Feb 26, 2024 School Board Meeting

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GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

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

IT'S 5:30, SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET GOING.

BOARD MEMBER CONNIE HENNESSEY WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

NEXT IS OUR LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT, ERIKA.

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

THANK YOU ERIKA. NEXT ON THE AGENDA, WE HAVE SOME CELEBRATIONS.

WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO OUR MILLTOWN PRIDE AWARDS AND OUR FIRST MILLTOWN PRIDE AWARD.

[2. MILL TOWN PRIDE AWARD(S)]

[APPLAUSE] OKAY, SO WHAT'S SILLY ABOUT THAT IS SHAUNA IS H AS BEEN NOMINATED AND IS RECEIVING THIS AWARD FOR SO MANY THINGS THAT SHE DOES.

ONE OF THOSE IS THAT SHE IS ONE OF THE LEADERS WITH FOR OUR STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL.

SO SHE SUPPORTS OUR GROUP, BUT SHE DOES A LOT MORE THAN THAT.

AND AT OUR LAST MEETING, I WAS TOTALLY SWAMPED WITH STUFF.

WE HAD A ROUGH PLAN OF WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN DURING THE MEETING WITH STUDENT INPUT AND OUR INPUT, AND SHAUNA HAD TO JUST KIND OF TAKE THE REINS AND RUN THE MEETING FOR US.

AND AT THE BEGINNING, HER QUESTION WAS IF YOU WERE A BASEBALL OR A SOFTBALL PLAYER, WHAT WOULD YOUR WALK UP SONG BE? SO ALL THE STUDENTS HAD TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, AND THAT WAS SHAUNA'S SONG WAS I LOVE ROCK AND ROLL.

SO THAT'S WHY SHE HAD TO WALK UP TO THAT SONG.

BUT THAT ALSO LENDS ITSELF TO TO KNOWING HOW MUCH CARE SHAUNA PUTS INTO EVERYTHING.

SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO TAKE THAT ON.

ADDITIONALLY, WITH OUR STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL, SHAUNA HAS RECEIVED HER CDL LICENSE SO SHE CAN USE A DISTRICT VAN TO DRIVE KIDS AROUND FOR OUR SPECIAL PROJECTS.

SHE'S WE CALL HER MISS FRIZZLE.

YEAH, IT'S LIKE A LOTS OF THINGS WENT INTO THAT FOR HER TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN FOR OUR STUDENTS.

SHE'S VERY STUDENT CENTERED.

SO I MEAN, WE COULDN'T DO THE THINGS WE DO IN OUR STUDENT ADVISORY GROUP WITHOUT SHAUNA'S SUPPORT AND LEADERSHIP.

ADDITIONALLY, THIS YEAR, I'VE HEARD SO MUCH FROM HER ABOUT OUR HIGHLY CAPABLE PROGRAM, WHICH SHE SUPPORTS, BUT SHE'S ALSO LOOKING FOR WAYS TO IMPROVE OUR SYSTEMS, TO COLLECT DATA, TO GET FAMILY INPUT TO MEET DEADLINES.

AND SO SHE'S TAKEN ON A LOT OF THOSE THINGS AS A LEADER AND NOT JUST AS A SUPPORTER OF THOSE PROJECTS.

ONE MORE THAT I HAVE THAT I'M REALLY PROUD OF FOR OUR DISTRICT IS THAT PARAEDUCATORS ALL HAVE TO EARN A CERTIFICATE.

AND SO WE HAVE A GENERAL CERTIFICATE, AND WE HAVE THE FCS TRAININGS, AND THOSE ARE CERTIFICATES THAT ARE PARAEDUCATORS CAN EARN THEIR HOURS TOWARDS THROUGH THE ESD.

THERE'S LOTS OF GROUPS THAT WILL PUT THESE COURSES TOGETHER.

AND SHAUNA HAS INSISTED THAT WE HOST THOSE IN HOUSE WITH THE LEADERS FROM OUR DISTRICT TO TEACH THOSE COURSES.

AND SO IT BRIDGES THIS GAP BETWEEN US AS DISTRICT LEADERS AND OUR PARAEDUCATORS WHO WORK MOST CLOSELY WITH OUR STUDENTS, USUALLY AND HAS REALLY GROWN OUR COMMUNITY.

THEY'RE MY FAVORITE COURSES TO TEACH.

OUR PARAEDUCATORS ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, AND SHAUNA IS THE ONE THAT HAS COORDINATED THAT AND ORGANIZED AND ASSIGNED ALL OF US AND SET IT ALL UP FOR OUR DISTRICT. AND SO, I MEAN, I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT ALL THE LEADERSHIP THAT SHAUNA PUTS IN TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR OUR DISTRICT AND FOR OUR

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AND THEN HERE'S LISA.

IT. I JUST HAVE TO TELL YOU, BECAUSE I WOULD WATCH HIM ON THIS MAT AND THINK, THAT'S MY CHILD, THAT YOU'RE BENDING INTO SOMETHING I DON'T RECOGNIZE.

BUT HERE'S THE THING.

SHAUNA IS LIKE A CHAMPION WRESTLER, SO YOU GIVE HER A PROBLEM OR A SPREADSHEET AND IT'S LIKE, OH MY GOD, OH MY GOSH, OH MY GOD, LOOK AT THAT MOVE.

SHE HAS NOT MET A PROBLEM THAT SHE CANNOT SOLVE.

AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE COME TO DEPEND ON HER SO MUCH FOR IN OUR DEPARTMENT.

AND SHE DOES IT ALL WITH SUCH A SENSE OF HUMOR AND GRACE, LIKE SHE'S THE FIRST ONE THERE TO ASK, WHAT CAN I DO? HOW CAN I HELP? AND SO MY USUAL, YOU KNOW, I WAS THINKING ABOUT WHAT THINGS DO I SAY TO SHAUNA OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN? AND THERE ARE THINGS LIKE SHAUNA, GO HOME.

SHAUNA, DID YOU TAKE A SHOWER BEFORE YOU CAME BACK? SHAUNA GO HOME.

SHE IS JUST SO DEDICATED TO SERVICE TO OUR STUDENTS, OUR STAFF AND OUR COMMUNITY AND IT SHOWS IN ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING SHE DOES.

SO BECAUSE WE WERE STARTING WITH A SONG, I WAS TRYING TO THINK OF ONE FOR SHAUNA.

BUT YOU KNOW, THE THING IS, THE TITLES OF SONGS ARE SO GREAT, BUT THEN WHEN YOU DIG INTO THE LYRICS, IT'S LIKE, OH, BUT OH LIKE DON'T STOP BELIEVING, BUT THEN YOU'RE LISTENING TO IT AND IT'S LIKE, OH, THAT'S VERY SAD.

AND SO AND I'M STILL STANDING BY ELTON JOHN LIKE, YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S SHAUNA RIGHT THERE.

THE SHOW MUST GO ON BY QUEEN.

BUT YOU KNOW THAT'S PROBLEMATIC IN SOME OF THE LYRICS AS WE GO.

SO I DECIDED WE HAVE TO MAKE ONE UP FOR HER.

SO WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CONTEST FOR THAT.

AND IT'S GOING TO BE TITLED SHE CAN AND SHE WILL AND THERE WILL BE SNACKS.

OKAY. SO YOU ALL FIGURE THAT PART OUT, BUT WE ARE TRULY SO GRATEFUL TO SHAUNA FOR EVERYTHING THAT SHE BRINGS AND THE SERVICE THAT SHE ALWAYS DELIVERS WITH SUCH GRACE AND SUCH HUMILITY.

[APPLAUSE] FOR OUR NEXT MILL TOWN PRIDE AWARD.

I'M GOING TO INVITE DR.

CATHY SORK UP TO THE PODIUM TO LET US KNOW ABOUT MRS. LOGAN. THRILLED TO CONTINUE THAT THEME AND JUST SO EXCITED TO HAVE SARAH'S FAMILY JOINING US, WHO ARE A GREAT SUPPORT TO HER.

AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR ASSISTANCE AND MANY PEOPLE THAT LOVE AND WORK WITH HER.

AND I COULD I COULD BE HERE FOR HOURS.

SO I'M GOING TO TRY TO KEEP IT BRIEF AND SOME THINGS I'VE PREPARED.

BUT SARAH JOINED US IN THE FALL OF 2015, AND DOROTHY FOX HAS NOT BEEN THE SAME SINCE.

IN ALL THE WAYS THAT YOU CAN IMAGINE ARE GOOD.

AND SHE DOESN'T DO ANYTHING HALFWAY, WHEN SHE DECIDES TO DIG INTO SOMETHING IT'S INNOVATIVE, IT'S CREATIVE, IT MEETS THE NEEDS OF KIDS.

SHE PUSHES OUR BOUNDARIES ABOUT WHAT WE THINK IS EVEN POSSIBLE AT TIMES.

AND IF SHE THINKS THAT A DOOR IS LOCKED BUT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR KIDS, SHE'LL INVENT A KEY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THAT.

SHE. I'VE GOT SOME QUOTES HERE FROM OTHERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THEIR VOICE.

AND BUT FOR ME, THE BEST THING I COULD DO AS A PRINCIPAL WAS SAY YES TO SARAH AS MUCH AS I POSSIBLY COULD, BECAUSE IT MEANT SOMETHING THAT WAS A MEMORY MAKING INITIATIVE THAT WAS GOING TO BUILD OUR SCHOOL CULTURE.

I THINK I STILL REMEMBER THE DAY YOU CAME IN AND SAID CAN WE HAVE LLAMAS IN THE SCHOOL? THE ANSWER WAS YES. AND IT WAS EVERYTHING WE DIDN'T KNOW WE ALWAYS NEEDED.

AND THERE'S A MILLION OF THOSE STORIES.

BUT EVEN HER OUTFITS, SHE WAS.

SHE SAID SHE TRIED TO DRESS AS LIBRARIAN AS SHE COULD TODAY, AND SHE'S BEEN GIVEN A BOUQUET OF BOOKS, WHICH IS VERY SUITABLE TO CELEBRATE HER.

BUT SHE HAS TRANSFORMED OUR LIBRARY TO THE HUB OF OUR SCHOOL.

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AND THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT.

THAT IS DATA DRIVEN.

THAT IS RESOURCE.

YOU KNOW, JUST INVENTING AND SOME REAL THOUGHTFUL WORK.

WHEN YOU WALK INTO MISS LOGAN'S CLASSROOM, YOU FEEL WELCOMED.

THIS IS A QUOTE FROM A FORMER STUDENT.

HER LIBRARY WAS ALWAYS A SAFE PLACE TO BE.

SHE PUTS IN A LOT OF TIME IN CREATING AN EXCITING WORLD IN HER LIBRARY CLASSROOM.

SHE IS ICONIC, FROM THE WORDS OF A STUDENT.

SHE ALSO SERVES RIGHT NOW AS THE CURRENT STATE PRESIDENT FOR THE WASHINGTON LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.

SHE PRESENTS AT CONFERENCES, SHE ADVOCATES FOR THE ENTIRE STATE AND HAS ELEVATED THE ENTIRE PROFESSION OF TEACHER LIBRARIANS IN OUR STATE AT EVERY LEVEL.

SHE HAS SHIFTED PRACTICE AT OUR SCHOOL.

SHE'S CHANGED POLICIES ABOUT THE WAY THAT WE CIRCULATE BOOKS.

THE ACCESS KIDS GET TO BOOKS AT DIFFERENT TIMES WITH ONE GOAL, AND THAT'S KIDS ARE READERS GET KIDS IN THE HANDS OF BOOKS.

THEY DON'T DO US ANY ANY HELP BEING ON SHELVES.

WHAT CAN WE DO TO GET KIDS EXCITED ABOUT READING? SHE'S A BUILDING LEADER FOR OUR WINDOWS AND MIRRORS PROJECT.

SHE'S BEEN A LEADER OF BOTH THE BUILDING AND THE DISTRICT IN THIS AREA, BRINGING CULTURALLY RISK RICH MATERIALS TO OUR BUILDING AND BRINGING BOOKS IN SO THAT AND AUTHORS IN SO THAT ALL STUDENTS CAN SEE THEMSELVES IN OUR SCHOOL AND ALSO PROVIDING BOOKS THAT ALLOWS OTHER READERS TO VIEW THE WORLD AROUND US, AND THE LIVES AND STORIES OF PEOPLE THAT ARE DIFFERENT FROM THEM.

SHE'S A MEMBER OF OUR SCHOOL EQUITY TEAM.

SHE DEVELOPS HER OWN CURRICULUM.

SHE'S DESIGNED DIGITALLY DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP CURRICULUM, SHE PRODUCES CRITICAL THINKERS, AND SHE DOES IT FUN, LIKE SHE FINDS THE WAY.

SHE'S THE HIPPEST IN THE SCHOOL IN TERMS OF WHAT'S WHAT THE KIDS ARE INTO, WHAT'S EXCITING, WHAT WILL GET THEM MOTIVATED.

ANOTHER TEACHER SPOKE ABOUT AS A SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER, I SEE HOW SARAH LOGAN GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND TO MAKE SURE ALL STUDENTS ARE INCLUDED TO THE FULLEST.

SHE GOES OUT OF HER WAY TO MAKE SURE ALL KIDS CAN ACCESS BOOKS AT THEIR LEVEL AND THE TOPICS THAT THEY NEED.

SHE TOLD US WHEN SHE CAME HERE THAT SHE WANTED TO BE THE FAIRY GODMOTHER OF RESOURCES, AND SHE HAS TRULY DONE THAT.

SO TEACHERS COME IN, NOT SOMETIMES, NOT EVEN SURE WHAT THEY NEED, AND THEY LEAVE WITH RESOURCES THAT WILL SUPPORT IN THEIR CLASSROOM.

SHE BRINGS IN LIVE AUTHOR VISITS, ORGANIZES ALL SCHOOL READS AND READING CHALLENGES AND READING NIGHTS.

AND SHE DISCOVERED THAT SHE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO TO CULTIVATE THE COLLECTION THE WAY SHE WANTED.

SO SHE INVENTED RESOURCE REVENUES.

THE BIRTHDAY BOOK PROGRAM WITH THE PTA HAS BROUGHT IN OVER 500 BOOKS IN THE TIME THAT SHE'S BEEN THERE.

SHE WRITES GRANTS TOTALING OVER $20,000.

SHE RUNS TWO BOOK FAIRS A YEAR AND JUST FINDS A WAY.

WHEN SHE CAME, THE LIBRARY HAD AN AVERAGE BOOK OF 1993 COPYRIGHT, WHICH [INAUDIBLE] AND A LOT OF BOOKS THAT WERE OUTDATED AND NOT TOUCHED.

SHE HAS WEEDED THAT LIBRARY AND BROUGHT IN THE FUN THE INTEREST.

AND NOW OUR IT'S ORGANIZED WITH THE 2010 KIND OF AVERAGE AGE OF BOOKS.

SHE HAS CHANGED THE WAY THAT IT'S SHELVED SO THAT KIDS WILL ENGAGE.

AND MANY OF YOU GOT TO SEE THAT IN YOUR VISIT AT OUR SCHOOL LAST WEEK.

I CAN KEEP GOING. I'LL HAVE A FEW MORE.

THE BOOK BOWL COMPETITION SHE CONJURED AT DOROTHY FOX.

IT STARTED WITH 53 STUDENTS WHO COULDN'T WAIT TO READ CHAPTER BOOKS, AND IN ONLY THREE YEARS.

SHE'S NOW HELPED TO GROW THAT TO OVER SIX SCHOOLS.

OVER 280 KIDS WERE PART OF THAT THIS YEAR WITH BUY IN FROM PARENTS AND ALL THE ELEMENTARIES.

AND MANY OF YOU PARTICIPATED IN THAT AS WELL.

A TEACHER WRITES THAT SHE'S A LONG STANDING LEADER AND OUR TEACHING AND LEARNING COMMUNITY.

SHE CONSISTENTLY PARTNERS WITH FAMILIES TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE STUDENTS FEEL EMPOWERED TO BECOME READING LEADERS AND LEARN ABOUT THE WORLD AROUND THEM.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO TO SUMMARIZE ALL THAT, BUT SHE WORKS TIRELESSLY, TIRELESSLY, AND SHE HAS ONE MISSION, AND THAT'S TO HELP INCREASE THE LOVE OF BOOKS IN KIDS, TO HELP THEM PREPARE FOR THEIR LIVES.

AND SO SHE'S DEFINITELY LEAVING HER PROFESSION BETTER THAN SHE FOUND IT AS SHE CONTINUES THIS JUST FIERCE EFFORT AT THE STATE LEVEL, AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL, AT THE CLASSROOM LEVEL, DOWN TO INDIVIDUAL KID, WHERE THE MAGIC REALLY SHOWS.

AND THAT'S HER HELPING A CHILD FIND SOMETHING THEY'RE EXCITED TO READ ABOUT.

SO IT'S JUST MY PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO HONOR AND RECOGNIZE OUR SUPERHERO, SARAH LOGAN.

SHE'S A CHANGE AGENT, BUT MOST OF ALL, SHE'S A BOOK LOVER WHO BUILDS OTHER BOOK LOVERS FOR LIFE.

SO THANK YOU, SARAH.

COME ON UP

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THANK YOU, DR. SORK THANK YOU FOR THE WORDS, SARAH LOGAN THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS, SHAUNA.

THANK YOU, BY THE WAY, FOR BOTH OF THOSE WITH OUR MILLTOWN PRIDE AWARDS.

IT'S GOT A LITTLE SPOT, A LITTLE PART ON THE END THAT YOU CAN TEAR OFF TO PAY IT FORWARD.

SO I'M SURE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE THAT HAVE HELPED YOU TO GET TO TO WHERE YOU WHERE YOU ARE.

AND SO IF THERE'S IF THERE'S SOMEBODY THAT YOU WANT TO YOU WANT TO THANK AND PASS IT ON YOU'RE WELCOME TO DO THAT.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH OF YOU.

AND THANKS FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR OUR FOR OUR KIDS.

ALL RIGHT, SPEAKING OF OUR KIDS, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE.

HOW'S THAT FOR A TRANSITION? OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR STUDENT AND COMMITTEE REPORTS.

[3. STUDENT/COMMITTEE REPORTS]

SO WE'VE GOT KIRA FITZGIBBON AND SIMONE CALLAN.

COME ON UP. OH, IS IT JUST YOU OKAY THAT'S GREAT.

OKAY, PERFECT.

HELLO, I'M SIMONE CALLAN, I'M DHS ASB PRESIDENT.

YOU MIGHT KNOW ME. I'M HERE, LIKE, EVERY MONTH.

BUT I WANTED TO GIVE A QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THE PAST MONTH OR SO.

SO IN JANUARY, WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE OUR ANNUAL INTERSESSION, WHICH IS A TIME FOR STUDENTS TO WORK ON PASSION PROJECTS AND WHERE NO ACTUAL CLASSES TAKE PLACE.

THESE ARE SELF-DRIVEN PROJECTS WHERE STUDENTS CAN SPEND THEIR TIME LEARNING SOMETHING NEW THAT INTERESTS THEM.

AND THIS YEAR, WE'VE SET IT UP A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY, WHERE STUDENTS WILL BE CONTINUING THAT LEARNING THROUGH THE REST OF THE YEAR AND PRESENTING THEIR FINAL PRODUCT IN MAY, I BELIEVE.

I'M PRETTY SURE. NO, IT'S JUNE, I LIED.

SENIORS WE GOT TIME TO WORK ON OUR SENIOR PROJECTS, AND THEN WE HAD A MOCK EXHIBITION OF OUR PROJECTS TO GET REAL HELPFUL FEEDBACK FOR OUR FINAL EXHIBITION, WHICH IS IN MAY.

THAT'S WHEN I THAT'S WHERE I GOT THAT FROM.

SO IN FEBRUARY, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT EVENTS.

ON FEBRUARY 10TH, WE HELD OUR WINTER WOODLAND DANCE, WHICH WITH A GOOD AMOUNT OF STUDENTS ATTENDING.

ON FEBRUARY 14TH, ONE OF OUR SENIORS, ANGEL HARP, HOSTED A STUDENT FORUM AS PART OF THEIR SENIOR PROJECT, AND THIS WAS A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS TO GIVE FEEDBACK TO OUR WONDERFUL PRINCIPAL, DR.

DAN. I DON'T THINK HE'S HERE RIGHT NOW.

AND DISCOVERY IS INCREDIBLE.

I'VE BEEN THERE ALL FOUR YEARS OF MY HIGH SCHOOL, AND I DEFINITELY WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN IF IT WASN'T.

BUT THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT, AND IT'S GREAT THAT WE HAVE A PRINCIPAL WHO'S SO OPEN TO HEAR WHERE HE CAN IMPROVE AND WHERE HE'S DOING AN ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC JOB.

LASTLY, ON FEBRUARY 16TH, WE HAD AN ASSEMBLY FOR PRESIDENTS DAY WHERE WE HAD AN ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL PERFORMANCE FROM OUR HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL BAND, A STUDENT SPEAKER TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF VOTING.

AND ONE OF OUR ODYSSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS, MR. MOORE TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF CITIZENSHIP AND OUR CONSTITUTION.

COMING UP, WE HAVE A MARCH MADNESS VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT PLANNED AND WE'RE STILL WORKING ON PROM, GRADUATION, A COUPLE OTHER FUN THINGS.

SO THANK YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION.

YOUR SENIOR PROJECTS, DO YOU DO THOSE JUST YOUR SENIOR YEAR OR IS IT? WE DO THOSE JUST OUR SENIOR YEAR YOU'D HAVE TO ASK DR.

DAN. I THINK HE HAS SOME IDEAS FOR KIND OF EXPANDING THAT AND MAKING IT EVEN MORE DISCOVERY STRUCTURED AS A PROJECT BASED LEARNING STRUCTURE.

BUT FOR NOW, IT IS JUST OUR SENIOR YEAR.

YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU.

YEAH. ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR REPORTS EVERY MONTH.

SO PLEASE COME BACK.

WE KEEP INVITING YOU BACK AND.

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AND YOU'VE GOT BRITTAIN UP THERE WITH YOU FOR OUR STUDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORT.

YEAH. MY NAME IS BRITTIAN JURA.

I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF SKYRIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL'S ASB, AND I'M ON SAC.

AND IF YOU'VE FORGOTTEN, I'M STILL SIMONE AND I'M ALSO ON THE SAC.

SO ONE OF OUR GOALS FOR SAC THIS YEAR WAS TO DELIVER OUR WINDOWS AND MIRRORS PROJECT TO ALL THE SCHOOLS THAT WE'VE BEEN PILOTING FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.

SO WE COMPLETED THIS PROJECT THIS MONTH, FINISHING WITH CCA, AND 20 SAC MEMBERS DELIVERED THE MESSAGE OVER THE COURSE OF SEVEN DAYS IN THREE MONTHS TO 27 CLASSES IN ALL SEVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

WOW. NEARLY ALL 586 FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS WERE PROVIDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE.

WE SAW THAT OUR LESSON ON LABELS AND THE POWER THAT WORDS HAVE ON OTHER PEOPLE REALLY RESONATED WITH THE STUDENTS.

AND A LOT OF CLASSES REPORTED THAT THESE CONVERSATIONS CONTINUED AFTER WE LEFT, WHICH WAS REALLY GREAT.

SO OUR GOAL IS TO CONTINUE THIS LESSON EVERY YEAR WITH ALL THE FIFTH GRADERS IN CAMAS.

FOR OUR NEXT PROJECT WE'RE DOING A DIVERSITY CONFERENCE ON FRIDAY, MARCH 22ND.

WE'VE SENT INVITATIONS OUT TO ALL THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS ADMINISTRATORS, AND WE ARE HOPING FOR EIGHT STUDENTS.

WE WANT THEM TO PARTICIPATE, AND WE ARE HOPING TO GET A MAXIMUM OF ONLY TWO ASB STUDENTS FROM EVERY SCHOOL REPRESENTING EACH SCHOOL'S MINORITY.

WE WANT OTHER STUDENTS FROM EACH GROUPS.

SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR, WE WILL HAVE TWO BREAKOUT SESSIONS, ONE THAT IS TEAM BUILDING AND ONE THAT'S FOCUSED ON COLLABORATION.

AS A GROUP, WE WILL WORK ON INCLUSIVITY AND OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER WILL BE MACKENZIE AND JEFF SNELL.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR THAT ONE? ANYTHING FROM THE BOARD? NO.

I'M JUST. THIS WAS AGAIN.

IT WAS SO GREAT. I SAY IT EVERY TIME YOU TALK ABOUT THIS.

IT WAS SO GREAT LAST YEAR. I HOPE I CAN POP IN.

AND IF YOU DON'T MIND, POP IN AND TAKE A LITTLE LOOK AT IT AGAIN.

GREAT WORK THAT YOU'RE ALL DOING.

SO THANK YOU.

YEAH [APPLAUSE]. ALL RIGHT.

OUR NEXT STUDENT REPORT FROM CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL.

WE HAVE KINLEY NEWSOM AND ETHAN NYGAARD.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

AND MY NAME IS KINLEY NEWSOM, AND I AM CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL'S ASB TREASURER.

I'M ETHAN NYGAARD, AND I'M CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL SERGEANT AT ARMS. AND WE ARE HERE TO JUST GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A RUNDOWN ON WHAT CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL HAS BEEN UP TO FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY.

STARTING OFF STRONG, WE HOSTED GLOW LOW ON FEBRUARY 3RD, AND WE HAD OUR CHS LEADERSHIP STUDENTS SET UP A GLOW IN THE DARK DANCE PARTY THAT FEATURED LASER TAG, A STUDENT DJ, A DANCE FLOOR.

AND WE HAD TWO ABOUT 200 PEOPLE SHOW UP AND WE HAD REALLY, REALLY POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM EVERYBODY THAT SHOWED UP.

WE ALSO HOSTED OUR ANNUAL EVENING ON BROADWAY, AND OUR CHS CHOIR STUDENTS THREW ON A SHOW WITH SINGING, DANCING AND COMEDY.

WE HAD JUST ABOUT 100 PEOPLE SHOW UP, WHICH WAS REALLY, REALLY AWESOME.

MOVING ON DECA IS GETTING READY FOR SCDC, THEIR STATE CAREER DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE, AND THEY JUST PAID THEIR CHAPTER FEE FOR AREA NINE.

AND THEN LASTLY, WE JUST APPROVED SOME BRAND NEW CLUBS, OUR FIRST BEING THE SONGWRITING CLUB, WHERE INSPIRED STUDENTS CAN EXPRESS THEIR CREATIVITY BY PURSUING THE ART OF SONGWRITING. AND THEN OUR KOREAN CULTURE CLUB, WHERE STUDENTS CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT KOREAN CULTURE AND EXPERIENCE FUN TRADITIONS AND EVENTS.

CHEMISTS ATHLETICS HAS HAD AN AMAZING SEASON SO FAR.

TO START OFF, THE BOYS WRESTLING TEAM MADE HISTORY THIS SEASON, ENDING WITH A LEAGUE, DISTRICT AND REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER.

THEY ALSO PLACED SEVENTH AT STATE AND HAD MULTIPLE STATE PLACERS.

COACH JOHN CONSTINE WAS AWARDED LEAGUE COACH OF THE YEAR.

THE GIRLS WRESTLING TEAM HAS A STRONG FUTURE AHEAD OF THEM, AS THEY EXCEEDED EXPECTATIONS THIS YEAR AND GREW IN NUMBERS.

THEY HAD ONE STATE PLACER THIS YEAR.

MULTIPLE SWIMMERS MADE IT TO STATE AND THEY ALSO TOOK HOME A DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP.

BOYS BOTH BASKETBALL TEAMS ENTERED THE STATE TOURNAMENT AND ARE HEADED TO TACOMA AFTER WINS THIS PAST WEEK, WITH THE GIRLS ENTERING AS THE NUMBER ONE SEED.

BOYS ARE LEAGUE CHAMPS AND GIRLS ARE LEAGUE AND DISTRICT CHAMPS.

GYMNASTICS WON DISTRICTS AND MADE IT TO STATE AND HAD PLACERS.

TWO BOWLERS PLACED AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT AND OUR UNIFIED BASKETBALL TEAM HAD A GREAT SEASON.

THE RED CROSS PARTNERED WITH THE NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY CLUB AT CAMAS AND HAD ANOTHER BLOOD DRIVE THIS LAST WEEK ON FRIDAY.

AND THIS WEEK, A CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE OF THE CLASS OF 1977, DR.

MICHAEL BARRETT, WILL BE GOING ON HIS THIRD MISSION TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION THIS WEEK, AND WE ARE CELEBRATING THAT AMAZING FEAT AT CAMAS WITH GAMES AND GIFTS.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST, SINCE WE MISSED YOU GUYS LAST MONTH, WE WANTED TO APPRECIATE OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.

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AND AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, DURING OUR FIRST ASSEMBLY, WE TOOK A SCHOOL WIDE 360 DEGREE PICTURE WITH A VERY COOL DRONE AND WE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THAT.

OKAY. WHILE WE DO THIS DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR US? WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT SHARING RIGHTS FOR THIS.

AND I LOVE HEARING ABOUT THE ATHLETICS TOO.

I KNOW I'VE BEEN WATCHING A FEW BASKETBALL GAMES BOYS AND GIRLS.

THEY'RE ALL ALL THE EVENTS ARE FUN TO GO TO.

SO GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF THEM AND EVERYTHING ELSE YOU GUYS HAVE GOING ON.

THANK YOU. YEAH [APPLAUSE].

THE POSITIVITY TONIGHT I LOVE THAT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THAT POSITIVITY GOING.

DR. ANZALONE, I HEAR YOU'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT A FEW OF OUR NEWLY NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED TEACHERS.

YES. THANK YOU COREY.

AND WHAT A GREAT START TO THE NIGHT.

ALL THESE AMAZING STUDENTS AND AND AND STAFF.

AND SO WE WANT TO KEEP THE BALL ROLLING WITH ANNOUNCING OUR THREE NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED TEACHERS.

[4. EXCELLENCE IN ACADEMIC AND LIFE LONG LEARNING]

I THINK ONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS HERE HAS GONE THROUGH IT.

AND SO YOU CAN PROBABLY TELL FIRSTHAND, COREY, THAT IT IS A REMARKABLE ACCOMPLISHMENT.

SO THE TWO TEACHERS THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT, I HOPE, I BELIEVE, ARE JEAN JARVIS.

IS JEAN HERE? HI, JEAN CONGRATULATIONS.

AND AMY CARLOS, IS AMY HERE? CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU BOTH [APPLAUSE].

COME ON UP. COME ON UP.

AND ALSO, I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE OUT THE AMAZING ETHAN CHESSON, WHO COULD NOT BE HERE TONIGHT DUE TO A CHOIR CONCERT.

BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU BOTH FOR THE RIGOR THAT GOES INTO THIS.

YOU KNOW, BEING A FORMER TEACHER MYSELF, I WILL TELL YOU WHAT YOU'RE MODELING FOR YOUR KIDS EVERY SINGLE DAY BY WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND WHAT YOU DO IS, IS JUST A LIFELONG COMMITMENT. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

I KNOW YOUR STUDENTS ARE ARE REALLY PROSPERING FROM THIS.

REALLY QUICKLY. A COUPLE OTHER THINGS AND I'LL TURN THE MIC OVER IF ANY OF YOU LIKE TO SHARE ANYTHING NOT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.

FROM THE THE NATIONAL CERTIFIED TEACHER WEBSITE, IT SAYS TEACHERS WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH THE BOARD CERTIFICATION PROCESS SAY THAT IT IS THE MOST VALUABLE AND TRANSFORMATIVE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THEY HAVE EVER RECEIVED.

THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT PROFESSIONAL LEARNING WITH CLASSROOM PRACTICE BRINGS TO LIFE A TEACHER'S EXPERIENCE HELPING THEM REFLECT ON INDIVIDUAL STUDENT LEARNING NEEDS. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU BOTH FOR DOING THIS FOR YOUR KIDS, FOR YOURSELVES, YOUR FOR YOUR FAMILIES.

AND WE'RE SO PROUD OF YOU.

SO PLEASE, I JUST LIKE TO TAKE THE MIC OR.

WELL, YEAH, FIRST OF ALL, EVERYBODY IS EAGER TO APPLAUD HIM.

SO LET'S APPLAUD HIM [APPLAUSE]. YES.

YEAH.

SO WOULD YOU MIND JUST JUST ON THE MIC REALLY QUICK JUST LETTING US KNOW WHAT YOUR YOU'RE CERTIFIED IN.

I'M JUST YOU CAN ADJUST HOWEVER YOU NEED TO ADJUST.

SO MINE IS IN, LET'S SEE IF I CAN GET THE WHOLE TITLE RIGHT.

BUT IT'S THE ADOLESCENT AND YOUNG ADULT I THINK SOCIAL STUDIES ENDORSEMENT FOR SECONDARY.

MINE IS THE MIDDLE CHILDHOOD GENERALIST SO.

AND WE SHOULD ELEMENTARY AND WE SHOULD MENTION THAT ETHAN CHESSON WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT BECAUSE HE GOT A CHOIR CONCERT TONIGHT.

SO THAT'S IMPORTANT.

YEAH. I JUST SELFISHLY, I KNOW HOW FANTASTIC THE SUPPORT STRUCTURE IS IN CAMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT

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DID YOU GUYS GO THROUGH THE COHORT PROCESS HERE IN CAMAS AS WELL? YES. YEAH, I SEE SHANNON COTTON BACK THERE WHO TAUGHT ME EVERYTHING THAT I KNOW ABOUT BEING A NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED TEACHER.

AND NO, IT WAS A IT WAS A FANTASTIC PROCESS.

IT'S SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS WANT TO TALK AT ALL ABOUT THE PROCESS AT ALL OR ANYTHING.

THAT OR IS IT ALL TOO FRESH? THEY WERE THERE JUST EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.

THEY HELPED US WITH EVERYTHING.

IT WAS IT WAS A VERY TOUGH PROCESS AND IT IT WAS WORTH IT.

BUT IT'S IT'S TOUGH.

DO YOU WANT TO JUST SORRY TO JUST KEEP MAKING YOU TALK.

BUT DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO WHAT THE PROCESS IS LIKE, WHAT KIND OF LIKE WHAT YOU HAD TO DO OR HOW LONG IT TOOK YOU TO, TO, TO DO THE PROCESS? I KNOW IT'S AN ONGOING THING.

YOU HAVE TO KEEP RENEWING AND ALL OF THAT.

BUT YEAH, SO IT'S FOUR COMPONENTS THAT GO INTO IT AND IT COVERS EVERYTHING FROM KNOWLEDGE OF STUDENTS TO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND ONGOING LEARNING AND THE CONTENT KNOWLEDGE, TOO.

BUT THERE'S A PROCESS OF VIDEOTAPING YOUR CLASS AND YOURSELF AND, AND SCRUTINIZING THAT AND GOING OVER IT AND WRITING A LOT OF JUST CONSTANT ORGANIZATION AND REORGANIZATION.

BUT I THINK THE TOUGHEST PART TRULY IS THE WAIT BETWEEN THE TIME YOU SUBMIT AND THE TIME THAT YOU LEARN AND THEN LOGGING ON AND, AND IF YOU GET FIREWORKS.

FIREWORKS. YEP, YEP.

AND IF YOU DON'T, IT MUST BE VERY, VERY SAD.

WELL, CONGRATULATIONS.

YEAH. WE WANT TO GET A PICTURE WITH YOU.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO ADDING YOUR NAME TO THE BIG BOARD IN THE BACK.

AND. YEAH, LET'S GET A PICTURE REALLY QUICK TOO.

[APPLAUSE] YES. YOU'LL SLEEP WELL NOW, I BET.

OKAY. CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN.

NEXT ON OUR AGENDA ITEM FIVE SPOTLIGHTS ON STUDENTS AND STAFF.

[5. SPOTLIGHT ON STUDENTS AND STAFF]

I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ, AND THEN I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THIS.

SO THIS IS SCHOOL BOARD RESOLUTION 23-05.

REGARDING MUSIC MAKING DESIGNATING MARCH AS MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH.

SO WHEREAS FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS, MARCH HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY DESIGNATED BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MUSIC EDUCATION AS MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH, ENCOURAGING COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE NATION TO FOCUS ON MUSIC EDUCATION.

AND WHEREAS MUSIC EDUCATION IS A IS PART OF A WELL-ROUNDED EDUCATION FOR EVERY STUDENT, AS OUTLINED IN THE EVERY STUDENT SUCCEEDS ACT.

AND WHEREAS THE PURPOSE OF THIS CELEBRATION IS TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE LASTING, POSITIVE IMPACT OF MUSIC EDUCATION ON THE ACADEMIC, PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL GROWTH OF OUR STUDENTS. AND WHEREAS, MUSIC EDUCATION SHAPES THE WAY OUR STUDENTS UNDERSTAND THEMSELVES AND THE WORLD AROUND THEM, ALLOWING FOR A DEEP ENGAGEMENT WITH LEARNING.

AND WHEREAS MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH REMINDS US THAT SCHOOL IS WHERE ALL CHILDREN SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO MUSIC, AND WHEREAS MUSIC EDUCATORS, STUDENTS AND COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT WASHINGTON DEMONSTRATE THE IMPORTANCE OF QUALITY MUSIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS TO THE LIVES OF YOUNG PEOPLE.

AND WHEREAS THE STATE OF WASHINGTON JOINS OUR MUSIC STUDENTS, EDUCATORS, AND COMMUNITIES IN CELEBRATING THE POWER OF MUSIC EDUCATION.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CAMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT IS HEREBY PROCLAIM ON FEBRUARY 26TH, 2024, MARCH AS MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH AND ENCOURAGES OUR CITIZENS TO CELEBRATE AND ACKNOWLEDGE EVERY DAY, BUT ESPECIALLY IN MARCH, THAT MUSIC EDUCATION IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF EVERY STUDENT'S WELL-ROUNDED EDUCATION.

I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION.

I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE BOARD RESOLUTION 23-05 DECLARING MARCH AS MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH.

[00:35:08]

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

LET'S CELEBRATE IN MARCH, FOLKS.

OKAY. WE LOOK FORWARD.

WE'LL ALWAYS GET. WE'LL GET SOME ENTERTAINMENT AT OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING AND ALL OF THAT.

IT'LL BE GREAT. SO.

ALL RIGHT MOVING ON ITEM SIX.

[6. BOARD COMMUNICATION]

I WAS GOING BACK, AND I WAS LOOKING AT OUR OUR SCHEDULE FROM SINCE THE LAST BOARD MEETING, AND THERE'S BEEN SOME PRETTY IMPACTFUL MOMENTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED.

SO I THINK WE PROBABLY HAVE A LOT TO TALK ABOUT.

FIRST OF ALL I KNOW THAT DR.

ANZALONE WILL TALK ABOUT IT IN HIS SUPERINTENDENT REPORT, BUT JUST ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, WE JUST WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY FOR SUPPORTING OUR TWO LEVEES ON THE FEBRUARY 13TH ELECTION, THE EPNO LEVY AND THE CAPITAL LEVY.

BOTH OF THOSE HAVE PASSED OR WILL WILL BE CERTIFIED TO PASS.

HAPPENS. THEY WERE ON THE 23RD.

THANK YOU. SO WE'RE GOOD. YEAH.

AND WITH WITH STRONG SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY.

SO WE JUST WE THANK THE COMMUNITY FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF OUR SCHOOLS, THE THE FUNDING AND THE STABILITY [INAUDIBLE] IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.

THANK EVERYBODY WHO WAS PART OF GETTING GETTING THE WORD OUT ABOUT THESE AND, AND SUPPORTING THESE TWO EFFORTS.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO USE THOSE FUNDS WISELY.

I KNOW WE ALSO HAD OUR DAY ON THE HILL ON JANUARY 29TH WHERE MOST OF THE BOARD DR.

ANZALONE [INAUDIBLE] AND ONE OF OUR REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE LEGISLATIVE ADVISORY COMMITTEE WERE ABLE TO GO UP AND SPEAK WITH SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE, INCLUDING ALL OF OUR LOCAL 17TH DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES SOME MEMBERS OF THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE EDUCATION COMMITTEES IN THE HOUSE ATTEND A HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE HEARING.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAD ANYTHING THAT THEY WANTED TO SHARE ABOUT THAT AT ALL OR ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT.

NOTHING TO SHARE. JUST THAT'S WHAT WE DID.

YEAH. OKAY. AND THEN ALSO ON FEBRUARY 10TH WE HAD OUR KIND OF QUARTERLY STAFF AND COMMUNITY COFFEE TALKS WHERE WE WE WERE ABLE TO MEET FOR ABOUT FOUR HOURS WITH MEMBERS OF OUR STAFF, MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL.

TALK ABOUT ISSUES THAT ARE ON THEIR MIND.

I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS ANY ANY THINGS ANYBODY WANTED TO SHARE ABOUT THAT.

SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM THAT.

SURE. WHAT WAS GREAT ABOUT THAT WAS A LOT OF OVERLAPPING TOPICS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP.

AND AND IT ALSO SPURRED A LOT OF IDEAS OF MAYBE IT SHOULDN'T JUST BE THE BOARD AT THESE COFFEE TALKS.

BECAUSE THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS THAT GET BROUGHT UP THAT MIGHT NEED MAYBE A MEMBER OF THE UNION COULD BE THERE TO HELP ANSWER QUESTIONS. SO, I MEAN, IT'S DEFINITELY A TIME TO LISTEN.

BUT I THINK GOING OVER HOW WE TAKE THOSE AND THEN SHARE WHAT THOSE QUESTIONS ARE WITH, WITH WITH THEM OR, OR HELP, YOU KNOW, STEER THEM OF, OF WHERE THEY CAN GET THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED.

MAYBE IT'S A BUILDING PRINCIPLE.

MAYBE IT'S A UNION REP FOR THEM IN THE COMMUNITY, ONE THAT WAS THE STAFF, ONE IN THE COMMUNITY, ONE, YOU KNOW, HELPING TO ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT WE CAN. BUT A LOT OF THEM TEND TO BE BUILDING SPECIFIC.

AND SO YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE HEARING.

BUT THEN AGAIN, IT'S IT'S SOMETIMES IT'S IT FEELS LIKE THAT'S A QUESTION BEST ASKED OF YOUR PRINCIPAL LEADERSHIP OR A TEACHER EVEN.

BUT IT'S GOOD FOR US TO BE AWARE AND, AND, AND, AND HAVE IN OUR AWARENESS OF, OF OF WHAT'S ON THE MINDS OF OUR COMMUNITY FOR SURE. THERE WAS THINGS LIKE GRADING SNOW DAYS AND GOSH, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL MODEL.

RIGHT. FUNDING.

RIGHT. SO A LOT OF OVERLAPPING AND SOME UNIQUE WE GOT A PROPOSAL OF AN INTERESTING IDEA FOR PE CURRICULUM AS WELL. SO IT'S GREAT TO HEAR FROM FOLKS.

AND I'LL JUST ADD, I KNOW WE WE ALWAYS TRY TO MAKE OURSELVES AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO THE PUBLIC, AND THAT'S JUST ONE WAY THAT WE TRY TO DO THAT.

AND WE SEEM TO ALWAYS PICK A SATURDAY THAT'S NOT RAINING.

AND SO THEN IT'S LIKE A SUNNY DAY AND WE'RE AND SO BUT WE, WE, WE ENJOY DOING THOSE AND BEING OUT THERE AND MAKING OURSELVES AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY HOWEVER WE CAN, AND WHETHER IT CONTINUES TO LOOK THAT SAME WAY OR WE CHANGE IT UP A LITTLE BIT YOU KNOW, WE'RE OPEN TO ALL KINDS OF THINGS, BUT IT WAS GREAT TO SPEND THE DAY WITH YOU GUYS DOING THAT. YEAH, I THINK I THINK MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DISCUSS IN THE FUTURE.

WE'VE DONE THESE WE'VE DONE THESE COFFEE TALKS NOW FOR A FEW YEARS.

WE STARTED THEM PRE-PANDEMIC, MOVED THEM ONLINE DURING DURING THE PANDEMIC.

[00:40:05]

ATTENDANCE HAS KIND OF DROPPED OFF A LITTLE BIT AT IT OR IT'S BEEN KIND OF THE SAME PEOPLE AT THE FALL ONE AS THE WINTER ONES.

SO I'D BE INTERESTED IN MAYBE SEEING WHAT WE CAN DO TO BE NOT MORE EFFICIENT, BUT MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE CASTING A WIDE ENOUGH NET THAT PEOPLE WANT TO COME AND HEAR, YOU KNOW, WANT TO COME AND TALK.

AND YOU KNOW, I THINK MAYBE THE REPORTING OUT LIKE TONIGHT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A LITTLE BIT SOME OF THE THINGS BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOME SORT OF LIKE A, AN FAQ KIND OF THING THAT WE CAN PUT OUT.

I DON'T KNOW. THOUGHTS ON THAT ERIKA.

YEAH. NO. AND, AND I, AND I WANT TO COME BACK TO THE REASON WHY I BROUGHT UP LIKE THAT.

WE'RE THINKING AND MAYBE THERE NEED TO BE OTHER REPRESENTATIVES THERE BESIDES US WAS ONLY SO BECAUSE NUMBERS HAVE GONE DOWN AND THE INFORMATION THAT IS BROUGHT TO US IS GOOD FOR US TO KNOW, BUT CAN WE DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT? AND AND SO HOW DO WE GET THOSE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS BACK TO THE PEOPLE THAT CAN ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, OR GIVE A PURPOSE OR REASONING BEHIND WHY WHAT IS HAPPENING IS HAPPENING.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THINGS THAT COME TO US, WE CAN'T IT'S NOT AT OUR LEVEL.

RIGHT. IT'S GOOD TO HEAR AND WE WANT TO BE ACCESSIBLE ALL THE TIME, LIKE YOU SAY.

BUT IS OUR COFFEE TALKS THE MOST EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT WAY TO BE ACCESSIBLE? YOU KNOW, WE WE ALWAYS SAY COME AND TALK TO US AND AND SEND US EMAIL.

WE'LL MEET FOR INDIVIDUAL COFFEE OR WE'VE GONE ON WALKS BEFORE DO SOME PEOPLE, DID THEY LIKE THE ZOOMS THAT WE USED TO DO? SHOULD WE DO SOME OF THAT? BUT I THINK THIS LAST ONE REALLY HIGHLIGHTED THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT QUESTIONS BACK TO THE PEOPLE THAT CAN ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING, OR GIVE A REASONING BEHIND THE CONCERNS.

YEAH. YES.

OKAY. WE ALSO LAST WEEK PICKED UP WITH OUR SCHOOL SITE VISITS.

SO GOOD CHUNK OF US WERE ABLE TO GO TO AT LEAST THREE SCHOOLS.

SO WE WENT TO HELEN BALLER, AND WE WENT TO DOROTHY FOX AND ALSO TO LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL AS WELL.

JUST CURIOUS IF THERE'S ANY, ANY THOUGHTS ON THOSE OR HIGHLIGHTS THAT STOOD OUT TO TO YOU? ALL I KNOW FOR FOR ME, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SEEING MRS. LOGAN IN HERE WE ALWAYS, WHEN WE GO TO DOROTHY FOX THAT'S ONE OF THE FIRST PLACES THAT WE'RE ALWAYS BROUGHT TO WE STOP AT.

SO IT'S GREAT TO SEE AT DOROTHY FOX, THE LIBRARY REALLY BEING THE KIND OF THE HUB OF THAT BUILDING.

YOU CAN FEEL IT EVERY TIME YOU GO IN THERE, RIGHT? THAT IT'S LIKE IT'S JUST.

IT'S JUST ALIVE. THERE'S ALWAYS KIDS IN THERE.

THERE'S ALWAYS THE SLOGAN IS MORE THAN JUST MORE THAN JUST CHECKING OUT BOOKS.

I MEAN, THAT PLACE IS REALLY JUST IT'S IT'S SUCH A FANTASTIC YOU KNOW, VENUE FOR LEARNING AND FOR READING.

AND KIDS ARE JUST SO EXCITED BEING IN THERE.

I ALSO REALLY APPRECIATED THAT DOROTHY FOX, THEY HAD STUDENTS KIND OF LEADING OUR TOUR AND OUR EXPERIENCE WHERE OFTEN IT'S AN ADMINISTRATOR OR SOMEBODY BUT IT WAS REALLY COOL TO HAVE TWO FIFTH GRADE, THREE FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS KIND OF EXPLAINING THEIR SCHOOL TO US AND SHOWING US AROUND, AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THEIR PRIDE AND EXCITEMENT.

AND SO THAT WAS A NEW EXPERIENCE.

FOR US, SOMETIMES I THINK MAYBE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL WE HAVE, ALTHOUGH I HAVEN'T BEEN ON A VISIT TO MANY OF OURS, I THINK AT DISCOVERY WE DID THAT WE HAD STUDENTS LEAD . BUT ALSO YOUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

RIGHT. AND SO IT'S LIKE IT WAS IT WAS DIFFERENT WHEN YOU HAVE THESE LITTLE FIFTH GRADERS AND THEY'RE JUST EXPLAIN IT TO US.

AND IT WAS JUST IT WAS REALLY IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM AND US, FOR US TO HEAR THROUGH THEIR VOICES AND SEE THROUGH THEIR EYES.

WELL, WHAT I THOUGHT WAS ALSO GREAT IS THAT FIFTH GRADERS GOT TO WATCH SOME OF THE SCIENCE OF READING LESSONS, RIGHT? AND WHEREAS THEY MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO BE WATCHING THOSE LESSONS WITH, WITH THESE YOUNGER STUDENTS.

AND SO TO COME OUT OF THAT, YOU COULD WATCH, YOU COULD SEE THEIR FACES LIKE THEY WERE DONE PRESENTING TO US AND THEY WERE JUST TAKING IT IN.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, AT THE END THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, HOPE YOU HAD A GREAT VISIT.

AND AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE WE'RE BEING ASKED TO GIVE OUR OBSERVATIONS OR ASK QUESTIONS.

RIGHT. BUT TURN TO THE STUDENTS.

AND DID YOU LEARN SOMETHING NEW.

AND YEAH, I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW THAT'S WHAT WE WERE DOING WAS, WAS WHAT ONE OF THE THE KIDDOS WHAT WHAT THEY HEARD AND AND IT IS IT'S TRUE.

LIKE YOU DON'T THEY DON'T GET TO SEE THE BACKGROUND BEHIND THE SCENES OF WHY WE'RE DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING.

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I LEARNED WAS POUNDING OUT SYLLABLES AND THEN OR POUNDING OUT THE SOUNDS WORD AND THEN WHAT WAS THE POINTING THE.

YES, THAT'S RIGHT.

[00:45:01]

THE SCIENCE OF READING IS SO GREAT.

LOVE IT. IT WAS REALLY INFORMATIONAL, REALLY LOVED IT.

ALSO KNEW EXACTLY WHY SARAH LOGAN IS EDUCATOR, LIBRARY EDUCATOR, RESOURCE EXTRAORDINAIRE, SUPERHERO OF THE YEAR FOR WASHINGTON STATE, BECAUSE HER LIBRARY IS A MAGNET OF OF CREATIVITY.

I IMMEDIATELY CAME HOME AFTER SEEING THE BIN OF MO WILLEMS, AND I'M LIKE MO WILLEMS I FORGOT HOW MUCH I LOVE THAT GUY.

AND RIGHT, BECAUSE YOU COULD GO TAKE A BIN AND GO SIT IN A CORNER.

SO ALSO POINT FOR SARAH LOGAN, WHO ALWAYS SENDS US EMAILS OF DATA.

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE OF THAT.

SHE SENDS US DATA THAT SHE COMPILES EVERY MONTH.

HOW MANY BOOKS WERE CHECKED OUT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT IS REALLY GREAT INFORMATION FOR US TO KNOW, SO APPRECIATE THAT.

ONE MORE POINT.

WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SCIENCE OF READING SEEING, BEING AT DOROTHY FOX AND SEEING THE KIDS GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, AND THEN GOING TO HELEN BALLER, AND THEY'RE DOING THE SAME METHODOLOGY AND SAME PROCESS, AND TO SEE THAT CONSISTENCY AMONGST THE SCHOOLS IS REALLY POWERFUL.

SO I RAN OUT OF LUCK WITH ALL THOSE VISITS.

UNFORTUNATELY, I DIDN'T GET TO GO INTO THE CLASSROOMS TO WITNESS ANYTHING DUE TO MY CAR FAILING AT THE CORNER OF PRUNE HILL ELEMENTARY.

BUT THAT WAS ME.

BUT BUT WHAT IT WAS, I MEAN, IT WAS THREE HOURS OF WAITING.

BUT WHAT I LEARNED AND WHAT I TRIED TO TAKE THE POSITIVE OUT OF THAT [INAUDIBLE] YOU KNOW, MY CAR IS THE COMMUNITY.

THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT STOPPED TO MAKE SURE THAT I WAS OKAY.

THERE WERE TWO GIRLS THAT A YOUNG GIRLS THAT WERE WALKING BY THEY INSISTED ON PUSHING MY CAR AND I SAID, YOU CAN'T PUSH THAT.

AND THEN UNFORTUNATELY, MY CAR WAS STILL THERE WITH ME WHEN THE SCHOOL WAS BEING LET OUT, PRUNE HILL.

SO I HAD MORE PEOPLE GO BY WHAT I, I MEAN, IT WAS NICE WAS THAT THE COMMUNITY CARED AND I GOT TO WITNESS THE COMMUNITY FROM OUTSIDE.

UNFORTUNATELY, I COULDN'T BE IN THE CLASSROOM THAT DAY.

AND EVEN UP TO THE POLICE OFFICER WHO STAYED BEHIND MY CAR FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS.

SO YEAH, GREAT COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. I ALSO I ALSO APPRECIATED WHEN WE WERE AT HELEN BALLER, LIKE YOU SAID, SEEING THE SEEING THE SAME THING, THE CONSISTENCY BETWEEN ALL OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IS FANTASTIC. I ALSO APPRECIATED AT HELEN BALLER BEING INVITED IN TO SOME OF OUR RESOURCE ROOMS, OUR THE ISEL ROOM, AND THAT PRINCIPAL HUTTON WAS WAS WILLING TO LET US GO IN SOMEWHERE WHERE IT'S NOT ALWAYS PERFECTLY UNDER CONTROL.

AND SHE WAS VERY CLEAR ABOUT THAT, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE, BUT I APPRECIATE THAT AS A BOARD MEMBER, KNOWING THAT I'M NOT GOING IN SOMEWHERE WHERE I'M JUST SEEING A DOG AND PONY SHOW, WE REALLY DID GET TO SEE REALLY, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO SPEND WHAT WE WERE PROBABLY IN THAT ROOM 15 MINUTES OR SO AND SAW SAW A WIDE RANGE OF EMOTIONS IN THERE AND, AND, AND HOW HARD THESE, THESE EDUCATORS AND THE PARAEDUCATORS IN THERE WITH THEM WERE WORKING THE CLEAR EXPECTATIONS THAT WERE IN THERE AS WELL, JUST THE THAT WERE NOT ONLY SPELLED OUT ON, ON THE WALLS AND ON ENTRANCES AND EXITS, BUT ALSO JUST WHAT THEY WERE DOING PROCEDURE WISE.

IT WAS IT WAS REALLY NICE TO HEAR I LOVE BEING AT AT LIBERTY AND BEING INVITED INTO SOME OF THE CLASSROOMS TO SEE SOME OF THE CO-TEACHING THAT'S GOING ON.

IT SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, WE GO TO, WE DO SITE VISITS AND I'M ALWAYS AMAZED SOMETIMES IF WE GO TO A SITE VISIT, WE DON'T ACTUALLY GET TO GET INVITED INTO A CLASSROOM ALL THE TIME.

AND SO I APPRECIATE JUST THE THE TEACHERS AND THE STAFF WHO ARE ARE WILLING TO INVITE US IN AND LET US SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.

BECAUSE I THINK I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT PERSPECTIVE FOR US, FOR US ALL TO HAVE AND, AND NOT JUST GET SOME SORT OF A, LIKE I SAID, LIKE A DOG AND PONY SHOW.

SO IT'S NICE TO SEE THAT.

WE SHARED THAT, TOO. YOU MENTIONED THE CO-TEACHING, WHICH REMINDED ME AT DOROTHY FOX, WE HEARD ABOUT DR.

SORK DOES OPT INS, WHERE TEACHERS CAN GO AROUND TO DIFFERENT CLASSROOMS AND SEE HOW THEY ARE TEACHING CERTAIN SKILLS TO STUDENTS, AND THEY LEARN IN THE PROCESS, RIGHT, HOW TO APPLY THAT AND IT CAME, YOU KNOW, BROUGHT UP AN IDEA OF OF OPT IN WHAT ABOUT JUST WITHIN THE SCHOOL, WHAT ABOUT BEING ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT TIME TO OPT IN AT ANOTHER SCHOOL? AND, AND MAYBE EVEN SEE A DIFFERENT SUBJECT OR BUT BECAUSE THE SCIENCE OF READING JUST SEEMS TO GO ACROSS ALL OF THAT.

RIGHT. SO TO BE ABLE TO EVEN GO AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, GO TO A MIDDLE SCHOOL AND WATCH, I DON'T KNOW, THERE JUST SEEMS TO BE SOME SYNERGY AND SOME OPPORTUNITY FOR FOR US TO CONTINUE TO FOSTER THAT COLLABORATION ACROSS SCHOOLS.

SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A DOROTHY FOX FOX UNDER DR.

[00:50:02]

AND I'M AND I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN HELP ENCOURAGE AND BUILD THAT TYPE OF CAMARADERIE.

I'M THINKING, ESPECIALLY FROM THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS DOWN TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, TO SEE THE FOUNDATIONS THAT THE KIDS ARE GETTING AND KNOWING, YOU KNOW IF YOU HAVE A STRUGGLING READER, IF YOU KNOW SOME OF THOSE THINGS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, OR IF YOU YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU UNDERSTAND HOW THEY LEARNED IT.

I THINK IT WILL HELP TEACH.

WHAT? WHAT GRADE ARE THE STUDENTS WHO VERY FIRST STARTED IN THE SCIENCE OF READING? WHAT ARE THEY IN, WHAT GRADE ARE THEY IN NOW? WE'RE IN YEAR THREE RIGHT NOW, OKAY.

BUT THE FIRST YEAR REMEMBER THAT WE'VE ROLLED THE COHORTS.

SO WE HAVE SOME KINDERGARTNERS WHO WOULD NOW BE IN SECOND SECOND GRADE WHO WHO STARTED.

SO WE HAVE SOME FIRST GRADERS WHO WOULD BE IN THIRD AND SOME SECOND GRADERS WHO WOULD BE IN FOURTH.

BUT NOBODY'S HIT MIDDLE SCHOOL YET.

NO, NOT YET.

SO I'M INTERESTED TO SEE.

YEAH. NOW, THAT SAID, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON LITERACY INTERMEDIATE TEACHERS HAVE BEEN GROWING ALONGSIDE AS WELL.

SO WE'RE PROBABLY STARTING TO SEE SOME OF THAT TRICKLE INTO MIDDLE SCHOOL.

NOW, GRADES FOUR AND FIVE ARE PART OF AN OFFICIAL COHORT THAT'S GOING THROUGH LETTERS TRAINING AS WELL.

SO AWESOME.

THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE ON OUR SITE VISITS? NO. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? ANYBODY ELSE? WANTED TO WANTED TO SHARE OR UPDATE US ON? I ALSO HAD JUST THE PLEASURE AND HONOR TO GO AND WITNESS OUR NORTH COUNTY HONOR BAND THAT COREY HELPED ORCHESTRATE AND ORGANIZE OUT AT HAWKINSON.

I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT NIGHT IT WAS ON IN FEBRUARY.

[INAUDIBLE] BUT I WILL TELL YOU WHAT THAT AUDITORIUM WAS STANDING ROOM ONLY, AND WE WERE ALL STANDING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AUDITORIUM TO HEAR THESE AMAZING STUDENTS WHO WERE CHOSEN TO BE A PART OF THIS AND SPENT TWO FULL DAYS IN WORKSHOPS BEING LED AND TAUGHT BY YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOU KNOW MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS.

THEY GOT TO BE LED AND TAUGHT BY, I WAS SO IMPRESSED BY AN OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY BAND LEADER WHO CAME AND AND DONATED HIS TIME.

AND I KNOW THAT WE HAD A FEW STUDENTS AND, AND WE HAD REPRESENTATIVES FROM OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL BAND PROGRAMS WHO WERE THERE, AND IT JUST THEY WERE AMAZING.

SOME GREAT, GREAT MUSIC.

I WAS SHOCKED I WAS LISTENING TO HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC.

IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THOSE STUDENTS ACROSS WHAT IS NORTH COUNTY COMPRISED OF.

IT'S BASICALLY THE SMALLER SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN CLARK COUNTY.

SO CAMAS-WASHOUGAL, BATTLEGROUND HAWK, EVERYBODY BUT VANCOUVER AND EVERGREEN, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN GOING ON.

BUT YEAH, IT WAS GREAT.

WE HAD WE HAD A BUNCH OF REPRESENTATIVES, LIBERTY HIGH OR LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL WAS WELL REPRESENTED.

SKYRIDGE HAD HAD QUITE A FEW.

AND AND EVEN OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL BAND STUDENTS FROM ODYSSEY WERE THERE.

THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME OF THAT.

IT SEEMS LIKE FOREVER AGO.

IT WAS AWESOME. BUT YEAH, THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU FOR COMING TOO.

YEAH. AND YEAH, IT WAS GREAT.

IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY EVERY YEAR.

TO PUT THAT TOGETHER. IT'S KIND OF LIKE A, IT'S LIKE AN ALL STAR TEAM FOR BAND, BASICALLY.

SO THANKS.

MY OTHER ADD IN IS THAT WE ALL ATTENDED OUR LEGISLATORS HAD A TOWN HALL LAST WEEK AND WE WERE ALL IN ATTENDANCE ON ZOOM TOGETHER FOR THAT. YOU KNOW, THINGS ARE WINDING DOWN AND THERE'S ONLY A HANDFUL OF BILLS.

TWO DIGITS LESS THAN 100.

GOSH, LESS THAN 60 THAT ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH MANY OF THEM WE'RE KEEPING AN EYE ON AND IN CONTACT WITH OUR LEGISLATORS.

I'LL TELL YOU, AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, WE'VE BEEN ALSO WATCHING SENATOR MURRAY HAS BEEN TRYING TO PUSH THROUGH YOU KNOW FUNDING FOR F EEDING OUR STUDENTS, AND WE KNOW THAT THAT'S BEEN A BATTLE FOR FREE LUNCHES FOR MANY YEARS.

BUT SHE CONTINUES TO BATTLE THAT AND CONTINUES TO PUT UP BILLS EVERY YEAR TO HELP SUPPORT THAT.

SO WE'RE WATCHING AND SUPPORTING THAT AS WELL.

AND YEAH, WE'LL SEE HOW THINGS FARE OUT HERE VERY SOON.

ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? GREAT. OKAY.

[00:55:02]

SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON FROM THAT TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

WE HAD A COUPLE OF ITEMS ADDED TO THE AGENDA THERE UNDER NUMBER EIGHT THAT I THINK WE ALL SAW.

[8. ITEMS ADDED TO THE AGENDA]

[9. CONSENT AGENDA]

I'LL SECOND IT.

OKAY. MOVE BY TRACEY, SECONDED BY ERIKA.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES.

ALL RIGHT. MOVES US DOWN TO REPORTS.

FIRST WE HAVE OUR SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT AND DR.

[A. Superintendent's Report]

THANK YOU EVERYONE. SO I TYPICALLY LIKE TO START OFF WITH OUR ENROLLMENT NUMBERS.

SO FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, FROM JANUARY 15TH TILL MIDDLE OF FEBRUARY WE SAW A PLUS SEVEN.

WHICH IS ALWAYS A BRIGHT SPOT.

JUST KIND OF DIGGING IN A LITTLE BIT.

YOU SEE, CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL, TYPICALLY AROUND THIS TIME OF YEAR, WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOSE SOME STUDENTS, AND THEY'LL TYPICALLY BE DRAWN TO EITHER HAYES FREEDOM, CCA OR SOMETIMES EVEN OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT.

IT'S A VARIED AMOUNT OF REASONS, BUT YOU'LL SEE IT KIND OF MATCHES WHERE THOSE STUDENTS ARE GOING SO THAT'S VERY TYPICAL.

MIDDLE SCHOOL PRETTY PRETTY STABLE AND KIND OF AN ANOMALY THOUGH THIS MONTH OVER AT LIBERTY WITH A PLUS FIVE STUDENTS.

AND THEN AT THE ELEMENTARY SIDE OF THINGS, WE DO TEND TO SEE WE'RE CONTINUING TO SEE A DROP OFF OVER AT WOODBURN.

WE LOST ANOTHER SEVEN STUDENTS FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.

AGAIN, A LOT OF IT IS JOB TRANSFERRING AND TALKING TO MR. PARMAN. IT'S PEOPLE JUST MOVING OUT AROUND THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH OR WHATNOT.

SO WE DEFINITELY DON'T LIKE TO SEE THAT, ALTHOUGH THAT IS OUR LARGEST SCHOOL.

WE STILL WE DON'T WANT TO SEE OUR GREAT STUDENTS LEAVING, BUT THAT'S THE ONLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT WE'RE REALLY SEEING THAT RIGHT NOW.

YOU SEE, INTERESTINGLY, THAT LIBERTY GAINED FIVE AND THE NEIGHBOR SCHOOL, HELEN BALLER, ALSO GAINED FIVE.

SO IT'S KIND OF CONSISTENT THERE IN THAT, IN THAT NECK OF THE WOODS.

SO JUST TAKE A PEEK AT THAT.

ANY QUESTIONS ON ENROLLMENT OR.

OKAY. MOVING ON, I DID WANT TO TALK JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR RECENT LOCKDOWNS AND GIVE THE BOARD A CHANCE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS.

I KNOW SHERMAN AND RANDY ARE BOTH HERE FROM OPERATIONS, IN CASE THERE'S ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT I CAN'T ANSWER.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF GO THROUGH JUST THE LAST COUPLE SCENARIOS THAT WE HAD.

SO DECEMBER 6TH, YOU PROBABLY REMEMBER OVER AT PBL CAMPUS ODYSSEY, SPECIFICALLY THERE WAS A TEXT MESSAGE THAT CAME THROUGH ZERO EYES AGAIN, IS OUR GUN DETECTION SOFTWARE.

AND THE TEXT MESSAGE ACTUALLY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE VERY, VERY BASIC.

IT WAS IT WAS A A LOGO OR A PICTURE OF, OF A PERSON CARRYING AN ASSAULT RIFLE THROUGH SLIDING GLASS DOORS.

VERY SIMILAR LOOK TO WHAT WE HAVE AT ODYSSEY.

IT WAS A NEWSLETTER THAT WAS SENT OUT BY THE COMPANY TO ALL OF THEIR CLIENTS NATIONWIDE, US BEING ONE OF THEM.

AND THAT ALERTED OUR SECRETARY WHO DID THE RIGHT THING.

BUT WHAT WE HAD TO KIND OF RETRAIN STAFF ON WAS THAT IF THERE'S ANYTHING LIKE THAT THAT COMES UP, THERE'S A LOT MORE BELLS AND WHISTLES AND THINGS THAT WILL HAPPEN.

YOU ARE NOT LEFT ALONE IN A SITUATION LIKE THAT, EITHER FROM THE COMPANY ITSELF OR WITHIN OUR DISTRICT.

SO THAT WAS TRULY JUST A, A, YOU KNOW, A JUMP THE GUN A LITTLE BIT, SO TO SPEAK NO PUN INTENDED, BUT HONESTLY, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WHERE WE TALKED TO CRISIS GO OR I'M SORRY, WE TALKED TO ZERO EYES AND CRISIS GO ABOUT AND WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT HAPPENING AGAIN.

I'M WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE CEO.

SHERMAN HAS WORKED WITH THEIR LEADERSHIP TO REALLY KIND OF SAY, THAT'S NOT A GOOD PICTURE TO SEND OUT.

MAYBE YOU NEED TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING ELSE.

THERE WAS ALSO AN EMAIL NOMENCLATURE ISSUE WE HAD WHERE OMS WAS USED AS PART OF A BULK EMAIL.

AND SO IT WAS A LITTLE TECHNICALITY THERE.

IT WAS NOTHING THAT OUR DISTRICT DID WRONG ACTUALLY, TO BE HONEST ODYSSEY DID A WONDERFUL JOB.

THEIR STUDENTS WERE EXTREMELY QUIET THROUGHOUT OUR SROS RESPONDED.

OUR ENTIRE POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO THAT, AND EVEN THE POLICE THAT ATTENDED THAT CAME TO THAT EVENT SAID THE STUDENTS AND THE STAFF WERE ABSOLUTELY PERFECT.

THEY WERE THEY WERE QUIET.

THEY WENT INTO LOCKDOWN TRAINING AND SO HAD IT BEEN A REAL EVENT, THEY WOULD HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB.

WE DON'T LIKE TO SEE THINGS LIKE THAT HAPPENING.

AND, AND SO IT WAS KIND OF A WAKE UP CALL FOR OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH ZERO EYES.

AND SO FAR THAT'S BEEN REMEDIED.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT YOU UNDERSTOOD THAT THOUGH IT WAS A FALSE ALARM, IT'S STILL NOT A GOOD THING.

I ADDED. SO IF YOU GO INTO THE REPORT, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY, SHERMAN ADDED, THE AFTER INCIDENT FOLLOW UP REPORT THAT WE DID WITH

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AND I'LL TELL YOU THAT I DON'T KNOW FOR YOU, SHERMAN, BUT THE LEADERSHIP FROM ZERO EYES REACHED OUT MULTIPLE TIMES TO CHECK UP ON US AND AND AND YOU KNOW, GIVE US THAT CUSTOMER CARE. ON JANUARY 2ND, WE HAD A LOCKDOWN OF FALSE ALARM THAT OCCURRED AT SKYRIDGE.

THAT WAS DUE TO THE BROKEN SPRINKLER PIPE THAT CAUSED FLOODING.

SO IT'S REALLY VERY TYPICAL.

IT'S IT'S PART OF THE PROCEDURE THAT HAPPENS IN THE CASE OF FLOODING OR WATER EVACUATION TYPE SITUATION.

OVER AT SKYRIDGE, THE BUILDING SECURITY PANEL AND AN S2 WERE DAMAGED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED.

THAT SYSTEM WAS POWERED UP AND AFTER REPLACEMENT OF THE OF AND AFTER THAT WE HAD REPLACEMENT OF THE EQUIPMENT WHILE REATTACHING CARD READERS AND DOORS, IT TRIGGERED A FALSE ALARM.

SO AGAIN, THAT WAS A MAINTENANCE ISSUE.

WE LEARNED FROM THAT.

WE WE DON'T REALLY WANT TO BE DOING MAINTENANCE ISSUES DURING THE COURSE OF THE SCHOOL DAY.

BUT AGAIN, A LOT OF THAT WAS TRIGGERED NOT NECESSARILY FROM THE TECHNOLOGY NOT WORKING.

IT WAS ALMOST BECAUSE THE TECHNOLOGY WAS WORKING.

AND SO JUST REALLY MAKING SURE THAT OUR MAINTENANCE CREWS WHO ARE AMAZING AND DILIGENT, ARE DOING SOME OF THIS MAINTENANCE OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL DAY.

AND THEN WE HAD THIS MOST RECENT EVENT AT CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL.

THAT WAS FEBRUARY 23RD.

PANIC BUTTON WAS BEING REPAIRED.

SO I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO TOO MANY DETAILS THERE AND KIND OF HURT THE SYSTEM.

BUT THERE ARE PANIC BUTTONS AROUND OUR OFFICES AND OUR SCHOOL SITES, AND A PANIC BUTTON WAS ACCIDENTALLY PUSHED AT CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL.

IT NEEDED TO BE RESET IN ORDER FOR THE SYSTEM TO WORK THE FOLLOWING DAY, AND THE TECH STAFF WAS THERE FIXING IT DURING THE DAY.

NOW, IN DEFENSE OF THIS TECH WORKER, HE HAD DONE THIS EXACT SAME REPAIR MANY, MANY, MANY TIMES IN THE PAST DURING THE SCHOOL DAY.

BUT BECAUSE OF OUR ADDED SECURITY FEATURES, THERE WAS SOME CRISSCROSSING THERE OF SOME WIRES, SO TO SPEAK.

I'M NOT USING TECHNICAL TERMS, BUT ULTIMATELY, AGAIN, WE LEARNED THAT IT'S BEST TO STAY AWAY FROM ALL OF THESE SAFETY FEATURE REPAIRS DURING THE SCHOOL DAY. I KNOW THAT'S NOT NOT NECESSARILY IDEAL BECAUSE WE WANT EVERYTHING TO BE WORKING AT, AT AT TOP AT TOP LEVELS.

HOWEVER, WE ALSO DON'T WANT TO SEND THE COMMUNITIES INTO PANIC, RIGHT? SO AS WE LEARN AND WE USE MORE TECHNOLOGY, WHICH I DON'T WANT TO STRAY AWAY FROM, WE ALSO HAVE TO BE COGNIZANT OF WHAT THOSE THINGS CAN CAN TRIGGER.

DURING THE RESET, THE LOCKDOWN WAS ACCIDENTALLY TRIGGERED.

TECH STAFF RESET THE PANIC BUTTON MANY TIMES BEFORE.

AS I SAID WITHOUT ISSUE, PANIC BUTTON IS WIRELESS, IT NEEDS TO BE RESET BY POWERING DOWN THE WIRELESS RECEIVER AT THE SECURITY BOX.

AND WE CONDUCTED AN AFTER INCIDENT FOLLOW UP OR WE ACTUALLY WILL BE TOMORROW, I BELIEVE, ON THAT INCIDENT.

BUT AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE TIMELINE THERE IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THE SLIDES, YOU CAN LINK ON TO THAT.

SHERMAN AND RANDY ARE HERE AGAIN FOR QUESTIONS.

THEIR LEADERSHIP THROUGHOUT THESE HAVE BEEN PHENOMENAL.

AND WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE LEARNING FROM EVERYONE.

AS A PARENT OF TWO CHILDREN IN THE DISTRICT, AND I KNOW MANY OF YOU ARE PARENTS OUT THERE IN THE CROWD AND ALSO HERE ON THE BOARD.

THIS IS YOU DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH THIS AS A PARENT.

IT'S IT'S IT'S SCARY.

IT'S NOT ANYTHING GOOD.

THE ONLY GOOD THAT REALLY COMES OUT OF IT IS WE A WE REALIZE THAT OUR TRAINING WORKS, AND B, IT IT MAKES SURE THAT OUR KIDS AND OUR STAFF ARE PREPARED.

THE DOWNSIDE IS WE DON'T WANT ANY MORE OF THESE BECAUSE AGAIN, WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE STUDENTS AND STAFF FEEL LIKE IT'S THE BOY WHO CRIED WOLF TYPE THING.

AND OH, THIS IS JUST ANOTHER FALSE ALARM.

SO WE'RE LEARNING.

WE'RE GETTING BETTER EVERY DAY.

AND I DO GIVE KUDOS TO SHERMAN, RANDY AND THEIR TEAM FOR FOR TAKING THIS VERY SERIOUSLY.

THEY DON'T OVERLOOK IT.

WE TALKED TO TO STAFF ABOUT THIS AND WE DO AFTER ACTION REVIEWS AFTER EVERY SINGLE INCIDENT, WHETHER IT'S A FALSE ALARM OR IF IT'S A REAL EVENT.

SO WITH THAT SAID, I ADDRESSED A FEW ISSUES HERE ON THE SLIDE AGAIN.

THE FIRST ONE CHANGED THE WAY ZERO EYES ALERTS US.

WE ALSO ARE WORKING WITH HOW THEY WORK WITH CRISIS GO, WHICH IS OUR REUNIFICATION SOFTWARE.

THOSE COMPANIES, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, ARE ACTUALLY WORKING TOGETHER NATIONWIDE.

THEY ARE NOT CONNECTED BY ANY MEANS, BUT THEY'RE LEARNING THAT MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE HIRING BOTH ARE OFFERING THOSE SERVICES.

AND SO I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF THEY JOIN FORCES AT SOME POINT.

WE WILL BE REPLACING THAT WIRELESS PANIC BUTTON AT CHS.

AND AGAIN, SHERMAN AND HIS TEAM HAVE PUT SIGNS ON OUR ALARM PANELS SAYING, BASICALLY, DO NOT CONDUCT ANY WORK ON THE PANEL DURING SCHOOL HOURS, AND WE MUST CHECK IN WITH BUILDING PRINCIPALS BEFORE STARTING ANY REPAIR LIKE THAT.

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WE'VE WE'VE HONORED THEM MANY, MANY, MANY TIMES IN THE PAST, AND WE WILL IN THE FUTURE.

BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO BE STRATEGIC AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT PUTTING OUR, OUR KIDS, OUR STAFF OR OUR COMMUNITY IN INTO PANIC.

SO I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS THAT WITH YOU AND SAY ON BEHALF OF, OF MY CABINET, WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY TRAUMA THAT CAUSED ANYONE.

IT WASN'T ON PURPOSE, AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO GET BETTER AND BETTER AT THIS.

SO. QUESTIONS.

I CAN STOP THERE BEFORE I MOVE ON.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.

I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO, TO TO TALK ABOUT IT AND NOTICE IT BECAUSE THREE TIMES IN THREE MONTHS IS MORE THAN WE'VE EVER HAD BEFORE.

SO TO SEE THAT IT'S A TECHNICAL ISSUE IS, YOU KNOW, IT IT DOES BRING SOME IDEAS OF HOW TO DEAL WITH THESE IN THE FUTURE.

RIGHT? WE'RE SO GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL THAT THESE WEREN'T REAL AND THAT THEY WERE TECHNICAL ISSUES.

FOR SURE.

AND IT BEGS THE QUESTION OF, YOU KNOW, HOW DO DO STAFF GET A HEADS UP THAT THAT THE THAT THE BOX IS BEING WORKED ON, I THINK AT SKYRIDGE AND AT CHS THAT THOSE WERE BOTH LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE BOXES WERE BEING WORKED ON.

RIGHT. AND, AND SO I KNOW THAT MY STUDENT LOOKED TO THEIR TEACHER AND, AND THE TEACHER DIDN'T KNOW AND ALL PROCEDURES SOUND LIKE.

YES. PHENOMENAL.

EVERYBODY DID EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO.

AND YOU DON'T WANT ANY TIME FOR IT TO HAPPEN AGAIN.

YEAH, I'M NOT SURE, BUT MAYBE HEADS UP WHEN TECHNICAL THINGS ARE BEING WORKED ON IN BUILDINGS.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SET A PRECEDENT, BUT DON'T WANT TO SET A PRECEDENT OF IGNORING THINGS.

OH, THAT COULD JUST BE RIGHT.

BUT IT JUST BEGS SOME QUESTIONS.

THREE TIMES IN THREE MONTHS.

AND THAT'S WHAT I WONDER.

THANKS, ERIKA. I JUST WANTED TO ADD REAL QUICK I APPRECIATE THIS FEEDBACK AND LETTING THE COMMUNITY KNOW, BECAUSE I'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE REACH OUT, OR BECAUSE THREE TIMES IN THREE MONTHS IS A LOT. AND I KNOW THAT THREE OF US HAVE CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

SO THAT DAY LAST FRIDAY, YOU KNOW, WE ALL WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT AS WELL.

SO I APPRECIATE THIS FEEDBACK.

WE DON'T WANT IT TO KEEP HAPPENING, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE SOME, YOU KNOW, THE FEEDBACK WE GET OR WHAT WE LEARN FROM THESE IS HELPFUL.

I KNOW I WAS JUST IN THE CITY SCHOOLS MEETING WHERE WE BROUGHT THIS UP, AND CHIEF JONES WAS IN THERE, AND SHE HAD SAID HOW THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE SROS ALL IT WAS FLAWLESS.

YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY DID AND RESPONDING TO THE SCHOOLS.

SO AGAIN, WE DON'T WANT TO KEEP CONTINUING THESE PRACTICES, BUT THE SYSTEM THEY HAVE IN PLACE AND WE HAVE IN PLACE WORKED WELL.

AND SHERMAN BROUGHT UP A PICTURE THROUGH THE ZERO EYES OF THE SRO IN THE, IN THE BUILDING ON FRIDAY.

SO, SO IT'S ALL WORKING AND IT'S AMAZING THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE HAVE.

SO I JUST APPRECIATE THE, THE, THE REPORT BACK, LETTING US KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING AND HOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.

THANKS, TRACEY. I JUST WANTED TO ASK REALLY QUICKLY, DO WE HAVE ANY OF THESE WIRELESS PANIC BUTTONS IN ANY OTHER SCHOOLS? THAT'S IT. GOTCHA.

OKAY. OKAY.

I'M SORRY. WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO TAKE.

WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO TAKE QUESTIONS DURING DURING THE BOARD MEETING.

SO WE CAN WE CAN TALK AFTERWARDS IF YOU NEED TO.

SO. YEAH. OR JUST OR JUST SEND US AN EMAIL.

YEAH. YEAH.

I'M SORRY. WAS THERE SOMETHING.

NO. OKAY. YEAH.

NO. I APPRECIATE YOU PUTTING THIS IN.

I KNOW THAT WAS IT WAS SOMETHING THAT NEED NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED.

AND IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT THERE'S THERE'S PROCESSES BEING BEING PUT IN PLACE.

IT'S IT'S TRAUMATIC TO BE IN A BUILDING LIKE THAT WHEN, WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THAT GOES OFF AND YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY WARNING THAT IT'S COMING.

AND, AND SO YEAH, I'M AS AN EDUCATOR, I'M HEARTENED TO SEE THAT, THAT WE'VE, WE'VE LEARNED FROM SOME OF THAT.

AND WE'LL BE MITIGATING THAT ALONG THE WAY.

SO THANK YOU, JOHN.

YEAH. NO THANKS EVERYONE.

AND ONE THING I'VE LEARNED REALLY QUICKLY IN OUR COMMUNITY HERE IS THAT WE'RE VERY REFLECTIVE.

I THINK THE CABINET TEAM, THE SITE TEAMS, THE TEACHERS EVERYONE FROM THE TOP DOWN AND UP ARE VERY REFLECTIVE AND THOUGHTFUL AND WANT FEEDBACK AND WANT TO GET BETTER. AND SO AGAIN, KUDOS TO TO TO SHERMAN AND RANDY AND THE TEAM FOR BEING REFLECTIVE REALLY ON ON THE SPOT WITH GETTING THINGS DONE.

NOBODY EVER WANTS TO MALICIOUSLY OR PURPOSELY CAUSE THIS.

WE ALL HAVE KIDS. WE'RE ALL PARENTS FIRST.

SO AGAIN WE'LL WE'LL JUST CONTINUE TO GET BETTER.

SO IS THIS LEVEL OF DETAIL FEEDBACK SHARED WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL STAFF, PARENTS AND STUDENTS? IT HASN'T BEEN THIS IS THIS IS REALLY THE FIRST TIME AND WE CAN DISCUSS THAT.

I JUST, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO BE CAREFUL.

I'LL PROBABLY CONSULT WITH SHERMAN ON THAT.

I DON'T WANT TO OVERPLAY OUR HAND, SO TO SPEAK.

AND BECAUSE THEN JUST TO JUST FOR STUDENTS WHO LIVED THROUGH IT AND, YOU KNOW, IT I KNOW THERE WERE SOME PANICKED PHONE CALLS HOME, AND IT'S ALWAYS.

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SURE. I THINK RATHER THAN JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A MAINTENANCE ISSUE.

A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION.

I DON'T KNOW, I WASN'T EVEN THERE.

AND I APPRECIATE GETTING ALL THIS INFORMATION.

AND I THINK I DON'T KNOW THAT OUR STUDENTS WOULD TOO.

SO WE'LL TAKE THAT FEEDBACK CONNIE.

WE HAVE THE AFTER ACTION TOMORROW REGARDING CAMAS.

SO I THINK, LISA I'M NOT SURE WHO EXACTLY IS WITH ME ON THAT, BUT, GAIL, YOU'LL BE THERE.

WE'LL WE'LL TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AND SEE YOU KNOW, WORKING MAYBE WITH THE SROS TO SEE HEY, WHAT WHAT IS OKAY TO SHARE AND WHAT NOT.

OKAY. APPRECIATE THAT.

YES. YEAH, I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT.

WERE THE STUDENTS INCLUDED IN THAT UPDATE? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

MOVING ON. OKAY.

THANK YOU GUYS. ALL RIGHT.

SO COREY MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE THE LEVY.

AND AGAIN, WE JUST WANT TO JUST THANK THE COMMUNITY FOR COMING TOGETHER AROUND THIS.

JUST A COUPLE DETAILS FROM THAT.

PROPOSITION SIX THE LAST COUNT I SAW ON FRIDAY, I BELIEVE, WAS 58.5%.

AND JUST AT 60, I THINK IT WAS 59.9, BUT I LIKE TO ROUND UP AT LEAST I LIKED ONE OF MY MATH TEACHERS ROUNDED UP FOR ME, SO PROP SESSION WAS AT 60%. AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

OUR CITIZENS COMMITTEE, OF COURSE, LED BY PAT, MARK, RACHEL AND OTHERS ALL OF OUR BARGAINING GROUP LEADERS AND MEMBERS, A COUPLE WHO ARE HERE TONIGHT.

WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT OUR BARGAINING GROUPS, SPECIFICALLY CEA.

THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL PARTNERS DURING THIS TIME, ESPECIALLY IN THE SLEET AND THE RAIN AND ALL THAT, IT WASN'T EASY.

SO OUR SUPPORTERS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY THE, THE HONKERS WHEN THEY DRIVE BY, THAT'S I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT'S SUCH A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, PUMP UP.

AND THEN OUR CAMPAIGN DONORS WERE JUST PHENOMENAL.

AND WE WERE ABLE TO LEAVE A NICE, A NICE FUND FOR FOUR YEARS FROM NOW.

SO THEY'LL HAVE A NICE START THAT CAMPAIGN WILL HAVE A NICE START.

HOPEFULLY WE GET MARK AND PAT BACK TO LEAD IT WE'LL SEE.

THANK YOU AGAIN TO OUR STUDENTS, OUR STUDENT GROUP, I MENTIONED DURING ALL THE EVENTS THAT I WENT TO THAT OUR SAC WAS PROBABLY THE BEST GROUP TO WORK WITH. REGARDING THE RATE AND REALLY DIGGING INTO WHAT A LEVY IS AND WHAT IT DOES OF COURSE OUR STAFF, OUR PRINCIPALS AND OUR STAFF FOR GIVING TIME FOR THIS MULTIPLE TIMES BECAUSE WE WENT IN BACK TO BACK, WE WENT IN OUR FALL PRESENTATION AND THEN REALLY CIRCLED RIGHT BACK AND ASKED FOR STAFF TIME AGAIN.

AND I KNOW HOW PRECIOUS THAT TIME IS.

AND AND SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THAT.

AND THEN ALL OF OUR CSD FAMILIES AND OF COURSE, TO ALL OF YOU, YOU KNOW, AS I MENTIONED, AT CITY SCHOOLS TODAY REALLY BEING DILIGENT AND THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THE RATE SPECIFICALLY TAKING ALL THE FEEDBACK IN AND MY RECOMMENDATION AND JASON'S RECOMMENDATION AND OTHERS.

AND YOUR SUPPORT WAS AMAZING.

I HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN OUT THERE WITH SIGNS AND DOING ALL THAT STUFF, SO THANK YOU.

REALLY COMMUNITY EFFORT.

I LOVE THAT PICTURE OF MICHAEL AND ME.

I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHY I LOVE THAT SO MUCH.

I THINK THAT SMILE OF HIS, I THOUGHT I SMILED A LOT, BUT MIKE, MICHAEL DID A REALLY GOOD JOB PUTTING THAT VIDEO TOGETHER.

AND THEN THERE'S A IF YOU IF YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THIS, YOU CAN SEE THAT WAS A SLIDE OF THE FINAL VOTE THAT CAME IN THAT WAS CERTIFIED AS COREY SAID ON FRIDAY EVENING.

SO I WANTED TO TO TAKE A SECOND KIND OF TO SHIFT GEARS BACK TO THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

I KNOW ERIKA HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THIS VERY, VERY CLOSELY AS I HAVE, AND WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT, YOU KNOW, US AS A DISTRICT AND REALLY SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON IS DEALING WITH WHEN IT COMES TO INFLATION.

AND I'M REALLY, REALLY HOPING THAT OUR LEGISLATORS ARE TAKING A PEEK AT THIS.

AND AND I WANTED TO JUST BREAK THIS DOWN FOR ALL OF YOU AND ANYBODY ELSE OUT THERE WHO WHO IS PAYING ATTENTION TO REALLY WHAT SOME OF OUR COSTS ARE HERE IN CAMAS. AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT THIS IS NOT JUST RUNNING AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION, BUT THIS IS $120 MILLION BUSINESS IN SOME WAYS, AND IT COSTS MONEY TO RUN.

SO IF YOU LOOK OVER TIME FROM THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS JUST 4 TO 5 YEARS AGO, IT COST OUR DISTRICT ABOUT $372,000 TO, TO PAY FOR LIABILITY INSURANCE.

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS YEAR, $711,000 FOR THE SAME INSURANCE AND REALLY NOT THAT MANY MORE STAFF MEMBERS TO INSURE.

THAT'S A 91% INCREASE.

WE'RE SEEING IT.

ALL OF OUR SURROUNDING DISTRICTS ARE SEEING IT.

AND AGAIN, I HOPE THAT THIS IS BEING TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.

I KNOW WE'RE ADVOCATING FOR IT.

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WHEN YOU LOOK AT UTILITY COSTS AND I KNOW I'M PREACHING TO THE CHOIR HERE, THOSE OF US WHO WHO OWN OR RENT HOMES HERE IN CAMAS, WE KNOW WHAT OUR UTILITY COSTS HAVE, HAVE DONE. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT IT FROM A COMMERCIAL STANDPOINT, TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT IT COSTS TO PAY UTILITIES.

AND I KNOW I'M LOOKING AT RANDY RIGHT NOW.

HE LOOKS AT THESE EVERY DAY.

UTILITY COSTS ARE JUST ASTRONOMICAL.

SO JUST FIVE YEARS AGO, JUST UNDER $1.3 MILLION TO PAY OUR BILLS, AND NOW IT'S COSTING ABOUT $1.8 MILLION.

IMAGINE IF YOU HAD THAT KIND OF INCREASE IN A HOME, WHICH WE DO.

IT'S A 38% INCREASE IN OUR UTILITIES ALONE.

FUEL COSTS AT 92% INCREASE FROM JUST UNDER A QUARTER OF $1 MILLION TO TO PAY FOR FUEL IS NOW COSTING ALMOST A HALF $1 MILLION TO PAY FOR FUEL.

AND THEN FOOD COSTS.

FOOD COSTS, NOT JUST FOR ALL OF US WHO HAVE TO GO FOOD SHOPPING ARE SEEING IT AT THE GROCERY STORE, BUT WE'RE SEEING IT AT A COMMERCIAL LEVEL AS WELL.

YOU SEE, OVER THOSE FIVE YEARS COSTS OF OVER DOUBLED 124% INCREASE IN OUR FOOD COSTS.

AND I SAY ALL THIS NOT JUST TO TO TO LET YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I KNOW I'M PREACHING TO THE CHOIR HERE, BUT OUR LEGISLATORS NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT AS THESE COSTS GO UP AND EVERY OTHER COST GOES UP WE NEED TO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT EDUCATION IS A TOP PRIORITY IN OUR STATE.

AND I THINK SOMETIMES THESE COSTS CAN BE FORGOTTEN ABOUT BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN THE FORM OF TEXTBOOKS AND PENCILS AND PAPER COPY MACHINES AND SALARIES.

IT'S IT'S ALL OF THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO TO RUN OUR, OUR DISTRICT.

SO JUST A REALLY INFORMATIONAL FOR ALL OF YOU.

I CAN PAUSE THERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ON ANY OF THAT.

OKAY. AND THEN I'M JUST GOING TO DIG INTO THE SESSION JUST FOR A MINUTE.

I KNOW ERIKA MENTIONED ABOUT 60 BILLS STILL HAVE LEGS.

AS WE GET TO THE LAST WEEK OR SO OF THE SESSION.

WELL, ACTUALLY A LITTLE WELL, ABOUT A LITTLE OVER A WEEK NOW.

THIS IS JUST A QUICK LEGISLATIVE STATUS CHECK.

SO FEBRUARY 21ST WAS DAY 45 AND KIND OF LITTLE MORE THAN THE MIDDLE OF THE SESSION.

YOU SEE THAT MANY OF THE BUDGETS, THE OPERATING BUDGET MEETINGS WERE HELD BETWEEN THE 15TH AND THE 20TH.

THE COMMITTEE CUT OFF FOR THE HOUSE WAS THE 21ST.

THE COMMITTEE THE FISCAL CUT OFF FOR THE HOUSE WAS ON THE 26TH.

AND THEN THE SENATE CUT OFF WILL BE MARCH 1ST, WHICH I BELIEVE IS FRIDAY.

IS THAT CORRECT? AND THEN THE END OF THE SESSION WILL BE MARCH 7TH.

JUST A COUPLE REAL HIGH LEVEL SUMMARIES HERE.

IF YOU LOOK AT OUR SENATE, THEY'RE FOCUSING ON VERY SIMILAR ITEMS AS THE HOUSE.

SO THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE REALLY MAKING IT THROUGH THE SESSION.

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IS A BIG, BIG CONVERSATION ACROSS THE STATE LOOKING AT WHAT IT COSTS TO RUN OUR BUSSES AND OUR ROUTES.

OUR PROTOTYPICAL STAFFING FOR OUR PARAEDUCATORS.

I KNOW WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT A LOT.

AND, AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO NOT JUST ATTRACT PARAEDUCATORS, BUT RETAIN THE GREAT ONES THAT WE HAVE? AND THEN OUR SPECIAL ED CAP MOVING FROM THE SENATE SIDE, A VERY, VERY SMALL INCREASE FROM 15% TO 15.6%.

IT'S ALMOST NOTHING.

BUT OUR HOUSE, THEY'RE LOOKING AT A LITTLE A LITTLE BIT FROM A DIFFERENT APPROACH.

THEY'RE LOOKING TO MAYBE INCREASE OUR SPECIAL ED CAP ABOUT 2.25%.

YOU SEE THAT ON THE VERY BOTTOM.

THE HOUSE IS ALSO LOOKING AT MSOC.

AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T PAY AS CLOSE ATTENTION TO THAT, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, THAT PER PUPIL FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVE AND FINALLY STARTING TO LOOK AT OUR STATE PROVIDING MORE PER STUDENT.

AND I'LL GET INTO THAT IN JUST A SECOND.

AND AGAIN, THE HOUSE IS ALSO LOOKING AT TRANSPORTATION.

SOME BILLS THAT ARE STILL ALIVE.

I'LL KIND OF GO THROUGH THIS QUICKLY BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S ALREADY BEEN BEEN A LONG MEETING, BUT OUR CLASSIFIED STAFF ALLOCATIONS BILL, THAT'S SB 5882 AND THE HOUSE 1960.

THIS IS LOOKING AT PHASING IN ADDITIONAL STAFF ALLOCATION FOR TEACHING ASSISTANTS, WHICH REALLY IS OUR PARAEDUCATORS.

AND TAKING A GOOD LOOK AT THE PROTOTYPICAL MODEL.

I AM NOT PREDICTING ANY TYPE OF FULL BLOWN CHANGE IN THE PROTOTYPICAL MODEL.

THIS IS A SHORT SESSION.

WE'RE HOPING TO SEE SOME TRACTION IN 2025, BUT AS WE'VE BEEN SAYING, WE'RE UP THERE ADVOCATING, HOPING THAT WE'RE PLANTING THE SEED FOR FOR MORE OF A A PHASE OUT OF A OF THE PROTOTYPICAL MODEL OR A CHANGE IN THE PHASING.

REPLACING THE TERM TEACHING ASSISTANTS WITH PARAEDUCATORS, THAT'S JUST A TECHNICALITY REQUIRES THE USE OF FUNDS TO INCREASE STAFFING, PREVENT LAYOFFS.

AGAIN, WHAT THIS BILL IS LOOKING AT IS, IS REALLY ADDING MORE TO TO THE FUNDING MODEL.

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SO THE ORIGINAL BILL WOULD HAVE RAISED A PER PUPIL RATE TO $48 PER STUDENT.

THAT'S ACTUALLY VERY SIGNIFICANT.

IF YOU THINK ABOUT US, AT 7,200 OR SO STUDENTS, YOU MULTIPLY THAT BY $48.

THAT'S A GOOD CHUNK.

UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S BEEN AMENDED DOWN AND IT'S LOOKING AT MORE LIKE $23 A STUDENT.

AGAIN, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A GIVE AND A TAKE.

I UNDERSTAND THAT NOW WITH INFLATION, THAT $23 A STUDENT WILL ACTUALLY BE A LITTLE BIT MORE JUST BECAUSE OF NATURAL INFLATION.

BUT AT $23 A STUDENT, I'M NOT GOING TO COMPLAIN.

IF THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS.

IT'LL BE, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA MONEY FOR CAMAS.

IT'S NOT ANYTHING TO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, CHANGE THE WAY WE DO BUSINESS NECESSARILY, BUT ANY INCREASE IS, IS IS HELPFUL.

THIS WOULD ALSO LOWER AN INCREASE FOR OUR UTILITIES AND INSURANCE.

SO IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT OUR OUR HOUSE IS LOOKING AT WHAT I JUST TALKED ABOUT WITH SOME INCREASES IN UTILITIES AND OTHER COSTS.

I MENTIONED PUPIL TRANSPORTATION.

THERE'S ACTUALLY SEVERAL BILLS ON PUPIL TRANSPORTATION.

THIS IS A SENATE BILL HERE THAT REALLY LOOKS AT THE TRANSPORTATION FORMULA BASED ON RIDER COUNTS AND MILES DRIVEN, WON'T GET INTO TOO MUCH DETAILS HERE, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I LIKE ABOUT THIS BILL IS THAT IT PROVIDES ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE HOUSELESS UNDER MCKINNEY-VENTO AND PROVIDING ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THOSE STUDENTS TO BE TRANSPORTED TO AND FROM SCHOOL.

THIS THIS WOULD BE A $20 MILLION COST TO THE SENATE BUDGET.

ANOTHER PUPIL TRANSPORTATION BILL COMING OUT OF THE HOUSE.

THIS HAS SOME UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS TO IT, SIMILAR TO THE SENATE BILL I DO I DO PREDICT THAT SOMETHING FOR TRANSPORTATION IS GOING TO COME OUT OF THIS SESSION.

AND THEN THERE'S ONE ADDITIONAL ONE.

THIS ONE REALLY TALKS MORE ABOUT OUR ZERO EMISSION E-BUSES.

THE ONE THING ABOUT THIS, AND I'LL TELL YOU, ADVOCACY WORKS BECAUSE OUR SUPERINTENDENTS HAVE SIGNED ON TO PUSH AGAINST HAVING KIND OF A DROP DEAD TIMELINE FOR HAVING E-BUSES PURCHASED.

AND THEY BACKED OFF THAT THANKFULLY, BECAUSE WE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN PREPARED TO PURCHASE PROBABLY NOT EVEN ONE E-BUS AT THIS RATE THAT WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW, LET ALONE MULTIPLE. SO THE SENATE HAS BACKED OFF THAT TIMELINE A LITTLE BIT.

BUT I KNOW IN THE FUTURE THERE'S GOING TO BE PROBABLY SOME MANDATES, HOPEFULLY NOT UNFUNDED, THAT WILL GET US INTO THAT E-BUS MARKET, BUT WE'RE NOT CURRENTLY THERE RIGHT NOW.

THOSE BUSSES ARE REALLY, REALLY EXTRAORDINARILY EXPENSIVE.

SPECIAL EDUCATION.

WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT SPECIAL EDUCATION THAT CONTINUES TO BE A PRIORITY HERE IN CAMAS AS WELL.

AGAIN, THERE'S A WIDE VARIETY OF WHERE THAT CAP COULD GO, BUT THE ONE THAT'S LOOKING LIKE IT HAS THE MOST LEGS IS 15 TO 17.25% INCREASE ON OUR SPECIAL ED FUNDING CAP.

THIS WENT TO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ON FEBRUARY 21ST.

IT'S ABOUT A $26.5 MILLION FUNDING SOURCE FROM THE HOUSE.

AND AGAIN, THE SENATE IS NOT AS IN FAVOR OF A 2.25% JUMP.

SO WE'LL SEE WHERE THAT ONE LANDS.

JUST ONE LAST SLIDE ON THIS.

I JUST WANT TO KIND OF GIVE YOU ANOTHER HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE.

NOT THAT I AM A WASHINGTON HISTORIAN BY ANY MEANS, BUT I'M LEARNING THAT BACK IN 1517, THE, THE, THE EDUCATION WAS 48% OF THE STATE BUDGET.

AND WE WERE GOING IN A VERY, VERY GOOD TRAJECTORY.

BY 2018, WE WERE AT 51% OF THE BUDGET OF THE STATE WAS EDUCATION.

IN 2019, 2021, WHICH IS OVER THE PANDEMIC, WE WENT TO 52% AND THEN STAYED RIGHT AROUND THERE.

IN 2020, 51% OF THE STATE'S BUDGET WAS EDUCATION, WHERE CONSTITUTIONALLY IS REALLY WHERE IT SHOULD BE.

SEEING THAT EDUCATION IS IS SET TO BE THE PARAMOUNT DUTY.

UNFORTUNATELY I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SEE THAT IT IS NOW TRICKLING AND TRICKLING AND TRICKLING DOWN.

WE DROPPED DOWN TO 48%, 43% AND NOW LOW 43% TO DATE.

SO WE NEED TO SEE THAT CHANGE.

WE KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE A CHANGE IN GOVERNOR.

WE KNOW THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE CHANGE IN LEGISLATORS, OF COURSE.

BUT I DO THINK THAT THIS IS A GRASSROOTS EFFORT.

OUR SUPERINTENDENT GROUP FROM SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON IS WORKING REALLY HARD.

BUT I THINK, AGAIN, KUDOS TO OUR BARGAINING GROUPS WHO ARE OUT THERE ADVOCATING EVERY DAY THIS BOARD.

WE HAVE OUR CAMAS ADVOCACY LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY COMMITTEE NOW SO OUR VOICES ARE BEING HEARD.

AND I'M REALLY, REALLY HOPEFUL THAT THAT NUMBER WILL START TO GET BACK UP TO THAT 50 TO 52% NUMBER WITHIN THE NEXT MAYBE 2, 2 TO 3 SESSIONS, IF NOT

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I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT STUFF.

SO I KNOW THAT'S NOT EVERYONE'S CUP OF TEA, BUT I KNOW THIS BOARD CARES ABOUT THIS.

I JUST THINK THAT IN GENERAL, THE THE THE MESSAGE IS DON'T EXPECT ANY MAJOR CHANGES THIS YEAR.

I GUESS I COULD HAVE USED ONE SLIDE COREY.

YOU'RE RIGHT. DULY NOTED.

I'M JUST KIDDING. SOPHOMORES OF THE MONTH.

ALWAYS LIKE TO REPRESENT OR RECOGNIZE THEM.

SO WE HAD OUR HAYES FREEDOM STUDENT, ALEX WEEKS.

GO OVER TO ROTARY AND OUR CAMAS CONNECT ACADEMY JAMIEE KUHLE, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO MR. JOHNSON FROM HAYES FOR BEING THERE.

PRINCIPAL HOLMES WAS THERE TO RECOGNIZE HER STUDENT, AND DR.

HULD WAS THERE AS WELL. SO I LOVE THAT WHEN THEY ALL SHOW UP AND REALIZE, WOW, 7:00 COMES UP REALLY EARLY WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING TO ROTARY IN THE DARK, YOU KNOW, AND YOU LEAVE IN THE LIGHT. I THINK EVEN THE STUDENTS ARE LIKE, WOW, ROTARY.

BUT THEY'RE HAPPY TO BE THERE.

YOU SEE, RON CARLSON, OUR PRESIDENT, DR.

HULD IN ONE PICTURE.

AND THEN AGAIN, THERE'S MR. JOHNSON. SO AGAIN, AWESOME STUDENTS AND WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE RECOGNIZED.

AND THEN LAST AND OF COURSE, NOT LEAST, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING COACH GRIFFIN WHEN I FIRST MOVED TO CAMAS.

AND JUST AN ABSOLUTE GENTLEMAN AND SOMEONE WHO I WISH I WOULD HAVE BEEN AROUND MORE WHEN HE WAS COACHING.

AS AS WE KNOW HE'S GOING THROUGH A CANCER BATTLE RIGHT NOW AND JUST WANTED TO SHOUT OUT CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL AND ALL THE COMMUNITY WHO WERE THERE AT THE GAME WHERE HE WAS RECOGNIZED. IT WAS EMOTIONAL, BUT ALSO IT GOES BACK TO THAT WHOLE COMMUNITY THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, BAMINI, HOW PEOPLE COME TOGETHER IN THIS COMMUNITY.

I JUST AM AWESTRUCK ABOUT IT.

AND SO JUST A SHOUT OUT KEEP PUSHING COACH GRIFFIN, I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO YOU'RE GOING TO STAY STRONG AND GET THROUGH THIS.

SO WITH THAT SAID, THAT'S MY REPORT.

THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE FOR DR.

ANZALONE? OKAY.

THANKS, JOHN. NEXT WE HAVE OUR MONTHLY BUDGET REPORT, AND JASON MCEATHROM.

[B. Monthly Budget Report - Director of Business Services Jasen McEathron]

I WANT TO NOTE A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS IN MY REPORT THIS EVENING IS I WANT TO THANK COREY FOR AND JOHN FOR ATTENDING RECENT WASHINGTON STATE AUDIT REPORT.

THEIR AUDIT WAS RECENTLY WRAPPED UP.

OH. THANKS, JOHN. AND I WAS HAPPY TO REPORT IT'S BEEN A CLEAN AUDIT.

AND THIS WAS FOCUSED IN TWO DIFFERENT AREAS.

IT WAS ON FEDERAL GRANTS AS WELL AS OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

AND SO FROM THE FEDERAL GRANT PERSPECTIVE OUR, OUR, OUR SPECIAL ED DIRECTOR ALAN FLECK AND HIS STAFF HAVE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB WITH THE SPED GRANT, SO NOT EASY TO GET A CLEAN AUDIT THERE.

ON OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENT SIDE.

MY STAFF IS JUST.

I LOVE THEM TO DEATH.

THEY'RE JUST AWESOME.

AND TO GET THROUGH QUITE A RIGOROUS AUDIT, I'LL SAY.

I WAS. I WAS, I WANT TO SAY I EXPECTED IT, BUT AT THE SAME NOTE, YOU ALWAYS HAVE THAT FEAR LIKE WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO FIND? BUT REALLY IT WAS VERY CLEAN.

SO I WAS VERY HAPPY WITH THAT.

FOOD SERVICE. I WANT TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE KIND OF DONE KIND OF A MID-YEAR CHECK IF CHECK IN, IF YOU WILL, WITH CHARTWELLS.

AND SO FAR THEY'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB, YOU KNOW.

WE STILL HAVE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE YEAR TO FINISH HERE AND WHAT HAVE YOU, BUT IT JUST THE FEEDBACK FROM STUDENTS, FROM STAFF FROM PARENTS.

SOME PARENTS ALMOST SAYING IT'S DIFFICULT TO GET MY KID TO TAKE THE, THE LUNCH FROM HOME.

SO SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOOD.

WE'RE SEEING, YOU KNOW, MEAL PARTICIPATION UP IS IS UP 6%.

AND IT CONTINUES TO TREND UP AS THE YEAR IS GOING ON.

SO I INTEND TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO BRING THEM PROBABLY TO THE NEXT MEETING.

I'D LIKE YOU TO MEET NOT JUST THE CHARTWELLS FOLKS, BUT OUR KITCHEN LEADS.

YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE FOLKS WHO ARE REALLY, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH THE PRINCIPALS AND REALLY SETTING THAT SENSE OF COMMUNITY AT THE INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS.

SO EXPECT HOPEFULLY, MAYBE AT THE NEXT MEETING OR TWO.

SO, JASON, I DON'T KNOW IF IT GOT BACK TO YOU OR NOT, BUT DOROTHY FOX, OUR SITE VISIT, WE HAD A FIFTH GRADE STUDENT LEADER WHO WAS SUPER EXCITED AND PASSIONATE TO TELL US THAT THE VEGETARIAN OPTIONS HAVE INCREASED THIS YEAR.

LOOK. GREAT.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THEY'RE PALATABLE AND AND DIVERSIFIED WITH OPTIONS.

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THAT WAS ONE OF THEIR HIGHLIGHTS.

THEY WANTED US TO KNOW.

SO I WANTED TO GET THAT BACK UNPROMPTED, TOO.

YEAH. IT WAS REALLY AND AND TO SEE THEM LIGHT UP WHEN THEY TALKED ABOUT, LIKE YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN WHAT IT WAS LIKE LAST YEAR AND NOW THIS YEAR, ALL THE VEGETARIAN OPTIONS.

SO THAT WAS GREAT TO HEAR.

WELL THANK YOU.

YEAH. IT AND IT HAS BEEN THAT WAY KIND OF THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

IT'S JUST BEEN MORE AND MORE IT'S KIND OF COME IN AND KIND OF UNPROMPTED.

AND THAT'S THE WONDERFUL FEEDBACK, YOU KNOW AND I REALLY APPRECIATE ONE THAT REALLY HIT ME WAS TALKING TO A STAFF MEMBER OUT THERE AT, AT PRUNE HILL, AND SHE JUST PULLED ME ASIDE AND SAID, YOU KNOW, I JUST SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE QUALITY OF THE FOOD THAT WE'RE SERVING.

AND THAT WAS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPACTFUL TO ME.

IT WAS LIKE. YOU KNOW, THAT THE CHARTWELLS IS SECURING THE, YOU KNOW, BETTER PRODUCTS TO SERVE TO OUR KIDS.

AND I THINK THAT'S THAT'S JUST HUGE.

SO. AND WE'RE YOU SEE IT WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU GO OUT TO THE SCHOOLS ANYWAYS, IF YOU GET A GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO DURING LUNCH, I'D ALSO JUST ADD REALLY QUICK TO GO BACK.

I'VE HAD TO SIT IN ON SOME OF THESE AUDIT REPORTS EACH YEAR.

NOT HAD TO.

I GET THE HONOR OF SITTING IN ON THE AUDIT REPORTS EACH YEAR, AND THE FOLKS FROM THE STATE AUDITOR'S OFFICE WERE EXTREMELY COMPLIMENTARY OF OF OUR STAFF IN THIS, LIKE, MORE THAN MORE THAN I'VE EVEN SEEN IN PREVIOUS YEARS.

SO JUST SHOUT OUT TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF FOR YOU KNOW, A CLEAN AUDIT.

IT'S IT'S NOT ALWAYS IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE CASE.

IT HAS BEEN IN CAMAS FOR, YOU KNOW.

YEAH. BUT BUT JUST CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ON THAT.

SO THANK YOU.

YEAH. WE TRY TO MAKE IT A TRADITION, RIGHT? SO LOOKING AHEAD FOR, YOU KNOW, WE'RE COMING UP ON THE BUDGET CYCLE, RIGHT? AND THAT REALLY KICKS INTO GEAR WHEN THE SESSION ENDS, WHICH IS AS, AS JOHN MENTIONED, IS COMING UP HERE ON MARCH 7TH.

AND SO THAT'S WHEN, WHEN THINGS WILL START TO KIND OF REALLY RAMP UP FOR US.

JUST A REMINDER, THERE'S A KIND OF A TRADITIONAL BUDGET CYCLE AND PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH KIND OF AFTER THE SESSION, WE GO THROUGH KIND OF WHAT SORT OF CHANGES, YOU KNOW, COME ABOUT. AND THERE ARE ALWAYS CHANGES TO THE FUNDING FORMULA.

THEY'RE ALWAYS UPDATED.

AND AND TO, TO SOME DEGREE, RIGHT.

THIS SESSION KIND OF OVERALL, I THINK COREY YOU KIND OF HIT IT.

I DON'T EXPECT ANY MAJOR CHANGES, IF YOU WILL, MODIFICATIONS TO THE FUNDING FORMULA.

BUT THEY, THEY STILL UPDATE ALL THE MODELS AT THE STATE AND WHAT HAVE YOU.

IN MAY, I'M EXPECTING WE'LL HAVE PROBABLY A BUDGET WORKSHOP ABOUT THAT TIMING AND BE ABLE TO PRESENT KIND OF A EARLY DRAFT PRELIMINARY BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR. AND THAT REALLY LEADS US UP TO THAT STATUTORY DEADLINE OF PUBLISHING, OFFICIALLY OUR FIRST PRELIMINARY BUDGET BY JULY 10TH, THAT WE'RE USUALLY, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THEN, USUALLY, YOU KNOW, BEFORE JULY 4TH WEEKEND SO.

SO ANYWAYS, THAT'S WE'RE WE'RE ON TRACK.

I DO WANT TO SEE THIS EXPEDITED.

WE ARE DOING THE CUMULATIVE CONVERSION AND LOOKING TO GO LIVE IN JULY, SO HOPING THAT WE CAN WE CAN WORK THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS IN AN EXPEDITIOUS MANNER, GET THIS CONVERSION OVER, AND THEN GO INTO AUGUST WITH WITH THE FINAL BUDGET FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL.

JANUARY, I WILL SAY THIS IS A PRETTY BORING MONTH TO REPORT.

THERE JUST IS NOT MUCH IT'S TRACKING RIGHT ALONG WITH WHERE WE HAD SAID THAT IT WAS GOING TO.

SO NO MAJOR CHANGES REALLY FROM PREVIOUS PROJECTIONS.

THE ACTIVITY IN JANUARY IS PRETTY ROUTINE.

WE DON'T HAVE REALLY ANY MAJOR TAX COLLECTIONS.

WE'VE JUST COMPLETED OUR DEBT PAYMENT.

WE HAVEN'T GOT ANY NEW BUSSES THAT COME IN, YOU KNOW.

AND SO IT'S JUST IT WAS JUST KIND OF IT'S A ROUTINE, KIND OF QUIET MONTH, IF YOU WILL.

I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, THINGS ARE KIND OF COMING IN AS WE HAD HAD ANTICIPATED.

YOU ALWAYS WISH THAT IT WAS A LITTLE BIT BETTER, IF YOU WILL.

THIS IS A, YOU KNOW, BEEN PRETTY CAN BE PRETTY TIGHT.

YOU KNOW. AND THERE'S THERE'S ALWAYS SOME FLUCTUATIONS.

WE HAD ENROLLMENT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT BELOW PROJECTION.

AND THEN WE ALSO SAW SOME ENHANCEMENTS IN SOME OF THE REVENUE AND SOME OTHER AREAS BECAUSE OF LIKE SPED ENROLLMENTS UP.

SO YOU HAVE KIND OF SOME OFF BALANCING OR, YOU KNOW, COUNTERBALANCING, EXCUSE ME EFFECTS THAT GO ON.

THIS YEAR, BUT COLLECTIVELY IT'S RIGHT.

IT'S IT'S PRETTY MUCH RIGHT WHERE WE HAD SAID WE WOULD BE, WHICH WOULD BE LIKE $2.6 TO LIKE $2.8 MILLION DEFICIT.

SO THAT GOES BACK AGAIN.

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THIS IS NOT A SURPRISE DEFICIT, IF YOU WILL.

WE HAD PLANNED TO USE OUR FUND BALANCE THIS YEAR.

I WON'T TALK ABOUT ENROLLMENT.

JOHN DID A WONDERFUL JOB ON THAT.

IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, HERE'S KIND OF SOME OF THE MORE BREAKDOWN AS FAR AS LOCAL TAXES AND LOCAL NON TAX.

STATE STATE GENERAL PURPOSE SP IS SPECIAL PURPOSE.

SO SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE PRETTY CLOSE ON THE REVENUE SIDE.

NO MAJOR FLUCTUATIONS THERE WITHIN, WHAT, 0.13%.

EXPENDITURES EVEN TIGHTER AT 0.05% OVERALL.

SO REALLY PRETTY PRETTY CLOSE THIS YEAR SO FAR.

SO. QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

OUR FINAL REPORT THAT WE HAVE IS OUR QUARTERLY EQUITY UPDATE FROM KATIE SEIDL.

[C. Quarterly Equity Update - Katie Siedl]

THANKS FOR STAYING SO LONG.

YOU GUYS ARE TROOPERS.

OKAY, WELL, HERE WE ARE.

THIS IS OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED EQUITY UPDATE.

AND YOU'LL SEE THAT I ESSENTIALLY SPEND MOST OF THE TIME LOOKING AT OUR PANORAMA DATA.

AND BASED ON THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL ASKED BEFORE, JUST IN THE PAST, I TRIED TO TAILOR SOME OF THAT DATA TO ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS AHEAD OF TIME. OF COURSE, YOU MIGHT STILL HAVE QUESTIONS, WHICH IS GREAT ALSO.

SO I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET THIS BACK TO FULL SCREEN.

HERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS OUR COMMITMENT THAT I READ A LOT.

AND I INCLUDE ALWAYS IN THESE UPDATES AS WELL, WHICH IS IN OUR BOARD POLICY 3112.

WE BELIEVE THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY BENEFITS WHEN EVERY CHILD SUCCEEDS.

THEREFORE, WE HAVE A COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY AND REQUIRE ACCOUNTABILITY TO ENSURE THAT CHILDREN OF EVERY RACE, NATIONAL ORIGIN, LANGUAGE, RELIGION, GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, SOCIAL EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING, AND ABILITY TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL, WHICH IS A HUGE TASK. BUT THAT INFORMS MY WORK.

SO OUR LAST PANORAMA SURVEY WAS IN THE FALL, AND WE'LL HAVE SPRING RESULTS BY THE NEXT UPDATE.

SO WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE NOW IS OUR FALL 2023, ACTUALLY NOT 2024 DATA FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

SO I'VE DIVIDED IT BY GRADE BANDS.

AND THE PANORAMA SURVEY ACTUALLY HAS TWO COMPONENTS.

THERE'S ONE AROUND THE SENSE OF BELONGING, AND THERE'S ONE AROUND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING.

AND SO THE BELONGING ONE IS THE DATA I'VE SHARED IN THE PAST.

AND THIS IS KIND OF THE SNAPSHOT OF THE BELONGING DATA FOR GRADES THREE THROUGH FIVE.

YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAD 1,542 RESPONSES FOR THIS SURVEY.

AND THAT WE'RE AT A 68% SENSE OF BELONGING.

YOU'LL SEE THERE WAS A DIP IN SPRING OF 2022, AND WE'RE KIND OF ON A STEADY RISE RIGHT NOW.

AT THE VERY BOTTOM YOU'LL SEE THE SCREENSHOT OF WHERE WE RANK NATIONALLY.

IT SAYS COMPARED TO OTHERS NATIONALLY, AND WE'RE DOWN THERE IN THE HIGHEST CATEGORY.

SO WE'RE CLOSE TO, YOU KNOW, THE 99TH PERCENTILE OR WHATEVER DOESN'T GIVE US AN ACTUAL NUMBER.

SOMETHING TO NOTE TOO, IS THAT PANORAMA USES THE CONTRACTS THEY HAVE WITH OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

THIS ISN'T PUBLIC DATA, SO I CAN'T GO COMPARE US TO WASHOUGAL WITHOUT ASKING SOMEONE IN WASHOUGAL FOR THEIR DATA, FOR EXAMPLE.

SO WHEN WE ASK ABOUT COMPARING TO DISTRICTS OF OTHER OF OUR SIZE OR SIMILAR DEMOGRAPHICS, I DON'T KNOW HOW I COULD GET THAT DATA IN A SIMPLE WAY SO.

ALL RIGHT. SO WITHIN THAT THE ELEMENTARY GRADE BAND, YOU'LL SEE THE GROUP COMPARISONS.

AND THIS IS THE DATA THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP WORKING AT.

YOU'LL SEE THAT IT SAYS, FOR EXAMPLE, STUDENT 504 STATUS STUDENTS NOT SERVED ON A 504 HAD A 0% CHANGE.

AND WHERE IT SAYS YES, THAT IS, STUDENTS WHO ARE SERVED BY A 504 DROPPED BY SIX PERCENTAGE POINTS.

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SO OUR STUDENTS WITH ELL STATUS, YOU'LL SEE, HAVE A HUGE INCREASE.

AND I KNOW THAT OUR DISTRICT HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK AROUND OUR ML SERVICES AND SUPPORT AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, AND BEING VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT THAT.

AND I THINK THAT'S A CELEBRATION THAT IS INDICATING THAT THAT WORK IS HAPPENING.

WE HAVE OUR STUDENT FREE AND REDUCED STATUS.

THE F IS FREE, SO DROP BY 5%.

THE P IS PAID.

SO THAT INCREASED.

SO STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT WHO DO NOT QUALIFY FOR FREE OR REDUCED LUNCH, AND THE REDUCED NUMBER DROPPED BY FOUR PERCENTAGE POINTS.

AND THEN DOWN BELOW THE STUDENT SPECIAL EDUCATION STATUS, STUDENTS NOT SERVED ON AN IEP WENT INCREASED.

AND STUDENTS WHO ARE SERVED ON AN IEP DECREASED.

SO THIS IS OUR DATA FROM THE FALL.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH I WOULD SAY THIS YEAR HAS BEEN REALLY FOCUSED ON THESE POPULATIONS.

SO THE DATA THAT WE SHARE IN OUR LEADERSHIP LABS WHEN WE REVIEW OUR ACADEMIC DATA, SOME OF THIS IS MIRRORED OR PARALLELED BY THESE POPULATIONS.

AND SO WE'VE REALLY HONED IN ON THAT.

SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT OUR SPRING DATA LOOKS LIKE, BUT ALSO WHAT THAT IMPACT WILL LOOK LIKE EVEN NEXT YEAR.

BECAUSE IT MIGHT NOT HAVE AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT OR IMMEDIATE GREAT IMPACT, BUT THAT TREND SHOULD REALLY START TO INCREASE.

KATIE, CAN YOU REMIND ME? I KNOW THIS IS FALL 2023 ABOUT WHEN WAS THIS TAKEN? WAS IT LIKE SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER? I THINK THEY'RE TAKEN IN OCTOBER.

OCTOBER. OKAY. THANK YOU.

YEAH. I ALSO TRIED TO LOOK AT OUR RESPONSE RATES BECAUSE SOMETIMES THAT CAN TELL US MORE ABOUT THE SURVEY AS WELL.

THERE'S NOTHING REALLY NOTABLE IN THEM.

WE HAVE BETWEEN A 70 AND 97% RESPONSE RATE FOR ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS.

SO, YOU KNOW, MAJORITY.

BUT ALSO THAT RAISES THE QUESTION OF WHO'S BEING LEFT OUT OF THOSE SURVEYS.

SO AND YOU'LL SEE THE NUMBERS I'LL SHARE THIS FOR THE SECONDARY LEVEL TOO.

BUT YOU'LL SEE WHERE IT SAYS LIKE STUDENT 504 STATUS.

NO. AND THEN IT SAYS 1,427.

THAT'S THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THAT GROUP.

SO THAT'S THE POPULATION YOU'RE LOOKING AT.

OKAY. SO THAT'S THE BELONGING PART OF THE SURVEY.

THE OTHER PART IS THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL WELLNESS SURVEY.

AND IT INCLUDES FOUR COMPETENCIES.

AND THESE ARE THE SAME FOUR COMPETENCIES FOR ELEMENTARY AND FOR SECONDARY.

AND YOU'LL SEE THAT THEY'RE RANKED IN ORDER SO BY HOW STUDENTS RESPONDED.

SO SUPPORTIVE RELATIONSHIPS IS AT THE TOP.

YOU'LL SEE THAT'S A PATTERN FOR SECONDARY AS WELL.

WE'RE REALLY HIGH IN THAT AREA.

SOCIAL AWARENESS IS NEXT.

OUR GROWTH MINDSET IS NEXT.

AND THEN AT THE BOTTOM IS EMOTION REGULATION.

AND I'LL DIVE INTO THOSE IN JUST A SECOND.

SO ON THE RIGHT FOR THOSE GRADES THREE THROUGH FIVE YOU CAN SEE THAT WE EITHER INCREASED OR DIDN'T CHANGE IN THE COURSE OF A FULL YEAR SINCE FALL OF 2022.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE HIGHEST ONE, WHICH IS OUR SUPPORTIVE RELATIONSHIPS WE'RE AT 90%.

THE QUESTIONS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THAT SCORE OF 90% ARE DO YOU HAVE A TEACHER OR OTHER ADULT FROM SCHOOL WHO YOU CAN COUNT ON TO HELP YOU NO MATTER WHAT? WHICH IS, YOU'LL SEE 87% RESPONDED FAVORABLY.

DO YOU HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER OR OTHER ADULT OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL WHO YOU CAN COUNT ON TO HELP YOU, NO MATTER WHAT? 94% RESPONDED FAVORABLY.

AND DO YOU HAVE A FRIEND FROM SCHOOL WHO YOU CAN COUNT ON TO HELP YOU NO MATTER WHAT? AND 88% RESPONDED FAVORABLY AND ALL OF THOSE HAVE INCREASED AS WELL.

OUR WORK HERE, WE CAN ONLY REALLY CONTROL THE TEACHER OR OTHER ADULTS IN YOUR SCHOOL SETTING.

AND THAT THAT'S INCREASING AND YOU'LL SEE IT AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL AS WELL, I THINK IS ANOTHER CELEBRATION AS FAR AS WHAT WE CAN DO TO IMPACT OUR KIDS EXPERIENCES IN OUR SCHOOLS IS REALLY CENTERED AROUND THE ADULTS.

RIGHT. AND SO THAT'S REALLY JUST EMPOWERING ADULTS TO MAKE CONNECTIONS AND HAVE THOSE RELATIONSHIPS.

SO OUR BOTTOM SCORE WAS EMOTION REGULATION.

AND SO IT'S, IT'S ANOTHER LIKE SLOW TREND UP.

BUT YOU'LL SEE THE QUESTIONS.

AND THERE WAS SOME CONVERSATION.

I WAS AT LACAMAS LAKE EARLIER OR LAST WEEK AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE QUESTIONS.

JUST YOUR STUDENTS ALL KNOW WHAT ALL THESE QUESTIONS MEAN.

IF THEY'RE TAKING THIS INDEPENDENTLY.

AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP THEM BETTER UNDERSTAND THESE QUESTIONS BEFORE THEY TAKE A SURVEY LIKE THIS? SO WE KNOW THAT THE DATA WE'RE GETTING IS ACCURATE.

WE ALSO KNOW THAT IT CAN BE DEPENDENT ON A KIDS DAY.

YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE TEACHERS SAID SOMETHING LIKE, WELL, I JUST CAME FROM RECESS AND I GOT IN AN ARGUMENT WITH MY FRIEND, AND NOW I'M MAD AND I HAVE TO TAKE THIS SURVEY.

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NO, I DON'T, YOU KNOW, AND I MEAN, THAT'S TOTALLY PLAUSIBLE AS WELL.

SO THE QUESTIONS HERE LISTED HERE ARE THINGS LIKE ARE HOW OFTEN ARE YOU ABLE TO PULL YOURSELF OUT OF A BAD MOOD? WHEN EVERYBODY AROUND YOU GETS ANGRY, HOW RELAXED CAN YOU STAY? AND SO AGAIN, LESS THAN HALF, EXCEPT FOR THE YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF THE QUESTIONS OF OUR STUDENTS ARE RESPONDING FAVORABLY IN THAT IN THESE CASES.

AND ALL OF THAT IS ALSO INCREASING.

SO SO I THINK THAT'S GREAT AS WELL.

WE ALSO HEAR A LOT ABOUT BEHAVIOR, AND WE KNOW THAT ONE OF THE THREE COMPONENTS OF MTSS IS BEHAVIOR AND IDENTIFYING STUDENT NEEDS. AND THIS IS US IDENTIFYING A STUDENT NEED.

RIGHT? I WOULD SAY THAT IF FEWER THAN HALF OF OUR STUDENTS AT 49% IN GRADES THREE THROUGH FIVE ARE FEELING LIKE THEY CAN REGULATE THEIR EMOTIONS, THEN THAT'S WHERE OUR WORK IS FOR THAT GRADE BAND.

AND THAT'S THIS IS JUST ONE INDICATOR, RIGHT? THIS IS REALLY BIG PICTURE.

BUT EACH SCHOOL HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THIS DATA FOR THEIR SCHOOL AND BREAK IT DOWN BY POPULATION AS WELL.

SO SO THIS I THINK IS ANOTHER WAY FOR US TO LOOK AT HOW CAN WE IMPACT OUR WHOLE SYSTEM AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, BUT THEN ALSO LAYER THAT WITHIN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM, OUR SCHOOLS INDEPENDENTLY AS WELL.

ALL RIGHT FOR SIX THROUGH 12.

ARE THERE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE THREE FIVE BAND? OKAY. IT'S PRETTY SIMILAR INFORMATION FOR SIX THROUGH 12.

THE SECONDARY LEVEL.

THE LITTLE SCREENSHOT HERE IS EACH GRADE LEVEL.

HOW MANY STUDENTS TOOK THE SURVEY AND THEN HOW THEIR BELONGING DATA.

SO THE BELONGING PORTION HOW THEIR BELONGING DATA CHANGED.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT SIXTH GRADE IS INCREASING WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING BECAUSE THOSE TRANSITION YEARS CAN BE REALLY CHALLENGING.

AND SEVENTH GRADE ALSO INCREASED.

BUT THEN YOU'LL SEE A COUPLE OF DROPS THERE WHICH SOMETIMES CAN BE PREDICTED AS WELL AS STUDENTS KIND OF AGE OUT OF A SCHOOL.

YOU BRING UP A REALLY GOOD POINT, KATIE ABOUT OF OF WHEN STUDENTS AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE RIGHT.

LIKE IS IT AFTER LUNCH.

IS IT AFTER.

RIGHT. LIKE AT WHERE ARE THEY AT WHEN THEY TAKE THIS? IS THERE ANY SORT OF COMMONALITY OF, OF THE THE, THE TEACHERS UNDERSTANDING THIS AND KEEPING SOME CONSISTENCY OF GIVING THESE SURVEYS? THAT WOULD BE A HUGE ASK.

IT WOULDN'T BE IMPOSSIBLE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IT CAN BE DEPENDENT ON A TEACHER FORGETTING TO GIVE THE SURVEY AND LIKE, OH, NO, THIS CLOSES TODAY.

WE HAVE FIVE MINUTES. HURRY UP AND GET ON YOUR THING.

AND AND STUDENTS ARE KIND OF RUSHING THROUGH IT.

I MEAN, I KNOW THAT STUFF HAPPENS AND SO THAT'S HOW THEY'RE GETTING THROUGH IT.

BUT IT WOULD BE NICE TO ESTABLISH SOME CONSISTENCY, BUT THEY'RE ALSO KIDS, SO YOU JUST YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW.

I MEAN, I REMEMBER UNDER WHEN I GOT ON THE BOARD AND UNDERSTOOD HOW MUCH WE UTILIZE THIS DATA, GOING HOME TO MY DINNER TABLE AND GOING, YOU'RE TAKING IT, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE'RE WE'RE BASING DECISIONS ON THAT.

I MEAN, REALLY DRILLING INTO THEM LIKE DON'T JUST, YOU KNOW, FILL IN SOME BUBBLES.

LIKE, WE'RE REALLY THIS HOW YOU KNOW, AND HAVING THAT CONVERSATION OF HOW ELSE ARE WE GETTING THIS INFORMATION.

THINK ABOUT IT. RIGHT.

SO I DON'T KNOW.

I WAS JUST WONDERING THE THINGS I'VE ALWAYS WONDERED YEAR AFTER YEAR, AFTER WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND IF THERE'S ANY CONSISTENCY OUT THERE.

BUT I GET IT. IT'S IT IS A HUGE ASK.

I JUST THINK FOR SURE.

EXACTLY. LIKE YOU SAID, LIKE FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

NO, I'M OUT OF HERE.

BOOM, BOOM, BOOM BOOM.

RIGHT. BUT AFTER, YOU KNOW, AFTER I'M FED AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, CIRCLE TIME, I MIGHT GIVE SOME MORE THOUGHT TO THIS DATA, RIGHT? YEAH. AND I KNOW OUR PRINCIPALS TAKE IT REALLY SERIOUSLY AND THEY USE THIS DATA AS WELL.

WE TALK ABOUT IT IN OUR LEADERSHIP LAB AND HOW THEY'RE GOING TO USE IT, WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO IMPACT THE DATA.

SO I KNOW THAT IT MATTERS TO THEM AS WELL, AND THAT THEIR STUDENTS ARE TAKING IT AND THAT THEY'RE TAKING IT SERIOUSLY.

SO I THINK THAT BUY IN FROM THE ADULTS, AGAIN, IS REALLY HELPFUL FOR OUR STUDENTS TO ANSWER AS TRUTHFULLY AS POSSIBLE.

AND I APPRECIATE THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE SURVEY.

SO FOR FOR STUDENTS TO KNOW WHAT'S BEING ASKED OF THEM AS WELL.

ALL RIGHT. SO FOR GRADES SIX THROUGH 12, WE HAD 3,105 RESPONSES.

THE SENSE OF BELONGING FOR FALL OF 23 WAS AT 46%.

AND YOU'LL SEE IN OUR PERCENTILE, THAT'S PRETTY LOW AT THE BOTTOM THERE.

I CAN GET RID OF MY LITTLE THING.

I DON'T THINK I CAN. IT SAYS 20TH TO 39TH PERCENTILE, AND THEN IT DROPPED BY ONE OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR.

SO THAT'S ONE THAT WE HAVE A GREATER OPPORTUNITY, I WOULD SAY, TO IMPACT.

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THERE IS A QUESTION THAT JUST ASKS OVERALL, HOW MUCH DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU BELONG AT YOUR SCHOOL? AND 56% RESPONDED FAVORABLY TO THAT.

SO THE OTHER QUESTIONS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THAT LOWER SCORE ARE ASKING DIFFERENT THINGS.

AND THEN THE ONE THAT JUST BLATANTLY ASKS YOUR LEVEL OF BELONGING IS AT 56%.

WHAT MAKES UP THAT PERCENTAGE SCORE IS ON THE RIGHT.

YOU'LL SEE THE ANSWER DISTRIBUTION.

AND IT'S JUST THOSE TWO GREEN COLUMNS WHICH ARE THAT A STUDENT FEELS LIKE THEY COMPLETELY BELONG, OR THAT THEY BELONG QUITE A BIT.

THE NEXT RESPONSE IS THEY BELONG SOMEWHAT.

AND SO I THINK I KNOW THAT SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE LOOKING AT THE BELONG SOMEWHAT AS LIKE, WELL, I DON'T BELONG QUITE A BIT, BUT I DO FEEL BELONGING IN MY SCHOOL. AND CONSIDERING THAT MAYBE THAT FIRST ORANGE COLUMN THAT'S AT 30% IS A GREATER PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS WHO FEEL BELONGING IN THE SCHOOL.

SO I THOUGHT THAT BREAKDOWN WAS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE THE TWO THAT SAY I BELONG A LITTLE BIT OR I DON'T BELONG AT ALL ONLY MAKES UP 14% OF OUR STUDENTS.

SO I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE HAVE TO SKEW THIS IN SOME WAY.

I APPRECIATE THAT THEY REALLY ONLY TAKE THE STRONG SENSE OF BELONGING AND PUT IT IN THE PERCENTAGES.

BUT BUT THERE'S ALSO MORE TO THAT STORY THERE, I WOULD SAY.

I THINK THAT'S A GREAT DISCREPANCY BETWEEN IF I SOMEWHAT BELONG OR I BELONG QUITE A BIT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT GOES IN THE MIDDLE THERE, BUT THAT'S HOW THE SURVEY, THEY HAD TO PUT THE LINE SOMEWHERE, THE CUT OFF SOMEWHERE, I THINK.

ALL RIGHT. SO FOR GRADES SIX THROUGH 12 STUDENTS WHO ARE SERVED ON 504S, YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY DROPPED SEVEN PERCENTAGE POINTS CELEBRATION AT THE EL OR AT THE ML FOR ML STUDENTS.

OUR NEWCOMERS IS ACTUALLY NOT THERE FOR OUR SECONDARY GROUP, WHICH IT SAYS IT DROPS 11%.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK MORE INTO, GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT.

THE OTHER TWO CATEGORIES ARE SOMEWHAT SIMILAR AS FAR AS OUR FREE AND REDUCED STUDENTS, STUDENTS RECEIVING FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH, AND STUDENTS RECEIVING SERVICES ON AN IEP.

ALL RIGHT. SO THAT WAS THE BELONGING COMPONENT.

AND THIS IS THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL WELLNESS COMPONENT.

THE RANKING IS IDENTICAL TO THE TO THE ELEMENTARY WHICH IS REALLY INTERESTING.

SO STUDENTS CONTINUE TO FEEL THE SUPPORTIVE RELATIONSHIPS.

AND THEN THEIR EMOTION REGULATION IS AT THE BOTTOM AGAIN FOR SECONDARY.

AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS FOR SECONDARY, WE HAVE ACTUALLY QUITE A HIGH PERCENTAGE FOR SUPPORTIVE RELATIONSHIPS.

AGAIN THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN HAVE A DIRECT IMPACT ON AS ADULTS IN OUR SYSTEM.

AND THAT THAT IS OUR GREATEST INCREASE IT SAYS RIGHT THERE.

OUR SOCIAL AWARENESS IS ONLY AT THE 28 TO 20TH TO 39TH PERCENTILE NATIONALLY.

AND THIS IS COMPARED TO OTHER MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS.

AND THEN YOU'LL SEE AT THE BOTTOM AGAIN IS OUR EMOTION REGULATION.

SO EVEN THOUGH THAT'S ONLY AT 48% THAT WE ACTUALLY RANK HIGHER ON THAT.

SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY INTERESTING TOO, WHEN YOU DO THE COMPARISONS I GUESS.

SO FOR OUR SUPPORTIVE RELATIONSHIPS WE HAVE SOME PRETTY AWESOME ONES.

THE ONE THAT I WOULD LOVE TO LOOK AT IS THE BOTTOM QUESTION.

DO YOU HAVE A FRIEND FROM SCHOOL WHO YOU CAN BE COMPLETELY YOURSELF AROUND? WE HAD 91% OF OUR STUDENTS RESPOND FAVORABLY.

AND THEN FOR THE WHAT'S THE OTHER ONE? OH DO YOU HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER OR OTHER ADULT OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL WHO YOU CAN COUNT ON TO HELP YOU NO MATTER WHAT? ALSO 93%.

THOSE ARE TWO THINGS THAT ARE ONE OF THEM IS AT SCHOOL.

SO WE'RE PROVIDING SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO MAKE FRIENDS, GET FRIENDS, MAINTAIN FRIENDSHIPS.

AND THEN ALSO, I THINK IT'S A TESTAMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY THAT SO MANY OF OUR STUDENTS FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE ADULTS THEY CAN COUNT ON OUTSIDE OF OUR SYSTEM AS WELL.

THAT SPEAKS A LOT TO THE CLOSENESS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

SO I THINK THAT IS AWESOME.

IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR IN A COUPLE AREAS, LIKE, DO YOU HAVE A TEACHER OR OTHER ADULT FROM SCHOOL WHO YOU CAN BE COMPLETELY YOURSELF AROUND? IT SAYS 68% RESPONDED FAVORABLY, BUT WE ALSO HAVE AN INCREASE OF 6%, WHICH IS HUGE FOR GRADES SIX THROUGH 12.

SO. MORE WORK TO DO, BUT WE'RE DOING THE WORK TOO.

IT'S BEING REFLECTED IN SOME OF THESE AREAS.

ALL RIGHT. AND THEN FOR EMOTION REGULATION, YOU'LL NOTICE ON THE RIGHT ALL OF THE COLUMNS EXCEPT FOR THE TOP ONE ARE ALL OF THE QUESTIONS ARE SHOWING AN INCREASE AS WELL.

[01:55:06]

WE'RE EXPLORING SOME PROGRAMS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL FOR SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING.

SO I THINK THAT THAT THERE IS A STEADY INCREASE IS SHOWING THAT WE CAN'T LET OFF THE GAS ON THIS WORK.

THIS IS WORK THAT WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP WITHIN OUR STUDENTS.

KATIE, I HAVE A QUESTION OR MAYBE A MAYBE SOMETHING YOU CAN COMMENT ON.

SO AS WE WENT THROUGH THOSE SLIDES FOR FOR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY, THE ONE THING THAT I, I DID NOTICE THAT OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE THAT ARE MOST MARGINALIZED, THE ONES ON, YOU KNOW, STUDENTS THAT ARE HAVE 504 STATUS FREE OR REDUCED LUNCH, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, THEY ALL WENT IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION COMPARED TO EVERYBODY ELSE.

AM I READING THAT INCORRECTLY? THEY DROPPED. YEAH, THEY ALL DROPPED.

BUT WHEREAS OVERALL, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE THE THE THE MULTI LANGUAGE LEARNER ONE WENT DOWN.

AND THEN WHEN I LOOK AT THOSE SLIDES IT SEEMS LIKE IT SEEMS LIKE IN A LOT OF CASES WE'RE GOING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION IN SOME OF THESE.

AM I READING THAT INCORRECTLY OR MAYBE COMMENT ON THAT A LITTLE BIT.

YEAH. YOU'RE THAT'S ACCURATE.

OKAY. AND THAT'S REFLECTED IN OUR ACADEMIC DATA AS WELL.

SO OUR FOCUS RIGHT NOW AND FOR OUR FUTURE PLANNING FOR OUR STRATEGIC STRATEGIC PLANNING IS OUR STUDENTS RECEIVING SERVICES STUDENTS ON 504 STUDENTS SERVED ON IEPS.

OUR NEWCOMERS JUST ALL OF OUR VULNERABLE, MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.

BECAUSE THAT'S VERY CONCERNING.

YEAH. WE ALSO TALK ABOUT IT'S IN ONE OF THE BOOKS THAT WE READ WHEN WE WERE DOING OUR BOOK STUDY IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, WHICH IS BELONGING THROUGH A CULTURE OF DIGNITY.

AND IN THERE IT TALKS ABOUT HOW A LOT OF SYSTEMS ARE SET UP THAT YOU HAVE TO ACHIEVE BEFORE YOU YOU BELONG.

AND IN FACT, PEOPLE HAVE A GREATER CHANCE OF ACHIEVING IF THEY BELONG, IF THEY FEEL A SENSE OF BELONGING BEFORE, BEFORE THEY CAN ACHIEVE ACADEMICALLY FOR EXAMPLE, IN A SCHOOL.

AND OUR SYSTEM HAS BEEN SET UP HISTORICALLY IN A WAY THAT YOU HAVE TO ACHIEVE FIRST.

AND SO WE ARE STILL WORKING AT BREAKING THAT DOWN AS WELL.

SO THAT OUR STUDENTS, ALL STUDENTS, STUDENTS RECEIVING SERVICES, HAVE ACCESS TO BELONGING FIRST BEFORE THEY'RE EXPECTED THE SAME RATE OF ACHIEVEMENT OR GROWTH AS THEIR PEERS.

SOME OF THE WORK THAT'S HAPPENING NOW, TOO, IS LIKE, YOU KNOW, OUR INCLUSIVE PRESCHOOL MODEL SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS IN OUR SCHOOLS ARE PUSHING OUR STUDENTS INTO GEN ED SETTINGS SO WE CAN INCREASE OUR INCLUSION, LIKE OUR MODEL OF INCLUSION.

THAT'S PART OF OUR INCLUSIONARY PRACTICES PROJECT WITH WASHINGTON STATE.

AND THAT'S NOT I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'LL SEE THAT THE IMPACT ON OUR DATA QUICKLY.

YOU KNOW, SOME OF THIS IS GOING TO TAKE A LONG TIME FOR EVERYONE TO GET ON BOARD, UNDERSTAND WHAT THESE MODELS LOOK LIKE FOR STUDENTS TO START FEELING AS CONNECTED AS THEIR PEERS. SO YES, YOU'RE SEEING THAT ACCURATELY.

THAT'S NOT SOMETHING I'M EXCITED TO SHARE, AND IT JUST PROVES A FURTHER NEED.

YEAH. TO CONTINUE TO PUSH.

OKAY. SO IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT? I DID HAVE ONE OTHER THING ON THE DATA.

YEAH, SURE. I JUST WE HAVE HEARD A LOT SINCE WE WENT THROUGH THE, THE, THE BUDGET REDUCTION SCENARIOS LAST YEAR.

WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THE, THE LOSS OF FTE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS, WHICH RESULTED IN THE BUILDING SWITCHING TO FROM THE MIDDLE SCHOOL MODEL OVER TO THE JUNIOR HIGH MODEL.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ALWAYS HEARING, I SHOULDN'T SAY WE'RE ALWAYS HEARING ABOUT, BUT WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT IS THE, THE SENSE OF BELONGING THAT'S, THAT WAS SO CONDUCIVE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL MODEL NOT NOT BEING AS CONDUCIVE IN THE JUNIOR HIGH MODEL.

SO IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN SEE THAT BELONGING AND I AND I KNOW I'M, I'M, I KNOW TODAY IS KIND OF LIKE A LIKE THE BASELINE DATA FROM THE FALL.

NOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO COMPARE WITH THE SPRING.

SO I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN WHEN THE SPRING DATA COMES IN TO REALLY SEE IF THAT SENSE OF BELONGING AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL WAS IMPACTED IN, IN, IN ANY WAY, WHETHER THAT'S POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, I DON'T KNOW.

WELL ACTUALLY AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL IT'S ALL LUMPED TOGETHER.

SO IT WOULD BE SCHOOL BY SCHOOL.

BUT I DID LOOK AT EACH OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS, OF OUR THREE MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND THEIR DATA WAS ESSENTIALLY UNCHANGED.

THERE WASN'T ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, SIGNIFICANT THAT CAME OUT OF THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT THE FIRST PERSON TO ASK THAT QUESTION AROUND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL MODEL AND THE JUNIOR HIGH

[02:00:08]

SO I'M EAGER TO SEE THAT, TOO, NOW THAT WE'RE INTO THE SCHOOL YEAR.

RIGHT. WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE.

BUT I'M REALLY PROUD OF OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STAFF FOR CONTINUING TO MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS AND MAKE THAT A PRIORITY EVERY DAY.

I MEAN. IT'S EXHAUSTING, RIGHT? TO CHECK IN ON ALL YOUR KIDS AND TO TRY TO MAINTAIN THAT LEVEL OF ENERGY AND DEDICATION EVERY SINGLE DAY, BUT THEY'RE DOING IT.

I LIKE THAT PART I'M REALLY PROUD OF FOR OUR STAFF, SO I'M EAGER TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE TOO.

YEAH. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS? [INAUDIBLE] ALL RIGHT, SO I SHARED THIS WITH YOU BEFORE.

AND I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL THESE DIFFERENT BUBBLES, BUT THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I'M INVOLVED IN OR I HELP LEAD OR I DO LEAD IN OUR DISTRICT.

AND THIS PANORAMA DATA CONTRIBUTES TO ALL THESE THINGS.

AND I SAY ONE OF THE BIGGEST IS OUR MTSS OR MULTI-TIERED SYSTEM OF SUPPORTS.

AND THAT REALLY THAT IS VERY STUDENT CENTERED.

SO WE HAVE TO TAKE THIS DATA.

WE TAKE OUR WASHINGTON SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT FRAMEWORK DATA WE JUST LOOKED AT WITH ALL OF OUR PRINCIPALS AND OUR LEADERSHIP LAB AND JUST AS MANY SOURCES AS WE CAN, OUR ANECDOTAL, OUR ATTENDANCE, GRADUATION RATES, ALL OF THOSE THINGS TO START, DETERMINE WHERE WHERE DO WE START, WHICH POPULATIONS DO WE IMPACT.

AND YOU JUST NOTICED THE ONES THAT ARE STANDING OUT AS NEEDING THE MOST ATTENTION RIGHT NOW.

AND, AND THAT IT'S A SIGNIFICANT NEED RIGHT NOW AS WELL.

SO I, I'M EXCITED TO DO THIS WORK AND IT'S NOT FAST ENOUGH FOR ME, I THINK FOR MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE THERE'S KIDS BEHIND ALL THOSE NUMBERS AS WELL.

RIGHT. BUT IT DOES TAKE, YOU KNOW, SYSTEM LEVEL WORK, RESTRUCTURING, WORKING OUR ON OUR BELIEFS.

RIGHT. HOW WE WHAT WE THINK ABOUT WHAT SCHOOL SHOULD LOOK LIKE AND WHO BELONGS WHERE.

FOR EXAMPLE BEFORE WE CAN START MAKING THOSE OTHER CHANGES AS WELL.

SO BUT THESE ARE, THIS IS JUST A SMATTERING OF THINGS THAT THIS DATA HELPS TO INFORM ALSO.

ALL RIGHT. I'M ALMOST DONE.

WE HAVE OUR NEXT DISTRICT EQUITY TEAM MEETING ON WEDNESDAY MORNING, AND THAT'S WHERE I BRING IN EVERY SCHOOL HAS REPRESENTATIVES IDEALLY, AND ADMINISTRATORS, SO THEY CAN REALLY OWN THIS EQUITY WORK IN THEIR SCHOOL AND TEACHER OR STAFF LEADERS OR REPRESENTATIVES FROM THEIR TEAM.

AND THIS YEAR IN THE FALL, I IN OUR REGIONAL LEADERSHIP GROUPS, OUR EQUITY LEADERS IN SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICTS I GOT A TEMPLATE OF AN EQUITY ACTION PLAN THAT I THEN MODIFIED FOR OUR OWN USE THAT HELPED MATCH MORE OF WHAT OUR MTSS ACTION PLANS LOOK LIKE.

AND CONNECTED IT TO OUR SCHOOL BOARD POLICY AS WELL, OUR EQUITY POLICY.

AND SO EVERY SCHOOL HAS DONE AN EQUITY SCHOOL WIDE EQUITY AUDIT, EITHER AS A TEAM OR THEIR WHOLE STAFF THIS YEAR, AND DETERMINED SOME GOAL AREAS.

AND THOSE GOAL AREAS COULD HAVE BEEN THINGS THAT THEY WERE SUCCEEDING AT.

LIKE, WE WANT TO FOCUS ON OUR STRENGTHS AND WE WANT TO REALLY GROW THAT, OR AN AREA OF THAT WAS LOW IN THAT AUDIT THAT MAYBE THEY HAVE NEVER LOOKED AT.

AND SO THEY WANTED TO SET A GOAL AROUND THAT.

I DIDN'T HAVE EXPECTATIONS ABOUT WHAT THEY SET GOALS AROUND.

I REALLY WANTED THE SCHOOLS TO OWN THIS WORK FOR THEIR OWN BUILDING AND FOR THE WORK TO MATTER TO THEM, AND I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT THAT ALONG THE WAY.

SO ON WEDNESDAY, THEY'LL ALL ARRIVE WITH THEIR EQUITY ACTION PLANS, WHICH INCLUDES TWO GOAL AREAS AND ACTION STEPS THAT GO THROUGH THAT AND WE'LL HAVE TIME TO WORKSHOP THEM.

THIS IS A SAMPLE OF WHAT THE THE PLAN LOOKS LIKE.

SO THERE'S A GOAL AREA ON THE LEFT.

AND THEN THERE'S CONNECTION TO EQUITY THE EQUITY POLICY GOALS.

AND JUST CHECK BOXES LIKE WHICH OF THESE DOES THIS SERVE.

AND THEN MEASURABLE EXPECTED STUDENT OUTCOMES.

ARE THEY EXPERIENTIAL.

ARE THEY RATIONAL.

WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR KIDS.

I REALLY LIKE THAT PART BECAUSE IT PUTS IT BACK.

IT RE CENTERS THIS ON OUR STUDENTS.

SO EVEN IF IT'S SOMETHING AROUND ACCESS TO CURRICULUM OR SOMETHING FOR TEACHERS, LIKE HOW IT MIGHT BE TEACHER CENTRIC ON PAPER, HOW WILL IT IMPACT KIDS OR WHY, WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT FOR OUR STUDENTS? AND THEN THERE'S TASKS AND ACTION STEPS AND TIMELINES AND ALL OF THAT.

THIS IS SOMETIMES WHEN TEAMS MEET IN SCHOOLS, THEY MEET ONCE A MONTH FOR 30 MINUTES.

AND I JUST MEAN ANY KIND OF COMMITTEE, AND THEY CAN KIND OF LOSE SIGHT OF WHAT IT IS THEY'RE WORKING ON OR WHAT THEY'RE THERE FOR.

[02:05:04]

SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I ASK, AND I HAD SUPPORT WITH FROM JOY GARNER, OUR EQUITY COACH WE MET WITH EVERY EQUITY TEAM.

SO I WENT OUT TO ALL THE SCHOOLS AND WALKED THROUGH THIS.

AND THE QUESTION THAT WE ASKED WAS WHAT DO YOU WANT YOUR CULTURE? WHAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT YOUR CULTURE TO FEEL LIKE OR BE LIKE IN YOUR SCHOOL IN TWO YEARS? SO IT'S LIKE LOOKING FORWARD.

WHAT DO WE WANT THAT TO FEEL LIKE WHEN OUR WHEN WE'RE IN OUR SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS AND, AND THEN TO KIND OF BACKTRACK FROM THERE.

SO WHAT DO WE NEED TO PINPOINT? AND I WAS AT FOWLER THIS MORNING AND THEY WERE WORKING ON THEIR TWO GOAL AREAS AND THEY WERE HUGE.

AND BY THE END OF THE MEETING, WE LIKE PRETTY MUCH REFINED THEM AND HAD SOME ACTION ITEMS. AND SO ON WEDNESDAY, WHEN THEY ARRIVE, ALONG WITH OTHER SCHOOLS, WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THESE AND TO SHARE.

AND THEY'LL GET FEEDBACK FROM EACH OTHER SO THEY CAN SEE WHAT OTHER SCHOOLS ARE DOING HOW THEY MIGHT REVISE THEIR OWN GOALS OR ACTION PLANS GOING FORWARD.

SO IT CAN BE REALLY COLLABORATIVE.

SO IT'S NOT LIKE A SIT AND GET AND LEARNING THING.

IT'S REALLY A WORKSHOP TYPE OPPORTUNITY.

ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

SO I HAD OH, I DIDN'T UPDATE.

I HAD A SLIDE IN HERE ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY EQUITY FORUM PLANNING.

SO WE'VE HAD TWO MEETINGS.

SO I WAS ABLE TO DRAW A GROUP OF ABOUT 15 PEOPLE THAT WERE WILLING TO HELP PLAN COMMUNITY EQUITY FORUMS HERE.

AND WE'VE HAD TWO MEETINGS.

WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT.

AND WE'RE AT THE POINT WHERE WE'RE KIND OF NARROWING TOPICS LIKE, WHERE DO WE WANT TO START AND HAVE DECIDED ON A FORMAT OF A WARM WELCOME AND THEN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR LEARNING OR EXPOSURE.

SO MEDIA, A PANEL, A SPEAKER, A TEXT, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND THEN ALSO BREAKOUT SESSION.

SO SMALL GROUPS AFFINITY GROUPS FOR DISCUSSION OR CREATION, WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE DEPENDING ON THE TOPIC, OF COURSE.

AND THEN A CLOSURE.

AND THE GROUP IS REALLY EAGER TO DRAW IN COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT MAY NOT HAVE OTHERWISE BEEN INVOLVED IN SCHOOL OR DISTRICT ACTIVITIES, WHICH IS AWESOME TO TRY TO FIND DIFFERENT VOICES AND NEW VOICES.

AND, AND REALLY JUST TO BE SORT OF A HUB OF LEARNING FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

AND SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE GROUP THAT'S SHOWN UP, AND THEY'RE REALLY EAGER AS WELL.

SO I PUT AS MANY MEETINGS ON THE CALENDAR AS I COULD FOR THEM, AND WE'LL MOVE FORWARD AND I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN I HAVE AN ACTUAL DATE AND TOPIC AND THAT KIND OF THING. BECAUSE WE'RE RESTARTING THESE, IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE STARTING NOT FROM SCRATCH, BUT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE WHATEVER WE WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE.

AND WHAT IS THE NEED IN THE COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW? LIKE WHAT'S A TOPIC THAT THEY'RE HEARING OR THEY'RE SEEING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT OR SHARE WITH WITH THEIR WITH THEIR COMMUNITY.

SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT TOO.

ALL RIGHT. THIS IS MY GENERAL WAY OF SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, INCIDENTS OF HARM ARE STILL HAPPENING IN OUR SCHOOLS REGULARLY.

AND AS I GROW IN THIS ROLE, I AM GETTING MORE AND MORE PRINCIPALS WHO ARE REACHING OUT FOR SUPPORT.

EVEN JUST A PHONE CALL OF, I'D LIKE TO RUN THIS BY YOU REALLY QUICKLY OR INVITING ME TO MEETINGS TO SUPPORT OR BEFORE THEY RESPOND TO SOMETHING, TALKING THROUGH IT, ASKING FOR RESOURCES.

AND SO THAT'S BEEN AWESOME TO SEE THEIR VULNERABILITY REALLY AND OUR RELATIONSHIP GROW THAT WAY TOO.

I'M ALSO HEARING FROM MORE STUDENTS, WHICH HAS BEEN UNEXPECTED, THAT THEY'RE FINDING A DISTRICT PERSON, YOU KNOW, LIKE A DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE OUTSIDE OF THEIR SCHOOL TO SUPPORT THEM.

AND SO I'M NOT REALLY SURE HOW THAT'S HAPPENING, BUT I THINK IT'S GREAT.

RIGHT? IF I CAN HEAR RIGHT FROM THE STUDENTS, I'M HAPPY TO HELP OR SUPPORT HOWEVER THAT LOOKS.

SO THAT'S JUST WHAT THE THIS IS THE GENERAL THINGS ARE STILL HAPPENING.

AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW MORE, YOU CAN ASK ME ABOUT IT LATER.

ALL RIGHT. AND THAT'S WHAT I HAVE FOR TONIGHT.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR THINGS THAT POP UP FOR YOU? THERE'S A LOT HAPPENING.

I TRIED TO PICK THE THINGS THAT WERE LIKE THE SATELLITE VIEW FOR RIGHT NOW SO.

NO, WE APPRECIATE IT.

YEAH. THANK YOU. THANKS, THANKS.

THANKS FOR ALWAYS SEEMING TO BE ON OUR MOST PACKED AGENDA TOO.

SO. OH, EVERY TIME.

WE APPRECIATE YOU HANGING IN THERE.

YES. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. WELL, THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF OUR REPORTS.

EXCUSE ME. ITEM 11, WE HAVE POLICY REVIEW FIRST READING.

[11. POLICY REVIEW - First Reading]

IT'S FIRST READING OFFICIALLY, BUT WE WORKED ON THESE AT OUR WORKSHOP A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

[02:10:03]

SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THESE.

OTHERWISE WE'D LOOK FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE FIRST READING OF THE POLICIES.

I MOVE TO APPROVE POLICIES PRESENTED TONIGHT FOR THE FIRST READING.

SECOND. OKAY.

MOVE BY ERIKA, SECONDED BY CONNIE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION CARRIES.

AND NUMBER 12.

[12. POLICY REVIEW - Second Reading and Approval]

SO THIS IS OUR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.

I MOVE TO APPROVE POLICIES AS SUBMITTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.

SECOND. OKAY.

ERIKA FIRST CONNIE SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT DOWN TO ITEM 13A OUR ASSET PRESERVATION PROGRAM REPORT.

[A. Asset Preservation Program (APP) Report 2023-2024]

THIS IS JUST OUR ANNUAL ONE ABOUT THE BUILDINGS THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT AFTER 1993 THAT WE HAVE TO SUBMIT TO OSPI.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT? OTHERWISE WE JUST APPROVE IT.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE COMPLETED 2023-2024 BUILDING CONDITION EVALUATIONS FOR THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE OSPI ASSET PRESERVATION PROGRAM REPORT IS SUBMITTED. I'LL SECOND.

OKAY. MOVED BY ERIKA AND SECONDED BY TRACEY.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES.

OKAY. ITEM B, THIS IS AN AMENDMENT WITH ESD 112 FOR THE CURAE CENTER HERE.

[B. Amended Agreement w/ESD 112 - Curae Center Specialized Education Services]

I SECOND IT. OKAY.

MOVED BY CONNIE. SECONDED BY ERIKA.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES.

THIS NEXT ONE. JASON, ARE YOU GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS ONE AT ALL, OR DO WE HAVE ANYTHING THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT? MAYBE JUST RUN US THROUGH? THIS IS OUR REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF THE LEADBETTER CAMPUS SITE PLANNING.

[C. Request for Approval of Leadbetter Campus Site Planning]

SO WE WE ISSUED AN RFP FOR SITE PLANNING SERVICES FOR.

WHAT WE CALL THE LEADBETTER CENTER OR LEADBETTER CAMPUS.

EXCUSE ME, WHICH IS FORMERLY THE UL CAMPUS THAT WE PURCHASED IN 2019, JULY 2019.

AFTER ACQUISITION, WE HAD COVID AND WHAT HAVE YOU, AND NOW WE'VE KIND OF COME TO A PLACE WHERE NOW IS A GOOD TIME FOR US TO ENGAGE IN SOME SITE PLANNING EFFORTS HERE.

NOW, THIS WILL JUST BE FOR THE SCOPE OF THIS CAMPUS, NOT DISTRICT WIDE.

AND THE GENERAL PROCESS IS KIND OF THEY WILL COORDINATE A PUBLIC OUTREACH EFFORT TO ENGAGE KEY STAKEHOLDERS DEVELOP, YOU KNOW, SCENARIOS AND PROPOSE DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR THE, THE CAPITAL FACILITIES COMMITTEE TO TO CONSIDER AND THEN ULTIMATELY HOPEFULLY LAND SOME MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD ON AN INITIAL PHASE ONE OF WHAT WE COULD DO WITH THIS PARTICULAR CAMPUS AND THEN LEAVE, MAKE SURE THAT WE WOULD LEAVE THE DOOR OPEN FOR FUTURE PHASES OF DEVELOPMENT AS WELL.

SO KIND OF A BALANCE THERE.

WE ALL KNOW THAT OUR ENROLLMENT IS NOT DRIVING US TO TO NEED TO BUILD A NEW SCHOOL OR OPEN A NEW EDUCATIONAL FACILITY, BUT WE STILL OWN AND OPERATE THIS BEAUTIFUL ASSET WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND LIKE, THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITIES THERE THAT, THIS, THAT WE'RE HOPING THAT THESE FIRMS CAN HELP US REALIZE. IS THERE ANY ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS, BUT JUST A FEW COMMENTS.

JUST A SHOUT OUT JASON TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM.

I KNOW THIS RFP WAS A BIG PROCESS AND WE I BELIEVE WE HAD LIKE TEN OR MORE PEOPLE RESPOND.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY AND EXCITEMENT, I THINK, AROUND THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT WE HAVE AND WHAT WE CAN DO WITH IT AND HOW WE CAN MAKE IT AN ASSET FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

SO I KNOW IT WAS A LOT OF WORK. SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

SHOUT OUT TO MARTY FROM SPOSITO WHO SAT IN ON THIS ENTIRE MEETING FOR THIS ONE MOMENT RIGHT HERE.

BUT I'M VERY EXCITED.

THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GOING AND THE THE TEAM THAT WE HAVE PICKED, AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO SEE US DOING SOMETHING WITH THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY AND GETTING GOING.

SO VERY EXCITED THAT WE GOT THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND WE'RE.

WE'RE GOING TO GET STARTED. SO THIS IS KIND OF OUR THIS IS KIND OF OUR INITIAL STEPS TO REALLY START GETTING THAT OUTREACH GOING AND REALLY MAKING SOME PLANS FOR WHAT WE CAN DO

[02:15:05]

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE LEADBETTER CAMPUS SITE PLANNING PROPOSAL TO LSW ARCHITECTS MACKAY, SPOSITO AND AUTHORIZED STAFF TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT FOR THEIR SERVICES TO RANGE FROM $150,000 TO $275,000 BASED UPON COMPLEXITY, FUNDING FOR THIS CONTRACT WILL COME FROM THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND.

I WILL SECOND THAT.

IT WAS MOVED BY ERIKA.

SECONDED BY TRACEY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES.

FINALLY WE HAVE ITEM D THIS IS A STUDENT PLACEMENT APPROVAL TO VIEWPOINT CENTER.

[D. Student Placement Approval to Viewpoint Center]

SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND HERE.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE STUDENT PLACEMENT AT VIEWPOINT CENTER IN SYRACUSE, UTAH, FOR A COST NOT TO EXCEED $140,000.

I SECOND.

SO IT WAS MOVED BY ERIKA, SECONDED BY BONNIE.

BAMINI. SORRY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT.

MOTION CARRIES.

SO THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF OUR REGULAR MEETING.

WE WILL BE GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS PROPERTY AND PERSONNEL FOR APPROXIMATELY 90 MINUTES.

[15. EXECUTIVE SESSION - Property & Personnel - RCW 42.30.110 (c & g) - Approximately 90 minutes]

NO, NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN.

SO WE ARE IN RECESS.

ALL RIGHT. IT IS 9:15.

OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION IS CONCLUDED AND WE ARE ADJOURNED FOR THE EVENING.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.