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GOOD EVENING. WELCOME. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
[2. CULTURE]
SO STAND IF YOU'RE ABLE. AND IT'S GOING TO BE LED BY COREY OR BY BAMINI SORRY. IT'S OKAY. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THANK YOU BAMINI. WE'RE NOW GOING TO DO OUR LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT, AND WE WILL BE LED BY COREY.
ALL RIGHT AND THAT THE CHINOOK ARE STILL FIGHTING TO BE A FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBE ON THEIR OWN LAND.
THANK YOU COREY. WELL, GOOD EVENING. OUR FAVORITE PART OF THE MEETING INVOLVES OUR STUDENTS, AND WE WERE SCHEDULED TO HAVE A STUDENT REPORT FROM DOROTHY FOX BY EVAN.
IS EVAN HERE? COME ON UP, EVAN, IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THE MICROPHONE THERE AND JUST TALK INTO THAT.
WELCOME. IS THAT GOOD FOR YOU? YEAH. THAT'S GREAT.
WHILE MY FAVORITE SUBJECT IS MATH. THE BEST PART OF OUR SCHOOL IS THE CULTURE.
IT'S A PLACE WHERE EVERYONE IS KIND AND SUPPORTIVE TO EACH OTHER.
THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT MAKE DOROTHY FOX SPECIAL.
WE STAY CONNECTED THROUGH THE FOX MORNING NEWS AND WE GET TO DO UNIQUE ACTIVITIES LIKE TAIKO, DRUMMING AND PHOTOGRAPHY. OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL, I PLAYED CLUB SOCCER, WHICH HAS TAUGHT ME A LOT ABOUT TEAMWORK.
IN MY LAST TWO YEARS OF SLT, WE HAVE MADE SOME GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENTS SUCH AS WE MADE SOME GROUP HANGOUT AREAS FOR KIDS TO TALK AT RECESS, AND WE STOCK OUR OUTSIDE COVERED AREA WITH FUN ACTIVITIES.
SOME OF THE JOBS ON SLT ARE BEING CLASS REPRESENTATIVES, TECH TEAM AND PRINCIPALS, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
A REALLY COOL RECENT SCHOOL WIDE PROJECT WAS OUR VALENTINE'S DAY CARD DRIVE.
THIS IS THE 3RD OF THIS HOLIDAY PARTNERSHIP WITH A NEW BY SENIOR LIVING CENTER.
EACH GRADE WAS PAIRED WITH A CLASSROOM IN A DIFFERENT GRADE.
5TH WAS THE 2ND GRADE, 4TH WAS HIS 1ST, AND 3RD WAS WITH KINDY.
OUR WHOLE SCHOOL WROTE VALENTINES FOR THE SENIORS AT KENT PLACE.
THEN AFTE ALL THE VALENTINES WERE DONE. THE SLT WALKED TO KENT PLACE, A LOCAL, A LOCAL SENIOR LIVING CENTER AND DELIVERED THEM TO THE SENIORS. SEEING THE REACTIONS OF SENIORS WAS THE BEST PART.
IT SHOWED US THAT EVEN A SIMPLE CARD CAN MAKE SOMEONE FEEL SPECIAL.
WHILE WE WERE AT KENT PLACE, I INTERVIEWED TWO OF THE RESIDENTS.
THEY WERE VERY KIND TO SHARE THEIR STORIES WITH ME.
MISS MOLLY WAS BORN AND RAISED IN HAWAII AND WORKED AND WORKED IN A PINEAPPLE CANNERY.
AND MISS JANET IS FROM CONNECTICUT AND STILL IS A MENTAL HEALTH NURSE.
AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES OUR TOWN SO GREAT. THE SENIORS WERE VERY APPRECIATIVE, AND IT SHOWED ME THAT OUR SCHOOL CAN REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF OUR SCHOOL WALLS. IN CONCLUSION, MY TIME AT DOROTHY FOX AND ON THE STUDENT LEADERSHIP TEAM HAS TAUGHT ME THAT BEING A LEADER IS ABOUT LISTENING TO OTHERS AND FINDING WAYS TO GIVE BACK.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ALL YOU DO FOR OUR AMAZING CAMAS SCHOOLS.
[APPLAUSE] WAY TO GO, EVAN. THANK YOU EVAN. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR EVAN? WE'RE GOOD. EVAN WE MIGHT HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.
YEAH, WE GOT A QUESTION. ALWAYS HAVE QUESTIONS.
SO THANK YOU. WE DON'T GET THE TWO YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE.
I DON'T THINK WE'VE HAD ANY ELEMENTARY REPORTS. ALTHOUGH THE FOX PACK DID COME LAST MONTH AND PLAY FOR US, SO THAT WAS GREAT. BUT MAYBE TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS PAIRING UP THIS BUDDY SYSTEM.
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LIKE, WHAT ARE THE THINGS DO YOU DO WITH YOUR WITH, YOU KNOW, THIS BUDDY SYSTEM WITH SOME OF THE YOUNGER STUDENTS? LIKE WHAT ARE THEIR ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR YOU DO? SO WE'VE DONE SOME FUN ACTIVITIES WITH THE YOUNGER KIDS.LIKE THEY'RE SOMETIMES LIKE DRESS UP DAYS OR LIKE FUN STUFF THAT WE DO TOGETHER.
LIKE SOMETIMES OUR TEACHERS GET TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER CLASS AND DO FUN STUFF LIKE WE DID A FAVORITE COLOR DAY. AND LIKE, EVERYBODY WORE THEIR FAVORITE COLOR AND LIKE, YEAH, WE CAME TO OUR GROUPS AND LIKE, GOT TOGETHER AND YEAH, IT WAS FUN WITH THE 2ND GRADERS.
BUT IT'S NEAT THAT YOU HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
THEY THINK A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY. YEAH, COOL. AWESOME.
I JUST WAS CURIOUS. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE DONE BECAUSE YOU SAID YOU'RE ON THE PRINCIPAL'S LEADERSHIP TEAM, RIGHT? OR WHAT WAS IT CALLED? WAS IT PRINCIPAL LEADERSHIP TEAM? ABOUT THERE? WHAT KIND OF DECISIONS DO YOU MAKE THERE? WELL, WE MAKE.
THEY'RE DIFFERENT SOMETIMES. LIKE WE HAVE A FOX POSITIVES BIN, WHICH IS LIKE WHEN PEOPLE ARE GOOD, LIKE, TEACHERS CAN GIVE THEM FOX POSITIVES AND THEN YOU CAN PUT THEM IN BOXES FOR DRAWINGS LIKE GET PICKED TO DO SOMETHING SPECIAL AND. YEAH. AND THEN AFTER, LIKE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, ALL THE PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T GET PICKED GO INTO THIS BIG POOL. AND THEN WHEN, LIKE WE HAVE THIS BOX AND WHEN THE BOX GETS TO THE TOP, WE HAVE A BIG PARTY. SO WE'RE DOING STUFF WITH THAT.
SO YEAH. THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU EVAN. GREAT JOB.
GREAT JOB. [APPLAUSE] THAT'S AWESOME. CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL.
DO WE HAVE EMILY AND JACK OR? YES. THANK YOU.
YEAH, YOU CAN RAISE THAT AND JUST TALK FROM THERE [LAUGHTER] JACK PARBON. MY NAME'S EMILY PARKER.
WE'RE HERE AT REPRESENTING CAMAS ASB. SO TO START OFF, WE HAD A GLOW DANCE ON FEBRUARY 7TH, WHICH INCLUDED BADMINTON, DODGEBALL, MINI GOLF, AND DANCING ALL GLOW IN THE DARK.
AND IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. EVERYONE THERE REALLY ENJOYED IT.
AS WELL AS THAT, WE HAD A ICE SKATING EVENT SLASH FUNDRAISER AT THE MOUNTAIN VIEW ICE ARENA RIGHT BEFORE MID-WINTER BREAK, AND ALMOST 70 STUDENTS ATTENDED, INCLUDING MS. O'ROURKE, MR. BARANOWSKI AND MS. HARBIN. ON TOP OF THAT, THERE WAS A DISCO BALL THAT DROPPED HALFWAY THROUGH, WHICH MADE THE EVENT EVEN MORE SPECIAL. WAS IT PLANNED TO DROP OR JUST DROP? BY SURPRISE. OH. [LAUGHTER]. WE ALSO ARE PLANNING THE RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS WEEK NEXT WEEK ON BEHALF OF ASB.
AND THIS IS REALLY ANTICIPATED BECAUSE IT'S JUST A WAY TO CAUSE A RIPPLE EFFECT OF KINDNESS, ESPECIALLY DURING SUCH A DREARY TIME OF THE YEAR.
AND WE ARE ALSO PLANNING A MULTICULTURAL WEEK A COUPLE WEEKS AFTER.
AND THIS IS JUST ANOTHER WAY THAT WE CAN INVOLVE MANY STUDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL, AND ENSURE THAT EVERYONE IS SEEN, HEARD AND REPRESENTED. ANOTHER THING THAT'S COMING UP HERE IS OUR THEATER PROGRAM IS PUTTING ON THE PLAY URINETOWN, WHICH IS GOING TO BE ON MARCH 20TH, AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED.
AND NOW THEY'RE ACTUALLY MOVING ON TO REGIONALS AS WELL. AND THEN MOCK TRIAL ALSO GOT 3RD.
AND NOW THEY QUALIFIED FOR THE STATE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A VERY LONG TIME.
SO IT'S BEEN SUPER EXCITING FOR THEM. ON TOP OF THAT, OUR DECA PROGRAM HAS DONE VERY WELL SO FAR.
AND NOW THEY'VE BEEN PREPARING TO GO TO STATE THIS WEEKEND AT BELLEVUE, AND WE'RE HOPING TO SEND A LOT OF STUDENTS ON TO INTERNATIONALS. ON TOP OF THAT, WE'VE HAD SOME FCCLA. IT'S A CLUB HERE AT CAMAS, AND THEY SOLD CRUSHES FOR VALENTINE'S DAY, AND IT WAS A FUNDRAISER BEFORE BREAK. AND IT WAS A COOL WAY TO SHOW STUDENTS HOW MUCH YOU APPRECIATED THEM.
CHOIR HAS ALSO BEEN FUNDRAISING FOR THEIR TRIP TO LA, AND THEY DID THE MUCH AWAITED SERENADES WHERE THEY CAME TO EACH CLASSROOM AND SERENADED STUDENTS FOR $10, WHICH WAS SUPER EXCITING. ALONG WITH THAT, RED CROSS ALSO HAD A BLOOD DRIVE ON FEBRUARY 6TH AND THIS WAS SUPER SUCCESSFUL AND GAVE MUCH NEEDED BLOOD. YEAH. NOW ON TO SPORTS. OUR GIRLS BOWLING TEAM SENT TWO GIRLS TO STATE WHO BOTH DID VERY WELL AND THE SEASON ENDED LAST JANUARY.
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IT WAS AWESOME TO SEE THEM GO. AND THEN WITH DANCE.GIRLS BASKETBALL CONCLUDED THEIR SEASON LAST WEEKEND, FALLING ONE GAME SHORT OF STATE.
HOWEVER, THE GIRLS PLAYED REALLY STRONG AND WERE SUPER PROUD OF THEM.
BOYS SWIM ALSO DID VERY WELL AND TENZIN KELSANG PLAYED PLACED 6TH IN THE 100 YARD BREASTSTROKE AND ARNAV KRISHNA BROKE THE SCHOOL RECORD FOR THE 100 BACKSTROKE. WOW OUR TEAM PLACED 3RD AT STATE THIS PAST WEEKEND WITH SUPER STRONG PERFORMANCES FROM OLIVIA MAGUIRE, MADDIE BOHAC, BRYE NUIS AND ADDY TURNAGE. ON TOP OF THAT, OUR BOYS BASKETBALL QUALIFY FOR STATE.
AND THEIR NEXT GAME IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT IS THIS FRIDAY AT CHS VERSUS WOODINVILLE AT 08:00 P.M.
BOYS WRESTLING DID VERY GOOD AT STATE AND WE PLACED OVERALL 5TH, AS WELL AS HAVING TWO STATE CHAMPIONS, ALEC FRAZIER AND KANNON FRECHETTE, WHO BOTH DID VERY WELL.
OH, AND LASTLY, GIRLS WRESTLING. AVERY VEGA PLACED 3RD AND SOPHIA ROBARGE PLAYED 6TH THAT STATE.
THANK YOU. WAY TO GO. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. THAT WAS VERY THOROUGH. AND I LOVE HOW YOU HAVE SUCH A WELL-ROUNDED REPORT.
THANK YOU. THE CULTURAL FESTIVAL I BELIEVE NOT TWO WEEKS FROM NOW, BUT THREE WEEKS FROM NOW.
IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF MARCH. OKAY, KELLY, YOU'LL SEND US A NOTE ON THAT REMIND US.
A STUDENT REPORT FROM ODYSSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL. IS SOPHIA COOK IN ATTENDANCE? WE DON'T HAVE SOPHIA. ANYBODY ELSE FROM ODYSSEY? THEN WE HAVE A STUDENT REPORT FROM CAMAS DRAMA.
I THOUGHT THAT MIGHT BE YOU. THERE IS NOT A DISCOVERY REPORT ON HERE.
WE COULD. OH, WE COULD. SORRY, IT'S NOT ON MY PRINTED ONE.
OKAY. HI. WE'RE HERE REPRESENTING CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL DRAMA.
ALL OF US ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PRODUCTION. THE SPRING MUSICAL.
BUT ARE ALSO IN THE DRAMA CLUB AND IN THESPIANS.
SO YEAH. SO ABOUT OUR SHOW. THIS IS AN AMAZING SHOW.
URINETOWN THE MUSICAL. WE ARE PERFORMING MARCH 20TH, 21ST, 27TH AND 28TH AT OUR THEATER AT CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR A WHILE.
IT'S TURNING OUT TO BE PRETTY COOL. TWO MONTHS? WE IT'S. FOR US IT'S JUST REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO DO THE THINGS THAT WE DO. AND ONE WAY WE DO THAT IS JUST BY SELLING TICKETS TO OUR SHOW.
SO I KNOW A FEW OF US WERE WANTING TO SPEAK ABOUT SOME OF THE REASONS WHY YOU WANTED TO COME.
WHY YOU MIGHT WANT TO COME SEE OUR SHOW. SO, JESSIE.
I THINK THE FIRST THING THAT I FIND REALLY COOL IS TO SEE ALL OF YOU ACTUALLY COMING TO THE SHOWS.
I'VE SPENT A DECENT AMOUNT OF TIME WORKING ON EVERY PART OF THE THEATER, WHICH MEANS I'VE ALSO WORKED HOUSE CREW AND HANDING OUT PROGRAMS. AND RIGHT NOW WE ALL KNOW AT LEAST A. I MEAN, 2 OR 3 PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE HANDING OUT PROGRAMS, WHO ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO TELL US IF ANY OF YOU GUYS ARE ABLE TO SHOW UP.
AND IT'S REALLY COOL TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SUCH A STRONG SUPPORT SYSTEM IN OUR DISTRICT OF PROFESSIONALS AND MENTORS AND TEACHERS AND JUST ADULTS WHO ARE IN SUPPORT OF THE ARTS AND WHO ARE COMING TO SEE OUR SHOWS AND SEE WHAT WE SPEND OUR TIME DOING IN THE DISTRICT OUTSIDE OF JUST THE ACADEMICS.
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IMPERFECT OPPORTUNITIES THAT, LIKE BEING IN DRAMA CAN OFFER.LIKE IT TEACHES YOU SO MANY SKILLS LIKE TEAMWORKING.
AND WE ALL CAME TOGETHER AND WE PLANNED ALL OF THIS, AND IT TEACHES YOU LIKE GOOD MEMORIZING SKILLS FOR ALL THOSE LINES YOU HAVE TO MEMORIZE AND.
JUST LIKE, IT'S JUST AN AMAZING PROGRAM AND I'M SO GLAD THAT I GET TO BE PART OF IT AND EVERYONE ELSE GETS TO BE A PART OF IT. AND I'VE IT'S BECOME LIKE KIND OF LIKE A SECOND FAMILY TO ME.
I KNOW THAT I COULD, I DO I GET TO COME TO PRACTICE AND HANG OUT WITH SOME OF MY FAVORITE PEOPLE I WASN'T TOLD I WAS GOING TO BE DOING THIS, BUT [LAUGHTER] I JUST GOT TO TALK ABOUT THE SHOW FOR A MOMENT.
AMAZING SHOW. IT'S A COMEDY, A DRAMA. IT'S EVERYTHING YOU WANT A BROADWAY SHOW TO BE AND MORE.
[LAUGHTER]. I, I HAVE WHEN I, WHEN I WAS FIRST WATCHING THROUGH THE MUSICAL AND STUFF, I WAS LIKE, OH, OH, I'M GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF FUN WITH THIS BECAUSE IT'S JUST SUCH A FUN MUSICAL TO WATCH AND BE IN.
CAST IS, LIKE, LITERALLY MY SECOND FAMILY. LIKE, I SPEND MORE TIME WITH THE CAST THAN I DO AT HOME LATELY BECAUSE WE'RE AT SCHOOL AND THEN WE GO TO REHEARSAL. BUT I LOVE IT, AND I WOULDN'T TRADE IT FOR ANYTHING.
WE COME IN ON SATURDAYS AND WE BUILD THE SET AND IT TAKES FOREVER.
SO GREAT PROGRAM I'M GETTING OVER THE FLU, SO IT'S GOING TO BE A BIT ROUGH, BUT SO I PERSONALLY AM A PRETTY ACADEMIC BASED STUDENT, SO ESPECIALLY IN MY FRESHMAN YEAR, I WASN'T ABLE TO TAKE ANY ART CLASSES BECAUSE I WAS TAKING LIKE, MARKETING AND JAPANESE, WHICH ARE BOTH REALLY GOOD CLASSES.
SO THOSE WERE WHERE A LOT OF MY FRIENDS WERE.
BUT THROUGH CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL THEATER, I REALLY MET A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM THE SCHOOL.
AND SOME OF THESE PEOPLE, I WOULD SAY ARE MY CLOSEST FRIENDS NOW.
SO AFTER DOING THEATER FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS HERE AT CAMAS IT HAS BEEN SUCH AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE.
AND OVERALL, LIKE THROUGHOUT MY LIFE. I'VE BEEN DOING THEATER FOR 11 YEARS SINCE I WAS 7 DOWN AT JOURNEY THEATER, METROPOLITAN PERFORMING ARTS. BUT CAMAS HAS A REALLY UNIQUE KIND OF CULTURE TO IT WHERE BECAUSE YOU'RE PRACTICING EVERY SINGLE DAY AFTER SCHOOL, YOU GET REALLY CLOSE WITH YOUR CASTMATES. AND I THINK, LIKE I FORGOT WHO SAID IT, BUT LIKE A BIG FAMILY, IT'S REALLY COOL. SO IT'S JUST A GREAT PROGRAM AND I ENJOY BEING HERE EVERY DAY.
SO ALL OF THIS TO SAY, THIS PRODUCTION, THIS DEPARTMENT, IT IS ALL IN JUST YEAH.
IT'S JUST WHAT MAKES OUR COMMUNITY SO GREAT. THEATER IS NEEDED.
THEATER TELLS A STORY. THEATER IS SOMETHING THAT ALLOWS CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS AND ADULTS AND PEOPLE OF ALL AGES TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES AND GIVE THEM AN OUTLET TO EXPRESS THE THINGS THAT THEY BELIEVE IN AND TO LIKE, DEDICATE AND PUT EFFORT INTO. IT GIVES THEM SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF.
WE ARE SO PROUD OF THIS SHOW ALREADY. IT'S NOT DONE YET.
IT'S NOT PERFECT, BUT WE ARE SO PROUD OF IT. AND EVEN THOUGH THE NAME MIGHT BE A LITTLE WEIRD, EVEN THOUGH IT MIGHT DEAL WITH SOME PRETTY DARK AND BUT VERY IMPORTANT THEMES, IT IS TRULY JUST SO AMAZING.
SO WE REALLY WANT YOU TO COME SEE OUR SHOW FOR ALL OF THE REASONS MENTIONED.
WE NEED THE SUPPORT. WE WANT TO KEEP PUTTING ON AMAZING PRODUCTIONS.
WE WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE TO BUILD THIS COMMUNITY AND BUILD THIS DEPARTMENT AND REALLY LET IT SHINE.
AND ONE WAY AND THE BEST WAY WE DO THAT IS THROUGH TICKET SALES.
SO PLEASE COME SEE OUR SHOW. AND SPECIAL KUDOS TO SEAN KELLY, WHO IS PROBABLY STILL IN REHEARSAL, [LAUGHTER]. OUR HOLE CAST IS IN REHEARSAL RIGHT NOW. AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LITTLE SHORT DEMONSTRATION FROM OUR SHOW.
WE HAVE A DANCE NUMBER. I DON'T KNOW, WE WERE TOLD TO PREPARE IT.
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I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT, BUT WE WERE TOLD TO OFFER IT.IF IT'S LOUD ENOUGH. IT'S EXCITING. WE HAVE MUSIC, BUT HAVE WE HAD DANCE RECENTLY? HAVE WE EVER HAD A DANCE? I'M NOT SURE.
WE'RE NOT DOING THE FULL SONG. WE WON'T MAKE YOU GUYS SIT THROUGH ALL OF THAT.
BUT WE ARE STARTING ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THIS.
DUMP THE GIRLS [SINGING] THIS IS THE END THROW THE DICE. PLACE YOUR BETS IN THIS MISERABLE WORLD.
THAT'S AS GOOD AS IT GETS. NOW LET'S SPLIT IT UP.
EAT THE OYSTER AND THE PEARL AND LET'S GET THIS PARTY JUMPING.
REALLY? GET IT POPPING. GET THIS PARTY JUMPING.
YEAH! LET'S STOP THAT. STOP THAT GIRL! [SINGING].
THANK YOU. THANK YOU OKAY. [LAUGHTER]. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE ALSO HAVE A TIME FOR STUDENT PUBLIC COMMENTS, BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT WE HAD ANYBODY SIGN UP, SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE PAST THAT. NEXT WE COME TO BOARD COMMUNICATIONS, AND I WANTED TO KIND OF SHAKE THIS UP TONIGHT AND HAVE A DISCUSSION AMONGST US ABOUT HOW WE WANT TO USE THIS TIME.
BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF TURNED INTO, YOU KNOW, WE JUST SAY, WELL, THESE ARE ALL THE THINGS I'VE DONE AS A BOARD MEMBER WITHIN OUR DISTRICT, AND I'M NOT SURE THAT'S REALLY VERY INVIGORATING FOR US OR YOU ALL OR PEOPLE OUT THERE.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT LIKE HOW WOULD WE HOW DO WE WANT TO USE THIS TIME? HOW WHAT WOULD IT BE VALUABLE FOR US TO DISCUSS AND BRING? DO WE WANT TO USE IT AS A TIME OF KIND OF REFLECTION OR WHAT WAS I TALKING ABOUT, REFLECTION OR JUST DISCUSSION OR TOPICS? OR IF WE'VE SEEN, YOU KNOW, WAY BACK WHEN, IF WE SAW SOME COOL ARTICLE OR SOMETHING, WE WOULD BRING IT UP AND DISCUSS IT.
AND I'LL THROW SOMETHING OUT. USUALLY I THINK IT'S NICE TO SINCE WE ALL SIT ON SOME DIFFERENT COMMITTEES AND STUFF, MAYBE TO USE THAT TIME AS KIND OF A COMMITTEE REPORT KIND OF TIME.
I DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT TO REPORT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK SINCE THE LAST MEETING WE'VE HAD AT LEAST THE ONES I'VE SAID WE HAVEN'T MET, BUT MAYBE, MAYBE CAC HAS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AS LONG AS WE'RE NOT DOUBLING UP WITH JOHN SUPERINTENDENT REPORT, BECAUSE I KNOW SOMETIMES HE COVERS THINGS IN THE SUPERINTENDENT REPORT. SO EITHER THEY'RE DOUBLED UP OR. BUT I BUT I DO AGREE, BECAUSE WE ALL SIT ON DIFFERENT COMMITTEES AND I WANT TO HEAR WHAT'S HAPPENING IN, YOU KNOW, CITY SCHOOLS OR THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE.
AND SO I THINK IT'D BE A GREAT TIME TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR COMMITTEES.
AND I'M ON CAC AND CAPITAL PROJECTS, BUT WE DIDN'T MEET LAST MONTH EITHER.
BUT I THINK, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT USE OF THIS TIME. SO DEFINITELY COMMITTEE REPORTS TOGETHER WOULD BE IDEAL INSTEAD OF EACH OF US SAYING THE SAME THING BECAUSE MORE THAN ONE OF US HAVE ON THOSE COMMITTEES. BUT I WOULD WANT TO KNOW, LIKE TRACEY SAID, THINGS THAT I'VE MISSED OR THINGS I DON'T GO TO.
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THAT'S DEFINITELY I WOULD WANT THAT TO BE A PART OF THIS TIME.SO YEAH, I'M FULLY IN SUPPORT OF THAT. YEAH, CERTAINLY FINE.
I KNOW I LIKE TO SHARE IF I GO TO EVENTS THAT WE IF WE GET TO GO TO AN EVENT SEPARATELY WHERE THE TOTALITY OR EVEN TWO OF US AREN'T THERE, I THINK IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD THING TO SHARE BECAUSE AS WE HEARD TONIGHT, LIKE THE CULTURE IS A BIG PART OF IT, RIGHT? AND SO TO SEE BUILDING CULTURE AND STUDENT CULTURE IS, I THINK, IMPORTANT TO SHARE AT THIS TIME AS WELL.
OKAY. AND I WAS SORT OF THINKING LIKE, YEAH, I LIKE DOING COMMITTEE REPORTS AS A COMMITTEE RATHER THAN INDIVIDUALS IS KIND OF WHAT I'M HEARING. BUT ALSO I KNOW THAT SOME OF THE COMMITTEES I SIT ON, WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE SUPER THEY'RE NOT ALL EARTH SHATTERING MEETINGS.
SOMETIMES IT'S JUST KIND OF BUSINESS AS USUAL AND GOING ON THAT AND, AND JUST SORT OF USING OUR OWN JUDGMENT OF, YOU KNOW, MAYBE REFLECT ON WHAT THE COMMITTEE IS DOING AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SHARE IF ANYTHING EXCITING HASN'T HAPPENED, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, SHARE THE GOALS OR THE THE DIRECTION OR SOME REFLECTION ABOUT IT OR I FEEL LIKE SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO SHARE JUST BECAUSE I WENT TO A MEETING WHEN REALLY WE DIDN'T ALWAYS COVER SOMETHING REALLY EXCITING.
AND SO I WANT TO BRING VALUE RATHER THAN JUST A LIST SO.
I MEAN, THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE RIGHT NOW IS ABOUT AI, RIGHT? OR WRONG ON THAT ONE? YEAH, OF WHAT WENT ON. BUT IF THERE'S NOTHING HAPPENING, THEN SAY.
THAT? LIKE, LIKE THE BUDGET COMMITTEE CHAIR WOULD COME OR LIKE, MAYBE THAT'S AT THE END OF THE YEAR, BUT LIKE CAC WOULD COME IN AND THE CHAIRS OF THAT WOULD SHARE WITH US AS WELL.
SO THAT MIGHT NOT BE IN OUR BOARD COMMUNICATION.
BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HEAR FROM THEM TOO. RIGHT.
AND SOMETIMES WE USED TO HAVE LIKE WE WOULD. WE WOULD GET A PRESENTATION AND THEN IT WOULD GO TO A COMMITTEE AND THEY'D GET THE PRESENTATION AND THEY'D COME BACK TO THE BOARD AND TELL US ABOUT THE ABOUT THE PRESENTATION, AND IT WOULD JUST GET KIND OF REDUNDANT.
AND SO JUST MAKING SURE THAT LIKE WHEN THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE CAC IS DONE WITH THEIR RESEARCH ON, ON AI, COME AND PRESENT IT TO US AND THAT BUT.
ANY OTHER THINGS THAT WE SHOULD BRING TO THIS DISCUSSION TIME OR USE THIS TIME FOR OR JUST BRING IT UP WHEN IT HAPPENS? I JUST WANT IT TO BE VALUABLE FOR ALL OF US AND FOR THE COMMUNITY AND TIME WELL SPENT.
OKAY I LIKE THE DISCUSSION PIECE INSTEAD OF REPORTING PIECE.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. COMMITTEE REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES RATHER THAN INDIVIDUALS AND DISCUSSION.
ALL RIGHT I WAS EXPECTING MORE OF A DISCUSSION.
[LAUGHTER]. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. OKAY. DOES ANYBODY WANT TO SHARE ANYTHING? GIVEN THAT FROM COMMITTEES THAT HAVE MET SINCE WE LAST REPORTED OR ANY DISCUSSION.
THE COMMITTEE I WAS ON, CAPITAL FACILITIES WE DIDN'T MEET AND I THINK I MISSED THE LAST BUDGET ONE. BUT WE DO HAVE A BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING THIS THURSDAY THAT I'LL BE AT, SO COREY AND I CAN REPORT ON THAT ONE NEXT MONTH. OKAY.
SORRY, BECAUSE WE HAD THE BOARD WORKSHOP, I THOUGHT THAT YEAH, THOSE HAPPEN TOGETHER IS THE STUDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAS CONTINUED THEIR WORK FOR THEIR UPCOMING MEETING IN MARCH, WHICH I THINK IS THE 27TH. AND I KNOW, JOHN, YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING I THINK IN YOUR REPORT ON THE WINDOWS AND MIRRORS AND THAT'S CONTINUING AS WELL SO. YEAH, THAT WAS IT FOR THOSE.
YEAH. I GUESS ONE OTHER THING. NOT A STUDENT REPORT, BUT WE DID ALL DO THE SITE VISITS.
NO, NOT PAPER. THE YES, I THINK CONNIE MISSED THOSE, BUT YEAH, WE ALL DID THOSE AS A BOARD TOGETHER A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
OH, THAT'S PROBABLY IN JOHN'S REPORT, TOO. WE'RE STEALING ALL JOHN'S THUNDER. [LAUGHTER].
ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
I THINK MAYBE WE HAVE OUR END OF MARCH. WE HAVE OUR PLANNING SESSION COMING UP.
LET'S JUST MAKE SURE THIS IS A TOPIC I THINK.
OKAY. OKAY. THAT BRINGS US TO NUMBER THREE SYSTEMS AND PATHWAYS, AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
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SO, AS ALWAYS WELL, GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE. YOU KNOW, AND JUST TO ADD ON TO THAT CONVERSATION TOO, AND JUST TALKING TO OTHER SUPERINTENDENTS AND WATCHING OTHER BOARD MEETINGS YOU KNOW, ANY TIME THAT WE CAN TIE IN WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR DISTRICT TO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN OR OUR PROFILE OF A GRADUATE, AND I KNOW YOU'RE ALL REALLY GOOD ABOUT DOING THAT, JUST CONTINUING TO DO THAT.IT JUST PROVIDES THAT VALUE, LIKE YOU SAID, CONNIE, TO EVERYTHING WE DO.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE FLUCTUATION BETWEEN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY WITH THE SMALL NUMBERS TO THE RIGHT.
SOME OF YOU HAVE SEEN THIS ALREADY, DEPENDING ON WHAT COMMITTEES YOU SIT ON.
SO 6,839 FTE. SO ALWAYS KEEP IN MIND WE HAVE MORE HEADCOUNT IN OUR DISTRICT.
STUDENTS WHO ARE RUNNING START CASCADIA TECH OR OTHER PROGRAMS. SO JUST HOVERING AROUND THAT 6,800 MARK, KIM WILL GET INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT PROJECTIONS AND WHERE WE'RE LOOKING TO BE IN THE NEXT YEAR AND SO ON.
BUT WE'VE BEEN HOVERING AROUND THAT NUMBER FOR A WHILE.
REALLY, THE THE ONLY ONE THAT STANDS OUT TO ME THERE.
AND I SPOKE TO PRINCIPAL O'ROURKE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT, THE 21 STUDENT DROP AND THAT YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THERE'S ALWAYS THAT COMPONENT OF THE HOUSING MARKET, JOBS, PEOPLE HAVING TO LEAVE.
BUT THESE ARE ALSO STUDENTS WHO ARE IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING INTO CCA OR ONE OF OUR OTHER PROGRAMS. SO THIS IS RATHER TYPICAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.
AND IN TALKING TO KELLY, I DON'T KNOW IF KELLY'S STILL HERE. I THINK WHAT THEY DID WAS THEY WAITED UNTIL THE END OF THE MONTH TO REALLY GROUP ALL THOSE AND SO IT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT LARGER AT ONE POINT THAN IT NORMALLY WOULD.
AND THEN DISCOVERY HIGH SCHOOL DOCTOR DAN LET ME KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOME WITHDRAWALS FROM THE 9TH GRADE PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY JUST STUDENTS WHO, YOU KNOW, GOT INTO THE PROGRAM, STUCK IT OUT THROUGH THE SEMESTER.
IT JUST WASN'T FOR THEM, AND THEN SHIFTED BACK TO EITHER CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL OR ANOTHER ONE OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS, OR LEFT THE DISTRICT. SO THOSE ARE THE TWO THAT I'M KEEPING AN EYE ON.
I KNOW THE PRINCIPALS ARE AS WELL, AND THEY WERE JUST AN ANOMALY FOR THIS MONTH.
I DON'T THINK THERE WAS ANYTHING THAT WE NEED TO DIG INTO.
DOCTOR DAN IS WORKING WITH HIS 9TH GRADE TEAM ON, YOU KNOW, SOME FEEDBACK AND SOME SURVEYS AND SOME EXIT INTERVIEWS FROM THOSE 9TH GRADE STUDENTS WHO MOVED ON JUST TO SEE HOW THEY CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THE PROGRAM.
I THINK THAT'S PRETTY TYPICAL FROM A CHOICE PROGRAM.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE JUST DON'T WANT TO LET IT SIT THERE WITH NO REASONING.
SO BOTH PRINCIPALS WERE REALLY ALSO WATCHING THOSE NUMBERS AS WELL, AS FAR AS MIDDLE SCHOOL GOES, PRETTY STABLE THROUGHOUT, A LITTLE BIT OF FLUCTUATION, BUT NOTHING TO REALLY WRITE HOME ABOUT.
KEEP IN MIND THAT SCHOOL WAS WELL INTO THE SIX HUNDREDS, JUST ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO.
AND SO MAINLY BECAUSE OF THE HOUSING MARKET, WE DID LOSE A LOT OF STUDENTS.
AND ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS WITH THE LOSS OF STUDENTS.
THAT SCHOOL IS ALSO DROPPED IN FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH POPULATION.
SO WHEN IT WAS OUR NUMBER ONE AS FAR AS SOCIOECONOMICS, IT'S NOW DROPPED TO NUMBER TWO.
AND IT'S NOT REALLY SIGNIFICANT OTHER THAN IT DOES HURT OUR TITLE 1 FUNDING A LITTLE BIT.
I WILL SAY, THOUGH, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED. AND I KNOW YOU GUYS HEARD THIS AT HLC.
OUR PRESCHOOL REGISTRATIONS ARE UP, AND SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE.
THOSE STUDENTS AREN'T COMING INTO KINDERGARTEN QUITE YET, SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THOSE STUDENTS.
SO GOOD NEWS FROM THE PRESCHOOL SIDE. I WISH I COULD SAY THE SAME FOR FIRST, SECOND AND 3RD GRADE.
QUESTIONS? I WOULD BE CURIOUS. I DO FEEL LIKE BETWEEN THE 21 AT CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL AND 8TH AT DISCOVERY, 30 STUDENTS IS A PRETTY BIG NUMBER. LIKE I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING THAT.
YOU KNOW, NOW THAT WE'RE INTO THIS NEXT THE NEXT SEMESTER, IF SOMETHING HAPPENED AT THAT POINT, I WOULD BE INTERESTED JUST TO KNOW WHETHER THAT WHETHER WE CAN LOOK AT LIKE, PREVIOUS YEARS, I DON'T KNOW, THAT SEEMS LIKE A SEEMS LIKE A STRANGE NUMBER TO ME.
BUT IT MAKES SENSE YEAH. YOU KNOW, THAT KIDS WOULD LEAVE THAT SEMESTER. BUT I MEAN, I USUALLY, USUALLY IT SEEMS LIKE IF WE SEE ONE GO DOWN, WE SEE ANOTHER LIKE ALMOST ABOUT THE SAME NUMBER GO UP LIKE AT HAYES OR CCA OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO I DON'T KNOW. I'M JUST I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THAT.
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I WAS TOO, BECAUSE THAT'S A LOSS OF 17 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.I MEAN, AND COREY'S RIGHT. USUALLY IT'S KIND OF A, YOU KNOW, PLUS OR MINUS.
KELLY. KELLY'S HERE. WE CAN, WE CAN MAYBE TALK OFFLINE AFTERWARDS AND GET SOME MORE INFORMATION.
YOU KNOW, WE DO SEE THAT 9 WENT INTO CCA. AND FROM TALKING TO PRINCIPAL HOLMES IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL STUDENTS RIGHT ON THAT BUBBLE OF GETTING REGISTERED OVER THERE. RIGHT, KELLY? OKAY.
THANKS. [LAUGHTER] HEY, I GAVE YOU THAT LOOK, SO.
DON'T TALK NOT ALLOWING KIDS TO TRANSFER UNLESS THERE'S, YOU KNOW, A CRISIS OR AN EMERGENCY REASON FOR THE SEMESTER.
SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE HAD LESS WITHDRAWALS AT CHS THIS YEAR THAN WE HAVE IN THE PAST.
IT JUST LOOKS LIKE A LOT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T LET THEM LEAVE UNTIL SEMESTER.
GOTCHA. THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
LOOKS LIKE THAT. BUT WE ACTUALLY HAD LESS THIS YEAR THAN WE DID LAST YEAR.
TOTALLY MAKES SENSE. THANK YOU. SEE? THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
OKAY, THAT'S WHY I LIKE TO HEAR RIGHT FROM THE PRINCIPAL.
ANYTHING ELSE ON ENROLLMENT? ALL RIGHT, SO WE'LL KEEP TRACKING AS THE YEAR GOES ON.
JUST SOME COMMITTEE UPDATES. EMPLOYEE ADVISORY.
WE MEET QUARTERLY. SO WE JUST HAD OUR SECOND MEETING.
IT WAS REALLY, REALLY ROBUST MEETING. EVERYBODY HAD JUST WONDERFUL CELEBRATIONS.
BUT WE ALSO DUG INTO SOME OTHER TOPICS THAT ARE HOT TOPICS AROUND THE DISTRICT.
REMEMBER, THESE AREN'T JUST EMPLOYEES FROM THE SCHOOLS. THESE ARE ALSO FROM OUR DEPARTMENTS.
THIS IS SOMETHING I STARTED WHEN I GOT HERE FOUR YEARS AGO AND IT'S GROWN EVER SINCE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AWESOME JOB. THANK YOU. WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT MONTH.
YEAH. GET BACK TO REHEARSAL. THE CALENDAR CONVERSATION CAME UP AND WE HAD SOME CONVERSATION AROUND YOU KNOW, THE MID-WINTER BREAK. AND I REMINDED THEM THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO COLLECT SOME DATA.
WE JUST HAD OUR FIRST MID-WINTER BREAK, AND PROBABLY WITH TWO DECADES.
AND WE KNOW WE HAVE IT ON THE DOCKET FOR ONE MORE YEAR AT LEAST.
SO THAT WAS KIND OF A HOT TOPIC, ESPECIALLY RIGHT BEFORE WINTER, THE MID-WINTER BREAK.
WE ALSO TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT EARLY RELEASE FOR FINALS.
I KNOW ANOTHER CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL TOPIC. SO KELLY AND HER TEAM HAVE BEEN PLAYING AROUND WITH SOME DIFFERENT SCHEDULES, SO THERE WAS SOME FEEDBACK THERE. ALSO DISMISSAL PROCEDURES AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
SOME SCHOOLS HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN REALLY SUCCESSFUL WHEN THEY HAVE KIND OF CHAOTIC DISMISSALS AROUND HAVING PARENTS BE ALMOST LIKE THE SPOKESPEOPLE FOR THAT, MAKING A VIDEO ON, HEY, MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE NOT LINGERING TOO LONG.
KEEP THOSE HUGS SHORT. YOU KNOW, THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
AND SOME SCHOOLS ARE DOING IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY THAN OTHERS, BUT THAT SEEMS TO BE A TOPIC EVEN AT OUR EVEN, WELL, AT ALL OUR SCHOOLS REALLY EVEN CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO PUT THE NO HUGGING SIGN AT CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL FOR OTHER REASONS.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I REALLY APPRECIATED THAT, THAT COMMITTEE'S CONVERSATIONS.
CONNIE. I'VE SEEN IN SOME TRAIN STATIONS THEY KISS AND GO STATE THAT SPOT.
YEAH. [LAUGHTER]. SO IT'S JUST LIKE KISS AND GO. ALSO, I WAS GOING TO ASK.
COREY, DID HOCKINSON GO TO THE? DID THEY, DID YOU HAVE A MID-WINTER BREAK? YEAH WE DID. YEAH. AND THEY'RE THERE. AND YOU HAVE BEFORE, RIGHT? NO, THIS WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT.
LIKE WE WERE MAYBE ONE OF THE FIRST WITH HAWKINSON TO DO THIS.
AND THEN OTHER DISTRICTS, OTHER DISTRICTS AS DISTRICTS ARE FOLLOWING SUIT SO.
SO NICE, NICE AND CLOSE. THE SPRING CONFERENCE IS GOING WELL.
WE KNOW THAT THE KIDS HAVE BEEN EXCITED ABOUT INCREASING OUR BOARD RELATIONS AND REPORTING BACK TO THE BOARD MORE OFTEN AND HAVING THAT COMMUNITY VOICE OR THE COMMITTEE VOICE, BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE STUDENTS AT NEARLY EVERY SINGLE COMMITTEE HAVING REPRESENTATION EXCEPT FOR EMPLOYEE ADVISORY, UNLESS THEY, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS GOING TO CHANGE.
YEAH. LEGISLATIVELY THAT'S MOVING STRONG. WE MEET TOMORROW, AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT POTENTIALLY GOING UP TO OLYMPIA, JUST TRYING TO FIND A DATE THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE AND REALLY THAT WORKS FOR THE LEGISLATORS.
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THEY'RE HOT AND HEAVY AT IT RIGHT NOW, AND I'LL GET INTO THAT IN JUST A MINUTE AND DOING SOME BILL TRACKING.AND WE'RE ACTUALLY PAST THE HALFWAY POINT. I THINK TODAY WAS DAY 43 SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE.
SO LOOKING AT OUR ARTS ADVISORY WE I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE.
AND ALSO ALIGNING OUR WORK TO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND SO THAT'S AN AWESOME COMMITTEE. I'M SO GLAD WE STARTED THAT.
OUR BUDGET COMMITTEE. KIM WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, BUT WE MEET AGAIN THIS WEEK.
SO JUSTIN'S GOING TO BE DOING THAT WORK. WE KNOW.
YOU KNOW JUSTIN. JUSTIN YEAH. HE'LL BE A TRIPLE CO-CHAIR, SO TO SPEAK.
AND THEN WE WILL START GETTING INTO ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS.
AND I THINK A REALLY INTERESTING TOPIC WILL BE END FUND BALANCE, BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE'S SOME LEGISLATIVE TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT ALSO THE LEVY CONSIDERATIONS. MOST OF, YOU KNOW, OVERALL, WASHINGTON STATE WAS PRETTY SUCCESSFUL WITH LEVIES AND BONDS.
IN SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON ESPECIALLY BATTLEGROUND WE KNOW STRUGGLED WITH WITH A TRIPLE LEVY FAILURE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE HEARING SOME, SOME SERIOUS MOVES COMING OUT OF, OUT OF BATTLEGROUND.
BUT THE GOOD NEWS FOR US IS OUR SURROUNDING AREAS, WE'RE PRETTY SUCCESSFUL.
SO COREY, DID I SEE YOU MAYBE HIT THE. OKAY. AND THEN CITIZEN ADVISORY, I THINK, AS MATTHEW STATED, WRAPPING UP SOME OF THE AI RECOMMENDATIONS. WE GOT INTO A GRADING CONVERSATION.
WE GOT INTO A 9TH GRADE ON TRACK CONVERSATION, WHICH ALWAYS LEADS TO STANDARDS BASED REPORTING CONVERSATIONS, BUT ALSO SOME GREAT CELEBRATIONS AND WORD ON THE STREET AS PART OF THAT COMMITTEE.
LEGISLATIVE. I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO GET ONTO THE LEGISLATIVE TOWN HALL.
COREY, THANK YOU FOR REMINDING US ABOUT THAT.
I WASN'T SURE HOW MANY OF YOU WERE ON BECAUSE IT WAS A WEBINAR ONE WAY, SO IT WAS HARD.
THANK YOU, BAMINI. SO JUST A REMINDER OF WHAT OUR PLATFORM LOOKS LIKE.
BUT JUST AS IMPORTANTLY, TOMORROW WE'LL LOOK AT WHEN WE COULD VISIT OLYMPIA BEFORE THE SESSION ENDS.
KEEP IN MIND THE SESSION ENDS ON THE 12TH OF MARCH.
AND TODAY IS ACTUALLY DAY 43 OF 60. SO WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO THE, TO THE END THERE.
I WANT TO JUST REALLY BRIEFLY GO THROUGH SOME KEY BUDGET THAT JUST CAME OUT, KEY BUDGET ISSUES, THAT JUST CAME OUT. YOU CAN SEE THAT THE THIS IS THE SENATE'S BUDGET WAS TO ELIMINATE THE FISCAL YEAR 2027 INFLATION ENHANCEMENT THRESHOLD AND THE HOUSE $25 MILLION REDUCTION.
SO BOTH BUDGETS CAME IN. YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY KNOW THERE NEEDS TO BE REDUCTIONS.
THERE'S A DEFICIT, BUT THERE'S ALSO BEEN SOME ADDITIONS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED TO THE GOVERNOR AS WELL, IN TUNE OF ABOUT $2 BILLION FROM EACH, THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO GET THE MONEY TO DO THAT. ONE OF THE WAYS, OF COURSE, MANY OF YOU KNOW, THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT IS A MILLIONAIRE TAX FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL OR COUPLE THAT MAKES $1 MILLION OR MORE.
OUR THREE REPRESENTATIVES ARE ALL AGAINST IT.
THAT'S OUR REPRESENTATIVES FEEDBACK. WE DON'T ARE.
SINCE THEY'RE ALL THREE REPUBLICANS, WE REALLY DON'T KNOW THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE OF IT.
BUT ULTIMATELY, THAT'S ONE WAY THAT THE STATE'S LOOKING AT TO POTENTIALLY INCREASE REVENUE.
I THINK FOR US, YOU CAN SEE ON THE BOTTOM THERE OSPI REDUCTIONS OVERALL 6% CUT TO STATEWIDE PROGRAMS FROM THE SENATE SIDE AND A 6% CUT TO STATEWIDE PROGRAMS IN ADDITION TO A $1 MILLION REDUCTION.
$1 MILLION TO $3 MILLION REDUCTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REDUCTIONS FROM THE HOUSE SIDE.
SO A VERY, VERY DISMAL REPORT COMING OUT OF THE STATE.
THEY'RE JUST A MICROCOSM OF WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH AT THE MICRO LEVEL.
THIS WOULD INCLUDE A FULL REPEAL OF SALES TAX EXEMPTION FOR ALL ENTITIES.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR AN EXEMPTION ON SALES TAX FROM THE EDUCATION SIDE OF THE HOUSE.
WE JUST DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO GET IT. WE'RE WORRIED THAT THE GOVERNOR IS GOING TO BE SORT OF DESPERATE TO BUILD REVENUE AND NOT TO EXEMPT ANYONE, AND WE'RE WORKING HARD WITH OUR LOBBYISTS TO TRY TO EXEMPT US FROM SOME SALES TAX.
AND THEN YOU SEE THE TECHNICAL FIX BILL, WHICH IS ALSO INCLUDING A SALES TAX EXEMPTION.
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AND THIS WOULD BE TO CERTAIN LIVE PRESENTATIONS PARTNERS THAT WE, THAT WE CONTRACT WITH.AGAIN, WE ARE REALLY PUSHING HARD FOR AN EXEMPTION FROM THESE SALES TAX.
I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S GOING TO GO DOWN.
AND THEN THIS IS THE ONE I REALLY, REALLY WANT THE BOARD TO BE AWARE OF.
THIS IS KIND OF A CONGLOMERATION OF MULTIPLE BILLS THAT HAVE COME INTO ONE.
SO JUST REALLY BRIEFLY IF YOU LOOK AT THESE I WROTE DOWN WHAT THE CAMAS IMPACT WOULD BE.
SO IF THIS BUS DEPRECIATION BILL PASSES, THERE WOULD BE A MANDATORY 15-YEAR DEPRECIATION SCHEDULE, WHICH IS UP, WHICH MEANS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO KEEP OUR BUSSES IN THE FLEET FOR AN ADDITIONAL 7.
2 TO 7 YEARS, WHICH COULD BE DEVASTATING TO SOME DISTRICTS.
TK, THIS IS THE ONE THAT REALLY STINGS. THIS WOULD LIMIT FUNDING STRICTLY TO STUDENTS ELIGIBLE FOR FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH, WHICH IN CAMAS IS NOT A HIGH AMOUNT. AND IT THREATENS OUR INCLUSIVE PRE-K MODEL, WHICH HAS BEEN SO BEAUTIFUL FOR OUR KIDS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
HOWEVER, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS HIGH ON THE GOVERNOR'S LIST TO REDUCE.
NOW, WHAT WE DON'T KNOW IS HOW MUCH THIS WOULD REDUCE IN CAMAS.
CURRENTLY, WE ONLY QUALIFY FOR 18 STUDENTS THAT ARE THAT ARE AT GRASS VALLEY.
WOULD THIS MEAN THAT ONLY FREE AND REDUCED STUDENTS CAN BE A PART OF IT? OR WOULD IT MEAN IT'S COMPLETELY ELIMINATED BASED ON THE FORMULA THAT COMES DOWN? SO WE DON'T KNOW. AND SO WE'RE OBVIOUSLY LOBBYING HARD FOR THIS.
AND THIS WOULD BE A CONVERSATION THAT WE HAVE DIRECTLY WITH OUR REPS.
THIS WOULD ALSO AFFECT RUNNING START. AND THAT INSTEAD OF RECEIVING 1.4 FTE FROM THE STATE, WE WOULD THAT WOULD BE REDUCED TO 1.2 FTE. SO OBVIOUSLY WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO HOUSE AS MANY STUDENTS JUST BECAUSE WE JUST WOULDN'T HAVE THE FUNDING. AND ALSO REDUCES THE NUMBER OF COLLEGE CREDITS THAT A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT CAN TAKE FOR FREE.
AND THAT THAT'S KIND OF POLITICAL, TOO. I CAN SEE PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE ON THAT.
AND THEN LASTLY, ON THIS BILL, AGAIN, THIS IS AN ALL ENCOMPASSING BILL.
THIS STARTED OUT AS MULTIPLE BILLS. THIS IS AN MSOC PIECE WITH WHICH WOULD WITHHOLD 1.9% OF 9TH TO 12TH GRADE MSOC FUNDS TO COVER THE HIGH SCHOOL AND BEYOND ONLINE PLATFORM. SO IT'S KIND OF BORROWING FROM PETER TO PAY PAUL, WHICH IS NEVER GOOD.
IT'S EFFECTIVELY A TAX ON OUR CLASSROOM SUPPLY BUDGET IN ORDER TO PAY FOR SCHOOL LINKS.
QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? I KNOW DEREK'S HERE TOO, FOR ANY DETAILS.
SO RIGHT NOW, WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE ALL OF THE SENATE BILLS ARE IN THE HOUSE.
CORRECT? THEY ALL WENT TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE. I'M CURIOUS BECAUSE YOU'RE POINTING OUT THIS BILL IN PARTICULAR, AND I HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN THIS ONE NECESSARILY COME ACROSS MY RADAR. DO WE FEEL LIKE IS THE IS THE SENSE THAT THIS IS ONE THAT HAS LEGS? SO WE DO NEED TO BE KIND OF. THAT'S THE SENSE I GET, DEREK.
YEAH. YEAH THIS IS OKAY. OKAY.
YEAH. SO WE'LL GET MORE IN DEPTH TOMORROW. THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE ABLE TO.
WHO'S ON THAT ONE AGAIN? THAT'S BAMINI AND COREY.
ALWAYS TRY TO REMIND EVERYBODY OF OUR NORTH STAR, WHICH OUR PROFILE OF A GRAD.
BEFORE I GET INTO A LITTLE BIT OF OUR WHERE WE'RE AT ACADEMICALLY.
SO KEEP IN MIND OUR ELEMENTARY THEORY OF ACTION IS FOCUSED AROUND TIER 1 INSTRUCTION, WHICH LITERACY HAS BEEN A HOT, A HEAVY TOPIC FOR CAMAS FOR MANY YEARS. WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IS A BIT OF A SHIFT TOWARDS MATHEMATICS, AS THE NEW MATHEMATICS STANDARDS COME DOWN FROM OSPI.
WE'RE NEVER GOING TO LOSE SIGHT OF LITERACY, AND THERE'LL BE MORE TO COME ON THIS, BUT OUR TEAM IS GEARING UP NOW TO REALLY TAKE THAT SHIFT INTO DIGGING DEEP INTO MATHEMATICS. AND THAT'S ACROSS OUR STATE AND OUR REGION, AND THEN THE SECONDARY LEVEL REALLY HONING IN ON THOSE TRANSITIONAL YEARS.
AS I SAID BEFORE, THE 8TH TO 9TH GRADE TRANSITION, THE 5TH TO 6TH GRADE TRANSITION.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE THOUGHT AND THE DISCUSSION AROUND THIS.
I HOPE YOU ENJOYED IT. WE'VE SEEN SOME NICE GAINS IN SOME AREAS, PRIMARILY AROUND OVER AT CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL SPECIFICALLY THEY'VE COME UP WITH AN AMAZING FLOWCHART OF HOW THEY'RE WORKING WITH EVERY SINGLE STUDENT AROUND, THEIR ABSENCES, SPECIFICALLY THEIR CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM. AND SO THIS IS JUST A REMINDER OF HOW THEY'RE DOING SOME OF THAT WORK.
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WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS SEE IF WE CAN KIND OF MULTIPLY THIS AND TO SCALE IT OUT TO OUR, TO THE REST OF OUR DISTRICT.AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE HIGHLIGHTED OUR STUDENTS SERVED ON AN IEP.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT CONSISTENT GROWTH IN THEIR ATTENDANCE EVERY YEAR FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.
AND IN OUR ML STUDENTS, OUR MULTILINGUAL STUDENTS, YES, THERE WAS A LITTLE DIP LAST YEAR, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK BECAUSE KIM PRESENT.
KIMBERLY PRESENTED SOME REALLY INTENTIONAL STUFF THAT'S HAPPENING WITH THOSE SPECIFIC STUDENTS.
AND WE'RE HOPING THAT WITH MORE OF THAT, WE'RE GOING TO SEE IN 25, 26 MORE GAINS.
AND I'M HONING IN ON ATTENDANCE A LOT BECAUSE IT'S PART OF THAT TRANSITION TO THAT NEXT LEVEL, MAKING SURE YOU'RE IN CLASS, THAT YOU'RE THERE.
SO GETTING THEM IN THE DOOR IS HALF THE BATTLE.
SO AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONVERSATION LAST TWO WEEKS AGO ON THAT.
SITE VISITS HLC WAS A LOT OF FUN. COREY I THINK HAD THE MOST AMOUNT OF FUN.
SEE A REALLY AWESOME PICTURE OF HIM ON THE RIGHT.
I HAD TO THROW THAT UP THERE COREY.
SOME REALLY, REALLY GOOD WORK GOING ON WITH THE KIDDOS.
ALREADY TALKING ABOUT PROFILE OF A GRAD AT THAT LEVEL, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS REALLY, REALLY NEAT.
AND THEN WE HEADED OVER TO CHS, AND KELLY AND HER TEAM HOSTED US INTO MULTIPLE CLASSROOMS, BUT REALLY HONED IN ON THE STUDENT SUPPORT TIME SST TIME THAT KELLY AND HER TEAM HAVE REALLY RECONSTRUCTED FROM THE GROUND UP AND REALLY PROVIDING STUDENTS CHOICE PROVIDING STUDENTS AN ABILITY TO MEET WHERE THEY'RE AT AND THE NEEDS THAT THEY HAVE.
AND USING TECHNOLOGY TO GET STUDENTS IN THE RIGHT PLACES.
AND THIS IS ALL STUDENTS. THIS ISN'T JUST THE KIDS WHO NEED IT THE MOST OR WANT IT THE MOST.
IT'S ALL STUDENTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO SST TIME EACH WEEK.
AND THEN OF COURSE IT INCREASES ATTENDANCE, ESPECIALLY AT THE END OF THE DAY.
SO INSTEAD OF HAVING THE CONFERENCE TIME WHERE STUDENTS JUST KIND OF BAIL OUT THEY'RE.
AND WE APPRECIATED THAT THAT VISIT. JUST REALLY QUICKLY ON FEBRUARY 26TH, IN A COUPLE OF DAYS, WE HAVE OUR 5TH GRADERS HEADING OVER TO ODYSSEY TO TOUR THE SCHOOL, AND THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE A VIRTUAL OPTION LATER IN THE EVENING FROM 6:00 TO 7:00 FOR KIDS OR FAMILIES WHO COULDN'T MAKE IT DURING THE DAY.
AND THEN THIS WEEK, WE WILL HAVE OUR VIRTUAL SESSIONS FOR GRAD ALLIANCE.
AS MOST OF YOU KNOW MOVING ON FROM CCA INTO A PARTNERSHIP WITH GRAD ALLIANCE.
AND THIS IS REALLY WE'LL HAVE REPS FROM GRAD ALLIANCE ON THE CALL.
MANY OF MY STAFF, MYSELF AND REALLY THIS IS TARGETED AT OUR CURRENT CCA FAMILIES, THOSE FAMILIES WHO REALLY WANT TO STAY WITH THE CAMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT BUT WANT THAT VIRTUAL OPTION. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW ALL ABOUT GRAD ALLIANCE, ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS, AND OUR HOPE IS THAT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF THOSE FAMILIES WILL STAY.
STAY WITH US. NOT JUST BECAUSE WE'LL RECEIVE SOME OF THAT FTE, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE FEEL LIKE IF THE STUDENTS DO WANT TO GO BACK TO A COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL AT SOME POINT, THEY'RE ALREADY HERE WITH US IN CAMAS.
SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS. I HOPE YOU ARE TOO.
I THINK TOMORROW. YEAH. AND JUST A QUICK RUNDOWN OF THE DIFFERENT EVENTS. I JUST WANT TO REALLY START TO MENTION THIS MORE FREQUENTLY.
OUR CAMAS COMPLETED EVENTS, SO EVENING ON BROADWAY WAS ANOTHER SUCCESS OVER CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL.
COMMUNITY ED WANTED TO SHOUT OUT BLAZER NIGHT.
YOU COULD SEE THE PICTURE RIGHT BELOW THERE OF THE KIDS OVER AT THE MODA CENTER.
THEY ACTUALLY GOT A CHANCE TO MEET SOME PLAYERS FROM OUR ERA.
TRACY MCGRADY, I THINK, WAS THERE. AND THERE WAS ONE OTHER PLAYER AND MY DAUGHTER WAS LIKE, WHO IS THAT? RIGHT? AND SO SHE WAS MORE INTERESTED IN LILLARD AND, YOU KNOW DANNY AND SOME OF THOSE GUYS.
AND THEN I WANTED TO SHOUT OUT SCIENCE OLYMPIAD.
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THE KIDS TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE GEORGIA TECH VISIT, BUT REALLY BIG SHOUT OUT TO MATT CHASE AND THE AND HIS TEAM AND THE KIDS THAT WENT OUT THERE, BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME BAD WEATHER AND THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO COMPETE.FOUND WAYS TO KEEP THEM INTERESTED AND BUSY VISITING MUSEUMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND SO EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE KIND OF TRAPPED IT WASN'T A BAD PLACE TO BE.
AND THEY FINALLY GOT HOME SAFELY, BUT DID WANT TO SHOUT OUT MATT.
MATT'S AN AMAZING GUY. AND THE WAY HE WAS ABLE TO JUST STAY CALM, COOL AND COLLECTED.
REALLY MODELING THE KID. FOR KIDS, THAT LEADERSHIP AND BEING THAT THAT EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATOR.
AND HE WAS TEXTING DEREK, ME AND KELLY THE WHOLE TIME.
WE KNEW WHERE THEY WERE SAFE AND SOUND. SO IT WAS REALLY NEAT.
WITH ERIC GOING OVER TO PBL. HE'S WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH LIBERTY AS WELL AS THE OREGON CHILDREN'S THEATER, TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PBL KIDS HAVE A SHOT AT BEING IN AN AWESOME MUSICAL AS WELL.
AND MARY POPPINS SEEMS TO BE THE HOT ONE, I THINK.
ANOTHER ONE JOHN, JUST BECAUSE.
AT THE GARVER ON SATURDAY EVENING. YES, THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I'LL BE SHARING SOME WORDS.
AND THAT'S JUST PART OF OUR, OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR ARTS COMMUNITY NOW.
SO THANK YOU MATTHEW GOOD REMINDER. AND THEN LETTER OF INTENT DAY WAS A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
GEEZ TIME FLIES, IT SEEMS LIKE THAT WAS YESTERDAY, BUT WE HAD AN INCREDIBLE GROUP OF KIDS.
I JUST HAD TO PUT THAT PICTURE OF KELLY NEXT TO ETHAN.
AND, AND KELLY IS SELF-PROCLAIMED PRETTY TALL.
AND YOU COULD JUST SEE, COMPARED TO ETHAN. NOT EVEN CLOSE.
THAT'S WHY I, I PURPOSELY DID NOT GET IN THAT PICTURE KELLY.
AND FOR WHAT SPORT. WE HAD A CHEERLEADER ALSO MADELINE SELECTED TO GO TO GEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY, BUT SOME OF THE COLLEGES ON THERE ARE JUST AMAZING.
AND GABBY GOING OVER GOING ALL THE WAY TO UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI FOR VOLLEYBALL.
I'M SURE SHE'S GOING TO HAVE A MISERABLE TIME DOWN THERE.
SO ANYWAY, THAT'S IT. SORRY FOR THE LONG REPORT, BUT A LOT GOING ON.
AND THERE'S BENNY SAYING EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE ALRIGHT. OKAY, SO NOW WE MOVE ON TO OUR MONTHLY BUDGET REPORT. KIM, BRING IT ON.
OKAY. JANUARY BUDGET STATUS. WE REALLY HAVE AN UNEVENTFUL JANUARY AS WELL IT WAS IN DECEMBER, BUT THAT'S A GOOD THING.
RIGHT NOW, THE GENERAL FUND APPORTIONMENT, WE DID GET THE ACTUAL FOR JANUARY.
THAT'S WHEN WE ACTUALLY START OPERATING OFF OF ACTUAL VERSUS BUDGETED.
AND SO THAT WAS POSITIVE WITH OUR CLOSE TO 100 ADDITIONAL FTE, 100 FTE.
OF COURSE, AS YOU GUYS MENTIONED, THERE IS A REDUCTION GOING ON RIGHT NOW IN SOME OF OUR FTE.
SO IT'LL PROBABLY BE A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN THAT TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR.
SO THAT WAS REALLY THE MAIN HIGHLIGHT FOR THE GENERAL FUND.
CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND. WE HAD TO PAY THE CITY OF VANCOUVER BACK SOME IMPACT FEES.
ONE OF THE PROJECTS DIDN'T PAN OUT. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BUDGET STATUS REPORT AND YOU SEE A NEGATIVE IN THE REVENUE ACCOUNT, IT WAS BECAUSE OF THAT. NOTHING HAPPENING IN THE DEBT SERVICE FUND IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY.
AND THEN THE TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE FUND, YOU'LL SEE IN THE BUDGET STATUS REPORT THE EXPENDITURES FOR TWO OF THE FOUR BUSSES FROM LAST SCHOOL YEAR'S PURCHASE AND THAT WE ACTUALLY FINALLY PAID. AND THEN WE'RE PAYING THE OTHER TWO HERE IN FEBRUARY.
SO RIGHT NOW OUR AVERAGE FTE IS AT 7,038. IT'S A LITTLE BIT LESS ABOUT HALF A PERCENT LESS THAN THE PRIOR YEAR, BUT WE ARE HIGHER THAN WHAT WE HAD BUDGETED. SO THAT IS A GOOD NEWS.
HERE'S WHERE IT AFFECTED US. ON OUR SPECIFIC ENROLLMENT GROUPS.
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ALE WE HAVE A DROP IN ENROLLMENT. SO THAT HAS A LOSS OF REVENUE.REVENUES. JANUARY REALLY HIGHLIGHTS HOW WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE A FUND BALANCE.
BECAUSE WHAT WE RECEIVE FROM THE STATE, AS WELL AS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS NOT WHERE YOU WOULD NORMALLY SEE AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, WE SHOULD BE RECEIVING 42% OF OUR REVENUE. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S IN THE 30 PERCENTILE.
AND SO JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR US TO HAVE OUR FUND BALANCE, BECAUSE YOU REALLY START TO SEE IT IN JANUARY ON OUR LEVY, PROPERTY TAX AND NON-LOCAL TAX REVENUES. WE ARE ABOUT WHERE WE NORMALLY WOULD GET WE ARE RECEIVING A LITTLE BIT MORE IN OUR NON-TAX. SO THAT IS PROMISING. AND OUR EXPENDITURES.
ANOTHER PROMISING NOTE ALL THE HARD WORK ON THE CUTS IS REALLY SHOWING HOW THAT'S AFFECTING LIKE BASIC ED, WHICH IS OUR REGULAR INSTRUCTION.
YOU SEE THE DROP IN THE 24-25 TO THIS YEAR DUE TO THOSE CUTS SPED IS ALSO ANOTHER ONE WHERE WE SPEND QUITE A BIT. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S THAT REDUCTION AS WELL.
AND THEN SUPPORT SERVICES, NORMALLY YOU SEE A, YOU KNOW, A GOOD CLIMB.
AND WE, WE DID INCREASE A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE OF OUR INSURANCE COSTS, BUT IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT.
SO AGAIN, ALL THOSE CUTS REALLY ARE SHOWING THEMSELVES THIS YEAR.
I DIDN'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE CUTS BUT GET TO ENJOY SEEING HOW IT DID PLAY OUT.
AND THAT'S A LOT OF HARD WORK. SO ON THE CASH FLOW.
THIS WE STARTED THE YEAR WITH JUST OVER $7.3 MILLION.
NOW WE'RE UP THROUGH JANUARY. THAT'S WHAT THE ACTUALS ARE IN OUR CASH FLOW.
AND THEN THE REST IS WHAT WE'RE PROJECTING FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.
THAT IS WHERE WE NEED TO BE DOWN AT THE $2 MILLION IN FUND BALANCE.
IT HAS TO BE AT THAT IN ORDER TO JUST COVER OUR ACCOUNTS PAYABLE FOR THE FUTURE MONTH.
BUT HERE'S THE NEW LINE THAT YOU GUYS WERE ASKING ABOUT.
WHAT DO WHAT DO WE HAVE TO BE AT FOR OUR 8% FUND BALANCE POLICY? AND SO THAT'S WHAT THAT LINE IS. SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WE'RE NOT MEETING THAT WHICH YOU GUYS KNOW ABOUT.
AND SO THAT LEADS US TO OUR FINAL SLIDE, WHICH SHOWS WHERE OUR FUND BALANCE IS PROJECTED.
SO IT'S PRETTY MUCH FLAT LINING FOR FOR THIS YEAR WITH LAST YEAR.
BUT THEN AGAIN, AS YOU KNOW, THE NEXT YEAR COMES WE HAVE ADDITIONAL PAYROLL COSTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE THAT MUCH HIGHER THAN WHAT THE STATE ALLOCATES TO US. AND SO WE'LL BE DROPPING.
I AM GOING TO BE DOING A PROJECTION ON JUST A FEW OF THE MAIN PROGRAMS, BASIC ED, SPED AND OUR DISTRICT WIDE EXPENDITURES FOR FEBRUARY'S PAYROLL. SO I'LL GIVE YOU GUYS AN UPDATE AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING, HOW THINGS ARE LOOKING.
I KNOW AT THE ONE THAT I DID FOR DECEMBER WAS WE WERE AT $800,000 WHERE WE WERE SEEING OURSELVES HAVING AN ADDITIONAL REVENUE TO PUT INTO THE FUND BALANCE AND HOPING TO STILL SEE THAT.
I DON'T SEE WHY WE WOULDN'T. I'M SEEING WHERE EXPENDITURES ARE STILL HOLDING TIGHT.
SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? I HAD A QUICK QUESTION.
THERE'S A BILL ABOUT A MINIMUM FUND BALANCE. IS THAT 6% OR 8%? IT IS 6%. 6%. AND DO WE KNOW WHAT SORT OF TRACTION THAT'S GETTING? IT IS GETTING TRACTION. THERE'S TWO OF THEM. ONE OF THEM REALLY JUST TALKS ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THAT HAS MORE STIPULATIONS IN IT THAT NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED ON WHAT THE BENCHMARKS ARE GOING TO BE FOR WHAT THE STATE'S GOING TO DECIDE AS ISSUES.
THAT ONE IS JUST ON FUND BALANCE AND THEY HAVE OTHER ONES.
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SO THAT.HOUSE AND THE SENATE WITH THEIR BUDGET OKAY. SO I JUST WANTED TO GO TO THE OVERSIGHT BILLS.
YEAH. THESE FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT BILLS ARE WHAT I FIND INTERESTING.
BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN THOSE IN THE PAST.
AND NOW THERE'S TWO BILLS THAT ARE IN THE LEGISLATURE RIGHT NOW.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE EARLY WARNING SIGNS THAT WE WANT TO LOOK AT.
IS IT THE MULTI-YEAR ENROLLMENT DECLINE BEING ONE OF THEM? IS BEING AN ISSUE THAT'S CAUSING FOR THESE DISTRICTS TO BE LOSING THEIR FUND BALANCE FAILED LEVEES LIKE BATTLE GROUND SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THAT IMPACTS YOUR FUND BALANCE. AND IF A DISTRICT HAS HAD THAT HAPPEN, HAVING THAT BE A FLAG MID-YEAR BUDGET VARIANCES AND THEN INTERFUND BORROWING ARE JUST SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS.
BUT WHAT'S INTERESTING ALSO ABOUT THIS BILL IS THAT IT FOCUSES ON THE DIRECTORS AND THEY CALL IT THE DIRECTORS. SO THEY KIND OF KEEP IT OPEN. SO I'M SCHOOL BOARD DIRECTORS, ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTORS AT OUR LEVEL.
THE SUPERINTENDENT THAT WOULD BE PUTTING MORE.
AND IF THEY ARE, THEY EVEN PROPOSE IN THE BILL MALFEASANCE ON THE PART OF THE STAFF.
AND IF THEY DO DETECT THAT, THEN A PERSON CAN LOSE THEIR JOB.
THEY COULD NOT GET HIRED AGAIN IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON.
I'VE HEARD THAT THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE THAT PULLED OUT, BUT IT IS.
THEY'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT THE STATE IS OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND WHERE IT'S HEADED.
AND SO THEY'RE THROWING THESE BILLS OUT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S SOME CONTROLS BY THEM THAT WERE AT LEAST MEETING THE 6% FUND BALANCE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING DOWN A ROAD WHERE WE'RE NOT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT CUTS, LIKE WHAT I WAS SHOWING HERE WHERE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, AND MAKING THOSE DEEP CUTS IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE WE ARE VIABLE WITH OUR FUND BALANCE.
SO I WANTED TO JUST ADDRESS THOSE TWO, THAT ONE RIGHT THERE.
AND THEN THE OTHER ONE THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, CONNIE, IS HOUSE BILL 2593, WHERE IF YOU'RE OVER 2000 FTE AT 6%, AND IF YOU'RE UNDER 2000, THEY WANT YOU TO HAVE 8% FUND BALANCE.
WE ARE ENDING OUR AUDIT HERE, AND EVERYTHING WENT REALLY WELL.
I DID, HOWEVER, GET A NOTIFICATION FROM ON FRIDAY THAT WE ARE GOING TO GET A MANAGEMENT LETTER.
AND THEY ALWAYS LIKE TO MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER AND LETTING YOU KNOW THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE IN THE GROUP, WHICH DOESN'T MAKE ME FEEL BETTER. BUT THERE'S OTHER DISTRICTS THAT ARE ALSO GOING TO BE GETTING MANAGEMENT LETTERS OR SOME ARE GOING TO BE GETTING FINDINGS.
IN REGARDS TO THE TRAJECTORY, THE TRAJECTORY OF OUR FINANCIAL CONDITION.
I DID TRY AND DISCUSS HOW THE CUTS WE HAD FOR THIS YEAR THAT'S.
SO THAT'S ADDRESSED. BUT AGAIN I ALSO THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT I MEAN, IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO BE MAKING SURE THAT THE DISTRICT IS SOUND AND THINGS HAVEN'T BEEN GOING WELL. HOWEVER, I REALLY [LAUGHTER] FEEL LIKE THE STATE NEEDS TO HELP US OUT HERE.
BUT IN ANY CASE, WANTED TO GIVE YOU THAT UPDATE ABOUT THE AUDIT, AND THEN FINALLY THE FINANCIAL HEALTH INDICATOR MODEL ON THE STATE'S WEBSITE THAT'S BEEN UPDATED WITH THE 24-25 DATA NOW.
AND SO WE'RE SEEING MORE DISTRICTS IN BINDING CONDITIONS ARE GOING TO BE THERE SOON.
HOW MANY DISTRICTS ARE IN FINANCIAL DISTRESS HAS INCREASED.
AND THEN ALSO THOSE THAT ARE IN FINANCIAL HARDSHIP.
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I PUT A BOX, RED BOX AROUND WHERE WE'RE AT. SO WE'RE JUST IN THE FIRST BOX OF FINANCIAL STRESS.AND WITH THE EFFORTS THAT WE'RE DOING AND CONTINUING TO DO, I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL GET BACK TO THAT 8% FUND BALANCE, YOU KNOW, IN THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS. AND WE'LL GET BACK TO THAT STABLE MARK.
BUT WE WILL BE IN THERE UNTIL WE GET OUR FUND BALANCE BACK TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.
DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT POSITIVE NEWS? [LAUGHTER]. THANK YOU FOR THAT. JUST A QUESTION. SO ON THE MANAGEMENT LETTER. SO WHAT TRIGGERED THAT FOR US? WAS THE CUTS WE MADE LAST YEAR? NO.
THERE'S THREE. I THINK I THERE'S THREE PIECES THAT THEY LOOK AT IN THE STATE AUDITOR'S OFFICE FOR DETERMINING OUR, OUR HEALTH.
AND I PUT IT SOMEWHERE AND I DON'T SEE IT. I THINK I MIGHT HAVE PUT IT IN THE EMAIL THAT I SENT TO YOU GUYS, BUT THERE ARE DIFFERENT FINANCIAL RATIOS. AND ONE OF THEM IS YOUR FUND BALANCE.
ANOTHER ONE IS HOW MUCH CASH YOU HAVE ON HAND TO PAY YOUR BILLS.
THAT RATIO AND I THINK IT WAS A RATIO OF YOUR REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES.
BUT YEAH, WE HAD THOSE THREE WERE ALL IN THE RED.
SO. THERE YOU GO SO THIS IS THIS, THIS MANAGEMENT LETTER THAT WE GOT IS BASED ON BASICALLY WHAT THEY FOUND LAST YEAR.
SO IT'S KIND OF A LAGGING INDICATOR. IT WAS FROM LAST YEAR BASICALLY.
SO THEY WERE SAYING THAT BASED ON OUR NUMBERS LAST YEAR, IN A WAY IT ALMOST IT ALMOST KIND OF VALIDATES WHAT WE DID, LIKE THE ACTIONS THAT WE TOOK. RIGHT? IS THAT ANOTHER WAY TO PUT IT? EXACTLY. OKAY. YEAH, EXACTLY. AND SO EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE TO PUT THAT IN THERE THEY WILL ALSO BE PUTTING THE STATEMENTS IN THERE OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING THAT IS HELPING. OKAY.
THANK YOU. THAT THAT ISSUE BE RESOLVED. OKAY.
OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ITEM C, ITEMS ADDED TO THE AGENDA.
DID EVERYBODY GET A CHANCE TO SEE THOSE? ALL RIGHT.
[4. CULTURE - Public Comments]
I'M JUST GOING TO READ. OUR INSTRUCTIONS REALLY QUICKLY.AND THE BOARD, THE BOARD VALUES PUBLIC INPUT.
THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BOARD IS TO LISTEN AND REFLECT ON PUBLIC COMMENTS ACTIVELY.
THE BOARD MAY ONLY DISCUSS AND ACT UPON ITEMS INCLUDED IN THE WRITTEN AGENDA.
FOR THAT REASON, BOARD MEMBERS CANNOT RESPOND TO ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT CAN ASK THE SUPERINTENDENT TO FOLLOW UP ON ISSUES RAISED DURING PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
GUIDELINES FOR PUBLIC INPUT EMPHASIZE THE RESPECT AND CONSIDERATION OF OTHERS.
THE BOARD REQUESTS THAT ANYONE WHO HAS SUBMITTED WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENTS REFRAIN FROM READING THEM DURING THIS PORTION OF OUR MEETING TO ALLOW OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO SHARE THEIR COMMENTS. EACH PERSON PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT WILL HAVE A TOTAL OF THREE MINUTES.
ONCE CALLED UPON, PLEASE STEP TO THE PODIUM OR THE MICROPHONE ACTUALLY.
AND TONIGHT WE HAVE THREE PUBLIC COMMENTS. THE FIRST WILL BE.
IS IT COREA? COREA?. LOOKS LIKE OR MAYBE. IS IT GREG? [LAUGHTER] DID I? I THOUGHT IT SAID C-O-R-E-A TOTALLY BUTCHERED THAT.
BUT YOU'VE NEVER BEEN CALLED COREA BEFORE. [LAUGHTER] SORRY MY BAD.
I'M HERE TO CHAMPION THE PROPOSED TENNIS DEVELOPMENT.
PAST 15 YEARS, I'VE BEEN A SOCCER COACH, A RUGBY COACH, COACH, TENNIS.
I'M VERY EXCITED FOR WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED WITH THOSE CAMAS.
AT CAMAS TENNIS DEVELOPMENT. I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO GROW THE SPORT IN CAMAS.
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I THINK THAT THE STATE OF THE CURRENT COURTS IS IN A STATE OF DISREPAIR AND WILL NEED ATTENTION.I THINK CAMAS TENNIS IS ACTUALLY A VERY UNIQUE ATHLETIC PROGRAM IN THE CAMAS ENVIRONMENT.
MOST OF THE SPORTS PLAYED THERE ARE HYPER COMPETITIVE, AND I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A BIG PROPONENT OF INVOLVEMENT AT ANY LEVEL FOR CHILDREN, AND WE CONTINUALLY SEE CHILDREN BEING EXCLUDED FROM THE MORE ADVANCED OR DEVELOPED SPORTS THE SOCCERS, THE FOOTBALLS, THE BASKETBALLS, THAT SORT OF THING.
AND CAMAS TENNIS PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL THE KIDS TO GO AND PLAY.
AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE, IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, TO GO OUT ON ONE OF THOSE DAYS WHEN THE KIDS ARE PLAYING AND JUST SEE THE JOY THAT THOSE KIDS HAVE THAT ARE, THAT ARE OUT THERE PLAYING AND THERE ARE A WIDE VARIETY OF SKILL LEVELS.
SOME OF THEM HAVE NEVER PICKED UP A RACKET BEFORE, AND IT'S FANTASTIC THAT THEY'RE BEING GIVEN THAT OPPORTUNITY. AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, BEING SPRING AND FALL SPORTS, IT'S SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE WEATHER. SO IF WE CAN GET INDOOR FACILITIES THAT THEN PROVIDE NOT ONLY THOSE OPPORTUNITIES DURING THAT PERIOD, BUT ALSO THROUGH THE WINTER, I THINK IT WOULD BE A HUGE BONUS TO THIS COMMUNITY.
AND I SEE THAT FACILITY PROVIDING A WEALTH OF OPPORTUNITY, NOT ONLY WITHIN THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT, BUT ALSO WITHIN THE COMMUNITY ITSELF. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MR. GREG HOLDING. [LAUGHTER] SORRY ABOUT BUTCHERING YOUR NAME.
NEXT ON OUR LIST IS CARL WARNER. I GOT THAT RIGHT? CAROL? CARL? IT'S CARL. [LAUGHTER]. SORRY. EXCELLENT.
MY NAME IS CARL WARNER. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF CAMAS FOR ALMOST 15 YEARS NOW AND HAVE TWO CHILDREN WITH SCHOOL I'M GOING TO BE A TOUCH REDUNDANT ON SOME OF THE POINTS THAT GREG MADE, BUT I THINK THEY ARE GREAT POINTS TO MAKE.
SO BOTTOM LINE, I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT UNMET NEED A LITTLE BIT.
NOW WE HAVE SOME PARKS AND WE HAVE SOME SCHOOL FACILITIES, BUT THERE'S REALLY TWO COVERED FACILITIES IN THE AREA, RIGHT? ONE BEING EVERGREEN, ONE BEING VANCOUVER TENNIS CENTER.
NOW MY SON, WHO HAS GROWN UP AND GONE THROUGH ALL OF SCHOOL HERE IN THE CAMAS SCHOOL SYSTEM AND IS A GRADUATING SENIOR THIS YEAR DOES PLAY OR DID PLAY ON THE HIGH SCHOOL TEAM AND FINISHED GETTING HIS LETTER THIS YEAR, WHICH WE'RE REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF.
NOW, WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER, WE HAD HIM STARTING TENNIS WITHIN THE EVERGREEN WHICH I THINK IS SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY PRETTY DEVELOPED AT, RIGHT? THEY GET THE KIDS IN REALLY YOUNG AND THEN THEY HAVE A DECENT PROGRAM FOR ADULTS.
AND REALLY, EVEN AS YOU MOVE INTO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AREA AND TRANSITIONING INTO HIGH SCHOOL.
THOSE PROGRAMS DROP, THE FLOOR DROPS OUT ON THEM.
SO WE WERE FORCED TO GO TO ANOTHER, WHICH IS A GREAT FACILITY, VANCOUVER TENNIS CENTER, BUT OBVIOUSLY CONSIDERABLY FURTHER AWAY, LESS CONVENIENT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, TO GIVE YOU THE PUNCHLINE, I WANT TO PROVIDE MY UNWAVERING SUPPORT OF COVERING THE TENNIS COURTS AND AND LIKE WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, THERE ARE SOME REVISIONS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN TO THE COURTS ANYWAY. SO IF WE CAN PACKAGE THAT ALL TOGETHER, IT WOULD NOT ONLY PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, A GREAT RESOURCE FOR THE COMMUNITY, BUT LIKE WAS ALSO MENTIONED, THERE'S MANY, MANY SPORTS THAT YOU CAN PLAY IN THE RAIN. TENNIS IS NOT ONE OF THEM.
AND SO BY COVERING THOSE, YOU WOULD ALLOW NOT ONLY THE BOYS TENNIS, BUT THE GIRLS WHO REALLY ARE EVEN MORE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED BY THE RAIN IN THE SPRING TIME AND WINTER TIME TO ACCESS THAT SPORT READILY, WHICH THEY'RE VERY, VERY COMMONLY CANCELED.
SO BOTTOM LINE, IT'S KIND OF IRONIC AND THE AUDACITY OF THE BIGGEST DETRACTOR OF THIS BEING THE ONE TENNIS CENTER WHO DOESN'T ACTUALLY OFFER ANY OF THESE SERVICES FOR WHERE THIS WOULD ACTUALLY BE LOCATED, AND FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT WOULD BE HELPING.
SO I WANT TO ASK FOR THAT TO BE PRIORITIZED AND MOVE FORWARD AS EXPEDITIOUSLY AS POSSIBLE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. [APPLAUSE] AWESOME THANK YOU.
LISA WARNER. THIS CAN GO A LITTLE BIT LOWER [LAUGHTER] NOT AS TALL. THERE WE GO. OKAY. HELLO, I'M LISA WARNER.
AND I WORK PRIMARILY WITH OUR SPECIAL ED KIDS, AND I DO.
AND LIKE GREG SAID, I THINK ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS ABOUT IT IS THAT IT'S FOR EVERYONE.
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PROMOTES THAT. WE'VE HAD JUST A GREAT EXPERIENCE WITH IT, AND WE'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF THE BUBBLE, HOPING THAT IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT OUR SON WOULD BENEFIT FROM.AND FORTUNATELY IT WASN'T. BUT BEING THAT I WORK IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, I OBVIOUSLY PROMOTE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF THAT GETTING OUR STUDENTS OUT. I SEE THIS AS BEING SOMETHING THAT THE ENTIRE CAMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT COMMUNITY WOULD BENEFIT FROM.
I KNOW THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED THAT OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO IN A PE PROGRAM, POTENTIALLY. I KNOW MY SPECIAL ED STUDENTS, THEY'RE ABLE TO PLAY TENNIS AND MODIFIED LEVELS, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY COULD I COULD HAVE THEM OUT THERE USING YEAR-ROUND AND WE WOULDN'T BE LIMITED TO JUST THOSE DRY DAYS.
SO IT'S BEYOND JUST OUR FANTASTIC TENNIS PROGRAMS. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE USABLE ALL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR FOR ALL OF OUR KIDS.
AND, AND THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY. SO I THINK.
I THINK IT'S VERY UNREALISTIC THAT A FACILITY THAT HAS FOUR COVERED COURTS WITHIN THE CITY OF CAMAS WOULD BE THE ONLY FACILITY TO PROVIDE TENNIS COVERED TENNIS COURTS FOR A GROWING COMMUNITY THAT IS PROMOTING THE SPORT OF TENNIS.
AND I'VE BEEN VERY DISAPPOINTED AS A LONG TERM CAMAS RESIDENT, I FIND IT SHAMEFUL THAT THAT ENTITY, EVERGREEN TENNIS, HAS WORKED SO HARD TO PUT. TO DENY ACCESS TO OUR STUDENTS TO HAVE THIS AMAZING FACILITY BUILT.
SO THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YOU CAN SIT THROUGH THE REST OF OUR RIVETING BOARD MEETING, OR YOU'RE WELCOME [LAUGHTER] TO GO.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING AND FOR YOUR TIME.
[5. CULTURE - Open and Effective Communications]
WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR CAMAS ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATION OFFICE PROFESSIONAL COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT 2025.IS THAT? WHO'S BRINGING THAT TO US? IS THAT YOU? YES. AMY COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT. JUST WANTED TO KIND OF REITERATE.
WE PRESENTED THIS IN KIND OF A SKELETON FORM A WHILE AGO, AND THIS IS JUST COMING TO YOU NOW.
THERE WAS SOME FORMATTING ISSUES FROM THE UNION SIDE, THE CAEOP UNION SIDE.
SO, CONNIE, IF YOU WANT, I CAN HIT THOSE REAL QUICKLY UNLESS.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO AGAIN, WE SIGNED THE TENTATIVE AGREEMENT WITH CAEOP WHEN WE FINISHED NEGOTIATIONS.
OKAY. SO OVERALL, WE SEE IN THIS IN THIS CURRENT FORM, INCREASED PERSONAL DAYS FROM 3 TO 4.
THE LANGUAGE READS 4 PERSONAL DAYS WITH ABILITY TO ROLL OVER 3 WITH A MAX ROLL OVER OF 7 THE ADDITION OF TWO FULLY PAID ENTITLEMENT DAYS IN LIEU OF THE ADDITIONAL WORK DAYS THAT WERE ADDED TO THE SCHOOL CALENDAR IN PREVIOUS YEARS.
AND THEN AS FAR AS SALARY INCREASES, THERE WOULD BE IPD, WHICH IS CURRENTLY AT 2.6% THIS YEAR.
IPD FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, WHICH IN MY RECOLLECTION IS SCHEDULED TO BE AROUND 2.9%.
AND THEN IN 27-28 IPD, WHICH IS REALLY HARD TO FORECAST OUT BUT AN ADDITIONAL 3% ON TOP OF THAT.
SO THAT 3RD YEAR IS A RATHER ROBUST INCREASE.
AND IT'S JUST TYPICAL IN THIS ECONOMIC TIMES TO KIND OF BACK END THESE AGREEMENTS.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE CHANGES.
BUT I'LL DO MY BEST. AND, KIM, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU WERE IN ON THAT ON THAT NEGOTIATION TEAM OR IF IF THERE'S ANY FISCAL QUESTIONS, MAYBE YOU CAN STICK AROUND FOR A SECOND AND HELP WITH THOSE.
I MEAN, THE ONLY OTHER THINGS I SAW, JOHN, IT TOOK A LITTLE WHILE TO LOOK THROUGH.
WE'RE GOING TO A THREE-YEAR AGREEMENT INSTEAD OF A TWO.
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SO COULD YOU COMMENT ON THOSE AT ALL? BECAUSE EVERYONE WANTS MORE TIME TO JOB SHADOW, RIGHT.YEAH. I'M REALLY GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP. IT WAS SOMETHING WE TALKED ABOUT AT CABINET TODAY. SO AMY CURRENTLY IS WORKING RIGHT NOW WITH DEREK AND ALSO MEMBERS OF CAEOP TO PROVIDE STRONGER JOB DESCRIPTIONS ON POSITIONS THAT HAVE KIND OF BEEN A LITTLE BIT LOOSE OVER THE YEARS.
ONE SPECIFICALLY IS OUR TRUANCY SECRETARY POSITION THAT'S CURRENTLY HOUSED AT LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SO REALLY TRYING TO DEFINE BETTER THAT SPECIFIC ONE.
AND THEN TO YOUR POINT, SOME ADDITIONAL ONES.
AND SO THAT WAS A BIG, BIG PIECE FOR THEIR MEMBERSHIP WAS TO KIND OF DEFINE SOME OF THOSE JOBS THAT REALLY HAVE OVER THE YEARS EVOLVED DIFFERENTLY AT DIFFERENT SITES. SO AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT AMY'S REALLY BROUGHT TO THE TABLE SINCE SHE'S BEEN HERE ACROSS ALL OUR MEMBERSHIP GROUPS, IS REALLY DEFINING BETTER AND MAKING PEOPLE FEEL A LITTLE BIT MORE CONSISTENT NO MATTER WHAT SITE THEY WENT TO.
I MEAN, I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE.
OUR BARGAINING GROUP ON THAT, BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN I FIRST STARTED, IT WAS WHEN WE WENT FOR SOME OF THOSE COOKIE ONES. WE HEARD IT FROM THOSE STAFF. LIKE WE HAVE SIMILAR JOBS, WE'RE IN DIFFERENT GROUPS.
AND DESCRIPTIONS WEREN'T CLEAR. SO IT'S REALLY NICE TO SEE THAT.
YEAH. IT'S NOT ALL JUST WORKING TOGETHER. THIS AGREEMENT HAS THE DISTRICT WORKING.
I FULLY AGREE. I THINK IT'S. WE'RE SEEING THAT ACROSS THE BOARD, PSE INCLUDED, WHERE I THINK OVER THE YEARS WHAT HAPPENS, ESPECIALLY IN A SMALLER COMMUNITY, PEOPLE JUST TAKE THINGS ON AND IT DOESN'T ALWAYS GET TO THE BARGAINING TABLE.
AND SO IT REALLY TAKES SOMEONE LIKE, LIKE AMIE STEWART THAT, THAT REAL PROFESSIONAL HR DIRECTOR TO COME IN AND SAY, YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO CLEAN THIS UP A LITTLE BIT. SO I THINK YOU'LL SEE MORE OF THAT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS WHERE WE HAVE PRINCIPALS GROUP NEGOTIATING AND STARTING IN APRIL AND THEN AND MORE SO, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
THAT WAS JUST A HIGHLIGHT. WE'RE NOT VOTING. WE ARE VOTING ON IT.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE 2025 CAMAS EDUCATION OR CAMAS ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATIONAL OFFICE PROFESSIONALS COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT AS PRESENTED. I WILL SECOND THAT.
BEEN MOVED BY COREY. SECONDED BY TRACEY. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD WORK. OKAY. THIS BRINGS US TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
[6. SYSTEMS/PATHWAYS: Consent Agenda]
DID EVERYBODY HAVE A CHANCE TO READ THROUGH THE CONSENT AGENDA? ALL RIGHT. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF IT.THE CONSENT AGENDA. I MOVE TO APPROVE ALL CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS AS PRESENTED.
I'LL SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MATTHEW, SECONDED BY BAMINI.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. THANK YOU.
THAT BRINGS US DOWN TO ALWAYS MY FAVORITE PART OF THE MEETING.
[7. SYSTEMS/PATHWAYS: Policies for First Reading]
POLICY REVIEW. POLICIES FOR FIRST READING. IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE TWO, FOUR, SIX, EIGHT, TEN OF THEM.I'LL JUST KIND OF LIST THEM BRIEFLY. AND IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT ANY OF THEM.
THE FIRST ONE IS POLICY 1111 OATH OF OFFICE. AND THESE LOOK LIKE THEY WERE JUST KIND OF SOME SEMANTIC UPDATES AND CHANGES. IT LOOKS LIKE.
YEAH. OKAY. I WASN'T AT THE WORKSHOP. [LAUGHTER] OKAY I HAD A WORK THING, MY DAY JOB. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT POLICY 1210? OR DO YOU WANT TO JUST. LET ME KNOW IF THERE ARE POLICIES YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT MIGHT BE MORE EXPEDITIOUS.
IT WAS PRETTY LIGHT. YEAH, I THINK I DON'T THINK ANYTHING HAS CHANGED SINCE THE WORKSHOP.
WE WERE GOOD ON DUPLICATE LANGUAGE IN THERE IN I IT SAYS THE DISTRICT IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATUTES WHICH PROHIBIT UNEQUAL TREATMENT OF INDIVIDUALS ON THE BASIS OF RACE, SEX, CREED, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, HONORABLY DISCHARGED VETERAN, YOU KNOW, BLAH BLAH, BLAH.
AND YOU GO DOWN AND IT SAYS HONORABLY DISCHARGED VETERAN AGAIN AFTER RELIGION AND IT REPEATS IT.
SO I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED IT IN THERE A SECOND TIME? AND IT ALSO. BEFORE THAT SAYS THE PRESENCE OF ANY SENSORY, MENTAL OR PHYSICAL DISABILITY OR NEURODIVERGENCE.
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JUST FORMATTING. GOOD CATCH. THANKS. SEAN, DO YOU HAVE THAT? DID MY JOB. [LAUGHTER]. NO, WE'RE LOOKING AT I.OKAY. ON 21. SO ON I IN THE LAST SENTENCE IT SAYS RELIGION.
IN BLUE RELIGION AND HONORABLY DISCHARGED VETERAN OR MILITARY STATUS.
THE HONORABLY DISCHARGED VETERAN IS ALSO UP IN ON THE SECOND LINE.
SO I THINK IT'S DUPLICATED. I THINK WE DO NEED TO KEEP MILITARY STATUS THOUGH.
YEAH, GOOD CATCH CONNIE. AND THEN ON THE ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, 5TH LINE DOWN, IT SAYS DISABILITY, COMMA OR NEURODIVERGENCE COMMA OR THE USE OF.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S IF IT'S THE PRESENCE OF ANY SENSORY, MENTAL OR PHYSICAL DISABILITY OR.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED THAT COMMA OR THE OR IF THE NEURODIVERGENCE IS A SEPARATE ITEM.
THINK. I DON'T KNOW. IF ONLY YOU HAD BEEN AT THE WORKSHOP, WE WOULD HAVE CAUGHT THIS.
I KNOW. WELL, FOUR OF US WE DID NOT HAVE THAT KEEN EYE. OKAY.
AND THEN THIS IS THE CARNAGE NO 2124. PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND HEALTH CLASS.
MY QUESTION WAS IT DOWN IN THE LAST SECTION, STUDENTS WILL BE MODERATELY TO VIGOROUSLY.
NO, THAT'S NOT IT. IS THE PART WHERE IT SAYS K-8 WILL DO 100 MINUTES.
I GUESS THAT'S UP IN THE TOP PART. AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE IN THE PAST, WE HAVE HAD A CERTAIN NUMBER OF MINUTES THAT OUR KIDS NEED TO DO, BUT THEY WEREN'T DOING THAT MANY MINUTES, AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR POLICY REPRESENTS WHAT WE'RE DOING.
WE'RE NOT ADOPTING A POLICY THAT WE'RE OUT OF COMPLIANCE FOR.
PART OF THE RCW AND THEN HOPEFULLY THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR CLASSES. OKAY.
AND ALSO MY QUESTION WAS ABOUT WAIVING PE. IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WE HAVE A POLICY THAT GUIDES HOW OR WHEN OR BY HOW MUCH WE CAN WAIVE PE. AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S BEEN SORT OF A BONE OF CONTENTION IN THE PAST.
I KNOW IN THE DISTRICT I WORK IN, THERE'S A POLICY THAT SAYS YOU CAN WAIVE UP TO ONE CREDIT FOR, YOU KNOW, ONE SEASON OF SPORTS PER HALF A CREDIT.
I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE IN A DOCUMENT.
IT'S JUST IT'S MORE. YOU GUYS DECIDE. OKAY. OKAY.
OKAY. JUST A QUESTION. AND THEN IN 2140.
WHERE WAS IT? THE COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAM. CLOSE TO MY HEART.
IT TALKS ABOUT THAT 80% OF OUR COUNSELORS TIME IS GOING TO BE DELIVERING BASICALLY OUR COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAM. AND THAT WE WILL PROVIDE RESOURCES TO SUPPORT AS FEASIBLE WITHIN OUR EXISTING RESOURCES.
AND SO THIS IS SAYING THAT WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM THAT.
BUT WITHIN OUR CURRENT ENVIRONMENT, WHICH MEANS NOT NO CHANGE.
SO IT WAS A LITTLE WE DON'T HAVE EXTRA RESOURCES TO PUT AT THIS.
SO I DON'T KNOW. AGAIN, IS THIS RCW? I KNOW THAT OUR STATE IS REQUIRING US TO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAM, BUT IN OUR VERBIAGE HERE, IT SAYS WE WILL PROVIDE THE RESOURCES NEEDED WITHIN OUR CURRENT CAPACITY.
SO I DON'T KNOW I WAS CONFUSED. ARE WE? AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
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SO AND THIS IS JUST FIRST READING, RIGHT? SO MAYBE WE CAN TAKE THAT BACK TO STAFF AND READ THROUGH THAT AND DECIDE WHAT WE'RE SAYING? SURE [LAUGHTER] THERE'S NO WAY.THAT'S GREAT. WE'RE DOING THAT? ANYWAY, THAT'S ALL I HAD FOR THOSE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR BELABORING? OKAY. THANK YOU FOR INDULGING ME.
ARE WE PULLING. ARE YOU RECOMMEND WE'RE GOING TO VOTE TO PULL THAT AND PUSH? LIKE BETWEEN FIRST READING AND SECOND READING TO HAVE STAFF.
OKAY SO I THINK THE RIGHT. BUT I DON'T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME WE REVIEWED IT, AND I DON'T.
I STILL AM NOT SURE THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY ENACTING WHAT THIS POLICY SAYS WE'RE GOING TO ENACT, WHETHER WE HAVE THE FUNDING OR, OR IT SHOULD SAY WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO, WHAT OUR GOAL IS AND BUT IT SAYS WE WILL FUND IT.
YEAH THIS IS EXISTING POLICY. YEAH YEAH. YEAH. I THINK IF WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE IT, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE VOTE TO PUSH IT BACK AND THEN. SURE. BRING IT BACK FOR FIRST READING IF IT CHANGES THE SUBSTANTIVE NATURE OF IT SO.
OKAY. IT WOULD JUST BE EASIER.
BUT NOT CRITICAL. OKAY, LET'S PULL IT.
WOULD THAT BE EASIER? YEAH. AND IT JUST SAYS THE BOARD WILL PROVIDE RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THE FOUNDATION CONTENT AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE K-12 SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAM, CONSISTENT WITH THE BEST PRACTICES DESCRIBED IN STATE AND NATIONAL MODELS AS FEASIBLE WITHIN EXISTING RESOURCES.
ALL SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAMS WILL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS CLASSROOM, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. AND I'M LIKE, GREAT. OKAY, WE'RE DOING IT.
ALL RIGHT. WELL, I GUESS WE CAN MOVE IT FORWARD.
WHATEVER YOU GUYS THINK, MOVE IT FORWARD AND? CONVERSATION ABOUT IT. I'D BE WILLING TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE THAT WE PULL THAT ONE, WE MOVE ALL EXCEPT THAT'S WHAT 2140? YEAH AND WE CAN PUT THIS ONE BACK TO BE THE ONE TO, TO DISCUSS AT THE NEXT WORKSHOP.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO IF YOU ARE ENTERTAINING A MOTION.
YEAH I WANT TO MAKE SURE I GET THIS RIGHT. 2140 IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. I MOVED TO APPROVE POLICIES 1000.
1111 1210 2106 2124 2170 5010 6220 6700 6955 AS PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING.
AND I WOULD MOVE THAT 2140 BE NOT MOVE FORWARD AT THIS TIME.
I WILL SECOND THAT. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COREY SECONDED BY TRACEY.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? THANK YOU FOR CATCHING THAT, I APPRECIATE THAT, THAT'S WHY.
THANK YOU. NOW, OUR POLICIES FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.
[8. SYSTEMS/PATHWAYS: Policies for Second Reading & Adoption]
WE HAVE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. ANY QUESTIONS UPDATES COMMENTS ON ANY OF THOSE? I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION. OKAY I MOVE TO APPROVE POLICIES 1005, 1630, 1820, 1821, 3226 AND 5000 AS PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. MOVED BY BAMINI.
SECONDED BY COREY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. UNANIMOUS THANK YOU.
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NEXT SECTION IS 9. AND INFORMED AND RESPONSIBLE USE OF RESOURCES.[9. SYSTEMS/PATHWAYS: Informed and Responsible Use of Resources]
SO OUR BOARD RESOLUTION 2505 WIAA DESIGNATION OF AUTHORITY.I THINK THIS IS JUST A YEARLY RESOLUTION THAT WE SUBMIT TO WIAA.
TO BASICALLY APPROVE OUR WIAA MEMBERSHIP FOR CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL.
I MOVE TO ACCEPT BOARD RESOLUTION 2505 WIAA DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY AS PRESENTED.
THANK YOU ALMOST SECONDED BY TRACEY. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. UNANIMOUSLY PASSES. NEXT, BE BOARD RESOLUTION 2506 MARCH.
DESIGNATING MARCH AS OUR MUSIC IN SCHOOLS MONTH RESOLUTION.
AS COREY GOING TO READ THIS OUT BECAUSE WE WOULD WOULD REALLY LIKE IT IF COREY COULD SING IT, BUT SINCE HE'S A BAND DIRECTOR, I'LL LET YOU.
LIKE MY INTERPRETIVE DANCE. YES. THANK YOU. SOMETIMES I WISH I HAD A VOTE.
[LAUGHTER] ALL RIGHT. WELL, WHEREAS FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS, MARCH HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY DESIGNATED BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MUSIC EDUCATION AS MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH, ENCOURAGING COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE NATION TO FOCUS ON MUSIC EDUCATION.
AND WHEREAS THE PURPOSE OF THIS CELEBRATION IS TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE LASTING, POSITIVE IMPACT OF MUSIC EDUCATION ON THE ACADEMIC, PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL GROWTH OF OUR STUDENTS.
AND WHEREAS, MUSIC EDUCATION SHAPES THE WAY OUR STUDENTS UNDERSTAND THEMSELVES AND THE WORLD AROUND THEM, ALLOWING FOR A DEEP ENGAGEMENT WITH LEARNING.
AND WHEREAS MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH REMINDS US THAT SCHOOL IS WHERE ALL CHILDREN SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO MUSIC, AND WHEREAS MUSIC, MUSIC EDUCATORS, STUDENTS AND COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT WASHINGTON DEMONSTRATE THE IMPORTANCE OF QUALITY MUSIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS TO THE LIVES OF YOUNG PEOPLE. AND WHEREAS THE STATE OF WASHINGTON JOINS OUR MUSIC STUDENTS, EDUCATORS, AND COMMUNITIES IN CELEBRATING THE POWER OF MUSIC EDUCATION.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT CAMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM ON FEBRUARY 23RD, 2026, MARCH AS MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH AND ENCOURAGES OUR CITIZENS TO CELEBRATE AND ACKNOWLEDGE EVERY DAY, BUT ESPECIALLY IN MARCH, THAT MUSIC EDUCATION IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF EVERY STUDENT'S WELL-ROUNDED EDUCATION.
ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CAMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT, #117, CLARK COUNTY, WASHINGTON.
ON THIS DATE AND AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. [LAUGHTER].
I'LL SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED, READ BEAUTIFULLY AND MOVED BY COREY.
[LAUGHTER]. SECONDED BY MATTHEW. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. UNANIMOUS ONCE AGAIN.
AND OUR LAST ONE IS A CONTRACT FOR AETTA ARCHITECTURE FOR THE TENNIS CENTER.
THE ARCHITECTURAL WORK ON THE TENNIS CENTER. I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I'LL SECOND ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. UNANIMOUS.
[10. RECESS OF REGULAR MEETING]
[11. EXECUTIVE SESSION - Personnel - RCW 42.30.110 (g)]
PERSONNEL, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK OUT AND NOT BE MAKING ANY DECISIONS.SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.