Apr 13, 2026 Board of Directors

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WELL GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. WELCOME. WE'RE GOING TO CALL TO ORDER THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

[1. Call to Order]

TOBY'S NOT HERE. YOU CAN DO IT. 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. I'M DISTRACTED BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME REALLY COOL THINGS GOING ON AGAIN TONIGHT.

AND I'M JUST SO, IT'S LIKE EVERYBODY CAN'T SEE WHAT I'M LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW? AND SO THAT DISTURBS ME A LITTLE BIT. I'M EXCITED TO GET INTO IT, BUT WE'LL DO THE ROLL CALL.

PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT 4, TERRY TATE? HERE. VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT 3, CHRIS GREWELL? HERE. DIRECTOR DISTRICT 1, LORI SIBLEY? HERE.

DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT 2, DEBBIE JOHNSON? HERE.

DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT 5, MARSHALL MARROTT? HERE.

STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE ITZEL CONTRERAS MONTIEL? HERE. AND STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE TOBY NGUYEN HAS AN EXCUSED ABSENCE THIS EVENING.

MR. PRESIDENT, WE HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU. SO THE AGENDA APPROVAL.

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

ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THE AGENDA? I MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

STUDENT VOICE? PRO. ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE AGENDA? AYE. AYE. ANYBODY OPPOSED? SO STUDENT VOICE SO NOW WE GET TO DO THIS.

[5. Student Voice]

COME ON UP. MORGAN ARMSTRONG, LUCY HENDRICKSON, DAVID MARKEVYCH, RYKER MUZZIOLOI AND IVETTE CALHOUN WILL INTRODUCE THEMSELVES WHEN THEY GET UP HERE.

AND ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO TAKE PICTURES CAN COME ON UP AND SQUIRREL AROUND US AROUND BACK HERE AND GET THE PICTURES AND.

YEAH PARENTS YOU'RE WELCOME. PARENTS, COME ON UP HERE.

COME BEHIND US. THIS INVOLVES ELECTRONICS, DOES IT NOT? STUDENTS, DOES THIS INVOLVE ELECTRONICS? YEAH.

IS IT PRETTY COOL STUFF? EXCITED ABOUT IT. I'M REALLY SAD THAT NOT EVERYBODY CAN SEE IT.

I WISH I HAD A GOPRO OR SOMETHING. YOU KNOW, I COULD LIKE.

AND THEN WE COULD SHOW IT ON THE STUFF HERE. ALL RIGHT, PARENTS, ARE YOU READY? NOT YET. YEAH. PARENTS, YOU CAN COME UP BEHIND US.

YOU'RE STILL COMING? DAYBREAK PRIMARY SCHOOL.

GO AHEAD. HELLO, MY NAME IS RYKER MUZZIOLOI, AND I AM HERE TODAY WITH DAVID.

AND OUR PROJECT IS ABOUT HOW MOTOR SPINS AND MY LIGHT BULB LIGHTS.

I'LL SHOW YOU HOW. ME AND MY AND RYKER'S PROJECT WORKS.

SO YOU START BY FLIPPING THE SWITCH OFF TO MAKE SURE THE ELECTRICITY, FLIP IT OFF.

THEN WHEN YOU, YOU HAVE TO PUT THE LIGHT BULB ON THE SCREW THAT WILL LEAD TO THE BATTERY. THEN THE BATTERY SENT ANOTHER SIGNAL TO US TO THE SWITCH.

AND WHEN THE, WHEN YOU PULL THE SWITCH, THE LIGHT WILL LIGHT UP.

NICE. OKAY. AND THEN MY FRIEND DAVID'S PROJECT, HE HOOKS THE WIRES UP TO THE BATTERY.

AND THEN YOU'LL HEAR. YOU'LL HEAR A CLICKING SOUND, WHICH IS THE MOTOR SPINNING.

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AND YEAH, THAT'S OUR PROJECT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[APPLAUSE]. GO RIGHT AHEAD.

HI. MY NAME IS MORGAN ARMSTRONG, AND I MADE A MARBLE RUN FOR MY PROJECT.

HOW IT WORKS IS YOU CLOSE THE KNIFE SWITCH CLOSED HERE, AND THEN THE WIRES RUN TO THE CIRCUIT BOARD.

SO WHEN YOU PRESS A BUTTON ON THE CIRCUIT BOARD, IT RUNS TO THE WORM TOOTH MOTOR.

AND THEN IT SPINS THE GEARS, WHICH PULLS UP THE FISHING LINE AND RELEASES THE MARBLE LIKE THIS.

AND THEN IT GOES BACK DOWN BECAUSE IT SPINS THE OTHER WAY AND RELEASES THE STRING.

THAT'S IT. VERY GOOD. [APPLAUSE]. HI, MY NAME IS LUCY HENDRICKSON AND MY PROJECT IS LIKE A BALL WHEN I ROLL THE BALL DOWN.

WHEN IT TOUCHES THIS WIRE, IT COMES THROUGH THE BALL INTO THE OTHER THING.

IT GOES ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE CIRCUIT FOR EVERY ONE OF THESE. LUCY, COULD YOU DO IT FOR ME AGAIN? OKAY. I SEE. ALL THE WAY DOWN. ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]. HI, MY NAME IS IVETTE CALHOUN, AND MY CIRCUIT PROJECT IS JUST A NORMAL CIRCUIT.

IT'S NOT REALLY MUCH SPECIAL. IT'S JUST A BATTERY WIRE AND A LIGHT.

AND THIS WIRE, THE ONE END IS CONNECTED TO THIS TERMINAL OF THE BATTERY.

AND THEN WHEN I GRAB THIS END AND PUT IT ON THE LIGHT BULB, IT WOULD LIGHT UP.

BUT LIKE IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO DO IT LIKE THAT.

HOLD ON. I CAN SEE IT. YEAH. THAT'S HOW IT WORKS.

VERY GOOD. [APPLAUSE]. VERY GOOD. WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO TAKE QUESTIONS? ALL OF YOU? ANYBODY? SURE. EVERYBODY. ALL RIGHT.

OKAY, HERE WE GO. ANY QUESTIONS? HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU TO MAKE YOUR PROJECT? HOW MANY LIKE IN HOURS OR DAYS? MINE TOOK LIKE, A COUPLE HOURS.

A COUPLE HOURS. MINE TOOK LIKE A COUPLE HOURS, BUT THEN WHEN IT BROKE, IT TOOK LIKE HALF AN HOUR TO FIX IT.

[LAUGHTER]. MY PART OF THE PROJECT WAS LIKE AN HOUR.

MY PROJECT WAS LIKE AN HOUR AND A HALF, MAYBE.

QUESTIONS? WHAT'S THE CIRCUIT CALLED THAT MAKES THE ELECTRICITY HAPPEN OR THE POWER HAPPEN TO IT? DO YOU GUYS KNOW THAT? GIVE US SOME UNDERSTANDING ABOUT WHAT A CIRCUIT IS.

WHAT'S IT? WHAT MAKES. OKAY. WHATEVER YOU'RE CONNECTING WORK.

WHY IS THERE A LIGHT? YEAH, MOST OF THEM HAVE, LIKE, LIGHTS.

ANY THOUGHTS? MINE HAS A LIGHT BECAUSE IT HAS A COMPLETE CIRCUIT.

SO THIS WIRE IS CONNECTED TO THE BATTERY. SO THE ENERGY FLOWS THROUGH THE WIRE INTO THE LIGHT TO GIVE IT ENOUGH HEAT TO LIGHT UP. THERE WE GO. GOOD JOB. [APPLAUSE].

SO SMART. YES. VERY GOOD. THAT WAS EXCELLENT.

ANYBODY WANT TO ADD ANYTHING? WHAT DID YOU. ANYTHING YOU LEARNED ABOUT CIRCUITS THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO ADD? THIS CIRCUIT PROJECT HELPED ME LEARN, LIKE HOW ELECTRICITY WORKS AND LIKE, KIND OF HOW TO POWER YOUR HOME.

AND I THINK IT'S LIKE REALLY FREQUENT BECAUSE WE JUST WENT TO CLARK PUBLIC UTILITIES AND LEARNED A LOT ABOUT ELECTRICITY AND WATER.

I DID THAT TOO. OKAY, COOL. ANYTHING ELSE? HE WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING.

THE THING THAT I LEARNED IS MANY WAYS THAT YOU CAN MAKE A CIRCUIT.

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU GUYS. [APPLAUSE]. VERY GOOD, VERY GOOD.

TERRY PICTURES. YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO GET. WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT.

HOW CAN WE BEST TAKE A PICTURE OF ALL OF THIS? RIGHT, LIKE THAT? PROBABLY. PROBABLY LIKE THAT.

OUT. YOU WANT THEM TO STAND ON THIS SIDE, FACING THE AUDIENCE, OR WHY DON'T WE JUST KEEP THEM? KEEP THEM RIGHT WHERE YOU GUYS JUST STAY RIGHT WHERE WE'RE AT AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOUR PICTURE. COME ON, COME ON MISS DAWKINS, THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS LESSON TOGETHER.

OH. EXCUSE ME. NO. YOU'RE GOOD. OH. MY FAVORITE.

OH, I BET. WELL DONE. WELL DONE, YEAH. [APPLAUSE].

THANKS FOR SHARING THAT. THANKS FOR BRINGING IT DOWN HERE.

A LOT OF WORK. SOMEHOW I WANT TO FIGURE OUT HOW MORE PEOPLE CAN SEE ALL THIS STUFF.

BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL HAS SOME FEW PEOPLE HERE.

YOU WANT TO COME ON DOWN? HI. I DON'T HAVE ANY FUN CIRCUITS OR ANYTHING TO SHOW. JUST TELL US WHO YOU ARE.

MY NAME IS MILEY PALMER. HI MILEY. I'M A SENIOR AT BATTLE GROUND. I'M ALSO ON THE ASB EXECUTIVE BOARD.

THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN. YEAH, OF COURSE. WE HAVE HAD A LOT GOING ON AT BATTLE GROUND.

I, WHEN I ASKED OUR TEACHERS, I WAS LIKE, WHAT SHOULD I HIGHLIGHT? I GOT SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS. THEY WERE ALL SO EXCITED TO TELL ME ABOUT THEIR PROGRAMS AND ALL THESE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED. SO I TRIED MY BEST TO KIND OF GET LIKE THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS, BUT THERE WAS A LOT.

SO OUR SPORTS HAVE DONE REALLY WELL THIS YEAR.

SO GIRLS VOLLEYBALL THIS FALL, THEY HAD MORE WINS THIS YEAR THAN THEY HAVE IN THE PREVIOUS FIVE YEARS, WHICH WAS REALLY COOL TO SEE THAT THEY'RE JUST CONTINUING TO GROW AND IMPROVE.

THAT WAS REALLY COOL. OUR FOOTBALL TEAM ALSO MADE IT TO THE FIRST ROUND OF PLAYOFFS, WHICH HASN'T HAPPENED IN A WHILE.

AND THEY WERE RANKED TOP TWO IN THE LEAGUE, WHICH WAS COOL TO SEE BECAUSE OUR FOOTBALL TEAM, I DON'T KNOW, THEY JUST HAVE GROWN A LOT AND IT'S COOL TO BE ABLE TO WATCH. EVEN JUST OVER THE FOUR YEARS I'VE BEEN AT THE SCHOOL. ONE OF OUR STUDENTS, LORD KING, HE ENDED UP PLACING SIXTH IN THE STATE FOR CROSS COUNTRY.

SO THAT WAS COOL. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF STUDENTS MAKE IT TO STATE THIS YEAR WHICH HAS BEEN REALLY EXCITING BECAUSE WE DO A LITTLE STATE WALK FOR THEM AND JUST GET TO SHOW OUR SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT TO THEM. WE HAD ANOTHER STUDENT MAKE IT TO STATE IN WRESTLING, ANDREW GRAY PLAYS SECOND, WHICH WAS ALSO REALLY COOL. WE'VE HOSTED A LOT OF EVENTS THIS YEAR.

PRETTY BIG ONES. IN FEBRUARY, WE HOSTED THE WIA CHEER COMPETITION, WHICH LED WITH TONS OF TEAMS BEING AT OUR SCHOOL AND HUNDREDS MORE PEOPLE COMING TO WATCH THEIR TEAMS PARTICIPATE. IT WAS COOL TO SEE THE SCHOOL'S PARTICIPATION THOUGH.

WE HAD A LOT OF CLUBS AND LIKE THE ASB TEAM, THEY WERE ALL READY TO GUIDE PEOPLE TO THEIR CLASSROOMS BECAUSE OUR SCHOOL IS PRETTY BIG.

IF YOU'VE BEEN THERE, YOU WILL KNOW THAT. SO THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT JUST NEEDED SOME DIRECTION.

SO IT WAS COOL TO SEE OUR STUDENTS STEP UP AND BE ABLE TO HELP WITH THAT. FROM THAT COMPETITION, OUR CHEER TEAM ACTUALLY MADE IT TO NATIONALS. AND IT'S THE FIRST TIME IN BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL HISTORY THAT THAT HAS HAPPENED. SO THAT WAS VERY EXCITING FOR THOSE GIRLS. I KNOW THEY WERE ALL SUPER EXCITED TO GET TO LIKE PICK OUT OUTFITS AND GO DOWN TO, I BELIEVE IT WAS FLORIDA THEY WENT TO FOR THEIR CHEER NATIONALS, WHICH WAS VERY FUN TO SEE. WE DID A WILD WEST DANCE THAT HAPPENED ON MARCH 14TH.

WE HAD A LOT OF STUDENTS GO TO THAT AND SAY THAT THAT WAS PRETTY FUN.

BACK TO SPORTS. THERE WAS A LOT OF SPORTS. EVERY SINGLE TIME I WAS LIKE, HEY, WHAT SHOULD I TALK ABOUT? THEY WERE LIKE, THIS SPORT DID THIS AND THIS SPORT DID THAT, WHICH WAS COOL TO SEE. OUR TRACK TEAM HOSTED ANOTHER KIND OF BIG MEET.

IT WAS 20 TEAMS THAT CAME TO OUR SCHOOL ON MARCH 28TH.

OUR GROUNDS AND MAINTENANCE TEAM DID AN AMAZING JOB LIKE SETTING UP OUR SCHOOL FOR THAT. EVERYTHING LOOKED SO NICE AND BEAUTIFUL, AND WE GOT SO MANY COMPLIMENTS FROM A TON OF DIFFERENT VISITING TEAMS THAT OUR SCHOOL WAS JUST VERY NEAT AND LOOKED NICE, WHICH WAS VERY COOL TO SEE.

MORE RECENTLY OUR WE HAD A STUDENT, A REPRESENTATIVE IN OUR ASB CLASS.

HER NAME IS HARLEY HENDERSON. SHE HAD THIS IDEA WE HAVE A PRESCHOOL OVER AT BATTLE GROUND AND SHE HAD AN IDEA THAT SHE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE STUDENTS FOR EASTER.

SO TOGETHER HER AND SOME STUDENTS STAY AFTER SCHOOL.

I'M. I KNOW THEY STAYED SO MANY HOURS FILLING HUNDREDS OF EASTER EGGS.

AND ON APRIL 3RD, WE HAD A GROUP OF STUDENTS, BOTH ASB AND JUST GENERAL STUDENT BODY, HIDE THESE EASTER EGGS ALL OVER THE PRESCHOOLERS PLAYGROUND AND THEY GOT TO DECORATE BUNNY EARS AND THEN THEY GOT TO GO HUNT ALL THESE EGGS.

AND I WAS A PART OF THAT. IT WAS REALLY FUN TO SEE JUST THE PRESCHOOLERS GET SO EXCITED.

THERE WAS A COUPLE SPARKLY EGGS WHICH WERE LIKE THE HIGHLIGHT OF THEIR DAY.

ONE OF THEM CAME UP TO THE TEACHER AFTERWARDS AND SAID THAT IT HAD BEEN THEIR FIRST EVER EASTER EGG HUNT. SO THAT WAS COOL TO GET TO EXPERIENCE.

AND THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO KEEP GOING. JUST AFTER THE FEEDBACK WE GOT THAT WAS AMAZING.

THOSE TEACHERS WERE SO, SO EXCITED. OUR BOYS BASEBALL RIGHT NOW IS RANKED FIRST IN THE STATE FOR WIA,

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I WOULD SAY THEY'RE DOING BETTER. THEY HAVE BETTER THIS YEAR THAN THEY HAVE IN PREVIOUS YEARS. KIND OF MOVING AWAY FROM SPORTS.

THREE OF OUR JROTC STUDENTS WERE SELECTED TO ATTEND THE 2026 FLIGHT ACADEMY THROUGH THE US AIR FORCE.

THERE WAS ONLY 125 STUDENTS SELECTED IN THE NATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT.

ONLY THREE OF THEM WERE FROM WASHINGTON, AND ALL THREE OF THEM WERE FROM OUR SCHOOL. SO THAT WAS REALLY COOL TO GET TO SEE AND WE'RE SUPER PROUD OF THEM.

IT WAS LORD KING, NATHAN DAVIS AND HENRY RICHARDS, AND ALL THREE OF THOSE STUDENTS WILL GET AN ALL EXPENSE PAID TRIP TO PURDUE UNIVERSITY, AND THEY'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN THEIR FAA PILOT CERTIFICATE.

AND TO DATE, ONLY 17 BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HAVE HAD THIS HONOR.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY COOL TO GET TO SEE. THAT'S VERY COOL. YEAH. AND ALL THREE OF THOSE STUDENTS ARE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS. LIKE, IT'S SO COOL GETTING TO HEAR THEM TALK ABOUT IT BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST ECSTATIC, WHICH I WOULD BE TOO. I DON'T BLAME THEM. WE HAVE OUR ADVANCED CULINARY CLASS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND RIGHT NOW THEY'RE WORKING ON PREPARING FOOD THAT HAS BEEN DONATED TO OUR FOOD PANTRY BECAUSE WE GET DONATED A LOT OF BULK ITEMS, WHICH IS GREAT, BUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS THEY'RE TAKING THOSE ITEMS AND THEY'RE PREPARING THEM INTO MORE LIKE PORTION SIZED MEALS THAT CAN THEN BE HANDED OUT TO STUDENTS WHO MAY BE NEEDING THEM. BUT THAT'S COOL TO SEE ONE OF OUR CLASSES GETTING TO WORK ON THAT AND LIKE KIND OF TAKE WHAT'S BEEN GIVEN TO US AND TURN IT INTO SOMETHING THAT WILL GO TO A LOT OF STUDENTS AND BE HELPFUL FOR THAT. THEY'RE ALSO WORKING ON PROTOTYPING AND DESIGNING THE MENU FOR AN UPCOMING CTE MEETING, AND THEY WERE VERY EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT THAT, ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS THEY'RE TRYING TO NARROW DOWN, LIKE LOGISTICS AND DESSERTS AND ALL THIS STUFF. THEY WERE VERY EXCITED TO TALK TO ME ABOUT THAT.

OUR CHOIR ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, THEY'RE DOING SPOTLIGHT SOLO SHOWS, WHICH IS REALLY COOL BECAUSE A LOT OF THEIR SINGERS ARE HAVE BEEN PREPARING SONGS FOR A WHILE. LIKE I HAVE A COUPLE OF FRIENDS IN CHOIR AND THEY'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR LIKE MONTHS. THEY'VE BEEN SO EXCITED TO GET TO PREPARE A SHOW, TO HAVE A SOLO MOMENT TO JUST PERFORM. SO IT'LL BE REALLY COOL TO SEE.

OUR BAND IS TRAVELING TO CALIFORNIA THIS WEEKEND TO PERFORM IN A FESTIVAL IN SANTA CLARA.

THEY ALSO WERE VERY EXCITED TO NOTE THAT THEY WILL BE GOING ON RIDES AT SANTA MONICA PIER AFTER.

THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT ALL OF THEM. THEY'RE LIKE, YEAH, YEAH, THE FESTIVAL. AND THEY'RE LIKE, BUT ALSO THE RIDES. THEY'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. OUR JAZZ BAND IS GOING TO IDAHO NEXT WEEKEND AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE PERFORMING AT A FESTIVAL, UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO, WHICH IS COOL TO SEE LIKE ALL OUR BANDS AND LIKE SPORTS TRAVEL TO ALL THESE PLACES TO GET TO YEAH, IT'S A REALLY COOL EXPERIENCE. MORE UPCOMING THINGS.

WE HAVE OUR MR. BG, WHICH HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN IN THE PAST BEEN BEST BG.

THIS YEAR WE BROUGHT IT BACK TO MR. BG AND WE ALSO ADDED A MISS BG AND WE'RE CHANGING IT TO MORE OF LIKE A COMEDY SHOW THIS YEAR.

SO THAT'LL BE ON MAY 20TH AT 6:30. AND THIS YEAR, INSTEAD OF BENEFITING A FAMILY LIKE WE HAVE IN THE PAST, LIKE I KNOW WE'VE CAME AND TALKED TO YOU GUYS ABOUT THIS A COUPLE YEARS PRIOR, BUT THIS YEAR IT'LL BE BENEFITING THE CHELSEA HICKS FOUNDATION, WHO RECENTLY WE HAD A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THEIR FOUNDATION COME AND PRESENT TO OUR ASB CLASS ABOUT THEIR CHELSEA'S CLOSET PROGRAM, WHICH BASICALLY THEY BUY COSTUMES AND ACTIVITIES AND ALL THIS STUFF TO GO BRING TO KIDS IN THE HOSPITAL WHO MIGHT NOT GET A LOT OF FUN AND CHEERFUL EXPERIENCE.

SO THAT'LL BE REALLY FUN TO GET TO BENEFIT. AND THEY YEAH, IT'S A LOT OF AMAZING WORK THAT THEY DO.

AND GETTING TO HEAR THEM TALK ABOUT IT WAS SUPER, SUPER SPECIAL. OUR DRAMA CLUB IS ALSO PUTTING ON A MUSICAL.

THEY'RE DOING LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS AND IT'S HAPPENING IN MAY.

SO IT'S MAY 1ST, SECOND AND THEN THE SIXTH, THE SEVENTH AND THE EIGHTH.

BUT THIS YEAR, LIKE OUR, ALL OF OUR PLAYS HAVE GOTTEN SO MUCH MORE ATTENDANCE, WHICH HAS BEEN SO COOL TO WATCH BECAUSE IT MAKES THE DRAMA KIDS SO HAPPY TO SEE BECAUSE THEY PUT A LOT OF EFFORT INTO THESE SHOWS. LIKE THE CURRENT SET FOR LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS HAS BEEN BUILT ON THE STAGE, AND LIKE, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT AND SLOWLY ADDING TO IT, AND IT'S SO COOL TO SEE THAT ALL THAT HARD WORK PAYS OFF. AND THEY DO GET A LOT OF PEOPLE TO COME WATCH IT, WHICH IS REALLY COOL. OUR PROM IS ALSO NEXT MONTH.

IT'S MAY 9TH AT THE PORTLAND ART MUSEUM, AND OUR THEME IS GOING TO BE STARRY NIGHT, WHICH I KNOW A LOT OF STUDENTS ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT.

THERE WAS IT'S ALWAYS SO FUNNY WHEN PROM GETS CLOSER, SEEING ALL THE STUDENTS TRY TO GUESS WHAT THE THEME IS. AND THEN WHEN WE ANNOUNCE IT, IT'S JUST REALLY FUN TO SEE. AND LAST, LIKE WE STILL HAVE OUR THRIFT STORE GOING.

SO IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW, BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL HAS A THRIFT STORE WHERE EVERYTHING IS A DOLLAR FOR STUDENTS WHO MAY BE NEEDING CLOTHES OR JUST WANTING SOMETHING TO DO.

EVERYTHING IS DONATED TO US FROM JUST THE COMMUNITY AND THEN WE SELL IT FOR A DOLLAR.

AND THEN ALL THOSE PROCEEDS GO DIRECTLY BACK INTO OUR PRIZE CLOSET, WHICH IS WHERE STUDENTS CAN PICK ITEMS FROM WHEN THEY'RE RECOGNIZED FOR BEING RESPONSIBLE, RESPECTFUL, RESPONSIBLE, AND ENGAGED. SO THEY GET LITTLE CARDS AND THEN CARDS GET DRAWN.

I'M NOT SURE HOW FREQUENTLY CARDS ARE GETTING DRAWN RIGHT NOW, BUT THEY HAVE LIKE A MASSIVE CLOSET OF DIFFERENT THINGS TO CHOOSE FROM. AND THERE'S LIKE SNACKS AND RANDOM ACTIVITIES AND GAMES AND ALL THAT.

SO A LOT OF COOL STUFF HAPPENING AT BATTLE GROUND.

SO IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, LET ME KNOW. QUESTIONS? AND YOUR THRIFT STORE, HOW DO PEOPLE DONATE? I BELIEVE THEY DONATE JUST BY BRINGING IT TO THE MAIN OFFICE.

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I'M TRYING TO THINK IN THE PAST WHEN ASB MAKES OUR LIKE VIDEOS FOR SPIRIT WEEK, WE'LL GO IN THERE. SO THERE'S A TON OF LIKE SHIRTS AND SWEATERS AND PANTS, SHORTS, DRESSES, SCARVES, HATS. LITERALLY ANYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF.

THERE'S BAGS AND PEOPLE HAVE DONATED, LIKE JEWELRY OR JUST LIKE BASICALLY ANYTHING, SO.

YEAH. GREAT. ANYTHING ELSE? I THINK YOU SHOULD GIVE YOUR FULL NAME BEFORE YOU STEP AWAY.

MY NAME IS MILEY PALMER. PALMER. YES. THANK YOU FOR COMING UP.

OF COURSE. THANK YOU MILEY. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. THANK YOU MILEY. [APPLAUSE]. STUDENT VOICE.

SO WE WERE GOING TO DO OUR ALIAS, BUT TOBY'S NOT HERE, AND THE SLIDES AREN'T DONE, SO I THINK IT'S BEST THAT WE WAIT.

THOSE ARE OUR LAST TWO. WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT BGVA AND SUMMIT VIEW.

SO WE'LL JUST WAIT FOR THE NEXT MEETING TO TALK ABOUT THOSE THINGS.

COMING BACK FROM BREAK THERE'S NOT REALLY MUCH UPDATES.

I THINK ONE THING THAT'S BEEN POPPING IN MY MIND FOR SENIORS IS 37 DAYS TILL WE'RE DONE.

I CAME BACK, CAME BY REALLY FAST, BUT I KNOW A LOT OF KIDS ARE HAPPY.

BUT PERSONALLY ME, I'M GOING TO MISS THIS THE STAFF.

BUT I'M HAPPY THAT IT'S ALMOST OVER AND I GET TO HAVE A LONGER BREAK THAN COMING BACK IN AUGUST.

I'LL GO BACK TO SCHOOL IN SEPTEMBER, WHICH IS FUN.

BUT JUST A FEW LITTLE THINGS THAT I KIND OF WANT TO GO OFF OF WHAT MILEY SAID IS A LOT OF US GO TO A LOT OF OUR FOOTBALL GAMES, A LOT OF OUR BASKETBALL GAMES, BECAUSE KIND OF THOSE ONES ARE THE ONES THAT A LOT OF STUDENTS GO TO AND THE CROWDS ARE PRETTY FULL.

BUT I SUGGEST YOU GUYS COME TO SOME OF OUR SPRING EVENTS.

OUR SPRING SPORTS ARE BASEBALL TEAMS. LIKE SHE SAID, OUR BATTLE GROUND BASEBALL TEAM IS AMAZING.

WE HAVE A LOT OF TOP ATHLETES THERE, A LOT OF D1 ATHLETES, A LOT OF SPECTATED ATHLETES THAT COULD GO TO THE MLB IF YOU GUYS DID NOT KNOW. COLIN MCGOWAN IS ONE A SOPHOMORE WHO IS ALREADY RANKED IN THE US NATIONALLY.

GREAT KID. AMAZING. HE HAS WON STUDENT OF THE MONTH MANY TIMES AT BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL.

SO I DEFINITELY SUGGEST YOU GUYS GO. AND FOR TRACK WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN INVITATIONAL AT.

IT'S CALLED THE JOHN INGRAM TWILIGHT INVITATIONAL.

IT'S AT COLUMBIA RIVER HIGH SCHOOL, PRAIRIE AND BATTLE GROUND KIDS GO THERE.

IT'S THEIR TOP FIRST AND SECOND IN EACH EVENT YOU SEND THEM.

AND TRACK EVENTS ARE REALLY LONG. I DO TRACK, SO WAITING THERE FOR A LONG, A LOT OF HOURS IS REALLY TIME CONSUMING AND CAN GET REALLY ANNOYING IF THEY DON'T PLAN IT CORRECTLY. BUT I SUGGEST YOU GUYS GO ONLINE AND FIND THEY HAVE THE WHOLE SCHEDULE.

USUALLY COLUMBIA RIVER AND THE JOHN INGRAM. THEY DO GREAT AT STARTING EVERYTHING AT THE TIME THAT THEY HAVE PUT IT ON THE LIST, BUT I SUGGEST YOU GUYS GO TO THE 4X4. THAT'S THE VERY END OF THE EVENT.

AND IF YOU GUYS DON'T KNOW, THAT'S THE MOST HYPE EVENT.

ALL OF OUR TEAMS, YOU CAN SEE ALL TEAMS FROM AROUND THE SCHOOL GO AT EACH CORNER AND THEY JUST HYPE UP THEIR TEAM.

THEY'RE YELLING AT THEIR TEAM TO PUSH THROUGH THOSE LAST HUNDRED METERS. GO ON TO THE NEXT.

I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE. LORD KING IS ON A BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL TRACK TEAM.

HE WILL BE RUNNING. HE RUNS EVERY YEAR. HE'S JUST WONDERFUL.

HE HAS LONG LEGS. YOU GUYS HAVE TO SEE IT. IT'S LIKE LITERALLY LIKE YOU WOULD YOU LOOK AT IT AND YOU'RE MORE TIRED THAN HE IS.

HE FINISHES A RACE. HE WALKS OFF LIKE NOTHING.

YOU GUYS ACTUALLY HAVE TO SEE IT. IT'S ACTUALLY CRAZY.

BUT I SUGGEST YOU GUYS SHOW UP TO THESE THINGS.

NOT ONLY DO OUR STUDENT WHEN WE BRING UP STUDENT UPDATES THAT COME FROM OUR SCHOOLS, IT'S NOT JUST TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ABOUT THE GOOD, BUT IT'S TO SHOW TO SHOW OUR STUDENTS THAT THE BOARD CARES FOR THEM, THAT WE WANT TO PUT A FACE BEHIND THE BOARD.

AND IF YOU GUYS SHOW UP TO THESE STUDENTS EVENTS, THEN THEY'LL SEE THAT WE ACTUALLY DO CARE AND THAT WE'RE SEEING WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

WE'RE SEEING WHAT KIDS ARE ACHIEVING. LIKE KIDS ARE BREAKING SCHOOL RECORDS ALREADY AT A SOPHOMORE LEVEL THAN COMPARED TO A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

OUR KIDS ARE REALLY DEVELOPING THIS YEAR AND DEVELOPING IN ALL SPORTS.

AS MILEY SAID AT BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS POSITIVE CHANGE IN A LOT OF OUR SPORTS AS WELL AS PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL.

JUST THE CONNECTION AND THE AMOUNT OF KIDS WHO ARE ACTUALLY SIGNING UP FOR SPORTS HAS INCREASED.

SO A LOT OF CUTS. BUT FOR THE KIDS WHO HAVE MADE IT ONTO THOSE TEAMS REALLY DESERVE THAT SPOTLIGHT.

AND JUST SHOWING UP JUST REALLY SHOWS THAT YOU GUYS CARE AND THAT THEY KNOW WHERE THEY CAN GO TO ASK QUESTIONS TO SHOW THAT, OKAY, THE BOARD IS HERE FOR ME. I WANT TO SHOW UP FOR THEM.

SO WE HAVE MORE STUDENT VOICE. AND SO WE KNOW THAT STUDENTS KNOW WHERE TO GO AND WHAT, WHO MAKES THE DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT MAY BE CUT OR MAY NOT BE CUT,

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WE'LL START AT 3:30. OUR RUNNING STARTS AROUND FOUR 4:30.

ONLINE YOU CAN JUST SEARCH IT UP. IT'LL TAKE YOU TO ATHLETIC.NET.

YOU PRESS JOHN INGRAM YOU CAN GO ON TO BATTLE GROUND OR PRAIRIES.

IT'LL BE ON THAT LIST AND THEN IT'LL HAVE THE EVENTS ATTACHED.

AND USUALLY BECAUSE IT'S AN INVITATIONAL, IT'S REALLY SPECIFIED TO THE TIMES AND WHAT TIME THEY START.

SO THOSE ARE THE START TIMES USUALLY. MY EXPERIENCE WITH TRACK WAS THAT WE NEVER HAD ENOUGH VOLUNTEERS.

IS THAT POSSIBLY SO? I MEAN, DO THEY NEED PEOPLE MAYBE TO VOLUNTEER TO HELP FOR THE TRACK MEET? SO WHEN IT COMES TO VOLUNTEERING THIS YEAR, ACTUALLY PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL AND BATTLE GROUND HAS DONE A LOT OF MORE EVENTS.

ONE EVENT THAT'S HAPPENING AT PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL IT'S A TRACK MEET AGAINST HERITAGE ON THE 28TH.

IT'S SO MUCH BETTER IF WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS WHO COME OUT AND TAKE DOWN THE HURDLES, LIKE HURDLERS ARE THE MOST TIME CONSUMING EVENT BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO NOTCH THEM UP AND NOTCH THEM DOWN DEPENDING ON THE GENDER, IF IT'S BOYS OR GIRLS, AS WELL IF IT'S THE 100, 110 OR THE 300-METER HURDLES, WE HAVE TO GET THOSE OFF REALLY FAST IN ORDER TO HAVE EVERYBODY RUNNING.

AND THEN OF COURSE, FOR LONG JUMP, TRIPLE JUMP.

JAVELIN SHOT PUT, DISCUS. WE NEED PEOPLE WHO CAN MEASURE AND WHO ARE ABLE TO SAY WHETHER IT'S A SCRATCH OR NOT.

THERE'S OVER PROBABLY FOR OUR 100M WE USUALLY HAVE OVER LIKE 20 STUDENTS JUST DOING THAT ONE EVENT.

SO HAVING HELPERS TAKE DOWN THE HURDLES BECAUSE USUALLY HURDLERS ARE BEFORE THE 100M.

TAKING THOSE DOWN IS A WONDERFUL WAY YOU GUYS CAN SHOW UP.

TRACK EVENTS ARE FREE. YOU GUYS CAN COME IN FOR FREE AT ANY OF OUR EVENTS, INCLUDING INVITATIONALS USUALLY, IT JUST KIND OF DEPENDS ON THE SCHOOL AND HOW MUCH MONEY THEY HAVE AND HOW MANY SCHOOLS SIGNED UP.

BUT USUALLY FOR OUR SCHOOLS, WE DO NEED A LOT OF HELP BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH LITTLE COACHES AND OUR COACHES HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR ATHLETES AND BEFORE TAKING CARE OF OTHER EVENTS. AND THEN A LOT OF OUR KIDS ARE RUNNING AROUND, LIKE AFTER THEY RUN, THEY'RE TAKING THEM DOWN AS SOON AS THEY FINISH RUNNING.

SO ALWAYS HAVING MORE VOLUNTEERS AT OUR EVENTS IS VERY WONDERFUL.

USUALLY A TRACK MEET GOES FROM 3:30 TO IF IT'S DONE CORRECTLY, WHICH OUR SCHOOL DOES IT CORRECTLY IN BATTLE GROUND DOES IT CORRECTLY.

JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT. IT'LL END AT 6:30.

SO NOT TOO LATE. BUT YEAH, AND THEN OUR, I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT TWO SHOWS THAT OUR HIGH SCHOOL DRAMA CLUB IS DOING NEXT YEAR. IT'S SINGING IN THE RAIN AND DISNEY NEWSIES, THE BROADWAY MUSICAL, THEY'RE DOING AUDITIONS. SO THOSE ARE VERY GOOD TO SEE.

APRIL 25TH WE HAVE OUR FS BOOSTER AUCTION. PLEASE GRAB A TICKET.

SHOW UP. GIRLS SOCCER TEAM IS GIVING FREE GOLF IN OUR BASKET.

SO IF YOU GUYS LIKE TO GOLF, I'LL JUST PUT THAT IN THERE.

LEWIS RIVER GOLF COURSE FOR TWO WITH CARTS. SO NO WALKING.

SO I'LL JUST PUT THAT OUT THERE AND THAT'S ALL FOR ME.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. YEAH. SO THAT'S THE END OF STUDENT VOICE.

SO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION WE'VE WORKED WITH LYNELLE.

[6. K-4 Literacy Work Session]

LYNELLE MURRAY IS GOING TO HELP US OUT WITH A PRESENTATION ON WHAT WE'RE CALLING K-4 LITERACY WORK.

OKAY. SO WE'VE ASKED TO HAVE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS ANSWERED THAT WE'VE GIVEN TO THEM ABOUT K-4 LITERACY AND HOW WE'RE GROWING AND HOW WE MEASURE AND HOW THIS GETS DONE.

SO GIVE IT OVER TO YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, BOARD AND COMMUNITY.

I'M FIRST GOING TO KICK THIS OFF WITH JUST HIGHLIGHTING AN AMAZING PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE WITH OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATION, READ NORTHWEST, AND WE HAVE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BROOKE TRANG, HERE WITH US.

AND SO I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE BROOKE TO THE PODIUM TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF READ NORTHWEST AND WHAT SHE'S BEEN DOING HERE IN BATTLE GROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND WITH A COORDINATED VOLUNTEER. SO I'LL PASS IT OVER TO BROOKE. WONDERFUL, THANK YOU.

AND LISTENING TO YOU SPEAK. OH, YOU'RE SO, YOU'RE POWERFUL.

YOU HAVE JOY. I IT'S BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE.

I'M BROOKE TRANG AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR READ NORTHWEST.

AND I'M TRULY GRATEFUL TO THE BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION FOR INVITING ME TO SHARE MORE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING THROUGH READ NORTHWEST, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHAT WE'RE BUILDING TOGETHER.

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BUT AT THE HEART OF EVERYTHING WE DO, IT MUST ALWAYS BE ABOUT THE CHILDREN, JUST LIKE SHE SAID.

WE NEED TO BE. THE ADULTS NEED TO BE HERE TO LISTEN, AND WE NEED TO HEAR WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN WITH THE CHILDREN.

FREDERICK DOUGLASS SAID IT BEST. HE SAID IT IS EASIER TO BUILD STRONG CHILDREN THAN TO FIX BROKEN MEN.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE DOING, ALL OF US HERE.

IF WE KEEP THEM AT THE CENTER OF EVERY DECISION, EVERY PARTNERSHIP, EVERY MOMENT.

WE CAN CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY OF THEIR LIVES. AND WHEN WE DO THAT, WE DON'T JUST IMPACT ONE CHILD.

WE SHAPE WHAT OUR COMMUNITY LOOKS LIKE OVER THE NEXT FIVE, TEN, 15 YEARS FROM NOW.

BECAUSE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LITERACY, WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT READING SCORES.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GRADUATION RATES, WORKFORCE READINESS, CONFIDENCE, MENTAL HEALTH, AND LONG TERM OUTCOMES.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FUTURE OF BATTLE GROUND.

AND WE DON'T DO THIS WORK ALONE. WE COME ALONGSIDE THE SCHOOLS.

WE ARE A PARTNER IN THIS EFFORT WITH THEM. LAST YEAR, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AT A BREAKOUT SESSION AT THE NATIONAL PRAYER BREAKFAST IN WASHINGTON, D.C. THEY INVITED ME THERE TO FOCUS ON LITERACY AND FAITH, AND THE CONVERSATION CENTERED ON THE NATIONAL LITERACY CRISIS. AND WHILE I WAS HONORED TO BE THERE AND PART OF THAT CONVERSATION, ALL I COULD THINK ABOUT WAS COMING BACK HERE TO THE BEAUTIFUL PACIFIC NORTHWEST TO MAKE A LASTING IMPACT HERE. RIGHT HERE IN BATTLE GROUND, WHERE MY FAMILY HAS BEEN FOR SIX GENERATIONS FROM PROUD PRAIRIE GRADUATE. THIS IS A COMMUNITY FULL OF CARING PEOPLE, JUST LIKE EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM.

EACH OF YOU. THIS COMMUNITY IS FULL OF CARING PEOPLE AND THROUGH A CONNECTION WITH MICHAEL MICHOD, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE DISTRICT LEADERS, OUR SUPERINTENDENT, VICE SUPERINTENDENT, CURRICULUM LEADERS, AND MANY OTHERS. BUT WHAT STOOD OUT IMMEDIATELY WAS THIS THAT THEY WERE READY.

THEY WERE READY TO TAKE ACTION, TO CREATE CHANGE AND READY TO MAKE A LASTING IMPACT THAT WILL SPAN THE GENERATIONS TO COME.

AND SO ARE WE AT READ NORTHWEST. BECAUSE WHEN CHILDREN BECOME CONFIDENT READERS EARLY ON, SOMETHING POWERFUL HAPPENS. THEY BEGIN TO FEEL CAPABLE, HOPEFUL, AND ENGAGED.

AND OVER TIME, THAT CONFIDENCE BUILDS STRONGER COMMUNITIES, COMMUNITIES WITH LESS CRIME, LESS HOMELESSNESS, AND MORE RESILIENT FUTURES. THAT'S THE LONG GAME FOR LITERACY.

THIS NEXT YEAR, WE ARE ADDING TWO MORE BATTLE GROUND PRIMARY SCHOOLS.

SO WE WILL BE IN A TOTAL OF SIX SCHOOLS THIS NEXT YEAR.

AND IN ALL OF CLARK COUNTY, WE'RE ONLY ADDING SIX.

SO THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING IS WE'RE COMING IN STRONG FOR BATTLE GROUND AND IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT AND WE'RE VERY BEHIND IT.

WE WILL BE DOING A BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL VOLUNTEER TRAINING FOR ALL OF THE, FOR ALL THE VOLUNTEERS TOGETHER TO IMPLEMENT WHAT WE ARE CALLING TAKE FIVE. AND THIS IS SIMPLE, BUT ADDED TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS DOING AND OUR WEEKLY SESSIONS, WE WILL TOGETHER MAKE AN IMPACT AND MOVE THAT NEEDLE.

IN THE FIRST CELL IN A READING SESSION. THERE ARE 30 MINUTES LONG, SO THE FIRST 5 TO 10 MINUTES THE STUDENTS WILL DO THIS TAKE FIVE.

IT'S A GAME. WE'RE CALLING IT A GAME. BUT OF COURSE IT'S LEARNING.

IT USES SIGHT WORDS TO HELP WITH FREQUENCY. SO THE VOLUNTEER WILL HAVE THE STUDENT READ THE SIGHT WORD LIST.

THEY'LL GO THROUGH WHICHEVER SIGHT WORD LIST WE DECIDE TO USE OR WHATEVER ONE THEY WANT TO USE.

AND THEY'LL GO THROUGH THE WORDS AND ONCE THEY MISS FIVE WORDS, THEY'LL AFTER THAT, THEY WILL WRITE IT EACH WORD FIVE TIMES AND THEN THEY'LL SPELL IT OUT LOUD, THEY'LL USE IT IN A SENTENCE AND THEY'RE DONE.

THAT'S THE END OF IT. IT'S FOR 5 TO 10 MINUTES.

THEN THEY GET TO GO ON AND DO READING GAMES, READ WITH THEIR READING BUDDY.

AND BECAUSE EACH SESSION WHAT IT DOES IS IT SHOWS THROUGHOUT THAT IMPROVEMENT OVER SIX MONTHS,

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AND THAT'S A WIN WIN FOR EVERYONE BECAUSE HAVING YOUR VOLUNTEERS COME BACK IS SO, SO, SO IMPORTANT.

BUT OUR WORK GOES BEYOND THE READING SKILLS. OUR MENTORS SHOW UP EVERY WEEK, THE SAME TIME FOR THE SAME KID.

THEY BECOME CONSISTENT, CARING PRESENCE IN A CHILD'S LIFE, SOMEONE WHO SHOWS UP JUST FOR THEM WITH A SMILE, WITH ENCOURAGEMENT, AND AN EAR TO LISTEN. THAT CONSISTENCY MATTERS MORE THAN WE CAN MEASURE.

WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT STUDENTS NEED TO SEE THEIR OWN COMMUNITY REFLECTED BACK TO THEM IN MEANINGFUL AND ENGAGING WAYS.

AND WHEN TRADITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES LIKE FIELD TRIPS AREN'T ALWAYS POSSIBLE.

WE ASKED, WELL, HOW DO WE BRING THOSE EXPERIENCES BACK INTO THE SCHOOLS? SO WE CAME UP WITH AN INNOVATIVE WAY AND WE CREATED WHAT'S CALLED THE CLARK COUNTY COMMUNITY LITERACY PROJECT.

AND ONE OF OUR FIRST ONES IS THROUGH LITERACY AND ARTS EXPERIENCE.

IT'S A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE VANCOUVER SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.

AND I GAVE YOU GUYS SOME BOOKS UP THERE, YOU CAN SEE THEM, BUT THE STUDENTS IN THE ENTIRE SCHOOL.

SO IN THE SCHOOLS THAT WE'RE IN. SO THIS YEAR THEY WILL DO A THEMED READING JOURNAL JOURNEY IN THE SCHOOL.

AND SO THE MUSIC TEACHERS ARE GOING TO READ THIS.

WE GAVE, WE BOUGHT BOOKS. ACTUALLY, THE BATTLE GROUND EDUCATION FOUNDATION BOUGHT THE BOOKS.

VERY THANKFUL FOR THAT. BUT EACH TEACHER GETS A BOOK AND ALL THIS GRADES AT THE ENTIRE SCHOOL.

SO NOW WE'RE NOT FOCUSED, JUST OUR FIRST TO THIRD.

BUT THE ENTIRE SCHOOL GETS THIS EXPERIENCE. SO THEY READ THE THEMED WHICH CREATES.

IMAGINATION. AND THEN WE BRING IT TO LIFE. WE BRING THE BOOKS TO LIFE THROUGH HAVING THE VANCOUVER SYMPHONY COME IN AND THEY DO A CONCERT IN THE SCHOOLS.

AND SO IT CONNECTS STORIES TO MUSIC, AND IT SHOWS STUDENTS THAT WORLD CLASS ART EXPERIENCE EXISTS RIGHT HERE IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITY. NOT ON TECHNOLOGY WHERE THEY SEE IT SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD, BUT THEY GET TO COME AND THEY GET TO HAVE THE LIVE EXPERIENCE.

AND THIS YEAR IN BATTLE GROUND, SO FOUR OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WILL GET THIS EXPERIENCE.

SO OVER 2000 STUDENTS THE VSO WILL ALSO BE PROVIDING COMPLIMENTARY TICKETS TO THE STUDENTS ADMINISTRATION AND THE PARENTS TO GET TO GO TO ACTUAL VSO CONCERT ALSO.

A FEW YEARS AGO, I WAS, I HAD ONE OF MY READING BUDDIES AND I GOT TO TAKE HER AND HER FAMILY TO THE VANCOUVER SYMPHONY EVENT, AND THEN SHE ENDED UP DECIDING TO GO TO THE VANCOUVER ARTS.

AND SHE NOW PLAYS THE VIOLIN. AND IT'S SPECIAL THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WE GET TO DO AS READING MENTORS THAT WE SHOW UP.

THERE WAS A PROGRAM AND I, AND IT WAS IN FOURTH GRADE.

AND I SAID TO HER, TRY IT BECAUSE WE JUST GET TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO TRY THINGS.

THERE WAS AN AFTER SCHOOL BASKETBALL PROGRAM AND I'M LIKE, TRY IT.

WHY NOT? LIKE GO ENJOY IT? WHO CARES IF YOU LIKE IT OR NOT? GO TRY IT. AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE GET TO DO AS VOLUNTEERS.

WE GET TO ENCOURAGE, WE GET TO BECAUSE 50% OF KIDS, UNFORTUNATELY DON'T HAVE THAT PERSON SHOWING UP FOR THEM, THOSE AMAZING COACHES, THOSE AMAZING PEOPLE THAT COME ALONGSIDE THEM.

SO THESE LITTLE ONES GET SOMEONE THAT'S THEIR PERSON FOR THE YEAR.

ONE OF OUR OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS IS DOZER DAYS.

THEY'RE SUPER RAINY AND JERRY NUTTER, BIG BATTLE GROUND, THEY RAISE THEIR KIDS.

BUT THEIR DAUGHTER SAMMI WROTE A BOOK CALLED DOZER DAY PAVES THE WAY AND CUTEST LITTLE BOOK ABOUT DOZER DAN WHO GOES TO DOZIER DAYS, AND HE AND FALLS IN LOVE WITH DOZERS AND VOLUNTEERS.

IT'S A LOT ABOUT VOLUNTEERING IN THE BOOK, WHICH IS SUPER SPECIAL.

SO VOLUNTEERS. AND THEN GROWS UP AND HE OPENS HIS OWN COMPANY AND IT'S THIS WHOLE BOOK.

AND HE BUILDS SCHOOLS IN THE COMPANY IN THE BOOK.

IT'S SUPER. SO WE BRING IT IN TO ALL THE SCHOOLS.

AND MISS KRISHNA, SHE'S STILL HERE, BUT SHE BOUGHT.

ALL HER KIDS LITTLE HARD HAT, YELLOW HARD HATS, SUPER ADORABLE.

BUT WE BROUGHT IT INTO THE SCHOOLS. WE READ IT UP ON THE PROJECTORS, THE KIDS.

IT'S VERY INTERACTIVE, ALL OF THAT. AND THEN WE DO A SURPRISE VISIT WITH DOZIER DAN, WHICH MR. MICHAUD DRESSED UP IN THE DOZIER DAN MASCOT COSTUME.

IT WAS PRETTY AWESOME. YOU GUYS CAN SEE. BUT DOZIER DAN COMES IN AND THEY GET ALL EXCITED.

IT'S SUPER AWESOME. AND THEN YOU GUYS CAN SEE THERE ON THAT BOOKMARK, WE GAVE EVERY STUDENT A BOOKMARK.

AND THAT QR CODE GIVES FIVE FREE TICKETS TO EVERY STUDENT TO GET TO GO FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY TO GET TO GO TO DOZER DAYS, AND THAT'S AN IN-KIND DONATION FROM THE NUTTER FAMILY FOUNDATION.

I KNOW THEM REALLY WELL. I'VE KNOWN THEM A LONG TIME AND IT'S BEEN AMAZING FOR THEM TO COME ALONGSIDE.

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OF COURSE THEY LOVE BATTLE GROUND AND THEY LOVE TO GET TO GIVE TO THEM. SO IN JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, WE DID BYTES AND BOOKS, WHICH WAS WE DID IT IN ALL SEVEN SCHOOLS IN BATTLE GROUND.

I WAS IN MY SHARK COSTUME AND MICHAEL WAS IN A SHARK COSTUME.

WE WENT AROUND TO ALL THE SCHOOLS. IT WAS SUPER FUN ACTUALLY CHIEF OF POLICE DROVE ME AROUND TO ALL THE.

IT WAS REALLY. AND HE CAME IN. OH, THE PICTURES.

HE'S DOWN THERE WITH EVERYONE AND THE KIDS AND THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS AMAZING WITH WHAT WE GET TO DO AND BRING INTO THE SCHOOLS.

IT'S BEEN SO SPECIAL. BUT WHAT BITES AND BOOKS IS ABOUT IS THAT WE INVITE THE FIRST GRADERS AND ALL THEIR FAMILIES FOR A SHARED BREAKFAST. IT'S THEMED. THEY GET SUNGLASSES AND LEIS AND THEY GET.

EVERYONE GETS A BOOK TO TAKE HOME BECAUSE. ONE THING WE KNOW IS THAT A LOT OF KIDS DON'T HAVE BOOKS AT HOME AT THEIR LEVEL TO READ AND TO BE ABLE TO READ WITH THEIR PARENTS.

BUT WHAT? IT'S SIMPLE TO HAVE THIS BREAKFAST AND HAVE THEM ALL COME TOGETHER, BUT IT'S POWERFUL BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE SHOWING THEM AND BY WE HAD SO MANY PARENTS SHOW UP AND THAT WAS, I MEAN, WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A LITTLE BIT BETTER ON OUR, OUR PROGRAMING OF IT BECAUSE WE HAD SO MANY PARENTS.

IT WAS AMAZING. BUT IT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS TO ENCOURAGE PARENTS TO READ WITH THEIR KIDS AT HOME BECAUSE SOMETHING THAT WE'VE SEEN IN NATIONALLY, STATISTICALLY AND EVERYTHING IS, IT'S JUST NOT HAPPENING.

AND KIDS NEED THAT. THEY NEED, THEY NEED THAT.

BECAUSE IF WE WANT TO TRULY MOVE THE NEEDLE, WE MUST REENGAGE THE FAMILIES.

READING HAS TO START AT BIRTH AND IT HAS TO CONTINUE AT HOME.

IT'S SO IMPORTANT WITH ALL COMPASSION. I HAVE TO SAY THIS BECAUSE I DO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S SUPER EXPENSIVE TO LIVE NOW, AND TWO PARENTS ARE WORKING, AND THEY'RE JUST GLAD THEY GOT DINNER ON THE TABLE WHEN THEY GET HOME AT NIGHT.

SO I SAY IT WITH ALL COMPASSION. BUT WHAT THE BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT DID AT BUYING SOME BOOKS, THEY DID THIS AMAZING QR CODE ACTUALLY. AND I WANT TO LET YOU TO KNOW THAT FOR BITES AND BOOKS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS AND THEY'VE NEVER CREATED THIS. AND THE BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT DID IT.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY APPLAUSE TO YOU GUYS BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS AMAZING.

AND WHAT IT WAS, IS THERE'S NEVER BEEN SOMETHING FOR THE PARENT TO TAKE HOME.

AND THIS IS A BOOKMARK THAT GIVES THEM REALLY FUN.

I READING QUESTIONS ON THE BACK AND THIS QR CODE GOES TO A REALLY AMAZING YOUTUBE PAGE.

AND THEY ACTUALLY HAVE MORE, THEY SENT MORE HOME WITH THE FAMILIES, BUT IT GIVES THEM REALLY AMAZING LITERACY TOOLS AND FUN IDEAS TO DO WITH THEIR KIDS.

AND SO ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS THE BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT I GOT TO TAKE THAT FROM AND CREATE.

SO THANK YOU THAT WAS. AND I BROUGHT IT TO ALL THE OTHER DISTRICTS AND I ASKED THEM, I'M LIKE, CAN WE USE THE BATTLE GROUND YOUTUBE PAGE? THEY'RE LIKE, ABSOLUTELY.

THEY WERE SO EXCITED. SO LET'S SEE HERE. WHERE AM I AT? I GET, I GET GOING, I GET SO EXCITED. CAN YOU TELL? BUT WHEN I TALK ABOUT HOW EXPENSIVE IT IS TO LIVE IN CLARK COUNTY WE DECIDED DURING WINTER BREAK, WE WOULD ALSO PROVIDE WHAT'S CALLED LOVE AND LITERACY BOXES.

AND SO WE ALLOW THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. AND SO THIS WILL START IN BATTLE GROUND NEXT YEAR, BUT WE ALLOW THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS TO PICK THREE FAMILIES IN THE MOST NEED IN THEIR IN THEIR SCHOOLS.

AND BECAUSE WE WANT TO EXTEND LEARNING BEYOND THE CLASSROOM WE'RE PROVIDING MEALS FOR TWO WEEKS FOR A FAMILY OF FIVE BOOKS ACTIVITIES. WE BOUGHT GAMES. WE BOUGHT SO THEY CAN MAKE COOKIES TOGETHER.

WE GIVE GIFT CARDS TO EACH OF THE FAMILY TO WINCO SO THEY CAN BUY THE MILK, THE EGGS, ALL OF THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

BUT WE JUST FELT LIKE WE WANTED TO DO MORE TO CREATE MEMORIES TOGETHER FOR THESE FAMILIES THAT ARE IN THOSE TOUGH TIMES IN LIFE ESPECIALLY DURING THE CHALLENGING TIMES THAT WE COULD STILL BRING THAT CONNECTION TOGETHER AS A FAMILY.

AND WHAT DOES THIS DO? IT SHOWS THEM THAT THEIR SCHOOL CARES AND IT SHOWS THEM.

BECAUSE IN MY OPINION, READ NORTHWEST IS BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT READ NORTHWEST IS AND THAT'S WHAT MATTERS, IS THAT WE COME ALONGSIDE THE SCHOOL AND WE ARE A PART OF THAT TO COME ALONGSIDE YOU.

SO WHEN YOU GO OFF TO COLLEGE THAT YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, THRIVING AND BEING, YOU KNOW, DOING A LOT IN THE COMMUNITY.

THIS YEAR ALONE, WE CONNECTED WITH OVER 10,000 STUDENTS IN PARENTS ACROSS CLARK COUNTY.

BUT HERE'S THE TRUTH. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THE SCHOOLS CAN OR SHOULD CARRY ALONE.

LITERACY IS A COMMUNITY ISSUE. BUSINESSES, NONPROFITS, FAMILIES, POLICY MAKERS.

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SHE WAS A TEACHER AND SHE WROTE IN HER BIOGRAPHY ABOUT WHY HER FAMILY CHOSE TO COME TO BATTLE GROUND IN 1950.

I ACTUALLY HAVE HER BOOK WITH ME BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, I NEED TO SHOW THEM. SHE SAID IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE OUTSTANDING REPUTATION OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND ITS STRONG CONNECTION TO COMMUNITY.

IT'S IN HER BIOGRAPHY FROM 19, FROM 1950 NOW, THAT'S A LEGACY, AND IT'S INCREDIBLE.

AND IT RAISES AN IMPORTANT QUESTION FOR ALL OF US.

WHAT DO WE WANT BATTLE GROUND LEGACY TO BE AS WE MOVE FORWARD? EACH OF YOU IN THIS ROOM PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN ANSWERING THAT QUESTION.

AND WHAT I'VE SEEN AND I'VE HEARD, BECAUSE I'VE SPOKE TO MANY OF YOU ON THE PHONE, LUNCHES, ALL OF THAT, IS THAT YOU CARE DEEPLY. YOU CARE VERY DEEPLY.

YOU ARE THOUGHTFUL, YOU ARE COMMITTED, AND YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THIS WORK REQUIRES ALL OF US, EVERYONE. BECAUSE TRULY, WE BELIEVE THAT TOGETHER WE ARE BETTER.

TOGETHER WE ARE. WE CAN CREATE SOMETHING LASTING.

SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TONIGHT. AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING REED NORTHWEST TO COME ALONGSIDE THE SCHOOLS AND BE A PART OF YOUR GUYS'S PROGRAM AND MAKING THIS COMMUNITY A BETTER PLACE. MISS TRANG, ARE YOU OKAY WITH ANSWERING A FEW QUESTIONS? OH, I'D LOVE TO. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN ANSWER THEM ALL, BUT I'LL TRY. CAN YOU FINISH THE SENTENCE FOR ME? HOW DO WE HOW DO WE SEE LITERACY AS FOUNDATIONAL AND WHAT WAS THE REST OF THAT SENTENCE? WE SEE LITERACY AS FOUNDATIONAL AND. NO, HOW DO WE BEGIN TO SEE LITERACY AS A FOUNDATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE? SO JUST LIKE ROADS, JUST LIKE HEALTH CARE AND HOUSING.

YES, ABSOLUTELY. I CAN SEND YOU MY SPEECH. THANK YOU.

QUESTIONS? MINE'S AROUND THE VOLUNTEER. YEAH ABSOLUTELY.

ASPECT. THE LITERATURE THAT WAS PROVIDED YOU SERVED IN 2000.

I THINK IT WAS LAST YEAR. IT'S LAST YEAR'S, YEAH.

331 STUDENTS AND YOU HAVE 287 VOLUNTEERS. I'M ASSUMING THAT MOST VOLUNTEERS ARE ONLY WORKING WITH ONE STUDENT THEN AT A TIME INSTEAD OF A GROUP SETTING.

YEAH. NOW THEY CAN THEY CAN DEFINITELY DO TWO.

AND PEOPLE WANT TO DO THAT ALL THE TIME. SO IF IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE SCHOOL AND HOW IT'S SET UP.

THE DISTRICTS THAT HAVE REALLY. SO WASHOUGAL SCHOOL DISTRICT IS THE DISTRICT THAT HAS TRULY JUST TAKEN WHAT WE'RE DOING AND IMPLEMENTED INTO EVERYTHING AND ALL THEIR GRADES AND THEY'VE COME AND THEY HAVE ABSOLUTELY.

THEY START WE STARTED WITH THEM. THEY WERE ONE OF OUR FIRST SCHOOLS THREE AND A HALF YEARS AGO, AND THEY HAVE CHANGED WASHOUGAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND NOW THEY HAVE FOUR SCHOOLS AND A LOT LESS KIDS.

SO AND YOU GUYS HAVE SEVEN AND MORE STUDENTS PER CLASS THAN MOST OF THE DISTRICTS DO.

SO VOLUNTEERS THOUGH, IF WE CAN GET IT TO WHERE THE TEACHERS CAN SET IT UP SO THAT THEY COULD DO BACK TO BACK, THEY WOULD DO MORE THAN ONE, ONE STUDENT. YEAH.

AND WE'RE ALMOST AT 400 NOW FOR 400. YEAH. THE GROWTH RATE IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.

IT'S HAPPENING REALLY FAST. YEAH. WE'RE SIX NEW SCHOOLS NEXT YEAR TOO SO.

IS IT FOR THE VOLUNTEERS THAT TYPICALLY ABOUT AN HOUR A WEEK? YOU SAID THEY'RE COMING IN WEEK AFTER WEEK. YEAH.

WHAT'S THE TYPICAL VOLUNTEER LOOK LIKE? WELL, IF WE HAD OUR IDEAL SITUATION, IT WOULD BE TWO 30 MINUTE SESSIONS A WEEK.

BUT NOT ALL SCHOOLS CAN DO THAT. SO WE DO ONE 30 MINUTE SESSION A WEEK.

BUT IDEALLY IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF IT, IT WOULD BE TWO 30 MINUTE SESSIONS A WEEK WOULD BE IDEAL.

YEAH. THE HIGH DOSAGE, IT'S JUST THE MORE HIGH DOSAGE YOU CAN GET.

AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT LITERACY, THAT'S SOMETHING THEY'LL PROBABLY TALK ABOUT HERE SOON. BUT THAT HIGH DOSAGE READING TIME IS IMPORTANT.

AND THAT'S WHY PARENTS READING AT HOME WITH THEIR KIDS ARE SO IMPORTANT TOO.

BEHIND THE SCENES WE SEE THE NEED FOR VOLUNTEERS IN OUR SCHOOLS.

THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL PROGRAM THAT COULD ACCOMPLISH THAT VERY WELL.

YEAH, I'VE BEEN SPEAKING AT A LOT OF PLACES, A LOT OF FROM THE SENIOR CENTERS TO ROTARIES IN BATTLE GROUND TO BATTLE GROUND WOMEN'S REPUBLIC WOMEN'S, I MEAN, SO MANY ORGANIZATIONS TO GET VOLUNTEERS FOR BATTLE GROUND.

SO AND TELL THEM ABOUT THE PROGRAM. YEAH. ANYTHING ELSE? HOW MUCH IS THIS COSTING US? LYNNELL. SHELLY?

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WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT IT JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO ABOUT VOLUNTEERS.

OKAY, SO YOUR PASSION IS MOVING AND STIRRING.

OKAY. AND WE'RE NOT, WE TOGETHER WANT TO SEE MORE, YOU SEE.

SO TO KNOW THAT THIS IS COSTING US NOTHING YOU SAY IS SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND, AND THAT'S WHY WE ASK FOR YOU TO COME HERE AND SHARE IT ON VIDEO WITH US.

OKAY, SO WE ARE COMMITTED TO GROWING THIS. YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN SIX SCHOOLS.

WE ARE OUR VOLUNTEERS LIMITING WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO DO? WELL, IDEALLY, YEAH. SO EVERY SCHOOL, IF WE COULD, WE'D HAVE 75 KIDS.

I MEAN 75. BECAUSE YOU JUST DON'T HAVE THE VOLUNTEERS.

CORRECT, YEAH. AND SO. YOU GOT THE MONEY TO TRAIN THE VOLUNTEERS? OH, ABSOLUTELY. WE HAVE, WE. YEAH. SO ONE OF OUR.

HEAR THAT, EVERYBODY HEARD THAT. YEAH. WE HAVE IT. YEAH, ESSENTIALLY WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED PROGRAM COORDINATORS.

AND MELISSA EASTER IS YOUR GUYS'S IN BATTLE GROUND YOU WILL HAVE TWO NEXT YEAR BECAUSE WE IDEALLY WOULD LIKE THEM TO HAVE ONLY THREE SCHOOLS.

BUT YES, WE PROVIDE ACTUAL PROGRAM COORDINATORS THAT TAKE CARE OF ALL THE VOLUNTEERS.

IT'S WHY WE HAVE BEEN SO WHY YOU'VE SEEN US GROW SO FAST AND WHY WE'VE BEEN SO EFFECTIVE BECAUSE IT'S NOT A VOLUNTEER GOING TO A TEACHER SAYING, OKAY, WHAT CAN I DO TODAY? AND THE TEACHER IS GOING, I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THIS. LIKE I DON'T HAVE TIME TO COME UP WITH THIS AND THIS. THEY'RE SO BUSY. WE COMMUNICATE WITH INITIALLY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, WE DO ALL OF OUR FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY'RE AT, THE LEVELS THEY'RE AT AND ALL OF THAT. WE DO ALL OF THAT SO THAT IT ALL RUNS SMOOTH.

AND THAT'S ALL BY OUR PROGRAM COORDINATORS WITH THE PRINCIPALS AND THE TEACHERS.

WE WANT OUR CHILDREN TO READ. WE WANT ALL OF OUR CHILDREN TO READ.

YEAH. WE WANT OUR FAMILIES, YOU KNOW, AND EVEN THE SINGLE PARENTS, YOU KNOW, GEE WHIZ, I WANT A CHALLENGE TO GET THE MEAL ON THE TABLE.

THEY WANT THEM TO HAVE THE SUPPORT THEY NEED TO READ.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, OUR BUDGET IS TIGHTENING AND THIS PROGRAM IS WONDERFUL.

I AM TOTALLY SUPPORTIVE OF LITERACY, ESPECIALLY EARLY LITERACY.

AS A PRESCHOOL TEACHER, I ENCOURAGE MY PARENTS WHEN THEY WERE PREGNANT, TO READ TO THEIR BABIES BEFORE THEY WERE EVEN EVEN IN THE WORLD.

SO READING IS SO IMPORTANT AND SO FOUNDATIONAL.

AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING FOR BATTLE GROUND SCHOOLS AND FOR THE CHILDREN AND I'M SURE EVERYONE IN THE ROOM DOES ALSO AT NO COST, WHICH IS AMAZING AND SO APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.

BUT WITH THAT IN MIND, IF THERE'S GOOD BUSINESS OWNERS THAT WANT TO DONATE TO READ NORTHWEST, THAT IS ALSO VERY CRUCIAL TOO. SO THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THAT.

SO THAT IS BECAUSE I KNOW FOR A FACT THERE'S BEEN MULTIPLE THAT HAVE NOW COME TO ME AND SAY, HEY, WE HEAR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT.

THEY NEED TO HEAR MORE BECAUSE THEY ALL UNDERSTAND.

THOSE ARE DAYS. I MEAN, ALL OF THEM. THE. THEY.

LITERALLY ALL OF THEM SAY TO ME, THE VANCOUVER SYMPHONY, PLEASE.

IT STARTS WITH YOU. IF THESE KIDS CAN'T READ, THEY CAN'T DRIVE A TRACTOR.

THEY CAN'T EVEN PASS. THEY HAVE TO. THEY HAVE TO READ TO BE ABLE TO PASS TESTS.

NOW, IT'S NOT LIKE IT USED TO BE. YOU GET TO LEARN FROM YOUR DAD AND THEN YOU GET TO GO DRIVE IT.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE LICENSES. YOU HAVE TO HAVE. SO THEY'RE ALL LIKE, NO, THEY IT STARTS WITH YOU.

IT STARTS WITH READING LITERACY, NOT WITH US, BUT WITH READING NORTHWEST COMING ALONGSIDE AND HELPING THE TEACHERS.

AND YEAH. WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING MORE ABOUT READING.

AND THIRD, IT'S FIRST THROUGH THIRD GRADE. WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING SOME MORE ABOUT SOME OTHER DATA.

WE WANTED TO HEAR FROM YOU GUYS ABOUT WHAT YOU WERE CONTRIBUTING TO THIS WHOLE THING.

AND WE APPRECIATE SHELLEY AND LYNNELL AND THE TEAM BEING ON TOP OF THIS AND BRINGING YOU IN AND HELPING YOU TO BE SUCCESSFUL HERE AND TO EXPAND OUR HORIZONS. AND THIS IS PRETTY COOL STUFF.

VERY COOL STUFF. YOU GOT SOMETHING TO ADD? I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY I WANT TO GIVE HATS OFF TO BROOKE AND HER BOARD MEMBER BRUCE IS HERE WITH HER.

AND THAT JUST ALSO SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT THE SUPPORT THAT PEOPLE HAVE COME AROUND TO GIVE TO READ NORTHWEST AND WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH. THEY HAVE AN ANNUAL AUCTION THAT I WAS HAPPY TO ATTEND, AND THAT FUNDRAISER WAS AMAZING.

I MEAN, A LOT OF THE FUNDS THAT THEY HAVE IN ORDER TO PUT PEOPLE IN PLACE COME THROUGH THAT AUCTION AND THAT OPPORTUNITY.

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AND I WANT TO GIVE HATS OFF TO MIKE MICHAUD BECAUSE HE'S REALLY BEEN OUR BOOTS ON THE GROUND HERE IN THE DISTRICT TO GET THIS GOING IN OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAMS TO HELP WITH SOME OF THOSE PIECES. BUT IT'S BROOKE'S INSIGHT AND HER CONNECTION WITH MIKE THAT GOT US REALLY MOVING FORWARD IN A POSITIVE WAY. YEAH. SO THANK YOU. FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE WITH READING NORTHWEST.

I VOLUNTEER AT DAYBREAK PRIMARY AND IT HAS BEEN A JOY.

I ENCOURAGE ANYONE THAT HAS ANY EXTRA TIME GIVE UP A HALF HOUR A WEEK.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YES, OUR OBVIOUSLY WOULD BE BETTER.

THE WAY THE PROGRAM IS SET UP, HALF HOUR WAS ONLY THE WAY FOR THIS YEAR FOR ME.

BUT WHAT AN AMAZING PROGRAM. SO IT'S SUCH A POSITIVE THING FOR OUR DISTRICT.

AND YOU GOT JUST AS MUCH OUT OF IT AS. OH, ABSOLUTELY.

EXACTLY. I WOULD LEAVE EVERY TIME. JUST LIKE ALMOST IN TEARS.

I GET ON WITH MY HUSBAND. OH MY WORD. SCHEETZ OF IT.

ALL MY LITTLE STORIES. YEAH. BECAUSE IT IS. IT'S A ONE-ON-ONE CONNECTION.

IT'S MY STUDENT. I GO PICK HER UP EVERY TUESDAY AT SUCH AND SUCH TIME, AND SHE'S EXPECTING ME.

AND IF I DON'T COME, SHE, YOU KNOW, SHE IS WONDERING WHERE I AM.

SO. YEAH. SO IT'S A REALLY POSITIVE THING. I ENCOURAGE ANYONE.

AND IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO VOLUNTEER, YOU DON'T HAVE THE TIME WHATEVER, TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THERE'S OTHER WAYS TO SUPPORT WITH DONATIONS.

THEY'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR BOOKS AND. YEAH, ONLINE, WE HAVE WISHLISTS FOR BOOKS.

WE HAVE YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, DO A MONTHLY, YOU KNOW, PUT $10 IN A MONTH.

I MEAN, JUST ANYTHING TO HELP. AND BECAUSE WE'RE OBVIOUSLY ACTIVATED AND WE'RE EXCITED AND WE'RE GOING TO, THERE WILL BE A LOT MORE COMING FORWARD TO HERE IN THE NEXT.

ANYTHING ELSE FROM ANY OF THE BOARD? I'LL SAY THIS.

AND I THINK, OKAY, AS A TEACHER, IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY TO WORK WITH A VOLUNTEER.

OKAY. SO VOLUNTEERS ARE NOT A SILVER BULLET, YOU KNOW, BUT THE TEAM, SORRY, IS MAKING THIS WORK. SAY. SO WE WILL FIND WAYS TO MAKE VOLUNTEERS WORK.

AND WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR TEACHERS AND EVERYBODY, THE STAFF, YOU KNOW, TO TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR THAT YOU'RE DOING. YOU'RE RIGHT.

YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, TERRY BECAUSE AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THAT PROGRAM COORDINATOR.

SO THE TEACHERS DON'T THE VOLUNTEERS. IT'S CHALLENGING SOMETIMES.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]. I THINK THAT COULDN'T HAVE WE COULDN'T HAVE ASKED FOR A BETTER START FOR OUR WORK TOGETHER.

I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT PART IS WHILE WE ARE EXPERIENCING QUITE A TRAUMATIC EVENT HERE IN BATTLE GROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS, OUR FOCUS IS STILL OUR FOCUS. AND THAT STUDENTS AND TO QUOTE BROOKE, IF WE TREAT LITERACY AS A FOUNDATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WILL GUARANTEE SUCCESS FOR EACH AND EVERY STUDENT.

SO IT'S WITH THAT IN MIND THAT I INVITE MR. DAVID KENNEDY, WHO'S THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT.

AND THEN I AM SO EXCITED TO INTRODUCE YOU TO HEIDI LAMMERS, WHO IS OUR TITLE I AND LAP COORDINATOR TO THE PODIUM HERE.

THEY'RE GOING TO HELP ME PRESENT THIS NEXT SECTION.

AND REALLY, I WANT TO DRAW BACK AS THEY KIND OF MAKE THEIR WAY UP HERE.

THIS WILL ALWAYS BE OUR FOCUS. AND I WANT TO POINT TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS WE STARTED OFF WITH REALLY FOCUSING ON THE COLLABORATION THAT CULTIVATES TRUST AND HAVING OUR AMAZING PARTNERS READ NORTHWEST AND REALLY SETTING THE FOUNDATION FOR MENTORING, ONE ON ONE MENTORING. AND NOW WE'RE WORKING INTO HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION AND INSTRUCTION.

AND ONE OF THE FIRST STRATEGIES IT STATES THERE IN IMPLEMENTING HIGH QUALITY, STANDARDS BASED INSTRUCTION AND INTERVENTION THAT SUPPORT CRITICAL THINKING, HIGH LEVELS OF AND HIGH LEVELS OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT.

SO IT'S WITH THOSE IN MIND THAT WE'RE GOING TO JUST DISCUSS SOME VERY IMPORTANT KEY ELEMENTS THAT WE DO HERE IN BATTLE GROUND REGARDING LITERACY, SPECIFICALLY EARLY LITERACY. AND SO WITH THAT, I AM GOING TO PASS THIS CLICKER OVER TO HEIDI.

THE MAGIC WAND. THAT'S REALLY TOUGH, I KNOW. AND IF YOU HAVE TO TALK TO MIKE.

OKAY. SORRY. IF ANYONE SEES WHAT'S COMING UP NEXT AND IT BRINGS UP SOME EMOTIONS IN YOU AND YOU DO HAVE FREE TIME.

MAKE SURE TO CONNECT WITH READ NORTHWEST SO THAT YOU CAN HELP MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR THESE STUDENTS.

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SO IT'S NOT JUST ONE THING. IT'S NOT ONE PROGRAM.

IT'S A WHOLE COLLECTION OF KNOWLEDGE. AND THIS PICTURE IS CALLED THE READING ROPE.

IT'S PART OF THE SCIENCE OF READING PART OF THAT BODY.

AND IT'S AN ILLUSTRATION FROM HOLLIS SCARBOROUGH THAT SHOWS WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A SKILLED READER.

SO ON THE RIGHT, YOU HAVE THAT TIGHTROPE OF SKILLED READING.

ON THE LEFT, YOU HAVE A LIST OF THE SKILLS AND COMPONENTS THAT YOU NEED FOR SKILLED READING.

THE ROPE AT THE TOP IS CALLED LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION, AND IT'S WHAT YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND AND PULL MEANING FROM THE WORDS ON THE PAGE.

THE ROPE AT THE BOTTOM IS WORD RECOGNITION, AND THOSE ARE THE SKILLS THAT YOU NEED TO ACTUALLY READ THE WORDS ON THE PAGE.

A FEW YEARS AGO, YOU KNOW THAT BATTLE GROUND WENT THROUGH A VERY LENGTHY AND DELIBERATE PROCESS TO CHOOSE MATERIALS THAT WERE ALIGNED WITH THE SCIENCE OF READING. AND WE'RE NOW IN THE THIRD YEAR OF THOSE MATERIALS.

THE ONE AT THE BOTTOM, FUNDATIONS, IS FOR OUR EARLIEST LEARNERS, KINDERGARTEN THROUGH THIRD GRADE.

AND THAT'S THE PHONICS PIECE. PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS THAT TEACHES SKILLS, HOW TO JUST READ THE CODE OF OUR LANGUAGE.

AND THEN WIT & WISDOM IS WHAT WE USE TO DEVELOP COMPREHENSION AND WRITING.

AND THEN THAT WORD GEODES IN THE MIDDLE ARE COLLECTIONS OF BOOKS FOR STUDENTS TO ACTUALLY READ THEMSELVES.

AND IT COMBINES THE PHONICS SKILLS WITH THE TOPICS FROM WIT & WISDOM SO THAT THEY CAN APPLY BOTH AREAS OF LEARNING. OKAY. OKAY, SO THEN PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS THE OUTCOME OF THESE NEW MATERIALS.

AND I JUST WANT YOU TO REMEMBER THAT THERE ARE FACES BEHIND THESE COLOR BANDS.

A LOT OF US TEACHERS LOOK AT THIS AND WE KNOW EXACTLY WHERE STUDENTS ARE.

WE CAN PICTURE THEM, THEIR FAMILIES. SO JUST KNOW THAT THERE'S MORE TO THIS.

IT'S JUST A SNAPSHOT. IT'S ONE PIECE OF THE PUZZLE.

SO AT THE TOP, IT SHOWS FALL IREADY SCORES IN LITERACY FOR FIRST THROUGH FOURTH GRADES.

THE DARK GREEN SHOWS STUDENTS WHO ARE AT OR ABOVE GRADE LEVEL.

THE LIGHT GREEN IS MEETING GRADE LEVEL. THE YELLOW IS TECHNICALLY ONE GRADE LEVEL BELOW, BUT THEY'RE A MIX OF ON GRADE LEVEL STANDARDS. WITH SOME AREAS WHERE THEY STILL NEED SUPPORT.

AND THEN OF COURSE, THE RED IS TWO OR MORE GRADE LEVELS BELOW THE DOMAINS AT THE BOTTOM LEFT CORRESPOND TO THOSE COMPONENTS YOU SAW ON THE READING ROPE. THEY'RE JUST CONDENSED. SO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR PHONICS PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS.

AND THAT'S LIKE YOUR WORD RECOGNITION PART OF THE ROPE.

AND THEN THE VOCABULARY AND COMPREHENSION IS YOUR LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION PART OF THE ROPE.

AND. SO IF WE PAUSE FOR A SECOND TOO. SO IREADY IS A COMPUTER BASED ASSESSMENT THAT WE ADMINISTER TO EVERY FIRST THROUGH FOURTH GRADE STUDENT AT ALL SCHOOLS. AND THIS IS THE COMBINATION OF ALL OF THE RESULTS FROM SEPTEMBER.

AND SO THIS IS ONE OF THE ONLY WAYS RIGHT NOW WITH BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS THAT WE HAVE TO MEASURE HOW STUDENTS ARE DOING FROM A DISTRICT LEVEL.

OUR TEACHERS USE CLASSROOM BASED ASSESSMENTS IN THEIR PLCS IN THEIR DAILY WORK ALL THE TIME.

BUT FROM A DISTRICT LENS. THIS IS A STATE RELIABLE.

NATIONALLY NORMED. THANK YOU. THOSE ARE THE WORDS I WAS LOOKING FOR. AND NATIONALLY NORMED ASSESSMENT THAT WE ARE ABLE TO HAVE COMPARABLE DATA TO BE ABLE TO SEE JUST LIKE A TEMPERATURE CHECK. SO THIS WAS KIND OF OUR FALL TEMPERATURE CHECK IN TERMS OF LITERACY IN FIRST THROUGH FOURTH GRADE FOR ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS.

THIS IS ALL SCHOOLS. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE OF WHAT'S PROJECTED HERE? AND IT'S ON GRADE LEVEL. ON GRADE LEVEL STANDARDS.

SO STUDENTS MEETING GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATIONS.

SO WHEN YOU'RE READING THIS I THINK IT SAYS 516 STUDENTS ARE MEETING EXACTLY WHERE THEY'RE NEEDING TO BE AT THAT MOMENT IN TIME. AND GETTING READY TO SAY SOMETHING.

LYNNELL. HEIDI. IF I MAY, SORRY. HOW WOULD THE DISTRICT USE THIS?

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SO I THINK OF IT LIKE GETTING A BLOOD PANEL. YOU KNOW, YOU SEE THESE NUMBERS, SOME OF THEM ARE AT RISK.

AND THEN YOU LOOK AT WHY. SO TEACHERS AND THE READING INTERVENTION PROGRAM FUNDED THROUGH LAP WILL ADMINISTER EXTRA LITERACY TESTS TO REALLY PINPOINT WHAT THE ACTUAL PROBLEM IS. SOMETIMES THERE'S NOT A PROBLEM.

IT JUST IS THE STUDENT WASN'T HAVING A GOOD DAY OR THEY'RE NOT A GOOD TEST TAKER OR WHATEVER.

OTHER TIMES WE CAN REALLY SEE WHAT WE NEED TO SUPPORT THEM WITH.

SO THAT'S WHAT THE TEACHER WOULD DO. MAKES SENSE.

THEN SYSTEMICALLY. YEAH, WE USE A LOT OF THESE TOOLS FOR IN ORDER TO RANK ORDER NEEDS OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS IN TERMS OF INTERVENTION AND SUPPORTS. WE ALSO USE THESE REPORTS A LOT FOR COMPLIANCE BASED REPORTING TOOLS THAT GO STRAIGHT TO OSPI.

SO THIS DATA MIGHT SHOW YOU WHERE YOU NEED TO PUT RESOURCES THIS YEAR? CORRECT. IS THE 10% SAY AT THE TEN AND 16%? IS THAT BASED ON END OF YEAR, SAY SECOND GRADE SECOND GRADE STANDARDS, OR IS IT CURRENT LIKE BEGINNING OF THE GRADE LEVEL STANDARDS? DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO IT IS END OF YEAR. SO WE WOULD EXPECT TO SEE FALL TO BE THE LEAST AMOUNT OF GREEN.

AND AS WE GO THROUGH THE YEAR AND PROGRESS FARTHER INTO THE YEAR, WE WOULD START TO SEE.

AND THAT'S IF WE TRANSITION TO THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU WILL SEE THAT WE MOVE FROM 26% OF STUDENTS BEING ON GRADE LEVEL TO NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT A 43% OF STUDENTS BEING ON GRADE LEVEL. SO GREAT GROWTH.

YEAH, SOME GREAT GROWTH. REDUCTION IN RED. YOUR YELLOW IS A LITTLE BIT REDUCED.

BUT AGAIN, STUDENTS ARE USUALLY MOVING UP JUST ONE LEVEL.

IF THEY'RE MOVING, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE SKIPPING 2 OR 3 LEVELS. AND TO ECHO WHAT HEIDI WAS SAYING, THAT THAT YELLOW INDICATES THOSE STUDENTS ARE PARTIALLY MEETING GRADE LEVEL STANDARD.

SO IT IS A LITTLE BIT INACCURATE WHEN YOU READ THE DEFINITION THERE OF ONE GRADE LEVEL BELOW.

THAT'S NOT REALLY A GREAT DEFINITION. I'M NOT SURE QUITE WHY IREADY LANDS ON THAT, BECAUSE IT IS PARTIALLY MEETING GRADE LEVEL STANDARD AND NEEDING CERTAIN AREAS OF SUPPORT. TARGETED SUPPORT, WHICH IS REALLY A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION THEN IS USED BY OUR INTERVENTION PROGRAMS. I ALSO WANT TO SAY OUR PLC TEAMS ARE ALSO TRAINED TO USE THIS INFORMATION TO DRIVE A LOT OF THE WORK THEY'RE DOING IN THEIR PLCS AS WELL.

DOES THE DATA GIVE YOU ANY CLUE AS TO WHAT AREAS THEY NEED HELP IN? ABSOLUTELY, 100%. THAT'S THE ADVANTAGE OF A DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT.

SO THIS GOES BEYOND JUST BEING A SCREENER ASSESSMENT, WHICH MANY DISTRICTS WILL USE.

IT'S A VERY SHORT ASSESSMENT JUST TO KIND OF DIAGNOSE WHO MIGHT BE A PROBLEM.

WHAT IREADY DOES IS NOT ONLY DOES IT TELL YOU WHO MIGHT HAVE SOME ISSUES, BUT IT TELLS YOU SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE IT IS DIAGNOSTIC, SPECIFICALLY WHAT THOSE ISSUES ARE. AND WITHIN THE PROGRAM, THEN THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU TO IDENTIFY HOW TO ADDRESS THOSE AREAS OF NEED.

SO IT'S A PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE TOOL. WHAT'S INTERESTING, IF YOU LOOK AT JUST THE PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS, SO IT'S THE ABILITY TO HEAR THE SOUNDS FOR STUDENTS IN EARLY LITERACY.

THE GRAY CHECKED BOXES MEANS THAT IT WASN'T APPLICABLE BECAUSE OUR TYPICALLY OUR OLDER STUDENTS LIKE THIRD AND FOURTH GRADE TEST OUT OF PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS BECAUSE THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T NEED THAT SKILL. THEY'VE MASTERED IT. IT'S TYPICALLY A SKILL YOU LEARN IN K-1, 2 SOMETIMES. AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT HEIDI, IF YOU GO BACK A SLIDE JUST TO LOOK AT FALL AND THEN TO SEE THAT GAP CLOSE, IT SPECIFICALLY CAN BE TIED TO THE EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION IN PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS AND PHONICS THAT IS DONE THROUGH OUR NEW READING PROGRAM OF THE FUNDATIONS.

SO THAT IS ONE OF THE TOOLS THAT WE CAN USE AND LOOK AT AS A SYSTEM.

OUR PROGRAMS ARE STARTING TO, TO TURN OUT RESULTS BASED ON WHAT WE SEE IN THE DATA.

NOW, IF YOU BLANK OUT THE GREY, THAT'S JUST BECAUSE A MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENTS DON'T NEED PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS ANYMORE.

BUT OUR STUDENTS ARE DEMONSTRATING A HIGH SUCCESS RATE IN PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS, WHICH IS A HUGE, WHICH IS A HUGE PLACE TO CELEBRATE FOR SUCCESS RIGHT? IT'S JUST A STEPPING STONE IN THAT. TO, AGAIN, QUOTE BROOKS THING ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE THAT IS THE VERY FOUNDATIONAL, IMPORTANT PIECE OF LEARNING HOW TO READ.

AND I WOULD JUST ADD TO THAT INFRASTRUCTURE COMMENT, THE MORE TARGETED YOU ARE IN BUILDING THAT INFRASTRUCTURE,

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YOU'RE GOOD. SO WHEN WE TRANSITION TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO SHOW AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE FOCUS IN ON THOSE STUDENTS THAT WERE IN THE YELLOW THAT WE KNOW HAVE SOME TARGETED AREAS OF NEED OF SUPPORT.

THE LAP INTERVENTION PROGRAM AND THIS, THIS IS AT DAYBREAK IS ONE EXAMPLE.

WE WILL SHARE WITH YOU NOW, HEIDI WILL SHARE SOME OF THE DATA THAT COMES FROM BEING TARGETED WHEN BUILDING THAT INFRASTRUCTURE OF LITERACY.

OKAY, SO BRIEFLY, YOU CAN SEE IN THE MIDDLE THERE'S A LOT OF RED DOTS.

SO THAT'S THAT FALL IREADY DIAGNOSTIC. AND THEN TO THE RIGHT YOU CAN SEE IT'S THE WINTER ONE AND THE NEED KIND OF FLIPS.

SO IN THE IN THE FALL THERE WERE ONLY TWO STUDENTS AT THAT STRATEGIC LEVEL, ONE LEVEL BEHIND.

BUT IN WINTER THERE WERE ONLY THREE STUDENTS THAT STILL NEED INTENSIVE SUPPORTS.

SO THIS JUST SHOWS THE SAME INFORMATION IN A DIFFERENT WAY.

IN THE FALL, 86% OF LAP STUDENTS SCORED TWO GRADE LEVELS BELOW.

BUT IN WINTER, ONLY 24% OF THOSE STUDENTS SCORED TWO GRADE LEVELS BELOW, WHICH MEANS THERE WAS A 62% REDUCTION OF LAP STUDENTS SCORING TWO GRADE LEVELS BELOW. AND A 76% GAIN OF LAP STUDENTS ONLY ONE GRADE LEVEL BELOW.

AND AS WE SPOKE BEFORE, THEY HAVE MASTERED SOME SKILLS THAT THEY NEED TO.

THEY STILL NEED EXTRA SUPPORT EITHER FROM LAP OR IN THEIR CLASSROOMS OR MAYBE FROM A READ NORTHWEST VOLUNTEER.

SO OUR TAKEAWAY IS THAT IN ONLY HALF A YEAR OF INSTRUCTION, THESE DAYBREAK SECOND GRADE READING INTERVENTION STUDENTS GAINED ONE YEAR OF LEARNING.

THEY STILL HAVE THE REST OF THE YEAR TO GO. SAY THAT AGAIN.

IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. IT IS. SAY THAT AGAIN.

THAT IN JUST HALF A YEAR OF INSTRUCTION OUR DAYBREAK SECOND GRADE LAP STUDENTS GAINED ONE YEAR OF LEARNING, AND THEY STILL HAVE ANOTHER HALF OF THE YEAR TO GO.

SO WE'RE CLOSING GAPS FOR THOSE STUDENTS. FOR THE COMMUNITY, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY. THANK YOU. FOR A SECOND GRADER AT DAYBREAK.

A DAY FOR A SECOND GRADER WOULD BE. THE STUDENT GOES TO ALL OF THEIR CORE CLASSES READING MATH, SPECIAL, LUNCH, ALL OF THOSE THINGS. BUT THEN WE HAVE A BUILT IN SPECIFIC TIME CALLED INTERVENTION TIME, WHERE THERE IS NO CORE INSTRUCTION GOING ON, AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PLC WORK TO TAKE PLACE WHERE TEACHERS HAVE PLANNED INTERVENTIONS. AND THAT'S WHERE THE TEAM THAT HEIDI OVERSEES IS THE LEARNING ASSISTANT PROGRAM.

THAT'S OUR READING SPECIALISTS AND THE PARAPROFESSIONALS THERE.

THEY PULL OUT AND HAVE TARGETED SPECIFIC GROUPS AND SPECIFIC INTERVENTIONS ACCORDING TO THE NEED OF THE STUDENT.

SO FOR ONE SECOND GRADE STUDENT, THEY COULD BE WORKING ON BLENDING, SEGMENTATION OR BLENDING, SEGMENTING. AND THEY HAVE A PULLOUT INSTRUCTIONAL GROUP FOR SIX WEEKS OF INTENSIVE INTERVENTION.

AND THAT IS THE GAP. SO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PLC, WITH THE READING SPECIALIST AND THE BUILDING SCHEDULE, ALL OF THOSE THINGS WORK IN TANDEM TO CREATE THIS, THIS RIGHT HERE, THIS IS WHAT CLOSES THE GAPS.

AND THEN INFRASTRUCTURES AND PARTNERSHIPS LIKE REED NORTHWEST, HAVING THOSE IS TRULY ICING ON A CUPCAKE.

IF YOU THINK LIKE CORE IS JUST LIKE THE CAKE, RIGHT? THE FROSTING WOULD BE LIKE THE INTERVENTION. AND A CHERRY IN THE SPRINKLES ON TOP WOULD BE LIKE A MENTOR OR SOMETHING ON ADDITIONAL.

DURING THAT INTERVENTION TIME. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. YEAH.

SO AS LYNNELL WAS INDICATING, SO LAP IS LEARNING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

IT'S A STATE FUNDED PROGRAM. SO WE RECEIVE TARGETED FUNDS SPECIFICALLY FOR INTERVENTION THROUGH THAT LAP PROGRAM.

IT'S GRANT BASED PROGRAM. MIGHT I KNOW THAT I WAS A LAP STUDENT OR NOT? MIGHT I BE A LAP STUDENT THIS WEEK AND NOT A LAP STUDENT NEXT WEEK? OH. GOOD QUESTION. DO YOU WANT DO YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO THAT? YOU KNOW THAT THAT WOULD BE GREAT IF THAT WAS THE CASE.

IT'S USUALLY A LONGER TIME FRAME. AND YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT YOU'RE A LAP STUDENT.

YOU'RE INVITED TO IT. AND THEN BASED ON ASSESSMENTS, WE DO THEM FREQUENTLY IN THE READING PROGRAM.

BUT THEN ANOTHER THING LIKE IREADY CLASSROOM BASED ASSESSMENTS THAT'S ALL COLLECTED AND LOOKED AT TOGETHER.

AND SO YOU MIGHT EXIT OR GRADUATE BECAUSE YOU'VE SHOWN THAT YOU'RE ON BENCHMARK OR CLOSE TO BENCHMARK SCORES.

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YES. THEY WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE, THEY WOULDN'T USUALLY BE IN LAP PROGRAM BECAUSE THEY'RE SPECIALLY DESIGNED.

INSTRUCTION IN THEIR SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSES WOULD BE THEIR READING INTERVENTION.

SO THAT'S WHY WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THAT IREADY DATA, IF WE COULD GO BACK A SLIDE OR TWO, REALLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LAP, GO BACK ONE MORE.

WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING IN ON THOSE STUDENTS THAT ARE IN THE YELLOW.

MANY OF THE STUDENTS THAT ARE SCORING IN THE RED ARE RECEIVING SOME TYPE OF SPECIALIZED INSTRUCTION ON AN IEP, WHETHER IT BE A 504 OR AN INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PLAN THROUGH SPECIAL ED.

AND FOR SOME OF THOSE STUDENTS, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IT MAY NEVER CHANGE.

THEY MAY ALWAYS BE IN THAT RED ZONE JUST BECAUSE OF THEIR SPECIAL NEEDS THAT THEY HAVE AND MAY NOT BE ABLE TO PROGRESS.

IS THAT TRUE THAT CHILDREN, SOME STUDENTS WITH INDIVIDUAL EDUCATION PLANS MAY NEVER GET TO THE GREEN? I THINK WHAT THEY MAKE PROGRESS ON ARE THEIR INDIVIDUAL GOALS THAT.

SO EVERY IEP TEAM MAKES GOALS THAT'S, THAT ARE MEASURED AND REPORTED ON ANNUALLY, BI-ANNUALLY WITH THE TEAM. AND SO THEY ABSOLUTELY WILL AND CAN SHOW PROGRESS ON ALL ANY KIND OF ASSESSMENT.

BUT REALLY, I THINK THE CRUX OF AN INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PLAN IS JUST REALLY HONING IN ON WHERE THAT DEFICIT IS AND MAKING SPECIFIC GOALS AROUND THAT ARE ACHIEVABLE AND MEASURABLE.

AND SO IT REALLY DEPENDS ON WHAT THE AREA THE STUDENT IS QUALIFYING FOR SERVICES IN AND WHERE THEY MIGHT SHOW UP IN THE DATA, BECAUSE THERE MIGHT BE STUDENTS THAT HAVE A SERVICES IN MATH AND COULD BE SHOWING GREEN ON READING.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? OR, OR BEHAVIOR GOALS.

SO IT'S THE MYRIAD IS JUST SO VAST THAT IT WOULD BE HARD TO GENERALIZE.

YEAH, EXACTLY. I THINK THAT'S AN INDIVIDUAL CASE BY CASE BASIS.

MR. MICHAUD WANTED TO ADD SOMETHING. JUST WANTED TO MAKE A NOTE ABOUT WHERE READ NORTHWEST FITS INTO THIS EQUATION IS IF YOU LOOK AT THE 21% RIGHT THERE.

SO THE TOP OF THE YELLOW GROUP THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE CAPACITY IN OUR LAP PROGRAM.

THAT'S WHERE WE NORTHWEST STEPS IN AND PROVIDES INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION.

MAYBE NOT WITH THE LEVEL OF EXPERTISE THAT OUR LAP PROGRAM MIGHT, BUT THAT MIGHT GIVE THAT LITTLE BIT OF CONFIDENCE THAT A LITTLE BIT OF ATTENTION, MAYBE SOME WORD OR SOME HIGH FREQUENCY WORD RECOGNITION SKILLS TO GET THEM INTO THE GREEN SO THEY FIT RIGHT AT THE TOP OF THAT YELLOW BAND.

SO WHAT MIKE'S REFERRING TO IS BECAUSE THE FUNDING IS LIMITED THROUGH LAP, WE HAVE TO RANK ORDER STUDENTS.

AND THERE ARE SOME STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY IF THE NEED IS GREAT, THEY'RE GOING TO BE SERVED THROUGH LAP.

BUT THERE IS A POINT AT WHICH MAYBE SOME OF THESE STUDENTS DON'T QUALIFY FOR SERVICES DUE TO THERE NOT BEING ANY ROOM IN THE PROGRAM FOR THEM.

AND THAT'S WHERE A PROGRAM LIKE READ NORTHWEST REALLY BECOMES PRETTY ESSENTIAL TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR THEM.

THEY FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS. MY SIMPLE QUESTION IS WE HAVE THIS.

WE TAKE THE IREADY TEST IN THE FALL. YEP. AND AGAIN IN THE WINTER.

NARROW THAT DOWN. WHAT MONTHS ARE WE TAKING THOSE TESTS SO THAT IT'S REFLECTIVE IN THE DATA AND WHAT THE PROGRESS IS FOR THE STUDENTS? SEPTEMBER, JANUARY AND RIGHT NOW. YEAH. APRIL.

OKAY. SO THREE TIMES A YEAR. YEAH, THREE TIMES A YEAR.

OKAY. THANK YOU. AND WAS THAT THE QUESTION YOU WERE.

THAT WAS GOING TO LOOP BACK TO YOU.

YOU'RE GOOD. WHAT IS WHAT IS AN UNFORTUNATE RAMIFICATION OF BUDGET CUTS IS WE USED TO HAVE THIS FOR BOTH MATH AND READING FIRST THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE. AND IT REALLY DID HELP US JUST HAVE THOSE SYSTEM CHECKS.

SO IT DOES FEEL LIKE A MISSING PIECE, ESPECIALLY FROM THE SYSTEMIC DISTRICT LEVEL.

SO THAT IS A PIECE THAT I WOULD, I JUST WANT TO CALL ATTENTION TO.

AGAIN, IT DOESN'T DETER AWAY FROM OUR MISSION OF FOCUSING IN ON EARLY LITERACY.

WE STILL HAVE A PIECE OF THIS IS COMPLIANCE DRIVEN TOO.

WE HAVE A LOT OF LEGISLATION BASED ON K-4 AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

BUT THE FOCUS IS STILL THE FOCUS. REGARDLESS OF ALL OF THE CRISIS THAT'S HAPPENING AROUND US.

AND I THINK TOO, I, WE'D BE REMISS IF WE DIDN'T GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT.

WE HAVE SEVEN AMAZING READING SPECIALISTS. THE PROGRAM ALSO MOST LIKELY IS LOOKING AT SOME TYPE OF IMPACT FROM OUR LEVEE FAILURE.

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BECAUSE AGAIN, WHILE THERE IS A NARRATIVE OUT THERE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE NOT DOING, I WILL REALLY FOCUS IN ON WHAT WE ARE DOING.

AND WHAT WE ARE DOING IS WE'RE DOING RIGHT BY KIDS AND REALLY FOCUSING IN ON EACH AND EVERY AND THE VERY FOUNDATIONAL, IMPORTANT PART OF EARLY LITERACY. SO I DO THINK MR. TATE FOR CALLING ATTENTION TO WHAT INSPIRED THIS CONVERSATION IS JUST A BOARD TOUR AT GLENWOOD AND TALKING TO THE READING SPECIALIST AND, AND JUST SAYING, THIS IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD HIGHLIGHT. SO I APPRECIATE THE BOARD TAKING THE TIME AND INTEREST IN.

THE OTHER PIECE I WOULD HIGHLIGHT TO ECHO HER COMMENT HEIDI'S LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN REALLY PARAMOUNT FOR THIS PROGRAM, THE TEAM OF READING INTERVENTION SPECIALISTS THAT SHE WORKS WITH ARE HIGHLY TRAINED, VERY SKILLED LEADERS OF THE PROGRAM.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, AND I'M GOING TO SPITBALL HERE.

I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY THE NUMBER OF SSIAS THAT WE HAVE.

THE. 20. 36. 36. 26. SOMEWHERE IN THE MID. 36.

OKAY. WE HAVE HOW ABOUT THIS? WE HAVE A LOT OF REALLY TRAINED, HIGHLY SKILLED INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE DELIVERING THESE TARGETED INTERVENTIONS.

AND THAT'S SO KEY BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE HIGHLY SKILLED PEOPLE WORKING WITH THESE KIDS, THEN YOU GET THE RESULT OF WHAT WE JUST SAW ABOUT CLOSING THE GAP.

THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT. AND THAT'S WHY THESE PROGRAMS ARE KEY FOR US IN HELPING ACHIEVE SOME OF THE GOALS THAT WE HAVE.

I WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF OUR TIME IN TRANSITION.

JUST TO THE LAST FEW SLIDES. REALLY QUICK TO TOUCH UPON.

IS THAT OKAY? WE'RE GOING TO TIE IT LIKE A NICE BOW ON THIS PRESENTATION AND THEN OPEN IT TO QUESTIONS.

BECAUSE I THINK THE GREATER PURPOSE, AGAIN, IS JUST BRINGING BACK TO THE ATTENTION IS HOW DO, HOW DOES THIS ALL INTERCONNECT AND BRING US ALL TOGETHER AS A DISTRICT? SO WHAT WE'D LIKE YOU TO DO IS JUST BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO THE DISTRICT'S STRATEGIC PLAN.

I THINK WE'VE DONE A REALLY NICE JOB WITH THIS DOCUMENT, BUT WE'VE ALSO LEARNED SOME THINGS OVER THE COURSE OF THE FOUR YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN IMPLEMENTING THIS PLAN. AND I WILL ACCEPT FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ONE OF THE SHORTCOMINGS OF THIS DOCUMENT, WHICH IS UNDER THE OBJECTIVES AND HIGH-QUALITY INSTRUCTION YOU WILL SEE AROUND THE BOX.

IT SAYS INCREASE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS MEETING OR EXCEEDING PROFICIENCY STANDARDS ON STATE ASSESSMENTS.

I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT STATEMENT, BUT I FEEL THAT STATEMENT IS INCOMPLETE.

AND THAT STATEMENT HAS DONE AN INJUSTICE TO THIS DISTRICT AND PROVIDED AMMUNITION TO THOSE WHO MAYBE VIEW THE DISTRICT DIFFERENTLY, TO NOT SEE THE WHOLE PICTURE. AND WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AND AN OBLIGATION TO SHARE THE NARRATIVE, THE FULL NARRATIVE, WITH OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT IS TAKING PLACE IN OUR SCHOOLS.

IF YOU NOTICE HERE EXTERNAL ASSESSMENTS, SMARTER BALANCE IS CONSIDERED AN EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT.

YOU SEE THE EMBLEM OF OSPI UP THERE IT'S STATE LEVEL ASSESSMENT.

IT'S A VALUABLE ASSESSMENT. DON'T GET ME WRONG. I'M NOT SAYING THAT SMARTER BALANCE IS NOT HELPFUL.

IT PROVIDES US SOME TYPE OF INFORMATION. BELOW THAT YOU'LL SEE THE DISTRICT LEVEL ASSESSMENT FOR IREADY, YET ANOTHER INTEGRAL PIECE IN A MENU OF ASSESSMENT OPTIONS.

BUT MOST IMPORTANT, I WOULD ARGUE, ARE THE ASSESSMENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING CLOSEST TO THE CLASSROOM.

AND CURRENTLY, RIGHT NOW, OUR STRATEGIC PLAN DOES NOT CAPTURE THE POWER OF WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THOSE ASSESSMENTS.

AND THAT'S A TRAVESTY BECAUSE WE'RE MISSING THE COMPLETE PICTURE OF WHAT'S OCCURRING IN THE DISTRICT AND THE GOOD WORK THAT'S OCCURRING WITH OUR STAFF.

AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT COMMON ASSESSMENTS THAT ARE CLOSE TO THE CLASSROOM, IS START TO REALLY HONE IN ON WHAT THOSE LOOK LIKE AND SHARE THOSE WITH THE BOARD.

WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS A TOOL THAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED INTERNALLY BY TWO VERY TALENTED INDIVIDUALS, MUCH SMARTER THAN I. CASSANDRA SMITH AND MANDY THOMPSON HAVE WORKED AT CREATING A TOOL THAT CAPTURES THE COMMON ASSESSMENT DATA OF OUR PLC TEAMS. AND WHAT WE ARE ADVOCATING STARTING IN THE SECOND WINDOW NEXT YEAR.

SO NEXT YEAR WE PLAN ON HAVING A SIMILAR PLC CALENDARS TO THIS YEAR FOR WINDOWS STARTING IN THE SECOND WINDOW.

WE ARE GOING TO BE ASKING EVERY BUILDING IN THE DISTRICT TO PIVOT TO USING THIS PLC DATA HUB.

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PLCS ARE GREAT, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO JUDGE PLCS BY HOW WELL THEY DO A PROCESS.

WE'RE GOING TO JUDGE PLCS BY THE IMPACT ON STUDENT OUTCOMES.

WHAT'S THE RESULTS? WHAT ARE THE RESULTS ORIENTATION? YOU'LL SEE HERE. WHAT'S REALLY POWERFUL ABOUT THIS TOOL IS WE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE AT THE END OF EACH UNIT A BREAKDOWN OF SCORES.

IT AUTOMATICALLY TABULATES THIS. IT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.

AND SO ACROSS ALL PLCS FOR THAT WINDOW, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ARE MEETING STANDARD AT THE BEGINNING OF A PLC CYCLE.

SO THIS IS A HYPOTHETICAL. AND RIGHT NOW IT SAYS YOU HAVE 2% OF THE STUDENTS ACROSS ALL OF YOUR PLCS IN THE SCHOOL ARE PROFICIENT ON THAT PARTICULAR ESSENTIAL STANDARD FOR THAT UNIT. DURING A MIDDLE ASSESSMENT. SO SOME TYPE OF FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT THAT HAPPENS MIDWAY THROUGH THAT WINDOW, WE NOW SEE THAT 53% OF THE STUDENTS ARE PROFICIENT ACROSS ALL PLCS IN THAT BUILDING, EVERY CONTENT AREA.

IT'S A CONGLOMERATE AVERAGE OF EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING AT THE END OF THAT WINDOW, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE IN THIS HYPOTHETICAL, 82% OF STUDENTS ARE NOW PROFICIENT ON STANDARDS.

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE IN THIS? THE DIFFERENCE IS PRECISELY THAT WE'RE SHIFTING FROM AN ACHIEVEMENT LENS TO A GROWTH LENS.

AND THE GROWTH IS. MY GOODNESS, THROUGH THE HARD WORK AND DILIGENT EFFORTS OF OUR STAFF, BOTH CERTIFICATED AND CLASSIFIED, THAT ARE WORKING WITH THESE STUDENTS OVER THE COURSE OF AN 8 TO 9 WEEK PERIOD, THESE STUDENTS WENT FROM ONLY 2% TO 82% PROFICIENT.

THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE HIGHLIGHTING AND SHARING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND SHOUTING FROM THE MOUNTAINTOP, LOOK WHAT THE POWERFUL WORK WE'RE DOING AS A DISTRICT.

AND SO WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO THIS WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE US INFORMATION BOTH AT AN INDIVIDUAL BUILDING LEVEL, BUT ALSO TO YOU, THE BOARD ACROSS ALL SCHOOLS.

WE WILL HAVE A DATA DASHBOARD THAT COMPRISES ALL 18 TO 19 SCHOOLS.

AND AT THE END OF EACH WINDOW, WE CAN COME TO YOU AND SHARE THE GROWTH DATA AS A RESULT OF THE EFFORTS OF THESE TEAMS. AND WE CAN GET VERY DETAILED. I'LL COME BACK TO THIS IN A SECOND.

WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE IT NOT ONLY BY GRADE LEVEL BREAKDOWN, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE IT BY ML SPED, HIGH CAP AND GEN ED SO YOU CAN BREAK IT DOWN BY SUBGROUP.

WE'LL BE ABLE TO ALSO BREAK IT DOWN BY GENDER SUBJECT AREA IF YOU WANT TO SEE PLCS, BECAUSE AGAIN, ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT THIS TOOL IS IT WILL HAVE ALL OF THE CONTENT AREA PLCS IN IT.

AND THEN FINALLY ETHNICITY BREAKDOWN. SO WE CAN LOOK AT SOME, SOME DISAGGREGATED DATA AND OOPS, I DON'T KNOW HOW I GO BACK. THE LAST THING I JUST WANT TO SAY IS THAT RESULTS ORIENTATION, I THINK IT'S GREAT. IT'S COOL FOR US. WE'LL BE ABLE TO COME AND SHARE SOME DATA WITH YOU, BUT MORE POWERFUL IS FOR THE BUILDINGS.

THEY CAN COLLECTIVELY. YOU KNOW, YOU HEAR A LOT OF THIS RESEARCH FROM JOHN HATTIE THAT TALKS ABOUT COLLECTIVE TEACHER EFFICACY, THIS IDEA THAT WHEN A GROUP OF TEACHERS GET TOGETHER, THAT THEY TRULY BELIEVE THAT THEY CAN MAKE AN IMPACT ON STUDENTS AND CLOSE GAPS.

THAT'S THE MOST POWERFUL, ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL INDICATORS THAT WE HAVE IN EDUCATION TO CLOSE GAPS IS TEACHERS BELIEVING IN THEIR POWER TO ACHIEVE THESE RESULTS. WHEN BUILDINGS CAN STEP BACK AND SEE THE COLLECTIVE EFFORTS OF THEIR WORK AS A BUILDING AT THE END OF A WINDOW AND GO, LOOK WHAT WE DID. THE DATA IS THERE RIGHT NOW.

SO THE DATA EXISTS. BUT IN OUR CURRENT RESULTS TOOLS THAT WE HAVE, IT HIDES IN THE WEEDS.

WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO PULL IT AND EXTRAPOLATE IT OUT AND SEE THE BUILDING TREND.

AND THAT'S WHAT THIS TOOL WILL GIVE TO US. WE'RE ALSO DOING THIS TOOL BECAUSE WITH REDUCTION OF DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF, WE NEED TO HAVE ONE CONSISTENT TOOL. RIGHT NOW ACROSS OUR SCHOOLS, WE HAVE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT TOOLS THAT ARE BEING UTILIZED TO SHOW RESULTS, ORIENTATION, AND WE HAVE TO CONSOLIDATE OUR EFFORTS SO THAT WE CAN APPROPRIATELY SUPPORT.

SO ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? I KNOW WE'VE TAKEN QUITE A BIT OF TIME, BUT.

YEAH, THE SO THE APRIL TESTING FOR THE IREADY FOR THE, FOR THAT DATA.

WHEN WILL WE BE ABLE TO SEE THAT? IS IT USUALLY.

HOW QUICK IS THE TURNOUT? SO WE CAN SEE THE GRAPH FOR.

YEAH, SO IREADY DATA WILL BE SEPARATE FROM THIS.

SO THIS IS THIS IS PLC. THE DATA IS PRETTY MUCH INSTANTANEOUS.

SO ONCE THAT WINDOW CLOSES WE CAN HAVE THAT DATA QUICKLY.

THAT'D BE A GOOD ONE TO BRING BACK. TEACHING AND LEARNING UPDATE WHEN THAT WINDOW CLOSES.

AND THEN FOR THE FOR THE PLC DATA HUB WILL THAT BE INCLUDED ANYWHERE IN THE SCHOOL'S ZIPS? SO WE, YOU KNOW, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION, CHRIS.

A LOT OF OUR SCHOOL ZIPS RIGHT NOW, THE GOALS ARE STRICTLY ON SMARTER BALANCE BECAUSE WE WERE TRYING TO DRAW A THROUGH LINE TO OUR DISTRICT

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I THINK WE ARE AT A PLACE NOW WHERE WE NEED TO START RECONSIDERING HOW WE DEFINE SUCCESS AS A DISTRICT AND WHAT WE'RE FOCUSING IN ON.

AND I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR, I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE ABANDON A LENS OF HOW WE'RE DOING ON SMARTER BALANCE.

THAT IS AN IMPORTANT DATA POINT. BUT IF WE'RE NOT ALSO LOOKING AT THE IMPACT THAT IS HAPPENING CLOSEST TO THE CLASSROOM, WE ARE MISSING THE POINT. RIGHT? AND THAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REALLY CELEBRATE THE WORK THAT IS OCCURRING IN OUR CLASSROOMS SO.

I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE DATA HUB AND HAVING THAT ONE PLACE AND BEING ABLE TO EXTRAPOLATE ALL THAT DATA.

JUST A QUESTION, WHY WON'T IT START IN THE FIRST WINDOW? JUST SO WE ARE. DO YOU WANT TO ANSWER THAT? YEAH, I THINK WITH THE REDUCTION, I THINK WHAT WE ARE CONTEMPLATING IS THE ROLLOUT AND HOW WE CAN ROLL THAT OUT AND WHAT SUPPORTS.

I THINK IT'S SAFE TO SAY WINDOW TWO WOULD GIVE US MORE TIME FOR TRAINING AND WAIVER DAYS.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE SAFEST WAY TO SAY IT RIGHT NOW.

OKAY. WE KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE VERY LIMITED CAPACITY, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TOOL GETS OFF THE GROUND SUCCESSFULLY.

SO BY DELAYING IT A FEW WEEKS TO REALLY PUT A LOT OF THE TRAINING COMPONENTS IN PLACE WILL PROVIDE US.

IT'S ONE THAT WE WANT TO DO WELL AND RIGHT AND ACTUALLY HAVE LASTING IMPACT AND NOT THERE'S A REALLY DIFFERENT I MEAN, IT'S DIFFERENT BETWEEN COMPLIANCE AND ACTUAL BUY IN BECAUSE WE CAN SAY, FILL OUT THIS FORM.

BUT IF PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO SEE THIS FORM ACTUALLY SHOWS THE AMOUNT OF GROWTH, IF YOU CAN TURN IT TO ONE OF THE, IF YOU COULD ACTUALLY TURN IT TO THE POINT, I THINK WE GET SO INUNDATED WITH WHAT WE'RE NOT SEEING AND WHAT WE'RE NOT DOING.

I THINK WE DON'T TAKE TIME AND STEP BACK AND LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE DOING, BECAUSE WE'RE SO FOCUSED AS EDUCATORS ABOUT CLOSING THE GAP, ABOUT INTERVENING, ABOUT DOING ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE DON'T STEP BACK AND LOOK AT YOU KNOW WHAT? LOOK AT THE 82% THAT WE HAVE DONE TOGETHER. AND THEN HOW DO WE GET THERE? THE REST OF. SO TOOLS LIKE THIS DONE WELL AND RIGHT CAN HAVE A CULTURAL IMPACT, BUT IT TAKES MORE TIME TO DO THAT WELL AND RIGHT IN THE RIGHT TRAINING. AND CAN I JUST ADD REAL QUICK, I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU GUYS, THERE IS A COUPLE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE SAID TO THE BOARD.

NUMBER ONE, THANK YOU FOR THE CONSISTENT YEAR AFTER YEAR CONTRIBUTION TO THE PLC WORK.

IF IT WASN'T FOR THE TIME THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN, BOTH THROUGH WAIVER DAYS AND LATE STARTS, WE WOULDN'T BE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION.

I WILL TELL YOU THAT THIS RESULTS ORIENTATION WILL BE ONE OF THE THE EXEMPLARY.

THINGS THAT IS OUT THERE IN A SYSTEM. I WOULD PUT IT UP AGAINST ANY DISTRICT IN THE STATE WITH REGARDS TO HOW WE'RE SHOWING RESULTS THROUGH OUR PLC'S AND THE TOOLS THAT WE CAN USE TO SHOW THAT GROWTH. THIS IS PRETTY ADVANCED STUFF, AND IT REPRESENTS JUST YEAR AFTER YEAR, GETTING A LITTLE BIT BETTER AT A PROCESS. AND THIS IS THE NEXT STEP IN OUR EVOLUTION IN THAT PROCESS.

I THINK ONE THING THAT WE THAT IS VERY TYPICAL IS IN A TIME OF LEVEE FAILURES, YOU KNOW, WE LOSE STAFF AND WE'VE HEARD COMMENTS FROM HIRING DISTRICTS LIKE WE WILL HIRE BATTLE GROUND TEACHERS BECAUSE THEY'RE SO WELL TRAINED IN PLC PROCESS AND PROCEDURES BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF TIME OUR DISTRICT HAS PUT IN THERE. SO WHILE THAT IS VERY TYPICAL IN TIMES OF CRISIS, LIKE WE'RE IN, BUT IT IS NOTED HOW FAR WITHIN OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS WE ARE AS A DISTRICT IN OUR PLC WORK.

AND THAT'S WHY YOU SEE ON THIS SLIDE, IT SAYS MAINTAIN AND FORTIFY.

THAT'S KIND OF OUR THEME IN TEACHING AND LEARNING NEXT YEAR. HOW DO WE MAINTAIN AND FORTIFY WHAT WE'VE BUILT TO THIS POINT? YES, THE ODDS ARE AGAINST US, BUT IT IS TIME FOR US TO MAINTAIN AND FORTIFY WHAT WE'VE BUILT.

WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, WE HAD PLANS THAT WE'RE HAVING TO PAUSE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GET A LITTLE BIT BETTER AT WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING BECAUSE IT IT MATTERS FOR THE KIDS. SO MY SHORT TIME ON THE BOARD, WE'VE BEEN EXPOSED TO SOME OF THIS AS WE'VE GONE AND DONE BOARD TOURS. THE HIGHLIGHT OF THOSE BOARD TOURS FOR ME IS GOING INTO THE LAP READING SUPPORT THE PLC WORK.

THERE'S AN EXCITEMENT THAT IS SEEN AND FELT JUST BY BEING THERE.

THE TEACHERS REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE MAKING GREAT CHANGES AND THAT THEY'RE MAKING AN IMPACT ON STUDENTS.

THAT'S THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE BOARD TOURS FOR ME, AND JUST HAVING THAT EXPOSURE AT EACH EACH SCHOOL IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT,

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YEAH, THEY WERE PULLING UP DATA AND EVERYBODY WAS EXCITED JUST TO LOOK AT NUMBERS AND TO SEE WHERE THEY WERE AND WHAT PLANS THEY HAD IMPLEMENTED OVER THE PREVIOUS NINE WEEKS OR WHATEVER THAT PROCESS WAS. AND THOSE WHO UNDERSTOOD IT BETTER THAN ME, YOU COULD SEE THE EXCITEMENT THAT THEY WERE UNDERSTANDING THAT IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.

YEAH. WHAT QUESTIONS MIGHT YOU HAVE FOR US? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

TAKE US BACK A COUPLE OF SLIDES. SURE. ONE MORE.

THEY'RE RIGHT DOWN. RIGHT THERE. OKAY, SO. SO LET'S BE CLEAR.

AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. OKAY, BUT BUT THE COMMON ASSESSMENTS IN THE PLC.

IF WE SEE THE NUMBERS THAT WE HOPE TO SEE IN THE GROWTH OF THE KIDS, AND THEN WE DO INTERVENTIONS AND MORE GROWTH THAN WE WOULD EXPECT TO SEE THOSE RESULTS IN THE DISTRICT LEVEL ASSESSMENTS.

CORRECT. THE IREADY TESTS FOR SURE. RIGHT. I MEAN, IT'S GOING TO SHOW THEM MOVING UP.

AND WOULDN'T WE ALSO AM I OR AM I OR AM I MISTAKEN? WOULDN'T WE ALSO, IN OUR MINDS, EXPECT IF WE'RE REALLY DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING, THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE THAT SMARTER, BALANCED NUMBER GROW ALSO. IF THOSE PLC ASSESSMENTS ARE TIGHTLY COUPLED TO THE RIGOR AND CONTENT OF SMARTER BALANCE. YES. AND SO THAT'S ALWAYS KIND OF ONE OF THAT IS YOUR GOAL.

IT IS. YEAH. BUT, BUT I THINK THAT'S AN AREA WHERE WE STILL ARE CONTINUALLY WORKING AT GETTING A LITTLE BIT BETTER AS A DISTRICT.

I THINK IT'S THE LITTLE BITES CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD BECAUSE I THINK THE CHANGE DOES NOT HAPPEN QUICKLY, BUT IT CAN BE SUSTAINED IF IT HAS A CULTURE OF CHANGE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

AND I THINK WHAT WE'RE BUILDING IS SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT.

AND I HEAR IT WHEN I TALK TO LEADERS FROM OTHER DISTRICTS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'VE HIRED SOME OF OUR STAFF, THAT LEAVES US AND THEY TELL. TELL ME ABOUT HOW THAT PERSON BROUGHT SOME OF THE PLC WORK TO THE TEAMS THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON IN THEIR DISTRICT NOW.

AND WHILE IT SADDENS ME THAT WE TRAINED THEM UP AND THEY LEFT US BECAUSE WE HAD TO MAKE CUTS, AT LEAST IT'S CONTINUING TO HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON OTHER STUDENTS.

BUT IT'S SLOW INCREMENTS BECAUSE WE COULD FORCE CHANGE.

WE COULD PUT THINGS IN PLACE AND MANDATE THEM.

BUT THAT'S NOT HOW TRUE CHANGE HAPPENS. WE, WE KNOW A LOT ABOUT CHANGE.

WHAT HAPPENS IN A PARADIGM OF CHANGE. AND WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN IS, IS BOTH TECHNICAL CHANGE, WHICH A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS THE TECHNICAL CHANGES THAT WE'RE DOING LITTLE BITS AT A TIME, BUT THE PIECE THAT MAKES BATTLE GROUND SO SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT IN WHY WE'RE GETTING WHERE WE'RE GETTING IS BECAUSE IT'S BECOME A CULTURAL CHANGE.

THE CHANGE HAS HAPPENED SLOWLY OVER TIME WHERE TEAMS FEEL COMFORTABLE WORKING TOGETHER.

THEY TRUST EACH OTHER. THEY'RE WILLING TO LOOK AT THEIR WORK TOGETHER AND BE VULNERABLE AND TALK ABOUT WHAT'S NOT WORKING AND WHAT IS WORKING THAT HAS TO DO WITH CULTURAL CHANGE. AND THAT'S THE MORE DIFFICULT CHANGE FOR A SYSTEM TO GO THROUGH THAN JUST MANDATED AND IT WILL HAPPEN.

MANDATING IT JUST DOESN'T DOESN'T WORK BECAUSE IT HAS TO HAVE THE CULTURAL CHANGE WITH IT.

AND SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT IS REFLECTED IN THE WORK OF OUR, OUR STAFF, OUR, OUR DISTRICT LEVEL STAFF AND OUR BUILDING LEVEL STAFF AS THEY HAVE BEEN DOING THIS WORK. THEY'VE BEEN ADDING INCREMENTAL CHANGES OVER TIME AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE READY FOR THOSE NEXT STEPS OF CHANGE.

AND SO, YES, I DO THINK WE WILL SEE THEM. BUT I THINK TO DAVID'S POINT, THE WAY IN WHICH WE SEE THEM, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THOSE COMMON ASSESSMENTS, WHICH IS ANOTHER PIECE OF THE BITE, THOSE COMMON ASSESSMENTS ARE VERY CLOSELY ALIGNED WITH THE WAY IN WHICH SMARTER BALANCE IS LAID OUT AS WELL.

AND TO THE STANDARDS, IT'S ALL BASED ON THE STANDARDS.

I FEEL LIKE OUR TEAMS ARE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH THE.

THE WAY IN WHICH SMARTER BALANCE PRESENTS A TEST QUESTION TO STUDENTS IS OFTEN VERY DIFFERENT THAN THE WAY IN WHICH WE'RE ASSESSING IN THE CLASSROOM BASED

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GO FORWARD. OKAY. SO HERE, SO WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOU SAY LITTLE BYTES, SEE.

WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION BEHIND THE DOOR. SO YOU DIDN'T HAVE THAT OUT HERE.

YEAH. SO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS GROWTH IS SLOW.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GO FROM 37% TO 89%.

SEE, SO THIS, THIS THING HERE, I THINK I WOULD LIKE THAT LAST SLIDE BETTER IF THAT GREEN THING WAS YELLOW.

RIGHT. WOULDN'T I BE CELEBRATING THIS SLIDE IF I WAS AT 2%? AND THEN WHAT'S THE NEXT NUMBER, SAY 53? WELL, LET'S SAY IT'S SAY 37.

YEAH. AND THEN THE NEXT ONE WAS YELLOW AND IT SAID 62.

SO I THINK YOU'LL BE SURPRISED. BUT BUT BUT WOULDN'T I BE CELEBRATING YOU WOULD YOU WOULD.

BUT BUT WHAT WAS SURPRISING TO ME AS I WAS LOOKING AT THE, SOME OF THE BETA VERSIONS OF THIS SOME OF THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE PILOTING THIS, WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS SOMETHING THAT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE THIS, HONESTLY. SO, SO WHAT, LAUREN, THE LAST TIME I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THEM, I THINK THEIR PRE-ASSESSMENT BEGINNING WAS LIKE 23% AND THE ENDING ASSESSMENT WAS 74.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING 45% GROWTH OR WHATEVER IT WAS, RIGHT? SO GROWTH IS GROWTH. YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO CELEBRATE GROWTH.

AND THIS ONE THING THAT YOU SAID, DAVID, I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY POWERFUL. YOU SAID TEACHERS BELIEVE IN THEIR ABILITY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

100% SAY. SO THERE'S BEEN A DAY WHEN, WHEN, WHEN WE WOULD SAY, WELL, I'M TEACHING AND THEY'RE NOT LEARNING.

THAT'S THEIR JOB TO LEARN. IT'S MY JOB TO TEACH, TO SAY, I CAN'T DO THIS BECAUSE, OH, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE YOU KNOW, SOME REASON IN THE FAMILY, I CAN'T, I CAN'T OVERCOME THIS, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER.

IT'S NOT MY FAULT. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT LEARNING, RIGHT? BUT, BUT IN FACT, PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES AND WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING IS DEMONSTRATING THAT NO MATTER WHAT WE CAN TEACH THESE KIDS, THEY CAN LEARN.

AND THE DATA IS CURRENTLY THERE. YEAH, THAT'S THE WILD THING.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE THAT'S WHY WE'RE HAVING THIS MEETING.

OKAY. AND THE NEXT THING WE'RE ROLLING TO IS PUBLIC COMMENT.

SO WHEN WE'RE DONE HERE, WE WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS WITH YOU GUYS AND THEN GO ON.

BUT THIS IS A POWERFUL THING YOU'VE PRESENTED TO US.

IT'S VERY POWERFUL, VERY POWERFUL. AM I WRONG TO ASSUME THAT NEXT YEAR, AFTER THIS IS IMPLEMENTED IN THE SECOND PERIOD, THAT THE DATA THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO US WILL BE INCLUDED WITH THIS 100% IN.

IN ADDITION TO THE IREADY OR THE 100%. OKAY. THANK YOU.

ABSOLUTELY. AND, AND AND AND WE'RE PREPARED TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH YOU AT THE END OF EVERY QUARTER.

PERFECT. SO QUARTERLY YOU WOULD BE GETTING UPDATES AS TO THE IMPACT OF THE LATE, LATE START OR RELEASE.

SO IF YOU'RE GETTING COMMENTS FROM COMMUNITY, YOU CAN SHARE WITH THEM. HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? AS A RESULT OF THAT TIME THAT WE'RE, WE'RE THAT, THAT MAYBE IS A CHALLENGE IN THE CALENDAR.

HERE'S THE RESULTS WE'RE GETTING FROM THAT WITH THE STUDENTS. THANK YOU.

SO YEAH. LYNELLE SOMETHING ELSE? NO THANK YOU.

I THANK YOU FOR THE TIME AND FOR VERY EXCITING.

YEAH. THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING. THIS WAS GREAT. YEAH.

THANK YOU. DO WE CLAP? WE CLAP FOR THE KIDS? YEAH.

OKAY. SO SO PUBLIC COMMENTS IS DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS.

[7. Agenda Item Public Comments]

I KNOW WE'RE NOT SET UP TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, BUT IF YOU HAVE A THOUGHT OR SOME VALUE, SOMETHING ABOUT THIS THAT YOU WANT TO PUT ON THE TABLE AND YOU'D LIKE TO SPEND A MINUTE TALKING ABOUT IT, WE SET ASIDE 30 MINUTES.

WE GOT ONE PERSON SIGNED UP. IS THERE SOMEBODY THAT WANTS TO PUT THEIR NAME ON THE LIST NOW THAT YOU DIDN'T, AND YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP AND TALK ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION? TERRY, I JUST WANT TO SAY THROUGH YOUR QUESTION, WELL, YOU NEED TO COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

OH, OKAY. OH. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? RYAN, PLEASE.

WELL, YOU HAVE TO READ THE. OH, I HAVE TO READ THE THING.

OKAY, RYAN, COME ON UP. COME ON. COME ON. I GOTTA READ THE THING BECAUSE WE'RE DOING PUBLIC COMMENTS.

OKAY, HERE WE GO. THIS IS A MEETING OF THE BATTLE GROUND 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.

PLEASE INDICATE ON THE SIGN IN SHEET WHICH AGENDA ITEM YOUR COMMENT PERTAINS TO.

ALL OTHER COMMENTS CAN BE HEARD DURING THE OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION OF THE MEETING.

PLEASE FOLLOW THE PUBLIC COMMENTS PROCEDURES BY STATING YOUR NAME AND ENSURING THAT YOUR SPOKEN COMMENT IS APPROPRIATE FOR A FAMILY AUDIENCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW.

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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.

AM I STILL UNDER MY THREE MINUTES? I DON'T KNOW.

PUBLIC COMMENT SECTIONS ARE LIMITED TO 30 MINUTES PER SECTION.

TIME ALLOTTED PER SPEAKER WILL BE BASED ON THE NUMBER OF SIGNUPS RECEIVED UP TO A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER, AND THE MICROPHONE MAY BE MUTED AT THE END OF THE SPEAKER'S ALLOTTED TIME IF NECESSARY.

DON'T FORGET THAT, RYAN. ANY COMMENTS THAT CANNOT ADHERE TO THESE PUBLIC COMMENT RULES OR ANY PRINTED MATERIALS FOR BOARD MEMBERS CAN BE SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD SECRETARY.

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. RYAN ANDERSON, GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS RYAN ANDERSON.

DIRECTORS. TONIGHT WE MUST LOOK BACK TO LOOK FORWARD IN 1889.

75 DELEGATES GATHERED IN A HUMID HALL TO MEET THE CONDITIONS OF THE ENABLING ACT TO JOIN THE UNITED STATES.

THEY HAD TO PROVE WE WERE WORTHY OF BEING CALLED CITIZENS, BUT THEY DIDN'T JUST MEET THE MINIMUM.

THEY CHOSE A WORD THAT EXISTS IN NO OTHER STATE CONSTITUTION IN THE UNION.

THEY DIDN'T CALL EDUCATION A PRIORITY. THEY CALLED IT OUR PARAMOUNT DUTY.

THEY CARVED A COVENANT INTO THE DIRT OF THIS LAND, THAT THE HUMAN SOUL WOULD NEVER BE A LINE ITEM, AND THAT THE AMPLE PROVISION OF OUR CHILDREN'S FUTURE WOULD BE THE SUPREME, PREEMINENT OBLIGATION OF THE STATE.

THAT IS THE SPIRIT OF 1889. THAT IS THE LIGHT WE HAVE LET GROW DIM.

BUT THE FOUNDERS WERE ALSO REALISTS. THEY KNEW THAT POWER CORRUPTS, AND THAT AGENTS OR OFFICERS MIGHT ONE DAY MISMANAGE THE SACRED TRUST.

SO THEY BUILT A FAIL SAFE INTO ARTICLE NINE, SECTION FIVE.

THEY DECREED THAT ANY LOSS TO THE SCHOOL FUND CAUSED BY STATE MISMANAGEMENT IS NOT A DEFICIT FOR US TO MANAGE.

IT IS A PERMANENT FUNDED DEBT AGAINST THE STATE, A DEBT THAT PAYS 6% ANNUAL INTEREST.

LOOK AT YOUR FORENSIC REPORTS. LOOK AT THE OVER $15 BILLION IN ARREARS.

THE STATE IS IN CONSTITUTIONAL DEFAULT AND WE HAVE THE RECEIPTS BY THE MATH OF SECTION FIVE.

THE STATE IS THE DEBTOR. OUR CHILDREN ARE THE CREDITORS AND YOU ARE THE HIGH TRUSTEES HOLDING THE NOTE EVERY TIME YOU ARE TOLD TO CUT A TEACHER TO BALANCE THE STATE'S FAILURE. YOU ARE PARTICIPATING IN A DEFALCATION OF THE VERY FUND YOU SWORE AN OATH TO PROTECT.

WE ARE AT A VADER POINT, THE EVENT HORIZON WHERE THE SILENCE BECOMES A CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE FUTURE.

WE SAW THE MASK SLIP IN PRESCOTT, WHERE THE STATE'S PAPER TIGER MOTH VANISHED THE MOMENT THE COMMUNITY REFUSED TO KNEEL.

TONIGHT, YOU HAVE A CHOICE. YOU CAN FOLLOW THE PATH OF MANAGED DECLINE AND BECOME THE EXECUTIONERS OF YOUR OWN DISTRICT.

OR YOU CAN PASS THE PARAMOUNT DUTY PRESERVATION ACT.

YOU CAN CHOOSE TO BE THE SOVEREIGNS THE FOUNDERS INTENDED YOU TO BE.

STAY THE CUTS. REFUSE THE FICTION. LITIGATE THE DEBT.

WE ARE THE PACK 295 AND WE ARE STANDING ON THE 1889 DREAM.

DIRECTORS DO NOT BURN THE FURNITURE TO PAY A DEBT THE STATE OWES YOU.

REMEMBER YOUR OATH. CUT! NOTHING. LET THE RESTITUTION BEGIN.

THANK YOU. RYAN. OKAY. MOVING ON. NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA.

[8. Board Updates]

WE'LL START WITH THE WIAA COMMITTEE. WE HAVE NO REPORT.

NEXT REPORT. AUDIT COMMITTEE. WE'LL REPORT ON THE NEXT MEETING.

OKAY. LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE. WE HAVE WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING OUR SESSION COMING UP, AND I HAVE SOME PROPOSALS I'VE GIVEN TO EACH OF YOU TO LOOK AT.

EXCUSE ME. THERE ARE SEVEN WE HAVE AMENDMENTS THAT ARE, THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED AN EXISTING POSITIONS ON SIX AND SEVEN. THEY HAVE TO DO WITH LOCAL BOARD ADOPTION OF CORE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS LOCAL CONTROL.

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AND THEN THERE ARE TWO NEW CREATED POSITIONS POSITION SIX ON LOCAL CONTROL LEGISLATION, WHICH SAYS THAT WE WILL ACTIVELY OPPOSE ANY LEGISLATION THAT REDUCES LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD CONTROL.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS UNFUNDED MANDATES. THAT WAS ADA WILL NOT SUPPORT ANY LEGISLATION THAT CREATES AN UNFUNDED MANDATE.

AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT THAT I WOULD LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER.

WE WILL NEED TO VOTE ON THOSE AT OUR NEXT MEETING.

THE LAST THING IS A RESOLUTION THAT WAS SENT TO ME THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER SENDING TO WASEDA.

IT'S WASEDA PRIOR PRIORITIZATION OF LOCAL CONTROL AND NO UNFUNDED MANDATES.

AND WE'RE BEING ASKED TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION TO SEND TO THEM THAT, AGAIN, WE WOULD NEED TO VOTE ON AT OUR NEXT MEETING.

SO HOPEFULLY YOU'LL TAKE THE TIME TO READ THESE THINGS AND WE CAN MAYBE DISCUSS THOSE NEXT TIME BEFORE WE VOTE.

SO WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR THOSE THINGS, RIGHT? THANK YOU.

VERY, VERY NICE. BATTLE GROUND EDUCATION FOUNDATION ON MARCH 28TH SATURDAY, WE DID THE CRAM THE CRUISER EVENT AT FRED MEYER. IT WAS AN AMAZING EVENT.

LOTS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAME OUT. THE POLICE CRUISERS WERE THERE.

SHERIFF'S BATTLE GROUND POLICE FIRE CAME BY AND THEY WERE DOING THEIR GROCERIES, SAY, HEY, WE'LL BRING UP OUR ENGINE TO HELP OUT AS WELL.

AND SO THEY PUT UP THEIR ENGINE WHILE THEY WENT IN AND GROCERY SHOP AND I BELIEVE 8500 INDIVIDUAL ITEMS SNACKS CAME IN FOR OUR SRO PANTRIES. THOSE ARE SNACKS THAT ARE USED TO MAKE THE, TO PROVIDE STUDENTS THAT ARE DYSREGULATED TO HELP THEM, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF CALM DOWN A BIT AND JUST KIND OF HELPS TO BREAK THE ICE.

BUT JUST KIND OF THAT CONNECTION BETWEEN THE, THE SRO AND STUDENTS.

SO THAT THOSE PANTRY ITEMS GO TO BOTH OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS AND MAYBE ALL THE HIGH SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOLS, I DON'T KNOW. ANYWAYS I SAW A SHARK OVER THERE.

YES. YES. BROOKE WAS THERE IN THE SHARK. THAT'S RIGHT.

OVER A THOUSAND. AWESOME. YEAH. SO AGAIN, IT'S ALL CONNECTING ALL THE ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY IS CONNECTING.

SO IT WAS VERY VERY COOL EVENT. AND I THINK $800 JUST IN CASH DONATIONS CAME IN.

I COULD BE WRONG ON THAT, BUT IT'S SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE. I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT, BUT IT WAS PRETTY AMAZING AS WELL.

WE'RE GETTING READY FOR THE SPRING SOIREE THAT IS HAPPENING THIS SATURDAY.

HARD TO BELIEVE IT'S ALREADY UPON US. WE'VE BEEN MEETING WEEKLY TO JUST DO THE NEXT STEP IN THE PREPARATION FOR THAT.

AND LET'S SEE. I THINK THAT'S IT FOR NOW ON THE BATTLE GROUND EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

GOOD STUFF. OKAY. DIRECTOR REPORTS. OH, WAIT.

NO NO NO NO NO NO, I MISSED THE SCHOOL. I DON'T THINK WE HAD ANY SCHOOL TOURS.

WE DID, WE DID, WE DID, WE DID. WE HAD GLENWOOD.

JUST BECAUSE IT'S SO IT'S BEEN THREE WEEKS. IT'S LIKE A LOT GOING ON.

I LOVED THAT TOUR. ANY COMMENTS GUYS, ABOUT GLENWOOD? I MEAN, I JUST LOVED IT. IT WAS WITH PRINCIPAL LOPEZ.

HE SHOWED US A LOT OF DATA ABOUT EXCUSE ME THERE THE STUDENTS READING THAT THEY ARE RIGHT NOW. THIRD GRADERS AT 60%.

BUT HE SAID THAT THEIR GOAL IS TO GET 70 TO 80%.

THIRD GRADERS READING. HE GAVE A DETAILED BREAKDOWN OF THE SSL SUPPORT AND REGULATION THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING WITH THE STUDENTS, AND THERE MIGHT BE OTHER THINGS THAT OTHERS WANT TO TALK ABOUT.

BUT IT WAS I THOUGHT IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE TOURS SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD.

IT WAS IT WAS REALLY INSPIRATIONAL FOR ME. SOMEONE ELSE, THEY HAVE SUCH A SORRY.

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BUT YOU KNOW, THAT ALL THOSE KIDS ARE LEARNING THE SAME THING. SO THEY'RE GETTING EQUITY IN, IN THE CURRICULUM. THEY'RE THERE. AND TO SEE THE THE WRITING ON THE WALLS THAT THESE KIDS ARE DOING IS AMAZING. JUST IF ANYONE CAN, YOU KNOW, GO IN AND JUST LOOK AT WHAT THESE LITTLE KIDS ARE ABLE TO DO. IT'S PRETTY PHENOMENAL. I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK ON THE CULTURE.

I SHOWED UP, I FINISHED A WORK MEETING A LITTLE EARLY, SO I SHOWED UP HALF AN HOUR, 40 MINUTES EARLY, WENT IN TO GO USE THE RESTROOM, AND I JUST GOT STOLEN BY THE PRINCIPAL.

AND HE SAYS, WELL, YOU'RE HERE EARLY, LET'S GO DO SOME WORK. AND WE WALKED AROUND THE BUILDING.

HE SAYS HE WAS GOING TO GO DO HIS MORNING WALK, AND YOU COULD TELL THAT HE WASN'T PUTTING ON A SHOW, A DOG AND PONY SHOW FOR ME. AS WE WALKED OUTSIDE AND A LOT OF THE STUDENTS ARE COMING IN, I WAS AMAZED AT HOW WELL HE KNEW THE STUDENTS.

AND THIS PROBABLY GOES FOR MOST PRINCIPALS AND ADMINISTRATION.

SO GOOD FOR ANTONIO. BUT HE KNEW THE STUDENTS.

HE KNEW THE STORIES BEHIND THE STUDENTS. HE INTRODUCED THE STUDENTS TO ME.

I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY STUDENTS WANTED TO COME UP AND JUST INTERACT WITH THEIR PRINCIPAL.

THE CULTURE WAS BEAUTIFUL AS WE WALKED DOWN HALLS DURING.

DURING OUR SCHOOL TOUR, THERE WAS ONE YOUNG MAN WHO WAS A LITTLE DYSREGULATED IN THE HALLWAY THAT GOT ADDRESSED.

I MEAN THAT THE ATTENTION TO THE STUDENT'S NEEDS WERE BEING MET, AND YOU COULD SEE THAT THE CULTURE OF THAT SCHOOL WAS, WAS A NICE THING TO SEE. IT WAS TRULY. YEAH. I'M JEALOUS.

YOU GOT TO DO THAT SPECIAL TOUR. YEAH, YEAH. I'M GOING TO SHOW THEM 30 MINUTES EARLY FROM NOW.

WELL, THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO BRING UP TOO, THEY'RE TARGETING AND HIGH FAMILY ENGAGEMENT THROUGH EVENTS.

THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS HE SHARED WITH US. AND ALSO I THOUGHT IT WAS REMARKABLE.

HE SAID THAT HIS PBIS IS 10.6% OF TIER TWO AND THAT HE HAS ZERO TIER THREE ENROLLMENT AT THIS POINT. AND HE SAID THAT THE RESPONSE RATE IS ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING.

SO I THINK THAT HE'S DEFINITELY HE'S DEFINITELY GOT A WHAT ARE THE TIER TWO AND TIER THREE.

WHAT IS THAT ALL ABOUT? TIER TWO WOULD BE STUDENTS WHO NEED SOME EXTRA SUPPORT WITH THEIR BEHAVIOR.

TIER THREE WOULD BE THAT NEXT STEP UP. AND THERE WERE NONE IN HIS SCHOOL.

SO THAT'S I THINK THAT'S REALLY, THAT'S REALLY REMARKABLE AND SOMETHING TO BE VERY PROUD OF.

I WAS VERY PROUD OF IT. GLENWOOD WAS HOME SCHOOL FOR MY KIDS.

SO I'VE ALWAYS LOVED THE THE CUBBY, THE CUBBIES, THEY'RE SO AWESOME.

AND HE DEFINITELY JUST WAS A HIGHLIGHT AND A JOY TO MEET.

AND HIS ENTHUSIASM WAS JUST INSPIRATIONAL TO ME.

IT WAS REALLY, REALLY GREAT. I HAVE TO SAY THAT I FEEL LIKE THE INTERACTIONS WITH THE PRINCIPALS THIS YEAR HAVE BEEN MUCH MORE SIGNIFICANT THAN IN PREVIOUS YEARS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BECAUSE I'M MORE AWAKE.

MAYBE I'M JUST PAYING CLOSER ATTENTION. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.

YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT BE BY DESIGN, BY WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

I'M NOT SURE, BUT IT'S BEEN VERY, VERY NICE. THAT'S GREAT TO HEAR.

YEAH, WELL, SCHOOL TOURS ARE TRULY A HIGHLIGHT.

ANY SCHOOL AT GLENWOOD? OBVIOUSLY. YES. SUMMIT VIEW WAS AMAZING.

YOU KNOW, ALL OF THEM THAT WE'VE DONE. I WISH WE COULD DO ALL 20 IN A IN A YEAR, YOU KNOW BE KIND OF DIFFICULT.

BUT THEY ARE REALLY INFORMATIVE. THEY KEEP US IN THE KNOW OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND THE CHALLENGES AS WELL AS THE, THE HIGHLIGHTS. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THEM. VERY PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS.

YEAH. IT WAS MISSY PASTERNAK'S CLASS AT GLENWOOD THAT SHE HAD THE DATA READY AND SHE WAS LIKE, OH, ARE THEY COMING IN HERE? BRING THEM IN HERE.

I HAVE THE DATA ALREADY. AND SHE HAD HER READING INTERVENTION GROUP DATA READY.

AND THAT LEVEL OF PRIDE AND HER STAFF, SHE HAS FIVE IAS IN THERE.

AND JUST THE AMOUNT OF GROWTH THAT EACH OF THE KIDS IN THERE HAVE MADE.

JUST SOMETHING TO BE REALLY PROUD OF. AND SHE WORKS.

YEAH. VERY INTEGRAL. THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOME ADMINISTRATION NERDS WHO WERE DROOLING OVER THE DATA.

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SHE WENT FROM FIRST GRADE LEVEL TO THIRD GRADE LEVEL IN HALF A YEAR.

AND OF COURSE, THAT'S ONLY ONE STUDENT. BUT HEY, WOW.

I HEARD HER SAY SOMETHING LIKE DOUBLE DOSE. SO TO BREAK THAT DOWN FOR YOU, THERE'S TWO MULTILINGUAL TEACHERS AT GLENWOOD AND A READING SPECIALIST.

SO WHEN SHE SAYS SOMETHING LIKE DOUBLE DOSE, IT MEANS THAT A STUDENT COULD GET CORE INSTRUCTION, CAN GO TO A LANGUAGE SUPPORT TO GET HELP WITH SPECIFIC VOCABULARY BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE AND GET SPECIFIC TARGETED READING INTERVENTION SUPPORT, ALL BECAUSE OF THE SUPPORTS WE HAVE IN PLACE THERE.

AND SO THAT'S HOW THEY'RE ALL PARTNERING TO HELP KIDS THERE.

AND IT'S ALL PART OF A TEAM THAT ANTONIO LEADS TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE ALL COLLABORATIVE APPROACHES FOR STUDENTS.

AND THAT'S HOW THEY GET THE DATA THAT THEY'RE GETTING, WHICH IS GREAT.

I WILL SAY THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF NEED IN THAT SCHOOL, ESPECIALLY FOR SECOND.

ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNERS. I'M SURE THERE'S SOME NEW ACRONYM FOR THAT.

BUT THERE WAS THERE WAS A HUGE NEED AND IT WAS BEAUTIFUL TO SEE.

BEING THE THIRD LARGEST MULTILINGUAL POPULATION IN THE DISTRICT, IT WOULD GO PRAIRIE LAUREN AND THEN GLENWOOD, THEY HAVE THEY ALL FEED INTO EACH OTHER. I THINK THEY HAVE ABOUT 42 LANGUAGES JUST IN THAT SCHOOL.

YEAH. SO WHEN THEY WHEN. ANTONIO SAYS HE WANTS TO GET THIRD GRADERS TO.

WHAT. WHAT DO YOU SAY? 70% OR 80%? 80%? AND YOU MIGHT THINK AS A CITIZEN.

WELL, WHY 70 OR 80%? WELL, WHEN YOU'VE GOT 42 LANGUAGES IN YOUR SCHOOL, YOU MIGHT NOT GET ALL OF THEM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL COMING IN AT DIFFERENT LANGUAGE ABILITIES. AND IT TAKES SEVERAL YEARS FOR THOSE LANGUAGES TO DEVELOP A LITTLE BIT OF THE LITTLE, THE LITTLE STEPS A LITTLE BIT. YEAH, 70% WOULD BE PHENOMENAL.

SO YEAH, YEAH. AND GROWTH IS GROWTH. SO. RIGHT.

THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. YEAH. THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS ABOUT THAT TOUR THAT WERE REALLY PHENOMENAL.

YOU KNOW, ANTONIO'S SHARING OF THE DATA WAS REALLY IMPORTANT.

BUT I THINK THE THING THAT RESONATED WITH ME THE MOST WAS WHAT WAS ON THE WALLS.

AND YOUR POINT, LORI, SOME OF THOSE KIDS, I WAS LIKE, REALLY? THESE ARE SECOND GRADE WRITERS. THEY. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING I'M USED TO SEEING THAT LEVEL OF WRITING AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.

FOR SECOND GRADERS, I WOULD HAVE GUESSED THIRD OR EVEN FOURTH.

YEAH. WRITING TO RUBY BRIDGES UNIT OF IMAGINE YOU ARE RUBY BRIDGES WALKING INTO A AN ALL WHITE SCHOOL THE FIRST DAY THROUGH THE ANGRY CROWD.

THEY WERE DESCRIBING IT WITH LOTS OF YEAH. WOW.

WONDERFUL DESCRIPTORS. AND YEAH, IT WAS IMPRESSIVE.

SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN WHAT WE'RE DOING IN SCHOOL TO TEACH READING AND WRITING, THE SCIENCE OF READING IS THE BOOK TO GET.

GET THE SCIENCE OF READING AND LOOK AT IT AND YOU'LL SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY.

AND YOU'LL BE VERY PLEASED BECAUSE A LOT OF THE DISTRICTS AREN'T IN OUR AREA.

THE LARGER DISTRICTS ARE NOT USING THE SCIENCE OF READING.

THERE ARE A LOT OF THEM MOVING THAT WAY. YEAH, A LOT OF THEM MOVING THAT WAY.

OKAY, SO NOW WE'RE TO OUR DIRECTOR REPORTS. ANYTHING ELSE THAT NEEDS TO BE REPORTED.

I JUST WANTED TO. I HAD SENT ALL OF YOU THE ARTICLE ABOUT BOOSTING ATTENDANCE.

IT COMES OUT OF PARENTS TOGETHER AND I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS A REMARKABLE SCHOOL THAT WAS HAS DONE SOME CHANGES WITH THE CHRONIC SIGNIFICANT ATTENDANCE PROBLEMS THAT SEEM TO BE SO PREVALENT. AND THE THREE POINTS AND STRATEGIES THAT THEY DID WAS PROACTIVE ENGAGEMENT, POSITIVE MESSAGING AND RATIONAL APPROACH. AND THEY FOUND THAT BY DOING THESE THREE THINGS THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF THEIR CHRONIC ATTENDANCE PROBLEMS DIMINISHED, THEY REDUCED THEIR RATES ACROSS ACTUALLY SOME OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE DONE THIS ALSO. AND THEY FOUND THAT THE CHRONIC ABSENCE RATES ACROSS 146 DISTRICTS THAT WERE STUDIED, WHO USED THESE STRATEGIES. IT WAS SIGNIFICANT CHANGES.

THEY SHIFT AWAY FROM PUNITIVE MEASURES TO EARLY, FREQUENT AND POSITIVE FAMILY COMMUNICATION.

AND WE ALL KNOW THAT FAMILIES ARE THE CENTER OF A STUDENT'S LIFE.

AND SO IF FAMILIES ARE BEING REACHED OUT TO AND SPOKEN TO AND ENCOURAGED THEY FOUND THIS TO BE AN ABSOLUTE WINNER.

AND I JUST WANT TO CHALLENGE OUR DISTRICT. WHY NOT, YOU KNOW, WHY NOT TRY SOMETHING THAT'S WINNING IN OTHER DISTRICTS?

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FOR THE PUBLIC IT'S PARENT DOT. I THINK IT'S PARENT TEACHING PARENTS TOGETHER.ORG.

AND I WAS, I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT ARTICLE AND I WAS ENCOURAGED BECAUSE I KNOW ATTENDANCE IS AN ISSUE WITH OUR DISTRICT TOO.

SO I WANTED THE BOARD TO BE AWARE OF IT. AND, YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ENCOURAGE TO MAYBE SEE HAPPEN IN OUR DISTRICT AND SEE IF WE CAN GET KIDS TO SCHOOL SO THEY CAN LEARN.

THANK YOU. DEBBIE. ANOTHER REPORT, ANOTHER DIRECTOR.

I HAVE REPORTS I WENT TO THE W E A WASHINGTON EDUCATION ASSOCIATION REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY THIS WEEKEND OVER IN SPOKANE AND I REPRESENTED THE W E A RETIRED AND THEN OUR BATTLE GROUND COMMUNITY, OUR UNION RIVERSIDE UNISERV COUNCIL THERE'S TWO OF US THAT WENT OVER WITH OUR COUNCIL AND THERE WAS LOTS, IT WAS A REALLY GOOD REP ASSEMBLY. I'VE GONE BEFORE MANY YEARS WITH B.J., AND THIS ONE JUST SEEMED REALLY ON LIKE THE RIGHT TRACK FOR MOST THINGS.

SOME, SOME JUST BRIEF HIGHLIGHTS. THEY HAD LOTS THAT I COULD GO.

I COULD BE HERE ALL NIGHT, BUT I WON'T KEEP YOU THAT LONG. ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS IS THERE WAS A, WE CALL THEM A N B I NEW BUSINESS ITEM. THAT BASICALLY IS A MCCLEARY 2.0.

AND DISCUSSION IN EACH OF THESE ITEMS FOR AND AGAINST.

AND THERE WASN'T MUCH AGAINST, I CAN TELL YOU.

AND WHEN IT CAME TO A VOTE, IT WAS ALMOST 1000 PEOPLE IN THE, IN THE ROOM, ALMOST ALL VOTED IN SUPPORT.

AND WHAT THAT BASICALLY MEANS IS WHEN A NEW BUSINESS ITEM OR A RESOLUTION, IT'S KIND OF GUIDING WHAT, WHERE DOES W A NEED TO PUT THEIR FOCUS IN THE NEXT YEAR? WHAT'S, WHAT'S OUR PRIORITIES? AND SO WHEN A ROOM OF ALMOST A THOUSAND PEOPLE SAY, YES, THIS IS IMPORTANT, THEN THAT'S TELL GUIDES W A AND WHERE THEY NEED TO PUT THE FOCUS.

SO THEY KNOW THAT THE WE'RE NOT MEETING THE PARAMOUNT DUTY OF EDUCATING OUR STUDENTS, PROVIDING PUBLIC EDUCATION FOR OUR STUDENTS. SO LET'S SEE THERE'S A GROUP THAT'S FORMED WASHINGTON WISE WASHINGTON INVESTING IN SCHOOL AND EDUCATION AND THEIR GOAL IS FIXING WASHINGTON'S SCHOOL BOND ELECTION GETTING IT BACK DOWN TO OR NOT BACK DOWN, GETTING IT DOWN TO NOT SUPERMAJORITY.

WHAT'S MY WORDS? SIMPLE, SIMPLE MAJORITY. THANK YOU.

NOT SUPER SIMPLE MAJORITY. THANK YOU. MY, MY BRAIN AND SO THEY'RE FORMING, THEY'RE TRYING TO GET THAT YOU KNOW, CHANGED SO THAT WE, WHEN, WHEN WE CAN RUN A BOND THAT THE CHANCE OF PASSING IT IS MUCH BETTER.

LET'S SEE, LET ME THERE'S A LOT. LET'S SEE MOVEMENT IS REALLY STARTING TO TAKE PLACE OF GETTING BACK TO MORE PAPER, PENCIL, TACTILE MOVING AWAY FROM SO MUCH TECH TECH BEING A SUPPLEMENT, NOT A SUPPLANT OF THE CURRICULUM.

AND THAT WAS, THERE WAS A VERY STRONG FEELING IN THE ROOM REGARDING THAT LET'S SEE.

AND. PRETTY MUCH, I THINK THAT WAS THE.

YEAH, THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH KIND OF THE, THE HIGHLIGHTS. THE, THE LOW LIGHT IN MY MIND IS I REALLY EXPECTED THERE TO BE SOMETHING THAT WAS PRESENTED REGARDING UNFUNDED MANDATES. I WAS SHOCKED WHEN WE CAME DOWN TO THE END OF THE THREE DAYS.

AND IT'S LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE, THERE WAS NOTHING ABOUT UNFUNDED MANDATES.

THERE WAS ABOUT SCHOOL FUNDING, BUT NOT THE UNFUNDED.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MAYBE IF I GO NEXT YEAR, I NEED TO WRITE A ONE THAT HAS THAT, I GUESS BECAUSE IT WASN'T THERE I WAS, I WAS SURPRISED, BUT ANYWAYS BUT IT WAS A, A GOOD WEEKEND LONG DAYS LONG GOES.

YEAH. THE, I ATTENDED, OH, WITH BATTLE GROUND EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

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BGFS REALLY TRYING TO GET JUST AS MUCH SUPPORT AS WE CAN FOR THE STUDENTS KNOWING ALL THE CUTS THAT ARE POTENTIALLY HAPPENING ARE HAPPENING AND WHAT WE CAN DO FOR TO HELP OUR STUDENTS.

SO IN A NUTSHELL, I THINK THAT'S IT. THANK YOU.

LORI MARSHALL, ANYTHING, ANYTHING ELSE? NEXT THING ON THE AGENDA.

[9. Superintendent and Staff Updates]

THANK YOU. BOARD. JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS TONIGHT.

I KNOW WE'VE HAD A BUSY EVENING, SO I'LL TRY TO BE QUICK.

FIRST OFF, I JUST WANT TO DO A QUICK SHOUT OUT TO RIVER HOMELINK.

I WENT TO THE SISTERS ACT JUNIOR PLAY AND OH, IT WAS FABULOUS.

SO GOOD. SO ANYWAY, WHEN I TOOK NOTE OF THE FACT THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE THEIR PRAIRIE IS GETTING READY FOR NEXT YEAR, AND BATTLE GROUND GOT LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS COMING UP, SO IT MIGHT BE A GOOD ONE TO CATCH, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I RECEIVED AN EMAIL ABOUT AN UPCOMING MEETING NEXT MONDAY AT BATTLE GROUND. CITY COUNCIL IS HOLDING IN REGARDS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'LL BE DISCUSSING IN THIS WORK SESSION.

WELL, WHAT THEY WILL BE DISCUSSING IN THE WORK SESSION IS THE ROAD THAT MOST OF YOU HAVE NOT HEARD ABOUT THAT THEY ARE PRESENTING TO GO ON THE BACKSIDE HERE BETWEEN PARKWAY AND 503 JUST BEHIND THIS BUILDING.

AND SO WE HAVE NOT HAD AN UPDATE FOR THEM FROM THEM AND GOSH, PROBABLY ABOUT A YEAR.

AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THAT AT THEIR CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON MONDAY.

AND I WILL ATTEND THAT. SO I CAN HEAR THAT WHAT WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL PLANS TO.

BRING TO YOU AS A BOARD SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THAT.

I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN THERE WERE MEETINGS THAT KEVIN AND MYSELF AND AT THE TIME.

TED CHAMPINE AND JACKIE MADDUX ATTENDED US TO HEAR UPDATES AND DENNY, OF COURSE.

TO HEAR UPDATES IN PLANNING AND MAKE SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR THEM, BUT WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING BACK SINCE.

SO THIS WILL BE THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR THAT.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE STAYING UP TO SPEED.

SO I WILL MOST LIKELY SEND YOU SOME INFORMATION FOLLOWING THAT MEETING.

CERTAINLY WILL BE GIVING YOU AN UPDATE ON THE 27TH REGARDING WHAT I HEAR ON THE 20TH.

YOU'RE CERTAINLY WELCOME TO JOIN ME IF ANYBODY HAS A DESIRE TO GO TO THAT.

THE MEETING IS AT CITY HALL AND IT'S AT 6:00, A SPECIAL MEETING.

SPECIAL MEETING. IT'S A STUDY SESSIONS. SO IT'S AT 6 P.M.

ON MONDAY, MONDAY. NEXT MONDAY. SO CERTAINLY WELCOME.

I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE COMPANY. AND THEN JUST A COUPLE OTHER THINGS.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR BOOSTER AUCTION TOO, COMING UP BEFORE THE NEXT BOARD MEETING ON THE 25TH.

AND I THINK MANY OF YOU HAVE SIGNED UP TO ATTEND.

SO IF YOU, IF THERE, I THINK WE'VE GOT SOME STILL SPACE.

SO IF YOU HAVEN'T RESPONDED AND WOULD LIKE TO LET, LET US KNOW SOON SO WE CAN MAKE SURE AND GIVE THEM FINAL NUMBERS.

AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT WHERE WE ARE IN IDENTIFYING BUDGET REDUCTIONS BECAUSE I THINK AS YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN A TON OF WORK TO TRY AND FIGURE THINGS OUT.

AND THERE'S PROBABLY NOT A STAFF MEMBER AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE THAT HASN'T BEEN CONSULTED IN ONE, ONE MANNER OR ANOTHER. BUT CERTAINLY MICHELLE, MICHELLE, AMANDA OR LYNELL.

IF I MISS SOMETHING, PLEASE, PLEASE DO STEP IN AND SINCE YOU HAVE A MIC CLOSE, YOU.

YOU CAN STEP IN EASILY. BUT I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW WE HAVE IDENTIFIED OUR RIGHT AT 20 MILLION.

EVERY DAY SOMETHING CHANGES JUST A LITTLE BIT.

AND WE'RE, WE'RE GOING THROUGH SOME ACTIVITIES TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IMPLEMENTATION OF SOME OF THESE DECISIONS MEAN BECAUSE THERE'S THE IDENTIFICATION, BUT THERE'S ALSO THE. BUT HOW DO WE TRY AND FILL A HOLE FOR OUR STUDENTS AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT FUNDS TO FULLY GIVE THEM THE PROGRAMS YOU HEARD TONIGHT, FOR INSTANCE, ABOUT OUR LAP PROGRAM.

WE GO, WE USE LEVY DOLLARS TO GO ABOVE WHAT IS PROVIDED BY THE STATE FOR OUR INTERVENTION PROGRAM.

AND SO THAT OBVIOUSLY IS A PROGRAM THAT WILL BE IMPACTED.

AND, AND WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN KEEP THOSE IMPACTS TO A MINIMUM.

SO WE'RE STILL CONTINUING TO WORK THROUGH SOME OF THOSE THINGS.

WE'RE STILL CONTINUING TO WORK WITH SOME OF OUR LABOR PARTNERS TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY HOW FAR THOSE CUTS WILL GO IN.

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I KNOW THAT YOU'RE WELL AWARE THAT WE ALL HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO PRESENT TO YOU A BALANCED BUDGET, AND YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO ADOPT A BALANCED BUDGET.

IN, IN YOUR ROLE, WE ALL SWEAR TO DO THAT IN OUR OATH.

AND SO WE WILL BE MOVING FORWARD TO PRESENT THAT TO YOU.

OBVIOUSLY THINGS CONTINUE TO CHANGE THROUGHOUT THE SPRING AND INTO THE SUMMER.

AND OF COURSE, WE WILL BE PRESENTING YOU THE WORST CASE SCENARIO, AND WE'RE GOING TO HOPE THAT WE CAN RETURN SOME THINGS AS THINGS HAPPEN OVER TIME, ENROLLMENT HOPEFULLY WILL COME IN STRONG AND THAT WILL ALLOW US TO DO SOME THINGS AS THE SCHOOL YEAR STARTS.

BUT I DID WANT TO LET YOU KNOW WE HAVE DEFINITELY USED THE BALANCING ACT, THOUGHT EXCHANGE AND LISTENING SESSION INFORMATION TO MAKE SOME OF OUR DECISIONS. AND I WOULD SAY THE BIGGEST TAKEAWAY THAT WE HAVE USED THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS IS THAT IT WAS PRETTY CLEAR THAT NO, NONE OF THE FEEDBACK POINTED TO WANTING US TO DECIMATE WHOLE PROGRAMS. A LOT OF THE FEEDBACK AGAIN POINTED TO TRYING TO PRESERVE AS MANY PROGRAMS AS POSSIBLE IN SOME WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM. AND WHILE WE COULDN'T DO THAT EVERYWHERE, WE WE CERTAINLY HAVE TRIED TO DO THAT EVERYWHERE THAT WE POSSIBLY COULD.

SO I'LL GIVE YOU A LAUNDRY LIST JUST IN CASE THERE, THAT YOU DIDN'T SEE IT IN, AND YOU HAD SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT YOU WANTED TO ASK ME.

I ALSO WOULD JUST SAY IF YOU HAVE, IF YOU WANT MORE DETAILS OR WHATNOT, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE TO YOU OVER NOW.

AND THE NEXT BOARD MEETING TO, TO JUST TALK THROUGH WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, BUT SOME OF THE IDENTIFIED REDUCTIONS INCLUDE REDUCTIONS TO DIRECTORS, SUPERVISORS AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, THOSE POSITIONS THAT SUPPORT DISTRICT WIDE CHANGES.

YOU HEARD MR. KENNEDY REFER TO THAT EARLIER THIS EVENING ABOUT ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE NEED TO BE MORE UNIFIED IN THE WAY THAT WE PRESENT SOME THINGS AND NOT GIVE AS MUCH AUTONOMY TO SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS IS BECAUSE WE WON'T HAVE THE STAFF IN ORDER TO SUPPORT A VARIETY OF WAYS TO DO THINGS. SO ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE WILL BE MOVING TO THAT TOOL THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IN TEACHING AND LEARNING IS WE FRANKLY, ARE HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING MULTIPLE TOOLS ACROSS THE DISTRICT AND WE WON'T BE ABLE TO DO THAT WITH LESS STAFF.

SO THINGS LIKE THAT WILL BE A PIECE OF THE DISCUSSION.

WE'VE HAD REDUCTIONS TO ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS.

WE'VE HAD REDUCTIONS TO MULTILINGUAL INTERPRETER SERVICES, OUR LAP ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER TONIGHT.

THERE WILL BE SOME REDUCTIONS THERE. OUR FAMILY AND COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER WILL HAVE SOME REDUCTIONS.

OUR OPERATIONS. OUR HVAC, PAINTERS, GROUNDS, WAREHOUSE AND PRINT SHOP WILL HAVE REDUCTIONS.

OUR CUSTODIAL STAFFING WILL HAVE REDUCTIONS, OUR SECRETARIAL CALENDARS WILL BE ADJUSTED AS WELL AS SOME OF OUR SECRETARIAL THE WAY IN WHICH WE DO STAFFING FOR THAT. OUR SROS, OUR SECURITY AND SROS IS AN AREA THAT WE'VE HEARD VERY LOUD AND CLEAR THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAINTAIN AS MUCH OF THAT AS POSSIBLE.

WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS IS A PLACE WHERE BJF CAN ALSO HELP SUPPORT US IN SOME WAYS.

AND YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT AT THE SPRING SOIREE THIS WEEKEND IF YOU ATTEND THAT ON SATURDAY.

OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, WE'RE LOOKING TO OUTSOURCE THAT.

WE'VE BEEN RUNNING OUR OWN PROGRAM HERE. WE'LL BE OUTSOURCING THAT AT THE ESD, WHICH SHOULD SAVE US SOME MONEY, BUT WE'LL ALSO CREATE SOME INCONVENIENCES FOR OUR STAFF AND, AND AVAILABILITY THAT COULD IMPACT WHAT OUR STAFF IS ABLE TO ATTEND.

WE HAVE OUR SOCIAL EMOTIONAL ROOMS WHERE OUR STUDENTS CAN GO WHEN THEY'RE DYSREGULATED.

THERE MAY BE IMPACTS TO THOSE THAT PROGRAM AS WELL.

WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE AS OF YET, BUT WE HAVE, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED SOME CHANGES THERE.

OUR COUNSELING PROGRAM WILL LOOK DIFFERENTLY.

CERTAINLY. AS WE GO INTO THE YEAR AGAIN, WE'RE NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW FAR THAT WILL GO, BUT THERE WILL BE SOME CHANGES TO OUR COUNSELING PROGRAM.

OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS THAT ARE ON SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT THAT WORK OUT OF OUR DISTRICT OFFICE SUPPORTING WITH IEP DEVELOPMENT WITH CURRICULUM IMPLEMENTATION, THOSE POSITIONS, THOSE, THOSE INDIVIDUALS WILL GO BACK INTO CLASSROOMS. OUR PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION PROGRAM WILL BE IMPACTED.

THOSE ARE OUR PIS. WE HAVE THOSE CURRENTLY AT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOLS.

SO THERE WILL BE SOME REDUCTIONS THERE. OUR ASPIRE PROGRAM.

WE WILL REDUCE OUR FOURTH GRADE PROGRAM OF ASPIRE.

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SO WE'LL KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT BY THE 27TH, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION NOW.

TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN, WE KNOW THAT WE ARE ESSENTIALLY FUNDED FOR 84 SLOTS.

AND THAT ESSENTIALLY MEANS AT LEAST TWO OF OUR PROGRAMS COULD BE IMPACTED.

WE'RE LOOKING AT OTHER WAYS TO POSSIBLY FUND TO KEEP UP AT LEAST SIX PROGRAMS ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

AND WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE FOR US.

THERE MAY BE SOME OPTIONS FOR US, BUT ESSENTIALLY IT'S 4.9 CLASSROOMS BEING FUNDED.

IS WHAT THE REDUCTION IS. AND THAT REALLY IS MORE RELATED TO THE LEGISLATORS WORK, NOT, NOT OUR LEVY BECAUSE WE WERE, WE WERE FUNDED THROUGH APPORTIONMENT THAT CHANGED EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.

WE'RE LOOKING AT INCREASING PARTICIPATION FEES AND ALSO LOOKING AT SHIFTING SOME COSTS OVER TO ASB, WHICH MEANS THAT THAT WILL HIT, WHETHER IT BE FUNDRAISING OR THE WAY IN WHICH THEY TAKE IN THEIR FUNDS THROUGH THE PARTICIPATION FEES.

WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT SOME OF OUR SPORTS THAT HAVE LOWER PARTICIPATION RATES AND OR WE HAVE TO RENT FACILITIES.

THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE TO RENT FACILITIES FOR ARE VERY EXPENSIVE FOR US.

AND THAT'S A COST THAT HAS COME OUT OF LEVY DOLLARS.

HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT RECOVERY. WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME REDUCTIONS AT HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT RECOVERY.

WE WILL STILL HAVE THE PROGRAM, BUT IT WILL BE REDUCED.

WE'RE LOOKING AT CHANGES TO THE WAY IN WHICH WE IMPLEMENT OUR LIBRARIES.

KEEPING THEM OPEN, BUT CHANGING THE WAY IN WHICH THEY FUNCTION.

WE WILL HAVE A REDUCTION IN OUR HELP DESK AND EDUCATIONAL SUBSCRIPTIONS HAVE WE'RE KEEPING IREADY AT K FOUR, BUT AS YOU KNOW, WE LOST IT LAST YEAR AND WE HAVE A BUNCH OF OTHER EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT TECHNOLOGY PIECES THAT, YOU KNOW, 15,000 HERE, 20,000 THERE, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

WE KNOW THAT THOSE WILL BE FELT IN THE CLASSROOM.

BUT BEING THAT THEY'RE NOT A PART OF BASIC EDUCATION, WE ARE GOING TO CANCEL THOSE SUBSCRIPTIONS AS WELL.

SO THAT'S HIGH LEVEL. THERE'S A LITTLE MORE SPECIFICITY IN A NUMBER OF THINGS.

AND AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE LABOR PARTNERS, WE'LL KNOW MORE INFORMATION TOWARDS THE END OF THIS WEEK ABOUT THE DEPTH OF SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMS AND THE IMPACTS. SO ANY PARTICULAR QUESTION THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE FOR ME AROUND THESE THINGS, OR ANYTHING THAT ANY OF YOU WANT TO ADD? CAN I ASK A QUESTION? SURE. FOR THE CREDIT RECOVERY, WHAT WOULD THAT, WHAT WOULD THOSE CUTS LOOK LIKE? WELL I'M HESITANT TO SAY MORE ETZEL AT THIS POINT BECAUSE SOME OF OUR DECISIONS ARE BASED ON WHAT WE END UP DOING WITH SOME OF OUR LABOR PARTNERS LATER IN THE WEEK.

SO DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS WITH SOME OF THOSE DECISIONS, HOW THESE PROGRAMS ARE IMPACTED COULD BE MORE OR LESS.

AND SO I'M GOING TO, I'M GOING TO HEDGE MY BETS.

AND I'M NOT GOING TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION AS OF YET.

GOOD QUESTION. AND IF YOU WANT TO REACH OUT TO ME LATER IN THE WEEK, I CAN PROBABLY TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE.

WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF CREDIT RECOVERY STILL.

WE JUST WON'T KNOW THE SPECIFICITY YET. OKAY.

YEAH, WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING. OKAY. YEAH. AND ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE MAY HAVE TO LOOK AT.

JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, IS WE HAVE NOT ALWAYS CHARGED MUCH OF A FEE.

IF STUDENTS FAIL THE CLASS AND THEY HAD TO, WE DIDN'T CHARGE AT ALL.

SO WE MAY HAVE TO CHARGE STUDENTS WHO FAIL A CLASS TO GET THOSE CREDIT RECOVERY CLASSES BECAUSE THEY DO COST.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'LL LOOK AT.

GOOD QUESTION. ANYTHING ELSE? THE SRO OFFICERS.

THEY ARE FUNDED PARTIALLY BY BATTLE GROUND. WELL, BATTLE GROUND PICKS UP SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT COSTS AND TRAINING COSTS.

WE PICK UP THE SALARY. DID I GET THAT RIGHT, MICHELLE? AND THEN FOR BATTLE GROUND AND THEN FOR CLARK COUNTY, WE PICK UP THE, THE WHOLE THE WHOLE TAB.

HAS ANYONE TALKED TO SHERIFF HAUCH ABOUT POSSIBLY HELPING US OUT AND PROVIDING MORE. I HAVE NOT TALKED TO HIM DIRECTLY, NOR I DON'T THINK MIKE KESSLER HAVE.

THERE HAVE BEEN CONVERSATIONS IN THE PAST AND THEY AGREED TO SUPPORT US HAVING ONE BUT NOT PICKING UP ANY OF THE COSTS

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AND ACTUALLY THEIR CONTRACT WENT UP FOR THIS NEXT YEAR.

OKAY. YEAH, WE DO. I MEAN, THIS IS A SAD STORY TO TELL, BUT IF WE, IF WE ARE IN A PLACE TO SELECT ONE OVER THE OTHER, WE WILL KEEP OUR SRO AT THE SOUTH END OF THE DISTRICT BECAUSE OUR NEEDS ARE GREATER. SO IF WE CAN ONLY FUND ONE, WE WILL, WE WILL FUND THE ONE IN THE SOUTH END OF THE DISTRICT BECAUSE THE NEEDS OF THE SOUTH END OF THE DISTRICT ARE MUCH GREATER FOR US. INTERESTING.

OKAY. YEAH. SO IN AN IDEAL WORLD, WE'D LIKE TO KEEP BOTH.

OH, ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. GREAT QUESTIONS. ANYTHING ELSE? AND I WOULD JUST ADD TO THAT JUST REAL QUICK THAT ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS AND POSITIONS THE LAST LAST FEW WEEKS, WE HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH PEOPLE WHO POTENTIALLY ARE IMPACTED OR COULD BE IMPACTED.

SO HOPEFULLY THE BOARD MEETING TONIGHT IS NOT THE FIRST TIME PEOPLE ARE HEARING THAT.

YEAH. IT SHOULDN'T BE VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE HAPPENING.

PRIOR. SO AND THEN AT OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING, WE HOPE TO HAVE THAT RESOLUTION FOR YOU.

AND THAT WILL BE VERY CLEAR AS TO THE NUMBER OF POSITIONS BOTH IN CERTIFICATED CLASSIFIED AND ADMINISTRATION.

SO. YEAH. SO AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, JUST GIVE ME A JINGLE OR LET ME KNOW THAT YOU WANT TO TALK. AND I'D BE HAPPY TO TALK THROUGH THAT FURTHER.

REPORT. NEXT UP, LYNELLE ALREADY HAD A REPORT.

UNLESS SHE HAS ANYTHING NEW. AND NOTHING FROM MICHELLE.

NOTHING FROM MICHELLE. SO NEXT UP IS KEVIN. HELLO, BOARD.

HAVEN'T UPDATED YOU ON PROJECTS IN A WHILE, SO THIS WILL BE A LENGTHY REPORT FOR ME AS OF LATE.

WE'VE GOT A WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT WE'LL BE DOING A LOT OF PROJECTS FUNDED NOT BY OUR LEVY.

AND I'LL DETAIL THOSE AS WE GO THROUGH OUR SEO PROJECT, WHICH WILL BE UPGRADING OUR DISTRICT LIGHTING TO LED.

WE'LL BE STARTING THIS WEDNESDAY AT GLENWOOD, GLENWOOD AND LAUREN, AS WELL AS JACO, WILL BE TACKLING THREE SCHOOLS AT A TIME.

WE'LL BE WORKING AFTER HOURS ON AFTER SCHOOL HOURS UNTIL SUMMERTIME COMES AND WE'LL BE NORMAL HOURS.

HOPE TO WRAP THAT ALL UP IN OCTOBER. AMBOY WE WILL BE.

WE'RE BIDDING THE 30 30 YEAR ROOF REPLACEMENT VERY SOON.

THAT WILL BE A CAPITAL LEVY PROJECT AS WELL. THAT'S ALREADY IN THE APPROVED THE FUTURES PROJECT AT BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL.

IT'S FUNDED THROUGH IMPACT FEES, WHICH ARE THOSE FEES THAT DEVELOPERS PAY WHEN YOU PUT UP A SUBDIVISION OR A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE.

PEOPLE WILL PAY WHEN THEY GET THEIR BUILDING PERMITS. SO AGAIN, NOT LEVY.

THE BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL, THE KITCHEN CANOPY, WHICH WAS KNOCKED OVER BY A FOOD VENDOR THAT'S BEING FUNDED BY THE FOOD VENDOR.

SO. THE. I'LL BE DOING. FINISHING UP THE ENTRY MODIFICATIONS AT THE BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL THIS SUMMER.

THOSE WERE IN THE CAPITAL LEVY AS WELL. TRADES BUILDING WILL BE.

I'LL BE BRINGING AN AGENDA TO YOU BEFORE TOO LONG.

FOR PERMISSION TO GO OUT TO BID. CAPITAL LEVY IS IN THE CAPITAL LEVY AS WELL.

LOOKING FORWARD TO GET THAT PROJECT GOING. AND THEN THIS CURRENTLY WE'VE BEEN.

IF YOU'VE SEEN THE FENCES AROUND THE, MY OLD MAINTENANCE FACILITY, THE 400 BUILDING, WE'VE BEEN.

ABATING THE ASBESTOS THAT WAS IN THE MOST OF THE ROOFING MATERIAL WASN'T WASN'T THAT MUCH.

JUST OVER $100,000 OF ABATEMENT THERE. THAT'S BEING PAID FOR THROUGH IMPACT FEES, WHICH.

BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE OUR NEW FUTURES BUILDING IS GOING.

SO I HAVE TO TAKE THAT DOWN TO. PUT THAT IN. CAPTAIN, WE'RE GOING TO BE.

THESE ARE SOME OF MY LOVELY FUNDS. I'LL BE REPLACING TWO.

30 YEAR OLD, PLUS RESTROOM FLOORS THAT ARE OVERDUE.

JUST STARTED DISCUSSING A KITCHEN REMODEL. THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.

BEEN DISCUSSING WITH RUSS FOOD SERVICES. THEY RECEIVED A 100 OR $200,000 GRANT.

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MAPLE GROVE PRIMARY, THE LONG HOUSE. IT'S TURNED 20.

EXCUSE ME. 28 YEARS OLD. THAT ROOF WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE THIS SUMMER.

BATTLE GROUND VIRTUAL ACADEMY. AND THE REROOF WILL BE CAPITAL LEVY AS WELL.

I HAVE MANY PROJECTS IN THERE. BATTLE GROUND VIRTUAL ACADEMY WHERE WE'RE WRAPPING THAT UP, WE MOVED THE FURNITURE IN OVER SPRING BREAK. I KNOW WE'RE COORDINATING A TOUR HERE.

SOON. THE TEACHERS ARE EXCITED TO SEE IT AS WELL AS THE PRINCIPAL.

AND I UNDERSTAND SOME OF YOU FOLKS WANT TO. THAT ONE WAS FUNDED THROUGH IMPACT FEES.

I REALLY, REALLY AM PROUD OF THAT LITTLE PROJECT.

I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S A POTENTIAL WAVE OF THE FUTURE FOR SCHOOLS.

INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, I PUT MY FIRST TWO ELECTRIC CAR CHARGING STATIONS IN.

YEAH. INTERESTING. SO THAT THAT ONE FOR, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH STUFF THE COUNTY REQUIRED US TO PUT IN A, FOR TWO CARS AND EACH STATION SERVES TWO CARS, SO THEY'LL JUST BE ONE STATION.

PLUS THEY REQUIRED ME TO RUN THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO BE ABLE TO PUT IN ANOTHER ONE LATER.

SO THERE'LL BE A POTENTIAL FOR SPOTS. I'M GOING TO PROBABLY SPEND ROUGHLY AROUND 40,000 OF OUR MONEY TO PUT THOSE IN.

IN THE FUTURE, IF ANYBODY GOES TO PLUG IN, IT'S A, IT'S A CREDIT CARD DEAL.

YOU. SO WE WON'T BE SUPPLYING THE ELECTRICITY TO THOSE FOLKS.

THEY'LL HAVE TO PUT IN THEIR CREDIT CARD WHEN THEY CHARGE THEIR CARS.

BUT I'VE FOUGHT THEM LONG AND HARD, BUT THEY FINALLY GOT ME TO PUT A COUPLE IN.

I JUST WANT TO MENTION, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT UNFUNDED MANDATES FOR US.

YOU CAN SEE THESE ARE THINGS THAT BUILDERS HAVE UNFUNDED MANDATES FOR.

SO BUT THEY IMPACT US WHEN WE'RE BUILDING NEW FACILITIES AS WELL.

SO I APPRECIATE KEVIN TRYING TO DO WHAT HE COULD DO, BUT HERE WE ARE.

I RAN CONDUITS FOR MY NEW MAINTENANCE FACILITY, BUT I FOUGHT THEM ON THE PUTTING IN THE CHARGES.

SO I WON THAT ONE. BUT FROM NOW ON WE'LL BE PUTTING EV CHARGER STATIONS IN ON OUR PROJECTS, OUR LARGER PROJECTS. LAST THING I'LL TALK ABOUT IS OUR YACOLT PRIMARY.

I'LL BE REPLACING ALL OF THE CARPET IN THAT BUILDING THIS YEAR.

THAT'S A. IT'S THE LAST SCHOOL. WE'VE DELAYED THAT A COUPLE OF YEARS.

AND THAT'S IN OUR CAPITAL LEVY AS WELL. SO WE HAVE PLENTY TO DO.

LUCKILY WE'VE GOT SOME SEPARATE FUNDING THAN JUST OUR LEVY.

AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY UPDATE. THANK YOU KEVIN.

APPRECIATE IT AMANDA. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING BOARD.

I HAVE A COUPLE HIGHLIGHTS FROM AROUND THE DISTRICT TO SHARE WITH YOU.

YOU HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CAM ACADEMY AT THE LAST MEETING WHEN PRINCIPAL COLE MENTIONED THESE.

BUT I WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE MORE CONTEXT AND SOME PHOTOS.

SO CAM'S KNOWLEDGEABLE TEAM, THEIR VARSITY TEAM BEAT OUT 17 OTHER TEAMS IN THE TWO B CATEGORY TO TAKE HOME THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP THIS YEAR.

THEY HAD TO GO THROUGH SEVERAL ROUNDS OF QUESTIONS ON A VARIETY OF TOPICS, EVERYTHING FROM MATH TO HISTORY, LITERATURE, MUSIC, JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE THEY HAD TO HAVE SOME KNOWLEDGE OF.

AND WHAT'S REALLY COOL ABOUT THIS TEAM IS THIS WAS ONLY THEIR THIRD YEAR OF COMPETITION.

SO VERY STRONG GROUP. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THEIR JV TEAM ALSO WAS REALLY STRONG.

SO IT'S POTENTIALLY BUILDING A DYNASTY FOR FUTURE YEARS.

CAM ALSO HAD A NUMBER OF MIDDLE SCHOOL TEAMS. SIX COMPETE AT THE SOLAR CAR CHALLENGE THIS YEAR.

THEY BUILT SMALL CARS THAT ARE POWERED BY SOLAR PANELS AND BATTERIES.

AND THE CAM TEAMS TOOK HOME SECOND AND FOURTH PLACE FINISHES IN THE ACTUAL SOLAR CAR RACE.

AND THEY ALSO EARNED SECOND PLACE IN THE ENGINEERING DESIGN PRESENTATION.

SO KUDOS TO THEM FOR THAT. AND THEN TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.

ON THE LEFT, YOU SEE A PICTURE OF A GROUP FROM BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL.

THEY COMPETED IN THE ANNUAL CHARTER COLLEGE WALDORF COMPETITION WHERE THEY HAD TO COMPLETE A SERIES OF WELDS, AND THE BATTLE GROUND GROUP ACTUALLY SWEPT THE TOP THREE PLACES.

SO FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD, WHICH IS A TESTAMENT TO THE STRENGTH OF THEIR PROGRAM.

AND THE STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO RECEIVE SCHOLARSHIPS AND PRIZES AS A RESULT.

SO PRETTY COOL. AND THEN TALKING ABOUT CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION, CASCADIA TECH ACADEMY, IN CASE ANYONE IS NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT, THAT IS A PROGRAM THAT IS OPERATED OUT OF EVERGREEN, BUT IT SERVES STUDENTS FROM ALL OVER SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON THROUGH A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT AND OFFERS A VARIETY OF CAREER AND TECHNICAL PROGRAMS.

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I THINK THEY HAVE LIKE 20 DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. AND THEN ON THE RIGHT IS A PICTURE OF A TEACHER FROM PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL, JEN ENGELBART.

SHE IS TEACHING THE CLASS THAT RUNS THE IQ CREDIT UNION BRANCH AT PRAIRIE.

AND SO SHE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT PROGRAM AS WELL.

AND THAT EPISODE IS AVAILABLE NOW. AND THEN RECENTLY WE HAD A GROUP FROM BATTLE GROUND ROTARY CLUB CONDUCT A SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE.

THIS WAS LED BY JESSICA AMBROSE, WHO'S A COUNSELOR AT RIVER HOMELINK, AND SHE WORKED WITH ANOTHER ROTARIAN, SEAN MILLER. AND THEY COLLECTED $1,000 WORTH OF SCHOOL SUPPLIES, WHICH THEY THEN DONATED TO LAUREN.

SO A REALLY NICE DISPLAY OF COMMUNITY GENEROSITY AND SUPPORT FOR OUR SCHOOLS.

AND THEN FINALLY, IT IS THE TIME OF YEAR WHERE WE HOLD ALL OF OUR PLANT SALES, WHICH ARE VERY POPULAR.

THIS IS A GREAT STUDENT ACTIVITY THAT SUPPORTS PROGRAMS AT OUR HIGH SCHOOLS AND AT KCC.

SO ALL THAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE IN CASE ANYONE WANTS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ANY OF THOSE SALES.

THANK YOU. THAT'S IT FOR SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF UPDATES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO WE'RE MOVING ON THEN TO OPEN PUBLIC COMMENTS.

[11. Open Public Comments]

SO I'M NOT. YES, YES. I'M NOT GOING TO READ IT AGAIN.

OKAY. SO RYAN ANDERSON'S GOING TO SPEAK AGAIN FOR US FIRST.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN. I'LL KEEP THIS ONE SHORT. I JUST HAVE AN UPDATED SOMETHING I GAVE YOU GUYS BEFORE THE BRACE FOR IMPACT DOCUMENT.

I RAN SOME NEW NUMBERS AND THEY'RE SCARY, SO I'M JUST GOING TO HAND THEM OFF, SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. RYAN. EUNICE. JOHNSON.

GOOD EVENING. BOARD. MY NAME IS EUNICE INGER MANSSON.

MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE HER, AND I AM A DISTRICT RESIDENT WHO WANTS OUR YOUTH TO GET THE BEST PUBLIC EDUCATION POSSIBLE.

WHAT AN EXCITING AND ENLIGHTENING EVENING. THANKS EVERYONE FOR YOUR PRESENTATIONS.

I HAVE A REQUEST OF THE BOARD OF THE DISTRICT.

THERE USED TO BE WHAT WAS CALLED PATRON TOURS IN THE DISTRICT ABOUT ONCE A YEAR, WHERE ANYBODY COULD SIGN UP TO GET AT THE SCHOOL BUS ON A SET DATE AND TOUR SOME OF THE SCHOOLS. WATCHING PROGRAMS AND CLASSROOMS IN ACTION.

WE WOULD VISIT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT BUILDINGS AND GET A FAIRLY GOOD FEEL FOR PROGRAMS AT THE DISTRICT WANTED TO SHOWCASE FOR US.

IT WAS ALWAYS FUN AND STIMULATING, AND WE GOT TO SEE FIRSTHAND, AT LEAST THE PROGRAMS THAT THE DISTRICT WAS PROUD OF OR NEEDS THAT THE DISTRICTS WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT. WE WERE SOMETIMES LED BY BUILDING ADMIN OR BY STUDENT LEADERS, LISTENING TO INCREDIBLE CHOIR PERFORMANCES, WATCHING STUDENTS ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN CLASSROOMS, TASTING AMAZING FOODS PREPARED BY CULINARY ARTS STUDENTS, HEARING ABOUT POSITIVE BEHAVIOR INTERVENTIONS AND SUPPORTS, AND SEEING BEAUTIFUL WORK OF ARTS AND CRAFTS BY ART AND SHOP STUDENTS, WALKING ON NEW GYM FLOORS AND LOOKING AT DILAPIDATED STRUCTURES THAT NEEDED REPLACING.

I REALLY ENJOY THESE VISITS A LOT AND LOOKED FORWARD EACH YEAR FOR THE NEXT YEAR'S TOUR.

THEY GAVE ME A BIT OF FIRST HAND FAMILIARITY WITH THE SCHOOL STAFF AND STUDENTS.

THEN THE TOURS STOPPED. MAYBE BECAUSE OF COVID.

BASED ON, THE TOURS HAVE BEEN STOPPED AND IT MAKES ME A LITTLE JEALOUS OF YOU ALL IN THAT REGARD.

AS YOU STRATEGIZE ABOUT HOW TO MAKE DO WITH SMALLER BUDGETS FOR THE TIME BEING, AND HOW TO CHANGE THE MINDS IN THE COMMUNITY TOWARDS SUPPORTING PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATION BETTER.

I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT YOU REOPEN THE TOURS.

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THANK YOU. MARY MENDOZA. MARY. I'M EMBARRASSED BECAUSE I SHOULD KNOW HOW TO SAY IT.

MENDOZA. COUNCIL. IS THAT HOW YOU SAY IT? OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. DOES IT LOOK LIKE A Z? OKAY. I APPARENTLY SAY IT WRONG.

OKAY. VERY GOOD. WELCOME. HEY, I BROUGHT MY LAPTOP BECAUSE I'M BLIND.

I NEED A GERIATRIC FONT HERE, SO. OH, GOOD EVENING, MARY MENDOZA.

HANSEL. I AM THE BGA PRESIDENT. SO OVER THE NEXT MONTH, YOU WILL BE FACED WITH EXTRAORDINARY, EXTRAORDINARILY DIFFICULT DECISIONS. DECISIONS THAT WILL SHAPE THE FUTURE OF OUR SCHOOLS, OUR COMMUNITY, OUR EDUCATORS, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, OUR STUDENTS.

THESE CHOICES COME IN THE WAKE OF MULTIPLE FAILED LEVEES, AND THE CONSEQUENCES ARE BEING FELT ACROSS THE CLASSROOMS AND CAMPUS.

STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS ALIKE ARE NAVIGATING UNCERTAINTY, DISRUPTION AND THE EMOTIONAL TOLL THAT ACCOMPANIES FINANCIAL INSTABILITY.

OUR MEMBERS UNDERSTAND THE GRAVITY OF THIS MOMENT.

THEY LIVE IT DAILY. THEY SEE IT IN THE WORRIED FACES OF THEIR STUDENTS.

THEY HEAR IT IN THE QUESTIONS OF THE FAMILIES, AND THEY FEEL IT IN THEIR OWN HOMES.

RIGHT NOW, OUR EDUCATORS ARE UPSET AND THEY'RE SCARED.

THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR LIVELIHOODS, THEIR COLLEAGUES, AND THEIR ABILITY TO CONTINUE PROVIDING THE HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION OUR STUDENTS, OUR STUDENTS DESERVE. PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE ARE OUR NEWER EDUCATORS.

MANY OF THEM ENTER THE PROFESSION WITH PASSION, DEDICATION, AND COMMITMENT TO SERVING THIS COMMUNITY.

IF THEY NOW FACE THE VERY REAL POSSIBILITY OF REDUCTIONS IN FORCE, COMPOUNDING THIS CHALLENGE IS THE REALITY THAT NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS ARE ALSO EXPERIENCING EXPERIENCING FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, MAKING IT INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT FOR THESE TALENTED PROFESSIONALS TO FIND EMPLOYMENT ELSEWHERE.

WITHOUT CAREFUL CONSIDERATION, WE RISKED LOSING AN ENTIRE GENERATION OF PROMISING EDUCATORS, INDIVIDUALS. OUR STUDENTS NEED AND DESERVE. THESE ARE NOT JUST BUDGETARY DECISIONS.

THEY'RE HUMAN DECISIONS. BEHIND EVERY NUMBER IS A STUDENT WHOSE OPPORTUNITIES MAY BE DIMINISHED IN AN EDUCATOR WHOSE CAREER AND CALLING HANG IN THE BALANCE.

THE IMPACTS OF THESE CHOICES WILL RIPPLE THROUGH OUR CLASSROOMS AND OUR COMMUNITY FOR YEARS TO COME.

AS AN EDUCATOR WHO SERVED BOTH A PRIMARY AND MIDDLE READING SPECIALIST FOR HERE IN THE DISTRICT, I VALUE THE IMPORTANCE OF READING AND INTERVENING TO PROVIDE THE SUPPORT AND REMEDIATION THAT STUDENTS NEED.

I ALSO APPRECIATE THE VOLUNTEERS WHO COME INTO OUR SCHOOLS TO SUPPLEMENT.

HOWEVER, I AM FEARFUL OF OUTSIDE PROGRAMS THAT MAY COME IN TO SUPPLANT THE SPECIALLY TRAINED LAB EMPLOYEES AND READING SPECIALISTS PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE HAVING TO CUT BECAUSE OF THIS LEVEE FAILURES. AS UNION PRESIDENT, I PRESIDENT.

I RECOGNIZE THE CHALLENGES BEFORE YOU AND REMAIN COMMITTED TO WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TO MINIMIZE HARM, PROTECT EDUCATIONAL QUALITY, AND SUPPORT THOSE AFFECTED.

TOGETHER, WE MUST APPROACH THIS CRISIS WITH TRANSPARENCY AND COMPASSION AND A SHARED COMMITMENT TO PRESERVING THE STRENGTH OF OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

WE URGE YOU TO CONSIDER SOLUTIONS THAT PRIORITIZE STUDENTS, RETAIN DEDICATED EDUCATORS, UPHOLD THE INTEGRITY OF OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM, AND COMMITMENT TO OUR EDUCATORS THROUGH THE CBA.

OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH CONSISTS OF MANY OF OUR EMPLOYEES WHO LIVE IN OUR DISTRICT, DEPEND ON THOUGHTFUL DECISIONS DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME.

AND AS AN ASIDE, I WEAR MORE HATS THAN JUST THE BGA PRESIDENT.

I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE SILENT AUCTION FOR A PRAIRIE BOOSTER, SO I DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME.

AS I SIT IN THE BACK, I'M BACK THERE WORKING ON A CERTIFICATE, SO HOPEFULLY YOU ALL WILL MAKE IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MARY JESSICA KOHL.

HELLO SCHOOL BOARD, I'M JESSICA COLE. THANK YOU FOR MOVING THE COMMENT.

TIMES EARLIER IN THE MEETING. I'M STILL ADVOCATING FOR THE OPEN PUBLIC TIME TO BE EVEN EARLIER IN THE MEETING.

THE FIRST COMMENT TIME TONIGHT WAS ALMOST TWO HOURS IN FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

A LOT OF PARENTS HAVE SAID TO ME PERSONALLY WHY IS THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING AT DINNER TIME? WHICH, LIKE, I UNDERSTAND WHY MORE LIKE IT'S INCONVENIENT TO THEM, WHICH, YOU KNOW, MAKES SENSE WHEN THEY HAVE THEIR KIDS AND STUFF.

SO I'M ADVOCATING FOR YOU TO CHANGE THAT STILL.

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I APPRECIATE HEARING THAT TONIGHT. I AM ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE CREDIT RECOVERY.

SO I APPRECIATE YOU ASKING. AND MY REQUEST IS LIKE, KEEP THE PUBLIC UPDATED ON THAT.

IF THERE'S LIKE STUDENT FEES, LIKE I'M SURE THE COMMUNITY WOULD WANT TO HELP PITCH IN WHERE IT'S NEEDED FOR THOSE STUDENTS.

SO PLEASE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THERE'S SO MUCH FOR YOU TO KEEP US INFORMED ON AND YOU KNOW, YOU DO YOUR BEST, BUT THAT'S MY ONE REQUEST ON THAT. I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE CUTS TO THE PREVENTION INTERVENTION SPECIALISTS IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOLS. ONE REASON WHY THEY'RE BENEFICIAL IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS IS BECAUSE MIDDLE SCHOOLS ARE A GREAT TIME TO PREVENT SUBSTANCE USE IN YOUTH. AND I KNOW YOU HAVE DIFFICULT CHOICES.

I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT. SO ON THAT NOTE, I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME.

I DON'T THINK LAST TIME I TALKED ABOUT THE DREAM TEAM, BUT I DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THE DRUG TAKE BACK, I DON'T THINK. AND IF SO, HERE IT GOES AGAIN.

AND MY SCREEN WENT BLANK TO A PAGE. OKAY, SO IT IS GOING TO BE ON THE 25TH OF THIS MONTH, APRIL FROM 10 A.M. TO 2 P.M. AT THE BATTLE GROUND POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHICH, YOU KNOW, YOU LEAVE, DRIVE DOWN THIS ROAD AND YOU RUN RIGHT INTO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THAT'S DONE TWICE A YEAR. IT'S FREE. YOU ACTUALLY DRIVE THROUGH.

THEY DON'T TAKE SHARPS NEEDLES, BUT THEY TAKE EVERYTHING ELSE.

YOU JUST THROW IT IN A BAG AND STUFF. YOU DON'T HAVE TO, LIKE, TAKE YOUR NAME OFF STUFF OR ANYTHING.

THEY, I THINK THEY INCINERATE IT. SO IT'S PRETTY SAFE.

I WAS GOING TO READ THE WHOLE WRITE UP THAT SOMEBODY ELSE WROTE UP ON IT.

IT IS WITH THE BATTLE GROUND AND ALLIANCE. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WE HAVE TO DO THAT BECAUSE IT'S DRUGS AND CASCADIA TECH ACADEMY HELPS WITH THAT.

SO WE DO IT TWICE A YEAR. SOME PEOPLE HAVE SHUT IT DOWN LIKE VANCOUVER, WE STILL HAVE IT HERE.

SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO LIKE GET YOUR DRUGS OUT SO PEOPLE DON'T ACCIDENTALLY, YOU KNOW, OVERDOSE OR SOMETHING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LAST OF ALL, ALLISON TUCHARDT TWO.

I'M SORRY, TWO CARD. EXCUSE ME. ALLISON. GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS ALLISON TUCHARDT, AND I'M HERE KIND OF IN A DUAL ROLE.

I'M A CURRICULUM DIRECTOR, BUT I'M ALSO A CITIZEN AND A PATRON OF THE DISTRICT.

AND I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT AN EVENT THAT IS HAPPENING THIS THURSDAY.

IT IS THE KEEP OUR KIDS SAFE COMMUNITY NIGHT.

IT IS AT THE BATTLE GROUND FARMERS MARKET FROM 630 UNTIL 9:00.

AND IT IS ABOUT SEX TRAFFICKING, PREVENTION AND WHETHER WE LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THIS OR NOT.

SEX TRAFFICKING DOES HAPPEN IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THERE IS A STATE LAW THAT SAYS THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO TEACH SEX TRAFFICKING PREVENTION CURRICULUM.

WE HAVE A COMMITTEE THAT HAS CHOSEN SOME MATERIALS.

THEY ARE GOING TO START PILOTING THE MATERIALS AS OF THIS WEDNESDAY.

SO WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, AND THE CURRICULUM WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO REVIEW AT THIS EVENT THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH SHARED HOPE INTERNATIONAL TO PUT OUT OUR CURRICULUM AND GET FEEDBACK FROM PEOPLE.

AND THEN ONCE WE HAVE COMPLETED THE PILOT AND HAVE ALL OF OUR FEEDBACK, WE WILL BRING IT FORWARD FOR ADOPTION.

AND THAT WILL BE PROBABLY IN THE FALL. SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE EVENT IS HAPPENING AND THAT THERE'S PLENTY OF SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO COME.

AND THERE'S A FORMAL PRESENTATION THAT WILL START AT 7:00.

EVEN THOUGH THE EVENT IS FROM 630 TO 9, I BELIEVE IT'S 7:00.

WHEN THEY SHARED HOPE INTERNATIONAL WILL DO A FORMAL PRESENTATION.

THEY HAVE PRIZES, FOOD, REFRESHMENTS, GIVEAWAYS, STUDENT LED PRESENTATIONS.

SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET THE WORD OUT FOR AS MANY PEOPLE TO JOIN AND PARTICIPATE AS POSSIBLE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALLISON.

NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA. WE'VE GOT A APPROVAL OF MINUTES.

WE'VE GOT PERSON. DID I MISS SOMEBODY SOMETHING? I'M SORRY. I AM REALLY SORRY. THANK YOU. I THOUGHT IT WAS UNDER EUNICE.

IS IT OKAY? REBECCA OLSEN, YOU CERTAINLY ARE.

HOW DID I DO THAT? I'M VERY SORRY, I DON'T KNOW.

THAT'S RIGHT. IS IT OKAY IF I GO AHEAD AND THANK YOU FOR STANDING UP? ALL RIGHT, SO I WANTED TO SHARE SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT THE EDUCATION FUNDING MODEL IN WASHINGTON.

[02:50:02]

THAT'S RIGHT. IT IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT THAT IT IS THE STATE'S RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE FUNDING FOR OUR SCHOOLS.

WASHINGTON STATE ALLOWS US TO DETERMINE THE RATE AT WHICH WE PAY TAXES TO FUND OPERATIONS.

PORTION OF THE BUDGET BY USING A POPULAR LOCAL VOTE.

I BEGAN TO WONDER HOW THE MODEL WORKS IN UTAH, BECAUSE JOBS AND EDUCATION WERE VERY STABLE WHEN WE LIVED THERE.

RESIDENTS DO NOT GET TO VOTE IN UTAH ON WHETHER THEY ARE GOING TO FUND BASIC OPERATIONS, BECAUSE THAT IS NOT A LEGITIMATE QUESTION, GIVEN THE CONSTITUTIONAL OBLIGATION FOR A STATE TO FULLY FUND EDUCATION.

THE WAY THE RATE OF LOCAL OPERATIONS LEVY IS DETERMINED IN UTAH AND OTHER PLACES IS THAT THE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD FOR THE DISTRICT WILL EXAMINE THE BUDGET, EXAMINE PROPERTY VALUES AND DETERMINE WHAT LEVEL OF TAXATION NEEDS TO BE ASSESSED IN ORDER TO COMPLETELY FUND THE SCHOOLS IN THAT DISTRICT.

THE BOARD, NOT THE GENERAL POPULATION, DECIDES EVERY DISTRICT GETS A BASIC CHUNK FROM THE STATE.

THAT FINISHING OPERATIONS PORTION THAT DETERMINED DEPENDS ON LOCAL FACTORS IS DETERMINED BY THE LOCAL BOARD.

WHY DOESN'T THE STATE JUST DETERMINE AN AMOUNT TO FULLY FUND THE SCHOOLS? WHY DO STATES CHOOSE TO DETERMINE THE RATE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL? BECAUSE THERE IS SUCH A VARIETY IN PROPERTY VALUES, BECAUSE THERE ARE DIFFERENT NEEDS ACROSS SCHOOL DISTRICTS, BECAUSE THERE ARE DIFFERENT DESIRES WITHIN A COMMUNITY AS IT RELATES TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.

WITHIN SYSTEMS LIKE THE ONE IN UTAH, THE SCHOOL BOARD, LOCALLY ELECTED OFFICIALS ENTRUSTED WITH THE CARE AND KEEPING OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS MAKES THAT DECISION ABOUT HOW TO FINISH THE MARGINS OF FUNDING USING AN OPERATIONS LEVY BASED ON LOCAL FACTORS.

THIS SYSTEM CREATES STABILITY, PREDICTABILITY, AND REDUCES STRESS AND ANXIETY WITHIN A SYSTEM UNDER SUCH A MODEL AS IS USED IN UTAH, ENROLLMENT DRIVES STAFFING, NOT A BUDGET CRISIS.

I CAN GET BEHIND THIS DEMAND TO FULLY FUND ANY STATE MANDATES OR MAKE THEM OPTIONAL, IF NOT FUNDED.

BUT EVEN IF OLYMPIA AGREES TO THAT, WE WILL STILL NEED AN OPERATIONS LEVY AND WE WILL NEED ONE TAILORED TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY WE LIVE IN.

THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT A THING MATTERS VERY MUCH.

THESE LEVIES ARE NOT MEANT TO BE ZERO. THIS IS NOT A YES OR NO QUESTION, BUT RATHER HOW MUCH DO WE NEED? LOOKING AT THE RATES FOUND IN OTHER DISTRICTS IN CLARK COUNTY, I'M NOT SO SURE.

INVITING OLYMPIA FURTHER INTO FINANCIAL DECISIONS ABOUT HOW TO FUND OUR SCHOOLS IS OUR SMARTEST MOVE.

WE HAD A BARGAIN RATE COMPARED TO SURROUNDING DISTRICTS.

DO WE REALLY WANT OLYMPIA TAKING OVER AND DECIDING WHAT THAT RATE SHOULD BE IN THE IMMEDIATE SITUATION? I'M VERY CONCERNED THAT WE ARE HARMING CHILDREN BY DEFUNDING OUR SCHOOLS.

TOBY AND ESTELLE HAVE GIVEN US MANY EXAMPLES OF THE HARM WE ARE CAUSING ALREADY WITH OUR CURRENT YEAR SHORTFALL AND CUTS.

ADULT BURNOUT IS ANOTHER SOURCE OF HARM TO STUDENTS, AND IT WILL ONLY GET WORSE AS FURTHER CUTS ARE MADE.

I AM GRAPPLING WITH DIFFICULT FEELINGS ABOUT SENDING MY OWN CHILDREN INTO THE BUILDINGS IN THE FALL, WHICH IS A VERY NEW FEELING FOR ME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU, MISS OLSEN. I ALSO DON'T LIKE THAT THEY SHUT HIM OFF.

OKAY. I DIDN'T MISS ANYBODY ELSE. YES, SIR. I'M GOING TO STAND BACK HERE.

NO, YOU HAVE TO COME TO THE MICROPHONE. COME ON.

OH! HE'S ON. LET'S GET HIM ON. IS HE OKAY? NO, WE'LL BRING A MIC.

YEAH, WE'LL BRING A MIC TO YOU. YEAH. I KNEW HE COULD DO IT.

KEITH WALKER. YEAH, I LIVE HERE IN THE DISTRICT.

I WANT TO THANK THE DISTRICT, ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THEY'RE DOING. IT'S A IT'S A IT'S A LOT OF WORK, BUT I BROUGHT THIS UP IN THE PAST. I'M GOING TO BRING IT UP AGAIN. CHOICE STUDENTS. I UNDERSTAND OTHER STUDENTS FROM OTHER DISTRICTS MOVING INTO BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

THEY DO IT TO ALL DISTRICTS. BUT THE GOVERNMENT, STATE OR FEDERAL DOES NOT FUND EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING FOR EVERY SINGLE STUDENT.

IF THEY DID, WE WOULDN'T BE IN THIS FINANCIAL CRISIS, RIGHT? IT WOULDN'T BE A BIG DEAL.

I THINK THE EASIEST TARGET TO GO FIRST IS TO ZERO OUT OUR CHOICE STUDENTS.

OUR KIDS IN THIS DISTRICT DESERVE THE BEST EDUCATION WE COULD GIVE THEM, AND WE ARE DOING THEM A DISSERVICE IF WE ARE SPENDING THE TAXPAYER MONEY OF OUR DISTRICT TO THESE CHOICE STUDENTS COMING IN.

SO I THINK THAT IS THE EASIEST TARGET TO HELP US HELP BALANCE THE BUDGET AND MAYBE KEEP 1 OR 2 OF THE PROGRAMS ON THE TABLE THAT ARE LOOKING AT BEING CUT.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANKS FOR COMING DOWN.

KEITH WALKER, RIGHT? YES. YES, SIR.

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

[02:55:09]

SO WE HAVE APPROVAL OF MINUTES, PERSONAL REPORTS AND STUDENT TRAVEL.

ANYBODY NEED ANYTHING TO TAKE OFF THAT CONSENT AGENDA? ARE WE OKAY WITH THAT? ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. OKAY. OUR STUDENT OPINION PRO.

I'VE GOT A MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE.

ALL OPPOSED? FIVE ZERO. OLD BUSINESS? NONE. NEW BUSINESS.

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

SCOTT. I KNOW THERE'S NO BETTER WAY TO END A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING THAN TO TALK ABOUT.

THANK YOU FOR WAITING SO LONG. OH, NO, ACTUALLY, IT WAS REALLY GOOD.

I THOUGHT I WAS AT THE WRONG MEETING BECAUSE EVERYTHING WAS SO HOPEFUL.

AND TALKING ABOUT THE SCIENCE OF READING AND LITERACY AND VOLUNTEERISM AND, AND I WAS LIKE, I THINK, I THINK THIS IS WRONG. I, I'M GOING TO TRY AND MAKE THIS QUICK, WHICH IS UNUSUAL.

WE ARE LOOKING TO REPLACE OUR EXISTING PHONE SYSTEM.

OUR CURRENT PHONE SYSTEM IS SHORETEL IS THE NAME OF THE PRODUCT.

SHORETEL IS ACQUIRED BY MITEL IN 2017. SO WE THOUGHT IT TO BE THE MOST SENSIBLE THING TO REMAIN WITH A PRODUCT LINE THAT WE KNOW. WE, OUR CURRENT SYSTEM, WE JUST FOR SOME HISTORY, WE PURCHASED FOR A LITTLE OVER $500,000 IN 2015.

SO WE'VE GOTTEN A VERY GOOD RUN OFF OF THAT. HOWEVER, THE EXISTING EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE IS OFFICIALLY OBSOLETE.

AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS A COUPLE OF THINGS. FIRST OF ALL, IT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO GET REPLACEMENT PARTS. AND I'VE LIVED THROUGH THAT TIME WHERE WE WERE SCRAMBLING BUYING USED EQUIPMENT ON, ON WEBSITES AND BORROWING FROM OTHER DISTRICTS TO KEEP OUR PHONE SYSTEM RUNNING.

AND IT'S UNSAFE AND IT'S UNSUSTAINABLE. SO IT BECOMES HARD TO GET REPLACEMENT PARTS.

IN ADDITION, THESE KIND OF PHONE SYSTEMS ARE NETWORK EQUIPMENT.

WHEN NETWORK EQUIPMENT BECOMES OBSOLETE, IT STOPS GETTING SECURITY PATCHES.

AND THAT MEANS THAT IT THEN BECOMES A POTENTIAL RISK TO OUR NETWORK, WHICH I DEFINITELY DO NOT WANT.

OUR PHONE SYSTEMS ARE MORE THAN JUST A BASIC COMMUNICATION TOOL.

THEY'RE ALSO A CORE PART OF OUR SECURITY SYSTEM.

THESE ARE ESSENTIAL ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE IN OUR BUILDINGS.

THE PURCHASE IN FRONT OF YOU IS INCREDIBLY AGGRESSIVE PRICING THAT I'M STILL A LITTLE BIT IN SHOCK AT BECAUSE IN 2015, WHEN WE SPENT OVER HALF A MILLION, WE ARE NOW GOING TO SPEND UNDER $300,000.

I WILL NOTE THAT THE DOLLAR FIGURE ON THE AGENDA ITEM IS INCORRECT BECAUSE THE SALES TAX CHANGED.

THE ACTUAL DOLLAR FIGURE THAT SHOULD BE THERE IS $289,104.02.

JUST TO BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT THAT. ONE OF THE REASONS THIS ESTIMATE IS SO GOOD IS THAT THE COST OF THE HANDSETS IS DISCOUNTED UP TO 80% BY THE VENDOR AS AN INCENTIVE TO THEIR CURRENT CUSTOMERS TO UPGRADE.

SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? DID YOU MENTION THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE PAID FOR BY THE CAPITAL LEVY? I DID NOT, BUT I JUST DID. THANK YOU. YES, THIS IS CAPITAL LEVY FUNDED.

IT WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL PRODUCTS. AND AND AGAIN, I'M EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT THE VERY COMPETITIVE COST.

HOW LONG DO YOU THINK THIS ONE WILL LAST? I HAVE NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT IT'S GOING TO THAT IT'S GOING TO NEED TO BE REPLACED IN THE NEXT TEN YEARS.

THIS IS A VERY NEW LINE OF EQUIPMENT STILL, SO YOU NEVER KNOW.

DOES IT COME WITH A WARRANTY? ANYTHING ELSE? ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF THE MITEL EMILIE.B PHONE UPDATE AS PRESENTED.

OUR STUDENT VOICE PRO. GOOD. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE AYE. ALL OPPOSED? FIVE ZERO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YEAH. SO, FUTURE AGENDA. AGENDA ITEMS AND BOARD EVENTS.

[15. Future Agenda Items and Board Events]

DID I SIGN UP MY WIFE ALSO? YES. OKAY. YES. MARSHALL, ARE YOU I.

YES. I'M COMING. I BELIEVE I AM, AM I? I'M COMING.

[03:00:02]

RIGHT. WE JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT BOOSTERS.

THE FOLLOWING. IS IT EVERYONE SIGNED UP? OH, IS IT THE OTHER WAY? OKAY. WAIT. OH. OH, I DON'T THINK I AM SIGNED UP.

NO. OKAY, OKAY. I'LL BE TALKING TO YOU. TWO OF US ARE COMING.

I'LL BE TALKING TO YOU. I'VE GOT YOU DOWN. OKAY, WELL, THEN.

THERE YOU GO. ALL RIGHT, I'VE GOT YOU DOWN. ARE YOU COMING? LET'S PUT ME ON THE SPOT. LET'S SEE. I PUT DOWN, I SHOULD BE THERE.

I DID, I HAVE HE PUT IT ON HIS FAMILY CALENDAR.

I DID, AND DEBBIE RSVP'D FOR THE SPRINGS FOR A WITH PLUS ONE WITH THE PLUS ONE.

AND THEN I ASKED. I ASKED. RSVP. I PUT ON THE FAMILY CALENDAR, WE'RE GOING.

OKAY. CHRIS IS BETTER THAN I. IT'S NOT ON THE FAMILY CALENDAR, BUT IT WILL BE TONIGHT.

AND THEN EVERYONE RSVP WITH A PLUS ONE TO THE BOOSTERS AUCTION.

OH MY GOSH, I HOPE I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.

PERFECT. AND AND YOU ALL RSVP TO THE REGIONAL MEETING ON THURSDAY EVENING AT THE EVERGREEN CENTRAL BUILDING. YES. THAT WAS THE INVITATION FROM EARLIER TODAY.

YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? ARE THERE ANY SCHOOL? SHOULD I LOOK AT THE CALENDAR TOURS? WE HAVE A TOUR OF MAPLE GROVE ON THE 29TH.

OKAY, SO IT'S UP TO OUR NEXT MEETING. THAT'S AFTER THE NEXT MEETING. AND THEN WE HAVE AN EXHIBIT SESSION RIGHT ON THE 28TH.

LOUIS HERE. EVERYBODY SIGNED UP. YEAH. SO THAT'S WITH OUR BARGAINING ATTORNEY, RIGHT? OKAY. WELL THAT'S WHAT'S EXEMPT SESSION. GOT IT.

OKAY. CAN WE CAN WE ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION?

[16. Executive Session]

SO THE MEETING IS GOING TO ADJOURN TO THAT FOR.

IS IT ONE HOUR? LET'S SAY 935. 935 OKAY. 945.

940. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH THIS EVENING FOLKS.

I HOPE THE MEETING WAS VALUABLE TO YOU. AND WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CONSIDER OURSELVES ADJOURNED THEN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

WE'LL BE OUT AT 940. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.

I'M SORRY, I FORGOT WE NEEDED TO ADJOURN. SO OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION STANDS ADJOURNED.

GOOD NIGHT. WHAT TIME? 945. CAN I GET?

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.