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>> WE'RE GOING TO OFFICIALLY START OUR MEETING AT 4:32,
[1. WORKSHOP - 4:30 PM]
[2. LEARNING]
AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO SHAWNA WITH OUR OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS TRAINING.>> GOOD AFTERNOON. HAPPY TO BE HERE.
I'VE DONE THIS BEFORE AND I'VE DONE THIS MULTIPLE OCCASIONS FOR PUBLIC ENTITIES ASSOCIATED WITH CONSIDERING THE IMPORTANT RULES RELATED TO HAVING A PUBLIC MEETING, WHAT THAT MEANS.
NOW THIS SAYS PUBLIC RECORDS, AND THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS.
I COULD DO A PRESENTATION ON PUBLIC RECORDS, BUT I WAS ASKED TO DO PUBLIC MEETINGS AND PARTICULARLY FOCUS ON E-MAILS, TEXTS, EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.
I'LL START WITH A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE A MEETING.
WE CAN RECOGNIZE THAT AND HOPEFULLY I'M GOING TO DO THIS RIGHT.
MEETINGS. WHAT IS A MEETING? IN THE CONTEXT OF PUBLIC AGENCIES OR STRICT RULES ASSOCIATED ABOUT MEETINGS BECAUSE AS A TOP DOWN FROM THE LEGISLATURE, THEY REQUIRE THAT PUBLIC AGENCIES KEEP THE PEOPLE INFORMED.
THEY RETAIN CONTROL OVER THE INSTRUMENTS THEY HAVE CREATED.
THAT CREATES SOME DUTIES ON THE PART OF ELECTED OFFICIALS AND WHEN THEY CONDUCT MEETINGS AND WHEN IT ACTUALLY IS CALLED A MEETING.
NEXT ONE. IT'S MANDATORY AND YOU PROBABLY KNEW THIS AS SOON AS YOU BECAME ELECTED, YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE OPEN MEETING TRAINING, AND YOU HAVE TO COMPLETE IT EVERY FOUR YEARS AS WELL.
UNLESS YOU HAVE A FRIENDLY LAWYER WHO COMES IN OCCASIONALLY AND SAYS, HERE'S YOUR UPDATE.
I TRY TO KEEP INFORMED ABOUT DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN THE LAW BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF CASE LAW THAT COMES UP RELATED TO ISSUES, FRANKLY, WHERE AN AGENCY HAS GONE WRONG.
I'LL TALK ABOUT IT LATER WAS RECENTLY A CASE OUT OF WALLA WALLA SO THEY WHITTEN DID SOMETHING.
I CAN TALK ABOUT IT LATER, BUT YOU'LL SHAKE YOUR HEAD AT WHAT THEY ENDED UP DOING.
THEY BASICALLY MADE A DECISION IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
CAME OUT AND ANNOUNCED TO THE PUBLIC.
HERE'S OUR DECISION. WE ALL KNOW IT IS A BASE FORM THAT THAT'S NOT APPROPRIATE, BUT IT DOES HAPPEN.
THAT'S HOW A LAW GETS MADE AS YOU HAVE A BAD SET OF FACTS.
I ALSO TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE CONTEXT OF THE PORT OF VANCOUVER IN RELATION TO EXECUTIVE SESSIONS HERE IN A MINUTE.
IT'S NOT LIKE THESE CASES ARISE IN A VACUUM.
THERE'S CASES THAT OCCUR, OTHER BIG CASES OUT OF BATTLEGROUND.
THESE CASES COME OUT OF JURISDICTIONS THAT ARE FAIRLY CLOSE TO US, AND THEY DO HAPPEN OCCASIONALLY BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE WATCHING WHAT OCCURS IN YOUR PUBLIC MEETINGS.
JUST SO YOU KNOW, IF YOU WALK INTO MY LAW FIRM, IT'S ESSENTIALLY LIKE WALKING INTO THE '50S.
DID I SKIP THE SCREEN THERE? HERE'S A LEGISLATIVE DECLARATION.
MEETINGS ARE DECLARED OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AND THEY SHALL BE OPEN IN PUBLIC AND ALL PERSONS SHALL BE PERMITTED TO ATTEND ANY MEETING OF THE GOVERNING BODY EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS AT THE STARTING POINT IS ALL YOUR MEETINGS ARE PUBLIC.
UNLESS YOU MEET A VERY NARROW DEFINITION AS TO WHY YOU CAN MEET OUTSIDE OF THE PUBLIC PURVIEW.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO HAVE A MEETING? A MEETING IS WHEN YOU HAVE A QUORUM.
THAT MEETING IS WHEN YOU HAVE A QUORUM AND YOU HAVE ACTION THAT'S BEING TAKEN.
SOMETIMES YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A QUORUM, BUT YOU'RE AT SOME SOCIAL EVENT, AND YOU'RE NOT ACTUALLY TAKING ACTION.
I GET CALLS ABOUT THAT OCCASIONALLY, THOUGH, BUT WE'RE GOING TO ALL BE ATTENDING A RIBBON CUTTING.
WE'RE GOING TO BE ATTENDING A SOME OTHER JURISDICTION PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING.
WE WANT TO ACTUALLY BE THERE. DOES THAT CONSTITUTE AN ACTION? WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF YOUR MEETINGS HERE, ANYTIME YOU HAVE PUBLIC TESTIMONY, YOU HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, AUTOMATICALLY A MEETING, IF YOU'RE DELIBERATING ABOUT A DECISION, YOU'RE HAVING DISCUSSIONS, YOU'RE REVIEWING A POLICY, YOU'RE MAKING AN EVALUATION, AND OBVIOUSLY IF YOU'RE TAKING A FINAL VOTE, THAT'S A MEETING.
IT'S READ VERY BROADLY AS TO WHAT IT MEANS TO ACTUALLY HAVE A MEETING.
THE NARROW EXCEPTION IT RELATES TO THE SOCIAL TYPE OCCASIONS WHERE THE LEGISLATURE HAS SAID AS LONG AS MAINTAIN SOME SEPARATION, DON'T ACTIVELY ENGAGE, THREE OF YOU ARE HUDDLING TOGETHER, PERHAPS CREATES A DIFFERENT SCENARIO, BUT GENERALLY, I THINK YOU RECOGNIZE WHAT A MEETING IS WHEN YOU'RE ENGAGING IN ANY TYPE OF ACTION.
YOU HAVE REGULAR AND SPECIAL MEETINGS.
THERE'S RULES ABOUT HOW YOU CALL A SPECIAL MEETING.
YOU HAVE WORKSHOPS, TRAININGS, RETREATS, BUT THEY CAN BE INFORMAL DISCUSSIONS AS WELL.
IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE ABOUT SPECIAL MEETINGS IS THAT FOR REGULAR MEETINGS, YOU CAN TECHNICALLY ADD TO YOUR AGENDA AT ANY POINT IN TIME,
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A DECISION RELATED ITEM.FOR SPECIAL MEETINGS, YOU HAVE TO DELINEATE WITHIN YOUR WRITTEN AGENDA WHAT IT IS YOU'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE VOTING ON.
A LITTLE MORE BROAD FORM RELATION TO REGULAR MEETINGS.
IF YOU CAN, YOU'RE NOT ENCOURAGED TO, BUT ULTIMATELY, LET'S SAY YOU HAD SOMETHING COMING LATE, YOU CAN ALWAYS ADD IT TO THE AGENDA AS AN ACTION ITEM.
SPECIAL MEETINGS, YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
BUT THE MEETING DOES NOT REQUIRE THE MEMBERS TO BE PRESENT IN ONE LOCATION.
YOU COULD HAVE A CONFERENCE CALL.
YOU CAN HAVE AN E-MAIL EXCHANGE.
I'M GOING TO GET INTO THAT A LITTLE LATER.
YOU HAVE THIS ISSUE, WHAT'S CALLED SERIAL MEETING OR ROLLING MEETINGS.
WHAT THAT BASICALLY MEANS IS THAT YOU'VE STARTED OUT WITH AN E-MAIL FROM ONE PERSON, BUT THERE'S AN E-MAIL ON TOP OF THAT, THERE'S ANOTHER E-MAIL.
THEN ULTIMATELY, IT CAN BE INFERRED THAT THE GOVERNING BODY IS IN EFFECT HAVING A DEFACTO MEETING.
IT'S PRETTY EASY TO GET INTO THAT, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT BEING VERY CAREFUL WITH E-MAIL EXCHANGES.
BECAUSE PARTICULARLY WITH A FIVE MEMBER BODY, IT JUST TAKES THREE TO DECORUM.
THERE'S A CASE THAT TALKED ABOUT THEY BASICALLY PIECED TOGETHER E-MAILS, I THINK THERE WAS TEXTS, I THINK THERE WAS PHONE CALLS.
FROM THE TOTALITY OF THE EVIDENCE, THE COURT ULTIMATELY SAID, LISTEN, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, IT LOOKS LIKE THIS BODY HAD A MEETING BECAUSE THERE WAS THIS EXCHANGE OF VIEWS, THERE WAS E-MAILS, THERE WAS TEXT, THERE WAS PHONE CALLS.
THAT'S WHAT'S CALLED A SERIAL MEETING.
IT'S NOT A MEETING IN A CLASSIC SENSE THAT YOU'RE SITTING IN A ROOM AND YOU'RE MAKING DECISIONS, BUT IF YOU LOOKED AT THROUGH A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST, USUALLY THAT THERE'S MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY THAT ARE OUT THERE DOING THE CITY BUSINESS, DOING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BUSINESS, WHATEVER HAPPENS TO BE.
IF YOU PIECE IT TOGETHER, THE COURT IS PRETTY STRICT ABOUT MAINTAINING THE RULES RELATED TO ACTUALLY HAVING THOSE DISCUSSIONS IN A PUBLIC FORM.
WE'LL GET INTO THAT IN A SECOND.
THIS IS WHAT I JUST TALKED ABOUT, TRAVEL, SOCIAL GATHERINGS, LIKE SOMETIMES YOU TRAVEL TOGETHER TO DIFFERENT THINGS.
LET'S TALK ABOUT TEXTING A LITTLE BIT.
TEXTING DURING THE MEETING, THE CONCEPT BASICALLY IS THAT WHILE YOU'RE ENGAGED IN THE BUSINESS OF THE DISTRICT, NUMBER ONE, DURING THE MEETING, THE PUBLIC EXPECTS THERE TO BE SOME ATTENTION PAID TO WHAT'S GOING ON.
NUMBER ONE IS A PERCEPTION ISSUE.
YOU'RE ENGAGING IN TEXTS, THERE'S THE PERCEPTION THAT YOU'RE NOT ENGAGED WITH THE BUSINESS OF THE DISTRICT.
THERE'S ALSO THE RISK AND I'VE SEEN THIS THAT YOU'RE TEXTING IN RELATION TO SOMETHING THAT'S ACTUALLY OCCURRING IN THE DISTRICT OR IT'S ACTUALLY ON THE AGENDA.
IF SOMEONE OBSERVES YOU TEXTING DURING A MEETING, THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE A PUBLIC RECORD.
YOU CAN GET A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST FOR THAT. I'VE SEEN IT BEFORE.
IT COULD BE YOU'RE JUST MAKING DINNER PLANS WITH YOUR SPOUSE, BUT YOU STILL HAVE TO GO COUGH IT UP.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT TEXTING IS KEPT TO A MINIMUM DURING THE MEETINGS, AND I'LL HAVE SOME SCENARIOS LATER WHICH ABOUT THAT.
BUT I GUESS THE IMPORTANT TAKEAWAY FROM THIS IS THAT WHEN YOU BECOME AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, YOU STILL HAVE YOUR INHERENT RIGHTS AS A CITIZEN.
YOU CAN ENGAGE IN SOME ELECTION RELATED ACTIVITY.
YOU DO GIVE UP A LITTLE BIT OF YOUR RIGHT.
YOU CAN'T ENGAGE TO THE FULL EXTENT THAT YOU WOULD OTHERWISE, AS AN UNELECTED PERSON.
YOU ARE PROBABLY ASSIGNED A LAPTOP OR SOMETHING HERE OR A CELL PHONE.
POTENTIALLY, THERE COULD BE A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST FOR E-MAILS OR TEXTS, WHICH COULD IMPLICATE SCHOOL DISTRICT BUSINESS.
THERE'S A WHOLE BODY OF LAW ABOUT THAT AS TO HOW THAT'S BASICALLY REVIEWED AND IT'S DETERMINED WHETHER IN FACT, THEY CAN IN FACT, REVIEW YOUR PERSONAL DEVICES, BUT THERE'S A POTENTIAL FOR THAT.
IS THAT A QUESTION? NO QUESTION.
BE CAREFUL ABOUT YOUR TEXTING DURING THE MEETING. SERIAL MEETINGS.
I'VE TOUCHED ON THIS A LITTLE BIT.
THERE MUST BE A COLLECTIVE INTENT TO MEET.
YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW WHAT THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BODY ARE DOING.
BUT LIKE CONNIE MIGHT NOT KNOW WHAT COREY IS DOING, BUT IF YOU PIECE TOGETHER IN THE END, WHAT WAS EVENTUALLY DISCUSSED, AND THEN YOU TAKE THAT TO THE MEETING AND THEN THERE'S A DECISION BEING MADE.
IT'S FAIRLY EASY TO ESTABLISH THAT LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, THAT THE GOVERNING BODY HAD ALREADY MADE UP THEIR MIND.
THAT'S THE CONCEPT I LIKE TO SAY THAT DECISIONS NOT ONLY SHOULD BE FAIR, BUT THEY SHOULD APPEAR TO BE FAIR.
IN OTHER WORDS, WHATEVER DECISION YOU'RE MAKING,
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AND YOU DON'T GET A LOT OF, YOU GET SOME QUASI JUDICIAL MATTERS.NOT AS MUCH AS LIKE A CITY, WHERE THEY'RE DOING SUBDIVISION AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WHERE THERE'S A WHOLE BODY OF LAW ABOUT THAT.
BUT IN THE END, IF YOU'RE HAVING THE DECISION, THE PUBLIC AND THE PERSON THAT'S I GUESS THE PARTY TO THE DECISION WANTS TO LEAVE THE ROOM THINKING THAT THE PROCEEDINGS WERE NOT ONLY FAIR, BUT THEY APPEARED TO BE FAIR.
THAT'S WHY IT'S CALLED APPEARANCE OF FAIRNESS.
THAT'S THE DOCTRINE, I GENERALLY APPLIES TO QUASI JUDICIAL ACTIONS.
YOU HAVE SOME OF THAT IN RELATION TO SOME DISCIPLINARY ISSUES, I BELIEVE.
BUT I THINK IT'S A GOOD CONCEPT TO APPLY TO PRETTY MUCH ALL YOUR DECISION MADE.
WHEN THE PUBLIC IS WATCHING BECAUSE THEY ARE.
THIS IS WHAT I ALSO TALKED ON ABOUT E-MAILS SENT BETWEEN COUNCIL MEMBERS, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
THEY FOUND THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE GOVERNING BODY HAD NOT COMMUNICATED WITH EACH OTHER, BUT LOOK AT THE CASE.
SOMEBODY WAS PAYING ATTENTION AND BROUGHT A LAWSUIT AND NOT ONLY DID IT GO TO THE SUPERIOR COURT, IT HAD WENT ALL THE WAY UP TO THE COURT OF APPEALS.
THERE MUST HAVE BEEN SOMETHING IN THE E-MAIL EXCHANGES THAT CAUSED SOME CONCERN.
AGAIN, SOMETIMES YOU'RE GOING TO GET CASES THAT ARE MORE CONTROVERSIAL THAN OTHERS, AND THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO GET PARTICULAR ATTENTION.
BUT AGAIN, IT TELLS YOU THAT IN THE END, THE E-MAILS IN PARTICULAR.
THAT'S WHY AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR E-MAILS IT SAYS THIS COULD BE A PUBLIC RECORD.
TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU'RE COMMUNICATING, MY GENERAL ADVICE IS, I GUESS BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU PUT IN WRITING.
IF YOU CAN DISCUSS IT INDIVIDUALLY, DISCUSS IT WITH OVER THE PHONE, THAT'S IF YOU PUT IT IN WRITING, THEN IT'S GOING TO BE SUBJECT TO THE PUBLIC RECORD RULES, AND JUST NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT.
OTHER CASE ABOUT SERIAL MEETINGS, AGAIN, OUT AT SEATTLE.
THIS IS THE ONE I'VE ALLUDED TO WHERE THEY PIECED IT TOGETHER HAD IN PERSON MEETINGS, PHONE CALLS, E-MAILS, TEXTS, THEY DISTRIBUTED PRESS RELEASES.
THEN THE COURT FOUND AND AGAIN, I'M NOT SURE HOW YOU WOULD REALLY POLICE THIS.
IT'S GOING TO BE A CASE BY CASE SITUATION, BUT A MEETING CAN OCCUR IF THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE AWARE OF COMMUNICATIONS AMONG A QUORUM, EVEN IF A MAJORITY DID NOT.
FOR YOU, THAT'S A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT WITH FIVE, BUT THEY MUST HAVE HAD FOUR.
BUT ANY RATE, THEY PIECED IT TOGETHER THROUGH THESE DIFFERENT WAYS OF COMMUNICATING AND IT WAS CITY OF SEATTLE, THEIR COUNCIL WAS FOUND TO HAVE VIOLATED.
THE IMPLICATIONS FOR VIOLATING THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT CAN BE SIGNIFICANT AND SO YOU WANT TO TRY TO AVOID THAT, IF YOU CAN.
WE HAVEN'T REALLY HAD ANY ISSUES, KNOCK ON WOOD HERE FOR THE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN AROUND, BUT LIKE I SAID, IT DOESN'T BATTLEGROUNDS WORD HAD ISSUES, ALL OF THAT JUST CITY OF PORT OF VANCOUVER, [INAUDIBLE] IT DOES HAPPEN.
>> CAN I ASK A QUICK QUESTION? IF MATTHEW AND BOMANI WERE DISCUSSING AN ISSUE THAT THEY'RE LIKE, WHAT ABOUT THIS? I KNEW THEY HAD THAT DISCUSSION.
IS THEN THAT A, BECAUSE WE CAN TALK ONE ON ONE WITH EACH OTHER.
>> I THINK THIS CASE STANDS ALONE AND THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO PIECE IT TOGETHER BECAUSE THERE WAS MULTIPLE PIECES OF EVIDENCE RELATED TO THE DISCUSSIONS AND A TEXT IN PERSON, PHONE CALLS, E-MAILS.
YOU JUST BEING AWARE WOULD NECESSARILY MAKE IT A VIOLATION.
>> WE'RE ALLOWED TO BOUNCE THINGS OFF ONE PERSON.
>> I'VE GOT SOME SCENARIOS HERE THAT CAN DO THAT, EVERYONE'S GOING TO GET PICKED ON SO YOU KNOW.
WE TALKED ABOUT REGULAR OR SPECIAL.
WE TALKED ABOUT I ALREADY TOUCHED ON THIS, I'M NOT GOING TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THAT, ABOUT HOW TO CALL SPECIAL MEETINGS.
YOU HAVE TO ADVANCE NOTICE YOUR AGENDAS.
AGAIN, STAFF IS AWARE OF THIS, HOW TO GET THE AGENDAS OUT/ EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.
THIS IS THE ONE EXCEPTION RELATED TO WHEN YOU CAN HAVE A MEETING OUTSIDE OF THE PUBLIC PURVIEW.
THE MAJOR, I GUESS, REASONS ARE ACQUISITION OF REAL ESTATE PLUS PROPERTY ACQUISITION.
SALE OR LEASE OF REAL ESTATE PROPERTY DISPOSITION, EVALUATE CHARGES AGAINST A PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE.
I WOULD ALSO INCLUDE HERE, POTENTIAL LITIGATION.
POTENTIAL LITIGATION, YOU HAVE TO INCLUDE A LAWYER.
YOU CAN'T HAVE A POTENTIAL LITIGATION EXECUTIVE SESSION WITHOUT HAVING THE LAWYER IN THE ROOM.
I WOULD ALSO NOTE THAT GENERALLY FOR PROPERTY, PREFERENCES THAT YOU REFERRED TO ACTUALLY WHAT YOU'RE DOING, YOU HAVE SOMEONE ON YOUR AGENDA TODAY IT SAYS PROPERTY.
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MY PREFERENCE, DID YOU SAY PROPERTY DISPOSITION, PROPERTY ACQUISITION, DELINEATE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.I'LL GET INTO THIS A LITTLE BIT LATER, BUT FOR PROPERTY DISPOSITION, IT HAS TO BE FOCUSED ON THE PRICE.
IT'S VERY LIMITED. THEY SAY BAD FACTS, MAKE BAD LAW, AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED IN VANCOUVER IN 2017.
SEE IF IT'S TALKED ABOUT MORE HERE. COME ON.
>> GO TO THE NEXT ONE. HERE'S THE OTHER EVALUATE THE QUALIFICATIONS OF AN APPLICANT FOR PUBLIC OFFICE.
OTHER WORD, YOU'VE TEST BY SEED DOWN. YOU'VE GONE THROUGH THAT DRILL.
THERE'S POTENTIAL LITIGATION AND YOU HAVE LABOR NEGOTIATIONS.
LABOR NEGOTIATIONS IS ITS OWN SEPARATE, I GUESS CATEGORY.
IT'S NOT REALLY AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, IT'S A CLOSED SESSION.
THE TERMINOLOGY IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
I TECHNICALLY NOT SUBJECT TO THE OPMA.
YOU STILL WOULD MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
BUT THE STRICT RULES ABOUT EXECUTIVE SESSIONS DON'T NECESSARILY CARRY OVER TO CLOSED SESSION, AND YOU PROBABLY DO THAT A LOT.
YOU GO INTO CLOSED SESSION CALLED IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
>> IN A CLOSED SESSION, WE DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK AND CLOSE THE MEETING, LIKE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION WE COME BACK AND WE SAY WE'RE DONE.
A CLOSED SESSION, WE JUST SAY WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE SESSION.
>> TO CALL FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION, AND I WANT TO BE A STICKLER ABOUT THIS AS YOU ANNOUNCE, WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
IT'S GOING TO BE FOR X MINUTES AND WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND DECISIONS WILL BE MADE OR DECISIONS WILL NOT BE MADE.
THEN YOU'RE MONITORING YOUR TIME.
IF IT GETS CLOSE TO THE END OF THE TIME, SOMEONE HAS TO RUN BACK IN AND SAY, HEY, WE NEED TO HAVE 10 MORE MINUTES.
THAT'S THE PROTOCOL FOR EVERY SINGLE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
YOU'RE PRETTY GOOD AT THAT? GOOD. HOPEFULLY I DIDN'T JUMP ONE.
THANKS. CONFIDENTIALITY. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ONE.
YOU TOOK AN OATH, AND AGAIN, THIS APPLIES TO ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS.
I'M NOT JUST SAYING YOU FOLKS, IT'S YOU TOOK AN OATH THAT YOU WOULD FOLLOW THE LAW AND ACT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF FOLLOWING THE LAWS THAT APPLY TO ELECTED OFFICIALS.
ONE OF THE BIG ONES IS THAT WHEN YOU'RE ADJOURNED INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, THE WHOLE POINT OF THAT IS THAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE, PRIVATE.
IN OTHER WORDS, THERE'S A POTENTIAL RISK OR HARM TO THE DISTRICT THAT IF IT WAS REVEALED COULD CAUSE FINANCIAL HARM OR CREATE AN ISSUE ASSOCIATED WITH LIKE LITIGATION.
THE CONCEPT THERE BASICALLY IS THAT, WHILE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE OPEN AND PUBLIC, THE LEGISLATURE AND THE COURTS HAVE RECOGNIZED THAT IT WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR THE DISTRICT APPRAISAL, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN YOU'RE NEGOTIATING THE PRICE OF A PIECE OF PROPERTY TO BE REVEALED, BECAUSE THERE GOES YOUR NEGOTIATIONS OUT OR YOU'RE DISCUSSING LEGAL STRATEGIES WITH YOUR ATTORNEY.
EVERYBODY ELSE GETS TO MEET WITH THEIR ATTORNEY IN PRIVATE, WHY CAN'T PUBLIC ENTITIES, THE SAME CONCEPT.
YOU DON'T SEE THIS VERY OFTEN.
I'M NOT SURE I'VE SEEN IT, IT'S BEEN 31 YEARS, BY THE WAY, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
I'VE BEEN DOING THIS, I'VE SEEN A CODE OF ETHICS VIOLATION WHERE SOMEONE'S DISCLOSED SOMETHING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.
A POTENTIAL RISK MIGHT BE PROPERTY VALUE.
THERE'S SOME CASUAL CONVERSATION, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PROPERTY VALUE WITH SOMEBODY.
BUT AGAIN, THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF THAT IS THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO KEEP THAT PRIVATE, SO YOUR NEGOTIATIONS AREN'T IMPAIRED BECAUSE THAT COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE THE PRICE OF THE PROPERTY TO INCREASE.
THAT'S WOULD CAUSE A HARM TO THE DISTRICT BY COSTING YOU MORE MONEY THAN YOU MEANT TO YOU'RE REQUIRED TO LIMIT YOUR COST TO YOUR APPRAISAL VALUE.
YOU DON'T WANT TO GO BEYOND THAT.
CAN YOU GO FORWARD AGAIN. GO FORWARD.
THANK YOU. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S IT.
I COULD POTENTIALLY NULLIFY THE ACTION.
YOU'D BE LIABLE FOR ATTORNEY'S FEES AND COSTS, POTENTIAL PERSONAL LIABILITY WITH CIVIL FINES AND YOU COULD POTENTIALLY FORFEIT YOUR OFFICE OR BE SUBJECT TO A RECALL.
IT'S JUST NOT A GOOD LOOK FOR ALL CONCERNED.
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AGAIN, IT'S IN THE YEARS I'VE BEEN DOING, I HAVEN'T SEEN AN ACTUAL PENALTY PHASE RELATED TO THIS, BUT THEY PUT IT IN THE RCW BE FOR A REASON.YOU WANT TO TRY TO FOLLOW THE RULES HERE. THIS MIGHT BE THE LAST ONE.
CURING A VIOLATION. LATER ACTION WILL CURE IT, BUT THE SUBSEQUENT ACTION MUST BE OPEN, OTHERWISE, CONFORM TO THE OPMA, AND NOT BE A SUMMARY.
YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO OPEN IT UP AGAIN AND SAY, HEY, WE MESSED UP.
[LAUGHTER] WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET THIS DONE THE RIGHT WAY THIS TIME.
AGAIN, I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS HAPPEN.
THERE'S A POTENTIAL OUT, BUT AGAIN, THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS IS WE DON'T WANT TO GET IN THAT SITUATION TO BEGIN WITH.
AGAIN, IN A QUICK SUMMARY THE RISKY ONES ARE YOUR EMAIL CHAINS. YOU WANT TO AVOID THAT.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS IN A MINUTE, BUT IT'S THE CLASSIC REPLY ALL. WE'RE NOT REPLYING ALL.
POTENTIALLY, ISSUES RELATED TO EXECUTIVE SESSIONS, LIKE GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION INAPPROPRIATELY OR MAKING DECISIONS IN EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.
YEAH, QUICKLY ON THE WALLOW CASE.
THEY WERE HIRING A CITY MANAGER.
YOU CAN GO IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO TALK ABOUT QUALIFICATIONS.
WELL, THEY WENT INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THEY BASICALLY GOT IN THERE AND SAY YOU KNOW WHAT? WE DON'T NEED TO TALK ABOUT THIS ANYMORE.
JOHN SMITH IS THE BEST CANDIDATE.
WE'RE JUST DONE. HE'S JUST SO OBVIOUSLY GREAT.
WALKED INTO THE OPEN MEETING AND SAID WE WERE BACK THERE.
WE DISCUSSED IT JOHN SMITH IS HIRED.
[LAUGHTER] OBVIOUSLY, SOMEBODY SAID, WAIT A MINUTE.
WHOA. IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT ARE YOU DOING, BUT THAT HAPPENED.
IT HAPPENED WITHIN THE LAST YEAR.
THEY WERE BROUGHT UP ON AN OPMA VIOLATION.
IF YOU'RE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, YOU'RE NOT TAKING STRAW POLES.
YOU'RE NOT MAKING ANY DETERMINATIONS.
THE BEST WAY TO DO IT GENERALLY IS TO GO PERSON TO PERSON, SAY WHAT YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT AS A PARTICULAR TOPIC, NOT REACH ANY CONSENSUS.
THEN WHEN YOU COME BACK INTO OPEN SESSION, THAT'S YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE FULL AND FRANK DISCUSSION WITH NO INFERENCE THAT YOU'VE MADE UP YOUR MIND.
THAT'S ANOTHER EXPECTATION WHEN YOU'RE IN AN OPEN MEETING.
AGAIN, IT GOES BACK TO NOT ONLY BE FAIR BUT APPEAR FAIR.
I HAVE SOME EXAMPLES ABOUT ALL OF THIS, WHICH I THINK WILL PROVE HELPFUL IF I CAN GET TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
PUBLIC COMMENT. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT. PUBLIC COMMENT.
THIS IS REAL QUICK. THIS IS A QUICK SLIDE. I ADD IT TO THE LAST MINUTE.
YOU HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT ELEMENT OF YOUR BOARD MEETINGS ARE REQUIRED.
ENFORCE YOUR TIME LIMITS EQUALLY, DIRECT YOUR COMMENTS DIRECTLY TO THE BOARD, NOT TO INDIVIDUAL STAFF MEMBERS.
RESERVE PUBLIC HEARING TESTIMONY FOR THE SCHEDULE HEARINGS.
THEN IF YOU HAVE ANY PERSON THAT WANTS TO TALK ABOUT ELECTION RELATED MATTERS.
I THINK I'VE SENT OUT MEMOS ON THIS, BUT I WANT TO BE SURE.
PDC IS REALLY STRICT ABOUT THIS.
THAT WOULD BE AN IMPROPER USE OF PUBLIC FACILITIES, WHICH YOU CAN'T USE FOR ELECTION RELATED MATTERS? THAT WOULD INCLUDE PEOPLE AT THE DIAS TRYING TO TALK ABOUT, HEY, I WANT YOU TO VOTE FOR THIS OR DON'T VOTE FOR THIS. CORY IS MY MAN RIGHT? WHATEVER IT HAPPENS TO BE. YOU CAN'T USE PUBLIC FACILITIES FOR ELECTION RELATED MATTERS, THAT INCLUDES ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT GROUNDS.
IF YOU HAVE AN OPEN HOUSE OR IT'S A FULL AND FAIR FORUM OR ALL SIDES ARE REPRESENTED, THEN YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH USING THOSE PUBLIC FACILITIES, WOULD YOU HAVE TO OPEN THEM UP FOR EVERYBODY.
IF YOU EVER HAD ANY ELECTION RELATED ISSUES, I'VE HAD SOME EXPERIENCE IN THIS STUFF.
IN THE PDC GUIDE IS ACTUALLY PRETTY GOOD IF YOU EVER PULLED IT OFF ONLINE. A LOT OF EXAMPLES.
OR IN YOUR OWN ISSUE LIKE DURING YOUR CAMPAIGN, OR WHAT CAN I CAN'T DO OR WHAT CAN I DO AS A PUBLIC OFFICIAL? AGAIN, YOU GIVE UP SOME OF YOUR RIGHTS ASSOCIATED WITH BEING A PUBLIC OFFICIAL, BUT YOU CAN STILL MAKE SOME ENDORSEMENTS.
YOU JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S IN YOUR PRIVATE CAPACITY.
YOU DON'T WANT TO CROSS THAT LINE.
OF COURSE, YOU DON'T WANT TO USE ANY PUBLIC PROPERTY.
YOU WANT TO USE THE DISTRICT EMAIL, FOR EXAMPLE, THOSE ARE THINGS TO BE MINDFUL OF.
>> JUST A QUESTION. THERE YOU GO.
>> OH, MINE WAS JUST ON THE STRICTLY ENFORCE THE TIME LIMITS OF PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF A STUDENT IS SPEAKING, I CAN'T GIVE THEM MORE THAN THREE MINUTES, EVEN THOUGH I LIKE TO HEAR FROM STUDENTS AS I WOULD A PARENT.
IF I'M AT THREE MINUTES, LIKE, I CAN'T. [OVERLAPPING]
>> THIS IS MORE BEST PRACTICE.
>> IT'S THE BEST PRACTICE THING. [OVERLAPPING]
>> I SHOULD KEEP IT ALL THE SAME.
THEN ONE OTHER QUICK QUESTION, IS SOMETIMES PEOPLE SAY I YIELD MY TIME TO THE NEXT PERSON.
IS THAT'S JUST THEY CAN'T DO THAT EITHER.
I THINK WE'VE ONLY HAD THAT ONCE OR TWICE WHERE PEOPLE WOULD SAY I'M YIELDING MY TIME TO CONNIE, SO SHE CAN HAVE FIVE MINUTES, BUT OKAY. THANK YOU.
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>> YEAH, THAT SOUND A GOOD PRACTICE.
I WOULDN'T ADVISE THAT. FOR PUBLIC HEARING IN PARTICULAR, YOU'D WANT TO SAY AGAIN, REMEMBER ONE TIME IN PARTICULAR HERE.
WE HAD A PRETTY CONTROVERSIAL PUBLIC HEARING.
A GOOD THING TO SAY IS, LISTEN, IF YOU AGREE WITH THE PERSON WHO JUST SPOKE, JUST SAY YOU AGREE WITH THAT PERSON? YOU HAVE TO REPEAT IT.
OTHER THING IS SOMETIMES PEOPLE WANT TO LIKE I WOULDN'T ALLOW.
IT'S LIKE I HAVE THE AUTHORITY.
I WOULD ADVISE YOU NOT ALLOW LIKE ANY AUDIO VISUAL PRESENTATIONS DURING PUBLIC HEARINGS.
HERE'S YOUR THINGS. BUT NO PLAYING A VIDEO OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
>> YEAH. MY QUESTION WAS SO PUBLIC COMMENT IS A REQUIRED ELEMENT OF EVERY REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD.
I THOUGHT WE LEARNED AT WAZDA THAT IT WASN'T REQUIRED, BUT IF YOU HAVE IT, IT'S VERY STRICTLY CONTROLLED, AND IS THERE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WORKSHOPS AND FOR MEETINGS.
>> NEW STATE LAW? NOT APPLIED TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
THAT USED TO BE OPTIONAL IN OTHER WORDS.
NECESSARILY HAVE TO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT YEARS AGO, NO LONGER OPTIONAL.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT DURING YOUR REGULAR MEETINGS.
>> BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT THAT TOO IN OUR WORKSHOPS.
WE DON'T HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS IN WORKSHOP, BUT WE ALWAYS HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS IN BOARD MEETINGS.
>> FOR WORKSHOPS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE IT.
I EVEN THINK SPECIAL MEETINGS, YOU PROBABLY COULD SAY YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE IT.
>> WHEN IT SAYS REGULAR MEETINGS OF THE BOARD, THOSE ARE FORMAL BOARD MEETINGS, NOT EVERY TIME THE BOARD MEETS. [OVERLAPPING]
>> THE ONES YOU'VE ALREADY SET IN PLACE THROUGH YOUR BOARD POLICIES THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE A MEETING THE FIRST AND THIRD, FOURTH.
THAT'S YOUR MEETING, YOU HAVE TO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
>> OUR SECOND IS A WORKSHOP FOURTH IS A MEETING IN THE FOURTH.
>> YOU'VE TO BE? YOU COULD ALWAYS DO IT. BUT IT'S BY LAW.
AGAIN, I WAS SURPRISED WHEN I FIRST STARTED WORKING IN MUNICIPAL LAW, THAT TECHNICALLY, IT WASN'T REQUIRED.
YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT EXCEPT FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS.
THAT'S MANDATORY. TRYING TO HURRY UP. OKAY, HERE'S SOME SCENARIOS.
EMAILS, SUPERINTENDENT SENDS AN EMAIL TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND ATTACHES A SUMMARY OF A TECHNOLOGY CONTRACT TO BE CONSIDERED FOR A VOTE AT THAT WEEK'S MEETING.
DOES THAT VIOLATE THE OPMA? [NOISE]
>> NO. [BACKGROUND] AS OF SHARING OF INFORMATION IS NOT VIOLATE THE OPMA.
SAME FACT PATTERN BUT TRACY AND MATTHEW EXCHANGE EMAILS ABOUT THEIR VIEWS ON THE ISSUE, AND WE ALREADY HAD CONNIE RUIN THIS.
[BACKGROUND] THAT'S NOT A QUORUM. [INAUDIBLE].
>> YOU DON'T WANT TO CC MORE THAN [OVERLAPPING] IT SAY TRACY AND MATTHEW, BUT THOSE TWO ONLY. IF YOU SEE THEM, THEY'RE PRIVY TO YOUR ENTIRE DISCUSSION.
SAME FACT PATTERN BUT NOW YOU'RE THROWING CONNIE.
NOW YOU HAVE THREE. THOSE ARE PRETTY EASY.
UNDER WOOD V BATTLE GROUND, AND I TOLD YOU I MENTIONED BATTLE GROUND.
THE PHYSICAL PRESENCE OF THE MEMBERS ARE NOT REQUIRED.
THAT WAS THE CASE THAT SAID, LISTEN, EMAILS CAN CONSTITUTE A MEETING.
>> YOU HAVE MY DAD WAS A SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, AND HE WOULD JUST GET AFTER ME.
NEXT ONE. COREY SENDS AN EMAIL TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS WITH AN ATTACHMENT.
COREY SAYS, I'M GOING TO SEND AN EMAIL TO ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS WITH AN ATTACHMENT FROM A CONFERENCE.
HE RECENTLY ATTENDED ENTITLED TECHNOLOGY IS NOT OUR FRIEND.
WHEN TO REJECT CONTRACT PROPOSALS.
LET'S TALK ABOUT JUST THE SENDING OF THE INFORMATION ITSELF.
>> NO. AGAIN, PASSIVE RECEIPT [BACKGROUND] BUT IT'S FROM A CONFERENCE.
>> YEAH, SO THAT IN AND OF ITSELF IS NOT A VIOLATION.
HOWEVER, IT'S A GRAY AREA, BECAUSE WE JUST TALKED ABOUT, THERE'S A TECHNOLOGY CONTRACT COMING UP.
MAKE SURE YOU INCLUDE DO NOT REPLY ALL.
THAT'S STANDARD HERE, I'M ASSUMING YOU DON'T REPLY, DO NOT REPLY ALL.
IF HE DIDN'T INCLUDE A NOTE ADVOCATING FOR THE POSITION, PROBABLY, AGAIN, DON'T REPLY ALL.
IT DOESN'T SAY I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU FOLKS VOTE NO ON THIS BECAUSE LOOK AT THIS GREAT INFORMATION, BUT IT STILL CREATES A POTENTIAL ISSUE BECAUSE IT DOES LOOK LIKE THERE'S SOME ADVOCACY GOING ON, OR IF COREY HAD A HISTORY OF ADVOCATING FOR THESE TYPES OF POSITIONS.
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WHERE THE THIRD TECHNOLOGY CONTRACTS COME UP, HE JUST CAN'T QUIT TALKING ABOUT HOW MUCH HE HATES TECHNOLOGY, AND HERE'S HIS ARTICLE.THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE START TO GET A LITTLE LEERY ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE SENT AND YOU'VE SENT IT TO EVERYBODY BECAUSE FROM THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN, YOU'VE SENT IT TO EVERYBODY.
THAT'S A QUORUM. YOU'RE OUTCOME AS THIS PASSIVE RECEIPT, NO ADVOCACY.
DO NOT REPLY ALL. IT'S A GRAY ZONE.
>> SHAWNA, ON THAT ONE, IF I ATTEND A CONFERENCE, I FIND SOMETHING INTERESTING. IF I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO REPLY, ISN'T IT BETTER TO JUST DO BCC SO THEY DON'T KNOW WHO RECEIVED IT? I SEND IT TO ALL MEMBERS, LIKE, HERE'S SOMETHING I SAW AT WAZDA, THEY DIDN'T ATTEND OR I ATTEND AN E SEMINAR OF INFORMATION AND I'M REPRESENTING I WANT TO DISTRIBUTE THE INFORMATION BECAUSE I WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT ATTEND IS BETTER TO BCC, THAT ATTACHMENT TO EVERYONE AND SAY, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OR BECAUSE WE HAVE LIKE LEGISLATIVE IS ONE.
WE DON'T ALL YOU KNOW THAT ECC. I'M JUST TRYING TO SEND A FILE, LIKE HERE'S THE CONFERENCE I WENT TO.
>> I CAN SEE THE SUBJECT MATTER, BUT THERE'S TIMES WHERE ONE OF US MAY GO TO REPRESENT THE BODY.
>> THAT'S THE CLASSIC EXAMPLE.
ONE OF YOU IS GONE YOU'RE GOING TO SHARE THE INFORMATION. HOWEVER YOU SEND IT? I DON'T THINK IT'S WORKING.
THERE'S NO PENDING I GUESS VOTE ON IT.
YOU JUST PASSIVELY SENT IT FOR.
>> WE'RE USUALLY PRETTY GOOD OF SAYING RIGHT UP FRONT.
THIS IS JUST PASSIVE SHARING OF INFORMATION.
>> NEXT ONE. AT A BOARD MEETING, THERE'S AN AGENDA ITEM CONCERNING IMPLEMENTING NEW STANDARDS FOR CONSIDERING TECHNOLOGY CONTRACTS.
THE DISCUSSION ENDS AT THE MEETING AND THE BOARD CHAIR ANNOUNCES THAT A MAJORITY OF THE BOARD WILL CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION ON THIS TOPIC BY EMAIL.
YOU BASICALLY ANNOUNCED WE INTEND TO VIOLATE THE OPMA.
[LAUGHTER] THESE EXAMPLES SEEM A LITTLE ABSURD, BUT BELIEVE ME, THEY SOMEWHERE IT'S HAPPENED.
THE NEXT ONE, DURING THE MEETING ITSELF, FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE TECHNOLOGY CONTRACT, TWO BOARD MEMBERS EXCHANGED TEXTS WHERE THEY DISCUSSED HOW THE BUSINESS WHO SUBMITTED THE PROPOSAL HAS A BAD REPUTATION IN THE COMMUNITY AND RELATE WHEN THE MATTER COMES TO A VOTE THAT THEY ARE GOING TO REJECT THE CONTRACT.
COMMUNICATIONS DURING A MEETING SHOULD BE ON THE RECORD. RIGHT? SUBJECT TO A PUBLIC RECORD REQUEST.
AGAIN, A BE FAIR OR PEER FAIR, AND IT'S JUST YOU GET THAT PUBLIC RECORD REQUEST. IT'S NOT A GOOD LOOK. GOOD.
>> EXECUTIVE SESSION. THE BOARD IS CONSIDERING THE SURPLUS OF DISTRICT OWNED REAL PROPERTY.
THIS IS PROPERTY DISPOSITION AND OFFERING FOR SALE.
AN EXECUTIVE SESSION IS CALLED FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER THE MATTER.
THE EXECUTIVE SESSION LASTS OVER 1 HOUR AND MULTIPLE TOPICS ARE ADDRESSED.
THESE ARE GOING TO BE EASY AGAIN.
DURING THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, BOMANI PROPOSES THAT A STRAW POLL BE TAKEN TO FEEL THE ISSUE OUT AMONG THE OTHER MEMBERS.
WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THAT SO NO, CAN'T DO THAT.
SORRY. DURING THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, COREY PRESENTS TO EACH OF THE OTHER MEMBERS A MEMORANDUM OUTLINING THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF THE PROJECT FOR THE DISTRICT AND THE COMMUNITY.
AGAIN, UNDER THE PORT OF VANCOUVER CASE, THE FACTS WERE THIS.
IT WAS ABOUT THE OIL TERMINAL, I THINK, YEARS AGO AND THEY WENT INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR I THINK, 3 HOURS.
TALKED ABOUT ALL SORTS OF THINGS, INCLUDING, I THINK SOME OF THE TOPICS I'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THESE SCENARIOS.
THEY CAME OUT, MADE A DECISION OR MAYBE THEY DIDN'T MAKE A DECISION, BUT IF YOU'RE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR LONGER THAN A PERIOD OF TIME ON PROPERTY DISPOSITION THE INFERENCE NOW OR THE IMPLICATION IS FROM THIS PORT OF VANCOUVER CASE, IT WENT UP TO I THINK THE SUPREME COURT IS THAT ALL YOU CAN TALK ABOUT IS PRICE.
WHAT'S THE PRICE YOU'RE GOING TO ALLOW YOUR PROPERTY TO BE DISPOSED OF, EITHER SOLD OR LEASED.
THE NEXT EXAMPLE, FOR EXAMPLE, TRACY IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TALKS ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY HAZARD AND CLEANUP EFFORTS.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE THIS IS GOING. THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH PRICE.
YOU USUALLY HAVE AN APPRAISAL SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PRICE WE'RE GOING TO ACCEPT FOR THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY.
THEY'RE IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, CONNIE INVITES A LOCAL REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER TO MAKE A PRESENTATION CONCERNING THE SITE.
IT SAYS A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT IMPLICATIONS.
ONE IS THAT THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF EXECUTIVE SESSION IS PRIVACY, AND SO YOU INVITED A THIRD PARTY IN THERE AND THERE GOES YOUR PRIVACY.
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BEYOND THAT, OF COURSE, THAT'S BEYOND THE SCOPE OF PROPERTY DISPOSITION.THE SAME DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE JUST TALKED ABOUT, BUT NOW THE EXECUTIVE SESSION IS CONSIDERING THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY SO DOES THIS CHANGE ANYTHING? I'LL JUST ANSWER IT. THE ANSWER IS IT DOES TO A DEGREE.
IN OTHER WORDS, THERE'S NOT A LIKE PORT OF VANCOUVER CASE FOR PROPERTY ACQUISITION LIKE THERE WAS FOR PROPERTY DISPOSITION.
PROPERTY DISPOSITION IS PRETTY MUCH BAKED IN THE CAKE.
THE PORT OF VANCOUVER BY IT'S STATEWIDE NOW YOU CAN ONLY TALK ABOUT PRICE.
THERE HASN'T BEEN A PROPERTY ACQUISITION CASE, BUT I STILL THINK CAUTION IS WARRANTED.
YOU DO HAVE A LITTLE MORE LEEWAY BECAUSE THERE ARE MORE FACTORS REALLY INTO ACQUIRING A PIECE OF PROPERTY.
THERE COULD BE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS.
DO WE WANT TO BUY A SITE WITH KNOWN ARCHAEOLOGICAL ISSUES OR SOMETHING THAT COULD IMPLICATE SOME MORE FACTORS, BUT YOU STILL WANT TO BE CAREFUL.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU SHOULD GO IN EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.
PROPERTY DISPOSITION THEORETICALLY COULD BE A 10 OR 15 MINUTE MEETING BECAUSE YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO GET A SENSE OF THE PRICE.
PROPERTY ACQUISITION, IT COULD BE LONGER.
YOU CAN CONSIDER OTHER THINGS, BUT YOU'RE STILL GOING TO WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF THE APPEARANCES.
I THINK IS MY LAST IS MY LAST QUESTION.
AT LAST SCENARIO AFTER THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, A BOARD MEMBER IN A CALL WITH A FRIEND REVEALS THE DISTRICT HAS HAD THE PROPERTY APPRAISED AND RELATES THE VALUE WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED.
THAT'S PART OF THE PRIVACY EXPECTATION.
FOR EXECUTIVE SESSIONS, THERE ALSO IS LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT, THERE'S POTENTIAL FROM FAIRLY SERIOUS RAMIFICATIONS THERE IT PUTS THE DISTRICT AT A DISADVANTAGE FOR THE APPRAISAL TO BE REVEALED.
THERE IS A STATE LAW THAT SAYS, ONCE YOUR APPRAISAL, I THINK IS A YEAR OLD, 2-YEARS-OLD, THAT IT BECOMES A PUBLIC RECORD.
BUT DURING THAT TIME THE LAW RECOGNIZES THE DISTRICTS NEED TO HAVE AN ADVANTAGE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE NEGOTIATIONS.
I THINK THAT COVERS MY PRESENTATION.
>> YOU GUYS HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTION, SCENARIOS FOR SHAWNA? CONCERNS.
>> [LAUGHTER] IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD REFRESHER FOR US, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
GOOD LUCK IN VEGAS. WITH THAT,
[3. CULTURE]
WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 3A, OUR NUTRITION SERVICES DATE.LOOKS LIKE YOU GUYS ARE ALL READY TO GO.
WE'LL START AGAIN. I BROUGHT A TEAM OF LADIES HERE THAT I CONSIDER REALLY IMPORTANT PARTS OF CAMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT NUTRITION.
STARTING WITH BRENA, SHE IS OUR COORDINATOR FOR NUTRITION SERVICES AND ALSO THE LEAD OVER AT SKYRIDGE.
SHE'S A REALLY INTEGRAL PART OF THE DISTRICT BECAUSE OUT OF THE 13 SCHOOLS THAT WE SERVE, 12 SCHOOLS THAT WE SERVE, SHE SUPPORTS SKYRIDGE AND ALSO ALL OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
BRENA DOES A LOT OF WORK AND SHE'S A A GOOD PARTNER FOR ME IN WORKING WITH THE DISTRICTS, I APPRECIATE HER.
ALYSSA IS MY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FROM NUTRITION SERVICES, AND SHE SUPPORTS OUR TEAM EVERY DAY.
SHAWNA, BETWEEN SHAWNA AND BRENA, THEY'VE BEEN HERE FOR ALMOST TWO DECADES.
THEY STARTED TOGETHER NINE YEARS AGO.
NEXT YEAR WILL BE 10 YEARS FOR EACH OF THEM.
SHAWNA ALSO WORKS OUT OF SKYRIGE AND DOES A LOT OF THE PREP WORK FOR OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
WITHOUT THESE TWO LADIES, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO SERVE ALL OF THE STUDENTS THAT WE DO EVERY DAY.
I JUST WANTED THEM TO COME IN AND GET SOME RECOGNITION.
IF YOU GUYS SEE THEM OUT IN THE SCHOOLS, GIVE THEM A HIGH FIVE.
THANK THEM FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THEY DO.
I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GET USED TO SPEAKING INTO THIS.
THEN ALSO, I HAVE HUSSEIN, WHO IS MY BOSS FROM CHARTWELLS.
HE'S HERE TO SUPPORT AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE.
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I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS TODAY.I DIDN'T PREPARE ANY POP QUIZZES AT THE END, SO I WON'T GO THROUGH ANY STORY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING WITH YOU GUYS.
I'LL JUST BE TALKING ABOUT NUTRITION AND WHAT WE'RE DOING.
THAT'S OKAY. JUST DON'T PREPARE FOR ANY QUESTIONS AT THE END.
FUNNY ENOUGH, ONE OF MY GREATEST SAYS IS THAT THE CAFETERIA IS THE HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH, AND THAT'S HOW I WANT OUR LEADS AND OUR NUTRITION STAFF TO GREET THE CHILDREN THAT'S ALSO CHARTWELLS MOTTO IS MAKING THE CAFETERIA THE HAPPIEST PLACE IN SCHOOL.
WE'RE JUST GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THE LAST TWO YEARS.
WHERE AM I POINTING AT? WHERE'S THE RECEIVER FOR THIS? THAT HELPS, I THINK.
WITH ALL THAT BEING SAID, I CONSIDER THE DISTRICT TO BE THE BUSIEST RESTAURANT IN TOWN.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT A TOWN OF ABOUT 25,000 PEOPLE, THIS YEAR BETWEEN THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AND THE END OF APRIL, WE SERVED ALMOST 70,000 BREAKFAST.
THAT'S ENOUGH MEALS TO FILL EVERY SEAT IN THE YANKEE STADIUM AND THEN SOME.
WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT VOLUME, THAT'S QUITE A BIT.
WE SERVED JUST UNDER 400,000 LUNCHES BETWEEN THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AND THE END OF APRIL.
FIVE SOLD OUT NFL STADIUMS WE FED IN THAT TIME.
WE ARE DOING A LOT AND I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT WE'RE DOING.
I WAS REALLY HOPING NOBODY'D ASK ME ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SPORTS REFERENCES BECAUSE I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER WATCHED A NFL GAME. NO QUESTIONS.
IS THAT FIRST ONE A BASEBALL REFERENCE OR SOCCER? I'M JUST KIDDING.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE REALLY FOCUSED ON IS QUALITY OF FOOD AND MENU, SINCE CHARTWELLS CAME IN.
THAT FIRST PICTURE UP THERE IS A PICTURE OF SKYRIDGE KITCHEN, SHAWNA WAS COOKING SOME WHOLE PORK BUTTS.
YOU THINK OF ALL OF THE THINGS WE ARE TRYING TO MOVE AWAY FROM PROCESSED FOODS WHERE WE CAN AND DOING WHOLE MUSSLE MEAT PORK, WHOLE CHICKEN THIGHS AND GETTING THAT STUFF IN NOT REAL GROUND BEEF, BUT 100% GROUND BEEF, RAW GROUND BEEF PATTIES, STUFF LIKE THAT.
THAT WE'RE SEEING THAT, AND WE'RE SEEING THE INCREASE IN PARTICIPATION THROUGH THAT AND WHEN THE KIDS ARE ENJOYING WHAT THEY'RE SEEING, I KNOW THAT OUR COOKS ARE FEELING BETTER ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND MAKES THEIR TIME MORE IMPACTFUL, THAT THE FOODS NOT ALL GETTING THROWN AWAY.
ONE OF THE THINGS I IMPLEMENTED THIS YEAR IS A NEW SIX WEEK CYCLE MENU.
USUALLY YOU SEE A FOUR WEEK CYCLE MENU, AS A PARENT WHEN I SEE THAT, IT GETS A LITTLE BIT REDUNDANT, IT'S LIKE, WELL, EVERY TWO WEEKS, YOU HAVE NOTCHOS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND THE SIX WEEKS GIVES US A LITTLE BIT MORE VARIETY BETWEEN ROTATING.
WE DO LIKE TO BE CONSISTENT BECAUSE WE FIND THAT THE KIDS PARTICIPATE MORE WHEN THEY CAN PLAN.
I KNOW ON TUESDAYS, IT IS GOING TO BE NOTCHO DAY OR ON MONDAYS, I'M GOING TO GET PASTA.
WE LIKE THAT CONSISTENCY, BUT A LITTLE BIT OF VARIETY IS REALLY HELPFUL.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CHARTWELLS HAS IS A PROGRAM CALLED GLOBAL EATS WHERE THEY INTRODUCE RECIPES FROM ABOUT SIX DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, I THINK.
THERE'S SOME BIGGER PROJECTS THAT WE CAN DO WITH GLOBAL EATS, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE TRIED TO DO UNTIL THEN IS JUST DOT THOSE RECIPES IN OUR MENUS THROUGHOUT.
YOU CAN SEE THIS RECIPE OR THIS PLATE UP HERE AT THE TOP, I THINK, WAS FROM LIBERTY, AND THAT'S A TERIYAKI CHICKEN NOODLE BOWL.
IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN WILDLY POPULAR AT ALL OF OUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
IT'S REALLY NICE ANOTHER ONE THAT'S REALLY POPULAR OVER AT LIBERTY IS A BUTTER CHICKEN DISH AND IN THE BEGINNING, SOME OF THESE ITEMS AREN'T WILDLY POPULAR AND I FIND IF WE CAN GET THE CHILDREN TO TRY THEM, THEN THEY'RE MORE OPT TO PICK THEM THE NEXT TIME.
BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO TAKE SOMETHING AND WASTE THAT LUNCH.
I ENCOURAGE STAFF TO SAMPLE THINGS OUT, IF THEY'RE FINDING IT'S NOT VERY POPULAR OR GIVE THE CHILDREN IF THEY'RE ADVENTUROUS ENOUGH TO TRY IT, GIVE IT TO THEM, AND THEY CAN COME BACK AND GET THAT CORN DOG IF THEY DIDN'T LIKE IT.
WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO GET KIDS TO TRY ALL THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
THE LAST FOCUS IS STUDENTS EAT WITH THEIR EYES.
REALLY TRYING TO GET EVERYBODY TO PRESENT FOOD ON THE LINE IN A WAY THAT CHILDREN ARE GOING TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO WITH THAT.
THIS LUNCH IS A SAMPLE LUNCH AND A LOT OF THE KIDS WILL BE, CAN I HAVE THAT? IT'S LIKE, WELL, YOU CAN, BUT YOU CAN DO SO MUCH MORE IF YOU GO OUT, CHOOSE THE THINGS YOU WANT.
THE OTHER THING THAT WE FOUND THAT WAS REALLY IMPACTFUL WITH THESE SAMPLE MEALS THIS YEAR OVER AT LIBERTY WE FOUND
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OUR SPECIAL ED TEACHER BEING REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THIS OPTION WITH THE VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF HOW THE STUDENTS MEALS COULD LOOK BECAUSE THE NON VERBAL STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO LOOK AT THESE OPTIONS AND CHOOSE.IT MADE THIS PROCESS SO MUCH LESS STRESSFUL FOR THEM AND WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT I DIDN'T EVEN RECOGNIZE WOULD COME OUT OF THAT.
SOMETHING THAT WE'LL WORK ON TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN DO THAT AT A LOT MORE OF THE SCHOOLS NEXT YEAR, LETTING THE CHILDREN BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO WITH THEIR LUNCH.
THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES OR JUST BE TALKING ABOUT PROGRAMS THAT WE DO AND HOW WE'RE GETTING STUDENTS ENGAGED.
THIS ONE IS CALLED DISCOVERY KITCHEN.
IT'S A PROGRAM WHERE WE CAN GO IN, WE CAN SAMPLE OUT FOOD.
WE GET KIDS BASICALLY INVOLVED.
IN THIS SITUATION, WE WERE SAMPLING OUT BISON AND IT WAS IN THE FALL.
WE HAD I THINK 10 OR 12 DIFFERENT TYPES OF SQUASH.
WE GOT TO TALK TO THE KIDS ABOUT THE DIFFERENT VARIETIES IF THEY'D HAD THEM BEFORE.
IT WAS IN A BISON SPAGHETTI SAUCE WITH A ROASTED SPAGHETTI SQUASH.
WE HAD A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE TO TRY THAT THAT WERE HERE.
ONCE THE KIDS UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON, THEY'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT, AND THEN THEY'RE COMING BACK FOR MORE AND MORE.
I THINK THE MOST SAMPLES WE HAD WAS MAYBE SIX WHERE FINALLY FULL OF THE SAMPLES.
DISCOVERY KITCHEN IS REALLY FUN, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO DO THAT IN OUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS MORE THIS YEAR.
THAT'S REALLY GREAT. ANOTHER ONE OF OUR STUDENT ENGAGEMENTS IS SOMETHING THAT OBVIOUSLY STARTED RIGHT HERE IN A CAMAS FINE DINING.
I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT FINE DINING BECAUSE I CAN BE IN NORTH VANCOUVER AND TALK ABOUT SOMETHING AND THEY'RE LIKE, OH, I'VE HEARD ABOUT THAT.
IN CAMAS I COULD BE BUYING FLOWERS AND THEY'RE LIKE, WE KNOW ABOUT FINE DINING I'M LIKE THIS IS AWESOME.
FINE DINING IS SUCH A FUN EVENT AND A LEGACY FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO CARRY ON.
I THINK IF I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT ANY OF IT, PROBABLY SOME OF THE BEHIND THE SCENES.
A WEEK OR SO BEFORE I GO AND I TEACH ETIQUETTE TRAINING TO THE STUDENTS.
WE TALK ABOUT HOW ETIQUETTE IS DIFFERENT BASED ON WHERE YOU'RE AT, THE ETIQUETTE IS NOT ONE SIZE FITS ALL.
IT LOOKS DIFFERENT WHEREVER YOU'RE AT SO TRYING TO GET THE KIDS TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT MAY BE CUSTOMARY ETIQUETTE HERE MIGHT NOT BE CUSTOMARY ETIQUETTE FOR WHAT THEY'RE USED TO OR WHAT THEY SEE AT HOME OR WHEN THEY'RE TRAVELING OR WHATEVER THAT IS.
WE DO THE ETIQUETTE TRAINING THE KIDS GET REALLY EXCITED.
THE OTHER THING THAT I TRY TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT IS THEY TALK ABOUT FANCY AND EVERYBODY WANTS TO WEAR A DRESS AND EVERYBODY WANTS TO WEAR A SUIT OR TIE.
BUT I REALLY TALK TO THEM ABOUT HOW FANCY IS HOW YOU FEEL INSIDE.
IF YOU'RE FEELING COMFORTABLE IN YOUR SKIN, IF YOU'RE FEELING GOOD AND WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE AND WHAT YOU'RE WEARING, THEN YOU'RE FANCY.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WEAR A TIE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WEAR A DRESS.
I JUST WANT EVERY STUDENT TO FEEL COMFORTABLE BECAUSE I KNOW NOT EVERYBODY WANTS TO PUT ON A TIE OR A SUIT.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT SOME OF THE OTHER DISTRICT EMPLOYEES AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT IS MAYBE DOING LIKE A CLOSET WHERE WE COULD HAVE SOME FANCY THINGS IF A STUDENT WANTED TO CHOOSE FROM THEM MAYBE A TIE OR A BOW TIE TO CLIP ON OR A FANCY SHAWL OR SOMETHING.
WE'LL SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, BUT REALLY JUST SEEING HOW FINE DINING HAS EVOLVED OVER THE YEARS, I'M JUST REALLY PROUD TO BE A PART OF THAT.
I KNOW, MATTHEW, YOU GOT A CHANCE TO BE THERE.
I APPRECIATE THAT. I'D LOVE TO GET ALL OF YOU GUYS AT A FINE DINING EVENT.
I THINK IT'S JUST REALLY GREAT.
MAYBE NEXT YEAR WHEN I START PLANNING THEM, I CAN GET THEM ON YOUR CALENDARS OR TRY TO GET YOU GUYS TO COME TO SOME OF THEM.
IT'S A FUN EVENT. WHO DOESN'T ENJOY SITTING WITH THE TABLE FULL OF FIFTH GRADERS ASKING YOU RANDOM QUESTIONS?
>> I WILL SAY THE GREATEST PART WAS, IT WAS STILL A CLASSIC LUNCH ROOM BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL SWAPPING THROUGH.
WHEN NO ONE WAS LOOKING, I THINK I RECOUNTED THE ONE GIRL AT MY TABLE, SHE LOVED GREEN BEANS, AND EVERYONE ELSE'S GREEN BEANS WENT ON HER PLATE.
BUT SHE'S LIKE, ARE YOU GOING TO EAT THAT? NO, AND SHE JUST GRABBED OVER HER HAND.
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO USE A FORK AND THEN SHE GOT A FORK AND THEN JUST DUMP THEM ON.
>> ONE OF THE OTHER REALLY COOL THINGS ABOUT FIN DINING AND HOW THAT'S GROWN THIS YEAR IS SHAWNA HAS ACTUALLY BECOME OUR HEDGE CHEF FOR THAT.
IT'S BEEN REALLY AWESOME TO HAVE SHAWNA.
SHE UNDERSTANDS THE LIMITATIONS FOR OUR KITCHEN.
IT DISRUPTS OUR REGULAR LUNCH SERVICE WHEN WE DO THAT.
BUT SHAWNA, KNOWING AND BEING A PART OF CAMAS SHE'S JUST AMAZING AND EVERY SCHOOL WE GO IN, THEY SAY, THIS IS THE BEST ONE YET.
IT'S JUST REALLY NICE THAT EVERY EVENT GETS BETTER AND BETTER.
SHAWNA HAS BEEN A PART OF THAT.
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>> I WOULD SAY I DON'T SEE CHILDREN SHOVELING GREEN BEANS ALL THE TIME.
>> THERE WEREN'T CANNED ONES EITHER.
>> THE CUCUMBERS WERE ALSO SWAPPING AROUND.
I DON'T KNOW. IT WAS JUST FUN.
IT WENT FROM LIKE A FINE DINING TO THEY WOULD ALL JUST TURN INTO THEMSELVES.
>> THAT'S AWESOME TO GET ALL OF YOU GUYS THERE.
THANK YOU, SHAWNA. THE NEXT ONE IS MOOD BOOST, AND THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT'S MORE GEARED TOWARDS THE ELEMENTARY LEVELS.
IT TALKS ABOUT HOW FOOD FUELS YOUR BODY.
CHARTWELL'S HAS SOME REALLY COOL VIDEOS, AND COLORING PAGES AND THINGS THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH THE SCHOOL.
THE PARTICIPATION IS REALLY GEARED TOWARDS HOW INVOLVED WE WANT TO GET AND HOW INVOLVED THE SCHOOL WANTS TO GET.
THESE PARTICULAR PICTURES WERE OVER AT HELEN BALLER, WHERE THE PRINCIPAL OVER THERE IS REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS AND REALLY ENJOYED THIS PROJECT, AND THIS PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE.
THE LEFT HAND SIDE THERE, I THINK WE'RE SAMPLING OUT SOME BLUEBERRY PARFAS, AND THE KIDS GOT TO HEAR ABOUT ORANGE, I BELIEVE IS CALM.
I'M CALM MAYBE, AND SO WE GOT TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT HOW BLUE BERRIES MAKE YOU CALM.
A LOT OF THE FOODS ARE INTERCHANGEABLE TO ALL THE MOODIES.
I THINK THERE'S SIX OR SEVEN DIFFERENT MOODIES AGAIN THAT TALK ABOUT HOW YOUR MOOD, SIX MOODS.
THE TOP RIGHT HAND THAT CORNER THERE, THAT'S A BUTTERNUT SQUASH MAC AND CHEESE.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, SOME KIDS ARE LIKE DON'T MESS WITH MY MAC AND CHEESE.
BUT THEY TASTED IT, AND THEY LIKED IT, AND THEY CAME BACK AND IT SOLD AND IT DID A GOOD JOB.
THE THE BOTTOM RIGHT THERE, WE DID BEATS OFF THE SALAD BAR, AND EVEN IN THESE PROGRAMS, WE ALSO ENCOURAGE CHILDREN THAT AREN'T PARTICIPATING IN HOT LUNCH TO COME IN AND PARTICIPATE AND THEY GET TO OUR BRACELET.
THERE'S SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN DO NEXT YEAR TO GET PEOPLE MORE ENGAGED.
I'M JUST REALLY HAPPY ABOUT MOOD BOOST AND ALL OF THE FUN THAT IT'S BROUGHT TO OUR SCHOOLS, AND THE KIDS REALLY LIKE IT.
EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION AND ENGAGEMENT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME IS OUR TEAM, AND IF THEY ARE HAPPY AND THEY'RE FEELING GOOD AND THEY'RE ENGAGED, EVERYTHING ELSE IS GOING TO FALL INTO PLACE.
THEY FEED THE CHILDREN, THEY MAKE THE CHILDREN FEEL HAPPY, THEY MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO IS CHEERS WHERE EVERY MONTH I GET TO NOMINATE SOMEBODY FOR SOMETHING AND THEN WE GO IN.
WE PRESENT THEM WITH AN AWARD, WE GO IN WITH THIS GIANT MEGAPHONE.
I LIKE TO WALK IN MAKING A BIG DEAL ABOUT IT RIGHT AT LUNCHTIME, SO THE STUDENTS SEE IT, AND THEN THEY GET TO KEEP THIS MEGAPHONE FOR THE MONTH, AND KIDS GET TO ASK THEM QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.
I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPACTFUL.
IN CASE YOU DIDN'T NOTICE THAT'S SHAWNA RIGHT UP THERE ON THE TOP LEFT.
IN THE MIDDLE THERE WE'VE GOT BECKY, OUR LEAD FROM HELEN BALLER.
ON THE RIGHT IS JESSICA FROM LAKAMA SAKE.
DOWN ON THE BOTTOM, LEFT HAND SIDE IS SHAWNA.
SHE'S A SUPPORT STAFF AT GRASS VALLEY, AND THEN ANGEL IS WORKING OVER AT HAZE FREEDOM.
WE TRY TO CELEBRATE EVERYBODY AS OFTEN AS WE CAN, WHEN WE'RE NOT TOGETHER EVERY DAY, I REALLY HELPS TO DO THESE THINGS.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE FUN THINGS.
I WANTED TO SHOW YOU GUYS WHAT WE'VE DONE.
LAST YEAR WAS OUR FIRST YEAR WITH THE DISTRICT, AND WE SAW A 7.2% INCREASE IN OVERALL MEAL SALES.
THAT'S BREAKFAST AND LUNCH TOGETHER.
THEN THIS YEAR BETWEEN THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AND THE END OF APRIL, WE'VE SEEN A 1.2% IN SALES, SO WE ARE FOLLOWING THAT TRAJECTORY AND CONTINUING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN CAPTURE THOSE SALES, AND HOW WE CAN CONTINUE INTRODUCING THE NEXT BEST THING.
HOW DO WE CAPTURE THOSE SALES WHEN KIDS ARE EATING GREAT THINGS AT HOME? THEY'RE BRINGING SUSHI AND BENTO BOXES, AND ASKING FOR STEAK AND CAVIAR.
THAT'S WHAT CAMAS KIDS ARE ASKING FOR.
I'M ASKING THEM WHAT THEY WANT.
WE'RE CONTINUING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN CAPTURE THOSE THINGS, AND I'LL SHOW YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THIS NEXT ONE WITH PARTICIPATION TRENDS.
THIS IS FACTORING ENROLLMENT IN AND MEAL SALES.
OUR FIRST YEAR WITH OUR BREAKFAST PARTICIPATION STAYED THE SAME.
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THIS YEAR, I LOOKED AT WHAT BREAKFAST THINGS WERE OFFERING AND HOW WE COULD CAPTURE THAT.BREAKFAST IS A REALLY HARD MEAL TO CAPTURE STUDENTS OUT THERE COMING IN A FEW MINUTES BEFORE THE BUS SCHEDULE.
THEY'VE EATEN AND THEY HAVEN'T.
JUST TRYING TO IMPLEMENT SOME NEW THINGS AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE HEARD THIS YEAR WAS THAT GRAB AND GO ITEMS WERE POPULAR.
HANDHELD BREAKFAST SANDWICHES, BREAKFAST BURRITOS.
WE STARTED DOING SOME PROTEIN BENTO BOXES AT OUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS WHERE THE KIDS COULD JUST COME IN AND GET SOMETHING TO EAT AND TAKE IT WITH THEM.
THEN THAT BOTTOM RIGHT PICTURE THERE IS A SMOOTHIE BOWL.
IT'S GOT SOME LOW SUGAR, VANILLA, YOGURT BASE, AND THEN HOUSE-MADE RASPBERRY PUREE, AND SOME BLUEBERRIES, AND ALL STUFF.
WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THINKING OF WAYS THAT WE CAN INCREASE THOSE BREAKFAST SALES AND HOW WE BRING STUDENTS IN.
THEN THE NEXT ONE IS OUR LUNCH PARTICIPATION.
LAST YEAR, WE SAW OUR PARTICIPATION INCREASE FROM 34 TO ABOUT 37%, AND THEN THIS YEAR, WE SAW AN INCREASE UP TO 39.
WE ARE CONTINUING THAT TREND OF INCREASING LUNCH SALES, AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THAT GOING.
I THINK I MISSED A SLIDE THAT TALKS ABOUT HOW WE'RE DOING THESE THINGS.
>> SLIDE 4. KEEP GOING ONE MORE, TWO MORE, ONE MORE.
>> WE MISSED THAT A LONG TIME AGO, GUYS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CHARTWELL'S THEMSELVES OR PRIDES THEMSELVES AS HAVING SOMETHING THAT NOBODY ELSE HAS OR HAVING SOMETHING NEW AND INNOVATIVE EVERY YEAR.
THIS YEAR, WE HEARD FEEDBACK THAT THE STUDENTS AT THE SECONDARIES NEEDED MORE FOOD.
WE IMPLEMENTED A TWO SLICE PIZZA, OR WE INCREASED THE SIZE OF THE PIZZA A BIT.
THE SLICES, WE DECREASE THEM A LITTLE BIT, BUT ALLOW THE CHILDREN TO CHOOSE TWO SLICES, SO THEY CAN CHOOSE PEPPERONI, THEY CAN CHOOSE VEGGIE, AND SO THAT'S GONE OVER REALLY POPULAR AT MOST OF OUR SCHOOLS.
THE OTHER THING IS THAT WE HAD FEEDBACK THAT THE KIDS MAYBE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FOOD, AND DON'T HAVE THE MONEY IN THEIR ACCOUNTS TO COME BACK FOR A SECOND.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS KNOW, BUT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS HAVE UNLIMITED SALAD BAR.
IF YOU PURCHASE HOT LUNCH, THEY CAN GO THROUGH THE SALAD BAR AS MANY TIMES AS THEY WANT.
WE IMPLEMENTED A WHOLE GREEN SALAD ON THAT SALAD BAR JUST TO BULK UP TO FUEL THEM, TO GIVE THEM SOMETHING TO HOLD THEM OVER.
WE'VE GOT SOME REALLY GREAT PICTURES OF SOME OF THE SALAD BARS THAT WE'VE HAD.
THAT PICTURE ON THE RIGHT THERE. THAT'S CLAY.
HE'S OUR LEAD OVER AT CHS, AND HE WAS COOKING OFF THAT E AND MEAT.
IN 20 POUNDS AT A TIME, I THINK.
THAT'S AN AWESOME PICTURE OF HIM COOKING.
I THINK THAT GOT ME THROUGH ALL OF MY SLIDES TODAY.
I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR GUYS TIME.
DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME?
>> WELL, THANK YOU. THAT WAS REALLY FASCINATING.
I KNOW MY STUDENTS THE LAST TWO YEARS REALLY HAVE ENJOYED IT.
EVEN WHEN I TRY TO GET MY SON. I PUT MONEY IN ACCOUNT HE LIKE, I'M NOT GOING TO EVERY TIME IT'S POSITIVE.
>> EVEN THOUGH THEY BRINGING THEIR OWN.
ONE QUESTION I HAD BECAUSE WE TALK OFTEN ABOUT, AND I LOVE WHAT YOU DID WITH THE FINE DINING TO EDUCATE THE STUDENTS.
I LOVE WHEN WE SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS IN THE DISTRICT WHERE IT'S NOT JUST CLASSROOM LEARNING, IT'S CLASSROOM LEARNING IN A PRACTICAL SENSE.
WE'VE HEARD FROM STUDENTS THAT DO CULINARY SAY CASCADE A TECH.
HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT ANY OF OUR STUDENTS AND INVOLVING THEM IN SOME OF THE EDUCATION STUDENTS?
>> ABSOLUTELY. THIS YEAR, I THINK I FINALLY FEEL LIKE I HAVE MY FOOTING GOING.
LAST YEAR, TRYING TO FIND MY BEARINGS, THIS YEAR, I'M FEELING GOOD.
I WOULD LOVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT.
ALSO, MAYBE HOW WE GET THEM INVOLVED IN MAYBE PARTICIPATING IN SERVING THE STUDENTS OR HELPING WITH SETUP.
WE'VE ALSO TALKED ABOUT BRINGING SOME OF OUR STUDENTS BACK TO DO LIVE MUSIC PAST STUDENTS TO.
WE'VE THROWN AROUND ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF WAYS OF HOW WE CAN KEEP THAT PROGRAM GROWING, SPECIFICALLY FIND DINING.
I WOULD LOVE TO GET CONNECTED WITH THE CASCADIA TECH STUDENTS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THINGS THEY'RE INTERESTED AND HOW WE CAN DO THAT.
>> IS JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS.
ABSOLUTELY. WE ALSO HAVE QUITE A FEW PARTNERS HERE IN CARB COUNTY.
WE HAD A MEETING LAST WEEK WITH MINO AT ED 112.
WE TALKED ABOUT HOW WE CAN ACTUALLY WORK WITH STUDENTS AND MAYBE EXPERIENCES WITH THE SCHOOLS AND THE RECIPES THAT THEY CAN PRODUCE.
FURTHERMORE, MAYBE CREATING SOME EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS.
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WE HAVE STARTED THAT CONVERSATION.WE'RE DEFINITELY HOPING THAT WE CAN EXPAND THAT.
WE ARE IN THE BUSINESS AND THESE STUDENTS ARE LEARNING HOW TO COOK. IT IT WILL BE A GREAT PUNCH.
>> I THINK THAT WAS A GREAT IDEA.
IF ANY OF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY OTHER IDEAS, FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME.
MY OFFICE IS JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE.
IF YOU GUYS ARE IN HERE YOU ARE WELCOME TO STOP IN AND SEE ME.
I'M ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS THAT WE CAN KEEP GROWING, AND KEEPING THE STUDENTS ENGAGED IN NUTRITION, AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT.
>> ANYBODY ELSE? THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK YOU GUYS. NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS A COMMUNICATIONS DATE FROM DOREEN.
>> DO WE MATCH PATTERNS? WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE.
>> WE COOPERATE. DID YOU GET IT AT THE AN TAYLOR?
>> ARE THEY CLOSE? WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE.
I CAN. WE'RE BOTH LIVE IN SUMMER.
>> POSSIBLE. HERE WE GO. HELLO, EVERYONE.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ON COMMUNICATIONS IN THE DISTRICT.
I WENT ALL THE WAY BACK TO AUGUST OF LAST YEAR TO GROUND MYSELF IN THE WORK THAT WE STARTED, AND OF COURSE, WE WERE ROLLING OUT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AT THAT TIME AND IT WAS OUR BIG PREMIERE, AND THE TAGLINE WE WERE USING IS EVERY STUDENT HAS A STORY.
EVERY STORY FINDS A PATH, AND WE ALL BELONG HERE.
AT THE AUGUST KICKOFF, WE SHOW THIS VIDEO THAT WE MADE, AND I'M NOT GOING TO PLAY IT FOR YOU HERE BECAUSE IT'S EIGHT MINUTES, YOU'VE ALL SEEN IT AT SOME POINT IN THE PAST.
>> SHE STILL REALLY WANTS TO GO.
THAT WAS OUR KICKOFF, AND I FELT LIKE IT WAS REALLY WELL RECEIVED.
WE PASSED OUT A HARD COPY TO EVERY PERSON WHO WAS WILLING TO TAKE ONE.
NOT EVERYONE WAS WILLING TO TAKE ONE, BUT I FEEL LIKE THAT WAS OUR FIRST BIG LAUNCH, AND IT MADE EVERYTHING QUITE VISIBLE.
NOW I'M GOING TO SWITCH OVER TO PARENT SQUARE.
THIS IS, OF COURSE, OUR PRIMARY VEHICLE FOR COMMUNICATING WITH OUR FAMILIES AND OUR STUDENTS, OR THE OVERALL SNAPSHOT WE HAVE.
IT SAYS 7,400 STUDENTS THAT THAT IS BECAUSE ANY STUDENT WHO IS DUAL ENROLLED IS COUNTED EACH TIME.
WE HAVE SOME STUDENTS WHO ARE ENROLLED IN FOUR SCHOOLS.
BECAUSE THEY MIGHT TAKE A CCA CLASS OR THEY MIGHT BE IN CASCADIA TECH.
THAT'S NOT REALLY ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS, BUT THEY JUST GET REPEATED OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
THIRTEEN HUNDRED STUFF AND TEACHERS.
AGAIN, THERE ARE REPEATS IN THAT.
FOR EXAMPLE, I'M IN EVERY SCHOOL, SO I EXIST 14 TIMES.
PARENTS, ARE PRETTY MUCH STRAIGHTFORWARD.
WE HAVE ABOUT 8,800 PARENTS, AND 241 GUESTS.
THOSE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO RECEIVE NEWS FROM PARENT SQUARE, AND THEY GET GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM SCHOOLS, BUT NOT DIRECT TEACHER TO GUEST INFORMATION.
YES. YOU'RE A GUEST, YOU'RE VERY IMPORTANT GUEST.
VIP. WE PRIMARILY ARE USING EMAIL AND TEXT AND TEXT MESSAGES ARE JUST SLIGHTLY MORE POPULAR THAN EMAILS, AND I THINK THAT THAT IS A TREND THAT WE'VE SEEN OVER TIME AS OUR PARENTS ARE GETTING YOUNGER AND YOUNGER.
NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO READ A TON OF EMAIL.
WE DO HAVE OVER HALF OF OUR PARENTS HAVE DOWNLOADED THE APP, AND OVER HALF OF OUR PARENTS HAVE ENABLED NOTIFICATIONS.
FOR SOME PEOPLE, THE APP IS THE ONLY WAY THAT THEY'RE USING PARENTS SQUARE AND THEY'RE NOT LOGGING IN ONTO A DESKTOP, WHICH IS WHERE I SPEND MOST OF MY TIME.
DISTRIBUTION. THIS IS JUST A SNAPSHOT OF THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE COMMUNICATING THE MOST, AND THE VEHICLES THAT THEY'RE USING.
IN SOME SCHOOLS, WE HAVE TEACHERS THAT ARE REGULARLY USING POSTS AND DIRECT MESSAGES TO TALK WITH FAMILIES AND IN SOME SCHOOLS, THEY'RE JUST REALLY NOT AND THEY RELY MORE ON THEIR GOOGLE CLASSROOM IN ORDER TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEIR STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
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>> WE ARE USING ESSENTIALLY EVERY FEATURE THAT WE CAN.
WE DON'T ACCEPT PAYMENTS THROUGH PARENTSQUARE BECAUSE IT ISN'T COMPATIBLE WITH THE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE FOR PROCESSING PAYMENTS.
I WISH IT WERE, BUT I'VE BEEN ASKING AROUND THE STATE AND EVERYONE WHO'S USING INTOUCH IS IN THE SAME BOAT WHERE THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO USE ANYTHING ELSE OR NOT COMPATIBLE.
>> IS THAT SOMETHING THOUGH THAT, I KNOW A LOT OF OTHER DISTRICTS USE PARENTSQUARES, THERE TALK BETWEEN INTOUCH AND PARENTSQUARE TO GET IT WORKING?
>> I THINK IT'S BECAUSE INTOUCH IS MUCH MORE GRANULAR, AND SPEAKS RIGHT DOWN TO THE STUDENT AND THE THINGS THAT ARE AVAILABLE JUST TO THAT STUDENTS.
I HAVE AN ELEMENTARY STUDENT, I CAN'T GO BUY A YEAR BOOK AT CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL. IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT INTEGRATED AT SOME POINT, BUT BABY STEPS.
WE DON'T USE AUTO NOTICES, WHICH IS TYPICALLY OTHER DISTRICTS CAN USE THAT FOR THINGS LIKE YOUR LIBRARY BOOK IS OVERDUE.
YOU HAVE A LIBRARY FINE, AND WE HAVE OTHER VEHICLES FOR DOING THAT.
SOME DAY IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE EVERYTHING IN ONE SPOT. BUT WE'RE GETTING CLOSE.
WE DO GET QUITE A BIT OF INTERACTION.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT SMALL FOR ME RIGHT NOW, BUT COMMENTS ARE VERY POPULAR.
WHENEVER I HAVE A POST THAT I THINK IS GOING TO BE ANYTHING MORE THAN JUST MUNDANE, I USUALLY TURN THE COMMENTS ON, AND THAT'S BEEN REALLY HELPFUL.
IT'S A NICE BAROMETER TO SEE HOW THE MESSAGE LANDED.
ANY OF THE MESSAGES THAT WE SENT IN SUPPORT OF STUDENTS OR AROUND SAFETY.
THOSE ARE BY FAR THE MOST POPULAR POSTS AND RECEIVE THE MOST SUPPORT.
SOME OF THE COMMENTS AREN'T ALWAYS POSITIVE, BUT THEY'RE ONLY COMMENTS THAT THE POSTER CAN SEE ME, AND THE INDIVIDUAL.
IT'S NOT LIKE FACEBOOK WHERE THERE IS A LONG LINE OF COMMENTS AND EVERYONE IS FEEDING OFF OF EACH OTHER.
THIS, I ALWAYS THINK IS REALLY INTERESTING.
IF YOU LOOK IN THE BOTTOM LEFT, AND THIS IS A 30 DAY SNAPSHOT, 17,000 EMAILS IN 30 DAYS.
SOMETIMES WE GET FEEDBACK FROM PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN I MEET PEOPLE I HAVEN'T MET BEFORE AND THEY SAY, OH, YOU SEND ALL THOSE MESSAGES.
EITHER THEY'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OR THEY'RE JUST LIKE, YOU SEND THOSE MESSAGES.
THIS ALWAYS MAKES ME WONDER WHEN WE ARE DOING TOO MUCH.
IF YOU LOOK AT THIS FIRST PARENT AT THE TOP, SHE'S A PARENT AND A STAFF MEMBER RECEIVED 174 EMAILS IN 30 DAYS. THAT'S A LOT.
WE CAN SEE A COUPLE OF SLIDES AGO THAT THERE ARE SOME SCHOOLS THAT ARE POSTING QUITE A BIT.
WHAT MY GOAL IS IS TO FIND OUT WHAT PEOPLE ARE THINKING ABOUT THE LEVEL OF COMMUNICATION AND THE CONTENT THAT THEY'RE GETTING IN THEIR COMMUNICATIONS.
ARE THEY HEARING WHAT THEY WANT TO HEAR? IS IT TOO MUCH? ARE THEY BOMBARDED? I'M GOING TO LAUNCH THIS SURVEY THIS WEEK AND USE IT AS A BASELINE FOR MY COMMUNICATION PLAN THAT I WILL BUILD IN THE SUMMER.
SOCIAL MEDIA TOOK A NICE LITTLE BUMP THIS YEAR.
WE OUTSOURCED OUR SOCIAL MEDIA FROM A PRIVATE CONTRACTOR TO ESD 112, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE REACH HAS EXPONENTIALLY LARGER, CONTENT INTERACTIONS, AND THE REACH IN GENERAL IS STILL HIGHER, ABOUT THE SAME NUMBER OF AUDIENCES.
THOSE ARE NEW. LAST YEAR, WE GOT 313. THIS YEAR WE GOT 315.
I THOUGHT THIS WAS A REALLY INTERESTING STAT.
WHEN YOU COMPARE THE NUMBER OF FOLLOWERS THAT WE HAVE, THIS IS ON FACEBOOK AND COMPARED TO OUR DISTRICT ENROLLMENT.
FOLLOWERS PER ENROLLED STUDENT 0.84, WHICH IS ON PAR WITH EVERGREEN AND ABOVE VANCOUVER AND BATTLE GROUND, BELOW WASHOUGAL.
BUT WASHOUGAL HAD ESD DOING THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA FOR YEARS AND YEARS.
THEY DON'T UNFORTUNATELY HAVE THAT CONTRACT ANYMORE BECAUSE OF BUDGET CONSTRAINTS, BUT THEY BUILT A REALLY NICE BASE.
THESE ARE THE TOP POSTS OF THE YEAR. THEY ALL HAPPENED.
OF COURSE, SPRING SIGNING IS ALWAYS A BIG ONE.
MR. LUKENS, WHO GOT ONTO THE BOOK OF MORMON CAST WAS REALLY BIG.
THEN WE JUST LAUNCHED THIS REAL WITH THIS STUDENT AT SKYRIDGE, AND I THINK THAT WAS LAST WEEK.
IT DID REALLY WELL IN INSTAGRAM.
AND SO DID SKYRIDGE, AGAIN, THE SCIENCE OLYMPIAD.
THIS WAS THE REAL OF WHEN THE STUDENTS LEARNED THAT THEY WERE FIRST.
THEY WERE SCREAMING, THAT WAS A FUN ONE.
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THEN RELATED BACK TO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTION AND A CULTURE OF SAFETY AND BELONGING.I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT OUR MOST POPULAR POST BY APPRECIATIONS ARE USUALLY ABOUT SUPPORTING STUDENTS, WHETHER IT'S REAFFIRMING OUR COMMITMENT TO INCLUSIVE AND SAFE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS, SUPPORTING LGBTQ+ STUDENTS RECEIVING THE MOST COMMENTS.
IT'S NOT ALWAYS POSITIVE, BUT DEFINITELY THE APPRECIATIONS ARE POSITIVE, AND PEOPLE SENT US A LOT OF EMAILS INDIVIDUALLY TELLING US HOW MUCH THEY APPRECIATED THOSE POSTS.
BUT DEFINITELY SAFETY AND SECURITY IS TOP OF MIND FOR OUR FAMILIES.
>> I WAS GOING TO ASK WHAT TYPE OF COMMENTS DID YOU GET IN YOUR TEST POST? IT SEEMED VERY POPULAR THERE. YOU HAVE TEST [OVERLAPPING].
>> THAT WAS ACTUALLY FROM A TEACHER.
IS TO ALL OF HER CLASSES, AND SHE SAID, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I KNOW WHICH CLASS IS WHICH, AND THEN I GOT IT RIGHT.
>> THAT ONE WAS NOT MINE. THEN IT RELATED TO HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTION.
THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I TRIED THIS TEACHER APPRECIATION SHOUT OUT, I HAD IT OPEN FOR FOUR DAYS AND I HAD 340 PLUS SHOUT OUTS.
OF COURSE, I WAS OVERWHELMED BY THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT RESPONDED AND I DID SAY THAT I WOULD SHARE IT WITH EACH TEACHER.
I ASKED ALSO FOR PERMISSION IF WE CAN SHARE IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
SOME PEOPLE DIDN'T WANT THEIRS ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
SOME PEOPLE REMAINED ANONYMOUS.
IT WAS UP TO THEM IF THEY WANTED TO SAY WHAT THEIR NAME WAS, BUT, IT HAS DEFINITELY BEEN FILLING MY CUP.
I'VE BEEN SENDING OUT ABOUT 30-40 OF THESE A DAY SINCE THURSDAY LAST WEEK AND THE TEACHERS ARE REALLY APPRECIATING IT.
I THINK THE TIMING IS ACTUALLY BETTER THAN DURING TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK BECAUSE NOW WE'RE AT THAT DOWNWARD SLOPE AND PEOPLE ARE EXCITED TO BE DONE WITH THE SCHOOL YEAR, BUT ALSO IT'S A NICE LITTLE REFLECTION ON HOW MUCH THEIR KIDS AND THEIR FAMILIES REALLY APPRECIATE THEM.
THEN OF COURSE, DERREK AND I REPORTED TO YOU RECENTLY ABOUT PROFILE OF A GRAD.
WE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING ON THE VISUAL PRESENTATION THAT WE'LL ROLL OUT IN THE FALL.
BUT THIS YEAR BECAUSE SENIOR EXIT INTERVIEWS WERE CURTAILED DUE TO BUDGET AND TIMING CONSTRAINTS.
WE ARE DOING A FEW LIKE A SAMPLE SIZE OF IN-PERSON INTERVIEWS, AND THEN THE REST OF THEM WE'RE DOING A SURVEY, AND I WROTE THE SURVEY TO BE REFLECTIVE OF THE QUALITIES OF A PROFILE OF A GRAD.
IT'S JUST A LITTLE SELF ASSESSMENT.
THIS IS ESSENTIALLY OUR BASELINE.
I ONLY HAVE ABOUT 207 RESPONSES AS OF TODAY.
BUT I'M HOPEFUL I CAN DO A LITTLE PUSH TO THE PARENTS AND GET THEIR STUDENT TO TAKE IT IF THEY HAVEN'T ALREADY.
BUT I'M HOPEFUL THAT THIS WILL BE OUR BASELINE AND THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE THOSE SCORES CHANGE NEXT YEAR AND IN YEARS TO COME AS PEOPLE BEGIN TO RECOGNIZE THOSE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PROFILE OF THE GRAD.
IT'S A CRITICAL THINKER, EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATOR.
THAT ONE SEEMS PRETTY POSITIVE.
ENGAGED COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF ALL OVER.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME?
>> I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION. JUST A COMMENT ON THAT PROFILE OF A GRADUATE, SAT WITH THE STUDENTS AT CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL FOR THEIR EXIT INTERVIEWS.
I WANTED TO SAY I DON'T REMEMBER THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ON THAT PAGE THAT WE ASKED.
BUT ONE THING THAT SUCK OUT IS WHEN ASKED TO PICK SOMETHING FROM THE PROFILE OF A GRADUATE, EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATOR, I THINK WAS THE ONE THAT AT LEAST NINE OUT OF10 THAT I HAD AT MY TABLE PICKED AS SOMETHING THAT THEY FELT THAT THEY GAINED FROM THE SCHOOL.
BUT NICE, NOT PERFECTED, BUT LEARNED, AND IT HELPED THEM TREMENDOUSLY AS THEY GREW.
THAT'S THE PART THAT THEY SAW GREW THE MOST.
>> I THINK THAT THE TIMING RELATED TO THEIR CAPSTONE PROJECTS, SENIOR PROJECTS, ALL OF THAT CAN HELP REINFORCE THOSE FEELINGS OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT A COMMUNICATOR YOU ARE AND HOW COMFORTABLE YOU ARE COMMUNICATING.
>> THEY GAVE A LOT OF CREDIT TO SOME OF THE TEACHERS THAT THEY'VE HAD THAT GOT THEM OUT OF THE SHELL, SOME OF THE COUNSELORS THAT HELPED THEM TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE BETTER AND THEIR EMOTIONS AND SO FORTH. FULFILLING.
>> BOMANI, THAT'S REALLY GOOD TO HEAR BECAUSE I THINK WHEN WE DID THE INITIAL SURVEYS FOR THE STRATEGIC PLAN TO OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND OUR CLARK COLLEGE AND OUR OTHER TRADES.
THAT WAS THE ONE AREA THAT THE BUSINESS LEADERS FELT LIKE OUR KIDS NEEDED THE MOST WORK ON.
THE INTERPERSONAL INTERVIEW SKILLS, LOVE OUR STUDENTS,
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SMART, SUCCESSFUL, BUT SOMETIMES THAT INTERACTION WAS HARD. THAT'S REALLY GOOD TO HEAR.I THINK WE NEED TO KEEP HONING IN ON THAT.
JUST A LOT OF THAT WAS KIDS COMING OUT OF COVID TOO AND SOME OF THOSE CHARACTERISTICS THAT ARE JUST PART OF THIS GENERATION.
>> ALSO SITTING IN ON THE SENIOR PROJECTS, AT THE END OF THE PROJECTS.
YOU'RE GIVEN A SCALE TO RATE THEM AND ALL THAT AND TIMING IS SO IMPORTANT AND THEY'RE FREAKING OUT OVER THE TIME.
BUT I THINK THAT COMMUNICATION PIECE IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SHOULD EMPHASIZE WHEN THEY'RE ASKED TO DO THAT PROJECT IS MAYBE AT THE END OF IT ALL, THAT'S WHAT COMES OUT.
THAT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S ABOUT BREADMAKING, OR IF IT'S A RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY AT HARVARD.
IT'S HOW YOU CAN COMMUNICATE THAT AND HOW YOU CAN PRESENT THAT.
I THINK THAT THE KIDS ARE NERVOUS ABOUT THAT PIECE.
AGAIN, ANOTHER PLACE TO WORK MORE ON THE COMMUNICATION AND PRESENTATION.
I DID DISCOVER HAYES THIS YEAR, BUT HAYES HAS THOSE CHARACTERISTICS.
WHAT DO THEY CALL THAT THAT THEY HAVE UP ON THE BOARD? CHARACTERISTICS OF A LEARNER. MOST OF THE STUDENTS DID A REALLY GREAT JOB HITTING THOSE POINTS IN THEIR PRESENTATION.
YOU COULD TELL THAT THEY FELT REALLY CONFIDENT IN THE WORK THAT THEY WERE DOING AND IT WAS INCREDIBLY MOVING.
>> I GUESS THAT'S ONE OF MY QUESTIONS IS HAYES HAS IT DOWN BECAUSE THE STUDENTS THEY LEARNED THOSE PRINCIPLES, EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO KNOW THEIR ENTIRE CAREER THERE, BUT NOW WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT REALLY ARE JUST LEARNING ABOUT THE PROFILE OF A GRAD.
WHAT ARE OUR PLANS TO EDUCATE THE STUDENTS ON WHAT THOSE ASPECTS ARE? BECAUSE SAYING WHEN WE WERE DOING THE SENIOR EXIT INTERVIEWS, THERE WERE SOME THAT I THINK DIDN'T NECESSARILY ENGAGE COMMUNITY MEMBER BECAUSE SOME OF THEM DIDN'T KNOW WHAT DOES THAT MEAN.
I'LL REFLECT THE DISCOVERY HIGH SCHOOL PROJECTS WHERE JACK PUT UP HIS PRESENTATION ABOUT LEARNING ABOUT GOVERNMENT AND HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN GOVERNMENT AS A STUDENT OR COMMUNITY MEMBER.
I'M JUST WONDERING, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO, THOSE NUMBERS GOING TO GO UP BECAUSE WE EDUCATE THEM MORE OR WE PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THERE, AGAIN, IS IT GOING TO GO UP OVER FOUR YEARS BECAUSE THE FRESHMEN HAVE LEARNED IT AND THEY'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON THAT?
>> WE'RE GOING TO START AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL.
THOSE INDICATORS WILL BE WRITTEN IN A WAY THAT STUDENTS AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL CAN UNDERSTAND IT, AND MAYBE IT'S GOING TO LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN THE PRIMARY GRADES VERSUS THE INTERMEDIATE ELEMENTARY, IN THE MIDDLE AND THEN HIGH.
I THINK THAT YOUNGER STUDENTS, THEY UNDERSTAND ABOUT BEING COMMUNITY LEADERS BECAUSE THEY DO ALL THAT WORK WHERE THE POLICE OR THE FIRE TRUCKS COME IN OR THE GARBAGE TRUCKS, AND THEY UNDERSTAND THAT IT TAKES AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY TO MAKE EVERYTHING RUN AND WORK.
>> JUST TO ADD TO THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING AROUND STANDARDS BASED LEARNING TIES IN REALLY NICELY TO PROFILE OF A GRAD.
EVEN IN OUR CO LEAD MEETINGS, THERE'S A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON ENSURING THAT TO DOREEN'S POINT FROM PRIMARY GRADES ALL THE WAY UP, THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY A CITIZENSHIP RUBRIC THAT'S CREATED.
WE'RE IN THE STARTING POINT OF DOING THAT BECAUSE THAT HELPS SEPARATE THOSE BEHAVIORS FROM THE ACTUAL LEARNING AND THE STANDARDS.
THAT'S BEEN ONE OF THE HARDER STICKING POINTS FOR SOME OF OUR TEACHERS, ESPECIALLY AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL TO SEPARATE THOSE BEHAVIORS, AND THIS DOES IT REALLY NICELY.
OUTSIDE OF THE SENIOR PROJECTS, I THINK THAT'S THE CULMINATING CARROT, BUT THE CARROT FROM K ALL THE WAY THROUGH THAT, HEY, I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY BE REWARDED, I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY HAVE FEEDBACK ON MY EFFECTIVENESS AND COMMUNICATION OR MY WELLNESS OR WHATNOT.
IT DOES. IT'S GOING TO START ALL THE WAY FROM PRE-K UP, POSTERS, VISUALIZATION TOOLS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY FUN NEXT YEAR.
AS ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE HEARING FROM OUR TEACHERS, FROM OUR PRINCIPALS IS, WE REALLY CANNOT TAKE MORE INITIATIVES ON OR NEW INITIATIVES.
LET'S HONE IN MORE ON THE ONES WE ALREADY HAVE, ESPECIALLY WE'RE GOING TO BE SO LEAN IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
I THINK PROFILE OF A GRAD, WE'VE SEEN IT, WE'VE CULTIVATED IT, AND NOW IT'S TIME TO GROW IT EVEN MORE.
>> JUST IDENTIFYING WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHERE IT FITS IN.
IF WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT, WELL, THIS REALLY ISN'T WORKING ON ANYTHING HERE.
IT MAY BE SOMETHING LIKE, OH, WELL, THIS IS SUPER IMPORTANT.
WE NEED TO THINK A LITTLE BIT DEEPER AND HOW IT CONNECTS AND MAYBE THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT AREN'T ON THERE, OR IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING LIKE WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? I KNOW THAT THERE ARE TIMES LIKE REMEMBER THE ROLLER COASTER PROJECT AND THE SPACE, THINGS AND THEN THEY ENDED UP WELL, THEY'RE NOT REALLY ALIGNED WITH STATE STANDARDS, AND SO THEY DIDN'T DO IT ANYMORE, BUT THEY WERE BELOVED PROGRAMS, WHICH I THINK SOME OF THEM WOULD GO REALLY WELL WITH PROFILES OF GRADUATES.
BUT IMAGINE OVER THE YEARS, WE WILL IDENTIFY THOSE THINGS AND IT'LL HELP SIT.
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I STILL PICTURED LIKE THE LITTLE IS IT TRIVIAL PURSUIT PIES IN THE DIFFERENT COLORS AND JUST EVENTUALLY THE MARKETING OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS AND OKAY, WE'RE WORKING ON THE PURPLE PIECE, WHICH IS EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATIONS OR WHATEVER, AND THAT POPS UP, BUT THAT WILL TAKE TIME TO BLEED IN.>> ABOUT THE WEBSITE? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WAS A BIG CHANGE.
THAT WAS THE END OF YEAR? THAT WAS YOURS. WELL, THEN YOU ASKED.
>> I DON'T KNOW THAT'S FOR IT.
>> [INAUDIBLE] WEBSITES END OF YEAR, BUT I KNOW YOU GAVE A LOT OF DATA ON PARENTSQUARE.
HAS PARENTSQUARE BEEN INTEGRATED INTO THE SCHOOLS WEBSITES? BECAUSE I KNOW I WAS LOOKING AT ONE, AND IT LOOKED LIKE IT, IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT YOU HAD TRIED TO [OVERLAPPING].
>> NOT REALLY TALK TO EACH OTHER. PARENTSQUARE, WE'RE STILL THINKING OF THAT AS OUR COMMUNICATION TOOL WITH FAMILIES.
OUR WEBSITE IS A RESOURCE FOR FAMILIES, BUT IT'S ALSO OUR BRAD BOARD TO THE COMMUNITY TO SHOW EVERYBODY WHAT WE'RE DOING AND HOW WE DO IT.
THE NEW WEBSITES HAVE A REALLY NICE FEATURE WHERE I CAN CREATE A POST ON A WEBSITE AND I CAN CHOOSE TO PUSH IT OUT TO EVERYONE WITH THE APP.
CHOOSE TO HIGHLIGHT IT ON THE DISTRICT PAGE OR IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S SPECIFIC TO ONE SCHOOL, KEEP IT ON THE DISTRICT PAGE AND PUSH IT OUT MAYBE TO GRASS VALLEY, AND IT'LL APPEAR ON THEIR HOME PAGE.
THEN AT THE SAME TIME, I CAN DO IT TO SOCIAL MEDIA AND I CAN DO IT TO THE DISTRICT ACCOUNT OR I CAN DO IT TO ALL OF THE ACCOUNT.
>> IT CAN PUSH TO THE WEBSITE?
>> THE PARENTSQUARE DOES NOT PUSH TO THE WEBSITE, BUT THE WEBSITE CAN PUSH OUT TO SOCIAL MEDIA AS A PUSH NOTIFICATION, BUT THE TWO ARE NOT ALIGN.
I THINK THAT'S BECAUSE THRILLSHARE/APTIG HAS ITS OWN COMMUNICATION PRODUCT THAT WE DID NOT BUY.
WE DIDN'T BUY IT BECAUSE IT IS STILL IN ITS INFANCY AND IT'S CLUNKY.
I THOUGHT I WOULD WAIT A COUPLE OF YEARS AND SEE WHAT'S IT COST? WHAT'S THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT?
>> I JUST I'M REFLECTING BACK BEING WITH ALL OF YOU FOR A YEAR.
NOW. I REMEMBER THE FIRST MEETING WHERE I WAS HERE, IT WAS THE FIRST BOARD MEETING AND THEN ERICA CAME, GAVE HER PUBLIC COMMENT THAT IT'S GREAT TO SEE ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU.
AND THEN SHE SAID, I DON'T HAVE STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT.
I CAN'T SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING AT MY NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL BECAUSE I CAN'T BE IN PARENTSQUARE, BUT I CAN BE ON THE WEBSITE.
>> THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT THE APP THAT GOES ALONG WITH THE WEBSITE IS REALLY GOOD FOR JUST GENERAL INFORMATION AND PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE A KID IN A DISTRICT.
>> THAT'S WHY I ASKED BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO LOOK AT THAT.
AGAIN, NOT THAT WE CAN SPEND MONEY.
WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY TO SPEND, BUT JUST TO LOOK AT THAT IF THE PUBLIC IS ASKING TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL, THEY CAN GO TO THE WEBSITE, BUT IF IT GETS POSTED TO YOUR PARENTSQUARE, THEY CAN'T SEE IT.
>> THOSE ARE THE GUESTS THAT WE HAVE AT PARENTSQUARE I'M SORRY.
>> I DON'T THINK PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO DO THAT, BUT I THINK THEY COULD BE A GUEST LIKE YOU ARE, CONNIE.
THEN THEY COULD GET THE PARENTSQUARE'S MESSAGES FOR THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL.
>> WE'LL DO A BIG PUSH ON THAT IN THE FALL.
I'M SO PLEASED AFTER WORKING FOR MOST OF THE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN HERE WORKING IN WORDPRESS, WHICH IS OPEN SOURCE AND FREE, WHICH IS NICE, BUT IT BREAKS A LOT, AND IT REQUIRES A LOT OF MAINTENANCE, PLUGINS, AND UPDATES, AND THEN THE UPDATES BREAK THE PLUGINS.
THIS IS REALLY NICE, AND THE CUSTOMER SUPPORT IS INCREDIBLE.
IF I START THE CHAT, I LITERALLY GET A REAL PERSON, AND THEY RESPOND TO ME, AND THERE'S A TIME ZONE CHANGE.
SOMETIMES, IF IT'S LIKE LATE AFTERNOON, I WON'T HEAR BACK FROM THEM UNTIL THE MORNING.
BUT I CAN ALSO JUST SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT WE DON'T LIKE IS THIS, AND I NEED IT FIXED ON EVERY SINGLE STAFF MEMBER'S PROFILE ON THE STAFF DIRECTORY.
THEY'RE LIKE, JUST GIVE US A COUPLE OF DAYS AND THEN THEY JUST DO IT, WHICH IS INCREDIBLE.
>> I DO LIKE THE APP. I HOPE MORE FAMILIES LIKE IT, AGAIN, STARTING IN THE SCHOOL YEAR, GET THE MESSAGE, LIKE, GET THE APP, GET IT ON THERE.
NOBODY MINDS HOW MANY APPS YOU HAVE, NOBODY TRACKS HOW MANY APPS OR TONS OF APPS I'VE FORGOTTEN.
COREY WOULD YOU HAD A QUESTION ABOUT WEB.
>> THAT WAS JUST WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU IS JUST INITIAL IMPRESSIONS ON THE WEBSITE, BECAUSE I'VE HEARD A LOT OF GOOD THINGS ABOUT IT, THAT IT'S MORE USER-FRIENDLY AND THE HOME PAGE IS EASIER TO NAVIGATE.
>> SEARCH BUTTON WORKS, AND YOU COULD GET TO EVERY SCHOOL SITE WITH JUST ONE QUICK DROP-DOWN.
THAT'S BEEN REALLY FUN FOR ME TOO.
>> THEN ONE OTHER QUESTION ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA.
YOU SAID SOCIAL MEDIA RIGHT NOW IS BEING RUN BY ESD.
IS IT JUST THE DISTRICT SOCIAL MEDIA OR INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS AS WELL?
>> INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS AS WELL.
>> EVERYBODY IS GOING THROUGH ESD.
IF I WAS WORKING IN THE OFFICE AT ONE OF THE SCHOOLS.
HOW DOES THAT WORK? THEN THEY SEND IT TO ESD, AND ESD POSTS IT OR?
THEY'RE SIGNED UP THROUGH PARENTSQUARE AT EVERY BUILDING, JUST LIKE I AM, SO THEY'RE PART OF THAT HUGE NUMBER OF STAFF.
THEY RECEIVE EVERY SCHOOL'S NEWSLETTER, FOR EXAMPLE,
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AND THEY'LL TAKE THINGS IF IT'S PUBLISHED IN THE NEWSLETTER, THEN THOSE PHOTOS ARE GOOD TO GO.THEY'LL JUST START CREATING CONTENT WITH THAT.
THEY'RE ONLY WORKING, I THINK, FOUR HOURS A WEEK, AND THEY'VE JUST DONE SOME REALLY INCREDIBLE THINGS.
>> OUR SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGY IS MORE THAT'S BIG PICTURE HIGHLIGHT STUFF FOR BREAKING NEWS, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE I'M THINKING SNOW DAYS OR INCLEMENT WEATHER, THAT STUFF.
THAT ALL STILL GOING THROUGH PARENTSQUARE THEN, CORRECT?
>> THAT'S CORRECT. WE DON'T LIKE TO PUT SNOW DAYS ON SOCIAL MEDIA BECAUSE WE GET A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE OPINIONS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A SNOW DAY.
WE HAVE QUITE A FEW OPINIONS WE ALREADY HAVE FROM OUR FAMILIES ABOUT THAT, BUT THE COMMUNITY DOESN'T USUALLY UNDERSTAND IT THE WAY THAT OUR FAMILIES DO.
>> ANYTHING ELSE? THANKS, STORY.
THAT WAS A GREAT UPDATE. THANK YOU.
NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM 4A, PLANNING SESSION AGENDA.
[4. SYTEMS/PATHWAYS: Logistics]
ARE YOU ALSO JUST GOING TO TELL GAIL? IS IT GAIL?>> THERE ISN'T REALLY THAT MUCH TO TALK ABOUT, EXCEPT THAT.
FIRST OF ALL, I NEED TO CONFIRM THAT WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE THERE.
ARE YOU GOING TO BE THERE THE WHOLE DAY OR THE PLANNING SESSION?
>> [OVERLAPPING] WHAT IS THE DATE?
>> AUGUST, I BELIEVE IT'S THE 18TH.
LET ME JUST DOUBLE-CHECK. BUT THE REASON I'M ASKING IS BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WSSDA COME IN.
THEY'LL COME AND DO A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WITH US. I PULLED UP WHAT IT WAS.
BUT THE REASON I'M ASKING IS BECAUSE THE COST FOR FOUR HOURS IS, I BELIEVE, $1,100.
I DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE THEM COME DO THAT IF WE WEREN'T ALL GOING TO BE THERE, BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE THERE. I'M TRYING TO FIND IT.
TWO OF THE ONES THAT GAIL AND I LOOKED AT WAS ONE WAS BOARD ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, AND THE DESCRIPTION OF THAT ONE, I THINK WE'RE ABOVE THAT BECAUSE IT'S WHAT YOU LEARNED AT WSSDA WHEN YOU GO TO BOOTCAMP.
BUT THEN THERE'S ANOTHER ONE CALLED BOARD SUPERINTENDENT RELATIONSHIP, WHICH IS JUST THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT, AND HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AND ALIGN THE WORK OF THE BOARD AND THE SUPERINTENDENT.
WE CAN WORK WITH WSSDA, AND THEY CAN MESH SOME OF THOSE TWO TOGETHER IF THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
BEFORE WE DECIDE TO DO THAT, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT'S SOMETHING YOU GUYS WANTED TO DO AND THAT WE ALL WOULD BE THERE.
>> HOW LONG OF A SESSION? BECAUSE WE DID ONE OF THESE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
IS IT LIKE AN AFTERNOON THING?
>> WE WOULD DO 2-4 HOURS, AND IT'S $1,100.
I THINK WE HAVE THE WHOLE DAY PLANNED FOR THIS ON THE 18TH, SO IT COULD BE A TWO-HOUR SESSION IF THAT'S ALL THAT WE WANTED.
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO SEE IF WAS THERE SOMETHING A WSSDA TOPIC THAT THEY COULD COME SPEAK TO US SPECIFICALLY ABOUT.
THERE'S A SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION WORKSHOP.
I DON'T KNOW SOME OF THOSE WE DON'T NEED BECAUSE WE GET AT WSSDA.
JUST TRYING TO SEE IF YOU GUYS HAD AN APPETITE FOR HAVING A WSSDA WORKSHOP AT OUR MEETING, OR IF WE DON'T WANT THAT.
>> I VOTE NO. ONLY BECAUSE I THINK WE CAN LOOK AT SOME OF THESE TOPICS, AND WE CAN GLEAN SOME INFORMATION FROM EITHER WSSDA WEBSITE OR RESOURCES THAT WE CAN GET.
WE CAN HAVE THOSE AS DISCUSSION TOPICS FOR OURSELVES.
BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT I HAVE THE APPETITE TO PAY THAT MONEY.
IT'D BE GREAT IF WE'VE GOT THIS NEED AND WE REALLY WANT TO FILL THIS, RATHER THAN THESE WOULD BE GOOD THINGS TO LEARN ABOUT.
WE CAN DO SOME HOMEWORK AND SAY, HEY, READ THIS ARTICLE OR THIS THING, AND LET'S TALK ABOUT IT AT THE WORKSHOP.
>> I FEEL THE SAME WAY, THAT IF THEY'RE JUST GENERAL INFORMATION.
I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THE CLASS OFFER OR THE SESSION OFFERINGS, BUT IF IT FEELS LIKE IT'S REDUNDANT COMPARED TO THE BOARD BOOTCAMP, WE'VE ALL GONE THROUGH THE BOARD BOOTCAMP, SO MAYBE NOT.
>> I THINK THAT WAS WHY IT WAS MORE LIKE BECAUSE THAT WAS THE FIRST ONE WE TALKED ABOUT.
I'M LIKE, IT REALLY IS A LOT LIKE BOARD BOOTCAMP, BUT WE CAN PICK DIFFERENT TOPICS, AND WE COULD PICK OUR OWN TOPIC, AND THEY COULD COME.
BUT I DO LIKE YOUR IDEA OF US DOING A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH AHEAD OF TIME.
WHEN WE HAD WSSDA COME DOWN A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, PATTY WOOD WAS WORKING WITH US.
BECAUSE I THINK THAT SESSION WE DID WAS MORE BASED ON BREAKING DOWN OUR SELF-ASSESSMENT.
WASN'T THAT WHAT IT WAS? THAT HELPED US BECAUSE WE WERE TRYING TO SET OUR OWN BOARD GOALS AND DIRECTION.
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IF WE'VE ALL DONE THE SELF-ASSESSMENT, MAYBE WE LOOK AT THAT.BUT I STILL DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S NECESSARILY SOMETHING WE NEED WSSDA TO FACILITATE.
>> THAT WAS REALLY GOOD FOR ME COMING IN NEW, THEN IT IS REALLY HELPFUL.
>> ALSO, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT IT, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, IS TALKING ABOUT HOW WE READ THE QUESTION.
BECAUSE IT'S LIKE, I'VE MARKED IT REALLY LOW BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE DO THIS, BUT WE DON'T.
IT'S RANDOM OR WHATEVER, OR, OH, MY GOD, I TOTALLY READ IT THIS OTHER WAY, AND I THINK WE'RE ROCKING IT.
AT LEAST WE GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE'S A VARIETY OF ANSWERS. LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT.
>> I FEEL LIKE MAYBE JUST HAVING A BIGGER CHUNK OF TIME TO LOOK AT THE SELF-ASSESSMENT TOGETHER AND REALLY LET THE CONVERSATION GO THAT WAY MIGHT BE TIME BETTER SPENT AND DEFINITELY RESOURCES BETTER SPENT THAN PAIN TO HAVE A FACILITATOR COME IN.
>> IT MIGHT DIRECT US TO AN AREA THAT WE DO NEED TO SPEND MORE TIME ON AND FOCUS ON.
>> I JUST ADDED THAT. IN THE SUPERINTENDENT UPDATE THAT WE GET, I THINK THERE WAS A LINK IN THERE TO DISCUSSION TOPICS.
I JUST ADDED IN THERE REVIEW SELF-ASSESSMENT RESULTS.
WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THIS, BUT I'M GOOD WITH NOT HAVING WSSDA.
IT WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT GAIL HAD COME UP WITH.
I WAS HESITANT ON THE COST, TOO, BECAUSE IT'S $1,100.
THERE MAY BE A LITTLE RESEARCH WE HAVE TO DO AHEAD OF TIME.
THERE MAY BE SOME HOMEWORK THAT WE ALL NEED TO COME PREPARED FOR.
>> I THINK, TOO, THAT WITH THE SELF-ASSESSMENT.
HAVE WE ALL DONE THE SELF-ASSESSMENT?
>> PROBABLY JUST GET THAT DONE BECAUSE IT DOES TAKE THEM A LITTLE WHILE TO TURN IT AROUND.
>> THERE WAS A REMINDER EMAIL ABOUT IT TODAY.
>> I DIDN'T GET IT. THAT MEANS, [OVERLAPPING] I GOT MINE DONE. BRAG.
>> ANY OTHER TOPICS FOR THE PLANNING SESSION? IF YOU GO INTO THAT, I JUST PUT MINE AT THE BOTTOM, AND GAIL PUT THEM WHERE THEY SHOULD GO, AND THEN I'LL FINISH WORKING ON THE FINAL AGENDA WITH HER.
WE ARE HAVING A UL. I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS KNEW THAT.
I THINK WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IT AT BECAUSE [OVERLAPPING].
>> YES. IT'S IN THE WEEKLY UPDATE.
IT'S LINKED IN THERE. LIKE I SAID, I JUST PUT THEM AT THE BOTTOM.
>> IS IT ALL DAY? I THOUGHT IT IS.
>> WE ARE DOING ALL DAY. BUT I THOUGHT YOU SAID YOU CAN ONLY BE THERE HALF THE DAY.
>> THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING IF IT'S AN ALL-DAY THING?
>> IS IT PUBLIC? IS THE RECORDING AND SUFF?
>> IT'S NOT RECORDED BECAUSE BUT PUBLIC CAN ATTEND.
IT'LL BE LIKE OUR PLANNING SESSION WE HAD, SO IT WILL BE LIKE THAT.
IF YOU CAN ONLY MAKE HALF THE DAY, THAT MIGHT HELP US DECIDE WHAT WE PUT IN THIS HALF OF THE DAY, OR WHATEVER.
>> CAN I JUST VOICE A PREFERENCE? THINGS THAT ARE LOCATED IN THE WEEKLY UPDATE.
I WOULD LOVE FOR THEM ALL TO JUST BE IN THE GOOGLE DRIVE.
BECAUSE I ALWAYS FORGET TO LOOK FOR THOSE LINKS.
WHEN I NEED TO GO TO THE LINKS, WHICH MIGHT BE AT A DIFFERENT TIME, THEN I'M DOING THE WEEKLY UPDATES.
IT'S LIKE IF IT'S IN THE WEEKLY UPDATES, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO TO OUR BOARD GOOGLE DRIVE AND FIND ALL THE DOCUMENTS, FIND OUR PLANNING CALENDAR, AND OUR AVAILABILITY, AND ALL THAT STUFF. IT WOULD BE AWESOME.
>> WHY DO WE ALWAYS SAVE THE EMAIL THAT YOU SEND TO CLICK? BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET TO GOOGLE DRIVE.
I DON'T DO THE GOOGLE DRIVE EITHER. I CLICK THE LINK.
>> IT'S RIGHT HERE. ANYWAY, ALL IN ONE PLACE.
MAYBE IT'S JUST A ME THING, AND I JUST NEED TO REMEMBER TO GO TO THE WEEKLY UPDATES, BUT IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN WORK ON.
THEN, IF YOU SEE SOMETHING INTERESTING OR AN ARTICLE, OR YOU WANT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON SOMETHING, AND YOU WANT TO PULL IT, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE SPECIFIC HOMEWORK TO DO THAT, BUT AS YOU SEE THINGS, REMEMBER WE USED TO GET THE MAGAZINE.
IS IT JUST ALL ONLINE NOW, THAT SCHOOL BOARD MAGAZINE?
>> YOU HAVE TO SIGN UP FOR THEM.
I NEED TO GO BACK TO THAT LOOK AT BECAUSE I WOULD CONSTANTLY LIKE, OH, THIS IS A GREAT THING.
BUT MAYBE WE GO LOOK THROUGH SOME OF THOSE WSSDA ONES.
THAT WOULD COME IN THE MAIL. WAS IT THE WSSDA OR WAS IT NATIONAL?
>> A NATIONAL ONE, BECAUSE THERE WOULD BE EXAMPLES FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY IN IT, AND DIFFERENT ARTICLES AND THINGS HAPPENING.
IT'S REALLY GOOD. WHEN I THINK OF ARTICLES, THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING IS LOOKING THROUGH THAT MAGAZINE.
LIKE, THIS WOULD BE A GOOD TOPIC TO TALK ABOUT FOR CAMAS.
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>> I'D ALSO SAY, CONNIE, GOING BACK.
YOU TALK ABOUT IF IT'S IN THE GOOGLE DRIVE, BOOKMARK THAT BOARD MEMBER RESOURCES PAGE ON BOARDDOCS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE [INAUDIBLE] IS PUTTING EVERYTHING.
THAT BOARD MEMBER'S RESOURCES.
IT'S ALL DOWN THERE, YOU CAN SEE SCHOOL BOARD AVAILABILITY, AND YOU CAN SEE [OVERLAPPING].
>> I DON'T THINK I HAVE ACCESS TO THE DRIVE.
I LOOKED UNDER MY SCHOOL ACCOUNT.
>> IN BOARDDOCS. I'M IN THE WRONG [OVERLAPPING].
>> ARE YOU LOGGED INTO BOARDDOCS? IF YOU'RE LOGGED INTO BOARDDOC, HIT THE FEATURED BUTTON AT THE TOP, AND THEN ONCE YOU HIT THAT, DOWN AT THE BOTTOM LEFT, YOU'LL SEE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER RESOURCES.
HIT THAT AND THEN BOOKMARK OF THAT PAGE.
THAT'S THE LINK THAT SHAWNA AND GAIL SEND OUT FOR EVERY BOARD MEETING THAT COMES OUT.
>> BOOKMARK THAT. THERE YOU GO, CONNIE. BOOKMARK IT.
I THINK WE ALL JUST USE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT WAYS TO GET TO THINGS, AND AS LONG AS THEY'RE IN [OVERLAPPING].
>> THEN WE TRY TO SHOW EACH OTHER, AND WE'RE LIKE, WHAT?
>> NOW I'VE LOST MY AGENDA, SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE ARE.
>> JUST SEE THE AGENDA AT THE TOP.
>> IT WAS THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE.
>> [OVERLAPPING] WELL, I WAS IT THE END OF THE CONFERENCE.
>> I'M SORRY, A CONFERENCE. WHO'S GOING?
>> IT'S IN SEATTLE. YES, WE CAN DRIVE.
>> WE CAN DRIVE INSTEAD OF FLYING.
>> IN SEATTLE, SEATTLE, NOT BELLEVUE.
>> CORRECT. IT'S GOT MOVED TO DOWNTOWN SEATTLE.
>> [INAUDIBLE]. THAT'S FINE. [LAUGHTER]
>> IF IT'S CHEAPER THAN TAKING THE [OVERLAPPING].
>> DISTRICT VAN, I THINK [INAUDIBLE].
>> ALL FIVE OF US AND JOHN, RIGHT?
>> [LAUGHTER] WE'LL ASK HIM TO PULL INTO A REST STOP.
>> WE'LL INTERVIEW FOR DRIVERS.
>> WE DID SUBMIT THE ONE TALK TO WSSDA, TOO.
>> WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL AUGUST. I THINK THE END OF AUGUST?
>> THEN IF WE DO GET IT, WE CAN FIGURE THAT OUT, AND IF WE NEED OTHER PEOPLE TO GO, THEY CAN ALWAYS GO FOR THE DAY SINCE IT'S SEATTLE.
NOW, I'M GOING TO RECESS THE MEETING,
[5. RECESS OF WORKSHOP]
AND WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION ABOUT PROPERTY FOR APPROXIMATELY 60 MINUTES.[6. EXECUTIVE SESSION - Property - RCW 42.30.110 (c)]
>> DISPOSITION AND ACQUISITION.
>> DISPOSITION AND ACQUISITION, IN 60 MINUTES.
IT'S 6:10, SO I'LL BE OUT BY 7:10.
IT'S 6:50. WE'VE RETURNED FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION, AND NO ACTION IS TAKEN. WE'RE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.