[1. SCHOOL BOARD SPECIAL MEETING - 4:30 PM]
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ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GAVEL OUR SPECIAL MEETING IN.
GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO OUR FEBRUARY 13TH SPECIAL MEETING.
TODAY'S AGENDA REALLY JUST HAS ONE ITEM ON IT, AND THAT IS INTERVIEWING OUR THREE CANDIDATES FOR THE VACANT BOARD DIRECTOR POSITION FOR DISTRICT FOUR.
WE ARE GOING TO SPEND ABOUT 25 MINUTES OR SO ON EACH CANDIDATE.
SO WHAT WE'LL DO THEN BOARD IS WE'LL JUST GO DOWN THE LIST.
HERE WE HAVE. YOU SHOULD HAVE ONE SHEET FOR EACH CANDIDATE AND FOR YOU YOU CAN TAKE SOME NOTES ON.
WE'LL FOLLOW THAT UP WITH A RECESS OF THE SPECIAL MEETING TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
AND THEN WE'LL RETURN TO DO A ROLL CALL VOTE TO APPOINT A NEW MEMBER.
OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCESS OR.
I THINK WE'RE SLIGHTLY AHEAD OF SCHEDULE, BUT I THINK WE'RE OKAY TO JUST START GOING HERE, SINCE WE ALREADY HAVE OUR OUR FIRST CANDIDATE IN FRONT OF US, AND THAT IS KENDALL THEIMANN.
DID I SAY THAT CORRECT? OKAY, GOOD.
THANK YOU. AND YOUR MICROPHONE IN FRONT OF YOU.
IF YOU JUST PUSH THE BUTTON, IT'LL TURN GREEN.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO HOLD IT DOWN. YOU'RE CORRECT, SIR.
THERE YOU GO. OKAY. ALL GREEN.
GOOD TO GO. WELL, IT'S ALL GREEN.
YOU'RE GOOD. SO I BELIEVE YOU HAVE THE QUESTIONS IN FRONT OF YOU AS WELL.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO QUESTION NUMBER ONE, TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF.
WHY DID YOU APPLY FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD AND WHAT ARE YOUR QUALIFICATIONS? YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T I QUITE HONESTLY, I DIDN'T REALLY THINK ABOUT RUNNING FOR THE BOARD EVER.
FROM THE YEARS AND YEARS THAT YOU'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD AND YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB.
ERICA, I DON'T THINK I'D EVER REALLY WANT TO RUN AGAINST YOU BECAUSE YOU HAD.
YOU WERE IN OUR DISTRICT BEFORE, AND IT CHANGED.
AND, YOU KNOW, MY WIFE AND I HAD ALWAYS BEEN SAYING, YOU KNOW, WHY DON'T YOU DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, THAN JUST WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING FOR YEARS? BUT IT'S LIKE, YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB.
WHY WOULD I RUN AGAINST YOU? BUT NOW THAT THIS HAS OPENED UP, I MEAN, IT'S JUST KIND OF SERENDIPITOUS THAT IT HAPPENED THIS WAY.
AND WHEN I SAW IT POP UP, I TALKED TO MY WIFE, TAMMY.
I SAID, WHAT DO YOU THINK? SHOULD I DO THIS? AND SHE SAID, ABSOLUTELY NOT.
BUT THAT'S NOT THE KIND OF GUY I AM, BECAUSE, QUITE FRANKLY, YOU KNOW, AS A CORPORATE CITIZEN FOR MANY YEARS, IT'S I ALWAYS BELIEVED AND OUR FAMILY MANTRA HAS BEEN GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW, YOU TAKE A LOT FROM THE COMMUNITY.
YOU LIVE HERE FOR 23 COMING UP ON 23 YEARS.
AND QUITE FRANKLY, YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T HAVE DONE IT IF IT WOULDN'T HAVE OPENED UP.
AND, YOU KNOW, BEING THAT MY LAST CHILD IS ON HIS WAY OUT KIND OF SUN SETTING.
OUR KIDS WON'T BE IN SCHOOL ANYMORE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IT KIND OF TAKES THAT INTEREST OUT OF THE WAY AS FAR AS QUALIFICATIONS.
I THINK I KIND OF BRING A UNIQUE SET TO THIS.
LIKE I SAID, CORPORATE FOR OVER 20 YEARS, OVER 12 YEARS AT A DIRECTOR LEVEL OR HIGHER POSITION IN FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES, AS WELL AS STARTUPS, SILICON VALLEY STARTUPS, ETC., PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR FINANCE, MARKETING, SOCIAL MEDIA, MARKETING, ALL THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, DRIVE A COMPANY.
AS A SMALL BUSINESS ENTREPRENEUR.
YOU KNOW, I DID THAT FOR TEN YEARS.
AND BRANT, WHO WAS HE WAS RESPONSIBLE CHEMIST, ETC..
SCHOOLS. I MEAN, I WAS AT ALL THE SCHOOLS.
I DID THE SMOOTHIE WAGON FOR THE MOST PART, HOSTED DANCES, ETC.
I WORKED WITH JULIE SWAN A TON.
WE WERE ALWAYS THERE FOR YEARS.
SO THAT KIND OF GIVES ME THAT PEACE AS A VOLUNTEER COACH IN THIS TOWN.
YOU KNOW, NINE YEARS OF COACHING IN THIS TOWN FROM EVERY CONCEIVABLE SPORT YOU COULD POSSIBLY IMAGINE, BECAUSE I THOUGHT YOU GUYS WERE DOING A GREAT JOB UP ON TOP, FROM FOOTBALL TO BASKETBALL, BASEBALL, SOCCER.
YOU KNOW, I'VE KIND OF DONE IT ALL.
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ALL OF IT WAS VOLUNTEER EXCEPT FOR THE LAST YEAR.I WAS OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR FOR SKY RIDGE 2019.
I WAS THE ONLY PAID JOB I'VE EVER HAD IN THIS TOWN AS A COACH, AS AN EDUCATOR.
I DID A COUPLE OF YEARS SUBBING HERE AT CSD.
I GOT CALLED REGULARLY BY BRANDI REID TO COME IN AND SUB BEFORE I GOT MY FULL TIME POSITION.
THIS WASN'T IN MY INITIAL DOCUMENTS EITHER.
MY FIRST POSITION WAS ACTUALLY AS A HEALTH EDUCATOR AT TECH PREP, WHICH ALSO GIVES ME A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BEND ON SCHOLASTIC AS WELL BECAUSE THEY ARE A HEAVY PBL MODEL.
SO THAT GAVE ME THAT GIVES ME ANOTHER DIFFERENT SET OF SKILLS.
AND THEN AND EVERGREEN HIGH SCHOOL, I CAME IN AS A HEALTH TEACHER AND THEN MOVED INTO ONCE THEY FOUND OUT MY BACKGROUND WAS ACTUALLY IN FINANCE AND MARKETING, LIKE, HEY, YOU WANT TO TAKE OVER THE I NEED WE NEED SOMEBODY TO DO THE IQ CREDIT UNION.
WE GOT A TROPHY, THE WHOLE NINE YARDS.
BUT I JUST APPLIED A LOT OF BUSINESS MODEL, BUSINESS CENTRIC MODELS TO THAT.
I ALSO TOOK OVER THE STUDENT STORE AND KEPT THAT FROM GOING INTO THE RED AND GOING BELLY UP AS WELL.
AND THEN THE MOST RECENT THINGS I'VE DONE IS AS EVERGREEN EDUCATION ASSOCIATION UNION BUILDING REP.
I CURRENTLY COACH BOYS AND GIRLS GOLF.
SO JUST A SLIGHT LIST OF SKILLS THAT I MIGHT HAVE FOR THIS POSITION.
SO I THINK I'LL HOLD THERE THAT I'LL GET BACK TO THAT LONG WINDED QUESTION.
SORRY. AND I KNOW WE MIGHT GET THROUGH THIS.
SO I ACTUALLY I HAVE MY RESUME AND I HAVE ALL THE TYPED OUT RESPONSES IF YOU WANT THEM AS WELL.
THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO GO LONG WINDED.
THANK YOU, KENDALL. AND THANK YOU FOR APPLYING TO.
HOW DO YOU PLAN TO BALANCE COMMUNITY INTERESTS AND PRIORITIES IN YOUR OWN INTEREST AND PRIORITIES WITH THE NEEDS OF THE 7000 STUDENTS THE CAMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT SERVES? I DON'T HAVE MUCH OF A PERSONAL INTEREST OTHER THAN THE SUCCESS, THE CONTINUED SUCCESS OF THE DISTRICT ITSELF.
I AM FULLY VETTED IN THIS COMMUNITY.
I'VE BEEN HERE FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND I MY MAIN CONCERN IS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IT CONTINUES ON AND GETS BETTER AND CONTINUES TO GROW AND ESPECIALLY IN THE, YOU KNOW, JUST BEING A STEWARD OF THE CONTINUED GROWTH AND GREATNESS THAT WE HAVE HERE, BY ALL MEANS.
YOU KNOW, AS I SAID, I WORKED IN ALL THREE SCHOOL DISTRICTS BEFORE, AT LEAST AROUND US.
VANCOUVER, EVERGREEN, WASHOUGAL HERE DID SUBBING IN OTHER DISTRICTS AS WELL.
AND THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME.
BUT THE GREEN MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT AND THE AMOUNT OF KIDS THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING.
I KNOW WE HAVE SOME EBB AND FLOW WITH THAT, BUT I SEE MORE THAN 7000 STUDENTS COMING.
I SEE BONDS AND LEVEES COMING.
I SEE A LOT OF COMMUNICATION PROBABLY WITH THE OUTSIDE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE AND HOW TO GET THIS DONE AND JUST, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO BE A SERVANT OF THE COMMUNITY AND WORK IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE SCHOOL.
ON THE FLIP SIDE. SO QUESTION NUMBER THREE SCHOOL DISTRICT STANDS ON THE BELIEFS IN EQUITABLE TEACHING PRACTICES AND SUCCESS FOR EACH STUDENT.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO YOU? HOW WOULD YOU AS A BOARD MEMBER CONTRIBUTE TO THIS BELIEF? THAT IS A BIG THING RIGHT NOW.
WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF EQUITY TRAINING AND A LOT OF THAT EQUITY TRAINING COMES DOWN TO OUR.
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KIND OF POPS TO THE SURFACE A LOT IS YOU KNOW THE.KIDS BEING BEHIND COMING OFF THE PANDEMIC.
THE HOPELESSNESS KIND OF FEELING THEY HAVE.
BUT FINDING OUT ON A DEEPER LEVEL WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD.
YOU GOT 150 KIDS IN ANY GIVEN DAY COMING THROUGH YOUR CLASSROOM, BUT TRYING TO READ THE SIGNS, FIND OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THEM, QUESTIONING THEM AND HAVING, YOU KNOW, A GOOD, SOLID INTERACTIVE RELATIONSHIPS BECAUSE WE ARE NOT MIND READERS BY ANY WAY.
AND A LOT OF KIDS WILL HOLD THAT STUFF TO THE VEST.
AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO KIND OF, HEY, COME ON OVER HERE.
LET'S HAVE A LITTLE CONVERSATION AFTER CLASS AND LET'S, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING'S BUGGING YOU.
OBVIOUSLY, YOU'RE NOT ENGAGED.
YOU'RE IN THE CORNER OR YOU'RE STARING AT YOUR COMPUTER OR SOMETHING'S NOT HAPPENING.
WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT ENGAGEMENT TO UNDERSTAND THAT.
LIKE I RESPONDED IN THE ORIGINAL LETTER, I COME FROM A VERY DIVERSE PART OF THE COUNTRY.
YOU KNOW, THE BAY AREA IS KIND OF AS DIVERSE AS IT POSSIBLY GETS.
SO UNDERSTANDING THAT NOT ONLY MEETING KIDS WHERE THEY ARE, BUT ALSO GETTING TO WHERE THEY ARE AND UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENT SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE SINGLE PARENT HOUSEHOLDS.
I MEAN, I'VE GOT KIDS LAST YEAR THAT THEIR PARENTS WERE DEPORTED.
AND, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH SOCIAL WORKERS AND COUNSELORS, ADMINISTRATORS, YOU KNOW, IT'S PART OF IT'S THERE'S WAY MORE GOING ON JUST A LITTLE BIT WEST OF HERE THAN THERE IS HERE FOR THE MOST PART.
SO AND THEN THAT EQUITY THAT GOES FORWARD, THE EQUITY AND GRADING PIECE YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT THE STATE JUST CAME OUT AND SAID EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT WORKSITE LEARNING PER SE, BUT NOW THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO START LOOKING AT GIVING KIDS CREDIT FOR WORKING.
YOU KNOW, THAT TO ME IS FANTASTIC.
IF YOU CAN'T PUT TOGETHER A SIX PERIOD WORKSITE LEARNING CLASS.
AND I YOU KNOW, I HESITATE NOW, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO JUST SAY, HEY, SHOW ME YOUR PAY STUB.
ARE YOU WORKING FULL TIME? I HAVE A LOT OF SENIORS IN MY CLASS.
THERE'S A LOT OF JUNIORS AND SENIORS SINCE I DO FINANCE.
WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? WHAT'S GOING ON? AND I WILL HEAR BACK FROM HIM.
I'M WORKING 30 OR 40 HOURS A WEEK.
I CAN'T GET TO SCHOOL. AND I'M LIKE, HI.
ALTERNATIVE GRADING PER SE, AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY ACTUALLY GET THROUGH AND THEY'RE DOING THE WORK AND THEY'RE CHECKING IN WITH ME ON A CONSTANT BASIS, EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT AT CLASS. SO ALL OF THAT, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WITH IEPS AND 504, IS THAT'S KIND OF THE GENERAL STUFF.
BUT THE CRUX OF THE MATTER ACTUALLY REALLY COMES DOWN TO THE ONE ON ONE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
QUESTION FOUR WHAT DO YOU SEE AS OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES IN THE DISTRICT? THIS ONE FED RIGHT INTO ME.
SO I WENT STRAIGHT INTO THE STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS.
I'M ON THE WEBSITES A LOT THAT LOOK AT THE GRADING FOR.
I WANT TO KNOW, LIKE, WHAT ARE THE GRADINGS FOR EACH OF THE SCHOOLS ALL THE TIME? AND YOU KNOW, HOW IS EVERGREEN DOING DIFFERENT THAN HERITAGE AND UNION AND MOUNTAIN VIEW AND JUST TRYING TO SEE WHERE WE ARE JUST BASED ON THE METRICS PER SE THAT ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE.
AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LOOK AT FOR US VERSUS THE REST OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IS, YOU KNOW, IF I PUT CSS AT LEAST IN THE FOUR CATEGORY AND STACK US UP AGAINST THE OTHER FOUR SCHOOLS, SOME UNION SKYVIEW BATTLEGROUND, I WANT TO KNOW HOW WE'RE DOING.
SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO TO THE WEBSITE YOU'VE GOT MET ALA STANDARDS MET MATH STANDARDS AT SCIENCE STANDARDS YOU KNOW STANDARD REGULARLY ATTEND AND THE GRADUATION RATES, I MEAN, WE'RE THERE, RIGHT? WE'RE ONE OF THE TOP BAR.
AND SO MAKING THAT CERTAIN THAT CONTINUES ON IS I WOULD IMAGINE AS A HIGH PRIORITY.
WE ACTUALLY TAKE TEST SERIOUSLY.
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THANK YOU, SIR, FOR BUTTING IN.SO I SEE THAT AS A GREAT STRENGTH.
AND WE ACCOMPLISHED THE KIDS, ACCOMPLISH THOSE FACTORS.
AND I THINK THE TEACHERS PROBABLY DO A GREAT JOB AT APPLYING THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE ACTUALLY MATTER WHEN WE MAY NOT GET THAT SAME LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT IN THE OTHER SCHOOLS.
WEAKNESS, I GOT TO SAY, IT'S THE IT'S A POTENTIAL GROWTH HERE.
I THINK THE GROWTH IS GOING TO BE OBVIOUSLY AN ISSUE.
I MEAN, IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO GET STATISTICS ON WHO'S MOVING IN, HOW MANY MOVING IN, WHAT'S GOING ON, I MEAN, I KNOW THAT'S LIKE THE CHICKEN AND THE EGG WHEN IT COMES TO BUILDINGS AND BONDS, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T DO IT UNTIL YOU HAVE THE NUMBERS.
BUT AT LEAST IF WE COULD GET OUT IN FRONT OF IT AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S AN OPTION, THAT ONE I SEE AS KIND OF KIND OF THE PROBLEM GOING FORWARD IS BONDS, LEVEES, COMMUNICATING EFFECTIVELY, MAKING SURE THE CONSTITUENTS IN THIS TOWN KNOW WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING AND HOW WE'RE REACTING TO THOSE NEEDS, BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT OBVIOUSLY YOU REPORT TO AND YOU GET LETTERS FROM AND THEY SHOW UP AT MEETINGS, ETC..
AND BEING ABLE TO TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS IS HUGE ABOUT WHAT PLANNING IS COMING FOR THE FUTURE.
AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY WHAT I SPENT THE MAJORITY OF MY CAREER DOING WAS TRYING TO GET OUT IN FRONT OF MOST TIDAL WAVES THAT WERE COMING OR MAKING THINGS CORRECT.
ON THE OPPORTUNITY SIDE, AGAIN, KEEPING THE FOOT ON THE GAS.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'M UNSURE AS TO WHAT ON THE OPPORTUNITY SIDE, WHAT THE RELATIONSHIP IS BETWEEN IN THIS DISTRICT VERSUS MY DISTRICT PRESENTLY BETWEEN DISTRICT OFFICE ADMINISTRATORS CERTIFIED.
I'D LIKE TO RESEARCH THAT A BIT MORE.
I KNOW AT LEAST WHERE I'M AT PRESENTLY.
IT'S SOMEWHAT TENUOUS AT BEST AND THERE'S NOT A LOT OF TRANSPARENCY.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE OF THAT.
AND IF WE ARE LIKE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT ALREADY EVERGREEN'S ALREADY TALK ABOUT THAT.
AS FAR AS LAYOFFS ARE IMMINENT, THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN.
AND JUST FROM MY TIME IN LEADERSHIP, I'VE ALWAYS KIND OF TAKEN A TAKEN A POSITION WHERE AS MANY STAKEHOLDERS WE CAN GET TO THE MEETING AND TO THESE MEETINGS TO DO BUDGET NEGOTIATIONS, ETC., RATHER THAN US VERSUS THEM, HOW CAN WE COLLECTIVELY SOLVE THIS TOGETHER? I THINK IT WILL BE MASSIVE GOING FORWARD.
YOU GUYS MAY OR MAY NOT REMEMBER, BUT EVERGREEN, PROBABLY TEN YEARS AGO, DECIDED INSTEAD OF LAYOFFS THEY WOULD TAKE A PAY FREEZE, ACTUALLY TOOK A 3% PAY CUT JUST TO KEEP ALL OF.
NOW, IN RETROSPECT, THAT DIDN'T WORK VERY WELL GOING FORWARD BECAUSE THERE WAS NEVER A BUILD BACK.
BUT THEY GOT TOGETHER AT THAT POINT, AND A LOT OF IT, I THINK, CAME FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT AT THE TIME WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, HERE'S WHAT WE GOT PEOPLE, HERE'S THE FUNDING WE'VE GOT, HERE'S THE POSITIONS WE'VE GOT.
HOW WOULD YOU SOLVE IT? YOU KNOW, AND TAKE THE ONUS OFF OF YOU AND US AND PUT IT BACK ON ALL THE COLLECTIVE STAKEHOLDERS OUT OF MEETING.
I KNOW IT'S MORE CORPORATE APPROACH PER SE, BUT.
OKAY. SO ON THE THREATS COMPONENT, THE ONE THREAT AND I DID PUT THIS IN WRITING AS WELL ON THAT THE THREAT THAT I'M KIND OF SEEING NOW AND AGAIN, I'M KIND OF A SOUNDING BOARD SINCE I'VE BEEN COACHING FOR SO LONG IN THIS TOWN AND FOR SO MANY SPORTS AND SO MANY RELATIONSHIPS WITH A LOT OF GUYS THAT ARE IN THE TRENCHES WITH THE KIDS, YOU KNOW, WORKING OUT WITH THEM YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS LIKE I DID FOR ALMOST A DECADE.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOSING WE'RE LOSING ATHLETES AND WE'RE LOSING ATHLETES TO ADJACENT SCHOOLS.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOSING STARTERS.
WE JUST LOST ANOTHER ONE LAST WEEK TO WASHOUGAL.
WE LOST ANOTHER ONE MIDYEAR TO UNION TO UNION.
ACTUALLY, WE LOST TWO OTHERS TO SETON.
I FEEL LIKE IT'S THE BEGINNING OF A TREND.
I'M NOT 100% SURE, BUT THIS HASN'T HAPPENED BEFORE.
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THE KIDS HAVE ALL STAYED PLAYED FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES.NOW THEY'RE LOOKING FOR MORE OPPORTUNITIES.
I'M NOT TALKING TO THE PARENTS DIRECTLY.
WE WANT TO PART OF THE COMMUNITY, ONE OF THE COMPUTER GOING FORWARD.
AND AND JUST TO KEEP THEM TOGETHER IS.
IT WAS ALWAYS THE MAIN DRIVE OF MINE TO KEEP THEM IN ONE PLACE.
AND THAT'S KIND OF FRAGMENTING.
AND I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHY AT THIS POINT.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, YES, THE LEARNING LOSS AS A THREAT FROM COVID, HOW TO DEAL MENTALLY WITH THE KIDS THAT ARE STRUGGLING, THAT STRUGGLED THROUGH THE PANDEMIC.
BUT AND YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB.
YOU DID A GREAT SERVICE TO THE KIDS BY BASICALLY ABANDONING THE MODEL THAT EVERYONE ELSE DID.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT CAME FROM THE PRINCIPAL.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT CAME FROM YOU GUYS, BUT THAT WAS GENIUS, KEEPING THE KIDS IN SCHOOL IN CLASS EVERY DAY ONLINE VERSUS THE MONDAY, THURSDAY, TUESDAY, FRIDAY.
BUT THE VAST MAJORITY, AT LEAST OF THE KIDS THAT I INTERACT WITH IN OUR DISTRICT CAME OUT OKAY.
BUT THERE'S STILL A FEW THAT NEED SOME HELP.
OKAY. SO JUST KEEPING US ON TRACK HERE.
WE HAVE ABOUT EIGHT MORE MINUTES AND TWO MORE QUESTIONS.
SO I'LL TRY TO GO AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.
ALL. SO QUESTION FIVE HERE, WHAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITIES OF A SCHOOL BOARD? IT'S KIND OF MY BELIEF THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD IS HERE TO WORK COLLECTIVELY WITH THE COMMUNITY BAR NONE.
IT'S YOU GUYS ARE THE YOU KNOW, YOU'RE A SMALL NUMBER OF HUMAN BEINGS THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE 7000 PLUS STUDENTS FOR HIRING THE RIGHT TALENT FOR GETTING THE RIGHT PEOPLE, OR AS WE SAY IN GRAD SCHOOL, RIGHT PEOPLE ON THE BUS AND PUTTING THINGS IN MOTION THAT MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR THE KIDS, FOR THE COMMUNITY, FOR THE PARENTS, JUST THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
IT'S NOT MUCH DIFFERENT THAN WHAT I GREW UP IN.
YOU KNOW, THE HELICOPTER PARENT MENTALITY IS ALWAYS AROUND.
I THINK IT CHANGED TO LAWN MORE RECENTLY, BUT IT'S A THING.
SO THE BEING, THE SOUNDING BOARD, TALKING TO PEOPLE CONSTANTLY, I'M NOT SURE ON WHAT DISCLOSURE BASIS THERE IS WITH AND WITHOUT TALKING TO SOMEONE OR GIVING UP THE WRONG INFORMATION.
BUT I'LL USE A LITTLE STORY THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME I GO TO QFC, MY WIFE WON'T GO WITH ME BECAUSE I TALK TO EVERYBODY I GET MY KIDS WON'T GO ANYWHERE AROUND TOWN WITH ME BECAUSE I'M TALKING TO EVERYBODY ALL THE TIME.
BUT I'M A COACH'S COACH AND A KIDS COACH AND I'VE HAD A LOT OF INTERACTION THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
AND IT'S JUST IT'S ALWAYS ME BEING A SOUNDING BOARD AND TRYING TO LISTEN TO PEOPLE, TAKING THEIR TAKE IN THEIR QUESTIONS, GIVE THEM AS MUCH AS I CAN, MAKE THEM FEEL LIKE THEY'RE HEARD, GET BACK TO THEM.
I THINK IT'S JUST THAT CONSTANT LOOP OF COMMUNICATION.
I KNOW YOU'VE RECENTLY TAKEN TO TWITTER, WHICH I HEAR HAS BEEN AMAZING.
THE PEOPLE OUT THERE REALLY LIKE THAT AND THE FEEDBACK HAS BEEN BEEN GOOD.
I HAVEN'T FOLLOWED YET. I WILL.
AND BUT THAT KIND OF OPEN COMMUNICATION, THE TRUST OF THE BOARD, THE TRUST THAT THEY HAVE THE PEOPLE'S BEST INTEREST FOR THEIR KIDS AND YOU GUYS HAVE ALWAYS DONE A GREAT JOB OF THAT.
AND I YOU KNOW, I WOULD LOVE TO BE A STEWARD OF THAT WITH YOU.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS I ALWAYS LIKE TO DO, SINCE THIS IS LIKE AN INTERIM ROLE BEFORE YOU HAVE TO RUN FOR THE OFFICE, I WILL TELL YOU IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS THAT IF WE CAN'T GET ALONG, IF WE CAN'T HAVE CONVERSATIONS, ADULT CONVERSATIONS, BECAUSE COMPROMISE IS ALWAYS THE MAIN ISSUE, RIGHT? AS A BOARD, ANY BOARD I'VE EVER BEEN ON MY LIFE, IT'S ALL ABOUT COMPROMISE.
THE MAJORITY USUALLY TAKES PRECEDENT.
YOU'VE GOT TO BE FINE WITH THAT AND MOVE ON.
AND IF YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN'T WORK TOGETHER, THEN I WON'T RUN.
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I MEAN, WE HAVE TO HAVE A COHESIVE RELATIONSHIP TO WHERE WE CAN TALK THINGS OVER, WORK THROUGH ITEMS, WORK THROUGH ISSUES, STUFF THAT'S COMING UP, THE STUFF THAT'S HAPPENED RECENTLY, STUFF THAT'S COMING, YOU KNOW, IT'S A BIT OF A PING PONG BALL POPPING WHAC-A-MOLE.YOU GOT STUFF COMING UP ALL THE TIME.
BUT I WOULD BASICALLY TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH YOU GUYS AND NOT NECESSARILY IF WE CAN'T PUT IT TOGETHER, I'M OUT.
OH, YEAH. MORE WITH 4 MINUTES.
QUESTIONS THAT YOU WERE PREPARED TO ANSWER THAT WE DIDN'T ASK YOU TODAY.
ACTUALLY, IT WAS JUST MORE OF A STATEMENT.
OBVIOUSLY, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT READ THROUGH MY RESUME, DO YOU GUYS ALL GET THAT? LONG WINDED THING.
IS IS I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THIS, BUT I BUT I HEAR THAT THIS IS JUST A SPECIFIC THING THAT THAT OVER TIME. THAT THE BOARD ARE NOT THE BOARD, BUT EACH INDIVIDUAL BUILDING OR IN FROM AIR OR THAT.
TEACHERS ARE SUPPOSED TO GET NOTES FROM PHYSICIANS.
AS TO WHAT IS HAPPENING. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S TRUE OR NOT, BUT I'M HEARING THAT AND FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, AGAIN, FROM MY BACKGROUND, I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THIS MIGHT BE A HIPAA VIOLATION.
BECAUSE IT'S BASICALLY DISCLOSING WHO THE PHYSICIAN IS AND WHAT AND IF THERE'S ANY BIAS TO COME OUT OF THAT MIGHT BE CONSTRUED BY A BY BY SOMEONE WHO IS AN HR ATTORNEY THAT THAT THIS MAY NOT BE A LEGAL PRACTICE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S TRUE OR NOT, BUT I WOULD CHECK IT.
SO I JUST WANT TO THROW IT OUT THERE, BECAUSE I HAD HEARD THAT RECENTLY.
I'M JUST HAPPY TO BE HERE AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? ANYMORE. THERE WAS SOME SUBSET QUESTIONS ON HERE.
I WELL, HOW MANY MORE MINUTES I.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO REALLY HIT THE HIGH ONES FOR YOU.
BUT I KNEW I WAS GOING TO BE SHORT ON TIME.
AND THEN I ALSO HAD AN UPDATED RESUME AND HAD A FEW MORE THINGS ON THERE FOR YOU GUYS.
I WASN'T SURE HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD BE HERE TODAY, BUT I DO APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME.
AND THAT'S IT BECAUSE YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN KILLING IT.
SO WHAT DO YOU NEED ME FOR? THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING YOU.
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THIS IS. ALL RIGHT.SO YOU'VE GOT A MICROPHONE IN FRONT OF YOU, AND ANY TIME IT'S GREEN, YOU'RE ON.
ALL RIGHT. OUR SECOND CANDIDATE WE HAVE IS BAMINI PATHMANATHAN.
OKAY. I HAVE A I'M NOT GOOD AT THAT, SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
OKAY. YOU HAVE THE QUESTIONS IN FRONT OF YOU.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR COMING IN.
THANK YOU FOR APPLYING FOR THE POSITION.
AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS.
SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND START WITH THE FIRST WE HAVE ABOUT WE'RE GOING TO DO ABOUT 25 MINUTES OR SO.
SO ABOUT 4 TO 5 MINUTES PER QUESTION IS WHAT WE'RE SHOOTING FOR HERE.
SO QUESTION NUMBER ONE, TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF AND WHY DID YOU APPLY FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD AND WHAT ARE YOUR QUALIFICATIONS? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
LET'S SEE. OKAY, SO BEING ON THE BOARD WAS SOMETHING.
THAT I HAD THOUGHT ABOUT WHEN WE MOVED HERE IN 2008.
SO IT WAS ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT I WAS IN THE BACK OF MY MIND.
BUT AFTER WE MOVED HERE, WE STARTED WITH ELEMENTARY AND I GOT MYSELF INTO THE SCHOOLS, OBSERVING THE COMMUNITY, OBSERVING THE SCHOOLS, REALLY LIVING AND EXPERIENCING SCHOOLS THROUGH MY CHILDREN AND BEING A PART OF THEIR LIVES IS WHERE I FEEL I'VE GOTTEN MOST OF MY EXPERIENCES AS FAR AS PUBLIC EDUCATION GOES.
AND. THE PASSION AND THE CONNECTION TO THE EDUCATION.
NOT ONLY DOES IT COME FROM WATCHING MY CHILDREN, BUT IT IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT I'VE GROWN UP WITH.
MY MOM, I WOULD SAY, IS AN EPITOME OF A PUBLIC SERVANT THAT'S NOT ONLY JUST DOING SOMETHING FOR THE COMMUNITY, BUT IT IS LENDING HERSELF TO ANYONE IN NEED. AND THAT WAS QUITE IT WAS INSTILLED IN ME TO BE A PUBLIC SERVANT.
SO AS A PARENT, I FEEL LIKE MY EXPERIENCE COMES FROM ALWAYS WANTING THE BEST FOR THEM.
YOU'RE PAVING A PATH THAT IS GOING TO BE CONDUCIVE TO SUCCESS.
YOU ARE ALWAYS WORKING TO REMOVE OBSTACLES, TO WORK WITH BARRIERS THAT COME IN THEIR WAY.
SO THAT'S WHERE MY INTEREST REALLY, AND THE PASSION COMES FROM FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION.
I GOT TO EXPERIENCE WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
I SAW MY EXPERIENCE AS THROUGH THE CAMAS.
LET ME REFRESH MY MEMORY, BECAUSE THESE ARE THINGS THAT JUST KIND OF YOU DO, BUT THEN YOU FORGET.
MY EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE IS THROUGH HEALTH CARE.
BUT I DO FIND THE EXPERIENCE IN PUBLIC EDUCATION IS THROUGH MY CHILDREN AND BEING IN THIS COMMUNITY.
WHEN WE MOVED HERE, I STARTED OFF WITH THE MONTESSORI WHEN THEY WERE TWO YEARS OLD AND I LEND MYSELF OUT THERE TO DO AUCTIONS AND BE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN PARENTS AND THE TEACHERS. AND THAT WAS A AN EXPERIENCE FOR MYSELF FOR THE FIRST TIME.
AND THEN PTA THROUGH PRUNE HILL ELEMENTARY.
I KIND OF PUT MYSELF OUT THERE TO WHATEVER.
I DIDN'T AIM TO BE THE SECRETARY OR WHATNOT.
IT WAS WHATEVER I COULD DO TO EXPERIENCE THE ENTIRE PROCESS THAT WAS THAT.
AND SOMETIMES WHEN I DID VOLUNTEER AT THE SCHOOL, I WAS ALWAYS NERVOUS.
I'M LIKE, OH MY GOSH, WAS THAT TEACHER GOING TO ASK ME TO DO IT?
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WILL I KNOW WHAT TO DO? AM I GOOD ENOUGH FOR FIFTH GRADE? BUT IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS THAT YOU LEND A HAND THAT YOU REALIZE WHAT AN IMPACT THAT YOU HAVE IN WITH THE TEACHERS AND THE STUDENTS.AND THEN YOU SEE THE INTERACTIONS OF THE KIDS WITH EACH OTHER, TOO.
I VOLUNTEERED AGAIN AT THE SCHOOLS TO READ WITH CHILDREN, AND I DIDN'T REALIZE WHAT THERE WAS A NEED FOR THAT, JUST SOMEONE WHO WAS GOING TO LISTEN TO THEM READ BECAUSE THE TEACHERS CAN.
THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH THAT YOU CAN DO IN A DAY AND ALL THE PREPARATIONS THAT YOU DO AS A VOLUNTEER FOR TEACHERS, I DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY DO THEM IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE VOLUNTEERS TO DO THEM. SO THEIR WORK HOURS WASN'T JUST, YOU KNOW, 9 TO 5 OR 8 TO 5 OR WHATEVER IT WAS BEYOND THAT.
AND I THINK IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE DONE THAT.
WELL, YOU KNOW, NOBODY WANTS YOU THERE, AT LEAST NOT THE KIDS.
BUT YOU DO YOUR BEST AT THE GRADUATION TIMES.
NO, YOU KNOW, NONE OF MY KIDS EVER LOVED ME BEING PRESENT AT THOSE DANCES.
BUT THAT'S WHERE YOU LEARN A LOT ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS.
AND THEN I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE IN CITIZENS ADVISORY.
THAT WAS DEFINITELY SOMETHING I THOROUGHLY ENJOYED.
I WAS ALSO PART OF THE TIME CHANGE FOR THE SCHOOL.
I HAPPEN TO BE IN THAT COMMITTEE AT THAT TIME.
I ALSO I WAS ALSO THE VICE CHAIR FOR THAT COMMITTEE.
AND THEN I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE TO SERVE ON THE CAMAS EDUCATION FOUNDATION, WHICH WAS A WHOLE LOT OF FUN. BUT ALSO IT OPENED UP MY EYES TO HOW TRULY THE FUNDING WORKS A LITTLE BIT.
NOT THE ENTIRE THING, BUT YOU KNOW, TO SOME DEGREE, BECAUSE THOSE MINI GRANTS IS WHAT I CHAIRED AND WORKING WITH TEACHERS AND PARENTS AND KIDS WHO WERE APPLYING FOR FUNDS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, UNEDUCATED, I WOULD I WAS LIKE, WELL, WHY WOULD THEY NEED THAT? WHY DIDN'T THE SCHOOL HAVE THAT? WHY DO WE NEED TO PROVIDE YOU KNOW, WHY IS THE TEACHER ASKING FOR BOOK STUFF, MONEY FOR BOOKS OR, YOU KNOW, KIDS WHO WANT TO GROW GARDENS IN THEIR SCHOOLS? IT WAS MIND.
IT WAS SOMETHING THAT I LEARNED.
I DID NOT KNOW THAT ALL OF THAT EXISTED IN THE DISTRICT OR IN THE CLASSROOMS. I KNOW THERE WAS THE WORD THAT NEVER WILL LEAVE IS INNOVATIVE.
AND THAT WAS A HARD LESSON TO LEARN.
I ENJOYED WORKING WITH A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT I DID WORK WITH IN THAT FOUNDATION, THE AUCTION.
ALL OF IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR LEARNING AND I ONLY WISH THAT EVERY MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AT LEAST THE PARENTS, IF NOT THE COMMUNITY, HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE PART IN THAT.
YOU DO LEARN A LOT MORE FROM THAT THAN THE WEBSITES.
SO I DID THE CAMAS EDUCATION FOUNDATION ALSO WORKED WITH THE STUDENT WELLNESS ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR SEVERAL YEARS, GOT INTO THAT AS A DIETITIAN WITH KNOWLEDGE AND NUTRITION AND SO FORTH.
WE HAD LOTS OF PEOPLE THAT WORKING IN THE COMMUNITY, PHYSICIANS THAT WANTED TO BE A PART OF THAT.
PEDIATRICIANS WORKED WITH AWARENESS, HEALTH AWARENESS AT EVENTS LIKE THE DATE THAT WE DID THAT IN, JUST TO BRING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER. SO THAT WAS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY THAT I GOT TO PARTICIPATE IN.
SO SINCE 2008, I DO MY BEST TO BE PRESENT AT DIFFERENT CAPACITIES BECAUSE YOU CAN'T JUST BE FOCUSED ON ONE THING, THEN YOU JUST LEARN THAT PIECE.
AS AN OBSERVER, YOU ARE VERY QUICK TO CRITICIZE.
BUT UNTIL YOU ARE PART OF SOMETHING, YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW IT FUNCTIONS.
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BE. I CAN BE VERY EASY OR GOOD AT BEING AN OBSERVANT AND CRITICIZE THINGS TO LIKE.THAT'S KIND OF A HUMAN NATURE.
BUT I AM GLAD THAT I GOT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN.
THANK YOU, VIRMANI, FOR APPLYING AND BEING HERE.
MY QUESTION TO YOU IS HOW DO YOU PLAN TO BALANCE COMMUNITY INTERESTS AND PRIORITIES WITH YOUR OWN INTERESTS AND PRIORITIES WITH THE NEEDS OF THE 7000 STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT WE SERVE? I THINK AS A BOARD MEMBER, IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND YOUR PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY.
AND THAT PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY AS A BOARD MEMBER, I FEEL, IS THE COMMUNITY.
THAT YOU'RE SERVING AND THE INTEREST OF THE STUDENTS AND THAT COMMUNITY CAN INCLUDE, OBVIOUSLY, THE DISTRICT, THE TEACHERS, THE STAFF, THE STUDENTS. BUT WE ALSO DON'T EXIST IN A BUBBLE.
THE COMMUNITY OF CAMPUS IS ALSO TO BE ABSOLUTELY CONSIDERED.
SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS, I THINK, NEED TO BE CONSIDERED.
AND SO I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT LIKE HOW.
DO YOU BESIDES GET ON AN INTERNET AND CHECK OUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS TOWN? HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT PEOPLE NEED? YOU KNOW, YOU ARE A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH TO LEARN WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO ONE APPROACH TO BALANCING THAT, IT'S FINDING A COMMON GROUND.
I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DO PRETTY MUCH PROBABLY EVERY DAY, WHETHER IT'S IN A HOUSEHOLD WITH OUR KIDS AND PROBLEM SOLVING AND TRYING TO MEET EVERYBODY'S NEEDS IS ALWAYS REMEMBERING THE PRIORITY, THE DISTRICT'S PRIORITY, THE SCHOOL'S PRIORITY, AND THEN FINDING THAT COMMON GROUND.
ANOTHER STRATEGY THAT I THINK IS QUITE IMPORTANT IS JUST BEING IN THE KNOW, BEING OPEN, BEING LISTENING. SOMETIMES I FIND I.
YOU KNOW, YOU ASK, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU ASK YOUR KIDS FOR SOMETHING, YOU DON'T GET THE ANSWER, BUT YOU LISTEN TO THEM TALKING TO THEIR FRIENDS AND YOU'RE LIKE, WHOA, THERE'S THE ANSWER, RIGHT? SO IT'S GOING TO EVENTS AND BEING PRESENT AT SCHOOLS, REALLY BEING IN THE KNOW SO THAT YOU CAN.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T PUT YOUR BLINDERS ON FOR YOUR OWN INTERESTS AND JUST KIND OF.
YOU KNOW, PRETEND THE OTHER STUFF'S NOT HAPPENING.
THAT'S WHERE YOU DO PICK UP THE NEEDS THAT YOU MAY NOT SEE RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU.
UP TO DATE, STAYING ATTUNED TO THE NEEDS AND CONCERNS OF OUR FOLKS IN THIS DISTRICT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW WELL, SO BEING, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE, IF YOU'RE ABLE, I SAY VOLUNTEER LIKE THAT'S WHERE YOU LEARN ALL THE NEEDS THAT WERE PRESENTED IN THOSE EDUCATIONAL GRANTS.
I WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN OTHERWISE.
TALKING TO TEACHERS, BEING PRESENT AT THE PTA MEETINGS, I MEAN, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'D ALWAYS WISHED AS A PTA MEMBER BACK THEN WAS TO HAVE A PTA MEETING WITH ALL THE SCHOOLS.
I SO I THINK BEING PRESENT IS THE KEY.
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BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DO LOVE THAT I'VE ALWAYS SEEN IN THIS COMMUNITY IN ALL THE.COMMITTEES THAT I'VE BEEN IS ONGOING DIALOG.
REFLECTIONS OF WHAT'S BEING SAID.
AND OBVIOUSLY NOTHING CAN BE WORKED OUT IF YOU'RE UNWILLING TO COMPROMISE.
SO DOES THAT ANSWER THE QUESTION? WE'RE ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE PAGE, SO GETTING THERE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, BAMINI, AND FOR APPLYING.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO YOU AND HOW WOULD YOU AS A BOARD MEMBER CONTRIBUTE TO THIS BELIEF? OKAY. I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS QUESTION QUITE A BIT.
AND I THOUGHT, I MEAN, MEANING, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO ME? I FEEL LIKE IT REFERS TO STRATEGIES AND APPROACHES THAT SUPPORT FAIRNESS, INCLUSIVENESS IN A CLASSROOM.
THAT EQUITABLE TEACHING PRACTICES IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE SEEN IN CLASSROOMS. WHEN YOU VOLUNTEER IN YOUR CHILDREN'S CLASSROOMS, THE DIFFERENT METHODS, JUST HAVING A PARENT VOLUNTEER TO BE ABLE TO LISTEN TO A CHILD WHILE THE TEACHER IS DOING THE OTHER STUFF BECAUSE THERE'S OTHER CHILD REQUIRES THAT MUCH MORE ATTENTION ALL THE TIME.
THAT IS MEETING THE NEEDS OF A CHILD WHERE THE CHILD IS AT.
NOT COMPLETELY ENFORCING AND JUST MOVING FORWARD WITH YOUR AGENDA.
RIGHT. IT'S SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED TO SUCCEED AND REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.
SO I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS AND I THOUGHT IT'S QUITE APPLICABLE TO WHERE I MY EXPERIENCE AS AN ELEMENTARY KID, I. CAME IN NOT KNOWING ANY ENGLISH.
AND I FELT THAT IF IT WASN'T FOR SOMEONE RECOGNIZING THE DIFFERENCE, PUTTING ASIDE BIAS, MEETING ME WHERE MY NEEDS WERE, I WOULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF THOSE KIDS THAT KIND OF GOT, YOU KNOW, WOULD FAIL THE SYSTEM.
SO. IT'S ALWAYS SEEKING TO PROVIDE THE SUPPORT AND THE NECESSARY TOOLS SO THAT THESE KIDS CAN SUCCEED. AND I THINK THAT THE BIGGEST PART IS THAT PUTTING ASIDE THE BIASES THAT TEACHERS MAY FEEL OR THE BIASES TOWARDS THE CURRICULUM THAT YOU HAVE, BUT WILLING AND OPEN AND HAVING THAT EMPATHY TO PUT PUT SOME MORE EFFORT INTO THOSE KIDS THAT NEED IT, PROVIDING, FOR EXAMPLE, THE EXTRA VOLUNTEERING HOURS BY A PARENT TO BE THERE.
IN MY CASE, HAVING PROVIDING A TEACHER THAT WAS GOING TO TAKE ME ASIDE OVER THE SUMMER AND REALLY WORK WITH MY ENGLISH OR WHATEVER THAT NEED WAS AT THAT POINT LEARNING, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE THESE KIDS COMING FROM? WHAT'S THEIR CULTURE? I MEAN, FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE THAT I REMEMBER HAVING.
NOT NECESSARILY IN A EDUCATIONAL SETTING.
NO, THEY WERE TRYING TO ENFORCE THE PRACTICE THAT THEY HAVE AT THIS DAYCARE ONTO THIS CHILD WHEN THIS CHILD'S CULTURAL UPBRINGING WAS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
SO TAKING THAT MOMENT TO REALIZE THAT AND THEN TALKING WITH THE PARENT TO SEE WHAT DO YOU DO AT WORK, THAT WHOLE PUTTING A CHILD IN A HIGHCHAIR BECAUSE COMPLETELY FOREIGN, BECAUSE THEY'RE USED TO A PARENT THAT WALKS AROUND FEEDING THEM AND THAT'S THEIR FEEDING PRACTICE.
SO I THINK IT'S JUST BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT ENVIRONMENT TO STOP AND ASSESS, ACCEPT THEIR DIFFERENCES AND MEETING MEETING THEM AT THEIR NEED TO ME IS A FAIR AND JUST APPROACH TO HAVING SOMEONE SUCCEED AND NOT FAIL. HE HAS.
LIKE I WROTE DOWN THINGS, BUT THEN I'M LIKE, DID I COVER ALL THAT? SORRY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
QUESTION NUMBER FOUR WHAT DO YOU SEE AS OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES IN THE DISTRICT?
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ALL RIGHT. FUNDING IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A QUESTION.BUT YOU DON'T REALIZE YOU CAN'T REALLY RUN ANYTHING WITHOUT THAT.
IT'S WISHFUL THINKING IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING, YOU'RE MISSING OUT ON QUALITY EDUCATION, QUALITY TEACHERS, QUALITY PROGRAMS, TECHNOLOGY. ALL OF THOSE THINGS WOULDN'T EXIST IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT.
AND I AM GRATEFUL AS A PARENT THAT CAMAS HAS BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT THE COMMUNITY THAT WE LIVE IN SUPPORT THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME IT'S BEEN A SUCCESS BECAUSE THEY PROVIDE THAT.
SO LIMITED FUNDING WILL NOT WILL CREATE STRUGGLE FOR THE DISTRICT.
SO THAT'S A REALITY THAT I FEEL LIKE IT'S AN ONGOING THING THAT WE HAVE TO WORK ON ACHIEVEMENT GAPS. I FEEL THAT WE DO OUR BEST TO KEEP THAT GOING.
HOW MUCH CATCHING UP WITH PLAYING WITH WHAT HAPPENED IN 2020.
SO I DO WONDER HOW MUCH I MEAN, FROM A YOU KNOW, FROM WHERE I WORK OR HEALTH CARE WISE, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST KIND OF LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO CATCH UP.
WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THE COMFORT POINT.
AND I CAME TO REALIZE THAT MAYBE WE NEED TO JUST MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE IT'S A NEW THING.
WE CAN'T TRY TO FIX WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE 2020.
AND SO I WONDER WHAT TEACHERS AND THE DISTRICT LIKE.
HOW MUCH ARE WE STRUGGLING TO CATCH UP FROM WHAT WE MISSED OUT? AND THAT WAS JUST FROM COVID.
SO BUT, YOU KNOW, THE GAP IS A REALITY.
AND THAT COMES WITH FUNDING TO HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT VOLUNTEERS BUT LIKE THE SPECIAL NEEDS HELPS THAT WE NEED TEACHERS THAT HAVE TO HELP THOSE KIDS. LIKE, I WONDER IF WE'RE MISSING OUT ON THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING, BUT THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON SO THAT WE DON'T MISS OUT ON THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE KIDS AS WELL.
TEACHERS IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN QUALITY TEACHERS AGAIN COMES DOWN TO FUNDING AND KEEPING UP WITH HIRING AND RETAINING ALL THESE WONDERFUL TEACHERS.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, IN TALKING WITH SOME OF THE TEACHERS, IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM OPPORTUNITIES TO ENHANCE THEIR EXPERIENCE IN EDUCATION. SO ALL THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ARE IMPORTANT SO THAT THEY ARE UP TO DATE ON WHAT THEY ARE LEARNING AND PROVIDING FOR OUR CHILDREN.
I FEEL IN JUST FROM EXPERIENCE IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, FOR ME, WITH MY CHILD, THEIR MENTAL HEALTH IS.
I THINK WE'VE GOTTEN TO THE POINT OF ACKNOWLEDGING IT.
I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON PROVIDING MORE RESOURCES.
YOU KNOW, WHERE DO WE GET THE RESOURCE AND HOW DO WE FIND THE RESOURCE.
BUT I ALSO DON'T WANT TO JUST TOUCH UPON THESE THINGS AND THEN NOT WORK ON FIXING THEM.
SO DEFINITELY THAT'S AN AREA THAT WE NEED TO IT'S A STRUGGLE.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THE ANSWERS FOR THAT.
SAFETY, WHICH WAS IN OUR FACES BEFORE, I GUESS WAS BEFORE 2020 AS FAR AS SCHOOL SAFETY.
SO I FEEL LIKE YOU CAN GO OFF LISTING A LOT OF STRUGGLES THAT WE HAVE THAT CHALLENGES ENROLLMENT.
IT FEELS LIKE IT SHOULD BE A NO BRAINER OR IT'S JUST EASY.
SO IT'S CONTINUOUSLY WORKING TO KEEP UP WITH THAT IS ALSO IMPORTANT.
AT THE. OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE IS THE COMMUNITY THAT WE LIVE IN.
I FEEL LIKE AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE COMMUNITY, WE CAN BE PRETTY INVOLVED.
AND IT IS A VERY VIBRANT COMMUNITY.
IT IS. THEY ARE WILLING TO HELP.
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AND I DON'T KNOW, IT'S REALLY IT'S NOT EASY TO BE ON TOP OF IT, BUT IT IS ONE THING THAT WE NEED TO TRY TO BE ON TOP OF IS MEETING THE COMMUNITY AND GETTING THEM INVOLVED.IT'S THOSE PTA OPPORTUNITIES, IT'S COMMUNITY EVENTS, GETTING THEM INVOLVED IN THAT WAY THAT THEY CAN SEE WHAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS PROVIDING, WHAT WE ARE GROWING.
AND I'M ALWAYS IMPRESSED WHEN I FIND A LOCAL HERE.
INITIALLY WHEN I MOVED HERE, I DIDN'T THINK THERE WERE ANY LOCALS.
YES. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S WHAT DO WE DO TO RETAIN THAT? AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE FUTURE IS THE GROWTH FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
BUT I DO FIND THAT COMMUNITY IS OUR STRENGTH.
THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE TWO QUESTIONS LEFT IN ABOUT 4 MINUTES OR SO, BUT THESE ONES ARE GOOD.
THE LAST ONE IS KIND OF A CATCH ALL.
BUT NUMBER FIVE, WHAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITIES OF A SCHOOL BOARD? OKAY. FIRSTHAND.
THE ONE THING THAT I DIDN'T EXPECT WAS HIRING A SUPERINTENDENT.
WELCOME. THAT WAS A HUGE DEAL AND A HUGE PART OF THIS COMMITTEE FOR THIS BOARD.
SO I THINK THAT'S A HUGE RESPONSIBILITY OF THIS SCHOOL BOARD.
KIND OF FUELS US AND FEEDS US TO FUNCTION.
SO GETTING OUT THERE, BEING WILLING TO LISTEN, ENGAGE IN DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS.
I LOVE THAT THE DISTRICT IS WILLING TO ENGAGE IN THOSE DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS, THINGS THAT PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT, BUT IT'S IN-YOUR-FACE AND WE SHOULDN'T PUT OUR YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, WE CAN'T JUST CLOSE OUR EYES AND PRETEND THAT NOBODY IS LOOKING OR THAT NOTHING IS HAPPENING.
SO THE RESPONSIBILITY IS TO GET OUT THERE, FIGURE OUT WHAT'S WORKING AND WHAT'S NOT WORKING.
BE RESPECTFUL TO COLLABORATE ALWAYS BETWEEN THE DISTRICT AND THE SCHOOLS AND THE STAFF.
ONE OF THE THINGS IN MY EXPERIENCE WITH BEING ON DIFFERENT BOARDS IS THAT THE STAFF IN THIS BUILDING, THEY'RE ALWAYS OPEN AND WILLING TO LISTEN AND TO HELP. IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, YOU DON'T REALLY NEED TO GO.
AND I THINK THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD ALLOWS FOR THAT AS WELL.
I MEAN, I CAN APPROACH ANYONE AND FIND ANSWERS OR AT LEAST FIND THE CONNECTIONS TO FIND MY ANSWERS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME IS INTEGRITY.
AND I FEEL THAT THE BOARD HAS THAT AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S TAKEN FOR GRANTED.
SO YOU HAVE TO DO WHAT YOU CAN TO MAINTAIN THAT AND THAT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF A SCHOOL BOARD.
TO ACCEPT DIFFERENCES OF OPINION, AND THAT'S HARD TO DO.
AND I FIND THAT THE BOARD DOES THAT REALLY WELL BEING CIVIL.
CALMNESS AND IN A CIVILIZED MANNER.
YOU KNOW, THE BOARD IS THE FACE OF THE DISTRICT.
AND YOU KNOW, MY LEAST FAVORITE TOPIC.
OH. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE ALWAYS ENJOYED IS YOUR IS THE THING THAT THE DISTRICT DOES AND THE BOARD IS PARTICIPATED IN COLLECTING DATA, ASSESSING, TRYING TO SEE WHAT WORKS, WHAT DOESN'T WORK.
SO YOU'RE NOT WASTING YOUR TIME AND ENERGY AND OR TAXPAYERS MONEY AND TRYING TO DO SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO FAIL, LIKE ALL THE FOCUS GROUPS THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED. THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT I THINK ARE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE BOARD AND THE DISTRICT TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
ANYTHING DIRECTION TO MOVING FORWARD.
PEOPLE WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, HAVE EMPATHY, TOLERANCE, ACCEPTANCE.
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LIKE, THAT'S WHAT I SEE WHEN I THINK OF WHAT A FACE OF THE SCHOOL BOARD SHOULD LOOK LIKE.THANK YOU. WE STARTED ONE MINUTE LATE, SO I'M GOING TO TAKE ANOTHER MINUTE.
YEAH. SO THE LAST QUESTION, BAMINI.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU WERE PREPARED TO ANSWER THAT WE DID NOT ASK YOU? OKAY. I LOOKED AT ALL THE BUDGETS AND I WAS HOPING THAT WAS NOT GOING TO BE THE QUESTION, ONLY BECAUSE, TO BE HONEST, LIKE THAT IS SOMETHING IF YOU'RE NOT DOING IT ON A REGULAR BASIS, I'M NOT SURE IF I HAVE THE PERFECT ANSWER FOR.
SO IN THE BACK OF MY MIND THAT WAS THERE, BUT I WAS HAPPY TO HAVE THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAD.
GREAT. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN.
THANK YOU FOR APPLYING. THANK YOU FOR PUTTING YOURSELF OUT THERE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT IN MY HAT IN THE APPLICATIONS.
THANK YOU. GAIL WILL SHOW YOU OUT HERE.
SORRY TO MAKE YOU SIT FOR JUST A SECOND.
WE JUST WERE A QUICK LITTLE BREAK.
YOU CAN STAND UP AND STRETCH A LITTLE BIT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE.
WE JUST HAVE SIX QUESTIONS HERE.
I BELIEVE YOU HAVE THOSE IN FRONT OF YOU.
WE'LL TAKE TURNS GOING THROUGH.
WE'VE ALSO REVIEWED ALL OF YOUR APPLICATION PACKETS AND ALL OF THAT.
WE HAVE ABOUT A HALF HOUR TO GO THROUGH THESE.
SO WE'LL I'LL GIVE YOU WARNINGS IF WE'RE RUNNING SHORT ON TIME.
SO, FIRST OF ALL, TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF.
WHY DID YOU APPLY FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD AND WHAT ARE YOUR QUALIFICATIONS? EXCELLENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY? ALL RIGHT. GREAT. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO REVIEW MY APPLICATION MATERIALS AND TO INVITE ME TO INTERVIEW.
AND I'D LIKE TO START OFF BY TELLING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF.
I AM A PROUD CAMAS RESIDENT AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, A PROUD CAMAS PARENT.
AND MY FAMILY AND I CAME HERE SPECIFICALLY ALMOST NINE YEARS AGO BECAUSE OF THE CAMAS SCHOOLS, BECAUSE OF THE STELLAR REPUTATION THAT CAMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS FROM THE TIME THAT MY DAUGHTERS WERE AT DOROTHY FOX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, I STARTED VOLUNTEERING IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
THAT WAS BACK BEFORE COVID, AND SO I WAS STILL IN PERSON ALL THE TIME, AND NOW I'M HYBRID.
I LOVE SEEING THE ELEMENTARY STUDENTS WITH THEIR, YOU KNOW, SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY AND, YOU KNOW, FOLLOWING THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD BEGINNING IN MIDDLE SCHOOL WHEN THERE WEREN'T AS MANY CLASSROOM OPPORTUNITIES TO VOLUNTEER, I VOLUNTEERED MAINLY AT TRACK MEETS AND THEN REALIZED THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE ON THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHICH IS WHERE I MET YOU COREY MANY YEARS AGO.
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THE STUDENTS AS WE HAD THE STUDENT PRESENTATIONS, YOU KNOW, COME IN AND TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT SENIOR BOARDS OR THE PROJECTS THEY ARE ENGAGED IN.I REALLY ENJOYED MY TIME ON THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
A COUPLE OF THE INITIATIVES THAT WE ADDRESSED AT THAT TIME OR TALKED ABOUT.
ONE WAS CHANGING THE THE HIGH SCHOOL STARTING TIMES.
AND SO THAT WAS GREAT TO SEE THAT CONSISTENCY ACROSS THE SCHOOLS.
WHEN MY TENURE WITH THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE ENDED, I THEN APPLIED TO BE ON THE CAMPUS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION BOARD AND SPENT THREE YEARS ON THE BOARD, AND SO MY TENURE ENDED THERE LAST JUNE.
IN ADDITION, I HAVE LOVED SERVING IN THE HIGH SCHOOL ON THE FOUR SENIOR BOARDS AND AGAIN HEARING THE SENIORS PRESENT THEIR PROJECTS AND THEIR LEARNING AND SEEING HOW MANY OF THEM ARE THEN LEVERAGING THAT INTO THEIR NEXT STEP BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL.
MY ROLE ON THAT BOARD IS AS THE EARLY CHILDHOOD EXPERT, AND SO I MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ADHERING TO THE STATE REGULATIONS AS WELL AS THE FEDERAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS, AND THEN ALSO THE BOARD MEMBER DUTIES SUCH AS MANAGING AND APPROVING THE BUDGET, WORKING WITH THE PERSONNEL, APPROVING HIRING, AND THEN ALSO JUST OVERSEEING THE GENERAL PROGRAM OPERATIONS IN COLLABORATION WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THERE.
SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME PROFESSIONALLY.
I HAVE MY DOCTORATE IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP ADMINISTRATION AND POLICY FROM PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY.
AND FOR THE PAST 11 YEARS, I HAVE WORKED IN HIGHER EDUCATION.
AND I AM THE PROGRAM LEAD AND FACULTY IN THE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND FAMILY STUDIES PROGRAM.
AND I ALSO TEACH PART TIME AS CORE FACULTY AT PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY AND THEIR DOCTORAL PROGRAM.
I TEACH THEIR ACTION RESEARCH METHODOLOGY COURSEWORK.
BUT THEN IDENTIFYING, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE QUESTION? WHAT'S A HYPOTHESIS THEN WHAT DATA CURRENTLY EXIST IN RELATION TO THAT PARTICULAR QUESTION OR TOPIC THAT THEY'VE IDENTIFIED? AND THEN WHAT ACTIONS COULD THEY TAKE TO SEE IF THAT WOULD IMPACT AND MAKE CHANGE WITHIN THEIR ORGANIZATION, WITHIN THEIR DISTRICT? AND THEN ANALYZING THOSE RESULTS, REFLECT ON WHAT THEY LEARNED AND THEN CONTINUING THOSE ITERATIVE CYCLES OF INQUIRY.
SO THAT IS WHAT I TEACH AT PEPPERDINE.
AND PRIOR TO MY WORK AT THE IN HIGHER EDUCATION, I LED EARLY LEARNING PROGRAMS FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
I HAVE WORKED AS A PRESCHOOL TEACHER.
I WORKED AS A DIRECTOR OF EARLY CHILDHOOD SERVICES FOR A STATEWIDE MIGRANT HEAD START PROGRAM THAT SERVES NEARLY 4000 INFANTS, TODDLERS AND PRESCHOOLERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF OREGON. SO I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT EDUCATION FROM WORKING WITH OUR EARLIEST LEARNERS, MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE PREPARED FOR SUCCESS WHEN THEY TRANSITION INTO KINDERGARTEN.
AND THEN PARTICULARLY LOOKING AT PROVIDING EQUITABLE PATHWAYS FOR OUR STUDENTS WHEN THEY LEAVE HIGH SCHOOL AND LOOKING AT WHETHER IT BE THE STUDENT WHO ISN'T SURE WHAT THEY WANT TO DO AND WANT TO TAKE SOME COURSES AT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE OR THE STUDENT WHO KNOWS FOR CERTAIN THAT THEY'RE READY TO GO ON TO A FOUR YEAR UNIVERSITY.
I ENJOY WORKING IN THAT POST-SECONDARY REALM TO REALLY WORK WITH STUDENTS AND TO IDENTIFY WHAT THEIR GOALS ARE, WHAT THEIR INTERESTS ARE, AND HELP MAKE SURE THAT THEY FIND A CAREER PATHWAY THAT WORKS FOR THEM.
SO WHY DID I APPLY FOR THE BOARD? BECAUSE I AM PASSIONATE ABOUT PUBLIC EDUCATION.
I AM PASSIONATE ABOUT GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND CAMAS SCHOOLS HAS A STELLAR REPUTATION IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE A PART OF CONTINUING TO ENSURE THAT CARRIES ON AND EVOLVES MOVING FORWARD.
THANK YOU, DON, FOR BEING HERE AND FOR APPLYING.
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QUESTION NUMBER TWO. HOW DO YOU PLAN TO BALANCE COMMUNITY INTERESTS AND PRIORITIES WITH YOUR OWN INTERESTS AND PRIORITIES AS WE SERVE THE 7000 STUDENTS IN CAMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT? SO I THINK FIRST AND FOREMOST, AS A BOARD MEMBER, IT'S NOT MY RESPONSIBILITY WOULD NOT BE ABOUT PRIORITIZING MY INTEREST, BUT RATHER REALLY MAKING SURE THAT THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS ARE AT THE CENTER OF ALL DECISIONS.CAMAS IS FORTUNATE TO HAVE REALLY INVOLVED FAMILIES AT EVERY LEVEL.
I'VE SEEN THAT AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL, THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.
AND I ALSO KNOW WITH BOARDS, WITH CAMAS BEING A SMALL TOWN, THAT THERE'S THE BOARD MEMBERS MOST LIKELY RECEIVE A LOT OF INPUT FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT IDEAS OR FEEDBACK ABOUT DECISIONS.
AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AS BOARD MEMBERS THAT WE KNOW THAT WE ARE REPRESENTING THE DISTRICT IN THE COMMUNITY, AND THEN WE ARE ALSO REPRESENTING THE COMMUNITY IN THE DISTRICT. SO IT'S REALLY THAT KIND OF TRANSACTIONAL RELATIONSHIP BACK AND FORTH.
ULTIMATELY WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING SURE THAT THE BOARD THAT WE'RE BALANCING INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO THE DISTRICT PRIORITIES.
ONE, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE TRANSPARENT, OPEN CONVERSATIONS WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
AND I THINK THAT CAN HAPPEN BOTH FORMALLY AND INFORMALLY.
I KNOW WHETHER IT BE YOU'RE AT FIRST FRIDAY OR AT A FOOTBALL GAME, YOU KNOW, HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND BEING OPEN TO FEEDBACK FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS IS REALLY IMPORTANT. OR, YOU KNOW, MEETING SOMEONE FOR COFFEE, MEETING A COMMUNITY MEMBER FOR COFFEE OR, YOU KNOW, TAKING A JOG OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE, BUT REALLY HAVING A VISIBLE PRESENCE AND BEING OPEN TO THAT FEEDBACK.
I KNOW THAT MANY TIMES THE FEEDBACK MAY BE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE HAVE FORESEEN OR WHAT THE BOARD'S VISION IS, BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO BE AN ACTIVE LISTENER AND TO SEEK TO UNDERSTAND AND ASK QUESTIONS, TO MAKE SURE THAT, ONE, WE'RE REALLY UNDERSTANDING THE OTHER PERSON'S VIEWPOINT IN CASE THERE IS A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION, BUT ULTIMATELY BRINGING IT BACK TO WHAT ARE THE DISTRICT PRIORITIES.
AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE 2020 UPDATES, THE 2020 PROGRAM AND GOALS AND.
WHILE IT'S IMPORTANT TO REALLY BALANCE THE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY, WE ULTIMATELY WANT TO MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON WHAT IS GOING TO MEET THE NEEDS OF EACH LEARNER AND WHAT IS GOING TO HELP US CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.
THE GOALS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND THE GOALS THAT HAVE BEEN AGREED UPON COLLABORATIVELY.
AT THE COLLEGE AT CLACKAMAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE, WE REALLY VALUE SHARED GOVERNANCE AND FOR US, SHARED GOVERNANCE IS THAT PROCESS THROUGH WHICH STAKEHOLDERS HAVE MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE INPUT.
SO AT THE COLLEGE LEVEL THAT THAT INCLUDES THE STUDENTS, THE CLASSIFIED STAFF, THE FACULTY, THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF, OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS THAT HIRE OUR STUDENTS, OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, THAT SERVICE PRACTICUM SITES FOR OUR STUDENTS.
AND BY PROVIDING MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES AND MULTIPLE VENUES FOR FOLKS AND STAKEHOLDERS TO GIVE THAT FEEDBACK AND TO HAVE THEIR VOICE BE HEARD AND ENGAGED IN THAT, ENGAGE IN THAT CIVIL DISCOURSE, I THINK IS IS REALLY CRITICAL.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO YOU AND HOW WOULD YOU AS A BOARD MEMBER CONTRIBUTE TO THIS BELIEF, WHICH YOU A LITTLE BIT ADDRESSED IN YOUR LAST QUESTION? YES. AND SO I CAN DIG INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
AND THEN BELONGINGNESS IS AN OUTCOME.
AND WE KNOW AS WE BECOME INCREASINGLY DIVERSE, WE HAVE A CHOICE ON AN ONGOING BASIS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DECISIONS, THE ACTIONS, THE STEPS THAT WE TAKE ARE HELPING TO PROMOTE EQUITY FOR EACH OF OUR STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE CAMPUS DISTRICT.
BACK WHEN I WORKED WITH THE MIGRANT HEAD START PROGRAM, WE DEVELOPED BILINGUAL EARLY LEARNING PROGRAMS SO THAT WAY WE COULD EDUCATE THE SPANISH SPEAKING PRESCHOOLERS IN OUR CLASSROOMS AND HONOR AND PROMOTE THEIR HOME LANGUAGE WHILE ALSO THEN BRINGING IN ENGLISH.
SO WE WERE PREPARING THEM FOR SUCCESS AS THEY TRANSITIONED INTO KINDERGARTEN INTO THE K-12 SYSTEM.
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MOST RECENTLY ON THE OTHER END OF THE SPECTRUM, MY TEAM AND I DEVELOPED THE COUNTRY'S FIRST ASSOCIATES OF APPLIED SCIENCE DEGREE IN EARLY CHILD EDUCATION AND FAMILY STUDIES.AND FOR US, THIS WAS REALLY A CONCRETE WAY OF LIVING EQUITY.
WE HAVE A D-I FRAMEWORK AT OUR COLLEGE, AND FOR US, AS WE LOOKED AT DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION, TO BREAK DOWN THAT BARRIER OF HAVING TO SPEAK ENGLISH WAS A WAY OF SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE HAVE TEACHERS THAT ARE ALREADY WORKING THERE, THEIR FAMILY, CHILD CARE PROVIDERS, THEIR HEAD START TEACHING ASSISTANTS, THE EARLY LEARNING PROFESSIONALS.
BUT THEY HAVE NOT HAD ACCESS TO GO TO COLLEGE BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T SPEAK ENGLISH.
AND SO AS WE LOOK AT BEING AWARE OF OUR OWN BIAS, WE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS IN THE COLLEGE SAYING, WELL, WHERE DOES IT SAY THAT YOU HAVE TO SPEAK ENGLISH TO GET A COLLEGE DEGREE? DOES IT ACTUALLY SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, IN THE OREGON, THE HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING COUNCIL? WHY CAN'T WE CREATE A DEGREE THAT'S ENTIRELY IN SPANISH THAT PROVIDES A PATHWAY, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS THAT PREVIOUSLY DIDN'T HAVE THAT PATHWAY? FORTUNATELY, OUR COLLEGE PRESIDENT WAS ON BOARD AND WE WERE ABLE TO APPLY FROM THE HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING COUNCIL IN OREGON TO RECEIVE FUNDING FOR THAT PATHWAY.
AND WE BEGAN IMPLEMENTING OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD SPANISH LANGUAGE PROGRAM AND FALL OF 2021.
WE'VE NOW HAD 150 STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM AND OUR FIRST COHORT WILL GRADUATE THIS JUNE.
SO LOOKING AT WHAT THAT MEANS HERE IN CAMAS, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE.
LOOK AT MAKING SURE THAT EVERY STUDENT HAS WHAT THEY NEED TO SUCCEED.
FOR ME, AN EQUITY ISN'T ABOUT THAT.
EVERY STUDENT RECEIVES THE SAME SUPPORTS, BUT EVERY STUDENT SHOULD RECEIVE INDIVIDUALIZED SUPPORTS INCLUSIVE OF THEIR EXPERIENCES, THEIR BACKGROUND, THEIR LANGUAGE, THEIR CULTURE. TO GIVE THEM THAT EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE FORWARD.
AS WE LOOK AT EQUITABLE TEACHING PRACTICES AGAIN, LOOK IN MAKING SURE THAT WE MEET STUDENTS WHERE THEY ARE AND WE WE HONOR AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT EXPERIENCE THAT THEY BRING WITH THEM.
AND ALSO THAT WE LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE OUR CLASSROOMS LOOK LIKE? WHAT DO WE SEE ON THE WALLS IN THE CLASSROOMS? WHO ARE THE TEXTBOOKS WRITTEN BY? DO WE HAVE TEXTBOOKS WRITTEN BY, YOU KNOW, OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, THE CAUCASIANS? DO WE HAVE TEXTBOOKS THAT REPRESENT THE DEMOGRAPHICS IN OUR COMMUNITY? AND AS THE BOARD.
I THINK OUR ROLE IS TO THEN, YOU KNOW, KIND OF HAVE SOME SOME OF THOSE DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS TO HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE, TO HOLD, YOU KNOW, THE SUPERINTENDENT ACCOUNTABLE AND ASK THOSE TOUGH QUESTIONS AND ALSO DIG INTO THE DATA.
YOU KNOW, AS WE LOOK AT THE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA THAT WE HAVE AROUND, WHETHER IT BE, YOU KNOW, PROGRESS OR GRADUATION DATA OR COMPLETION DATA OR GPA, BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, SLICE AND DICE THAT DATA, HOW ARE OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS DOING? HOW ARE OUR CHILDREN FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS DOING? SO WE CAN'T JUST LOOK AT THE AGGREGATED DATA, BUT REALLY LOOKING AT ARE WE MEETING THE NEEDS OF EACH OF THE STUDENTS IN OUR PROGRAM? AND THAT TO ME IS WHAT EQUITY IS ABOUT IS, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT ALIGNS WITH CAMAS, THIS MISSION THAT WE SEE EACH STUDENT AND THEN ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE GIVE EACH STUDENT THE SUPPORTS SCAFFOLD SERVICES THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
HI, DAWN. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
THANKS, TRACY. QUESTION NUMBER FOUR IS WHAT DO YOU SEE AS OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES IN THE DISTRICT? THANK YOU. AND.
SO I KNOW THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS FACE A LOT OF CHALLENGES.
AND IT SEEMS THAT WITH COVID, A LOT OF THOSE CHALLENGES HAVE BEEN EXACERBATED EVEN MORE.
WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITIES.
SO I'LL START WITH THE CHALLENGES FIRST.
ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IS ENROLLMENT.
I KNOW REMEMBERING A PRESENTATION THAT DR.
SNELL DID TO THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE YEARS AGO, HE LOOKED AT THE ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS AND KNEW THAT, YOU KNOW, THE STUDENT POPULATION GROWTH WAS GOING TO DECLINE A LITTLE BIT. BUT THEN WE KNOW THAT COVID EXACERBATED THAT WITH FAMILIES MAKING THE CHOICE TO EITHER GO ALL ONLINE OR IN SOME CASES FULLY MOVE OUT OF STATE AND CHOOSE TO GO TO A DIFFERENT DISTRICT WITH THAT ENROLLMENT.
THEN ALSO COMES THE CHALLENGE OF FUNDING.
IN WASHINGTON STATE, WE'VE HAD ONGOING FUNDING ISSUES AND IT SEEMS TO EBB AND FLOW A BIT.
BUT WITH FUNDING ATTACHED TO ENROLLMENT, THAT DEFINITELY PRESENTS A CHALLENGE FOR OUR DISTRICT.
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SO I THINK THERE ARE DEFINITELY TOUGH CONVERSATIONS TO HAVE AROUND THAT.AND I KNOW I THINK IT WAS LAST YEAR I READ AN ARTICLE ABOUT THE FUND BALANCE.
THE FUND BALANCE HAD TO BE TAPPED INTO, WHAT WAS IT, $5.8 MILLION.
LOOKING FORWARD THREE YEARS FROM NOW, FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, WHAT DECISIONS NEED TO BE MADE WITH THE BUDGET IN MIND? ANOTHER CHALLENGE IS CERTAINLY THE LEARNING LOSS.
AND THEN THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS ARE CALLING THE PRESCHOOL TEACHER SAYING, WHAT'S GOING ON? YOU KNOW, THE CHILDREN AREN'T READY TO LISTEN TO A STORY OR, YOU KNOW, TO REALLY BE READY FOR ACADEMIC LEARNING.
AND THEN WITH THE NAP REPORT THAT CAME OUT.
NOW WE HAVE THE DATA TO BACK THAT UP THAT, YEAH, LEARNING LOSS HAS BEEN VERY REAL.
SO I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY A CHALLENGE FOR TEACHERS AT ALL GRADE LEVELS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES AND SUPPORTS THAT THEY NEED TO MEET STUDENTS WHERE THEY ARE. BECAUSE THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHER, THE KINDERGARTNERS TODAY LOOK A LOT DIFFERENT THAN KINDERGARTNERS.
PRE-COVID DO A FRESHMAN IN HIGH SCHOOL.
TODAY, IT LOOKS A LOT DIFFERENT AS SOCIALLY AND ACADEMICALLY THAN WHAT THEY DID SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
SO MAKING SURE THAT OUR TEACHERS HAVE SUPPORT, HAVE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE TOOLS AND RESOURCES AND KNOWLEDGE THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO MEET THE STUDENTS WHERE THEY ARE.
I KNOW IN HERE IN CAMAS YOU HAVE SMART START THE TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN, WHICH IS EXCITING, AND YOU ALSO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH ECF WITH HEAD START, AND I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY THERE FOR EARLY LEARNING, AND I THINK THAT'S AN AREA WHERE I COULD ALSO REALLY LEVERAGE MY KNOWLEDGE AND EARLY LEARNING TO SUPPORT CAMAS IN THAT AREA. I THINK LOOKING AT MULTILINGUAL PATHWAYS ALSO IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CAMAS.
MY DAUGHTERS TOOK SPANISH AND I WAS VERY EXCITED THAT WAS AVAILABLE TO THEM.
AND I KNOW THOSE PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN REALLY POPULAR.
AND I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT ALSO COULD HELP WITH THE ENROLLMENT ISSUE.
IF WE LOOK AT HAVING MORE SCHOOL CHOICE OPTIONS FOR FAMILIES TO CHOOSE FROM.
LOOKING AT MORE MENTORSHIPS, I KNOW YOU HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH BUSINESSES FOR INTERNSHIPS FOR STUDENTS, LOOKING AT OTHER CAREER TECH PATHWAYS.
SO WHAT ARE THOSE OTHER OTHER POST-SECONDARY PATHWAYS THAT WE COULD REALLY SOLIDIFY AND GIVE STUDENTS SUPPORT TO SEE WHAT THAT POST CAMPUS DISTRICT EXPERIENCE MAY LOOK LIKE? THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE ABOUT FIVE MORE MINUTES AND TWO QUESTIONS HERE.
SO, QUESTION FIVE, WHAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITIES OF A SCHOOL BOARD? THANK YOU. THERE ARE SO MANY RESPONSIBILITIES OF A SCHOOL BOARD.
I THINK MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT'S BEING OPEN TO FEEDBACK, ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY.
AND WE'RE FORTUNATE HERE THAT IN CAMAS WE'RE A SMALL COMMUNITY, WE'RE A VERY INVOLVED COMMUNITY.
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OR AT THE MOVIE THEATER AT LIBERTY AND HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.SO I THINK BEING OPEN TO FEEDBACK, ENGAGING IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND ENGAGING IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS RESPECTFULLY AND AGAIN, BEING OPEN TO ACTIVELY LISTENING.
ONE OF THE BIG RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SCHOOL BOARD IS TO HIRE THE SUPERINTENDENT, AND HOPEFULLY DR.
ANZALONE ISN'T GOING TO LEAVE ANYTIME SOON.
SO THAT ISN'T SOMETHING THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD IS GOING TO HAVE TO FOCUS ON.
BUT THEN ALSO MAKING SURE THAT THE DISTRICT IS MEETING ITS PRIORITIES.
AND PART OF THAT, TOO, IS DIGGING INTO DATA, LOOKING AT WHAT IS THE DATA.
AND SO DIGGING INTO THE DATA AND ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THAT DATA IS TELLING US, WHAT MAY WE NEED TO DO DIFFERENTLY, WHAT COULD WE DO DIFFERENTLY IF WE'RE NOT SEEING THE RESULTS AND THE OUTCOMES THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE? ANOTHER ROLE OF THE SCHOOL BOARD DEFINITELY IS BUDGET MAKING SURE THAT YOU ARE MONITORING AND APPROVING THE BUDGET, BUT THEN ALSO, YOU KNOW, MAKING SOME OF THOSE DIFFICULT BUDGET DECISIONS THAT I KNOW ARE LIKELY TO BE DISCUSSED IN UPCOMING SESSIONS.
AND THEN GOING BACK TO THE DATA, YOU KNOW, LOOKING, I THINK, STAYING ABREAST ON NOT JUST THE DATA FROM WITHIN THE DISTRICT, BUT WHAT IS RESEARCH SAYING, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN K-12 SYSTEMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY? WHAT ARE SOME MODELS THAT WE MAY NEED TO IMPLEMENT HERE, LOOKING AGAIN LIKE, YOU KNOW, START DOING THE START TIMES? I THINK THAT DECISION WAS MADE BY REALLY LOOKING AT RESEARCH AND DATA THAT HAD TAKEN PLACE IN OTHER DISTRICTS AND SEEING, WOW, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE INCREASED GPA AND, YOU KNOW, HIGHER SOCIAL EMOTIONAL WELLNESS.
DAWN, WERE THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU WERE PREPARED TO ANSWER TONIGHT THAT WE DIDN'T ASK YOU? NO, I THINK BETWEEN THE APPLICATION MATERIALS AND THEN THE QUESTIONS HERE.
CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION, THOUGH? WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR IN THE NEXT BOARD MEMBER? BECAUSE I KNOW BOARDS LIKE TO BE WELL ROUNDED IN TERMS OF THE REPRESENTATION OF WHO'S ON THE BOARD AND MAKING SURE THAT THE BOARD HAS CERTAIN SKILL SETS.
AND SO I'M CURIOUS WHAT YOU HOPE TO FIND IN YOUR NEXT BOARD MEMBER.
I'LL TAKE A STAB AT IT FIRST, I THINK.
I THINK SOME A COLLABORATIVE PARTNER IS PROBABLY IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST THING.
WE HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE TO HAVE A BOARD THAT WHILE WE DON'T ALWAYS WE MAY NOT ALWAYS AGREE ON EVERYTHING, WE'RE ALWAYS ABLE TO WORK WELL TOGETHER AND TALK TO EACH OTHER AND FIND THAT COMMON GROUND THAT YOU SPOKE OF.
SURE. AND I THINK OUR QUESTIONS KIND OF ALLUDE TO THE TYPE OF PERSON THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, THAT NOT ONLY THE COLLABORATIVE PIECE, BUT ALSO UNDERSTANDING THEIR THEIR ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT OF ALL 7000 STUDENTS.
BUT THIS IS THE WIDER SCOPE OF SUPPORT FOR THE PROFESSIONALS AND FOR STUDENTS.
AND SO TO HEAR THAT REFLECTED BACK IN ANSWERS IS IMPORTANT.
AND MORE TO WHAT COREY SAID, WE DON'T DO ANYTHING BY OURSELVES.
RIGHT? BUT AS A BOARD, WE HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES.
AND SO PLAYING NICELY TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, RESPECTING EACH OTHER, BEING GOOD LISTENERS, BEING ENGAGED IN THE COMMUNITY AGAIN, WHAT ERICA SAID ABOUT THE KINDS OF QUESTIONS THAT WE ASKED THAT REALLY BEING REALLY FOCUSING ON EVERY STUDENT IN OUR DISTRICT, RIGHT. THAT'S OUR FIRST AND FOREMOST DUTY IS TO LOOK OUT FOR ALL OF OUR KIDS BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY HAS A REPRESENTATIVE HERE ADVOCATING FOR THEM.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS THAT.
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RIGHT. AND SO TOGETHER WHERE WE'RE BETTER WITH THAT DIVERSITY.I'M THE LAST ONE, SO I'LL DO WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE SAYS.
BUT A COLLABORATION, FOR SURE.
THEY CARE ABOUT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
AND EVERYONE IS LIKE, CAMAS HAS A VERY SPECIAL PLACE.
AND SO ALL THESE PEOPLE WHO APPLIED CAME HERE BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BE HERE AND THEY LOVE CAMAS, WHICH IS WHY WE ALL ARE HERE, RIGHT? AND SO I THINK WE DO HAVE A WELL ROUNDED BOARD AND I THINK ANYONE'S GOING TO BE A GREAT ADDITION.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE LIKE, YOU KNOW, COREY'S A TEACHER AND CONNIE'S IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND I'M IN THE PUBLIC AND AND YOU'RE IN COMMUNICATION, SO WE HAVE A PRETTY WELL ROUNDED BOARD. SO I THINK WE THE SPOTS ARE GOING TO BE FILLED BY SOMEBODY.
THEY'RE GOING TO FIT RIGHT IN.
SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YEAH. WE ARE GOING TO RECESS THIS SPECIAL MEETING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[3. EXECUTIVE SESSION - (RCW 42.30.110 (h) - Approximately 40 minutes]
I'M GOING TO GIVE US UNTIL 6:45 TO BE IN THERE.SO WE ARE IN RECESS UNTIL 6:45.
OKAY. I BELIEVE WE ARE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[4. RETURN TO OPEN MEETING]
IT LOOKS LIKE CAMERAS ARE ROLLING.FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANTED TO THANK ALL OF OUR APPLICANTS FOR FOR THEIR TIME AND FOR THEIR DEDICATION TO THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY. I THINK I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD THAT THEIR PASSION FOR OUR COMMUNITY, FOR OUR STUDENTS AND FOR LEARNING REALLY SHOWN. AND IT'S DEFINITELY A DIFFICULT DECISION.
AND EACH ONE BRINGS A CERTAIN SET OF STRENGTHS THAT WOULD WOULD SERVE OUR COMMUNITY WELL.
AND AND AGAIN I JUST THINK THANK ALL THREE FOR APPLYING.
SO WITH THAT I DO NEED TO DO A ROLL CALL VOTE TO APPOINT OUR NEW BOARD MEMBER FOR THE DISTRICT FOR POSITION THAT WILL SERVE OUT THE REMAINDER OF THE TERM UNTIL THE NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION.
SO IF WE ARE READY AND THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, I'LL RUN DOWN THE DIAS HERE.
MY VOTE IS FOR BAMINI PATHMANATHAN.
MY VOTE IS FOR BAMINI PATHMANATHAN.
TRACY MALONE. MY VOTE IS FOR BAMINI PATHMANATHAN.
AND FOR MYSELF. COREY MCENRY I VOTE FOR BAMINI PATHMANATHAN.
SO WITH A 4-0 DECISION BAMINI PATHMANATHAN IS APPOINTED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND WE WILL SWEAR BAMINI IN AT OUR REGULAR MEETING ON FEBRUARY 26TH.
WITH THAT, WE ARE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.