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>> [BACKGROUND] [NOISE] GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO OUR OCTOBER 22ND SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE ALL OF YOU HERE TODAY.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE NOTE THAT COREY MCHENRY IS NOT HERE TODAY.
[1. REGULAR MEETING CALL TO ORDER - 5:30 PM]
HE HAS A PERFORMANCE WITH HIS DAY JOB, SO HE IS EXCUSED TODAY.WITH THAT, I WILL GET US STARTED WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND ASK MATHEW TO START US WITH THAT.
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>> THANK YOU, MATHEW. NOW FOR THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE GEOGRAPHICAL REGION OF CAMAS IS LOCATED ON THE ANCESTRAL AND TERRITORIAL LANDS OF THE CHINOOK AND KALTZ PEOPLE, AND THAT THE CHINOOK ARE STILL FIGHTING TO BE A FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBE ON THEIR OWN LAND.
NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE EXCITING STUFF.
WE HAVE OUR MILLTOWN PRIDE AWARD, AND JOHN, MIND PASSING THAT OFF?
>> SURE. PASSING IT OFF TO LAURA NOLA.
>> [OVERLAPPING] WE HAD AN AWESOME GROUP OF FOLKS FROM TRANSPORTATION STEP UP AND WE'RE COMMUNITY LEADERS, WE ASKED LAURA TO COME AND SHARE.
>> I'D LIKE TO CALL UP RODNEY DRIVER, BRANDI GUZMAN, VANESSA ESPARZA, KEENAN HARDING, BRENDA MARTINEZ.
EVERYBODY'S HERE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF KELLY UTEHS.
SHE'S IN SAN DIEGO WITH HER GRAND-KIDS, AND SHE DOESN'T FLY UNTIL 7:30 PM TONIGHT.
WE HAVE VANESSA ESPARZA, WHO WORKED WITH THE DRIVER.
BRANDI GUZMAN, WHO DEFENDED DRIVER [INAUDIBLE].
[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH. IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO
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START OUR DAY OFF WITH THE MILLTOWN PRIDE AWARD.NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO SOME STUDENT REPORTS.
IS THE CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL DRAMA HERE TONIGHT? IF YOU GUYS WANT TO STEP UP TO THE MICROPHONE RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE.
WE DON'T WANT YOU GUYS TO BE CROWDED BACK THERE.
>> HELLO. MY NAME IS ARABELLA SYLER.
I AM THE COMMITTEE OUTREACH OFFICER FOR THE DRAMA DEPARTMENT. INTRODUCE YOURSELF, GUYS. COME ON.
>> I'M JESSE FARLAN, AND I'M A FRESHMAN.
>> I'M MARCUS RUDY, AND I'M A SOPHOMORE.
>> I'M MADISON ARGLY AND I'M A SENIOR.
>> I'M MATTIE MCBRIDE, AND I'M AN 11TH-GRADER JUNIOR.
>> HELLO. WE ARE HERE TO JUST LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT THE CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL FALL PRODUCTION OF ROMEO AND JULIET IS HAPPENING NEXT WEEKEND AND THE WEEKEND AFTER.
THOSE DATES ARE NOVEMBER 7TH, 8TH, 14TH AND 15TH.
TICKETS CAN BE PURCHASED ON GOFAN.COM OR CAN BE PURCHASED ON/OR AT THE DOOR AND TICKETS $15.
THAT'S MOSTLY IT. PLEASE COME SEE THE SHOW.
IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE]
>> DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM OR DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM? NOW THEY RAN AWAY.
I DID HEAR THAT THE MATINEE THAT'S ON THE 15TH, YOU HAVE ASL, ARE SPECIAL SEATS DEDICATED FOR THOSE FOLKS, SO THEY'RE CLOSER TO THE INTERPRETER, DO YOU KNOW?
>> SORRY. I'M NOT QUITE SURE SEATING-WISE, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE WILL HOPEFULLY BE A SPOTLIGHT ON THE PEOPLE INTERPRETING, SO THAT EVERYONE CAN SEE BASED ON WHERE THEY'RE SITTING.
>> THAT'S THE FIRST IN RECENT YEARS?
>> CAN YOU GUYS TELL ME, ARE YOU GUYS ALL IN THE PLAY OR WHAT YOUR ROLE IS OR YOUR SET BUILDER OR WHAT? I'D LOVE TO HEAR THAT.
>> I'M IN ENSEMBLE AND ALSO UNDER STUDY FOR JULIET.
>> LOVELY. AWESOME. HOW EXCITING.
WELL, HOPEFULLY WE CAN MAKE ONE OR MORE OF YOUR PERFORMANCES, SO THAT'S GREAT.
>> THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
>> OUR NEXT STUDENT REPORT IS SKY RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
IF YOU GUYS NEED TO MOVE THAT OR TAKE IT OUT AND PASS IT AROUND, HOWEVER, YOU GUYS ARE MORE COMFORTABLE.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US PRESENT AT THIS MEETING.
AS YOU MIGHT KNOW, ONE OF OUR MAIN GOALS AT SKY RIDGE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE STUDENTS FEEL INCLUDED AND CONNECTED TO THE SCARE.
ONE OF THE WAYS WE ACHIEVED THAT GOAL WAS BY HAVING A HARVEST SOCIAL LAST MONTH, WHICH IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE STUDENTS TO FEEL CONNECTED TO THE SCHOOL.
WE HAD DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE STUDENTS HAD FUN.
OVERALL, IT WAS A FUN EXPERIENCE FOR ALL THE STUDENTS AND JUST A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO FEEL CONNECTED. THANK YOU.
>> HI. I'M BODEN ANDRESEN, AND I'LL BE TALKING TO YOU A BIT ABOUT THE ASB ALL NIGHTER.
THIS MONTH, ON OCTOBER 9TH, WE HAD AN EVENT WHERE ASB STUDENTS CAME AFTER SCHOOL AND WE PLAYED GAMES THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT SUCH AS HIDE AND SEEK, POISON DART FROG, PHOTO SCAVENGER HUNT WITH PHOTOS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN.
WE ALSO DECORATED FOR KINDNESS WEEK, WHICH WAS THE NEXT WEEK AND TOLD SCARY STORIES TO EACH OTHER.
IT WAS A GREAT WAY FOR SB TO HAVE SOME TEAM-BUILDING EXERCISE.
TEAM BUILDING NOT ONLY FOCUS ON PLANNING EVENT AND BOND WITH EACH OTHER.
WE ALSO HAD AN AWARD FOR THE MOST SPIRITED STUDENT THERE, WHICH WAS A YODELING PICKLE.
>> DID ANY SLEEPING HAPPEN AT THAT SLEEPOVER?
>> IF YOU WERE A GIRL, SOME OF THEM.
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>> AWESOME. GOOD JOB. THANK YOU.
>> I'M ALSO PRESENTING FOR KINDNESS WEEK IN REPLACEMENT OF SOPHIA, WHO MADE THIS SLIDE FOR US.
TWO WEEKS AGO, WE HAD A WEEKLY EVENT CALLED KINDNESS WEEK, WHICH WAS JUST A FUN WAY FOR STUDENTS TO BE KIND AND BE INCLUSIVE AROUND THE SCHOOL.
WE HAD ACTIVITIES DURING WIN, SUCH AS WRITING LETTERS TO FRIENDS, DOING PAPER LEAVES THAT WE HUNG UP AROUND THE SCHOOL.
WE ALSO HAD A KINDNESS SPIRIT WEEK DURING THAT WEEK, WHICH WAS CHARACTER DAY, COLOR THE WORLD WITH KINDNESS DAY.
YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND IN ME DAY.
THURSDAY, WHICH I CAN'T READ AND MY PERSONAL FAVORITE HOODIE DAY.
OVERALL, THE KINDNESS WEEK WAS A GREAT SUCCESS AS KIDS COULD HAVE FUN BEING KIND, AND IT MADE MORE PEOPLE WANT TO JOIN IN ON IT.
I AM ONE OF OUR HAWKMART MANAGERS AND HAWKMART IS OUR ASB-RUN STORE THAT REWARDS GOOD BEHAVIOR IN OUR STUDENTS.
TEACHERS, THEY CAN HAND OUT HAWK TICKETS LIKE THE CURRENCY TO OUR STORE FOR GOOD BEHAVIOR OR REWARDS FOR GAMES AND STUFF THAT THEY DO.
EVERY TWO WEEKS, THEY CAN SPEND THEIR HAWK TICKETS IN A STORE THAT WE CALL HAWKMART.
THEY CAN BUY CANDY, POPCORN, BRACELETS, OR WHATEVER WE HAVE OUT THERE THAT ENCOURAGE THEM TO FOLLOW THE SKY CODE.
I'M AN EIGHTH GRADER AT SKY RIDGE, AND I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF ASB.
THIS MEANS THAT I'M IN CHARGE OF THE RALLY TEAM, AND THE RALLY TEAM IS A GROUP OF THREE MEMBERS THAT PLAN ALL THE SPEAR WEEKS AND THE ASSEMBLIES AT SKY RIDGE.
HERE IS OUR MOST RECENT SPIRIT WEEK, WHICH IS ACTUALLY THIS WEEK, AND IT TAKES A LOT OF MEETING AND A LOT OF WORK, BUT IT ENDS UP BEING A LOT OF FUN AND A COMMUNITY-BUILDING EXPERIENCE FOR SKY RIDGE.
OUR ASSEMBLIES ARE USUALLY ON FRIDAYS AND THEY'RE CALLED SPIRIT ASSEMBLIES, WHERE ALL THE STUDENTS COME IN AND WE USUALLY HAVE A STUDENT GAME WHERE STUDENTS CAN SIGN UP AND ENTER RAFFLE TO BE IN THE GAME AND A TEACHER GAME, AND IT'S A LOT OF FUN FOR THE STUDENTS.
I'M GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE SPOOKTACULAR.
TOMORROW IS ACTUALLY THE SPOOKTACULAR, AND IT IS IN ELEMENTARY FEEDER SCHOOL/SKY RIDGE EVENT.
STUDENTS AND FAMILIES GET TO WALK AROUND SKY RIDGE AND THERE IS TRICK OR TREATING DOORS WHERE THEY GET TO RECEIVE CANDY.
ALSO, WE HAVE ADDITIONAL SPOOKY HALLWAY STROLL AND COLORING CONTESTS FOR A SECTION OF GRADES.
THEN WE ALSO HAVE SOME SMALL GAMES IN THE CAFETERIA.
WE JUST WANTED TO FOCUS ON THEM BEING HAPPY AND FEEL INCLUSIVE.
>> IS THAT IT? [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.
BEFORE YOU LEAVE, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS WE HAVE FOR THE SKY RIDGE STUDENTS?
>> OVERNIGHT IN SKY RIDGE, IS IT HAUNTED? I'VE ONLY STAYED OVERNIGHT IN THE PUBLIC LIBRARY SEVERAL TIMES, AND I SWEAR IT'S HAUNTED THERE.
DID YOU HEAR ANYTHING STRANGE? DID. SEE? DOES YOUR PRINCIPAL KNOW THAT? DOES HE KNOW?
>> THERE'S ALWAYS STRANGE SOUNDS IN BUILDINGS. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, GUYS. MORE STUDENT REPORTS NEXT, WE HAVE CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL.
>> HI, MY NAME IS REGAN SHEFFIELD, AND I'M ASB TREASURER AT CAMAS.
>> I'M BLAKE WILSON, AND I'M CAMAS VICE PRESIDENT.
SORRY. AND WE JUST WANT TO REPORT ITEMS ABOUT THAT HAPPENED THROUGHOUT THE PAST MONTH.
FOR ATHLETICS, WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT OUR DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP FOR GOLF,
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TRACK AND TWO SPECIAL CROSS COUNTRY.SORRY. THERE'S A TYPO IN THIS.
TWO SPECIAL ATHLETES FROM THAT, CHEN BUTLER AND KATE WESTFALL FOR WINNING DISTRICT CHAMPIONS WITHIN CROSS COUNTRY.
OUR SWIM TEAM IS CURRENTLY UNDEFEATED AND GOING TO DISTRICTS THIS WEEKEND.
MOST OF OUR SPORTS ARE ABOUT TO END OUR POSTSEASON, WHICH INCLUDES FOOTBALL AND THE REST OF THE SPORTS, WHICH I CANNOT REMEMBER RIGHT NOW.
SOCCER, THE REST OF THE SPORTS.
>> THEN AS FOR CLUBS, THIS PAST FRIDAY, THE RED CROSS AT CAMAS HOSTED A BLOOD DRIVE, AND THAT WAS SUPER SUCCESSFUL.
OUR KEY CLUB AND NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY IS HOSTING AN UNSHELTERED DRIVE AND THEY'RE COLLECTING A BUNCH OF HYGIENE PRODUCTS.
OUR ICU PROGRAM IS SELLING CANDY GRAMS AT BOTH LUNCHES AND THERE $1 EACH.
BAND RECENTLY WENT TO HUSKY BAND DAY AGAIN, AND THEY HAD SO MUCH FUN.
OUR CHOIR RECENTLY HAD A CONCERT AT THE GARVER THEATER.
ASP LEADERSHIP HOSTED A NEW STUDENT BREAKFAST AT CAMAS AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE MONTHLY.
DECA HAS STARTED A NEW INITIATION AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
THEY'RE DOING AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COFFEE SALE AT LACAMAS LAKE ELEMENTARY, AND AS OF RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE AT AROUND $700 IN SALES. THEY'RE DOING GREAT.
>> JUST FOR OTHER ITEMS, OUR CURRENT STUDENT SUPPORT TIME, WHICH IS IN PLACE OF ADVISORY.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S BEEN EXPLAINED IN OTHER PERIODS, BUT STUDENTS ARE GENUINELY LIKING IT AND FINDING IT BENEFICIAL TO THEM TO DO TESTS, CORRECT HOMEWORK, ANYTHING TO THAT SORT.
OUR PSAT AND SAT TESTS HAVE BEEN RECENTLY TAKEN, AND THOSE TEST RESULTS SHOULD COME OUT WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO.
OUR MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WEEK, WHICH HAPPENED LAST WEEK OR THE WEEK BEFORE, I'M NOT TOTALLY SURE.
BUT WE HIGHLIGHTED MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS BY SENDING OUT VIDEOS, GIVING HANDOUTS AND RESOURCES TOWARDS THAT, AND EVEN HAVING A SCAVENGER HUNT WHERE PEOPLE HAD TO TAKE PICTURES WITH SPECIAL FIGURES IN THE SCHOOL, WHICH INCLUDED KELLY AORI BACK THERE.
>> THEN, AS FOR THIS WEEK, WE HAVE HOMECOMING ON SATURDAY, AND OUR THEME IS MIDNIGHT MANOR, LIKE HAUNTED MANSION 5.
WE ALSO HAVE SPIRIT WEEK THIS WEEK, AND MONDAY WAS SKELETON OR DRESSED WHITE AS BLAKE IS EXEMPLIFYING HERE.
OUR HALLS WERE DECORATED ON SATURDAY, AND WE HAVE DOOR GREETINGS WHERE WE'RE HANDING OUT SPECIAL TREATS TO ALL THE STUDENTS.
THIS FRIDAY, WE HAVE OUR HOMECOMING GAME THAT'S ALSO SENIOR NIGHT FOR BOTH FOOTBALL AND CHEER, AND HALLOWEEN.
>> GREAT JOB YOU GUYS. I DO HAVE TWO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
THE NEW STUDENT BREAKFAST. HOW MANY KIDS COME TO THAT?
>> I BELIEVE THERE WAS AN INVITATION FOR ABOUT 80 KIDS.
>> WOW. I LOVE THAT. THAT'S GREAT.
THEN ONE OTHER THING IS, HOW DO WE BUY THE DECA COFFEE? DO YOU KNOW? I FEEL LIKE IN YEARS PAST, WE'VE GOTTEN A FLYER, OR I THINK WE'VE GOTTEN THINGS BEFORE.
>> I THINK IT'S ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
>> BUT THERE'LL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BUY IT.
IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? GREAT JOB YOU GUYS.
[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP GOING WITH OUR STUDENT REPORTS, AND NEXT, WE HAVE DISCOVERY HIGH SCHOOL.
>> I'M WILLOW NEWSPAM, I'M THE SENIOR CLASS PRESIDENT FOR DISCOVERY.
>> I'M AUDREY MILLER, AND I'M THE ASP PRESIDENT.
>> STARTING OFF WITH THE QUICK UPDATES SINCE THE LAST MEETING OF THE CLASS SIZES FOR OUR PHYSICS CLASS HAVE BEEN REDUCED SIGNIFICANTLY.
THE SCHOOL GAVE THE STUDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO A DIFFERENT SCIENCE CLASS AT ANOTHER TIME, WHICH HAS GIVEN ALL THE STUDENTS IN BOTH CLASSES MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN MORE EFFECTIVELY.
>> OUR ARCHITECTURE CLUB LED BY OUR ADVISER MISS BRONOWSKI, WILL BE HEADING OUT ON WEDNESDAY TO PHOENIX FOR A4LE, ASSOCIATION FOR LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS AWARD CEREMONY.
LAST YEAR, OUR STUDENTS COMPETED TO DESIGN A BETTER SCHOOL AND BROUGHT HOME FIRST PLACE.
THEY WILL BE REPRESENTING THE DISTRICT AT THIS CONFERENCE AND PRESENTING THEIR SCALE MODEL AT THE TRADE SHOW.
MISS BRONOWSKI TOLD ME TO INFORM YOU THAT SHE WILL BE RETURNING THE CSD BANNER BEFORE FIRST FRIDAY.
>> DISCO SALES, OUR STUDENT RUN CAFE AND STORE HAS REOPENED FOR THE 2025 '26 SCHOOL YEAR.
AMIDST THE MERGER, REORGANIZATION IS ONGOING, BUT TO ACCOUNT FOR ODYSSEY'S OWN ODD CAFE.
BUT SO FAR HAS EXTENDED HOURS LASTING THROUGH BOTH THE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL LUNCH PERIODS.
>> STUDENTS HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD TO PREPARE FOR ONE OF THE LARGEST EVENTS AT DHS,
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OUR ANNUAL MAKERS MARKET HAPPENING EARLY DECEMBER.THIS EVENT ALLOWS US TO CONTINUE FUNDING OUR PROSPEROUS CTE CLASSES LIKE DEF AND DIGITAL ART, WITH SOME CHOOSING TO MAKE T SHIRTS, SAND CULTURE, MUGS, AND MORE, AND OTHERS MANAGING THE BUSINESS SIDE, STUDENTS HAVE THE CHANCE TO LEARN NEW AND UNIQUE SKILLS AND HONE IN ON THEIR CRAFTSMANSHIP TO SHOW THE COMMUNITY WHAT OUR CAMPUS CAN DO.
>> THE DISCOVERY HIGH SCHOOL, ODYSSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT ADVISORY GROUP HELD ITS FIRST MEETING EARLIER THIS MONTH.
THE GROUP'S GOAL IS TO ENSURE A SMOOTH MERGER BETWEEN THE SCHOOLS AND ADDRESS SEVERAL KEY CHALLENGES FROM THE EARLY WEEKS OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
WE HAD A FEW THINGS TO DISCUSS, NAMELY SOME MINOR NOISE COMPLAINTS FROM THE HIGH SCHOOLERS, BUT OVERALL OUR SCHOOL HAS CONTINUED TO RUN SMOOTHLY.
>> THIS PAST WEEKEND, DISCOVERY HAD ITS ANNUAL FALL DANCE.
THIS YEAR WITH THE THEME MONSTER MASH.
THE EVENT FEATURED MUSIC, SNACKS, AND DANCING, SIMILAR TO CHS'S HOMECOMING.
MANY OF THE DECORATIONS WERE CREATED BY OUR OWN STUDENTS AT AN EVENT A FEW WEEKS PRIOR.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HOSTED SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
THIS PROVED TO BE VERY SUCCESSFUL AND WAS AIMED AT OUR LARGE POPULATION OF STUDENT ARTISTS WHO HAD A REALLY GREAT TIME BRINGING MORE SCHOOL SPIRIT TO OUR HALLS, AND THAT IS EVERYTHING.
>> QUICK QUESTION. YOU HAD THIS EVENING WHERE KIDS COME AND MADE THE DECORATIONS THAT YOU USED AT THE DANCE? BRILLIANT. I LOVE THAT.
>> GOOD. I LOVE THAT. WHAT A GREAT IDEA.
>> NICE JOB. THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE.
>> HOPEFULLY, WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN SOON.
OUR LAST STUDENT REPORT WE HAVE ON HERE IS ODYSSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL. WELCOME.
>> HI, MY NAME IS SOPHIA COOKE.
THAT MEANS I AM IN CHARGE OF THE SOCIAL COMMITTEE FOR ASP.
SPEAKING OF ASP, WE JUST HAD THE ASP RETREAT WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO GET PLANNED OUT MOST OF THE SPIRIT WEEKS FROM NOW ALMOST TO MARCH.
WE PLANNED OUT A LOT OF THE SPIRIT WEEKS, AND WE HAVE ALSO PLANNED OUT THE DATES FOR SOCIALS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING ON.
IN TERMS OF SOCIALS, WE ARE HOSTING A SOCIAL ON NOVEMBER THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD ON TO PLAN AS THE FIRST BIG ONE TO MAKE IT EXTRA FUN, AND USING STUDENT FEEDBACK FROM PREVIOUS YEARS ON WHAT THEY WOULD WANT TO SEE, WHAT THEY WANT AND AT THIS.
WE HAVE SET UP MULTIPLE STATIONS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO DO PUMPKIN PAINTING AND LOTS OF FUN ACTIVITIES LIKE THAT.
THEN IN TERMS OF SPIRIT WEEKS.
THIS WEEK IS ACTUALLY A SPIRIT WEEK.
MONDAY WAS PAJAMA DAY, BUT I MIGHT DRESS A BIT MORE CASUAL FOR THIS.
THEN WE HAVE FANCY DAY TOMORROW, COLOR WARS, WEDNESDAY, TWIN OR TIDE EYE DAY ON THURSDAY AND COSTUME DAY ON FRIDAY, WHICH I FEEL THAT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF THE ONES TO SEE ALL OF THE STUDENTS.
WE ARE WORKING WITH A LOT OF THE OTHER GRADES TO CREATE A SPACE THAT'S A LOT EASIER FOR US ALL TO COLLABORATE IN.
I KNOW FOR EIGHTH GRADE BECAUSE I'M CURRENTLY IN EIGHTH GRADE, WE JUST DID A PROJECT CALLED FALLING INTO THE PBL CAMPUS.
WITH OUR NEW TRANSITION FROM THE RC BUILDING TO DISCOVERY, IT'S HARDER TO BE IN THE BUILDING WITH HIGH SCHOOLERS NOW BECAUSE BEFORE WE WERE WITH THEM JUST DURING SOME ELECTIVES AND LUNCH AND NEVER REALLY GOT TO INTERACT.
BUT NOW THAT WE ARE IN THE SAME BUILDING, IT HAS BROUGHT SOME AMAZING OPPORTUNITIES FOR US, ESPECIALLY THE FACT THAT WE CAN NOW GET PEER FEEDBACK
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FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH THESE PROJECTS THAT WE WERE DOING BEFORE, WITH MORE EXPERIENCE WITH THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.IT'S A LOT EASIER TO GET THOSE TYPE OF FEEDBACK AND ALSO FOR US TO GIVE THEM FEEDBACK ON THAT, BEING A YOUNGER VIEW ON THINGS MIGHT BE HELPFUL.
THEN IT'S ALSO JUST A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK FORWARD TO HIGH SCHOOL, SEEING WHAT WE WANT AND I KNOW THAT A LOT OF STUDENTS ARE LIKE, WELL, WE WON'T BE PREPARED FOR HIGH SCHOOL.
WELL, WE'RE IN THE HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING NOW.
WE'RE GOING TO BE AS PREPARED AS WE CAN, BEING ABLE TO INTERACT WITH THEM IS GOING TO NOT MAKE US THE FRESHMEN WHO DON'T KNOW HOW TO ACT IN HIGH SCHOOL.
DOING PROJECTS THAT ARE COLLABORATIVE FOR ALL OF US AND CONSIDERING DHS NOW, NOT JUST OMS, IT'S ALL OF OUR SPACES NOW.
I FEEL LIKE THAT'S A BIG PART OF THINGS.
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[APPLAUSE] WELL, THAT WAS GREAT.
SO MANY STUDENT REPORTS SAY, YES, FEEL FREE TO STAY AS LONG AS YOU WANT OR LEAVE WHEN YOU LIKE TO.
NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS STUDENT PUBLIC COMMENTS, WHICH WE DID NOT HAVE ANY TODAY.
JUST FOR YOU GUYS LISTENING OR HERE IN THE AUDIENCE, WE'VE ADDED THIS PART TO OUR AGENDA JUST TO GIVE STUDENTS A CHANCE TO JUST GIVE US ANY FEEDBACK THAT THEY WANT TO DURING PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET THAT ROLLING, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY STUDENTS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT, BUT WE DID HAVE A LOT OF STUDENT REPORTS, SO THAT WAS GREAT.
NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS BOARD COMMUNICATION.
IF ANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JUMP IN, IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE IN ORDER, WHATEVER YOU PREFER.
>> DO YOU JUST WANT TO GO THIS WAY? I'LL START SINCE COREY IS NOT HERE, SO WE HAVE A BUNCH.
WE STARTED THE ARTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE THIS MONTH WITH A GREAT PARTICIPATION.
I APPRECIATE ALL THE FOLKS THAT WERE THERE.
REALLY, IT'S A FORWARD PROMISE OF ELEVATING THE ARTS IN THE DISTRICT, AND I THINK THAT RESONATED AT THAT FIRST MEETING.
SARAH LIGHTFOOT AND FAUNA WOLF TOOK UP THE CHARGE TO LEAD INTO CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.
WE HAVE FOUR OF OUR EDUCATORS AS PART OF THAT JOB, THAT COMMITTEE.
THAT'S AN EXTRA CURRICULAR FOR THEM. REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
WE ALSO HAVE STUDENT REPRESENTATION, WHICH IS GOOD.
THAT ONE WELL. WE DID OUR SITE VISITS.
I'LL LET SOMEONE TALK ABOUT THAT, PTO MEETINGS, CONCESSIONS AT FOOTBALL.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT. I'LL SHARE ABOUT THE STUDENT ADVISORY AND CITIZENS BECAUSE I USUALLY TRY TO ATTEND BOTH OF THOSE.
I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE FIRST STUDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND CITIZENS ADVISORY.
WE HAD NEW MEMBERS ON BOTH OF THOSE, WHICH WAS REALLY NICE TO SEE.
IT'S ALWAYS AMAZING HOW THE STUDENTS, THEY ARE NOT AT THE SAME SCHOOLS.
IT'S ADULTS, ONE THING, WE ALL COME IN AND WE HAVE TO TELL OUR STORIES, BUT THOSE STUDENTS ALL SIT DOWN THE TABLES, AND THEY JUST GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER.
IT'S ALWAYS AMAZING TO SEE THAT.
IT WAS REALLY REWARDING TO SEE.
THEY ALSO TOOK UP THE CHARGE, I THINK TO LOOK OVER THEIR BYLAWS AND SOME OTHER THINGS.
THE LAST MEETING WAS LAST WEEK, I WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND, BUT REALLY GOOD TO SEE.
HOPEFULLY, LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING ON BOTH OF THOSE, AND THEY REALLY PAIR UP VERY WELL TO GET THE STUDENT VOICE AND THE COMMUNITY AND ADULT VOICE.
I WILL DOUBLE DOWN BECAUSE I KNOW JOHN'S GOING TO HAVE IT IN HIS SUPERINTENDENT REPORT.
ROMEO AND JULIET, PLEASE ATTEND OUR CITY SCHOOLS' MEETING JUST BEFORE THIS, CHIEF FREE.
HE'S ALSO ASSISTING BECAUSE HE HAS A MEMBER OF HIS FAMILY IN THE SHOW.
THOSE STUDENTS WORK REALLY HARD.
I EXPECT ALL OF US TO BE THERE.
>> YOU ALREADY HAVE TICKETS? THERE YOU GO. YOU CAN GET YOUR TICKETS ONLINE.
IT'LL BE FANTASTIC FOR THE DRAMA STUDENTS.
THEN THIS SATURDAY, NOBODY'S MENTIONED IT YET.
IT WASN'T IN THE STUDENT REPORT, IS THE TEACHER TALENT SHOW ON HOMECOMING NIGHTS, SO EVERY ADULT HAS NO EXCUSE UNLESS YOU'RE CHAPERONING. ARE YOU CHAPERONING?
>> IF YOU'RE CHAPERONING A HOMECOMING, EXCUSE NOT TO.
OTHERWISE, EVERY ADULT SHOULD BE AT THE TEACHER TALENT SHOW.
IT'S A GREAT WAY TO SHOW PROPS TO OUR EDUCATORS THAT ARE JUST SO TALENTED, AMAZINGLY TALENTED.
I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE ERIC UP THERE DO HIS IMPROV MUSIC.
THEN PROBABLY THE LAST THING FOR ME IS I'M EXCITED THIS FRIDAY IS THE FIRST DAY.
I'M REPRESENTING ALL OF US AS A LUNCH BUDDY.
THE LUNCH BUDDY PROGRAM STARTED AT LACAMAS AND AT POWER.
I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY WITH A BUNCH OF OTHER ADULTS SERVING AS LUNCH BUDDIES TO STUDENTS.
I HAVE A THIRD GRADER THAT I'LL BE HAVING LUNCH WITH ONCE A WEEK.
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I DON'T KNOW. WE'RE GOING TO SEE WHAT WE HAVE IN COMMON.HE LIKES GAMES. THAT'S WHAT I'VE HEARD.
IF HE KNOWS A LOT ABOUT MINECRAFT JOHN, I'LL BE JUST FINE.
I'LL REPORT OUT ON THAT NEXT TIME AFTER DOING LUNCH BUDDIES A FEW TIMES.
>> I ALSO ATTENDED THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
LOTS OF NEW FACES THAT WERE THERE THAT HAVE APPLIED AND THEY'LL FIND OUT OR THEY MAY HAVE FOUND OUT BY NOW.
I ALSO SERVED ON THAT BEFORE AND IT'S REALLY GREAT TO COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY AND WORK ON SOMETHING THAT HAS AN IMPACT.
TOPICS ARE DIFFERENT EACH YEAR TOO, AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'VE BEEN A PART OF SOMETHING BIG WHEN IT'S DONE.
THEN ALSO DID THE SITE VISIT, DOROTHY FOX AS WELL AS DHS.
I REALLY ENJOYED MY LUNCHTIME AT DISCOVERY WITH MATTHEW AND JOHN AND I THINK TRACY I OR COREY.
THE FOOD WAS GREAT. IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO SEE THE KIDS ALL HAVE THEIR OWN SPACE. THEY WERE ALL GATHERED.
THEY WERE PLAYING CARDS AND SEEMED VERY SETTLED, AND THAT WAS NICE TO WITNESS.
FELT REALLY INVITED AND JUST GREAT TO HAVE SOME LUNCH WITH THOSE KIDS. THAT WAS IT.
>> WELL, NOT TO REPEAT ANYTHING.
MATHEW AND I WENT TO THE CITY SCHOOLS COMMITTEE MEETING RIGHT BEFORE THIS MEETING.
I'M ALWAYS SO IMPRESSED THAT SHERMAN, YOU WERE THERE AND THE POLICE CHIEF AND THE FIRE CHIEF.
I GUESS WERE ONLY MISSING THE MAYOR AND IT SEEMED LIKE EVERY OTHER STAFF MEMBER OF THE CITY IS THERE AND JUST THE GREAT COLLABORATION ON THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON, THINGS COMING UP.
ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT ROAD CONSTRUCTION OVER BY THE HIGH SCHOOL, THAT'S GOING TO BE CHALLENGE, AND MAYBE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT PUSHING OUT SOME NOTIFICATION OF, MAYBE CAR POOLING AND RIDING THE BUS FOR THAT TIME, SOME INCENTIVES FOR THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THOSE KIDS WILL SIT IN THEIR CARS LINED UP.
IS IT RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM WHERE THE LIGHT IS BOTTOM OF THE HILL?
>> NOBODY GOES THROUGH THERE TO GET TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.
IT SHOULD BE NO IMPACT WHATSOEVER.
BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD SAY, IF YOU RIDE THE BUS DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME OR CARPOOL OR OR GET IT. SOMETHING. I DON'T KNOW.
YOU COULD EASE UP THE BURDEN ON THE POOR PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE WORKING ON THAT ROAD.
JOHN, I IMAGINE YOU'LL COVER SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
YOU PROBABLY ALREADY HAD IT IN THERE.
>> WE WILL ANSWER THIS A LITTLE BIT.
>> BUT OTHERWISE, IT'S JUST GREAT COLLABORATION.
THERE SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A LOT GOING ON WITH PROPERTY AND OFFICES AND ROADS AND DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT THE CITY AND SCHOOLS ARE DOING THAT IMPACT EACH OTHER.
IT'S JUST A NICE TIME TO COLLABORATE ON THE IMPACT OF THIS.
>> ONE THING, TRACY REAL QUICK THAT I DIDN'T HAVE IN MY REPORT AND REALLY THANKS TO CLINT AND SEVERAL OF THE OTHER PRINCIPALS WHO MENTIONED THE CONCERN AROUND THE E-BIKES, ESPECIALLY THE HIGH HORSE POWER ONES.
THAT CHIEF JONES AND I COLLABORATED ON A MESSAGE THAT WENT OUT TO THE DISTRICT AND THE COMMUNITY.
WE HAD A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK ON THAT.
I KNOW NOT JUST CLINT, BUT A LOT OF OUR SCHOOLS HAVE MENTIONED THAT KIDS JUST ZOOMING THROUGH THE PARKING LOTS AND POPPING WHEELIES, AND SOME OF THOSE, I THINK OUR PARENTS JUST HAVE TO REALLY LOOK INTO THOSE BEFORE THEY MAKE THOSE PURCHASES BECAUSE WE'RE SEEING AN IMPACT, AND SO WE JUST DON'T WANT TO SEE ANY TRAGEDIES WITH THAT.
PLEASE PARENTS WHO ARE LISTENING, JUST WATCH WHAT YOUR KIDS ARE RIDING AND THE POLICE ARE DEALING WITH IT AS WELL.
CLINT, THANK YOU FOR THE INSPIRATION ON GETTING THAT DONE, AND WE HAVE THAT MESSAGE PUT OUT.
>> THEN BY THE TIME IT GETS DOWN HERE, YOU GUYS HAVE ALL TALKED ABOUT IT.
I WILL JUST SAY IF YOU GUYS DIDN'T SEE, WE GOT THESE BEAUTIFUL I SURVIVE FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS AT THE CONCESSIONS FROM MS. LISA SCHNEIDER.
WE HELPED AT THE CONCESSIONS A FEW WEEKS AGO WITH THE BOYS SOCCER TEAM, WHICH I DON'T KNOW IF THE BOYS SOCCER TEAM GOT THEM, BUT WE DON'T COMMENT.
BUT WE ALWAYS ENJOY DOING THAT WHEN WE CAN HELPING OUT.
MY OTHER THING WAS, YOU GUYS SHOULD HAVE SEEN IN YOUR EMAIL.
WE DO HAVE A RUNOFF ELECTION FOR ESD 112 POSITION THAT I THINK THOSE BALLOTS GOT MAILED OUT TODAY, AND IT'S JOHN DEER, AND I FORGET THE OTHER GENTLEMAN'S NAME.
>> FROM THE EVERGREEN. HE'S RUNNING FOR AN ESD 112 POSITION.
YES. THOSE CAME OUT AND THERE WAS THREE THAT WERE IN THE FIRST ELECTION,
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SO THE TOP TWO ARE IN YOUR BALLOT, JUST MAKE SURE AND GET THAT TURNED IN.THAT WOULD BE GREAT. I THINK THAT'S EVERYTHING FOR BOARD COMMUNICATION.
WITH THAT, I WOULD LOVE TO MOVE ON TO ITEM 3A, THE SUPERINTENDENT REPORT AND PASS IT OFF TO JOHN.
>> AWESOME. THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
IT'S HARD TO FOLLOW THOSE STUDENTS.
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EVERY SINGLE MONTH, JUST MORE AND MORE IMPRESSIVE.WHAT I LOVE AS SO MANY OF THEIR TEACHERS, THEIR PARENTS, BUT ALSO THE PRINCIPALS COME AND SUPPORT THEM.
THANK YOU. HAPPY EARLY BIRTHDAY, MATHEW.
THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE THE COOKIES THERE FOR.
>> I PUT IT DOWN THERE, SO I WOULDN'T EAT IT.
BAMANI HE IS RIGHT HERE WITHIN.
I REMEMBER LAST YEAR DISCOVERY STUDENTS KNEW IT WAS MY BIRTHDAY BEFORE ANYONE ELSE ANNOUNCED IT.
>> I DO REMEMBER THAT. HAPPY EARLY BIRTHDAY ENJOY.
SORRY, WE CAN'T CELEBRATE WITH YOU TOMORROW, BUT ANYWAY, STARTING OFF WITH OUR ENROLLMENT NUMBERS.
AS YOU KNOW, OCTOBER IS WHEN OUR COUNT IS OFFICIAL, BUT I WANTED TO REMIND YOU OF OUR PROJECTION.
IF YOU LOOK AT OCTOBER 2024, OUR PROJECTION WAS 6926.
WE CAME IN LOW AT 6855, VERY SIMILAR TO MOST OF THE DISTRICTS IN OUR REGION AND AROUND OUR STATE.
THIS YEAR, WE PROJECTED LOWER AT 6758, AND HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE CAME IN ABOVE THAT PROJECTION.
BUT INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT TOP NUMBER 6875, IT'S 20 STUDENTS ABOVE WHERE WE WERE AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
I UNDERSTAND THAT OUR PROJECTION CAME IN WELL OVER 100 STUDENTS HIGHER THAN OUR PROJECTION, BUT OUR ENROLLMENT IS NOT SPIKING TREMENDOUSLY.
IT'S GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
I JUST WANTED TO REFRESH YOUR MEMORY ON WHERE WE WERE AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
WE ALSO HAD SOME HOT SPOTS AT SKY RIDGE AND OTHER PLACES, BUT THE ONES I REALLY WANT TO HONE IN ON ARE LACAMAS LAKE ELEMENTARY, AS WELL AS GRASS VALLEY ELEMENTARY, AND ALSO WE HAD SOME UPPER CLASSMEN INCREASE AT CHS, AS WELL AS SOME NATURAL GROWTH AT OUR PBL CAMPUS.
BUT WHAT'S REALLY GOOD TO SEE IS THAT LACAMAS LAKE NUMBER OVER 400.
IT'S BEEN REALLY SITTING AT THAT 350 MARK FOR SOME TIME.
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT CITY SCHOOLS.
MAYBE RIGHT BEFORE YOU CAME IN, CONNIE, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT THE CITY IS ACTUALLY OBVIOUSLY SEEING A COMPARISON WHERE HOME SALES ARE SPIKING.
SOME RENTALS ARE GOING UP, BUT ALSO SOME MORE DENSE HOUSING.
WE'RE SEEING THE IMPACT CITY IS PUTTING SOME INTENTIONAL WORK AROUND AFFORDABLE.
WELL, I USE THAT TERM LOOSELY, BUT MORE HIGH DENSE HOUSING.
THERE'S ALSO SOME MOVEMENT AROUND PRUNE HILL, AS YOU PROBABLY SEEN.
I THINK WE'RE TRENDING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION SPECIFICALLY AT THE SCHOOLS THAT WE NEED TO SEE THAT GROWTH AT.
GRASS VALLEY AND LACAMAS LAKE ARE STICKING OUT AT OUR ELEMENTARIES.
WOODBURN STILL IS STAYING PRETTY CONSISTENT AROUND 550.
THEY'RE NOWHERE CLOSE TO WHERE THEY WERE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHEN THEY WERE IN THE MID 600.
QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, AND YOU SEE SOME UPDATED PRESCHOOL NUMBERS AS WELL.
>> PARTICULARLY AT THE ELEMENTARY, THE SUPPORT STAFF THAT HELP ON LUNCH DUTY, PLAYGROUND, THAT WATCH THE KIDS WHILE OUR EDUCATORS ARE HAVING THEIR TIME.
NOW THAT WE'VE SEEN SOME LIFT AT LACAMAS AND GRASS VALLEY, ARE WE KEEPING THAT IN MIND? BECAUSE EVERYONE KNOW LACAMAS LAKE, IT WAS PRETTY MUCH THE PRINCIPAL AND JUST TWO OTHER PEOPLE WATCHING LUNCH.
THE KIDS WERE SUPER WELL BEHAVED, BUT AGAIN, JULIE HAD THEM ALL ORGANIZED.
>> THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT UP, MATHEW.
WE'RE WORKING REALLY CLOSELY WITH OUR PRINCIPALS ON THOSE NEEDS AND THOSE HOT SPOT NEEDS.
WE WERE ABLE TO GRANT SOME POSITIONS, SOME FOUR HOUR PARA POSITIONS AT OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, INCREASING, ALSO SOME SUPERVISION AT CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL AND LIBERTY.
WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH MR. WILLIAMS ON POTENTIALLY SOME GROWTH AT SKY RIDGE, BUT I WAS REALLY HAPPY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT DONE JUST FOR THE RECORD, AS FAR AS FINANCIALLY, HOW WE DID THAT.
AS THE BOARD KNOWS, WE HAD SOME CONTINGENCY MONEY THAT TYPICALLY WOULD GO TO CAPITAL FUNDS.
I WORKED WITH YOU, WORKED WITH SHERMAN, WORKED WITH KIM, WHO I'M NOT SURE IF SHE'S GOING TO MENTION THAT TONIGHT.
BUT ESSENTIALLY, WHAT WE DID WAS RATHER THAN SHIFT ALL OF THAT MONEY OVER TO CAPITAL FUNDS, WE KNEW THAT WE HAD THE CARTRIDGE SALE POTENTIALLY HAPPENING.
WE HAVE A MONEY SET ASIDE FOR THE PROJECTS WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
WE WERE ABLE TO SPLIT THAT, SEND SOME TO PAY OFF SOME OF OUR DEBT.
WE PUT SOME INTO CAPITAL, AND THEN WE HAD A CHUNK THAT WE RESERVED FOR WHAT THE PRINCIPALS ASKED FOR.
IT WAS ABOUT A $350,000 IMPROVEMENT MAINLY AROUND SAFETY AND SECURITY, USING THAT MONEY.
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WE DIDN'T DIG INTO THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS JUST REALLY SOFT RIGHT NOW.WE HAD THAT MONEY THAT WAS REALLY EARMARKED THAT WE WERE ABLE TO USE FOR THAT.
WE'RE STILL OBVIOUSLY WORKING WITH OUR PRINCIPALS? WE KNOW THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO HIT EVERYTHING.
WE DID STAY AWAY FROM ADDITIONAL BUILDING ADMIN RIGHT NOW AS WE REALLY TOLD THE COMMUNITY WE WOULD, AND OF COURSE, NOT ADDING ANYTHING TO OUR CABINET.
YOU SEEM TO BE GETTING LEANER AND LEANER RATHER THAN GROWING, BUT WE'RE STAYING COMMITTED TO THAT, AT LEAST FOR THE TIME BEING WHERE OUR THEME REMAINS COST CONTAINMENT.
THANKS. IS THAT HELP MATT? ANY QUESTIONS AROUND THE ENROLLMENT? AS YOU KNOW, I STAY PRETTY COMMITTED TO WATCHING OUR REAL ESTATE MARKET.
AS WE'RE PRESENTING TO OUR SCHOOLS, WE HAVE TWO MORE SCHOOLS TO PRESENT TO TOMORROW MORNING, I'LL BE AT WOODBURN, AND THEN LATER IN THE WEEK AT DOROTHY FOX TO WRAP UP THE FALL PRESENTATIONS.
BUT WE REALLY ATTRIBUTE SOME OF THAT LAST MINUTE GROWTH TO THE HOME SALE PRICE DROP IN JULY.
I JOKE HALFHEARTEDLY THAT IT WAS A PLUMMETED TO A $717,000 MEDIAN SALE PRICE.
HOWEVER, SEPTEMBER, IT SPIKED UP AGAIN TO $863,000.
I THINK OUR FAMILIES TOOK ADVANTAGE, PEOPLE WHO MAYBE WANTED TO GET OUT OF TOWN BEFORE SCHOOL STARTED, THEY MAYBE DROPPED THEIR HOME PRICES A BIT OR WHAT THEIR SALE PRICE WAS.
BUT YOU STILL SEE A 17% INCREASE IN SALE PRICE FROM JULY TO SEPTEMBER.
THEN IF YOU LOOK ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT, OVERALL, THERE HAS BEEN AN 8% DROP.
IF YOU LOOK AT THAT SEPTEMBER 2024, THAT WAS A REAL REAL DAMAGE TO US, $942,000 MEDIAN SALE PRICE JUST A YEAR AGO.
AGAIN, IF YOU'RE A HOMEOWNER, YOU PROBABLY DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT, BUT IF YOU'RE IN EDUCATION IN CAMAS, YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO SEE THAT.
IT'S A CATCH 22 FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE HOMEOWNERS AND SUPERINTENDENTS.
BUT I'D MUCH RATHER SEE A MORE MODERATE PRICED HOME SO OUR YOUNG FAMILIES COULD START TO MOVE IN TOWN.
IN KEEP IN MIND, WE ALSO TOOK AS MANY BOUNDARY EXCEPTIONS AS WE COULD TO HELP WITH THAT ENROLLMENT AND FTE COUNT.
LEGISLATIVELY, AGAIN, I WANT TO CALL OUT MR. WILLIAMS FOR REACHING OUT TO REPRESENTATIVE STEUBE AND REPRESENTATIVE WATERS.
CLINT AND I TOOK STEUBE ON A TOUR OF SKY RIDGE, ALSO HAD SOME GOOD CONVERSATION AROUND NEEDS AND WHERE WE'RE HEADING AS A DISTRICT AND REALLY PUBLIC EDUCATION IN GENERAL.
HE CAME TO VISIT ON 13TH OF OCTOBER, AND THEN RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT VISIT AND SENATOR REPRESENTATIVE WATERS.
WE'LL HAVE OUR LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY COMMITTEE, OUR FIRST MEETING IS THIS WEEK ON THE 29TH, WHERE WE'LL HELP INFORM THE BOARD ON LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.
TODAY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW YOUR EMAIL YET, BUT I DID SEND YOU ESD 112 PRIORITIES, WE REALLY DO HAVE A NICE FOUNDATION TO WORK WITH.
THEN OUR ESD 112 LEGISLATIVE FORM, WHICH I'LL REPRESENT US AT IS ON 14TH OF NOVEMBER, FOLLOWED BY OUR ANNUAL RECEPTION.
NOW, THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR THIRD ONE ALREADY ON 17TH OF NOVEMBER AND THEN WATERS WILL VISIT WITH MR. WILLIAMS, AND HOPEFULLY, I'LL BE ABLE TO JOIN THEM ON NOVEMBER 19TH.
EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A SHORT SESSION COMING UP, ARE DEFINITELY KEEPING OUR THUMB ON THE PULSE OF THE ACTIVITY.
WE'LL BE UP IN OLYMPIA AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
I KNOW WE'LL BE AT OUR CONFERENCE COMING UP, WHICH I'M SURE THERE'LL BE SOME LEGISLATIVE DISCUSSION THERE AS WELL.
GOOD STUFF. THANKS AGAIN, MR. WILLIAMS FOR REACHING OUT.
THOSE RELATIONSHIPS ARE HUGELY IMPORTANT.
QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE. WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF TALK AROUND THE TENNIS COMPLEX.
WE HAD ANOTHER MEETING WITH THE VITEKS, SO WE'RE HAPPY TO ACKNOWLEDGE SOME OF THEIR CONCERNS.
THEY'RE THE OWNERS OF EVERGREEN TENNIS, AND HOPEFULLY WE'RE ABLE TO REBUILD THAT RELATIONSHIP A LITTLE BIT.
I UNDERSTAND THERE'S SOME BUSINESS COMPETITION THERE, BUT WE'RE HOPING THAT OUR MESSAGE IS THAT THERE'S ENOUGH TENNIS OPPORTUNITY, AND THERE'S NEED FOR THAT TO GO AROUND.
HOPEFULLY THAT IS RESONATING A LITTLE BIT.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE'RE HAVING WEEKLY MEETINGS WITH USTA.
FUND RAISING AND SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES ARE COMING UP AND THE PLAN IS TO BREAK GROUND ON THE PARKING AREA AS WELL AS THE SURROUNDING STRUCTURE IN THE SPRING WITH AN OPENING OF THE TENNIS CENTER POTENTIALLY IN LATE FALL WINTER.
IS THAT SOUND ABOUT RIGHT? OF COURSE, THOSE DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
WE'LL SAY THE BUBBLE HAS BEEN ORDERED, SO THERE'S REALLY NO TURNING BACK NOW, AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR KIDS AND OUR COMMUNITY AND MORE TO COME ON THAT ONE.
BUT THANK YOU TO MATHEW AND TRACY FOR TAKING SOME EXTRA TIME TO MEET WITH THE COUPLE AND ME LAST WEEK.
SOME GREAT NEWS AROUND GRADUATION RATES.
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I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYONE HAS SEEN THIS YET, BUT REALLY GOOD WORK HERE.AS A DISTRICT, WE ARE AT A 91.5% GRADUATION RATE, SO HUGE KUDOS TO ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, BUT I WOULD SAY ALSO, THANK YOU TO ALL THE WAY FROM PRESCHOOL TO ELEMENTARY TO MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THIS IS TRULY A COMMUNITY EFFORT GETTING THESE KIDS ACROSS THE STAGE.
CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL IS COMING IN AT 94.4.
KELLY IS THAT SOUND ABOUT ACCURATE? I KNOW WE'VE BEEN WORKING HARD ON THE LAST COUPLE OF STUDENTS.
KELLY'S A PRO AT THIS, SO SHE'S NOT GOING TO STOP UNTIL EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE KIDDOS IS ACROSS THE STAGE.
I KNOW THE BOARD, WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THAT DROPOUT COUNT.
DROPOUT COUNT IS ACTUALLY PRETTY LOW.
YOU HAVE FOUR DROPOUT STUDENTS.
I HATE TO USE THAT TERM, BUT WE'RE SAYING DISENGAGED.
BUT WE'RE NOT QUITTING WITH THOSE STUDENTS.
WE CAN ALWAYS GET THEM IN OUR FIVE YEAR COHORT.
WE HAVE STUDENTS WHO ARE WHAT WE CALL CONTINUING, AND THIS IS STUDENTS WHO ARE ALREADY IN THAT FIFTH YEAR.
AGAIN, WE KNOW WE CAN GET EVERY SINGLE ONE ACROSS THE STAGE WITH SOME EXTRA HELP.
HAYES FREEDOM, REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF THEIR WORK THERE, 82.5%.
JUST TO PUT SOME CONTEXT AROUND THIS, AND I KNOW YOU KNOW THIS ALREADY, BUT IT'S A VERY UNIQUE POPULATION.
I KNOW AMY HOLMES AND HER TEAM.
THEY TAKE EVERY STUDENT, WHETHER THEY'RE SEVERELY CREDIT DEFICIENT, THEY HAVE WHATEVER NEEDS THEY HAVE. KEEP THAT IN MIND.
THE GENERAL PUBLIC MIGHT SAY THAT'S TOO LOW FOR CAMAS.
THAT'S ACTUALLY UNBELIEVABLE WORK BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A VERY DIFFERENT AND UNIQUE STUDENT POPULATION.
EVERYBODY JUST WRAPS THEIR ARMS AROUND THOSE STUDENTS.
I'M VERY, VERY PROUD OF THAT WORK.
I KNOW AMY IS A PERFECTIONIST, AND SHE'D WANT THAT TO BE 100%.
BUT AGAIN, LIKE KELLY, STILL CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THOSE FEW THAT AREN'T ACROSS THE STAGE.
KEEP IN MIND, TOO, WHEN YOU HAVE A LOWER POPULATION LIKE THAT, EVERYONE COUNTS, AS A MORE THAN ONE PERCENTAGE POINT, WHERE KELLY AND HER TEAM HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE LEEWAY.
SCHOOLS LIKE HAYES AND CCA AND DISCOVERY DON'T HAVE AS MUCH GIVE, RIGHT DAN? HAS DAN LEFT? THEN WITH CCA, THEY CAME IN AT 70%.
AGAIN WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT HIGHER, BUT VERY UNIQUE POPULATION.
IT'S VERY CHALLENGING SOMETIMES FOR STAFF TO CONNECT WITH STUDENTS WHO AREN'T ALWAYS FACE TO FACE.
I KNOW THAT SHIFTING TO HAYES, WE HAVE MORE OF A FACE TO FACE, A HYBRID MODEL.
WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT PERCENTAGE WILL INCREASE NEXT YEAR OR AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.
BUT AGAIN, REALLY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT OUR TEAMS ARE DOING.
THEN DISCOVERY HIGH SCHOOL CAME IN RIGHT AT 90%.
I KNOW DR. DAN IF HE WAS HERE HE'D TELL YOU JUST WORKING TO GET EVERYONE ACROSS THE STAGE, VERY PROUD OF THOSE NUMBERS.
LITTLE BIT OF A DIP OVERALL, I WILL SAY, ABOUT A PERCENTAGE DIP ACROSS THE BOARD, BUT REALLY STAYING PRETTY CONSISTENTLY HIGH AND OBVIOUSLY OUTSHINING A LOT OF OUR NEIGHBORS AROUND THE STATE.
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, THOUGHTS?
>> MATT REALLY ALREADY ALLUDED TO THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING WITH ARTS ADVISORY.
I'M SO THRILLED TO NOT ONLY SEE OUR MUSIC EDUCATORS THERE, BUT I THINK MATT WILL TELL YOU THAT BOMINAY WERE YOU-
>> IT WAS COREY. I THINK COREY WOULD AGREE THAT THIS WAS A VERY TALENTED.
I HAD IMPOSTOR SYNDROME EVEN BEING AT THAT TABLE.
>> VERY DIVERSE, VERY TALENTED.
WE HAD AN ANIMATOR FROM DISNEY.
WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE STUDIED IN CHINA AND ITALY AND WHETHER THEY'RE ARTISTS, MUSICIANS.
>> THE MORAL OF THE STORY IS, THIS IS A COMMUNITY THAT REALLY WANTS TO ELEVATE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR KIDS.
I FEEL LIKE EVERYONE'S ON THE SAME PAGE.
I THINK SARAH AND FAUNA ARE GOING TO DO AN OUTSTANDING JOB LEADING.
I'M EXCITED FOR NEXT MEETING WHERE WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ALL THAT BUTCHER PAPER THAT THEY WERE WRITING IDEAS ON.
WE THEMED IT OUT, AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME DIRECTION ON TRYING TO SIMPLIFY WHERE TO GO.
THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME THINGS THAT I THINK THAT WE CAN DO RIGHT AWAY, SOME QUICK WINS, AND THEN THERE'LL BE SOME MORE LONG TERM THINGS, RIGHT, MATT.
>> IT'S TOUGH IN AN HOUR AND A HALF, BECAUSE WE SPENT 30 MINUTES JUST GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER.
BUT YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE GROUP.
THERE'S GOING TO BE STRONG SUPPORT BECAUSE WE SHARED, WHAT CAN WE DO IN THE SHORT TERM WITH LOW EFFORT, BUT HIGH IMPACT, AND EVERYONE KNOWS, WE'RE NOT GOING TO FIND MAGIC MONEY RIGHT NOW.
BUT I LOOKED AT THE LIST JUST AFTERWARDS.
THE SAME THINGS THAT MANY OF US HAVE SAID, HOW CAN WE GET VISIBILITY AND COMMUNICATION UP? HOW CAN WE PARTNER SO THAT STUDENTS THAT WANT AN OPPORTUNITY SAY, THEY WANT TO DO SONGWRITING AND WE SAW IT AT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF POETRY.
WE CAN ADVERTISE THAT FOR THEM AND SAY, MAY NOT BE SOMETHING WE HAVE, BUT IF THE COMMUNITY HAS IT, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THAT THEY'RE AWARE.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT MEETING, WHICH I THINK IS ON THE 19TH, RIGHT BEFORE THE MEETING, THIS GROUP WILL GET A LOT DONE.
>> ALSO, I KNOW, BOMINAY AND SOME OF YOU TOUCHED ON THE SITE VISITS.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO DO THAT. IT'S INCREDIBLE.
I KNOW IN SPEAKING TO OTHER SUPERINTENDENTS,
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NOT ALL BOARD MEMBERS HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT.I KNOW SOMETIMES IT'S HARD FOR YOU TO TAKE THAT TIME OFF.
BUT NOT ONLY DOES IT MEAN A LOT TO ME, BUT IT MEANS A TON TO OUR STAFF AND SPECIFICALLY OUR STUDENTS.
I KNOW SOMETIMES THEY'LL SAY, DON'T LEAVE. WE WANT YOU TO STAY.
THIS IS SOME PICTURES FROM OUR VISITS TO DOROTHY FOX AND THEN PBL.
I LOVE WHAT DR. SORK AND HER TEAM ARE DOING AROUND LITERACY, REALLY GROUPING KIDS TOGETHER, GIVING THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE AROUND AND WALK TO DIFFERENT CLASSROOMS AND SHARE EACH OTHER STUDENTS.
SOUNDS LIKE THIS WAS A TEACHER DRIVEN PROJECT THAT REALLY HAS COME TO FRUITION.
THEN DOCTOR DAN SHOWED US AROUND PBL AND TO THE STUDENTS POINT, REALLY SHOWING HOW THEY'RE EMERGING TOGETHER AS A 6-12 CAMPUS, EVEN THOUGH THEY'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER IN THE PAST TO ACTUALLY HAVE THAT FEEDBACK WITH ONE ANOTHER.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS BRILLIANT WHAT OUR STUDENTS SAID TONIGHT.
I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE VISITS AS MUCH AS I DID.
I'VE BEEN ABLE TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME AT PBL THIS YEAR, SO REALLY IMPRESSIVE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING OVER THERE.
OUR HOPE IS THAT THOSE EIGHTH GRADERS WILL STAY THROUGH NINTH AND THEN BEYOND.
THAT'S BEEN A LITTLE PINCH POINT FOR US OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
I THINK ONE OF THE STUDENTS FROM ODYSSY- THE STUDENT FROM ODYSY SAID THAT.
NOW WE KNOW WHAT HIGH SCHOOLS LIKE HERE.
WE MAY AS WELL STAY, AND THAT'S ONE OF OUR HOPES IS.
SOME ADDITIONAL, YOU SEEM AND MATTHEW OVER THERE HAVING SOME LUNCH.
>> VERY HEALTHY LUNCH. BOMINAY WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE.
>> I REALLY LOVE THE [OVERLAPPING]
>> I LOVE THE SHOT OF COREY UP THERE JUST REMINISCING OF HIS DAYS AT DOROTHY FOX.
YOU COULD SEE THE REALLY PENSIVE.
I WISH HE WAS HERE RIGHT NOW. I'D GIVE HIM A HARD TIME ABOUT THAT.
THEN THE ONE AT DEAD CENTER THERE, THAT'S MR. AMMONSONS, CHOIR CLASS.
HE'S REALLY EMBRACED HIS NEW ROLE OVER AT PBL, BEING AT A LONG TIME OVER AT LIBERTY AND THROUGH TO CIRCUMSTANCES, ENDED UP AT PBL, AND I COULD TELL HE'S HAVING A TON OF FUN THERE.
HE TOLD US IF WE DON'T SEE WE NEEDED TO LEAVE, SO WE PRETTY MUCH LEFT.
I KNOW THIS IS A LITTLE SMALL, BUT I JUST WANTED TO REMIND YOU THAT FALL PRESENTATIONS ARE NEARLY COMPLETED.
I DO APPRECIATE ALL THE PRINCIPALS WHO HAVE GIVEN ME SOME TIME AT THEIR STAFF MEETINGS.
SOMETIMES THEY'RE LIKE, YOU'RE THE SUPERINTENDENT. WE HAVE TO.
I'M LIKE, NO, YOU DON'T. YOU WORK AROUND ME. I APPRECIATE IT.
THEN ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COME TO THE PTO AND PTA PRESENTATION.
YOU CAN SEE THERE WHAT'S LEFT IF YOU HAVE ANY TIME TO GET TO ONE OF THEM, WOODBURN IN THE MORNING, BRIGHT AND EARLY.
DOROTHY FOX ON THE 30TH, AND THEN WE HAVE A LIBERTY PTA COMING UP ON NOVEMBER 5YH PRUNE HILLS ON THE 18TH, AND THEN I'LL END UP AT GRASS VALLEY.
IT LOOKS LIKE BACK TO BACK THAT NIGHT.
[LAUGHTER] ON THE 18TH, 06:00, AND THEN I'LL JET OVER TO GRASS VALLEY, WHICH ISN'T TOO FAR.
LOOKS LIKE DOROTHY FOX, YOU KNOW WHAT? MOST LIKELY IT'S GOING TO BE 7:10 AS WELL, AND WE JUST DON'T HAVE A CLASSROOM.
SHAWNA, DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT? 07:10. IS THAT WHAT TIME THEY GET GOING ON THEIR STAFF MEETINGS? I'LL DOUBLE CHECK, CONEY.
THEN I DO WANT TO SHOUT OUT OUR BUSINESS SERVICES.
I KNOW KIM IS HERE, BUT HER TEAM HAS JUST BEEN SO AWESOME.
THEY REALLY COME OUT OF THEIR SHELL A LITTLE BIT, AND THEY HAVE JUST TAKEN THIS BY STORM.
THEY'RE OFFERING, WE CALL THEM BS SESSIONS, BUT IT'S A LOT BETTER THAN THAT.
BUSINESS SERVICES IS PUTTING ON.
THEY'RE CALLING IT NERDING OUT WITH THE FISCAL TEAM.
SO THEY JUST HAD THEIR SECOND SESSION ON OCTOBER 22, AND REALLY WHAT THESE HAVE EVOLVED TO BE IS CUMULATIVE SESSIONS.
THEY HAVE PEOPLE FROM COMMUNITY ED FROM OUR SITES.
ANYBODY AND ANYONE WHO'S USING CUMULATIVE IS ABLE TO GET THEIR REAL QUICK NEEDS MET, DIGGING INTO SOME DEEPER STUFF THAT I USUALLY CHECK OUT AROUND THAT TIME.
BUT I TRY TO GET IN THERE AND VISIT, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY TO KIM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, RACHEL, MATT TERESA.
RACHEL, ESPECIALLY, SHE'S REALLY BEEN THE STAR OF THE SHOW.
IT'S JUST BEEN REALLY NEAT TO SEE OUR ACCOUNTANT, SO TO SPEAK, COMING OUT IN THE FRONT FACING AND ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS.
THEY DO IT HYBRID, SO THEY HAVE SOME FACE TO FACE TIME HERE AS WELL AS ZOOM OPPORTUNITIES.
KIM, THANK YOU AGAIN. THESE HAVE BEEN AWESOME.
THEN AS MATT SAID EARLIER, A COUPLE OF HUGE EVENTS COMING UP, NOVEMBER 1, WE HAVE THE TEACHER TALENT SHOW.
WANT TO SAY THIS IS THIRD ANNUAL.
THEN ROMEO AND JULIET, WHICH WE'VE HEARD A TON ABOUT TONIGHT.
THERE'S SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES TO GET TO ROMEO AND JULIET, AND HOPEFULLY THE COMMUNITY COMES OUT AND DROVES FOR THOSE PERFORMANCES. THERE HE IS.
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HE'S JUST BATMAN.BUT WHAT'S HIS NAME? [BACKGROUND] I THINK HIS NAME IS BRUCE.
>> IT'S GOING TO BE 10 YEARS FROM NOW.
THEN HE'LL SAY HOW THAT DEFINED HIS LIFE.
[LAUGHTER] I SEE ALL THE MEMES, THEY ALL SAY AND MIKE.
>> HOPEFULLY, IT'S A GOOD MEME.
>> IT'S A GOOD MEME. THANKS, EVERYONE.
>> THANK YOU, JOHN. GREAT. NEXT, WE MOVE ON TO ITEM 3B, WHICH IS OUR 24, 25 CLOSE OUT REPORT FROM KIM.
CAN YOU GUYS SEE? I'M GOING TO START WITH THE ENROLLMENT TREND SINCE THAT'S THE MAIN REVENUE DRIVER AND OUR ENROLLMENT WENT DOWN ABOUT 52.4 FTE FOR LAST SCHOOL YEAR.
BUT LIKE JOHN WAS TALKING ABOUT COMING UP HERE IN THIS SCHOOL YEAR AND ON IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO START TO AND MAYBE START INCREASING A LITTLE BUT ATLEAST LEVELING OFF, WHICH IS GOING TO BE NICE TO SEE, NOT A HOPING THAT WITH THE STATE NOT PROVIDING A WHOLE LOT OF REVENUE, THAT MAYBE WE'LL BE SEEING SOME STUDENTS INSTEAD THAT WILL BE COMING OUR WAY IN REVENUE INSTEAD.
THIS IS JUST A BREAKDOWN OF THE FTE FROM 2019-2020 UP TO THE 2'4, '25 SCHOOL YEAR AND WHAT THAT INCREASE OR DECREASES LOOK LIKE.
I LIKE TO BREAK IT OUT BY THE NOT THE DEPARTMENT, BUT THE SOURCE OF REVENUE OF WHAT IT'S FEEDING INTO BASIC EDUCATION.
IF YOU GRAB IT ALL TOGETHER, IT GETS MUDDIED WHERE YOU HAVE BASIC EDUCATION AND ALE, AND YOU THINK, IT'S INCREASED BY THIS DECREASE, BUT I REALLY LIKE TO PULL IT OUT SO YOU SEE BASIC EDUCATION DROPPED BY OVER 532 FTE.
ALE BECAUSE IT'S A NEW PROGRAM BACK IN 2019, '20, IT DIDN'T REALLY EXIST, AND OF COURSE, IT'S INCREASED.
THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO BREAK THEM OUT.
YOU SEE RUNNING STARTS PRETTY- REMAINED PRETTY STEADY.
IT'S DROPPED A LITTLE BIT, AND THEN OPEN DOORS HAS INCREASED A LITTLE BIT.
WE DON'T HAVE A LOT IN OPEN DOORS.
THEN FINALLY, THE BIG ONE IS SPECIAL ED.
AS YOU SEE, THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGES, I THINK, BECAUSE OF THE HIGH COST IN MANAGING SPECIAL ED AND WHY IT CONTINUES TO BE A HIGH NEED WHEN WE'RE ASKING THE LEGISLATURE FOR MORE FUNDING FROM SPECIAL ED.
>> CAN I ASK A QUICK QUESTION, ON THE SLIDE BEFORE THAT, WAS THAT HEAD COUNT NOT FTE, THE 7,058?
BECAUSE I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN THE 6,000 FOR FTE.
IT INCLUDES THE RUNNING START.
IT INCLUDES ALL THAT. IT JUST DEPENDS UPON HOW THEY'VE BEEN SPEAKING UPON IT.
IF PEOPLE JUST GIVE THE BASIC ED PIECE AND NOT THE RUNNING START OR THE ALE, THEN IT'D BE UP IN THE 6,000.
BUT ONCE YOU INCLUDE THE RUNNING START.
>> WOULD THAT NOT BE A HEADCOUNT OR MIN BACKWARDS?
>> THAT WAS ONE THING MATT WANTED ME TO YOU GUYS KNOW BECAUSE YOU GUYS HAVE ALWAYS I DON'T HEAD COUNT.
I TALK ATE BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE GET FUNDED.
>> BUT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN TALKED ABOUT IN HEAD COUNT MENTALITY, SO THAT IS A SWITCH THAT I FORGOT.
>> HE TOLD ME TO REMIND YOU GUYS ABOUT. [OVERLAPPING]
>> OR JUST MAKE BECAUSE SOMETHING IT WE WOULD TALK ABOUT BOTH OF THOSE NUMBERS AND THEN IT WOULD BE HARD TO [OVERLAPPING]
>> ENROLLMENT CAN GET VERY CONFUSING, VERY FAST IF YOU'RE NOT TALKING THE SAME NUMBERS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE DISCUSSIONS.
>> PERFECT. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.
>> EVERYTHING ALWAYS INCLUDES EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR THIS ONE, I PUT A LITTLE DISCLAIMER.
I'M NOT COUNTING TK BECAUSE THE STATES DECIDED, WE'RE NOT GOING TO FACTOR IT ANYMORE IT'S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PROGRAM ON THE APPORTIONMENT REPORT.
NOW I DON'T EVEN FACTOR IT IN WHEN I DO THESE JUST BECAUSE OF THAT.
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REVENUE FOR THE YEAR ENDED AT 124 MILLION, 77% OF THAT WAS FROM THE STATE.15% CAME FROM LOCAL TAXES AT 18.6 MILLION.
THEN WE GOT 3% FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WHICH WAS 3 MILLION, AND THEN THE REMAINING, WHICH IS FROM FEES, FINES, INVESTMENT INCOME, FACILITY RENTALS WAS 5% AT 6.4 MILLION.
AS YOU CAN TELL, WE RELY HEAVILY ON STATE FUNDING.
THEN EXPENDITURES WERE AT 127.5 MILLION, AND 75% OF THAT OR 95 MILLION GOES TO TEACHING AND LEARNING.
AT $0.75 OF EVERY DOLLAR GOES TOWARDS THAT.
I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT.
WE HAVE 7.8 OR 6% THAT GOES TO SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION.
THEN WE HEAD ON TO CUSTODIAL MAINTENANCE AND GROUNDS, WHICH IS AROUND 4.7% AT 6 MILLION, TRANSPORTATION COSTS ARE AT 5.2.
THEN CENTRAL OFFICE, NUTRITION SERVICES, BOTH OF THOSE ARE AT 3%.
I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT TOO AND JUST MENTION FUNCTIONING A CENTRAL OFFICE AT THE SAME LEVEL AS NUTRITION SERVICES.
I THINK THAT'S A GOOD PERSPECTIVE TO SEE, WE DO A LOT WITHIN THAT [INAUDIBLE], YOU'RE RUNNING THE ENTIRE DISTRICT WITH HR, PAY ROLL, BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, THE BOARD, THE SUPERINTENDENT, ALL OF THAT AT THE SAME LEVEL AS YOU WOULD YOUR NUTRITION SERVICES.
WE REALLY RUN A TIGHT SHIP AT THE CENTRAL OFFICE.
UTILITIES 2.3 OR CLOSE TO 3 MILLION AND INSURANCE.
THEN FINALLY, OTHER SUPPORT SERVICES SUCH AS TECHNOLOGY WAREHOUSE AND OUR LEASES ARE AT 2.2 MILLION.
OUR ENDING FUND BALANCE IS CONTINUING TO GO DOWN.
DEFINITELY A POSITIVE OVER WHAT WE WERE PLANNING.
WE HAD A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN WHAT WE WERE PROJECTING, SO THAT WAS POSITIVE, BUT IT'S STILL GOING AT A DO MOMENTUM AND IS GOING TO CONTINUE DOING THAT INTO THE FUTURE.
WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR BEST TO DO COST CONTAINMENT.
IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THE LEGISLATURE IS GOING TO BE PROVIDING MUCH THIS UPCOMING SESSION, BUT WE WILL SEE.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, BOARD POLICY IS 8% AND WE'VE LAST YEAR DIPPED DOWN BELOW THAT AND HAVE CONTINUED TO IN THIS CLOSE YEAR.
THEN THE FINAL SLIDE DISCUSSES THE OTHER FUNDS AND WHERE THOSE FUND BALANCES ARE, CAPITAL PROJECTS IS AT 19 MILLION.
A BIG CHUNK OF THAT IS IN IMPACT FEES.
ALTHOUGH IT SOUNDS LIKE, WE HAVE A LOT OF MONEY NOW, GOOD CHUNK OF IT IS IN THAT AND HAS A VERY DEFINED USE, WHICH IS GROWTH, WHICH IS WHAT WE DON'T HAVE RIGHT NOW.
[LAUGHTER] BUT EVENTUALLY WE WILL, SO THAT WILL BE GOOD.
DEBT SERVICE FUND IS AT EIGHT MILLION, AND THAT'S JUST TO PAY OFF OUR DEBT THAT WE HAVE.
TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE HELPS PAY FOR OUR BUSES, AND IT'S AT 2.3 MILLION ASP FOR ALL THOSE STUDENT, CULTURAL, ATHLETIC AND RECREATIONAL AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES IS JUST UNDER $1 MILLION THAT THEY HAVE.
>> DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR KIM?
>> NO QUESTIONS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY, APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.
FOR ONCE, I WAS LIKE, OKAY, THIS IS CLEAR, THIS IS WHAT THAT MEANS AND I DIDN'T HAVE TO DIVE DEEP INTO FIGURING IT OUT.
>> I'D ECHO THAT TOO, THAT'S A GREAT PRESENTATION.
APPRECIATE ALL THE DATA ON YOUR SLIDES, IT WAS EASY TO UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>> I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST ON THIS, I'LL CALL IT THE BUSINESS SERVICES SESSIONS, BY ITS ACRONYM.
IS THAT SOMETHING WE COULD JUST COME INTO?
>> ABSOLUTELY, EITHER IN PERSON OR GO THROUGH ZOOM?
>> TO ME, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF OTHERS AND YOU OPENING BUSINESS SERVICES TO EDUCATE OTHERS IS THAT LEVEL OF TRANSPARENCY, BUT ALSO EMPOWERING OTHERS, ESPECIALLY AS WE ARE LEANER, I REALLY APPRECIATE.
I'D JUST LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SEE IT, SO I COULD TELL OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY.
WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND HOW PEOPLE ARE WORKING TOGETHER?
>> I WILL MAKE SURE THAT THEY SEND THE INVITES TO YOU GUYS AS WELL.
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>> ESPECIALLY IF IT'S REMOTE AND CAN ATTEND FOR PART OF IT, THAT WOULD BE REALLY COOL.
>> THEY'RE AN AWESOME TEAM, THEY'RE REALLY WELL KNOWN.
THAT'S HOW I MET THEM ORIGINALLY WAS THROUGH THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF Q, AS WELL AS THE STUDENT SIDE, KRISTIE AND ALLISON, BOTH OF THEM.
THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY'RE HAVING Q IS HUGE AROUND HERE.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE GOING TO WSA HERE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, AND THEY'RE ON THE LIST TO BE SPEAKING AS WELL FOR THE STATE ON PARTICULAR AREAS.
I'M VERY FORTUNATE, I WILL SEND THAT INVITE TO YOU GUYS. GREAT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, KIM. NEXT, WE WANT TO MOVE ON TO ITEM 3C, WHICH IS THE COMMUNICATION PLAN UPDATE FOR 25-26, AND THAT WILL BE DOREEN.
>> GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SHARE OUR COMMUNICATION PLAN.
WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT IN A BOARD MEETING SETTING BEFORE, SO THIS IS EXCITING.
I WILL START WITH OUR PURPOSE AND ALIGNMENT.
THE PURPOSE OF THE PLAN IS TO STRENGTHEN TRUST, CLARITY AND ENGAGEMENT THROUGH COMMUNICATION THAT'S CONSISTENT, INCLUSIVE AND TRANSPARENT.
THE PLAN IS GROUNDED IN OUR DISTRICT'S MISSION TO CREATE AN INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT WHERE EACH STUDENT EXPERIENCES BELONGING AND DEEPER LEARNING.
IT ALIGNS WITH THE WSA FRAMEWORK FOR CENTRAL OFFICE LEADERSHIP AND OUR OWN STRATEGIC PLAN, REFLECTING HOW COMMUNICATION CONNECTS OUR SCHOOLS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY.
EVERY COMMUNICATION DECISION CONNECTS TO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS AND THE PROFILE OF A GRADUATE.
IT HELPS US MODEL EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AS A SYSTEM.
OUR WORK CENTERS ON THREE KEY OBJECTIVES.
FIRST, WE WANT TO ENHANCE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, SO INFORMATION IS CLEAR, ACCESSIBLE, AND EASY TO FIND.
SECOND, WE'RE STRENGTHENING PARTNERSHIPS AND TWO WAY COMMUNICATION WITH FAMILIES AND THE COMMUNITY.
THIRD, WE'RE ELEVATING THE PROFILE OF A GRADUATE BY EMBEDDING IT IN OUR STORYTELLING AND OUR CELEBRATIONS.
STRATEGY 1, WE ARE BUILDING A DISTRICT WIDE COMMUNICATIONS CALENDAR TO BRING CONSISTENCY AND PREDICTABILITY TO OUR MESSAGING.
WE'RE ALSO PROVIDING ADA COMPLIANCE AND ACCESSIBILITY GUIDANCE TO STAFF TO ENSURE ALL AUDIENCES CAN ENGAGE WITH OUR MATERIALS.
THAT'S AN ONGOING THING, WEE DO THAT PRETTY REGULARLY.
DATA FROM PARENTSQUARE, OUR WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA WILL CONTINUE TO GUIDE OUR IMPROVEMENTS, AND FINALLY TEMPLATES AND QUICK RESPONSE TOOLS HELP PRINCIPALS AND ADMINISTRATORS MANAGE TIME AND SENSITIVE COMMUNICATION MORE EFFICIENTLY.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS AT THE HEART OF THIS PLAN.
WE'RE TAKING A PROACTIVE APPROACH TO COMMUNICATIONS AROUND ADVISORY COMMITTEES, DISTRICT INITIATIVES LIKE BUDGETING AND FACILITIES PLANNING.
BY TELLING OUR STORY THROUGH SERIES LIKE FIVE GOOD THINGS, CSD NEWSROOM AND OUR MILLTOWN PRIDE AWARDS, WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING THE PARTNERSHIPS AND PEOPLE WHO MAKE CAMAS A SPECIAL PLACE TO WORK AND LEARN.
THE PROFILE OF A GRADUATE PROVIDES A COMMON LANGUAGE FOR WHAT WE WANT OUR STUDENTS TO KNOW AND BE ABLE TO DO.
THIS YEAR, WE'LL LAUNCH A PROFILE AND ACTION SERIES TO FEATURE STUDENTS AND STAFF WHO EXEMPLIFY THESE CHARACTERISTICS.
WE'LL ALSO PROVIDE SCHOOLS WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS TOOLKIT TO HELP EMBED PROFILE OF A GRAD IN NEWSLETTERS, DISPLAYS AND CELEBRATIONS IN A CONSISTENT WAY.
THE GOAL IS TO MAKE THE PROFILE VISIBLE AND LIVED ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
MEASURING OUR SUCCESS, WE'LL TRACK PROGRESS USING BOTH DATA AND FEEDBACK, ENGAGEMENT METRICS FROM OUR PLATFORMS, INPUT FROM FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY, EVIDENCE OF REDUCED COMMUNICATION BURDENS FOR BUILDING LEADERS AND ADMINISTRATORS.
WE'LL ALSO LOOK FOR SIGNS OF DEEPER CONNECTION, MORE PARTNERSHIPS, STRONGER PARTICIPATION, AND CLEARER ALIGNMENT TO OUR PROFILE OF A GRADUATE.
LIKE ALL GOOD COMMUNICATION PLANS, THIS PLAN IS A LIVING PLAN.
WE'LL REVIEW PROGRESS MID YEAR AND AT THE END OF THE YEAR, REFLECTING ON ANALYTICS, STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK, AND KEY EXAMPLES OF IMPACT.
EACH REFLECTION WILL INFORM NEXT YEAR'S STRATEGIES SO WE CAN
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CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVE HOW WE COMMUNICATE AND ENGAGE WITH OUR COMMUNITY.IN CLOSING, OUR COMMUNICATIONS WORK IS ABOUT CONNECTION BETWEEN SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES, BETWEEN STUDENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES AND BETWEEN OUR DISTRICT AND COMMUNITY.
AS WE MOVE INTO THE YEAR, WE'LL CONTINUE TO TELL STORIES THAT REFLECT BELONGING, EXCELLENCE AND GROWTH.
WE'LL KEEP COMMUNICATION CLEAR, CONSISTENT AND COMMUNITY CENTERED.
THANK YOU. MAY I ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS?
>> MAYBE IT'S ABOUT THE DATA DRIVEN.
I KNOW THERE'S SO MANY WAYS TO COMMUNICATE, SO MANY PATHS, BUT WE'VE NARROWED THE NUMBER OF PATHS SO YOU CAN GATHER THE DATA FOR THOSE ANALYTICS.
PARENTSQUARE IS A BIG ONE, FACEBOOK IS THE SECOND PRIMARY, LARGEST ONE FOR COMMUNITY GATHERING.
>> DEFINITELY, FACEBOOK, THAT AUDIENCE ARE OUR OLDER COMMUNITY MEMBERS, PEOPLE WHO HAVE WORKED HERE, PEOPLE WHO ARE ALUMNI, PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST TRYING TO KEEP THEIR FINGER ON THE PULSE OF THE DISTRICT.
THE PEOPLE WHO STILL HAVE STUDENTS IN OUR DISTRICT ARE MORE ON INSTAGRAM, AND THEY REALLY PREFER TO GET THEIR NEWS AND INFORMATION THROUGH PARENTSQUARE, AND THAT'S BEEN PRETTY LOUD AND CLEAR.
PARENTSQUARE, I WOULD SAY, IS OUR VERY BIGGEST DRIVER OF THOSE ANALYTICS.
>> IF I'M ON INSTAGRAM, IT'S USUALLY FOR THE STUDENTS.
CAMASONIAN, WHAT'S UP WEDNESDAYS OR WHATEVER THEY DO, I'M ALWAYS TRYING TO FOLLOW IT.
THAT'S BECAUSE I'VE HAD PEOPLE ASK, WELL, WHY DON'T WE HAVE THIS SOCIAL MEDIA OR THAT OR DIFFERENT WAY OF COMMUNICATING THAT COST TIME AND THEN YOU'D HAVE MORE DATA, BUT FROM A DISPARATE SET OF SOCIAL MEDIA. TRYING TO CONCENTRATE.
>> I FOLLOW ON INSTAGRAM BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE FACEBOOK ANYMORE, BUT THEN I CAN ALSO FOLLOW THE CAMASONIAN. THANK YOU.
YOU CAN FOLLOW THE SCHOOLS BECAUSE I DO FOLLOW THE CAMASONIAN OR THE ASB OR WHATEVER IS ON, I CAN GET ALL MY OTHER INFORMATION THAT WAY, TOO, BUT I DO APPRECIATE ALL THE STUFF THAT I SEE FROM YOU GUYS ON INSTAGRAM AS WELL SINCE I DON'T HAVE FACEBOOK ANYMORE.
I ALSO JUST LOVED ALL OF YOUR CONNECTIONS TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND THE PROFILE OF A GRADUATE AND HIGHLIGHTING THAT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE TALK ABOUT A LOT IS THAT PROFILE OF A GRADUATE.
I'M EXCITED TO SEE AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
I KNOW MATH AND I DID SOME EXIT INTERVIEWS WITH SENIORS LAST YEAR AND WE PUT THAT OUT IN FRONT OF THEM WE'RE HAVING THEM CHOOSE WHICH ONE DID THEY RESIGNATE WITH.
IT WAS THE FIRST TIME SOME OF THEM HAVE EVER SEEN THAT.
BUT I KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING IS GETTING THAT OUT THERE MORE.
HOPEFULLY, NEXT YEAR WHEN WE DO SOME OF THOSE, WE'LL SEE SOME MORE CONNECTIONS THERE TOO.
>> ABSOLUTELY, THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE?
>> WITH THAT, ITEM 4 A, DID YOU GUYS SEE THE TRAVEL REQUEST THAT WAS ADDED TO THE CONSENT AGENDA? ITEM 5 A IS PUBLIC COMMENTS.
[4. SYSTEMS/PATHWAYS Items Added to Agenda]
WE DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS HERE TONIGHT, BUT WE DID GET THREE WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENTS,[5. CULTURE - Public Comments]
WHICH ARE ALL PUT INTO THE RECORD, WHICH YOU ALL HAVE SEEN OR HOPEFULLY HAVE SEEN.MY ONE QUESTION IS, JOHN, THERE WAS ONE FROM THE STUDENT AT CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL ABOUT HER FITNESS CREDIT.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU OR KELLY, WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW UP WITH HER ON THAT.
I KNOW KELLY LEFT, BUT DID YOU SEE THAT ONE.
>> I RESPONDED AND KELLY DOES WELL, SO IT SHOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF.
WE ALSO INVITED THE STUDENT TO SPEAK DURING STUDENT PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT SHE WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT.
>> I'M GLAD YOU GUY FOLLOWED UP WITH HER.
>> MAYBE SOMETHING JUST TO SUGGEST.
IF WE HAVE STUDENT ATHLETES COME AGAIN, WE HAVE THE LEADERSHIP GROUP TO ASK THEM SPECIFICALLY TO MAYBE TALK TO STEPHEN.
AGAIN, IF THEY WANT TO COME AS A LEADERSHIP GROUP TO TALK ABOUT IT BECAUSE I KNOW THERE ARE VERY FEW DISTRICTS, BUT THERE ARE A FEW THAT HAVE DIRECTED ATHLETICS POLICIES THAT ALLOW SOME PORTION OF PE TO BE REMOVED, BUT IT'S AN EXTENSIVE PROCESS.
THERE'S A BURDEN TO THAT, THIS MIGHT BE GOOD FOR STUDENTS.
>> WERE YOU CONNECTED TO THAT EMAIL? I'LL MAKE SURE YOU SEE THAT AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 6 A, WHICH IS A STUDENT PLACEMENT AT INTERCHANGE CHRYSALIS.
[6. LEARNING]
YOU GUYS HAVE ALL SEEN THAT BEFORE YOU.IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, IF NOT, I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT?
>> I MOVED TO APPROVE STUDENT PLACEMENT INTERCHANGE FOR SALES PER AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 192,000 FOR THE 2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR.
>> THANK YOU, MATTHEW. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? ALL IN FAVOR?
>> ANY OPPOSED? THAT ONE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
WE DO HAVE ANOTHER STUDENT PLACEMENT AT THE FLORENCE ACADEMY.
SAME THING, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS,
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OTHERWISE, IT ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT ONE.>> I WILL, I MOVED TO APPROVE AN ADDITIONAL STUDENT PLACEMENT AT FLORENCE ACADEMY FOR AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF? IS THAT CORRECT? THE NUMBER IS WRONG IN THERE, IT SHOULD BE 300,000.
I RECOMMENDED THAT. FOR THE 2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR.
>> THANK YOU BOMANI FOR THE SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
>> ANY OPPOSED? THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
HOPEFULLY, YOU'VE ALL SEEN EVERYTHING ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
IF SO, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE.
[7. SYSTEMS/PATHWAYS: Consent Agenda]
>> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
>> ANY OPPOSED? THE CONSENT AGENDA PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
NEXT ON OUR AGENDA ITEM AA, WE HAVE A POLICY REVIEW FOR FIRST READING.
[8. SYSTEMS/PATHWAYS: Policies for First Reading]
I THINK IT HAS SOME CHANGES THAT ARE NEEDED TO COMPLY WITH SOME LAWS THAT WERE RECENTLY ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE.I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAD ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT OR WANTED TO MOVE THAT ONE THROUGH FIRST READING?
>> I WOULD MOVE FOR APPROVAL FOR FIRST READING.
>> THANK YOU, THAT'S POLICY 2021. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> THANK YOU, MATTHEW. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
>> ANY OPPOSED? THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
ITEM 9A, WE HAVE SOME POLICIES FOR SECOND READING.
[9. SYSTEMS/PATHWAYS: Policies for Second Reading & Adoption]
1310 POLICY ADOPTION MANUALS AND ADMINISTRATIONS PROCEDURES, 1815 ETHICAL CODE FOR SCHOOL DIRECTORS, 2230 TRANSITION TO KINDERGARTEN AND 3210 NONDISCRIMINATION.WE DID DISCUSS ALL THESE IN ONE OF OUR WORKSHOPS.
THIS IS FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.
>> I MOVED TO APPROVE POLICIES, 1111, 1310, 1815, 2230 AND 3210 AS PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.
>> THANK YOU BOMANI FOR THE SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THOSE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
>> ANY OPPOSED? THAT ALSO PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM 10A.
THIS IS A BOARD RESOLUTION 2502, WHICH IS GOING TO COMMIT SOME FUND BALANCE RESERVES FOR
[10. SYSTEMS/PATHWAYS: Informed and Responsible Use of Resources]
FACILITY MAINTENANCE FROM THE COMMUNITY EDUCATION.THIS ONE CAME ABOUT, I THINK YOU GUYS KNOW BECAUSE WE WERE DISCUSSING THE COMMUNITY ED GETS INCOME FOR RENTING OUT OUR FACILITIES, AND SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE PART OF THAT INCOME THAT THEY GET, I BELIEVE 50% OF IT AND PUT IT INTO A FACILITIES MAINTENANCE RESERVE JUST TO HELP WITH SOME OF THE MAINTENANCE ON THE FIELDS AND THE BUILDINGS THAT THEY RENT OUT FOR JUST TO HELP US WHEN WE HAVE TO START REPLACING TURFS OR LIGHTS OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
MANY WILL BACK INTO THAT SO THAT'S WHAT THIS BOARD RESOLUTION IS FOR.
>> REAL QUICK. THANK YOU, KIM AND HER TEAM FOR PUTTING US TOGETHER.
TRACEY REALLY INSPIRED THIS CONVERSATION.
OUR TEAM ALSO HAS PUT TOGETHER A PRIORITY LIST OF OUR WEAR AND TEAR, AND SO WE LOOKED AT THINGS FROM THE COMMUNITY ED PERSPECTIVE, WE LOOKED AT THINGS FROM COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVE, AND THEN WE'LL BE BRINGING THAT TO THE FACILITIES COMMITTEE IN DECEMBER TO REALLY LOOK AT WHERE TO SPEND SOME OF THAT MONEY.
YOU LOOK AT CERTAIN GYMS LIKE DOROTHY FOX, LIBERTY.
THEY GET USED LOT MORE THAN SOME OTHERS.
CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL IS ON A WHOLE OTHER LEVEL JUST BECAUSE OF THAT DAILY USE.
I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR THIS AND I THINK IT'LL BE REALLY TRANSPARENT FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO SEE EXACTLY WHERE THOSE COMMUNITY AD DOLLARS ARE GOING.
THANKS FOR THAT AND THANKS KIM FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER.
>> I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION.
>> I MOVED TO APPROVE BOARD RESOLUTION 2502 COMMITTED FUND BALANCE RESERVE FOR FACILITY MAINTENANCE FROM COMMUNITY EDUCATION, NET INCOME AS PRESENTED.
>> THANK YOU, CONNIE. IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT? ALL IN FAVOR?
>> ANY OPPOSED. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
>> WE DO HAVE ANOTHER BOARD RESOLUTION.
THIS IS 2503. THIS IS THE SALE OF SURPLUS REAL ESTATE.
IF YOU GUYS WILL REMEMBER, IF YOU WERE ON THE BOARD IN 2020, WE DID THIS EXACT SAME THING TO SURPLUS THE PROPERTY, WE CALL IT KARCHER.
I DON'T KNOW IT. BUT IS IT 20 ACRES?
IT'S OFF OF PACIFIC RIM AND PARKER.
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BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT SELLING THAT NOW AGAIN.WE JUST THOUGHT WE SHOULD REDO A RESOLUTION JUST SO WE CAN PUT IT BACK OUT THERE.
IT STILL IS SURPLUS PROPERTY, AND WE ARE LOOKING AT LISTING THAT FOR SALE. DID I GET ALL THAT?
>> YEAH, THAT WAS PERFECT. IT WAS ALSO DURING COVID.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS OUT THERE FOR NEW BOARD MEMBERS TO MAKE SURE THEY CHIMED IN.
IF THE RESOLUTION PASSES, THEN WE'LL TAKE IT TO THE NEXT STEP, WHICH WOULD BE A PUBLIC HEARING TO GIVE THE COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK YEAH OR NAY, AND HOPEFULLY THAT'LL BE CONNECTED TO OUR NOVEMBER BOARD MEETING.
THIS IS THAT FIRST STEP TO GET TO THAT POINT.
>> THE CLARITY IS WE STILL HAVE TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.
>> CORRECT. CAN'T JUST PUT A STAKE IN THE GROUND TOMORROW.
>> WE'RE NOT JUST SURPLUS SELLING.
WELL, I MOVED TO APPROVE BOARD RESOLUTION 2503, THE SALE OF SURPLUS REAL PROPERTY AS PRESENTED.
>> THANK YOU, MATTHEW. NOW, SECOND. THANK YOU, BOWMAN.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
>> ANY OPPOSED? THAT ALSO PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
>> JOHN, THAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING A PUBLIC HEARING THE END OF NOVEMBER AT SOME POINT.
>> NOVEMBER BOARD MEET IN 24TH.
TYPICALLY, WE'LL START A REGULAR BOARD MEETING, ADJOURN, GO TO PUBLIC HEARING, AND THEN REASSUME THE MEETING IF THAT'S WHAT TRACY AND THE BOARD WANTS.
>> NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM 10C, AND THIS IS A LEASE FOR PACIFIC AUTOMATION, SKYRIGE.
I BELIEVE WE'RE REPLACING SOME OLD OUTDATED COPIERS AT SKYRIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
>> SHERMAN, IF YOU WANT TO CHIME IN ON THIS.
THIS WAS PART OF THE BUDGET REDUCTION PROCESS WHEN WE CLOSED THE CENTRALIZED COPY CENTER, MOVE THAT WORK EITHER BACK TO THE SCHOOLS AND OR TO ESD, AND SEVERAL OF OUR PRINCIPALS FELT THAT THE RIZZO MACHINE IS JUST VERY FAST AND EFFICIENT, AND WE THINK WE HAD SOME PRETTY GOOD PRICES ON THAT.
>> THEY JUST WANT TO REPLACE RIZZO, THE COST TO HAVE SOMEONE JUST COME OUT AND LOOK AT IT WAS $100, AND IT'S JUST AT THE END OF LIFE.
WE'RE JUST REPLACING IT LIKE WE DID WITH THE [INAUDIBLE]
>> THANK YOU. IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THAT.
>> I MOVE TO APPROVE A NEW LEASE, SO COPIER FOR SKYRIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL WITH LEASE COST OF $85 A MONTH FOR A 56 MONTH TERM.
THE GENERAL FUND WILL COVER THE COST OF THIS EXPENSE.
>> THANK YOU, BOWMAN. DO I HAVE A SECOND.
>> THANK YOU, MATTHEW. IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
>> ANY OPPOSED. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
I THINK SHERMAN IS JUST GOING TO HANG OUT THERE BECAUSE MOST OF THESE ARE SHERMAN'S.
OUR NEXT ITEM 10D IS CHROMEBOOK LEASE PURCHASE WITH INSIGHT FINANCIAL SERVICES.
IS THERE ANYTHING WE NEED TO KNOW ON THAT ONE, SHERMAN?
>> THIS WILL BE REPLACING THE SIXTH GRADE GOING INTO SIXTH GRADE, THE NINTH GRADE, AND THEN WE HAVE THE TENTH GRADE.
WE JUST HAVE THOSE ONES WE HAVEN'T REPLACED YET.
WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE COST LESS THAN WE PAID LAST YEAR.
AS YOU KNOW, WE BUY A YEAR OLD MODEL.
MOST SCHOOLS HIT IN THE $300 RANGE, WE HIT ABOUT 180.
>> I ALMOST DIDN'T BELIEVE THAT NUMBER WHEN I SAW IT.
>> WE DO AMAZING WORKS SHERMAN AND OF COURSE, THIS IS ALL COMING OUT OF OUR TECHNOLOGY LEVY FUNDS, SO GREAT JOB ON THAT.
I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION, IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE.
>> I MOVED TO APPROVE THE NEW LEASE OF THE CHROME BOOKS FOR WHAT IS IT? LOOKS LIKE THE TOTAL IS $400,050 FOR 56 MONTH LEASE WITH INSIDE FINANCIAL SERVICES.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED THE REST OF THAT.
AS PRESENTED, IT COMES OUT OF THE TECH LEVY FUNDS.
>> THANK YOU, CONNIE. THERE'S A MOUTHFUL.
>> THAT'S ON A SUGAR. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
>> ANY OPPOSED? THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM 10E, WHICH IS SAMSUNG TELEVISION DISPLAYS, WHICH I THINK THEY MENTIONED THIS WHEN WE WERE IN DO FOX I THINK IS WHERE IT WAS.
THEY HAD THE SMALLER OR OLDER ONES AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY'RE GETTING THE BIGGER ONES.
THAT WILL BE IN THE CLASSROOM.
[INAUDIBLE] IN DOWN IN PRICED A LOT.
THERE ARE OVER. WE GOT A COMPANY TO GIVE US $50 FOR THE OLD ONE.
WE'LL BE DOING DO FOX. [INAUDIBLE]
>> NICE. THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT BECAUSE WE HEARD ABOUT IT WHEN WE WERE THERE.
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I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SAMSUNG TELEVISION DISPLAYS.>> I MOVED TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF 75 SAMSUNG 75 INCH TELEVISION DISPLAYS WITH ODP BUSINESS SOLUTIONS IN THE AMOUNT OF $55,375, INCLUDING SHIPPING PLUS APPLICABLE TAX.
THE PURCHASE WILL BE FUNDED THROUGH TECHNOLOGY LEVY FUNDS.
>> THANK YOU, MATTHEW. DO I HAVE A SECOND?
>> THANK YOU, BOWMAN. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE TELEVISIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
>> ANY OPPOSED? THAT ALSO PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
NEXT, WE'RE MOVING ON TO 10F, WHICH IS THE TURF REPLACEMENT AT DOC HARRIS STADIUM.
DO YOU WANT TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THAT, SHERMAN?
>> YES. I THINK THE TURF WAS REPLACED WHEN THE REMODEL HAPPENED DOC HARRIS WAS 2011.
IT DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
WE'RE ASKING TO REPLACE IT WITH GREEN [INAUDIBLE] ALSO HAS THE CARD THEN HAVING THE ABILITY FOR STEVEN IN HIS GROUP TO LOOK AT FUNDRAISING FOR THE END ZONES.
>> ARE WE NOT GOING TO DO ANY FUNDRAISING FOR THE C. BECAUSE I KNOW OUR BOOSTERS GENEROUSLY DONATED THE C FOR CARDIN FIELD.
>> WE HAVE REALLY TILL THE SUMMER UNTIL IT GOES IN [OVERLAPPING]
>> WE WENT BACK AND FORTH ON THE C WITH THE TEAM.
YOU KNOW, WE FELT LIKE MOST OF THE DISTRICTS AROUND DO HAVE A LOGO IN THE CENTER? WE CURRENTLY DON'T.
THAT WAS A RELATIVELY SMALLER ADD ON.
WE CAN DEFINITELY SEE IF THE BOOSTERS OR THERE'S OTHER PARTNERS THAT CAN HELP WITH THAT.
I THINK OUR BIGGER CONCERN WITH THE END ZONE PRICES AS WELL AS THE UNDERLAYMENT, WHICH WE HAVE NOT DONE AT CARDIN BEFORE.
SHERMAN, I KNOW, AND HIS TEAM DID A LOT OF RESEARCH ON THAT, AND FOR US IT DIDN'T SEEM TO HAVE ENOUGH BANG FOR THE BUCK.
I THINK IT WAS OVER $100,000 ADD ON.
CONNIE TO SHERMAN'S NO, FOR THE UNDERLAYMENT.
[OVERLAPPING] FOR THE C, IT'S ABOUT $18,000, AND THAT'S ABOUT WHAT IT COST AT CARDIN, AND THE BOOSTERS DID PICK THAT UP.
BUT, WE WILL DEFINITELY TALK TO STEPHEN ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
>> OUR TEAM, LIKE I SAID, OUR TEAM CAME BACK TOGETHER AFTER WE ORIGINALLY SAID, NO, AND WE DID SOME HOMEWORK ON THE OTHER DISTRICTS, AND WE FELT LIKE IT WASN'T GOING TO HURT TOO MUCH TO ADD IT, SO WE DO WANT TO INCLUDE IT AND SEE IF THE BOOSTERS OR OTHER PARTS CAN HELP WITH THE OTHER PARTS.
>> WHAT'S THE COST OF AGAIN [OVERLAPPING]
>> BUT AGAIN, IF THE BOARD WANTS TO PULL THAT AND GIVE US SOME MORE TIME TO SHERMAN'S POINT TO LOOK, WE COULD DO THAT.
OUR RECOMMENDATION RIGHT NOW WOULD BE TO ADD THE C. BUT AGAIN, IF THE BOARD WANTS TO GIVE US SOME MORE TIME ON THAT ONE, THAT'S FINE.
>> I JUST FEEL LIKE IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME DONATIONS OR FUND RAISING FOR THE C, I WOULD BE MUCH MORE INTO THAT RATHER THAN TRYING TO RAISE $50,000 TO DO COLORED END ZONES, WHICH I THINK, THAT'S GREAT IF MONEY WERE NO OBJECT, BUT IN THIS TIME OF BUDGET SHORTFALLS AND EVERYTHING, OUR GREEN END ZONE SEEMED JUST FINE TO ME.
IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A C IN THE MIDDLE.
WE CAN STILL PLAY GAMES ON THERE, AND PEOPLE KNOW WE'RE CAMAS.
TO GET SOMEBODY TO HELP US WITH THAT C WOULD BE FABULOUS.
IF NOT, OF COURSE, WE CAN LOOK AT THAT.
NOT SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THE SPENDING THAT MONEY ON AN END ZONE.
>> WE 1,000% AGREE ON END ZONES AND THE UNDERLAYMENT.
WE WERE TORN ON THE C. AGAIN, IF THE BOARD WANTS US TO REVISIT THAT PIECE, WE WILL.
I THINK THE MAIN THING TODAY IS THE TURF SO WE CAN GET THE BALL ROLLING ON THAT ORDER.
>> THEN SORRY, JUST TO CIRCLE BACK AROUND THE UNDERLAYMENT WE FOUND OUT, DOESN'T REALLY HAVE IT IMPACTS THE LIFE OF THE TURF, BUT NOT THE SAFETY OF THE TURF FOR OUR PLAYERS, CORRECT?
>> WHEN THEY DID STUDIES, INDEPENDENT STUDIES, THEY ACTUALLY FOUND ONE OF THE STUDIES WHERE THE INJURIES ACTUALLY INCREASE.
BECAUSE YOU CAN THINK IF IT'S THICKER TWIST AN ANKLE OR STUFF LIKE THAT.
THERE'S ENOUGH PROVEN ON IT RIGHT NOW.
>> I DIDN'T DO IT AT CARD IN AND IT'S A NEWER ADD ON, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO EVER PUT OUR KIDS IN JEOPARDY, BUT TO SHERMAN'S POINT, FOR THAT PRICE, WE DON'T WANT TO SEE MORE TORN ACLS.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT COLLEGE IN NFL, TORN ACLS, ACHILLES, THEY'RE ALL UP, AND SOME FEEL IT'S BECAUSE OF THAT TECHNOLOGY UNDERNEATH THE TURF.
BUT THE STUDIES ARE STILL OUT ON THAT, SO I WOULD BE CAUTIOUS ABOUT THAT PIECE.
>> THE LAST TIME THIS WAS DONE IN IT WAS 2011?
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>> I ASSUME WE DO TESTING ON THESE TURF, AS FAR AS CONCUSSION PROTOCOLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
>> I GET IT TESTED, THEY LIKE THE RUBBER.
THEY MAKE SURE IT HAS THE IMPACT TO BE SAFE.
>> I KNOW THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT LAST RESOLUTION THAT WE PASSED IS HELPFUL FOR BECAUSE I KNOW WE RENT OUT THOSE SPACES A LOT.
SOME OF THAT MONEY CAN HELP COME BACK TO HELP PAY FOR SOME OF THESE THINGS WHEN THE TIME COMES.
I THINK THAT'S A GREAT MOVE THAT WE DID THAT PART.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS WANT TO DISCUSS ANY MORE OF THE C OR NOT THE C. I KNOW AS FAR AS WE DON'T HAVE TO APPROVE THE C OR THE END ZONES TODAY, WE CAN ALWAYS COME BACK AND SAY, WE WANT THE C AND WE'LL PAY FOR THAT OR WE CAN SEE WHATEVER WE CAN FUND RAISE.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT DISCUSSION YOU GUYS WANT TO HAVE ON THAT.
>> THE TURF NEEDS TO BE REPLACED FOR SAFETY, SO THAT'S A GIVEN.
THE LOGO IS 3% OR LESS OF THE TWO UNDER 3%.
I THINK TO ME IT'S ALMOST A GIVEN.
THE OTHER COSTS ARE THERE ARE NOT NECESSARY.
IT DOESN'T FOCUS TO OUR PRIMARY, WHICH IS STUDENT SAFETY.
BUT TO ME, THE LOGO IS IT'S A GIVEN.
IF WE CAN FIND FUNDING OR IF AGAIN, THE BOOSTERS OR OTHERS WOULD LIKE TO FUND THAT, I THINK THAT WOULD BE THAT'S IN THEIR PREROGATIVE.
>> BUT I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE TURF AND THE PURCHASE OF THE TURF AND GO AHEAD WITH THE TURF.
LIKE YOU SAID, WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE THE DECISION ON ANY OTHER ADD ONS UNTIL LATER.
>> CONNIE'S MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE TURF ONLY WITHOUT THE C AT THIS TIME, RIGHT? OKAY.
>> DO I HAVE A SECOND ON THAT ONE.
>> JUST TO CLARIFY THAT DEMAND THAT THE PURCHASE WILL BE FUNDED THROUGH CAPITAL LEVY FUNDS.
THAT'S ON THERE, SO WE CAN CLARIFY THAT.
I WOULD SECOND THAT MOTION TO APPROVE THE TURF REPLACEMENT AND FIND AN ALTERNATIVE FOR THE C.
>> OR DECIDE TO PAY FOR IT LATER.
>> BUT YEAH, AT A MINIMUM, SO WE HAVE THAT COMMITTED.
>> IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SHERMAN, YOU GUYS WILL COME BACK TO US BEFORE WE HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION.
YOU'LL COME BACK AND BE LIKE, WE HAVE TO KNOW BY THE NEXT BOARD MEETING, WHETHER WE'RE PAYING FOR IT OR WE'RE FUND RAISING FOR THAT.
>> ANY OPPOSED? GREAT. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THANK YOU. SHERMAN, YOU GOT ANOTHER ONE HERE.
THIS IS A MACKAY SPOSITO CHANGE ORDER 2, AND I BELIEVE THIS IS DUE TO SOME FIRE SEPARATION STANDARDS BETWEEN THE DOME AND THE FIELD HOUSE, SOME CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE THERE, CORRECT?
>> WE FOUND OUT FROM THE CITY, YOU HAVE TO HAVE FEET BETWEEN BUILDINGS BETWEEN THE TENNIS COMPLEX AND THE FIELD HOUSE.
TO GET THAT, WE HAD TO MOVE THE COMPLEX DOWN 60 FEET BECAUSE IT WAS GOING TO BE 20 FEET.
WE HAD TO MOVE UP 40 MORE FEET DOWN.
INSTEAD OF HAVING THE VESTIBULE AT THE END, WE'RE MOVING IT TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER.
BECAUSE WE'RE MAKING THAT MOVE, WE HAD TO HAVE THE DRAWINGS REDONE TO SUBMIT THAT TO THE CITY.
>> I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MACKAY SPOSITO CHANGE ORDER.
>> I MOVED TO APPROVE THE CHANGE ORDER 2 FROM MACKAY SPOSITO TOTALING $18,200 FOR THE CAMPUS HIGH SCHOOL COVER TENNIS FACILITY PROJECT.
>> THANK YOU, MATTHEW. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THIS IS COMING TO CAPITAL, CORRECT? THANK YOU. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
>> ANY OPPOSED? THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
AND SHERMAN, LAST ONE FOR THE NIGHT, 10H IS THE CRISISGO CONTRACT RENEWAL.
>> THAT'S THE SAFETY SOFTWARE THAT WE USE FOR THE BUILDINGS WHEN THERE'S AN EVENT.
IT SAVES US ABOUT $5,000 PER YEAR IF WE DO A THREE YEAR CONTRACT.
THIS ALSO HOOKS INTO ZERO THE GUN DETECTION THAT WE HAVE.
>> THANK YOU. I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CRISIS GO RENEWAL.
>> I MOVED TO APPROVE THE CHANGE SORRY, I KEEP CLICKING ON THE WRONG.
>> YES. THE NEW CRISISGO CONTRACT FOR AN ANNUAL COST OF $30,153.75.
IT DOESN'T SAY THE FUNDING SOURCE IS THAT JUST GENERAL FUND.
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>> TECHNOLOGY LEVY. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> THANK YOU, BOWMAN. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
>> ANY OPPOSED. THAT ALSO PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
WITH ALL OF THAT, WE ARE DONE.
I WILL JOIN THE MEETING AT 7:06.
>> THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.