Sep 23, 2024 School Board Meeting

[00:00:01]

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, WELCOME TO OUR SEPTEMBER 23RD BOARD MEETING.

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

[2. CULTURE]

AND CONNIE HENNESSEY.

ALLEGIANCE] THANK YOU CONNIE.

NEXT IS OUR LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND MATTHEW MCBRIDE.

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

THANKS, MATTHEW.

ALL RIGHT. ITEM C ON THE AGENDA IS BOARD COMMUNICATION.

JUST CHECKING IN WITH EVERYBODY ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING SINCE THE LAST BOARD MEETING OR ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO SHARE WITH US.

I'LL START. THANK YOU, COREY.

SO FIRST, I THINK JOHN WILL PROBABLY HAVE IT IN HIS REPORT, BUT THE FIRST FRIDAYS WE HAD THE GOOD OPPORTUNITY AT A FIRST FRIDAY TO ENGAGE WITH MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

A LOT OF PARENTS WHO DON'T, THEIR KIDS AREN'T IN THE DISTRICT YET WHERE THEY'RE REALLY LITTLE.

THEY'RE DOWN THERE GETTING FRUIT SNACKS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

AND I KNOW WE'LL BE AT THE UPCOMING FIRST FRIDAYS THROUGH THE END OF THIS YEAR.

SO IF ANYONE IS DOWN THERE FOR A FIRST FRIDAY, PLEASE STOP BY.

THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN JUST CHATTING WITH PEOPLE.

I GUESS IT'S THE START OF ALL THE SCHOOL THINGS TOO.

I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO WORK WITH MY STUDENTS IN THEATER, CHOIR, ROBOTICS.

AND SEVERAL OF THE SPORTING EVENTS.

SO I KNOW WE'VE GOT FOOTBALL, VOLLEYBALL AND SO FORTH.

I KNOW WE GOT A HOME GAME THIS FRIDAY, SO HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE THERE.

AND I DID WANT TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD THAT I HAVE HAD A LOT OF COMMENTS FROM OTHER PARENTS IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT CELL PHONES.

THEY'VE SEEN ALL THE NEWS FOR OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS TRYING TO SHARE WITH THEM THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE ENGAGING WITH THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND STUDENT ADVISORY.

BEFORE WE MAKE ANY QUICK JUDGMENT ON WHAT THE RIGHT PATH IS.

WE HAVE EXISTING POLICY.

BUT SO I KNOW IF THERE'S MEMBERS IN THE CROWD THAT DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT, I KNOW THE BOARD AND THE ADMINISTRATION IS DEFINITELY INTERESTED.

SO I THINK OUR FIRST MEETING WITH THE CITIZENS ADVISORY DOCTOR ANZALONE IS TWO WEEKS FROM NOW.

OKAY. SO THAT'S IT FOR ME.

THANK YOU. I JUST WAS GOING TO ADD ON WE DID WAS THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON FRIDAY.

SO THAT WAS WE ALL KIND OF TOOK TURNS AT THAT.

I KNOW I DID THE FIRST HALF FRIDAY AND YOU DID SOME ON THE AFTERNOON, SO I'M GLAD WE'RE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT.

SO THAT WENT WELL.

ALSO LOTS OF BACK TO SCHOOL STUFF SPORTING EVENTS, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

ALSO, I SIT ON THE BOARD FOR THE CASCADIA TECH ACADEMY.

AND SO LAST WEEK WE ACTUALLY TOURED THE HOUSE THAT THE CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM KIDS BUILT, AND IT WAS AMAZING.

AND SO I KNOW WE HAVE SEVERAL OF OUR KIDS THAT GO TO CASCADIA TECH AND JUST WALKING THROUGH THAT HOUSE THAT THEY BUILT WITH THESE KIDS, AND THEY'RE SO EXCITED TO SHOW YOU, LIKE, THIS WALL THAT THEY BUILT OR THEY HELP POUR THIS CONCRETE OR AND NOW THE HOUSE IS ON THE MARKET FOR SALE, AND WE USE THE PROCEEDS OF THAT TO HELP FOR THE, THE BUILD THE NEXT TIME. SO JUST PROGRAMS LIKE CASCADIA TECH ARE A GREAT ASSET FOR OUR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN IF IT'S A RIGHT FIT FOR THEM.

AS FAR AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS, I HAVE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE ABOUT THE BUDGET.

ACTUALLY, I'VE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE CONCERNED ABOUT OUR UPCOMING BUDGET ISSUES.

SOME PEOPLE ABOUT STANDARD BASED LEARNING.

I'VE ALSO HAD SOME PEOPLE COME ASK ME ABOUT THAT.

IN FACT, I'M MEETING SOMEONE FOR COFFEE TOMORROW WHO JUST HAS SOME QUESTIONS AND WANTS TO TALK ABOUT IT.

SO, AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE ALL GENERALLY OPEN TO MEETING AND TALKING TO PEOPLE WHEN AVAILABLE.

FIRST FRIDAY IS A GREAT PLACE TO DO THAT AS WELL.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAD.

THANKS. ANYBODY ELSE? NO. OKAY. JUST EXCUSE ME.

JUST SINCE WE'RE FINISHED WITH BOARD COMMUNICATION HERE I'M ABOUT TO GO INTO PUBLIC COMMENT.

I KNOW THAT THERE'S A THERE'S DEFINITELY A TOPIC DU JOUR TODAY.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I POINTED OUT CHARI GOMEZ CLARK AND KATIE SEIDEL KIND OF IN THE BACK.

THEY ARE TWO OF OUR CO-LEADS FOR THE STANDARDS-BASED LEARNING WORK GROUP.

AND SO IF ANYBODY HAS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR WANTED TO ENGAGE IN A LITTLE BIT OF BACK AND FORTH SINCE DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, WE JUST HAVE TO SIT HERE AND LISTEN AND SAY THANK YOU.

THEY WERE NICE ENOUGH TO MAKE THEMSELVES AVAILABLE TONIGHT.

SO THEY'LL BE MILLING AROUND HERE OR OUT IN THE LOBBY.

SO JUST WANTED TO POINT THEM OUT BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO BOARD COMMUNICATIONS OR PUBLIC COMMENT, I SHOULD SAY.

AND SO WITH THAT WE'LL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

THE BOARD VALUES PUBLIC INPUT.

THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BOARD IS TO LISTEN AND REFLECT ON PUBLIC COMMENTS.

THE BOARD MAY ONLY DISCUSS AND ACT UPON ITEMS INCLUDED IN THE WRITTEN AGENDA.

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

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

[00:05:03]

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.

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

THE BELL WILL RING AT THREE MINUTES TO REMIND YOU THAT YOUR TIME IS UP.

WE DID RECEIVE THREE FOLKS SIGNING UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS TONIGHT, SO I'D LIKE TO CALL THEM UP IN ORDER.

FIRST IS AMANDA BRAINARD.

OKAY. GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS AMANDA BRAINARD AND I AM A PARENT OF AN EIGHTH GRADER AND A SENIOR AT CAMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I MOVED TO CAMAS IN 2016, SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF THE DISTRICT'S STELLAR REPUTATION FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE.

THROUGHOUT THEIR TIME IN CAMAS SCHOOLS, MY CHILDREN HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF LEARNING FROM MANY WONDERFUL AND DEDICATED TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS.

THEIR COMMITMENT AND HARD WORK HAVE PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN OUR POSITIVE EXPERIENCE WITH THE DISTRICT.

TONIGHT, I WANT TO ADDRESS AN ISSUE THAT HAS BROUGHT TOGETHER MANY PARENTS FROM ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY IN WAYS THAT TRANSCENDS THE CURRENT POLITICAL CLIMATE.

THIS ISSUE IS THE PROPOSED SHIFT TO STANDARDS BASED GRADING SYSTEM FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL.

WE BELIEVE THAT MAINTAINING THE TRADITIONAL GRADING SYSTEM IS CRUCIAL FOR SEVERAL REASONS.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE WANT OUR CHILDREN TO BE COMPETITIVE IN THE COLLEGE APPLICATION PROCESS.

TRADITIONAL GRADES PROVIDE A CLEAR AND WIDELY UNDERSTOOD METRIC OF ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE THAT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES USE TO ASSESS APPLICANTS MOVING TO A NEW GRADING SYSTEM, ESPECIALLY ONE THAT IS STILL UNPROVEN AND LACKS STRONG SUPPORTING DATA, COULD PUT OUR STUDENTS AT A DISADVANTAGE.

MOREOVER, TRADITIONAL GRADING PREPARES STUDENTS FOR THE REALITY OF COLLEGE, WHERE THEY WILL ENCOUNTER THE TRADITIONAL GRADING SYSTEM AND NEED TO ADAPT QUICKLY.

IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE WELL PREPARED FOR THIS TRANSITION, AND CLEAR TRADITIONAL GRADES OFFER A STRAIGHTFORWARD WAY TO SET AND MEET ACADEMIC OBJECTIVES. ADDITIONALLY, THE IDEA OF EXPERIMENTING WITH A NEW SYSTEM RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT THE POTENTIAL WASTE OF TIME AND RESOURCES.

OUR DISTRICT, LIKE MANY, IS ALREADY FACING A FINANCIAL CONSTRAINT AND CHALLENGES.

IT IS CRUCIAL THAT WE INVEST OUR TIME AND RESOURCES IN METHODS THAT HAVE PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF SUCCESS, RATHER THAN ON UNTESTED SYSTEMS THAT MAY NOT DELIVER THE RESULTS WE ARE ACCUSTOMED TO.

LET ME BE CLEAR.

WE ARE NOT OPPOSED TO THE INNOVATION WHEN IT BENEFITS OUR STUDENTS.

BUT IN THIS CASE, THERE IS NO COMPELLING EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THAT STANDARDS BASED GRADING WILL IMPROVE OUTCOMES.

IN FACT, THE RISKS FAR OUTWEIGH ANY POTENTIAL BENEFITS.

AS PARENTS, WE WILL NOT STAND BY AND ALLOW OUR SYSTEM TO BE IMPLEMENTED.

THAT PUTS OUR CHILDREN AT A DISADVANTAGE.

WHAT'S MORE CONCERNING IS THAT MANY FAMILIES ARE ALREADY DISCUSSING LEAVING THE DISTRICT OR SEEKING OTHER EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEIR CHILDREN.

IF CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL MOVES FORWARD WITH THIS CHANGE, THE REPUTATION OF THE DISTRICT IS BUILT ON ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AND TRADITIONAL RIGOR.

MOVING TO THIS SYSTEM, PARENTS FEEL WILL FAIL THEIR CHILDREN AND IS DRIVING FAMILIES TO CONSIDER OTHER DISTRICTS AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS.

IF THIS DECISION IS IMPLEMENTED, THE DISTRICT STANDS TO LOSE NOT JUST STUDENTS, BUT THE COMMUNITY'S CONFIDENCE AND TRUST.

WE ASK THAT THE BOARD TAKE OUR CONCERNS SERIOUSLY AND PUT AN IMMEDIATE STOP TO THE PROPOSED IMPLEMENTATION OF STANDARD BASED GRADING AT CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL.

OUR CHILDREN'S FUTURES ARE TOO IMPORTANT TO EXPERIMENT WITH UNTESTED IDEAS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS CRITICAL ISSUE.

WE EXPECT DECISIVE ACTION THAT PRIORITIZES THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR STUDENTS AND THE FUTURE OF THIS DISTRICT.

OUR NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS AMY CAMPBELL.

ALL RIGHT. WE'RE ON.

MY NAME IS AMY CAMPBELL, AND I'M A SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER HERE IN THE CAMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I AM ALSO A MEMBER OF THE CLARK COUNTY DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY ADVISORY BOARD.

I SEE YOU LOOKING AT YOUR INVITATIONS.

THE DAB ADVISES AND MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CLARK COUNTY COUNCIL RELATED TO DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.

ISSUES AND SERVICES.

EACH YEAR, THE ADVISORY BOARD HOSTS THE DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS MONTH CEREMONY, AND THAT'S WHAT YOUR INVITATION IS TO.

THIS YEAR, THE EVENT WILL BE OCTOBER 9TH FROM 4:30 TO 6 P.M., AND THE AWARDS HONOR THE ROLE OF PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES HAVE IN ASSISTING

[00:10:04]

IN THE LIVE IN PERSON EVENT WILL BE HELD AT CLARK COLLEGE IN GEYSER HALL.

THE EVENT WILL ALSO BE LIVE STREAMED, RECORDED AND AIRED ON CVTV FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO JOIN FROM HOME.

THIS IS IMPORTANT TO ME.

MANY OF THE NOMINEES FOR THESE AWARDS ARE FORMER STUDENTS FROM OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

LAST YEAR, THE WINNER OF THE SMALL BUSINESS EMPLOYER WAS GET TOGETHER FARMS, WHICH IS A CAMAS.

I SEE YOU NODDING. THIS IS SO GOOD.

A CAMAS FARM, A CAMAS-WASHOUGAL FARM.

AND THEY EMPLOY TWO SUPPORTED EMPLOYEES.

THIS IS A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE, IF YOU CAN'T COME TO THE AWARD CEREMONY THAT EVERYONE HERE SHOULD VISIT, GET TOGETHER FARMS AND GET A PUMPKIN THIS FALL.

FARMER JOHN IS AMAZING.

THE CAMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT ALSO UTILIZES SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT, WHICH I THINK IS FABULOUS, AND THE SUPPORTED EMPLOYEES AT GET TOGETHER AND CAMAS ARE FORMER STUDENTS OF MINE.

SO ALL OF THIS IS REALLY EXCITING.

FINALLY, I WANT TO CALL OUT SOME OF OUR SPONSORS FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS AMAZING EVENT.

THESE SPONSORS ENSURE THAT NOT JUST THE WINNERS, BUT ALL OF OUR NOMINEES GET PRIZES.

AND THAT'S ACTUALLY REALLY IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US BECAUSE IT'S A HUGE CELEBRATION.

SO WE WANT TO THANK THE COWLITZ INDIAN TRIBE, INNOVATION SERVICES NORTHWEST, WELLPOINT, THE CAMAS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, AND SO MANY MORE.

THE NATIONAL DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS MONTH AWARD CEREMONY OFFERS A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF US TO EXPAND OUR LENS AROUND RESPONSIVE PATHWAYS.

THE SCHOOL'S STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES COULD BE EXPANDED BY OBSERVING THIS AMAZING AWARD CEREMONY. I THINK OF THE EXAMPLES THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US HERE IN CAMAS AND IN OUR BROADER COMMUNITY.

IT'S A FREE PUBLIC EVENT.

YOU HAVE THE INVITATION RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU, BUT I WANT TO ENCOURAGE ANYONE HERE WHO'S INTERESTED IN REGISTERING BECAUSE IT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

OUR FINAL PUBLIC COMMENT IS KRISTIN WACK.

OH MY GOD. I'M SO SORRY, KRISTIN WADE.

I'M KRISTIN WADE WITH CLARK COUNTY DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES PROGRAM.

AMY JUST DID A FABULOUS JOB OF INVITING YOU TO OUR EVENT.

THAT'S WHY I WAS HERE AS WELL.

WE USUALLY SEND OUT AN EMPLOYEE AND A BOARD MEMBER, SO I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING MORE TO SAY.

I SHOULD HAVE JUMPED UP AT THE SAME TIME SHE WAS CALLED AND COME AND STOOD BEHIND HER AND CHEERED HER ON.

BUT WE REALLY HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE.

IT IS OPEN TO ANYONE.

WE'RE NOT JUST SPEAKING TO THE BOARD, WE'RE SPEAKING TO ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE AS WELL.

IT'S A WONDERFUL FILL YOUR CUP KIND OF EVENT WHERE YOU GET TO SEE AND CELEBRATE PEOPLE AND EMPLOYERS CONTRIBUTING TO OUR COMMUNITY.

HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF PUBLIC COMMENT.

WE WILL MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM E ON OUR AGENDA AND THAT IS OUR FIRST MILL TOWN PRIDE AWARD.

DOCTOR ANZALONE. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU EVERYONE.

SO THIS IS A GREAT PART OF THE BOARD AGENDA.

ALWAYS. WE HAVE A FEW AWARDS TO GIVE AWAY TONIGHT.

FIRST OFF, I'D LIKE TO BRING UP KAI PAN.

IT'S KAI HERE.

SO, KAI HE WAS RECOGNIZED AND NOMINATED BY A COUPLE OF LOCAL SCIENTISTS WHO ARE HERE TONIGHT.

PATRICK COONEY AND RAKEEM SCHOLZ.

AND LAST SPRING, IT WAS REALLY WHEN THE WORK STARTED.

AND THROUGH THE SUMMER, SOME INCREDIBLE WORK AROUND SALMON AND WORKING WITH THE ENVIRONMENT AND TRYING TO DO GOOD IN THAT ARENA.

SO WE WANTED TO RECOGNIZE KAI.

AND SO HERE TONIGHT TO SHARE SOME MORE ABOUT KAI IS RAKEEM SCHOLZ.

RAKEEM. HI, FOLKS.

I'M RAKEEM SCHOLZ, I'M A FISH BIOLOGIST AT US FISH AND WILDLIFE.

OH, THIS.

HELLO. THERE WE GO.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT.

SO LAST YEAR, AROUND THIS TIME, ONE OF MY COMMUNICATIONS LEADERS REACHED OUT TO ME AND WAS LIKE, HEY, I'VE GOT THIS KID.

HE'S LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY TECHNICAL, AND I GUESS THAT'S ME.

DESPITE BEING 40 YEARS OLD, I'M ONE OF THE YOUNGEST BIOLOGISTS AT MY OFFICE, SO I KNOW, I KNOW THE COMPUTERS.

[00:15:02]

I LIKE WORKING WITH YOUNG SCIENTISTS.

AND I'M FULLY EXPECTING SOMETHING LIKE A FEW LEVELS ABOVE POTATO LIGHT OR, YOU KNOW, A VOLCANO THAT SHOOTS BAKING SODA OUT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW. AND KAI REACHED OUT, AND IT WAS THE MOST PROFESSIONAL EMAIL I'VE SEEN FROM SOMEBODY UNDER 18 IN MY LIFE.

HE REACHED OUT AND HE'S LIKE, I'M TRYING TO DO THIS MACHINE LEARNING THING THAT BASICALLY COUNT SALMON AND HE ALREADY HAD RESULTS.

SO, A SURPRISING AMOUNT OF MY JOB IS COUNTING FISH.

THAT'S HOW WE FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THE REST OF OUR JOB.

SO WHAT HE'S DONE IS HE'S BUILT A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL.

AND, YOU KNOW, AI IS REALLY BIG RIGHT NOW.

IT'S SOMETHING AKIN TO THOSE THINGS THAT CAN READ VIDEO OF SALMON PASSING THROUGH ANY CAMERA AND CAN ACTUALLY IDENTIFY THE FISH TO SPECIES.

SO IT IDENTIFIES COHO.

IT IDENTIFIES A BULL TROUT.

IT CAN IDENTIFY ALL THESE THINGS.

AND I ALWAYS FELT REALLY BAD ABOUT THIS.

THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT I ACTUALLY HAD STARTED MYSELF, AND I HAD TO PUT IT DOWN.

AND I FELT REALLY BAD ABOUT IT BECAUSE WE HIRE ALL THESE YOUNG INTERNS AND THEY COME IN AND THEY SPEND THEIR WHOLE TIME WITH US JUST KIND OF COUNTING FISH ON VIDEO.

IT'S THE MOST MIND NUMBING THING THAT I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE.

SO WE'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS SO WE COULD FREE THEIR TIME UP SO THEY COULD.

WHEN THEY LEFT FISH AND WILDLIFE, THEY WOULD HAVE MORE, MORE INTERESTING SKILLS.

SO KAI HAS CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA AND IT WAS REALLY WELL THOUGHT OUT AND HE HAD RESULTS ALREADY, AND HE'S BEEN VERY SELF-DIRECTED AND INDEPENDENT.

BASICALLY, I GAVE HIM A BROAD SCOPE OF WHAT WE KIND OF WANTED TO DO, AND I GAVE HIM SOME DATA, AND HE'S JUST BEEN OFF TO THE RACES.

I'VE BEEN ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, GO OFF AND DO MY OWN THING.

AND HE'S AND HE'S PRODUCED SOME INCREDIBLE RESULTS.

AND FOR SOMEONE AND I DIDN'T REALIZE IT AT FIRST THAT HE WAS A FRESHMAN IN HIGH SCHOOL.

SO IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO REALIZE, YOU KNOW, I KNEW IT WAS IMPRESSIVE FOR YOU KNOW, SOMEONE WHO WASN'T AN ADULT.

BUT THEN I REALIZED I'M LIKE, OH, THIS KID IS VERY YOUNG AND, YOU KNOW, SO YEAH, SO IT'S BEEN A YEAR AND HE'S PRODUCED SOME REALLY IMPRESSIVE RESULTS.

AND HE'S KIND OF TAKEN ON THE REINS OF NOT ONLY TRAINING THIS MODEL, BUT ALSO IMPLEMENTING IT INTO LIKE THE REAL WORLD.

SO WE'RE VERY CLOSE TO HAVING HARDWARE THAT WILL GO ALONG WITH THIS THING SOON.

AND WE'RE GOING TO START TO DEPLOY IT ACROSS FISH AND WILDLIFE.

AND IT'S GOING TO HELP US IMMENSELY.

IT'S GOING TO SAVE US A BUNCH OF MAN HOURS AND TIME.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, KAI.

IT'S BEEN GREAT. AND SO THANK YOU.

AND REAL QUICK ONE SECOND AND JUST TO ADD ON, AND WHEN RAKEEM AND PATRICK SENT THIS TO ME, IT REALLY EMBODIED WHAT IT IS TO WIN A MILLTOWN PRIDE AWARD.

HARD WORK, DEDICATION.

AND I THINK, MOST IMPORTANTLY, PERSISTENCE AND A DEDICATION TO THE COMMUNITY AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE COMMUNITY AND ABSOLUTELY EMBODIED THAT.

SO CONGRATULATIONS MY FRIEND.

[APPLAUSE] DOCTOR ANZALONE, WE HAVE ONE MORE MILLTOWN PRIDE AWARD HERE.

I'LL LET YOU INTRODUCE ONE MORE, BUT A FEW COMBINED IN THERE.

WE WANTED TO RECOGNIZE.

I KNOW LAST TIME WE MET, WE HEARD FROM EVAN AND JULIE AND THE TEAM AROUND THE GREAT WORK THAT HAPPENED OVER THE SUMMER AND OUR SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAMS. AND WE JUST THOUGHT THAT WITH SO MANY PEOPLE HAVING THEIR HANDS IN THAT AND SO MANY LIVES THAT ARE TOUCHED OVER THE SUMMER, WE WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THE STAFF.

SO TONIGHT WE HAVE DOCTOR DAN, WHO IS REALLY ONE OF OUR COORDINATORS AROUND THE PROGRAM AND HAS BEEN FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TEAM WAS HERE TO BE RECOGNIZED. SO DAN WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE.

HELLO, SUMMER SCHOOL STAFF, WOULD YOU GUYS COME UP HERE? THOSE WHO ARE PRESENT.

COME ON UP.

WHEN I LOOK AT THE WORDS HARD WORK, DEDICATION, PERSISTENCE, ACHIEVEMENT AND CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY, THAT IS ALL WHAT SUMMER SCHOOL IS ALL ABOUT.

IT'S NOT EASY AS AN EDUCATOR TO GIVE UP YOUR SUMMER.

AND THESE FANTASTIC EDUCATORS HAVE DONE THAT, AND SOME OF THEM FOR MULTIPLE YEARS IN A ROW.

[00:20:03]

AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THIS LITTLE QUOTE I HAVE HERE ON MY OFFICE WALL.

IT'S FROM SOMEBODY CALLED GANDHI.

YOU MIGHT KNOW HIM.

A SIGN OF A GOOD LEADER IS NOT HOW MANY FOLLOWERS YOU HAVE? BUT HOW MANY LEADERS DO YOU CREATE? AND FOR ME, SUMMER SCHOOL HAS BEEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING PEOPLE THAT ARE THINKING ABOUT LEADERSHIP OR HAVE COMPLETED THEIR ADMIN PROGRAM AND LOOKING FOR SOME MORE EXPERIENCE.

AND SO JENNA LEE HAS BEEN IN THE SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM, RUNNING THE ELEMENTARY SUMMER PROGRAM FOR LAST THREE YEARS.

WAIT, IS IT FOR THREE? BUT I PARTICIPATED IN SUMMER SCHOOL FOR THREE YEARS.

OKAY, OKAY.

AWESOME. AND JULIE HEIDINGSFELD HAS BEEN IN THE HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM NOW ONE YEAR AS A TEACHER AND THEN IS NOW THE COORDINATOR.

FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, MICKEY HAS BEEN HELPING OUR ML STUDENTS, AND SO WE HAVE A COHORT OF STUDENTS WHO COME IN AND SHE HELPS THEM THROUGH WASHINGTON STATE HISTORY.

THAT'S A GRADUATION REQUIREMENT.

AND SOME OF THE STUDENTS, AS THEY'VE COME INTO HIGH SCHOOL, DIDN'T GET THAT IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

AND THEN EVAN, THIS YEAR, I'M SUPER PROUD OF EVAN.

AND THAT'S WHAT THIS SIGN IS ALL ABOUT.

I WAS ABLE TO INTERVIEW, HIRE EVAN, GIVE HIM A CHANCE, AND HE JUST DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB.

SO STUDENTS AND STAFF THAT WORKED WITH EVAN OVER THE SUMMER, HE JUST DID AN AMAZING JOB RUNNING THE PROGRAM.

AND I KNOW LAST MONTH WE TALKED ABOUT THE NUMBERS, BUT IT WAS ABOUT 650, 630, 650 KIDS THAT WERE IN THE PROGRAM.

SO IT'S A PRETTY BIG PROGRAM.

SO I'M REALLY PROUD OF ALL YOU GUYS, AND THANK YOU FOR WORKING SO HARD SO I COULD HAVE A SUMMER OFF.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF THE MILLTOWN PRIDE AWARDS.

WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF STUDENT REPORTS COMING UP.

OUR FIRST STUDENT REPORT IS FROM CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL.

AND ALLEGRA AND CHARLOTTE, IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND STEP UP TO THE MICROPHONE HERE AND REPORT.

HI, I'M CHARLOTTE GILLESPIE, I'M THE ASB PRESIDENT AT CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL.

HI, I'M ALLEGRA BERMAN, AND I AM THE SENIOR CLASS PRESIDENT AT CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL.

SO WE JUST WANTED TO KIND OF UPDATE YOU GUYS ON WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING JUST IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS AS SCHOOL HAS STARTED.

SO FIRST, THERE WAS QUITE A FEW SENIOR EVENTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

WE, THE SENIOR CLASS, PAINTED PARKING SPOTS.

WE SIGNED THE ROCK AT DOC HARRIS, AND WE HAD A SENIOR SUNRISE A FEW WEEKS AGO.

LINK CREW IS NOW IN FULL SWING, SO THAT IS THE PROGRAM WHERE THE UPPERCLASSMEN ARE ABLE TO MENTOR THE UNDERCLASSMEN.

THEY ARE ABLE TO MEET MONTHLY WITH THEM AND KIND OF CATCH UP.

FALL SPORTS ARE ALSO IN FULL SWING.

OVER 700 PARTICIPANTS HAVE SIGNED UP FOR THAT.

OUR FOOTBALL TEAM IS DOING GOOD.

AND THEIR NEXT HOME GAME IS THIS FRIDAY AT DOC HARRIS.

OUR VOLLEYBALL AND SOCCER IS ALSO GOING STRONG.

THEN WE HAVE EXCITING NEWS.

THE BOYS GOLF HAVE RECENTLY WON THE TITAN CUP, SO THAT WAS VERY EXCITING.

CROSS COUNTRY IS ACTUALLY ALSO DOING VERY WELL.

WE JUST HAD OUR TWO FIRST MEETS, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO GO TO OUR NEXT MEET THIS SATURDAY AT THE NINTH CROSS COUNTRY.

WE ALSO HAVE A CLUB FAIR THIS WEDNESDAY THE 25TH.

AND AT LUNCH ALL OF THE CLUBS DISPLAY WHAT THEY'RE ALL ABOUT AND KIND OF GET MORE PARTICIPANTS THERE.

AND WE ALSO HAVE AN OPEN HOUSE THAT NIGHT FOR PARENTS TO COME AND SEE THEIR KIDS CLASSES.

THEN WE HAVE DECA'S APOD.

ALL PAWS ON DECK WAS HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL TURNOUT THIS SATURDAY OR THIS PAST SATURDAY.

THEY WERE ABLE TO RAISE OVER $12,000 FOR THE HUMANE SOCIETY DOWN IN WASHOUGAL.

[00:25:03]

WE ALSO HAD A SCHOOL WIDE MOVIE NIGHT ON THE 13TH AND WE IT WAS A BIG UNDERCLASSMEN TURNOUT, WHICH WAS FUN.

LASTLY, OUR HOMECOMING THEME AND HOMECOMING IS COMING UP OCTOBER 19TH, SO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING ROARING 20S. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

OUR FINAL STUDENT REPORT IS FROM DISCOVERY HIGH SCHOOL.

WE'VE GOT LOGAN AND JACK COMING UP.

GOOD EVENING. I'M JACK WALSH, THE ASB PRESIDENT AT DISCOVERY HIGH SCHOOL.

I'VE BEEN GOING TO PBL FOR SEVEN YEARS, SO IT'S KIND OF COOL.

MY SIXTH GRADE YEAR WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT DISCOVERY WAS BUILT, SO I'VE KIND OF GOTTEN TO WATCH IT PROGRESS, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE TO REPRESENT MY SCHOOL AND MY FELLOW CLASSMATES.

SO WE HAVE SOME REPORTS TO GIVE YOU.

THIS IS LOGAN. HE IS THE RALLY COMMISSIONER.

AND I'M GLAD TO BE GIVING YOU GUYS THESE REPORTS.

SO WE HAD OUR BACK TO SCHOOL ASSEMBLY AND, WELL, IT BROUGHT PEOPLE BACK TO DISCOVERY.

I THOUGHT IT WAS A REALLY NICE BREAK FROM DOING SCHOOLWORK, HAVING A NICE LITTLE BREAK TO TALK TO YOUR FRIENDS, HANG OUT, DO FUN ACTIVITIES, AND THEN GOING RIGHT BACK TO SCHOOLWORK AND FEELING EXCITED ABOUT IT.

WE ALSO HAD SENIOR SUNRISE.

IT WAS A REALLY GOOD HIT. WE PICKED UP OUR PRINCIPAL DOCTOR, DAN OVER THERE.

PRETTY SURE WE HAVE A PICTURE OF THAT SOMEWHERE.

WANT TO SEE THAT? IT'S ON FACEBOOK.

ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO BE CHECKING THAT OUT SOON.

ANYWAYS, WE HAD GUEST SPEAKER ERIKA WOOD COME OUT BY.

SHE'S A DHS ALUMNI.

SHE STARTED UP OUR DISCO SALES.

SHE DID AN AEROSPACE ENGINEERING PROGRAM, AND IT WAS REALLY HELPFUL.

AND SHE CAME BY AND HELPED ENCOURAGE THE STUDENTS TO MAKE CONNECTIONS WITH LIKE, YOU PEOPLE.

AND THAT THAT WOULD REALLY HELP WITH COLLEGE.

AND WE ALSO HAD DOUG QUINN, WHO MORE OR LESS EMPHASIZED ON THE SAME THING, OUR CITY MANAGER, WHICH I'M SURE YOU GUYS KNOW VERY WELL.

AND WE HAVE OUR YONDR POUCH PILOT POLICY, AND I'M GOING TO GIVE IT OFF TO JACK.

YEAH. SO I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE A LITTLE INTERESTED IN THE PHONE SITUATION THAT'S BEEN GOING AROUND IN THE DISTRICT.

WE WERE THINKING ABOUT IMPLEMENTING THAT YONDR PHONE POUCH SITUATION, BUT WE DECIDED TO NOT USE THE YONDR POUCHES.

THERE WERE A MULTITUDE OF REASONS, AND AFTER WAITING A FEW WEEKS, WE OBVIOUSLY DECIDED TO NOT IMPLEMENT THE POUCHES.

SOME OF THE REASONS LISTED.

THE RESEARCH IS STILL VERY NEW AND MOST OF IT COMES FROM YONDR SO YOU KNOW, THAT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING.

RELIABLE THIRD PARTY RESEARCH IS STILL BEING DEVELOPED ON THESE POUCHES, AND A CHALLENGING BUDGET CLIMATE USING THE YONDR POUCHES WOULD HAVE BEEN A SIGNIFICANT EXPENSE FOR THE CAMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THERE ARE ABOUT 20 BUCKS A POP AND THERE'S 200 DISCOVERY STUDENTS.

SO JUST FOR DISCOVERY, THAT'S $4,000.

AND THE BIGGEST REASON FOR ME PERSONALLY WAS THE PARENTAL CONCERN OF EMERGENCY.

SO OBVIOUSLY HAVING YOUR PHONE AVAILABLE AT ALL TIMES SEEMS VERY IMPORTANT FOR PARENTS AND STUDENTS AS WELL.

SO WE DECIDED TO NOT IMPLEMENT THE YONDR POUCHES AT OUR SCHOOL, BUT WE ARE STILL REVIEWING IN THE HANDBOOK KIND OF RULES FOR PHONE USAGE.

JUST AS A STUDENT, I RARELY FIND MYSELF ON MY PHONE IN MY CLASSES BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THEY'RE JUST SO ENGAGING THAT I DON'T REALLY HAVE THAT URGE TO GO INTO MY PHONE. SO I THINK THAT WHAT WE'RE FIGURING OUT RIGHT NOW AT OUR SCHOOL IS GOING WELL, AND THAT IS IT.

JUST THANK YOU GUYS FOR THAT.

I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING AND WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THAT IN BOARD COMMUNICATION.

IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON ABOUT THAT.

BUT I APPRECIATE THE RESEARCH BEING DONE AND JUST THE, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF LEAVE IT TO LEAVE IT TO THE PROJECT BASED LEARNING SCHOOL TO BE TO BE RESEARCHING SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

THAT'S AWESOME. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

ALL RIGHT. THAT MOVES US ON TO SECTION THREE OF THE AGENDA.

[3. LEARNING]

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS HERE.

FIRST ITEM 3A IS A STUDENT PLACEMENT AT SPARROW FOR THE 24-25 SCHOOL YEAR.

YOU HAVE THE PAPERWORK IN FRONT OF YOU.

IF THERE IS ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS, I KNOW WE'VE GOT FOLKS FROM SPECIAL SERVICES HERE, OTHERWISE.

MOTION AND A SECOND.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE STUDENT PLACEMENT AT SPARROW CENTER FOR $326,000 FOR THE 2425 SCHOOL YEAR.

I SECOND THE MOTION.

SO, IT WAS MOVED BY CONNIE, SECONDED BY BAMINI.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM B, WE HAVE ANOTHER STUDENT PLACEMENT.

THIS ONE AT THE FLORENCE ACADEMY.

FOR THE 24-25 SCHOOL YEAR, I MOVED TO APPROVE THE STUDENT PLACEMENT AT FLORENCE ACADEMY FOR $600,000 FOR THE 24-25 SCHOOL YEAR.

[00:30:11]

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

AND ITEM C WE GET THESE EVERY NOW AND THEN FOR A TEACHER WHO IS TEACHING A SUBJECT OUTSIDE OF THEIR PRIMARY ENDORSEMENT AREA.

SO WE JUST NEED TO YOU HAVE THE MEMO FROM HR AND WE JUST NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THIS.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE OUT OF ENDORSEMENT ASSIGNMENT REQUEST FOR ADAM MATHESON.

I SECOND. OKAY.

IT WAS MOVED BY MATTHEW, SECONDED BY BAMINI.

FURTHER DISCUSSION.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES.

ALL RIGHT. THAT TAKES US DOWN TO SECTION FOUR SYSTEMS AND PATHWAYS.

[4. SYSTEMS/PATHWAYS]

SO I WANT TO START OFF WITH DOCTOR ANZALONE AND HIS SUPERINTENDENT REPORT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, COREY.

GET THAT UP THERE IN A SECOND.

JUST, YOU KNOW, FOR EVERYONE'S EDIFICATION AROUND THOSE STUDENT PLACEMENTS, KEEP IN MIND THOSE ARE HIGH COST, BUT ARE PRIMARILY REIMBURSED BY THE STATE. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR PUBLIC KNEW THAT.

SO. ALL RIGHT.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN.

STARTING OFF TODAY, I JUST WANT TO I KNOW THIS IS OUR FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR AFTER THE SCHOOL STARTED.

SO REALLY, REALLY STRONG START TO SCHOOL.

AS, AS MYSELF AND OTHER TEAM MEMBERS WERE ABLE TO GET OUT AND ABOUT TO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS.

A REALLY GOOD VIBE IN THE AIR.

I KNOW SPEAKING TO A LOT OF OUR TEACHERS AND OUR CLASSIFIED STAFF JUST FELT A GOOD ENERGY IN THE BUILDINGS, AND PRIMARILY THE STUDENTS WERE JUST SO EXCITED TO GET BACK TO SCHOOL.

MAYBE THAT EXTRA WEEK OF SUMMER HELPED, I'M NOT SURE.

JUST A COUPLE PICTURES.

THAT'S JUST FROM INSIDE A COUPLE OF OUR INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

I LOVE THE PICTURE TO THE LEFT WHERE YOU SEE PARENTS.

I KIND OF GOT THE BACKGROUND SHOT OF THE PARENTS TAKING PICTURES OF THE PICTURES.

AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A LITTLE TRADITION AT PRUNE HILL.

AND SO WE GOT TO SEE A LOT OF THE KIDS ON THEIR VERY FIRST DAY EVER OF SCHOOL, WHICH IS PRETTY NEAT.

AND THEN THIS PICTURE OVER AT GRASS VALLEY.

WE HAVE A TEACHER THAT IS TAKING THE STUDENTS AROUND.

SHARING BATHROOM PROCEDURES.

AND I WAS LIKE, OKAY, THAT WAS A HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL FOR A LONG TIME.

WE DIDN'T DO THAT AS MUCH.

SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS NEAT, AND I, I COULDN'T IT WAS LIKE CAPTIVATED BY IT.

I WAS LIKE, OKAY, I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS THAT MANY RULES ABOUT ABOUT NOT SPLASHING WATER ON EACH OTHER.

SO THAT WAS PRETTY NEAT.

SO GREAT. GREAT FIRST COUPLE WEEKS OF SCHOOL.

I CAN'T BELIEVE WE'RE ALREADY IN WEEK WEEK FOUR.

IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE OUR WEEK THREE.

SO I WANTED TO GET INTO I KNOW I THINK IT WAS TRACY WHO MENTIONED A BUDGET SITUATION, SO I WANTED TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME WITH YOU ON THAT TONIGHT AND OF COURSE, TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THAT YOU HAVE.

SO I DID A LITTLE, A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH FOR YOU FOR THIS REPORT AND REALLY WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THE FACT THAT THIS IS A STATE, A STATE CONCERN, AND IT'S REALLY A NATIONAL CONCERN RIGHT NOW WITH MULTIPLE COMPONENTS OF SCHOOL BUDGETS COMING OUT OF COVID.

THIS IS REALLY STARTING TO HIT HOME ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

SO MANY OF OUR BUDGETS WERE IMPACTED POSITIVELY WITH ESSER FUNDS AND THEN DISTRICTS DID THE BEST THEY COULD WITH THOSE FUNDS.

AND ULTIMATELY, WE'RE STARTING TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE THOSE HAVE DRIED UP.

AND YET WE SO NOW WE'RE LEFT WITH LOWER ENROLLMENT AND WE HAVE MULTIPLE COMPONENTS TO THAT.

SO READ THE NEW REPORT FROM THE LEAGUE OF EDUCATION VOTERS.

AND I THOUGHT SOME OF THESE POINTS WERE REALLY IMPORTANT TO HOME IN ON.

SO, ACROSS WASHINGTON, SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE STRUGGLING TO BALANCE THEIR BUDGETS.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S A SURPRISE TO YOU AND ARE MAKING SIGNIFICANT CUTS TO STAFF AND PROGRAMS IN ORDER TO BALANCE THE BUDGETS.

WE'RE NO DIFFERENT HERE IN CAMAS.

WE SAW THIS COMING AND WE'RE GETTING TO THAT POINT.

DISTRICTS ARE SPENDING WELL ABOVE STATE FUNDED LEVELS FOR OPERATING STAFF, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR OFFICE SUPPORT AND CUSTODIANS AND SOME OF OUR OTHER CLASSIFIED POSITIONS, 40% OF WHOM ARE HIRED USING MORE FUNDS THAN ALLOCATED BY THE STATE.

SO, AS YOU KNOW, THE STATE GIVES US A SET AMOUNT FOR POSITIONS.

AND THEN SOMETIMES THOSE COSTS ARE LOWER AND SOMETIMES THOSE COSTS ARE HIGHER.

IN THIS CASE, STATEWIDE, ABOUT 40% OF THOSE COSTS ARE COMING OUT OF POCKET, SO TO SPEAK.

IT MEANS OTHER FUNDS, WHETHER IT'S LEVY FUNDS, WHETHER IT'S END FUND BALANCE MONIES OR OTHER POCKETS OF MONEY.

[00:35:01]

EMPLOYEE SALARY AND BENEFIT COSTS ARE MAKING UP ABOUT 80% OF DISTRICT BUDGETS.

HERE IN CAMAS, WE'RE AT ABOUT 88% OF OUR SALARIES, OUR COSTS AND SPENDING ON OTHER AREAS THAT DISTRICTS TO KEEP LIGHTS ON, PAY INSURANCE, PAY FUEL AND ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE EVEN MORE THAN STAFF SPENDING FOOD COSTS.

AND THIS IS BOTH IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN, IN INDUSTRY AS WELL AS OUR HOMES.

RIGHT. THE FOOD COSTS ARE UP 36%.

THAT'S NO SECRET TO ANYONE.

INSURANCE COSTS ARE WAY UP 48%.

OUR REPAIR COSTS ARE UP ABOUT 54% AND NATURAL GAS COSTS ARE UP A WHOPPING 76%.

OBVIOUSLY, A LOT OF THIS WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF IN THE VOTING BOOTH COMING UP ON NOVEMBER 5TH FROM FEDERAL ON DOWN.

SO THIS IS AN ISSUE NATIONWIDE, OF COURSE, AND OVER 60% OF THE DISTRICTS SURVEYED IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN THE MOST RECENT SCHOOL YEAR SAID THAT INADEQUATE STATE FUNDING FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION.

THERE IS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION WHILE LAWMAKERS INCREASE FUNDING FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION THIS YEAR, IT'S STILL CAPPED AT A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THE SCHOOL'S POPULATION. THE REPORT ALSO NOTES THAT DISTRICT NEEDS ARE CHANGING AS SCHOOLS GET MORE DIVERSE.

THERE ARE 50 MORE LANGUAGES SPOKEN BY STUDENTS IN WASHINGTON STATE THAN THERE WERE 15 YEARS AGO, AND THERE IS A COST TO THAT AS WELL.

OBVIOUSLY A WELCOME CHANGE, BUT A COST TO THAT.

SO JUST TRYING TO SET THE STAGE FOR YOU AND OBVIOUSLY OUR PUBLIC WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT'S HAPPENING ACROSS OUR STATE AND OUR NATION AND IT'S HEAVILY AFFECTING SCHOOLS AND WE I DON'T THINK THAT'S A SURPRISE.

THERE'S A LOT OF ARTICLES OUT THERE.

I PULLED UP THREE JUST FOR YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT.

THE TOP ONE WAS RECENTLY IN THE COLOMBIAN.

CHRIS REYKDAL, OUR STATE SUPERINTENDENT.

WE MET WITH HIM AND THE GROUP OF SUPERINTENDENTS FROM OUR REGION THIS MORNING.

AND WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO SAY THAT CHRIS IS ASKING FOR THE HIGHEST AMOUNT OF FUNDING FOR EDUCATION THAT ANY STATE SUPERINTENDENT EVER HAS.

AND SO WE'RE HAPPY TO BE LOCKSTEP WITH CHRIS.

AND AS WE GO INTO THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WHERE OUR ASK IS ABOUT $2.9 BILLION STATEWIDE, AND YOU CAN DO THE MATH, WE'RE USUALLY AROUND TWO THOUSANDTHS OF A PERCENTAGE OF THAT PIECE, BUT IT'S STILL AN EQUITABLE AMOUNT THAT WE WOULD RECEIVE NO PROMISES.

OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE ADVOCATING REALLY HARD.

OUR LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE GETS GOING THIS NEXT MONTH.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ALONGSIDE CHRIS AND OUR LEGISLATORS ACTUALLY HAD A CONVERSATION WITH MONICA STONIER THIS MORNING AND SHE'S VERY, VERY EXCITED TO HOPEFULLY WIN HER ELECTION, BUT ALSO REMINDED ME OF SO MANY OTHER SEATS THAT ARE OPEN.

SO AFTER NOVEMBER 5TH, THAT'S WHEN OUR ACTION WILL REALLY, REALLY BECOME MORE ROBUST IN WORKING WITH CHRIS AND THE TEAM TO TRY TO GET THESE FUNDS.

SO I SEE SOME LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL.

AS YOU KNOW, THE DOWNSIDE IS THE SESSION DOESN'T END UNTIL OUR BUDGETS ARE DUE AND OUR DECISIONS HAVE TO BE MADE.

SO THAT'S THE WONKY THING ABOUT EDUCATION, AS YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST NOT IN LINE WITH HOW THE STATE FUNDS AND THE STATE MEETS.

BUT WE DO OUR BEST.

ANOTHER ARTICLE ON THE SNOHOMISH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, THEY'RE IN MASSIVE BUDGET CUTS AS WE SPEAK.

AND THEN THE ARTICLE TO THE RIGHT ACTUALLY MENTIONS MARYSVILLE, WHICH HAS BEEN A HOT TOPIC IN OUR STATE.

AND THEN SOME OTHER DISTRICTS LIKE NORTH SHORE WHO ARE SUFFERING SOME, SOME SERIOUS CUTS, SO JUST SOMETHING FOR YOU TO READ WHEN YOU CAN.

JUST TO BE MORE ACCLIMATED WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE STATE IN AND AROUND THE STATE.

QUESTIONS ON THAT PIECE.

TRACEY. JUST A COMMENT THAT REYKDAL IS ASKING FOR 3 BILLION.

BUT IF WE GET 3 BILLION, THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT ALL OF OUR BUDGET ISSUES GO AWAY.

NO. SO THE $3 BILLION WOULD KIND OF SHORE UP, SO TO SPEAK.

WE ACTUALLY THINK THAT IT'S PROBABLY MORE OF A DEFICIT STATEWIDE THAT THAT WOULD GO A LONG WAY IN HELPING.

IT DOESN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM BECAUSE AS WITH ANY BUDGET, IT NEEDS TO BE SUSTAINABLE OVER TIME.

SO WE DON'T WANT WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IS GET INTO A MCCLEARY SITUATION OR EVEN A COVID RELIEF FUND SITUATION.

WE NEED TO FIND A PROCESS AND A SYSTEM THAT'S SUSTAINABLE OVER TIME.

AND I KNOW, CONNIE, YOU AND I TALK ABOUT THIS ALL THE TIME.

IS THAT PROTOTYPICAL MODEL.

IT HAS TO BE REVAMPED.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE REDONE THIS SESSION.

SOME EXPERTS SAY IT COULD TAKE THREE, FOUR, FIVE MORE SESSIONS TO GET THE SYSTEM REALLY FLIPPED THE WAY IT NEEDS TO MODERNIZE HOW WE'RE FUNDED.

CONNIE. I WAS JUST GOING TO COMMENT ON.

SO $3 BILLION INJECTION OF MONEY INTO OUR CURRENT SYSTEM, NOT CHANGING THAT MODEL.

[00:40:06]

IT IS. WE NEED IT.

OBVIOUSLY WE NEED IT.

BUT UNTIL THAT MODEL CHANGES.

SO, THE WAY THAT OUR SYSTEM WORKS IS MORE THAT I'M LEARNING ABOUT IT.

CHRIS RIDDELL'S POSITION IS AN ELECTED POSITION, RIGHT? AND SO THERE IS SOME APPETITE TO HAVE THAT POSITION APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR.

IT'S LIKELY NOT GOING TO HAPPEN THIS SESSION.

AND THE REASON FOR THAT CHANGE, ONE OF THE REASONS IS THEN CHRIS REALLY BECOMES MORE OF AN ADVOCATE THAN A POLITICIAN, RIGHT.

AND SO HIS JOB REALLY RIGHT NOW IS A, TO GET REELECTED, BUT ALSO TO INFUSE MONEY IN.

WHAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE IS SOMEBODY GET INTO THAT POSITION, WHETHER IT'S CHRIS OR SOMEONE ELSE, INTO MORE OF AN APPOINTED POSITION, SO THEY CAN ALMOST KIND OF WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE STATE RATHER THAN BEING KIND OF THAT ELECTED OFFICIAL THAT'S, HAS POLITICAL TIES.

SO THERE'S SOME DEFINITE TALK AROUND THAT.

MATTHEW. I WAS JUST GOING TO COMMENT THAT THE LAST GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING, WHICH IS ALL THE SCHOOL DIRECTORS, THERE WERE SEVERAL POLICIES, QUITE A BIT WHERE IT CAME UP AND EXPRESSED CONCERN AND IN PRO-CON STATEMENTS ABOUT THIS FACT.

SO THAT WAS REINFORCED PRETTY STRONGLY ON FRIDAY FROM SOME DIRECTORS AND DISTRICTS THAT WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WAS IS PRIORITIES FOR LEGISLATION, IS IN LINE WITH THIS CHANGE AS WELL. SO THAT WAS GOOD TO SEE.

WE'LL SEE WHAT IMPACT THAT HAS.

WELL THEN I WOULD JUST ADD NOT TO BE THE SKUNK AT THE GARDEN PARTY HERE, BUT A $3 BILLION PER, YOU KNOW, PROPOSED BY SOMEBODY RUNNING FOR ELECTION RIGHT NOW, WHEN THE GOVERNOR WILL WRITE THEIR OWN BUDGET.

THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE WILL HAVE THEIR OWN BUDGETS, AND THEY ALL HAVE TO COME TOGETHER.

THIS IS LIKE THE STARTING POINT IN A NEGOTIATION.

SO IT'S A GOOD STARTING POINT, I THINK.

BUT YOU KNOW, I JUST DON'T WANT TO GET EVERYBODY'S HOPES UP THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN THIS IS GOING TO SOLVE EVERYTHING.

SO WE CAN BE ADVOCATING FOR WHAT WE NEED.

AND WE WILL. AND I KNOW OUR LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY COMMITTEE WILL BE HELPING OUT WITH THAT.

BUT JUST KEEP IT IN CONTEXT.

YEAH, A GREAT POINT. COREY.

WE'RE HOPEFUL ABOUT, YOU KNOW, A NEW GOVERNOR COMING IN.

BOTH OF THE FRONT RUNNERS RIGHT NOW HAVE SOME EDUCATION TIES AND SO ARE SPEAKING THE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF TALKING THE TALK.

WE JUST NEED TO SEE IF THEY'LL WALK THE WALK.

SO AGAIN, WE'RE PAYING ATTENTION CLOSELY TO THAT.

WE'RE ALSO NOT OPPOSED TO INVITING THE GOVERNOR THE NEW GOVERNOR ONCE ELECTED ON NOVEMBER 5TH DOWN TO CAMAS AND SEEING, IF THEY WILL TAKE PART IN ONE OF OUR RECEPTIONS THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR LEGISLATORS.

SO REALLY, I THINK TO COREY'S POINT, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT RELATIONSHIP THAT WE NEED TO BUILD IS IMMEDIATELY WITH OUR NEW GOVERNOR.

SO MOVING ON.

JUST ANOTHER ARTICLE THAT I LOOKED AT IN 2022, 23 YEAR ALONE, SPECIAL EDUCATION EXPENSES WERE UNFUNDED ACROSS THE STATE, AMOUNTING TO OVER HALF $1 BILLION. SO A LOT OF THE FUNDING THAT WE DO RECEIVE GOES DIRECTLY TO SPECIAL ED.

WE'RE NOT EVEN QUITE THERE AND WHAT WE NEED TO FUND IT.

SO SOME AND A MAJORITY OF THE MONEY THAT DOES MAKE IT DOWN NEXT SESSION, NEXT SUMMER WILL LIKELY GO DIRECTLY INTO SPECIAL EDUCATION.

AND THEN I JUST PUT A GRAPHIC UP FOR YOU TO SEE KIND OF THOSE COSTS GOING UP.

THE 37% INCREASE IN ELECTRICITY, 6,060% INCREASE IN THE COST OF INSURANCE, 33 IN THE COST OF MILK, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING. THAT'S A BIG BYPRODUCT HERE, RIGHT? AND THEN ALSO THE 39% INCREASE IN THE COST OF DIESEL FUEL.

SO I THINK IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT NOT EVERYBODY THINKS ABOUT WHEN IT WHEN THEY THINK ABOUT RUNNING A SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THIS IS SIMPLY LIKE RUNNING A SMALL CITY, A MID-SIZED CITY.

AND SO ALL OF THESE COSTS GO IN.

AND WE'RE JUST HOPING THAT OUR LEGISLATORS RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT SALARIES.

IT'S ABOUT FUNCTIONING AS A SMALL CITY.

I MENTIONED THIS LAST TIME WE MET.

I JUST WANT TO REITERATE MORE SPECIFICALLY TO CAMAS.

I'VE KIND OF OUTLINED A LITTLE BIT OF THE STATE.

NOW LOOK AT CAMAS.

SO RECENTLY, OUR FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS OF OUR DISTRICT'S FUND BALANCE ARE REACHING A CRITICALLY LOW LEVEL.

SO WE'RE ANTICIPATING BY THE END OF NEXT SCHOOL YEAR THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOWN UNDER 4%.

AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT A COMFORTABLE LEVEL FOR OUR BOARD.

CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.

WAS THAT FOR ANY BOARD.

RIGHT. AND SO AND JUST THIS BOARD HAS ALWAYS LIKED TO BE AT A HIGHER POINT 8 TO 10%.

WE'VE EVEN BEEN HIGHER AT OTHER POINTS, BUT I'M STARTING TO GET MORE THAN NERVOUS THAT THAT THE FUND BALANCE IS DWINDLING AWAY.

SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON AS WE GET INTO THIS END OF THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR.

AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE MADE SOME CENTRAL CUTS THIS FALL RIGHT AROUND 700,000 APPROXIMATELY.

JUST TO REITERATE, IT WAS SIX POSITIONS.

WHAT WE DID WAS WE PROVIDED A SIX MONTH CONTRACT TO THOSE SIX PEOPLE SO THAT THEY WOULD HAVE SOME RUNWAY.

[00:45:07]

IT ALSO GIVES US TIME TO EXPLORE.

HOW CAN WE KEEP THAT WORK GOING WITH SIX LESS PEOPLE? IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY.

AND SO THE THAT THAT'S ONE PIECE.

THE OTHER PIECE IS OUR CABINET AND MANAGEMENT POSITIONS HAVE TAKEN SIX FURLOUGH DAYS.

WE DIDN'T REALIZE HOW IMPACTFUL THAT COULD BE UNTIL WE ACTUALLY DID IT.

AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE WORK IS COVERED, BUT WE'RE DOING THAT.

THAT'S ALREADY STARTED AND THEN A STRONG REDUCTION IN OVERTIME AND THOSE EXTRA COSTS, JUST LOOKING AT THINGS A LITTLE BIT MORE CLOSELY AND THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD SAVINGS AS WELL.

LOOKING AT SOME OTHER AREAS, WE DID REDUCE OUR BUILDING BUDGETS BY 10%.

I KNOW THAT WAS NOT PRETTY.

THAT WAS NOT FUN TO DO IN TALKING WITH OUR PRINCIPALS AND OUR SCHOOLS ABOUT THAT, RESTRICTING TRAVEL AND ELIMINATING MEALS AND REFRESHMENTS AT MEETINGS, THAT WAS A BIG ONE FOR ME TOO.

DID NOT LIKE THAT, BUT THAT WAS SOMETHING WE FELT WAS IMPORTANT.

AND THEN ATHLETICS RETURNING FROM OUR LOCAL ROAD GAMES WITH THEIR PARENTS OR FRIENDS OR HOWEVER ELSE THAT HASN'T HAD A HUGE IMPACT YET.

BUT IT DEFINITELY IS A COST SAVINGS.

SO JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THAT BEFORE WE GO ON A COUPLE GRAPHS, I WANTED TO SHOW YOU OUR EIGHT YEAR HISTORICAL JUST TO GIVE YOU KIND OF A VISUAL OF REVENUES VERSUS EXPENSES.

SO GOING BACK TO 2016, 2017, WE WERE SPENDING JUST ABOUT AS MUCH AS WE WERE TAKING IN, WHICH IS ABOUT WHERE YOU WANT TO BE AS A NONPROFIT OR A SCHOOL DISTRICT.

BUT THEN YOU STARTED TO KIND OF SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A DIP WHERE WE WERE ACTUALLY BRINGING IN MORE THAN WE WERE SPENDING IS EVEN BETTER.

AND THAT'S WHERE OUR END FUND BALANCE STARTED TO GROW A LITTLE BIT.

RIGHT. AND THEN THE REASON WHY WE SEE THE CONTINUED DROP OFF IS BECAUSE OF COVID.

SO THOSE ESSER FUNDS CAME IN, IT GENERATED ACCELERATED OUR REVENUE, AND IT STARTED TO TAKE OVER MORE THAN OUR EXPENDITURES, WHICH IS A GREAT PLACE TO BE. HOWEVER, KIND OF COREY'S POINT, THAT WAS A BIT OF A BAND AID, RIGHT.

AND SO WE SAW THIS ANOMALY WHERE IT WASN'T EVEN ANYMORE.

IT WAS GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

AND THEN REAL LIFE KIND OF CAME BACK AS THOSE FUNDS STARTED TO GO AWAY.

AND WE GET INTO THE POINT NOW WHERE OUR EXPENDITURES ARE OUTPACING OUR REVENUES, WHERE WE'RE JUST NOT SEEING THE STUDENTS COMING IN AT THE YOUNGER AGES AS THEY WERE, AND FOR A MULTITUDE OF REASONS.

CAN I GO BACK TO THAT ONE THERE? I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT THAT TOO, JUST FOR US TO REALIZE, ESPECIALLY THOSE OF US THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR A WHILE, THAT 2018 WAS THE FIRST YEAR OF THAT.

THE NEW REGULATIONS AROUND THE MCCLEARY DECISION WENT IN.

AND YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE THAT JUST FROM THAT JUST RIGHT THERE, WE START TO WE GET THIS WE GET THIS INFLUX IN.

BUT WE SAW THIS COMING FOR YEARS NOW.

RIGHT. THAT THIS WAS THESE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WERE GOING TO BE THE ONES WHERE IT GETS IT GETS ROUGH.

AND SO, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO HOLD ON TO THAT FUND BALANCE FOR THAT EXACT REASON THAT WE'RE IN NOW.

IF WE IF WE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN DOING THAT, WE WOULD BE IN FAR WORSE AND FAR EARLIER.

AND IT'S THOSE, LIKE YOU SAID, THOSE COVID INFLUX, THE COVID, THE INFLUX OF THE COVID MONIES DURING 2020 AND 21 KIND OF HELPED TO PUSH THAT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.

BUT THIS IS WE'VE KNOWN THIS HAS BEEN COMING FOR A LONG TIME.

AND SO I'VE BEEN KIND OF TRYING TO SOUND THE ALARM BELLS FOR A WHILE.

AND NOW WE'RE HERE.

WELL, YEAH. AND I THINK, I THINK WHAT HAPPENS IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A PEOPLE BUSINESS.

THIS IS A KID BUSINESS.

AND SO ULTIMATELY, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT DURING COVID, WE WERE ABLE TO SHORE UP SOME POSITIONS AND ADD POSITIONS THAT PROVIDED THE SUPPORTS FOR KIDS AND FAMILIES.

THAT'S OBVIOUSLY A GLOBAL ISSUE, RIGHT? EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AT LEAST NATIONALLY, WAS IN THAT SAME BOAT WHERE THEY RECEIVED ALL THESE FUNDS.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE SEEING THIS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, NOT JUST HERE IN WASHINGTON, BECAUSE EVERYBODY GOT THAT INFUSION OF FUNDS, AT LEAST PUBLICLY.

THE PROBLEM WE'RE RUNNING INTO NOW IS WE WANT TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS WITH THOSE WONDERFUL, AMAZING PEOPLE.

IT'S JUST A MATTER OF CAN WE SUSTAIN THAT? AND WE WE CAN ONLY DO THAT FOR SO LONG UNTIL WE HAVE TO MAKE SOME TOUGH DECISIONS.

AND AGAIN, WE'RE NOT ALONE IN THAT, CONNIE.

YEAH, AND THAT'S WHERE THAT PROTOTYPICAL SCHOOL MODEL COMES IN THAT WE ARE NOW BEING FORCED TO FUND A MODEL THAT DOESN'T MATCH WHAT IT WHAT IT TAKES TO EDUCATE STUDENTS TODAY.

AND SO THE STATE IS FORCING US INTO A MODEL THAT NONE OF US WANT.

THAT DOESN'T REALLY MEAN IT DOESN'T MEET THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE IN CAMAS.

RIGHT. AND THAT IS NECESSARY.

I MEAN, THE WORLD IS CHANGING.

WE HAVE TO FUND DIFFERENT THAN WE DID IN 1950.

IT'S SORT OF FUNDING.

IT'S SORT OF FUNDED AT THE RATE OF WHEN MOST OF US WERE IN SCHOOL.

[00:50:03]

I MEAN, I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR MYSELF.

I DIDN'T HAVE THE TYPE OF CHOICE THAT OUR KIDS HAVE THE LUXURY OF NOW AND THE BENEFIT OF NOW, WHICH IS AMAZING.

IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT WE'RE STILL BEING FUNDED AT KIND OF THAT RATE.

RIGHT? SO BUT BACK WHEN MCCLEARY HAPPENED AND THIS MODEL WAS FORMULATED.

WE I REMEMBER SITTING ON THE BUDGET COMMITTEE FOUR YEARS AGO PAINTING OUT THIS FOUR YEAR PICTURE OF THAT.

THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN, THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GET IN LINE WITH WHAT OUR REVENUE IS.

AND KNOWING THAT THIS IS COMING AND HAVING TO PLAN FOR IT.

AND NOW HERE WE ARE.

MOST LIKELY THE THING YOU DIDN'T KNOW IS THE HOUSING MARKET.

THAT WAS THE ONE UNPREDICTABLE FACTOR THAT CAUSED THE INFLATION THAT NOBODY REALLY CAN PREDICT.

AND I THINK THE HOUSING MARKET PRIMARILY HERE IN CAMAS IS ADDING TO THAT LOWER ENROLLMENT.

SO THIS IS THIS IS THE END FUND BALANCE CHART.

SO YOU CAN GO BACK ALL THE WAY TO 2011 AND 12 WHEN WE WERE SITTING AROUND 14 OR 15% FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

AND THEN THAT STARTED TO DIP AS EXPENDITURES ROSE AND WE WENT DOWN TO 10%, WHICH IS STILL A VERY COMFORTABLE LEVEL, 10% OF THE OF THE GENERAL BUDGET.

AND THEN YOU SEE WHERE COREY'S POINT WAS WITH MCCLEARY.

IT SHOT UP TO 13% TO 15%.

AND THEN THAT THAT YEAR, 2020 HIT.

AND SO THIS INFLUX OF MONEY CAME IN.

WE HIRED WE PAID PEOPLE, WE TOOK CARE OF OUR EXPENDITURES.

AND YET WE AND WE ALSO HAD AN INFLUX THAT WE COULD PUT IN SOMEWHERE, WHICH ENDS UP GOING INTO FUND BALANCE.

SO THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE THAT 17, 16% THAT WAS SITTING IN THAT ACCOUNT.

THE MONEY RUNS OUT AND THEN IT STARTS GETTING BACK TO A MORE NORMAL END FUND BALANCE AROUND 13%.

AND THEN RIGHT AROUND THE TIME WHEN I ARRIVED, THAT'S WHEN WE STARTED TO SEE THAT DIP INTO 9%.

SO WE DID SOME, SOME REDUCTIONS, YOU KNOW, WHEN I FIRST ARRIVED.

AND NOW WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE WE NEED TO REALLY THINK SERIOUSLY ABOUT MORE REDUCTIONS BECAUSE THAT 4%, THIS IS THE LOWEST WE WOULD BE. I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK TO 2008 DURING THE RECESSION, THE GREAT RECESSION.

THAT'S WHEN WE, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, CONNIE.

THAT'S ABOUT WHEN WE WERE ABOUT 4%.

YEAH. SO IF WE DO NOTHING, WHICH IS AN OPTION, OF COURSE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS AN OPTION, BUT I GUESS IT IS.

IF WE DO NOTHING ABOUT THIS, WE WOULD END UP IN A PRETTY ROUGH SPOT.

SO BY CHRISTMAS TIME OR WINTER BREAK OF 2025 IS WHEN IT WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'LL GO INTO THE RED IN OUR END FUND BALANCE.

SO THAT'S WHEN WE START GETTING INTO THIS SITUATION WHERE WE WOULD HAVE TROUBLE PAYING FOR THE UTILITIES, POTENTIALLY MAKING PAYROLL.

AS WHEN YOU GET INTO THAT PREDICAMENT, THOSE HIGH POINTS, YOU SEE, THAT'S WHEN WE RECEIVE OUR OUR INFLUX OF PROPERTY TAX AND REVENUE.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT UNLIKE OUR HOUSES, MOST OF US, WE HAVE A RATHER STABLE INCOME OR REVENUE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE DON'T WE DEPEND ON THE STATE TO INFLUX US.

SO THERE ARE MONTHS WHERE WE DIP LOW, WHERE WE DEPEND ON OUR CASH RESERVES, AND THEN THERE ARE MONTHS WHERE WE HAVE FUNDING COMING IN SO WE DON'T HAVE TO DIP INTO OUR RESERVES. WE'RE AT THAT POINT NOW WHERE WE'RE ALWAYS DIPPING INTO OUR OUR FUND BALANCE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT BIG REVENUE BOOST COMING IN.

SO AGAIN, WE CAN SIT AND AND HOPE FOR THE BEST, WHICH IS A STRATEGY, I SUPPOSE.

AND THEN WE'LL BE IN THAT RED AREA BY DECEMBER OF 25 IF THAT CONTINUES A YEAR BY A YEAR LATER WILL BE SOMEWHERE AROUND 8 OR $9 MILLION IN THE RED.

SADLY, THIS IS EXACTLY WHERE SOME OF THE DISTRICTS ARE UP NORTH SEATTLE, MARYSVILLE, SOME OF THOSE THAT WE'RE HEARING ABOUT, THEY'RE OPERATING IN THE RED. AND THEY ARE ABLE TO CONTINUE FUNCTIONING BECAUSE THEY JUST KEEP THE STATE WILL JUST HELP KEEP THE LIGHTS ON.

THE PROBLEM WHEN YOU GET INTO THAT SITUATION, YOU GO INTO BINDING CONDITIONS AND EVENTUALLY THERE'S A CHANCE OF YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS GOING TO GET SHUT DOWN, YOUR SCHOOLS WILL GET CLOSED, OR YOU'LL HAVE TO GET INHERITED BY ANOTHER DISTRICT.

SO WE DON'T WANT TO GO DOWN THAT ROAD, RIGHT? SO IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, I THINK THE BOARD WANTS TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN THAT.

QUESTIONS ON THAT OR.

OKAY. SO WHAT'S THE PLAN? HOW DO HOW DO WE FIX THIS? WE HAVE TO DO THIS TOGETHER.

I KNOW NOT EVERYONE IS ALWAYS ON THE SAME PAGE WITH WHEN IT COMES TO MONEY, BUT WE DO HAVE TO FIGURE THIS OUT TOGETHER.

AND THE FIRST THING IS, WE HAVE TO RETURN TO A SUSTAINABLE LEVEL OF AN END FUND BALANCE.

SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO ENSURE THAT WHEN FUNDING IS DOWN, WHEN REVENUE IS DOWN, WE HAVE TO KEEP THE CLASSROOMS OPEN, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE PAYROLL IS MET AND THE

[00:55:05]

THE SECOND PIECE IS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO BUDGET REDUCTIONS.

I DON'T SEE A WAY AROUND IT UNLESS WE WANT TO GO TO THAT FIRST MODEL.

THE ONLY WAY THAT THAT THAT I'M SEEING AND MY TEAM IS SEEING THAT WE CAN GET THERE IS A 10 TO 12% REDUCTION.

AND TO BE FRANK WITH YOU, THAT'S A HEAVY THAT'S A HEAVY BURDEN FOR A DISTRICT OF OUR SIZE.

OUR BUDGET IS OUR GENERAL BUDGET IS SOMEWHERE AROUND $120 MILLION.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT'S A THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT CUT.

BUT WE'RE WE STARTED ALREADY AND WE'RE GOING TO BE VERY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THIS.

AND I'LL TELL YOU HOW JUST REAL QUICK, CAN I WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT BUDGET REDUCTIONS OF, OF 10% THAT ASSUMES, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE JUST TALKING A COUPLE SLIDES AGO ABOUT INFLUX OF INFLUX OF MONIES, POTENTIAL, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT BUDGETS THAT WOULD GET PASSED IN THIS LONGER SESSION.

DOES THAT ASSUME IF NOTHING HAPPENS? YES. YES.

SO ANYTHING THAT DOES HAPPEN.

SO OF COURSE WE HAVE TO WE HAVE TO PREPARE FOR THE WORST.

AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY IN JUST A FEW SLIDES IS WE HAVE DEADLINES CONTRACTUALLY THAT WE HAVE TO MEET, SO WE CAN'T WE'RE NOT IN A POSITION WHERE WE CAN JUST SAY, PAUSE EVERYTHING.

WE'LL WAIT TO DO OUR CUTS UNTIL THE SESSION IS OVER.

PART OF ME WISHES WE WERE IN THAT BOAT.

CONTRACTUALLY WE'RE NOT.

WE HAVE TO HUMANELY GIVE NOTICE TO PEOPLE, TO STAFF AT CERTAIN DEADLINES.

AND THEN THE BOAT THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS GET INTO, AS YOU KNOW, IS WE GET INTO THIS HIRE BACK MODE, RIGHT WHERE WE HAVE TO HOPE AND PRAY THAT PEOPLE WILL WAIT AROUND AND HOPE FOR THAT PHONE CALL.

IT'S NOT A FUN TIME TO MANEUVER, BUT BECAUSE OF THE DATES, THE WAY THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION WORKS BASED ON OUR CONTRACT NEGOTIATION OR OUR CONTRACT OBLIGATIONS, IT'S NOT IN LINE.

SO UNFORTUNATELY, WE MAKE THESE DECISIONS ONLY TO HOPE THAT WE CAN MAKE SOME CALLBACKS.

AND THAT'S ACTUALLY WHERE SOME OF OUR SURROUNDING DISTRICTS ARE BECAUSE THEY WERE A YEAR AHEAD OF US.

SO WE HAD THAT END FUND BALANCE THAT THAT KIND OF SAVED US THIS YEAR WHERE OTHER DISTRICTS DID NOT.

SO NOW YOU'RE NOTICING VANCOUVER, EVERGREEN, SOME OTHER DISTRICTS.

CONNIE, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG THERE IN THAT CALLBACK PROCESS OR THEY PROBABLY WERE IN AUGUST AND HOPEFULLY BY NOW THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO BRING SOME PEOPLE BACK.

MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW.

BUT AGAIN, IT'S A BIT OF A CRAPSHOOT BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE STATE IS GOING TO DO.

TRACEY JUST SO UNFORTUNATELY, A BIG PART OF IT IS A TIMING ISSUE BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

RIGHT? SO WE'RE HOPING THAT WE GET THIS INFLUX OF MONEY AFTER THE SESSION ENDS, BUT THAT DOESN'T COME TO US BEFORE WE HAVE TO CUT THE 10 TO 12%.

AND EVEN IF, LET'S SAY, EVEN IF WE RECEIVED ALL OF THAT TO COREY'S EARLIER POINT, I WANT TO BE CAREFUL THAT WE'RE NOT IN A SITUATION AGAIN IN THREE MORE YEARS WHERE WE GET THIS INFLUX, WE SPEND IT ALL, AND NOW WE'RE BACK IN THE SAME BOAT.

SO HOW CAN WE HELP KEEP AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE, BUT ALSO SUSTAIN THAT OVER TIME.

AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY ONE OF THE MAIN JOBS THAT I HAVE THAT YOU'VE ASKED ME TO DO AS A SUPERINTENDENT IS SAY, THIS ISN'T JUST FOR THE NOW.

CAN YOU HELP US GET TO A POINT? SO WE'RE NOT HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS IN THREE, FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, EVEN IF THE PROTOTYPICAL MODEL IS NOT CHANGED, CAN CAMAS CAN CAMAS FIGURE OUT A WAY TO SUSTAIN OURSELVES OVER TIME? AND TRULY, IN ANY BUSINESS MODEL, THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT IS TO TRY TO CUT EXPENDITURES.

AND AT LEAST, AT LEAST WE'RE NOT IN A SITUATION WHERE WE NEED TO MAKE A PROFIT.

WE JUST NEED TO BREAK EVEN, AND THEN WE'RE DOING OKAY.

SO THE THREE PHASE PLAN WILL BE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT, WHICH I'LL GET TO IN A MOMENT.

BUDGET REDUCTION PLAN AND THEN THE PLAN IMPLEMENTATION.

SO PHASE ONE HAS REALLY STARTED TONIGHT RIGHT.

ENGAGING YOU IN THIS CONVERSATION, REALLY LETTING YOU AS A BOARD PUBLIC WHO ARE HERE REALLY HERE THE NOT REALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME, BUT REALLY PUBLICLY SAYING WE YOU KNOW HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM.

RIGHT. AND NOW WHAT DO WE DO? SO AGAIN, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU AT SOME POINT SOON TO CONSIDER SETTING AN END FUND BALANCE PERCENTAGE.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST 8% BEING THAT COMFORT LEVEL.

I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO REVISIT THAT AND POTENTIALLY EVEN PUT SOMETHING IN POLICY.

RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE A NUMBER OR A PERCENTAGE IN POLICY.

THAT WOULD BE UP TO YOU IF YOU WANT TO GO THAT ROUTE, BUT IT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.

AND THEN SET A POTENTIAL DEADLINE FOR THAT SO WE CAN REVISIT THAT.

THE NEXT PART WOULD BE THE EMPLOYEE GROUP DIALOG, CONSISTENTLY MEETING WITH OUR BARGAINING GROUPS, CONSISTENTLY MEETING WITH OUR PRINCIPALS AND ALL OF OUR STAFF TO REALLY ENGAGE IN THIS CONVERSATION.

COMMUNITY PRESENTATIONS START TOMORROW.

[01:00:03]

TOMORROW NIGHT, I'LL HIT EVERY SINGLE PTA AND PTO IN THE DISTRICT.

THEN WE START OUR FALL PRESENTATIONS WHERE WE REALLY REITERATE A SIMILAR PRESENTATION TO EVERY SINGLE STAFF MEMBER IN OUR DISTRICT.

I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE ANY STONE UNTURNED.

AGAIN, WHETHER OR NOT PEOPLE ARE DIVISIVE ABOUT THIS OR NOT, THAT'S MY JOB.

I NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE HEARING THIS INFORMATION LOUDLY AND CLEARLY.

AND THEN WE WILL DO A STATE OF SCHOOLS PRESENTATION.

I'LL PROBABLY BE RECORDING THAT TOMORROW, BUT THEN WE'LL PUT THAT OUT IN ABOUT A WEEK OR TWO.

AND THAT BASICALLY WILL BE A ONE WAY COMMUNICATION TO OUR ENTIRE DISTRICT, OUR PARENTS VIA PARENT SQUARE.

HEY, HERE'S OUR SITUATION.

I NEED YOU TO REALLY KIND OF MULL ON THAT FOR A LITTLE BIT.

AND THEN WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS DO A BUDGET 101 VIRTUAL TOWN HALL, WHERE PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE SOME LIVE COMMUNICATION WITH MYSELF AND THE REST OF THE TEAM.

Q&A SESSION VIRTUALLY.

LAST TIME WE DID THIS, WE HAD A REALLY, REALLY GOOD RESPONSE AND OUR CABINET IS THERE.

HOPEFULLY THE BOARD WILL BE THERE TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS.

I BELIEVE, GAYLE, THAT'S SCHEDULED FOR RIGHT NOW.

OH, WE'RE WORKING ON THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 14TH.

CORRECT. OKAY.

AND WE'LL GET THAT DATE OUT.

AFTER THAT, WE'D LIKE TO CONSIDER DOING SOME LISTENING SESSIONS AROUND THE DISTRICT, AT OUR SCHOOLS WHERE WE'LL BE AT TEACHERS LOUNGES.

WE'LL BE AROUND AS MATTHEW SAID EARLIER FIRST FRIDAY, JUST REALLY BEING VISIBLE TO ANSWER AND HAVE DIALOG THROUGHOUT THE FALL.

WE'LL KIND OF SHORE EVERYTHING UP RIGHT BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS WITH SOME GOOGLE SURVEYS, WHERE WE'LL GIVE EVERY STAKEHOLDER AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAD TO MAKE THESE TOUGH DECISIONS, WHAT ARE YOUR PRIORITIES? WHERE DO YOU SEE US NEEDING TO MAKE CUTS? WHERE DO YOU SEE US NOT MAKING CUTS? AND OBVIOUSLY, WE'D LIKE TO STAY AS FAR AWAY FROM THE CLASSROOM AS POSSIBLE.

BUT I'M INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS TO SAY.

VIA GOOGLE SURVEY.

SO WITH THAT PHASE, THAT TO ME, UNLESS YOU HAVE OTHER IDEAS, GIVES US A PRETTY WIDESPREAD CROSS SECTION TO HEAR SOME VOICES ON THIS TOPIC. TRACEY JUST A COMMENT ABOUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE STAKEHOLDERS AND YOU SAID, LIKE YOUR VIDEO PRESENTATION WILL GO OUT IN PARENTSQUARE, IS IT ONLY GOING OUT TO PEOPLE WITH STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT AND NOT ALL TAXPAYERS? BECAUSE TAXPAYERS ARE AN IMPORTANT PART.

YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYBODY HAS STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S NOT JUST THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT THAT IT'S THEIR ENTIRE COMMUNITY THAT IS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS.

THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. SO OBVIOUSLY, I'LL BE AT ROTARY, I'LL BE AT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT CIVIC CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES THAT WE'RE INVITED TO.

BUT OUR WEBSITE, OF COURSE, AND THEN ANY OTHER MEANS THAT WE CAN, IF YOU HAVE SUGGESTIONS TO GET OUT TO ALUMNI AND OF COURSE, FOLKS THAT EITHER HAVE GRADUATES OR NO LONGER HAVE KIDS IN THE DISTRICT WILL GO AS FAR OUT AND WIDE AS POSSIBLE, BUT I THINK OUR WEBSITE IS A GOOD LANDING SPOT FOR THAT.

YOU KNOW, WE CAN GO AS ANY, ANY, ANY DIRECTION YOU WANT WITH THAT.

SO I'M OPEN TO ALL, ALL OF THAT.

JUST MAKING SURE WE CAN REACH EVERYONE.

I KNOW THE FIRST FRIDAYS IS A GOOD PLACE TO DO THAT, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE DOWN THERE THAT DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT, BUT JUST MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS ABLE TO ACCESS THIS INFORMATION EASILY AND SEES IT COME ACROSS, NOT JUST THROUGH PARENTSQUARE, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THE CITY CAN HELP US ADVERTISE SOME OF THESE THINGS, OR HOWEVER THAT WORKS, SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO CAPTURE EVERYONE IN THIS FEEDBACK.

IT WOULD ALSO BE NICE TO JUST GET IT OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA TOO, BECAUSE LORD KNOWS THERE'S OFTEN A DEARTH OF RELIABLE INFORMATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

SO WHEN WE CAN GET WHEN WE CAN GET STUFF OUT, WE SHOULD GET IT ON NEXT DOOR RIGHT AWAY.

OKAY. PHASE TWO.

SO PHASE TWO IS THE ACTUAL BUDGET REDUCTION PLAN.

AND THIS WILL HIT STARTING IN JANUARY THROUGH MARCH.

AND AGAIN, THE STAFFING MODEL DEVELOPMENT.

SO WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS WE'LL TAKE ALL THAT INFORMATION, THE GOOGLE SURVEYS AND THE VIRTUAL TOWN HALL AND ALL THAT, ALL THE MEETINGS WE HAVE WITH STAFF AND FAMILIES AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS REALLY PACKAGE SOME OPTIONS FOR THE BOARD TO LOOK AT.

I REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE SOME OPTIONS TO LOOK AT, THAT YOU HAVE INFORMATION FROM ALL STAKEHOLDERS TO REALLY HELP MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN SOME DECISIONS ON ON HOW TO ACCOMPLISH THIS.

WE WILL ALSO WORK TOGETHER ON THAT OPTION DEVELOPMENT.

SO I'LL BRING YOU ALONG THE WAY.

I'D LIKE TO SEE I'D LIKE TO HAVE YOU HAVE SOME EYES ON THE SURVEYS, MAYBE EVEN JOIN ME IN SOME OF THESE LISTENING POSTS AND MEETINGS AT SCHOOLS.

HOWEVER, YOU KNOW FITS YOUR SCHEDULE.

I THINK THE MORE UNITED ON THIS WE ARE, I THINK THE BETTER.

REDUCTION PLAN DECISION.

I WOULD LIKE IF YOU CAN HELP ME WITH THAT BY MARCH 1ST.

AND THAT WILL GIVE US A SOLID MONTH OR SO BEFORE ANY NOTICES HAVE TO GO OUT TO STAFF.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS THIS CAN ADJUST BASED ON THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND CBA NEGOTIATIONS.

[01:05:05]

SO I'M REALLY, REALLY LOOKING AT SOME SHARED SACRIFICE AND WORKING TOGETHER.

AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL HELP, YOU KNOW, CALM THE STORM A LITTLE BIT AS WELL.

BUT THOSE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE A LITTLE LESS PREDICTABLE.

SO I DON'T WANT TO REST OUR OURSELVES ON THAT.

SO PHASE THREE WILL REALLY BE PROBABLY THE TOUGHEST PHASE.

THIS IS AS WE GET INTO APRIL AND THE LATER MONTHS OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

STAFF NOTICES WILL BE GIVEN.

WE'D LIKE TO GIVE FOLKS NOTICE WELL BEFORE THE DEADLINES.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THE CONTRACTUAL DEADLINES THERE.

BUT I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, GIVING OUR PEOPLE WHO WE CARE ABOUT TIME TO ADJUST AND FIGURE OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING.

I'M HOPING THIS IS MITIGATED TO SOME EXTENT.

OBVIOUSLY FOR CERTIFICATED STAFF WOULD HAVE TO BE MAY 15TH, CLASSIFIED WOULD BE JUNE 1ST, AND THEN WE HAVE UNREPRESENTED FOLKS HERE AT SAC AND PARTS OF MY CABINET THAT WOULD BE A JULY 1ST IS WHEN THEIR CONTRACT STARTS.

OBVIOUSLY, IF WE'RE GOING TO REDUCE POSITIONS AT THAT LEVEL, WE'D LIKE TO GIVE THOSE FOLKS SOME TIME, MAYBE EVEN IN MAY OR JUNE A NOTICE AND THEN OTHER.

WE DO HAVE SOME OTHER REPRESENTED STAFF HERE IN THE BUILDING THAT AREN'T ON CABINET.

AND THOSE CONTRACTS TYPICALLY START IN SEPTEMBER.

IT'S THOSE SIX POSITIONS I MENTIONED EARLIER.

THOSE WERE ALL SEPTEMBER 1ST CONTRACTS, AND THAT'S WHY WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM SIX MONTHS.

SO SOMETIME RIGHT AROUND THAT MARCH TIME, THOSE CONTRACTS WILL BE UP AND THOSE POSITIONS WILL GO AWAY.

SO I KNOW THIS IS HARSH CONVERSATION, BUT IT'S THE REALITY.

SO, MATTHEW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD A QUESTION.

I THOUGHT I SAW YOUR NO, I DIDN'T HAVE A QUESTION.

IS A NEW BOARD MEMBER.

I MEAN, NOBODY LIKES TO SEE THIS IN BUSINESS, OUT IN THE PUBLIC.

IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE TAKING GREAT CARE TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT YOU, YOU KNOW, THE EDUCATORS THAT ARE HERE, THE STAFF THAT ARE HERE, IT LOOKS LIKE THE BEST WE CAN DO TO SERVE THEM.

IS THAT HOW YOU'D WORD IT? THAT'S WHAT I WOULD.

YEAH. THAT'S THE THAT'S THE PLAN IS TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE.

THERE SHOULD BE NO HIDDEN SECRETS.

THIS IS NOT MY PERSONAL BUDGET.

THIS IS OUR TAXPAYER BUDGET.

THIS IS OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR BUDGET.

SO THERE'S NO REASON TO PULL ANY PUNCHES.

SO I THINK BEING OPEN AND HONEST, EVEN THOUGH IT'S TOUGH AND NOBODY WANTS TO HEAR THIS, I IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE TO GO DOWN THIS ROAD.

WE'RE FORTUNATE IN A WAY THAT SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS HAVE GONE DOWN THIS PATH.

SO WE'RE ALSO FOLLOWING SOME MODEL POLICIES THAT HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED ALREADY.

WE'RE VERY UNIQUE HERE IN CAMAS.

WE HAVE A MUCH DIFFERENT BUDGET.

WE'RE A DIFFERENT SIZE THAN OUR SURROUNDING DISTRICTS.

HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE A LOT TO LEARN THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY.

SO. ALL RIGHT.

SO WHAT CAN WE DO IN THE MEANTIME? I ENCOURAGE THE STATE, AS CONNIE SAID A COUPLE OF TIMES TONIGHT, TO LOOK INWARD AND DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT SCHOOLS ARE STUDENT FOCUSED AND WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS A PRIORITY FOR OUR STATE.

WE'RE SHOUTING FROM THE ROOFTOPS THAT WE NEED OUR STATE TO REPRIORITIZE EDUCATION, AT LEAST IN THE TOP THREE.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE'VE DIPPED DOWN TO SEVENTH OR EIGHTH IN THE PRIORITY LIST.

AND THAT'S NOT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE PROBLEMS OF OUR STATE AND OUR COUNTRY.

WE UNDERSTAND THERE'S AN OPIOID EPIDEMIC.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT HOUSELESSNESS IS AN ISSUE.

AND I CAN GO ON AND ON.

ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS UNDERSTOOD.

BUT I ALSO FEEL THAT IF WE DON'T FUND EDUCATION, WE ARE DOING OURSELVES A HUGE DISSERVICE.

AND THESE ARE THE PROBLEMS THAT OUR EDUCATORS CAN HELP SOLVE WITH THE FUTURE GENERATIONS.

AND I JUST HOPE THAT OUR LEGISLATORS CAN START TO THINK OF IT THAT WAY.

NOT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE OTHER PROBLEMS THAT THEY'RE ELECTED TO SOLVE.

I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR ON THAT.

WE DON'T WANT TO DEMEAN ANY OTHER ISSUE OR GROUP.

BUT THIS THIS IS OUR BUSINESS AND THIS IS OUR, OUR FUTURE.

SO ALSO WHAT OTHER THINGS WE CAN DO IS FOLLOW THE ELECTION ACTIVITY.

OBVIOUSLY, THIS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IS REALLY, YOU KNOW, OPTICALLY, IT'S THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ONE.

BUT ALL OF THE DOWN BALLOT RACES, FROM SENATE RACES TO TO CITY COUNCIL TO EVEN SCHOOL BOARD RACES ARE CRITICAL, CRITICAL THAT WE'RE OUT THERE, WE'RE PAYING ATTENTION AND WE'RE VOTING AND GETTING OUR 18 YEAR OLDS REGISTERED AND GETTING THEM TO VOTE FOR THE FIRST TIME.

CONTACT LEGISLATORS.

WE CAN PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.

SPREAD THE WORD TO OTHER PARENTS, CAREGIVERS, EDUCATORS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

I THINK TO YOUR POINT, TRACEY WORD OF MOUTH IS ALWAYS THE BEST FORM OF COMMUNICATION.

LOGGING INTO OUR FALL BUDGET TOWN HALL.

THAT'S THE VIRTUAL TOWN HALL I MENTIONED.

AND ASK QUESTIONS. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE JOIN OUR LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY COMMITTEE.

IT'S GOING TO GET STARTED. WE ALREADY PUT AN INVITE OUT FOR THAT AND STAY INFORMED.

[01:10:01]

SO THAT'S A LIVE LINK.

SO THIS REPORT IS IN BOARD DOCS.

SO ANYBODY OUT THERE CAN CLICK ON THAT.

THAT'S A PLACE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE COMMUNICATING ALL OF THIS OUT.

AND SO OUR PUBLIC AND EVERYBODY ELSE CAN SEE THAT.

QUESTIONS COMMENTS.

IT GOES TO WHITE I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GOOD OR BAD BUT NO JUST THAT I APPRECIATE THE RAMP UP IN COMMUNICATIONS ON THIS AND THE NEW THE NEW WEBSITE, FOR EXAMPLE HOUSING ALL OF THIS IN BOARD DOCS FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK AND REVIEW, EVEN LIKE YOUR THIS REPORT THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON.

I MEAN, I'M FOLLOWING IT ON A LINK FROM BOARD DOCS RIGHT NOW THAT ANYBODY CAN GET TO.

SO JUST REALLY APPRECIATE GETTING THE INFORMATION OUT THERE.

AND LET'S KEEP THINKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN KEEP SPREADING IT FAR AND WIDE.

THANKS, COREY. JUST DIVING INTO THE STRATEGIC PLAN A LITTLE BIT.

THESE ARE, OF COURSE, OUR THREE GOALS.

I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT FOR YOU AND EVERYBODY HERE.

HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTION, A CULTURE OF SAFETY AND BELONGING AND RESPONSIVE PATHWAYS.

AND I JUST WANT TO COMPLIMENT THE BOARD ON REVAMPING OUR AGENDA TO ALIGN TO THESE GOALS.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

IT'S GIVEN US A REAL SENSE OF PURPOSE WHEN WE WHEN WE PUT TOGETHER THESE AGENDAS.

AND IT'S ALSO, I THINK, HELPED OUR PRINCIPALS AS THEY CREATE THEIR AGENDAS AT THEIR BUILDINGS AND ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENT LEADS.

ALWAYS TRYING TO ALIGN TO THESE MAIN OUTCOMES FOR OUR DISTRICT.

WITH THE NORTH STAR, OF COURSE, BEING THE PROFILE OF A GRADUATE.

AND WHAT ARE THE FIVE ELEMENTS THAT WE WANT OUR GRADUATES TO WALK OUT OF THE BUILDING WITH? WHEN THEY GO ON TO THE REAL WORLD.

IT'S BEING AN EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATOR.

IT'S BEING ENGAGED IN THE COMMUNITY.

IT'S KNOWING HOW TO HAVE NOT JUST SELF CARE, BUT CARE OF THEIR LOVED ONES AND THEIR AND THEIR FAMILIES BEING SELF EMPOWERED.

AND I THINK REALLY IMPORTANTLY AS A CRITICAL THINKER AND SO KEEPING THOSE THINGS IN MIND AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

AGAIN, I KNOW SOME OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT AROUND SOME OF OUR WORKGROUP WORK, PRIMARILY AROUND STANDARDS BASED LEARNING.

I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THAT WE DO HAVE THESE WORKGROUPS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEGUN WORK.

AND STANDARDS BASED LEARNING, I BELIEVE, HAS HAD THREE MEETINGS ALREADY.

SO THEY'RE REALLY AHEAD OF THE GAME.

JUST TO. YEAH, YEAH.

SORRY. CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT? JUST SINCE WE'VE HAD A LOT OF, A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THAT ONE LATELY AND MAYBE TALK ABOUT STANDARDS BASED LEARNING VERSUS STANDARDS BASED REPORTING, GRADING, BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT AM I LOOKING FOR.

CONFUSION ABOUT THAT.

YEAH. YEAH. SO STANDARDS BASED LEARNING.

I'M, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOU THE I DON'T KNOW THE FULL DEFINITION, BUT I'LL TELL YOU, AS AN EDUCATOR, A STANDARDS BASED LEARNING IS SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN DOING FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER. AND WE DO.

WE DO NOW.

RIGHT? SO AN AP, AN AP TEACHER, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY'RE TEACHING TO A STANDARD.

OUR ELEMENTARY TEACHERS HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR YEARS AND YEARS.

THEY'VE EVEN SWITCHED TO STANDARDS BASED REPORTING MANY YEARS AGO.

OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH STANDARDS BASED LEARNING FOR MANY YEARS.

DISCOVERY AND ODYSSEY STARTED NOT JUST WITH STANDARDS BASED LEARNING, BUT STANDARDS BASED REPORTING AND GRADING RIGHT FROM ITS INCEPTION.

I THINK WHERE SOME OF THE THE KERFUFFLE IS, IS AROUND PRIMARILY OUR COMPREHENSIVE MIDDLE SCHOOLS, LIBERTY AND SKYRIDGE.

WHEN THEY DELVED INTO STANDARDS BASED LEARNING SEVERAL YEARS AGO, I WHAT I'M GATHERING IS THAT THERE WASN'T THAT CENTRAL SUPPORT.

IT WASN'T ANYBODY'S FAULT NECESSARILY, BUT IT WAS KIND OF AN INITIATIVE THAT WENT FORWARD AND WE WEREN'T ABLE TO MAYBE WRAP OUR ARMS AROUND IT AND PROVIDE THE SUPPORTS THAT, THAT THOSE, THOSE SCHOOLS NEEDED.

AND SO THERE'S BEEN SOME SHIFTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED AND, AND MAYBE SOME MISSTEPS ALONG THE WAY, BUT I DON'T EVER WANT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE WORK THAT THESE MIDDLE SCHOOLS SPECIFICALLY HAVE DONE AND THE WORK THAT THE EDUCATORS HAVE DONE AROUND TRYING TO GET IT RIGHT.

WHAT I DO WANT TO SAY IS THAT I UNDERSTAND WHERE PEOPLE'S CONCERN IS, BUT THERE HAS NEVER BEEN FROM FROM MY END AT LEAST, OR MY TEAM, ANY TYPE OF OF MANDATE ON STANDARDS BASED REPORTING, SPECIFICALLY AT CAMAS BASED HIGH SCHOOL OR CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL.

I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THAT'S COME FROM.

I KNOW THAT THERE'S PROBABLY SOME CONCERN THAT, YOU KNOW, AS OUR STUDENTS ARE MOVING FROM SKY RIDGE AND LIBERTY TO CAMAS, AND THEY AND FAMILIES HAVE SEEN THAT IT HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN PERFECTLY DONE.

NOW I'M WORRIED.

NOW THE STAKES ARE HIGHER.

MY STUDENTS AT CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL.

I'M CONCERNED. I DON'T WANT THE TRANSCRIPT.

I DON'T WANT THIS TO HURT MY SON OR DAUGHTER.

SO I UNDERSTAND THAT.

BUT THERE IS ABSOLUTELY ZERO EFFORTS BEING MANDATED TO CHANGE ANY TYPE OF GRADING, REPORTING OR CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL.

WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW WITH OUR WORK GROUP IS EXPLORING WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND STANDARDS BASED LEARNING, AND A COMPONENT OF THAT IS STANDARDS BASED GRADING OR REPORTING.

[01:15:03]

I CAN'T IMAGINE US MAKING A SHIFT TO STANDARDS BASED REPORTING AT CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE A DISSERVICE TO OUR EDUCATORS, AND IT WOULD BE A DISSERVICE TO OUR STUDENTS.

SO I UNDERSTAND WHERE MAYBE SOME OF THAT COREY THAT THAT CONCERN OR CONFUSION IS COMING FROM.

I JUST WANT TO STATE AGAIN, FOR THE RECORD, THAT'S NOT HOW THE WORK GROUPS ARE WORKING.

THESE WORK GROUPS ARE REALLY FROM THE INSIDE OUT.

AND AGAIN, I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, UNTIL WE START TO SEE SOME REAL OUTCOMES FROM THESE WORK GROUPS, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE MIGHT BE A DISTRUST, I GET THAT. I JUST WANT TO SAY AGAIN THAT THESE WORK GROUPS ARE WORKING HARD.

IT'S A GREAT CROSS-SECTION OF PEOPLE ACROSS THE COMMUNITY, SOME INCREDIBLE EDUCATORS THAT ARE ON THESE WORK GROUPS, AND THEY'RE WORKING HARD TO GET IT RIGHT AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, FIRST AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL FIRST, AND THEN ONLY THEN COULD WE EVER REALLY DELVE INTO IF THERE NEEDS TO BE ANY SHIFTS FOR OUR KIDS AT CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL.

SO IS THAT HELP? COREY I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO I SEE CONNIE.

CONNIE, NO, I APPRECIATE YOU.

YEAH, YEAH. AND I WAS JUST GOING TO MENTION BOTH COREY AND I WORK AT HIGH SCHOOLS THAT HAVE STANDARDS BASED LEARNING, AND WE REPORT LETTER GRADES AND ALWAYS HAVE THEIR TRANSCRIPT LOOKS JUST LIKE ANY OTHER SCHOOL TRANSCRIPT.

THEY GET INTO COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

SO THERE'S A BIG, HUGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STANDARDS BASED LEARNING AND STANDARDS BASED REPORTING THAT IT HAS TO NOT BE A LETTER GRADE.

SO SURE.

AND WE AND IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE WE DO A LOT OF STANDARDS BASED REPORTING ALREADY JUST KIND OF ORGANICALLY.

YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT A GRADE POINT AVERAGE A GRADE POINT AVERAGE IS A FOUR POINT RUBRIC.

SO IT'S ALREADY THERE IN OUR SYSTEM.

RIGHT? WE ALREADY TEACH TO STANDARDS AT CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL AND OTHER ALL OF OUR OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS.

SO SO MUCH OF STANDARDS BASED LEARNING IS ALREADY THERE.

BUT I'VE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR FROM OUR COMMUNITY, IT'S NOT THE LEARNING PIECE, IT'S THE GRADING AND THE REPORTING THAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT.

SO I'LL CONTINUE TO SHOUT IT FROM THE ROOFTOPS.

THE WORK GROUPS ARE ORGANIC, THEY'RE AUTHENTIC.

AND FRANKLY, I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT COMES OUT OF THOSE WORK GROUPS AND ALREADY HAVE BEEN EXCITED TO SEE SOME OF THE SHIFTS THAT WE'VE MADE ALREADY ON BEHALF OF KIDS.

SO HOPEFULLY THAT CLEARS THINGS UP A LITTLE BIT.

I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY TOO, I ALSO APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, WHEN I'VE BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS WITH PEOPLE, JUST REFERRING THEM BACK TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND GOING TO THE GLOSSARY OF TERMS THAT WE THAT WE INCLUDED AT THE AT THE END OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN WITH THE EDWEEK ARTICLES AND ALL THAT THAT'S LINKED IN THERE TO REALLY EXPLAIN WHAT THE PROCESS BEHIND STANDARDS BASED LEARNING LOOKS LIKE AND WHY IT'S SO CRUCIAL THAT YOU DON'T LIKE REPORTING ISN'T EVEN SOMETHING YOU TALK ABOUT IN THE BEGINNING STEPS.

IT'S ABOUT ALIGNING, ABOUT ALIGNING CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION AND ASSESSMENT.

AND IT'S THAT CONSISTENCY THAT WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR.

I MEAN, I KNOW I'VE GOT A MIDDLE SCHOOL DAUGHTER, AND THESE FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS HAS BEEN LEARNING HOW EACH TEACHER GRADES DIFFERENTLY.

AND WHAT IS THE YOU KNOW, WHAT THE WHAT THE STANDARD IS HERE AND WHAT IS YOU KNOW HOW THIS HOW YOU MEET A THREE.

WHAT'S A FOUR. SO I THINK THAT'S THE CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE LOOKING THAT, THAT, THAT THE REALLY LOOKING AT MY DAUGHTER'S EIGHTH GRADE AT SKYRIDGE.

AND SO IT'S THE SAME CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING IS, IS IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT AND CALIBRATE HOW EACH OF OUR DAUGHTER'S TEACHERS ARE GRADING AND REPORTING AND IT IS NOT ALWAYS ALIGNED. SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK OF MANDY BUSBY AND CLINT WILLIAMS AND THEIR TEAMS, AND THE WORKGROUPS AND ALL OF THE STAFF INVOLVED IN TRYING TO GET THIS RIGHT. AND AGAIN, I'LL SAY IT UNTIL WE NAIL THAT DOWN, WE CAN'T MOVE IT FORWARD.

I THINK I THINK WE WOULD BE MAKING A MISTAKE IF WE JUST, YOU KNOW, DID THAT.

SO, WHICH WE'RE NOT.

YEAH. REALLY QUICKLY.

COREY ON THE WEBSITE.

IF ANYBODY WANTS TO GET TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN, IT'S PRETTY EASY.

YOU GO TO ABOUT CCSD, YOU CLICK ON STRATEGIC PLAN 2025 AND BEYOND.

IT'S RIGHT UNDER THE SUPERINTENDENT COLUMN THERE.

AND THEN ONCE YOU GET THERE, YOU'LL SEE OUR MAIN GOALS AND THEN A LINK TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH I THINK WE ACTUALLY MADE, KIND OF A COOL READER TODAY.

IT LOOKS LIKE A BOOK THAT YOU'RE FLIPPING.

SO THANKS, DOREEN, FOR GETTING THAT DONE.

ALSO THE WORKGROUP UPDATE, YOU CAN IF YOU CLICK ONE MORE TIME ON IF YOU GO BACK, I'M SORRY.

AND YOU CLICK ON THIS, THERE'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE A LINK HERE TO THE COMMUNITY CORNER, WHICH IS GOING TO BE OUR MONTHLY WORK GROUP UPDATE.

AND THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS.

AND SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THE HOW, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN AND WHY OF THE WORK GROUPS.

AND AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT PAGE IS ACTUAL CONTACT INFORMATION FOR KATIE SEIDEL, WHO IS ONE OF OUR CO-LEADS SPECIFICALLY FOR STANDARDS BASED LEARNING AND OTHER WORK GROUPS.

SO YOU CAN CONTACT HER RIGHT AWAY AND GET THOSE UPDATES THERE.

AND DATA.

I KNOW OUR BOARD IS VERY INTERESTED IN DATA, AND SO I WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY.

[01:20:06]

BUT I WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE KIND OF OUR ASSESSMENT CALENDAR.

SO WHAT YOU NEED TO KEEP IN MIND AS A BOARD IS OUR ASSESSMENT AND SURVEYS ARE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND THE WINDOWS SOMETIMES ARE VERY, VERY WIDE.

SO, IREADY WINDOW COULD BE A MONTH.

SO I WANT JUST TO REMIND YOU AS OUR STUDENTS GET INTO THESE ASSESSMENTS, I CAN'T NECESSARILY PROVIDE DATA RIGHT AWAY.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON THIS WEEK WITH LISA AND HER TEAM IS CREATING A COLUMN ON THIS CALENDAR THAT BASICALLY SAYS WHEN THE BOARD CAN EXPECT AN UPDATE.

SO IT'LL BE, WELL WE'LL CREATE A DIFFERENT DOCUMENT THAT ACTUALLY SAYS, OKAY, HERE'S THE ASSESSMENT, HERE'S WHEN THE WINDOW CLOSES.

HERE'S WHEN YOU CAN EXPECT AN UPDATE.

DOES THAT HELP WITH THAT A LITTLE BIT OKAY.

SO YOU CAN LOOK AT THIS AT YOUR LEISURE.

BUT YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE HAVE A PLETHORA OF DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR ASSESSMENT.

SO QUESTIONS ON THAT.

YEP. YOU'RE WELCOME.

AND I JUST WANT TO KIND OF END WITH A COUPLE CELEBRATIONS I KNOW MATTHEW HIT A COUPLE OF THESE BUT I AND I APPRECIATE IT.

THE KICKOFF MEDIA DAY WAS AWESOME.

IT WAS THE FIRST ONE WE'VE DONE.

ALL OF OUR FALL SPORTS WERE REPRESENTED WITH THEIR COACHES AND MENTORS AND PARENTS AND IT WAS JUST SUPER COOL.

AND WE HAD A LOT OF MEDIA OUT THERE.

SO, KUDOS TO COACH MATHESON, STEPHEN BARANOWSKI AND ALL OF OUR COACHES ACROSS THE BOARD FOR GETTING THE KIDS OUT THERE.

THEY HAD A CHANCE TO ACTUALLY SEE WHAT IT IS LIKE TO HAVE A PRESS CONFERENCE.

AND YOU COULD SEE THIS, THIS, THIS YOUNG MAN HERE WAS PRETTY EXCITED TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS.

AND SO AWESOME DAY OUT THERE.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL IT WAS ACTUALLY A LITTLE WARM THAT NIGHT.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAD OUR LEDBETTER STAKEHOLDER FOLLOW UP EVENT.

AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO HEAR FROM LSW MCKAY SPOSITO TONIGHT.

BUT THEY WERE NICE ENOUGH TO PUT ON A OPEN HOUSE OVER AT LEDBETTER.

WHERE YOU'LL SEE THESE BOARDS BEHIND ME.

HERE ARE THE DIFFERENT PHASES AND OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE.

SO YOU'LL HEAR FROM THEM IN A MINUTE.

BUT REALLY NICE TURNOVER.

GREAT NIGHT AND YOU SEE EVEN SOME STUDENTS UP THERE THAT WERE PRESENT AND CHECKING OUT WHAT WE'RE DOING OVER AT LEDBETTER.

BUT I DON'T WANT TO STEAL THE THUNDER FROM LSW MACKAY SPOSITO. SO MOVING ON.

AND AGAIN, FIRST FRIDAY WAS A LOT OF FUN.

THANK YOU. I KNOW COREY AND TRACEY HAD HAD OTHER OBLIGATIONS FOR THE FOR HAWKINSON AND CAMAS.

BUT I APPRECIATE BAMINI, CONNIE AND MATTHEW JOINING ME OUT THERE.

WE HAD A LOT OF FUN MEETING PEOPLE RIGHT OUTSIDE OF LIBERTY THEATER.

HOPEFULLY WE CAN SNAG THAT SPOT AGAIN IN OCTOBER.

WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE JACKETS ON HERE PRETTY SOON.

SO LAST AND NOT LEAST, AND I'M NOT GOING TO SPEND A TON OF TIME ON THIS TONIGHT BECAUSE I KNOW MY REPORT'S RUNNING LONG, BUT THE SRP, THE STANDARD RESPONSE PROTOCOL.

I'M SO PROUD OF THIS WORK THAT OUR SAFETY TEAM IS WORKING ON.

IT'S ONE OF OUR IT'S ONE OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN WORK GROUPS.

THIS IS LANGUAGE THAT WE'RE NOW SHARING WITH OUR ENTIRE REGION.

AND I'M PROUD TO SAY WE JUST MET WITH CAMAS POLICE AND CAMAS FIRE CAMAS-WASHOUGAL FIRE, AND THEY ARE EXCITED TO HAVE THE SAME LANGUAGE COMING FROM THE SAME SOURCES. SO WHEN WE HAVE HOLDS OR SECURE OR LOCKDOWNS, WE'RE NOT HAVING 42 DIFFERENT TYPES OF LOCKDOWNS.

IT'S VERY SUCCINCT.

THE IMAGES AND THE ICONS ARE THERE.

EACH OF US CARRY IN OUR ON OUR BADGES A LITTLE HANDHELD, ONE OF THESE.

SO WE KNOW IN CASE OF ONE OF THESE SITUATIONS WE CAN REFER RIGHT TO IT.

AND I THINK IT'S ULTIMATELY GOING TO KEEP OUR STAFF AND OUR ON OUR KIDS A LOT SAFER.

I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, JUST SELFISHLY, I HAVE THIS EXACT POSTER IN MY CLASSROOM IN HAWKINSON.

SO IT'S MAKING ITS WAY AROUND THE AROUND THE COUNTY.

SO I THINK THAT'S FANTASTIC.

YEAH. AWESOME.

THANKS, COREY. ALL RIGHT.

I AM A LITTLE WINDED NOW, SO I WILL TAKE ANY LAST QUESTIONS, BUT I'LL PASS IT OFF TO YOU.

LOTS GOING ON. JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE IN THE LOOP.

SO SORRY FOR THE LENGTHY PRESENTATION.

IT'S A LOT OF REALLY IMPORTANT INFORMATION.

THANK YOU FOR THAT, DOCTOR ANZALONE.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT PRESENTATION WE HAVE IS OUR LEDBETTER SITE PLANNING REPORT.

I WILL SAY, WHILE THESE GUYS ARE COMING UP AND GETTING SET, IT CAN BE A LITTLE BIT OF WHIPLASH TO BE TALKING ABOUT BUDGET REDUCTIONS AND THEN ALSO BRINGING UP A GROUP THAT'S TALKING ABOUT INVESTING IN OUR CAPITAL FACILITIES.

THIS IS AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT BUDGET THAT BY LAW, WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO MIX THE TWO POTS OF MONEY.

SO ALL OF OUR BUDGET CONSTRAINTS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IS ALL AROUND THE GENERAL FUND.

AND SO CAPITAL FACILITIES IS A DIFFERENT POT OF MONEY.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME.

[01:28:01]

THE POSITIVE FUTURE.

SO I'M BRANT YOUNG.

I'M WITH LSW ARCHITECTS AND MY TEAM TOM HALEY, MARTY, MARTY SNELL AND KAREN KNAUSS OVER THERE.

SO WE ARE WE'RE HAPPY TO BE PRESENTING TO YOU WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR ALMOST A YEAR NOW TO CONSIDER WHAT WILL HAPPEN OR WHAT WHAT'S THE FUTURE USE OF THE OF THE LAND AT THE LEDBETTER SITE? SO WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO KEEP THIS FAIRLY, FAIRLY BRIEF.

WE'VE GOT LOTS OF SLIDES HERE. SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO KIND OF BLAZE THROUGH THEM.

SO WE'RE GOING TO START OUT TALKING ABOUT THE, THE MASTER PLAN AND WHAT THE LAND USE OF THE OF THE PROPERTY IS PROPOSED AS.

THEN WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR ENGAGEMENT PROCESS THAT WE HAD, AND THEN TALK ABOUT SOME DUE DILIGENCE AND DESIGN DELIVER DEVELOPERS PACKET THAT THE THAT WE PUT TOGETHER FOR YOU.

SO FIRST OF ALL, JUST IT WAS A, IT WAS A LONG PROCESS, A LOT OF INPUT FROM A LOT OF STAKEHOLDERS.

I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR YOUR INPUT AND GUIDANCE ALL THE WAY THROUGH.

WE HAVE STUDENTS IN THE CROWD HERE WHO HAVE BEEN A PART OF IT THE WHOLE WAY.

APPRECIATE THAT INVOLVEMENT.

BUT COMMUNITY MEMBERS, TEACHERS, BUSINESSES, EVEN INPUT THAT WE RECEIVE FROM DEVELOPERS.

WITH POINTED QUESTIONS.

SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ENDED UP WITH A LAND USE PLAN.

[01:30:06]

AND AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THAT.

LOOK INTO THE FUTURE.

AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL NEED MORE EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES.

NOT RIGHT NOW, BUT IT'S RESPONSIBLE TO LOOK INTO THE FUTURE.

AND SO A PIECE OF LAND LIKE THIS DOESN'T BECOME AVAILABLE VERY OFTEN, ESPECIALLY ONE THAT'S ADJACENT TO A MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ONE THAT IS DEVELOPABLE FOR, FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES LIKE THIS.

SO IT'S A UNIQUE SITUATION.

AND SO THE SO NOW THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS THIS, THIS PROPERTY, BUT NO, NO NO DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR IT RIGHT NOW.

SO WE STARTED LOOKING INTO THAT.

JOHN PRESENTED THE, THE WHAT THE DISTRICT IS LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF COSTS.

SO IN TERMS, IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET, THERE'S THERE'S NOT REALLY A BUDGET FOR DEVELOPMENT.

SO WHAT CAN WE DO HERE AND HOW CAN WE LEVERAGE THE LAND TO TURN IT INTO SOMETHING IN IN THE INTERIM, WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR THE DEMOGRAPHIC INPUT TO DEVELOP A NEW EDUCATIONAL FUNCTION.

SO WE LOOKED AT SURPLUS SEEING A PIECE OF THE LAND TO SERVE AS A CATALYST FOR DEVELOPING COMMUNITY AMENITIES SUCH AS BALL FIELDS OR ATHLETIC FACILITIES, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT ARE A SMALL IMPROVEMENT IN THE LARGER SCHEME OF THINGS, BUT CAN ADD A LOT OF VALUE TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND ALSO TO THE COMMUNITY IN THE INTERIM WHILE WE'RE WAITING.

SO HERE'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.

THIS IS THE CURRENT SITE.

THE COMBINED MIDDLE SCHOOL SITE AND THE LEDBETTER SITE ARE ABOUT 90 ACRES.

AND WE WENT THROUGH AND ASSESSED KIND OF WHERE YOU CAN BUILD WHERE ARE GOOD ENTRY POINTS, WHERE CAN'T YOU BUILD.

AND WITH THE BOARD'S INPUT DEVELOPED A STRATEGY FOR HOW WE WOULD THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE USE AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LAND.

FIRST TO CREATE A SOME SEED MONEY FOR THE FOR THE FIRST STEP IN DEVELOPMENT, THE IDEA IS TO SURPLUS THE A PORTION OF THE LAND THAT CAN BE THAT WILL FORM WILL CREATE A FUND FOR TO CATALYZE SOME OF THE NEXT PHASE OF THE PROJECT.

SO THE SECOND PHASE OF THE PROJECT HAS TO DO WITH CREATING THESE OUTDOOR AMENITIES.

AND THEN ULTIMATELY IN THE THIRD, THIRD PHASE IN THE FUTURE, SO FAR IN THE FUTURE, AN EDUCATIONAL FACILITY.

AND THEN FINALLY ALSO THINKING ABOUT THE ENTIRE CAMPUS AS ONE PLANNED EDUCATIONAL FACILITY INCORPORATING THE SCHOOLS, THE FUTURE EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES, THE EXISTING BUILDINGS AND THE ATHLETIC FACILITIES AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.

SO I'LL JUST QUICKLY STEP THROUGH THE THOUGHT PROCESS OF THESE, THESE THREE DIFFERENT PHASES, THE SURPLUS PHASE, WHICH WE TALKED TO DEVELOPERS AND WE TALK TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT WOULD BE COPACETIC WITH THE FUTURE SCHOOL, WITH THE CURRENT SCHOOL AND WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL WITH LIMITS ON HOW HIGH IT IS, HOW DENSE IT IS.

AND THEN MARTY WILL TALK IN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN IN TERMS OF APPROVAL FROM THE CITY? THERE WAS A RETAIL COMPONENT TO THAT AS WELL, WHICH WAS REQUESTED BY A LOT OF THE STAKEHOLDERS.

AND ACTUALLY THE DEVELOPERS WERE HAPPY WITH THE IDEA OF A RETAIL COMPONENT AS WELL.

AND NOW WHEN I SHOULD JUST MENTION THE DEVELOPERS, WHEN I TALK ABOUT THE DEVELOPERS, WE, WE, WE KIND OF KEPT THEM AS RESOURCES FOR INFORMATION, ASKING QUESTIONS LIKE, IF THIS LAND WAS TO BE SURPLUS, WHAT WOULD YOU WANT TO SEE THERE? WHAT DO YOU THINK WOULD BE A FEASIBLE DEVELOPMENT? AND IS THIS A FEASIBLE PLAN TO ACTUALLY SURPLUS THIS LAND? SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THEIR ROLE IN THIS WAS.

SO AT THE END OF OUR PROCESS, WE REALIZED THAT A COMMUNICATING ROAD THAT CUTS AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN QUITE SEE IT THERE,

[01:35:09]

IF THE EASTERN TIP OF THE OF THE LAND IS DEVELOPED, THAT WOULD THAT WOULD HELP TO CONTROL SOME OF THE TRAFFIC IN, IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO CREATE MORE ACCESS TO THE FIELDS AND TO EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES AND PULL ENTRIES INTO THE NEW DEVELOPMENT OFF OF SOME OF THE BUSIER ROADS. SO HERE IS JUST ZOOMING IN THESE THREE SCENARIOS THAT I'M SHOWING YOU REPRESENT QUITE A FEW DIFFERENT SCENARIOS THAT WE TALKED THROUGH ABOUT WHAT CAN BE BUILT, WHAT CAN BE BUILT CAN'T BE BUILT, AND WHAT WOULD FIT, WHAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.

SO THEN THE SECOND PHASE.

WHAT ALL OF THAT IN THE FIRST PHASE FEEDS IS THE ATHLETIC AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES THAT HAPPEN ON THE REST OF THE SITE. AND SO AGAIN, WE WORKED ON NUMEROUS SCHEMES, FINDING LOCATIONS FOR BALLPARKS, BASKETBALL COURTS, A LOT OF THE REQUESTS AND, AND COMMENTS FROM THE COMMUNITY WERE INCORPORATED INTO THE, INTO THE LAYOUT.

AND WHAT WE ESSENTIALLY DID WAS PROVE THAT FOR ALL OF THE DIFFERENT AMENITIES THAT WERE REQUESTED, WE CAN FIND A WAY WE FIND NUMEROUS WAYS TO PLACE THEM ON THE SITE.

EVEN AFTER THE NINE ACRES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, SURPLUS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED.

AND SO WE'RE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT CAME UP WERE, OF COURSE, SOCCER FIELDS, BASEBALL SOFTBALL FIELDS, BUT ENHANCED PATHWAYS, MORE PATHWAYS, PLACES FOR THE COMMUNITY TO GATHER AT OUTDOOR EVENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND SO WE YOU CAN SEE HERE JUST I'M JUST GOING TO PAGE THROUGH SEVERAL OF THE SCHEME'S LAYOUTS.

NOW NONE OF THESE ARE ACTUALLY IN STONE.

THESE WERE MORE OF AN EXERCISE OF PROVING TO OURSELVES THAT, THAT THE GOALS CAN BE ACHIEVED IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS.

AND ONCE, ONCE THIS PHASE IN THE FUTURE IS, IS INITIATED, THERE'LL BE A PLANNING PROCESS TO RESOLVE WHAT, WHAT IS REALLY NEEDED HERE AND HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST AND WHERE WOULD THE COMPONENTS GO.

AND WE DID DO AND WE DID DO A PRICING EXERCISE JUST TO GIVE THE DISTRICT A SENSE OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF THE, THE VARIOUS AMENITIES THAT COULD BE ADDED AS A RESOURCE.

SO THEN FINALLY, THE THIRD PHASE OF THIS WHOLE PROCESS IS TO THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE SCHOOLS, FUTURE EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES AND WHERE THEY WOULD GO.

AND SO WHERE LAND IS WHERE, WHERE POTENTIAL LAND IS FOR THESE FACILITIES.

AND SO BOTH AT THE EXISTING MIDDLE SCHOOL OR AROUND THE UL BUILDING, THE EXISTING UL BUILDING, THOSE ARE ALL CANDIDATES FOR FUTURE BUILDINGS.

AND SO THAT PLANNING PROCESS WHERE WE LOOK AT FUTURE AMENITIES, THIS THIS WILL GAIN A LOT MORE TRACTION IN THAT PHASE.

ONCE WE ONCE WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHERE THINGS REALLY ARE AND, AND WHAT, WHAT THE DISTRICT REALLY NEEDS.

SO TOM IS GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR ENGAGEMENT PROCESS DOWN ARROW.

OKAY. THANK YOU, BRIAN.

GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.

AND I JUST WANT TO REALLY EMPHASIZE THAT IT'S BEEN AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE TO WORK WITH THE CAPITAL FACILITIES COMMITTEE.

JASON, MEMBERS OF THE SUPERINTENDENT'S TEAM, THE SUPERINTENDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND REALLY ALL OF THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT WERE INVOLVED IN GENERATING IDEAS, SOME VISIONS AND DREAMS. AND I WOULD SINGLE OUT AMONG THOSE ONE OF THE REALLY THE SPECIAL ONE.

AND IT'S ALWAYS THE CASE IS THE STUDENT STAKEHOLDER GROUP THAT SOME OF OUR BEST, MOST INSPIRATIONAL DISCUSSIONS CAME LAST SPRING WHEN WE MET WITH A NUMBER OF YOUR STUDENTS HERE ON CAMPUS.

SO BUT JUST AS A QUICK REMINDER AND AGAIN, REALLY WANT TO COMPLIMENT THE BOARD AND THE FACILITIES COMMITTEE FOR IT'S COMMITMENT TO ENGAGING A LOT OF STAKEHOLDERS BROADLY AROUND THIS.

ANYBODY WHO HAD AN INTEREST IN THE FUTURE OF THE LEDBETTER CAMPUS HAD MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES, REALLY, TO WEIGH IN AND SHARE

[01:40:04]

AND JUST AS A REMINDER, I THINK FOR MOST OF YOU KNOW THIS, BUT FOR ANYONE WHO WASN'T PART OF THE PROCESS, WE DID START LAST SPRING BY DEVELOPING SOME INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS AND INCLUDING MAILER THAT WENT TO ALL THE NEIGHBOR ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS TO LEDBETTER.

YOUR DISTRICT STAFF WERE INFORMED ABOUT IT.

THERE WAS INFORMATION GOING OUT FROM THE DISTRICT.

LSW CREATED A VIDEO THAT HELPED PEOPLE WHO HADN'T SEEN THE CAMPUS ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO VISUALIZE IT.

WE HAD AN ONLINE SURVEY THAT WAS OPEN FOR FOUR WEEKS IN THE SPRING AND ASKED PEOPLE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AMENITIES THEY WANTED THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THERE, AS WELL AS OTHER SUGGESTIONS OR CONCERNS THEY MIGHT HAVE.

AND THAT SURVEY GENERATED NEARLY 250 OPEN ENDED RESPONSES.

AND REALLY, IF I'M SURE THOSE OF YOU HAVE READ THE RESPONSES, IT WAS IMPRESSIVE THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT PEOPLE PUT INTO SOME OF THOSE TO REALLY GIVE SOME THOUGHTFUL INPUT.

WE ALSO MET WITH OUR TEAM MET WITH MAJOR PARTNERS, POTENTIAL PARTNERS LIKE THE CITY AND THE PORT DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT WOULD HAVE AN INTEREST IN LEDBETTER.

WE, AS BRANT MENTIONED SOUGHT INPUT FROM LOCAL DEVELOPERS AND THEN HELD A SERIES OF STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS MORE BROADLY THAT INCLUDED STAFF, STUDENTS, PARENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, SOME OF YOUR PARTNERS, LOCAL BUSINESSES, ETC.

AND WE TALKED REALLY ABOUT ALL THREE PHASES WITH THOSE GROUPS AND GOT THEIR INPUT ON WHAT WE WOULD DO IN IMMEDIATE SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM.

AND REALLY, I THINK ENDED UP WITH SOME EXCELLENT SUGGESTIONS.

JUST TO SUMMARIZE, I THINK ALL OF THE INPUT VERY BROAD BRUSH IS THAT THERE? IT'S CLEAR THAT THERE IS BROAD SUPPORT FOR SURPLUS, A PORTION OF THIS PROPERTY.

IF IT CAN GENERATE RESOURCES THAT WOULD ENABLE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ENHANCE THE VALUE OF THE SITE AND REALLY CREATE A PATH FORWARD TO A LONGER TERM FUTURE, WHERE AN EDUCATIONAL FACILITY, PERHAPS HIGH SCHOOL FACILITY OF SOME TYPE WOULD BE LOCATED THERE.

IN ADDITION TO THAT JOHN ENGAGED THE CLARK COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS IN A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE SITE AND ITS POTENTIAL FOR EDUCATION PARTNERSHIPS IN THE REGION.

AND AS WAS SHARED EARLIER, WE HAD AN OPEN HOUSE TO SHARE SOME OF THE CONCEPTUAL PLANS HERE JUST IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.

AND THAT WAS WELL ATTENDED.

SO AGAIN, I THINK THE DISTRICT SHOULD BE COMPLIMENTED ON ITS EFFORTS TO REACH OUT BROADLY AROUND THIS.

AND THAT WAS THAT SENTIMENT WAS REFLECTED IN THE COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED IN THE IN THE SURVEY AND AT THE MEETINGS THAT THAT OUTREACH WAS APPRECIATED.

SO I'M GOING TO JUST ZIP THROUGH THESE BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE TIGHT ON TIME AND.

TURN IT OVER TO MARTY WITHOUT TRIPPING.

I'VE ALREADY GIVEN MYSELF AN ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE SPELLING OF DILIGENCE.

IT'S ONE L, NOT TWO.

I JUST EMAILED MYSELF EARLIER, TOO, SO I WAS TRYING TO BE BETTER.

I'M GOING TO ZIP THROUGH THESE IN THE INTEREST OF TIME.

I'M GOING TO POINT OUT A FEW THINGS IN THE DUE DILIGENCE REPORT, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY LOOKING AT THE PROPERTY FOR PHASE ONE.

ARE THERE ANY MAJOR OBSTACLES THAT WOULD PREVENT ANY DEVELOPMENT FROM HAPPENING? NO MAJOR OBSTACLES, BUT THERE ARE SOME CHALLENGES WITH SOME SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE UNIQUE TO CAMAS.

AND I'LL BRING THAT UP IN THE DEVELOPER'S PACKAGE REPORT.

IN TERMS OF THE DUE DILIGENCE REPORT, I'LL MAKE A POINT OUT THAT THERE ARE SOME ZONING APPROACHES THAT ARE THAT ARE NARRATED IN THE DUE DILIGENCE REPORT. CURRENTLY, THE PROPERTY IS ZONED BUSINESS PARK, WHICH DOES NOT ALLOW FOR RESIDENTIAL USES.

SO AN APPROACH TO MAKING SURE THAT RESIDENTIAL USES ARE ALLOWED IS TO APPROACH THE CITY OF CAMAS AND ASK FOR A REZONE TO MIXED USE.

AND THERE ARE THREE APPROACHES TO THAT, WHETHER IT'S THE WHOLE PROPERTY, PART OF THE PROPERTY OR JUST THIS THIS SURPLUS.

AND THE APPROACH IS REALLY TO ASK THIS NINE ACRE PLUS OR MINUS PIECE TO BE REZONED MIXED USE.

AND THERE'S A LETTER INTO THE CITY WHEN THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THEIR 2025 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE, WHICH IS HAPPENING NOW UNTIL THE END OF NEXT YEAR.

[01:45:07]

I'M GOING TO ZIP THROUGH THE NEXT PAGE.

SO THIS GOES THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF SOME THINGS TO THINK ABOUT.

THIS IS THIS WOULD BE FOR ANYBODY INTERESTED IN BUYING THE PROPERTY OF COURSE.

PAGE DOWN HERE.

UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION.

THIS THIS AREA IS ON A WHAT'S CALLED A STEP SYSTEM, WHICH IS SEPTIC TANK EFFLUENT PUMP WHICH YOU HAVE TO PUT IN BIG SEPTIC TANKS.

UNLIKE TRADITIONAL SEWER, YOU DON'T HAVE BIG GRAVITY LINES.

SO IN THE DEVELOPER PACKET YOU'LL ALL POINT OUT A NUMBER.

THAT'S A LITTLE SCARY FOR SOME FOLKS, BUT I'LL GET TO THAT IN A MINUTE HERE.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M COVERING THE RIGHT THINGS.

SO THIS JUST BASICALLY AGAIN, COVERS SOME OF THE INFORMATION ON, ON UTILITIES IN TERMS OF CREATING THE, THE SURPLUS PROPERTY ITSELF THE 9.3 ACRE PIECE THEREABOUTS, THERE'S SOME OPTIONS THAT YOU'LL SEE IN PHASE ONE PATHWAY, THERE'S ESSENTIALLY TWO OPTIONS AVAILABLE.

ONE IS TO DO WHAT'S CALLED A BOUNDARY LINE ADJUSTMENT.

THAT IS YOU ADJUST THE BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN SKY RIDGE AND LEDBETTER TO MAKE IT SKY RIDGE LEDBETTER, ONE PARCEL.

AND IN THIS SURPLUS, THAT'S ONE OPTION.

AND JASON'S GOT SOME WORK TO DO ON SOME HOMEWORK.

AND THE OTHER, THE OTHER OPTION IS TO ACTUALLY CREATE A SHORT PLAT, WHICH IS CREATING A NEW LOT, AND THERE'S A PROCESS AND A FEE THAT WOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

WHEN YOU GO TO THE CITY OF CAMAS, THIS JUST HIGHLIGHTS THE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES FOR ZONING.

THERE ARE SOME PROS AND CONS YOU CAN KIND OF READ THESE AT YOUR LEISURE.

THE DEVELOPERS PACKAGE THIS IS REALLY KIND OF GETTING DOWN TO THIS, THIS PARTICULAR THIS PARTICULAR SURPLUS LOT.

THERE'S SOME FEEDBACK THAT I WANTED TO MENTION.

SO THIS IS KIND OF COMING FROM THE KIND OF THE, THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AS WELL AS WORKING WITH THE CAPITAL FACILITIES COMMITTEE AND THE STAKEHOLDERS.

THIS WAS REALLY KIND OF LOOKING AT MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL THAT WOULD BE MOST VIABLE 200 UNITS PLUS OR MINUS.

THERE'S ABOUT 15,000, 10 TO 15,000FT² OF COMMERCIAL SPACE.

75 FOOT SET BACK AROUND THE BERM.

LIMITED USES AS IN NO NUISANCES? NO. NOBODY WANTS A FUELING STATION THERE.

VAPE SHOPS, OTHER LOCALLY UNWANTED LAND USES.

THE RETAIL VIBE.

THEY WANT A RETAIL VIBE WHERE THERE'S SOME KIND OF COMMUNITY OUTDOOR SPACE.

AND YOU SAW IT, YOU SEE IN SOME OF THESE INSPIRATION BOARDS, YOU'LL SEE KIND OF IMAGES OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

AND THEN BRANT MENTIONED THAT A NEW A NEW ROAD LOCATION, THERE'S A 60 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY PLANNED COMING IN OFF THE LEDBETTER DRIVE, AND IT GOES OUT TO LAKE ROAD.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO PAY ATTENTION TO.

LET'S SEE HERE.

THIS IS ABOUT THE 9.3 ACRE PIECE ON THE FAR EAST END.

AGAIN, BACK TO THE LOT CREATION AND THE CURRENT ZONING AND FUTURE ZONING.

AGAIN, WE NEED TO GET WE NEED TO GET THE CITY TO REZONE THIS TO MIXED USE.

HERE'S A BREAKDOWN OF SOME COST ESTIMATES OF A PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT TYPE WHICH WOULD BE LOOKING LIKE THIS.

THIS IS THE SCENARIO WE LOOKED AT THE CONCEPT.

SO IT'S ABOUT $8 MILLION.

AND IT'S ROUGHLY ABOUT SIX AND A HALF ON SITE FOR PRIVATE AND ABOUT A MILLION AND A HALF FOR THE ROADWAY.

AND THEN YOU THROW IN CONTINGENCY, WHICH CAN BE A LOT OF MONEY.

AND YOU HAVE TO YOU HAVE TO PAY TAXES ON CONSTRUCTION, WHICH I KNOW TRACY KNOWS ABOUT THAT.

AGAIN, THIS JUST KIND OF FEATURES.

YOU KNOW WHAT'S IN THE AREA.

AND I KNOW EARLY ON THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE SAYING, WELL, WHY CAN'T WE JUST MAKE THIS COMMERCIAL? WELL, WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S DOWN THE STREET AT FIRST AND 1/92 AND THEN COLUMBIA TECH CENTER, THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY IS SAYING THIS CAN'T COMPETE WITH THAT KIND OF COMMERCIAL WITH A MILE AND A HALF AWAY.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE GOT THE FEEDBACK ON, YOU KNOW, WHY WOULD IT BE MORE RESIDENTIAL AND NOT JUST COMMERCIAL? SOME, YOU KNOW, FEATURES OF THE PROPERTY.

THIS IS A LITTLE SURPLUS LOT.

AND THEN I'VE GOT SOME PICTURES HERE.

[01:50:03]

AGAIN, THEY'RE ON A STEP SYSTEM, WHICH IF THEY PUT IN FOUR TANKS FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT HERE.

OOPS. SO THIS IS THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT SIDE.

IF THEY DEVELOP THIS AT THAT INTENSE OF A DEVELOPMENT, THEY'D HAVE TO PUT IN FOUR STEP TANKS TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT 1,000,003. I MEAN, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY JUST FOR THAT PIECE ALONE.

SO THIS IS KIND OF A WORST CASE.

WORST CASE SCENARIO, IF IT WERE DEVELOPED WITH A LIGHTER TOUCH, THE COSTS AREN'T GOING TO BE AS SIGNIFICANT.

AND THEN THE ROADWAY COSTS OF ABOUT 1,000,008.

THAT'S IF IT WERE LIKE A PUBLIC ROADWAY.

IT'S NOT IT'S NOT IF SOME IF A PRIVATE DEVELOPER WERE TO BUILD THIS, IT WOULD BE UNDER PRIVATE MONEY INSTEAD OF A PUBLIC BID.

SO THERE'S YOU KNOW, WE'RE TAKING WORST CASE SCENARIOS HERE.

AND THEN THERE'S A DETAILED BREAKOUT THAT WILL BE IN AN APPENDIX FOR SOMEBODY TO LOOK AT.

THAT'S NEXT STEPS.

THANK YOU MARTY. SO WHAT YOU'VE JUST SEEN IS AN ABBREVIATED VERSION OF OUR, OF OUR DOCUMENT THAT THAT SPELLS OUT EVERYTHING FROM THE LAND USE PLAN, THE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, AND THEN THE DUE DILIGENCE AND THE AND THE DEVELOPERS PACKAGE.

SO THERE'S EVEN MORE IN HERE THAT WE THAT WE DIDN'T GO THROUGH TODAY, BUT WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF PACKAGING IT, FINALIZING ALL THE INFORMATION IN HERE. BUT SO THAT'S A SNEAK PREVIEW.

SO WHERE SO WHAT DO YOU DO WITH ALL THIS INFORMATION? SO AGAIN, LOOKING AT IT AS, AS THREE PHASES, THE FIRST PHASE IS TO SURPLUS IT.

AND SO WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN THERE.

AND I NEED TO, I GUESS, PUT MY GLASSES ON.

SO THE FIRST THING IS REQUESTING THE ZONING CHANGE.

AND, AND THEN ONCE THAT'S SET, DEFINING THE PLOT.

APPRAISING THE LAND SO THAT.

SO THAT THE DISTRICT KNOWS WHAT TO EXPECT TO GET FROM IT.

AND THEN NEGOTIATING.

NEGOTIATING A SALE.

SO THEN THE DISTRICT ALSO NEEDS TO GO THROUGH A SURPLUS PROCESS ITSELF.

AND THEN THE SALE OF THE LAND.

SO THAT THAT WILL GET YOU TO PHASE ONE AND THEN THE NUMBERS THAT MARTY WAS THROWING OUT, THE DEVELOPER INHERITS THAT BURDEN THEMSELVES, THAT THAT'S NOT COMING FROM THE DISTRICT, BUT IT JUST HELPS GIVE THE DEVELOPER A SENSE OF WHAT TO EXPECT IF YOU DEVELOP IT THAT WAY.

SO THEN PHASE TWO THE FIRST THE FIRST STEP THERE IS TO ENGAGE IN ANOTHER PUBLIC OUTREACH PROCESS TO UNDERSTAND ONE WHAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE TO SEE, BUT ALSO WHAT STAKEHOLDERS IN THE DISTRICT, WHAT WOULD BE SUITABLE? DEVELOP A SITE PLAN SO THAT WE KNOW MORE SPECIFICALLY WHERE THESE THINGS GO.

OF COURSE, THE FUNDING, INCLUDING SOME OF THE SEED MONEY AND WHAT A WHAT OTHER PARTNERS CAN CAN BE FOUND TO, TO TO JOIN IN THIS PROCESS AND THEN THE DESIGN OF, OF THE CAMPUS AND THE CONSTRUCTION.

SO THEN THE FINAL PHASE LOOKING IN THE FUTURE, OF COURSE, THE DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHAT'S IMPORTANT, WHAT'S NEEDED. FUNDING AND LAND USE.

THERE'LL BE A LAND USE PROCESS FOR THAT AS WELL.

AND THEN THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.

SO WE'RE LOOKING WAY OUT IN THE FUTURE.

BUT IT ALL STARTS WITH HAVING A HAVING A PLAN.

SO OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS.

FIRST, I JUST WANTED TO ECHO THAT IT'S BEEN REALLY GREAT WORKING WITH LSW AND MCKENZIE MACEDO.

THE RELATIONSHIP WE'VE HAD, YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN GREAT, SO I'M VERY HAPPY WITH THIS WHOLE PROCESS.

YOU GUYS GIVE A LOT BACK TO OUR COMMUNITIES ALSO.

AND SO IT'S JUST BEEN A GREAT PARTNERSHIP TO WORK WITH YOU GUYS ON THIS PROJECT.

ALSO, JUST TO ECHO THAT, THIS IS DEFINITELY LONG RANGE PLANNING.

SO LIKE WHEN OUR COMMUNITY IS HEARING US TALK ABOUT WE'RE GOING TO SURPLUS THAT PIECE OF LAND AND SELL IT, WE'RE TALKING NOT EVEN UNTIL AFTER 2025, UNTIL IT GETS REZONED BEFORE IT WOULD EVER EVEN BE SOLD. SO IF SOMEONE'S THINKING, WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP THIS LAND OR SELL THIS PIECE OF LAND, WE'RE TALKING 2026 BEFORE WE COULD EVEN PUT IT ON THE MARKET.

SO IT'S DEFINITELY LONG RANGE PLANNING.

SO JUST MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS WE'RE NOT MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS.

I MEAN, WE ARE, BUT WE CAN'T EVEN SELL IT UNTIL AFTER 2025.

[01:55:04]

SO DEFINITELY LONG RANGE PLANNING.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S AWARE OF THAT TIMELINE.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON THIS.

MY PLEASURE.

DITTO. I DO APPRECIATE THE OPEN HOUSE.

I KNOW IT'S A SMALL NUMBER BECAUSE THERE WEREN'T A LOT OF THE NEIGHBORS, BUT THE ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS THAT MOVED OUT, THEY WEREN'T FROM CAMAS AND MOVED SPECIFICALLY THERE, JUST ON LAKE ROAD. EVEN THOUGH THEY KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE POTENTIAL IN THE FUTURE.

MORE PEOPLE COMING INTO THAT AREA.

THEY FELT VERY POSITIVE THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME TYPE OF ROAD SLIMMING.

THEY FELT THAT RIGHT NOW LAKE ROAD IS NOT SAFE AND IT WAS INTERESTING.

THEIR VIEW WAS IF SOMETHING IS DEVELOPED IN THE FUTURE, THEN THAT ROAD SAFETY WILL BE TAKEN A LOT MORE SERIOUSLY.

THEY'RE ACTUALLY VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.

SO I HOPE WE CAN GET MORE OF THE NEIGHBORS AT THESE FUTURE EVENTS AS WELL.

JUST TO WEIGH IN, BECAUSE THE COUPLE I TALKED TO WAS VERY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE FUTURE.

SO IT'S A GOOD THING TO HEAR.

BUT YEAH, HEARING FROM MORE WILL ALWAYS BE GOOD.

AND THE FEEDBACK I GOT FROM THE OPEN HOUSE WAS APPRECIATION ABOUT THE TRANSPARENCY AND THE OPENNESS EVERY STEP OF THE WAY FROM THE COMMUNITY.

YEAH, WELL, I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, TOO, THAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE TRACEY LIKE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS IS VERY LONG TERM PLANNING.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY NEED FOR A NEW SCHOOL BUILDING AT THIS POINT IN THE NEAR OR EVEN, I WOULD SAY, DARE TO SAY MEDIUM TERM FUTURE. SO IN THE INTERIM TIME, WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAXIMIZE THE USE OF THIS OF THIS CENTRALLY LOCATED PROPERTY FOR OUR COMMUNITY? I JUST THINK IT'S, IT'S SMART OF THE DISTRICT TO BE GOING FORWARD WITH FINDING WAYS TO, TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE IT IN THE INTERIM BECAUSE IT'S SUCH I MEAN, FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE WALKED THE PROPERTY OR, YOU KNOW, WHETHER YOU WALKED IT LEGALLY OR ILLEGALLY BEFORE WHEN IT WAS PRIVATELY OWNED, IT WAS IT'S A REALLY COOL PIECE OF PROPERTY AND IT'S WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET IT BACK AND I INTO THE COMMUNITY USE.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THE WORK THAT'S GOING INTO THAT NINE ACRES THAT WILL SURPLUS OFF.

HOW WILL THAT FIT INTO BEING SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE AND, AND JUST THE NEIGHBORHOOD WILL, WILL BE ABLE TO APPRECIATE.

SO ANYTHING ELSE? OTHER QUESTIONS.

GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU FOR WAITING US OUT TO THE END OF THE MEETING HERE.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

ALL RIGHT. THAT BRINGS US TO WE HAD JUST A LAST QUICK LITTLE ITEMS OF BUSINESS HERE.

WE HAD A COUPLE OF ITEMS ADDED TO THE CONSENT AGENDA OR HUMAN RESOURCES ADDENDUM AND WITH THAT, WE HAVE ITEM FIVE, THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[5. SYSTEMS/PATHWAYS: CONSENT AGENDA]

I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

I SECOND.

SO MOVED BY CONNIE, SECONDED BY TRACEY.

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

CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED.

THAT IS THE END OF OUR REGULAR MEETING.

WE HAVE NO EXECUTIVE SESSION, SO I WILL ADJOURN US AT 7:28 P.M..

WE ARE ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.