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ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, WE ARE READY TO GO.
[1. REGULAR BOARD MEETING CALL TO ORDER - 5:30 PM]
GOOD AFTERNOON OR GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AND WELCOME TO OUR JULY 25TH BOARD MEETING.WE'RE GOING TO START THINGS OFF WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
SO IF YOU CAN PLEASE RISE AND JOIN ME.
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.
DOUG QUINN WILL BE LEADING US IN THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
GEOGRAPHICAL REGION OF CAMAS IS LOCATED ON THE ANCESTRAL AND TERRITORIAL LANDS OF THE CHINOOK AND COWLITZ PEOPLE, AND THAT THE CHINOOK ARE STILL FIGHTING TO BE A FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBE ON THEIR OWN LAND.
THANK YOU, DOUG. ITEM TWO ON OUR AGENDA IS BOARD COMMUNICATIONS.
[2. BOARD COMMUNICATIONS]
WE JUST WRAPPED UP ABOUT A SEVEN HOUR PLANNING SESSION EARLIER TODAY, WHICH, IF ANYBODY WAS IS INTERESTED.BUT I WASN'T SURE IF ANYBODY HAD ANY ANY REMARKS OR ANY THOUGHTS AFTER THAT? A LITTLE BIT. OTHERWISE, WE CAN MOVE ON.
I FIGURED YOU'D ALL BE TALKED OUT BY ABOUT.
[3. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENTS.WE DO HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT HERE.
THE BOARD VALUES PUBLIC INPUT.
THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BOARD IS TO ACTIVELY LISTEN AND REFLECT ON THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
THE BOARD MAY ONLY DISCUSS AND ACT UPON ITEMS INCLUDED ON THE WRITTEN AGENDA.
FOR THAT REASON, BOARD MEMBERS CANNOT RESPOND TO ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT CAN ASK THE SUPERINTENDENT TO FOLLOW UP ON ISSUES RELATED OR RAISED DURING PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
GUIDELINES FOR PUBLIC INPUT EMPHASIZE THE RESPECT AND CONSIDERATION OF OTHERS.
EACH PERSON PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT WILL HAVE A TOTAL OF 3 MINUTES.
THE BELL WILL RING AT 3 MINUTES TO REMIND YOU THAT YOUR TIME IS UP.
AND SO WE DO. LIKE I SAID, WE DO HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT.
THANK YOU. ERIC [INAUDIBLE], MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO LISTEN.
FOR DECADES, AMERICANS WERE SWEPT UP BY A FANCIFUL, IRRATIONAL PROPOSITION.
TO THINK OTHERWISE WAS SEEN AS ELITIST AND SOMETIMES RACIST.
VIRTUALLY ALL INSTITUTIONS PROMULGATED THIS LIE FROM BANKS TO GOVERNMENT.
AND LIKE A RAGING RIVER THESE POWER STRUCTURES STEERED AMERICANS INTO A FINANCING AND BUYING FRENZY.
AFTER ALL, HOW COULD ALL OF THESE INSTITUTIONS BE WRONG? IN 2008, THE RIVER FELL AT THE WATERFALL OF ECONOMIC TRUTH.
AMERICANS LOST $16 TRILLION IN HOME EQUITY AND 10 MILLION OF THE MOST VULNERABLE LOST THEIR HOMES.
THIS STORY HAS REPEATED ITSELF IN POLITICS, ECONOMICS, HEALTH AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES.
BAD IDEOLOGIES, NOT RIGOROUSLY TESTED PICK UP STEAM, BUT REALITY WAITS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE FALL, DELIVERING A CRUSHING BLOW TO THE MOST VULNERABLE.
FOLLY NUMBER ONE, WE CAN SHUT DOWN SCHOOLS, COVER CHILDREN'S FACES AND FORCE DISTANCING WITHOUT INFLICTING DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES ON THEM THAT ARE WORSE THAN THE DISEASE ITSELF.
WE CAN MOVE FROM AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY IDEAL TO A GUIDED EQUAL OUTCOME K THROUGH 12 SYSTEM WITHOUT CREATING GREATER PROBLEMS THAN THE DISPARATE RESULTS THEMSELVES.
FOLLY NUMBER THREE WE CAN CREATE NEW MEANING FOR THE WORDS BOY AND GIRL WITHOUT MATERIALLY DAMAGING THE BEAUTIFUL SOCIETAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT UPLIFTS THE BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY OF FEMALE AND MALE.
LIKE THE VIRTUOUS IDEA THAT HOME OWNERSHIP CAN ENFRANCHISE CITIZENS.
VIRTUOUS INTENT UNDERLIES MOST FOLLY.
HOWEVER, LIKE LEHMAN BROTHERS AND WASHINGTON MUTUAL, YOU ARE AT RISK OF STEERING THE CAMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT DOWN AN IDEOLOGICAL RIVER WITHOUT RIGOROUSLY TESTING WHAT MIGHT LIE AHEAD. AS A RESULT, THE PUBLIC EDUCATION IS CLOSER TO GOING OVER THE EDGE THAN ANY OF YOU ARE CONSIDERING.
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REALITY. BECAUSE HISTORICALLY, THEY ALWAYS DO.AFTER ALL, TRUTH IS MOST OFTEN FOUND IN THE TENSION OF IDEAS, NOT THE FORCED ALIGNMENT OF THEM.
THANK YOU. ITEM FIVE ON OUR AGENDA IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[5. CONSENT AGENDA]
UNLESS THERE'S ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS, I'D LOOK FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND.I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA SO IT WAS MOVED BY ERIKA, SECONDED BY TRACEY.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AYE.
THAT'S UNANIMOUS MOTION CARRIES.
NEXT NUMBER SIX, OUR SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT.
[6. REPORTS]
DR. ANZALONE.I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY FRUITFUL AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE GREAT DIALOG AND WE DEFINITELY TOOK A LOT OF NOTES AND WE'LL BE GOING OVER THOSE THIS WEEK AND TAKING ACTION ON SOME OF THOSE ITEMS. JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS. MORE CELEBRATORY FROM THIS LAST WEEK.
WE DID HIRE A PRINCIPAL FOR CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
KELLY O'ROURKE WILL BE JOINING US SHORTLY.
AND SHE'S EXCITED FOR THAT, BUT ALSO TO GET BACK HERE AND GET TO WORK.
KELLY COMES TO US FROM A LARGE URBAN DISTRICT, AND SHE'S SO EXCITED FOR THE THE COMMITMENT THAT THIS DISTRICT HAS TO EDUCATION AND CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL IN GENERAL.
HAD MY FIRST CAMAS DAYS EXPERIENCE VERY, VERY EXCITING FOR MY FAMILY AND FOR ME WAS ABLE TO BE A PART OF THE PARADES, ACTUALLY WAS ABLE TO ANNOUNCE THE KIDS PARADE, WHICH WAS WONDERFUL.
AND AGAIN, JUST LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER TODAY AT THE PLANNING SESSION, WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL WAY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO GET TOGETHER AFTER A COUPLE OF YEARS OF NOT BEING ABLE TO DO SO AND REALLY SHOW THAT PRIDE.
AND I THINK THAT PARTNERSHIP IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT IN THOSE TWO POSITIONS.
SO, DOREEN, THANKS FOR ACCOMPANYING ME THERE OR VICE VERSA.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK WE BROUGHT BACK IS WE'RE DOING A LOT OF THINGS REALLY, REALLY WELL HERE WHEN IT COMES TO NOT JUST PUBLIC RELATIONS, BUT MEDIA RELATIONS. BUT I THINK WE PICKED UP SOME EXTRA TIPS AND TRICKS HERE AND THERE WITH THE MOST IMPORTANT I THINK I PICKED UP WAS CONSTANT TRANSPARENCY, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE VERY OPEN AND HONEST WITH EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING.
TO KEEP IN MIND, THIS IS A PUBLIC FORUM.
THIS IS THESE ARE TAXPAYER DOLLARS THAT PUT US HERE AND MAKING SURE THAT THE PUBLIC IS CLEAR ON WHAT WE'RE DOING WHEN WE'RE DOING IT WITH KEEPING CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIALITY IN MIND AT ALL TIMES.
SO DOREEN THANKS AGAIN AND I HAD A WONDERFUL TIME.
LET'S SEE, BUS DRIVER APPLICATIONS.
BUT LAST I CHECKED, OUR BUS DRIVER APPLICATIONS, WE HAD 50 OF THEM.
SO KNOCK ON WOOD, I'M HEARING THAT WE HAVE SOME WONDERFUL CANDIDATES AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL SHORE UP THAT KIND OF A SOFT SPOT FOR PROBABLY EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE COUNTRY OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. SO THAT'S THAT.
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AND SO I FELT A LITTLE PRESSURE TO NOT CHANGE WHAT THAT THAT AWARD REALLY ENTAILS, WHICH IS THE PRIDE OF CAMAS AND AND DOING WONDERFUL THINGS FOR OTHERS.AND SO IN LOOKING AT THAT, I STARTED TO KIND OF RESEARCH THE PAPER MAKER PROCESS.
AND WHAT I FOUND WAS, WAS IT'S A HECK OF A PROCESS AND IT'S EVOLVED A LOT OVER THE YEARS.
AND TO ME, WHAT I'VE READ IS THAT PEOPLE WHO MAKE PAPER AND HAVE LEARNED HOW TO DO IT THE WAY THAT THEY HAVE HAD A HECK OF A LOT OF FORTITUDE, A LOT OF DRIVE AND PERSISTENCE.
AND INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, A LOT OF SCIENCE GOES INTO THAT PROCESS SCIENCE, CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS AND MATHEMATICS AND EVEN LITERATURE AND LEARNING FROM MISTAKES OF THE PAST.
AND SO IN DOING THAT, I THOUGHT, WHAT BETTER WAY TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT THIS TOWN WAS FOUNDED ON OTHER THAN THE COMMITMENT TO CAMAS AND JUST THE WAY THEY COMMITTED TO THAT PROCESS AND GETTING TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
I THOUGHT A GOOD NAME FOR THE AWARD WOULD BE THE COMMITMENT TO CAMPUS AWARDS.
ANZALONE? I DID HAVE JUST ONE QUESTION.
I KNOW WE WE HAVE A STILL HAVE AN OPENING FOR A HUMAN RESOURCES POSITION, CORRECT? YES. SO JUST PUTTING THAT OUT THERE AS WELL.
YEAH. JUST TO LET THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT POSITION DID CLOSE.
AND MARILYN IS FEVERISHLY WORKING ON THAT.
ACTUALLY, I BELIEVE GAIL IS STARTING TOMORROW, INTERVIEWS WILL BEGIN.
SO WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE SOMEBODY IN PLACE BY THE END OF THE WEEK.
WE HAVE SOME OUTSTANDING CANDIDATES.
SO WE HAVE A CONTRACT OR AN ACCOUNT WITH INDEED.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET SOME EXTERNAL CANDIDATES WITH SOME REALLY ROBUST EXPERIENCES.
IDEALLY, WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOMEBODY WHO HAS BOTH THE THE CORPORATE KIND OF NATURAL HR BACKGROUND, BUT ALSO A K 12 BACKGROUND.
AND THAT'S VERY CHALLENGING TO FIND.
IF NOT, WE'LL CHOOSE THE BEST CANDIDATE AND BRING THEM FORWARD TO YOU ASAP.
GREAT. THAT'S GREAT INFORMATION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR JOHN? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
[7. POLICY REVIEW - 2nd Reading & Adoption]
SO THESE POLICIES WE READ OVER AT OUR PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING.THERE WERE NO CHANGES TO THE POLICIES AFTER FIRST READING.
SO THIS IS OUR CHANCE FOR SECOND READING AND THEN HOPEFULLY ADOPTION.
SO WE CAN HAVE DISCUSSION ABOUT ANY OR ALL OF THESE.
OR IF WE IF THE BOARD FEELS COMFORTABLE, WE CAN MOVE AHEAD WITH APPROVING THEM AS A PACKAGE.
WE WERE FOR A WHILE COMBINING THAT FIRST AND SECOND READING.
SO I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE POLICIES A THROUGH I FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.
I WILL SECOND THAT. ALL RIGHT.
WAS MOVED BY DOUG, SECONDED BY CONNIE.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AYE. ANY OPPOSED.
GREAT. MOVING RIGHT ALONG HERE.
ALWAYS A RECORD. ITEM NUMBER 8 A.
[8. QUALITY FACILITIES AND RESOURCES]
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS UNDER QUALITY FACILITIES AND RESOURCES TO PUT BEFORE THE BOARD.FIRST ONE IS THE REQUEST FOR A PRICE INCREASE FOR THE PURCHASE OF NEW BUSSES.
THE AS WITH EVERYTHING LATELY, THE PRICE HAS INFLATED SLIGHTLY.
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I JUST WILL MAKE A COMMENT BEFORE EITHER MOTIONING OR SECONDING IT.INCREASE OF $8,500 PER BUS, FOR BUSSES ORDERED IN AUGUST OF 2021.
SECOND. SO IT WAS MOVED BY ERIKA, SECONDED BY DOUG.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE.
NOW WE ARE ON 8 B, WHICH IS THE FINAL ACCEPTANCE FOR THE GARVER THEATER RENOVATION PROJECT.
EXCITING TO GET FINAL ACCEPTANCE HERE ON THIS.
AND I KNOW THAT STAFF HAS BEEN EXCEEDINGLY CAREFUL AND CAUTIOUS THROUGH THIS.
BUT THAT PROJECT, TAKING THAT OLD BUILDING APART AND PUTTING IT INTO A SEISMICALLY STABLE.
I MEAN, I'M IMPRESSED THAT WE GOT THROUGH THIS PROCESS UNDER 10%, SO JUST BARELY UNDER TEN.
BUT WITH THAT, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION.
I WILL SECOND THAT AND ECHO YOUR COMMENTS.
IT'S LIKE YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET.
SO I THINK THEY DID A GREAT JOB MANAGING THE MONEY ON THAT ONE.
AND SO I'M SUPER HAPPY IT'S OPEN AND.
AND TO THINK OF AND TO THINK OF ALL OF THE THINGS THAT PLAGUED THAT SPECIFIC PROJECT ALONG THE WAY, GETTING HELD UP WITH THE CAPITAL BUDGET AT THE STATE LEVEL AND THEN COVID ALL THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS.
WE'VE HAD THE SOFT OPENING FOR IT.
BUT YEAH, SO WE'VE GOT A MOTION FROM DOUG AND A SECOND FROM TRACEY.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE FINAL ACCEPTANCE, AYE.
I KNOW. I FEEL LIKE THERE SHOULD BE SOME APPLAUSE FOR THAT.
ALL RIGHT. AND 8 C, WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY ROOF REPAIR THAT IS COMING FROM LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL HERE. SO YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION IN FRONT OF YOU HERE FOR A TOTAL OF $92,498, WHICH INCLUDES A 7% CONTINGENCY.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THAT? COMMENT THE FACT THAT IT'S AN ACTIVE LEAK.
UH, WHICH IS DAMAGING THE FACILITY UNDERNEATH.
I COMPLETELY CONCUR WITH THE RECOMMENDATION TO MAKE THE REPAIR.
AND THE ONLY THING I DIDN'T SEE IN THE RIGHT OF NOBODY IN THIS ROOM MAY KNOW.
WHAT YEAR IS THAT ROOF? OKAY. AND I SEE THAT THE NEW ROOF HAS A 30 YEAR WARRANTY ON IT.
I WOULD MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF THE EMERGENCY REPAIR REQUEST I'LL SECOND THAT.
IT WAS MOVED BY DOUG AND SECONDED BY ERIKA.
ALL RIGHT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT? ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE.
ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES ON THAT.
LIKE I SAID, I LOVE OUR JULY MEETING.
THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF OUR OUR AGENDA.
[10. EXECUTIVE SESSION - Personnel - (RCW 42.30.110 (f))]
WE ARE GOING TO RECESS FOR A SHORT EXECUTIVE SESSION, 30 MINUTES AT THE MOST.[00:20:01]
WE DON'T EXPECT TO TAKE ANY ACTION.SO I'LL BE BACK AT 6:20 TO OFFICIALLY ADJOURN THE MEETING.
SO UNTIL THEN, WE ARE IN RECESS.
ALL RIGHT. WE ARE FINISHED WITH OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION.
I WILL GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN OUR MEETING FOR THE NIGHT.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.