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[1. REGULAR MEETING CALL TO ORDER - 5:30 PM]
IT'S 5:30 MONDAY, JUNE 24TH.LET'S GO AHEAD AND START THIS REGULAR MEETING.
WOULD YOU PLEASE RISE, IF YOU'RE ABLE, AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
NEXT IS OUR LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT WITH BAMINI PATHMANATHAN.
OKAY. 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.
I WANT TO NOTE THAT CONNIE HENNESSEY IS ABSENT TONIGHT.
SHE'S DOING HER BEST TO LISTEN IN WHILE IT'S 2:30 IN THE MORNING WHERE SHE'S AT.
[2. MILL TOWN PRIDE AWARD(S)]
SO DR.ANZALONE, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TONIGHT TO ANNOUNCE THESE MILL TOWN PRIDE AWARD WINNERS.
WELL, I READ ONLINE, SO MAYBE AARIA CAN TELL US.
BUT YOU WON THREE AWARDS, RIGHT? AT THE WASHINGTON.
YEAH, YOU CAN GO TO THE MICROPHONE.
I SENT THE SUPERINTENDENT A NOTE BECAUSE YOU HAD ACKNOWLEDGED THAT NOT ONLY HAD YOU HAD SOME PROFESSIONAL MENTORS, BUT YOU ALSO HAD THE YOUTH RESEARCH SCHOLARS FROM THE MAGNET PROGRAM HELP YOU. AND I WAS EXCITED BECAUSE BACK IN 2018, MY DAUGHTER WAS ONE OF THE STUDENTS THAT HELPED FOUND THAT AT THE MAGNET PROGRAM.
AND SHE WAS NOT OPTIMISTIC THAT THROUGH COVID IT WOULD SURVIVE.
SO I SENT HER A NOTE ABOUT YOUR PROJECT AND YOUR AWARDS, AND SHE WAS VERY EXCITED.
SHE'S OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROCKIES RIGHT NOW.
BUT, YOU KNOW, FOR YOU TO HAVE YOUR SUCCESS AND FOR THE STUDENTS OF THE MAGNET PROGRAM TO HELP YOU, I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT YOU GOT THAT SUPPORT, PARTICULARLY SIXTH GRADE AT THE WASHINGTON STATE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR.
ALL RIGHT. AND ALSO TO THE BOARD WE HAD A VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL SPRING SPORTS SEASON, AS YOU KNOW, AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE AS MANY, IF NOT ALL OF OUR STATE CHAMPIONS AS WE GET INTO OUR SUMMER BREAK.
SO WITH THAT SAID, WE WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP COACH CHRIS BUTLER.
IF CHRIS IS HERE. CHRIS, THANKS.
OUR GIRLS COACH IS HERE TOO, AND SHE DID POINT IT OUT TO ME THAT THE GIRLS ACTUALLY HAD A BETTER GPA CUMULATIVE, BUT THE BAR IS A LITTLE HIGHER WITH THE GIRLS, SO OUR BOYS DID WIN STATE FOR ACADEMICS. SO I APPRECIATE ALL THE HELP THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING.
ANY OF THE ATHLETES HERE TODAY.
ETHAN IS ACTUALLY A STATE CHAMPION, BUT HE DOES REPRESENT OUR TEAM AS A BOY OF ACADEMICS.
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HOW MANY DO YOU HAVE? YEAH. YEAH.I'LL GIVE YOU A HANDFUL. I'LL SEND YOU IN OUR OFFICE.
OKAY. SO I ALSO COACH, I HAD YOU CELEBRATING ETHAN HAS ETHAN ALREADY CAME UP? OKAY, GOOD. OH, CHASE IS AT FOOTBALL CAMP.
CHASE'S FAMILY WHERE ARE YOU? CONGRATULATIONS. WELL DONE.
TALKING ABOUT THEM. I'M HAPPY YOU JUST.
DO YOU WANT HANK TO TALK? HANK TO TALK ABOUT. BUT I CAN TALK QUICKLY ABOUT THIS.
MAYBE HANK COULD COME UP WITH ME.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHY IT SAYS SKYRIDGE.
THAT'S GOOD. HE PROBABLY DID GO TO SKYRIDGE.
DID CHASE GO TO SKYRIDGE? NO. I MEAN, THEY DID COME THROUGH THE DISTRICT.
SO, YES. CHASE IS A PHENOMENAL YOUNG MAN.
THERE'S SO MANY THINGS I COULD SAY ABOUT THIS GUY.
AND I REMEMBER AS A PARENT, MY SON WAS THERE.
AND I'M LIKE, OH BOY, WHAT AM I GETTING MYSELF INTO? AND THEN I MET CHASE AND THAT'S WHO THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT.
IT'S ACTUALLY A REALLY, REALLY FUN KID.
I JUST RECENTLY GOT A PHONE CALL FROM HIM FOR THE FOOTBALL FUNDRAISER.
HE'S LIKE, HEY, GUESS WHAT? WE'RE DOING A FUNDRAISER.
I'M LIKE, OH, MULTI-SPORT ATHLETE.
BUT YES, I DON'T KNOW HIS SISTER, BUT I'M SURE SHE'S AMAZING TOO.
AND SHE'S HERE TO TAKE THE AWARD FOR HIM.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
HE'S A STATE CHAMPION IN THE BOYS DISCUS THIS YEAR.
BROKE SCHOOL RECORD AND WON THE WHOLE DARN THING.
ALSO ACCEPTED A PRETTY DARN GOOD SCHOLARSHIP TO CLAY MARTINS.
THANK YOU. ANYWAY IT'S AN AMAZING YOUNG MAN.
I HAVE AN APOLOGY TO MAKE TO HIS GRANDMA.
I DID NOT RECOGNIZE HER AT THE AWARDS BANQUET, AND SHE POINTED THAT OUT TO ME AFTERWARDS.
SHE CAME UP, I SAID, YEAH, GREAT PARENTS.
YOU DID A GREAT JOB. HE'S A WONDERFUL YOUNG MAN.
AND SHE WALKED UP AND SHE SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU FORGOT ABOUT ME.
AND SO IS SHE HERE? NO. FIGURES.
[LAUGHTER] ANYWAY, HIS GRANDMA DID A GREAT JOB TOO.
THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT PICTURE.
WHERE'S GRANDMA? GRANDMA? YEAH.
ALL RIGHT. AND THEN LAST BUT OF COURSE, NOT LEAST AND TO SUPPORT ALL OF THESE ATHLETES AND OF COURSE, ALL OF THE WONDERFUL EVENTS OUR CHEER TEAM IS HERE TONIGHT AS MANY AS POSSIBLE.
SO WE HAVE THE HONOR OF HAVING VAL PARMAN HERE TO TALK ABOUT CHEER.
OKAY. YES. SO, ON BEHALF OF THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT, STEPHEN BARANOWSKI AND ASB WE WERE LOOKING AT PEOPLE WHO HAVE REALLY SUPPORTED AND SHOWN A LOT OF SCHOOL SPIRIT AND IS THERE FOR EVERYTHING, AND IT WAS VERY OBVIOUS.
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EVERYTHING THEY DO, AND HELP ESTABLISH A POSITIVE CLIMATE AND CULTURE IN OUR BUILDING.THEY WORK HARD, GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE YEAR, NOT JUST DURING THEIR SEASON, WHICH THERE ARE A COUPLE SEASONS, BUT THEY GIVE THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER AND IN THEIR OFF SEASON. THEY SUPPORT OUR ATHLETICS, OUR SCHOOL, OUR COMMUNITY WHENEVER ASKED, WHICH IS A LOT IN FACT, THEY ARE ALWAYS READY TO PERFORM, SUPPORT, CHEER, HELP WHENEVER NEEDED. STUFF THE BUS ASSEMBLIES CELEBRATING OUR TEAMS WHEN WE SEND THEM OFF TO COMPETE AT STATE, WHICH IS A LOT SETTING UP, CLEANING UP AT VARIOUS EVENTS AT CHS AND MANY, MANY, MANY CAMAS RELATED EVENTS SUCH AS OUR BOOSTERS, FUNDRAISERS AND WITH OUR DCA IN DOWNTOWN CAMAS.
WHETHER IT'S BEING A MENTOR TO OUR YOUNGSTERS IN OUR COMMUNITY, OR GOING UP TO TACOMA FOR A WEEK TO SUPPORT OUR BASKETBALL TEAMS, THIS GROUP IS COMMITTED TO MAKING A DIFFERENCE AT CHS AND IN THE CAMAS COMMUNITY, AND FOR THAT, WE ARE SO GRATEFUL YOU ARE SEEN AND WITHOUT YOU IT WOULD BE JUST WEIRD.
SO IT'S SO GOOD TO HAVE YOU AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.
BRANDY DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? THANK YOU. YOU DON'T HAVE TO.
IT'S JUST. JUST REAL QUICK, GIRLS.
I SEE YOU ON THE STREETS OF CAMAS, AND YOU'RE DOING GOOD THINGS.
MIC] THAT WAS A GREAT MILL TOWN PRIDE AWARD TIME.
LET'S GIVE OUR RECIPIENTS ONE MORE HAND.
ALL OF THEM. [APPLAUSE] WE'LL GIVE A SECOND FOR THE ROOM HERE.
ON THE AGENDA ITEM THREE, WE HAVE A NEW BOARD MEMBER THAT WE NEED TO OFFICIALLY SWEAR IN.
[3. OPEN AND EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION]
SO I'M GOING TO ASK OUR BOARD MEMBER DESIGNEE APPOINTEE.I DON'T KNOW THE WORD, BUT MATTHEW MCBRIDE I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU STEP UP TO THE PODIUM.
CLARK COUNTY AUDITOR GREG KIMSEY IS HERE AND HE IS GOING TO SWEAR YOU IN.
RIGHT. DO YOU WANT TO COME ON THE OTHER SIDE SO YOUR VOICE WILL PICK UP WHENEVER YOU GET A CAMERA OR ANYTHING? YES.
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ALL RIGHT.WELL. OH, YOU GET A LITTLE A LITTLE CLOSER.
THERE YOU GO. HOW'S THIS? IS THAT BETTER? ALL RIGHT, SO, MATTHEW, RAISE YOUR RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, AND THEN REPEAT AFTER ME AND THEN STATE YOUR NAME AFTER I SO I.
DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. THAT I AM A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES.
THAT I'M A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES. AND OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON.
AND OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON.
THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS.
THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, OF THE UNITED STATES.
AND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS.
AND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS.
OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. AND WILL, TO THE BEST OF MY JUDGMENT.
AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY JUDGMENT.
SKILL AND ABILITY. TRULY, FAITHFULLY.
PERFORM THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF CAMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER 117.
CAMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER 117.
SCHOOL DIRECTOR, DISTRICT NUMBER TWO.
SCHOOL DIRECTOR, DISTRICT NUMBER TWO. IN AND FOR CLARK COUNTY, WASHINGTON.
IN AND FOR CLARK COUNTY, WASHINGTON.
AS SUCH, DUTIES ARE PRESCRIBED BY LAW.
AS SUCH DUTIES AS PRESCRIBED BY LAW.
CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] AND THANK YOU.
WE'LL JUST GET YOU TO SIGN UP HERE IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY.
ALL RIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS, DIRECTOR MCBRIDE.
WELCOME TO THE FUN THAT NEVER ENDS.
THANK YOU. YES, AND THANK YOU, MR. KIMSEY. THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT AND DOING THAT.
ALL RIGHT WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 4A ON THE AGENDA BOARD COMMUNICATION.
[4. BOARD COMMUNICATION]
JUST ANYTHING THAT WE WANT TO SHARE ABOUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN UP TO.I KNOW IT'S BEEN A BUSY, BUSY MONTH WITH GRADUATIONS AND ALL OF THAT.
WE INTERVIEWED QUITE A SLATE OF QUALIFIED CANDIDATES AND YOUR NAME ROSE TO THE TOP.
AND JUST REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE BRINGING TO THE BOARD.
AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MANY MORE YEARS OF OF WORKING TOGETHER.
THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ANYBODY WANTS TO ADD? NO. ALL RIGHT. WE'VE BEEN PRETTY BUSY.
[5. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
THE BOARD VALUES PUBLIC INPUT.THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BOARD IS TO LISTEN AND REFLECT ON PUBLIC COMMENTS ACTIVELY.
THE BOARD MAY ONLY DISCUSS AND ACT UPON ITEMS INCLUDED IN THE WRITTEN AGENDA.
FOR THAT REASON, BOARD MEMBERS CANNOT RESPOND TO ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT CAN ASK THE SUPERINTENDENT TO FOLLOW UP ON ISSUES RAISED DURING PUBLIC TESTIMONY. GUIDELINES FOR PUBLIC INPUT EMPHASIZE THE RESPECT AND CONSIDERATION OF OTHERS.
COMPLAINTS ABOUT INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEES SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OFFICE SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE AS A PERSONNEL MATTER, THE BOARD REQUESTS THAT ANYONE WHO HAS SUBMITTED WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENTS REFRAIN FROM READING THEM DURING THIS PORTION OF OUR MEETING TO ALLOW OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO SHARE THEIR COMMENTS.
EACH PERSON PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT WILL HAVE A TOTAL OF THREE MINUTES.
THE BELL WILL RING AT THREE MINUTES TO REMIND YOU THAT YOUR TIME IS UP.
LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE NINE PUBLIC COMMENTS HERE.
SO OUR FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT IS LARISSA HAAS.
RIGHT OVER HERE TO THIS MICROPHONE RIGHT THERE.
LARISSA HAAS, YOU GUYS HEAR ME? OKAY. YEAH. ON APRIL 9TH, OUR LIVES WERE PROFOUNDLY IMPACTED BY A HARROWING INCIDENT IN CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL.
WHILE PICKING UP MY PRESCHOOLER WHO HAD JUST TURNED FIVE, I PARKED IN FRONT OF THE PRESCHOOL TO ASK HIS TEACHER SOME QUESTIONS WITH MY SEVEN MONTH OLD DAUGHTER ASLEEP IN THE CAR BESIDE US AND WHAT SEEMED LIKE AN INSTANT AS I WALKED MY SON BACK TO OUR CAR JUST A FEW FEET AWAY, I HEARD A PAIR OF EDUCATORS SHOUTING DESPERATELY, NAME? STOP! NAME! NO! THE PARAEDUCATORS FAR BEHIND.
THE 19 YEAR OLD SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENT COULD NOT HAVE PREVENTED WHAT HAPPENED NEXT.
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THE STUDENT MOVED SWIFTLY TOWARDS US, LAUGHING AND SUDDENLY GRABBED MY SON BY HIS FOREHEAD, SMASHING HIS GLASSES INTO HIS FACE AND LEAVING BRUISES.THE SOUND OF MY SON HITTING THE SIDEWALK WAS LIKE A WATERMELON SMASHING.
I IMMEDIATELY SHIELDED MY SON WITH MY BODY CRADLING HIS HEAD, WHICH WAS SWELLING.
HE TREMBLED IN MY ARMS, GASPING.
IT HURT SO BAD. AND I REASSURED HIM, IT'S OKAY.
I'VE GOT YOU. HE CAN'T GET TO YOU ANYMORE.
ALL WHILE THE STUDENT WHO WAS LARGER AND TALLER THAN I CIRCLED US MENACINGLY.
THIS SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED.
HE HAS AN AVERSION TO SMALL CHILDREN.
THE PAIR. I MANAGED TO GET MY SON TO HIS PRESCHOOL TEACHER.
SHE RAN HIM INSIDE TO APPLY ICE AND I RETRIEVED MY SLEEPING BABY FROM THE CAR.
HE SUFFERED BRUISING, SWELLING, HEADACHES, AND HE CONTINUES TO ENDURE EMOTIONAL DISTRESS.
PHYSICALLY, HE'S RECOVERING, BUT THE MENTAL TRAUMA FROM THIS ATTACK IS LASTING AND A PAINFUL MEMORY.
I STAND HERE TODAY NOT JUST FOR OUR FAMILY, BUT FOR ALL FAMILIES AFFECTED.
WE HAVE NO LONGER REMAINED SILENT ABOUT THESE SITUATIONS OR TIRE OF KEEPING OUR CHILDREN SAFE.
WE ASK THAT YOU PROTECT OUR CHILDREN AND YOUR STAFF FROM THE KNOWN, VIOLENT, SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENT WHO HAS ASSAULTED OTHERS ON YOUR GROUNDS TO GET HIM THE PROPER HELP AND IN THE ENVIRONMENT HE DESERVES AND REQUIRES.
THIS COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED HAD THE ADMINISTRATORS AND THE SUPERINTENDENT TAKEN THESE ACTIONS WHEN HE ASSAULTED ANOTHER ON THE SCHOOL GROUNDS PREVIOUSLY, AND WE ASK THAT YOU REVIEW THE ASSAULTERS HISTORY AND NOT STAND BY AND LET ANOTHER HUMAN BE HURT, BECAUSE THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HIS STAFF ARE HIDING BEHIND REGULATIONS AND POLICIES.
AND MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS MOTHERS, FATHERS, DAUGHTERS AND SONS IS ARE YOU GOING TO BE PART OF THE ACTION? ARE YOU GOING TO SIT BEHIND REGULATIONS AND AN ABUNDANCE OF BUREAUCRACY AND DO NOTHING? WE WILL CONTINUE TO TELL MY SON'S STORY AND ENGAGE LEADERS AT EVERY LEVEL OF ADVOCACY FOR THE SAFETY OF ALL STUDENTS.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND I WILL SUBMIT THIS ALSO IN WRITTEN FORM TONIGHT.
[APPLAUSE] I WILL ASK THE SUPERINTENDENT FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
SORRY, I'M HAVING TROUBLE READING SOME HANDWRITING HERE.
IS IT ANNE? IAN I'M SORRY. THANK YOU.
I'M A CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL PARENT OF A RISING JUNIOR WHO'S IN THE MAGNET PROGRAM.
I'M ALSO A FORMER AP MATH TEACHER AND A HIGH TECH EXECUTIVE WHO'S HIRED HUNDREDS OF ENGINEERS.
AND I'M ALSO A ALUMNI INTERVIEWER FOR STANFORD UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSION.
COMING TO YOU TODAY JUST TO REPRESENT A GROUP OF PARENTS WHO SENT A LETTER YESTERDAY TO YOU ABOUT OUR EXPERIENCES IN THE CAMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH STANDARDS BASED GRADING. THOSE INPUTS ARE FROM OVER 25 FAMILIES WHO HAVE ATTENDED ALL THREE MIDDLE SCHOOLS, MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND DISCOVERY HIGH SCHOOL.
AND WHILE THIS DATA MAY SEEM ANECDOTAL, IT IS STRIKING HOW SIMILAR OUR EXPERIENCES ARE ACROSS THESE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS AND WITH DIFFERENT TEACHERS, AND WE ASK YOU TO LOOK AT IT CLOSELY.
WE'RE DEEPLY CONCERNED WITH THIS METHOD OF ASSESSMENT AND HOW IT CAN HARM OUR STUDENTS ACADEMICALLY AND IN THEIR LIFE SKILLS, FOR ESTABLISHING A PATTERN OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.
UNDER SBG WE'VE BEEN FRUSTRATED AS PARENTS AT NOT BEING ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY TRACK OUR STUDENTS PROGRESS, AND OUR STUDENTS EXPRESS THAT THEY ARE NOT GETTING THE LEARNING FEEDBACK CRITICAL FOR GAINING THEIR UNDERSTANDING AND MOTIVATION.
WE'VE ALSO SEEN OUR DISCOVERY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS BEAR AN EXTRA BURDEN OF EXPLANATION WHEN THEY GO THROUGH COLLEGE APPLICATIONS AND SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS ABOUT WHAT THEIR GRADES MEANS, BECAUSE THE SCORING IS UNEVEN AND NOT UNDERSTOOD EITHER INSIDE OR OUTSIDE OF OUR DISTRICT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR NOTE TODAY, DR.
ANZALONE. THAT DID HELP QUITE A BIT TO EXPLAIN WHERE YOU'RE AT, BUT IT DOES REMIND US OF THE 2019 MATH PATHWAYS DISCUSSION, WHERE PARENTS WERE INVITED TO WORKSHOPS AND SURVEYS, ONLY TO FIND THAT THE DECISION HAD ALREADY BEEN MADE AND THAT OUR INPUT REALLY DIDN'T MATTER.
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IN LESS EQUITY.WE SAW FAMILIES WITH MEANS LEAVE THE DISTRICT OR GO AND GET THEIR MATH EDUCATION FOR THEIR STUDENTS IN OTHER PLACES, TAKING CAMAS DOLLARS OUT OF THE DISTRICT. THE PARENTS THIS RESULTED IN EDUCATIONAL FUNDING LEAVING CAMAS AND THE FAMILIES WITHOUT MEANS THEY COULDN'T NECESSARILY DO THE SAME.
OUR REQUEST AS WE MOVE FORWARD IS PLEASE ENGAGE US, LISTEN TO OUR EXPERIENCES.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] OUR NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS KATHLEEN WALDRON SOLER.
I'M SORRY. WHO CAN HEAR ME? HELLO, MY NAME IS DR.
ADDITIONALLY, I SERVE ON THE WASHINGTON CEDAR STATE LEADERSHIP TEAM, COLLABORATING WITH VARIOUS EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS TO PROMOTE INCLUSIVE EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. FINALLY, I HAVE ALSO WORKED AS A SPECIAL ED TEACHER, A SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST, AND A SCHOOL COUNSELOR.
SO TODAY I WANTED TO ADDRESS, SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER, THE PROPOSED ADOPTION OF A STANDARDS BASED GRADING SYSTEM AND ADVOCATE INSTEAD YOUR ENERGIES TO BE FOCUSED ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE, MULTI-TIERED SYSTEM OF SUPPORT, OR MTSS.
WHILE STANDARDS BASED GRADING HAS ITS MERITS, IT'S NOT THE RIGHT FIT FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOLS.
IT CAN ALSO CREATE CONFUSION AND STRESS FOR STUDENTS AND PARENTS WHO ARE USED TO TRADITIONAL GRADES, AND MAY DISADVANTAGE STUDENTS IN COLLEGE ADMISSIONS, AS COLLEGES STILL LARGELY INTERPRET TRADITIONAL GRADES.
INSTEAD, I URGE THE BOARD TO PRIORITIZE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AN EFFECTIVE MTSS SYSTEM RELATIVE TO MANY OTHER DISTRICTS AROUND WASHINGTON STATE.
CAMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT IS QUITE BEHIND IN THIS ENDEAVOR.
AN MTSS FRAMEWORK WILL PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO ADDRESS ACADEMIC, BEHAVIORAL, AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL NEEDS THROUGH MULTIPLE LEVELS OF INTERVENTION, AND IT WILL HELP ENSURE THAT ALL STUDENTS RECEIVE THE ASSISTANCE THEY NEED TO SUCCEED WITHOUT THE DISRUPTION AND CONFUSION OF SHIFTING TO A NEW GRADING SYSTEM.
YOUR FOCUS SHOULD BE ON ADOPTING RELIABLE AND VALID SCREENING AND PROGRESS MONITORING MEASURES, ESTABLISHING MTSS TEAMS TO MAKE DATA BASED DECISIONS, AND EQUIP YOUR TEACHERS WITH THE SKILLS NECESSARY TO SUPPORT DIVERSE LEARNERS.
TEACHING HIGH LEVERAGE PRACTICES FOR THE INCLUSION OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.
HELPING TO RESPOND TO CULTURAL DIFFERENCES.
INCORPORATING UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING OR UDL SO THAT WE CAN MEET THE NEEDS OF ALL STUDENTS.
SO BY INVESTING IN MTSS AND TRAINING YOUR TEACHERS AND SHIFTING YOUR FOCUS TO INSTRUCTION AS OPPOSED TO THE GRADING COMPONENT AT THIS TIME, I THINK IS YOUR PRIORITY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. [APPLAUSE] NEXT IS JEANETTE ROMANO.
THIS IS MY 23RD YEAR OF TEACHING IN CAMAS.
LIKE COREY AND TRACEY COOPER DAVIS AND I, WHO WILL BE SPEAKING NEXT, ARE GRADUATES OF CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL, PROUD GRADUATES AND COMMITTED TO SERVING OUR STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE.
I WANT TO FIRST START BY ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WE WERE GLAD TO SEE THAT THE DISTRICT IS WORKING TO RECTIFY OUR STANDARDS BASED LEARNING AND REPORTING PROBLEM THIS LAST WEEK, BY SENDING OUT THE GRADING SURVEY TO FAMILIES.
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UNFORTUNATELY, THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION OF THE SURVEY WAS LEFT OFF.WHAT GRADING METHOD DO YOU PREFER AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL? WE WERE ALSO HAPPY TO HEAR THAT THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE STANDARDS BASED LEARNING STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE IS HAPPENING AND UNDERWAY.
HOWEVER, WE WERE DISCOURAGED TO LEARN THAT THE COMMITTEE WILL NOT BE MEETING UNTIL AUGUST 22ND.
IF HISTORY TELLS US ANYTHING, WE KNOW THAT THIS IS TOO LATE TO ADDRESS OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL REPORTING PROBLEMS. THIS VERY SITUATION HAPPENED TO US LAST YEAR IN THE SPRING OF 2023.
WE HAVE LITTLE FAITH THAT HISTORY WILL NOT REPEAT ITSELF, AND IT WILL BE TOO LATE FOR THIS NEW COMMITTEE TO INFORM OR MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL REPORTING THIS FALL. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE FOR A COMMUNITY OF MIDDLE SCHOOL PARENTS WHO ARE TELLING US LOUD AND CLEAR IN OUR LATEST SCHOOL CLIMATE SURVEY THAT THEY DON'T WANT 4321 GRADING.
AND WE REQUEST THAT THIS COMMITTEE BE CALLED TOGETHER SOONER.
IN OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS WE ARE NOT AT YEAR ZERO IN THE STANDARDS BASED LEARNING.
AND OVER OUR TIME, OUR REPORTING METHODS HAVE EVOLVED.
WE STARTED BY REPORTING WITH PHRASES LIKE MEETING STANDARDS AND PROGRESSING.
THIS REPORTING WAS CONFUSING TO FAMILIES AND THE NEXT YEAR WE MOVED TO 4321.
THERE WAS STILL CONFUSION IN OUR ADMINISTRATOR PURCHASED A SUBSCRIPTION TO JUMP ROPE AND PROMISED THAT IT WOULD BE EASIER FOR FAMILIES TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE THE PLATFORM WAS MADE SPECIFICALLY FOR STANDARDS BASED GRADING.
FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, JUMP ROPE HAS BEEN AT A STANDSTILL WITH NO IMPROVEMENTS.
AND WE CANNOT MOVE INTO A THIRD YEAR WITH OUR BROKEN AND INEFFECTIVE SYSTEM.
COOPER DAVIS IS GOING TO TELL YOU MORE ABOUT THAT SOLUTION IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES.
[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
THE ONE THING THAT HAS REMAINED CONSTANT THROUGH THE YEARS IS HONORING THE CAMAS WAY, HEARING AND VALUING THE VOICES OF FAMILIES WE SERVE, AS WELL AS THE EDUCATIONAL STAFF THAT MAKES THE MAGIC HAPPEN.
IN THOSE YEARS, GREAT THINGS HAVE HAPPENED A STANDARDIZATION OF OUR LEARNING ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
IN THEORY, STANDARD BASED LEARNING IS AN INTELLIGENT AND ELEGANT APPROACH TO TEACHING KIDS.
THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE 4321 GRADING SYSTEM THAT CAMAS ALSO DECIDED TO IMPLEMENT.
THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES IN THE DESIGN OF THIS REPORTING ASPECT.
PARENTS CONTINUE TO TELL US THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE NUMBERED REPORTING SYSTEM.
MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS SEE KIDS ARE LARGELY APATHETIC ABOUT THEIR ACADEMIC PROGRESS, DEADLINES ARE NONEXISTENT, AND WE ARE STRUGGLING TO GET KIDS TO CARE ABOUT THEIR OWN LEARNING. ONE OF MY FAVORITE SCIENCE STANDARDS INVOLVES A REBUILD.
WE BELIEVE IT'S TIME TO THROW IN A REDESIGN A WHAT IF? AND WE HAVE COME UP WITH A SIMPLE SOLUTION TO THE REPORTING ISSUES OF STANDARD BASED GRADING WITH BUILDING ADMINISTRATION SUPPORT.
WHAT IF A GROUP OF SKYRIDGE TEACHERS VOLUNTEERED TO PILOT THE SAME GRADING SYSTEM SUCCESSFULLY USED FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS IN EIGHTH GRADE ALGEBRA, IT'S A 5100% A THROUGH F GRADE SYSTEM.
IT'S MOTIVATING. THEY'RE ABLE TO TRACK THEIR ACADEMIC PROGRESS.
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THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SELF-ADVOCATE BY RETAKING ASSESSMENTS WITH LOW SCORES, AND PARENTS HAVE CLEAR AND UNDERSTANDABLE ACCESS TO HOW THEIR KID IS DOING.IN 2019, WE HAD A STANDARDS BASED LEARNING TRAINING WITH GLOBALLY RECOGNIZED LEADER TAMMY HEFLEBOWER IN THIS VERY BOARDROOM, AND SHE TOLD US STANDARDS BASED GRADING COULD BE DONE WITH A LETTER GRADE SCALE.
WHAT IF WE TRIED THAT? WE HAVE BUILT THIS THING, WE'VE TESTED IT, ANALYZED IT, AND IT'S TIME TO EMBRACE.
MAY YOU LIVE IN A TIME OF CHANGE AS A BLESSING AND A CHANCE TO REDESIGN A GOOD PHILOSOPHY INTO AN EVEN BETTER ONE, AS WE ALSO VALUE THE VOICES OF EVERY CAMAS STAKEHOLDER.
THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] OUR NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS ELISA WISE.
HELLO, MY NAME IS ELISA WISE AND THIS IS WAY MORE SCARY THAN TEACHING ITSELF.
[LAUGHTER] DOCTOR ANZALONE'S MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I'VE COACHED AND TAUGHT IN THE CAMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT SINCE 1996.
THIS YEAR HAS BEEN PARTICULARLY HARD.
WE HAD 1996, WE HAD 36 KIDS ON OUR TRACK TEAM THIS YEAR.
THAT'S OVER 10% OF OUR POPULATION.
THIS YEAR WAS INCREDIBLY HARD.
I THOUGHT INITIALLY IT WAS BECAUSE THE NUMBER OF KIDS WE HAD ON OUR TEAM.
BUT ACTUALLY, AS I STARTED THINKING ABOUT IT, I REALIZED IT WAS A SCHEDULE WE'RE KEEPING.
NOT ABLE TO GET OUT UNTIL 3:15 IN THE AFTERNOON.
WE'D HAVE 4 TO 6 IS OUR PRACTICE TIME BY THE TIME I GET HOME AND GET WARM FROM THE RAIN AND THE COLD IT'S MAKE DINNER AND CLEAN UP DINNER IT'S BEDTIME.
AND THERE WAS NO TIME TO BREATHE IN BETWEEN.
SO FOR ME, IT BECAME INCREDIBLY STRESSFUL.
THIS IS THE FIRST FULL YEAR WE'VE HAD A FULL SCHEDULE SINCE COVID, AND I THINK THAT'S WHY I REALIZED WHY WAS IT SO HARD ALL OF A SUDDEN? IT'S THE FIRST FULL YEAR WE'VE HAD A FULL SCHEDULE.
IT'S NOT JUST FOR ME THAT THE SCHEDULE IS HARD.
I NOTICE FOR OUR KIDS, IT'S INCREDIBLY HARD.
THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE DISMISSED FROM OUR OWN HOME SCHOOL TO GO TO HOME TRACK MEET.
THEY WERE UNDER A LOT OF STRESS.
WHATEVER REASON, IT TRACKS A HIGHWAY, A LOT OF ACADEMIC KIDS, AND SO A LOT OF AP KIDS AND SO FORTH.
AND SO THEY'RE MISSING A LOT OF SCHOOL.
AND I KNOW IT DOESN'T JUST AFFECT TRACK AND FIELD.
IT AFFECTS BASEBALL AND SOCCER AND FOOTBALL, EVERYBODY.
IT'S A LARGE POPULACE OF KIDS.
THIS IS AFFECTING THAT. THEY'RE MISSING SO MUCH SCHOOL.
AND SO THE DISCUSSION AROUND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT BRINGING OUR START TIME BACK A LITTLE BIT, MAYBE NOT ALL THE WAY BACK TO WHAT WE HAD BEFORE, BUT JUST TO BACK A LITTLE BIT SO OUR KIDS AREN'T HAVING TO MISS SO MUCH SCHOOL.
AND WITH THAT SAID, I'M GOING TO BE RESIGNING THIS NEXT YEAR FROM TRACK.
SADLY, AFTER 30 YEARS, IT JUST BECAME TOO MUCH, TOO HARD FOR ME.
I JUST SAW WE HAD SOME GREAT SUCCESS THIS YEAR.
I LOVE THE TRACK AND FIELD KIDS.
I LOVE OUR STAFF THAT WAS THERE, BUT AFTER 30 YEARS I'M GOING TO HAVE TO STEP AWAY.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COACH IN CAMAS THE LAST 30 YEARS.
IT'S BEEN AN INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE.
BUT I JUST HAD TO TAKE MY PRIORITIES ELSEWHERE AND PUT MY HEALTH FIRST AS WELL.
THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] OUR NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS BECKY WONG.
I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS MY THOUGHTS AND CONCERNS.
SO I'VE BEEN FAMILIAR WITH THAT FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.
AND LIKE MY KIDS SAY, GETTING A FOUR OR AN E IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR 90% OF THE TEACHERS THERE.
THE EIGHTH GRADE TEACHERS ARE A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBLE.
IF YOU GET 100% ON SOMETHING, YOU MIGHT GET AN E.
BUT THAT TRANSLATES TO LIKE A B OR A C IF YOU'RE JUST GOING E EQUALS FOUR EQUALS THREE LIKE ON A GPA.
SO THAT'S DEFINITELY A CONCERN.
WE MOVED HERE FOR THE SCHOOLS, AS DID MOST OF MY FRIENDS THAT I HAVE HERE.
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WE MOVED BECAUSE THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS GOING TO, YOU KNOW, WE BELIEVED IT WOULD GIVE OUR KIDS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE CHALLENGED AND THEN IT WOULD BE A PLATFORM FOR THEM TO GET INTO THE BEST UNIVERSITY THAT THEY'RE CAPABLE OF GETTING INTO.AND I READ THE STRATEGIC PLAN TODAY, AND I LIKED WHAT IT SAID ABOUT HOPE.
HOPE. HOW HOPE CONTRIBUTES TO A SENSE OF WELL-BEING, AND THAT HOPE REQUIRES A GOAL, A PATHWAY TO A GOAL, AND A WILL AND AGENCY TO CARRY IT FORWARD.
MY KIDS, AND I THINK MOST OF THE KIDS HERE, THEY HOPE TO DO WELL IN SCHOOL.
MINE HOPE TO GET INTO GREAT UNIVERSITIES.
SO THEY HAVE A GOAL OF GETTING A REALLY GREAT GPA.
I KNOW MY KIDS ARE GOING TO WORK REALLY HARD FOR THAT, BUT I'M JUST HOPING THERE'S A PATHWAY FOR THAT GOAL WHERE A'S ARE SOMETHING THAT'S AVAILABLE IN EVERY SINGLE CLASS IN CAMAS HIGH, AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE IMPOSSIBLE TO GET AN A.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS KNEW THIS, BUT I WAS LOOKING AT WHAT ARE THE AVERAGE GPAS FOR STUDENTS GOING INTO A NUMBER OF OUR STATE SCHOOLS? SO THE AVERAGE GPA OF KIDS GOING INTO WSU AND WESTERN IS 3.5.
SO THAT'S 50% A'S AND 50% B'S IN HIGH SCHOOL.
BUT THE AVERAGE GPA IS ACTUALLY 3.83, AND THAT'S 83% A'S AND 17% B'S.
MERIT SCHOLARSHIPS ALSO USUALLY GO TO KIDS WHO HAVE A 3.5 OR HIGHER.
AND THAT'S HOW WE HELP PAY FOR OUR KIDS REALLY EXPENSIVE TUITION THESE DAYS.
SO I JUST ASK THAT YOU KEEP A'S.
HELLO. MY NAME IS ERIC WONG AND I.
HELLO, MY NAME IS ERIC WONG AND I AM A STUDENT WHO IS MOVING TO CAMAS HIGH AFTER DOING THREE YEARS OF ODYSSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND I'D LIKE TO EXPRESS MY CONCERN FOR THE POTENTIAL OF CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL SWITCHING TO A STANDARDS BASED GRADING SCALE.
SO THE THING IS IF I MEET THE STANDARD OR GET AN M OR A THREE, WHICH IS AND LET'S SAY I GET A 95% ON A TEST THAT MEETS THE STANDARD, SO I'LL GET AN M OR A THREE, BUT THAT TRANSLATES TO A B, BUT A SIMILAR. BUT A STUDENT WHO DOES THE SAME OR EVEN WORSE WILL GET AN A IN OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS.
AND I THINK THAT'S CONCERNING BECAUSE IT'S AN UNFAIR PLAYING FIELD.
I CAN WORK MORE OR AND GET A LESS GRADE, WHICH I DON'T THINK MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
I ALSO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE WAY JUMP ROPE WORKS BECAUSE FOR EXAMPLE, I'LL HAVE A STANDARD AND IT WILL SHOW ME ALL MY ASSESSMENTS AND ALIGN AND THEN WHAT I GET ON THEM M P B AND I CAN GET ALL M'S EXCEPT FOR ONE ASSESSMENT THAT HAS A P, AND IT WILL LOWER MY ENTIRE GRADE DOWN TO A P, INSTEAD OF JUST HAVING THINGS WITH SPECIFIED WEIGHTS AND HOW MUCH THEY MATTER.
AND AVERAGING INSTEAD OF WHATEVER JUMP ROPE DOES, [LAUGHTER] WHICH IS A LOT WORSE THAN AVERAGING, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GET LIKE 9 MS AND 1 P, AND THEN IT'S LIKE A P AND IT SAYS LIKE 2.1.
I'M PRETTY SURE THAT'S NOT HOW MATH WORKS, BUT LIKE I DO ACCELERATED MATH.
I'M IN, I JUST COMPLETED ALGEBRA AND GEOMETRY.
IT JUST GIVES ME EVERYTHING I NEED TO KNOW.
BUT WITH JUMP ROPE, IT'S JUST LIKE.
YOU HAVE THIS AND THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME WEIGHT, BUT YOU, YOU GET SOMETHING LIKE AVERAGE DOWN TO A P AND I DON'T I JUST OR AND I THINK STANDARDS IN GENERAL ARE GREAT.
YOU KNOW GRADING AROUND STUDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THESE THINGS.
BUT I DON'T LIKE THE MEETS PROGRESSING BELOW AND HOW IT LIKE CONVERTS TO LOWER GRADES LIKE EVEN IF
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JUST MEETS JUST CONVERTED TO AN A LIKE I THINK IT SHOULD DO, THEN THAT'D BE GREAT.BUT YEAH, THAT'S MY CONCERNS AS A STUDENT.
THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] NEXT IS VAL [INAUDIBLE]. IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHAT YOU WERE SIGNING.
ALL RIGHT. AND OUR FINAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
YOU HAD THE NIGHT OFF? I'M JUST GOING TO DO IT.
HELLO, ESTEEMED BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU TONIGHT.
I HAD THE PLEASURE TO SERVE ON THE CITY OF CAMAS SALARY COMMISSION WITH MATTHEW FROM 2014 TO 2020, AND IN THAT TIME I WITNESSED HIS STRENGTHS OF COLLABORATION WHILE WE REVIEWED, RESEARCHED AND MADE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE SALARIES OF ELECTED POSITIONS OF CAMAS, COUNCIL PEOPLE AND THE CAMAS MAYOR.
MY EXPERIENCE WITH MATTHEW ON THE CITY APPOINTED BOARD WAS IT ALLOWED ME TO KNOW, TRUST AND BE ABLE TO WORK WITH MATTHEW IN COMING TO THE BEST SOLUTIONS FOR OUR CITY EMPLOYEES, WHILE BEING FISCALLY PRUDENT TO CAMAS TAXPAYERS.
I AM CONFIDENT THAT MATTHEW WILL BRING THOSE SAME SKILLS, DEDICATION AND APPROACHABLE MANNER TO OUR SCHOOLS THAT I WITNESSED WORKING WITH HIM. MATTHEW'S INCLUSIVE APPROACH WILL BE SUCH AN ASSET TO OUR COMMUNITY AS HE ENSURES VARIED VOICES ARE HEARD.
MATTHEW'S PERSONAL EXPERIENCES WITH HIS OWN CHILDREN AND THEIR DIFFERENT PATHWAYS TO GRADUATION GIVES HIM A COMPREHENSIVE UNDERSTANDING OF STUDENT LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR DISTRICT.
CONGRATULATIONS ARE ALSO IN ORDER TO MATTHEW, I WANTED JUST EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT HE RECENTLY RECEIVED HIS MASTER'S IN SCIENCE DEGREE IN BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE AND ANALYTICS, AND AS HE HAS SHARED, HE'LL BE USING HIS KNOWLEDGE AND LOVE OF LEARNING TO HELP ADVANCE SCIENCE AND BETTER OUR COMMUNITY.
I'M CONFIDENT, MATTHEW, THAT YOU WILL BRING A VOICE OF CURIOSITY, EQUITY AND DEDICATION TO OUR SCHOOL BOARD AND YOUR APPOINTMENT IS A TREMENDOUS ASSET TO OUR CAMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT, OUR STUDENTS, OUR PARENTS AND EDUCATORS AND STAKEHOLDERS.
SO CONGRATULATIONS, MATTHEW, AND THANK YOU TO EACH OF YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED VOLUNTEERISM AND YOUR DEDICATION TO THE STUDENTS, FAMILIES, AND STAFF AT THE CAMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT, THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF PUBLIC COMMENT.
[6. ITEMS ADDED TO THE AGENDA]
BOARD YOU SAW THERE WAS ONE ADDENDUM FROM HUMAN RESOURCES THAT WAS ADDED TO THE CONSENT AGENDA OTHERWISE, IT REMAINS UNCHANGED.SO I'D BE LOOKING FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
I SECOND. ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE BY TRACEY, SECONDED BY BAMINI.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES.
[8. REPORTS]
THAT MOVES US TO SECTION EIGHT OF OUR AGENDA.FIRST ITEM UNDER REPORTS IS OUR SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
SO, AS ALWAYS, I'D LIKE TO START OFF WITH SOME ENROLLMENT NUMBERS FOR YOU.
SO JUST A LITTLE BIT AGO, THIS WILL BE REALLY OUR FINAL COUNT OF FTE FOR THE YEAR.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR TOTAL ENROLLMENT IS JUST OVER 6,900 STUDENTS AND FTE.
ABOUT SEVEN STUDENT LOSS FROM FROM MAY SECONDARY 4,052 A LOSS OF TWO STUDENTS.
WHICH IS RATHER CONSISTENT FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND ABOUT FIVE STUDENTS IN OUR ELEMENTARY.
WHAT I ADDED FOR THE BOARD TONIGHT WAS THE NUMBERS FROM OCTOBER 15TH, THIS OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
SO YOU CAN KIND OF GET AN IDEA OF WHERE WE WERE VERSUS WHERE WE ARE AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
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I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE SMALL ON SOME OF THOSE, BUT YOU CAN SEE OCTOBER 15TH, OUR FTE COUNT WAS 6,931.SO ACTUALLY A GAIN OF FIVE STUDENTS OVERALL.
BUT OVERALL, WE'VE, KIND OF HIT A LITTLE BIT OF THAT STAGNANCY.
IN SECONDARY AGAIN, A LITTLE BIT OF A LOSS THERE.
AND ELEMENTARY WE ACTUALLY GAINED FOUR STUDENTS NET OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.
A COUPLE A COUPLE KIND OF ANOMALIES I WANTED TO POINT OUT.
YOU SEE, I PUT AN ASTERISK BY A COUPLE SCHOOLS.
SOME OF THOSE STUDENTS, IT KIND OF COMES OUT OF NECESSITY FOR CREDIT RECOVERY AND OTHER REASONS.
BUT OVERALL, WE'RE REALLY PLEASED WITH THE GROWTH OF OUR SECONDARY, OUR HIGH SCHOOL SIDE OF CCA.
ALSO DROPPING DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
YOU CAN SEE AT HAYES FREEDOM, WE SAW A NICE GROWTH OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR BY ABOUT 15 STUDENTS.
WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE THAT THERE'S ONE OF THE LARGEST FRESHMAN CLASSES INCOMING AT HAYES FREEDOM.
SO AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, MORE AND MORE OF OUR COMMUNITY IS SEEING HAYES FINDING OUT ABOUT THE OPTION A LOT SOONER THAN JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEAR, WHEN SOMETIMES IT BECOMES A LITTLE TOO LATE.
SO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM IS THRIVING.
HOWEVER, IF YOU LOOK OVER ON THE FAR RIGHT, YOU SEE OUR ELEMENTARY DROPPED ABOUT FOUR STUDENTS.
SO WE'RE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON THE ELEMENTARY SIDE OF THINGS FOR CCA AND REALLY GOING TO TAKE A HARD LOOK AT YOU KNOW, THE NEED FOR ELEMENTARY ONLINE DOWN THE ROAD.
BUT WE'LL SEE KIND OF HOW THOSE NUMBERS PLAY OUT.
STARTED WITH OVER 600 STUDENTS, WHICH WAS RATHER LARGE.
IT'S OUR LARGEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND ENDED THE YEAR WITH 575 STUDENTS.
NOW, WE DID NOTICE THAT PROBABLY FROM APRIL TILL NOW THINGS HAVE STABILIZED A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE WENT THROUGH SOME TIME IN THE SPRING, IF YOU REMEMBER, WHERE WE HAD SOME SIGNIFICANT LOSSES IN TRANSIENCY PEOPLE MOVING FROM OTHER TWO OTHER STATES, JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND REALLY SOME ISSUES AROUND INCOME AND THE COST OF OF INFLATION HERE IN CAMAS.
SO REALLY NOT SUPER SURPRISED ABOUT THAT.
BUT AGAIN, JUST SOMETHING WE'RE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON AS WOODBURN IN THAT WHOLE AREA OF TOWN.
SO JUST WANTED TO ADD A LITTLE, LITTLE EXTRA FOR YOU TODAY.
SO ANY ENROLLMENT QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS CONCERNS.
OKAY. SO I WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE WE ARE WITH METRICS AROUND THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'LL YOU'LL SEE AS WE GET INTO NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR FROM THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE CHECKPOINTS FROM OUR DIFFERENT WORK GROUPS, INCLUDING THE STANDARDS BASED LEARNING WORK GROUP.
THROUGHOUT THE STRATEGIC PLAN, YOU'LL SEE AREAS OF GROWTH AND GOALS.
AND I BELIEVE IT'S PAGE 16 AND 17 IN THE CURRENT BOOKLET.
THAT ACTUALLY HAS TWO PAGES WORTH OF METRICS AND OUR FIVE YEAR GOALS.
SO I'LL BRING THAT UP IN JUST A SECOND.
I HAVE A COUPLE DATA POINTS FOR YOU NOW, BUT UNTIL WE START TO SEE GRADUATION RATE COME IN AND SOME OF OUR TEST SCORES COME IN OVER THE SUMMER INTO THE FALL, AND SOMETIMES EVEN THROUGH THE WINTER, WE'LL CONTINUE TO UPDATE THOSE NUMBERS.
AGAIN, THOSE BENCHMARK MEASURES WILL BE UPDATED AND SHARED WITH THE BOARD AS ACCESSIBLE.
WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS WHEN WHEN WE HAVE OUR SUMMER MEETING BEFORE THE SCHOOL YEAR STARTS, IS REALLY TRY TO SET A TIMETABLE FOR YOU WITH WITH YOUR APPROVAL TO KIND OF SEE WHEN WE'RE WHEN WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD FOR THOSE WORK GROUPS TO COME FORWARD, WHETHER IT'S AT A BOARD MEETING OR AT A WORKSHOP OR A COMBINATION OF THE TWO.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT OUR STAFF WILL ALIGN THEIR PRESENTATIONS AND UPDATES TO THESE METRICS.
SO WE'RE NOT JUST WAITING FIVE YEARS, WE'RE GOING TO DO CHECKPOINTS ALONG THE WAY.
AND OF COURSE, THOSE ARE THAT'S PROGRESS MONITORING.
THAT'S WHAT WILL OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR TO REACH THOSE GOALS.
SO LET ME POP THAT UP RIGHT AWAY.
GAIL, WERE YOU ABLE TO CLICK ON THAT LINK FOR ME ON FROM YOUR END? SO THIS IS JUST GOING TO BE A QUICK EXAMPLE OF WHAT YOU'LL SEE AS THE YEAR GOES FORWARD AND THE YEARS GO FORWARD.
SO THAT'S OUR [INAUDIBLE] KIDS, WASHINGTON KIDS.
AND THIS IS AN ASSESSMENT THAT OUR INCOMING KINDERGARTNERS TAKE.
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SO VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO SEE HOW READY TO LEARN OUR KINDERGARTNERS ARE.AS YOU KNOW, OVER HISTORICALLY IN CAMAS, OUR KINDERGARTNERS HAVE TRULY COME READY TO LEARN.
SO ALL ALL OF OUR KINDERGARTNERS COMING IN WHO WERE TESTED, WE SAW A SLIGHT DROP FROM LAST YEAR.
ABOUT 72% OF OUR KINDERGARTNERS ARE READY AS THEY ENTER, WHICH IS STILL A PHENOMENAL NUMBER, BUT WE'RE KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT DOWNWARD TREND SPECIFICALLY AROUND OUR STUDENTS COMING IN WITH DISABILITIES, OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS AND OUR LOW INCOME STUDENTS.
YOU CAN SEE THOSE NUMBERS ARE LOWER THAN WE WOULD WANT.
SO OVERALL, YES, OUR NUMBERS ARE GREAT.
AND ALWAYS, LIKE I SAY, WITH STANDARDIZED TESTING, IT'S A SNAPSHOT, RIGHT? IT DOESN'T TELL THE WHOLE PICTURE, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE METRICS THAT WE HAVE TO GO ON.
OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS.
JUST A LITTLE OVER 43% ARE READY, AND OUR LOW INCOME STUDENTS A TICK HIGHER AT 58%.
SO YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF BLANK SPACES.
WE HOPE TO FILL THOSE SPACES, LIKE I SAID, AS WE GO ON.
AND THEN, GAIL, IF YOU CAN GO DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT, I BELIEVE WE HAVE ONE OTHER METRIC FOR YOU.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT BELONGING, THAT'S BASED ON OUR PANORAMA.
SO SINCE WE'VE INSTITUTED PANORAMA SEVERAL YEARS AGO DURING COVID THIS THIS ASSESSMENT IS GIVEN IN THE FALL, THE WINTER AND THEN THE SPRING. AND IT LOOKS AT ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, HOW OUR STUDENTS FEELING A SENSE OF BELONGING, THEIR EMOTION REGULATION, SOCIAL AWARENESS AND HOPE.
AS ONE OF OUR SPEAKERS SAID TONIGHT.
OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES IS SECOND ELL LOW INCOME AND THEN OUR FIVE YEAR GOAL.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT BELONGING PRETTY DECENT NUMBER.
THERE ARE 66% OF OUR SIXTH THROUGH 12TH GRADE GRADERS ARE FEELING A SENSE OF BELONGING.
YOU CAN FEEL IT WHEN YOU GO INTO OUR BUILDINGS.
I KNOW I DO, AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO HONE IN ON THOSE, NUMBERS.
BUT THEN YOU CAN KIND OF READ THIS ON YOUR OWN AND SEE WHERE WE'RE AT.
AS, STUDENTS COME IN AND THEY TAKE THE ORIGINAL PANORAMA ASSESSMENT, THERE'S A SENSE OF HOPE.
IT'S THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW YEAR, IT'S THE FALL.
SO THE SCORES TEND TO BE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER.
AND THEN OVER THE YEAR, AS REAL LIFE HAPPENS AND RELATIONSHIPS START AND END AND DIFFERENT THINGS HAPPEN AS WE GO, WE TEND TO SEE A LITTLE DROP OFF, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO SEE AS A SIGNIFICANT DROP OFF OVERALL.
SO JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU THAT UPDATE.
YOU'LL SEE MORE AND MORE OF THAT AS AS WE GO FORWARD AROUND THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS WHO NOT ONLY PARTICIPATED AS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS TO GET US TO THIS POINT, BUT THE COUNTLESS EMAILS AND TEXTS AND CALLS AND MEETINGS THAT WE'VE HAD OVER EVEN THE LAST WEEK OR SO TO REALLY HEAR FROM OUR STAKEHOLDERS.
I THINK THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING.
I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET THE INVITES OUT TO OUR WORK GROUPS, AND I AND I HOPE THAT OUR COMMUNITY WILL SEE OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME THAT THIS IS REALLY GOING TO BE A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT, NOT JUST IN STANDARDS BASED LEARNING, BUT ALL OF OUR INITIATIVES.
THE WORKGROUP INVITES HAVE BEEN SENT JUST TO KIND OF REMIND THE BOARD OF HOW THOSE WERE SELECTED.
A SURVEY WAS PUT OUT SEVERAL WEEKS AGO TO OUR CERTIFICATED AND OUR CLASSIFIED STAFF, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO SELECT TWO CHOICES OF WHAT WORK GROUPS THEY WANTED TO TO GO INTO.
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JOIN ON. AND THEY EITHER RECEIVE THEIR FIRST CHOICE OR THEIR SECOND CHOICE.THE TOP TWO INTERESTS WERE THE SEL INITIATIVE AS WELL AS THE STANDARD BASED LEARNING INITIATIVE.
I KNOW THAT WE ARE TRYING TO WORK AROUND JULY AND PEOPLE'S SUMMERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
MY HOPE IS THAT THERE CAN BE THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A WORKGROUP MEETING BEFORE THAT.
HOWEVER, WHAT WE DIDN'T WANT TO DO IS PUT OUT AN INVITE AND THEN NOT EVERY BILL WILL MAKE IT.
AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN PEOPLE ARE WONDERING WHAT'S HAPPENING BEHIND THE CURTAIN.
SO THE AUGUST 22ND DATE WILL BE THE OFFICIAL FIRST START DATE.
HOWEVER, I WILL TELL YOU THAT ALREADY SOME SUMMER CONVERSATIONS ARE HAPPENING.
MET WITH CLINT AND MANDY FROM OUR COMPREHENSIVE MIDDLE SCHOOLS TODAY, AND I'VE ASKED CHERIE, OUR NEW SECONDARY DIRECTOR, TO MEET WITH BOTH OF THEM AROUND SOME POTENTIAL IMMEDIATE CHANGES, KIND OF GOING TO THE POINT OF SOME OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENTERS ABOUT WHAT ARE SOME IMMEDIATE CHANGES THAT WE CAN DO BEFORE THAT AUGUST 22ND MEETING.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS I LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW IS THAT JUMP ROPE WILL GO AWAY.
SO WE WON'T HAVE TO BE FLIPPING BACK AND FORTH.
ALSO, WE'RE TAKING A LOOK, A VERY SERIOUS LOOK AT THE DECADE AVERAGE.
THAT'S AN AVERAGE THAT WAS REALLY PART OF THE STANDARDS BASED LEARNING PLAYBOOK, SO TO SPEAK.
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT NOT ONLY IS THAT WHAT'S THAT IS WHAT'S GOOD FOR OUR KIDS, BUT ARE WE EVEN READY FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHEN THERE STILL SEEMS TO BE SO MUCH UPHEAVAL AND CONCERN ABOUT THE GRADING AND THE REPORTING PIECE OF STANDARD BASED LEARNING.
SO JUST WANTED TO LET YOU, THE BOARD KNOW THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT HAVING ANY TYPE OF A HARD PAUSE.
EVEN ON THE RUBRIC GRADING THE ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, JUST BECAUSE, AGAIN, I REALLY WANT THESE WORK GROUPS TO BE AUTHENTIC, AND I FEEL LIKE MAKING TOO MANY IMMEDIATE DECISIONS WOULD TAKE AWAY FROM SOME OF THAT, THAT WORK.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE STRATEGIC ABOUT WHAT WE CHANGE RIGHT AWAY AND WHAT WE DON'T.
DURING THE AS THE WORK GROUPS COMMENCE, WHAT WE'RE HOPING IS THE CO-LEADS WILL REALLY TAKE TIME TO BUILD SOME NORMS, SOME AGREEMENTS, AND A SCOPE AND SEQUENCE TO THESE WORK GROUPS AND REPORT BACK TO THE BOARD ON THE TIMELINE OF HOW THAT'S GOING TO GO DOWN.
I THINK ESPECIALLY WITH STANDARDS BASED LEARNING, WITH SO MANY PEOPLE ON DIFFERENT SIDES OF THE AISLE ON THAT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN COHESIVELY WORK AS A GROUP AND THAT EVERYBODY'S PERSPECTIVE IS APPRECIATED AND VALUED.
SO WE'LL PUSH THAT GROUP ALONG AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
AGAIN, THE TIMELINE FOR RECOMMENDATIONS.
I KNOW PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ABOUT THAT.
SO I CAN GIVE THAT INPUT TO THE WORK GROUPS.
AND AS SUPERINTENDENT, I'LL TRY MY BEST TO BE AT EVERY SINGLE ONE, EVERY SINGLE MEETING.
AND LASTLY ON THERE, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL WORK ON IN AUGUST WHEN WE MEET FOR OUR PLANNING SESSION IS I'D LIKE TO ALIGN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN TO OUR AGENDA AND OUR WORKSHOPS.
SO QUESTIONS ON THIS SPECIFIC SLIDE.
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I THINK YOU ANSWERED SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD PUBLIC COMMENT ON TONIGHT.ONE OF THEM I HAD TO YOU AS WELL, WHICH WAS WHY THEY WEREN'T MEETING UNTIL AUGUST 22ND.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME YOU GET ONE TOGETHER.
BUT WHAT I KEEP HEARING IS THAT THERE'S SOME CHANGES THAT THEY WANT TO MAKE THAT THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO MAKE THAT, SEEM LIKE SOME OF THOSE I WONDER, IS THAT A BUILDING LEVEL DECISION OR, A BOARD DECISION? BECAUSE IF THAT'S A BUILDING LEVEL DECISION, THEN THEY CAN MAKE THOSE WORK GROUPS AND MAKE SOME BUILDING LEVEL DECISIONS THAT IT'S NOT US MAKING THAT DECISION THAT THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO CHANGE SOME OF THE GRADING RATE.
YEAH I WOULD SAY THAT THAT'S A FINE LINE TO WALK AS A BOARD.
AND THEN IT'S REALLY MY DUTY TO CARRY THAT OUT.
SO AS WE WORK WITH THE WORK GROUPS, I REALLY BELIEVE THAT THE REPORTING MECHANISM COULD LOOK DIFFERENT AT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS, BUT WE HAVE TO KIND OF WAIT TO SEE HOW THAT LOOKS.
I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, VOTING ON A REPORTING SYSTEM IN MY PERSONAL OPINION, WOULD PROBABLY BE OUT OF SCOPE A LITTLE BIT.
AND I THINK JUST GIVING US THE AUTONOMY TO REALLY DIG INTO THIS WORK AND CONTINUE TO WORK ON STANDARDS BASED LEARNING, I THINK IS THE RIGHT MOVE, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
AND THEN AS WE GET INTO THE REPORTING MECHANISMS, I'M HAPPY TO SHARE AND GIVE YOU QUESTIONS.
NOW REGARDING LIBERTY AND SKYRIDGE SPECIFICALLY, WHERE WE'VE REALLY HAD PROBABLY THE MOST CONCERN YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO GIVE AUTONOMY TO OUR BUILDING LEADERS AND OUR STAFFS. OVER THE YEARS, IT'S HARD FOR ME TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HAS BEEN ASKED, WHAT HASN'T BEEN, WHERE HAVE TEACHERS COME RUN INTO BARRIERS AND WHERE THEY HAVEN'T? AND WHAT I CAN GATHER IS THERE HAVE BEEN SOME SHIFTS AT BOTH OF THE COMPREHENSIVE MIDDLE SCHOOLS OVER THE YEARS.
BUT NOT A FULL GOING AWAY FROM THE ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR RUBRIC.
HOWEVER, AGAIN, I'VE ASKED CHERIE AS THE SECONDARY DIRECTOR TO MEET WITH MANDY AND CLINT SPECIFICALLY TO SEE WHERE THEY'RE AT AND WHAT THEY'D BE WILLING TO POTENTIALLY GIVE GIVE BACK NOW, AS OPPOSED TO LETTING THE WORK GROUPS PLAY OUT.
DOES THAT HELP? YEAH. SO SOME OF THOSE THINGS COULD HAPPEN BEFORE THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
BUT THEN IT'S LIKE, WELL, BUT WE MIGHT MAKE SOME.
SO I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT AND AGAIN WE'RE NOT VOTING ON THE REPORTING SYSTEM.
AND THEN BRINGING SOME PEOPLE TOGETHER ON THEIR ADMIN TEAMS AND AND AGAIN, BEING CAREFUL NOT TO MAKE BIG DECISIONS WITHOUT THE ROOT GROUPS COMMENCING, BUT POTENTIALLY SOME SMALL CHANGES THAT CAN HELP MOVE THE WORK FORWARD.
SO WE'LL HELP. WE'LL SUPPORT THEM.
I KNOW CHERIE IS WANTING TO SUPPORT THEM, LISA AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE TEAM AS WELL.
I THINK WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, AND I THINK OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MEETINGS, HEARING FROM THE HEARING, PUBLIC COMMENT IS THE LACK OF CLARITY OVER WHOSE DECISION IS IT? BECAUSE IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE BUILDINGS ARE BEING TOLD IT'S A DISTRICT DECISION, AND THEN THE DISTRICT IS SAYING, NO, THIS IS THE BUILDINGS ARE GOING TO HAVE INDIVIDUAL AUTONOMY OVER IT. [APPLAUSE] SO AS A BOARD MEMBER, PLEASE, PLEASE KNOW YOU'RE NOT HELPING.
THANK YOU. I WOULD APPRECIATE KNOWING AS A BOARD MEMBER WHERE KIND OF A DIVISION OF RESPONSIBILITIES OR WHAT IS A BUILDING LEVEL DECISION, WHAT IS A DISTRICT LEVEL DECISION? AND THOSE COMMUNICATED VERY CLEARLY TO STAFF MEMBERS.
I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT COULD COME OUT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER TO REALLY HELP BECAUSE I TOO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT WAITING ALMOST WELL, WAITING ALMOST TWO MONTHS, YOU KNOW, TWO WEEKS BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS WHEN THE PRESSURE IS MORE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SETTING UP CLASSROOMS AND LESSON PLANNING AND MORE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
SO, THE CONCERN WAS THAT PEOPLE DON'T HAVE AVAILABILITY IN JULY.
DID WE REACH OUT TO THEM ANYWAYS? BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THERE'S AN ENERGY AROUND THIS THAT WE NEED TO CAPTURE NOW AND LIKE TRY IT ANYWAY.
I THINK THE CONCERN, ESPECIALLY AROUND STANDARDS BASED LEARNING, IS IT'S A LARGE GROUP AND EVERYBODY WHO VOLUNTEERED TO BE ON THAT GROUP THE TEAM FELT THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE A, YOU KNOW, AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO REVISIT THAT, I CAN I WORRY WOULD BE IS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE LEFT OFF BECAUSE THEY'RE OUT OF TOWN,
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OUT OF STATE, OUT OF THE COUNTRY, AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT AVAILABILITY.SO I FEEL LIKE THOSE, AT LEAST ON THIS WORK GROUP THAT SIGNED UP FOR IT, PROBABLY HAVE A PRETTY STRONG PASSION AROUND IT AND MIGHT BE WILLING TO MOVE SOME SCHEDULES AROUND NOT TO PUT ANYBODY IN THE ROOM. YOU'RE ON THE SPOT.
BUT WE DO KNOW THAT WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL IS NOT WORKING FOR.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THE MAJORITY OF ANY STAKEHOLDER GROUP OR STAFF OR PARENTS.
YOU KNOW, LET'S GET SOME PEOPLE TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION.
YEAH. YOU KNOW. WELL YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT.
I CAN'T REALLY SPEAK FOR THE PAST.
IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS REALLY GRASSROOTS FROM OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND CHANGED FROM THERE.
ELEMENTARY I'M NOT QUITE SURE OF THE HISTORY HOW MUCH FURTHER THAT GOES BACK.
I DON'T HAVE ANY PERSONAL DOG IN THE FIGHT AS FAR AS TRYING TO FORCE ANYTHING DOWN ANYONE'S THROAT, RIGHT? LIKE I SAID, I HAVE A MIDDLE SCHOOLER TWO, AND I'M JUST AS CONFUSED AT TIMES ABOUT THE RUBRIC SCORING AS ANYONE.
AND THAT'S SPEAKING FROM A SUPERINTENDENT'S POINT OF VIEW.
SO I WOULD I WOULD TELL YOU THAT THE WORK GROUPS ARE THE, IN MY OPINION, BEST POSSIBLE WAY TO REALLY, REALLY HEAR AS MANY VOICES AS WE CAN. AND WHAT I ANTICIPATE IS THAT WHOEVER IS NOT ON THOSE WORK GROUPS, THEY CAN THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CAN SERVE AS THOSE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE SCHOOL SITE.
SO I CAN'T TELL YOU ENOUGH THAT THIS IS COMPLETELY AUTHENTIC.
I DON'T HAVE ANY PRECONCEIVED NOTION OF WHERE THIS IS GOING TO GO.
I THINK I CAN GUESS WHERE WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO, ESPECIALLY WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL.
AND HOPEFULLY THAT MAKES PEOPLE FEEL A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM AT ALL ASKING THE GROUPS TO MEET OVER THE SUMMER.
I JUST THINK IT DOESN'T HURT TO TRY.
YEAH. AND I THINK GOING BACK TO SOME TALKING ABOUT HOW IT MIGHT LOOK DIFFERENT AT DIFFERENT BUILDINGS, I DO THINK ONE OF THE AND WE'VE SEEN THIS AS A BOARD, AS A BOARD, WHEN WE DO SITE VISITS, THAT ONE OF THE REAL STRENGTHS THAT WE HAVE AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL IS THE CONSISTENCY ACROSS THE BUILDINGS.
AND SO I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT AS A GOAL TO AT LEAST WITH THE, YOU KNOW, THE COMPREHENSIVE MIDDLE SCHOOLS TO REALLY TRY AND BE CONSISTENT SO THAT A STUDENT AT LIBERTY IS NOT GETTING A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE THAN A STUDENT AT SKYRIDGE, FOR EXAMPLE.
SO, YEAH, COREY, THAT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE ABSOLUTE GOALS SINCE I'VE COME HERE.
I KNOW I'VE HEARD YOU LOUD AND CLEAR ABOUT THAT.
BUT TO YOUR POINT, SKYRIDGE AND LIBERTY SHOULD DEFINITELY SEE SOME ALIGNMENT, WHATEVER WAY WE GO.
BECAUSE THOSE STUDENTS ARE FEEDING INTO CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL.
SO THEY'VE ROLLED IT OUT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY AND A LITTLE, A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
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THANKS. MAYBE ONE THING I JUST KEEP GOING BACK TO WHEN I'VE ALWAYS HAD THE FEELING ON THE BOARD THAT WHEN PEOPLE START SHOWING UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT, IT'S BECAUSE THERE'S A BREAKDOWN IN COMMUNICATION SOMEWHERE ELSE.LIKE, THAT'S WHY I'D LIKE TO REALLY KNOW WHAT IS A DISTRICT DECISION THAT I CAN PAWN OFF ON YOU IN ALL HONESTY, OR WHAT IS A BUILDING LEVEL DECISION WHERE I CAN REFER THEM BACK TO A PRINCIPAL, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO KEEP FEELING LIKE THEY'RE JUST SHOUTING INTO AN ABYSS HERE.
YEAH, I THINK ANYTHING THAT WE'VE APPROVED AS A BOARD SO CUMULATIVE.
THOSE ARE THINGS THAT I CAN INFLUENCE RIGHT AWAY.
WHETHER IT'S TAKING AWAY JUMP ROPE, WHETHER THAT'S LOOKING AT HOW WE'RE FORMULATING FORMATIVE OR SUMMATIVE, WE'VE ALREADY WORKED WITH CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL AS OUR OTHER SCHOOLS TO FIGURE OUT THE CATEGORY, SO WE DID THAT ALMOST IMMEDIATELY.
SO ANYTHING I THINK AT A KIND OF A MACRO LEVEL COME TO ME IMMEDIATELY.
BUT I ALSO REALLY, REALLY ENJOY MEETING WITH TEACHERS.
I'VE BEEN DOING THAT ALL WEEKEND AND WEEK LONG, AND I THINK THOSE GO A LONG WAY.
AND JUST HEARING DIRECTLY INSTEAD OF PUBLIC COMMENT IS HARD BECAUSE WE CAN'T RESPOND.
SO I WOULD SAY YOU CAN ALWAYS JUST DESIGNATE IT RIGHT TO ME.
AND IF I JUST CAN'T DO IT, I CAN DELEGATE OUT FROM THERE.
BUT YOU CAN REALLY FORWARD EVERYTHING TO ME AND WE CAN GO FROM THERE.
BUT YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO AT LEAST WITHIN THE BUILDINGS, BE ABLE TO SHARE THESE ARE YOUR REPRESENTATIVES ON THE STANDARDS BASED LEARNING COMMITTEE SO THAT THAT WAY THEY CAN MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE BEING HEARD.
THEY'RE ACTING AS REPRESENTATIVES.
YEAH. I SPOKE TO LISA ABOUT THAT.
WE JUST WANT TO SEE WHO STILL WANTS TO STAY ON THESE COMMITTEES AND WHO DOESN'T.
AND THEN ONCE THOSE ROSTERS ARE OUT IN, THE CO-LEADS ARE ALL SET.
THANK YOU. I DIDN'T MEAN TO HOG THE MICROPHONE OVER HERE.
SO TRACEY, BAMINI, MATTHEW, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? YEAH, I KNOW, I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.
BUT YOU DID A GREAT JOB COREY.
AND IF YOU CAN GET THE WORKGROUP TOGETHER BEFORE THE 22ND, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ON THESE WORK GROUPS, BUT GETTING 100% OF THEM THERE EVERY TIME IS GOING TO BE DIFFICULT ANYWAYS. AND SO IF YOU CAN GET 90% OF THEM THERE OR, AND LIKE COREY SAID, WHEN, PEOPLE START COMING TO THESE MEETINGS, IT'S LIKE PEOPLE WANT TO HELP RIGHT NOW.
AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING THOSE MEETINGS WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE ASKED.
I KNOW SOME OF THE REST OF US HAVE DONE THAT AS WELL, AND WE'RE ALWAYS WILLING TO DO BECAUSE, LIKE YOU SAID, PUBLIC COMMENT ISN'T ALWAYS THE BEST PLACE TO GET INTERACTION FROM US. AND SO WELL, WE CAN'T GIVE INTERACTION, SO.
SO I ALWAYS RECOMMEND THAT AS WELL.
YEAH. TO YOUR POINT, TRACEY, I THINK I'M WHAT I'M HOPING IS THAT THE WORK GROUPS AND ALSO THESE INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS START TO CLOSE THE GAP BETWEEN CENTRAL OFFICE AND OUR SCHOOL SITES.
THAT'S ALWAYS ANYTIME INITIATIVES ARE COMING OUT OR STRATEGIC PLAN.
IT'S THIS AUTOMATIC KIND OF US VERSUS THEM.
AND WE DON'T WANT THAT. I REALLY, REALLY DON'T.
AND SO ULTIMATELY, THIS IS THE BEST WAY, IN MY OPINION, TO TRY TO BRING PEOPLE CLOSER TOGETHER.
HOWEVER, WE EVEN KNOW THAT IN WORK GROUPS AND COMMITTEES, PEOPLE SOMETIMES AREN'T READY TO VOICE.
SO AGAIN, I REALLY LIKE THOSE ONE ON ONES OR THOSE COFFEES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO PLEASE SEND YOUR CONSTITUENTS MY WAY AND I'M HAPPY TO SET UP TIMES.
OH, SORRY. I DO APPRECIATE, LIKE YOU SAID, COREY FOR ME TO PAWN THESE QUESTIONS ON TO YOU.
AND ALSO, LIKE I SAID WITH THE WORK GROUP, I WOULD LOVE TO BE IN THE KNOW.
AND I DON'T, YOU KNOW, WANT TO WAIT TILL WEEKS LATER TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING.
YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. WE HOPE THAT THE BOARD I KNOW I DON'T KNOW TIMES AND DATES BECAUSE THOSE WILL BE SET BY THE INDIVIDUAL WORK GROUPS, BUT HOPEFULLY THERE'S SOME AVAILABILITY FOR YOU TO EVEN JUST POP IN AND OUT OF THOSE.
AND LIKE I SAID, WHEN THEY'RE HAPPENING, WE WON'T KNOW YET.
ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE BOARD. OKAY.
THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST PLACE TO GO RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW I WOULD SAY GO DIRECTLY TO THE PRINCIPAL.
AND THEN ONCE THE WORKGROUPS ARE SET, YOU'LL HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE THAT YOU CAN GO TO.
BUT EVERYONE HAS MY EMAIL, HAVE MY CELL PHONE.
YOU ARE VERY AVAILABLE, AND I DO APPRECIATE THAT.
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SO IT'S YOU'RE A MAN OF YOUR WORD WHEN YOU SAY THAT.[LAUGHTER] OH, MATTHEW, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING? I'M SORRY. OKAY.
THAT WAS THE LONGEST SLIDE WE'VE EVER HAD.
WE HAD SOME INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLE FIELD DAYS.
I WAS ABLE TO GET OUT TO MOST OF THOSE.
ONE DAY WAS KIND OF RAINY, AND ONE DAY WASN'T.
SO I FEEL A LITTLE BIT BAD FOR THOSE WHO HAD THE RAINY DAY.
BUT THESE STUDENTS ARE USED TO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, SO THEY KEPT TRUCKING THROUGH.
THESE ARE SOME SHOTS FROM THESE ARE SOME SHOTS FROM LACAMAS LAKE.
THEY EVERY TIME I GO OUT TO THAT SCHOOL, IT'S JUST AN ABSOLUTE DREAM.
I'M SO ENVIOUS THAT I DIDN'T HAVE A SCHOOL LIKE THAT TO GO TO GROWING UP.
I KNOW SOME PEOPLE ARE HEADING OUT.
WITH THAT SAID, I DO WANT TO POINT OUT ALSO OUR BUILDING LEADERS, OUR ASSOCIATE PRINCIPALS, DEANS PRINCIPALS WHO WORKED ALONGSIDE WITH OUR COACHES AND OUR TEACHERS AND OUR CLASSIFIED STAFF TO REALLY MAKE THIS SPECIAL.
SOMEWHERE IN THERE YOU CAN SEE MISS MUELLER HELPING WITH THE TUG OF WAR.
AND THIS WAS KIND OF A THIS FIRST PICTURE HERE WAS AX THROWING.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU, THEY WEREN'T REAL AXES.
AND I WORRY ABOUT SOME OF THE AIM OF SOME OF OUR STUDENTS MOVING FORWARD.
BUT OVERALL, WE HAD A GREAT TIME AND THE KIDS JUST ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT.
THIS WAS A PICTURE FROM PRUNE HILL.
I STOPPED OVER THERE THE LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL AND THEY WERE SO EXCITED ABOUT THEIR LONGHOUSES.
AND THIS WAS ALIGNED TO OUR STANDARDS AROUND NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES AND TALKING ABOUT TRIBES AND TRADITIONS AND, ALL OF THE DIFFERENT HUNTING AND GATHERING. AND THESE STUDENTS WERE DID AMAZING WORK.
THESE LONGHOUSES WERE SO INTRICATE.
THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE HAD KIDS GO THROUGH PRUNE HILL, THIS WAS MY FIRST TIME EXPERIENCING.
SO I SEE SOME OF THE HEADS SHAKING.
AND EACH ONE OF THEM HAD THEIR OWN PERSONAL TOUCH.
YOU COULD SEE THIS LITTLE GUY SO PROUD OF HIS WORK.
AND THEN I DON'T KNOW IF MY DAUGHTER GOT HOME WITH ME OR MY WIFE, BUT I WAS.
I LOVE THOSE LONG, LONG HOUSES.
SHE WAS HAVING COFFEE WITH CONSTITUENT.
I DID WANT TO GIVE ONE LAST SHOUT OUT TO OUR STUDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
JUST AN INCREDIBLE YEAR WITH THESE STUDENTS.
THE PICTURE IN THE MIDDLE THOSE ARE OUR GRADUATES.
YOU PROBABLY RECOGNIZE MOST OF THEM.
THEY'RE EXCITED TO THIS TEAM IS EXCITED TO COME BACK NEXT YEAR.
CONTINUE WITH THE STUDENT LED CONFERENCE.
THE WINDOWS AND MIRRORS PROJECT THAT SOPHIA BRILLIANTLY CAME UP WITH BACK WHEN SHE WAS A FRESHMAN.
NOW SHE'S HEADING TO SPELMAN PRETTY QUICK HOW THINGS HAPPEN.
AND I DO ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT SHAUNA AND KATIE, WHO LEAD THAT COMMITTEE DAY IN AND DAY OUT, AND THEY WERE SO NEAT TO CELEBRATE THESE GRADUATES. YOU SEE, ON THE LEFT THERE, EACH STUDENT GAVE SHAUNA LIKE THE BIGGEST HUG IN THE WORLD.
AND THEY REALLY APPRECIATE HER LEADERSHIP AS WELL AS MISS SEIDEL.
SO JUST WANT TO THANK THESE STUDENTS AGAIN FOR AN AMAZING YEAR.
SO I WAS REALLY PRIVILEGED TO CO-ADVISE I GUESS I WAS CO CO ADVISOR ON THAT.
SO OKAY, THIS IS OUR INCOMING CARDON FIELD.
BUT I WANTED TO SHARE A PICTURE.
THANK YOU TO OUR COMMUNITY FOR PASSING THE LEVY WE WERE ABLE TO USE TO KIND OF FRONT LOAD SOME FUNDS TO GET CARDON DONE A LITTLE SOONER THAN WAITING FOR OUR LEVY FUNDS TO COME IN THE SPRING, PARTLY MAINLY BECAUSE OF THE RISK AND SAFETY ISSUES WITH CARDON.
NOT COUNTING ALL OF THE COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT ARE HELD THERE.
SO THIS, WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS TURF WILL LAST 10 TO 15 YEARS.
BUT WITH THE USE THAT WE HAVE, WE'RE CROSSING OUR FINGERS ON THAT AS AGAIN, WE HAD THE END OF USE, SO WE EXPECTED THIS TO COME UP.
SO WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE THE LEVY FUNDS ALLOWED US TO GET THIS DONE.
I DO WANT TO THANK THE CAMAS ATHLETIC BOOSTERS, WHO DONATED $11,000 TO GET THIS DONE WITH A HUGE, HUGE C RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD. SO I THINK WHEN THIS IS DONE, THIS WILL BE REALLY GREAT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
THIS IS A WAY TO GET PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT CAMAS.
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I ACTUALLY THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE GREAT, GREAT TALKING POINT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.AND THERE WAS NO DIFFERENCE IN COST BETWEEN RED AND GREEN.
WE WENT WITH THE RED BECAUSE THERE WAS NO ADDITIONAL FEE FOR THAT.
WE'RE HOPING TO GET THAT GOING NEXT SUMMER.
AGAIN, IT REALLY, REALLY NEEDS IT.
QUESTIONS? COMMENTS ON THAT? ALL RIGHT. I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT FIVE OF OUR INCREDIBLE SCHOOLS.
SO THIS AWARD OR RECOGNITION IS A LITTLE LATE.
IT CAME FROM THE STATE JUST ABOUT 3 OR 4 DAYS AGO.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT'S RECOGNIZING FROM THE 2021-22 SCHOOL YEAR.
AND SO I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT.
BUT WE JUST GOT THE RECOGNITION IN.
SO I JUST WANT TO COMPLIMENT AND THANK ALL OF THE ADMINISTRATION AND STAFF FROM THESE SCHOOLS.
THIS AWARD REALLY IS FROM A REPORT FROM SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
LET ME GET YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON THAT.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE RECOGNIZING HERE.
AND THEN WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT FROM DOCTOR SORK AS WELL.
I HOPE I CAN SEE MY NOTES ON HERE.
DO YOU? YEAH. JUST SO THE BOARD KNOWS.
IT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT OUR BUSINESS IS, RIGHT? THE FRAMEWORK CONSIDERS MULTIPLE MEASURES, INCLUDING GROWTH, ACHIEVEMENT AND STUDENT SUCCESS INDICATORS LIKE ATTENDANCE AND COMPLETION OF DUAL CREDIT COURSEWORK.
THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, THE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY GAP OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTEE, AND THE OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION WORK TOGETHER TO HONOR THE SCHOOLS WHO ARE A PART OF THE WASHINGTON SCHOOL RECOGNITION PROGRAM.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO GRASS VALLEY.
THEY SHOWED GROWTH IN ONE OR MORE STUDENT GROUPS AND ACHIEVEMENT AS A WHOLE SCHOOL.
HELEN BALLER SHOWED GROWTH FOR ONE OR MORE STUDENT GROUPS.
SKYRIDGE SHOWED GROWTH FOR ONE OR MORE STUDENT GROUPS AND MORE RECENTLY, 22-23.
A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO DOROTHY FOX, WHO SHOWED GROWTH IN ONE OR MORE STUDENT GROUPS.
YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT REALLY QUICKLY A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT DOCTOR SORK SAID.
SHE SAID SHE IS SO PROUD OF HER TEACHERS AND HER LEARNERS, THAT FOX HAS HAD A FOCUS ON MATH AND SCIENCE, WITH A 3 TO 5 TEAM TEACHER MODEL THAT SEEMS TO HAVE PAID OFF FOR US, ALLOWING TEACHERS TO FOCUS ON THE CONTENT IN A GOOD WAY.
SO WE JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL OF THOSE SCHOOLS.
I WOULD HAVE THEM ALL HERE, BUT THEY'RE ON SUMMER VACATION, SO WE HAD TO.
THE BOARD, THANK YOU FOR BEING ACCESSIBLE AND AVAILABLE TO COME TO ALL OF THEM.
COREY, I KNOW HAWKINSON CALLS YOU FOR ONE EVERY YEAR, BUT YOU WERE OUT ALL THE OTHERS.
STARTING WITH OUR LITTLEST LEARNERS.
THIS WAS SO, SO NEAT TO SEE OUR PRE-K.
SO WE'LL SEE THOSE LITTLE GUYS AND GIRLS AT OUR IN OUR KINDERGARTEN CLASSES NEXT YEAR.
IN THE MIDDLE THAT'S OUR RECOGNITION AT GARVER FOR HAYES FREEDOM.
AGAIN, ALWAYS A VERY UNIQUE CELEBRATION.
KIDS DO A PHENOMENAL JOB WITH THEIR SPEECHES.
AND REALLY, EACH ONE OF THOSE STUDENTS HAS SUCH AN INCREDIBLE STORY.
AGAIN, I HAVE TO SAY THAT I THOUGHT THE SPEECHES WERE JUST PHENOMENAL.
NOT JUST FROM PRINCIPAL O'ROURKE, BUT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR TEACHERS WHO SPOKE.
IT'S SO NEAT TO SEE PEOPLE LINING UP FOR THAT.
LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO LIKE A LED ZEPPELIN CONCERT IN 1972 FROM LIKE SEVEN IN THE MORNING.
I'M PULLING UP TO WORK AND THERE THEY ARE.
AND IT'S PRETTY, PRETTY NEAT TO SEE.
WE ALSO HAVE PICTURES FROM DISCOVERY YOU SEE ON THE FAR LEFT THERE.
GRADUATED JUST ABOUT 50 STUDENTS.
HE'S I CAN'T BELIEVE HE'S GRADUATING ALREADY.
AND THEN ON THE FAR RIGHT THERE IS OUR GRADUATION AT GARVER.
WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO HAVE JUST ABOUT 50 GRADUATES THERE AS WELL, SO.
AND THEN THIS WAS PRETTY NEAT.
THIS WAS A JOE PAPER MAKER THAT WAS DONATED BY THE SENIOR CLASS MADE CHISELED OUT OF WOOD.
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THERE'S KELLY AND I ON THE LEFT, AND THEN SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS WITH JOE ON THE RIGHT.FILLING IN, FILLING IN FOR YOU.
SO FOUR HIGH SCHOOLS, FOUR GRADUATIONS, FOUR NIGHTS IS A LOT, BUT UNTIL NEXT YEAR.
THANKS, JOHN. ANYTHING ELSE FOR DOCTOR ANZALONE? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
WE HAVE JASEN MCEATHRON AND OUR MONTHLY BUDGET REPORT AS WELL AS A PRELIMINARY BUDGET PRESENTATION.
I ALWAYS HAVE THE MICROPHONE PROBLEMS. RIGHT. SO THIS EVENING WE'RE GOING TO COVER A COUPLE OF THINGS.
WE'LL DO A BUDGET STATUS REPORT WE DO EVERY MONTH.
WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET.
SO IN TOTAL ACROSS ALL FIVE FUNDS THAT WILL BUDGET WE'RE ANTICIPATING IT'S ABOUT 184.4 MILLION ACROSS ALL FIVE FUNDS FOR NEXT YEAR. THAT INCLUDES GENERAL FUND, WHICH, AGAIN, IS OUR OPERATIONS.
DEBT SERVICE PAYS OFF OUR BONDS.
SO SHE HAD STUDENT BODY, NOT OUR MONEY.
IT'S THE KIDS MONEY. BUT YOU AS A SCHOOL BOARD, DO SET AN ANNUAL SPENDING THRESHOLD FOR THAT ONE.
AND THE TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE FUND, WHICH IS WHERE WE PURCHASE OUR FLEET OF BUSSES.
SO ALL TOLD PUSHING ABOUT 185 MILLION.
WHAT? AND I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, A FEW THINGS WILL PROBABLY BE MODIFIED BETWEEN NOW AND AUGUST.
THIS IS THE SAME AS WHAT WE HAD MENTIONED TWO WEEKS AGO.
SO NO CHANGES BETWEEN THIS PRESENTATION AND OUR PRESENTATION FROM TWO WEEKS AGO.
SO WE ARE INTENDING TO PUBLISH A PRELIMINARY BUDGET ON OUR WEBSITE, WHICH WILL MEET THE STATUTORY DEADLINE OF JULY 10TH HERE.
SO WHERE I DO THINK THINGS WILL CHANGE A LITTLE BIT.
AND I KIND OF WANT TO I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT.
I DON'T THINK THE REVENUES ARE GOING TO CHANGE.
OUR BEGINNING FUND BALANCE, WHICH IS BASICALLY WHERE WE'RE GOING TO END THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.
AND THEN ULTIMATELY THAT WILL AFFECT OUR ENDING FUND BALANCE.
SO I'LL GO INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE WHEN WE DO OUR BUDGET STATUS REPORT.
CAN I ASK A QUESTION? I THINK YOU ANSWERED IT PARTIALLY, BUT BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS AND YOU HAVE THE BEGINNING FUND BALANCE OF 12.9, BUT ON THE REPORT YOU'RE GOING TO SHOW LATER, YOU'RE PROJECTING IT TO BE 12.6.
SO SOME OF THOSE THINGS WILL CHANGE AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
YOUR MONTHLY STATUS REPORT SAYS WE'RE ENDING AT 12.3.
THAT'S CORRECT. AND THEN THIS SAYS OR 12.6 AND THIS SAYS 12.9.
SO THOSE WILL MIRROR EACH OTHER AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE END OF THE YEAR.
BUT IT'S THE TIMING OF WHEN, YOU KNOW, THIS IS VERY FLUID THIS TIME OF YEAR.
AND SO ALL BUDGETS ARE VERY TIME SENSITIVE LITERALLY ALMOST BY DAY.
AND THEN IT, IT, YOU KNOW, A FEW DAYS LATER THERE'S ALWAYS SOME SORT OF ADJUSTMENT AND FLUCTUATION.
THAT'S, PART OF THE TREND THAT WE'RE SEEING.
BECAUSE IT COULD GO UP OR DOWN AS WELL.
SO. SO AS I MENTIONED, THE BUDGET STATUS REPORT, EXCUSE ME, IN THE BUDGET PROCESS,
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I'M STUCK ON THAT.SO THE BOARD MEETING, PRELIMINARY BUDGET.
THAT'S THIS MEETING THIS EVENING.
THIS WAS THE STATUTORY DEADLINE I MENTIONED ON JULY 10TH.
AND SO EXPECT IT'LL PROBABLY GET POSTED HONESTLY TOMORROW.
BECAUSE IT'S NOT WE'RE NOT EXPECTING IT TO CHANGE BETWEEN NOW AND THEN.
SO AND WE HAVE A SYSTEM CONVERSION TO DO SO.
AND THEN LEGAL NOTICES WILL GO OUT IN, IN THE POST RECORD FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
AND THAT'S STANDARD EVERY YEAR.
WE HAVE TO DO THAT IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE STATE LAW.
YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, AT LENGTH OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST HANDFUL OF YEARS, PROBABLY FIVE YEARS, THAT WE'RE SEEING BASICALLY A STRUCTURAL DEFICIT THAT'S BUILDING.
WE'VE BEEN COVERING THAT WITH SOME ONE TIME REVENUES UP TO THIS POINT OVER THE YEARS.
AND WE'RE USING, YOU KNOW, KIND OF OUR LAST LAST SHOT OF, OF FUND BALANCE FOR THIS 24, 25 YEAR.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A DEFICIT.
DEFICIT IS COVERED BY FUND BALANCE OKAY.
OR RESERVES IS ANOTHER TERM THAT YOU MIGHT USE OR HEAR COMMONLY.
SOME THINGS HAVE TO CHANGE IN THE FUTURE.
THE REVENUES EITHER HAVE TO GO UP AND OR THE EXPENDITURES HAVE TO COME DOWN.
IT'S A REALLY THAT IT'S THE ONLY TWO OPTIONS.
YOU CAN'T REALLY REBUILD FUND BALANCE UNTIL THOSE THINGS COME IN ALIGNMENT.
SO. AS WE'VE MENTIONED NUMEROUS TIMES ON THE REVENUE SIDE, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR FUNDING COMES FROM THE STATE OF WASHINGTON.
K12 AS A SYSTEM IN THE NATION IS NOT HIGHLY FEDERALLY FUNDED.
IT'S REALLY A STATE'S OBLIGATION.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU ONLY SEE FEDERAL REVENUES OF USUALLY TWO AND 3% IN A GIVEN YEAR.
SO THE OTHER SIGNIFICANT PORTION IS REALLY LOCAL FUNDS.
AND THEN THERE IS A, YOU KNOW, A COMPONENT WHERE WE DO COLLECT MONIES LOCALLY.
BE IT FOR SCHOOL LUNCH, FINES FEES, TUITION FOR SUMMER SCHOOL, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
COMMUNITY. SO THAT'S WHAT THE KIND OF THE LOCAL REVENUE COMPONENTS.
AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
KIND OF A FURTHER BREAKDOWN OF THAT.
BUT ULTIMATELY WE'RE LOOKING AT ENDING THE YEAR BETWEEN 4 AND A HALF OR TO 5% ENDING FUND BALANCE.
AND I'LL SAY THAT'S A KIND OF A CRITICAL LEVEL.
SO WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT WHERE I THINK THIS TREND NEEDS TO GO IN THE FUTURE.
NO CHANGES TO THIS SLIDE FROM TWO WEEKS AGO.
SAME ASSUMPTIONS UNDERLYING OUR REVENUE FORECAST.
ENROLLMENT YOU KNOW, IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR DEMOGRAPHERS FORECAST RUNNING START ALE AND RUNNING, YOU KNOW, IS PRETTY MUCH FLAT.
THAT NUMBER IS REALLY KIND OF WHERE WE'RE ENDING THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
WE'RE ANTICIPATING CONTINUING TO SERVE THAT LEVEL OF FTE.
AND THAT'S PRETTY TYPICAL HOW WE BUDGET THAT FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT.
IT CAN IT, YOU KNOW, IT CAN FLUCTUATE.
SO. THIS YEAR IT GREW QUITE A BIT.
AND WHEN I TALK ABOUT THE NEED TO DO A BUDGET EXTENSION.
IN JULY I'LL GIVE YOU SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THAT SPED THE SPECIAL EDUCATION COSTS EXPANDED OVER THE COURSE OF THIS CURRENT YEAR. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, REGIONALIZATION.
THIS IS OUR LAST YEAR OF LOSING REGIONALIZATION THAT I'M AWARE OF.
AND HOPEFULLY IT HOLDS STEADY FOR A FEW YEARS AND GIVES US SOME STABILITY IN OUR REVENUES.
IT'S BEEN VERY DETRIMENTAL TO CAMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WE'VE LOST ABOUT 6% OVER FIVE YEARS.
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IS MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO THE STATE, TO THE STATE FUNDING.SO GLAD TO SEE THAT AT LEAST STABILIZING FOR THE THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE.
AND I JUST WANT TO JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THAT ONE MORE TIME BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE SITTING HERE KIND OF QUIET BECAUSE WE ALREADY WENT THROUGH ALL OF THESE SLIDES TWO WEEKS AGO AT A WORKSHOP. BUT WE'VE BEEN LOSING FUNDING FOR OUR CERTIFICATED EMPLOYEES, FOR EVERYBODY REALLY OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS, FIVE YEARS. FIVE YEARS.
FIVE YEARS, IT'S BEEN A PRETTY RAPID DECLINE.
AND SO WE WIN. AND THAT IS AND THAT WAS ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE.
THAT'S CORRECT. THE MCCLEARY FIX, WE CALLED IT.
SO ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE AGAIN, NO MAJOR, NO CHANGES WHATSOEVER HERE.
ASSUMPTION WE'RE USING FUND BALANCE AGAIN, 6.7 MILLION.
AS TRACEY POINTED OUT, THAT NUMBER WILL FLUCTUATE AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE END OF THE YEAR.
WE ALWAYS UPDATE THAT BEGINNING FUND BALANCE TO THE MOST ACCURATE NUMBER WE CAN.
AND ULTIMATELY KIND OF THE OBJECTIVES, AS I MENTIONED, THE USE OF FUND BALANCE.
WHAT THAT DOES IS IT DEFERS BUDGET CUTS, DOESN'T ELIMINATE THEM, IT JUST DEFERS THEM.
SO IT ULTIMATELY THAT WILL BE COMING IN OUR FUTURE.
UNLESS THERE'S A FUNDING MIRACLE, OBVIOUSLY, FROM THE STATE.
CORRECT. SO IT KIND OF BUYS US A YEAR TO REALLY HELP PUSH THAT THE LEGISLATURE.
THIS IS THE LAST YEAR THERE'S OUR FUND.
WE'VE BEEN RIDING ON FUND BALANCE FOR 4 OR 5 YEARS NOW.
FOUR YEARS. YEAH. THIS IS FOUR YEARS IN A ROW THAT WE'VE BEEN DRAWING ON THAT.
AND IT'S ONLY BECAUSE OF THAT FUND BALANCE THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HOLD ON THIS LONG.
THAT'S CORRECT. AND, YOU KNOW, IT PROVIDED US A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT GLIDE SLOPE THAN SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS WHO, YOU KNOW, HAD BEEN HAVING TO DO CUTS OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS OR THE PAST OR, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY MORE AGGRESSIVELY THIS YEAR.
SO WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT GLIDE PATH.
THAT WAS SOME, SOME GOOD PLANNING ON THE SCHOOL BOARD'S PART TO TRY AND PUT THAT OFF AS LONG AS WE COULD, BECAUSE WHAT THAT DOES IS THAT ALLOWS IT PROVIDES A LONG, THE LONGEST RUNWAY POSSIBLE FOR THE LEGISLATURE TO ACT.
SO AS I MENTIONED, THE REVENUES GOT TO COME UP OR EXPENDITURES GOT TO COME DOWN.
IT'S USUALLY A COMBINATION OF BOTH.
RIGHT. WE HOPE THAT WE'RE SUCCESSFUL IN THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION TO SEE OUR REVENUES INCREASE.
BUT THAT'S ONLY GOING TO GET US PROBABLY SO FAR THIS NEXT YEAR.
AND THEN AND IT'LL HAVE TO BE SOME COMBINATION OF REDUCING EXPENDITURES AS WELL.
BUT THIS,IS KIND OF THE DO OR DIE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
YEAH. BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF IT'S THE END.
YOU CAN ONLY SPEND FUND BALANCE ONCE RIGHT.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, OUR REVENUES PER STUDENT AND THIS IS ONE THING TO REALLY CLOSELY PAY ATTENTION, TO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, COMPARING SCHOOLS, IT'S AN EQUALIZER.
AND SO IT GIVES A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT PICTURE MEANING.
IT KIND OF SHOWS HOW MUCH MONEY YOU'RE GETTING FOR EACH STUDENT TO EDUCATE THEM IN A GIVEN YEAR.
AND THEN YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH YOU'RE SPENDING TO EDUCATE EACH CHILD.
SO. AND THIS IS ALL AGGREGATE.
THIS IS NOT UNIQUE TO BASIC OR SPECIAL ED.
THIS IS JUST FROM AN AGGREGATE STANDPOINT.
OKAY. AS YOU KNOW, IT TAKES PEOPLE TO EDUCATE KIDS AND THAT'S WHERE OUR COSTS ARE.
SO WE SPEND THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR RESOURCES ON TEACHING SUPPORTS AND TEACHING DIRECT, BASICALLY CLASSROOM STAFFING AND THEN IN BUILDING ADMINISTRATION, OTHER SUPPORT ACTIVITIES THAT'S GOING TO BE YOUR IT CAN BE YOUR FOOD SERVICE, IT'S GOING TO BE YOUR BUSSING AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
AND THEN THE SMALLEST SLICES ARE CENTRAL ADMIN HERE AT ZACH.
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LOCALLY FUNDED PROGRAMS. NOW, WHEN I SAY LOCALLY, IT'S A LITTLE UNIQUE BECAUSE THIS INCLUDES USE OF FUND BALANCE.BUT THE TWO ARE TWO DISTINCT POOLS.
YOU CAN EITHER INCREASE IT OR YOU CAN DRAW IT DOWN.
BUT IT'S NOT REPETITIVE, RIGHT? YOU ONLY SPEND IT ONCE.
LOCALLY COLLECTED LEVY MONIES.
THOSE ARE AN ANNUAL INSTALLMENT.
ANOTHER WAY OF LOOKING AT THIS IS IT'S REALLY WHAT STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS DON'T FUND.
SO WHAT DOES IT COST THE DISTRICT TO OPERATE EACH YEAR? WHAT'S THAT GAP.
AND IT'S FILLED WITH LOCAL FUNDS.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS. THIS IS IMPORTANT.
YOU LOOK AT THE LOCAL FUNDING SOURCES THAT WE'RE USING.
22% OF OUR LOCAL FUNDS IS FUND BALANCE.
IT'S IMPORTANT YOU KNOW THAT'S WHY IT'S JUST KIND OF A BAND-AID.
SO I'LL JUMP TO KIND OF LEVY UTILIZATION.
AND THIS IS A VERY THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
BUT I ALWAYS I LIKE THE BLOCK UP TOP.
IT REALLY JUST KIND OF ROLLS IT ALL TOGETHER.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT DO WE USE OUR LOCAL DOLLARS ON? WELL, IT'S THE EXACT SAME ALIGNMENT AS OUR OVERALL BUDGET.
AND WHEN WE'RE NOT DIRECTLY SERVING KIDS, WE'RE DIRECTLY SUPPORTING THEM.
AND WE TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT BUDGET PRIORITIES AND WHERE YOU SEE THAT IN SOME OF OUR LINE ITEMS. I WILL SAY THIS WHEN YOU'RE TALKING TO ABOUT SPECIAL ED FUNDING, BECAUSE THAT IS A LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM GOING AHEAD.
3 MILLION UNDERFUNDED RIGHT HERE GOING INTO NEXT YEAR.
SO. THAT'S AFTER WE RECEIVE SAFETY NET.
SO IF WE DIDN'T HAVE SAFETY NET, WE REALLY ARE CLOSER TO 5 TO 6 MILLION UNDERFUNDED.
AND OUR DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL ED, ALLAN FLECK, HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL AT PURSUING THOSE MONIES.
IT'S ONE OF THE ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS, I WOULD SAY, OF HIS CAREER.
WHEN I FIRST CAME HERE, WE WERE GETTING.
MAYBE WE'D BE LUCKY A FEW HUNDRED THOUSAND IF THAT.
AND THIS PAST YEAR, HE'S INCREASED HE'S I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET QUALIFIED FOR 2.4 MILLION.
SO THAT'S A GOOD JOB ON HIS PART.
BUT YOU DON'T GET THE MONEY UNTIL YOU SPEND IT.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
IT'S JUST OFFSETTING COSTS THAT YOU'VE INCURRED.
SO THIS IS KIND OF A DIFFERENT REPRESENTATION.
YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE BIGGEST CHUNKS.
EXTRACURRICULAR IS LIKE OUR ATHLETICS AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
THAT'S 100% FUNDED OUT OF LEVY.
ACTUALLY, WE CAN'T USE BASIC ED DOLLARS TO FUND THAT.
SO THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY VERY RELIANT UPON OUR LEVY, AND WE'RE THANKFUL TO HAVE THAT CONTINUED SUPPORT.
MAKES OUR MILL TOWN PRIDE AWARDS PRETTY, PRETTY LENGTHY SOME EVENINGS.
SO FOR YOUR PROJECTION, THIS IS NEW.
WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, AND I WANTED TO KIND OF START TO INTRODUCE THIS.
SO WE WILL PUBLISH A FOUR YEAR BUDGET AS PART ANNUALLY.
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WE HAVE TO DO THAT. SO THIS IS FIVE YEARS, AND I INCLUDE THE PROJECTED BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.SO I PROVIDE THAT AS, AS SOME PERSPECTIVE.
AND THIS WILL START TO CHANGE.
THIS OBVIOUSLY ALIGNS WITH THE SLIDE DECK.
BUT THIS WILL ADJUST AS WE GET DEEPER INTO THE YEAR.
OUR REVENUES ARE BROKEN OUT INTO OUR PRIMARY CATEGORIES OF STATE, FEDERAL AND LOCAL SALARIES.
BENE'S MSOCS ARE JUST BASICALLY NON-PERSONNEL COSTS, RIGHT? YOUR UTILITIES, YOUR INSURANCE, THAT TYPE OF THING ARE THE BIGGEST CATEGORIES.
TWO THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND HERE.
WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE I PULL OUT THE CONTINGENCY OR CAPACITY.
BECAUSE WHEN WE ADD CAPACITY, WE ADD TO BOTH SIDES OF THE LEDGER.
SO WE DON'T END UP ADJUSTING THAT ENDING FUND BALANCE BASICALLY THE BOTTOM LINE.
SO KEEP IN MIND THESE NUMBERS WILL GENERALLY BE LESS ON REVENUES AND LESS IN EXPENDITURES THAN THE FINAL APPROVED BUDGET, BECAUSE I PULL OUT THAT 2% CONTINGENCY.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT, YOU'RE COMPARING REALLY PROJECTED ACTUAL TO TRUE BUDGET NET OF ANY SORT OF CAPACITY. AND IT'S STILL, AS YOU CAN SEE, $6.7 MILLION DEFICIT.
SO WE DON'T CHANGE THAT DEFICIT BOTTOM LINE NUMBER.
WELL, I'VE ADDED HERE WHAT IS THIS GAP.
AND THERE'S SOME ASSUMPTIONS, SOME VERY IMPORTANT ASSUMPTIONS IN THIS FOUR YEAR BUDGET.
THE GAP AS YOU CAN SEE, CURRENTLY WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT A 2% GAP BETWEEN REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES.
IN THIS YEAR OUT IN HERE WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO ALIGNMENT.
SO IN FOUR YEARS THIS PROJECTS AND TARGETS ALIGNMENT BETWEEN REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES.
AND YOU ACTUALLY WILL SAY WELL THIS ACTUALLY SHOWS REVENUES EXCEEDING EXPENDITURES IN THE FUTURE.
5% FUND BALANCE IS NOT SUSTAINABLE.
WHAT I MEAN BY THAT. THAT'S NOT ENOUGH CASH FLOW TO GET US THROUGH A GIVEN YEAR.
WE WOULD LITERALLY RUN OUT OF MONEY, PROBABLY SOMEWHERE IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY TO MARCH.
IT'S GOING TO FORCE US TO PIVOT AND MAKE A CHANGE.
THIS. AND SO IN THE FUTURE YEARS, WE HAVE TO REBUILD THIS.
IT'S OKAY TO BRING IT DOWN, BUT YOU GOT TO BUILD IT BACK UP AND YOU GOT TO BUILD IT UP RIGHT AWAY.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE LOOKING AT GOING FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, TRYING TO BRING IT GENTLY BACK UP.
AND WHY 8%? BECAUSE WE WENT THROUGH A VERY RIGOROUS ANALYSIS OF THIS LAST YEAR.
AND WE TALKED TO THE BUDGET COMMITTEE AND WE HAD WORK BOARD WORKSHOPS.
IT ALLOWS US JUST ENOUGH TO GET BY AND COVER OUR CASH FLOW.
BUT ALSO GIVE US JUST A SLIGHT MARGIN FOR SOME SORT OF UNANTICIPATED EXPENDITURE OR SOMETHING TO COME DOWN THE PIPE WHICH YOU SEE, YOU SEE DURING THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, AS WE GIVE YOU PROJECTIONS, WE PROVIDE YOU KIND OF THE BOX SCORE EACH, EACH MONTH.
RIGHT. AND IT KIND OF IT FLUCTUATES UP AND DOWN.
AND SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE FUND BALANCE.
SO THAT'S THIS IS A SUGGESTED GLIDE SLOPE OVER THE COURSE OF FOUR YEARS.
AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IT ASSUMES THAT EXPENDITURES ARE BROUGHT DOWN IN 25-26.
AND THEN THEY CAN START TO KIND OF SLOWLY GO UP.
BUT YOU HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT IF YOU'RE GOING IF WE'RE GOING TO MAINTAIN ALIGNMENT BETWEEN EXPENDITURES AND REVENUES, YOU CAN'T HAVE EXPENDITURES EXCEEDING YOUR APPORTIONMENT GROWTH RATE.
AND THIS IS THE PROJECTED GROWTH RATE.
MEANING THIS IS WHAT THE STATE IS ANTICIPATING ON INCREASING OUR FUNDING PER STUDENT ON THAT PERCENTAGE. WHAT MAKES A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO PROJECT
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IS THAT WE'RE REALLY SITTING ON PRETTY FLAT ENROLLMENT TREND FOR THE COMING YEARS.THAT'S WHAT OUR DEMOGRAPHER SAYS.
AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING.
WE'RE NOT EXPERIENCING GREAT GROWTH.
SAME BASICALLY THE SAME NUMBER OF KIDS WITHIN, YOU KNOW, 15, 20.
AND, THE FACT THAT WE DO HAVE TO GROW THAT BACK UP BECAUSE WE LITERALLY DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH CASH TO PAY OUR BILLS IF WE DON'T HAVE IT AT A CERTAIN AMOUNT BECAUSE OF WHEN OUR FUNDING COMES IN. AND SO I UNDERSTAND THAT AND I JUST THINK IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO REMIND PEOPLE OF THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THAT THERE, AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT IN THERE OR LITERALLY WE CAN'T BECAUSE THE WAY WE GET OUR MONEY DOESN'T ALWAYS COME AT THE SAME TIME.
SO, YEAH, EVEN WITH THIS, I MEAN, WE ARE WE'RE SCRAPING BY.
I MEAN, WE MIGHT HAVE TO BE LOOKING AT LIKE, SOME SHORT TERM BORROWING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IN 25, 26, YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, THIS ASSUMES AGAIN THAT WE'RE FILLING OR ADJUSTING 10%.
10% IS QUITE A BIT, RIGHT? I'M TALKING 10% OF YOU KNOW, 130 MILLION IS 13 MILLION.
THAT'S IT'S NOT A SMALL NUMBER.
BUT THAT'S THE WHAT THE GAP GROWS TO.
NOW, THE OTHER ASPECT OF THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF VARIABLES THAT COME INTO PLAY.
WE HAVE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS, RIGHT? WE HAVE MULTIPLE LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS OVER THIS SAME TIME PERIOD.
WE'RE NOT PREDICTING ANY SORT OF GROWTH.
IN REVENUES BEYOND WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW LEGISLATIVELY.
OKAY, SO WE'RE NOT SPECULATING ON WHAT THE LEGISLATURE IS GOING TO DO, AND WE'RE NOT SPECULATING ON WHAT CONTRACTS ARE GOING TO BE.
WE'RE JUST SAYING AT THIS POINT IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER WHEN YOU HAVE HAVE TO REDUCE TO THIS LEVEL.
YOU JUST HAVE TO MAKE THE MATH WORK.
SO WHEN YOU RUN OUT OF FUND BALANCE, THAT'S YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE MATH WORK.
AND WE TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS TO OUR FUND BALANCE OVER TIME.
SO THIS GOES BACK QUITE, A NUMBER OF YEARS.
AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IT'S RARELY OR EVER STAGNANT RIGHT.
IT'S EITHER GOING UP OR IT'S GOING DOWN.
AND AND OVER KIND OF THAT EIGHT, SEVEN, EIGHT YEAR PERIOD BEFORE I CAME, WE WERE CHEWING INTO IT ABOUT A PERCENT A YEAR. AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS OUR DOLLARS.
SO EVEN THOUGH THE DOLLARS WERE INCREASING, WE WERE FALLING BEHIND, IF YOU WILL.
AND THAT WAS KIND OF THAT WAS WE WERE PRETTY COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
THEN YOU'VE GOT THESE FUNDING IMPACTS THAT CAUSE SOME ERRATIC REVENUE GROWTH FROM MCCLEARY.
SO THAT HAPPENED FOR WELL, IT'S HAPPENED FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS NOW.
SO MUCH MORE TO A LARGER DEGREE IN THE PREVIOUS YEARS.
THAT'S WHAT'S CAUSED THAT REALLY, YOU KNOW, SPIKE IN FUND BALANCE.
AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE TO RECOVER BACK UP TO THAT LEVEL.
WE ARE NOT LIKE OTHER DISTRICTS THAT GET A LOT OF FUNDING PER STUDENT.
SO WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF MARGINS BUILT INTO OUR FUNDING MODEL.
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WE'RE JUST WE'RE NOT TERRIBLY DIVERSIFIED IN OUR REVENUES, LIKE VANCOUVER OR EVERGREEN OR SOME OF THESE LARGER DISTRICTS OR DISTRICTS WITH MORE DIVERSE POPULATIONS.SO THAT, YOU KNOW, FUND BALANCE IS IMPORTANT TO OUR SURVIVAL IN THE LONG TERM.
BEFORE I MOVE ON ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? OKAY. BUDGET PRIORITIES.
IT'S REALLY WE HAVE 86% OF OUR BUDGET GOING TO PERSONNEL.
THERE'S NOT MUCH GOING TO NON-PERSONNEL COSTS TO OPERATE THE DISTRICT.
SO WE PUT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THAT INTO TEACHING.
IT'S ONE OF THE LOWEST IN THE STATE.
IF YOU LOOKED AT THAT PERCENTAGE FROM TWO YEARS AGO, IT WAS HIGHER.
OUR PERSONNEL PERCENTAGE IS GOING UP.
SO WE'VE BEEN PRETTY GOOD IN THAT HISTORICALLY.
FINANCIAL OUTLOOK. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT FUND BALANCE GETTING TO 6.2 MILLION.
SO WE HAVE TO WE HAVE TO REBUILD THAT IN THE FUTURE.
THE GOOD NEWS IS, IS THAT WE'RE PRESERVING STUDENT PROGRAMS. RIGHT. AND THAT'S GOOD.
IT'S THE RIGHT USE OF FUND BALANCE.
LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS.
IT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT THIS YEAR AND IN THE YEARS TO COME.
BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE A PRETTY CRITICAL YEAR FOR US.
SO BASICALLY, I WOULD ANTICIPATE, AS I MENTIONED, THAT LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS WILL HELP MITIGATE THE LEVEL OF BUDGET CUTS, BUT IT'S HIGHLY, UNLIKELY IT'LL FULLY ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR BUDGET CUTS.
IT'S ONLY GOING TO LIMIT SUSTAINABILITY.
WE JUST WE GOT TO GET TO WHERE WE CAN BALANCE THIS BUDGET.
AND WE GOT TO DO IT RIGHT AWAY.
SO WE'RE INTO THAT LAST YEAR, THE NINTH INNING HERE, RIGHT? WITH NO, OPPORTUNITY FOR EXTRA INNINGS REALLY SO THIS NEXT COMING YEAR, 25, 26 IS THAT'S THE YEAR.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE GENERAL FUND BEFORE I MOVE ON TO THE OTHER FUNDS? OKAY. THANK YOU FOR BEARING WITH ME ON THAT.
I KNOW THAT A LOT OF THAT IS REPEAT MATERIAL, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE COVER THAT.
I FEEL YOUR EXPLANATION ON IT IS GREAT.
AND IT'S NEEDED FOR CONTEXT FOR EVERYBODY OUT THERE.
GREAT. SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO SAY THINGS OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
RIGHT. SO I APPRECIATE THAT TOO.
SUCH AS THE NEED FOR LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY.
CORRECT. BECAUSE THAT REALLY IS THAT'S THE GAME CHANGER RIGHT THERE.
YEAH. SO OTHER FUNDS I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT.
THERE'S A FEW UNIQUE ASPECTS TO CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND GOING INTO THIS NEXT YEAR.
WE HAVE QUITE A CHUNK THAT COMES FROM LOCAL PROPERTY TAXES.
THIS LONG TERM FINANCING IS REALLY IT'S A GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD.
GASB PRESCRIBES CERTAIN RECOGNITION OF REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES.
AND BASICALLY IT'S US RECOGNIZING LEASES THAT WERE ENTERING INTO NEXT YEAR.
AND SO THEY CHANGED THE ACCOUNTING FOR THAT.
IT'S HAVING AN IMPACT ON HOW MUCH WE NEED TO BUDGET FOR.
AND SO BUT IT'S ON BOTH SIDES OF THE LEDGER.
SO IF YOU WILL, IT DOESN'T, YOU KNOW, IT'S STILL A LEASE.
THEY'RE STILL KIND OF A DRAWDOWN OR THE OBLIGATION STILL SPREAD OVER YOU KNOW, USUALLY FIVE YEARS.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT EXPENDITURES, THE VAST MAJORITY HERE, YOU'LL SEE, IS IMPACT FEES.
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AND IT'S REALLY WHAT I'M PUTTING A PLACEHOLDER FOR HERE.WE COULD PIVOT AND ACT UPON THAT AS A DISTRICT.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR LINED UP, BUT IT'S NICE TO HAVE THAT CAPACITY BUILT IN AND NOT BE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST BE ABLE TO ACT UPON THE OPPORTUNITY. WE HAVE IMPACT FEES THAT WE DO ANTICIPATE NEEDING AND USING FOR FOR FUTURE LAND PURCHASES. IT'S WHAT CAMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS DONE HISTORICALLY.
IT'S REALLY JUST SOMETIMES THE OFFER IS, AS JOHN WOODEN SAYS, THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAN IS TOO LATE WHEN THE OR THE, YOU KNOW, THE ABILITY TO PLAN IS TOO LATE WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY PRESENTS ITSELF.
WE'RE JUST PLANNING AHEAD, THAT'S ALL.
AND AGAIN, AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE WOES ON THE GENERAL FUND SIDE OF THINGS, YES, THE CAPITAL FUNDS AND THE IMPACT FEES CAN ONLY BE USED FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND FOR FUTURE GROWTH.
IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH. FOR THE IMPACT FEES.
YEAH. IMPACT FEES ARE WELL EACH OF THESE REALLY ARE, PRETTY STRINGENT.
SO DEFINITELY CAN ONLY REALLY BE USED FOR CAPITAL.
AND WE KNOW WHAT OUR ENROLLMENT PROJECTION IS DOING, RIGHT? SO IT'S REALLY KIND OF THAT LONG TERM PLANNING.
DON'T SOME OF THOSE IMPACT FEES HAVE A TIME LINE? THEY HAVE TO BE USED IN TEN YEARS.
SO THERE COULD BE A POINT WHERE WE HAVE TO SPEND THEM OR YEAH. YEAH.
WE'RE FINE THERE OR WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD WINDOW.
WE ACQUIRED THE UL PROPERTY AND WHEN WE ALSO MADE SOME INVESTMENTS ON THE SHARP CAMPUS FOR THE ODYSSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, THOSE WERE BOTH PARTIALLY FUNDED BY IMPACT FEES, AND THOSE ARE FAIRLY RECENT, IF YOU WILL IN THAT TEN YEAR WINDOW.
SO. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY TECH LEVY AND CAPITAL LEVY, THOSE ARE SPOKEN FOR.
SO WE'VE ALREADY TOLD THE VOTERS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SPEND IT ON.
WE'RE GOING TO SPEND IT ON THAT.
AND SO THAT'S HIGHLY RESTRICTED AS WELL.
SO YOU KNOW, THE CAPITAL IS TO KEEP THE STUDENTS WARM, SAFE AND DRY.
AND TECH IS FOR ALL OF THESE, YOU KNOW, 1 TO 1 DEVICES AND PRINTERS AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
AND ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE THERE.
SO ALSO BUILT INTO HERE IS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT THE, CHS TENNIS CENTER.
THIS IS THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH USTA.
WE'RE PUTTING A PLACEHOLDER IN THERE TO, BUILD THAT TENNIS CENTER, INVEST IN THAT NEXT SUMMER, SUMMER 2025 PERMITTING AND EVERYTHING ALLOWING, OF COURSE.
RIGHT. WE ALSO HAVE IN THERE LEADBETTER SITE PLANNING.
THAT'S GOING TO BLEED OVER INTO NEXT YEAR.
JUST KIND OF PUTTING A PLACEHOLDER THERE.
AND IT'S DIFFICULT TO ANTICIPATE WHAT SORT OF STUDIES WE MIGHT NEED WHERE BUT THAT WORK THAT'S GOING ON THERE, ABOUT 50% DONE AND NOT GOING TO GET CONCLUDED UNTIL PROBABLY OCTOBER.
SO WE'RE SPANNING A FISCAL YEAR THERE.
AND THEN IN HERE WE HAVE A DISTRICT WIDE CAPITAL MAINTENANCE, $100,000.
AND THAT'S GOING TO BE TO SERVE KIND OF THOSE NEEDS THAT YOU KNOW, THAT HAVE ARISEN THAT EITHER THE CAPITAL LEVY OR THE TECH LEVY OR THE SPECIFIED CAPITAL INVESTMENTS DON'T ADDRESS.
SO 15 YEARS AGO WE ENTERED WE ENTERED INTO A $15 MILLION BOND.
AND WE PUT IN AMOUNTS ANNUALLY OVER THAT 15 YEAR TERM.
AND THEN THERE'S ONE BIG PAYMENT AT THE END OF THE 15 YEARS.
IT'S JUST THE STRUCTURE OF THAT PARTICULAR BOND.
AT THAT TIME, I WASN'T HERE, BUT A FEW SCHOOLS, YOU KNOW, TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THIS.
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SO THIS IS GOING TO COME OFF OF OUR BOOKS.WE KNEW THAT IN DECEMBER 2024.
AND SO WE'VE BUDGETED FOR THAT.
BUT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IS LIKE, WELL, HOW CAN YOU HOW CAN YOUR EXPENDITURES EXCEED YOUR REVENUES ON A DEBT PAYMENT? BECAUSE THAT'S NORMALLY NOT GOOD.
SO WE'VE BEEN HOLDING ON TO IT, AND NOW WE'RE LEGALLY OBLIGATED TO PAY THAT INSTRUMENT OFF.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IT'S A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE.
OTHERWISE, IT'S JUST PRETTY MUCH JUST NORMAL ACTIVITY IN THERE.
NO NEW DEBT, JUST PAYING OFF THE STUFF WE ALREADY TOOK OUT.
WE ARE WE KNOW THAT THERE'S SENSITIVITY TO FUND BALANCE HERE, AND I'LL ADDRESS IT TO THAT WE ARE ASKING BUILDING ADMIN TO, YOU KNOW, GET OUR STUDENTS TO PERHAPS USE THAT MONEY THAT'S BEING HELD IN THAT FUND.
SO $1 MILLION IS QUITE A BIT, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT THAT WILL NEVER BE ZERO.
SO BASICALLY WE'RE GOING TO CARRY IN A LARGER FUND BALANCE THAN WHAT WE HAD ANTICIPATED.
BASICALLY THE LEAD TIME ON BUSSES IS JUST NOT WHAT IT USED TO BE.
SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT LONGER AND WE'RE SPANNING THESE, FISCAL YEARS.
SO BASICALLY WE'RE CARRYING FORWARD THOSE THAT PURCHASE.
BUT WE ALSO WANT CAPACITY TO ORDER THE NEXT ROUND BECAUSE IF YOU GET BEHIND IN THE FLEET UPDATING YOUR FLEET, IT IMPACTS ACTUALLY YOUR STATE FUNDING FOR THIS.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO KIND OF KEEP UP WITH THAT.
AND I WILL SAY THE COST PER BUS HAS GONE THROUGH THE ROOF AND IT HAS NOT COME BACK DOWN.
SINCE COVID, IT WENT UP 50-60% AND IT HAS NOT RECEDED.
IT STAYED UP THERE AND CONTINUED TO GROW.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ORDERING ABOUT FIVE BUSSES HERE THIS NEXT YEAR.
AND THAT'S IT. ANY QUESTIONS? NO, I DO JUST WANT TO SAY ON THAT APPENDIX FOR ANYBODY WATCHING HER OUT IN THE AUDIENCE, JASEN'S PRESENTATION IS ON BOARD DOCS, AND WHAT HE PROVIDES IN THE APPENDIX IS VERY HELPFUL CONTEXT TO LOOK AT.
IT'S A LOT TO GO INTO RIGHT NOW, BUT IT'S ALL PUBLICLY REPORTED AND AUDITED DATA FROM OSPI.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU PROVIDE THAT CONTEXT FOR FOLKS TO LOOK AT.
IT'S ABOUT 20 EXTRA SLIDES IF PEOPLE WANT TO GO THROUGH IT.
SO IT IS A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION.
YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE AS A DISTRICT.
YOU KNOW NOT JUST IN A REGION, BUT WHERE ARE YOU ACROSS THE STATE AMONGST LIKE SIZE PEERS AND IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO THEN KIND OF LOOK AT THOSE AND GO, WELL, WHO ELSE LOST REGIONALIZATION LIKE US, RIGHT? BECAUSE THAT HELPS WITH WHEN WE'RE TALKING TO CERTAIN STAKEHOLDERS UP NORTH.
RIGHT. SO THAT'S OUR PRELIMINARY BUDGET PRESENTATION.
BUDGET WILL BE POSTED HERE SHORTLY ON THE WEBSITE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO KIND OF PIVOT BACK TO THIS YEAR AND TALK ABOUT OUR JUST, JASEN'S STANDARD MONTHLY BUDGET REPORT, WHICH LOOKS VERY BRIEF. YES IT IS.
SO I AM GOING TO HOP RIGHT TO IT HERE.
BASICALLY, THIS DEFICIT IS GROWING AS IT'S GETTING UP TO ABOUT 2.9 MILLION.
SO LAST MONTH WE WERE, YOU KNOW, ESTIMATING I THINK ABOUT 2.6.
SO AND I THINK IN OUR BUDGET WE HAD SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE PROBABLY.
SO WE'LL UPDATE OUR BUDGET OBVIOUSLY.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO A BUDGET EXTENSION.
BASICALLY. THERE IS WE'RE PRETTY WE'RE CONFIDENT WE'RE GOING TO EXCEED THE AMOUNT AUTHORIZED.
AND WE HAD KIND OF ANTICIPATED THIS WOULD BE A RISK.
RIGHT NOW THIS HAS US GOING OVER BY ABOUT 800,000.
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SO WHEN I LOOK AT HOW MUCH WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO A BUDGET EXTENSION FOR, I'M LEANING TOWARDS PROBABLY AROUND $2 MILLION. AND THE WAY THAT WE DERIVE THAT IS, IF WE'RE AT $800,000, OVER 1% OF OUR BUDGET WOULD BE 1.2 MILLION.AND SO THAT'S HOW I WOULD DERIVE LIKE, OKAY.
AND HE HAD ABOUT A 1% CUSHION GOING INTO THE END YEAR.
THINGS ARE CONTINUING TO SHIFT.
IT BECOMES OUR NEW BUDGET FIGURE.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO HIT THAT SWEET SPOT.
THAT'S REALLY THE GIST OF THIS ONE.
THERE'S NO MAJOR CHANGES OTHER THAN THAT.
WE'RE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON THAT.
BUT LIKE I MENTIONED, WE'RE ABOUT 800,000 OVER BUDGET IS WHERE WE'RE TRENDING.
AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT.
BUT WE'LL HAVE A FINAL NUMBER.
IT'LL BE IN JULY'S JULY 22ND BOARD MEETING.
YOU'LL BE PRESENTED WITH A RESOLUTION WILL HAVE TO DO A BUDGET HEARING, JUST LIKE WE DO IN AUGUST WHEN WE APPROVE THE FINAL BUDGET. SO IT'S A VERY SAME PROCESS.
LEGAL NOTICE IS ALREADY IN THE PAPER NOTIFYING THE PUBLIC OF THAT.
SO WE'RE MEETING THAT STATUTORY REQUIREMENT.
AND WE'LL WORK THROUGH THE PROCESS AND GET GET THAT DRAFT TO YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? OKAY. THANK YOU. I KNOW I TOOK UP QUITE A BIT OF YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.
THANK YOU JASEN. APPRECIATE IT.
ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO SECTION 9 OF OUR AGENDA.
[9. OPEN AND EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION]
FIRST OF ALL, 9A A NEW GRADUATION DATE FOR CAMAS CONNECT ACADEMY FOR 2025.SO THIS IS JUST MOVING THE CCA GRADUATION DATE FROM A WEDNESDAY TO A SATURDAY FOR EFFICIENCY SAKE.
I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CAMAS ACADEMY GRADUATION DATE TO BE MOVED TO FROM WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 2025 TO SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 2025. AND I SECOND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION CARRIES.
NEXT ITEM B IS KIND OF A REGULARLY OCCURRING DOCUMENT HERE.
AND THIS IS YOUR FINAL BOARD MEETING WITH US.
NOT THAT SHE'S TOO LOUD BACK THERE, BUT THIS IS THE END OF AN ERA.
WE YOU'RE LEAVING A LEGACY BEHIND AND WE WILL MISS YOU.
OTHERWISE I JUST NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL.
I MOVE TO APPROVE THE REQUEST FOR THE OUTER FIELD TEACHING ASSIGNMENT AS SUBMITTED.
A SECOND MOVE BY BAMINI, SECONDED BY MATTHEW.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION CARRIES.
AND OUR FINAL OUR FINAL AGENDA ITEM HERE IS THE RENEWAL OF SUPERINTENDENT ANZALONE'S CONTRACT FOR A THREE YEAR CONTRACT HERE. YOU'VE BEEN PRESENTED WITH THAT DOCUMENT.
UNLESS THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS I LOOK FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THIS.
I MOVE TO APPROVE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S CONTRACT FOR 2024 TO 2027.
SECOND. MOVE BY TRACEY, SECONDED BY MATTHEW.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES.
YES. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THREE MORE YEARS WITH YOU.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. OKAY.
[11. EXECUTIVE SESSION - Personnel - RCW 42.30.110 (g) - Approximately 15 minutes]
I AM GOING TO RECESS OUR REGULAR MEETING.THE BOARD IS GOING TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR 15 MINUTES TO DISCUSS PERSONNEL.
WE MAY TAKE ACTION AFTER THIS EXECUTIVE SESSION.
I WILL SAY WE WILL EITHER BE BACK AT 8:05 TO ADJOURN THE MEETING OR POSSIBLY TAKE ACTION.
SO UNTIL THEN, WE ARE IN RECESS.
IT IS 8:07. WE'RE BACK FROM OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[02:20:01]
I ENTERTAIN A MOTION AND A SECOND/ I MOVE TO ACCEPT THE TERMINATION OF BRADLEY VANDYNE AS OF THE DATE SUBMITTED.SECOND WAS MOVED BY MATTHEW, SECONDED BY BAMINI.
OUR REGULAR MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.