Jul 22, 2024 School Board Meeting

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

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ALRIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON.

YES. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD EVENING.

WHATEVER IT IS. HELLO.

IT'S 5:30 AND WE'RE GOING TO GET STARTED WITH OUR JULY 22ND BOARD MEETING.

IF YOU WOULD PLEASE RISE AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

ALLEGIANCE].

NEXT IS OUR LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT BAMINI 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.

THANKS, BAMINI. ALL RIGHT.

NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS BOARD COMMUNICATION.

[2. BOARD COMMUNICATION]

FIRST OF ALL, I'LL JUST SHARE THAT WE ARE SHARING SOME MICROPHONES TONIGHT.

SO OUR COMMUNICATION MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT WONKY HERE, BUT WE'LL MAKE IT WORK AND ALSO JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT CONNIE HENNESSEY IS NOT PHYSICALLY IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT.

SHE'S OUT WATCHING AND MIGHT BE PHONING IN WITH ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

SO WITH THAT, IF IS THERE ANYTHING ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD? THE ONE THING THAT I NOTED BECAUSE IT WASN'T ON ANYTHING ELSE IS THE CAMAS ATHLETIC BOOSTERS AS THEIR GOLF TOURNAMENT, THE 14TH ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT ON SEPTEMBER 14TH.

IT'S EASY TO REMEMBER THAT. SO I'M NOT A GOLFER, BUT IF ANYONE'S A GOLFER.

SUPPORT THE ATHLETIC BOOSTERS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, NEIGHBORS, ANYONE WHO GOLFS.

THEN I'LL ALSO THROW OUT THAT WE HAVE THE CAMAS DAYS PARADE ON SATURDAY, THE COREY AND I, AND I THINK MATTHEW WILL BE THERE.

I'M NOT SURE IF [INAUDIBLE] WILL BE THERE AND WE'RE STILL LOOKING FOR SOME STUDENT VOLUNTEERS.

IF THERE'S ANYONE LISTENING THAT WANTS TO CARRY SOME BANNERS IN THE PARADE.

CONTACT TO COREY AND I.

WE'D BE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU AND ALSO, IF YOU WONDER WHY I'M WEARING FLUORESCENT YELLOW, IF YOU CAN SEE, IT'S BECAUSE I'M RUNNING A CONSTRUCTION CAMP THIS WEEK AT RIDGEFIELD AND SO IF YOU KNOW THE CONSTRUCTION TRADES ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN GETTING KIDS INTO INDUSTRY AND THEY'RE REALLY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.

SO LAST YEAR WE HAD ONE CAMP.

THIS YEAR WE HAVE THREE. WE HAD ONE IN HAWKINSON.

THIS WEEK WE'RE IN RIDGEFIELD AND IN 2 WEEKS WE'RE IN [INAUDIBLE] CENTER AND THESE KIDS, THEY GET BLUEPRINTS.

THEY PUT TOGETHER PICNIC TABLES THAT THEY LEAVE AT THEIR SCHOOL.

WE SEND THEM OFF WITH REAL HARD HATS AND TAPE MEASURES AND SAFETY GEAR AND SO IT'S REALLY A GREAT COLLABORATION OF THE CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION AND LOCAL INDUSTRY TOGETHER. SO I'VE BEEN AT CAMP ALL DAY.

JUST WANTED YOU GUYS TO BE AWARE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT I JUST WANT TO PUT ON THE RADARS OF THE THREE OF YOU ARE HERE, AND CONNIE AS WELL.

IS THAT WITH ERIKA STEPPING DOWN AND THEN MATTHEW COMING ON BOARD? ONE THING WE WILL NEED TO DO IS APPOINT A NEW WSSDA LEGISLATIVE REPRESENTATIVE.

SO IT WAS ERIKA AND IT'S REALLY.

I CAN SEND YOU MORE INFORMATION IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, BUT IT'S REALLY JUST ATTEND A COUPLE OF ZOOM MEETINGS HERE AND THERE AND THEN DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, YOU'LL BE KIND OF THE POINT PERSON THAT WSSDA SENDS UPDATES TO REGARDING BILL PROGRESS AND STATUS AND WHERE WE SHOULD BE PUTTING OUR ADVOCACY.

SO IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED IN TAKING THAT ON I CAN SEND YOU MORE INFORMATION, BUT WE'LL PROBABLY TALK ABOUT THAT AT THE AUGUST PLANNING SESSION AS WELL AND JUST TO THROW ON THAT TOO, I ACTUALLY WENT TO WSSDA AND SIGNED UP FOR THOSE ALREADY BECAUSE YOU CAN GO SIGN UP FOR THE LEGISLATIVE UPDATES AND CHECK I'M NOT THE BOARD REP PLEDGE REP.

RIGHT AND STILL GET THEM SO WE CAN ALL DO THAT AS WELL, CORRECT? YEAH. THERE IS JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS WHERE SOMETIMES OUR LEADERSHIP HAS TO REPRESENT THE BOARD TO VOTE WITHIN THE WSSDA BODY.

SO WE DO NEED SOMEBODY FOR THAT.

SO JUST PUTTING THAT OUT THERE OKAY.

MOVING RIGHT ALONG HERE.

IF UNLESS THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE.

NO. OKAY. MOVING ALONG TO ITEM 3, PUBLIC COMMENTS.

WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENTS.

THERE IS ONE WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT THAT HAS BEEN ENTERED INTO THE AGENDA.

SO I WILL MOVE US ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[5. CONSENT AGENDA]

I'LL BE LOOKING FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT.

IT WAS MOVED BY TRACEY, SECONDED BY MATTHEW.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL RIGHT.

MOTION CARRIES. MOVES US ALONG TO OUR SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT AND DOCTOR ANZALONE.

[6. REPORTS]

THAT HAPPENED QUICK.

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SO OBVIOUSLY THIS REPORT IS GOING TO BE MORE ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING THIS SUMMER.

A LOT OF GREAT THINGS FOR KIDS GOING ON.

SO GET RIGHT TO IT.

JUST WANT TO GIVE A JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN WORK.

SO PER THE BOARD'S REQUEST, WE ARE ORGANIZING OUR VERY FIRST WORKGROUP AROUND STANDARDS BASED LEARNING AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT DATE HAS BEEN SET. I DON'T KNOW IF SHARI'S HERE, BUT THEY WERE WORKING ON GETTING THAT SET FOR THE LAST WEEK OF JULY.

SO I'LL GIVE YOU THAT UPDATE AS SOON AS I CAN, BUT JUST TRYING TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE FROM THAT COMMITTEE OR THAT WORK GROUP ORGANIZED IN JULY IS DIFFICULT.

BUT WE DID HEAR LOUD AND CLEAR FROM OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THE BOARD THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT AND I FULLY AGREE WITH YOU THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO MOVE A LITTLE BIT FASTER ON THAN SOME OF THE OTHER WORK GROUPS AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO BRINGING THAT GROUP TOGETHER.

OTHER THAN THAT, JUST A COUPLE OTHER ADDITIONS FROM THE LAST BOARD MEETING.

AGAIN, SBL WORKGROUP WILL COMMENCE IN LATE JULY RATHER THAN IN AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER.

THOSE MEETINGS WILL PROBABLY BE CENTERED HEAVILY AROUND NORMS AND AGREEMENTS.

SCOPE AND SEQUENCE, REALLY JUST JUST LIKE WE WOULD DO IN OUR CLASSROOM, JUST KIND OF SETTING THOSE GUIDELINES FOR ONE ANOTHER AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE WORKGROUPS ARE VERY OPEN.

THERE WILL BE DEFINITELY VARIED YOU KNOW, FEELINGS AND PERSPECTIVES AND OPINIONS ON PRIMARILY ON THIS WORK GROUP, BUT MAYBE ON OTHERS.

SO THAT'S WHERE OUR FOCUS WILL BE FOR THOSE FIRST, FIRST AND SECOND MEETINGS AND THEN WE'LL SEE HOW THEY GO.

AT SOME POINT, MORE LIKELY, AS WE GET INTO THE FALL, WE'LL DEFINITELY HAVE SOME DATES SET WHERE THESE WORK GROUPS WILL CONSISTENTLY BE COMING IN, WHETHER IT'S AT WORK OR OUR WORK GROUPS OR OUR WORKSHOPS, OR AT BOARD MEETINGS OR BOTH DEPENDING ON WHAT THE BOARD WANTS.

REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THOSE UPDATES AND THEN AS WE GO, WE'LL BE FILLING IN THOSE DATA POINTS.

KIND OF LIKE I SHOWED YOU LAST MEETING.

OTHER THAN THAT ONE OF THE THINGS WE'LL BE DOING AT OUR BOARD PLANNING SESSION WILL BE ALIGNING OUR STRATEGIC PLAN TO OUR BOARD AGENDA. I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT AND ALSO SEEING HOW EACH OF YOU CAN FIND A PATHWAY AND HELPING BRING THAT WORK ALONG AND WHERE YOU FIT BEST AND HOPEFULLY IT'LL THE TIMING OF THE MEETINGS WILL ALSO FIT FOR YOU.

WORST CASE SCENARIO, YOU CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO BE A PART OF THAT WORK.

BUT I THINK ONE OF THE CRITICAL PIECES WILL BE TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF OUR WORK, INCLUDING OUR BOARD AGENDAS, ARE REALLY ALIGNED CONSISTENTLY TO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. SO, YES.

OKAY. JUST QUESTION REALLY QUICK.

JUST CLARIFICATION. THE WORK GROUP THAT'S COMMENCING IN LATE JULY.

THAT IS JUST ABOUT ANY POSSIBLE TWEAKS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL IN TERMS OF STANDARDS BASED LEARNING AND GRADING, RIGHT? OKAY. IT'S NOT A FULL BLOWN THING.

NO, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE WILL STILL BE SOME DISCUSSION AROUND SOME NORMS JUST TO KIND OF GET THE CONVERSATION STARTED.

BUT YEAH, PRIMARILY WHAT CAN WE, WHAT KIND OF QUICK MOVES CAN WE DO TO ENSURE THAT WE GET THE SCHOOL YEAR OFF TO A GOOD START? AND PRIMARILY THAT WILL BE OUR TWO COMPREHENSIVE MIDDLE SCHOOLS BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE SEE SOME OF THE MAYBE LACK OF SUPPORT OVER AT TIMES AND OTHER CONFUSION.

SO YEAH.

GOOD QUESTION AND THEN LAST BULLET POINT IS JUST THAT WE'RE PLANNING ON DISTRIBUTING THE HARD COPY OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN TO ALL STAFF ON THE.

WELCOME BACK.

ON AUGUST 28TH, WHICH IS GOING TO BE AT GARVER THEATER.

SO ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON.

SO CAPITAL PROJECTS, WE HAVE SOME EXCITING THINGS GOING ON.

AS YOU KNOW, TONIGHT'S BOARD AGENDA, WE HAVE OUR CONTRACT.

SO HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, WITH YOUR APPROVAL WE'LL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT WORK.

FINALIZING THE CONTRACT AND AGREEMENTS.

GROUNDBREAKING IS PLANNED FOR NEXT SUMMER OR THE COMPLETION PRETTY QUICKLY.

AS WE'VE TALKED TO LSW MCKAY.

ESPOSITO. THEY BELIEVE THAT ONCE THIS GETS ROLLING, IT'LL BE A PRETTY QUICK DEVELOPMENT.

SO WE COULD GET UP AND ROLLING.

WE DON'T FORESEE ANY ISSUES WITH THE TENNIS SEASON AT ALL AND SO HOPEFULLY THIS ONCE THIS GETS GOING NEXT SUMMER, IT'LL JUST BE A FEW WEEKS AND HAVING IT UP AND RUNNING.

WE ALSO DOREEN IS WORKING WITH THE USTA'S MARKETING TEAM TO DEVELOP COMMUNICATIONS.

WE KNOW THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT GOING INTO NEXT YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS REALLY UNDERSTANDING NOT JUST ABOUT THE PROJECT, BUT HOW THE PROJECT IS BEING FUNDED THROUGH CAPITAL PROJECTS AND ALSO THE GENEROUS DONATION FROM USTA AND THEIR FUNDRAISING EFFORTS SO THAT PLAN IS IN THE WORKS AS WE SPEAK.

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THAT WILL HAPPEN IN SEPTEMBER.

PART OF THE PLAN WAS TO TRY TO GET THAT DONE OVER THE SUMMER.

BUT WE REALIZED SIMILAR TO THE WORK GROUPS, IT'S JUST SO HARD TO GET EVERYBODY TOGETHER FOR THAT AND AS MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE ON VACATION AND ELSEWHERE.

SO OUR PLAN IS IN SEPTEMBER OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

EARLY ON, WE'LL HAVE AN OPEN HOUSE OF SORTS AT LEDBETTER TO REALLY GET PEOPLE A FEEL OF THE PROPERTY, THE BUILDING, AND SEE IF ALL OF THE THINGS THAT THEY CAME UP WITH, THE IDEAS ARE REALLY ALIGNED WITH WHAT THE PROPERTY LOOKS LIKE AND THEN CARDON FIELD IS COMPLETED.

YOU CAN SEE AN AERIAL PHOTO THERE.

I KNOW THE RED IS DRAWING A LOT OF ATTENTION, MOSTLY POSITIVE.

I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT SHOCKING, BUT I SPOKE TO SOME OF THE PLAYERS AND THE HEAD COACH AND THEY'RE SUPER EXCITED TO BE OUT THERE.

IT'S GENERATING SOCIAL MEDIA YOU KNOW, FEEDBACK AND AS STEPHEN BARANOWSKI SAYS, IT'S A DRAW FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

SO ALTHOUGH IT'S INITIALLY IT'S PRETTY RED PRETTY SHOCKING.

IT'S ACTUALLY WITH THAT BLACK OUTLINE, I REALLY THINK IT'S BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER.

SO KIDS ARE OUT THERE PLAYING ALREADY.

WE DID DRAW SOME LACROSSE LINES ON THE FIELD.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT ABOUT ROLLING THIS OUT IN THE FALL WHEN ALL THE KIDS COME BACK AND THEN ALSO, I KNOW THE BOARD, ONE OF THE BOARD REQUESTS WAS TO HAVE A MAINTENANCE, REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT MASTER LIST.

SO THAT AS WE GET COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND YOU HEAR FROM YOUR CONSTITUENTS ON.

HEY, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THESE CAPITAL PROJECTS.

HOWEVER, THIS SCHOOL REALLY NEEDS THAT OR I'M A TEACHER AT THIS SCHOOL AND WE REALLY KIND OF NEED THAT.

SO SHERMAN AND HIS TEAM AND RANDY ARE WORKING TOGETHER.

THEY'RE CLOSE TO BEING DONE WITH THAT AND SO I'LL PROBABLY BRIEF THE BOARD ON WHERE WE ARE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

SO THAT WAY YOU CAN GO BACK TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS, LIKE I SAID, AND SHARE WITH THEM AND, BE ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND WHERE WE ARE.

SO ANYTHING ON CAPITAL PROJECTS I KNOW WE'LL HEAR MORE FROM JASON IN A LITTLE BIT.

SO SUMMER LEARNING IS OFF AND RUNNING.

IT'S BEEN GOING VERY, VERY WELL.

THANKS TO THE LEADERSHIP OF ALVIN LUSTIG, WHO WAS WAS SELECTED TO BE OUR SUMMER SCHOOL PRINCIPAL.

ALSO, OUR INCREDIBLE STAFF AND MARY AND HER TEAM, EVERYBODY REALLY COMING TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PROGRAMS ARE GOING STRONG.

JUST A COUPLE BULLET POINTS HERE ON ELEMENTARY.

THAT'S A PICTURE I TOOK THE OTHER DAY WHEN I WAS VISITING HELEN BALLARD.

WE HAVE 16 ELEMENTARY TEACHERS EDUCATORS, EIGHT TEACHERS AND EIGHT PAIRS WHO ARE RUNNING THAT PROGRAM.

THEY'RE PROVIDING TARGETED, SPECIFIC READING INSTRUCTION TO 145 OF OUR KIDS.

SO THAT'S JUST GREAT WORK.

90 OF THESE STUDENTS ARE USING DISTRICT TRANSPORTATION.

SO THANK YOU TO THE BOARD FOR FUNDING FOR HELPING FUND OUR SUMMER PROGRAM.

90 OF THOSE STUDENTS NEED THE BUS AND ARE GETTING THAT SERVICE.

74 OF OUR STUDENTS ARE SERVED ON AN IEP 504 OR MULTILINGUAL SUPPORT.

SO PRETTY IMPRESSIVE AND WE'RE SERVING BREAKFAST AND LUNCH TO OVER 100 OF THESE STUDENTS EVERY SINGLE DAY.

EVAN STATED THAT WE'RE PROVIDING A SAFE, ENRICHING ENVIRONMENT NOT ONLY IN THE CLASSROOM, BUT AT PLAY AND IF YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO GO OUT AND ABOUT, YOU'LL SEE THE KIDS ARE HAVING A GREAT TIME AS MUCH AS YOU CAN WHEN YOU'RE IN SUMMER SCHOOL.

WE'RE MAKING IT AS FUN FOR THE STUDENTS AS POSSIBLE.

THAT'S WHY THEY'RE SHOWING UP EVERY DAY.

WELL, WE WENT AWAY FROM THE BOOKMOBILES MAINLY BECAUSE WHAT WE REALIZED WAS THAT SO MANY OF OUR FAMILIES HAVE ACCESS TO THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.

WE DECIDED AS A TEAM TO REALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS THIS YEAR TO PUT MORE MONEY INTO SUMMER SCHOOL.

WE ARE CONCERNED THAT AS ESSER MONEY GOES AWAY, WHICH IS HEAVILY WHAT'S FUNDED SUMMER SCHOOL ACROSS OUR NATION, INCLUDING CAMAS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AND WAYS TO FUND SUMMER SCHOOL IN THE FUTURE AND THAT WAS ONE DECISION.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE AS A BOARD HERE, COMING UP WITH ESSER MONEY GOING AWAY, HOW COULD WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THESE, YOU KNOW, INCREDIBLE ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS FOR OUR KIDS WITHOUT THE FEDERAL FUNDING OR THE STATE FUNDING.

SO WE'LL HAVE TO CROSS THAT BRIDGE PRETTY SOON HERE.

A COUPLE OTHER THINGS.

THE BOOKS THAT THE STUDENTS ARE USING HAVE BEEN COLLECTED FROM WOODBURN'S BOOK CART.

SO WOODBURN STEPPED UP TO SAY, HEY, WE WANT TO SUPPORT AND WE DO HAVE ONE NURSE IN THE FRONT OFFICE TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE SCRAPES AND BRUISES AND THINGS LIKE THAT HAPPENED ON THE PLAYGROUND. AND THEN WE DO HAVE AN ELEMENTARY COORDINATOR, AND WE DID PULL BACK A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE HAD A LITTLE LESS FUNDING AND SO NO ASSISTANCE WITH THAT COORDINATOR THIS YEAR.

SO A LITTLE BIT TIGHTER ON THE BUDGET AS FAR AS OH, THERE'S A COUPLE PICTURES THAT WE HAD FROM VALERIE.

SEE THE KIDS WORKING HARD THERE.

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THAT SEEMS TO BE OUR PRIORITY OVER SUMMER AS FAR AS SECONDARY LOTS GOING ON.

AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.

OUR SUMMER SCHOOL HAS 492 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN 770 DIFFERENT CLASSES.

SO A LOT GOING ON.

THIS ISN'T ALL REMEDIATION.

A LOT OF THIS IS ALSO ENRICHMENT.

GETTING AHEAD.

17 STAFF MEMBERS HAVE TAKEN PART IN THIS ONE.

ADMIN ASSISTANT, TEN TEACHERS.

WE HAVE AN ML SPECIALIST, A PARA, A NURSE AND TWO ADMINISTRATORS.

WE HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL COORDINATOR AND AS I SAID, WE STARTED SOMETHING NEW THIS YEAR.

WE HIRED A SECOND, I'M SORRY, A SUMMER SCHOOL PRINCIPAL.

WHERE IT'S MORE BEEN COORDINATORS COMING TOGETHER.

WE THOUGHT THAT MOVING INTO THE FUTURE, WE NEEDED ONE, YOU KNOW PERSON AT POINT FOR THIS AND EVANS DOING A GREAT JOB.

LET'S SEE. ALMOST FIVE OF OUR ALMOST 500 STUDENTS, 132 ARE SERVED ON IEP 504 OR MULTILINGUAL OR OUR COMBINATION OF OF ALL THREE. ONE OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS WITH A SPECIAL ED BACKGROUND HAS REVIEWED EVERY SINGLE IEP TO MAKE SURE THAT THE STUDENTS ARE RECEIVING THEIR CORRECT ACCOMMODATIONS. AND WE COMMUNICATED THIS YOU KNOW, ACROSS WITH OUR PARENTS AND THROUGHOUT OUR STUDENTS AND OUR TEACHERS.

SO EVERYBODY IS ON BOARD AND THE STUDENTS ARE GETTING THE SERVICES THEY THEY NEED.

AGAIN, BREAKFAST AND LUNCH IS SERVED TO ABOUT 7 TO 20 OF THE STUDENTS.

AGAIN, THE OLDER STUDENTS DON'T ALWAYS TAKE US UP ON BREAKFAST AND LUNCH AS MUCH AS THE ELEMENTARY KIDS DO.

TRANSPORTATION AGAIN FOR OUR SECONDARY STUDENTS, 300 OF OUR STUDENTS ARE IN CREDIT RECOVERY.

AS I SAID, WHILE NEARLY 200 ARE TAKING INITIAL CREDITS TO GET AHEAD.

SO IT'S ALMOST SPLIT THERE ON WHAT STUDENTS ARE THERE FOR.

50 STUDENTS ARE TAKING ALGEBRA ONE FOR THE FIRST TIME OR GEOMETRY TO GET AHEAD OPENS UP THEIR HIGH SCHOOL SCHEDULE QUITE A BIT AND 20 STUDENTS ARE NEWCOMERS TO THE COUNTRY, SO THAT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.

EACH OF THESE STUDENTS ARE WORKING OR ON COMPLETING GRADUATION REQUIREMENT COURSES, SPECIFICALLY THE WASHINGTON STATE HISTORY REQUIREMENT.

OUR ML SPECIALIST IS AND HER TEAM HAVE BEEN ESSENTIAL IN THE SUCCESS OF THE NEWLY OFFERED PROGRAMING.

THE COST OF OUR PROGRAMING IS HIGHER THAN MANY OTHERS IN THE REGION, WHICH ALLOWS US TO OFFER SCHOLARSHIPS TO ANYONE WHO REQUESTS IT.

WE HAVE OFFERED 82 STUDENTS SCHOLARSHIPS FOR ALMOST A TOTAL OF 100 CLASSES, ALL WHILE STILL COLLECTING ALMOST $100,000 FOR OUR SUMMER PROGRAM.

SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A 100% SELF-SUFFICIENT BECAUSE THERE ARE PRETTY HIGH COSTS THERE, BUT WE'RE ABLE TO COLLECT A GOOD PORTION FROM THE TUITION ESSENTIALLY.

AS OF JULY 18TH, AROUND 60% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE ON TRACK TO COMPLETE THEIR COURSEWORK.

SO REALLY GOOD PROGRESS.

OH, JUST AN INTERESTING COMMENT THAT THERE IS 200 PEOPLE TAKING INITIAL CREDITS AND 150 OF THOSE ARE TAKING PE AND HEALTH AND SO I HAVE A STUDENT DOING THAT AND PART OF IT'S BECAUSE IT THEN THEY CAN TAKE SOMETHING ELSE IN THEIR HIGH SCHOOL.

SO THAT'S A BIG NUMBER OF PEOPLE TAKING THE PE IN THE SUMMERTIME AND JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT NUMBER OUT.

THAT'S A GREAT POINT AND IT'S A GREAT WAY TO GET AHEAD, OPEN UP THE SCHEDULE, ESPECIALLY WITH CHEMIST NOT BEING ON A BLOCK SCHEDULE, JUST HAVING THE STRAIGHT SIX.

IT'S SOMETIMES COULD BE LIMITING ON HOW MANY CLASSES YOU COULD TAKE.

SO WHEN IS THE LAST DAY? ANYBODY? [INAUDIBLE].

THANKS MARY. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON THAT? ALL RIGHT. THIS IS A PICTURE OF SOME OF OUR NEWCOMERS.

THIS IS JUST AN AWESOME GROUP OF KIDS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD AND JUST A REPRESENTATION OF THE DIVERSITY HERE IN CAMAS AND AS OUR DIVERSITY GROWS.

OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT IS NOT IMMUNE TO THAT.

SO REALLY ROLLING OUT THE RED CARPET FOR THESE STUDENTS AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE AHEAD OF THE GAME.

CAMPS. I'M GLAD MARY'S HERE.

REALLY CELEBRATING THESE KIDDOS.

THIS IS THESE ARE SOME PICTURES FROM JAUHAR LAST WEEK.

JUST AMAZING STUFF GOING ON.

THERE'S PUZZLES AND LEGOS AND OUTSIDE PLAY AND COOKING, AND I CAN GO ON AND ON AND ON AND SO JUST REALLY SPECIAL TO GO OVER THERE ANYTIME, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HAVING A ROUGH DAY HERE AT ZAC OR JUST HEAD ON OVER TO [INAUDIBLE] OR ONE OF OUR OTHER PROGRAMS, AND THESE KIDS REALLY BRIGHTEN UP OUR DAY AND THEN THE TEENAGERS THAT WORK OVER THERE HELPING OUT ARE JUST LEARNING SO MANY GREAT LIFE LESSONS, JUST NOT JUST WORKING WITH YOUNG KIDS, BUT ALSO PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND JUST REALLY LEARNING ABOUT BEING ON TIME FOR WORK AND HAVING THAT, THAT FIRST JOB FOR MANY OF THEM AND JUST AWESOME KIDS.

WE ALSO WERE ABLE TO PARTNER.

THANK YOU, MARY, AND YOUR TEAM WITH SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON TRACK TEAM WHO ARE OUT THERE GIVING BACK TO THE KIDS.

THIS IS SOME PICTURES HERE OF THE KIDS LEARNING JAVELINS.

NO, THEY'RE NOT USING REAL POINTED SPEARS.

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SO THEY KIND OF THROW FOAM DISCS.

SO THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH A LITTLE EARLY RECRUITMENT TO OUR TRACK TEAM AND SO THANK YOU TO THESE COLLEGE STUDENTS FOR BEING OUT THERE AND HELPING OUT.

THEY WERE SO AWESOME TO GO OUT THERE.

AND SOMETIMES IT'S PRETTY HOT ON THAT ASTROTURF THERE.

SO ALSO, I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED BY THIS.

I WAS HEADED OVER HERE TO CONFERENCE ROOM G, AND STUDENTS ARE REALLY YOUNG WORKING ON JAVASCRIPT AND I WAS LIKE, WOW, TEN YEARS OLD.

THEY WERE JUST GOING ON AND ON.

THEY WERE CODING LITTLE CARS AND MACHINES AND THE TEACHERS THERE ARE FROM OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT, RIGHT MARY? AND THEY WERE AWESOME WITH THE KIDS, AND I THINK THEY'VE BEEN HERE A COUPLE OF TIMES IN THE PAST.

RIGHT. FOUR YEARS.

OKAY. GOT IT.

SO YEAH, REALLY IMPRESSIVE INDOOR OUTDOOR STUFF GOING ON AND REALLY THERE'S SOMETHING FOR EVERY STUDENT AND THEN MY FAVORITE WAS THE FUTURE CHEFS.

THEY WERE MAKING AN ITALIAN FEAST.

I DON'T KNOW, SOMEHOW COINCIDENTAL THAT I WALKED IN THERE THAT DAY.

THEY WERE MAKING SPAGHETTI AND CAESAR SALAD AND THEN COOKIES AND A HOMEMADE CAESAR DRESSING.

I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. NO ANCHOVIES.

BUT IT WAS MORE KID FRIENDLY.

BUT A LOT OF FUN AND THIS WAS HAPPENING OVER IN OUR ZAC CAFETERIA.

SO UTILIZING ALL OF THE RESOURCES AND PART OF THE PROPERTY.

SO THAT'S SUMMER FOR YOU? NOT A WHOLE LOT, BUT A LOT GOING ON HERE AT ZAC.

ALL RIGHT. THANKS, COREY.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE FOR JOHN BEFORE WE MOVE ON? OKAY, GREAT.

NEXT WE HAVE OUR MONTHLY BUDGET REPORT AND JASON MCEATHROM.

THANKS, GIL. OKAY.

SO THIS EVENING BUDGET STATUS REPORTS GOT SEVERAL DIFFERENT THINGS KIND OF WRAPPED INTO IT HERE.

BEFORE WE GET TO OUR TRADITIONAL REPORT, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THINGS.

SYSTEM CONVERSION.

THIS IS THE WEEK THAT WE GO DARK AND BASICALLY, THAT MEANS WE WON'T HAVE OUR MAIN SYSTEM THAT WE MANAGE ALL OF OUR FINANCES AND STUDENT FILES AND PAYROLL AND ALL OF THAT WILL BE SHUT DOWN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MONTH AS ESD WORKS TO GET ALL THAT DATA PUT INTO OUR NEW PLATFORM, WHICH IS CALLED CUMULATIVE.

SO STILL A SKYWARD PRODUCT, BUT IT'S A MUCH MORE IMPROVED WEB BASED PRODUCT.

SO WE'RE EXCITED, THIS IS KIND OF THE COLEMAN.

WELL, IT'S NOT THE CULMINATION, BUT IT'S, IF YOU WILL, THE CENTER OF THE HOURGLASS ALMOST FOR THIS WORK THAT STARTED 18 MONTHS AGO TO GET TO THIS POINT AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK THAT WILL GO THROUGH ONCE WE GO, ONCE WE GET OUR INFORMATION BACK.

SO IT'S ONE WAY TO SAVE MONEY.

YOU CAN'T SPEND ANY MONEY FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS HERE.

SO, ANYWAYS ALSO THE CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS CENTER PROJECT, AND WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF CONTRACTS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA HERE.

ONE IS FOR DESIGN, ENGINEERING, PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES.

THIS IS HONESTLY, IT'S KIND OF RARE THAT WE'RE EVEN DOING MUCH FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS THESE DAYS.

WE'RE IN BETWEEN BONDS, AND SO WE DON'T HAVE A PROJECT MANAGER, AND WE'VE NEVER HAD AN ENGINEER ON STAFF OR YOU KNOW, ARCHITECTS.

AND SO IT'S VERY TYPICAL FOR US WHEN WE DO CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS TO CONTRACT FOR THESE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.

SO WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE.

I THINK ABOUT THAT LATER.

PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT.

WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO HAVING THAT AGREEMENT PRETTY MUCH LINED UP SHARED WITH YOU, YOU KNOW, REALLY, THE MOST CURRENT DRAFT IS THIS EVENING.

SO REALLY JUST SEEKING THIS EVENING, DISTRICTS, EXCUSE ME, BOARDS APPROVAL FOR STAFF TO ENTER INTO THAT PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT AND ENTER INTO THAT.

FACILITIES USE AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES AGREEMENT.

SO A LOT OF WORK LEADING UP TO THIS POINT.

EXCITING STUFF.

KEEP IN MIND THE CONSTRUCTION TARGET.

NO GROUND'S GETTING BROKEN UNTIL NEXT SUMMER, SO BUT WE'RE DOING ALL THIS WELL IN ADVANCE BECAUSE THE PERMITTING TAKES A GREAT DEAL OF TIME TO GET THROUGH AND SO WE'VE OBVIOUSLY STARTED SOME OF THAT WORK.

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SO 24-25 BUDGET.

THE IN THE IT WON'T BE IN OUR WORKSHOP, OUR NEXT MEETING, BUT IN OUR SECOND MEETING IN AUGUST I'LL BE PRESENTING KIND OF THE LAST VERSION, IF YOU WILL, OF THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR.

RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE'RE SEEING, THE WAY THINGS ARE TRENDING.

SO I'M EXPECTING WE WOULD HAVE AN ENDING FUND BALANCE OF ABOUT 3.6% IN ABOUT 13 MONTHS FROM NOW.

SO THAT'S REALLY THAT'S NOT A SAFE LEVEL TO BE AT.

OKAY. THAT'S NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO CARRY OUR CASH FLOW NEEDS IN IN A GIVEN SCHOOL YEAR.

SO IT'S REALLY KIND OF A CALL, I THINK, TO ACTION THAT.

OKAY. WE'VE ASKED ALL THAT WE COULD REALLY CAN OF THE SCHOOL BOARD TO PROVIDE FUND BALANCE TO LEAN ON AND NOW WE NEED TO BUCKLE DOWN.

SO MORE TO COME ON THAT.

OBVIOUSLY THIS WILL BE A DISCUSSION THAT WILL HAVE OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT 12, 14 MONTHS.

REALLY. SO WE'VE KNOWN THIS, YOU KNOW, THAT IT WOULD COME TO AN END WHEN WE COULD RELY UPON OUR FUND BALANCE TO BAIL US OUT, AND THAT REALLY WE'RE KIND OF AT THAT POINT BASICALLY RIGHT NOW.

SO IT'S GOOD TO HAVE A RUNWAY AND OBVIOUSLY WE'LL SEE.

I ALWAYS SAY, WE ALWAYS SAY, LET'S SEE HOW THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION TURNS OUT AND HOPEFULLY WE'RE SUCCESSFUL IN SOME AREAS THERE.

BUT ULTIMATELY, AS I MENTIONED, BOARD ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET AUGUST 26TH MEETING, WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO IT BY THEN.

SO TONIGHT, THOUGH, WE HAVE TO DO A BUDGET EXTENSION FOR 23-24 AND WE'RE DOING A BUDGET EXTENSION OF 2.7 MILLION, WHICH REPRESENTS ABOUT 1.5 MILLION IN OBLIGATED FUNDS PLUS 1% OF OUR BUDGET IS, YOU KNOW, 1.2 MILLION.

SO THAT'S HOW THAT 2.7 MILLION WE CAME UP WITH THAT AMOUNT MUCH LIKE JUST LIKE WE DO WITH OUR FINAL BUDGET.

COREY IS PRESIDENT WILL HAVE TO BRING US INTO, YOU KNOW, A BUDGET HEARING, WHICH WE'VE PROPERLY ADVERTISED.

THERE'S A RESOLUTION.

WE GO THROUGH MUCH OF THE SAME PROCESSES, ALMOST IDENTICAL TO AN OVERALL BUDGET AS WE DO FOR THIS BUDGET EXTENSION.

SO BUT BEFORE WE JUMP INTO THAT, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COVERED KIND OF THE BUDGET STATUS REPORT THIS EVENING.

SO JUNE, IS ONE OF THOSE REVENUE LIGHT MONTHS.

I THINK WE GET, WHAT, 5 OR 6%, I THINK, OF OUR STATE REVENUES IN THAT MONTH AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST IN THIS MONTH ALONE, WE'RE LEANING ON FUND BALANCE TO THE TUNE OF $4 MILLION.

SO THAT'S IT'S AND THAT'S PRETTY TYPICAL FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

WE GET ABOUT ALMOST 23% OF OUR STATE FUNDING IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS OF OUR FISCAL YEAR.

SO WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THAT.

LIKE IF YOU GOT 23% OF YOUR PAYCHECK IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS OF THE YEAR, YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE SOME RESERVES TO KIND OF GET YOU THROUGH SOME OF THOSE LEAN MONTHS.

SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING FUND BALANCE, SOMETIMES YOU KIND OF THINK OF IT IN THOSE TERMS AND YOU STILL HAVE THE MORTGAGE, YOU STILL HAVE THE GAS.

SO GOT TO PAY FOR KIDS COLLEGE IF YOU'RE AT THAT PHASE LIKE I AM.

SO YEAH, ALL THOSE THINGS COME IN THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.

THEY DON'T WAIT FOR THE LAST TWO MONTHS OF OF THE YEAR WHEN YOU GET MOST OF YOUR MONEY.

SO OTHER THAN THAT, REALLY PRETTY NORMAL ACTIVITY, I THINK, FOR JUNE.

YOU KNOW, I SAY NORMAL, BUT OUTSIDE OF THE BUDGET EXTENSION, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S NOT NORMAL.

CAPITAL PROJECTS, YOU'LL SEE SOME ACTIVITY IN THAT FUND AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN FAIRLY DORMANT.

SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING THERE IS THE CHS ROOF PROJECT THAT SHERMAN'S GROUP REALLY GOT STARTED ON PRETTY EARLY AND THEN YOU'LL SEE KIND OF IN THE MONTH OF JULY, PROBABLY THE TURF AND FIELD TURF REPLACEMENT WILL HIT IN THAT MONTH AND THEN WE'LL ALSO KIND OF HAVE CONTINUING OBLIGATIONS FOR THE CHS ROOF IN THIS PARTICULAR PHASE OF THAT PROJECT.

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SO YOU SEE EXPENDITURES IN THE DEBT SERVICE FUND WHEN NORMALLY WE DON'T IN MOST MONTHS IT'S ZERO.

SO THE OTHER TWO REMAINING FUNDS TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE ASB PRETTY REALLY NOT MUCH TO REPORT THERE.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT OKAY.

SO LOOKING AT THE PROJECTION AGAIN THIS IS OUR LATEST PROJECTION AS OF JUNE AND REALLY BECOMES THE CENTER OF WHY ARE WE DOING A BUDGET EXTENSION.

YOU KNOW AT THIS TIME OF YEAR AND WHAT HAVE YOU WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR A WHILE.

IT'S REALLY GOOD. I'M GLAD THAT WE WAITED UNTIL JULY, BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT CAME UP IN JUNE THAT WE WEREN'T ANTICIPATING THAT REALLY PUSHED THAT DEFICIT UP. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT KIND OF WHAT WE HAD BUDGETED, WE HAD BUDGETED A DEFICIT OF 2.6 MILLION.

WE'RE PROJECTING 3.6.

SO WHAT THAT DOES IS IT'S JUST A THAT'S A BIGGER DRAG ON OUR FUND BALANCE.

SO THAT MEANS THAT INSTEAD OF A 10% ENDING FUND BALANCE WE'RE LOOKING AT 9% BASICALLY.

SO THOSE ARE KIND OF THE PRESSURES AND TRENDS THAT WERE GOING INTO THIS NEXT BUDGET CYCLE OR NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

A LITTLE LEANER THAN WHAT WE HAD HOPED.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE REVENUES, NOTHING MUCH HAS CHANGED IN OUR PROJECTION FROM THE PREVIOUS MONTH OF MAY EXPENDITURES. LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, KIND OF COME WHAT'S BEEN COMING IN IS WE'VE HAD SOME ADDITIONAL SALARY COSTS, AND THESE ARE SOME IN THE AREAS THAT TYPICALLY ARE THE MOST DIFFICULT TO ANTICIPATE.

SO SUBSTITUTE COSTS OR EXTRA WORK ASSIGNMENTS LEAVE CASH OUTS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

WE OBVIOUSLY FOLLOW THAT ON A TREND, YOU KNOW, FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT.

BUT THESE CLIMBED A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN WHAT WE WERE ANTICIPATING.

SO ULTIMATELY WE HAVE TO REQUEST A BUDGET EXTENSION, AS I MENTIONED AND YOU CAN SEE IN THIS RIGHT HERE, YOU'LL SEE LIKE, WELL, WHAT'S THE VARIANCE FROM THE BUDGET.

OUR PROJECTION AND I MENTIONED THAT 1.5 MILLION AND THE REASON THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR 2.7 AGAIN IS JUST TO GIVE US SOME CUSHION.

SO WE'RE ALMOST TO THE END.

BUT IF WE GET A 1% CUSHION, THAT JUST HELPS US MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOU END OF AUGUST OR BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR SAYING, HEY, WE'VE GOT KIND OF PROBLEM HERE. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT ENOUGH CAPACITY TO ABSORB SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T THOUGHT OF.

QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? OKAY. SO AT THIS JUNCTURE, LIKE WE WOULD WITH OUR NORMAL BUDGET, WE SHOULD GO INTO LIKE THE BUDGET, PUBLIC HEARING, IF YOU WILL.

I'M GOING TO COVER SOME INFORMATION ABOUT WHY WE'RE DOING A BUDGET EXTENSION.

WHAT'S DRIVING THAT? WE HAVE TO. WE, ONCE I'M DONE WITH THAT AND THERE'S.

YOU KNOW, I'VE ANSWERED KIND OF YOUR QUESTIONS.

MAKE SURE THAT WE OPEN IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT DURING THAT HEARING AND THEN ONCE THAT'S CONCLUDED, THEN WE CAN GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE HEARING.

SO CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I THINK YOU ACTUALLY, I THINK I HAVE TO RECESS THE REGULAR MEETING AND ALL THAT STUFF.

A COUPLE I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I HAVE TO DO HERE.

ARE YOU READY THEN? OKAY. I'M READY.

OKAY. SO ANY QUESTIONS? FIRST OF ALL, ON JASON'S MONTHLY BUDGET REPORT.

OKAY, IN THAT CASE, THEN I AM GOING TO RECESS OUR REGULAR MEETING AT 6:04P.M, AND I AM GOING TO OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING

[8. PUBLIC HEARING - 2023/2024 Budget Extension Resolution]

ALL RIGHT. THANKS, COREY.

NICE JOB YOU'VE DONE THIS BEFORE.

SO, AS I MENTIONED, THE BUDGETS, YOU KNOW, THE BUDGET EXTENSION PROCESS IS SIMILAR, BUT IT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU DO.

SO AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING WHAT'S IMPORTANT ANYTIME YOU'RE DOING THIS IS COMMUNICATION COMMUNICATION AND TRANSPARENCY.

SO WE DON'T DO THIS VERY OFTEN.

SO WE TALK ABOUT IT EARLY AND OFTEN DURING THE COURSE OF THE YEAR AND SO YOU KNOW, GOING BACK PROBABLY TO I DON'T WANT TO SAY FEBRUARY, MAYBE JANUARY, WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY IN EARNEST AND SO THERE'S QUITE A BIT, QUITE A LONG RUNWAY.

I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT HOW WE DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF THE BUDGET EXTENSION.

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IT'S PRETTY MUCH THE EXACT SAME THING THAT I MENTIONED.

SO THE PROCESS IS VERY SIMILAR IN THAT WE HAVE TO FILE AN OFFICIAL FORM THROUGH OSPI.

IT'S CALLED A FORM F200 AND IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DO FOR OUR TYPICAL BUDGET.

WE HAVE TO SUBMIT IT TO ISD FOR REVIEW.

SO WE DO THIS WELL IN ADVANCE.

YOU CAN SEE THAT WE DID THIS AT THE BEGINNING DURING THE FIRST PART OF JULY, SHORTLY AFTER THE FOURTH AND WE HAVE TO PUBLISH A LEGAL NOTICE, WHICH WE DID ALREADY AND SO WE'RE HERE TODAY WITH THE BUDGET HEARING AND THEN RESOLUTION 2307.

SO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS TO KIND OF GET TO THAT NEXT LEVEL OF GRANULAR DETAIL, WE TALKED ABOUT SAFETY NET BEING A FAIRLY LARGE DRIVER IN OUR EXPENDITURE GROWTH.

WELL, SO SAFETY NET IS BASICALLY THE STATE'S PROGRAM THAT HELPS RELIEVE DISTRICTS OF UNANTICIPATED SPECIAL EDUCATION COSTS. SO YOU JUST SOMETIMES YOU JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT KIDS NEED GOING INTO THE NEXT YEAR OR SOMETIMES YOU CAN ALSO GET HIT WITH SOME UNANTICIPATED ENROLLMENT.

IN THIS PAST YEAR, WE ACTUALLY HAD QUITE A BIT OF ENROLLMENT GROWTH, ALMOST 9% OVER THE COURSE OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR TO THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AND THAT'S KIND OF UNUSUAL.

THAT'S REALLY UNUSUAL FOR US AS A DISTRICT AND SO YOU KNOW, WITH THAT, OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE CERTAIN ANY SORT OF SPECIALIZED NEEDS THAT THESE CHILDREN NEED.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE MEET OR EXCEED WHATEVER THOSE STANDARDS ARE OF PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES SO GOING INTO NEXT FISCAL YEAR, WE'RE BASICALLY ANTICIPATING THAT WE'LL HAVE ROUGHLY THE SAME NUMBER OF SPECIAL ED STUDENTS THAT WE ENDED THIS PAST SCHOOL YEAR WITH.

YEAH. GO AHEAD. JUST REAL QUICK.

SO YOU'RE SAYING THIS IS WE HAD AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS RECEIVING SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES THIS YEAR COMPARED TO PREVIOUS YEARS.

IS THAT SOMETHING WE'VE SEEN GROWING AND THAT THIS IS JUST A CONTINUATION OF THAT BIG GROWTH, OR IS THIS LIKE AN ABNORMAL SPIKE? I'M JUST KIND OF WONDERING, LIKE IF THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO BE PLANNING ON GOING FORWARD.

IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR DURING THE COURSE OF A SCHOOL YEAR FOR STUDENTS TO BE IDENTIFIED AS NEEDING, YOU KNOW EXTRA HELP OF SOME SORT AND SO THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY UNCOMMON.

IT'S KIND OF UNCOMMON IS THAT IT WAS ALMOST 90%, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ACTUALLY QUITE A BIT FOR US.

SO, YOU KNOW, IS THIS AN ABERRATION? WE REALLY DON'T KNOW AND THAT'S WHY WHEN WE GO AND WE BUDGET FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT, WE KIND OF JUST GO WITH, WELL, HOW MANY DID WE END THE YEAR WITH AND THAT TENDS TO BE A GENERALLY GOOD REFLECTION ON WHAT WE CAN EXPECT THE NEXT YEAR IF WE START TO SEE THAT THIS NO, THIS IS NOT.

THIS IS OUR NEW NORMAL, IS TO EXPECT THIS TYPE OF GROWTH IN A GIVEN YEAR.

THEN WE'LL INTEGRATE THAT INTO THE BUDGET.

BUT AT THIS POINT, I WOULDN'T.

SO THEN, ARE YOU SAYING THAT IN PREVIOUS YEARS WE'VE STAYED RELATIVELY FLAT FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR TO THE END OF THE YEAR? NO. THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN SOME LEVEL OF GROWTH.

YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST MAYBE 2 TO 4%, BUT NOT NINE.

OKAY. THAT MAKES SENSE. THANK YOU.

SO AND WITH THAT ALSO YOU IT CAN INCREASE PRETTY RAPIDLY.

DEPENDING UPON IF A STUDENT, YOU KNOW, NEEDS SOME CONTRACTED FOR SERVICES IN OR OUTSIDE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, THOSE THINGS CAN BE CAN INCREASE OUR COSTS.

AND SO WE'RE THANKFUL THAT THERE IS SAFETY NET FUNDING.

BUT WHEN THAT DOES HAPPEN, IT DOES HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE OVERALL BUDGET AND SO WHILE YOU PASS OR, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE A SPENDING LIMIT TO US OF, SAY, 120 MILLION WE'RE ADDING TO THAT OVERALL APPROPRIATED AMOUNT TO ABSORB THIS.

DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA OF THAT? 9% GROWTH IS AN ANOMALY TO IS IT HAPPENING IN OTHER DISTRICTS AS WELL, OR IS IT JUST SOMETHING LIKE, DID WE SEE A SPIKE OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING IN ALL SCHOOLS? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS TO THAT, AS IF IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO US IF OR IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS BEING SEEN EVERYWHERE.

SO THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.

TRACEY AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING AS A SYSTEM THAT THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS HAVE BEEN INCREASING OVER TIME.

BUT I HAVE NOT COMPARED THE ENROLLMENT TRENDS WITH SOME OF THE OTHER DISTRICTS TO SEE IF THEY HAD, YOU KNOW, EXPERIENCED THE SAME CURVE

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WE'RE HAPPY TO SERVE ALL OF THESE STUDENTS.

IT'S NOT A NEGATIVE THING.

FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, WE'RE GLAD THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES.

IT'S JUST AN IMPACT THAT WE HAVE TO ADJUST TO AND PIVOT OUR SYSTEM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MEETING OUR OBLIGATION AS A PUBLIC SCHOOL TO SERVE THESE KIDS.

SO AS I MENTIONED, THE SAFETY NET.

SO THAT'S KIND OF THE LION'S SHARE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE INCREASES OVER BUDGET.

SO BASICALLY WHAT WE DID IS WE KIND OF TOOK SOME EXPENDITURE AREAS WHERE WE SAW SOME OF THE LARGER, YOU KNOW, VARIATIONS FROM OUR ORIGINAL BUDGET SAFETY NETS, THE TOP OF THE LIST THERE AT 1.2 MILLION.

I MENTIONED EXTRA WORK AND SUBSTITUTE COSTS.

THOSE HAVE INCREASED MORE THAN WHAT WE HAD BUDGETED.

LEAVE BUYBACKS SAME AND THEN SEBB IS OUR SCHOOL EMPLOYEE BENEFITS HEALTH BENEFITS PROGRAM AND SO SOME OF THOSE COSTS CAME IN A LITTLE BIT HIGHER AND LIKELY IT'S WE JUST HAD SOME MORE EMPLOYEES QUALIFY FOR BENEFITS BECAUSE IT'S NOT UNIVERSAL, NOT YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO WORK A CERTAIN NUMBER OF HOURS.

SO YOU ANTICIPATE, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY EMPLOYEES YOU WOULD HAVE IN THE NEXT YEAR.

BUT IT REALLY KIND OF DEPENDS ON THE ACTUAL HOURS WORKED AND WE'RE OBLIGATED TO PROVIDE THOSE BENEFITS AND THEN A LOT OF PURCHASED SERVICE SERVICES AND CONTRACTS, WHICH IS KIND OF A MYRIAD OF THINGS.

ONE OF THEM IS RUNNING START.

SO IF YOU I DON'T KNOW IF YOU RECALL, BUT WE WERE RUNNING RIGHT AT ABOUT 150 RUNNING START KIDS AFTER COVID AND THIS PAST YEAR THAT JUMPED UP TO ABOUT 175, 180.

WELL, WITH THAT WE INCREASES OUR EXPENDITURES SO WE GET MORE MONEY FROM THE STATE FOR THESE THAT THEN GETS PASSED ON THROUGH TO, YOU KNOW, TO THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

SO THAT CAME IN A LITTLE BIT HIGHER.

WE'VE HAD LIKE SOME PARKING LOT REPAIRS, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE SEEN MAYBE DOWN HERE AT HAYS.

WE NEEDED TO DO SOME REPAIRS OUT THERE AND SOME OF THAT, YOU KNOW IT'S NOT REALLY A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT.

IT DOESN'T EXTEND THE LIFE.

IT'S JUST WE'RE TRYING TO MITIGATE SOME HAZARDS.

YOU KNOW, TRIPPING HAZARDS.

WATER MAIN BREAK.

YOU KNOW, THESE ARE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE JUST HAVE TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS, AND WE CAN'T REALLY ANTICIPATE THOSE.

I THINK THAT I CAN'T REMEMBER THE WATER MAIN BREAK MIGHT HAVE BEEN BY GARVER OR CHS.

I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH ONE. I GET THEM CONFUSED.

I THINK IT WASN'T THE WINTER STORM STUFF.

NO, BECAUSE THAT WAS.

NO, BECAUSE WE HAVE AN INSURANCE RECOVERY.

OKAY. YEAH. WELL, SORRY.

WHILE I HAVE MY MICROPHONE ON HERE.

INCREASED IN RUNNING START NUMBERS.

I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN A BIG PUSH ACROSS THE STATE, LIKE THE STATE LEGISLATURE NOW PAYS FOR COLLEGE IN THE HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES.

SO THAT THERE'S NO TUITION.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR THE CREDIT ON THAT.

I'M JUST CURIOUS AND MAYBE THIS IS MORE OF A QUESTION FOR SHERRY AND OUR SECONDARY FOLKS, BUT JUST IF THERE IS A PUSH TO TRY AND PROMOTE THOSE CLASSES A LITTLE MORE TO KEEP SOME OF OUR MORE KIDS ON CAMPUS, BECAUSE, LIKE, I KNOW IN THE SCHOOL I WORK AT, WHEN A STUDENT IS GOING TO RUNNING START, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THEIR STATE FUNDING IS FOLLOWING THEM OVER THERE.

BUT WE'RE STILL I MEAN, THEY'RE STILL ACCESSING COUNSELORS OVER HERE AND THAT'S NOT THAT'S IT ENDS UP BEING A BURDEN.

IT'S KIND OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO PAY OUT OF A LEVY FOR SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE STATE DOESN'T PAY FOR.

SO I'M JUST CURIOUS IF THERE'S A PLAN OR IF THERE'S A SOME SORT OF IDEA TO TRY AND MARKET WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO AT CLARK COLLEGE, YOU CAN ACTUALLY RECEIVE HERE AS WELL.

I CAN TAKE THAT REAL QUICK.

SO A COUPLE THINGS WE'VE DONE TO HELP THAT IS WE BROUGHT IN ADAM MATHESON.

AS A COUNSELOR WHO WAS HIS CASELOAD IS JUST THE RUNNING START.

STUDENTS AND SO THE WAY THAT'S HELPED IS IT'S BROUGHT IN, YOU KNOW, IT'S BROUGHT A SENSE OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE RUNNING START STUDENTS AND THE HIGH SCHOOL THAT THEY'RE ATTENDING.

WE WERE NOTICING THAT STUDENTS WHO WERE ATTEMPTING RUNNING START SEVERAL OF THEM WEREN'T QUITE READY, AND THEY KIND OF FOUND OUT, YOU KNOW, AFTER THEY'VE ALREADY ENROLLED AND SO HAVING A COUNSELOR WHO WAS KIND OF A CONDUIT BETWEEN THE TWO PROGRAMS. SO THAT'S HELPED BRING STUDENTS BACK WHO MAY HAVE NOT BEEN QUITE READY AND THEN THOSE STUDENTS ARE REALLY FED INTO OUR COLLEGE. IN THE HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS.

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BECAUSE WE ARE SHARING SOME OF THOSE SIMILAR CONCERNS TRYING TO BUILD A BETTER BRIDGE INTO THE STUDENTS WHO ARE ATTENDING AND ASKING OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR COLLEGE COLLEAGUES TO FILTER THOSE STUDENTS A LITTLE BIT BETTER ON THEIR END AS WELL.

AS FAR AS ADDING ADDITIONAL OR, YOU KNOW, MARKETING THE COLLEGE AND THE HIGH SCHOOL BETTER.

WE ARE ALSO WORKING KIND OF AS A TEAM TO FIND WAYS THAT OUR TEACHERS CAN BECOME CERTIFIED.

BECAUSE THERE HAS TO BE CERTAIN, YOU KNOW, REQUIRED THERE'S CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS AND CERTAIN CERTIFICATIONS FOR THOSE TEACHERS TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

WE'VE HAD SOME SUCCESS WITH WASHINGTON STATE AND WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH CLARK COLLEGE ON THAT.

SO I THINK THERE'S SOME EFFORTS COREY DEFINITELY AND JUST REALLY IT STARTS WITH MAKING SURE THE STUDENTS ARE IN THE RIGHT PLACE WITHOUT LETTING THEM KIND OF MAKE THESE CHOICES ON THEIR OWN ALL THE TIME.

I DON'T MEAN TO HIJACK THE BUDGET EXTENSION MEETING ON THAT.

IT JUST BUT ESPECIALLY LIKE, JUST TO BRING IT BACK TO A BUDGET IDEA, WHAT WE'RE SAYING THERE AND COUNSELOR TO HELP WITH THESE RUNNING START STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, HAVE HAVE MORE OF A RELATIONSHIP HERE.

THAT'S GREAT. BUT THAT'S A COST THAT'S DIRECTED TO RUNNING START STUDENTS WHOSE FUNDING IS ALL GOING TO CLARK COLLEGE.

SO THAT'S JUST A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF HOW RUNNING START.

WHILE IT'S A GREAT THING FOR THE STUDENT FOR THE DISTRICT, IT'S A NEGATIVE FOR US.

YEAH. FINANCIALLY I SHOULD SAY IT IS.

IT IS I KNOW THAT OUR CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL DID SOME, YOU KNOW, FINANCIAL MOVEMENTS AROUND WITHIN HER BUILDING TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. SO ADAM WAS A GREAT ADDITION AT NOT REALLY AN ADDITIONAL COST, HOWEVER, TO YOUR POINT, IT'S STILL PUTTING RESOURCES TO THAT PROGRAM. NOT SAYING THAT'S A BAD THING, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL RESOURCES GOING TO THAT PROGRAM.

LUCKILY, SHE WAS ABLE TO DO SOME QUICK MATH TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, AND I DO BELIEVE THAT BRINGING ADAM OVER NOW AS OUR HEAD FOOTBALL COACH WAS AN AWESOME MOVE AND NOT TO KEEP HIJACKING THIS, BUT MAYBE THIS WOULD BE A GOOD WORKSHOP TOPIC, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S INTERESTING TO UNDERSTAND HOW ALL OF THAT WORKS AND EVEN LIKE THE RUNNING START KIDS, WHAT ARE THEY LOOKING FOR BY GOING TO CLARK COLLEGE, RIGHT? THAT THEY COULDN'T GET IN AND ALSO IF YOU'RE BECAUSE IF YOU'RE GOING TO CLARK COLLEGE AND YOU'RE GETTING YOUR TWO YEAR DEGREE, THAT'S SOMETHING.

BUT IF YOU'RE GOING JUST FOR THE CREDITS, YOU COULD TAKE THEM AT CAMAS.

SO JUST I THINK EDUCATION MORE, EVEN TO THE PARENTS WHO DON'T ALWAYS UNDERSTAND THAT PROCESS AND HAVING HAD A RUNNING START STUDENT MYSELF, YOU KNOW I MIGHT HAVE DONE THINGS DIFFERENTLY IF HAD I RESEARCHED MORE THINGS.

SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT SORRY, JASON, I'M WE'RE ON THE WRONG TOPIC, BUT IT'S SOMETHING WE OBVIOUSLY WANT TO DIG INTO AT SOME POINT.

SORRY, JASON. TAKE IT BACK.

THAT'S ALL RIGHT. IT'S A BOARD MEETING.

NOT A STAFF MEETING.

SO IT'S QUITE ALL RIGHT.

SO BASICALLY, BOTTOM LINE, THIS IS KIND OF THE MATH BEHIND OUR ORIGINAL BUDGET AND HOW WE GOT TO 2.7 MILLION.

SO REALLY THAT'S KIND OF THE GIST OF, IF YOU WILL, OF WHY WE'RE HAVING TO DO A BUDGET EXTENSION THIS YEAR. I WILL SAY THAT WE'VE GOT THE RESOLUTION THAT THE BOARD WILL NEED TO TAKE ACTION ON AFTER THIS HEARING IS CONCLUDED.

SO I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU IF THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD THAT YOU PROBABLY ASK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, I WOULD SUGGEST AND THEN IF NONE THEN YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE HEARING.

OKAY. I DO HAVE I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.

JUST A CLARIFICATION. SO WHEN YOU SAYFOR I SEE SAFETY NET UP THERE AT THE VERY TOP.

SO THE WAY I ALWAYS UNDERSTOOD SAFETY NET WAS THAT THOSE WERE FUNDS THAT WE APPLIED FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR.

SO ARE YOU SAYING THAT OR WILL WE GET THE 1.2 MILLION IN SAFETY NET.

DOES THAT MEAN THOSE THAT'S MONIES THAT WE ARE NOT GETTING REIMBURSED FOR? NO. I JUSTIDENTIFY THOSE SEPARATELY.

AS YOU KNOW, YES, WE ARE GETTING 1.2 MILLION IN SAFETY AND STATE SAFETY NET FUNDS, BUT IT'S WE HAD BUDGETED LIKE 1.2 MILLION LESS IN SAFETY NET THAN THAT AND BECAUSE THE BOARD APPROVES A CERTAIN EXPENDITURE THRESHOLD I UNDERSTAND.

OKAY. IT'S BUT SINCE WE GIVE SO MUCH, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSION I, WE IDENTIFIED IT SEPARATELY.

YOU COULD PROBABLY IT'S MOSTLY PURCHASED SERVICE CONTRACTS REALLY FOR THE CATEGORY THAT IT WOULD FALL UNDER.

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SO IT'S ALMOST MORE OF LIKE INCREASING CAPACITY THEN.

YES. OKAY. GOT IT.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR JASON? OKAY. SO AT THIS POINT, I WILL OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS RELATED TO THE BUDGET EXTENSION.

IF THERE'S ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THAT, YOU HAVE YOUR THREE MINUTES AT THE MICROPHONE.

SEEING NONE.

ALL RIGHT. I AM GOING TO DO I ADJOURN THE HEARING AND THEN VOTE? NO, AND FROM GAIL.

I'M SEEING WE VOTE IN THE HEARING.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT, SO YOU HAVE THE BOARD RESOLUTION 2307 IN FRONT OF YOU, WHICH IS THE 23-24 BUDGET EXTENSION RESOLUTION.

SO IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, I'D LOOK FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND.

I MOVE TO APPROVE BOARD RESOLUTION 2307, PROPOSING AN EXTENSION OF THE 23-24 BUDGET AS PRESENTED, SECOND? WHICH WAS MOVED BY TRACEY, SECONDED BY BAMINI.

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

THANK YOU, JASON.

IT IS 6:21.

I WILL GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN OUR PUBLIC HEARING AND RECONVENE OUR GENERAL MEETING AT 6:21.

THAT MOVES US DOWN TO ITEM 10, QUALITY FACILITIES AND RESOURCES.

[10. QUALITY FACILITIES AND RESOURCES]

THE FIRST ONE JASON HAD, ACTUALLY, THE FIRST TWO ARE IN ARE RELATED TO THE TENNIS CENTER THAT JASON ALLUDED TO IN HIS BUDGET REPORT.

SO THE FIRST ONE IS A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH MACKAY SPOSITOR FOR DESIGN, ENGINEERING AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES.

SO I'LL JUST BRIEFLY RECAP AGAIN WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.

SO THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH USTA TO COVER THE TENNIS COURTS AT CAMAS HIGH AND THIS PROJECT, THIS IS A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT.

THAT BASICALLY ENTAILS OR WOULD REQUIRE USTA TO CONTRIBUTE ABOUT $2 FOR EVERY DOLLAR THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN ON THE FRONT END FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A TENNIS CENTER OPERATED ON THAT FOOTPRINT WITH SOME ADDITIONAL PARKING IN THE BACK AND WHAT HAVE YOU.

BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO IMPACT THE NORMAL OPERATIONS OF CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS, WHICH IS ALREADY PARKING IS A PREMIUM, AND THEY'RE VERY BUSY THERE.

SO BEFORE YOU IS REALLY THE IS A REQUEST FROM STAFF THAT THE BOARD AUTHORIZE US TO ENTER INTO A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BEFORE YOU IS LIKE THE SCOPE OF WORK, WHICH IS REALLY THE, IF YOU WILL, THE MEAT AND POTATOES OF WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING AND AS I MENTIONED, IT HAS, YOU KNOW, DESIGN, ENGINEERING, PROJECT MANAGEMENT THEY'LL GUIDE US THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GET A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR IT AND WHAT HAVE YOU.

SO IT'S KIND OF THE IT SHOULD BE START TO FINISH CONTRACT FOR SERVICES ON THIS PROJECT. WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT THE, YOU KNOW, CAMAS SCHOOL DISTRICTS CAN, YOU KNOW, CONTRIBUTION TO BE 1 TO $1.5 MILLION TOWARDS THIS PROJECT.

WE'RE KIND OF ACTUALLY SHOOTING CLOSER OBVIOUSLY, TO ONE.

THIS IS JUST SOLELY OUT OF OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND.

SO IT'S NOT IMPACTING OUR GENERAL FUND SO THAT WE JUST SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THIS IS SOLELY IN OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND AND IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

IT'S GOING TO REALLY HELP AN EQUITY ISSUE THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR TWO SPORTS TEAMS. THE BOYS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OF COMPETING IN THE FALL.

IT'S MORE FAVORABLE WEATHER.

OUR GIRLS COME ALONG ALL 100 OF THEM.

BECAUSE THESE.

THIS IS A NON-CUT SPORT, SO IT'S REALLY HUGE.

IT'S VERY POPULAR.

THIS IS BEFORE THEY'VE GOT A COVERED TENNIS AREA.

SO I DON'T KNOW HOW BIG IT'S GOING TO BE BUT THEY COMPETE IN LIKE, I THINK LATE WINTER, EARLY SPRING AND YOU KNOW HOW THAT IS HERE IN THE PNW. SO ANYWAYS THIS, THAT PROJECT, THIS PROJECT IS REALLY EXCITING.

IT'LL EXPAND STUDENT ACCESS COMMUNITY ACCESS FOR, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY PROVIDE YEAR ROUND TENNIS OPPORTUNITIES PRIMARILY FOR OUR STUDENTS BECAUSE WE'RE RETAINING USE, YOU KNOW, PRIORITY USE OF THE COURTS.

BUT USTA WILL ALSO OPERATE A TENNIS CENTER THERE.

THIS IS SIMILAR BASICALLY SAME MODEL AS VANCOUVER SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS HAD IN PLACE WITH THEIR TENNIS CENTER DOWN BY FORT VANCOUVER HIGH SCHOOL.

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SO THIS IS IT'S NOT COMMON, BUT THERE IS PRECEDENT IN THIS REGION.

USTA, I WILL SAY IS A PRIVATE NONPROFIT.

ITS SOLE MISSION IS TO SPREAD TENNIS TO THE WORLD.

SO IT'S A REALLY A GREAT ORGANIZATION.

SO I'LL PAUSE THERE WITH I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A RECAP AGAIN ON THAT PROJECT.

SO THANK YOU. YEAH.

SO AGAIN THIS FIRST MOTION IS JUST FOR THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH MACKAY SPOSITOR.

I ALSO JUST WANT TO POINT OUT WE'VE DONE SEVERAL WORKSHOPS AND BOARD MEETINGS ON THIS FOR THE LAST ALMOST A YEAR, I THINK.

SO THIS IS WE'VE BEEN GOING OVER THIS QUITE A BIT.

I ALSO JUST IN GENERAL TALKING ABOUT THIS PROJECT.

I LIKE THE FACT WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE COSTS THAT WE WON'T HAVE TO HAVE IN THE FUTURE.

SO EVEN, YOU KNOW, IF WE WEREN'T TO DO THIS, THE TENNIS COURTS STILL HAVE TO BE RESURFACED, FOR EXAMPLE AND THAT'S A COST NOW THAT WILL BE PASSED ON TO USTA.

SO WHILE THIS IS AN INVESTMENT UP FRONT, IT'S GOING TO BE A NET POSITIVE FOR US DOWN THE ROAD.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE HAD ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS AGREEMENT OR ABOUT THE US, THE COVERED TENNIS COURTS PROJECT IN GENERAL, BECAUSE THAT'LL BE OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM AS WELL.

WITH THAT, I'D BE LOOKING FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND.

OH, OKAY.

I MOVED TO APPROVE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH MACKAY SPOSITOR FOR DESIGN, ENGINEERING AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR THE COVERED TENNIS COURT PROJECT FOR A TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED 153,000.

CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND WILL THE MONEY'S COMING FROM CAPITAL PROJECTS AND I SAID THE NOT TO EXCEED 153 BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE CONTRACT IS NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WAS WRITTEN HERE.

BUT I WANT TO POINT THAT OUT.

THANK YOU I SECOND.

OKAY. SO IT WAS MOVED BY TRACEY.

SECONDED BY MATTHEW.

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

THAT MOVES US DOWN TO ITEM TEN B WHICH IS A FACILITY USE AND MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT WITH USTA.

JASON, ANY COMMENTS ON THIS ONE? NO, IT'S JUST I WILL SAY THAT THIS AGREEMENT WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR OWN LEGAL COUNSEL.

BECAUSE IT'S A BIT UNIQUE AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT DISTRICT INTERESTS WERE PROTECTED AND SO WE PUT QUITE A BIT OF TIME I WOULD SAY THIS IS REALLY THE PRODUCT OF SEVERAL MONTHS OF WORKING WITH MANY DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS WITHIN, YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, JUST TO MAKE SURE.

OKAY, WHAT MIGHT BE YOUR CONCERNS FROM A FACILITY PERSPECTIVE OR THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR OR JUST A NEIGHBOR? OF YOU KNOW, CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL AND OPERATIONS THERE.

SO I FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE EFFORT BEHIND THIS AND USTA'S ATTENTION TO THIS AS WELL.

IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY TO WORK ON SOME OF THESE AGREEMENTS, BUT THEY'VE BEEN REALLY WONDERFUL TO WORK WITH ON THIS AND SO I FEEL LIKE WE GOT PRETTY GOOD BALANCE.

THEY'VE GOT SOME PROTECTIONS, WE'VE GOT PROTECTIONS AND I THINK IT SHOULD SERVE AS A GOOD FOUNDATION FOR THIS PARTNERSHIP INTO THE FUTURE, AS WITH ANY AGREEMENT, OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW, WE COULD, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY AMEND IT LATER OR, YOU KNOW, IF WE MISS SOMETHING OR WE ENCOUNTER SOMETHING, YOU KNOW I FULLY EXPECT THAT THEY'LL COME TO THE TABLE AND WANT TO RESOLVE ANY OF THOSE THINGS, BUT IT'S EXCITING STEP AT LEAST TO GET TO THIS POINT AND JUST CLARIFYING THAT WE WILL HAVE ALL THE USE WE NEED FOR ALL OF OUR KIDS TO DO TENNIS FIRST BEFORE IT'S USED BY USTA FOR THEIR.

YEAH. PURPOSES.

YEAH. INCLUDES COMMUNITY MEMBERS, RIGHT? RIGHT. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S KNOWN TO EVERYONE THAT THE STUDENT USE WILL BE USED FOR, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL HAVE ALL THE USE THEY NEED FOR THEIR PRACTICES AND THEIR GAMES AND THEIR MATCHES, AND THEN THEY'LL SCHEDULE COURT TIME AROUND THAT.

YEAH, ACTUALLY AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT, HONESTLY, WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE INCREASED STUDENT ACTIVITY THERE BECAUSE WE'LL BE ABLE TO HOST LIKE DISTRICTS OR POTENTIALLY STATE SO YOU KNOW, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT SOME OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL.

THEY'RE ALSO PART OF THIS IS TO MAKE THE, YOU KNOW, TENNIS GROW IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE COMMITTING TO DOING CLASSES WITH OUR ELEMENTARY KIDS AND SOME OF OUR OTHER, YOU KNOW, MIDDLE SCHOOL CHILDREN.

SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S IT REALLY IS A COMMUNITY HUB PROGRAM.

THIS IS NOT CREATING AN EXCLUSIVE TENNIS CLUB.

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WE WOULD NEVER ALLOW THAT.

ANYWAYS SO THIS REALLY IS A COMMUNITY TENNIS CENTER THAT THEY CALL IT A COMMUNITY HUB MODEL.

I JUST WANTED TO MAYBE MORE OF A COMMENT.

NEW TO THE BOARD. SO I READ SOME OF THE PAST WORK, BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC, IF ANYONE'S WATCHING, TO GO OUT AND LOOK AT THE SITE THAT THEY HAVE FOR BOTH VANCOUVER AND TACOMA.

IT'S VERY THOROUGH.

IT TALKS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IT SPEAKS ENTIRELY TOWARDS THEIR MISSION.

THERE'S MODERATE COSTS.

THERE'S NO COST FOR SENIORS AT CERTAIN HOURS.

SO, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT OUT THERE TO MAKE A BUCK ON THIS.

THEY'RE VESTED IN MAKING CERTAIN THERE'S FITNESS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE.

I WAS PRETTY IMPRESSED WITH THE SITE AND SOME OF THEIR POLICIES.

THERE'S A LOT TO READ ABOUT THEM, BUT I THINK EVEN KNOWING THOSE TENNIS COURTS OR THE ONES AT OTHER SCHOOLS THAT AREN'T USED IN THE SUMMER WHEN IT'S SUPER HOT, THERE'S NO ONE OUT THERE FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME THAT'LL CHANGE WITH THIS APPROACH.

SO THERE'S A GOOD COST SAVINGS, WITHOUT A DOUBT.

BUT THERE'S DEFINITE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WHICH IS A KEY PORTION.

PLUS IN THE WINTER, EVEN JUST THE COMMUNITY PLAYING AND THEY DEFINITELY NEED IT.

SO YEAH, ULTIMATELY I MEAN THIS WILL GET MORE USE THAN, SAY, OUR BASKETBALL COURTS.

REALLY BECAUSE WE'LL BE HAVING A TENNIS CENTER OPERATED THERE AND, YOU KNOW, AND SOMEONE TO LET PEOPLE IN.

THERE'S SECURITY. I MEAN, YES, SOME OF THEM, THEY'RE OPEN TILL TEN, 10:30 AT NIGHT.

SO. YEAH.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? WITH THAT I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE FACILITIES USE AND MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT WITH USTA.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE FACILITY USE AND MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT WITH USTA AS SUBMITTED.

I'LL SECOND.

MOVED BY MATTHEW.

SECONDED BY TRACEY.

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

THANK YOU AND, JASON, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON THIS TOO.

I KNOW, LIKE YOU WERE SAYING, WE USUALLY WE DON'T HAVE AN IN-HOUSE, YOU KNOW, PROJECT MANAGER AND ALL OF THAT AND SO AS BUSINESS SERVICES DIRECTOR, YOU'VE TAKEN ON EXTRA ON THAT. SO I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TAKING THE LEAD ON THIS.

THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN ENJOYABLE.

ALL RIGHT. OUR FINAL AGENDA ITEM IS 10 C, WHICH IS A PURCHASE OF MYSTERY SCIENCE KITS.

SO THIS IS CURRICULUM THAT ALL ELEMENTARY STUDENTS USE AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE REPLACING THE FOSS KITS THAT ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE THROUGH ESD 112.

THIS PURCHASE IS SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE $50,000 THRESHOLD THAT STAFF HAS TO PURCHASE.

SO WE DO NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THIS TO GET IT GOING AND BE READY FOR THE FALL.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF MYSTERY SCIENCE MATERIALS FOR ALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS FOR $64,128.93.

$4,128.93. I'LL SECOND THAT.

ALL RIGHT. SO IT WAS MOVED BY BAMINI SECOND BY TRACEY.

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

ALL RIGHT. THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF OUR REGULAR MEETING.

WE ARE GOING TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS PERSONNEL FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES.

[13. EXECUTIVE SESSION - Personnel (RCW 42.30.110 (f)) - Approximately 45 minutes]

TO ADJOURN THE MEETING.

WE'LL BE TAKING NO ACTION.

SO UNTIL THEN, WE ARE IN RECESS.

ALL RIGHT. IT IS 7:24 P.M..

OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION HAS CONCLUDED, AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.