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          >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. WELCOME TO OUR MAY 27 [LAUGHTER] SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. 
          [1. REGULAR MEETING CALL TO ORDER - 5:30 PM]
WE'RE ALL RUNNING IN HERE LATE TODAY. HAVING MEETINGS ON TUESDAY. 
          SOMETIMES THROWS ALL OF US OFF A LITTLE BIT. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. WE'LL START TODAY WITH OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY MATTHEW. 
          [2. CULTURE]
          >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          >> THANK YOU, MATTHEW. NEXT, WE HAVE OUR LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT, WHICH WILL BE READ BY 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. 
          >> THANK YOU, COREY. NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO SOME CELEBRATIONS. 
          IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE SOME MILLTOWN PRIDE AWARDS. 
          WHITNEY, ARE YOU DOING THOSE OR? YES. WHITNEY, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          >> NOW, CAN YOU HEAR NOW? GREAT. IF I COULD ACTUALLY HAVE ON, AND ELLA AND ZACH AND JASMINE AND MRS. BRONOWSKI COME DOWN WHILE I'M TALKING. 
          YOU GUYS CAN STAND HERE AND I'LL TELL A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING. 
          THE ASSOCIATION FOR LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS OR A FOR LE, IS AN INTERDISCIPLINARY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION WITH MORE THAN 5,400 PROFESSIONALS. 
          WE ARE ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, CONTRACTORS, SCHOOL DISTRICT ADMINS, SUPERINTENDENTS, TEACHERS, CAPITAL PROJECT STAFF. 
          OUR GOAL IS TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENTS WHERE CHILDREN GROW AND THRIVE, AND WE FOCUS AT THE INTERSECTION OF EDUCATIONAL PEDAGOGY, AND DESIGN, CREATING HEALTHY, SAFE, AND RESILIENT SCHOOL FACILITIES THAT SUPPORT THE DIVERSE NEEDS OF STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AND THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE. 
          ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE DO THAT IS BY LEADING AN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN CHALLENGE CALLED SCHOOLS NEXT. 
          IN COLLABORATION WITH THE US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, AS WELL AS LOCAL ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE FIRMS LIKE MY EMPLOYER INTEGRIS ARCHITECTURE. 
          WE PROVIDE THE CURRICULUM AND THE REFERENCE MATERIALS FOR THE COMPETITION. 
          SCHOOLS NEXT IS A PROJECT-BASED LEARNING COMPETITION WHERE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS DESIGN THE SCHOOL OF THEIR FUTURE. 
          THIS PROGRAM GIVES STUDENTS A CHANCE TO SEE WHAT ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN REALLY LOOKS LIKE AND A VOICE IN SHAPING THE FUTURE OF THE EDUCATIONAL FACILITY DESIGNS. 
          IT ISN'T JUST ABOUT LEARNING ABOUT ARCHITECTURAL BASICS, BUT IT'S ABOUT RETHINKING HOW LEARNING SPACES SUPPORT CREATIVITY, WELL BEING, AND COMMUNITY. 
          STUDENTS USE THE DESIGN THINKING PROCESS TO CREATE INNOVATIVE, SUSTAINABLE AND STUDENT CENTERED ENVIRONMENTS. 
          THEY ALSO GAIN REAL WORLD EXPERIENCE THROUGH RESEARCH AND TEAMWORK. 
          THEY LEARN HOW PHYSICAL SPACES CAN IMPACT OUR HEALTH AND OUR HAPPINESS, OUR EDUCATIONAL FUNCTION, COLLABORATING WITH DESIGN PROFESSIONALS, VISITING SUSTAINABLE FACILITIES, IMAGINING HOW SCHOOLS CAN BETTER SERVE STUDENTS AND COMMUNITIES IN THE FUTURE. 
          BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, THEY LEARN THAT THEIR IDEAS HAVE VALUE AND THAT THEY HAVE THE POWER TO SHAPE THE FUTURE. 
          THIS IS MY SECOND YEAR MENTORING DISCOVERY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FOR THE SCHOOLS NEXT DESIGN CHALLENGE. 
          LAST YEAR, WE STARTED WITH ABOUT 16 STUDENTS SHOWING UP EVERY FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE SCHOOL FROM ABOUT DECEMBER TO APRIL TO FOCUS ON DESIGNING THEIR OWN SCHOOL OF THE FUTURE AND GETTING SOME EXPERIENCE WITHIN EACH DISCIPLINE THAT WORKS IN SCHOOL FACILITY DESIGNS. 
          ALL OF THIS WAS COMPLETED WITHOUT THE KIDS RECEIVING ANY GRADE OR GETTING CREDIT. 
          OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S NOT AN IDEAL SITUATION, BUT I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT IT CAN BE DONE, AND THAT KIDS WILL PUT IN THE TIME AND THE EFFORT IF THEY FEEL EMPOWERED AND EXCITED ABOUT AN OPPORTUNITY THAT'S UNIQUE. 
          I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT LAST YEAR, OUR TEAM WON FIRST PLACE IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST REGIONAL LEVEL AND ENDED UP TAKING SECOND PLACE AT THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL TO CO PRESENT AT THE A FOR LE CONFERENCE HELD IN PORTLAND LAST YEAR. 
          TWO OF THOSE STUDENTS ARE ACTUALLY NOW STUDYING ENGINEERING AT BOISE STATE AND ARCHITECTURE AT BELMONT UNIVERSITY. 
          DURING THE DESIGN CHALLENGE PROCESS, LAST YEAR, SOME OF YOU GUYS MIGHT REMEMBER THEY PETITIONED THE BOARD TO CREATE AN ARCHITECTURE CLUB IN CAMAS. 
          I THINK YOU CAN SAY THAT THEY LIKE THEIR EXPERIENCE AND HAVE STARTED TO GROW THEIR PASSION AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARCHITECTURE AT DISCOVERY. 
          THIS YEAR, OUR NEW TEAM OF OWN, AND ELLA, AND ZACH, AND JASMINE BUILT ON THAT SUCCESS. 
          LAST MONTH IN PORTLAND, THEY PRESENTED TO A PANEL OF NINE JURORS, TAKING FIRST PLACE REGIONALLY. 
          THEN TWO WEEKS AFTER THAT, THE TEAM PRESENTED TO THE INTERNATIONAL PANEL OF EIGHT JURORS, EARNING FIRST PLACE FOR THE WIN [APPLAUSE]. 
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AS WELL, THEY'VE ALSO BEEN INVITED TO PRESENT THEIR PROJECT AT THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR A FOR LE, WHICH IS THIS COMING OCTOBER IN PHOENIX. 
          TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT EACH STUDENT BROUGHT. 
          ON TAUGHT HIMSELF SKETCH UP IN HIS FREE TIME FOR THIS COMPETITION, JUST FOR FUN, TO CREATE THE DIGITAL MODEL OF THEIR DESIGN. 
          ELLA, WHO IS ALSO PART OF THE CAMAS ROBOTICS TEAM, TOOK ON THE TASK OF CREATING THE FINAL MODEL BY ADAPTING THE SKETCH UP MODEL AND THEN PROGRAMMING THE LASER CUTTER IN DISCOVERIES WOODSHOP AND BUILDING THE MODEL. 
          ZACH IS THE ARCHITECTURE CLUB VP AND SYNTHESIZE THEIR RESEARCH AND CONTENT FOR THE PAPER AND POWERPOINT. 
          JASMINE CLUB PRESIDENT LED THE TEAM AS PROJECT MANAGER. 
          BRINGING HER WINNING EXPERIENCE TO LAST YEAR'S PROCESS AND THE TEAM THIS YEAR. 
          OF COURSE, THEIR MATH TEACHER, MRS. BRONOWSKI WHO'S RIGHT THERE. 
          WHO'S A SELF DESCRIBED ARCHITECTURE FAN GIRL WHO SHOWED UP EARLY TO SUPPORT THE GROUP, SOMETIMES BRINGING DONUT BRIBES, BECAUSE DONUTS, WORKING HER MAGIC WITH THE KIDS, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ALL EXCEEDED THE PROJECT REQUIREMENTS. 
          THE TEAM THAT RECEIVED GLOWING COMMENTS AND RESPONSES FROM ALL THE JURORS AT EACH LEVEL, AND I'M SO PROUD OF THEIR PROJECT SUBMISSION, THEIR PASSION, THEIR PROFESSIONALISM AS THEY REPRESENT CAMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT TO THE ARCHITECTURE ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION COMMUNITY OF A FOR LE [APPLAUSE]. 
          >> DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THE STUDENTS? 
          >> I DON'T GET THE MILLTOWN PRIDE AWARDS FOR THEM. 
          >> IT DEPENDS ON THE WAY BACK [APPLAUSE]. CONGRATULATION. 
          >> NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM 2D, WHICH IS THE PRESENTATION OF THE CAMAS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION DIANE RENNE FUTURE EDUCATOR SCHOLARSHIPS, AND MR. LINWAD IS HERE FOR THAT. 
          >> WHEN I CAME HERE, I 
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WAS WAS A MEMBER [INAUDIBLE] [APPLAUSE]. 
          >> IN FIVE YEAR. 
          IT WORKS OUT. I'M NOT CERTAIN IF THEY'RE STANDING IN THE PERFECT ARRANGEMENT HERE, BUT I'M JUST GOING TO START WITH THEM IN THE ORDERS THAT I MENTIONED THEM. 
          KATIE. KATIE'S THE DAUGHTER OF SARAH CALF, A CA MEMBER AND A TEACHER AT PRUNE HILL. 
          KATIE IS GOING TO GRADUATE FROM HAYES FREEDOM. 
          LIKE HER MOM, SHE WANTS TO TEACH AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL. 
          SHE'S ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN SCIENCE AND LIBRARY EDUCATION. PARKER IS NEXT. 
          >> I RECOGNIZE YOU FROM YOUR PICTURE. 
          >> PARKER IS GOING TO BE A CHS GRAD. 
          PARKER IS INTERESTED IN WORKING IN SPECIAL EDUCATION AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL. 
          HE WROTE IN HIS ESSAY APPLICATION THAT HIS ROLE MODEL OF A TEACHER WAS AN BRON WILLIAMS, WHOSE SON, YOU MAY REMEMBER WAS ONE OF OUR SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS LAST YEAR. DELANEY. 
          >> YEAH. 
          >> DELANEY, LIKE ALL OF OUR REMAINING WINNERS IS ALSO A CHS GRAD. 
          LIKE PARKER, SHE HAS AN INTEREST IN ATTENDING GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY. 
          SHE WANTS TO PURSUE PRESCHOOL AND EARLY EDUCATION AND WAS HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY CEA MEMBER BY NAME OF JILL FULLER WHO TEACHES EDUCATION CLASSES AT CHS. 
          MADISON. MADISON WANTS TO BE A HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC TEACHER AND TO DO BAND IN CHOIR. 
          I KNOW MANY OF US WERE SADDENED BY THE NEWS OF MR. MANCINI'S UPCOMING RETIREMENT THIS WEEKEND, BUT THERE IS SOME COMFORT IN KNOWING THAT THE CA CAN HELP ONE OF HIS STUDENTS FILL HIS SHOES SOMETIME SOON. 
          SHE PLANS ON GOING TO CW. 
          THEN FINALLY, GRACE. GRACE WILL BE GOING TO UTAH STATE WHERE SHE WILL PURSUE ELEMENTARY EDUCATION. 
          LAURIE LACHLAN WAS THE CA MEMBER AND TEACHER SHE CITED AS MOST WANTING TO BE LIKE WHEN SHE HAS HER OWN CLASSROOM SOMEDAY. 
          TO THE CAMPUS SCHOOL BOARD ON BEHALF OF THE CAMPUS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION AND THE ETERNALLY PRESENT SPIRIT OF DIANA RENNIE, I THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING OUR 2025 CEA FUTURE [APPLAUSE]. 
          >> THANK YOU. GREAT JOB. 
          >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I DO LOVE THAT THEY HAVE CHANGED THE NAME TO THE DIANE RENNIE. 
          THAT'S REALLY SPECIAL, SO I LOVE THAT NEWS. 
          NEXT, TO MOVE ON TO SOME STUDENT REPORTS, AND OUR FIRST STUDENT REPORT IS FROM THE STUDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          YOU GUYS ARE HERE. AS WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE EXIT, WE CAN HOLD ON. 
          THAT MICROPHONE RIGHT THERE SHOULD WORK FOR YOU. 
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          >> A LITTLE BIT. 
          >> YES. 
          >> I GUESS YOU NEED TO COME UP THERE. THANK YOU. 
          >> I'M A LITTLE BIT SHORTER THAN OUR PRESS. LAST PRESENTER. 
          MY NAME IS JAY DISTANT AND I AM THE HIGH SCHOOL CO-CHAIR OF THE STUDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND THIS IS OUR SCHOOL BOARD UPDATE. IT'S BEEN A WHILE. 
          WHY CLICK? FANCY. OUR TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS CURRENTLY IN SAC IS 37, AND OUR AVERAGE ATTENDANCE IS 30 PER MEETING, WHICH IS A LOT MORE THAN OUR PAST YEAR. 
          THAT'S REALLY GOOD. 
          SO FAR WE'VE HAD 16 MEETINGS AND WE HAVE TWO REMAINING ONE TOMORROW AND ONE ON MONDAY. 
          WE HAVE FIVE OF OUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS REPRESENTED AND THE GRADES REPRESENTED SEVENTH GRADE THROUGH 12TH GRADE. 
          OUR FIRST BIG PROJECT THAT WE DO IN THE YEAR IS THE WINDOWS AND MIRRORS PROJECT. 
          THIS IS A 20 MINUTE LESSON, INCLUDING A DISCUSSION, A VIDEO, AND SHARING EXPERIENCE WITH PEERS. 
          WE TAKE OUR OWN STUDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE STUDENTS AND WE GO AND VISIT DIFFERENT FIFTH GRADE CLASSROOMS. WE VISIT EVERY SINGLE FIFTH GRADE CLASSROOM IN THE DISTRICT, AND WE SAW ABOUT 495 FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS, WHICH IS REALLY IMPRESSIVE WITH OUR STUDENTS WHO WENT TO GO PRESENT. 
          WENT TO ALL SEVEN ELEMENTARIES, INCLUDING CAMS CONNECT ACADEMY. 
          WE DO THIS TO REACH EVERY FIFTH GRADE STUDENT AND BUILD EMPATHY, PROVIDE MENTORSHIP, AND INVOLVE REFLECTION ON THE EXPERIENCE OF OTHERS AND HOW OUR WORDS CAN AFFECT OTHER PEOPLE. 
          WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE THE KIDS UNDERSTAND THAT LABELS AND WORDS HAVE POWER OVER A PERSON, AND WE REALLY WANT THE STUDENTS OF OUR DISTRICT TO SHARE POSITIVE WORDS AND WATCH HOW IT CAN GROW FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          OUR SECOND BIG PROJECT OF THE YEAR IS OUR STUDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE, WHERE WE INVITE ALL OF OUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS TO COME TO THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND WE JUST WANT TO CREATE COMMUNITY WITHIN ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS. 
          THIS YEAR, WE TRIED TO CREATE COMMUNITY THROUGH OPENING AND CLOSING CIRCLES WHERE WE HAD REALLY GOOD OPENING DISCUSSIONS WHERE WE GOT TO BOND WITH EACH OTHER. 
          WE DID BREAKOUT DISCUSSIONS AND WHOLE GROUP INCLUSIVITY INITIATIVES, AS WELL AS CROSS DISTRICT CONNECTIONS. 
          WE DID A LOT OF ACTIVITIES THAT HELPED BUILD COMMUNITY WITHIN THE SCHOOLS THAT NORMALLY DON'T INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER. 
          IT WAS REALLY COOL TO SEE HOW PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT SCHOOLS CREATED FRIENDSHIPS AND COMMUNITY. 
          WE ALSO HAD A PANEL OF SOME OF OUR CSD LEADERS THAT ARE HERE TODAY AND OTHERS THAT WORK HERE IN THE DISTRICT, AND WE REALLY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT BELONGING, INCLUSION, AND STUDENT VOICE. 
          OUR TOTAL ATTENDEES OUT OF THE DISTRICT WAS 51 PEOPLE. 
          CURRENTLY, WE ARE WORKING ON ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR NEXT YEAR. 
          IF ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE OR YOU KNOW ANYONE WHO'S IN GRADE 7 THROUGH 12 IS INTERESTED, WE ARE ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS. 
          WE ARE REVIEWING THESE APPLICATIONS, AND WE'RE DETERMINING CO-CHAIRS. 
          WE HAVE ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ONE HIGH SCHOOL CO-CHAIR THAT LEAD OUR MEETINGS, THEY PLAN, AND THEY COME TO DISTRICT MEETINGS LIKE THIS. 
          WE ARE ALSO HAVING ONGOING COMMUNICATION WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD BECAUSE WE WANT TO WORK MORE CLOSELY THAN WE HAVE IN THE PAST. 
          WE'RE ALSO CELEBRATING BECAUSE IT'S CLOSE TO THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. 
          IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN JOINING STUDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, A LOT OF THESE POSTERS ARE BEING HUNG UP IN YOUR SCHOOLS, AND SOME SCHOOLS HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS, AND THERE'S ALSO A QR CODE. THANK YOU. 
          [APPLAUSE]. 
          >> IF YOU WANT TO HOLD ON FOR A SECOND, I'LL SEE IF THE BOARD HAS ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU. 
          I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHAT GRADE YOU WERE IN AND HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN ON THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          >> I'M A SOPHOMORE AT CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL, AND I JOINED SAC WHEN I WAS IN EIGHTH GRADE, SO THIS IS MY THIRD YEAR. 
          >> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, TRACY AND I ACTUALLY HAD A MEETING. 
          WAS IT LAST WEEK OR THE WEEK BEFORE IT FEELS LIKE 1,000 YEARS AGO. 
          BUT WE HAD A MEETING WITH SHAUNA AND KATIE A LOT ABOUT THAT SAC AND SCHOOL BOARD RELATIONSHIP. 
          SO I LOVE TO SEE THAT WE WANT TO IMPROVE THE WORKING RELATIONSHIP BECAUSE WHAT YOUR COMMITTEE DOES AND THE LEADERS THAT YOU'RE CREATING IS SO POWERFUL. 
          AND WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE THINK THAT STUDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE CAN BE A REALLY POWERFUL VEHICLE FOR AUTHENTIC STUDENT VOICE, NOT JUST YOU SEE IN A LOT OF OTHER SCHOOL BOARDS LIKE, OH, YOU'VE GOT A STUDENT REP ON THE BOARD, AND THEY JUST K YOU KNOW, THEY'RE JUST KIND OF A PERFUNCTORY ROLE. 
          SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO KIND OF 
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HAVING THAT DIALOGUE AND REALLY GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER. 
          THE SCHOOL BOARD GETTING TO KNOW SAC A LOT BETTER. 
          TRACY, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANTED TO. 
          >> I THINK THAT'S GREAT. I THINK WE LOOK TO YOU GUYS FOR INPUT THAT YOU GUYS CAN GET THAT WE SOMETIMES CAN'T GET AS WELL. 
          I THINK JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO EVEN ATTENDING SOME OF YOUR MEETINGS OR WORKING TOGETHER ON WHAT TOPICS WE NEED HELP WITH OR WHAT YOU GUYS NEED THAT WE COULD HELP WITH. 
          WE JUST REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE GOING FORWARD. 
          >> I ALSO JUST THINK THE WINDOWS AND MIRRORS PROJECT THAT YOU DO IS AMAZING WORK. 
          IT'S SO COOL IF ANYBODY HASN'T HAD A CHANCE TO CHECK IT OUT. 
          IT'S REALLY COOL. THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE I WAS SO BUMPED, I COULDN'T MAKE IT THIS YEAR, BUT I KNOW MATTHEW WAS THERE BECAUSE YOU'RE PART OF THE PANEL, BUT IT WAS GREAT STUFF. 
          >> CAN I ASK A QUESTION? YOU PUT UP THERE. 
          THERE'S LEADERSHIP ROLES TOO WITHIN THE STUDENT ADVISORY. 
          ALTHOUGH IT IS VERY COLLABORATIVE. 
          THE MEETINGS I'VE GONE, AS YOU SAID, AT THE DIVERSITY CONFERENCE, IT WAS A BUNCH OF STUDENTS FROM DIFFERENT SCHOOLS THAT SOME DIDN'T KNOW EACH OTHER AND BY THE END OF THE DAY, THEY WERE FREELY SHARING. 
          I DON'T THINK YOU COULD GET A GROUP OF ADULTS IN A ROOM FOR SIX HOURS. 
          MAYBE THERE WAS SNACKS. 
          IT WAS REALLY WELCOME TO SEE BECAUSE WE HAVE CLEARLY OUT OF STUDENT VOICE TONIGHT. 
          WE HAVE ASP GROUPS THAT ARE HERE, WE HAVE SOME CLUBS THAT ARE HERE, AND THIS IS I THINK ANOTHER REALLY IMPORTANT AVENUE FOR THE DIVERSITY OF VOICE SO THAT IT COMES FROM ALL THE SCHOOLS. 
          ARE YOU GOING TO LEAN IN ON SOME LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES WITH YOUR REMAINING COUPLE OF YEARS IN STUDENT ADVISORY? 
          >> PERHAPS. THERE IS A CHANCE. YES. 
          >> WHAT DO YOU THINK THE ADVANTAGES OF THAT? MAYBE JUST SHARE A LITTLE BIT WHAT IT'S MEANT TO YOU PERSONALLY TO BEYOND STUDENT ADVISORY. 
          WHAT HAVE YOU GAINED FROM IT? 
          >> I'VE DEFINITELY GAINED A LOT OF THINGS. 
          FRIENDSHIP IS ONE OF THEM. 
          I'VE MET A LOT OF STUDENT LEADERS THAT I WOULD NOT HAVE MET IF I HADN'T JOINED THE STUDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          I'VE REALLY GOTTEN TO OPEN MY EYES TO DIFFERENT THINGS IN OUR DISTRICT, BECAUSE I KNOW PERSONALLY, I HAVE ALWAYS GONE LIBERTY AND THEN CHS, AND I'VE NEVER REALLY HAD THE EXPERIENCE TO TALK TO ANYONE ELSE FROM OTHER SCHOOLS. 
          THIS IS A REALLY GOOD EXPERIENCE FOR ME BECAUSE I GET TO OPEN MY EYES TO OTHER PERSPECTIVES THAT I NEVER WOULD HAVE SEEN WITHOUT THIS. 
          BEING A LEADER HAS HELPED ME GROW BECAUSE I HAVE NEVER REALLY BEEN THE MOST OUTGOING PERSON, AND IT'S REALLY HELPED ME BREAK OUT OF MY SHELL AND JUST GROW INTO ME AS A PERSON. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> HIGHLY SUGGEST. 
          [APPLAUSE]. 
          >> NEXT, WE HAVE A STUDENT REPORT FROM CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL. 
          >> [INAUDIBLE]. 
          >> HI. I'M CHARLOTTE [INAUDIBLE]. 
          I'M THE ASP PRESIDENT. 
          >> HI, I'M JULIANA CORVETT AND I'M THE ASP TREASURER. 
          WE'RE ON BEHALF OF CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL. 
          >> JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE UPDATE. 
          AS FAR AS ATHLETICS GO, GIRLS GOLF JUST ONE SECOND IN STATE, AND JASMINE CHEN WAS A STATE CHAMPION. 
          OUR GIRLS TENNIS GOT SECOND IN STATE, AND TALEY AND TAR KIRKER ALSO WON STATE FOR DOUBLES. 
          THE BOYS TENNIS ALSO GOT FOURTH IN STATE. 
          CHASE MCGEE HAS THE WASHINGTON STATE RECORD IN PVOLVE HE JUST BROKE IT LAST WEEK, I THINK, AND BOTH BOYS AND GIRLS TRACK WON DISTRICTS, AND THEY ARE HEADED TO STATE THIS WEEKEND. 
          BASEBALL AND SOCCER ALSO WENT TO STATE. 
          >> AS FAR AS CLUBS GO, WE RECENTLY HAD OUR MASCOT TALENT SHOW WHERE STUDENTS GET TO SHOW OFF THEIR GIFTS AND SKILLS. 
          OUR JAZZ BAND HAD A CONCERT THIS LAST WEEK AND THEY HAVE AN UPCOMING CONCERT NEXT WEDNESDAY, WHICH IS ALSO MANCINI'S LAST CONCERT. 
          SEVERAL CLUBS ARE IN THE MIDST OF ELECTIONS FOR NEW OFFICERS NEXT YEAR, SO THAT'S VERY EXCITING. 
          OUR ASP HOSTED A MOVIE NIGHT FEATURING SHREK, AND SPEAKING OF ASP, WE HAVE OUR GIRLS FLAG FOOTBALL GAME THIS FRIDAY AT DOC HARRIS, AND IT'S $5 FOR ENTRY, SO BE THERE. 
          WE ALSO RECENTLY APPROVED OUR TABLETOP TENNIS CLUB. 
          >> THEN WE JUST HAVE A LOT OF SENIOR EVENTS COMING UP AS GRADUATIONS JUST TWO WEEKS AWAY. 
          THERE'S A SENIOR BARBECUE ON TUESDAY, JUNE 3, AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR THE BARBECUE. 
          IF ANYONE WANTS TO VOLUNTEER, REACH OUT TO VALERIE BARBON AND THEN WE HAVE SENIOR AWARDS NIGHT AND A FEW OTHER THINGS COMING UP AND THEN GRADUATIONS 13TH. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> ARE YOU GUYS WHAT GRADE ARE YOU IN? 
          >> WE'RE SENIORS. 
          >> ALL THESE EVENTS ARE INCLUDE YOU GUYS. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. IF YOU GUYS WANT TO BARBECUE FOR THE SENIOR NIGHT, TOO, I'LL BE THERE. 
          TUESDAY, JUNE 3RD. 
          WE'VE BEEN KNOWN TO BARBECUE BEFORE, 
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SO WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> OUR NEXT STUDENT REPORT IS DISCOVERY HIGH SCHOOL. 
          >> GOOD EVENING. I'M JACK WALSH, THE ASP PRESIDENT AT DISCOVERY HIGH SCHOOL. I'M A SENIOR. 
          >> I'M LOGAN ROBINSON, ASP REALITY COMMISSION, AND I'M ALSO A SENIOR. 
          WE HAD PRO WAS A MEMORABLE AND SUCCESSFUL EVENT THAT BROUGHT HER STUDENTS TOGETHER IN A FUN AND CELEBRATORY ENVIRONMENT. 
          THE NIGHT WAS WELL ORGANIZED WITH GREAT MUSIC, DECORATIONS, AND PARTICIPATION FOR BOTH STUDENTS AND STAFF. 
          I CREATED LASTING MEMORIES AND A POSITIVE SENSE OF SCHOOL SPIRIT THAT CARRIED BEYOND THE EVENT. 
          FOR SENIOR PROJECTS, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF THEM. 
          OVER THE PAST MONTH, OUR SENIORS HAVE BEEN HARD AT WORK DILIGENTLY ORGANIZING AND COMPLETING THE EVENTS REQUIRED FOR THEIR SENIOR PROJECTS. 
          WE HAVE HAD THE ART FAIR, HOMELESS VETERAN DRIVE, MAY THE FOURTH EVENT, AND THE DISCOVERY CAR SHOW. 
          OUR SENIORS ARE MAKING A GREAT IMPACT ON THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THEIR FINAL DISPLAY IS ON JUNE 9TH. 
          TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK WAS EARLIER THIS WEEK MONTH, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE OUR VERY OWN TEACHERS AND STAFF AT DHS FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO DISCOVERY STUDENTS. 
          ONE OTHER REALLY NOT IMPORTANT THING THAT I WANT TO DISCUSS. 
          WE HAVE A PET BUG NAMED CHUCK. 
          HE IS A VERY VALUED MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY, HOWEVER, TRAGEDY STRUCK WHEN WE CAME TO SCHOOL AND NOTICED THAT CHUCK WAS GONE. 
          SOMEONE KILLED CHUCK. WHOEVER IT IS, I'M GETTING VENGEANCE. THAT IS ALL. 
          >> NEXT STEP, EARLIER THIS MONTH? 
          >> HOW DO YOU FOLLOW UP ON THAT? > YOU BACK. ON MAY 3, SATURDAY, OUR DISCOVERY HIGH SCHOOL AND MATH OLYMPICS TEAM HEADED TO ELLENSBURG, AND WE HAD OUR STATE MATH COMPETITION. 
          WE HAD A TOTAL OF NINE DISCOVERY STUDENTS FROM ALL FOUR GRADE LEVELS MAKING THE FOUR HOUR DRIVE OUT FOR THIS EVENT. 
          THE MOST STUDENTS IN OUR SCHOOL'S HISTORY. 
          EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED HAD A GREAT TIME. 
          I'M VERY GLAD PERSONALLY TO HAVE BEEN PART OF THE MATH CLUB. 
          THIS WAS THE LAST EVENT THAT BOTH LOGAN AND I WENT TO, BUT WE'RE VERY EXCITED FOR THE FUTURE OF THE CLUB. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF UNDERCLASSMEN WHO WE ARE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THEM GET WORK DONE IN THE FUTURE. 
          FINALLY, LOGAN AND I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR EVERY MEETING ALL YEAR, AND WE'RE GRADUATING IN JUST 16 DAYS, MEANING THIS IS SADLY OUR LAST STUDENT REPORT. 
          WE HOPE THAT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WE'VE KEPT YOU WELL INFORMED ABOUT DISCOVERY WHILE ALSO GIVING YOU SOME LAGS AS WELL. 
          THAT BEING SAID, IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO REPORT TO YOU ABOUT OUR SCHOOL. 
          IT WOULD BE IRRESPONSIBLE NOT TO SHARE OUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THE CHANGES COMING TO OUR PBL CAMPUS NEXT YEAR. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT THE DECISIONS MADE DURING BUDGET CUTS MIGHT FEEL OUT OF YOUR CONTROL, AND PART OF THE JOB IS MAKING IMPOSSIBLE DECISIONS THAT WILL NEVER MAKE ANYONE HAPPY. 
          BUT YOU CAN'T DENY HOW IMPORTANT PBL IS FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THE IMMENSE POTENTIAL IT HAS TO DRAW NEW STUDENTS AND FAMILIES INTO THE DISTRICT. 
          ALL YEAR, LOGAN AND I HAVE TOLD YOU ABOUT THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS MADE BY OUR STUDENTS, WHETHER IT'S MATHEMATICS, ROBOTICS, ART, ARCHITECTURE, ANIMATION, MORE. 
          THE LAST TWO MILLTOWN PRIDE AWARDS HAVE BEEN TO DISCOVERY STUDENTS. 
          DISCOVERY HIGH SCHOOL ROUTINELY COMPETES IN ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL EVENTS WITH SCHOOLS TEN TIMES ITS SIZE, SHOWING THAT THE STUDENTS HERE REALLY ARE PERFORMING AT A HIGH LEVEL REGARDLESS OF THEIR BACKGROUND. 
          PROJECT-BASED LEARNING WORKS AND IT WORKS FOR EVERYONE. 
          DON'T TAKE IT FOR GRANTED. 
          DISCOVERY IS AMONG THE MANY PROGRAMS, SCHOOLS, AND OPPORTUNITIES IN CAMAS THAT MAKE THE DISTRICT SO DESIRABLE. 
          I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT IT MUST BE STRENGTHENED TO ATTRACT MORE STUDENTS RATHER THAN GUTTED BECAUSE OF ITS VULNERABILITIES. THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR A GREAT YEAR, AND THAT IS IT. [APPLAUSE]. 
          >> YOU GUYS HAVE SOME QUESTIONS? 
          >> YEAH. THANK YOU, JACK. APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS. 
          FOR BOTH OF YOU COMING ALL THIS YEAR, YOU COMING SO FREQUENTLY FOR STUDENT VOICE. 
          I KNOW OTHER STUDENTS HAVE HEARD IT. 
          I'VE MENTIONED IT TO OTHER SCHOOLS AND THEY'VE HAD THEIR STUDENTS COME. 
          YOUR EFFORTS HAVE ALSO LED TO OTHER PEOPLE BEING WILLING TO COME IN, STAND UP. 
          WE WANT TO HEAR IT. WHAT WAS THE BUG THOUGH? SINCE YOU DIDN'T EVEN TELL US WHAT TYPE OF BUG IT IS, SO WE CAN DETERMINE. 
          >> ELDER BEETLE AND FOUND OUT WHAT IT NEEDED TO SURVIVE. 
          THEY'RE ONLY SUPPOSED TO SURVIVE FOR TWO WEEKS, BUT WE MANAGED TO MAKE IT FOR TWO MONTHS. 
          WE ALSO LEARNED THAT CHUCK WAS A SHE WHEN SHE HAS BABIES. 
          >> WHERE ARE THE BABIES? 
          >> ALSO THROWN AWAY. THEY WERE THROWN AWAY. 
          >> I FEEL THIS BOARD NEEDS TO LAUNCH A COMMISSION. 
          >> WE'LL TALK TO DR. DAN ABOUT THAT. 
          WELL, THANK BOTH OF YOU FOR ME. I APPRECIATE IT. 
          >> THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE. [APPLAUSE]. NEXT, WE 
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HAVE STUDENT REPORT FROM DECCA. 
          >> HELLO. MY NAME IS BRADY MITCH. 
          I'M ONE OF THE ADVISORS HERE FOR CAMAS DECA, AND I HAVE SOME STUDENTS HERE ARE GOING TO SHARE, I'LL BE THE TALLEST ONE HERE. 
          SOME STUDENTS HERE THAT ARE GOING TO SHARE SOME OF THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND THE EXCITING THINGS THAT THEY'VE DONE THIS YEAR. 
          >> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS SOPHIE LOPIT, AND I'M THE CAMAS DECA PRESIDENT, AND WE'RE SO EXCITED TO BE HERE TODAY. 
          WE'VE HAD AN UNPARALLELED GROWTH THIS YEAR. 
          WE'VE HAD 50 NEW MEMBERS AND OUR CHAPTER NOW TOTALS 300 MEMBERS OVERALL. 
          EACH YEAR WE SEEK TO MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE AND OVERALL GET TO LEARN ABOUT MARKETING AND SOFT SKILLS AND GROW AS STUDENTS, BUT ALSO AS OUR CHAPTER MEMBERS. 
          WE ALSO HAVE VARIOUS TRADITIONS THAT WE RUN, SUCH AS OUR COFFEE PROJECT. 
          THIS YEAR, ME AND ALREY RAN IT TOGETHER, AND WE'VE HAD TWO NEW PHASES THAT WE INTRODUCED. 
          >> FIRST, WE HAD BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS WHERE WE PARTNERED WITH A SMALL LAW FIRM IN DOWNTOWN CAMAS AND CREATED A HOLIDAY LABEL FOR THEM TO GIVE TO THEIR CUSTOMERS. 
          THEN WE ARE NOW LOOKING TO LAUNCH A YEAR ROUND DECA LABEL AND GET THAT CONTINUOUS REVENUE FOR OUR CHAPTER. 
          IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING DECA, CHECK THE CAMAS DECA WEBSITE OUT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. 
          >> WE'VE OVERALL MADE OVER $12,000 THIS YEAR IN SALES FOR OUR COFFEE, AND WE'RE ABLE TO SUBSIDIZE COMPETITION COSTS FOR OUR INTERNATIONAL AND STATE STUDENTS, AND WE ALSO WON THIRD PLACE INTERNATIONALLY FOR THIS PROJECT. 
          [APPLAUSE] 
          >> HI. MY NAME IS MOLLY MACARTHUR, AND I AM THE VICE PRESIDENT OF DECA AT CAMAS DECA THIS YEAR. 
          THIS YEAR, CAMAS DECA RAN THEIR SIXTH ANNUAL ALL PAWS ON DECK VET, AND FOR ANYONE WHO DOESN'T KNOW WHAT ALL PAWS ON DECK IS IS BOTH A FUNDRAISER AND A STREET FAIR. 
          ON THE FUNDRAISER SIDE, WE RAISE MONEY FOR THE WEST COMA GAGE HUMANE SOCIETY. 
          THIS YEAR, WE'RE ABLE TO RAISE OVER $13,000 TO SUPPORT DOGS AND HELP THEM WITH THEIR MEDICAL BILLS. 
          IT'S ALSO A STREET FAIR, WHICH WE HOST IN THE LOCAL DOWNTOWN CAMAS AREA. 
          IT'S THE FIRST TIME WHERE THE WHOLE DECA CHAPTER GETS INVOLVED IN ONE PROJECT IN THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. 
          I THINK IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS ABOUT DECA THAT I'VE BEEN IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS. 
          [APPLAUSE] 
          >> MY NAME IS JACOB CRABTREE. 
          I'M THE DIRECTOR OF COMPETITION HERE FOR THE '24-'25 SCHOOL YEAR. 
          I'M HERE JUST TO TALK ABOUT THE STATE CAREER DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE, WHICH WAS DECA'S VERSION OF STATE FOR COMPETITORS. 
          WE BROUGHT ALMOST 1/2 OF OUR ENTIRE CHAPTER TO BELLEVUE, WASHINGTON FOR A THREE DAY TWO NIGHT VACATION, AS SOME CALL IT. 
          BUT A COMPETITION WHERE STUDENTS GOT TO PRACTICE AND HONE IN THE SKILLS THAT THEY'VE BEEN LEARNING AND ATTAINING THROUGHOUT THEIR CTE CLASSES ALL YEAR. 
          IT'S A GREAT WAY FOR STUDENTS TO GET RECOGNIZED FOR THE HARD WORK THAT THEY PUT THROUGH DECA THROUGHOUT THEIR SCHOOL YEAR. 
          >> ASIDE FROM COMPETITION AT OUR STATE CAREER DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE, SCDC HAS SERVED AS AN AMAZING WAY FOR CAMAS DECA STUDENTS TO CONNECT WITH NOT ONLY OTHER CAMAS DECA CHAPTER MEMBERS, BUT ALSO MEMBERS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRETY OF WASHINGTON STATE DECA. 
          I CAN SPEAK FROM EXPERIENCE WHEN I SAY THAT SCDC HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING EXPERIENCES I'VE EXPERIENCED, AND ONE OF OUR OFFICER TEAMS MANGLES IS TO BE ABLE TO GIVE OTHER CAMAS DECA STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE THIS AS WELL. 
          >> THIS YEAR, CAMAS DECA HAD THE ABSOLUTE HONOR TO TAKE 34 STUDENTS DOWN TO ORLANDO, FLORIDA FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CAREER DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE OR ICDC. 
          THROUGH ABOUT 5.5, SIX DAYS, ALL THESE STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO HONE DOWN THEIR SKILLS AND REALLY DEVELOP THEIR CAREERS THROUGH A SERIES OF COMPETITION, FUN, AND NETWORKING WITH PROFESSIONALS AND OTHER STUDENTS FROM AROUND THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. 
          I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US WHEN I SAY IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST MEMORABLE AND AMAZING EXPERIENCES AND I WILL CHERISH IT FOREVER IN MY HEART. 
          >> HI, GUYS. I'M LYLA GOLDFARB, AND I WILL BE THE PRESIDENT FOR THE '25, '26TH SCHOOL YEAR. 
          WITH ICDC THIS YEAR, WE HAD SIX PEOPLE PLACE OVERALL. 
          WE HAD TWO MEDALISTS, TWO PEOPLE PLACE TOP 10, AND WE HAD ONE TEAM, SOPHIA AUBREY HERE, PLACED THIRD OVERALL, WHICH IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. 
          AS I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD, DECA AS A WHOLE, AS A CHAPTER, HAS HAD A RIDICULOUS AMOUNT OF SUCCESS THIS YEAR. 
          I'M HOPING WITH THE '25, '26 SCHOOL YEAR, I CONTINUE TO BRING ON THAT SUCCESS AS DECA PRESENT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH AND IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASK AFTER THE MEETING OR NOW. 
          THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] 
          [00:35:06]
          >> THANK YOU, GUYS. DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? 
          >> I HAVE JUST A CURIOSITY, REALLY, 165 DECA MEMBERS. 
          THAT SEEMS LIKE INSANE TO ME. 
          >> IT WAS. 
          >> YES, IT IS. HOW DOES THAT COMPARE TO SOME OF THE OTHER CHAPTERS JUST IN THE AREA OR IN THE STATE? I'M JUST CURIOUS. 
          >> IT'S PRETTY DOING GOOD. CAMAS AS A WHOLE IS PRETTY HUGE. 
          >> WE ARE ALSO THE BEST, I WOULD SAY, IN OUR OVERALL AREA AREA 9 AS WE BRING THE MOST COMPETITORS AND OUR CHAPTER IS PRETTY BIG. 
          THAT BEING SAID, IF YOU GO SPEAK TO OTHER STUDENTS AT WASHINGTON STATE DECA, THEY WILL LET YOU KNOW THAT CAMAS IS ONE OF THE MOST COMPETITIVE CHAPTERS AND THEN THEY KNOW IT AROUND. 
          OVERALL, YEAH, WE'VE HAD WITH EACH YEAR MORE AND MORE STUDENTS COME TO SEE COMPETITION, WHICH IS WHY SUBSIDIZING THE COST IS SO IMPORTANT FOR US. 
          >> WE TOOK FIVE BUSES. 
          >> THAT'S OFFICIALLY A CONVOY. I HAD A QUESTION. 
          WITH YOUR SUCCESS IN SIZE, AND YOU GET A LOT OF NEW STUDENTS INBOUND STUDENTS, BUT HOW DO YOU KEEP THEM ENGAGED? HOW DO YOU FOCUS ON INCOMING STUDENTS TO GET THEM TO LEARN? 
          >> DECA IS A CLUB AS A WHOLE, BUT TO BE IN DECA, YOU HAVE TO BE IN MARKETING ONE, AND THAT'S WHERE THE MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENTS START OUT. 
          I THINK FROM EXPERIENCE, THOSE CLASSES ARE INCREDIBLY ENGAGING. 
          OUR ADVISER MILLY, HE TEACHES AP MICRO AND AP MACRO, WHICH I'M IN THIS YEAR. 
          BUT OUR OTHER ADVISORS, HUI DOWNS, AND COURTNEY SANCHEZ, THEY TEACH THE MARKETING ONE AND THEY HAVE AN AMAZING CURRICULUM. 
          BOTH OF THOSE ADVISORS ARE HIGHLY VALUABLE, AND THEY PLAY A HUGE ROLE IN KEEPING THE STUDENTS ENGAGED. 
          >> ALSO [INAUDIBLE] A COMMUNITY SO MANY WAYS TO GET OUR KEEP COMING BACK TOGETHER AND ENGAGE MORE PEOPLE AND TALK TO PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM BECAUSE IT IS JUST SUCH INCREDIBLE THING THAT WE'RE DOING AND WE ARE CONSISTENTLY STRIVING LOOKING FOR MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD TOGETHER. 
          >> I WILL SAY THE VACATION IS A PRETTY BIG INCENTIVE FOR MANY OF STUDENTS. 
          >> OUR INTERNATIONAL SESSION THAT WE HOST FOR OUR STUDENTS AND A LOT OF THEM SAY INTERNATIONAL THEY'RE LIKE WE HAVE MORE SESSION AGAIN YOU COME UP AS A COMMUNITY AND WORK TOGETHER TO LEARN. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS, YOU GUYS ON ALL YOUR SUCCESS. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          [APPLAUSE]. 
          LOTS OF GREAT STUDENT REPORTS TODAY. 
          NEXT, WE HAVE A NEW CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL CLUB REQUEST. 
          >> HI. I HOPE EVERYONE'S DOING WELL. I'M KENDALL. 
          >> I'M KELLAN. 
          >> I'M DIA. 
          >> I DO APOLOGIZE IF I AM A LITTLE SHAKY BECAUSE THIS IS NOT SOMETHING I SPECIALIZE IN, BUT I WANT TO INTRODUCE HOPEFULLY A NEW CLUB FOR THE '25 TO '26TH SEASON, CAMAS MED CONNECT. 
          THIS IS A QUICK OVERVIEW. 
          I'M GOING TO GO OFF THE SLIDE AND THEN I'M GOING TO DO MY OWN INTERPRETATION. 
          THIS IS GOING TO BE HOPEFULLY A CLUB OFFERED FOR FRESHMAN THROUGH SENIORS. 
          I HOPE THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE DIFFERENT STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT DIFFERENT MEDICAL POSITIONS THROUGH HANDS ON ACTIVITY AND GUEST SPEAKERS THAT FUNNELS GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH NON PROFITS. 
          A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO DEPTH, BASICALLY, MY PLAN WOULD BE HAVING A DIFFERENT GUEST SPEAKER COME IN ONCE A MONTH, BASED ON A HEALTHCARE TOPIC. 
          THIS CAN CONSIST OF FROM NURSES TO DOCTORS TO THERAPISTS, TO ANY SPORTS MEDICINE, ETC. 
          THESE GUEST SPEAKERS WOULD COME IN AND GIVE A QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHAT THEY DO, AS WELL AS A HANDS ON EXPERIENCE THAT ENGAGES CLUB MEMBERS AS WELL AS GIVING A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE SCHOOLING THEY GOT TO GET THERE AS WELL AS WHAT THE EVERYDAY LIFE IS. 
          THEN THROUGH THAT GUEST SPEAKER, WE ARE GOING TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF A RESEARCH PROJECT. 
          THEN DEPENDING ON THE MONTH, OUR GOAL IS TO BE ABLE TO GIVE RAISE MONEY FOR NONPROFITS. 
          THIS WOULD CONSIST OF SELLING THINGS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL OR GOING TO FIRST FRIDAYS AND HAVING A TABLE THERE. 
          THIS IS A LITTLE EXAMPLE, BUT I KNOW THAT IN DOWNTOWN CAMAS DURING OCTOBER, WE HAVE A VERY BIG BREAST CANCER AWARENESS EVENT THROUGH THE PINK LEMONADE AS WELL AS JUST THIS IS ANOTHER EVENT FOR DOWNTOWN CAMAS. 
          MY GOAL WOULD BE ABLE TO GET A BOOTH DOWN THERE AND RAISE MONEY FOR THAT PINK LEMONADE OR NONPROFIT THAT BASICALLY OFFERS PINK TRASH OR RECYCLE BINS, AND THAT IS GOING TO BE ALL PROFITS WOULD GO BACK TO THAT NONPROFIT. 
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MY GOAL THROUGH THIS IS TO GIVE STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT DIFFERENT POSITIONS IN THE HEALTHCARE FIELD. 
          I KNOW FOR ME AND KELLAN AND DIA, THAT HEALTH CARE IS A VERY BROAD SPECTRUM AND IS SOMETHING THAT THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT POSITIONS OFFERED. 
          I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT STUDENTS HAVE THE OPTION TO BE ABLE TO LEARN JUST HOW DECA TEACHES US ABOUT DIFFERENT MARKETING POSITIONS AND MOCK TRAIL LAWYERS. 
          ANYWAYS, MOVING FORWARD. WE ALSO WOULD HAVE OFFICER POSITIONS, SO THIS IS BRIEF, BUT OUR PRESIDENT WOULD BE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH THESE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, BE ABLE TO REACH OUT, GO FROM THERE AS WELL AS ORGANIZE THESE HEALTHCARE TOPICS. 
          THIS WOULD JUST CONTRIBUTE EACH MONTH. 
          WE HAVE A DIFFERENT ONE WHERE WE WOULD HAVE OUR STUDENTS COME IN, HOPEFULLY TWICE A MONTH, BE ABLE TO LEARN AND HAVE THAT HANDS ON ACTIVITY, AS WELL AS CONTRIBUTING TO THESE EVENTS IN THESE MEETINGS. 
          ALSO, I WANT TO HAVE THIS CLUB BE VERY EVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY, SO THAT'S HAVING A POSITIVE LEADER AND A POSITIVE MINDSET. 
          OUR VICE PRESIDENT WOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO STEP IN FOR THE PRESIDENT AND HAVE EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP IN PLANNING, AS WELL AS AGAIN, ENGAGING POSITIVELY WITH THE MEMBERS BECAUSE THIS IS A COMMUNITY EVEN OUTSIDE THE HIGH SCHOOL WITH CAMAS ITSELF, AS WELL AS ASSISTING WITH PLANNING IDEAS. 
          MOVING ON, WE WOULD HAVE A SECRETARY, A SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER, AND A COMMUNITY OUTREACH. 
          COMMUNITY OUTREACH WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVING THIS GO TO MIDDLE SCHOOLS. 
          WE DON'T WANT THIS TO BE A ONE YEAR THING, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO KEEP GOING EVEN AFTER WE GRADUATE. 
          THIS WOULD BE CONSIDERING OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH SHOULD GO INTO THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND GIVE A QUICK OVERVIEW AS WELL AS HAVE EVENT COMMUNICATION. 
          OUR SOCIAL MEDIA WOULD PREVENT OR PROMOTE US ON A POSITIVE MINDSET ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WHICH WE ALSO BE CREATING A MANAGING CONTENT. 
          AS WELL ENGAGEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          OUR SECRETARY WOULD OBVIOUSLY KEEP DOCUMENTATION AND RECORD KEEPING, AS WELL AS MANAGE MEETINGS AND COMMUNICATION THROUGH THESE NON PROFITS. 
          THESE ARE JUST MY QUICK GOALS. 
          AGAIN, I'M SORRY FOR THE SLIDES. I DID THESE LAST NIGHT. 
          MS. STRAW HELPED ME A LITTLE BIT, BUT YES ADVISORS MS. STRAW, SHE'S GREAT. SHE'S A LITTLE ONE. 
          MY GOAL AND OBVIOUSLY INTENTIONS FOR THIS CLUB IS GIVING STUDENTS A LEARNING OPPORTUNITY. 
          LIKE I SAID, I THINK THE MEDICAL HEALTH CARE IS A VERY BROAD SPECTRUM, AND I THINK THERE IS SO MUCH TO BE LEARNED AND TAUGHT ABOUT AND HAVING THESE DIFFERENT PROFESSIONALS COME IN IS VERY IMPORTANT, WHICH ALSO LEADS TO OPPORTUNITIES. 
          I KNOW, FOR ME, HAVING AND RAISING MONEY FOR NON PROFITS IS VERY IMPORTANT AND CAN LOOK RIGHT ON A RESUME, AS WELL AS CONTRIBUTING TO THE CLUB IN GENERAL. 
          AS WELL AS YOU WANT TO CREATE UNITY AND THROUGH THE COMMUNITY. 
          THIS WOULD BE OBVIOUSLY CONTRIBUTING TO HAVING OUTSIDE OF THE HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL AS GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY LIKE I SAID, THE PINK LEMONADE, OR AS WELL JUST GETTING AWARENESS ON MENTAL HEALTH OR OTHER SPECTRUMS LIKE THAT. 
          THAT IS IT, BUT THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE. I HAVE TO SAY YOU DID A GREAT JOB PRESENTING, EVEN THOUGH AND YOUR SLIDES WERE WONDERFUL. 
          WE APPROVE A LOT OF CLUBS, BUT THEY DON'T ALL COME AND PRESENT TO US LIKE THIS. 
          I HAVE TO SAY THIS IS REALLY, YOU GUYS ARE DOING GREAT. 
          I THINK IT'S FABULOUS THAT YOU GUYS PRESENT TO US. 
          I KNOW THIS IS IN OUR CONSENT AGENDA BECAUSE I'VE SEEN IT ALL IN THERE. 
          BUT AGAIN, I LOVE THAT YOU GUYS CAME AND PRESENTED. 
          IT REALLY SHOWS THE PASSION AND THE HEART YOU GUYS WANT FOR THIS CLUB TO MOVE FORWARD AND SO THOSE FABULOUS. 
          >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          >> I HAVE A QUICK COMMENT. HAVE YOU GUYS LOOKED INTO HOSA, THE HEALTH OCCUPATIONS STUDENTS OF AMERICA? 
          >> THAT WAS MY FIRST INITIAL THOUGHT WITH WANTING TO START SOMETHING MEDICAL BASED. 
          I TALKED TO A COUPLE REPRESENTATIVES AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, BUT THEY SAID THAT A COSTS A LOT OF MONEY. 
          I THINK I TALKED TO WHOEVER THE APE TEACHER IS AT CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL. 
          SHE SAID IT WASN'T A GOOD IDEA. 
          >> IT'S LIKE THE DECA OF HEALTHCARE. 
          >> I WANT TO DO SOMETHING BASED OFF THAT. YES. 
          >> GOOD JOB. THERE YOU GO. 
          >> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] 
          >> NEXT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR BOARD COMMUNICATION. 
          IF THE BOARD HAS ANYTHING, THEY'D LIKE TO COMMUNICATE ABOUT WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING OR THOUGHTS. NOW IT IS A GOOD TIME TO DO THAT. 
          >> ARE YOU GOING TO START WITH ME. GOSH, IT'S BEEN A BUSY MONTH. 
          I JUST WAS JUST JOTTING DOWN A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN DOING. FIRST OF ALL. 
          I WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT AND MR. HENAN JUST LEFT, I WANTED TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO THE LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL BAND BECAUSE THEY TOOK FIRST PLACE IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL DIVISION AT THE LOYALTY DAYS PARADE. 
          PROBABLY IN NO SMALL PART TO THE BANNER CARRIER BECAUSE THAT WAS ME. 
          I GOT TO CARRY THE BANNER. I'M JUST KIDDING. 
          HEY, CHS IS WELL, FIRST PLACE IN THE FOUR A DIVISION AT THE LOYALTY DAYS PARADE AS WELL. 
          THAT WAS VERY COOL. CAMAS REPRESENTED ALL THE WAY DOWN THERE. 
          LOVED OUR PLANNING SESSION THAT WE DID ON MAY 10TH. 
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WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT SAC, AND SO IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THAT PRESENTATION TONIGHT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE DIRECTION THAT THAT'S GOING. 
          BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL AGAIN FOR THEIR PRODUCTION OF THE MUSIC MAN. 
          I THINK ALL SIX OF US UP HERE WERE THERE AT ONE POINT OVER THAT WEEKEND. 
          THAT WAS JUST IT'S FANTASTIC. 
          SOMEBODY WHO I JUST DID THE SOUND OF MUSIC A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AT MY OWN SCHOOL, AND WHAT YOU SEE AT LIBERTY RIVALS QUITE HONESTLY, RIVALS, WHAT OUR HIGH SCHOOL CAN DO. 
          I REALLY GOOD STUFF THERE. 
          OUR LAC MEETING, LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY COMMITTEE MET ON MAY 17TH. 
          WE HAD SENATOR HARRIS CAME AND GAVE US A RECAP OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION. 
          I WON'T GO TOO MUCH INTO THAT BECAUSE I KNOW JOHN'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN HIS SUP REPORT TONIGHT. 
          BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THAT WAS THE COMMITTEE'S DESIRE TO, REALLY START REACHING OUT TO FOLKS IN OLYMPIA BEYOND JUST OUR TWO REPS AND SENATORS, WRITING A LETTER TO THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE CHAIRS IN BOTH HOUSES, THE SPEAKERS, AND REALLY PUSHING FOR, HEY, WE GOT, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU'VE DONE IN THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, BUT NOW WE REALLY NEED A TASK FORCE TO REALLY WRAP THEIR ARMS AROUND DOING THE WORK OF UPDATING THIS PROTOTYPICAL MODEL. 
          I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME DRAFT LETTERS GOING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE LEC COMMITTEE MEMBERS, BUT WE REALLY WANT TO REALLY FOCUS ON HOW WE ENGAGE OUR LEGISLATORS IN OLYMPIA NOW THAT THEY'RE IN THE OFF SESSION, AND THEY DON'T HAVE 1,000 DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON AT ONCE. 
          I KNOW THE JAZZ BAND CONCERT WITH LIBERTY SKY RIDGE IN CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL WAS ALREADY MENTIONED. 
          I KNOW A FEW OF US WERE AT THAT. 
          THAT WAS GREAT. 
          LOOKING FORWARD TO THE LAST CHS BAND CONCERT NEXT WEEK. 
          THE PANEL DISCUSSION THAT JOHN, YOU PARTICIPATED IN THAT I KNOW KATIE SIDLE AND THE EQUITY COMMITTEE HOSTED AT GARVR WAS SUCH AN AWESOME, EVENT, REALLY GOT TO HEAR FROM A LOT OF OUR LOCAL LEADERS, THE MAYOR, PORT COMMISSIONER, COUNCIL PEOPLE, DOWNTOWN CAMAS ASSOCIATION, REALLY JUST HAVING SOME IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS ON INCLUSIVITY AND BELONGING WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THE Q&A TIME WAS EXCELLENT. 
          THE BUDGET Q&A THAT WE HAD ON THE 21ST. 
          IT WAS WELL ATTENDED. 
          I APPRECIATE JOHN AND DURING. 
          I THOUGHT THE FORMAT OF THAT WAS NICE, BEING ABLE TO ADDRESS THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME IN AND THEN OPENING UP THE FLOOR I THOUGHT IT WAS A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION. 
          THEN THERE'S PROBABLY OTHER THINGS TOO, BUT THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT CAME TO MY MIND, SO I'LL PASS IT OFF TO OTHER PEOPLE. 
          >> YOU'LL GIVE ME A FEW MINUTES. 
          >> NO. 
          >> I HAD THEATER FIRST, BOTH SKYRIDGE AND LIBERTY. 
          THAT WAS A GREAT MONTH TO SEE. 
          I LOVE THEATER. GREAT PRODUCTIONS. 
          THE TALENT SHOW WAS ALREADY MENTIONED BY OUR ASP STUDENTS FROM CHS. 
          THAT WAS GREAT BECAUSE IT WASN'T ALL JUST MUSIC. 
          THERE WAS POETRY. 
          WILLIAM DID HIS POETRY THAT HE WROTE. 
          ELI DID A MONOLOGUE. 
          IT'S JUST THE VARIETY. 
          CLOSER? I WILL. THANK YOU, GILL. 
          THE TALENT SHOW WAS GREAT. 
          I DO WANT TO THANK PRINCIPAL HOLMES AND MR. GARDNER AT HAYES FOR INVITING ME TO DO SENIOR CAPSTONES. 
          I GOT TO GO TO ALL FIVE SESSIONS THAT WERE AVAILABLE, AND IT WAS A VERY SPECIAL MOMENT. 
          FOR ALL THE SENIORS OUT THERE, I KNOW IT CAN BE A LOT OF STRESS, BUT IT'S VERY REWARDING TO BE ABLE TO GO AND SUPPORT STUDENTS AT THOSE, WRAPPING UP YOUR EDUCATIONAL CAREER IN SECONDARY. 
          I WANT TO CALL OUT BOTH OF THEM FOR THEIR GENEROSITY OF THE TIME. 
          ONE THING I DID WANT TO CALL OUT, SINCE I KNOW THERE WILL PROBABLY BE COMMENTS ON BUDGET, WE ARE TALKING A LOT ABOUT BUDGET. 
          HAD A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AT DISCOVERY HIGH SCHOOL. 
          OUR TEACHER ON SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT, JEANNE MOSS, PUT ON THE ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL ROBOTICS COMPETITIONS. I THINK, JOHN, YOU CAME. 
          DEREK WAS THERE. GREAT OPPORTUNITY. 
          TO SEE OUR YOUTH PARTICIPATE IN EARLY COMPETITIVE ROBOTICS, WHERE THEY'RE ON THESE TEAMS. THERE'S ALWAYS THE STRUGGLE WHEN IT DOESN'T WORK. 
          THAT'S ALWAYS TOUGH TO SEE. 
          BUT I GOT TO WORK WITH OTHER MENTORS OF TEAM MEAN MACHINE THAT I WORK WITH ON MY OFF NIGHTS FROM THIS. 
          I DID WANT TO CALL OUT, THOUGH, IN PARTICULAR, I KNOW NEXT YEAR JEANNE IS RETIRING, SO BE A LOT MORE PUT ON DEREK FOR THE ROBOTIC SIDE. 
          JUST CALL OUT THAT HOPEFULLY THERE'S A CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS TO HELP PUT ON THAT EVENT. 
          I KNOW IT'S MAINLY RUN BY ADULTS AND STUDENTS, BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS AGAIN BECAUSE IT'S A VERY SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE STUDENTS. 
          DID WANT TO CALL OUT, AND IT'S NOT SELF-CENTERED HERE, CASCADIA DISTINGUISHED GRADUATES AND THE DENNIS KAMPE SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS. 
          MY SON WAS ONE OF THE DISTINGUISHED ONES, BUT COLTON AND NATHANIEL FROM DHS AND CADENCE AND JAMES FROM CHS, IT WAS REALLY NICE TO SEE THEM GET CALLED OUT. 
          BUT ALSO, I SAW IT IN THE NEWS, BUT I DIDN'T GET TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS YET. 
          TAYLOR BAKER FROM HAYES WON THE CAMAS-WASHOUGAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SCHOLARSHIP. 
          [00:50:05]
IT WAS REALLY NICE TO SEE. 
          THEN I'LL JUST WRAP UP ON THE LAST THING THAT BOTH COREY AND I GOT TO GO TO, WHICH WAS MICAH'S MILES EVENT. 
          >> YOU REMEMBER. 
          >> YOU FORGOT THAT ONE. IT WAS A BUSY WEEKEND FOR YOU, BUT MICAH SNELL HAD THE RUN-WALK EVENT. 
          >> MINI MARATHON. 
          >> MINI MARATHON. NEITHER OF US DID THE MARATHON PART, BUT YOU HAD YOUR DOGS. IT WAS FANTASTIC. 
          THE WEATHER WAS GREAT. 
          IT WAS JUST A GREAT EVENT SEEING EVERYONE THERE. 
          I'LL WRAP UP ON THAT. THAT WAS A GREAT WAY TO SPEND THE DAY BY ME. 
          >> PRETTY MUCH THE SAME TO SOME EXTENT. 
          THE MUSICALS, THE MUSIC, THE GARVER EVENT BUDGET, TRYING TO CATCH THEM ALL AT A VERY BUSY TIME FOR EVERYONE, OBVIOUSLY. 
          DID MISS THE MICAH'S MILE THIS YEAR. SORRY TO MISS THAT. 
          THAT WAS REALLY FUN LAST YEAR WHEN WE ALL PROBABLY ATTENDED THAT. 
          I'LL END WITH WHAT I LOVE. 
          MAKES MY HEART HAPPY TO SEE HOW MUCH PARTICIPATION AND PRESENCE THAT WE HAVE HERE FROM STUDENTS. 
          IT'S A TOUGH TIME AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE ALL HERE AND THAT YOU ALL ARE ABLE TO HAVE A VOICE AND A SAY, AND THAT IT'S HARD AND NOT THE BEST TIME OF THE YEAR, BUT I LIKE TO THINK THAT WE'RE ALL HERE FOR EACH OTHER. 
          >> THANK YOU. I HAVE NOTHING THAT YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY ALL COVERED. 
          I'LL JUST SPEED UP OUR EVENING. 
          THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. I'LL PASS IT ALONG. 
          >> BY THE TIME YOU GET TO THE END OF THE LINE, IT'S LIKE, YOU GUYS HAVE SAID EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE. JUST KEEPING BUSY. 
          I MYSELF HAVE A SENIOR THIS YEAR, SO ALL OF THOSE EVENTS ARE JUST ALL CUMULATING TOGETHER. 
          ONE THING CONNIE AND I DID DO WAS THE CAPITAL PROJECTS COMMITTEE. 
          I KNOW WE'RE GETTING THAT RAMP BACK UP AND GOING, SO HAPPY TO BE SERVING ON THAT. 
          OTHERWISE, HAPPY TO BE WITH YOU GUYS ALL IN THE COMMUNITY ATTENDING THESE EVENTS TOGETHER. 
          >> TRACEY, I'M SORRY. 
          CAN I DO ONE GO BACK? 
          >> YES, YOU CAN HAVE A GO. 
          >> THIS IS SUPER SELFISH. 
          BUT WHEN I GOT THE EMAIL ON SUNDAY NIGHT THAT MR. MANCINI WAS ANNOUNCING HIS RETIREMENT, I WENT THROUGH A WIDE RANGE OF EMOTIONS. 
          THEN READING HIS EMAIL ABOUT THE WAY HE GOT HIRED, WHICH WAS 2001 ON LABOR DAY. 
          I REMEMBER GETTING THE CALL. I WAS AT GOOT PARK. 
          MY GRANDMA LIVED ON GOOT PARK. 
          MY GRANDMA CALLED BECAUSE THERE WEREN'T CELL PHONES AT THE TIME. 
          SHE CAME OUT, SHE WAS LIKE, "MOM CALLED. 
          YOU NEED TO GET UP TO THE HIGH SCHOOL. 
          THEY WANT YOU TO MEET THE NEW BAND DIRECTOR." I WAS LIKE, "WHAT NEW BAND DIRECTOR?" MR. BARNES WAS GOING TO VSAA, AND HE WAS AN AWESOME BAND DIRECTOR. 
          I WAS GOING TO BE A JUNIOR. 
          IT WAS SUCH A DEVASTATING MOMENT BECAUSE SCOTTY B WAS AWESOME. 
          BUT WE GOT IN THERE AND WE MET THIS GUY, THIS SHORT LITTLE ITALIAN GUY, AND IMMEDIATELY BONDED WITH HIM. 
          AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, I'M A BAND DIRECTOR NOW. 
          I CAN REMEMBER THE EXACT MOMENT WHEN I WAS WORKING WITH HIM WHEN I DECIDED, THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO FOR A CAREER. 
          IF YOU'RE MEMBERS OF THE CHS BAND, I KNOW YOU'RE EXPERIENCING A LOT OF EMOTIONS ABOUT LOSING A REALLY POWERFUL LEADER AND SOMEBODY WHO'S PROBABLY HAD A BIG IMPACT ON YOUR LIFE AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT PROOF OF THAT. 
          I HOPE THAT SOMEWHERE OUT THERE THERE'S ALSO A YOUNGER VERSION OF ME WHO IS GOING TO MEET THE NEXT PERSON AND IS GOING TO BE INSPIRED BY THEM AND BE ABLE TO CARRY ON THE LEGACY THAT MR. MANCINI HAS CREATED. 
          ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOMENTS IN MY CAREER EVERY YEAR IS WHEN I TAKE MY OWN BAND TO HUSKY BAND DAY. 
          ONCE WE ARE IN THE DEMPSEY AND EVERYBODY'S GOT THEIR FOOD OUT AND ONCE THE CONGO LINE GETS GOING AND STUFF AT HUSKY BAND DAY, MR. MANCINI AND I SNEAK OUT AND WE GO HAVE LUNCH TOGETHER. 
          I'VE DONE THAT EVERY SINGLE YEAR. 
          THAT WALK WITH HIM FROM THE DEMPSEY OVER TO THE BAND HALL IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS I GET TO DO EVERY SINGLE YEAR. 
          I WILL MISS THAT GREATLY. 
          ANYWAYS, MR. MANCINI, WE ALL LOVE YOU. 
          BUT WE DO KNOW THAT WHILE THIS IS THE END OF AN ERA, THERE WILL DEFINITELY BE A BRIGHT FUTURE BECAUSE HE'S LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR ALL OF YOU. 
          I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT. 
          I'LL STOP NOW. [APPLAUSE] 
          >> THANK YOU, COREY. WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE SUPERINTENDENT REPORT. 
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          >> THANK YOU. COREY, THAT WAS WONDERFUL. 
          BAMINI, DEFINITELY WANT TO ECHO YOUR WORDS AND THANK THE STUDENTS COMMUNITY FOR BEING SO ENGAGED IN THIS VERY DIFFICULT PROCESS. 
          I'LL WALK THROUGH SOME OF THAT TONIGHT. 
          HOWEVER, WE ALWAYS LIKE TO START WITH ENROLLMENT. 
          LET'S SEE IF THIS GOES. MAYBE IT'S DEAD. 
          THANK YOU, SHAUNA. AS ALWAYS, LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR ENROLLMENT FOR THE MONTH, BUT ALSO STARTING LAST MONTH, WE STARTED TAKING A LOOK AT THE YEAR. 
          OUR TOTAL FTE ENROLLMENT AS OF MAY 15TH, 6,897, WHICH IS A PLUS SEVEN GAIN FROM APRIL, WHICH IS HEADING THE RIGHT DIRECTION, AND A 55 STUDENT GAIN FROM OCTOBER, WHICH IS OUR STATE COUNT UNTIL NOW. 
          SECONDARY, YOU SEE A PLUS TWO FOR THE MONTH, AND ELEMENTARY, PLUS FIVE. 
          AGAIN, THOSE NUMBERS IN BLACK ARE ONE MONTH GROWTH AND THE RED ARE FROM OCTOBER UNTIL NOW. 
          HIGH SCHOOL, NO ANOMALIES REALLY THERE. 
          TYPICALLY, AROUND THIS TIME OF YEAR, AS I'VE BEEN SAYING, CCA WILL GAIN STUDENTS WHILE CHS TYPICALLY LOSES SOME STUDENTS, MOSTLY FOR CREDIT RECOVERY OPTIONS. 
          AGAIN, NO SURPRISES THERE. 
          THOSE FIVE STUDENTS THAT WE LOST FROM CHS MOST LIKELY ALL JUST WENT OVER TO ONE OF OUR OTHER OPTIONS. 
          DHS, AGAIN, PRETTY STAGNANT WITH A MINUS ONE, AND HAYES FREEDOM WITH THE PLUS ONE. 
          NOTHING TOO MUCH TO STAND OUT THERE. 
          AS FAR AS MIDDLE SCHOOL, AGAIN, VERY STABLE. 
          CCA GAINED TWO, LIBERTY GAINED ONE, AND THEN ODYSSEY AND SKYRIDGE REMAINED PRETTY STILL. 
          ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAD A LITTLE BIT MORE MOVEMENT. 
          YOU SEE WOODBURN, AGAIN, MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, TWO STUDENT GAIN OVER THE MONTH. 
          PRUNE HILL, WHICH IS ACTUALLY AN ANOMALY TO SEE ANY MOVEMENT IN THAT COMMUNITY, GAINED ONE STUDENT. 
          GRASS VALLEY GAINED THE MOST WITH THREE. 
          OVERALL, I REALLY LIKE THE FACT THAT WOODBURN HAD A 13 STUDENT GAIN OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, AS WELL AS LACAMAS LAKE, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT TO SEE, IF NOT MORE. 
          THEN OUR PRESCHOOL IS RATHER STAGNANT AS NORMAL FOR THE YEAR. 
          QUESTIONS ON ENROLLMENT? THANK YOU. 
          THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE A COPY OF THIS OR WANT TO LOOK AT THE BUDGET Q&A, WE DID PUT IT OUT ON PARENTSQUARE, BUT THERE'S A COPY LINKED HERE. 
          AGAIN, TO ECHO COREY'S REMARKS AROUND LAST WEEK, REALLY RESPECTFUL PROFESSIONAL ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WHO CAME OUT TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS, TO HAVE SOME THINGS ANSWERED. 
          THANK YOU TO THE BOARD FOR BEING THERE, A LOT OF STAFF MEMBERS WHO WERE THERE, STUDENTS. 
          THANK YOU FOR STAYING LATE AND STAYING AFTER. 
          I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE REAL MEETING HAPPEN SOMETIMES, AND WE HAD SOME REALLY GOOD CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE BUDGET AND THE FUTURE AND WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT WITH PROGRAMS. AGAIN, IF YOU WANT TO SEE THOSE IN BLACK AND WHITE, THOSE ARE LINKED THERE. 
          THAT WAS, AGAIN, ON MAY 21ST. 
          GOING BACK A LITTLE BIT, I JUST WANT TO REMIND THE BOARD, AND OF COURSE, THE COMMUNITY, WHAT OUR TARGET WAS FOR THIS YEAR. 
          OF COURSE, THIS VERY DIFFICULT PROCESS DIDN'T START OVERNIGHT. 
          THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OUR COMMUNITY, OUR DISTRICT HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR PROBABLY SEVEN YEARS OR SO. 
          OF COURSE, WITH COVID, THERE WAS SOME POSITIVES THERE WITH SOME FUNDING THAT CAME IN THAT REALLY IN A WAY JUST BAND AIDED THE PROBLEM FOR DISTRICTS ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY, LET ALONE WASHINGTON. 
          WE KNEW THIS WAS COMING AT SOME POINT. 
          WE JUST DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT WE NEEDED TO GET TO. 
          A $15 MILLION BUDGET SHORTFALL IN A $130 MILLION OR SO BUDGET, THAT'S STEEP. 
          YOU CAN SEE JUST FROM THE ENGAGEMENT OF THE COMMUNITY, THERE'S NO EASY ANSWERS. 
          THERE'S NO MAGIC WAND THAT'S GOING TO SAVE THIS. WE'LL GET THERE. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, WHAT YOU'LL SEE TONIGHT IS EVEN WITH THE DEEP CUTS THAT WE'VE MADE, WE STILL HAVE NOT REACHED 15 MILLION. 
          I DON'T REALLY SEE US GETTING THERE BY AUGUST WHEN I PRESENT THE BUDGET. 
          THIS WAS A 10%-12% SHORTFALL. 
          AGAIN, IT EQUATES TO ABOUT 15 MILLION. 
          AGAIN, ONE OF THE OTHER GOALS OF THE BOARD, I KNOW, IS TO TRY TO SUSTAIN OUR END FUND BALANCE AND GET US TO A HEALTHY LEVEL, WHICH THE BOARD WANTS TO SEE 8%-10%. 
          I KNOW OUR BUDGET COMMITTEE IS RECOMMENDING ABOUT THREE YEARS TO GET THERE STARTING IN THE FALL, 
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AND SO WE'LL TRY OUR BEST TO GET TO THAT POINT. 
          WE'RE NOWHERE CLOSE TO THAT NOW, AS YOU KNOW. SHAUNA. THANK YOU. 
          AGAIN, JUST TO REITERATE WHAT OUR VARIABLES HAVE BEEN. 
          AS A DISTRICT, WE'VE BEEN SEEING A SLIGHT DECLINING ENROLLMENT NOW FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, UNFORTUNATELY. 
          I'LL SHOW YOU IN AN UPCOMING SLIDE THAT OUR DEMOGRAPHERS SHOW A DECLINING ENROLLMENT UNTIL ABOUT 2029. 
          HOPEFULLY A LITTLE BIT SOONER. 
          DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S GOING TO BE AT THE SAME PACE THROUGH ALL THOSE YEARS. 
          BUT FOR MANY YEARS, CAMAS WAS VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE A 3% TRAJECTORY FOR MANY YEARS. 
          IT COULD GO BACK AS FAR AS 20 YEARS MINUS A COUPLE SHORTFALLS IN 2008, 2009. 
          THIS IS REALLY A CHANGE. 
          EVEN TODAY, MATTHEW WAS AT CITY SCHOOLS WITH ME. 
          EVEN SOME OF THE CITY OFFICIALS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NOTICED THAT, MATT, WHEN I MENTIONED THAT, WERE LIKE, WOW, THIS IS INCREDIBLE. 
          BECAUSE FROM A CITY'S PERSPECTIVE, THEY'RE SEEING GROWTH. 
          THEY'RE SEEING PEOPLE MOVING INTO TOWN. 
          IT'S JUST NOT THE YOUNG FAMILIES. 
          THAT'S WHERE WE'RE RUNNING INTO STUMBLING BLOCKS. 
          ALSO INFLATION IN OUR LABOR MARKET. 
          WHAT THAT MEANS, LABOR MARKET PRESSURES, BECAUSE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE ASKED ME, IT BASICALLY MEANS WE'RE IN A VERY COMPETITIVE MARKET FOR LABOR. 
          TRACEY, YOU KNOW THIS FROM YOUR BUSINESS, WHERE WE HAVE COMPETITORS THAT ARE ABLE TO PAY MORE TO OUR CARPENTERS, TO OUR MECHANICS, TO OUR CUSTODIANS, TO MANY OF OUR CLASSIFIED STAFF, LET ALONE OUR TEACHING STAFF IF THEY'RE RIFF. 
          WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO BE MARKETABLE. 
          THEN OF COURSE, UTILIZING OUR RESERVE FUND AND OUR OPEN CONTRACTS. 
          OPEN CONTRACTS IS KEY, AS YOU KNOW. 
          I'LL GET INTO THIS AS WELL. 
          WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH CEA, AND THAT WILL BE A STRONG VARIABLE TO HOW THINGS PAN OUT THIS SUMMER AND INTO THE FALL. 
          KEEP IN MIND, THIS INFORMATION HAS BEEN COMMUNICATED EVER SINCE THE FALL, AND IF NOT BEFORE THAT, WHETHER IT'S OUR STAFF MEETINGS, OUR PTOS, LISTENING POSTS, BOARD MEETINGS, THE BUDGET WEBINAR THAT WE DID EARLIER THIS YEAR, AND THEN MOST RECENTLY, THE BUDGET Q&A. 
          I KNOW THIS PROBABLY DOESN'T COME AS A SURPRISE TO ANYBODY, BUT WE STILL WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REACHING AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE, WHICH COULD BE CHALLENGING SOMETIMES. 
          WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE DECLINE ENROLLMENT, I WANT TO KEY IN ON A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS HERE. 
          REALLY NOT HIGHLIGHTS, BUT HIGHLIGHTED MARKS HERE. 
          WE SAW GOING INTO THIS FALL THAT OUR PROJECTION FOR FTE STUDENT-WISE WAS 6,926 STUDENTS. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, WE CAME UP A BIT SHORT. 
          WE ENROLLED 6,855 STUDENTS. 
          NOW, TO THE NAKED EYE, THAT MIGHT NOT SEEM LIKE A LOT, BUT THAT'S 71 STUDENTS LESS THAN WE BUDGETED FOR, AND AT $18,000 PER STUDENT THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THE STATE, THAT'S JUST OVER $1.3 MILLION. 
          THAT'S A BIG HURT WHEN WE'RE WALKING INTO A SCHOOL DISTRICT OR SCHOOL YEAR. 
          AS YOU KNOW, WE MADE SOME REDUCTIONS RIGHT OFF THE BAT, GOING INTO THE YEAR WHEN WE SAW THAT PROJECTION COME IN. 
          NEXT YEAR, WE'RE FORECASTED AT 6,758. 
          >> IF YOU DO THE QUICK MATH, THAT'S ANOTHER 130 SO STUDENTS LESS THAN WE HAVE NOW. 
          NOW, PROJECTIONS ARE PROJECTIONS, SO WE NEVER KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL, BUT OUR PROJECTIONS HAVE BEEN ALMOST SPOT ON FOR MANY YEARS. 
          THE ONLY ANOMALY WAS COVID WHEN NOBODY REALLY COULD PROJECT THAT. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, THE ENROLLMENT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. 
          THE ORANGE BAR, FOR THOSE OF YOU WATCHING, THE ORANGE BAR IS WHAT WE BUDGET FOR, AND THE BLUE BAR IS WHAT ACTUALLY COMES IN. 
          WHAT YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE IS YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE A GAP BETWEEN THAT ORANGE AND THE BLUE. 
          IF YOU GO BACK TO 2020, OF COURSE, YOU SEE THAT MASSIVE GAP WITH COVID. 
          THE GAP IS SHRINKING AND ACTUALLY WE WERE ON TRACK IN 2022. 
          THEN I WOULD SAY THE BIGGEST FACT THAT PLAYS INTO THINGS IS THE HOUSING MARKET. 
          ONCE YOU SEE THE INTEREST RATES GO UP, INFLATION GO UP, AND THE HOUSING GO UP, YOU CAN SEE THAT GAP STARTING AGAIN. 
          OUR HOPE IS THAT THAT GAP WILL SHRINK AGAIN, AND EVEN AT SOME POINT, THE BLUE LINE WILL CROSS OVER THE ORANGE, IT MEANS WE HAD MORE STUDENTS ENROLL THAN WE EVEN THOUGHT. 
          AGAIN, THAT'S THE FORECAST FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS GOES THROUGH THE '28-29 SCHOOL YEAR. 
          AGAIN, WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT FLAT LINE STARTS TO INCREASE A BIT. 
          THE LITTLE GRAPH THERE, THE LITTLE TABLE TO THE RIGHT JUST BASICALLY SHOWS FROM MAY OF 2024 TO MAY OF 2025. 
          AGAIN, IT WAS A 39 STUDENT DIFFERENCE OVER THAT YEAR PERIOD, 
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A LOSS OF 39 STUDENTS, AND THAT'S ABOUT A HALF PERCENT DECREASE. 
          WE'RE PROJECTING ABOUT A 1.5-2% DECREASE NEXT YEAR. 
          AGAIN, FOR PEOPLE PAYING ATTENTION, THE REASON FOR THIS PRETTY MASSIVE REDUCTION IS WE HAVE TO ALMOST OVER CORRECT A BIT, BECAUSE WE'RE ANTICIPATING ANOTHER DECREASE IN ENROLLMENT. 
          WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IS CONTINUE TO BE IN THIS BUDGET CUT CYCLE OVER AND OVER. 
          WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS IS THE WORST OF IT, BUT WE JUST DON'T KNOW AT THIS POINT. 
          I'LL STOP THERE, TRACY. 
          >> [INAUDIBLE] THE REPORT IS WRITTEN? 
          >> THIS DEMOGRAPHY REPORT IS ABOUT A YEAR OLD, AND WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH FLO ANALYTICS, WHO'S A DEMOGRAPHER, ON A NEW REVISED ONE AS WELL. 
          GREAT QUESTION. THANK YOU, SHAUNA. 
          A COUPLE OTHER CONCERNING NUMBERS THAT ARE PLAYING A ROLE IN THIS IS ACROSS THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, PUBLIC SCHOOL ENROLLMENT IS DOWN 4%. 
          STATE OF WASHINGTON HAS LOST OVER THE LAST FOUR TO FIVE YEARS ABOUT 50,000 STUDENTS TO PUBLIC ED. 
          OF COURSE, COVID WAS A CATALYST TO THAT, BUT WE'RE NOT SEEING THAT PICKUP AS FAST AS WE WANT. 
          MYSELF, ALONG WITH MY OTHER SUPERINTENDENT COLLEAGUES, WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER A PUBLIC CAMPAIGN THAT WILL PROBABLY ROLL OUT NEXT YEAR. 
          I KNOW DOREEN AND THE COMMUNICATION COLLEAGUES AROUND THE REGION ARE DOING THE SAME. 
          WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER TO CREATE REALLY A PUBLIC EDUCATION MARKETING STRATEGY, TO REALLY GET FAMILIES TO RECONSIDER PUBLIC ED. 
          WE KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF HURT FEELINGS DURING COVID ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF COMPETITION. 
          YOU LOOK AT OUR PRIVATE SCHOOL ENROLLMENT, IT'S UP 25% IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, AND MORE STAGGERING IS HOME SCHOOL ENROLLMENT IS UP 42%. 
          WHEN PEOPLE ASK, WHERE ARE THE KIDS GOING? THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE GOING. 
          WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF FAMILIES THAT DO WANT TO MOVE INTO CAMAS, YOUNG FAMILIES THAT WANT TO BE HERE. 
          HOWEVER, BETWEEN AFFORDABILITY, AND OTHER POLITICAL REASONS, IT'S JUST NOT HAPPENING AT THE RATE WE NEED IT TO. 
          ENROLLMENT IN CAMAS, AS I SAID, IS DOWN ABOUT 1%, 71 STUDENTS LESS THAN WE PROJECTED WITH A 1.3 MILLION LOSS OF REVENUE. 
          AGAIN, I'LL HIT THE HOME PRICE ISSUE. 
          APRIL, IT DIDN'T GET ANY BETTER. 
          HOUSING PRICES WENT UP ANOTHER 18% IN CAMAS. 
          IF YOU'RE A HOMEOWNER, THAT'S GOOD NEWS, IF YOU'RE TRYING TO BUY ONE, IT'S NOT. 
          HOME SALE PRICE IN CAMAS RIGHT NOW, MEDIAN IS ALMOST $850,000 FOR A HOME, AND THAT'S ABOUT $338 A SQUARE FOOT. 
          I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM WHO PROBABLY WERE AROUND THE $120, $150 SQUARE FOOT MARK THAT WAS SO MUCH MORE REASONABLE. 
          WE PROBABLY THOUGHT IT WAS HIGH BACK THEN. 
          HOME SOLD AND CAMAS THIS APRIL WAS 34, LAST APRIL WAS 54. 
          AGAIN, IT'S A PRETTY DISMAL REPORT REGARDING HOUSING, BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THE ONLY WAY WE CAN GO IS UP. 
          WE JUST HAD A GOOD TALK WITH CITY SCHOOLS. 
          WE'RE HOPING WITH SOME OF THIS MORE DENSE HOUSING THAT'S STARTING TO COME UP, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RENTS ARE GOING TO BE, BUT WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THEY'LL BE WHAT WE WOULD NOWADAYS CONSIDER AFFORDABLE. 
          THOUGHTS ON THAT? QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, SHAUNA. 
          I KNOW, MATTHEW, YOU TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROTOTYPICAL MODEL, I BELIEVE IT WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT AGO OR MAYBE IT WAS COREY. 
          THANK YOU COREY FOR BRINGING THAT UP. 
          WE'RE DOING A LOT OF WORK WITH THAT, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK THAT CAMAS LEGISLATIVE IS DOING TO TRY TO HELP OUR LEGISLATORS BUILD A TASK FORCE AROUND THIS MODEL. 
          THOSE OF YOU WHO AREN'T AS UP TO SPEED ON THE PROTOTYPICAL MODEL, IT'S A MODEL THAT IS SIMPLY NOT ADEQUATELY MEETING THE NEEDS OF CAMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT OR ANY DISTRICT FOR THAT MATTER IN OUR STATE. 
          THIS MODEL ALLOCATES RESOURCES BASED ON ESSENTIALLY A STANDARDIZED SCHOOL MODEL THAT FRANKLY IS VERY ANTIQUATED. 
          IT'S A MODEL THAT SIMPLY DOES NOT MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR KIDS ANYMORE. 
          IT FAILS TO ACCOUNT FOR THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES AND EXPENSES FACED BY DISTRICTS LIKE CAMAS. 
          SOME OF THE KEY CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE FACING UNDER THIS MODEL, A BUDGET SHORTFALL, WHICH I'VE MENTIONED, $13-16 MILLION DEFICIT. 
          REGIONALIZATION FACTOR DECLINE, WHICH WE PROBABLY DON'T TALK ABOUT ENOUGH, AND I KNOW OUR BOARD MADE IT A PRIORITY. 
          THIS ADJUSTS STATE FUNDING LEVELS FOR THE LOCAL COST OF LIVING. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, CAMAS USED TO HAVE THE LUXURY OF RECEIVING 12% ON TOP OF OUR PER STUDENT ALLOCATION. 
          12% HAS NOW TRICKLED DOWN TO 6%, WHICH, UNFORTUNATELY, WITH OUR HOUSING MARKET THE WAY IT IS, SEATTLE IS CURRENTLY RECEIVING 18% REGIONALIZATION. 
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IF YOU LOOK AT HOME PRICES IN SEATTLE, THEY'RE NOT MUCH HIGHER THAN CAMAS RIGHT NOW. 
          THIS IS REALLY ONE OF THE AREAS WE'RE HITTING HOME WITH OUR LEGISLATORS TO SAY, THIS IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS THAT WE ARE NOT AT LEAST BACK UP TO THAT 12%. 
          NOW LUCKILY, WE'RE BOTTOMED OUT AT 6%, SO WE CAN'T LOSE ANYTHING MORE. 
          BUT THAT PROBABLY IS A FACTOR THAT NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE ARE HONING IN ON, BUT THAT'S REALLY HURTING OUR DISTRICT. 
          SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING CAP, THE STATE CAP SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING AT 16% OF THE STUDENT POPULATION. 
          NOW THAT CAP IS BEING REMOVED, BUT WE TYPICALLY DON'T HIT THAT CAP. 
          A LOT OF TALK AROUND THIS, BUT IT DOESN'T REALLY TRULY AFFECT CAMAS. 
          THE OUTDATED STAFFING RATIOS. 
          THE PROTOTYPICAL MODEL, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THEIR STAFFING RATIOS ARE ON STANDARDS BASED FROM THE 1970S, AND HAVE NOT BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY UPDATED. 
          HOW AND WHO IT TOOK TO EDUCATE A STUDENT 55 YEARS AGO IS REALLY WHERE WE'RE FUNDED RIGHT NOW. 
          THEN OF COURSE, OPERATION COSTS, WHICH I PROBABLY DON'T NEED TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON. 
          TECHNOLOGY, UTILITIES, INSURANCE, MAINTENANCE COSTS HAVE GONE UP TREMENDOUSLY, NOT ONLY IN DISTRICTS, BUT BUSINESSES AND OUR HOMES. 
          WHAT'S THE SUMMATION ON PROTOTYPICAL MODEL? THAT THE STANDARDIZED APPROACH DOES NOT ALIGN WITH SPECIFIC NEEDS AND FINANCIAL REALITIES OF OUR DISTRICT. 
          WE ARE BEING FORCED TO PROVIDE A VERY BASIC EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR OUR KIDS, AND THAT IS SIMPLY NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR CAMAS. 
          THAT'S WHY YOU SEE OUR STUDENTS HERE TONIGHT AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE. 
          BUT WE'RE NOT SITTING IDLE. 
          AS YOU KNOW, CAMAS IS A LITTLE BIT SMALL, BUT WE'RE MIGHTY AND WE'RE FIGHTING, AND WE'RE AT THE TABLE WITH OUR LEGISLATORS. 
          THAT'S AN IMPORTANT SLIDE, SO I WANTED TO PAUSE THERE FOR A MINUTE, ANYTHING ON THAT? I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD A LOT OF THIS, BUT THESE ARE GOOD REMINDERS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THANKS CONNIE, YES. 
          A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS ASK, AND THEY ASKED LAST WEEK IS, WELL, OUR LEVY DOLLARS. 
          THOSE ARE INTENDED FOR THESE EXTRAS, THINGS LIKE ZERO PERIODS, AND THAT'S 100% TRUE. 
          BUT WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AGAIN AT THE PROTOTYPICAL MODEL. 
          WHEN OUR STATE IS SENDING US SOMEWHERE BETWEEN $79,000 AND $86,000 TO PAY FOR A TEACHER, AND WE WANT THE TOP QUALITY, WHICH WE HAVE TEACHERS HERE, WE HAVE TO PAY OUR EMPLOYEES MORE. 
          WE HAVE TO PAY THEM MORE OF A LIVING WAGE, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE GOING TO LIVE ANYWHERE CLOSE TO CAMAS. 
          OUR AVERAGE TEACHER WITHOUT BENEFITS IS MAKING ABOUT $116,000, AND THAT IS NOT A SHAME OR JUDGMENTAL THAT'S ACTUALLY RIGHT IN THE POCKET, IF NOT LESS THAN WHAT WE'D LIKE TO PAY THEM. 
          THE PROBLEM IS WHEN WE ONLY RECEIVE $30,000 LESS FROM THE STATE PER TEACHER, WE HAVE TO FIND THAT MONEY SOMEWHERE. 
          AS YOU KNOW, THE ONLY TWO REAL PLACES ARE THE LEVY, AND OUR RESERVES, WHICH IS ALL IN THE SAME. 
          YES, WE ARE STILL ABLE TO UTILIZE OUR LEVY AND A LOT OF THE EXTRAS, A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE MOVE HERE FOR. 
          BUT WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO DIP INTO WHAT PEOPLE ARE VOTING FOR FOR THE EXTRAS, TO PAY OUR BASIC NEEDS. 
          AGAIN, THAT MODEL HAS TO CHANGE. 
          QUESTIONS ON THAT OR COMMENTS THERE? 
          >> I WOULD JUST COMMENT THAT WE KNEW THIS CLIFF WAS COMING, AND WE'VE KICKED THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD AS LONG AS WE CAN BY DIPPING INTO SAVINGS, AND LOBBYING OUR LEGISLATORS, AND HOPING FOR A MIRACLE THAT THERE COULD BE SOME MORE FUNDING BEFORE WE GET TO THIS POINT. 
          WE HAVE KNOWN THIS SLOPE, WE GET PAID MUCH, AND WE SPEND THIS MUCH ON OUR KIDS EDUCATION, AND AT SOME POINT, WE'RE DOWN HERE. 
          THAT'S WHERE THIS PAIN IS THIS YEAR, AND WE KNEW IT WAS COMING, AND WE SAW IT COMING, AND WE PLANNED FOR IT TO COME, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE OUT OF MONEY. 
          >> YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT POINT, CONNIE. 
          I THINK THE DRUM WE'RE BANGING ON WITH THE STATE, AND IT'S TRUE, THEY DO HAVE A DEFICIT AT THE STATE LEVEL. 
          THEY DO HAVE A MILLION AND ONE OBLIGATIONS. 
          BUT THE CONSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON STATE CLEARLY STATES THAT WE ARE, AS EDUCATION, K12, THE PARAMOUNT DUTY OF THE STATE, YET WE ONLY RECEIVE 43% OF THE BUDGET. 
          TO ME, PARAMOUNT WOULD BE 50+1, AND I THINK OUR LEGISLATORS KNOW THAT. 
          >> CAN I ADD ONE MORE COMMENT? 
          >> YEAH, PLEASE. 
          >> WHEN WE WERE TALKING WITH OUR LEGISLATORS, I THINK THIS YEAR, THEY WERE SAYING, WE'RE NOT HEARING FROM EVERYBODY IN THE STATE, THAT EDUCATION IS THE TOP PRIORITY. 
          HEALTH CARE, AND HOUSING, AND THE DRUG PROBLEMS, AND THEY WEREN'T HEARING THE DRUM BEING BANGED, 
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IT DOESN'T SOUND RIGHT, FOR EDUCATION. 
          PEOPLE ASKED, WHAT CAN WE DO? I THINK, AS A COMMUNITY, CONTINUE TO TALK TO OUR LEGISLATORS ABOUT EDUCATION FUNDING. 
          WE NEED TO DO THAT ACROSS THE WHOLE STATE TO RAISE THAT IMPORTANCE FOR THEM, BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING BASED ON THE SQUEAKY WHEELS. 
          WHO'S COMING TO THEM? WHERE IS THE BIGGEST NEED? THEY DID A POLL, I THINK TWO YEARS AGO, AND EDUCATION WAS LIKE NUMBER 10. 
          WHEN THEY GET THAT INFORMATION, THEY ARE PRIORITIZING BASED ON THAT. 
          I THINK AS A WHOLE STATE, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HEAR THE PARAMOUNT DUTY AGAIN. 
          THERE WAS A WHOLE LAWSUIT ABOUT THAT THEY'RE NOT PAYING THE EDUCATION BEING THE PARAMOUNT DUTY. 
          I THINK EVEN AT THAT TIME WE WERE AT 51%, AND NOW WE'RE DOWN AT 43%. 
          AS A COMMUNITY, WHEN YOU ALWAYS WONDER, WELL, WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP? PICK UP THE PHONE, CALL YOUR LEGISLATOR, WRITE AN EMAIL, JOIN THE LAC COMMITTEE. 
          >> I'LL POINT TO HOW PEOPLE CAN GET INVOLVED IN A LITTLE BIT AND TO COREY'S POINT, THESE OFF SESSIONS ARE REALLY CRITICAL, BECAUSE THE LEGISLATORS, THEY'RE BACK. 
          THEY'RE BACK IN TOWN AND MOST OF THEM ARE EITHER RETIRED, OR THEY HAVE FLEXIBLE SCHEDULES, AND THEY'RE VERY HAPPY TO MEET WITH US. 
          WHEN WE CALLED SENATOR HARRIS, HE CAME RIGHT OVER BECAUSE HE SAID, "HEY, I WAS CLEANING OUT MY GUTTERS." [LAUGHTER] "WHAT ELSE BETTER TO DO?" HE SPENT TWO HOURS WITH US, AND I'LL BET, COREY, HE WOULD HAVE SPENT LONGER THAN THAT WITH US IF WE HAD THE TIME. 
          IT WAS GETTING PRETTY LATE. 
          AGAIN, I WANT TO OF COURSE, VALUE AND RESPECT THOSE ARE HERE, THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN SO PASSIONATE AND ENGAGED, ESPECIALLY AROUND MUSIC. 
          BUT I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE'VE TAKEN ENOUGH TIME TO HONOR, AND RESPECT THOSE WHO AREN'T GOING TO MAKE IT THROUGH ON THIS CUT AND MAY OR MAY NOT BE WITH US. 
          SHAUNA, IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          JUST TO PUT THIS IN PERSPECTIVE FOR OUR BOARD AND OUR COMMUNITY, 31 CERTIFICATED FTE ACROSS ALL LEVELS IN ALL SCHOOLS WILL NOT BE WITH US, THOSE ARE TEACHERS, IN THE FALL. 
          TWENTY SPECIAL EDUCATION PARAPROFESSIONALS, THESE ARE AS I SAY, THE HANDS, THE HEARTS, AND VOICES, SUPPORTING OUR MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS, NO LONGER WITH US IN THE FALL. 
          OUR HEALTH ASSISTANTS, LUCKILY, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN. 
          HOWEVER, EACH WILL REDUCE HOURS BY ONE HOUR EACH. 
          WHAT'S SCARY TO ME ABOUT THAT IS THESE ARE THOSE WHO CARE FOR OUR SICK AND MOST FRAGILE STUDENTS. 
          WE ARE LOSING ONE CUSTODIAN, AGAIN, KEEPS OUR SCHOOLS SAFE AND CLEAN. 
          OUR COMMUNITY EDUCATION DIRECTOR WHO WILL BE RETIRING IN DECEMBER, WE WILL NOT REFILL. 
          AGAIN, THAT WORRIES ME TREMENDOUSLY. 
          THIS IS AN EXTREMELY ROBUST PROGRAM, IT'S A REVENUE SOURCE FOR OUR DISTRICT, WE WILL NOT BE FILLING THAT POSITION. 
          OUR ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT, WHO IS THE DRIVER OF CURRICULUM ADOPTIONS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, A DEVASTATING LOSS TO US, BUT WE WILL NOT FILL THAT POSITION COME DECEMBER. 
          MY SALARY REDUCTION, AND ALSO THE CABINET FURLOUGHS OF SIX EACH, WHICH ACCOUNTS TO ABOUT 5,000 EACH FOR EACH CABINET MEMBER. 
          THOSE WERE SOME OF THOSE HIGH LEVEL REDUCTIONS THAT WE MADE THAT I DON'T THINK SHOULD BE FORGOTTEN. 
          SHAUNA. SCHOOL LEVEL POSITIONS. 
          THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO WILL NO LONGER HAVE A POSITION OR HAVE INCOME COME THE FALL, UNLESS THEY'RE REHIRED SOMEWHERE ELSE. 
          OUR CAMPUS HIGH SCHOOL DEAN, LIBERTY DEAN, SKYRIDGE DEAN, OUR GRASS VALLEY/DOROTHY FOX ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, ODYSSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, AND OUR BALLER ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL. 
          AGAIN, THESE ARE NOT REDUCTIONS. 
          THESE ARE ELIMINATIONS AND WILL NOT BE REFILLED BECAUSE OF THESE REDUCTIONS. 
          SHAUNA. FROM OUR DISTRICT AND CENTRAL OFFICE, OUR LEADERSHIP BEING STRETCHED THINNER AND THINNER. 
          WE LOST THE TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT POSITION. 
          THIS IS THE PERSON WHO ACTUALLY HELPED US MIGRATE FROM SKYWARD TO CUMULATIVE, ELIMINATED, NOT TO RETURN. 
          TWO CENTRAL OFFICE REGISTRARS, NOT COMING BACK. 
          AN ACCOUNTANT FROM OUR BUSINESS SERVICES OFFICE, PAYROLL SERVICES PERSONNEL FROM HR, OUR SECONDARY EDUCATION DIRECTOR WHO SUPERVISES OUR SECONDARY PRINCIPALS, 504 ACCOMMODATIONS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, THE LIST GOES ON AND ON, ELIMINATED, WILL NOT RETURN, AND SOMEONE'S GOING TO HAVE TO PICK UP THOSE PIECES. 
          THEN OUR EARLY LEARNING DIRECTOR OVER AT HLC, ELIMINATED. 
          YOU CAN SEE IT'S GOING TO BE MORE THAN ALL HANDS ON DECK. 
          AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE TO HONOR THESE PEOPLE BECAUSE I THINK SOMETIMES IT'S FORGOTTEN IN THE CONVERSATIONS, AND I DON'T THINK WE'VE SPENT ENOUGH TIME DOING THAT, COREY. 
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          >> WELL, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT YOU TOUCHED ON IT, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE WORK THAT ALL OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE DONE FOR THIS DISTRICT, THAT WORK DOESN'T GO AWAY. 
          IT ALSO MEANS THAT EVERYBODY ELSE WHO IS STILL HERE HAS MUCH MORE ON THEIR PLATES SYSTEM WIDE, FROM CENTRAL OFFICE DOWN TO THE CLASSROOM. 
          >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          >> TO UNDERSTAND THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS, THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FOR OUR SCHOOLS, 69 TEACHERS RECEIVED A REDUCTION IN FORCE NOTIFICATION, 31 OF THE FTE IS STILL DISPLACED, MEANING THERE'S NO HOME FOR THEM RIGHT NOW. 
          THIS IS NOT ONE SCHOOL. 
          THIS IS NOT AT ONE LEVEL, THIS IS ACROSS EVERY GRADE, EVERY BUILDING. 
          IT'S THE LARGEST REDUCTION WE'VE EVER HAD TO DO. CONNIE? 
          >> CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT SO EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING RIF'D AND THE DISPLACED. 
          RIF'D MEANS THAT YOU LOST YOUR POSITION, BUT YOU WENT SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE DISTRICT WHERE DISPLACED IS LIKE THE BOTTOM OF THAT AND 31 OF THOSE PEOPLE. 
          >> YOU EXPLAINED IT PERFECTLY. 
          CONTRACTUALLY, WE PROVIDE A RIF NOTIFICATION TO ALL PROVISIONAL EMPLOYEES FIRST, THOSE ARE ALL TEACHERS UNDER THREE YEARS. 
          BUT ALMOST IMMEDIATELY OR WITHIN A WEEK OR TWO, SEVERAL ARE BROUGHT BACK BECAUSE THEY HAVE A SPECIAL CERTIFICATION OR THEY'RE IN A POSITION THAT NOBODY ELSE HAS THAT CERTIFICATION FOR. 
          SOME OF THOSE COME BACK RIGHT AWAY. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, THEY STILL HAVE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. 
          THE 31 FTE THAT'S DISPLACED ARE SIMPLY EITHER THE LOWEST IN SENIORITY IN THAT AREA, IN THAT FIELD, IN THAT GRADE LEVEL, IN THAT CERTIFICATION AREA. 
          NOW THEY'RE STILL ON A BOARD, AND BEFORE AUGUST 15, IF WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO BRING A POSITION BACK, THEY WILL BE REACHED OUT TO FIRST. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, AFTER AUGUST 15, CONTRACTUALLY, THEN PRINCIPALS CAN START POSTING THOSE POSITIONS FOR NEW APPLICANTS. 
          WE DO MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO TRY TO BRING BACK FTE AS SOON AS WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CAMAS PEOPLE GET PRIORITY. 
          DOES THAT HELP A LITTLE BIT? ALSO WE'VE HAD SOME QUESTIONS AROUND ATHLETIC REDUCTIONS. 
          HERE ARE SOME OF THOSE. 
          THESE ARE IMPACTS TO ATHLETICS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. 
          THE C TEAM VOLLEYBALL AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL WILL NO LONGER EXIST. 
          ELIMINATED THE RETURN TRANSPORTATION FOR TRIPS WITHIN CLARK COUNTY THAT WAS DONE IN THE SUMMER, IF YOU REMEMBER, THAT WE'VE SEEN ABOUT $20,000 IN SAVINGS SO FAR. 
          THE ELIMINATION OF THE STADIUM MANAGER WHO SET UP ALL OF OUR ACTIVITIES, MOSTLY AROUND DOC HARRIS, THAT POSITION WAS ELIMINATED. 
          WE'LL BE ELIMINATING THE MIDDLE SCHOOL BOYS' CROSS-COUNTRY TEAM, THAT INCLUDES THE STIPENDS AND TRANSPORTATION, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL BOYS AND GIRLS, B SOCCER TEAM, DISTRICT WIDE, ATHLETIC CUTS TO EQUIPMENT, UNIFORMS, AND SUPPLIES. 
          THE ATHLETIC BUDGET WAS CUT ABOUT $50,000, AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO CUT TRANSPORTATION FOR RETURN TRIPS WITHIN CLARK COUNTY. 
          I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND THAT THE STATE ALLOCATION DOES NOT PAY FOR ATHLETICS, IT'S FULLY LEVY AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T ALWAYS SEE THOSE ROBUST CUTS, LIKE A VARSITY SPORTS OR MULTIPLE COACHES BECAUSE IT'S NOT COMING OUT OF THAT STATE ALLOCATION. 
          WE TRY TO HONOR THE LEVY, WHICH PEOPLE ARE VOTING FOR, AS WELL AS THE ATHLETIC BOOSTERS THAT HELP SUPPORT. TRACEY? 
          >> HOWEVER, IF SOMEDAY WE DIDN'T PASS A LEVY, ATHLETICS WOULD BE ON THE TABLE AT THAT POINT. 
          THAT'S WHAT FUNDS OUR ATHLETICS, MOSTLY AS OUR LEVY. 
          >> CORRECT. YOU'VE SEEN THAT AROUND THE REGION A LITTLE BIT. 
          AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT EACH ONE OF THESE WAS A CONVERSATION, WAS A VERY DELIBERATE, VERY INTENTIONAL, I WOULD SAY, THOUGHTFUL MEETING, WHETHER IT WAS WITH ME, WITH ONE OF OUR DIRECTORS, WITH ONE OF OUR PRINCIPALS. 
          IT WAS VERY HARD TO WATCH OVER THIS LAST FEW MONTHS AND HAVE PRINCIPALS MEETINGS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS, KNOWING THESE HEAVY HEARTS AND THE PEOPLE ACROSS THE TABLE WHO ARE NOT GOING TO BE BACK WITH US. 
          IT'S BEEN BRUTAL. AGAIN, NOT TO TAKE AWAY ANYTHING FROM ANYTHING THAT'S BEEN LOST AS FAR AS COURSES GO. 
          I THINK WE NEED TO ALSO THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE AS WELL. 
          HOWEVER, THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL IS THE SACRIFICES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE BY THOSE I MENTIONED. 
          THIS IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO KEEP. 
          TO ME, A LOT OF CREDIT GOES TO OUR PRINCIPALS, OUR DIRECTORS, OUR TEAM OVER HERE WHO HAVE BEEN SO THOUGHTFUL AND SO CREATIVE IN MAKING THESE CUTS. 
          WE SET OUT AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, 
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RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING TO TRY TO PRESERVE AS MANY PROGRAMS AS POSSIBLE, AND WE KNEW THAT THE TRADE-OFF WAS GOING TO POSSIBLY BE MORE PERSONNEL CUTS. 
          AGAIN, I DO WANT TO THANK THOSE WHO HELPED GET US TO THIS POINT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S BEEN PAINSTAKING, BECAUSE THE PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE STILL GOING TO OFFER IN CAMAS IS ASTOUNDING BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF DOLLARS THAT WE ARE CUTTING. 
          IT'S ABSOLUTELY ASTOUNDING AND IT IS THE THOUGHTFULNESS OF THIS TEAM AND OUR PRINCIPALS. 
          THEATER GOING TO STAY MARCHING BAND, OUR CHORAL PROGRAMS, JAZZ BAND AT CHS, GUITAR PROGRAM, MARKETING, SYMPHONIC AND CONCERT BAND, PERCUSSION, ALL OF OUR GRADUATION PATHWAYS, CCA, HAYES FREEDOM, PROJECT-BASED LEARNING, OUR CTE PROGRAMS, OUR TEACHING ACADEMY, WHICH YOU HEARD ABOUT TODAY, OUR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, WHICH IS CRITICAL, COMMUNITY ED PROGRAM, EVEN THOUGH IT MAY LOOK DIFFERENT IN SIX MONTHS FROM NOW. 
          ALL OF OUR COUNSELORS, OUR SOCIAL WORKERS, ATHLETICS, EXCEPT FOR WHAT I MENTIONED. 
          EVERY SINGLE WORLD LANGUAGE HAS BEEN PRESERVED, OUR AFTERCARE PROGRAM, OUR GREENHOUSE PROGRAM AT SKY RIDGE, OUR MAGNET PROGRAM AT CHS, 3D DESIGN, SPORTS MEDICINE, PRESCHOOL, SHAUNA, AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE, CHILD DEVELOPMENT, OUR CULINARY PROGRAM, DRAWING, PAINTING, ART, WEB DESIGN, PHOTOGRAPHY, OUR CAD PROGRAM, JOURNALISM, ROBOTICS, COMPUTER SCIENCE. 
          EVERY SINGLE AP OFFERING AND EVERY SINGLE DUAL CREDIT OPTION. 
          VIDEO GAME DESIGN, STAGECRAFT, FILM STUDIES, PERCUSSION, CERAMICS, VOCAL ENSEMBLE, SONGWRITING, OUR SCIENCE OLYMPIAD PROGRAM, WHICH IS OUTSTANDING, YEARBOOK, PSYCHOLOGY, DIGITAL DESIGN, INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY, AND CODING. 
          AGAIN, REMARKABLE THAT OUR TEAM HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, AND I CAN'T THANK THEM ENOUGH. 
          AGAIN, IT DOESN'T TAKE AWAY FROM WHAT WE'RE LOSING, BUT IT'S PRETTY REMARKABLE WORK. 
          SHAUNA. WHAT WE'VE LOST OUR ZERO PERIOD JAZZ BAND AND SKY SINGERS AT BOTH LIBERTY AND SKY RIDGE AND A CAVEAT IN JUST A MINUTE REGARDING THOSE. 
          OUR CHS ORCHESTRA, WHICH IS ONE SECTION OF FOUR STUDENTS, SEVENTH GRADE SPANISH, AND THE STUDENTS WILL STILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY IN EIGHTH GRADE AND BEYOND AND OUR ZERO PERIOD CERAMICS. 
          THE REASONING FOR THOSE ZERO PERIODS, AND I STATED IT LAST WEEK, AND I'LL STATE IT AGAIN IS, WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES THAT ARE DESIGNATED BY THE STATE IS SIMPLY NOT FUNDED BY THE STATE. 
          WE'VE HAD THE LUXURY OF USING OUR LEVY, OUR RESERVE FUNDS FOR YEARS NOW. 
          HAVING THIS REMARKABLE ZERO-PERIOD JAZZ AND SKY RIDGE PROGRAMS, NOT TO TAKE AWAY FROM CERAMICS AND OTHER ZERO PERIODS. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, TO YOUR POINT, CONNIE, THERE COMES A STICKING POINT WHERE IT BECOMES NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO DO, AND OUR PRINCIPALS AND OUR ADVENT TEAMS AT OUR SCHOOLS ARE AT A POINT TO WHERE YOU CAN ONLY GO SO FAR WITH WHAT WE HAVE. 
          WHEN WE ASK THEM TO CUT, YOU CAN ONLY GO SO FAR WITH ENGLISH. 
          YOU CAN ONLY GO SO FAR WITH MATH. 
          YOU CAN ONLY GO SO FAR WITH A FOURTH GRADE CLASSROOM OR A KINDERGARTEN CLASSROOM. 
          THESE ARE STATE FUNDS AND CLASS SIZE CAPS THAT WE'RE BATTLING. 
          AGAIN, THIS ISN'T ANY TYPE OF TARGETING OF MUSIC. 
          IF ANYTHING, IT'S LOOKING AT THE FUNDING SOURCES OF WHERE THESE COME FROM, AND WE DO, WE NEED TO KEEP KNOCKING DOWN THAT DOOR IN OLYMPIA. 
          THAT WAY, SO MUCH MORE OF THE LEVY FUNDS TO YOUR POINT, TRACEY CAN GO TO THESE ZERO PERIODS, TO OUR ATHLETICS, TO ALL THESE THINGS THAT WE KNOW AND LOVE. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT, AND ALSO THAT WE ARE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH CEA, OUR TEACHERS UNION TO PROVIDE A STIPEND TO BE OFFERED TO OUR TEACHERS WHO, IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO PICK UP A CO-CURRICULAR CLASS ZERO PERIOD, OR AFTER SCHOOL, WHENEVER THAT'S MOST CONVENIENT, SIMILAR TO WHAT'S HAPPENING IN EVERGREEN, HAWKINSON, VANCOUVER, BATTLE GROUND, [INAUDIBLE]. 
          ALL OF THESE OTHER SURROUNDING DISTRICTS HAVE BEEN OFFERING ZERO PERIOD JAZZ BAND IN A CO-CURRICULAR MODEL. 
          SO A STIPEND IS OFFERED. 
          AGAIN, IT WOULD BE UP TO THE TEACHERS TO ACCEPT THAT STIPEND. 
          BUT AGAIN, THAT'S PROBABLY FOR AT LEAST THE SHORT TERM. 
          WE CAN PRESERVE THE ZERO PERIOD, BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT PEOPLE ARE THINKING. 
          I WAS A HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL FOR A LONG TIME. 
          IF YOU CUT SOMETHING, IT'S VERY HARD TO BRING IT BACK, AND THAT'S PROBABLY THE FEAR, AND I GET THAT. 
          HOWEVER, IF WE CAN, IN THE INTERIM BRING IN A CO-CURRICULAR PROGRAM TO KEEP BUILDING THAT FEEDER FOR CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ, UNTIL WE GET TO THAT POINT TO WHERE WE CAN POTENTIALLY BRING IT BACK WITH LEVY FUNDING, I THINK IT'S ABOUT AS GOOD AS A TRADE OFF AS WE CAN GET. 
          I'VE BEEN TALKING TO BAND DIRECTORS AROUND OUR REGION AND SUPERINTENDENTS, THEY'LL SAY THAT JAZZ CONCERTS ARE STILL ROBUST AND ARE 
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STILL HAPPENING AND HAVE NEVER LOST A STEP UNDER THIS MODEL. 
          AGAIN, I'M NOT A MUSIC PERSON BY TRADE, BUT I'D LIKE TO BELIEVE THAT OUR OTHER DISTRICTS ARE DOING AND THEY ARE SHOWING A MODEL THAT WORKS. 
          DOESN'T MEAN IT'S THE MODEL FOREVER. 
          SHAUNA. TRACEY, DID YOU HAVE? JUST TO REITERATE ON MUSIC BECAUSE I KNOW SEVERAL PEOPLE ARE HERE TO TALK ON THAT AND TO BE ENGAGED IN THAT. 
          AS YOU KNOW, WE DID HAVE AN OPTION ON THE TABLE TO REDUCE FTE. 
          THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN OUTSIDE OF THE CONTRACT. 
          WE HAD AN AGREEMENT TO DO THAT THAT WOULD HAVE KEPT ALL OF OUR TEACHERS IN THEIR PROGRAM, IN THEIR SCHOOL WITH THEIR STUDENTS. 
          BECAUSE IT WAS OUTSIDE OF THE CONTRACT, AND IF NOT EVERY TEACHER AGREES TO THAT, THE ONLY WAY TO GO FROM THAT POINT IS TO REVERT BACK TO THE CONTRACT LANGUAGE, WHICH IS THE OPTION THAT WE HAD TO GO WITH. 
          AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT WENT DOWN THERE WAS THE PROGRAMMING NEEDS AT SKY RIDGE WERE FOR A 1.0 POSITION IN BAND, SPECIFICALLY, AND A 0.6 POSITION IN CHORAL. 
          VERY SIMILAR AT LIBERTY, CHS, 0.8 AND A 1.0 IN CHORAL, 1.0 IN PROJECT-BASED LEARNING AND A 1.0 AT GRASS VALLEY. 
          THE REASON FOR THE 1.0 AT PROJECT-BASED LEARNING, THAT'S A 612 PROGRAM. 
          IT ALMOST AUTOMATICALLY IS MORE ROBUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE THREE MORE GRADE LEVELS TO ENGAGE WITH. 
          WITH THE CHS CHORAL, THAT'S STATA 1.0 BECAUSE EACH OF THOSE SECTIONS IS FULL, A VERY ROBUST PROGRAM. 
          HOWEVER, UNDER THE SECOND MODEL, MORE TEACHERS WERE AFFECTED BECAUSE OF THE SENIORITY LANGUAGE IN THE CONTRACT. 
          AGAIN, I'M NOT CHOOSING ONE OVER THE OTHER, BUT THIS IS THE MODEL WE WENT WITH BECAUSE NOT EVERYONE AGREED TO THE FIRST MODEL. 
          DID IT AFFECT MORE PEOPLE AND HAD SOME MOVEMENT? YES. THE GOOD NEWS, THE CAVEAT IS THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR MUSIC TEACHERS LANDED SOMEWHERE. 
          AGAIN, SOME HAD LESS FTE THAN THEY PROBABLY WOULD HAVE LIKED. 
          BUT AGAIN, THAT MET THE PROGRAMMING NEEDS OF THE SCHOOLS. 
          THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS ON THAT PIECE? 
          >> NO, I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT WHEN WE COME UP WITH A SOLUTION THAT WE THINK IS AN OPTION, EVERYBODY HAS TO AGREE ON IT, AND THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED, AND IF THEY DON'T ALL AGREE, THEN WE HAVE NO CHOICE, BUT TO REVERT BACK TO THE CONTRACT LANGUAGE THAT LED US DOWN THIS OTHER ROAD. 
          BUT WE DO HAVE AN OPEN CONTRACT, AND SO HOPEFULLY THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITY THAT IF THE UNION AND THE DISTRICT WANT TO CHANGE THIS PROCESS, WE ARE IN NEGOTIATIONS. 
          BUT UNTIL THEN, THIS IS WHAT WE ARE LEGALLY BOUND TO FOLLOW, AND SO WE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO FOLLOW WHAT IS AGREED UPON? 
          >> SURE. I THINK BOTH PARTIES WOULD AGREE THAT THERE'S SOME RIFF LANGUAGE THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT FOR THE FUTURE. 
          FOR SURE IT'S NEVER PERFECT. 
          YOU DON'T ALMOST WANT TO PERFECT THIS, AS THAT JUST MEANS YOU'VE DONE IT TOO MANY TIMES. 
          MOVING ON. THANK YOU, SHAUNA. WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? OUR NEXT STEP AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF THIS, AND YOU'LL HEAR A LITTLE BIT FROM MR. WILLIAMS TONIGHT IS CALCULATING THE SAVING. 
          I THINK THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO KNOW, WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS VERY CHALLENGING PROCESS, DID WE GET TO THE NUMBER? RIGHT NOW, I COULD SAY THAT WE'RE APPROXIMATELY AT $11.5 MILLION OF THAT 15 MILLION. 
          THE DUST HASN'T ALL SETTLED YET. 
          WE JUST HAD MR. MANCINI'S RETIREMENT COME IN. 
          WE MAY HAVE MORE THAT COULD ADJUST THINGS. 
          EVERY TEACHER, EVERY EMPLOYEE HAS A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF BENEFITS. 
          I CAN GIVE YOU THAT 11.5 WHERE WE'RE NOW. 
          THAT IS WELL BELOW OUR TARGET, BUT AS THE BOARD KNOWS, WE'RE LIKELY NOT GOING TO HIT 15 MILLION. 
          IF WE CAN HIT 12 MILLION, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN A SPOT WHERE WE CAN AT LEAST PRESENT A BALANCED BUDGET IN AUGUST WITH SOME SHORT TERM BORROWING TO CLOSE THAT GAP. 
          BUT WE SIMPLY CANNOT CUT ANY DEEPER THAN WE ARE RIGHT NOW. 
          CLOSING THE CONTRACTS. 
          WE ARE VERY OPTIMISTIC. 
          IT'S JUST BEEN A WONDERFUL PARTNERSHIP WITH CEA SO FAR THIS YEAR, WE HAVE FOUR DATES COMING UP IN JUNE. 
          NO PROMISES, BUT FOUR DATES GIVES US SOME OPTIMISM THAT WE HOPEFULLY CAN GET TO AN AGREEMENT HERE SOON. 
          THEN I WOULD LIKELY SAY THAT THE SOONER WE CAN GET TO AN AGREEMENT, THE QUICKER WE CAN LOOK AT, WHERE CAN WE START LOOKING AT ADD BACKS FOR FTE? WHERE ARE SOME HOLES THAT NEED TO BE PLUGGED IMMEDIATELY? COST CONTAINMENT, OF COURSE, WE'VE BEEN CONTAINING COSTS FOR QUITE SOME TIME. 
          MY TEAM AND I SCRUTINIZE EVERY SINGLE HIRE, 
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EVERY SINGLE AD IN THIS DISTRICT, AND WE HAVE BEEN FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. 
          IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S A 0.2 PARA ALL THE WAY TO A CABINET LEVEL POSITION. 
          WE'VE TALKED ABOUT LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY AND RAMPING THAT UP. 
          I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT WORK AND MARKETING OUR SCHOOLS, AS I MENTIONED, NOT JUST OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT PUBLIC EDUCATION AS A WHOLE. 
          PUBLIC EDUCATION HAS TAKEN A BEATING SINCE COVID, AND IT'S NOT LETTING UP. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT THE NATIONAL LANDSCAPE, IT'S TAKING A TOLL IN THE NEWS MEDIA, AND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE COULD BE DOING TO IMPROVE THAT, BUT SOME OF IT IS JUST GETTING PAST SOME OF THAT COVID RHETORIC THAT WE'RE STILL DEALING WITH. 
          THERE'S A POLITICAL PIECE OUT THERE, THAT'S SOMETIMES HARD FOR US TO COMBAT. 
          SHARING OUR CELEBRATIONS, IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WHEN WE'RE OUT AT THE POST OFFICE, THE GROCERY STORE, RESTAURANTS, WHEREVER, WE'RE SINGING THE PRAISES OF OUR TEACHERS, OUR STUDENTS, AND EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING GOOD, BECAUSE WE COULD PROBABLY DO ABOUT THREE TIMES THE AMOUNT OF SLIDES ON THE CELEBRATIONS, BUT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THIS BUSINESS TOO. 
          THEN, OF COURSE, NOT TO OVER-CORRECT. 
          MEANING I DON'T WANT TO MAKE KNEE JERK REACTIONS AND START BRINGING BACK FTE AND EMPLOYEES BEFORE WE FINISH NEGOTIATIONS AND TOO SOON, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO END UP BACK IN THIS BOAT, COME THIS SUMMER IN THE FALL. 
          IF THE COMMUNITY AND THE BOARD CAN JUST BE PATIENT WITH MY TEAM AND ME, WE'LL MAKE THOSE DECISIONS AS WE CAN. 
          WHAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT IS THE HIGHEST PRIORITY NEEDS FIRST, SAFETY OF STUDENTS, MAKING SURE THAT OUR CLASS SIZES AREN'T OUT OF CONTROL, AND WE'RE FOLLOWING CONTRACT LANGUAGE. 
          LABOR RELATIONS. I WON'T SPEND A LOT OF TIME HERE. 
          AGAIN, I FEEL LIKE WE REALLY HAVE SOME GOOD MOMENTUM RIGHT NOW WITH OUR CEA PARTNERS. 
          YOU SEE THE FOUR DATES COMING UP, JUNE 2ND, 3RD, 16TH, AND 24TH. 
          AGAIN, THANK YOU TO BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE WHO HAVE JUST DONE INCREDIBLE WORK AND YOU SEE SOME OF THESE TIMES THAT THEY STAY 7, 08, 9 O'CLOCK. 
          IT'S PRETTY REMARKABLE THAT THEY'RE ENGAGED AND SO DEDICATED TO THIS WORK. 
          >> VERY BRIEFLY, LEGISLATIVE SESSION, I WON'T GO INTO ALL THE DETAILS ON THE BILLS. 
          I THINK THE KEY IS THAT VERY LAST PIECE THERE, WHERE, YES, THERE WERE SOME SUCCESSES THIS SESSION. 
          PRIMARILY, THE $50 ONE-TIME MONEY THAT'S COMING DOWN WILL EQUATE TO ABOUT $350,000 FOR CAMAS. 
          HOWEVER, MOST OF THIS WAS EXPECTED. 
          YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS EARLIER YESTERDAY. 
          MOST OF THIS WAS EXPECTED. 
          WE DIDN'T SEE THE WINDFALL, THAT MIRACLE, THAT LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL THAT WE WERE HOPING FOR. 
          HONESTLY, THIS HASN'T CHANGED. 
          THE SESSION DID NOT CHANGE WHERE WE'RE AT, REDUCTION-WISE, AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE END, LB, ALL THAT WE'RE HOPING THAT COULD HAPPEN. 
          MOVING ON. HOW CAN WE WORK TOGETHER? CONNIE, GOING BACK TO YOUR COMMENTS, FOCUS OUR EFFORTS ON LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY. 
          CAMAS WILL RAISE VOICES IN OLYMPIA TO CREATE THIS PROTOTYPICAL TASK FORCE. 
          THE DIRECTIVE CAME RIGHT FROM SENATOR HARRIS. 
          HE'S ON THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE. 
          HE'S A RANKING MEMBER. 
          HE SAID, JOHN, WRITE THE LETTER AND THANKS TO GAIL AND THE TEAM. 
          WE ALREADY HAVE THE LETTER READY, AND WE'RE ABOUT TO GET IT SENT OFF, AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP POUNDING THAT DRUM AS MUCH AS WE CAN. 
          BECOMING INFORMED AND ASKING QUESTIONS, I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THE COUNT WAS LAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT, BUT THERE HAD TO BE A COUPLE HUNDRED COMMUNITY MEMBERS THERE. THAT'S INCREDIBLE. 
          ATTENDING BOARD MEETINGS LIKE TONIGHT, ENGAGING IN OUR COMMITTEES. 
          SEPTEMBER 15TH IS AN IMPORTANT DEADLINE. 
          CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE WILL HAVE AN APPLICATION DEADLINE. 
          OUR LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY COMMITTEE, AGAIN, ON THE 15TH SEPTEMBER, ARTS ADVISORY. 
          I HAVEN'T TALKED A LOT ABOUT TONIGHT, BUT WE'RE EXCITED TO GET ARTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE OFF THE GROUND AND WORKING WITH SO MANY PEOPLE THAT HAVE EMAILED ME AND OTHERS TO REALLY WORK TOGETHER TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS. 
          WE DON'T HAVE A DEADLINE ON THAT YET BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD OUR INITIAL MEETING YET. 
          THEN THE SUPERINTENDENT BUDGET COMMITTEE AGAIN, SEPTEMBER 15TH. 
          THESE ARE GREAT WAYS FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND STAFF TO GET INVOLVED TO HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD. 
          WE HAD AN INCREDIBLE STUDENT ON THE BUDGET COMMITTEE THIS YEAR, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO ADD STUDENTS TO THAT COMMITTEE AS WELL. 
          AGAIN, CELEBRATING SUCCESSES, SPEAK POSITIVELY ABOUT OUR SCHOOL AND SCHOOL DISTRICT AND CONTACT ME. 
          I ALWAYS SAY THE RUMOR MILL CAN GET CRAZY OUT OF CONTROL, NEXT DOOR, THESE APPS, CALL ME, EMAIL ME, TEXT ME. 
          MOST HAVE MY CELL PHONE NUMBER, REACH OUT. 
          I WILL ALWAYS EMAIL YOU, TEXT YOU, OR CALL YOU BACK, GUARANTEED WITHIN A DAY, 
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AND THAT WAY, YOU HEAR IT FROM THE SOURCE. 
          IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR YOU ARE SKEPTICAL, THEN THERE'S OTHER SOURCES, BUT I WILL ALWAYS RESPOND. 
          PLEASE TRY TO KEEP THE RUMOR MILL TO A MINIMUM AND REACH OUT DIRECTLY. 
          I KNOW EACH OF THE FIVE OF YOU ARE VERY OPEN TO THAT AS WELL. 
          BEFORE I GO ON TO JUST A COUPLE OF CELEBRATIONS AND WRAP IT UP, I KNOW, TRACY, I'M SORRY I WENT A LITTLE LONG. 
          I DO WANT TO AGAIN CONGRATULATE HAYES FREEDOM FOR AN INCREDIBLE SENIOR CAPSTONE. 
          I WAS ABLE TO SIT IN. 
          I KNOW SOME OF YOU WERE ABLE TO THOSE HAPPENED THE WEEK OF MAY 5TH. 
          JUST SO YOU KNOW, THE DELINEATION BETWEEN EACH, HAYES FREEDOM, THESE SENIORS SHARE REFLECTIONS AND FOCUS REALLY ON THE ONE, THE JOURNEY THAT THEY HAD THROUGHOUT THEIR EDUCATIONAL CAREER, BUT SPECIFICALLY AT HAYES FREEDOM. 
          VERY POWERFUL STORIES. 
          SENIOR BOARDS OVER AT CHS WILL BE HAPPENING THE 4TH THROUGH THE 6TH. THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT. 
          THIS IS MORE OF A CULMINATING EXPERIENCE, STUDENTS PREPARING FOR THEIR FUTURE, LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, WHETHER IT'S COLLEGE, WORKFORCE, MILITARY, OR OTHER OPTIONS. 
          THEN DHS WILL HAVE THEIR PROJECT IMPACT ON JUNE 6TH IS THEIR SCORING DAY. 
          THIS IS A CULMINATING EXPERIENCE AS WELL. 
          THIS IS ABOUT THEIR PERSONAL GROWTH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND CAREER READINESS. 
          SIMILARITIES THROUGHOUT REALLY DISTINCT IN A LOT OF WAYS, AS WELL. 
          CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE SCHOOLS. 
          THEN, OF COURSE, GRADUATION IN THE TIME OF YEAR, WE ALL LOVE. 
          WE'VE CONDENSED IT INTO THREE DAYS FOR ALL OF YOU. 
          JUNE 12TH, WE'LL START OFF OVER AT DISCOVERY AMPHITHEATER AT 6:30. 
          WE'LL GO OVER TO DOC HARRIS ON FRIDAY NIGHT, SEVEN O'CLOCK FOR CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL, AND THEN WE'LL WRAP UP ON SATURDAY THE 14TH, HAYES FREEDOM AT GARVER AT TWO O'CLOCK, AND THEN CCA RIGHT AT GARVER AT 6:30, AND THAT WILL WRAP UP GRADUATION SEASON. 
          WITH THAT SAID, HERE'S MY LITTLE GUY COMING UP IN A SECOND. 
          SHAUNA, MAYBE GIVE IT ONE MORE CLICK BECAUSE WE HAVE TO END ON OUR THUMBS UP. 
          THERE HE IS. THANK YOU ALL. THANKS FOR THE TIME. 
          >> THANK YOU, JOHN. NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM 3B, OUR MONTHLY BUDGET REPORT, AND MR. WILLIAMS IS HERE TO PRESENT THAT TODAY. 
          >> PUSH. HERE WE GO. NOW IT'S ON. 
          I'VE BEEN ON THE JOB A TOTAL OF TWO WEEKS AND TUESDAY, ONE DAY. 
          I'M LEARNING A LOT. OUR TEAM IN THE BUSINESS OFFICE IS EXCEPTIONAL. 
          THEY'VE PREPARED THIS. I GET TO PRESENT IT, THEY'VE PREPARED IT. 
          I WILL HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM AT THE END. 
          IF NOT, I'M GOING TO SAY, LET ME GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT. LOOKING AT APRIL. 
          JOHN MENTIONED A COUPLE OF THESE IN HIS SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT, BUT WE DO HAVE A SLIGHT REDUCTION IN THE DEFICIT PROJECTION, SO THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS. 
          IT'S $200,000, THAT'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS BUDGET, BUT WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A DEFICIT REDUCTION. 
          WE'RE LOOKING AT IN FUND BALANCE OF 4.8 MILLION OR 3.7%. 
          STILL DOWN THERE, NOT WHERE WE WANT IT, BUT LITTLE BIT OF GOOD NEWS. 
          JOHN MENTIONED THIS ONE, THE STATE DID COME THROUGH WITH $50 PER STUDENT, SO ABOUT $350,000. 
          WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED THAT YET, BUT WE'RE ANTICIPATING IT COMING. 
          THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WITH OUR BUDGET. 
          WE ALSO HAD I WAS TOLD ON THE FIRST DAY THAT I WAS IN THERE THAT THE BUDGET CAN SWING $1 MILLION IN A MONTH, AND I WENT, WOW, THAT'S IMPRESSIVE, BUT IT CAN. 
          WE DID HAVE SOME REVENUES SHIFTING EARLIER, MEANING WE GOT SOME MONEY THAT WE WEREN'T ANTICIPATING, AND THEN WE HAD SOME EXPENDITURES THAT GOT PUSHED OUT, THAT HELPED US A LITTLE BIT WITH OUR BUDGET. 
          NOTICE THIS DOES SAY RELIEVES, BUT DOES NOT ELIMINATE SOME OF JUNE'S CASH FLOW CHALLENGES. 
          WHEN I GOT THERE THE FIRST DAY, THEY WERE LIKE, YOU'RE GOING TO GET TO GO TO THE BOARD IN MAY AND SAY WE NEED TO TAKE OUT A LOAN. 
          I'M NOT HERE TO SAY WE NEED TO TAKE OUT A LOAN, BUT KEEP THAT IN MIND FOR JUNE, I MAY BE BACK. 
          IT BASICALLY GOT PUSHED OUT A LITTLE BIT WITH THAT LOAN. 
          KEEP THAT IN MIND. ALSO, APRIL WAS OUR PRIMARY LEVY COLLECTION MONTH. 
          IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN THAT THE LINE GRAPH, BASICALLY, YOU'LL NOTICE A BIG BUMP IN APRIL. 
          THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE COLLECTION OF OUR LEVY FEES IN APRIL. 
          BUT WE ARE ROLLING INTO MAY AND JUNE, WHICH ARE LOWEST APPORTIONMENT MONTHS. 
          THAT'S GOOD NEWS IS WE GOT SOME MONEY IN APRIL. 
          BAD NEWS IS WE GET SMALLER AMOUNTS IN MAY AND JUNE. 
          A LITTLE BIT, THAT'S OUR GENERAL FUND. 
          [01:45:01]
WITH OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND, I GOT AN EMAIL FROM TRACY ABOUT THIS EARLIER. 
          THERE WAS A PLAN TO TRANSFER 650,000 FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND. 
          THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS HAPPENED TRADITIONALLY YEAR AFTER YEAR, AND IT'S REALLY FOR PROJECTS THAT POP UP THAT MAYBE WEREN'T ANTICIPATED WHEN IT COMES TO THE CAPITAL PROJECTS. 
          FOR INSTANCE, HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE DRIVEN TO THE SKY RIDGE PARKING LOT? IT'S A LITTLE BUMPY. THERE'S SOME HOLES. 
          AT THE LAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT, I HAD A PATRON TELL ME THAT THERE ARE SOME POTHOLES THAT HAVE THEIR OWN ZIP CODE IN THE SKYBOG PARKING LOT AND THERE ARE. 
          THAT WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TRANSFERRED FUNDS TO HELP COVER A LITTLE BIT. 
          WE TALKED TO OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS PEOPLE, AND THEY SAID THEY FEEL LIKE THEY CAN HANDLE IT WITH WHAT'S IN THE CAPITAL PROJECTS RIGHT NOW. 
          WE SUSPENDED THAT 650,00 TRANSFER FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND. 
          THEN ALL OUR OTHER FUNDS ARE NORMAL ACTIVITIES FOR TRANSPORTATION. 
          WE DID HAVE A TRANSFER TO PAY OUR DEBT SERVICES, THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO DO. 
          YOU DO NOT WANT TO GO INTO. 
          YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS YOUR DEBT PAYMENT. WE DID HAVE TO DO THAT. 
          >> HEY, CLINT, I HAVE JUST ONE QUESTION. 
          MAYBE, JOHN, YOU TOUCHED ON THIS, THAT 350,000 THAT WE GOT OUT OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION SO FAR. 
          THAT IS ONE TIME. 
          THAT IS JUST WE'RE GETTING A ONE-SHOT IN THE ARM FOR THAT, SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE CAN PLAN ON LONG TERM. 
          ON TOP OF THAT, IT'S GOING TO COME PROBABLY IN JULY OR AUGUST. 
          >> IT'S LOOKING LIKE JUNE, BUT YES, IT IS A ONE-TIME. 
          IT'S NOT RECURRING. 
          IT IS A ONE-TIME DEAL. 
          >> THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE QUITE A BIT, WHERE THIS HAPPENS IN THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION WHERE ALL OF A SUDDEN WE GET A SHOT OF MONEY AT THE VERY END OUR EXPENSES ARE THE LOWEST, AND IT WARPS OUR BOOKS A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE AT THE END, OH, YOU ACTUALLY HAD MORE MONEY THAN WHAT YOU PROJECTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. 
          IT'S BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW THIS IS COMING AND THEY GIVE IT TO US IN THE TIME OF YEAR WHEN WE CAN'T SPEND IT, SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO ROLL IT INTO NEXT YEAR. 
          ANYWAYS, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M POINTING. 
          >> COREY, REAL QUICKLY, A LOT OF TIMES THAT HAPPENS, COREY, IS BECAUSE THE LEGISLATORS ARE TRYING TO CLOSE THEIR BOOKS, AND THEIR FISCAL YEAR IS DIFFERENT THAN OURS. 
          YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF THAT COME IN JULY AND AUGUST FOR THAT REASON. 
          >> WHICH IS WHY YOU GET THE BIG KICK IN JULY AND AUGUST. 
          THIS IS A SLIDE THAT I'M TOLD IS UP HERE ALL THE TIME. 
          IT'S JUST A REVIEW OF OUR EXPENDITURES AND OUR REVENUES. 
          THE BIGGEST THING TO LOOK DOWN AT THE BOTTOM IS THE BUDGET AND THEN THE PROJECTED APRIL. 
          THE BUDGET WAS 4.6 MILLION FOR OUR ENDING FUND BALANCE, AND IT'S LOOKING LIKE WE'RE GOING TO BE 4.8. 
          AGAIN, THERE'S THAT $200,000 DIFFERENCE. 
          THE GOOD NEWS, NOT GOOD NEWS, I GUESS, BUT GOOD NEWS IS WE ARE IN THE POSITIVE. 
          OUR BUDGETING WAS VERY CLOSE. 
          $200,000 IS PRETTY DARN CLOSE WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT WHERE YOU THINK IT'S GOING TO LAND. 
          THIS IS THE CHART THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT, LOOKING AT THE IN FUND BALANCE. 
          NOTICE THE BIG OCTOBER JUMP. 
          WE GET LEVY FUNDS IN OCTOBER, AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER JUMP IN APRIL. 
          THAT'S OUR SECOND LEVY COLLECTION. 
          YOU'LL NOTICE IT'S CONTINUING TO GO DOWN. 
          THIS IS OUR IN-FUND BALANCE WITH THE BUMPS IN THE LEVY, BUT THEN IT CONTINUES TO GO BACK DOWN. 
          IT GOES BACK UP IN JULY AND AUGUST BECAUSE THOSE ARE OUR BIG APPORTIONMENT MONTHS. 
          THAT'S HARD TO SAY. YOU'LL SEE THAT, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IT GO DOWN AGAIN AS WE GET INTO NEXT YEAR A LITTLE BIT. 
          >> JUNE, WE'RE REJECTING ONLY 2.6 MILLION IN OUR FUND BALANCE. 
          >> YEAH. WHICH IS WHY YOU MAY HEAR ME TALK ABOUT THE POTENTIAL OF A LOAN. 
          NOT THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED IT, BUT IF YOU LOOK, WE'RE THINKING WE'RE GOING TO BE OKAY, BUT IT'S NICE TO HAVE IN YOUR BACK POCKET IN CASE, LIKE I SAID, THERE MAYBE $1 MILLION SWING IN ONE MONTH. 
          >> JUST TO CLARIFY, THE LOAN PART WOULD BE THE LOAN FROM OURSELVES. 
          >> LOAN FROM OURSELVES, YES. 
          >> NOT A LOAN FROM OUTSIDE, BUT FROM OUR CAPITAL. 
          >> CORRECT. THERE'S THREE OPTIONS YOU COULD TAKE. 
          YOU COULD GET IT FROM THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND, WHICH IS WHERE WE WOULD GO FIRST. 
          YOU GET THAT LOAN AND THEN YOU HAVE TO PAY BACK THE LOAN, OBVIOUSLY, PLUS ANY INTEREST THAT THAT WOULD HAVE MADE. 
          IT DOES COST US TO DO THAT, BUT IT'S AN EASIER PROCESS THAN THE OTHER TWO OPTIONS, WHICH ARE APPORTIONMENT ADVANCE FROM THE STATE OR GOING TO THE COUNTY TREASURER. 
          IT'S THE EASIER OF THE THREE, AGAIN, WE'RE BORROWING FROM OURSELVES. 
          I ALSO HEARD TODAY THAT OSPI SAID YOU COULD BORROW FROM YOUR TRANSPORTATION FUND NOW, TOO, WHICH HELPS BIG DISTRICTS, DOESN'T REALLY HELP US BECAUSE OURS ISN'T HUGE, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE OPENING UP. 
          THIS IS JUST THE OVERALL REVENUE PICTURE. 
          [01:50:04]
I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THE BUDGET VARIANCE OF 0.12%. 
          THE BUSINESS DEPARTMENT WAS VERY CLOSE WITH THEIR PROJECTIONS FOR THIS. 
          THEN OUR EXPENDITURES. 
          THIS IS JUST A RECAP OF WHAT WAS ON THERE EARLIER. 
          WITH THAT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT I MAY OR MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ANSWER? 
          >> TRACY, IF I CAN REALLY QUICK ADD, ONE CLARIFICATION I RECEIVED WAS TEACHERS WHO ARE ON, I BELIEVE IT'S THE DISPLACED LIST THAT I MENTIONED, MUST BE CALLED BACK FOR A YEAR BEFORE HIRING OUTSIDE. 
          A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN THE AUGUST DATE. 
          THROUGH THE SPRING. THEN, SECONDLY, I JUST WANT TO THANK MR. WILLIAMS FOR STEPPING IN IN HIS INTERIM. 
          HAVING A BUILDING LEADER PERSPECTIVE, A PRINCIPAL'S PERSPECTIVE, HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL, NOT JUST FOR ME, MY TEAM, BUT BUSINESS SERVICES TO HAVE THAT PERSON TO BOUNCE IDEAS OFF OF. 
          HE'S LEARNED FROM A FIRE HOSE RIGHT AWAY. 
          AGAIN, HE'S JUST BEEN A REALLY GOOD ADDITION WHILE WE'RE SEARCHING FOR OUR PERMANENT CFO. 
          THANK YOU, PUBLICLY, GREAT JOB. 
          >> NO MORE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, CLINT. 
          NEXT ON THE AGENDA. 
          I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GUYS HAVE ALL SEEN THE ITEMS ADDED TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 4A, 
          [4. CULTURE]
WHICH IS OUR PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          THE BOARD VALUES PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BOARD IS TO LISTEN AND REFLECT ON PUBLIC COMMENT ACTIVELY. 
          THE BOARD MAY ONLY DISCUSS AND ACT UPON ITEMS INCLUDED IN THE WRITTEN AGENDA. 
          FOR THAT REASON, BOARD MEMBERS CANNOT RESPOND TO ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT CAN ASK THE SUPERINTENDENT TO FOLLOW UP ON ISSUES RAISED DURING 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 HARASSING OR THREATENING REMARKS BE TOLERATED. 
          COMPLAINTS ABOUT INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEES SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE AS A PERSONNEL MATTER. 
          THE BOARD REQUESTS THAT ANYONE WHO HAS SUBMITTED WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT 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 PODIUM. 
          FACE THE BOARD. STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. 
          THE BELL WILL RING AT 3 MINUTES TO REMIND YOU THAT YOUR TIME IS UP. 
          A COUPLE OTHER THINGS TO MENTION BEFORE WE GET STARTED. 
          JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE BOARD MEMBERS MAY SOMETIMES BE TAKING NOTES, WRITING BECAUSE SOMETIMES THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE SAID THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE FOLLOW UP ON. 
          IF SOMEONE IS WRITING OR TYPING, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO FOLLOW UP ON THINGS THAT ARE SAID DURING THIS TESTIMONY BECAUSE THAT'S PART OF OUR JOB TOO IS TO FOLLOW UP ON THINGS WE HEAR TONIGHT. 
          I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE DID RECEIVE SOME WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENTS, AND THAT'S IN BOARD DOCS THAT WE'VE ALL SEEN, AND ALSO JUST AGAIN, ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE EMAILS WE HAVE RECEIVED LATELY. 
          I KNOW WE TRY TO RESPOND TO THOSE I DO AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. I DON'T GET ALL OF THEM. 
          I KNOW JOHN GETS ALL OF THEM, BUT WE ARE READING ALL OF THEM, AND I APPRECIATE ALWAYS HEARING FROM OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 
          LASTLY, BEFORE I GET STARTED, WE HAVE 15 PEOPLE SIGN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, WHICH WILL PUT US ABOUT 45 MINUTES. 
          I'M JUST REMINDING THE BOARD THAT I'LL JUST EXTEND THE PUBLIC COMMENT FROM 30 MINUTES TO 45 MINUTES SO WE CAN GET THROUGH EVERYONE ON THE LIST HERE TONIGHT. 
          WITH THAT, ALSO PROVIDE A LITTLE GRACE AS I TRY TO READ THE HANDWRITING ON ALL OF THESE AS WELL. 
          THE FIRST PERSON UP IS LACY. 
          IS SHE STILL HERE? THAT'S RIGHT. 
          YEAH. IF LACY IS NOT HERE, I'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE, WHICH IS HELEN. WELCOME. 
          >> HERE YOU GO, RIGHT HERE. 
          >> HI. MY NAME IS HELEN FELICIANO, AND I AM A SIXTH GRADER AT SKYRIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL. 
          I'M HERE THIS EVENING TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE DISRUPTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TO ' MUSIC EDUCATION. 
          I ATTENDED A PRIVATE SCHOOL BETWEEN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH THIRD GRADE, AND AFTER THIRD GRADE, MY PARENTS GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRANSFER TO PRUNE HILL ELEMENTARY BECAUSE IT WAS IMPORTANT TO THEM THAT THE PUBLIC SCHOOL EXPERIENCE OFFERED A BROADER RANGE OF OPTIONS WITH ACADEMICS AND OTHER STRONG PROGRAMS LIKE MUSIC AND CLUBS. 
          AT PRUNE HILL, ONE OF THE FIRST PERSON WHO MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN MY PUBLIC SCHOOL JOURNEY WAS MRS. BINDER. 
          SHE INTRODUCED ME TO CHOIR AND HELPED ME REALIZE HOW POWERFUL MUSIC COULD BE, NOT JUST AS AN ART FORM, BUT AS A WAY TO BUILD CONFIDENCE, CONNECTION, AND COMMUNITY. 
          WITHOUT HER ENCOURAGEMENT, I MIGHT NEVER HAVE JOINED CHOIR AT ALL. 
          FROM THERE, AT SKYRIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL, I WAS LUCKY TO MEET SOMEONE WHO WOULD COMPLETELY CHANGE HOW I SEE MUSIC AND MYSELF. 
          MRS. BRENDA SAPPINGTON. 
          SHE'S THE ONE WHO SPARKED AND NURTURED MY LOVE FOR MUSIC. 
          SHE NOT ONLY TAUGHT ME TO BE A BETTER MUSICIAN, 
          [01:55:02]
BUT SHE'S ALSO TAUGHT ME TO BE A BETTER PERSON. 
          ONE CLASS THAT'S BEEN ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT TO ME IS JAZZ CHOIR, ALSO KNOWN AS SKY SINGERS, THE ZERO-PERIOD CLASS THAT HAS NOW BEEN ELIMINATED THROUGH RECENT BUDGET CUTS. 
          SKY SINGERS IS MORE THAN JUST A CLASS. 
          IT'S A PLACE WHERE WE'RE PUSHED TO GROW MUSICALLY AND PERSONALLY. 
          THIS IS A CLASS THAT REQUIRES AN AUDITION, SOMETHING THAT CAN PUSH SOME PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR COMFORT ZONE. 
          BECAUSE OF THIS, THE PEOPLE IN SKY SINGERS ARE A DEDICATED GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE TRULY PASSIONATE ABOUT MUSIC. 
          IT IS NOT JUST AN ELECTIVE, BUT A CHOICE THAT WE WANT TO GET UP BEFORE SCHOOL BECAUSE WE CARE ABOUT THIS EXPERIENCE. 
          WE SING COMPLEX PIECES THAT CHALLENGE US, AND SOMEHOW WE HAVE THE TIME OF OUR LIVES DOING IT. 
          BUT SKY SINGERS IS MORE THAN JUST MUSIC, IT'S A FAMILY. 
          LIKE ANY REAL FAMILY, WE SUPPORT EACH OTHER DEEPLY. 
          I REMEMBER ONE DAY, I WAS REALLY DOWN. 
          I HAD LOST A ROLE I REALLY WANTED, I FELT LIKE GIVING UP, BUT THE SKY SINGERS DIDN'T LET ME. 
          THEY SAID, "HELEN, WE KNOW YOU'D BE AMAZING AT THAT ROLE. 
          YES, SOMEONE ELSE IS AHEAD RIGHT NOW, BUT YOU HAVE YOUR OWN STRENGTHS." THAT MOMENT STUCK WITH ME. 
          I DIDN'T WIN, BUT I WALKED AWAY WITH MY CONFIDENCE AND MY DRIVE STILL INTACT. 
          THAT'S WHAT MAKES SKY SINGERS SO SPECIAL. 
          WHEN ONE PERSON IS HAPPY, THE WHOLE ROOM LIGHTS UP. 
          WHEN ONE OF US IS STRUGGLING, EVERYONE IS THERE WITH A HUG, SOMETIMES LITERALLY JUMPING OUT OF OUR SEATS. 
          IT'S THE SUPPORT YOU DON'T JUST FIND ANYWHERE. 
          CHOIR IS A COMMUNITY, BUT SKY SINGERS IS A FAMILY. 
          I AM REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE DISRUPTIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY HAPPENED BECAUSE OF BUDGET CUTS AND SEE THIS AS A SIGNIFICANT THREAT TO MY EDUCATION IN MANY WAYS. 
          I TAKE IT PERSONALLY WHEN THERE IS A THREAT TO MY FAMILY, MY SKY SINGERS FAMILY. 
          THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. [APPLAUSE] 
          >> I'M SORRY. YOU CAN COME. 
          >> [INAUDIBLE]. 
          >> NO, I'LL GO BACK. YOU CAN COME UP FIRST. THANK YOU. 
          >> SORRY. [FOREIGN] IT WAS GOOD THAT THE STUDENT WENT FIRST. 
          I THINK THAT WAS SO WONDERFULLY DONE. 
          YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL VOICE, AND YOU SHOULD CONTINUE MUSIC. 
          MY NAME IS LANGY POIVA. 
          I'M ORIGINALLY FROM SAMOA IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC, WHERE BOTH OF MY CHILDREN WERE BORN. 
          WE CHOSE THIS BEAUTIFUL TOWN OF TO MOVE TO BECAUSE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          WE DID A LOT OF RESEARCH NATIONALLY, AND WE CHOSE BECAUSE IT WAS NOT JUST BEAUTIFUL, 15 MINUTES FROM AN AIRPORT, GREAT SUMMERS, LAKES AND RIVERS, BUT IT OFFERED A SCHOOL SYSTEM THAT I KNEW THAT MY CHILDREN WOULD THRIVE IN. 
          A MONTH AGO, MY DAUGHTER INFORMED ME THAT HER PPL WOULD BE MERGING, THEREFORE IMPACTING HER LEARNING IN THE COMING YEAR. 
          JUST LAST WEEK, SHE SAID THAT HER BAND CONDUCTOR WOULD NOT BE CONTINUING. 
          NOW, SHE HAS THE MISFORTUNE OF BEING THAT ONE STUDENT WHO HAS BEEN IMPACTED BY BOTH OF THESE MEASURES THAT HAVE BEEN DONE BY YOU IN ORDER TO SAVE MONEY. 
          BUT I WILL SAY THIS, IF I HAD KNOWN TWO YEARS AGO THAT WOULD CUT TEACHERS, SPECIAL EDUCATION STAFF, HEALTH SUPPORT, AND ELIMINATE CORE PROGRAMS LIKE MIDDLE SCHOOL MUSIC, I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT TWICE. 
          THESE CHOICES GO AGAINST EVERYTHING THAT BROUGHT MY FAMILY HERE. 
          WE DIDN'T AGREE TO THIS PROCESS. 
          THIS HAS BEEN A PLANNING FAILURE, A COMMUNICATION FAILURE, AND A FAILURE TO INCLUDE THE VOICES OF THOSE STUDENTS MOST IMPACTED, ESPECIALLY THE STUDENTS SEATED HERE TONIGHT. 
          THEY'RE FIGHTING FOR THEIR INSTRUMENTS, THEIR MUSICAL NOTES, AND THEIR VOICES. 
          THAT SHOULDN'T BE NECESSARY. 
          THEY SHOULD BE EMPOWERED, AND THEY SHOULD CONTINUE TO THRIVE IN THEIR CREATIVITY. 
          MUSIC IS NOT JUST OPTIONAL FOR OUR FAMILY, AS POLYNESIANS, EVERYONE HAS SEEN MOANA. 
          YES. THAT'S HOW MY CHILDREN WERE RAISED. 
          MUSIC IS NOT OPTIONAL FOR MY FAMILY. 
          MUSIC DIRECTLY FEEDS INTO HIGH SCHOOL NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED PROGRAM. 
          DISTRICT 1 REPRESENTATIVE HIMSELF SAID THAT THERE WERE BEAUTIFUL SUCCESSES RECENTLY. 
          [02:00:04]
THEREFORE, CUTTING IT IS A MISTAKE WITH LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES. 
          I URGE THE BOARD TO RECONSIDER THE CUTS TO THE MUSIC PROGRAM, I URGE THE BOARD TO DO MORE DUE DILIGENCE IN THE MERGER OF THE PBL, AND I CERTAINLY URGE THE BOARD TO CONSIDER THE VOICES OF THOSE MOST IMPACTED BY YOUR DECISIONS. 
          THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] 
          >> THANK YOU. NEXT ON THE LIST IS WAVERLY. 
          >> HI. I'M WAVERLY. 
          I'M A EIGHTH GRADER AT SKYRIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL. 
          I'VE COME HERE BEFORE AND I'VE TALKED ABOUT SAC AND ASB. 
          BUT I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I TALK ABOUT. 
          MUSIC IS SOMETHING THAT NOT ONLY IMPACTS ME IN OUR SCHOOL, BUT IT IMPACTS ALL OF THESE STUDENTS AND THEIR LIVES. 
          AS STUDENTS, WE CARRY MANY THINGS. 
          WE CARRY OUR GRADES, WE CARRY WHAT OUR FAMILY THINKS, WE CARRY WHAT OUR FRIENDS THINK. 
          FOR ME, AND I THINK MANY OTHERS, THESE PROGRAMS LIKE THEATER AND MORNING CHOIR, LIKE I DO, AND BAND HAVE BECOME A WAY TO LET THOSE WEIGHTS GO FOR A LITTLE BIT. 
          MANY OF THESE STUDENTS SEE THIS AND ARE ABLE TO JUST BE WHO THEY ARE. 
          I HAVE FOUND THAT THERE IS NO COMMUNITY QUITE LIKE THE COMMUNITY IN THE ARTS. 
          I HAVE NEVER FELT MORE ACCEPTED AND MORE UPLIFTED THAN WHEN I AM WITH THIS COMMUNITY. 
          EVERY TIME SOMEONE'S HAVING A BAD DAY, EVERY TIME SOMEONE MAKES A SUCCESS, THEY ARE NEVER MET WITH ANGER OR JEALOUSY, I'VE ONLY SEEN THEM BE MET WITH HELP AND SUPPORT. 
          THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] 
          >> THANK YOU. NEXT ON THE LIST IS DUSTIN. 
          >> GOOD EVENING. NICE TO BE HERE. 
          I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO FOLLOW WAVERLY, A FORMER STUDENT. THANK YOU, WAVERLY. 
          [LAUGHTER] MY NAME IS DUSTIN HUNLEY. 
          I LIVE IN PORTLAND, BUT I'VE HAD THE HONOR OF TEACHING AT DOROTHY FOX AS THE MUSIC SPECIALIST FOR 15 YEARS NOW. 
          WHILE I COULD SPEAK FOR HOURS ON MUSIC EDUCATION, IN GENERAL, I'M GOING TO USE THE REMAINDER OF MY THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF SOMETHING BOTH CULTURALLY ESSENTIAL AND EDUCATIONALLY POWERFUL. 
          IN THIS CASE, MIDDLE SCHOOL JAZZ. 
          SOME MUSIC PROGRAMS NEED SPECIAL PROTECTION REGARDLESS OF ENROLLMENT NUMBERS. 
          JAZZ IS NOT JUST A CLASS, IT IS AMERICA'S ART FORM. 
          BORN FROM THE EXPERIENCES OF BLACK AMERICANS, JAZZ FUSED SPIRITUALS, THE BLUES, LATIN RHYTHMS, AND EUROPEAN CLASSICAL MUSIC, AND TRANSFORMED IT TO BECOME THE FOUNDATION OF ROCK AND ROLL, R&B, FUNK, POP, AND HIP HOP. 
          IT IS THE MUSICAL BACKBONE OF MODERN AMERICAN CULTURE. 
          JAZZ IS MORE THAN JUST HISTORY, THOUGH, IT'S A LIVING, BREATHING PRACTICE OF CREATIVITY. 
          IT IS ONE OF THE ONLY MUSICAL FORMS WHERE IMPROVISATION IS NOT ONLY ALLOWED, BUT IS EXPECTED. 
          EVERY STUDENT ON THAT BANDSTAND MUST THINK CRITICALLY, LISTEN DEEPLY, AND EXPRESS SOMETHING ORIGINAL WHILE STILL WORKING WITH OTHER VOICES IN THE ENSEMBLE. 
          WHAT BETTER PREPARATION FOR LIFE IS THERE AND LEADERSHIP IS THERE IN THE 21ST CENTURY? THIS RICH, MEANINGFUL CONTENT IS EXACTLY WHAT STUDENTS DESERVE TO ACCESS TO KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 12TH GRADE. 
          WE KNOW FROM RECENT HISTORY THAT WHEN WE CUT MUSIC PROGRAMS, THEY DON'T EASILY COME BACK. 
          IN 2013, ELEMENTARY MUSIC STAFFING WAS REDUCED FROM 1.0 TO AROUND 0.75 FTE PER BUILDING, WITH A PROMISE THAT STAFFING WOULD RETURN AS SOON AS ENROLLMENT INCREASED AT WOODBURN. 
          THAT PROMISE REMAINS UNFULFILLED 12 YEARS LATER, AND OTHER PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES WERE DEEMED MORE IMPORTANT AND GOT IN FRONT OF US IN LINE. 
          OUR STUDENTS STILL ONLY RECEIVE ABOUT 45 MINUTES OF MUSIC PER WEEK AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, WHILE OTHER DISTRICTS IN CLARK COUNTY AVERAGE AT LEAST 60. 
          WELL, I UNDERSTAND THE NECESSITY OF THE BUDGET CUTS IN OUR DISTRICT; OUR MUSIC PROGRAMS CANNOT AFFORD MORE SETBACKS. 
          WE CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE JAZZ AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. 
          IT MUST BE PROTECTED WHILE WE WEATHER THE STORM. 
          PROGRAMS LIKE THIS MUST BE TREATED AS SPECIAL BECAUSE THEY ARE. 
          BECAUSE I SEE I HAVE A MINUTE LEFT, I WANT TO ADD A LITTLE THING. 
          THE IDEA OF ASKING THE TEACHERS WHO'VE BEEN IMPACTED WITH RIFS TO COME BACK AND TEACH JAZZ AS A CLUB WITH A STIPEND, 
          [02:05:03]
I DON'T THINK THAT WILL WORK. 
          ALSO, I HAPPEN TO KNOW A LOT OF PROFESSIONAL JAZZ MUSICIANS IN THE AREA WHO WOULD BE GLAD TO COME AND TEACH, BUT I ADVISE AGAINST HIRING THEM. 
          THEY'RE NOT EDUCATORS. 
          YOU HAVE THE PEOPLE RIGHT NOW THAT CAN DO THE JOB, YOU NEED TO KEEP THEM. 
          [APPLAUSE] I URGE YOU, DON'T FORCE JAZZ TO BE CUT, DON'T LET THIS UNIQUELY AMERICAN, DEEPLY HUMAN ART FORM VANISH FROM OUR CLASSROOMS. PLEASE FIND A BETTER WAY. 
          THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] 
          >> THANK YOU. NEXT ON THE LIST IS JAVIER. 
          >> GOOD EVENING. BOARD MEMBERS, DISTRICT LEADERSHIP, AND COMMUNITY. 
          MY NAME IS JAVIER APPELGREN. 
          I'M PERSONALLY HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT MY PERSPECTIVE OBSERVING MY WIFE, ANA MARIA BUSTOS-APPELGREN, A SPANISH TEACHER HERE AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND SHARE THE PERSPECTIVE AS A FELLOW EDUCATOR, BUT ALSO AS A FAMILY MEMBER IMPACTED BY THESE CHANGES. 
          WE ARE ALL AWARE OF THE CUTS AND CHANGES MOVING FORWARD AS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT GETS READY FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. 
          THERE HAVE BEEN SPEECHES AND PLEAS REGARDING THE CUTS AND REDUCTIONS. 
          WHENEVER THESE ACTIONS AND DECISIONS ARE MADE, THEY DO NOT SIMPLY STOP AT THE IMPACTED MEMBER, THEY PERMEATE AND FLOW INTO THE PERSONAL LIVES OF EVERYONE AROUND THEM. 
          IT IS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE THAT YOU CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A SENSE OF COMPASSION AND HUMANITY, AND CONSIDERING ALL THESE ASPECTS WHEN YOU'RE MAKING THE DECISIONS. 
          IMAGINE HAVING TO GO HOME AND TELL YOUR SPOUSE, YOUR PARTNER, YOUR FAMILY, AND YOUR CHILDREN THAT YOU DON'T HAVE A JOB, THAT YOUR SALARY AND HOURS HAVE BEEN REDUCED, OR SIMPLY TELLING STAFF TO LEAVE AND TAKE A POSITION ELSEWHERE AFTER INVESTING SO MUCH TIME, PASSION, ENERGY INTO THEIR WORK. 
          RIGHT NOW, ALL OF THESE IMPACTED STAFF MEMBERS SHOW UP DAY AFTER DAY WITH A BIG SMILE. 
          BUT BEHIND IS HIDING FEAR, PAIN, ANGER, DISAPPOINTMENT, AND SO MANY OTHER EMOTIONS. 
          THEY CONTINUE TO SHOW UP DAY AFTER DAY TO A PLACE OR POSITION THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN AWAY. 
          THEY HAVE BEEN TOLD IT IS NOT A REFLECTION OF THE PERFORMANCE, BUT TRUST ME WHEN I TELL THAT EACH ONE OF THEM FEELS THAT IT IS PERSONAL. 
          WE, THE FAMILIES OF THE IMPACTED STAFF, ARE WATCHING FROM THE SIDELINES, LISTENING, CONSOLING, ENCOURAGING, AND WATCHING OUR LOVED ONES DEAL WITH SLEEPLESS NIGHTS, BOUTS OF SADNESS, TEARS, AND ANGER. 
          PLEASE DO NOT DISREGARD YOUR STAFF'S HUMANITY AND IMPACT WHEN YOU MAKE THESE CHOICES. 
          THEY DID NOT ASK FOR THEM, THEY DON'T WANT THEM. 
          THEY ARE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH OR ENJOYING MAKING CHOICES THAT IMPACT FELLOW COLLEAGUES AND FRIENDS. 
          THE FEELING OF GUILT AND RESPONSIBILITY IS OVERWHELMING. 
          THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS SIGNS THAT SAY SEE AND SERVE EVERY STUDENT. 
          BUT FOR THAT TO HAPPEN IN A MEANINGFUL AND IMPACTFUL MANNER, THE DISTRICT NEEDS TO SEE AND SERVE EVERY ONE OF THEIR STAFF MEMBERS. 
          GRACE AND EMPATHY WILL BE HIGHLY NEEDED AS STAFF WILL BE ASKED TO DO MORE WITH LESS. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND UNDERSTANDING. 
          [APPLAUSE] 
          >> NEXT ON THE LIST, I BELIEVE IS KATHERINE. 
          >> I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR LISTENING TO COMMUNITY CONCERNS AND FOR WORKING DILIGENTLY TO MANAGE THE COMPLEXITY INVOLVED. 
          >> CAN YOU STEP UP JUST A LITTLE BIT CLOSER? THERE. THANK YOU. 
          >> FOR THE COMPLEXITY INVOLVED IN MAKING EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AND IMPACTFUL BUDGET DECISIONS. 
          I WOULDN'T WANT THAT JOB. 
          BUT FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE THE HONOR OF WORKING WITH AND FOR STUDENTS ARE GUIDED BY THE PRINCIPLE THAT EVERYTHING WE DO IS FOR STUDENTS AND THAT STUDENTS ACADEMIC LEARNING AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL WELL BEING ARE AT THE FOREFRONT OF EVERY DECISION. 
          STUDENTS NEEDS MUST SUPERSEDE THE TEACHERS. 
          MY UNDERSTANDING, THE TEACHER WHO IS REPLACING MR. BATEMAN AT P. BELL, HIS EXPERTISE IS IN TEACHING CHORUS. 
          ATTENDING MR. BATEMAN'S BAND CONCERTS AND SEEING THE PROGRESSIONS OF STUDENT SKILLS FROM SIXTH GRADE THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL REVEALS HIS EXPERTISE. 
          IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE MR. BATEMAN COMPLETE HIS 0.6 HOURS AT PBL, SO HIS BAND EXPERTISE IS UTILIZED IN THE BEST INTEREST OF STUDENTS? 
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TO HAVE THE OTHER TEACHER STAY AT HIS PRESENT SCHOOL FOR 0.6 OF THE DAY, SO HIS STUDENTS CAN CONTINUE CHORUS AND UTILIZE HIS EXPERIENCE? THEN HE COULD TRAVEL TO PBL TO COMPLETE THE HOURS NEEDED FOR HIS FULL TIME POSITION. 
          ON A BROADER ISSUE, IT WAS INSPIRING TO HEAR SUPERINTENDENT ANALONZE SAY THAT WHEN HE MEETS WITH OTHER SUPERINTENDENTS, THEY DISCUSS THE IMPORTANCE OF PROMOTING PUBLIC EDUCATION. 
          WHO WE VOTE FOR AT THE LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL HAS A PROFOUND IMPACT. 
          TO PROMOTE PUBLIC EDUCATION, WE MUST PUT PARTISAN ISSUES ASIDE AND VOTE FOR PROTECTORS, NOT DESTROYERS OF PUBLIC EDUCATION. 
          I TAUGHT IN A STATE WHERE THE LURE OF SCHOOL CHOICE AND VOUCHERS CONTRIBUTED TO CONTROL BY ONE PARTY. 
          THE STATE REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP ATTEMPTED TO CUT PUBLIC EDUCATION FUNDING IN HALF IN ORDER TO FUND VOUCHERS FOR PRIVATE SCHOOLS. 
          AT A RECENT EVERGREEN DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT SPOKE AND SAID, AND I'M PARAPHRASING, HE WAS REFERRING TO THE NATIONAL FEDERAL ELECTIONS. 
          HE SAID TO THE BOARD MEMBERS, WE KNOW THAT SOME BOARD MEMBERS VOTED FOR THE PRESENT ADMINISTRATION. 
          HOW CAN YOU SIT THERE AND SAY THAT YOU HAVE OUR BEST INTEREST IN MIND WHEN YOU VOTED FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT. 
          HIS WORDS REMIND US THAT PROMOTING PUBLIC EDUCATION REQUIRES VOTING FOR THOSE WHO WILL PROTECT IT AND NOT DESTROY IT, AS THE PRESENT GEO PARTY IS TRYING TO DO. 
          I KNOW THAT THIS IS AN UNPOPULAR VIEW IN A CONSERVATIVE CAMAS, BUT IF PARENTS, TEACHERS, AND LEADERS TRULY WANT TO PUT STUDENTS FIRST AND SAVE PUBLIC EDUCATION, WE MUST HAVE THE COURAGE TO CHANGE OUR BELIEFS AND HAVE THE DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS WITH FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND COMMUNITY ABOUT THE DANGERS FOR VOTING FOR POLITICIANS WHO PROMOTE SCHOOL CHOICE, PRIVATIZATION, AND THE DEFUNDING OF PUBLIC EDUCATION. 
          I'M ASKING NOT ONLY THE BOARD, BUT EVERYONE PRESENT TO HAVE THAT COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] 
          >> NEXT STEP ON THE LIST IS HAL. 
          >> WHY ARE WE CONSTANTLY HAVING TO FIGHT FOR THE ARTS? IN OUR COUNTRY RIGHT NOW, I SEE THE ARTS UNDER ATTACK FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          IT WORRIES ME TREMENDOUSLY THAT THESE NEW BUDGET CUTS REINFORCE THE MESSAGE THAT THE ARTS ARE LESS IMPORTANT THAN ANY OTHER SUBJECT TAUGHT IN SCHOOL. 
          WE ARE SO LUCKY RIGHT NOW TO HAVE SOME OF THE BEST MUSIC TEACHERS IN THE STATE, AND EVEN A GRAMMY NOMINEE FROM THIS PAST YEAR CEREMONY AMONG THEM. 
          I KNOW MOST OF YOU HAVE SEEN A PLAY OR HAVE BEEN TO A CONCERT THIS YEAR, AND THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION THESE KIDS ARE GETTING IS UNDENIABLE. 
          IS IT WORTH RISKING THESE TEACHERS DESIRE TO STAY HERE IN CAMPUS? WHEN WE FIRST LEARNED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL BUDGET CUTS, THE IMPACT ON THE ARTS HERE, WE RALLIED. 
          WE ORGANIZED AND GATHERED OVER 1,300 SIGNATURES IN ROUGHLY A WEEK. 
          [APPLAUSE] THAT SHOULD TELL YOU WHAT THIS COMMUNITY VALUES IN A MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION, AND I AM TRULY IMPRESSED BY THE VOLUME OF FEEDBACK WE HAVE GIVEN YOU ON YOUR CUTS TO THE ARTS. 
          I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS TO WORK AROUND AND FIND CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO THIS BUDGET PROBLEM BUT HERE'S THE BOTTOM LINE. 
          IT'S YOUR JOB TO FIX IT FOR HOPEFULLY WHAT YOU THINK THE COMMUNITY WANTS AND VALUES. 
          WE, THE PARENTS AND COMMUNITY OF CAMAS ARE LETTING YOU KNOW THAT WE DON'T AGREE WITH YOUR DECISION TO MAKE MUSIC TEACHERS LESS THAN FULL TIME TEACHERS IN ANY CASE. 
          A LESS THAN TEACHER MEANS THE SAME AMOUNT OF WORK, SAME AMOUNT OF EMOTIONAL INVESTMENT, SAME EXPECTATIONS FROM OUR KIDS AND PARENTS FOR LESS MONEY AND JOB SECURITY. 
          WHAT I FEEL IS AT STAKE FOR THE KIDS NEXT YEAR IS THE FOUNDATION OF MUSIC. 
          MIDDLE SCHOOL IS THE LAST TIME KIDS CAN EXPLORE A BIT BEFORE THE PRESSURE OF HIGH SCHOOL BEGINS. 
          IT'S A TERRIBLY IMPORTANT AND DIFFICULT AGE TO NAVIGATE. 
          THE OVERWHELMING MESSAGE THAT I HEAR FROM THE MIDDLE SCHOOLERS IS THEY VALUE THE SAFE PLACE THE CHOIR AND BAND ROOM OFFER. 
          DO YOU WANT THAT SAFE SPACE TO BE LESS AVAILABLE? THESE KIDS HAVE SUFFERED THROUGH THE GENERATIONAL TRAUMA OF 
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COVID AND LOSS OF TWO OR THREE YEARS OF SOCIALIZATION. 
          THE BAND AND CHOIR ROOM ARE SIMPLY MORE THAN CLASSROOMS, AND THESE TEACHERS HAVE A GREATER CHANCE TO REACH THEM THAN ANY CLASS OFFERED. 
          THANK YOU, AND PLEASE LET US HELP YOU RALLY THE SUPPORT NEEDED TO GET FUNDING FOR THESE KIDS IN THEIR ARTISTIC ENDEAVORS. 
          [APPLAUSE] 
          >> THANK YOU. NEXT ON THE LIST IS BRITTIN. 
          >> HELLO. MY NAME IS BRITTIN JURA, AND I WOULD LIKE TO START OFF BY SAYING THAT I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH AS A STUDENT TO ATTEND TWO DIFFERENT PANELS IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS THAT HAVE ADDRESSED THE BUDGET CUTS. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A HARD TIME FOR OUR DISTRICT. 
          HOWEVER, I ALSO KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THE ARTS ARE TO THE STUDENTS HERE AT CAMAS. 
          THE ARTS ARE ONE OF THE FEW PLACES LEFT INSIDE OF OUR SCHOOLS THAT ARE GENUINELY SAFE SPACES FOR EVERY SINGLE PERSON REGARDLESS OF WHO THEY ARE. 
          BEING A PART OF THE ARTS IN CAMAS HAS GIVEN ME AND SO MANY OTHER STUDENTS A HOME. 
          I FEEL SUPPORTED BY MY STAFF AND MY PEERS IN THE ARTS. 
          I HAVE TRULY NEVER FELT LIKE I HAVE BELONGED MORE ANYWHERE IN MY LIFE THAN IN THE ARTS PROGRAMS AT CAMAS. 
          WHEN IN OTHER PROGRAMS STUDENTS MAY NOT FEEL THAT THEY BELONG IN THE ARTS PROGRAMS AT CAMAS, NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE, THEY FIT IN, AND THEY FIND A FAMILY, WHICH IS VERY POWERFUL. 
          IN THE PANELS I'VE ATTENDED, I'VE NOTICED ONE COMMON THEME THAT YOU ALL WANT TO HEAR STUDENT VOICE. 
          I THINK IT'S PRETTY CLEAR THAT THE STUDENTS HERE WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THEIR THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS, AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SHARE SOME THINGS. 
          BEAR WITH ME. I'M GOING TO GO OFF SCRIPT FOR A MINUTE. 
          BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY REALLY QUICKLY HOW IMPORTANT THE ARTS ARE TRULY FROM THE HEART. 
          I KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE THE ARTS AFFECT, AND THEY AFFECT PEOPLE WHO USUALLY MAY NOT COME OUT OF THEIR SHELL AS MUCH. 
          BUT YOU GET TO SEE THIS WHOLE OTHER SIDE OF THEM. 
          ONE THING, I'VE BEEN IN LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS SINCE FOURTH GRADE AND HERE IN CAMAS SCHOOLS. 
          ONE THING THAT WE TALK A LOT ABOUT IS SAFETY AND GETTING STUDENTS TO WANT TO COME TO SCHOOL. 
          THE ARTS MAKE STUDENTS WANT TO COME TO SCHOOL. 
          IT GIVES THEM A FAMILY AND A PLACE TO BELONG AND A PLACE WHERE THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE AND SAFE THAT THEY CAN COME AGAIN AND AGAIN AND THEY LOVE IT EVERY TIME THEY CAN EXPRESS THEIRSELF AND BE WHO THEY ARE. 
          THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. 
          THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] 
          >> NEXT STEP IS JULIE. 
          >> THANK YOU. I HAVE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT I WANT TO SPEAK TO. 
          TODAY, I'M COMING AS A MOTHER, NOT AS A TEACHER BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO THANK THE PEOPLE WHO QUITE LITERALLY BROUGHT MY CHILD OUT OF A DARK HOLE. 
          MRS. COSGROVE, YOU TAUGHT MY KID GUITAR. 
          YOU TAUGHT HIM SOMETHING I COULDN'T TEACH HIM. 
          ALDEN WITHOUT HIS GUITAR WOULD BE NOT ALDEN. 
          MR. BATEMAN AT ODYSSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, KEPT THAT GOING FOR HIM. 
          THAT PROJECT-BASED LEARNING CAMPUS PROVIDED HIM A SPACE TO PURSUE HIS PASSION. 
          MR. HENAN, I WISH HE WERE HERE. 
          ALDEN SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ALLOWED INTO JAZZ BAND. 
          HE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO READ MUSIC. CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS? MY KID DID NOT KNOW HOW TO READ MUSIC IN EIGHTH GRADE, AND MR. HENAN GAVE HIM A CHANCE. 
          HE HAS BEEN IN JAZZ BAND. 
          HE HAS BEEN IN SELECT VOCAL ENSEMBLE. 
          HE HAS BEEN IN WIND ENSEMBLE. 
          HE HAS BEEN IN ORCHESTRA. 
          MY KID WAS ONE OF THE FOUR PEOPLE IN ORCHESTRA, AND I KNOW IT'S ONLY FOUR PEOPLE, BUT HE LEARNED VIOLA IN TWO MONTHS. 
          MY KID PLAYS SIX INSTRUMENTS. 
          HE IS THE PERSON HE IS BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE WHO TEACH IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          I GIVE MY KIDS SO MANY THINGS. 
          I AM THEIR TEACHER AT HOME. 
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I GIVE THEM FOOD, LOVE, BUT THOSE TEACHERS GAVE HIM SOMETHING I COULD NEVER GIVE HIM. 
          I GREW UP IN THIS TOWN. 
          THIS TOWN WAS KNOWN FOR THEATER AND ARTS AND MUSIC BEFORE WE WERE KNOWN FOR SPORTS. 
          MY HUSBAND WAS IN THEATER, AND I WAS IN ART, AND IT SAVED US. 
          LIKE BRITTIN SAID, THE ARTS PROVIDE A SAFE HAVEN FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BECOME THE TRUTH TELLERS AND THE VISIONARIES OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          I'M NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET. 
          THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY FOR, BUT IN MY HEART, I KNOW WE NEED OUR ARTS. 
          WE NEED JAZZ BAND AT MIDDLE SCHOOL. 
          THIS IS THE WRONG CUT. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CUT IS AND I'LL BE VERY HONEST WITH YOU. 
          I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT IS. 
          BUT TO TELL YOU, THERE ARE NO WORDS AND THERE IS NO DOLLAR AMOUNT TO TELL MRS. COSGROVE AND MR. HENAN AND MR. MANCINI, AND MR. CHESEN, AND MR. BATEMAN, THE VALUE AND THE GIFT YOU'VE GIVEN MY KID HAS NO DOLLAR AMOUNT. 
          THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] 
          >> THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS KAREN. 
          >> I PROMOTE THE MUSIC AS WELL. 
          BOTH OF MY KIDS DID MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC AND GOT COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS. 
          MY NAME IS KAREN BITECH. 
          I'M ACTUALLY HERE TO TALK ABOUT OPPOSING THE NO BID, A 30 YEAR CONTRACT BETWEEN CAMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT AND USTA PNW TO OPERATE A COMMERCIAL TENNIS CENTER ON THE CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS. 
          DURING THE LAND USE PROCESS, SEVERAL LETTERS CAME IN FROM THE COMMUNITY, AT LEAST 25 FAMILIES ADVOCATED FOR COVERED TENNIS COURTS. 
          NO ONE SAID, AND I NEED A USTA TENNIS CENTER ON MY HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS, EXCEPT FOR THE CAMAS PRINCIPAL AND THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR. 
          ALSO, THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL GIFT OF TAXPAYER RESOURCES. 
          THE WASHINGTON STATE CONSTITUTION DOES NOT ALLOW SCHOOLS TO GIVE AWAY PUBLIC MONEY OR PROPERTY TO ANY INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATION. 
          I SUBMITTED WRITTEN TESTIMONY THAT INCLUDED THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINION. 
          IT'S IN YOUR PACKET AND JUST TO SUMMARIZE A PIECE OF IT. 
          WHAT IS CONSTITUTIONALLY REQUIRED IN THE CASE OF ANY RENTAL OF SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTY TO A PRIVATE ORGANIZATION IS THAT THERE BE A SUFFICIENT RENTAL IMPOSED TO AVOID THE POSSIBILITY OF AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL GIFT OF THE PROPERTY. 
          AS A GENERAL RULE, THIS MEANS THAT A RENTAL RATE WILL BE BASED ON THE CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONAL EXPENSES, UTILITIES, AND FAIR RENTAL MARKET VALUE OF THE RESULTING USE. 
          THE CONTRACT YOU APPROVED IS NOT A FAIR MARKET VALUE PROJECT. 
          IT GIVES USTA FREE USE OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL LAND. 
          THE CURRENT CONTRACT CREATES AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL GIFT TO THE USTA. 
          BOTH PARTIES, THE SCHOOL AND USTA ARE PROVIDING INITIAL FUNDS UP FRONT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A BUBBLE. 
          HOWEVER, THERE ARE NO PAYMENTS FOR THE USE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT LAND. 
          THE CONTRACT SETS FORTH AN ONGOING $0 LEASE FOR 30 YEARS WITH NO RENTS COLLECTED AND NO REVENUES SHARED WITH THE DISTRICT. 
          LAST SUMMER, COMMUNITY EDUCATION RENTED HIGH SCHOOL OUTDOOR COURTS TO THE USTA FOR $15 PER COURT HOUR. 
          THIS YEAR, QUOTED $20. 
          THAT RANGE, $15-20 APPLIED TO THE STATED OPERATING HOURS OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS. 
          IT AMOUNTS TO A 15-$18 MILLION IN WAIVED COURT CHARGES. 
          ANOTHER WAY OF LOOKING AT THIS IS APPLYING THE USTA'S STATED INITIAL INVESTMENT OF ABOUT $2 MILLION OVER 30 YEARS EQUATES TO A PRICE OF LESS THAN $2 PER COURT HOUR. 
          WHY WOULD COVERED INDOOR COURTS ONLY FETCH 
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$2 A COURT HOUR WHEN OUTDOOR COURTS CURRENTLY RENT AT $20. 
          THIS IS A BAD DEAL FOR CAMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          IT SETS A TERRIBLE PRECEDENT. 
          YOU NEED TO HAVE YOUR ATTORNEYS LOOK OVER THAT CONTRACT. 
          YOU CAN DO BETTER. 
          THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] 
          >> NEXT UP IS CLARK. 
          >> SHE WENT A LITTLE LONG AND SO I'LL TRY TO GO A LITTLE QUICK. 
          JUST A COUPLE OF OTHER CONSIDERATIONS. 
          THE UTILITIES PORTION OF THAT CONTRACT, THE MANUFACTURERS OF THOSE BUBBLE SAY IT WILL COST AROUND $3-$6 PER SQUARE FOOT. 
          IT'S A 60,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY. 
          AT A MINIMUM, THAT'S $180 JUST TO PAY THE UTILITIES FOR THE USTA, WHICH THEY'RE GOING TO GET ABOUT 81% OF THE USE OF THE FACILITY COMPARED TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          THAT'S A TEACHER SALARY OR TWO RIGHT THERE, JUST FOR THE UTILITIES. 
          THE USTA NATIONAL ORGANIZATION WILL ALREADY PROVIDE A $200,000 GRANT TO YOU TO BUILD THIS FACILITY WITH NO STRINGS ATTACHED. IT'S JUST A GRANT. 
          YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE ANYTHING IN RETURN TO THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION. 
          YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT THINGS, BENEFITS IN THEIR SIDE OF THE CONTRACT. 
          THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU CURRICULUM FOR PE AND FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND SO FORTH. 
          THOSE ARE FREE PROGRAMS ALREADY AVAILABLE FROM THE USTA NATIONAL. 
          IT'S CALLED REC TENNIS. YOU CAN LOOK IT UP. 
          BASICALLY, THAT'S A NATIONAL DONOR SUPPORTED PROGRAM. 
          IT'S SUPPORTED BY THE DONORS TO THE USTA TO GO INTO SCHOOLS AND GIVE THAT CURRICULUM ALREADY FOR THE ASKING. 
          ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ASK AND THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO GIVE IT TO YOU, NOT IN RETURN FOR A 30 YEAR CONTRACT TO USE YOUR LAND. 
          I THINK IT IS WORTH POINTING OUT TOWARD THE CONSTITUTIONALITY STATEMENT, AND WE PROVIDED THE FULL ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR YOUR REFERENCE, THE FULL OPINION. 
          BUT THE USTA THEY HAVE THE US IN THE NAME, BUT THEY'RE NOT AFFILIATED WITH THE UNITED STATES. 
          THEY'RE NOT A GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION. 
          THEY CALL THEMSELVES THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE SPORT. 
          THAT MEANS THEY MAKE THE RULES FOR TENNIS. 
          IT DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE A GOVERNMENT AGENCY. 
          YOU CANNOT DO A BELOW MARKET VALUE DEAL WITH A PRIVATE CORPORATION. 
          THE USTA PNW IS A PRIVATE OREGON BASED CORPORATION. 
          HERE'S WHAT WE'D SUGGEST. 
          CONSIDER BUILDING A LESS EXPENSIVE, A LESS COMPLICATED PAVILION COVER. 
          YOU'VE HEARD THAT FROM US ALREADY. 
          IT'S ACTUALLY BETTER FOR HIGH SCHOOL COMPETITION. 
          IT'S MORE OF AN OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT. 
          THE SPECTATOR AREAS ARE BETTER. 
          TENNIS IS AN OUTDOOR SPORT. 
          BUBBLES ARE GREAT AS PRACTICE FACILITIES. 
          THEY ARE NOT GREAT FOR COMPETITIONS. 
          IF YOU WANT TO BUILD A FULL OPEN TO THE PUBLIC TENNIS CENTER, DO IT THROUGH COMMUNITY ED, BUILD IT WITH YOUR OWN CAPITAL FUND, AND THEN PUT OUT AN RFP FOR VENDORS TO OPERATE IT FOR YOU. 
          THEY MIGHT TAKE A SMALL CUT 10-15% OF THE REVENUE, BUT IT'S STILL GOING TO LEAVE YOU WITH PROBABLY HALF A MILLION TO $600,000 A YEAR BASED ON THE PRICING COMMUNITY ED IS ALREADY CHARGING TO THE USTAP&W. 
          DON'T GIVE IT AWAY TO THEM. 
          IT'S MONEY THAT WE'RE LEAVING ON THE TABLE HERE AT THIS DISTRICT THAT COULD BE USED TO FUND OTHER THINGS. 
          BY THE WAY, IF YOU HAVE EXCESS FUNDS BEYOND WHAT'S REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN THE FACILITY, THAT CAN FLOW INTO THE GENERAL FUND. 
          IT'S BUILT WITH THE CAPITAL FUND, BUT THE MONEY THAT YOU RENT IT TO THE USTAP&W AND OTHERS, I WOULD SUGGEST, THE EXCESS REVENUES CAN GO BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND AT THE RATE OF ABOUT 500-$600,000 PER YEAR. 
          HOPEFULLY, WE TRY TO GIVE SOME SOLUTIONS RATHER THAN JUST PROBLEMS. [APPLAUSE]. 
          >> NEXT ONE ON THE LIST. 
          THE LAST NAME IS ANDERSON. 
          THE FIRST NAME IS A. I'M SORRY. I CAN'T. 
          I'M NOT SURE IF YOU CAN. 
          ALANGE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          >> HI. I'M ALANGE ANDERSON. THAT'S MY MOM. 
          I'M A SIXTH GRADER AT ODYSSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND I MOVED HERE FROM SAMOA A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. 
          WHEN I FIRST MOVED HERE FROM SAMOA, I WAS REALLY BEHIND IN A LOT OF SUBJECTS. 
          BUT ALL OF MY TEACHERS HELPED ME THROUGH IT. 
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BUT ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO TRIED THE HARDEST WAS MY MUSIC TEACHERS, MS. C. MS. C HAS ALWAYS BEEN READY TO TEACH AND LOVED HER JOB. 
          SHE WAS KIND AND IF YOU WERE BEING DIFFICULT OR JUST HAVING A BAD DAY, SHE WAS ALWAYS PATIENT AND HELPED YOU THROUGH IT. 
          I'VE ALWAYS HAD A HARD TIME WITH CHANGES. 
          MOVING TO MIDDLE SCHOOL WAS A HARD ONE. 
          BUT THANKS TO ALL OF THE KIND TEACHERS AND STUDENTS, IT WAS SO MUCH BETTER THAN PAST EXPERIENCES WITH CHANGE. 
          MR. BATEMAN IS THE CURRENT BAND CONDUCTOR AT ODYSSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL AND DISCOVERY HIGH SCHOOL. 
          HE'S AMAZING AT HIS JOB. 
          EVERY YEAR, HE TEACHES 30 KIDS HOW TO PLAY 10-12 DIFFERENT INSTRUMENTS WHILE CONDUCTING THEM AND TEACHING THEM MORE DIFFICULT MUSIC. 
          HE EXPLAINS WHAT HE WANTS US TO DO AND TELLS US HOW TO DO IT. 
          IT'S LIKE WE GOT FROM ONLY PLAYING WHOLE NOTES TO PLAYING WE WILL ROCK YOU. 
          HE BUILT US FROM THE GROUND UP AND GAVE US ALL THE CONFIDENCE WE NEEDED TO PERFORM. 
          AS A STUDENT WHO HAS FINANCIAL BARRIERS TO ACCESSING PRIVATE INSTRUCTION, MR. BATEMAN ALLOWS ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE MUSIC IN MY LIFE. 
          WHEN MR. BATEMAN TOLD US THAT HIS CONTRACT WASN'T GOING TO BE RENEWED NEXT YEAR, WE WERE DETERMINED TO DO SOMETHING. 
          KIDS WERE MAKING SURE THAT WE GOT AS MANY SIGNATURES AS POSSIBLE. 
          I'M HERE TO SHOW MY SUPPORT FOR ALL THE TEACHERS THAT HAVE AND SHOULD GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN ALL THESE CHILDREN'S LIVES. 
          THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] 
          >> THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS PAUL. 
          HE LEFT. NEXT ON THE LIST IS SERENA. 
          >> HI, I'M SERENA. 
          I'M A SEVENTH GRADER AT SKYRIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL. 
          LAST YEAR FOR MY FIRST YEAR AT MIDDLE SCHOOL, I JOINED SKY SINGERS AND CHOIR. 
          SKY SINGERS WAS SUPER SPECIAL TO ME BECAUSE ALTHOUGH I DID ENJOY CHOIR BY THE END OF THE YEAR, I DIDN'T HAVE MANY FRIENDS STARTING OUT, AND I STRUGGLED TO FIND MY PLACE. 
          SKY SINGERS WAS DIFFERENT BECAUSE MY SISTER, WHO WAS IN EIGHTH GRADER WHEN I WAS IN SIXTH GRADE WAS IN HER THIRD YEAR IN SKY SINGERS. 
          BEING IN A CLASS WITH YOUR SIBLING, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU GET ALONG WITH REALLY WELL IS AN EXPERIENCE I COULDN'T HAVE LIVED WITHOUT AND HELPED ME GET THROUGH SIXTH GRADE. 
          CHOIR WAS FUN, BUT SKY SINGERS FELT MORE CLOSE. 
          SUDDENLY, ALL THE FRIENDS I MADE THROUGH IT WERE WITH ME IN CHOIR AND I DIDN'T FEEL ALONE ANYMORE. 
          MS. SAVINGTON WAS A PHENOMENAL TEACHER AND ANY STUDENT WOULD BE LUCKY TO HAVE HER. 
          GETTING TO LEARN EVEN MORE ABOUT MUSIC, ESPECIALLY FROM HER IS NOT SOMETHING I CAN TRADE. 
          PLEASE GIVE PEOPLE THE CHANCE THAT I HAD. 
          I PLAN TO JOIN THE EIGHTH GRADE CHOIR NEXT YEAR, BUT IT WILL BE HARD TO MAKE DO WITHOUT SOMETHING THAT HAS KEPT ME GOING THROUGHOUT MIDDLE SCHOOL. 
          THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] 
          >> OUR LAST SPEAKER OF THE NIGHT IS ARABELLA. 
          >> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ARABELLA SILER, AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF BEFORE SCHOOL MUSIC PROGRAMS AT SKYRIDGE, SPECIFICALLY SKY SINGERS. 
          I'M A NINTH GRADER AT CHS WHO WAS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE ARTS. 
          BEFORE THIS YEAR, I ATTENDED SKYRIDGE AND WAS PART OF THE SKY SINGERS PROGRAM. 
          SKY SINGERS WAS A LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE FOR ME. 
          I SPENT MY LAST YEAR OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OVER ZOOM, AND LIKE MANY STUDENTS COMING OUT OF THE COVID LOCKDOWNS, I STRUGGLED SOCIALLY. 
          STARTING SIXTH GRADE, I WAS VERY ANXIOUS AND INCREASINGLY SAD AS I REALIZED THAT I DIDN'T KNOW ANYONE IN MY CLASSES. 
          IT'S NOT THAT I DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS, BUT I ONLY HAD CLASSES WITH TWO STUDENTS I ALREADY KNEW AND ONLY SAW MY ESTABLISHED FRIEND GROUP AT LUNCH. 
          I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT ANXIETY WAS UNTIL THAT YEAR AND IN MY FIRST MONTH, IT BECAME REALLY DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH. 
          FOR MOST OF SEPTEMBER THAT YEAR, I CAME HOME QUESTIONING IF MIDDLE SCHOOL WOULD ALWAYS FEEL LIKE THAT. 
          WHEN I HEARD THE SKY SINGERS WAS AN OPTION IN FIFTH GRADE, I IMMEDIATELY WANTED TO AUDITION. 
          IT CHANGED MY WHOLE PLAN SINCE I COULD TAKE THE WHEEL ELECTIVES WHILE STILL GETTING A CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN A MUSIC CLASS. 
          ONCE SKY SINGERS STARTED, I FELT HOPEFUL FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL AGAIN. 
          IT BECAME THE ONLY THING I MOST LOOK FORWARD TO EACH DAY. 
          I FOUND A WONDERFUL AND SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY. 
          THIS GROUP STARTED OUT AS SMALL AND TIGHT KNIT AND HELPED ME BECOME MORE CONFIDENT IN MYSELF. 
          I WAS ABLE TO PUT MY ANXIETY TO THE SIDE AND AUDITION FOR THE MUSICALS AND SOLO SONG IN FRONT OF HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE. 
          I WAS A PART OF SKY SINGERS FOR THREE YEARS, AND BY MY EIGHTH GRADE, I WAS A MENTOR AND A ROLE MODEL FOR NEW STUDENTS COMING IN LIKE MY SISTER, WHO JUST SPOKE. 
          [02:35:02]
THESE PROGRAMS ARE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT AND THEY'VE GROWN THIS YEAR, AND THAT GOES TO SHOW HOW MUCH THEY'RE NEEDED. 
          THEY ARE SAFE PLACES AND COMMUNITIES FOR CHILDREN TO COME TOGETHER AND CREATE MUSIC FOR EVERYONE TO ENJOY. 
          SKY SINGERS WILL ALWAYS HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART, AND IT'S WHAT HELPED ME GET THROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL AS A TYPE OF STUDENT THAT CAMAS CAN BE PROUD OF. 
          PLEASE DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO ENSURE THAT THIS PROGRAM CAN CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT ANXIOUS AND LOST KID WHO NEEDS IT. 
          THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] 
          >> THAT ENDS OUR PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION. 
          THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AND STICKING WITH US THROUGH EIGHT O'CLOCK TONIGHT TO GET THROUGH THAT PART. THANK YOU. 
          NEXT, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON WITH OUR AGENDA TO ITEM 5A. 
          [5. LEARNING]
WE HAVE SOME CURRICULUM TO ADOPT. 
          IF THE BOARD HAS SEEN ITEM 5A, I'D TAKE A MOTION ON APPROVING THE CORE CURRICULUM ADOPTION. 
          >> I'D MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CORE CURRICULUM ADOPTION FOR THE CTE HEALTH OCCUPATIONS. 
          >> ARE YOU LOOKING AT THE RIGHT THING? 
          >> WE'RE NOT READY ON IT. 
          >> WE'RE NOT READY YET? 
          >> NO. WE'RE GOING TO BE RIGHT NOW. 
          >> I DIDN'T HAVE THAT PART ON MY LIST LISA. 
          >> AS WE USUALLY DO, WE PRESENT YOU WITH THE INFORMATION SO THAT PART OF YOUR ROLE IS TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING THE PROCESS FOR ALL ADOPTION OF MATERIALS. 
          TONIGHT, WE'RE HERE WITH A REQUEST TO REVIEW FOR ADOPTION THREE CORE CURRICULUMS FOR THREE HIGH SCHOOL COURSES, HEALTH OCCUPATIONS, AP ECONOMICS, AND AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY. 
          JUST AS A REMINDER, ALL OF OUR PROCESS IS GUIDED BY BOARD POLICY AND PROCEDURE 2020, SO THAT IDENTIFICATION OF CORE MATERIALS IS GENERALLY DONE BY THE CERTIFICATED STAFF MOST CLOSELY CONNECTED TO THAT CURRICULAR AREA. 
          FOLLOWING THEIR REVIEW AND THE READINESS FOR RECOMMENDATION, THEY COME TO THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS COMMITTEE, WHICH IS A MIXTURE OF PARENTS AND STAFF MEMBERS TO PRESENT THEIR RECOMMENDATION, AT WHICH POINT THE CURRICULUM INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS COMMITTEE CAN ASK QUESTIONS, CAN VERIFY THAT THE PROCESS WAS FOLLOWED, AND SO ON. 
          THEN FINALLY, I COME TO YOU WITH THOSE REQUESTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN VETTED BY THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS COMMITTEE. 
          IN THIS CASE, WE HAVE SOME SINGLE TEACHER COURSES AS WE HAD LAST YEAR AS WELL. 
          EACH TEACHER IS GUIDED BY THE STEPS THAT YOU SEE HERE, SO THEY KNOW AHEAD OF TIME WHAT THEY NEED TO GATHER IN ORDER TO PRESENT TO IMC FOR US TO MOVE THEN FORWARD TO THE BOARD. 
          TONIGHT, I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SHARING SOME OF THE SLIDES THAT THEY HAVE PUT TOGETHER FOR EACH OF THESE. 
          TWO COMMENTS ON TWO OF THE COURSES THAT WERE MENTIONED TONIGHT IN THE PRESENTATIONS BY STUDENTS. 
          ONE IS THE CTE HEALTH OCCUPATIONS COURSE, AND YOU HEARD THE STUDENT WHO WAS REPRESENTING THE NEW CLUB TALK ABOUT MS. CHRISTI STRAW, WHO IS THE TEACHER OF THIS PARTICULAR COURSE, AND THEN THE STUDENTS FOR DECCA WHO WERE TALKING ABOUT MR. MILTICH AND MICRO AND MACRO ECONOMICS. 
          THOSE ARE TWO OF THE COURSES THAT WE'RE HERE WITH TONIGHT. 
          FIRST, WE HAVE HEALTH OCCUPATIONS. 
          IN THIS ONE, THERE WERE TWO TEXTS THAT WERE REVIEWED. 
          YOU SEE THE HIGHLIGHTED ONE THAT WAS EVENTUALLY RECOMMENDED FOR MOVING FORWARD FOR ADOPTION. 
          THIS HEALTH OCCUPATIONS COURSE WAS A NEW CTE COURSE THAT WAS OFFERED IN 2024-'25. 
          WE USED A CLAUSE OF THE 2020 POLICY, NOT THE YEAR, BUT THE POLICY AND PROCEDURE 2022 FIELD TEST, A TEXT THAT THEN WAS SUBSEQUENTLY BROUGHT FORWARD INTO THIS REVIEW. 
          IT'S SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR STUDENTS INTERESTED IN HEALTH CARE, WHICH I HAVE ON ANOTHER SLIDE, BUT ONE OF THE GREAT PARTS ABOUT THIS HEALTH CARE IS THAT IT IS A CTE PATHWAY, WHICH ALSO COUNTS AS A GRADUATION PATHWAY. 
          THIS TEXT CONTRIBUTES TO ONE OF OUR OPTIONS FOR STUDENTS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY ARE READY FOR GRADUATION. 
          YOU SEE HERE THAT THE RUBRIC THAT IS STANDARD FOR USE AS EACH OF THESE TEACHERS REVIEWS THE TEXTS THAT THEY HAVE SELECTED FOR REVIEW AFTER LOOKING AT WHAT'S AVAILABLE. 
          IN THIS CASE, BOTH TEXTBOOKS WERE EQUALLY GOOD RATED THE SAME, BUT THE HEALTH SCIENCE'S FUNDAMENTAL SWITCHED TO ONLY A CANVAS ONLINE COURSE WITH NO PRINT AVAILABLE. 
          [02:40:02]
WHEN WE ASK OUR STUDENTS, WE STILL RECEIVE FEEDBACK THAT BOTH DIGITAL AND TEXT ARE HELPFUL IN LEARNING. 
          PART OF THE REASON THAT THIS TEXT ROSE UP IN THIS SELECTION PROCESS WAS THE VARIETY THAT IS IN THE WAYS THAT STUDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO LEARN ABOUT HEALTH OCCUPATIONS, THAT THERE IS REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT BUILT RIGHT INTO THIS PROGRAM. 
          THERE ARE VIDEOS, SKILL TESTS, AND THAT IT ALSO IS CONNECTED TO THE HEALTHCARE CLUSTERS THAT ARE PART OF THE CTE PROGRAM. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THE TEACHER PRESENTED ON WAS THE GREAT RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN VIDEO AND PRESENTATIONS THAT REALLY HELP BRING TO LIFE, WHAT IT IS THAT IS PART OF EACH OF THE CAREER OCCUPATIONS, SUCH AS YOU SEE HERE ABOUT MEASURING AND RECORDING AN ORAL TEMPERATURE. 
          MANY PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF THE OCCUPATIONS THAT STUDENTS ARE STUDYING. 
          AGAIN, WE REQUIRE STUDENT FEEDBACK. 
          WHILE THERE WAS NONE BEFORE THE FIELD TEST BEGAN, THE TEACHER COLLECTED ALONG THE WAY, AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE REMARKS OF STUDENTS HERE. 
          ALL WERE FAVORABLE ABOUT HOW THE TEXT WAS HELPING TO SUPPORT THEIR LEARNING ALONG WITH THE OTHER MEDIA RESOURCES. 
          THE TOTAL COST WAS $3,450.79. 
          AGAIN, THIS IS A COST THAT WAS ALREADY COMPLETED, AND IT IS OUT OF THE CTE BUDGET. 
          TONIGHT, WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING FROM YOU IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH BOARD POLICY AND PROCEDURE 2020, A MOTION TO ADOPT CAREERS AND BASICS OF HEALTH SCIENCES FROM MCGRAW HILL AS THE CORE CURRICULUM FOR THE HEALTH OCCUPATIONS COURSE. 
          >> YOU WANT TO DO THESE ONE AT A TIME? SORRY, I DIDN'T HAVE YOUR PRESENTATION, SO I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS HAPPENING, SO I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. 
          WITH THAT, WE WILL GO BACK TO ITEM 5A AND I WILL LOOK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CORE CURRICULUM. 
          >> IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE BOARD POLICY IN PROCEDURE 2020, I MOVE TO ADOPT CAREERS AND BASICS OF HEALTH SCIENCE AS MCGRAW HILL AS THE CORE CURRICULUM FOR THE HEALTH OCCUPATIONS COURSE. 
          >> SECOND. 
          >> IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> AYE. ANY OPPOSED? 
          >> MOVING RIGHT ALONG. 
          >> ONTO THE NEXT ONE. 
          >> INTO NUMBER 2, WHICH IS AP, ECONOMICS, MACRO AND MICRO. 
          >> THIS ONE IS REPLACING A 2012 TEXT, AND WE ARE IN YEAR THREE RIGHT NOW OF AN ENDEAVOR TO REPLENISH AND UPDATE MANY OF THE AP TEXTS, WHICH WERE OUT OF DATE. 
          THE COLLEGE BOARD GENERALLY ASKS THAT ALL TEXTS ARE WITHIN TEN YEARS. 
          IT IS NOT UNCOMMON FOR THAT NOT TO BE THE CASE, HOWEVER, WE TRY AS CLOSE AS WE CAN TO KEEP WITH THAT RECOMMENDATION. 
          THIS ADOPTION IS VERY MUCH ALIGNED WITH HOW THE COLLEGE BOARD LINES UP WHAT THE COURSE REQUIREMENTS ARE, AND THERE WAS MUCH ENTHUSIASM ABOUT THE NEW TEXT. 
          THIS ADOPTION WILL BENEFIT 80-100 STUDENTS PER YEAR. 
          WHEN THIS WAS FIRST CREATED, IT WAS 80, BUT ENROLLMENT CONTINUES TO RISE FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM. 
          YOU'LL NOTE THAT IT'S INCREASED FROM 50 STUDENTS OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS. 
          IT'S A COURSE THAT HAS INCREASING INTEREST FROM STUDENTS AS THE YEARS GO ON. 
          THE TOTAL COST OF THE PRODUCT WILL BE FOR 80 STUDENTS PLUS TEACHER ADDITIONS WITH SIX YEARS OF DIGITAL ACCESS, APPROXIMATELY $19,150. 
          THE TEXTBOOKS REVIEWED WERE THE TWO THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN, KRUGMAN'S ECONOMICS FOR THE AP COURSE AND PRINCIPALS OF ECONOMICS BY GREGORY MAX K. 
          THE RECOMMENDATION IS THE 2023 FOURTH EDITION OF KRUGMAN'S ECONOMICS FOR AP COURSE TEXT. 
          MANY THE REASONS THAT WERE GIVEN AND IN THE RUBRIC, THIS PROVED TO BE TRUE AS WELL. 
          VERY ACCESSIBLE LEXILE AND HIGHLY READABLE. 
          ONE OF OUR ENDEAVORS ALSO IS MAKING SURE THAT THE COURSE STRUCTURE OF OUR AP COURSES IS OPEN TO A VARIETY OF STUDENTS AND THAT THERE IS ACCESS TO THE TEXT FOR LEARNING. 
          IT'S BEEN SPECIFICALLY UPDATED AND DESIGNED FOR THE CHANGES TO THE AP MICRO AND MACRO AP TESTS, AND IT IS ONE OF THE TOP TWO TEXTS THAT'S USED FOR AP ECONOMICS. 
          ONCE AGAIN, WE HAVE THE RUBRIC, AS WAS SHOWN IN THE LAST ONE AS WELL. 
          THE AREA WHERE YOU SEE A THREE, 
          [02:45:01]
I JUST WANT TO POINT THIS OUT BECAUSE IT IS THE PROVIDE CLEAR AND APPROPRIATE DIFFERENTIATION COMPONENTS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS, SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS, STUDENTS WITH ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITY GAPS, AND HIGHLY CAPABLE STUDENTS. 
          WHAT WE'RE FINDING IS THAT MOST OF THE AP TEXTS STILL DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ACCESSIBILITY FOR MULTILINGUAL STUDENTS AND SOME OF OUR STUDENTS ON IEPS. 
          WE ARE CONTINUING TO LOOK FOR OTHER ANCILLARY TOOLS THAT WILL HELP WITH ACCESS, SO THAT DOESN'T PROVE TO BE A BARRIER. 
          THIS IS THE TWO TEXTS THAT ARE REVIEWED SIDE BY SIDE. 
          ONCE AGAIN, THE ALIGNMENT OF THIS THE TEACHER SPOKE TO OFTEN. 
          ONE THING THAT THE KIDS RECOGNIZED IN THE COURSE WAS HOW ALIGNED IT WAS AND THEY FELT LIKE IT WAS MUCH EASIER TO FOLLOW THE SCOPE AND SEQUENCE OF THE TEXT INTO THEIR LEARNING AND FINALLY INTO THE AP EXAM. 
          YOU SEE HERE JUST AN EXAMPLE FROM THE IN-TEXT RESOURCES BECAUSE IT SPEAKS TO THE ACCESSIBILITY. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, YOU SEE ADVENTURES IN AP ECONOMICS, WATCH THE VIDEO, GRAPHING, TIPS AND TRICKS. 
          SOME OF THE FEATURES THAT ARE HERE ARE ALSO AVAILABLE IN ANOTHER TEXT ON A DIGITAL PLATFORM, AND WHAT STUDENTS SAY AND WHAT THE TEACHER SAYS IS THAT IT'S ALMOST LIKE HAVING A SECOND TEACHER IN THE ROOM BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE ACCESS THEY NEED RIGHT IN TIME TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY NEED TO KNOW IN ORDER TO CONTINUE THEIR LEARNING. 
          THIS IS THE ACHIEVE PROGRAM, THE ONLINE RESOURCES RECOMMENDED BY OTHER TEACHERS AT CHS, WHOSE TEXTS USE THAT SAME DIGITAL PLATFORM. 
          SOME STUDENTS ARE PREFERRING THAT TO THE BOOKWORK, AND IT REALLY HELPS WITH THE DIFFERENTIATED LEARNING. 
          STUDENT FEEDBACK. 
          LIKE THESE. CONSIDERING THAT THE OLD TEXTBOOKS WERE OUTDATED AND DIDN'T FULLY ALIGN WITH THE CLASS CONTEXT. 
          THIS NEW TEXTBOOK CONTAINED HIGHLY VALUABLE INFORMATION THAT I CAN REFERENCE AND STUDY. 
          ONCE AGAIN, STUDENTS FOUND THAT THE TEXT ENHANCED THEIR LEARNING IN THE COURSE. 
          AGAIN, THIS ONE IS A COST OF 19 AND SOME CHANGE. 
          THE REQUEST IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH BOARD POLICY AND PROCEDURE 2020, A MOTION TO ADOPT KRUGMAN ECONOMICS IS THE CORE CURRICULUM FOR THE AP ECONOMICS COURSE. THANK YOU AGAIN, LISA. 
          >> IS THAT ALSO FUNDED BY CTE? 
          >> OH, THIS ONE IS FUNDED BY CTE. 
          IT'S NOT FOUNDED BY THEM. THANK YOU. 
          >> 5B CORE CURRICULUM ADOPTION FOR THE ADVANCED PLACEMENT IN ECONOMICS. 
          DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? 
          >> IN ALIGNMENT WITH BOARD POLICY AND PROCEDURE 2020, I MOVED TO ADOPT KRUGMAN'S ECONOMICS FOURTH EDITION AS THE CORE CURRICULUM FOR THE AP ECONOMICS COURSE AT A COST OF $19150.32 PLUS TAX. 
          >> THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A SECOND? 
          >> I'LL SECOND. 
          >> IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR. 
          >>AYE. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> ANY OPPOSED? THAT ONE PASSES. 
          WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEMS. 
          >> ON TO THE FINAL ONE. 
          >> YES. THANK YOU. 
          >> AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY. 
          THE TEACHER OF AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY IS MR. CAMERON LONG OVER AT CAMPUS HIGH SCHOOL, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS COMMITTEE WAS VERY PLEASED WITH WAS THAT THE QUESTION WAS, WHAT IS HUMAN GEOGRAPHY? HE STARTED WITH THAT AND THAT EXPLANATION OF WHAT IS IT EXACTLY THAT WE TEACH IN THIS COURSE. 
          THIS IS HIS FIRST SLIDE. 
          HUMAN GEOGRAPHERS ANSWER THE QUESTIONS WHERE AND WHY THEY'RE CONCERNING MIGRATION, CULTURE, LANGUAGE, RELIGION, ETHNICITY, AND MORE. 
          IT IS ALSO AN AP COURSE. 
          WHY A NEW TEXTBOOK? THE LAST ONE WAS ADOPTED IN 2011, AND WE WILL BE MOVING TO RECOMMEND ONE THAT WAS PUBLISHED IN 2024. 
          WITH HUMAN GEOGRAPHY, IT BECOMES EVEN MORE IMPORTANT THAT A TEXT IS KEPT RELATIVELY UPDATED BECAUSE THE WORLD IS CHANGING SO QUICKLY. 
          THE WHERE AND WHY THERE ALSO CHANGES THROUGH TIME. 
          BUT IT'S ALSO TRUE THAT HUMAN GEOGRAPHY TEXTS AREN'T NORMALLY CHANGED UNTIL AFTER A NEW CENSUS OR THAT THE DATA THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE TEXT ARE UPDATED WITH A NEW CENSUS. 
          WE HAVE BOTH OF THOSE HAPPENING WITH THIS NEW ADOPTION. 
          THESE THREE BOOKS WERE THE ONES THAT WERE REVIEWED. 
          AGAIN, REQUIRING MULTIPLE MULTIPLE OPTIONS TO LOOK AT. 
          [02:50:02]
THERE WAS ALSO A NOD TO HANLORE TWEED, YOU REMEMBER HER? 
          >> YES. 
          >> SHE WAS THE ONE WHO STARTED THE HUMAN GEOGRAPHY COURSE AT CAMPUS HIGH SCHOOL AND WAS KNOWN AS AN INSTITUTION IN THAT COURSE, ANOTHER ONE THAT STUDENTS LOVED AND SHE WAS BELOVED. 
          HE NODS TO THAT WANTING TO UNDERSTAND AND CONNECT TO THE REASONS THAT SHE CHOSE A TEXT IN THE FIRST PLACE. 
          THEN ALSO OPEN TO WHAT CAME UP IN THE REVIEW ALONG WITH FEEDBACK FROM STUDENTS. 
          ONE COMMENT OF WHICH WAS, IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE A BOOK PUBLISHED THIS DECADE. SAID STUDENT. 
          THE RECOMMENDATION IS FOR THE RUBINSTEIN. 
          IT'S ONE OF THE BOOKS MOST COMMONLY USED BY AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY. 
          IT ALIGNS WITH ALL RELEVANT CURRICULUMS, INCLUDING COLLEGE BOARD. 
          THE SCORE WAS HIGHER ON THE RUBRIC AND THE CLASS IS ALREADY STRUCTURED TO THAT FORMAT. 
          THE COST FOR THIS COURSE IS $174 PER STUDENT. 
          RIGHT NOW, THERE IS ONE SECTION THAT'S LOOKING TO RUN NEXT YEAR, AND SO 34 STUDENTS WOULD COST $5,848 AND INCLUDING TAX, AS YOU SEE IN THE FIGURE BELOW. 
          THE SUMMARY IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF 2011 RUBENSTEIN TEXTBOOK. 
          TO REPLACE WITH THE 2024 VERSION OF THAT. 
          THAT STUDENTS HAVE RELEVANT AND UP-TO-DATE SOURCES. 
          IT WILL ADDRESS RIGHT NOW ONE SECTION OF AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY. 
          OUR REQUEST IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH BOARD POLICY AND PROCEDURE 2020. 
          A MOTION TO ADOPT RUBENSTEIN'S, THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE IS THE CORE CURRICULUM FOR THE AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY COURSE. 
          >> IS THERE A DIGITAL COMPONENT THAT GOES WITH THIS BECAUSE IF THE HUGS IS CHANGING SO RAPIDLY? 
          >> YES. 
          >> SEEMS LIKE HAVING PRINT. 
          >> YES. THERE IS A DIGITAL. 
          IT ALWAYS DEPENDS ON THE LICENSING BECAUSE OFTEN THE DIGITAL RECREATES THE BOOK. 
          BUT OFTEN ALSO NOW, WE SEE PUBLISHERS ADDING NEW MEDIA TO DIGITAL RESOURCES WITHOUT NEEDING TO REPLACE THE BOOK. 
          THIS INCLUDES BOTH THE TEXT AND THE DIGITAL LICENSE FOR THAT TEXT. 
          >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR LISA? WITH THAT, I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION FOR ITEM 5C. 
          >> I WAS ON EARLIER. IN ALIGNMENT WITH BOARD POLICY AND PROCEDURE 2020, I MOVED TO ADOPT RUBENSTEIN'S. 
          THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE 2024 14TH EDITION IS THE CORE CURRICULUM FOR THE AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY COURSE AT A COST OF $6894.80 PLUS TAX AND SHIPPING. ANYONE JUST HAD TAX. 
          >> DO I HAVE A SECOND? 
          >> I'LL SECOND. 
          >> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 
          >> AYE. 
          >> AYE. ANY OPPOSED. THOSE ALL PASS, LISA. THANK YOU. 
          >> FOR ALL OF THE HARD WORK. 
          I KNOW IT TAKES A LOT TO ADOPT ALL THAT CURRICULUM, SO APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK. 
          >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR VIEW. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX, THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          [6. SYSTEMS/PATHWAYS: CONSENT AGENDA]
IF YOU GUYS HAVE ALL SEEN AND LOOKED IT OVER, I WILL LOOK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          >> I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. 
          >> IS THERE A SECOND? 
          >> I'LL SECOND. 
          >> IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 
          >> AYE. 
          >> ANY OPPOSED? THE CONSENT AGENDA PASSES. 
          WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO ITEM 7A, 
          [7. SYSTEMS/PATHWAYS: INFORMED AND RESPONSIBLE USE OF RESOURCES]
WHICH IS A CONTRACT FOR A FIRE ALARM AND INSPECTION AND TESTING. 
          I KNOW SHERMAN IS HERE. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION IF YOU'RE HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. 
          THIS IS FROM THE FACILITIES DEPARTMENT TO REQUEST APPROVAL OF A CONTRACT WITH GB MANCHESTER FOR ANNUAL INSPECTION AND TESTING, AND YOU GUYS HAVE ALL THE DOCUMENTS BEFORE YOU. 
          I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION WHENEVER ANYONE IS WOULD LIKE TO. IT'S A LOT OF NUMBERS. 
          >> DO YOU WANT ME TO DO IT? DON'T MIND THE BIG NUMBERS BECAUSE IT'S A THREE-YEAR AGREEMENT. 
          I MOTION TO APPROVE A THREE-YEAR CONTRACT WITH GB MANCHESTER FOR ANNUAL FIRE SYSTEM INSPECTION AND TESTING FOR 2025 TO 2027, A TOTAL FOR THE AMOUNT OF $46,944 FOR THIS YEAR OF 2025, $48,001 FOR 2026, AND $49,059 FOR 2027. 
          FUNDS FOR THIS CONTRACT COME FROM OPERATIONS IN GENERAL. 
          [02:55:02]
          >> DO WE HAVE A SECOND? 
          >> I'LL SECOND. 
          >> WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> AYE. ANY OPPOSED. 
          ITEM 7A PASSES. 
          NUMBER 7B IS THE TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT IS REQUESTING APPROVAL FOR AN UPGRADE TO REPLACE THE CISCO SWITCHES AND NETWORK. 
          THESE ARE END-OF-LIFE AND NO LONGER SUPPORTED. 
          YOU HAVE THOSE DOCUMENTS BEFORE YOU AS WELL ON THE SWITCH REPLACEMENT. 
          >> THIS IS AN ITEM THAT'S PART OF OUR TECH LEVY, CORRECT? 
          >> OH, CORRECT. IT IS WITH THE VOTER-APPROVED TECHNOLOGY LEVEL LEVY IS WHERE THE FUNDS COME FROM THIS ONE. 
          >> ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A MOTION? 
          >> SORRY. 
          >> THAT'S OKAY. I MOVED TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF A COMPREHENSIVE NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADE BY EDNETIS TO REPLACE OUR EXISTING CISCO NETWORK SWITCHES FOR A TOTAL OF $1,483,798.85, PROJECT BEING FULLY FUNDED BY VOTER-APPROVED TECHNOLOGY LEVY FINANCED THROUGH CISCO CAPITAL OVER A FOUR-YEAR PERIOD AT 0% INTEREST. 
          >> SECOND. 
          >> ANY DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> AYE. ANY OPPOSED. THAT ONE PASSES. 
          NEXT ITEM IS 7C, WHICH IS A TWO-YEAR CONTRACT WITH SCHOOL DATA SOLUTIONS. 
          THIS ALL COMES FROM THE GENERAL FUND CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION, AND THIS IS FROM THE TEACHING AND LEARNING DEPARTMENT IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A LICENSE FOR HOMEROOM FOR EDUCATORS. 
          I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. 
          >> WHAT DO WE USE INSTEAD OF HOMEROOM RIGHT NOW? 
          >> WE'RE USING HOMEROOM, BUT IT HASN'T BEEN USED AT CAPACITY. 
          WE WENT BACK TO THEM AND ASKED IF WE CAN PARTNER WITH ONE OF THEIR DATA SCIENTISTS BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE ANY PERSONNEL THAT CAN DO THAT. 
          THEY WERE VERY HELPFUL IN NOT ONLY REDUCING THE COST FOR US BECAUSE OF THE FINANCIAL TIMES WE'RE IN, BUT ALSO ONE YEAR WE'LL RECEIVE ACCESS TO PERSONNEL FROM DATA SOLUTION. 
          PROVIDE DASHBOARDS, PLATFORMS, TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH OUR PRINCIPALS, OUR DIRECTORS, OUR CABINET, OUR TEACHERS, SO ON AND SO FORTH. 
          WE NOT ONLY RECEIVED A 25% REDUCTION IN THE COST, BUT WE ALSO RECEIVED $18,000 WORTH OF ACCESS TO THIS PERSON. 
          WE DECIDED TO STAY WITH HOMEROOM. 
          WE DID EXPLORE SOME OTHER OPTIONS, BUT NOT ONLY AS HOMEROOM LOCAL VENDORS THAT WE'VE HAD A LONG-TERM PARTNERSHIP WITH, BUT THEY CAME TO THE TABLE AND UNDERSTOOD OUR SITUATION, AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY FRUITFUL FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          I KNOW SOME OF OUR PRINCIPALS I SPOKE TO ARE REALLY EXCITED, AND I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO BE EXCITED TOO WHEN YOU START TO SEE THIS ROBUST AMOUNT OF PRESENTATIONS AND DASHBOARD ACCESS REALLY AT OUR FINGERTIPS. 
          >> OVERALL, THIS IS A COST-SAVING MEASURE. 
          >> COST-SAVING MEASURE AND REALLY AN INCREASE IN SERVICE EFFICIENCY. ABSOLUTELY. 
          >> IT'S ONE OF SHERMAN'S PATENTED GOOD DEALS THAT HE ALWAYS GETS FOR US. I APPRECIATE. 
          >> THIS ONE WAS SHERMAN, BUT WE HAD SOME OTHER HELP. 
          >> I'M SORRY. 
          >> SHERMAN'S ALWAYS A BIG PART OF IT THOUGH. 
          >> YES. THERE YOU GO. 
          YOU'RE RIGHT, IT'S TEACHING AND LEARNING DEPARTMENT. THERE YOU GO. 
          I RUBBED OFF. YES. THANK YOU. 
          >> IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, I WILL LOOK FOR A MOTION. 
          >> WELL, I WILL MOVE TO APPROVE A TWO-YEAR RENEWAL CONTRACT WITH THE SCHOOL DATA SOLUTIONS FOR HOMEROOM FOR EDUCATORS AT AN ANNUAL COST OF $28,097.65, INCLUDING TAX, THE FUNDING SOURCE FROM THE GENERAL FUND FOR CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION. 
          >> I SECOND. 
          >> IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> AYE. ANY OPPOSED. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          OUR LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING IS 7D TRANSPORTATION WOULD LIKE TO PURCHASE A NEW BUS. 
          THEY'RE REQUESTING THE PURCHASE OF A NEW BUS THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE TWO WHEELCHAIRS. 
          CURRENTLY, MULTIPLE BUSES ARE REQUIRED FOR SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS WHEN MORE THAN ONE WHEELCHAIR IS NEEDED. 
          THIS BUS IS AVAILABLE FOR PICKUP IN PORTLAND AND THE COST OF THIS WILL COME OUT OF THE TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE FUND. 
          >> THIS IS AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW, THEN IT'S NOT LIKE OUR TYPICAL BUS RENEWAL WHERE WE HAVE TO WAIT A YEAR AND A HALF TO GET THE BUS. 
          IT'S AVAILABLE NOW. GOT IT. 
          >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? IF NOT, I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE NEW BUS. 
          [03:00:02]
          >> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF A NEW SCHOOL BUS THAT HAS THE ABILITY TO ACCOMMODATE TWO WHEELCHAIR STATIONS FOR A TOTAL OF $148,845.91 FROM THE TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE FUND. 
          >> THANK YOU, MATTHEW. DO I HAVE A SECOND? 
          >> SECOND. 
          >> THANK YOU, COREY. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 
          >> AYE. 
          >> AYE. ANY OPPOSED. 
          THAT ALSO PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          AT 8:32 P.M. 
          I WILL ADJOURN OUR MEETING FOR THIS EVENING. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.