Feb 24, 2025 School Board Meeting

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LET'S GET GOING. ALL RIGHT. WELCOME. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED THIS EVENING.

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

JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK ANNOUNCEMENTS. JOHN ANZALONE, DR.

ANZALONE IS OUT OF TOWN, AND SO WE HAVE SUPERINTENDENT ASSISTANT, SUPERINTENDENT JAQUES JOINING US.

AND TRACEY MALONE IS UNABLE TO ATTEND TONIGHT, AND SHE'S EXCUSED.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND WE WILL START OUT WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND COREY WILL LEAD US.

[2. CULTURE]

THANK YOU COREY. AND THEN WE'LL DO HAVE MATTHEW DO OUR LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

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

THANK YOU. AND WE'LL GO RIGHT TO OUR MILL TOWN PRIDE AWARD, I THINK, IS THERE CHARLES HINE IN THE CROWD TO INTRODUCE OUR WEEKLY OR MONTHLY WINNER. E ITHER WON THIS ONE, THE PODIUM.

LET'S DO THAT.

OH, LET ME SAY THAT AGAIN FOR THE PEOPLE AT HOME, I USUALLY AM OKAY SPEAKING IN FRONT OF PEOPLE, BUT I WROTE IT DOWN JUST IN CASE. THERE WE GO.

I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE ALYSON SHORT, AN AMAZING TEACHER AT LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR MILL TOWN PRIDE AWARD.

WHILE ALL TEACHERS AT OUR SCHOOL ARE DEDICATED TO SERVING THOSE WITH LEARNING DIFFERENCES, ALYSON PUTS WORDS INTO ACTION. ONLY RECENTLY HAVE STUDENTS IN OUR INTEGRATED COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM WHERE I AM A TEACHER, OUR MOST HIGH NEEDS LEARNERS BEGIN TO ATTEND GENERAL EDUCATION ELA CLASSES.

THESE STUDENTS ARE OFTEN STILL LEARNING LETTER SOUNDS AND FIGURING OUT WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE THEM IN GENERAL EDUCATION, SEVENTH GRADE ENGLISH CAN BE CHALLENGING.

ALYSON TOOK THE BULL BY THE HORNS AND WENT SO FAR ABOVE AND BEYOND SERVING MY STUDENTS, I FEEL LIKE SHE'S REALLY IN OUTER SPACE WHEN IT COMES TO TEACHERS.

MY STUDENTS ARE NOT VISITORS. THEY ARE NOT IN THE BACK PLAYING ON THEIR CHROMEBOOKS SO WE CAN CHECK THE INCLUSION BOX AND PAT OURSELVES ON THE BACK.

THEY ARE INTEGRATED AND PART OF OUR CLASSROOM COMMUNITY.

THEIR ABSENCE, SHE NOTICES AND CHECKS ON THEM.

SHE EVEN GAVE UP HER BREAK DURING A TRAINING TO ATTEND AN IEP AND MEET THE FAMILY OF ONE OF MY STUDENTS.

SHE CREATED AN ADAPTIVE, ACCESSIBLE CURRICULUM FOR THEM, ALIGNED WITH CLASSROOM TEXTS AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE ACTIVE LEARNERS IN THE CLASSROOM.

THIS RESULTED IN THESE STUDENTS NOT ONLY BEING SEEN AND SERVED IN HER CLASSROOM, BUT WHEN THEY'RE WALKING AROUND THE SCHOOL, KIDS KNOW THEM, PEOPLE KNOW THEM. PEOPLE SAY HI AND GREET THEM. THEY ARE LIBERTY LIONS. THEY ARE NOT VISITORS.

THEY ARE PART OF THE CLASS IN THE COMMUNITY. MISS SHORT EXEMPLIFIES WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN INCLUSIVE EDUCATOR, AND WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE HER AT LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL.

SO, MISS SHORT, COME ON UP [APPLAUSE]. AND HERE, HERE TO PRESENT THE AWARD TO MISS SHORT IS ADEN HOLMES, ONE OF ONE OF MY STUDENTS, ONE OF HER STUDENTS.

MIC] CONGRATULATIONS, ALYSON.

SO, PART OF THE MILL TOWN PRIDE AWARD IS WE DO A LITTLE STAMP ON THE END, AND THERE'S A PIECE YOU CAN TEAR OFF AND SHARE WITH SOMEBODY WHO HELPED YOU GET HERE. YOU KIND OF PAY IT FORWARD TO SOMEBODY ELSE, WHICH IS A KIND OF A COOL PART OF THAT AWARD.

SO THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS, ALYSON [APPLAUSE]. AND NEXT UP, WE HAVE A STUDENT REPORT, KIND OF A COOL STUDENT REPORT FROM ISABELLA DEAN, WHO'S GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT QUANTIFYING THE MENTAL HEALTH IMPACT OF SWIMMING ON HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. SO, ISABELLA, IF YOU WANT TO JUST COME UP TO THE PODIUM.

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OH, THERE WE GO. OKAY. HI, I'M IZZY. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK TO YOU GUYS TODAY.

I'M HERE I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE SWIM TEAM.

THIS IS THE SWIM TEAM. THEY ARE MADE UP OF NEARLY 100 SWIMMERS EACH YEAR, SPLIT BETWEEN THE GIRLS AND THE BOYS TEAM.

THEY ARE ACADEMIC ROCK STARS WITH A MAJORITY OF HIGH GRADES AND OR GOOD GRADES AND HIGH GPA, AND ATHLETIC ROCK STARS BEING NEARLY UNDEFEATED EVERY YEAR, ALL THE WAY UP TO DISTRICTS WHERE WE DOMINATE EVERY SINGLE EVENT AND WIN BY TEN POINTS AND GO ON TO STATE. THESE ARE THINGS YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ABOUT THE SWIM TEAM, BUT SOMETHING YOU MAY NOT KNOW IS THAT 23% ARE DIAGNOSED WITH A MENTAL HEALTH DISORDER AND 38% ARE SUSPECTED WITH MENTAL OR SUSPECTED OR HAVE BEEN TOLD BY A PHYSICIAN BUT NOT YET DIAGNOSED.

AS SOMEONE WHO HAS DONE SPORTS THEIR WHOLE LIFE, I KNEW GROWING UP, I I KNEW GROWING UP THAT SPORTS HELP YOU NOT JUST PHYSICALLY BUT ALSO MENTALLY. BUT WHEN I WAS IN SEVENTH GRADE, AFTER COVID HAPPENED, I JOINED THE A CLUB SWIM TEAM, AND IT WAS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER SPORT I HAD DONE BEFORE.

ON DAYS WHEN I SWAM LIKE, IT WAS SUCH A STRESS RELIEF AND I FELT LIKE I WAS IN A BETTER MOOD, I FELT MORE ORGANIZED. I FELT MORE MOTIVATED, LIKE IT WAS DIFFERENT THAN ANYTHING I HAD DONE BEFORE.

SO WHEN I WAS A FRESHMAN, I JOINED CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL SWIM TEAM, AND I INSTANTLY FELT SUCH A SENSE OF COMMUNITY, LIKE THEY REALLY BRING STUDENTS TOGETHER. AND WE WERE A SMALLER TEAM BACK THEN, LIKE PROBABLY AROUND LIKE 40, 35 KIDS. AND EVERY YEAR WE'VE GROWN SINCE. AND AS I, AS I GREW UP IN THIS COMMUNITY, I'M A SENIOR NOW, AND I WAS THE CAPTAIN OF THE GIRLS SWIM TEAM THIS YEAR AND THE MANAGER OF THE BOYS SWIM TEAM THIS YEAR AND LAST YEAR, I WAS THIS I WAS REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT HOW SWIMMING HAD BENEFITED OTHERS BECAUSE I HAD NOTICED IT IN MYSELF.

AND SO I TALKED TO THESE STUDENTS ABOUT HOW SWIMMING WAS DIFFERENT FOR THEM THAN OTHER SPORTS THEY HAD DONE, OR HIGH SCHOOL SWIM VERSUS CLUB SPORTS, LIKE CLUB SWIM THEY HAD DONE, AND THEY HAD TOLD ME VERY SIMILAR, LIKE THEY HAD VERY SIMILAR RESPONSES TO HOW I EXPERIENCED IT, WHICH WAS VERY VALIDATING.

AND NOT ONLY HAD THE SWIMMERS SAID THIS, BUT ALSO THE COACHES HAD SAID THIS AND THEIR PARENTS HAD SAID THIS SAYING THAT IT HAD CHANGED THEIR FAMILY DYNAMIC.

IT HAD CHANGED RELATIONSHIPS. IT HAD CHANGED LIKE HOW THEY WORKED AT SCHOOL AND GOT BETTER GRADES AND LIKE, GAVE THEM SUCH A SENSE OF WORTH AND LIKE COMMUNITY AND CONFIDENCE IN THEMSELVES, WHICH WAS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO ME AND VERY, VERY COOL TO SEE HOW IMPACTFUL SWIM WAS.

AND MY INTEREST TURNED INTO RESEARCH AS THIS IS MY SENIOR YEAR, I WANTED TO FOCUS ON THIS FOR MY SENIOR RESEARCH PROJECT.

SO I MADE A ANONYMOUS FORM FOR ALL THE STUDENTS TO FILL OUT, AND I GOT A BUNCH OF DATA FROM THAT.

OH, SORRY. SORRY. THERE YOU GO. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS SOME OF THE DATA THAT I PROVIDED.

89% OF THE SWIMMERS ON DAYS THAT THEY SWAM, THEY HAD A BETTER MOOD, 51% HAD LESS STRESS, 72 WERE LESS ANXIOUS, 75% HAD HIGHER ENERGY, 64% HAD MORE MOTIVATION, 71% HAD BETTER RELATIONSHIPS, 42% HAD BETTER GRADES, 47% WERE MORE ORGANIZED AND 56% HAD BETTER TIME MANAGEMENT.

THAT BEING SAID, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK ON BEHALF OF SWIM TEAM, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING SWIM TEAM FOR CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL AS IT IS SUCH AN IMPACTFUL SPORT TO ALL THESE STUDENTS. LIKE IT IS LIKE LEGITIMATELY LIFE CHANGING.

IT CHANGED MY LIFE AND A LOT OF THESE SWIMMERS EXPERIENCED THE SAME THING.

SO JUST BY SUPPORTING SWIM TEAM, YOU GUYS ARE LIKE, IT IS SUCH AN IMPACTFUL SPORT THAT YOU GUYS ARE BENEFITING SO MANY STUDENTS.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS [APPLAUSE]. BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

I DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO PUT THIS TOGETHER AND BRING IT TO US.

I DON'T I DON'T THINK I'VE SEEN A REPORT LIKE THIS ON A ON A SPECIFIC ACTIVITY IN A VERY LONG TIME, IF I CAN REMEMBER AT ALL. AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH A FOCUS ON THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL SIDE OF THINGS, THAT IT DOESN'T JUST HAVE TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS LABELED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL.

A LOT OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE PROVIDE THOSE SUPPORTS, AND I APPRECIATE THE DATA BACKING IT UP AS WELL.

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LIKE, OH, WE DO GREAT. WE HAVE GOOD GRADES. BUT LIKE, I JUST WANTED TO INFORM YOU GUYS THAT, LIKE, LIKE, LIKE THE DEMOGRAPHIC OF THE PEOPLE THAT SWIM TEAM IS SERVING AND LIKE THE LIKE THE, LIKE BELOW THE SURFACE LEVEL, LIKE THE DEEPER INFORMATION OF, LIKE HOW YOU GUYS ARE ACTUALLY, LIKE SUPPORTING SUCH AN IMPACTFUL SPORT.

SO THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION. SO AND I THINK IT'S EXTENDING AND COREY, BUT WHAT YOU TOUCHED ON, WHICH IS YOU KNOW, WE SEE AND YOU KNOW, EVERYONE SAYS HOW COMPETITIVE HOW GOOD THE TEAM IS WE CELEBRATE THE GREAT THINGS THAT HAPPEN.

BUT HOW IS A TEAM MEMBER AS A CAPTAIN, RIGHT? OR EVEN JUST AS A JUST A TEAM MEMBER, HOW DO YOU AND YOUR PEERS SUPPORT THAT BALANCE BETWEEN TRAINING AND TRYING TO BE COMPETITIVELY SUCCESSFUL WITH THAT MENTAL HEALTH KIND OF AWARENESS, LIKE SEEING EACH OTHER WHEN YOU'RE NOT HAVING A GOOD DAY.

I KNOW SWIMMING LIFTS YOU UP, BUT WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED IN YOUR TIME IN THE DISTRICT WITH YOUR ACL TRAINING AND SUPPORT? HOW DO YOU SUPPORT YOUR PEERS IN THAT? BECAUSE IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT COMPETITIVE, RIGHT? HOW DO YOU HELP THEM THROUGH THOSE TIMES? WELL, AS A SENIOR NOW, EVERY SINGLE YEAR I'VE HAD A DIFFERENT COACH AND THIS YEAR'S COACH.

LIKE REALLY WE HAVE SOMETHING CALLED MINDSET MONDAY, WHICH HELPS BECAUSE A LOT OF THE SWIMMERS HAVE A LOT OF ANXIETY AND HAVE A HARD TIME PROCESSING, LIKE INCLUDING ME AND LIKE THESE MINDSET MONDAYS THAT WE HAVE IT.

WE LIKE FOCUS ON MULTIPLE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HELP US LIKE PROCESS.

LIKE IT'S MORE ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE THAN JUST THE OUTCOME.

AND LIKE THAT US HAVING A GOOD TIME ACTUALLY HELPS US SWIM BETTER SO.

AND ALSO AS CAPTAIN, LIKE ME AND ALL THE OTHER SENIORS, UPPERCLASSMEN LIKE WE ARE SUCH LIKE AN IMMERSIVE COMMUNITY.

LIKE, LIKE THE ENVIRONMENT IS SO MUCH MORE PRODUCTIVE THAN ANY OTHER SPORT BECAUSE YOU'RE KIND OF SWIMMING YOUR OWN RACE RATHER THAN LIKE COMPETING AGAINST OTHERS.

IT'S LIKE SINCE YOU'RE SWIMMING YOUR OWN RACE, EVERYONE LIKE KIND OF UNDERSTANDS WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH AND THEY'RE SUPPORTING YOU THROUGH THAT. SO IT'S LIKE WE ALL KIND OF JUST SUPPORT EACH OTHER VERY WELL.

THANK YOU.

HOW MANY OF THE SWIMMERS JOIN THE SWIM TEAM NOT HAVING BEEN ON A SWIM TEAM BEFORE? I, I DON'T KNOW THE PERCENTAGE, BUT A LOT OF, LIKE, I WOULD SAY MORE THAN PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEFORE.

LIKE, THERE ARE A LOT OF SWIMMERS THAT HAVE, LIKE, JOINED AND THEY HAVE NEVER SWAM BEFORE IN THEIR LIVES, NOT EVEN LIKE RECREATIONALLY, LIKE WE LIKE OUR FIRST TWO WEEKS.

LIKE THERE ARE SOME SWIMMERS THAT COME TO LEARN HOW TO SWIM AND LIKE THAT'S LIKE LIKE EVEN THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SWAM SINCE THEY WERE LIKE TWO.

LIKE THEY SUPPORT THEM. LIKE EVEN WHEN THEY LIKE THE FIRST TIME THEY LIKE, DO A LEGAL 50 FREE LIKE, EVERYONE'S LIKE, SO EXCITED FOR THEM AND LIKE, SUPPORTING THEM.

LIKE WE HAVE SOME GREAT SWIMMERS AND LIKE, WE ALL JUST SUPPORT EACH OTHER.

AND SO I WOULD SAY THAT THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE THAT HAVE NOT SWAM BEFORE, AT LEAST COMPETITIVELY, THAN PEOPLE THAT HAVE. THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE I KNOW SPORTS ARE LIKE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MANY CLUB SPORTS AND A LOT OF PEOPLE FEEL LIKE, OH MAN, IF YOU DON'T SPECIALIZE SO EARLY. AND BUT SWIMMING SEEMS LIKE STILL ONE OF THOSE GREAT SPORTS, LIKE TENNIS, WHERE YOU CAN GO OUT FOR IT AND BE ON THE TEAM AND FIND THAT SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT.

THAT'S AWESOME. ABSOLUTELY. WHEN I STARTED MY FIRST YEAR, I WAS IN LANE EIGHT, WHICH IS LIKE THE SLOWEST LANE.

LANE EIGHT IS IT GOES FROM LANE ONE TO LANE EIGHT, AND LANE ONE IS LIKE THE FASTEST PEOPLE THAT ARE COMPETING TO GO TO STATE.

LANE EIGHT IS LIKE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE LEARNING HOW TO SWIM. FIRST YEAR I STARTED IN LANE EIGHT.

SECOND YEAR I STARTED IN LANE FIVE. THIRD YEAR I STARTED IN LANE THREE AND THEN THIS YEAR I WAS IN LANE TWO.

SO I WAS LIKE LITERALLY EVERY SINGLE, LIKE EVERY SINGLE DAY YOU IMPROVE SO, SO MUCH.

AS LONG AS YOU'RE IN LIKE AS LONG AS YOU ARE CONSISTENT.

LIKE YOU CAN LIKE MAKE LEAPS AND BOUNDS. IT'S IT'S A REALLY COOL SPORT COMPARED TO OTHERS.

AND IT'S ALSO SOMETHING YOU CAN DO LIFELONG. YEAH.

OH YEAH. IT'S LIKE LOW IMPACT, LIKE HIGH BENEFITS.

LIKE IT WORKS YOUR HEART, YOUR BODY, YOUR LUNGS, YOUR MUSCLES, LIKE PEOPLE LIKE I MY MOM WAS A SWIMMER.

SHE WENT TO OLYMPIC TRIALS. AND, LIKE, I'VE ALWAYS, LIKE, WATCHED HER SWIM.

WHERE'S YOUR MOM? SHE DIDN'T WANT TO. SHE DIDN'T WANT TO BE POINTED OUT.

SHE SHE I ALWAYS, AS A KID WOULD GO TO THE POOL AND WATCH HER SWIM, AND SHE'S ACTUALLY THE REASON I JOINED SWIM TEAM, WHICH, LIKE, ACTUALLY CHANGED MY LIFE. BUT I, LIKE, HAVE GONE TO SWIM MEETS WHERE, LIKE, AN EIGHT YEAR OLD WILL HELP THEIR 100 YEAR OLD.

LIKE, LIKE, FATHER ONTO THE BLOCK TO DIVE AND DO A SWIM MEET.

LIKE, WE'VE GONE TO NATIONALS. WE WENT TO NATIONALS LIKE TWO YEARS AGO AND THERE'S LIKE 102 SWIMMER, LIKE SWIMMING, LIKE 200 BACKSTROKE.

IT WAS LIKE, IT'S JUST SO COOL. IT'S SUCH A LIFELONG SPORT.

THAT'S SO BEAUTIFUL. SO THAT IS REALLY AMAZING.

IZZY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR REPORT. AND AND ON BEHALF OF THE SWIM TEAM AND WE'LL HAVE TO WE MISSED YOUR SEASON, I GUESS. RIGHT. IT'S ALREADY OVER. YEAH. ARE YOU PLANNING ON SWIMMING IN COLLEGE? YES, I'M GOING TO JOIN THE CLUB TEAM AT GCU, SO I'M VERY EXCITED.

YES. GOOD FOR YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU [APPLAUSE]. GIVE IT UP FOR IZZY.

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WE GOT OUR LIBERTY LIONS HERE. OUR LIONS HERE.

THERE YOU ARE. OKAY, COME ON UP. IS IT AIMEE AND TAYLOR? OKAY. YOU GUYS CAN COME RIGHT HERE TO THIS ONE IS A LITTLE EASIER TO SHARE.

YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE IT'S TURNED ON , ON THE TOP OR ON THE BOTTOM.

GOT IT? GOT IT. GET RIGHT UP. AWESOME. OUR MLK ASSEMBLY TOOK PLACE ON MONDAY, JANUARY 13TH WITH GUEST SPEAKER JAMES LAYMAN FROM AWSP. STUDENTS LEARNED ABOUT THE WAYS THAT THEY MATTER AND HOW THEY CAN POSITIVELY IMPACT PEOPLE AROUND THEM.

OUR OUR MLK ASSEMBLY KICKED OFF OUR UPSTANDER WEEK AT LIBERTY.

STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN AN UPSTANDER LESSON ON WEDNESDAY ON TUESDAY.

ON WEDNESDAY, CLASSES CREATED DOOR POSTERS WITH WORDS OF CHARACTER ON THEM TO SHOW THEIR COMMITMENT.

ON THURSDAY, CLASSES USED ENTRY TASK CREATED BY ASB FOR EACH PERIOD TO PRACTICE A DIFFERENT ASPECT OF RESPECT, KINDNESS, OR COMPASSION. FRIDAY ENDED THE WEEK WITH A READ OUT SPIRIT DAY AND LUNCHTIME ACTIVITIES TO BRING STUDENTS TOGETHER AND CREATE UNITY.

AT THE END OF AN UPSTANDER WEEK, STUDENTS OF LIBERTY WERE ABLE TO FILL OUT A SURVEY TO GET INVOLVED IN OUR FIRST PRACTICE IN OUR FIRST EVER SERVICE PROJECT PLAN. WE HAD 11 DIFFERENT SERVICE PROJECTS PROJECTS OPTIONS INCLUDING; HELPING AT HELEN BALLER, KNIT A SQUARE, NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP, NEIGHBOR APPRECIATION, CARE HOME PACKAGES, STUDENT CENTER BULLETIN BOARD, DECORATING, CREATING ART WITH OUR INTEGRATED COMMUNITY CLASS, COMPLETED SERVICE IN LIBERTY, AND WE HOSTED STUDENTS FROM HAYES WHO LED A SENIOR CLASS SENIOR PROJECT CLASS ABOUT DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP AND SOCIAL MEDIA.

ALL IN ALL , OVER 200 STUDENTS GOT TO EXPERIENCE WHAT SERVICE LOOKS LIKE OVER THE COURSE OF CONSECUTIVE WEDNESDAYS. STUDENT LEADERSHIP CLASSES CREATED PROJECTS FOR OUR FELLOW STUDENTS TO PRACTICE SERVANT LEADERSHIP. THEIR PROJECTS INCLUDED MAKING SPIRIT DAYS LIKE RHYME WITHOUT REASON DAY AND PAJAMA DAY, AS WELL AS MUSICAL CHAIRS, BOARD GAMES, BINGO, AND COMPUTER GAMES AT LUNCH.

STUDENTS GOT TO SEE WHAT PROJECT PLANNING ENTAILS IN EVERYTHING THAT GOES INTO IT, FROM BEGINNING TO END.

THE LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL JAZZ JAZZ BAND PERFORMED AT THE CLARK COLLEGE JAZZ FESTIVAL ON JANUARY 30TH.

SEVERAL STUDENTS PLAYED SOLOS WITH THE BAND, INCLUDING KIRA ODA MEYER, WHO RECEIVED AN OUTSTANDING MUSICIAN AWARD FROM HIS MASTERFUL DRUMMING. THE KIDS ALL SHOWED THEIR LIBERTY PRIDE AND MADE THEIR TEACHER, MR. HENION, VERY PROUD. HE IS GETTING COMPLIMENTS FROM PEOPLE THAT WERE AT THE FESTIVAL.

ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31ST, LIBERTY'S WEB LEADERS BROUGHT BACK A LIBERTY TRADITION, CAMP LIBERTY.

THIS EVENT INCLUDED OVER 100 6TH GRADERS, OVER 30 8TH GRADERS FROM WEB LEADERS, AND NEARLY 30 ADULT HELPERS. STUDENTS TRAVELED THROUGH ORGANIZED STATIONS AND PLAY GAMES TOGETHER TO BUILD COMMANDEER, AND COMMUNITY. OUR PTO PROVIDED DINNER FOR ALL THOSE PRESENT AND THE EVENT WENT FROM AFTER SCHOOL TO 9 P.M..

OVERALL, IT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS. FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE MR. VOLK HAS BEEN AT LIBERTY, OR MAYBE THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THE DISTRICT, ALL SECONDARY SCHOOLS CAME TOGETHER FOR AN ASB TRAINING WITH SCOTT BERKOVICH FROM INVOLVE ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4TH. STUDENTS GOT TO LEARN HOW TO CREATE BETTER, MORE MEANINGFUL ACTIVITIES WHILE THINKING ABOUT ALL STUDENTS WHO ATTENDED THEIR SCHOOLS. LIBERTY CONTINUES TO TRY AND CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS WITH VARIOUS INTERESTS.

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STUDENTS WHO WERE SELECTED TO BE LIONS PRIDE AWARD WINNERS WERE ANNOUNCED AND RECEIVED THEIR AWARDS IN FRONT OF IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL AND FAMILY.

OUR JAZZ BAND PERFORMED AT THE ASSEMBLY AND WE PLAYED A FUN GAME INVOLVING INFLATABLE MATTRESSES AND GRADE LEVEL RACES AROUND THE FLOOR. SOME LIBERTY EIGHTH GRADERS PARTICIPATE IN A CHOIR SHOWCASE AT MOUNTAIN VIEW HIGH SCHOOL ON FEBRUARY 7TH.

THIS SHOWCASE REPRESENTED OVER 13 SCHOOLS IN SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON.

WE HAD 8 LIBERTY STUDENTS INVITED TO REPRESENT US, PERFORMING FOR A CROWD OF OVER 750 PEOPLE.

THEY PERFORMED AMAZINGLY. THE WEEK. THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 10TH TO 14TH, WE HAD 11 STUDENTS REPRESENT LIBERTY OF ALL STATE IN THREE DIFFERENT CHOIRS JUNIOR YOUTH, JUNIOR MIXED AND JUNIOR TREMBLE.

THESE STUDENTS SENT IN AUDIO RECORDINGS TO THE STATE LEVEL, DEMONSTRATING EXCELLENCE IN TONE, AGILITY AND MUSICALLY. YEAH. YEAH. THESE STUDENTS TRAVELED TO SPOKANE AND WERE CHOSEN FROM STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE STATE OF WASHINGTON. LIBERTY STAFF PARTICIPATED IN A SUPER SECRET STAFF SPIRIT WEEK FEBRUARY 10 TO 14.

EACH DAY, [INAUDIBLE] STUDENTS STAFF WERE COORDINATED, OUTFITS USED KEY WORDS OF THE DAY, AND EVEN USED MADE UP SLANG WORDS TO PARTICIPATE.

STUDENTS WERE TOLD THAT ALL THESE HAPPENINGS WERE SIMPLE, WERE SIMPLY COINCIDENCE.

IT WAS GREAT FUN FOR THE STAFF EVEN THOUGH THE LAST TWO DAYS WERE CANCELED DUE TO SNOW AND ICE.

LIBERTY'S ASB RAN TWO DIFFERENT FUNDRAISERS DURING THE WEEK LEADING UP TO VALENTINE'S DAY.

ONE WAS CALLED FRIENDSHIP FLOWERS. ASB STUDENTS HAD BEEN MAKING ORIGAMI FLOWERS FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS.

THESE FLOWERS WERE ABLE TO BE PURCHASED FOR 50 FOR $0.50 EACH, OR TWO FOR $1.

THERE WERE CARDS THAT WERE THAT THAT THOSE PURCHASED COULD WRITE ON TO KNOW WHO TO DELIVER THE FLOWERS TO.

AND THEY HAD THE OPTION TO PERSONALIZE A MESSAGE AS WELL.

THE SECOND FUNDRAISER WAS CALLED SNACKENTINE'S.

ASB STUDENTS SOLD VALENTINES THEMED SNACKS DURING LUNCH LUNCHES.

THESE SNACKS COULD COULD HAVE BEEN PURCHASED FOR THEMSELVES OR GIFTED TO OTHER STUDENTS.

LIBERTY ASB CHOSE TO USE THE PROCEEDS TO HELP SCHOOLS DAMAGED BY THE FIRE [INAUDIBLE] I N CALIFORNIA. LIBERTY SPRING MUSICAL WILL BE THE MUSIC MAN.

AUDITIONS FOR THE MUSIC MAN TOOK PLACE ON FEBRUARY 18TH AND 19TH, AND FIRST IN REHEARSALS HAVE BEGUN.

SO FAR, THERE HAS BEEN NO TROUBLE IN RIVER CITY AND ALL 76 TROMBONES HAVE BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR.

WE HOPE TO SEE YOU AT ONE OF THESE PERFORMANCES AT THE END OF MAY.

OUR NEXT BIG REVENUE SHARING VENTURE KICKS OFF WEDNESDAY.

STUDENTS WILL BE SELLING RIP CITY POPCORN. THIS COMPANY HAS DELICIOUS POPCORN, ROASTED COFFEE BEANS, AND PANCAKE MIX, PANCAKE MIX, SALT WATER TAFFY, LIBERTY BAGS AND MORE.

THROUGH OUR REVENUE SHARING [INAUDIBLE] RIP CITY POPCORN WILL BE DONATING 50% OF THE PROCEEDINGS BACK TO LIBERTY ONCE THE THREE WEEK SALES EVENT ENDS. LET US KNOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BUY ANY.

OUR WINTER OUR WINTER SOCIAL IS THIS FRIDAY FROM 3:45 P.M.

TO 5:45 P.M. WE HAVE DANCING, SPORTS, A I THOUGHT WAS A CAKE.

A CUPCAKE WALK, PHOTO STATION PHOTO STATIONS, CONCESSIONS FOR SALE, ARTS AND CRAFTS, AND A MOVIE ROOM.

LIBERTY ASB WILL PARTICIPATE I AWSL, MID LEVEL REGIONALS MARCH 4TH AT PACIFIC MIDDLE SCHOOL.

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO WORK WITH EACH OTHER, WITH OTHER STUDENTS THEIR AGE, AND LEARN FROM OTHER SCHOOLS. OUR NEW ASB SIXTH GRADERS WILL BE PARTICIPATING.

THERE IS A BAND CONCERT TUESDAY, MARCH 4TH AT GARVER THEATER.

A BAND FESTIVAL. A BAND FESTIVAL. THURSDAY, MARCH 20TH AND THE CHOIR CONCERT MONDAY, MARCH 24TH.

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THERE IS A NEW FORECASTING FORMAT THIS YEAR IN THE HIGH SCHOOL.

TOURS WILL BE DIFFERENT AS WELL. THIS IS A CRUCIAL PART OF THE EIGHTH GRADE JOURNEY FOR STUDENTS TO PLAN OUT THEIR NEXT STEPS IN THEIR SCHOOLING CAREERS.

WE WILL BE HAVING A PEP ASSEMBLY ON MONDAY, MARCH 24TH TO HYPE UP OUR SPIRIT WEEK.

SPIRIT WEEK THE WEEK OF MARCH 24TH TO MARCH TO MARCH 28TH WE'LL HAVE COLOR WARS DAY, TWIN DAY, DRESS LIKE YOUR CHILDHOOD DREAM CAREER DAY, NEON DAY, AND ANYTHING BUT A BACKPACK DAY, SHOULD BE FUN.

BOYS BASKETBALL SEASON IS FINISHING UP AND GIRLS BASKETBALL SEASON IS JUST BEGINNING.

GIRLS SOCCER IS NEARING THE END OF THEIR SEASON AND WRESTLING IS JUST BEGINNING.

KNOWLEDGEABLE HAD ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL SEASON WINNING DISTRICTS ONCE AGAIN.

CONGRATS TO ALL THE KNOWLEDGEABLE MEMBERS. OUR SCIENCE OLYMPIAD TEAM HAS SUCCESSFULLY HAS HAD A SUCCESSFUL SEASON TRAVELING TO CALIFORNIA, WINNING MEDALS IN TWO EVENTS AND WON A MEDAL IN A TOURNAMENT AT CHS AGAINST THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS, AND GOT SIXTH PLACE IN THE TOURNAMENT AGAINST HIGH SCHOOLERS.

AND WE'RE GETTING READY FOR REGIONALS. OUR INTRAMURALS ARE ONCE AGAIN POPULAR WITH MANY STUDENTS.

THIS YEAR WE HAVE CHESS, D&D, CROCHET, AND RUNNING INTRAMURALS WITH DANCE INTRAMURALS COMING UP SOON.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME HERE TONIGHT.

WE APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO SHARE WITH YOU. GIVE IT UP FOR THE GOOD.

GOOD JOB [APPLAUSE]. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YEAH THAT WAS VERY NICE TO HEAR. MAKE SURE TO SEND THE BOARD BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A DISTRIBUTION IF YOU WANT US TO BUY STUFF.

RIGHT. YEAH. YEAH, YEAH. WE ALWAYS WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOUR FUNDRAISERS ARE.

YEAH. YES. MAKE SURE TO DO THAT. YOU CAN HOUND US.

GREAT JOB. LAST TIME SOMEBODY WAS SELLING SOMETHING, IT WAS TOO LATE, I THINK. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

COFFEE ORDERS. YEAH, BUT SEND IT TO US. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THAT WAS A GREAT JOB. VERY THOROUGH [APPLAUSE].

AND NOW WE HAVE A STUDENT REPORT FROM LIBERTY.

WE HAVE JACK WALSH AND LOGAN ROBINSON. SORRY.

DISCOVERY. WHAT DID I SAY? LIBERTY. OH, I WAS LOOKING AT LIBERTY, I MEANT DISCOVERY.

WELCOME BACK. NOT ON. TURN IT ON. PUSH A BUTTON.

ALL RIGHT, THERE WE GO. I MISSED THE LAST ONE OF THESE BECAUSE I WAS SICK.

AND I THINK LOGAN MADE FUN OF ME. I'M BETTER NOW, SO I'M BACK.

WE'RE OBVIOUSLY DISCOVERY. I'M THE ASB PRESIDENT, JACK WALSH, AND I'M LOGAN ROBINSON, THE DHS ASB RALLY COMMISSIONER.

AND I'LL BE STARTING OFF WITH THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH ASSEMBLY.

DISCOVERY HIGH SCHOOL HELD AN ASSEMBLY EARLIER IN THE MONTH TO CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF BLACK AMERICANS, WHETHER THEY'RE SOCIAL, TECHNOLOGICAL, CULTURAL OR MORE, IS VERY EDUCATIONAL FOR EVERYONE.

AND I LEARNED A LOT FROM THAT PERSONALLY SPEAKING.

AND WE HAD THAT ASB TRAINING FIELD TRIP THAT LIBERTY RECENTLY TALKED ABOUT.

ASB MEMBERS FROM ALL AROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT GOT THE INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4TH FOR A DAY LONG ASB TRAINING WITH SCOTT.

I DON'T WANT TO BUTCHER HIS LAST NAME, SO SPEAKING FOR DISCOVERY HIGH SCHOOL, WE KNOW WE'VE LEARNED A LOT AND WE'LL BE USING WHAT WE USE LEARNING FROM THE ASB TRIP AND APPLYING IT TO OUR OWN SCHOOL AND MAKING OUR SCHOOL BETTER FOR IT.

AND WE HAD OUR DHS SENIOR DRESS REHEARSAL. THE DHS SENIORS GOT FEEDBACK FROM STUDENTS, STAFF, AND TEACHERS FOR THEIR SENIOR PROJECT. THIS ENSURES THAT WE COME UP WITH A QUALITY SENIOR PROJECT THAT BLOWS PEOPLE'S MINDS.

WE HAVE A SECOND EXHIBITION IN JUNE WHERE OUR SENIORS WILL SHOWCASE THEIR FINAL PROJECT.

SO IF YOU GUYS ARE INTERESTED IN CHECKING IT OUT, CHECK IT OUT IN JUNE.

DID YOU DIE ON ME? NO. LAST THURSDAY, THE CONGRESSWOMAN MARIE GLUESENKAMP PEREZ VISITED DISCOVERY, WHICH WAS A REALLY BIG MOMENT FOR OUR SCHOOL. I THINK IT WAS INCREDIBLE TO GET HER TO COME OUT.

SHE HAS A BACKGROUND WITH LIKE AUTO. SHE WAS AN AUTO SHOP OWNER, SO SHE HAS A PARTICULAR INTEREST IN LIKE CTE PROGRAMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT DISCOVERY REALLY BOASTS ABOUT.

WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE MAKERSPACE WITH METALWORKING AND MORE MACHINERY THAN MANY COLLEGES.

SO IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO KIND OF SHOW THAT OFF TO HER.

AND I THINK SHE WAS REALLY IMPRESSED. AND FOR ME PERSONALLY, I'VE MET WITH HER BEFORE, SO IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO GET TO SEE HER AND SOME OF HER STAFF.

THE MATH CLUB, WHICH WE ARE BOTH A PART OF, HAS A COMPETITION COMING UP ON MARCH 12TH, IT'S GOING TO BE AT WSU VANCOUVER, AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE A PROJECT FOR IT THAT WE JUST FINISHED TODAY.

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IT WAS REALLY FUN. WE GOT TO RESEARCH EIGHT UNIQUE PHENOMENA ABOUT DISCOVERY HIGH SCHOOL.

SO IT WAS VERY STUDENT DRIVEN, THE RESEARCH FOR THAT PROJECT, AND WE HAD A LOT OF FUN, AND WE HOPE TO WIN FIRST FOR GOING AGAINST OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS LIKE SKYVIEW AND HAWKINSON. SO IF WE COULD BEAT THEM, THAT WOULD BE REALLY COOL.

THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT FOR US. WE HAVE MUCH LESS THAN LIBERTY.

IT'S KIND OF EMBARRASSING, BUT THEY DID A GREAT JOB.

ALL RIGHT [APPLAUSE]. I HAVE ONE. I HAVE ONE QUESTION.

ANY QUESTIONS? NO. I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR LEADING THE CONGRESSWOMAN AROUND.

I'M GLAD THAT YOU GUYS WERE ABLE TO MAKE THAT WORK. SO DO YOU JUST TAKE TAKE HER TO THE BASICALLY THE MAKERSPACES, OR DID SHE GET TO SEE CLASSES OR WHAT WAS IT LIKE? YEAH. SO THAT WASN'T REALLY I, I WASN'T I DIDN'T GET TO BE PART OF THAT WE HAD, LIKE, OBVIOUSLY THE MAKER SPACE CLASSES.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE, LIKE, A STUDENT CLUB CALLED DISCO SALES, WHICH IS A REALLY COOL CLUB THAT I'M PROUD AS A PART OF DISCOVERY.

SO THEY KIND OF SHOWED OFF WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON BECAUSE THEY'RE EFFECTIVELY A SMALL BUSINESS.

SO THEY KIND OF HAD TO HAVE THEY GOT THAT COMMUNICATION AS SHE WAS ALSO A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, WHICH WAS REALLY COOL TO BE A PART OF. AND I THINK JUST ALL OF OUR CTE CLASSES KIND OF GOT TO SHOW WHAT THEY DO, BECAUSE I KNOW SHE WANTS TO INCREASE THAT IN OUR DISTRICT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I HAD ONE QUESTION. SO YOU SAID YOU WERE PUTTING TOGETHER RESEARCH ON EIGHT UNIQUE PHENOMENA.

WHAT CAN YOU SHARE ONE OF THEM WITH US? YEAH.

ABOUT YOUR SCHOOL. WE CAME UP WITH IS WE COUNTED THE RATIO OF WALLS IN OUR SCHOOL TO WHITEBOARDS.

AND IT'S A VERY, VERY INTERESTING ONE THAT WE CAME UP WITH.

AND IT'S BASICALLY THE REASON WHY WE CAME UP WITH THAT IS BECAUSE THAT DISCOVERY, AND SPECIFICALLY IN OUR MATH CLASSES, WE PRACTICE VERTICAL LEARNING, WHERE INSTEAD OF SITTING AT A DESK TAKING NOTES, YOU'RE STANDING UP AND YOU'RE COLLABORATING IN GROUPS AND YOU'RE ACTUALLY ON A WHITEBOARD.

AND RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THAT CREATES MORE CONNECTIONS AND IT HELPS YOU LEARN BETTER.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IN OUR REPORT.

SO WE RESEARCHED THAT RATIO, AND IT WAS REALLY COOL TO FIND OUT WHAT IT WAS LIKE, BECAUSE I THINK ABOUT A QUARTER OF THE WALLS IN OUR SCHOOL HAVE A WHITEBOARD ON IT, WHETHER IT'S IN A CLASSROOM OR IN A HALLWAY. YEAH.

VERY COOL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU NEXT MONTH [APPLAUSE].

AWESOME. AND OUR NEXT STUDENT REPORT IS FROM CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL.

OR DO WE HAVE ALLEGRA AND BRITTAIN HERE? I DON'T SEE THEM EITHER.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM H BOARD COMMUNICATION.

WE'LL START DOWN WITH COREY AND WORK OUR WAY THIS WAY.

SURE. IF IT AIN'T BROKE, DON'T FIX IT, START DOWN HERE. OKAY. NO.

EXCUSE ME, I JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS. WE HAD OUR I WAS INVOLVED WITH HOSTING OUR COUNTY'S NORTH COUNTY HONOR BAND A COUPLE WEEKENDS AGO, AND THERE WERE SEVERAL STUDENTS FROM CAMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT THERE, SO I SO I JUST WANTED TO SHOUT OUT THE I THINK THERE WERE SIX STUDENTS FROM LIBERTY AND TWO FROM SKYRIDGE. AND WE EVEN HAD WE HAD TWO FROM DISCOVERY AS WELL IN THE HIGH SCHOOL HONOR BAND.

AND SO THEY WERE THEY WERE NOMINATED BY THEIR TEACHERS, AND THEN THEIR APPLICATIONS WERE PUT IN FRONT OF A SELECTION COMMITTEE, KIND OF MADE UP A LITTLE ALL STAR TEAM FOR BAND AND GOT GOT TOGETHER WITH, WHAT, 7 HIGH SCHOOLS AND 14 MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND DID DID A CONCERT ALL IN ONE WEEKEND.

IT WAS REALLY A GREAT EVENT AND CAMAS WAS WELL WAS WAS WELL REPRESENTED.

AND SO JUST THANKS TO ALL THE STUDENTS WHO DID THAT.

SELFISHLY, I GUESS IT WAS IT WAS A LOT OF FUN.

WE HAD A GREAT BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING WELL, THURSDAY LAST WEEK, AND I KNOW THERE THE COMMITTEE IS GETTING READY TO PUT THEIR CONSIDERATIONS TOGETHER. THEY USUALLY GIVE US RIGHT BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF THE THE BUDGET CYCLE.

SO THAT'S COMING UP. ALSO OUR LAC COMMITTEE, OUR LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY ADVOCACY COMMITTEE.

HAD A MEETING LAST WEEK, WHICH WAS GREAT. WE GOT TO HAVE SOME TIME.

REPRESENTATIVE STONIER FROM THE 49TH WAS ABLE TO ZOOM IN AND KIND OF GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE ON WHAT WAS GOING ON, AND MEMBERS GOT TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE THE LATEST UPDATES IN OLYMPIA AND HOW THEY CAN THEY CAN EFFECTIVELY ADVOCATE FOR THINGS IMPORTANT TO THEM, SUCH AS EDUCATION.

AND THAT WAS A THAT WAS A REALLY GREAT EVENT.

DID JUST WANT TO POINT OUT JUST JUST FOR FOR ALL OF YOU.

WE DO HAVE WE WE PASSED THE THE HOUSE OF ORIGIN POLICY CUT OFF MOMENT IN THE LEGISLATURE.

LEGISLATIVE SESSION RIGHT NOW. SO IF IT DOESN'T HAVE A BUDGETARY A FINANCIAL IMPACT, THEN THERE AREN'T IT CAN'T BE INTRODUCED NOW ANYMORE.

AND THE FISCAL CUT OFF IS THIS FRIDAY. SO WE SHOULD KIND OF GET A GOOD IDEA OF, OF WHAT STUFF HAS KIND OF FILTERED OUT AND IS MAKING IT ONTO THE NEXT ROUND, SO TO SPEAK, WHEN THINGS START MOVING OVER TO OPPOSITE HOUSES AND STUFF.

BUT IT LOOKS LIKE SPECIAL ED FUNDING AND MSOC FUNDING AND TO MAYBE A LESSER EXTENT, BUT STILL THEIR TRANSPORTATION SEEMED TO BE KIND OF IN THE

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IT'S IT'S HOUSE BILL 1356, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT INTERESTING.

IT FEELS IT WOULD, IT WOULD, IT WOULD PASS SOME IF IT PASSED IN THE WAY THAT IT'S CURRENTLY WRITTEN, AND DEREK, PLEASE STOP ME IF I'M WRONG. IT WOULD, IT WOULD KIND OF PUT A LOT, A LOT OF THE ONUS FOR, FOR RAISING REVENUE FOR SCHOOLS KIND OF BACK ON LOCAL DISTRICTS RAISING THAT LEVY CAP AGAIN, WHICH IS KIND OF THE WHAT THINGS WERE LIKE PRE MCCLEARY.

SO IT SEEMS IT SEEMS KIND OF LIKE A WEIRD STEP BACK.

I'M WATCHING THAT ONE INTERESTINGLY. AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S KIND OF SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.

SO WE'LL WATCH THAT ONE CLOSELY BECAUSE IT DOES KIND OF FEEL LIKE IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S KIND OF GETTING KICKED BACK TO THE DISTRICT AND REALLY PUTTING US BACK TO WHAT IT WAS PRE MCCLEARY. SO IF IT WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH PRE 2018, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT WILL BE NOW, BUT WE'LL WATCH THAT.

SENATE BILL 5263 AND 5192 ARE ALSO IMPORTANT ONES TO BE WATCHING.

5263 IS THE SPED FUNDING ONE AND 51 92, THE MSOC ONE.

THOSE ONES BOTH HAD CRAZY AMOUNTS OF PEOPLE SIGNING IN PRO DURING WHEN THEY WERE HEARD IN COMMITTEE.

AND I KNOW A LOT OF YOU DID AS WELL, SO I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT.

I THINK MATTHEW AND I ARE GOING UP TO OLYMPIA ON WEDNESDAY.

ARE YOU GOING? OKAY, SO MATTHEW AND I ARE GOING UP ON WEDNESDAY WITH DR.

ANZALONE TO DO SOME SOME LOBBYING AS WELL UP THERE.

WE HAD I THINK WE HAVE APPOINTMENTS WITH BOTH REPRESENTATIVE STUBY AND WATERS AND THEN SENATOR CORTEZ AS WELL, WHO IS IN THE 18TH, BUT HE'S A CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER, SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AND TALK WITH HIM.

SO THAT'LL BE GREAT. SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO CHECK IN.

MEMBERS OF OUR LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY COMMITTEE ALSO WERE ABLE TO GO UP IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS UP THERE.

SO CAMAS HAS A GOOD PRESENCE THERE AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP GOING.

I KNOW DEREK WAS SAYING HE'S GOING UP LIKE THE DAY AFTER US.

AND I KNOW WE'VE GOT WE'VE GOT SOME MARCH DATES WE'RE WORKING ON.

SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO KEEP OUR ISSUES KIND OF FRONT AND CENTER THERE.

OTHER THAN THAT LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR SITE VISITS ON TUESDAY THAT ARE MAKEUPS FROM THAT THAT FIRST DELAYED DAY THAT WE HAD FOR WEATHER.

SO LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING TO I THINK IT'S SKY RIDGE AND PRUNE HILL AND ONE OTHER ONE.

ANYWAYS LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THERE. SO THAT'S IT FOR ME.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU COREY. I'LL DOUBLE DOWN ON THE BUDGET COMMITTEE.

I GOT TO ATTEND THE FIRST BUDGET COMMITTEE BECAUSE TRACEY WAS NOT AVAILABLE, SO I WENT IN HER PLACE.

IT WAS REALLY NICE TO SEE IT WAS A VERY DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE JUST TO SEE HOW MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC STAFF INTERACT AND, YOU KNOW, OVER HERE KIND OF JASON'S LEAD THERE.

HERE'S WHERE WE'RE AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING WHAT ARE WE LOOKING TOWARDS.

SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF ANYONE HASN'T GONE, GO TO THE WEBSITE.

THE WEBSITE HAS THE SLIDES FROM THAT BUDGET MEETING. ANYBODY CAN GO SEE IT.

I DID ALSO LAST WEEK HAVE A CHANCE TO ATTEND ONE OF THE EQUITY MEETINGS, A COMMITTEE MEETING THAT KATY HAD.

I HAPPENED TO BE IN FOR MY BOARD BRIEFING, AND THAT ENDED EARLY.

AND I WENT OVER INTO G AND SAT WITH A BUNCH OF, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY MEMBERS TALKING ABOUT THE EQUITY COMMITTEE AND THEIR UPCOMING CONFERENCE AND PLANNING. SO THAT WAS NICE. IT WAS UNEXPECTED.

I FELT LIKE I CRASHED THEIR MEETING, BUT THEY GAVE A LOT OF FEEDBACK, KATY OWES ME SOME, SHE WAS TAKING NOTES.

I ONLY HAD A STICKY NOTE SO I COULD ONLY WRITE SO MUCH DOWN.

BUT THAT WAS GREAT TO ATTEND. TWO OTHER THINGS, AND I'LL JUST REITERATE THEATER, THIS IS THE TIME OF THEATER.

WE HEARD FROM THE LIBERTY STUDENTS, CHS HAS THEIR UPCOMING PROGRAM IN THE MIDDLE OF MARCH.

SO BEFORE OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING, JUST KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THAT.

THAT STARTS ON OPENING ON FRIDAY, MARCH 14TH.

IT'S A LARGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PARTICIPATING, BOTH THEATER TECH AND ACTORS.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK DHS FOR BRIAN CAHILL AT THE MAKERSPACE THERE, HELPING CRAFT SOME OF THE PARTS, YOU KNOW WHAT IS VERY EXPENSIVE. AND SO I WAS ABLE TO CONNECT SEAN KELLY WITH BRIAN TO TO GET SOME PARTS CUT ON THE CNC THERE BECAUSE THEY HAVE ALL THIS EQUIPMENT, IT NOT ONLY CUT THE PARTS PERFECTLY, BUT IT SAVED THEM COST BECAUSE THERE WAS ALMOST NO WOOD WASTE, WHICH WAS REALLY NICE. SO IT WAS NICE TO SEE THE TWO OF THEM WORK TOGETHER.

AND THEN FINALLY, I KNOW DEREK CAN COMMENT ON IT TOO BECAUSE HE WAS THERE.

HE SAW IT YESTERDAY, BUT WE ROBOTICS HELD A SCRIMMAGE AT OUR LOVELY STEMNASIUM SPACE THAT THE DISTRICT HAS GIVEN TO THE ASB ROBOTICS STUDENTS.

THEY HAD A SCRIMMAGE YESTERDAY WITH FIVE OTHER TEAMS. I WANT TO SAY FIVE OTHER TEAMS, TEAMS FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AREA THAT YOU WOULD THINK, OH, THEY MUST HAVE SPACE FOR LIKE A FULL FIELD PRACTICE FOR ROBOTICS.

KAITLIN GABEL HAS TWO TEAMS. THOSE CAME CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL, LAKE OSWEGO HIGH SCHOOL AND GRANT HIGH SCHOOL.

ALL WERE THERE YESTERDAY WORKING. YOU KNOW, THEY WERE THEY WERE REALLY COOPERATIVE.

THEY WERE ALL WORKING TOGETHER. PARTS WERE BREAKING, OTHER TEAMS WERE HELPING LEAD IN TO FIX IT.

IT WAS A VERY NICE TO SEE, BUT WE COULD NOT DO THAT.

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WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THOSE THOSE PROGRAMS STAY SUPPORTED.

IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO SEE YESTERDAY. SO THANK YOU, DEREK, FOR STOPPING BY THERE TOO.

I KNOW IT MEANT A LOT TO THEM TO HAVE YOU STOP BY.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAD. THANK YOU. SHORT AND SWEET MINE WILL BE.

LAST WEEK I ATTENDED THE DECA PRACTICE BECAUSE DECA IS GOING TO STATE THIS WEEK.

AND SO I GOT TO PARTICIPATE IN LISTENING AND HELPING TO JUDGE THE STUDENTS IN THEIR PRACTICE.

I THINK IT'S WRITTEN PROJECTS AND PRESENTATION THAT THEY'RE DOING.

AND IT WAS BUSINESS PLANS THAT THEY HAD TO PROPOSE AND PRESENT, AND IT WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE.

THEY WERE PROFESSIONALLY DRESSED. I THINK THEY DO A GREAT JOB AND OBVIOUSLY PREPPING THEM ALL FOR THAT.

AND SO I ALSO ATTEND THE CAMAS STRATEGIC PLAN COMMITTEE ADVISORY MEETING WITH THE CAMAS CITY OF CAMAS.

AND THAT'S THEIR STRATEGIC PLAN. AND SOME OF THESE STUDENTS THAT PRESENTED THEIR WORK FOR DECA WERE ON STRATEGIC PLANNING.

AND I WAS LIKE, WOW, ONE OF THESE DAYS THEY CAN DO THAT FOR THE CITY.

THE CITY IS ALMOST DONE, AND IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE THEIR FIVE YEAR AND OUT PLAN.

AND OBVIOUSLY IT'LL HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE DISTRICT AND, YOU KNOW, ALL THE NEIGHBORS AND ALL THE CITY ITSELF.

SO EXCITED, SO. I HAVE NOTHING TO ADD TO ALL OF YOUR REPORTS.

I HAVE BEEN FAIRLY BURIED IN FORECASTING SEASON IN MY DAY JOB, AND SO NOT A LOT GOING ON FOR ME OUTSIDE OF THAT.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE DOWN INTO OUR SYSTEMS AND PATHWAY SECTION AND HAVE OUR SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT FROM OUR ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT.

[3. SYSTEMS/PATHWAYS]

DETERMINED, ENERGETIC, READY. YOU KNOW? NO. BUT SO I DID GET THIS FROM IT'S A, IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO COVER FOR DR.

ANZALONE. AND I'LL JUST SAY YOU KNOW, AS MY FIRST BOARD MEETING, DOING THIS LIVE AND WORK IN THE COMMUNITY FOR A LONG TIME.

AND IT'S A GIFT TO WORK WITH THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF THE CAMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT AND STAFF, OF COURSE SO APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO DO THIS AND SHARE JOHN'S SLIDES AND KIND OF GO OVER A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS.

SO START WITH ENROLLMENT REPORT. SO THE ENROLLMENT REPORT FOR FEBRUARY, YOU CAN SEE, IS PRETTY STABLE.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE SEE YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT IS A MOVEMENT BETWEEN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS.

TYPICALLY CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL ENROLLMENT DECLINES AND STUDENTS GO TO HAYES AND TO CCA AND THAT IS IN FACT TRUE THIS YEAR.

ALSO, YOU CAN SEE ELEMENTARY. I DIDN'T KNOW THIS AS MUCH, BUT IT'S TICKING UP A LITTLE BIT, WHICH. DOUG SAYS IS PRETTY CONSISTENT. SO THAT'S OUR MONTHLY ENROLLMENT REPORT.

OVERALL, NINE STUDENTS DECLINE MONTH OVER MONTH, BUT WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE TO WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD ANTICIPATE BEING AT THIS POINT. JUST A BRIEF BUDGET REDUCTION UPDATE.

SO JUST TO REITERATE OUR OUR CHALLENGE. SO OUR EXPENSES ARE EXCEEDING REVENUES AND OUR INFLUENCE IN FUND BALANCE IS DECREASING.

AND JASON WILL HAVE A BUDGET REPORT HERE THAT GOES INTO THIS IN MORE DETAIL.

AND SOME OF THE FACTORS THAT, YOU KNOW, DR. ANZALONE HAS ARTICULATED MULTIPLE TIMES, DECLINING ENROLLMENT IS ONE, INFLATION IS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT FACTOR. AND IF YOU'RE READING THE NATIONAL NEWS, IT SEEMS TO BE TICKING BACK UP AGAIN, PERHAPS A LITTLE BIT. HOPEFULLY THAT ISN'T TRUE.

UTILIZE WE'VE UTILIZED OUR RESERVE FUND AND ESSER FUNDS OVER THE SHORT TERM IN THE LAST 5 OR 6 YEARS TO KIND OF PLUG THE GAPS.

AND FOR NEXT YEAR, WE'RE FACED WITH A 10 TO 12% SHORTFALL IN THE 25-26 BUDGET.

THE OTHER FACTOR WE HAVE OPEN CONTRACTS WITH OUR EMPLOYEE GROUPS.

SO QUICK UPDATE ON THE BUDGET REDUCTIONS. SO OUR GOAL OVERALL IS TO ADOPT A BUDGET THAT KEEPS US ON A SUSTAINABLE PATH AND CONTINUES TO HOPEFULLY GROW OUR FUND BALANCE OVER THE COMING YEARS.

AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING AND IT'S BEEN SHARED HERE AS WELL AND WORKSHOPS.

WE SHARED A THREE PHASE PLAN THAT WE COMMUNICATED WITH STAKEHOLDER GROUPS EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS.

AND ESSENTIALLY LOOKING AT ALL THE OPTIONS AND THE REDUCTION PLANNING PROCESS.

SECURING CONTRACTS WITH THE CEA, CAEOP, AND COACHES THAT WE HAVE OPEN FOR THIS YEAR, THAT'S ANOTHER ONE.

AND DETERMINING STAFF REDUCTIONS AND INSTITUTING THE THE RIFT PROCESS.

THE OTHER THING IS TO LOOK WHERE WE CAN TO SAVE MATERIAL SUPPLY COSTS.

AND WE'VE BEEN OVER THIS MULTIPLE TIMES, BUT JUST KEEP REITERATING THIS COMPONENT OF WHAT WE'RE IN.

AND AS I SAID, IT'S SERIOUSLY A PRIVILEGE TO WORK HERE, AND THIS IS VERY DIFFICULT WORK.

BUT IT'S IT'S NECESSARY WITH THE CURRENT FINANCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE DISTRICT.

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BUT DR. ANZALONE WANTED ME TO REITERATE THIS HERE.

SO IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS, WE'VE REDUCED OUR DEANS IN OUR SECONDARY PROGRAMS, ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT HELEN BALLER, DOROTHY FOX, AND IT WAS SPLIT WITH GRASS VALLEY AND ALSO ODYSSEY, WHICH IS THREE FTE.

WE HAVE REDUCED OUR EARLY LEARNING COORDINATOR AND THESE ARE ALL EFFECTIVE AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LIAISON IN OUR DISTRICT, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF TEACHING AND LEARNING, REDUCED HALF TIME FOR NEXT YEAR. WE REDUCED THE DIRECTOR OF SECONDARY EDUCATION AND THE LAST REDUCTION THAT'S LISTED THERE IS THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY EDUCATION, WHICH WILL ALSO BE A HALF TIME REDUCTION IN THE NEXT YEAR.

SO PART OF A RETIREMENT. SO THOSE ARE THE REDUCTIONS THAT WERE ANNOUNCED IN THIS ROUND OF REDUCTIONS.

OH GO BACK. YEAH. SO THE YOU KNOW, JUST TO KIND OF SUM UP, THIS WAS THE PHASE, PART OF THE PHASE TWO OF THE REDUCTIONS AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH APRIL AND BE ANNOUNCING REDUCTIONS TO CERTIFICATED STAFF AND PSC AND CAEOP GROUPS AS WELL. HEY, DEREK, QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU. AND I WASN'T ON MY PHONE.

I WAS GOING ON MY PARENTS SQUARE. I SWEAR, PARENT SQUARE.

WE HAVE A BUDGET TOWN HALL. IS THAT CORRECT COMING UP.

IS IT MARCH 6TH? MARCH 6TH? OKAY, I'M JUST MAKING SURE.

SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A VIRTUAL THING, I THINK. YEAH, IT'LL BE ONLINE AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND STAKEHOLDERS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS AND DR. ANZALONE AND I'M PRETTY SURE MOST OF OUR TEAM WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ON MARCH THE 6TH IN THE EVENING.

OKAY, SHOULD BE PRETTY HOPEFULLY INFORMATIVE AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS.

GREAT. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT. ALL RIGHT.

NOW WE GET TO MORE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE POSITIVE FUN STUFF.

SO I WANT TO SHARE A QUICK STORY ABOUT WHAT JACK SHARED.

SO WE DID HAVE REPRESENTATIVE MARIE GLUESENKAMP PEREZ VISIT DISCOVERY HIGH SCHOOL.

AND SHE CALLED ON TUESDAY AND SAID, AND THIS IS HOW THESE THINGS HAPPEN A LOT.

I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH FOUR VISITS WITH HER AROUND THE COUNTY AND SHE SAID, HEY, I WANT TO COME THERE ON THURSDAY.

IS THAT POSSIBLE? AND YOU KNOW, YOU'RE WOW THAT'S QUICK.

WELL, WHEN WE STARTED LOOKING AT IT, THE PRINCIPAL WAS SPEAKING AT A CONFERENCE.

ONE OF THE TEACHERS THAT SHE REALLY WANTED TO TALK TO WAS GOING TO BE OUT FOR A TRAINING, I BELIEVE.

AND WHEN WE TALKED TO PRINCIPAL HOLD, HE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? OUR KIDS ARE AMAZING. AND SO WE DECIDED TO GO FORWARD WITH THE VISIT AND THAT WAS AN AMAZING DECISION.

OF COURSE, WHEN A REPRESENTATIVE WANTS TO COME VISIT A FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVE, YOU'RE GOING TO DO WHAT YOU CAN TO ACCOMMODATE HER. BUT I WAS THERE KIND OF SERVING AS THE PERSON TO HELP GUIDE HER. AND I SAID ALMOST NOTHING TO HER BECAUSE OUR STUDENTS SAID, REPRESENTATIVE PEREZ , COME OVER HERE. AND THEY TOOK TOOK THAT VISIT AND JUST MADE EVERYTHING AMAZING.

I MEAN, THERE WAS VERY LITTLE STAFF ADULT INTERACTION FROM ANYBODY EXCEPT THE STUDENTS.

IT WAS INCREDIBLE. JACK JACK WAS THERE, AND SEVERAL OF THE [INAUDIBLE] SEVERAL OF THE STUDENTS WERE THERE JUST TO TALK THROUGH THE, YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND COURSES THAT DISCOVERY HIGH SCHOOL.

AND SHE WAS SHE'S VERY INTERESTED IN, IN CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.

AND BEFORE THE VISIT, I EXPLAINED TO HER THAT DISCOVERY IS A LITTLE LESS TRADITIONAL.

A LOT OF CTE PROGRAMS ARE LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU HAVE WOOD SHOP YOU'RE REALLY WORKING ON, YOU KNOW, HOW, WHAT'S A PRODUCTION WOOD SHOP? AND DISCOVERY IS REALLY WHAT I WOULD CALL A DESIGN BUILD PROGRAM.

SO EVERY STUDENT THERE UNDERSTANDS THE DESIGN COMPONENT AND THEN BUILDING SOMETHING UNIQUE BASED ON THAT DESIGN.

SO HOW THAT PLAYED OUT AND WHAT, YOU KNOW, THE FEEDBACK WE GOT FROM HER WAS SHE'S LIKE, THIS IS BRILLIANT.

BECAUSE WHAT STUDENTS DO THERE IS THEY LEARN EACH TOOL A LITTLE BIT AND NO TOOL AS LIKE LIKE THE EXPERT LEVEL, THEY CAN THEY CAN GO INTO THE SKILLS CENTER, THEY CAN GO TO CLARK COLLEGE AND THEY CAN LEARN A TOOL AT THE EXPERT LEVEL, BUT THEY GET EXPOSED TO ALL OF THE TOOLS AND THEN THEY LEARN LIKE, WHAT MIGHT I LIKE TO DO WITH THIS? ALSO, THEY'RE ABLE TO DO A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS BASED ON THAT TOOLING EXPERIENCE.

AND THE OTHER THING, THERE AREN'T ANY PICTURES OF IT, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK SHE REALLY APPRECIATED IS JENNIFER LINTHWAITE TEACHES A DESIGN CLASS WHERE THEY HAVE GLASS GLASS PRODUCTION, AND SHE WAS JUST BLOWN AWAY BY WHAT THE STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO BUILD.

SO THEY DESIGN IT IN CAD. THEY LASER CUT THE METAL, THEN THEY DO THE EPOXY IN THE MIDDLE TO CREATE THESE BEAUTIFUL GLASS OF EPOXY EPOXY FRAMES. AND THE REPRESENTATIVE WAS REALLY, REALLY IMPRESSED ABOUT THAT PROCESS AND LEARNING.

SO THAT VISIT WAS REALLY NEAT. REALLY COOL EXPERIENCE FOR THE STUDENTS AND FOR HER.

PRETTY COOL EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYBODY. ALSO, SOPHOMORE OF THE MONTH AT ROTARY NATALIE VOLKE FROM HAYES FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL WAS OUR SOPHOMORE OF THE MONTH.

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BUT HE AND I GO WAY BACK, AND HE'S A GREAT, GREAT HUMAN BEING.

I LOVE THE MAN DEARLY. AND I'M SO HAPPY THAT HIS DAUGHTER GOT RECEIVED THIS HONOR FROM THE ROTARY, THE ROTARY, AND VERY WELL DESERVED. AND I COULD BE HERE FOR A LONG TIME WITH OUR ATHLETIC UPDATE FROM CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL. THIS WAS THE SIGNING DAY ON THE 11TH.

WE HAD A BUMPER GROUP OF STUDENT ATHLETES WHO SIGNED TO PLAY COLLEGE SPORTS.

I MEAN, IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE I THINK IT WAS 16 I DON'T WANT TO MISS.

I THINK IT WAS 16 STUDENT ATHLETES. SO A LARGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO ARE GOING ON TO PLAY AT THE NEXT LEVEL AND THE THE [INAUDIBLE] HIGH SCHOOL DOES A PHENOMENAL JOB OF REALLY HONORING THE JOURNEY OF THE STUDENT ATHLETES.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE GOT THE BIG THE KONG.

THEY CALL THAT BIG THING THE KONG. AND THE STUDENTS WALK OUT AND WHERE THEY'RE GOING. AND IT'S A REALLY NEAT EVENT.

SKYRIDGE DANCE TEAM TOOK FIRST AT UNION. THE DANCE PROGRAM THERE HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF AS CLINT CAN CERTAINLY ATTEST.

JUST CONTINUING TO GROW AND IMPROVE AND DO BETTER.

LET'S SEE WHERE WE'RE AT HERE. OH, I'M GOING TO GO BACK BACK TO THE ATHLETE ONE.

SO THE OTHER THING I, I DON'T WANT TO MISS ANY TEAMS, BUT THIS IS LIKE THE STATE WINTER COMPETITION SEASON.

SO SATURDAY I WAS UP IN AUBURN TO WATCH THE GIRLS AND BOYS BASKETBALL TEAMS. GREAT ATMOSPHERE. UNFORTUNATELY, BOTH TEAMS LOST, BUT THEY'RE STILL IN THE STATE PLAYOFFS.

WE HAD WE HAD THE MAC CLASSIC, WHICH IS WRESTLING STATE WRESTLING WELL REPRESENTED FROM CAMAS WHO WE WERE THE LEAGUE CHAMPIONS .

OUR SWIM TEAM AS YOU HEARD, PHENOMENAL. WE HAVE ATHLETES ACROSS ALL SPORTS JUST DOING INCREDIBLE THINGS.

ADDITIONALLY, I WOULD SAY OUR CLUB SEASON IS REALLY RATCHETING UP.

THE FIRST ROBOTICS SEASON IS UPON US. AND AS MATTHEW SAID WE HAD A WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO PRACTICE HERE, WHICH IS AMAZING. SO WE HAD TEAMS FROM ALL OVER THE REGION PRACTICING, AND WE'RE ONE OF THE ONLY FULL FIELD PRACTICE AREAS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, WHICH IS REALLY AWESOME. AND A REAL QUICK STORY ABOUT THAT.

PROBABLY EIGHT YEARS AGO, BRUCE WHITEFIELD, THE MENTOR, CAME TO ME AND SAID, WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING WITH THAT GYM? AND THERE WERE A BUNCH OF CHAIN LINK FENCES IN THE BUILDING THAT WAS LIKE STORAGE.

WELL, REALLY NOTHING. CAN WE GET CAN WE GET THAT OUT OF THERE? YEAH. AND THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN OUR STUDENTS, OUR FACILITIES GROUP, OUR STAFF TO REALLY MAKE THAT A USABLE SPACE FOR KIDS.

AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, I'LL GIVE YOU A GOOD EXAMPLE.

THE LIGHTING WAS POOR IN THERE. SO A PARENT SAID I SAW THIS GRANT ONLINE.

CAN I APPLY FOR IT? SURE. AND THEY GOT THE GRANT.

AND NOW WE HAVE BRAND NEW LIGHTS IN THAT BUILDING.

WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY HEAT IN THERE UNTIL LAST YEAR.

SAME THING PARENTS SAID. WHAT IF I FIND AN EFFICIENCY GRANT FOR HEAT? SURE ENOUGH, WE GOT IT. AND NOW THERE'S HEAT IN THE BUILDING. SO IT'S BEEN THIS REALLY COOL COLLABORATION. OUR MAINTENANCE FACILITIES GROUP HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK TO TO SUPPORT THEM. AND THEY'RE JUST IT'S JUST AN AMAZING PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE.

SO THERE'S QUITE A BIT GOING ON I CAN KEEP GOING ON.

I'M GOING TO BE HEADING UP WITH THE DECA GROUP, AROUND 200 STUDENTS ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY UP IN BELLEVUE.

WE HAVE SCIENCE OLYMPIAD DOING WELL AND PARTICIPATING.

SO THE ACTIVITIES AND ATHLETICS ARE DEFINITELY IN A HEAVY SEASON RIGHT NOW.

OKAY. AND JUST THESE ARE THE JUST REMEMBER OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND THE THE THREE MAIN GOALS.

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

WE WE DO RELY ON OUR STRATEGIC PLAN TO HELP GUIDE AND LEAD US.

AND WE TALK ABOUT IT A LOT. AND WE'LL BE GIVING AN UPDATE IN THE NEXT BOARD WORKSHOP, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH AREA.

LISA, DO YOU REMEMBER? I'M SORRY. YEAH. YEP. PROFESSIONAL LEARNING CURRICULUM.

THANK YOU. AND SO I ACTUALLY THE PROFILE OF THE GRAD WORKSHOP, AND WE HAD A GREAT WORKSHOP WITH SEVERAL STAFF MEMBERS.

I THINK TWO WEEKS AGO. AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT WORK.

THESE ARE THE MAIN WORK GROUPS. SO WE HAVE MULTI-TIERED SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT, PROFILE OF A GRAD, STANDARDS BASED LEARNING, PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, CURRICULUM AND THEN SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING AND WELLNESS.

SO THESE ARE THE MAIN WORK GROUPS OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO MEET. AND THERE'S A SPOT ON OUR WEBSITE WHERE YOU GET YOU CAN GET UPDATED ABOUT THE PROGRESS OF THE WORK GROUPS.

AND SO THAT'S ON OUR WEBSITE ABOUT CSD AND THEN STRATEGIC PLAN 2025 AND BEYOND.

AND YOU CLICK THROUGH THAT AND IT'LL, YOU CAN SEE THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

AND YOU CAN ALSO GET AN UPDATE ON ALL OF THE WORK GROUP AND THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE.

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AND THEN A DISTRICT, THE DISTRICT WIDE SEL FOCUS WILL BE PART OF THAT UPDATE.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS PLANNING FOR STAFF SUPPORT THROUGH THE BUDGET SEASON.

SO WE'VE BEEN PARTNERING WITH THE HR TEAM AND OUR SEL GROUP TO BE ABLE TO HOPEFULLY HELP PROVIDE SOME RESOURCES FOR STAFF.

THE OTHER THING IS, IS VERY DIFFICULT AND I WOULD JUST COMMEND AMY.

UNFORTUNATELY, IN MY EDUCATION CAREER, HAVE BEEN THROUGH THIS TYPE OF PROCESS THREE TIMES AND HER CREW HAS CREATED A PACKET OF INFORMATION THAT ANSWERS KIND OF COMMON QUESTIONS AND PROVIDE SUPPORTS FOR STAFF MEMBERS. BUT I THINK I HAVEN'T BEEN IN A DISTRICT THAT'S DONE THAT.

SO I JUST REALLY COMMEND THE HR TEAM FOR DOING THAT AND PROACTIVELY.

AND IT'S TOUGH TIMES WHEN YOU HAVE THAT SOME OF THOSE LOGISTIC QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

IT'S VERY HELPFUL. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW THAT WAS THE THAT'S THE END OF THE REPORT.

JOHN ALWAYS HAS THE DOUBLE THUMBS UP, WHICH I LOVE.

ONCE AGAIN, I JUST APPRECIATE THE ABILITY TO STAND IN FOR DR.

ANZALONE AS HE'S AWAY. AND THAT'S THE REPORT.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I WAS JUST GOING TO POINT OUT.

I WAS JUST GOING TO POINT OUT YOU MENTIONED THAT THE PHASE TWO OF OUR OUR BUDGET REDUCTIONS, PHASE ONE IS ACTUALLY IN OUR CONSENT AGENDA. THE SIX MONTH CONTRACTS THAT WE DID WITH SOME OF OUR DISTRICT STAFF ARE IN OUR CONSENT AGENDA AS PHASE ONE.

AND SO THEN THAT WAS PHASE TWO. THANKS FOR CLARIFYING.

AND ALSO APPRECIATE COREY THANKS FOR BRINGING UP THE MARCH 6TH EVENT.

I THINK THAT HOPEFULLY WILL BE HELPFUL. DEFINITELY.

THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT WE GO ON TO THE MONTHLY BUDGET REPORT.

JASON IS WAITING IN THE WINGS. COMING TO GRAB THE CLICKER.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING.

SO REAL QUICK, THIS WILL BE A BUDGET STATUS REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY.

KIND OF A REPEAT, REALLY FROM FROM LAST MONTH.

NO REAL MATERIAL CHANGE. BUT KIND OF AN UPDATE ON OUR PROJECTION.

OVERALL, A SLIGHT ACTUAL A SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT, TO BE HONEST.

BY THE END OF THE YEAR, WE WERE PROJECTING, YOU KNOW.

WE WERE PROJECTING LESS THAN $4 MILLION FUND BALANCES IS ABOUT $4.1.

STILL NOT IN SAFE TERRITORY, BUT AT LEAST GOING IN THE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

BUT WHAT WHAT WHAT YOU HAVE TO KIND OF KEEP IN MIND IS THAT WE'VE BEEN ON THIS REALLY RAPID DECLINE OF FUND BALANCE.

LIKE WE'VE BEEN BURNING THROUGH IT EVERY SINGLE MONTH.

AND, AND WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO USE ABOUT 64% JUST THIS YEAR SO I'VE GOT A SLIDE THAT TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT THAT.

AND WHAT THAT CHANGE IS FOR US IS SUDDENLY THE TIMING OF WHEN WE GET A STATE APPORTIONMENT OR TAX DOLLARS REALLY STARTS TO MATTER, RIGHT? SO AND WHAT I MEAN BEFORE I MOVE ON WE FINALLY FULFILLED OUR BUS ORDER, SO YAY! HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET OUR NEXT ORDER SOON.

BUT THIS IS KIND OF WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. LIKE WE HAD, I THINK, PROJECTED ABOUT $3.7 MILLION IN ENDING FUND BALANCE, AND NOW WE'RE LIKE AT $4.1. SO IT'S TRENDING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, RIGHT? NOT BUT BUT NOT OBVIOUSLY ENOUGH TO GET US OUT OF THE WOODS.

BUT THIS IS THAT SHARP DECLINE THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

THIS IS SINCE OCTOBER. AND WE'RE SITTING RIGHT HERE, YOU KNOW, PROJECTING THE, YOU KNOW, THE END OF THIS WEEK AT $4.5 MILLION. SO TO GIVE YOU A PERSPECTIVE, ON AVERAGE, THROUGH ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND OUR PAYROLL, WE SPEND ABOUT $10.7 MILLION A MONTH. OKAY. ABOUT $10 MILLION OF THAT IS IS OUR PAYROLL.

SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE HAVE TO GET THAT STATE APPORTIONMENT MONEY IN, IN ORDER TO MAKE PAYROLL.

RIGHT. BECAUSE AGAIN IN THESE MONTHS WHERE WE'RE NOT GETTING TAX COLLECTIONS OF, YOU KNOW, IN OCTOBER AND APRIL, WE'RE THE ONLY REAL INCOME COMING IN IS STATE APPORTIONMENT.

AND THAT COMES THE VERY LAST DAY OF THE MONTH, THE LAST BUSINESS DAY.

SO THIS IS SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO KIND OF THINK ABOUT THIS AND WHY I WAS MENTIONING, LET'S SAY WE MAKE IT THROUGH AND EVERYTHING'S OKAY HERE.

THIS IS WHY I WAS MENTIONING BEFORE LIKE YOU KNOW, DROPPING TO $1.1 MILLION AT THE END OF JUNE,

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I'VE SEEN. SO THAT'S VERY, VERY TIGHT. SO STAY TUNED.

HOPEFULLY WE CAN SNEAK BY WITHOUT YOU KNOW, GETTING A LOAN THIS YEAR, BUT I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT BECAUSE IT'S A NEW WORLD FOR US, TO BE HONEST. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE NOT HAD TO THINK ABOUT SOME OF THESE THINGS.

SO SPENDING A LOT OF TIME IN MY OFFICE, A LOT OF COMMUNICATION WITH AMY'S OFFICE AND HR PAYROLL JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A SINGLE POINT OF CONTROL FOR DISBURSEMENT OF MONIES THAT THAT'S GOT TO GO THROUGH MY OFFICE, BECAUSE WE'RE THE ONES WHO CAN CHECK THE ACTUAL AVAILABLE MONEY THAT'S AVAILABLE THAT DAY.

SO WE WE JUST HAVE TO REALLY LOCK IT DOWN. NO ONE WANTS TO BOUNCE CHECKS, RIGHT? SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF MANAGING THAT. AS I MENTIONED HERE, JANUARY MARKS KIND OF THAT FIRST MONTH WHERE WE START TO GET THE TRUE UP.

AND WHAT THAT IS, IS EVERY YEAR WE RECEIVE A LOT OF OUR STATE APPORTIONMENT MONIES THROUGH THE MONTH OF DECEMBER BASED UPON OUR BUDGET.

AND SO THIS YEAR, IF YOU RECALL, OUR ENROLLMENT DROPPED 1%, ABOUT 1% BELOW OUR FORECAST.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO START TO TRUE THAT UP IN THE REMAINING MONTHS OF THE YEAR STARTING IN JANUARY.

SO THAT THAT STARTED AND THEY'LL TRUE UP FOR OTHER THINGS LIKE YOU KNOW SPED ENROLLMENT GOES UP.

WELL THEN YOU KNOW THAT GOES UP OR WHICH I DON'T THINK HAS HAPPENED, BUT I THINK WE'VE HAD AN INCREASE IN LIKE BILINGUAL AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO WE'LL SEE A BUMP THERE. SO ANYWAYS, YOU KNOW, MOVING AHEAD, THINGS ARE JUST REALLY TIGHT, BUT WE'RE REALLY WATCHING EVERY LINE ITEM, EVEN LIKE THE LOCAL NON TAX, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS NOT TRADITIONALLY A LOT OF MONEY, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO KIND OF BE MINDFUL OF THESE DAYS. RIGHT.

KIND OF THE BIG VARIABLES ON THE REVENUE SIDE IS THERE TENDS TO BE A TRANSPORTATION TRUE-UP THAT HAPPENS IN THE SPRING AND WE CAN NEVER REALLY KNOW OR PREDICT REALLY WHAT THAT'S GOING TO BE. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WE TALKED ABOUT IT AT NAUSEAM BEFORE, WHICH IS SAFETY NET, YOU KNOW, SPED. YOU KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF MODELING $3.5 MILLION OF REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES, RIGHT? BUT WE HAVE TO CARRY THOSE EXPENDITURES THE ENTIRE YEAR.

WE DON'T SEE A DIME UNTIL JULY OR AUGUST, I THINK JULY.

HEY, JASON, REALLY QUICK QUESTION. SO JUST TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND.

SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE WE ARE TRENDING EXTREMELY CLOSE TO OUR BUDGET THEN.

BUT BUT THAT'S BASED MOST OF THAT MOST OF OUR REVENUE HAS BEEN BASED ON WHAT WE BUDGETED FOR.

AND SINCE OUR ENROLLMENT CAME IN A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN WHAT WE ACTUALLY BUDGETED FOR, CAN WE EXPECT THEN TO START SEEING WHAT WE CAN EXPECT THIS GAP TO KIND OF GROW A LITTLE BIT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR? YOU KNOW, IN THIS MODELING, BECAUSE AS SOON AS WE HAD THE WE WERE ABLE TO REDO OUR REVENUE MODEL IN THE FALL.

SO THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT.

WE JUST MENTIONED THE TRUE-UP BECAUSE SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, BUT SO GOOD QUESTION.

NO, IT'S REPRESENTED REALLY RIGHT HERE. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WE'RE ABOUT $1 MILLION BELOW BUDGET, WHICH ISN'T A LOT PERCENTAGE WISE. RIGHT. BUT YOU CAN SEE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S OUR BIG LION'S SHARE, IT'S OVER $75 MIL. RIGHT. SO SO WERE VERY CLOSE, YOU KNOW, COLLECTIVELY BUT JUST THESE LITTLE FRACTIONS OF A PERCENTAGE REALLY START TO MATTER WHEN YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, DOWN, DOWN TO, TO THAT LEVEL OF FUND BALANCE.

AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR $4 MILLION OR SOMETHING, IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY AND IT IS A LOT OF MONEY.

BUT THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT IN, IN THE SCOPE OF $124 MILLION BUDGET AND SEE THAT YOU'RE WITHIN 1/1000 OF 1% OF WHAT YOU BUDGETED FOR.

THAT'S THAT'S. YEAH. WE'RE VERY CLOSE. YES. THANK YOU FOR FINISHING MY SENTENCE.

YEAH, YEAH. SO I MEAN, WE'RE HERE. IT'S NOT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T SEE IT COMING, RIGHT? WE BUDGETED FOR IT AND WE KNEW IT. SO THAT'S THAT'S I GUESS THE, THE MORAL OF THE STORY THERE.

EXPENDITURES KIND OF THE SAME STORY, VERY CLOSE TO BUDGET.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE SEEING SOME MSOC SAVINGS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU RECALL WE WE MADE SOME OF THOSE MOVES EARLY IN THE YEAR.

SO, SO THAT'S GOOD TO SEE SOME OF THAT. NOT REALLY GOING TO SEE A LOT OF PERSONNEL SAVINGS REALLY THIS YEAR.

YOU KNOW, AGAIN MUCH OF THAT REDUCTION IN FORCE EFFORT IS, IS FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

SO WE DON'T ANTICIPATE MANY CHANGES THIS YEAR.

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BUT AGAIN, THIS GREEN BAR IS JUST THE, YOU KNOW, OUR BASICALLY OUR RESERVES, OUR ENDING FUND BALANCE.

I'VE JUST REPLICATED THAT IN THAT PREVIOUS SLIDE.

JUST SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO SEE FOR PRESENTATION PURPOSES.

SAME NUMBERS. SO ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. DID EVERYBODY GET A CHANCE TO SEE THE ITEMS ADDED TO THE AGENDA.

ALL RIGHT. I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA OR.

YEAH. SORRY. I WAS JUMPING AHEAD. SIKE. ACTUALLY WE'RE GOING TO GO TO NUMBER FOUR, CULTURE.

[4. CULTURE]

SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO B WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENTS.

THERE WAS A WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT BY CARYN AND CLARK VITEK WHICH ARE IN THE PUBLIC RECORD.

AND THEN THERE WAS A PUBLIC COMMENT BY CARMEN MOORE THAT IS ALSO IN THE PUBLIC RECORD AND THAT WILL BE IN THE MINUTES.

NOW, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[5. SYSTEMS/PATHWAYS: CONSENT AGENDA]

I SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COREY SECONDED BY BAMINI.

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

I HOPE NOBODY WAS HERE FOR THE CYCLING CLUB BECAUSE THAT WAS IN THE CONSENT AGENDA.

WE APPROVED IT. WOOHOO! OKAY. MOVES US DOWN TO NUMBER SIX CULTURE.

[6. CULTURE: Strong and Vital Partnerships]

I BELIEVE THAT'S JUST SOMETHING WE NEED TO APPROVE THEIR PLAN.

SO ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE 2024 -2025 WOODBURN TITLE ONE PARENT AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT PLAN AS PRESENTED.

I SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY BAMINI, SECONDED BY MATTHEW.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. UNANIMOUS.

ALL RIGHT. THAT MOVES US ON TO THE POLICIES FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.

[7. SYSTEMS/PATHWAYS: Policies for Second Reading and Adoption]

ALL RIGHT, SO YOU GUYS ALL HAVE A LIST OF ALL OF THE POLICIES THAT WE HAVE REVIEWED FOR FIRST READING, HAVE GOTTEN SOME MORE INFORMATION AND HAVE COME BACK FOR A SECOND READING.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION OF ANY OF THOSE POLICIES? I JUST I DON'T THINK ANYTHING HAS REALLY CHANGED ON ANY OF THESE SINCE OUR FIRST READING.

RIGHT. SO THEY WERE JUST PRESENTED AT LAST MONTH'S. OKAY.

AND I MOVE TO APPROVE THE POLICIES PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.

I'LL SECOND. MOVED BY COREY. SECONDED BY BAMINI.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? I GOT IT.

OKAY. NOW WE HAVE SOME NEW POLICY. NOT NEW, BUT POLICIES COMING TO US FOR FIRST READING.

[8. SYSTEMS/PATHWAYS: Policies for First Reading]

WELL, THESE WE WE WENT OVER WITH IN DETAIL AT THE WORKSHOP A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

SO THAT'S WHERE WE HAD THE QUESTIONS. I WAS GOOD.

I HAD A I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE SEPARATION FROM EMPLOYMENT, BUT GAIL GOT ME INFORMATION FROM HR THAT I WAS FINE WITH, SO. OKAY. I HAD I KNOW I HAD SOME QUESTIONS ON 3424.

I WAS NOT AT THE WORKSHOP TWO WEEKS AGO ON OPIOID RELATED OVERDOSE.

BUT CAROL AND GAIL BOTH HELPED QUITE A BIT WITH MAKING THAT CLEAR.

IF ANYONE DIDN'T LOOK, IT WAS MAINLY ABOUT PUTTING HEADERS IN SO THAT IT BROKE THE SECTIONS UP MORE.

IT WAS A VERY LONG RUN ON, AND I KNOW VANCOUVER JUST APPROVED A POLICY THAT WAS NOT BASED ON THE WSSDA MODEL POLICY.

IT WAS KIND OF JUST IT WAS A LITTLE BIT SHORTER.

BUT THIS READS, I THINK, AS WELL AS POSSIBLE.

I KNOW IN BOTH MY DISCUSSION WITH CAROL, JUST MAINLY WITH CAROL, THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME TYPE OF WHEN THIS POLICY DOES GET VOTED IN AFTER SECOND READING, PROBABLY BE GOOD TO HAVE SOME FAQ SO THAT IT'S CLEAR BECAUSE IT'S A CHANGE FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF KNOWING THAT THEY CAN CARRY USE AND THEN EVEN DISTRIBUTE NALOXONE WITHIN THE DISTRICT FOR SAFETY. OKAY.

YEAH. YEAH. AND I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD POINT, BECAUSE SOME OF OUR POLICIES, I THINK,

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OR PUT IT IN NATURAL LANGUAGE. I THINK THIS IS ONE THAT HELPFUL FOR ALL TO KNOW THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S A BIG CHANGE, BUT IT'S ALSO A GOOD CHANGE FOR SAFETY.

YES, ABSOLUTELY. ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THE OTHER POLICIES? YEAH. ALL RIGHT. SO I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE PRESENTED POLICIES FOR FIRST READING.

I'LL SECOND. MOVED BY MATTHEW, SECONDED BY BAMINI.

DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? I GOTCHA. OKAY.

THAT BRINGS US DOWN TO SYSTEMS AND PATHWAYS. BOARD RESOLUTION 24-03, PUBLIC ACCESS TO DISTRICT RECORDS.

[9. SYSTEMS/PATHWAYS: INFORMED AND RESPONSIBLE USE OF RESOURCES]

NO. YEAH. WOULD YOU MIND HAVING DOREEN HI. HI. THIS IS A RESOLUTION THAT WE SHOULD HAVE ADOPTED MANY, MANY YEARS AGO.

IT GOES IN LINE WITH OUR PUBLIC RECORDS POLICY, AND IT'S REFERENCED IN THE POLICY.

IT JUST DIDN'T EXIST. AND IT WAS ANOTHER DISTRICT THAT ASKED TO SEE A COPY OF OURS THAT MADE ME REALIZE THAT WE DON'T HAVE IT AND THAT WE NEED IT.

THERE YOU GO. SO WE'VE NEVER HAD A RUNNING INDEX, AND IT'S BECAUSE IT'S TOO CUMBERSOME, RIGHT? BUT IT SAID THAT WE DID. AND SO THIS JUST SAYS THAT WE DON'T.

GOTCHA. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? DO WE HAVE A SHOULD WE READ THIS JUST SO THAT EVERYONE KNOWS? I MEAN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ IT FOR US? THE LAST ONE YOU HAD WAS A LONG ONE, CONNIE.

SO WOULD YOU READ THE SHORT ONE? OKAY. THANK YOU.

WHY NOT? THANK YOU. YOU CAN READ THE LONG ONE.

SO THIS IS CSD BOARD RESOLUTION 24-03 PUBLIC ACCESS TO DISTRICT RECORDS.

WHEREAS THE CAMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT, SCHOOL BOARD OR BOARD IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING THE PUBLIC FULL ACCESS TO RECORDS CONCERNING THE ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATIONS OF THE DISTRICT IN COMPLIANCE WITH CHAPTERS 4256 OF THE REVISED CODE OF WASHINGTON, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE WASHINGTON PUBLIC RECORDS ACT.

AND WHEREAS THE BOARD RECOGNIZES THAT THE DISTRICT CONTINUOUSLY GENERATES A TREMENDOUS VOLUME OF DIVERSITY OF RECORDS, AND WHEREAS ATTEMPTING TO MAINTAIN A CURRENT INDEX OF ALL DISTRICT'S RECORDS WOULD BE IMPRACTICAL, UNDULY BURDENSOME, AND ULTIMATELY INTERFERE WITH THE OPERATIONAL WORK OF THE DISTRICT.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CAMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL NOT MAINTAIN A CURRENT INDEX OF ITS RECORDS, AND THAT A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT EXECUTION OF THIS RESOLUTION IS CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE THAT THE BOARD'S APPROVAL OF THIS ACTION AND OF THE AUTHORITY GRANTED HEREIN.

THE BOARD WARRANTS THAT IT HAS, AT THE TIME OF THIS ACTION, HAD FULL POWER AND LAWFUL AUTHORITY TO ADOPT THIS INSTRUMENT, AND THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED FOR THIS DAY OF THE 24TH OF FEBRUARY, 2025.

NICELY DONE. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE BOARD RESOLUTION 24-03.

THANK YOU COREY. I'LL SECOND. MATTHEW. MOVED BY COREY.

SECONDED BY MATTHEW. ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. IT MOVES US TO THE PACIFIC OFFICE.

AUTOMATION COPIER LEASE RENEWAL FOR DOROTHY FOX.

SELF-EXPLANATORY. WELL, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT ALWAYS SEEMS REALLY SILLY THAT THE BOARD APPROVES BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A LOW DOLLAR AMOUNT, BUT IT'S BECAUSE IT'S A FIVE YEAR AGREEMENT. SO IS THIS THE SAME TYPE OF COPIER AS LAST TIME? THE EDUCATORS THAT WERE HERE LAST TIME NO, THAT WAS TALKING ABOUT THE DOWNGRADE. LIKE, ARE WE GOING TO GET TO THE PURPLE MIMEOGRAPH? NO. LATER. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING A GOOD ONE HERE. YEAH.

THE BEST $118.10 A MONTH CAN BUY YOU. YEAH. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE A NEW LEASED COPIER FOR DOROTHY FOX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITH LEASE COSTS OF $118.10 A MONTH FOR A 16 MONTH TERM.

THE GENERAL FUND WILL COVER THE COST OF THIS EXPENSE.

THANK YOU BAMINI. I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU COREY.

IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ALL RIGHT. THE LAST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS A RESOLUTION 24-04 MARCH AS MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH.

CAN YOU PLEASE READ IT FOR US, COREY? IT WOULD.

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

AND WHEREAS THE PURPOSE OF THIS CELEBRATION IS TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE LASTING, POSITIVE IMPACT OF MUSIC EDUCATION ON THE ACADEMIC, PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL GROWTH OF OUR STUDENTS.

AND WHEREAS, MUSIC EDUCATION SHAPES THE WAY OUR STUDENTS UNDERSTAND THEMSELVES AND THE WORLD AROUND THEM, ALLOWING FOR A DEEP ENGAGEMENT WITH LEARNING.

AND WHEREAS MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH REMINDS US, THAT ALL REMINDS US THAT SCHOOL IS WHERE ALL CHILDREN SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO MUSIC.

AND WHEREAS MUSIC EDUCATORS, STUDENTS, AND COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT WASHINGTON DEMONSTRATE THE IMPORTANCE OF QUALITY MUSIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS TO THE LIVES OF YOUNG PEOPLE.

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

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CAMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM ON FEBRUARY 24TH, 202 5 MARCH AS MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH AND ENCOURAGES OUR CITIZENS TO CELEBRATE AND ACKNOWLEDGE EVERY DAY, BUT ESPECIALLY IN MARCH, THAT MUSIC EDUCATION IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF EVERY STUDENT'S WELL-ROUNDED EDUCATION.

ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CAMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER 117, CLARK COUNTY, WASHINGTON, ON THIS DAY, THE 24TH OF FEBRUARY, 2025. WELL DONE.

WELL, I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE BOARD TAKING A STAND ON THIS EVERY YEAR.

I APPRECIATE DOING IT EARLY IN FEBRUARY SO THAT WE CAN REALLY REMIND OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR COMMUNITY TO TO TO CELEBRATE THIS.

AND I ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO OUR MARCH REGULAR MEETING ON MARCH 24TH WHEN WE'LL GET SOME SOME GREAT ENTERTAINMENT THAT I KNOW GAIL'S ALREADY WORKING ON LINING UP. WELL, WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER, I APPRECIATE THAT. SO WOULDN'T THIS BE A GOOD TIME FOR A SHAMELESS PLUG ON THE MUSIC BOOSTER GALA? THAT'S TRUE. YES, THAT'S A GOOD POINT. YES. THEIR TICKETS ARE ON SALE FOR THE 26TH OF APRIL.

IT'S THE LAST SATURDAY IN APRIL, I KNOW THAT, SO, YEAH, WE ALL GOT AN INVITE FOR THAT.

YEAH. ANYWAY, I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU. WELL, I DIDN'T MAKE THEM.

DO YOU WANT ME TO? CAN I MAKE THE MOTION, PLEASE CAN I? YES, I KNOW I WOULD. I WOULD MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE BOARD RESOLUTION 24-04.

MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH. OH, YOU. SECOND. I'LL SECOND.

AND, MATTHEW SECOND. ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. THANK YOU. SO THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. AND THAT BRINGS OUR MEETING TO A CLOSE.

THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING AND STAYING TO THE GRISLY END.

WE APPRECIATE YOU. THANKS.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.