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>> GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME.
I'M PLEASED TO CALL TO ORDER THIS SPECIAL MEETING WORK SESSION OF
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THE BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR MONDAY, OCTOBER 27TH, 2025 AT 4:00 PM.I WILL TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO SUPERINTENDENT WHITTEN.
>> THANK YOU, BOARD. THIS AFTERNOON, WE'VE ASKED A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS TO JOIN US AND TALK A BIT ABOUT THE PROGRAMS AND THE IMPACT THOSE PROGRAMS HAVE ON OUR STUDENTS.
OUR HOPE THIS AFTERNOON WAS THAT WE WOULD GIVE THEM A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO TALK ABOUT THEIR PROGRAM AND THE IMPACT, AND THEN WE WOULD MOVE ON IF THERE ARE CITIZENS' COMMENTS.
RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE ANY, BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO CHECK THAT LIST THROUGHOUT THE WORK SESSION IN HOPE.
THANKFULLY, WE HAVE A QR CODE THAT IS UP ONLINE AS WELL AND WE'LL BE TAKING INPUT THROUGH FRIDAY.
THEN AFTER FRIDAY, WE WILL SEND THAT INFORMATION TO ALL OF YOU SO YOU CAN REVIEW ANY INPUT THAT WE MIGHT GET ON ANY OF THESE PROGRAMS. THE PURPOSE REALLY OF TODAY IS TO REALLY TALK ABOUT THE PROGRAMS THAT COULD CONTINUE TO BE IMPACTED.
THEY HAVE BEEN IMPACTED, BUT COULD CONTINUE TO BE IMPACTED SHOULD WE NOT HAVE SUSTAINED FUNDING.
I'VE ASKED A NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO JOIN US TODAY IN ORDER TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE, FOR YOU TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS OF THEM AND FOR US TO USE THIS AS A LAUNCHING OFF POINT TO DISCUSS THE POTENTIAL OF A LEVY AT OUR NEXT WORK SESSION ON THE 10TH OF NOVEMBER.
THAT'S REALLY THE PURPOSE OF TODAY.
I'VE ASKED PEOPLE TO BE AS CLOSE TO TIME AS POSSIBLE.
DURING THIS FIRST PART AS WE HAVE EACH GROUP PRESENT, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS, IF THIS ISN'T REALLY THE TIME FOR DISCUSSION, WE'VE SET ASIDE 40 MINUTES AT THE END FOR THE DISCUSSION, AND REALLY THIS TIME IS FOR YOU TO ASK THE QUESTIONS OF THE EXPERTS THAT ARE IMPLEMENTING THE PROGRAMS IN OUR DISTRICT.
UNLESS THERE ARE QUESTIONS, I WILL LET THEM JUMP IN.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO ASK PRIOR TO OUR STARTING? WELL, WE WILL TURN IT OVER.
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OUR FIRST GROUP WE HAVE MIKE MISCHA AND TRAVIS DRAKE TALKING ABOUT SAFETY AND SECURITY FOR OUR DISTRICT, AND WE ALSO HAVE LINDSEY ROSS AND KATHY SHANNON HERE TO TALK ABOUT OUR NURSING PROGRAMS, AND SO I WILL LET THEM GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.>> GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD. BRIEFLY, I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU OVERVIEW OF SECURITY THAT WE HAVE IN OUR BUILDINGS.
THE OVERALL PURPOSE OF HAVING SECURITY PERSONNEL AT OUR BUILDINGS IS TO, OF COURSE, SECURE THE CAMPUS.
THEY'RE REALLY THE FIRST RESPONDERS TO ANYTHING THAT'S TAKING PLACE ON THE CAMPUS, EVERYTHING FROM SECURING THE PERIMETER OF THE CAMPUS, RESPONDING TO TIER 1, SO LOWER BEHAVIOR SITUATIONS THAT HAPPENED DURING THE DAY, AND THEN SUPPORTING THE ADMINISTRATION WITH TIER 2 AND TIER 3 RESPONSES.
ALSO, ALTHOUGH IT MAY SEEM ALMOST LIKE AN AFTERTHOUGHT, IT'S A BIG SUPPORT MANAGING THE PICKUP AND THE DROP OFF OF THE STUDENTS ON A DAILY BASIS.
CURRENTLY, WE HAVE FOUR SECURITY PERSONNEL AT BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL, THREE AT PRAIRIE.
THEN WE HAVE ONE AT EACH OF OUR SHARED CAMPUSES, SO CHIEF CAPTAIN DAYBREAK PRIMARY AND MIDDLE, TUKES VALLEY PRIMARY AND MIDDLE, LAUREN AND GLENWOOD, PLEASANT VALLEY PRIMARY AND MIDDLE.
IT IS ACCURATE TO SAY THAT AT EACH OF THOSE CAMPUSES, THEY SPEND PREDOMINANTLY MOST OF THEIR TIME AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
IT'S NOT THAT THEY DON'T SUPPORT THE PRIMARY SCHOOL, IT'S JUST THERE SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE BUSINESS FOR THEM AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND SO THAT'S WHERE THEY SPEND THE MAJORITY OF THEIR TIME.
WE DO HAVE ONE AT AMBOY, OBVIOUSLY, WITH AMBOY AND YACOLT NOT BEING A SHARED CAMPUS BECAUSE OF PROXIMITY.
WE HAVE ONE AT AMBOY AND WE DO NOT HAVE ONE AT YACOLT.
THEN WE HAVE ONE SERVING THE CAMPUS OF MAPLE GROVE, RIVER HOME LINK, AND BGBA.
>> I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE MADE REDUCTIONS IN THE LEVY LOSS THIS LAST YEAR.
WE HAD AN ASSISTANT SECURITY SUPERVISOR, BUT WE ALSO RETAINED MIKE KESLER, AND MIKE KESLER OVERSEES ALL OF THOSE STAFF AS WELL AS RESPONDS AND WORKS VERY CLOSELY AS A CONNECTION BETWEEN OUR SROS AT BOTH OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, WHICH ARE SHARED COSTS WITH BATTLE GROUND CITY AND CLARK COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
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WE LOST ONE SRO IN THOSE REDUCTIONS, AS YOU MIGHT REMEMBER.>> WE ALSO WERE REDUCED ONE SECURITY AT EACH OF THE COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS.
WE WERE REDUCED DOWN ONE AT BOTH BATTLE GROUND AND PRAIRIE.
>> ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT SECURITY?
>> CAN I ASK ONE QUESTION? YOU MENTIONED NUMBERS. DOES THAT NUMBER INCLUDE THE SROS?
>> SINCE YOU MENTIONED WE'VE LOWERED THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE, I WOULD PRESUME YOU PROBABLY THINK IT'S INADEQUATE.
WE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE MORE PEOPLE.
>> I THINK THAT WOULD BE FURTHER DISCUSSION.
I KNOW THAT'S A VERY SIMPLE QUESTION.
WE, OF COURSE, WOULDN'T SAY WE DON'T NEED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT, BUT I WOULD NOT BE HONEST IF I SAID THAT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF COMMENTS COMING FROM THE BATTLE GROUND OR PRAIRIE ADMIN SAYING THAT THEY DO FEEL THE REDUCTION.
MY GUESS IF THEY WERE STANDING HERE, THEY WOULD SAY THAT THEY WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE ADDITIONAL PERSON BACK.
>> I THINK WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT IS ABOUT A YACOLT PRIMARY SCHOOL.
NOT HAVING A SECURITY PERSON ON THAT CAMPUS WHEN WE HAVE EMERGENCIES DOES BECOME SOMETIMES PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE OF THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT WOULD TAKE A FIRST RESPONDER TO ARRIVE.
TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I THINK THAT CERTAINLY A YACOLT PRIMARY WOULD BE A NEED.
>> WE COULD HAVE STEPHANIE SPEAK TO THAT BECAUSE STEPHANIE WATTS IS HERE, IF YOU'D LIKE.
>> WHAT'S THE POPULATION AT YACOLT?
>> OTHER THAN CLARK COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, WHAT ELSE IS AVAILABLE FOR THEM IN THAT IN YACOLT?
>> TYPICALLY, IT'S MIKE KESLER DRIVING THE SPEED LIMIT OR AS FAST AS HE CAN TO GET OUT THERE TO SUPPORT.
>> I WAS JUST AT A SECURITY MEETING WITH HIM, A COUNTY-WIDE SECURITY MEETING WITH MIKE KESLER LAST WEEK WITH AREA SUPERINTENDENTS AND OTHER POLICE OFFICERS FROM AROUND THE AREA.
WE STILL REMAIN THE LAST SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH SROS, AND I CAN TELL YOU THE BULK OF THE CONVERSATION WAS AROUND THE FACT THAT THOSE DISTRICTS ARE SUFFERING GREATLY ON ALL KINDS OF RESPONSES AROUND THEIR STUDENTS SECURITY AND SAFETY.
>> ACTUALLY, THERE WERE SOME STORIES ABOUT SOME SITUATIONS THAT HAPPENED THAT FRANKLY, I THINK OUR COMMUNITY KNOWING THE MAGNITUDE OF THEM WOULD BE PRETTY DEVASTATING.
I THINK THAT THAT SRO AND SECURITY SUPPORT IS SOMETHING THAT'S BECOME ALMOST AN EXPECTATION FROM OUR COMMUNITY.
CERTAINLY THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD THERE MADE ME A BIT HORRIFIC ABOUT THE IDEA OF US REDUCING FURTHER BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY WERE DESCRIBING IN THEIR DISTRICTS.
>> THANK YOU. YOU MENTIONED A PARTNERSHIP WITH CLARK COUNTY SHERIFF AS WELL AS BATTLE GROUND PD, BUT IS IN OUR PARTNERSHIP ONLY WITH BATTLE GROUND PD? I MEAN, FINANCIAL PARTNERSHIP?
>> FINANCIAL PARTNERSHIP, TRUE.
IS BY GRANT LIKE WITH BATTLE GROUND.
>> BECAUSE WE PAY FULLY FOR PRAIRIES SRO TO HAVE THE EQUITY AMONGST THE SCHOOLS.
>> AN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION.
I THINK WHAT YOU JUST SAID WAS A LITTLE CONCERNING.
I'M NOT SURE WHY ALL THE OTHER DISTRICTS ARE HAVING MORE SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS. I THINK ALL OF US WOULD AGREE THAT ANY PROBLEM WE MIGHT HAVE IS THE REALLY THE CONCERN.
WE DON'T WANT TO EVER HAVE PROBLEMS.
>> MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE THE PRINCIPAL SPEAK TO THAT.
I THINK THE COMMUNITY WOULD LOVE TO HEAR ANYTHING THAT ANYBODY HAS TO SAY ABOUT IT, AND SINCE SHE'S HERE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
>> IF IS NOT PUTTING HER ON THE SPOT.
>> THANKS. THIS IS STEPHANIE WATTS PRINCIPAL AT PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME. I WOULD SAY THE PRESENCE OF DEPUTY QUIGGLE HAS BEEN IMMENSELY SUPPORTED.
IN OUR BUILDING, KIDS SPEAK TO HER ON A REGULAR BASIS.
OFTENTIMES IT'S PREVENTATIVE IS WHAT SHE'S TRYING TO DO WITH THEM RATHER THAN REACTIONARY.
I'LL SAY SPEAKING TO NOT HAVING THE ADDITIONAL SECURITY.
WE'VE HAD MORE FIGHTS IN OUR BUILDING THIS YEAR THAN WE'VE EVER HAD SINCE I'VE BEEN AT PRAIRIE, AND IT'S ONLY THE END OF OCTOBER.
TODAY, WE HAD ANOTHER ONE AND IT'S JUST THE ABILITY TO BE PRESENT IN ALL LOCATIONS IS THE HARD PART.
WE USED TO HAVE A SECURITY THAT WAS OUT
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GREETING PEOPLE AS THEY WOULD COME INTO OUR CAMPUS, AND NOW THEY'RE SO SPREAD OUT THROUGHOUT THE CAMPUS.WE DON'T HAVE THAT GREETER AS KIDS ARE LEAVING OR COMING ONTO THE CAMPUS.
>> WHAT I HEARD IT'S YOUR SENSE THAT WE'D HAVE LESS FIGHTS IF THERE WAS MORE SECURITY? YOU CAN'T SAY THAT.
>> BUT I WOULD SAY THAT THE PRESENCE OF ADULTS AROUND DURING LUNCHES, AND A HIGH FLYING TIMES WHEN IT'S PASSING TIMES, FALCON SUPPORT, TIGER TIME BATTLE GROUND, THINGS LIKE THAT.
JUST HAVING ADDITIONAL BODY AROUND TO HELP AS A PRESENCE HAS BEEN NOTICE.
>> THANK YOU. I THINK THAT'S GOOD INFORMATION. THANK YOU.
>> LET'S HEAR A LITTLE BIT FROM OUR NURSING PROGRAM, LINDSEY [INAUDIBLE].
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
I'M A SCHOOL NURSE FOR BATTLE GROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
THIS IS MY FIFTH YEAR WITH THE DISTRICT.
CURRENTLY, I AM THE SCHOOL NURSE FOR CHIEF MIDDLE SCHOOL OF CAPTAIN STRONG PRIMARY AND CAM ACADEMY.
THERE CAN BE MANY MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT WHAT A SCHOOL NURSE IS AND WHAT WE PROVIDE TO STUDENTS.
I THINK THE BEST WAY TO START IS WITH THE DEFINITION.
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL NURSES DEFINES IT AS THIS, SCHOOL NURSING, A SPECIALIZED PRACTICE OF NURSING, PROTECTS AND PROMOTES STUDENT HEALTH, FACILITATES OPTIMAL DEVELOPMENT, AND ADVANCES IN ACADEMIC SUCCESS.
SCHOOL NURSES GROUNDED IN ETHICAL AND EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE ARE THE LEADERS WHO BRIDGE HEALTHCARE AND EDUCATION, PROVIDE CARE COORDINATION, ADVOCATE FOR QUALITY STUDENT CENTERED CARE, AND COLLABORATE TO DESIGN SYSTEMS THAT ALLOW INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES TO DEVELOP TO THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.
HERE IN BATTLE GROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WE HAVE TWO NURSING ROLES AND I WANTED TO DEFINE EACH ROLE.
I MYSELF, AM A SCHOOL NURSE, SO THAT IS A REGISTERED NURSE WHO EITHER HAS THEIR BACHELOR'S OR MASTER'S DEGREE IN SCHOOL NURSING.
WE'RE ALSO CERTIFICATED WITH AN ESA LIKE OUR FELLOW SCHOOL PSYCHES AND SCHOOL COUNSELORS, SLPS, ETC.
WE WORK INDEPENDENTLY IN THE SCHOOL SETTING TO CARRY OUT ORDERS FROM HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS.
CURRENTLY, OUR CERTIFICATED CONTRACT HAS A RATIO OF 1:01,550 STUDENTS.
I DID PUT AN ASTERISK THERE BECAUSE MOST OF US ARE IN OVERLOAD.
I'M JUST OVER 1,700 ON MY THREE CAMPUSES.
THE OTHER TYPE OF NURSE WE HAVE, WE HAVE BUILDING NURSES AND PROCEDURE NURSES.
THOSE ARE LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSES, AND WE RELY ON THEM SO HEAVILY PARTNERS IN HEALTHCARE.
WE ARE THEIR SUPERVISORS, RN SUPERVISORS, AND CURRENTLY, WITH OUR MODEL, AND SHARED CAMPUSES GET ONE LPN.
CAPTAIN IN CHIEF, FOR EXAMPLE, HAS ONE LPN THAT SUPPORTS THE HEALTH ROOMS THERE.
WHAT IS OUR EDUCATIONAL IMPACT? SCHOOL NURSES ADDRESS EDUCATIONAL NEEDS BY ENSURING STUDENTS ARE HEALTHY, SAFE, AND READY TO LEARN.
WE PROVIDE DIRECT CARE, WE MANAGE CHRONIC CONDITIONS, PROMOTE MENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY, AND COORDINATE WITH EDUCATORS, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES TO BREAK DOWN BARRIERS TO HEALTHCARE AND EDUCATIONAL ACCESS.
WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IN ACTION? [LAUGHTER] THE SCHOOL NURSES ARE SECTION 504 CASE MANAGERS, ALONG WITH OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS.
WE ARE ALSO CONTRIBUTORS TO THE IEP EVALUATION PROCESS.
THERE'S DIFFERENT CATEGORIES AND SPECIAL SERVICES, AND SOMETIMES THE NURSING PIECE CAN BE A FUNDAMENTAL PART IN THAT EVALUATION.
WE WRITE AND DEVELOP EMERGENCY ACTION PLANS.
ALL STUDENTS WITH A POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING HEALTH CONDITION REQUIRE AN EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN BE WRITTEN SO THAT STAFF AND TEACHERS KNOW WHAT TO DO IN CASE OF EMERGENCY.
THIS WOULD INCLUDE STUDENTS WITH ASTHMA, TYPE 1 DIABETES, SEIZURE DISORDERS, AND SEVERE ALLERGIES.
WE ALSO WRITE INDIVIDUAL HEALTH PLANS, MUCH LIKE NURSES IN TRADITIONAL CARE SETTINGS.
WE HAVE TO HAVE A PLAN OF CARE AND SO WE WORK CLOSELY WITH FAMILIES TO DEVELOP WHAT THOSE PLANS ARE.
WE ALSO ARE IN CHARGE OF MEDICATION, ADMINISTRATION, AND DELEGATION.
DELEGATION INCLUDES TRAINING, AND I THINK THERE CAN BE A MISCONCEPTION THAT ONCE SOMEONE IS DELEGATED TO, WE MOVE ON, THAT'S NOT THE CASE.
RNS ARE SUPERVISING THAT AND THEY CONTINUE TO HAVE A HANDS ON PIECE ORDERS CAN CHANGE.
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THERE CAN BE PART OF THE THINGS THAT CHANGE AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO SUPERVISE THAT WITH OUR HRAS AND FRONT OFFICE STAFF.>> WE ALSO COMPLETE HEARING VISION SCREENINGS.
I'VE YET TO HAVE A HEARING VISION SCREENING WHERE IT DIDN'T RESULT IN AT LEAST ONE NEW PAIR OF GLASSES.
THAT RIGHT THERE IS WONDERFUL AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHY WE'RE DOING IT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW IF A STUDENT IN OUR COMMUNITY IS HOSPITALIZED FOR A LONG TERM CARE OR IS AT HOME RECOVERING FROM THAT HOSPITAL STAY.
BETWEEN FOUR WEEKS AND 18 WEEKS, THEY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR OUR HOME HOSPITAL PROGRAM, AND THE RNS HELP FACILITATE THAT BY COORDINATING WITH SOCIAL WORKERS AT DORM BECKERS OR THE TEACHERS.
IT'S A LOT OF COORDINATION TO ENSURE THAT THOSE STUDENTS ARE STILL ABLE TO ACCESS THEIR EDUCATION WHILE THEY'RE HEALING.
ALSO FIRST AID, AED MAINTENANCE AND TRAINING.
WE ALSO OFFER ANNUAL NARCAN TRAINING IN ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS, EMERGENCY RESPONSE.
MUCH MORE, I ONLY HAVE 2 MINUTES. I COULD GO ON.
[LAUGHTER] ALSO, ONE THING I WANTED TO MENTION TO YOU ABOUT MEDICATIONS, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT EVERY TIME A STUDENT IS PARTICIPATING IN A FIELD TRIP, SPORTS, DRAMA, BAND EDUCATIONAL COMPETITIONS.
IF THEY HAVE A PLAN OF CARE, IF THEY HAVE AN EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN, IF THEY HAVE MEDICATIONS, THE NURSES ARE COORDINATING THAT AND FACILITATING THAT TO ENSURE THAT THEY CAN PARTICIPATE IN EVERYTHING THAT ANY OTHER STUDENT CAN SAFELY.
A COUPLE OF STATISTICS BEFORE I GO.
THESE NUMBERS ARE FROM THE '24 '25 SCHOOL YEAR.
THESE ARE THE NUMBERS THAT WE AS A TEAM AND DEPARTMENT SUBMIT TO OSPI ANNUALLY.
LAST YEAR, THE TOTAL STUDENT ENROLLMENT WAS 12,908.
A LITTLE QUICK FACT ABOUT THAT.
FOR ALL OF THOSE STUDENTS, EVERY STUDENT WHO FILLS OUT A HEALTH FORM OR A HEALTH UPDATE, THAT'S READ BY A NURSE, AND THAT'S CODED BY A NURSE.
IF YOU CAN THINK OF THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT IT TAKES TO GET THROUGH ALL OF THOSE, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT.
I DON'T THINK ENOUGH PEOPLE KNOW THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY A NURSE WHO REVIEWS EACH AND EVERY SCHOOL HEALTH FORM.
HEALTH ROOM VISITS LAST YEAR, 42,540, LIFE THREATENING HEALTH CONDITIONS THAT I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER THAT REQUIRES AN EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN 709, TOTAL MEDICATIONS ON CAMPUSES, 904 HEARING VISION SCREENINGS, OVER 5,000 STUDENTS WE SCREENED LAST YEAR.
ACCIDENT REPORT 649, 911 CALLS.
THIS IS HEALTH ROOM INITIATED CALLS, NOT OVERALL CALLS OR AFTER SCHOOL, WOULD BE 33.
WE HAVE 111 MEDICALLY FRAGILE STUDENTS AND BY LAW, THAT REQUIRES A LICENSED NURSE TO BE AT SCHOOL.
IN SUMMARY, YES, WE STILL OFFER BAND-AID.
I THINK SOMETIMES WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DO, WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE THE SMALL THINGS, AND SOMETIMES THE SMALLEST ENCOUNTERS CAN MAKE THE MOST IMPACT FOR STUDENTS AND STUDENTS ARE THE REASON THAT WE'RE HERE.
>> THANK YOU, LINDSAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE BOARD? NO CITIZENS HAVE SIGNED UP FOR THIS AS OF YET.
>> HOW MANY RNS AND LPNS DO WE HAVE ON STAFF?
>> GREAT QUESTION. I ACTUALLY HAVE THAT.
WE HAVE EIGHT REGISTERED NURSES, AND WE HAVE TEN LPNS.
WE HAVE EIGHT ASSIGNED LPNS WITH TWO DISTRICT FLOAT NURSES TO SUPPORT CAMPUSES.
>> YOU SAID THAT WE'RE AN OVERLOAD.
IS THERE A STATE REQUIREMENT OR WHAT WOULD THE STATE, LIKE, MEAN BE ON THAT ONE?
>> WELL, SO THE RN IN DISTINCT RATIO IS NEGOTIATED DURING THE CERTIFICATED NEGOTIATIONS.
THERE IS NO STATE MANDATED RATIO.
IN FACT, THAT'S PART OF ONE OF THE CHALLENGES FOR DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE, IS THERE IS NO MANDATED RATIO IN THE STATE FUNDS, I THINK, ONE POINT?
>> WE WOULD CHECK THE NUMBER FOR APPORTIONMENT.
>> WE GO BY WHAT THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL NURSES RECOMMENDS, WHICH IS ONE TO 1550, AND THAT WAS NEGOTIATED IN THE LAST CONTRACT.
MOST OF OUR NURSES ARE JUST OVER THAT.
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WE HAVE HAD EIGHT RNS THIS YEAR AND LAST, WHAT HAS CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY THE NUMBER OF LPNS?>> WHAT WAS THE NUMBER AGAIN ONE TO?
>> ONE TO 1550 IS THE CONTRACT LANGUAGE.
>> WHEN YOU GET INTO THE SITUATION, IS THERE ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION ASSOCIATED WITH THAT MUCH LIKE WITH THE TEACHERS?
>> I MIGHT BE A BETTER QUESTION FOR MICHELLE, IF WE KNOW WHAT THOSE COSTS ARE.
>> WE'D HAVE TO LOOK THEM UP AND IT FLUCTUATES ALL THE TIME BASED ON MONTH TO MONTH ENROLLMENT.
BUT WE COULD PROBABLY GET A BALLPARK.
>> IT'D BE NICE TO KNOW BECAUSE IF THAT GAP OR THAT OVERAGE COST WOULD COVER THE COST OF ONE.
>> WELL, WE KEEP AN EYE ON THAT.
[LAUGHTER] GUARANTEE, WE KEEP AN EYE ON THAT AND THAT'S WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT SHUFFLING.
SOMETIMES WE DON'T SHUFFLE MID YEAR JUST BECAUSE IT CAUSES MORE OF A DISRUPTION IN PEOPLE LEARNING NEW KIDS AND ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, BUT WE CERTAINLY KEEP AN EYE ON IT AND TRY AND KEEP IT UNDER CONTROL.
WE TRY AND PROJECT ACCURATELY TO START WITH ON OUR ENROLLMENT, AND IF WE MISSED THE MARK, THEN WE ARE ABSOLUTELY PAIN OVERLOAD.
>> IS STAFFING DOWN FROM LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF THIS DATA IS LAST YEAR? DATA IS PROBABLY UP?
>> BUT IS STAFFING DOWN AND IF SO HOW MUCH?
>> STAFFING HAS DECREASED THE NUMBER OF LPNS WE HAVE DECREASED.
EVERY PRIMARY, EVERY MIDDLE SCHOOL HAD AN LPN.
WE NOW HAVE EIGHT LPNS ACROSS OUR PRIMARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL.
EACH LPN HAS BOTH A PRIMARY AND THE MIDDLE, AND THEN WE HAVE TWO PROCEDURE NURSES THAT FLOAT AROUND THE DISTRICT.
WE DOWN LPN POSITIONS BECAUSE OF THE LEVEE FAILURE.
NEXT UP, WE HAVE JULIE HATCHER IS GOING TO TALK TO US ABOUT INTERVENTIONS.
THEN LINDSAY AND JULIE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT INTERVENTIONS, AND REBECCA IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT COUNSELING.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M LINDSAY RIO.
I AM A READING INTERVENTION SPECIALIST AT PLEASANT VALLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL.
WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE LAP READING PROGRAM.
WE ARE A STATE FUNDED PROGRAM THAT DELIVERS TARGETED EVIDENCE BASED SUPPORT TO OUR K-4 READERS THAT ARE NOT MEETING GRADE LEVEL STANDARDS.
WE WORK ALONGSIDE CLASSROOM TEACHERS AND FAMILIES TO HELP ACCELERATE STUDENT LEARNING AND CLOSE ACADEMIC GAPS.
OUR PROGRAMS VARY SLIGHTLY AS FAR AS NUMBERS, BUT CURRENTLY, EACH SCHOOL HAS ONE CERTIFICATED READING SPECIALIST AND ANYWHERE BETWEEN 3-5 PAIR EDUCATOR CLASSIFIED INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS.
WE SERVE 3-6 GROUPS FOR EACH GRADE LEVEL WELL AT A TIME DURING A 30 MINUTE INTERVENTION BLOCK, FOUR TIMES PER WEEK.
EACH GROUP HAS ANYWHERE BETWEEN 1-5 STUDENTS.
STUDENTS STAY IN OUR GROUPS AS LONG AS THEY NEED, SO IT COULD BE MONTHS OR IT COULD BE A FULL SCHOOL YEAR.
JULIE IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT READING HAS ON OUR STUDENTS.
>> I'M JULIE HATCHER, AND I'M THE READING INTERVENTION SPECIALIST AT VALLEY PRIMARY.
THIS SLIDE IS TITLED OUR RECIPE FOR SUCCESS.
WE'RE VERY PROUD OF WHAT WE DO AND OUR STUDENTS HAVE SHOWN THAT THEY'RE RATHER SUCCESSFUL IN OUR PROGRAM.
WE START WITH CLEAR DATA BASED CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING WHICH STUDENTS ENTER AND EXIT THE PROGRAM.
THE NEXT TWO BULLETS ARE WHAT I'M MOST EXCITED ABOUT, WE USE REGULAR PROGRESS MONITORING TO CHECK IN AND SEE HOW ARE OUR STUDENTS DOING, ARE THEY RESPONDING TO THE INSTRUCTION THEY'RE BEING GIVEN? THEN WE USE THAT DATA TO HELP US PLAN REALLY EXPLICIT, CLEAR INSTRUCTION FOR OUR STUDENTS.
DEFINITELY IN THE AREA OF PHONICS AND THAT'S BEEN A BIG PUSH FOR OUR PROGRAM THE LAST FEW YEARS.
OUR STUDENTS GET THE OPPORTUNITY FOR FREQUENT PRACTICE.
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THE STUDENTS WE SERVE MANY OF THEM NEED REPETITION FOR THESE CONCEPTS TO REALLY STICK LONG TERM IN THEIR BRAINS.WE TRY AND GIVE THEM FREQUENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR PRACTICE.
THEN WE ARE ALSO ALL WORKING ON MAINTAINING STRONG COMMUNICATION WITH OUR FAMILIES AND OUR TEACHERS, KEEPING THEM ALL INFORMED OF HOW THEIR KIDS ARE DOING IN LAP.
WE'VE ALSO STARTED PROVIDING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP PARENTS SUPPORT THEIR STUDENTS LEARNING AT HOME AS WELL.
NOW I GET TO SHARE SOME NUMBERS WITH YOU AS WELL.
I KEEP LOOKING BACK BUT IT'S RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME.
WE HAD ROUGHLY 3,535 PRIMARY STUDENTS IN BATTLE GROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS LAST YEAR.
THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE CAM RIVER OR VGBA.
THAT'S JUST OUR STANDARD CAMPUSES.
WE SERVED 851 STUDENTS IN LAP AND THAT CAME OUT TO ABOUT 24% OF OUR PRIMARY STUDENTS.
THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE EXPLICIT SYSTEMATIC SEQUENTIAL INSTRUCTION AND FOUNDATIONAL READING SKILLS IN OUR LAP PROGRAM.
I'M GOING TO GO ROGUE FOR A SECOND AWAY FROM THE NOTES, BUT SORRY.
THIS POSITION CAN BE CHALLENGING AT TIMES.
WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR STUDENTS WHO STRUGGLE IN READING, AND THE STRUGGLE IS REAL AND THE STRUGGLE IS EVERY DAY.
WHEN I SAW THIS DATA, I WAS ACTUALLY REALLY ENCOURAGED BECAUSE WE ARE MAKING AN IMPACT ON OUR STUDENTS, AND IT WAS EXCITING TO SEE THESE NUMBERS.
I TELL PARENTS, EVERY CHANCE I GET HOW PROUD I AM OF BATTLE GROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE DIRECTION WE HAVE TAKEN IN MAKING THE SHIFT FROM BALANCED LITERACY TO STRUCTURED LITERACY, STRUCTURED LITERACY BEING A REAL EMPHASIS ON PHONICS AND PHONEMIC AWARENESS, IN ADDITION TO VOCABULARY, FLUENCY COMPREHENSION.
THESE NUMBERS, IT SHOWS THAT 496 OF OUR 851 STUDENTS THAT WE SERVED, MADE 1-2 OR MORE YEARS GROWTH IN READING ASSESSMENTS, MAINLY I READY, AND THAT COMES OUT TO 58% OF THE STUDENTS THAT WE SERVED, MADE AT LEAST ONE YEAR'S GROWTH, AND OVERALL 94% OF OUR STUDENTS SHOWED POSITIVE GROWTH IN READING ASSESSMENTS IN OUR LAP PROGRAM.
[LAUGHTER] I THINK THE THING THAT I AM THE MOST PROUD OF WITH OUR PROGRAM IS THAT WE SUPPORT STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.
WE HAVE REALLY TRIED TO WORK HARD WITH EDUCATING OUR FAMILIES ON HOW THEY CAN HELP THEIR CHILDREN SUCCEED AT HOME.
WE DO A PARENT SURVEY AT THE END OF EACH YEAR, AND THIS WAS JUST SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE HAD GOTTEN ON OUR PARENT SURVEYS.
ONE OF THEM THAT STOOD OUT TO ME WAS MY CHILD COMES HOME LOVING TO READ AND SHARES HER NEW SKILLS.
I HAVE LOVED WATCHING HER BUILD HER CONFIDENCE AS A READER.
SUCH AN AMAZING THING TO SEE THAT GROWTH.
WE HAVE INITIATIVES LIKE SHADOW DAYS WHERE WE INVITE FAMILIES TO COME AND THEY GET TO SIT WITH THEIR STUDENTS SERVING OUR GROUP AND THEY CAN SEE WHAT THEIR STUDENTS ARE DOING.
THEY CAN ASK QUESTIONS, AND IT'S JUST REALLY NEAT TO GET TO SEE HOW EXCITED THAT STUDENTS ARE WHEN THEY COME TO OUR GROUPS AND SHARE WITH THEIR FAMILIES WHAT THEY'RE LEARNING.
THE FAVORITE QUOTE FROM A STAFF MEMBER WAS, I LOVE THE WAY YOUR PHONIC SCREENER IS ABLE TO PINPOINT THE FOUNDATIONAL PHONIC SKILLS MY STUDENTS NEED TO WORK ON.
THIS IS THE DEFINITION OF TARGETED INTENTIONAL PHONICS INSTRUCTION.
THEY ARE GETTING EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEED.
>> ANY QUESTIONS FOR EITHER OF LINDSAY OR REBECCA OR JULIE? REBECCA'S.
>> THIS IS A LOADED QUESTION, BUT ON THE FIRST SLIDE, IT SAYS IT'S A STATE FUNDED PROGRAM.
CAN YOU SHARE HOW LEVY FUNDS SUPPORT THIS?
>> OUR GOAL IS TO WHICH WE COULD HAVE SAID IN THE BEGINNING TO IS TO REALLY ON THINGS THAT ARE FUNDED, THINGS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF BASIC ED, THAT EVERYTHING TONIGHT IS BEING HIGHLIGHTED BECAUSE WE PROVIDED IN ADDITION TO.
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FOR INSTANCE, LIKE INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES THAT WERE IMPACTED LAST YEAR, WERE FUNDED OUT OF LAP TITLE.THE DOUBLE LEVY FAILURE IMPACTED THEIR POSITIONS.
THAT STATE FUNDED MONEY LAP WAS USED TO PICK UP THE COST OF OTHER POSITIONS THAT WERE FUNDED BY THE LEVY.
OUR GOAL IN PRESENTING THIS PROGRAM IS TO KNOW THAT JUST WITH LIKE CTE OR OTHER COUNSELING PROGRAMS IS THAT THE FLEXIBILITY WITH THIS MONEY EXISTS, BUT WE'RE BRINGING TO YOU HIGHLIGHTS OF PROGRAMS SO THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT AND WHAT COULD BE DONE WITH FUNDS.
>> DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? WE RECEIVE SOME MONEY FROM L AP.
THAT'S A LEARNING ASSISTANT PROGRAM FROM WASHINGTON STATE, A COUPLE MILLION DOLLARS.
OUR DISTRICT HAS CHOSEN TO IMPLEMENT A READING PROGRAM.
IS THAT WHAT WE HAVE TO DO? THAT'S NOT WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.
>> IF WE WERE TO LOSE LEVY DOLLARS, THERE ARE MANY PROGRAMS THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE TO MOVE MONEY FROM X TO Y BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO TAKE PRECEDENT, LIKE SAFETY IS NUMBER ONE.
WE HAVE TO DO THOSE THINGS, EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW THAT IF WE WANT TO MEET OUR GOALS OF HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTION, THERE'S NO WAY THAT WE CAN MOVE AWAY FROM A PROGRAM LIKE THIS AND HAVE OUR STUDENTS HAVE A LEVEL OF SUPPORT AND SUCCESS.
YOU'LL SEE THAT IN MANY OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALK ABOUT TODAY, THAT WE COULD PULL MORE MONEY OUT OF THOSE BUCKETS TO PAY FOR BASIC EDUCATION.
BUT THEN WE'RE NOT TAKING CARE OF THE NEEDS OF THAT SPECIFIC NEED THAT WE'VE SET THAT PROGRAM UP FOR.
THE PURPOSE REALLY IS BEING LOST BECAUSE IT'S BACK FILLING BASIC EDUCATION.
>> I GUESS THIS KIND OF RELATES TO THAT.
THINGS ARE ONE THING IMPACTS THE OTHER.
IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, WE DON'T HAVE I READY THIS YEAR.
>> WE HAVE IT FOR K FOUR BREEDING.
>> BECAUSE I JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE A STATE MANDATE.
>> BECAUSE OF THE TESTING REQUIREMENTS.
>> WILL YOU SCROLL BACK TO THE GROWTH DATA, JULIE?
>> I THINK PART OF JUST HIGHLIGHTING THE IMPACT OF PROGRAMS, THIS IS OFFERED AT EVERY PRIMARY SCHOOL, AND EVERY READING SPECIALIST COULD PRESENT IN THE WAY THAT THESE TWO INCREDIBLE HUMANS JUST DID AS WELL.
BUT THE DATA IS SIMILAR BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF COLLABORATION AND COLLEGIALITY THAT EXISTS WITH THE SEVEN INDIVIDUALS THAT RUN THE PROGRAMS.
>> YOU MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FIRST SLIDE, EACH GROUP HAS ONE TO FIVE STUDENTS IN IT.
WHAT DICTATES THAT GROUP SIZE?
>> I WOULD SAY NEED. SPECIFICALLY, WHAT ARE THE DEFICITS IS OF A STUDENT WHO WOULD REALLY BE IMPACTED BY ONE ON 11 TO ONE INSTRUCTION OR COULD THEY BE IN A GROUP OF THREE TO FOUR OR FIVE? SOMETIMES OUR KIDS ARE TWO, THREE YEARS BEHIND, AND SO THAT REALLY INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTION IS REALLY HELPFUL.
WE CAN'T DO THAT FOR EVERYONE.
BUT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN.
BUT I COULDN'T SAY TWO TO FIVE BECAUSE WELL, SOMETIMES EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE WE DO HAVE ONE.
>> JULIE MENTIONED AS WELL THAT WE HAVE MOVED TO A STRUCTURED LITERACY MODEL.
A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH YOU'VE HEARD THE TERM SCIENCE OF READING.
WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT READING IS THERE'S FIVE PILLARS.
IN THE OLD MODEL, WE WERE NOT HITTING REALLY ALL FIVE, BUT PHONICS AND PHONEMIC AWARENESS HAVE REALLY BEEN RISEN UP AS A HIGH NEED FOR OUR YOUNG LEARNERS.
A LOT OF THEIR WORK IS TARGETED TO THOSE SPECIFIC SKILLS THAT STUDENTS NEED.
>> I ALSO THINK GRADE LEVEL TOO AND IT GOES BACK TO YOUR QUESTION, TED ABOUT WHAT DETERMINES THE SIZE.
WITH OUR YOUNGER STUDENTS, WE TRY TO KEEP THOSE GROUPS A LITTLE BIT SMALLER IF POSSIBLE, SO THAT THEY REALLY CAN GET THAT SMALL GROUP ATTENTION AND TRY TO CLOSE THE GAPS EARLIER.
>> I HAD A QUESTION WITH IN REGARDS TO PEOPLE WHO ARE CERTIFIED VERSUS PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT.
ARE THESE THINGS THAT UNCERTIFIED PEOPLE COULD DO IF THEY WERE TRAINED TO WHAT TO DO OR HOW TO DO IT IN ORDER TO MAKE THE GROUP SMALLER? IF WE HAD LIKE VOLUNTEERS, MAYBE A RETIRED TEACHER OR RETIRED POLICE OFFICER OR SOMEONE LIKE THAT WHO HAS HAD TRAINING IN OTHER AREAS,
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WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO HELP?>> I HAVE NO IDEA. I DON'T KNOW.
>> RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE CLASSIFIED ASSISTANTS IN EACH PROGRAM AND THAT KIND OF GETS INTO THE REALM OF TAKING JOBS BECAUSE IT'S A PAID POSITION RIGHT NOW THAT THE PAIR EDUCATORS, WE HAVE ARE HIGHLY SKILLED AND HIGHLY TRAINED IN DELIVERING EXPLICIT PHONICS INSTRUCTION WITH LESSONS DESIGNED BY READING SPECIALIST.
THEY TALKED ABOUT, THE DESIGN OF THE LESSONS ARE SO EXPLICIT AND THERE ARE MOST NEEDY READERS.
WE WANT TO HAVE THE HIGHEST QUALIFIED PEOPLE TEACHING OUR MOST AT RISK AND NEEDIEST STUDENTS.
WHEREAS WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING IS SUPER BENEFICIAL LIKE IN THE CLASSROOM SETTING.
WHEN WE'RE GETTING TO OUR STUDENTS THAT NEED THE MOST EXPLICIT READING INSTRUCTION, WE RESEARCH AND EVERYTHING REALLY SAYS, WE REALLY NEED EXPLICIT AND STRUCTURED IN INSTRUCTION.
>> MY SHORT ANSWER TO THAT WOULD BE, NO, TO DO WHAT IT IS THAT THESE FOLKS ARE CREATING.
WE HAVE READING BUDDIES IN TWO OF OUR SCHOOLS AND WE'RE ADDING TWO MORE SCHOOLS THAT ARE JUST STARTING TO GET UP AND RUNNING.
THOSE READING BUDDIES ARE HELPING TO DEVELOP A LOVE OF READING AND THEY ARE USING SITE WORDS AND WORKING WITH STUDENTS ON SITE WORDS, BUT THAT'S A VERY SMALL AND SPECIFIC NEED AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY ALIGNED TO WHAT THE ASSESSMENT IS.
YOU NEED TO ALIGN STUDENT ASSESSMENT INFORMATION SPECIFICALLY TO THE INSTRUCTION THEY RECEIVE.
THAT KIND OF APPROACH WOULD BE MORE OF A BALANCED LITERACY KIND OF APPROACH WHERE YOU JUST FEED THEM WITH LOTS AND LOTS OF DIFFERENT LITERATURE.
IF WE WANT TO MAKE THE DIFFERENCE ON THE KIDS THAT ARE FALLING BEHIND, IT NEEDS TO BE PINPOINTED ON WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE.
I GUESS, CAN IT HELP? ABSOLUTELY, ESPECIALLY IN A LOVE OF READING BECAUSE YOU ARE GOING TO LEARN MORE SKILLS WITH THE LOVE OF READING, BUT IT COULDN'T REPLACE THE TYPE OF INTERVENTION THAT'S PROVIDED THROUGH.
>> I WASN'T SUGGESTING THAT I WAS ONLY SUGGESTING THE HELP.
>> THAT WAY YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE FIVE, YOU COULD MAYBE HAVE TWO OR THREE OR IN A GROUP WITH FIVE? AN EXTRA ADULT THERE WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL, ESPECIALLY WITH MANAGING BEHAVIORS.
WE'RE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT VOLUNTEERS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, I OFFERED MY READING ROOM.
IF ANYONE NEEDS A SPOT, COME ON IN.
SIT NEXT TO A KIDDO AND JUST REALLY HELP THEM STAY FOCUSED.
>> THERE IS A NEED FOR VOLUNTEERS RELATIONSHIP TO READING.
THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO HEAR THAT AND THEY NEED TO STEP UP.
>> HAVE YOU GUYS GOTTEN INTO A SCENARIO WHERE YOU'VE HAD TO TURN ANY KIDS AWAY BECAUSE YOU JUST DON'T HAVE THE STAFF LEVEL?
WE WISH WE COULD TAKE MORE. ABSOLUTELY.
>> THAT'S ALWAYS OUR FEEDBACK ON OUR STAFF SURVEYS.
WE NEED YOU TO SERVE MORE KIDS.
>> ARE WE MAKING PROGRESS ON DEPLOYING REED NORTHWEST? I KNOW YOU MET WITH THEM.
>> AT A DIFFERENT TIME, I WILL.
I'M GOING TO KEEP MOVING JUST AND I'LL I'LL MOVE BACK TO IT AND STAFF IN MY UPDATE.
>> THAT'S VOLUNTEERS THAT WE ARE.
>> ALL RIGHT. LET'S MOVE ON TO REBECCA.
>> I WAS TOLD I HAD 2 MINUTES.
ARE YOU CHALLENGE ACCEPTED? HERE WE GO. I'M READY FOR IT. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH YOU A SMALL GLIMPSE AT THE ROLE OF A SCHOOL COUNSELOR.
EACH GRADE BAND HAS A UNIQUE LANDSCAPE WITH OUR PRIMARY COUNSELORS HEAVILY FOCUSED ON DEVELOPING THE EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING SKILLS OF OUR YOUNGEST STUDENTS THAT THEY NEED IN ORDER TO BE OKAY IN A LARGE GROUP OF PEERS AND MENTALLY AVAILABLE FOR THE LEARNING PROCESS.
THIS TASK HAS INCREASED IN IMPORTANCE AS WE SEE GREATER IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY, SCREEN TIME, AND SOCIAL MEDIA.
OUR HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELORS ARE HIGHLY INVESTED IN ENSURING OUR STUDENTS ARE ON TRACK FOR GRADUATION IN ALL FORMS THAT MAY TAKE.
EARNING THE CORRECT CREDITS AND ENOUGH OF THEM, KNOWING THEIR SKILLS, TALENTS, AND INTERESTS IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY CAN MAKE A LIVING TAPPING INTO THEM AND HANDLING STRESSORS WELL ENOUGH, SOCIALLY, MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY TO BE READY FOR THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE COMING THEIR WAY AS GRADUATION APPROACHES.
I FIND MYSELF WORKING IN THE MIDDLE WHERE THEIR BODIES AND MINDS ARE GROWING AND CHANGING AT A RATE RIVALED ONLY BY THEIR FIRST YEARS OF LIFE.
OUR TASK IS TO HELP CREATE A SAFE, POSITIVE, WELCOMING LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR EACH OF THEM AND TO HELP GUIDE THEM THROUGH SOME OF THE MOST CHALLENGING DEVELOPMENTAL MOMENTS OF ADOLESCENCE, ALL WHILE ATTEMPTING TO KEEP THEIR FOCUS ON THE LEARNING PROCESS.
AS MEAN BEHAVIORS PEAK BETWEEN THE AGES OF 11 AND 13, CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND ALL THE SKILLS THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT COME UP A LOT.
THEIR IMPULSIVITY AND INSECURITIES CAN BE CHALLENGING TO WORK THROUGH,
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BUT IT IS IMPACTFUL AND MEANINGFUL WORK.THE OVERARCHING GOAL OF SCHOOL COUNSELING IS TO IDENTIFY BARRIERS TO LEARNING AND HELP OVERCOME OR REMOVE THEM.
THE END GOAL IS ALWAYS ACADEMIC SUCCESS IN SUCH A MANNER THAT THEY ARE PREPARED TO CREATE AN ADULTHOOD.
THEY FIND MEANINGFUL AND SATISFYING AND ARE CONTRIBUTING POSITIVELY TO THE COMMUNITY AROUND THEM.
THIS IS SOMETHING I COULD SPEND HOURS EXPLAINING AND I'M HAPPY TO SIT WITH ANY OF YOU OVER COFFEE OR TEA AND TALK MORE IF YOU ARE CURIOUS.
BUT WHAT I'D LOVE FOR YOU TO TAKE AWAY FROM THIS BRIEF OVERVIEW IS THAT WE PROTECT INSTRUCTIONAL TIME BY PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR THE CLASSROOM TEACHER IN A VARIETY OF WAYS, RANGING FROM INTERVENTIONS WITH IMMEDIATE DISRUPTIONS TO TEACHING HELPFUL MINDSETS AND SKILLS REGARDING THE LEARNING PROCESS IN A GROUP SETTING.
OUR WORK IS OFTEN PREVENTATIVE IN NATURE, BUT ALSO HIGHLY CREATIVE AND SUPPORTIVE, AND I HOPE I'VE MANAGED TO CONVEY ITS IMPORTANCE AT LEAST SOME OF IT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> QUESTIONS FOR REBECCA ABOUT COUNSELING.
>> THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT WE NEED PEOPLE LIKE YOU IN SCHOOLS.
I HEAR YOUR HEART, AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AREA.
>> REBECCA OLSON IS A COUNSELOR AT DAYBREAK MIDDLE SCHOOL.
>> WELL DONE. NICE JOB, LADIES.
TOBY ARE GOING TO BE OUR NEXT PRESENTERS TONIGHT.
THEY'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT STUDENT ATHLETICS AND ACTIVITIES.
>> I'M SORRY. I'M GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS, ESPECIALLY C TEAM BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WOULD GET CUT IF THIS NEXT LEVEE FAILS.
BUT IT'S NOT LIKE A BAD PLACE TO START BECAUSE WE ALL WORK OUR WAY UP.
THE AMOUNT OF FRIENDSHIPS I SEE ON C TEAM OR PEOPLE THAT START ON C TEAM, AND NOT EVEN A WHOLE SEASON WILL GO BY AND THEY'LL JUST GO UP.
BUT C TEAM IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT PLACE BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T HAVE C TEAM, LET'S TAKE TENNIS, FOR EXAMPLE, BECAUSE FOR I PLAY. NOT HAVING C TEAM.
YOU TRY OUT FOR THE SPORT AND YOU'RE NOT GOOD, BECAUSE YOU'VE NEVER PLAYED AND THEN YOU DON'T MAKE C TEAM, AND NOW YOU JUST NEVER GET TO PLAY THE SPORT OR BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GOOD ENOUGH, BUT JUST GIVE IT SOME TIME AND YOU CAN PLAY SO WELL.
LIKE ONE OF MY CLOSE FRIENDS, HE STARTED ON C TEAM LAST YEAR, AND THIS YEAR HE MADE IT TO TOP OF VARSITY. IN ONE YEAR.
IF WE DIDN'T HAVE C TEAM, THAT WOULDN'T HAPPEN.
SPORTS IN GENERAL TOO, JUST HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS IN GENERAL, IT GIVES KIDS A SOMETHING TO FOCUS ON IN SCHOOL.
BECAUSE HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS IS LIKE 4 HOURS OF THESE KIDS TIME.
IMAGINE WHAT THEY WOULD DO WITH THOSE 4 HOURS IF WE DIDN'T HAVE SPORTS.
IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO FOCUS ON AND PUT ALL YOUR TIME AND WORK INTO ACROSS THE FOUR YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOL AND YOU GROW AND DEVELOP SO MUCH AND YOU DEVELOP LIFE SKILLS, AND YOU JUST BECOME BETTER.
WORKING SO HARD AND SEEING YOURSELF IMPROVE IN SOMETHING IT'S GREAT.
I JUST THINK, WITHOUT C TEAM OR HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS, A LOT OF KIDS WOULD LOSE THEMSELVES, AND THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO MAKE FRIENDS TOO.
LIKE MY BEST FRIEND I MADE WHILE I PLAYED IN THE SEASON, AND I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN IMAGINE MY LIFE WITHOUT HIM, TO BE HONEST.
SPORTS ARE JUST SO IMPORTANT. I REALLY THINK SO.
>> THEN I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS.
FOR A LOT OF STUDENTS, THE PASSION STARTS AT A MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL.
RECENTLY, WE TOURED TOKES VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, ME AND TOBY SEPARATELY IN AMBOY MIDDLE SCHOOL AS A BOARD.
THE MAIN TOPIC THAT WAS BROUGHT UP WAS MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS.
STUDENTS THEY WOULD NOT STOP TALKING ABOUT IT, AND WE GOT A LOT OF THAT FEEDBACK BACK FROM THE FORM THAT WE DID RECENTLY THIS YEAR.
WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT IT DURING THE REGULAR MEETING, BUT OVER 94 STUDENTS FILLED IT OUT AND MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS WAS THE SECOND MOST VOTED FOR BRINGING IT BACK AS WELL AS THE FIRST MOST WRITTEN OUT RESPONSE.
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WELL, BEFORE WE DID THIS STATISTICS, WE HAD A STATISTIC ABOUT 1,335 STUDENTS OUT OF 02,723 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS WERE PLAYING MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS, WHICH IS 49%.BUT I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THE STATISTICS WERE THAT WELL BECAUSE WE ADDED FIFTH GRADERS AND FIFTH GRADERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PLAY MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS.
WE WENT AND READ THE STATISTICS AND FOR THE TOTAL OF 1,335 STUDENTS OUT OF 1,935 STUDENTS WHO WERE ENROLLED FROM SIXTH THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE, WHICH SHOWS NOW A 69%, WHICH IS A 20% JUMP, WHICH SHOWS THAT IT SHOWS MORE CORRECT INFORMATION THAT A LOT MORE STUDENTS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL PLAY SPORTS.
A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT WE TALKED TO BROUGHT UP THE MAIN TOPIC THAT A LOT OF CLUB SPORTS ARE REALLY EXPENSIVE.
A LOT OF KIDS CAN'T AFFORD THAT.
THAT'S THE ONE THING THAT'S COMPLETELY DEVASTATING TO A LOT OF KIDS THAT THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY AT ONE POINT OR COULD HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY BUT NOW DON'T HAVE IT.
I HOPE THIS SHOWS YOU THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS ARE VERY IMPORTANT AND SHOULD BE BROUGHT BACK.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION. HOW DO YOU THINK IT WOULD IMPACT THE VARSITY AND JV IF WE DIDN'T HAVE CT?
>> WELL, I MEAN, I REALLY THINK THOSE NUMBERS WOULD JUST DWINDLE BECAUSE LIKE C TEAM, A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT START ON C TEAM, LIKE FOR THEIR FIRST YEAR, THEY MOVED TO JV WITHIN LIKE A YEAR.
AND I THINK IF YOU DON'T HAVE A C TEAM, THEN A LOT OF HIDDEN TALENT IS NOT GOING TO BE FOUND.
FOR THE EXAMPLE I GAVE, HE'S AT THE TOP OF VARSITY AND HE WAS ON C TEAM JUST THE YEAR BEFORE.
IF WE DIDN'T HAVE A C TEAM, WE WOULDN'T HAVE OUR FIRST VARSITY.
>> HE PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE A TENNIS PLAYER?
>> YEAH. HE WOULDN'T BE A TENNIS PLAYER.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE'D BE DOING, BUT HE WOULDN'T BE AT THE TOP OF OUR VARSITY TEAM.
>> MARY, IT'D ACTUALLY IN THE END, IT WOULD ERODE AND DESTROY THE PROGRAM IN ITS ENTIRETY.
NOT NEXT YEAR, BUT IT WOULD EVENTUALLY HAPPEN AT THAT POINT.
IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WERE FACED WITH WHEN C TEAM WAS ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK ON THE LAST LEVEE FAILURE.
THE OTHER THING THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T CONSIDER IS THE FACT THAT IT IMPACTS ENROLLMENT.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE A C TEAM PROGRAM AND YOU HAVE A FAMILY MOVING INTO THE TOWN OR LIVING LOCALLY AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS GONE, NO MORE SPORTS THERE, THEY'RE GOING TO RELOCATE IF THEIR YOUTH IS PRETTY ADAMANT ABOUT PLAYING HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS AND EVENTUALLY COLLEGE.
NOT GOING TO GO TO A SCHOOL WITH NO C TEAM WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A YEAR OFF.
IT'S A BIG DEAL, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT NUMBERS, LIKE 60 SOME ODD PERCENT OF THE STUDENT BODIES PLAYING.
IT'S A HUGE IMPACT TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT FACETS.
>> WELL, IT SEEMS LIKE THE MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM IS THE SAME THING.
>> BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE KIDS WOULDN'T EVEN TRY THE SPORT IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY IN MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORT.
>> IT JUST STRIKES COST AS WELL BECAUSE A LOT OF MIDDLE SCHOOLER RIGHT NOW IS PLAYING CLUB SPORTS.
>> FOR KIDS THAT CAN AFFORD IT.
>> IT SEEMS LIKE CLUB SPORTS ONLY SUPPORT A CERTAIN, THAT'S ONLY GOING TO BE HELPFUL FOR A CERTAIN GROUP OF KIDS, NOT ALL KIDS, THOUGH.
>> YEAH, IT'S NOT FOR LEARNING.
IT'S FOR, I ALREADY KNOW HOW TO PLAY DO.
>> THEN FOR CLUB SPORTS, YOU GET CUT.
THE HIGHER YOU GO AT A CERTAIN LEVEL, THE MORE ATHLETES GET CUT.
THEN THEY HAVE TO PLAY AT A LOWER LEVEL, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY AREN'T GETTING BETTER, OR THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO PLAY AT A HIGHER COMPETITIVE LEVEL.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, TOBY AND ITZEL.
>> DEREK, IF YOU WANT TO COME ON UP.
HE'S THE OWNER OF WOLF INDUSTRIES TO COME AND TALK ABOUT OUR CTE PROGRAMS. AS YOU KNOW, OR I THINK YOU KNOW, OUR CTE PROGRAMS ARE PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS AND THOSE IN THE INDUSTRY SO THAT THE STUDENTS REALLY UNDERSTAND THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY'RE IN, AND DEREK IS A LOCAL INDIVIDUAL THAT SPEAKS HIGHLY AND IS WELL SPOKEN IN CTE.
>> THANK YOU, SHELLY. GOOD EVENING, BATTLEGROUND SCHOOL BOARD, AND NICE JOB TOBY AND ITZEL.
BATTLE GROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAS HISTORICALLY TAKING THE STATE FUNDS FOR THE CTE AND HAS DONE A FANTASTIC JOB OF ALLOCATING THOSE TO THE RESPECTIVE DEPARTMENTS WHERE THOSE DOLLARS ARE NEEDED.
AS THIS WHOLE DISCUSSION HAS BEEN WITH THE TOPIC OF, IF ANOTHER LEVY FAILS, WHICH WE HOPE IT DOESN'T, WHAT WOULD BE ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK?
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I WANT TO SAY THAT CTE IS CRITICAL TO KEEP MAINTAINED IN ITS INTEGRITY.WE PASSED THE MY BOND OR LEVY, WHAT WOULD YOU JUST PASS?
>> THE CAPITAL LEVY. I JUST CAME FROM A MEETING EARLIER THIS WEEK.
LAST FRIDAY WITH KEVIN JOLMA DISCUSSING ALL OF THE NEAT THINGS THAT ARE IN STORE FOR THE NEW BUILDING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING UP.
IT'S GOING TO BE FOR THE SHOP CLASS AND GETTING THESE STUDENTS EXPOSED TO MORE AND MORE CONSTRUCTION TRADES.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS REALIZE IT, BUT CLARK COUNTY IS THE EPICENTER IN THE NORTHWEST FOR SCHOOL RELATED, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY SCHOOL, I'M GOING TO SAY TRADES IN GENERAL.
WE'VE GOT TRADESMEN THAT ARE TRAVELING TO THE SEATTLE AREA, TRADESMEN ARE TRAVELING TO TRI-CITIES, AND, "YOU'RE FROM CLARK COUNTY".
INSTANTLY, THE CREDIBILITY RISES.
"YOU'RE PART OF THAT CROWD." WELL, WE WANT TO MAINTAIN AND KEEP THAT REPUTATION.
AS A SCHOOL BOARD, REALLY CONSIDER WHERE THOSE DOLLARS ARE KEPT AND WHAT THEY'RE FUNDING FOR.
WE HAD NICK MASSEY, WHO DID A FANTASTIC JOB.
HE PASSED AWAY, UNFORTUNATELY, NOT TOO LONG AGO, THAT DID A GREAT JOB.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT RINGS ANY BELLS, SHELLY'S NODDING HER HEAD.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN PREACHING TO OUR STUDENTS, THAT WE NEED TO BE COLLEGE COLLEGE READY.
WHAT'S HIS UP AT LA CENTER, THE SCHOOL.
>> ROSEN GRANT COINED FROM SOMEWHERE A FANTASTIC TERM OF GRADE 13, THAT WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO BE DOING FOR GRADE 13? WHAT ARE YOU DOING AFTER YOU'RE A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL? HE SAYS, WE NEED TO HAVE CAREER READY STUDENTS, AND YOUR CAREER MIGHT BE A COLLEGE EDUCATION, BUT THAT IS SO SLIM RELATIVE TO ALL OF THE JOBS THAT ARE OUT THERE AND WHAT ACTUALLY TRANSPIRES IN REAL LIFE FROM THE COOKS TO THE FIREFIGHTERS, TO THE CARPENTERS, TO THE PLUMBERS, THE ELECTRICIANS, HVAC TECHNICIANS.
THERE ARE SO MANY TRADES THAT WHEN YOU THINK CTE, IT'S NOT JUST CONSTRUCTION, CULINARY, ALL THE DIFFERENT LITTLE PROGRAMS AND NUANCES THAT IN MY OPINION, THERE SHOULD BE WAY MORE EMPHASIS THAN WE ALREADY DO HAVE FOR THESE CTE CLASSES.
WHEN I WENT THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, AGAIN, BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE, NOT TOO LONG AGO, TIME FLIES '07.
I DIDN'T TAKE ANY OF THE CLASSES FOR CARPENTRY.
I HAD LEARNED IT FROM MY GRANDFATHER.
I TOOK THE WELDING, AND I TOOK THE OTHER CLASSES THAT I DIDN'T KNOW.
THIS IS MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OUT OF TURN, BUT ALL THESE OTHER PROGRAMS TOO.
I REMEMBER GOING THROUGH SCHOOL, MY BROTHER WENT THROUGH THE LAP PROGRAM, AND HE SPUN THROUGH IT AND HE IMPROVED AND HE WAS NO LONGER NEEDING IT AND, I HAVE A SPECIAL NEEDS SON THAT THE SCHOOL NURSES.
THEY TAKE CARE OF HIS MEDICATION FOR IF IN CASE HE HAS A SEIZURE.
BACK TO THE CTE, PRETTY CRITICAL.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR DEREK OR US ABOUT STAFFING AND OR THE MONEY AND HOW IT WORKS FOR CTE.
>> I GUESS I'M WONDERING AND MAYBE THIS IS A BROADER QUESTION.
I'M WONDERING WHAT PART OF LEVY FUNDING, ARE WE USING TO SUPPORT THE CTE PROGRAMS BECAUSE THEY ARE CRITICAL.
I THINK IN OUR DISTRICT, PARTICULARLY, WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THEM AND BUILD THEM.
>> FOR THE MOST PART, WE HAVE PROTECTED CTE, AND WE HAVEN'T USED MUCH LEVY DOLLARS.
WE HAVE SOME MONEY THAT COMES IN WHEN WE HAVE TO UPGRADE OR TAKE CARE OF A FACILITY NEED THAT WE HAVE RELATED TO THAT.
WE HAVEN'T HAD TO REACH INSIDE OF THE CTE BUDGET.
IN THE LAST YEAR, WE HAVE HAD TO HELP OFFSET BECAUSE CTE MONEY, YOU CAN TAKE CTE MONEY TO HELP COVER COSTS BECAUSE CTE STUDENTS ARE BASIC ED STUDENTS FIRST.
WE CAN REACH IN THERE FOR SECURITY STAFFING, FOR LIBRARY STAFFING, FOR SOME OF THOSE OTHER PLACES IN OUR SYSTEM,
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AND MOST SCHOOL DISTRICTS DO, HERE IN BATTLE GROUND, WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD AN EMPHASIS ON CTE BECAUSE TO DEREK'S POINT, IT IS A NEED FOR OUR COMMUNITY, A DESIRE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND SO WE'VE WANTED TO MAINTAIN THOSE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL.WE'VE HAD TO REACH IN A LITTLE.
WE WILL HAVE TO REACH INTO THE MAX SHOULD WE NOT HAVE REGAIN SOME OF THOSE LEVY DOLLARS.
IT IS A PROGRAM THAT WE WANT TO PROTECT.
IT WOULD BE A SHAME FOR US TO BUILD A NEW CONSTRUCTION TRADE PROGRAM THAT WE'RE HOPING TO GET STARTED ON IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS AND THEN NOT HAVE STUDENTS TO FILL IT BECAUSE HOW IT ALSO IS IMPACTED IS WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO RUN COURSES AT THE LOW LEVELS THAT WE TYPICALLY HAVE IN CTE.
THAT'S WHAT WOULD CAUSE THEM TO LOSE PART OF THEIR PROGRAM OFFERINGS IS, THEY HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO BASICALLY STAFF AS LOW AS 18,13 SOMETIMES IN A WELDING CLASS, AND WE WILL STILL BE ABLE TO RUN IT BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T REACHED INTO THAT BUCKET.
BUT IF WE HAVE TO REACH INTO THAT BUCKET, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RUN THEIR CLASSES VERY SIMILAR TO ALL OF OUR OTHER CLASSES.
RIGHT NOW OUR CLASSES ARE OVERLOADED.
I WOULDN'T SAY THAT IT WOULD BE SAFE TO RUN A CLASS AT 32, FOR WELDING OR AUTOMOTIVE OR SOME OF THOSE OTHER COURSES.
BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO RUN THEM A LOT CLOSER TO WHAT WE RUN A MATH CLASS OR A SCIENCE CLASS AT.
WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROTECT OUR CTE PROGRAMS.
>> I TOTALLY AGREE. ADDING TO THAT, SHELLY, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE CAPITAL LEVY THAT WAS PASSED, I DON'T WANT TO USE THE WORD PROMOTION, BUT THERE WAS DEFINITE EMPHASIS ON THESE DOLLARS ARE GOING FOR THE CTE.
THE COMMUNITY RESPONDED, THEY SHOWED UP AND SAID, "HEY, I'LL VOTE FOR THAT." WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DISCUSSION INTERNALLY THAT WE WERE HAVING WITH KEVIN OVER THERE, THERE ARE A GRASSROOTS EFFORT THAT SAID, "HEY, PUT THIS THING OUT FOR BID.
WE'RE GOING TO GET SOME BACKERS AND COMMUNITY PEOPLE TO GRASS ROOT EFFORT THIS AND MAKE THOSE DOLLARS GO EVEN FURTHER THROUGH WHETHER IT'S CONTRIBUTIONS OR DONATIONS OR HOWEVER THAT IS GOING TO LOOK." IT'S HAPPENING AND IT'S HAPPENING BIG FROM LA CENTER TO RICHFIELD TO EVERGREEN TO VANCOUVER SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
THEY'RE ALL GETTING THESE CTE BUILDINGS, AND WE'RE IN THE HEART OF IT RIGHT HERE AT BATTLE GROUND.
>> THANK YOU. BOARD, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR DEREK? THANK YOU SO MUCH, DEREK. [OVERLAPPING]
>> AT THIS POINT, I DON'T THINK WE'VE HAD ANY CITIZENS COME IN, HAVE WE, CARLA?
>> AT THIS POINT, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THE QR CODE STAYS UP AND SO YOU CAN GET MORE INPUT IF IT COMES IN, I'LL BE SENDING IT OUT TO YOU PROBABLY LATE FRIDAY, EARLY SATURDAY FOR YOU TO REVIEW BETWEEN NOW AND THE 10TH.
BUT IS THERE SOMETHINGS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO DISCUSS OR CIRCLE BACK TO, HAVE A CONVERSATION AROUND THESE PROGRAMS, HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF.
I DID INVITE MUCH OF THE TEACHING AND LEARNING AND SOME OF OUR PRINCIPALS AS WELL TO THE MEETING SHOULD YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR IF YOU JUST WANT TO HAVE A DIALOGUE AND SOMETHING COMES UP, THEY'RE HERE TO LEND A VOICE.
>> I THINK IT WOULD HELP ME IF I WERE TO HEAR FROM YOU OR SOMEBODY, JUST TO HELP SUMMARIZE, WHAT WE'VE HEARD, AND HOW IT CAME TO BE THAT THIS IS THE DIRECTION WE WENT.
BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S THINGS IN IT THAT I MAY NOT BE CATCHING, THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT ABOUT HOW WE'RE SPEAKING ABOUT THE LEVEE AND HOW IT IMPACTS THE NEED FOR THAT.
COULD YOU SPEAK TO THAT SOMEHOW.
[OVERLAPPING] AT MY GENERATION SOME MORE QUESTIONS IN MY BRAIN.
>> ABSOLUTELY. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S IMPORTANT AND I KNOW WE'VE BEEN, I DON'T WANT TO SAY CRITICIZE, BUT IT'S BEEN POINTED OUT.
WHAT I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO HEAR AND KNOW FROM THESE INDIVIDUALS, IS THEY HAVE ALL FELT THE IMPACT OF OUR LEVY LOSS THIS YEAR.
THEY HAVE ALL FELT IT IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, BUT THEY HAVE STILL COBBLED TOGETHER, A PROGRAM THAT IS MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS OR AT LEAST MANY OF OUR STUDENTS.
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I WOULDN'T SAY TO THE POINT THAT LINDSAY AND JULIE MADE, THEY CAN'T SERVE AS MANY STUDENTS AS THEY'D LIKE.THERE HAVE BEEN PIECES THAT HAVE BEEN REDUCTIONS.
LINDSAY ROSS AS WELL WHEN SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT NURSING.
WHAT WE HAD BEFORE HAS BEEN IMPACTED.
WHAT I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO TAKE AWAY IS THIS WAS PHASE 1.
PHASE 2, THE QUESTION IS, YOU'RE GOING TO BE FACED WITH A CONVERSATION ON THE 10TH, AROUND LEVY DOLLARS AND LEVY RATE? WE KNOW WHAT WE WENT OUT FOR WHEN WE PUT THE LEVY OUT LAST YEAR, AND THAT WAS TO MAINTAIN THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAD.
WHEN WE'RE GOING FORWARD AND WE'RE HAVING A DISCUSSION ABOUT A LEVY RATE, YOU NEED TO DECIDE, IS WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW OKAY, OR DO WE WANT TO BE WHERE WE WERE AT? OR DO YOU THINK THERE ARE SOME THINGS IN THIS CONVERSATION THAT YOU COULD LIVE WITHOUT THAT YOU WOULD NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE CONTINUING ON AND ASKING OUR COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT? BECAUSE, SHOULD WE NOT PASS A THIRD TIME, WE'RE GOING TO BE FACED WITH CUTS.
THE QUESTION IS, WHERE WE'RE AT NOW, ARE WE OKAY WITH THAT? ARE WE FEELING LIKE WE NEED TO GO BACK TO WHERE WE WERE? ARE WE GOOD WITH WHERE WE'RE AT? BECAUSE THOSE WILL DRIVE THE NUMBERS THAT WE NEED TO PUT IN FRONT OF YOU ON THE 10TH? DOES THAT HELP, TERRY?
>> YES, ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU.
>> HOW IS ENROLLMENT CURRENTLY SUPPORTING OUR NEEDS? WE'VE SEEN AN INFLUX AT OUR PRIMARY SCHOOLS, AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE STAFFING AROUND THAT.
BUT I SAY PROBABLY FROM HISTORICALLY, I AM CURIOUS HOW WE'RE SUPPORTING THE STUDENTS FULLY.
I LIKE TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT, THE INFLUX OF ENROLLMENT, AND LOSS OF FUNDING AND HOW THAT WORKS.
IF FUNDING COMES IN WHEN ENROLLMENT GROWS, BUT IN THE SAME BREATH, IT ALSO BRINGS IN ADDITIONAL NEEDS THAT WE CAN'T FUND.
>> I THINK ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS ARE FAILING IT.
I WOULDN'T SAY THERE'S A PLACE ANYWHERE.
OUR BOARD TOUR ON FRIDAY AT AMBOY, I THINK WAS THE PERFECT EXAMPLE, OVERSIZED CLASSES IN MANY OF THOSE PLACES.
THERE ISN'T REALLY A PLACE THAT I DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE NOT IMPACTED BY THAT INFLUX OF STUDENTS.
WHILE THAT INFLUX OF SOME ADDITIONAL STUDENTS HAS HELPED US, OUR OVERALL FUNDING IS BASED ON A DISTRICT AVERAGE.
WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT ENROLLMENT ACROSS THE COURSE OF A YEAR IS THAT IF WE START AT A CERTAIN LEVEL AT HIGH SCHOOL, PARTICULARLY, WE SEE A SLIGHT DECLINE.
EVEN THOUGH WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT A HANDFUL OF ADDITIONS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, PRIMARILY AT PRIMARY TO YOUR POINT, WE CAN'T ANTICIPATE THAT THOSE DOLLARS ARE GOING TO STAY WITH US ALL YEAR LONG BECAUSE AS ENROLLMENT DROPS, SO DOES THE FUNDING DROP.
WE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A PICKUP IF TRENDS FOLLOW THEIR NORMAL TRENDS.
HISTORICALLY, THEY WILL FALL A LITTLE BIT OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.
WE HOPE TO MAINTAIN THAT, BUT I THINK IT GOES BACK TO WHAT TED SAID ABOUT EVEN ATHLETICS.
WHEN YOU COME INTO A SCHOOL SYSTEM AND YOU'RE A PARENT, YOU HAVE CHOICE.
IF YOU'VE MOVED INTO AN APARTMENT OR YOU'VE MOVED INTO A HOUSE, AND YOU CAN CHOICE YOUR CHILD INTO ANOTHER PLACE THAT THE PROGRAMS ARE RUNNING AT A HIGHER LEVEL, WHY WOULDN'T YOU? WHILE WE WANT TO MAINTAIN OUR KIDS AND I HOPE EVERYONE FEELS THE LOYALTY THAT I DO TO BATTLE GROUND, I ALSO KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO MAKE INDIVIDUAL DECISIONS BASED ON THE NEEDS OF THEIR OWN CHILDREN AND I DON'T BLAME THEM AT ALL FOR THAT.
THAT'S WHAT WE KNOW TO BE TRUE IS THAT WHEN WE DON'T HAVE SUSTAINED FUNDING, WE LOSE STUDENTS TO OTHER DISTRICTS AROUND US BECAUSE PEOPLE CHOICE OUT OF BATTLE GROUND AND THEY CHOOSE TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.
YES, AS OUR PROGRAMS ARE IMPACTED, OUR ENROLLMENT WILL BE TOO.
>> I GUESS I HAVE SOME BIG CONCERNS ABOUT SAFETY FOR ONE THING,
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THAT WE'VE LOST SOME OF OUR SECURITY STAFFING.I THINK THAT THAT'S CRITICAL, OUR NURSING STAFFING, AND I THINK PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF KIDS THAT COME IN WITH SOME KIND OF A HEALTH PLAN OR NEED A HEALTH PLAN OR JUST LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF MEDICALLY FRAGILE KIDS THAT WE HAVE AND HAVING THAT LIABILITY, IF NOTHING ELSE, AND JUST NOT BEING ABLE TO SERVE THE FAMILIES.
I HAVE A REAL CONCERN ABOUT THE NUMBER OF NURSES THAT WE'VE LOST TO.
>> WE HEARD A HUGE OUTCRY IN THE FIRST FEW WEEKS OF SCHOOL FROM OUR FAMILIES.
I WILL SAY, YOU MIGHT ASK YOURSELF, COULD THAT HAVE THAT BIG OF AN IMPACT TO LOSE ESSENTIALLY OVERALL THREE, BUT FIVE LOCATIONS, ESSENTIALLY, THAT DON'T HAVE THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT THAT THEY HAD, BUT YOU'VE SPREAD IT OUT.
NOW YOU'VE WATERED IT ALL DOWN.
WE CERTAINLY HEARD A GREAT DEAL OF CONCERN FROM MANY OF OUR FAMILIES AROUND THE NURSING PIECE AS SCHOOL STARTED.
I THINK BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH STRONG STAFF, THEY HAVE FIGURED IT OUT, THEY'VE WORKED WITH FAMILIES AND THEY'VE CALMED THOSE WATERS A BIT.
BUT I DO THINK THAT ANY MORE OF A REDUCTION, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT LIABILITY AND INCREASED LIABILITY, AND THAT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WEIGHS BACK AND FORTH.
YOU REDUCE IN SOME OF THESE AREAS, YOU ALSO INCREASE THE CONCERN.
I KNOW ETZEL AND TOBY WILL TALK ABOUT THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COMES UP IS BULLYING, WELL BULLYING NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
WE ALL AGREE IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED, BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE STAFF TO ADDRESS IT, IT GOES UNADDRESSED FOR LONGER THAN IT SHOULD BECAUSE YOU ONLY HAVE SO MUCH BANDWIDTH FROM PEOPLE AND SO OUR SECURITY HELPS WITH THAT WITH THEIR PRESENCE AND THE WORK THAT THEY DO, OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS HELP WITH THAT WORK, CERTAINLY OUR PRINCIPALS HELP WITH THAT WORK.
ALL OF THE IMPACT ON THE SYSTEM YOU FEEL BECAUSE THE STRAIN ON THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE HELPING TO SUPPORT THOSE STUDENTS WITH THOSE PARTICULAR NEEDS ARE UNDER STRESS.
I WORRY ABOUT HOW THAT IMPACTS THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE OVERALL IN OUR SCHOOLS.
>> DO YOU THINK IT IMPACTS OUR STAFFING AS WELL? I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT ALWAYS BEING AN OVERLOAD AND THE LOSSES HAVE TAKEN PEOPLE FROM A 50 HOUR WEEK TO A 60 HOUR WEEK, BECAUSE YOU STILL HAVE TO DO ALL THE PAPERWORK THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH EVERYTHING OR GRADE PAPERS OR WRITE REPORTS OR DO IEPS.
EVENTUALLY, DO WE WORRY THAT WE LOSE OUR STAFF BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO GO SOMEWHERE WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE THAT AND WHERE THEY CAN HAVE WORK LIFE BALANCE.
WHEREVER THAT FALLS FOR THEM, BUT IT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE TO RUN AND OVERLOAD FOR LONG PERIODS.
THEY BURN OUT AND THEN THEY HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS, NOT BASED NECESSARILY ON THEIR PASSION OR THEIR LOYALTY FOR A SPECIFIC PLACE, BUT JUST NEED TO BE ABLE TO STICK TO A CAREER THAT THEY'VE CHOSEN TO ENGAGE IN.
>> THEN ONE OF THE OTHER UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES THAT THIS MODEL HAS TO IS THE IMPACT IT HAS ON THE OFFICE STAFF.
SO WHEN LINDSEY TALKED ABOUT THE DELEGATION, THE DELEGATION FALLS TO OFFICE STAFF, AND THEN PRINCIPALS AT TIMES AS WELL.
IT'S REALLY A RECIPE FOR STRESS AND WORKLOAD.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WERE THERE, JACKIE, BUT IT WAS MENTIONED AT THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE ABOUT JUST NOTICING OFFICE STAFF BEING IMPACTED WITH THOSE DECISIONS AS WELL.
>> I'M TRYING TO THINK ABOUT HOW TO PHRASE THIS.
MAYBE I'M JUMPING AHEAD HERE TO THE NOVEMBER 10 MEETING BUT HAS THE ADMINISTRATION COME UP WITH A PRIORITIES LIST AS FAR AS THE PROGRAMS GO? I ASK THAT BECAUSE WHEN I THINK ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'VE HEARD TODAY, IT ALL ROLLS BACK INTO ENROLLMENT NUMBERS IN MY MIND.
WHAT'S GOING TO DRIVE THOSE SAFETY CONCERNS? THAT'S GOING TO DRIVE ENROLLMENT SPORTS? THAT'S GOING TO DRIVE ENROLLMENT, CTE PROGRAM?
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WELL, THAT'S GOING TO DRIVE ENROLLMENT? SOME OF THE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE LIKE THE READING AS GREAT AS IT IS, IT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO HAVE SUCH A BIG IMPACT ON ENROLLMENT AS THOSE OTHER THREE BECAUSE THOSE ARE BIGGER PROGRAMS. THEY HAVE MORE VIEW BY THE PUBLIC. THEY'RE GREAT PROGRAMS. THEY'RE JUST NOT AS WIDELY SEEN.FOR ME, I WOULD THINK ABOUT WHAT IS THEIR PRIORITIES LIST.
HAS THAT BEEN ESTABLISHED? AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO JUMP AHEAD, BUT IS THAT ALREADY IN THE WORKS?
>> WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WE'VE TAKEN ALL OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE BELIEVE WOULD BE IMPACTED AND STARTED TO PUT MONEY TO THEM, AMOUNTS TO THEM.
WE HAVE NOT PRIORITIZED THEM BASED ON NEED, BECAUSE WHAT I WOULD SAY ABOUT THE READING PROGRAM IS WHERE THAT WILL SHOW UP.
IT WILL SHOW UP WITH THE PERSON WHO'S DECIDING TO MOVE TO OUR AREA BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AT OUR TEST SCORES, AND THEY'RE GOING TO SEE WHERE THEY'RE AT, AND WHILE OUR TEST SCORES ARE HIGHER THAN MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS AROUND US, THEY'RE GOING TO SAY TO THEMSELVES, WHAT IS GOING TO BE IMPACTED WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE PROGRAMS LIKE THAT TO HELP SUPPORT AND SHORE UP THE LEARNING LOSS THAT KIDS HAVE, THOSE KIDS THAT ARE BEHIND.
I DO THINK THAT IF WE GET THERE, WE HAVE STRUGGLED.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IT, I WILL TELL YOU FOR A NUMBER OF WEEKS TO IDENTIFY THE MONEY, AND WE ARE STRUGGLING TO PUT ANYTHING ELSE ON THE LIST AND WE'RE AT $12 MILLION.
WE'RE STRUGGLING TO FIND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE THINK IS EVEN FEASIBLE THAT EVEN COULD MAKE ANY SENSE WHATSOEVER TO CUT.
WE'RE STUCK RIGHT NOW TO TRY AND GET BEYOND THAT.
EVEN THOSE INCLUDE PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING THAT YOU HEARD FROM TONIGHT IN ONE MANNER OR ANOTHER BEING CUT OR THAT MONEY BEING MOVED TO SOME OTHER PLACE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW WE DO THAT HONESTLY TED.
THESE ARE THE SLEEPLESS NIGHTS, TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT THE KINDS OF THINGS AND ABSOLUTELY SAFETY.
BUT WHEN I THINK ABOUT SAFETY, I THINK ABOUT REALLY NURSING STAFF IS SAFETY.
SAFETY, EMOTIONAL, SAFETY, IS ATHLETICS.
A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TIES BACK TO SAFETY, EITHER PHYSICAL SAFETY OR MENTAL SAFETY.
THE MENTAL WELL-BEING OF OUR STUDENTS REALLY, TO ME, THAT IS OUR PARAMOUNT DUTY.
BUT NO ONE WOULD SAY THAT THEIR PHYSICAL SAFETY IS NOT MORE IMPORTANT OR EQUALLY IMPORTANT TOO.
I DON'T KNOW HOW WE GO ABOUT THAT, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT.
WE WOULD HAVE TO DO THAT, BUT EVERYTHING THAT WE SAW TONIGHT WOULD BE IMPACTED.
WE WOULD DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT WITH OUR READING PROGRAM.
WE WOULD NOT OFFER IT THE WAY THAT WE OFFER IT.
OUR NURSING PROGRAM, WHILE WE SAID WE COULDN'T DO IT THAT WAY, WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE CAN DO AGAIN, LESS.
>> IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS OF BEING A BOARD MEMBER, WHAT I'VE LEARNED IS THAT THERE'S PROBABLY NOT ONE SINGLE PROGRAM WITHIN THE DISTRICT THAT'S BEING RUN THAT YOU COULD COME UP HERE AND PRESENT, AND WE COULD BE LIKE, WE NEED THAT.
I JUST DON'T SEE OR I HAVE YET TO SEE ANY PROGRAMS THAT ARE, WE COULD DO WITHOUT THAT, OR THAT'S NOT GOING TO IMPACT THIS OR IMPACT THAT.
IF THOSE EXISTED, WE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN RID OF THEM A LONG TIME AGO.
I DON'T EXPECT TO HAVE MUCH SLEEP GOING FORWARD UNTIL WE CAN FIGURE THIS OUT, EITHER.
MY NEXT THOUGHT IS MORE ABOUT MAYBE MESSAGING AND I ASK YOU BECAUSE I'M JUST NOT SMART ENOUGH TO FIGURE THIS ONE OUT.
BUT WHEN I THINK ABOUT THINGS LIKE NOT PASSING LEVIES AND THEN HAVING LOW TEST SCORES, I KEEP THINKING ABOUT THE PROVERBIAL SNAKE EATING ITS TAIL.
WE'RE NOT PASSING A LEVY BECAUSE WE HAVE LOW TEST SCORES, BUT WE HAVE LOW TEST SCORES BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO FUND THE PROGRAMS TO GET THE TEST SCORES UP.
>> WHICH COMES FIRST, THE CHICKEN OR THE EGG?
>> EXACTLY. HOW DO WE MESSAGE THAT? MAYBE WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO THAT, BUT WE'VE NOT SUCCESSFULLY COMMUNICATED THAT IN THE PAST TWO ATTEMPTS.
MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD TALK ABOUT ON NOVEMBER 10TH, AS WELL IS THE MESSAGING SIDE OF THIS.
>> YEAH. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY,
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WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE STRATEGIES 360 PIECE.I WILL SEND BETWEEN NOW AND THAT MEETING AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THAT INFORMATION, AND THEN WE ARE PLANNING TO SHARE.
AMANDA IS GOING TO SHARE SOME VERY SPECIFIC INFORMATION TO DRAW THAT OUT AGAIN.
BUT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHT WOULD BE THAT WE HEARD THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, THE NUMBER 1 THING FOR MESSAGING THAT WE HEARD FROM STRATEGIES 360, WHICH CAME FROM INPUT FROM OUR COMMUNITY, IS MESSAGING THE FACT THAT WE NEED TO BE PREPARING OUR STUDENTS FOR THEIR FUTURE.
SOME OF THE WORDS THAT DEREK SHARED WITH US REALLY RESONATED WITH ME AS I WAS HEARING HIM SAY THAT, IT'S LIKE, OH, MY GOODNESS.
I THINK HE READ THE STRATEGIES 360 INFORMATION THAT WE HAD GATHERED.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY WHAT WE HEARD.
THAT WILL CERTAINLY BE A PIECE OF OUR MESSAGING IS PREPARING OUR STUDENTS FOR THEIR FUTURES, AND THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE TO THAT.
I'LL SAVE THAT FOR AMANDA WHEN WE GET TO THE 10TH.
BUT I THINK WE DO NEED TO BE VERY MUCH HONING IN ON THOSE EXACT PIECES.
THE OTHER THING IS THAT WE'LL BE HELPFUL THIS YEAR IN OUR ANNUAL REPORT.
WHEN WE GET OUR ANNUAL REPORT OUT, I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BECOME A TALKING POINT FOR US, NOT JUST A MAILER.
I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY IMPORTANT DATA AND INFORMATION ABOUT MANY OF OUR PROGRAMS IN THE REPORT, AS WELL AS INFORMATION THAT REALLY HIGHLIGHTS WHAT'S GOING WELL IN BATTLE GROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS, DESPITE THE FACT THAT WE DO A LOT OF THINGS FOR A LOT LESS THAN SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS.
I'M PROUD OF BEING IN A COMMUNITY THAT HANDLES THEIR FINANCES WELL AND GIVES A GOOD SERVICE FOR THE DOLLARS THAT WE DO SPEND.
JUST HOPING TO MAINTAIN THAT AT A REASONABLE LEVEL FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
>> YOU'RE GOING TO SEE TONIGHT AT THE T&L UPDATE THAT DAVID ALLISON AND LACY ARE GOING TO DO.
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THERE ARE WONDERFUL CELEBRATIONS THAT WE SHOULD BE HIGHLIGHTING AS A DISTRICT AND BE THINKING ABOUT HOW WE AS A DISTRICT CAN MESSAGE THAT.
SOME OF THE MEASUREMENT TOOLS THAT WE ARE UP AGAINST ARE JUST TRULY REALLY HARD TO CHANGE NARRATIVE AROUND WHAT OUR STUDENTS ARE UP AGAINST IN TERMS OF THE STATE TESTING AND MANDATES AND REQUIREMENTS.
THAT IS A PERFECT SEGUE INTO WHAT YOU'LL SEE AT THE UPDATE LATER.
>> DEBBIE DID YOU HAVE ANY FINAL THOUGHTS?
>> YEAH. A COUPLE OF THINGS COME TO MIND.
THE FIRST THING THAT COMES TO MY MIND IS THE LAW SAYS THAT THE DISTRICT HAS TO PROVIDE A BASIC EDUCATION, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I KEEP GOING BACK TO BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE FUNDING IS THAT WHEN THEY SEND THEIR MONEY, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE EXPECTING.
[INAUDIBLE] SCHOOL DISTRICT IS DOING SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT WITH THE MONIES THAT THEY'RE BEING GIVEN FOR BASIC EDUCATION.
I THINK THE PUBLIC JUST NEEDS TO REALIZE SECURITY, NURSING, READING INTERVENTIONS, COUNSELING, CTE, LARGE CLASS SIZES.
THESE ARE THE EFFECTS OF NOT HAVING THAT EXTRA TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE EXTRA.
I SEE THESE THINGS. THEY'RE EXPECTED, BUT THEY'RE EXTRAS.
I DON'T THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE CONSIDER THIS BASIC EDUCATION.
WHEN I THINK ABOUT THIS, I THINK ABOUT ATHLETES NOT BEING ABLE TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACHIEVE THEIR DREAMS, LIMITING OUR STUDENTS, WHICH I AGREE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL LOOK AT OTHER DISTRICTS TO MOVE THEIR STUDENTS TO.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE DETRIMENTAL AND I THINK THE COMMUNITY REALLY NEEDS TO DECIDE IF THEY WANT A BASIC EDUCATION OR IF THEY WANT ALL OF THESE EXTRA WONDERFUL PROGRAMS AVAILABLE AND MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF OUR STUDENTS.
I THINK THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS TO COME TO REASON WITH THAT AND TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE THEY DECIDE WHAT THEIR PRIORITIES ARE, AND WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO MOVE.
IF THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE AS THEY HAVE, THE LAST TWO LEVIES AND GIVING THE MESSAGE THAT THEY JUST WANT A BASIC EDUCATION.
THEY DON'T WANT ALL OF THESE EXTRA THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR THESE KIDS IN THEIR FUTURES.
THOSE ARE THE THINGS I'M THINKING ABOUT AND I HOPE THAT THE COMMUNITY TAKES THIS TO HEART AND REALLY THINKS ABOUT IT, ESPECIALLY AS WE TALK NEXT TIME ABOUT THE LEVY AND WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
BUT I APPRECIATE EVERYONE THAT SPOKE TODAY.
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I FELT LIKE EVERYTHING THAT WAS SAID WAS FROM A GREAT PLACE.I THINK HOPEFULLY, THE PUBLIC WILL SEE THE GREAT THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON AND BE WILLING TO BACK IT.
THAT'S WHAT I'M HOPING FOR TODAY.
>> I HAVE AN HAND TO DEBBIE, BECAUSE I THINK WHAT YOU SAID WAS REALLY REFLECTIVE OF WHERE WE WERE A WHILE AGO.
I THINK UNFORTUNATELY, WHAT HAS ALSO HAPPENED IS THAT WE HAVE A GAP BETWEEN APPORTIONMENT ENROLLMENT MONEY THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED AND WHERE WE ACTUALLY ARE.
RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE FUNDING BASIC ED.
IT'S LIKE THAT CTE EXAMPLE THAT I GAVE YOU.
THERE ARE PIECES IN BASIC ED THAT WE ARE EXPECTED TO DO NOW THAT AREN'T FULLY FUNDED BY THE STATE.
IT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH UNFUNDED MANDATES.
I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT IT. I DIDN'T HAVE IT WITH ME.
I DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE GOING TO GO IN THIS DIRECTION, BUT I HAVE A BASIC ED COMPLIANCE DOCUMENT THAT LOOKS LIKE ABOUT A QUARTER OF REAM OF PAPER AND IT'S 100 AND SOME THINGS THAT WE REPORT ON IN BASIC EDUCATION.
WE ALSO HAVE THAT FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION AND FOR CTE FOR A LOT OF OUR GRANT PROGRAMS. BUT THE BASIC ED ONE IS PRETTY HEFTY, AND IF YOU WERE TO SLOUGH EVERYTHING OFF, WE WOULD NOT BE FULLY FUNDED BECAUSE THERE IS A GAP IN SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMS. IT WOULD IMPACT IF WE CONTINUE TO NOT HAVE A LEVY.
IT WILL IMPACT EVEN SOME OF OUR BASIC ED PROGRAMS. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SAY TO THE STATE, NOW WHAT? THAT'S PART OF THE ANSWER THAT I WAS GIVING TED ABOUT PRIORITIZING.
WE'D HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER $8 MILLION THAT I CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHERE IT WOULD COME FROM BECAUSE WE KEEP GOING TO SOMETHING AND WE GO, NO, THAT'S REQUIRED.
WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT, BUT I'M NOT SURE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO COME UP WITH THAT DOLLAR FIGURE.
AS YOU KNOW, WE TIPPED INTO OUR FUND BALANCE.
WE CAN'T CONTINUALLY REACH INTO OUR FUND BALANCE AND BE DISTRICT THAT SOLVENT.
WHAT DOES OUR COMMUNITY WANT IN TERMS OF LEVEL? DO WE ONLY WANT BASIC EDUCATION AND THERE IS SOME PIECE WHERE WE JUST AREN'T FULLY COVERED AND THAT WE JUST FLAT OUT NEED WE HAVE TO HAVE.
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY THE STATE DOES NOT FULLY FUND BASIC EDUCATION AND HASN'T FOR A LONG TIME, AND THAT'S WHAT COMMUNITIES NEED TO UNDERSTAND.
>> WELL, ONE OF THE ASKS THAT WE HAD A SUPERINTENDENT MEETING TODAY VIA ZOOM, AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT OUR LEGISLATIVE FORUM THAT WE HOLD WITH SOME OF OUR LOCAL LEGISLATORS.
BECAUSE THE STATE IS IN THE FINANCIAL STATE THAT IT IS, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WHAT ARE OUR REQUESTS LOOK LIKE THIS YEAR, AND ONE OF THE PIECES I KNOW I PLAN TO SPEAK ON IS UNFUNDED MANDATES, BECAUSE IF THEY COULD REPEAL SOME OF THE UNFUNDED MANDATES BACK, THAT WOULD HELP US IN TERMS OF WHAT IT IS THAT WE CONTINUALLY HAVE TO GO AND IMPLEMENT, EVEN THAT WOULD BE A RELIEF ON THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IF WE COULD REPEAL BACK SOME OF THE UNFUNDED MANDATES.
>> HOPEFULLY, $8 MILLION WORTH.
>> I WANT TO GIVE DIRECTOR TATE AND DIRECTOR MADDOX A CHANCE FOR FINAL.
>> WE HAVE EIGHT MINUTES, MAYBE SEVEN.
JACKIE, YOU GO AHEAD AND GO FIRST, BUT I'VE GOT CONCERNS, AND SO GO AHEAD.
>> TERRY, YOU'RE ON. [OVERLAPPING]
>> WE'VE GOTTEN DOWN TO THIS, AND I REALLY FEEL LIKE WHEN OUR COUNSELORS DON'T HAVE TIME TO TALK AND WHEN OUR NURSES DON'T HAVE TIME TO TALK, WE'VE MISSED THE BOAT.
WE'VE RUSHED THROUGH, IN MY OPINION, WE'VE PUSHED THROUGH A LOT OF STUFF.
I WAS GOING TO SAY HOW WONDERFUL THIS WAS, EXCEPT FOR NOW HERE WE'RE DOWN TO FIVE MINUTES.
THERE WERE TIMES WHEN I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE HAD A LOT MORE INFORMATION.
I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO BEEN ABLE TO TALK WITH THEM.
I WOULD HAVE LIKE TO GOTTEN INTO SOME THINGS RATHER THAN FEEL LIKE WE WERE SO PRESSED.
WHAT TRIGGERED ME IS I'M HEARING SOME TALK ABOUT NOVEMBER 10TH AND I'M SORRY.
YOU GUYS HAVE SENT OUT EMAILS TO ME AND I DIDN'T READ THEM, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ON NOVEMBER 10TH.
>> ANOTHER WORK SESSION, TERRY.
>> HAS THAT BEEN SCHEDULED? DID I MISS THE MEMO ON THAT?
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>> IT'S ON THE SCHEDULE. I THINK YOU RESPONDED TO THE INVITATION.
>> THERE'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER WORK SESSION.
IS IT GOING TO BE ABOUT THIS? IS THE AGENDA OUT FOR THAT?
>> NOT IN SPECIFICITY, BUT WE HAVE A REAL GOOD SENSE ABOUT WHAT IT IS.
>> WHY DON'T YOU JUST GET AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO ON THE TIP? BECAUSE I'M CONCERNED THAT WE'RE NOT TAKING THE TIME WE NEED TO ROLL OUT OUR LEVY. GO AHEAD.
>> THE NEXT SESSION WE'LL FOCUS ON WHERE OUR FUNDING COMES FROM, HOW IT WORKS, WHAT HAS BEEN THE HISTORICAL INFORMATION, HOW MUCH WE'VE ASKED OUR COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT, WHERE ALL OF OUR FUNDING BUCKETS ARE AND WHERE WE ARE IN OUR ASKS.
WHAT THEY WOULD BE, THE AMOUNTS MOVING FORWARD SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE SOME TIME TO DIALOGUE AROUND.
IF WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A LEVY, WHAT IS THE LEVY AMOUNT THAT WE NEED TO ASK FOR BECAUSE THE PROGRAMS FEED RIGHT INTO [OVERLAPPING].
>> WILL THERE BE A PROPOSAL ON THAT NOVEMBER 10TH?
>> YOU'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING TO US YOUR LEVY PROPOSAL ON NOVEMBER 10TH.
>> WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING YOU SOME OPTIONS, YES.
>> AGAIN, I THOUGHT THIS WAS EXCELLENT.
I'M JUST WISHING WE HAD MORE TIME.
>> THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING TWO THIS AROUND BECAUSE THEY'RE AN HOUR AND A HALF IS NOT ENOUGH.
>> I'M RUNNING IN MY TIME BUT I WILL SAY THIS.
I THINK I'M NOT CONVINCED THAT THE COMMUNITY FROM THIS MEETING WOULD HAVE GOTTEN AN UNDERSTANDING.
>> WHY? THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT.
WELL, I'M JUST SAYING WE HEARD FROM SOME FOLKS WHO ARE DOING A WONDERFUL JOB WITH A WONDERFUL REPORT.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THE ELEMENT HERE WITH THE URGENCY OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO THEN TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T LOSE THESE STEPS.
I APPRECIATED WHAT DEBBIE SAID BECAUSE THAT'S RIGHT ON.
WE'RE GETTING SOME GOOD THINGS DONE AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO GET THEM DONE, STUFF.
I'M CONCERNED WHAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD GLEAN FROM THIS MEETING STUFF.
>> I DON'T THINK THE COMMUNITY WILL GLEAN ANYTHING FROM THIS MEETING OTHER THAN HEARING ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS. I THINK WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE INPUT AGAIN WHEN WE HAVE OUR WORK SESSION.
THEY WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO SPEAK AND GIVE ANY INPUT THEY HAVE.
WE WILL MAKE THE SLIDES AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE TO LOOK AT AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS OR TO WELL, THEY WON'T HAVE A DIALOGUE WITH US.
THEY WILL BE ABLE TO SPEAK ON IT, AND THEN YOU AS A BOARD WILL DISCUSS THAT AND THE INFORMATION WE HAVE.
HOPEFULLY, PEOPLE WILL PROVIDE A LEVEL OF INPUT IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN GIVING US INPUT.
>> WOULD I BE WRONG TO CONCLUDE THAT THIS OVERVIEW OF ALL OF THESE ELEMENTS ARE PRETTY MUCH THE FOCUS OF WHAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT FOR THE LEVY?
>> WELL, WE WANT TO MAINTAIN PROGRAMS. I'LL TELL YOU.
IF YOU WERE ASKING ME TODAY IF I WERE VOTING AND IF I WERE SITTING ON THE BOARD, I WOULD TRY AND BRING US BACK TO A LEVEL PRIOR TO ANY LEVY LOSS.
>> WHAT I'M ASKING IS, ARE THERE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE LOST THAT WE DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT TODAY?
>> ABSOLUTELY. THE LIST THAT WE HAD IN THE SPRING WHEN WE WENT OVER.
YES, THERE ARE LOTS OF THINGS.
>> WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT ON THE 10TH.
>> WE'RE NOT GOING TO DELVE INTO ALL THE THINGS WE'VE LOST.
WE DID THAT IN THE SPRING AND CERTAINLY, YOU AND I COULD TALK AND WE COULD GO BACK THOSE BOARD MEETINGS.
>> ASK THE COMMUNITY IS HERE WHAT THEY THINK.
>> [LAUGHTER] IF THEY'VE BEEN ENGAGED, IF NOT, WE COULD CERTAINLY SEND THEM BACK TO ONE OF THOSE CUTS LIKE ON THE MAY 28TH BOARD MEETING.
IF THEY WANT TO WATCH THE RECORDING OF MAY 28TH, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD ONE TO HEAR ABOUT ALL OF THOSE CUTS.
AS YOU CAN TELL, IT'S CLEARLY INGRAINED IN MY HEAD BECAUSE I KNOW THE DATE ON THE TOP OF MY HEAD BUT CERTAINLY.
>> ITZEL AND DEBBIE, ANYTHING TO ADD AS A CONCLUSION.
>> I'LL JUST SAY SOMETHING QUICK.
I THINK BEFORE THIS BOARD MEETING, SPOT ON THE BOARD, I'VE NEVER REALLY LOOKED INTO THE LEVY AND WHATNOT, BUT JUST BEING HERE AND SEEING ALL OF ITS EFFECTS ON JUST MY DAY TO DAY.
I THINK WHAT WE TOUCHED ON HERE TODAY, EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T EVERYTHING, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, AND I WOULD ALSO VOTE YES ON THAT LEVY.
>> AS A STUDENT WHO HAS TAKEN CTE CLASSES,
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DOES SPORTS IS IN A CLUB MEETING WITH COUNSELORS, AND ALL OF THAT? ON A DAY TO DAY, I SAY HI TO ALL THE SECURITY OFFICERS, I SAY HI TO QUIGLE.THEY'VE MADE ME THE PERSON I'M AND GIVEN ME THE EXPERIENCE I CAN TO BE A SUCCESSFUL STUDENT.
WHEN I'M READING THIS, I LOOK RIGHT ABOVE SHELLY AND I LOOK AT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, AND THAT FIRST VISION SAYS CONNECTING EVERY STUDENT TO A SUCCESSFUL FUTURE.
THAT'S WHAT ALL THESE THINGS DO.
SAFETY AND SECURITY GIVES KIDS THE SAFE ENVIRONMENT TO LEARN.
NURSING GIVES THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR KIDS WHO ARE SICK TO LEARN.
INTERVENTION AND COUNSELS GIVES THOSE STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEALTHY IN SCHOOL AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A SAFE SPACE WHEN THEY DON'T.
ATHLETICS AND ACTIVITIES HELPS KIDS HELP GET THROUGH HAVING GOOD GRADES, GOOD ENROLLMENT, LESS ABSENCES, LESS TARDIES.
CTE DOES GIVES THE OPPORTUNITY TO KIDS WHO AREN'T COLLEGE READY TO GIVE THEM A CAREER READINESS PATHWAY.
>> THANK YOU. VERY NICE SUMMARY.
CAN I JUST SUMMARIZE THIS VERY BRIEFLY? TERRY, I WAS LISTENING TO WHAT YOU HAD TO SAY, AND TO ME, THE RICHNESS OF TONIGHT WAS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO LISTEN ABOUT THE PROGRAMS. OFTEN WHEN WE TALK LEVY, WE HAVE A LIST AND IT HAS NUMBERS, AND WE'RE BASICALLY TALKING ABOUT A TITLE AND A NUMBER.
THIS REALLY BROUGHT THE PROGRAMS ALIVE, SO WE UNDERSTAND LIKE ITZEL JUST SUMMARIZED HOW THAT IMPACTS KIDS.
THAT'S THE IMPORTANCE OF TONIGHT.
NEXT TIME AT THE NEXT MEETING, IT WILL BE ABOUT THE NUMBERS.
I THINK THAT MAKES A MORE COMPLETE PACKAGE FOR US AS A BOARD TO LISTEN TO AND TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS WITH.
>> EVERYONE THAT WORKED ON THIS.
>> YES. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
>> THIS IS A HUGE PROJECT FOR EVERYONE.
>> WITH THAT, WE WILL ADJOURN.
>> THANK YOU. [BACKGROUND]
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.