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          COURTNEY AND JORDAN, ARE YOU 
          [1. Call to Order]
READY? WE'RE GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING OF THE BATTLEGROUND SCHOOL BOARD TO ORDER. LET'S STAND, PLEASE, FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, ONE NATION. UNDER GOD, AND INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          ROLL CALL, PLEASE. PRESIDENT. 
          PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT 4, TERRY TATE. HERE. 
          VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT 3, CHRIS GRUHL. 
          DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT 1, LORI SIBLEY. HERE. DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT 2, DEBBIE JOHNSON. 
          HERE. DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT 5, MARSHALL MERRITT. HERE. 
          STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE TOBY WYNN HAS A PREARRANGED ABSENCE, AND STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE ITZEL CONTRERAS-MONTEAL WILL BE LATE THIS EVENING. MR. PRESIDENT, WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          THANK YOU. NEXT THING ON THE AGENDA IS OUR AGENDA APPROVAL. 
          NOW, DID WE AGREE THAT WE WERE GOING TO TAKE SOMETHING OFF OF THE... NO, WE DO THAT WHENEVER WE GET THERE. OKAY, ALL RIGHT. SO, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AGENDA? EVERYBODY'S GOT IT? EVERYBODY AGREED? EVERYTHING OKAY? MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT WE EXCUSE ITZEL AND TOBY FROM THE MEETING TONIGHT. AND ITZEL'S HERE. WE DON'T HAVE TO. 
          AND ACTUALLY, WE DON'T NEED TO APPROVE THEIR ABSENCES. 
          BUT WELCOME, ITZEL. HEY, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR POSSIBILITIES THERE. 
          CAN YOU TELL US WHAT IT WAS ABOUT? IT'S LATE FOR A REASON. SO IT'S CALLED THE GENERAL MARSHALL LEADERSHIP AWARD. SO I WAS NOMINATED BY OUR COLLEGE AND CAREER CENTER COUNSELOR. AND WHAT I DID WAS I FILLED OUT A SURVEY OF, LIKE... 
          ANSWERING THESE QUESTIONS AND I PUT MY ACTIVITIES AND REWARDS THAT I'VE GOTTEN AND I AM ONE OF THE FINALISTS. SO I AUTOMATICALLY RECEIVE A THOUSAND DOLLARS IN SCHOLARSHIP MONEY. OH MY GOODNESS. AND THEN TODAY I HAD AN INTERVIEW, A PANEL INTERVIEW. I TOLD THEM THIS WAS THAT WASN'T MY FIRST RODEO, BUT, UM, AND IT'S. 
          TO POSSIBLY WIN THE $5,000 SCHOLARSHIP AWARD MONEY? SO, AND THEN THERE IS AN AWARD CEREMONY WILL WHERE THEY'LL AWARD THE FINALISTS AND THE PERSON WHO WINS THE $5,000. SO FINGERS CROSSED, BUT THAT'S THE REASON WHY I WAS LATE. OKAY, CONGRATULATIONS, EXCITED JUST 
          [4. Agenda Approval (Board Vote w/Student Voice)]
AFTER THAT. SO, AGENDA APPROVAL WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED. SO WE HAVE OUR STUDENT VOICE. DO YOU HAVE A... 
          WHAT DO I ASK NOW AGAIN? I WROTE DOWN, ASK FOR STUDENT VOICE, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT I WANT. I WANT TO ASK HOW THEY VOTE. 
          CORRECT? DO WE APPROVE THE AGENDA? YES. DO WE? YEAH. 
          PRO. THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED, SAY AYE. 
          AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? 
          [5. Student and Board Updates]
FIVE-ZERO. SO NOW WE WILL DO OUR STUDENT VOICE. SORRY, I'M LIKE A LITTLE ALL OVER THE PLACE. I WAS VERY IN INTERVIEW MODE AND NOW I'M LIKE THIS. I GUESS FIRST, I'D LIKE TO START OFF. IF THERE'S ANY STUDENTS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WANT TO SPEAK AND THEY CAN JUST COME UP AND SAY WHAT THEY'D LIKE. YOU GUYS CAN COME ALL THE WAY 
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AROUND IF YOU WANT. GOOD EVENING. WHY DON'T YOU GIVE US YOUR NAME? MY NAME IS SYDNEY. 
          YOU'RE FROM PLEASANT VALLEY, RIGHT? PRIMARY SCHOOL? OKAY. 
          SYDNEY, WHAT'S YOUR LAST NAME? TRIMBO. THANK YOU. TELL US ABOUT PLEASANT VALLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL. I'M A FOURTH GRADER AT PVP. MY SCHOOL IS SPECIAL BECAUSE TEACHERS HELP ME LEARN WHEN THINGS ARE HARD. AN ADULT AT MY SCHOOL WHO HELPS ME IS MISS LARSON. THEY HELP ME BY HELPING ME FEEL SAFE. ONE THING THAT MAKES ME FEEL HAPPY AT SCHOOL IS BEING WITH MY FRIENDS, BECAUSE BEING WITH FRIENDS MAKES SCHOOL FUN. 
          IF I COULD TELL THE SCHOOL BOARD ONE THING, I WOULD SAY SCHOOL IS SAFE. MY SCHOOL MAKES ME FEEL HAPPY AND PROUD. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO MY VOICE. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. WHO'S NEXT? HI. MY NAME IS... JORDAN CARTER AND I'M A FOURTH GRADER AT PVP. MY SCHOOL IS SPECIAL BECAUSE EVERYONE IS KIND. AN ADULT WHO HELPS ME IS MS. LARSON. MS. LARSON HELPS ME BY HELPING ME WHEN LEARNING THINGS, WHEN IT GETS HARD. ONE THING THAT MAKES ME FEEL HAPPY AT SCHOOL IS MAKING NEW FRIENDS BECAUSE WE MIGHT HAVE A FEW THINGS IN COMMON. IF I COULD TELL A SCHOOL BOARD ONE THING, I WOULD SAY, I LOVE MY SCHOOL. IT IS SAFE. 
          MY SCHOOL MAKES ME FEEL HAPPY AND PROUD. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO MY VOICE. 
          THANK YOU, JORDAN. HI, MY NAME IS BRIDGET BEDROSIAN. I THINK OUR... OH, I'M A FOURTH GRADER AT PVP. I THINK OUR SCHOOL IS SPECIAL BECAUSE WE ALWAYS HAVE FUN EVENTS AND COMING UP IS THE SWEETHEART DANCE FOR VALENTINE'S DAY. SOMEONE WHO HELPS ME AT MY SCHOOL IS MY TEACHER, MS. ANDERSON. SHE'S A REALLY FUN AND AWESOME AND COOL TEACHER, AND SHE'S REALLY KIND, AND I LOVE BEING HER STUDENT. 
          ONE THING THAT I LOVE ABOUT SCHOOL IS MY FRIENDS BECAUSE THEY'RE ALWAYS THERE FOR ME WHEN I NEED THEM AND I CAN ALWAYS RELY ON THEM IF I NEED HELP. IF I COULD TELL THE SCHOOL BOARD ONE THING, IT WOULD BE THAT OUR SCHOOL IS REALLY KIND. AND EVERYONE IS JUST LIKE, ALWAYS, REALLY FRIENDLY. AND THAT'S WHY I LOVE SCHOOL AT PVP. SCHOOL MAKES ME FEEL SMART, BECAUSE WHEN I MAKE A MISTAKE, NO ONE LIKE LAUGHS OR NO ONE MAKES FUN OF ME. THEY JUST JUST TELL ME TO KEEP ON TRYING AND TO WORK AND KEEP WORKING, BECAUSE MISTAKES MAKE YOU BETTER. THANK YOU, BRIDGET. 
          THANK YOU. HELLO? THANK YOU, HARPER. MY NAME IS TK AND MY SCHOOL IS SPECIAL BECAUSE I GET TO PLAY WITH MY FRIENDS. AND THE ADULT AT SCHOOL WHO HELPS ME IS MS. ROUSE AND MS. EMILY. MS. ROUSE HELPS ME LEARN, AND MS. EMILY IS BECAUSE I GET TO PLAY WITH MY FRIENDS. 
          AGAINST PLAYERS MAXSON, HAYDEN, AND LEA. IT ALL MAKES ME HAPPY. I'M HAPPY BECAUSE IT'S WHERE MY FRIENDS ARE. 
          THANK YOU FOR LISTENING 
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TO MY... URIAH. ARE YOU URIAH FRIESEN? OH, MY GOODNESS, WHO'S YOUR TEACHER? CAN YOU SAY HER NAME REALLY LOUD? URIAH FRIESEN. VERY GOOD, URIAH. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU ALL. ALL RIGHT, NOW WOULD IT BE OKAY IF WE ASKED YOU SOME QUESTIONS, IF THERE WERE ANY? I'VE BEEN TRYING TO THINK OF SOME OF YOU. YOU GAVE US SO MUCH INFORMATION, I DIDN'T THINK OF ANYTHING. 
          DID ANYBODY THINK OF A QUESTION THEY'D LIKE TO ASK? WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE SUBJECT IN SCHOOL? WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO WHEN YOU GO TO SCHOOL, OTHER THAN BE WITH YOUR FRIENDS? DO ART. 
          ART? VERY GOOD. ANYBODY ELSE? I ALSO LIKE ART. OH, THANK YOU. 
          GOOD JOB. I LIKE MATH, TOO. 
          OH, YES. ALL RIGHT. ART. I DIDN'T DO VERY GOOD IN ART. 
          WELL, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR COMING THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. OH, WE'RE GOING TO GET YOUR PICTURE. URIAH, WE'RE GOING TO GET YOUR PICTURE RIGHT THERE. GET UP ON THE STEPS AND TURN AROUND. 
          THAT WAY. OH, THEY'RE GOING TO GO OVER THERE. OKAY, AND THEN, ITZEL, WOULD YOU HAVE SOMETHING WORSE? UNLESS THERE'S ANY OTHER STUDENTS IN THE AUDIENCE? OKAY, YETZEL. CAN WE PUT UP THE, UM, WE, UM, LAST BOARD MEETING? WE ALREADY HAD SOME STUDENTS SPEAK, BUT WE WERE WAITING TO GET MORE INPUT ON OUR SURVEY. JUST TO SHOW YOU GUYS, AND THEN PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL WILL BE UNTIL NEXT MEETING. BECAUSE WE DID IT A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY AS BEING... A PRAIRIE STUDENT, YOU CAN REALLY JUST ASK ME AND I CAN ANSWER A BUNCH OF THINGS. 
          SO I KIND OF WANTED TO TAKE PRAIRIE IN A DIFFERENT ROUTE AND HIGHLIGHT OUR ADMIN AND OUR STAFF. AND WHAT THEY'RE STRUGGLING WITH, AND WHAT ARE THEIR STRUGGLES WITH STUDENTS, AND WHAT THEY'RE HEARING. AT PRAIRIE, A LOT OF KIDS ACTUALLY HAVE CONNECTIONS WITH OUR STAFF, INCLUDING MYSELF, SO WE WANTED TO GO ABOUT THAT ROUTE A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY. SO I'M DOING THE SURVEY SLIDESHOW, THE SLIDESHOW IS BY HAND. BUT I'LL GO AHEAD AND SHOW YOU THE DAY BREAK MIDDLE SCHOOL. SO WE HAD 264 PARTICIPANTS WITH 324 THOUGHTS, A LOT OF RATINGS, AND 24 RATING RATIOS. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THESE ARE THE TOPICS THAT WERE SCORED. 
          SCORED BY OTHER STUDENTS, SO OUR STAR SCORE IS 0 THROUGH 4. AS YOU CAN SEE, A LOT OF PEOPLE BROUGHT UP THE FOOD, KIDS, FOOD AGAIN, SPORTS, FUN STUFF AND A LOT OF OTHER THINGS AS WELL. SO HERE ARE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE DO ASK THEM AND WE. 
          THEY RANK IT FROM STRONGLY DISAGREE TO STRONGLY AGREE. AS YOU CAN SEE, A LOT OF OUR STAFF SUPPORTS OUR KIDS THROUGH A LOT OF TOUGH TIMES THAT ARE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. 
          SO THAT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT OUR STAFF'S THERE FOR OUR STUDENTS. SO 46 PERCENT AGREE, AND THEN 13 PERCENT STRONGLY AGREE, AND 33 PERCENT ARE NEUTRAL. AND THEN, DO YOU OR YOUR CLASSMATES FEEL AFFECTED BY THE LEVY FAILURE? 39 FEEL NEUTRAL, 25% AGREE, AND 24% STRONGLY AGREE. THIS MAY SEEM A LITTLE CONFUSING WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NEITHER DISAGREE OR AGREE, BUT YOU REALLY WANT TO NOTICE HOW MANY KIDS REALLY KNOW WHAT A LEVY IS AND HOW THEY'RE BEING AFFECTED. BECAUSE IF NONE OF OUR STUDENTS WERE AFFECTED, 
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NONE OF THEM WOULD KNOW WHAT IT IS. 
          OR WOULD EVEN CARE TO EVEN ANSWER THE QUESTION. 
          BECAUSE THEY CAN SKIP QUESTIONS IF THEY'D LIKE TO. SO I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT IN THOUGHT JUST BECAUSE WE NEED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. MORE THAN ONE STUDENT IS BEING AFFECTED AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO FIX. AND THEN I'LL LET YOU READ THESE, BUT HERE ARE SOME COMMENTS THAT STUDENTS PUT ON OUR SURVEY. AND I WANT TO SAY THIS, WHEN WE WERE AT DAYBREAK MIDDLE SCHOOL, A LOT OF KIDS BROUGHT UP NO CROSSING GUARDS. AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE BATTLEGROUND IS GROWING. THERE IS A LOT OF TRAFFIC. SO JUST THEM FEELING UNSAFE TO WALK HOME OR STAY AFTER SCHOOL, TO DO CERTAIN ACTIVITIES IS A STRUGGLE FOR KIDS AND A STRUGGLE FOR PARENTS AS WELL. PARENTS CARE ABOUT THEIR CHILD'S SAFETY. SO NOT HAVING CROSSING GUARDS IS REALLY DIFFICULT FOR SOME PARENTS AS WELL. AND THEN HERE ARE SOME MORE COMMENTS AS WELL THAT YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND READ. .SURVEY. 
          LIKE, THIS HAD THE MOST PARTICIPANTS OUT OF IT. DO YOU KNOW HOW THEY... I THINK THEY ADMINISTERED IT THROUGH... AN EMAIL. AND THEN WE HAD IT OPEN FOR A LITTLE LONGER, WE HAD IT OPEN FOR A WEEK AND A HALF, SO THIS IS FOR OVER A WEEK AND A HALF. BUT OUR OTHER SCHOOLS HAD A COUPLE DAYS BUT STILL HAD A LOT OF PARTICIPANTS. BUT ALL OF THE THE SURVEY IS STILL LIVE, SO STUDENTS COULD GO IN AND OUT AND DO THEM. SO AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, WE'LL DO A WHOLE SURVEY ANALYSIS OF ALL SCHOOLS. SO THEN YOU'LL SEE ALL OF THAT AND THEN THAT'S ALL, THANK YOU. AND THEN ME AND TOBY ARE GOING TO TOUR CHIEF UMTUK MIDDLE SCHOOL ON WEDNESDAY. EXCITED TO GO THERE. THAT WAS THE MIDDLE SCHOOL I WENT TO, SO IT'LL BE A LITTLE REFLECTION OF MIDDLE SCHOOL. I'LL BE A LITTLE NERVOUS. AND THEN SOME HIGHLIGHTS THAT I WANTED TO PUT, BECAUSE THIS IS A HUGE NUMBER. 
          FOR OUR PRAIRIE BOYS WRESTLING, THEY ARE TAKING 20 KIDS TO STATE. AND SOME THAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS TOMMY VICK IS DISTRICT CHAMPION FOR THE 138 WEIGHT CLASS AND HE'S A SENIOR. BRODY WIRED, DISTRICT CHAMP, ALSO A SENIOR, DOESN'T STATE HIS WEIGHT CLASS. 
          JUNIOR CADEN PRU, DISTRICT CHAMPION. AND THEN HOYLE STURDIVANT, DISTRICT CHAMPION. 
          REMINGTON HUGHES, DISTRICT CHAMPION, JUNIOR, AND THAT'S ALL. SO WE'RE HAVING, AND OUR WRESTLING TEAM IS A LOT SMALLER THIS YEAR, BUT TO TAKE 20 KIDS, INCLUDING AT LEAST THAT I KNOW OF, TWO FRESHMEN WHO ARE AT SUCH A HARD WEIGHT CLASS, BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A SMALL WEIGHT CLASS NUMBER. THEY ARE 105S AND 100S. AND TO BE A FRESHMAN AND GET THIRD AND FOURTH PLACE IS CRAZY. CRAZY? SO I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE. IT'S A LOT. YOU'RE WRESTLING SENIORS WHO HAVE DONE THIS SINCE THEY WERE KIDS, AND THEN YOU'RE WRESTLING PEOPLE WHO HAVE BARELY STARTED. 
          BUT I JUST WANT TO GIVE PROPS TO OUR BOYS AND THEY ALSO ARE DISTRICT CHAMPS AS WELL, SO I WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE TOO. UM, AND THEN HOSA IS GOING TO BE WRITING UM, VALENTINE'S DAY CARDS, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE SENDING THEM OUT ON VALENTINE'S DAY TO OUR SENIOR HOMES. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE HAPPY TO SEE. UM, SOME TOSA. HOSA, HEALTH OCCUPATION STUDENT ASSOCIATION. I REMEMBERED THAT ONE. YEAH, SO RECENTLY THEY DID A BLOOD DRIVE, WHICH EVERYBODY SIGNED UP, AND WE EVEN HAD SOME STUDENTS WHO COULDN'T DONATE BECAUSE WE WERE SO FILLED UP. SO THEY'VE BEEN WORKING HARD, AND THEY'VE ACTUALLY BEEN DOING A LOT BETTER. THEY'VE DOUBLED IN SIZE, SO THEY HAVE 120 STUDENTS A PART OF HOSA, AND LAST YEAR WE ONLY HAD AROUND 50. SO WE DOUBLED IN LESS THAN A YEAR, WHICH IS REALLY, REALLY GOOD. AND THEN SPRING SPORTS ARE STARTING UP, SO I'LL BE SWITCHING IT UP. I WILL NOT BE DOING TRACK THIS YEAR. I'LL BE DOING GOLF, SO HOPEFULLY I CAN MAKE A HOLE IN ONE, FINGERS CROSSED. SOME DANCES THAT PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL ARE HAVING IS ON MARCH 15TH. WE HAVE OUR SPRING FLING. 
          PROM IS MAY 2ND. COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS, BUT KIND OF NERVOUS TO BE GRADUATING. 
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THANK YOU. COMMITTEE REPORTS. 
          WELL, LET'S START WITH LEGISLATIVE, BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE THEY HAD A LEGISLATIVE MEETING, DID THEY? DID YOU HAVE A REPORT FOR US? I HAVE A REPORT, BUT WE DID NOT HAVE A MEETING THIS WEEK, BUT I DO HAVE A FEW THINGS TO REPORT ON. HOUSE BILL 2593 IS THE FUND BALANCE BILL THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO GET THROUGH. AND WASDA WAS SUGGESTING OR RECOMMENDING CON ON THAT BILL. SENATE BILL 6247, SCHOOL DISTRICT SOLVENCY, WASDA WAS NOT TAKING A POSITION ON THAT ONE. HOUSE BILL 2257, THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, THIS HAD TO DO WITH THE SALES TAX ON SERVICES THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO COLLECT MORE MONEY. AND THEY WERE WORKING TO DISCUSS THAT IN MORE DETAIL. AN UPDATE THAT I RECENTLY SAW TODAY WAS THAT THERE WAS SUPPORT. SOME SUPPORT FOR MAYBE NOT MAKING THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE TO PAY THAT, BUT IT WASN'T DEFINITE YET. 
          THEY'RE ALSO WORKING TO REMOVE THE UNFUNDED MANDATES. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE REACHING OUT TO YOUR LEGISLATORS, THEY WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT. 
          IT IS HELPING FOR PEOPLE, FOR THE COMMUNITY TO SPEAK OUT ABOUT THAT, TO TRY TO GET THOSE UNFUNDED MANDATES, UM, CHANGE, SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO TRY TO COME UP WITH THOSE FUNDS. 
          SO JUST CONTINUE REACHING OUT TO YOUR REPS WITH YOUR VIEW. 
          HOUSE BILL 2160, THIS WAS AN UNFUNDED MANDATE. THIS HAD TO DO WITH SUBSTITUTES, AND WHAT THEY WERE WANTING TO DO IS MOVE IT TO THE EMPLOYEE INSTEAD OF THE DISTRICT. SO INSTEAD OF IT BEING A DISTRICT ISSUE, IT WOULD BE THE INDIVIDUAL TEACHER THAT WAS SUBBING. SO IT WOULD BE FOLLOWING THEM. 
          THEY'RE CONSIDERING PUTTING SOME AMENDMENTS IN IT. IT WAS CUT OFF THE 4TH OF FEBRUARY, BUT I DON'T HAVE AN UPDATE. 
          THE FISCAL BUDGET COMMITTEES WERE HAVING LONG PUBLIC HEARINGS, AND THEY WERE CUTTING THAT OFF ON THE 9TH, WHICH I THINK IS TODAY. YEAH, SO THAT'S ALL OVER WITH THERE. SENATE BILL 5849, WASDA WAS SUGGESTING CON ON THAT, AND I APOLOGIZE, I DON'T HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON THAT ONE. THE 2930 SCHOOL YEAR FINANCIAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE HAD BEEN MEETING. SO FAR, THEY HAVE NO FUNDING ATTACHED TO GRADUATE, SO THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT. SENATE BILL 5918 IS THE MSOCS BILL. THAT WAS GOING TO GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO WE'LL HAVE TO SEE WHAT ENDS UP COMING OUT THERE. FOR THIS WEEK, THERE WAS A REALLY JUST QUICK SHOUT-OUT FOR WEEK 5. THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION FOR 2026 IS HALFWAY OVER. THE LEGISLATIVE, THEY'LL BE ON THE FLOOR AS FULL HOUSE AND SENATE BODIES. THEY'RE DEBATING AND THEY'RE ADVANCING THROUGH THE FINAL STAGES OF THE RESPECTIVE PROCESSES. 
          IF YOU HAVE ANY BILLS THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN OR YOU HAVE A THOUGHT ON, PLEASE SEND THOSE. THEY ARE STILL RECEIVING THOSE AND ACCEPTING THOSE AND MAKING THEIR DECISIONS. SENATE BILL 5240 HAD TO DO WITH ANAPHYLAXIS MEDICATIONS. 
          THIS IS REQUIRING THE DISTRICT TO PURCHASE THIS MEDICATION FOR STUDENTS THAT NEED IT. 
          THIS COULD BE A BIG EXPENSE. 
          WE HAVE A LOT OF KIDS THAT NEED THIS. MEDICATION, BUT IT WOULD BE DISTRICT COSTS. 
          SENATE BILL 5849, FINANCIAL EDUCATION, THEY'RE WANTING TO MAKE THAT A GRADUATION REQUIREMENT IN WASHINGTON STATE. WASDA IS RECOMMENDING CON. HOUSE BILL 2116 HAS TO DO WITH SCHOOL ENRICHMENT FUNDING. 
          SO IF ANY OF THOSE BILLS YOU'RE INTERESTED IN, YOU WANT TO GIVE YOUR OPINION ON, HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT. WE DO THAT SINCE WE'RE HALFWAY THROUGH THE SESSION ALREADY, WHICH... WE WENT REALLY FAST AND JUST CONTINUE MAKING YOUR VOICES KNOWN. DEBBIE, YOU INDICATED THAT THEY WERE CONSIDERING ROLLING BACK SOME OF THE UNFUNDED MANDATES. WERE THEY SPECIFIC? I MEAN, 
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THERE'S A LIST. YEAH, THERE IS A HUGE LIST. THERE'S PROBABLY LIKE, WHAT, 14 OR 20 OF THEM OR SO. THERE'S A LOT. 
          YEAH, THEY WERE JUST WORKING ON THE HOUSE BILL 2257 FOR THE SALES TAX, WHICH IS A BIG ONE. BUT THEY JUST SAID THAT THEY WERE WORKING TO REMOVE THE UNFUNDED MANDATES, AND THEY SAID IT WAS GAINING GROUND, THEY'RE WORTH INTEREST AMONGST THE LEGISLATORS. 
          REALIZING, I THINK THEY'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT FROM DISTRICTS AND FROM THE COMMUNITY. CITIZENS ABOUT THE CONCERNS FOR THESE UNFUNDED MANDATES. 
          SO IT'S GAINING MOMENTUM, BUT THEY DID NOT HAVE, THEY SAID THEY MIGHT CONSIDER AN AMENDMENT TO THE BILL. NO, WE'RE NOT AT THAT POINT YET. I DON'T THINK, I THINK ALL THEY WERE DOING WAS THEY WERE CONSIDERING AMENDMENTS, AND THE CUTOFF WAS THE FOURTH, SO IT'S ALREADY. WHATEVER THEY'VE DONE, THEY'VE DONE TO THAT POINT. 
          BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING. 
          WE DIDN'T HAVE A MEETING. THIS WEEK, THE LEADER OF WASDA HAD A BEREAVEMENT, SO WE DID NOT HAVE A MEETING. 
          SO I DON'T HAVE AN UPDATE FOR THIS WEEK. 
          BUT WE WILL PROBABLY, I'M SURE, NEXT WEEK TO KNOW MORE. SO HOPEFULLY KEEP GIVING YOUR VOICES OUT THERE ABOUT THE UNFUNDED MANDATES. 
          IT'S EXCITING TIMES, AND WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE BY... 
          SHARING OUR THOUGHTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH. VERY WELL. 
          FOR NO MEETING, THAT WAS A ONE. 
          SUPERINTENDENT, WOULD YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT? I KNOW YOU'RE LISTENING. 
          YEAH, I MEAN, SEVERAL OF THOSE THINGS WERE ON MY LIST, SO I APPRECIATE DEBBIE BRINGING THOSE FORWARD. 
          THE ONLY THING I THINK THAT I FEEL LIKE I'M... AS A DISTRICT, I NEED TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE. THAT ISN'T NECESSARILY AN UNFUNDED MANDATE, BUT IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WAS LAID IN FRONT OF US SEVERAL YEARS AGO. THAT WE TOOK UP IS OUR TRANSITION TO KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM. AS YOU PROBABLY HAVE NOTICED, IN THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET, THERE'S A RECOMMENDATION FOR A 25% CUT. SO FOR US, WE'D GO FROM SEVEN PROGRAMS, ONE AT EACH PRIMARY SCHOOL, MOST LIKELY DOWN TO FIVE. AND WE KNOW, BASED ON THE PRESENTATION THAT WE'VE SEEN... 
          THAT THAT'S MAKING HUGE GAINS FOR OUR STUDENTS AND GETTING US CLOSER TO MEETING OUR GOALS AROUND HAVING ALL STUDENTS BE READING READY BY THIRD GRADE. 
          AND SO I JUST, I GUESS IF THERE WAS ONE THING THAT I WOULD ADVOCATE FOR MONEY WISE, THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE THING FOR OUR DISTRICT. THAT I THINK WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR FAMILIES, AS WELL AS THE SUCCESS OF OUR KIDS, SO THAT'S THE ONE, BUT OTHER THAN THAT. I'M WITH DEBBIE. I'M ALL ABOUT FINDING THE THINGS WE CAN REDUCE AT THIS POINT RATHER THAN ASKING FOR A LOT MORE. SO, THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT AUDIT REPORT. I KNOW YOU GUYS DIDN'T HAVE A MEETING. YEAH, NO CURRENT AUDIT COMMITTEE. WE WILL HAVE ONE FOR THE NEXT, OKAY, NEXT ONE FOR WIAA. I'LL SAY THAT WE DID MEET MOST OF THEIR BUSINESSES WITH REGARD TO TRANSFERS AND VIOLATIONS AND THINGS I DID MENTION TO MR. DRAKE ABOUT A COUPLE THINGS INVOLVING INSURANCE AND CONCERN ABOUT HAVING THE RIGHT KIND OF... I MET WITH MR. DRAKE AND THE SCHOOL BOARD, ATHLETIC DIRECTORS. OKAY, WE MET AND HAD A LITTLE MEETING ABOUT STUFF. AND SO ONE OF THE CONCERNS WAS HAVING THE MEDICAL PLAN AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN. 
          LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE YOU GO GOLFING WITH THREE STUDENTS AND YOU'VE GOT TO BE SURE YOU'VE GOT YOUR... 
          MEDICAL PLAN, YOU KNOW, READY TO GO IN CASE SOMETHING HAPPENS, YOU KNOW, SOME KIND OF A THING. SO THEY WERE JUST, THAT WAS ONE OF THE CONCERNS. SO WE TALKED ABOUT THAT STUFF. BGEF? NO NEW MEETING, NO NEW NEWS AT THIS POINT. OKAY. DID I MISS ANYONE? ALL RIGHT, THEN I GUESS WE'RE READY FOR DIRECTOR REPORTS. AM I MISSING SOMETHING? AM I DOING OKAY? ALL RIGHT, DIRECTOR REPORTS. ANYBODY HAVE A REPORT? WE DID MEET TOGETHER LAST WEEK, BUT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT LATER ON, AND IT'S FURTHER IN THE AGENDA. OKAY. I ATTENDED SOMETHING THAT WAS INTERESTING. 
          I WAS INVITED TO A MEETING, A ROLLOUT MEETING OF A PROGRAM CALLED LIFEWISE. I WAS GOING TO MENTION THAT TO YOU AND MAYBE PUT THAT UP ON THE BOARD, BUT WE DON'T NEED TO DO THAT BECAUSE IT'S SIMPLY LIFEWISE, L-I-F-E-W-I-S-E. 
          .ORG. WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS THEY'RE PROMOTING RELIGIOUS EDUCATION RELEASE TIME IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AROUND THE STATE. SO AS I HAVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT, I'LL PUSH IT OUT TO US, SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. I'LL LET YOU 
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KNOW. CARLA, WE HAD DISCUSSED AND WE HAD SAID THAT WE WERE GOING TO TALK ABOUT WORKSHOPS AND THAT KIND OF THING. IS THAT ON THE AGENDA FOR LATER? IT'S ON DIRECTOR'S REPORTS RIGHT NOW. YES, EXACTLY RIGHT. 
          OKAY. SO WHY DON'T YOU GIVE US A HEADS UP. WE DID MEET, WE DID TALK ABOUT IT. CARLA HAS A PLAN. SHE SUBMITTED IT TO EVERYBODY, SO WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND PRESENT YOUR PLAN TO US. SO THIS WAS BROUGHT FORTH OUT OF THE WASDA CONFERENCE. YOU GUYS HAD HAD DISCUSSION AT WASDA ABOUT POSSIBLY LOOKING AT CHANGING OUR MODEL, AND INSTEAD OF HAVING TWO BOARD MEETINGS PER MONTH WHERE WE DO BUSINESS, IT WOULD BE ONE WORKSHOP MEETING AND ONE BUSINESS MEETING. IN ORDER FOR THE BOARD TO BE ABLE TO GET TOGETHER IN A PUBLIC FORUM. AND DO DEEPER DIVES ON LEARNING TOPICS, PDS, THAT KIND OF THING. I DID A LOT OF RESEARCH INTO THE OTHER DISTRICTS IN SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON. SOME ARE DOING THIS, SUCH AS CAMAS AND LONGVIEW. CAMAS IS DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH IT. THEY HAVE A VERY COMPREHENSIVE POLICY THAT IS ATTACHED TO THIS, THAT THEY'VE WRITTEN IT INTO THEIR BOARD POLICY. 
          BUT BASICALLY, IT WOULD BE ONE MEETING A MONTH WHERE THERE IS NO ACTION. THAT WOULD BE WHERE WE WOULD DO ALL OF OUR NON-ACTIONABLE ITEMS LIKE STUDENT VOICE AND RECOGNITIONS, UPDATES FROM DIRECTORS, COMMITTEES, SUPERINTENDENT, INFORMATION-ONLY PRESENTATIONS LIKE OUR SIPS, ASSESSMENT, DATA REVIEW, TK PRESENTATIONS, AND THEN THE DEEPER DIVES INTO PD TOPICS SUCH AS BUDGETS, LEVY, BARGAINING. ANY OF THOSE KIND OF THINGS. THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST MEETING OF THE MONTH. IT WOULD STILL REMAIN ON THE SECOND MONDAY AT 6 P.M. THE SECOND MEETING OF THE MONTH, WHICH WE CURRENTLY HAVE ON OUR FOURTH MONDAY AT 6 P.M., WOULD BECOME A BUSINESS MEETING. THAT WOULD CUT OUT ALL OF THE STUDENT VOICE RECOGNITIONS THAT WE DO IN THE FRONT. WE WOULD BASICALLY START THAT MEETING WITH A CONSENT AGENDA. WE WOULD HAVE ONCE A MONTH CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. SO AP, PAYROLL, PERSONNEL, THAT'S WHERE WE'D HEAR ALL OF OUR BUSINESS, LIKE CONTRACTS, DONATIONS, SALARY SCHEDULES, GRANT PLANS, OLD AND NEW BUSINESS. SO WE WOULD DO ALL OF OUR RESOLUTIONS, POLICY ADOPTIONS AND RETIREMENTS, CURRICULUM READINGS. AND THE BUSINESS MEETING IS WHERE WE WOULD HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, WE ARE REQUIRED TO HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT AT A MEETING THAT HAS ACTION OR VOTE. SO SWITCHING TO THIS MODEL WOULD MEAN WE WOULD ONLY HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT ONCE PER MONTH, BECAUSE WE WOULD ONLY HAVE A MEETING WITH PUBLIC ACTION ONCE PER MONTH. ANY QUESTIONS? THE IDEA THAT PUBLIC COMMENT IS REQUIRED WHEN WE DO ACTION DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN'T HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT. IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT, AND THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE UP TO YOU GUYS TO DISCUSS. CAMAS DOES WORKSHOP MEETINGS AND... A BUSINESS MEETING, AND THEY DO ALLOW PUBLIC COMMENT AT THEIR WORKSHOP MEETINGS, THOUGH IT DOES HAVE TO BE IN RELATION TO A TOPIC ON THE AGENDA. SO IT LOOKED LIKE YOU WERE GETTING READY TO SAY, YEAH, I WAS JUST GOING TO QUEUE UP. THE. THIS IS THE DOCUMENT THAT WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING THIS, WE ASKED CARLA TO PUT FORWARD. SO IF YOU HAVEN'T REVIEWED THAT, THE QUESTIONS ARE PRETTY CLEAR AND AND IT'S UP TO YOU AS A TEAM TO DECIDE WHICH. PROCEDURES YOU WOULD WANT TO CHANGE IF THIS IS THE THE WILL OF THE TEAM TO MOVE IN THIS DIRECTION. 
          BUT YOU CAN SEE HERE WHAT CARLA DID IS REALLY JUST LOOKED AT THE BUSINESS THAT WE TYPICALLY DO AT EACH MEETING AND WHAT IS NEEDED AT EACH MEETING. SO IT'S REALLY AT YOUR DISCRETION TO DECIDE AS A TEAM WHETHER YOU WANT TO MAKE ANY OF THESE CHANGES. 
          SHE PUT DOWN SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO CONSIDER DOWN AT THE BOTTOM. 
          ABOUT WHETHER YOU MAKE CHANGES TO PUBLIC COMMENT OR NOT, WHETHER YOU'RE ONLY HEARING THINGS THAT ARE THE TOPIC THAT IS IN THE BOARD AGENDA, OR WHETHER YOU'RE CHANGING ANY OF THE LIMITS TO TIME OR SPEAKERS. SOME OF THE POLICIES TALK ABOUT ALLOWING SO MANY SPEAKERS PER TOPIC. THERE'S A DISCUSSION IN SOME OF THE POLICIES ABOUT WRITTEN COMMENTS, WHETHER THEY'RE READ ALOUD OR WHETHER THEY'RE JUST SUBMITTED. 
          TO YOU AS A BOARD MEMBER TO NOT BE READ INTO THE TIME LIMITS, BUT THOSE TIME LIMITS WOULD ALIGN TO WHATEVER THE MINUTES ARE THAT YOU'VE SET FOR ALL. AND THEN JUST DECIDING, NEEDING... 
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TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT, IN SOME OF THE POLICIES THAT WE LOOKED AT, A PERSON WOULD NEED TO SIGN UP AHEAD OF TIME. SO THAT YOU COULD DO SOME OF THOSE OTHER THINGS. SO IF YOU WERE GOING TO, FOR INSTANCE, ALLOW TWO SPEAKERS ON A GIVEN TOPIC, WE WOULD HAVE TO ACTUALLY ASK PEOPLE TO TURN IN TOPICS AHEAD OF TIME. SO THAT WE COULD BE PREPARED FOR THAT DURING THE MEETING. 
          SO IT'S REALLY THOSE QUESTIONS AT THE BOTTOM ARE REALLY TO HELP YOU HAVE THAT DISCUSSION SO THAT YOU CAN DECIDE AS A TEAM, WHAT... DIRECTION YOU WOULD LIKE TO TO GO IN THE FUTURE. SO, AND IN THE RESEARCH THAT I DID, I LOOKED AT ALL THE DISTRICTS HERE IN SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON. SO VANCOUVER, EVERGREEN, CAMAS, WASHOUGAL, LE CENTRE, RIDGEFIELDS LOOKED AT ALL OF THAT. AND THEN COMPARABLE DISTRICTS OF OUR SIZE ACROSS THE STATE, SO BELLINGHAM, CENTRAL, KITSAP, RENTON, RICHLAND. AND LOOKED AT ALL OF THEIR POLICIES. EACH DISTRICT DOES DO IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, AND SO WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU AS A BOARD DECIDE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO, THAT'S WHERE THE POLICY CHANGE WOULD COME IN. WE JUST HAVE TO REVIEW THE POLICY AND MAKE SURE THAT IT REMAINS IN ALIGNMENT. BECAUSE IF IT'S NOT, THEN WE WOULD NEED TO GET THAT ADJUSTED. BEFORE WE MADE BROAD DRESS CHANGES WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING, OUR PRACTICE. OUR PRACTICE HAS TO ALIGN WITH OUR POLICY, SO THAT'S THE THAT'S PROBABLY THE BIGGEST THING THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER. THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY THAT I WOULD ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER IS BECAUSE WE'RE IN MID-YEAR. I'M NOT SURE THAT WE CAN DO THIS EVERY MONTH FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T PLANNED FOR IT, WE HAVEN'T CALENDARED IT OUT. I KNOW THAT WE CAN DO SEVERAL WORKSHOPS AND MOVE AWAY FROM HAVING CONSENT AGENDA AND NEW BUSINESS, OLD BUSINESS ON SOME OF THOSE MEETINGS. 
          BUT I THINK WE WOULD STRUGGLE TO DO THAT EVERY MONTH OF THE YEAR. IF THAT WAS THE DIRECTION OF THE WILL OF EVERYONE, I THINK THAT WOULD BE DIFFICULT. THE OTHER THING IS, I JUST WANT TO SAY, I THINK THAT ONE OF THE GOALS OF THE BOARD IS TO GET MORE PUBLIC INPUT. I SEE IN A LOT OF HEAD NODDING. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD SUGGEST, BECAUSE REGULAR BOARD MEETINGS REMAIN A MEETING OF THE BOARD HELD IN PUBLIC, BUT NOT A PUBLIC MEETING, THAT WHAT? ANOTHER OPTION MIGHT BE IS TO ADD SPECIAL MEETINGS THAT HAVE A DIFFERENT LAYOUT ENTIRELY. SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU HAVE TWO DIRECTIONS THAT YOU COULD GO HERE. YOU COULD CHANGE ALL OF THESE FORMATS IN THIS WAY. ANOTHER OPTION THAT YOU HAVE IS REALLY TO GET SUCCINCT ABOUT SPECIAL MEETINGS AND USING SPECIAL MEETINGS AS YOUR WAY TO GET INPUT. AND THOSE COULD BE IN A VARIETY OF WAYS. 
          FOR INSTANCE, YOU COULD HAVE A WORK SESSION. 
          YOU COULD DO THIS AND HAVE A WORK SESSION WHERE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ITEM AND THEN SCHEDULE TWO WEEKS LATER, OR HOWEVER LONG LATER. YOU CHOSE, AND YOU COULD HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING WHERE YOU WERE JUST ASKING FOR COMMUNITY INPUT ON THAT SAME ITEM. WHAT WOULD YOU CALL THAT? A SPECIAL MEETING. SPECIAL ME ARE THERE BE JUST LISTENING TO WHAT THE COMMUNITY MIGHT SAY, OR WOULD THERE BE INTERACT WELL, THAT SPECIAL MEETING? LOOK, I THINK THAT'S UP TO YOU. IT JUST WOULD NOT BE AN ACTIONABLE MEETING, IT WOULD JUST BE A IT WOULD JUST A SPECIAL MEETING. YOU COULD FORMAT IT. I MEAN, FOR INSTANCE, ONE OF THE THINGS WE HEARD OUT WAS THERE WAS AN IDEA OF THE WAY YOU WOULD FORMAT A LISTENING SO LISTENING TABLE. 
          THE TABLE GROUPS. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. TERRY YES, THAT WOULD BE A LIKELY STRUCTURE, POSSIBLY, I THINK, REALLY EFFECTIVE. WOULD IT ALLOW FOR THE COMMUNITY ASK US QUESTIONS? YES, WE'LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER THEM AT THE MEETING IF YOU HAVE THE ANSWER, I THINK THAT'S. THE IDEA, THOUGH, IS TO BE ABLE TO GATHER. YOU COULD GATHER INPUT A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WAYS SO THAT YOU COULD BE PREPARED FOR THAT. SO WE COULD START USING THOUGHT EXCHANGE AT THE END OF THE WORKSHOPS. TO GATHER QUESTIONS THAT THEN YOU COULD DIALOGUE WITH THE COMMUNITY ABOUT. THE THING THAT I WOULD SAY IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR YOU AS A TEAM IS TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE WHEN YOU ANSWER. SURE. BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE ANSWERING, YOU'RE NOT ANSWERING AS AN INDIVIDUAL. 
          YOU'RE ANSWERING AS A BOARD. 
          AND SO IT IS DIFFICULT TO DIALOGUE WITH THE COMMUNITY IN REAL TIME UNLESS YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO DIALOGUE IN THIS KIND OF A SETTING BEFOREHAND. AND SO THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY CAUTION IN MOVING THAT WAY. I FEEL LIKE YOU WOULD HAVE TO PREPARE YOURSELVES IN TERMS OF WHAT YOUR RESPONSES WOULD 
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BE. RIGHT. QUALIFY IT BY SAYING I'M SPEAKING JUST FOR MYSELF? WELL, I THINK THERE'S DANGER IN THAT, BUT I DO THINK THAT YOU CAN. 
          WHAT IS, UNFORTUNATELY, YOU'RE ALL IN THIS ROLE WHERE WHATEVER YOU SAY IS PERCEIVED AS THE ACTION OF ALL OF YOU IN TOTALITY. SO EVEN WHEN YOU SAY I'M JUST SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, IT... CARRIES A DIFFERENT WEIGHT THAN IF SOMEONE ELSE WERE TO SAY THAT SAME THING BY BEING THERE. I WOULD THINK THAT THAT CARRIES EVEN MORE WEIGHT BECAUSE WE'RE IN A MEETING OF THE SCHOOL BOARD. NO MATTER WHAT KIND OF MEETING YOU WANT TO CALL IT, IT'S STILL A MEETING OF THE SCHOOL BOARD. IT WOULD BE WEIGHED DIFFERENTLY. BUT IN THOSE MEETINGS, IF WE STRUCTURE IT LIKE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT AT WASDA, LEARNING ABOUT IT AT WASDA, THE... TABLE GROUPS WOULD HAVE QUESTIONS, AND I THINK THOSE WOULD BE RECORDED AND THEN COULD BE BROUGHT BACK TO BE DISCUSSED IN AN OPEN MEETING. AND I THINK THE GOAL, I CAUGHT THE END OF THAT SESSION WITH YOU, LAURIE, AND I THINK WHAT I TOOK AWAY FROM THAT SESSION WAS THAT. 
          AT THE END, AS YOU'RE GATHERING ALL THESE QUESTIONS AND GETTING ALL OF THIS INPUT, YOU'RE ACTUALLY THEN TAKING THAT, AND YOU'RE CREATING A... 
          FAQ, OR A RESPONSE THAT THEN CAN BE SHARED MORE BROADLY THAN JUST THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE ROOM. SO IT BECOMES A LIVING DOCUMENT THAT CAN BE FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE COMMUNITY, AND NOT JUST THOSE THAT ARE PRESENT. SO I THINK THAT THAT THERE'S A LOT. 
          YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS, I THINK, THAT WE COULD STRUCTURE IT. 
          AND OBVIOUSLY, I DON'T THINK WE'LL. WE'LL HAVE A PROCESS THAT'S PERFECT THE FIRST TIME AROUND, BUT CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE COULD. MORPH AND TWEAK. AS WE REALIZE. IT'S NOT MEETING THE NEEDS EITHER OF THE COMMUNITY OR OURSELVES IN TERMS OF GETTING THE LEVEL OF QUESTIONS THAT WE NEED. 
          IT'S BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE IN SHORELINE DISTRICTS, SO WE CAN REACH OUT TO THEM TOO AND GET SUPPORT. 
          AND ONE OF THE DISTINCTIONS IN DOING RESEARCH, AND I ATTACHED IT THERE FOR YOU TO LOOK AT, TOO, IS. 
          THE CENTER DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB OF STATING THAT BOARD MEETINGS ARE HELD IN PUBLIC, BUT THEY ARE NOT MEETINGS OF THE PUBLIC. WE ARE DOING SCHOOL DISTRICT BUSINESS IN PUBLIC FOR TRANSPARENCY, BUT THE GOAL OF REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE IS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF MEETING ALTOGETHER. ONE OF THESE SPECIAL MEETINGS. 
          CORRECT. I THINK BY HAVING THE ADDITIONAL MEETING, THIS SPECIAL MEETING, IT NOT ONLY ALLOWS... THE COMMUNICATION, WHICH I THINK IS THE DESIRE OF ALL OF US TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS AND TO GET THEIR INPUT, BUT IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO CARRY ON THE BUSINESS AND ALL THE OTHER PORTIONS OF THE MEETING THAT ARE IMPORTANT. THAT WE'RE REALLY CONTRACTED BY WITH LAW AND POLICY, NOT ONLY OUR POLICIES, BUT STATE. THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO AS A BOARD IN A BOARD MEETING THAT WE JUST CAN'T CHANGE. I THINK IT WOULD BE WISE TO ADD. TO ADD TO INSTEAD OF SUBTRACT FROM. I PERSONALLY AM UNCOMFORTABLE WITH REMOVING STUDENT VOICE FROM EITHER SIDE. I FEEL LIKE OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS TO SEE THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT THESE KIDS ARE DOING, TO HEAR WHAT ALL THE SCHOOLS, THE CELEBRATIONS OF EMPLOYEES AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING. AND THAT'S THE HEART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. WE'RE HERE FOR STUDENTS, WE'RE HERE FOR THE KIDS, AND THAT'S VALUABLE. AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT LIMITED IN ANY WAY. 
          TO THAT SAME POINT, WHEN WE DO THOSE EXTRA THINGS THAT WE DO IN OUR MEETINGS, IT PROVIDES BETTER TRANSPARENCY BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. WHAT WE'RE REALLY DOING. WITHOUT THAT... 
          WE'RE MISSING MORE THAN JUST FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY. 
          HOW ARE WE SHOWING WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE ARE, WHAT WE REPRESENT? STUDENT VOICE, EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL. THOSE ARE ALL IMPORTANT THINGS FOR US, FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE CONFIDENCE IN WHAT WE'RE DOING. IT SHOWS WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE WANT TO BE. AND WE ONLY DO THE EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION ONCE A MONTH ANYWAY, SO THAT'S NOT LIKE... 
          IN BOTH, BUT THE STUDENT VOICE IS IN BOTH, SO CURRENTLY. WELL, I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST, I WAS LOOKING 
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AT TONIGHT'S AGENDA AND LOOKING AT THE THINGS THAT ARE... 
          BUSINESS ACTION VOTE THAT KIND OF THING, THERE'S REALLY NOT A WHOLE LOT. I'M WONDERING IF MAYBE AS WE RUN THIS TRIAL RUN, WE PUT EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION BACK OVER TO THE BUSINESS MEETING JUST FOR THE FUN OF IT. OKAY, THAT WAY WE WOULD HAVE MORE TIME FOR OUR OTHER THINGS, AND WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GET THAT DONE ONCE A MONTH. 
          JUST AS YOU SUGGESTED. 
          WITHOUT IT. SEE. BECAUSE THE THING WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH IS WE'RE TRYING TO DO MORE BUSINESS THAN WE'RE GETTING DONE NOWADAYS WITH THINGS. SO WE'RE ADDING SOMETHING TO OUR AGENDAS. AND WE WERE HERE UNTIL 10 O'CLOCK LAST WEEK AND LAST MEETING, AND WE'LL PROBABLY BE HERE UNTIL 9 THIS EVENING, I WOULD EXPECT. SO IF WE'RE GOING TO BE ADDING SOMETHING TO THE AGENDA, I THINK WE'VE GOT TO REALIZE THAT SOMETHING'S GOING TO GIVE SOMEWHERE. SO I WOULD SAY, LET'S CONSIDER PUTTING EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION BACK INTO THE SECOND MEETING. THAT WOULD GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME IN THE FIRST MEETING. AND THEN DEBBIE SUGGESTED TO ME A LONG TIME AGO, AND LORI AND I WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT IT, SHE WAS EXPLAINING TO ME HOW THEY USED TO HAVE BOARD MEETINGS AT THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS WONDERFUL FACILITY. AND SO IT MAY VERY WELL BE POSSIBLE THAT WE COULD DO SOME OF OUR STUDENT RECOGNITION. 
          ON THE DAYS WHERE WE GO, MAYBE WE HAVE ONCE A MONTH WHERE WE GO INTO A BUILDING OR MAYBE EVEN MORE. AND WE HAVE OUR STUDENT RECOGNITION THERE. 
          AT THE DAY THAT WE GO, DO OUR WALKTHROUGH AND OUR VISIT AND SAY HELLO TO EVERYBODY. AND AGAIN, IT MAY VERY WELL BE NOT THE BEST TIME FOR EVERYBODY WHO'S NOT RETIRED LIKE ME. EVERY DAY IS SATURDAY FOR ME, YOU KNOW, SO YOU'VE GOT TO BE SENSITIVE TO ALL OF THIS STUFF. 
          BUT IT MIGHT BE ACTUALLY... 
          PRETTY NICE FOR THE PARENTS AND STUFF, TO HAVE SOMETHING AT THE BUILDING WITH THE KIDS AS A RECOGNITION WITH THE BOARD. AND IF WE DON'T HAVE ALL FIVE OF US, THAT WOULD BE OKAY. WE COULD STILL GO THROUGH WITH IT WITH JUST THREE OF US. AND ACTUALLY, WE COULD STILL GO THROUGH WITH IT AS TWO OF US. 
          BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A QUORUM TO DO STUDENT RECOGNITION. SO THAT'S JUST A THOUGHT TO HELP US GET THE STUDENT RECOGNITION DONE, BUT MAYBE GETTING IT DONE, NOT IN THIS CONTEXT HERE. 
          HOWEVER, JUST DOING IT AT THE BUILDINGS DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME WEIGHT OR VALUE AS BEING ABLE TO COME. FAMILIES COME HERE AND IT'S RECOGNIZED IN A FORMAL, I CALL IT MORE FORMAL, SETTING. 
          I THINK THE VALUE WOULDN'T BE THERE. THEY GET RECOGNITION AT SCHOOL THROUGH THEIR TEACHERS, THROUGH MONTHLY ASSEMBLIES OR WHATEVER. 
          TO TO HAVE THE HONOR OF COMING TO A BOARD MEETING AND BEING RECOGNIZED, I THINK, IS SO MUCH MORE VALUABLE. 
          SURE. AND WE'RE ALL HERE TO SEE ALL OF THEM. BUT COULDN'T WE RECOGNIZE A WHOLE LOT MORE STUDENTS IF WE WERE IN THEIR BUILDING AND COULDN'T WE DO THAT TOO? WHEN WE DO BOARD TOURS, WE COULD ADD THAT. 
          WELL, THERE YOU GO BACK TO WHAT MARCIA WAS SAYING. 
          BUT NOT TAKE AWAY FROM THEM. 
          YES, WE CAN ALWAYS DO MORE. 
          SURE. IF WE JUST DID IT AT THE BUILDINGS, IT WOULD NOT. ALSO, BE COMMUNICATED OUT TO THE REST OF THE DISTRICT BECAUSE IT'S NOT A MEETING THAT'S BEING RECORDED OR WHATEVER. SO SO I, I JUST WANT TO HOLD THAT VALUE FOR OUR STUDENTS. SO IT'S SO YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME INPUT ON THAT SINCE IT'S ABOUT STUDENTS AND GETTING RECOGNITION AND STUFF, YOU KNOW, DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS? I'M NOT GOING TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T. 
          BUT IF YOU MIGHT HAVE, SO. I AGREE WITH HAVING THEM AT THE BOARD MEETING. I MEAN, A LOT OF STUDENTS ARE ALWAYS BEING RECOGNIZED AT SCHOOL. 
          THEY'RE IN THE DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR US. AND AT BATTLEGROUND, THEY HAVE SIGNS UP. SO IT'S JUST, IT'D BE MORE WONDERFUL TO HAVE STUDENTS COME HERE, BE RECOGNIZED IN FRONT OF THE BOARD, KNOW WHY, KNOW HOW OUR SCHOOLS ARE WORKING WITH OUR STUDENTS, KNOW WHAT. THEY'RE BENEFITING FROM, FROM OUR STAFF AND FROM OUR ADMIN. I'D LIKE TO, NO MATTER WHAT, IN OUR BOARD MEETINGS, IN OUR WORKSHOPS, KEEP STUDENT VOICE AS HIGHLIGHTED AS POSSIBLE. BECAUSE, AGAIN, THAT'S WHY WE MAKE THE DECISIONS WE MAKE. SO HAVING STUDENT VOICE AT WORKSHOPS IS GOOD, BUT ALSO STILL HAVING IT AT OUR BUSINESS SHOP, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STILL HAVE THE VOICE. BECAUSE THAT'S WHY WE'RE ON THE BOARD IS TO SAY PRO OR TO SAY NAY, AND TO AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH THE DECISIONS THAT ARE BEING MADE. 
          AND ALSO RECOGNIZING STUDENTS. 
          FRONT OF EVERYBODY, NOT JUST THE DAY-TO-DAY PEOPLE THAT THEY SEE EVERY DAY. BUT SHOWING THE COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE AND RECOGNIZING STUDENTS DIFFERENCES THAT WE ARE MAKING AT THESE SCHOOLS. I AGREE 
          [00:50:02]
WITH ALL OF THAT. THE THOUGHT THAT I'M HAVING IS A STREAMLINING. THAT'S REALLY MY MOTIVE. I LOVE SEEING THE KIDS, PROBABLY AS MUCH AS ANYONE, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO STREAMLINE OUR MEETINGS SO THAT WE CAN GET EVERYTHING DONE IN A TIMELY MANNER. WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE STILL WORKING ON THE BOARD. AND SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, JUST TO BE RESPECTFUL. BUT NO, I THINK WE STILL NEED TO HAVE... I'M NOT SAYING DON'T HAVE IT, BUT I DO THINK THAT, LIKE I HAD SAID, MAYBE QUARTERLY AND MAYBE HAVE MORE. 
          YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF JUST HAVING ONE GROUP, MAYBE HAVE ALL THE GROUPS QUARTERLY. 
          HAVE, YOU KNOW, HAVE MAYBE THREE MONTHS OF TEACHERS THAT WE'RE HONORING. I DON'T THINK THAT WE HAVE TO STOP DOING IT, JUST MAYBE STREAMLINE IT JUST A TAD BETTER, SO THAT WE ARE HONORING EVERYBODY'S TIME. BECAUSE I THINK 10 O'CLOCK. THAT'S A LONG MEETING, AND JUST OUT OF RESPECT FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE TO GET UP AND GO TO WORK THE NEXT DAY. I DON'T, BUT I KNOW MANY DO, SO JUST TO BE HONORING OF EVERYBODY'S TIME. AND MOST OF THE KIDS, YOU KNOW, THEY LEAVE BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO GO TO BED, SO THEY'RE NOT HERE ANYWAY. SO IT'S GOOD THAT THEY'RE AT THE BEGINNING SO THAT THEY CAN GO. 
          SO THAT WAS REALLY MY SUGGESTION AND MOTIVE AND THOUGHTS BEHIND IT. JUST STREAMLINING, JUST STREAMLINING THINGS. I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE DO THAT ARE TRADITIONAL, AND SOMETIMES TRADITIONS NEED ADJUSTING. AND THAT'S REALLY ALL I'M TRYING TO SAY. CARLA, THIS IS A DIGITAL DOCUMENT, I'M SURE. IS IT A MICROSOFT WORD OR IS IT A GOOGLE DOC? A GOOGLE DOC. SO WE COULD ATTACH ANOTHER SECOND PAGE TO IT, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. 
          I'M THINKING, GUYS, ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO GATHER ALL OF THESE THOUGHTS. AND COME UP WITH OUR FINAL DIRECTION, RIGHT? SO I THINK WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL ADD A SECOND PAGE TO THIS, RIGHT? BE MAKING NOTES OF YOUR THOUGHTS, ALL RIGHT? AND THEN MAYBE WE'LL GET THAT SENT OUT AGAIN AND WE CAN ATTACH OUR THOUGHTS TO THAT DOCUMENT, WHAT WE'RE KIND OF FAVORING, OKAY? ANYTHING ELSE, ANYBODY? DO WE WANT TO ASK CHRIS? WHAT HE'S THINKING. NO, NO, WE DON'T WANT TO ASK HIM. 
          WE'LL JUST LET HIM SAY SOMETHING IF HE WANTS. I WASN'T GOING TO PUT HIM ON THE SPOT. 
          HE'S BEING QUIET. HE'S GOT SOMETHING TO SAY. I'M SURE HE DOES. I'M SURE HE DOES. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. I GUESS YOU'RE ON THE SPOT, CHRIS. YEAH, I THINK THERE'S ROOM. I CAN'T HEAR YOU. I CAN'T HEAR YOU. 
          INTO THE MICROPHONE. OH. I CAN'T HEAR ANYTHING. IT'S OUR WAY TO KEEP CHRIS QUIET. I'LL JUST SHOUT. YOU GUYS WILL HEAR ME. ALRIGHT, SO, YEAH, I THINK THERE'S WAYS TO STREAM USING THE VALUES THAT WE LOOK FOR FOR STUDENT VOICE AND FOR THOSE OTHER THINGS. ONE OF THE EXAMPLES THAT WAS SHARED WAS GM CAN RUN THEIR BOARD MEETINGS IN THREE AND A HALF HOURS. AND SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE COMMENTS FROM ONE OF THE GUYS WHO WAS ON THE... 
          ONE OF THE BOARDS FROM AT A COLLEGE SAID, HEY, IF THEY CAN DO IT IN THREE AND A HALF, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO IT AT THE COLLEGE LEVEL. WHICH, THERE IS SOME WISDOM IN THAT, BECAUSE I THINK BY THE END OF A DAY OF WORK. AND THEN WHEN THE BOARD MEETING'S CREEPING INTO THE NIGHT A LITTLE LATE, I DON'T THINK THERE'S TOO MANY CLEAR HEADS ANYWAY. IT'S KIND OF A DOGFIGHT THERE. SO I DO THINK THERE'S A WAY THAT WE COULD PROBABLY STREAMLINE IT. 
          WITHOUT LOSING VALUE. SO I KIND OF, YOU ALL ARE SAYING VERY SIMILAR THINGS AND I THINK YOU'RE ON THE SAME PAGE THERE. SO YOU'RE GOING TO PUT SOME OF YOUR SUGGESTIONS ADD TO SOLUTIONS? YEAH. OKAY, YEAH. 
          WE NEED SOME SOLUTIONS. YOU KNOW WHAT, I WAS JUST THINKING WITH STUDENT VOICE, MAYBE WE SHOULD TRY STUDENT VOICE AT ALL THE MEETINGS. BECAUSE IF WE PUSH IT INTO ONE MEETING, THEORETICALLY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TWICE AS MUCH STUDENT VOICE IN THAT ONE MEETING. SO LET'S JUST KEEP IT IN ALL THE MEETINGS AND SEE HOW THAT ROLLS OUT, YOU KNOW. ANY OTHER THOUGHTS? I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, IN TERMS OF PLANNING OR TRYING, I MEAN, I DO THINK THAT SOME OF THIS, WE REALLY CAN'T MOVE TO, LIKE, A MEETING WITH NO ACTION WITHOUT A CHANGE OF THE POLICY. BUT WE CAN RESTRUCTURE AND TRY A HANDFUL OF THINGS. THINGS IF THAT'S WHAT, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO? SO, IF WE HAVE SOME FEEDBACK, WE CAN MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS AND SEE IF THAT HELPS TO STREAMLINE PRIOR 
          [00:55:02]
TO MAKING CHANGES. AS LONG AS WE KEEP THE ACTIONS AT BOTH MEETINGS. EXACTLY. 
          VERY WELL, SAID. SO WE'RE GOING TO START THIS NEXT MONTH. THE FIRST WORKSHOP WILL ACTUALLY BE ABOUT WHAT AGAIN? WELL, ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT AS A BOARD, YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT, AN INTEREST IN KNOWING THE BACKGROUND. 
          AND, FRANKLY, AS A BOARD. I DO NEED YOUR INPUT AROUND BARGAINING. 
          BECAUSE ONE OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF A BOARD IS KIND OF SETTING THE PARAMETERS OF THAT. THAT'S A GOAL. SO WE COULD CERTAINLY HAVE A WORKSHOP WHERE WE HAVE OUR HR TEAM. 
          SHARE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT ARE THE RULES AND LAWS OF BARGAINING IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, AND WHAT ARE SOME PARAMETERS, AND WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE BOARD IN BARGAINING. I ACTUALLY DO THINK THAT PART OF MY RESPONSIBILITY, AND I FEEL LIKE AS A NEW BOARD, WE'RE INTO THIS A LITTLE OVER A MONTH NOW, AND I KNOW I'VE HEARD FROM I'M MANY OF YOU THAT WE NEED TO BE WORKING ON OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND HOW WE WORK AS A TEAM. AND SO I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO DO SOME MINI WORK. I ACTUALLY HAVE A BOOK, I DON'T LOVE THE TITLE, BUT I DO LOVE THE BOOK, I LOVE THE TITLE. OKAY, SO THE TITLE IS HOW NOT TO BE A TERRIBLE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER. 
          BUT THE SCENARIOS IN, AND IT ARE GREAT. GREAT, BECAUSE THEY'RE LIKE TWO TO THREE PAGES LONG, AND THERE'S 28 OF THEM. AND THEY'RE EXAMPLES THAT HAVE HAPPENED, THEY'RE THEY'RE REAL LIFE EXAMPLES. BUT WHAT THEY DO IS THEY PROVIDE KIND OF THE WHY IN THE BEST PRACTICE. AND I THINK THAT THEY WOULD BE HELPFUL IN US MOVING FORWARD AS A TEAM, HOW WE MAKE DECISIONS. I THINK SOME OF IT WOULD ALSO HELP US WITH THE STREAMLINING AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS BECAUSE WE'LL BE REALLY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE BOARD? WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM? WHAT IS THE ROLE OF STAFF? AND HOW DO THOSE THINGS WORK TOGETHER IN A BEAUTIFUL SYSTEM WHEN IT'S WORKING WELL TOGETHER? AND I THINK THAT THAT'S REALLY WHAT MY HOPE WOULD BE IS. WE'D USE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME FOR THAT. AND THEN WE'D DO KIND OF WHAT I WOULD CALL A WORK STUDY OR A STUDY ON A TOPIC, WHICH I WOULD WANT ALL OF YOUR INPUT ON WHAT THOSE TOPICS WOULD BE. 
          BUT CERTAINLY, THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE TIMELY. LIKE, WE WILL BE GOING INTO A BARGAINING SEASON. SO THIS WOULD BE A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO THAT AS A AS A FIRST STEP. BUT THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE. MY THOUGHT IS TO SET ABOUT AN HOUR ASIDE IN OUR FIRST MEETING IN MARCH TO DO THAT, AND THEN WE COULD JUST MAKE IT ALL ABOUT THAT. 
          WELL, WE COULD CERTAINLY STRUCTURE SOME OF THESE THINGS STILL WITHIN THIS BOARD MEETING, BUT WE COULD JUST SHRINK EVERYTHING DOWN AND MOVE ANYTHING OUT THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO. AND I THINK WE PROBABLY COULD GET ALL OF THE ACTION OUT OF THERE. WE PROBABLY COULD, BUT IF WE DID, WE WOULD BE A CONCERN. IF WE DIDN'T, COULDN'T, WE WOULD JUST TURN IT INTO A CONSENT AGENDA, AND WE WOULDN'T DO NEW OR OLD BUSINESS, WHICH IS USUALLY THE TIME-CONSUMING PART. YEAH, SO IF WE COULD, WE'LL HAVE OUR COMMUNITY. I'M SURE WE'LL HAVE OUR STUDENT VOICE, YOU KNOW, AND WE WILL HAVE, AS YOU JUST SAID, THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          BUT WE'LL TRY NOT TO HAVE BUSINESS IN THAT MEETING. TRY TO MAKE A WORKSHOP ON THIS. 
          AND IT IS A COMMUNITY MEETING. 
          I MEAN, IT'S OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY. EVERYBODY CAN COME TO HEAR WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH REGARD TO CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS. AND THIS COULD ACTUALLY BE A TIME WHERE WE ALSO TALK ABOUT HOW DO WE GET INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY? BECAUSE WE COULD MAKE CITIZENS' COMMENTS AFTERWARDS, AND WE COULD ASK PEOPLE TO ASK THEIR QUESTIONS THAT THEY DIDN'T HEAR ANSWERED. 
          DURING THE SOUNDS LIKE A WONDERFUL, BUT HOW'S THAT SOUND? YEAH, SOUNDS LIKE A WONDERFUL SUGGESTION. 
          SEE, OKAY, SO THERE'S GONNA BE OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY COMMENT THEN. 
          WELL, YES, BUT. 
          BUT THIS IS A GOOD FRAMEWORK. 
          WE'VE BEEN DOING THE COFFEE WITH THE BOARD. YEAH, IF YOU GUYS HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS WITH YOURS, ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE AT EACH ONE. YEAH, BECAUSE I WAS ALAN ERNIE'S AND HAD COFFEE ALONE, COFFEE ALONE IS GREAT. 
          CINNAMON ROLL FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, BUT SO THERE HASN'T BEEN FOR THE EARLY ONES. I KNOW IT'S SEVEN O'CLOCK. I EVEN BE THERE, YOU KNOW? I LEFT CHRIS HIGH AND DRY THAT DAY, I DIDN'T COME, I HAD A CINNAMON ROLL, I HAD YOURS. BUT ANYWAY, I'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU GUYS OUT AND MEET AND REALLY KIND OF HEAR YOUR VOICE. BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, IT'S KIND OF COMMUNITY VOICE. 
          AND SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL. SO WHEN YOU 
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GUYS SEE THOSE DATES AND THOSE TIMES... SO WHAT? WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. SO, I'VE ASKED FOR YOU FOLKS TO START SUBMITTING YOUR IDEAS ABOUT THINGS WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT IN WORK SESSIONS, WHAT WE WOULD STUDY, WHAT OUR WORK GROUPS WOULD BE ABOUT, OUR WORKSHOPS. WE'LL HAVE OUR FIRST ONE IN MARCH, THE FIRST WEEK OF MARCH. IT'LL BE FOCUSED ON THAT, AND THAT MEETING WILL BE MORE FOCUSED ON US LEARNING SOME STUFF TOGETHER AND ASKING A LOT OF QUESTIONS. WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO HAVE ONE THE FIRST... THE FIRST MEETING OF APRIL, AND THEN YOU MENTIONED THAT THIS IS THE REST OF THE YEAR, MIGHT BE KIND OF DIFFICULT. SO WE PROBABLY WILL BE TALKING THEN AND MEETING AND LOOKING AT THE CALENDAR FOR HOW THAT LOOKS IN APRIL AND MAY. NOW. WERE YOU MEANING THE REST OF THE SCHOOL TERM? ARE YOU READING THE RENTAL? DECEMBER? NO, I MEAN, THE REST OF THE SCHOOL YEAR? REALLY, ONLY JUST A FEW MONTHS, YEAH. 
          AND AND I THINK WE'LL HAVE TO TALK ABOUT APRIL, BECAUSE APRIL WILL BE PROBLEMATIC AT THE FIRST MEETING. WHAT IF IF THE LEVY DOESN'T GET ACROSS THE FINISH LINE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO IN TERMS OF FIGURING OUT STAFFING LEVELS AND WHATNOT. SO WE MAY HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL MAY, IF THAT'S THE CASE. BUT, AGAIN, I THINK WE CAN GET AT LEAST A COUPLE OF WORKSHOP TYPE. WE CAN TRY THAT OUT A COUPLE OF TIMES. WE CAN ALWAYS CALL A SPECIAL MEETING, A THIRD MEETING FOR THE MONTH. I MEAN, WE DON'T HAVE TO JUST HAVE TWO. THERE'S SOMETHING WE REALLY NEED TO TALK ABOUT, EVEN ABOUT LEVY STUFF. YEAH, YEAH. 
          SO, YEAH, SO WE'RE ON THE PATH. WE'RE ON THE PATH HERE. SO WE'LL BE TALKING SOON. SO, FOLKS, YOU'LL BE SEEING THIS PAGE AGAIN TO TALK ABOUT HOW YOU'D LIKE TO RESTRUCTURE THAT, MAYBE TARGETS, AND THEN I SENT YOU OUT THAT NOTE ABOUT IDEAS FOR WORKSHOPS, AND I'VE ALREADY GOT QUITE A FEW. AND SO I THINK, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT THAT THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT TO KIND OF SET OUR STAGE? CARLA, ANYTHING? OKAY, AND THEN ON OUR DIRECT REPORTS, I THINK DEBBIE HAD SOMETHING HERE. YES, I HAVE POLICY 1210 THAT I WAS BRINGING TO THE BOARD. THE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO REMOVE UNLESS THE MAJORITY OF THE BOARD IS NEWLY APPOINTED OR ELECTED. AND ALSO THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THE NORMAL ORDER OF BUSINESS, JUST IT BEING CLEAR, BECAUSE I KNOW MYSELF, IT WAS VERY CONFUSING. AS FAR AS WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN AND WHAT WE WERE DOING. AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYONE TO BE THE PRESIDENT, SO SOMEBODY HAD TO BE QUICKLY APPOINTED AND RUN THE MEETING. 
          AND SO, JUST SO THAT THAT COULD BE A LITTLE CLEARER, I THINK IT WOULD BE PRETTY EASY TO DO, BUT THAT WAS A RECOMMENDATION. 
          AND JUST MY RATIONALE IS I'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF READING WITH MALONE AND TRAINING HIS TRAININGS. AND SEVERAL OF THE THINGS THAT HE BRINGS UP, I'M NOT GOING TO GO OVER EVERY ONE OF THESE JUST FOR TIME REASONING. HE SAYS THAT NEW BOARD MEMBERS GENERALLY AVOID IMMEDIATE LEADERSHIP ROLES. 
          TO ALLOW TIME FOR UNDERSTANDING THE ORGANIZATION'S CULTURE, OPERATIONS AND GOVERNANCE, PREVENTING IMMATURE, ILL-FORMED OR BIASED DECISION MAKING. A TEST DRIVE PERIOD, SUCH AS COMMITTEE WORK, ENSURES THEY POSSESS THE NECESSARY CONTACT, TRUST AND ALIGNMENT WITH THE BOARD'S STRATEGIC GOALS. AND THEN REASONS TO WAIT THAT HE GIVES ARE NEED FOR CONTEXT, RISK OF MISMANAGEMENT, BUILDING TRUST, ENSURING ALIGNMENT, AND AVOIDING GROUPTHINK. AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT, AND WHY I BROUGHT THIS FORWARD, WAS BECAUSE OF, I KNOW MYSELF, THIS IS MY SECOND YEAR, AND I KNOW MYSELF, I DID NOT FEEL. READY TO BE IN A LEADERSHIP POSITION? AND I'VE APPRECIATED THIS YEAR, THE FIRST YEAR, TO BE ABLE, I FELT LIKE I WAS DRINKING OUT OF A FIRE HOSE MOST OF THE TIME. AND SO FOR ME PERSONALLY, IT WAS VERY HELPFUL TO NOT BE PUT IN THAT. THAT'S WHAT I'M OFFERING, AND THAT'S THE REASONS WHY I'M RECOMMENDING THIS FOR THE BOARD'S CONSIDERATION. 
          SO THE PLAN HERE IS... SINCE I DIDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND WHAT? OKAY? SO WE'RE GONNA PUT IT ON THE AGENDA FOR ACTION, NEXT MEETING. ARE WE DISCUSSING? AT THIS MEETING? YOU MAY, IF YOU LIKE, GO RIGHT AHEAD. SO JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE IT ON. SURE, WE WON'T VOTE ON IT. YEAH, YEAH, OR ME TO MAKE A MOTION OR TWO, ANY QUESTIONS? OR SURE, YEAH, YEAH. IN THEORY, I TOTALLY AGREE. I'M AS A NEW BOARD MEMBER, I THINK MARSHALL, CHRIS, PROBABLY WE'D ALL SAY, YEAH, IN THEORY. YOU WANT TO HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE, SOME COMMITTEE WORK BEHIND YOU, AND JUST KIND OF THE WORKINGS OF THE BOARD. I KNOW I'M LEARNING A TON. WE'LL 
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CONTINUE TO FOR MY ENTIRE TERM, I'M SURE, FOUR YEARS, WHATEVER. 
          BUT MY CONCERN WITH TAKING IT TOTALLY OUT OF THE POLICY, AND IT'S THE POLICY ABOUT WHEN WE HAVE NEWLY ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS, WHO CAN BE PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT. AND BY REMOVING, UNLESS A MAJORITY OF THE BOARD IS NEWLY APPOINTED OR ELECTED, MIGHT BE PROBLEMATIC. 
          IN THE SENSE THAT WE HAD THREE OF US COME ON BOARD IN DECEMBER, AND IF TERRY HADN'T STEPPED UP AND WANTED TO BE PRESIDENT, THEN WE'RE LEFT, IF WE TAKE THAT OUT, WE'RE LEFT WITH TERRY AND DEBBIE, AND THEY'D HAVE TO BE. I MEAN, IT WOULD ALMOST FORCE THEM TO HAVE TO BE LEADER, EVEN IF THEY DIDN'T WANT TO, BECAUSE THE NEWLY ELECTED COULDN'T BE CONSIDERED. SO TAKING IT OUT IS JUST POTENTIALLY A PROBLEM IN THAT WAY. AND, YOU KNOW, CHRIS IS VICE PRESIDENT, AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM. HE'S LEARNING RIGHT ALONG WITH US. 
          AND HE COULDN'T HAVE IF WE HADN'T CHANGED THE POLICY. IF WE CHANGED THIS, HE COULDN'T HAVE BEEN. DEBBIE WOULD HAVE BEEN FORCED TO BE VICE PRESIDENT, WHETHER SHE WANTED TO OR NOT, IF WE TAKE THIS OUT. I THINK, AND I CORRECT AGAIN, IT COULD BE WRONG, AND SO, AND JUST IN FEEDBACK, YOU KNOW, JUST IN RESPONSE. I WOULD BE FINE, TOO, TO JUST SAY TO CHANGE IT TO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE JUST LEAVING THE PRESIDENT AS AS THE ONE POSITION THAT THAT A SEASONED BOARD MEMBER NEEDS TO BE IN AND LET THE VICE PRESIDENT BE IN A LEARNING STATE. AND I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING, YOU'RE IN TRAINING BASICALLY. SO, I MEAN, I THINK THAT MIGHT BE SAFER IF YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FORCING SOMEONE INTO A POSITION. I MEAN, YEAH. 
          BUT IF WE'D HAD A CASE OF TERRY NOT WANTING TO, YOU KNOW, NOT, THEN WHAT DO WE DO? I THINK WE LEAVE THAT TO THE FUTURE BOARDS TO FIGURE OUT. THE REASON WE HAVE FIVE AND WE HAVE THAT LITTLE TIDBIT IN THERE, WHICH ISN'T USED VERY OFTEN, WE JUST HAVE TO USE IT AS OUR BOARD. FORMED THAT STILL GIVES THE THE DECISION POWER TO THE TO THE NEW BOARD, BUT WITHOUT IT, I FIND IT A LITTLE IRONIC. YOU WERE THE ONE WHO NOMINATED CHRIS FOR VICE, AND YOU WERE THE ONE BACK IN OCTOBER THAT SUGGESTED THIS POLICY OR NOMINATED THIS POLICY. I DIDN'T DO THIS POLICY, THIS POLICY WAS PUT IN. BUT WITH THE LAST. WELL, UNFORTUNATELY, IF SHE DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT, SHE HAD TO NOMINATE A NEW PERSON. I DON'T SEE IT TO BE A PROBLEM AT ALL GOING FORWARD. THAT ARE NEW ON THE BOARD, HOW DO YOU NOT HAVE THEM INVOLVED IN LEADERSHIP? AND WE'RE TALKING TWO POSITIONS. 
          EXACTLY. AND IT'S WORKING FOR US. AND THEY BASICALLY, THIS HASN'T HAPPENED, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, HISTORICALLY. IT HASN'T HAPPENED VERY OFTEN. FOUR YEARS. WE HAVE. VICE PRESIDENT BOLT X. SITTING AT THE BACK, WE'D HAVE WE'D HAD THREE PEOPLE LEAVE, BUT NEVER HAD IT BEEN BOTH THE PRESIDENT AND THE VICE. YEAH, YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S. IT. LEFT A VACUUM AND BECAUSE THE POLICY IS HOW IT IS, WE WERE ABLE TO FILL IT AS A BOARD, RIGHT? SO IF WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ON, I WOULD BE NICE AND WE, UNLESS YOU GUYS HAVE SOMETHING ELSE, THAT'S A FURTHER THAT THE POINT IS. PRETTY MUCH CONSIDER THIS FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS, THINK ABOUT IT, TALK TO EACH OTHER IF YOU LIKE. YOU KNOW, DISCUSSIONS HAVE TO HAPPEN IN THIS FORM. YEAH, WE CAN'T TALK WITH EACH OTHER. THAT'S RIGHT, SO WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK WITH IT NEXT MEETING. IT'LL BE A MOTION, AND THEN THAT'S REALLY THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A MOTION RIGHT NOW. RIGHT, WE CAN'T TALK WITH EACH OTHER OUTSIDE OF THE MEETING. YOU CAN CALL DEBBIE DURING THE WEEK, AND YOU CAN ASK HER ABOUT WHAT YOU SAID. NO, NO. 
          THAT'S AGAINST THE OPEN AND PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT. WE CAN'T HAVE DISCUSSIONS DURING THE WEEK OR OUTSIDE OF THIS MEETING FOR BUSINESS. 
          NO, WE CAN'T. YOU KNOW WHAT? I REALLY AM SORRY TO SAY YOU'RE NOT CORRECT, BUT WE CAN GO ON WITH OUR LIVES. WE CAN TALK ABOUT, YOU AND I CAN TALK ABOUT WHATEVER WE WANT. WE CAN, YOU CAN PUT IN... THAT'S NOT ANY VIOLATION OF ANY PUBLIC MEETING BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A QUORUM. YOU CAN SEND INFORMATION, BUT YOU CANNOT HAVE A DISCUSSION. NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT. YOU CAN SEND INFORMATION OUT TO THE TEAM TO CONSIDER, BUT YOU CANNOT HAVE A DISCUSSION. THAT WOULD BE A VIOLATION OF OPEN PUBLIC. LET'S MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR HERE. OKAY, I'M NOT SURE WHY WE'RE HAVING THIS. 
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LET'S MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR. 
          YOU'RE SAYING THAT IF I TALK TO... DEBBIE, OR I TALKED TO MARSHALL ABOUT ANYTHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT HERE IN THE BOARD MEETING, THAT'S A VIOLATION OF THE PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT? IF YOU WERE HAVING IT SERIALLY? NO, NO, NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE SAID. I'M TALKING TO MARSHALL. 
          I'M NOT TALKING TO ANYBODY ELSE. ANY OF US CAN TALK TO EACH OTHER ABOUT ANYTHING. THAT'S NOT A VIOLATION OF THE PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT. YOU HAVE TO BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL, BECAUSE IF TWO PEOPLE... HAVE HAD A CONVERSATION, THE SAME CONVERSATION, THAT YOU HAVE BROKEN THE RULE, BECAUSE THAT'S THREE PEOPLE IN A DISCUSSION ABOUT A TOPIC. IF YOU'VE TALKED TO DEBBIE ABOUT SOMETHING... 
          I'M NOT SUGGESTING THREE PEOPLE TALK ABOUT IT. NO, NO, NO, I'M SAYING IF. I'M NOT SUGGESTING THREE PEOPLE TALK ABOUT IT. 
          AND YOU'VE TALKED TO ME ABOUT THE SAME THING. IT'S THAT TELEPHONE GAME THEY'VE TALKED ABOUT. I'M NOT SURE WHY YOU'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION. I DIDN'T SUGGEST THREE PEOPLE TALK ABOUT IT. I JUST SAID, YOU CAN TALK TO DEBBIE. ISN'T THAT WHAT I SAID? WHY? OKAY, FOLKS, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THIS CLEAR. 
          EVERYBODY NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND BOARD MEMBERS CAN TALK TO EACH OTHER ABOUT BUSINESS. 
          NO, WE CANNOT. WE CAN'T. 
          HERE. WE CAN'T IN A BOARD MEETING. WE CAN'T. 
          THE PUBLIC RECORDS ACT, FOLKS, LOOK IT UP. OKAY, I DON'T WANT TO GET IN AN ARGUMENT ANYMORE ABOUT IT. OKAY, THE PUBLIC RECORDS ACT IS ABOUT HAVING PUBLIC MEETINGS. 
          YOU CANNOT HAVE A QUORUM DISCUSSION ABOUT ANYTHING. YOU VIOLATE THE PUBLIC RECORD, THE MEETINGS ACT. OKAY, THAT'S A QUORUM. TWO PEOPLE IS NOT A QUORUM. TWO PEOPLE CAN TALK ABOUT ANYTHING, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME, AND THAT'S NOT A VIOLATION OF PUBLIC MEANS. LOOK IT UP, PLEASE. CAN WE HAVE IT? I'VE LOOKED AT ON THE TRAINING, OKAY, SO THEN, SO BRING IT BACK, WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT. 
          OKAY, OKAY, PROBABLY NEED TO TALK WITH OUR LEGAL TO GET CLARIFICATIONS. WE'RE GOING TO BE PURGING WITH THEM. THANK YOU, LORI. SO I THINK, RIGHT, YEAH, LET'S DO THAT, LET'S GET OUR LEGAL. 
          THANK YOU. YEAH. TEAM INVOLVED IS SO ANYMORE. ANYBODY LIKE TALKING MORE ABOUT THIS? PLEASE GO RIGHT AHEAD. SO IT'LL BE ON THE AGENDA NEXT WEEK, THE NEXT MEETING FOR A FORWARD MOTION AND DISCUSSION. YEAH, AND I THINK, YEAH, OKAY, SO WE'RE TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. I BELIEVE UNLESS THERE WAS ANYTHING ELSE ANYBODY HAD THEY WANTED TO BRING, WE NEED TO. 
          JUST I JUST HAD IT. WHAT DID I DO WITH IT? OH, BECAUSE IT WAS ON THE BOTTOM OF THIS, ABOUT OUR IDEAS FOR CHANGING THE PUBLIC COMMENTS PROCEDURE. 
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WELL, WE WERE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT AT THE END, I BELIEVE, BUT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT NOW. WOULD YOU LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IT NOW? IT DOESN'T MATTER. IF YOU'RE GETTING INPUT FROM ME, I WILL TELL YOU, NOT HAVING A DISCUSSION. YOUR HELP, WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE DOING NEXT, OKAY, SO IT AND WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR YOU TO DISCUSS WHAT YOU WANT. 
          OKAY, ABSOLUTELY, IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A POLL AND COME TO IT. NO, NO, I WAS GOING TO BRING IT UP AT THE END OF THE MEETING. OKAY, BUT WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT NOW IF WE'D LIKE. 
          SURE, DOESN'T MATTER WHEN. I DO THINK WE NEED TO TALK OPENLY BECAUSE I THINK THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO HEAR THE CALL. WE WERE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT AT THE END OF THE OKAY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT, NOBODY WAS SUGGESTING, WE TALK ABOUT IT SECRETLY. NO, NO, NO, I KNOW I WASN'T SAYING THAT, I WAS JUST SAYING, IF WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT, YEAH, IT NEEDS TO BE SOME POINT. OKAY, SURE, TONIGHT, SURE, WHATEVER, WHATEVER, RIGHT? OKAY. SO WE'RE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT IT AND NOBODY KNOWS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. LET'S GO ABOUT AND TALK ABOUT IT, OKAY, SO SO I WAS TALKING WITH SHELLEY AND IN A MEETING THAT WE WERE HAVING ABOUT THE AGENDA AND WE TALKED ABOUT BOARD PLANNING, RIGHT? AND WE TALKED ABOUT CHANGING. 
          THE CITIZENS COMMENTS, OKAY, THE CITIZENS' COMMENTS, TIME. 
          SO, CARLA, I THINK YOU CAME UP WITH A REWRITTEN STATEMENT. WE WERE THINKING ABOUT CHANGING THIS SO THAT THE ITEMS WOULD HAVE TO BE... DID WE NOT? WE DID NOT CREATE A STATEMENT. WE DIDN'T CREATE A STATEMENT BECAUSE... REALLY, WE NEED THE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE. 
          OH, I SEE, IN ORDER TO DO THAT, OKAY, I'M REALLY. 
          OTHERWISE, CARLA'S JUST TAKING A STAB IN THE DARK ABOUT WHAT YOU ALL WOULD LIKE. 
          SO THERE ARE TWO LINKS ON HERE. LIKE, SHE SAID, SHE POINTED OUT THAT SHE ADDED THE CAMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT POLICY, BUT SHE ALSO ATTACHED THE LISTENERS, CITIZENS COMMENTS OR PUBLIC COMMENT PROCEDURE ON THERE. BECAUSE THAT ONE, TOO, SHE THOUGHT, MIGHT REFLECT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE DISCUSSED. 
          THAT MAYBE ARE THE CHANGES THAT YOU MIGHT LIKE TO SEE. BUT I THINK IF YOU COULD JUST TALK THROUGH BASICALLY 1, 2, AND 2A 
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THROUGH F. AND COME UP WITH SOME YES, CHANGE THIS OR DON'T CHANGE THIS, OR I LIKE WHAT WE'RE DOING. THEN CARLA COULD MAKE A STATEMENT FOR US THAT REFLECTS THAT. AND TO A THROUGH F DOWN. HERE ARE JUST A COMPILATION OF WHAT OTHER DISTRICTS AROUND US ARE DOING. 
          EVERYONE. EACH BOARD HAS THE AUTONOMY TO DECIDE WHAT IS BEST FOR THEIR BOARD IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION, SO EACH BOARD IS DOING IT A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY. THIS IS ALL JUST LANGUAGE FROM OTHER DISTRICTS OF THINGS THAT THEY ARE DOING, AND YOU CAN CONSIDER FOR CHANGES IF YOU WISH. SO PLEASE EXCUSE ME, I DIDN'T SEE THIS BEFORE. THIS WAS NOT A PART OF OUR SO SO HERE WHAT WE GOT. 
          WE COULD TABLE. THE SUGGESTION WAS, GO AHEAD, WHAT? I'M SORRY, WE COULD TABLE THIS TO OUR NEXT. I'M NOT SURE IF WE HAVE A QUESTION. WE'VE GOT A QUESTION FROM THE BOARD MEETING. 
          I DIDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND THIS FORMAT. 
          SO WE DISCUSSED HAVING THIS FORMAT. 
          SO WE DISCUSSED HAVING A DIFFERENT WAY OF APPROACHING, SO WE DISCUSSED HAVING A DIFFERENT WAY OF APPROACHING OUR CITIZENS' COMMENTS. 
          SO CARLA'S DONE SOME RESEARCH. OUR CITIZENS' COMMENTS. 
          DONE SOME RESEARCH. 
          SO CARLA'S DONE SOME R ON HOW WE COULD POSSIBLY DO OUR CITIZENS' COMMENTS IN A DIFFERENT WAY. 
          ONE OF THE SUGGESTIONS WAS THAT CITIZENS' COMMENTS COULD BE... 
          AND MAYBE SHOULD BE CHANNELED ABOUT WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA. 
          AND THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS THEN IF THERE'S NOT SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA THAT YOU'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT. YOU CAN'T MAKE A MENTION OF IT, SO SOMETHING LIKE SOMETHING JUST HAPPENED OR SOMETHING YOU WANT TO MAKE MENTION OF IT YESTERDAY AND YOU CAN'T DO THAT. SO, SO HERE ARE THE SUGGESTIONS THEN THAT CARLA HAS MADE NOW. CAN THE PUBLIC? CAN THE AUDIENCE SEE THIS OR ANYTHING, OR WE JUST? THEY'RE JUST IN THE DARK? WELL, IT'D PROBABLY BE SO THAT THEY CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. AGAIN, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS THAT NOBODY UNDERSTANDS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. SO THE QUESTION IS, IN ORDER TO KEEP THE FLOW FOCUS OF OUR MEETINGS ON AGENDA TOPICS, PUBLIC COMMENTS COULD BE CHANGED OR RESTRUCTURED FOLLOWING ANY OR ALL OF THESE SUGGESTIONS. NO PUBLIC COMMENTS DURING WORKSHOP MEETINGS, ONLY REQUIRED BY STATE LAW TO PROVIDE COMMENT AT MEETING, WITH ACTION VOTE BEING TAKEN. I SEE. ALREADY ASKED ABOUT THAT, AND YOU ASSURED US THAT WE CAN DO THOSE MEETINGS TOO, IF WE LIKE. AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING THAT. YEAH, YEAH. 
          THE ONLY REQUIREMENT IS WHEN THERE IS ACTION BEING TAKEN, THERE MUST BE. RIGHT. THAT'S KIND OF THE SENTENCE, KIND OF WRITTEN, KIND OF FUNNY THERE. PUBLIC COMMENT AT BUSINESS MEETINGS COULD BE LIMITED TO ANY TOPIC WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE BOARD'S RESPONSIBILITY, ONLY TOPICS ON THE MEETING AGENDA. TOTAL PUBLIC COMMENT TIME, LIMITED TO MINUTES AND SPEAKERS, ONLY, ALLOWS SO MANY SPEAKERS ON ANY SPECIFIC TOPIC NOT HEARING THE SAME COMMENT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. WRITTEN COMMENTS WILL NOT BE READ OUT LOUD AT MEETINGS AND MUST BE SUBMITTED TO CARLA PRIOR TO THE MEETING TO DISTRIBUTE TO THE BOARD, REQUIRING THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN PERSON TO SIGN UP AHEAD OF TIME WITH CARLA. NO SIGNING UP TO SPEAK AT THE MEETING. SO, AND THERE'S, THAT'S NOT. LIMITED TO THAT. I MEAN, THERE'S ANY LIMITATION OR WHATEVER WE WANT TO CONSIDER, WE COULD CONSIDER. SO, DO WE THINK WE WANT TO CHANGE HOW PEOPLE MAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS IN OUR MEETINGS, CITIZENS' COMMENTS? I'D LIKE TO SAY YES. I LIKE THE TOPICS ON THE MEETING AGENDA, LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES AND ALLOWING TWO SPEAKERS ON A SPECIFIC TOPIC. I WOULD LIKE, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE WRITTEN COMMENTS, READ OUT LOUD, BUT THAT'S JUST MY OWN PREFERENCE. JUST BECAUSE I'VE HAD CITIZENS EMAIL ME AND ASK TO HAVE THOSE BE A PUBLIC, THEY WANTED THEM TO BE ON PUBLIC RECORD. SO THAT WOULD BE MY IDEA. ARE WRITTEN COMMENTS ALREADY PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD ONCE THEY'RE HANDED TO CARLA? THEY GET GIVEN TO ALL OF YOU. SAY IS IF YOU WERE GOING TO READ THEM CITIZEN, IF THEY WERE. BECAUSE AGAIN, WHAT YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER, THIS ISN'T EVERYBODY ELSE YOUR BUSINESS IS, IT'S ABOUT. SO THAT'S THE PART THAT IS THE NUANCE OF TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT ROLE. I THINK THERE IS A PLACE WHERE WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO DIALOGUE WITH OUR COMMUNITY. BUT A REGULAR BOARD MEETING IS NOT THAT PLACE. A REGULAR BOARD MEETING, THE PURPOSE IS FOR THE BOARD TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE. BUT I THINK IF WE ARE GIVING THIS 
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OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO COME IN AND SPEAK WHAT THEY WANT TO SAY AND THINK, I THINK THAT THE PUBLIC COMMENT PROBABLY WILL DIE DOWN. THERE WON'T BE AS MUCH NEED BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE HEARD. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A PLATFORM FOR WHICH TO COME IN AND SPEAK DIRECTLY TO. IF WE WERE DOING LIKE A LISTENING SESSION. IF WE DID, LIKE LISTENING SESSIONS WHERE PEOPLE WERE ACTUALLY COMING IN AND SHARING THEIR THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS. AND THEN THAT WAY. THEY WOULD HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY. AND THEY WOULDN'T NEED TO COME TO A BOARD MEETING BECAUSE THEY WOULD COME TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WHAT THEY WERE THINKING AT THOSE MEETINGS. I WOULD HATE TO LIMIT THE TOPICS TO JUST THE AGENDA, ALTHOUGH IT'S IDEAL, FOR SURE. A LOT OF OUR SPEAKERS HAVE COME UP, COMMENTERS, HAVE COME UP AND SHARED EVENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE HAPPENING. AND WE WOULDN'T KNOW THAT UNLESS WE'D HEARD THEM AT THEIR PUBLIC CITIZENS' COMMENT TIME. AND I WORRY ABOUT SHUTTING DOWN THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO SHARE THEIR IDEAS. THAT, YEAH, THAT'S JUST MY TAKE ON IT. I JUST, I WANT TO HEAR FROM ANYONE WHO HAS SOMETHING TO SAY TO US AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. AND NOT LIMIT IT IN ANY WAY OTHER THAN MINUTES AND, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND I DON'T AGREE WITH HAVING... MESSAGES READ OUT LOUD AT MEETINGS. I THINK IF THEY WANT TO COME AND COMMENT, THEN THEY SHOULD COME AND COMMENT. THEY CAN ALWAYS EMAIL ANY OF US, ALL OF US, WITH THEIR THOUGHTS. SORRY, I KEEP.AND. SIGNING UP. I KNOW ONE OF THE POLICIES WAS THEY HAD TO SIGN UP A DAY IN ADVANCE. 
          ARE YOU KIDDING ME? NO. 
          SIGNING UP THE WAY WE DO IT IS JUST GREAT. THEY SIGN UP WHEN THEY COME IN. IF THEY KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING, THEY CAN SIGN UP ABOUT THAT AND SPEAK. SO I THINK THAT'S GOOD. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SO, CARLA, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WE HAVE MUCH INPUT FOR YOU ON THIS. SO THE QUESTION IS, HOW DO WE MOVE IT FORWARD, OR EVEN IF WE DO? SO MAYBE WE SHOULD HANDLE THIS AGAIN, LIKE WE'VE BEEN DOING, AND THAT IS, LET'S TAKE A LITTLE SURVEY, GOOGLE FORM SURVEY, AND GET EVERYBODY'S COMMENTS ON WHETHER THEY THINK WE SHOULD DO ANYTHING WITH THIS OR NOT. I TEND TO BE INCLINED NOT TO DO ANYTHING MYSELF, BECAUSE IT SOUNDS A LOT LIKE TO ME. WE'RE MAKING A LOT OF RESTRICTIONS ON THE COMMUNITY. MAKING COMMENT PERIOD ALL OVER, AND I DON'T LIKE THAT DRAFT AT ALL. THAT'S THE WRONG DIRECTION. THIS IS ALL ABOUT GETTING MORE INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY. SO HOW'S ABOUT IF WE PUT TOGETHER A GOOGLE FORM AND WE GET EVERYBODY'S INPUT ON WHAT YOU'VE SUGGESTED? SO I'VE JUST RESHARED THE TALKING POINT DOCUMENT WITH EVERYONE, ADDED A SECOND PAGE THAT'S TITLED SUGGESTIONS EVERYONE. 
          IT'S A LIVING DOCUMENT. 
          EVERYONE CAN GO IN THERE AND ADD THEIR THOUGHTS ON EVERYTHING, AND AND THEN WE CAN... RELATE THAT DATA AND COME TO A CONSENSUS, REVIEW IT, YOU KNOW. AND YOU CAN BE SO EXPLICIT AS TO SAY YOU THINK THIS IS PROBABLY NOT A GOOD THING FOR RIGHT NOW. AND IF YOU SAY THAT, THEN THAT MEANS IT WON'T BE ON THE AGENDA AGAIN. SO, AND AND THEN I JUST HAVE TO SAY, IN FAIRNESS TO CARLA, THIS WAS TASKED OF HER, THIS WAS THESE WORDS. THIS WAS INITIATED OUT OF OUR DESIRE TO GET MORE TIME INTO THE BOARD MEETINGS FOR DISCUSSION ABOUT ISSUES. 
          THAT'S HOW THIS OCCURRED, SAY. AND SO NOW IT'S TURNING INTO SOMETHING LIKE, WELL, WE DON'T WANT TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC, AND THAT'S NOT THE COURSE AT ALL. SO WE'LL JUST PUT THAT OUT THE WAY YOU SUGGESTED, AND WE'LL SEE WHERE IT GOES, AND WE CAN REVISIT THIS AT ANOTHER TIME IF IT NEEDS TO BE. BECAUSE, AGAIN, I FEEL LIKE HERE WE ARE. WE'VE DONE ALL THIS TALKING. WE STILL HAVEN'T HAD CITIZENS' COMMENTS YET THIS EVENING. SO WE NEED 
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TO, IN MY OPINION, MOVE ALONG. ANY OTHER THOUGHTS BEFORE WE DO? OKAY, THANK YOU PLEASE. ALL RIGHT, I WILL BE VERY QUICK. I WANTED TO GIVE ALL OF YOU, I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A. YOU HAD ASKED SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR ORGANIZATIONAL CHART, AND SO I HAVE FOR YOU OUR ORG CHART. AS WELL AS A SECOND PAGE THAT IS IN DRAFT FORM, IT GIVES YOU SOME BASIC INFORMATION. THE SO, THE FIRST PAGE IS JUST BASICALLY A LIST OF LINNELL AND MYSELF AND ALL THE DIRECTORS THAT WE WORK DIRECTLY WITH, AND THAT'S THE ORG CHART WE USE. 
          WHEN WE'RE PEOPLE ARE APPROVING THINGS, WHO THEY SUPERVISE GIVES YOU JUST BASICALLY THE FLOW. AND THEN ON THE SECOND PAGE, SOME INFORMATION, SOME DATA ABOUT DISTRICTS FOR DISTRICTS WITH HIGHER ENROLLMENT THAN US, RIGHT, ADJACENT TO U.S. AND FOUR DISTRICTS WITH LOWER ENROLLMENT THAN U.S. ADJACENT TO US. AND IT GIVES HOW MANY SUPERINTENDENT LEVEL POSITIONS, HOW MANY DIRECTOR LEVEL POSITIONS, AND HOW MANY SUPERVISOR OR MANAGER POSITIONS IN THOSE DISTRICTS. AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION THAT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD IS, IN THOSE DISTRICTS, DO THEY HAVE A LEVY OR NOT? AND SO THAT'S ON THERE AS WELL, AND THE THERE ARE THREE DISTRICTS THAT I DON'T HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION. 
          I NEED TO DOUBLE-CHECK THOSE, BUT I HAVE PUT THAT ON THERE. 
          SO, AGAIN, THIS IS A DRAFT. I WILL TRY AND GET THAT IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. SO I HAVE AN ACTUAL DOCUMENT FOR YOU SO THAT IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, YOU CAN ASK THOSE WHEN IT'S COMPLETED. 
          BUT IT'S CLOSE. IT'S VERY CLOSE. WE DID GET SOME OF THAT DONE, AND A LOT OF THANKS GOES TO CARLA FOR DOING A LOT OF RESEARCH FOR ME. UPDATING SOME THINGS SINCE WE LOOKED AT IT LAST SPRING AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER COUPLE THINGS JUST REALLY QUICKLY. I WANTED TO JUST DO A SHOUT OUT OLIVER JR. WAS AT CHIEF MIDDLE SCHOOL THIS WEEKEND WELL BEFORE THIS WEEKEND, BUT LINNELL AND I WENT THIS WEEKEND AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOLERS ARE JUST. THEY DO AN OUTSTANDING JOB THAT IN TERMS OF PLAYS, THEY JUST NEWSIES LAST YEAR AND OLIVER JUNIOR THIS YEAR, THEY'RE SO GOOD. AND THEN WE ALSO HOSTED AGAIN THE WASHINGTON STATE CHEER COMPETITION AT BATTLEGROUND HIGH SCHOOL AGAIN. AND I JUST LOVE THE FACT THAT I THINK THIS IS YEAR FOUR THAT WE'VE DONE IT. WHAT'S WONDERFUL ABOUT IT IS IT BRINGS A LOT OF PEOPLE INTO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          IT REALLY MEANS THAT EVERYBODY IN OUR BUSINESS, ALL OF OUR BUSINESSES NEED TO BRING IN MORE STAFF. 
          BECAUSE WE KEEP ALL THE RESTAURANTS AND EVERYTHING HOPPING AROUND HERE. IT'S A GREAT COMPETITION. IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO A CHEER COMPETITION, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SPORTSMANSHIP AND SPIRIT, THERE IS NO GROUP QUITE LIKE THIS GROUP. AND SO WE WERE GLAD THAT THEY WERE HERE AND THAT WE COULD HOST AGAIN THIS YEAR, SOMETHING THAT I HOPE THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO DO IN THE FUTURE. AND THEN I JUST PUT THAT, I KNOW DEBBIE SAID SHE'S GOING, BUT THE INDUSTRY FAIR, IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN, IT IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE EVENTS. IT IS JUST SO, SO WELL DONE. AND IT GETS REALLY. ALL AREAS OF OUR COMMUNITY ARE COMING OUT TO LOOK FOR WORKFORCE. WE HAVE PEOPLE, STUDENTS THAT ARE GOING, BUT WE HAVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 
          AND WHAT I WOULD SAY IS, IF YOU DON'T HAVE A JOB AND YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A JOB, PLEASE COME TO THIS EVENT. BECAUSE THERE ARE LOTS OF EMPLOYERS THAT ARE LOOKING TO CONNECT WITH POTENTIAL PEOPLE. AND THIS INDUSTRY FAIR IS SECOND TO NONE. IN FACT, SOME OF THE... SCHOOL DISTRICTS AROUND US TRIED TO DO THEIR OWN AND DECIDED, FORGET IT. WE'RE JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO ATTEND BATTLEGROUNDS, SO IT'S A GREAT EVENT. I WOULD JUST HIGHLY RECOMMEND. IF YOU COULD TAKE JUST A LITTLE TIME TO WALK THROUGH IT, IT'S GOING FROM FIVE TO SEVEN ON THE 19TH AND SO YOU COULD WALK THROUGH IT ANYTIME TO SEE IT. 
          BUT I HIGHLY, HIGHLY, HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT, AND THAT'S REALLY IT FOR ME. I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO LANELLE. WELL, GOOD EVENING BOARD, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO DEBRIEF THE WAIVER DAYS WITH YOU. I THOUGHT I WOULD GO OVER SOME DATA AND THEN WE COULD DEBRIEF OUR VISIT TO DAYBREAK MIDDLE. WOULD THAT WORK? OKAY, GREAT. I WANT TO THANK THE PRINCIPALS AND THE STAFF THAT SENT SOME DATA MY WAY. AND JUST TO START OUT, IS THE WAIVER DAYS? THIS IS OUR FOURTH YEAR OF WAIVER DAYS. 
          AND I WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR ABOUT WHY WE DO IT. AND IT REALLY STARTS WITH OUR MISSION, AND IT'S ALIGNED WITH THE HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTION AND THOSE OBJECTIVES. AND THAT STRATEGIC PLAN SPECIFICALLY, WE REALLY 
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HIGHLIGHT THAT LAST BULLET ON THE OBJECTIVES AROUND. 
          PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND THAT IT THAT OCCURS WHEN OUR TEACHERS, OUR STAFF, ENGAGE IN HIGH LEVEL OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES. AND THIS QUOTE, THEY'RE NOT ABOUT DAYS WITHOUT STUDENTS. ALL THE EDUCATORS AND ALL OF OUR DISTRICT STAFF ARE ENGAGED IN DEEP LEARNING THAT STRENGTHEN THE SYSTEM THAT SUPPORTS EACH STUDENT AND THOSE. OUR STRATEGIC PLAN FITS RIGHT INTO THE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANS THAT YOU'LL SEE ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT AS WELL. 
          SO WE HAVE THIS STREAMLINED, CYCLICAL PROCESS OF STRATEGIC PLAN OBJECTIVES THAT FEED EXACTLY INTO OUR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANS AND SO IN THE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANS. 
          YOU'LL SEE THE THAT BUILDINGS ARE VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT THEIR PLC WORK AND THE MEASURABLE OUTCOMES. SO AS A PART OF THE MEASURABLE OUTCOMES, I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT JUST A FEW BUILDINGS. AND THE DATA THAT THEY HIGHLIGHTED FOR THEIR FIRST OR THEIR SECOND DATA CYCLE. SO THESE, AGAIN, THEY'RE NOT ALL 19 SCHOOLS YET, BUT THEY'RE JUST A SUBSET, AND I'D LOVE TO DO MAYBE A WORK SESSION IN THE FUTURE AND REALLY KIND OF DO A DATA DIVE OF STRATEGIC PLAN AND REALLY GET INTO THAT. SO I'LL JUST GO OVER IT PRETTY QUICKLY, BUT FEEL FREE TO STOP ME IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS AROUND ANY OF THE DATA SETS. AND THEN, AT THE END, I'D LOVE TO DEBRIEF THE BOARD VISIT TO DAYBREAK MIDDLE. SO I WILL CLARIFY THAT IREADY IS STILL IN PROCESS FOR K-4 READING BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME UNFUNDED MANDATES IN K-4 LITERACY THAT WE SCREEN FOR READING. SO THIS IS K-4 READING DATA FOR GLENWOOD, AND THEY'RE REALLY FOCUSED IN CELEBRATING ON THAT THIRD GRADE READINESS. 
          AND I HAD TO HIGHLIGHT THIS ART TEAM. BECAUSE, AS YOU CAN SEE, DEPRIVATIZING YOUR PRACTICE AS AN EDUCATOR IS A... IT'S SOMETHING TO BE CELEBRATED BECAUSE YOU'RE PUTTING YOUR HEART AND SOUL ON A PIECE OF PAPER AND YOU'RE ALLOWING EVERYBODY TO KIND OF SEE YOUR RESULTS. AND THEN CAN YOU JUST LOOK AT THE ART TEAM'S POSTER THAT THEY PUT TOGETHER AT A WAIVER DAY? IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL. I LOVE THAT. I LOVE THAT OUR ART TEAM HAD AMAZING ACHIEVEMENT AND THEN HAD A BEAUTIFUL ART POSTER TO CELEBRATE THEIR WORK AS WELL. I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT OUR PRIMARY COUNSELOR GROUP. YOU CAN SEE THE DATA SUBSET, SO THEY REALLY FOCUSED IN ON FIRST GRADE BEHAVIOR. AND YOU CAN SEE, BECAUSE OF THEIR TIER 1 INSTRUCTION, THEY'RE GIVING 30-MINUTE LESSONS ONCE A WEEK. AND YOU CAN SEE THE OUTCOME OF THAT BEING HIGHLIGHTED HERE. 
          NOW I'M GOING TO GO INTO SOME MIDDLE SCHOOLS. 
          AMBOY DISPLAYS EACH OF THEIR PLC FOR EVERYONE TO SEE, ALL ON ONE PIECE OF PAPER. IT. 
          SUBSET OF DATA. THERE IS THE COLLECTIVE GROWTH OF THE WHOLE SCHOOL. SO YOU CAN SEE EACH OF THE STUDENTS GROWTH THERE ON THE LEFT, ON THE LEFT SIDE. THEN LAUREN MIDDLE SCHOOL USES A SCHOOL-WIDE SPREADSHEET, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE SAW AT DAYBREAK MIDDLE, AND THIS IS THEIR BREAKDOWN OF ALL KIDS. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT SIDE TONS OF GROWTH. AND AGAIN HIGHLIGHTING THEY REALLY HAVE IT BROKEN DOWN BY ABOVE AND AT STANDARD. AND THEN CHIEF MIDDLE SCHOOL AS WELL. THEY HAVE TEACHERS USING THE SPREADSHEET. AND I LOVE THAT WE CAN PULL DATA, BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE ALL OF THE HARD WORK. AND THIS IS, SO. WE HEARD ABOUT THIS INCLUSIVE CLASSROOM AT DAYBREAK MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND WE SAW THIS SPREADSHEET BEING DISPLAYED DURING THEIR WORK SESSION. AND SO I THOUGHT I'D HIGHLIGHT JUST A SNIPPET OF THIS DATA FOR YOU AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY, JUST TO SEE THE HARD WORK. THAT THE PRINCIPAL HAD SPOKEN TO, THAT THE TEACHER, SARAH HYDE, IS THE ONE THAT PRESENTED TO US, AND KELLY LIVERMORE, THEIR CO-TAUGHT CLASSROOM, THAT'S THEIR DATA, AND IT SHOWS HOW WONDERFUL THEIR WORK IS PAYING OFF THERE. AGAIN, WE HAVE A PICTURE OF... TOOKE VALLEY MIDDLE COLLABORATING AND THEIR WHOLE SCHOOL DATA IN THEIR SIXTH GRADE TEAM. I LOVE THIS BECAUSE OUR HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS PUT THIS DATA SET TOGETHER, AND I'LL GIVE YOU A SECOND TO READ THE DATA SET ON THE LEFT SIDE. BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THERE ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS SERVED. THERE'S EVEN CELL PHONE VIOLATIONS COLLECTED. WERE INTERESTED, WHICH IS FASCINATING DATA. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THEIR STUDENTS 
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ON THE RIGHT SIDE PASSING CLASSES. AND THEN PRAIRIE ALSO DID A LOT OF WORK ON THEIR WAIVER DAY AROUND EQUITABLE GRADING PRACTICES. 
          AND THEN OUR VERY OWN TAMARA SHEETS OVER. THERE TRAINED 162 BUS DRIVERS ON SUPPORTING STUDENTS. THEY ARE OUR FIRST CONTACT AND OUR LAST CONTACT OF OUR STUDENTS EVERY DAY. WE ALSO HAD 38 PARA-EDUCATORS TRAINED. AND THEN OUR WONDERFUL MICHELLE SCOTT, OUR CFO OVER THERE, AND SHERRY DALY OVER THERE, LED SOME INTERNAL CONTROL TRAININGS WITH LOTS OF DIFFERENT GROUPS IN THE DISTRICT. AND AGAIN, HIGHLIGHTING OUR OVERALL GROWTH AS A SYSTEM IN STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, BUT WAIVER DAYS ALSO ALLOW US A CHANCE TO LOOK AT OUR INTERNAL CONTROLS, OUR FINANCIAL TRAINING, AND JUST TIGHTEN UP SYSTEMS. DISTRICT-WIDE. SO I THOUGHT IT WAS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT WAIVER DAYS, IT IS MORE THAN FOUR NON-STUDENT DAYS. THESE DAYS PRODUCE RESULTS FOR US. THESE DAYS ARE VITAL FOR OUR STUDENTS, FOR OUR EDUCATORS TO PRODUCE STUDENT IMPACTS, AND IT HELPS US GAIN OUR 14 YEARS OF CLEAN AUDITS, ITS AUDIT PREPARATIONS. THE WHOLE SYSTEM, SO THERE'S NOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISENGAGE IN THESE DAYS. 
          THESE ARE OUR DAYS THAT CONTINUE TO PAY DIVIDENDS FOR US. WITH THAT, I WOULD LOVE TO OPEN UP THE FLOOR BECAUSE WE HAD A WONDERFUL TOUR. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I KNOW TIME IS VALUABLE AND US BEING A NEW TEAM, I COULD HAVE PICKED ANY SCHOOL. 
          DAYBREAK MIDDLE HAS DONE SOME INCREDIBLE WORK IN INCLUSIVE PRACTICES. THEIR PRINCIPAL IS WELL VERSED IN THAT, AND SO I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GREAT VISIT TO HIGHLIGHT DURING A WAIVER DAY. SO I'D LOVE TO OPEN THE FLOOR WITH ANY TAKEAWAYS OR DISCUSSIONS, QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THE DATA THAT I CAN ANSWER. I FELT LIKE LESLIE COLLUM, THE PRINCIPAL, JUST LED AN AMAZING WHOLE GROUP, WHOLE STAFF AT THE BEGINNING BEFORE THE TEAMS GOT TOGETHER AND DID THEIR... DATA DIVE AND PLANS. 
          YEAH, SHE RUNS AN AMAZING PROGRAM. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ENJOYED OR REALLY CONNECTED WITH ME, THERE WAS A GRAPHIC OF RUNNING TOGETHER. YOU CAN ALL BE RUNNING IN THE SAME DIRECTION. AND THAT'S FINE. THEY ALL WILL MAKE IT AT SOME POINT. 
          BUT THEN THERE, THERE WAS A VIDEO OF THE UNITED STATES. OLYMPIC ROWING TEAM ROWING TOGETHER. ONCE THEY WERE IN SYNC AND ROWING TOGETHER, THEY WERE ABLE TO WIN, SO ESSENTIALLY, AND OVERCOME A REALLY DEFICIT SPOT. THEY REALLY PUSHED FORWARD AND ACTUALLY WON BECAUSE THEY WERE ROWING TOGETHER. AND THAT'S REALLY THE IDEA OF WAIVER DAYS IS GETTING THOSE TEAMS TO WORK TOGETHER FOR ALL STUDENTS' BENEFIT. AND SO THAT WAS JUST A REALLY GOOD YOU. AS I ATTENDED, I WAS PLEASED TO SEE THE ENGAGEMENT FROM THE TEACHERS. 
          IN THAT ROOM, WE WERE IN ESSENTIALLY TWO CLASSROOMS, WITH DIVIDERS TAKEN OUT. SO ALL THE TEACHERS WERE THERE. WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WATCH THE LEADERSHIP AND ADDRESS TWO OR THREE KEY ISSUES BEFORE THEY BROKE OFF AND DID THEIR WORK. ALL THE TEACHERS SEEMED TO BE COMPLETELY ENGAGED. IT WAS AN EARLY MORNING. THEY BROUGHT THEIR COFFEE AND DONUTS, AND IT WAS REALLY NICE TO SEE, HONESTLY. I WAS REALLY, I REALLY ENJOYED THE PRESENTATION AND THE PRINCIPAL DEFINITELY IS A LEADER FOR ALL SCHOOLS TO PATTERN AFTER. REALLY WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE INCLUSIVENESS THAT THEY'RE DOING. I JUST THINK ABOUT THE STUDENTS AND THE BENEFIT THAT THEY'RE RECEIVING FROM THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE. IT'S NOT EASY TO HAVE AN INTEGRATED CLASSROOM, BUT IT'S SO WORTH IT AND THE KIDS AND THE STUDENTS SO BENEFIT FROM THAT WORK. AND SO I COMMEND. HER LEADERSHIP AND THE TEACHERS THAT ARE REALLY DIVING INTO SOME TO AN 
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AREA THAT REALLY DOES NEED. 
          ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS NEED TO BE DOING THIS BECAUSE IT'S SO GREAT FOR THE STUDENTS. THEY BENEFIT SO MUCH FROM IT, AND I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY GREAT, AND JUST GREAT TO SEE THE LEADERSHIP. THAT, YOU KNOW, SHE DEFINITELY IS SOMEONE TO FOLLOW AND SOMEONE TO LEARN FROM, AND I LEARNED A LOT. IT WAS VERY INSPIRING TO HEAR. I REMEMBER I DID THAT. 
          SO I STAYED AFTER FOR A LITTLE BIT LONGER AND VISITED THREE OTHER WORK SESSIONS. IT WAS VERY INTERESTING. I GOT TO SIT IN A LITTLE BIT MORE. SO IT WAS A REALLY GOOD TIME. THANK YOU, LINNELL. THANK YOU. YEAH, THANK YOU, BOARD. AND OUR HOPE IS THAT WE WILL PRESENT MORE DATA AS THESE DAYS EMERGE AND BRING YOU BACK SOME FEEDBACK. AND POSSIBLY ANOTHER PROPOSAL IF ALL THINGS PAN OUT. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ENGAGEMENT. 
          NOTHING FROM MICHELLE, BUT MICHELLE SCOTT. GOOD EVENING BOARD. I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON A TOPIC THAT CAME UP IN OUR LAST BOARD MEETING ABOUT OUR PER PUPIL EXPENDITURE. AND I WANTED TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION WITH YOU, GIVE YOU JUST A LITTLE MORE CONTEXT. I WON'T TAKE A LOT OF YOUR TIME, JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH YOU. THANK YOU. SO OUR FINAL PER PUPIL EXPENDITURE FOR 24-25 WAS PUBLISHED, $18,168. AND THAT INCLUDES, WHEN YOU HAVE THE PER PUPIL EXPENDITURE, WHAT I WANT YOU TO KNOW IS IT'S NOT JUST OUR BASIC EDUCATION, CTE, AND ALTERNATIVE LEARNING PROGRAMS. IT ALSO INCLUDES OUR FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM, OUR TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM. 
          AND OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND LEARNING ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, AND SO ON. SO IT INCLUDES ALSO OUR SPECIAL PURPOSE PROGRAMS. SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE IF EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT, ALL OF THE COMPONENTS THAT GO INTO IT. THERE'S QUITE A FEW PROGRAMS THAT GO INTO IT. OSPI DOES HAVE THAT INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON OUR ON THEIR WEBSITE, AND SO IT ACTUALLY LETS US GO AHEAD. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT OTHER DISTRICTS IN OUR AREA TO SEE HOW WE'RE DOING AND IN OUR PUPIL EXPENDITURE. I'M HAPPY TO REPORT WE'RE RIGHT IN THE MEDIAN OF SEVERAL OF OUR LARGER DISTRICTS, YOU KNOW, AND SOME OF OUR SMALLER DISTRICTS. SO WE'RE. WE'RE JUST RIGHT THERE, I THINK, IN AN APPROPRIATE AMOUNT FOR OUR AREA. SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION BECAUSE I JUST TOOK A LITTLE DEEPER DIVE INTO IT. I DON'T GET A CHANCE TO DO THAT VERY OFTEN. 
          BUT I I NEED TO SPEND TIME LOOKING AT SOME OTHERS DETAILS THAT I'M AND ANY QUESTIONS. I JUST FOR CLARITY. MICHELLE SO IT? THAT MEANS THAT IN AS COMPARED TO A PUBLIC SCHOOL VERSUS A PRIVATE SCHOOL, MANY OF THOSE THINGS DON'T EXIST, LIKE TRANSPORTATION AND SPECIAL EDUCATION. BACK SO THAT? SO THAT'S ONE OF THE DIFFERENCES WHEN WE'RE COMPARING PRIVATE SCHOOL COST PER PUPIL VERSUS PUBLIC SCHOOL COST PER PUPIL. 
          EXACTLY. THANK YOU. NOTHING FROM KEVIN, BUT AMANDA. GOOD EVENING, BOARD. THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN FOCUSING ON LEVY COMMUNICATION RIGHT UP UNTIL THE VERY END, BUT WHAT I ACTUALLY WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU TODAY WAS A COUPLE OF NON-LEVY-RELATED THINGS, STARTING WITH THE BGCAST PODCAST RECENTLY RELEASED THE 50TH EPISODE. THIS ONE FOCUSED ON THE ROLE OF ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, AND THEN ALSO FEATURED A SHORT INTERVIEW WITH AVA KRABELSKY, WHO YOU HEARD AT THE LAST. MEETING. SO THAT'S A GREAT EPISODE. AND THEN THEY ALSO RECENTLY RELEASED A SPECIAL BONUS EPISODE THAT FOCUSED ON LEVY INFORMATION. 
          AND JUST SORT OF CLARIFYING SOME OF THE FACTS ABOUT THAT AND WHAT IT ENTAILS. 
          SO THOSE PODCASTS ARE ALL AVAILABLE ON APPLE, SPOTIFY, AND AMAZON MUSIC NOW, IF ANYONE WANTS TO GO LISTEN. THERE'S ALSO A DEEP BACK CATALOG. A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO, I MENTIONED TO YOU THIS NEW WEBSITE THAT'S GOING TO SPOTLIGHT SCHOOLS ALL OVER THE STATE, BUT FOCUSING FIRST ON SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON. THAT 
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SITE IS NOW UP AND RUNNING, AND I THINK OUR DISTRICT IS TIED WITH WASHOUGAL FOR THE MOST STORIES REPRESENTED, SO IT'S REALLY NEAT TO SEE US REPRESENTED ON THAT SCALE, AND IT'S JUST A GREAT RESOURCE FOR POSITIVE THINGS HAPPENING IN PUBLIC EDUCATION. 
          WITH DONOR FUNDS, THE INTENT IS ALSO TO ELEVATE SOME OF THAT MESSAGING THROUGH THINGS LIKE PUTTING UP BILLBOARDS THAT WOULD JUST HIGHLIGHT MORE PUBLIC SCHOOL SUCCESSES. IT'S A REALLY NEAT COLLABORATION. AND THEN A COUPLE OF UPCOMING EVENTS. 
          SHELLEY MENTIONED THE INDUSTRY FAIR EARLIER. THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD TO THAT IS THAT. THEY WILL ACCEPT VENDORS WHO WANT TO SIGN UP FOR A FREE TABLE THROUGH THIS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13TH. SO IF YOU KNOW ANYONE WHO'S LOOKING FOR WORKERS AND WANTS TO BE REPRESENTED AT THE FAIR, THEY'RE WELCOME TO SIGN UP. AND THEN, OF COURSE, TOMORROW IS ELECTION DAY, AND BALLOTS ARE DUE BY 8 P.M., SO WE JUST ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO REMEMBER TO VOTE. THANK YOU. THAT'S IT FOR US IN THE BALLOT BOX. 
          CORRECT. NOT. SO WE'RE GOING TO DO HEAD CITIZENS COMMENTS. 
          WE HAVE FIVE FOLKS THIS EVENING. LET ME READ OUR LITTLE STATEMENT, PLEASE. THIS IS A MEETING OF THE BATTLEGROUND PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND IT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC TO ATTEND, VIEW PRESENTATIONS, AND HEAR BOARD MEMBERS DISCUSS TOPICS DURING OPEN SESSIONS. THE BOARD 
          [7. Citizens' Comments]
WELCOMES COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS DURING CITIZENS' COMMENTS AND ASKS THAT THOSE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD SIGN IN ON THE SIGN-IN SHEET PROVIDED, WHICH IS LOCATED CLOSE TO THE ENTRANCE. PLEASE FOLLOW THE PROCEDURES FOR CITIZENS' COMMENTS BY STATING YOUR NAME, LIMITING YOUR TIME TO THREE MINUTES, AND REFRAINING FROM DISCUSSING CONFIDENTIAL MATTERS, INCLUDING STUDENT OR STAFF NAMES. 
          IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW, COMMENTS MAY NOT PROMOTE OR OPPOSE ANY BALLOT PROPOSITION. 
          IF YOU HAVE ANY HANDOUTS, PLEASE GIVE THEM TO CARLA AS YOU COME UP. 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 TYPICALLY RESPOND TO QUESTIONS OR PETITIONS DURING CITIZENS' COMMENTS. 
          THEY WILL LISTEN AND GIVE DIRECTION TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM IF ACTION IS DEEMED NECESSARY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. SO FIRST WILL BE JOSH WILD. THANK YOU, BOARD. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. MY NAME IS JOSH WILDE. I'VE GOT TWO KIDS IN THE DISTRICT. I'M A MEMBER OF CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT TWO OF THE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS DISCUSSED EARLIER ABOUT RESTRUCTURING MEETINGS AND CITIZENS' COMMENTS. 
          FIRST, I WAS GLAD TO HEAR THAT THERE WAS SOME CONSENSUS UP HERE ON THE DIAZES, OR AT LEAST IT SEEMED TO BE. SO I WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT THE BOARD CONSIDERS THAT ANY CHANGES THAT WOULD PREVENT OR DISCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY FROM TAKING AN ACTIVE PART IN THESE MEETINGS. BOTH IN THE THE ACTION BUSINESS PORTION, AS WELL AS IN THE WORKSHOPS WHERE YOU GUYS ARE ACTUALLY DOING THE RESEARCH, EVERYBODY UP HERE. 
          AT SOME POINT OR ANOTHER, I'VE HEARD YOU GUYS TALK ABOUT STRENGTHENING TRANSPARENCY, LOCAL CONTROL, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. THE SEGMENT OF THE OF THESE BOARD MEETINGS IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF ALL OF THESE THINGS. SO YEAH, WE JUST ASKED THAT CITIZENS COMMENTS. NOT BE LIMITED OR GATEKEEP BY HAVING LIMITED IN SCOPE OR ANY MORE THAN THAT, THEN IT'S NECESSARY. AND I WOULD SAY THE SAME THING FOR STUDENT VOICE. THE SECOND IS IT WAS SOMETHING ACTUALLY THAT IT'S SOLAR EAT SOLID. THAT COMMENTED ON IS ABOUT THE STUDENT RECOGNITION, STAFF RECOGNITION. I'VE GOT A SMALL, ANECDOTAL SHARE WITH YOU GUYS. I MOVED IT TO THIS DISTRICT IN 2020 FOLLOWING THAT LAST COVID SCHOOL YEAR. MY DAUGHTER STRUGGLED THAT FIRST YEAR IN FIFTH GRADE, AFTER SHE BOUNCED AROUND SCHOOLS AND THEN DID A WHOLE YEAR ONLINE. CLASS ONLINE WASN'T THE BEST. THANKFULLY, SHE HAD SOME FANTASTIC TEACHERS AT CHIEF UMTUK. THEY PUSHED HER, THEY INSPIRED HER, AND IN SIXTH GRADE, SHE PARTICIPATED IN THE FIRST ANNUAL NATIONAL CIVICS BEE. SHE CAME IN SECOND PLACE FOR SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON, MOVED ON TO COMPETE AT STATE. SHE WON PRIZE MONEY. SHE WAS WRITTEN UP IN THE LOCAL PAPER. AND SHE WAS PRESENTED A CERTIFICATE BY A SCHOOL BOARD AND THE SUPERINTENDENT. RIGHT HERE IN THIS VERY ROOM, TO A NICE, ADORING CROWD. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS REALIZE HOW MUCH IMPACT THAT SORT OF THING, THAT POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT HAS ON A LEARNER. TO HAVE SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENTS RECOGNIZED AND CELEBRATED, NOT JUST IN THE CLASSROOM, NOT JUST IN THEIR SCHOOLS, BUT BY SERIOUS, IMPORTANT PEOPLE, ELECTED PEOPLE, PEOPLE LIKE YOU GUYS, IT'S HUGE. 
          THESE THINGS MATTER. I THINK IT 
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MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN THE COURSE OF HER LIFE TO HAVE THOSE TEACHERS. AND TO HAVE THAT RECOGNITION IN THAT MOMENT. SO I WOULD JUST SAY, IN CLOSING, RECOGNIZING THE DISTRICT SUCCESSES IN THIS SETTING COST THE DISTRICT NOTHING EXCEPT FOR TIME AND ATTENTION. IT'S GOOD FOR THE MORALE, THE DISTRICT'S HARD-WORKING EMPLOYEES. IT CAN MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE TO A YOUNG STUDENT WHO IS STRUGGLING AND TRYING TO FIND THEIR PLACE IN THE WORLD. IT'S GOOD FOR A LOCAL COMMUNITY HUNGRY FOR POSITIVE THINGS TO CELEBRATE. THIS DISTRICT DOES SOME AMAZING THINGS AND I DON'T KNOW WHY THE BOARD WOULDN'T WANT TO SHARE THE DISTRICT SUCCESS STORIES WITH THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MR. WILL D. EUNICE INGRAM ONSON. GOOD EVENING BOARD. MY NAME IS EUNICE INGRAM AND MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE, HER, AND I'M A DISTRICT RESIDENT. 
          CHEERING OUR YOUTH GROWING UP INTO RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS OF A FREE COUNTRY. I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY STRONG SUPPORT IN HOW THE DISTRICT HAS SO FAR HANDLED OUR STUDENTS. 
          ADVOCATING FOR CAUSES NEAR AND DEAR TO THEIR HEARTS, EVEN IN THE FORM OF WALKOUTS. 
          THEY'RE LEARNING FROM CLASSES AND TEXTBOOKS HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CIVIC LIFE OF THIS COUNTRY. AND WHAT RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES AN ORDINARY PERSON HAS IN THE LIFE OF THEIR COMMUNITY. AS MUCH AS I CRINGE AND WEEP OVER THE HORROR STORIES COMING OUT OF L.A., MINNEAPOLIS, AND EVEN OUR OWN VANCOUVER AND PORTLAND, I'M PROUD OF OUR STUDENTS PUTTING THEIR LEARNING TO USE IN CONSTRUCTIVE, NONVIOLENT WAYS. I DREAM OF OUR CIVICS COURSES OR EVEN EXTRACURRICULAR. ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING STUDENTS PICKING UP CAUSES TO SUPPORT AND ADVOCATE FOR, AND FINDING WAYS TO RUN WITH THOSE CAUSES. IT MAY INCLUDE HELPING LEGISLATORS DRAFT BILLS AND FOLLOWING THEM ALL ALONG THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS, AND ADVOCATING WITH LETTERS AND COMMENTS, WHATEVER, UNTIL THE BILLS BECOME LOST OR FALSE. AFLOAT, OR CAMPAIGNING FOR A CANDIDATE THAT EMBODIES THEIR DREAMS. HELPING WITH TOWN HALL EVENTS, SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS, OR DOOR-TO-DOOR CANVASSING, OR ENGAGING IN CIVIL DEBATES ON HOT ISSUES WITH PEOPLE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DIVIDE, WITH A FOCUS ON UNDERSTANDING THE OTHER SIDE AND BRIDGING THE GAPS, OR GETTING INVOLVED WITH NON-PROFITS OR COMMUNITY SERVICES. THE LIST IS ENDLESS. 
          OUR TEACHERS CAN BE AMAZING SUPPORT AND RESOURCE TO THE STUDENTS. WITHOUT PUSHING THEIR OWN POLITICAL VIEWS, A MORE PERFECT UNION CAN BE ACHIEVED NOT BY SIMPLY COMPLIANT CHILDREN, BUT BY YOUTH AND ADULTS THAT TAKE UP THE COURAGE TO FIND CREATIVE WAYS OF SOLVING PROBLEMS AND PROTECTING AND PROMOTING LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THAT'S ALL FOR NOW, BUT PLEASE STAY TUNED BECAUSE I WILL COME BACK NEXT TIME WITH A STORY ABOUT MY GRANDMOTHER. 
          WITH THE EMPIRE AS A STUDENT OVER A HUNDRED YEARS AGO. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU, EUNICE. 
          WYNNE GERSUCH? HI, MY NAME IS WYNNE GERSUCH, AND I AM A BATTLEGROUND TAXPAYER. AND TODAY, I HAD MY CAR FIXED, AND THE MAN, WHO LIVES IN VANCOUVER AND HIS BUSINESS IS IN HAZELDALE, HE IS DISTRICT TO PAY FOR YOUR SCHOOL TAXES. 
          AND HE WAS LIVID. HE SAID, IF YOU'RE GOING TODAY, HE SAYS, MAKE SURE YOU GIVE HIM MY CARD. 
          HE WAS VERY UPSET FOR THE FACT, HE SAID, WHY SHOULD I PAY FOR BATTLEGROUND SCHOOLS WHEN THIS IS HAZELDALE? VANCOUVER. AND I SAID, WELL, MY DISTRICT PAYS FOR IT, BUT THE KIDS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD GO TO SOME OF THESE SCHOOLS. SO, HE SAID, THIS IS TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH HE'S A BUSINESS OWNER AND PAYS BIG BUCKS TO THESE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, HE DOESN'T GET TO VOTE. HE DOESN'T GET TO VOTE FOR THE BORDER OR ANYTHING. 
          AND HE WAS REALLY MAD ABOUT THAT. HE SAID, THERE SHOULD BE A LAW CHANGE THAT IF WE HAVE TO PAY PROPERTY TAXES TO PAY 
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FOR BATTLEGROUND SCHOOLS, THAT WE SHOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO VOTE FOR THE BOARD. AND THIS IS ANOTHER THING. THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, IT SAYS THAT WHEN THEY TREAT THE SEWER WATER THAT WE CAN DRINK, WE'RE DRINKING TOILET TO TAP, IT SAYS THAT THEY CANNOT REMOVE ARTIFICIAL SYNTHETIC COMPOUNDS LIKE THOSE FOUND IN PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, SKIN CARE PRODUCTS, AND THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO FLUSH AND SHOP WISELY. THIS IS BECAUSE THE PEOPLE THAT TAKE ANY KIND OF MEDICINES, WHICH MOST PEOPLE DO, WE'RE ALL DRINKING THEIR MEDICINES BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GET IT OUT. 
          THIS IS WHY IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE A WATER FILTER. AND I WOULD HOPE THAT THIS BOARD WOULD GO TO THE BATTLEGROUND COUNCIL MEETING AND DEMAND TO HAVE THE FLUORIDE STOPPED. 
          ROBERT F. KENNEDY, HE SAID THAT THEY'RE STOPPING FLUORIDATION NATIONWIDE. AND WE'VE GOT TO GET THIS DONE BECAUSE IT LOWERS CHILDREN'S IQS. AND FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN, WHEN YOU WERE... TALKING ABOUT HOW THOSE CHILDREN WERE LEARNING THE ABCS AND COUNT TO TEN, AND THEY'RE FOUR AND A HALF YEARS OLD. WHEN I WORKED AT THE GENIUS KIDS IN FREMONT, CALIFORNIA, THEY WERE READING ME AT FOUR YEARS OLD THE LION KING BOOK. I TAUGHT DANCING LESSONS IN THAT PRESCHOOL. AND WHEN THOSE KIDS GRADUATED, THEY WERE AT A SECOND GRADE LEVEL. SO THEY ALL MOVED UP TO SECOND GRADE WHEN THEY GOT OUT OF GENIUS KIDS. AND THE LADY'S NAME IS DILLON, DILLON, RENU, DILLON, THAT'S HER NAME. AND YOU CAN LOOK IT UP BECAUSE SHE HAS A PROGRAM THAT SHE INVENTED TO TEACH THE KIDS HOW TO READ BETTER. AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT COULD BENEFIT FROM THIS. ANOTHER THING, TOO, IS THAT THERE'S ALL KINDS OF ARTICLES ABOUT 2 MILLION VERDICT AGAINST DOCTORS AND TRANS SURGERY CASES. THERE WAS A 16-YEAR-OLD GIRL THAT JUST GOT A LOT OF MONEY. AND THIS WAS WRITTEN IN THE EPOCH TIMES, AND IT WAS ON FEBRUARY 4TH, AND THIS IS ANOTHER ONE FOLLOW-UP THAT I JUST GOT TODAY. FORMER TRANSGENDER TEENS TAKE FIGHT TO COURT. SO RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE THEY WERE TRYING TO GET THESE YOUNG PEOPLE TO HAVE THEIR SEX CHANGE OPERATIONS BEFORE THEY'RE 18, A LEGAL ADULT. SO I'M GOING TO PUT THESE THINGS ON PUBLIC RECORD, AND I'M ALSO DONATING THIS TO THE SCHOOL. THESE ARE THINGS THAT... IF EVERY PARENT DID THAT, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT MONEY. THANK YOU JESSICA COLE. HELLO BOARD. MY NAME IS JESSICA COLE. I'M NOT GOING TO START WITH WHAT I CAME TO TALK ABOUT. EVERGREEN SCHOOL DISTRICT, I WAS RECENTLY AT ONE OF THEIR SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS. 
          PERSONALLY, I LIKE HOW YOU RUN YOURS, VERY BUSINESSLIKE. IT FELT LIKE MORE FULL. AND ONE THING THEY DID IS THEY HAD CITIZENS' COMMENTS AT THE VERY BEGINNING. 
          A PARENT CAME WITH THEIR KIDS, GAVE THEIR COMMENTS, AND GOT TO GO. 
          ANOTHER THING THEY DID IS THEY HAD COMMENTS ON ZOOM, SO PEOPLE THAT COULDN'T BE THERE IN PERSON WEREN'T ABLE TO DO IT. I AM NOT... 
          WHATEVER, MR. WILDE SAID, YES, WHAT? DIRECTOR SIBLEY SAID? YES ABOUT CITIZENS COMMENTS. 
          SPECIAL MEETINGS. IF YOU MOVE YOUR MEETINGS LATER IN THE DAY, THAT'S A GOOD THING FOR ACCESSIBILITY. LIMITING IS TALKING ONCE A MONTH, IT'S NOT OKAY. I DO NOT KNOW WHY THIS CAME UP. THIS IS LIKE YOUR FOURTH BOARD MEETING, AND I MISSED THE LAST ONE, AND THE STREAMLINING, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED, THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE STREAMLINING. 
          WITH ME BEING ON BOARD, IT'S ONE THING I'VE DONE TO KEEP THINGS DOWN. IS HOW MUCH TIME PER TOPIC, KIND OF AS A GUIDELINE, AS OPPOSED TO A RULE. ANOTHER THING IS, BE CONSCIENTIOUS OF TALKING. I'M A SUPER TALKER, SO YOU'RE LUCKY YOU LIMIT ME TO THREE MINUTES. THERE'S THAT. 
          RECORD, HAVE THINGS HERE. WE HAVE SWAG IT HERE. THEN IT'S RECORDED. I MISSED THE COFFEE TALK. I SLEPT IN. THEY WEREN'T, I'M SORRY, THE REMINDERS WERE IN MEETING, SO IT WAS HARD. 
          ONE THING TO DO IS, WHAT I'VE LEARNED BEING ON A BOARD, DO NOT TIE THE HANDS OF FUTURE BOARD MEMBERS BY LIMITING POLICIES AND STUFF, SUCH AS THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT. I APPRECIATE DIRECTOR JOHNSON BRINGING FORWARD STUFF THAT SHE'S HEARD AT DIFFERENT TRAININGS, YOU KNOW, FOR YOU GUYS TO CONSIDER. 
          I DO APPRECIATE THAT. I FEEL 
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LIKE THAT'S TYING IT, WHATEVER THE VICE PRESIDENT, WHATEVER THE RULES ARE FOR THE PRESIDENT. FOR QUALIFICATION SHOULD BE THE VICE PRESIDENT'S QUALIFICATION. 
          ALSO, SO THAT NEW CHANGING THE POLICY WOULDN'T WORK FOR US. I DON'T THINK I THINK IT'S FINE HOW IT IS. WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT AREN'T ON THE BOARD, ON THE AGENDA NECESSARILY. 
          LIKE THE CHEER, THAT WAS REALLY MY TOPIC FOR TONIGHT. I PREFER HEARING MORE, GOSH, MORE INFORMATION FROM THIS STUDENTS, HEARING MORE MORE INFORMATION OR INPUT FROM THE STUDENT REPS. THERE WAS SOME HEATED STUFF UP HERE. 
          I DON'T THINK THE ORIGINAL INTENT WAS TO BE HURTFUL. I'M NOT SURE IF ANYONE FELT HURT. I HOPE YOU COULD DISCUSS LATER AND IF THERE WAS HURT FEELINGS, JUST WORK THAT OUT. THERE WAS SOME STUFF THAT, LIKE, I WISH IT WAS GENTLER IN HERE TONIGHT THAN IT WAS. 
          AND THE CHAIR COMPETITION WAS AMAZING. I WATCHED IT ONLINE IN PARTS. AND I STILL GOT TO GO TO DUTCH BROTHERS AND GET MY DRINK EVENTUALLY. SO, YEAH, MORE STAFF FOR THE RESTAURANTS. THANK YOU. 
          AND ALI STRAPASON? GOOD EVENING, BOARD. I'M ALLIE STRAPAZON. I AM A RESIDENT, FORMER PARENT, ON MANY COMMITTEES AND THINGS. I HAVE BEEN A VOLUNTEER IN THIS DISTRICT FOR 15 YEARS. 
          I WASN'T PLANNING ON SPEAKING TONIGHT, BUT THAT CHANGED A LITTLE BIT AGO. I'M GOING TO HAVE TO RE-WATCH, BECAUSE THERE WAS SO MUCH INFORMATION THERE. MY HEAD'S STILL SWIMMING. I COULDN'T PROCESS IT ALL, ESPECIALLY THE PING-PONGING. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU WOULD WANT TO LIMIT CITIZENS' COMMENTS IF YOU WANT TO HEAR MORE FROM CITIZENS. THE COFFEE TALKS, I LEAVE FOR WORK AT 7, I'M ALREADY AT WORK AT 10, THOSE DON'T WORK FOR ME. I MAKE SACRIFICES TO BE HERE TWICE A MONTH. I'M ALREADY DOING THAT TO LIMIT MY ABILITY TO SHARE. THAT DOES NOT GIVE YOU MORE INPUT. PLUS, THE COFFEE TALKS, UNLESS SOMEBODY'S PAYING ATTENTION TO THESE MEETINGS, THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT THEY EXIST. SO ANYWAY, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SHARE FOR IT. THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S ALL FOR CITIZENS' COMMENTS. NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS THE... THE CONSENT AGENDA. SO WE'VE GOT APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES 
          [8. Consent Agenda (Board Vote w/Student Voice)]
JANUARY 26TH, SPECIAL MEETING, APPROVAL OF MINUTES JANUARY 26TH, REGULAR MEETING, PERSONAL REPORTS, PERSONNEL REPORTS, STUDENT TRAVEL, APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION A26, DISCHARGE OF CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE, APPROVAL OF 20... 25-26 SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANS AND THE APPROVAL OF SIGNING RESOURCES AND INTERPRETERS CONTRACT AMENDMENT. ANYBODY LIKE ANYTHING TAKEN OFF OF THE CONSENT AGENDA TO BE DISCUSSED BEFORE WE GO FORWARD, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? THEREFORE I MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE, THE CONSENT AGENDA IS PRESENTED. 
          SO OUR STUDENTS ARE A VOICE OR PRO-PRO. THANK YOU ALL IN FAVOR? WELL, WE HAVE A MOTION THEN TO APPROVE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. PASSES 5-0. 
          NO OLD BUSINESS, NO NEW BUSINESS. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. I DID CIRCULATE A COFFEE TALKS SHEET. SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS SIGNED UP FOR IT. I'M SIGNED UP FOR THIS WEDNESDAY, AND IF I'M THERE BY MYSELF, 
          [11. Future Agenda Items and Board Events]
THAT WOULD BE OKAY. DON'T HAVE TO HAVE TWO PEOPLE THERE. AND THEN THE OTHER WEDNESDAYS ARE OUT THERE, SO IF YOU WANT TO SIGN UP FOR SEVEN IN THE MORNING OR WHATEVER, OKAY? AND ALLIE'S CORRECT, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE UNDERSTAND, KNOW MUCH ABOUT IT, SO WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS POSSIBLY IF WE COULD GET OUR COFFEE TALKS CALENDAR SOMEHOW ON OUR CALENDAR, YEAH, SO THAT 
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PEOPLE CAN SEE THAT WE'RE DOING THIS ON A... WEEKLY BASIS, AND WE WILL GET SIGNING UP FOR THEM FOR THE MONTH, YOU KNOW, AND HAVE THAT AMANDA OR WHOEVER NEEDS IT, SO THAT WE CAN GET IT. AND THEN WE'LL ALSO TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN'T GET A SIGN. I HEAR WE GOT SOME FAVORABLE PEOPLE AT ALLEN ERNIE'S, WHO KIND OF HAVE AN INSIDE TRACK THERE WITH THOSE PEOPLE. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SIGN POSTED THERE THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, TO MEET FOR COFFEE WITH THE BOARD MEMBERS ON WEDNESDAY MORNING. OR WHATEVER TIME THE NEXT ONE'S GOING TO BE. AND WE CAN MAYBE PUT A LITTLE PIECE OF PAPER INTO THE CHANGES. THE TIME OF THE MEETING, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAVE IT AT A DIFFERENT TIME. SO THAT WAY PEOPLE CAN SEE IT DURING THE WEEK. AND IF THEY ARRIVE THERE AND WE SOMEHOW FORGET WHAT WE'RE DOING, THEN AT LEAST THEY'LL KNOW IT WAS SCHEDULED FOR THAT TIME. AND WE'RE NOT THERE. AND THEN THEY CAN BE GRUFF AT US. GET A LITTLE BIT MORE ORGANIZED ON IT, OKAY? DEBBIE, YOU'RE STILL COMMITTED TO DOING THIS? YES. OKAY, SO DEBBIE AND I ARE COMMITTED TO DOING IT. AND SO IF YOU DON'T SIGN UP AND WE CANNOT BE THERE, WE'LL LET YOU KNOW IF WE NEED SOMEBODY. COVER FOR US, YOU KNOW, TIMES, KIND OF A THING, ALL RIGHT? AND AGAIN, YOU GUYS THAT WANT TO DO IT AT SEVEN, PLEASE JUST SIGN UP ON THAT LITTLE PIECE OF PAPER AND THEN WE'LL CHANGE. 
          WHEN YOU SENT OUT THAT INFORMATION, WE'VE ALREADY TAKEN CARE OF IT. YEAH, THEY'RE ALL OF US HERE, THEY'RE ALL, YOU'RE ALL FILLED OUT ON IT. 
          YEAH, OH MY GOD, I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT IT. VERY GOOD, THANK YOU, VERY GOOD. 
          OKAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE ORGANIZED ALLEY AND MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE LEARNING MORE ABOUT IT. THE THINGS KIND OF TAKE, YOU KNOW, SLOW STARTS. SO YOU ANYTHING ELSE WITH REGARD TO THE CALENDAR OR VISITS? TOURS, IS THAT ON WEDNESDAYS OR MOVED TO FRIDAYS NOW, RIGHT? FRIDAY, THE 20TH. AT LAUREN? AT LAUREN MIDDLE SCHOOL AT 830. I'M LOOKING AT WHAT'S ON THE THING HERE. AM I MISSING IT SOMEWHERE? I USUALLY AM. 
          IT'S THE ORANGE ONE ON THE FEBRUARY 20TH. FEBRUARY 20TH, OF COURSE. I WAS LOOKING AT MARCH. THAT'S WHAT I WAS DOING. 
          VERY GOOD. OKAY. AND THEN FEBRUARY 23RD FOR OUR BOARD MEETING. OKAY, THAT'S IT. ANYTHING ELSE ON THE CALENDAR WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT? THAT'S IT. BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, WE HAVE THE CAC. THIS THURSDAY. WE HAVE THE INDUSTRY FAIR. WE HAVE THE BOARD TOUR ON THE 20TH. AND THEN WE'RE BACK HERE FOR A BOARD MEETING ON THE 23RD. VERY GOOD. 
          ANYTHING FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER BEFORE WE DISMISS? WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. ANYTHING ELSE? AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO BRING UP BEFORE WE GO BACK FOR THE EXECUTIVE SESSION? ALL DONE? OKAY. THEN AN HOUR OR 30 MINUTES? I HOPE 30 MINUTES. 30 MINUTES. OKAY. SO THEN WE'RE 
          [12. Executive Session]
GOING TO GO AHEAD AND EXCUSE OURSELVES AND ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 8.08. 
          WE'LL BE BACK AT 8.38. IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY. VERY GOOD. 
          BATTLEGROUND SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICT MEETING IS ADJOURNED AS OF 9.08. THANK YOU ALL.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.