Sep 25, 2023 School Board Meeting

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GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY, AND WELCOME TO OUR SEPTEMBER 25TH BOARD MEETING.

[1. REGULAR MEETING CALL TO ORDER - 5:30 PM]

ALLEGIANCE].

ERIKA COX WILL BE RECITING THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

THANK YOU. COREY. I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE GEOGRAPHICAL REGION OF CAMAS IS LOCATED ON THE ANCESTRAL AND TERRITORIAL LANDS OF THE CHINOOK AND COWLITZ PEOPLE AND THE CHINOOK ARE STILL FIGHTING TO BE A FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBE ON THEIR OWN LAND.

THANK YOU, ERIKA. NEXT ITEM TWO ON THE AGENDA IS OUR MILLTOWN PRIDE AWARD.

[A. Kristy Jones]

ANZALONE AND MANDY BUSBY, IF SHE'S HERE.

I'M NOT SURE I SAID THANK YOU, COREY.

I'M NOT SURE IF I SEE MANDY HERE IN THE CROWD.

IS CHRISTY HERE? HEY, CHRISTY.

SO CHRISTY WORKS IN THE LEARNING CENTER AND IS PART OF STUDENT SERVICES OVER AT LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL AND WAS NOMINATED BY HER TEAM THERE, INCLUDING HER PRINCIPAL.

AND WE'RE JUST SO EXCITED TO GIVE THIS MILLTOWN PRIDE AWARD TO ALL THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION FROM CHRISTY JONES.

SO, CHRISTY, CONGRATULATIONS.

COME ON UP.

. OH, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF VIEWERS AT HOME AND A LOT.

SO YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE SAID THAT.

I SAY A LOT. IT'S RELATIVE.

OKAY. OKAY. GOOD TO KNOW.

YEAH, I WORK AT LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL.

I WORK IN THE LEARNING CENTER AND I DO LUNCH PARA.

SO I KIND OF PING PONG BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THOSE TWO ROLES ALL DAY, EVERY DAY.

AND IT'S A LOT OF FUN GETTING TO WORK WITH THE STUDENTS.

AND WE HAVE A REALLY GREAT ADMIN TEAM AT LIBERTY AND THIS MAKES ME FEEL GOOD AND RECOGNIZED.

YEAH. THANK YOU.

YEAH, WE'LL GET IT TO.

ALL RIGHT, CHRISTY, THANK YOU.

AND CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN.

THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.

ALL RIGHT. ITEM THREE ON THE AGENDA.

[A. Discovery High School Student Report - Jack Harding]

WE HAVE A STUDENT REPORT FROM DISCOVERY HIGH SCHOOL AND DISCOVERY ZONE, JACK HARDING.

JACK, YOU WANT TO TAKE THE PODIUM THERE? HELLO, MY NAME IS JACK HARDING.

I'M THE SENIOR CLASS PRESIDENT AT DISCOVER HIGH SCHOOL.

HERE TO GIVE YOU YOUR UPDATE, FIRST OF ALL, WE HAD A GREAT FIRST DAY ASSEMBLY.

EVERYONE WAS REALLY EXCITED TO GET BACK TO SCHOOL.

NEXT, ASB WILL BE HOSTING OUR FALL DANCE ON OCTOBER 27TH.

IT'LL BE A FALL HARVEST FESTIVAL THEME.

EVERYONE'S VERY EXCITED FOR THAT.

NEXT, WE HAVE SEEING STEAM NIGHT AT DISCOVERY, WHICH HAS THE GOAL OF EDUCATING ELEMENTARY STUDENTS ABOUT SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, ART AND MATHEMATICS.

WE'RE STILL DETERMINING A DATE FOR THIS EVENT.

AND LASTLY, THERE WILL BE A MOUNTAIN VIEW ICE ARENA FUNDRAISER THE LAST FRIDAY BEFORE WINTER BREAK WHERE STUDENTS CAN SKATE AND SUPPORT DISCOVERY AT ASB THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JACK.

ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD FOR JACK? CAN YOU KEEP US POSTED ON THE STEAM NIGHT? WHAT NIGHT THAT YOU LAND ON? WE LOVE THOSE.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THAT MOVES US RIGHT ALONG.

HEY, WE'RE MAKING GOOD TIME HERE.

ITEM NUMBER FOUR HERE IS BOARD COMMUNICATION.

[A. Board Communication]

FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT CONNIE HENNESSEY IS ABSENT, EXCUSED FROM THE MEETING TONIGHT.

SHE IS IN GERMANY WHERE SHE GOT TO WATCH HER HER SON PLAY IN HIS FINAL EUROPEAN LEAGUE OF FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP, THE EUROPEAN SUPER BOWL.

BASICALLY, THEY CAME UP JUST SHORT IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

BUT I'M EXCITED SHE GOT TO GO OVER THERE AND WHAT A TEAM TO TURN AROUND FROM ZERO AND 12 LAST YEAR TO GO TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP I'M LEARNING A LOT ABOUT EUROPEAN

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SO ANYTHING ELSE YOU GUYS WANT TO SHARE? I'LL JUST GIVE AN UPDATE ON SOME INFORMATION.

OBVIOUSLY, I THINK WE ALL PARTICIPATED IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OVER THE WEEKEND, WHICH WAS VERY INTERESTING TO SAY THE LEAST.

BUT WE GOT THROUGH THAT AND I LOVE THAT WE'RE PARTICIPATING.

AND I THINK THIS WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT IT WAS HYBRID AND VIRTUAL, SO IT ALLOWED FOR A BETTER PARTICIPATION FROM THE DISTRICT.

SO I THINK THEY HAD RECORD TURNOUT FOR PARTICIPATION IN THAT THIS YEAR.

THE WASEDA ELECTIONS ARE COMING UP.

SO I THINK OCTOBER 1ST YOU SHOULD SEE SOMETHING TO YOUR EMAIL BECAUSE WE'RE VOTING FOR COMMITTEES.

AS YOU KNOW, I'M ON THE NOMINATION COMMITTEE FOR WASEDA, AND THEN WE ALSO WILL VOTE FOR THE ISD 112 POSITIONS, WHICH, IF YOU REMEMBER HEIDI ROSENBERG, SHE'S SHE'S ON THAT AND ALSO THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

SO YOU'LL SEE ALL THAT COME TO YOUR EMAIL, I THINK THE 1ST OF OCTOBER.

SO JUST REMINDING YOU GUYS TO VOTE FOR THAT.

ALSO ON THE WASEDA VANCOUVER SCHOOLS IS I TALKED TO SANDRA TODAY BECAUSE SHE IS UP FOR THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE.

SO IS SOMEONE FROM LONGVIEW WHO HELD THE POSITION, WHO WE MET WHEN WE HAD OUR DIRECTOR AREA MEETING.

BUT I JUST LIKE SEEING VANCOUVER IS PARTICIPATING MORE IN WASEDA.

THEY SEEM TO BE. AND SO I'M GOING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH SANDRA JUST ABOUT THAT ROLE THAT SHE WANTS TO TAKE ON.

SO THAT'S IT.

ON THE WASEDA FRONT.

YEAH, JUST TO ELABORATE ON WAS THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WHERE WE MEET AND WITH THE REST OF THE STATE OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS AND CREATE OUR PRIORITIES FOR THE YEAR, FOR OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES AND A LITTLE BANANAS BEING HYBRID FOR THEM.

BUT THEY'RE GOING TO FIGURE IT OUT AND WE'LL COME BACK TOGETHER FOR THEIR REVISED LIST AND GO THROUGH THAT.

AND AS A TEAM, WE CAN BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH OUR PRIORITIES FOR THE LEGISLATURE.

AND I KNOW WE'RE LOOKING ALREADY AHEAD AND SCHEDULING BEING INVOLVED WITH OUR OUR ELECTED, OUR ELECTEDS. LET'S JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT IN THE NEW YEAR.

AND SO WE SHOULD HAVE OUR PRIORITIES TOGETHER BY THEN AND THEN WE CAN INVITE THE COMMUNITY TO COME WITH US AND, AND BRING THE PASSION THAT WAS SHOWN DURING NEGOTIATIONS TO OUR LEGISLATORS.

SO THAT'LL BE GOOD.

SPEAKING OF, BOY, IT'S BEEN A LONG FEW WEEKS.

I'M GLAD TO SEE ALL FOUR CONTRACTS HERE THAT WE CAN DISCUSS TONIGHT AND APPRECIATE THAT.

I WILL JUST SAY ONE THING REALLY QUICK THAT I'M THE DAUGHTER OF A UNION PRESIDENT AND A UNION BUILDING REP, AND THIS WAS UNLIKE ANYTHING I'VE EVER SEEN BEFORE.

AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF LESSONS LEARNED FOR ALL OF US.

AND SO I'M GLAD WE'RE IN A POINT TODAY THAT WE CAN ACCEPT THESE CONTRACTS.

BUT I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN LEARN SOME THINGS THAT WE SAW AND HEARD FROM THE LAST FOUR WEEKS AS A COMMUNITY AND BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER IN SUPPORT OF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF AND ONE ANOTHER.

SO EVERYTHING THAT I'VE BEEN DOING IS PRETTY NEW TO ME, ESPECIALLY WITH.

IT WAS DEFINITELY CHAOTIC AT TIMES TO BE ONLINE WHILE PEOPLE WERE IN PERSON, BUT I FELT THEY HANDLED IT AS WELL AS THEY COULD AS AND ALSO JUST THEIR WEBSITE AND ALL THE INFORMATION IS QUITE INFORMATIVE, ESPECIALLY FOR SOMEONE WHO'S NEW TRYING TO LEARN AND TO GET CAUGHT UP ON THINGS.

I DO ENJOY THEIR SITE AND THEIR INFORMATION AND ALL THEIR WEBINARS AND THINGS THAT THEY HAVE FOR US TO LEARN FROM, AND IT REALLY DID HELP TO RECAPTURE SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT ON THEIR WEBSITE TO SEE OUR PURPOSE AS A BOARD, ESPECIALLY THROUGH THESE PAST WEEKS, THAT WHAT WE'VE, YOU KNOW, WORKED WITH.

AND SO DEFINITELY A LEARNING OPPORTUNITY.

AND I HAVE BEEN PRETTY IMMERSED IN IT IN THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS AND I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY AND TO SEE EVERYTHING IS BACK FUNCTIONING.

ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU.

I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO. I KNOW.

DR. ANGELO, IN PART OF HIS PRESENTATION TONIGHT, IS AROUND KIND OF THAT RESTORATIVE PROCESS FOR IT AFTER EVERYTHING WE'VE DONE.

SO I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT UP AND THEN WE'LL REALLY DIVE INTO THAT A LITTLE LATER IN THE AGENDA HERE.

ALL RIGHT. THAT BRINGS US DOWN TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

[5. PUBLIC COMMENTS]

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I DON'T HAVE SOMETHING PULLED UP HERE.

YEAH, I WAS JUST NOTICING IN THE AGENDA WE HAVE THE WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENTS IN, BUT JUST NOT AN ACTUAL ITEM FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

BUT THAT'S OKAY. I CAN.

SHE WROTE. THANK YOU.

PERFECT. I APPRECIATE THAT.

ALL RIGHT. SO ANYWAYS, I DO HAVE FIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS HERE THAT I'LL GO THROUGH IN THE ORDER THAT THEY WERE PRESENTED HERE.

BUT FIRST, OUR LITTLE DISCLAIMER HERE AT THE BEGINNING.

THE BOARD VALUES PUBLIC INPUT.

THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BOARD IS TO ACTIVELY LISTEN AND REFLECT ON PUBLIC COMMENTS THE BOARD MAY ONLY DISCUSS AND ACT UPON ITEMS INCLUDED IN THE WRITTEN AGENDA.

FOR THAT REASON, BOARD MEMBERS CANNOT RESPOND TO ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT CAN ASK THE SUPERINTENDENT TO FOLLOW UP ON ISSUES RAISED DURING PUBLIC TESTIMONY. GUIDELINES FOR PUBLIC INPUT EMPHASIZE THE RESPECT AND CONSIDERATION OF OTHERS.

BOISTEROUS CONDUCT WILL NOT BE PERMITTED AT ANY MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, NOR WILL ANY HARASSING OR THREATENING REMARKS BE TOLERATED.

COMPLAINTS ABOUT INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEES SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE SUPERINTENDENTS OFFICE AS A PERSONNEL MATTER.

THE BOARD REQUESTS THAT ANYONE WHO HAS SUBMITTED WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENTS REFRAIN FROM READING THESE COMMENTS DURING THIS PORTION OF OUR MEETING TO GIVE OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THESE COMMENTS.

EACH PERSON PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT WILL HAVE A TOTAL OF THREE MINUTES FOR A COMBINED TOTAL OF 30 MINUTES.

ONCE CALLED UPON, PLEASE STEP UP TO THE PODIUM, FACE THE BOARD AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

THE BELL WILL RING TO LET YOU KNOW YOUR ALLOTTED TIME HAS ENDED.

SO WE WILL GO IN ORDER HERE.

THE FIRST ONE IS CHRIS B.

GREAT. THANK YOU. CHRIS BOLINGER.

ERIC, I APPRECIATE YOUR KIND OF COMMENTS AROUND COMING OUT OF A PERIOD OF FOUR WEEKS THAT WERE KIND OF TUMULTUOUS.

THINKING ABOUT THE BOARD MEETING THAT WE WENT THROUGH ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO OR WHATEVER IT WAS.

I THOUGHT IT WASN'T THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO REALLY DO THIS BECAUSE THERE WAS STILL A LOT OF UNKNOWN.

AND I THINK WE WERE LEARNING STUFF AT THAT MEETING.

I WOULD SAY I WALKED AWAY FROM THAT MEETING DISAPPOINTED AND I ON A FEW DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS.

THE FIRST IS THAT I THINK WHEN ALL OF US COME TO THESE TYPES OF MEETINGS, WE SHOULDN'T BE LOOKING FOR THE BOARD OR THE SUPERINTENDENT TO BUILD NARRATIVES.

I THINK WE COME TO THIS TO HEAR KIND OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND GET INSIGHT INTO HOW WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT THINGS.

AND I THOUGHT THAT MEETING HAD A LITTLE BIT OF NARRATIVE BUILDING AROUND WHY THE SUPERINTENDENT HAD TAKEN HIS POSITION AND.

IF YOU LISTEN TO THE FACTS PRESENTED IN THAT MEETING, THERE WERE OBVIOUS HOLES WHERE THE NARRATIVE WAS OBVIOUS, RIGHT? X PERCENTAGE OF THE CAMAS BUDGET IS GOING TOWARD EDUCATORS, AND THAT'S HIGH.

AND X PERCENTAGE IS GOING TOWARD ADMINISTRATORS.

THAT'S LOW. YOU NEVER HEARD ANY ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT, YEAH, THE ACTUAL RAINY DAY FUND THAT WE HAVE LOOKS LIKE IT'S ONE OF THE BEST FUNDED IN THE STATE.

SO IT JUST KIND OF GOES TO THAT.

ARE WE BUILDING NARRATIVES OR ARE WE BUILDING INSIGHT? AND I THINK SIMILARLY, WHEN WE WERE DOING WHEN YOU WERE PUTTING OUT PRESS RELEASES ON THESE TOPICS, I WOULD HAVE EXPECTED INSIGHT INTO SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE HEARING, RIGHT? WE'RE HEARING THINGS LIKE THE STATE HAS PROVIDED FUNDS FOR A COLA INCREASE.

WE'RE HEARING THE STATE HAS PROVIDED MONEY FOR CLASS SIZES.

THAT WAS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUT IN FRONT OF THOSE TYPES OF FACTS THAT ARE OUT THERE IN THE ETHOS AND ANSWER THEM OR SPEAK TO THEM.

AND I DON'T THINK WE GOT THAT AT ALL.

WHAT WE GOT AROUND THAT TOPIC WAS KIND OF PROPAGANDA AROUND THE EDUCATORS AS OPPOSED TO KIND OF DIRECTLY ADDRESSING THOSE TYPES OF VARIABLES THAT WERE IN THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS.

SO WE WEREN'T GETTING AS PARENTS ANY ADDITIONAL INSIGHT INTO WHERE THE PROBLEMS WERE IN THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS.

THEY WERE JUST BLACK HOLES.

AND I'M HOPING THAT WE KIND OF REFERENCED A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THAT WE'RE GOING TO HEAR SOME OF THE STUFF THAT ENDED UP IN THE CONTRACT.

I'M HOPING SOME OF THIS STUFF, SOME OF THESE ISSUES GET FLESHED OUT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK AS PARENTS, WE STILL KNOW KIND OF WHAT HAPPENED THERE.

SUPERINTENDENT, YOU CAME FROM A SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY SUPERFICIALLY LOOK LIKE LOOKS LIKE IT HAS GREAT CULTURE. SO FOR MANY OF YOU PROBABLY REALIZE THIS, BUT CLARK COUNTY HAS HAS A LOT OF ISSUES.

IT'S PRETTY CLOSE TO TOXIC IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE STUFF WE'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF TO TWO YEARS IN TERMS OF THEIR RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR EDUCATORS AND STUFF THAT THEY'VE SEEN AT THE EXTREME.

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AT OUR NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS SUSAN C.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS SUSAN CASSIDY.

I AM HERE AS A MEMBER OF THE CLARK COUNTY DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES ADVISORY BOARD, AND I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME INFORMATION ABOUT A FEEL GOOD EVENT WE HAVE COMING UP IN OCTOBER.

SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW THAT OCTOBER IS DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS MONTH, AND EACH YEAR THE CLARK COUNTY DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES ADVISORY BOARD HAS A FREE PUBLIC EVENT WHERE WE GET TO ACKNOWLEDGE EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HELP TO SUSTAIN AND SUPPORT ALL OUR PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES DO HERE IN CLARK COUNTY.

AS PART OF THE BOARD, I'M CURRENTLY THE BOARD CHAIR.

I'VE BEEN ON THE ADVISORY BOARD FOR 16 YEARS NOW AND I'VE BEEN A SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER FOR 31 YEARS TOO.

AND SO I COME BY THIS NATURALLY, BUT I WAS REALLY PROUD LAST YEAR WHEN WE REVIEWED THE NOMINATIONS.

AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYONE WINS, BUT CAMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS NOMINATED AT THE TIME.

YOU HAD TWO SUPPORTED EMPLOYEES OUT HERE.

I AM NOT SURE IF THEY ARE STILL EMPLOYED AND OR MAYBE YOU'VE GROWN THAT NUMBER, WHICH IS GREAT.

AS AN EDUCATOR, I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD BE EMPLOYING THE DEMOGRAPHIC THAT WE EDUCATE.

AND SO EACH OF YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED AN INVITATION TO ATTEND THE EVENT.

IT IS, OH, MY PHONE HAS FALLEN ASLEEP.

IT IS COMING UP ON OCTOBER 11TH.

IT WILL BE HELD AT CLARK COLLEGE.

USED TO BE GEYSER HALL.

I THINK IT'S THE PENGUIN UNION BUILDING NOW AND SOCIALIZING AT 4:30.

THE EVENT KICKS OFF AT FIVE AND GOES UNTIL 6:30.

SO WE'LL BE HONORING SOME LOCAL BUSINESS LEADERS.

WE'LL BE HONORING SOME LOCAL EMPLOYEES AND SOME OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO HELP SUPPORT AND PROMOTE INCLUSION IN THE WORKFORCE HERE IN CLARK COUNTY. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE.

IT'S A REALLY FUN EVENT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT, PUBLIC COMMENT IS GEORGE M.

RIGHT. WE GET TO BE FRIENDS AGAIN.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WATCHING AT HOME, MR. MCARTHUR AND OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER HAS CHOSEN NOT TO BLESS US WITH HIS APPEARANCE THIS AFTERNOON.

I SPOKE AT THE LAST FULL BOARD MEETING LAST MONTH, NOT WITHOUT NOT WITH PLANNED REMARKS, BUT FROM MY HEART.

I JUST SPOKE WITH THE TRUTH ABOUT THE SITUATION I SAW UNFOLDING IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I TOOK THESE PAST FEW WEEKS AND I'VE DIGESTED WHAT HAPPENED.

AND I'M APPALLED AT THE MESSAGE THAT WAS BEING SENT TO OUR CHILDREN, OUR TEACHERS AND OUR PARENTS.

JASON MCEATHROM, THE DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS SERVICES FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, COULD NOT BE BOTHERED TO LOOK UP AND ACKNOWLEDGE ME EVEN WHEN I ASKED HIM TO DO SO.

HE'S THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF THE NUMBERS.

HE'S THE ONE TELLING US THERE'S NOT ENOUGH MONEY OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

IT'S ONE THING IF I'M NOT ACKNOWLEDGED.

I'M USED TO NOT BEING ACKNOWLEDGED.

I HAVE A HIGH PRESSURE JOB WHERE IF I'M CALLED A JERK, THAT'S PART OF MY JOB.

BUT IT'S A WHOLE NOTHER THING TO NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE AUTISTIC HIGH SCHOOLER THAT SPOKE RIGHT BEFORE ME.

TO NOT ACKNOWLEDGE AND PLAY ON YOUR PHONE WHILE SOMEBODY IS POURING THEIR HEARTS OUT ABOUT HOW MUCH THEY LOVE THESE SCHOOLS HERE.

AND TALKING ABOUT THEIR CHILD THAT DIED FROM CANCER AND NOT PAYING THOSE PEOPLE RESPECT.

IT'S NOT ONLY UNACCEPTABLE, IT'S OFFENSIVE.

ALONG WITH THAT, DR.

ANZALONE SENT NUMEROUS EMAILS TO PARENTS AND STUDENTS.

OUR STUDENTS GOT ALL OF THESE EMAILS.

THEY CONTAIN ONE SIDED INFORMATION THAT THROUGH THE CAMAS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION UNDER THE BUS.

WHY DO UPDATES NEED TO INCLUDE THINGS LIKE WE ARE DISAPPOINTED THE CAR IS REGRESSING? WHY DO THEY WORK SO HARD TO TRY TO PUT THE COMMUNITY AGAINST OUR TEACHERS? TEACHERS ALREADY HAVE ENOUGH ISSUES TO DEAL WITH IN THIS POLITICAL CLIMATE.

THERE'S ALREADY A LACK OF RESPECT, AND THIS RHETORIC HAS CAUSED IRREPARABLE HARM TO OUR COMMUNITY.

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DR. ANZALONE.

MR. MCKEITHEN.

IT'S GOING TO HAVE A RIPPLE EFFECT IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR YEARS TO COME.

THE BROKEN TRUST COULD LEAD TO PARENTS DECIDING TO HOMESCHOOL THEIR CHILDREN AND DECREASE OUR NUMBERS.

IT COULD LEAD TO PARENTS LEAVING THIS COMMUNITY.

WHY PAY HIGHER TAXES? WHY PAY HIGHER PROPERTY PRICES WHEN YOU COULD GO TO WASHOUGAL OR RIDGEFIELD OR BATTLEGROUND AND LA CENTER AND HAVE YOUR SCHOOL PERFORM IN JUST THE EXACT SAME WAY? WHY PASS A LEVY IN OUR COMMUNITY WHEN WE DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN TRUST YOU WITH THE FUNDS? THE FOLKS THAT YOU NEED ON YOUR SIDE TO VOTE THIS TO VOTE THOSE LEVEES INTO PLACE ARE THE ONES THAT WERE ON THE PICKET LINES WITH THOSE TEACHERS AND THEY WERE SUPPORTING THEM ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

THE FOLKS THAT WERE ON THE SCHOOL BOARD SIDE WERE ANTI-UNION.

YOU DIDN'T HAVE THEIR VOTE FOR THAT ANYWAY.

AND I ASK THAT YOU TAKE OWNERSHIP OF WHAT HAPPENED DURING THIS WORK STOPPAGE, AND I ASK AT THIS TIME.

FOR VERY GOOD REASON.

THAT MR. MCEATHROM BE REMOVED FROM HIS POST.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS NICOLE.

YOU.

KYLE. I'M NICOLE USHER.

I WASN'T PLANNING TO SPEAK TONIGHT, BUT I FIND IT IMPORTANT.

UM, I HEARD WHAT YOU SAID, AND I HEARD WHAT YOU SAID EARLIER TOO.

AND I THINK THAT YOU GUYS ALL MADE REALLY VALID POINTS.

BUT WHAT MY POINT IS THAT I WANT TO BRING TONIGHT IS.

WE AS A COMMUNITY.

I'M REALLY DISGUSTED OF WHAT HAPPENED THIS LAST MONTH ON ALL SIDES.

I'M NOT POINTING FINGERS AT ANYONE IN PARTICULAR.

I THINK A LOT OF US THREW ROCKS FROM OUR GLASS HOUSES.

AND OUR CHILDREN WERE WATCHING.

WE PREACH ABOUT BULLYING IN THE SCHOOLS.

AND I FELT LIKE THOSE WHO HAD THE LOUDEST VOICE.

WAS HEARD.

AND THOSE WHO CHOSE TO SIT BACK AND TRY AND LISTEN AND REALLY UNDERSTAND.

WERE SILENCED OVER ALL KINDS OF FORUMS, MAINLY SOCIAL MEDIA.

IT FELT LIKE IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE.

IF YOU DIDN'T AGREE WITH THIS SIDE, YOU WERE ABSOLUTELY MADE TO FEEL LIKE AN IDIOT AND IT WAS UNACCEPTABLE.

I AM SO TIRED OF HEARING THE PHRASE DO BETTER.

BUT NOW I FEEL LIKE I'M HERE SAYING IT TO US AS A COMMUNITY BECAUSE OUR KIDS SAT AND WATCHED THE WAY THAT WE ALL ACT.

WHEN WE DIDN'T AGREE, I FELT LIKE A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITY ACTED LIKE SPOILED BRATS.

I'M NOT SAYING WHICH SIDE BECAUSE BOTH SIDES MIGHT HAVE BEEN.

IT WAS UNACCEPTABLE.

AND IF WE DON'T WANT BULLYING IN OUR SCHOOLS, THEN US AS ADULTS NEED TO DO BETTER.

THANK YOU. OUR FINAL PUBLIC COMMENT IS TRISH B.

HI. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS TRISH FISHER.

I'M THE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE CLARK COUNTY DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES PROGRAM AND STAFF TO THE CLARK COUNTY DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES ADVISORY BOARD.

OUR BOARD CHAIR, SUSAN CASSIDY, SPOKE EARLIER.

WE'RE REALLY FORTUNATE TO HAVE SUSAN ON OUR BOARD FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

WE ALSO HAVE A NUMBER OF NEW ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS THAT COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT BUT THAT HAVE THE ROLE OF ADVISING THE CLARK COUNTY COUNSELORS ON ISSUES RELATED TO PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES IN CLARK COUNTY.

THEY ALSO ADVISE ON THE EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY OF THE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY PROGRAMS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AS SUSAN MENTIONED, WE ARE HOSTING THE NATIONAL DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS MONTH AT CLARK COLLEGE AND THAT MANY OF OUR NOMINEES AND AWARD WINNERS ARE FORMER STUDENTS OF OUR LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS, INCLUDING CAMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND LAST YEAR, CAMAS WAS NOMINATED.

I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT.

THERE'S SOME PEOPLE THAT DON'T BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES HAVE A LOT TO CONTRIBUTE, AND YOUR EMPLOYMENT OF PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES IS A VERY POWERFUL REMINDER THAT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES DO HAVE CONTRIBUTIONS TO MAKE.

AND WE HEAR IT FROM OUR OTHER EMPLOYERS AS WELL, IS THAT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES GET THE JOB DONE.

THEY'RE HAPPY TO BE THERE AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, GET THE JOB DONE.

UM, THE EVENT THIS YEAR, AS SUSAN MENTIONED, IS AT GEYSER HALL OR PENGUIN COMMONS.

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FORT VANCOUVER WAY, VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON.

THE EVENT WILL BE LIVE STREAMED, RECORDED AND AIRED ON KHVH-TV.

FOR THOSE THAT PREFER TO WATCH FROM HOME, THIS IS A FREE PUBLIC EVENT THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR REGISTRATION SO THAT WE KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE TO EXPECT IN PERSON.

FOR REGISTRATION INFORMATION, PLEASE EMAIL DD DOT PROGRAM AT CLARK WA.GOV OR YOU CAN CALL (564) 397-2130.

WE HOPE TO SEE THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT AT THE EVENT COMING UP ON OCTOBER 11TH.

AND IT'S JUST A IT'S A REALLY NICE TIME TO CELEBRATE.

WE GOT A LOT OF WE ALL HAVE SOME HARD JOBS TO DO AND IT'S A FUN TIME TO CELEBRATE THE GOOD AND HARD WORK THAT WE DO EVERY DAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF PUBLIC COMMENTS.

WE'LL NOW PROCEED WITH THE BUSINESS PORTION OF THE MEETING.

BOARD YOU'VE NOTICED THAT WE HAVE TWO ITEMS THAT WERE ADDED TO THE CONSENT AGENDA, AN ADDENDUM FOR HUMAN RESOURCES AND A TRAVEL REQUEST.

[6. ITEMS ADDED TO THE AGENDA]

[7. CONSENT AGENDA]

I WILL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

I SECOND. SO LET'S MOVE BY TRACEY SECONDED BY BOMANI.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED.

MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT.

[A. Summer School Report]

HOLT AND COMPANY.

SORRY. THAT'S OKAY.

I'LL JUST HOLD THE MICROPHONE.

OKAY. ARE THE SLIDES.

OKAY. GOT IT. ALL RIGHT.

I WENT WITH A LIVELY AND FESTIVE THEME FOR SUMMER SCHOOL UPDATE.

I HAD THE PRIVILEGE.

THIS IS MY THIRD YEAR DOING SUMMER SCHOOL FOR THE DISTRICT.

IT WAS AN HONOR WORKING WITH ALL THE AMAZING STAFF.

SO CHRISTIE WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF OUR PAIRS AND SHE DID AN AWESOME JOB.

THESE ARE TWO OF MY COORDINATORS.

I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE THEM LATER ON.

BUT JUST A HUGE THANKS TO THE STAFF, THE TEACHERS, THE PEREZ, MY COORDINATORS, EVERYBODY WHO HELPED US PULL OFF THE SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM.

I'M GOING TO DO KIND OF A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE WHOLE THING AND THEN INTRODUCE THEM AND LET THEM TALK ABOUT THEIR PARTS.

SO THIS WAS OUR BIGGEST SUMMER SCHOOL EVER.

SO I KIND OF PUT THE WHAT WE FOCUSED ON IN EACH LEVEL AN ELEMENTARY IT WAS GRADES ONE THROUGH THREE, AND THE PRIMARY FOCUS THERE WAS LITERACY.

AND WE HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD DATA.

SO LAST YEAR, I THINK COREY WAS ASKED ME IT WOULD BE GREAT TO SEE SOME DATA AND THIS YEAR I HAD SO MUCH DATA, I DID MY BEST TO SUMMARIZE IT, BUT GRADES ONE THROUGH THREE.

REALLY THE FOCUS THERE IS TO HELP STUDENTS GAIN LITERACY SKILLS OVER THE FOUR WEEK PROGRAM.

AND WE DID SEE THOSE GAINS.

SO THAT WAS ENCOURAGING.

AND SO WHEN WE STARTED SUMMER SCHOOL A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, JUST FRESH OUT OF COVID 19, WE HAD ABOUT 70 STUDENTS.

IN THIS YEAR WE HAD 150.

SO QUITE A BIT OF GROWTH THERE IN THE ELEMENTARY PROGRAM MIDDLE SCHOOL, DESPITE LOTS OF EFFORTS IN RECRUITMENT.

I THINK I HAD A LIST OF 180 STUDENTS.

I WAS ONLY ABLE TO GET 35.

AND SO I WORKED REALLY HARD.

BUT THAT'S WHAT WE HAD AND WE STARTED WITH 30.

AND IN THAT PROGRAM WE FOCUSED ON MATH, ELA AND SEL GOALS.

WE DID HAVE TWO REALLY FUN FIELD TRIPS, SO THAT WAS NICE.

AND THEN IN HIGH SCHOOL WE HAD OUR BIGGEST YEAR YET.

SO BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND CREDIT RECOVERY, WE HAD OVER 600 STUDENT SEMESTER CLASSES COMPLETED.

SO IT WAS QUITE A BIT.

THE OVERALL ENROLLMENT WAS 435 AND WHEN WE STARTED WE HAD ABOUT 180.

SO SUMMER SCHOOL HAS GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND I DO HAVE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE BOARD TO THINK ABOUT AS THE GRANTS THAT WE RECEIVE BASICALLY DURING COVID FOR UNFINISHED LEARNING.

THIS WAS OUR LAST YEAR OF THE GRANT.

AND SO THE FUTURE OF SUMMER SCHOOL IS UP FOR YOU ALL TO DECIDE AND WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO GIVE YOU INFORMATION ON THAT.

SO FOR THE ELEMENTARY PROGRAM, COLLEEN RUSH DID AN AMAZING JOB COVERING AND SUBBING.

SO I ACTUALLY WENT TO HAWAII FOR A WEEK AS THE LONGEST TIME I'VE HAD OFF IN A DECADE IN SUMMER.

SO THAT WAS NICE.

SO COLLEEN IS GOING TO DO OUR ELEMENTARY.

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SO THAT'S OUR SCREENER WE'VE BEEN USING FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS, 8 TO 12 MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

UM, IT WAS GREAT.

I HEARD LOTS OF TEACHERS TALK ABOUT THEY LOVED HAVING A PARROT IN THERE, SO THEY WERE ABLE TO RUN SMALL GROUPS WITH THE KIDS WITH SMALL CLASS SIZES.

THEY FELT LIKE THEY GOT THROUGH A LOT MORE OF THE MATERIAL WITH THE STUDENTS, AND IT WAS JUST MORE SUPPORT FOR THE KIDS.

YOU KNOW, THEY'D HAVE RECESS AND LUNCH.

IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE THEIR SPRING AMPLIFY.

AND WHEN WE FINISH UP THIS FALL VERSION TO SEE IF THERE WAS SOME GROWTH OVER THE SUMMER OR LIKE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT LEARNING LOSS.

SO. UM, SO FIRST GRADE STUDENTS, WE SAW AN INCREASE OF 72% IN THEIR READING SCORES FROM THE BEGINNING OF SUMMER SCHOOL TO THE END. SO LIKE DAN SAID, THERE WAS A LOT OF DATA TO GO THROUGH.

THIRD GRADER OR SECOND GRADERS? ABOUT 30% AND THIRD GRADERS ABOUT 14%.

YEAH, YOU MIGHT NEED TO.

I'M SO SORRY. OKAY, SO EACH GRADE COLLECTED ABOUT 20 DIFFERENT MEASURES, ALL RELATED TO LITERACY.

I'VE GROWN A LOT IN MY K-5 UNDERSTANDING, BUT MY SIMPLE WAY TO BRING THIS INFORMATION TO YOU WAS HOW MANY OF THEM GREW IN EACH CATEGORY AND THEN COME UP WITH AN AVERAGE.

JEN SCOTT MIGHT TELL ME THAT THAT'S NOT THE BEST WAY TO PRESENT THAT INFORMATION, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE.

SO I GUESS WHAT THE DATA IS SHOWING IS THAT WE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF THE STUDENTS WERE SHOWING GAINS IN LITERACY.

AND I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT I DIDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE LAST YEAR BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT A SPRING CLASS AND A FALL CLASS, THE MEASURES CHANGE, ESPECIALLY BETWEEN FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE.

SO WE DID A PRETEST AND A POST TEST IN THE FOUR WEEKS OF SUMMER SCHOOL AND SAW, I WOULD SAY, STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT GROWTH.

AND SO, AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM, BUT I KNOW THAT THE PROGRAM WORKS.

SO THERE YOU GO.

OKAY. SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING THEN IS LIKE THE 14%.

SO ON AVERAGE STUDENTS SHOWED A 14% INCREASE.

YES, I DID USE CONFUSING WHERE 72% MET IN FIRST GRADE, BUT THEN I HAD DIFFERENT DATA.

SO THEN I DID PERCENT INCREASE.

OKAY. THAT MAKES MORE SENSE.

THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT CLARIFICATION.

OKAY. SORRY.

THAT WAS A TOUGH ASSIGNMENT.

YEAH. SO JENNA LEE HAS BEEN OUR COORDINATOR FOR TWO YEARS, AND SHE WASN'T FEELING WELL TONIGHT.

AND I SAID, NO WORRIES.

BUT ANYWAYS, I THINK THE IMPORTANT STORY IS THAT THE FOUR WEEK PROGRAM IS MAKING AN ACADEMIC DIFFERENCE FOR OUR STUDENTS.

NOW, JUST GO BACK ONE SLIDE.

DR. HOLT, REALLY QUICK, JUST TO SUMMARIZE, NOW THAT COREY HELPED ME UNDERSTAND, 72% OF ELEMENTARY HAD AN INCREASE. UH, JUST FIRST GRADE.

OKAY, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT FIRST GRADE.

SECOND GRADE. THIRD GRADE.

YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE DISCREPANCY OF THE WIDE VARIETY IN THOSE NUMBERS? YES, MOSTLY THE FIRST ONE, THERE WAS ABOUT TEN STUDENTS IN THE CLASS, SO 72% OF THEM SHOWED SOME GROWTH.

AND THEN I HAD MORE RAW SCORES IN THE NEXT TWO GRADES.

AND SO IN THOSE TWO GRADES, WE SAW A PERCENT INCREASE.

I SHOULD HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB WITH THE DATA.

THEY ALL GREW AND THEY ALL LEARNED.

I'M SO SORRY.

I CAN ACTUALLY SHARE THE WHOLE SPREADSHEET WITH YOU IF YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH IT.

SO WHAT HE'S SAYING IS IN FIRST GRADE, 72% OF STUDENTS GREW AN INCREASE.

YES. IN THE OTHER GRADES, THAT IS THE INCREASE.

ON AVERAGE, THEY INCREASED 30% AND 14%.

YEAH. THANK YOU, NEAL.

SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO EXPLAIN IT A DIFFERENT WAY TO SHOW YOUR LEARNING, RIGHT? YES. YEAH.

[INAUDIBLE], HUNGRY FOR THAT LEARNING A LITTLE BIT, TOO, RIGHT? MIC] THANK YOU.

GOOD QUESTIONS.

ALL RIGHT. MIDDLE SCHOOL.

WHAT WE FOCUSED ON WAS GRADES FIVE THROUGH SEVEN, AND THE IDENTIFICATION THERE IS I-READY.

SO I-READY MEASURES MATH AND READING LEVEL AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR FIFTH GRADERS.

WE DID USE M-CLASS.

SO THAT IS A THIS IS THE ONE AREA OF SUMMER SCHOOL THAT KIND OF CROSSES OVER.

SO SAME SCHEDULE.

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MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WE HAD FOUR CERTIFIED TEACHERS AND NO PARA.

SO I HAD LOTS OF EFFORT TO INCREASE THE PROGRAM SIZE.

BUT IN THE END, THOSE 35 KIDS GOT A LOT OF AWESOME ATTENTION.

I PROVIDED SUPPORT AND SO DID COLLEEN WHEN COLLEEN SUBBED FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

SO WE DIDN'T HAVE A MIDDLE SCHOOL COORDINATOR, BUT THEY DID HAVE FOUR TEACHERS WITH 35 KIDS, WHICH ARE PRETTY GOOD NUMBERS AND NO CLASSIFIED STAFF.

NOW. I DID MY BEST WITH THE DATA.

SO AS FAR AS WHAT I SAW IS THAT THERE WAS A 10% INCREASE IN READING OR IN THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT MET THE READING STANDARD IN MATH.

I HAD A RAW SCORE AVERAGE AND AN INCREASE FROM 9 TO 11 AND OUR ATTENDANCE WAS PRETTY SOLID.

SO 70% OF THE STUDENTS ATTENDED 90% OR MORE OF THE DAYS.

SO WE SAW GROWTH IN BOTH READING AND MATH.

BUT HISTORICALLY, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE 1500 ELEMENTARY STUDENTS AND I HAD THIS BIG LIST, I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO RECRUIT AND GET MORE THAN 3540.

SO I THINK MOVING FORWARD, THAT'S INFORMATION THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE BOARD.

CAN YOU TELL ME WHEN IS THE SUMMER SCHOOL? YOU SAID IT WAS FOUR WEEKS, BUT IS IT JULY? IS IT AUGUST? WHEN IS THAT? IT WAS ALWAYS A LITTLE TRICKY FIGURING OUT WHEN TO START.

MY FIRST YEAR, I THINK WE DID ONE DAY BEFORE 4TH OF JULY OR SOMETHING AND THEN WE CAME BACK AFTER.

SO THAT FELT FRAGMENTED.

SO WHAT I DID WAS JULY 10TH TO AUGUST 3RD THIS YEAR THAT WAS FOUR WEEKS.

AND THEN HIGH SCHOOL HAD ONE EXTRA WEEK UNTIL AUGUST 10TH.

AND SO THAT SEEMED A LITTLE BIT MORE UNIFORM.

AND IT ALSO GAVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO GET READY.

YEAH. AND CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? YEAH. HAVE YOU LOOKED INTO WHY IT WAS HARDER TO RECRUIT FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL? THE NUMBER WAS SO LOW.

IS IT? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

I THINK I HAD BETTER INFORMATION FROM LIBERTY AND SKYRIDGE THIS YEAR.

AND SO I FEEL LIKE I GOT THEIR WHOLE INTERVENTION SPREADSHEET AND I WAS ABLE TO RECRUIT FROM THAT.

I THINK THAT WITH K5, WE HAVE SUCH A STRONG FOCUS ON CLASS AND WE HAVE REALLY GOOD DATA THERE.

SO I FEEL LIKE AND I THINK THE ELEMENTARY PRINCIPALS WERE REALLY ON IT AND ALL THE ADMIN MEETINGS, THEY WERE LIKE, OKAY, WELL LET'S GET THESE KIDS AND TRY THIS AND TRY ANOTHER THING. SO, UM, AND ALSO, I THINK MAYBE IT'S THE PURPOSE WHERE IN ELEMENTARY, IF A STUDENT IS STRUGGLING WITH READING, WE ALL KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HELP A STUDENT BE PROFICIENT AT READING BEFORE THIRD GRADE.

BUT IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE DON'T QUITE HAVE GRADES YET.

AND SO I THINK IT'S A DISCONNECTION WITH THE PURPOSE.

EVEN IF WE RECRUIT, THEY'RE NOT GETTING GRADES LIKE HIGH SCHOOL AND AND MAYBE THEY'RE DECENT IN LITERACY, BUT THERE'S JUST NOT AS CLEAR OF A VISION, I GUESS.

AND THEN IN HIGH SCHOOL, THERE'S THE OBVIOUS INCENTIVE THAT IT'S CREDIT RECOVERY.

YES. SO IT'S SO THAT'S A CHALLENGE FOR US THEN, IS HOW TO CREATE THE SENSE OF URGENCY, NOT URGENCY ISN'T THE RIGHT WORD BUT NECESSITY.

I DON'T KNOW. I'M YEAH, YEAH.

I DO THINK THAT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT BECAUSE WE DID HAVE A MUCH LARGER LIST AND WE DEFINITELY WANTED THEM TO COME.

BUT ALSO IF YOU CAN'T CLEARLY DEFINE THE WHY, THEN THE HOW BECOMES A MYSTERY.

AND SO WHY IS A MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT GOING TO COME DO SUMMER SCHOOL? WELL, WE'RE GOING TO HELP YOU WITH READING AND MATH, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT A MIDDLE SCHOOLER WANTS TO COME DO THAT.

AND I'M ASSUMING WE I'M GUESSING WE DON'T PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION, SO WE DO OR WE DO.

SO ALL OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS WOULD GET TRANSPORTATION.

SO THAT'S NOT A BARRIER FOR ANY OF THEM TO COME.

AND WHAT ABOUT COSTS? THERE'S NO COST TO NO COST FOR ELEMENTARY OR MIDDLE SCHOOL.

JUST FOR HIGH SCHOOL.

JUST FOR HIGH SCHOOL.

OKAY. YEAH.

AND ALSO MAYBE YOU HAD THE SLIDE.

I'M SORRY IF I MISSED IT, BUT WAS THERE A BREAKDOWN ON THE NUMBER OF KIDS THAT WERE FIRST GRADE, SECOND GRADE OR THIRD GRADE? LIKE, DID YOU SEE A HIGHER NUMBER IN FIRST GRADE? SORRY. I THINK THEY WERE PRETTY EVEN.

YEAH. BUT THEN YOU DID HAVE OVERALL I MEAN, YOU WERE SHOWING THAT FIRST NUMBER FROM 21 TO 23, LIKE THE NUMBERS DOUBLED.

SO IS THAT JUST THAT WE'RE ACCEPTING MORE STUDENTS OR MORE STUDENTS ARE QUALIFYING FOR LIKE, IS IT HAVING MORE RESOURCES SO WE'RE ABLE TO HIRE MORE TEACHERS, FOR EXAMPLE? UH, SO ALL THE ABOVE.

THE FIRST YEAR OF SUMMER SCHOOL WAS MY FIRST YEAR IN THE DISTRICT, AND THE DISTRICT OFFICE KIND OF ORGANIZED THE K THE ELEMENTARY PROGRAM AND THE MIDDLE PROGRAM, AND I FOCUSED ON THE HIGH SCHOOL.

AND THEN THE SECOND YEAR I WAS ABLE TO GET A GRANT WITH OSP FOR ABOUT 140,000.

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AND SO THE NEXT YEAR I WENT BACK FOR 200,000.

SO I HAD MORE RESOURCES AND THEN I FOCUSED A LOT HARDER ON RECRUITMENT, WORKED WITH THE ELEMENTARY PRINCIPALS.

AND SO THE MIDDLE YEAR WAS ABOUT 110IN ELEMENTARY, SO WE INCREASED BY 40.

SO WE REALLY MADE A PUSH THIS YEAR TO INCLUDE AS MANY STUDENTS AS WE COULD AT ALL LEVELS, GIVEN THE CHALLENGES OF MIDDLE SCHOOL.

BUT ELEMENTARY DID GROW.

SO WE DIDN'T LIKE. YOU DON'T, DO YOU? YOU DON'T TURN STUDENTS AWAY THEN? OKAY. NO, I PRETTY MUCH BEGGED THEM.

OKAY. YEAH, I BEGGED THEM TO COME.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. YEAH.

OKAY. SO JULIE WAS MY SAVING GRACE THIS SUMMER.

I DELEGATED A LOT TO JULIE, ESPECIALLY DURING THE SPRING, WHEN I WAS QUITE BUSY STARTING TO RUN THREE SCHOOLS.

AND SO JULIE ACTUALLY SPENT ABOUT 250 HOURS BETWEEN SPRING AND SUMMER BEING THE HIGH SCHOOL COORDINATOR FOR THOSE 435 STUDENTS. SO JULIE IS GOING TO DO HER HIGH SCHOOL OVERVIEW.

OKAY. SO LAST YEAR WAS MY FIRST YEAR AS A SUMMER SCHOOL TEACHER, AND THEN THIS YEAR I APPLIED FOR THE COORDINATOR POSITION AND WAS REALLY EXCITED TO DO THAT BECAUSE I REALLY BELIEVE FIRMLY IN WHAT WE OFFER STUDENTS.

FOR SOME STUDENTS, THE ORIGINAL CREDIT IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.

SOME STUDENTS WANT TO OPEN UP THEIR SCHEDULE TO OTHER THINGS, OTHER CLASSES THAT THEY CAN TAKE AT THEIR CHOSEN HIGH SCHOOL AND FOR OTHER STUDENTS, IT'S A WAY TO MEET A CREDIT THAT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO MEET IN THE TRADITIONAL SETTING FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.

SO ONE OF THOSE CLASSES THAT IS OFTEN TAKEN AS PE AND THERE'S JUST A LARGE NUMBER OF REASONS WHY PEOPLE CHOOSE TO DO THAT, WHY STUDENTS CHOOSE TO DO THAT.

AND I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT WE HAVE THAT OPTION FOR OUR STUDENTS.

SO FOR ORIGINAL CREDIT, THIS WOULD INCLUDE CREDIT ADVANCEMENT FOR MATH, PE AND HEALTH.

WE HAD 243 CLASSES FOR CREDIT RECOVERY.

WE HAD 448 CLASSES.

I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO GO INTO SOME OF THE ANECDOTES OF STUDENTS THAT MADE UP FOUR SEMESTERS IN ONE SUMMER, AND THAT IS THE ONLY REASON THEY'RE GRADUATING.

SO A LOT OF STUDENTS WERE REALLY UNDER THE CRUNCH TO GET THOSE CREDITS RECOVERED.

AND FOR ME, BEING A MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER, IT WAS REALLY WONDERFUL TO BE ABLE TO RECONNECT WITH STUDENTS THAT WERE MY STUDENTS AND TO BE ABLE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM ABOUT WHY ARE YOU IN THE SITUATION WHERE YOU'RE RECOVERING CREDITS? WHAT WAS A BARRIER FOR YOU THAT MADE YOU FAIL THIS CLASS IN THE FIRST PLACE? AND I LEARNED SOME VERY INTERESTING THINGS.

AND THEN MY DAYS, MY 250 HOURS, WHICH I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT IT ADDED UP TO BECAUSE IN THIS ROLE THERE WERE SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS THAT I NEEDED TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES AND PARENTS AND CHILDREN.

SOMETIMES IT WAS TECH SUPPORT, LIKE A MOM OR A DAD CALLING ME AND SAYING MY KID CAN'T LOG ON.

I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS IS HAPPENING.

OR FOR OTHER KIDS, IT WAS ACTUALLY GIVING THEM A ONE ON ONE LESSON IN MATHEMATICS DURING THE TIME THAT WE WERE AT LIBERTY IN PERSON AND JUST HELPING KIDS BE SUCCESSFUL.

I HAD MULTILINGUAL STUDENTS THAT HAD THEIR OWN SET OF BARRIERS THAT WOULD COME IN AND NEED TO TRY TO INTERPRET LIKE WASHINGTON STATE HISTORY, FOR INSTANCE, ON A SCREEN AND ENGLISH NOT BEING THEIR FIRST LANGUAGE.

ANOTHER THING THAT I DID THAT COMPRISED THAT 250 HOURS IS PRIOR TO THE START OF SUMMER SCHOOL, I HAD MEETINGS WITH PARENTS AND FAMILIES OR STUDENTS WHO WERE ON IEPS AND LOOKING AT IEPS AND FIGURING OUT HOW DO I TAKE THIS PLATFORM OF EDGENUITY AND ADAPT IT TO MEET THE IEP NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS THAT HAVE SPECIFIC NEEDS SO THAT THEY CAN BE SUCCESSFUL AS WELL? AND THEN CHECKING IN WITH THOSE STUDENTS, OUR SUMMER SCHOOL STAFF, THAT INCLUDES ADVISORY AND JUST GRADING THE STAFF WE HAD THIS SUMMER WAS SO PHENOMENAL AT REACHING OUT TO FAMILIES AND GIVING THEM UPDATES ABOUT HOW THEIR CHILD WAS DOING, YOU KNOW, GIVING THEM A PEP TALK.

WHAT SUPPORTS DO YOU NEED SO THAT YOU CAN BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS PROGRAM? AND THEN OF COURSE, WE HAD SOME WONDERFUL ADMIN ASSISTANTS, ZOE MERRITT AND AARON JOHNSON, LIKE SO SUPPORTIVE IN FIGURING OUT HOW TO TACKLE RUNNING THAT MANY CLASSES WAS WAS PRETTY CHALLENGING.

SO EACH STUDENT HAD DIFFERENT NEEDS.

SOME STUDENTS WERE COMING IN PERSON, SOME STUDENTS WERE WORKING AT HOME AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT THOSE STUDENTS WERE SUPPORTED, WHATEVER WAY THEY CHOSE TO ACCESS THE

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SO CAN I ASK YOU A QUICK QUESTION? SURE. SO YOU SAID YOU HAD APPLIED FOR THE POSITION.

HOW WERE THOSE CERTIFIED STAFF SELECTED? WERE THEY PEOPLE THAT JUST WANTED TO USE.

OKAY. AND SO PEOPLE WHO HAD ALREADY BEEN HIRED WERE RETURNED AND THEN WE HIRED SEVERAL NEW STAFF.

SO THEN ANOTHER PART OF THAT, TOO IS TRAINING THE NEW STAFF ON HOW TO USE THE EDGENUITY PLATFORM IN ORDER TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS AND BE ABLE TO GRADE.

YEAH, GO AHEAD. SO ONE OF MY LEADERSHIP PHILOSOPHIES THAT I'VE ALWAYS HAD IS JUST THAT IMPORTANCE OF CONTINUITY OF STAFF.

SO WHEN WE. OR IN AND WE TRAIN SOMEBODY HOW TO RUN A SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM, WHETHER IT'S ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE OR HIGH.

I REALLY DO TRY TO PROVIDE THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR CONTINUITY SO THAT STUDENTS OR TEACHERS THAT WERE THERE LAST YEAR ARE ABLE TO COME THIS YEAR.

AND SO I THINK THAT'S A LOT OF THE SUCCESS THAT YOU'RE SEEING IS THAT CONTINUITY WHERE SOME OF THE SUMMER SCHOOL TEACHERS HAVE BEEN THERE ALL THREE YEARS WITH ME.

AND SO AND THE MORE TEACHERS WE GET TO COME BACK, IT'S ABOUT LISTENING TO WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE, MAKING SURE THAT THE JOB IS FAIR AND REASONABLE AND THAT THEY'RE TAKING CARE OF. THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE THINGS I ALWAYS TRY TO DO.

AND SO I THINK THAT AND THEN WITH THE COORDINATORS, WE INTERVIEW EVERYONE THAT APPLIES AND THEN DO OUR BEST TO MAKE A DECISION.

SO. I THINK WE DID PRETTY GOOD.

YEAH, I WOULD SAY OUR STAFF THIS SUMMER IS PHENOMENAL AND JUST THE ECHOING.

I WOULD HEAR FROM PARENTS WHEN I PARENTS OF COLLEAGUES THAT I WORK WITH AT SKYRIDGE WHO SAID, I'M SO THANKFUL FOR JOEY JONES, FOR INSTANCE, HE PROVIDED SUCH GREAT COMMUNICATION SO THAT WHEN MY KID WAS BEING DISHONEST ABOUT WHETHER THEY WERE DOING THEIR COURSEWORK OR NOT, THEY GOT THIS GREAT COMMUNICATION FROM OUR STAFF THAT WAS ABLE TO LET THEM KNOW HOW THEIR CHILD WAS DOING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT MUST FEEL OVERWHELMING TO BE A STUDENT THAT IS IN DANGER OF NOT GRADUATING AND KNOWING THEY HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF CLASSES THAT THEY HAVE TO DO IN THIS VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.

AND THEY HAVE TO STAY EXTREMELY FOCUSED DURING THAT FIVE WEEKS OR THEY WON'T RECOVER THEIR CREDIT.

SO THE SUCCESS IS DUE TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED.

SO HOPEFULLY THIS IS JUST, YOU KNOW, THE WAY IT'S THE WAY IT LOOKS.

SO 84% OF THE COURSES WERE COMPLETED AND THEN 566 SEMESTER CLASSES WERE FINISHED.

THERE WERE 90 INCOMPLETE CLASSES.

ONE THING THAT WE LIKE TO OFFER STUDENTS WHO DO HAVE AN INCOMPLETE IS WE TRY TO I TRY TO BOOKEND LIKE, WHERE ARE THEY HEADED NEXT SO THAT THAT COURSE CAN BE THEN COMPLETED WHEREVER THEY'RE HEADED, WHETHER THAT DISCOVERY K AND THEN SOME STUDENTS CAN COME BACK NEXT SUMMER AND PICK UP WHERE THEY LEFT OFF. YEAH.

AND SO WITH THE ONLINE SCHOOL AND WE DIDN'T PUT THIS, BUT ALL OF THE SUMMER SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM GOES THROUGH EDGENUITY SUPPORTED BY STAFF. AND THEN ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE IS ALL IN PERSON.

WE DO STILL OFFER A HYBRID WHERE THE STUDENTS CAN COME IN AND GET LIVE HELP WITH THEIR EDGENUITY CLASSES.

BUT EACH YEAR THAT NUMBER HAS GONE DOWN AND THE REMOTE HAS INCREASED.

SO THAT'S BEEN ONE CHANGE.

THE FIRST YEAR THERE WAS 100 STUDENTS HERE.

THEN LAST YEAR THERE WAS ABOUT 80 STUDENTS THAT CAME IN PERSON AND THIS YEAR 20 TO 30.

SO MORE AND MORE STUDENTS ARE KIND OF EMBRACING THE REMOTE.

AND SO THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO MATCH THEM WITH AN ADVISORY TEACHER THAT VISITS WITH THEM ABOUT THEIR PROGRESS AND EVERYTHING SO THEY DON'T FALL BEHIND.

OKAY, SO NOW THE BIG QUESTION IS WHAT IS NEXT? UH, SO JUST A LITTLE RUN THROUGH OF THE BUDGET AND HOW THINGS TURNED OUT THIS YEAR IS, AS I MENTIONED, I GOT $140,000 GRANT THE FIRST YEAR AND THEN A $200,000 GRANT.

AND I WILL SAY JUST FOR THE RECORD, THAT THE STATE WENT BACK AND FORTH THIS WHOLE SPRING.

IF WE WERE ACTUALLY GOING TO GET THE 200,000.

AND I STILL THINK IT'S A LITTLE TRICKY ON ACTUALLY GETTING THE 200,000.

SO I'M JUST SAYING THAT FOR THE RECORD, I WOULD SEND JOHN AND JASON AN EMAIL AND I WOULD SAY LIKE, WHAT? CAN YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE SAYING? ARE THEY TAKING IT OR ARE THEY GIVING IT OR WHAT? AND IT WENT BACK AND FORTH SEVERAL TIMES.

SO I DO BELIEVE THAT MY LAST UNDERSTANDING IS WE DO HAVE THAT GRANT FOR THIS.

LAST SUMMER, WE COLLECTED 62,000IN TUITION.

WE DID OFFER 77 SCHOLARSHIPS.

AND THAT'S PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH LAST YEAR.

AND I THINK THAT WHETHER IT'S CREDIT RECOVERY OR ORIGINAL CREDIT, WHATEVER WE DO WITH THE PROGRAM IN THE FUTURE, THAT OFFERING SCHOLARSHIPS IS

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AND SO I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T SAY THIS, BUT ANYBODY THAT ASKS FOR A SCHOLARSHIP, I GAVE IT TO THEM.

AND I THINK THAT'S A PHILOSOPHY I WOULD RECOMMEND MOVING FORWARD.

DAN, IS THAT IS THAT A SCHOLARSHIP? SO THAT'S 77 INDIVIDUALS OR IS THAT 77 CREDIT OR LIKE SEMESTER CLASSES? SO THAT'S 77 STUDENTS THAT RECEIVED A SCHOLARSHIP AND SOME OF THEM MIGHT MAY HAVE DONE LIKE 1 OR 2 CLASSES.

OKAY. AND THAT'S K 12 THEN? NO, THAT'S JUST, JUST HIGH SCHOOL.

JUST HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS TUITION.

YES. OKAY. THANK YOU.

OKAY. SO THIS YEAR AND THIS IS MY OWN BUDGET AND RECORD KEEPING, I PROBABLY DO NEED TO GET SOME NUMBERS FROM JASON AND MATT, BUT WE SPENT ABOUT 240,000.

SO THE BOTTOM LINE THIS YEAR WAS ABOUT 176,000.

SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE I COULD BREAK THAT DOWN.

SO ONE OF THE ONE OF THE BIG EXPENSES.

BUT AGAIN, I THINK IT'S ONE OF THOSE EQUITY THINGS WE NEED TO OFFER IS TRANSPORTATION IS ABOUT 25,000 TO TRANSPORT ALL THE STUDENTS WHO ARE COMING AT ALL THREE LEVELS.

SO I KIND OF FEEL LIKE THAT'S A NON-NEGOTIABLE.

IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SUMMER SCHOOL AND I CAN BREAK DOWN SOME OF THE OTHER EXPENSES, BUT MOST OF IT, OF COURSE, GOING TO CERTIFIED CLASSIFIED STAFF, THAT'S WHERE THE PREDOMINANTLY WHERE THE FUNDS ARE GOING.

AND AS WE'RE LOOKING AT A FUTURE WHERE WE DON'T HAVE THE OSP GRANT, WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT AND THIS IS THE QUESTION WE'LL PONDER THIS YEAR IS WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF THE PROGRAM LOOK LIKE? THE HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM IS AND HAS BEEN FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, KIND OF SELF-SUSTAINING ON ABOUT $150 A CREDIT.

AND SO SOME OF THE THINGS I GUESS WE CAN THINK ABOUT FOR NEXT YEAR AND I TALKED TO THE TEACHERS BECAUSE PART OF WHAT I DO AS A LEADER IS I ALWAYS TRY TO TALK TO TEACHERS AND BE LIKE, OKAY, WHAT'S REASONABLE? AND WE ALL KNOW THAT WE DON'T HAVE A GRANT, SO WHAT CAN WE PULL OFF NEXT YEAR? SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS WE HAVE HAD A CLASS SIZE OF 15.

BUT WHAT HAPPENS IS OFTENTIMES STUDENTS ARE ABSENT OR BUSY OR SOMETHING'S GOING ON.

SO A LOT OF TIMES THEY'RE ACTUALLY SERVING LIKE 11 KIDS.

AND SO WE WERE THINKING IF WE INCREASE THE CLASS SIZE TO WHATEVER THE CURRENT CBA IS, EVEN IF IT'S A 24 OR 23, MORE THAN LIKELY THEY'D BE SERVING ABOUT 20 WITH A PARA.

AND I STILL THINK THAT WOULD LEAD TO REALLY HIGH SUCCESS RATES, BUT IT WOULD HELP THE DISTRICT BE ABLE TO OFFER THE PROGRAM.

I THINK THE WHEN I TALK TO THE TEACHERS, THEY WOULD RATHER HAVE AN ELEMENTARY PROGRAM WITH A LITTLE BIT BIGGER CLASS SIZE THAN NO ELEMENTARY PROGRAM AT ALL.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE TRADE OFFS.

THE COORDINATORS, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP THE ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL COORDINATORS BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THE WORK IS.

THAT'S WHERE IT'S A LOT OF WORK FOR THOSE TWO PROGRAMS. THE OTHER THING TO THINK ABOUT IS THAT MAYBE WE COULD INCREASE THE FEE FOR ORIGINAL CREDIT.

SO IF WE DID THAT TO $200, THAT'D BE ABOUT A $12,000 INCREASE IN THE TUITION THAT WE COULD GET.

AND THEN THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO POTENTIALLY OFFER THAT WOULD BE THE COST OF THE WHOLE MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM.

WHAT I WOULD ALSO MAYBE RECOMMEND TO THINK ABOUT WITH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM IS, AGAIN, AS MUCH AS I RECRUITED, I CAN NEVER REALLY GET MORE THAN 35.

AND SO MAYBE TAKING THAT PROGRAM DOWN TO TWO TEACHERS WOULD BE GOOD AND THOSE STUDENTS WOULD STILL GET LOTS OF TLC.

THE OTHER THING TO THINK ABOUT IS POTENTIALLY LIKE MAKING AN ADMIN STIPEND.

SO AS YOU ALL KNOW, I HAD A BIT OF A JOB CHANGE THIS LAST SPRING AND IT GOT A LITTLE ROUGH TRYING TO RUN THREE SCHOOLS AND DO SUMMER SCHOOL.

SO I WAS ABLE TO DELEGATE A LOT TO JULIE.

BUT THAT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT TOO, IS.

SETTING ASIDE A STIPEND FOR MAYBE ANOTHER ADMINISTRATOR TO STEP UP.

AND I'M A BIG BELIEVER IN THIS PROGRAM.

AND IT'S NOT REALLY ABOUT THE MONEY.

I JUST DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME THIS SPRING TO RUN THE THREE SCHOOLS AND SUMMER SCHOOL, AND SO MAYBE SOME OTHER ADMIN I COULD HELP THEM KIND OF LEARN HOW I SET THINGS UP BECAUSE CONSISTENCY IS IMPORTANT.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.

HEY, DAN, ONE QUESTION ON THAT BACK THERE.

JUST TO CLARIFY IN MY HEAD, SO ORIGINAL CREDIT TUITION VERSUS CREDIT, IS IT VERSUS CREDIT RECOVERY THEN? YEAH. OKAY. SO CREDIT RECOVERY IS IF THEY FAILED THE CLASS AND THEY NEED TO DO IT ORIGINAL CREDIT.

THEY'RE ELECTING TO DO IT.

YEAH. OKAY. GOT IT. THANKS.

AND IN BOTH CASES, LIKE I SAID, I STILL THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO OFFER SCHOLARSHIPS.

BUT I DO THINK SOME OF THE THE MINDSET AT LEAST IS LIKE JULIE AND I TALKED ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT, IS A FAMILY.

YOU KNOW, A STUDENT MAY BE TRYING TO KIND OF LIKE GET AHEAD.

AND WE FELT LIKE MAYBE WE COULD CHARGE A LITTLE MORE FOR THAT.

AND THIS NUMBER IS PRETTY COMPARABLE TO OTHER DISTRICTS.

SO 150 IS STILL A PRETTY GOOD DEAL FOR SUMMER SCHOOL.

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THE OSP GRANT IS GONE.

IF WE WERE TO INCREASE OUR TUITION TO ABOUT 74,000, I THINK WE COULD GET OUR EXPENSES DOWN TO 203,000.

SO THAT WAS THE SAME AMOUNT OF HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS AND STAFF BECAUSE THAT'S MORE OR LESS SELF-SUSTAINING GOING DOWN TO TWO MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS AND GOING DOWN TO SIX ELEMENTARY TEACHERS, BUT STILL HAVING A PAIR IN EVERY CLASSROOM.

AND THAT WOULD GET US TO ABOUT 200,000.

AND DEPENDING ON SOME VARIABLES, IT'D BE ABOUT 128,000 TO OFFER THE KIND OF LIKE SCALED DOWN PROGRAM, GIVE OR TAKE.

SO THAT'S, I GUESS, THE NUMBER TO THINK ABOUT AND FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN DO.

AND SO WHAT AND JOHN, THIS MAY BE A QUESTION FOR YOU.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT IS OUR TIMELINE ON THIS FOR MAKING IT FOR MAKING A DECISION FOR WHAT SUMMER SCHOOL LOOKS LIKE GOING FORWARD? YEAH, A GREAT QUESTION, COREY SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS LOOK AT OUR ENROLLMENT WHEN IT COMES IN FROM THE STATE TO SEE WHERE WE'RE AT.

I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE SOME PRETTY EARLY DECISIONS ON ENROLLMENT AS IN LIKE OUR OCTOBER ENROLLMENT.

WELL, WE WANT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE FUNDING SET ASIDE IF WE'RE GOING TO, OF COURSE, PAY FOR IT OUT OF GENERAL FUNDS.

OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE HOPING ON ADDITIONAL GRANTS, WE'RE HOPING ON WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN AS FAR AS FAMILIES THAT REALLY WANT THIS TO CARRY FORWARD.

SO I'M SURE IT'S GOING TO BE TALKED ABOUT AT THE STATE LEVEL AS WELL.

THE PROBLEM IS WE NEED TO PROBABLY HAVE THESE SETTLED BEFORE THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

SO I WOULD PROBABLY SAY ONCE ENROLLMENT COMES IN AND WE REALLY LOOK AT MAKING SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO OUR BUDGET, WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO LOOK AND SEE IF WE WANT TO HAVE A LINE ITEM FOR THIS.

SO THIS SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING WE SHOULD ADD TO OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES TO THIS SEEMS LIKE I MEAN, IN TERMS OF THE OVERALL STATE CONTRIBUTION, IT'S NOT BIG, BUT IT.

IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S PAYING.

I MEAN, WE SEE THAT THERE'S INCREASES IN STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.

SO. OKAY, AWARENESS AT THAT, RIGHT? LIKE OUR LEGISLATORS DON'T UNDERSTAND THE AMOUNT OF OF STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE IN THESE PROGRAMS EVERY YEAR INCREASE THIS YEAR.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND WITH THE GRANTS FROM THE STATE BEING GONE.

BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, JOHN, LIKE OTHER PEOPLE ARE IN THE SAME BOAT.

SO WHAT ARE THEY WHAT WILL OUR LEGISLATURE DO ABOUT THAT? IS THERE TALK ABOUT THIS, LIKE AT THE ESD LEVEL OR SO FAR? NO. SO FAR WE HAVEN'T REALLY HAD THAT MUCH DISCUSSION.

I CAN BRING IT UP WITH THE AREA SUPERINTENDENTS AND SEE WHAT OTHER IDEAS THEY'RE HAVING.

I THINK RIGHT NOW, REALLY WE WE KNOW THIS HAS TO CONTINUE.

I THINK I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A WHILE.

DAN AND I TALK ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS I WILL SAY IS WHEN DAN MENTIONED THE OSPI EMAILS GOING BACK AND FORTH, WE WERE KIND OF UP IN THE AIR.

WE STAYED COMMITTED.

WE SAID WE'D FIND A WAY AND, YOU KNOW, LUCKILY WE DID.

AND SO I JUST HOPE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE IT IN THE FUTURE.

UNBELIEVABLE JOB.

I JUST WOULD ECHO THAT.

I WE NEED TO CONTINUE THIS.

RIGHT. AND I JUST YOU GUYS POUR YOUR HEART AND SOUL INTO THIS PROGRAM AND OUR KIDS AND YOUR AND THE STAFF THAT YOU GUYS HAD THIS SUMMER HELPING OUT.

AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, LISTENING TO YOU TALK ABOUT THE INCREASE IN THE ELEMENTARY KIDS READING AND JULIE, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE KIDS THAT GOT FOUR SEMESTERS BACK WORTH OF WORK THAT THEY WERE BEHIND? YOU KNOW, THAT IS STRESSFUL ON A CHILD WHEN THEY'RE LIKE SHORT CREDITS TO GRADUATE, RIGHT.

AND TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THEM DO THAT THIS SUMMER AND THEN NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT.

THEIR FUTURE ON IN THEIR HIGH SCHOOL CAREER IS SO VITALLY IMPORTANT.

AND SO I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FINDING A WAY TO KEEP THIS PROGRAM GOING.

AND WHAT OTHER GRANTS OR OR SCHOLARSHIPS ARE OUT THERE AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS SOMETHING LIKE CEF WOULD COULD HELP FUND OR NOT FUND, EVEN IF IT WAS SMALL AMOUNTS OF MONEY, RIGHT? ANY AMOUNT WOULD HELP WITH THAT.

SO DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE NEED TO PUT ON OUR LIST TO, TO TALK TO THE STATE ABOUT FOR FUNDING AS WELL.

THANK YOU. I THINK CAN I JUST MAKE A COMMENT? SORRY. I WAS GOING TO SAY, I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT YOU ALL DID THIS AND THIS IS AN AMAZING PROGRAM TO HAVE.

I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE AREA THAT DO THE SAME.

I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT, BUT SOME, YOU KNOW, MAYBE COMMUNICATION WITH THEM AND SEE HOW THEY GET FUNDED OR HOW THEY CARRY THESE THINGS OUT.

THAT WOULD BE GOOD.

JUST A CURIOUS QUESTION.

THE CREDITS THAT WERE RECOVERED, WAS THERE A PARTICULAR CLASS THAT WAS WAS POPULAR FOR RECOVERING? AND IF SO, I'D LOVE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT.

JULIE'S LIKE, YES, I AM ALL OVER THIS QUESTION.

I KIND OF WANTED TO HOLD BACK BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO TAKE TOO MUCH TIME, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS.

I WOULD SAY MATH IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON, THAT IT NEEDS TO BE RECOVERED, WHICH AS A MATH TEACHER KIND OF HURTS MY HEART BECAUSE I WANT KIDS TO SUCCEED AT MATH. SO, YOU KNOW, THE LAYTON'S MR. AND MRS. LAYTON, THEY WERE THERE AND THEY WERE THERE TO HELP KIDS WHO NEEDED ONE ON ONE ASSISTANCE.

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WE NEED A MATH TEACHER THERE EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT CAN TEACH ANY LEVEL OF MATH AND ISN'T NECESSARILY ME BECAUSE I'M, YOU KNOW, PROBLEM SOLVING TECH ISSUES OR I'M DEALING WITH SOMETHING ELSE WHERE I CAN'T SIT ONE ON ONE WITH A STUDENT.

BUT. I'VE JUST FOUND THAT KIDS REALLY THEY NEED SUPPORT IN MATHEMATICS.

DEFINITELY SOME ENGLISH CLASSES AS WELL.

UM, AND I'M TRYING TO THINK.

FEEL LIKE IT'S MATH.

RIGHT? YEAH, IT'S MATH.

WELL, THAT'S SOMETHING TO LOOK DEEP INTO, TOO, AS TO WHY IT'S ALWAYS MATH.

THAT. RIGHT.

AND JUST ONE MORE THING, WHICH IS I KNOW, LIKE THERE'S THAT INTERNSHIP REQUIREMENT AND ALL THAT.

SO THAT MAY BE A PLACE FOR STUDENTS TO BE SUPPORTIVE FOR YOU GUYS, AS IN LIKE MATH AID OR WHATNOT.

AN OPPORTUNITY, PEER TUTORING, THAT WOULD BE EXCELLENT.

THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

THANK YOU. I ALSO DON'T WANT TO MISS OUT.

JULIE ON YOU SAID SO MANY LESSONS LEARNED AND WHEN I HEARD A AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER STRUGGLING WITH WASHINGTON STATE HISTORY, I IMMEDIATELY THINK OF A STORY TO TELL OUR LEGISLATORS.

RIGHT? BECAUSE THAT'S A REQUIREMENT AND THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND ALL THE VARIABLES THAT STUDENTS STRUGGLE WITH TO MEET THAT REQUIREMENT.

SO PLEASE GRAB THAT DATA FROM YOUR BRAIN.

DO NOT LOSE IT. WE WE WANT ALL OF THAT INFORMATION TO AS WE WORK THROUGH AND SHARE STORIES AND WORK THROUGH BUDGET ON THIS.

AND THAT WAS ANOTHER THING. A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WE REALIZED BECAUSE WASHINGTON STATE HISTORY IS IF YOU MOVE INTO THE AREA AFTER SEVENTH GRADE, IT'S HARD TO GET THAT.

SO WE STARTED OFFERING WASHINGTON STATE HISTORY FOR FREE.

SO NO CHARGE FOR WASHINGTON STATE HISTORY.

AND IT WAS ACTUALLY A COUNSELOR AT CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL THAT SUGGESTED THAT.

AND I'M LIKE, YEAH, LET'S DO IT.

SO I THINK THERE WAS ABOUT, WHAT WAS IT, 40, 50? AND MAYBE. YEAH.

AND I WOULD MUCH RATHER AND THE CURRICULUM IS ALL ALIGNED TO WASHINGTON STATE STANDARDS.

I WOULD RATHER HAVE THEM DO THAT CLASS FOR FREE THAN WAIVE THE CREDIT, WHICH IS ANOTHER OPTION.

BUT THERE'S A LOT OF COOL THINGS TO LEARN ABOUT WASHINGTON.

I'D RATHER HAVE THAT OCCUR.

YEAH. AND THE OTHER THING I WOULD SAY, OH, I'M ON.

I ALSO THINK THAT WOWS ME.

I'M STILL REELING ON THAT WAS THE SECOND CLASS.

I THINK THERE'S CREATIVITY THERE TO TO BRAINSTORM.

DOES THAT HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE SUMMER WHEN THERE'S THAT AMOUNT OF KIDS? IS THERE SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR AS AN EXTRA SO THAT STRESS, RIGHT? ERIKA THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

THERE IS THE STUDENTS USE APEX EDGENUITY THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR AS WELL.

IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT WITH THE WORK WITH THE LOAD THAT SOME OF THE STUDENTS ARE TAKING WITH NEW CREDIT, SOME ARE JUST BECOMES THAT TIME TO GET IT DONE.

SO IT'S COMMON IN SECONDARY SPECIFICALLY I KNOW DAN, WE'VE BEEN IN THAT LINE FOR A LONG TIME AND IT'S JUST THAT JUST SEEMS TO BE A TIME OF CONVENIENCE FOR THE STUDENTS A LOT OF TIMES BECAUSE THEIR LOAD IS ALREADY SO HEAVY, SO IT DOESN'T MAKE IT RIGHT OR WRONG.

SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR AS WELL.

BUT THIS JUST BECOMES KIND OF THE TIME WHERE THEY HAVE THE TIME.

WOULD YOU AGREE? DAN? YEAH, I WOULD.

AND YOU CAN ADD ON.

IN MY EXPERIENCE, I'VE HAD STUDENTS THAT ARE REALLY MOTIVATED AND HAVE ACCESS TO ONLINE TOOLS, COMPLETE TEN CREDITS IN A YEAR, BUT THAT THE STUDENT HAS TO REALLY WANT THAT AND BE MOTIVATED. SO THE MOST THAT I EVER APPROVE WITHOUT HAVING PAST EXPERIENCE WITH THE STUDENT IS ABOUT SEVEN CLASSES A TERM, AND SO A STUDENT COULD POTENTIALLY DO IT AS AN EXTRA ADD ON.

BUT IT WOULD JUST BE LIKE JOHN SAID, IT CAN BE VERY STRESSFUL, ESPECIALLY WITH THE SECONDARY LOAD.

AND THE OTHER THING I WOULD SAY TO THE TIMELINE QUESTION IS WE USUALLY START THE RECRUITMENT INFORMATIONAL PROCESS IN JANUARY.

SO THIS STARTS RIGHT AFTER WINTER BREAK.

I START SENDING OUT HERE'S WHAT THE PROGRAM IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

I START POSTING JOBS, WE START DOING INTERVIEWS.

I START, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH PRINCIPALS AND GETTING INTERVENTION LISTS.

AND THIS YEAR WE BASED ALL OF OUR RECRUITMENT OFF OF THE WINTER BENCHMARK INSTEAD OF THE SPRING BENCHMARK.

SO INSTEAD OF LOOKING AT MAY DATA, WE WERE LOOKING AND STARTING AND LOOKING JANUARY, FEBRUARY DATA.

SO IF WE KNOW BY THEN IT WOULD BE SUPER.

SO THIS MIGHT BE ONE OF THESE THINGS WHERE WE JUST HAVE TO KIND OF, YEAH, FIND A WAY TO.

YEAH AND THERE'S, I MEAN THERE'S OBVIOUSLY THE OSP GRANT IS GOING AWAY.

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I WAS KIND OF THINKING AS YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, THAT I DON'T KNOW IF THE EXTENDED SCHOOL YEAR GRANTS COVER SUMMER SCHOOL OR I KNOW THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE LOOKED AT IN THE CAC.

AND SO THAT MIGHT BE AN AVENUE BECAUSE YOU ARE SUMMER SCHOOL IS A MINI EXPERIMENT, I GUESS, WITH EXTENDING THE SCHOOL YEAR BY OFFERING A SUMMER BLOCK.

I'M LOOKING AT MARCY TO WONDER.

SHE'S MY SPED EXPERT IN THE HOUSE.

I DON'T KNOW. WE CAN. MAYBE WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THAT.

THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. YEAH.

OKAY. WELL, THAT'S IT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COREY, IF I CAN JUST ADD A COUPLE OF THINGS TO SUMMARIZE.

FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

AND GENA LEE. THANK YOU.

THIS GROUP WAS PHENOMENAL.

I WAS ABLE TO VISIT A COUPLE TIMES AND JUST THE PASSION JULIE RIGHT UP FRONT WAS, WAS SO ENGAGED IN THE WORK.

I APPRECIATE THAT SO MUCH.

A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I NOTICED THAT REALLY STUCK OUT TO ME WERE AND I KNOW MARCY AND MICHAEL, YOU'LL AGREE WITH THIS, IS THE SMALLER CLASS SIZES THAT WE'RE ABLE TO OFFER IN SUMMER SCHOOL IS HUGE FOR THESE STUDENTS.

I WOULD ALSO SAY THE SHORTER DAY HELPED A LOT, ESPECIALLY WITH SOME OF OUR STUDENTS WHO GET ANTSY TOWARDS THE AFTERNOON TIME.

I THINK ENDING AT 12, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, WAS VERY HELPFUL TO SOME OF OUR STUDENTS.

SO THAT'S A LITTLE PIECE THERE THAT WE'RE NOT ALWAYS AS FORTUNATE TO DO, BUT WE HAVE OUR EARLY RELEASES AND I THINK SO SOMETIMES THAT'S A GREAT THING FOR OUR KIDS. I LOVE THE REUNIFICATION, THE REUNITING OF FRIENDSHIPS FROM AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOODS AS STUDENTS ARE KIND OF SPLIT BY THEIR BOUNDARIES. THIS WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO COME TOGETHER WHO MAY HAVE GONE TO SCHOOL TOGETHER YEARS BEFORE.

A COUPLE OF THE TEACHERS NOTED THAT BECAUSE I THOUGHT SECOND OR THIRD DAY HOW THE STUDENTS WERE SO ACTIVE AND BOUNCING OFF EACH OTHER AND DANCING, AND I SAID, THIS IS THIS IS INTERESTING THAT THEY'RE SO COMFORTABLE SO SOON.

AND IT WAS BECAUSE SO MANY OF THEM KNEW EACH OTHER FROM WHEN THEY WERE YOUNGER.

IT WAS REALLY NEAT TO SEE.

AND THE INTENSE TIERED SUPPORT THERE WAS TIERED ONE TIER TWO, TIER THREE INTERVENTIONS HAPPENING AND A LOT OF ONE ON ONE INCREDIBLE WORK.

SO TO COREY'S POINT, WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY.

I WILL WORK TOGETHER TO DO THAT AND TURN OVER EVERY ROCK TO MAKE IT HAPPEN IF WE CAN.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN.

ANYTHING ELSE FOR SUMMER SCHOOL TEAM.

ALL RIGHT. THANKS, ALL THREE OF YOU.

APPRECIATE IT. GREAT REPORT.

IT'S RARE WHEN REPORTS GET APPLAUSE, SO TAKE THAT.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT.

THAT MOVES US ON TO ITEM NINE, WHICH IS OUR SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT.

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REALLY QUICKLY, I KNOW MANDY WAS HERE JUST A SECOND AGO AND SHE LEFT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I SHARED HER WORDS REGARDING OUR MIDDLETOWN PRIDE AWARD BECAUSE I JUST GOT THOSE IN.

MANDY WANTED TO SAY THAT CHRISTIE JONES JUGGLES OUR LEARNING CENTER AS WELL AS LUNCH SUPERVISION POSITION WITH EASE.

CHRISTIE TAKES THE TIME TO GET TO KNOW OUR LIONS AND BUILD MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS.

CHRISTIE IS WILLING TO TAKE ON ANY TASK AND KEEPS THE HEARTS OF STUDENTS IN MIND WITH ALL SHE DOES.

SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I SHARE THAT.

SO I WISH MANDY WAS STILL HERE.

BUT OKAY.

SO SUPERINTENDENT REPORT FOR THIS MONTH.

I WANTED TO START OFF WITH ENROLLMENT, AS I TYPICALLY DO.

SO THIS IS AS OF SEPTEMBER 15TH, OUR LAST OFFICIAL COUNT.

THIS IS OBVIOUSLY PRIOR TO OUR STATE COUNT OF OCTOBER.

SO THIS WILL BE REALLY OUR LAST UNOFFICIAL STATE COUNT.

AND YOU'LL NOTICE THE CHANGES, THE NEGATIVES AND THE PLUSES.

THOSE ARE FROM JUNE OF LAST SCHOOL YEAR.

SO THIS ISN'T FROM AUGUST.

THIS IS FROM WHEN WE ENDED SCHOOL TILL NOW.

SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHERE WHERE WE'RE AT.

SO OUR TOTAL ENROLLMENT AS HEAD COUNT IS 7116.

SO THAT'S A -18 FROM WHERE WE ENDED THE SCHOOL YEAR.

WE DO EXPECT TO GAIN SOME ADDITIONAL STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE DELAYED START.

WE'RE HOPING THAT BY OCTOBER WE STILL SEE SOME STUDENTS COME IN, BUT OVERALL THAT'S RATHER A FAIR BALANCE FROM LAST YEAR, SECONDARY 42, 29 AND ELEMENTARY, JUST UNDER 3000 STUDENTS.

TRACEY JUST A COMMENT ON I WAS LOOKING AT THESE NUMBERS AND THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND WOODBURN AT 604 IS A REALLY HIGH NUMBER AND THE NEXT ONE IS DOROTHY FOX.

SO JUST LOOKING AT THOSE NUMBERS, KNOWING THAT IN THE FUTURE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOMETHING TO BALANCE SOME OF THOSE OUT, WHICH IS NOT ALWAYS A FUN TOPIC TO DO, BUT SEEING THAT IS JUST PUTS THAT ON TOP OF MINE.

YEAH. LOOKING AT I MEAN, WOODBURN IS ALMOST DOUBLE THE DOUBLE THE SIZE OF LACAMAS LAKE.

YEAH. YEAH. I THINK THAT'S FAIR TO, TO TO POINT OUT NOW I THINK IT IS A CONVERSATION WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE.

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RIGHT SO YOU'RE SEEING A LOT OF HOMES COMING UP IN THAT AREA WHERE WOODBURN IS.

AND AND I THINK THAT'S JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW.

SO, YEAH, WE WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO TAKE A HARD LOOK AT THAT.

BUT OVERALL, THOSE ARE OUR PLUSES AND MINUSES.

YOU SEE THAT CCR, OUR HIGH SCHOOL NUMBERS ARE A BIT DOWN, BUT THAT'S A LOT BECAUSE STUDENTS AND DAN STILL HERE COME AS THE YEAR PROGRESSES.

SO AS THEY REALIZE THEY NEED MAYBE A DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT, MAYBE THE STUDENTS DO NEED CREDIT RECOVERY, CORRECT? DAN YOU'LL START TO SEE THOSE NUMBERS GROW AS THE YEAR GOES ON.

MIDDLE SCHOOL, VERY SIMILAR SITUATION AND THEN ELEMENTARY STAYS RATHER STAGNANT RIGHT AROUND THAT 23 TO 30 STUDENT NUMBER.

AND ALSO JUST HAPPY TO SEE THE INCREASE AT DISCOVERY AND HAYES FREEDOM AS WELL.

I KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO GET MORE KIDS INTO THOSE CHOICE SCHOOLS, AND SO I'M ALWAYS HAPPY TO SEE THOSE.

THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT, DOCTOR.

DAN WELL, WELL DONE.

THIS IS THE DOCTOR DAN SHOW TONIGHT.

BUT YEAH, THAT WAS SOMETHING WE WERE REALLY EXCITED TO SEE.

AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BEING SO CLOSE TO 200 STUDENTS IS THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL.

I COULD BE WRONG THERE, BUT WE'RE GETTING THERE.

SO, DOC, YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR STAFF AND YOUR TEAM, PHENOMENAL WORK.

I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT.

HAYES FREEDOM THERE PLUS FOUR AS WELL.

SO I KNOW IT SEEMS LIKE A SMALL NUMBER, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE A SMALL SCHOOL, EVERY SINGLE STUDENT IS SO VITAL TO THE GROWTH OF THE BUILDING.

SO GOOD NUMBERS THERE AND SECONDARY YOU SEE SOME FLUCTUATION THERE.

AT ELEMENTARY, TO COREY'S POINT, YOU HAVE A HIGHER NUMBER AT WOODBURN, BUT IT'S A -18 FROM WHERE THEY ENDED THE SCHOOL YEAR LAST YEAR.

SO ARE WE CAN YOU TALK AT ALL TO HOW THE KINDERGARTEN NUMBERS LOOK? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S ALWAYS KIND OF A WILD GUESS.

YEAH. YEAH. SO WE'RE ABOUT 40 STUDENTS SHORT OF WHERE OUR TARGET WAS IN KINDERGARTEN.

SO I WAS A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED THERE AS THE I WILL SAY THIS, THOUGH, THE PROGNOSTICATOR THAT CAME IN OF SEVERAL YEARS AGO REALLY SAID THAT THIS IS WHERE WE WOULD BE.

SO WE'RE ACTUALLY IN LINE WITH WHAT OUR GUESSES WERE SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

WE'RE REALLY NOT SUPPOSED TO SEE A HUGE BOOM FOR ANOTHER 2 TO 3 SCHOOL YEARS.

SO ANYTHING THAT COMES IN OVER IS GREAT.

BUT THIS IS ABOUT IN LINE WITH WHAT? WHERE WE THOUGHT CAMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT WOULD BE PRIOR TO ME COMING.

SO WHAT'S THE CAPACITY AT WOODBURN LIKE? HOW FAR CAN YOU GO UP? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I'M NOT KNOW IF ANY ALREADY AT A COUPLE OF PORTABLES THERE.

YEAH. WE'RE THIS IS ABOUT AS HIGH AS WE REALLY WANT TO GET TO.

NOW OBVIOUSLY WE'VE ADDED AN ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL THERE FULL TIME, SO THERE'S TWO ADMINISTRATORS AND WE'RE STAFFING THE SCHOOL THE BEST WE CAN TO KEEP UP WITH THAT GROWTH.

BUT TO ACTUALLY SAY WHAT THE BUILDING CAPACITY IS, I DON'T KNOW.

I CAN GET THAT FOR YOU, THOUGH.

MOVING ON. OKAY.

SO IT DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT.

I KNOW SOME OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS WERE WERE REGARDING THE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS.

AND I DO APPRECIATE MARCI AND MICHAEL BEING HERE TONIGHT.

WE'VE HAD SOME OUTSTANDING DISCUSSIONS PRIOR TO AND FOLLOWING THE DISCUSSIONS.

THE NEGOTIATIONS, AS ERIKA SAID EARLIER, WE DID SETTLE ALL FOR ONE HAS NOT BEEN RATIFIED YET DUE TO BYLAWS OF PSC.

WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THAT RATIFICATION, SO I CAN'T TALK TOO MUCH ON THAT ONE TONIGHT.

BUT THERE WAS A TO AGREED TO AND I WANT TO SAY THAT WE WERE REALLY EXCITED THAT THOSE CAME IN SO CLOSE TO.

AT THE SAME TIME, WE REALIZED THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK GOING ON BY THE BARGAINING GROUPS AND BY THE CENTRAL OFFICE TEAMS. PSC STANDS FOR THAT IS OUR PUBLIC SERVICE, PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND EMPLOYEES.

SO THAT WOULD BE REALLY OUR CLASSIFIED STAFF.

SO ANYWHERE FROM OUR MECHANICS TO OUR CUSTODIAL STAFF, OUR BUS DRIVERS, OUR PARAEDUCATORS, SO FOOD SERVICE WORKERS, SO ON AND SO FORTH.

SO EVERY ONE OF THE FOUR GROUPS FOR THE FIRST YEAR RECEIVED A WILL RECEIVE A 5.7% RAISE THAT WILL INCLUDE ALL REPRESENTED EMPLOYEES AS WELL AS OUR UNREPRESENTED EMPLOYEES.

SO THAT'S ACROSS THE BOARD.

SECOND YEAR AND OR THIRD YEAR VARIES A LITTLE BIT.

AS I SAID, PSC IS NOT YET RATIFIED, SO 5.7 IS STILL UP IN THE AIR TECHNICALLY.

BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY DOUBT THAT WAS GOING TO BE RATIFIED.

AGAIN, VARIED PERCENTAGES IN YEARS TWO AND THREE.

I DO BELIEVE THAT ALL OF THE CONTRACTS WERE CENTERED AROUND SUPPORTING STUDENTS.

AGAIN, I'LL POINT TO MARCY AND MICHAEL.

THAT WAS A BIG PIECE OF WHAT THEY WERE REALLY PUSHING FOR IS TO MAKE SURE IT WAS A STUDENT CENTERED CONTRACT.

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AND I WOULD SAY THAT SHARED VALUES OF INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTION, COST OF LIVING INCREASES, TRAINING, COLLABORATION, TIME AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES WERE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS THAT I SAW IN THE CONTRACT.

I DON'T KNOW IF MY COLLEAGUES HERE WOULD AGREE, BUT I THOUGHT THOSE STOOD OUT TO ME.

OKAY, SO SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS I'LL JUST FOCUS ON THE CAR OR THE TEACHER CONTRACT RIGHT NOW, AND THAT'S JUST BECAUSE THAT'S THE LARGEST I THINK IT'S 90 PAGES.

IT'S PRETTY ROBUST CONTRACT.

SO I'LL HIT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS.

I KNOW I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GOOD OR BAD MERCY, BUT IT COVERS A LOT, THOUGH.

SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS MAKING SURE THAT WE TOOK CARE OF OUR SUBSTITUTES WAS AN IMPORTANT PIECE.

THEY WERE AT $155 A DAY.

THEY WILL NOW BE AT 175 A DAY FOR A HALF DAY SUB.

YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE WENT UP ABOUT $25 PER DAY.

SECONDARY EARLY RELEASE.

SO AS YOU KNOW, MANY YEARS.

CAMAS HAS HAD ELEMENTARY EARLY RELEASE EVERY WEDNESDAY FOR THE MOST PART.

OUR SECONDARY WAS ONCE A MONTH.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR SECONDARY STAFF WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WAS HAVING AN ADDITIONAL DAY PER MONTH FOR OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STAFF TO COLLABORATE.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT NEGOTIATED TO TWO WEDNESDAYS A MONTH FOR SECONDARY.

THIS INCLUDES 140 MINUTES OF COLLABORATION TIME AND 75 MINUTES WILL BE DISTRICT AND OR PRINCIPAL DIRECTED TIME AND 65 MINUTES WILL BE TEACHER OR SPECIALIST DIRECTED.

AND SO I THINK WE LANDED ON A PRETTY, PRETTY GOOD NUMBER THERE.

WHAT'S THAT MEAN, JOHN, IN LAYMAN'S TERMS? LAYMAN'S TERM. SO DISTRICT PRINCIPAL DIRECTED VERSUS TEACHER SPECIALIST.

YEAH, A GREAT QUESTION. SO IF I'M A SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, I MAY DESIGN THE PD, THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, I MAY DESIGN THE AGENDA, I MAY DIRECT THE INSTRUCTION OR THE GOALS FOR THAT DAY WHERE IF IT'S TEACHER OR SPECIALIST DIRECTED, THEN THE PRINCIPAL OR THE ADMINISTRATION REALLY TAKES A STEP BACK.

CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG ON THAT AND REALLY ALLOWS THE TEACHERS, THE SPECIALISTS TO THE DEPARTMENTS TO REALLY LEAD THE WORK.

AND SO WE WANTED TO TRY TO MAKE THAT AS EQUITABLE AS POSSIBLE.

AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE LANDED.

WAR AIM IS AN ASSESSMENT THAT WE USE FOR OUR STUDENTS WITH COGNITIVE DISABILITIES, AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STAFF WHO RUN THOSE WHO LEAD THOSE ASSESSMENTS WERE COMPENSATED FOR THEIR EXTRA TIME.

AND SO WE AGREED.

ON IF A TEACHER IS ASSESSING 1 TO 5 STUDENTS, THEY'LL RECEIVE A $300 STIPEND.

IF IT'S SIX OR MORE, THERE'LL BE A $600 STIPEND, REALLY NOT EVEN CLOSE TO THE AMOUNT OF TIME THEY'RE PUTTING IN.

BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE SHOWED THE VALUE TO THOSE ASSESSMENTS.

QUESTION. AND THESE ARE ASSESSMENTS THAT THE STATE REQUIRES, CORRECT? IT'S A WASHINGTON ASSESSMENT.

AND DOES THE STATE REIMBURSE FOR THOSE ASSESSMENTS? STIPENDS? I DON'T BELIEVE SO.

NO. I'M GETTING A NO FROM MY EXPERT THERE IN THE CROWD.

SO NO. OKAY. SO WE HAVE TO WORK IN WITHIN OUR BUDGET TO PROVIDE THIS.

THAT'S CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT.

BUT I THINK A GOOD VALUE.

GREAT QUESTION. OKAY.

CONTINUED HIGHLIGHTS.

WE DID SOME WORK WITH SCHOOL PSYCH RATIO DECREASING.

SO PRIOR TO THIS CONTRACT, ONE PSYCHOLOGIST FOR EVERY 1000 STUDENTS AND OBVIOUSLY THE WORLD WE'RE LIVING IN RIGHT NOW, I THINK THAT WAS SOMETHING WE WANTED TO LOOK AT.

SO NOW IT'S NOT A HUGE DECREASE, BUT NOW WE HAVE ONE PSYCH FOR EVERY 875 STUDENTS.

I DO WANT TO POINT OUT IN RED THAT THE STATE ONLY FUNDS US ONE PSYCH FOR EVERY 1800 STUDENTS.

SO WE'RE ACTUALLY USING GENERAL FUNDS TO PAY FOR AT LEAST DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF SCHOOL PSYCH.

SO AGAIN, VITAL TO OUR KIDS AND OUR FAMILIES.

AND WHEN YOU SAY GENERAL FUND, YOU MEAN LEVY FUNDS.

LEVY FUNDS. OKAY. AND I APPRECIATE YOU PUT THOSE IN THERE BECAUSE THAT WAS A QUESTION A BUNCH OF US HAD.

WE HAD OFTEN IS LIKE, WHAT DOES THE STATE FUND BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE FUNDED BY THE PROTOTYPICAL SCHOOL MODEL AND SO WHEN WE'RE FUND WHEN WE ARE STAFFING HIGHER THAN THAT, THEN THAT'S A COST TO US.

AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR KIDS TO HAVE THAT.

BUT WE GOT TO GET THAT MONEY FROM THAT'S WHY OUR, YOU KNOW, LOBBYING OUR LEGISLATURE IS IMPORTANT.

SO TO RECAP WHAT YOU JUST SAID, TRACEY, IF IT DOESN'T FIT INTO OUR PROTOTYPICAL SCHOOL MODEL OF FUNDING, IT COMES OUT OF OUR LEVY.

THAT'S CORRECT.

OKAY. AT EVERY SCHOOL.

NO, THAT WOULD BE NICE.

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THEY WERE AT 50 A CASELOAD OF 50 STUDENTS.

THAT WILL NOW DROP DOWN TO 45 STUDENTS.

SLPS AND OTS AND PETS ARE NOT PART OF THE PROTOTYPICAL MODEL.

SO THAT'S REALLY A LOCAL DECISION.

AND JUST TO ADD ON, OUR OATS HAVE 27, 50 TO 1 OR 2750 STUDENTS TO ONE AND TWO ARE 47, 50 TO 1.

AND THE DIFFERENCE THERE IN MARCY, I BELIEVE WITH THE LANGUAGE, WAS THAT PRIOR STUDENTS SERVED ON AN IEP WERE IN ADDITION TO THAT.

NOW IT'S ALL STUDENTS COMBINED.

SO I THINK THAT WAS A GOOD CHANGE BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY HELPS KEEP THE RATIOS DOWN.

IT'S ALL STUDENTS ARE PART OF THAT BEFORE IT WAS SEPARATED.

SO I DON'T BELIEVE THAT OUR OTS AND PTS WERE REALLY GETTING CREDIT FOR THE STUDENTS THEY WERE SERVING THAT WERE NOT GENERAL EDUCATION STUDENTS.

SO IT'S A LITTLE COMPLICATED, BUT I THINK THIS IS A PLUS FOR OUR SPECIALISTS.

AND THEN OF COURSE, OUR CO-TEACHING MODEL, SOME GOOD COLLABORATIVE LANGUAGE THAT WAS ADDED TO THE CONTRACT FOCUS ON INCLUSIVE PRACTICES AND CONSISTENCY.

AND I LOVE THIS PART BECAUSE WHAT IT'S REALLY SAYING IS THAT WE WANT TO TRY TO KEEP OUR CO TEACHERS, ESPECIALLY THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT ARE STRONG.

WE WANT TO TRY TO KEEP THOSE TEACHERS TOGETHER FOR AT LEAST THREE YEARS OR BEYOND, BECAUSE WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS THAT WHEN THERE'S A GOOD CO-TEACHING RELATIONSHIP, SO YOU HAVE YOUR GEN ED TEACHER AND YOUR SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER WORKING TOGETHER ON BEHALF OF KIDS.

IT'S LIKE A MARRIAGE.

IT'S THE BEST MARRIAGE IN THE WORLD.

AND AS A PRINCIPAL, A FORMER PRINCIPAL, I'VE SEEN SOME AMAZING RELATIONSHIPS AND I'VE SEEN SOME THAT JUST DIDN'T WORK OUT.

SO I THINK WE NEED TO REALLY VALUE THE ONES THAT DO.

AND THIS CONTRACT WILL DO THAT.

A BEREAVEMENT LEAVE.

WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE APPRECIATED THE UNIQUENESS OF OUR FAMILIES HERE IN CAMAS.

SO WE KNOW THAT IT'S NOT THE 1950S ANYMORE WITH, YOU KNOW, THE MOM, THE DAD, THE BROTHER, SISTER, DOG CAT AND THE WHITE PICKET FENCE.

FAMILIES ARE VERY UNIQUE AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HONOR THAT.

SO WHEN WE TAKE BEREAVEMENT, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR GUARDIANS, OUR FOSTER FAMILY MEMBERS, OUR STAFF FAMILIES AND OUR IN-LAWS ARE PART OF THAT BEREAVEMENT.

SO WE KIND OF EXTENDED WHO YOU CAN TAKE BEREAVEMENT FOR.

504 PLANS.

THIS WAS A VERY IMPORTANT I WAS HOPING CONNIE WOULD BE HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE I THINK OUR COUNSELORS ARE REALLY GOING TO APPRECIATE THIS.

SO IF YOU HAVE IF YOU'RE WRITING AND GUIDING 1 TO 28 OR MORE, I'M SORRY, 28 OR MORE, FIVE OF FOURS IN YEAR ONE OF THE CONTRACT, YOU WILL RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL DAY OF PAY TO OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS AT 45 OR MORE 504 PLANS, YOU'LL RECEIVE TWO ADDITIONAL DAYS OF PAY AND THAT WILL ACTUALLY BE A BETTER BENEFIT IN YEAR TWO OF THE CONTRACT.

SO, YOU KNOW, NOT BEING A COUNSELOR, I CAN'T REALLY SPEAK FOR COUNSELORS, BUT I KNOW THAT TRACKING 504, MAKING SURE THEY'RE LEGALLY PERMISSIBLE, MAKING SURE OUR STUDENTS ARE GETTING THE ACCOMMODATIONS THEY DESERVE AND THEY ARE EARNED.

IT'S A LOT OF WORK.

AND THE BIGGER THE SCHOOL, THE BIGGER THE CHALLENGE.

SO I THINK THIS WAS A REALLY GOOD ADDITION.

UM, MUSIC EDUCATION.

THIS WAS A BIG PIECE FOR US, THIS NEGOTIATED END FOR THE EARLY RELEASE WEDNESDAYS, MUSIC EDUCATORS WILL RECEIVE TWO MEETINGS WHERE THEY CAN ACTUALLY COLLABORATE TOGETHER RATHER THAN STAY AT THEIR SCHOOL SITE OR WITHIN THEIR DEPARTMENT.

SO MICHAEL, FOR EXAMPLE, WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH OTHER COLLEAGUES AT WHATEVER SCHOOL BUILDING THEY'RE AT, MAYBE EVEN CROSS DISTRICTS, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE. AND SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS EXCITING.

AND THE DISTRICT WILL ACTUALLY NOW COVER ANNUAL DUES FOR OUR MUSIC EDUCATORS, PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.

AND LASTLY, WE ENTERED INTO A SEPARATE MOU TO HAVE DISTRICT FUND MUSIC, P LIBRARY AND HEALTH, AND THAT'S GOING TO HELP REMOVE THE STRAIN FROM OUR PRINCIPALS WHO IN THE PAST HAVE USED THEIR BUILDING BUDGETS TO REPAIR INSTRUMENTS, NEW INSTRUMENTS, BOOKS, ALL THE THINGS THAT GO INTO THESE PARTICULAR AREAS.

OUTSTANDING WORK ON THIS, MICHAEL, SPECIFICALLY, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PASSION ON THIS.

I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE WONDERFUL FOR OUR DISTRICT FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.

SO THANK YOU TO THE BOARD AS WELL FOR LOOKING AT THIS AND AGREEING TO THIS.

WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE CENTRAL FUNDS FOR THESE FOR THE FIRST TIME AND MAYBE EVER IN OUR DISTRICT.

SO WELL DONE.

AND THEN JUST A REALLY QUICK SUMMARY ON INTERVENTIONIST LOWERCASE LOADS FOR INTERVENTION OR INTERVENTIONIST.

LOOKING AT CLASS SIZE. SO THIS IS PROBABLY WHERE A LOT OF THE HARD WORK CAME INTO PLAY AND WHY SOME OF THE TIME EXTENDED INTO THE

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THIS IS CHALLENGING WORK, BUT IT'S GOOD WORK AND IT'S THE RIGHT WORK, IN MY HUMBLE OPINION.

SO FOR KINDERGARTEN, WE SETTLED ON 22 STUDENTS IN A CLASSROOM FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR AND 21 FOR NEXT YEAR.

DURING THE SECOND YEAR OF THE CONTRACT IN FIRST AND SECOND GRADE, 23 AND 22 RESPECTIVELY, THIRD GRADE, 24 AND 22, AND THEN FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE 24 FOR BOTH YEARS.

AND SO AGAIN, I THANK KIA FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP ON THIS.

THE NUMBERS IN RED ARE HOW WE'RE FUNDED.

SO TO YOUR EARLIER POINT, ERIKA, THE STATE WILL THE STATE WILL ACTUALLY FUND US A LITTLE BIT HIGHER CLASS RATE.

SO FOR US TO GO DOWN A BIT, IT COSTS MORE MONEY, RIGHT? YOU'RE PAYING SOME OVERAGE TO THE TEACHER.

YOU MAY HAVE TO HIRE AN ADDITIONAL TEACHER, BUT I THINK AFTER IT WAS ALL SAID AND DONE, WE AGREED THAT THIS WAS WORTH IT.

AND AND SOMETHING THAT I THINK THE COMMUNITY MOVES HERE FOR.

THAT'S A HUGE STICKING POINT.

I THINK FOR FAMILIES, ME BEING ONE OF THEM AS THESE CLASS SIZES.

AND WE TALKED ABOUT HOW THAT WAS SUCH A BENEFIT IN SUMMER SCHOOL.

SO I'M HAPPY WHERE WE LANDED.

THIS IS A MORE EXPENSIVE PART OF THE CONTRACT, BUT PROBABLY A GREAT PLACE TO PUT OUR FUNDS.

AND I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT. THIS IS WHERE WE NEED TO SPEND OUR MONEY IS THE SMALLER CLASS SIZES.

AND LOOKING AT THAT, I AGAIN APPRECIATE THAT YOU PUT THE STATE FUNDED MODEL UP THERE SO THAT WE'RE ALL AWARE OF THAT BECAUSE THE DIFFERENCE COMES FROM EITHER OUR OUR FUND BALANCE, WHICH WE HAVE AGREED TO SPEND DOWN TO 5% OR OUR LEVY.

AND AS YOU KNOW, WITH THE NEW MCCLEARY, WE CAN ONLY HAVE $2.50 PER THOUSAND FOR OUR LOCAL LEVY AS WELL.

SO AGAIN, IN YEARS PAST WHERE WE COULD HAVE, IF THE LOCAL TAXPAYERS WANTED TO PAY MORE AND WANTED TO PAY $3, WE COULD DO THAT.

BUT NOW WE'RE ALL CAPPED AT THE $2.50.

SO GETTING THOSE NUMBERS JUST BECOMES MORE DIFFICULT.

AND IT'S A GOOD USE OF OUR FUND BALANCE FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS AND SHOWS HOW IMPORTANT THE LEVY IS AND AGAIN, SHOWS HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE IN FRONT OF OUR LEGISLATURE AND GETTING THE FUNDS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE THE CLASS SIZES THAT OUR COMMUNITY WANTS AND REQUIRES.

I WOULD PIGGYBACK ON THAT, TOO, THAT I KNOW IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE KIND OF A BROKEN RECORD HERE TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE STATE FUNDS VERSUS WHAT WE'RE PAYING FOR.

BUT THAT'S THE BALL GAME RIGHT THERE.

AND WHENEVER WE CAN, WE'RE GOING TO BE POINTING THESE THINGS OUT BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE SOMETIMES THE DISTRICT IS KIND OF CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A LOT OF THIS STUFF, AND WE NEED TO BE ADVOCATING AT THE STATE LEVEL FOR THIS.

WE NEED TO KEEP EDUCATING OUR COMMUNITY ON WHAT THE STATE CONSIDERS TO BE BASIC AND THEN WHAT WE'RE BASIC EDUCATION AND WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO FUND.

I HOPE THAT WE CAN KEEP WE CAN KIND OF COORDINATE OUR EFFORTS WITH OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WITH OUR LABOR GROUPS AS WELL, AND REALLY BE TELLING OUR STORY BECAUSE WE'RE KIND OF ESPECIALLY IN THIS NEW POST MCCLEARY WORLD SINCE 2018, WE'RE KIND OF AN I GUESS AN ANOMALY IS THE BEST WAY IS THE BEST WAY TO PUT IT. WE WERE WE BENEFITED UNDER THE OLD SYSTEM AND THE NEW SYSTEM HAS HAS NOT.

SO WE DEFINITELY NEED TO KEEP PRESSING ON THIS ONE AREA.

THANKS. COREY ONE AREA I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT TOO, AND I KNOW THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT MARCY WORKED REALLY HARD ON TOO, IS THIRD GRADE.

SO AS YOU HEARD DAN SAY EARLIER, OUR GOAL NATIONWIDE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR KIDS ARE READING WITH FLUENCY BY GRADE THREE.

AND SO I KNOW IT WAS A STICKING POINT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIRD GRADE LEVEL WAS VERY SIMILAR TO FIRST AND SECOND GRADE LEVEL, BECAUSE IT'S STILL IT'S NOT NECESSARILY PRIMARY, BUT IT'S RIGHT THERE IN THAT TRANSITION YEAR.

AND SO THE 22 STUDENTS IN THE SECOND YEAR OF THE CONTRACT I KNOW IS VERY IMPORTANT TO K AND I'M GLAD WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE THAT WORK.

WE JUST COULDN'T QUITE MAKE IT WORK THIS YEAR BUT WE'LL GET THERE NEXT YEAR.

LOOKING AT SECONDARY.

NOW, THIS WAS TOUGH WORK IN COMING FROM BEING A LONG TIME HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL.

THIS IS IMPORTANT WORK.

BUT THIS IS NOT EASY BECAUSE AS MANY OF YOU KNOW WHO ARE IN THE SECONDARY WORLD MOVING A STUDENT'S CLASS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR, THE MIDDLE OF TRIMESTER OR WHENEVER IS VERY CHALLENGING, ESPECIALLY IN HERE IN CAMAS WHEN YOU HAVE STUDENTS IN DUAL CREDIT OR RUNNING START, YOU HAVE CTE COMPONENTS, YOU HAVE STUDENTS TAKING, YOU KNOW, FOREIGN LANGUAGES THAT ARE VERY CHALLENGING.

SO JUST TAKING A STUDENT AND MOVING HE OR SHE TO THIRD PERIOD FROM FOURTH PERIOD IS NOT ALWAYS AS EASY AS IT SOUNDS.

BUT THANK YOU FOR THE WORK ON THIS.

ERIC LINTHWAITE, WHO'S NOT HERE, WAS A BIG PART OF THAT.

DEREK CORTEZ FROM THE DISTRICT SIDE REALLY CAME TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE TEAM.

SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS AROUND OUR AREA.

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I REALLY DO. SO IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THIS, THIS YEAR, OUR GOAL IS TO GET TO 30 STUDENTS IN A SIXTH GRADE CLASSROOM WITH A MAXIMUM OF 33.

SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS ANYTHING BETWEEN 31 AND 32 AMOUNT OF STUDENTS, THE TEACHER WILL RECEIVE AN OVERAGE IF ONCE THIS ONCE THE CLASS LOAD GETS OVER 33.

SO AT 34, WE WILL AS A DISTRICT NEED TO LOOK AT HIRING AN ADDITIONAL TEACHER TO HELP BALANCE THAT OUT.

SO AGAIN, IT'S AN EXPENSE BUT PROBABLY THE BEST PLACE TO BE PUTTING OUR FUNDS 31 AND 34 TO 34IN SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE AND NINTH TO 12TH GRADE, 32 TO 35.

SO OBVIOUSLY, JUST LIKE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THE YOUNGER THE STUDENTS, THE SMALLER CLASS SIZES IS IDEAL AS THE KIDS GET A LITTLE OLDER, GETTING READY FOR COLLEGE AND CAREER, WE CAN TYPICALLY HANDLE LARGER, CLASS SIZES, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO GO TOO BIG.

IN 2425, WE GO DOWN AGAIN.

YOU SEE 29 AT SIXTH GRADE, 30 AT SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE AND 31 AT NINTH THROUGH 12TH GRADE.

WE WORKED WITH CEA ON AP AND HONORS.

WE KNOW THAT STUDENTS WHO TAKE CLASSES OF THAT MAGNITUDE COULD PROBABLY HANDLE LARGER CLASS SIZES.

WE KNOW THAT MANY OF THEM WILL BE COLLEGE BOUND, WHERE IF YOU ALL REMEMBER, WE SOME OF US PROBABLY HAD TWO, 300, MAYBE MORE IN A CLASS.

SO I APPRECIATE CEA TAKING A LOOK AT THAT SPECIFICALLY.

AND THEN WITH OUR FITNESS CLASSES, THOSE TYPICALLY HAVE TO BE A LITTLE LARGER AS WELL.

IT'S AN ELECTIVE THAT ALMOST EVERY STUDENT, IF NOT ALL, HAVE TO TAKE.

SO THEY'RE JUST, BY NATURE, GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT LARGER.

AND ONE OTHER THING I DIDN'T SEE IN YOUR SLIDE, BUT I THINK THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT DIDN'T WE THE TEAMS AGREED TO LOWER CLASS SIZES FOR.

IS IT SCIENCE LABS? YEAH. THANKS FOR POINTING THAT OUT.

COREY. AND IF I'M REMEMBERING RIGHT, IT WAS I THINK WE LANDED ON 28, MAYBE EVEN 26.

WE BOUNCED AROUND A LITTLE BIT, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 26 AND 28.

AND IT'S LESS THAN THE GENERAL CLASS SIZE FOR SAFETY REASONS AND IT'S SAFETY REASONS.

IF YOU REMEMBER BACK TO YOUR BIO DAYS, YOUR CHEMISTRY DAYS, SHARING RESOURCES, PAIRING UP, IT COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS TO HAVE LARGE CLASS SIZES IN THERE.

SO YEAH, THERE WAS A STICKING POINT THERE THAT WE HAD TO GET TO.

AND I WANT TO SAY WE LANDED AT 28.

THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL WAS 26 AND JUST LOGISTICALLY WE COULDN'T GET THERE.

SO THANKS, COREY.

AGAIN, WE HAVE AN MOU ESTABLISHED FOR A CO-CURRICULAR COMMITTEE.

I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, I THINK OVER THE YEARS THAT THERE'S STIPENDS THAT OUR CLUB ADVISORS RECEIVE FOR DIFFERENT CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES THAT HAPPEN. WHAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WAS THAT THIS WASN'T DICTATED BY THE CENTRAL OFFICE BECAUSE MANY CENTRAL OFFICE ADMINISTRATORS LIKE MYSELF WERE REMOVED FROM THE SCHOOLS IN THE DAY TO DAY. SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS A MORE COLLABORATIVE DECISION TO SET THOSE STIPENDS THAT ARE FAIR AND EQUITABLE FOR OUR ADVISORS AND OUR TEACHERS.

AND SO THIS IS THIS COMMITTEE WILL HELP TO DO THAT.

SO DISTRICT STAFF AND AND MEMBERS OF OUR EMPLOYEE GROUPS WILL MEET TO DECIDE THOSE STIPENDS AND PROBABLY MAKE OTHER DECISIONS WHEN IT COMES TO NEW CLUBS, NEW ACTIVITIES THAT ARE COMING ON BOARD.

AND ULTIMATELY, THE BOARD MAKES THE FINAL DECISION ON WHETHER A CLUB OR ACTIVITY GETS, YOU KNOW, SIGNED INTO AGREEMENT COMPENSATION.

SO THIS WAS THE FINAL PIECE OF THE CONTRACT THAT WE NEEDED TO GET TO.

AND I'M REALLY PROUD TO SAY THAT I THINK WE LANDED ON SOME GOOD NUMBERS.

I THINK THIS WILL SHOW THE VALUE AND APPRECIATION OF ALL OUR STAFF.

SO YEAR ONE AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST OUR TEACHER CONTRACT.

OUR CERTIFICATED CONTRACT WILL BE A 5.7% INCREASE YEAR ONE WITH A 0.7 TRY, WHICH STANDS FOR TIME, RESPONSIBILITY AND INCENTIVE.

SO THIS IS THE TIME THAT THE TEACHERS PUT INTO GRADING PAPERS, ALL OF THE EXTRAS THAT DON'T NECESSARILY FALL WITHIN THEIR CONTRACT TIME.

SO THAT'S A TOTAL OF A 6.4% INCREASE YEAR ONE.

AND TEACHERS WILL RECEIVE RETROACTIVE MONEY FROM THE BEGINNING OF THEIR CONTRACT.

IF THE BOARD DOES APPROVE THESE TO THIS TONIGHT, THAT WILL GO INTO EFFECT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

YEAR TWO WAS 4.6% AND 2.0 TRY, WHICH COMES TO A TOTAL OF 6.6%.

SO OVER TWO YEARS, JUST ABOUT A 13% INCREASE IN SALARY, 3% LONGEVITY INCREASE YEAR ONE AND 3% LONGEVITY INCREASE

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THIS IS TOTAL COMPENSATION, MEANING BENEFITS, LONGEVITY.

TRY EVERYTHING COMBINED WILL BE JUST UNDER $64,000 WITH A MASTER'S DEGREE AT THE VERY TOP OF OUR PAY SCALE WILL BE JUST UNDER 119,000.

AGAIN, THAT'S TOTAL COMPENSATION FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR.

SO. THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THAT PIECE.

DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK REALLY QUICK TO THE LONGEVITY INCREASE? JUST KIND OF WHAT THAT WHAT THAT IS? YEAH. SO LONGEVITY. LONGEVITY IS LIKE KIND OF A SIDE SCALE THAT WE'VE HAD, I'M NOT SURE FOR HOW MANY YEARS.

AND BASICALLY THIS GOES TO OUR MOST SEASONED EMPLOYEES.

IT'S A 3% ON TOP OF THE SALARY.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE.

WE ALWAYS DON'T KNOW WHERE EVERGREEN'S CONTRACT SETTLED EXACTLY.

BUT THAT STARTING SALARY, I KNOW IT KEEPS US AT THE TOP AS FAR AS OUR OUR AREA.

RIGHT? YEAH. IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, VERY TOP BATTLEGROUND.

BATTLEGROUND, I BELIEVE.

JUST SETTLED, BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN THE FINAL TERMS OF THEIR CONTRACT YET, BUT I BELIEVE CAMAS WILL BE NUMBER TWO IN OUR REGION.

I COULD BE WRONG ABOUT THAT.

AT NUMBER TWO, AND WITH EVERGREEN BEING THE LARGEST, IT I THINK IT'S PAR FOR THE COURSE.

BUT I THINK WE LANDED IN A GOOD SPOT VERY COMPETITIVE.

YEAH FEEL LIKE TO BE NUMBER ONE BUT WE'RE PAID NUMBER TWO RIGHT.

ANYTHING ELSE ON COMPENSATION.

WELL. AND WASHINGTON STATE TEACHERS AS A WHOLE ARE NUMBER FIVE IN THE NATION, IN THE TOP FIVE OF TOP TEACHERS PAID JUST FOR OUR PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT.

YEAH. AND YOU KNOW AND YOU GET A GREAT EDUCATION HERE.

SO YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR, RIGHT.

SO. ALL RIGHT.

I WANTED TO MENTION ERIKA, YOU MENTIONED THIS EARLIER SO ELOQUENTLY.

I COULD PROBABLY NOT MATCH YOUR ARTICULATION, BUT I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HEALING AND NEXT STEPS.

OBVIOUSLY, ANYTIME AN ORGANIZATION GOES THROUGH A STRIKE OR WORK STOPPAGE IS GOING TO BE SOME DAMAGE THAT HAPPENS, SOME HEALING THAT HAS TO TAKE PLACE.

AND SO IT'S REALLY GOING TO TAKE ALL OF US AND THIS ISN'T JUST A ONE PERSON OR A BOARD OR ANYBODY.

AND I'M SO HAPPY THAT MICHAEL AND MARCI ARE HERE BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A STRONG RELATIONSHIP.

AND WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THIS, SPECIFICALLY MARCI AND ME ABOUT, YOU KNOW, GOING INTO THAT NEXT CONTRACT, WHICH IS GOING TO COME UP SOONER THAN WE WANT. GOING INTO THAT MORE UNITED, MORE UNDERSTANDING OF ONE ANOTHER AND NOT JUST SAYING MARCI AND ME SPECIFICALLY, BUT OUR ENTITIES BECAUSE WE ARE ONE DISTRICT AND WE HAVE TO DO THAT.

AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE PLANNING VERY SOON HERE IS AN AFTER ACTION REVIEW WHERE WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WENT WELL.

THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WENT WELL.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS CONTRACT, I THINK, IS EXTREMELY GOOD FOR KIDS AND THAT THAT WAS A GOOD PRODUCT OUT OF ALL OF THIS.

BUT WHERE WE COULD DO BETTER.

I KNOW I HEARD THE PUBLIC COMMENTERS TALK ABOUT COMMUNICATION.

WHERE COULD WE IMPROVE, WHERE COULD THEY IMPROVE AND MAKE CHANGES FOR NEXT TIME SO THAT WE POTENTIALLY COME OUT OF THIS SEEMING LESS DIVISIVE? BECAUSE I WILL TELL YOU THAT AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WOULD AGREE, BUT AT THE BARGAINING TABLE, THERE WAS NOTHING BUT MUTUAL RESPECT.

IT WAS VERY, PROFESSIONAL, VERY RESPECTFUL.

OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE DIFFERENCES.

AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO AGREE ON EVERYTHING.

THAT'S JUST PART OF THE PROCESS.

BUT I JUST YOU KNOW, I WISH THE PUBLIC COULD HAVE SEEN HOW THINGS WERE HAPPENING AT THE TABLE BECAUSE IT WASN'T ANYTHING LIKE WHAT MAY HAVE BEEN PORTRAYED.

SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE KNEW THAT.

I THINK VISIBILITY AND CELEBRATIONS IS IMPORTANT NOT JUST FOR MYSELF AS SUPERINTENDENT, BUT FOR ALL OF US MAKING SURE WE'RE AT THE SCHOOLS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, IN THE CLASSROOMS, AT EVENTS, YOU KNOW, BEING AROUND THE PUBLIC AND NOT BEING NOT SHYING AWAY FROM QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS AND CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROCESS.

I THINK TAKING THAT HEAD ON, WE'RE HUMAN.

WE'RE NEVER GOING TO BE PERFECT.

BUT I THINK IF WE SHY AWAY FROM THAT, THEN IT JUST CAUSES LESS TRANSPARENCY AND MORE CONCERN AND.

QUESTION SO I KNOW I'LL TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THAT AND AT THE BOARD'S DIRECTION, BE OUT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

AND SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE.

I THINK WE CAN HEAL BECAUSE IT'S A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY.

THE PARTNERSHIP I'VE PROBABLY SAID THIS OVER AND OVER.

I CAN'T THANK MARCI, MICHAEL, ERIC, MEGAN.

I COULD. I CAN GO ON AND ON.

AMAZING PEOPLE, PASSIONATE.

AND IT WAS VERY COLLEGIAL THROUGHOUT.

AND OF COURSE, WE'RE GOING TO NEED THIS PARTNERSHIP TO BE VERY HEALTHY AND STRONG, NOT JUST GOING INTO THE NEXT CONTRACT, BUT TO YOUR POINT, GOING INTO THE LEVY. WE'RE GOING TO NEED EACH OTHER.

AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS ESTABLISHED FROM CEA AND WEAA RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING, IS THAT ONCE THIS IS SETTLED, WE'RE GOING TO BE SHOULDER TO SHOULDER,

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BECAUSE LET'S FACE IT, ANY TIME YOU GO THROUGH SOMETHING LIKE THIS, THERE'S GOING TO BE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT ARE CONCERNED THAT MAY NOT WANT TO VOTE YES OR MAY NOT WANT TO VOTE AT ALL. SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE UNITED.

AND I HOPE TO LEAD THAT SHARED VALUES.

AS THE NEGOTIATIONS BECAME MORE ROBUST AND GOT CLOSER TO SETTLING, I THINK OUR VALUES, WE REALIZED, WERE PRETTY DARN CLOSE TO ONE ANOTHER FROM THE BEGINNING.

LOOKING BACK AND I'LL OWN THIS, I WISH WE COULD HAVE ESTABLISHED THAT SOONER.

AND SO WE WERE MORE ON THE SAME PAGE FROM DAY ONE.

AND IT'S JUST A LEARNING LESSON, I THINK.

AND SO I HOPE THAT OUR AFTER ACTION REVIEW AND AS THE NEXT YEAR OR TO MOVE FORWARD WILL BE ON THE SAME PAGE.

SO THAT WAY NOT ONLY CAN WE LOBBY TOGETHER, BUT MAKE SURE THAT OUR VALUES COME TO THE FOREFRONT DAY ONE OF NEGOTIATIONS BECAUSE THAT TWO YEAR MARK IS GOING TO COME UP FAST AND GROUND RULES, GROUND RULES, ESPECIALLY AROUND COMMUNICATION.

YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S COMMUNITY MEMBERS OUT THERE THAT FELT THAT USING PARENT SQUARE MAY HAVE BEEN ADVANTAGEOUS FOR THE DISTRICT.

SOME WOULD DISAGREE WITH THAT.

SOME WOULD SAY THE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA WAS ADVANTAGEOUS.

MAYBE NOT. BUT WE REALLY AND THIS IS AGAIN, I'LL OWN THIS, WE REALLY NEVER SET THOSE COMMUNICATION GROUND RULES FROM THE BEGINNING.

IF YOU ARE GOING TO USE SOCIAL MEDIA, HOW WILL THAT BE USED? IN WHAT FASHION AND WHEN AND, FOR EXAMPLE, FROM THE DISTRICT STANDPOINT.

I DON'T THINK I EVER TOLD MARCY OR THE TEAM THAT WE WOULD BE PUTTING OUR PROPOSALS OUT THERE.

SO I'M SURE THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD HAVE TALKED ABOUT, RIGHT? SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT NEXT TIME AROUND WE WILL DEFINITELY HAVE GROUND RULES FOR THAT AND STICK TO THOSE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

I HOPE YOU'RE IN AGREEMENT.

I DON'T WANT TO JUST SPEAK FOR MYSELF HERE.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, DIGNITY FOR ALL LISTENING.

I APPRECIATE THE PUBLIC COMMENT.

I APPRECIATE THERE'S ALWAYS TWO SIDES TO THE COIN AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S VOICE IS HEARD, THAT WE'RE SHOWING DIGNITY TO ALL EMPATHY, OPENNESS, AND I THINK MOST IMPORTANTLY, PATIENCE WITH ONE ANOTHER.

AND LASTLY SAID, I'LL SAY IT AGAIN, THE TWO YEARS IS GOING TO FLY BY.

AND SO IT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE UNITED.

AND I KNOW AS A COMMUNITY WE WILL BE.

AND IT STARTS WITH ME.

SO LET ME SEE IF I HAD ANYTHING ELSE.

OKAY, THAT'S IT ON THAT ANY BEFORE I MOVE ON, ANYTHING ELSE ON NEGOTIATIONS OR I JUST APPRECIATE WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE THE AFTER ACTION REVIEW AND THAT KIND OF STUFF.

I'M AS SOMEBODY WHO HAS SAT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE NEGOTIATION TABLE MULTIPLE TIMES FOR MY ASSOCIATION AS WELL YOU'RE ALWAYS NEGOTIATING. AND SO I HOPE THAT THE CONVERSATIONS DON'T JUST STOP NOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THE INK WILL POTENTIALLY BE PUT TO PAGE.

AND I HOPE THAT THESE CONVERSATIONS KEEP GOING THROUGH LABOR MANAGEMENT MEETINGS THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUS IN THERE FROM BOTH SIDES.

YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT, HEY, THIS IS GOING TO BE A TOPIC OF BARGAINING NEXT TIME AROUND, LET'S TALK ABOUT IT NOW AND START HAVING START LAYING THOSE GROUND THAT GROUNDWORK NOW, BECAUSE WE I THINK THAT'S ONE THING.

YOU KNOW WHAT IS IT? FRIENDS CAN ALWAYS BE HONEST WITH EACH OTHER.

I THINK THAT'S ONE THING THAT I THINK WE CAN DO AS A DISTRICT BETTER IS REALLY UNDERSTAND THE WHOLE PROCESS AND CYCLE OF NEGOTIATIONS AND HOW IT NEEDS TO.

IT NEEDS TO BE AN ONGOING THING.

IT'S NOT JUST, HEY, IT'S JUNE, TIME TO START NEGOTIATING.

SO THAT'S A GREAT POINT.

ONE OF THE THE TIPS I'VE HEARD GOING INTO NEXT TIME IS TO SET OUR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FROM THE BEGINNING SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS, YOU KNOW, THE SUPERINTENDENT MAY OR MAY NOT BE AT THE TABLE, THE SUPER OR THE WHO ARE THE BARGAINING PEOPLE FOR THE BOTH PARTIES AND WHEN ARE THOSE DATES? SO IT'S JUST MORE OF THAT FROM THE BEGINNING SO THAT THE PUBLIC KNOWS AND IT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN A SECRET AND IT WASN'T MEANT TO BE.

IT WAS JUST, AGAIN, THAT LEARNING EXPERIENCE TO KNOW WHAT NEEDS TO BE SAID FROM THE GET GO.

AND SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN WE CAN LOOK TO DO.

THERE'S LIKE I SAID EARLIER, THERE'S A LOT OF LESSONS LEARNED.

I INVITE OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT SENT IN EMAILS OF PASSION TO REFRAME AND GIVE US SUGGESTIONS BECAUSE WE'D LIKE TO PASS THOSE ALONG.

THIS IS NOW THE MOMENT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE BETTER, WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR NEXT TIME.

AND LIKE COREY SAID, IT'S NOT JUST NEGOTIATIONS THAT STARTED THE DAY AFTER IT WAS SIGNED.

IT'S THE RELATIONSHIPS.

AND THIS IS ALL ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS, RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR STAFF AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR PARENTS AND ON BEHALF OF OUR STUDENTS.

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ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, ERICA.

OKAY, MOVING ON.

UNLESS BOB ANY TRACEY.

OKAY. ACTUALLY, I DID HAVE A REALLY QUICK QUESTION, JOHN, IF I CAN GO BACK TO SLIDE.[INAUDIBLE] CLASS SIZE. SLIDE SEVEN.

SECONDARY OR ELEMENTARY? SORRY. SECONDARY.

OKAY. SO THE STATE FUNDS SECONDARY CLASS SIZE AT 27.

AND ALL OF THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, OVER THAT.

SO FILL IN THE HOLES AS ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT WILL THAT MEAN.

YEAH. WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WE'RE NOT WHERE WE NEED TO BE YET WITH SECONDARY.

SO I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IS GETTING THERE WE HAVEN'T REALLY HAD A ROBUST SORT OF SCHEDULE LIKE THIS AND MAYBE EVER. AND SO THIS IS OUR FIRST STEP.

WE'RE OUR CLASS SIZE IS.

CAN BE LOWER AND NEED TO GET AS CLOSE TO THAT 27.

THE DOWNSIDE IS, IS THAT THIS COMES WITH A COST.

SO THERE'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE A TRADE OFF AND WE'D RATHER THAT NOT BE SALARY, BUT THAT COULD BE THAT MAY WE MAY NOT WANT THAT TO BE OTHER RESOURCES, MAYBE SUMMER SCHOOL.

RIGHT? SO THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE A TRADE OFF AS LONG AS WE'RE NOT ADEQUATELY FUNDED BY THE STATE.

AND SO, YES, ULTIMATELY OUR GOAL WOULD BE TO BE 27IN A SECONDARY CLASS, MAYBE LOWER.

BUT THIS IS THE BEST WE CAN DO RIGHT NOW WITH THE FUNDING WE HAVE.

BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE CONTINUALLY WORKING ON IT.

SO THERE ARE CURRENTLY HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.

LIKE, I MEAN, IF THIS IS FOR THE 23, 24 SCHOOL YEAR, I MEAN, IF I'VE GOT A, YOU KNOW, AN 11TH GRADE KID WHO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IN A CLASS SIZE OF 41, COULD MY KIDDO POTENTIALLY BE MOVED TO ANOTHER CLASS? ARE WE HIRING NEW TEACHERS? SO ALL OF THE ABOVE.

BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE KIND OF FINE PRINT UP TOP, CEA AND THE DISTRICT WORKED TOGETHER ON PROVIDING SOME RUNWAY FOR THAT. SO GREAT QUESTION.

SO I APPRECIATE THE REALLY THE THE TIME THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN AS SCHOOL PRINCIPALS SPECIFICALLY TO MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS.

SO IF YOU'RE AT A 41 RIGHT NOW, WHICH I HOPE YOU'RE NOT, LET'S SAY 38, THAT MAKES ME FEEL A LITTLE BETTER.

SO IF WE'RE AT 38 AND A NINTH GRADE ALGEBRA CLASS, WE REALLY WANT TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO DISRUPT A STUDENT OR MULTIPLE STUDENTS SCHEDULES RIGHT OFF THE BAT.

SO THANKFULLY, WE NEGOTIATED SOME TIME HERE.

SO IF YOU READ THE TOP AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL, THE CLASS SIZE MAXIMUMS BELOW SHALL BE IMPLEMENTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SECOND TRIMESTER, SECOND SEMESTER OR THIRD QUARTER. BECAUSE KEEP IN MIND, EACH OF OUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS HAVE DIFFERENT GRADING PERIODS.

AND SO THIS DOESN'T HAVE TO BE DONE RIGHT AWAY.

AND SO WE'RE HOPING THAT OUR TEACHERS WILL ALSO SHOW GRACE TO THAT TIME.

AND SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS IMPORTANT, I THINK, TO US DURING NEGOTIATIONS PRIOR TO THIS TIME, THE PROVISIONS OF THE LAST CONTRACT GO INTO EFFECT.

AND SO WHATEVER THOSE CLASS SIZES WERE SET AT PRIOR, THAT'S WHAT WILL FALL UNTIL THE FIRST GRADING PERIOD HAPPENS.

DOES THAT HELP AT ALL? OKAY. CAN I ALSO TALK ABOUT CLASS SIZES FOR A SECOND? IS PART OF WHAT WE OFFER AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL IS MULTIPLE OPTIONS, RIGHT? SO NOT ALL OF OUR CLASSES ARE THAT SIZE.

SOMETIMES WE'RE ABLE TO OFFER LIKE OUR COMMUNITY WANTS MANDARIN, FOR EXAMPLE, RIGHT? THAT MAY ONLY HAVE A CLASS SIZE OF LESS THAN THAT.

SO THEN SOMETIMES OUR ENGLISH OR MATH CLASSES MAY BE HIGHER, BUT WE'RE PAYING FOR A MANDARIN TEACHER OR OTHER CLASS OR OTHER CHOICE CLASS THAT KIDS WANT, RIGHT? SO I THINK THAT ALSO PLAYS INTO SOME OF THAT AS WELL.

IT DOES. IT SORT OF BALANCES OUT A LITTLE BIT.

SO THESE ARE PRIMARILY LOOKING AT CORE CLASSES BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE CLASSES THAT ARE VERY LOW.

AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID IS THOSE EXTRAORDINARILY HIGH CLASSES.

SO SOMETIMES AS A FORMER SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER, SOCIAL STUDIES KIND OF GETS LOST IN THE MIX, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A TESTED CATEGORY.

THIS IS GOING TO TAKE INTO EFFECT ALL OF OUR CLASSES NOW.

SO IT REALLY DID.

I THINK LOOK AT ALL OF OUR SUBJECT AREAS ACROSS THE BOARD.

SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL ONLY SEE LOWER, NOT HIGHER.

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OKAY. MOVING FORWARD, JUST A COUPLE ANNOUNCEMENTS HERE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU FOR STAYING.

I APPRECIATE IT. OUR CAC, OUR CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WE'RE SEEKING NEW MEMBERS.

IT WAS FORMED AS AN ADVISORY GROUP TO MYSELF AND ALL OF YOU, AND IT ALLOWS THE DISTRICT PATRONS TO HAVE INPUT INTO OUR PROGRAMS, POLICIES AND ISSUES. WE'RE LOOKING FOR A REPRESENTATIVE CROSS-SECTION OF 25 PARENT AND NON PARENT PATRONS OF CAMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SO IF YOU JUST KIND OF GO DOWN, WE'RE LOOKING AT TWO MEMBERS FROM DISTRICT ONE, TWO MEMBERS FROM DISTRICT TWO, TWO MEMBERS FROM DISTRICT THREE AND ONE MEMBER FROM DISTRICT FOUR, TWO MEMBERS FROM DISTRICT FIVE.

SO FAR WE'VE RECEIVED 14 APPLICATIONS.

SO WE'RE JUST KIND OF LETTING THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT THESE WILL BE OPEN UNTIL FRIDAY THE 29TH, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A ALL THE APPLICANTS ARE INVITED TO THE MEETING ON OCTOBER SECOND SO THEY CAN KIND OF GET A FEEL FOR IT, EITHER STICK AROUND OR RUN FOR THE HILLS, WHATEVER THEIR DECISION IS.

AND THAT WILL BE 5:30, RIGHT, RIGHT HERE IN THE BOARD ROOM.

AND I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO BE CONNECTED TO THE DISTRICT AND WHAT WE'RE DOING AND A GREAT WAY TO GET RELATIONSHIPS WITH JOHN'S THERE.

DOREEN IS THERE. I MEAN, THERE'S BOARD, THERE'S LOTS OF PEOPLE AT THOSE MEETINGS, SO IT'S A GREAT WAY TO BE INVOLVED.

AND ALSO, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAID THIS, BUT I THINK IT'S THREE YEAR TERMS, RIGHT? AND SO WE HAVE ROTATING OFF OF FROM EACH DISTRICT DIRECTOR AREA.

SO IT KIND OF JUST SPREADS IT AROUND.

SO EACH DIRECTOR AREA HAS SEVERAL THAT COME OFF AND ON EACH YEAR.

SO IF IT'S NOT RIGHT FOR YOU THIS YEAR, MAYBE NEXT YEAR, THEY'LL PROBABLY STILL BE AN OPENING IN YOUR DISTRICT AREA.

SO JUST SOMETHING TO TAKE A LOOK AT AND COME TO THE MEETING NEXT IN OCTOBER.

IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT TO SEE HOW IT RUNS.

ONE OF THE NICE THINGS ABOUT CAC TRACEY IS THE WORD ON THE STREET PART, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY GET SOME DIALOG.

UNFORTUNATELY, WITH PUBLIC COMMENT, WE CAN'T ALWAYS OBVIOUSLY COMMENT BACK.

SO THE WORD ON THE STREET ALLOWS US TO HAVE SOME PRETTY, YOU KNOW, DEEP CONVERSATIONS AND GET INTO SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN'T REALLY, YOU KNOW, DIALOG HERE AT THE MEETING.

SO I ENJOY THAT PART.

AND THERE'S USUALLY TWO BOARD MEMBERS ON THAT AS WELL THAT WERE THERE.

AND SO IT'S A GREAT WAY FOR US TO ALSO HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY OR HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON OR AGAIN, IT'S A GREAT COMMITTEE AND I ENCOURAGE ANYONE TO APPLY FOR THAT.

I SERVED ON IT BEFORE WE WERE ON THE BOARD AND OH, IT IS.

I MEAN, I JOINED WHEN I HAD MIDDLE SCHOOLERS.

AND SO YOU LEARNED ALL ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL OPTIONS.

I MEAN, YOU JUST LEARN ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE DISTRICT OUTSIDE OF YOUR BUBBLE.

AND IT'S SUCH A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER PARENTS AND OTHER LEADERS FROM THE DISTRICT THAT ARE NOT IN YOUR BUBBLE.

AND SO IT'S GREAT. OKAY.

WE ALSO HAVE A SUPERINTENDENTS BUDGET COMMITTEE.

THIS IS THE ACTUAL I BELIEVE THIS IS THE INAUGURAL TEAM.

SO PEOPLE LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT NOW, MAYBE GRATEFUL FOR SUPERINTENDENTS, COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

BUT THIS IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO GET INVOLVED AS WELL.

NOW, INTERESTINGLY, WE DON'T HAVE A FORMAL APPLICATION PROCESS RIGHT NOW IN PLACE.

I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE THERE'S LESS INTEREST IN THE MONEY THAN THE OTHER STUFF.

BUT WE LIKE TO START A FORMAL PROCESS LIKE WE HAVE WITH CAC.

AND SO WE'RE BUILDING THAT PROCESS NOW.

WE'LL TRY TO GET THAT OUT PRIOR TO THE FIRST MEETING.

BUT IN TALKING TO MEMBERS OF THE CURRENT COMMITTEE, WE REALLY WOULD LOVE SOME NEW FRESH FACES ON THAT COMMITTEE WITH DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES.

OBVIOUSLY, THERE WAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES THIS TIME AROUND.

THERE'S PEOPLE THAT COMPLETELY AGREE WITH HOW THE BUDGET IS FORMED.

SOME DON'T. WE WANT TO HEAR FROM EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY PEOPLE WITH A MATH BACKGROUND WHO REALLY CAN DIG IN AND LOOK AT THE TRANSPARENCY OF THE BUDGET.

SO WE'LL PUT AN APPLICATION OUT.

WE'D LOVE TO GET SOME MORE PEOPLE ON THAT COMMITTEE AND BOARD MEMBERS SIT ON THAT AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF OUR BARGAINING TEAM.

SO IT'S A GREAT WAY TO INFORM THE BUDGET AND REALLY HELP GUIDE THE BOARD.

AS FAR AS THE FUTURE.

SO. WELL, I'VE HEARD THAT UNDERSTANDING PUBLIC EDUCATION FUNDING IS A WEE BIT COMPLICATED.

YEAH, WE THOUGHT THE FEDERAL TAX CODE WAS TOUGH.

BUT YEAH, EDUCATION FUNDING IS VERY INTERESTING AND IT'S SO DIFFERENT FROM DISTRICT TO DISTRICT TO DISTRICT.

SO SITTING ON THIS COMMITTEE.

OH, MY GOSH. YOU GUYS GO THROUGH IT.

YEAH, GO THROUGH IT.

YOU START TO LEARN AND START TO UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEXITIES AND THE WHYS AND THE AND THE WHAT DO YOU NEED TO GO, YOU KNOW, LOBBY YOUR LEGISLATOR

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SO YEAH, I REALLY HOPE PEOPLE WILL APPLY FOR THIS.

YEAH, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT AS WE SPEAK AND WE'LL GET SOMETHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.

I'M ASSUMING THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN PRIOR TO MCCLEARY BECAUSE THERE FRESH FACES AND THEY'RE SMILING.

NICE HAIRDOS. YEAH.

DO THEY MEET AT THIS POINT? THE BUDGET COMMITTEE IS MONTHLY.

IT'S YEAH, THEY START RAMPING UP A LITTLE BIT MORE RIGHT BEFORE WE START PRESENTING THE BUDGET.

BUT LIKE MONTHLY.

SO TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR IT DEFINITELY IS TOWARDS THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

SO MAYBE A LITTLE LESS COMMITMENT THAN CAC.

OKAY. YEAH, BUT A LOT OF YOUR BRAIN IS REALLY WORKING.

YEAH. AND THAT'S ANOTHER ONE THAT AS BOARD MEMBERS ARE ALSO INTERESTED IN THAT WE ROTATE OFF AND ON BECAUSE THERE CAN ONLY BE TWO OF US THERE AT A TIME.

SO THAT'S ONE THAT WE'VE ALL BEEN LIKE.

WELL, AND THE BUDGET COMMITTEE HAS BEEN VERY INFLUENTIAL ON THAT TOO, IN TERMS OF LIKE THE PLAN THAT WE IMPLEMENTED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO FOR HOW TO SPEND DOWN THE FUND BALANCE.

THAT WAS A RECOMMENDATION THAT CAME DIRECTLY FROM THIS COMMITTEE.

YEAH. SO, YEAH, EAT, LIVE, SLEEP AND BREATHE, RIGHT.

THE FUNDING.

AND SO IT'S SO REFRESHING TO HEAR QUESTIONS AT THAT COMMITTEE, TO HEAR WHAT PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND OR NEED CONNECTING.

SO IT'S SO VALUABLE.

YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

OKAY. JUST A COUPLE PICTURES I THREW UP FROM LAST WEEK.

A LITTLE GUY OVER AT HELEN BALLARD SAW HIS PICTURE UP ON THE WALL AND, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT BELONGING.

HE POINTED THAT OUT.

AND THEN THAT WAS ACTUALLY THE FIRST DAY OF OUR PRE-K PROGRAM OVER AT HLC.

AND SO SITTING DOWN WITH THE RED PANTS, THAT'S OUR NEW EARLY LEARNING DIRECTOR, KATIE MAFFUCCI.

SO SHE'S GETTING HER SLEEVES ROLLED UP RIGHT AWAY.

DAY ONE READING TO THE KIDDOS BUT AWESOME PROGRAM AND JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE PLACES I WAS AT LAST WEEK SO AND I THINK THAT IS IT FOR ME UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS. SORRY FOR A LITTLE LONGER THIS TIME, BUT IT WAS GOOD.

IT WAS GOOD. IT WAS GOOD INFORMATION.

GOOD CONVERSATION. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THAT BRINGS US DOWN TO ITEM TEN.

[10. OPEN AND EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATIONS]

WE HAVE THREE OUT OF OUR FOUR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS THAT WE HAVE NEGOTIATED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS THAT ARE HERE FOR THE BOARD'S APPROVAL.

YOU'VE HAD COPIES OF THOSE FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS TO GO OVER.

JOHN DID A GREAT JOB OF SUMMARIZING THE ESPECIALLY THE ONE BETWEEN THE DISTRICT AND THE CANNABIS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION.

UNLESS THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THAT, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION A SECOND.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT BEFORE WE MOVE ON IS THAT I APPRECIATE THAT THE VERSION THAT WAS IN HERE HAD ALL THE RED LINES AND WHATNOT IN IT, SO IT WAS EASIER TO GO THROUGH AND SEE WHAT ALL WE WORKED ON, WHAT ALL YOU WORKED ON.

IT MADE IT EASY TO READ AND LOOK THROUGH IT ALL SO WE COULD SEE IT ALL IN THERE AND FOR THE PUBLIC AND ANYONE ELSE THAT WANTED TO VIEW IT.

IT'S A COMPLEX CONTRACT AND IT'S VERY LONG, SO I KNOW WE'LL PUT THE FINAL VERSION IN MINUS THE RED LINES.

BUT FOR THIS PURPOSE HERE TONIGHT IN BOARD DOCS, I APPRECIATED HAVING THAT IN THERE.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE 2023 CAMAS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT.

SECOND. OKAY.

IT WAS MOVED BY TRACEY, SECONDED BY BONNIE.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? BEFORE WE VOTE, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I HAVE TO DO MY TYPICAL THING.

I HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

MY WIFE IS A CEA MEMBER, SO I WILL BE ABSTAINING FROM THIS VOTE.

SO NOW THAT I'VE SAID THAT.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

AYE. OPPOSED.

ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES.

CONTRACT IS RATIFIED ON THE DISTRICT END.

THANK YOU. THE APPLAUSE WASN'T AS BIG AS THE SUMMER SCHOOL ONE.

I'M JUST SAYING. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, FOR YOUR WORK THERE.

YEAH. ALSO, JUST AS A SIDE NOTE, BARGAINING FOR DIFFERENT OPEN CONTRACTS, THAT TAKES A THAT'S A TON OF WORK.

AND SO JUST KUDOS ON EVERYBODY'S IN THERE.

THE NEXT ONE DOWN IS THE KANSAS ASSOCIATION OF PRINCIPALS BARGAINING AGREEMENT.

THIS IS OUR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE DISTRICT AND OUR SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND ADMINISTRATORS.

NOT AS MUCH FANFARE ABOUT THIS ONE, BUT STILL A CONTRACT THAT NEEDS TO BE RATIFIED.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD ANYTHING TO ADD FOR THAT.

SURE. YEAH. THIS WAS A RATHER SIMPLE ONE.

IT'S A SMALL CONTRACT.

IT'S A SMALL GROUP.

HOWEVER, ONE THING I'LL TELL YOU ABOUT OUR ADMINISTRATORS IS THAT THERE'S A BOOK BY SIMON SINEK CALLED LEADERS EAT LAST.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATED THEIR PATIENCE AND ALLOWING THE OTHER BARGAINING GROUPS TO FINISH FIRST.

AND ULTIMATELY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STOOD OUT TO ME ABOUT THAT CONTRACT IS I FEEL LIKE WE FINALLY GOT THE SALARY SCHEDULE KIND OF WHERE IT

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IT'S BEEN A LITTLE WONKY JUST BECAUSE WE HAD SO MUCH GROWTH SO FAST AND SO MANY SELECT SCHOOLS COME ON FAST.

SO WE DIDN'T REALLY WE HAD TO PLAY CATCH UP A LITTLE BIT IN THIS CONTRACT.

AND SO APPRECIATE SPECIFICALLY CLINT WILLIAMS AND SEAN MCMILLAN AND AMY HOLMES FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP ON THIS ONE.

AND THERE'S MORE TO THIS ONE, BUT THAT WAS A HIGHLIGHT FOR US.

SO YOU'VE SEEN THE CONTRACT.

IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR JOHN.

I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION. A SECOND.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE 2023 CAMAS ASSOCIATION OF PRINCIPALS BARGAINING AGREEMENT.

I'LL SECOND THAT. MOVED BY ERIKA.

SECONDED BY TRACEY.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES.

AND OUR THIRD CONTRACT IS AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE DISTRICT AND THE KANSAS ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATIONAL OFFICE PROFESSIONALS.

THAT IS OUR BUILDING OFFICE STAFF, CLERICAL SECRETARIES.

ANYTHING THAT YOU WANTED TO ADD ON THIS, JUST BRIEFLY, FOR ALL OF US WHO WERE OR ARE TEACHERS, THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY RUN THE SHOW AND THEY KNOW THE INS AND OUTS OF OUR SCHOOLS MORE THAN ANYBODY.

THEY WORK SO HARD EVERY DAY TO WELCOME FAMILIES TO YOU KNOW, THEY PLAY NURSE, THEY PLAY DOCTOR, THEY PLAY MOM, DAD AND SOMETIMES EVEN SECRETARY.

SO, AGAIN, VERY RESPECTFUL, PROFESSIONAL BARGAINING, RATHER QUICK AND EASY, BUT THEY'RE NEVER EASY.

BUT I'M GLAD TO HAVE THIS ONE DONE AS WELL.

OBTAIN A MOTION AND A SECOND.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CAMAS ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATIONAL OFFICE PROFESSIONALS COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT 2023.

I SECOND THAT. OKAY.

SO IT WAS MOVED BY ERIC OR MOVED BY BOB ANY, SECONDED BY ERIKA.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THE PSC CONTRACT, HOPEFULLY NEXT MONTH FOR US TO BE ABLE TO.

YEAH. AND JUST TO LET THE BOARD REMIND THE BOARD THAT ISN'T ANY HOLDUP BECAUSE OF ANYTHING OTHER THAN SOME BYLAWS THAT THEY HAVE ABOUT A WAIT PERIOD.

AND SO THAT WILL I CAN IMAGINE THAT NOT BEING ON THE NEXT BOARD MEETING, BUT I MAY ASK FOR A SPECIAL MEETING FOR THAT.

BUT WE'LL BE IN TOUCH.

SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

THAT MOVES US DOWN TO SECTION 11 OF OUR OF OUR AGENDA.

[11. QUALITY FACILITIES AND RESOURCES]

DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING, COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE, SKILL TESTING AGREEMENT.

YOU HAVE THE AGREEMENT IN FRONT OF YOU.

THAT'S JUST TO DO SOME OF OUR CERTIFICATION IN-HOUSE HERE THROUGH ESD.

THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT OR COMMENTS.

OTHERWISE, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION A SECOND.

I MOVE TO APPROVE A FIVE YEAR AGREEMENT WITH THE SD 112 TO PROVIDE THE DISTRICT WITH DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING, COMMERCIAL DRIVER LICENSE SKILLS TESTING SERVICES UNDER WASHINGTON STATE STANDARDS.

THIS WILL BE FUNDED OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.

SECOND, SO IT'S MOVED BY ERIKA SECONDED BY ROMNEY.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OKAY. MOTION CARRIES.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE OUR FIRST.

I DID ASK OUR DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL SERVICES, ALAN FLECK, TO BE HERE JUST IN CASE THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS WE DO EACH YEAR.

WE DO HAVE TO HAVE SOME OF THESE PLACEMENTS FOR SOME OF OUR STUDENTS WHO REQUIRE SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED BY OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS THAT OUR DISTRICT CAN'T PROVIDE. AND SOMETIMES THERE ARE QUESTIONS AROUND THEM OR ABOUT DOLLAR LEVELS, THAT KIND OF THING.

SO ALAN'S HERE IN CASE YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

BUT OUR FIRST ONE IS FOR A SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH ISD ONE AND 12 FOR THE CURIE CENTER, WHICH IS ACTUALLY BEING HOUSED HERE IN OUR DISTRICT, ACTUALLY ON THIS CAMPUS.

AND THIS IS AN AGREEMENT TO PLACE A COUPLE OF STUDENTS IN THAT PROGRAM.

I DO HAVE A QUESTION, THOUGH.

THIS IS JUST THE OPTION TO PLACE THREE STUDENTS THERE.

WE'RE NOT PLACING THEM THERE TODAY.

IT JUST SAYS UP TO THREE STUDENTS, RIGHT.

SO WE'RE JUST APPROVING A CONTRACT TO BE ABLE TO PLACE THREE STUDENTS THERE? YEAH. THAT WAS MY QUESTION.

IT'S THE ABILITY TO MOVE.

WE ALREADY DO HAVE A STUDENT THERE.

OH, WE DO. OKAY. GOT IT. OKAY.

OKAY, PERFECT. THAT WAS A QUESTION.

OKAY. THANK YOU, ALAN.

OKAY. OKAY. YEAH. YEAH. WELL, IT IS GREAT TO AGAIN, I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A LOT OF WORK BRINGING ESD INTO OUR AREA, AND IT'S GREAT TO BE ABLE

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YEAH, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROCESS.

YEAH. WITH THAT CLARIFICATION, THEN I MOVED TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT WITH ESD 112 TO SERVE UP TO THREE STUDENTS DURING THE 23-24 SCHOOL YEAR FOR A TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED $330,300.

I SECOND IT MOVE BY TRACEY.

SECONDED BY ERIKA.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED.

MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT.

TAKING A QUICK BREAK FROM OUR SPECIAL SERVICES PLACEMENTS TO FINAL ACCEPTANCE OF OUR ODYSSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL HVAC COMPRESSOR REPLACEMENT.

SO THIS IS A WORK THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE AND THAT THE BOARD HAS APPROVED.

THIS IS JUST DECLARING THAT WE ARE DONE.

THERE WERE NO CHANGE ORDERS THAT WERE INCURRED.

THE FINAL COST AND SUBMITTING THE FINAL PAPERWORK, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE FINAL ACCEPTANCE CLEARING ODYSSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL HVAC COMPRESSOR REPLACEMENT PROJECT WITH NORTHWEST CONTROL COMPANY AS COMPLETE AND I SECOND THAT IT WAS MOVED BY ERIKA SECONDED BY BOB.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES.

ALL RIGHT. ITEM D IS A PLACEMENT REQUEST AT ROOTS TRANSITION RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTER.

ALLEN DID YOU WANT TO JUST BRIEFLY TOUCH ON THIS BECAUSE I KNOW THIS ONE IS ACTUALLY A WELL, IT'S OUT OF THE AREA, OUT OF STATE EVEN.

AND THIS IS THE ACTUAL PLACEMENT OF A STUDENT IN THE PROGRAM.

YES. GOTCHA.

SO MUCH LIKE THE DISTRICTS ENTERING OR REQUESTED PERMISSION TO PLACE STUDENTS IN CURIE CENTER.

IT'S ON A CONTINUUM OF SERVICES THAT THE IEP TEAMS NEED TO CONSIDER WHEN LOOKING AT THE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS OF A SPECIFIC STUDENT.

SO WE HAVE DAY TREATMENT OPTION.

OTHER OPTIONS ARE RESIDENTIAL PLACEMENT.

IT'S A VERY RARE PLACEMENT IN THESE SITUATIONS.

RIGHT NOW WHAT WE HAVE ARE ONE OF THE PROVIDERS BEING MOUNTAIN SPRINGS IS CURRENTLY AN MPA, MEANING THAT ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT WITHIN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON HAS ALREADY GONE DOWN, VETTED THE PROGRAM, AND THE STATE HAS APPROVED IT AS A PROVIDER FOR WASHINGTON STATE STUDENTS. THE OTHER PLACEMENT ROUTES IS SOMETIMES WE GET IN THESE SITUATIONS WHERE WE HAVE A UNILATERAL PLACEMENT BY A PARENT.

AND BASICALLY WHAT THAT MEANS IS THE PARENT HAS CHOSEN TO PUT THEIR STUDENT IN A RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM AND THEN IT FALLS BACK ON THE DISTRICT TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S AN APPROPRIATE PLACEMENT.

IN THIS SITUATION, WITHOUT GETTING ANY STUDENT SPECIFIC, WE HAVE A STUDENT WHO'S BEEN EXITED OUT OF A MEDICAL FACILITY.

THE MEDICAL RECOMMENDATION IS FOR THE STUDENT TO BE PLACED INTO A RESIDENTIAL PRIOR TO RETURNING TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SO YOU ALSO HAVE A PERMISSION FOR A TRAVEL OUT OF STATE.

I BELIEVE THAT GOT TO YOU TONIGHT.

SO THEN THE DISTRICT NEEDS TO DO ITS DUE DILIGENCE AND GO DOWN AND TO INSPECT THE FACILITY.

I'VE COME I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE FACILITY OWNERS, THE DIRECTOR OF THE FACILITY.

I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH TWO EDUCATIONAL CONSULTANTS, MEANING THEY FOR A LIVING, THEY GO OUT AND VET PROGRAMS THAT ARE APPROPRIATE FOR RESIDENTIAL PLACEMENTS.

THEY TYPICALLY WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE PARENTS ON THESE SITUATIONS, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, SO WE HAVE A STUDENT THAT'S BEEN PLACED AT A FACILITY, THE DISTRICT'S THE STUDENT IS ALREADY ON AN IEP.

THEY'RE COMING OUT OF A MEDICAL TREATMENT.

THEY'VE PUT THE STUDENT THERE.

SO NOW WE NEED TO GET DOWN.

NOW WE COULD GET DOWN THERE AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WE ALREADY HAVE AN MPA.

THERE'S ANOTHER PLACE, 190 MILES FROM HERE.

WE WANT TO MOVE YOUR STUDENT.

THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, THE STUDENTS COMING OUT OF A HEAVILY A MEDICAL SETTING, THEY REQUIRE INTENSIVE SUPPORTS TO GET THEM STABILIZED SO THEY CAN RETURN. YOU KNOW, IT'S IN OUR BEST INTEREST, AS IS THE STUDENTS, TO HAVE STABILITY.

SO I WOULDN'T FORESEE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO DOWN AND HAVE A FACILITY THAT'S ALREADY SERVING STUDENTS IN OTHER STATES THAT PROVIDE INTENSIVE MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. FOR US TO GO DOWN AND SAY NO.

I MEAN, THAT'S JUST THE REALITY OF IT, RIGHT? SO THAT'S THE VETTING PROCESS.

SO REBECCA WILL BE HEADING DOWN THERE.

WE'RE NOT ENTERING INTO A CONTRACT WITH THOSE UNTIL WE GOT APPROVAL, MEANING OSP, AND WE HAVE WORKED TOGETHER TO IDENTIFY THEM AS BEING AN APPROPRIATE PUBLIC AGENCY OR A NONPUBLIC AGENCY TO SERVE US AS FAR AS THE COSTS OF THOSE.

THEY ARE EXPENSIVE.

WE'RE LUCKY AGAIN.

I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SAFETY NET BEFORE.

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SO WE WOULD BE RECOUPING ANYTHING ABOVE AND BEYOND THE 30,000 THROUGH THE SAFETY NET APPLICATION.

SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT IS TAXPAYER MONEY.

I DON'T WANT TO MAKE LIGHT OF THAT, BUT THE DISTRICT'S OBLIGATION WOULD BE THE SAME AS IF WE HAD A ONE ON ONE STUDENT ASSIGNED TO A STUDENT WITHIN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION, ALLAN.

I APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE DONE THESE BEFORE, BUT OFTENTIMES THERE'S QUESTIONS WHEN IT COMES TO THE PRICE TAG OR TO SENDING STUDENTS OUT OF STATE.

AND I APPRECIATE YOU EXPLAINING THE DUE DILIGENCE.

WE DON'T MAKE THOSE DECISIONS LIGHTLY.

SO THANK YOU. IT IS A DECISION MAKING PROCESS FOR THE IEP TEAM.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME? NO, I THINK WE'RE GOOD. THANK YOU. OKAY.

SO I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE PLACEMENT AT ROUTES TRANSITION RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTER.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE PLACEMENT OF A STUDENT IN THE ROUTES TRANSITIONAL RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTER DURING THE 23-24 SCHOOL YEAR FOR A COST NOT TO EXCEED $209,000.

YES. SO MOVE BY TRACEY SECONDED BY BOMANI.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? THANK YOU AGAIN, ALLAN, FOR THAT.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. AND OUR LAST PLACEMENT IS A PLACEMENT REQUEST AT MEADOW SPRINGS PREPARATORY ACADEMY TREATMENT CENTER.

YOU HAVE THE CONTRACT THERE.

SO I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION IN A SECOND.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE PLACEMENT OF A STUDENT AT THE MEADOW SPRING PREPARATORY ACADEMY RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTER DURING THE 23-24 SCHOOL YEAR FOR A COST NOT TO EXCEED $130,000. IN A SECOND MOVE BY TRACEY SECONDED BY BAMINI.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. OPPOSED.

MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT.

THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF OUR REGULAR MEETING.

[12. RECESS OF REGULAR MEETING]

I'LL COME BACK AND ADJOURN THE MEETING.

LET'S JUST GO AHEAD AND SAY AT 8:05, I'LL BE BACK TO ADJOURN THE MEETING.

WE WILL NOT BE TAKING ANY ACTION.

SO UNTIL THEN, WE ARE IN RECESS.

ALL RIGHT. THAT IS THE END OF OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION.

IT IS 8:04.

I WILL GO AHEAD AND OFFICIALLY ADJOURN OUR MEETING FOR THE DAY.

WE ARE ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.