WELL, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. [1. Call to Order] [00:00:02] I'M GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING OF THE BATTLEGROUND SCHOOL BOARD TO ORDER. 6 P.M. LET'S STAND FOR THE PLEDGE. 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 ROLL CALL PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT FOR TERRY TATE PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT 3 CHRIS KRUEHL DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT 1 LORI SIBLEY DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT 2 DEBBIE JOHNSON HERE DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT 5 MARSHALL MERRITT STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE TOBY WYNN HERE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE IT'S HILL CONTRERAS ONE TEAL HERE MR. PRESIDENT WE HAVE A QUORUM THANK YOU VERY MUCH CARLA SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN UNUSUAL SITUATION THIS EVENING IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL BUT WE DON'T HAVE COMPUTER ACCESS ONLINE STUFF TO OUR BOARD DOCS PROGRAM THAT HELPS US GO THROUGH THESE AND LOOK AT THE VARIOUS DOCUMENTS SO WE MAY BE FUMBLING TO SEE SOME OF THE PRESENTATIONS OR SOME OF THE DOCUMENTS WE NEED TO SEE BUT WE HAVE THE NEXT THING [4. Agenda Approval (Board Vote w/Student Voice)] ON OUR AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA SO WE'VE GOT OUR STUDENT VOICE WE'VE GOT PUBLIC COMMENTS WE'VE GOT TWO SECTIONS OF PUBLIC COMMENTS AGAIN RIGHT THAT CORRECT OKAY SO THE FIRST SECTION IS AGENDA ITEMS WE'VE GOT COMMITTEE REPORTS DIRECTOR REPORTS SUPERINTENDENT STAFF UPDATES WE'VE GOT OUR CONSENT AGENDA WE HAVE ALL THE BUSINESS OPEN PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE AT THAT TIME THEN THE OLD BUSINESS THE NEW BUSINESS WE'VE GOT A DONATION FROM COMMUNITY FOUNDATION PATRICK HOW ENDOWMENT FUND WE'VE GOT A CAMP GLENWOOD LAUREN CAMPUS ASSESS EASEMENT ACCESS EASEMENT AND WE'VE GOT THE C26 APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION C26 A FEW FUTURE ITEMS AND ADJOURNMENT ANY CHANGES TO THE AGENDA ANYTHING TO BE ADDED WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION I MOVE THAT THE AGENDA BE APPROVED AS SUBMITTED ALL IN FAVOR OH WE GOT OUR STUDENT VOICE PRO PRO ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE OPPOSED 50 BOARD UPDATES SO LET'S START WITH WIAA HAVEN'T HAD A MEETING LET'S MOVE TO BG EF TERRY DID I MISS SOMETHING STUDENT VOICE IT'S ON TOBY. PLEASE EXCUSE ME. HOW DID I DO THAT? [5. Student Voice] ARE THERE ANY OTHER STUDENTS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? PLEASE COME FORWARD. WELCOME. HI, RYE. HOW EXCITING. WE HAVE A SECRET GUEST. YOU NEED TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOUR SCHOOL. GOOD EVENING, BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT. MY NAME IS RYE DILLEY. I AM A 7TH GRADER AT TEWKS. VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL I AM ALSO THE CHAIR FOR STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AT BATTLEGROUND CITIZENS FOR BETTER SCHOOLS AND THE COMMUNICATIONS LEAD WITH BATTLEGROUND YOUTH FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS A NEW YOUTH ORGANIZATION WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER WHAT WAS THAT THE SECOND ONE BATTLEGROUND YOUTH FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS A NEW GROUP THAT WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER WITH STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT I'M HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF STUDENTS YOU WILL VOTE ON A REDUCTION IN FORCE THAT WILL SEE APPROXIMATELY 137 STAFF POSITIONS ELIMINATED. A CONCERN THAT I HAVE IS THE IMPACT THAT THIS WILL HAVE ON STUDENT SAFETY AND WELL-BEING. THE LIST PUBLICIZED INCLUDES CUTS TO ASSISTANT SUPER, I'M SORRY, ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, NOT LINNELL. CAMPUS SECURITY, COUNSELORS, PREVENTION INTERVENTION SPECIALISTS, AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING STAFF. THESE STAFF MEMBERS ARE IMPERATIVE TO THE SAFE AND HEALTHY FUNCTION OF OUR SCHOOLS. FROM A STUDENT'S PERSPECTIVE, IF THERE IS AN EMERGENCY OR EVEN JUST A PROBLEM THAT WE NEED TO BE SOLVED, THESE ARE THE ADULTS THAT WE GO TO. I CAN'T REALLY IMAGINE HOW WE WOULD PROCEED WITH LOSING EVEN ONE OF THESE POSITIONS DURING A NORMAL SCHOOL DAY. LET ALONE MULTIPLE OR EVEN ALL OF THEM, WHICH IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IS GOING TO HAPPEN. THIS REALLY DIRECTLY AFFECTS WHETHER STUDENTS FEEL SAFE AND SUPPORTED AT SCHOOL OR EVEN GOING TO SCHOOL AT ALL. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE FINANCIAL SITUATION IS TOUGH. AND THAT THESE DECISIONS WERE [00:05:03] MADE, THESE WERE DIFFICULT DECISIONS NOT EASILY MADE. I TRUST THAT THE PROPOSAL THAT YOU WILL SEE TONIGHT PUT TOGETHER BY OUR SUPERINTENDENT AND OUR CABINET WAS DONE CAREFULLY AND IS THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION GOING FORWARD THROUGH THIS CRISIS. I SIMPLY JUST WANT TO URGE YOU TO MOVE FORWARD WITH CAUTION AND CARE, THINKING ABOUT HOW... THESE DECISIONS WILL NOT ONLY IMPACT THE EDUCATION OF STUDENTS IN OUR DISTRICT, BUT ALSO SAFETY AND WELL-BEING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR SERVING ON THE COMMITTEE. YOUR NAME AGAIN? RYE DILLEY. RYE DILLEY. THANK YOU, RYE. ANY QUESTIONS FOR RYE? NO? NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IT'S ALL TOLD. OKAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT OUR FINAL TWO... SCHOOLS THAT WE VISITED ARE ALD'S BATTLEGROUND VIRTUAL ACADEMY AND SUMMIT VIEW HIGH SCHOOL. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS THE ENGAGEMENT. SO 115 PARTICIPANTS, 77 THOUGHTS, AND 2,321 RATINGS. THESE ARE THE TOP STARRED TOPICS AND THEIR STAR SCORE. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE CLASSES. LAW, SPORTS, OTHER IMPORTANT THINGS, FOOD, AND THEN LESS AND MISCELLANEOUS, AND THE LIST GOES ON AS YOU CAN SEE. YEAH, SO HOPEFULLY BY NOW WE ALL KNOW HOW THIS KIND OF WORKS. WE HAVE OUR THREE MAIN QUESTIONS THAT ARE ASKED AT EVERY SCHOOL. FOR SOME OF YOU IN BGVA, THESE NUMBERS SHOULD BE MORE POSITIVE, I ASSUME, BUT WE'LL SEE. BUT THE FIRST QUESTION IS DO YOU FEEL SUPPORTED BY THE STAFF AT YOUR SCHOOL? WHAT IS THAT? LIKE 85% AGREE OR STRONGLY AGREE, SO THOSE ARE REALLY GOOD NUMBERS TO SEE. AND THEN THE NEXT QUESTION IS DO YOU OR YOUR CLASSMATES FEEL AFFECTED BY THE LEVY FAILURE? WHEN TALKING TO THE PRINCIPAL, HE DID SAY THAT THEY WEREN'T AS AFFECTED BY THE LEVY AS OTHER SCHOOLS, SO I THINK IT'S CLEARLY REFLECTED IN THE ANSWERS HERE WITH ONLY ABOUT... 26% AGREEING WITH THAT, SO THAT'S ALSO GOOD NUMBERS. THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO SEE ACROSS THE SCHOOLS. AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION IS, DO YOU FEEL THAT THERE ARE LIMITED OR LESS RESOURCES FOR YOU OR YOUR FAMILY? AND AGAIN, THE PERCENTAGE THAT AGREE ARE PRETTY LOW. OF COURSE, THERE ARE STILL THOSE THAT AGREE, BUT BESIDES THAT, FOR SUMMITV AND BGVA, THESE NUMBERS SHOULD, THEY'RE ALL PRETTY POSITIVE. AND THESE ARE JUST SPECIFIC COMMENTS THAT THE STUDENTS SAID, SO YOU COULD JUST READ THAT, BUT YEAH, IT'S MOSTLY ABOUT LIKE SIZING AND LIKE STAFF. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU LISTED WAS THE SECOND ITEM ON YOUR FIRST SLIDE TALKED ABOUT STUDENT CONCERN BEING THE LOT. IT'S LIKE THE PARKING LOT, I'M PRETTY SURE. BECAUSE LIKE, WELL, IT'S A SMALL CAMPUS. YEAH, LIKE THEY'RE SPLIT ACROSS OR LIKE THEY'RE SHARED. OKAY. ANYWAYS, AND THEN THIS IS SUMMIT VIEW HIGH SCHOOL. AGAIN, THESE TWO SCHOOLS ARE A LOT SMALLER THAN OUR OTHER SCHOOLS, WHICH IS WHY THERE'S A LOT LESS ENGAGEMENT. BUT THEY HAD 63 PARTICIPANTS, 25 THOUGHTS, AND 353 RATINGS. AND THEN THESE ARE THE MAIN CONCERNS THAT THE STUDENTS BROUGHT UP. SO AS YOU CAN SEE OUR QUESTIONS, DO YOU FEEL SUPPORTED BY AT THEIR SCHOOL AND AS YOU CAN SEE THEY HAVE A REALLY HIGH RATING ON DEGREE AND THEN DO YOU OR YOUR CLASSMATES FEEL AFFECTED BY THE LEVY FAILURE? AGAIN THESE NUMBERS ARE PRETTY SMALL BUT THEY ARE STILL VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THESE KIDS HAVE GONE THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS OF TRANSFERRING FROM OUR COMPREHENSIVE TO OUR ALE SCHOOLS AND THEY STILL HAVE A LOT TO TALK ABOUT ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE BEING AFFECTED BY EVEN IF IT'S A LITTLE AMOUNT IT'S SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY ARE A PRETTY BIG GROUP AND THEIR GROUPS ARE GROWING BOTH AT RHL AND SUMMIT VIEW HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN DO YOU FEEL THERE ARE LESS LIMITED RESOURCES FOR YOU OR YOUR FAMILIES AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE READING AND THEN THESE ARE SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT STUDENTS LEFT. [00:10:15] ANYTHING ELSE? I'LL START WITH, WELL BESIDES THE SLIDESHOW, I'LL START WITH LIKE, SO I WENT TO BGVA AND WELL OBVIOUSLY THERE WEREN'T ANY KIDS TO TALK TO BECAUSE IT'S LIKE, IT'S ONLY 100% ONLINE SCHOOL. AND SO I TALKED TO TEACHERS AND I LEARNED LIKE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WHAT COMES WITH BEING ONLINE IS YOU DON'T SEE YOUR KIDS FACE TO FACE AND THAT'S A MAIN CONCERN. SO THEY HAVE THIS THING WHERE LIKE EACH KID HAS TO MEET WITH THEIR ADVISOR TWO TIMES A MONTH AND THAT'S LIKE HELPS KEEP THEM ON TRACK. AND I ASK LIKE THE TEACHERS LIKE WHAT ARE LIKE BIG PROBLEMS YOU FACE, YOU KNOW. AND THE MAIN PROBLEM LIKE OVERARCHING ACROSS LIKE EVERY TEACHER I ASK IS LIKE JUST GETTING THE KIDS TO DO THEIR WORK RIGHT. BECAUSE LIKE YOU... EVEN IN LIKE COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS WHERE THE KIDS COME IN AND THEY SEE THEIR TEACHERS FACE TO FACE, IT'S HARD TO GET THEM TO DO THEIR WORK. BUT WHEN YOU HAVE A KID THAT'S LIKE AT HOME AND THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN TALK TO THEM IS THROUGH GMAIL. AND SO IF THE KID DOESN'T WANT TO TALK TO YOU, THEY JUST WON'T OPEN THEIR GMAIL. SO LIKE A MAIN ISSUE IS THAT IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO MOTIVATE THESE KIDS TO DO THEIR WORK. AND I MEAN, YEAH. AND I LIKE I ASKED FOR LIKE SOLUTIONS THEY HAVE AND THAT MEETING WITH THE ADVISOR TWO TIMES A MONTH IS GOOD. AND SOME TEACHERS HAVE LIKE TRIED TO ACTUALLY LIKE. GO TO LIKE HOW HOME VISITS HAVE HELPED AND JUST LIKE GETTING THAT FACE-TO-FACE IS SUPER IMPORTANT AND THEN UM THE SUMMIT VIEW AND BGVA PRINCIPAL IS SHARED SO YEAH THERE SHE SHARED I THINK HE WAS I FORGOT WHAT DAY IT WAS HE'S AT BGVA MONDAY TUESDAY I WANT TO SAY BUT HE'S LIKE SPLIT ACROSS SO IT'S LIKE DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO KEEP TRACK OF ALL THIS BUT YEAH AND THEN SOME OF YOU IS IT'S FOR LIKE KIDS THAT AREN'T ON TRACK TO GRADUATE. AT A REGULAR SCHOOL THEY GO TO SOME OF YOU WHICH IS WHY THE PERCENTAGE THE GRADUATION RATE WAS 55 PERCENT FOR LIKE JUST LIKE A NORMAL YEAR BUT IF YOU LIKE GIVE THEM ENOUGH TIME BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE COMING TO THE SCHOOLS BECAUSE THEY'RE BEHIND SO IT'S NOT IT'D BE ILLOGICAL TO EXPECT THEM TO GRADUATE ON TIME SO HE SAID THAT IF YOU LIKE GIVE THEM ENOUGH TIME THE GRADUATION RATE INCREASES TO 75 PERCENT BUT AND THEN I'D ALSO JUST LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT LIKE IF YOU EVER GET THE CHANCE TO TALK TO A STUDENT, ONE OF OUR STUDENTS THAT GOES TO SUMMIT VIEW HIGH SCHOOL OR RHL, HEAR THEIR STORY IN BGVA, HEAR THEIR STORY. A LOT OF THEM HAVE AMAZING STORIES BEHIND WHY THEY GO TO THE SCHOOL THAT THEY GO TO, AND SO MANY SUCCESSFUL STORIES. FOR EXAMPLE, SUMMIT VIEW HIGH SCHOOL, LIKE TOBY SAID, A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS GO TO THOSE SCHOOLS BECAUSE COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL DIDN'T WORK FOR THEM, OR FULL ONLINE DIDN'T. AND THEY GO THERE, AND THEY HAVE A TOTAL... COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TURNAROUND ON THEIR SUCCESS AND JUST HEARING THEIR STORIES WHEN WE TALKED TO A LOT OF STUDENTS WHEN WE WENT WE WENT TO SUMMIT VIEW HIGH SCHOOL AND WE TALKED TO A COUPLE AND JUST HEARING THEIR STORIES OF WHAT THEY WERE STRUGGLING WITH AND HOW THEY GOT OUT OF IT WITH THE SUPPORT THAT THEY HAD AT SUMMIT VIEW HIGH SCHOOL IS AMAZING. OUR NUMBERS ARE GROWING THE PRINCIPAL TOLD US THAT BOTH AT BGVA AND SUMMIT VIEW HIGH SCHOOL THEY'RE GROWING IMMENSELY AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT THEY STILL HAVE THE SUPPORT BUT BECAUSE OF THE CUTS THEY WON'T HAVE AS MUCH SUPPORT. SUPPORT AS THEY'RE NEEDED AND THAT'S JUST KIND OF ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SUCKS FOR THOSE STUDENTS BECAUSE THEY ALREADY ARE GOING THROUGH SO MUCH AND THEY ALWAYS THEY'RE VERY VOCAL ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH SO NOT HAVING THAT OPPORTUNITY TO NOT ONLY STEP AWAY FROM ACADEMICS BUT JUST HAVING THAT RESOURCE TO TALK TO SOMEBODY TO OPEN UP TO SOMEBODY THAT MAYBE THEY DIDN'T HAVE IN THE PAST OR AT THE OTHER SCHOOLS THEY VISITED IS JUST A LITTLE BIT AND THE LAST THING IS SOME OF YOU LIKE THEIR TEACHING METHODS, LIKE I HONESTLY, I DIDN'T KNOW HOW SOME OF YOU, I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT IT, BUT LIKE WE WALKED IN AND WATCHED THE CLASSES AND LIKE THE STUDENT TO TEACHER RATIO IS LIKE ONE TEACHER IS TEACHING LIKE TWO STUDENTS. LIKE IT WAS GREAT, RIGHT? AND I THINK, I DON'T KNOW, THAT ATTENTION IS SUPER IMPORTANT AS I WAS POINTING OUT. LIKE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LESS STAFF AND THAT JUST MEANS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LESS STUDENTS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO TAKE IN. BUT IT'S, SOME OF YOU IS SUPER IMPORTANT. LIKE WHAT THEY'RE DOING THERE IS LIKE GREAT. LIKE THEIR TEACHING, I DON'T KNOW. LIKE, I JUST FEEL LIKE IF A KID IS ABLE TO JUST, LIKE, BECAUSE, LIKE, THEY'RE JUST IN A ROOM FOR, LIKE, 30 MINUTES TO AN HOUR, AND IT'S JUST THEM AND THE TEACHER AND MAYBE ONE OF THEIR STUDENTS. SO IF ANY QUESTIONS THEY HAVE, ANY, LIKE, IT JUST HELPS LEARNING MOVE THAT MUCH QUICKER. LIKE, IT'S A LOT MORE EFFICIENT. YEAH. AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, LIKE, WITH BGVA, AS YOU GUYS CAN SEE, THAT THERE IS A NEW BUILDING OUTSIDE OF PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH IS GOING TO BE SUPER AMAZING FOR BGVA. IF YOU EVER WALKED INTO THE PORTABLES, THEY'RE LITERALLY STUCK LIKE SARDINES. LIKE THERE'S TALKING OVER EACH OTHER WHEN THEY'RE ON ZOOM WITH THEIR STUDENTS AND STUFF AND IT CAN BE REALLY DIFFICULT. SO THAT NEW BUILDING WILL BE SUPER BENEFICIAL TO THEM TO REALLY HAVE THAT ONE-ON-ONE EXPERIENCE WITH THEIR ONLINE STUDENTS. AND THEN AS WELL AS SOME OF YOU HIGH SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTING THEIR TEACHERS AND THE AMOUNT OF CURRICULUMS THEY TEACH IS... IT'S WAY DIFFERENT THAN OUR [00:15:02] COMPREHENSIVE. AS TOBY WAS SAYING, YEAH, THE RATIO IS 2 TO 1 OR EVEN 3 TO 1, BUT THEY'RE TEACHING KIDS DIFFERENT CURRICULUMS. ONE STUDENT CAN BE LEARNING ALGEBRA 1, AND THE OTHER ONE CAN BE LEARNING STATISTICS. BUT THEY'RE DOING THAT. THEY'RE MULTITASKING. EACH TEACHER KNOWS BETWEEN HOW MANY CURRICULUMS, LIKE FIVE, OR LIKE SUBJECTS? YEAH, SOME OF THEM EVEN MORE, DEPENDING ON THEIR ENDORSEMENT. YEAH, SO THEY'RE JUGGLING FIVE TO MORE. DIFFERENT CURRICULUMS AND SUBJECTS, BUT THEY'RE STILL GIVING THAT RIGHT AMOUNT OF ATTENTION FOR THOSE STUDENTS TO LEARN, HELPING THEM MAKE THEIR PACKAGES AND THEIR PLANS OUT, AND AS WELL AS THEIR PRINCIPAL HELPING THEM MAKE A PLAN OF HOW TO GRADUATE ON TIME, AND IF THAT'S NOT HAPPENING, THEY TAKE OTHER STEPS TO REALLY JUST HELP THESE STUDENTS GET THROUGH AND GRADUATE. I IMAGINE YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE TO REPORT TO US THIS EVENING, OR IS THAT ALL YOU GUYS HAVE GOT? THAT'S ALL WE HAVE OKAY EXCELLENT QUESTIONS THEN I I THINK WE CAN ALL SAY THAT WE THINK YOUR WORK ON THIS HAS BEEN AMAZING TO SAY THE LEAST I'M SURE THERE ARE QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS IS THIS YOUR LAST THEN REPORT OF THIS TYPE WE'LL BE DOING AN OVERALL REPORT KIND OF TOWARDS THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR JUST TO EXCELLENT THAT WAS WHAT I WAS GOING TO... YOU GUYS CAN SEE EVERYTHING OVERALL. OKAY, SO, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU MENTIONED, TOBY, ABOUT TALKING WITH PRINCIPALS OR SOMEBODY, TEACHERS OR SOMEONE, GETTING KIDS TO DO THEIR WORK, THAT KIND OF THING. YEAH. IS THAT AN INSIGHT THAT IS EMBEDDED SOMEWHERE IN ALL THIS DATA, OR IS THAT JUST SOMETHING YOU REMEMBER FROM YOUR CONVERSATIONS? NO, THAT WAS JUST, LIKE, IT WAS JUST TALKING TO TEACHERS. OH, OKAY, ALL RIGHT. BECAUSE, LIKE, I TALKED TO, LIKE, 20 TEACHERS. ITZEL, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK. AND TOBY, YOU'RE GOING TO BE WITH US NEXT YEAR. SO IN THIS FINAL WRAP-UP THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE, YOUR INSIGHTS WILL BE INVALUABLE TO US TO CONSIDER WHAT THIS REALLY MEANS. SEE, ALL OF THIS DATA YOU'VE COLLECTED SHOOTS BY US, RIGHT? AND I BELIEVE THAT THERE'S NUGGETS OF VERY IMPORTANT THINGS IN ALL OF THIS. SO ANY LITTLE COMMENTS THAT YOU FEEL WERE PUT OUT THERE ON THE TABLE THAT WE NEED TO REMEMBER. OR YOUR THOUGHTS ARE GOING TO BE LOST BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO BE MOVING ON TO GREATER, BIGGER THINGS. SO ANY INSIGHTS YOU HAVE AS YOU REFLECT ON THE DATA THAT YOU CAN POINT US TO THAT YOU FEEL LIKE... NOW, IF YOU'LL NOTICE HERE IN ALL THESE SCHOOLS, THIS WAS SAID, THIS WAS SAID, YOU'RE REFLECTING OVER THE TRENDS AND THE COMMENTS AND THINGS. WE NEED TO HEAR THAT. IF YOU WOULD PUT SOME TIME INTO REFLECTING ON THAT. AND THEN WE'LL HEAR MORE FROM YOU ABOUT HOW TO TAILOR THIS NEXT YEAR, AND EVEN YOUR THOUGHTS. HOW CAN WE MAKE THIS BETTER NEXT YEAR, RIGHT? WHAT CAN WE DO WITH THIS? THIS IS GOOD STUFF, AND YOUR THOUGHTS ARE GOING TO BE VERY SIGNIFICANT ABOUT IT. ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD, ANYBODY? I'D ALSO LIKE TO ADD, WHEN WE DO OUR LAST SLIDESHOW, THAT JUST TO FEEL FREE TO, LIKE, WHILE WAITING FOR THAT TIME TILL WE DO THAT SLIDESHOW, JUST JOT DOWN QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE FOR ME AND TOBY. I KNOW IT'S LIKE, DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW? MAYBE NONE POP UP, BUT AS TIME GOES BY, AS YOU GUYS ARE THINKING ABOUT ALL THE REDUCTIONS THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE AFTER TODAY, AND THEN SEEING THOSE SLIDESHOWS, JUST MAKING SURE THAT YOU HAVE ANY SORT OF QUESTIONS OF WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP, OF WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS SHOULD BE AS STUDENT REPS OR AS BOARD MEMBERS, THE SUPPORT NEEDED FOR OUR STUDENTS AS BOARD MEMBERS. BASED ON THE SLIDESHOW THAT YOU'RE SEEING JUST ANY QUESTIONS FOR US TO ANSWER IN FRONT OF OUR CITIZENS AS WELL AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WOULD BE AMAZING THANK YOU SHELLY DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO PUT ON THE ONLY THING AND IT WAS ALONG KIND OF THAT LINES IN TERMS OF GOING INTO NEXT YEAR I REALLY HAVE APPRECIATED THIS FORMAT I FEEL LIKE WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT MORE INPUT FROM OUR STUDENTS AT MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL THIS WAY AND ONE THING I KNOW I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR IS AS WE GET INTO NEXT YEAR AND WE HAVE REDUCTIONS, I'D LIKE TO SPECIFICALLY GET FEEDBACK ON THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE IN LOSING THE THINGS THAT WE LOST. IF WE ARE AT A TIME WHERE WE CAN REPLACE THINGS, I'D LIKE SOME STUDENT VOICE ON PRIORITIZING THOSE THINGS. AND SO THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL IN MY MIND. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY, THANK YOU AGAIN VERY MUCH. WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOUR WORK. THAT WAS A WONDERFUL PROJECT. [6. Agenda Item Public Comments] SO, I SKIPPED PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THE AGENDA, AND THERE IS ONE. [00:20:05] COULD YOU PLEASE, IS VANESSA HERE? PLEASE, COME ON FORWARD. I'M HAVING A LITTLE TROUBLE READING THE LAST NAME. TOLAN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WELL, THERE'S ONLY ONE PERSON. I DON'T KNOW IF I'M ON THE AGENDA. I JUST SIGNED UP. WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? IT SAYS YOU'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT VT. OH, I THOUGHT THAT WAS MY INITIALS. I'M SORRY. I WAS JUST GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE CUTS. I'M AN EMPLOYEE. WELL, THAT'S ON THE AGENDA. PERFECT. SO I DON'T KNOW. I AM VANESSA TOLAND. THE STUDENTS KNOW ME AS MISS VANESSA. I'M THE SEL PARA AT TEWKS VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL. FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS, I'VE BUILT UP A PROGRAM I'M VERY PROUD OF, AND I'VE BEEN ABLE TO HELP THOUSANDS OF MIDDLE SCHOOLERS, TELLING THEM I BELIEVE IN YOU, GIVING THOUSANDS OF HIGH FIVES, THOUSANDS OF YOU GOT THIS, HUNDREDS OF HUGS, SNACKS, PENCILS, AND SAVE ROOM FOR MISS VANESSA WHEN THERE'S MIDDLE SCHOOL PDA GOING ON IN THE HALLS. THIS YEAR ALONE I'VE HAD OVER 03,000 VISITS TO MY SEL ROOM. MY CHILDREN, I HAVE TWO, HAVE SHARED THEIR MOM WITH THOUSANDS OF KIDS. THEY SEE THE IMPACT, AND EVEN THOUGH I HAVE EMBARRASSED THEM, THEY KNOW HOW IMPORTANT MY ROLE IS. THEY BOTH WENT THROUGH THE SCHOOL WITH ME AND KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THIS ROLE IS TO THIS COMMUNITY. MY DAUGHTER WANTED TO BE HERE, BUT SHE DID NOT. BUT I'M NOT HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR MY JOB BECAUSE A DECISION'S BEEN MADE, SO IT'S HEARTBREAKING AND I HAVE TO ACCEPT IT. WHEN I ATTENDED THE COMMUNITY EVENTS ON MARCH 1ST, FORTH I KNEW THAT THE GUT AND THE SAFETY AND SECURITY THAT I HAD WAS GONE IT WAS OBVIOUS THROUGH THE CONVERSATIONS AT THE EVENTS THAT THE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP WEREN'T READY TO HEAR SOME OF THE THINGS AND TO DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT A NO VOTE MEANS EXTRA PROGRAMS SUCH AS ASPIRE THAT COST MILLIONS OF DOLLARS HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE SAFETY AND OVERALL WELL-BEING OF STUDENTS AND THEY AREN'T GOING ANYWHERE THOSE IMPACTS MAYBE 150 KIDS THROUGH THE ASPIRE PROGRAM WHEREAS THE 12 CENTERS IN THE BUILDINGS THAT THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN MY BUILDING ALONE WE HAVE 460 STUDENTS SO IT FEELS AS THOUGH SOME NEEDS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE NEEDS OF OTHERS ELECTIVES AND PROGRAMS ARE GREAT FOR KIDS WE KNOW THIS BUT AGAIN IT DOESN'T IF NOT ALL STUDENTS GET TO PARTICIPATE AND IT'S NOT A BASIC NEED SAFETY AND WELL-BEING MENTAL HEALTH STUDENT SUPPORT STUDENTS JUST WANTING TO COME TO SCHOOL SCHOOL AND FEELING VALIDATED THAT SOMEBODY CARES ABOUT THEM TO ME FEELS MORE IMPORTANT THAN SPORTS AND SOME AGAIN MY KIDS PLAY SPORTS I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING ELSE I'M ALSO IT'S FRUSTRATING AS A STAFF MEMBER TO KNOW THAT MY VOICE ISN'T HEARD WHICH IS WHY I DECIDED TO COME AND SPEAK BECAUSE I DON'T FEEL EVEN GOING TO THOSE EVENTS THAT I HAD A VOICE AS A PARENT AND AS A TAXPAYER AND A VOTER IT'S ESPECIALLY FRUSTRATING I'M WORRIED FOR MY COLLEAGUES I'M WORRIED ABOUT THOSE THAT I'M LEAVING BEHIND AS I KNOW THAT I'M BEING CUT AND THE IMPACT THAT THIS WILL HAVE ON THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF OUR STUDENTS. I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE KEEPING COUNSELORS BUT IN THE SAME TOKEN THEY'RE ONLY GOING TO BE THERE HALF THE TIME AND I KNOW THANK YOU THAT I HAVE HOUSED CHILDREN WHILE THEY WAIT FOR COUNSELORS. I'M JUST ASKING THAT IN THE COMING MONTHS AS YOU MOVE FORWARD IN TRYING TO GET THE NEXT LEVY PASSED THAT THERE'S MORE TRANSPARENCY AND OPENNESS ON WHAT WILL BE CUT IN THE FUTURE AND WHAT THE IMPACT IS THERE'S NOT BEEN A LOT OF TRANSPARENCY AS FAR AS EVEN FROM AN EMPLOYEE LEVEL UP UNTIL THIS POINT OF WHAT WILL BE CUT AND AGAIN LIKE THERE'S THIS IS A VERY HEAVY BURDEN BUT I'M HOPING THAT THERE WILL BE MORE COMMUNICATION AND TRANSPARENCY THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT THANK YOU MR. OLIN SO I DID NOT READ MY THREE MINUTE STATEMENT SINCE WE ONLY HAD ONE I WILL READ IT AT THE NEXT BIDDING ON HOW MANY PEOPLE WE HAVE COMMENTS SO CITIZENS COMMENTS AND I'M SORRY I'M A LITTLE FLUSTERED BECAUSE OF ALL THE CHANGE HERE SO BOARD [7. Board Updates] UPDATES AM I ON IT NOW OKAY ALL RIGHT SO BOARD UPDATES COMMITTEE REPORTS IS FIRST WIAA DOES NOT HAVE A COMMITTEE REPORT SO BG EF FOR BG EF WE HAD OUR SPRING SOIREE AND FUNDRAISER AND IT RAISED AT THIS POINT $34,000 BUT THERE'S SOME EXPENSES TO COME OUT OF THAT BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S A LOT OF EXPENSES SO I THINK IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL IT WAS A QUICK TWO HOURS THEY JUST DID A FABULOUS JOB RUNNING THAT AND THEN WE HAD A BOARD MEETING LAST WEEK AS WELL AND WE LOOKED AT THE NEXT FUNDRAISER WHICH IS PLANNING THE HARVEST DAYS 5K FUN RUN YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. YOU CAN SIGN UP TO RUN OR WALK. YOU DON'T HAVE TO RUN. AND IT WILL BE THE SAME DAY AS THE PARADE. [00:25:01] 18TH OF JULY, I BELIEVE. THAT'S SATURDAY ANYWAYS. AND THE FUNDS THAT THEY'RE RAISING ARE SUPPORTING PROGRAMS AND STUDENTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT THAT HAVE VARIOUS NEEDS. SO THEIR FAMILIES OR THEMSELVES AS STUDENTS. THANK YOU. LEGISLATIVE REPORT. EXCUSE ME. YES. THE LEGISLATORS ARE OUT OF COURSE AND EXCUSE ME SO WE WILL BE HAVING THE GENERAL SESSION AND WE HAVE SOME THINGS THAT ARE GOING THAT'S GOING TO BE IN SEPTEMBER THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE BROUGHT FORWARD WHICH I'LL BRING TO YOU PROBABLY IN THE SUMMER SO THAT WE CAN LOOK AT THOSE AS FAR AS WHAT EVERYONE THINKS AS FAR AS WASDA'S BYLAWS AND THINGS THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE CHANGES WITH. AS FAR AS THEIR POLICIES. THERE WILL BE A MEETING OF, I ACTUALLY, MY HUSBAND ACTUALLY WON LUNCH WITH SENATOR CORTEZ, SO THAT MIGHT BE COMING UP SOON, WHICH I PLAN TO BRING A LIST FROM ALL OF YOU, QUESTIONS THAT WE WANT TO DEFINITELY GET ANSWERS TO AND HOPEFULLY INFLUENCE HIM TO FULLY FUND THE SCHOOL. SCHOOLS IS MY NUMBER ONE THING I WANT TO DISCUSS WITH HIM BUT YEAH AS FAR AS LEGISLATIVE THEY'RE RESTING RIGHT NOW I PLAN TO MEET WITH HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES LEE AND ALSO MCCLINTOCK ALSO FOR LUNCH TO TALK WITH THEM ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE BOARD FEELS AND THAT I FEEL PERSONALLY TOO AS FAR AS RELATIONSHIP WITH FUNDING AND THINGS THAT WE'RE NEEDING HELP WITH STEPHANIE'S BEEN AWESOME. I'VE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WITH HER, AND SHE'S ALL FOR BATTLEGROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND WANTS TO DO EVERYTHING SHE CAN. BUT SHE'S ONLY ONE VOICE, AND SO WE NEED TO GET MORE PEOPLE, MORE OF THE LEGISLATORS INTERESTED. BUT RIGHT NOW, THE LEGISLATION IS QUIET RIGHT NOW, BUT I'M SURE IT'LL BE STARTING UP HERE SOON, AND THEN I'LL HAVE MORE TO TELL YOU WHAT'S GOING ON. GOING ON THOUGH I'M SURE THERE'LL BE MORE BILLS MORE UNFUNDED MANDATES THAT WE HAVE TO FIGHT I DON'T SEE ANY OF THAT STOPPING SO UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ADDRESS DOWN THE ROAD THANK YOU AUDIT YEAH LAST WEEK WE WERE ABLE TO MEET AS THE AUDIT COMMITTEE NORMAL MEETING WE DISCUSSED BUDGETS AND EXPENSES NOT ONLY THAT OUR EXPENSES IS THE BOARD WHERE ALL THE MONEY GOES WE REVIEWED SUPERINTENDENT'S EXPENSES. WE DON'T HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE AUDIT ITSELF BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS BEING REVIEWED AND SUBMITTED, BUT WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR THE FINAL WORD TO COME BACK ON THAT. BUT IT WAS A NICE MEETING. SIMPLE. GOOD. ANY COMMITTEE THAT WE'VE MISSED? WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TOURS, BUT DID WE HAVE ONE? I ALWAYS FORGET WHAT TOURS WE HAD IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS. I DON'T THINK WE HAD ANY. SO ANY OTHER COMMITTEE REPORT? PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL. OKAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO THE DIRECTOR REPORTS THEN? YEAH, FOR DIRECTOR REPORTS WE JUST HAD THE PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL BOOSTER CLUB HAD AN EVENT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS PRETTY SUCCESSFUL. THEY RAISED I THINK SEVENTY THOUSAND MINUS EXPENSES SO GOOD FOR THE SPORTS OF PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL. I ONLY GOT TWO WORDS ON MY OLD CARD, SO I DIDN'T WIN ANYTHING ON THAT. I HAD TO HAVE THREE. I WENT TO THE BATTLEGROUND HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR. IT WAS FANTASTIC, BEAUTIFUL. HARMONY WAS JUST OUTSTANDING. A LOT OF SINGLE SOLOISTS DID A GREAT JOB. THEY RAISED A... QUITE A BIT OF MONEY ALSO. I DO NOT KNOW A NUMBER, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE WAS, PEOPLE WERE PRETTY EXCITED TO PUT THEIR MONEY INTO THE BOXES FOR THE SOLOISTS. AND THEN THEY HAD BASKETS THAT WERE AUCTIONED, WHICH WAS GREAT TOO. BUT IT WAS REALLY A DELIGHTFUL EVENING, VERY, VERY PLEASANT. JUST LOVELY TO LISTEN TO EVERYONE. WE HAVE A LOT OF, WE'RE VERY TALENTED PEOPLE, YOUNG PEOPLE. COMING THROUGH OUR SCHOOL. I ALSO WENT TO THE CASEY [00:30:01] GREENHOUSE PLANT SALE WHICH WAS IT WAS FANTASTIC. IT WAS VERY, VERY BUSY AND HECTIC. LOTS AND LOTS OF TREES AND LOTS OF SHRUBS AND PLANTS, WHICH IS ONE OF MY PASSIONS. IT WAS REALLY, REALLY NICE THE WAY THEY HAD IT SET UP THIS YEAR. A LOT OF HELP FOR PEOPLE WHO NEEDED TO GET THEIR TREES LOADED AND THEIR VEGETATION. AND THEN ALSO I MET WITH TOBY AT ITSO, WHICH I APPRECIATE BOTH OF YOU FOR DOING THAT WITH ME. THROUGH SOME TRAINING WITH THE LEDGE REP WITH WASDA, THEY HAVE COME UP WITH THE LEDGE REP BEING THE MENTOR FOR THE STUDENT REPS NOW. AND SO WE GOT TOGETHER AND WE TALKED ABOUT MAYBE MEETING ONCE A MONTH. WE TALKED ABOUT JUST WORKING ON THE BOARD-STUDENT, BOARD RELATIONSHIPS, AND JUST INCREASING KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS. BEING MORE IN TUNE. WE TALKED ABOUT POLICIES, TALKING ABOUT MAYBE POLICIES AND MAYBE MAKING SOME GOALS FOR THE STUDENT REPS IN THE FUTURE. THEY DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB, JUST I'M SURE WITH THE DISTRICT'S HELP AND THE SURVEYS THAT THEY DID, THEY DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB. BUT WE WOULD REALLY LOVE TO HAVE MORE AND TO LEARN MORE AND GROW MORE IN OUR RELATIONSHIP. WE DISCUSSED ABOUT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS ON THE BOARD AND ABOUT THEIR GPAS, WHAT THEY FELT THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO, RIGHT NOW, STUDENT REPS HAVE TO HAVE A 2.5, AND WE DISCUSSED MAYBE MOVING IT UP TO A 3.0 FOR HONOR STUDENT. WE DISCUSSED SCHOOL LUNCHES AND THEY MADE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS THAT MIGHT MAKE OUR SCHOOL LUNCHES MORE INTERESTING FOR THE STUDENTS. AND THEY ALSO HAD COMMUNICATION RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE BOARD THAT WE WOULD BE MORE OPEN AND DIRECT WITH THEM, THAT THEY ARE A PART OF US, AND THAT WE WOULD DO A BETTER JOB OF COMMUNICATION WITH THEM THEMSELVES. AND ALSO TALKED ABOUT JOB DESCRIPTION AND WHAT THE ACTUAL JOB IS OF THE STUDENT REP, WHICH WE MAY HAVE. WE MAY WANT TO LOOK AT THAT AND GET MORE. GET IT MORE DEFINED AND TUNED SO THAT THE STUDENT REPS KIND OF KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND KIND OF HAVE A DIRECTION FOR THEMSELVES BUT YEAH IT WAS GREAT AGAIN I APPRECIATE BOTH OF YOU AND YOUR TIME AND WE'RE HOPEFULLY GOING TO HAVE MORE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT WITH THE BOARD AND COME FORWARD WITH MORE NEW THINGS THANK YOU DEBBIE FOR THE REPORTS YOU'RE BRINGING TO US WE DO TAKE THAT SERIOUSLY YOU GUYS YOUR THOUGHTS SO WE WILL WORK ON THAT CAN I ADD ONE MORE THING, TERRY? ABSOLUTELY, THERE'S A COUPLE MORE THINGS, YES. OKAY, PLEASE. WE ALSO HAD A CHANCE FOR THE WOSDA REGIONAL MEETING. WE AS SCHOOL BOARD DIRECTORS MET WITH A VARIETY OF OTHER SCHOOL BOARDS IN THE AREA AND THE MAIN SUBJECT THAT WE DISCUSSED, A LITTLE BIT OF A TRAINING FOR US, WAS TO BE ABLE TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR OWN SCHOOL DISTRICT, FOR THE STUDENTS. IT WAS NICE BECAUSE IT WAS NOT JUST ATTENDED BY SCHOOL BOARD DIRECTORS BUT SOME OF THE POLITICIANS WHO ARE MAKING POLICIES WHICH COMPLETELY AFFECT SCHOOL BOARDS AND IN TURN AFFECT STUDENTS. IT WAS A GOOD MEETING THAT WE COULD MAKE SOME CONNECTIONS WITH OTHERS TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR STUDENTS. GOOD. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER SECTIONS? I THINK THAT'S EVERYTHING I HAD ON MY LIST THAT WE'VE DONE. ANYTHING ELSE? WE GET IT ALL? WE TALKED ABOUT THE SOIREE, RIGHT? ALL RIGHT ALL RIGHT SO THAT'S [8. Superintendent and Staff Updates] DIRECT REPORTS THEN SO SUPERINTENDENT REPORT JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS RIGHT NOW FOR YOU BOARD JUST WANTED TO LOOP BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING THAT I ATTENDED LAST MONDAY NIGHT THE TENTH WHEN THE COUNCIL DISCUSSED THE FIFTH STREET AND THEY THEY CAME TO THE I DON'T KNOW I WOULDN'T SAY CONCLUSION BUT THEY SUMMARIZED IT BY ASKING THEIR STAFF TO LOOK INTO A CONVERSATION WITH THE STATE AROUND 503 AND ONSDORF THEY'RE BEING AROUND ABOUT AND CHANGING THEIR GRANT A BIT AND THEN AT THAT POINT HAVING MORE DISCUSSIONS WITH THIS BOARD SO IT HAS BEEN SINCE OCTOBER I'M SORRY OCTOBER FEBRUARY OF LAST YEAR SINCE WE'VE HAD A MEETING WITH THEM AND SO WHEN THEY HAVE MORE OF A DIRECTION AFTER TALKING TO THE STATE, I WOULD [00:35:01] ANTICIPATE THAT THEY WILL REACH OUT TO US. I DID SEND AN EMAIL TO THE PRESENTER MARK HERSEG AND CHRIS SWANSON ABOUT A JOINT WORK SESSION WITH ALL OF US TO DISCUSS THAT. IT WAS PRETTY CLEAR THAT THEIR CONCERNS, SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT THEY HAD THAT WE DISCUSSED LAST YEAR AROUND SAFETY, THOSE REMAIN A CONCERN. WE HAD TALKED LAST YEAR ABOUT AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. THE STATE SAID NO TO THAT. SO REALLY THE ONLY OPTION THAT THE STATE CURRENTLY HAS IN THEIR KNOWLEDGE IS THE ORIGINAL PLAN, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY THE BACK OF THIS PROPERTY ALL THE WAY THROUGH BETWEEN PARKWAY AND 503. AND THEY HAD CONCERNS. THEY ECHOED THE CONCERNS THAT WERE SHARED OF THE BOARD AT THAT TIME. AND THERE WAS A DISCUSSION AROUND WILL THAT REALLY GET WHAT THEY WERE AFTER IN THE ORIGINAL GRANT, WHICH IS ALLEVIATING TRAFFIC OFF OF MAIN STREET AND 503 AND SO THE DISCUSSION HAS NOW SHIFTED TO A ROUNDABOUT AT ONSDORF AND 503 MIGHT BE A BETTER WAY TO CLEAR TRAFFIC MORE QUICKLY AND SAFELY THAN THIS OPTION SO WE'LL SEE HOW THEIR CONVERSATION GOES AND AND THEN WHETHER IT COMES BACK TO US OR NOT BUT AT THIS POINT NOTHING FOR FOR ALL OF US THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT I THINK IS WORTH PROBABLY MENTIONING, WELL, THE TWO THINGS THAT ARE INTERRELATED IS I TOO, I MET WITH STEPHANIE MCCLINTOCK AND WE DO HAVE SOME COMMITMENT ON HER PART TO ONCE OUR SUPERINTENDENTS NAIL DOWN THREE TO SIX ITEMS ON UNFUNDED MANDATES THAT SHE HAS SOME STAFF MEMBERS WHO ARE WILLING TO WORK ON A BILL THAT COULD BE PRESENTED IN THE NEXT SESSION AND THEN IT WILL BE UP TO ALL OF US TO GET THAT AROUND TO YOUR POINT, DEBBIE, TO LOTS OF DIFFERENT. LEGISLATIVE REPRESENTATIVES IN OUR AREA TO SEE IF WE CAN GET SUPPORT FOR THAT FOR THAT WORK SO THAT'S I THINK AN IMPORTANT PIECE AND THEN I JUST HAD SENT YOU IN A LETTER THAT WAS FROM LAKE WASHINGTON AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE IF YOU HAD ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NOTICE THAT THEY HAD SENT TO THE STATE TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND SOME REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS ABOUT ABOUT UNFUNDED MANDATES AND NOT FULLY FUNDING EDUCATION. IF YOU HAD ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT LETTER, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I COULD TAKE THOSE TO AN UPCOMING MEETING THAT I HAVE THIS WEEKEND WITH A BUNCH OF OTHER SUPERINTENDENTS AND GET ANY CLARITY. SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE THOSE NOW AND YOU WANT TO LOOK AND YOU WANT TO GET THOSE TO ME LATER THIS WEEK, THAT'S GREAT. IF YOU HAVE THEM NOW, I WOULD TAKE THEM AS WELL. BUT I'M HAPPY TO ADVOCATE ON YOUR BEHALF IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS. I SAW THAT EMAIL. IT'S NOT AMONGST THESE DOCUMENTS. NO, I DIDN'T BRING A COPY TONIGHT. THAT'S RATHER DIFFERENT THAN THE ITEM YOU'RE PRESENTING AND TALKED ABOUT WITH STEPHANIE, ABOUT THE FIVE ITEMS. CORRECT. IS SHE AWARE OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING? IS SHE ENGAGING WITH THAT ALSO? SHE WASN'T ON THE LIST OF INDIVIDUALS THAT IT WAS SENT TO. THERE WAS A VERY SPECIFIC LIST THAT REALLY IS AROUND THE AREA THAT LAKE WASHINGTON IS IN. AND A HANDFUL OF OTHERS. THAT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF MY QUESTIONS FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF LAKE WASHINGTON JOHN HOLDMAN. I'M GOING TO ASK HIM THAT QUESTION LIKE HOW FAR AND WIDE HAS THIS BEEN SPREAD BUT IT BRINGS UP REALLY IMPORTANT TOPICS LIKE THE FACT THAT SPECIAL EDUCATION CONTINUES TO BE UNDERFUNDED AND FOR EXAMPLE ONE OF THE PIECES OF THAT IS THAT WE APPLY FOR FOR SAFETY NET MONIES, BUT YOU CANNOT... GET THOSE MONIES UNTIL AFTER YOU'VE ALREADY EXPENDED THOSE WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR DISTRICT TO KEEP A STRONG FUND BALANCE IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO PAY OUT THOSE COSTS BEFORE YOU CAN GET THEM AND YOU NEVER KNOW HOW MUCH YOU'LL BE REIMBURSED AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE EXAMPLES IN THE LETTER THAT THEY BROUGHT FORWARD THAT I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR LET'S IF WE'RE GOING TO BE PROVIDING THESE SERVICES AND WORK REQUIRED BY LAW TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES THEN THEY NEED TO BE BUILT WITHIN THE BUDGET AND AND I THINK THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THE WORK ON UNFUNDED MANDATES BUT THEY'RE BOTH VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR OVERALL OUTLOOK AS WE MOVE FORWARD I REALIZE RIGHT MR. ANDERSON MIGHT BE SPEAKING TO US ABOUT WHAT HE'S BEEN WORKING ON THE SCENE MAYBE NOT I DON'T KNOW BUT BUT ALL OF THESE THINGS KIND OF LIKE SWIRL AROUND HERE AND I I ACTUALLY DO FEEL LIKE WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING SOME CONNECTIONS THAT ARE GOOD. YOU MENTIONED YOU WERE GOING TO BE MEETING WITH STEPHANIE MCCLINTOCK, LEGISLATOR LEE, SENATOR CORTEZ. [00:40:03] I KNOW YOU'LL PROBABLY BE TAKING SOMEONE WITH YOU TO ALL THREE OF THOSE MEETINGS. I TALKED WITH STEPHANIE ABOUT MEETING WITH HER, SO IF NO ONE ELSE MINDS THAT I GO WITH YOU TO THAT ONE, THEN THAT MEANS SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO MEET WITH YOU AND THEN WITH ME AND THEN WITH SHELLY AND ALL THIS STUFF BECAUSE I INTEND TO MEET WITH HER. SO IF I CAN GET THAT SPACE, BUT IF SOMEBODY ELSE REALLY WANTS THAT SPACE, GO RIGHT AHEAD. I WAS GOING TO TALK TO SHELLY ABOUT... OR IF THERE WAS ONE OF THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS I KNOW MARSHALL EXPRESSED INTEREST WITH ABOUT SENATOR CORTEZ YOU KNOW MY HUSBAND DOES NOT WANT TO GO BECAUSE I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT I WOULD SAY TO THE MAN I'D HAVE TO PROBABLY WRITE HIM A LIST OF THINGS TO SAY BUT JUST YOU KNOW JUST THE OPPORTUNITY I THINK IS SUPER GOOD YOU KNOW TO BE ABLE TO BE HEARD I WAS GOING TO ASK TOO ABOUT SHORELINE HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THOSE THE BECAUSE I THOUGHT SHORELINE WAS GOING TO FILE. OH, I WILL PUT IT ON MY LIST. I THOUGHT THEY HAD, AND THEY DIDN'T WANT ANYBODY ELSE TO DO IT WITH THEM BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO BRING IT UP. OKAY. BUT THEN, DID YOU HEAR ANYTHING MORE ABOUT THAT? NO, I'M STILL CONFUSED ABOUT ALL THESE NAMES. I THINK, YEAH, I THINK THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT AT SHORELINE, THEY WERE GOING TO LITIGATE SOMETHING. THEY WERE READY TO GO FOR IT. YEAH, DEFINITELY THE LAKE WASHINGTON THERE, PACIFICA, LOG GROUP IS WHO THEY HAVE ON BOARD SO I MEAN IT THE MOVEMENT THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IS CERTAINLY OUT THERE I THINK THE DISTRICTS ARE COMPLETELY FED UP WITH THIS NONSENSE WE'VE GOT TO FUND OUR SCHOOLS PERIOD PERIOD SO I THINK PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO ACT YOU MENTIONED GO AHEAD I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY WE ALSO DO HAVE A MEETING SET ASIDE WITH SENATOR CORTEZ ON THE 13TH AND I KNOW THAT EVERYBODY WOULD LIKE TO BE. PART AND HOW WE DO THAT I'M I'M OPEN BUT CERTAINLY IN THE PAST WE'VE ALSO HAD OUR BOARD PRESIDENT AND OUR BUT DEPENDING ON WHO DEBBIE'S TAKING AND WHATNOT SO CHRIS ARE YOU WANTING TO GO TO THAT MEETING WITH MR. CORTEZ OKAY SO THE TWO OF US WILL GO AHEAD AND GO TO THAT WELL WAIT A MINUTE BECAUSE THAT THE REASON I PUT FORTH THAT EITHER MARSHALL OR I SHOULD GO ALSO IT'S BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN DOING THE WORK WITH HOPE IN ACTION, BATTLEGROUND, WHATEVER, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT ADRIAN CORTEZ IS TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER IS SOMEWHAT OF THE SAME KIND OF THING. SO WE DON'T NEED 15 GROUPS DOING IF WE CAN SHARE WITH HIM WHAT ONE OF US, BECAUSE WE DID GO TO THAT MEETING. SO, AND MARSHALL EXPRESSED A DESIRE FIRST. I WOULD, OF COURSE, I WOULD STEP OUT. I DON'T NEED TO GO, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MARSHALL GO IF POSSIBLE. I'M OPEN TO IT. I THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT. WELL, MAYBE WE CAN DIVIDE AND CONQUER. SOMEBODY GOES WITH DEBBIE, AND THEN SOMEONE JOINS CHRIS AND I IN THE OTHER MEETING. COULD WE GET A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE A PART OF WITH MR. CORTEZ THAT I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT? WE'RE NOT A PART WITH MR. CORTEZ. BUT IT'S IMPORTANT ENOUGH FOR YOU TO GO TO THIS SINCE HE'S INVITING SOMEBODY BECAUSE YOU'RE A PART OF IT. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, SHELLY, IS THAT HE WANTS TO PUT TOGETHER A GROUP THAT PROMOTES THIS DISTRICT, PROMOTES THIS COMMUNITY TO ENHANCE OUR SCHOOLS, ENHANCE OUR COMMUNITY. DAVID LINDNER, THE OTHER GROUP, IS DOING THE SAME THING. SO WE HAVE THESE TWO ENTITIES DOING THE SAME THING. I SEE. I SEE. AND SO, WHICH IS NOT A BAD THING. AND WHY DO YOU FEEL LIKE THE PRESIDENT AND THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD ARE NOT THE ONES TO RESPOND TO MR. CORTEZ? NO, I'M NOT SAYING THAT. I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID. I'M SORRY. I'M SAYING BECAUSE WE WENT TO THE OTHER MEETING, WE CAN, WE... WE HAVE THE INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH ADRIAN ABOUT WHAT THAT GROUP IS DOING SO THAT IT EITHER ENHANCES WHAT HE'S DOING OR WHATEVER. SO IT CAN BE STREAMLINED? SO THE IDEA IS TO GET EVERYBODY ON THE SAME PAGE RATHER THAN DIFFERENT INITIATIVES? I GET THAT, YEAH. SO IT'S BEEN SUGGESTED THAT MAYBE MARSHALL COULD JOIN UDEV, IS THAT POSSIBLE? YEAH, THERE WOULD BE NO WORRIES. THEN THAT WOULD MAYBE TAKE CARE OF THAT? YOU SEE, SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, OKAY, THERE ARE OFTEN TIMES THAT THE BOARD IS ASKED TO BE REPRESENTATIVE AT SOME KIND OF MEETING FROM SOMEBODY, AND IT IS GENERALLY USUALLY THE PRESIDENT [00:45:01] AND THE VICE PRESIDENT. WE DON'T I SEE YOUR DESIRE TO BUT DOES IT HAVE TO BE THAT I JUST SEE I SEE YOUR DESIRE TO BRING TO MR. CORTEZ THIS OTHER ELEMENT THAT YOU'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH SINCE THAT BUT IT'S ABOUT THAT OH YEAH JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE TIMES WHEN UNFORTUNATELY ONLY TWO OF US CAN GO OH ABSOLUTELY I GET THAT TOTALLY GET THAT MY MY POINT WAS THAT THIS PARTICULAR MEETING ON THE 13TH IS ABOUT THAT SO IT WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE ON THE 13TH THAT MARSHALL GOES TO THAT MEETING AND SO I THINK WE'VE RESOLVED WHO'S GOING TO GO WHEN AND WHERE RIGHT MARSHALL YOU KNOW DEBBIE THAT IT DEPENDS ON WHAT WHEN DEBBIE'S MEETING I MEAN I DON'T KNOW WHAT HIS SCHEDULE IS I'M IT'S TOTALLY YEAH IT'S OPEN YEAH TERRY YEAH YOU'RE NOT HEARING WHAT I'M SAYING SO WHAT SHALL I SAY IT BACK TO YOU TO SEE IF I'M HEARING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT YOU'VE BEEN A PART OF A GROUP THAT HAS BEEN WORKING ON SIMILAR THINGS THAT YOU THINK MR. CORTEZ IS PROPOSING TO WORK ON. I'M NOT SURE THAT YOU HAVE FIRST-HAND INFORMATION ABOUT THAT BECAUSE YOU ASKED SHELLY IF THAT WAS TRUE. SO YOU'RE THINKING THAT BECAUSE YOU THINK IT'S ABOUT THAT, THAT MARSHALL SHOULD GO TO REPRESENT THE BOARD BECAUSE HE'S BEEN A PART OF THIS GROUP THAT DAVID HAS BEEN WORKING WITH. DO I UNDERSTAND? YES. BUT NOW YOU'RE SAYING HE'S GOING TO GO WITH DEBBIE, BUT THAT'S A SEPARATE KIND OF, I MEAN, SURE, YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT IF THE MEETING ON THE 13TH IS ABOUT THIS GROUP THAT WANTS TO BUILD HOPE FOR BATTLEGROUND, THEN IT MAKES MORE SENSE THAT MARSHALL GOES TO THAT ONE. OKAY, ALL RIGHT, WELL, SO I APPRECIATE THAT. I SAW YOUR LETTER. I READ IT. MARSHALL, IF YOU HAVE THINGS TO ADD TO THAT, PLEASE DO AS WE GO ALONG. SO WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION WHO'S GOING TO GO AND WE'LL TAKE THAT UNDER ADVISEMENT. REAL QUICK, THE MEETING ON THE 13TH, THAT'S WHAT THAT'S ABOUT? I THINK BOTH OF THEM COULD BE ABOUT THAT SAME THING. I THINK BOTH OF THEM COULD BE ABOUT THE SAME THING. REMEMBER, HOW THIS STARTED WAS HE SENT AN EMAIL, OR HE DIDN'T, HIS ASSISTANT SENT AN EMAIL. INVITING US TO BE A PART OF A STAFF COMMUNITY GROUP THAT WOULD BE TALKING ABOUT HOW TO COME TOGETHER AROUND BATTLEGROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND SO MY SUGGESTION WAS IT WOULD BE NICE TO MEET AHEAD OF TIME SO THAT WE COULD GIVE HIM SOME INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT WE'RE ALL DOING AS WELL AS WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE SO THAT WE COULD HAVE SOME LEVEL OF INPUT FOR THAT JULY MEETING AHEAD OF TIME AND HE AGREED THAT THAT WOULD BE VALUABLE. I DIDN'T ALSO WANT TO WAIT UNTIL JULY. SO THEY AGREED SHE WAS ABLE TO SCHEDULE THE MAY 13TH MEETING. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE ADVOCATING THAT MARSHALL PROBABLY SHOULD GO? WELL, I THINK TO ONE OF THEM, FOR SURE. I DO AGREE WITH WHAT LORI SAID, THAT THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY HAVE, I THINK, COMBINES VERY CLOSELY WITH HIS INTENDED OUTCOME OF THE JULY MEETING. I DO THINK THAT THAT'S PROBABLY YOU'RE AWARE OF WHAT THIS GROUP HOPE SOMETHING IS DOING BECAUSE I'M NOT NO I'M NOT I'M NOT THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ONE OF THEM TO BE IN THE ROOM WE'LL PUT THAT ALL TOGETHER AND SEE WHAT WE CAN COME UP WITH YEAH I'M SORRY WE CAN'T ACCOMMODATE EVERY KIND OH NO I'M NOT I DID NOT EXPECT YOU TO ACCOMMODATE EVERYTHING OKAY I DO JUST YOU KNOW WHEN WE CAN ONLY HAVE TO THAT I DON'T THINK IT'S ALL WE SHOULD BE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT NECESSARILY. COULD BE, JUST BECAUSE THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN THE WAY DOESN'T MEAN THIS BOARD HAS TO OPERATE THAT WAY. CERTAINLY. AND TERRY, NOW THAT WE KNOW THE CONTEXT, IF LAURA WANTS TO GO IN MY STEAD, I'M HAPPY TO. OH NO, IT'S OKAY. I'M GOOD WITH MARSHALL GOING. I'M HAPPY TO GO, BUT I AM NOT SAYING I NEED TO GO. ADVOCATING THAT ONE ABSOLUTELY WELL IT MAKES SENSE WELL LET'S LET'S SAY THAT IF IF YOU'RE GONNA GO TO THE MAY 13TH YOU PROBABLY DON'T WANT TO GET SO WE'LL JUST KIND OF LEAVE IT UP IN THE AIR WHATEVER WHATEVER HAPPENED WE EVERYTHING UP IN THE AIR UNTIL IT GETS SETTLED IS THAT SOUND GOOD MARSHALL THAT WORKS YOU'RE THE ONE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT I KNOW WE ARE TELL US WHERE TO GO WHEN TO GO THE PURPOSE IN US WANTING TO GO TO THAT MEETING IS BECAUSE WE'VE DONE A LOT OF THE ADVOCACY WORK TOWARDS HELPING AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ARE AND WE FEEL [00:50:01] IT WOULD BE ADVANTAGEOUS TO BE IN THAT MEETING BECAUSE OF THE WORK WE'VE DONE. THAT'S WHY I SPOKE UP QUICKLY AND SAID I WANT TO GO. WORK YOU'VE DONE TOWARDS WHAT END? WHAT'S THE GOAL OF THE END OF IT? UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS. WE'VE BEEN TO ALL THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS. WE'VE DONE THE CAC MEETINGS. WE'VE DONE THE DAVID LINDNER MEETING. THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON CONTINUOUSLY. SO, WELL I I'VE SETTLED WITH THE WHOLE DEAL BUT IT KIND OF LIKE I'M NOT SURE YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT CHRIS HAS BEEN WORKING ON. WITH THE COMMUNITY WITH REGARD TO THIS WHOLE THING ALSO. WE KNOW THAT EACH PERSON DOES WORK. RIGHT, AND HE'S BEEN DOING QUITE A BIT OF WORK ALSO. THAT'S GREAT TERRY. GOOD JOB CHRIS. YEAH, SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH US WHEN YOU KNOW WHEN WE'RE SO WE WERE ALL YEAH. IT WOULD BE NICE IF YOU GUYS WOULD SHARE THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE HOPE GROUP. WE DID. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S ABOUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S MY SHARED RIGHT AFTER THE MEETING THAT WAS THE ONE YOU NEED TO TELL ME 86 CHURCH RIGHT YEP VERY GOOD YEP ABSOLUTELY OKAY SO AND OKAY I DON'T KNOW IF WE SHARE ABOUT CITIZENS FOR BETTER SCHOOLS I DON'T KNOW IF WE SHARE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THAT BUT I'VE BEEN ATTENDING THOSE MONTHLY AS WELL EXCELLENT SO WE'RE ALL KIND OF WELL YOU COULD SHARE THAT HERE AS A COMMITTEE REPORT I DIDN'T KNOW BEFORE THE DIRECTORS REPORT I DIDN'T KNOW IF I WAS WELL YOU SHARED ABOUT THE UNION MEETING THAT YOU WENT TO IN SPOKANE I BELIEVE YEAH I THINK ANYTHING YOU GO TO IS SHAREABLE OKAY SURE OKAY YEAH ANYTHING YOU GO TO IS SHAREABLE VIOLATIONS OKAY YEAH JUST TELL ME YEAH JUST TELL ME WHAT I CAN SHARE AND I'M HAPPY TO SHARE IT BUT YEAH PDC IS A FICKLE THING YEAH RIGHT THAT'S WHY I HAVEN'T ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT THIS AND I WANTED TO GO BACK TO SOMETHING YOU SAID WE GOT THIS COVERED SO THE FIRST THING YOU REPORTED IN YOUR REPORTS YOU TALKED ABOUT I'VE LOST THAT I WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THE ROAD THE ROAD, YES, AND YOU MENTIONED IT WAS A GRANT. YES. OKAY, ALL RIGHT. SO I WAS TOLD SOMETHING ABOUT THE GRANT HAVING SOME KIND OF DATES OR SOMETHING ON IT, AND LIKE THEY'RE FOUR YEARS BEHIND IN SPENDING THE MONEY. IT WAS A SIX-YEAR GRANT. THEY'RE YEAR 10 AND A SIX-YEAR GRANT. SO DOES THAT MEAN ANYTHING WITH REGARD TO LIKE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, HOW LONG THIS GOES ON? I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT WAS CERTAINLY THE COUNCIL HAD SOME. CONSTERNATION ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY WERE YEARS PAST THE INTENDED DEADLINE OF IT I THINK THAT'S A PIECE OF THE CONVERSATION IS THAT GOING TO BOOMERANG ON US AND THEN NEGATIVE NO NOT US NO NO IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH US AND I SPOKE TO THE COUPLE MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL AND THEY'RE OPEN TO A JOINT BOARD RETREAT TO DISCUSS THIS ONCE THEIR STAFF HAS SOME MORE INFORMATION EXCELLENT, THAT'D BE FUN. AND THEN I TALKED TO A COUPLE PREVIOUS BOARD MEMBERS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON WITH THIS FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS AND GOT SOME MORE CONTEXT OUT OF THAT TOO, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. YEAH, I SPOKE TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TOO, AND THE CONSENSUS IS THAT THEY ARE BEHIND. THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF PRESSURE BECAUSE THEY NEED TO GET IT DONE. THIS IS THE LAST PHASE. I GUESS THERE WERE FIVE PHASES. THIS IS THE LAST PHASE OF IT, AND SO THEY'RE TRYING TO PUSH SOMETHING THROUGH BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SO LONG AND NOTHING HAS HAPPENED WITH IT. SO IT'S LIKE THEY'RE TRYING TO FINISH THE PHASE THAT THEY HAD STARTED OUT QUITE A LONG TIME AGO. AND I ALSO EXPRESS MY CONCERN ABOUT THE SAFETY IN THAT, YOU KNOW, I GO, MY VOTE IS NO, I DON'T CARE. IF YOU PLAN ON HAVING ARMORED GUARDS OUT THERE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT BECAUSE THIS IS SO DANGEROUS. I SAID IT WOULD TAKE ONE CHILD TO BE RAN OVER OR HURT. THAT WOULD JUST BE THE LIVING END FOR ALL OF US. SO I SAID I JUST DON'T EVEN THINK IT'S WORTH THE RISK. IT'S NOT EVEN WORTH DISCUSSING BECAUSE IT'S TOO DANGEROUS. THAT WAS CERTAINLY DISCUSSED AND CERTAINLY DISCUSSED AROUND. HAVING CROSSING GUARDS AND THE FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE A LEVEE AND THAT THOSE WERE CUT PREVIOUSLY. SO THERE WERE, IT PING-PONGED ACROSS THE CITY COUNCIL QUITE A BIT. YOU KNOW, THEY HAD CONSTERNATION ABOUT THE TIMELINE, THEY HAD CONSTERNATION [00:55:02] ABOUT SAFETY, THEY HAD CONSTERNATION ABOUT WILL IT WORK. SO THERE WERE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WERE BROUGHT FORWARD. DID THEY GIVE A TIMELINE WHEN THEY WANT TO COME BACK AND DISCUSS WITH US? THEY SAID THE NEXT STEP WAS TO GET INPUT FROM THE STATE AROUND A MODIFICATION TO THE GRANT. SO UNTIL WE HAVE THAT, I DON'T KNOW. I SENT AN EMAIL, BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL OVER THE WEEKEND, SO I HAVEN'T HEARD BACK YET. I'VE WORKED WITH DOT BEFORE, AND THEY'LL LET YOU REPURPOSE GRANTS DEPENDING ON WHAT PHASE OF THE PROJECT YOU'RE IN. AND FOR THEM, IT'S JUST THEY'RE GETTING TO THAT CRUNCH TIME, WHERE IF YOU DON'T USE IT, YOU LOSE IT. AND IT'S HARDER TO GET A GRANT FOR THAT NEXT CYCLE. USUALLY IT'S A ONE-YEAR CYCLE THAT IT'S KIND OF A LOWER PRIORITY. THAT WAS TRUE FOR THE TRIBE. I'M NOT SURE HOW IT WORKS AS A MUNICIPALITY. THAT WAS DEFINITELY TRUE THEN. SO THEY'RE GOING TO CHECK TO SEE IF THAT SOUND ABOUT WOULD WORK BECAUSE THAT IS AN IMPROVEMENT TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE. SO YOU'RE BASICALLY ASKING, CAN WE HELP PAY FOR YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE? AND USUALLY THAT ANSWER IS YES. THEY'RE USUALLY A LITTLE BIT MORE AMENABLE TO THAT. ONCE THEY HAVE THOSE ANSWERS. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, I'M THINKING, AND YOU'RE CLEAR ON THAT DATE FOR CORTEZ, RIGHT? YOU'RE AVAILABLE? WHICH ONE? THE ONE THAT HE INVITED US TO. YES. OKAY, GOOD, GOOD. AND YOU'RE CLEAR FOR THAT, RIGHT? MAYBE, I'M THINKING MAYBE YOU TWO GUYS SHOULD GO TO THAT BECAUSE OF YOUR, THOSE KIND OF THINGS THAT I KNOW YOU DO AND THAT YOU'RE DOING. SO I'M THINKING MAYBE YOU TWO GUYS SHOULD GO TO THAT, AND I'LL GO WITH STEPHANIE, KIND OF A THING, AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO WITH HER. TO HAVE LUNCH WITH ADRIAN AND OR IF YOU DON'T THEN I'LL GO WITH HER TO LUNCH WITH ADRIAN THEN YEAH I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE A MUCH BETTER FIT OKAY SO COULD YOU GUYS DO THAT FOR US PLEASE THANK YOU MID TO THAT ALL RIGHT GOOD ALL RIGHT OKAY GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD I THINK THAT'LL BE REALLY PRODUCTIVE OKAY WHAT GOING ON NOW AND THAT'S IT FIRST AND THAT'S IT FOR ALL SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF UPDATES WOW OKAY WOW I DON'T [9. Consent Agenda (Board Vote w/Student Voice)] KNOW THAT THAT'S EVER HAPPENED BEFORE I PROBABLY NOT SO WE'RE MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA THEN IS THAT CORRECT WOW OKAY SO THE CONSENT AGENDA INCLUDES APPROVAL OF MINUTES APPROVAL MINUTES BUSINESS AND OPERATIONS PERSONNEL REPORTS STUDENT TRAVEL FINANCIAL REPORTS ARE THERE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT LISTED HERE JUST SAYS THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS YEAH THERE ARE I OKAY FOR EACH AGENDA YES DOES ANYBODY ANYBODY NEEDS... SPECIFIC INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S ON THE CONSENT AGENDA IN ORDER TO APPROVE THE CONSENT WERE YOU ABLE TO REVIEW IT GOING DOWN I SAW IT WHEN IT WAS NOT BEFORE I DIDN'T PLEASE PLEASE DO OKAY SO WE'RE GONNA SKIP THAT FOR NOW CARLA AND I'M GONNA COME BACK TO THAT OKAY ALL RIGHT UM SO APPROVAL OF MINUTES IS STANDARD FOR THE LAST TWO MEETINGS BUSINESS AND OPERATIONS, WE HAVE THE AP AND PAYROLL FOR MARCH. WE HAVE PERSONNEL REPORTS, SO WE HAVE OUR CERTIFICATED AND CLASSIFIED STAFFING UPDATES. STUDENT TRAVEL, WE HAVE THE STUDENT TRAVEL REQUESTS FROM BATTLEGROUND AND PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL. MOST OF THOSE ARE SPORTS-RELATED. AND THEN OUR FINANCIAL REPORTS, WE HAVE THE MONTHLY STATEMENTS OF OPERATING. FROM MICHELLE SCOTT AND HER TEAM FOR APPROVAL EXCELLENT THAT'S MUCH BETTER SO NOW DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY CONCERNS YOU WANT TO SEE ANY OF THOSE ITEMS OFF OF THE CONSENT AGENDA I MOVED TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AND PRESENT IT OKAY OUR STUDENT VOICE WELL ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE AYE OPPOSED 50 [10. Open Public Comments] THANK YOU EXCELLENT PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE THERE ANY MORE SO LET ME READ MY STATEMENT. THIS IS A MEETING OF THE BATTLEGROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS 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 AND 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 [01:00:01] DURING THE OPEN PUBLIC COMMENTS SECTION OF THE MEETING. 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 COMMENTS MAY NOT PROMOTE OR OPPOSE ANY BALLOT PROPOSITION SPEAKERS SHOULD REFRAIN FROM DISCUSSING PERSONAL OR OTHER CONFIDENTIAL MATTERS PERSONNEL OR OTHER CONFIDENTIAL MATTERS INCLUDING STUDENT OR STAFF NAMES PLEASE REFRAIN FROM APPLAUSE CHEERING OR OTHER OUTBURSTS TO ENSURE AN ORDERLY FLOW OF OF BUSINESS AND TO ALLOW SPEAKERS TO BE HEARD. PUBLIC COMMENTS SECTIONS ARE LIMITED TO 30 MINUTES PER SECTION. TIME ALLOTTED PER SPEAKER WILL BE BASED ON THE NUMBER OF SIGN-INS RECEIVED, UP TO A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER. WE HAVE SIX TONIGHT, AND THE MICROPHONE MAY BE MUTED AT THE END OF THE SPEAKERS. WE'RE NOT GOING TO MUTE THE MICROPHONES TONIGHT. I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE MUTING THEM, BUT I WILL ASK YOU TO PLEASE STOP AT THREE MINUTES. SPEAKERS MAY ONLY SPEAK. SPEAK DURING ONE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT'S FINE LET ME READ THAT WE HAVE TWO SECTIONS WE'RE ASKING THE SPEAKERS ONLY SPEAK DURING ONE SECTION PER BOARD MEETING 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 ISSUE EVERYTHING OKAY OH, WE'LL HAVE TO WATCH HER. THERE YOU GO. SO MARY MENDOZA-HENSEL, YOU'RE UP FIRST. JESSICA COLE, YOU'LL BE UP SECOND IF YOU WANT TO MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MARY. ATTENDANCE, BOARD, AND COMMUNITY. I'M WEARING DIFFERENT HATS DURING THIS SPEECH. TONIGHT. I'LL START WITH MY BGEA HAT AS PRESIDENT. IT HAS BEEN VERY HARD ON OUR MEMBERS AS YOU CAN UNDERSTAND AFTER THE LOSS OF THE LEVY HAVING TO GO INTO SCHOOLS AND SEE THE FEAR IN OUR EDUCATORS EYES AS THEY WONDER WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO ME. I THINK YOU HEARD TONIGHT FROM ONE OF OUR GREAT SEL PEOPLE OVER AT TVM. WHAT THE PUBLIC MAY NOT UNDERSTAND IS THAT OUR MEMBERS HAD TO TAKE A VOTE DURING AN MOU, AND PART OF THAT VOTE WAS DECIDING, YOU KNOW, DO WE PASS THIS VOTE AND KEEP OUR MEMBERS WHO ARE COUNSELORS? AND WHEN THAT PASSED, THAT MEANS WE HAD TO CHOOSE TO CUT OUR SEL FOLKS. AND THAT WAS A REALLY TOUGH DECISION. TO STAND IN THAT ROOM WHERE I DON'T GET TO TAKE A VOTE BECAUSE I AM THE DECIDING FACTOR IF THERE IS A TIE, TO WATCH THE COMMENTS AND JUST DEBATE THAT WENT BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN OUR MEMBERS ABOUT WHICH JOBS, WHO'S MORE IMPORTANT, AM I MORE IMPORTANT, ARE YOU MORE IMPORTANT, AND HOW WE HAVE TO CUT. AND I WISH THE PUBLIC COULD HEAR ALL OF THAT. SOMETIMES THE THINGS THAT I READ ON SOCIAL MEDIA IS THAT YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO CUT, THEY NEED TO DO BETTER, THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THAT AFFECTS PEOPLE IN THE HUMANITY PORTION OF ALL OF THIS. IT'S REALLY HARD TO SEE THAT. AND IN THE END, WHEN WE LOSE ALL OF THESE EDUCATORS, WHAT REALLY WE'RE DOING IS HURTING OUR STUDENTS. AND THAT'S WHO WE'RE ALL HERE FOR. BECAUSE, YES, WE MAY GET TO KEEP COUNSELORS, BUT SO MANY OF OUR PEOPLE VISIT THE SEL ROOMS. THOSE ARE ALSO IMPORTANT. AND SO ALL OF THOSE CUTS, LIKE I SAID, I WISH THE PUBLIC UNDERSTOOD. THE HUMANITY, THE PEOPLE SIDE OF THAT, WHICH IS REALLY HARD. OKAY, SWITCHING HATS. I WANT TO THANK THOSE OF YOU THAT CAME OUT TO THE PRAIRIE AUCTION. I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THAT IN THE LAST THREE TO FOUR YEARS. IT IS A HUGE, AS CHRIS SAID, A HUGE BENEFIT TO OUR STUDENTS BECAUSE OF OUR BOOSTERS. THEY USE THAT MONEY TO SUPPORT THE TEAMS. MY HUSBAND HAS BEEN A BASEBALL AND OTHER TEAM SPORT COACH. FOR OVER 30 YEARS, 25 YEARS IN MOSES LAKE. AND SO HE WAS VERY SURPRISED WHEN HE CAME HERE AND HAD NO BUDGET. AND SO THIS MONEY REALLY DOES GO TOWARDS THOSE TEAMS AND BUYING THINGS FOR THEM AND THEIR BASEBALLS, WHICH PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE ARE VERY EXPENSIVE. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT CAME OUT. AND ALSO COME OUT TO THE PRAIRIE EXTRA INNINGS BAZAAR TAKING PLACE THIS WEEKEND ALONG WITH THE... PLANT SALE. SO YOU GET TWO COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS IN ONE. SO THANK YOU. [01:05:01] HAVE A GOOD EVENING. JESSICA COLE, CHELSEA PAKENINS IS UP NEXT. PLEASE COME FORWARD IF YOU DON'T MIND. HELLO, BOARD. I'M JESSICA COLE. I WANT TO BRIEFLY SHARE ABOUT AN EVENT I ATTENDED IN THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS. IT WAS THE KEEP YOUR KIDS SAFE COMMUNITY NIGHT PUT ON BY SHARED HOPE INTERNATIONAL. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THEIR TRAINING, I HAVE A LINK TO THE WEBSITE. HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT. I'VE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT IT BEFORE. YOU COULD GO TO THEIR WEBSITE AND TAKE THEIR COURSE TITLED EXPLOITED, AND THERE'S SOME INFORMATION ON THESE CARDS THAT I'LL LEAVE. THE EVENT FOCUSED ON PREVENTING CHILD EXPLOITATION AND SEX TRAFFICKING WITH A STRONG EMPHASIS ON AWARENESS, ONLINE SAFETY, AND RECOGNIZING GROOMING BEHAVIORS. POLICE CHIEF FLYNN HERE IN BATTLEGROUNDS SPOKE ABOUT LAST YEAR'S OPERATION THAT LED TO ARRESTS FOR CHILD EXPLOITATION. WHILE NOTING THAT THESE EFFORTS ONLY ADDRESS A PORTION OF WHAT'S HAPPENING. I'VE ALSO STARTED REVIEWING THE DISTRICT'S PROPOSED CURRICULUM ON THIS TOPIC, AND FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN SO FAR THERE ARE SOME STRONG COMPONENTS THERE, BUT I NEED TO TAKE MORE TIME TO LOOK THROUGH IT BETTER. ONE OF THE BIGGEST TAKEAWAYS FROM THE EVENT WAS THIS, IT'S THAT PREVENTION MATTERS. AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PROTECTIVE FACTORS IS WHETHER YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE STRONG SUPPORTIVE AND CONNECTED COMMUNITIES. FOR STUDENTS, THAT INCLUDES WHAT THEY EXPERIENCE IN OUR SCHOOLS. WE KNOW THAT WHEN YOUNG PEOPLE DON'T FEEL SAFE OR SUPPORTED, WHETHER AT HOME, AT SCHOOL, OR IN THEIR COMMUNITY, THEY'RE AT HIGHER RISK FOR THINGS LIKE HOMELESSNESS, SEX TRAFFICKING, ABUSE, SUBSTANCE USE, AND SUICIDE. AND THIS INCLUDES LGBTQ STUDENTS WHO ARE MORE VULNERABLE TO RISK. AND WHO ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO WHETHER THEY ARE ACCEPTED OR NOT. PREVENTION STARTS LONG BEFORE HARM HAPPENS. IT'S ABOUT CREATING ENVIRONMENTS WHERE STUDENTS FEEL SEEN, VALUED, AND LIKE THEY BELONG, BECAUSE WHEN THEY DON'T, THAT'S WHEN RISK INCREASES. SCHOOLS PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN THAT, AND ACTIONS THAT SIGNAL BELONGING MATTER. THE POLICIES THAT YOU GUYS ADOPT, THE TONE YOU SET, AND THE DECISIONS YOU MAKE ALL SEND SIGNALS TO STUDENTS ABOUT WHETHER THEY ARE SAFE AND SUPPORTED HERE. IF WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT PREVENTION, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE FULL PICTURE, INCLUDING THE ROLE THAT THIS BOARD PLAYS IN CREATING A SENSE OF SAFETY, BELONGING, AND CONNECTION FOR EACH AND EVERY STUDENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THANK YOU FOR NOT CUTTING THE MIC ANYMORE. I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. CHELSEA, MAYBE YOU COULD SAY YOUR LAST NAME FOR US, PLEASE, WHEN YOU GET UP HERE. JESSICA MOLESKNES. HELLO, MY NAME IS CHELSEA PAKANINES. THANK YOU. NO WORRIES. I AM AN INSTRUCTOR AT CASEY. THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING OUR PLANT SALE AND SUPPORTING OUR PROGRAM. WE ALSO INVITE THE BOARD TO TOUR OUR PROGRAM, IF YOU GUYS COULD FIND THE TIME. OUR HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM IS THE EPITOME OF THE WORD COMMUNITY, STUDENTS COMING FROM BATTLEGROUND HIGH SCHOOL, PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL. RIVER HOME LINK, BATTLEGROUND VIRTUAL ACADEMY, SUMMIT VIEW, AND FROM OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS. OUR STUDENTS WORK HARD TO CREATE THIS COMMUNITY AND ARE LEADERS FOR BATTLEGROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS. EVERY WEEK I HEAR FROM MY STUDENTS HOW CASEY IS A SAFE HAVEN FOR THEM. THERE ARE THREE PERIODS THEY LOOK FORWARD TO THE MOST, WHERE THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE TO LEARN. CASEY IS A SAFE SPACE FOR OUR STUDENTS. WE WERE TOLD ON FRIDAY THAT SENIOR YEAR OF OUR FOUR-YEAR PROGRAM WILL BE CUT. TAKING AWAY SENIOR YEAR REMOVES THE PATHWAY OUR CURRENT JUNIORS HAVE WORKED ON THE PAST THREE YEARS. DUE TO OUR CAMPUS AND FIELD WORK, OUR STUDENTS EARN ONE PE CREDIT FOR ATTENDING THE KC PROGRAM FOR ALL FOUR YEARS. ENDING THIS PROGRAM NOW FORCES OUR JUNIORS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THE CREDITS THEY THOUGHT THEY HAVE COVERED. REMOVAL OF THIS YEAR REMOVES HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE FOR OUR SENIORS, ALONG WITH LAB SKILLS, FIELD WORK, AND CAREER PREP NOT OFFERED AT ANY OTHER SCHOOL, REDUCING THEIR ADVANTAGE IN COMPETITIVENESS FOR THE WORKFORCE AND COLLEGE APPLICATIONS. THIS IS A CRITICAL SCHOOL YEAR FOR OUR STUDENTS. OUR PROGRAM WE DON'T HAVE COUNSELORS, NURSES, SECURITY FOR THE DISTRICT TO CUT. WE'VE ALWAYS WORKED WITH THE BARE MINIMUM. I ASK FOR RECONSIDERATION OF CUTTING A QUARTER OF OUR PROGRAM AS THIS DECISION WAS MADE WITHOUT A POSSIBILITY FOR PROBLEM SOLVING OR COLLABORATION WITH OUR ADMIN. OUR SMALL STAFF FEELS WE HAVE SOLUTIONS AND NEED OUR ADMIN AND OUR SCHOOL BOARD TO TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION BEFORE ACTING ON THIS DECISION. WE ARE A SMALL PROGRAM, BUT WE HAVE A HUGE IMPACT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [01:10:01] JESSICA MOLSONIS MAYBE YOU COULD GIVE ME YOUR LAST NAME ALSO WHEN YOU GET UP HERE. IAN KREINER IS ON BOARD. GOOD EVENING. YEAH, MY NAME IS JESSICA MOLSNES. THE K IS SILENT. I'VE BEEN A TEACHER HERE IN THE DISTRICT. ACTUALLY, THIS IS PROBABLY MY SEVENTH YEAR AT KC EVEN. I'M A KC TEACHER. CENTER FOR AGRICULTURE, SCIENCE, AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION. WE ARE A FOUR-YEAR HIGH SCHOOL. PROGRAM, NOT AN ALE, NOT A HIGH SCHOOL, NOT ITS OWN THING. WE ARE A COMBINATION OF A LOT OF DIFFERENT SCHOOLS AND OUR STUDENTS REFLECT THAT. AND I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK NOT ABOUT NEXT YEAR'S STUDENTS, WHICH YOU KNOW THEY'RE IMPORTANT. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT MY STUDENTS THAT I HAD TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO. I HAD A GROUP OF STUDENTS WHO WALKED INTO MY CLASS AND THEY WERE AMAZING. THEY STARTED OFF WITH A REALLY SMALL CLASS SIZE. THEY WORKED HARD. THEY FORMED A COMMUNITY. THEY WERE LITTLE NINTH GRADE FRESHMEN AT CASEY. THEY BUILT WHAT THEY HAD FROM THEMSELVES FOR THEMSELVES. AND TODAY THEY GOT THE NEWS THAT THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THEIR FOUR YEAR CYCLE AT CASEY. THEY WILL... NOT BE ABLE TO MOVE ALL THE WAY THROUGH THEIR FOUR YEARS AT CASEY. THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO TAKE THE CLASSES THAT THEY HAD COUNTED ON TAKING. THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO GET THE CREDITS THAT THEY HAD PLANNED ON GETTING. AND THAT'S A LAST-MINUTE CHANGE FOR THEM FOR THEIR FOURTH YEAR AT CASEY. IT'S A HARD THING FOR THEM TO ACCEPT. THEY HAVE THEIR OWN CULTURE. WE HAVE OUR OWN CULTURE AT CASEY. WE HAVE STUDENTS FROM ALL OVER, AND THEY COME TO US. IN OUR LITTLE SAFE COMMUNITY, IN OUR OWN LITTLE CASEY ECOSYSTEM. WE'RE AN 80-ACRE CASEY ECOSYSTEM. AND THEY STARTED IN MY CLASS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE FOOD CHAIN, AND NOW THEY DON'T GET TO REACH THE TOP, AND THAT IS HEARTBREAKING. THEY ARE SO ENGAGED AND SO IN THE CASEY PROGRAM. THEY WERE A SMALL CLASS TO START WITH. WE'VE KEPT ALMOST ALL OF THEM. IT'S INCREDIBLE. IT'S INCREDIBLE. THE CHOICES THAT THEY HAVE MADE TO STAY WITH US BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE THEIR HOME IS AND NOW THEY DON'T GET TO BE THE LEADERS OF THAT HOME THEY DON'T GET TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO EARN THEIR FOUR-YEAR CASEY PIN WHICH IS WHAT WE GIVE THEM BECAUSE WE DON'T GIVE DIPLOMAS THEY GET THEIR DIPLOMAS FROM THEIR OTHER SCHOOLS BUT WE GET TO GIVE THEM A FOUR-YEAR PIN AND WE GET TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE YOUR FOUR YEARS OF MAINTAINING THE CAMPUS OF KEEPING EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUL AT THAT CASEY CAMPUS THAT I HOPE YOU GUYS HAVE ALL TOURED AND SEEN. I'M DOING THE PLANT SALE. OH MY GOSH, OUR SENIORS RUN THAT PLANT SALE. SO PLEASE, PLEASE, JUST KEEP THEM IN MIND AS YOU'RE MAKING THESE CUTS. THANK YOU. SO IAN KREINER AND THEN JOHN PAULOS WILL BE UP. HELLO EVERYONE. MY NAME'S IAN KREINER. I AM A FRIEND OF MANY STAFF AND ALUMNI AT CASEY. I HAVE SEEN ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT HAVE COME OUT OF THE CASEY PROGRAM. THESE STUDENTS DO AMAZING AND THEY ARE GOING OUT INTO THE WORLD MUCH MORE PREPARED THAN IF THEY HAD GONE ANYWHERE ELSE AND I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE CASEY PROGRAM AMIDST THESE CUTS. FIRST, I'D LIKE TO SECOND THE YOUNG MAN WHO SPOKE AT THE VERY BEGINNING ABOUT THE CONCERNS FOR SAFETY. CASEY IS A SMALL PROGRAM AND ANY CUTS TO THE STAFF IS HAS A DISPROPORTIONATE AND OUTSIZED EFFECT ON THE SAFETY OF THESE STUDENTS. THERE ARE ONLY SEVEN STAFF FOR 120 STUDENTS AT CASEY. YOU CUT ONE OF THOSE, AND THERE IS A HUGE IMPACT TO THE AMOUNT OF OVERSIGHT THAT THEY CAN HAVE TO THE STUDENTS AND TO OUTSIDE THREATS OUT ON THE 80-ACRE CAMPUS. CUTTING THE SENIOR CLASS AND THE POSITION THAT COMES WITH IT NOT ONLY AFFECTS THE CLASS, BUT ALL OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT THE STAFF HAS. HAS TO BE REDISTRIBUTED SO IT'S NOT JUST A ONE-PERSON CUT THAT'S HAPPENING. AMONGST THE OTHER CUTS TO EXTENDED HOURS, THIS MEANS THAT ALL THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF MAINTAINING THE CAMPUS HAS TO BE REDISTRIBUTED AND THAT ALL THAT TIME COMES OUT OF TIME WITH THE STUDENTS. THIS REDUCTION OF ALMOST 15 PERCENT OF STAFF ON TOP OF THE ADDITIONAL CUTS I MENTIONED BEFORE REALLY DOES IMPACT THE STUDENTS. THE SAFETY THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BE OUT AND ABOUT. WE WON'T HAVE THE STAFF TO ACTUALLY HANDLE FIELD TRIPS. WE WON'T HAVE THE STAFF TO HANDLE THE EXCURSIONS OUT INTO THE WOODS THAT WE HAVE THERE AT CASEY. AND IT IS A SAFETY RISK OVERALL. [01:15:01] THIS IS EVEN MORE SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE DON'T EVEN HAVE A DEDICATED... SECURITY OFFICER FOR THE CAMPUS. THERE IS MAYBE A SECURITY OFFICER IN ONE OF THE ADMIN BUILDINGS AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT BUT IT'S NEVER A GUARANTEE SO RESPONSES TO THINGS REQUIRE HAVING PEOPLE AVAILABLE FOR THAT. I ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT THE STATE OF THE CAMPUS IS ALSO IMPACTED BY THIS. A LOT OF THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT HAVE TO BE REDISTRIBUTED ARE TO THE MAINTENANCE OF THE CAMPUS. EVERYONE HERE WHO HAS EVER TOURED OR WALKED THE CAMPUS YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT THAT CAMPUS IS MAINTAINED BY THE CASEY STAFF. THERE IS NOT DEDICATED LANDSCAPERS. THERE'S NOT DEDICATED STAFF FOR THAT. THERE ARE THE TEACHERS AND THE STAFF AT CASEY AND THE STUDENTS AND THE STUDENT WORKERS AT CASEY MAINTAINING THAT PROPERTY. ANY CUTS WOULD MEAN THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO TAKE ON THE LIABILITY AND THE RISK ASSOCIATED WITHOUT MAINTAINING THAT 80-ACRE CAMPUS, WHICH I SHOULD REMIND EVERYONE IS AN OPEN CAMPUS TO THE PUBLIC THAT MANY OF THE COMMUNITY AND STAFF AT BATTLEGROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE COMMUNITY OF BATTLEGROUND AS A WHOLE ENJOY. SO, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I JUST WANT TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION THAT THESE CUTS HAVE A DISPROPORTIONATE AND OUTSIZED EFFECT. WHEN YOU CUT ONE PERSON OF SUCH A SMALL TEAM MAINTAINING SUCH A LARGE CAMPUS, IT'S GOING TO IMPACT THE STUDENT SAFETY, IT'S GOING TO IMPACT THE SAFETY OF THE CAMPUS, THE MAINTENANCE OF THE CAMPUS, AND THE ABILITY TO EVEN BE ABLE TO HAVE PARTS OF THE CAMPUS OPEN. AND I WANT YOU TO TAKE THAT INTO MIND AS YOU CONSIDER ANY POTENTIAL CUTS GOING FORWARD. THANK YOU. JOHN PAULOS. THANK YOU. I'M JOHN PAULOS. I'M A 55-YEAR RESIDENT OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND I APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO SPEAK TO THIS BOARD AND THE CITIZENS. I'M GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT CURRICULUM AND LEVY. I'D LOVE TO SEE THE LEVY PASSED, BECAUSE I HAVE TWO KIDS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. NOW, HOW DOES AN 84-YEAR-OLD DO THAT? WELL, THEIR MOM DIED LAST YEAR, AND I'M THEIR ONLY LIVING GRANDFATHER. SO I'M DEEPLY INVOLVED IN THEM, THEY'RE FOURTH, SEVENTH GRADE. LOOKING AT WHAT HAPPENED, LET'S LOOK AT THE PEOPLE THAT VOTE, AND HERE'S OUR PIZZA PIE OF VOTERS. WE HAVE 30% THAT WILL ALWAYS VOTE NO, WE HAVE 30% THAT WILL ALWAYS VOTE YES, AND WE'VE GOT TO WORK ON THE 40% THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO FOR SURE. AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS. SO HOW DO WE ADDRESS THAT? WE LOOK AT SOME THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO TO IMPROVE OUR LEVY. ONE IS WE NEED TO SHOW THE VOTERS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON CURRICULUM. AND I'VE GOT A PACKET HERE, AND I'M NOT GOING TO READ OFF MY CURRICULUM, BUT I'VE GOT A ONE-PAGER THAT TALKS ABOUT CURRICULUM. AND SO IF WE PUT THAT OUT, THAT HELPS. WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO DO, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE POSTCARD OF LIES PUT OUT BY THE OTHER SIDE. SAME POSTCARD TWO TIMES IN A ROW. FIRST TIME OUT, SHAME ON THEM. SECOND TIME, SHAME ON US. WE'RE GOING TO BE PREPARED NEXT TIME, I KNOW THAT. AND I RECOMMEND THAT WE DON'T HAVE A HUGE PUBLICATION LIKE WE DID LAST TIME WITH 43 ITEMS ON IT, HALF A DOZEN, INCLUDING TELLING WHY THESE ARE LIES. I PERSONALLY KNOW TWO OF THESE THINGS ARE LIES, THAT WE LET MALES INTO WOMEN'S LOCKER ROOM. IF I EVER DID THAT, I'D BE FIRED. AND WE DO NOT LET MALES PLAY ON GIRLS' TEAMS. IT SAYS SO RIGHT HERE. THAT WE LET BOYS IN THE GIRLS LOCKER ROOM IT'S A LIE YOU KNOW THAT SO WHAT I PROPOSE IS WE TAKE THEIR FLYER COPY IT REDUCE OUR FLYER TO THE EXACT SAME SIZE AND ADDRESS THEIR ISSUES AND A COUPLE OTHERS THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE IS REMIND THE PUBLIC THAT OUR NEW LEVY IS NOT IN ADDITION TO OTHERS IT REPLACED ONE THAT EXPIRED AND WHO SHOULD WE HAVE WRITE THIS I CAN WRITE IT YOU CAN WRITE IT THERE'S ONE GROUP IF THEY WROTE IT THEY COULD NOT BE CRITICIZED OR ATTACKED AND THEY KNOW MORE ABOUT IT THAN ANYBODY ELSE AND THAT'S THE STUDENTS I REALIZE YOU CAN'T DO THAT YOU CAN'T LET THE STUDENTS WRITE IT BUT IF WE DID THIS OTHER SIDE COULDN'T ATTACK THEM SO MAYBE WE CAN HAVE LAST YEAR'S GRADUATES WRITE IT DOES THAT MAKE SENSE MAYBE I DON'T KNOW ANYWAY I'D LIKE TO SEE THE LEVY PASSED THAT WE REALLY NEED IT AND I HAVE A HANDOUT THAT COVERS EVERYTHING SO WHO THANK YOU, JOHN. YOU LIKE MY PIZZA PIE? YES. I LIKE VISUAL AIDS. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS. [12. New Business (Board Vote w/Student Voice)] SO OLD BUSINESS, NONE. NEW BUSINESS, WE HAVE THREE ITEMS. APPROVAL OF DONATION FROM THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, PATRICK HOWE ENDOWMENT FUND, CINDY ARNOLD. GOOD EVENING, SENATOR. GOOD EVENING, BOARD. [01:20:01] THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SHARE WITH YOU ABOUT PETTY HEALTH. I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HISTORY OF PATTY HOUCK. I'LL TALK ABOUT HOW THE GRANTS USED, OUTCOMES AND IMPACTS, AND THEN IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. SO THIS IS A PICTURE OF PATTY HOUCK. HE WAS A RESPECTED FIGURE IN SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON. IN FACT, ORIGINALLY HE WAS A PRINCIPAL AT FORT VANCOUVER HIGH SCHOOL. HE HAD A DEEP COMMITMENT TO AGRICULTURE EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. HE LIVED IN THIS REGION AND HE HAD HIS ROOTS IN THIS REGION, WHICH IS VERY LARGELY, IT WAS AGRICULTURE AT THE TIME, AND HE REALLY BELIEVED IN AGRICULTURE EDUCATION AND HANDS-ON LEARNING. BATTLEGROUNDS SPECIFICALLY HAS BEEN A RECIPIENT OF THE GRANT BECAUSE WE HAVE STRONG AGRICULTURE PROGRAMS, INCLUDING CASEY, AS WELL AS THE PROGRAMS AT BATTLEGROUND HIGH SCHOOL AND PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL. AND PATTY HOUCK HAD A DEEP COMMITMENT TO THIS AGRICULTURE EDUCATION AND HIS LEGACY. I DID THIS BEFORE. AND HE REALLY WANTED THAT HANDS-ON LEARNING FOR STUDENTS. SO HE HAD $27,000 AT HIS DESK THAT GOT INVESTED. AND I ADDED UP THE AMOUNT THAT BATTLEGROUND DISTRICT HAS RECEIVED OVER THE YEARS, AND IT'S CLOSE TO $4 MILLION. THE GRANT IS USED MAINLY IN THREE WAYS. IT HAS, AND BY THE WAY, THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY HAS BEEN OVER MANY, MANY YEARS, WAY OVER 30 YEARS OF TIME IN OUR DISTRICT. FUNDS ARE GIVEN TO PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL, AS I SAID, BATTLEGROUND HIGH SCHOOL, THE CASEY CAMPUS. IT'S USED TO ENHANCE OUR GREENHOUSES, AND OUR PROGRAMS WOULD NOT BE THE SAME WITHOUT THIS GRANT. WE HAVE THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE IN THESE THREE LOCATIONS BECAUSE OF THE HELT GRANT. THEY ARE VERY HIGH QUALITY PROGRAMS. IF YOU VISIT OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THEY DO NOT HAVE THE SAME LEVEL OF PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE IN THIS AREA. IT ALSO SUPPORTS OUR FLORAL DESIGN PROGRAMS. WE RECENTLY, IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, PURCHASED A FLORAL COOLER, WHICH THEY'RE VERY EXPENSIVE FOR OUR FLORAL DEPARTMENT. AND IT DOES PROVIDE FOR OUR PLANT SALES AND OUR GREENHOUSES. AND YOU CAN SEE A PICTURE OF ONE OF OUR GREENHOUSES RIGHT HERE RIGHT BEFORE THE PLANT SALE. IT'S ALSO USED TO SUPPORT STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES. SO IT FUNDS STUDENT INTERNSHIPS IN THE SUMMERTIME AT THE CASEY CAMPUS. WE HIRE STUDENT WORKERS OUT OF THE GRANT MONEY, AND WE ALSO SOMETIMES HAVE INTERNS AT BATTLEGROUND HIGH SCHOOL IN THE SUMMERTIME AS WELL. AND WHAT THESE INTERNS DO IS THEY WORK ON THINGS AT THE CASEY CAMPUS, LIKE THE CHIP TRAILS, AND THEY KEEP THE TOXIC WEEDS DOWN. THEY WALK THE FIELDS, THEY TAKE CARE OF THE DEBRIS, THEY DO BEAUTIFY THE CASEY CAMPUS. IT'S ALSO USED AT BATTLEGROUND HIGH SCHOOL AND PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL AND SOME OF THE GARDEN AREAS THAT THOSE TWO SCHOOLS HAVE. IT REALLY GIVES THE STUDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THAT HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE BECAUSE MANY TIMES THESE STUDENTS DO WANT TO GO ON INTO THOSE INDUSTRIES. SO IT ALSO HELPS WITH OUR FACILITIES AND OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. WE HAVE SOME CONCRETE FLOORING THAT WAS INSTALLED AT THE CASEY CAMPUS AND THE GREENHOUSE IS THERE. THAT IS ALSO VERY EXPENSIVE. THERE'S A LARGE COMPOSTING AREA THAT WAS INSTALLED ON THE CASEY CAMPUS FOR TURNING THE DEBRIS THAT THE STUDENT WORKERS GATHER AND OUR PARTNERS GATHER THAT GETS TURNED THERE AND GETS COMPOSTED. WE HAVE PURCHASED TOOLS AND GREENHOUSE EQUIPMENT. IT HELPS US MAINTAIN OUR EQUIPMENT, THINGS LIKE OUR GREENHOUSE. GREENHOUSES ARE VERY EXPENSIVE. WE HAVE TO COVER THOSE GREENHOUSES. SOMETIMES THERE'S FAILINGS IN THOSE SYSTEMS. WE HAVE TO GET NEW FANS. WE HAVE TO GET UPGRADES. THE HALIT GRANT MANY TIMES PAYS FOR THAT. OUR BUDGETS COULD NOT AFFORD TO PAY FOR THOSE THINGS. IT HELPS US UPGRADE OUR TRACTORS, OUR MOWERS. IN FACT, SOME OF OUR TRACTORS AND MOWERS WERE ORIGINALLY PURCHASED OUT OF THE GRANT. OUR UTILITY VEHICLES ARE MAINTAINED, SHOP AND FACILITY INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THE NEW COURSE. COLD STORAGE BUILDING ON THE BATTLEGROUND CAMPUS WAS PURCHASED OUT OF HALT. THERE'S ALWAYS A FOCUS ON RESTORATION WITH THE HALT GRANT. RECENTLY WE HAVE LAUNCHED A PRAIRIE LAND RESTORATION PROJECT ADJACENT TO KCA. THIS PROVIDES ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION EXPERIENCE FOR OUR STUDENTS. IT HELPS PRESERVE RARE NATIVE PRAIRIE ECOSYSTEMS. SO IF YOU DON'T KNOW, PRAIRIE GRASSES HAVE BEEN GOING EXTINCT IN OUR COUNTRY AND THERE'S VERY LITTLE OF IT LEFT. BUT THERE IS A PATCH [01:25:01] OF PRAIRIE GRASS RIGHT NEXT TO OUR KCA BUILDING AND THE STUDENTS AND ONE OF THE TEACHERS SPECIFICALLY AT KC HAS BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY ON HELPING THIS LITTLE PATCH OF LAND GET RESTORED, WHICH IS REALLY QUITE A HANDS-ON AND QUITE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR KIDS. IT DEMONSTRATES LAND STEWARDSHIP AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE IN ACTION AND FITS INTO WHAT PATTY HOUCK ORIGINALLY WANTED FOR KIDS. SO LET ME, OKAY, SO THERE'S SOME OUTCOMES THAT, OVERALL OUTCOMES I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO SHARE AND SUMMARIZE. WE HAVE HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION PROGRAMS BECAUSE OF THE, THAT WOULDN'T OTHERWISE BE POSSIBLE. WE HAVE ROBUST EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES IN GREENHOUSE MANAGEMENT, PLANT SCIENCE, AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION. WE ALSO HAVE INCREASED STUDENT ENGAGEMENT THROUGH HANDS-ON EDUCATION. WORKFORCE READINESS BY THE PAID INTERNSHIPS, IMPROVED FACILITIES THAT SUPPORT LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY, AND PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION OF LOCAL ECOSYSTEMS FROM THE HALT GRANT. AND LAST WORD IS JUST STABILITY. WE DO HAVE A LEVY FAILURE. WE'RE IN A TRIPLE LEVY FAILURE. AND THE GRANT DOES HELP US HAVE SOME STABILITY WITH OUR PROGRAMS. WE HAVE THE GREENHOUSES RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE THESE GREAT THINGS THAT HALC HAS PROVIDED. IT'S A SHAME WE HAVE A LEVY THAT ISN'T MATCHING THIS GREAT GRANT. BUT WITH REDUCED FUNDING, THE HALC GRANT IS MORE ESSENTIAL THAN EVER IN ASSISTING US IN MAINTAINING HIGH QUALITY PROGRAMS, AT LEAST IN THIS AREA. SO DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? WHEN DID PATTY PASS? I AM NOT SURE OF HIS DEATH. I KNOW THAT HE DID A LOT OF WORK IN THE LATE 1800S. SO IT WAS MANY, MANY YEARS AGO. SO IT WOULD HAVE BEEN RIGHT AT THE 1910 OR SOMEPLACE IN THERE. PROBABLY. WOW. AND HE WAS NOT A RESIDENT OF BATTLEGROUND? HE WAS A RESIDENT OF VANCOUVER? WELL, HE WORKED IN VANCOUVER. IT JUST SAID IN MY READING HE WAS A RESIDENT OF THE AREA. DOES HE STILL HAVE FAMILY IN THE AREA? I'M NOT AWARE OF. THAT'S A FASCINATING STORY. WHAT A STORY. HOW MUCH IS THE GRANT TOTAL? SO IT'S ABOUT $97,000 I THINK THIS YEAR, AND USUALLY IT RUNS BETWEEN $95,000 TO $97,000. AND SO I THINK THAT THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT WAS $27,000. AND THEN THEY DID PUT SOME, I THINK, LIKE A HOME WITHIN THAT, BUT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION HAS JUST DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB WITH THE INVESTMENT OF THAT ORIGINAL MONEY. IS THERE ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY EARMARKED FOR THIS DONATION? FOR NEXT YEAR? YEAH. WE WILL PROBABLY STILL TRY TO DO SOME WORK WITH STUDENT WORKERS AND THE PRAIRIE RESTORATION PROJECT. WE WILL STILL TRY TO HELP FUND OUR GREENHOUSES AND WE MAY USE A LITTLE BIT OF THE MONEY TO KIND OF HELP WITH THE GREENHOUSES MORE THAN USUAL BECAUSE WE WON'T HAVE THE MANY FUNDS TO HELP WITH THAT SO OUR PLANT SALES NEXT YEAR MAY NOT BE QUITE AS ROBUST, BUT THEY SHOULD STILL BE THERE PARTLY IN LARGE PART BECAUSE OF THE GRANT CAN THE GRANT BE USED AT ALL TO SUPPORT THE SENIORS OF THE CASEY PROJECT PROBABLY IT'S FINE ENOUGH, SO IT WILL BE HELPING TO SUPPORT CASEY IN MANY WAYS THE SENIOR CLASS IS JUST ANOTHER CONVERSATION THAT I WOULD HAVE TO TALK WITH MY SUPERINTENDENTS A LITTLE MORE DEEPLY ABOUT, OF COURSE. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, AND WE'LL GET INTO THIS LATER IN THE AGENDA, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS TO REMEMBER ABOUT MANY OF THE REDUCTIONS ON THE LIST IS THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN THE PROCESS. AND SO WHILE WE MAY BE IDENTIFYING AND WE FELT IT IMPORTANT TO GIVE STAFF HEADS UP ABOUT POTENTIAL CUTS, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, THAT ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE FINAL IT'S JUST THE STATUTORY DEADLINE TO LET STAFF KNOW IS MAY 15TH AND WE DON'T ADOPT A BUDGET UNTIL AUGUST 31ST AND OR IN AUGUST AND SO THERE'S A LOT THAT HAPPENS BETWEEN THOSE TWO TIME FRAMES AND SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO NOTIFY PEOPLE THAT THEY MAY NOT BE BACK AND THEN THEY ARE SO IT THINGS ARE FLUID AT THIS TIME UNFORTUNATELY SO I THINK THAT'S ONE OF OF THE THINGS AS CINDY GETS A HANDLE ON HER BUDGET AND HOW IT'S INTERPLAYING WITH LOSS OF [01:30:01] LEVY DOLLARS BECAUSE CTE STUDENTS ARE BASIC ED STUDENTS FIRST SHE'LL HAVE MORE ANSWERS TO WHAT CAN CAN BE FUNDED IN CTE AND SO THAT WILL HAPPEN AT A LATER DATE YEAH THANK YOU VERY MUCH WELL I MOVED TO THE DONATION FROM THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION PATRICK YOU ENDOWMENT THANK YOU STUDENT VOICE PREP ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE AYE OPPOSED 50 SECOND ITEM IS APPROVAL OF GLENWOOD LAUREN CAMPUS ACCESS EASEMENT AM I SAYING THAT ACCESS RIGHT YEAH OKAY ACCESS THANK YOU KEVIN YOU BET SO YEAH, I BROUGHT MANY OF THESE TO THE BOARD RECENTLY. BASICALLY ANY PROJECT WHERE WE BRING WATER, SEWER, OR ELECTRICITY TO THE PROJECT, ALMOST ALWAYS WE'RE GRANTING AN EASEMENT TO THAT UTILITY TO REPAIR, MAINTAIN, SO THIS IS A PRETTY STANDARD BOILERPLATE. THIS IS FROM A PROJECT FROM 2019-2020 WHERE WE TOOK THE GLENWOOD AND LORNE CAMPUS OFF OF SEPTIC SYSTEM AND WE PUMPED THE RF FLUIDS. 08,100 FEET. WE HAD MANY, MANY EASEMENTS AND BILL OF SALES ON THAT PROJECT SINCE WE HAD TO RUN 8,100 FEET. AND RECENTLY THE CLARK REGIONAL WASTE REACHED OUT TO ME. WE HAVE ONE FINAL ONE TO CLOSE THE LOOP, AND THAT'S FOR THIS SMALL AREA THAT'S OUT IN FRONT OF THE CAMPUS WHERE YOU SEE THE FENCE IN FRONT OF LAUREN. THAT'S WHERE OUR PUMP STATION IS LOCATED. PUSHES THAT ARE AFFLUENT 8100 FEET THIS EASEMENT ALLOWS ACCESS TO CLARK REGIONAL WASTEWATER TO SERVICE MAINTAIN REPAIR THAT PUMP STATION AND ANY PIPES ON THAT LOCATION AGAIN VERY STANDARD BOILERPLATE FOR MAINTENANCE BY THE UTILITY ANY QUESTIONS I WAS THERE WHEN THAT STARTED, OKAY. I REMEMBER STORIES OF THE FIELD THERE HAVING TO DO WITH SEPTIC. WAS IT A LEACH FIELD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? WE COULDN'T DO STUFF WITH THAT FIELD BY THE PARKING LOT, THAT AREA THERE, YOU KNOW. IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THAT COULD BE TURNED INTO PARKING? YES, THAT HAS BEEN ABANDONED AS WELL AS ALL. WE GAINED ALMOST THREE ACRES OF PROPERTY WHEN WE DID THAT. AND I HAVE CERTAINLY LOOKED AT THAT. PARKING YES ANYTHING OKAY MOTION ENTERTAIN A MOTION SOMEBODY I MOVE TO APPROVE THE GLENWOOD LAUREN CAMPUS ACCESS EASTMAN AS PRESENTED STUDENT VOICE PROP ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE AYE OPPOSED 5-0 THANK YOU THANK YOU LAST ITEM IN NEW BUSINESS IS THE APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION C 26 REDUCED EDUCATION WELL IT'S EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM REDUCTION IN FORCE MICHELLE REINHARDT UM WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO DO A LITTLE TAG TEAMING TONIGHT I KNOW IT SAYS MICHELLE I'M GOING TO START OUT THEN I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO LINNELL AND THEN SHE'S GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO MICHELLE AND THANK YOU LOOK WE'RE JUST GOING TO DO A LITTLE PIECES PLEASE EACH OF US SO AS YOU KNOW WE'VE BEEN WORKING HARD I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF THAT I WORK WITH THEY'VE BEEN PUTTING IN A LOT OF HOURS TO TRY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE MADE THE BEST POSSIBLE DECISIONS ALL OF THIS WORK AS YOU KNOW STARTED IN FEBRUARY AND I APPRECIATE A COMMENT EARLIER TONIGHT ABOUT TRYING TO GET THIS INFORMATION OUT IN FRONT OF A LEVY I WILL TELL YOU ONE OF THE STRUGGLES THAT WE HAVE WITH THAT AND I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THAT COMMENT IF IT WERE A SITUATION WHERE WE HAD AVAILABLE TIME OF STAFF TO DO THAT WORK. WE REALLY HAVE BEEN DONATING AT LEAST 50 TO 60 PERCENT OF OUR TIME SINCE THAT TIME EITHER GATHERING INFORMATION THROUGH OUR LISTENING SESSIONS AND OUR BALANCING ACT AND ALL OF THE WORK TO GATHER INFORMATION OR WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TO IDENTIFY BASED ON THE INPUT THAT WE RECEIVED WHAT THINGS NEEDED TO BE REDUCED WHILE REMAINING COMPLIANT AND ON TOP OF THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE AS A DISTRICT SO I CAN TELL YOU THAT [01:35:01] IT IS EXTREMELY TIME-CONSUMING AND THE PROCESS WHILE I THINK WAS A GOOD PROCESS IS DIFFICULT ALL THE WAY AROUND IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT FOR OUR STAFF IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT FOR OUR STUDENTS IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT FOR OUR COMMUNITY SO AS YOU KNOW WE ARE AGAIN FACED WITH BUDGET REDUCTIONS LAST YEAR WE WERE IN FRONT OF THE BOARD TO DISCUSS 20 MILLION WE WERE ABLE TO RETURN SOME OF THAT THOSE THINGS THAT WE ORIGINALLY DID BECAUSE OF THE LEGISLATIVE ACTION AND DIPPING INTO OUR FUND BALANCE BUT AS YOU KNOW THE REDUCTION OF STAFF IS ONE STEP IN THE BUDGET PROCESS AND IT IS THE FIRST ACTION THAT WE ASK YOU TO TAKE IN THE BUDGET PROCESS WHEN WE KNOW THAT WE ARE REDUCED BY A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT SO THIS YEAR WE HAVE A 20 MILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT DUE TO THE TRIPLE LEVY FAILURE AND IN KEEPING IN MIND TO THAT WE HAVEN'T FAILED THOUGH I KNOW THAT IT FEELS LIKE BATTLEGROUND IS ALWAYS FAILING LEVIES BUT 1993 1998 06 AND NOW 2026 ARE THE LAST AT LEAST IN MY TIME HERE IN THE DISTRICT THOSE ARE THE TIMES THAT WE'VE BEEN WITHOUT A LEVY AND EVERY TIME THAT HAS HAPPENED THERE'S BEEN A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE PROGRAMMING AND THE STAFFING AND THIS TOO WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT CHANGES BECAUSE 85% OF OUR BUDGET IS STAFFING THIS IS THIS IS A BIG DEAL THIS IS MAKING UP A HUGE PORTION OF THE REDUCTIONS THAT WE WILL ASK YOU TO CONSIDER TO GET TO A BALANCED BUDGET SO AS YOU KNOW NINETY-SEVEN PERCENT OF THE DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON HAVE A LEVY AND WE ARE ONE THAT DOES NOT THERE'S A HANDFUL THAT ACTUALLY DON'T RUN THEM AND WHEN I SAY A HANDFUL I REALLY DO MEAN THAT THEY'RE USUALLY THEY'RE SMALL RURAL DISTRICTS OR THEY'RE THEY RECEIVE TIMBER MONEY OR THEY ARE PART OF A SOVEREIGN NATION OR THEY'RE WITHIN A SOVEREIGN NATION SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF FUNDING SOURCES THAT THEY RECEIVE SO THE AND IN... IMPACT ON BASIC EDUCATION WILL HAVE LASTING IMPACTS FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY AROUND CAREER READINESS AND THE ABILITY FOR OUR STUDENTS TO ENTER AND BE A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY OVER A TWO-YEAR PERIOD THESE REDUCTIONS EQUAL 268 POINT THREE POSITIONS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE HERE THAT THAT IS A TWO-YEAR REDUCTION AND A 16% REDUCTION AND YOU CAN SEE THE INDIVIDUAL AREAS THIS YEAR THOSE NUMBERS ARE FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS 18% FOR BUILDING ADMINISTRATORS 15% FOR CLASSIFIED AND SUPPORT STAFF 9% ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT STAFF 8% AND CERTIFICATED TEACHING STAFF 8% SO ACROSS THE BOARD THOSE ARE PRETTY SIGNIFICANT OBVIOUSLY THOSE ARE BASED ON THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS THAT ACTUALLY ARE EMPLOYED IN EACH ONE OF THOSE AREAS BUT YOU CAN SEE THE PERCENTAGES THERE. WE HAVE, WE ARE VERY UNIQUE I WILL SAY. DISTRICTS AROUND US THEY HAVE FULL LEVIES AND MANY OF THEM ARE HAVING TO MAKE REDUCTIONS THEIR REDUCTIONS ARE NOT BASED ON LACK OF LEVY FUNDS SO IF WE HAD LEVY FUNDS WE WOULDN'T BE HERE THIS EVENING DISCUSSING THIS OUR ISSUE IS THAT AND WE HAVE DONE A NICE JOB WITH OUR FUND BALANCE WHILE WE DIPPED INTO IT LAST YEAR WE REMAIN HEALTHY WE'RE NOT IN A SITUATION WHERE WE'RE MAKING CUTS TO REBUILD OUR FUND BALANCE SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS ARE HAVING TO DO THAT THEIR REDUCTIONS ARE RELATED TO THE FACT THAT THEY'VE HAD DECLINING ENROLLMENT AND THEY HAVE TOO LOW OF A FUND BALANCE THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT LEVEL OF CASH FLOW THAT'S NOT US OURS IS ALL LEVY RELATED THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO JUST TAKE A MINUTE AND PAINT THE PICTURE BECAUSE I WANTED YOU TO KNOW HOW OUR DECISIONS WERE MADE I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE BOARD TO KNOW FOR OUR COMMUNITIES AND STAFF TO KNOW HOW WE MADE SOME OF THESE DECISIONS CERTAINLY EVEN STUDENT INPUT HAD A PIECE IN THE PUZZLE AND WE DEFINITELY HEARD ABOUT STUDENT SAFETY AND WELL-BEING AND THOSE THINGS WERE ALSO CONSIDERED AND IT WAS THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT WE HEARD IN THE BALANCING ACT THOUGHT EXCHANGE THROUGH THE LISTENING SESSIONS AND EVEN THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETINGS THE THEMES THAT WERE GATHERED THESE ARE ALL REALLY IMPORTANT THINGS THAT POSITIONS [01:40:01] AND PROGRAMS REMAIN FOCUSED ON STUDENT SAFETY AND WELL-BEING WE'VE HEARD THAT TONIGHT CORE ACADEMIC INSTRUCTION BE MAINTAINED SUPPORT FOR VULNERABLE STUDENTS THAT STUDENT ENGAGEMENT BE CONSIDERED AND THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS REMAIN AS PREPARED FOR COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS AS POSSIBLE AND SO THOSE ARE CLEARLY OUR COMMUNITY'S PRIORITIES AND THAT'S CERTAINLY WHAT WE HAVE TRIED TO DO THE OTHER OVERARCHING PIECE THAT WE HEARD THROUGH THAT FEEDBACK IS THAT RATHER THAN SEEING THE DELETION OF WHOLE PROGRAMS WHEREVER POSSIBLE THE GOAL WOULD BE TO REDUCE THE PROGRAM RATHER THAN TO ELIMINATE A PROGRAM AND SO WE TRIED TO DO THAT IN AS MANY PLACES AS WE COULD WITHOUT JUST HAVING A CHOPPED UP PROGRAM THAT REALLY COULDN'T PROVIDE THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT. OBVIOUSLY, WE ALSO HAD TO KEEP ON THE FILTER OF COMPLIANCE AND LEGAL REQUIREMENTS BECAUSE IF WE DON'T STAY COMPLIANT, ONE, WE'RE INCREASING OUR LIABILITY AND THEREFORE OPENING OURSELVES UP TO LITIGATION, WHICH WOULDN'T BE GOOD, AND THEN ALSO ON THE COMPLIANCE END, IF WE'RE NOT COMPLIANT FOR BASIC ED COMPLIANCE OR OTHER COMPLIANCE PIECES. WE COULD LOSE ADDITIONAL FUNDING SO A LOT TO CONSIDER AS WE'RE MAKING THESE DECISIONS AND BUT THOSE THINGS WERE KEPT AT THE FOREFRONT OF OUR OUR THINKING THE OTHER THING I THINK THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR MONTHS AND THREADING IT THROUGH EVERYTHING THAT WE DO IS THE STATE FUNDING LIMITATIONS THAT WE HAVE NOW MOST OF THE FUNDING THAT WE ARE RECEIVING FOR US TO SURVIVE OVER THIS NEXT YEAR IS STATE FUNDING. WE GET A LITTLE BIT OF FEDERAL DOLLARS, BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PERCENT. WE GET EVEN MINUSCULE IN COMPARISON IN DONATIONS AND OTHER THINGS, LIKE CINDY JUST HAD FOR US TO APPROVE TONIGHT. BUT MOST OF OUR FUNDING NOW IS STRAIGHT FROM THE STATE. AND WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE STATE. THAT THEY ARE OUR PRIMARY FUNDING SOURCE AND IT'S NOT SUFFICIENT TO MAINTAIN THE PROGRAMS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE THERE'S NO WAY WE KNOW THAT WE'VE GOTTEN USED TO A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF FUNDING AND A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF PROGRAMMING IN OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR COMMUNITY HAS COME TO EXPECT THAT LEVEL OF PROGRAMMING FROM US BUT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE IT WITHOUT THOSE ADDITIONAL FUNDS ONE OF THE STRUGGLES THAT WE HAVE IS THAT PROTOTYPICAL FUNDING MODEL YOU'VE HEARD THAT TERM I KNOW OUR COMMUNITIES HEARD THAT US SAY THAT TERM OF PROTOCOL PROTOTYPICAL BUT TO GIVE YOU A SENSE ONE OF THE PIECES THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE PRIORITIZATION IS WHEN WE GET OUR FUNDING FOR NEXT YEAR FOR SECURITY FOR INSTANCE WE ARE FUNDED FOR TWO SECURITY GUARDS FOR THE ENTIRE DISTRICT OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO KEEP MORE THAN THAT BECAUSE THAT'S LUDICROUS BUT THAT MEANS THAT IN THAT BUCKET OF SAFETY AND SECURITY AND WELL-BEING FOR STUDENTS, WE'RE MAINTAINING SECURITY GUARDS AND WE'RE HAVING TO GIVE UP SOMETHING. SUCH AS SEL PARIS. SO WE'RE HAVING TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT ONE PART OF THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE OVER THE OTHER AND SO UNFORTUNATELY IN THIS CASE THAT IS MORE OF A REACTIVE RESPONSE. OUR SECURITY DOES DO PROACTIVE WORK TOO BUT I WOULD SAY OUR SEL ROOMS DO A SIGNIFICANTLY MORE PREVENTATIVE WORK THAN OUR SECURITY GUARDS. SEE HOW THOSE TRADE-OFFS EXIST THE OTHER THING IS AS WAY OF AN EXAMPLE WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT TONIGHT ABOUT EXTRACURRICULAR AND ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAVE FOR STUDENTS MISS MENDOZA EARLIER THIS EVENING TALKED ABOUT FUNDRAISING THAT SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY IS DOING AND THE PRAIRIE AUCTION THAT MOST OF YOU ATTENDED THERE IS NO FUNDING COMING FROM THE STATE FOR EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES OR ATHLETIC FUNDING. SO AGAIN... THERE'S AN AREA THAT WE HEARD FROM OUR COMMUNITY THAT THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO HAVE THINGS THAT KEEP OUR STUDENTS ENGAGED AND YET THERE'S ZERO FUNDING COMING FOR THAT SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE MADE A LOT OF VERY DIFFICULT DECISIONS BASED ON WHAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT BUT WE'RE TRYING TO DO PIECES OF OF THE PROGRAM THAT WILL MAINTAIN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE FOR OUR STUDENTS AND THE OTHER THING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER THIS EVENING, AND I THINK WE TALK [01:45:01] ABOUT EVERY BOARD MEETING, IS THE UNFUNDED OR UNDERFUNDED MANDATES THAT WE HAVE. SOME OF THOSE THINGS WE DO NOT HAVE A CHOICE TO DO. IF WE DON'T DO THOSE MANDATES, THAT BECOMES A COMPLIANCE ISSUE. IF WE ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE, THEN WE COULD POSSIBLY LOSE MORE STATE FUNDING. AND SO WE CONTINUE TO DO THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. THINGS OUR TRANSPORTATION BENEFITS FOR OUR CONTRACTED WORKERS IS THE PERFECT EXAMPLE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BUDGET A MILLION EXTRA DOLLARS TO MAKE OR TWO MILLION EXTRA DOLLARS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT COVERED WE'RE GETTING INDICATION THAT IF THERE'S MONEY LEFT OVER IN THE STATE COFFERS THAT WE MAY GET THAT BACK BUT LIKE LIKE SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING WITH SAFETY NET WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL AFTER THE SCHOOL YEAR SO AGAIN, THERE'S $2 MILLION THAT WE HAVE TO DIP INTO OUR PLANS, OUR BUDGET PLANS, FOR NEXT YEAR THAT WE WOULD OTHERWISE NOT HAVE TO DO. SO THAT CERTAINLY IS A PIECE THAT'S IMPACTING US. THE OTHER THING THAT, OF COURSE, IS IMPACTING US IS RISING COSTS. OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, OUR OPERATING COSTS, THEY CALL IT OUR MSOCS, BUT OUR OPERATING COSTS, THEY HAVE GONE UP 8.8%. AND THE AMOUNT THAT THE STATE HAS GIVEN US IN ORDER TO MEET THOSE NEEDS IS NOT IS COMPLETELY OUTPACED SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THOSE CHALLENGES WHEN YOU'RE ONLY TAKING IN STATE FUNDS IS THAT IT IS NOT LONG-TERM SUSTAINABLE AS A DISTRICT AND WE'LL JUST CONTINUE TO DO THE BEST WE CAN WITH THE FUNDS WE HAVE AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE VERY BEST PROGRAM WE CAN FOR OUR STUDENTS LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE DID I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT WE HAVE A UNIQUE CHALLENGE I THINK THAT'S WORTH MENTIONING I'VE MENTIONED THIS A FEW TIMES IN SOME OF THE LEVY PRESENTATIONS BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEAR IS THAT TRUST WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT CAN BE PROBLEMATIC FOR US AND WHILE I AGREE AND DISAGREE ALL IN ONE, I THINK WE DO A LOT TO TRY AND BUILD TRUST, BUT I THINK IT IS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT IN OUR DISTRICT, MORE SO THAN OTHER DISTRICTS. AND THERE'S ONE PARTICULAR REASON WHY I THINK IT IS MUCH MORE DIFFICULT THAN MOST DISTRICTS. MOST DISTRICTS ARE INSIDE ONE CITY LIMIT AND ONE COUNTY. OUR DISTRICT IS MADE UP OF A VERY LARGE NUMBER OF VERY UNIQUE COMMUNITIES. PART OF OUR DISTRICT IS IN VANCOUVER CITY LIMITS. SOME OF OUR DISTRICT IS IN BRUSH PRAIRIE. SOME IS IN BATTLEGROUND. SOME IS IN YAKULT. SOME IS IN AMBOY. AMANDA AND I WENT TO A NUMBER OF NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, AND I CAN TELL YOU MOUNT VISTA AREA, THEIR NEEDS AND WANTS ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN THE STATE. CHILACHI PRAIRIE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. SO I THINK WHAT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR BATTLEGROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS THAT WE HAVE MANY... MANY COMMUNITIES. AND SO WHEN WE SAY THE WORDS, OUR COMMUNITY, I THINK IT IS REALLY DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR COMMUNITY REALLY IS, BECAUSE I DO NOT THINK IT IS A UNIFIED THING. I THINK IT'S MANY DIFFERENT THINGS. AND SO I THINK THAT THAT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO DEVELOP TRUST IN THE SAME WAY FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE COMMUNITIES, BECAUSE THEY WANT DIFFERENT THINGS. AND SO I THINK THAT THAT'S A CHALLENGE. THIS LAST YEAR, WHEN WE PULLED BACK AND WE ADDED ADDITIONAL STAFF, WE WERE AT A TOTAL NUMBER OF STAFF LOST OF 131 STAFF MEMBERS. THIS YEAR, YOU WILL SEE ON THE RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION FOR CUTTING 137.2 STAFF MEMBERS OR POSITIONS. WHAT I WANT TO JUST... SAY CLEARLY IS THAT IT THOSE ARE PEOPLE THOSE ARE INDIVIDUALS THOSE ARE INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WILL BE WITHOUT EMPLOYMENT THOSE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE IN OUR BUILDING MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOR KIDS WELL THIS IS A NECESSARY STEP THERE'S A DIFFICULT STEP SORRY BOARD I [01:50:07] APPRECIATE THE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE BEEN A PART OF. OUR DISTRICT CARES DEEPLY FOR ITS STAFF, FOR ITS STUDENTS, AND OUR COMMUNITY. WE ARE PARTNERING WITH AS MANY PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY AS POSSIBLE TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS, BUT ALL OF THIS IS NOT PERFECT. WE HAVE WORKED WITH OUR LABOR PARTNERS. WE APPRECIATE OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH BGA, PSE. I'M MEETING TOGETHER ON A REGULAR BASIS WITH OUR PRINCIPALS ASSOCIATION AND THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT OUR EMPLOYEE GROUPS HAVE DONE TO TRY AND MAKE THIS BUDGET WORK AND TO MITIGATE THE IMPACTS TO OUR STUDENTS AND I JUST WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THAT WE ARE ALSO LOOKING FOR WAYS TO DO ATTRITION AND RETIREMENT STIPENDS SO THAT WE CAN BRING BACK LOWER COST STAFF. WE APPRECIATE THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE CONSIDERING THOSE KINDS OF MOVEMENTS FOR OTHER STAFF MEMBERS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THAT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE AGAIN IN OUR COMMUNITY. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT OUR GOAL IS TO CONTINUE TO REMAIN FOCUSED ON SERVING OUR STUDENTS IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE AND TO... MAKE SURE THAT THE ENVIRONMENT NEXT YEAR IS SUPPORTIVE FOR THEIR LEARNING. SO WE DO NOT MAKE THESE REDUCTIONS LIGHTLY, AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE WORK THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE DONE TO ASK GREAT QUESTIONS, KEEP US FOCUSED, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE BEST POSSIBLE INFORMATION MOVING FORWARD. SO I AM GOING TO... ASK IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO LINNELL. SHE WILL READ THE RESOLUTION, AND THEN MICHELLE WILL ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT THE POSITIONS THAT ARE BEING DISCUSSED. ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I HAVE A COMMENT. WE'VE ALL BEEN TRYING TO STAY INFORMED OF THIS PROCESS, AND THERE'S NOT ANY OF US HERE. WHO AREN'T AFFECTED BY THE PROCESS. RIGHT. WE APPRECIATE THE SENSITIVITY THAT YOU'VE HAD. EVEN THE PEOPLE WHO... WE ARE TALKING PEOPLE. IT'S NOT JUST A REDUCTION IN BUDGET. IT'S PEOPLE. SO I APPRECIATE THE SENSITIVITY THAT YOU'VE HAD TOWARDS THEM AND AS MUCH COMMUNICATION AS HAS BEEN COMING AS SOON AS IT HAS. I KNOW IT'S NOT PERFECT FOR EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. BUT IT'S A DIFFICULT PROCESS AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU AND I APPRECIATE YOU PUTTING THE VALUE ON YOUR PEOPLE. ALRIGHT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO LYNELLE. GOOD EVENING BOARD. I JUST WANT TO ALSO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY. I AM ALSO A PROUD PRODUCT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION AND I'M A MOTHER OF A FIRST GRADER IN OUR DISTRICT. I WANT TO THANK THE EMPLOYEES THAT TOOK THEIR TIME. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE AND THAT ARE WATCHING AND I WANT TO THANK THE COURAGE OF THE BOARD AND I WANT TO THANK MY PARTNER OVER HERE FOR MODELING COURAGE AND WHAT IT IS TO LEAD WITH GRACE UNDER PRESSURE. AND SO I COME HUMBLY BEFORE YOU TO READ THIS RESOLUTION. AND I ALSO WANT TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO THANK ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT HAVE COME OUT DURING THIS TIME OF CRISIS. BECAUSE I TRULY BELIEVE THAT A CRISIS IS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR NEW THINGS TO ARISE, TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES TO CONTINUE AND ENGAGE IN DIALOGUE TO MAKE THIS A BETTER PLACE FOR OUR STUDENTS. I'M GOING TO READ BEFORE YOU THE BOARD RESOLUTION. IT IS QUITE LENGTHY, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT JUST TO KIND OF GO OVER THE DETAILS. IT SYNTHESIZES WHAT SHELLY HAD MENTIONED. SO THIS IS RESOLUTION. C-26, WHEREAS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF BATTLEGROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS, CLARK COUNTY, WASHINGTON, FACES FINANCIAL INSTABILITY FOLLOWING LOSS OF AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND OPERATIONS EP&O LEVY, DECREASED STATE FUNDING FOR THE 26-27 SCHOOL YEAR AND ENROLLMENT FLUCTUATIONS. BATTLEGROUND PUBLIC SCHOOL, THE DISTRICT RELIES ON EP&O LEVY FUNDING TO SUPPORT EDUCATION PROGRAMS, STAFFING, AND SERVICES BEYOND THOSE FUNDED BY THE STATE. AND THE LEVY FAILURE AND DECREASED STATE FUNDING CREATE [01:55:02] THE PROSPECT OF INSUFFICIENT FUNDS TO PROVIDE THE SAME EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM THAT THE DISTRICT OFFERS. NOW, THE FINANCIAL NECESSITY EXISTS FOR THE DISTRICT TO REDUCE AND REORGANIZE ITS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FOR THE 26-27 SCHOOL YEAR. THE DISTRICT HAS ENGAGED IN COMMUNICATION WITH STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING THE BOARD, STAFF, FAMILIES. THE COMMUNITY, THROUGH THE BALANCING ACT TOOL, THOUGHT EXCHANGE, LISTENING SESSIONS, AND HAS PROVIDED OPPORTUNITIES TO COLLECT INPUT AND FEEDBACK REGARDING BUDGET REDUCTIONS AND PROGRAM IMPACTS. THE SUPERINTENDENT, ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, HAS NOTIFIED EMPLOYEE ASSOCIATIONS WITH INFORMATION REGARDING THE DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL CONDITIONS AND THE NEEDING FOR STAFF REDUCTIONS CONSISTENT WITH APPLICABLE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS AND LAWS. AND THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS RECOMMENDED A REDUCED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM AND REDUCTION IN FORCE FOR THE 26-27 SCHOOL YEAR. THE ADOPTION OF A REDUCED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM AND REDUCTION IN FORCE ESTABLISHES PARAMETERS FOR THE PROGRAM AND STAFFING CHANGES NECESSARY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE 26-27 DISTRICT OPERATING BUDGET TO BE BROUGHT TO THE BOARD FOR A PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPTION AT A SUBSEQUENT MEETING. NOW THEREFORE IT BE RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR BATTLEGROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS, NUMBER 119, THAT THE BOARD HERE FINDS THAT THE FINANCIAL SITUATION OF THE DISTRICT NECESSITATES THE IMPLEMENTATION AND THE REDUCED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM REDUCTION FORCE RECOMMENDED. THE BOARD DIRECTS THE SUPERINTENDENT TO LAY OFF, REDUCE, REASSIGN, AND OR TRANSFER CERTIFICATED AND CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES FOR THE 26-27 SCHOOL YEAR. AS REFLECTED IN EXHIBIT 1, A COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED, THE BOARD DIRECTS THE SUPERINTENDENT TO GIVE APPROPRIATE AND TIMELY NOTICES OF NON-RENEWAL TO CERTIFICATED AND CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES AND TO FOLLOW ALL OTHER REQUIREMENTS OF WASHINGTON LAW, SCHOOL DISTRICT POLICIES, AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN BATTLEGROUND EDUCATION ASSOCIATION AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES OF BATTLEGROUND. TO IMPLEMENT SAID PROGRAM, THE BOARD RETAINS DISCRETION IN THE EVENT OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING IN EXCESS OF CONCURRENT PROJECTIONS BECOMES AVAILABLE TO REVIEW AND ADJUST THE REDUCED EDUCATION PROGRAM, REDUCTION IN FORCE AND STAFFING DECISIONS, AND THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE DISTRICT'S EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM. WITH THAT READING OF THE RESOLUTION BOARD, I'M GOING TO PASS IT TO OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES TO GO OVER EXHIBIT. TALK IN DETAIL OF THE SPECIFIC REDUCTION THANK YOU OKAY THANK YOU SO AS CLEARLY OUTLINED BATTLEGROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS FACING SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL INSTABILITY DUE TO THIS THE LOSS OF LOCAL LEVY FUNDING IN RESPONSE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION HAS UNDERTAKEN A VERY COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF OPERATING COSTS AND STAFFING WE'VE IDENTIFIED MULTIPLE CERTIFICATED ADMINISTRATIVE AND CLASSIFIED POSITIONS. AS WELL AS REVIEWED PROGRAMS. I'D LIKE TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO EXHIBIT 1. THE DISTRICT IS PROPOSING A REDUCTION OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM, REDUCTION IN FORCE, SO RESOLUTION C26. SO IF YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. AND SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS JUST BE ABLE TO KIND OF SUMMARIZE EACH IN THE IMPACT UNDER EACH OF THOSE THOSE HEADINGS. TAKE A LOOK HERE AT THE FIRST ONE, SO ADMINISTRATIVE CENTRAL OFFICE-BASED STAFF. ESSENTIALLY, THIS IS IDENTIFYING POSITIONS OR POSITION REDUCTION AND POSITIONS THAT WILL INVOLVE SOME LEVEL OF RESTRUCTURING OF RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS IN ORDER TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE. YOU'VE HEARD QUITE A BIT OF THAT THIS EVENING. A LOT THAT WE DO NEED TO REVIEW AND ASSIGN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STILL ARE IN COMPLIANCE, AS WELL AS SUPPORT OUR BUILDINGS, OUR STAFF, OUR ADMINISTRATORS, AND OUR STUDENTS. AND SO THINGS LIKE BEING IN BUILDINGS MORE OFTEN. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE IMPACTS THERE OF ADMINISTRATIVE AND CENTRAL OFFICE. THE SECOND AREA IS BUILDING-BASED STAFF. AND SO WITHIN THAT, WE HAVE POSITIONS. HERE ARE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS. WE HAVE RESTRUCTURED HOW WE ARE ASSIGNING ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS [02:00:02] TO CAMPUSES. THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED. ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND ASSIGNED TO SPECIFIC CAMPUSES. ADDITIONALLY, YOU WILL SEE HERE TEACHER REDUCTIONS. SO TEACHER REDUCTIONS AT THE PRIMARY, MIDDLE LEVEL, AND HIGH SCHOOL. AND SO THERE IS AN IMPACT TO CLASS SIZES. SPECIFICALLY AT OUR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES THE POTENTIAL COULD BE FEWER COURSE OFFERINGS ELECTIVES I'D ALSO LIKE WITHIN THIS THIS SECTION HERE BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THE STUDENT SUPPORT SO WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF THAT THIS EVENING ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT THE LOSS OF THE LEVY HAS ON ON STUDENT SUPPORTS WE'VE HEARD OF REGARDING CELL PARAS WE SECURITY WHO ARE BEING CUT, WE HAVE COUNSELORS BEING CUT AS WELL. THAT DOES MEAN A RESHIFTING AGAIN OF PRIORITIES, OF SUPPORTS. AND SO AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE REMOVING 504 RESPONSIBILITIES FROM OUR COUNSELORS TO A DESIGNATED PERSON AT DISTRICT OFFICE. AND THIS WOULD HELP ALLOW COUNSELORS TO BE ABLE TO FOCUS ON THE WORK OF COUNSELORS. ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE LOOKING AT OUR READING AND MULTILINGUAL INTERVENTION PROGRAMS. THESE ARE PROGRAMS THAT WILL NEED TO BE RESTRUCTURED IN ORDER TO OPERATE WITHIN THE ALLOCATION THAT WE RECEIVE, BOTH FROM STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING. SO THAT IS WHERE THAT LIES AT. PREVENTION INTERVENTION SPECIALISTS, THEY ARE MENTIONED UNDER THE BUILDING-BASED STAFF AS WELL. WE ARE MAINTAINING ONE PREVENTION INTERVENTIONIST. FOR THE DISTRICT. THIS DOES PUT US BACK TO OUR PRE-AWARE GRANT DAYS, WHAT OPERATED IN THE PAST WHERE ONE PERSON WAS SUPPORTING THE ENTIRE. THE LIBRARY PROGRAM, WE ARE WORKING WITH A REDUCED NUMBER OF LIBRARY TECHS. LAST YEAR, AS YOU KNOW, WE CUT TEACHER LIBRARIANS. WE ARE WORKING CURRENTLY AT IDENTIFYING HOW THE MAIN LIBRARY RESPONSIBILITIES ARE CARRIED OUT AT EACH CAMPUS AND SO WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THE MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES OF WHAT DOES BOOK CHECKOUT LOOK LIKE, WHAT DOES DOING INVENTORY LOOK LIKE, WHAT DOES MATERIAL AND TEXTBOOK DISTRIBUTION LOOK LIKE. SO THOSE WILL BE THE THIRD AREA CLASSIFIED DISTRICT-WIDE POSITIONS. SO THESE ARE POSITIONS THAT IMPACT EVERY BUILDING, EVERY STUDENT, SO THIS WOULD BE CUSTODIAL, MAINTENANCE, WAREHOUSE, GROUND TECHNOLOGY. ANOTHER PIECE TO THIS, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT POSITIONS. THERE'S ALSO BEEN A REDUCTION IN HOURS, AND THAT HAS COME THROUGH THE FORM OF CALENDAR REDUCTIONS, AND SO WE DO HAVE VARIOUS CLASSIFIED STAFF. ADD SUPPORT AND SOME DISTRICT SUPERVISORS WHOSE CALENDARS WILL BE REDUCED FROM 12 TO 11 MONTHS IN SOME CASES 12 TO. LASTLY EACH AT SHELLEY SPOKEN TO THIS ALREADY BUT EACH OF OUR EMPLOYEE GROUPS THEY HAVE AGREED TO TAKE TWO FURLOUGH DAYS OR TWO UNPAID WORK DAYS PSE HAS AGREED TO AN ADDITIONAL 3.5 DAYS TO HELP OFFSET THE IMPACT OF REDUCED CALENDARS AS WELL AS CERTAIN POSITIONS TO THEIR PARTICULAR GROUP AS SHELLY MENTIONED WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF HOW OUR ASSOCIATIONS HAVE COME TO THE TABLE TO HELP PROBLEM-SOLVE AND SUPPORT THESE DECISIONS. WE RECOGNIZE THAT THESE REDUCTIONS ALONG WITH THE ADDITIONAL PROGRAM CHANGES WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON STAFFING, ON SERVICES, ON OVERALL DISTRICT OPERATIONS AND I BRING THIS TO YOU. I DON'T BRING THIS VERY THIS LIGHTLY. THIS IS A PROPOSAL THAT IS THAT IS HEAVY AND IT DOES IT WILL IMPACT. MANY OF US AND WE WILL SURVIVE WE WILL WORK THROUGH IT IT IS NECESSARY THOUGH IN ORDER TO PREPARE A BALANCED BUDGET FOR YOU BOARD OR STUDENT REPS DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR US WHEN CONSIDERING RESOLUTION C26 I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION WELL I DO HAVE A QUESTION HOW [02:05:01] WILL PLC'S BE AFFECTED AT ALL OR WILL THEY BE HOW THE CLASSIFIED THE STAFF PSE THE PLC OH THE PLC'S OH GREAT QUESTION WE WILL STILL HAVE WAIVER DAYS THE WAY IN WHICH WE DO THEM WILL BE A BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE TWO OF THE REDUCED WORK DAYS FOR OUR TEACHERS WILL BE IN STARTUP DAYS SO ONE OF THOSE STARTUP DAYS WE ALWAYS USE TO PREPARE THE FIRST WINDOW OF OUR PLC WORK, AND SO WE WILL NOT START THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. SO THAT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT. IT WILL BE A FEW WEEKS IN. IN FACT, THE NEXT BOARD MEETING THERE WILL BE A CALENDAR FOR YOUR APPROVAL AROUND WAIVER DAYS. AND THEN WE WILL BUILD IN TWO WAIVER DAYS IN THE YEAR, JUST LIKE WE ALWAYS HAVE. AND IN THE PROPOSAL, YOU'LL SEE SOME TWO HALF DAYS DURING THE YEAR THAT WILL HELP US CONTINUE THAT WORK. SO I THINK IT WILL BE MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER FRANKLY FOR US TO HAVE THAT THAT WORK IN THAT WAY BECAUSE WE WON'T HAVE THOSE OPTIONS OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL YEAR AND IT WILL ALSO BE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STAFF WHO WILL BE MUCH TIGHTER, MANY MORE STUDENTS IN CLASSROOMS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, THAT IT WILL BE MORE. IMPORTANT THAN IT ALREADY IS THAT THEY'RE ON THE SAME PAGE TOGETHER WORKING CLOSELY TOGETHER TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS. SO ON EXHIBIT ONE IT ONLY TALKS ABOUT THE POSITIONS THAT ARE BEING REDUCED BUT IT DOES NOT TALK ABOUT THE PROGRAMS THAT WILL BE CHANGED OR ALTERED. SO AFTER THE RESOLUTION IS CONSIDERED I WILL GO INTO SOME OF THAT BUT THE RESOLUTION IS JUST ABOUT THE REDUCTIONS TO STAFF BECAUSE THAT'S THE REQUIRED PROCESS BUT WE WILL GO INTO THAT AFTER THIS STEP WE'LL GO INTO THIS DOCUMENT AND THEN I HAD A IF IF SOME MONEY COMES FLOATING DOWN AND THE TREES BEGIN TO GROW MONEY ARE THERE AREAS THAT WE COULD RECOMMEND THAT THAT I MEAN THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE BE FUNDED OR CHANGED IN SOME MANNER IS THAT AN EMAIL THAT YOU'D LIKE TO RECEIVE I AM ALL I'M ALWAYS HAPPY TO GET INPUT OBVIOUSLY WE'RE JUST GOING TO BE WATCHING REALLY REALLY CLOSELY ENROLLMENT CHANGES BECAUSE WE DO KNOW THAT WHEN YOU LOSE A LEVY AND YOU REDUCE PROGRAMS OFTENTIMES YOU LOSE SOME ENROLLMENT BECAUSE PEOPLE THINK I CAN GET A BETTER PROGRAM SOMEWHERE ELSE BECAUSE SOME OF THE OTHER DISTRICTS AROUND US ARE MAKING CUTS MAYBE THAT WON'T HAPPEN AS MUCH AS WE MIGHT ANTICIPATE I HOPE THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD SAY IS PROBABLY A POSSIBILITY IS AS WE LOOK AND WE GET CLOSER TO OUR FUNDING WE DON'T KNOW WHERE ENDING FUND BALANCE IS GOING TO BE FOR SURE AND SO WHEN WE GET CLOSER TO JULY AND AUGUST THAT COULD CHANGE SOME THINGS SO CERTAINLY WOULD WELCOME ANY FEEDBACK THAT THAT YOU WANT TO GIVE US IN THAT WAY. BUT IT WILL BE A WHILE BEFORE WE CAN MAKE THOSE KIND OF DECISIONS. AND I WOULD APPEAL TO STUDENTS TO STAY IN BATTLEGROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GIVE YOU THE BEST EDUCATION THAT YOU COULD GET ANYWHERE ELSE. SO I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE THEM TO NOT GIVE UP AND NOT LEAVE US. THAT WOULD BE THE HOPE, AND THE COMMUNITY HAS THE POWER IN THAT TO GET THE... WE COULD HAVE JUST AN INFLUX OF NEW STUDENTS, WHICH WOULD BE REALLY, REALLY GREAT AND WONDERFUL. SO TELL YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS TO MOVE TO BATTLEGROUND. BUILD A NEW HOUSE. ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS, COMMENTS, OR QUESTIONS? ANYTHING ELSE? I AM REFLECTING ON A LOT OF THINGS YOU SAID. OKAY? THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. I WAS JUST REFLECTING ON THE COMMUNITY EXPECTING A LEVEL OF PROGRAMMING. OKAY? SO WE'VE COME TO EXPECT A LEVEL OF PROGRAMMING. AND I DON'T THINK IT'S BEEN ANY MORE CLEAR THAT THE STATE, YOU KNOW, IS NOT HOLDING UP THEIR END OF THE DEAL. [02:10:04] SO, I WANT TO ALSO MENTION THAT SOMEONE EARLIER MENTIONED ABOUT WISH THAT PEOPLE COULD SEE THE PROCESS ON THE INSIDE, WISH THEY COULD SEE WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON. I BECAME A PART OF THE BOARD A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AND YOU WERE DENNY'S ASSOCIATE, AND DENNY IS A GOOD MAN. AND HE CAN TAKE UP ALL THE AIR IN A ROOM, OKAY? SO HE'S REALLY A POWERFUL FORCE OF PRESENCE, OKAY? SO I DIDN'T GET TO KNOW YOU VERY WELL IN THOSE TWO YEARS BECAUSE OUR TIME WAS WITH DENNY. AND SO NOW YOU AND I ARE WORKING TOGETHER, AND I'M AMAZED AND IMPRESSED AND THANKFUL AS THE BOARD. CHAIR, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A BIG DEAL, YOU KNOW. AND THAT, I'M LOOKING AT THE NAMES OF MEN HERE THAT HAVE SERVED AHEAD, YOU KNOW. AND SO GETTING TO WORK WITH YOU AND HOLDING UP MY END OF OUR AGREEMENT TO WORK TOGETHER, YOU SEE, IS SOMETHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT ORIGINALLY AND WEIGHS HEAVILY ON ME. AND I REFLECT EVERY DAY ON HOW I HOPE I'M SITTING BY THE PHONE WHEN YOU NEED ME AND I'VE BEEN THERE WHEN YOU'VE NEEDED ME. AND I WISH I BROUGHT MORE TO THE TABLE THAT WAS HELPFUL TO YOU. AND I WISH, LIKEWISE, THAT EVERYBODY WAS ON THE INSIDE SEEING WHAT YOU ARE DOING, BECAUSE THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND. AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT I GET TO THIS POINT WITH ALL OF THIS DOCUMENTATION, AND I HAVE A STRONG CONVICTION THAT YOU ARE WORKING HARD. HARD AND HAVE DUG DEEP TO FIND WAYS TO PULL THIS OFF, YOU SEE, AND I WISH THEY COULD SEE THAT, BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED THERE'S A LEVEL OF TRUST ISSUES. IT'S UNFORTUNATE, AND THAT'S THE TIME WE LIVE IN, AND THERE'S TRUST ISSUES, AND I JUST WISH THEY COULD SEE, AS I HAVE SEEN AND BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH YOU, AND WE'VE ONLY BEEN WORKING TOGETHER IN THIS RELATIONSHIP, AS I SAID, YOU KNOW, TO BRING IT UP, YOU KNOW, VICE PRESIDENT AND CHAIR, YOU KNOW, THEY, YOU KNOW, I WAS A UP. I WAS A JUNIOR MEMBER OF THE BOARD. I DIDN'T GO TO THINGS AND DO THINGS, OKAY? AND NOW I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH YOU FOR FOUR MONTHS, FIVE MONTHS. YEAH. THAT'S IT. SINCE DECEMBER. YEAH. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT VERY MUCH TIME, OKAY? AND BESIDES I WISHING PEOPLE COULD SEE WHAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING ON THE INSIDE, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE. THAT THIS IS YOUR FIRST, YOU'VE BEEN THE SUPERINTENDENT SINCE JUNE. YEAH, JULY 1ST. AND HAD TO DEAL WITH ALL OF THIS. AND THE FIRST THING YOU HAD TO DEAL WITH WAS TRYING TO GET A LEVY PASSED, BECAUSE IT WAS THE FORMER BOARD THAT YOU WERE WORKING WITH TO PUT TOGETHER THAT LEVY. AS YOU SAID, WE COME ALONG AND, YOU KNOW, IN FEBRUARY IT HAD TO GET VOTED ON. OKAY, SO YOU'VE HAD... MY POINT IS, YOU HAVE HAD TO JUMP IN AND DO THIS WITH DENNY'S PREPARATION AND DENNY'S TRAINING, WHICH WAS VERY ADEQUATE AND GOOD. BUT YOU DIDN'T BECOME A SUPERINTENDENT AND HAVE THE BENEFIT OF LEVIES AND MOVING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, AND DOING THE JOB AS WE'VE BEEN DOING IT. YOU WERE THROWN INTO THE MIDDLE OF THIS SITUATION. AND THAT, I'VE SEEN YOU WORK THROUGH THAT IN A WAY THAT MAKES ME VERY PROUD OF YOU, SEE. AND I MENTIONED TO YOU SOMETHING AT WASDA THAT I THOUGHT I SAW IN YOU, THAT I SAW. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER THAT, BUT. BUT I'M PROUD TO BE WORKING WITH YOU AND HELPING THE BEST I CAN. THANK YOU, TERRY. AND I DON'T HAVE, I WOULDN'T HAVE ANY RESERVATION IN DEFENDING WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE, EXCEPT FOR MAYBE MY OWN IGNORANCE, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS TRYING TO EXPLAIN IT. YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE I WOULD HESITATE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I SEE NOTHING BUT THINGS THAT MAKE ME PROUD OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING. I APPRECIATE THAT. I WILL TELL YOU, I... FEEL THE SAME WAY I WISH PEOPLE COULD SEE IT BUT AT THE SAME TIME I APPRECIATE THAT PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO SEE IT SO THEY CAN DO THE IMPORTANT WORK OF WORKING WITH KIDS BECAUSE THAT'S NUMBER ONE AND I WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE STAFF AN INCREDIBLE STAFF WHETHER THEY'RE BUILDING STAFF WHETHER THEY'RE DISTRICT-WIDE STAFF OR WHETHER THAT THE STAFF THAT HELPS ME AND I WOULDN'T BE HERE WITHOUT THEM YEAH YEAH THANK YOU AND YOU SEE THE A LOT OF PEOPLE DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN REGARD TO SUPPORTING OUR [02:15:01] CHILDREN AND OUR KIDS AND GETTING THEIR EDUCATION. WHAT PEOPLE NEED TO REALIZE IS THAT COMMUNITY, NOT US, NOT YOU GUYS SITTING IN SEATS OUT THERE, BUT EVERYONE, THAT NO MATTER WHAT THE STATE DOES, I DON'T THINK LEVIES ARE GOING AWAY. 15% OF THE BUDGET IS ALWAYS... STATE HAS ALWAYS SAID YOU GOT TO FIND 15% AND LEVEES THE WAY TO DO IT AND SO WE REALLY NEED THE COMMUNITY TO STEP UP AND HELP US OUT SO WE'RE NOT HERE AGAIN SO AND I KNOW I PROBABLY VIOLATED A PDC RULE OR SOMETHING BUT THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE AND YES WE NEED TO FIGHT THE STATE WITH EVERYTHING WE'VE GOT BUT THAT'S A LONG-RANGE SOLUTION IT'S NOT AN EASY FIX A QUICK FIX SO WELL IT'S PROBABLY NOT EASY EITHER SO THIS IS DIFFICULT IT'S DIFFICULT SO OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF ARE GONNA SUFFER YEAH IT'S NOT GOOD THEY DO DESERVE BETTER BUT THE STAFF AND STUDENTS ANY OTHER COMMENTS QUESTIONS SO WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS MAKING A MOTION TO TAKE THE RESOLUTION AS C-26 AND APPROVE IT, RIGHT? YEAH. SO ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE GET TO THAT POINT? OKAY. I ENTERTAIN THAT RESOLUTION THEN. WHO WANTS TO DO THAT? I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION C-26, REDUCED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM REDUCTION OF FORCE, AS PRESENTED. THANK YOU SO OUR STUDENT VOICE PROUD OF STATE ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE AYE OPPOSED OKAY SO ENACTED THEN SO BOARD THANK YOU I APPRECIATE YOU PASSING THE RESOLUTION AS A FIRST STEP TO GET US TO A BALANCED BUDGET I DID WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THE BUDGET REDUCTION DOCUMENT THAT IS A FORWARD-FACING DOCUMENT FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR STAFF AND OUR STUDENTS I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE OTHER REDUCTION CHANGES FOR YOU SO THAT YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS THIS WILL TO DEBBIE'S POINT QUESTION ABOUT THINGS THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN WE WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE INPUT JUST BECAUSE WE'VE GOTTEN TO THIS POINT DOESN'T MEAN THAT ALL OF THESE ARE FINAL WE WILL STILL BE DEVELOPING THE BUDGET OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS AND OBVIOUSLY THIS ALLOWS US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE REDUCED TO THE POINT THAT WE CAN MAKE FINAL FINAL DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE AND WHERE WE WILL GO FROM HERE BUT WE CAN TWEAK THINGS WE STILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO TWEAK THINGS NOT BY A BUNCH BUT CERTAINLY SOME SO JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT SO OTHER REDUCTIONS ON THE ON EACH PAGE I'LL JUST GO OVER THOSE QUICKLY YOU COULD SEE THAT THERE'S A REDUCTION IN DEPARTMENTAL BUDGET SO ALL BUDGETS WITHIN THE DISTRICT WILL HAVE SOME REDUCTIONS WE ARE STOPPING SOFTWARE SUBSCRIPTIONS. WE HAVE 19 THAT ARE NOT MANDATED THAT WE CAN REDUCE. WE ARE ELIMINATING OUR TIGER TIME AND FALCON SUPPORT, WHICH ARE OUR HIGH SCHOOL ADVISORY TIME WITHIN THE SCHOOL DAY. THAT WILL ALLOW US TO TAKE IN MORE MONEY FOR CTE. IT WILL ALLOW US TO BE ABLE TO INCREASE OUR CTE FUNDING, WHICH CAN OFFSET SOME OF OUR BASIC ED LOSS. WE WILL BE ELIMINATING ONE-TO-ONE CHROMEBOOKS AT MIDDLE SCHOOL AND TRANSFERRING SOME OF THE CHROMEBOOKS WE HAVE AT THE EARLIEST GRADE LEVELS AND MOVE TO CHROMEBOOK CARTS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. SO STUDENTS WILL STILL HAVE ACCESS TO CHROMEBOOKS AND CAN CHECK THEM OUT IF THEY HAVE HOMEWORK, BUT THEY WILL STAY IN CARTS RATHER THAN BEING ASSIGNED TO AN INDIVIDUAL STUDENT. WE WILL ELIMINATE... SUMMER SCHOOL FOR KINDERGARTEN THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE THAT'S YES GOOD POINT THE GEN ED SO THAT IS NOT OUR EXTENDED SCHOOL YEAR PROGRAM FOR OUR SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS WE WILL BE REDUCING WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE AREAS THAT WE'VE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR AND WHEN PEOPLE ASK WHAT CAN I DO THIS IS AN AREA WE'VE HEARD IS SROS WE KNOW THAT THERE'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE A REDUCTION IN THOSE PROGRAMS, AND WE'LL HAVE [02:20:01] TO COMMUNICATE NOT TOO FAR OUT BECAUSE WE HAVE TIMELINES ON THOSE CONTRACTS, BUT OUR SRO PROGRAM WILL CERTAINLY CHANGE. REDUCTION IN BUSING FOR ATHLETICS, ELIMINATION OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL ACTIVITIES BUDGET. WE'LL SEE INCREASED STUDENT PARTICIPATION FEES. WE HAD A... A TIERED SYSTEM THIS YEAR WHERE THE FIRST SPORT WAS 150 AND THEN WHEN STUDENTS PICKED UP A SECOND AND THIRD THEY WERE LOWER PARTICIPATION FEES ALL OF THE FEES WILL BE 150 PER SPORT WE WILL HAVE CONDITIONAL OFFERINGS THERE'S SOME SPORTS THAT HAVE ADDITIONAL FEES THAT ARE PRETTY EXPENSIVE FOR US BECAUSE THEY HAVE FEES FOR THEIR FACILITY USE THOSE ARE GOLF, GIRLS AND BOYS GOLF, GIRLS AND BOYS SWIM, GYMNASTICS AND BOWLING. AND SO WE WILL BE WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS TO SEE IF WE CAN'T COME UP WITH A WAY TO FUND SOME OF THOSE THINGS SO THOSE PROGRAMS CAN CONTINUE FOR STUDENTS. WELL, I SHOULD SAY THEY WILL BE WORKING ON THAT. THOSE WON'T BE DISTRICT FUNDS. THOSE WILL COME THROUGH OUR BOOSTERS AND MAYBE SOME OF THESE THINGS. COULD BE ALSO RUN THROUGH BGEF HAS AGREED TO TAKE IN FUNDS FOR SOME OF THOSE THOSE ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES AS WELL BUT THAT WILL DETERMINE A LOT ON THE QUESTION THAT WE ARE ALREADY GETTING HOW CAN I HELP AND SO HOW PEOPLE CAN HELP IS BY CHOOSING A THING THAT THEY REALLY WANT TO SEE FUNDED AND HOW THEY CAN HELP IN THAT AREA ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE OTHER AREAS IN BASIC EDUCATION BUILDING BUDGETS. THOSE WILL BE REDUCED BY 50%. OUR BUILDINGS WILL BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THEIR MEDICAID MATCH AND BUILDING CARRYOVER, BUT THEY'LL HAVE THEIR BUILDING BUDGETS IN HALF. WE WILL HAVE A REDUCTION IN HOURS FOR CLERICAL AND CLASSROOM SUPPORT, WHICH IS CONSIDERED BASE TIME. SO THAT'S ANOTHER AREA THAT IS A REDUCTION. WE'LL BE REDUCING CTE STAFF'S EXTENDED DAY CONTRACTS AND LOOKING FOR WAYS FOR THEM TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS WITHIN THEIR CTE PROGRAM WITHIN THE WORKDAY. SO THAT MAY ACTUALLY BECOME RELIANT ON WAIVER DAYS AND SOME OF THAT TIME FOR SOME OF THEIR MEETINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED AS PART OF THE CTE PROGRAM. AND CTE WILL HAVE SOME PROGRAM BUDGET REDUCTIONS. IN OFFSETTING SOME OF THE BASIC ED COSTS. WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE SALARY REDUCTIONS AND AND FREEZES. MANY OF OUR STAFF BEYOND THE FURLOUGH DAYS HAVE ALREADY AGREED TO SALARY FREEZES AS WELL WHICH IS HELPFUL. WHAT HAVE I FORGOTTEN? ANYTHING TEAM? I THINK I HIT IT. I THINK JUST KIND OF CLARIFICATION ON LIKE THE CREDIT RECOVERY. OH YES THANK YOU. SO CREDIT RECOVERY FOR STUDENTS WHO DON'T PASS A CLASS. I'VE USED DISTRICT FUNDS TO PAY FOR THAT IN THE PAST AND WE WILL THAT THERE WILL BE A PARTICIPATION FEE FOR THAT SO AGAIN THAT'S ANOTHER AREA WHERE ADDITIONAL FUNDS COULD BE FUNDRAISED VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT BGF HAS DONE FOR STUDENTS TAKING AP TESTS SAME SAME IDEA SO THEY'LL ONLY HAVE TO PAY LIKE A FEE FOR TAKING THOSE CREDIT RECOVERY CLASSES TAKING THE CLASSES THEMSELVES YEAH THEY'RE NOT WITHIN THE TIME THAT WE'VE NOTICED THEY ENROLL IN CREDIT RECOVERY AND THEN THEY DON'T FINISH IT WITHIN THE EIGHT WEEKS AND THEN THAT COURSE SEAT BECAUSE WE'RE CHARGED PER SEAT IN THE CURRICULUM THAT'S THAT'S THE LOSS THERE AND SO THE TEAMS WILL HAVE TO BE REALLY INTENTIONAL ABOUT WHO ENROLLS IN CREDIT RECOVERY AND THE WHY BEHIND IT. HOW LONG THEY TAKE TO FINISH A COURSE. SO ARE YOU SAYING THAT THE FEE ONLY APPLIES TO STUDENTS WHO DON'T FINISH IT IN THE EIGHT WEEKS? CORRECT. IT'S MOTIVATING. IT'S MOTIVATING. AND THEN JUST FOR CLARIFICATION TOO, FOR STUDENTS THAT DO QUALIFY FOR ASSISTANCE UNDER LIKE OUR FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH OR MCKINNEY-VENTO, LIKE STUDENTS THAT ARE UNHOUSED WHO QUALIFY [02:25:01] FOR WAIVERS, WILL CONTINUE TO QUALIFY FOR WAIVERS IN THOSE SYSTEMS WE HAVE ALREADY IN PLACE. AND THEN I HAD ANOTHER CLARIFICATION WITH THE SRO OF LIKE, I KNOW IT KIND OF SOUNDS LIKE IT'S NOT A COMPLETE TAKEOUT, BUT WHAT ARE THE CHANGES THAT WILL LOOK, WHAT ARE THE CHANGES THAT WILL BE MADE THAT WILL LOOK DIFFERENT? SOME OF THE CHANGES WE KNOW THAT MOST OF THE SRO AT PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL HAS BEEN HAS BEEN ABLE TO BE FUNDED THROUGH REDUCTIONS IN OTHER WAYS THEY'VE MADE BUILDING LEVEL DECISIONS ON SOME REDUCTIONS THAT WILL ALLOW US WE'RE REALLY CLOSE SO I THINK THAT THAT POSITION IS PROBABLY CLOSE TO BEING SECURED AND I WOULD ANTICIPATE WILL BE SECURED. NOW IT'S A MATTER OF WE NEED TO WORK ON OUR FUNDING FOR BATTLEGROUND HIGH SCHOOL FOR OFFICER ANDERSON. SO WE ARE DEFINITELY INTERESTED IN DOING THAT. WE THINK OUR SROS MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. I KNOW YOU'VE SPOKEN ABOUT THAT, ITZEL, SO WELL. YOU MIGHT TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT IT AGAIN, BUT IF YOU'D LIKE. I THINK I'VE ALWAYS, I'LL KIND OF RE-SAY WHAT I DID. SAID AT THIS FORAY BUT UM FOR MY JOURNEY SPECIFICALLY WITH MISS QUIGGLE UM AT THE BEGINNING WHEN SHE FIRST STARTED MY JUNIOR YEAR I WAS A LITTLE SECOND GUESSING IF WE SHOULD REALLY HAVE HER THERE A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS COME FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS A LOT OF STUDENTS HAVE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OR VIEWS OF POLICE ENFORCEMENT HAVE HAD BAD OUTCOMES WITH THEM FAMILY FRIENDS ETC AND A LOT OF OUR KIDS COME FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS FROM PARENTS WHO ARE INCARCERATED, FROM FAMILIES WHO HAVE HAD POLICE DISPUTES, AND FROM KIDS WHO JUST HAVEN'T HAD THAT SUPPORT FROM POLICE ENFORCEMENT TO GIVE THEM THAT OPEN HAND. BUT WHEN QUIGGLE STEPPED IN THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL WITH A SMILE ON HER FACE, THAT'S WHAT CHANGED EVERYTHING. NOWADAYS, YOU'LL SEE A BUNCH OF KIDS KNOCK ON HER DOOR 24-7 ASKING TO SEE HER, ASKING FOR A SNACK, ASKING JUST FOR SOMEBODY TO LISTEN TO THEM AND THAT'S WHAT KLUGELE ALWAYS DOES. KLUGELE MADE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS KNEW THAT THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUCCEED NO MATTER THE DECISIONS THAT THEY MADE PRIOR TO MEETING HER OR THE DECISIONS THAT THEY ARE MAKING NOW THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO CHANGE. KLUGELE ALWAYS GAVE THEM THE POSITIVE REMARKS THAT THEY CAN BE SOMEBODY IN LIFE NO MATTER WHERE THEY CAME FROM, NO MATTER THEIR UPBRINGING, OR NO MATTER THE PEOPLE THAT THEY HAD NEAR THEM IN THEIR LIFE ON A DAY TO DAY. AND YOU SEE THAT WITH A LOT OF KIDS NOW, A LOT OF KIDS MAKING DIFFERENT DECISIONS THAN THEY DID ON THEIR FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL OR PRIOR YEARS TO THAT. YOU SEE A LOT OF KIDS COMING UP TO STUDENTS, BEING POSITIVE TO EACH OTHER, MAKING A DIFFERENCE, KNOWING THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE WHAT THEY THOUGHT THEY NEEDED TO BE BECAUSE OF THE DECISIONS THEY MADE. SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT. THANK YOU, ISEL. AND I WOULD SAY THAT THAT'S TRUE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE SEEN IS OUR SROS NOT ONLY HELPING AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, JUST A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, OFFICER QUIGGLE WAS CALLED TO ONE OF OUR PRIMARY SCHOOLS WITH A DYSREGULATED STUDENT, AND THE STAFF THAT NORMALLY WORKED WITH THAT CHILD HAD BEEN TRAINED. TRYING TO HELP THAT STUDENT FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF, AND WITHIN FIVE MINUTES, SHE WAS ABLE TO HELP REGULATE THIS INDIVIDUAL. AND IT WAS, IT'S JUST POWERFUL. AND WHEN WE HAVE A CALL AND WE MAKE A CALL TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, SOMETIMES BECAUSE OF OTHER THINGS GOING ON IN THE COUNTY, THEY'RE LESS LIKELY TO BE AS QUICK COMING TO THE SCHOOL BECAUSE WE HAVE STAFF AND THEY KNOW WE HAVE STAFF THAT ARE DEALING WITH THINGS. WHEN WE HAVE AN SRO, WE CAN COUNT ON THEM TO PRIORITIZE OUR BUILDING. I MEAN, THEY'RE THERE. WE CAN COUNT ON THEM TO GO FROM OUR HIGH SCHOOL TO A PRIMARY SCHOOL TO A MIDDLE SCHOOL. WE GET A THREAT TO ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS THAT HAPPENS ONLINE AFTER SCHOOL, AND THEY'RE THE PEOPLE WE CALL TO COMMUNICATE WITH FAMILY AND DETERMINE WHETHER THE THREAT IS REAL OR NOT OR VALID OR NOT. THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT THEY DO FOR US THAT WE WOULD BE MISSING. SHOULD WE NOT HAVE SROS SO ALL OF THE STAFF THAT I COULD TELL A STORY PROBABLY ABOUT EVERY SINGLE STAFF THAT'S ON THIS LIST HONESTLY THEIR POSITION OR WHAT THEY'VE DONE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT REDUCTIONS OTHER THAN IN THE STAFFING POINT [02:30:02] OF CLARIFICATION BASED ON ONE OF THE CITIZENS COMMENTS REGARDING THE LOSS OF SEL ROOMS AND KEEPING THE ASPIRE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT I KNOW THE ANSWER BUT I THINK IT YOU KNOW IT DOES BODE YOU KNOW AND WE SAY SAFETY AND SECURITY WELL WE'LL GET RID OF THE SEL ROOMS BUT WE'RE KEEPING THIS FIRE THAT'S NOT SAFETY AND SECURITY WHAT'S THE DEAL SO THERE'S REASON FOR THAT. YEAH, I'LL LET LANELLE, SINCE THIS IS HER AREA OF EXPERTISE. YEAH, THANK YOU FOR SURFACING THE QUESTION. WE RECEIVE A STATE-FUNDED ALLOCATION FOR HIGHLY CAPABLE, AND IT'S NOT A LARGE GRANT. IT'S ONLY ABOUT $300,000, AND THAT WAS THROUGH THE BALANCING ACT, AND THAT $300,000 REALLY ONLY PAYS FOR HALF OF A TEACHER. IT PAYS FOR, WE ARE REQUIRED BY THE STATE TO SCREEN EVERY SINGLE SECOND GRADER AND FOURTH GRADER. AND THOSE COGAT TESTS COST ABOUT $15 EACH TO EACH OF THESE HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS. AND SO BASICALLY THE GRANT PAYS FOR OUR REQUIRED SCREENING, THE COORDINATION OF THE ASPIRE COORDINATOR AND HALF OF A TEACHER. AND THAT'S $300,000 RIGHT THERE. AND SO... I APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION BECAUSE IT ISN'T ABOUT PRIORITIZING PROGRAMS. THE STATE REQUIRES THAT HIGHLY CAPABLE SERVICES ARE PART OF BASIC EDUCATION AND THAT WE OFFER A CERTAIN LEVEL OF OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STUDENTS SO WE OFFER THAT HERE IN OUR DISTRICT THROUGH THE CLUSTER MODEL. THE MIDDLE SCHOOL IS UNIQUE THOUGH BECAUSE WE HAVE ACCELERATED OPPORTUNITIES IN MATH. WE DON'T HAVE IT IN ELA YET AND SO IF WE WERE TO GET RID OF THE IF THE ASPIRE MODEL AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL WAS TO BE DISBANDED, WE WOULD BE IN QUITE A DISADVANTAGE BECAUSE IT WOULD REQUIRE ALL OF US TO SWITCH PATHWAYS IN ALL OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE AN ADVANCED PATHWAY IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS, WHICH ACTUALLY WOULD REQUIRE MORE TRAINING, MORE FTE WHEN WE'RE LOSING ALL OF OUR... SO I THINK THE CRUX OF THE DECISION-MAKING IS WHAT'S DRIVEN BY COMPLIANCE. WHAT IS MANAGEABLE AND MAINTAINABLE AND WHAT'S GOING TO CAUSE THE LEAST AMOUNT OF DISRUPTION AND WITH ALL THE RESPECT OF THE PROGRAM, IT'S VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO ALL OF US, I KNOW, AND SO IS OUR CELL ROOMS. THERE'S NO PRIORITIZATION, AND I KNOW THAT'S EASY TO GO WHEN WE SEE ALL THESE JOBS ON THIS LIST, BUT A LOT OF IT IS COMPLIANCE-BASED, AND SO THANK YOU FOR SURFACING THAT. IF I WERE A CITIZEN, WOULD I BE ABLE TO CALL YOU ABOUT ANY OF THESE THINGS TO ASK MY QUESTIONS? ABSOLUTELY. YEAH, YEAH. WE'D WELCOME CONVERSATIONS. WE'VE WELCOMED INPUT FROM STAFF. AND CERTAINLY ANY QUESTIONS THAT ARISE, WE WANT TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE IN OUR COMMUNICATION. AND SO SOMETIMES WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE QUESTIONS ARE UNTIL WE HEAR THEM DIRECTLY. SO, YEAH. YOU MENTIONED... TO THE EFFECT, YOU KNOW, THAT THIS SEEMS LIKE IT'S WRITTEN IN STONE. IT'S NOT. OKAY, THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS GOING ON, LOTS OF MOVING PARTS, LOTS GOING ON. YOU SAID THAT, SO IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE WRITTEN IN STONE. BE SAID AGAIN BUT PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND I MEAN I'VE GOT A LONG LIST OF THINGS HERE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK ABOUT ALSO AND I'M GOING TO ASK OKAY BUT I'M NOT GOING TO DO IT NOW I'M GOING TO COME AND ASK YOU WHAT WHAT DID YOU MEAN BY THIS HAVE THIS LOOK WHERE DOES THIS HAPPEN BECAUSE THERE ARE THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE ASKING ME AND THEY CONCERN AND ANY OF US CAN ASK YOU SO THAT'S THE WAY THIS IS GOING TO BE WORKING HERE FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS NOW SO IF SOMEONE HAS A QUESTION THEY SHOULDN'T THEY SHOULD CONTACT YOU AND SEE WHAT THE ANSWER IS BECAUSE WHAT YOU JUST SAID ABOUT WHAT THAT QUESTION WAS, WAS GREAT TO, THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THAT. PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THESE THINGS AND WE DON'T KNOW IF WE DON'T ASK. IT IS EASY TO THINK THAT WE'RE CHOOSING ONE THING OVER ANOTHER, BUT OFTEN TIMES IT'S COMPLIANCE DRIVEN OR THERE'S A REQUIREMENT THAT PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND. THERE'S A HOUSE OR SENATE BILL THAT'S PASSED THAT MEANS THAT THAT HAS TO BE IN PLACE. THERE'S A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT IMPACT THE DECISIONS. AND THERE ARE LEGISLATIVE LAWS THAT HAVE PASSED THAT WILL GO INTO EFFECT IN JULY THAT WILL HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED. YES. AND THERE IS SOME FINANCIAL STUFF THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ADDRESS AT THAT TIME TOO. SO YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S COMING DOWN THE PIKE. IT HAS TO ALL BECOME LAW FIRST. [02:35:02] THAT IS IT FOR US OKAY I HAVE ONE MORE OH JUST ONE MORE QUESTION JUST AGAIN RELATED TO CITIZENS COMMENTS SO WHEN THINKING ABOUT THE CASEY PROGRAM SO ELIMINATING THE SENIOR CLASS FOR NEXT YEAR WHAT JUST THAT I DON'T NEED AN ANSWER NOW BUT JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT WHY ELIMINATE THE SENIOR CLASS WHEN YEARS TOGETHER WHY NOT ELIMINATE THE FRESHMEN KIND OF LIKE WE DID WITH THE ASPIRE MAGNET I'M SURE THERE'S THREE AND I CAN ANSWER THAT AND I WOULD LIKE TO ANSWER THAT NOW I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT WILL HAPPEN A HUNDRED PERCENT BUT AGAIN CINDY HAD TO NOTIFY HER STAFF THAT THEY COULD BE IMPACTED THEY HAVE 11 STUDENTS IN THAT PROGRAM AND WE'VE SET STAFFING LEVELS MUCH HIGHER THAN 11 STUDENTS FOR TO RUN ANY CLASS. SO WE WOULD BE TREATING THAT GROUP DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER PLACE IN THE DISTRICT SHOULD WE RUN IT AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE WON'T I'M LOVING THINGS IN THAT SENIOR IN THAT SENIOR CLASS THERE OKAY YES SO THAT'S WHY AND SO YEAH SOMETIMES IT'S ALWAYS FEELS REALLY IT FEELS REALLY TARGETED OR REALLY INTENTIONAL BUT EVERYWHERE ELSE IN THE DISTRICT WE'VE SAID WE'RE NOT GOING TO RUN A CLASS AT THAT LEVEL SO THE QUESTION IS IS THAT DO WE DECIDE TO AND AGAIN I'M NOT SAYING WE DON'T BECAUSE AGAIN THERE'S DIFFERENT SCENARIOS THESE STUDENTS HAVE BEEN IN A PROGRAM FOR THREE YEARS SO MAYBE THERE IS A REASON BUT I THIS BUYS US DOING THIS IT BUYS US TIME TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HOW CINDY'S BUDGET IS IS IMPACTED BY THE FUNDING THAT SHE NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO PASS OFF TO BASIC EDUCATION SO IT REALLY IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TO LOOK AT THE BUDGET MORE CLEARLY BY MAKING A REDUCTION NOW AND THEN POSSIBLY PUTTING IT BACK LATER. [13. Future Agenda Items and Board Events] THE ONLY OTHER THING ON THE AGENDA IS OUR FUTURE CALENDAR. WE ARE STILL HAVING COFFEE ON WEDNESDAYS AT 10.30 AT JULIO'S. SPEAK WITH A BOARD MEMBER YOU'RE WELCOME ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED TO BE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE CALENDAR I HAVE ONE THING ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING OKAY AT WHAT TIME WELL THEN THERE WON'T BE COFFEE THIS NEXT WEDNESDAY CARLA THANK YOU CARLA WELL, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT DOING COFFEE AT DIFFERENT PLACES AT THE SCHOOLS AND DOING DIFFERENT THINGS. IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO TALK ABOUT THAT NOW, OR WE'LL JUST CONTINUE TO WAIT AND TALK ABOUT THAT ANOTHER TIME? WELL, NOW THAT WE'RE THROUGH MUCH OF THE, WE CAN MAYBE START THINKING ABOUT THE OTHER LISTENERS. LISTENING SESSIONS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE. AND STARTING TO GET. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT WORKSHOPS? NOT WORK, NOT WORK SESSIONS. OKAY, LISTENING SESSIONS. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. YEAH, I DID THROW THAT IN THERE TOO. SO WE NEED TO, WE, I'M GOING TO BE MEETING WITH SHELLY THIS WEEK JUST TO KIND OF TOUCH BASES ON THE CALENDAR AND BECAUSE WE NEED TO PLAN QUITE A BIT AHEAD. OH YEAH. YOU KNOW, ON THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. SO I ASKED FROM YOU FOLKS IF YOU HAD, ANYBODY HAD ANY INPUT ON WORK SESSIONS. I'VE GOT A LIST HERE ON A PHOTOGRAPH THAT I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN READ NOW. SO LET ME JUST READ TO YOU SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE ON THE LIST. I SENT IT OUT TO YOU, BUT WE DON'T HAVE OUR COMPUTERS AND THAT KIND OF A THING. SO SOME OF THE STUFF THAT'S ON THE LIST, I HATE THIS PHONE, IS STUDENT CULTURE DATA, THAT KIND OF THING. MEETINGS WITH PRINCIPALS, SCHOOL VISITS, THAT KIND OF THING, POSSIBILITY OF THESE ARE WORK SESSIONS THAT WE MIGHT DO KIND OF THING. STRATEGIC PLANNING, THE LEVY OF COURSE, COMMITTEES AND POLICIES, HAVING VOLUNTEERS IN THE BUILDINGS. SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE DISCUSSED STARTING WAY BACK LAST NOVEMBER ABOUT HAVING [02:40:02] WORK SESSIONS. GETTING THEM ON THE CALENDAR AND DOING THOSE THINGS SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING ON YOUR MIND RIGHT NOW YOU LIKE TO ADD TO THAT LIST RIGHT NOW YOU COULD JUST TELL ME OH YEAH OKAY I WHAT I'VE GOT ON THIS LIST AND SOME OF THE THINGS ARE OKAY SO MEETINGS WITH PRINCIPALS AND SCHOOL VISITS AND AND PUBLIC AND BOARD YOU KNOW I THINK SOMEBODY MENTIONED ONE TIME THAT WE USED TO HAVE THE PUBLIC GO TO THESE, WELL I DIDN'T WANT TO MENTION ANY NAMES, BUT YEAH, YEAH, WOW, I NEVER HEARD OF THAT, OKAY. SO, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A WORK SESSION ABOUT THAT KIND OF THING, ABOUT STUDENT CULTURE AND DATA, ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLAN, ABOUT THE LEVY, ABOUT COMMITTEES AND POLICIES, RE-GOVERNING COMMITTEES, AND ABOUT VOLUNTEER POLICIES AND THAT KIND OF A THING. SO, THOSE ARE JUST IDEAS, YEAH, YEAH. AND SO THE WAY IT WORKS IS THAT WE MEET TWICE A MONTH IN PREPARATION TO PLAN OUR BOARD MEETINGS. AND SO THESE THINGS AREN'T LIKE COMING BEFORE THE BOARD FOR US TO VOTE ON. IT'S JUST WE WILL MAKE SOME DECISIONS ABOUT COMMITTEE THINGS THAT WE THINK WE CAN TURN INTO WORK SESSIONS. SO IF YOU HAVE THOUGHTS, YOU NEED TO PUT THEM INTO THE POOL SO THAT WE CAN DISCUSS THEM. AND THEN AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND WE SET THESE IDEAS, I'LL CALL YOU AND I'LL SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT DOING UNLESS YOU FEEL LIKE THERE'S A HIGHER PRIORITY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO THAT'S KIND OF ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE SAID ABOUT ALL OF THIS, YOU'RE LOOKING CONTEMPLATIVE. WE HAVE OUR MEETING TOMORROW, I THINK. WE DO. SO IT'S A QUICK TURNAROUND. WELL, NO, NO, NO, BECAUSE I'M JUST GOING TO PICK UP THE CALENDAR. WE'RE NOT GOING TO SET ANYTHING TOMORROW IN STONE AT ALL. WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE CALENDAR THROUGH TO DECEMBER BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT. THESE THINGS JUST COME. KIND OF KEEP ROLLING ALONG BECAUSE LOTS OF WORK TODAY SO IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU FEEL LIKE WE NEED A WORK SESSION FOR OR A LISTENING SESSION FOR YEAH WE NEED THAT'S LOADED ON THE TABLE RIGHT WELL WE NEED TO START GETTING THOSE MONTHLY OR BIMONTHLY WITH THE COMMUNITY SO LIKE WE'VE LEARNED AT WASDA WAS SHORELINE SEND ME AN EMAIL HERE'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO SO WE GET IT ON LOOK IN THE PILE AND WE'LL GET IT DONE OKAY ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT FOR FUTURE EVENTS? CALENDAR? ALL RIGHT. WELL, IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, THEN I GUESS WE CAN SAY THAT THE MEETING STANDS ADJOURNED AT 8. IS IT 8? 8.42. 8.42? 8.47? 8.42. WE STAND ADJOURNED. 8.42. 8.42 ADJOURNED. THANK YOU ALL. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.