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>> I THINK WE ARE READY TO GET GOING HERE WITH OUR DECEMBER 12TH WORKSHOP.
[1. WORKSHOP - 4:00 pm]
WE HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF DISCUSSION ITEMS ON THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT EVERYBODY, WE'RE GOING TO START WITH LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.NOW THAT WE'RE APPROACHING THE START OF LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WHICH I BELIEVE WE DECIDED WAS THE WHAT WAS IT JUNE, JANUARY 9TH, I BELIEVE. WASN'T THAT IT? THE SECOND MONDAY OF THE MONTH OF JANUARY.
WE WANT TO [NOISE] HAMMER DOWN OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR THE DISTRICT OVERARCHING ONES.
JOHN WAS GOING TO LEAD US THROUGH SOME OF THE ESD PRIORITIES FIRST AND THEN WE'VE GOT A ONE-PAGER THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AND WE CAN STRATEGIZE HOW WE WILL GET THAT OUT TO OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND WHATNOT.
JOHN, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
>> WELL, HELLO EVERYBODY. GOOD TO SEE YOU.
THANK YOU, CONNIE, FOR THE REFRESHMENT.
COREY SAID WE'RE ALREADY AS A SUPERINTENDENT GROUP FOR SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON.
WE'RE ALREADY REALLY NEED DEEP IN SOME OF THIS WORK AND IT'S REALLY EXCITING WORK.
[NOISE] THE LEGISLATORS THAT WE'VE MET WITH HAVE BEEN VERY OPEN AND RECEPTIVE TO SOME OF OUR CONCERNS, OUR NEEDS, OUR WANTS, AND SO WE FEEL WE'RE AHEAD OF THE GAME IN A LOT OF WAYS.
BUT I'M EXCITED TO HEAR FROM THE BOARD TONIGHT AND GET YOUR ADDITIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS, AND PRIORITIES SO THAT I COULD WORK AS YOUR LIAISON AS WELL TO TRY TO GET THAT MESSAGE ACROSS TO OUR LEGISLATORS.
IN DOING SO, I WANTED TO START OFF IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU, COREY, AND TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT ESD 112 AND AS YOU KNOW IS A MULTITUDE OF DISTRICTS IN OUR AREA THAT HAVE WORKED TOGETHER TO PUT TOGETHER PRIORITIES THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE OVERARCHING FOR OUR AREA NOT NECESSARILY CAMAS SPECIFIC.
THOSE ARE IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER REALLY SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING.
THERE IS A FEEL THAT SPECIAL EDUCATION AND SERVING OUR STUDENTS, SERVED ON IEPS AND BEYOND.
WE SOMETIMES SEE THAT AS AN UNFUNDED MANDATE IN SOME WAYS AND IT CAUSES SOMETIMES UNDUE HARDSHIP ON DISTRICTS TO TRY TO MATCH WHAT WE NEED FOR THOSE STUDENTS.
WE FEEL THAT IF SPECIAL EDUCATION IS FUNDING ADEQUATELY INTO WHERE IT SHOULD BE, THEN OUR DISTRICTS CAN REALLY USE OTHER FUNDING TO COVER EXPENSES THAT ARE NORMALLY USED FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION.
TRANSPORTATION FUNDING, WE'RE BEING VERY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THIS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT BUS DRIVER SHORTAGES NATIONWIDE ARE A REAL THING.
BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT STUDENTS STILL NEED NOT JUST A QUALITY DRIVER BUT ALSO QUALITY BUSES, ROUTES, AND GPS SERVICES TO GET TO AND FROM.
STUDENT MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES.
I DON'T THINK I NEED TO GO TOO DEEP INTO THAT.
I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT ESPECIALLY COMING OUT OF A GLOBAL PANDEMIC AND EVEN PRIOR TO, THIS IS AN AREA THAT WE TRULY NEED TO HIT ON.
THEN, OF COURSE, FACILITY FUNDING.
WE KNOW THAT WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE IN MANY WAYS IN CAMAS WITH OUR STRUCTURES, BUT WE DEFINITELY HAVE SOME GAPS IN SOME OF OUR STRUCTURES THAT WE NEED TO TIGHTEN UP.
BUT IN SOME OF OUR DISTRICTS, THEY'RE NOT AS FORTUNATE AS I LEARNED VERY QUICKLY AND REALLY NEED TO PUT SOME FUNDING TOWARDS GETTING MODERNIZATION AND THINGS THAT TO HAPPEN IN THEIR DISTRICTS.
COREY, THAT'S WHERE ESD HAS SET AND SO I'D BE VERY INTERESTED TO HEAR WHAT THE BOARD FEELS ABOUT THOSE AND THEN OTHERS.
>> JUST OPEN IT UP FOR YOU GUYS TO JUST DISCUSS IF THERE'S SOME IN THERE.
OBVIOUSLY, THEY'RE ALL IMPORTANT BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THOUGH WHICH OF THESE REALLY IMPACTS CAMAS THE MOST THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PUSHING FORWARD WITH OUR OWN LEGISLATORS.
>> ESD ONLY DO THREE, IT SAYS CONTINUED DOWN THERE.
DO THEY HAVE MORE THAN THREE WITH THESE TOP THREE?
>>THE FOURTH ONE IS THE FACILITY.
IF IT DIDN'T COME UP ON THE BACK, YOU SHOULD HAVE A DIGITAL COPY.
IF NOT I'LL GET THAT TO YOU RIGHT AWAY AND THAT WILL HAVE ALL FOUR.
>> DO YOU SEE THE SECOND PAGE, ERICA?
>> IT SAYS ADDRESSING STAFFING SHORTAGES, INCREASED FUNDING FOR RURAL MODERNIZATION, AND SUPPORT SIMPLE MAJORITY ON CAPITAL PROJECTS WAS THE BACKSIDE.
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>> THANK YOU, TRACY. THOSE ARE BEING LOOKED AT REALLY AS ADDITIONAL CHALLENGES AND THE THREE YOU SEE ON THE FRONT OF THE PAGE ARE THE THREE TOP.
>> I LIKE FOR US TO HAVE A TOP THREE, I THINK AS WELL.
BUT I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT [NOISE] THE DRAFT OF THE 2023, THERE'S FIVE THERE, WHICH ARE ALL VALID AND IMPORTANT TO US.
BUT I THINK WHEN YOU DO A ONE-PAGER, HAVING THREE RIGHT THERE WOULD BE REALLY VALUABLE FOR THEM.
THINGS THAT WE CAN KEEP TOP OF MIND WHEN WE HAVE 15 SECONDS IN THE ELEVATOR, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WOULD PRIORITIZE THOSE.
I DO LOVE HOW ESD HAS GIVEN A LITTLE SYNOPSIS AND THE ACTION THAT THEY REQUIRE FROM THAT, I THINK WE CAN DO SOMETHING SIMILAR AND HAVE IT BE EVEN MORE TIGHTER SYNOPSIZED.
>> I LIKE THAT AS WELL, A ONE-PAGER.
I DO THINK THERE IS POWER IN NUMBERS AND I LIKE THAT OUR FIRST ONE ON THIS DRAFT IS SPECIAL EDUCATION, AS IS ESD 112 AND I'M SURE OTHER DISTRICTS AS WELL.
TO ME, IF WE HAVE ONE, AND I THINK SPECIAL EDUCATION IS IMPORTANT ONE TO US AS WELL.
IF WE ALL HAVE ONE AND THEN OUR OTHER TWO OBVIOUSLY DON'T HAVE TO BE THE SAME IF WE STICK WITH THREE.
BUT I DO AGREE A ONE-PAGER IS GOING TO BE OUR BEST BET.
>> I KNOW WE'VE GOT JASON OVER HERE TOO.
JASON IN TERMS OF OUR DISTRICT.
WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT SPEND FUNDING, WHICH I THINK IS UNIVERSAL.
THAT IS A BIG ONE ACROSS THE STATE OR NO, WE HEARD IT WAS THAT'S [NOISE] UNIVERSITY OF [INAUDIBLE] IS PUSHING FOR THAT.
TRANSPORTATION FUNDING, I'M INTERESTED IN THAT ONE AND HOW THAT REALLY IMPACTS OUR DISTRICT IN WHICH YOU AS DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS SERVICES, CONSIDER THAT TO BE A TOP 5 PRIORITY FOR US.
>> FOR CAMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT, MY THOUGHT IS REALLY, I'D LIKE TO SEE US FOCUSED ON THE REGIONALIZATION DISCUSSION AS WELL AS THE EXPERIENCE FACTOR OF FUNDING.
BECAUSE WHAT'S UNIQUE FOR CAMAS IS THAT WE DO EMPLOY SEVERAL SEASONED VETERAN TEACHERS.
ON AVERAGE, WE TEND TO PAY MORE PER TEACHER THAN OUR PEERS IN THE REGION.
THERE USED TO BE A FUNDING ENHANCEMENT, THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS USED TO RECEIVE IT WAS CALLED THE STAFF MIX FACTOR.
THEY REALLY, IF YOU WILL, SHRUNK THAT PROGRAM TO JUST A VERY SMALL HANDFUL OF DISTRICTS THAT EVEN QUALIFIED THAT WE'VE MISSED OUT WHEN MCCLEARY WAS PUT IN PLACE.
THAT WOULD BE A NICE FOCUS FOR US, I WOULD THINK.
TRANSPORTATION IS IMPORTANT, WE USE LEVY FUNDS.
BASICALLY WHAT THAT IS IMPLYING IS THAT WE'LL TAKE SOME OF THAT LOCAL LEVY BURDEN OFF OF DISTRICTS IF THEY WERE FULLY FUNDED TRANSPORTATION.
THAT'S A COMPLICATED FUNDING MODEL.
THEY'D BEEN LOOKING AT CHANGING THE MODEL, SO I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT THE LEGISLATURE'S ULTIMATE GOAL THERE IS.
IT MIGHT BE CHANGING THE FORMULA AS WELL AS FUNDING LEVEL.
BUT OVERALL THOSE ARE, I THINK SPECIAL ED, OF COURSE.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT 25-0.30 OF EVERY DOLLAR WE SPEND IS LOCALLY FUNDED, SO THAT WOULD CERTAINLY BE SOME WELCOME RELIEF.
>> I ALSO FELT IN THE ESD PRIORITIES AROUND FACILITIES, I THINK YOU ALLUDED TO THAT, THAT THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS A REAL PRESSING NEED FOR US CHANGES TO THAT.
WOULD YOU AGREE WITH THAT, JASON? SORRY, I DON'T MEAN TO MAKE YOU SIT AND THEN JUMP BACK UP.
>> THE SIMPLE MAJORITY YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT [OVERLAPPING].
>> WHAT THEY'RE PUSHING FOR IS MORE THAN JUST GO INTO SIMPLE MAJORITY I THINK, ISN'T IT?
>> I THINK THE DISCUSSION HAS BEEN QUITE A BIT ABOUT THE VOTING MAJORITY AND WHERE THERE NEEDS TO BE A 60 PERCENT SUPER MAJORITY OR A SIMPLE MAJORITY OF 50 PERCENT.
THAT'S MY RECOLLECTION BUT IT COULD ALSO BE MORE BROAD THAN THAT.
>> I THINK THEY HAVE TWO ON HERE. THEY DO HAVE THAT SIMPLE MAJORITY, BUT THEN THEY HAVE INCREASED FUNDING FOR RURAL MODERNIZATION GRANTS.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT COREY WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN THE SIMPLE MAJORITY.
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>> JUST TALKING ABOUT JUST UPDATING INFRASTRUCTURE AND BUILDINGS.
THEY WANT TO INCREASE THE MODERNIZATION GRANT FROM OSPI SO SCHOOLS CAN LEVERAGE INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY? [NOISE]
>>THAT'S CORRECT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE LEGISLATURE WAS LOOKING AT WITH SOME OF THE DISPARITIES IN FROM A SMALL RURAL DISTRICT IN EASTERN WASHINGTON IN THEIR LIMITED ABILITY, LIMITED TAX BASE TO MAKE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
I THINK THEY WANTED TO FIND A RELIEF MECHANISM AND THIS COULD BE THAT GRANT PROGRAM THAT THEY'RE REFERRING TO THERE.
OBVIOUSLY, THAT WOULD BE REALLY IMPORTANT TO THOSE COMMUNITIES OVER THERE.
>> WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER KNOWING HAVE WE REACHED OUT TO OTHER DISTRICTS IN CLARK COUNTY, I THINK KNOWING WHAT THEIR PRIORITIES MIGHT BE.
I KNOW PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS WORRIED ABOUT DRAFTS, NOTHING'S NAILED IN STONE, BUT I JUST THINK THERE'S POWER IN USING THE SAME VERBIAGE, SAME HEADERS, TYPES OF THINGS, LIKE WE'RE ALL SPEAKING THE SAME LANGUAGE.
>> I THINK THAT'S THE INTENT OF THE ESD.
>> YEAH. BECAUSE WE'RE ALL PART OF THAT GROUP.
>> BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR OWN PRIORITIES SO I'M THINKING WASHOUGAL WILL HAVE THEIR EVERGREEN.
SO CURIOUS IF YOU'VE HEARD FROM THOSE OTHER DISTRICTS?
>> YES AND NO. MOST OF THE TIME WHEN WHEN WE MEET IT'S AS AN ESD, I CAN FOR SURE DO SOME HOMEWORK ON THE INDIVIDUAL BASIS, BUT LIKE I SAID, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE SOME ADDITIONS OR CHANGES AT THIS TIME, IT SEEMED LIKE MOST OF THE DISTRICTS WERE REALLY SIMPATICO WITH THESE, BUT I COULD BE WRONG, SO I CAN GET BACK FOR SURE.
>> AT VERY LEAST, I THINK IT WOULD BE WORTH IT TO REACH OUT TO THE OTHER DISTRICTS THAT ARE IN THE NEW 17TH LD WITH US.
BECAUSE NOW THAT THE LEGISLATIVE BOUNDARIES HAVE ALL CHANGED, CAMAS IS FULLY WITHIN THE 17TH.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF NEWLY ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES, BUT ALSO A COUPLE OF SEASONED REPRESENTATIVES THAT ARE NOW SERVING A NEW AREA WITH THE BOUNDARY.
I THINK IN THE 17TH IT'S US AND WASHOUGAL.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE.
MAYBE SOME OF THE SMALLER DISTRICTS TO THE EAST LIKE STEPHENSON, CARSON.
I'M NOT SURE IF IT GOES OUT THAT FAR.
I'VE GOT TO LOOK AT THE MAP AGAIN, BUT I WOULD LOOK AT THAT MAP AND JUST SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE.
I REALLY THINK AS I LOOK AND I THINK MORE ABOUT THIS.
WE'VE WE'VE KNOWN THAT ESPECIALLY WITH LIKE WHAT JASON WAS SAYING, THE REGIONALIZATION AND THE EXPERIENCE FACTOR, THAT'S UNIQUE TO CAMAS IN THIS AREA.
I DO FEEL LIKE IF WE REACH OUT TO OTHER DISTRICTS ABOUT THAT, WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO HEAR THAT THAT'S AN ISSUE.
>> I DON'T KNOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO GET ANY SORT OF LIKE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE FOR SURE.
BUT WHEN I LOOK AT OUR NUMBER 1 AND I LOOK AT ESD IS NUMBER 1, WE NEED TO CALL IT SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY CALLED IT.
WE ALL NEED TO BE SPEAKING THE SAME LANGUAGE TO GET OUR POINT ACROSS.
>> I ALSO THINK THAT WE NEED TO BE ADVOCATING FOR THINGS THAT ARE FOR OUR DISTRICT.
LIKE THE REGIONALIZATION MAY ONLY BE US AND IT MAY BE A HARD PUSH TO GET TRACTION ON THAT, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO US.
THINGS LIKE THAT, I THINK NOBODY ELSE MIGHT NOT HAVE THAT ON THEIR LIST, THAT'S A BIG THING FOR US.
I ADVOCATE FOR KEEPING THAT ON OUR LIST EVEN IF NOBODY ELSE HAS IT ON THEIR LIST.
THE THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES, IT SAYS 2023 AT THE TOP THAT WE'RE WORKING OFF.
THIS FROM A PREVIOUS YEAR, I WANT TO SAY 2019 WAS THE LAST TIME WE REALLY, BECAUSE 2021 WAS THE LAST BIG SESSION AND IT WAS A COVID TIME AND IT WAS ALL CRAZY.
WHAT YOU BASICALLY HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS WHAT WE DID IN 2019.
WE'RE THINKING THAT IF WE STARTED FROM THIS AND WEEKED IT.
>> WITH THE ADDITION OF MENTAL HEALTH.
>> RIGHT. BECAUSE WE HAVE THESE FOUR AND I THINK THEY'RE STILL VALID, THERE STILL ARE FOUR BUT I THINK FIVE I DON'T KNOW IF IT JUMPS UP.
I THINK THAT'S THE CONVERSATION WE HAVE.
I FEEL LIKE SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING STAYS NUMBER 1, IS MY OPINION, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S ESD'S NUMBER 1 AS WELL.
THEN 2 AND 3 ARE DEFINITELY CAMAS FOCUSED, ALL THESE, I'M NOT GOING TO KEEP SAYING IT'S ALL IMPORTANT, BUT IT IS.
>> [INAUDIBLE] I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT. I READ THIS
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AND IT TAKES ME BACK TO WHEN OUR VOTERS HAD VOTED FOR A CERTAIN LEVY NUMBER AND THEN IT GOT CAPPED TO LOWER THAN THAT.IT SEEMS THAT'S NO LONGER RELEVANT BECAUSE WE'VE HAD ANOTHER LEVY CYCLE AND WE'RE NOT IN A POSITION WHERE OUR VOTERS HAVE VOTED FOR MORE THAN WE'RE COLLECTING.
IS THAT TRUE? ANYONE? [OVERLAPPING]
>> BECAUSE AT THE TIME WHERE THEY LOWERED IT, OUR VOTERS HAD APPROVED A HIGHER LEVEL AND WE CHOSE TO GO LOWER AND NOW, LAST TIME WE WENT OUT AT THAT SAME LEVEL. CORRECT?
>> YEAH. WITH MCCLEARY, INITIALLY WHEN IT WAS IMPLEMENTED, OUR LOCAL LEVY RATE WAS AROUND THREE DOLLARS AND 15 CENTS AND THEY KEPT IT AT A DOLLAR 50.
THAT REDUCED OUR LOCAL TAX COLLECTIONS FOR GENERAL FUND BY MORE THAN HALF.
IN A VERY ALMOST UNPRECEDENTED MOVE THE NEXT YEAR, THE LEGISLATURE REALIZED THAT WAS WRONG AND THEY BUMPED IT BACK UP THE 2.50.
OVER TIME, OUR LEVY RATE HAS MATURED.
WE'RE RIGHT AT ABOUT 2.30 RIGHT NOW IS WHAT OUR TAXPAYERS WILL SEE.
WE'RE NOT AT THAT TWO DOLLARS AND 50 CENT MAXIMUM, BUT WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE.
THERE'S NOT ADDITIONAL LEVY CAPACITY FOR US TO NECESSARILY PURSUE UNLESS THE LEGISLATURE INCREASE THAT UP.
>> THAT'S WHY I THINK 4 IS IRRELEVANT NOW.
>> WE SHOULD MOVE MENTAL HEALTH FUNDING UP.
>> I WOULD MOVE. I FEEL LIKE MENTAL HEALTH FUNDING SHOULD BE [OVERLAPPING]
THEN AGAIN, WE WOULD BE ALIGNING WITH THEM ON SOME OF THEIRS AND THEN HAVE OUR OWN.
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY ERICA AS THE COMMS PERSON DOESN'T LIKE NUMBER 4 SHE LIKES A 3 OR 5.
>> I DO FEEL THAT REGIONALIZATION AND EXPERIENCE FACTORS WERE SPEAKING IN THE SAME TERMS A BIT.
BUT WE COULD COMBINE THOSE AND JUST PULL OUT THE DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS.
>> I'D AGREE WITH THAT. [INAUDIBLE]
>> ALSO I'M CURIOUS TO THE FINANCIAL IMPACT OF THESE DIFFERENT ONES.
I KNOW IN NUMBER 1, YOU PUT A DOLLAR AMOUNT, THE 2.2 MILLION.
IF WE COULD JUST GET [OVERLAPPING]
>> I'D LIKE THAT TO BE A HEADER OF FINANCIAL IMPACT OF EACH ONE BECAUSE THERE ARE CERTAIN LEGISLATORS THAT WANT TO LOOK JUST AT THAT REAL QUICK.
LET'S HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT. THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
>> THEN IF OVERALL WE CAN SAY, WITH ALL THESE, THIS IS HOW IT IMPACTS OUR STUDENTS.
AS MANY TEACHERS OR MENTAL HEALTH THERAPISTS OR WHATEVER COUNSELORS, FOR EXAMPLE.
>> WE'RE GOING BACK TO WHAT YOU WERE SAYING ERICA, IN TERMS OF USING THE SAME VERBIAGE TO THEM, DIDN'T CHANGE OUR MENTAL HEALTH FUNDING TO BE THE SIMILAR TO ESDS, STUDENT MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES.
>> WHICH STILL MEANS IT'S FUNDING THOUGH I JUST NEED SOME WORKSHOPPING MAYBE.
>> FOR THE STUDENT, MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES, WE HAVE A SHORTAGE OF MENTAL HEALTH THERAPISTS, AND SO THE STATE IS NOT GOING TO MAGICALLY CREATE MORE, THEY CAN MAYBE PROVIDE SOME FUNDING FOR MORE TRAINING, AND MAYBE PROVIDE SOME FUNDING TO HIRE THOSE PEOPLE INTO OUR SCHOOLS MAYBE MAKE THAT PART OF THE MODEL.
BUT WHAT WE CAN DO IS HIRE MORE COUNSELORS AND TRAIN STAFF IN THE MEANTIME, AND THEN SUPPORT WHATEVER THE LEGISLATURE COULD DO TO HELP CREATE A BROADER POOL OF THERAPISTS.
>> JUST IN THE INTEREST OF TIME BECAUSE I WAS ASKED TO BE A TIMEKEEPER TILL WE HAVE THE OTHER ITEM.
I THINK IT WILL BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO DISCUSS THE VESSEL IN WHICH WE WANT TO GET SOME OF THIS ACROSS SO I KNOW OUR BRIEFINGS WE DISCUSSED A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS, WE TALKED ABOUT MAYBE A VIDEO OF SOME SORT OR A PODCAST MODEL.
THAT WAY COLLECTIVELY WE CAN GET OUR MESSAGE OUT AND THEN ALSO A SERIES OR A MULTIPLE INVITES HERE OF LEGISLATORS,
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SPECIFICALLY ONES IN DISTRICT 17, SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO SHIFT TO THAT OR IF WE STILL WANT TO CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THE TOP, I'LL SAY FIVE, ERICA, NUMBER?DO WE HAVE ACCESS TO A PERSON THAT CAN MAKE IT PRETTY LIKE ESD HAS? THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
I THINK WHAT WE'RE ALL AGREEING ON BEFORE I WRITE IT UP IN A DRAFT FORM IS NUMBER 1, SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING, BLENDING TWO AND THREE OF SOME STAIN REGIONALIZATION AND CONSIDER EXPERIENCED FACTORS AND PLAY WITH THAT VERBIAGE, AND THEN MENTAL HEALTH FUNDING.
WHAT I LOVE ABOUT ESD IS AND WHAT I THINK WOULD BE IMPACTFUL IS NAME IT, EXPLAIN WHAT IT IS, THE FINANCIAL IMPACT, THE ACTION REQUEST, AND A LITTLE GRAPHIC NEXT TO IT, WHICH WILL BE GREAT.
>> IN TERMS OF GRAPHICS AND STUFF, ARE THERE CERTAIN NUMBERS OF GRAPHICS THAT YOU'D BE LOOKING FOR FROM SOMEBODY LIKE JASON OR MATT.
JASON ARE THERE NUMBERS THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO SEND TO US THAT YOU THINK WE SHOULD REALLY HIGHLIGHT IN THESE?
>> YOU REALLY SHOULD GET THIS MAN A TABLE.
>> I NEED MY STEPS OBVIOUSLY, BUT NO, I THINK WHAT WOULD BE GOOD IS POTENTIALLY TO REACH OUT TO ONE OR BOTH OF LOBBYISTS, DAN STEELE AND MELISSA [INAUDIBLE] SEE IN THEIR OPINION WHAT INFORMATION WOULD RESONATE WITH OUR LEGISLATORS, WHO THEY INTERACT WITH ON A REGULAR BASIS, AND THEN GETTING SOME OF THAT ADVICE AND THEN WE CAN TAILOR IT BASED UPON THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS.
HAPPY TO PROVIDE ANY GRAPHS OR FISCAL ANALYSIS, NO PROBLEM AT ALL.
>> HOW DO WE REACH OUT TO THEM? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD DO?
>>VERY EASY TO DO. WE'VE GOT THEIR NUMBERS.
>> I THINK WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IN THE INTEREST OF TIME THIS YEAR, NEW LEGISLATORS, WHEN THE SESSION STARTS IS THERE REALLY ISN'T TIME TO BRING THEM IN CURRENTLY BEFORE THE SESSION STARTS.
YES, THAT SHOULD BE ON THE TO-DO LIST, WE WANT TO BRING THEM IN AT SOME POINT, BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TIME DURING SESSION, SO LET'S START PLANNING NOW TO HAVE COMBINED CITY SCHOOLS EVENT.
MAYBE COMBINED WASHOUGAL CAMAS AND WASHOUGAL CAMAS CITY SCHOOLS EVENT.
BUT AS WELL AS WHAT JOHN ALLUDED TO, MAYBE IT'S IN THE STYLE OF WHATSAPPED, NOT EVERYBODY WANTS TO VISUALLY SEE NOR HAS TIME.
BUT IF THEY GET A QUICK LITTLE VIDEO OR A QUICK LITTLE TWO-MINUTE AUDIO THAT THEY CAN LISTEN TO, EVEN A VOICEMAIL.
I JUST WANT TO SAY HI, GOOD LUCK TO YOU AND WANTED TO GIVE YOU CAMAS'S PRIORITIES, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU IN AT THE END OF THE SESSION AND LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING WITH YOU.
ANY WAY THAT WE CAN GIVE THEM INFORMATION AND ALL THE WAYS THAT PEOPLE LEARN.
>> I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION TO OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL.
I THINK DURING COVID WE HAD A FEW PEOPLE SAY, WELL, YOU SHOULD LOBBY OUR LEGISLATORS, WHICH WE DO.
BUT I THINK WE ALSO CAN EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY SO THAT THE MORE VOICES THEY'RE HEARING FROM BECAUSE IT'S OUR COMMUNITY'S, CHILDREN THAT ARE IMPACTED BY THESE DECISIONS.
IT'S ALWAYS GREAT WHEN YOU GET A SCRIPT OR A LETTER OR SOMETHING THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY EVEN IF IT'S LITTLE VIDEO.
THIS IS WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO OUR DISTRICT, HELP US SHARE THIS MESSAGE WITH OUR LEGISLATORS.
>> I THINK IT'D BE GOOD THOUGH AT THE VERY LEAST, TO TRY AND REACH OUT.
MAYBE WE COULD ALL REACH OUT OR PICK A POINT PERSON OR TO JUST REACH OUT, ESPECIALLY TO OUR NEW LEGISLATORS AND JUST SAY, HEY, WELCOME ABOARD.
I KNOW YOU'VE TALKED TO SOME OF THEM ALREADY RECENTLY, BUT JUST TO AT LEAST MAKE THAT PERSONAL CONNECTION FIRST AND EVEN IF IT'S EXCHANGING CELL PHONE NUMBERS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, HEY, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, REACH OUT TO ME OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I THINK JUST MAKING THAT PERSONAL CONNECTION RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE AGAIN, WE HAVE A VERY NEW LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION.
>> YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT TWO MINUTES? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE?
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YOU WANT THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT WANT TO BE IN THIS?>> I THINK IT COULD ALMOST BE MULTIPLE, LIKE HERE'S A LITTLE VIDEO AND IT'S COREY THIS TIME AND HERE'S A VIDEO AND IT'S JASON OR WHATEVER, I THINK IT COULD BE FUN, IF THAT THING IS FUN.
>> I'M ALSO TRYING TO BE AWARE TO HAVE JUST OUR TIMEFRAME BECAUSE WE'RE APPROACHING THE HOLIDAYS AND THINGS MOVE A LITTLE SLOWLY OVER THE HOLIDAYS AS RIGHTFULLY SO AS THEY SHOULD, BUT I'D LIKE TO HAVE SOMETHING TO THEM OR AT LEAST MAKE CONTACT WITH OUR LEGISLATORS BY JANUARY 9TH.
>> I WOULDN'T MIND MAKING IT REALLY EASY.
IF WE CAN START TO GET THIS FINALIZED AND NICE, DOING SOME AUDIO, JUST AUDIO LIKE, HEY, GOOD LUCK.
REPRESENTATIVE CRAFT, WE CAN'T WAIT TO TALK WITH YOU LATER.
IT MIGHT NOT EVEN BE TWO MINUTES.
ATTACHED IS THE ONE-PAGER AND YOU DO IT AUDITORILY AS WELL, LIKE YOU HIT IT BOTH.
YOU HAVE ALL OF OUR NAMES AND CELL NUMBERS AND EMAIL, AND WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS I THINK MAKE IT REALLY EASY.
>> I THINK WE'RE A LITTLE LATE FOR THIS YEAR, BUT DID YOU DOUG HAPPEN TO GO TO THE LEGISLATIVE BREAKFAST ON FRIDAY? I SIGNED UP FOR IT AND I DIDN'T GO, BUT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A GREAT THING, IT WAS BY THE CHAMBER AND THE CDC, IT WAS AT THE HILTON AND I SIGNED UP TO GO TO THAT BECAUSE I USUALLY DO THAT EVERY YEAR, BUT THAT'S A GREAT THING IF WE'RE AHEAD OF IT EARLY TO GIVE THIS TO THEM WHY I'M THERE.
BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL THERE FOR BREAKFAST FOR LIKE A TWO-HOUR BREAKFAST THAT HAPPENS AND I WAS SO SAD THAT I MISSED IT, BUT JUST FOR NEXT YEAR, I KNOW THAT THEY'RE MAKING THE ROUNDS AND THERE ARE THOSE BREAKFAST EVENTS AND THERE'S THINGS EVERYWHERE THAT IF WE POP IN WE'RE LIKE, HERE'S OURS.
CORRECT. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY MORE SCHEDULED BREAKFAST, THINGS LIKE THAT.
>> THE ESTS USUALLY HAVE SOMETHING I'VE BEEN DOING THAT A COUPLE OF TIMES BEFORE, AND THE OTHER THING TOO IS JUST PAY ATTENTION TO WHENEVER OUR REPRESENTATIVES ANNOUNCE AT TOWN HALL AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT ONE OF US GO TO THE TOWN HALL.
>> OR SOMETIMES JUST GOING TO CERTAIN NETWORKING EVENTS, YOU RUN INTO THEM, SO HAVING THAT IN YOUR POCKET, LIKE YOU SAID, ERICA IS HANDY.
>> I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK AS I'M LOOKING THROUGH THIS LIST.
I KNOW THAT OUR LEGISLATORS TEND TO GET FATIGUED ON MONEY ASKS BECAUSE DISTRICTS ALWAYS ASKING FOR MONEY.
I'M TRYING TO ENVISION AN ASK THAT IS NOT SPECIFIC TO A FUNDING REQUEST OR SOMETHING SO SUBSTANTIAL AS THE LOCAL LEVY LIMITS.
THAT'S A HUGE THING, BUT IT CARRIES SUCH ENERGY IN OUR LEADERSHIP.
I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
I WANT TO FIGHT A BATTLE, I GUESS THAT WE CAN WIN.
THESE TWO SEEM FISCALLY WISE TO PURSUE AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S ANYTHING.
>> IS THERE A POLICY FIXED, THAT BUYS US BETTER CAPACITY TO INSTRUCT BETTER ACCESS TO THE STUDENTS, MORE SOCIAL STRUCTURE SUPPORTS FOR THEM.
THAT DOESN'T CARRY WITH IT A FISCAL BILL, A FISCAL ELEMENT.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 180 HOUR OR 180 DAYS SEAT TIME REQUIREMENTS.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A BARRIER TO MAYBE A YEAR-ROUND CALENDAR OR WHAT'S THE RIGHT TERM?
I JUST WONDER IF THERE'S SOME MERIT IN MAYBE EXPLORING SOMETHING THAT'S NON-MONETARY JUST TO SEE IF WE CAN HOLD THEIR ATTENTION BECAUSE I THINK THEY'RE USED TO US COMING AT THEM ASKING FOR MONEY.
HISTORICALLY THAT'S LIKE, THANK YOU.
YOU KNOW HOW TIGHT IT IS UP NORTH.
>> I ALSO APPRECIATE ON THIS ESD ONE, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF WORDS RIGHT HERE, BUT IN IT THEY DO SAY WE APPRECIATE THE INVESTMENTS YOU HAVE MADE AND SO SOMETIMES I THINK EVEN JUST A STATEMENT AT THE TOP THAT IS SOME THANK YOU FOR YOU'VE DONE THESE THINGS AND IT'S GREAT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, BUT MAYBE NOT AS MUCH LANGUAGE AS THEY HAVE, BUT QUICK TO GET THEIR ATTENTION THAT WAY.
I DO LIKE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING TO DOUG, HOW DO WE GET AN ASK THAT'S NOT A MONEY ASK.
>> TRACY, THAT'S A GREAT POINT AND THAT WAS ACTUALLY THE APPROACH THAT WE TOOK AS SUPERINTENDENTS IS TO START OFF WITH A THANK YOU.
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HERE'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO WITH THE FUNDING THAT YOU'VE PROVIDED AND HERE'S WHY WE WANT TO CONTINUE THAT.THAT WAS THE APPROACH AND EVEN THE SMALL VIDEO SNIPPETS THAT WERE MADE REALLY HAD STUDENTS, TEACHERS, PARENTS, REALLY PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING WITH THEIR HANDS EVERY DAY WITH OUR KIDS.
THE ESD HEARD THAT LOUD AND CLEAR AS WELL SO I THINK WE CAN CONTINUE THAT IN WHATEVER FORMAT OR MEDIUM WE DECIDE TO USE.
WE'LL DEFINITELY PUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT AT THE TOP OF THE ONE-PAGER.
>> I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND I'M WONDERING IF YOU CAN MASSAGE THE WORDS OF TWO AND THREE BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR MORE, WE'RE ASKING THEM TO RE-FRAME IT.
>> IN TO THAT POINT, IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE TO TALK ABOUT THE VALUE OF AN EXPERIENCED TEACHER.
CANVAS HAS AN INCREDIBLY HIGH PERCENTAGE OF NATIONALLY CERTIFICATED TEACHERS.
THAT CARRIES WITH IT FISCAL BURDEN, ACTUALLY MOSTLY FOR THE STATE, BUT IT ALSO BY VIRTUE JUST USING AS ARMATURE TEACHERS, THERE IS A BURDEN THERE WE CAN BENEFIT FROM IT, IT'D BE NICE TO NOT THE FIFTH WITH A FISCAL SPHERE.
FOCUS ON KEEPING OUR PROFESSIONALISM OF EXPERIENCE FACT OR SOMEHOW BEING RECOGNIZED.
JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET SOMETHING SOLD THIS YEAR.
>> LET'S LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES OF WHERE THERE WILL BE, I'M TRYING TO GET THAT.
MAYBE WE NEED TO CREATE A LITTLE CALENDAR IDEA WHERE WE WANT TO PUT A DATE ON THE CALENDAR FOR AFTERWARDS TO TRY AND WORK TOWARDS TO TRY AND BRING THEM IN, BUT LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
THEN IN THAT TIMELINE, WHEN WE WANT TO LOOK AT THE SECOND DRAFT OF THIS, WHEN DO WE WANT TO TRY AND GET IT OFF TO THEM? GUYS I'D LIKE THE AUDIO IDEA.
WE'RE NOT MIMICKING ESD, BUT WE'RE COMPLIMENTING IT.
THEY GET TO HAVE THE VIDEOS THERE, THE OVERARCHING MESSAGE OF ALL OF US, BUT IF WE JUST DO A PERSONAL AUDIO MESSAGE WITH THIS, I THINK IS COMPLIMENTARY TO THAT.
>> DO YOU HAVE [NOISE] ENOUGH INFORMATION TO START MOVING AHEAD WITH THAT?
ARE WE LOOKING AT WARD PRESIDENT SUPERINTENDENT? ARE WE LOOKING AT DOES EVERYBODY WANT TO DO ONE AND RECORD IT? I GUESS WE CAN TALK OFFLINE ON THOSE DETAILS, BUT OUR VOICE OF CAMAS JUST SOME OF THOSE DETAILS.
I'LL TALK WITH YOU, COREY OFFLINE.
>> WE'LL FIGURE THAT OUT. AGAIN, WE'LL JUST TRY AND SHOOT FOR GETTING THEM SOMETHING BEFORE THE SESSION STARTS.
>> WILL WE GET THIS WORKED OUT BEFORE OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING? BECAUSE OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING IS AFTER THAT TIME.
>> NO, I THINK IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE SOMETHING THAT I'LL WORK ON WITH JOHN OFFLINE NOW THAT WE'VE GOT YOUR GUYS INPUT ON THAT.
ERICA AND I CAN WORK ON IT TOO, AS OUR LEDGER.
>> WE'LL HAVE IT BEFORE THE 9TH SO WE CAN SEND IT OFF?
>> YES, I DON'T THINK THAT WE'LL NECESSARILY BRING THIS BACK TO THE BOARD.
I CAN CHECK IN WITH YOU INDIVIDUALLY BEFORE WE SEND OUT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ALL WHAT YOU WANT.
>> WE HAVE SOME STAFF THAT ARE WORKING OVER WINTER BREAK, INCLUDING DOREEN AND SO I THINK WE HAVE A SOLID TEAM TO GET THIS DONE.
>> YOU KNOW IT MAKES ME WONDER IF IN FACT WE COULD, AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THIS SEASON, THIS LEGISLATIVE SEASON.
YEAH, I'VE GOT IT. CAN YOU NOT HEAR ME? YOU DON'T WANT ME TO ACTUALLY SPEAK AT THE MICROPHONE AND A VERY DEEP DARK.
[LAUGHTER] IT WOULD BE NICE IF FOR NEXT YEAR, WE POSSIBLY HAD SOME OF OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION INSTRUCTORS AND SOME OF OUR EXPERIENCED TEACHERS ON VIDEO BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE YOU HAVING THIS SAME CONVERSATION THEN AND I WOULD HOPE THAT MAYBE WE COULD AT THAT POINT PULL THE CLIPS.
IF THEY WERE SHOOTING CLIPS THAT WERE 10-15 SECOND CLIPS, YOU COULD ASSEMBLE THEM YEAR OVER YEAR AND POSSIBLY MAKE IT A REALLY EASY ASSEMBLY AND BECOME A LITTLE BIT A CANVAS TRADEMARK WITH I GET TO SEE THEIR STUDENTS AND I GET TO SEE WHERE SPECIAL EDUCATION, HOW IT LOOKS.
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I'M ALWAYS AMAZED WHEN I GET INTO THE BUILDINGS AND I SEE IT AND IT'S LIKE, WOW, THAT TECHNIQUE REALLY WORKS.OR SEEING AN EXPERIENCED TEACHER.
MARK GARDINER, I SIT AND WATCH HIM TALK TO STUDENTS, HOW HE TALKS.
I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU CAN CAPTURE IT IN 15 SECONDS.
THAT WOULD BE THE ARTFULNESS OF THAT MEDIUM.
BUT IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF THERE WAS A WAY TO SOMEHOW USE THAT AS A MEANS OF ADVANCING OUR STORY A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEARLY.
BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS, THIS YEAR WILL BE QUICK.
YOU COULD BUILD OVER A YEAR, BUT IT TAKES SOMEBODY TO BABYSIT AND CREATE AND FURTHER IT ALONG.
>> BECAUSE THEY'VE TOLD US THEY WANT FACES AND STORIES.
>> YEAH, IT'S THE MOST PERSUASIVE OBVIOUSLY.
>> I LOVE THAT YOU BRING UP SUCH A GOOD POINT THAT WE CAN SEE THESE WORDS ON A PIECE OF PAPER.
FINDING A SPECIAL AID, YOU'D TAKE THAT VIDEO INTO THE CLASSROOM AND YOU SEE THAT THE ACTIVITIES THAT THEY ARE DOING AND THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT YES, THAT IS WHAT WE NEED TO FUND RIGHT THERE.
VISUALLY GET TO WATCH THAT WHEN INTERESTED.
>> JULIE MUELLER IS LITTLE FOR KINDERGARTENER SITTING IN THE HALLWAY TALKING TO US ABOUT.
>> IT'S YOGA, DO YOU REMEMBER?
>> YES, [LAUGHTER] I THOUGHT THAT'S A GOOD STORY.
IN HIS WORLD, IT WAS LIKE A PERFECT STORM.
>> BUT I'D ALSO LIKE TO [INAUDIBLE].
>> SO I THINK WE'VE GOT ENOUGH TO MOVE FORWARD HERE. YEAH, GO AHEAD.
>> ONE QUICK SUGGESTION THAT WE PUT THIS ON OUR CALENDAR FOR SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NEXT YEAR. GET AHEAD OF IT.
>>YEAH. I THINK THAT SHOULD BE IN OUR TIMELINE OF ACTIVITIES FOR THIS YEAR AND MOVING FORWARD.
>> YEAH, I THINK THAT'D BE A GOOD WORKSHOP AND OBVIOUSLY IT DOESN'T TAKE TOO LONG ON IT TO GET THE LOGISTICS OF IT DOWN, BUT GET A LITTLE MORE RUNWAY ON.
>> ACTUALLY A LOT OF TIMES WHEN THIS SESSION IS OVER, WHEN EVERYTHING'S STILL HOT AND FRESH IN OUR MINDS AND WE CAN JUMP RIGHT ON IT AND THINK ABOUT WHAT WE WANT FOR NEXT YEAR THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD TIMELINE.
>> LIKE A LEGISLATIVE DEBRIEF AT THE END OF THE SESSION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THE LAST TWO TOPICS ON THE AGENDA WOULD BE REALLY QUICK.
THE FIRST ONE JUST THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE DEBRIEF.
JUST IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THAT WAS REALLY STICKING OUT IN YOUR GUYS' MINDS ABOUT SOMETHING THAT WE SAW AT THE CONFERENCE THAT YOU WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OR SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO KEEP BRINGING UP OR MAYBE IT'S A WORKSHOP TOPIC LATER ON, SOMETHING TO DIG INTO.
>> THE BALANCED CALENDAR OBVIOUSLY WAS AN IMPORTANT ONE.
I BELIEVE YOU'VE DOWNLOADED THE DOCUMENTS FROM THE WSSDA AND I KNOW THE CAC IS WORKING ON THAT, SO WE'RE LETTING THEM RUN WITH IT.
BUT I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE HELPFUL FOR WHEN WE MERGE TOGETHER WITH WHAT THEY HAVE STUDIED AND ALSO THE STRATEGIC PLANNING ONE.
I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE STRATEGIC PLANNING COMING UP, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'D DO WITH THAT, BUT WE ALSO DOWNLOADED SOME DOCUMENTS FROM THERE.
I SENT YOU GUYS AN EMAIL TODAY ON SOME STRATEGIC PLANNING THAT I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING.
>> THERE WAS ALSO THE I THINK YOU AND I WENT TO THIS SESSION.
WHAT YOU DO AS A BOARD MATTERS, THE CORRELATION BETWEEN HIGH-FUNCTIONING BOARDS AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.
IT SAID BOARDS OF HIGHER-PERFORMING DISTRICTS IMPACT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS AND THEY BEHAVE DIFFERENTLY THAN OTHER BOARDS AND SO WHAT ARE THOSE BEHAVIORS? I WOULD LOVE TO GO THROUGH THAT POWERPOINT OR AT LEAST PULL THAT UP AND LOOK THROUGH WHAT CORY DOWNLOADED.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE BEST SESSIONS I'VE BEEN TO AT WSSDA.
JUST REALLY TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE BOARD SELF-ASSESSMENT THAT WE DO.
THAT AS A NOT STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT THAT AS A JUMPING OFF POINT, WHAT DO WE DO AND HOW DID THOSE SO WHAT DOES IT SAY MOST BOARD ACTION IMPACTS MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL.
TEACHERS ARE THE MOST IMPACTFUL IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND THEY'RE TAKING CARE OF TEACHERS, DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLANS IMPACT.
I GUESS I'M GETTING LOST IN MY NOTES HERE.
BUT WHERE CAN WE HAVE IMPACT AND WHO IMPACTS AT WHAT LEVEL, WHAT'S MOST IMPACTFUL?
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THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD DOES FOR THE COMMUNITY.JUST READ THROUGH IT AND THEN MAYBE WE CAN DISCUSS IT.
IT JUST WAS REALLY IMPACTFUL FROM A BOARD LEVEL.
ALSO OFTEN WE GO TO SESSIONS THAT ARE REALLY INTERESTING.
BUT IT'S LIKE, HOW DO WE TRANSLATE THAT? I THINK THIS HAS SOME REALLY, I DIDN'T TAKE GOOD ENOUGH NOTES.
PATRICIA LUBAC AND BILL MCCALL FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA AND DR. IVAN LORENZEN FROM FLAT HEAD COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
>> THEY SHOWED A VERY STRONG CORRELATION BETWEEN HIGH-PERFORMING BOARDS AND HIGH ADVANCEMENT RIG WITHIN THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
THE FUNCTION OF THE BOARD WAS MOST IDENTIFIED IN THE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS LESS THAN THE ELEMENT.
FANTASTIC STUDY, GOOD DATA, DATA-DRIVEN.
IT BASICALLY REAFFIRMS THAT IF AS A BOARD WE CAN COMMUNICATE AND STAY GOAL CENTRIC, WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD CHANCE OF BRINGING THE DISTRICT ALONG, ALL THE STUDENTS ALONG AND ACTUALLY SEEING A RESIDUAL TRANSFER OF.
>> I ATTENDED THE STRATEGIC PLAN DEVELOPMENT AS WELL.
IT WAS REALLY REAFFIRMING TO HEAR THAT WHEN YOU HAVE DISTRICT STAFF WHO HAVE THE BEST INTEREST OF STUDENTS AT HEART.
I KNOW THAT SOUNDS LIKE A NO-BRAINER, BUT IT'S NOT IN ALL OUR DISTRICTS.
TO RECONFIRM THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE AT THAT LEVEL THAT ARE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT HOW THIS IMPACTS THE STUDENT IN THE CLASSROOM.
BUT THEN A BOARD THAT ALSO DOES, IT DOES ALL WORK COHESIVELY.
WHEN WE EVEN TODAY'S CONVERSATION, WHEN YOU DISCUSS YOUR PRIORITIES, THAT INFORMS ME OF WHERE YOUR VALUES LIE, WHICH WILL THEN INFORM JASON AND THE TEAM AND THEN I SEE MARILYN AND DOUG AS THEY INFLUENCE AND IMPACT THEIR PRINCIPLES.
ALL OF THAT COMES TOGETHER SO THAT WHEN WE DO BUILD OUT THE STRATEGIC PLAN, THOSE PRIORITIES ARE RESONATING WITH HOW WE SPEND OUR MONEY, WHERE WE SPEND OUR TIME, AND EVEN THE TYPE OF PEOPLE WE LOOK FOR WHEN WE HIRE.
THEN WHEN THINGS COME BACK TO THE BOARD, THEY'RE GOING TO BE TIED IN DIRECTLY TO THOSE.
IT REALLY IS THIS CIRCULAR MODEL THAT I HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR AT WSSDA BUT I'M ALSO HEARING FROM DISTRICTS WHO HAVE LOOKED TO REORGANIZE.
TYPICALLY, THAT'S BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE LOST THEIR WAY ALONG THE WAY.
I HAVE NOT SEEN ONE GLIMPSE OF THAT HERE IN CAMAS.
SO I THINK WE'RE AHEAD OF THE GAME IN THAT MANNER, BUT WE ALSO CAN TIGHTEN THINGS UP A LITTLE BIT WITH A CLEAR, CONCISE STRATEGIC PLAN.
I REALLY DO. I THINK WE'RE IN LINE WITH ALL THAT, DOUG AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO GET STRONGER AND STRONGER WITH THAT AS THAT PLAN COMES TO FRUITION.
>> I SAT IN ON I THINK CONNIE, YOU AND I SAT IN ON THE NORWEGIAN TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN.
ONE OF YOU SAT THERE WITH ME ON THAT ONE.
>> I THINK DOREEN WAS THERE WITH YOU FOR THAT ONE.
>> YES IT WAS DOREEN AND EXCELLENT OBSERVATION ABOUT A NORWEGIAN STRATEGY THEY START AT BIRTH TO SIX SO IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT MODEL.
KIDS IN DIAPERS GET OUT THEIR HOME AND CULTURALLY MOTHERS WORK AS THE PATTERN BUT NONETHELESS, IT REINFORCED THE ABILITY TO EDUCATE AND INFORM AND THIS WAS AN INTERESTING STATEMENT AND I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS CURIOUS THAT IN THEIR SYSTEM.
IN UNITED STATES THE PRIMARY TENANT WAS TO CREATE AN ACADEMIC FOUNDATION OR TO ADVANCE THE ACADEMIC CAPACITY OF THE KINDERGARTENERS, THAT WAS THE US TRADITION.
IN THE NORWEGIAN MODEL, THE PRIMARY TENANT WAS ADVANCE THEM TO BE GOOD CITIZENS.
THAT'S DIFFERENT IT MIGHT RESULT IN A DIFFERENT OUTCOME IF WE HAD A DIFFERENT FOCUS BUT THEY WERE DOING A LOT OF LANGUAGE WORK AND IN THE OUTDOOR SETTING AGAIN RENFORCING THROUGH SOME DATA THAT STUDENTS LEARN REALLY WELL IN A SETTING THAT IS NOT WITHIN A STRUCTURED CLASSROOM AS WELL.
MY MIND TRANSFERRED BACK TO CLARKE COUNTY AND CAMAS SCHOOLS AND WE HAVE SOME ACCESS.
I MEAN, UP THE WASH RIVER THERE'S SOME FACILITY CAMPS.
WE HAVE CAMP CURRY HERE IN TOWN AND WE HAVE COLUMBIA SPRINGS RIGHT DOWN THE HIGHWAY ALL OF WHICH CARRY OUTDOOR OPPORTUNITIES.
I DON'T KNOW TO WHAT DEGREE WE AS A DISTRICT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE TO BE FRANK.
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>> LIKE AN OUTDOOR BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO SAY BECAUSE I KNOW THE SCHOOL IS ESPECIALLY DOWN HERE ON THIS DOWNTOWN CAMPUS OR BACK ON THESE TRAILS ALL THE TIME.
>> LUCKY THEM. NOT EVERYBODY IS.
AND THAT'S HOW MEMORIES ARE MADE.
I LOVE WHAT YOU SAY AND I'VE BEEN GIVING THIS SOME THOUGHT LATELY.
IT'S FUNNY THAT YOU BRING IT UP TONIGHT OF BIRTH THROUGH FIVE AND OUR PRIORITIES WITH BIRTH THROUGH FIVE HERE.
WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP PRIORITIZE THAT.
I'D LIKE TO EXPLORE THAT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
DID YOU HAVE THE PAPERWORK ON THAT SESSION? WAS THERE ANYTHING?
>> [INAUDIBLE] HANDOUT. I HAVE IT.
>> I'VE GOT IT. I'LL SHARE THE FOLDER WITH YOU GUYS AGAIN.
>> IT WOULD BE INTERESTING. I MEAN, WE FILL THE PAPER MAKER PRESCHOOL UP LIKE THAT.
>> BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL. LIKE THAT.
>> WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING YET.
BUT AGAIN, THAT GETS BACK TO IF THERE WAS A WAY TO SOMEHOW CREATE A MODEL THAT WE COULD SUSTAIN.
I THINK IF YOU WERE TO PUT CHILDREN FROM A VERY YOUNG AGE AND IT WAS SUPPORTING A PARENTS NEED FOR PRESCHOOL IF THEY WANTED THAT. I THINK THAT'D BE A REALLY GOOD.
>> I DIDN'T MEAN BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL.
I MEANT EARLY EARLY CHILDCARE.
>> WHEN WE'VE HAD MARY COME IN HERE AND TALK ABOUT HOW WE NEED MORE TEACHERS.
DO WE HAVE THE SPACE? IF WE SAY THAT'S A PRIORITY AND THAT'S A STRATEGY FOR US.
I MEAN, WE HAVE BUILT ASSETS AND I CAN THINK OF TWO OR THREE RIGHT NOW THAT ARE VACANT, NOT IDEAL FOR STUDENTS IN THEIR CURRENT FORM BUT WE HAVE PLACES WHERE PEOPLE COME INSIDE AND BE BE TAUGHT AND INSTRUCTED.
>> I THINK THERE'S SOME ADVOCATES AROUND THE DISTRICT TOO THAT WOULD BE BIRTH TO FIVE, THAT WE COULD REALLY BE PART OF A PLAN.
>> WE WORK WITH AS YOUNG AS 18 MONTH OLDS HERE IN CAMAS, WHICH IS PRETTY AMAZING.
I WAS GOING TO SHIFT TO THE MTSS, MULTI-TIERED SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT.
I THINK I WANT TO SAY TRACY WAS WITH ME ON THAT ONE, CONNIE, WE USE.
THAT ALSO WAS WONDERFUL FOR US TO SEE IN ACTION BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY JUST STARTING INTO THAT WORLD.
I THINK LISA AND SURI AND THE TEAM ARE DOING SOME WONDERFUL WORK.
I THINK THAT WE HAVE SOME WORK TO DO IS UTILIZING TECHNOLOGY TO REALLY HONE IN ON EACH AND EVERY STUDENT AND THEIR NEEDS.
BUT ALSO OUR HIGH CAP STUDENTS WHO WE SOMETIMES MISS THE MARK ON TO BECAUSE WE'RE FOCUSED ON THE MAJORITY.
I HOPE THAT AS WE BRING A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD FOR A NEW OR AN UPGRADED STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM.
THERE ARE SOME PROGRAMS AND PRODUCTS OUT THERE THAT HAVE REALLY LOOKED AT.
HOW COULD WE, WITH ONE CLICK OF A BUTTON, PUT TOGETHER A LIST OF STUDENTS OR A LIST OF THEIR NEEDS SO WE CAN REALLY TRIGGER WHAT THEY NEED.
WE HAVE SOME WAYS TO GO, BUT IT'S OUT THERE AND I'M HOPING TO GET THE SUPPORT OF THE BOARD AS WE GET CLOSER TO THAT, BUT THAT REASSURED ME THAT WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
THE SESSION THAT SOME OF US WENT TO ON THE BALANCED CALENDAR, THEY WERE REALLY FOCUSED ON THE INTERSESSIONS.
THESE INTERSESSIONS, I CAN'T REMEMBER.
THEY HAD TWO OR THREE OF THEM A YEAR, BUT THEY WOULD HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEY GIVE HIM AN INVITE FAMILIES FOR KIDS WHO NEED TO CATCH UP OR NEED A LITTLE EXTRA HELP.
IT WOULD ALSO BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ENRICHMENT, PASSION PROJECTS FOR TEACHERS.
IT'S LIKE, HEY, I WANT TO TEACH KIDS TO KNIT OR I WANT TO TEACH KIDS.
I'M REALLY INTO FLY FISHING AND SO WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE FLY FISHING INTERSECT OR WHATEVER IT WAS.
IT WAS REALLY AN INTERESTING MODEL.
THERE'S SOMETHING FOR EVERY KID.
THEY WERE UNIQUE IN THEIR ABILITY TO FUND IT.
FOR US WE'D HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THE RIGHT FUNDING STREAM.
BUT I REALLY LIKED THAT TAKE ON IT BECAUSE IT HAS SOMETHING FOR EVERY KID.
THEY STARTED A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, THEY GOT OUT A LITTLE BIT LATER, AND THEN THEY HAD THESE INTERSESSIONS THAT YOU COULD CHOOSE TO GO TO.
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YOU COULD NOT GO TO IT.YOU CAN GO TO IT IF YOU NEEDED TO CATCH UP.
YOU COULD GO TO IT TO OFFSET PARENTS LIKE, WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WITH MY KID AT HOME FOR TWO WEEKS OR A WEEK, WHATEVER IT WAS, THEY HAD ALL THESE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THESE ENRICHMENT INTERCESSION CATCHING UP, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS REALLY CREATIVE AND SOLVED THAT GAP.
INTERESTED IN SHARING IT WITH OUR CAC GROUP WHEN WE MEET AGAIN IN JANUARY.
>> TWO THINGS I WROTE ON THE INTERCESSION PART BECAUSE THEY DID HAVE SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE, BUT ONE OF THEM THEY HAD AND THIS WAS A SMALL SCHOOL.
THEY ACTUALLY, IT WAS EASIER FOR THEM BECAUSE OF THEIR SIZE BUT THEY HAD IN THEIR SESSION THAT WAS CREDIT RECOVERY.
THEN THEY ALSO HAD ONE THAT WAS LIKE HIGH CAP.
WE HAVE A LOT OF FAMILIES THAT WANT MORE HIGH CAP.
THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME HIGH CAP AND [NOISE] FOR CREDIT RECOVERY.
I THINK THE INTERSESSION THING HAS A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT THE FUNDING PART, WOULD BE GREAT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
>> HOW COOL WOULD IT BE TO HAVE A PROJECT-BASED LEARNING INTERSESSION FOR EVERY KID OR FIFTH GRADERS AND EIGHTH GRADERS.
>> SOMETHING TO EXPOSE, TRY IT OUT.
>> JUST TO BRING IT BACK TO THE FIRST ONE.
I'VE BEEN THINKING A LOT ABOUT THAT HIGH-FUNCTIONING [NOISE] BOARDS ONE, I FEEL THAT WOULD BE A GOOD RETREAT TOPIC OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
>> THE HIGH-FUNCTIONING. WHAT YOU DO MATTERS.
>> WHAT DO YOU DO MATTERS. BECAUSE THE RESEARCH WAS BASED ON THAT BOARD SELF-ASSESSMENT.
THEY HAVE FACILITATORS, THEY CAN COME AND LEAD US ON IT.
>> A JOURNEY AT WHICH WOULD REALLY BE GREAT.
>>I FEEL LIKE THAT'D BE A GOOD RETREAT TOPIC, IF WE DON'T WANT TO WAIT UNTIL AUGUST TO DO SOMETHING EARLIER.
>> I HAD TO CUT IT SHORT, BUT WE'RE UP AGAINST THE CLOCK HERE.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET OVER TO SEE OUR MAGNET FOLKS.
GAIL, WAS THERE ANYTHING WE NEED TO GO OVER FOR CALENDARING?
>> ONE THING I WANTED TO ASK IS THERE ANY OF YOU THAT WANT TO ATTEND THE FEBRUARY 26TH LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE? I THINK TRACY, YOU [INAUDIBLE]
>> IS IT ZOOM THIS YEAR OR ALL IN PERSON?
>> I THINK IT'S ALL IN PERSON.
>> THEN AS THE NEXT DAY, THE DAY ON THE HILL.
>> WE HAVE IN THE PAST GONE FOR THE SUNDAY.
I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO GO, BUT IF ANYONE CAN GO AND ONCE I'VE NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE, BUT IF YOU WANT TO GO, MAYBE WE CAN TAKE.
>> WE CAN TAKE TWO. WE CAN DO TWO BOARD MEMBERS PLUS THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HAVE NO PROBLEM.
>> WHAT WOULD BE THE PROBLEM IF MORE PEOPLE WENT?
>> THEY CAN. I THOUGHT IN THE PAST.
>> YOU ARE NOT MAKING DECISIONS.
>> I ACTUALLY THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE WENT [OVERLAPPING]
>> WHETHER WE STAY FOR THE DAY ON THE HILL OR NOT IS NOT [OVERLAPPING]
>> THE PROBLEM USUALLY IS THAT THE DAY ON THE HILL USUALLY COINCIDES WITH A BOARD MEETING AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE A BOARD MEETING THE NEXT DAY, WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE DON'T ATTEND.
>> THE 26TH STARTS AT 08:30 TO 10:00 WITH A LEGISLATION AND FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING, 10:00 TO 12:30 FOSSA AND WANTS TO BOARD MEETINGS 01:00 TO 05:00 IS THE LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE.
>> I SEEM TO REMEMBER THAT WHEN CONNIE AND I WENT UP, I THINK WE JUST WENT UP IN THE MORNING.
THAT WAS WHEN JEFF WAS HERE AND HE WENT TO A MEETING AND WE DID SOME STUFF AND THEN AND THEN SHOWED UP FOR THE 01:00 CONFERENCE.
IT'S NOT A HUGE TIME COMMITMENT.
>> I WOULD BE IN IF YOU'RE IN AND IF YOU WANT TO GO.
>> I THINK IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'VE GOT AT LEAST THREE OF US, MAYBE.
>> WELL, IF THERE ISN'T ANYTHING ELSE FOR CALENDARING, I WILL GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN OUR WORK SESSION AT 05:02.
WE'LL BE BACK FOR OUR REGULAR BOARD MEETING AT 05:30.
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GO ACROSS TO THE GYM AND TAKE A LOOK AT SOME MAGNET PROJECTS. WE'RE ADJOURNED.
[2. REGULAR MEETING CALL TO ORDER - 5:30 PM]
>> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. WELCOME TO OUR DECEMBER 12TH BOARD MEETING.
WE ARE GOING TO GET STARTED WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY DOUG.
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THANK YOU, DOUG. NEXT, DOUG IS GOING TO LEAD US IN THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT.>> I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE GEOGRAPHICAL REGION OF CAMAS IS LOCATED ON THE ANCESTRAL LANDS AND TERRITORIAL LANDS OF THE CHINOOK IN COWLITZ PEOPLE AND THAT THE CHINOOK ARE STILL FIGHTING TO BE FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBE ON THEIR OWN LAND.
>> THANK YOU, DOUG. MOVING ON TO STUDENT AND COMMITTEE REPORTS.
[3. STUDENT/COMMITTEE REPORTS]
FIRST, WE HAVE A REPORT FROM SKY RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL. STEP ON UP.I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE SKY RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL, ASB.
>> HI, I'M RAINY LU AND I'M ONE OF THE TWO COMMITTEE HEADS FOR HAWK MART.
I AM ONE OF THE THREE RALLY COMMISSIONERS.
>> STUDENT CONNECTIONS. AT SKY RIDGE, WE ENCOURAGE AND EMBRACE OUR DIVERSITY.
OUR VARIOUS BACKGROUNDS AND BELIEFS ARE WHAT MAKES US UNIQUE.
ACTIVITIES SUCH AS MORNING GREETINGS, HAWK MART, SCHOOL SPIRIT, WEB, WHERE EVERYONE BELONGS, YANA, YOU ARE NOT ALONE, GSA AND MORE.
THESE CLUBS ALLOW US TO CONNECT TO OUR DIFFERENCES AND BECOMING ONE AMAZING COMMUNITY.
MORNING GREETINGS, WHAT ARE MORNING GREETINGS? MORNING GREETINGS ARE AN ACTIVITY WHERE ASB STUDENTS WELCOME STUDENTS WITH MUSIC POSTERS AND ENERGY.
>> MORNING GREETINGS ARE EVERY MONDAYS AND FRIDAYS FROM 8:30-8:55 A.M. BEFORE SCHOOL.
WE DO MORNING GREETINGS IN TWO SPOTS BEHIND THE SCHOOL WHERE THE BUSES DROP-OFF AND IN THE FRONT WHERE THE CARS PULL IN.
>> WHY DO WE DO MORNING GREETINGS? WE DO MORNING GREETINGS TO TRY AND BOOST KID'S ENERGY, GIVE THEM A WARM WELCOME AND GIVE THEM A GOOD START TO THEIR DAY.
>> YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING WHAT IS HAWK MART? HAWK MART, IS A MONTHLY ENTERPRISE WHERE STUDENTS CAN PURCHASE THINGS DURING THEIR LUNCH BREAK USING HAWK TICKETS.
YOU CAN GET HAWK TICKETS BY FOLLOWING THE SKY CODE, WHICH IS BE SAFE, BE RESPECTFUL, BE RESPONSIBLE, AND BE KIND.
WE SELL CANDY, CHIPS, FRUIT SNACKS, AND POPCORN, ALL OF WHICH RANGE FROM ANYWHERE BETWEEN ONE AND FIVE TICKETS, EACH.
WE DO HAWK MART DURING ALL OF THE EARLY RELEASES, SO FOR SKY RIDGE THAT'S THE THIRD WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH.
WE DO HAWK MART FOR MANY REASONS.
ONE OF WHICH IS THAT IT ENCOURAGES STUDENTS TO FOLLOW THE SKY CODE SO THROUGHOUT THE MONTH, STUDENTS CAN EARN THEIR TICKETS AND USE THEM AT HAWK MART.
HAWK MART ALSO GIVES STUDENTS SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO EACH MONTH.
PERSONALLY, I KNOW I SEE A COUPLE OF DAYS BEFORE HAWK MART THERE'S ALWAYS STUDENTS HYPING IT UP AND COUNTING THEIR TICKETS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
HAWK MART ADVOCATES SCHOOL SPIRIT BECAUSE STUDENTS GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUY THINGS THAT THEY WANT AND THAT THEY ENJOY AND OFTENTIMES, I SEE PEOPLE TRADING AND SHARING THEIR SNACKS WITH EACH OTHER AND STUDENTS AREN'T SPENDING ANY REAL MONEY AT ALL, SO I PERSONALLY THINK IT MAKES THE EXPERIENCE A WHOLE LOT BETTER.
NOT ONLY IS HAWK MART A REASON FOR FOLLOWING THE SKY CODE, BUT THE WAY I SEE IT, I THINK IT'S ALSO A REWARD FOR COMPLETING ANOTHER MONTH OF SCHOOL.
>> OUR SCHOOL SHOWS SCHOOL SPIRIT IN A LOT OF WAYS, BUT THE TOP THREE, I WOULD SAY, ARE SPIRIT WEEKS, WHICH WE STARTED A NEW ONE TODAY, SPIRIT ASSEMBLIES, WHICH WE DO ABOUT ONCE EVERY OTHER MONTH, AND DANCES, WHICH WE'VE HAD ONE OF THIS YEAR.
WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO INCLUDE THE STUDENTS BUT WE DO LITTLE THINGS LIKE HAVING THE MASCOT COME OUT IN THE MORNINGS, TO BIG THINGS LIKE THE SPIRIT ASSEMBLY GAMES.
WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO WORK WITH THE STUDENTS TO HELP HAVE AS MUCH SCHOOL SPIRIT AS POSSIBLE.
WE HAVE THE SPIRIT WEEKS, WE HAVE THE SCHOOL ASSEMBLIES, WE HAVE THE SCHOOL DANCES, AND LOTS OF THINGS IN BETWEEN.
THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION I THINK IS WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? WELL, IT BRINGS THE STUDENTS TOGETHER AND IT CREATES AN ATMOSPHERE OF SPIRIT AND FUN.
IT GIVES EVERYONE SHARED EXPERIENCES AND MAKES A SAFE, POSITIVE, AND FUN ENVIRONMENT FOR THE STUDENTS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
LOTS OF GOOD STUFF GOING ON AT SKY RIDGE.
OUR NEXT PRESENTATION WE HAVE IS FROM A FEW OF OUR MAGNET STUDENTS THAT WE JUST GOT TO GO OVER AND
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SEE A FEW OF YOUR PRESENTATIONS OVER IN THE GYM.IT'S LIKE I'VE GOT AIDEN STUART AND TAYLOR REDMOND COMING UP.
>> I'M JUST GOING TO DO A QUICK INTRODUCTION.
I TEACH THE STUDENTS IN THE MST PROGRAM FOR ALL FOUR YEARS.
I GET THEM AS FRESHMEN AND THEN I GET TO SAY GOODBYE TO THEM AS SENIORS.
WE ARE IN OUR 16TH YEAR OF THE PROGRAM.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS KNEW THAT.
WE STARTED IN FALL OF 2007 AND THE ORIGINAL TEACHERS THAT STARTED IN 2007, THE TRAILBLAZERS, MR. GREEN, SAM GREEN IS HERE, AND JENNIFER ROBERTS IS HERE.
GARY MOLAR WAS THE THIRD OF THE THREE MUSKETEERS AND OF COURSE, HE WENT OVER AND TRADER FOR US, BUT ANYWAY, [LAUGHTER] WE LOVE HIM, HE'S WONDERFUL.
BUT WE DID ADD ON THEN WHEN HE LEFT AND WE DO HAVE ALAN BOWHACK IS A TEACHER IN THE PROGRAM AS WELL AND THEN MRS. LIBBY IS OUR COUNSELOR. DID JEANNIE LEAVE? JEANNIE LEFT. WE ALSO HAVE JEANNIE JARVIS IS ONE OF OUR TEACHERS AND YOU KNOW, TOM MORRIS IS OUR FEARLESS LEADER AS OUR ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL.
I DID JUST WANT TO SAY COVID WAS CRAZY AND WE ALL KNOW THAT.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE CONTINUED THIS INTERNSHIP PROCESS EVEN THROUGH COVID, WE CHANGED IT A BIT, THEY DID REMOTE EXPERIENCES WHICH WERE GREAT, BUT WE WERE SO THANKFUL TO BE ABLE TO RETURN TO A REAL INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE THIS YEAR AND YOU'LL SEE TWO EXAMPLES HERE, BUT WE HAD STUDENTS IN INDIA AND MEXICO AND ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES AND THE THINGS THEY DO ARE JUST REALLY INCREDIBLE WAY BEYOND WHAT I COULD EVER DO AND THEY JUST BLOW ME OUT OF THE WATER.
I DID WANT TO PUT IN AS I WAS THINKING BACK THERE, I WANT TO PUT IN A SHAMELESS PLUG FOR ANYONE HERE THAT IF YOU SEE WHAT OUR STUDENTS DO AND YOU'RE AMAZED BY THEM AS WE ARE EVERY YEAR AND YOU THINK, YOU KNOW OF SOMEONE OR YOUR COMPANY COULD HOST A STUDENT IN THE SUMMERTIME FOR 90 HOUR RESEARCH-BASED INTERNSHIP.
WE WOULD LOVE TO CONTACT YOU AND GET TO KNOW YOU GUYS AND HOOK YOU UP WITH ONE OF OUR STUDENTS BECAUSE THEY REALLY DO AMAZING WORK AND I THINK IT'S BENEFICIAL FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED.
I DID WANT TO PUT IN THAT PLUG, BUT I'M GOING TO LET AIDEN AND TAYLOR WOW YOUR SOCKS OFF.
>> THANK YOU ABE FOR INTRODUCING ME.
I HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING AT PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY THIS SUMMER WITH THEIR PHYSICS DEPARTMENT TO HELP DEVELOP A SOFTWARE THAT CAN AID KIDS.
OUR TARGET RANGE WAS HIGH SCHOOLERS AND PHYSICS ONE CLASSES TO HELP THEM LEARN THESE COMPLEX PHYSICS CONCEPTS LIKE CENTER OF MASS AND ANGULAR VELOCITY.
IF YOU SEE HERE, OUR FIRST CHALLENGE WAS OUR USER INTERFACE OR UI.
ON THE LEFT YOU SEE OUR INITIAL UI.
IT'S A BIT CLUTTERED AND VERY CHAOTIC.
THIS CAN LEAD TO A LOT OF KIDS GETTING CONFUSED AND MAYBE BE A LITTLE BIT TURNED OFF ON THIS CERTAIN SOFTWARE.
WHAT WE DID IS WE HELPED REFINE THE CLUTTER AND IT GOT IT DOWN TO THREE MAIN THINGS.
WE GOT DOWN TO THE ANGLE, THE TIME, THE ANGULAR VELOCITY, AND THEN THREE BUTTONS TO CONTROL THAT.
THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS IS THAT IT HELPS STUDENTS SEE ONLY THE DATA THAT THEY NEED, AS WELL AS BEING ABLE TO CONTROL THE ASPECTS THEY WANT TO.
THIS HELPS STUDENTS TO BETTER USE THE SOFTWARE AND BETTER COMMUNICATE WITH THE SOFTWARE AS WELL AS IN THE UPPER RIGHT, THAT IS A LITTLE BOX WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT MORE LATER, WHICH IS PART OF THE SOFTWARE THAT WE HELPED ADD ONTO.
THAT SOFTWARE THAT WE ADDED ONTO WAS OPEN SOURCE GOOGLE AI.
IT'S CALLED GOOGLE MEDIA PIPE.
AS YOU SEE IN THIS PHOTO TAKEN AT THE CANVAS LIBRARY, IT TAKES YOUR FACE AND THEN PLOTS 31 POINTS ALL OVER YOUR BODY.
WE USE THESE POINTS IN CONGRUENCY WITH SOME DATA FROM 1980S SOVIET SCIENTISTS [LAUGHTER] TO PRETTY MUCH CALCULATE THE AVERAGE CENTER OF EACH OF YOUR BODY PARTS; YOUR ARMS, YOUR LEGS, YOUR TORSO, YOUR HEAD.
THEN WE ADD ALL THESE TOGETHER TO FIND OUR LITTLE RED DOT.
THIS LITTLE RED DOT IS A REAL TIME ESTIMATION OF WHERE YOUR CENTER OF MASS IS.
WHAT I REALLY LIKE ABOUT IT IS THAT IT MOVE WHILE YOU MOVE, IT CAN USE YOUR WEBCAM AND IN REAL TIME SHOW YOU WHERE YOU ARE.
UNFORTUNATELY, I DIDN'T EMBED A VIDEO IN HERE.
BUT IF I HAD, YOU WOULD SEE ME WAVING MY ARMS AROUND LIKE A LITTLE IDIOT WALKING AROUND.
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YOU CAN SEE THIS RED DOT MOVING WITH ME.WHAT I REALLY LIKE TO SEE IS HOW THE RED DOT INTERACTS WITH YOUR ENVIRONMENT.
FOR INSTANCE, I HAVE A VIDEO WHERE I'M DOING A LITTLE YOGA STANCE AND I'M ON 1 FOOT AND LEANING MY BODY OVER AND OVER AND OVER UNTIL I FALL.
THE COOL THING YOU SEE ABOUT THIS IS THE RED DOT STAYS RIGHT OVER YOUR FOOT UNTIL THE MOMENT YOU FALL, WHICH IS WHEN YOUR CENTER OF MASS GOES OVER WHERE YOU'RE BEING SUPPORTED.
THIS CAN REALLY HELP STUDENTS SEE AND INTERACT WITH THESE PHYSICS CONCEPTS IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
NOW THAT TOOK THE MAJORITY OF OUR TIME.
THEN WE MOVED ON TO ANGULAR VELOCITY.
ANGULAR VELOCITY, WE TOOK THE THREE POINTS ON OUR ARM, SO OUR WRIST, OUR ELBOW, AND OUR SHOULDER AND WE FOUND THE ANGLE BETWEEN THE FOREARM AND THE BICEP.
THEN WE USED A LITTLE TIMER THAT TOOK ME WAY TOO LONG TO MAKE AND TOOK THE CHANGE IN ANGLE OVER CHANGE IN TIME AND CALCULATED THE ANGULAR VELOCITY.
NOW, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OR THE MAIN DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ANGULAR VELOCITY AND REGULAR VELOCITY IS CHANGES IT'S POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE BASED UPON WHAT YOU DECIDE.
IF I SAY OVER THERE IS POSITIVE AND OVER THERE IS NEGATIVE, IF I MOVE IN THIS DIRECTION AND MOVE IN POSITIVE, IF I MOVE IN THIS DIRECTION, I'M GOING NEGATIVE.
HOWEVER, ANGULAR VELOCITY IS DIFFERENT.
IT'S BASED UPON WHICH WAY YOU'RE MOVING AND RELATIVITY TO A CLOCK.
CLOCKWISE IS POSITIVE AND COUNTERCLOCKWISE IS NEGATIVE.
NOW THIS CAN REALLY GET SOME STUDENTS MIXED UP BECAUSE THEY'RE USED TO BEING ABLE TO DEFINE OVER THOSE POSITIVE OVER HERE IS NEGATIVE.
INSTEAD OF NEEDING TO MEMORIZE THAT, THEY CAN EITHER LOOK AT THIS SOFTWARE AND SAY NOW I'M GOING POSITIVE, NOW I'M GOING NEGATIVE AND THEY SEE IT UPDATE IN REAL TIME.
THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT AS WELL AS WORKING IN REAL TIME, IT ALSO WORKS WITH A VIDEO OR WITH AN IMAGE.
A STUDENT CAN GO TAKE THEIR PHONE, RECORD A VIDEO, AND THEN UPLOAD IT TO THE SOFTWARE AND SEE HOW THEY INTERACT WITH IT.
NOW, FINALLY, OUR PROGRAM WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN MUCH OF USE IF IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN USED.
THANKFULLY, MY ADVISER, LAURA SHAMAN, SHE IS A PHYSICS TEACHER AT LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL IN HILLSBORO, AND SHE IS CURRENTLY USING THIS SOFTWARE WITH HER STUDENTS TO HELP THEM EXPLAIN THESE CONCEPTS.
OVER HERE, I PUT A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT'S HAPPENING.
LAURA IS ALSO WORKING WITH SOME OF HER STUDENTS FROM LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL, DEVELOPING IT INTO A WEBSITE THAT IT'S EASIER TO USE BECAUSE WE JUST USED A TRADITIONAL CODING WEBSITE, AS WELL AS MAKING A GITHUB PAGE WHICH IS A WEBSITE THAT CAN HELP OTHERS WORK TOGETHER ON THIS.
IT'S NOT JUST A SOLO ENDEAVOR AND SO THAT PRODUCTION CAN BE WORKED FASTER, MADE FASTER.
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE END OF IT.
I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL THE GREAT MAGNET TEACHERS FOR HELPING ME GET THE SKILLS I NEEDED FOR THIS, AS WELL AS ESPECIALLY ABE WHEN AFTER ONE OF MY INTERNSHIPS FELL THROUGH, SHE HELPED ME GET THIS INTERNSHIP AND I'VE REALLY ENJOYED IT.
THANK YOU ALL AND THANK YOU TEACHERS [APPLAUSE].
>> HELLO, I'M TAYLOR REDMOND AND FOR MY SENIOR RESEARCH PROJECT, I FOCUSED ON MATRILINEAL TENDENCIES IN WHERE BIGGS ORCA TRAVEL.
DEFINING A FEW TERMS FIRST, WHAT EXACTLY IS A BIGGS ORCA.
A BIGGS ORCA IS A MAMMAL EATING KILLER WHALE AND THEY CAN BE RANGING FROM ALASKA TO CALIFORNIA.
BUT ONE OF THE CORE AREAS OF THEIR HABITAT IS THE SALISH SEA HERE, WHICH IS DEFINED FROM PUGET SOUND STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA, STRAIT OF GEORGIA, AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.
FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PROJECT, I FOCUSED IN ON FOUR SEPARATE METRO LINES.
A METRO LINE IS LIKE A FAMILY LINEAGE, SO IT'S MOM AND ALL OF HER KIDS.
FOR THE PURPOSES OF NARROWING MY RESEARCH SCOPE, I SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON THE T18 FAMILY, THE T65A FAMILY, THE T99 FAMILY AND THE T123 FAMILY.
TO REALLY DEFINE WHERE EXACTLY THEY ARE TRAVELING WITHIN THE SALISH SEA I SPLIT THE WASHINGTON STATE AND BC WATERWAYS INTO FIVE DIFFERENT SECTORS.
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YOU CAN SEE THE ORANGE LINE, WHICH IS FROM GABRIELE ISLAND, THAT AND NORTH IS CONSIDERED THE NORTHERN GULF ISLANDS.BETWEEN THAT ORANGE LINE AND THAT TO LINE IS CONSIDERED THE SOUTHERN GULF ISLANDS.
THE YELLOW LINE INTO THE WEST IS THE STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA.
THE RED LINE AND SOUTH IS PUGET SOUND AND EVERYTHING IN-BETWEEN IS THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS.
I WAS GIVEN A DATASET 2019-2021 BY THE ORCA BEHAVIOR INSTITUTE AND I WAS GIVEN THE ABILITY TO PLOT IT OUT, AND TAKE ALL OF THESE COORDINATES THAT I WAS GIVEN AND PUT THEM INTO CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE SALISH SEA TO REALLY SEE.
ARE THESE FAMILIES TRAVELING IN CERTAIN AREAS MORE OFTEN? MY HYPOTHESIS THAT THESE INDIVIDUAL FAMILIES, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE FAVORITE AREAS OF THE SALISH SEA.
IT WAS ACTUALLY SUPPORTED, WHICH YOU CAN REALLY SEE THE DIFFERENCES IN GRAPHS.
IF YOU COMPARE THE T65A METRO LINE WHICH IS FIGURE 2, ALL THAT RED IS ACTUALLY THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THEY SPENT IN PUGET SOUND.
IF YOU WERE TO COMPARE THAT TO THE TAT METRO LINE, WHICH IS FIGURE 1.
IF YOU COMPARE THAT TO THE RED THERE 2 PERCENT COMPARED TO 52.1 PERCENT, IT'S A VERY BIG DISCREPANCY THAT YOU'RE SEEING IN THESE INDIVIDUAL FAMILIES.
EVEN FURTHER, THE T65AS THEY LIKE PUGET SOUND, BUT EVEN WITHIN THAT, THEY SPECIFICALLY LIKE CERTAIN AREAS OF PUGET SOUND.
THAT IS SEEN IN THEIR WEEKS ON END BEING SPENT IN HOOD CANAL, FOR EXAMPLE OR TACOMA, TO SPENDING WEEKS AND WEEKS THERE OR THE TEAM 123 METRO LINE, THEY FAVORED AREAS LIKE VICTORIA AND VANCOUVER HARBOR IN WHICH THEY ACTUALLY WENT INTO THE HARBOR ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS.
ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT I REALLY WANTED TO DO WITH THIS DATA IS IMPLEMENT.
WE HAVE SIGHTINGS, REGULATIONS FOR BOATING.
YOU HAVE TO STAY AWAY FROM THE MAMMAL EATING KILLER WHALES.
WE HAVE THESE REGULATIONS, BUT ONE OF THE MAIN PROBLEMS IS PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT THESE REGULATIONS EXIST.
YOU SEE A LOT OF IRRESPONSIBLE BOATING, WHICH IS NOT ONLY A DANGER TO THE WHALES BUT TO PEOPLE BECAUSE IF A PERSON WERE TO HIT THE BOAT, IT CAN CAUSE GREAT DAMAGE TO THE PEOPLE AND THE BOAT.
ONE OF THE IMPLEMENTATIONS FOR A DIFFERENT ECO TYPE OF FISHING AND KILLER WHALE, THESE RED ZONES, WHICH IS TO HELP PROTECT THE WHALES THEMSELVES IS SANCTUARY ZONE WHERE BOATS CANNOT GO, ESPECIALLY IF WHALES ENTER THAT RED ZONE.
THIS ESPECIALLY WOULD BE APPLIED TO AREAS LIKE SEATTLE WHERE YOU REALLY DO SEE A LOT OF CONCENTRATED SIGHTINGS OF WHALES.
WITH THAT, YOU WOULD INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF EDUCATION OF BOARDER AWARENESS IN AREAS LIKE SEATTLE WHERE YOU REALLY ARE GOING TO SEE THESE BOATING HIGHER LEVELS OF PRIVATE BOATING.
>> SINCE I WAS A FRESHMEN, I'VE BEEN WORKING ON A WELL OPTING BOAT AND VOLUNTEERING TO EDUCATE THE GENERAL PUBLIC THERE.
THEN IN THIS PAST YEAR, ALONGSIDE WITH GOING THROUGH ALL THIS DATA, I ALSO TOOK BEHAVIORAL DATA ON THE KILLER WHALES THAT I WAS WATCHING.
REALLY LOOKING AT WHAT BEHAVIORS ARE THEY EXHIBITING, WHO ARE THEY TRAVELING WITH? WHERE ARE THEY TRAVELING? WHERE THEY HUNTING? AND EVERYTHING IN THAT.
>> ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD REGARDING THESE PRESENTATIONS?
>> THIS IS ALWAYS JUST AMAZING.
IT MAKES ME FEEL DUMB ACTUALLY.
[LAUGHTER] YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING.
THE WORK YOU DO, ALL THE PRESENTATIONS THAT WE SEE IN THE GYM.
IT'S JUST AMAZING WORK AND THE PASSION THAT YOU PUT INTO IT AND I HOPE THAT ITS SPARK SOME CURIOSITY IN YOU MAYBE IT'S A PATH YOU WANT TO FOLLOW OR MAYBE NOW YOU KNOW IT'S ONE THAT YOU DON'T, THAT'S IMPORTANT TOO, BUT JUST REALLY FANTASTIC WORK.
OUR THANKS TO ALL OF THE STAFF THAT WORK WITH THESE KIDS AND INSPIRE THEM DAILY.
IT'S A PRETTY AMAZING THING. IT'S REALLY AMAZING.
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN TOP THAT NOW.
[LAUGHTER] WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM 4 ON OUR AGENDA BOARD COMMUNICATION.
[4. BOARD COMMUNICATION]
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE WANT TO SHARE WITH EACH OTHER OR WITH THE COMMUNITY?>> I THINK YOU GUYS ARE PROBABLY AWARE.
I KNOW COREY AND JOHN ARE AWARE.
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YES. THANK YOU, BUT I HAVE SUBMITTED MY RESIGNATION FROM THE CAMAS SCHOOL BOARD.I WILL BE ACCEPTING A POSITION WORKING WITH THE CITY OF CAMAS STARTING NEXT YEAR EARLY.
I THINK AS IS APPROPRIATE, I'LL EXCUSING MYSELF FROM THIS, I DO KNOW THAT AS MUCH AS I'M EXCUSING MYSELF FROM BOARD MEETINGS, I WILL BE JOINING YOU AND YOUR STAFF AND JOHN, WHEN THE CITY AND THE SCHOOLS DO THEIR FREQUENT AND REGULAR MEETINGS AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT NEW PARTNERSHIP.
THAT'LL BE FUN. I LEAVE CLARK PUBLIC UTILITIES, MY CURRENT EMPLOYER ON THE 3RD OF JANUARY AND ON THE 4TH OF JANUARY I'LL BE JOINING THE CITY OF CAMAS.
I PLAN ON TAKING SOME DAYS OVER CHRISTMAS WITH MY FAMILY, OF COURSE.
I THINK THIS IS THE LAST MEETING I'LL BE SPENDING WITH YOU GUYS, UNFORTUNATELY, BUT I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO SOME TIME IN THE FUTURE AS WE DO SOME THINGS.
I SEE SOME OF MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS THAT FOOT BOARD MEMBERS WHO APPOINTED ME BACK IN THE DAY, SOME 2005, SO ABOUT 18 YEARS AGO.
[LAUGHTER] YOU DON'T REGRET IT, CASEY.
MEL, IT IS GOOD TO SEE YOU AS WELL AND DAWN, SCHOOL BOARD AS WELL, BACK IN A PERIOD SINCE IT'S A SMALL CIRCLE THAT ROTATES AROUND I SEE.
ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF IT PUBLICLY AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OVER THE YEARS HERE.
>> WHILE WE SIT IN A LITTLE SILENCE HERE, CONNIE, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU HERE.
>> I'LL JUST JUMP IN STARTING THE BOARD ONE MONTH AFTER YOU.
WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS JOURNEY TOGETHER AND YOU'VE BEEN AN INSPIRATION AND A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE AND INTEGRITY AND ALWAYS KEEPING THE KIDS OUT FRONT.
YOU'VE BEEN A GUIDE POST THE WHOLE WAY AND IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE SERVING WITH YOU.
>> I KNEW THIS WAS COMING, BUT IT STILL MAKES IT EVEN HARD.
I HAVE TO GIVE YOU CREDIT FOR ME BEING IN THIS POSITION BECAUSE DOUG WAS ONE WHO REACHED OUT TO ME WHEN THIS POSITION WAS OPEN AND ENCOURAGED ME TO APPLY AND TOLD ME ALL ABOUT THIS.
I ALSO MET WITH CASEY BEFORE I APPLIED FOR THIS POSITION ALSO, SO I GIVE YOU CREDIT FOR THAT.
I HAVE SO ENJOYED LEARNING FROM YOU AND SERVING ON THIS BOARD WITH YOU AND THE KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE ABOUT OUR DISTRICT AND THE THINGS YOU'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN, AND THE BUILDINGS THAT WE HAVE BUILT AND EVERYTHING THAT HAS HAPPENED OVER YOUR CAREER HERE.
I'M PROUD TO HAVE SERVED WITH YOU FOR THESE YEARS AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE STILL GOING TO BE AROUND AND WE'RE STILL GOING TO SEE YOU, BUT IT'LL BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT HERE, BUT THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SERVICE.
>> AS A MEMBER OF THE CAMAS COMMUNITY, I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER FOR YOUR NEW POSITION.
WHAT'S GOOD FOR OUR CITY IS GOOD FOR OUR SCHOOLS AND VICE VERSA.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR MY FOUR YEARS BEING HERE, YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN A SENSE OF CALM PURPOSE, AND I APPRECIATE WHERE YOUR HEART IS AND I KNOW IT'LL SERVE OUR CITY WELL.
I'VE JUST REALLY APPRECIATED YOU AS A FRIEND, A LEADER, A MENTOR, AND COULDN'T BE HAPPIER FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
>> WHEN I GROW UP, I WANT TO BE DOUG QUINN.
[LAUGHTER] WELL, ACTUALLY, I WENT TO SCHOOL WITH DOUG'S DAUGHTER.
EVEN BEFORE I GOT ON THIS BOARD, I KNEW THE LEGEND OF DOUG QUINN. MR. CAMAS.
IN ALL THE BEST TERMS AND WHEN I GOT ON THIS BOARD, I SAW THAT THAT WASN'T A LEGEND IT WAS TRUE.
THERE IS NO ONE THAT EXEMPLIFIES EVERYTHING GOOD ABOUT CAMAS MORE THAN DOUG QUINN.
HE'S A MAN OF INTEGRITY AND INTELLIGENT AND WELL SPOKEN.
HE'S SOMEBODY THAT I LOOK UP TO AND I HOPE THAT I CAN BE LIKE GOING FORWARD, WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU A LOT.
I'M GLAD THAT IT'S NOT A GOODBYE, IT'S MORE OF JUST, WE'LL SEE YOU LATER THING.
>> EXACTLY, I FEEL GOOD NOW THAT I CAN ACTUALLY TALK WITH YOU AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE OPMA STUFF NOW THOUGH, SO THAT'S GOOD, BUT JUST AN AMAZING, A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE HAS GUIDED THIS DISTRICT FOR SO LONG.
WE'RE ALL LUCKY FOR YOUR SERVICE AND WE THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>> HEY DOUG. IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE.
IT'S BEEN A YEAR ALREADY SINCE WE MET AND I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
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I FEEL LIKE YOU AND I CONNECTED RIGHT FROM DAY 1 AND VERY PRIVILEGED TO HAVE KNOWN YOU IN THIS CAPACITY, BUT AS THE OTHERS HAVE SAID, NOW WE'LL GET TO WORK TOGETHER IN A DIFFERENT CAPACITY.I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT, IN MY SHORT TIME HERE YOU HAVE BEEN A VOICE OF REASON, LOGIC.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, THOUGH A COMPASSIONATE PERSON, NOT JUST FOR CHILDREN BUT FOR ADULTS.
LIKE COREY, YOU'RE SOMEBODY THAT I LOOK UP TO AS WELL.
YOU'RE THE GODFATHER OF THE BOARD AND WE'RE GOING TO MISS THAT, BUT AGAIN, GOOD LUCK IN THE NEXT VENTURE WE'LL BE RIGHT THERE BEHIND YOU, ALONGSIDE OF YOU, AND IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE. THANK YOU.
>> JUST A LITTLE BUSINESS BECAUSE OF THIS.
WITH DOUG'S RESIGNATION, WHICH THIS IS HIS LAST MEETING, THAT DOES HAVE A LEAVE US A VACANCY IN DISTRICT FORUM WHICH IF YOU'RE NOT SURE WHAT DISTRICT YOU'RE IN, THERE IS A MAP ON OUR WEBSITE.
WE WILL BE POSTING AN APPLICATION PROCESS FOR AN APPOINTMENT SOMETIME THIS WEEK.
WATCH THE WEBSITE FOR THAT AND THERE'LL BE A PRESS RELEASE THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT.
WE'RE HOPEFUL TO GIVE ABOUT A MONTH FOR THAT.
I KNOW IT'S OVER THE HOLIDAY, SO WE'LL GIVE A LITTLE LONGER BUT WINDOW FOR PEOPLE TO APPLY.
WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN INTERVIEW POTENTIAL CANDIDATES IN OUR FEBRUARY WORKSHOPS SPECIAL MEETING AND THEN HAVE SOMEBODY SWORN INTO THE PROCESS OR INTO THE POSITION BY END OF FEBRUARY.
AGAIN, JUST WATCH FOR MORE INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE AND THROUGH OUR DISTRICT COMMUNICATIONS.
WITH THAT, THAT DOES BRING US TO OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS A MILLTOWN PRIDE AWARD.
[5. MILL TOWN PRIDE AWARD]
I'LL GO AHEAD AND TURN THAT OVER TO YOU, JOHN.>> THANKS, COREY. WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE APROPOS TO AWARD YOU WITH THE MILLTOWN PRIDE AWARD FOR THIS MONTH.
DOUG, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, PLEASE ACCEPT YOUR MILLTOWN PRIDE AWARD.
>> WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF OFFICIAL BUSINESS ITEMS WE NEED TO GET TO.
THEN DOUG, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NOTICED THE SPREAD OVER HERE, BUT WE'RE HAVING A LITTLE RECEPTION FOR YOU AT THE CLOSE.
WELL, THAT WAS A LIE, BUT THEY'RE WELCOMED TO HAVE SOME FOOD IF THEY WOULD LIKE AS WELL.
[LAUGHTER] ITEM 6 ON OUR AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENTS AND WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANYBODY WHO SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE RIGHT PAST THAT AND INTO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
[8. CONSENT AGENDA]
YOU SAW A COUPLE OF ITEMS ADDED TO THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR HUMAN RESOURCES.WITH THAT, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
>> MOVED BY DOUG AND SECONDED BY ERICA. ALL IN FAVOR?
>> ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
THAT MOVES US DOWN TO NUMBER 9, OUR SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
[9. REPORTS]
>> THANKS, COREY. I THOUGHT EVERYBODY CAME FOR THIS, BUT APPARENTLY NOT.
I'LL BE BRIEF SO WE CAN GET TO THE REFRESHMENTS.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER.
JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT.
AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH SINCE I CAME TO CAMAS.
AS A PRIORITY GOAL OF MINE, IS TO REALLY CONTINUE THAT OUTREACH AND LEARN A LOT FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IN CAMAS AND AROUND CAMAS A LOT LONGER THAN ME.
JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE REALLY IMPRESSED UPON ME, SOME HISTORY AND SOME GREAT PRIORITIES AND WHERE THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE DISTRICT GO, AS WELL AS JUST AN ADVICE AND GUIDANCE.
A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT I'VE BEEN MEETING WITH
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REGULARLY ARE MARK KLEIN WHO'S BEEN OUTSTANDING.HE PROVIDE SOME OUTSTANDING FINANCIAL ADVICE AND SOME WISDOM, BUT ALSO IS SOMEBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO CONSULT WITH US AS WE MOVE TOWARDS A LEVY AND BONDS AND BEYOND.
THANK YOU TO MARK. ELLEN BURTON.
SHE'S BEEN OUTSTANDING. SOMEBODY WHO, AGAIN, VERY LOGICAL PERSON, SERVED ON THE COUNCIL.
BUT ALSO IS VERY COMPASSIONATE ABOUT OUR SCHOOLS AND HAS HAD CHILDREN GO THROUGH THE DISTRICT AS WELL.
I HAD THE HONOR TO MEET MARY TIPTON TODAY.
I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S HERE TONIGHT, BUT SHE DID WANT TO SEND HER BEST, DOUG, IN CASE SHE COULDN'T MAKE IT.
BUT AGAIN, A LONGTIME BOARD MEMBER, HER LATE HUSBAND AS WELL, JUST A WONDERFUL SOUL WHO'S BEEN REALLY A GREAT ADVISOR AND HOPE TO CONTINUE THOSE MEETINGS.
ONE OF OUR AMAZING TEACHERS, AMY CAMPBELL IS THE TEACHER OF THE YEAR.
SHE'S BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE A GREAT PERSPECTIVE FROM A TEACHER POINT OF VIEW.
JUST AN UPDATE TO YOU ON SOME PEOPLE THAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT.
AGAIN, THESE ARE IMPORTANT AS WE LOOK TO BUILD OUR STRATEGIC PLAN ALONG WITH OUR THOUGHT EXCHANGES AND OTHER OUTREACHES.
THESE CONTINUAL MEETINGS ARE GOING TO GO A LONG WAY AND LOOKING AT NOT ONLY CURRENT PRIORITIES, BUT PRIORITIES TO THE FUTURE.
DECEMBER ENROLLMENT LOOKS STEADY.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE AT 7107, WHICH IS A GOOD POCKET TO BE IN MY OPINION.
WE'VE INCREASED BY 16 STUDENTS IN THE LAST MONTH.
IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE THAT NUMBER GO UP.
PROBABLY SHOULD BE BLACK, NOT RED.
THE SECONDARY NUMBERS HAVE GONE UP BY FIVE, ELEMENTARY BY 11, AND I THINK A REALLY STRONG BRIGHT SPOT IS OUR CAMAS CONNECT ACADEMY THAT HAS INCREASED BY 12 STUDENTS.
WE SEE THOSE NUMBERS GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
THEN YOU CAN SEE A BREAKDOWN OF HIGH-SCHOOL, MIDDLE, AND ELEMENTARY.
MOST OF THE SCHOOLS HAVE GONE UP.
HERE, THERE ARE ONE OR TWO STUDENTS, SOMETIMES THREE, SOME FIVE, AND VERY LITTLE LOSS OF STUDENTS.
THE GOOD NEWS IS MOST OF THE STUDENTS IN SECONDARY HAVE NOT LEFT OUR DISTRICT.
THEY'VE JUST MOVED ON TO PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFER THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE IN-TUNE TO THEIR NEEDS AND THEIR GOALS.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT PARTICULAR SLIDE? I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU THAT MONTHLY UPDATE. ERICA.
>> WE LOOKING AT NUMBERS THERE.
THOSE AREN'T MIGRATIONS, THOSE ARE BRAND NEW NUMBERS.
>> THESE ARE STUDENTS WHO COULD BE MOVING AROUND FROM SITE TO SITE.
CORRECT. TOTAL ENROLLMENT IT IS.
I CAN GET YOU A BREAKDOWN OF NEW STUDENTS.
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT SECONDARY SPECIFICALLY, ERICA, THOSE ARE TYPICALLY STUDENTS WHO ARE SHIFTING FROM ONE PROGRAM TO ANOTHER.
BUT IF THE BOARD LIKES, I CAN GET THOSE NEW STUDENT NUMBERS.
>> JOHN, IT PREDATES YOU, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF JASON IS IN THE ROOM.
WE WERE AT 7,200 IN THE SYSTEM PRE-COVID?
>> FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THAT'S CORRECT.
>> HEADCOUNT. THAT WAS HEADCOUNT.
>> WE'RE GETTING BACK. I THINK AGAIN, THIS IS A BRIGHT SPOT.
I ALSO WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO DISCUSS OUR WEATHER DECISION-MAKING.
WE HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY AND STUDENTS AND OTHERS.
BUT I WANTED TO JUST LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT THIS IS A VERY THOUGHTFUL PROCESS AND THIS ISN'T JUST THE SUPERINTENDENT WAKING UP ON A WHIM AND MAKING A DECISION.
I REALLY HAVE TO GIVE A COUPLE OF SHOUT OUTS HERE.
SHE'S OUR TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR.
THIS WOMAN IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE.
SHE WAKES UP WELL BEFORE THE BREAK OF DAWN AT ABOUT 4:00 AM ALMOST EVERY NIGHT.
TONIGHT WILL BE ONE OF THOSE NIGHTS OR I SHOULD SAY THE MORNING.
HER AND HER TEAM ACTUALLY GO OUT AND DRIVE THE ROADS AS MANY OF YOU KNOW.
THEY GO OUT AND THEY TAKE A LOOK AT FOUR DIFFERENT CORNERS OF THE CITY, MOST SPECIFICALLY LIVINGSTON MOUNTAIN WHERE A LOT OF THE WEATHER STARTS AS MANY OF YOU KNOW.
THEN ONCE THOSE ROADS ARE DRIVEN, I GET A CALL.
THIS IS MY FAVORITE PART OF THE JOB AT 4:45 ON THE DOT. BUT WHO'S COUNTING? THEN TAMMY WILL ADVISE ME BASED ON HER KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT HAPPENED AND ALSO PHIL VOLCKER, FORMER METEOROLOGIST, WHO ADVISES US AS WELL.
ONCE THAT DISCUSSION HAPPENS, THAT'S WHEN A DECISION WILL BE MADE.
WHAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR IN A LOT OF WAYS IS THE ICE COMPONENT, NOT NECESSARILY THE SNOW OR ANY OTHER ELEMENTS,
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BUT REALLY THAT ICE.WHAT I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND IS THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SEVERAL HUNDRED STUDENT DRIVERS, KIDS WHO HAVE RECENTLY RECEIVED THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE.
ALL OF US, IT'S A DANGER TO DRIVE IN ICE, BUT ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE A NEW DRIVER.
THAT'S A BIG PART OF WHAT WE LOOK AT.
ALSO OUR BUSES, THOSE ARE MASSIVE MACHINES AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S SAFE FOR OUR BUS DRIVERS AND OUR KIDS ON THE BUS IN ADDITION TO OUR FAMILIES.
THAT'S THE FIRST QUESTION WE ASK AND I TALKED TO TAMMY ABOUT IS FRANKLY, IS IT SAFE TO DRIVE ON THESE ROADS? WE DO HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE ENTIRE CITY, NOT JUST LITTLE PARTS BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS UNIQUE WHEN YOU HAVE VERY SUNNY AREAS AND WE ARE CALLING A DAY OFF OF SCHOOL.
BUT WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS IS WHAT'S THE BETTER GOOD FOR EVERYBODY.
WE ALSO TALK ABOUT, WILL STUDENTS BE WAITING SAFELY AT THE BUS STOPS OR WAITING FOR A RIDE TO SCHOOL OR EVEN WALKING TO SCHOOL? THEN I THINK ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS WE ANSWER IS THE PREDICTED WEATHER CONDITIONS LATER IN THE DAY.
WILL STUDENTS BE ABLE TO GET HOME OKAY, AS WELL? THAT'S WHY WE TEND TO DO DELAYS.
BECAUSE WE LIKE TO SEE WHERE ARE WE GOING TO BE AROUND 8:00-9:00 AM AND THAT FACTORS INTO THE DECISION AS WELL.
AGAIN, IF WE DO START SCHOOL LAID ON THE TWO-HOUR LATE START, WILL CONDITIONS BE SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVED SO THAT EVERYONE RETURN SAFELY AS WELL? THEN OF COURSE, DURING THE SCHOOL DAY EVENT, WHAT IS THE BEST TIME TO GET STUDENTS HOME SAFELY? AS WE CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THE PROCESS, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT A LOT OF HANDS ARE ON DECK ON THESE DECISIONS.
I HOPE THAT EXPLAINS THE PROCESS FOR ANYONE WHO HAD ANY QUESTIONS.
>> THE ONLY THING I WOULD JUST ADD IS I KNOW THAT DURING THESE INCLEMENT WEATHER TIMES, ESPECIALLY IN RECENT TIMES, WE OFTEN GET THE QUESTION ABOUT, WHY DON'T WE SHIFT TO REMOTE LEARNING RIGHT AWAY, AND SO I WAS WONDERING MAYBE YOU COULD COMMENT ON THAT.
>> SURE, AND THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND THAT'S SOMETHING THE TEAM AND I HAVE BEEN EXPLORING ALONG WITH OUR UNION LEADERSHIP.
RIGHT NOW, WE HAD AN MOE THAT EXPIRED THAT BASICALLY TO YOUR POINTQUERY ALLOWS US TO SHIFT TO REMOTE, BUT ONLY IF IT'S GOING TO BE THREE DAYS OR MORE CONSISTENTLY, WHICH FROM MY UNDERSTANDING IS RATHER RARE, ALTHOUGH IT HAS HAPPENED.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS DIVING INTO SOME EXPLORATION ABOUT HOW WE CAN DO THAT IN THE FUTURE.
WE KNOW WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY, WE KNOW WE HAVE THE RESOURCES, CAN ONE DAY WE LOOK AT GOING AWAY FROM INCLEMENT WEATHER DAYS.
WE'RE NOT THERE YET, WE'RE NOT OFFICIALLY ONE-TO-ONE WITH ALL OF OUR K THROUGH 12 STUDENTS, BUT THERE IS DISCUSSION AROUND THAT AND I HOPE TO HAVE MORE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD, IF NOT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, THE BEGINNING OF NEXT.
AS OF NOW OUR CALENDAR IS SET WE HAVE THOSE DAYS READY TO GO, BUT OF COURSE WE'D ALL LIKE TO END SCHOOL WHEN WE'RE SUPPOSED TO END SCHOOL, AND THAT'S THE GOAL IS HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE THAT INTO THE FUTURE.
I ALSO LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE JENN SCOTT, WHAT A WONDERFUL WEEK FOR JENN AND THE TEAM.
THE PREMERA BLUE CROSS, I BELIEVE, ORGANIZATION TEAMED UP WITH THE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS AND THEY VOTE ON WHAT WE CALL A HERO IN THE CLASSROOM, AND I WANT TO SEND A SHOUT OUT TO DILAURIE, WHO IS OUR EARLY LEARNING DIRECTOR, SHE NOMINATED JENN, WHO WAS ONE OF OUR INSTRUCTIONAL FACILITATORS.
AND JENN JUST DOES AN AMAZING JOB AROUND LITERACY.
AS YOU KNOW, SHE RUNS THE BOOK MOBILES EVERY SUMMER, AND SO SHE WON, AND IT WAS SUCH A GREAT COLLEGE ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR HER, BUT HER FAMILY AND ALL OF US, AND AS YOU CAN SEE IN ONE PICTURE, HER ENTIRE FAMILY SURPRISED HER AT A MEETING THE OTHER DAY.
JENN WAS LIKE WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? MY HUSBAND NORMALLY DOESN'T COME TO WORK WITH ME, AND YOU CAN SEE SHE GOT SOME SWAG TWO TICKETS TO THE GAME AND A PIC WITH PETE CARROLL, HEAD COACH OF THE SEAHAWKS, ALTHOUGH THEY STRANGELY LOST THE GAME TO THE PANTHERS, IT'S THE NFL, SO AS THEY SAY ANY GIVEN SUNDAY.
BUT KUDOS TO JENN, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE HER AN EXTRA ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
ALSO, THIS WEEK WE HAD AN OUTPOURING AS MANY OF YOU KNOW FROM OUR COMMUNITY, SPECIFICALLY AROUND OUR EVENTS AT GARVER THEATER, WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN EVENT AS WE SPEAK OR ABOUT A 45 MINUTES FROM NOW WITH CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL.
BUT SPECIFICALLY MR. SANCHEZ, A BAND DIRECTOR, KUDOS TO HIM IF YOU LOOK AT THIS IS JUST A SNIPPET OF SOME OF THE QUOTES FROM THE EMAILS THAT CAME TO ME AND SOME OF THOSE AT WHICH YOU ARE COPIED ON MR. SANCHEZ ABILITY TO PROVIDE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT WHILE ALSO TEACHING INCLUSION AND REPRESENTATION ARE PHENOMENAL NOTHING SHORT OF INCREDIBLE.
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A BRIGHT SPOT IN MY SON'S DAY, CAN'T WAIT TO SEE MY DAUGHTER'S PROGRESS THROUGH MIDDLE-SCHOOL.THE JOYCE GARVER THEATRE IS BEAUTIFUL VENUE AND WE ALL HAD A GREAT TIME LISTENING TO STUDENTS, WONDERFUL TEACHER TO OUR SON AND THANK YOU SUPPORTING THE ARTS AND THE WELL-ROUNDED GROWTH OF OUR CHILDREN.
THIS MESSAGE IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE FINE ARTS, THIS IS ABOUT INCLUSION, THIS IS ABOUT MTSS.
IT'S ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WRAPPING OUR ARMS AROUND, AND WE HAVE TEACHERS LIKE MR. SANCHEZ AND LEADERS, I THINK I SAW CLINTON HERE.
THERE'S THE LEADERSHIP AT SKY RAGE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE TALENT AND TO SUPPORT THE TALENT THAT'S THERE, SO JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THE GREAT WORK THAT ALL OF OUR FINE ARTS TEACHERS AND KIDS ARE DOING BUT THIS WAS A HIGHLIGHT FOR MR. SANCHEZ SPECIFICALLY.
LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO WISH HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO THE BOARD, I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE A WHILE BEFORE WE'RE TOGETHER AGAIN.
BUT AGAIN, I CAN'T BELIEVE THEM CLOSE TO HALFWAY THROUGH MY FIRST YEAR AND STILL SURVIVING, SO HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS KEEP ME AROUND A LITTLE BIT LONGER, SO OTHER THAN THAT, THANK YOU HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYONE.
>> THANKS, JOHN, AND YEAH, WE'LL KEEP YOU AROUND.
[10. POLICY REVIEW - 2nd Reading and Adoption]
WE HAVE A FEW POLICIES TO APPROVE HERE.THIS IS SECOND READING, SO THESE ONES WERE PASSED FIRST READING, OUR LAST MEETING, SO I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THESE FOR ADOPTION.
>> I WOULD MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF THE SUBMITTED POLICIES FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.
>> IT WAS MOVED BY DOUG AND SECONDED BY TRACY.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
OUR FINAL ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO GET THROUGH HERE,
[11. ANNUAL ORGANIZATIONAL ELECTIONS]
THIS IS OUR ANNUAL ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING TO ELECT OUR SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT, AND WAS THE LEGISLATIVE REP FOR THE UPCOMING YEARS.FIRST ITEM A, I WOULD LOOK FOR NOMINATIONS FOR SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT.
>> WE NOMINATE COREY MCHENRY FOR SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT FOR ANOTHER YEAR.
>> ARE YOU SURE? [LAUGHTER] DID YOU GET YOU DON'T GET A VOTE ON THIS ONE.
[LAUGHTER] ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? I DO HAVE TO DO A ROLL CALL VOTE FOR THIS, SO TRACY.
>> STRANGELY ENOUGH, MOTION CARRIES THERE, [LAUGHTER] IT FEELS WEIRD.
NEXT, WE'LL HAVE OUR NOMINATIONS FOR VICE PRECEDENT.
>> I MOVED TO NOMINATE ERICA COX AS VICE PRESIDENT.
>> IT WAS MOVED BY TRACY AND SECONDED BY CONNIE, ROLL-CALL VOTE AGAIN, TRACY.
>> MOTION CARRIES THERE FOR ERICA AS VICE PRESIDENT FOR ANOTHER YEAR, AND NOW WE ALSO NEED TO NOMINATE A LEGISLATIVE REP.
>> I NOMINATE ERICA COX TO CONTINUE IN THAT ROLE.
SEEN A PATTERN OF CONSISTENCY?
>> WELL, IT WAS MOVED BY CONNIE, SECONDED BY DOUG.
ROLL-CALL VOTE ON THAT ONE, TRACY.
>> MOTION CARRIES THERE, THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF OUR REGULAR MEETING AT 06:15, I WILL ADJOURN OUR MEETING NOW SO THAT WE CAN THOSE OF US IN THE ROOM CAN ENJOY A RECEPTION AND GIVE OUR APPRECIATION TO OUTGOING BOARD MEMBER DOUG QUINN, SO WE ARE ADJOURNED. [APPLAUSE] HEY, REAL QUICK, EVERYBODY BEFORE WE ADJOURN COMPLETELY, I FORGOT ABOUT THIS, I HAVE SOMETHING MORE TO SAY.
DOUG QUINN SORRY, I HAVE ONE MORE THING HERE.
>> I FEEL LIKE I'VE GOT THE BOB BARKER MIC HERE,
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THIS IS GREAT, COME ON DOWN, DOUG QUINN.IN RECOGNITION OF YOUR NEARLY 18 YEARS OF SERVICE ON THE BOARD, WE PRESENT YOU WITH THIS CEREMONIAL CLOCK ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD AND OF THE CAMAS SCHOOL DISTRICTS, SO THANK YOU DOUG.
[APPLAUSE]
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.