Mar 23, 2026 School Board Meeting

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ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.

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

[2. CULTURE]

WOO! YEAH! GOOD JOB, GOOD JOB. NEXT COREY IS GOING TO READ A LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT FOR US.

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

THANK YOU, COREY. AND NOW I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR RECORDERS.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS KIM RAY. I'M THE MUSIC TEACHER AT PRUNE HILL.

AND I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING. YOU'RE THINKING 36 KIDS ARE GOING TO PLAY RECORDERS TONIGHT.

AND YOU'RE LIKE, OH, OKAY. BUT IT'S GOING TO BE GOOD.

AND THEN ALSO, AT ONE POINT IN TIME SOME YEARS AGO, WE HAD 65.

I THINK THAT ALSO THE KIDS PICKED ALL THREE OF THE SONGS WE'RE GOING TO DO TONIGHT.

AND SO THESE WERE THEIR FAVORITES. THE FIRST IS ODE TO JOY BY BEETHOVEN.

THE SECOND IS CALLED I AM A POOR WAYFARING STRANGER.

YOU'RE PROBABLY FAMILIAR IT'S AN OLD FOLK SONG, AND THE THIRD SONG IS CALLED TWO BIRDS.

MAKE TIME TO GET.

THIS RIGHT COREY. I CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT IT, BUT THE MUSIC MAKES IT MORE ENJOYABLE.

SO MY DEGREE IN PIANO. WOULD BE FINE, I THINK.

SO I'M A BIG GIRL, AND I HAVE A LOT OF A LOT OF AWESOME.

JUST BIG, GIANT ONES IN THE BACK. SO IT'S FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE.

I THOUGHT IT WAS NICE.

AND LOUDER. OF COURSE I CAN DO IT LOUDER! HANG ON.

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GREAT WAY TO START A MEETING. AND THAT'S HOW IT STARTS.

THANK YOU. GOOD JOB. THANKS. THANKS. SEE YOU GUYS.

YOU GOT IT. IT'S THE PARENTS THAT COME OUT FOR THAT.

LIKE SOMETHING THAT'S.

REALLY GOOD.

ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON. THESE ARE STILL REALLY LOUD.

WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF MILL TOWN PRIDE AWARDS THAT WE'RE GOING TO GIVE AWAY.

AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO JOHN. YES, WE'RE HAPPY TO BRING BACK THE MIDDLETOWN PRIDE AFTER A COUPLE OF MONTHS.

WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE'RE OFFERING OR AWARDING MILL TOWN PRIZES, THAT IT'S PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY EXEMPLIFYING OUR VALUES.

WHAT'S IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN? AND OF COURSE, OUR PROFILE OF A GRAD, SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR THAT WHEN, NOMINATIONS COME FORWARD. SO WE HAVE TWO VERY, VERY SPECIAL PEOPLE WHO WILL BE AWARDED TONIGHT.

SO I WANT TO BRING UP THE PRESENTERS FIRST, WHICH WILL BE SARAH LOGAN AND MANDY BUSBY.

IF YOU GUYS WANT TO COME UP AND PRESENT THOSE AWARDS.

AND KELLEE FIGUEROA. I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE COMING. GOOD TO SEE YOU, KELLEE. WE EITHER WAY, SARAH LIKES THE PODIUM, SO WE CAN DO THE PODIUM OR MICROPHONE.

OKAY. I DON'T SEE HER. I SAW HER EARLIER TODAY.

MAYBE WE BETTER SWAP. ALL RIGHT, WELL, I'M MANDY BUSBY, PRINCIPAL AT LIBERTY.

AND THIS IS KELLEE FIGUEROA, OUR ASB SECRETARY.

WE ARE SUPER EXCITED TO TAKE A MOMENT AND CELEBRATE HEIDI.

SHE IS OUR RECENT PTO PRESIDENT AND HAS GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND FROM DONUTS TO DINE AROUNDS.

SHE HAS BEEN OUR PERSON NOT ONLY IS SHE SO COMMITTED TO HELPING OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STUDENTS RAISE MONEY, SHE WEARS OUR RYAN THE LION COSTUME. AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THAT THING IS CLAUSTROPHOBIC.

I HAVE TRIED TO WEAR IT AND I CAN'T SO THAT'S JUST IT'S NEXT LEVEL WHEN WEARING THAT.

BUT SHE HAS SHOWN UP IN SO MANY WAYS AT OUR SCHOOL TO HELP LEAD OUR PARENTS AND OUR TEACHERS AND EVEN US IN SO MANY WAYS.

OH TURNED OUR PTO AROUND TO REALLY NOT HAVING MUCH SUPPORT, TO HAVING TREMENDOUS AMOUNTS OF SUPPORT.

AND WE JUST RECENTLY DID A DONUT KRISPY KREME FUNDRAISER.

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IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE CAN'T EVEN COMPETE WITH THE ELEMENTARY PTA AND PTO.

JUST SO YOU KNOW. BUT IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, IT'S, HARD TO SOMETIMES GET THOSE FAMILIES OUT AND VOLUNTEERS.

AND HEIDI HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB. SO WE CREATED A LITTLE PHOTO MONTAGE OF HER AND RYAN THE LION, WHICH I'M SURE SHE'S GOING TO LOVE. AND WE JUST WANTED TO CELEBRATE HER FOR MAKING LIBERTY.

DEFINITELY MODELING OUR PRIDE. SO THANK YOU. BEING PART OF IT.

DOES SHE HAVE TO COME UP HERE AND GET EMBARRASSED? YES.

[APPLAUSE] AND HEIDI, IF I COULD JUST ADD ONE THING.

SO I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SPEAKING AT PTOS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, AND I WOULD SAY, HEIDI, THAT YOU MOST EXEMPLIFY BEING SUCH AN EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATOR.

IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT OUR PROFILE OF A GRADUATE, YOUR CORRESPONDENCE NOT ONLY WITH SHAUNA AND GAIL PREVIOUSLY, BUT WITH ME WELCOMING US ALWAYS MAKING US FEEL VERY WARM AND WELCOME, ESPECIALLY, LIKE MANDY SAID, MIDDLE SCHOOL PTOS AREN'T ALWAYS AS STRONG AND YOU'RE MAKING IT.

YOU'RE EQUALIZING IT WITH SOME OF OUR ELEMENTARY ONES.

SO AWESOME JOB. IT SHOWS. AND HERE'S ONE MORE.

OH.

THANK YOU GUYS. YOU GUYS MAKE IT REALLY EASY TO WORK WITH.

I MEAN, AND IT'S JUST IT MAKES A I MEAN, IT'S EASY TO BE A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND I MIGHT EVEN HAVE SOME PICTURES. BY THEN.

YES, I DO. OKAY. SARAH, DID KIMBERLY MAKE IT? SHE'S NOT HERE. SO SHAUNA AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT MAYBE DOING THIS NEXT MONTH.

I'M WONDERING IF SHE. I KNOW WHERE THERE WERE SOME PLUMBING CHALLENGES AT HER HOUSE.

OH, MAN. DO YOU WANT TO DO THAT, CONNIE? SURE.

OKAY. THANK YOU, SARAH. WE'LL WAIT TILL APRIL.

OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CAMAS SCHOOL REPORT.

MY NAME IS COREY.

JUST PRESS. THERE'S A BUTTON THERE. HELLO? CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? OKAY, PERFECT. I'M COREY WALKER MULLIGAN. I'M FROM.

CAN I TAKE THIS OFF THE SLIDE? OKAY. THANK YOU.

I'M COREY WALKER MULLIGAN, AND I'M FROM CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL.

AT CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL SPRING SPORTS IS JUST STARTING, SO BASEBALL HAS HAD THE FIRST COUPLE GAMES, TRACKS HAD THEIR FIRST MEET. AND TONS OF ATHLETES ARE REALLY EXCITED TO START THEIR SPRING SEASON.

YOU'RE IN TOWN IS THE MUSICAL THIS YEAR, AND THEY HAD THEIR FIRST COUPLE SHOWINGS LAST WEEKEND, AND THIS WEEKEND THEY'RE CLOSING. THEY'VE DONE TONS OF GREAT ADVERTISING AT THE SCHOOL AROUND THE TOWN.

I'M SURE YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THE LITTLE YARD SIGNS EVERYWHERE.

THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB TRYING TO PUSH THAT OUT AND THEY'RE GETTING A LOT OF SUPPORT.

MULTICULTURAL WEEK IS THIS WEEK AT CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL.

THE ASB'S DID THEIR HOLIDAY THIS SATURDAY. WE PUT IN A TON OF TIME TO TRY AND CELEBRATE AND CELEBRATE A TON OF DIFFERENT CULTURES.

AND TODAY AT LUNCH, WE BROUGHT IN A MARIACHI BAND AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO A REALLY GOOD WEEK.

AND LAST YEAR WE HAD OUR FIRST MULTICULTURAL WEEK AND TONS OF FAMILIES REACHED OUT TO US, AND THEY'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT PARTICIPATING THIS YEAR.

PROM WEEK IS COMING UP, AND THAT'S A BIG DEAL FOR A LOT OF SENIORS LIKE I AM AND JUNIORS, AND WE'RE PLANNING THAT OUT.

THAT'S WHAT'S COMING UP FOR CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL.

REC WEEK FINISHED UP A LITTLE BIT AGO. I'M NOT SURE IF SOMEONE ELSE HAS COVERED THAT, BUT SOME HIGHLIGHTS WERE A LOT OF STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN OUR CHALLENGES.

SO THINGS LIKE GIVE SOMEONE A HUG. TEXT A FRIEND YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IN A WHILE.

HOLD THE DOOR. WE SAW A LOT OF PARTICIPATION.

WE WERE REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THE STUDENTS PARTICIPATING, AND WE BROUGHT IN A PETTING ZOO FOR THE STUDENTS, AND THEY ABSOLUTELY LOVED THAT. THEY HAD A REALLY ADORABLE TINY LITTLE PONIES AND A REALLY FAT PIG.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] GOOD JOB COREY.

I JUST WANT TO SAY ON THERE TOO, I THINK THE KINDNESS WEEK THAT YOU GUYS DO IS AN AWESOME THING.

DID I SEE SOMETHING TO WHERE THERE WAS LIKE, YOU GOT TACO BELL FOR EVERYONE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT?

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IF YOU ONLY GET THE CHEAPEST OPTIONS ON THE PAGE.

IT'S REALLY COOL. IT'S REALLY COOL FOR SUCH A BIG SCHOOL LIKE THAT TO REALLY PERSONALIZE DIFFERENT DAYS LIKE THAT. REALLY COOL. NICE JOB, NICE JOB. NEXT, DO WE HAVE AUDREY FROM DISCOVERY? IS ANYBODY HERE FROM DISCOVERY? AUDREY. AUDREY.

OKAY. HOW ABOUT KENNISON OR LAUREN FROM LIBERTY? YAY! COME ON UP.

HI, I'M KENNY, I'M LAUREN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY.

WE HAVEN'T SPOKEN IN FRONT OF YOU IN A WHILE.

SO WE WANT TO GIVE YOU A SUMMARY OF OUR YEAR, THUS FAR.

ASB HAS HOSTED SIX ASSEMBLIES THIS YEAR WITH TWO MORE ON OUR SCHEDULE.

WE HAD A BEGINNING OF THE YEAR ASSEMBLY, TWO PEP ASSEMBLIES AND A GUEST SPEAKER ASSEMBLY, A VETERANS DAY ASSEMBLY, AND AN MLK ASSEMBLY. LIBERTY HAS RUN SIX FUNDRAISERS, INCLUDING A COIN DRIVE, SOCTOBER, STUFF THE BUS, WINTER WISHES, VALENTINE'S FUNDRAISER AND TOYS FOR SMILES.

WE WILL BE DOING ONE MORE FUNDRAISER THIS YEAR IN APRIL OR MAY.

WE HAVE HOSTED TWO DANCE SOCIALS THIS YEAR AND ONE MORE SCHEDULED IN APRIL.

IN ADDITION, WE ARE WORKING WITH SKYRIDGE, ODYSSEY AND CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL TO HAVE AN EIGHTH GRADE COMBINED SOCIAL IN MAY.

OUR ASB HAS FOCUSED ON CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO INTERACT AND BUILD A POSITIVE COMMUNITY.

IN THIS EFFORT, WE HAVE CREATED ADDITIONAL COMMISSIONER GROUPS WITHIN ASB.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE THE FOLLOWING GROUPS WORKING ON VARIOUS PROJECTS, ASSEMBLIES, ATHLETICS AND CLUBS.

CATCH ALL FAMILY EVENTS, FAMILY EVENTS, FUNDRAISING, KINDNESS AMBASSADORS, LUNCH ACTIVITIES, MORNING ACTIVITIES. RECOGNITION AND MARKING, SOCIALS, SPIRIT STAFF APPRECIATION AND VIDEO MEDIA. THAT'S RIGHT. LIBERTY'S ASB CURRENTLY HAS 71 MEMBERS.

WE STARTED THE YEAR WITH OUR OWN ASB TRAINING AND ORIENTATION.

WE ATTENDED AWSL FALL LEADERSHIP DAYS IN OCTOBER AT CHIEF UMTUCH MIDDLE SCHOOL.

HAD ANOTHER TRAINING WITH SCOTT BACKOVICH FROM ENVOLVE, AND MOST RECENTLY WE WENT TO CASCADE MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR AWSL'S MID LEVEL REGIONALS.

LIBERTY SPRING MUSICAL MARY POPPINS JUNIOR WILL BE TAKING PLACE ON APRIL 23RD AND 24TH.

WE HOPE TO SEE YOU AT ONE OF THE ONE OF THE PERFORMANCES.

OUR WRESTLING SEASON IS ALSO IN FULL SWING. WE HAVE HAD SUCCESSFUL SEASONS IN GIRLS AND BOYS BASKETBALL, TRACK AND FIELD AND GIRLS AND BOYS SOCCER. LIBERTY'S KNOWLEDGE BOWL TEAM HAD ANOTHER GREAT YEAR, TOO. OUR INTRAMURALS HAVE INCLUDED DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS, LIONS AND TUNE ORGANS, CHILDREN'S THEATER, DRAMA, CROCHET, CHESS, RUNNING, AS WELL AS GROUPS FOR RUBIK'S CUBE AND QUEER ALLIANCE.

COMING UP, WE HAVE ANYTHING BUT A BACKPACK SPIRIT DAY THE DAY BEFORE SPRING BREAK.

WEB APPLICATIONS WILL OPEN IN APRIL TO RECRUIT NEXT YEAR'S WEB LEADERS.

ASB ALL FOR APPLICATIONS WILL ALSO BE OPEN IN APRIL SO THAT THE NEW ASB OFFICERS CAN JOB SHADOW THIS YEAR'S OFFICER.

IREADY DIAGNOSTICS IN READING AND MATH IN APRIL.

THREE MORE LUNCH ACTIVITIES. THREE MORE MORNING ACTIVITIES.

ONE MORE FAMILY EVENT. ONE MORE SPIRIT WEEK. MORE.

SMARTER. BALANCED TESTING. VOLLEYBALL SEASON.

GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY SEASON. FOOTBALL SEASON. AND THEN WE GET INTO ALL OF OUR FUN END OF THE YEAR ACTIVITIES IN JUNE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME HERE TONIGHT.

WE APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO SHARE WITH YOU. [APPLAUSE] ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO. I JUST ALWAYS APPRECIATE PROP COMEDY. SO THANK YOU FOR THE LIST.

YEAH. AND OF WASHINGTON STUDENT LEADERS. OH, THE QUESTION FROM THE AUDIENCE.

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SHE'S EXCUSED BECAUSE SHE'S ILL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR UPDATE, STUDENTS.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY. WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY STUDENTS.

SIGN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. DO YOU HAVE DO WE HAVE ANY STUDENTS WHO WOULD LIKE TO DO A PUBLIC COMMENT.

WE HAVE A SPECIAL SECTION FOR JUST STUDENT VOICES.

GOING ONCE. ALL RIGHT. BRINGS US TO BOARD COMMUNICATION.

ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING THEY WANT TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD? I MEAN, I CAN START WITH WE HAD A COMMITTEE THIS EVENING.

WE HAD THE CITY SCHOOLS MEETING. IT WAS THE MOST PACKED WE'VE HAD.

I FEEL REALLY LOUD THERE. SORRY. THAT'S GOOD.

YEAH. CITY SCHOOLS MEETING. SO WE HAD A LOT OF FOLKS FROM THE CITY.

IT'S WELL ATTENDED. SO PUBLIC MAY NOT KNOW THAT EVERYTHING FROM THE MAYOR TO COUNCIL MEMBERS TO, TO MEMBERS OF THE CITY THAT DO PARKS TO OUR POLICE AND FIRE.

WE MEET WITH THEM LIKE EVERY OTHER MONTH. JOHN.

TYPICALLY IT'S ABOUT FOUR TIMES. FOUR TIMES. YEAH.

SO COVERED A LOT OF SUBJECTS ABOUT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

WE HEARD A LOT FROM THE CITY IN TERMS OF PARKS AND SOME WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF SAFETY THINGS.

THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE SAFER ROADS NEAR OUR SAFER CROSSINGS NEAR SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS.

SO THAT WAS GOOD TO SEE. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS ANYTHING ELSE, BUT IT WAS JUST REALLY WELL ATTENDED. IT'S NICE TO SEE THE COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP.

SO I THINK DEALING WITH YOU KNOW, FOCUS LIKE CULTURE OF SAFETY AND BELONGING.

WE'VE HAD A LOT OF OTHER COMMITTEES, STUDENT ADVISORY.

THEY HAVE A BIG LEADERSHIP MEETING THIS WEEK ON FRIDAY, I THINK.

BAMINI YOU'RE GOING TO BE THERE. I'LL BE THERE. I KNOW COREY CAN'T NOW BECAUSE HE'S GOT ANOTHER COMMITMENT. SO THE STUDENTS ARE, LEADING THEIR EFFORT CITIZENS ADVISORY. I'LL LEAVE THAT TO YOU.

YOU CAN COVER THAT ONE. JUST BECAUSE WE'RE ON THAT ONE TOO.

YOU WANT TO SHARE ON THAT ONE? WELL, I THINK COLLABORATING WOULD BE GREAT BECAUSE THAT WAS CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE AS WELL AS I WAS WITH COREY AT THE LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY COMMITTEE AS WELL. AI WORK. YEAH. AI YEAH. STILL HAVE AI AND THEN THEY'RE PRESENTING TO THE BOARD NEXT MONTH, THEIR POLICY DEVELOPMENT ON THAT. I THINK THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE ONLY THING THAT I HAD WAS THOSE TWO THINGS.

YEAH, THE LEGISLATIVE ONE, JUST KIND OF WRAPPING UP, FINDING OUT ABOUT THE SESSION. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE GROUP IS STILL WORKING ON KEEPING THE CYCLE OF ADVOCACY GOING. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN ENGAGE WITH OUR LEGISLATORS IN THE OFF SEASON, LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF DOING A CANDIDATE FORUM LATER ON.

SINCE THIS IS AN ELECTION YEAR FOR SOME OF OUR LOCAL OUR LOCAL ELECTED REPS I KNOW CONNIE AND I BOTH WERE ABLE TO GO TO THE SAC, THE STUDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH.

AND SO EVEN THOUGH WE CAN'T ATTEND THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON FRIDAY, WE WERE ABLE TO BE IN THERE, RIGHT. AND GET TO SEE SOME OF THE, THAT THEY KIND OF USED US AS KIND OF THE DRY RUN.

AND SO WE GOT TO, I KNOW, I GOT TO WORK WITH A GROUP THAT WAS WORKING ON THE KEYNOTE SPEAKERS GOING TO BE OUR FORMER DIRECTOR OF TALENT RELATIONS OR TALENT DEVELOPMENT, MARYLIN BOERKE IS GOING TO BE THERE.

AND SO THEY RAN SOME OF THE QUESTIONS PAST ME AND THEIR INTRO.

SO IT WAS, IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THE KIND OF THE SAUSAGE BEING MADE THERE.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU NOTICED IN THAT.

NO. OKAY. I GET TO PRACTICE THE GAME WHERE THEY PUT BALLS IN A BOX AND YOU PASS THEM TO THE PERSON BEHIND YOU.

AND SO. OH, FUN. YOU GOT THE TEAM BUILDING STUFF? OH, I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS A SECRET I DIDN'T DO FOR.

THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT WATCHING. BUT IF THEY ARE, DON'T TELL ANYONE. NO, YEAH, WE HAD A GOOD JUST REPORTING FOR TRACEY TOO.

WE HAD A GOOD BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING AT THE END OF FEBRUARY AS WELL, WHERE WE WERE TALKING REALLY GOOD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW AROUND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, LIKE OUR TRENDS WITH OUR DEMOGRAPHER AND WE'RE IN ENROLLMENT, BUT ALSO JUST REALLY GOOD CONVERSATIONS AROUND HOW TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY INFORMED ON A LOT OF THE BUDGET CONVERSATIONS AND WHAT PEOPLE KNOW AND WHAT THEY DON'T KNOW.

MAYBE WHAT THEY THINK THEY KNOW. AND SO THOSE WERE SOME GOOD.

THOSE ARE SOME GOOD GROUNDWORK CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN GETTING WORKED ON THERE.

AND THEN OUR ARTS ADVISORY AS WELL, BUT I'M GOING TO SAVE THAT BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM THEM TONIGHT.

SO I DON'T WANT TO STEP ON ANY OF THAT. SO BUT I DO WANT TO PLUG SINCE I'M TALKING THE CAMAS MUSIC BOOSTERS HAVE THEIR ANNUAL GALA ON APRIL 25TH AT THE PORTLAND YACHT CLUB. AND SO I KNOW WE WON'T HAVE A MEETING BEFORE THEN, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE GET THAT ON THE RECORD TOO, THAT FOLKS SHOULD GO OUT AND GET THEIR TICKETS FOR THAT.

AWESOME. THANK YOU. AND WE HAVE SITE VISITS TOMORROW TO A FEW SCHOOLS AND THEN THIS WEEKEND, OUR MID-YEAR PLANNING SESSION. ALL RIGHT. THAT BRINGS US TO NUMBER THREE CULTURES, SAFE AND HEALTHY SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT.

[3. CULTURE: Safe and Healthy School Environment]

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MY COMPUTER'S WIGGING. SO, YES, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY COMMITTEE UPDATED BYLAWS AS PRESENTED.

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

ANY CONVERSATION? QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. NEXT IS THE ARTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

ALSO APPROVING THEIR BYLAWS. AND THESE ARE NEW.

SO WE'RE NOT THERE'S NO EDITS. IT'S JUST ALL ALL BRAND NEW.

I MOVED I'D MOVE TO APPROVE THE BYLAWS OF THE ARTS.

ARTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE AS SUBMITTED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COREY, SECONDED BY BAMINI.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? NO.

THOSE BYLAWS UPDATED NEXT ARE IN SYSTEMS AND PATHWAYS OUR SUPERINTENDENT REPORT.

[4. SYSTEMS/PATHWAYS]

I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR APPROVING THOSE BYLAWS. I KNOW BOTH OF THOSE COMMITTEES HAVE BEEN WORKING REALLY, REALLY HARD. LEGISLATIVE TOOK JUST A COUPLE YEARS TO KIND OF GET SOME TRACTION. AND THIS YEAR IT'S REALLY HIT ITS STRIDE.

I THINK THE WORK IN BETWEEN SESSIONS IS CRITICAL, RIGHT? COREY. I THINK THAT'S THE WORK THAT WE REALLY FOCUSED ON.

AND I LOVE THE FACT THAT THEY WANT TO CONNECT WITH LEGISLATORS DURING THE MIDTERM.

ALREADY WE HAD THE 17TH DISTRICT REACHED OUT TO HOST A TOWN HALL HERE IN CAMAS.

AND SO IT'S NOT OFFICIAL OFFICIAL YET, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING THE LEARNING STAIRS AT PBL COMING UP.

AND SO AGAIN, JUST KEEPING THAT VOICE, THAT CAMAS VOICE AT THE TABLE AND OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE STARTED TO REACH OUT TO SAY, HEY, WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU GUYS DOING OVER THERE? AND HOW DO WE GET ONE OF THESE STARTED? SO AND THEN WITH THE ARTS COMMITTEE AGAIN, JUST I KNOW SARAH AND FAUNA ARE HERE TONIGHT AND THANK YOU, MATTHEW AND COREY FOR BEING A PART OF THAT AND REALLY JUST BEING A GUIDE TO US TO GET THAT WORK GOING.

AND A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO KATIE SEIDEL, WHO COVERED FOR ME THIS WEEK, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE HER BEING THERE TO SUPPORT THAT WORK.

SO REALLY GOOD STUFF AHEAD. I DON'T WANT TO STEAL SHAUNAN OR FAUNA AND SARAH'S.

WE'RE COMBINING THE NAMES NOW LIKE LIKE JENNIFER OR BENNIFER, RIGHT? I DON'T I DON'T WANT TO STEAL THEIR THUNDER, BUT JUST REALLY IMPRESSIVE STUFF GOING ON THERE.

SO WITH THAT SAID, I ALWAYS LIKE TO START WITH ENROLLMENT.

SHAUNA THIS ONE.

THANK YOU. SO OVERALL, AND I KNOW KIM TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ENROLLMENT LAST MONTH, AND I'M SURE SHE'LL TALK ABOUT IT TONIGHT IN HER REPORT. OVERALL AS A DISTRICT, WE'RE KIND OF AT THAT KIND OF STAGNANCY PHASE, RIGHT? WHERE IT'S OUR PRIMARY GRADES THAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT.

BUT WE HAVEN'T REALLY HAD THAT FALL OFF OF A CLIFF LIKE SOME OF OUR SURROUNDING DISTRICTS.

AND IT'S BECAUSE PEOPLE STILL REALLY, REALLY WANT TO BE HERE IN CAMAS.

AND IT'S JUST THE FACT OF AFFORDABILITY. THERE'S COMPETITION OUT THERE.

THE LANDSCAPE HAS CHANGED. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO JUST CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THOSE TRENDS.

THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH WE CAN CONTROL ABOUT THAT.

AND THEN MONTH TO MONTH, I STILL WANT TO KEEP AN EYE ON WHERE WE'RE AT AS WE GET INTO THE LATER MONTHS OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

SO IF YOU LOOK OVERALL, WE'RE AT 6,836 STUDENTS.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE THE TITLE THERE, I CHANGED THE TERMINOLOGY TO BASIC ED, AND I DID THAT BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S BEEN SOME CONFUSION FROM MONTH TO MONTH WHERE THAT TERM HEADCOUNT VERSUS FTE REALLY IN TALKING WITH KIM, EVERYTHING IS FTE.

EVERYTHING IS PART OF THE FUNDING MODEL. RIGHT.

AND SO BASIC ED IS GOING TO BE THE STUDENTS WHO ARE WITH US, NOT COUNTING THOSE WHO ARE AT CASCADIA TECH, RUNNING START OR OTHER PROGRAMS. AND SO I JUST DON'T WANT THERE TO BE CONFUSION.

SO THIS IS WHAT WE ARE FUNDED FOR BY THE STATE WHO ARE IN THE BUILDING.

WHEN KIM SHARES HER REPORT, YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO HEAR A HIGHER NUMBER BECAUSE SHE'S LOOKING AT THAT WHOLE PROGRAM OF STUDENTS.

SO JUST LOOKING AT WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT BASIC ED AS OF MARCH 2ND.

SO THIS IS A LITTLE DATED NOW, BUT THIS IS THE BEST I COULD BRING YOU THE MOST UP TO DATE 06,836 WITH OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, IT'S REALLY BEEN PRETTY STABLE. FROM FROM FEBRUARY TO MARCH, YOU SEE A LITTLE BUMP OVER AT HAYES FREEDOM,

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AND AMY AND HER TEAM DO A PHENOMENAL JOB WITH THAT.

DISCOVERY DID LOSE TWO, BUT FOR HAVING 500 OR WELL OVER OVER 220 STUDENTS THERE, THAT'S NOT A TREMENDOUS LOSS THERE.

MIDDLE SCHOOL AGAIN, PRETTY STABLE OVERALL WHERE SOME STUDENTS MAY HAVE LEFT LIBERTY TO POTENTIALLY TAKE ON A DIFFERENT PATHWAY WITH OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL CCA PROGRAM. AND THEN ODYSSEY AGAIN, VERY, VERY TYPICAL TO BE UP OR DOWN JUST A COUPLE STUDENTS AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.

AND AGAIN, ELEMENTARY, WE'VE BEEN OBVIOUSLY PAYING ATTENTION TO LACAMAS LAKE, SEEING THAT GROWTH.

SO ANOTHER TWO STUDENTS JOINED THE SCHOOL THIS MONTH.

WE THINK IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH SOME OF THE GROWTH ON THE NORTH SHORE AS WELL AS WOODBURN, WOODBURN IS REGAINING SOME STUDENTS. NOT A LOT, BUT JUST THE ONE IS A MOVEMENT IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

AND THEN DOROTHY FOX LOST TWO STUDENTS. HELEN BALLER AND PRUNE HILL TEND TO BE OUR MOST STABLE BECAUSE MOST OF THOSE COMMUNITIES ARE SO LANDLOCKED AND NOT GROWING AS MUCH. AND THEN THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT PRESCHOOL IS OUR REGISTRATIONS ARE UP FOR NEXT YEAR, WHICH IS GREAT. SO WE'RE HOPING TO KIND OF PACK THE PRESCHOOL, WHICH HOPEFULLY IS A GOOD SIGN FOR THINGS TO COME WITH KINDERGARTEN.

SO WE KNOW ONCE THOSE KIDDOS JOIN OUR PRESCHOOLS, WE USUALLY HAVE THEM FOR 13 YEARS AFTER THAT.

SO ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS CONCERNS THERE? ALRIGHT, NOT A TON GOING ON THERE.

WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT LEGISLATION. AND SO JUST A REMINDER TO THE COMMUNITY WHAT OUR PLATFORM WAS AND HOW THINGS TURNED OUT.

IT WASN'T A GREAT SESSION FOR EDUCATION. IT WASN'T A GREAT SESSION ACROSS THE STATE FOR ANY INDUSTRY.

BUT, FOR EDUCATION, WE'RE STILL LAGGING BEHIND IN FUNDING.

WE'RE STILL FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT. OUR COMMUNITY, OUR LEGISLATIVE TEAM, OUR BARGAINING GROUPS, THEY'RE CONSTANTLY WORKING WITH OUR LEGISLATORS ON AND OFF SESSION.

BUT JUST A REMINDER THAT WHEN PUSH CAME TO SHOVE, WE WERE JUST HOPING TO PROTECT WHAT WE HAVE.

AND I THINK FOR THE MOST PART, WE DID THAT. THERE WAS A COUPLE BILLS THAT WE WERE WATCHING CLOSELY, AS I TALKED ABOUT BEFORE. WE'RE STILL WATCHING THE TK BILL BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THAT'S IN THE HANDS OF OSPI.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT SOME RULES TO THE CUTS TO TK.

WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN STILL RETAIN TK. WE JUST DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

SO WE'RE WAITING. THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE A WEBINAR ON MARCH 31ST THAT OSPI IS PUTTING ON.

IF THAT STANDS, THEN WE SHOULD KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE FROM SUPERINTENDENT REYKDAL.

SO MORE TO COME. I SHOULD KNOW MORE IN APRIL ON TK.

BUT ALIYA WOLF, OUR TEACHER, AND SEAN MCMILLAN, THE PRINCIPAL OVER AT GRASS VALLEY.

THEY'VE BEEN PHENOMENAL WITH STAYING UP ON THIS AND KIND OF PROVIDING SUPPORT.

AND THE SESSION ENDED ON MARCH 12TH, AS, YOU KNOW KIND OF JUST A QUICK SUMMARY FROM THE SESSION WHERE WE LOOKED AT THE KEY IMPACTS OF HOW THINGS AFFECTED EDUCATION. THERE WERE SOME COST SHIFTING WHERE THE STATE BUDGET GAPS ARE BEING BRIDGED BY EXTENDING LOCAL EQUIPMENT LIFE CYCLES AND REDUCING DUAL ENROLLMENT.

WHAT THAT ESSENTIALLY MEANS IS OUR BUS CYCLE IS INCREASING A LITTLE BIT, AND I'LL GET TO THAT IN A MINUTE.

WE'RE ALSO WATCHING CLOSELY THE MILLIONAIRE'S TAX, THE MILLIONAIRE'S TAX IN SOME FORM PASSED.

AND WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF WAIT TO SEE HOW, THE LAWYERS AND HOW THE LEGISLATORS REALLY KIND OF DIG INTO THAT AND WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE OVER TIME FOR EDUCATION.

BUT UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE A WHOLE HECK OF A LOT OUT OF THAT MILLIONAIRE'S TAX WHEN IT COMES TO EDUCATION.

LET'S SEE. WE KNOW THAT THERE'S MORE OF AN INCREASED LEVY DEPENDENCY IN OUR STATE WHEN WHEN WE'RE NOT RECEIVING ADEQUATE FUNDING.

IT PUTS SO MUCH PRESSURE ON THESE DISTRICTS TO PASS LEVIES AND BONDS.

AND WE FEEL FOR OUR NEIGHBORS WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH THAT. AND KNOCK ON WOOD, WE'RE DOING WELL THERE.

BUT AGAIN, WE SHOULDN'T BE RELYING SO HEAVILY ON LEVIES.

AND WE ARE. AND THEN OPERATIONALLY THE SUCCESS FOR OUR OPERATIONS NOW REQUIRES PROACTIVE ADJUSTMENTS TO OUR LONG TERM CAPITAL PLANS, WHICH WE'RE, WORKING ON HERE IN OUR DISTRICT.

STATE SUPERINTENDENT REYKDAL HAD SOME TAKEAWAYS AGAIN AND AGAIN, HE MENTIONS OVER AND OVER LIKE A BROKEN RECORD, THAT FUNDING GAP. AND THAT'S TRULY THE MAIN ISSUE.

IS THE STATE SIMPLY NOT MATCHING WHAT IT TAKES TO RUN A MODERN SCHOOL DISTRICT IN 2026? HARMFUL CUTS WE DID SEE A SMALL CUT IN AND RUNNING START, SO WE WON'T HAVE AS MANY OPTIONS FOR KIDS NEXT YEAR.

IT'S NOT A HUGE, HUGE HIT TO CAMAS. THE BIGGER THE DISTRICT, THE BIGGER THE ISSUE WITH THAT.

BUT WITH RUNNING START, STUDENTS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TAKE AS MANY FREE COURSES STARTING NEXT YEAR BECAUSE OF THIS,

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LEA WHICH TYPICALLY FOR US IS THAT EQUALIZATION THAT WHAT'S THE WORD REGIONALIZATION.

JUST NOT A LOT OF MOVEMENT IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION THERE.

AND SO THE SILVER LININGS, A LITTLE BIT OF TAX RELIEF.

SO SCHOOLS ARE NOW FULLY EXEMPT FROM SALES TAX.

SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT OUR LOBBYIST HERE IN SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON WERE REALLY WORKING ON WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE DO NOT GET CHARGED SALES TAX, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S GOING TO BE SALES TAX CHARGED IN A MORE ROBUST WAY ACROSS THE STATE.

SO THAT WAS A WIN FOR EDUCATION. UNIVERSAL SCHOOL MEALS WE STILL DON'T HAVE FULL BREAKFAST AND LUNCH COVERED ACROSS THE STATE.

IT'S IN POCKETS. BUT I THINK WE'RE STILL KIND OF BUILDING MOMENTUM.

MAYBE ONE DAY WE'LL BE THERE WHERE EVERY KID SHOULD EAT FOR FREE.

AND THEN CAPITAL INVESTMENTS SIGNIFICANT FUNDING FOR THE SMALL DISTRICT MODERNIZATION PROGRAM.

SO SMALL DISTRICTS DID REALLY WELL AROUND GAINING SOME MOMENTUM AROUND THEIR CAPITAL INVESTMENTS.

SO QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? YEAH, KELLEE. DO YOU KNOW WHEN WE'LL KNOW MORE THE, SPECIFIC IMPACT ON RUNNING START? WELL, WE, THEY SETTLED ON 1.3 FTE SO THEY WERE, THEY WERE GOING, THEY WERE TRYING TO DROP IT FROM 1.4 TO 1.2.

IT DID SETTLE ON 1.3. NOW AS FAR AS NUMBERS GO, KIM, I DON'T THINK WE'LL KNOW THAT UNTIL PROBABLY NEXT YEAR.

I MEAN FINANCIALLY IT'S REALLY NOT GOING TO AFFECT THE DISTRICT.

IT'S MORE DON'T WORRY ABOUT FOR MORE COLLEGE IN THE HIGH SCHOOL. RIGHT. AND CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL HAS DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB WITH THAT OR OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS AS WELL, REALLY TRYING TO GET SOME OF OUR TEACHERS CERTIFIED SO THEY CAN TEACH THE ENGLISH 101S AND THE MATH 126S AND THOSE COURSES.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE FEEL THAT KIDS, AGAIN, NOT, NOT TO DIG INTO RUNNING START TOO MUCH, BUT I FEEL PERSONALLY THAT YOU GET A LOT MORE BANG FOR YOUR BUCK THERE. JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE WITH YOUR TEACHER WHO, YOU KNOW, AND THERE'S NOT THAT GAP BETWEEN GOING TO CLARK COLLEGE AND NOT, BUT FOR SOME KIDS, IT'S AMAZING. BUT NOT FOR ALL.

JUST LIKE ANYTHING. SO ANYWAY, SOME OF THE GOOD NEWS AGAIN, WE ARE EXEMPTED FROM SALES TAX, WHICH I MENTIONED. MSOC CUT DID NOT PASS. SO MSOC REMAINS PRETTY, PRETTY STABLE.

TTK DID HAVE CUTS, BUT WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW THAT'S AFFECTING US YET.

SO I MENTIONED BUS DEPRECIATION. SO SMALL BUSSES WILL DEPRECIATE AT TEN YEARS INSTEAD OF EIGHT.

AND SO IT'LL JUST KEEP OUR SMALL BUSSES IN THE FLEET FOR A LITTLE LONGER.

AND OUR LARGER BUSSES WILL GO FROM 13 TO 15 YEARS.

SO AGAIN, IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT LONGER WITH THOSE BUSSES ON THE ROAD.

IT MAKES ME A LITTLE NERVOUS, BUT LUCKILY WE'VE BEEN REALLY GOOD WITH OUR UPKEEP.

AS YOU GUYS KNOW, EVERY YEAR WE RECEIVE STATE ACCOLADES FOR THE CLEANLINESS AND THE SAFETY OF OUR BUSSES.

IT STILL DOESN'T CHANGE THE FACT THAT IT'S A $200,000 REDUCTION FOR CAMAS, IT'S ESSENTIALLY ONE BUS.

AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT, SO NOT GREAT NEWS, BUT NOT THE END OF THE WORLD.

AND THEN AGAIN, CONNIE, TO YOUR POINT, RUNNING START ORIGINALLY WENT FROM WAS GOING TO GO FROM 1.4 TO 1.2 AND THEY MET IN THE MIDDLE AT 1.3.

OH, WE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. IS THAT. YEAH. I DON'T THINK WE'RE SUPPOSED TO, BUT I CAN MEET WITH YOU RIGHT AFTER IF THAT'S OKAY. POSSIBLE NEXT STEPS. SO A COUPLE THINGS THAT THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ARE WORKING ON IS AN ELEVATOR PITCH FOR THE COMMUNITY.

SO WHEN WE DO MEET WITH LEGISLATORS, BUT ALSO JUST TO HAVE THAT EVANGELISTIC KIND OF STYLE WHEN WE'RE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, OUT AT THE GROCERY STORE, WHERE WHEREVER IT IS.

WHAT ARE WE SAYING? WHAT ARE WE SAYING COLLECTIVELY AS A COMMUNITY? AND SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS ONCE OUR LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE FINALIZES THAT, I'D LIKE TO BRING IT TO THE BOARD AND REALLY PUT THAT OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY.

SO WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE THERE. AND THEY'RE ALSO WORKING ON A TAGLINE RIGHT NOW.

SO REALLY WHAT'S GOING TO BE THAT, MOTTO GOING INTO THE 2027 SESSION? A COUPLE EXAMPLES WOULD BE PROTECTING THE CAMAS STANDARD CAMAS STUDENTS, LOCAL SOLUTIONS, STATE ACCOUNTABILITY. THERE'S SOME A LITTLE MORE HARSHER ONES THAT CAME OUT OF THE COMMITTEE, RIGHT? COREY BUT WE'LL SETTLE ON SOMETHING AND THEN BRING IT TO THE BOARD AND BY THE WAY, THAT PICTURE IS FROM CASCADIA TECH.

I ENGAGED IN A LITTLE BIT OF BOXING SELF-DEFENSE, BUT I ENDED UP BEING ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THAT, THAT KID. SO AND THEN AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO BEAT A DEAD HORSE HERE, BUT ULTIMATELY OUR POSSIBLE NEXT STEPS THAT EFFICIENCY CLAIM

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SO WE'RE LOOKING AT LIKE THE LEGISLATION, THE LEGISLATORS USE THIS TERM EFFICIENCY, RIGHT? WE KIND OF SAY REALITY. SO YES, WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BECOME MORE EFFICIENT AS A STATE, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO SAY, WHAT DOES THAT EFFICIENCY MEAN FOR US? WHEN YOU LOOK AT EXTENDING BUS LIFE TO 15 YEARS, WE GET IT THAT'S EFFICIENT.

BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT FORCES THE DISTRICT TO RUN OLDER, LESS EFFICIENT BUSSES ON THE ROADS AND THEN WITHHOLDING.

FUNDS THIS WILL FUND A STATE PLATFORM. SO ORIGINALLY THEY WERE GOING TO CUT MSCO'S TO PAY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL AND BEYOND PLAN SOFTWARE THAT DID NOT PASS. THE WAY WE LOOKED AT IT IS THAT SUBTRACTS NEARLY 2% OF OUR SUPPLY BUDGET THAT GOES RIGHT TO OUR SCHOOLS.

SO THANKFULLY, THAT WITHHOLDING DID NOT HAPPEN.

SO THE STATE'S GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT ANOTHER WAY TO PAY FOR THAT, THAT SOFTWARE.

WHAT ARE THE CALLS TO ACTION ENGAGING WITH OUR LEGISLATORS DURING OFF SESSIONS? AS I SAID, THE LAC MEMBERS VISITING SCHOOLS WITH LEGISLATORS, WE TALKED ABOUT TOOLBOX EVENTS WHERE THE, KIDS WORK WITH JOHN GERRARD AND HIS TEAM BUILDING THOSE TOOLBOXES.

WHY AREN'T WE INVITING LEGISLATORS TO COME HELP US WITH THAT? SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE TEAM WANTS TO DO INVITING LEGISLATORS TO OPEN HOUSES.

OUR PTAS I SAW, I'LL TALK TO HEIDI OFFLINE AND SEE IF WE CAN GET THAT DONE.

AND THEN FINDING OTHER WAYS TO ENGAGE. THERE IS ACTUALLY A LAUNDRY LIST OF THINGS MENTIONED AT THE COMMITTEE, BUT I JUST MADE THIS SLIDE BEFORE THAT. SO MORE TO COME ON THAT.

AND THEN JUST SHIFTING GEARS AGAIN INTO, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE REAL REASON WE'RE ALL HERE IS EDUCATING OUR STUDENTS AND THAT PROFILE OF A GRADUATE, RIGHT? AND BUILDING GREAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE THESE FIVE AND MORE TRAITS.

AND SO AGAIN, JUST ALWAYS REMINDING YOU ABOUT OUR THEORY OF ACTION AND THE WORK WE'RE DOING SPECIFICALLY AROUND EIGHTH TO NINTH GRADE TRANSITION.

AND SO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK I WAS TELLING CONNIE EARLIER, TOMORROW WILL COMPLETE THAT CYCLE WHERE WE USE THE $60,000 OF TITLE TWO MONEY TO GET SUBS FOR OUR TEACHERS TO COME TOGETHER EIGHTH AND NINTH GRADE TEACHERS.

AND THEY HAD TWO OPPORTUNITIES TO VISIT EACH OTHER'S CLASSROOMS. SO THANK YOU, MANDY AND THE PRINCIPALS FOR HELPING US SCHEDULE THAT.

I HOPE IT WAS FRUITFUL. I KNOW WE HAD SOME REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK.

I THINK THE TRICK WAS, AND MANDY, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, I THINK IS CLINT STILL HERE TOO? I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE HIM OUT, BUT I THINK THE TRICK WAS REALLY MAKING SURE THOSE LEARNING WALKS WERE VERY TARGETED.

SO REALLY LETTING PEOPLE KNOW, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR WHEN YOU GO IN A CLASSROOM AND WHAT ARE YOUR TAKEAWAYS? AND WE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR NINTH GRADE TEACHERS ARE SAYING, OH, OKAY, SO THIS IS KIND OF WHAT TO EXPECT. AND OUR EIGHTH GRADE TEACHERS.

SO NOW WE KNOW WHAT YOU. SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE THIS WORK.

WE WANT TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO DO IT THAT'S A LITTLE LESS EXPENSIVE TOO.

SO CAN WE USE SOME WEDNESDAYS? CAN WE, YOU KNOW, GOING INTO NEXT YEAR? BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT WORK. AND AS YOU KNOW, CONNIE, AS A COUNSELOR, THIS IS THE MOST CRITICAL TIME OF THESE KIDS LIVES, RIGHT? GOING FROM MIDDLE TO HIGH SCHOOL, IT'S ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL AND SO REALLY GOOD WORK AROUND THIS.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE DON'T KNOW IF THE TITLE TWO MONEY IS GOING TO REMAIN.

THE FEDS ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE WITH THAT. SO IT WAS A GREAT WAY TO SPEND THAT MONEY.

AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE WORK, REALLY LED BY OUR PRINCIPALS, OUR TEACHERS, KATIE AND DEREK DID A GREAT JOB SCHEDULING THAT.

YOU CAN SEE ALSO IF YOU WANT TO READ, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF FEEDBACK FROM SOME OF THE SCHOOLS THERE.

AND SO AGAIN, MARCH 25TH, NOT TOMORROW. I'M SORRY, MARCH 25TH WILL BE THE TIME FOR TO SYNTHESIZE THIS AND COME TOGETHER AND FIGURE OUT, HEY, WHAT ARE THE TAKEAWAYS HERE? SO, MATTHEW.

I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THE MONEY MIGHT NOT BE THERE, BUT COULD WE SURVEY THE EDUCATORS THAT WERE PARTICIPATING IN THESE LEARNING WALKS TO GET? IT'S ALWAYS GOOD FOR US TO HAVE THAT EVIDENCE TO SAY THE SUPPORT FOR IT.

SO IF WE CAN FIND MONEY OR WE NEED TO MAKE THE EFFORT TO FIND IT, CAN WE? I MEAN, IS IT SOMETHING YOU'RE, INTERESTED IN, LIKE SURVEYING THEM TO GET THAT FEEDBACK DIRECTLY FROM THEM? YEAH, I THINK THAT'S PART OF IS THAT REALLY PART OF THE 25TH? AND THE REASON I ASKED IS I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE SAW IN THE WSSDA DAILY CLIPPINGS TODAY, THERE WAS AN EDUCATION WEEK ARTICLE SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT EDUCATORS SAYING, TREAT US AS PROFESSIONALS. AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE ASPECTS THAT ARTICLE, I WAS READING IT OVER COFFEE THIS MORNING.

I WAS LIKE, OH, PERFECT TIMING FOR HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS.

SO IT'S JUST, YEAH, IT'S GREAT TO KNOW. YEAH.

AND, SOME OF THESE CONVERSATIONS ARE NOT EASY.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF TRADITIONS, THERE'S A LOT OF PHILOSOPHIES AND BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, IT COULD START OFF SOME ROCKY SOMETIMES, BUT I THINK AFTER SOME TIME TOGETHER, IT REALLY BECOMES REALLY BENEFICIAL.

SO MORE TO COME ON THAT, BUT REALLY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT WORK.

A COUPLE THINGS. COOL EVENTS GOING ON. THIS WAS PI DAY.

YOU COULD SEE DOCTOR DAN AND I TAKING A FEW FOR THE TEAM.

I THINK I ENDED UP GETTING HIT MORE THAN HIM.

WE'RE KIND OF KEEPING TRACK. IT WAS MY THAT WAS MY PHOTO. SO I WAS UP, I WAS UP, I DIDN'T WANT TO BE ANYWHERE DOWN ON THE FLOOR. YEAH, I SAW YOUR.

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I DON'T LIKE MY HAIR MESSED UP. SO THAT WAS THE WORST PART OF IT.

THERE'S NO TOPPINGS. IT WAS, IT WAS JUST THIS CREAM.

IT WASN'T LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN PRINCIPALS GET TO BE MADE THE SUNDAY AND THEY'RE POINTING. RIGHT, RIGHT. THE, PTA THERE RAISED OVER $5,600 BUCKS. I THINK IT WAS THEIR BEST EVENT OVER THE YEARS.

AND SO THAT MONEY GOES TO TEACHER SUPPLIES AND STAFF APPRECIATION.

SO REALLY COOL EVENT. THEIR PTA IS REALLY STRONG THERE AS WELL.

THIS ONE I WANTED TO POINT OUT. SO WE HAPPEN TO BE MY, KIDS AND I, WE WENT TO THE BLAZER GAME LAST WEEK AND WE HAPPENED TO BE LOOKING.

AND SO THE BLAZERS BROUGHT OUT THEIR ALUMNI DANCERS FROM THE 80S, THE 90S, THE 2000S.

AND IT WAS FUNNY BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T REALLY TELL, YOU KNOW, WHICH ERA THEY WERE FROM.

THEY ALL LOOKED AMAZING. AND I'M LOOKING AND I TOLD MY WIFE, I THINK THAT'S COACH BLANCHARD OUT THERE.

AND I HAD REMEMBERED SHE WAS A BLAZER DANCER BACK IN THE DAY.

AND SO IF YOU LOOK, SHE IS ON THE FAR LEFT KIND OF THE SECOND BACK.

AND I EMAILED HER THE NEXT DAY AND I WAS LIKE, YOU GUYS ROCKED IT OUT THERE.

AND SHE SAID, IT TOOK A LOT OF PRACTICE. AND SO HOW NEAT IS THAT? AND MY DAUGHTER MARIN, WHO DANCED FOR HER SHE WAS THERE AND SHE WAS LIKE, OH MY GOODNESS, THAT'S COACH BLANCHARD. IT'S SO AMAZING. I DON'T THINK SHE BELIEVED IT THAT SHE WAS A BLAZER DANCER AT ONE POINT.

SO REALLY COOL TO HAVE ONE OF OUR OWN OUT THERE ON THE FLOOR, AND THAT'S GOT TO BE NERVE WRACKING.

THAT WAS A PACKED HOUSE. SO ANYWAY, AND THEN WE MATTHEW AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO BE GUEST READERS DURING READING WEEK AND WE WENT TO ALIYAS CLASSROOM AND JUST HAD A BLAST. MATTHEW'S NOW KNOWN AS THE NATURAL.

I SAW. WHY. I DON'T KNOW, BUT I MEAN, YOU JUST LOOK COMFORTABLE WITH THOSE KIDDOS.

GREAT TIME. AND YOU LOOK AT THEY WERE JUST STARING.

ANYBODY NEEDS A PICK ME UP JUST GO HANG OUT WITH THOSE LITTLE TK KIDS.

THEY OUR FOUR YEAR OLD KINDERGARTEN, PRE-K, PRE-K KIDDOS.

AND THEY'RE JUST AMAZING. AND IT'S JUST, IT'S GOING TO BE A SHAME IF WE LOSE THAT PROGRAM.

SO WE'RE REALLY FIGHTING TO TRY TO KEEP IT. SO ANYWAY, THAT WAS FUN.

AND THEN AS WE SAID BEFORE URINETOWN HAS ALREADY HAD AN OPENING WEEKEND.

THERE'LL BE ANOTHER WEEKEND COMING UP THIS WEEKEND.

AND THEN RIGHT BEHIND THAT WILL BE MARY POPPINS AND ONCE UPON A MATTRESS IN MAY OVER AT SKYRIDGE.

SO JUST TRY TO FILL THOSE SEATS. THOSE KIDS REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

AND THAT WAS, BY THE WAY, OUR COMMUNITY ED KIDS OVER AT THE BLAZER GAME.

THEY GOT TO GO ON THE FLOOR AND, AND MEET TRACY MCGRADY AND A COUPLE OF THOSE FROM MY ERA.

AND PROBABLY THE BIGGEST NEWS WE'VE HAD THIS MONTH IS AND NOT SURPRISED, THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE SCHOOL COMMUNITY.

BUT SUPERINTENDENT RECOGNIZED CAMAS AS ONE OF 25 OUT OF 295 DISTRICTS FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE AND ACHIEVEMENT.

AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE CRITERION FOR THAT REGULAR ATTENDANCE, KINDERGARTEN READINESS, HIGHLY CAPABLE PROGRAMS MATH IN GRADE EIGHT. SO KUDOS TO OUR INCREDIBLE MIDDLE SCHOOLS DUAL CREDIT WORK AT OUR HIGH SCHOOL, CTE FOURTH GRADE READING AMAZING JOB. OUR ELEMENTARY TEACHERS AGAIN, EIGHTH GRADE READING, EIGHTH GRADE MATH, NINTH GRADE ON TRACK, AND OUR FOUR YEAR GRAD, I MEAN, TELL ME THAT DOESN'T HIT EVERYTHING, RIGHT? AND SO IT WAS VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO WIN THIS.

THIS WAS KIND OF GOING TO BE THE NEW BLUE RIBBON.

THE FEDS CUT THE BLUE RIBBON PROGRAM. AND SO EACH STATE IS KIND OF ON THEIR OWN TO DEVELOP THEIR OWN RECOGNITION PROGRAM.

SO KUDOS TO STATE SUPERINTENDENT REYKDAL FOR GETTING THIS GOING.

AND WE WERE THE INAUGURAL AWARD WINNER. SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET A BANNER AT SOME POINT AND ALL THE HOOPLA, BUT REALLY EXCITING STUFF. THIS IS ALL ON OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR TEACHERS AND, AND THE WORK THEY'RE DOING.

SO AWESOME, AWESOME, AWESOME STUFF. WITH THAT SAID, THERE'S BENJAMIN BENNY, OUR BATMAN.

EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE OKAY. THANKS, CONNIE.

THANK YOU. MONTHLY BUDGET REPORT. KIM, YOU'RE ON.

OKAY. WOULD YOU LIKE THE REMOTE CONTROL? I CAN JUST USE THIS.

I'M GOOD WITH JUST THE ARROW. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

FEBRUARY BUDGET STATUS REPORT. HIGHLIGHTS, THE TRANSPORTATION ALLOCATION THAT COMES OUT IN FEBRUARY WE RECEIVED $550,000 LESS THAN WE DID LAST YEAR. IT WAS ALWAYS A THREAT THAT THAT MIGHT GET TAKEN AWAY FROM US SINCE IT WAS A ONE TIME ONLY, BUT WE GOT IT FOR MULTIPLE YEARS. BUT THIS YEAR WE NO LONGER GOT IT.

OUR PROJECTED ENDING FUND BALANCE, WE DID ANOTHER PROJECTION MODEL AND WE'RE LOOKING AT BECAUSE OF THIS FACTOR ALONE, ORIGINALLY WE HAD MORE THAN THIS AT THE LAST TIME I TOLD YOU, BUT NOW WITH THIS WE'RE GOING TO BE ENDING WITH A POSITIVE $500,000,

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AND IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO BE IN THE BLACK. SO THAT IS GOOD NEWS.

THE LEGISLATION, LEGISLATIVE SESSION ENDED AT LIKE JOHN HAD SPOKE ABOUT NO NEW FUNDING FOR NEXT YEAR AND AGAIN, POTENTIAL REDUCTIONS IN THE TK PROGRAM. AND THEN OUR 24-25 AUDIT IS COMPLETE.

WE HAD A VERY CLEAN AUDIT. THE ONLY THING THAT WE DID RECEIVE A MANAGEMENT LETTER FOR WAS OUR DECLINING FINANCIAL CONDITION.

AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE ARE SEEING.

SO IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE ALL DEALING WITH AND TRYING TO TACKLE AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO MANAGE OUR FINANCIAL CONDITION, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE NOT GETTING ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM THE STATE LIKE WE SAW IN THIS LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

ALL RIGHT, SO HERE'S THE ENROLLMENT TREND. I WON'T REALLY GO INTO THIS ONE MUCH SINCE JOHN TALKS ABOUT IT IN HIS REPORT.

BUT OUR ENROLLMENT RIGHT NOW IS JUST ABOUT A HALF A PERCENT LOWER THAN IT WAS IN THE PRIOR YEAR BUT WAS MORE THAN WHAT WE HAD BUDGETED.

SO AGAIN, GOOD NEWS AND THIS IS WHAT IT'S BRINGING ADDITIONALLY.

BECAUSE IT WAS ROUGHLY ALMOST 100 FTE MORE THAN WHAT WE HAD BUDGETED, WE ARE GETTING ROUGHLY $815,000 MORE DOLLARS IN OUR GENERAL FUND. AND THEN ALSO $400,000 OF IT IS ALSO FOR SPED BECAUSE OF THAT INCREASED ENROLLMENT WITH THEM. KIM REALLY QUICKLY, IF YOU CAN GO BACK, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT TO THE BOARD, I KNOW WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT THIS IN A LITTLE BIT, BUT THE CLOSING OF CCA FOR NEXT YEAR AND MOVING ON TO GRAD ALLIANCE THIS PART OF THAT DECISION OF COURSE WAS FINANCIAL.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE FAR RIGHT COLUMN, IT WAS ONE OF OUR PROGRAMS THAT WAS SIGNIFICANTLY LOSING MONEY.

AGAIN, THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE QUALITY OF TEACHING OR THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE FAMILIES IN THE PROGRAM.

IT REALLY HAD A LOT TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT KIDS AND FAMILIES, AS YOU KNOW, CONNIE, ARE JUST NOT UTILIZING FULL TIME ALE OR DISTANCE ED AS THEY WERE COMING OUT OF COVID AND NEARLY AS MUCH AS WE EXPECTED.

WE I MEAN, I THINK AS EDUCATORS, WE THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE A LIFELONG TREND.

AND I THINK ULTIMATELY FAMILIES AND KIDS ARE COMING BACK TO SOME TYPE OF SCHOOLING.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, MANY ARE STAYING WITH HOME SCHOOLING. RIGHT? BUT AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY KNOWS THAT CCA THOUGH IT REALLY DOES PROVIDE A HUGE BENEFIT FOR MANY KIDS.

IT WAS A MAJOR ECONOMIC HURDLE FOR US AS A DISTRICT.

SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIG FACTORS IN CLOSING IT AND MOVING ON TO A DIFFERENT PARTNER.

SORRY I JUST WANTED TO. NO PROBLEM. OKAY. ON OUR REVENUES THIS, I'D LIKE TO KEEP HAMMERING ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR FUND BALANCE BECAUSE AS YOU SEE IN THE RED, THE REVENUES THAT ARE BELOW WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, WHICH IS WE'RE HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR 50%. AND YOU WOULD THINK, OKAY, WE SHOULD HAVE 50% OF OUR REVENUE.

BUT BASED ON WHEN THE STATE ALLOCATES OUR REVENUE, WE WON'T GET IT.

LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR STATE APPORTIONMENT FUNDING THAT IS AT WELL, THE 3000 SERIES IS AT CLOSE TO 49%. BUT THEN THE 4000 SERIES, WHICH IS MORE OF THE GRANTS, IS AT 41%. SO WE WILL GET THE MONEY. IT'S JUST, IT SHOWS THAT LIKE THE FEDERAL WE GET, WE HAVE 39% OF THAT PROPERTY TAXES. WE HAVE 43%. WE WILL GET ALL THE MONEY, BUT IT GETS DELAYED LONGER AND LONGER THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. AND SO IT'S ESSENTIAL THAT WE HAVE THAT FUND BALANCE IN PLACE TO HELP US DURING THOSE LOW TIMES DURING THE YEAR.

SO LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'D EXPECT TOTAL 50% REVENUE.

WE HAVE 47% RIGHT AT THIS TIME. AND SO OUR FUND BALANCE IS CRITICAL FOR THAT.

ALSO I JUST HIGHLIGHTED HERE OUR PROPERTY TAX.

THIS IS NORMAL FOR US TO RECEIVE AROUND 43% BY THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.

IT'S OUR SPRING PROPERTY TAXES THAT WE REALLY BOOST THAT WE GET THE MAJORITY OF OUR TAXES, NOT THE FALL ONE. AND THEN OUR LOCAL NON-TAX, WE ARE DEFINITELY HAVE AN INCREASE IN THAT REVENUE, WHICH IS NICE TO SEE. WE ARE AT 63% A BUDGET.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, NORMALLY IT'S IN THE 50S.

SO WE ARE DEFINITELY GETTING ADDITIONAL REVENUE OUT OF OUR LOCAL, WHICH IS PROBABLY MAINLY IN COMMUNITY ED REVENUES AS WELL AS OUR LUNCH

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OUR BASIC ED PROGRAM, YOU CAN SEE COMPARED TO LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOWN $2 MILLION.

IT WAS AROUND 37 MILLION AT THIS POINT LAST YEAR AND WE'RE AT 34.5.

SPECIAL ED IS JUST A LITTLE BIT LOWER. BUT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF REDUCTIONS YOU CAN DO IN SPECIAL ED TO BEGIN WITH BECAUSE OF ALL THE REQUIREMENTS. AND THEN THE SUPPORT SERVICES, THE 9000 SERIES, THAT ONE'S ALWAYS A TOUGH ONE TO TRY AND REDUCE BECAUSE OF THE UTILITIES AND THE INSURANCE COSTS THAT COME EVERY SINGLE YEAR AND JUST SUPPLIES FUEL, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THAT STUFF THAT WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER AND THAT INFLATIONARY FACTOR THAT IMPACTS PROGRAM 97.

AND THEN OUR PROJECTED ENDING FUND BALANCE. SO WE STARTED THE YEAR WITH 7.3 MILLION.

RIGHT NOW I'M SHOWING ACTUAL FUND BALANCE THROUGH FEBRUARY, WHICH RIGHT NOW IT'S AT 4.6 MILLION.

THIS IS MARCH IS USUALLY THE LOWEST. SO NEXT MONTH YOU'LL BE SEEING IT MUCH LOWER AGAIN.

IT'S A BIG CHUNK OF THAT IS THAT PROPERTY TAXES.

AND THEN OF COURSE IN APRIL IT JUMPS BACK UP BECAUSE OF THAT BIG DEPOSIT IN TAX REVENUE THERE.

OUR PROJECTED ENDING FUND BALANCE FOR THE YEAR IS GOING TO BE CLOSE TO 7.8 MILLION.

THE 8% FUND BALANCE IS AT THAT $10 MILLION MARK.

SO WE'RE WELL BELOW THAT, AND WE NEED TO AT LEAST HAVE THAT MINIMUM FUND BALANCE AT 2.5 MILLION IN ORDER TO NOT DIP BELOW AND NOT HAVE ENOUGH FUNDS TO COVER OUR BILLS FOR THE NEXT MONTH, BECAUSE WE ALWAYS HAVE AN ACCOUNTS PAYABLE RUN THAT HAPPENS BEFORE BECAUSE WE DO TWO ACCOUNTS PAYABLE RUNS DURING THE MONTH.

AND SO ONE OF THEM ISN'T COVERED UNTIL WE GET THAT APPORTIONMENT AT THE END OF THE MONTH.

AND THIS IS JUST A FINAL SLIDE SHOWING THE ENDING FUND BALANCE.

AND WHERE WE ARE PROJECTING FOR THIS YEAR AT 5.4, KIND OF STEADY WITH WHAT IT WAS LAST YEAR.

BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, EXPENDITURES CONTINUE TO BE EXCEEDING REVENUES.

AND SO IT WILL CONTINUE TO DECLINE UNTIL WE MAKE OTHER REDUCTIONS OR INCREASE REVENUES.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR THE 26-27 TO, AND IT'S NOT FACTORED IN HERE YET BECAUSE WE'RE WANTING TO WAIT UNTIL WE SEE HOW NEGOTIATIONS PAN OUT FOR THE PSC AND PRINCIPALS.

BUT WE HAVE A $1.5 MILLION IN REDUCTIONS THERE.

IT'S ABOUT 1.25 MILLION IS A PERCENT. SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU SEE, OKAY, WE'RE MAKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE OVER THAT, THEN YOU WOULD SEE THAT 4% GOING BACK UP TO ABOUT 5%.

SO KIND OF STEADYING IT OUT. ANY QUESTIONS? ONE QUESTION, JUST BECAUSE I'M SURE IT'S BEEN ON EVERYBODY'S MIND LATELY, BUT WITH THE SPIKE IN FUEL PRICES, I MEAN, ARE WE I KNOW THERE'S REALLY NO WAY TO PREDICT ANY OF THAT.

IT'S PRETTY VOLATILE, RIGHT? VOLATILE RIGHT NOW.

BUT IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO IN TERMS OF COST CONTAINMENT ON THAT RIGHT NOW? OR IT'S JUST THIS IS JUST WHERE THE FUND BALANCE MATTERS, RIGHT? RIGHT. OKAY. RIGHT. YEAH. AND WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THOSE BILLS YET, OBVIOUSLY.

BUT YEAH, WE WILL SEE HOW THAT IMPACTS OUR TRANSPORTATION COST.

YEAH. I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF THAT WAS EVEN SOMETHING LIKE AMONG YOUR COLLEAGUES IN OTHER DISTRICTS, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT OR IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE NEED TO DO TO ADJUST BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S.

YEAH. KEEP SPIKING OUT OF CONTROL. RIGHT? NOT REALLY AT THIS POINT.

ONE OF THE THINGS, AGAIN, ANOTHER IMPORTANCE OF FUND BALANCE IS THE STATE DOESN'T LOOK AT OUR EXPENDITURES FOR TRANSPORTATION UNTIL THE FOLLOWING YEAR. SO WHATEVER WE GET IN EXPENDITURE COSTS THIS YEAR THAT WILL BE EVALUATED NEXT YEAR FOR GETTING OUR REVENUE FROM THE STATE, THEY WON'T GIVE US THE FULL AMOUNT. THEY DECIDE ON TWO DIFFERENT CALCULATORS AND WHICHEVER IS THE LOWEST ONE IS WHAT THEY GIVE US.

AND IT'S USUALLY NOT OUR EXPENDITURES THAT ARE THE LOWEST ONE.

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AND THAT'S USUALLY THE ONE. BUT YEAH, WE WON'T SEE THE FUNDING FOR ANOTHER YEAR TO HELP SUPPORT US ON THAT.

BUT IT YEAH, WE ARE IN A STATE BID, SO WE ARE GETTING THE LOWEST FUEL THAT WE CAN GET.

SO THAT'S ABOUT IT. SO HOPEFULLY THEY HAVE CREATIVE AVENUES THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT TO TRY AND KEEP THOSE COSTS DOWN.

OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. DID YOU ALL GET A CHANCE TO SEE THE ITEMS ADDED TO THE AGENDA? JUST HUMAN RESOURCES. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL.

OUR NEXT ITEM IS PUBLIC COMMENTS. NOBODY SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS TONIGHT.

[6. CULTURE - Open and Effective Communications]

AND.

JUST GOING TO CATCH ME. OKAY. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS SARAH LIGHTFOOT, AND THIS IS FAUNA WOLF.

AND WE'VE BEEN CHAIRING THE ARTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THIS FIRST YEAR.

AND WE'RE EXCITED JUST TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING WITH THIS NEW OPPORTUNITY.

THE FIRST THING IS WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION TO THE DISTRICT AND THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR OPENING THE PATHWAY FOR THIS COMMITTEE TO BE ESTABLISHED.

THE CREATION OF THE ARTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPRESENTS A MEANINGFUL AND POSITIVE STEP IN HONORING THE ARTS AS AN ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OF THE HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION CAMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT STRIVES TO PROVIDE FOR EVERY STUDENT.

WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO ASSEMBLE AN AMAZING COMMITTEE OF HIGHLY QUALIFIED COMMUNITY MEMBERS REPRESENTING A DIVERSE RANGE OF ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES, AND WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT THIS BREADTH OF EXPERTISE WILL STRENGTHEN OUR WORK TO SUPPORT AND SUSTAIN ROBUST ARTS PROGRAMS ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

THIS IS A PIVOTAL MOMENT OF TRANSFORMATION FOR THE CAMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT, WITH NEW AND EMERGING PATHWAYS FOR HIGHLIGHTING THE ARTS.

THERE'S A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A VIBRANT COMMUNITY AND CULTURE THAT FULLY EMBRACES THE ARTS AND SETS THEIR PLACE FIRMLY WITHIN OUR EDUCATIONAL VALUES.

BY CULTIVATING CREATIVITY AND ARTISTIC EXPRESSION, WE AFFIRM THE ESSENTIAL ROLE THE ARTS PLAY IN NURTURING THE WHOLE CHILD.

ACCESS TO ARTS LEARNING NOT ONLY SUPPORTS ACADEMIC SUCCESS, BUT ALSO SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING AND WELL-BEING.

THE ARTS ARE NOT AN ENHANCEMENT TO EDUCATION.

THEY ARE FUNDAMENTAL TO MEANINGFUL LEARNING AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES.

TO GUIDE OUR WORK, THE AAC HAS DEVELOPED A PURPOSE AND VALUE STATEMENT, AND I HAVE BROUGHT COPIES, AND I'LL SUBMIT THEM TO THE BOARD AT THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION. AS A TEAM, WE DISCOVERED THAT WE ALL AGREE THAT THE ARTS ARE ESSENTIAL TO SUPPORT CREATIVITY, SELF-EXPRESSION, WELL-BEING, LEARNING, EQUITY, RESPECT, COMMUNITY, AND COLLABORATION.

INCREASED ACCESS TO ARTS EXPERIENCES WILL MAKE OUR STUDENTS MORE RESILIENT AND OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY STRONGER.

IN ADDITION TO BROAD VISIONING AND THOUGHTFUL DISCUSSION, WE ORGANIZED OUR EFFORTS INTO FOUR FOCUSED SUBCOMMITTEES MUSIC, VISUAL ARTS, STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY AND FAUNA IS GOING TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF THE WORK OF THOSE SUBCOMMITTEES.

HELLO. PART OF OUR PLANNING FOR OUR FIRST YEAR WAS TO CONSIDER SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM GOALS AND LOOK FOR QUICK WINS WHILE WE WERE GATHERING DATA NEEDED FOR LONGER TERM WORK. WE GATHERED DATA FROM STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, AND STUDENTS, IN ADDITION TO THE EXPERTISE FROM THE COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS WHO STEPPED UP TO SERVE ON THE COMMITTEE.

THE QUICK WINS WE ARE CELEBRATING ARE, FIRSTLY, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ARTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE SIGNIFICANT WORK THAT HAS ALREADY BEGUN. WE WANT TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE FOR THE COMMITMENT TO THIS WORK DEMONSTRATED BY THE DISTRICT MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMITTEE.

DOCTOR ANZALONE, MATTHEW MCBRIDE AND COREY MCENRY.

TRULY THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR TIME AND EFFORT, FOR THEIR TIME AND EFFORT IN MEETING WITH US AND SUPPORTING OUR AAC INITIATIVES.

WE ARE EXCITED TO SHARE THIS BRIEF SUMMARY OF OUR YEAR ONE PROGRESS.

CONNECTING ARTS WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND PROFILE OF A GRADUATE.

DATA GATHERED, INCLUDING TEACHER VISIONING, ENROLLMENT DATA, CAMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT ARTS PROGRAMING, A SENIOR EXIT SURVEY, AND STUDENT ENGAGEMENT SURVEYS, AND FIRST ALL DISTRICT ART DISCOVERY MEETING IS PLANNED FOR.

LATER THIS MONTH? NO. APRIL. IN APRIL. AND ONE HIGHLIGHT OF OUR WORK THAT WE ARE ESPECIALLY EXCITED ABOUT IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CAMAS ARTS WEBSITE AND ARTS CALENDAR. OUR VISION IS FOR THIS SITE TO BECOME A CENTRAL HUB FOR INFORMATION ABOUT DISTRICT ARTS PROGRAMS AND PATHWAYS,

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WOOHOO. SO TO SUM UP, WE HAVE AN EXUBERANT TEAM WHO IS REALLY EXCITED TO DO A LOT OF GREAT WORK AND WE ARE ALL VERY EAGER TO DREAM VISION AND PLAN FOR STRATEGIC GROWTH OF ARTS PROGRAMING IN OUR DISTRICT, AND WE REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO PARTNERING WITH YOU IN THIS IMPORTANT WORK, AND TO COLLABORATING CLOSELY TO CREATE A VIBRANT AND SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR OUR ARTS PROGRAMS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY QUESTIONS? SARAH. WELL, I JUST WANT TO THANK BOTH SARAH AND FAUNA FOR THEIR THEIR WORK BECAUSE IT WASN'T NOT EVERYONE'S ALWAYS ALIGNED, RIGHT? WE DO DEBATE. IT'S WE ALL AGREE THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT, BUT I JUST WANT TO REFLECT ON OUR SCHOOL CULTURE AND HOW A YEAR AGO, WE WEREN'T ALL AGREEING. WE'RE ALL AGREEING NOW, RIGHT? SO YOU CAN COME A LONG WAY WHEN YOU SIT DOWN AND MEET AND HASH IT OUT.

SO I KNOW FAUNA IS ALWAYS SMILING NOW WHERE SHE WASN'T NECESSARILY SMILING HERE LAST YEAR.

SO I THINK THIS IS US WORKING TOGETHER. IT'S THE BEST PART OF THE JOB FOR ME.

I CAN'T SPEAK FOR COREY, BUT JUST NOT JUST THE ARTS, BUT IN GENERAL.

WHEN WE LIKE, HASH THIS OUT AND GET IT DONE BECAUSE OUR NEIGHBORS AREN'T ALWAYS DOING THAT AND IT IS A CULTURE FOR US.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. YEAH, I TOTALLY, I TOTALLY ECHO ALL OF THAT.

I JUST, I APPRECIATE I SO APPRECIATE EVERYBODY ON THE COMMITTEE WHO JUST WANTS TO, INSTEAD OF ADMIRING THE PROBLEM, LIKE SIT DOWN AND GET TO WORK ON A PROBLEM. AND I, AND LIKE YOU SAID, EVEN JUST THE QUICK WINS OF WE HAVE THIS COMMITTEE AND WE'RE WORKING AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE THINGS AND WE'RE FORMULATING, YOU KNOW, QUICK WINS, SHORT LONG TERM PLANNING.

IT'S GREAT. THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THE COMMITTEE, IT'S SUCH A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE AND DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES.

AND, BOTH OF YOUR LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN JUST OUTSTANDING TO KEEP TO KEEP THE, FOCUS MOVING FORWARD AND NOT JUST KIND OF GET MIRED DOWN IN STUFF, BUT REALLY LIKE, WHAT CAN WE DO? WHAT CAN WE BE WORKING TOWARD? AND JUST REALLY FORTUNATE TO HAVE BOTH OF YOU KIND OF AT THE HELM OF ALL OF THIS BECAUSE THIS IS A SOMETIMES WHEN WE FORM A NEW COMMITTEE, IT TAKES A LITTLE WHILE FOR THE COMMITTEE TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT LIKE, GET THEIR FEET UNDERNEATH THEM AND FIGURE OUT WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON.

AND I REALLY FEEL LIKE THIS COMMITTEE HAS, REALLY JUMPED IN AND BEEN JUST GETTING TO WORK RIGHT AWAY.

AND BECAUSE IT'S, AN URGENT THING. AND SO JUST REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT'S BEEN GOING ON.

LOOK FORWARD TO DIGGING MORE INTO THE FINDINGS YOU HAVE HERE TOO.

AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT YEAR'S UPDATE.

YES. ALL RIGHT. NEXT, WE HAVE OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

[7. SYSTEMS/PATHWAYS: Consent Agenda]

SECOND. SECONDED BY COREY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL RIGHT. SO NOW WE'RE GOING DOWN TO THE POLICY REVIEW FOR FIRST READING.

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

FIRST ONE IS 2140 COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAM.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? DO YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH? I GUESS WHAT I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK IS, HAVE THERE BEEN ANY CHANGES TO ANY OF THESE SINCE THE WORKSHOP? I THINK THEY'VE ALL BEEN. I THINK EVERYTHING IS AS.

YEAH. AS IS FROM OUR FIRST. SO, YEAH, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO GO THROUGH.

I THINK CONNIE, YOU GOT YOUR RESPONSE ON THE COUNSELING ONE, RIGHT? OKAY, SO THEN I'LL JUST LIST THEM AND THEN IF YOU WANT TO, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PIPE IN.

IF NOT, WE'LL JUST VOTE THEM TO SECOND READING.

SO THERE'S 2140 COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL COUNSELING.

3141 NONRESIDENT STUDENTS. 3143 NOTIFICATION AND DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION ABOUT STUDENT OFFENSES AND NOTIFICATION OF THREATS OF VIOLENCE OR HARM. 3205 SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF STUDENTS PROHIBITED.

3241 STUDENT DISCIPLINE. 3425 ACCOMMODATING STUDENTS WITH ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY.

POLICY 5011 SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF DISTRICT STAFF PROHIBITED.

5012 PARENTAL FAMILY OR MARITAL STATUS AND PREGNANCY OR RELATED CONDITIONS OF STAFF, PROPERTY AND DATA MANAGEMENT 6570 6910 CONSTRUCTION FINANCING AND 6920 CONSTRUCTION DESIGN ARE ALL THE SAME AS WE REVIEWED IN THE WORKSHOP. SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE THEM TO SECOND READING.

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

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. NO NAYS. ALL RIGHT. NOW WE HAVE POLICIES THAT WE LAST PASSED FROM FIRST TO SECOND READING WHICH ARE NOW AT

[9. SYSTEMS/PATHWAYS: Policies for Second Reading & Adoption]

SO. 1111 OATH OF OFFICE. 1210 ANNUAL ORGANIZATION MEETING.

2106 PROGRAM COMPLIANCE. 2124 PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND HEALTH CLASS.

2170 CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION. 5010 NONDISCRIMINATION AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION.

6220 BID OR REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL REQUIREMENTS.

6700 NUTRITION AND 6955 MAINTENANCE OF FACILITIES RECORDS.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, SINCE NONE OF THESE HAVE CHANGED SINCE THE LAST MEETING I MOVED TO APPROVE POLICIES 1011, 1111, 1210, 2106, 2124, 2170, 5010, 6220, 6700, AND 6955 AS PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.

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

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. NAYS. NONE. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. SO WE JUST MOVED SOME FROM FIRST READING TO SECOND READING AND SECOND READING INTO POLICY.

AND NOW WE GO TO SYSTEMS AND PATHWAYS AND A OMNIA REPLACE OUR AEDS AND PROVIDE MONTHLY AED CHECKS.

[10. SYSTEMS/PATHWAYS: Informed and Responsible Use of Resources]

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE OMNIA FAS CONTRACT AS PRESENTED FOR THE AMOUNT OF $61,481 PLUS APPLICABLE TAX TO BE FUNDED THROUGH THE TECHNOLOGY LEVY SAFETY FUNDS. AND I'LL SECOND. IT WAS MOVED BY MATTHEW, SECONDED BY BAMINI.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? NAY. AND I JUST ACCIDENTALLY CLOSED MY AGENDA.

SO HOLD UP HERE IT COMES. TECHNOLOGY. NEXT ONE IS TYLER TECHNOLOGIES.

TECHNOLOGY. YES. SPEAKING OF WHICH YEAH. TYLER TECHNOLOGY, GPS TABLETS.

GO. AHEAD. I FOUND IT THE MOST FASCINATING THAT MY BACKGROUND READING ON THIS.

I DON'T EVER WANT TO DRIVE A BUS. I'D BE SCARED TO TAKE CARE OF STUDENTS ON THAT.

I'M AMAZED AT HOW THEY DO THAT. BUT THOSE THINGS ARE REALLY COOL SINCE THEY CAN TRACK STUDENTS GETTING PICKED UP DROPPED OFF.

DO WE HAVE THOSE NOW OR THESE ARE BRAND NEW ONES? WE DO. THESE ARE JUST THOSE ARE OUTDATED.

ISN'T THAT THE NEWEST ONES. AND SO THIS IS GOING TO PROVIDE PARENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE.

YEAH. THEY SAID THERE'S BETTER TRACKING NOW. SO THE WORLD IS ADVANCING WHERE.

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A DREAM FOR MY MOTHER. I'LL TELL YOU THAT. YEAH, BUT I MEAN, IT'S. A NIGHTMARE FOR ME.

THIS IS A SAFETY THING FOR OUR DRIVERS, FOR OUR STUDENTS, FOR THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE, AS WE JUST GOT OUT OF THE CITY SCHOOLS, THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING ROAD WORK IN PLACES.

SO IT'S MEANT TO MAKE EVERYONE MORE EFFICIENT AND PROTECTED.

SO WE'VE BEEN VETTING THESE FOR A WHILE. AND THIS IS AGAIN THE TECHNOLOGY LEVIES.

YEAH, I THINK WE HEARD IT. IT WAS A WORKSHOP.

WE HEARD ABOUT THE IMPROVEMENTS I THINK. CORRECT.

ARE YOU ENTERTAINING MOTIONS? ALWAYS ENTERTAINING.

OKAY. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE TYLER TECHNOLOGIES CONTRACT AND ANNUAL MAINTENANCE OF $98,068 PLUS TAX TO BE FUNDED THROUGH THE DISTRICT'S TECHNOLOGY LEVY.

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

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. PACIFIC OFFICE AUTOMATION COPY MACHINES.

THIS IS TO ENTER INTO A LEASE AGREEMENT FOR FIVE REPLACEMENT COPY MACHINES THAT ARE AT THE END OF THEIR TECHNICAL CURRENT LEASE TERMS. IT'S NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY, ENSURE RELIABILITY OF DOCUMENT SERVICES ACROSS THE DISTRICT AND AVOID INCREASED MAINTENANCE ASSOCIATED WITH AGING EQUIPMENT. IT'S FUNDED THROUGH THE GENERAL? TECH LEVY OR GENERAL, KIM. GENERAL. GENERAL, RIGHT.

YEAH. OH, AND THESE AREN'T THE SUPER FAST ONES.

LIKE WHEN WE HAD SOME OF OUR EDUCATORS SAY THEY WERE EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

NO. FAST COPIERS I SAW THIS IS LIKE CAMAS DISCOVERY.

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

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? ALRIGHT. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, GOODHEART-WILCOX PUBLISHER FOR OUR HEALTH CURRICULUM. THIS FOLLOWS THE PRESENTATION WE HAD FROM DEREK THE PRIOR MEETING, RIGHT? CORRECT. WENT THROUGH IMC AND THROUGH OUR ALL OF OUR POLICY PROCESSES.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE GOODHEART-WILCOX PUBLISHER SIX YEAR DIGITAL CONTRACTS FOR HIGH SCHOOL HEALTH CURRICULUM IN THE AMOUNTS OF $16,360.80 FOR CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL AND $6,351.84 FOR DISCOVERY HIGH SCHOOL.

CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL TO BE PAID THROUGH CTE AND DISCOVERY HIGH SCHOOL TO BE PAID FROM CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION.

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

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? NONE. ALL RIGHT.

SO THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF OUR CURRENT MEETING.

WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR PERSONNEL AND BE APPROXIMATELY 60 MINUTES.

[12. EXECUTIVE SESSION - Personnel and Property - RCW 42.30.110 ( )]

THANK YOU FOR HANGING IN WITH US.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.