READ IN WHAT THEY SAID IN THE RIGHT ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON HERE, THEY'RE SAYING IT'S NOT ENOUGH TIME.
IT'S NOT ENOUGH TIME TO GET THESE THINGS PUSHED THROUGH WITH EVERYBODY WHO NEEDS TO LOOK AT IT, WE NEED 180 DAYS.
IF YOU WANT TO AMEND THE BY LAWS, YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE BY LAWS, THEY'RE ASKING TO CHANGE IT TO 180 DAYS.
>> I LIKE THE 180 DAYS BECAUSE IF WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW IT, IT DOES ALLOW FOR MORE TIME.
BUT IF THEY'RE DOING THIS EVERY SINGLE YEAR, THEN YOU ONLY GET WHAT SIX MONTHS OF BYLAWS, AND THEN IT'S LIKE YOU'RE ALREADY EVALUATING.
>> THAT'S THAT'S THE ISSUE I SAID.
IT'S THEM REVIEWING ALL OF IT KIND OF THING.
IT'S THEM PREPARING IT FOR US.
>> WELL, IF YOU READ WHAT IT SAYS HERE, IT SAYS, GENERAL ASSEMBLY, A CURRENT 90 TIME FRAME INADEQUATE FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER THE IMPACT OF PROPOSALS, REVISE, SO HOLD AT LEAST ONE BOARD MEETING, DELIBERATE, VOTE, RECOMMEND.
YOU SEE? THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THEY HAVE TO DO, AND THEY'RE SAYING THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME AND 90 DAYS TO GET IT DONE. THEY WANT 180.
I LEAN TOWARDS WHAT YOU JUST SAID.
BUT WHEN ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PUT PROPOSALS UP TO GET THINGS CHANGED? IT'S LIKE TAKING AWAY OUR ABILITY TO DO THAT.
WE'VE BEEN DOING IT IN 90 DAYS.
WHY CAN'T WE CONTINUE TO DO IT IN 90 DAYS? THEY'VE GOT A HUGE BUREAUCRACY. I DON'T KNOW.
SOMEBODY WHO'S IN BUREAUCRACY MAYBE KNOWS ALL ABOUT THIS STUFF, BUT I'M INCLINED TO THE 90 DAYS, BUT THEIR RECOMMENDATION IS TO DO PASS, BUT CHANGE IT TO 180 DAYS.
ANYBODY FEEL STRONGLY THAT WE SHOULD NOT CHANGE IT TO 180 DAYS?
>> I WOULD AGREE WITH KEEPING IT AT 90 DAYS.
>> WELL, IT SEEMS LIKE THE PROCESS HAS DRAWN OUT ENOUGH.
>> EXACTLY. THAT'S MY FEELING.
>> WELL, I DON'T LIKE THAT IT DOESN'T GIVE ENOUGH TIME FOR THE BYLAWS TO REALLY MATATE AND SEE IF THEY'RE WORKING.
VERY GOOD POINT. I MIGHT EVEN SAY THAT.
THAT SOUNDS VERY WISE. IT DOESN'T GIVE ENOUGH TIME FOR THE NEW BY LAWS TO MATULATE. I WRITE THAT DOWN.
THESE WERE PRESENTED BY LINDEN AND YOU CAN SEE FIVE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS.
WE COULD PROJECT THAT IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO SEE IT.
BUT WHAT HAPPENED WAS THEY PROPOSED THIS NEW B LAW.
THE WASDA COMMITTEE SAID, NO, WE DON'T LIKE IT THAT WAY BECAUSE IT ASKED FOR PUBLIC INPUT.
THEY ASKED THE COMMITTEE TO CHANGE IT, AND THE COMMITTEE FOCUSED ON JUST GETTING DISTRICT INPUT.
RIGHT NOW, WHEN THEY PUT THESE POLICIES OUT.
WE DON'T GET TO GIVE ANY INPUT TO WHAT THE POLICY IS GOING TO BE.
THEY SUGGESTED COMMUNITY HAS INPUT AND THEN THIS DISTRICTS HAVE INPUT.
THEN THEY SAID, WE'LL JUST MAKE IT GIVE THE DISTRICTS INPUT TO THE NEW POLICIES.
THAT'S WHAT THE SECOND ONE SAYS.
IF YOU'LL NOTICE, THEY SAID, DO NOT PASS ON THAT ONE ALSO.
>> THEY MADE A RECOMMENDATION, BUT THEN THEY SAID DO NOT PASS.
>> EXACTLY. THEY SAID, CHANGE IT FOR US.
THEY CHANGED IT, AND THEN THEY SAID DO NOT PASS ANYWAY.
THE SECOND ONE IS WHAT THIS CONSORTIUM OF SCHOOLS IS ASKING US TO PASS.
THEY'RE SAYING IGNORE THE FIRST ONE.
BUT THE SECOND ONE THAT STRIKES THE COMMUNITY INPUT, 60 DAYS, I THINK IT WAS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
JUST ALLOW THE DISTRICTS TO HAVE A WINDOW OF INPUT INTO THESE NEW POLICIES. THAT'S THE SECOND ONE.
>> IF YOU READ THE RATIONALE FROM WASDA, IT WAS INTERESTING, LET ME SEE IF I CAN FIND IT HERE.
THE BYLAW ALSO REQUIRES WASDA TO MAINTAIN PUBLIC ACCESS TO ALL MODEL POLICIES,
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WHICH THIS WOULD ELIMINATE WASDA SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE MODEL, WHICH IS WHAT WE SUBSCRIBE TO NOW, WHICH ALL DISTRICTS SUBSCRIBE TO WASDA SECOND LARGEST REVENUE STREAM AND RESULT IN A REDUCTION OF SERVICES SUPPORTS AND RESOURCES FOR WASDA MEMBERS.>> THAT'S A KEY POINT FOR THEM.
WE RELY ON THAT SERVICE, AND IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT SERVICE, WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE POLICY VET IT OURSELVES LEGALLY.
HOWEVER, MY THING IS I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE HOW THE PROCESS HOW THEY DEVELOP POLICY NOW.
I'D LIKE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THEY DEVELOP POLICY NOW.
OPEN UP THE PRACTICE AND LET US LOOK AT IT.
I GUESS VOTING FOR THIS CHANGE WOULD PROBABLY DO THAT.
>> I DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF IT.
>> THE ONLY THING THAT I MIGHT BE ABLE TO LEND A LITTLE BIT OF UNDERSTANDING AROUND IT IS THERE ARE SOMETIMES WHERE WE LOOK AT A WSSDA MODEL POLICY, AND WE HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT IT, AND WE TAKE THAT TO OUR ATTORNEY AND WE OUTLINE WHAT THE CONCERNS ARE.
USUALLY, IT'S TYPICALLY AROUND THAT WE DON'T THINK IT REFLECTS THE DESIRES OF OUR COMMUNITY.
WHEN WE DO THAT, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR ATTORNEY WRITES IT, IF THEY'RE GOING TO REWRITE IT AND HELP US, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WRITE IT IN A WAY THAT IT'S STILL LEGALLY SOUND BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO KEEP THE LEGAL REFERENCES CAN'T CHANGE.
THE REQUIREMENTS CAN'T CHANGE, BUT WE HAVE TO WRITE IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
IF WE HAVE TO DO THAT INTERNALLY ON A POLICY, ATTORNEY ON EVERY POLICY, THAT WOULD BE VERY EXPENSIVE BECAUSE AN ATTORNEY BILLS OUT $3 AND $500 AN HOUR, AND MY GUESS IS ANY GIVEN POLICIES AT LEAST A FEW HOURS IN.
IT WOULD BE VERY EXPENSIVE IF WE HAD TO DO THAT FOR EVERY POLICY.
I THINK THE PRACTICE THAT WE'RE DOING CURRENTLY IS ABOUT RIGHT WHEN IT DOESN'T REFLECT WHAT WE BELIEVE IT SHOULD, THEN WE TAKE IT TO THEM TO DO.
THE THING I WILL SAY IS THERE HAS BEEN SOME CHANGES AT WSSDA.
THEY HAD A LONG TIME A PERSON DOING THEIR POLICIES FOR 30 PLUS YEARS, AND THAT'S CHANGED IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NOTICE AS WE LOOK AT POLICIES IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, AND SO SOMETIMES THAT HAS LED TO SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE ABOUT, SHOULD THIS BE IN POLICY OR SHOULD THIS BE IN PROCEDURE? BECAUSE SOMETHING IT'S ABOUT HOW YOU DO IT, NOT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO.
WE'RE DOING SOME OF THAT WORK INTERNALLY IN OUR EXECUTIVE CABINET AND OUR CABINET MEETINGS TO DISCUSS THAT, BUT I DON'T DISAGREE THAT KNOWING MORE ABOUT THE PROCESS THAT THEY USED TO ADOPT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
I DON'T KNOW THAT JUST ADOPTING SOMETHING THAT YOU THAT WOULD PUT IT BACK ENTIRELY ON DISTRICTS WOULD BE FINANCIALLY VERY WISE.
>> I DON'T THINK THE INTENT OF THIS IS TO PUT IT BACK ON DISTRICTS, BUT I THINK THAT COULD BE HOW IT ENDS UP IS BACK ON DISTRICTS IF THEY WERE TO ADOPT THIS BECAUSE IT'S VERY PRESCRIPTIVE.
I DON'T KNOW. I'M TORN ON THAT ONE.
>> THEY'RE VERY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE THESE STANDARDS THAT THEY PUT OUT AND MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE DISTRICT.
I COULD SEE WHY THEY WOULD WANT TO PROTECT THAT AND NOT HAVE THAT BE TORN APART BECAUSE IT IS A REVENUE FOR THEM, WHICH IT MAKES SENSE.
BUT IT ALSO MAKES SENSE TO NOT HAVE TO CONSULT OUR OWN ATTORNEY ALL THE TIME.
THERE WOULD BE A GREAT BENEFIT IN BEING ABLE TO JUST USE SOME OF THESE IF THEY'RE ALREADY VETTED AND THEY ALREADY FIT.
I CAN SEE THE BENEFIT OF THAT.
>> THAT'S THE SERVICE WE ALREADY USE, AND IT KEEPS US ALIGNED WITH THE LAW, SO OUR POLICY HAS TO ALIGN WITH THE LAW, AND THAT'S THE SERVICE WE USE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE NEW OUTLINE WILL END UP PUTTING MORE OF IT ON US.
>> IT SEEMS LIKE A GOOD WAY FOR A LOT OF ATTORNEYS TO GET WORK.
>> TED, DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS?
>> I GOT A FEW. I JUST TRY TO RELATE EVERYTHING TO WHAT I DO IN THE REAL WORLD.
I ALIGN THIS A LOT LIKE IF I RECEIVE A PRODUCT
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FROM ONE OF MY STAFF OR ANOTHER SUBCONTRACTOR OF SOME SORT, I'M NOT GOING TO PUT MY NAME ON IT AND PUT IT OUT ON THE STREET WITHOUT VETTING IT FIRST.IF I WERE TO CORRELATE THAT TO GETTING A PRODUCT FROM WSSDA, I WOULD NEVER IMPLEMENT A POLICY THEY RECOMMENDED JUST ON FACE VALUE.
NO MATTER HOW IT COMES, IF IT COMES FROM WSSDA, IT'S GOING THROUGH OUR LAWYERS REGARDLESS.
SURE, WE CAN ASSUME IT'S COMPLIANT WITH THE LAW, BUT TO SHELLY'S POINT, IS IT COMPLIANT WITH WHAT OUR COMMUNITY STANDS FOR AND HOW WE POSITION IT.
I NEVER SEE THAT PROCESS GOING AWAY.
BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT IT'S A LOT LESS EXPENSIVE TO REVIEW SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY CREATED THAN IT IS TO CREATE SOMETHING FROM SCRATCH.
NOT EVEN JUST THE DOLLARS, IT'S ALSO ABOUT THE TIME.
IF WE GET TO A POSITION WHERE WE NOW HAVE TO DRAFT POLICY ON OUR OWN, I CAN PROBABLY GUARANTEE THERE'S 5-6 PEOPLE CURRENTLY DOING WORK FOR THE DISTRICT THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE REALLOCATED TO NOTHING BUT WRITING POLICY BECAUSE THAT'S HOW MUCH LABOR GOES INTO IT.
WSSDA BENEFIT IS IS THAT THEY GET TO WRITE A POLICY FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF A SCHOOL COMPLIANT WITH THE LAW, AND THEY GET REVENUES FROM ALL THE DISTRICTS AROUND THE STATE, SO THEY GET TO DISTRIBUTE THAT COST TO DO THAT AMONGST EVERYBODY, AND OUR PORTION BECOMES CHEAPER.
IT'S ABOUT THAT ON THE COST CONTROL.
I GUESS I'M INCLINED TO NOT CHANGE THAT, IF THAT MAKES SENSE?
>> SHELLY, DID I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, THEN THAT WHEN POLICIES DO COME DOWN, THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE OUR LAWYERS LOOK AT THEM ALSO.
>> NOT ALWAYS. WE TAKE A LOOK AT THEM INTERNALLY FIRST, BUT THERE'S A GOOD NUMBER THAT WE ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT.
THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE PRETTY BENIGN AND EVERY NOW AND AGAIN, WSSDA GOES THROUGH A CHANGE OF CHANGING WILLS TO SHALLS AND SOME OF THAT KIND OF THING.
IF IT'S MINUSCULE, NO, AND IF IT'S REALLY JUST A REFERENCE TO A CHANGE IN THE LAW OR A REFERENCE, WE DON'T DO THAT, SO IT DEPENDS ON WHAT IT IS.
BUT CERTAINLY, IF THERE'S A SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE, WE DEFINITELY DO.
THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE JUST FLAT OUT, SAY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO ADOPT AND WE'RE GOING TO DO IT A DIFFERENT WAY, AND WE'VE DONE THAT AS WELL.
BUT AGAIN, WE DON'T DO THAT IN ISOLATION.
WE DO INVOLVE OUR ATTORNEY WITH THAT.
>> IF I COULD SAY THIS BACK TO YOU, IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS, IN FACT, IF WE CHANGE THE PROCESS TO HAVE SCHOOL BOARDS START PICKING AWAY AT ALL THIS STUFF.
IT TAKES A LOT LONGER TO GET THE JOB DONE AND A LOT MORE LAWYER INVESTMENT AFTER SOMEBODY'S ALL SAID AND DONE WITH IT TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER OR NOT WE GOT SOMETHING WE CAN USE.
IT'S LIKE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE IN THE KITCHEN MAKING AN APPLE PIE A THING.
I DON'T KNOW IF I'M GOING TO EAT THAT KIND OF STUFF.
I WOULD SAY THAT YOU TOUCHED ON IT.
I TALKED TO SOMEBODY AT LYNDEN, I TALKED TO SOMEBODY AT NACHES.
IN FACT, IT WAS THEIR HOPE, THEIR INTENT TO TRY TO CREATE SOMETHING WHERE WE COULD GIVE INPUT.
BUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT IT IN THOSE TERMS, IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT'S A REALLY DEEPLY THOUGHT THROUGH IDEA THAT MAYBE WOULD BE SOUND.
MAYBE THEY COULD TAKE THIS BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND GIVE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE THOUGHT AND COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT WOULD ACTUALLY WORK THAT WOULDN'T COST A LOT SO MUCH LAWYER TIME AND MONEY.
>> THAT REFLECTS WHAT I'M THINKING.
YEAH. YEAH THAT MAKES YOU COULD TAKE IT BACK TO NACHES.
>> I'M NOT SURE IF ANYBODY'S TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT ACTUALLY.
>> LOOKS LIKE A BUNCH OF THEM. THAT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT [OVERLAPPING]
>> THAT'S WHAT I WILL DO THEN.
WE WILL SAY NO ON THOSE TWO BYLAWS.
WE WILL SAY YES, ON THE FIRST PROPOSAL.
DO I HAVE THAT RIGHT? THE FIRST ONE WAS ABOUT 180 DAYS?
>> 180 DAYS. WE'LL KEEP IT AT 90.
I'M SORRY, WE'RE GOING TO SAY NO TO THAT ONE ALSO.
WE WANT IT TO BE 90, AND WE DON'T WANT TO CHANGE THE BYLAWS ON THE OTHER THING.
>> POSITION 16. I'M SORRY, I DON'T HAVE THE PAGE NUMBERS IN FRONT OF ME.
I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS, SO I'M NOT THINKING DOING REAL WELL HERE.
THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION OF DO NOT PASS.
I CALLED AND TALKED TO FERNDALE ABOUT THIS AND THEIR INTENT.
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SECOND LINE, PROPOSED AMENDMENT.THIS IS THE ONE ABOUT THE PRIMARY STAKEHOLDERS? THEY DIDN'T LIKE THE LANGUAGE.
THE LANGUAGE CURRENTLY SAYS IMPORTANT STAKEHOLDERS AND THEY WANTED TO SAY THAT PARENTS ARE THE PRIMARY ACTUALLY FAMILIES, I THINK.
>> PARENTS AND GUARDIANS, NOT FAMILIES. THAT'S THE THING.
THEY'RE WANTING TO CHANGE THE CURRENT LANGUAGE TO SAY NOT IMPORTANT.
THEY WANTED TO SAY THAT THE PARENTS AND GUARDIANS ARE OUR PRIMARY STAKEHOLDERS IN THEIR CHILD'S EDUCATION NOT IMPORTANT STAKEHOLDERS.
THERE'S A REWRITE OF THIS DOWN BELOW IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
>> THE CLEAN PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
>> CLEAN PROPOSED AMENDMENT WOULD READ LIKE THIS.
WSSDA RECOGNIZES THAT PARENTS AND GUARDIANS ARE PRIMARY STAKEHOLDERS IN THEIR CHILD'S EDUCATION.
STUDIES CLEARLY SHOW EVERYTHING ELSE PRETTY MUCH STAYS THE SAME.
YOU GET DOWN TO THE LAST SENTENCE SCHOOL SHOULD REDUCE BARRIERS IN GUARDIANS PARTICIPATION AND COMMUNICATION TO IMPROVE CONNECTIONS, COLLABORATION, PARTNERSHIP, AND TRANSPARENCY.
PERSONALLY, I FAVOR THIS VERY STRONGLY.
I THINK WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FAMILIES AND PARENTS AND GUARDIANS SHOULD BE THE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY.
>> IT REFLECTS MY BELIEF, AND I FEEL LIKE OUR COMMUNITY'S BELIEF.
>> WE'LL VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS.
IF YOU HAVE ANY INSIGHT INTO WHY THEY SAID DO NOT PASS, I'D LOVE TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS.
ANOTHER TIME, MAYBE PRIVATELY.
[LAUGHTER] NOW THE NEXT ONE, HELP ME OUT, MARY.
YOU'RE DOING SUCH A GOOD JOB ON THIS.
WHAT'S THE NEXT ONE. THAT'S 22.
>> POSITION 22. THEN IT'S 25, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
POSITION 22 IS DOWN ON PAGE 59.
THE PROPOSAL HERE IS TO DO PASS. THIS IS NEW.
OUR PROPOSAL THAT WSSDA INITIATE, OR SUPPORT LEGISLATION PROVIDING RESOURCES AND FUNDING TO HELP DISTRICTS INTEGRATE CLIMATE SCIENCE, ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY AND SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION ACROSS K THROUGH 12 IS ROOTED IN BOTH URGENCY AND OPPORTUNITY.
I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS WHEN I TAUGHT SCIENCE.
IT SAYS, WSSDA SHALL INITIATE SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT PROVIDES RESOURCES AND FUNDING TO ENABLE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO EFFECTIVELY INTEGRATE CLIMATE SCIENCE.
THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE THING THAT BOTHERS ME.
RIGHT NOW, WE SUPPORT CLIMATE SCIENCE, IN OUR SCIENCE CLASSES, WE TEACH IT IN OUR CURRICULUM.
THIS THOUGH IS PROPOSING THAT WSSDA TAKE A POSITION TO SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT PROVIDES RESOURCES AND FUNDING.
SEE THAT'S WHAT THIS IS SAYING.
WE WANT WSSDA, NOT JUST TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE CURRICULUM AND WHETHER WE'RE TEACHING THIS CORRECTLY, BUT WE WANT WSSDA TO INITIATE AND SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT PROVIDES RESOURCES AND FUNDING TO ENABLE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO EFFECTIVELY INTEGRATE CLIMATE SCIENCE, ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY, AND SUSTAINABILITY.
I AM VERY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THEM SUGGESTING THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET BEHIND ALL THEIR NEW TAXES.
>> THE NOTES I WROTE WERE ALREADY COVERED AND NO NEW MANDATES PERIOD.
>> I CAN SEE IT GOING TO A MANDATE.
>> THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.
>> I AGREE WITH YOU, MARY ON THAT REGARD, BECAUSE IT DOES STATE IN HERE THAT SAYS, DISTRICT SHOULD MAINTAIN LOCAL CONTROL OVER IMPLEMENTATION WHILE BEING SUPPORTED WITH THE NECESSARY TOOLS.
THEN OVER HERE AND WHY THIS MATTERS, THEY SAY RESPECTS LOCAL CONTROL, SEMICOLON OR COLON, PROVIDES DISTRICTS WITH THE TOOLS AND FUNDING.
THEY'RE SAYING THEY'RE PROVIDING LOCAL CONTROL, BUT THAT'S NOT REALLY WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
THEY'RE SAYING YOU HAVE CONTROL ON HOW YOU IMPLEMENT IT, BUT YOU WILL DO IT.
THEN THEY CLAIM THEY'RE GOING TO FUND IT.
>> SEE THIS IS NOT TO IMPLEMENT TEACHING A GOOD CURRICULUM.
>> LET'S BE CLEAR, WE ALREADY HAVE A REQUIREMENT TO TEACH THESE THINGS.
>> K-12. WE ALREADY HAVE REQUIREMENT.
BUT WHEN THEY PUT THAT REQUIREMENT IN PLACE, THEY DIDN'T SEND RESOURCES WITH IT, SO IT'S ALREADY AN UNFUNDED MANDATE.
THE REAL THING HERE IS THAT FIRST SENSE WHERE THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT WSSDA PROMOTING THE LEGISLATION TO TAX,
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GET MORE MONEY TO DO THIS, TO IMPLEMENT THIS.>> I DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOU, TERRY, UP TO THE POINT WHERE ARE THEY CHASING FUNDING FOR SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALREADY REQUIRED TO DO, OR ARE THEY REQUIRING US TO DO SOMETHING ADDITIONAL WHAT WE'RE ALREADY REQUIRED TO DO? IF THAT MAKES SENSE. IF THEY'RE PASSING MORE FUNDING, AS LONG AS THAT CHASING MORE FUNDING DIDN'T LEAD TO MORE TAXES, MAYBE THEY'RE GETTING THE STATE UP TO OR ABOVE THE 50% THEY SHOULD BE AT AS WE DISCUSSED THE LAST BUDGET MEETING.
>> THEN MAYBE THERE'S AN ARGUMENT FOR PASSING OF IT.
BUT THEY DON'T ACTUALLY SAY THAT.
>> I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH WSSDA PROMOTING THIS SPECIFIC PIECE WHEN THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS THAT WE NEED WSSDA TO PROMOTE LEGISLATIVELY.
WE DON'T NEED ONE MORE LEGISLATIVE POSITION, IS MY [OVERLAPPING]
>> A BETTER RIGHT OF THIS WOULD BE SUPPORT LEGISLATION TO PROVIDE RESOURCES AND FUNDING FOR ALL THE UNFUNDED MANDATES FROM THE STATE.
>> PERIOD, WITHOUT RAISING ANY OF OUR TAXES.
THAT WOULD BE A GOOD LANGUAGE I COULD GET BEHIND IT.
>> DEBBIE, YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS?
I THINK IT'S A SLIPPERY SLOPE.
>> I DON'T FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT AT ALL.
I WILL PUT DO NOT PASS ON THIS ONE.
TWENTY FIVE HAS A FUNNY LITTLE STORY.
I TALKED TO PENINSULA ABOUT THIS.
THE GOAL HERE ACCORDING TO PENINSULA WAS WHAT IS IT? THIS HAS TO DO WITH DEGREES AND DEGREE REQUIREMENTS.
THEY'RE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING POSITIVE HERE WITH VETERANS AND DEGREES AND DIFFERENT THINGS.
THEY SAY THEY WANT US TO PASS THIS.
THEY TOOK IT TO WASDA AND WASDA SAID, "WELL, WE WANT YOU TO REWRITE IT.
DO IT A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY." THAT'S WHERE THIS 25 A COMES FROM, A 25.
NOW, PENINSULA SAYS, AND I DON'T FULLY UNDERSTAND BOTH OF THESE BILLS, BUT PENINSULA SAYS THEY DON'T LIKE A 25 AT ALL, BUT THEY WERE REQUIRED TO WRITE IT.
YOU NOTICE THERE'S NO RECOMMENDATION ON THAT ONE.
THEY SAY WEAKENS WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO DO WITH THESE CERTIFICATIONS.
THEY SAY WE WANT AND THINK THE RIGHT WAY TO GO IS TO PASS 25.
>> THE CLEAN PROPOSAL AMENDMENT STATES, WASDA SUPPORTS ALL PATHWAYS TO PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION THAT MEETS STATE AND FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING TRADITIONAL AND ALTERNATIVE ROUTES TO CERTIFICATION, AS WELL AS LICENSE AUTHORIZED THROUGH THE INTERSTATE TEACHER MOBILITY COMPACT AND THE SERVICE-MEMBERS CIVIL RELIEF ACT.
APPARENTLY, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT TERMINOLOGY THAT'S CROSSED, IT'S MORE CONFUSING TO GET PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY CAN TEACH INTO TEACHING.
THEY WANT TO SIMPLIFY IT AND THEY WANT TO GET THESE PEOPLE LIKE VETERANS AND PEOPLE WITH EXPERIENCE, JOB EXPERIENCE, INTO TEACHING.
THEY'RE JUST SUGGESTING THAT THEY CLEAN UP THAT TERMINOLOGY.
>> TWENTY FIVE A WAS AN ATTEMPT TO GET WASDA TO SAY THEY LIKED IT, BUT IT WAS FORCED UPON THEM TO TAKE THIS OFF AND CHANGE THIS, AND THEY SAID, "NO, I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT."
>> THEY STILL LEFT IT WITH NO RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMITTEE.
>> IT SEEMS LIKE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO IS JUST THAT LAST BULLET EXPAND CERTIFICATION PATHWAYS THAT PROMOTES LICENSURE RECIPROCITY THROUGH INTERSTATE COMPACTS INTRODUCED BARRIERS FOR QUALIFIED OUT OF STATE AND MILITARY CONNECTED EDUCATORS. IS THAT.
>> THE GUY THAT I TALKED TO WAS ACTUALLY DAVID OLSON.
DAVID OLSON SAID, THAT'S EXACTLY IT.
>> WHY DON'T THEY LIKE THAT? WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?
>> HE SAYS, WE LIKE THE CLEANER LANGUAGE OF THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL.
THAT'S HOW HE EXPLAINED IT TO ME.
>> HE SAYS, VOTE YES FOR 25 AND VOTE NO FOR 25 A.
>> WELL, AND IF 25 A PASSES, YOU WON'T BE VOTING ON 25 ANYWAY.
>> THAT'S HOW DAVID OLSON SUGGESTED.
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>> THE ONLY THING THAT I GUESS I WOULD I WOULD WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE INTERSTATE TEACHER MOBILITY COMPACT.
I WAS SERVICE-MEMBER CIVIL RELIEF ACT ARE BEFORE I WOULD WANT TO WEIGH IN AS I'M PHR DIRECTOR ON THAT.
>> I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THEM, AND I WAS GOING TO ASK IF YOU KNEW ANYTHING I DO.
>> I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THOSE EITHER, BUT I'M FAMILIAR WITH, MILITARY EDUCATION, AND IT'S NOT INSIGNIFICANT.
IT'S QUITE ROBUST IN MANY CASES.
AS A VETERAN WHO'S BEEN THROUGH IT, I CERTAINLY DON'T TURN A BLIND EYE TO THAT.
BUT I'M CURIOUS OF WHAT THAT IS.
HE WAS TALKING IN THOSE TERMS, AND I'M NOT.
I CAN'T SEE IT FROM THE SAME DIRECTION.
>> I THINK IT'S A MULTI STATE AGREEMENT TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR LICENSURE TEACHERS SO WE KNOW WITH MILITARY SERVICE, THE MOBILITY RATE, AND SO THIS IS AN AGREEMENT ACROSS STATES TO MAKE IT EASIER.
WHAT WE SEE A LOT TOO IS MOVING FROM OREGON TO WASHINGTON.
THERE ARE A LOT OF BARRIERS AND A LOT OF TESTING.
THIS CONTRACT IS JUST MAKING IT OR IT'S AN INTER COMPACT.
IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR TEACHERS IN THE SERVICE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A LICENSURE THAT ALLOWS THEM TO TEACH STATE TO STATE.
>> EXACTLY. LIKE NATIONAL BOARDS, WHICH I THINK WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL JUST KNOWING THE AMOUNT OF HOOPS THAT TEACHERS HAVE TO JUMP THROUGH WHEN THEY MOVE FROM STATE TO STATE.
>> THE MAIN FOCUS IS TO INITIATE TO HELP MILITARY FAMILIES.
IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S ABOUT EIGHT STATES THAT ARE INVOLVED IN IT RIGHT NOW IS WHAT I'M SEEING, AND IT JUST MAKES IT SO THAT THEY CAN, LIKE YOU SAID, GO FROM STATE TO STATE, AND ALSO THAT THEY CAN BECOME TEACHERS AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL AND BE RETRAINED.
>> I IMAGINE IT IS CHALLENGING FOR THEM AS TEACHERS, TOO, IF THEY'RE TEACHING ON A BASE SCHOOL WHETHER IT'S PRIMARY OR MIDDLE OR HIGH SCHOOL OR WHATEVER.
THEN THEIR SPOUSE GET SENT TO A DIFFERENT BASE PCS IS SOMEWHERE.
THEY GOT TO GO FIND A NEW JOB.
THEN THEY GOT TO GO THROUGH ALL THE HOOPS AGAIN TO GET LICENSURE IN THAT STATE.
IT'S PROBABLY PRETTY CHALLENGING.
I'M INCLINED TO LEAN MORE TOWARDS LEAVING THAT LANGUAGE IN THERE.
IT ELIMINATES THE ADDITIONAL TRAINING AND TESTING THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR TEACHERS TO OBTAIN A TEACHING CERTIFICATE.
>> BASICALLY, THAT'S WHAT DAVID OLSON WAS RECOMMENDING WAS VOTE NO ON THE AMENDMENT, AND THEN YES ON 25.
>> THAT'S CORRECT. THAT'S WHAT AUTHORS OF THESE AMENDMENTS RECOMMENDED.
>> I WOULD GO WITH HIS RECOMMEND.
>> THIS 25 ENCAPSULATES MORE THAN JUST THAT ACT, BUT BROADENS THAT SCOPE, AND THE AMENDMENT IS JUST SPECIFIC TO THAT ACT, WHEREAS THE NEXT ONE INCLUDES MAYBE SPOUSES.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD INSIGHTS.
>> THAT'S FINE. I WISH THERE WAS A WAY I COULD COMBINE THE BOTH, AND BE LIKE, ADD THAT AND THAT LINE.
>> BUT THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO REMOVE BARRIERS FOR FAMILIES IN THE MILITARY.
BUT I THINK THE BROAD LANGUAGE IN 25 ALLOWS FOR MORE GROUPS THAN JUST THAT.
I'M THINKING AS SERVICE MEMBER'S WIFE TEACHES, AND THEN THEY MOVE TOO.
MAYBE THAT CONDITION WOULD APPLY THERE.
>> WELL, WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THESE ARE PROPOSALS FOR WASDA TO ADVOCATE.
THIS A PROPOSAL THAT THEY'RE GOING TO ADVOCATE.
>> FOR CLARITY FOR THE PUBLIC, NOW I'M FUMBLING AGAIN HERE.
WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THEN IS WASDA, THE WASHINGTON STATE SCHOOL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION IS HAVING A MEETING ABOUT OUR POLICIES AND WHAT THEY ROUTE FOUR WITH THE LEGISLATURE FOR US.
WE SET THESE POLICIES AND THEN THEY INTERFACE WITH THE LEGISLATURE.
DID I SAY THAT CLEAR ENOUGH. POSITIONS. I'M SORRY.
NOW THERE'S BEEN SOME NEW POSITIONS PROPOSED.
THERE'S BEEN SOME AMENDMENTS PROPOSED TO OUR BYLAWS, AND WE GET ONE VOTE AS A BOARD.
I'M THE ONE THAT GETS TO GO AND CAST THAT VOTE, AND THEN THEY ARE UNHAPPY WITH ME LATER, SAY NO.
THE POINT IS I'M TRYING TO DEVELOP HOW WE ALL FEEL ABOUT THIS STUFF,
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AND ALL OF THESE COME WITH A PROPOSAL FROM WASDA TO PASS OR NOT PASS.THESE ARE THE ONLY THINGS THAT I SAW THAT I WOULD VOTE DIFFERENTLY THAN WHAT WASDA PROPOSED.
NOW, DOES ANYBODY ELSE HERE GOT ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU FOUND WHEN YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN LOOKING THROUGH ALL THIS STUFF THAT YOU'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT BECAUSE THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 27 ITEMS THAT WE'LL BE VOTING ON. ANYTHING ELSE?
>> EVERYBODY? BUT ONE CAVEAT THOUGH, I WAS TOLD I NEEDED TO SAY THIS TO YOU.
ARE YOU AVAILABLE ON THAT DAY WHEN I'M VOTING FOR US IF WE HAD TO TALK REAL QUICK?
>> BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS, THESE THINGS GET TO THE FLOOR AND THEN THEY DEBATE THEM.
THEN SOMEBODY COMES OUT AND WALKS OUT THERE WITH A VERY WISE POSITION THAT NOBODY THOUGHT ABOUT AND EVERYBODY LOOKS AT EACH OTHER AND THEY SAY, WELL, MAYBE WE SHOULDN'T BE DOING IT.
IF ANYTHING LIKE THAT COMES DOWN, I WILL CALL YOU AND AT LEAST YOU AND I CAN TOSS IT BACK AND FORTH AND SEE IF WE WANT TO CHANGE HOW WE WERE GOING TO GO.
>> I DON'T THINK THAT THEY'RE GOING TO ALLOW ANYONE TO BRING.
>> NO. BUT THEY STILL DEBATE ALL OF THESE.
THERE'S NO AMENDMENTS. THEY'LL DEBATE THEM.
SOMEBODY STEPS UP TO THE MICROPHONE AND SAYS, HEY, YOU GUYS WHAT ABOUT THIS THAT NOBODY'S THINKING ABOUT, JOHNNY IS GOING TO BE LIKE OUT OF A CAR IN HOUSE AND THROW HIM ON THE STREET.
EVERYBODY SAYS, WE DIDN'T REALIZE THAT.
THEN I WOULD NOT WANT TO VOTE THAT WAY.
I'LL CALL YOU IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT COMES UP LIKE THAT.
BUT OTHERWISE, THIS MAKES IT ALL VERY CLEAR FOR.
>> THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK ON THAT.
>> WHILE WE STILL HAVE YOU ON THE SPOT, DID YOU HAVE YOU FILED TO RUN FOR WERE YOU RUNNING FOR [INAUDIBLE].
>> I'M GOING TO BE RUNNING FOR THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON WASDA, AND I HAVE TO FILE BY THE 15TH.
>> I HOPE YOU'LL VOTE FOR ME, BUT IT'S A SECRET BALLOT, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO VOTE FOR ME YOU'LL.
THERE ARE FOUR COMMITTEES IN WASDA, LEGISLATIVE NOMINATING, INTER SCHOLASTIC, AND RESOLUTIONS.
DEBBIE'S ACTUALLY INVESTIGATED, MAYBE RUNNING FOR ONE BECAUSE THERE MIGHT BE SOMEBODY WHO STEPS DOWN.
I FOUND OUT THERE MIGHT BE SOMEBODY STEPPING DOWN OFF OF THE RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE.
I WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE, AND DEBBIE SAID SHE'D BE INTERESTED IN MAYBE SERVING ON THAT.
BUT WE'D HAVE TO SEE WHAT THAT PERSON DOES FIRST.
>> GO FOR IT. AUDIT COMMITTEE.
>> NEXT MEETING IS ON THE 16TH. WE'RE GOOD.
>> BABER GRAN EDUCATION FOUNDATION.
DIRECTOR MADDOX IS NOT HERE, BUT WE JUST REMIND YOU THAT OCTOBER 4 IS THE FUNDRAISER EVENT, AND I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF PUTTING AN ITEM IN THE AUCTION, AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND THANK YOU FOR GETTING A TABLE.
>> MARY, YOU'RE NOT BRINGING SOMEONE, IS THAT TRUE OR IS THAT FALSE EEL BECAUSE YOU PUT IN THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN GOING?
>> ETO, WILL YOU BE MARY'S GUEST?
>> YEAH, I CAN BE MARY'S GUEST.
>> THANK YOU. DEBBIE, YOU'RE BRINGING YOUR HUSBAND.
>> HE MIGHT BEG AT THE LAST MINUTE.
>> IF HE GETS COLD FEET, JUST A HEADS UP.
I LIKE GETTING ROW SOMEBODY IN LIKE GETTING MARRIED?
>> GREAT. WIAA, ANY NEWS ON THAT?
>> WE'RE HAVING A MEETING LATER THIS MONTH.
>> TOURS, JUST WANT TO REMIND US THAT THERE IS A TOUR ON SEPTEMBER 19TH.
>> I THINK DEBBIE AND TED ARE THE REMAINING BOARD MEMBERS THAT CAN ATTEND THAT.
IF SOMETHING CHANGES, LET ME KNOW RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, I THINK THAT'S IT.
I THINK EVERYBODY ELSE HAS ANOTHER COMMITMENT.
ES OR TOBY EITHER OF YOU ON THAT.
I MISSED WHETHER YOU'RE ON THE YACHT TWO OR ON THE 19TH?
>> I GOT A BIG GAME FAIR FOR THAT DAY.
>> MOVING ON TO DIRECTORS REPORTS.
>> I HAD A BUSY COUPLE OF WEEKS THERE.
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FOR ME IT'S FOOTBALL SEASON.AS ESO MENTIONED, WE HAD A PRETTY GREAT GAME.
I DID ATTEND THE PRAIRIE GAME ACTUALLY AND WATCHED THEM PLAY. IT WAS A GOOD GAME.
THEY DID WELL. IT'S FUNNY, AS I'VE TELLING SHELLY, THIS WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE A HOME GAME.
AGAIN, AS MENTIONED, DUE TO THE AIR QUALITY, WE MANAGED TO GET THEM OUT TO DISTRICT.
BUT IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I HAD EXPERIENCED PERSONALLY, OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, THE IMPACT OF THE LEVEE FAILURE.
WE TYPICALLY HAVE STADIUM STAFF THAT SET UP THE GAMES, DO ALL THE YARD MARKERS AND SET THE ROPES UP FOR THE FOOT TRAFFIC, AND JUST THE GENERAL SETUP.
I HAVE TO EVEN AS A COACH FORGET THE LEVEL OF EFFORT THAT'S REQUIRED TO DO THAT AT THE STADIUM.
BUT NOW THAT'S ON THE PROGRAMS. MYSELF AND THREE OTHER COACHES ARE OUT 8:00 A.M. ON SATURDAY MORNING, BLOWING OFF THE TURF AND SETTING UP THE CONES AND DOING ALL THE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE IN ORDER FOR US TO HAVE A BIG EVENT THERE.
IT HURTS, IT'S JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE COST OF THINGS.
THE SECOND AND I SAY THIS BECAUSE I KNOW THE COMMUNITIES BROUGHT IT UP TOO IS THE LOSS OF THE CROSSING GUARDS.
TRYING TO GET FROM MY HOUSE TO THE STADIUM BEFORE 250 PRACTICE, RIGHT WHEN DAYBREAK IS STARTING TO CUT LOOSE, IT'S PAINFUL.
NOW I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF SAINTS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE STEPPED UP AND VOLUNTEERED, AND THAT'S BEEN HUGE, BUT IT'S JUST YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE IMPLICATIONS BEHIND THESE FAILURES.
I'M FEELING IT. I KNOW THE COMMUNITY IS FEELING IT, AND SO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO DO BETTER AND GET THE NEXT ONE THROUGH IS GOING TO BE PRETTY IMPORTANT, WHICH I KNOW THAT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS.
BUT IT JUST NEEDS TO BE SET AGAIN.
THERE ARE MANY VOLUNTEERS OUT THERE THAT ARE STEPPING UP TO DO THINGS AND TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THINGS THAT IS IMPORTANT TO THE KIDS GETS DONE AND THAT WE CAN GET THROUGH IT AS A COMMUNITY AND A GROUP, AND AS A DISTRICT. WE'LL DO IT.
>> WELL, I'M HOPING THAT I'M GOING TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE UPDATE WE GOT FROM WASDA, THEIR LITTLE NEWSLETTER UPDATE, IN THAT, YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED THAT THEY TALKED ABOUT THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT'S STANDARD DOCUMENT THAT THEY'RE BRINGING FORTH, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE TRAINING ON THAT AT THE WASDA CONFERENCE.
I RECOMMEND THAT BOARD MEMBERS TAKE THAT TRAINING BECAUSE THE EXCITING PART ABOUT IT IS, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR OWN STANDARDS THAT WE EVALUATE OURSELVES ON, AND SUPERINTENDENT HAS STANDARDS THAT WE EVALUATE THE SUPERINTENDENT ON THAT WE AS A BOARD HAVE EVALUATED THE SUPERINTENDENT ON, AND THEY'RE DOING A CROSSWALK BETWEEN OUR BOARD STANDARDS AND THE SUPERINTENDENT STANDARDS.
THAT DOCUMENT SHOULD BE A LOT EASIER TO COORDINATE.
>> THEN TO MATCH TO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
THAT'S ONE OF THE GOALS IS THAT YOU MATCH IT TO YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN AS A DISTRICT.
THERE'S A NICE LITTLE 2.5-MINUTE VIDEO.
IF YOU WANT TO POP ON THERE SOMETIME AND LOOK AT IT, YOU'LL RECOGNIZE OUR TEACHER HEATHER FROM RETREAT, AND SHE EXPLAINS ABOUT THE DOCUMENT AND ABOUT THE TRAINING, AND OF COURSE, OFFERS THAT THEY CAN COME ALSO TO YOUR DISTRICT AND DO SOME TRAINING ON IT.
I HOPE YOU'LL POP ON AND LOOK AT THAT.
THAT'S WHAT I HAD FOR DIRECTORS' REPORTS.
[6. Superintendent and Staff Updates]
WE WILL MOVE ON TO SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF UPDATES.>> WELL, THANK YOU. I FEEL LIKE YOU CUED ME UP [LAUGHTER] I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT TODAY.
I WANTED TO START BY JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE HAD A HANDFUL OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS, JUST A FEW, BUT REACH OUT ABOUT A VARIETY OF THINGS.
BUT ONE WITH SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WERE THE REDUCTIONS LAST SPRING, WHAT DID YOU FIRST SAY YOUR CUTS WERE GOING TO BE, AND THEN WHAT DID YOUR CUTS REALLY END UP BEING AFTER YOU RETURNED A FEW THINGS WHEN YOU GOT SOME MORE FUNDS.
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JUST WANTED TO GIVE SOME REMINDERS BECAUSE I KNOW MICHELLE HAS GIVEN YOU SOME UPDATES ABOUT PEOPLE COMING OFF THE RIFF LIST, AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING THAT WELL, WE'VE PULLED PEOPLE BACK FROM THE RIFF LIST, IT'S NOT BECAUSE WE'VE ADDED POSITIONS, IT'S BECAUSE WE'VE HAD ATTRITION, PEOPLE HAVE LEFT, THEY'VE MOVED, AND WE'VE FILLED IT WITH THE PEOPLE THAT WERE ON THE RIFF LIST.I WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR ABOUT THAT.
WHEN WE FIRST STARTED IN THE SPRING AND WE WERE LOOKING AT $20 MILLION IN CUTS, WHAT WE IDENTIFIED IS 184 IMPACTED POSITIONS WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE STAFFING PIECE.
THAT WAS WHERE WE WERE AT UNTIL WE GOT THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, AND THEN AT THE END OF MAY, YOU'LL REMEMBER THAT DENNY AND MYSELF AND MICHELLE ALL TALKED ABOUT OUR FINANCES AND WHAT HAD CHANGED USING PART OF OUR FUND BALANCE, 1% FOR EACH YEAR, THE ADDITIONAL MONEY THAT WE HAD GOTTEN WHILE IT WASN'T A GREAT DEAL, IT WAS ENOUGH TO PROVIDE US SOME RELIEF.
WE WERE ABLE TO BRING BACK ABOUT 5.5-$6 MILLION TO THAT $20 MILLION IN CUTS.
AT THAT POINT, WE IDENTIFIED AND WE WENT THROUGH A PROCESS, YOU'LL REMEMBER WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT SOME THINGS THAT WE FELT WERE NON-NEGOTIABLES, THAT WE PUT IN PRIORITIES AROUND SAFETY AND STUDENT WELL-BEING.
WELL, I THINK WE DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB RETURNING SOME THINGS.
WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT CROSSING GUARDS BECAUSE WE'VE REALLY GOTTEN USED TO HAVING CROSSING GUARDS FOR PRIMARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, AND WE WERE ONLY ABLE TO BRING THEM BACK FOR PRIMARY, AND ONLY IN A NUMBER OF LOCATIONS, NOT ALL THE LOCATIONS THAT WE HAD THAT WERE DISTANCED AWAY FROM THE SCHOOL SITES.
YOU CAN TELL THAT WHILE WE'VE REPLACED SOME THINGS, WE'RE NOT OPERATING THE WAY THAT WE WERE OPERATING A YEAR AGO.
WE'RE STILL QUITE A WAYS AWAY FROM THAT.
OUR COMMUNITY IS FEELING IT IN NURSING STAFF.
WE'VE CERTAINLY HEARD FROM A NUMBER OF PARENTS ABOUT HOW OUR NURSING MODEL HAS CHANGED, AND YES, IT'S HAD TO CHANGE BECAUSE WE DID HAVE AN LPN IN EVERY SINGLE BUILDING, AND WE NO LONGER HAVE THAT.
WE HAVE AN LPN ON EACH CAMPUS.
THAT IS CHANGING THE WAY THAT WE DO OUR WORK.
IT'S IMPACTING OUR OFFICE STAFF.
IT'S IMPACTING OUR ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM WHO'S BACKING THEM UP, AND OTHER STAFF WHO RNS ARE HAVING TO DELEGATE SOME OF THOSE SERVICES TO.
IT IS DEFINITELY HAVING AN IMPACT ON US.
WE LOST SOME HOURS IN OUR OFFICE SPACE.
WE HAD SOME OFFICE ASSISTANT TIME.
WE LOST SOME OF THAT NATURALLY HAPPENED WHEN WE LOST MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS, BECAUSE, FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLS, SOME OF THAT WAS THERE TO HELP PROCESS PAPERWORK AND PREPARE FOR THE EVENTS.
AS TED WAS TALKING ABOUT WITH THE FOOTBALL GAME AND THE PREPARATION.
THERE'S ALSO A GOOD DEAL OF PAPERWORK AND OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE COMPLETED TO GET STUDENTS CLEARED IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE, LIKE THEIR PHYSICALS AND FEES, AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE GONE THROUGH.
PART OF OUR CUSTODIAL STAFF IS OUR STADIUM TECH POSITION THAT AGAIN, THAT POSITION WENT AWAY, WHICH MEANS THAT BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL'S CUSTODIAL STAFF IS PICKING UP THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE TO, WHICH IS LIKE GARBAGES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT THEY'RE NOT HELPING TO SET UP THE STADIUM FOR EVENTS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS LIKE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE IN THE PAST.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW IS SINCE SCHOOL STARTED, WE'RE EIGHT DAYS IN, AND WELL, WE CAN TELL THAT WE HAVE MORE STUDENTS THAN WE HAD LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME.
WE'VE ADDED A HANDFUL OF TEACHERS FOR THAT REASON TO COVER THE ADDITIONAL STUDENTS THAT HAVE COME IN EIGHT POSITIONS THAT WE'VE ADDED TO HANDLE THE INCOMING STUDENTS.
THERE IS SOME CHANGES THAT WE'VE MADE, BUT CLASS SIZES ARE LARGER THAN THEY'VE EVER BEEN STAFFED IN OUR RECENT PAST.
WELL, YOU MAY NOT HEAR AS DIRECTLY ABOUT THAT.
IT CERTAINLY IS BEING FELT BY OUR STAFF, UNFORTUNATELY, AT THIS TIME.
I THINK IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE WE'RE HEARING ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW.
WHEN I SAY WE ARE, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE STAFF AT CASEY.
OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT OUR NEW NORMAL, AND WE'VE HAD THAT TIME SINCE SCHOOL LET OUT TO REALIZE, WE NO LONGER HAVE A DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SERVICES.
WE NO LONGER HAVE AN ADDITIONAL PERSON IN OUR BUSINESS OFFICE, OR THAT PERSON IN HR, OR THAT PERSON THAT USED TO WORK WITH THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT, THAT PERSON'S GONE.
WE'VE BEEN FIGURING OUT THE NEW NORMAL AT CASEY FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW.
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NOW OUR BUILDINGS ARE GOING THROUGH THE SAME PAIN.OUR COMMUNITIES GOING THROUGH THE SAME PAIN BECAUSE THINGS GO QUIET IN THE SUMMER WHEN THE KIDS GO AWAY, BUT WHEN THE KIDS COME BACK, THAT'S WHEN YOU NOTICE THE CHANGES IN SERVICE.
I DO EXPECT THAT SOME OF THAT YOU'LL CONTINUE TO HEAR ABOUT AS A BOARD.
I WANT TO PREPARE YOU FOR THE FACT THAT YOU MAYBE HAVE HEARD ABOUT IT, AND YOU MAY HEAR ABOUT IT SOME MORE.
BUT I ALSO WANT TO TELL YOU THAT WE'RE NOT JUST GOING, OH, THAT'S THE REALITY, AND THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT.
WE'RE NOT DOING THAT EITHER BECAUSE WE ALSO KNOW THAT ALSO WHEN YOU HAVE ADVERSITY, IT CREATES OPPORTUNITY, AND SO WHAT WE FEEL THE OPPORTUNITY IS IS FOR US TO REACH OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND SAY, WE NEED YOUR HELP, AND WE NEED YOUR HELP IN A VARIETY OF WAYS.
WHILE WE CAN'T HAVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS DOING JOBS THAT BELONG TO REGULAR EMPLOYEES, WE CAN HAVE THEM DO THINGS TO HELP US.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID THIS SUMMER, AND WE STARTED DOING RIGHT AWAY, AND I'LL GIVE A LOT OF KUDOS TO LENAL BECAUSE SHE REALLY HELPED A GREAT DEAL WITH THIS IS WE REALIZED THAT WE HAD A VOLUNTEER POLICY BUT NOT A PROCEDURE.
YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU A PROCEDURE THAT WE'VE PUT IN PLACE, AND WE'VE GONE THROUGH IT.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A TIME WHERE WE VETTED IT THROUGH OUR ATTORNEY [LAUGHTER] BECAUSE WE DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THE MODEL REALLY IT GAVE US A STARTING POINT, BUT IT REALLY DIDN'T GIVE US WHAT WE NEEDED.
WHAT WE'D HEARD WERE SOME OF THE CONCERNS WITH JUST HAVING ANYBODY RANDOMLY IN YOUR BUILDING.
WELL, WE HAVE A VOLUNTEER CLEARANCE PROCESS THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE FOR SOME TIME AND WORKS REALLY WELL.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT VOLUNTEER CLEARANCE PROCESS ALSO ALIGNED WITH THE PROCEDURE OF WHAT WE WANT VOLUNTEERS FOR, THAT WE COMMUNICATE, THAT WE REALLY SUPPORT THE IDEA OF HAVING FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY IN OUR SCHOOLS, AND WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
THIS REALLY GOES THROUGH WHAT IT IS THAT WE ARE DOING TO VET THOSE PEOPLE, BOTH WHAT MAKES A PERSON ELIGIBLE TO BE A VOLUNTEER, WHAT THEIR CONDUCT AND EXPECTATIONS ARE GOING TO BE, AND THEN WHAT TRAINING WILL BE INVOLVED.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAD THAT AND HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW IT.
I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO DO THAT ON THE FLY HERE, BUT CERTAINLY, IF YOU'D LIKE TO BRING UP ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS VOLUNTEER PROCEDURE IN ONE OF THE UPCOMING MEETINGS, I WOULD WELCOME FURTHER DISCUSSION AT ANY POINT ABOUT IT.
I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO GO OUT AND RECRUIT.
WE'RE DOING SOME THINGS ALONG THAT LINES.
WE'VE PUT SOME WORDS OUT TO OUR BUILDINGS TO MAKE US LISTS OF THINGS THAT OUR COMMUNITY COULD HELP US WITH.
WE HAVE A DIRECTOR WHO'S VOLUNTEERED, MR. DRAKE, TO WORK WITH AMANDA AND TO ACTUALLY CREATE A GOOGLE FORM WHERE PARENTS CAN COME IN AND VOLUNTEER FOR SPECIFIC THINGS AND FOR SPECIFIC SCHOOLS.
WHERE WE WILL STRUGGLE IS IF, DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH INPUT WE GET, WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY TO DO ALL THAT COORDINATION.
WE MAY HAVE TO GO TO THE DRAWING BOARD.
WE MAY HAVE TO SEEK SOME SUPER VOLUNTEER TO HELP US WITH THAT PROCESS, BUT WE'RE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY IN HELPING US IN THE SCHOOLS.
WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE AT OUR CAP MEETING ON THURSDAY NIGHT AS WELL TO HELP BECAUSE THAT IS A GROUP OF HIGHLY INVOLVED INDIVIDUALS WHO I THINK COULD HAVE SOME INSIGHTS ABOUT THE WAY IN WHICH WE MIGHT RECRUIT AND GET MORE SUPPORT IN OUR SCHOOLS.
I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT, WHICH PIGGYBACKS ON ANOTHER THING THAT I WANT TO INVITE YOU TO, AND JUST CONTINUE THIS WHOLE IDEA OF COMMUNITY.
AS YOU KNOW, IN BATTLE GROUND, WE'RE A VERY DIVERSE COMMUNITY.
WE GO ALL THE WAY UP TO COUGAR AND UP TO THE BRIDGE, AND WE GO CLEAR DOWN TO COSTCO, AND WE'RE VERY DIVERSE IN THAT.
BUT WE ALL ARE PART OF BATTLE GROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IS THAT WE REMEMBER THAT WE'RE ALL A PART OF THE BATTLE GROUND COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE THE FLYER HERE THAT WE ARE STARTING A LEGACY NIGHT.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO MANY OF THESE EVENTS, BUT WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE OUR TWO HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAMS AND TO ALSO CELEBRATE ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON STAFF AND OUR ALUMNI.
WE'RE GOING TO BE INVITING OUR ALUMNI TO COME IN AND OUR STAFF TO COME IN, AND WE'LL RECOGNIZE THEM.
WE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE THE MIDDLE OF THE GAME, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE LOGISTICALLY THAT MIGHT BE A BAD IDEA, SO WE'LL FIGURE OUT WHEN.
IT MIGHT BE BEFORE. I DON'T KNOW.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING THAT EVENING AND ASK THOSE PEOPLE TO COME DOWN ON THE FIELD AND GIVE SOME RECOGNITION TO
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PEOPLE THAT STILL ARE AROUND IN OUR COMMUNITY, THAT ARE ALUMNI, AS WELL AS STAFF WHO MAKE THIS THEIR HOME AND ARE PARTICIPATING WITH US.THAT EVENING AS WELL, WE WANT TO USE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN FEEDBACK FROM OUR COMMUNITY.
WE WILL HAVE A BATTLE GROUND PS TABLE SET UP, AND WE WILL BE ASKING FOR INPUT ON A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS, REALLY AROUND THE PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFER TO OUR FAMILIES AND OUR KIDS.
OBVIOUSLY, WITH THE LOSS OF LEVY, THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WERE CUT.
BUT IF WE DO GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT THINGS BACK IN PLACE, WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR COMMUNITIES' PRIORITIES ARE.
WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE ASSUMPTIONS, WE DON'T WANT TO ASSUME THAT IF IT WAS GONE, IT SHOULD COME BACK, OR IF IT CAME BACK.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WILL BE A BIG JOB ON ALL OF US IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS IS TO DETERMINE WHAT DO WE NEED.
THERE'S NO DOUBT WE REALLY ARE IN A BAD FINANCIAL STATE IF WE DON'T HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING OF SOME KIND.
THE QUESTION IS, HOW MUCH DO WE NEED? THAT'S A QUESTION THAT CERTAINLY HAS BEEN ASKED BY A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND I'VE HEARD THE RATTLINGS BY A NUMBER OF PEOPLE SAYING, WHAT IS THE AMOUNT? WHAT SHOULD WE HAVE? I MEAN, WE COULD MAKE PROJECTIONS, BUT WITHOUT COMMUNITY INPUT ON KNOWING WHAT THE PRIORITIES IN THEIR PROGRAMS ARE, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE MAKING ASSUMPTIONS, AND I DON'T WANT TO MAKE ASSUMPTIONS.
I THINK THE OTHER PIECE THAT'S REALLY KEY IS JUST THE FACT THAT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN TALKS ABOUT COLLABORATION THAT CULTIVATES TRUST.
IF WE'RE GOING TO ASK OUR COMMUNITY TO COME OUT AND SUPPORT OUR SCHOOLS, WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THEIR PRIORITIES ARE.
WE HAVE ASKED IN THE PAST, BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO GO TO OUR COMMUNITY.
WHAT WE FOUND LAST YEAR, AS YOU'LL REMEMBER, DENNY TALKED ABOUT IT, I'VE TALKED ABOUT IT.
YOU'VE HEARD IT FROM A NUMBER OF DIRECTORS.
WE HAD COMMUNITY FORUMS FOR THE LEVY.
WE WENT TO EVERY SINGLE CAMPUS, AND WE DID NOT GET MUCH PARTICIPATION.
WE NEED TO GET OUT INTO OUR COMMUNITY, WHERE OUR COMMUNITY IS AT, AND ASK THOSE QUESTIONS, AND WE'LL DO A QR CODE WHERE PEOPLE CAN TAKE SURVEYS ON THEIR OWN TIME, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE AVAILABLE THAT NIGHT, AND WE'LL LOOK FOR OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO GET THAT SURVEY INFORMATION FROM OUR COMMUNITY.
JUST TRYING A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT STRATEGIES TO ENGAGE COMMUNITY WHERE THEY'RE AT, VERSUS EXPECTING THEM TO COME WHERE WE'RE AT.
CHANGING UP A FEW THINGS, DOING SOME OF THAT, WHICH LEADS INTO WHAT I WANTED TO SHARE.
I'M GLAD MARY MADE THE COMMENT ABOUT WASDA DOES WORK AROUND ALIGNING SUPERINTENDENT GOALS AND WORK WITH THE BOARD GOALS.
IT'S ALSO IN BOARD DOCS, BUT ON ONE SIDE, IT SAYS SUPERINTENDENT PRIORITIES ON THE BACK, IT SAYS ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT PRIORITIES, AND THEN THERE'S A GRAPHIC AROUND THE BOTTOM.
>> WHAT I'LL TELL YOU IN THE SHORT OF IT IS, I DID PUT WHO I AM, MY GUIDING PRINCIPLES AT THE TOP.
YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD ME SAY IT.
I HAVE THREE THINGS THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN WHO I AM AND HOW I LEAD.
FOCUS ON STUDENTS EACH AND EVERY AND THAT COMES FROM A TEACHER WHO SEVERAL TEACHERS, BUT ONE IN PARTICULAR, WHO REALLY TOOK ME UNDER HER WING WHEN I WAS A SEVENTH GRADER AND WAS STILL A STRUGGLING READER AND REALLY HELPED ME GAIN THE SKILLS AND CONFIDENCE IN MYSELF, TO WORK HARD, TO TAKE FEEDBACK, TO USE THAT FEEDBACK IN ORDER TO PUSH MYSELF FORWARD.
HAD I NOT HAD THAT PERSON, I BELIEVE I WOULDN'T BE SITTING HERE TODAY.
I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO THINK ABOUT OUR KIDS, NOT AS ALL KIDS, BUT EACH AND EVERY KID AND WHAT DO THEY NEED IN ORDER TO MEET THAT MISSION THAT WE HAVE ABOUT CONNECTING THEM TO ENSURE THEIR SUCCESS IN LIFE.
WHAT IS IT? WE DON'T KNOW, THEY DON'T KNOW DURING MOST OF THEIR CAREER, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE SKILLS NECESSARY TO DO WHATEVER THAT IS.
I KNOW I'VE TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT I BELIEVE IT IS ABSOLUTELY THE BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS.
IF WE DO NOT CANDID CONVERSATIONS WITH EACH OTHER ABOUT WHAT'S GOING WELL AND WHAT ISN'T, THEN WE CAN'T IMPROVE, AND I THINK IT'S JUST HIGHLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH EACH OTHER, WITH OUR COMMUNITY, AND WITH OUR STAFF FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR KIDS.
I'LL CONTINUE, YOU CAN GUARANTEE YOU'RE GOING TO GET THAT FROM ME.
THE OTHER THING YOU'RE GOING TO GET FROM ME IS PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY.
I SCREW UP EVERY HUMAN BEING DOES, AND I'LL OWN IT WHEN I DO, AND I'LL MAKE SURE THAT I TELL YOU THAT I DIDN'T DO IT RIGHT,
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AND I'LL DO IT BETTER NEXT TIME, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THE PATH TO GET THERE OR WHAT I BELIEVE IS THE PATH TO GET THERE.I DO HAVE HIGH EXPECTATIONS OF MYSELF AND THOSE THAT I WORK WITH AND I HOLD MYSELF TO THOSE THINGS, AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW I'M COMMITTED TO THAT.
REALLY MOST OF THE STRATEGIES LISTED HERE ARE REALLY ABOUT ME USING THOSE GUIDING PRINCIPLES TO ENGAGE THE STAKEHOLDERS OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL SETTING.
FOR THE MOST PART, I KNOW THAT THE BULK OF THE WORK THAT I NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO GAIN THE TRUST OF BATTLE GROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY IS ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY.
I'M LOOKING FOR THOSE STAKEHOLDERS AND I'M GOING TO THOSE STAKEHOLDERS, BUSINESS MEETINGS, SENIOR CITIZENS MEETINGS, CHURCH MEETINGS, ANY OPPORTUNITY OPPORTUNITY THAT I HAVE TO GO WHERE THOSE THINGS ARE HAPPENING IS REALLY WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO, AND YOU CAN SEE THE THINGS THAT I'M TRYING TO DO TO GET THERE AND THE THINGS THAT I'M GOING TO USE TO DETERMINE WHETHER THAT WORK IS SUCCESSFUL OR NOT.
BUT THESE ARE ESSENTIALLY THE GOALS THAT I'VE SET FOR MYSELF OR THE PRIORITIES I'VE SET FOR MYSELF THIS FIRST YEAR.
THEY WILL OF COURSE BE TWEAKED ALONG THE WAY, AND CERTAINLY, I'M ANXIOUS TO SEE HOW THEY'LL MELD WITH THE NEW WORK THAT WADE HAS PUT FORWARD TO ALIGN.
WORK. BUT I DO FEEL LIKE AS A DISTRICT, WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB ALIGNING OUR WORK TOGETHER.
I THINK THIS WILL BE PRETTY SEAMLESS.
ON THE BACK SIDE, I'LL LET LINEL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT AND HOW THAT VARIES FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT WORK.
>> ON THAT SEGUE, I THINK I'LL REFER TO THE CYCLICAL GRAPHIC BECAUSE IT BUILDS A NICE BRIDGE OF OUR WORK TOGETHER.
WHEREAS SHELLY'S FOCUS WILL REALLY BE ON EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT, MY WORK WILL BE A LOT FOCUSED ON INTERNAL STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT.
REALLY THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORK THAT I DO AROUND TEACHING AND LEARNING WOULD BE FOUNDATIONAL AND SUPPORT THE EXTERNAL FOUNDATIONS OF ENGAGEMENT.
OF THE 11 OBJECTIVES LISTED ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN, OUR TEACHING AND LEARNING TEAM COMPRISED OF ALL THE DIRECTORS, WE'VE GONE THROUGH A PROTOCOL OF JUST PRIORITIZING WHAT ARE THE MOST ESSENTIAL IN TERMS OF REPORTING DATA WISE, AND THAT COULD GET US ALIGNMENT OF REPORTING REGULAR STUDENT OUTCOME TO YOU AS THE BOARD TO SEE ON OUR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANS, AND THOSE THINGS.
YOU CAN SEE THOSE PRIORITY STRATEGIC PLAN OBJECTIVES.
THEN JUST BASED ON THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTION, SAFE AND CARING ENVIRONMENTS THAT FOSTERS COLLABORATION AND TRUST WITH STAFF, STUDENTS, AND COMMUNITY.
IT'S REALLY NOT A COMPARTMENTALIZED EFFORT, BUT AN ALTOGETHER.
AND WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE LEVY AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS RIGHT NOW TO REALLY SEE US AS A WHOLE AND BAND TOGETHER, WHICH IS REPRESENTED IN THE CYCLICAL GRAPHIC DOWN BELOW AND IN THE MIDDLE OF IT IS OUR MISSION STATEMENT OF THE BELIEF IN EACH AND EVERY PERSON.
OUR DISTRICT WAS REALLY INTENTIONAL ABOUT SAYING PERSON BECAUSE IT DOESN'T STATE OBVIOUSLY, STUDENTS ARE A PRIMARY STAKEHOLDER, BUT IN OUR DISTRICT, WE REALLY FOCUS ON A PERSON, WHICH WHETHER IT'S A PARENT AS A PRIMARY STAKEHOLDER, IF IT'S A COMMUNITY MEMBER, A STUDENT, A STAFF MEMBER, IT TAKES ALL OF US TO REALLY ENGAGE TO BUILD A GREAT SCHOOL SYSTEM TO ENGAGE OUR STUDENTS AND REALLY SET THEM UP FOR SUCCESS.
THAT'S GOING TO BE THE WORK OF OUR TEACHING AND LEARNING TEAM AND THEN JUST LISTING SOME MONITORING AND REPORTING THAT YOU COULD EXPECT TO HEAR FROM ME AND THEN MEMBERS OF OUR T&L TEAM JUST PERIODICALLY THROUGH BOARD AND T&L UPDATES.
>> THANKS, LINEL. ESSENTIALLY, JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW, GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE DOCUMENTS.
AGAIN, I FAST AND FURIOUS, CERTAINLY WANT YOU TO HAVE TIME TO REVIEW IT, THINK ABOUT IT. GIVE INPUT.
CERTAINLY, I DON'T THINK THIS IS A ONE AND DONE KIND OF THING.
I WANT THIS TO BE EVOLVING AS WE COME UP WITH GREAT IDEAS TO ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY, WHETHER THERE ARE GREAT IDEAS TO ALIGN MORE CLOSELY THE BOARD GOALS, WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT GOALS, WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
I THINK ALL OF THOSE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT THAT COHERENCE IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO MOVE THE WORK TOGETHER SO THAT WE'RE NOT DISTRACTED BY OTHER THINGS THAT DON'T NECESSARILY ALIGN CLOSELY WITH THOSE OBJECTIVES.
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AN OVERVIEW TONIGHT OF SOME OF THOSE THINGS AS WE START THE SCHOOL YEAR.>> I REALLY APPRECIATE THE SPECIFICITY, PARTICULARLY AROUND THE DATA POINTS AND THE REPORTING, AND I THINK THE BOARD HAS THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME UP IN OUR RETREAT, AND I THANK YOU FOR PAYING ATTENTION TO THAT.
THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THIS AND THE STRATEGIC PLAN, AND I THINK WHEN WE GET OUR OWN BOARD GOALS AT OUR NEXT MEETING, WHEN WE LOOK AT THOSE AGAIN, WHAT THE BOARD CAME UP WITH, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE A REAL GOOD FIT WITH WHAT YOU'VE CHOSEN TO MAKE YOUR PRIORITIES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK YOU'VE DONE ON THAT.
>> I THINK LINEL MAYBE HAS ONE MORE UPDATE.
>> BOARD, I WAS ASKED TO GIVE YOU JUST AN UPDATE.
LAST YEAR, THERE WAS A LIST OF LIBRARY MATERIALS REQUESTED FOR REVIEW.
I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE.
THERE WERE 14 TOTAL LIBRARY BOOKS LISTED TO BE REVIEWED.
OF THE 14, 12 OF THEM HAVE BEEN REVIEWED.
OF THE 12, TWO OF THEM HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM OUR LIBRARIES AND TWO HAVE YET TO BE REVIEWED.
THERE'S TWO LEFT FROM THE LIST.
>> 14 TOTAL? THERE'S 14 TOTAL 12 HAVE BEEN REVIEWED.
OF THE 12, TWO OF THEM HAVE BEEN REMOVED.
>> THERE WERE THREE BOOKS THAT WERE READ HERE IN IN THE QUARTERS?
>> HAVE ALL THREE OF THOSE BOOKS BEEN REVIEWED?
WAS THIS 11 OF THE ONES THAT WERE READ?
>> I KNOW THAT ONE WAS READ, DEAD END HAS BEEN REMOVED. THAT ONE WAS READ.
>> THERE WERE THREE BOOKS READ.
>> SOME OF THE BOOKS THAT WERE READ, WE DIDN'T HAVE.
>> THAT'S VERY POSSIBLE. I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT ALL THREE OF THEM HAD BEEN.
DO YOU HAVE THE NAMES OF THOSE 14 BOOKS?
>> I'LL LOOK THOSE THREE BOOKS UP.
I HAVE THAT IN MY RECORD SOMEPLACE.
WE'LL COMPARE THAT. THANK YOU.
>> YES. NO HUMAN RESOURCES REPORT A REPORT FROM MICHELLE SCOTT.
>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD. I JUST WANTED TO JUST SHARE AGAIN ABOUT THE ENROLLMENT IS WE'RE ENCOURAGED BY THE ENROLLMENT AND THE ADDING OF THE TEACHERS.
WE ARE CAUTIOUSLY VALIDATING ALL OF THE ENROLLMENT REPORTS BECAUSE IT'S OUR FIRST ENROLLMENT WITH THE CUMULATIVE SYSTEM, AND THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PIECES, SO WE'RE JUST BEING VERY CAUTIOUS BEFORE WE REALLY SHARE ALL OF THE INFORMATION ON THAT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, WE'RE VERY ENCOURAGED BY THE ENROLLMENT NUMBERS.
ALSO I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU, I HAVE TWO EMPLOYEES IN THE BUSINESS OFFICE THAT HAVE RECEIVED THEIR CERTIFIED SCHOOL BUSINESS SPECIALIST CERTIFICATION FROM WASBO.
THIS IS A PRETTY BIG DING DEAL FOR THESE LADIES.
THEY TOOK ACCOUNTING ONE, TWO, AND THREE.
IT WAS THEY WERE REQUIRED TO IT WASN'T FUNDED BY THE DISTRICT.
IT WAS BY SCHOLARSHIP THAT THEY NEEDED TO APPLY FOR THIS.
IT'S A TOTAL OF 96 HOURS EACH COURSE TIME, AND THEN OF COURSE, THEIR OWN STUDY TIME.
I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT ANA KOVAL AND MELISSA GRANTHAM, BOTH OUR AP TECHNICIANS HAVE RECEIVED THOSE.
WHAT'S REALLY AWESOME IS THAT OUR FISCAL SPECIALIST POSITION BECAME OPEN.
AND BECAUSE MELISSA MISSY HAD TAKEN THE CLASSES, SHE WAS AN EXCELLENT CANDIDATE FOR THE POSITION AND WAS CHOSEN TO TAKE THAT POSITION.
I'M JUST SHARING THE EXCELLENCE THAT OUR EMPLOYEES ARE DOING IN THE BUSINESS OFFICE, AND I'M JUST THRILLED AND I CAN'T WAIT TO CELEBRATE THEM.
WE HAVEN'T HAD A CELEBRATION YET.
WE'VE HAD A LOT GOING ON WITH Q, BUT IT'S COMING TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE THE HARD WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE. I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT.
>> KEVIN IS OUT ILL, SO WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO AMANDA.
>> GOOD EVENING. JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK THINGS TO SHARE WITH YOU.
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ONE, I WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE BATTLE GROUND ART ALLIANCE.YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT THEY WERE HERE LAST MAY FOR OUR ART SHOW AND GAVE OUT SOME AWARDS AND MONETARY GIFTS TO SOME OF THE STUDENT ARTISTS.
THEY HAVE CONTINUED TO OFFER THAT SUPPORT, AND THEY HAVE MADE A SERIES OF THREE DIFFERENT DONATIONS OF ART SUPPLIES TO RIVER HOME LINK TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS THERE, INCLUDING THE SCHOOLS EXPLORE ART AND CULTURE PROGRAM.
THE BATTLE GROUND ART ALLIANCE PUT TOGETHER A SUPPLY DRIVE IN MEMORY OF THE LATE DIANE SPRINGER, WHO WAS A FORMER BATTLEGROUND TEACHER, HIGHLY INVOLVED IN THEIR ALLIANCE AND IN LOCAL ARTS EDUCATION.
IT'S A REALLY NEAT TRIBUTE TO HER MEMORY AND HER WORK TO PROMOTE ART EDUCATION IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE THANK CONNIE FORD AND ALL OF THE ALLIANCE MEMBERS FOR THEIR GENEROSITY.
NEXT, I WANTED TO MENTION A COUPLE OF UPCOMING EVENTS.
SHELLY TALKED ABOUT THE BATTLE GROUND LEGACY NIGHT THAT WILL BE ON THE 19TH.
AS I MENTIONED LAST MEETING, THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING IS GOING TO BE OPEN TO ANYONE WHO MIGHT WANT TO JUMP IN AND LEARN ABOUT THAT GROUP, SO THAT IS THIS THURSDAY.
THEN WITH THE START OF FALL SPORTS, ALSO WAS A START OF BROADCASTS.
THIS IS A VERY TIME INTENSIVE REALLY INVOLVED EFFORT THAT TEACHER JASON FOSTER AND HIS STUDENTS PUT TOGETHER, AND THEY IDENTIFY A NUMBER OF GAMES AND DIFFERENT SPORTS, THEY'LL CHOOSE TO BROADCAST ON COMCAST AND YOUTUBE.
IT'S JUST ONE OF THE BEHIND SCENES THINGS, BUT IT'S REALLY A HIDDEN GEM THAT WE'RE ABLE TO OFFER THAT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
THAT INFORMATION IS ON OUR WEBSITE AS WELL.
THEN I WANTED TO END BY SHARING THIS VIDEO THAT CHRIS BROWN MADE.
IT'S A GREAT INTRODUCTION TO OUR NEW LEADERS, SHELLY AND LINEL AND JUST A GLIMPSE INTO WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY BRING TO THEIR ROLES. I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH THAT.
>> I WENT TO AMBOY K8, STARTING IN 1976, DATING MYSELF A BIT AND WENT ALL THE WAY THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE THERE.
I'M SPENDING MY CAREER HERE IN ALLEGROUND AS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND PRINCIPAL.
I KNOW HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO FEDERAL PROGRAMS FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS BEFORE THIS ROLE.
I FEEL LIKE GROWING UP AND STAYING HERE HAS ALLOWED ME TO SEE THE CHANGE OVER TIME.
WHEN I WAS A STUDENT AT PALGROUND HIGH SCHOOL, ONE OF OUR GREATEST CHEERS WAS WE'VE GOT SPIRIT, YES, WE DO.
WE'VE GOT SPIRIT. HOW ABOUT YOU? WELL, THE SCHOOLS THAT WE PLAYED AGAINST WOULD SAY.
WE'VE GOT SIDEWALKS. HOW ABOUT YOU? MY GRANDPA STARTED THE FAMILY BUSINESS AFTER BEING INTERNED IN THE JAPANESE CONCENTRATION CAMPS AND HE ALWAYS JUST INSTILLED THE WORK ETHIC.
HIS LEGACY THAT HE'S LEFT WITH HIS GRANDCHILDREN, HIS CHILDREN, IS JUST A WORK ETHIC AND EMPATHY.
WE LEAD WITH WHO WE ARE AND WHO I AM IS, JUST A FIRST GENERATION DAUGHTER OF A FARMER THAT WANTS TO DO BETTER FOR OUR KIDS AND FOR MY OWN KIDS.
EACH AND EVERY CHILD CONCEPT COMES FROM REALLY AN EXPERIENCE I HAD AS A SEVENTH GRADE STUDENT WHEN I HAD A TEACHER WHO SHE TOLD ME YOU'RE GOING TO DO THE WORK IN MR. LAW'S CLASS AND YOU'RE GOING TO DO THE WORK IN MY CLASS, AND YOU'RE GOING TO WORK HARD.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK HARD, BUT I'LL SUPPORT YOU, AND I BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN DO THIS.
IT WAS BECAUSE OF THAT BELIEF IN ME THAT GIVING ME EXTRA CHALLENGES, THE HIGH EXPECTATIONS THAT SHE HAD FOR ME AND GIVING ME CONSTANT FEEDBACK THAT REALLY ALLOWED ME TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
I'M A TRUE SUPPORTER OF OUR DISTRICT, AND MY KID IS A PRODUCT OF OUR GREAT TEACHING AND LEARNING, AND HE'LL TELL ME HOW MUCH HE LOVES HIS TEACHERS.
HE LOVES HIS SCHOOL. HE LOVES THE SPECIALISTS AND I JUST THAT'S ALL I WANT.
WE'RE NOT ALWAYS GOING TO BE IN A SITUATION WHERE WE GET EVERYTHING RIGHT.
BUT HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIX IT AND BE BETTER IS REALLY WHAT WE WANT TO MODEL FOR OUR STUDENTS AND WHAT WE OURSELVES SHOULD BE MODELING TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO OUR STAFF.
I THINK DIALOGUE IS A REALLY IMPORTANT ASPECT OF BEING A STRONG CITIZEN, AND SO I WILL CONSIDER IT A WIN FOR MY LEADERSHIP IF I CAN SEE MORE AND MORE PEOPLE REACHING OUT TO US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN SERVE THEM WELL.
>> A SPECIAL THANKS TO CHRIS BROWN.
HE WAS, UNFORTUNATELY, ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE LOST FROM THE LEVY, BUT THAT WAS A PARTING GIFT.
WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT HE'S DONE TO HELP US.
>> WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. SO PROFESSIONAL.
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>> GOOD TEAM. THAT IS IT FOR US.
>> WITH THAT, WE MOVE ON TO CITIZENS COMMENTS.
[7. Citizens' Comments]
>> THIS IS A MEETING OF THE BATTLE GROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC TO ATTEND, YOUR PRESENTATIONS, AND HERE BOARD MEMBERS DISCUSS TOPICS DURING OPEN SESSIONS.
THE BOARD WELCOMES COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS DURING CITIZENS' COMMENTS AND ASK THAT THOSE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD SIGN IN ON THE SIGN IN SHEET PROVIDED, WHICH I HAVE HERE AND LOCATED NEAR THE ENTRANCE.
PLEASE FOLLOW THE PROCEDURES FOR CITIZENS' COMMENTS BY STATING YOUR NAME AND REFRAINING FROM DISCUSSING CONFIDENTIAL MATTERS.
GENERALLY, WE ALLOW EVERYONE THAT COMES UNLESS WE HAVE TOO MANY.
THE BOARD REQUIRES THAT ALL COMMENTS SPOKEN AT THE MEETING BE APPROPRIATE FOR FAMILY AUDIENCE.
COMMENTS INAPPROPRIATE FOR A FAMILY AUDIENCE CAN BE SUBMITTED IN WRITING.
BOARD MEMBERS DO NOT NORMALLY RESPOND TO QUESTIONS OR PETITIONS DURING CITIZENS COMMENTS.
THEY WILL LISTEN AND GIVE DIRECTION TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM IF ACTION IS DEEMED NECESSARY. SKIPPED OVER.
EACH PERSON HAS THREE MINUTES.
IF WE HAVE WAY TOO MANY PEOPLE, SOMETIMES WE ADJUST THAT TIME.
BUT WE HAVE THREE MINUTES AND LOOKS LIKE ITZEL WILL BE REMINDING YOU WHEN YOUR TIME IS ALMOST UP AND IT'S ALSO ON THE SCREEN.
FIRST OF ALL, WE'D LIKE TO WELCOME SABRINA WORTHY.
>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD. MY NAME IS SABRINA WORTHY, AND I'VE LIVED IN BATTLE GROUND NOW FOR 11 YEARS, AND BOTH MY YOUNGEST CHILDREN GRADUATED FROM BATTLE GROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
I'M ALSO A FORMER SOCIAL WORKER AND HOME EDUCATOR.
TONIGHT, I WANT TO ADDRESS AN URGENT CONCERN, SCHOOL SAFETY, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE TRAGIC REALITY OF SCHOOL SHOOTINGS.
SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING IS NOT AN ADD ON.
IT'S THE BEDROCK OF SAFE, SUPPORTIVE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT WHERE EVERY STUDENT CAN THRIVE.
CONSIDER THE DAILY ACTS OF EMPATHY AND RESILIENCE YOU SEE ALL AROUND US, A NURSE CALMING A PATIENT, A MANAGER RESOLVING CONFLICTS FAIRLY, OR A FRIEND LISTENING WHEN WE'RE STRUGGLING.
THESE AREN'T JUST SOFT SKILLS. THEY'RE LIFE SKILLS.
CRITICALLY, THEY'RE THE SKILLS THAT PROTECT AGAINST THE ISOLATION AND ANGER THAT HAVE FUELED SOME OF THE WORST INCIDENTS IN AMERICAN SCHOOLS, INCLUDING SHOOTINGS.
THIS BOARD MODELS SEL, WHEN LISTENING TO COMMUNITY CONCERNS, NAVIGATING TOUGH DECISIONS WITH EMPATHY, AND WORKING TOGETHER AND EVEN IN DISAGREEMENT.
RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THESE RELATIONAL SKILLS ARE KEYS TO BUILDING SCHOOL CULTURES WHERE STUDENTS FEEL SAFE, CONNECTED, AND EMPOWERED TO SPEAK UP FOR THEMSELVES AND OTHERS, AN ESSENTIAL FACTOR IN PREVENTING VIOLENCE AND TRAGEDY.
THE TRUTH IS, WE CAN'T EXPECT TEENAGERS TO DEVELOP THESE SKILLS ON THEIR OWN.
THE PRESSURES AND UNCERTAINTIES OF ADOLESCENTS CAN BE OVERWHELMING.
STUDENTS NEED STRUCTURED OPPORTUNITIES TO PRACTICE MANAGING STRESS, RESOLVING CONFLICT, AND UNDERSTANDING DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES.
SEL PROVIDES THIS GUIDANCE, HELPING STUDENTS BREAK CYCLES OF BULLYING, REACH OUT TO ISOLATED PEERS, AND BUILD NETWORKS OF TRUSTS.
ALL PROVEN WAYS TO INCREASE SAFETY AND REDUCE THE RISK OF VIOLENCE, INCLUDING SHOOTINGS.
STUDENTS WHO FEEL SEEN, VALUED, AND CONNECTED ARE NOT ONLY MORE LIKELY TO ATTEND SCHOOL AND GRADUATE.
THEY'RE FAR LESS LIKELY TO PARTICIPATE IN OR BE AFFECTED BY VIOLENCE.
SAFETY ISN'T JUST A PHYSICAL ISSUE.
IT'S ABOUT STUDENTS FEELING SECURE ENOUGH TO BE THEMSELVES AND TO ASK FOR HELP.
SEL TEACHES THE TOOLS FOR BUILDING THESE INCLUSIVE PROTECTIVE COMMUNITIES.
INVESTING IN SEL MEANS INVESTING IN THE SAFETY AND FUTURE OF EVERY STUDENT.
THAT'S WHY I URGE YOU TO ADOPT THE WAY FINDER CURRICULUM.
JUST AS YOU MODEL SEL THOUGHTFUL LISTENING AND COLLABORATION, WAYFINDER WILL HELP OUR STUDENTS BUILD THE CAPACITIES NEEDED TO KEEP THEMSELVES AND THEIR SCHOOLS SAFE, REDUCING THE RISK OF TRAGEDY AND PREPARING THEM FOR A FUTURE WHERE EMPATHY AND RESILIENCE MATTER MORE THAN EVER. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT, WE WELCOME KRISTIN WADE.
>> HI. MY NAME IS KRISTIN WADE, AND I'M A RESIDENT OF AMBOY, WASHINGTON.
I'M HERE TODAY AS A STAFF MEMBER OF THE CLARK COUNTY DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES PROGRAM, AND I WANT TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES ADVISORY BOARD AS WELL AS INVITE YOU TO OUR ANNUAL EVENT.
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THE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES ADVISORY BOARD ADVISES AND MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CLARK COUNTY COUNCIL RELATING TO DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES ISSUES AND SERVICES.THE BOARD PROVIDES COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP ON IMPROVEMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES PROGRAMS. EACH YEAR, THE BOARD HOSTS A DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS AWARDS EVENT, AND THIS YEAR, THE EVENT IS OUR 25 YEAR EVENT.
IT IS GOING TO BE A LOOK BACK ON ALL OF THE YEARS LEADING UP TO THIS, AND IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF FUN.
THEY ALWAYS ARE, BUT I THINK THIS ONE'S GOING TO BE EXTRA SPECIAL.
THE EVENT IS ON OCTOBER 8TH, 2025.
MANY OF THESE NOMINEES AND AWARD WINNERS ARE FORMER STUDENTS OF YOUR SCHOOLS AND EMPLOYEES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW AND SUPPORT AND ARE NEAR AND DEAR TO YOUR HEARTS.
THE AWARD, THEY HONOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, AND HAVING THEM ASSISTING US TO ACHIEVE A DYNAMIC, PRODUCTIVE WORKFORCE AND RECOGNIZE THE LEADERSHIP OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
THE EVENT CELEBRATES OCTOBER AS THE NATIONAL DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS MONTH.
THE LIVE EVENT WILL BE AT CLARK COLLEGE IN GAISER HALL, AND IT IS ALSO LIVE STREAMED ON CVTV.
IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT DOWN THERE TO JOIN US IN PERSON, WE DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE YOU TO ALSO TUNE IN ON CVTV.
WE DO ASK FOR REGISTRATION JUST SO THAT WE KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE EXPECTING.
THE WAY THAT YOU CAN REGISTER IS EITHER AT OUR PROGRAM EMAIL ADDRESS, WHICH IS DD.PROGRAM@CLARK.WA.GOV OR CALL US AT 564-397-2130.
I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE A LOT OF IMPORTANT THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING THESE DAYS.
LET ME JUST ATTEST THAT THIS IS A FILL YOUR CUP EVENT, SO PLEASE JOIN US IN CELEBRATING NATIONAL DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS MONTH.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION.
NEXT, WE WELCOME JESSICA COLE.
MY NAME IS JESSICA COLE, AND I'M HERE AGAIN TO EXPRESS MY STRONG SUPPORT FOR ADOPTING THE WAYFINDER CURRICULUM FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOLS.
IN AN EARLIER MEETING, I SHARED HOW THIS CURRICULUM IS RESEARCH-BASED, FLEXIBLE, AND RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF OUR DISTRICT.
WAYFINDER HELPS STUDENTS BUILD LIFE SKILLS LIKE COMMUNICATION, DECISION-MAKING, AND CAREER READINESS.
SKILLS THAT SERVE THEM NO MATTER THE PATH THEY CHOOSE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL.
AT A RECENT MEETING, DIRECTOR CHAMPINE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT WHILE THIS ISN'T A CURRICULUM HE WOULD PERSONALLY USE, HE CAN SEE HOW IT BENEFITS OTHERS.
DIRECTOR MADDOX HAS SAID TO ME THAT SHE MAKES DECISIONS IN SUPPORT OF STUDENTS, EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT DECISIONS SHE WOULD MAKE FOR HER OWN FAMILY.
I WANT TO THANK BOTH OF THEM FOR THEIR PERSPECTIVES.
THEY REFLECT THE TRUTH ABOUT EDUCATION.
NOT EVERY STUDENT HAS THE SAME NEEDS, BUT ALL STUDENTS DESERVE ACCESS TO TOOLS THAT WILL HELP THEM SUCCEED.
WAYFINDER'S DESIGNED WITH THAT IN MIND.
SOME STUDENTS ALREADY HAVE STRONG SUPPORT SYSTEMS AT HOME, OTHERS DO NOT.
IT'S ABOUT PREPARING STUDENTS FOR REAL WORLD CHALLENGES, WHATEVER THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES.
THIS IS ESPECIALLY URGENT IN LIGHT OF WHAT OUR DISTRICT HAS FACED FOR FAR TOO LONG.
WE HAVE LOST TOO MANY STUDENTS TO SUICIDE.
WE CANNOT AFFORD TO KEEP DELAYING RESOURCES THAT HELP YOUNG PEOPLE.
IF THIS PROCESS STALLS COMPLETELY, THE COMMITTEE WOULD BE FORCED TO START OVER, WASTING BOTH THE WORK ALREADY DONE AND MORE IMPORTANTLY THE TIME OUR STUDENTS DO NOT HAVE.
SEPTEMBER'S NATIONAL SUICIDE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH.
YOUR VOTE TO ADOPT WAYFINDER IS NOT ABOUT POLITICS OR PERSONAL PREFERENCE.
IT'S ABOUT SHOWING OUR YOUTH THAT THEY'RE VALUED, SUPPORTED AND WORTH FIGHTING FOR.
STUDENTS THEMSELVES HAVE OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORTED WAYFINDER, INCLUDING ECL, ONE OF OUR STUDENT REPS ON THE BOARD, WHO SERVED ON THE CURRICULUM COMMITTEE AND GAVE STRONG ENDORSEMENT.
THE VERY PEOPLE THIS CURRICULUM IS DESIGNED FOR ARE TELLING YOU CLEARLY, THEY WANT THIS AND THEY NEED THIS.
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I URGE YOU TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ADOPTION.STUDENTS DON'T GET THESE YEARS BACK.
EVERY DELAY IS A MISSED OPPORTUNITY TO HELP THEM BUILD THE SKILLS AND SUPPORTS THAT CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE RIGHT NOW.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
>> NEXT, WE WILL LOOK AT THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[8. Consent Agenda (Board Vote w/Student Voice)]
ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, WE HAVE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR AUGUST 25, REGULAR MEETING, PERSONNEL REPORTS, STUDENT TRAVEL, COMPLETED PROJECTS REQUEST FOR APPROVAL, APPROVAL OF SIGNING RESOURCES AND INTERPRETERS CONTRACT FOR DISTRICT ASL SERVICES, AND APPROVAL OF VPS JIM TANG MAN CENTER IN DISTRICT COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.ANYTHING ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT NEEDS FURTHER CLARIFICATION?
>> I MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
STUDENT REPS. BOARD, IF THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION, THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
>> OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES 4:0.
MOVING ON, WE HAVE NO OLD BUSINESS.
OUR FIRST ITEM OF NEW BUSINESS IS REVISION OF POLICY 2230 AND MIKE MASHHAD WILL EXPLAIN.
[10. New Business (Board Vote w/Student Voice)]
>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD. THANK YOU FOR A FEW MOMENTS TODAY TO TALK WITH YOU ABOUT SOME PROPOSED REVISIONS TO POLICY 2230, TRANSITION TO KINDERGARTEN.
YOU SEE SOME MINOR CHANGES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED TONIGHT, AND THEY'RE SPECIFIC TO THE BASIC STANDARDS OF PROGRAMMING AND ELIGIBILITY FOR OUR TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS.
SOME OF THOSE CHANGES INCLUDE THE WAKIDS ASSESSMENTS THAT WE'VE ALWAYS DONE HERE IN BATTLE GROUND, BUT NOW IT'S BEING PROPOSED IN POLICY.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DO WITH ALL OF OUR KINDERGARTEN AND PRESCHOOL CLASSROOMS. NOW IT'S JUST, I GUESS BEING MORE WIDESPREAD, SO THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE A CHANGE FOR ANY OF OUR CURRENT EMPLOYEES AND STUDENTS.
YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT THERE ARE SOME BEST PRACTICES AROUND FACILITIES AND AROUND CURRICULUM, AND AROUND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT HAVE BEEN REALLY A CORNERSTONE AROUND THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE AND GETTING READY FOR TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN IS JUST NOW BEING, AGAIN, PROPOSED IN POLICY.
NOT A LOT OF CHANGES HERE FOR US IN THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE, AND I THINK THIS IS THE FOURTH OR FIFTH YEAR THAT WE'VE HAD TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN, BUT I GUESS THERE'S A NEED FOR SOME MORE STANDARDIZATION ACROSS THE STATE, WHICH IS WHY THE PROPOSALS ARE COMING TO YOU TONIGHT.
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS AROUND ANY OF THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU?
>> CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE VERY LAST PARAGRAPH, IT SAYS, ALL CHILDREN ARE OLD AND A TRANSITION TO A KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM, WE ASSIGNED A STATEWIDE STUDENT IDENTIFIER.
WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE IDENTIFIER?
>> I THINK THAT THAT'S FOR THE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND HOW WE BUDGET AND HOW WE PAY FOR THOSE PARTICULAR STUDENTS.
>> THAT WASN'T IN THERE BEFORE, AND WE CAN GET SOME FUNDING FOR THOSE.
>> THE FUNDING MODEL FOR KINDERGARTEN OR TRANSITION TO KINDERGARTEN HAS CHANGED SLIGHTLY.
IT CHANGED IN THIS LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
THEY WEREN'T ASSIGNED A STATEWIDE IDENTIFIER UNTIL THEY WERE KINDERGARTEN PREVIOUSLY, AND NOW THEY WILL BE GETTING THAT.
SAY THAT RIGHT, MICHELLE, I THINK.
>> YEAH. THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE CEDARS REPORTS AS WELL.
>> THEY'RE FUNDED SIMILAR TO SPECIAL PROGRAMS LIKE A HIGH CAP, TBIP, SO A PORTIONS OF THIS.
>> THEY USED TO COME THROUGH ENROLLMENT, JUST STRAIGHT ENROLLMENT, BUT NOW YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO APPLY AND BECAUSE WE WERE FORTUNATE TO HAVE ONE AT EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL, WE WERE ALLOWED TO KEEP ONE.
THIS YEAR, ANYONE WHO DIDN'T ALREADY HAVE ONE COULDN'T ADD THEM.
WE WERE REALLY FORTUNATE THAT WE HAD THEM IN PLACE THIS YEAR.
OTHERWISE, WE WOULDN'T BE IN A PLACE WHERE WE COULD HAVE ADDED THEM TO EACH CAMPUS.
>> I THINK HISTORICALLY THEY'VE BEEN SEEN AS LIKE A QUASI KINDERGARTEN STUDENT, AND THIS SEPARATES THEM INTO THEIR OWN CATEGORY FOR US TO ASSESS AND COLLECT FUNDING FOR.
>> DOES IT LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FUNDING OR IS THIS JUST ANOTHER MECHANISM TO MAKE SURE WE'RE STILL GETTING FUNDED?
>> OF COURSE. ADDITIONAL. [LAUGHTER] IF I'M UNDERSTANDING YOU,
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REALLY, WE HAD ALL OF THESE THINGS IN PLACE, BUT NOW THEY'RE BEING MANDATED FOR ALL DISTRICTS THAT TAKE THIS ON.>> WE'RE ACTUALLY QUITE PROUD OF OUR TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS BEING AHEAD OF THE CURVE IN A LOT OF THESE THINGS.
>> WE WERE THE MODEL FOR THIS, IN OTHER WORDS.
>> THEY DIDN'T ASK ME, BUT I COULD MAKE A STRONG ARGUMENT IF THAT'S THE CASE.
>> THERE IS A TRANSITIONAL PROGRAM AT EVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
>> THE FUNDING HAD A LITTLE PROBLEM LAST YEAR, THEY GOT TO THE END OF THE MIDDLE OF WHATEVER THEY HAD FUNDING PROBLEMS. DOES IT APPEAR THAT THEY'VE SOLVED THOSE FUNDING PROBLEMS?
>> WELL, THE LEGISLATURE WAS LIKE, THIS KEEPS GROWING, AND WE DON'T HAVE A HANDLE ON IT.
HERE'S HOW WE PUT A HANDLE ON IT.
THAT'S WHY MANY OF THESE CHANGES WERE PUT IN PLACE.
IT WAS A LITTLE BIT LOOSEY-GOOSEY IN SOME PLACES.
I WILL TELL YOU SHOT AT THE STERN OF GETTING THESE IN PLACE, IT WAS NOT LOOSEY-GOOSEY.
[LAUGHTER] THESE THINGS ARE NOT ANYTHING REALLY FOR US TO DO TO CHANGE OUR PRACTICE.
OUR PRACTICE WAS ALREADY IN PLACE.
>> THAT WAS A QUESTION I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU. THANK YOU.
NOW, AM I CORRECT IN UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS PROGRAM IS FOR STUDENTS WHO SEEM TO HAVE A NEED KIND OF A THING.
IT'S NOT FOR ALL KIDS TO START GOING TO SCHOOL WHEN THEY'RE FOUR-YEARS-OLD, IT'S A PROGRAM AVAILABLE TO KIDS WHO SEEM TO NEED TO GO TO SCHOOL WHEN THEY'RE FOUR-YEARS-OLD TO BE READY FOR KINDERGARTEN? IS THAT [OVERLAPPING]?
>> THAT'S A KINDERGARTEN READINESS PROGRAM.
THERE'S REALLY TWO MAIN FACTORS THAT GO INTO ELIGIBILITY IS ONE, DO OUR FAMILIES HAVE OTHER AFFORDABLE PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS AVAILABLE TO THEM, AND/OR ARE THERE KINDERGARTEN READINESS FACTORS THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER AND SUPPORT THE FOUR-YEAR-OLD WITH PRIOR TO STARTING KINDERGARTEN? IT'S A COMBINATION OF ALL OF THOSE THINGS, THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC FACTORS AND KINDERGARTEN READINESS.
THE SKILLS CAN BE ANYTHING FROM ACADEMIC TO SOCIAL TO BEHAVIORAL.
>> THERE'S AN APPLICATION PROCESS FOR THE PROGRAM?
>> YEAH. PARENTS FILL OUT A FORM AND THEY ANSWER ONE OF ABOUT 20, 25 DIFFERENT QUESTIONS, AND THEN WE USE THAT FORM FOR ELIGIBILITY.
>> ARE A LOT OF CHILDREN TURNED AWAY?
>> IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THERE'S USUALLY A WAITING LIST AS WELL, IS THERE NOT?
>> PART OF THAT ELIGIBILITY TOO IS WANTING TO BE GOOD PARTNERS WITH OUR OTHER COMMUNITY PROVIDERS, ECAP BEING ONE OF THEM.
ANY OF THOSE FAMILIES THAT AREN'T INCOME ELIGIBLE OR THAT DO HAVE ACCESS THAT WE HAVE AN INFORMAL NON-COMPUTE AGREEMENT WITH SOME OF THOSE FOLKS.
AS PART OF THAT FORM, WHEN THEY FILL OUT IF THEY ARE NOT ACCEPTED INTO THE PROGRAM, THEN WE REFER THOSE FAMILIES OR THOSE NAMES TO SOME OF OUR OTHER LOCAL PROGRAMS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET AS MANY FOUR-YEAR-OLD IN THE SERVICES, AND THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY ARE NEEDING AND DESERVING I'M GOING TO ASK ONE LAST QUESTION BECAUSE IT STRIKES ME THAT WE TALK ABOUT FUNDING FROM THE STATE FOR THE SCHOOLS.
WE TALK ABOUT A LIMITED FUNDING THAT HASN'T CHANGED.
HERE'S NEW FUNDING THAT THEY SOMEHOW FOUND TO PUT INTO THESE PROGRAMS. IT'S NOT ENOUGH FOR ALL THE KIDS WHO WANT TO DO IT.
WE'RE NOT GETTING ADEQUATE FUNDING FOR THE SCHOOLS, AND NOW WE'VE GOT A NEW PROGRAM THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING ADEQUATE FUNDING FOR ALSO.
FOLLOWS ALONG WITH THAT MODEL.
THAT'S ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT LOOKS THAT WAY TO ME.
>> CERTAINLY, THERE'S MORE OF A NEED THAN WE HAVE SPACE FOR.
>> I THINK IT SPEAKS TO THE MANDATES THAT WE TURN IN TO SAY HOW WE'RE DOING ON THINGS EACH YEAR FOR BASIC ED, FOR CTE, FOR PROGRAMS. I MEAN, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT GET MONITORED.
I ALWAYS JOKINGLY SAY TO PEOPLE, IF YOU REALLY WANT TO HELP US, JUST QUIT PASSING THINGS.
[LAUGHTER] YOU REALLY JUST STOP.
BECAUSE THE REALITY IS ALMOST ANYTHING IS AN UNFUNDED MANDATE.
IF YOU REALLY START TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT YOU'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO IMPLEMENT IT.
YOU'VE GOT TO TRAIN PEOPLE TO DO IT.
YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MONITOR IT.
EVEN IF IT REALLY DOESN'T HAVE A DIRECT COST, THERE'S INDIRECT, AND MICHELLE TALKS ABOUT INDIRECT ALL THE TIME ABOUT THINGS IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM THAT YOU DON'T REALLY THINK OF.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE PROGRAMS THAT WE KNOW FOR SURE THAT IT IS HAVING A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THOSE FOUR-YEAR-OLD KIDS.
I THINK WE HAD A CHOICE ON WHETHER TO JOIN OR NOT TO JOIN.
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IN OUR AREA, THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS THAT ARE READILY AVAILABLE TO FOUR-YEAR-OLDS, AND SO WE FELT LIKE THIS WAS ONE OF THOSE WHEN YOU HAVE A CHOICE TO GRAB OR NOT TO GRAB.>> SURE. THE THING THAT IT'S LIKE I'M TRYING TO GET MY MIND AROUND IS THERE'S NOT ENOUGH FUNDING FOR THE SCHOOLS, AND YET THEY FOUND SOME FUNDING FOR THIS FROM THE SCHOOLS, TO PUT INTO THIS.
THERE IS FUNDING, BUT IT'S NOT EVEN ENOUGH FUNDING FOR THIS, THINGS THAT THEY STARTED, BUT THEY FOUND THIS FUNDING AND THEY PUT IT HERE INSTEAD OF INTO THE SCHOOLS.
FUNDING THE SCHOOLS ADEQUATELY IS A REALLY CHALLENGE.
I HOPE THAT THEY'LL FIGURE IT OUT.
HOPEFULLY, WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THEM TO GET THAT DONE.
>> I THINK ONE OF THE LIMITATIONS, I THINK LAST TIME I LOOKED THAT WE WERE ONLY MEETING ABOUT 35% OF THE EARLY CHILDHOOD DAYCARE PRESCHOOL NEEDS IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH IS GLARINGLY LOW.
THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE STRUGGLE WITH WHEN IT COMES TO LIKE FINANCES, AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS OR SUPPORT IS FACILITIES.
I MEAN, OUR FACILITIES ARE GREAT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF ROOM FOR GROWTH, EVEN IF WE WANTED TO ADD 10 MORE TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTENS, WE'D BE HARD PRESSED TO FIND CLASSROOMS IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
>> IN MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WHATEVER LEVEL YOU'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE NOW, THE STATE ISN'T LIKELY TO EXPAND THAT FOR YOU.
>>WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE OUT IN FRONT OF SOME OF THAT, WHERE YOU WOULD START SLOW, I THINK WHEN WE STARTED TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN, WE STARTED WITH ONE OR TWO PROGRAMS. OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, WE'VE CONTINUED TO ADD SO ALL OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WERE ABLE TO BENEFIT.
I THINK THAT IT'S A GOOD THING THAT WE GOT IN WHEN WE DID.
LET'S JUST SAY THAT. [LAUGHTER]
>> OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION?
>> WAS AN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATOR FOR 27 YEARS LIKE THERE'S HUGE VALUE IN THIS.
WE ARE DEFINITELY MAKING THINGS BETTER FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
THIS IS JUST ANOTHER THING TO SPEAK TO OUR LEGISLATORS ABOUT, WHICH I WILL BE DOING.
>> TO THINK THAT WE HAVE 18 OR 19 STUDENTS AT ALL SEVEN PRIMARY SCHOOLS THAT ARE BENEFITING AND JUST THE COST SAVINGS FOR DAYCARE AND PRESCHOOL FOR THOSE, WHATEVER 70 SOME FAMILIES OR OVER 100, I GUESS, FAMILIES IS AMAZING, AND WE'RE GLAD TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THAT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
>> I MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVED THE REVISION TO POLICY 2230, TRANSITION TO KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM AS PRESENTED.
>> THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE REVISIONS TO POLICY 2230.
BOARD, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE?
>> AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES 4:0.
>> THANK YOU, MIKE. NEXT, ON OUR AGENDA, WE HAVE REVISION OF POLICY 3143, NOTIFICATION AND DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION ABOUT STUDENT OFFENSES, AND NOTIFICATION OF THREATS OF VIOLENCE OR HARM. RENAL.
>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD. THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER WHEN WASDA DOES AN UPDATE TO POLICIES.
THERE IS ONE CHANGE AND IT'S AT THE VERY END OF THIS POLICY, AND IT JUST HAS TO DO WITH NOTIFICATION OF PARENTS.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT I CAN GUARANTEE WE ARE ALREADY DOING THIS, BUT THEY JUST WANTED TO CODIFY IT IN POLICY THAT IF A VIOLENT OR REPORTED CRIMINAL ACTIVITY OCCURS ON SCHOOL PROPERTY, EITHER IN AN EXTRA CURRICULAR OF ACTIVITY OR DURING SCHOOL HOURS THAT WE ARE REQUIRED NOW TO NOTIFY PARENTS.
I CAN GUARANTEE YOU, WE'RE NOTIFYING PARENTS, BUT NOW IT'S CODIFIED IN POLICY.
NOTHING IN THIS POLICY HAS CHANGED OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT WE ARE NOW REQUIRED AND BOARD POLICY TO NOTIFY FAMILIES.
IT'S JUST THE VERY LAST ADDITION OF ONE REALLY LONG SENTENCE AT THE END.
>> IS THERE ANY FINANCIAL IMPACT, ANY STAFF IMPACT, ANY CHANGES THAT THIS IMPACT.
>> I CAN GUARANTEE YOU IF A STUDENT IS BEING DETAINED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OR A SHOOTING OCCURRED LIKE THE POLICY STATES, WE ARE NOTIFYING PARENTS.
THAT'S WHAT THE POLICY STATES.
IF A STUDENT IS BEING DETAINED, IF A SHOOTING OCCURS, IF A, WHAT ELSE IS THERE, SOMETHING CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IS WHAT IT SAID.
WE ARE REQUIRED BY A POLICY NOW TO NOTIFY PARENT OR GUARDIAN.
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>> I'M GOING TO CLARIFY FOR MYSELF AGAIN.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE NOW IS THE POLICY SAYS, EVERYONE MUST DO THIS.
IF YOU WERE A DISTRICT THAT WAS NOT DOING THIS, YOU WILL NOW BE DOING IT.
>> I CAN ATTEST TO THAT AS A PARENT IN THE DISTRICT.
ANYTIME THERE'S A FACEBOOK POST THAT HAS POTENTIAL IMPLICATION, WE GET NOTIFIED.
YEAH, DISTRICTS ALREADY DO IT.
>> THE BOARD MEMBERS GET ALL THOSE NOTIFICATIONS TOO.
>>TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THIS AS THE LEDGE REP.
THIS IS A REAL GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER ABOUT WHO MAKES THE POLICIES, AND HOW WE DO OR DO NOT HAVE ANY INPUT IN WHAT THE POLICIES ARE.
HERE WE SIT, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, SOMEBODY IN OLYMPIA PUTS TOGETHER A NEW POLICY, THEY SAY, OH, WAIT A MINUTE, THIS LITTLE STATEMENT NEEDS TO BE IN ALL OF OUR POLICIES AND THEY PUSH IT OUT TO ALL OF THE DISTRICTS, AND THEN WE SIT HERE AND WE TALK ABOUT HOW ALL THE DISTRICTS ARE GOING TO FOLLOW THIS.
YOU GET THE LITTLE PICTURE IF YOU WATCH HERE THAT IT'S LIKE THEY'RE TELLING ALL THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHAT TO DO. NOW, I'M SORRY.
>> I WOULD SAY THAT IT MORE ALIGNS WITH THE PARENTS AS PRIMARY STAKEHOLDERS.
WHEN WE SAY THINGS LIKE PARENTS ARE PRIMARY STAKEHOLDERS, WE REALLY WANT TO LOOK AT CURRENT POLICIES IN PARTICULAR [OVERLAPPING].
>> BUT THE POINT I WANTED TO MAKE WAS SIMPLY THAT SCHOOL BOARDS ACROSS THE STATE ARE RECEIVING THEIR INSTRUCTIONS ON WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO, AND THEN WE ALL JUST DO IT.
I JUST WANT TO POINT THAT OUT BECAUSE THIS IS A REAL CLEAR EXAMPLE OF HOW WE WERE JUST SITTING HERE MINDING OUR OWN BUSINESS AND THE STATE PUSHES OUT A POLICY TO ALL THE SCHOOL BOARDS AND SAYS, HEY, YOU GOT TO CHANGE THIS POLICY AND HAVE THIS STATEMENT IN IT, AND EVERYBODY DOES IT.
THEN WE WONDER WHY WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER OUR SCHOOLS IN OLYMPIA RUNS THEM INSTEAD.
I'M JUST POINTING OUT AS I'M AS A LEDGE REP AND I'M WATCHING WHAT'S GOING ON, I'M MORE AND MORE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THIS.
I LIKE THE IDEA OF WHAT THAT THOSE SCHOOLS TRIED TO DO.
GIVE US SOME SAY IN THE POLICIES.
BUT IT'S LIKE IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT AND [OVERLAPPING].
>> WHERE THIS COMES FROM, IS OUT OF THE PARENTS BILL OF RIGHTS.
WHAT IS HARD WHEN YOU HAVE A LEGISLATIVE BILL LIKE THE PARENTS BILL OF RIGHTS IS TO FIGURE OUT EVERY SINGLE POLICY THAT THAT TOUCHES.
>> THEY'RE PAYING FOR SOMEONE TO DO THAT BACK WORK, TO FIGURE OUT WHICH POLICIES DOES IT TOUCH.
THEY'VE TAKEN ONE LITTLE LINE OUT OF THAT WHOLE BILL, AND THEY'VE PUT IT INTO THIS POLICY.
THAT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO IDENTIFY.
>> I DON'T WANT TO GIVE THE IMPRESSION, I DON'T AGREE WITH, I THINK THAT IS GREAT.
BUT MY POINT WAS, HERE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HOW WE'VE BEEN TOLD, AND IT WAS STATED.
THIS IS WHY I REACTED. IT WAS STATED.
ALL THE SCHOOLS IN ALL THE DISTRICTS ARE DOING THIS NOW.
ALL THE DISTRICTS ARE GOING TO DO THIS WAY.
IT'S JUST LIKE, PAY ATTENTION BECAUSE THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY A GOOD DIRECTION, BUT I AGREE WITH WHAT'S BEING DONE AND WHAT IT SAYS.
BUT WE NEED TO HAVE MORE SAY IN THE POLICIES, I THINK, YOU SEE.
>> FOR BIGGER POLICIES THAT WOULD REQUIRE MORE INPUT, IT WOULDN'T BE SOMETHING AS NORMAL AS ME SAYING I'M BRINGING THIS TO YOU.
IT WOULD BE LIKE WITH SHELLY'S EXAMPLE EARLIER, WE'RE TAKING IT TO OUR ATTORNEY, WE'RE GETTING INPUT, WE HOLD A WORK SESSION.
WHEN WE LOOK AT POLICY REVISIONS THAT ARE MINIMAL IMPACT IN TERMS OF IT'S NOT CHANGING WHAT WE'RE DOING.
IT IS CODIFYING TRULY FOR THE PROTECTION OF STUDENTS, REALLY.
I MEAN, IF THERE WERE SCHOOLS THAT WERE NOT DOING THIS, THAT'S UNFORTUNATE.
BUT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT CONTROLLING, I BEG TO SAY THAT IF WE WERE BRINGING SOMETHING TO YOU THAT HAD A GREAT DEAL OF IMPACT, IT WOULD NOT BE BROUGHT TO YOU AS THIS IS A QUICK UPDATE, I GUARANTEE.
>> I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND [OVERLAPPING]
>> I JUST WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT IF WE WERE BRINGING A POLICY TO YOU THAT HAD A SYSTEM WIDE IMPLICATION, IT WOULD NOT BE BROUGHT TO YOU IN THIS INFORMAL MANNER. [LAUGHTER]
>> WHEN YOU SAY IF WE WERE BRINGING A POLICY TO YOU YOU'RE SIMPLY BRINGING WHAT WASDA AND THE STATE HAS SENT TO YOU TO BRING TO US.
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>> I MEAN, THERE'S STILL AUTONOMY AND THEY HAVE THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS.
>> WE WON'T BRING IT WITHOUT REVIEW.
WE DO NOT JUST GO, OH, THEY SAID IT.
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY, MY EXPERIENCE ON THE BOARD HAS BEEN THAT WHEN WE DO HAVE A MAJOR POLICY REVISION.
WE SPEND TIME ON IT MORE THAN ONE MEETING.
THE OTHER THING IS, WE LOOK AT THE IMPLICATIONS IN TERMS OF WHY THIS POLICY, AND WHAT THE LAW ACTUALLY SAYS AND WHAT DO WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO PUT IN, AND WE OFTEN MAKE SOME CHANGES BASED ON THAT.
I THINK THE DIFFICULT PART IS, AND LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT GOING BACK TO OUR EARLIER DISCUSSION, WHO IS GOING TO DO THAT WORK OF LOOKING AT LAW AND MAKING SURE THAT THE POLICIES WE ENACT ACTUALLY HELP US TO FOLLOW THE LAW? IF THERE'S A PLACE LIKE IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE WHERE THERE'S A NEW LEGISLATION, AND WE HAVE TO INSERT SOMETHING IN THE POLICY, IT'S SO THAT WE CAN BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, TERRY, AND THERE ISN'T A SIMPLE ANSWER.
>> I UNDERSTAND TERRY YOUR POINT.
IT'S VERY WELL HEARD THAT IT'S JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE STATE DICTATING HOW WE DO BUSINESS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.
THAT'S REALLY YOUR POINT. I THINK THIS WAY.
HERE WE GO AGAIN, THE STATE TELLING US HOW TO DO THINGS.
IT JUST SO HAPPENS IN THIS PARTICULAR POLICY.
>> IT'S NOT THAT BIG OF AN IMPACT.
THE BACKSIDE OF THAT IS THAT THERE'S A COST ASSOCIATED WITH THIS EFFORT.
SOMEBODY'S GOT TO REACH OUT AND DO THAT.
SOMEBODY HAS TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS OF NOTIFYING PARENTS AND THAT'S TIME. TIME IS MONEY.
IT'S JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE STATE DICTATING AGAIN TO TERRY'S POINT HOW WE DO BUSINESS, AND AGAIN, NOT PAYING FOR IT.
BUT WE'RE OKAY. WE'RE ALREADY DOING IT.
>> SOMEONE ELSE POINTED OUT, I WOULD BE REMISS, I'D BE SHOCKED IF OTHER SCHOOLS AREN'T ALREADY ALSO DOING THAT.
>> I CAN'T BELIEVE IN TODAY'S WORLD THAT PARENTS AREN'T NOTIFIED OF EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE.
BRINGING US BACK TO THE DISCUSSION OF THE APPROVAL OF THE REVISIONS TO POLICY 3143.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT FROM THE BOARD?
>> I WOULD MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE THE REVISIONS TO POLICY 3143 AS PRESENTED.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION. STUDENT REPS?
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED THAT WE APPROVE THE REVISIONS TO POLICY 3143 AS PRESENTED.
BOARD, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE?
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED, MOTION PASSES 4:0.
>> JUST TAKING A QUICK LOOK AT FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS.
[11. Future Agenda Items and Board Events]
WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE A CAC MEETING ON THE 11TH, AND I THINK A COUPLE OF BOARD MEMBERS HAVE IDENTIFIED TO GO, DEBBIE, IS IT YOU OR?>> JACKIE. THEN WE HAVE OUR TOUR ON THE 19TH AND IT'S TED AND DEBBIE TO YAKULT.
WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THOSE ROLES.
WE ARE NOW GOING TO MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[12. Executive Session]
THE BOARD WILL BE ENTERING EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF A PUBLIC EMPLOYEE FOR RCW 42.30.1101G WITH NO ACTION, AND WE WILL BE BACK AT 8:03.I ADJOURN THIS MEETING OF THE BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.