[1. Call to Order] [00:00:05] 6 P.M. WELL GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. WE'RE GOING TO CALL THIS EVENING'S MEETING TO ORDER. MONDAY, MARCH 21ST REGULAR BOARD MEETING. SO LET'S STAND FOR OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. READY? BEGIN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. ROLL CALL. PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT 4, TERRY TATE. HERE. VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT 3, CHRIS GRUHL. HERE. DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT 1, LORI SIBLEY. HERE. DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT 2, DEBBIE JOHNSON. HERE. DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT 5, MARSHALL MERRITT. HERE. STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE, ITO CONTRERAS-MONTEAL. HERE. STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE, TOBY WYNN. HERE. MR. PRESIDENT, WE HAVE A QUORUM. VERY GOOD. WELCOME, EVERYBODY. [4. Agenda Approval (Board Vote w/Student Voice)] SO FIRST THING THEN AT NUMBER FOUR, AGENDA APPROVAL IS A REAL PIECE OF BUSINESS HERE. SO ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ABOUT THE AGENDA THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE DONE? ENTERTAIN A MOTION. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED. OUR ADVISORY VOTE? PRO. PRO. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL OPPOSED? 5-0. THANK YOU. [5. Student and Board Updates] STUDENT VOICE, CAM ACADEMY IS WITH US THIS EVENING. PLEASE COME FORWARD. WELCOME. SIR? THEY SHOULD HAVE HONORARY RESERVE SEATS AT THE FRONT WHEN THEY'RE SPEAKING. THEY SHOULDN'T BE IN THE VERY, VERY WAY BACK. WELL I JUST WANTED TO SAY FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE TODAY. OH ABSOLUTELY. AND I WANTED TO MENTION FIRST OF ALL BEFORE OUR STUDENTS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE SOME OF THEIR EXPERIENCES WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR FOURTH GRADERS ARE GOING TO SHARE SOME EXPERIENCES ABOUT THE WIT AND WISDOM CURRICULUM, AND I KNOW MRS. NOYE WILL SHARE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. AND THEN ALSO WE'LL HAVE SOME OF OUR FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADE STUDENTS WHO TOBY, WHEN HE CAME TO VISIT OUR SCHOOL IN DECEMBER, WAS ABLE TO VISIT WITH SEVERAL GROUPS OF STUDENTS, AND HE INVITED SOME STUDENTS THAT ARE ALSO HERE WITH US TO SHARE SOME EXPERIENCES AS WELL. BUT I WANTED TO FIRST OF ALL SEND A SHOUT OUT TO OUR KNOWLEDGEABLE TEAM. YOU MAY HAVE HEARD SATURDAY THEY TRAVELED TO WENATCHEE. WHERE THEY COMPETED IN THE STATE, AT STATE FOR KNOWLEDGE BOWL. AND AFTER THREE YEARS AGO, THEY WERE SECOND IN REGIONALS, ALWAYS LOSING TO SETON CATHOLIC. THEN THEY WOULD GO AND COMPETE AND GET EIGHTH IN STATE THREE YEARS AGO. TWO YEARS AGO, THEY WENT AND GOT SECOND IN REGIONALS AGAIN TO SETON CATHOLIC. AND THEN THEY WENT TO STATE AGAIN AND GOT NINTH. AND THEN THIS YEAR, AGAIN, THEY GOT SECOND TO SETON CATHOLIC, WENT TO STATE. BUT THIS TIME THEY MADE IT TO THE STATE FINALS AND THEY EDGED OUT SETON CATHOLIC TO WIN THE CLASS 2B STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. SO WE MAY NOT HAVE BROUGHT HOME A FOOTBALL OR A BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP, BUT WE BROUGHT HOME A KNOWLEDGE BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP. IT'S A LOT TO BE PROUD OF AND A SPECIAL KUDOS TO OUR COACHES, ERIC HARP AND SARAH NIELSEN, WHO SPENT A TON OF TIME GETTING THE STUDENTS READY AND KUDOS TO ALL THEM FOR ALL THEIR WORK. WITH THAT SAID, I'LL HAVE OUR FOURTH GRADE, MS. NOYE, DO YOU WANT TO COME UP? GOOD EVENING, HELLO. WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE. I BROUGHT SEVEN FOURTH GRADERS WHO WERE REALLY EXCITED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO TO COME AND SHARE WHAT WE LEARNED ABOUT EXTREME SETTINGS DURING MODULE 2 OF OUR WOODEN WISDOM CURRICULUM FOR ELA. AND THEN WE HAD TO POSTPONE A COUPLE OF WEEKS, SO THEY'RE VERY EXCITED TO SHARE WHAT THEY MADE. WE KIND OF CELEBRATE THE END OF THE MODULE, WE MADE DIORAMAS. AND IT WASN'T REALLY SOMETHING WIT AND WISDOM TELLS US THAT WE HAVE TO DO, BUT IT'S JUST SUCH A FUN WAY TO SHOW, LIKE, WHAT WE LEARNED. SO I'M GOING TO LET THE KIDS TAKE IT AWAY. I'LL INTRODUCE THEM. THEY'LL TELL YOU HOW THIS EXTREME SITTING THAT THEY CREATED WOULD AFFECT A CHARACTER IN A STORY. FIRST ONE COMING UP IS EMERSON MORRIS. PARENTS, IF ANY OF YOU WANT [00:05:01] TO COME UP AND TAKE PICTURES, FEEL FREE. YOU CAN EVEN COME BEHIND THE DIOCESE HERE. HI, I'M EMERSON MORRIS IN MISS NOY'S FOURTH GRADE CLASS. AND IN MODULE TWO, WE LEARNED ABOUT... HOW TO SURVIVE OUT IN THE WILDERNESS AND JUST HOW TO... AND IN THE BOOK HATCHET, WRITTEN BY GARY PAULSON, WE SEE HOW BRIAN, THE MAIN CHARACTER IN THE STORY, SURVIVES. AND MY DIORAMA IS ABOUT HOW WHEN HE'S IN THE PLANE RIDE TO GO VISIT HIS DAD, THE PILOT HAS A HEART ATTACK AND HE HAS TO MAKE A CRASH LANDING INTO A LAKE. AND WITH THIS BOOK... WE SEE HOW HE SURVIVES AND HOW HE USES HIS BRAIN AND KNOWLEDGE TO SURVIVE AND SPENDS 54 DAYS OUT IN THE WILDERNESS AND THEN EVENTUALLY GETS SAVED WITH ANOTHER PILOT. AND IT'S JUST AMAZING TO ME HOW HE WENT FROM BEING A NEW YORK BOY, NOT KNOWING ANYTHING HOW TO SURVIVAL, TO GOING INTO THE WILDERNESS. AND JUST BEING SO SMART WITH HOW HE SURVIVES AND USING HIS SKILLS TO JUST GROW PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY AND ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS. HI, MY NAME IS CARTER SORENSON. MY DIORAMA IS ABOUT A SCENE FROM HATCHET WHEN THE PILOT HAS A HEART ATTACK AND THE PASSENGER NAMED BRIAN SAW AN L-SHAPED LAKE AND CRASHED INTO IT. ELLIE DUNFELD ELLIE DUNFELD HI, MY NAME IS ELLIE DUNFELD AND MY EXTREME SETTING IS THE RAINBOW RIVER IN COLUMBIA. THE RAINBOW RIVER HAS MANY NAMES LIKE RIVER OF FIVE COLORS, THANK YOU. MELTED RAINBOW, LIQUID RAINBOW, AND CANNA CHRISTALIS. BUT IT'S NOT JUST THE NAMES. HOW DOES IT GET ITS COLOR? A PLANT CALLED MACARENA CLAVIGERA. IT'S A KIND OF AQUATIC PLANT DIFFERENT FROM ALGAE OR MOSS. THE RAINBOW RIVER IS AN EXTREME SETTING BECAUSE ITS WATER IS NOT SAFE TO DRINK UNLESS TREATED. IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION TO BE IN, SO DON'T GET LOST THERE. IT'S A VERY REMOTE PLACE FOR A RIVER, BUT IT'S BEAUTIFUL AND COLORFUL. I'VE LEARNED A LOT FROM THIS UNIT. IT'S AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN AT CAM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ALYSSA KARDAVOVA. HELLO, MY NAME IS ALYSSA CARTELVA FROM MISS NOYES 4TH GRADE CLASS. WHAT I HAVE LEARNED FROM THIS MODULE IS HOW TO SURVIVE IN DANGEROUS PLACES, MAKE A SHELTER, WRITE A DETAILED NARRATIVE STORY, AND HOW TO GET FOOD. WHAT'S EXTREME ABOUT GALAPAGOS ISLANDS? THEY HAVE ANIMALS THAT DON'T LIVE ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD, LIKE BLUE-FOOTED BIRDS, COLORFUL IGUANAS, BLACK FLIES. AND MANY MORE. THEY ARE ALSO EXTREME BECAUSE OF THEIR CONSTANT ERUPTING VOLCANOES AND UNIQUE CONVERGENCE OF MULTIPLE OCEAN CURRENTS. THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS ARE A WONDERFUL, BEAUTIFUL, AND INTERESTING PLACE TO EXPLORE. NATHAN GRANT KOWALSKI YOU CAN [00:10:13] COME UP FARTHER WITH THE PICTURES. HELLO, MY NAME IS NATHAN AND MY EXTREME SETTING WAS DEATH VALLEY. DID YOU KNOW THAT... 300 TO 500 PEOPLE LIVE IN DEATH VALLEY. IN AUGUST IT CAN REACH UP TO 130 DEGREES AND WORLD RECORD IS 134 DEGREES IN THE WORLD AND IT'S THE HOTTEST PLACE. AND IF THIS WAS A PLACE WHERE A CHARACTER, HOW WOULD THIS IMPACT A CHARACTER? IF THERE IS NO SHADE AND NO WATER, THE PERSON CAN I MIGHT GET SICK OR EVEN DIE BECAUSE IT'S SO HOT. AVERY ZWICK. HI, MY NAME IS AVERY ZWEIG. I'M IN MRS. WITTEN'S FOURTH GRADE CLASS. MY EXTREME SETTING DIORAMA IS MOUNT EVEREST. MOUNT EVEREST IS IN NEPAL, WHICH IS IN ASIA. MOUNT EVEREST IS THE TALLEST MOUNTAIN IN THE WORLD ABOVE SEA LEVEL. ITS ELEVATION IS 29,028 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL. THAT'S TWO AND A HALF TIMES TALLER THAN OUR MOUNT HOOD. IT IS SO TALL IT HAS SOMETHING CALLED THE DEATH ZONE. THE DEATH ZONE IS AN AREA ABOVE 26,247 FEET. WHERE THE AIR IS SO THIN A HUMAN CAN'T SURVIVE MORE THAN 16 TO 20 HOURS WITHOUT AN OXYGEN TANK. THE SUMMIT IS ONE OF THE COLDEST PLACES ON EARTH. IN WINTER THE SUMMIT TEMPERATURES CAN BE NEGATIVE. 76 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. EVEN DURING CLIMBING SEASON, IT CAN BE NEGATIVE 4 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. UNFORTUNATELY, MOUNT EVEREST IS ONE OF THE MOST POLLUTED PLACES IN THE WORLD. WHAT'S ON THE SUMMIT IS DEAD BODIES AND OXYGEN TANKS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THE LAST ONE IS JOSIE CRANE. MY NAME IS JOSIE CRANE. I AM IN FOURTH GRADE. MY TEACHERS ARE MS. NOY AND MRS. WITTEN. MY DIORAMA IS PIRATEL MORENO GLACIER. IT IS EXTREME BECAUSE IT IS EXTREMELY COLD AND IF YOU GET, YOU COULD GET FROSTBITE OR EVEN WORSE, DIE. THEY ARE ALSO VERY BIG AND CARRY MOST OF THE WORLD'S FRESH WATER AND WHEN THEY MELT, THAT WATER GOES AWAY. IF THE ANIMALS OR PEOPLE SWIM OR JUMP IN IT OR SWIM NEAR IT, THEY WOULD PROBABLY FREEZE TO DEATH. WHAT I'VE LEARNED ABOUT EXTREME SETTINGS IS I LEARNED HOW VOLCANOES ERUPT. I'VE LEARNED HOW MOUNTAINS ARE FORMED AND HOW TO SURVIVE. I HAVE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT MOUNTAINS, ESPECIALLY THE HIMALAYAS. AND I'VE LEARNED HOW TO WRITE A NARRATIVE STORY AND MAKE IT DETAILED WITH SENSORY DETAILS. I'VE LEARNED I THOUGHT LIKE EXTREME SETTINGS MEANT LIKE THE DESERT OR A REALLY COLD PLACE, BUT IT CAN ALSO BE LIKE RAINFORESTS WITH LOTS OF DANGEROUS ANIMALS. SO LET'S SAY A CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY, RIGHT? REAL LOUD. THANK YOU ALL. NOW THESE DIORAMAS, CAN THEY BE SEEN OVER AT THE SCHOOL STILL? ARE THEY BEING SET UP THERE? AND WHY DID WE CHOOSE THIS GROUP OF THESE STUDENTS, OUT OF ALL THE STUDENTS? SO THEY'VE BEEN SET UP FOR A FEW WEEKS. OKAY. WE HAD TO MOVE THEM OUT BECAUSE WE HAD A BOOK FAIR COMING IN. OKAY. SO WE'VE HAD THESE SEVEN OR EIGHT KIND OF HIDING IN A BOOKSHELF IN THE LIBRARY. OKAY. THESE KIDS JUST ALL VOLUNTEERED. OKAY, SO THEY VOLUNTEERED. THEY VOLUNTEERED, YES. ALL RIGHT. [00:15:01] YEP. NOW, WE USUALLY DO A PICTURE WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH THEM UP FRONT, AND THEY ARE NOT UP FRONT TO DO THE PICTURE. SO THEY NEED TO COME BACK DOWN SO THAT THEY CAN BE IN A PICTURE FOR SHARING. I WANT TO SEE THE DIORAMAS, TOO, BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF HIDDEN. IF WE COULD COME UP HERE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. I WANT TO SEE THEM. WELL, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. YEAH. SO COULD THEY BRING THEIR DIORAMAS UP RIGHT NOW TO SHOW US? HATCHET IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES, I'LL HAVE TO SAY. OKAY, SO THE TWO HATCHETS I WAS KEEN ON. ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO READ THE SECOND HATCHET? WAS IT THE RIVER? NO, I MEAN, UM, WHAT? WHY DON'T WE TAKE THEIR PICTURE RIGHT NOW? YES. WOW, LOTS OF WORK. PRINCIPAL COWELL, COULD YOU COME FORWARD FOR THE PICTURE? COME ON. OH, PERFECT. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THESE FOLKS. YOU'RE WELCOME. WE'RE REAL PROUD OF YOU GUYS. HOW LONG DID YOU GUYS, HOW LONG DID YOU HAVE TO WORK ON THOSE? PRINCIPAL CAL'S GONNA LIKE NOT DO ANYTHING. DID IT TAKE YOU LIKE AN HOUR, TWO HOURS, THREE HOURS? YOU CATCH YOUR MOTHER TRYING TO SMILE. THERE'S ROOM FOR YOU NEXT TO JOSIE. I HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE PRINCIPAL. A FEW DAYS. A FEW DAYS. SEVERAL DAYS OF WORK. OKAY, GIVE US A BIG HUG. YEAH, LOVE THAT. NICE. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK, YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. YOU GUYS HAVE A GOOD DAY. ALL RIGHT. NICE JOB. SO NOW WE HAVE OUR FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADE STUDENTS THAT ARE GOING TO COME UP. PENELOPE, WHY DON'T YOU JUST START AT THE FRONT, AND THEN YOU GUYS JUST GO IN ORDER, AND YOU CAN SAY WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SAY. YEAH, ALL OF YOU CAN COME UP THE FRONT HERE. COME UP THE FRONT. THAT WAY WE CAN GET A GOOD LOOK AT YOU FOR A WHILE. DON'T BE BASHFUL. COME ON, COME ON, COME ON, UP TO THE FRONT, UP TO THE FRONT. AND THEN DON'T LEAVE WHEN YOU'RE DONE. WE WANT YOUR PICTURE. ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT. HI, MY NAME IS PENELOPE PUTTY. HERE ARE SOME THINGS I LIKE ABOUT CAM. FIRST, I LIKE THE TEACHERS. THEY WORK VERY HARD EVERY DAY TO HELP US LEARN AND UNDERSTAND NEW THINGS. THEY ARE PATIENT, SUPPORTIVE, AND ALWAYS ENCOURAGING US TO DO OUR BEST. I ALSO LIKE HOW MY SCHOOL... HELPS US LEARN IMPORTANT SKILLS, NOT JUST SUBJECTS LIKE MATH AND SCIENCE, BUT ALSO HOW TO WORK TOGETHER, BE RESPECTFUL, AND SOLVE PROBLEMS. THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WILL HELP US IN THE FUTURE. ANOTHER THING IS THE TYPE OF COMMUNITY. AT MY SCHOOL, PEOPLE CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER. WE SUPPORT CLASSMATES, MAKE NEW FRIENDS, AND FEEL LIKE WE BELONG. I ENJOY THE ACTIVITIES WE HAVE OUTSIDE AND INSIDE SCHOOL, LIKE GAMES IN THE CLASSROOM TO HELP US LEARN ABOUT MATH OR SCIENCE AND OTHER SUBJECTS. THEY MAKE SCHOOL MORE FUN, GIVE US SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO. I APPRECIATE THAT MY SCHOOL IS ALWAYS TRYING TO IMPROVE AND MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR STUDENTS. CAM ACADEMY IS A PLACE WHERE I FEEL SAFE, SUPPORTED, AND EXCITED TO LEARN. THAT'S WHY I'M A PROUD STUDENT AT CAM ACADEMY. OKAY, NOW WAIT RIGHT OVER HERE ON THIS SIDE. AND BE INFORMED, YOU'RE GOING TO BE STAYING HERE SO THAT WE CAN ASK YOU QUESTIONS. SO BE PREPARED. OKAY? GO AHEAD. HI, I'M SCARLETT YOUNG AND I'M A FIFTH GRADER AT CAM ACADEMY. THIS IS MY SECOND YEAR AT CAM AND BOTH YEARS HAVE BEEN A BLAST. CAM HAS HELPED ME MAKE MANY FRIENDS, LEARN MORE ABOUT SCIENCE, AND JOIN ACTIVITIES. FOR EXAMPLE, EMPOWER GIRLS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO HELP GIRLS GET ENGAGED IN STEM. I'M ALSO AN AFD REPRESENTATIVE. WE HELP PLAN EVENTS SUCH AS SPIRIT WEEK, SCHOOL DANCES, AND MORE. ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I LOVE CAM IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE IN-PERSON SCHOOL ON WEDNESDAY. WE CAN STILL LEARN WHILE WE ARE ABLE TO SLEEP IN AND DO MORE ACTIVITIES. WE ARE ALSO ABLE TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME WITH OUR FAMILY. HAVING A BREAK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK TEACHES US TO BE INDEPENDENT LEARNERS. THAT SHOWS STUDENTS HOW TO BE RESPONSIBLE AND BUILD HABITS THAT WILL GUIDE US FAR BEYOND THE CLASSROOM. I LOVE BEING A CAM STUDENT. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. IF YOU'RE TAKING PICTURES, YOU SHOULD BE UP HERE SOMEPLACE. ALRIGHT? HELLO, MY NAME IS AILINE AND I'M A STUDENT AT CAM ACADEMY. I HAVE BEEN THERE FOR ONE AND A HALF YEARS. CURRENTLY I'M A FIFTH GRADER. CAM IS A GREAT SCHOOL. AT CAM WE LEARN MATH, L.A., HISTORY, AND SCIENCE. AS WELL AS THOSE ACADEMIC SUBJECTS, WE LEARN VALUABLE LIFE LESSONS AND CHARACTER TRAITS. EACH MONTH WE HAVE A DIFFERENT CHARACTER TRAIT WE FOCUS ON. THIS MONTH'S TRAIT IS COOPERATION. THE CHARACTER TRAITS HELP US TO LEARN HOW TO THRIVE AND BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE REAL WORLD. MS. BANCROFT, MY HISTORY AND ELA TEACHER, ONCE TOLD THE CLASS, I TELL YOU GUYS NOT TO INTERRUPT, NOT JUST BECAUSE IT'S ANNOYING, BUT BECAUSE IF YOU DO THAT IN AN IMPORTANT MEETING WHEN YOU'RE OLDER, PEOPLE WILL THINK YOU'RE RUDE AND DISRESPECTFUL. SHE SAID THAT IN SEPTEMBER WHEN WE WERE FOCUSING ON RESPECT. EVERY MORNING WHEN WE DO OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS, THEY GIVE US A QUOTE. [00:20:01] HERE'S WHAT I LEARNED THIS MORNING. IF YOU WANT TO GO FAST, GO ALONE. IF YOU WANT TO GO FAR, GO TOGETHER. THIS QUOTE KIND OF TIES INTO OUR SOLAR CAR CHALLENGE WE DO. IF YOU WANT YOUR SOLAR CAR TO GET DONE REALLY FAST, BUT MAYBE NOT THE BEST, WORK ALONE. BUT IF YOU WANT IT TO GO REALLY FAR AND BE THE BEST IT COULD BE, HAVE A TEAM SO YOU CAN ALL HAVE IDEAS. THE SOLAR CALL CHALLENGE IS A VERY COOPERATIVE EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY THAT OUR SCHOOL SUPPORTS. I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO CAM, AND I'M THANKFUL FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THEIR EFFORTS TO KEEP CAM RUNNING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HELLO, MY NAME IS RILEY LINDQUIST AND I ATTEND CAM ACADEMY. I'VE BEEN THERE FOR TWO YEARS AND I'M CURRENTLY A FIFTH GRADER. I LOVE CAM, BUT IN THE BEGINNING I DID NOT WANT TO COME. BUT I'M SO HAPPY I DID. CAM IS UNIQUE FROM OTHER SCHOOLS BECAUSE OF ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES AND DIFFERENT THINGS WE ARE TAUGHT. I GET TO DO A BUNCH OF EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES LIKE I'M AN ASB REPRESENTATIVE, WHICH STANDS FOR ASSOCIATED STUDENT BODY. WE GET TO DECIDE ALL THE COOL AFTER SCHOOL FUNDRAISERS, AFTER SCHOOL DANCES, AND SOCIALS. I'M ALSO IN EMPOWER GIRLS, WHICH IS AN AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM WHERE GIRLS GET TO LEARN ABOUT STEM IN THE WORKPLACE. FEMALES COME TO TEACH US ABOUT THEIR JOB THEY DECIDE TO PURSUE. THESE OCCUPATIONS ARE MOSTLY HELD BY MEN, SO IT'S NICE TO SEE WHAT I'M CAPABLE OF ATTAINING ANY JOB. WE ALSO HAVE MORE EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES LIKE SOLO CAR AND MANY MORE. I HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEARNING AS WELL. CAM HOLDS US TO A HIGH STANDARD BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHAT WE CAN ACHIEVE. AN EXAMPLE IS THE WSLP, WHICH HOLDS US TO AN EXCELLENT STANDARD SO THAT WE CAN BE THE BEST STUDENTS. THE TEACHERS ARE REALLY, REALLY NICE AND HELP US LEARN TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITIES. I'M SURROUNDED BY STUDENTS THAT LIKE SCHOOL AND THINK THE SAME WAY I DO. I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR BEING A CAM STUDENT AND SO HAPPY I DECIDED TO BECOME ONE. THANK YOU. HI, MY NAME IS ELIZA SANDERS AND I AM A CURRENT... SIXTH GRADE STUDENT HERE AT CAM ACADEMY. ONE THING I APPRECIATE ABOUT CAM'S TEACHING SYSTEM IS HOW THEY ALWAYS MAKE THE STUDENTS FEEL COMFORTABLE AND THAT EVERYONE ALWAYS HAS SOMEONE TO TALK TO WHEN THEY NEED IT. CAM ALSO ENFORCES IMPORTANT AND NEEDED RULES TO HAVE A SAFER SCHOOL COMMUNITY. THE TEACHERS AT CAM MAKE SURE TO HOLD US STUDENTS AT HIGH STANDARDS AND THEY ALWAYS MAKE SURE TO ENCOURAGE US TO DO OUR BEST. CAM STAFF IS ALWAYS SO SUPPORTIVE, PATIENT, HARDWORKING, CARING, AND THEY ALWAYS LISTEN TO WHAT STUDENTS HAVE TO SAY. CAM ALSO WE'LL FIX ANY NEEDED PROBLEMS WITHIN OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY TO MAKE IT BETTER. I REALLY ENJOY CAM'S STRUCTURED AND STABLE LEARNING SYSTEM THAT HELPS THE STUDENTS AT CAM GROW. WHEN I FIRST STARTED AT CAM IN THIRD GRADE, I NEVER FELT LIKE I DIDN'T HAVE SOMEONE TO TALK TO, AND I ALWAYS FELT SAFE AND INCLUDED. OVER THE YEARS, CAM HAS TAUGHT ME MANY THINGS THAT AREN'T JUST MATH AND SCIENCE. THEY HAVE TAUGHT ME CORRECT SOCIAL SKILLS, NEEDED LESSONS, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, TO ALWAYS TREAT PEOPLE WITH KINDNESS. WHEN IT COMES TO CAM, THEIR TEACHING SYSTEM, AND THE WAY THEY TREAT THEIR STUDENTS, IT CREATES A POSITIVE, SUPPORTIVE, AND SAFE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. THANK YOU. HI, I'M ABBY DENFELD AND I WOULD LIKE TO START US OFF BY TELLING YOU GUYS ABOUT THE MANY GREAT THINGS ME AND MANY OTHERS ENJOY AT CAM. WE LIKE BEING ABLE TO HAVE ONE DAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK AS AN AT-HOME WORK DAY AND WE CAN CATCH UP ON HOMEWORK, DO OUR PE, ART, AND MORE. I ENJOY THE TIMES OF SCHOOL START TO FINISH BECAUSE IT GIVES US THE MAJORITY OF THE AFTERNOON TO DO OUR WORK AND TEACHES US TO BE PUNCTUAL BECAUSE OF THE EARLY MORNING START. CAM ALSO HAS A GREAT ENVIRONMENT AND SO MANY WONDERFUL PEOPLE. EVERYONE IS ALSO SO RESPECTFUL AND CARING TO EACH OTHER AND OUR TEACHERS ARE ALWAYS THERE FOR US. WE LOVE THE VARIETY OF GRADES IN THE SCHOOL BECAUSE MY OLDER BROTHER IS GOING INTO HIGH SCHOOL ON THE SAME CAMPUS AS ME AND I HAVE A THIRD GRADE BUDDY THAT WE HANG OUT WITH ON FRIDAYS. WHEN I WAS IN THIRD GRADE, WE HAD EIGHTH GRADE BUDDIES AND I'M IN SIXTH GRADE AND THEY WANTED TO GIVE US THE CHANCE TO BE THE OLDER BUDDIES SINCE WE WERE THE FIRST YOUNGER BUDDIES. SO IT'S REALLY BENEFICIAL TO HAVE ALL THE DIFFERENT GRADES ON CAMPUS BECAUSE WE CAN LEARN FROM AND MENTOR EACH OTHER. FOR EXAMPLE, I HAVE THE GREAT PRIVILEGE OF LEARNING FROM TOBY, WHO IS ONE OF THE COOLEST OLDER STUDENTS AT CAM. THERE ARE SO MANY MORE WONDERFUL THINGS ABOUT CAM THAT I WOULD LOVE TO SHARE WITH EVERYBODY, BUT SADLY, I AM OUT OF TIME. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME. GOODBYE BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE PLEASE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU LADIES. SO WE'RE GOING TO GET A PICTURE. AND YOU CAN FACE THAT AWAY THIS TIME. OH, NO, NO, NO, NO, THAT'S WHAT WE USUALLY DO. THAT'S OKAY. THAT'S WHAT WE USUALLY DO. THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SHOW. THERE YOU GO. [00:25:08] NOW WAIT A MINUTE, WE WANTED TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS TOO. YOU GOT YOUR PICTURES? OKAY, YOU CAN GO BACK DOWN TO THE MICROPHONE JUST IN CASE YOU HAVE TO ANSWER. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WE DO. YES, WE DO. SEE? GO AHEAD. THIS IS FOR RYLAND. YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING CALLED WSLP. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS. TELL ME WHAT THAT. SO IT'S THE WASHINGTON STATE LEARNING PLAN WHERE BASICALLY EACH MONTH WE GET A SATISFACTORY, SATISFACTORY WITH CONCERN OR UNSATISFACTORY. SO LIKE IF WE'RE NOT DOING GOOD, OUR PARENTS CAN GET INVOLVED SO LIKE WE CAN HELP BE A BETTER STUDENT. OKAY, COOL. THANK YOU. EXCELLENT. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DID THE EMPOWER GIRLS, CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT SOMEONE THAT YOU GUYS FOUND THAT REALLY MOTIVATED YOU GUYS? HAD AN IMPACT ON YOU? WELL, ON THURSDAY, A COLLISION AUTO PERSON FOR A CAR ACCIDENT, SHE CAME AND I THOUGHT THAT HER JOB WAS REALLY COOL. AND THEN WE GOT TO MAKE LITTLE CARS AND RAISE EGGS IN THEM. THAT'S PRETTY FUN. YEAH. AWESOME. ANYTHING ELSE? I JUST HAVE A COMMENT. YOU ALL DID REALLY, REALLY WELL, SPEAKING CLEARLY. YOUR THOUGHTS WERE PUT TOGETHER VERY, VERY WELL. AND I WANT TO POINT OUT, ALAN, YOU DID SOMETHING. YOU KEPT LOOKING UP AND MAKING EYE CONTACT. GOOD JOB. YOU GUYS ARE ALL DOING SOMETHING REALLY WELL BECAUSE YOU ALL SPOKE VERY, VERY CLEARLY. BRAVO BRAVO BRAVO NOW WHY ARE YOU THREE STANDING HERE AND YOU THREE ARE OVER THERE ONE OF YOU THREE OVER THERE I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT THE UH THIS THE SOLAR CAR COMPETITION HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN DOING IT GO AHEAD UP TO THE MICROPHONE GO AHEAD UP TO THE MICROPHONE YOU HAVE SUCH A QUIET VOICE, YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE MICROPHONE. I DO NOT HAVE A QUIET VOICE. OKAY, THEN SHOW US. OKAY, GO AHEAD, GET TO THE MICROPHONE. TELL ME ABOUT THE SOLAR, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN DOING THE SOLAR CAR COMPETITION? THAT I DON'T EXACTLY KNOW, BUT I KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS. I DID IT THIS YEAR AND I PLACED FOURTH PLACE. AND WAS THERE A TEAM AWARD? HOW WELL DID WE DO? OVERALL YOU KNOW WE GOT QUITE A FEW AWARDS GOOD FROM CAM EXCELLENT THERE WAS THREE TEAM AND LIKE BUILDING AWARDS OKAY AND THEN THERE WAS THREE RACING AWARDS VERY GOOD AND THEN THERE WAS TWO LIKE OVERALL A GOOD JOB VERY GOOD ANYTHING ELSE FOR ANYBODY WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE THING ABOUT GOING TO CAM THAT YOU WOULD LIKE IF YOU WERE IF YOU'RE A SALESPERSON AND YOU WERE GONNA SELL CAM TO SOMEBODY. WHAT WOULD BE THE THING THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO SAY THAT WOULD MAKE ANOTHER STUDENT THINK ABOUT IT? GO AHEAD. REAL LOUD. PENELOPE, GO AHEAD. PROBABLY ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES. SOCIALIZE AND EXPLORE WITH PEOPLE. SO ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES. WHO'S NEXT? I LOVE THE WEDNESDAY OFF THAT WE CAN LIKE... I'VE HEARD SOMEBODY SAY THAT BEFORE, YEAH, YEAH, WHERE WE CAN JUST LIKE BECOME... IT HELPS US TO LIKE BE PROFICIENT STUDIERS AND LIKE BE... BETTER AT DOING THINGS BY YOURSELF. I CAN SEE THAT. YEAH. THE STAFF IS JUST REALLY WELCOMING AND UNDERSTANDING. IF YOU DON'T GET SOMETHING, THEY CAN HELP YOU WITH IT. AND IT'S JUST SO MUCH HELP. I FEEL LIKE YOU GET A LOT OF SUPPORT AND HELP. YEAH. SOMEONE ELSE? I FEEL LIKE IT'S EASIER TO LEARN THE STANDARDS. OKAY. STUDENTS, YOU DON'T, YOU CAN'T, WELL, SORRY. YOU CAN ALSO GO TO THE STUDENTS BECAUSE, LIKE TOBY, OH MY GOSH, THEY'RE ALL REALLY RESPECTFUL AND CARING AND THEY MAKE SURE THAT THEY HEAR YOUR SENTENCES FULLY AND THEY WAIT FOR EACH OTHER'S PARENTS. ALL THE EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES THAT THEY GIVE FOR ALL STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND. GET EXTRA WORK IN THAT THEY NEED. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. ANYBODY PART OF THE CHESS TEAM? ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANKS FOR COMING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, PRINCIPAL COWELL. COOL. REALLY COOL. ALL RIGHT. SO, STUDENT VOICE OR STUDENT [00:30:02] REPORT. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT CAME FROM A SCHOOL THAT MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY? WELL, THERE IS SOMEONE. I'M SURE GLAD I SAID SOMETHING. YEAH. WELL SURE, COME ON UP. COME ON UP. OKAY, ANYBODY ELSE? COME ON NOW. HELLO. ARE YOU ALL FROM THE SAME SCHOOL? YEP. ALRIGHT. ALL FROM RIVER HOME LINK. WELL VERY GOOD. THANK YOU FOR COMING. ARE ALL FIVE OF YOU GOING TO SAY SOMETHING? OKAY, GO RIGHT AHEAD. HELLO, EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS JASMINE EDZINGA, AND I AM A SENIOR AT RIVER HOME LINK. I'VE BEEN ATTENDING RIVER HOME LINK SINCE KINDERGARTEN AFTER A TWO-WEEK STINT AT HAZEL DELL ELEMENTARY. AND IT HAS JUST BEEN AMAZING. I COULD PROBABLY TALK ABOUT RIVER HOME LINK FOR HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS, AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT, SO I WILL NOT. BUT AS A SENIOR AT RHL, I CAN TRUTHFULLY TELL YOU THAT OUR THEATER PROGRAM IS VITAL TO OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH IS SO RICH AND AMAZING. IT'S VERY MULTI-GENERATIONAL AND INCREDIBLE. WE DON'T HAVE SPORTS AT ALL. OBVIOUSLY IT'S AN ALE, SO THAT'S NOT REALLY AN OPTION FOR US. THEATER IS ACTUALLY ONE OF OUR ONLY EXTRACURRICULAR PROGRAMS IF YOU COUNT ASB AND YEARBOOK, BUT IT MORE THAN MAKES UP FOR ALL OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT OTHER SCHOOLS HAVE BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED. IT BRINGS ALL TYPES IN OUR COMMUNITIES TOGETHER, FROM THE ELEMENTARY KIDS WHO DANCE DURING OUR INTERMISSIONS, TO THE TECH AND THEATER KIDS WHO GROW OUT OF THE SHELVES AND MORE SKILLED BY THE DAY, TO THE COUNTLESS PARENT AND ALUMNI VOLUNTEERS. A LOT OF STUDENTS COME BACK AND HELP AFTER THEIR TIME AT SCHOOL IS DONE. I PLAN TO. I'M GOING TO BE THE COSTUME DIRECTOR NEXT YEAR IF ALL GOES WELL. BUT TRUTHFULLY, THE TECH AND THEATER PROGRAMS ARE INCREDIBLE. FOR KIDS. I AM TAING IN THE THEATER TECH PROGRAM RIGHT NOW. MY MOM IS A SET DESIGNER. AND TO WATCH ALL OF THESE KIDS, THERE'S TONS, LEARNING ALL THESE EVERYDAY SKILLS. LIKE MY MOM IS A BIG FAN OF POWER TOOLS. SO I GREW UP KNOWING HOW TO DO THAT. BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THAT. AND SO WHILE WE'RE DESIGNING SETS AND BUILDING SETS, I GET TO TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO USE A DRILL AND HOW TO PRE-DRILL SOMETHING. YOU KNOW, ALL THESE THINGS THAT YOU DON'T ALWAYS GET TO LEARN IN A SCHOOL SETTING AND SO A LOT OF LIFE SKILLS AND THAT'S JUST FOR THE TECH. FOR OUR THEATER, WHICH A LOT ARE REPRESENTED HERE, YOU GROW MENTALLY. IT'S SO CHALLENGING TO GET ONTO A STAGE AND YOU REALLY HAVE TO COME TOGETHER AND BECOME SOMEONE YOU DIDN'T THINK YOU COULD FOR THAT. OUR PROGRAM HAS SHOWN THAT IT'S ADAPTABLE AND RESOURCEFUL BY BEING. ALMOST SELF-SUFFICIENT FINANCIALLY AND ABLE TO PUT ON SHOWS EVEN WITHOUT ACCESS TO AN AUDITORIUM UNTIL THE WEEK OF SHOWS. WHEN MAKING BUDGET CUTS, PLEASE KEEP IN MIND HOW IMPORTANT THIS PROGRAM IS TO US AND OUR SCHOOL AND ALLOW SOME WAY TO CONTINUE INTO THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO SHARE? PLEASE. HI, MY NAME IS NATHAN STRAWN. I AM CURRENTLY A SENIOR AT RHL. THIS IS MY SEVENTH YEAR IN IHL THEATER. AND I AM HERE TO ATTEST TO THE FACT THAT IT TEACHES YOU LIFELONG SKILLS THAT ARE NECESSARY, THAT YOU DON'T GET TO BE TAUGHT IN OTHER CLASSES. IT TEACHES YOU IN A WAY THAT I HAVEN'T BEEN TAUGHT IN ANY OTHER CLASSES. I PERSONALLY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO IMPROVISE A GOOD ANSWER IN AN INTERVIEW. BECAUSE OF MY EXPERIENCE IN THEATER, I'VE BECOME... EXTREMELY LESS SOCIALLY AWKWARD. HUSH. AND I'VE, IT JUST HELPS YOU MAKE QUICK CONNECTIONS. IT HELPS YOU IN THE CUSTOMER SERVICE INDUSTRY, WHICH IS AN INDUSTRY THAT I PLAN TO WORK IN. IT CREATES BONDS BETWEEN STUDENTS THAT YOU DON'T SEE IN ANY OTHER CLASSROOM SETTING BECAUSE YOU'RE UNDERGOING A BIT OF STRESS AND YOU'RE GOING TO HECK AND BACK TOGETHER AND SO YOU JUST BECOME SO CLOSE AND YOU GET SO PASSIONATE ABOUT SOMETHING THAT YOU FEEL YOU CAN REALLY JUST CONNECT WITH AND I FEEL LIKE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH SOMETHING IN SCHOOL AND BE ABLE TO LEARN. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? PLEASE. I'M GONNA BRING THIS DOWN LOW. YEAH, I'M SOPHIE MARVIN. I AM ALSO A PART OF THE THEATER PROGRAM [00:35:01] AT RHL. THIS IS MY SECOND YEAR IN THEATER AND IT HAS CHANGED MY SCHOOL EXPERIENCE INCREDIBLY. I DO NOT DO VERY WELL IN SCHOOL, IT'S NOT MY FORTE. SCHOOL IS DEFINITELY BUILT FOR A CERTAIN KIND OF BRAIN. MINE IS NOT THAT KIND OF BRAIN. I DEAL WITH DYSLEXIA AND A LOT OF OTHER JUST CHALLENGES AND THEATER HAS BEEN MY OUTLET AND WHERE I FEEL LIKE I SHINE AND JUST THE THOUGHT OF IT NOT BEING THERE FOR MY SENIOR YEAR IS REALLY HARD. YEAH, SO. THANK YOU. HI, I AM ALEXIS MAUPIN. I AM A JUNIOR AT RHL. I HAVE BEEN GOING THERE SINCE KINDERGARTEN. I HAVE BEEN A PART OF OUR THEATER PROGRAM FOR THREE YEARS, AND I'M HERE NOT JUST TO SPEAK. FOR RHL'S THEATER PROGRAM, BUT I'VE ALSO BEEN TO MULTIPLE SHOWS FOR PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL AND BATTLEGROUND HIGH SCHOOL, AND I'VE SEEN VERY SIMILAR GROUPS OF PEOPLE WHO LEARN SKILLS THAT YOU WILL NOT LEARN IN OTHER SETTINGS. IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME AND DEDICATION, BUT IT ALSO BUILDS LONG-LASTING BONDS, AND IT TEACHES KIDS TO BE RESILIENT, AND THOSE SKILLS WILL TRAVEL WITH THEM THROUGH LIFE. AND THEREFORE, ESPECIALLY WITH RIVER HOME LINK NOT HAVING THOSE OTHER OUTLETS THAT A LOT OF OTHER SCHOOLS HAVE, WITH THEATER BEING ESSENTIALLY OUR MAIN PROGRAM AND PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES A LOT OF SCHOOL SPIRIT AND A LOT OF PRIDE IN OUR SCHOOL, SOMETHING THAT OTHER SCHOOLS' SPORTS TEAMS MIGHT PROVIDE, IT IS OUR THEATER PROGRAM. AND I ENCOURAGE YOU WHEN CONSIDERING BUDGET CUTS TO THINK ABOUT THE THEATER PROGRAM. AND HOW MUCH IT MEANS NOT JUST TO THE STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATE IN IT, BUT ALSO THE FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES AND OTHER STUDENTS OF THE SCHOOL. THANK YOU. ALL OF US ARE GOING TO SPEAK. HI, I'M CASSIDY MAUPIN. I GO TO RIVER HOME LINK. I'VE BEEN GOING THERE SINCE KINDERGARTEN, AND THIS IS MY THIRD YEAR IN THE THEATER PROGRAM. THIS YEAR I'M DOING TECH. I CHALLENGE YOU TO FIND ANY OTHER GROUP OF STUDENTS AS DEDICATED TO OUR CRAFT AS THEATER KIDS. MOST OF THEM STICK WITH IT THROUGHOUT ALL OF THEIR HIGH SCHOOL YEARS, AND MANY GO ON INTO CAREER FIELDS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THEATER OR PRODUCTION. IT CREATES LASTING MEMORIES AND BUILDS BONDS THAT CAN LAST A LIFETIME. IN HIGH SCHOOL, WE FACE SO MANY CHALLENGES, BE THAT SOCIALLY, EDUCATIONALLY, WHAT HAVE YOU. HAVING A SAFE SPACE YOU CAN GO TO, YOU CAN BE YOURSELF, AND YOU CAN LEARN TO BE COMFORTABLE WITH THE UNCOMFORTABLE IS VITAL, ESPECIALLY NOW AS WE'RE SEEING. RISES IN MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES OR CHALLENGES IN SCHOOL, AND AS WE'RE FACED WITH THE UNCERTAIN OF BUDGET CUTS, HAVING THAT SPACE WHERE WE CAN JUST CHALLENGE OURSELVES TO GROW, TO BE BETTER STUDENTS, TO BE BETTER PEOPLE, AND TO BUILD SKILLS THAT WE'LL USE THROUGHOUT THE REST OF OUR LIVES IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. SO I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE CONSIDER HOW IMPORTANT DRAMA IS, NOT ONLY TO OUR SCHOOL, BUT TO THE REST OF THE SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT. THANK YOU. SURE. THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING DOWN. WOULD ONE OF YOU, PASADENA, MAYBE SINCE YOU'RE RIGHT THERE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TELL THE BOARD WHAT PLAY IS PLAYING AND WHAT THE TIMES ARE FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY? YEAH, OF COURSE. WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING SISTER ACT. LAST WEEKEND WAS OUR OPENING WEEKEND, AND THIS WEEKEND WE HAVE SHOWS AT 7 ON FRIDAY AND 3 AND 7 ON SATURDAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WERE THERE ANY OTHER STUDENTS HERE? YOU THOUGHT ABOUT IT, YEAH. WE DIDN'T GET A PICTURE OF YOU GUYS BEING HERE, AND IT'S BEING SUGGESTED WE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN YOUR PICTURE. WHY NOT? YEAH. YOU COULD USE IT AS ONE OF YOUR ACTIVIST PICTURES, YOU KNOW, ON YOUR COLLEGE BROCHURE OR SOMETHING. ACTIVISM, YOU KNOW. YEAH, YEAH, THERE YOU GO. YES, YES. YEAH. IT'S GOOD TO HAVE FRIENDS. YOUR PRESENTATIONS WERE ALL VERY WELL DONE. THANK YOU, YOU GUYS. MAKES SENSE THAT YOU'RE ALL STAGE PEOPLE. THANK YOU AGAIN. OH, HERE'S ANOTHER ONE. OH, OKAY, AMANDA'S GETTING HERE, BUT NOW YOU KNOW YOU'RE IMPORTANT. THANK YOU, AMANDA. THANK YOU, FOLKS. [00:40:03] OKAY, AND OUR STUDENT REPS, PLEASE. I THINK WE HAVE TWO MORE THAT WANT TO COME AND SPEAK UP. OH, YOU DO? YOU KNOW THEM? WHERE ARE THEY? OH, HERE THEY ARE. VERY GOOD. HI, GUYS. OH, YOU'RE ACTUALLY SPEAKING TOGETHER. OH, VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. WHERE ARE YOU FROM? CHIEF, UNTOUCHED MIDDLE SCHOOL. WELCOME. WE'RE FROM THE ASPIRE PROGRAM. OKAY, WELCOME. HI, I'M DESMOND MCTEER. AND I'M WESLEY SUTER, AND WE ARE HERE TO TELL YOU, AND WE ARE STUDENTS IN THE SIXTH GRADE ASPIRE CLASS. WE'RE HERE TO TELL YOU WHY YOU SHOULD KEEP ASPIRE WHILE YOU'RE MAKING THE CUTS. SO AS SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN IN ASPIRE FOR ABOUT THREE AND A HALF YEARS, I CAN CONFIDENTLY SAY THAT THE ASPIRE MAGNET PROGRAM IS WAY BETTER THAN MY OLD SCHOOL, NO OFFENSE. THAT'S COMING FROM SOMEONE WHO HAS A DECENT AMOUNT OF EXPERIENCE IN AN ACCELERATED PROGRAM. AND ALSO IT'S GOOD TO BE IN A CLASS WHERE EVERYONE IS AT THE SAME PACE IN LEARNING INSTEAD OF LIKE HAVING A FEW STUDENTS THAT ARE MORE ADVANCED THAN EVERYONE ELSE. I HAVE ALSO BEEN IN ASPIRE FOR THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AND IT IS DEFINITELY A LOT BETTER THAN ANY OF THE OTHER SCHOOLS. I REMEMBER, LIKE, THE OTHER SCHOOLS, THE WORK WAS, WE ALWAYS WENT SO SLOW AND I WAS ALWAYS JUST ABLE TO FINISH THE ASSIGNMENTS SO QUICKLY. AND WE HAD, LIKE, BARELY ANY EXTRA WORK EVEN THOUGH I WAS IN THE CLUSTER PROGRAM. THERE WAS STILL ONLY LIKE ONE EXTRA ASSIGNMENT FOR LIKE BASICALLY THE ENTIRE YEAR, WHICH LED TO ME JUST HONESTLY BEING BORED AT SCHOOL. AND I KNOW THAT A LOT OF THE OTHER STUDENTS IN ASPIRE ALSO HAD THIS SAME ISSUE. OH, IS IT MY TURN? ALSO, IF YOU KNEW WHAT IT FELT LIKE TO HAVE ASPIRE ON THE LINE, YOU MIGHT BE DOING ALL YOU CAN TO TRY AND SAVE IT. UM, IT- IS NOT OR IT'S WORSE THAN IT SEEMS LIKE LIKE FROM A THIRD PERSON PERSPECTIVE IT MAY NOT SEEM THAT BAD TO LIKE HAVE A SPIRE BEING CUT BUT IF YOU WERE PART OF THE PROGRAM LIKE A LOT OF KIDS HAVE TO GO BACK TO THEIR OWN SCHOOL AND SOME PEOPLE LIKE THEIR ONLY FRIENDS ARE FROM A SPIRE SO LIKE SOME PEOPLE HAVE TO BE SEPARATED FROM THEIR FRIENDS FOR LIKE A LONG TIME THANK YOU. UM, SO WHAT I HAVE TO SAY IS KIND OF THE SAME AS WHAT HE SAID. IT'S VERY STRESSFUL FOR US TO BE WORRIED ABOUT WHETHER THE PROGRAM IS GOING TO BE CUT OR NOT BECAUSE BASICALLY, LIKE, ALL OF US ONLY HAVE FRIENDS IN ASPIRE, SO WE WOULD ONLY BE GOING BACK TO OUR HOMESCHOOLS WITH A FEW OF OUR FRIENDS. AND I ALSO KNOW THAT THERE WERE, THERE HAVE BEEN ISSUES FOR A LOT OF THE... ASPIRE STUDENTS WITH BULLYING BECAUSE THEY'RE AHEAD AND IT'S EASIER TO DEAL WITH THAT IN THE MAGNET PROGRAM BECAUSE THERE'S OTHER STUDENTS WHO ARE AT THE SAME LEVEL AS THEM, BUT THAT'S MORE DIFFICULT WHEN THEY'RE AREN'T ANY OTHER STUDENTS AT THE SAME LEVEL AS THEM AND IT'S JUST YOU KNOW THEM AND A COUPLE OTHER PEOPLE. ALSO, OH WAIT IS IT MY TURN? ALSO, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS COMPLETELY ACCURATE BUT FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD BESIDES THE BUSING THE ONLY THING THE DISTRICT IS PAYING FOR FOR ASPIRE IS THE TEACHER'S SALARY. AND I DON'T KNOW IF I'M RIGHT ABOUT THIS BUT LIKE ALL THE TEACHERS WHO GET CUT FROM ASPIRE. ARE JUST GONNA MOVE TO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT TO TEACH SO I'M PRETTY SURE IT'S STILL GONNA COST THE SAME AMOUNT UNLESS LIKE OTHER TEACHERS LEAVE. YEAH, AND ALSO WHAT I WAS SAYING EARLIER ABOUT BULLYING IT WOULD BE A BIT MORE DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH BECAUSE THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF COUNSELORS GETTING CUT WHICH COULD LEAD TO IT BEING HARDER TO DEAL WITH THAT KIND OF STUFF ANYWAYS TO SUM IT ALL UP ASPIRES SHOULDN'T BE CUT BECAUSE OF THE REASONS WE JUST LISTED. WE HOPE YOU KEEP THIS IN MIND WHEN DECIDING WHAT TO CUT. ANY QUESTIONS? GO AHEAD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR COMING FORWARD. AMANDA, WE'RE GOING TO GET THOSE PICTURES. I THINK WE'RE WANTING TO GET THOSE PICTURES, ARE WE? CHIEF, I'M TUCKED? [00:45:01] THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING. LOVE YOUR SWEATSHIRTS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THESE TWO GENTLEMEN? GO RIGHT AHEAD. THANK YOU, AMANDA. GUYS, GET YOUR PICTURE TAKEN FOR COMING FORWARD AND BEING BRAVE. YOU DID EXCELLENT. GREAT JOB. THANK YOU AGAIN. THANKS FOR SHARING. OKAY, ARE WE GOT EVERYBODY NOW, WE THINK? I BELIEVE SO. GO AHEAD, ITZEL. SORRY, I'M COMING BACK FROM A LITTLE SICKNESS. OH, SORRY. BUT BECAUSE OF LAST MEETING, WE DID TOUR A LOT OF OUR SCHOOLS. WE JUST HAVE ONE LEFT, WHICH IS AMBOY MIDDLE SCHOOL. BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO TWO SCHOOLS TODAY AND THEN THREE SCHOOLS, OUR ALES, AT THE NEXT MEETING. SO TODAY WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT LAUREN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND BATTLEGROUND HIGH SCHOOL. SO FOR LAUREN MIDDLE SCHOOL WE HAD 334 PARTICIPANTS, 397 THOUGHTS, AND 11,647 RATINGS. SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE TOP STAR SCORED ITEMS. SO LUNCH DURATION, SCHOOL FOOD QUALITY, STUDENT FREEDOM, BUDGET CUTS, CLASSROOM RESOURCES, SCHOOL SPORTS, EXTRACURRICULARS, AND THE LIST GOES ON. AND THEN ONE OF OUR QUESTIONS, DO YOU FEEL SUPPORTED BY THE STAFF AT OUR SCHOOL? AND THIS IS HOW PEOPLE ANSWERED. AND THEN ANOTHER QUESTION, DO YOU OR YOUR CLASSMATES FEEL AFFECTED BY THE LEVY FAILURE? AS YOU CAN SEE. AND THEN QUESTION FOUR, DO YOU FEEL THERE ARE LIMITED... SLASH LESS RESOURCES FOR YOU OR YOUR FAMILIES AND THEN AS YOU CAN SEE AND THEN I'D ALSO LIKE YOU GUYS TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE TOP TO THE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS WHO ANSWERED IT WHICH HAS BEEN ABOVE 300 FOR ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS SO AND THEN THESE ARE SOME COMMENTS THAT YOU GUYS CAN GO AHEAD AND READ THAT STUDENTS BROUGHT UP TO OUR ATTENTION FOR THE FREE RESPONSE AND THEN WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT WHAT WE HEARD FROM LAUREN MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS. I'LL LET TOBY TALK ABOUT THAT. YEAH, AND THEN FOR BATTLEGROUND WE HAD 268 PARTICIPANTS, 149 THOUGHTS AND 03,931 RATINGS. AND THEN THE MAIN ISSUES HERE, WHICH MAKES SENSE CUZ THE YOUNGER KIDS, THEY'RE GONNA BE MORE FOCUSED ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN FRONT OF THEM, WHICH IS THINGS LIKE LUNCH AND RECESS AND WHATNOT. BUT THESE KIDS ARE OLDER, SO THEY'RE MORE AWARE. WHICH IS WHY THEIR MAIN THINGS WERE TEACHER FUNDING, BUDGET CUTS, STUDENT SAFETY, CLASSROOM RESOURCES, CROSSING GUARDS. IT'S MORE ABOUT THE RESOURCES AROUND THEM RATHER THAN JUST LIKE WHAT'S DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THEM. AND THEN THESE ARE JUST THE PERCENTAGES OF WHAT THEY ANSWERED WHEN ASKING IF THEY FEEL SUPPORTED BY STAFF AT THEIR SCHOOL. OVER 50% SAID YES AND THEN LIKE A QUARTER DISAGREED AND A QUARTER ABSTAINED. AND THEN THESE ARE THE PERCENTAGES WHEN ASKED IF THEY FELT AFFECTED BY THE LEVY FAILURE. THESE ARE THE PERCENTAGES FOR IF THEY FELT LIKE THERE WAS LIMITED OR LESS RESOURCES. AND THEN THESE ARE JUST COMMENTS FROM THE HIGH SCHOOLERS. AND THEN ONE OF THE POINTS THAT I WANT TO BRING UP FOR NOT BATTLEGROUND HIGH SCHOOL, BUT FOR LAUREN MIDDLE SCHOOL, WITH ONE OF THE STAR SCORE BEING STUDENT FREEDOM, I WANT PEOPLE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THAT THAT'S OVERALL A CATEGORY BASED ON STUDENTS NOT HAVING THE RESOURCES TO DO ACTIVITIES, FEELING LIKE THEY'RE KIND OF TRAPPED BECAUSE NOW SCHOOL IS ON A SEVEN HOUR, NO AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES, NOT HAVING THOSE EXTRACURRICULARS TO JUST KIND OF HAVE THE MOTIVATION TO DO SOMETHING. SO STUDENTS FEEL LESS FREEDOM WITH NOT HAVING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, WHICH SHOWS WITH A LOT OF OUR KIDS WHEN WE WERE TALKING TO THEM THAT THEY JUST DON'T REALLY FIND ANYTHING THAT THEY LIKE ABOUT SCHOOL ANYMORE. AND BECAUSE OF LAUREN MIDDLE SCHOOL BEING SO DIVERSE WITH ALL OUR MULTILINGUAL STUDENTS, WITH ALL OUR, WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF KIDS FROM HUGE DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS OF SOCIAL INCOMES, ALL DIFFERENT VARIATIONS, THAT IT'S SUPER DIFFICULT FOR THESE KIDS TO REALLY COUNTERACT WITH EACH OTHER AND BECAUSE OF THOSE ACTIVITIES, THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN FROM EACH OTHER. AND WITHOUT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, I KNOW A LOT OF STAFF AND TEACHERS ARE STRUGGLING WITH [00:50:01] MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE BACK. I'M SEEING ALL OF THE CATEGORIES AND ALL OF THE STUDENTS, WHICH IS JUST BECOMING REALLY DIFFICULT. AND AGAIN, LAUREN MIDDLE SCHOOL IS OUR BIGGEST SCHOOL WITH THE MOST BACKGROUND AND MOST DIVERSITY. SO IT'S BEEN A REAL STRUGGLE FOR THEM AS WELL. AND NOT ONLY FOR THAT, BUT WE HEARD IT FROM STAFF AS WELL. AND JUST REALLY TRYING TO FIND THE POSITIVITY OUT OF EVERYTHING WHEN A LOT OF STUDENTS ARE JUST REALLY TRYING SO HARD IN SCHOOL RIGHT NOW. AND IT'S REALLY HARD. YEAH, AND ANOTHER POINT ON THAT IS LIKE ASIDE FROM JUST NOT HAVING A BUNCH OF AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES, WE'RE KIND OF LIKE... WE'RE JUST GIVING MORE AND MORE RESTRICTIONS, OBVIOUSLY, LIKE THE PHONE POLICY AND THEIR LUNCH, LIKE HOW LONG THEIR LUNCH IS AND HOW LONG THEIR RECESS IS. LIKE, AS WE'RE ALREADY LIMITING, LIKE THE AMOUNT OF ACTIVITIES THEY HAVE AND THEN THE MORE RESTRICTIONS WE PUT ON THEM, THEY'RE JUST LIKE SLOWLY GETTING MORE AND MORE TRAPPED. AND THEY THEY LIKE THEY WANT FREEDOM, WHICH HENCE THE NAME STUDENT FREEDOM. SO YOU'RE BRINGING UP LAUREN. SPECIFICALLY OKAY AND SO I'M WONDERING I'M SITTING HERE WONDERING FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE THEN AM I READING CORRECTLY THAT FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE OF TALKING TO THE VARIOUS SCHOOLS WHICH IS REALLY THIS IS PRETTY COOL STUFF ACTUALLY RIGHT YOU ARE KIND OF FEELING LIKE LAUREN WAS IMPACTED ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT IS THAT KIND OF WHY YOU'RE BRINGING UP LAUREN NOW? BECAUSE YOU FEEL LIKE IT'S UNUSUALLY IMPACTED BY ALL OF THESE THINGS? AND IF SO, CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT AGAIN TO CLARIFY? I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT, WELL, RIGHT NOW WE ARE TALKING ABOUT LAUREN MIDDLE SCHOOL JUST BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF ONE OF OUR MORE RECENT ONES. BUT THEN AGAIN, LAUREN MIDDLE SCHOOL IS WITH OUR MOST DIVERSE SCHOOL IN OUR DISTRICT RIGHT NOW. AND IT FEEDS INTO OUR HIGH SCHOOLS AND FEEDS INTO PRAIRIE AND IT BECOMES THIS BIG THING. AND IT REALLY IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE IT'S ONE OF THOSE MIDDLE SCHOOLS THAT YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE SO MANY GOOD STORIES AND THEY HAVE SO MANY GOOD STUDENTS OF LIKE DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS AND REALLY MAKING A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE ONCE THEY REACH HIGH SCHOOL OR EVEN AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL. A LOT OF OUR KIDS, AS YOU CAN SEE, WHEN WE WERE TALKING TO OUR CAM STUDENTS, WHEN THEY CAME UP, SPOKE HERE, LIKE THEY'RE SUPER YOUNG AND THEY'RE ALREADY SUCCEEDING ON HOW THEY SPEAK IN FRONT. LIKE BRINGING UP THOSE STUDENTS IS WHAT WE TRY TO DO. AND RIGHT NOW THEY'RE COMING TO US. THEY'RE SPEAKING TO US. THEY'RE TELLING US WHAT THEY DON'T LIKE. THEY'RE TELLING US WHAT THEY WANT AND WHAT THEY NEED CHANGED IN ORDER FOR THEM TO SUCCEED. BECAUSE SOME KIDS COME TO OUR SCHOOLS TO HAVE A CHANGE, TO HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT, TO HAVE A DIFFERENCE. OR SOME OF THEM JUST KIND OF MOVE OUT OF NOWHERE WANTING A CHANGE. AND LIKE NOT ONLY THEM, BUT THEIR FAMILY AS WELL. AND RIGHT NOW WE WANT TO BRING THAT UP BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT HAVING THAT OPPORTUNITY NO MORE. THEY'RE NOT HAVING THOSE POSITIVE IMPACTS THAT THEY WERE HEARING A COUPLE YEARS PRIOR. AND LIKE RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF BRING UP SOME THINGS FROM BATTLEGROUND HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR GROWING HIGH SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW. THEY'RE AT A 4A LEVEL, OF COURSE, AND DIVERSITY IS GROWING AT BATTLEGROUND AS WE SPEAK. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP WAS THE LACK OF... HOW BEFORE THERE WAS SUCH LACK OF DIVERSITY THAT NOW LIKE THERE ARE MORE DIVERSITY THAT THEY'RE KIND OF STRUGGLING WITH HOW THEY CAN ALTERNATE FROM BOTH JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH A HIGH RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND IN A CERTAIN BACKGROUND OF RELIGION AND JUST KIND OF TRYING TO MAKE SURE IT'S JUST A REALLY BIG STRUGGLE TO KIND OF HEAR ALL SIDES AND ALL PARTS OF STUDENTS LIKE WITH ATHLETICS, WITH PROGRAMS, LIKE OUR DRAMAS AND ALL OF THAT. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT KIDS BROUGHT UP WAS JUST THAT IT'S A GROWING SCHOOL THAT RIGHT NOW WITH NOT SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES OF KIND OF INTERACTING WITH PEOPLE THAT THEY AGREE WITH. WHEN IT COMES TO LIKE SPORTS, WHEN IT COMES TO CERTAIN ACTIVITIES LIKE DRAMA, WITHOUT DRAMA, WHERE DO THOSE KIDS GO? THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY FIT IN ANYWHERE ELSE. THEY DON'T FIT IN A CERTAIN RELIGION. THEY SHOULDN'T BE FORCED TO BE FIT INTO CERTAIN CLUBS THAT ARE SPECIFIED TO RELIGION. THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO. CREATE THEIR OWN GROUP, CREATE THEIR OWN, LIKE, ENCOURAGEMENTS AND AGREEMENTS. YEAH, AND TO ADD ON, LIKE, ALL THE SCHOOLS ARE EQUALLY IMPORTANT. LIKE, I DON'T WANT US TO, LIKE, PRESENT IN A WAY THAT, LIKE, THIS SCHOOL JUST BECAUSE IT'S BIGGER IS MORE IMPORTANT. LIKE, CAM IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE SMALLER SCHOOLS, BUT WE STILL HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE COME UP AND TALK. IT'S JUST, LIKE, AS SHE SAID, IT'S LIKE WE'RE KIND OF WE JUST RECENTLY DID LAUREN, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT. BUT TO ADD ON TO BATTLEGROUND. LIKE FOR BATTLEGROUND IT'S SUCH A BIG SCHOOL RIGHT THERE'S LIKE 2,000 STUDENTS SO WE TALKED TO LIKE A GROUP OF KIDS AND WE TALKED TO FRESHMEN AND SOPHOMORES AND JUNIORS AND SENIORS AND LIKE THERE'S A THERE'S A GAP IN THE FOCUS BETWEEN THOSE TWO JUST IN LIKE A TWO-YEAR AGE GROUP WHERE LIKE THE FRESHMEN AND SOPHOMORES WERE REALLY FOCUSED ON LIKE BULLYING ESPECIALLY BECAUSE LIKE FRESHMEN AND SOPHOMORE YEARS WHERE YOU TRY TO LIKE YOU DEVELOP YOURSELF YOU'RE [00:55:03] LIKE GROWING A NAME YOU'RE LIKE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO DO ESSENTIALLY AND LIKE THEY WERE TAUGHT LIKE THERE WAS JUST A LOT OF BULLYING. AND KIDS DON'T REALLY, THEY'RE NOT COMFORTABLE BEING THEMSELVES BECAUSE THEY'LL GET BULLIED FOR IT. AND ONE THING THEY DID BRING UP WERE CLUBS, THOUGH, LIKE THEATER AND DRAMA WHERE THEY CAN BE THEMSELVES AND NOT BE JUDGED. AND THEN JUNIORS AND SENIORS, THEY REALLY LIKE THE CLUBS AS WELL. AND THEY WERE ALSO ON BEHAVIORAL ISSUES, BUT IT'S MORE THAN JUST BULLYING FOR THEM. IT'S LIKE VAPING AND WHATNOT, RIGHT? THOSE THINGS THAT AREN'T GETTING CAUGHT BY SECURITY. BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES FOR MORE AND ALSO DRIVING, THEY BROUGHT THAT UP TOO, WHERE LIKE THE PARKING LOTS AREN'T SUPER SAFE BECAUSE THESE JUNIORS AND SENIORS ARE GETTING THEIR LICENSE AND THEY DON'T HAVE LIKE, THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT STUDENT SAFETY. IT'S NOT THAT THEY DON'T CARE, LIKE THEY VALUE PEOPLE, BUT IT'S LIKE THEY DON'T HAVE SOMETHING TELLING THEM LIKE IN THEIR HEAD JUST LIKE MAYBE I SHOULDN'T DO THAT. AND THAT'S, YOU CAN ATTRIBUTE THAT TO A LACK OF RESOURCES AND A LACK OF ATTENTION AS WE'RE LOSING TEACHERS. CLASSROOMS ARE FILLING UP, TEACHERS AREN'T GIVING AS MUCH FOCUS TO STUDENTS, AND YEAH, THAT'S JUST A BIG THING BECAUSE BATTLEGROUND IS SUCH A BIG SCHOOL. AND IT'S LIKE JUST AS WE GET LESS TEACHERS, THE STUDENT-TO-TEACHER RATIO INCREASES, AND THAT JUST MEANS LESS ATTENTION, AND EVERY KID KIND OF NEEDS ATTENTION FOR LIKE HEALTHY GROWING, ESSENTIALLY. SO, YEAH. YEAH, LIKE TOBY SAYS, LIKE, I... I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE GROWING AND THAT'S A POSITIVE THING BUT AT THE SAME TIME IT IS A NEGATIVE THING BECAUSE A LOT OF KIDS COME TO OUR ALES TO OUR COMPREHENSIVE BECAUSE THEY HEAR ALL THE GOOD STUFF WHETHER IT'S ATHLETICS WHETHER IT'S EVEN OUR DRAMA PROGRAM I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE AT PRAIRIE WHO DO ONLINE DO FULL-TIME RUNNING START ONLINE BUT THEY REALLY WANT TO BE A PART OF PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE OF THE DRAMA CLUB OR BECAUSE OF THE CLUBS THAT WE HOLD AFTER SCHOOL OR DURING SCHOOL AND IT'S JUST HARD TO SEE THAT LIKE SOME OF THOSE THINGS ARE GOING TO BE TAKEN AWAY, WHICH MEANS THAT WE WILL LOSE STUDENTS AND WE WILL LOSE THE MOTIVATION THAT STUDENTS WILL HAVE. WE ALREADY STRUGGLE WITH ATTENDANCE. NOW IMAGINE TAKING THINGS THAT FORCE KIDS TO BE THERE FOR AT LEAST THREE PERIODS, FORCE KIDS TO HAVE A PASSING GRADE IN ORDER TO PERFORM, IN ORDER TO BE A PART OF CERTAIN THINGS. OUR ATTENDANCE WILL DECREASE AND THEN OUR ENROLLMENT WILL DECREASE BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR THINGS WILL BE TAKEN AWAY AND THEN A LOT OF INCREASING CLASS RATIOS AND THEN DECREASING THE AMOUNT OF AP CLASSES WE TAKE. A LOT OF OUR ASPIRE KIDS GO TO OUR SCHOOLS TO TAKE OUR AP CLASSES. AND A LOT OF LIKE NOW A LOT OF OUR KIDS ARE GONNA BE TAKEN AWAY AND GOING TO OTHER SCHOOLS BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THEY HAVE AND THE AMOUNT OF AP CLASSES THEY HAVE. WE WANT TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY HERE. AND THAT'S WHY ME AND TOBY BRING THIS UP. WE WANT OUR STUDENTS TO STAY HERE. AND EVEN AS A SENIOR AND A JUNIOR, YEAH, WE MAY NOT BE HERE. LIKE FOR ESPECIALLY FOR ME, LIKE YOU MAY SAY LIKE, I WON'T BE AFFECTED. BUT SOME OF THE BATTLEGROUND KIDS BROUGHT THIS UP LIKE I WANT KIDS TO LIVE. THE EXPERIENCE THAT I LIVED, I WANT KIDS TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT I HAD, WHETHER IT WAS WITH CHEER, WHETHER IT WAS WITH ACTIVITIES. IT'S JUST MAKING SURE THAT OUR KIDS STILL HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY NO MATTER WHAT. SO I LIKE TO ADD THAT. YEAH, JUST ONE LAST THING. LIKE, I SCHOOL WITHOUT CLUBS OR LIKE ANY OF THESE THINGS BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY'RE ALL LIKE, THEY'RE ALL KIDS BEING FORCED TO GO TO SCHOOL. LIKE, THAT'S A GOOD THING. DON'T GET ME WRONG BUT LIKE ONCE YOU START TAKING AWAY THESE CLUBS AND THINGS LIKE WHERE THEY CAN MAKE THEIR OWN PERSONAL CHOICES WE'RE LIKE WE'RE KIND OF LIKE NOT TO BE HARSH BUT WE'RE IMPRISONING THEM ESSENTIALLY LIKE THEY HAVE NO CHOICE TO DO ANYTHING THEY WANT AND LIKE WE JUST KEEP RESTRICTING THEM AND IT'S IT'S LIKE JUST LOOKING FROM A STUDENT PERSPECTIVE THEY HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY WELL EVERY WEEKDAY AND SPEND SIX HOURS OF THEIR TIME DOING THINGS THEY DON'T WANT TO DO AND YOU KNOW THEY COULD HAVE LOOKED FORWARD TO ONE CLASS ONE CLUB BUT WE'RE TAKING AWAY LIKE THAT KIND OF JOY IN THEIR DAY, BUT THERE'S NOTHING LEFT FOR THEM TO LOOK FORWARD TO. AND ESPECIALLY IN YOUNG KIDS TOO, LIKE IF THIS STARTS IN THEM YOUNGER, THEY DON'T HAVE THAT MOTIVATION. WHY WOULD THEY BE MOTIVATED TO GO WORK A JOB IN THE FUTURE, RIGHT? BECAUSE LIKE ALL OF LIKE EVERY ADULT HERE, YOU GUYS CHOSE WHAT JOB YOU WANTED TO DO FOR THE MOST PART. AND LIKE YOU CHOOSE TO GO THERE. LIKE IT'S YOUR CHOICE, BUT THESE KIDS ARE FORCED TOGETHER. SO WE HAVE TO AT LEAST TRY TO MAKE IT A PLACE THEY WANT TO BE AT. BUT YEAH, THAT'S ALL. SO ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THESE CITIZENS AND STUDENTS HERE? ANYBODY GOT SOMETHING YOU WANT TO ASK THEM? I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO SPEAK TO THE STUDENTS. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET A SENSE OF WHAT THEY'RE THINKING AND WHAT THEY'RE FEELING. AND I'M SURE THAT ALL [01:00:01] OF THOSE THINGS WILL BE TAKEN IN CONSIDERATION WHEN THE CUTS HAVE TO COME AND TO TRY TO MAKE THINGS. AS GREAT AS POSSIBLE WITH THE FUNDS THAT ARE STILL AVAILABLE. SO I DO APPRECIATE BOTH OF YOU AND YOUR TIME AND THE ENERGY THAT YOU PUT FORTH TO REPRESENT THE OTHER STUDENTS WHO DON'T HAVE A VOICE. THEY ACTUALLY, YOU GUYS ACTUALLY REALLY ECHOED ONE OF THE REALLY STRONG THINGS THAT WE HEARD AT THE LISTENING SESSION, WHICH WAS IF WE WERE GOING TO MAKE CUTS, TRY NOT TO MAKE THEM LIKE A WHOLE PROGRAM. REDUCE THINGS BUT DON'T ELIMINATE WAS... ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEARD AT THE LISTENING SESSION. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE OUR STUDENTS HAVE THE SAME THINKING IN MIND AS MANY OF THE ADULTS THAT WE HEARD AT THOSE LISTENING SESSIONS. SO WELL DONE. IT'S EASIER TO KEEP SOMETHING ALIVE WHEN WE DO REDUCTIONS JUST BECAUSE WE'VE HEARD FROM A LOT OF OUR FAMILIES AND EVEN FROM A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS THEY'RE WILLING TO PUT IN THE EFFORT, THE TIME, THE MONEY IF THEY NEED TO. TO KEEP THEIR PROGRAMS RUNNING, ASPIRE HAS BROUGHT THAT UP TO US MANY TIMES. AND I THINK WE SHOULD BE WORKING WITH THEM TO A POINT WHERE IT'S LIKE THEY FEEL THIS HEARTENING ABOUT THIS PROGRAM. IF THEY'RE WILLING TO PUT IN THE WORK, WE SHOULD BE WILLING TO PUT IN THE WORK TO CREATE A REDUCTION. THAT WILL ALSO HELP THEM IN A WAY TO PROGRESS THE PROGRAM AS WELL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I WOULD LIKE TO START TO SAY SOMETHING. I DID. GO AHEAD. I JUST APPRECIATE THE PASSION AND THE THOUGHT THAT BOTH OF YOU GIVE TO THE STUDENTS AND WHAT THE STUDENTS NEED AND WANT AND FEEL AND HOW HARD IT ALL IS AT TIMES. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING THEIR VOICE. IT WAS WELL SAID. AND YOUR DEDICATION TO BE ON THE BOARD AND SERVE WITH US ALLOWS US TO HAVE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. YOU ENRICH THE BOARD BY BEING HERE. SO THANK YOU. TOBY, I'M EXCITED ABOUT YOU ON THE BOARD NEXT YEAR FROM HOW YOU'VE GROWN AND YOUR COMMENTS AND YOUR THOUGHTS AND WHAT YOU FEEL IS IMPORTANT TO SHARE. ITZEL, THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. YOU GUYS, WHAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING, I THINK, IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN WE UNDERSTAND. AND THE INFORMATION YOU'VE GATHERED, I THINK, HAS ACTUALLY GOT SOME SIGNIFICANCE TO IT. IT'S EASY TO FOCUS ON THE LEVY, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT, AND THE CUTS. BUT THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE BEEN SHARING ACTUALLY ARE MUCH DEEPER THAN THAT, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME THINGS TO LOOK AT HERE. SO AS YOU CONTINUE TO WRAP UP, PARTICULARLY GRITZEL, AS YOU CONTINUE TO WRAP THESE INVESTIGATIONS UP, PLEASE BE SURE THAT YOU PUT INTO THEM YOUR THOUGHTS, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING, JUST AS YOU SHARED BY US, SOME REALLY IMPORTANT THOUGHTS, OKAY? VERY VALUABLE TO US, ALL RIGHT? OKAY. COMMITTEE REPORTS. SO, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M NOT LOOKING AT MY THING. SO LET'S START WITH THE LEDGE REPORT. YES, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION IS CONCLUDED MARCH 12TH. I DON'T BRING A LOT OF GOOD NEWS, UNFORTUNATELY. THE BUDGET DID NOT FARE WELL, BUT I WILL GO OVER A FEW OF THESE THINGS. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOU THAT CALLED YOUR LEGISLATORS AND EXPRESSED YOUR FEELINGS AND YOUR THOUGHTS. UM THEY DID PRESERVE THE MAINTENANCE FUNDING FOR BASIC EDUCATION. THEY DID INCLUDE A 2.6 INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENT FOR STATE-FUNDED STAFF FOR MSOCS, BUT THERE'S MAJOR REDUCTIONS IN THE K-12 PROGRAM. THEY TOOK $25 MILLION FROM LEA. IT WAS $250 A STUDENT, GOES TO $150 A STUDENT. $27 MILLION REDUCTION TO TRANSITION TO KINDERGARTEN, WHICH IS THE TTK. IT REDUCES STATE FUNDED SLOTS BY 33% AND THEN IT'S ABOUT 02,000 SLOTS ACROSS THE STATE. 21 MILLION REDUCTION TO SCHOOL BUS DEPRECIATION. THEY TOOK IT FROM 13 YEARS TO 15 YEARS. AND 7 MILLION REDUCTION TO RUNNING START. THEY WERE GIVING FTE 1.4. THEY DROPPED IT TO 1.3. SO THIS IS GOING TO UNFORTUNATELY LIMIT THE NUMBER OF RUNNING START CREDITS STUDENTS CAN TAKE. AND IT WILL ALSO REDUCE COURSE AVAILABILITY IN MANY DISTRICTS. I'M JUST GOING TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THESE OTHER REDUCTIONS THAT I DIDN'T TALK ABOUT TO JUST BE AWARE OF. THEY, LET'S SEE, FIRE PREVENTION, THEY REDUCED [01:05:01] $650,000. THEY ALSO DID ADMINISTRATIVE REDUCTIONS. THEY DIDN'T DO ANY ADMINISTRATIVE REDUCTIONS. THEY LEFT THOSE AT $1,100,000. FEDERAL GRANT DEPRECIATION, WE ALREADY DISCUSSED THAT. AND ALSO CHARTER SCHOOL, THEY DID NOT REDUCE THAT ONE EITHER. BUT THIS IS GOING TO AFFECT THE SCHOOLS MOVING FORWARD THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. THEY DID ALSO, A GREAT THING THAT DID HAPPEN IS THEY DID EXEMPT K-12 FROM SALES TAX, WHICH WAS SOMETHING WE WERE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT. IT WAS THE ESSB 5814. IT EXEMPTS FROM JULY 1ST, AND IT WAS PASSED AS A PART OF ESSB 6346, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE SUPPOSED MILLIONAIRE'S TAX. WASHINGTONIANS HAD VOTED AGAINST IT 11 TIMES, BUT IT DID PASS THIS TIME. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, IF YOU WANT TO LOG IN, WSSDA HAS A BILL WATCH. IT'S CALLED WSSDA BILL WATCH, AND YOU CAN GO INTO THERE AND LOOK AT ANY OTHER BILLS THAT MAYBE YOU HAD AN OPINION ON. AND WANTED TO KIND OF SEE WHAT ENDED UP HAPPENING WITH THEM. I BELIEVE I HEARD ONE OF THE LEGISLATORS SAY THAT THE SESSION STARTS, I BELIEVE, IN JANUARY AGAIN. SO A LOT OF OUR LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE IN THE AREA. THEY WILL BE HAVING TOWN HALLS. THEY WOULD LOVE FOR EVERYONE TO COME AND SPEAK TO THEM. AND SO JUST I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO BE INVOLVED AND TO. LET YOUR LEGISLATORS KNOW WHAT YOU THINK AND HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT SCHOOLS. SCHOOL FUNDING HAS DROPPED DRAMATICALLY SINCE 2019. I BELIEVE IT WAS 53% IN 2019. IT'S DROPPED NOW TO 43%. AND ONE OF THE RCWS IS THAT THEY FULLY FUND BASIC EDUCATION, AND THEY ARE NOT DOING THAT. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE HAS BEEN TALK FROM THE DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE THAT WE MAY HAVE TO DO LITIGATION IN ORDER TO GET THE STATE TO FULLY. FUND THE BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAM. SO STAY TUNED. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN OR WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN, BUT I KNOW THAT MANY DISTRICTS ACROSS OUR STATE ARE IN THE SAME POSITION AND SOME WORSE THAN WE ARE. SO IT IS SOMETHING TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR. THANK YOU. AUDIT COMMITTEE. WE MET LAST WEEK AND WE WENT OVER PAYROLL AND ACCOUNTS PAYABLE, SUPERINTENDENT'S TIME CARD, AND WE CAME UP WITH A QUESTION ABOUT PAY FOR PREP COVERAGE WHEN THERE'S NO SUBS AND TEACHERS ARE COVERING FOR THOSE CLASSES, THOSE PERIODS THAT DON'T HAVE A SUBSTITUTE. AND THE PAY FOR THAT. WE ASKED THE QUESTION, AND THE FINANCIAL FOLKS WENT AND RIGHT AWAY MET AND FIGURED IT OUT, SO WE'RE SATISFIED. SO WE APPRECIATE THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH THOSE QUESTIONS, AND THEN THEY RESPOND AND FIGURE THINGS OUT FOR US. THE STATE AUDIT IS ALMOST FINISHED. THEY'RE WINDING IT UP. ALL IS GOING AS PLANNED. PLANNED. MARSHALL AND I WILL HAVE AN EXIT MEETING WITH THE TEAM AND THE STATE AUDITORS IN THE NEAR FUTURE. SO WE'LL STAY TUNED FOR THAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT EXTRA WORK OF THE AUDIT WITH WORKING WITH THEM AND STUFF. WELL, BUT YOU'RE PUTTING IN EXTRA TIME TOO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BGEF. OKAY, I'LL CONTINUE. BUCKLE UP, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON WITH BATTLEGROUND EDUCATION FOUNDATION. THEY'RE REALLY, REALLY FOCUSED ON GETTING RESOURCES TO HELP STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES THAT WE HAVE IN THE DISTRICT. WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO FIND WAYS TO SUPPORT STUDENTS, WHETHER THAT BE EXTRA FEES OR JUST ITEMS THAT THEY NEED, RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED TO HAVE. THIS SATURDAY AT FRED MEYER [01:10:03] FROM 11 TO 3 IS AN EVENT CALLED CRAM THE CRUISER. SO THEY'LL HAVE TWO POLICE CARS THERE, SO BATTLEGROUND POLICE AND SHERIFF'S OFFICE. AND THE GOAL IS TO CRAM THOSE CRUISERS WITH SNACKS FOR SRO OFFICERS. THOSE ARE SAFETY RESOURCE OFFICERS. DID I SAY THAT RIGHT? SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS. AND THEY ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE AT SCHOOLS AND ARE AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT KIDS THAT NEED HELP, NEED SUPPORT IN ANY WAY. AND SOMETIMES THE BRIDGE TO THAT SUPPORT MIGHT BE A SNACK. MAYBE THAT STUDENT IS JUST, FRANKLY, HUNGRY. AND SO OFFERING THEM A SNACK JUST KIND OF OPENS THE DOORS TO CONVERSATIONS. THEY CAN WORK IT OUT AND THEN STUDENTS CAN GO BACK TO CLASS. SO THEIR PANTRIES ARE, THE SNACK PANTRIES ARE LOW. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING THIS CRAM THE CRUISER EVENT. THERE WILL BE A CRUISER THAT KIDS CAN CRAWL IN AND OUT OF AS WELL, AS WELL AS THE CRUISERS TO CRAM WITH SNACKS. SO BRING SNACK ITEMS TO FRED MEYER, MARCH 28TH, THIS SATURDAY FROM 11 TO 3. AND THAT SHOULD BE A GREAT EVENT. OKAY. THE NEXT EVENT THAT WE'RE PREPARING FOR IS THE SPRING SOIREE. I THINK I SAID THAT RIGHT. IT IS HAPPENING. IT'S APRIL 18TH FROM 11 TO 1, AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE THAT WANT TO COME, AND THERE WILL ACTUALLY BE ADRIAN CORTEZ AS A SENATOR. OKAY, SO I NEVER CAN REMEMBER. ADRIAN CORTEZ WILL BE THERE TO SPEAK. THERE WILL BE STUDENTS THERE THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY BATTLEGROUND EDUCATION FOUNDATION, BY SCHOLARSHIPS AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY'VE BEEN HELPED THROUGH THE FOUNDATION. AND THERE WILL BE SILENT AUCTIONS AND SILENT AUCTION BASKETS. SPEAKING OF WHICH, IN THE PAST WHEN THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION OR ANY OF THE AUCTIONS ACTUALLY, OFTENTIMES THE BOARD DOES A BASKET. I WAS WONDERING IF THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO DO A SILENT AUCTION BASKET FOR THE SPRING SOIREE. I THINK WE WILL. SO HOW DO WE GET THE MONEY TO YOU TO DO THAT? PROBABLY JUST WHENEVER. YEAH, WE'LL WORK IT OUT IF, YEAH. YOU'LL REACH OUT TO US AND LET US KNOW THEN BECAUSE I THINK EVERYBODY WILL SUPPORT IT IF YOU'LL. OKAY. LINNELL HAD AN IDEA TO DO A GARDEN BASKET GARDEN UP AND WHATEVER SO WE COULD DO SOMETHING I'M NOT GOOD AT COMING UP WITH IDEAS SHE CAME UP WITH THAT IDEA AND I'M LIKE YES. LIKE A LITTLE BASKET YOU CAN PUT IT IN. KIND OF LIKE THE WHEELBARROW. YEAH, THAT WOULD BE SUPER GREAT. SHELLY AND I ALSO BOUGHT A TABLE FOR THIS EVENT SO WE WERE HOPING TO KNOW WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO. SO IF YOU WANT TO GET BACK TO US ON APRIL 11TH, IT'S AT THE CEDARS. APRIL 18TH. THANK YOU. IT'S FROM 11 TO 1 ON APRIL 18TH. YEAH. IF YOU COULD DO THAT BY NEXT FRIDAY, BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE'LL MOVE ON TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FILL SEATS. NO, YOU'RE LOOSE. YEAH. I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. OKAY, ALSO AT OUR BOARD MEETING THIS LAST WEEK, THEY HAD THE FOLKS FROM FCRC, WHICH IS THE FAMILY COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER. DID I SAY THAT RIGHT? OKAY. THEY CAME AND TALKED TO US ABOUT HOW THEY SERVE KIDS. THEY FOCUS ON THE NEEDS OF HOMELESS. FOSTER CARE AND UNACCOMPANIED HOMELESS YOUTH. THAT'S IT. PLUSTER CARE AND AN ACCOMPANIED HOMELESS YOUTH. THERE WE GO. THANK YOU. MY PARTNER IN CRIME HERE. SO THEIR OFFICE IS RIGHT BY THE PARKING LOT HERE ON THIS CAMPUS, AND THEY ARE IN DESPERATE NEED OF HYGIENE PRODUCTS, CLEANING [01:15:01] SUPPLIES, AND TOILETRY ITEMS THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE TO FAMILIES THAT NEED. THOSE RESOURCES. SO YOU CAN DONATE ANYTIME, DROPPING IT BY THEIR OFFICES. AND I THINK, DID I MISS ANYTHING? COULD YOU READ THAT FOR ME TOO? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S BATTLEGROUND EDUCATION FOUNDATION. WIAA. SO MICK HOFFMAN AND NICK... IS GOING TO COME AND SPEAK WITH US AT SOME POINT DOWN THE ROAD. HE'S ON THE CALENDAR, I THINK, FOR APRIL OR MAY. HE GOT THAT. HE WORKED WITH TRAVIS TO GET THAT DONE. SO HE'LL BE COMING. HE'S THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE WIAA, SO MAYBE WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE THAT ON THE AGENDA IN A WAY THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS WHEN HE'S COMING, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF THING. I'LL TALK WITH TRAVIS ABOUT THAT, MR. DRAKE. THEY JUST DIED. THE 16TH IS WHEN THEY VOTED ON ALL OF THEIR ISSUES. WE WERE CONTACTED BY OUR INTERSCHOLASTIC COMMITTEE, REPRESENTATIVE SADIE MCKENZIE. SHE WAS LOOKING FOR INPUT ON THE 27 BYLAW CHANGES THAT THEY WERE MAKING. SO THAT VOTE WAS DONE ON THE 16TH, AND I JUST LOOKED RIGHT NOW TO SEE IF THERE'S BEEN ANY RESULTS POSTED ABOUT WHAT WAS MADE IN THOSE DECISIONS. SO YOU COULD LOOK AT IT IF YOU WANTED TO, BUT I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING YET, AND THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY... ...FASTEST ON GETTING THINGS DONE ON THE WEBSITE AND STUFF. SO WHEN WE HAVE THOSE RESULTS, I'LL BE ABLE TO POINT YOU IN THAT DIRECTION SO YOU CAN LOOK AT ANY OF THOSE BYLAW CHANGES THAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT DOING. SO THAT'S THE REPORT ON THE WIA. THEN THE NEXT THING IS TOUR COMMITTEES. WE HAVEN'T. ANY TOURS THAT WE HAVE? I DON'T THINK WE DID. NOT IN THE LAST MONTH. I ALWAYS FORGET, THOUGH. GLENWOOD HEIGHTS THIS WEDNESDAY AND MAPLE GROVE IN A COUPLE WEEKS, I THINK. OKAY. 10.30 ON WEDNESDAY. 10.30 ON WEDNESDAY. YEAH, IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE THAT. I HAVE ONE MORE THING TO BRING UP. OH, PLEASE. I DID FORGET TO TELL YOU, BOARD, ABOUT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FOR 2026. THIS IS FOR WASDA. WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IS POSITION PLATFORM REVISIONS, AND THIS IS A SUPER IMPORTANT PART OF BEING A SCHOOL BOARD DIRECTOR. WHAT THEY DO IS THEY DETERMINE WASDA ADVOCATES IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION OF BILLS THAT ARE INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATORS. SO MORE INFORMATION IS GOING TO BE COMING. BUT WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE EACH BOARD TO DO IS TO BRING FORTH REVISIONS OR IDEAS, NEW POSITIONS THAT WE CAN PRESENT TO THE GREATER GROUP. AND THEN ON APRIL 1ST, IT'S FROM APRIL 1ST I BELIEVE UNTIL APRIL 30TH OR 31ST, AND THEN THE GREATER GOOD, THEY HAVE THE ACTUAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY. WHICH I'LL BE ATTENDING. I THINK ANYONE CAN ATTEND ON THE BOARD IF YOU WANT TO ATTEND, BUT YOU HAVE NO THERE'S ONLY ONE VOTE PER BOARD. AND THEN YOU GUYS WILL HELP ME DETERMINE HOW TO VOTE ON THE POSITIONS THAT ARE BEING BROUGHT FORTH THAT YOU WANT WASDA TO REPRESENT TO THE LEGISLATORS. SO THAT'S COMING. SO POSSIBLY I'LL HAVE SOME REVISIONS OR IF YOU HAVE ANY, GET THEM TO ME, SEND THEM TO ME. AND THEN I CAN GET THEM PUT TOGETHER SO THAT WE CAN PRESENT THOSE AND SEND THOSE ON TO WASDA. WHEN WAS THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AGAIN? IT STARTS APRIL 1ST. I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE ACTUAL ASSEMBLY IS. WE HAVEN'T BEEN TOLD. BUT THE REVISION OPENING IS THE 1ST OF APRIL. SO I THINK IT'S FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH. THEY GIVE THE BOARDS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE POSITIONS AND MAKE DETERMINATIONS ABOUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT. OUR BOARD WANTS TO BRING FORTH WE WOULD BRING IT FORTH AT THAT TIME AND THEN THEY LOOK AT ALL OF THEM AND DECIDE WHICH ONES THEY WHAT THEY WANT TO REPRESENT WAS STILL WITH ONE THING THAT I READ ON THAT IS THEY WANT IF WE BRING FORTH A REVISION THEY WANT IT TO BE A BOARD DECISION THAT'S NOT JUST SO ONE PERSON CAN'T JUST THROW OUT AND IF YOU KNOW AN IDEA IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD NEED TO DISCUSS AND YEAH WE DISCUSS THAT AM VOTE IT'S A IT'S REPRESENTING OUR BOARD. SO IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING BRING IT FORWARD AND THEN WE WOULD ALL DISCUSS IT AND THEN VOTE AND IF IT'S IF IT'S VOTED THROUGH THEN WE WOULD SEND IT ON TO THEM. YES LIKE FOR EXAMPLE WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MAYBE WSF I'M SORRY HAVING A WASDA POSITION ON THIS MANDATED UNFUNDED MANDATES I DON'T [01:20:01] BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A POSITION THAT STATES ANYTHING ABOUT THAT SO MAYBE WE WOULD WANT TO PASS ONE. I THINK IT BEHOOVES US FOR EVERYBODY WHO'S LISTENING THAT WE LOOK AT THIS A LITTLE BIT DEEPER BECAUSE I'VE LEARNED A LOT OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. SO WASDA IS THESE 295 SCHOOL DISTRICTS, FREUDIAN. SO WE SHARE TOGETHER OUR POSITIONS ON WHAT WE THINK ABOUT STUFF. SO THERE ARE 200 AND... POSITIONS AND ANYONE COULD GO TO WSSDA, WASDA, WASHINGTON STATE SCHOOL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION, AND LOOK AT WHAT THESE 230 POSITIONS ARE. WHAT ARE THE SCHOOL BOARDS ACROSS THE WASHINGTON STATE'S POSITION ON ANYTHING, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT, LIKE FUNDING FOR MSOCS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING. SO YOU CAN GO LOOK AT THOSE ANYTIME. AND SO WE CAN SUGGEST TO WASDA THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A POSITION ON SUCH AND SUCH IF WE VOTE IN FAVOR OF THAT POSITION. SO WE CAN JUST HAVE THAT PUT ON FOR CONSIDERATION. AND THEN THIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS WHEN WE GO AND WE ACTUALLY GET ONE VOTE PER SCHOOL BOARD AS TO HOW WE FEEL ABOUT THAT POSITION. AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS THEN ARE WHAT INTERFACE US WITH OUR LEGISLATURE. BECAUSE THE LEGISLATURE SAYS, HEY, WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK? WELL, IT'S OUR POSITIONS THAT SPEAK FOR US. SO IF YOU HAVE INTEREST IN THAT KIND OF THING, YOU CAN TALK TO US ABOUT THE POSITIONS, OR YOU CAN LOOK THEM UP FOR YOURSELF. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. YEAH. SO, DIRECTOR REPORTS. WELL, THE ONE THING THAT HASN'T BEEN TALKED ABOUT IS A VARIETY OF US WENT, A MAJORITY OF US WENT TO THESE LISTENING SESSIONS. AND I KNOW THAT'LL BE BROUGHT UP A LITTLE BIT LATER, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE PUBLIC. THEY WERE BOTH WELL ATTENDED. I, YOU KNOW, WENT FROM GROUP TO GROUP JUST TRYING TO LISTEN IN AND GET A FEEL FOR WHAT WAS BEING SAID. AND I APPRECIATE THE INPUT THAT CAME AND THE WILLINGNESS TO UNDERSTAND OUR POSITION, WHAT WE FIND OURSELVES IN AS A DISTRICT, AND EVERYBODY CAME WITH GOOD IDEAS TO WORK THROUGH THAT PROBLEM. SO THE POSITIVITY TOWARDS SOLVING A PROBLEM WAS FELT, AND I REALLY APPRECIATED THAT. AND MARSHALL, YOU'VE BEEN A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN THERE FOR ALL OF THIS STUFF. THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. SO, YEAH. BEEN GOOD. YEAH, VERY GOOD. YEAH, IT WAS GOING BOTH NIGHTS. IT WAS INTERESTING TO SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO. IT WAS DIFFERENT. IT WAS GREAT, BOTH LISTENING SESSIONS. BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF STUDENTS AT THE FIRST ONE, AND SO IT WAS REALLY NEAT TO HEAR, YOU KNOW, THEIR PASSION. HOW THEY FELT AND THEN THE PRAIRIE ONE WAS JUST DIFFERENT. SO YEAH, IT WAS VERY ENLIGHTENING. SO I WAS GLAD THAT WE DID IT AND I FELT IT WAS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY. ANYTHING ELSE? YEAH. IT'S BEEN A BUSY FEW WEEKS. SO I MET WITH SENATOR BRAUN AND DISCUSSED. UNFUNDED AND UNFUNDED MANDATES AND UNDERFUNDED MANDATES. HE WAS ON THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE IN WASHINGTON. SO IT WAS A GOOD CONVERSATION TO HAVE WITH HIM. SPOKE WITH OTHER SCHOOL BOARDS AROUND WASHINGTON WITH SOME OF THE DIRECTORS AROUND THERE. THEIR SAME CONCERNS. AND THEN MEETING LOTS OF FOLKS OUT FROM THE COMMUNITY, HEARING THEIR VOICE AND ENCOURAGING TO COME TO THE SECOND MEETING. FOR THE LISTENING SESSION, ENCOURAGING TO PLUG IN AND TAKE THE SURVEYS. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T KNOW THAT THAT WAS OUT THERE. IT WAS A BUSY WEEK KNOCKING ON DOORS FOR A COUPLE WEEKS, GETTING PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY COME OUT AND PARTICIPATE. SO IT WAS PRETTY HELPFUL. I THINK AS FAR AS THE UNFUNDED MANDATES, THERE'S A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM A LOT OF THE DISTRICTS THAT I SPOKE WITH. TO PUSH BACK ON WASHINGTON ON THESE. SO IT WAS PRETTY PRODUCTIVE, I THINK, A LOT OF KIND OF GETTING PEOPLE TO RALLY AROUND THESE ISSUES. ANYTHING ELSE? I WANTED TO JUST MAKE PEOPLE AWARE THERE'S A GROUP FORMING THAT KIND OF. [01:25:08] SPEARHEADED BY A LOCAL PASTOR. HE'S ALSO A COMMUNITY ADVISORY MEMBER. ACTUALLY, HE'S BEEN A LEADER THE LAST THREE YEARS. DAVID LINDNER. AND HE'S ALSO A PART-TIME CHOIR TEACHER AT BATTLEGROUND HIGH SCHOOL. HE IS TRYING TO FORM A GROUP THAT IS LOOKING FOR THE HOPE IN BATTLEGROUND, TO GROW BATTLEGROUND, THE POSITIVITY AROUND. NOT JUST THE SCHOOLS, ALTHOUGH THE SCHOOLS ARE A KEY THING, BUT JUST THE COMMUNITY IN GENERAL, THE HOPE WITHIN THE AREA AND BUILDING THAT UP. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE PEOPLE AWARE IT IS HAPPENING AT 6-8 CHURCH. IT'S NOT A CHURCH EVENT. IT'S NOT TIED WITH THE CHURCH. IT'S JUST HE'S OPENING THE BUILDING FOR THE COMMUNITY. IT'S MONDAY NIGHT. THE 30TH, SO NEXT MONDAY AT 06, AND HE'S INVITING BATTLEGROUND MEMBERS. AND I WANTED TO, I'M JUST GOING TO READ A LITTLE QUOTE ABOUT WHAT THIS IS. THIS IS FROM HIM. WE ARE TRYING TO GATHER A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BUILD SOMETHING DIFFERENT, A COALITION OF HOPE, NOT JUST MORE NOISE, NOT ANOTHER PLACE TO ARGUE IN ALL CAPS. BUT A PLACE TO ACTUALLY MOVE SOMETHING FORWARD. IF YOU EVER THOUGHT SOMEONE SHOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS, THIS MIGHT BE YOUR GENTLE REMINDER THAT YOU MIGHT BE PART OF THE SOMEONE. SO 6-8 CHURCH, MONDAY, MARCH 30TH AT 6, AND THAT'S LOCATED AT 606 NORTHEAST 1ST STREET. IT'S NEAR ALLEN ERNIE'S AND KIND OF THE CROSS STREET THAT... TEASE AT ALLEN ERNIE'S. I'LL BE THERE NOT AS A BOARD MEMBER. IT'S NOT A DISTRICT THING. IT'S NOT A BOARD THING. IT'S TOTALLY A COMMUNITY THING. I'LL BE THERE AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER. JUST TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, JUST BE, HOPEFULLY MOVE US FORWARD. AND LORI, JUST TO BE CLEAR, HOW IS THIS BEING PROMOTED? IS THIS TO LIKE A COMMUNITY, EVERYBODY COME OR IS THIS LIKE A FOCUS GROUP? KIND OF A THING HE'S TARGETING. HE IS, I THINK IT'S ANYONE THAT WANTS TO BRING MORE HOPE TO BATTLEGROUND. AND WHERE WOULD I FIND OUT MORE ABOUT IT IF I WANTED MORE? PROBABLY THROUGH HIM, I CAN GIVE YOU HIS CONTACT INFORMATION OR WHATEVER. SURE, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I SAW IT ON FACEBOOK. YEAH, YEAH, THAT'S WHERE IT'S THERE. I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE ON FACEBOOK. IT WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE TONIGHT AND I HAD SAID, I'D BE THERE BUT I'M HERE. SO HE SAID, AND A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT COME HERE MIGHT WANNA DO THAT. SO WE MOVED IT TO NEXT MONDAY. PERFECT. SO JUST TO MAKE IT AVAILABLE. SO. ALL RIGHT, ANYTHING ELSE? YEAH. PHOOEY, I WANT TO GO AHEAD. NO, SORRY. WHAT WAS IT? NO. SO THE MANDATE, OKAY? RYAN ANDERSON CAME AND SPOKE TO US A COUPLE OF TIMES. HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN IN TOUCH WITH RYAN ANDERSON? I HAVE NOT. ANY OF THEM? OKAY, ALL RIGHT, SO ALONG THOSE SAME LINES, AND YOU MAY HAVE A COMMENT YOU WANT TO MAKE ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU WERE GOING TO MEET WITH THE SUPERINTENDENTS, I THINK. THIS COMING FRIDAY. OH, IT'S THIS COMING FRIDAY. YOU HAVEN'T MET YET. OH, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS BUSINESS ABOUT THIS GROWING IDEA OF PUSHING BACK WITH THE STATE REGARDING THE UNFUNDED MANDATES IS A BIG DEAL. SO THERE'S A GENTLEMAN WHO'S SPOKEN HERE, RYAN ANDERSON, PUBLICLY. I KNOW. THERE HE IS RIGHT THERE. OKAY. ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE COMMENTS TONIGHT? OKAY, ALL RIGHT, SO HE'S GOING TO BE MAKING SOME COMMENTS. SO I BRING IT UP AGAIN BECAUSE WE MET FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS, AND I'VE TALKED WITH SOME OTHER PEOPLE. I TALKED WITH JOHN LEE AND SOME OTHER PEOPLE, AND THIS IS A BIG DEAL. SO IF YOU'RE AT ALL INTERESTED IN MAYBE BEING A FORCE FOR GOOD IN THIS, I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT DOES TURN INTO A STATE THING BECAUSE I'VE I'VE TALKED TO AN ATTORNEY OR TWO ABOUT IT ALSO, AND I THINK IT'S GETTING LEGS. SO WE'LL SEE WHERE THIS GOES. SO I PUT THAT OUT THERE. AND THEN WITH REGARD TO THAT'S IT. I THINK THE CONSENSUS THAT I GOT WAS THERE'S A STRONG CASE FOR THIS. THIS IS GROWING LEGS. AND THEY SAID IT'S GOING [01:30:02] TO BE A DRAWN-OUT, LONG PROCESS. BUT THE QUESTION THAT WAS POSED WAS WHEN'S THE BEST TIME TO PLANT A TREE. RIGHT. YOU KNOW, SO THAT WAS KIND OF THE ADVICE THAT WE GOT AND THE ADVICE TO PUSH IT FORWARD. YEAH. SO. OKAY, DIRECTOR'S REPORT. ONE THING THAT I COULD USE FOR YOU TO TALK ABOUT, JUST BECAUSE TIMING FOR OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF A STRUGGLE IN TERMS OF WHERE SPRING BREAK LIES AND THAT WE COME BACK AND MONDAY'S A BOARD MEETING. IS AT ONE POINT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THE 13TH BEING A SECOND TIME FOR US TO DO A WORK SESSION STUDY. IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO WALK AWAY FROM TONIGHT WITH A TOPIC. YEAH THAT WOULD BE NICE. WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT MORE THOROUGHLY THEN. SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR A TOPIC FOR THE WORK SESSION FOR THE 13TH. OKAY. MAYBE WE CAN REVISIT THAT AT THE END WHEN WE HAVE HAD SOME MORE TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT. YEAH, DO YOU WANT TO HAVE SOME TIME TO THINK ABOUT THAT? WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT. SHOULD WE BE THINKING ABOUT IT [6. Superintendent and Staff Updates] AND MAKING SOME NOTES? DOES SHE LIKE US TO COME UP WITH OUR TOPIC FOR THE WORK SESSION FOR THE 13TH? PERFECT. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU, SHELLY. YEAH, YOU BET. SO YOU'RE UP. ALL RIGHT. A COUPLE OF UPDATES. I WILL TRY TO KEEP THIS PART BRIEF AS I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE INFORMATION THAT WE GATHERED THROUGH A VARIETY OF MEANS. BUT. WANTED TO JUST BRING YOU UP TO SPEED ON A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED. ONE, I KNOW LORI AND DEBBIE WERE ABLE TO ATTEND THE DISCOVERY KITCHEN COOK-OFF. IT WAS AWESOME. TALK ABOUT THAT. ANYWAY, THEY DID A GREAT JOB. THEY PUT US ALL TO WORK BECAUSE WE HAD A HARD TIME DECIDING THE WINNERS. BUT ULTIMATELY, MARIAH FROM RIVER HOME LINK, HER MASHED POTATO PUFFS WERE THE WINNER. BUT THEY WERE ALL REALLY, REALLY GOOD, AND EVERY STUDENT RECEIVED AN AWARD FOR THE EVENING, AND THEY ARE THE AFTERNOON. THEY ALL WERE CREATIVE. SO I DON'T KNOW IF LORI OR DEBBIE OR LINNELL WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT IT TOO. THERE WERE FOURTH GRADERS WHO SUBMITTED A RECIPE AND WERE CHOSEN TO PARTICIPATE, I GUESS, AND IT WAS PHENOMENAL. THEY CAME AND THEN ALL THE SUPPLIES WERE THERE, ALL THE INGREDIENTS WERE THERE, I SHOULD SAY. THE KIDS WORKED, GOSH, HOUR AND A HALF ON THEIR WHATEVER IT WAS, AND BACK IN THE KITCHENS, AND WE WERE ABLE TO GO AND WATCH THEM. WE HAD TO SCORE ON KNIFE SKILLS OR PRESENTATION OR ALL THE, YOU KNOW, THE GREATEST BRITISH ORGANIZATION. IT WAS JUST, YEAH, A LOT OF DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. SO THEY REALLY SHINED, THEY ALL, IN EVERYTHING. IT TASTED WONDERFUL. IT DID. SO WE GOT TO DO A TASTE TEST, OF COURSE, AND PART OF THE JUDGING. AND THEN WE HAD TO PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER AND FIGURE OUT WHO EARNED EACH AWARD, EACH SPECIFIC AWARD, AND THEN THE OVERALL WAS CHEF. MARIAH. YEAH. CHEF. SHE WAS, WHAT'S THE TERM, RUSS? HELP US. CHEF OF THE YEAR. CHEF OF THE YEAR. YEAH. YEAH, IT WAS AMAZING. SO I EVEN LEARNED WHAT, OH, GOSH, WHAT'S THE, CARDAMON. NEVER HEARD A CARD, IS THAT RIGHT? NEVER EVEN HEARD OF IT. ONE OF MY, ONE OF THE STUDENTS HAD TO HAVE THAT. I'M LIKE, WHERE DO YOU GET THAT? AT THE STORE. I'M LIKE, REALLY? OKAY. SO I WENT AND BOUGHT SOME BECAUSE I NEED TO MAKE HIS THING NOW. SO BECAUSE WE GOT THE RECIPE. YEAH. SO YEAH, IT WAS GREAT. OH, THEY ALL GOT THEIR CHEF APRONS, THEIR CHEF HATS. AND IT WAS GREAT. YEAH, THANK YOU, RUSS AND LAURA AND THE TEAM THAT ALL WORKED. WE HAD CHEFS, WE HAD EMPLOYEES FROM NUTRITION PROGRAM FROM ACROSS THE DISTRICT HELPING THE STUDENTS. SO THAT WAS REALLY, IT WAS JUST NICE TO COME TOGETHER. NICE COMMUNITY ACTIVITY TO BRING ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS TO ONE PLACE. WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, I WENT AHEAD AND I KNEW THAT I WOULD HAVE YOUR SUPPORT. IN THE TOWN OF YAKULT REACHED OUT TO ASK US TO SIGN ON TO A LETTER OF SUPPORT. THEY ARE LOOKING TO UPGRADE THEIR COMMUNITY CENTER. SO, OF COURSE, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD BENEFIT OUR STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO I WANTED TO JUST LET YOU KNOW THAT WE SIGNED ON. THERE'S NOTHING FOR US TO DO. [01:35:01] IT WAS A LETTER TO MARIE GLUSENKAMP-PEREZ AND BASICALLY TO ENCOURAGE HER TO SEEK FEDERAL DOLLARS TO HELP THEM WITH THAT PROJECT. SO OF COURSE, WE'VE. WE WOULD COMPLETELY SUPPORT THAT AS AGAIN, I THINK IT WOULD HELP OUR COMMUNITY. EXACTLY. AND THEN I DID WANNA MENTION THAT YES, WE HAVE OUR REGIONAL CLARK COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS MEETING THIS FRIDAY. AND LINNELL AND I WILL BE GOING AND WORKING WITH OTHER CLARK COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS ON THE UNFUNDED MANDATES. KIND OF SHOWING THEM THE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE GONE THROUGH TO IDENTIFY WHAT OUR UNFUNDED MANDATES ARE AND WHAT THE AMOUNTS THAT EACH DISTRICT SPENDS. BY USING SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE PUT INTO OUR F-195 AND PULLING THAT INFORMATION OUT SO THAT THEY THEN ALSO HAVE A SIMILAR TOOL TO WHAT WE'VE BEEN USING TO COMMUNICATE OUR UNFUNDED MANDATES. SO AGAIN, TRYING TO ENCOURAGE THAT GRASSROOTS WORK OF EXPLAINING WHAT IT IS THAT IS IMPACTING OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE BECAUSE IT'S CERTAINLY NOT UNIQUE TO US AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED. TONIGHT SO WE WILL BE DOING THAT AND THEN TOMORROW MORNING I HAVE OUR MONTHLY EXECUTIVE DIALOGUE MEETING WHICH IS A GROUP OF LARGER COMPANIES FROM AROUND THE AREA THAT GET TOGETHER AND MEET WITH THE GREATER VANCOUVER CHAMBER AND TOMORROW MORNING REPRESENTATIVE STEPHANIE MCCLINTOCK WILL BE THERE AND I'LL MAKE SURE AND LET HER KNOW WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON AND ASK HER TO BECOME AN ADVOCATE AS WELL FOR THIS WORK. I'LL REACH OUT AS WELL TO THAT CONNECTION, BUT I WILL LOOK FORWARD TO LETTING YOU KNOW ON THE 13TH OR DEPENDING ON HOW WE STRUCTURE THAT MEETING, IF NOT THAT MEETING, THE 27TH, ABOUT WHAT MOMENTUM WE MIGHT HAVE IN THAT AREA. ONE THING I WOULD SAY IS IF WE WERE GOING TO DO SOMETHING THROUGH WASDA, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE US PUT FORTH A PRIORITY TO MAKE ALL THINGS THAT ARE PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE THAT IF THEY'RE NOT FUNDED, THAT THEY'RE OPTIONAL. AND I WOULD ABSOLUTELY GET BEHIND THAT AND BE HAPPY TO SPREAD THE WORD ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO ANYWAY, THAT'S A THOUGHT THAT I MIGHT HAVE ON THAT. IF WE COULD DO THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO DO THE SAME THING WITH WASA AND AWSD. WELL, IF THAT'S SOMETHING SOMEONE COULD PUT SOME THOUGHT TO AND... FRAMING IT OUT A LITTLE BIT THAT SOUNDS EXACTLY LIKE MAYBE WHAT WE WOULD WANT TO PASS SO SO YEAH IF THERE'S A SOMEBODY YOU'RE WORKING WITH ON THE TEAM THAT CAN FRAME IT OUT A LITTLE BIT BETTER YOU KNOW AND GET IT READY FOR US THAT WOULD BE A POSITION I THINK WE WOULD REALLY ENTERTAIN. MAYBE IF WE COULD SEE SOME EXAMPLES I GUESS WASDA PROBABLY HAS EXAMPLES. I'LL LOOK FOR THAT. YEAH. THOSE ARE THE UPDATES THAT I HAD BUT I DID BRING MY BOOK. OH YES. CHAPTER 9. SCENARIO 9 YES SPEAK FOR THE BOARD I THOUGHT MAYBE WE COULD JUST SPEND TWO OR THREE MINUTES. THIS ONE'S A PRETTY SHORT ONE. BUT THE SCENARIO IS A BOARD MEMBER ATTENDING A SPRING SING AT A SCHOOL AND THE PRINCIPAL TURNING, STEPPING UP TO THE PODIUM AND SAYING, WELCOME, BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? AND THEN THE INDIVIDUAL STEPS UP AND SAYS, THANK YOU, PRINCIPAL, FOR INVITING ME TO THIS WONDERFUL EVENT AT YOUR SCHOOL. I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THE SCHOOL BOARD IS COMMITTED TO HELPING ALL CHILDREN IN THE DISTRICT REACH THEIR POTENTIAL THROUGH AN ENRICHING INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM THAT INCLUDES THE ARTS. AND THEN THE INDIVIDUAL ADDS, WE ON THE SCHOOL BOARD ARE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING INCREASED FUNDING FOR MUSIC, EXPANDING THE BAND PROGRAM, AND IN THE NEAR FUTURE WE WANT TO BUILD A NEW AUDITORIUM HERE AT GRANDVIEW FOR EVENTS LIKE THE SPRING SING. SO THE INDIVIDUAL WALKS AWAY AND THINKS. DID I DO THE RIGHT THING? AND SO ANYWAY, I THOUGHT WE COULD TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT THAT SCENARIO AND WHAT YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THAT. AND I KNOW WHAT I COULD DO DIFFERENTLY IF I WAS A SUPERINTENDENT. WHAT WOULD YOU DO DIFFERENTLY IF YOU WERE THE BOARD? THOUGHTS? BASICALLY, THE FIRST SENTENCE, WE ON THE SCHOOL BOARD ARE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING INCREASED FUNDING FOR MUSIC, EXPANDING THE BAND PROGRAM. THAT'S MY SECOND. SECOND. NEVER MIND. GO TO THE OTHER PAGE. YEAH. THERE WE GO OH YEAH THE SCHOOL BOARD IS COMMITTED TO HELPING ALL CHILDREN THE DISTRICT REACH THEIR POTENTIAL THROUGH AN ENRICHING INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM THAT INCLUDES THE ARTS SO THAT'S PART OF THE DISTRICT'S MISSION SO IT'S OKAY TO SAY THAT AND SPEAK AS THE BOARD [01:40:04] BUT WHEN IT GOES ON WE ON THE BOARD ARE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING BLAH BLAH BLAH THAT'S GOING TOO FAR BECAUSE THAT PERSON IS SPEAKING FOR THE BOARD. WE CAN'T SPEAK FOR EACH OTHER, SO BASICALLY. YEAH. ANY OTHER COMMENTS, THOUGHTS? WELL, MY FIRST, I TRIED NOT TO LOOK AT THE ANSWER BECAUSE THE WAY THAT THIS BOOK IS SET UP, IT'S LIKE, OH, OKAY. I WOULD JUST STAND UP AND WAVE, AND THEY'RE LIKE, NO, DON'T DO THAT, DO THIS. SO THEY'RE SAYING JUST. SAY THE FIRST SENTENCE ABOUT SUPPORTING YOU KNOW ALL KIDS WAS ENOUGH NOT TO MAKE ANY KIND OF COMMITMENT JUST JUST TO SAY YOU KNOW I SUPPORT ALL KIDS I THINK THE NICE THING IS FOR THE PRINCIPAL NOT TO CALL US UP TO SAY SOMETHING YES THAT WOULD BE THAT'S THE NICEST THING IT'S BETTER FOR US JUST TO WAVE I MEAN IT'S NICE TO WAVE THAT WAY PEOPLE KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND IF THEY WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING THEN THEY CAN. AND THAT HAPPENED WHEN I WENT TO, I THINK, TO AMBOY TO THEIR MUSICAL. THEY JUST ASKED US TO STAND, AND WE JUST KIND OF DID THE PRINCESS WAVE, AND THAT WAS REALLY GOOD. BUT YEAH, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, IS HARD TO ALWAYS REMEMBER. IT WASN'T ESPECIALLY AT FIRST TO JUST SPEAK, BUT TO REALIZE THAT YOU'RE APART. IT'S KIND OF LIKE BEING MARRIED, TALKING FOR YOUR HUSBAND. IT'S KIND OF THE SAME THING. YOU JUST ALWAYS CLARIFY THAT THIS IS MY THOUGHTS AND MY OPINIONS. THAT'S WHAT I LEARNED. AS WE SPEAK IN PUBLIC, WHETHER WE ARE ACTING AS A BOARD OR NOT, WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL WITH WHAT WE SAY AND HOW IT COMES ACROSS. BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST THE WORDS WE SAY, IT'S THE PERCEPTION AND HOW IT'S RECEIVED. SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE- ABSOLUTELY. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE- MIND OUR WORDS APPROPRIATELY. I TOO AM LEARNING THAT. BECAUSE I THINK THAT YOU FORGET AT TIMES, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE SOMEBODY WHO WEARS MY HEART ON MY SLEEVE AND MY VOICE COMES OUT VERY EASILY. I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM TALKING. AND SO I HAVE TO BE CAREFUL, I REALIZE. AT TIMES BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHEN I SAY MY PERSONAL OPINION ABOUT SOMETHING I SUPPORT, THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY, I DIDN'T REALLY REALIZE STEPPING INTO THIS ROLE THAT PEOPLE THINK THAT I AM THE DISTRICT AND I'M NOT THE DISTRICT, BUT WHEN THEY THINK THAT IT'S A RULE WHEN I SPEAK IT AND THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE CASE. SO I TOO AM LEARNING THAT. THE OTHER THING I THOUGHT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO DEBBIE'S POINT IS I THINK IT'S REALLY NICE TO... BE ABLE TO ATTEND EVENTS AND JUST BE THERE TO LISTEN AND TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS. AND THAT'S PART OF MY WORK IS TO REMIND PRINCIPALS TO, IT'S GREAT TO INTRODUCE AND TO POINT OUT WHEN OUR BOARD MEMBERS MAKE EVENTS, BUT, AND, AND SMILE AND WAVE, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY NICE TO HAVE TO SPEAK ON THE CUFF WHEN YOU'RE NOT EXPECTING IT. SO I JUST WANT TO BE CAREFUL THAT, THAT TO REMIND MY ADMINISTRATORS TO NOT PUT YOU ALL ON THE SPOT BECAUSE THAT'S NOT REALLY FAIR. SO. CERTAINLY THAT, AND THE OTHER THING IS I JUST THINK THAT IT WILL ALLOW YOU TO NOT HAVE TO BE PUT IN A PLACE WHERE SOMEONE MAY ASK SOMETHING THAT REALLY YOU CAN'T SPEAK TO ANYWAY BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SPEAK FOR ALL FIVE OF YOU WHEN YOU'RE ONE. AND ALSO FOR ATTENDING EVENTS, WE'RE THERE TO SUPPORT THE KIDS, AND IT'S NOT ABOUT US. IT'S ABOUT THE KIDS. YEAH. WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND SO THANK YOU YOU GUYS WEREN'T GIVEN A COPY OF THIS WERE YOU MY REFLECTIONS ARE SIMPLY AS I THINK ABOUT THESE THINGS UH UM THIS IS NOT NEW STUFF AND AND IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE LEADERS AND PEOPLE THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH, OUR BOARD MEMBERS AND PEOPLE LIVE THESE THINGS OUT. AND I APPRECIATE AND VALUE WHAT ALL OF YOU DO CONTRIBUTE IN THIS WAY AND ALL THIS STUFF. AND WE DO MAKE MISTAKES, BUT YEAH, THERE'S ROOM TO MAKE MISTAKES, THAT KIND OF A THING. SO IT'S OKAY TO MAKE A MISTAKE AND GROW. SO THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? WELL, YOU'VE ASKED US IF WE WANT TO CONTINUE THIS. MAYBE AT THE END WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, MAYBE WE SHOULD REFLECT ON THIS [01:45:02] AND GIVE HER SOME FEEDBACK, OKAY? SO BE THINKING ABOUT THIS. OKAY. GREAT. SO NOTHING FROM TEACHING AND LEARNING TONIGHT OR HUMAN RESOURCES, BUT NEXT UP IS MICHELLE WITH ENROLLMENT. YEAH, I'VE GOT A FEW UPDATES, BUT WE WILL START WITH ENROLLMENT. I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU ON THE NEXT SLIDE THAT YOU CAN SEE OUR ENROLLMENT DID NOT COME IN AS STRONG AS WE HAD HOPED. IT TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF A DIP DOWN. THAT WAS STRONGER THAN WE HAD HOPED. IT'S ABOUT 66 BELOW WHERE WE WOULD HAVE BEEN FROM DECEMBER TO FEBRUARY FROM THE PRIOR YEAR. SO WE ARE ABOUT. 27 DOWN BELOW LAST YEAR ON AVERAGE THROUGH FEBRUARY. SO THE ANNUAL AVERAGE FTE, WHICH IS NOT HEADCOUNT, THESE ARE OUR FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT ENROLLMENTS, AND WE ARE 280 ABOVE BUDGET. SO WE'RE STILL ABOVE OUR BUDGET, BUT WE ARE BELOW LAST YEAR BY ABOUT 26 ON, OR EXCUSE ME, 27. ON AVERAGE IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS SLIDE THIS IS THE MAIN SLIDE THAT SHOWS OUR OUR MAIN ENROLLMENT FOR A LE COMPREHENSIVE AND TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN I JUST WONDERED IS IT IS THERE A PROJECTION FOR NEXT YEAR OR DO WE NOT KNOW THAT YET YEAH I AM WORKING ON THE PROJECTIONS IT'S PRETTY FLAT FOR NEXT YEAR BUT THAT'S JUST A BASIC ROLL-UP SO WE'RE ROLLING STUDENTS SO THAT'S WITH NO GROWTH BUILT INTO IT AND YOU CAN SEE THAT'S HOW WE PROJECTED THIS THIS LOT THIS YEAR'S ENROLLMENT WAS BASED ON JUST ROLLING UP STUDENTS AND ESTIMATING KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS AND YOU CAN SEE WE'RE ABOVE BUDGET AND THEN STATISTICALLY IS THERE WE KEEP TRACK OF THE REASONS WHY YES THERE ISN'T THERE IS THERE IS INFORMATION IN THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE AND WE'RE RESEARCHING THAT RIGHT NOW TO TRY TO GET MORE OF AN ANALYSIS OF OF BOUNDARY OUT STUDENTS OR WITHDRAWN STUDENTS TO GET A BETTER IDEA AND I'D LIKE TO BRING SOME OF THAT INFORMATION TO YOU IN ANOTHER MEETING AS SOON AS WE GET THAT INFORMATION AVAILABLE THE UM UH SKYWARD I HAD A REALLY GREAT REPORT THAT I WAS ABLE TO PULL VERY EASILY THAT YOU KNOW BASICALLY, WHERE DID THEY GO? AND I COULD EASILY, BUT I HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT REPORT IN OUR NEW CUMULATIVE SYSTEM YET BUILT. AND SO WE'VE BEEN A LITTLE BUSY, BUT WE WILL GET THAT BUILT BECAUSE IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT REPORT TO KNOW WHERE STUDENTS ARE GOING. WE DO HAVE SOME BOUNDARY OUT INFORMATION, BUT THAT'S NOT ALWAYS WHAT'S HAPPENING. IT'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S WITHDRAWALS ALSO THAT HAPPEN. SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO I CAPTURE EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING WITH OUR STUDENTS. AND THEN DO WE STILL HAVE A WAITING LIST FOR RIVER HOME LINK? YES. IS IT STILL 300? I DON'T THINK IT'S JUST UNDER. LAST TIME I TALKED TO MATT, IT WAS LIKE TWO SOMETHING. TO YOUR POINT, THOUGH, DEBBIE, I DO WANT TO SAY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE ONE OF THE CONSIDERATIONS AS WE TALK ABOUT PROGRAM IMPACTS IS THANK YOU. KEEPING IN MIND ENROLLMENT, BECAUSE BETWEEN THIS FEBRUARY COUNT AND MARCH, WE SAW ANOTHER DECLINE IN MARCH'S ENROLLMENT. AND I WOULD VENTURE TO GUESS IF WE WERE TO LOOK BACK AT 2006, WHICH IS THE LAST TIME THAT WE HAD A DOUBLE LEVY FAILURE, MY GUESS IS WE WOULD SEE A DECLINE IN ENROLLMENT THE FOLLOWING YEAR AS WELL, BECAUSE PEOPLE WANT THEIR KIDS IN SCHOOLS THAT ARE FULLY FUNDED AND DOING WELL. AND SO... WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WATCH THAT THROUGH THE SPRING AND KEEP AN EYE ON IT, WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH ENROLLMENT, BECAUSE IT IS A LITTLE BIT SCARY TO GO FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT THINKING THAT YOU'VE NAILED DOWN. ON YOUR STAFFING AND YOU HAVE EVERYTHING PLANNED AND THEN YOU COME IN UNDER THAT COULD CREATE SOME SERIOUS PROBLEMS FOR US SO TO YOUR POINT WE WILL BE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON WHAT HAPPENS THIS SPRING AS AS WE GET IN TO THE END OF THE YEAR SO AND I JUST HEARD THERE'S A BUNCH OF THINGS BEING BUILT I THINK I SAW THAT THERE WAS A COMPLEX COMING IN I THINK A HUNDRED APARTMENTS SO THAT SHOULD BE LIKE READY BY NEXT YEAR MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW, BUT I JUST WONDERED IF ALL OF THAT WAS KIND OF IN THE MIX [01:50:01] OF EVERYTHING, TOO, BECAUSE IT'S LIKE, JUST BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE LEAVING, THERE MAY BE PEOPLE ACTUALLY MOVING IN, TOO, SO, THANK YOU. WELL, ALONG THOSE LINES, MICHELLE, WHAT SHE JUST SAID ABOUT THE GROWTH AND THIS STUFF, AND YOU JUST SAID A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT YOU'RE WORKING THIS DATA ON, OKAY, SO WHAT'S YOUR GUT FEELING ABOUT, WHAT'S YOUR SENSE ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THIS ATTENDANCE THING? IS THIS A KIND OF A BAD REPORT, A CAUTIONARY REPORT? ARE YOU CONCERNED? JUST FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE, THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR. WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? WELL, DEFINITELY IT'S A LITTLE BIT CONCERNING BECAUSE THERE ISN'T THE GROWTH THAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, OR THE MAINTAINING THE STABILITY OF THE ENROLLMENT. IT'S HARD TO TELL WITHOUT MORE ANALYSIS. THOUGH OF WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH STUDENTS THAT THERE IS MOVEMENT STUDENTS ARE JUST MOVING YOU KNOW THEIR FAMILIES ARE MOVING I MEAN WE DON'T KNOW REALLY WHAT'S TRULY HAPPENING I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NEXT YEAR WHEN WE START WORKING ON OUR CAPITAL FACILITY PLAN THAT WILL WILL HAVE TO HAVE SOME DEMOGRAPHER THAT WILL HELP US WITH SOME ENROLLMENT INFORMATION THAT WILL HELP US WITH UPDATED BIRTH RATES IS IMPORTANT. AND THE STATISTICAL INFORMATION OF WITH THOSE BIRTH RATES, HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE ACTUALLY ENROLLING IN PUBLIC EDUCATION, PUBLIC SCHOOLS. SO THERE'S A LOT THAT WE STILL NEED TO WORK THROUGH IN BEING ABLE TO PREPARE FOR NOT ONLY NEXT YEAR, BUT TRENDING OUT IN MULTIPLE YEARS AS WELL. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT. YES, EXACTLY. EXACTLY. AND KNOWING THE BIRTH RATES. AND BATTLEGROUND HAS HAD PRETTY STRONG BIRTH RATES. AND SO A LOT OF THE SCHOOLS ARE LOSING. I MEAN, EVERGREEN WAS TELLING ME THEY HAD LOST LIKE 5,000 STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, FROM THEIR ENROLLMENT. AND THEY'RE STARTING TO, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THEIR FACILITIES AND WHAT THEIR FACILITY NEEDS ARE WHEN THERE IS THAT MANY STUDENTS THAT ARE LEAVING. SO, SO FAR, I THINK WE'RE, I SEE. I STILL THINK THAT WE HAVE TO BE VERY CONSERVATIVE NEXT YEAR AND WE MAY EVEN HAVE TO MAYBE EVEN BE EVEN MORE CONSERVATIVE WITH UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS WITH FUNDING FOR SCHOOLS WHICH IT DOESN'T LOOK VERY GOOD SO YOU'VE BEEN REAL BUSY ON ALL THIS STUFF YOU TALKED ABOUT DOING THIS ANALYSIS OF WHAT YOU CALLED IT WHERE DID THEY GO YOU SAID? YEAH. WITHDRAWN STUDENTS. THIS IS THE KIND OF STUFF THAT A WORKSHOP WOULD BE FOR, FOR HER TO REPORT THIS STUFF AND FOR US TO TALK ABOUT IT IN DEPTH AND THINK ABOUT IT QUITE A BIT. BUT I DOUBT THAT YOU'D BE READY TO TALK ABOUT IT BY APRIL 13TH WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON, RIGHT? YEAH, I DON'T THINK THERE WOULD BE MUCH I COULD OFFER YOU. AND REALLY, IT WOULD BE REALLY GOOD TO HAVE A DEMOGRAPHER THAT WOULD... REALLY LOOK AT WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING, BATTLEGROUNDS SCHOOL DISTRICTS, VERY LARGE. SO MAYBE THERE'S SOME RETURN OR SOMETHING. YES. LET ME ASK YOU THIS, THOUGH, OKAY? YOU STARTED THE CONVERSATION BY SAYING WE'RE 280 OVER PROJECTION. OVER BUDGET, YES. OKAY. WELL, THAT WAS WHAT WE PROJECTED, RIGHT? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT WOULD SEEM TO ME TO BE A GOOD THING, OKAY? AND AND AT THE END OF LAST YEAR, IT SEEMED TO ME THAT WE FINALLY SETTLED. I'M JUST, SO THIS, YOU NEED TO CORRECT ME IF I'VE GOT THIS WRONG IMPRESSION, SEE, BECAUSE IT FELT LIKE WHEN WE GOT TO THE END OF THE YEAR AND WE GOT OUR FINAL TOTALS AND OUR BUDGET, WE DID A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN WE WERE EXPECTING IN THE WAY OF REVENUES AND THAT KIND OF THING IN ATTENDANCE. IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH, WE STARTED OFF VERY STRONG LAST YEAR, BUT IT DID, YOU CAN SEE HERE IN THE, BLUE RIGHT LAST YEAR WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THIS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 24 25 YES OKAY OKAY YEAH YOU CAN SEE IN THE BLUE LINE YOU CAN SEE IT REALLY STARTED TREND SEE NORMALLY LIKE IN THE PURPLE YOU'D SEE 23 24 IT WAS KIND OF FLAT RIGHT AND THEN IN THE IN THE BLUE FOR 24-25, IT WENT DOWN. WE STARTED OFF VERY STRONG, AND BY THE END OF THE YEAR, OUR ANNUAL AVERAGE, WHICH IS HOW WE'RE PAID, WE'RE NOT PAID BY WHAT HAPPENED IN SEPTEMBER OR WHAT HAPPENED. THEY AVERAGE OUT THAT ATTENDANCE, AND THEN THAT'S YOUR FINAL APPORTIONMENT THAT YOU RECEIVE. SO WE DID COME IN ABOVE BUDGET LAST YEAR, BUT IT WASN'T AS STRONG AS WE HAD HOPED. YOU WITH THE 280 ABOVE BUDGET, WILL THAT GO DOWN? [01:55:01] YES, IT WILL, BECAUSE WE'RE TRENDING DOWNWARDS. AND NOW WE DID IN MARCH, WE HAD A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A LOSS IN MARCH, NOT TOO BIG. YEAH, NOT SIGNIFICANT. IT WASN'T TOO BAD, BUT, YOU KNOW, THEN WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN APRIL AND MAY. BUT MOST LIKELY THE ANNUAL AVERAGE OR THE ABOVE BUDGET WILL GO DOWN. VERY GOOD. JUST GOING ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THE NEXT SLIDE. OH, SORRY. OKAY, YEAH, THANK YOU. THE ALE, THE ANNUAL AVERAGE FTE IS 58 ABOVE BUDGET, SO THAT IS TRENDING UP HIGHER. AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND THEN OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION IS 38 ABOVE BUDGET AND OUR TRANSITIONAL BILINGUAL PROGRAM IS ALSO ABOUT 16 ABOVE BUDGET AND THEN THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL SLIDES IN THERE THAT I WON'T GO OVER AND THERE'S AND THEN THE ENROLLMENT BY EACH SCHOOL IS IN THE FURTHER IN THE SLIDE SO THIS IS ONLINE IT'S UNDER THE BOARD DOC SO IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT THEY CAN THEY CAN LOOK AT IT THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IS THERE ANY ONE OF THE SCHOOLS OR TWO OF THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE NOT, THAT ARE TRENDING MORE DOWN THAN OTHERS THAT YOU KNOW OF? YEAH, WHEN I WAS DOING MY ENROLLMENT ANALYSIS, I COULD SEE SOME SCHOOLS WERE GROWING DOWN, YOU KNOW, AND SOME SCHOOLS ARE, YOU KNOW, DIPPING DOWN A LITTLE BIT. SO LIKE CAPTAIN WAS, SEEMED TO NOT, YOU KNOW, SEEMED TO BE DIPPING DOWN A LITTLE BIT. AND THEN WE SAW IN SOME OF OUR SELF-SCHOOLS THAT THERE WAS INCREASED ENROLLMENT. SO YOU CAN DEFINITELY SEE IT BY THE TRENDS OF THE GROWTH, WHERE THE GROWTH IS AT AND THE BUILDINGS AT. BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE YAKULT IS EXPLODING. YEAH, THEY ARE. I DO HAVE JUST A COUPLE MORE UPDATES THAT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU. I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON THE... THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND JUST ADD A FEW THINGS IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU. THE WHY WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION YET OSPI WILL BE HAVING A WRAP-UP SESSION ON MARCH 31ST AND THEN WE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT OUR TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM AND HOW IT IMPACTS BATTLEGROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION YET BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE APPLYING SOME FORMULAS TO IT AND LOOKING AT DIFFERENT THINGS OF AVAILABILITY AND DIFFERENT, I BELIEVE THEY'RE GOING TO USE POVERTY LEVELS IN IT. SO WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING TO LAND ON OUR PROGRAMS. WE HAVE SEVEN TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS RIGHT NOW. SO WE'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON THAT. ON THE BUS DEPRECIATION, BECAUSE THEY CHANGED THE LANGUAGE AND THAT WAS SOME WORK THAT WAS DONE BY THANK YOU. MARISSA RATHBONE WHO OVERSEES WITH WASA WASDA AND WASBO THEY HAD THE EIGHT-YEAR BUSES GOING TO 15 YEARS AND THEY JUST DIDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND YOU CAN'T DO THAT SO THEY GOT THEM TO THE TO THE 10-YEAR DEPRECIATION SO THEY THIS IS THE EXTENDED DEPRECIATION BUS DEPRECIATION WHICH IS A SAVINGS TO THE STATE BUT IT'S A REDUCTION IN FUNDING TO THE STATE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT RELY ON THAT DEPRECIATION. SO WHERE WE HAD ESTIMATED ABOUT $300,000 FOR BATTLEGROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT, IT'S ABOUT $175,000 LESS IN FUNDING THAT WE WILL GET BECAUSE OF THAT DEPRECIATION. SO IT WENT DOWN A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE STILL ARE NOT, IT'S GOING TO BE A REDUCTION IN OUR REVENUES FOR TRANSPORTATION. AND THEN ALSO ON SAFETY NET, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY CONCLUDED WITH IS THAT THE SAFETY NET QUARTERLY PAYMENTS WILL BE ONLY FOR... OUT-OF-STATE STUDENTS THAT ARE PLACED IN RESIDENTIAL TREATMENTS OUTSIDE OF THE STATE, WHICH ARE VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE, BUT THE STATE DOES FUND THOSE THROUGH SAFETY NET. OUR SAFETY NET APPLICATION FOR THIS YEAR IS ABOUT $4 MILLION. ABOUT $500,000 IS FOR OUT-OF-STATE RESIDENTIAL. SO WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT WE PAY ALL THESE EXPENDITURES [02:00:01] THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE YEAR, $3.5 MILLION, $4 MILLION, AND WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT ANY QUARTERLY PAYMENTS. AND FOR CASH FLOW, THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY CRITICAL TO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE CASH FLOW TO BE ABLE TO PAY ALL OF THOSE EXPENDITURES UNTIL YOU RECEIVE THE FUNDING IN AUGUST. SO I REALLY WANT YOU TO KEEP THAT IN MIND ON THAT. ALSO, DISAPPOINTED THAT THERE WAS NO FUNDING APPROPRIATED FOR THE CONTRACTED TRANSPORTATION BENEFITS, WHICH WE REALLY ADVOCATED FOR, AND THERE WASN'T ANY FUNDING IN THERE. SO THAT WAS SOME LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION. OH, ALSO THERE WAS ACTUALLY, THERE WERE SEVERAL, THIS IS FROM WASA, BUT THERE'S SEVERAL PARTS. POLICY UPDATES TOO THAT WILL REQUIRE DISTRICT ACTION. WHILE THEY DON'T MAYBE NOT COST MONEY, THEY'RE GOING TO REQUIRE THE DISTRICT DO THINGS LIKE UPDATE OUR MANUALS, UPDATE TRAINED STAFF. SO THERE ARE THINGS IN HERE THAT ARE NOT FUNDED. THEY'RE UNFUNDED, BUT THEY'RE THINGS THAT THE STATE HAS ASKED US TO DO. SO THERE WILL BE PROBABLY A GOOD WRAP-UP FROM SUPERINTENDENT WRIGHT DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF ALSO SHARING THAT INFORMATION ON HOW IT IMPACTS THE SCHOOLS. AND THE LAST THING I WANTED TO SHARE WAS I HAD SOME GOOD NEWS FOR JESSICA DAVIS. JESSICA DAVIS WORKS IN OUR IN AT THE CASEY CENTER IN AD SUPPORT AND SHE COMPLETED ALL OF HER ACCOUNTING ONE TWO AND THREE CLASSES THROUGH WASBO, AND THAT'S THE WASHINGTON ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BUSINESS OFFICIALS, AND I'M PLEASED TO SHARE THAT SHE HAS OFFICIALLY EARNED HER DESIGNATED CERTIFICATE OF SCHOOL BUSINESS SPECIALIST IN ACCOUNTING, AND SO THAT IS A HUGE COMMITMENT TO DO THAT. SHE'S NOT IN THE BUSINESS OFFICE. SHE IS DOWNSTAIRS WORKING IN TEACHING AND LEARNING, BUT SHE'S REALLY DEDICATED SOME TIME AND UM THAT WAS PROBABLY ABOUT 150 HOURS FOR HER TO COMPLETE NOT ONLY THE COURSES BUT ALL OF THE HOMEWORK THAT GOES WITH THAT. AND SO I'M JUST VERY PROUD OF HER. I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT SHE HAD GOTTEN THAT DESIGNATION. THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S GREAT. GOOD FOR HER. I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE BUSY WITH THE LEGISLATIVE DEBRIEFS AND AUDITS. WOULDN'T IT BE A FAIR TIME TO LOOK AT THE WITHDRAWALS? SEE WHERE THOSE STUDENTS ARE GOING. IF THE AGENDA WOULD ALLOW IT, WE COULD POSSIBLY PUT SOMETHING ON THE NEXT MEETING. I'M SURE WE COULD HAVE SOMETHING, SOME TYPE OF REPORT FOR THE BOARD. YEAH, WE COULD DO IT DURING STAFF UPDATES. IF WE DO. OH, WE DON'T DO STAFF UPDATES. THAT'S RIGHT. IF WE'RE DOING A WORK SESSION, THEN IT WOULD HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE 27TH UNLESS YOU DECIDE YOU WANT US TO MAKE IT. UNLESS WE BRING IT TO THE WORK SESSION. UNLESS WE BRING IT TO THE WORK SESSION. YEAH, YEAH. LET'S MAYBE PLAN ON BRINGING IT TO THE WORK SESSION. OKAY. THAT WOULD BE APRIL 13TH. THANK YOU. YEAH. NOTHING FROM KEVIN RIGHT NOW, BUT HE WILL HAVE A COUPLE AGENDA ITEMS LATER ON TONIGHT. BUT AMANDA, NO, NO AMANDA. OH, ALL RIGHT, WE ARE DONE. [7. Agenda Item Public Comments] SO WE'RE TO OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS. SO LET ME READ OUR STATEMENT. I'M GOING TO ASK, WE HAVE... FOUR PEOPLE FOR THE FIRST SESSION, SO WE'RE NOT DOING BAD AT ALL. 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 WELCOMES PUBLIC COMMENTS AND ASKS THAT THOSE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD SIGN IN ON THE SIGN-IN SHEET PROVIDED NEAR THE ENTRANCE. DURING THE AGENDA ITEMS ONLY, PUBLIC COMMENTS... SECTION, THE BOARD WILL HEAR COMMENTS RELATED TO AN ITEM LISTED ON THE MEETING AGENDA. SO THIS IS A LITTLE CHANGE IN WHAT WE'RE DOING, TWO SECTIONS. SO THIS IS THE AGENDA ITEMS ONLY PUBLIC COMMENTS SECTION THAT WE'RE DOING FIRST. PLEASE INDICATE ON THE SIGN-IN SHEET WHICH AGENDA ITEM YOUR COMMENT PERTAINS TO, WHICH FOLKS HAVE DONE. ALL OTHER COMMENTS CAN BE HEARD DURING THE OPEN PUBLIC COMMENTS SECTION OF THE MEETING. PLEASE FOLLOW THE PUBLIC COMMENTS PROCEDURES BY STATING YOUR NAME, ENSURING [02:05:01] THAT YOUR SPOKEN COMMENT IS APPROPRIATE FOR A FAMILY AUDIENCE. IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW, COMMENTS MAY NOT PROMOTE OR OPPOSE ANY BALLOT PROPOSITION. SPEAKERS SHOULD REFRAIN FROM DISCUSSING PERSONNEL OR OTHER CONFIDENTIAL MATTERS, INCLUDING STUDENT OR STAFF NAMES. PLEASE REFRAIN FROM APPLAUSE, CHEERING, OR OTHER OUTBURSTS TO ENSURE AN ORDERLY FLOW OF BUSINESS AND TO ALLOW ALL SPEAKERS TO BE HEARD. PUBLIC COMMENT SECTIONS ARE LIMITED TO 30 MINUTES PER SECTION. TIME ALLOTTED WILL BE THREE MINUTES. THE MICROPHONE WILL BE MUTED AT THE END OF THE THREE-MINUTE TIME. ANY COMMENTS THAT CANNOT ADHERE TO THESE PUBLIC COMMENT RULES OR ANY PRINTED MATERIALS FOR BOARD MEMBERS CAN BE SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD SECRETARY, CARLA. BOARD MEMBERS DO NOT TYPICALLY RESPOND TO QUESTIONS OR PETITIONS DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS. THEY WILL LISTEN AND GIVE DIRECTION TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM. IF ACTION IS DEEMED NECESSARY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND COOPERATION. SO FIRST UP WILL BE JESSICA COLE AND TERRY DOTSON, YOU WILL BE NEXT. THIS IS THE AGENDA ITEMS CORRECT YES OKAY HELLO BOARD MY NAME IS JESSICA COLE UM I REALLY APPRECIATE HAVING THE TWO COMMENT TIMES AND HAVING DIFFERENT FOCUSES ON THEM I JUST WISH YOU WOULD SWITCH THE ORDER AND HAVE OPEN TIME NOW UM WE'RE PRETTY FAR INTO THE MEETING AND SOME PARENTS HAD TO LEAVE AND THEY'RE NOT THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT HAVE TO LEAVE EARLY SO IF THAT WAS EARLIER THEY COULD NOT HAVE TO STAY AND IF YOU BUMPED IT UP HIGHER ON THE AGENDA LIKE EVERGREEN SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT WOULD BE GREAT AND THEN HAVE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THE TIME BUT I MEAN NEXT WEEK I'D PROBABLY SAY ACTUALLY I LIKE THIS ORDER I MEAN THIS FROZEN CONSTITUTE ALL JUST SAYING I SEE A SLIGHTLY HIGHER BENEFIT IF YOU FLIPPED IT AND THAT'S ALL THANK YOU SO MUCH SURE TERRY DOTSON PLEASE NEXT PERSON ON THE AGENDA IS BECKY GOOD EVENING BOARD, COMMUNITY MEMBERS. I HOPE THIS FALLS UNDER THE AGENDA PORTION. I'M GOING TO SAY A LITTLE BIT, HEAR MORE ABOUT WHAT LORI WAS TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT. TONIGHT I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT SOMETHING IT HAS THE POWER TO TRANSFORM NOT JUST OUR CONVERSATIONS, BUT THE FUTURE OF OUR SCHOOLS. FINDING COMMON GROUND IN A TIME WHEN DISAGREEMENT CAN FEEL LOUDER THAN OUR SHARED VALUES IS EASY TO FORGET THAT WE ARE ALL HERE FOR ONE REASON, TO GIVE OUR STUDENTS THE BEST POSSIBLE CHANCE TO SUCCEED. FIRST, FINDING COMMON GROUND STRENGTHENS OUR RELATIONSHIPS. EVERY PERSON IN THIS ROOM, WHETHER A PARENT, A TEACHER, A BOARD MEMBER, OR A STUDENT, BRINGS A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE. BUT BENEATH THOSE DIFFERENCES IS A SHARED COMMITMENT TO LEARNING, SAFETY, AND OPPORTUNITY. WHEN WE FOCUS ON THAT SHARED PURPOSE, TRUST GROWS. AND TRUST IS THE FOUNDATION OF A STRONG SCHOOL SYSTEM. SECONDLY, COMMON GROUND REDUCES CONFLICT AND MISUNDERSTANDING. SCHOOL BOARDS FACE TOUGH DECISIONS. EMOTIONS RUN HIGH BECAUSE THE STAKES ARE HIGH. BUT WHEN WE REMEMBER THAT WE'RE ALL FIGHTING FOR THE SAME CHILDREN, THE TONE SHIFTS. WE LISTEN MORE CAREFULLY. WE SPEAK MORE RESPECTFULLY. WE APPROACH DISAGREEMENTS NOT AS BATTLES TO WIN, BUT AS PROBLEMS TO SOLVE. THIRDLY, FINDING COMMON GROUND FUELS COLLABORATION. OUR DISTRICT'S CHALLENGES, WHETHER ACADEMIC GAPS, STAFFING SHORTAGES, OR RESOURCE LIMITATIONS, CANNOT BE SOLVED IN ISOLATION. WHEN BOARD MEMBERS, EDUCATORS, FAMILIES, AND STUDENTS WORK TOGETHER, WE UNLOCK CREATIVITY AND SOLUTIONS THAT NO SINGLE GROUP COULD ACHIEVE ALONE. COLLABORATION ISN'T JUST A NICE IDEA. IT'S A NECESSITY FOR PROGRESS. FOURTH COMMON GROUND BUILDS A SENSE OF BELONGING FOR OUR STUDENTS. WHEN ADULTS MODEL UNITY, STUDENTS FEEL IT. THEY FEEL SAFER. THEY FEEL SUPPORTED. THEY FEEL LIKE THEY ARE PART OF A COMMUNITY THAT BELIEVES IN THEM. THE STUDENTS WHO FEEL LIKE THEY BELONG ARE MORE ENGAGED, MORE CONFIDENT, AND MORE LIKELY TO THRIVE ACADEMICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY. AND FINALLY, FINDING COMMON GROUND CREATES MOMENTUM FOR MEANINGFUL CHANGE. REAL CHANGE DOESN'T HAPPEN WHEN WE'RE DIVIDED, IT HAPPENS WHEN WE STAND TOGETHER. WHEN WE RALLY AROUND SHARED GOALS LIKE IMPROVING LITERACY, EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES, AND ENSURING EVERY STUDENT HAS WHAT THEY NEED TO SUCCEED, UNITY DOESN'T ERASE OUR DIFFERENCES. [02:10:03] IT GIVES US THE STRENGTH TO MOVE FORWARD DESPITE THEM. SO TONIGHT, I'M ASKING ALL OF US, BOARD MEMBERS, EDUCATORS, FAMILY, AND NEIGHBORS, TO CHOOSE CONNECTIONS OVER DIVISION. TO LOOK FOR THE VALUES WE SHARE. TO REMEMBER THERE ARE DISAGREEMENTS. DON'T MAKE US ENEMIES. YOUR TIME IS UP. MAKE US A DIVERSE COMMUNITY WITH THE POTENTIAL TO BUILD SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SURE. THANK YOU, TERRY. THANK YOU. BECKY I'M SORRY I CAN'T READ YOUR LAST NAME I WANT TO SAY BROGLES BROILS BROILS ALL BROILS OKAY VERY GOOD THANK YOU BECKY I SHOULD KNOW BY NOW THAT'S OKAY HI BOARD EVERYONE INTERNET. I'M BECKY BROYLES. I'M A RESIDENT OF BATTLEGROUNDS. I'VE LIVED HERE OVER 20 YEARS. I TEACH AT RIVER HOME LINK. I DID NOT KNOW MY OTHER STUDENTS WERE COMING TONIGHT BUT IT'S A GOOD THING THAT THEY DID. I'M ACTUALLY HERE WITH ANOTHER HAT ON. I AM THE PAST PRESIDENT OF THE WASHINGTON ART EDUCATION ASSOCIATION. BUT I AM CURRENTLY, THIS IS ABOUT ME RIGHT NOW, I'M THE CURRENT VICE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ART EDUCATION ASSOCIATION. THERE ARE FOUR OF US. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT WASHINGTON AS A STATE THAT IS SUPPORTING THE ARTS. THE ARTS MAKE UP THE CREATIVE ECONOMY OF WASHINGTON STATE. 20% OF THE WASHINGTON ECONOMY IS A CREATIVE ECONOMY. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT POTENTIAL CUTS, WE'RE IN THE SITUATION OF, YES, WE WANT TO KEEP EVERYTHING, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING THE LAW IN WASHINGTON STATE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ARTS. SO I'M HERE, MOST OF YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT THIS LAW IS ABOUT. I'M HERE AS A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THOSE THAT DON'T AND FOR THE COMMUNITY AS TO WHY MAYBE THE ARTS AREN'T GOING TO BE CUT, BUT MAYBE OTHER THINGS. I DON'T KNOW ANY OF THAT, I'M JUST SAYING. ANYWAY, ONE THING THAT'S BEEN BUGGING ME IN SOME OF THE STATEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMING OUT OF THE THOUGHT EXCHANGE, WHEN IT'S WRITTEN ACADEMIC, CORE ACADEMICS, MATH, SCIENCE, ENGLISH. WELL, IN WASHINGTON STATE, AS OF 2023, THE ARTS ARE A CORE, ESSENTIAL, ACADEMIC. PROGRAM, YOU CAN'T CUT THEM. IT NEEDS TO BE, THERE ARE SPECIFICS IN THE LAW, IT NEEDS TO BE EQUITABLE AMONGST K-12, OR EXCUSE ME, EQUITABLE ACCESS ACROSS ALL GRADE LEVELS K-12. IT NEEDS TO BE REGULAR ART INSTRUCTION. IT NEEDS TO BE IN SPECIFIC ART DISCIPLINES AND NOT MERELY USED TO ENHANCE OTHER SUBJECT AREAS. IT CAN'T BE, OH, THIS CLASS ALSO KIND OF COUNTS FOR ART TOO. NO, IT'S AN ARTS DISCIPLINE CLASS. AND THE TEACHERS, THE TEACHERS NEED TO BE CERTIFIED ART SPECIALISTS. THAT'S THE LAW. WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT THESE LAWS THAT ARE UNFUNDED. YES. BUT WHEN YOU CUT THE ARTS, YOU ARE CUTTING THE HEART AND THE SOUL OF OUR SOCIETY. WE NEED THE ARTS. 45 MINUTES OF ART INSTRUCTION CUTS CORTISOL LEVELS. DRASTICALLY, WE CAME UP WITH A NEW TERM IN CLASS TODAY, LIKE LOW COURT. I'M GONNA SEE IF I CAN GET THAT TRENDING, LIKE THAT CLASS IS LOW COURT. SO THAT WE KNOW THIS IS HEALTHY FOR US, THIS IS THE WAY THAT WE NEED TO BE. AND I KNOW THERE ARE NO CUTS OR ANNOUNCED OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I JUST WANNA KEEP THAT IN YOUR MINDS THAT THE ARTS ARE NOT SOME PLACE TO- THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT WAS EXCELLENT, THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL TAKE LATER. I'M SORRY, MICHELLE CATHCART, YOU WERE ON THE TABLE THERE. AND THAT WILL BE THE LAST ONE FOR THIS SECTION. THANK YOU. HI, I'M MICHELLE CATHCART. I AM A PARENT IN THE BATTLEGROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT. I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET CUTS. SO I THINK YOU'VE HEARD TONIGHT EVERY PROGRAM IS IMPORTANT TO SOMEBODY. YOU'VE HEARD FROM STUDENTS TODAY ABOUT DRAMA AND ASPIRE AND ITZEL AND TOBY TALKED ABOUT ALSO ADDED AFTER-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES, SPORTS AND OTHER PROGRAMS. SO AS YOU MAKE YOUR DECISIONS I JUST WANT TO MAKE TWO MAIN POINTS. THE FIRST ONE IS THAT THE PTOS AND PTAS AT YOUR SCHOOLS ARE HERE TO HELP. AND THEN THE SECOND ONE IS THAT FOR THE PROGRAMS WHERE STAFF ARE THE MAIN COST, I WOULD ASK [02:15:01] THAT YOU SET A CLASS SIZE GOAL AND A NUMBER OF CLASSES. AND THAT WAY YOU CAN LOOK AT WHETHER THERE ARE CREATIVE WAYS THAT YOU CAN KEEP PROGRAMS WHERE STAFF IS THE MAIN COST. SO THIS CAN BE THE ARTS, BAND, DRAMA, IT COULD BE ASPIRE, THE CTES, ELECTIVES, ETC. BECAUSE I THINK THAT THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE LISTENING SESSION FEEDBACK YOU'VE GOTTEN ABOUT REDUCING RATHER THAN CUTTING ENTIRE PROJECT PROGRAMS. ON THE PTO AND PTI SUPPORT, THE HANDOUT I GAVE WAS A LIST THAT I SENT TO THE DISTRICT OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT PTOS AND PTAS MAY BE ABLE TO HELP. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE LIMITS AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS MAY NOT BE ALLOWED, BUT I WANTED TO AT LEAST SHARE SOME IDEAS OF WHERE WE MAY BE ABLE TO HELP. A LOT OF THESE COSTS ARE PROBABLY HIGHER THAN OUR NORMAL FUNDRAISING, BUT I'VE HAD SEVERAL FAMILIES THAT HAVE NOTED TO ME THAT THEY'D BE WILLING TO PAY AT LEAST A PORTION OF WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE PAID IN TAXES ANYWAY. OF HAS ALSO INVITED THE OTHER PTOS AND PTAS ACROSS THE DISTRICT TO JOIN US IN TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE CAN COLLECTIVELY SUPPORT OUR SCHOOLS SO IF ANY OF THE OTHER PTOS AND PTAS DIDN'T GET THE INFORMATION THEY CAN EMAIL WOLVERINEPTO AT GMAIL.COM AND HOPEFULLY THAT MEANS THAT WHEN YOU'RE MAKING THE DECISIONS THAT PTO PTA FUNDING CAN BE A PART OF THAT CONVERSATION ON PROGRAMS WITH STAFF AS THE MAIN COST, YOU NEED TO HAVE TEACHERS TO HAVE KIDS IN CLASS ANYWAY. SO IF THEIR SALARIES ARE THE MAIN COST, THIS TRANSLATES CLEARLY TO CLASS SIZE AND NUMBER OF CLASSES. I THINK DESMOND AND WESLEY NOTED IT WHEN THEY CAME UP AND TALKED. SEVERAL OF THE TEACHERS OF SOME OF THESE SPECIAL PROGRAMS WILL STILL BE HERE AND POTENTIALLY DISPLACING OTHERS. SO IF WE CAN USE THEM TO TEACH THEIR SPECIALTY, THAT WOULD BE A GREAT SUCCESS I THINK ON ALL SIDES. SOME OF THOSE SPECIALTY TEACHERS MAY NEED TO TEACH ADDITIONAL CLASSES, COMBINED CLASSES, OR EVEN TEACH AT MULTIPLE SCHOOLS. ALL OF THESE ARE SUBOPTIMAL BUT IT WOULD AT LEAST ALLOW US TO KEEP THOSE PROGRAMS IN THE DISTRICT. FINALLY I'LL JUST NOTE THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL FAMILIES THAT ARE LOOKING AT OUT-OF-DISTRICT OPTIONS. THANK YOU. AND CARLA, I'D LOVE [8. Consent Agenda (Board Vote w/Student Voice)] TO GET THAT HAND OUT AT AN APPROPRIATE TIME. SO MOVING ON, THE CONSENT AGENDA. SO CONSENT AGENDA, WE HAVE A THROUGH I. APPROVAL OF MINUTES. BUSINESS AND OPERATIONS, PERSONNEL REPORTS, STUDENT TRAVEL, FINANCIAL REPORTS, AND COMPLETED PROJECTS REQUEST FOR APPROVAL. IS THERE ANYTHING ON THIS AGENDA THAT NEEDS TO BE MAYBE SLIPPED OFF FOR US TO DISCUSS? ANYBODY HAVE SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO DISCUSS? OTHERWISE, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I RECOMMEND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. OKAY, AND SO OUR ADVISORY VOTE? PRO. PRO. THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? 5-0. OLD BUSINESS. THERE'S NO OLD BUSINESS. [10. New Business (Board Vote w/Student Voice)] I TAKE THAT AS A PERSONAL AFFRONT. I LIKE OLD THINGS. NEVER MIND. OKAY. NEW BUSINESS. WE LIKE NEW BUSINESS. APPROVAL TO AWARD USDA FOODS PROCESSOR CONTRACTS. MICHELLE. I HAVE RUSS COLWICK WITH CHARTWELLS, WHO'S THE DIRECTOR OF NUTRITION SERVICES, HERE WITH ME TONIGHT TOO. RUSS WAS INSTRUMENTAL, AS WELL AS DARCY SPEAKERMAN, IN GETTING US THROUGH THIS PROCESS OF THIS RFP. AS YOU MAY RECALL, THIS WAS ON A USE OF OUR FOOD COMMODITY VALUE THAT WE RECEIVED FOR THE DISTRICT, AND WE WANTED TO HAVE SOME... BETTER OPTIONS TO USE THAT COMMODITY AND SO THIS IS A FANTASTIC WAY TO DO IT. IT WAS A LOT OF WORK BUT WE HAD FOUR COMPLETED PROPOSALS THAT WERE RECEIVED. WE EVALUATED BASED ON COST WAS 40%, TASTE WAS 20%, AND YES, WE SAT DOWN. AND WE TRIED THE PRODUCTS. IT WAS QUITE THE EVENT, HAVING ALL THESE LITTLE CHEESE SAUCES BROUGHT OUT. AND WE HAD CHICKEN, DIFFERENT VARIOUS FORMS OF CHICKEN, WHETHER IT WAS FAJITA CHICKEN OR CHICKEN TENDERS, AND TURKEY PRODUCTS AS WELL. SO WE... WENT AHEAD AND EVALUATED ALL [02:20:03] THOSE AND THEN WE DETERMINED THERE WAS THREE DIFFERENT VENDORS THAT WE'D LIKE TO WORK WITH ON EACH BECAUSE THEY EACH SPECIALIZED IN SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN THE PRODUCT THAT WAS WE FOUND TO HAVE THE HIGHEST POINTS AND TO AWARD THE CONTRACTS TO JTM FOR LIKE THE CHEESE SAUCES AND THEN THE TURKEY PRODUCTS WAS HORMEL GENIO, AND THEN WE ALSO HAD OUR CHICKEN CATEGORY, WHICH WENT TO PILGRIM'S PRIDE. SO THE COMMITTEE DOES ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL OF THE AWARD OF THE USDA FOOD PROCESSING AGREEMENTS TO THE VENDORS, AND WE ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. AS I REVIEWED THE SPREADSHEET, I'M ASSUMING ON THE FAR RIGHT HAND SIDE THE HIGHLIGHTED PORTIONS ARE THOSE WHO YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO WITH. THE WINNERS OF THE BID. YEAH, IN YELLOW. THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD THAT. COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE HEARD FROM A LOT OF STUDENTS IS THAT THEY DON'T LIKE THE FOOD THAT THE SCHOOLS PRESENT. IS THIS GOING TO BE THE SAME FOOD TYPES THAT THEY'VE BEEN HAVING, OR IS THERE GOING TO BE SOME OTHER CHOICES? BECAUSE, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I LOVED OUR KITCHEN LADIES, BUT THEY MADE EVERYTHING FROM SCRATCH BACK IN MY DAY, WHICH I KNOW WE DON'T DO. IT WAS A LONG TIME AGO. YEAH, IT WAS ANCIENT TIME AGO. BUT IT WAS SO, I DON'T KNOW, THAT'S THE SECOND TIME, ISN'T IT? BUT I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF WE WERE, IF BY VOTING YES FOR THIS, THAT THE KIDS ARE GOING TO MAYBE GET SOME THINGS THAT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN GETTING AND THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE MORE EXCITED ABOUT HAVING LUNCH. YEAH, YOU KNOW, THE PROCESS, AND I THINK IT WAS A REALLY GOOD ONE BECAUSE IT KIND OF OPENED THE DOOR FOR US TO GO THROUGH THIS REALLY EVERY YEAR. AND IT ALLOWS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO HAVE MUCH MORE CONTROL OVER THE DIVERSION OF COMMODITIES AND WHAT COMPANIES AND WHAT PRODUCTS THEY'RE PROCESSING WITH THOSE PRODUCTS. AND SO WE'RE STARTING WITH THE TURKEY AND THE CHICKEN AND THE CHEESE, BUT THERE'S OTHER OPPORTUNITIES NOW THAT WE'VE KIND OF GOT THE WAY PAVED TO DO THIS, TO DO MORE PRODUCTS IN THE FUTURE. BUT THE OTHER THING THAT WE SEE IS THAT THERE'S SOME INCONSISTENCIES FROM PRODUCTS THAT WE PURCHASE. FROM WHAT THE STATE HAS CHOSEN TO PROCESS WITH THEIR COMPLETE CONTROL OVER THE WHOLE PROCESS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE, I THINK, DID A GOOD JOB OF REVIEWING THE PRODUCTS THAT CAME IN, AND I WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE QUALITY AND THE CONSISTENCY AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT PRODUCTS WE WERE ABLE TO TRY AND WHAT WE SELECTED, AND THERE WILL BE MORE OF THAT OPPORTUNITY AS TIME GOES ALONG. SO WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY IS YES? YEAH, YEAH, DEFINITELY. GOOD. MORE CONTROL AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL IS BETTER BECAUSE THE OTHER ASPECT OF IT IS THE DISTRIBUTION, WHICH IS HUGE. WE GET LIKE 10 DELIVERIES A YEAR, AND IT'S LIKE 20 PALLETS OF FOOD, AND JUST THE DISTRIBUTION WITHIN THE DISTRICT OF THAT PRODUCT AND GETTING IT DISPERSED OUT TO THE SCHOOLS AND MAINTAINING THE QUALITY OF IT WITH ALL OF THAT MOVEMENT OF PRODUCT. THERE'S COMPROMISE. YOU KNOW, THE CORE PRODUCT AND IT BREAKS DOWN. AND SO HAVING IT DELIVERED BY OUR DISTRIBUTORS DIRECTLY TO THE SCHOOLS, IT JUST ELIMINATES SOME OF THE STEPS AND THE HANDLING AND PRODUCT GOING THROUGH DIFFERENT STAGES THAT WILL BE AN IMPROVEMENT. SO FOR SURE, THIS IS A GOOD WAY TO GO. THANK YOU. YEAH. GOOD QUESTION. STUDENT VOICE OVER THERE ON THE OTHER SIDE. OH, YES. YEAH. I WANTED TO HEAR YOUR GUYS' THOUGHTS ON THE FOOD THAT YOU HEARD FROM STUDENTS. BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S BEEN A TOP COMMENT. THERE WERE THINGS THAT WERE HIGH ON THEIR LIST THAT THEY WANTED TO SEE CHANGED, OR IF THEY GAVE YOU GUYS ANY SPECIFICS. WELL, THERE'S NEVER REALLY ANY SPECIFICS WITH THESE YOUNG KIDS, BUT IT'S LIKE... TO BE COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT, I DON'T THINK I'VE MET A SINGLE KID IN MY LIFETIME THAT HAS GENUINELY SAT DOWN AND JUST THOROUGHLY ENJOYED SCHOOL LUNCH. IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS, YOU KNOW? OH, MAN. LIKE, BEING COMPLETELY HONEST, THAT'S WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO SAY. KIDS DON'T LIKE SCHOOL LUNCH. IT'S JUST A FACT. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS DIFFERENT FOR YOU GUYS, BUT IT'S NOT THE GREATEST, AND I OBVIOUSLY UNDERSTAND IT'S BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE REGULATED, LIKE THERE'S A BUNCH OF THINGS, AND IT HAS TO BE CONSISTENT. [02:25:01] BUT YEAH, IT'S NOT, NO KID'S GONNA TELL YOU, I LOVE SCHOOL LUNCH. THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN. I'M HOPING THIS WILL CHANGE SOMETHING, BUT I CAN'T REALLY COMMENT MUCH ON IT BECAUSE I DON'T EAT SCHOOL LUNCH BECAUSE I LIKE, I DON'T GET TO CLASS THAT EARLY TO HAVE SCHOOL LUNCH BECAUSE I'M DOING PART RUNNING START, SO I CAN'T COMMENT ON LIKE THE RECENT YEAR SCHOOL LUNCH, BUT YEAH, LIKE ACROSS ALL THE SCHOOLS WE TOUR, KIDS LIKE COMMONLY DON'T LIKE SCHOOL LUNCH. I THINK A LOT HAS CHANGED TOO SINCE WE WERE KIDS IN THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE THE FOOD AND NUTRITION REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE ON SCHOOLS NOWADAYS. I MEAN ROSIE MARSH WAS MY LUNCH LADY AND I LOVED HER AND TO THIS DAY I KNOW HER NAME BUT THAT WAS A WHOLE DIFFERENT YOU KNOW YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN NUTRITIONAL CONTENT AND LOWER SODIUM AND ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS LESS FAT. YOU KNOW, MORE WHOLE GRAINS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. THE THINGS THAT CHILDREN TEND TO LOVE THAT AREN'T GOOD FOR THEM. YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD POINT. DEFINITELY THE USDA REGULATIONS WITH THE SODIUM, SUGAR LEVELS, THE FAT CONTENT, THE WHOLE GRAIN WITH ALL THE BREADS, IT CHANGES THE TASTE PROFILE OF THOSE PRODUCTS FROM WHAT STUDENTS ARE USED TO GETTING AT THE FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS AND WHAT HAVE YOU. SO IT'S HEALTHIER, BUT THERE'S ALSO A PRICE TO PAY. PAY FOR THAT IN TERMS OF THE ACCEPTABILITY ON THE MOST PART FOR STUDENTS. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DEAL WITH EVERY DAY WITH OUR MENUING AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO TO KIND OF FIND THAT SPACE WHERE KIDS ARE HAPPY ENOUGH WITH IT WHERE IT MEETS THEIR NEEDS AND IT'S A HARD THING TO ACHIEVE. MY FIRST GRADER LOVED IT. OH GOOD, WELL THERE YOU GO. I STAND CORRECTED. THERE'S ONE, OKAY. IT MIGHT GIVE YOU AN INSIGHT TO MY COOKIES. THERE YOU GO. THERE YOU GO. SHELLY, I MADE... BE SPEAKING NOT OUT OF TURN OR WHATEVER I DON'T QUITE KNOW THE STORIES SAY WE I SIT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AND I SEE WHAT HAPPENS AND I DON'T KNOW WHY BEHIND THE SCENES YOU KNOW BUT I THINK WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER MAYBE 18 MONTHS HAS IT RUSS, WHAT I HAVE SEEN IN WHAT YOU HAVE DONE IS YOU HAVE COMMUNICATED, IN MY OPINION, THAT YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT FOOD. AND THAT'S A NICE THING TO HAVE SOMEBODY BE CONCERNED ABOUT IT. AND YOU DON'T SEE IT AS JUST A BUSINESS WHERE WE'RE MAKING A PROFIT HERE KIND OF A THING. AND YOU HAVE GONE AN EXTRA STRIDE. AND MY OBSERVATION, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU TAKE EXTRA STRIDES IN LIKE, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD TRY THIS. WE COULD DO THIS. HOW ABOUT THIS? YOU GUYS INTERESTED IN THIS IDEA? YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THAT IS TO BE HIGHLY COMMENDED. THANK YOU. YEAH, YEAH. THIS IS GREAT. IT'S A LOT OF FUN. YOU MAKE IT MORE FUN. TRY TO. ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU. OKAY, WELL, THEN WE'RE LOOKING FOR A MOTION, I BELIEVE. I RECOMMEND THE BOARD APPROVES. THE AWARD OF THE USDA FOODS PROCESSING AGREEMENT TO THE VENDORS LISTED ABOVE AND AUTHORIZES THE CFO OR DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACTS. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. ADVISORY VOTE? PRO. PRO. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? 5-0. THANK YOU SO VERY, VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. KEVIN, B-26. THANK YOU, KEVIN. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. YOU BET. AND I'D LIKE TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT, WORKING WITH RUSS ON A LOT OF PROJECTS ON OUR CAFETERIAS TO IMPROVE SERVICE EQUIPMENT, SERVING EQUIPMENT. SO, YEAH, AGREED. THANK YOU. THIS FIRST ONE I HAVE FOR YOU, 2, IS RESOLUTION B26. THERE'S QUITE A BIT PACKED INTO THIS LITTLE RESOLUTION. THE CITY'S PERFORMING SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS AT THE INTERSECTION. PARKWAY AND MAIN, I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN THE LITTLE PINK STAKES. IT'S NOT A VERY LARGE PROJECT, AND I THINK IT'S TO MAKE TURNING RADIUSES EASIER AND LESS TIRES ON CURBS, BECAUSE IT'S NOT VERY LARGE. THERE'S NO NEW TURN LANES OR ANYTHING. AND IT WON'T REALLY AFFECT OUR PROPERTY OTHER THAN WE'RE GIVING UP 170 SQUARE FEET BASED ON A FAIR MARKET VALUE OF $20 PER SQUARE FOOT. IT'S UNDER $15,000, SO I DID NOT HAVE TO DO AN APPRAISAL. SO IN THIS RESOLUTION, WE ARE SURPLUSING THAT PROPERTY, SAYING WE NO LONGER NEED IT FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES. AND WE'RE ALSO ALLOWING THEM A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT, WHICH THEY'LL BE ALLOWED TO. BE ON THE PROPERTY TO CONSTRUCT THE PROJECT AS WELL AS A [02:30:01] WARRANTY DEED WHICH WILL SERVE AS A PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT IT'LL TRANSFER OUR PROPERTY WITH JUST THE WARRANTY DEED TRY TO BE REAL CLEAR ON MY EXPLANATION DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS BUT I LOOK FOR A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION B26 THANK YOU QUESTIONS COMMENTS SO WE'RE NOT SELLING THE PIECE ARE WE QUICK CLAIMING IT IN THE VALUE YES WE ARE SELLING IT. WE'RE SELLING IT, OKAY. OH, I DON'T HAVE THE AMOUNT ON THAT, BUT WHATEVER. I SAW THE AMOUNT IN THE OFFER LETTER. YEAH, 172 TIMES 20. YEAH. OKAY. THAT'S A GOOD SQUARE FOOT PRICE. YEAH. SO, YEAH, IT'S NOT A TRADITIONAL PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT THAT I'D NORMALLY HAVE. IT'S JUST BEING TRANSFERRED BY A WARRANTY DEED. PERFECT. ANYTHING ELSE? ENTERTAIN A MOTION I PROPOSE THAT THE BOARD I DON'T SEE THE VERBATURE I PROPOSE THAT THE BOARD PASSED THIS RESOLUTION B-20-20-6 AS PRESENTED THANK YOU ADVISORY VOTE ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? 5-0. THANK YOU. KEVIN? I'VE GOT ONE MORE. YES. ALL RIGHT THE NEXT ONE IS FOR THAT'S CALLED THE APPROVAL OF WATER LINE EASEMENTS FOR CLARK PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT NUMBER ONE AT THE BGVA CAMPUS. THIS IS A STANDARD FOR VIRTUALLY EVERY PROJECT I DO. WE TRY TO THE CITY MAINTAINS THEIR WATER AND SERVICE, SEWER, WATER LINES, ELECTRICAL LINES, AND RIGHT-OF-WAYS. BUT WHEN THEY COME OUT OF THOSE RIGHT-OF-WAYS, THEY COME ONTO OUR PRIVATE, NOT PRIVATE PROPERTY, BUT THE DISTRICT'S PROPERTY. AND SO IN THE FUTURE, IF THERE'S ANY PROBLEMS WITH THOSE, WE GRANT THEM AN EASEMENT TO COME INTO A SAID PORTION FOR ANY SORT OF REPAIRS. SOME OF OUR CAMPUSES, WE HAVE AN ENTIRE OVERLAY. WE JUST SAY WE DON'T GO THROUGH THE WHOLE. SURVEY AND A VERY SMALL, WE'LL JUST DO A BLANKET. THIS ONE'S REAL SPECIFIC. THERE'S A COUPLE AREAS WHERE THE METERS AND FLOW DEVICES ARE LOCATED ON OUR PROPERTY AND IF ANYTHING EVER GOES WRONG THESE PROVIDE THE CLARK PUBLIC UTILITIES THE ABILITY TO COME IN AND REPAIR THOSE LINES. STANDARD FOR ALMOST ALL MY PROJECTS. ANYTHING WITH WATER OR ELECTRICITY OR SEWER. QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? I MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE THE WATERLINE EASEMENTS FOR PGVA CAMPUS AS PRESENTED. ADVISORY VOTE? PRO. PRO. [11. Budget Reduction Feedback] ALL IN FAVORS? AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? 5-0. THANK YOU, KEVIN. THANK YOU. NEXT ON THE AGENDA, 11, BUDGET REDUCTION FEEDBACK PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION. SO TONIGHT, BOARD, WE WANTED TO GO OVER THE INFORMATION THAT'S BEEN GATHERED THROUGH MULTIPLE MEANS. THE TWO LISTENING SESSIONS, THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING, OUR THOUGHT EXCHANGE, AS WELL AS OUR BALANCING ACT. YOU HAVE WITH YOU THE HANDOUT AS WELL, THIS INFORMATION HERE. WE DID. PRINT A HANDFUL OF THOSE FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THE BACK AS WELL AS MADE SURE THAT THERE WERE HALF SHEETS AVAILABLE WITH A QR CODE THAT WOULD GET TO THIS INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN SHARE THAT BROADLY SO PEOPLE CAN SEE WHAT THE FEEDBACK IS SO AGAIN IF YOU HAVE OTHERS THAT YOU WANT TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU MULTIPLE WAYS TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT BOTH THAT QR CODE THE INFORMATION YOU HAVE HERE WE'LL GO THROUGH THE WEBSITE TONIGHT TO SHOW YOU SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE AVAILABLE AS WELL. SO, AS YOU KNOW, WE CLOSED DOWN THE SURVEY THIS LAST WEDNESDAY. WE ASKED EVERYONE TO TRY AND GET THEIR FEEDBACK IN THAT AMOUNT OF TIME. AND WHAT I WOULD SAY IS, FOR THE MOST PART, WE RECEIVED REALLY BALANCED FEEDBACK, BUT IT WAS CLEAR. PARTICULARLY ON THE THOUGHT EXCHANGE THAT SOME PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT IT WAS A VOTING TOOL, WHICH I THINK YOU RECEIVED POSSIBLY SOME [02:35:01] OF THE SAME EMAILS THAT I DID ABOUT PEOPLE GOING IN AND OVERLOADING SOME ITEMS. THE LISTENING SESSION WASN'T INTENDED TO BE A VOTING TOOL. OBVIOUSLY, IT WAS INTENDED FOR US TO TAKE IN FEEDBACK, TO HEAR GOOD IDEAS, TO USE SOME OF THOSE IDEAS. AND WE... WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO REACH OUT IF THEY HAVE GOOD IDEAS TO US. IT'S JUST THAT HAVING IT ALL IN ONE PLACE PROVIDES THE TRANSPARENCY THAT WE WANT TO PROVIDE TO OUR COMMUNITY. I DO WANT MICHELLE SCOTT AND AMANDA LINNELL TO STEP IN AND ADD ANYTHING AS WE GO THROUGH. BUT FOR THE MOST PART, I'LL PRESENT AND THEY'LL JUMP IN AS WE GO ALONG. THE LISTENING SESSION, WE HAD OVER 207 PARTICIPANTS IN THE LISTENING SESSION AND THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE FEEDBACK. SO LOTS OF PEOPLE PARTICIPATING AND GIVING US FEEDBACK IN TIME. IT WAS HELPFUL TO HAVE FACILITATORS TAKE DOWN THE NOTES. WE USED THE NOTES THAT THEY HAD TO SYNTHESIZE THE FEEDBACK SO THAT WE COULD USE THAT, READ THROUGH THOSE COMMENTS THAT WE SAW, SO THAT ANY IDEAS THAT WERE BEING SURFACED THAT THEY WERE AT THE FOREFRONT. FRONT OF OUR MINDS AS WE START TO GO THROUGH THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS. ADDITIONALLY, THE BALANCING ACT TOOL WAS A NEW TOOL, AS YOU KNOW, FOR US, AND THAT IT HAD OVER 1,500 VIEWS. NOT EVERYONE WENT THROUGH THE STEPS TO ACTUALLY GO THROUGH AND DO A BUDGET SUBMISSION. THERE WERE 223 SUBMISSIONS, AND WE HAD OVER 453 COMMENTS. THAT PEOPLE ADDED WHEN THEY WERE DOING SUBMISSIONS OR THEY WERE GOING IN. YOU WERE ABLE TO COMMENT. YOU WERE ALSO ABLE TO DO THE REDUCTIONS. AND WE FELT LIKE THAT THAT WAS A GOOD START. IT CERTAINLY HAS PROVIDED SOME GOOD INFORMATION, AND THE COMMENTS ARE TELLING. IT'S ACTUALLY LED TO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ADDED TO OUR BUDGET PAGE IS AN FAQ. BECAUSE THE BALANCING ACT WAS INTENDED, THERE WERE THREE E'S, TO ENGAGE YOUR COMMUNITY, TO EDUCATE YOUR COMMUNITY, AND... CREATE SOME EMPATHY AROUND SCHOOL FUNDING, JUST SOME UNDERSTANDING. SO IT WAS KIND OF AN EMPATHY EXERCISE, REALLY JUST NOT TO GAIN, LIKE A, NOT SYMPATHY, BUT JUST AN OVERALL UNDERSTANDING OF REALLY THE GAPS OF FUNDING. HOW WE ARE RESTRICTED IN USING THE FUNDING AND REALLY ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO LOOK AT HOW WE SPEND MONEY HOW WE'RE RESTRICTED ON SPENDING MONEY AND WHERE THE GAPS ARE AND WE CONTINUE TO SEE THAT AND I THINK THAT WE WILL CONTINUE ONE OF THE BIG TAKEAWAYS AND I I SHARED SOME INFORMATION ACROSS THE DISTRICT WITH OUR STAFF TODAY AND SAID ONE OF THE BIG TAKEAWAYS IS THERE IS A LOT OF MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT SCHOOL FINANCE. YOU KNOW, COMMENTS. SUCH AS WHY DON'T YOU SELL SOME PROPERTY AND USE THAT. WELL, WE CAN SELL PROPERTY, BUT IF WE SELL PROPERTY, IT HAS TO STAY IN CAPITAL. WE CAN'T USE IT TO OPERATE OUR SCHOOLS. SO THERE ARE THINGS LIKE THAT THAT OUR COMMUNITY JUST DOESN'T UNDERSTAND. AND WHILE I WISH THAT SOME OF THE INPUT THAT THEY GAVE WE COULD USE, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD, WE WOULD, SOME OF IT WE WON'T BE ABLE TO USE BECAUSE IT DOESN'T FIT THE RULES AND GUIDELINES THAT WE HAVE FOR SCHOOL FINANCE. SO IN THOUGHTEXCHANGE, THE OTHER THING THAT WE HAD OVER A THOUSAND PARTICIPANTS IN THE THOUGHTEXCHANGE, WHICH, AGAIN, WAS A GOOD NUMBER. IT'S NOT THE HIGHEST THOUGHTEXCHANGE. I THINK THE ONE WE DID OVER CELL PHONES AND START TIMES AND A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS A COUPLE YEARS AGO ACTUALLY RECEIVED MORE INPUT. BUT I THINK THE FACT THAT WE HAD MULTIPLE TOOLS WAS HELPFUL. I APPRECIATED THE FACT THAT... CHRIS HAD MENTIONED THAT HE WAS LETTING PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THE EVENTS THAT WE WERE HAVING AND HAVING INDIVIDUAL CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE AN ONGOING JOB FOR ALL OF US TO DO AND TO UTILIZE THE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE IN ORDER TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION WITH PEOPLE BECAUSE WHAT I WILL SAY IS WHILE IT IS GOOD TO HAVE THIS INFORMATION, SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T MAKE IT NECESSARILY EASIER. THERE IS NO EASY CUT. HEARING THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT IS IMPORTANT, BUT ULTIMATELY THIS IS A DEEP CUT, AND THERE IS NO PART OF OUR SYSTEM THAT WILL BE LEFT UNTOUCHED. THERE JUST ISN'T. I KNOW THAT THE STATE STILL [02:40:02] CALLS LEVIES ENRICHMENT, BUT I THINK WHEN WE START REALLY TALKING ABOUT THE CUTS, YOU'LL AGREE WITH ME THAT THEY'RE NOT ENRICHMENT. THEY ARE A PART OF WHAT HAS BECOME. AN EXPECTATION FROM OUR COMMUNITIES ABOUT WHAT PUBLIC EDUCATION LOOKS LIKE. SO I'LL CONTINUE TO JUMP IN, AND AGAIN, IF THERE'S ANYTHING, TEAM, FEEL FREE TO ADD. THESE WERE THE PRIORITIES ACROSS ALL OF THOSE INPUT AREAS. SO THERE WERE FIVE AREAS THAT CAME UP, AND IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE WHEN YOU GET INTO THE DETAILS OF SOME OF THESE, THERE IS SOME INCONGRUENCIES IN SOME OF THESE DETAILS. BUT YOU CAN SEE STUDENT SAFETY AND WELL-BEING CONTINUE TO BE A STRONG TALKING POINT. CORE ACADEMIC INSTRUCTION, WE HEARD BECKY TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT IS CORE. SUPPORT FOR VULNERABLE STUDENTS, OBVIOUSLY, MICHELLE MENTIONED IT EARLIER. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THE SUPPORTS WE NEED FOR OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS. BUT FOR SOME OF THOSE STUDENTS, WE DON'T GET REIMBURSED FOR THEM UNTIL LATER, AND WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH WE'LL GET REIMBURSED. WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE OVER 5 MILLION THAT WOULD QUALIFY FOR SAFETY NET. WE PUT IN A LITTLE. OVER FOUR MILLION THEY DON'T ALLOW YOU TO HAVE ALL OF IT COVERED WHEN YOU APPLY FOR SAFETY NET SO WE KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME HIGH COST THAT WON'T GET COVERED IT USUALLY YOU CAN ONLY GET A MAX OF ABOUT 80% OF THOSE HIGH HIGH DOLLAR COVERAGES WE'RE GOING TO GO WE WENT FOR EVERYTHING WE COULD POSSIBLY GET BUT WE WON'T WE WON'T KNOW IF WE RECEIVED ALL OF THAT TILL MUCH LATER AND WE WON'T RECEIVE IT UNTIL THE END OF OUR BUDGET YEAR STUDENT ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED, WE'VE HEARD TONIGHT ABOUT THEATER, WE'VE HEARD ABOUT ATHLETICS AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES. THOSE ARE THINGS THAT DO KEEP OUR STUDENTS ENGAGED AND FOR SOME KIDS ARE THE HOOK. I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY MY DAD WOULD ALWAYS JOKE ABOUT HIS GRADUATING CLASS AND HE SAID HIS GRADUATING CLASS HAD A HUNDRED AND 36 STUDENTS HERE AT BATTLEGROUND HIGH SCHOOL BACK IN 1963 AND THAT WAS A HUGE CLASS AT THE TIME AND HIS JOKE IS THAT HE GRADUATED 137TH AND REALLY HONESTLY HE HE DIDN'T HE WAS A LITTLE HIGHER UP THERE BUT NOT BY MUCH BUT ATHLETICS IS WHAT KEPT HIM IN SCHOOL UNLIKE HIS TWO SIBLINGS SO I DO THINK THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IS THOSE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE BEYOND THE CLASSROOM THAT KEEP OUR KIDS ENGAGED IN THE CLASSROOM. WE KNOW THAT IT IS CRITICAL FOR OUR COMMUNITY, NOT JUST OUR SCHOOLS AND THE KIDS INDIVIDUALLY, BUT IT'S CRITICAL FOR OUR COMMUNITY THAT OUR KIDS ARE COLLEGE AND CAREER PREPARED. MANY OF OUR STUDENTS ARE GOING TO GO STRAIGHT INTO JOBS OR THEY'RE GOING TO GO INTO APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS. SOME ARE GOING TO GO OFF TO COLLEGE AS WELL. BUT OUR WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE ARE SHIFTING, AND WE NEED TO BE READY TO RESPOND TO THOSE SHIFTS SO THAT OUR KIDS ARE READY FOR WHATEVER LIFE HAS TO PROVIDE FOR THEM. AND THESE WERE THE THEMES THAT CAME ACROSS. SO THEY WERE NOT UNLIKE ANYTHING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE. THEY ALIGN WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THESE THINGS SHOW UP ON OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. SO THE FACT THAT THOSE ALIGN VERY NICELY IS REASSURING, ACTUALLY. TO WHAT WE'VE BEEN PROVIDING FOR OUR STUDENTS. WHERE WE FOUND SOME AREAS OF LESS ALIGNMENT, THE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT VERSUS BACK TO THE BASICS, WE SAW THIS VARIED ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY. SOME PEOPLE SAID, YES, LET'S TALK ABOUT READING, WRITING, MATH. SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES LET'S TALK ABOUT THOSE THINGS AND THEN THERE WAS SOME INCONGRUENCE BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE RECOGNIZING THAT TO KEEP STUDENTS ENGAGED WITH THAT WE ALSO HAVE TO KEEP THEM ENGAGED WITH SCHOOL AND I KNOW IT'S ALL MENTIONED SOME OF THE FEEDBACK BETWEEN A BATTLEGROUND HIGH SCHOOL PARTICULARLY AND WHY THOSE DIVERSE VIEWS MAY EXIST YOU KNOW OUR STUDENTS IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT STUDENT ENGAGEMENT STUDENTS, WHAT THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO FEEL BELONGING FOR VARIES BASED ON WHAT THEIR LIFE IS LIKE OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL. FOR STUDENTS THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH THINGS OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL, WHETHER THOSE BE COMMUNITY THEATER OR CHURCH OR ATHLETICS, WHETHER THEY HAVE THOSE OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL OR ONLY IN SCHOOL MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN PROBABLY THAT FEEDBACK. AND YOU COULD SEE SOME OF THOSE THEMES COME THROUGH AS WE WERE LOOKING AT. THE FEEDBACK. [02:45:02] SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS VERSUS TRADITIONAL EDUCATION, THIS WAS ANOTHER PLACE WHERE WE SAW SOME DIVERSITY. SO THERE WAS CONVERSATION ABOUT WELL WHAT ABOUT CTE PROGRAMS OR ALE PROGRAMS VERSUS JUST A COMPREHENSIVE SETTING AND THOSE WERE VARIED TOO. SOME PEOPLE FELT LIKE WE SHOULD BE CUTTING AND ONLY DOING OFFERING COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOLS WHILE OTHERS FELT LIKE WELL WE NEED TO HAVE ALE IS BECAUSE THAT'S KEEPING SOME STUDENTS ENGAGED IN THE SCHOOL SETTING THAT OTHERWISE WOULD NOT BE IN OUR SCHOOLS. AND I WOULD SAY THAT THAT WAS TRUE FOR THE CTE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE AS WELL. WHAT I WOULD SAY ABOUT THAT IS THAT THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE AN EDUCATIONAL GAP, I BELIEVE, BECAUSE I THINK THAT PEOPLE THINK THOSE SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS COST US MONEY. YOU THE TRUTH ABOUT SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS IS THEY BRING US ENHANCED DOLLARS. SO SOMETIMES THOSE PROGRAMS, WE NEED TO, OF COURSE, CHECK THEM AND MAKE SURE WE AREN'T EXCEEDING WHAT THAT FUNDING IS. BUT SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMS ACTUALLY ALLOW US TO PULL MONEY OUT OF THOSE PROGRAMS, NOT THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE, BUT THEY ALLOW US TO PULL MONEY OUT OF. AND LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF THAT. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CTE PROGRAMS FOR INSTANCE WITH WITHIN CTE FUNDING WE RECEIVE ENHANCED FUNDING STUDENTS ARE BASIC EDUCATION STUDENTS FIRST IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THEY HAVE A SPECIAL EDUCATION IEP OR THEY'RE IN A CTE PROGRAM OR THEY'RE MULTILINGUAL STUDENTS ARE GENERAL EDUCATION STUDENTS FIRST IF THEY ACCESS THOSE ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS THEN THERE IS OTHER FUNDING THAT COMES WITH THEM. SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMS ESSENTIALLY PAY FOR THEMSELVES OR HELP, FOR THE MOST PART, PAY FOR THEMSELVES. SOME OF THEM DO NOT. SPECIAL EDUCATION, YOU'VE HEARD, IS A PLACE WHERE IT DOES NOT PAY FOR ITSELF. WE EXCEED WHAT WE RECEIVE. ALES AND CTE, FOR THE MOST PART, NOT ALWAYS, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, ARE PAYING FOR A LOT OF THEIR OWN COSTS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENS WITH CTE PARTICULARLY IS IN THE PROTOTYPICAL FUNDING MODEL, THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE CAN MAKE CTE PAY FOR. FOR INSTANCE, RIGHT NOW THIS YEAR WE HAVE CTE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL PAYING FOR A SECURITY OFFICER AT EACH HIGH SCHOOL. THAT'S WITH ENHANCED CTE DOLLARS. SO IF WE CUT CTE DOLLARS OR CTE CLASSES, WE LOWER THE CTE DOLLARS THAT WE TAKE IN. SO WE HAVE TO BE VERY COGNIZANT WHEN WE'RE MAKING REDUCTIONS OF THE IMPACTS THAT THOSE REDUCTIONS MIGHT HAVE ON THE FUNDING WE RECEIVE BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT'S LIKE A BALANCING SCALE. YOU REMOVE SOME OF THE FUNDING, YOU ACTUALLY ARE TIPPING THE SCALE IN A DIFFERENT WAY, AND YOU HAVE TO WATCH WHAT'S HAPPENING ON BOTH ENDS OF THE SCALE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS. AND SO THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS PROCESS SO COMPLEX FOR US AS WE GO THROUGH IT. WE HAVE TO KEEP WEIGHING THE IMPACTS OF THE DECISIONS AGAINST WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THE FUNDING WHEN WE DO THAT. IT'S NOT JUST AS SIMPLE AS WE CUT THIS PROGRAM. THAT PROGRAM GOES AWAY BECAUSE YOU MIGHT LOSE ENROLLMENT OR YOU MIGHT YOU MIGHT HAVE AN IMPACT OF LOWERING FUNDING IN AN IN AN AREA WHEN YOU TAKE SOMETHING AWAY FROM IT SO WE HAVE TO BE THAT BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT THAT STAFFING FOR SAFETY AND SUPPORT VERSUS COST CONSTRAINTS SO THIS IS AN AREA OF LESSON ALIGNMENT AND LET ME REMEMBER THERE WAS COMMENTS ON BOTH SIDES WHERE IT WAS THE PARAMOUNT, LIKE IT WAS THE STAFF'S PARAMOUNT, OUR PARAMOUNT DUTY TO PROTECT SECURITY, SRO, CROSSING GUARD. AND THEN WE ALSO HAD A A LOT OF COMMENTS SAYING, NO, CUT THAT ALL, PROTECT THE CLASSROOM. AND IT WAS ABOUT 50-50. SO THERE WASN'T A LOT. IT WAS VERY MIXED IN THOSE. THERE WAS AN EQUAL AMOUNT OF PEOPLE SAYING PRESERVE AND PROTECT VERSUS. CUT AND PROTECT THE CLASSROOM. SO I'D SAY THERE'S SOME GREAT EVEN TENSION THERE BETWEEN THE TWO. AND AGAIN WE'RE NOT USING THIS AS A VOTING. WE REALLY WANT TO GLEAN VOICES AND WE HAD STUDENTS FILL THIS OUT TOO. IT WAS VERY EVIDENT THAT STUDENTS FILLED IT OUT AND PUT THEIR OPINIONS AND WE SEE IT IN THE STUDENT SURVEY AS WELL. [02:50:01] I WOULD SAY THE STUDENTS. WOULD PRIORITIZE SECURITY. YOU CAN SEE THAT AS A COMMON THEME WITH STUDENT VOICE. WOULD YOU TWO AGREE? YEAH. THERE WERE SOME COMMON THEMES. ADMINISTRATOR AND CENTRAL OFFICE COSTS AND CUTTING THOSE. I WILL TELL YOU THIS IS ONE OF THOSE AREAS WE DIDN'T REALLY WAIT FOR THE COMMUNITY INPUT. MAY BE AWARE WE MADE ADJUSTMENTS TO OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL LEVELS AND WE'LL BE REDUCING THERE. WE'VE ALSO REDUCED A COUPLE OF OUR DIRECTOR POSITIONS AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT ACROSS THE BOARD WE HAVE LOWER NUMBERS IN THOSE AREAS THAN OTHER DISTRICTS OF SIMILAR SIZE. AND THERE IS A STAT ON OUR WEBSITE THAT WE CAN SHOW YOU LATER THAT. REPRESENTS THIS. I THINK WHAT PEOPLE DON'T OFTEN UNDERSTAND WHEN THEY SAY CUT ALL ADMINISTRATION, CUT ALL CENTRAL OFFICE, IS YOU CAN'T. SOMEBODY HAS TO FILL OUT THE, FOR INSTANCE, SOMEBODY HAS TO FILL OUT THIS. THIS IS JUST THE COMPLIANCE DOCUMENT FOR BASIC EDUCATION. WE HAVE ONE OF THESE FOR CTE. WE HAVE ONE FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION. WE HAVE ONE FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR FEDERAL PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE TO FILL OUT. WE HAVE TO GET THAT DATA. WE HAVE TO PROVIDE THAT DATA TO PROVE THAT WE'RE DOING WHAT WE NEED TO. THOSE THINGS HAVE TO HAPPEN TO CONTINUE TO GET THE FUNDING. THERE ARE THINGS THAT HAVE TO HAPPEN AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE. WE HAVE TO PAY PAYROLL. WE HAVE TO PAY OUR EMPLOYEES. WE HAVE TO HIRE EMPLOYEES. SO WE HAVE TO GET CURRICULUM. WE HAVE TO TRAIN TEACHERS TO USE CURRICULUM. SO WHILE I THINK WE CAN MAKE SOME REDUCTIONS, AND IN BOTH OF THOSE AREAS, THE CUTS THAT WE MADE REPRESENT SO FAR A 15% REDUCTION IN THOSE AREAS. WE HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED AD SUPPORT POSITIONS AT THIS TIME, BUT THAT WILL BE ANOTHER PIECE THAT IS DISTRICT-WIDE THAT WE WILL HAVE TO LOOK AT. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ADMINISTRATOR AND CENTRAL OFFICE, WE THINK ABOUT THOSE AS DISTRICT-WIDE SUPPORTS. CERTAINLY KEVIN'S TEAM, PRINT SHOP, WAREHOUSE, ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE UNDER CONSIDERATION. AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT EVERY ROCK BEING TURNED WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING. THOSE OPERATIONAL ADJUSTMENTS, SOME OF THE THEMES THAT WE HEARD, HERE'S ANOTHER MISCONCEPTION THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO HIT ON FOR A MINUTE. THERE WAS THE CONVERSATION ABOUT TRANSPORTATION AND CUTTING TRANSPORTATION. I THINK I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE THAT TRANSPORTATION IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS TO AND FROM BUS ROUTES. WHEN YOU CUT THOSE, WHAT HAPPENS IS THE NEXT YEAR YOU HAVE TO MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE BECAUSE OUR FUNDING IS BASED ON LAST YEAR'S ROUTES, OUR COSTS. SO WE'RE GETTING ABOUT 99% OF THE... PREVIOUS YEAR'S COST SO IF WE CUT TRANSPORTATION WHEN WE BRING THAT BACK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A HUGE HIT SO WE HAVE TO BE VERY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT WHAT WE'RE REDUCING AND AGAIN THE IMPACTS THAT THAT WILL HAVE ON STUDENTS BECAUSE SOME OF OUR STUDENTS IN THIS DISTRICT ALREADY HAVE OVER AN HOUR ON THE BUS ONE ONE DIRECTION SO WE CUT THOSE EVEN MORE WE'RE REALLY GOING TO IMPACT STUDENTS ANOTHER ANOTHER THING IN THE OPERATIONAL ADJUSTMENTS THAT CAME FORWARD IS AROUND LOW CLASS SIZE NUMBERS. AND I THINK THERE ARE SOME CAPS THAT WE CAN CHANGE. AND WE WILL FINISH HIGH SCHOOL FORECASTING AS ONE OF THOSE BIG AREAS THAT IS VERY TIME CONSUMING AND WE HAVE TO GET RIGHT. THAT CLOSES NEXT FRIDAY. SO WE WON'T BE ABLE TO... DETERMINE WHAT THOSE CLASS SIZES ARE UNTIL WE SEE THE PROJECTIONS FOR THE ROLL UP FOR NEXT YEAR SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY THE TIMELINE FOR MAKING ALL OF THESE DECISIONS WE HAVE TO HAVE THINGS IN ORDER TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS AND SO WE WON'T BE ABLE TO EVALUATE THAT INFORMATION UNTIL WE HAVE ALL OF THOSE HIGH SCHOOL NUMBERS TO SET CLASS LIMITS ATHLETICS AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, YOU KNOW, OUR GOAL IS TO BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THIS. I REALLY APPRECIATED ONE OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM MICHELLE ABOUT PTOS AND PTAS. WE'VE HEARD PEOPLE ASKING, HOW CAN WE HELP, HOW CAN WE HELP? AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO GATHER THAT INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN SEE HOW PEOPLE CAN HELP. [02:55:02] AND WHILE WE REMAIN LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE JUST CAN'T HAVE NECESSARILY VOLUNTEERS DO BUT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN HAVE VOLUNTEERS DO AND WE'LL HAVE TO BE VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT HOW PEOPLE CAN HELP BOTH FINANCIALLY AND IN PERSON TECHNOLOGY AND STUDENT DEVICES. THIS WAS AN AREA THAT WE HEARD A GREAT DEAL ABOUT WE HEARD ABOUT A SHIFT FROM ONE-TO-ONE DEVICES TO A REDUCED AMOUNT AND WE ARE LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE CAN MAKE SOME REDUCTIONS. BUT I WILL TELL YOU, ONE OF THE STRUGGLES MOVING BACK FROM A ONE-TO-ONE DEVICE, WHICH YOU PROBABLY REMEMBER THAT WE REALLY MOVED TO THAT BECAUSE OF COVID, AND WE'VE JUST MAINTAINED IT SINCE THAT TIME. AND IT'S INTERESTING, I RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM A COMMUNITY MEMBER TODAY WITH SOME DATA ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF SCREEN TIME ON OUR STUDENTS, AND WE'RE ALL PAYING ATTENTION TO THAT INFORMATION. SO WE DO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A WAY FOR US TO DO SOME REDUCTIONS, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S COSTLY IS WHEN YOU MOVE FROM ONE-TO-ONES, YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY BUY CARTS FOR THEM TO HAVE ACCESS. THE CARTS ARE MORE EXPENSIVE THAN JUST PURCHASING THE DEVICES. IT'S CRAZY TO THINK THAT, BUT THE CARTS THEMSELVES ARE PRETTY DARN EXPENSIVE. AND SO MOVING AWAY FROM ONE-TO-ONES WILL HAVE A COST UP FRONT. BUT WILL PROBABLY SAVE US IN THE LONG RUN BECAUSE THE CARTS LAST ONCE YOU PURCHASE THEM. IT'S THE CHROMEBOOKS THAT YOU HAVE TO REPLACE, AND YOU DON'T NEED AS MANY OF THEM IF YOU'RE JUST DOING ONE-TO-ONE. SO THERE WILL BE A TRANSITION AS WE LOOK AT SOME OF THESE THINGS AND HOW WE HAVE TO MAKE CHANGES BECAUSE WE CAN'T NECESSARILY DO THEM ALL AT ONCE. SOME CLARIFICATIONS AROUND... STATE FUNDING. SO AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE PROTOTYPICAL FUNDING MODEL, AND THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE NEED TO KEEP MONIES IN A CERTAIN AREA WHERE THE MONIES COME FROM. AND SO AS WE LOOK AT SOME OF OUR COSTS, WE WILL HAVE TO MONITOR WHETHER WE CAN MAKE SHIFTS THAT CREATE... MORE OPPORTUNITIES. SAVE AS MUCH PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS WHILE STAYING WITHIN AN AREA. ONE OF THE AREAS, PSES, AM I SAYING THAT RIGHT? PSES, AND I CANNOT REMEMBER WHAT THAT COVERS, BUT MAYBE YOU CAN. SOCIAL EMOTIONAL SUPPORTS. AND SO IT'S THINGS LIKE COUNSELORS, IT'S THINGS LIKE, IS SECURITY IN THERE? IT'S ALL CERT? IT'S ALL CERT RELATED? YEAH. YEAH. SO IN ONE OF THE... ACTUALLY, NO, THERE IS CLASSIFIED IN THERE. OKAY. THERE IS. YEAH. SORRY. I'M LOOKING AT THE FORM IN MY BRAIN. YEAH. TRYING TO SEE IT ON THE PAGE. THAT ARE IN THERE BUT YEAH COUNSELORS PE TEACHERS YOU KNOW SO SO WE WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR REDUCTIONS WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE PLACES WHERE I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE SCALE WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE'RE MOVING THE SCALE THAT WE DON'T TAKE TOO MUCH OUT OF AN AREA BECAUSE IT CAN IMPACT OUR FUNDING AND SO WHEN WE MAKE DECISIONS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT POSSIBLY SOME SHIFTS IN THINGS WHERE WE CAN SPREAD OUR STAFFING A LITTLE BIT FURTHER AND MAKE IT WORK, JUST LIKE WE'RE DOING WITH OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS. WHEN WE LOOKED AT OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL MAKEUP, WE LOOKED AT HOW MANY PROGRAMS A BUILDING HAD, WHAT THEIR ENROLLMENT WAS, TO DETERMINE WHAT THE AP LEVEL THEY WOULD RECEIVE WOULD BE. BECAUSE NOT ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS ARE EQUAL. I THINK YOU MENTIONED IT, DEBBIE, OF THE ENROLLMENT AT YAKULT AND HAVING SUCH BIG NUMBERS. WHEN WE LOOKED AT YAKULT, ACCORDING TO THEIR NUMBERS AND THE NUMBER OF SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS THAT THEY HAVE, THEY STILL NEEDED TWO ADMINISTRATORS. BUT MANY OF OUR OTHER PRIMARY SCHOOLS DIDN'T BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE AS MANY PROGRAMS AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE AS HIGH OF ENROLLMENT. SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, WE'LL HAVE TO DO THE SAME THING WITH SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS. WE'LL HAVE TO IDENTIFY THOSE. I'LL CLARIFY. I WOULD ADVOCATE THAT EVERYONE NEEDS IT. YES. HOWEVER, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT CUTS, WE ARE LOOKING AT EVERYTHING, EVERY PIECE OF THE PUZZLE. SO I KNOW THAT'S WHAT WE MEAN, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT VERY CLEAR. WE DON'T FEEL... WE DON'T THINK ANYTHING WE'RE CUTTING ISN'T NEEDED. IT JUST, IT WAS BASED ON AN ALGORITHM FORMULA ON STUDENTS THAT... THAT HAVE INDIVIDUALIZED SUPPORTS, MULTILINGUAL STUDENTS, STUDENTS THAT ARE ON FREE REDUCED STATUS TO REALLY CREATE KIND OF A DRIVEN FTE STATUS [03:00:02] FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT. AN EQUITABLE WAY TO DETERMINE THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT FROM ADMINISTRATORS. THAT WOULD BE CONSISTENT ACROSS THE BOARD FOR ALL THE SCHOOLS IS IT THE BEST NO THIS IS ALL NOT THE BEST THIS IS ALL REALLY HARD WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT WE WILL BE ASKING ALL THE STAFF THAT REMAIN TO DO MORE WITH LESS AND THAT'S YOU KNOW, I THINK PEOPLE ARE ALREADY MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT WHETHER THEY WANT TO BE A PART OF THAT OR NOT. YOU KNOW, WE'VE CERTAINLY SEEN SOME RESIGNATIONS ALREADY. AND I WOULD EXPECT THAT WE'LL SEE MORE BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE HARD. I DON'T WANT TO PRETEND FOR A MINUTE THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE EASY FOR ANYBODY THAT REMAINS BECAUSE IT WON'T. AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT OVER-IMPACTING ANY PARTICULAR AREA. WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ADMINISTRATIVE CUTS. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS WAS JUST CUT IT ALL. ADMINISTRATIVE CUTS IS, IF WE CUT IT ALL, THAT'S ONLY 5% OF OUR OVERALL BUDGET FOR ALL THAT ADMINISTRATIVE, WHEN I SAY PAYROLL, ALL OF THOSE ADD SUPPORT. I'M NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT ADMINISTRATORS. I'M TALKING ABOUT ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ADMINISTER ALL THOSE PROGRAMS. THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE IS 6.3%. PERCENT OF A BUDGET OURS IS ALREADY AT FIVE AND IT WILL GO LOWER SO THAT AREA IS IS NOT REASONABLE MONEY FOR CONSTRUCTION UPGRADES I TOUCHED ON THIS ALREADY THE CLARIFICATION AROUND THAT IF WE WERE TO WHEN WE TAKE IN FOR INSTANCE IMPACT FEES OR WE WERE TO SELL A PROP PIECE OF PROPERTY OR THOSE KINDS OF THINGS THAT THOSE MONIES CANNOT GO INTO OPERATING OUR BUILDINGS OUR FACILITIES THEY NEED TO STAY IN THE AREAS THAT THEY'RE IN, WHICH AGAIN I THINK IS A CONFUSING POINT FOR OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE WHEN YOU SEE CONSTRUCTION GOING ON BECAUSE WE'VE USED IMPACT FEES OR WE'VE USED OUR CAPITAL LEVY PEOPLE THINK WE OH YOU HAVE MONEY BUT AGAIN THOSE MONIES WE CAN'T USE TO OPERATE OUR BUILDINGS OR TO TEACH KIDS IN CLASSROOMS AND SO THERE'S SOME MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT THAT. SPECIALIZED PROGRAM WE TALKED THIS EVENING OR MICHELLE TALKED THIS EVENING ABOUT OUR ENROLLMENT THAT IS THE BIGGEST NUMBER OR MOST IMPORTANT NUMBER TO US WHEN IT COMES TO ENROLLMENT IN FACT I HAVE SAID BEFORE THAT OUR STRUGGLES OUR BUDGET CUTS ARE SELF-INFLICTED WHERE OTHER DISTRICTS THEIRS ARE ENROLLMENT BASED AND THEY THEY HAVE DECLINING ENROLLMENT WE HAVE INCREASING WELL NOT RIGHT. THIS MOMENT, BUT WE HAVE OVERALL HIGHER ENROLLMENT. AND SO FOR US, IT IS THE LARGEST DOLLAR THAT WE HAVE. BUT IF WE, AGAIN, REMOVE ENROLLMENT IN CERTAIN PROGRAMS LIKE CTE, IT WOULD IMPACT OUR OVERALL BUDGET. LET'S SEE, VOLUNTEERS. SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT HAS COME OUT IS AROUND VOLUNTEERS AND HOW WE CAN UTILIZE VOLUNTEERS. WE CAN USE VOLUNTEERS IN WAYS THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE SPECIALIZED TRAINING, WHERE WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM OUR LEGAL AS WELL AS WE KNOW FROM LIABILITY SITUATIONS THAT HAVE OCCURRED. WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL TO USE VOLUNTEERS IN ROLES THAT CAN BE FILLED AND INDIVIDUALS THAT DON'T NEED SPECIALIZED TRAINING IF WE HAVE TO PROVIDE SPECIALIZED TRAINING IN ORDER TO DO IT OFTENTIMES WE HAVE TO HAVE THOSE PEOPLE TRAINED AND THEY NEED TO BE EMPLOYEES SO THAT WE CAN REQUIRE THE THINGS THAT WE REQUIRE BY LAW AND SO WE JUST HAVE TO BE CAREFUL TO CONSIDER THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND THEN THE LAST THING THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT BEFORE WE JUMP INTO SOME OTHER THINGS, AND I LET MICHELLE AND AMANDA AND LINNELL JUMP IN A LITTLE FURTHER, IS JUST THE OPERATIONAL CHANGES. SO MAKING THESE ADJUSTMENTS, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO ALMOST PROBABLY EVERY AREA OF OUR PROGRAMMING. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW THAT THAT WHEN WE MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS, THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE WILL NOT BE CONSIDERING EVEN THOUGH OUR COMMUNITIES TALKED ABOUT IT. THEY'VE TALKED ABOUT A FOUR-DAY WEEK, FOR INSTANCE. I WISH WE COULD CONSIDER A FOUR-DAY WEEK. I DO THINK WE'D SAVE ON SOME OPERATIONAL COSTS. WE'D CERTAINLY SAVE ON SOME BUSING COSTS. WE'D CERTAINLY SAVE ON HEATING OUR BUILDINGS, OUR FOOD SERVICE. WE'D SAVE IN A LOT OF AREAS. BUT WE AREN'T ALLOWED TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE OVER 1,000 STUDENTS. [03:05:02] ONLY DISTRICTS WITH LESS THAN A THOUSAND STUDENTS CAN MOVE TO A FOUR-DAY WEEK, AND THAT WOULD TAKE A LEGISLATIVE CHANGE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THAT. AGAIN, WE TALKED ABOUT THE CONSOLIDATING BUS ROUTES. THE OTHER IDEA WAS AROUND CONSOLIDATING SCHOOLS. I THINK LONG-TERM, IF WE HAD MORE OF A RUNWAY, WE COULD CONSIDER THAT AS LONG AS WE HAD SPACE, BUT THE TIMELINE WAS NOT THERE FOR US TO CONSIDER CONSOLIDATING SCHOOLS OR MOVING BOUNDARIES. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS USUALLY TAKE AN ENTIRE PROCESS THAT WHEN WE MOVED OUR BOUNDARIES AT OUR PRIMARY SCHOOLS, WELL, MICHELLE WAS INVOLVED WITH THAT. I WANT TO SAY IT WAS A YEAR, MICHELLE, OR AT LEAST EIGHT OR NINE MONTHS OF INPUT THAT WE WERE TAKING. AND ACTUALLY CONSOLIDATE OR CLOSE A SCHOOL IT REQUIRES A 90-DAY WINDOW FOR COMMUNITY INPUT WHICH WE DID NOT HAVE SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD NOT OR WILL NOT BE CONSIDERING FOR THIS NEXT FALL IN THE FUTURE WE MAY HAVE TO AND CERTAINLY THERE ARE DISTRICTS AROUND US THAT MAY HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT AND WE'LL WATCH CLOSELY IF THEY DO SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND THAT PROCESS A LITTLE BIT BETTER FOR US, I WILL SAY AGAIN, AGAIN, I THINK THAT THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE GATHERED WITH THIS VARIETY OF TOOLS IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONTINUE TO LOOK BACK AT AND ADD TO. AND AS WE HEAR THINGS FROM THE COMMUNITY, WE WANT TO ADD THINGS TO OUR FAQ ON OUR WEBSITE BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE AS CLEAR IN OUR COMMUNICATION AS POSSIBLE. WE'RE TRYING TO BE VERY CAREFUL NOT TO GET AHEAD OF OURSELVES IN COMMUNICATING THE DECISIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING. AND I THINK THE ONLY REASON I FELT COMFORTABLE WITH SHARING SOME OF THOSE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES IS BECAUSE WE HAVE NOTIFIED THOSE STAFF THAT ARE IMPACTED. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE AS WE MOVE FORWARD, OUR GOAL, AGAIN, IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE IMPACTED, TO WHAT DEGREE, BY NEXT FRIDAY. THAT'S OUR GOAL. WE'RE GOING TO STRUGGLE. I WILL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW WE'VE IDENTIFIED ABOUT 16. A MILLION DOLLARS, AND WE'RE SCRATCHING OUR HEADS TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE OTHER FOUR IS GOING TO COME FROM. WE'RE STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW TO FIGURE THAT OUT. SO WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR BEST, AND WE'LL COMMUNICATE EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE HAD, BUT I WILL TELL YOU WE'RE STRUGGLING. WE ARE DEFINITELY IN A PLACE WHERE WE PREFER MAKING MULTIPLE SMALL CUTS VERSUS LARGE ONES. FOR THAT REASON THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AND FROM THE INPUT THAT WE RECEIVED TOO ABOUT TRY NOT TO CUT AN ENTIRE PROGRAM ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT ARE MAKING A HUGE DIFFERENCE FOR OUR STUDENTS AND SO THAT IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS MAKE REDUCTIONS WITHOUT COMPLETE ELIMINATION. THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE WILL HAVE TO CUT COMPLETELY JUST BECAUSE THE COST IS SO HEAVILY BURDENING ON THE AREA. BUT WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. AND, OF COURSE, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SAFETY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS A CONCERN TO US IS THAT THERE IS A POINT WHERE YOU REMOVE TOO MANY STAFF. THEN YOU CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT DOESN'T REMAIN AS SAFE AS IT NEEDS TO BE. AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BRING OUR STUDENTS INTO A SAFE ENVIRONMENT. WANTED TO SHARE A COUPLE OF THINGS JUST SO YOU COULD ACTUALLY SEE THE WAY THAT THE BALANCING ACT TOOL CAME THROUGH AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE NUMBERS ARE SMALL HERE, BUT ON THE SPREADSHEET THOUGH THE DARK BLUE IS THE AMOUNT OF DOLLARS IN THAT GIVEN AREA THE SMALL BLUE IS THE NUMBER THAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. THAT'S WHERE THE AGREEMENT WAS ON THE BALANCING ACT ABOUT THE REDUCTION. THAT'S THE AVERAGE AMOUNT THAT PEOPLE SAID, YES, WE COULD GO DOWN TO THIS AMOUNT. AND THAT WAS THE AVERAGE THAT WAS AGREED UPON. IF YOU WERE TO ADD ALL OF THAT LIGHT BLUE UP, IT WOULD ADD UP TO $20 MILLION. DID I SAY THAT RIGHT? THIS SLIDE GAVE ME SOME CONSTERNATION, JUST SO YOU KNOW. THIS IS ANOTHER TAKEAWAY. THIS IS THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE BUDGET REDUCTIONS FOR THE $20 MILLION, AND YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT'S BROKEN DOWN. ON THE SIDE THERE, YOU CAN SEE THE AREAS THAT RECEIVED 0%. WE HAD THOSE TWO LOCKED AREAS, [03:10:01] SPECIAL EDUCATION AND NUTRITION SERVICES, AND THOSE WERE LOCKED. ONE, BECAUSE SPECIAL EDUCATION, YOU CAN'T CUT. IT'S FREE APPROPRIATE PUBLIC EDUCATION FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS WE CAN'T CUT IN THAT AREA AND THEN NUTRITION SERVICES IS LOCKED BECAUSE IT'S CONTRACTED AND THAT'S PREDETERMINED IT'S BEEN SET AND THEN TRANSPORTATION BUSING THAT 0.1 PERCENT THAT YOU SEE THERE I THINK THAT WAS THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED WAS OKAY YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO UH TWO BUSING FOR UM FOR ATHLETICS THANKS. IS THAT RIGHT? I THINK THAT'S WHAT THAT WAS, IF MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECTLY. SPECIAL TRIPS IS WHAT THAT'S CALLED, WHETHER IT BE FOR AFTER-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES OR WHETHER IT BE FOR ATHLETICS OR ANYTHING ELSE. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE BREAKDOWN OF THE TOOL. YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THOSE AREAS ON YOUR, PROBABLY SEE IT BETTER ON YOUR HANDOUT THAN YOU CAN ON THE SCREEN, I WOULD IMAGINE. SO WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS. WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS THE NEXT FRIDAY TO LET AS MANY OF OUR PROGRAMS, AFFECTED PROGRAMS, KNOW. THEN AS WE GET INTO THE WEEK AFTER SPRING BREAK, WE'RE GOING TO BE ALIGNING OUR COMMUNICATION TO THE LARGER GROUP. SO, IN OTHER WORDS, BETWEEN NOW AND NEXT FRIDAY, WE DON'T INTEND TO MAKE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS OR SEND OUT TO ALL STAFF OR SEND TO ANY LARGER GROUPS. WE INTEND TO SPEND OUR TIME NOTIFYING THE IMPACTED PROGRAMS INTERNALLY. AND THEN WHEN WE GET BACK, WE'LL WORK ON THE LARGER NOTIFICATIONS OF AFFECTED GROUPS WHERE PEOPLE KNOW WHO ELSE WAS IMPACTED. THEN APRIL 27TH, WE WILL BRING A RESOLUTION TO YOUR BOARD FOR OUR REDUCTIONS. AND AT THAT TIME, WE'LL HAVE THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE IMPACTED PROGRAMS, THE IMPACTED STAFF. IT REALLY IS A RIF RESOLUTION. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE WILL BE KIND OF GOING OVER WHAT THOSE REDUCTIONS ARE SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THE PROGRAMS ARE IMPLEMENTED. AT THE SAME TIME, WE'LL PROBABLY DO THE PRESENTATION. WE'D LIKE TO DO THE PRESENTATION PRIOR TO THIS BEING UNDER NEW BUSINESS FOR YOU TO MAKE A DECISION ON THE RIF RESOLUTION. ON APRIL 27TH? ON APRIL 27TH, YES, THE SAME MEETING. AND THEN WE WILL START TO DISCUSS WITH THE STAFF THAT ARE IMPACTED. THEN WE START TO GIVE THEM NOTICES. WE NEED TO GIVE ALL CERTIFICATED NOTICE BY MAY 15TH, AND WE'LL DO THAT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. AND AS SOON AS WE HAVE NOTIFIED ALL CERTIFICATED STAFF, WE'LL NOTIFY OUR CLASSIFIED STAFF. SO WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE FOR ALL OF US? I'LL START WITH A REAL QUICK ONE, OKAY? OKAY. IN THIS THOUGHT SURVEY AND ALL THIS STUFF THAT WAS SUBMITTED, OKAY, I'VE HEARD A NUMBER OF TIMES THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR SUGGESTIONS. AND WHAT WE GET IS, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE GET, BUT DON'T TOUCH THIS. I DON'T WANT THIS. THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT. SO IN WHAT WE SOUGHT OUT, WHAT PROPORTION WERE SUGGESTIONS, LIKE IN OUR LISTENING SESSIONS? BECAUSE I'VE HEARD THAT'S WHAT ONE OF THE REPORTS WAS. YOU KNOW, IN THE LISTENING SESSION, WELL, THERE'S A LOT OF TALK ABOUT DON'T DO THIS. WELL, WHAT CAN WE DO? WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST WE DO, OKAY? SO WHAT PROPORTION DID YOU SENSE WE WERE GETTING WITH SUGGESTIONS OF THINGS TO DO? I DON'T THINK IN, I MEAN, THIS IS MY TAKE. I'LL LET LANELLE AND AMANDA AND MICHELLE JUMP IN IF THEY HAVE SOME INPUT TOO. BUT I DON'T FEEL LIKE ANY OF... THE ONLY PLACE THAT WE WERE GETTING SUGGESTIONS IS REALLY THE BALANCING ACT TOOL. BECAUSE UNLESS YOU ACTUALLY SAY THIS FOR THAT, UNLESS YOU ACTUALLY GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS, IT'S JUST A DON'T TOUCH MY THING. OKAY, FAIR ENOUGH. AND THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HEAR. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO HEAR BECAUSE WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT PROGRAMS ARE BEING VALUED. BUT IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MAKE THE DECISION ANY EASIER OR ANY CLEARER. UNDERSTOOD. SO, YEAH. AND I WOULD JUST ADD THAT IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE ABOUT SCHOOL FUNDING AND THE RESTRICTIONS THAT WE ARE HELD. SO THE LISTENING SESSIONS, I WOULD SAY, THERE WAS A LOT OF IDEAS, AND WE WERE ABLE TO [03:15:01] CLARIFY WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO. AND THEN THROUGH THAT DIALOGUE, THEY WERE ABLE TO SAY, OKAY, KNOWING THAT, HERE'S WHAT I THINK WE CAN PRIORITIZE. KNOWING THAT, HERE'S WHAT I THINK WE CAN PRIORITIZE. AND I THINK THAT DIALOGUE WAS VERY HELPFUL IN UNDERSTANDING JUST THE... AND THAT'S WHAT A LISTENING SESSION IS ALL ABOUT ANYWAY. YOU'RE LISTENING AND YOU'RE PUTTING THAT TOGETHER. YEAH. I FELT LIKE IT WAS VERY VALUABLE AND I WILL SAY, I'LL ADD JUST MY TWO CENTS INTO THIS IS I I THINK IN TIMES OF CRISIS IS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY WHEN WE ARE ABLE TO COME TOGETHER LIKE WE WERE UNDER AND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO LIKE WASA'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JEFF SNELL AND THEN UNDER SHELLY'S LEADERSHIP BECAUSE SHE'S BEEN HERE AND SHE KNOWS THE COMMUNITY SO WELL TO BE ABLE TO CULTIVATE THAT TYPE OF PARTICIPATION IT IT WAS SO HEAVY AND EMOTIONAL IN TERMS OF THIS THESE ARE OUR KIDS LIVES. BUT WE ALL ARE COMING TOGETHER FOR THIS COMMON PURPOSE TO FIND A PATH FORWARD TOGETHER I THINK THAT WAS REALLY POWERFUL BECAUSE THIS IS TRULY A CRISIS BUT IT ALSO IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LISTEN TO LEARN TO ENGAGE AND TO WALK A PATH FORWARD TOGETHER WHICH AGAIN IS A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE AND REALLY IF YOU ATTRIBUTE IT TO LIKE A PATH IN GRIEF. WE'RE MOURNING THIS LOSS TOGETHER, BUT FINDING A PATH FORWARD IN THIS GREAT LOSS. YEAH, WE SAW SOME OF THAT TONIGHT WITH THE LADIES AND THE KIDS. AND YEAH, YOU FEEL THAT. AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING TO JUST TAKE TO HEART THAT ALL OF THESE CUTS DO NOT COME EASY. THEY ARE DEEP, THEY'RE HARSH, AND THEY WILL IMPACT US ALL. AND I THINK THAT'S... THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REBUILD AND REPAIR AND COME TOGETHER. SURE. FOLLOW-UP QUESTION ON THAT. THE 500 COMMENTS THEN IN THE BALANCING ACT TOOL THAT WAS MOST IDEAS, OKAY, THE 500-PLUS COMMENTS, ARE THEY REFLECTED SOMEHOW IN THE TAKEAWAYS? I WOULD SAY THE BEST PLACE FOR THAT IS THE FAQS IN THE BUDGET. THE THE WEBSITE BECAUSE EVERYTHING IN OUR FAQS CAME FROM EITHER THE LESSON LISTENING SESSION OR THE SPECIFIC COMMENTS FROM OKAY THAT SO THOSE 500 PLUS COMMENTS ARE IN THERE ARE THEY ARE THEY EMBEDDED IN THEIR WAY THOUGH THAT YOU WOULDN'T SEE THAT THEY WERE THE 500 COMMENTS YEAH SO IF YOU GO ON TO OUR BUDGET CUTS AND THEN THERE'S A SECTION DOWN BELOW CARLA WHERE IT SAYS LIKE FAQS YEAH, I WOULD SPEND SOME TIME LOOKING IN THOSE BECAUSE THOSE WERE CAREFULLY CURATED. THERE WAS ALL OF THOSE QUESTIONS WERE GENERATED FROM THE THOUGHT EXCHANGE, THE BALANCING ACT TOOL, OR THE LISTENING SESSION. THOSE TWO PARKING LOTS, GREAT INFORMATION. AND HERE'S WHAT I'M SPECIFICALLY ASKING, THOUGH. ARE THE RAW COMMENTS AVAILABLE SOMEPLACE FOR SOMEBODY TO SEE? YEAH, OKAY, ALL RIGHT. YEAH. YEAH. SO, YEAH, AND SOME OF THEM, HONESTLY, TERRY, ARE NOT MEANT FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION. I UNDERSTAND, BUT THERE COULD BE SOME. NO. I UNDERSTAND. WE'RE GOING TO BE HONEST. YEAH. SO YOU GUYS, GO AHEAD. I WAS TOLD TODAY THAT SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS MAKE AS MUCH AS PRINCIPALS IN THE DISTRICT. THAT'S SO GOOD. YEAH. SO, YES. SO VOLUNTARY POSITION, THANK YOU. I WILL TELL YOU, ONE OF THE BIGGEST AREAS OF MISCONCEPTION IS THE BOARD BUDGET. YEAH. AND IT'S BECAUSE PEOPLE THINK THAT THE BOARD BUDGET GOES TO YOUR SALARIES, WHICH, HELLO, THEY HAVE NO SALARIES. THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THAT PAYS LEGAL FEES, THAT THAT'S WHERE ELECTION COSTS COME FROM, THAT, LET'S SEE, WHAT ELSE IS IN THERE? AUDIT COSTS, THE AUDIT THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW COMES OUT OF THE BOARD BUDGET. SO, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THE IDEA OF REDUCE THE BOARD BUDGET. BUT IF WE HAVE LEGAL FEES OR LEGAL NEEDS, WE HAVE TO PUT MORE MONEY IN THERE. THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS. THAT'S A COST THAT WE DON'T WE CAN CONTROL IT A LITTLE BIT, BUT AGAIN SOME OF THOSE THINGS ARE THINGS THAT HAPPEN THAT WE JUST CAN'T FORESEE, AND SO IT'S LIKE ANY BUSINESS OR ANY INDUSTRY, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THINGS HAPPEN THAT YOU HAVE TO ADDRESS, AND THERE ARE TIMES THAT YOU NEED LEGAL COUNSEL AND YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT. AND OSPI DESIGNATES WHAT GOES INTO A BOARD MEETING. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH, SOME OF IT IS. REALLY? [03:20:03] RIGHT? YEAH, THE ACCOUNTING MANUAL GIVES US LOTS OF RULES, AND THAT'S WHERE I SAY SOMETIMES IT'S A BALANCING ACT. WHEN YOU TAKE SOMETHING FROM THIS, YOU ADD TO THIS. BUT IT'S ALSO TRUE THAT THINGS HAPPEN WITH THAT ACCOUNTING MANUAL, AND THEY CHANGE THINGS, AND SUDDENLY THEY SAY, OH, WELL, WE'RE FULLY FUNDING THAT. NO, THEY JUST CHANGED WHAT ACCOUNT IT'S COMING OUT OF, SO IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE FULLY FUNDING IT. SO THERE ARE LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES ON THIS PAGE. IN FACT, I'LL SHOW YOU JUST A COUPLE THINGS. CARLA, IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE APPLE THERE. ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO SHOW YOU, BOARD, BECAUSE OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS YOU'RE HAVING IN THE COMMUNITY, THAT VERY FIRST TAB, CARLA, UNDER THE APPLE, WASHINGTON STATE. WASHINGTON SCHOOL IS UNDERFUNDED AND OVERBURDENED. THIS IS A WEB PAGE THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER IN CONJUNCTION WITH WASA AND OUR LOCAL ESD. AGAIN, OUR ESD AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON PROVIDES A LOT OF LEADERSHIP ACROSS THE STATE AROUND THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN EDUCATION. AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS PAGE. IT REALLY GETS INTO A LOT OF FACTS ABOUT... WASHINGTON SCHOOL FUNDING AND I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO TAKE A LOOK OF WHERE THE SHORTFALLS ARE IN PUBLIC EDUCATION WHY THEY ARE DEBBIE MENTIONED IT EARLIER THAT THE PERCENTAGE OF THE STATE BUDGET THAT IT GOES TOWARDS SCHOOL FUNDING HAS DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY AND YOU CAN SEE HERE IN THE 25 THROUGH 27 STATE BUDGET THAT IT'S AN AVERAGE OF FORTY THREE POINT TWO THREE AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S MUCH LOWER THAN IT WAS FROM THE 2019 TO 2021 BUDGET OF 51.6% OF THE STATE BUDGET. BUT THERE'S REALLY GOOD INFORMATION. THIS WEBSITE IS PACKED. I'VE HAD A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS OUTSIDE OF OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM SAY TO ME, WOW, THAT BUDGET PAGE IS REALLY HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND SCHOOL. SCHOOL OF FINANCE. SO WE'VE TRIED TO PACK IT FULL AND IT'S HELPED US UNDERSTAND. THESE TOOLS HAVE HELPED US UNDERSTAND WHERE MISCONCEPTIONS LIE. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO LINNELL'S POINT AS WE MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER AND KIND OF GO THROUGH THE GRIEVING PROCESS, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND HOW BUDGETS WORK. BECAUSE WHEN WE GRAB ONTO AN IDEA AND WE PERPETUATE AN IDEA THAT WE CAN'T DO... IT DOESN'T GET US ANY CLOSER TO A SOLUTION. AND I THINK SOMETIMES UNDERSTANDING IS JUST AN IMPORTANT THING FOR US TO TAKE THE TIME TO JUST GET INTO THE WEEDS SOMETIMES A LITTLE BIT. AND I THINK AS A COMMUNITY, WE COULD CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE. I KNOW I'VE SAID I'VE BEEN IN THIS BUSINESS FOR OVER 30 YEARS, AND I LEARN SOMETHING NEW ALL THE TIME. SO IT IS COMPLEX AND WHILE I DON'T THINK ANYBODY NEEDS TO KNOW IT TO THE LEVEL THAT MICHELLE SCOTT DOES OR OR EVEN SOME OF US THAT AREN'T HAVE AS BIG OF BRAINS AS SHE DOES I DO THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO SPEND SOME TIME AND LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT SCHOOL FUNDING. YEAH THE LINK THERE UNDERNEATH THE BAR GRAPHS TAKES YOU TO THE AESD SITE. AND I FOUND THAT ONE REALLY HELPFUL. WENT TO THE BIG THREE THERE AT THE TOP, CARLA. AND THEN FILTERED OUT BATTLEGROUND ON THE RIGHT. AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS A PRETTY USEFUL TOOL. YEAH, GOOD. THANK YOU, CHRIS. OTHER THOUGHTS OR OTHER THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT? WELL, I PERSONALLY AM THANKFUL THAT WE'RE NOT CUTTING COMPLETE PROGRAMS LIKE OUR BAND MUSIC, DRAMA, YOU KNOW, ALL THOSE, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE NOT JUST... BECAUSE I THINK WE REALLY SAW THE VALUE IN THE LISTENING SESSIONS AND YOU KNOW AND ALL THE COMMENTS THAT WE'RE GETTING AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THOSE CONNECTIONS THAT OUR KIDS NEED. SO IN ORDER TO KEEP THEM IN SCHOOL AND LIKING SCHOOL AND YEAH. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? BECAUSE I'M THINKING ABOUT OUR QUESTION ABOUT APRIL 13TH. YES, NEXT QUESTION. I'M LOOKING AT YOUR PLAN FOR APRIL 27TH, PRESENT RESOLUTION TO THE BOARD. I'M WONDERING IF... [03:25:03] MAYBE WE SHOULDN'T CONSIDER THAT OUR WORK SESSION AND SET THAT UP AS THE WORK SESSION. I KNOW YOU WERE LIKE, WELL, WE WANT TO HAVE THE WORK SESSION THE FIRST OF THE MONTH, BUT IF WE JUST ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY, MAKE THAT OUR WORK SESSION. AND SO THAT WORK SESSION WILL BE MODELED AFTER OUR PREVIOUS MEETING THAT WAS OVER AT 8 O'CLOCK. NO, THIS ONE WON'T BE. AND LET'S HAVE OUR NEXT MEETING ON THE 13TH BE THE REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING WHERE WE HAVE THE THINGS THAT WE SPENT UNTIL 830 DOING. WE WILL HAVE SOME THINGS THAT TEND TO FALL ON THE SECOND MEETING. OF THE MONTH THAT WOULD HAVE TO KEEP THERE. WOULD IT WORK FOR THE BOARD FOR US TO DO THAT WORK SESSION BEFORE THE REGULAR MEETING? BECAUSE I THINK WE CAN CONTROL THE TIMELINE OF THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN WE CAN THE REGULAR MEETING. I THINK OUR LAST MEETING DEMONSTRATED HOW THE LAST BUSINESS MEETING DEMONSTRATED HOW IT REALLY WORKS OKAY, YOU KNOW. AND TO PUT IT ALL TOGETHER. SO I WOULD SUGGEST WE SIMPLY MAKE OFFICIALLY, HOWEVER WE WANT TO, HOWEVER WE WANT TO SCHEDULE IT, APRIL 27TH IS OUR WORK SESSION AND SO THE NEXT MEETING, APRIL 13TH, WOULD JUST BE A NORMAL BUSINESS MEETING, NOT A WORK SESSION. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? THAT'S THE ONLY THING I'M SAYING. I'M JUST SAYING WE DON'T NEED A WORK SESSION, WE DON'T NEED A WORK SESSION ON APRIL 13TH BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS BIG BONE TO EAT ON THE 27TH. OKAY, SO WHY HAVE A WORK SESSION ON THE 13TH ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE AND THEN SPEND TILL 10 O'CLOCK HERE ON THE 27TH DOING WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO DO WHICH IS THAT'S NOT A BIG DEAL. SO WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? LET ME SAY IT DIFFERENTLY WHILE YOU'RE THINKING. DO WE REALLY NEED A WORK SESSION ON THE 13TH? NO. I DON'T THINK WE DO. I MEAN, WE CAN DO WHATEVER WE HAVE TO DO ON THE 27TH. WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO ON THE 27TH, WE DO IT. BUT I'M NOT SUGGESTING WE POSTPONE SOMETHING IMPORTANT LIKE OUR BOOK STUDY. NO, THAT'S- I'M SORRY. THE ONLY DOWNSIDE THOUGH TERRY IS ON THE 27TH IS WHEN THE PRESENT THE RESOLUTION TO THE BOARD. SO THAT MEANS YOU COULD BE PUTTING THE WORK IN AND PASSING AT THE SAME MEETING. RIGHT. OKAY SO YOU'RE SUGGESTING THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE COULD DO ON THE 13TH IN PREPARATION FOR THE 27TH? AND IS THERE IN FACT SOMETHING WE CAN BE DOING ON THE 13TH IN PREPARATION FOR THE 27TH? SOMETHING THAT WE CAN HELP? BUT YOUR TIMELINE THAT YOU LAID OUT DOESN'T REALLY ALLOW FOR THAT. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO, CHRIS, IN PREPARATION FOR THE 27TH ON THE 13TH. OKAY. I THINK IF WE CAN DO THE WORK SESSION PRIOR TO THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING, SO WE CAN DO THE WORK SESSION. AT 4 O'CLOCK. HOWEVER YOU SUGGEST. IF WE CAN DO THAT BEFORE THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING, I THINK IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL BECAUSE WE CAN SHARE WITH YOU THAT INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT OUR PLAN IS. BUT WE CAN WORK THAT OUT IN OUR BOARD PLANNING. IF WE'RE GOOD WITH NOT HAVING A WORK SESSION ON THE 13TH, THEN WE CAN DO OUR REGULAR BUSINESS. AND WE'LL MOVE AS MANY THINGS FROM THE 27TH TO THE 13TH AS WE CAN. I'M JUST GOING TO BRING UP THE REFORMATTING OF THE MEETINGS. THE IDEA IS GREAT, BUT AS WE LOOKED AT TONIGHT, AND I LOVE STUDENT VOICE, AND I THINK WE, I'VE ALWAYS SAID I THINK WE NEED IT EVERY TIME, BUT OUR STUDENT VOICE WAS SO LONG, WHICH IS AWESOME. I'M NOT COMPLAINING. BUT BY HAVING IT ONLY ONE TIME A MONTH, IT DOES MAKE IT LONGER, WHICH TO ME IS OKAY, BUT I... I DON'T KNOW ABOUT TRYING TO LIMIT A CERTAIN MEETING TO JUST THE TWO HOURS. I FEEL LIKE WE WERE VERY... OKAY, BY ME, LORI. I'M NOT SUGGESTING WE LIMIT A MEETING TO TWO HOURS. NO, I KNOW, BUT THAT'S KIND OF THE GOAL. AND TONIGHT THE STUDENT VOICE ACTUALLY TOOK OUT OF THE CITIZENS' COMMENTS BECAUSE A LOT OF THOSE KIDS WERE SCHEDULED FOR CITIZENS' COMMENTS. THEY WERE SIGNED UP FOR CITIZENS' COMMENTS. OKAY. SO THEY CAME UP INSTEAD AND WE ACTUALLY GAVE THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME. YEAH, THAT'S GREAT. YEAH, THAT'S AWESOME. AND SO WE CAN DEFINITELY HAVE STUDENT VOICE EVERY MEETING. WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT IF THAT'S WHAT WE SO CHOOSE TO DO. I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE A DECISION FOR- RIGHT. [03:30:01] BUT AGAIN, I'M SUGGESTING THAT SERIOUSLY, AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS, MAYBE WE NEED TO GET INTO THE SCHOOLS MORE OFTEN AND GO LOOK AT THESE THINGS THAT THEY'RE BUILDING AND DOING AND THAT KIND OF STUFF, BECAUSE THAT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE ON SITE. MUCH MORE EFFECTIVELY. NO, I'M NOT SUGGESTING EVERYTHING, BUT I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN ALL THAT STUFF IN PERSON AND CONGRATULATED ALL THE STUDENTS. SO I THINK WE COULD GET SOME MILEAGE OUT OF GOING TO CAMPUSES TOO. ABSOLUTELY. IN ADDITION TO. YES. SO AGAIN, BACK TO THE 13TH, WE'LL HAVE OUR STUDENT VOICE, WE'LL DO THE NORMAL THINGS WE WILL DO. AND SO ON THE 27TH, WE MIGHT HAVE AN ABBREVIATED STUDENT VOICE. YOU GUYS SEE HOW THAT GOES? BECAUSE ON THE 27TH WILL BE OUR WORK SESSION. AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO. AND SO NOW YOU GUYS ARE OVER. SO LET'S HEAR WHAT ELSE WE GOT. SO WHAT DO WE, AND I DON'T MEAN, I TOTALLY. NO. I APPRECIATE HAVING THE CONVERSATION. RIGHT. BECAUSE WE GOT IT. WE WORK THESE THINGS OUT TOGETHER. EXACTLY. IS THIS AN OPEN PUBLIC MEETING THAT WE'RE HAVING HERE? WHAT'S GOING ON? I WAS ASKING FOR CLARIFICATION. OKAY, ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S HEAR IT. EVERYBODY WANTS TO HEAR IT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD. NO, THAT WAS IT. I WAS ASKING CLARIFICATION ON IF WE HAVE A WORK SESSION RIGHT BEFORE THE RESOLUTION. THE RESOLUTION IS ALREADY WRITTEN. SO EVEN IF WE MEET RIGHT BEFORE, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY INPUT. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? WELL, IT DOES, YEAH. WE'RE DOWN TO THE 27TH REGARDLESS OF HOW WE ORDER THE TIME. RIGHT. RIGHT. RIGHT. I GUESS I WOULD ASK THE QUESTION, KNOWING THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE THE INPUT THAT WE'VE SHARED, DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU WANT ANOTHER PIECE OF INPUT? I THINK. WELL, THAT'S A GOOD, THAT'S AN INTERESTING QUESTION AND A GOOD ONE BECAUSE I PERSONALLY HAVE NOT HAD TIME TO DIGEST THIS. I THINK I WOULD HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS, AND SO IT WOULD BE NICE. YOU SEE, I, OKAY, SAYING THAT, HERE'S WHAT I WOULD HAVE DONE PERSONALLY. I WOULD HAVE SCHEDULED A THIRD MEETING FOR THE MONTH AND DONE THIS. THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A MEETING BY ITSELF, IN MY OPINION. SO THAT WE COULD HAVE SPENT TWO HOURS JUST GOING OVER WHAT YOU JUST PRESENTED TO US. BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY GOOD STUFF, IMPORTANT, AND I WOULD GIVE UP A THIRD MEETING TO DO THAT. BUT I GUESS MY QUESTION IS MORE ABOUT MOVING FORWARD. SO WHEN WE DO THE RESOLUTION, WE WILL HAVE DECIDED WHAT THE CUTS ARE GOING TO BE. SO TO CHRIS'S POINT, ARE YOU WANTING INPUT? ARE YOU WANTING INPUT? I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT THE CUTS ARE BEFORE WE DO A RESOLUTION. I'D LIKE TO HAVE MORE THAN AN HOUR TO THINK ABOUT THE CUTS BEFORE WE DO THE RESOLUTION. I'D LIKE TO HAVE, BECAUSE IT'S LIKE STEAK, YOU'VE GOT TO CHEW IT. SO I WOULD SAY THEN WE PROBABLY NEED TO BUILD IN ANOTHER MEETING. YEAH. AND DO THAT AS THE WORK SESSION. TOTALLY. THAT'S WHAT I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT. THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SAY. I ALMOST STOPPED US AND SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THERE'S APPARENTLY OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE THINGS TO SAY STILL, YOU KNOW. DO WE NEED TO MAYBE COME BACK ANOTHER DAY FOR THIS? OKAY, SO I ALMOST DID THAT. SO I WOULD GO FOR THAT. SO WE CAN SEND OUT A NOTICE TO EVERYBODY AND CALL A THIRD MEETING. YEAH. I WILL SAY, THOUGH... WHERE THE DIFFERENCE IS THIS LAST TIME WE HAD WE HAD FUN BALANCE TO PLAY WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING SO EVEN WHEN WE PRESENT THE CUTS THERE WON'T BE ANYTHING LIKE WE'RE ALREADY STRUGGLING TO FIND THE CUT SO I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE KNOWING THAT THERE'S NO... YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THINGS OFF THE LIST IS WHAT SHE'S ESSENTIALLY SAYING. AND IT'S UNLIKE LAST YEAR IN THAT, REMEMBER, WE MADE $20 MILLION IN CUTS, AND THEN THE LEGISLATURE FINISHED THE SESSION, WE GOT SOME ADDITIONAL MONEY, AND WE DECIDED TO USE SOME OF FUND BALANCE. YOU GOT SOME INPUT INTO WHAT WE WERE GOING TO RETURN. THAT WILL NOT BE THE CASE THIS GO AROUND. SO IT'S NOT THE SAME PROCESS AS LAST YEAR. BUT, OKAY, AS AN EXAMPLE, JUST FOR THE SAKE OF DIALOGUE, AS AN EXAMPLE, I'M SITTING HERE LISTENING TO THIS AND SOME THINGS WERE SAID AND I'M THINKING, WAIT, OKAY, SO HAVE WE LOOKED AT MAYBE... I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WE SPEND ON THE LAPTOPS AND THE TECHNOLOGY EACH YEAR. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A MILLION OR SEVEN MILLION. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS. [03:35:01] BUT WE PROVIDE NEW LAPTOPS EVERY YEAR FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF STUDENTS. AND IF WE JUST POSTPONE THAT FOR ONE YEAR... WE DID THIS YEAR. OKAY, SO, OKAY, I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS, SO I DON'T KNOW. HOW MUCH DID WE SAVE, YOU KNOW, AND ARE WE DOING THAT AGAIN NEXT YEAR? BUT YOU SEE, I'M SITTING HERE LISTENING TO THE PRESENTATION AND WONDERING ABOUT THESE QUESTIONS. AND SO WHAT WE'RE SUGGESTING IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK THE QUESTIONS AND TALK ABOUT THINGS. AND AS YOU SAY, WELL, IT DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO, THAT'S WHAT IT SOUNDED LIKE, IS IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT QUESTIONS WE HAVE BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD. OKAY, SO. I THINK THERE'S A LINE RIGHT BETWEEN WHAT I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO ASK IS HAVE YOU CONSIDERED THIS? HAVE YOU CONSIDERED THAT? DID YOU THINK ABOUT THIS? THAT'S WHAT I JUST ASKED ABOUT THE COMPUTER. YES, EXACTLY, EXACTLY. SO WE NEED A SESSION TO ASK THOSE HAVE YOU CONSIDERED THAT QUESTIONS. RIGHT, RIGHT. FOR US TO SHOW YOU WHAT WE HAVE AND FOR YOU TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS. WHAT IS NOT NECESSARY IS FOR YOU TO ASK SPECIFICS ABOUT THIS, THAT, OR THE OTHER THING BECAUSE REALLY, THAT'S IN THE WORK THAT ALL OF US ARE DOING. I CAN'T TELL YOU OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD WHAT WE SPENT ON CHROMEBOOKS THIS YEAR OR LAST YEAR OR WHAT WE TYPICALLY DO, WHAT THE ROTATION CYCLE IS. I COULDN'T SPEAK TO THAT. I DON'T THINK ANY OF US COULD UNLESS SCOTT MCDANIEL WAS SITTING IN THIS ROOM RIGHT NOW. SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS THAT SPECIFICITY IS THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING. AND SINCE LAST WEDNESDAY, WE'VE BEEN MEETING EVERY SINGLE DAY. TO TRY AND WORK THROUGH ALL OF THESE THINGS. I CAN TELL YOU IT'S PRETTY MUCH AROUND THE CLOCK THAT WE'RE WORKING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE CAN FIND THIS MONEY, AND WE'RE RUNNING AROUND TO THIS PERSON OR THAT PERSON, OH, CAN YOU DO THIS, OR CAN YOU DO THAT, OR WHAT ABOUT THIS, OR WHAT ABOUT THAT. SO WE ARE, THAT'S THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE DOING. THAT'S NOT A PROCESS THAT I INTEND TO PULL THE FIVE OF YOU OR THE SEVEN OF YOU INTO. SO THEN ON THE 27TH, IS IT REALLY GOING TO BE A VERY LONG MEETING? WELL, I MEAN, GOING THROUGH WHAT IT IS WON'T, I MEAN, THE LIST IS GOING TO BE LONG BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO NOT JUST DECIMATE ANY ONE THING. AND SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF THIS AND A LITTLE BIT OF THAT AND CHANGING THIS AND PULLING THIS BECAUSE IT DOESN'T IMPACT THAT OR IT COSTS MORE IN THIS AREA. SO WE'LL SAVE THIS. PART OF IT BUT NOT THAT PART OF IT SO IT'S A IT'S THOSE KINDS OF INFORMATION IT'S INFORMATION ABOUT FOR US TO SAY OH NO DON'T DO THAT OR YES DO THAT YEAH WELL AGAIN THEN I WOULD SUGGEST WE DEFER TO YOUR COUNSEL ON THAT WHEN WE ORGANIZE THE MEETING WE JUST KIND OF LOOK AT THE TWO MEETINGS AND WE DON'T PLAN A WORK SESSION I I'M SORRY I DON'T KNOW AM I MISSING SOMETHING I DON'T WELL WHAT THIS IS WHAT I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND THEN CAN WE SAY THAT IF WE ADD END UP NEEDING TO ADD A MEETING THAT WE WOULD DO IT ON THE PREVIOUS MONDAY THE 20TH AND DO A SIX O'CLOCK MEETING IF WE ADD A WORK SESSION. AND I WILL HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF THAT BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK, AND I CAN MAKE SURE THAT I COMMUNICATE WITH ALL OF YOU THEN. AND SO FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE 13TH, BECAUSE THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE DECISION YOU WERE ASKING, I SAY WE DON'T DO A WORK SESSION THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE MEETING THAT DOES THE BUSINESS THAT NEEDS TO GET DONE TO HELP US MOVE THROUGH ALL OF THIS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET ACCOMPLISHED. WE DON'T NEED A WORK SESSION. OKAY. DOES THAT SOUND GOOD? I MEAN, IS THAT? SOUNDS REASONABLE. YEAH, I THINK YOU'VE GOT ENOUGH ON YOUR PLATE TO NOT HAVE TO MESS WITH THAT. SO LET'S DO A REGULAR MEETING ON THE 13TH, AND THEN LET'S SEE IF WE NEED TO HAVE ANOTHER MEETING ON MONDAY. IF SO, THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT. OKAY. I WILL BE SURE AND LET ALL OF YOU KNOW BY NEXT FRIDAY WHETHER WE BELIEVE WE NEED THAT OR IF WE CAN DO ALL OF THAT ON THE 27TH. AND SO THEN WE'LL JUST HAVE A REGULAR BOARD PLANNING SESSION FOR THE 13TH MEETING. NEXT WEEK WON'T BE ANY YEAH NO BIG DEAL PERFECT DOES THAT HELP THAT IS VERY HELPFUL THANK YOU YEAH VERY HELPFUL OKAY SO WE INTERRUPTED YOUR THE WHOLE THING WE'RE DOING I THINK WE'RE GOOD UNLESS YOU HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS AND YOU MAY HAVE THEM LATER AS YOU DIGEST ALL OF THIS I APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION BECAUSE I WANT TO DIG INTO IT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER JUST TO UNDERSTAND SO THE INFORMATION YOU PROVIDED IS GREAT YEAH AND QUESTIONS WILL COME UP. YEAH DON'T HESITATE REACH OUT LET US KNOW WHAT WE CAN ANSWER. I KNOW THIS IS SO IT'S OKAY FOR US TO SEND JUST YOU A MESSAGE. ABSOLUTELY. AND NOT ANYBODY ELSE CAN KNOW [03:40:01] ABOUT IT RIGHT? YOU KNOW WHAT IF YOU SEND ME A QUESTION WHEN I SEND YOU MY UPDATE BEFORE THE NEXT BOARD MEETING I'LL INCLUDE THE ANSWER TO THAT FOR THE REST [12. Open Public Comments] OF THE BOARD. HOW'S THAT? GOOD CHOICE. OKAY, WE'RE MOVING ON THEN WITH THE AGENDA? YEAH. SO, IS THAT NUMBER 11? CAN WE CONSUMMATE IT THEN? YEP, WE ARE DONE WITH NUMBER 11. OKAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND DO THE OPEN PUBLIC COMMENTS. SO, WE'VE GOT THREE MORE. AND WE'LL START WITH RYAN ANDERSON, AND THEN EUNICE, AND THEN JESSICA. AND I WILL SAY THIS, AS WE MANEUVER THROUGH THIS, TERRY, I THINK MAYBE YOUR COMMENTS... SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN THIS AREA RATHER THAN IN THE FIRST. IS TERRY STILL HERE? NO, HE'S NOT. AND JESSICA, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE YOU SPEAK TWICE, BUT WE MIGHT HAVE TALKED ABOUT NOT HAVING PEOPLE SPEAK IN BOTH OF THE... SO WE'LL WORK THAT ALL OUT AS WE GO ALONG. WE PROBABLY... WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU COME AND TALK TO US. SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO WIPE YOU OUT. RYAN, YOU'RE LOOKING DASHING, MY FRIEND. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT, STUDENT REPS. HI TOM, MY NAME IS RYAN. I AM A TEACHER, A TAXPAYER, AND A PARENT IN THIS DISTRICT, AND I'M HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE WE ARE BEING ASKED TO PARTICIPATE IN A FICTION. WE ARE BEING TOLD WE MUST RIGHT-SIZE OUR BUDGET. WE ARE BEING TOLD TO PREPARE FOR RIFTS, TO CUT PROGRAMS, AND TO GUT THE VERY BASIC EDUCATION WE ARE LEGALLY SWORN TO PROVIDE. I AM HERE TO TELL YOU, CUT NOTHING. NOT ONE TEACHER, NOT ONE PROGRAM, NOT ONE CHAIR. THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IS CURRENTLY IN A $14.6 BILLION AGGREGATE DEFAULT. ON ITS PARAMOUNT DUTY UNDER ARTICLE 9 AMPLE PROVISION IS NOT A SUGGESTION IT'S THE LAW IN BLUEPRINT VERSION 37 THE MATH IS CLEAR THE STATE HAS THE MONEY THEY JUST CHOSE TO LEAVE 3 732 MILLION DOLLARS ON THE TABLE IN OLYMPIA WHILE THEY ARE TELLING OUR KIDS THAT THEY AREN'T WORTH WORTH THE INVESTMENT. TEN YEARS AGO, THE SUPREME COURT FINED THE LEGISLATURE $100,000 A DAY FOR FAILING OUR SCHOOLS. WE THOUGHT THAT WAS A SCANDAL, BUT TODAY THE MATH OF THE STATE'S DEFAULT IS FAR MORE TERRIFYING. AS I STAND HERE, THE STATE IS SHORTING WASHINGTON SCHOOLS AT A RATE OF PRECISELY $57.87 PER SECOND. THAT IS $3,472 PER MINUTE. IT IS $208,333 PER HOUR. IT IS $5 MILLION PER DAY. BUDGET REDUCTION IS NOT AMPLE PROVISION. MANAGING OUR OWN DECLINE IS NOT LEADERSHIP. IT IS A SURRENDER OF OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. WE ARE TIRED OF THE SHELL GAME, WHERE THE STATE STEALS THE LOAF AND ASKS US TO FIGHT OVER THE CRUMBS. THE WAY FORWARD IS NOT ANOTHER LEVY THAT PUNISHES OUR NEIGHBORS. THE WAY FORWARD IS THE PRESERVATION ACT. IT'S TIME FOR THIS BOARD TO STOP BEING A BUFFER FOR THE STATE'S FAILURE AND START BEING ENFORCERS OF THE CONSTITUTION. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO CLAIM A BATTLEGROUND SHARE OF THAT $14.6 BILLION. YOU HAVE THE DUTY TO PROTECT OUR DISTRICT. AND I HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A SONG TO SING, BUT I RAN OUT OF TIME. BUT IT STARTS LIKE THIS. WE'VE GOT THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE IT. THERE AIN'T NO WAY WE'RE LOSING. THIS IS OUR LIFE. THIS IS OUR SONG. WE'LL FIGHT THE POWERS THAT BE. THANK YOU, RYAN. WELL SAID, MY FRIEND. EXCUSE ME FOR COMMENTING. EUNICE INGERMANSON. HELLO, EUNICE. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS EUNICE INGRAM-MANSON. MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE, HER, AND I'M A RESIDENT IN DISTRICT 02, CURRENTLY DIGGING INTO AN OBSCURE PART OF KOREAN HISTORY INVOLVING MY GRANDMOTHER AND FINDING IT STRANGELY GROUNDING AS I WRESTLE WITH HOW TO RESPOND AND TO SPEAK [03:45:02] INTO THE CURRENT MOMENT IN THE U.S., WHICH HAS BEEN MY COUNTRY FOR THE PAST 50 YEARS. I AM SO GLAD THAT MY GRANDMA SPOKE CUT BACK IN. EMPIRE AS A YOUNG WOMAN, EVEN WHEN SHE WASN'T HANDED THE RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH, EVEN THOUGH SHE ENDED UP SUFFERING FOR SPEAKING UP, EVEN THOUGH THE INDEPENDENT KOREA SHE DREAMED OF DIDN'T MATERIALIZE UNTIL 26 YEARS LATER. SHE ENDED UP TAKING A TEACHING JOB AT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND TAUGHT LITTLE KIDS IN JAPANESE. IT EVENTUALLY GOT SO THERE WAS NO WAY TO TEACH KOREAN STUDENTS IN KOREAN EXCEPT IN SECRET, AND I DIDN'T HEAR THAT SHE DID. SHE TOLD ME MANY, MANY STORIES FROM HER LIFE, BUT SHE SHIED AWAY FROM TALKING ABOUT HER INVOLVEMENT IN NEEDING STUDENT WALKOUT. HOWEVER, WHEN HER STORY GETS TO THE PART WHERE KOREA REGAINS INDEPENDENCE AND THE OCCUPYING FORCES LEAVE, SHE COULDN'T SUPPRESS THE SUDDEN TWINKLE IN HER EYE, AND HER VOICE GOT A LITTLE LOUDER. I'M GRATEFUL THAT HERE IN THE UNITED STATES, WE HAVE THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH, THOUGH IT'S BEING CHALLENGED. I'M GRATEFUL THAT WHEN I WAS SERVING ON THE HIGH SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM ADOPTION COMMITTEE JUST A FEW YEARS AGO, THE CORE BELIEF STATEMENT WE DRAFTED INCLUDED LEARNING TO THINK CRITICALLY, USING EVIDENCE-BASED REASONING TO BECOME INFORMED AND ENGAGED CITIZENS LOCALLY, NATIONALLY, AND GLOBALLY. I WANT TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR OUR TEACHERS, ESPECIALLY THE SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHERS, AS THEY EMPOWER OUR STUDENTS HOW TO THINK AND NOT WHAT TO THINK, SO THE STUDENTS CAN WEIGH EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING AND RESPOND PROACTIVELY, PASSIONATELY, AND CONSTRUCTIVELY TO HELP OUR LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND GLOBAL COMMUNITY TO THRIVE. AND I ASK YOU TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS WITH ME. AS THEY PRACTICE USING VOICES AND ACTIONS TO MAKE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY, IN OUR COUNTRY, AND IN OUR WORLD. AND IT'S ALL IN TOBY. GOOD JOB BRINGING STUDENT ADVOCATES HERE TONIGHT AND ALWAYS ADVOCATING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. JESSICA, PLEASE. JESSICA COLE. HELLO, BOARD. MY NAME IS JESSICA COLE. I'M A BOARD MEMBER OF THE BATTLEGROUND PREVENTION ALLIANCE, BUT I'M SPEAKING AS MYSELF, SO IF ANYTHING'S WRONG, IT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY. ON FRIDAY, THE DREAM TEAM'S PREVENTION CONVENTION TOOK PLACE AT WSU VANCOUVER. THE DREAM TEAM IS THE YOUTH ARM OF THE BATTLEGROUND PREVENTION ALLIANCE, WHOSE PURPOSE IS TO PREVENT AND REDUCE YOUTH SUBSTANCE USE AND TO SUPPORT YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH. STUDENTS FROM TEWKS VALLEY AND PRESIDENT TUKE, FROM TUKE, SORRY. AND PLEASANT VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOLS PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN THIS EVENT, DEVELOPING WORKSHOP IDEAS, PRESENTING TO ATTENDEES, AND HELPING WITH SETUP. THERE WERE OVER 125 STUDENTS IN ATTENDANCE FROM ALL SIX BATTLEGROUND MIDDLE SCHOOLS. THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR THE DREAM TEAM HAS HOSTED THE PREVENTION CONVENTION, AND IT CONTINUES TO BE VERY WELL RECEIVED BY BOTH STUDENTS AND ADULTS. THERE WERE ALSO THREE STUDENTS FROM PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL'S WELLNESS CLUB, WHICH WAS STARTED JUST LAST SCHOOL YEAR. AND TWO OF THOSE STUDENTS SERVE AS OUR YOUTH BOARD MEMBERS ON THE PREVENTION ALLIANCE AND GAVE A PRESENTATION AT THE END OF THE DAY AT THE CONVENTION. STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO CHOOSE TWO WORKSHOPS OUT OF ABOUT SEVEN OPTIONS COVERING TOPICS LIKE LEADERSHIP, COMMUNICATION SKILLS, SLEEP HABITS, UNDERSTANDING EMOTIONS, COPING WITH DEPRESSION, ANXIETY AND STRESS AND SETTING BOUNDARIES. IT WAS ALSO GREAT TO SEE STRONG SUPPORT FROM BATTLEGROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT STAFF WHO PARTICIPATED AS CHAPERONES. AND WORKSHOP SPEAKERS. I WANT TO SPECIFICALLY RECOGNIZE LINDA CORUM, JACKIE BENJAMIN, HOLLY SMITH, AND REBECCA OLSON, AND ALSO THE PREVENTION INTERVENTION INTERVENTION SPECIALISTS, AND THE DISTRICT STAFF WHO HELPED COORDINATE ALL THE ALL THE TRANSPORTATION LOGISTICS. ADDITIONAL PRESENTERS INCLUDED YOUTH FROM TEENS FOR TOMORROW AND THE WASHOUGAL HIGH SCHOOL AMBASSADORS. AND RASHAWN WILLIAMS, WHO IS THE ADULT RECIPIENT OF THE MARSHALL LEADERSHIP AWARD THIS YEAR. AND UNFORTUNATELY, AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, STAFF IS LEAVING EVEN NOW. AND SO ONE OF THEM WAS CARRIE KOHLER, WHO IS NOT AT THE PREVENTION CONVENTION THIS YEAR. [03:50:03] AND WE'RE ALSO LOSING ANOTHER INCREDIBLE SUPPORTER OF THE DREAM TEAM, AND THAT IS AUSTIN BROTHERS. SO THEY WILL BE GREATLY MISSED. AND, OKAY, THANK YOU. AND, YES, I APPRECIATED SO MUCH THAT YOU GUYS, THAT YOU TWO BROUGHT TONIGHT ESPECIALLY. YOU USUALLY DO. AND JUST FEEDBACK ABOUT CUTTING THE MIC AT THE END. I UNDERSTAND. IT SEEMS A LITTLE ABRUPT, WHICH TRANSLATES TO RUDE. AND IF WE HAD A PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE CHRONICALLY GOING OVER OR. I'D UNDERSTAND, BUT IT SEEMS A LITTLE EXCESSIVE. [13. Future Agenda Items and Board Events] SO THANK YOU. SURE. THAT IS THE CONCLUSION OF CITIZENS' COMMENTS, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, AND BOARD EVENTS. CAN I MAKE A COMMENT? YES. SO THERE'S, WITH THE TWO SESSIONS OF PUBLIC COMMENTS, CITIZENS' COMMENTS, I LOVE THAT BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING MORE VOICE. BUT I'M WONDERING IF WE'RE CAUSING CONFUSION WHEN WE SAY THE FIRST ONE HAS TO BE ABOUT THE AGENDA AND THE SECOND ONE CAN BE ABOUT ANYTHING. CAN'T WE JUST SAY WE'LL HAVE TWO OPPORTUNITIES TO SPEAK AND THEN THEY CAN SPEAK? I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD A CONVERSATION AS A BOARD ABOUT THAT, BUT I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE DONE THE BOARD PREP, SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THAT OR WE CAN DISCUSS IT ANOTHER TIME, BUT JUST SOMETHING, YEAH, TO CONSIDER. I DON'T KNOW. SHELLY, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT ON THAT? YOU LOOK LIKE YOU WERE GOING TO SAY SOMETHING. NO. THOUGHTS? COMMENTS? OKAY, SO THE NEXT THING THAT WE'RE GOING TO THEN IS FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND BOARD EVENTS. OKAY, AND SO I PUT SOMETHING ON THAT AGENDA MYSELF, AND THAT WAS THE BOOK STUDY. SO SHALL WE CONTINUE THE BOOK STUDY? WHAT DO YOU THINK? YES. YES. THIS BOOK STUDY. I MEAN, NOT A BOOK STUDY, BUT THIS BOOK STUDY. DEBBIE SUGGESTED MAYBE SHE HAD ANOTHER BOOK THAT SHE WOULD RECOMMEND TO AT SOME TIME. OKAY? THAT SOUNDS GREAT. YEAH, I'VE BEEN READING MALONE, AND HE'S ALWAYS GOT SOME GOOD, YOU KNOW, JUST VERY DOWN-TO-EARTH THINGS. IT'S NOT WRITTEN THIS WAY. IT'S WRITTEN MORE... IT'S WRITTEN MORE... YEAH, IT'S NOT SCENARIOS, IT'S ACTUAL EXAMPLES OF GOVERNANCE AND DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES THAT HE'S HAD. HE TRAINS DISTRICTS ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES, AND SO HE BRINGS JUST A LOT OF REALLY GOOD, DEEP THINGS TO THINK ABOUT. BUT YEAH, IT'S GOOD. YEAH, WHATEVER, WHATEVER EVERYBODY WANTS TO DO. I'M A READER, SO IT'S NO WORRIES. EITHER WAY, WHATEVER. I MEAN, I'VE READ THROUGH IT. I DON'T KNOW IF, IS IT HELPFUL TO TALK THROUGH IT DURING THE MEETING? IF IT IS, I CAN. THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I WAS THINKING WHILE WE WERE PLANNING. ON TALKING ABOUT THAT AND THAT IS SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT A BOOK STUDY THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT AND I'M NOT CERTAIN THAT PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT ARE ON THE TV CAN FOLLOW ALONG WITH WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T READ THE ARTICLE AND DON'T KNOW REALLY WHAT IT'S ABOUT AND WE'RE SITTING HERE DISCUSSING SOMETHING THAT'S KIND OF KIND OF CRYPTIC A LITTLE BIT YOU KNOW AND SO I'M NOT SURE THAT THIS IS THE PLACE TO DO THAT BUT AGAIN, IT DOESN'T TAKE VERY LONG, YOU KNOW, AND IT ISN'T REAL DEEP STUFF, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THING. NO, IT'S MEANT TO BE SNIPPETS. RIGHT. CERTAINLY MEANT TO BE SNIPPETS, AND IT'S REALLY INTENDED. I MEAN, BECAUSE WE COULD, ONE OF THE THINGS, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WOULD MEET THE NEED, BUT MAYBE HAVING IT ONLY DURING WORK SESSIONS. I MEAN, THAT COULD BE ANOTHER OPTION. IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER, THOUGH, THAT EVEN THOUGH THE COMMUNITY ISN'T GOING TO BENEFIT FROM IT, BOARD MEETINGS ARE A MEETING OF THE BOARD HELD IN PUBLIC. THEY'RE NOT A PUBLIC MEETING. AND SO NOT EVERYTHING THAT WE DO HERE IS GOING TO BE OVERLY RELEVANT TO EVERYBODY WHO ATTENDS OR WATCHES. IT'S ABOUT YOU FUNCTIONING AS A TEAM WELL, AND THIS MAY OR MAY [03:55:01] NOT BE THE RIGHT BOOK. THIS WAS ONE THAT WAS PRESENTED TO ME. I'D LIKE TO SEE THE ONE THAT DEBBIE'S TALKING ABOUT. I MEAN, I'LL LOOK IT UP. I WROTE IT DOWN. HE'S GOT A WHOLE SERIES OF THEM. OH, DOES HE? YEAH, HE'S GOT, I HAVE FOUR OF THEM PERSONALLY THAT I'M READING. OH, OKAY. DEBBIE, COULD YOU BRING, LIKE, YOUR TOP ONE AND JUST SHARE IT WITH US? YEAH, I CAN BRING YOU ONE TOO. SO WE CAN, LIKE, BECAUSE THAT. YEAH, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT. YEAH, YEAH. HE WAS, HIS BOOKS WERE AT THE WASDA CONFERENCE LAST YEAR, AND THAT'S HOW I ACQUIRED THEM. YEAH, I'M A GAME FOR ANYTHING, AND THE ONLY REASON THAT I LATCHED ONTO THIS ONE IS BECAUSE WHEN I LOOKED AT IT, IT WAS SO SHORT. I WAS LIKE, WE NEVER HAVE ENOUGH TIME FOR ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO TOGETHER. BUT IT DOES FEEL LIKE THERE ARE LESSONS THAT WE CAN ALL LEARN TOGETHER IN JUST, YOU KNOW, A SNAP OF TIME. SO I WOULD SAY IF THE THREE OF YOU FEEL LIKE IT'S HELPFUL TO YOU, THEN I MEAN, I KNOW SOMETHING LIKE THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN HELPFUL TO ME THE FIRST YEAR. SOME OF THESE THINGS, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST KIND OF LEARN. I LEARNED BECAUSE OF THE FIRST YEAR. BUT IF YOU GUYS, IF THE THREE OF YOU FEEL LIKE IT'S HELPING YOU, I'M GAME. BUT IF YOURS GETS US TO A, YOUR IDEA IS GETTING US TO A DEEPER LEVEL, THEN I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT. HIS IS MORE ABOUT GOVERNANCE. IT'S MORE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TAKING THE LAWS AND PUTTING THEM INTO PRACTICE. SO IT'S A LITTLE, IT'S A DIFFERENT APPROACH. APPROACH THAN SOMETHING LIKE A SCENARIO I THINK THE SCENARIOS ARE HELPFUL WITH THE TOPICAL WORK STUDIES IF THEY'RE APPLICABLE TO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT DAY I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO DO IT EVERY MEETING THOUGH RIGHT AND IN OUR FIRST YEAR WE WEREN'T INTRODUCED TO ANY OF THIS STUFF UNTIL JUNE WHEN WE HAD OUR FIRST RETREAT RETREAT AND THIS IS THE KIND OF THING A BOOK STUDY IS WHAT I WOULD KIND I WOULD NORMALLY THINK WE WOULD BE DOING LIKE IN A RETREAT YOU KNOW SO YEAH, LIKE NOVEMBER, WHEN I WENT TO THE WASDA, THAT'S WHEN I ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, LEARNED AND GRABBED THESE BOOKS AND STARTED DEVOURING THEM BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE THERE WERE A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD WERE ANSWERED IN THESE BOOKS ABOUT GOVERNANCE AND ABOUT UNDERSTANDING BOARD DYNAMIC. I MEAN, THERE'S JUST SO, HE'S JUST, HE'S A GOOD WRITER AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. BUT NOT TO SAY THIS ISN'T, THERE'S SOME GOOD SCENARIOS IN THERE LIKE WHAT YOU SAID, CHRIS. I AGREE WITH YOU THERE. MY GUT FEELING IS THAT WE'VE HAD SOME GOOD DISCUSSIONS TONIGHT ABOUT SOME VERY IMPORTANT STUFF. AND ALL OF THE FIVE MINUTES ADD UP. SO YOU SAID FIVE MINUTES HERE, TEN MINUTES HERE. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE HAD SOME GOOD STUFF FROM YOU TWO THIS EVENING, YOU KNOW, AND NOW IT'S TEN O'CLOCK. AND SO I'M JUST NOT SURE THAT WE GET THAT MUCH OUT OF HAVING A BOOK STUDY. BUT IF YOU GUYS WANT TO CONTINUE DOING IT, IT'S OKAY WITH ME TOO. BUT HOW ELSE DO WE GROW IF WE'RE NOT? LIKE THIS. LEARNING. WE'RE TALKING. SEE, WE TALK ABOUT THE ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT. DEFINITELY. BUT ALSO THERE'S LEARNING INVOLVED, THINGS THAT WE CAN LEARN FROM EXPERTS. SURE. SO ON OUR OWN, WE COMMIT OURSELVES TO DO THAT. YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO BE READING. I NEED TO BE READING. WE HAVE A BOARD RETREAT. SEE, ADDING IT TO EVERY MEETING SEEMS A LITTLE TOO MUCH. RIGHT. THERE'S VALUE IN EVERYBODY BEING ON THE SAME SUBJECT. ABSOLUTELY. SO WHETHER THAT'S DONE AT EVERY MEETING OR AT RETREATS OR WHATEVER, I THINK THAT WE WOULD BE MISSING THE OPPORTUNITY TO GROW AS A GROUP, AS A BOARD, IF WE DIDN'T, IF WE STUDIED INDEPENDENTLY. I THINK THERE'S VALUE IN... WELL, WE ALL KNOW WE ARE STUDYING INDEPENDENTLY. I MEAN, I AM AND YOU ARE. THAT'S WHAT WE DO. BECAUSE WE'RE GROWING. BUT THERE IS, AS YOU SAY, VALUE. AND ALSO DOING THINGS TOGETHER. SO YES, I AGREE. DISCUSSING WHAT WE'RE LEARNING. I AGREE, BUT I WONDER IF THE BOARD IS WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S WHERE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO. THE BOARD MEETINGS, THE GOVERNANCE BOARD, IS THAT WHERE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO THAT? SO IT'S, AGAIN, IT'S A MOOT POINT BECAUSE IT'S ONLY FIVE MINUTES, NO BIG DEAL. SO IF WE WANT TO CONTINUE DOING IT, WE DO IT. SO WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED, I PRESUME, SO UNLESS... I DON'T HEAR ANYBODY SAYING WE SHOULDN'T CONTINUE. I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, I'M KIND OF THE SAME. WHETHER IT BE THIS OR ANYTHING. I THINK I'D BE INTERESTED IN SEEING THE ONE THAT DEBBIE HAS. AND I THINK THIS IS GREAT FOR TOPICAL WHEN WE GET TO A WORK SESSION. HEY, THERE'S A TRICKY WICKET. HOW WOULD YOU GUYS HANDLE IT OR WHATEVER? I'M INDIFFERENT. ANYTHING ELSE [04:00:06] FOR FUTURE MEETINGS? WE'VE GOT OUR COFFEE THING GOING. WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING COFFEE AT 7 A.M. AT JULIO'S NEXT WEEK. YOU KNOW, JUST FOR THE SAKE OF WHO CARES, THE COFFEES ARE NOT THE WAY WE WANT THEM TO BE. YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN AGENDA THAT'S FLUCTUATING TIMES AND THIS KIND OF STUFF. WE NEED TO HAVE A PLACE WHERE IT'S POSTED AND PEOPLE ARE, YOU KNOW, KNOWING WHAT WE'RE DOING AND THAT KIND OF THING. SO RIGHT NOW IT'S BASICALLY BY WORD OF MOUTH, OKAY? SO BY WORD OF MOUTH, 7 A.M. THIS NEXT WEDNESDAY. EUNICE HAS CALLED ME A COUPLE OF TIMES, WHERE WE DOING IT? YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE DOING? BECAUSE YOU KNOW, SHE LIKES TO DO IT. YEAH, THIS WEDNESDAY WE HAVE A... THIS WEDNESDAY WILL BE 7 AND THEN YOU GUYS NEED TO SIGN UP FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL AND GET OUR COPY THINGS ON FOR THAT. THIS WEDNESDAY WE'RE NOT BECAUSE WE HAVE SCHOOL VISIT, SITE VISIT. WE'RE MEETING AT 7. THIS WEDNESDAY? THIS WEDNESDAY WE'RE SCHEDULED FOR 7 A.M. OKAY, I APOLOGIZE. THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE ON THE CALENDAR. I'M ADDING CONFUSION. OKAY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. SORRY. AND IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THE BGF4A, JUST LET US KNOW BEFORE MY FRIEND. RIGHT. AND A FRIENDLY REMINDER THAT YOU GUYS HAVE AN UPDATE FROM SHELLY AND EMAILS FROM ME. IF YOU HAVE NOT TURNED IN YOUR RSVPS ON SEVERAL UPCOMING EVENTS, I NEED TO HAVE THOSE BY FRIDAY AS WELL. OKAY. AND THE REGIONAL BOARD MEETING IN APRIL. WE'RE TELLING YOU ABOUT THAT RIGHT? I MEAN I ALREADY SAID MINE MY WORD THAT'S REALLY GREAT IF YOU GUYS CAN ALL COME SO WE KNOW IF WE'RE ATTENDING WE DON'T HAVE A GREAT NETWORKING OPPORTUNITY WITH OTHER DISTRICTS JUST THE REGIONAL MEETING JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE WE HAVE A CAC MEETING THAT NIGHT SO UNLESS WE DIVIDE AND CONQUER WHICH WE CAN CERTAINLY TALK ABOUT BUT IT IS THE LAST ONE OF THE YEAR SO I'LL BE GOING TO THE REGIONAL MEETING. YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO, BUT I CAN'T BE IN TWO PLACES AT ONCE. ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY, THEN AT 10.02, THE MEETING STANDS ADJOURNED. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.