[00:00:05] WELL, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. WELCOME. WE'RE GOING TO CALL OUR MEETING OF THE BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL BOARD TO ORDER 6 [1. Call to Order] P.M.. LET'S STAND FOR THE FLAG SALUTE, PLEASE. READY? BEGIN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. ROLL CALL, PLEASE. PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT 4, TERRY TATE? HERE. VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT 3, CHRIS GREWELL? HERE. DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT 1, LORRI SIBLEY? HERE. DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT 2, DEBBIE JOHNSON? HERE. DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT 5, MARSHALL MARROTT? HERE. STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE TOBY NGUYEN? HERE. STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE ADDISON JUHNKE? HERE. MR. PRESIDENT, WE HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU. YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CARLA. SO OUR FIRST THING ON THE AGENDA IS THEN THE AGENDA APPROVAL. [4. Agenda Approval (Board Vote w/Student Voice)] I MOVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED. ALL IN FAVOR? OH, WELL, LET'S GET OUR. ADDISON, THIS IS YOUR FIRST OFFICIAL. HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU THINK ON THIS? YEAH. YOU FEEL WHAT'S SHE SUPPOSED TO SAY, PRO. PRO OR CON. YEAH. OKAY. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT IT? PRO. WHAT'S YOUR ADVISORY VOTE? PRO. PRO. ALSO PRO. WELCOME VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. 8 BY 8-0. 5-0. STUDENT VOICE. ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE? [5. Student Voice] ANY STUDENTS HERE? NO. ALL RIGHT. WELL, DO WE HAVE SOMETHING OFFICIAL YOU GUYS HAVE PREPARED? NOT REALLY, JUST LIKE SCHOOL'S STARTING UP BACK UP NEXT WEEK. YOU CAN SEE THE SPORTS ALREADY OUT. I'M STARTING TENNIS. IT'S LIKE SAME THING AS LAST YEAR, AND WE'RE STILL KIND OF LIKE WE HAVEN'T REALLY STARTED YET. SO I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY, LIKE, NEWS TO GIVE YOU, BUT OKAY, JUST HOPING FOR A GOOD YEAR, HOPING LOVEY PASSES. YEAH. HOPE WAITING FOR THE BUDGET HEARING TONIGHT JUST TO SEE. BUT YEAH, NOT MUCH TO REALLY UPDATE. MADISON, ANY THOUGHTS? WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO SHARE FOR THIS? NOT AT THIS TIME. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. OH THAT'LL BE THAT'S A PORTENDS FOR THE FUTURE. BOARD UPDATES, COMMITTEE REPORTS. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS THIS EVENING? [6. Board Updates] I HAVE A VERY SHORT ONE ON THE REPORT. OKAY. SENATE BILL 4689 IS ESTABLISHING A FEDERAL SCIENCE OF READING REQUIREMENT FOR STATES. THEY ARE GOING TO CONTRIBUTE $194 MILLION FEDERAL LITERACY GRANT PROGRAM. SO IF WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO HOOK INTO THAT MONEY, THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL FOR THIS, AGAIN, AN UNFUNDED, WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A FUNDED MANDATE AT THIS POINT. SO HOPEFULLY WE COULD APPLY FOR THAT GRANT PROGRAM AND, AND GET SOME HELP ALONG THAT LINE FOR THE SCIENCE OF READING. AND THEN ALSO THERE WAS AN ALERT OUT FOR MEASLES. I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYONE'S AWARE, BUT I LOOKED AT OUR POLICIES BECAUSE THEY BASICALLY WERE GOING TO MAKE A REQUIREMENT FOR SCHOOLS TO HAVE A RESPONSE PROTOCOL. AND WE DEFINITELY HAVE ONE. IT'S A VERY GOOD ONE IN PLACE. AND SO I FEEL REALLY CONFIDENT THAT IF WE'RE TOUCHED BY THE MEASLES THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WILL BE, WILL BE PREPARED AND READY AND HAVE A RESPONSE PROPER FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND THE SAFETY OF OUR STUDENTS. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. AUDIT REPORT. YEAH. LAST FRIDAY WE MET AS AN AUDIT COMMITTEE, A PRETTY STANDARD MEETING. WE OF COURSE, REVIEWED THE BOARD BUDGET, SUPERINTENDENT'S BUDGET AND A SAMPLE SIZE OF THE EXPENDITURES. FROM THE EXPENDITURES WE TALKED ABOUT A DIFFERENT GRANT PROGRAM, SOME TYPICAL CUSTODIAL INVENTORIES. THEN WE REVIEWED SOME PAYROLL SAMPLE SIZES OF A COUPLE OF THE EMPLOYEES. AND THEN WE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT OUR FINANCE. THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF UPDATE BECAUSE I WASN'T HERE AT THE LAST MEETING, BUT TALKING ABOUT OUR FINANCIALS AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE GOING FORWARD. SO IT WAS A GOOD MEETING. ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT? NO, I ACTUALLY MISSED THE MEETING, SO. BGEF. NO UPDATE AT THIS POINT. THEY JUST HELPED WITH STUFF THE BUS, BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY RESULTS OR. NOR IS THERE ANY WIAA REPORT EITHER, SO. YEAH, WE'RE KIND OF IN A. [00:05:01] YEAH. QUIET TIME. YEAH. BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. YEAH. I GUESS THAT'S WHAT IT IS. IT'S GOING TO GET RAMPED UP REAL SOON. WELL, IF THAT'S THE END OF THE COMMITTEE REPORTS AND WE WOULD HAVE DIRECTOR UPDATES, ANYTHING? ANYTHING? WELL I'M HERE. GO AHEAD. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK AS A QUORUM. YES. HAVE EVERYBODY HERE YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. I'M HEARING SOMETHING ABOUT A FIRE. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE. IS IT THREATENING TO OUR PEOPLE? WE'RE WATCHING IT. THE LAST I LOOKED NO HOUSES ARE IMPACTED AT THIS POINT, JUST PROPERTY. BUT WE'RE WATCHING IT. I HAVE IT UP ON MY SCREEN TO REFRESH EVERY LITTLE BIT. BUT YEAH, UP JUST A LITTLE BIT. IT'S ON THE WEST SIDE OF 503 BASICALLY ACROSS FROM GABRIEL ROAD IN THE HIDDEN MEADOWS AREA TOWARDS FARGHER LAKE. AND JUST KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT, SEEING IF THERE ARE ANY IMPACTS TO ANY OF OUR FAMILIES AND THEIR AREA. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANKS FOR THE UPDATE. YEAH. AMEN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO PUBLIC COMMENTS. [7. Agenda Items Public Comments] SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE ONLY HAVE WYNN. OH NO. WE HAVE A FEW OTHERS. YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND FIT ALL FOUR OF THESE IN THE SAME TIME HERE AT THE BEGINNING. OKAY. SO LET'S HAVE TERRY GO FIRST. TERRY DODSON. DO YOU WANT TO DO THIS? I GOT IT. SURE. WELL, THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME TO BE HERE TONIGHT. WELL, YOU'RE VERY WELCOME. TERRY RAN INTO ME, AND I HAD FORGOTTEN MY CLOCK. I WASN'T WATCHING MY CLOCK. YEAH, HE DIDN'T HURT ME, THOUGH, WHEN HE RAN INTO ME. GOOD, GOOD. I DIDN'T MEAN TO. DIDN'T SET OFF THE ALARM. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH BOARD AND COMMUNITY. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY FOR THIS THIS LAST WEEK AND THIS LAST WEEKEND. I KNOW LORRI JUST SAID SOMETHING ABOUT STUFF THE BUS. I HAPPEN TO BE WORKING AT WALMART DOING STUFF THE BUS ON ON SATURDAY. AND WE HAD 46 BANANA BOXES STUFFED TO THE GILLS WITH SUNDRIES AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES. THE COMMUNITY THAT TURNED OUT THERE AT WALMART WAS JUST ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. I'VE NEVER SEEN SO MUCH STUFF ON A BUS. IT'S A PUN. DON'T DON'T LAUGH. OKAY. THE OTHER THING I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR IS THE INAUGURAL GOLF TOURNAMENT THAT WE JUST WE HELD A WEEK AGO LAST FRIDAY. WE HAD 13 VOLUNTEERS THAT WERE THERE ALL DAY. WE HAD 120 GOLFERS. WE HAD, WE HAD ABOUT 14 DIFFERENT SPONSORS FOR THE TOURNAMENT. AND WE RAISED SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR CITIZENS FOR BETTER SCHOOLS TO HELP US IN OUR ENDEAVORS MOVING FORWARD WITH LOTS OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE HAPPENING HERE IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH BATTLE GROUND COMMUNITY YOU'RE JUST, YOU'RE REALLY STEPPING UP AND I'M VERY PROUD OF YOU. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT REPORT. JESSICA COLE, PLEASE. HELLO, I'M JESSICA COLE. FIRST, I WANTED TO SAY WELCOME AND WELCOME BACK STUDENT REPS. GOOD TO SEE YOU. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU. ALSO THE PEOPLE WITH THE FIRE THAT ARE IMPACTED. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW LOTS OF PEOPLE AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE CONTAINED SOON. I ALSO WANTED TO SAY THAT I THINK WYNN SHOULD HAVE GONE FIRST BECAUSE SHE SIGNED UP FOR STUFF ON THE AGENDA AND WE SIGNED UP FOR LATER IN THE MEETING. I THINK SHE SHOULD HAVE GONE FIRST TONIGHT. ANYWAYS, I'M ONCE AGAIN CALLING FOR TERRY TATE TO STEP DOWN AS BOARD PRESIDENT. I HAVE REPEATEDLY RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT PRESIDENT TATE'S LEADERSHIP AND CONDUCT, AND THOSE CONCERNS HAVE NOT GONE AWAY. I ALSO STILL HAVE QUESTIONS THAT REMAIN UNANSWERED. WHEN I ASKED TERRY ABOUT BOARD PROCEDURES AND RULES, HIS RESPONSE HAS BEEN TO TELL ME TO ASK SOMEONE ELSE. FRANKLY, I FIND THAT RIDICULOUS WHEN I AM ASKING ABOUT RULES AND PROCEDURES THAT HE IMPLEMENTED AS BOARD PRESIDENT. I HAVE PREVIOUSLY ADDRESSED TERRY'S RESPONSE TO CRITICISM, HIS TREATMENT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND STAFF, AND THE EFFECT HIS LEADERSHIP IS HAVING ON PUBLIC TRUST, AVOIDING REASONABLE QUESTIONS ONLY ADDS TO THOSE CONCERNS. THIS BOARD HAS OTHER MEMBERS WHO APPEAR PERFECTLY CAPABLE OF STEPPING INTO LEADERSHIP ROLES. CHRIS AND MARSHALL SEEM MORE THAN CAPABLE OF SERVING AS PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT. SO, TERRY, PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING AND STEP DOWN AS BOARD PRESIDENT IMMEDIATELY. [00:10:05] I'M GOING TO FINISH THIS MEETING. GO AHEAD. YOU INTERRUPTED ME. THAT'S ANOTHER INAPPROPRIATE THING. I'M CLAIMING MY TIME BACK IF IT RUNS OUT. SURE. DON'T KEEP PUTTING THE COMMUNITY OR ME IN THE UNCOMFORTABLE POSITION OF REPEATEDLY CALLING FOR YOUR RESIGNATION. AND DON'T PUT YOUR FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS IN THE POSITION OF HAVING TO PUBLICLY PUSH FOR YOU TO BE REPLACED. THAT MAY CREATE SOME TURBULENCE, BUT IF YOU WILL NOT STEP DOWN VOLUNTARILY, I BELIEVE CHANGING BOARD LEADERSHIP WOULD BE STILL BEST. THE BEST THING FOR THIS BOARD IN THIS DISTRICT. IF I WERE ALONGSIDE YOU AS A FELLOW BOARD MEMBER, I WOULD BE RAISING THESE CONCERNS FROM THE DAIS AND NOT FROM THIS SIDE OF THE PODIUM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. EUNICE INGERMANSON. GOOD EVENING BOARD. MY NAME IS EUNICE INGERMANSON AND MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE HER. I'M A GRANDMOTHER LIVING IN THIS DISTRICT AND WANTING ALL OUR YOUTH TO GROW UP AS THEIR AUTHENTIC SELVES AND THRIVE INTO ADULTS WHO SERVE THE COMMUNITY THAT RAISED THEM, AND MAKING THE WORLD A BETTER, KINDER AND MORE LOVING PLACE. DURING THE LAST JULY MEETING, I PRESENTED TO YOU A STATISTIC THE PERCENTAGE OF SEXUALLY OR GENDER DIVERSE STUDENTS THAT 2025 HEALTHY YOUTH SURVEY SHOWS, 22.7%. BESIDES THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS NUMBER, THERE'S THIS INTERESTING TERM SEXUALLY OR GENDER DIVERSE, USED INSTEAD OF LGBTQ. I HAVEN'T ASKED THE MEMBERS OF THIS POPULATION TO ASK HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT BEING CATEGORIZED THIS WAY, BUT TO MY MIND, THAT LIKES TO CROSS ALL THE T'S AND DOT ALL THE I'S AND J'S. THE TERM KIND OF MAKES SENSE. I LOOKED AT THE OREGON STUDENT HEALTH SURVEY 2025 TO COMPARE HOW THINGS ARE BETWEEN THE ADJACENT STATES. I WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED TO SEE THAT THEY ASKED THEIR QUESTIONS DIFFERENTLY OR RATHER GIVE DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR ANSWERING THE QUESTION WHAT IS YOUR SEXUAL ORIENTATION? LESBIAN OR STRAIGHT, AND THEN LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, PANSEXUAL, ASEXUAL OR AROMANTIC, QUEER, QUESTIONING, SOMETHING ELSE FITS BETTER, AND I AM NOT SURE OF MY SEXUAL ORIENTATION. LGBTQ IS AN INADEQUATE TERM. I ALSO FIND IT SO INTERESTING THAT LESBIAN TO SOMETHING ELSE FITS BETTER ADDED UP TO 24.6%. AND 11.3% AS ANSWERED THAT THEY WERE NOT SURE OF THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATION. MAYBE THIS TELLS US THAT THEY ARE ON A JOURNEY OF FIGURING OUT WHO THEY ARE IN SEXUALITY AND GENDER, AS WELL AS WHAT THEY WANT TO BE WHEN THEY GROW UP. SCHOOLS SHOULD BE A SAFE PLACE FOR KIDS AT ANY STAGE OF THIS JOURNEY OF BEING AND BECOMING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, EUNICE. AND THEN WYNN. WYNN GRCICH. GRCICH. AND WYNN, PLEASE EXCUSE ME FOR NOT HAVING YOU GO FIRST, BUT SINCE YOU WERE THE ONLY ONE THAT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE AGENDA. I THOUGHT I'D HAVE YOU GO LAST BEFORE OUR AGENDA. MY NAME IS WYNN GRCICH. GRCICH. AND I'VE COME HERE LONG ENOUGH. I THINK YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO PRONOUNCE IT. SORRY. ANYWAY. I WANTED TO HEAR MORE ABOUT YOUR BUDGET AND EVERYTHING ELSE. AND THE STUDENT VOICE, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. AND ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS IS, IS THE ALIEN DISCLOSURE. AND THIS IS YOU SHOULD ALL WRITE IT DOWN, ESPECIALLY YOU GUYS, THAT DOCTOR PHIL ON YOUTUBE. HE DID DAVID GERSH AND IT'S GRUSH, THE WHISTLEBLOWER WHO TOLD CONGRESS WERE NOT ALONE. THE ONE HE DID TODAY WAS DOCTOR PHIL REACTS TO NEWLY WHATEVER AND YOU CAN LOOK THIS UP. THEY SAID 80 YEARS OF DEBUNKING ALIEN DISCLOSURE. [00:15:04] AND I HONESTLY THINK THIS SHOULD BE PART OF YOUR TEACHINGS IN THE SCHOOLS THAT WHEN THIS HAPPENS AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT MORE OF IT. IN CALIFORNIA, THERE WAS MANY PEOPLE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT SAW THESE THINGS, EVEN MY SISTER WHO LIVES IN SONOMA. AND THIS IS SOMETHING NOBODY SHOULD BE FRIGHTENED OF IT. AND IT REALLY SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT IS DISCUSSED. AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS IS, IS THAT YOUR MACHINES SHOULD HAVE TRANSLATIONS BECAUSE WHEN THESE PEOPLE WEAR MASKS OR THE OTHER LADY THAT JUST SPOKE, I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND ANYTHING. SHE SAID, YOU USED TO HAVE THINGS WHEN PEOPLE WERE TALKING THAT YOU COULD SEE IT ON YOUR SCREENS. THIS SHOULD BE MANDATORY. AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS IS WITH YOUR SCHOOL BUDGET IS THAT I HOPE THAT YOU REALLY DO A HEALTH CLASS AND A CIVICS CLASS SO THAT THESE KIDS KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, AND THEY SHOULD GO TO A CITY COUNCIL AND SEE THESE THINGS. BUT ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS, TOO, IS THAT THE SCHOOL BUDGET SHOULD INCLUDE THE WATER FILTERS ON ALL THE SCHOOLS. IN SAN FRANCISCO THIS IS WHAT YEARS AGO THEY HAD A FLUORIDE MARCH AND THIS IS WHAT MY GROUP WORE. THEY WORE DENTIST OUTFITS WITH POISON ON IT BECAUSE FLUORIDE'S POISON AND NOBODY SEEMS TO THINK ABOUT IT. BUT IF YOU GET THOSE COVID SHOTS AND YOU'RE PUTTING SOMETHING IN THAT'S GOING TO CAUSE YOU TO HAVE CANCER, IT EXPEDITES. WHAT IT DOES IS IT MAKES CANCER CELLS GROW MORE. AND THERE'S ALL KINDS OF GOOD NEWS THAT IS HAPPENING BECAUSE TRUMP SAID THAT THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO REDUCE THE SHOT, THE VACCINES. IN MOST OF THE OTHER COUNTRIES, THERE'S ONLY 11 SHOTS. WE DO 78 HERE, AND THEY KNOW IT CAUSES AUTISM. THERE'S A MOVIE OUT BY DEL BIGTREE AND IT'S CALLED INCONVENIENT STUDY. I HOPE THAT THEY SHOW IT AT THE SCHOOLS. THAT SHOULD BE PART OF YOUR BUDGET. AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS IS YOU CAN CLEAN UP YOUR VENDING MACHINES AND PUT FRUITS AND NUTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT ARE NOT TOXIC. INSTEAD OF SELLING CANDY AND THINGS, CANDY FEEDS THE WORMS THAT ARE PUT IN YOUR BODY FROM THOSE COVID SHOTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, WYNN. THAT IS THE COMPLETION OF OUR CITIZENS COMMENTS. SO WE'LL MOVE ON NOW TO THE DIRECTOR. I'M SORRY, PUBLIC COMMENTS. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR SUPERINTENDENT. [8. Superintendent and Staff Updates] GOOD EVENING BOARD. COUPLE OF UPDATES FOR YOU. A COUPLE OF GOOD NEWS THINGS AND A COUPLE THINGS TO PUT ON YOUR RADAR AS WELL. WE HAVE YOU HAD HEARD ME MENTION BEFORE THAT WE HAD APPLIED FOR SAFETY NET DOLLARS. WE HAVE GOTTEN OUR AWARD LETTER, OUR FINAL DETERMINATION. AND WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE, JUST OVER 3.7 MILLION THAT WILL RECOVER IN COSTS THAT WE'VE PAID OUT PREVIOUSLY. SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS FOR US. IT DOESN'T GET US ALL THE WAY TO OUR COSTS, BUT IT CERTAINLY HELPED FILL SOME OF THE GAPS FOR SOME OF THOSE HIGH NEED THINGS, SO THAT AWARD WILL BE VERY HELPFUL IN OUR BUDGET. AND THEN, WELL, IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE GREAT NEWS TO SAY OUR INSURANCE WENT UP BY 8%. WITH OUR SCHOOL INSURANCE ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON, THE POOL THAT WE'RE A PART OF, BUT IT ACTUALLY IS REALLY GOOD NEWS BECAUSE FOR SOME GROUPS, EIGHT WAS THE MINIMUM THAT THAT WENT UP. AND FOR SOME PEOPLE IT WENT UP BY OR DOUBLED FOR SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS. AND THAT REALLY IS THANKS TO OUR, OUR TEAM IN THE BUSINESS OFFICE AND SHERRY DAILEY SPECIFICALLY THE WORK THAT SHE DOES. AND WE JUST HAVE HAD REALLY GOOD RECORDS ON OUR LOSSES, VERY, VERY MINIMAL. AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT, WE'RE ONLY GOING UP 8%, BUT COULD HAVE ACTUALLY DOUBLED. SOME PEOPLE WERE GOING UP 12 AND 18 AND 50% INCREASES. SO GREAT NEWS FOR US. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT. BECAUSE WE KNOW COSTS ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GO UP, BUT MORE WE CAN KEEP THAT UNDER CONTROL THE BETTER OFF WE ARE. AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO SHARE A COUPLE OF THINGS WITH YOU. ONE, YOU, AS YOU KNOW, WITH THE PASS OF OUR LEVY RESOLUTION, WE'RE RECEIVING MORE AND MORE QUESTIONS AND INPUT. AND I AM APPRECIATING ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE HEARING ABOUT FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE GETTING. [00:20:02] WE ARE CERTAINLY WORKING RIGHT NOW TO DELINEATE OUT SOME OF THE MESSAGING THAT WE HAVE AROUND WHAT THOSE LEVY DOLLARS WILL GO FOR, AND HOPE TO BRING YOU SOME FURTHER DETAILS ABOUT THAT PIECE. WE HAVE THOSE THINGS TIED INTO THOSE CATEGORIES THAT WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED AND AND LOOK FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO REALLY TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT AND DIG INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT HAS SURFACED IS AROUND THE INFLATIONARY RATE WHEN COMPARING OUR PREVIOUS LEVY DOLLARS ASKS TO THIS THREE YEAR ASK VERSUS A FOUR YEAR LAST YEAR, LAST TIME IT WAS A FOUR YEAR ASK, AS YOU RECALL. ONE OF THE THINGS AND I'LL BRING SOME EXACT STATISTICS BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I DON'T HAVE ALL OF THAT PULLED TOGETHER. BUT ONE THING THAT I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONTINUE TO SAY, AND I WANTED TO GIVE YOU SOME OF THIS VERBIAGE WHEN YOU'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS, IS THAT WHEN YOU COMPARE WHAT WE ASKED IN OUR LAST IN OUR FOUR YEAR LEVY WITH THIS, YOU HAVE TO ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT WE WOULD HAVE ASKED FOR MORE IF WE DID NOT HAVE ESSER DOLLARS, AND WE DID NOT HAVE ENROLLMENT STABILIZATION DOLLARS. BECAUSE THE MCCLEARY STRUGGLE THAT WE HAVE OF UNFUNDED MANDATES DIDN'T JUST START IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. IT STARTED ALMOST THE MINUTE THAT WE HAD MCCLEARY. THE MCCLEARY DECISION IN 2018. SO THOSE THE GAP WAS 50% OR JUST OVER 50% WE WERE GETTING WHEN MCCLEARY WAS STARTED, WE'RE DOWN TO 42% OF THE STATE BUDGET IS, IS GOING TOWARDS SCHOOL FUNDING. AND SO THAT HAS BECOME LESS AND LESS AND LESS OF THE STATE BUDGET EVERY YEAR SINCE 2018. SO WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT THAT GAP CONTINUES TO GET LARGER AND LARGER. WE JUST AS A DISTRICT WEREN'T IN A PLACE BACK WHEN WE WERE MAKING A DECISION ABOUT THE PREVIOUS LEVY TO PASS ALL OF THAT ON TO OUR LOCAL TAXPAYERS, BECAUSE WE HAD OTHER DOLLARS THAT WE COULD DIP INTO. AND SO I THINK IT'S JUST IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT WE TOOK IN IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER WE TOOK IN ALMOST, WELL, 38.7 MILLION IN THOSE YEARS. THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY THAT WE NO LONGER, WE NO LONGER HAVE. AND THOSE FEDERAL DOLLARS ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE. SO THAT WAS A FUNDING SOURCE THAT WE NO LONGER HAVE THAT 38.7 MILLION. SO I JUST WANT TO POINT THAT OUT BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION AROUND, OH, THE INFLATION HASN'T GONE UP THAT MUCH. WHY WOULD THAT BE? AND IT'S JUST IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER WE HAD A FUNDING SOURCE AT THAT TIME THAT WE DON'T HAVE NOW. AND WE DIDN'T JUST POUR IT INTO ADDITIONAL FUNDS, WE PUT IT INTO OUR FUND BALANCE. AND WE'VE BEEN USING THOSE DOLLARS EVER SINCE TO SUSTAIN US. AND SO I THINK THAT'S JUST AN IMPORTANT THING FOR ME TO LOOP BACK TO. THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE AND BRING YOU UP TO SPEED ABOUT JUST BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO SEND OUT SOME COMMUNICATION TO OUR FAMILIES IN THE UPCOMING DAYS. AND I'M GOING TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION. FULL STAFF WITH ALL OF OUR STAFF. TOMORROW I HAVE WELCOME BACK NEWSLETTER TO SEND OUT TO ALL OF OUR STAFF AND WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE AS WELL. WE ARE UNDER SOME NEW GUIDELINES AROUND LEAD IN THE WATER. WE WERE AT 20 AS A STATE IN SCHOOLS WE WERE AT 20 PARTS PER BILLION UP UNTIL THIS SCHOOL YEAR. AND THEY HAVE CHANGED THE THRESHOLD FROM 20 PARTS PER BILLION DOWN TO FIVE PARTS PER BILLION. SO THAT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION. KEVIN AND HIS TEAM DID A TON OF WORK BACK IN 2017, 2018 AND REFITTED FAUCETS AND DID A TON OF WORK. WE STILL HAVE ALL OF THAT DATA AND THAT INFORMATION. AND SO BASED ON THE CHANGE, WE ARE GOING TO SHUT DOWN SOME ADDITIONAL FAUCETS THAT ARE ABOVE THAT WERE LESS THAN 20 PARTS PER BILLION BUT ARE ABOVE FIVE PARTS PER BILLION. WE ARE GOING TO TURN THOSE OFF THOSE BUBBLERS. AND THEN ALSO TURN OFF ANY HAND WASHING, BECAUSE THEY'VE ALSO CHANGED THE THRESHOLD FOR HAND WASHING DOWN TO 15 PARTS PER BILLION. SO WE ARE TURNING OFF SOME OF THOSE FAUCETS AT THIS TIME. WE HAVE THE OPTION TO GO IN AND PAY A VENDOR. WE CAN'T DO THE TESTING OURSELVES, BUT WE HAVE AN OPTION TO PAY FOR TESTING, BUT BECAUSE THIS IS AN UNFUNDED MANDATE, WE ARE GOING TO LEAVE IT TO DOH TO DO THE TESTING. AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT THEY WILL START TESTING IN OUR SCHOOLS IN JANUARY. [00:25:02] WE DO NOT BELIEVE THAT. WE BELIEVE THAT THE DATA THAT WAS TAKEN THEN IS STILL GOOD DATA. WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT LEAD IS THAT IT REALLY COMES FROM THE SOLDER POINTS OF FAUCETS AND THE LINK UP, SO IT USUALLY IMPROVES OVER TIME INSTEAD OF BECOMING WORSE WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR PIPING. AND SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT THOSE RESULTS WILL COME IN REALLY STRONG FOR US. AND I THINK AGAIN, KEVIN'S TEAM FOR DOING THAT WORK BECAUSE WE ARE AHEAD OF THE CURVE. MOST, MOST SCHOOL DISTRICTS AREN'T WHERE WE ARE AT THANKS TO THE WORK THAT THEY DID IN 2017-2018, BUT OUT OF OUR DUE DILIGENCE, WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT. AND WHERE WE ARE TURNING OFF DRINKING FOUNTAINS OR BUBBLERS, WHERE THERE ISN'T AN APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF ACCESS, WE ARE GOING TO BE BRINGING IN SOME WATER FILLING STATIONS SO STUDENTS CAN HAVE CLOSER ACCESS. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STUDENTS CAN DO TO HAVE CLOSE ACCESS IS TO BRING A WATER BOTTLE TO SCHOOL OR USE REFILLABLES WATER BOTTLES TO SCHOOL, THAT WILL BE A HELP AS WE GET INTO THE NEW YEAR. BUT WE DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY ISSUES WITH THAT AND WE'LL, WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO DOH DOING THE WORK THAT THEY WANT TO BE DONE IN JANUARY. SO ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE ABOUT REALLY ANY OF THE UPDATE THAT I JUST GAVE YOU, BUT AS WELL, THE TESTING. ANYTHING? ALL RIGHT. I WILL TURN IT OVER TO LYNNELL NEXT. I HAVE SOME CELEBRATIONS JUST TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT. BOARD WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM THAT WE RAN OVER THE SUMMER AND IT'S CREDIT RECOVERY. WE HAD CREDIT RECOVERY AVAILABLE TO ALL STUDENTS, NINTH THROUGH 12TH GRADE, ALL, ALL AGES, ALL HIGH SCHOOLS OF THAT WE HAD 300 AND 302 STUDENTS PARTICIPATE. OF THAT WE HAD 192 CREDITS RECOVERED. AND I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE STATISTICS PER BUILDING JUST TO CELEBRATE THE HIGH SCHOOLS. BATTLE GROUND HAD 57 CREDITS RECOVERED. BGVA HAD 17. PRAIRIE HAD 104 CREDITS RECOVERED. RIVER HAD ONE. SUMMIT VIEW HAD 13. SO THESE ARE COURSES THAT WERE RETAKES OR CATCHING UP ON THAT WERE PRIORITIZED. AND SO JUST CELEBRATING THOSE KIDS AND THEIR HARD WORK AND ONE STEP CLOSER TO MEETING GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS. SO CELEBRATING ALL OF THE HARD WORK THAT THE TEACHERS ENGAGED IN AND ALL THE KIDS. SO JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT PROGRAM THAT JUST CONCLUDED A FEW WEEKS AGO. THAT'S GREAT. YEAH. THANK YOU. THAT'S GREAT. ALL RIGHT. NO, NO UPDATE FROM HUMAN RESOURCES, AND NO FINANCIAL REPORT BECAUSE MICHELLE'S GOT A NUMBER OF THINGS TO COVER THIS EVENING. NOTHING FROM KEVIN, ALTHOUGH I MAY, I WILL LIKELY BE SENDING OUT AN EMAIL TO YOU ABOUT SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT HE HAS GOING, SO PLEASE BE LOOKING FOR THAT WHEN WE GET SOME MORE THINGS FINALIZED. AND A SMALL REPORT FROM AMANDA. GOOD EVENING BOARD. OUR SCHOOL OFFICE TEAMS AND DISTRICT COMMUNICATION TEAM HAVE BEEN HARD AT WORK IN PREPARING BACK TO SCHOOL COMMUNICATION AND SEND THAT OUT TO ALL OF OUR FAMILIES. WE'VE BEEN SUPPORTING A NUMBER OF SCHOOLS WITH THEIR NEWSLETTERS AND PROVIDING TRAINING. WE'VE ALSO SENT INFORMATION FROM THE DISTRICT LEVEL EARLIER THIS MONTH AND CREATED A PLACE ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE THAT'S MEANT TO BE SORT OF THE ONE STOP SHOP FOR ALL BACK TO SCHOOL INFORMATION, SO FAMILIES DON'T HAVE TO LOOK TOO MANY PLACES. AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION A COUPLE OF UPCOMING EVENTS. SHELLY MENTIONED LEGACY NIGHT. I THINK AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING. WE HAVE A LITTLE MORE DETAIL NOW THAT WILL BE COMING UP IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS ON THE RECOGNITION WILL ACTUALLY HAPPEN BEFORE THE GAME. SO WE ASK PEOPLE TO ARRIVE EARLY IF THEY ARE A GRADUATE OF ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS AND OR A STAFF MEMBER, SO THAT THEY CAN BE RECOGNIZED ON THE FIELD AS PART OF THAT. AND WE'VE ALSO SORT OF GOT A DECADE'S THEME GOING. SO WE ASKED PEOPLE TO DRESS IN THE STYLE OF THE DECADE THEY GRADUATED, IF THEY'RE SO INCLINED. AND THEN WE WILL AGAIN BE OPENING UP OUR CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO NEW MEMBERS THIS YEAR. THE FIRST TWO MEETINGS WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. SO THIS MEANS THAT ANYONE CAN COME BY AND SEE WHAT THE COMMITTEE IS ALL ABOUT AND ASK QUESTIONS. AND IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN CONTINUING AFTER THAT, THEY'RE WELCOME TO DO SO. SO THE FIRST TWO MEETINGS, SEPTEMBER 10TH AND OCTOBER 8TH, AND THE FIRST MEETING WILL FOCUS ON ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORT OUR SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS. [00:30:03] AND THEN THE SECOND MEETING WILL BE FOCUSED ON LEVEE INFORMATION. SO IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN CHECKING THOSE OUT, WE INVITE THEM TO COME JOIN US ON EITHER OF THOSE DATES. THANK YOU. THAT'S IT FOR SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF UPDATES. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. NEXT THING ON THE AGENDA THEN IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA. [9. Consent Agenda (Board Vote w/Student Voice)] THERE'S ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR. THERE'S SIX ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. APPROVAL OF MINUTES. BUSINESS OPERATIONS REPORT, PERSONNEL REPORTS, FINANCIAL REPORT, AND A SURPLUS OF MATERIALS REPORT. ANYBODY? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. OKAY. OUR ADVISORY VOTE? PRO. PRO. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED SAME SIGN. 5-0. PASS. THERE IS NO OLD BUSINESS. SO OUR BUDGET HEARING. MICHELLE. MRS. SCOTT. THANK YOU, BOARD. [11. Budget Hearing] I'D LIKE TO BEGIN OUR BUDGET HEARING BY JUST GIVING YOU A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW. WE'RE GOING TO DO A PRESENTATION AND THEN WE WILL HAVE OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. AND WE WILL CLOSE THE BUDGET HEARING. AND THEN WE WILL REOPEN IT FOR BOARD BUSINESS, WHICH WILL BE REQUESTING YOUR APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE BUDGET. SO THAT'S JUST KIND OF THE THE HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THAT. AND THE, AND TECHNICALLY WE ARE PAUSING THE BOARD MEETING TO GO TO BUDGET HEARING. THAT'S CORRECT. JUST. YEAH. SO DO WE DON'T NEED ANYTHING OFFICIAL ON THAT. I DON'T I DON'T KNOW IF WE SAY A TIME MAYBE THAT MIGHT. SURE. YEAH. SO WE OFFICIALLY CALL OR WE'RE GOING TO TAKE AN ADJOURNMENT OF OUR NOT AN ADJOURNMENT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? RECESS. RECESS. TAKE A RECESS OF OUR BOARD MEETING AT 6:32 P.M. TO HAVE OUR BUDGET SESSION. GO AHEAD, PLEASE. THANK YOU. THE PRESENTATION THAT I'LL BE COVERING TONIGHT WILL BE A HIGH-LEVEL SUMMARY OF THE WORK SESSION THAT WE HAD ON AUGUST THE 10TH. IF ANYONE IS ONLINE AND LISTENING AND WANT TO HAVE CONSIDERABLY MORE DETAILS ON OUR BUDGET AND SOME OF THE TERMINOLOGY WE USE THAT DOCUMENT IS GOING TO BE A GOOD RESOURCE FOR YOU. WHEN, BECAUSE TONIGHT WILL BE MORE HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY OF ALL OF THAT INFORMATION. THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGES SINCE THE AUGUST 10TH UPDATE TO THE BOARD. SO THIS WILL BE JUST KIND OF TOUCHING ON ALL OF THE DIFFERENT REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES AND, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE DIFFERENT WITH THIS BUDGET. SO WE HAVE FOR AN OVERVIEW, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS AND CHALLENGES. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE THAT IMPACTED THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET. AND THEN WE HAVE A REQUIRED DISCLOSURE THAT IS, IS AN RCW THAT WE'LL DO. AND THEN WE ALSO WILL TALK ABOUT SOME STAFFING AND FUND BALANCE WILL BE AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION TONIGHT. AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT WE HAVE THREE OTHER FUNDS, OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS, ASB AND DEBT SERVICE FUND. WE DO HAVE A FOUR-YEAR BUDGET PROJECTION ASSUMPTIONS IN THERE THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT AND TOUCH ON, AND THEN HOW WE MONITOR THE BUDGET. AND THEN BUDGET CONTACT INFORMATION, AND THEN OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS. SO THAT'S JUST A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'LL BE COVERING TONIGHT. SO ON THE BUDGET PROCESS THE BUDGET IS A 207-PAGE DOCUMENT. SO IT'S, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO GO THROUGH AND TO DIGEST. SO THAT'S WHY THE AUGUST 10TH WORK SESSION DOCUMENT WAS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT REALLY KIND OF COVERS SOME OF THAT INFORMATION, BUT IN OUR PROCESS, WE ARE CONTINUOUSLY BUDGETING ALL YEAR ROUND. WE'RE LOOKING AT ENROLLMENT, WE'RE WATCHING STAFFING, WE'RE WATCHING STATE LEGISLATURE AND OUTCOMES FROM THOSE. SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT ALL OF THE THINGS THAT MAY IMPACT AND NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST FROM THE STATE LEVEL, BUT FROM A FEDERAL LEVEL. FUEL IS A GOOD EXAMPLE, JUST KIND OF MONITORING THAT. WE'RE ALSO MONITORING, WE, IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, OUR FEBRUARY ELECTION WHEN WE WERE PUTTING TOGETHER THE BUDGET AND HOW WE WOULD HAVE TO ADJUST OUR BUDGET BASED ON THE OUTCOME OF THE ELECTION, WHICH REQUIRED A $20 MILLION REDUCTION IN PROGRAMS, [00:35:04] IN ADDITION TO THE ALREADY 14 MILLION THAT WE HAD ALREADY DONE, AND THEN USE OF FUND BALANCE RESERVES. I DO HAVE A POSTED LINK ON THE BOARD UPDATES FOR THE AUGUST 10TH. SOME OF THE CHALLENGES AND ONE OF THE ONES THAT'S NOT ON HERE IS OUR MIGRATION TO CUMULATIVE, WHICH WAS A REAL CHALLENGE BECAUSE IT WAS OUR FIRST-YEAR BUDGETING IN A NEW SYSTEM, A NEW SOFTWARE SYSTEM. SO THERE'S ALWAYS A STEEP LEARNING CURVE, BUT WE GOT THROUGH IT AND ALL IS WELL, SO THAT'S GREAT. BUT AGAIN, THE CHALLENGE WAS AGAIN, THE LEVY REDUCTIONS THAT WERE NECESSARY IN ORDER TO TRY TO BALANCE THIS BUDGET FOR THE 26-27 SCHOOL YEAR. THIS WOULD BE OUR FIRST FULL YEAR WITHOUT ANY LEVY FUNDS. SO WE ARE GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO USE FUND BALANCE TO HAVE TO HELP SUPPORT THAT IN ADDITION TO CUTS. SO ALSO CHALLENGES INCLUDED UNFUNDED MANDATES. FOR AND I JUST HAVE A FEW THAT I'VE LISTED HERE. WE HAVE A LONG LIST, BUT I'VE LISTED A FEW LIKE SPECIAL EDUCATION SUBSTITUTE COSTS AND TRANSPORTATION COSTS. SO WE HAVE OVER 21 TO 23 JUST DEPENDING ON WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THE TIME OF UNFUNDED MANDATES. IN ADDITION TO NOT BEING FULLY FUNDED BY THE STATE FOR PROGRAMS. AND THEN INFLATIONARY COSTS WERE WATCHING WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH SOME OF OUR EXPENDITURES, SUCH AS FUEL COSTS AND INSURANCE. WE HAVE INCLUDED IN THIS BUDGET 39.4% INCREASE IN FUEL AND INSURANCE IS 8%, AS SHELLY HAD MENTIONED EARLIER. SO JUST WATCHING THAT. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS IPD THAT THE STATE USES, WHICH IS CALLED THE IMPLICIT PRICE DEFLATOR. IT'S NOT AS, IT'S NOT IT DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME STRENGTH AS THE CPI IN GENERAL. HISTORICALLY, THE CPI, THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX IS A STRONGER AND MORE ACCURATE REFLECTION OF THE ECONOMY. AND I HAVE SOME EXAMPLES HERE. IN 25-26 THE CPI WAS 3.1 FOR THE STATE AS THEY LOOK AT SCHOOLS. AND OUR IPD WAS 2.5. IN 26-27 THIS UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR IT'S 2.9 VERSUS THE 2.6 IPD. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE NOT CAPTURING SOME OF THAT, SOME OF THAT INFLATIONARY INCREASE FROM THE STATE. SO NEXT SLIDE. ALSO WHEN IN OUR BUDGET CHALLENGES IS THAT OUR LEVY IS TIED TO CERTAIN REVENUE SOURCES THAT WE ARE NOT ABLE TO COLLECT IF WE DO NOT HAVE A LEVY. AND SOME OF THAT INCLUDES THE STATE FOREST FUNDS. AND THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE HAD PASSED IN LEGISLATION. THAT'S A THAT'S A FOREST EXCISE TAX THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN THE STATE FOREST FUNDING. SO THAT IS A LOSS OF REVENUE THAT WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO COLLECT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A PASS LEVY. IN 24-25, WE COLLECTED ABOUT $278,000 OF THAT FOREST FUNDING, AND THIS IS FOR FORESTRY THAT'S BEING HARVESTED IN THE DISTRICT. IN 25-26 ON A HALF A LEVY BECAUSE WE HAD A HALF COLLECTION, WE HAD $254,000. SO IT CAN, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT RANGE CAN BE. IT'S ALL DEPENDING ON WHAT THE FOREST HARVESTS ARE. SO THAT'S A REVENUE SOURCE THAT WE JUST DON'T GET TO COLLECT NOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT A PASS LEVY. SO INTEREST INCOME, WE ARE TAKING A HUGE HIT ON OUR INTEREST INCOME WHEN WE HAVE THE FUNDS BALANCE RESERVES. AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS WITH THE RESERVES. IT REDUCES THE INTEREST THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ALSO HAVE AVAILABLE ON THOSE ON THOSE RESERVES. AND THEN WE HAVE SOME NON-HIGH DISTRICT FEES. THESE ARE SERVICE FEES THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE AVAILABLE WHEN WE SERVE STUDENTS FROM NON-HIGH DISTRICTS. IT'S ABOUT $40,000 THAT WE'RE ABLE TO BILL OUT OVER THE YEAR. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A PASS LEVY, THEN YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO COLLECT THOSE DOLLARS FROM THAT DISTRICT, SO. SO, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE BUDGET CHALLENGES. ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR? OKAY. MOVING ON TO THE OUTCOMES OF THE 26TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AGAIN ON AUGUST 10TH. WE TALKED ABOUT THE BUS DEPRECIATION. [00:40:03] THE WAY THAT THE DISTRICT HAS EXTENDED THE LIFE OF BUSSES, WHICH REDUCES OUR DEPRECIATION. SO IN THE MID YEAR, WE TOOK A $300,000 APPROXIMATELY REDUCTION IN FUNDING FOR THE BUS DEPRECIATION THAT WE HAD BUDGETED AND ANTICIPATED IN. AND THEN THAT REDUCES AGAIN IN 26-27. SO THAT GOING FORWARD, THAT'S A, WE DON'T COLLECT AS MUCH IN DEPRECIATION. SO STATEWIDE, THAT WAS A $25 MILLION REDUCTION FOR THE STATE TO HELP THEM BALANCE THE BUDGET AT THE STATE LEVEL. ALSO THE TRANSITION TO KINDERGARTEN. THEY REDUCED THAT PROGRAM AT THE STATE LEVEL 25%. AND EVERY DISTRICT, IT JUST DEPENDED ON YOUR STATUS AND WHERE YOU WERE AND YOUR NEEDS AND WHAT YOU HAD AVAILABLE. AND WE WILL BE REDUCING TWO OF OUR SEVEN CLASS CLASSROOMS IN TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN THAT WERE NOT ABLE TO OFFER IN 26-27. AND THEN THERE WAS A ELECTION COST ADJUSTMENT. THIS IS JUST AN ACCOUNTING CHANGE. IT'S NOT A BUDGET IMPACT BY DOLLARS, IT'S MORE OF A NOTE THAT THE ELECTION COSTS WILL BE MOVING FOR LEVY ELECTIONS, NOT BOARD ELECTION COSTS, BUT LEVY AND BOND ELECTION COSTS WILL BE, NOW BE REQUIRED TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE SUPERINTENDENT'S BUDGET. SO THEY'LL BE MOVING OUT OF THE BOARD BUDGET AND INTO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S BUDGET, SO. NEXT SLIDE. SOME ADDITIONAL OUTCOMES. SO THERE WAS REALLY NO SERIOUS CONSIDERATION OF ANY OF THE REQUESTS FOR LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY WORK THAT WASBO AND WASA, AND WSSDA WAS DOING, IT REALLY WAS YOU KNOW, IT, IT, THERE WAS JUST NO SERIOUS CONSIDERATION. POLICY REDUCTIONS. WE HAD A SLIGHT CHANGE IN RUNNING START THAT WAS, IT'S A PASS-THROUGH, RUNNING STARTS A PASS-THROUGH, BUT IT'S STILL A REDUCTION IN PROGRAM. AND THEN THE TRANSPORTATION CONTRACTOR BENEFITS THAT THEY, THEY HAVE WRITTEN THAT THEY HAVE FUNDING, BUT IT'S, IT'S NOT KNOWN UNTIL JUNE OF 2027. AND ALL OF OUR SOURCES THAT WE'VE TALKED TO YOU KNOW, MANY HIGH SOURCES IN OSPI AND DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS. IT'S HIGHLY UNLIKELY THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO RECOUP SOME OF THOSE CONTRACTOR BENEFITS. SO IT'S NOT BUDGETED. SO THAT'S AN UNFUNDED MANDATE FROM THE STATE ON TRANSPORTATION CONTRACTOR BENEFITS. AND THEN SALES TAX EXEMPTIONS. SO I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THIS FOR JUST A MOMENT. IN OUR LAST BUDGET, WE WERE REAL WORRIED BECAUSE OF THE SALES TAX ON RETAIL SERVICES, ON CERTAIN SERVICES. AND TEMPORARY STAFFING WAS REALLY THE, THE BIG THE ONE THAT WORRIED US THE MOST. WE WERE GOING TO BE HAVING TO PAY SALES TAX ON THOSE. THE STATE IN THE 26 LEGISLATIVE ACTION DID ALLOW FOR A SALES TAX EXEMPTION. WE HAVE TO FILL OUT A CERTIFICATE FOR EVERY VENDOR AND KEEP UP WITH THAT AND TRACK IT. AND WE WERE FILLING THEM OUT TODAY AS WE SPEAK, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ELIGIBLE TO NOT PAY SALES TAX ON TEMPORARY STAFFING AND SOME OF THE OTHER SERVICES THAT MAY BE THAT WE COULD HAVE BEEN, BUT THAT WAS A NEW TAX THAT THEY HAD OPENED UP IN THE 2025 LEGISLATIVE SESSION. SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO BUDGET AND WORRY ABOUT, INCLUDING IN BUDGET. OKAY, NEXT SLIDE. SO JUST SOME GENERAL FUND BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS. WE IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THE F 195 BUDGET DOCUMENT THAT IS POSTED ONLINE WITH, AND THIS PRESENTATION WILL BE POSTED ONLINE AS WELL AS WE HAVE THE WORK SESSION GUIDE IS POSTED ONLINE. IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT WE, OUR FISCAL YEAR DOESN'T END UNTIL AUGUST 31ST, SO YOU CAN WE DON'T HAVE ACTUALS THAT WE CAN PUT IN THE BUDGET DOCUMENT. SO IT COMPARES THE ACTUALS FOR 24-25 AND A BUDGET FOR 25-26, OUR BUDGET AND THEN OUR BUDGET FOR 26-27. SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING TO NOTE THAT THAT'S HOW THE DOCUMENT WORKS. WE LOOKED AT ENROLLMENT AND WE ROLLED ENROLLMENT FORWARD. WE REALLY DIDN'T BUDGET FOR ANY GROWTH. WE GENERALLY WOULD SEE PROBABLY ABOUT A 2% GROWTH, [00:45:04] BUT WE KEPT THAT MORE CONSERVATIVE. THE IDEA IS THAT WE HISTORICALLY WOULD LIKE TO COME IN A LITTLE BIT ABOVE BUDGET. SO THAT WAY WE HAVE, WE CAN ADD STAFFING A LOT EASIER THAN, THAN TRYING TO MOVE THINGS AROUND. AND IT LOOKS, IT LOOKS PRETTY GOOD SO FAR. WE'RE STILL WAITING. YOU KNOW, KIDS ARE STILL ENROLLING AND MOVING AROUND. SO, BUT I FEEL LIKE WE'RE GOING TO BE OKAY WITH OUR ENROLLMENT. THERE WAS A 2.6% IPD INFLATIONARY INCREASE. AND I JUST WANTED TO CALL OUT THAT ON, FOR EXAMPLE, ON MSOC. AND THIS IS JUST FOR OUR BASIC ED MSOCS, THAT $42 PER STUDENT, WHICH WAS 2.6% EQUIVALENT. NOW AGAIN, JUST BASIC ED, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT CATEGORICAL PROGRAMS AND, AND IT WAS WE RECEIVED 372,000 MORE THAN WE ARE RECEIVING FROM 25-26. SO $372,000 DOESN'T EVEN COVER OUR FUEL INCREASE OF $345,000 AND OUR INSURANCE INCREASE OF $200,000. SO THIS IS WHY WE SHOW THAT EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE AN IPD THAT WE'RE RECEIVING, IT'S NOT ALWAYS ENOUGH TO KEEP UP WITH THE ACTUAL COST THAT THE DISTRICT IS INCURRING. AND THIS IS NOT BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT. THIS IS STATE WIDE. THIS IS ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE IN THE SAME AND HAVE BEEN IN THE SAME SINCE THE IPD BECAME PART OF THE MCCLEARY DECISION, AND THAT'S WHEN THAT WENT INTO EFFECT. SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF NOTE THAT SO THAT YOU COULD UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE BUDGET CHALLENGES AND ASSUMPTIONS. AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE HAD THE LEVY REDUCTIONS AND ALIGNING STAFFING WITH ENROLLMENT. ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WE HAVE OUR ENROLLMENT. AGAIN, THIS IS WE HAVE A BUDGET TO BUDGET. AND THEN WE HAVE AN ACTUAL TO BUDGET. AND I WANTED TO CALL OUT THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE F195, IT LOOKS A LITTLE FROM 24-25 TO 25-26. THEY REMOVED TK OUT OF THE KINDERGARTEN CATEGORY AND PUT IT AND PULLED IT OUT IN 25-26, SO IT LOOKS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER. BUT YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT THE TK IS STILL PART OF OUR ENROLLMENT. SO I'VE CALLED THAT OUT AND PUT AN ASTERISK THERE SO THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT. BUT OVERALL BUDGET TO BUDGET, WE'RE LOOKING AT AN INCREASE OF 118 STUDENTS FROM OUR 25-26 BUDGET AND OUR COMPREHENSIVE AND ALE PROGRAM. AND THEN OUR TOTAL ENROLLMENT WOULD BE 111 FOR THE FOR THE F195 IF YOU LOOK AT BUDGET TO BUDGET. FOR ACTUAL TO BUDGET, BECAUSE WE DID COME IN OVER BUDGET FOR 25-26. IT IS ACTUALLY THE ACTUAL TO BUDGET IS GOING TO BE A SLIGHT REDUCTION OF 67 FTE IN OUR ALE AND OUR COMPREHENSIVE. AND THEN WE HAVE A LITTLE ONE IN OUR RUNNING START. SO THAT PUTS US AT 66. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE OUR TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN GOING DOWN BECAUSE OF THE TWO CLASSES, SO. I'M GOING TO MOVE TO REVENUES. AND OUR REVENUES ARE GOING TO BE $212,992,846. AND NORMALLY YOU WOULD SEE IN A IN A GENERAL BUDGET FOR MOST SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THERE'S LIKE 295. AND I, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT NUMBER, BUT MOST SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE A PASSED LEVY. IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT 13 TO 15% OF YOUR REVENUE. SO WITHOUT THE LEVY, THE LOCAL LEVY IN THEIR CALCULATED BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING IN THERE, NINE, WE ARE RELYING ON 91.3% OF OUR FUNDING TO COME FROM THE STATE. WE ALREADY KNOW THAT OUR FUNDING IS NOT ADEQUATE FOR THE STATE. IT DOESN'T FULLY COVER EVERYTHING. SO THE CONCERN IS, IS WHEN MOST OF YOUR REVENUES ARE COMING FROM THE STATE AND YOU DON'T HAVE THAT LEVY FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE, YOU KNOW, THE EXTRA PROGRAMS, THAT PUTS YOU IN A POSITION OF USING FUND BALANCE UNTIL YOU RUN OUT. NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS JUST A BREAKDOWN. I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF THESE ITEMS HERE, BUT AGAIN, IT IS INFORMATION TO GIVE YOU FOR YOU TO LOOK AT ON OUR DIFFERENT SOURCES OF FUNDING. [00:50:06] WE HAVE THE STATE GENERAL PURPOSE AND THE STATE SPECIAL PURPOSE. AND AGAIN, ALL OF THESE CATEGORIES ARE INCLUDED IN OUR AUGUST 10TH WORK WORKSHOP, A WORK SESSION DOCUMENT. SO YOU CAN REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THOSE. BUT JUST HIGH LEVEL OR SPECIAL PURPOSE FROM THE STATE WOULD BE LIKE TRANSPORTATION. OUR SPECIAL, SOME SPECIAL EDUCATION AND HIGH CAP AND LAP AND THINGS LIKE THAT. YOU HAVE YOUR FEDERAL SPECIAL PURPOSE, LOCAL NON TAX SUPPORT, AND REVENUES FROM OTHER ENTITIES. SO AGAIN, I WON'T GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF THE CATEGORIES BECAUSE WE HAVE ALREADY DONE THAT IN THE WORK SESSION. BOARD AND MICHELLE, CAN I STOP YOU FOR JUST A MINUTE? BOARD. I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE A LIVE STREAM ISSUE GOING ON WITH SWAGIT. AND I WANT TO INCLUDE YOU IN A CONVERSATION. WHAT WE DON'T KNOW IS RIGHT NOW, IT'S NOT LIVE STREAM. SO ANYBODY WHO'S WATCHING IT TRYING TO WATCH IT LIVE, THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT. WE BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE STILL RECORDING AND WE BELIEVE THAT IT WILL BE AVAILABLE. HOWEVER, WITH THAT KNOWLEDGE, I WANTED YOU TO MAKE A DECISION ON WHETHER YOU WANT US TO STOP THE MEETING AND TRY A FULL RESET WITH THEM, OR IF YOU WANTED US TO CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD KNOWING THAT. I JUST KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THE BUDGET HEARING IS AND THE BUDGET INFORMATION IS, AND I WANTED YOU TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN ON THAT. ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT WE PAUSE THE MEETING WHILE THEY DO THE RESET? THAT'S WHAT IT WOULD TAKE, AND THAT WILL TAKE A WHILE. TECHNICAL SUPPORT AT SWAGIT SAID THEY CANNOT DO A RESET ON OUR SYSTEM WHILE A MEETING IS UP AND LIVE, AND SO WE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE THE MEETING OFFLINE AND HAVE THEM RESET IT, AND THEY'RE NOT SURE HOW LONG THAT'S GOING TO TAKE. THEY DON'T HAVE ANY GUESSTIMATE AS TO HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE? NO. IT DEPENDS ON WHERE THE BUG IS IN THE SYSTEM. SURE. IF YOU'RE ASKING MY PREFERENCE, THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUT AND THE CLARITY TO THE PUBLIC SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND. I THINK IT WOULD BE WISE TO RESET. I WOULD AGREE THIS IS SUCH VALUABLE INFORMATION, AND IF PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO LISTEN AND LIVE, I THINK THEY, WE NEED TO DO A RESET IN ORDER TO. SO I'M GOING TO RISK THE IDEA THAT SOMEBODY'S GOING TO BE MAKING A MOTION THAT WE ADJOURN OUR MEETING TEMPORARILY AND RECESS FOR A BIT AND LET THEM RESET. OKAY. I MAKE A MOTION. THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING. YEP. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE PAUSE THE MEETING AND ALLOW THE RESET. TECH SUPPORT TO RESET. TECH SUPPORT SAVE US. SO IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT POSSIBILITY INCLUDING OUR STUDENTS. ANY THOUGHTS? ANYBODY? OKAY. I WANT TO CALL THE INITIAL PAUSE. SAY IT AGAIN. STOP THE FIRST PAUSE. STOP THE FIRST PAUSE. NO, USUALLY WHEN WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE CALL IT FOR 30 MINUTES. DO WE WANT TO SET A TIME FOR THE ADJOURNMENT TO CHECK IN? DO WE NEED TO SET A TIME BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW. WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO TAKE THEM TO DO THE RESET IS THE QUESTION. SO ONCE THEY TAKE OUR SYSTEM DOWN, THEN IT HAS THEY HAVE TO PERFORM THE DIAGNOSTIC AND THEN GET IT BACK UP. AND MAKE SURE TO CONFIRM THE LIVE STREAM IS WORKING. I'M NOT SURE HOW LONG THAT'S GOING TO BE. SO THE INFERENCE IN WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT YOUR MOTION COULD BE MINUTES, COULD BE AN HOUR. THE INFERENCE IS THAT YOUR MOTION IS SAYING YOU WANT TO PAUSE OUR MEETING UNTIL IT STARTS AGAIN? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. SO. REGARDLESS OF THE TIME? SO IF THEY CAN'T GET IT, THAT MEANS WE WILL NEED TO RESCHEDULE THE REST OF OUR BOARD MEETING ON A DIFFERENT NIGHT. THAT'S WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN. YEAH. RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. THAT. WE WOULD HAVE TO DO IT IMMEDIATELY, LIKE TOMORROW OR IMMEDIATELY, BECAUSE THE DUE DATE ON OUR BUDGET IS THE 31ST, RIGHT? YEAH. YEAH. WHICH WOULD BE GREAT BECAUSE I LEAVE TOWN ON THURSDAY. WELL, IT HAS TO BE CERTIFIED AND UP THERE BY THE 31ST, SO IT WOULD HAVE TO BE TOMORROW. IF IT CAN'T. SO IN ESSENCE, THAT'S THE MOTION BEFORE US. THEN TO ADJOURN UNTIL THEY FIX THE PROBLEM OR WE ADJOURN TOMORROW. AND DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY? NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. TOMORROW IS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. ANYBODY HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS TO THAT? IS THERE NOTICE? PUBLIC, I MEAN THE 24. WE WOULD HAVE TO GIVE 24-HOUR NOTICE. FOR THOSE INCONVENIENCES THAT WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE GIVE OURSELVES A TIME LIMIT. [00:55:01] AND IF WE CANNOT AT LEAST CONFIRM THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO CAPTURE THE FIRST PART OF THE MEETING AND USE THE RECORDING AT MINIMUM, THEN AT LEAST WE KNOW FOR A FACT THAT WE CAN SEND THE RECORDING OUT AND PEOPLE CAN ACCESS IT LATER. IT MIGHT BE WORTH LOOKING INTO JUST RECORDING YOURSELF, GOING THROUGH THIS POWERPOINT AND POSTING IT ONTO OUR BUDGET WEBSITE AS WELL. THAT'S ALWAYS AN OPTION, AND THAT IT'S ALWAYS AVAILABLE. IF THIS CAN'T GET FIGURED OUT, BUT WE SHOULD TAKE IT OFFLINE SO THEY CAN START WORKING. WELL, WE CAN CONTINUE TO POSSIBLY CONSIDER THIS, BUT LET'S THEN ACT ON HIS MOTION TO SUSPEND OUR MEETING TEMPORARILY AND RETURN IN 30 MINUTES. YEAH. OKAY. HOW'S THAT? OKAY. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THEN. OKAY. SO WE'LL SUSPEND OUR MEETING FOR 30 MINUTES AND RETURN IN 30 MINUTES THEN. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. SO THEN OUR STUDENTS SAY? PRO, PRO., OKAY. AND SO THEN ALL IN FAVOR OF MARSHALL'S MOTION TO SUSPEND FOR 30 MINUTES AND REASSESS AT THAT TIME? AYE. AYE. ALL IN FAVOR. ALL OPPOSED SAY, SAME SIGN. NO OPPOSED. 5-0. OKAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE THEN ADJOURNED FOR 30 MINUTES, WHICH WOULD PUT US AT 7:30, 26, 7:26. RIGHT? SOUNDS GOOD. SO WE STAND ADJOURNED UNTIL 7:26. WELL GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. WELCOME BACK. WE ARE GOING TO RECONVENE THE MEETING TO THE EXTENT THAT WE WERE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED, HAVING OUR GOING TO RETURN TO MICHELLE SCOTT AND THE FINANCIAL REPORT. CARLA, COULD YOU EXPLAIN TO US WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? SO OUR LIVE STREAM PROVIDER NOTIFIED US THAT THEY WERE HAVING A PROBLEM WITH CONNECTING US TO A LIVE STREAM. ANYONE WHO WAS TRYING TO WATCH IT AS THE BOARD MEETING WAS HAPPENING WAS NOT BEING BEING ABLE TO GET IN. IT WAS JUST SHOWING A BUNCH OF VERY BEAUTIFUL, COLORFUL BARS. SO WE HAD TO TAKE THE SYSTEM DOWN SO THAT WE COULD DO A FULL RESET. WE WILL HAVE A FULL RECORDING OF THE MEETING UP UNTIL WE TOOK IT TO RECESS. AND THEN EVERYTHING AFTER, AS WE'VE JUST STARTED UP ON OUR WEBSITE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, THEY'LL PIECE THOSE TWO VIDEOS TOGETHER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH. SO WE'RE GOING BACK THEN TO YOU, MISS SCOTT. CAN I REALLY QUICKLY JUST SO, SO SORRY. I JUST WANT TO SAY IT LOOKS LIKE BASED ON THE FIRE, THAT IT LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT BE CONTAINED. IT'S NOW SHOWING ALL GREEN. SO FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH FOR THAT REPORT. YEAH. THANK YOU. GOOD. THANK YOU, BOARD. NEXT WE WILL GO INTO EXPENDITURES BY OBJECT. AND HERE WE DELINEATE THE EXPENDITURES BY CERTIFICATED SALARIES, CLASSIFIED SALARIES, EMPLOYEE BENEFITS, AND PAYROLL TAXES. SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS. PURCHASE SERVICES. TRAVEL AND CAPITAL OUTLAY. THOSE ARE THE MAIN CATEGORIES IN THE OBJECT. AS YOU CAN SEE, 76.3% OF THE DISTRICT'S EXPENDITURES ARE ALLOCATED TO SALARIES AND BENEFITS. IT WOULD BE CLOSER TO THE STATE AVERAGE OF 85%. IF YOU LOOKED AT OUR TRANSPORTATION AND NUTRITION SERVICES CONTRACTS THOSE ARE INCLUDED IN PURCHASE SERVICES, AND SO ALL OF THEIR PAYROLL IS INCLUDED. SO THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BECAUSE WE DO CONTRACT FOR THOSE SERVICES AND THEY'RE VERY LARGE CONTRACTS, SO IT WOULD BE CLOSER TO THE STATE AVERAGE. OUT OF CURIOSITY, WHAT IS THE STATE AVERAGE, DO YOU KNOW? ABOUT 85%. YEAH. YEP. I, THE NEXT SLIDE HAS THE HAS THE DOLLAR FIGURES FOR YOU AND THE PERCENTAGES, BUT I WANTED TO CALL OUT PURCHASE SERVICES BECAUSE THAT SEEMS LIKE SUCH A LARGE BUCKET. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT TRANSPORTATION AND FOOD SERVICES, IT MAKES UP OVER HALF OF THAT, THAT BUCKET JUST BY ITSELF FOR PURCHASE SERVICES. ALSO, YOU HAVE UTILITIES, OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION PLACEMENTS, RUNNING START INSURANCE. THOSE ARE JUST EXAMPLES OF LARGE ITEMS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN PURCHASE SERVICES. SO IT JUST IT LOOKS, IT LOOKS LIKE A LARGE AMOUNT, BUT IT CONTAINS A LOT OF DIFFERENT EXPENDITURES THAT DISTRICTS HAVE THAT ARE NOT JUST TIED TO SALARIES AND BENEFITS. NEXT SLIDE. OKAY, SO NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT EXPENDITURES BY ACTIVITY. [01:00:01] SO THIS IS ANOTHER LENS THE WAY WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SAME EXPENDITURES BUT IN A DIFFERENT LENS. AND WE'RE LOOKING AT IT BY TEACHING, TEACHING SUPPORT, OTHER SUPPORT, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION, CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE EXPENDITURES BY ACTIVITY, 71.2% OF THE DOLLARS GO DIRECTLY TO THE TEACHING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING SUPPORT. THE OTHER SUPPORT THAT YOU'LL SEE, AND THIS IS, AGAIN, A LOT OF THIS INFORMATION IS IN THE OCTOBER 10TH WORK SESSION HANDOUT. BUT YOU HAVE TRANSPORTATION, MAINTENANCE GROUNDS, CUSTODIANS, UTILITIES, INSURANCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS, WAREHOUSE, THOSE TYPES. SO YOUR SCHOOL BUILDING, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION IS GOING TO BE YOUR PRINCIPALS AND THEIR STAFF WITHIN THE SCHOOL, SO IN THE OFFICE STAFF. AND SO, AND CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION IS GOING TO BE YOUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS, SUPERINTENDENTS, BUSINESS OFFICE, HUMAN RESOURCES, PUBLIC RELATIONS, INSTRUCTIONAL SUPERVISORS AND OPERATIONAL SUPERVISORS. SO IT CONTAINS A LOT WITHIN IT, IN THE CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION. AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE IS SO THAT'S ALL OF THE EXPENDITURES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. AND THE NEXT SLIDE HAS TO DO WITH THE MATERIALS, SUPPLIES AND OPERATING COSTS DISCLOSURE THAT'S REQUIRED BY RCW 28A 505. AND THIS IS THAT THE DISTRICT IS SPENDING ALL OF THEIR MSOC FUNDING TO GO TO MSCO, AND IF WE'RE NOT, THEN IF THERE'S A DIFFERENCE, THEN THEY WANT TO KNOW HOW ARE YOU USING THAT TO SUPPORT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. THE DISTRICT COMPLIES WITH THE RCW, AND SO THERE IS NO NEED FOR ANY FURTHER DISCLOSURE OTHER THAN PRESENTING THIS. NEXT SLIDE. SO STAFFING REDUCTIONS THAT HAPPEN. AND THESE ARE JUST AGAIN SOME THIS IS A CULMINATION OF A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS AND A LOT OF BOARD MEETINGS AND A LOT OF BACKGROUND WORK ON THE STAFFING REDUCTIONS. OUR OVERALL REDUCTION OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS IS 268.3 POSITIONS. AND I WANT TO DESCRIBE THAT POSITIONS DOESN'T MEAN FTE. SO, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE CHANGE IN THE BUDGET IN FTE, YOU CAN HAVE AN, SO AN EXAMPLE IS YOU CAN HAVE A CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE THAT WORKS JUST DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR FOR SIX HOURS A DAY THAT COMES AND SUPPORTS STUDENTS. AND THAT'S A 0.55 FTE. SO WHEN YOU TAKE THAT, AND FOR EXAMPLE, OUR CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES. NOW SOME OF THEM MAY BE A HIGHER FTE, BUT JUST IN GENERAL, IF YOU JUST TO KIND OF GET IN YOUR, TO GET A WRAPPED AROUND WHAT IS HAPPENING. 36.65 IN OUR CLASSIFIED REDUCTION WOULD BE CLOSER TO ABOUT 67 POSITIONS. SO IF YOU WERE LOOKING AT IT FROM A FTE OF 0.55. SO THERE'S POSITIONS THAT WE'RE REDUCING, BUT THERE'S FTE THAT'S DIFFERENT. SO THAT'S I JUST WANTED TO CALL THAT OUT. WHEN YOU GET TO CERTIFICATED IT'S DIFFERENT. A 1.0 CERTIFICATED STAFF IS BASED ON THEIR CONTRACT. SO, IT'S DIFFERENT WITH BUT CLASSIFIED IS, IS, IS DIVIDED BY A FULL-TIME EIGHT HOUR A DAY, YEAR-ROUND EMPLOYEE. SO, IN THE 26-27 SCHOOL YEAR, THERE WERE 137.2 POSITIONS IDENTIFIED FOR REDUCTION. AND MOST OF THOSE REDUCTIONS DID HAPPEN. HOWEVER, WE DID HAVE TO ADD STAFFING BACK TO SUPPORT STUDENTS TO MEET CRITICAL STUDENT NEEDS SUCH AS OUR NURSING AND OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, SO THAT WAS IN CERTIFICATED AND CLASSIFIED. SO, AFTER IT KIND OF ALL SHOOK OUT, EVEN THOUGH WE HAD SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN SO MANY PROGRAMS AND ACROSS THE DISTRICT WE DID HAVE WE DID HAVE TO ADD BACK INTO THE, INTO THE POOL. SO AND THERE WAS FURLOUGH DAYS, AS NOTED THAT THERE WAS THREE FOR CENTRAL OFFICE AND TWO FOR ALL OTHER STAFF ON THAT. SO, OVERALL STAFFING REDUCTIONS FOR OVER THE TWO YEARS WERE ABOUT 16% OF OUR STAFFING, DOWN FROM 24-25. AND THE LARGEST PERCENT OF THAT REDUCTION WAS FOCUSED ON DISTRICT AND BUILDING ADMINISTRATION. [01:05:04] SO PUTTING OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET SUMMARY TOGETHER, OUR TOTAL REVENUES OF 212,992,846. AND OUR TOTAL EXPENDITURES ARE GREATER THAN OUR REVENUE OF 227,003,616. OUR EXPENDITURES ARE EXCEEDING OUR REVENUE BY $14,010,770. SO WE'LL GO THROUGH FUND BALANCE, BUT OUR BEGINNING FUND BALANCE, AS YOU CAN SEE, IS 25 MILLION, PROJECTED 25,686,284, WITH AN ENDING FUND BALANCE OF $11,675,514. AND ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WE'LL GO THROUGH THE FUND BALANCE BECAUSE THERE'S DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF FUND BALANCE THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT MAKES UP THAT FUND BALANCE. WE HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT TYPES OF FUND BALANCE. WE HAVE OUR RESTRICTED AND OUR NON-SPENDABLE AND THOSE ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE BUDGET. THEY ARE RESTRICTED FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES. IT COULD BE FOR CARRY OVER OF FUNDING WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED FOR CTE OR FOR LAB. IT WOULD BE FOR PREPAIDS OF INVENTORY AND, OR I MEAN FOR INVENTORY AND PREPAIDS OUR INSURANCE. WE ALWAYS PREPAY OUR INSURANCE FOR THE NEXT YEAR BECAUSE IT'S DUE BEFORE WE START THE NEW FISCAL YEAR. AND THEN WE HAVE SOME SET ASIDE FOR SELF-INSURED AND UNINSURED RISKS. SO THAT IS THAT KIND OF THAT RED CATEGORY THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT'S NOT AVAILABLE TO BALANCE THE BUDGET. THE NEXT CATEGORY IS GOING TO BE THE ASSIGNED TO OTHER PURPOSE. AND WE'RE PROJECTING ABOUT $7 MILLION STILL AVAILABLE IN THAT ACCOUNT. AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IN THE NEXT SLIDE WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO THERE YET. BUT ON THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE HISTORICAL LOOK AT WHAT THAT ASSIGNED HAS DONE OVER THE TIME THAT WE'VE THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS ON THE ASSIGNED. A SIGN TO OTHER PURPOSE IS REALLY IMPORTANT WHEN YOU HAVE A CURRICULUM ADOPTION AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU HAVE A 2 TO $3 MILLION ADOPTION AND YOU HAVE TO PREPAY IT FOR SIX YEARS. AND SO HAVING THAT CASH FLOW AVAILABLE SO THAT YOU JUST DON'T HAVE TO TAKE IT RIGHT OUT OF THAT BUDGET, IT'S KIND OF LIKE SAVING FOR AN IMPORTANT UPGRADE TO YOUR CAR, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, CARS NEED UPGRADES OR THEY NEED NEW TIRES OR NEW THINGS. IT'S ALONG THOSE SIMILAR LINES. YOU NEED TO HAVE SOME MONEY SAVED UP SO THAT YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND INVEST IN THAT. AND IN OUR CASE, WE WILL BE DRAINING THAT COMPLETELY OUT UNDER THIS BUDGET. AND THERE WILL BE $0 ARE PROJECTED TO BE LEFT IN THAT BALANCE, WHICH IS QUITE WORRISOME BECAUSE WHEN WE GET TO 27-28, WE DO HAVE CURRICULUM ADOPTIONS THAT ARE STARTING TO CLIP OFF, SO THERE WILL BE THIS CLIP OF NOT HAVING THE RESERVES TO SET ASIDE FOR THOSE ADOPTIONS. SO THERE'LL BE SOME I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE MANAGED, HONESTLY. IT'S WITHOUT HAVING THE SET ASIDES FOR THAT. CAN I INTERRUPT FOR A SECOND? YES, SURE. SO WITH THAT, WITH THE CURRICULUM ADOPTIONS. SO DOES THAT MEAN WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE MONEY TO BE PAYING THOSE SIX YEARS OR ARE WE, WOULD WE HAVE ALREADY PAID THE SIX YEARS? I GUESS, BECAUSE WE HAVE A SIX YEAR. IS IT A CONTRACT? CONTRACT, OKAY. WOULD HAVE WE ALREADY PAID THAT OFF OR ARE WE GOING TO BE KIND OF IN THE REARS PAYING FOR THAT? I GUESS. YES. WE PREPAID FOR SIX YEARS, SO. AND THAT'S WHEN THOSE CONTRACTS WILL START TO END. THOSE ARE OUR ABILITY TO ACCESS THOSE CURRICULUM ADOPTIONS IS AT STARTING IN 27-28. WE'LL START TO SEE SOME OF THOSE WILL BE THEY'LL BE UP FOR RENEWAL. SO, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. I MEAN, AS FAR AS WORKING WITH VENDORS, IF THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE'D HAVE TO FINANCE OR SOMETHING THAT WE'D HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, NOT BE ABLE TO WHEN YOU DO PURCHASE IN ADVANCE AND YOU DO PREPAY, YOU GET A DISCOUNT, RIGHT? SO YOU'RE IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO HAVE THAT ECONOMY OF, YOU KNOW, HAVING THAT PREPAID, YOU WON'T YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO OBTAIN THE BEST PRICE POSSIBLE FOR CURRICULUM. INTERESTING. ANOTHER REASON TO HAVE A SIGNED FOR OTHER PURPOSE IS JUST TO HAVE YOU KNOW, JUST FOR [01:10:08] CAPITAL. AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, IS UNEXPECTED, A NEW ROOF HAS TO BE DONE, SOMETHING HAPPENS THAT IS A CATASTROPHIC KIND OF EVENT THAT WE HAVE THAT'S NOT COVERED BY OUR INSURANCE. HAVING THE ASSIGNED HAS MANY PURPOSES. WE ALSO PUT IN ASSIGNED, WE ASSIGN ANY CARRY OVER FROM OUR BUILDINGS, WE ASK THEM TO ONLY SPEND WHAT THEY NEED IN THEIR BUDGETS, AND WE WILL CARRY THOSE, WE WILL CARRY A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OVER. SO THERE'S MANY REASONS TO HAVE AN ASSIGNED FUND BALANCE, AND SO WE'RE COMPLETELY USING ALL OF THAT TO TRY TO BALANCE THIS BUDGET FOR 26-27. BECAUSE AS YOU SEE, WHEN WE GO INTO THE UNASSIGNED TO MINIMUM FUND BALANCE POLICY, THE DISTRICT'S FUND BALANCE POLICY IS HAVING A RESERVE OF 4 TO 6% OF EXPENDITURES. AND WE ARE UNABLE TO MEET THAT BUDGET IN IN THIS DOCUMENT, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL OF THE PRESSURES OF ALL THE EXPENDITURES THAT HAVE HAPPENED AND STAFFING. YOU CAN SEE THAT WE WILL BE AT 3.13%. NOW THIS IS BUDGET, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN MAKE THAT UP AND GET TO 4% AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, BUT WE WILL HAVE TO BE CLOSELY MONITORING THAT. THE STATE AUDITORS DO NOT, IT WOULD BE A, IT WOULD BE AN EXCEPTION THAT THEY WOULD THEY WOULD ISSUE ON NOT MEETING YOUR FUND BALANCE POLICY BECAUSE THAT'S, THEY'RE MONITORING THAT CLOSELY AS WELL. SO THAT THEY SEE THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE HONORING YOUR BOARD POLICY. SO WE'RE OFF ABOUT $2 MILLION IS TO GET US TO ABOUT 4%. SO THAT'S A LOT OF MAKEUP TO DO, BUT AGAIN, WE'LL JUST HAVE TO SEE HOW WE MANAGE AND WE ARE ABLE TO HOPEFULLY END THE FISCAL YEAR WITH THE 4%. IF WE, IF THE LEVY DOES PASS, THEN THAT IS NOT A CONCERN BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE SOME LEVY RESERVES THAT WILL BE COMING IN TO HELP SOME OF THE CURRENT EXPENDITURES. IT WOULD TAKE A GREAT DEAL OF PRESSURE OFF OF THE 26-27 BUDGET, BECAUSE OUR FIRST COLLECTION WOULD COME IN IN APRIL. SO THOSE FUNDS COULD GET SET ASIDE SO THAT WE COULD START RESTORING STUDENT PROGRAMS. ANY QUESTION ON FUND BALANCE? OKAY. I DID WANT TO MENTION ON FUND BALANCE. HOWEVER, BEFORE WE DO CONTINUE IS, YOU MAY BE WONDERING WHY DO WE NEED 4% AND WE NEED THAT FOR CASH FLOW. AND THAT'S REALLY CRITICAL. I COVERED THIS IN ON AUGUST 10TH, BUT I WANT TO COVER IT AGAIN BECAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH RESERVES SET ASIDE CANNOT MAKE CANNOT HONOR THEIR EXPENDITURES, MAKE PAYROLL WITHOUT HAVING TO BORROW MONEY OR PAY BILLS. IF THEY DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH MONEY SET ASIDE IN THEIR FUND BALANCE, BECAUSE THE STATE DOES NOT PROVIDE FUNDING EQUALLY THROUGHOUT THE 12 MONTHS, IT COMES IN IN DIFFERENT PORTIONS THROUGHOUT THE MONTH PERCENTAGES, AND WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT IN JULY AND AUGUST ARE THE TOUGHEST ONES BECAUSE 22.5% OF OUR APPORTIONMENT COMES IN IN THOSE MONTHS. SO JUNE IS REALLY A TOUGH MONTH TO GET THROUGH IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH RESERVES SET ASIDE. SO, WITHOUT HAVING 4%, IT IS LIKELY THAT WE MAY HAVE TO FIND OURSELVES IN A POSITION THAT WE MAY HAVE TO REACH OUT AND HAVE AN APPORTIONMENT ADVANCEMENT. I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, IT JUST DEPENDS WHEN WE GET THERE AND IT DEPENDS BASED ON THE, THE OUTCOME OF THE LEVY. BUT I COULD SEE THAT BEING A POSSIBILITY. ALSO, AS SHELLY EXPLAINED EARLIER IN THE MEETING, OUR SAFETY NET FUNDING COMES IN AT THE VERY END OF AUGUST AND WE HAVE PAID OUT, AND OUR SAFETY NET AWARD IS $3.7 MILLION. AND OF THAT, IT IS WE ARE FUNDING THAT. SO, WE HAVE TO HAVE WE HAVE TO SPEND THAT MONEY AND WE DON'T HAVE IT UNTIL THE, WE DON'T GET PAID BACK UNTIL THE END OF AUGUST. SO, THE FUND BALANCE UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE IS FOR THAT PURPOSE TO HAVE THAT SET ASIDE TO MEET YOUR CASH FLOW OBLIGATIONS. [01:15:05] NEXT SLIDE. SO I HAVE PROJECTED OUR FINANCIAL HEALTH SCORE. THIS IS BASED ON THE OSPI FORMULA FOR A HEALTH SCORES. THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT TOOLS OUT THERE. THERE'S THE SAO FIT TOOL. BUT IT'S REALLY DOESN'T LOOK AT GOING FORWARD. AND HONESTLY, IT DOESN'T REALLY GIVE YOU, THE OSPI TOOL I THINK GIVES YOU A LOT A BETTER GAUGE ON THE FINANCIAL HEALTH. YOU CAN SEE THAT BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT IN 23-24 OUR FINANCIAL HEALTH SCORE WAS 3.35. WE WERE ABOVE THE STATE AVERAGE. WE WERE HEALTHY. WE WERE MAINTAINING A HEALTHY BUDGET. SO WE WERE, WE WERE DOING WELL. AS YOU CAN SEE, WITHOUT A LEVY, WE ARE LOOKING AT A SCORE OF 1.25. AND WHAT THAT DOES IS YOU ARE IN FINANCIAL WARNING AT 1.25. AND A 4.0 IS CONSIDERED A PERFECT SCORE. SO, AS YOU CAN TELL THIS IS A FAILING SCORE BASICALLY. IT IS A GOOD SUMMARY OF, OF HOW WE ARE GOING TO BE VERY CLOSE TO BEING ABLE TO MAINTAIN OPERATIONS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. I KNOW THIS SLIDE IS VERY TINY, SO I APOLOGIZE AND IT HAS A LOT OF INFORMATION ON HERE, BUT I'VE CIRCLED IN PURPLE THE AVAILABLE FUND BALANCES THAT ARE NOT RESTRICTED AND NOT NON SPENDABLE. AND IT WAS AND IT'S JUST AN ILLUSTRATION TO SHOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THE DISTRICT HAD HAD AN ASSIGNED FUND BALANCE. WE'VE HAD ASSIGNED BALANCE. WE'VE MET OUR MINIMUM FUND BALANCE POLICY UP TO 6%. SO WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE HAD A VERY STABLE, FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE BUDGET AND FUND BALANCE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. SO IT'S TRULY THE DROP OFF OF THE LEVY FUNDS THAT HAS REDUCED THOSE BUCKETS OF RESERVES AND BRINGING US DOWN INTO NOT HAVING THE RESERVE SET ASIDE FOR THE THINGS THAT WE NEED. AND SO. CAN I JUMP IN FOR JUST A SECOND, MICHELLE? THE OTHER THING, BOARD, I WANTED TO POINT OUT, IF YOU LOOK AT THE UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE, THE TRUE RAINY-DAY FUND, YOU CAN SEE THAT IN 2020 AND 2021, THERE WAS 2 MILLION AND THEN YOU COULD SEE ONE AND THEN FOUR. AGAIN, THE REASON THAT THOSE DOLLARS ARE THERE IS BECAUSE OF THE ESSER AND THE ENROLLMENT STABILIZATION FUNDS. SO THOSE DOLLARS EXISTED. AND IF YOU REMEMBER, WE'VE MADE THE CUTS THAT MICHELLE HAS TALKED ABOUT IN THE LEVY THE LAST TWO SCHOOL YEARS. BUT THE YEAR PRIOR TO THAT, WE ALSO DID $6 MILLION WORTH OF CUTS, BECAUSE WHEN WE DROPPED OFF THE ESSER FUNDS, WE HAD TO STOP USING SOME OF THE MONEY THAT WE HAD USED FOR PROGRAMS TO SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS COVID AFTERMATH. AND SO WE SPECIFICALLY HAD TO CUT SOME PROGRAMS AT THAT TIME. AND, AND THAT WAS IN THE 23, 24 SCHOOL YEAR. SO WE, WE MADE THOSE REDUCTIONS BECAUSE AGAIN, THOSE DOLLARS RAN OUT. AND SO IT'S JUST IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND PRIOR TO THAT AND THAT, THAT WAS WHEN WE WERE STILL IN THE LAST LEVY, WE HAD THAT LAST LEVY, BUT WE WERE LIVING OFF OF THOSE SAVED DOLLARS AND THOSE SAVED DOLLARS ARE GONE. SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT AND BRING THAT FORWARD. THANK YOU. NEXT SLIDE. SO THESE WERE THE OTHER DISTRICT FUNDS THAT I WAS SPEAKING TO. WE HAVE THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND, THE ASB FUND, AND THE DEBT SERVICE FUND. AND I DID GO THROUGH THOSE IN DETAIL IN OUR AUGUST 10TH. SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WILL BE USED WITH A CAPITAL LEVY DOLLARS AND ANY FINISHING UP OF OUR IMPACT FEE PROJECTS LIKE OUR FUTURES BUILDING. SO THERE, AND THERE IS SOME CONTINGENCY AVAILABLE AS WELL. YOU CAN SEE IN THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND, THERE IS A TRANSFER OUT TO THE GENERAL FUND. CERTAIN CAPITAL LEVY EXPENDITURES THAT WERE ALREADY PLANNED AS PART OF THE CAPITAL LEVY ARE NOT CAPITALIZED IN THAT [01:20:05] FUND, SO YOU, YOU SPEND THEM IN THE GENERAL FUND, SO YOU HAVE TO TRANSFER THAT MONEY OVER. AND THAT FOLLOWS THE ACCOUNTING MANUAL FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS A TRANSFER OUT TO THE GENERAL FUND FOR THAT. ASB IS ALL OF THE BUDGETS, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE SCHOOLS DO THEIR OWN ASB BUDGETING THEIR STUDENT BODY. IF IT'S THE HIGH SCHOOLS AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS, OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ARE DEVELOPED BY ADMINISTRATORS AS NEEDED. AND THEN OUR DEBT SERVICE FUND, THIS IS SOME NON VOTED DEBT FOR A LIGHTING ENERGY PROJECT. WE UPGRADED OUR LIGHTING TO LED. THEY'RE WORKING ON IT AS WE SPEAK ACTUALLY. AND THE IDEA IS THAT WILL THOSE ENERGY SAVINGS WILL HELP TO FUND THAT LOAN PAYMENT. AS WE START TO SEE THOSE ENERGY SAVINGS COME FORWARD. SO THOSE ARE THE THREE OTHER FUNDS THAT WE HAVE FOR THE DISTRICT. NEXT SLIDE. SO OUR FOUR-YEAR PROJECTION WE HAVE NOT ASSUMED IN THE PROJECTION A LEVY. AND SO YOU WILL GET A VIEW OF WHAT'S TO COME WITHOUT A LEVY. IN THIS IN FORECASTING WE DO HAVE ENROLLMENT PROJECTED TO GROW ABOUT A HALF A PERCENT. SO IT'S NOT VERY MUCH. IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT IN THE, SO THE ENROLLMENT IS GROWING. AGAIN, JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF ADDED ENROLLMENT. AND THEN FOLLOWING KIND OF THE STATE INFLATIONARY GUIDELINES THAT THEY'VE GIVEN THAT THEIR PROJECTIONS. SO, WE USE ALL OF THAT TO KIND OF LOOK AT WHAT IS OUR REVENUE GOING TO BE, WHAT ARE OUR EXPENDITURES GOING TO BE? AND TO KIND OF HONOR SOME OF OUR OBLIGATIONS WITHIN THE, THE EXPENDITURES. SO, AS YOU CAN SEE THAT IF FUNDING IS NOT APPROVED IN 27, WE WILL. 2027 THE DISTRICT WILL NEED TO MAKE AN ADDITIONAL 13 TO $15 MILLION IN CUTS FOR 27-28. AND AGAIN, WE ALSO HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CURRICULUM ADOPTIONS COMING. AND SO WE HAVE, I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN HONESTLY MAKE THOSE REDUCTIONS. SO, THAT WILL BE A DISCUSSION IF, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON HOW THE OUTCOME OF THE LEVY. BUT IF FUNDING IS APPROVED, THE DISTRICT WOULD BE ABLE TO START RESTORING SOME STUDENT PROGRAMS IN 27-28 BECAUSE WE'D START TO SEE THOSE LEVY DOLLARS. SO AGAIN, IT'S A CRITICAL FUNDING SCENARIO HAVE NOT HAVING THOSE. I HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON THE NEXT SLIDE TO SHOWING THAT WHERE WE CONTINUE TO GO, BASICALLY WE'RE JUST USING ALL OF, WE'RE GOING NEGATIVE ACTUALLY IN OUR FUND BALANCE. SO YOU GO NEGATIVE IN THE FUND BALANCE THROUGH THE YEARS, BECAUSE IF YOU'RE JUST MAINTAINING WHAT THE STATE IS FUNDING, WHICH THE STATE DOES NOT FULLY FUND EDUCATION, YOU KNOW, ALL OF OUR UNFUNDED MANDATES, THEN WE WILL BE IN THE NEGATIVE. AND THEN I HAVE THE NEXT SLIDE WHERE YOU CAN SEE THAT THE UNASSIGNED TO MINIMUM FUND BALANCE IS ACTUALLY A -4,000,000 IN 27-28. SO, IF WE WERE TO RESTORE THAT TO 4%, YOU WOULD NEED ABOUT $9.5 MILLION, 9., I'M SORRY, $9.3 MILLION BASED ON OUR EXPENDITURES FOR 27-28. SO TO GET BACK TO THE 4%, OUR FUND BALANCE POLICY FOR CASH FLOW, YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THAT PLUS TAKE CARE OF THE -$4 MILLION. SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT $13.3 MILLION. AND THEN ANY, AND INTESA, ANY EXPENDITURES THAT YOU DID NOT ANTICIPATE. GETTING A LITTLE DRY, HOLD ON A SECOND. SO AS YOU CAN SEE THAT IT WOULD BE A FINANCIAL COLLAPSING OF NOT WITH NOT HAVING THOSE LEVY DOLLARS BECAUSE I DON'T SEE HOW WE COULD CONTINUE TO KEEP MAKING REDUCTIONS. AND THE ASSIGNED, YOU CAN SEE THE ASSIGNED TO OTHER PURPOSES ZERO, SO. [01:25:02] NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS FROM OSPI AGAIN. OSPI DOES HAVE, I MADE A NOTE THAT THEY DO HAVE A DISTRICT BUDGET CHALLENGES AND FINANCIAL INSOLVENCY WEB PAGE AVAILABLE IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED, THAT'S WHERE YOU CAN LOOK AT HEALTH SCORES FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND YOU CAN SEE THE DISTRICTS. TWO MORE DISTRICTS JUST ENTERED BINDING CONDITIONS. AND SO THAT'S A TOTAL OF TEN SCHOOL DISTRICTS NOW IN BINDING CONDITIONS. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS FOR BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE'VE ALREADY PUT OURSELVES IN BINDING CONDITIONS, KIND OF SELF-INFLICTED, WHERE WE'VE MADE ALL OF OUR CUTS TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY. SO SHOULD THE LEVY NOT PASS, WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT UNABLE TO CREATE A VIABLE TWO YEAR FINANCIAL PLAN POTENTIALLY. SO, WE WOULD BE CLOSER TO THE FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT WITH CONTRACT APPROVAL REQUIRED LOSING LOCAL CONTROL BASICALLY OF DECISIONS FOR THE DISTRICT. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. ATTENDANCE. I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT AND YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY ANSWERED THIS, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LINE BUDGET IN THE BUDGET FOR P CARDS, AND THAT'S A, BUT THOSE ARE BUDGETED FUNDS, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. JUST LIKE RANDOM PEOPLE HAVING CREDIT CARDS AND THEY'RE JUST BUYING THINGS. NO, THEY. EVERY TRANSACTION IS SUPPORTED WITH DOCUMENTATION. IT'S REVIEWED BY THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. THE AUDIT COMMITTEE HAS ACCESS TO THAT. AND IT ALSO IS APPROVED BY A SUPERVISOR OR ADMINISTRATOR EVERY PURCHASE. AND IT HAS TO BE WITHIN THEIR BUDGET CAPACITY. SO, AND AS WE TALKED ABOUT ON OCTOBER, ON AUGUST THE 10TH IS THAT WE DO A LINE BY LINE BUDGETING, WE DON'T JUST ALLOCATE. HERE'S A PERCENTAGE, YOU WORK WITHIN THIS BUDGET. WE LOOK AT EVERY SINGLE LINE ITEM OF WHAT DO YOU NEED FOR YOUR DEPARTMENT. IT IS A KIND OF A NEEDS BASED BUDGETING. SO AND THOSE CREDIT CARDS ARE HELPFUL TO HAVE FOR LIKE WHEN OUR MAINTENANCE CREW IS OUT AND THEY NEED TO RUN AND THEY NEED TO GET A PART AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO WAIT TO, TO MAKE THAT REPAIR, THEY CAN GET THAT. A LOT OF VENDORS AREN'T TAKING PURCHASE ORDERS ANYMORE. SO WE ARE ACTUALLY BEING REQUIRED TO USE A P CARD. I KNOW EVEN ORGANIZATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS ARE NOT TAKING PURCHASE ORDERS ANYMORE. YOU, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO USE A CREDIT CARD FOR REGISTRATION. SO, BUT THOSE ARE ALL INCLUDED IN THEIR BUDGETS. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. SO ATTENDANCE. I WANT TO GO BACK TO PAGE 11 JUST QUICKLY. JUST A LITTLE QUESTION. SO ENROLLMENT IS PROJECTED TO GROW OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. YOU INDICATED IT WAS GOING TO BE THAT I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, HALF A PERCENT THIS THIS NEXT YEAR. WELL THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING AT NO, IN 27-28, 28-29. OKAY. SO THE OUTGOING YEARS, AND IT'S AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT A HALF A PERCENT. SURE. IT'S 0.61 THE NEXT YEAR. SO HOW'S OUR PROJECTION FOR THIS FALL LOOKING RIGHT NOW? DO WE DO WE. MAY NOT BE A FAIR QUESTION BECAUSE YOU PROBABLY DON'T HAVE THE. RIGHT. WITH YOU. YEAH, OUR PRELIMINARY OUTLOOK ON ENROLLMENT THAT WE'RE SEEING STUDENTS COME IN. IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S MEETING EXPECTATION, BUT I DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, OVERPROMISE AND UNDER-DELIVER. BUT, YOU KNOW, STUDENTS BECAUSE THEY, THEY'RE MOVING, THEY'RE TRANSFERRING OUT, THEY'RE TRANSFERRING IN. BUT RIGHT NOW, OUR CURRENT NUMBERS FOR OUR K-8 AND OUR, AND SOME OF OUR ALES ARE HITTING THEIR BENCHMARKS. SO THAT'S A GOOD INDICATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE MEETING OUR BUDGET ON ENROLLMENT, SO. WELL, I GUESS MY QUESTION MORE SPECIFICALLY IS THAT IT'S BEEN MEETING WHAT WE HAD PROJECTED. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I MEANT. THANK YOU. CAN I GIVE A LITTLE SHOUT OUT? BECAUSE IN OUR CONVERSATION, NOT ONLY IN THE LAST AUDIT COMMITTEE, BUT IN PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS, YOU'RE PRETTY CONSERVATIVE ON THOSE PROJECTIONS SO THAT YOU'RE NOT OVERPROMISING. AND WE TYPICALLY ARE HITTING THOSE. RIGHT. VERY ACCURATELY. YEAH, I JUST THINK IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT TO PROJECT ENROLLMENT BECAUSE OF SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS RIGHT NOW. SO ESPECIALLY WITH THE LEVY. SO WE DID TRY TO GO CONSERVATIVE. BUT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT'S JUST, IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT FAMILIES MAKING CHOICES, SO. [01:30:02] YEAH. YEAH, SO. SO, AGAIN, ON OUR FOUR-YEAR PROJECTIONS FOR OTHER FUNDS. YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, DEPENDS ON WHAT THOSE. OUR CAPITAL LEVY IS GOING TO BE EXPIRING. SO THOSE THAT DROPS OFF IN THE FOUR-YEAR PROJECTIONS, AND IMPACT FEES WILL BE USED AS NEEDED. SO THOSE ARE GOING TO BE YOU KNOW, THEY'RE REEVALUATED EVERY YEAR. IT'S JUST KIND OF A PROJECTION OF WHAT WE THINK MIGHT HAPPEN. WE DO KNOW ON OUR DEBT SERVICE FUND, OUR OBLIGATION FOR DEBT SERVICE, SO THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE FOUR-YEAR PROJECTIONS. AND THE ASB IS REALLY JUST IT'S GOING TO BE JUST ANNUALLY PROJECTED AGAIN. SO, WE HAVE TO WE DO HAVE TO PUT IN A PROJECTION FOR THEM. NEXT SLIDE. SO, MONITORING THE BUDGET IS WE DO HAVE THE MONTHLY BUDGET STATUS REPORTS THAT GO TO THE BOARD FOR REVIEW. WE HAVE OUR MONTHLY ENROLLMENT REPORTS AVAILABLE AS WELL. SO, ALL OF THAT IS FOUND ONLINE AT OSPI FOR THE ENROLLMENT. AND THEN WE ALSO DO A BOARD UPDATE ON ENROLLMENT AND HOW WE'RE DOING WITH ENROLLMENT, BECAUSE ENROLLMENT IS VERY IMPORTANT, IT IS PROVIDING THE FUNDING FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, BECAUSE WE ARE FUNDED PER STUDENT FOR THAT, STUDENT PROVIDES FUNDING FOR NOT ONLY STAFFING AND THIS AND TEACHER SALARIES AND COUNSELOR SALARIES, IT ALSO PROVIDES IT FOR UTILITIES, INSURANCE, ALL THE OVERHEAD SO THAT. SO, ENROLLMENT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. SO, WE'RE MONITORING THAT. WE'RE MONITORING LEGISLATIVE UPDATES. WE'LL BE CLOSELY MONITORING THE 27 LEGISLATIVE SESSION. IT'S A REBASE YEAR FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS. EVERY FOUR YEARS THEY DO A REBASE. THEY LOOK AT THE ECONOMIC FACTORS THAT ARE IN REBASING FOR REGIONALIZATION. IT IS, THEY DO HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO THERE. THEY WILL ALSO REBASE OUR TEACHER EXPERIENCE RATING. RIGHT NOW, WE DO HAVE A HIGH TEACHER EXPERIENCE RATING, SO WE DO GET SOME EXTRA FUNDING FOR THAT THAT WILL MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE AFTER THE 27 LEGISLATIVE SESSION. SO, AND THEN WE'LL BE MONITORING ALL OF THE LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY THAT YOU KNOW, WASBO AND WASA AND WSSDA WILL BE DOING. WE'LL BE VERY INVOLVED MEETING, SPENDING A LOT OF TIME ADVOCATING FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, NOT JUST BATTLE GROUND, BUT IT'S STATEWIDE. A LOT OF THE INITIATIVES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ARE, YOU KNOW, ARE WHAT OUR MEMBERS ARE SAYING ACROSS, AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICIALS ARE SEEING ACROSS THE STATE. SO, THAT'S GOING TO BE MONITORING AND THEN APPORTIONMENT TRACKING. SO, AND WE'LL BE WATCHING CASH FLOW A LOT MORE CLOSELY. WE DO KEEP A CASH FLOW REPORT OFF TO THE SIDE, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE SEEING. THIS WILL BE NOW BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CHALLENGING BECAUSE WE'LL BE LIKE, CAN WE PAY THE BILLS TODAY? SO. IS THERE ENOUGH MONEY IN THE ACCOUNT? SO, YEAH, SO AS WE GET CLOSER TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR, WE'LL BE REALLY MONITORING THAT. AND THEN OF COURSE WE HAVE OUR AUDITS AND OVERSIGHT. SO WE DO INTERNAL AUDITS BY BUSINESS OFFICE STAFF. WE HAVE, WE DO AUDITS, WE GO OUT TO THE BUILDINGS AND DO CASH AUDITS AND FOOD SERVICE. AND THEN WE DO OUR MONTHLY AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETINGS, WHICH IS A REAL GOOD INDICATION BECAUSE YOU'RE SEEING ALL OF THE VOUCHERS, ALL OF THE PAYROLL, THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, TWO BOARD MEMBERS ARE BEING ABLE TO VIEW EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE PAYING SO THAT THEY CAN HELP MONITOR AND WE CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS SHOULD THEY SEE ANYTHING THAT THEY THINK LOOKS OUT OF PLACE. AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE HAVE OUR STATE AUDITOR. THEY DO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT AND PROGRAM AUDIT, SO WE HAVE STRONG FISCAL INTERNAL CONTROLS THAT ARE REVIEWED ANNUALLY OF ALL OF OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, ACCOUNTABILITY AND OUR FEDERAL PROGRAMS. SO, WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT AUDITS, SO. AND OF COURSE WE HAD A CLEAN AUDIT FOR 24-25 FISCAL YEAR, SO. SO THAT'S THE MONITORING OF THE BUDGET. AND NEXT SLIDE. BUDGET INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AND THAT'S THE LINK, THE WEBSITE TO THE WEB PAGE, I SHOULD SAY. AND THEN MY PHONE NUMBER AND MY EMAIL ADDRESS IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON BUDGET. [01:35:07] IS THERE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD BEFORE WE GO INTO PUBLIC COMMENT? NOT A QUESTION, BUT I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THAT I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYBODY WITH REAL BUDGET QUESTIONS. THAT'S A SINCERE OFFER THAT YOU JUST MADE. EVERY QUESTION I'VE EVER ASKED HAS EITHER BEEN ANSWERED BY YOURSELF, YOUR STAFF, OR BY ADMINISTRATION. I APPRECIATE THE CLARITY AND TRANSPARENCY IN THAT. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SLIDE HAS SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE PUBLIC COMMENT. ANY PERSON MAY APPEAR AND BE HEARD FOR OR AGAINST ANY PART OF THE BUDGET, THE FOUR-YEAR BUDGET PLAN OR ANY PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE USE OF ENRICHMENT FUNDING. AND THEN WE FOLLOW THE PROCEDURES OF PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WE NORMALLY HAVE FOR A REGULAR PUBLIC COMMENT. I'M LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES AND BY REFRAINING FROM DISCUSSING CONFIDENTIAL MATTERS. AND SO, THERE WAS A SIGN IN SHEET AND SO. AND NOBODY HAS SIGNED IN, BUT WE'RE ASKING IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO, OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE ATTENDING THE MEETING, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND LET THEM SPEAK. SO, WE HAVE ONE. SO, JESSICA WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. JESSICA COLE. THANK YOU, JESSICA. HELLO, I'M JESSICA COLE. I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M SO SORRY THAT SWAGIT. IT WAS A PROBLEM. AND I'M SO GRATEFUL LIKE YOU DEFINITELY HAVE THIS RECORDED. AND I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE MICHELLE AND ALL HER COLLEAGUES THAT PUT THIS TOGETHER. I'M SUPER SORRY THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR FIRST YEAR WITH A NO LEVY AT ALL. AND I SUPPORT, I SUPPORT ALL THE WORK THAT THE STAFF HAS DONE. SO THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SHARE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? ARE WE CONCLUDING THEN? IS THAT KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT? ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD BEFORE WE FINISH OUR HEARING? SO THEN SHALL WE THEN CONSIDER THE HEARING CLOSED AND WILL. WILL WE, WE'RE WILL, WHAT WILL WE DO. WE ARE GOING TO ACTUALLY GOING TO RECONVENE IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. I THOUGHT OF THAT WHILE I WAS SITTING HERE SAYING, WE'RE GOING TO RECONVENE OUR BOARD MEETING AS OF 8:06 P.M.. SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYONE. SO NOW ON THE AGENDA. MOVING ON TO THE AGENDA AGAIN, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA AFTER THE HEARING IS NEW BUSINESS AND THE APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION [12. New Business (Board Vote w/Student Voice)] K-26, WHICH IS THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET. AND AS YOU MIGHT GUESS, MISS SCOTT. THANK YOU, BOARD. I'M SEEKING YOUR APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION K-26, THE ADOPTION OF THE 26-27 BUDGET. AND YOU CAN SEE WITHIN THE RESOLUTION IS INCLUDED IS THE EXPENDITURE AUTHORITY AS PROVIDED IN THE BUDGET DOCUMENT. SO, WHEN YOU FIX AND DETERMINE THOSE APPROPRIATIONS FROM EACH OF THOSE FUNDS, THE DISTRICT IS NOT ALLOWED TO GO ABOVE THOSE EXPENDITURES. WE WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOU AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT A BUDGET EXTENSION IF WE NEEDED TO. THOSE ARE FIXED AND UNABLE TO EXCEED. SO, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS THE AMOUNTS ARE INCLUDED IN THE RESOLUTION. ALSO, THERE ARE THE TRANSFERS AS ANOTHER KEY PIECE OF THAT THAT GIVES ME THE AUTHORITY TO PERFORM THOSE TRANSFERS ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT. I HAVE A QUESTION. IF THE LEVY PASSES, AND I THOUGHT I READ IN HERE AND I COULD MAYBE READ IT WRONG OR NOT UNDERSTOOD IT, THAT WE, THE DISTRICT CAN TAKE OUT LOANS AGAINST THE MONEYS THAT WILL BE MAYBE COMING IN. WHEN YOU SAID IT'S DIFFERENT TIMES AND DIFFERENT AMOUNTS FROM DIFFERENT PLACES. SO, AM I READING THAT CORRECTLY OR AM I MISUNDERSTANDING? THAT'S A GENERAL, THAT'S A GENERAL AVAILABILITY SHOULD WE NEED TO HAVE AN EMERGENCY. AND THAT WOULD THAT WOULD BE A BOARD DECISION IF THEY. BECAUSE FINANCING IS NOT AVAILABLE UNLESS IT'S APPROVED BY THE BOARD. SO, BUT I CANNOT SEE A SITUATION WITH THAT HAPPENING OTHER THAN IF THERE WAS AN EMERGENCY. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. [01:40:12] ANYTHING ELSE? ANYONE? OUR STUDENT REPS. ANYTHING YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO KNOW OR ASK? LAST CALL. HEARING NONE. IS THERE A MOTION? I MOTION THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE RESOLUTION K-26, ADOPTION OF THE 2026-2027 BUDGET AS PRESENTED. STUDENT ADVISORY VOTE. PRO. PRO. MOTION ON THE FLOOR. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? ANYONE? PASSES 5-0. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, BOARD. NEXT THING ON THE AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF A NEW COURSE FOR BG, BG BATTLE GROUND AND PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL. WELCOME. GOOD EVENING BOARD. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. I AM HERE TO PUT FORTH A NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FOR BATTLE GROUND AND PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL. IT IS CALLED STUDY SKILLS, WAIT CREDIT RECOVERY WITH STUDY SKILLS. SORRY, GET THE WHOLE TITLE THERE. IT IS A COURSE THAT WOULD BE USED WITH STUDENTS WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN CREDIT RECOVERY, BUT THEN ALSO WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF ADDITIONAL CREDIT ADDED BY DOING THE STUDY SKILLS COMPONENT. AND MOST OF THAT WOULD BE DONE THROUGH THE ACCELERATE PLATFORM THAT WE ALREADY HAVE FOR OUR ONLINE PROGRAMS. SO, I WILL OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS. FOR THOSE OF YOU LISTENING. ALLISON TUCHARDT HERE ADDRESSING US. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ALLISON. ALLISON TUCHARDT, YES. SO, ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING? IS THIS CURRICULUM WE ALREADY HAVE? ACCELERATE IS A PROGRAM THAT WE ALREADY HAVE. IT'S AN ONLINE PROGRAM, YES. AND THIS IS THE EXACT PROGRAM THAT WE JUST RAN OVER THE SUMMER THAT I JUST TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THE STATISTICS OF SUMMER SCHOOL COMPLETION. SO THIS ALLOWS STUDENTS TO GAIN CREDIT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR FULL TIME. WE HAVE A CREDIT RECOVERY TEACHER AT BATTLE GROUND AND A CREDIT RECOVERY TEACHER AT PRAIRIE. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE FEEL LIKE THIS REALLY NEEDS TO BE ADDED FORMALLY THIS WAY, AS A NEW COURSE IS BECAUSE WE HAD FALCON SUPPORT AND TIGER TIME BUILT WITHIN THE DAY, AND WE HAD TO REDUCE THAT BECAUSE OF FUNDING. AND SO, THIS AGAIN, WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE STUDENTS WHO NOT ONLY NEED THE CORE CONTENT OF THE CREDIT THAT THEY'RE RECOVERING, BUT THEY NEED THE STUDY SKILLS IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DON'T STRUGGLE WITH FUTURE COURSES, SO IT MEETS ADDITIONAL NEEDS. SO STRUCTURALLY, IT'S A COURSE OFFERING. YES. AND THAT IS THAT FOR ALL STUDENTS OR IS IT JUST SO IT'S OPEN TO ANY STUDENT? IT IS RECOMMENDATION BY THE SCHOOL COUNSELOR. SO IT'S A VERY STRUCTURED COURSE THAT IS DESIGNED FOR VERY SPECIFIC NEEDS. AND SO IF A STUDENT WERE IN NEED OF THAT, THEY WOULD WORK WITH THEIR COUNSELOR TO GET INTO THE COURSE. TARGETED INTERVENTION, REMEDIAL COURSES THAT YOU'RE A STUDENT THAT IS BEHIND IN CORE CLASSES AND NEED TO RECOVER CREDIT IN ORDER TO GRADUATE. SO THEY PRIORITIZE SENIORS FIRST TO BE ABLE TO GET THEM ACROSS THE FINISH LINE AND THEN FROM THERE. SO IF STUDENTS ARE HAVING BEHAVIORAL ISSUES, THERE ARE TIER THREE, TIER TWO? THEY WOULD BE REFERRED TO THIS ALSO. I WOULD SAY IT'S MORE STUDY SKILLS. BEHAVIOR, IF IT'S, TYPICALLY IT'S MORE ACADEMIC FOCUSED, IF IT'S BEHAVIOR, WE HAVE OTHER RESOURCES THAT WE REFER OUT TO. IF IT'S BEHAVIOR, IT COULD BE A MULTITUDE, BUT THIS IS REALLY TARGETING ACADEMIC SKILL DEFICITS. THERE'S SOME EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING SKILLS LIKE STUDY SKILLS, ORGANIZATION, HOW TO PREPARE, HOW TO STUDY, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. SO EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING IN THAT TYPE OF BEHAVIOR, NOT NECESSARILY LIKE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL. NOT THAT. OKAY. SO OVER THE SUMMER, WE HAD 192 CREDITS THAT WERE RECOVERED. YES. FABULOUS. IS THIS IN REPLACEMENT OF? IN ADDITION TO. IN ADDITION TO. OKAY. OKAY. SO, IT'LL BE THIS SUMMER AGAIN. YEP, WE ALWAYS RUN SUMMER SCHOOL, EVEN IN THIS FUNDING DEFICIT WE USE GRANT FUNDING, BECAUSE AGAIN, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BOARD FOCUSED GOALS, WE TALK ABOUT NINTH GRADE ON TRACK. WE TALK ABOUT GRADUATION RATES. WE MADE THE HARD DECISION TO CUT K-8 SUMMER SCHOOL TO FOCUS ON HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT RECOVERY JUST BECAUSE OF THE GRADUATION. AND THERE'S A LOT MORE HIGH STAKES ON THAT. SO, THERE'S, WE NEED TO HAVE CREDIT RECOVERY. [01:45:02] AND THE HOPE WOULD BE THAT A STUDENT WOULD BE ABLE TO RECOVER THAT CREDIT BEFORE THE GRADUATION DATE AND NOT HAVE TO DO SUMMER SCHOOL AFTER GRADUATION. YEAH. WE CAN LET THEM MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PHASE. MAYBE THIS IS A POOR QUESTION, BUT 192 RECOVERED CREDITS. IS THAT LIKE, CAN WE DOUBLE THAT AND SAY THAT'S 190? BECAUSE THAT COVERS MORE THAN ONE CREDIT, COVERS A WHOLE ACADEMIC YEAR OF ONE PERIOD, CORRECT? CORRECT. SO YOU'RE DOUBLING THAT REALLY IS THE AMOUNT OF CLASSES THAT WERE RECOVERED DURING LAST YEAR, NEARLY 400 CLASSES. WERE CAPTURED JUST FROM SUMMER SCHOOL ALONE, AND THIS WOULD BE IN ADDITION TO SUPPORTING STUDENTS BEFORE THEY HAVE TO GET INTO THAT SUMMER PROGRAM. CORRECT. OKAY. VERY GOOD. GOOD POINT. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? DISCUSSION BOARD? HEARING NONE. OUR ADVISORY VOTE ON. WE SHOULD HAVE A MOTION. I MAKE A MOTION THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE THE NEW COURSE CREDIT RECOVERY WITH STUDY SKILLS AS PRESENTED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. PRO. PRO. MOTION ON THE FLOOR. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED SAME SIGN. 5-0. ALLISON, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. AND THAT CONCLUDES, I BELIEVE OUR AGENDA. DOES IT NOT? FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. OKAY. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. [14. Future Agenda Items and Board Events] IS THERE ANYTHING WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT? DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING FOR US, LORRI, AT ALL? OR YOU GAVE US SOME EMAILS RECENTLY ABOUT THINGS YOU'RE WORKING ON? AND YEAH, SO THAT'S EXCELLENT. SPREADSHEETS OUT WITH UP-TO-DATE ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE SCHOOLS THAT WE CAN JOIN IN ON AND BE A PART OF. SO, WE'RE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE CAN REACH US. HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE COMMUNICATED OUT TO THE PUBLIC, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT, BUT THIS WEEK'S BUSY WEEK WITH BACK-TO-SCHOOL NIGHTS, SO ANYTIME WE CAN GET OUT INTO BUILDINGS FOR THOSE SPREAD OUT AND JUST MAKE CONNECTIONS, I GUESS. THANK YOU, DEBBIE AND LORRI FOR GETTING THAT GOING. DEBBIE IS KIND OF SINGING YOUR PRAISES ABOUT HOW YOU'RE KIND OF CARRYING THE LOAD. SO THANK YOU BOTH. THERE IS THE BOARD RETREAT. YEAH, YEAH. AND I, BEFORE WE GO THERE, I WOULD JUST SAY IF WE WERE GOING TO ADD ANY VISITS THIS WEEK, I WOULD WANT TO TARGET MAYBE TUKES. I KNOW I PLAN TO BE AT AMBOY, YACOLT. AND LORRI, YOU'RE GOING TO DAYBREAK YAKULT. DAY, YEAH, DAYBREAK AND YACOLT. SO, AND THEN OF COURSE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO JOIN US ON THE FIRST DAYS OF SCHOOL. IF YOU HAVE ANY INTEREST IN THAT, REACH OUT TO KARLA. WE CAN MAKE SUGGESTIONS SO THAT WE'RE NOT ALL IN THE SAME PLACE. BUT IF YOU ARE AVAILABLE, IT'S ONE OF THE BEST THINGS TO DO. I'LL. SO I'LL SPEND THE ENTIRE FIRST WEEK WITH KINDERGARTEN HELPING EVERY DAY. AWESOME. AMAZING. IT'S JUST FUN TO BE. YEAH, JUST TO SUPPORT. SO THOSE LITTLE PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING TO LEARN HOW TO BE IN SCHOOL AND. WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO BE AT LORRI? I'LL BE AT DAYBREAK. SO FUN. YEAH. SO, I DID THAT LAST YEAR AND IT WAS AMAZING. SO THAT WAS MY DREAM WHEN I RETIRED, I WOULD BE. CHARGE OF NOTHING. THAT WILL BE MINE. I SUBSTITUTED ONCE FOR KINDERGARTEN AND THAT WAS THE LAST TIME I SAW. [LAUGHTER]. THERE'S A SPECIAL PLACE IN HEAVEN FOR KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS, AND IT'S NOT ME. IT'S A LITTLE LIKE HERDING CATS. [LAUGHTER]. IT WAS A. SPECIAL PLACE. YEAH, IN FRONT OF YOU FOR BOARD RETREAT, THERE IS A DRAFT AGENDA. AND IF ANYBODY HAS FEEDBACK, WE CERTAINLY WELCOME THAT, BUT YOU CAN SEE IT'S ESSENTIALLY PRIOR TO OUR NEXT WE HAVE A, ESSENTIALLY WHAT I WOULD CALL A BYE WEEK BECAUSE THE LAST DAY OF THE MONTH IS NEXT MONDAY, SO THEN THE NEXT MONDAY IS LABOR DAY. SO, THE NEXT BOARD MEETING WILL BE THE 14TH. SO THAT MEANS THAT THIS WILL HAPPEN. SEPTEMBER BOARD RETREAT IS SEPTEMBER 8TH SCHEDULED FROM 5 TO 8. AND SO FAR YOU CAN SEE IT'S A PRETTY PACKED AGENDA. AND LIKE I SAY SAID BEFORE, IF WE CAN'T GET TO EVERYTHING OR WE WANT OTHER THINGS, WE MAY JUST WANT TO SCHEDULE ANOTHER, ANOTHER EVENING LIKE THIS WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION, BUT TAKE A PEEK. WELCOME TO GIVE FEEDBACK NOW OR WELCOME TO GIVE IT LATER, BUT WE'LL FINALIZE THIS, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY BY THE END OF THIS WEEK SO THAT WE CAN START GETTING TOGETHER ALL OF THE PIECES THAT WE MIGHT NEED. [01:50:06] I DIDN'T CHECK ON THE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS. I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE EVENTS. WILL WE BE GETTING INVITATIONS THAT WE WILL BE GOING TO, BECAUSE I KNOW WE SO MANY CAN GO. SO, LIKE THE CAC, YOU KNOW, WE WILL BE LIKE SIGNING UP AND THEN. WELL, NOT ALL OF THEM. KNOW WHO CAN GO AND CAN'T GO OR WHATEVER. ALL THE MEMBERS CAN GO TO THE CAC MEETINGS NOW. I THINK. YEAH, I THINK WE DECIDED THAT'S GOING TO BE PUBLISHED AS A AND THEN PUBLISH AS MANY OF US THAT CAN GO. OKAY. THE ARE THE TOURS ON HERE? THEY, THEY ARE ON HERE TO CALENDAR THEM. SO, WE HAVE TO GET THAT SCHEDULE FOR YOU FOR THE BOARD RETREAT. OKAY. SO NO, THEY'RE NOT YET. OKAY. SO, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO. AND THEN WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DATES THAT WE'VE SELECTED WILL ACTUALLY WORK FOR. ALL OF US. YEAH. SO THAT WE'VE SET ASIDE HALF AN HOUR FOR THE CALENDAR OF EVENTS, AND THEN THE REST IS FOCUSED ON OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, THE SELF-ASSESSMENT, THE BOARD GOALS, SUPERINTENDENT GOALS, AND THEN THE SETTING, WHEN WE SET THE BOARD GOALS AND THE ALIGNMENT WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN, WE NEED TO TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT PROJECT PROGRESS MONITORING. SO, WHEN ARE WE GOING TO BRING DATA TO YOU BASED ON WHEN WE RECEIVE IT. WHEN WE HAVE IT READILY AVAILABLE SO THAT WE CAN REPORT OUT ON A REGULAR BASIS, AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE BENCHMARKS BEING HIT. SO, THAT'S REALLY THE PURPOSE OF THAT. BUT WE NEED TO TALK THROUGH THOSE TIMELINES AND GET THEM CALENDARED AS WELL. SO THAT WOULD BE OUR INTENT. ANYTHING ELSE? I WANTED TO BRING SOMETHING OUT FORWARD. DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE MARSHALL? MARSHALL. NO. OH, I THOUGHT YOU SAID. THE SIGN LANGUAGE. YEAH. I AS I HAVE TOLD THE BOARD AND ADMINISTRATORS SHELLEY AND. I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A PROGNOSIS FOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS. SIX MONTHS, A YEAR AGO, A DIAGNOSIS WITH A CANCER. OKAY. AND SO THAT HAS BEEN MOVING THROUGH THE CHANNELS. I'M SUPPOSED TO BE DOING WHAT I'M GOING TO BE DOING WITH THAT. SO NOW THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF TESTS AND IT DOESN'T COME AS A SURPRISE TO THESE PEOPLE HERE, BUT I FELT LIKE IT WAS TIME TO PUBLICLY MAKE THIS KNOWN THAT I'M GOING TO BE GOING INTO AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TREATMENT, THE BEGINNING, THE MIDDLE OF THIS MONTH. SO BEFORE AFTER THE NEXT BOARD MEETING, I WILL BE AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING AND THEN I WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE. AND WE HAD LOOKED AT DOING REMOTE MEETINGS AND THIS KIND OF THING. IT'S USUAL AND CUSTOMARY FOR THE BOARD TO REORGANIZE IN DECEMBER, NOVEMBER-DECEMBER, NEW PRESIDENT, NEW VICE PRESIDENT, THAT KIND OF A THING. SO IT JUST SEEMS TO ME TRUTHFULLY VERY APPROPRIATE THAT WE JUST MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT KIND OF A LITTLE ADJUSTMENT NOW. AND I'M NOT CERTAIN THAT THE PRESIDENT THAT TAKES MY PLACE WILL CONTINUE NEXT YEAR, BUT I WOULD PROBABLY VOTE FOR THAT. YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD THINK WOULD BE REASONABLE. SO, I'VE TALKED WITH EVERYBODY HERE. THEY'RE ALL AWARE OF THIS. AND WE NEED NOW TO BE THINKING ABOUT THE NEXT MEETING I WOULD SUGGEST. I'M GOING TO RENDER MY LETTER FOR NEXT MEETING FOR US TO REORGANIZE. AND SO I'LL STEP DOWN AND SELECT SOMEBODY ELSE TO BE THE PRESIDENT. AND THEN I WILL BE GONE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, 4 TO 6 WEEKS IN TREATMENT DAILY. I'M GOING TO SEATTLE TO FIND, TO TAKE CARE OF MY TREATMENT UP THERE. NOT ANY OFFENSE TO ANYBODY IN VANCOUVER, YOU KNOW, AND THE DOCTORS. I LOVE MY DOCTORS HERE, BUT I'M GOING TO GO TO A FACILITY UP THERE FOR TREATMENT. SO I WANTED YOU FOLKS TO KNOW ALSO. AND I'M NOT IN THE PROGNOSIS IS VERY POSITIVE, SO I'M GOING TO BE AROUND RUFFLING FEATHERS, PROBABLY FOR STILL A LONG TIME. OKAY. SO DON'T YOU KNOW, WHATEVER. BUT I WILL BE CONTINUING, BUT JUST NOT AS THE PRESIDENT. OKAY. AND I'LL BE REMOTELY PAYING ATTENTION. AND IF THERE WAS SOME KIND OF A VOTE THAT HAD TO BE TAKEN, THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT, WE COULD FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET THAT DONE, YOU KNOW? SO I JUST WANTED EVERYONE TO KNOW. I THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW. AND I JUST LOVE BEING A PART OF THIS TEAM. I FEEL VERY SUPPORTED BY ALL THESE MEMBERS THAT YOU SEE SITTING HERE IN THE IN THE STAFF IS VERY SUPPORTIVE. AND THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH. AND IT'S A PLEASURE TO SERVE. IT'S A PLEASURE TO SERVE. AND I'M VERY, I'M VERY PROUD WHEN I GO TO MEETINGS AND THINGS TO SAY THAT I'M ON THE SCHOOL BOARD IN BATTLE GROUND. IT'S A VERY PROUD THING TO BE A PART OF. SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT NOTE. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT? [01:55:02] NO, JUST THANK YOU, TERRY, FOR YOUR SERVICE IN THE ROOM. SURE, SURE, SURE. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU. I KNOW, I KNOW, YOU GUYS ALL ARE APPRECIATIVE. SO, WE WILL CONTINUE ON AND CONTINUE TO DO GOOD THINGS. ALL RIGHT. WELL THEN I GUESS AT 8:24 WE WILL CONTINUE TO CONSIDER THIS. MEETING ADJOURNED. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.