[1. REGULAR MEETING CALL TO ORDER - 5:30 PM] [00:00:05] HELLO EVERYONE. IT'S A CROWDED ROOM. THANKS FOR ALL BEING HERE. PLAYING CONNIE TONIGHT. SHE'S NOT FEELING WELL AND WON'T BE WITH US TODAY. ALSO, TRACY IS OUT OF TOWN AS WELL. BE EXCUSED. [2. CULTURE] ALRIGHT, WE'LL START WITH A PLEDGE. IF I CAN HAVE COREY LEADING IT. 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. I LED THAT, BUT THEY TOOK OVER. THAT WAS GOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY, AND I'M... ALL RIGHT, IF I CAN HAVE MATTHEW FOR LENDING. SURE. 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. ALL RIGHT, AND WE HAVE THE PLEASURE OF HAVING GRASS VALLEY CHOIR JOIN US TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE, AND IT IS A MEETING AFTER A HOLIDAY, SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE ALL HERE. AND I'LL GIVE IT TO SEAN. THANK YOU. THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMUNITY MEMBERS. GOOD AFTERNOON, GRASS VALLEY PARENTS. THANK YOU FOR COMING. CHOIR, PLEASE GIVE YOUR PARENTS A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR BRINGING YOU HERE TONIGHT. THANK YOU. I'M SEAN MCMILLAN. I GET TO BE THE PRINCIPAL AT GRASS VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR YOU TO HEAR THESE WONDERFUL FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADERS SHARE THEIR TALENTS. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR MUSIC TEACHER. THIS IS MRS. BENDER. CAN WE PLEASE GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE? I THINK WE HAVE THREE SONGS. ALL RIGHT, TAKE IT AWAY. YES, I'M MRS. BINDER. I HAVE BEEN IN THE DISTRICT EIGHT YEARS NOW AND THIS IS MY FIRST YEAR AT GRASS VALLEY SO IT'S BEEN PRETTY EXCITING AND FUN AND A WHIRLWIND BUT I LOVE THE KIDS, I LOVE THE COMMUNITY AND WE'RE GOING TO SING THREE SONGS. NUMBER ONE IS CALLED FORWARD. [00:06:10] GOT TWO CELLOS HERE. I HAVE MILAN AND I HAVE DELSTA. OKAY, OUR LAST SONG IS COUNT ON ME. YOU GUYS KNOW IT FROM BRUNO MARS. I'VE GOT EZEKIEL SINGING AND I'VE GOT ELEANOR SINGING. YOU GUYS CAN SIT DOWN ON THAT SIDE. IT'S PROBABLY BETTER. [00:13:48] THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. THANKS FOR COMING AND THANK YOU PARENTS ARE BRINGING THEM AS WELL. TALENT IS AMAZING. I'M ALWAYS IMPRESSED AND I EVEN WENT TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL PLAYS. WE HAVE SO MUCH TALENT IN THIS CITY AND ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU ALL PUT INTO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. TO STAY FOR THE ENTIRE MEETING TOO. [00:16:20] ALL RIGHT, WE WILL GET ON WITH THE REST OF THE AGENDA. WE HAVE A PRIDE AWARD, AND I'LL HAND IT OVER TO DR. ANTOLIN. ALL RIGHT, WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON, GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. SO AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, ALL OF YOU KNOW SROS, HUMANS, AND INCREDIBLE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, AND WE HAD... DR. DAN AND A COUPLE OTHER PRINCIPALS REACHED OUT AND REALLY WANTED JUST BEING SO PROACTIVE WITH OUR KIDS FROM PRE-K ALL THE WAY THROUGH. AND SO WE ABSOLUTELY FELT THIS WAS DESERVING. SO, DR. DAN, DID YOU WANT TO SHARE A COUPLE WORDS, INTRODUCE OUR OFFICERS? YEAH. ANY OTHER CANVAS ADMIN, IF YOU GUYS WANT TO COME UP HERE JUST TO SHOW YOUR RESPECTS? SLIDE INVITATION, MAYBE A SUGGESTION. WE JUST WANTED TO PUT THESE THESE PARTNERS THROUGH BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT CAN BE A DIFFICULT ROLE TO BALANCE THE SAFETY AND WORKING WITH STUDENTS AND BEING AN SRO IS NOT AN EASY ROLE. AND I SURE APPRECIATE JUST COMING IN AND PLAYING VOLLEYBALL WITH THE KIDS OR BASKETBALL OR I KNOW WHEN THEY'RE THERE BECAUSE THERE'S STICKERS ALL OVER THE KIDS AND SO IT'S IT'S MORE THAN JUST LIKE THOSE TENT SITUATIONS. IT'S BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS AND JUST BEING A PRESENCE AND WE ALL JUST REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BECAUSE USUALLY WHEN YOU'RE INVOLVED IT MIGHT BE IN A PRETTY LOW MOMENT FOR THE KIDS AND I JUST APPRECIATE YOUR COMPASSION AND YOUR GRACE AND HOW YOU. LIKE COACH THE KIDS THROUGH SOME PRETTY TOUGH STUFF AND I JUST APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR OUR STUDENTS AND SO THAT'S WHY WE AS A GROUP WANTED TO PUT YOU TOGETHER FOR THAT AWARD AND DOES ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? YEAH. HELLO AGAIN, SEAN MCMILLAN FROM GRASS VALLEY AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ECHO WHAT DR. DAN SAID AND HERMAN AND FELLOWS ARE AWESOME. THEY COME INTO THE BUILDING, THEY'RE JUST KNOWN AS STAFF. THEY GO INTO THE CLASSROOMS AND CONNECT WITH KIDS, AND THE KIDS LOVE IT. SOMETIMES WE'LL HAVE THEM READ STORIES, OR ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO WITH SOME PRE-TEACHING FOR KIDS IS AWESOME. AND EVERYBODY WANTS A STICKER, THEY ALWAYS RUN OUT. BUT WE APPRECIATE HOW THEY CONNECT WITH KIDS IN SUCH A POSITIVE WAY. AND IF WE DO HAVE NEEDS ON THE OTHER END, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE EXTREMELY RESPONSIVE, AND SAFETY IS... WELL, OUR NUMBER ONE JOB HERE IN CAMAS WITH OUR KIDS, SO IT IS NICE TO KNOW THAT AS A PRINCIPAL, I JUST HAVE A QUICK PHONE CALL AND I'M GOING TO HAVE SOME SUPPORT AS SOON AS I NEED IT. SO THANK YOU GUYS. APPRECIATE YOU. [00:20:55] THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH. AND ALSO, WE JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THAT CHIEF JONES IS HERE, OBVIOUSLY, AND OUR PARTNERSHIP IS JUST GETTING STRONGER AND STRONGER EVERY SINGLE YEAR. SO THANK YOU, CHIEF, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. OKAY. SMALL CHANGE. I'M GOING TO SKIP A FEW OF THE REPORTS DOWN TO THE LEADERSHIP AWARD PRESENTATION. SO IT'S 3B. [3. CULTURE - Outstanding Teachers, Staff and Students] THANKS, BOMANI. SO EVERY YEAR, AWASA IS OUR ORGANIZATION FOR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS ACROSS THE STATE. OUR ESD PUTS ON AN AWARD CEREMONY WHERE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE AWARDED. THIS YEAR, WE NOMINATED DEREK AND JOHN GEROG, WHO HAD RECEIVED A REWARD. I PUT THAT ON MY SLIDES FOR MY SUPER REPORT. BUT WE ALSO WERE ASKED TO RECOGNIZE THE STUDENT FOR THEIR STUDENT LEADERSHIP, BUT THOSE ARE NOT AWARDED AT THE SUPERINTENDENTS MEETING. AND WE'RE ASKED TO DO THAT IN OUR DISTRICT. SO MIKE NERLAND, FORMER SUPERINTENDENT, LEADS THAT FOR US. AND SO MIKE WAS NICE ENOUGH TO COME AND PRESENT THAT AWARD TO OUR STUDENT THIS YEAR. SO MIKE. THANK YOU DR. ANZALONE. IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK HERE IN CAMPUS. I LOVE IT HERE. IT FEELS LIKE HOME. SEE SOME MEMORIES AND SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE VERY FAMILIAR. SO IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK HERE. AND IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO BE BACK TO GIVE OUT AN AWARD IN HONOR EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS. AND TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO HONOR A STUDENT. MR. BRITTON JURA IS BEING HONORED WITH THE WASA STUDENT LEADERSHIP AWARD. AND WASA STANDS FOR THE WASHINGTON ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS. SO IT'S MADE UP MAINLY OF SUPERINTENDENTS, DISTRICT OFFICE PEOPLE, PRINCIPALS, AND WE GIVE OUT AWARDS FOR COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP, WE GIVE OUT AWARDS TO OUR EDUCATORS, AND ONE OF THE REALLY COOL AWARDS... THAT JUST STARTED THREE YEARS AGO IS THE STUDENT LEADERSHIP AWARD AND LET ME JUST READ TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THE CRITERIA IS FOR A STUDENT TO WIN THIS AWARD. THE WAUSAU STUDENT LEADERSHIP AWARD RECOGNIZES OUTSTANDING STUDENT LEADERS WHO HAVE CREATED OR PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT LEADERSHIP ROLE IN INITIATIVES OR PROGRAMS THAT PROMOTE ACCESS, EQUITY, OR SOCIAL JUSTICE IN THEIR SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY. CONSIDERATION FOR RECOGNITION IS BASED ON THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA. SERVES AS A ROLE MODEL, DEMONSTRATES LEADERSHIP, AND ORGANIZES EVENTS THAT PROMOTE RESPECT FOR DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES. THROUGH COLLABORATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY TO INSPIRE, MOTIVATE, AND IMPACT THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF OTHERS. EXEMPLIFIES INTEGRITY. IN ALL WORDS AND ACTIONS AND MAINTAINS A POSITIVE IMAGE AND PRESENCE WITHIN THE SCHOOL AND GREATER COMMUNITY. EVOKES HOPE AND DEMONSTRATES INITIATIVE BY SEEKING WAYS TO ENRICH THE FUTURE. AND DISPLAYS A STRONG WORK ETHIC BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM. I GOT TO TELL YOU, I SERVE ON THE WASA, THE STATEWIDE WASA HONORARY AWARDS COMMITTEE. AND, YOU KNOW, WE GET TO READ SOME OF THESE NOMINATIONS, AND IT JUST MAKES ME FEEL SO GOOD ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING IN OUR SCHOOLS TODAY. THAT WE'RE GETTING KIDS COMING INTO OUR SCHOOLS AND GRADUATING, GOING OUT WITH THESE TYPE OF CHARACTERISTICS. AND I JUST WANT TO READ A COUPLE COMMENTS FROM DR. ANZALONE'S NOMINATION. I'M HONORED TO NOMINATE BRITTON FOR THE WASA STUDENT LEADERSHIP AWARD. THE KEY CONSISTENCE... CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATES A DEEP COMMITMENT TO INCLUSIVITY, EQUITY, AND SERVICE WITHIN CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL, CAMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND THE BROADER COMMUNITY. HE IS A NATURAL LEADER. WHO ENSURES OTHERS FEEL WELCOMED, SEEN, AND VALUED. HE LEADS WITH EMPATHY AND INTENTIONALLY CREATES SPACES WHERE ALL STUDENTS EXPERIENCE A [00:25:02] SENSE OF BELONGING. YOU'LL SEE HIM TAP A SHOULDER OR GENTLY INVITE OTHERS INTO CONVERSATIONS TO ENSURE EVERYONE INVOLVED FEELS CONNECTED AND THAT THEY MATTER. WELL, BRITTON, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING ABOUT MANY GREAT THINGS TO COME FOR YOU, SO IT IS MY HONOR TO... TO PRESENT YOU AND WANT TO COME ON UP AND PRESENT YOU WITH THE WASA STUDENT LEADERSHIP AWARD. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO STUDENT REPORT. ANYONE FROM HELEN BALLARD HERE? GOT IT. GO AHEAD. YEP. GOOD EVENING. YES. GOOD EVENING, BOARD AND GOOD EVENING, CAMPUS COMMUNITY AND FAMILIES. I AM MELISSA HUTTON. I HAVE THE PLEASURE AND HONOR OF SERVING THE HELEN BALLARD COMMUNITY AS PRINCIPAL. AND TONIGHT I HAVE WITH ME THREE AMAZING FIRST GRADERS FROM HELEN BALLARD. IF YOU GUYS WANT TO STAND UP, YOU'RE GOING TO BE UP HERE. I ALSO HAVE WITH ME THEIR WONDERFUL TEACHER, MRS. WING, WHO IS HERE. AND ALTHOUGH THIS IS A STUDENT PRESENTATION TONIGHT, MRS. WING HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN THE BACKGROUND AND WILL BE TODAY, SUPPORTING THEM AND CHEERING THEM ON. OUR BOARD HAS INVESTED AND SUPPORTED US IN OUR SCHOOLS. WITH JUST A LOT OF SUPPORT AROUND LITERACY DEVELOPMENT AND EARLY LITERACY. AND WE JUST WANTED TO LET THESE FIRST GRADERS SHINE FOR A MINUTE TONIGHT, SHOWING OFF SOME OF THEIR AMAZING LITERACY SKILLS THAT THEY'VE LEARNED. SO I AM GOING TO HOLD THE MICROPHONE FOR THEM, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE IT AWAY. SO THANK YOU FOR LETTING THEM SHARE ABOUT LITERACY. THE GARDEN, THE, THEY ARE CONCEPTS AND SOUNDS. BUT NOW WE HAVE LEARNED THE CENTRAL VOWELS, VOWELS, NAMES, DIPHTHONGS, AND ENDINGS, ENDING SOUNDS. SO, LET'S DO SOME WORDS TOGETHER. THE FIRST WORD IS POUT, I SAID POUT. DID YOU DO IT RIGHT? I HOPE YOU DID. YES. HEY, YOU SEE THAT? THANK YOU. [00:30:03] HEY, THIS IS A RIDE. HELP ME OUT. IT'S HARD IF YOU DON'T KEEP THEM IN ORDER. HELLO, MY NAME IS EZRA, AND THESE ARE CALLED HEART WORDS. THE E-R IS SAYING AIR. IT'S SUPPOSED TO SAY... FROM THE O IS SAYING OH IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THERE AND YOU HAVE TO LEARN IT BY HEART THIS IS BECAUSE. THE A, U, AND THE E IS NOT DOING THE SHOW. THE A, U IS SAYING AH, AND THE E IS SILENT. THERE'S A SONG. BECAUSE, BECAUSE. E-E-C-A-E, THAT'S HOW YOU SPELL BECAUSE. AND I'M TALKING ABOUT POUNDING IN CAPS. IT STANDS FOR CAPILLATION, APPEARANCE, PUNCTUATION, SPELLING. IT HELPS ME AT THE END WHEN I'M WRITING TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S NEAT AND COMPLETE. ALSO, POUNDING HELPS ME IN WRITING. HERE'S AN EXAMPLE. PUPPY HAS TWO SYLLABLES AND FOUR SOUNDS. CAN YOU TRY HAPPY DOG? AND STOP. YOU GOT IT RIGHT. T. A. NEXT IS DOG. T. SO AGAIN THEY WERE REALLY EXCITED TO SHOW OFF SOME OF THEIR LITERACY SKILLS THAT THEY'VE BEEN LEARNING FROM MRS. WING THIS YEAR AND WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THEM. THANK YOU TO THE FAMILIES THAT BROUGHT THEM TONIGHT AND TO OUR FIRST GRADERS AND THANK YOU TO OUR BOARD WHO CONTINUES TO SUPPORT OUR LITERACY FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS. WE APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THANK YOU TO MRS. WING. AND WE LEARNED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THAT'S THE KIND OF STUDENT REPORT THAT WE NEED ALL THE TIME. IT'S ONE THING TO GO INTO THE CLASSROOM [00:35:01] DURING THE DAY. IT'S THE EVENING. IT'S PAST THEIR HOUR, BUT THEY ARE SPOT ON. MOVING ON TO CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL. CAN YOU TOP THAT? MY NAME IS JACK PARBIN. AND UNFORTUNATELY, EVAN COULDN'T BE HERE, SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO IT WITH ME, VERITY PHILLIPS. WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THE NEW THINGS GOING AROUND AT CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL. SO STARTING OFF WITH SOME GENERAL THINGS, WE HAD 1,800 AP EXAMS COMPLETED BY NEARLY 1,000 STUDENTS WITH RESULTS COMING IN JULY, SO HOPEFULLY WE ALL GOT COLLEGE CREDIT. AND WE ALSO HAVE CAMAS GOT TALENT COMING UP, WHICH IS OUR SCHOOL'S ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF WHAT MAKES PAPERMAKERS SPECIAL. SO YOU'LL SEE ANYTHING LIKE MUSIC, DANCING, COMEDY, OR ANY VARIETY OF IMPRESSIVE SKILLS THAT OUR PAPERMAKERS HAVE. AND THAT TOOK PLACE LAST THURSDAY, AND WE SAW LOTS OF GREAT TALENT. WE ALSO RECENTLY HAD A SCHOOL-WIDE VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT THAT TOOK PLACE LAST WEEK WITH 16 TEAMS COMPETING IN A DOUBLE ELIMINATION BRACKET, AND THE WINNING TEAM GOT A WHOLE COSTCO PIZZA TO SHARE. WE'RE ALSO THIS NEXT WEEK HAVING OUR FINAL SPIRIT WEEK, WHICH CONCLUDES OUR FINAL SPRING RECOGNITION ASSEMBLY ON JUNE 5TH. WE'LL BE HOSTING OUR THIRD ANNUAL CANVAS CARNIVAL ON JUNE 18TH TO CELEBRATE A YEAR WELL DONE. TO COVER SOME OF OUR CLUBS AND CLASSES, SENIOR BOARDS TAKE PLACE THIS WEEK, WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, WHICH MEANS WE GET EARLY RELEASES, SO HAVE FUN, SENIORS. AND THEN CONGRATS TO OUR 2026 STATE OVERWATCH ESPORTS CHAMPIONS BRYCE GOZERN, JAKE MUSCALITY, ADAM FONG, BRADY KOHLER, GAVIN REYES, AND MAX KARI. THEY DOMINATED AT THE TOURNAMENT LAST SATURDAY. OUR DECA RESULTS CAME IN. THERE WERE 26 STUDENTS WHO COMPETED AT ICDC IN ATLANTA, AND SEVEN PLACED IN THE TOP 20 IN THE WORLD, AND BRITT ENDURA ACTUALLY PLACED IN THE TOP 10. WAG IS RUNNING A PRODUCT DRIVE FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS, INCLUDING HYGIENE, FEMININE PRODUCTS, AND BASIC CLOTHING SUCH AS SOCKS. THESE WILL BE DONATED TO THE CAMAS RESOURCE CENTER. DONATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED IN MS. FERREIRA'S OFFICE, NUMBER 209 THROUGH JUNE 3RD. MAGNET HAD THEIR ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM LAST WEEK, SHARING THEIR PROJECTS AMONG FAMILIES, STAFF, AND THE COMMUNITY. CHOIR IS TRAVELING TO LA TO PERFORM IN A CONCERT WITH LIZZIE ELLISON. CHLOE LIU WORKED WITH MRS. O'ROURKE AND A TEAM OF OTHER PEOPLE TO PRESENT A TEDX EVENT AT CHS YESTERDAY CONSISTING OF CURRENT AND SURROUNDING AREA STUDENTS SHARING 10 MINUTES ON VARIOUS TOPICS. SCIENCE OLYMPIAD HAD SOME HIGH SCHOOL COMPETITORS, DANIEL LIU AND ZHU XIANG HUANG, PLACING FOURTH AT NATIONALS, AND BLOOM BUDDIES ARE CURRENTLY HAVING THEIR FIRST FLOWER BOUQUET, GIVING EACH RESIDENT A... LOCAL FLOWER BOUQUET AT THEIR NURSING HOME. TO WRAP IT UP, WE HAVE SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT SPORTS. SO THIS YEAR, BASEBALL AND BOYS SOCCER QUALIFY FOR POSTSEASON PLAY. OUR GIRLS TENNIS TEAM WERE DISTRICT CHAMPIONS, AND OUR FAST PITCH WENT TO DISTRICTS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OVER 10 YEARS. BOYS AND GIRLS TRACK WERE DISTRICT CHAMPIONS, AND THEY HAD SEVERAL INDIVIDUAL DISTRICT CHAMPIONS, AND WE'RE SENDING MANY PEOPLE TO STATE, INCLUDING COHEN BUTLER, WHO EARNED GATORADE STATE PLAYER OF THE YEAR FOR CROSS COUNTRY AND SET A NEW SCHOOL RECORD FOR THE 3,200 METER, WHICH... HE BROKE HIS OWN RECORD, BUT IT WAS STILL AWESOME, LAST WEEKEND, WHICH HE RANKED 12TH IN THE NATION. OUR BOYS' 4X100 TEAM ALSO SET A NEW SCHOOL RECORD, WHICH CONSISTS OF SENIOR TWIN BROTHERS MASON AND CARMELO DAVIS, JUNIOR JADEN MILLER, AND SOPHOMORE JACK MCDONALD. BOTH BOYS' AND GIRLS' GOLF WERE DISTRICT CHAMPIONS AND COMPETED AT THE STATE WITH OUR BOYS' TEAM FINISHING 5TH. GIRLS' FLAG FOOTBALL ALMOST HAS 80 GIRLS, 9TH THROUGH 12TH GRADE, WHO ARE PRACTICING AND LEARNING THE GAME OF THE FAST-GROWING FLAG FOOTBALL AND ARE LOVING IT. THEY WILL PLAY IN NEIGHBORING SCHOOLS AT DOC HARRIS THIS FRIDAY. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, OUR CAMPUS RUGBY TEAM PLAYS SECOND IN STATES REPRESENTING CHS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GET BUSY. IS IT FAIR? THANK YOU. [00:40:06] GOOD EVENING MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND COMMUNITY. MY NAME IS MAYA NELSON AND I'M A JUNIOR AT CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL. I'M INTERESTED IN PURSUING A NURSING DEGREE AND HOPE TO BECOME A FORENSIC NURSE. I AM HOSTING A YOUTH WELLNESS AND SAFETY FAIR, BUT A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND FIRST. I FIRST BECAME INTERESTED IN THE HEALTH FIELD BACK IN EIGHTH GRADE. WE WERE IN THE GENETICS UNIT LEARNING ABOUT DNA AND SOMETHING INSIDE ME SPARKED. SINCE THEN, I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR FREE COMMUNITY HEALTH EVENTS SO I COULD EXPLORE MY INTERESTS FURTHER. I'VE SEEN MULTIPLE HEALTH FAIRS, BUT NOTICED THAT THE MAJORITY WERE DESIGNED FOR ADULTS, WITH INFORMATION ABOUT HEALTH INSURANCE, PHYSICAL THERAPY, AND OTHER MEDICAL CARE. BORING, RIGHT? BUT I NOTICED THAT THERE ARE VERY FEW COMMUNITY EVENTS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO TEACH YOUTH PRACTICAL HEALTH AND SAFETY SKILLS IN A WAY THAT IS FREE, ACCESSIBLE, AND INTERACTIVE. THAT IS WHY I BEGAN ORGANIZING THE YOUTH WELLNESS AND SAFETY FAIR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DOWNTOWN CAMAS ASSOCIATION JULY 1ST, FRIDAY. THE PURPOSE OF THIS EVENT IS TO PROVIDE YOUTH WITH HANDS-ON HEALTH AND SAFETY EDUCATION THROUGH ACTIVITY-BASED, YOUTH-ORIENTED BOOTHS LED BY LOCAL WELLNESS AND SAFETY ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE LITTLE GYM OF VANCOUVER, NAMI SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON, AND STARDIG NURSING, AS WELL AS STUDENT VOLUNTEERS FROM CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL'S HEALTH CLUB. THIS EVENT, I HAVE SOME FLYERS. SO THIS EVENT IS ON THE JULY 1ST FRIDAY, WHICH WILL BE JULY 3RD, AND IT'S HOSTED AT DESTINATION 339, AND IT FOLLOWS THE FIRST FRIDAY THEME, ONE COMMUNITY, MANY HANDS. THERE'LL BE GAMES, RAFFLES, PRIZES. WHICH UNFORTUNATELY ALL THE KIDS LEFT. THEY MISSED OUT. ANYWAYS, THIS EVENT WILL ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THE FIRST FRIDAYS PASSPORT SYSTEM, SO MAKE SURE TO STOP BY AND GET YOUR STAMP. AND MY HOPE IS THAT THIS EVENT HELPS MAKE HEALTH AND SAFETY EDUCATION MORE ACCESSIBLE AND ENGAGING FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE WANT YOUTH TO LEAVE NOT ONLY HAVING FUN, BUT ALSO LEARNING PRACTICAL SKILLS THEY COULD USE IN REAL-LIFE SITUATIONS. I NEED YOUR SUPPORT IN HELPING SHARE THIS OPPORTUNITY WITH STUDENTS, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS. AND I'D LOVE TO START BY SHARING THIS TO ALL THE ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH SCHOOLS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THE THINGS THAT I WOULD COMMENT ON, I KNOW THAT DR. ANZALONE HAS IN HIS SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT, SO INSTEAD OF REHASHING ALL OF THAT AGAIN LATER, I CAN WAIT FOR THAT. I WOULD JUST POINT OUT SOMETHING, OBVIOUSLY, ARTS. IS SOMETHING NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART. AND I JUST WANTED TO BRING TO THE BOARD MEMBERS' ATTENTION THAT CURRENTLY THERE IS A PROPOSED FRAMEWORK IN FRONT OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION CHANGING SOME GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS. AND ONE OF THOSE PROPOSALS INVOLVES THE ELIMINATION OF ONE ARTS CREDIT, AS WELL AS THE ELIMINATION OF ANOTHER ELECTIVE. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CONCERNS ME, AND I KNOW I'M FOLLOWING THAT. SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION AS WELL, BECAUSE THERE'S KIND OF A COMMENT PERIOD THAT'S GOING ON. WITH STATE BOARD OF EDGE. SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT INTERESTS YOU OR ANYBODY ELSE IN THE COMMUNITY, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO WEIGH IN ON PUBLIC COMMENT. THERE AGAIN, THAT'S WITH THE WASHINGTON STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION. THAT'S REALLY ALL THAT I HAVE THAT I WOULD WANNA TALK ABOUT RIGHT NOW, SO YEAH. WE'RE WIPED OUT, COREY, WITH ALL YOUR TRAVEL DOWN TO CALIFORNIA. COUPLE COMMITTEE THINGS. WE JUST HAD CITY SCHOOLS, SO AS DR. ANZALONE MENTIONED ABOUT THE POLICE CHIEF, WE HAVE A REALLY STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY. CITY. ALMOST EVERY TIME WE HAVE COUNCIL, THE MAYOR WAS THERE, DOUG QUINN WAS THERE, THE CHIEF WAS THERE, JUST SHARING ABOUT STUDENT SAFETY, E-BIKES WAS ON THERE, I BROUGHT UP WATER SAFETY AGAIN, WE TALKED ABOUT SOME DEVELOPMENTS BETWEEN BOTH WHAT THE DISTRICT IS DOING AND WHAT THE CITY IS WORKING ON, BUT A LOT OF IT IS SOME UPCOMING CONSTRUCTION, RIGHT JOHN, THAT WE HEARD FOR... LATER THIS YEAR BUT IT'S NICE TO SEE SUCH A STRONG RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OUR CITY AND OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT NOT [00:45:02] EVERY DISTRICT HAS THAT AS YOU KNOW TO JOHN AS YOU TALK TO OTHER SUPERINTENDENTS SO IT'S NICE TO SEE I WILL SAY TOO BEFORE YOU MOVE OFF THAT I DID GET LOTS OF POSITIVE COMMENTS FROM FOLKS ABOUT THE PARENT SQUARE MESSAGE THAT WENT OUT DEALING WITH THE E-BIKES SO THAT'S A GREAT PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY AND SCHOOL SO THANKS FOR THAT YOU GOT A LOT OF SOCIAL MEDIA SO CITY SCHOOLS IS GOOD. WE HAD OUR LAST ARTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE YEAR. YOU WERE OUT FOR THAT. AGAIN, A STRONG EFFORT BY EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THE ARTS. I KNOW, I THINK WE'LL HAVE A COUPLE, JOHN, WE THINK WE'LL HAVE A COUPLE POSITIONS IN THE FALL FOR APPLICATION, JUST SO PEOPLE ARE AWARE WHEN SCHOOL STARTS BACK UP. OH, THEY'RE BOTH POSTED, OKAY. WE ALSO HAD AN ARTS DISCOVERY MEETING THAT WAS HOSTED BY ONE OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES THAT WAS MAYBE THREE WEEKS AGO, TWO OR THREE WEEKS AGO. I GOT A REALLY STRONG MEETING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR OUR PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN PARTICULAR WHEN IT COMES TO THE ARTS AND HOW THOSE ARE SUPPORTED SO AND THEN THE STUDENT ADVISORY BRITAIN'S NOT HERE HE'S ON STUDENT ADVISORY BUT REALLY STRONG SHOWING AND I KNOW THEY HAVE A THEIR APPLICATION OUT FOR STUDENTS SO IF ANYONE OUT THERE IS IT'S 7 THROUGH IT'S 7 THROUGH 11 YEAH THAT IS INTERESTED IN APPLYING TAKE A LOOK AT THE STUDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE THE BOARD LEANS ON THEM TO GET SOME INPUT. WE HEAR FROM STUDENTS QUITE FREQUENTLY. SO IT'S A GREAT GROUP. I ATTENDED THE CASCADIA DISTINGUISHED GRADUATE EVENT IN THE DENNIS CAMPY SCHOLARSHIP. WE DID HAVE ONE STUDENT FROM DISCOVERY HIGH SCHOOL, JACK TICKNER, THAT WON A $2,000 AWARD FOR HIS WORK IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. SO THAT WAS GREAT TO SEE. AND THEN OTHER ARTS THINGS, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S AN IT'S ALL IN ARTS MONTH, RIGHT? IT'S ALL IN ARTS MONTH. AS THE CHS STUDENTS SAID, THERE WAS ALSO, THE CHOIR ALSO HAD A PRODUCTION AT REVOLUTION HALL IN PORTLAND. IT WAS FANTASTIC, WELL ATTENDED. IT WAS AMAZING IF YOU SAW THE PICTURE OF HOW MANY OF THEM CRAMMED ON THAT STAGE WITH LIGHTS AND VISUAL AND SO FORTH. SO I WON'T BE GOING WITH THEM TO L.A. LIKE I DID TO NEW YORK A COUPLE YEARS AGO, BUT I'M SURE THAT'LL BE A FANTASTIC TRIP THIS WEEKEND, SO WE WISH THEM SAFETY. AND THEN THE LAST THING, WE HAD MUSIC BOOSTERS, A GALA JUST RECENTLY, BUT JUST IT'S A CALL OUT. SO IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED, WHETHER IT'S THE BOARD OR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, THE CAMPUS MUSIC BOOSTERS HAVE A MEETING COMING UP TOMORROW. 27TH IS TOMORROW, RIGHT? IT IS RIGHT HERE AT 6 P.M. THEY ARE LOOKING FOR NEW BOARD MEMBERS, PEOPLE THAT WANT TO JUST VOLUNTEER, NOT NECESSARILY BOARD RESPONSIBILITY, BUT HELP WITH RAISING FUNDS TO SUPPORT MUSIC IN THE CAMPUS SCHOOL DISTRICT. THEY DID ANNOUNCE. THAT THEY RAISED $55,000 FROM THEIR GALA FOR THIS YEAR. I THINK THEY SAID THEY HAD ABOUT A 50% INCREASE IN ATTENDANCE FROM THE PRIOR YEAR, SO REALLY GREAT. SO AMY DANIELS, THE PRESIDENT, IS ENCOURAGING NEW VOLUNTEERS. IT CAN BE AS SMALL AS JUST SHOWING UP TO A COUPLE EVENTS. THEY DO THINGS AT SPORTS IN THE FALL. THEY HAVE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO LEAN IN. SO IF ANYONE'S LOOKING FOR A VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY, NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART WOULD BE TO HELP THE MUSIC BOOSTERS. SO OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, THEY'VE GIVEN OUT $70,000 IN GRANTS. BUT THEY'VE HAD ALMOST $200,000 IN REQUESTS FROM THE SCHOOL, SO EVERY EFFORT GOING FURTHER CAN HELP SERVE THAT NEED. SO THAT'S IT FOR ME, REALLY. THERE'S PROBABLY A LOT OF OTHERS, BUT THE ARTS IS A BIG PART. WELL, I THINK ARTS DEFINITELY TOOK THE MONTH, BUT IT'S ALSO SAD TO HEAR WHAT'S HAPPENING AND WHAT MAY BE COMING DOWN THE PIKE WITH THAT. SO IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING TO PAY ATTENTION TO, ESPECIALLY ALL THE PLAYS, THE CHOIR PERFORMANCES AND ALL OF THAT. IT'S IMPORTANT. SO WE HAVE THOSE. ALL RIGHT. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING MORE TO ADD FOR THE MONTH OTHER THAN ALL THE PERFORMANCES THAT I'VE BEEN TO. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO... I'M GOING TO PASS IT ON TO YOU, IF THAT'S OKAY, FOR THE LETTER OF ACHIEVEMENT. ABSOLUTELY. ANYBODY HERE FROM TRANSPORTATION REPRESENTING SHAWNA? DO YOU KNOW? OH, GOOD TO SEE YOU. COME ON OUT, GUYS. SO AS YOU KNOW EVERY EVERY YEAR THE STATE IDENTIFIES DISTRICTS WHO HAVE A HUNDRED PERCENT BOTH CLEANLINESS AND MAINTENANCE AND SAFETY IN OUR BUSES AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS IN A ROW THIS IS AT LEAST AT LEAST THREE BUT THESE THESE ARE TRULY OUR UNSUNG HEROES AS YOU KNOW WHETHER IT'S THOSE WORKING IN MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS DISPATCH DRIVING OUR BUSES FRANKLY THEY ALL PRETTY MUCH DRIVE THE BUSES WHEN NEEDED AND AND THEY'RE JUST INCREDIBLE INCREDIBLE INCREDIBLE PEOPLE IN THAT DEPARTMENT SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO I WANT TO RECOGNIZE YOU FOR UM FOR THIS AWARD AND PASSING IT ON TO CHANTELLE SO HI THERE I JUST WANT TO SAY GOOD AFTERNOON TO THE BOARD AND EVERYBODY THAT CAME TODAY MY NAME IS CHANTELLE I'M THE NEW TRANSPORTATION MANAGER HERE AT CAMASCHOOL DISTRICT AND I'M HERE, I'M GOING TO READ THE LETTER OF ACHIEVEMENT THAT WE GOT SENT FOR OUR MECHANICS. [00:50:01] IT SAYS, DEAR SUPERINTENDENT ASLONE, ON BEHALF OF THE OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION AND THE WASHINGTON STATE PATROL, WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU, YOUR ADMINISTRATION, YOUR TRANSPORTATION TEAM, WHOSE DILIGENT AND TIRELESS EFFORT PROTECTS THE SAFETY OF WASHINGTON STUDENTS ON OUR SCHOOL BUSES. THE RECENT WASHINGTON STATE PATROL ANNUAL INSPECTION ILLUSTRATES YOUR DISTRICT'S EXCEPTIONAL RESULTS FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. AND YOUR DISTRICT HAS MET THE STRICT INSPECTION CRITERIA FOR THE LETTER OF THIS LETTER. YOUR DILIGENT EFFORT IN PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH STUDENT TRANSFER PATIENTS TO AND FROM SCHOOL AS WELL AS YOUR EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES ARE TRULY COMMENDABLE. BUT I ALSO WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING AS WELL. SO BECAUSE I AM NEW HERE, I DON'T REALLY KNOW YOU GUYS THAT WELL. BUT SEEING THIS LEVEL OF PROFESSIONALISM, DISCIPLINE GIVES ME INCREDIBLE PEACE OF MIND. I 100% IS NOT JUST A RATING AND STATISTICS IT REPRESENTS HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF FOCUSED LABOR AND THE REFUSAL TO CUT CORNERS IT SETS A STANDARD FOR WHAT WE WANT OUR ENTIRE MAINTENANCE OPERATION TO LOOK LIKE TO OUR MECHANICS FOR REACHING THIS MILESTONE THANK YOU YOU HAVE PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN KEEPING OUR DISTRICT SAFE AND MOVING SAFELY I'M PROUD TO HAVE INHERITED OUR TEAM WITH THIS LEVEL OF EXPERTISE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING ALL OF YOU AS WE CONTINUE TO TO MAINTAIN THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF SAFETY STANDARDS FOR OUR STUDENTS. AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT'S IMPRESSIVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THEM. AND CHANTELLE, I KNOW YOU SAID IT WELL, YOU INHERITED A GREAT TEAM. AND CHANTELLE, BY THE WAY, IS DOING AN AMAZING JOB. SYSTEMS IN ORDER AND LOOKING AT EFFICIENCIES ACROSS THE BOARD, SO AWESOME. AND WITH THAT SAID, BALMINI, I'LL PASS IT OFF TO ERIC LINTHWAITE, WHO'S HERE FOR THE CEA SCHOLARSHIPS. HELLO, THANK YOU. LET ME TALK TO YOU ONCE AGAIN. MY NAME IS ERIC LINTHWAITE. I AM THE CAMPUS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE CHAIR. IT'S BEEN MY PLEASURE FOR ABOUT THE PAST DECADE NOW TO, EVERY MAY, PRESENT TO YOU THE WINNERS OF OUR UNION'S SCHOLARSHIP AWARD, WHICH WAS CREATED TO PROMOTE. GRADUATING SENIORS IN THE CAMPUS SCHOOL DISTRICT INTO GOING INTO CAREERS IN EDUCATION THEMSELVES. EVER SINCE LAST YEAR WE'VE BEEN NAMING IT AFTER OUR FOUNDER DIANA RENNIE WHO DIED JUST A YEAR AGO. I'D REALLY JUST LIKE TO BRING UP OUR FIVE WINNERS THIS YEAR AND PRESENT THEM WITH THEIR SCHOLARSHIPS AND SHOW THEM OFF TO THE COMMUNITY. SO HERE WE GO IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER AND HOPEFULLY I PRONOUNCED EVERYONE'S NAME RIGHT. NOT ALL OF THESE NAMES HAVE I HEARD BEFORE. OUR FIRST WINNER IS NATALIE BOYLE. COME ON DOWN NATALIE. SHE'S GRADUATING CHS AFTER 13 YEARS IN THE CAMPUS SCHOOL DISTRICT. SHE PLANS TO GO TO CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND WOULD LIKE TO TEACH EARLY ELEMENTARY. SHE COUNTED DAVID VOLK AT LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL AS THE MODEL WHO SHE'D LIKE TO BE AS A TEACHER. HE CREATED A KINDNESS CLUB, IT SOUNDS LIKE, AROUND THE TIME THAT SHE WAS IN SIXTH GRADE AND IT LEFT A VERY LASTING MEMORY WITH HER. NEXT I'D LIKE TO BRING UP ELLIOT BRISTOL. ELLIOT ALSO WANTS TO TEACH EARLY EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY KINDERGARTEN, GOD HELP HER. SHE'S ALSO A CHS GRAD AND SHE'S BEEN IN THE CSD FROM THE BEGINNING. SHE'S GOING TO BOISE STATE IT SOUNDS LIKE. SHE DIDN'T PICK OUT A PARTICULAR FAVORITE CSD TEACHER BUT SHE CREDITED HER PARENTS AND MOST EVERY OTHER EDUCATOR THAT SHE'S KNOWN AS AN INSPIRATION. NEXT I'D LIKE TO BRING UP LILA ENDERSON. LILA'S DONE A REMARKABLE JOB IN HER LIFE OVERCOMING THE CHALLENGES OF DYSLEXIA AND WANTS TO HELP KIDS LIKE HERSELF IN THE FUTURE. SHE'S ALSO A CHS GRAD AND SHE'S BEEN WITH US FROM THE START, ALSO BOISE BOUND. LILA CREDITS MISS MCCARTY AT PRUNE HILL BACK IN FIRST GRADE AS MAKING A BIG DIFFERENCE IN HER LIFE. FOURTHLY, I'D LIKE TO BRING UP FAITH WATARZA. FAITH IS HEADING TO WESTERN THIS FALL AFTER MOST OF HER PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE CSD. SHE'S A CHS GRAD AND SHE ALSO WANTS TO WORK IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. HER INSPIRATIONS WERE MISS FULLER AT CHS WHO RUNS THE EDUCATION PROGRAM THERE AND MISS SHROOM AT GRASS VALLEY. I THINK THAT'S RIGHT. HOPEFULLY THAT'S RIGHT. I SAW THERE WAS A SHROM AND A SHROM, AND I WASN'T CERTAIN WHICH WAS WHICH. AND THEN FINALLY, IS ZOE HERE TONIGHT? THANK YOU. AWESOME. ZOE FILLION, WHICH I HOPE IS CORRECT. SHE'S NOT THE SAME AS BETH FILLION AT CHS. I HAD TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WAS TOTALLY DIFFERENT. [00:55:01] BUT ZOE IS OUR WINNER FROM HAYES FREEDOM THIS YEAR. SHE WANTS TO BE A SCHOOL COUNSELOR AND SHE'S GOING TO GET A CLERK. SHE NAMED HAYES FREEDOM'S OWN MARK GARDNER AS HER INSPIRATION AND I THINK HE WAS HOPEFULLY EVEN HELPFUL IN FIGURING OUT HOW TO GET HER A RIDE SO SHE COULD BE WITH US TONIGHT. SO ON BEHALF OF THE CANVAS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION I PRESENT TO THE COMMUNITY OF CANVAS ON YOUR BEHALF FIVE OF THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST OF THE CLASS OF 2026. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYBODY HERE JUST SO WE DON'T MISS ANYONE FROM THE FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEE SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS? NO? ALRIGHT SO JUST FOR OH WE DO OH AWESOME COME ON UP EXCELLENT DO YOU WANT TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM OR AM I JUST ANNOUNCING YOUR NAME? GOT IT GOT IT GOT IT OKAY WELL COME ON OVER HERE THEN SO JUST FOR THE RECORD TO THE BOARD WE'RE ISSUING SCHOLARSHIPS TO THESE FIVE STUDENTS RUBY LIGUORI FROM CHS FAITH WITTARSA FROM CHS, TARYN KEVEL FROM DHS, JUSTIN PUGMIRE FROM DHS AND JONI BURKSTALLER FROM CHS. CONGRATULATIONS. OH YEAH ABSOLUTELY. CAN YOU TELL THE BOARD VERY QUICKLY WHAT ANY ABOUT THE CRITERIA OR WHAT THE AWARD AMOUNT WAS OR ANYTHING ABOUT SCHOLARSHIP? I BELIEVE IT WAS $1,000. SO MY MOM, SHE WORKS IN THE DISTRICT, AND SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE CRITERIA, LIKE BEING A CHILD OF SOMEONE WHO WORKS IN THE CAMPUS SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO YEAH. THANKS FOR BEING HERE, MOM. [4. SYSTEMS/PATHWAYS] WOULD YOU CARRY ON TO THE NEXT ONE? ALL RIGHT. IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AND NEVER, THIS IS TO AMAZE ME, THE PARENTS WHO COME OUT FOR THESE, EVEN IF IT'S JUST A QUICK. PRESENTATION IT'S AMAZING AND IF YOU NOTICED HOW MANY PRINCIPALS AND BUILDING ADMINISTRATORS WERE HERE TO SUPPORT THEIR KIDS IT'S INCREDIBLE PROBABLY PUTTING MR. WILLIAMS ON THE SPOT BUT WE HAD A TEACHER OVER MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND WASN'T ABLE TO GO DOWN TO LA FOR SCIENCE OLYMPIAD AND MR. WILLIAMS JUST ON THE ON THE WHIM HE SAID I'M THERE I'LL BE THERE FOR THE KIDS AND SPENT AND SPENT HIS MOMENT YEAH, BUT I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE LEADERSHIP, CLINT, TO DO THAT AND THE REST OF OUR BUILDING. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON. A TUESDAY NIGHT BOARD MEETING. SAW THIS LITTLE ON THE WALL OVER AT HAYS FREEDOM THE OTHER DAY WHEN IT STOOD OUT TO ME THE FUTURE OF THE WORLD IS IN MY CLASSROOM TODAY AND YEAH YOU FORGET SOMETIMES THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH THOSE WHO ARE TAKING CARE OF ALL OF US. WANTED TO PUT THAT ON THERE TO JUST REPRESENT THE SENIORS THIS YEAR IN THE 2026 AND ALL THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING SO WE [01:00:01] HAD THE CAPSTONE'S OVER AT HAYES FREEDOM ON THE WEEK OF MAY 18TH. WE ALSO BACKED THAT UP WITH THE CANVAS CONNECT ACADEMY CAPSTONE PROJECT. AND THEN, AS THE STUDENTS MENTIONED EARLIER, OUR MAGNET PROGRAM SYMPOSIUM. THIS WEEK, WE ALSO HAVE OUR CANVAS HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR PROJECT STARTING, I BELIEVE, TOMORROW. AND THEN DISCOVERY HIGH SCHOOL ON JUNE 5TH. SO THANK YOU, THOSE OF YOU WHO CAN MAKE THOSE. I KNOW IT'S CHALLENGING SOMETIMES, BUT I'LL TRY TO GET TO... TO THOSE IF WE CAN AND IF YOU HAVEN'T YET IT'S IT'S DEFINITELY AMAZING THE STORIES AND THE THE BACKGROUNDS OF THESE STUDENTS ARE INCREDIBLE TO HEAR ABOUT YEAH THEY HAVE PUT OUT A CALL FOR MORE VOLUNTEERS SO IF ANYONE IN THE COMMUNITY PROBABLY CAN REACH THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND THEY ALWAYS NEED A LOT OF ADULTS THEY DO THEY DO A VERY REWARDING OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS SO IT'S A GREAT WAY FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO GET INTO THE SCHOOL AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IT'S FANTASTIC YEAH YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. THANKS FOR THAT REMINDER. JUST CONTINUING ON WITH THE CELEBRATIONS, WE ALSO HAD THE LEARN HERE HEROES AWARD ALONG WITH THE WASA LEADERS AWARD. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE RECOGNIZE SHAUNA AND HEIDI. SO SHAUNA WAS NOMINATED FOR HER WORK, NOT ONLY HERE IN THE DISTRICT, BUT MANY OF YOU KNOW SHE'S THE PRESIDENT OF CANVAS EDUCATION FOUNDATION. SO SHE'S DOING DOUBLE, TRIPLE, I THINK, WHERE'D SHE GO? I THINK YOU'RE EVEN THE PRESIDENT OF YOUR ALUMNI ASSOCIATION FOR COLLEGE. SO SHE'S ALL OVER THE PLACE. AND SHE PUTS TOGETHER OF THESE MEETINGS LIKE IT'S... NOTHING SO IT'S PRETTY AMAZING AND THEN HEIDI IS DOING AN INCREDIBLE JOB I THINK SCOTT WAS HERE EARLIER BUT HEIDI TOOK OVER AS PTA PRESIDENT OVER AT LIBERTY AND AS YOU KNOW WAS ALSO GIVEN A MILLTOWN PRIDE AWARD FOR HER WORK TO REALLY RENAID THAT PTA PROGRAM SO BOTH OF THOSE LADIES SHOWED UP AND I BELIEVE BOMB ANY TRACY AND WAS CONNIE WITH US JUST BOMBING TRACY WERE THERE TO HELP RECOGNIZE THEM AND THEN LAST WEEK YOU YOU HEARD FROM FROM BRITAIN WE ALSO HAD TWO OF OUR STAFF AND ONE COMMUNITY MEMBER. WE RECOGNIZED DEREK FOR HIS WORK PRIMARILY IN CTE, REALLY BUILDING UP SUCH A REPUTATION HERE IN CAMAS AND TRULY IS A LEADER AMONGST OUR REGION, NOT ONLY CTE BUT THE LEGISLATIVE WORK HE DOES. THAT WAS A STUDENT LEADERSHIP AWARD. JOHN GERARD, OWNER OF QUELL HOMES, AS YOU KNOW, HELPED SPONSOR THE TOOL BOX EVENT, WHICH WHICH IS COMING UP, ALONG WITH MULTIPLE... SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AND PARTNERSHIPS THAT HE HAS. HE'S BEEN RECOGNIZED BY WASA MULTIPLE TIMES, BUT IT WAS ABOUT TIME THAT CAMAS DID AS WELL. AND THEN DOUG HOOD, WHO JUST IS PROBABLY MORE THAN 20 YEARS AS AN ADMINISTRATOR AND A WASA MEMBER, WAS GIVEN THE 20-YEAR AWARD. SO CONGRATULATIONS, DEREK. WE ALSO WELCOME OUR IN A TRANSITION TIME WITH KELLY. I THINK KELLY WAS HERE A LITTLE BIT. TRAVIS, YOU CAN SEE HIS BIO THERE. TRAVIS MOST RECENTLY HAS BEEN IN CENTRAL OFFICE, BUT HAS SERVED IN TWO DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOLS AS PRINCIPAL. SO HE COMES WITH A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE. AND WHAT I REALLY LOVE ABOUT TRAVIS IS HIS KNOWLEDGE OF THE ROOM. HE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING IF HE HASN'T ALREADY. HE'LL BE ACTUALLY MAKING HIS FIRST AP HIRE HERE COMING UP SHORTLY. SO I KNOW HE'S EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SO IF YOU HAVEN'T MET TRAVIS YET, PLEASE REACH OUT. HE'LL BE UP AND AROUND. SOON. I KNOW HE WAS AT THE BOOSTERS EVENTS, OBAMA. LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY IS REALLY ON FIRE RIGHT NOW. WHAT HE'S DOING. MOST RECENTLY, OUR LAST BOARD MEMBER, FROM THE ENTIRE REGION. AND OUR GOAL IS REALLY MAKING THIS A REGIONAL EFFORT. WE KNOW THAT WE'RE MIGHTY, BUT WE'RE ALWAYS STRONGER IN NUMBERS. AND SO WE HAD A GREAT TURNOUT. YOU CAN SEE. FORMER CANVAS HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL STEVE MARSHALL THERE WHO'S A SUPERINTENDENT IN HAWKINSON THERE'S MULTIPLE OTHER SUPERINTENDENTS IN THE ROOM AND REALLY THE MESSAGE WAS TWOFOLD ONE HOW DO YOU START YOUR OWN LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE WE BY NO MEANS ARE SAYING THAT WE'RE EXPERTS WE'RE STILL LEARNING WE'RE MAKING MISTAKES BUT HOW DO YOU START A COMMITTEE AND IF AND WHEN YOU DO HOW DO HOW DO WE COME UP WITH A REGIONAL MESSAGE SO THAT WE'RE NOT WORKING IN SILOS AND I THOUGHT THE MESSAGE WAS PRETTY CLEAR AMONGST THE GROUP. WE'VE ALREADY HEARD FROM BOARD MEMBERS FROM RIDGEFIELD, LA CENTER, AND I'M TRYING TO THINK IF BATTLEGROUND REACHED OUT AS WELL. AND WE'RE GOING TO BE MEETING WITH THOSE BOARD MEMBERS TO HOPEFULLY WORK WITH THE SUPERINTENDENTS TO START A COMMITTEE. WE KNOW IT'S A BIG LIFT ANY TIME YOU START A COMMITTEE, BUT WE DO BELIEVE THAT IF WE CAN GET OUR WHOLE REGION STARTING LACS LIKE WE DID, IT COULD JUST MOVE MOUNTAINS IN OUR STATE. SO I THINK DEREK WOULD AGREE. DEREK'S BEEN A HUGE HELP IN HELPING TO GET THIS GOING. SO MORE TO COME ON THIS. I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW WE BUILT AN ELEVATOR PITCH [01:05:01] TOGETHER. REALLY GOOD MESSAGING GOING ON. SO I ALSO WANT TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON SOME OF THE WORK THAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR SCHOOL. SO AS YOU KNOW, OUR LEADERS MEET TOGETHER. ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE STARTED DOING MORE OFTEN IS WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK ON THE ELEVATOR PITCH. PRINCIPALS OR BUILDING LEADERS SHARE OUT WITH ONE ANOTHER. THIS PAST MONTH WE HAD KELLY AURORA THEY PRESENTED ON A DATA DASHBOARD SO IT'S JUST GETTING STARTED WHERE OUR PRINCIPALS ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO REALLY GIVE HOMEROOM OR SCHOOL DATA SOLUTIONS THE IDEA OF WHAT DO THEY WANT TO SEE WHEN THEY POP OPEN THEIR DASHBOARD AND THE DATA THEY CAN SEE IN A BLINK OF AN EYE IN REAL TIME AND THEN HOW DO THEY USE THAT DATA TO IMPROVE THEIR BUILDINGS AND THE MISSION THAT THEY'RE ON AT THEIR SCHOOLS. EVENTUALLY, ONE OF MY GOALS IS TO GET THIS DATA DASHBOARD MORE INDIVIDUALIZED FOR THE BOARD SO EACH OF YOU CAN HAVE A SNAPSHOT AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE WHEN A COMMUNITY MEMBER OR CONSTITUENT ASKS YOU, HEY, WHAT'S THE CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM LIKE? WHAT'S GRADUATION RATE RIGHT NOW? OR WHATEVER THAT DATA IS THAT YOU WANT, YOU CAN AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE SHARE THAT OUT AND EVENTUALLY GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE ARE TALKING THAT DATA LANGUAGE ALL THE TIME. SO WE'RE GETTING THERE. AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT KELLY AND BRIANNE ARE LEADING AMONGST OUR PRINCIPALS. ALSO, MANDY BUSBY, OUR PRINCIPAL AT LIBERTY, SHE SHARED OUT SOME WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING. YOU CAN PROBABLY GET A CLOSER VIEW ON YOUR COMPUTERS, BUT SOME OF THE WORK THEY'RE DOING AROUND SMALL GROUPS, AND I'M REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF THAT WORK. AND THEN I DON'T HAVE A DOCUMENT TO SHARE, BUT MELISSA HUTTON ALSO SHARED OUT SOME OF THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING AROUND LITERACY, AND ALSO SHE'S SHARING. SOME OF THE PATHWAYS THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON, MTSS, AND YOU GUYS HAVE ALL SEEN THAT, BUT IT'S REALLY POWERFUL WHEN OUR PRINCIPALS ARE SHARING AMONGST EACH OTHER. I THINK THAT GOES A LONG WAY, SOMETIMES EVEN MORE THAN OUTSIDE PEOPLE THAT CAN COME IN. SO THEY KNOW THEIR BUILDINGS, THEY KNOW IT'S PRETTY POWERFUL STUFF. SO THANKS FOR INDULGING ME ON THAT. IT'S GOOD WORK. OUR ENLIGHT PARTNERSHIP CONTINUES TO GROW. YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE 25 KIDS FROM DISCOVERY HIGH SCHOOL. WHO'VE BEEN WORKING ALL YEAR LONG ON MENTORSHIPS AND INTERNSHIPS OVER AT ENLIGHT. IT'S RIGHT NEXT DOOR. AND YOU SEE SCOTT KEENEY. SCOTT KEENEY IS CEO, ACTUALLY HOSTED THIS EVENT ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO. AND SCOTT REALLY HAD A GREAT MESSAGE FOR THE KIDS, BUT HE ALSO HAD NINE OF HIS EMPLOYEES UP THERE ON A PANEL, ANYWHERE FROM ENGINEERS TO PROGRAMMERS TO PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THE... BACK OFFICES, THE SECRETARIAL STAFF, SHARING THEIR PATHWAY. BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE KIDS WERE WONDERING ABOUT THIS YEAR AS THEY WORK OVER THERE WITH ENLIGHT IS WHAT IF I DON'T WANT TO BE AN ENGINEER? WHAT IF I DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO GO TO A UNIVERSITY? IS THERE STILL A PLACE FOR ME IN THIS WORLD OF LASERS AND SOFTWARE AND MICROCHIP DEVELOPMENT? AND SCOTT AND HIS TEAM SAID ABSOLUTELY. HE REALLY EMPHASIZED TO THE KIDS, DON'T LEAVE ANYTHING OFF OF YOUR RESUME. I DON'T CARE IF IT'S MCDONALD'S, I DON'T CARE IF IT'S A BAKERY, IT DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE ME AS A CEO, I WANT TO SEE THE HARD TIMES THAT YOU WENT THROUGH TO GET WHERE YOU ARE NOW. I WANT TO SEE THAT YOU WORKED WITH PEOPLE IN A DIVERSE ATMOSPHERE. SO I THOUGHT SCOTT'S MESSAGE WAS REALLY POWERFUL. COMING FROM A REALLY LEADER IN OUR COMMUNITY AND A VERY SUCCESSFUL CEO, THE KIDS WERE HANGING ON EVERY WORD. SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW THIS PARTNERSHIP. SCOTT'S GOING TO BE OFFERING QUITE A FEW INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES OVER THE SUMMER. WE'D LIKE TO EXPAND THIS. I WOULD LOVE TO GET THEM INTO HAYS AND INTO CHS AS WELL NEXT YEAR. BUT, YOU KNOW, WITH DISCOVERY BEING ADJACENT, IT'S SUPER CONVENIENT. BUT SCOTT REALLY WANTS TO EXPAND AS WELL. SO GOOD STUFF GOING ON THERE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU WERE AWARE OF. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TOUR WITH SOME OF MY FELLOW SUPERINTENDENTS THE PRE-ELECTRICAL PROGRAM OUT IN RIDGEFIELD. IT'S A CASCADIA TECH PROGRAM, BUT THEY'VE EXPANDED OUT TO RIDGEFIELD. AND YOU CAN SEE THESE STUDENTS ARE BUILDING BATHROOMS AND BEDROOMS RIGHT FROM THE GROUND UP, BUT THEIR MAIN GOAL IS TO WIRE IT. AND NONE OF THE WIRES ARE HOT YET. THESE ARE ALL FIRST YEAR STUDENTS. SECOND YEAR STUDENTS WILL ACTUALLY GET TO WORK WITH AN APPRENTICE, AS AN APPRENTICE SORT OF, AND ACTUALLY HOT WIRE THESE BUILDINGS. BUT THEY WERE PUTTING IN RECESSED LIGHTING, OUTLETS, SWITCHES. IT'S REALLY, REALLY COOL. YOU SEE MASON THERE WITH ME. THEY'RE ONLY CANVAS STUDENT THAT'S PART OF THAT PROGRAM IT'S AN EARLY PROGRAM OUT TO RIDGEFIELD SO HE GOES OUT EVERY SINGLE MORNING. THIS IS A HIGH SCHOOL HERE IN CAMAS. PRETTY DEDICATED. WE'D LOVE TO GET MORE KIDS INVOLVED IN IT, BUT THIS IS ONLY THE FIRST YEAR OF THIS PROGRAM, SO I THINK IT'S JUST GOING TO BUILD AND BUILD FROM HERE. BUT IF YOU EVER HAVE A CHANCE, LET ME KNOW. I'LL TAKE YOU OUT THERE. IT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE STUFF. WE ALSO HAD THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR OUR TENNIS CENTER THAT SHOULD HOPEFULLY OPEN UP [01:10:02] IN THE LATER WINTER MONTHS OF 2026, BUT REALLY WELL ATTENDED. APPRECIATE STEPHEN BARANOWSKI AND KELLY. FOR REALLY GETTING THAT GOING. WE HAD ANNIE, COACH ANNIE, OTHER TENNIS COACHES, MORE IMPORTANTLY A LOT OF THE PLAYERS WHO SPOKE AND HAD SOME GOOD MEDIA AND PRESS IN THIS EVENT. AND SO I BELIEVE A CONSTRUCTION WORK SHOULD START TOMORROW, AS EARLY AS TOMORROW. AND REMEMBER OUR ROLE IN THIS IS REALLY THE FOUNDATION. IT'S ALSO THE RESTROOMS AND THE LOBBY THAT'S GOING TO BE THERE. ONCE ALL THAT'S READY TO GO, USTA WILL COME AND PUT THE BUBBLE, THE LIGHTING AND ALL THE THE BACKDROP IN AND ALSO RESURFACE THE COURT. SO PRETTY EXCITING. I THINK KAMIS HIGH SCHOOL WITH THE NEW FIELD AT CARDIN, YOU HAVE THE FIELD HOUSE, YOU HAVE THE BEAUTIFUL FIELDS, AND NOW THIS IT'S GOING TO BE A REAL HUB AROUND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND A GREAT RECRUITING TOOL FOR GREAT STUDENT ATHLETES AROUND THE REGION, MAYBE EVEN THE COUNTRY. SO THANKS FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT OUT THERE. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY. IT WAS PRETTY WARM THAT DAY IF I REMEMBER RIGHT. JUST AGAIN, I KNOW MATTHEW MENTIONED IT EARLIER, JUST A REMINDER ON SOME OF THE POSITIONS THAT WE POSTED. BILL, A LOT OF THESE POSITIONS KEEP IN MIND, THESE ARE NOT, YOU KNOW, A KNEE-JERK REACTION. THESE ARE MONTHS AND MONTHS OF PERSEVERATING AROUND WHAT'S NEEDED, WHAT'S NOT NEEDED. WE ARE ALWAYS IN COST CONTAINMENT MODE, BUT MY TEAM AND I REALLY FELT THAT THESE POSITIONS ARE GOING TO HELP OUR BUILDINGS TREMENDOUSLY. SO WE DID POST A SECONDARY DIRECTOR POSITION WHO WILL SERVE AS NOT ONLY CURRICULUM AND PD, BUT ALSO DIRECTLY SUPERVISE OUR SECONDARY. BUILDINGS AND THAT'S POSTED WE'RE GOING TO START INTERVIEWS NEXT NEXT WEEK ON THAT ONE ALSO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH ALLEN FOR ABOUT AT LEAST FOUR YEARS IF NOT LONGER TO TO BRING IN A THIRD ADMINISTRATOR FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENT SERVICES AND I KNOW WE'VE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH COST CONTAINMENT ON THIS BUT I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A VERY VERY VITAL POSITION ALAN IS LIKELY GOING TO RETIRE IN ABOUT A YEAR OR SO. AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE LOOKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE. AS YOU KNOW, STUDENT SERVICE IS ALMOST LIKE A SCHOOL DISTRICT WITHIN A SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BRING IN A THIRD PERSON, AND THEN WE'LL MAKE A DECISION LATER ON IF WE WANT TO CONTINUE WITH THREE OR STAY WITH TWO, BUT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOME REALLY GOOD SERVICE TO OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR FAMILIES WITH HAVING A THIRD PERSON. IT REALLY IS AT LEAST A THREE-PERSON JOB. AND THEN AFTER WE HAVE THE SECONDARY DIRECTOR SELECTED, WE'LL HAVE TWO OTHER POSITIONS. WE'LL HAVE A FLOATING ADMINISTRATOR, WHICH WE'VE BEEN EXPERIMENTING WITH THIS YEAR, AS YOU KNOW, WHERE SHELBY HAS DONE A GREAT JOB FILLING IN FOR PRINCIPALS, REALLY TAKING ON A LOT OF EMERGENCY SITUATIONS AND SHIFTING AROUND FROM SCHOOL TO SCHOOL. AND THIS POSITION WE FELT WORKED WELL. WE MET WITH OUR BUILDING PRINCIPALS. THEY SEEMED TO APPRECIATE THAT, SO WE ARE GOING WITH A FULL-TIME POSITION FOR NEXT YEAR. AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SECONDARY DIRECTORS HIRED FIRST BECAUSE WE WANT THAT PERSON TO BE A PART OF THE HIRING AS WELL AS I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT A POINT TO POSITION FOR MUSIC AND FIND FOREIGN AND PERFORMING ARTS WHICH I KNOW THE MUSIC AND ARTS COMMUNITY HAS BEEN ASKING FOR FOR A LONG TIME WE REALLY COULDN'T YET DO A FULL-TIME POSITION BUT I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A REALLY GOOD STEP FORWARD TO HAVING A TRUE LIAISON BETWEEN OUR ARTS AND AND VISUAL ARTS, OUR DRAMA, AND ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS IN ART AND MUSIC AND THE DISTRICT. SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AGAIN, WE'LL HOLD THAT UNTIL THE SECONDARY DIRECTOR IS HIRED BECAUSE MOST LIKELY THAT SECONDARY DIRECTOR WILL DIRECTLY SUPERVISE THAT POSITION. MOST LIKELY THIS WILL BE A CURRENT TEACHER TAKING ON A LITTLE ADDITIONAL WORK. MATTHEW? SO THE MUSIC SPECIALIST, THOUGH, IS ALSO TAKING ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITY IN THE ARTS ADVISORY, RIGHT? YEAH. THAT'S ONE LESS COMMITTEE FOR YOU, BUT ALSO THAT'S THEIR FOCUS. YEAH, I THINK YOU'LL DEFINITELY MAKE A WARM HANDOFF WITH THAT PERSON, AND HOPEFULLY BY NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, MAYBE HALFWAY THROUGH, WE'LL SEE. JUST ONE LESS COMMUNICATION. LIKE THEY CAN COME DIRECTLY TO THE DISTRICT AND SAY, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM THE ARTS ADVISORY, RATHER THAN YOU HAVING TO. YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT. IT'LL BE HELPFUL. WE REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, MOST OF US, IF NOT ALL OF US IN CABINET AND EVEN THROUGHOUT CENTRAL OFFICE DON'T HAVE THAT TYPE OF BACKGROUND. SO SOMETIMES THAT COULD BE A LITTLE TRICKY. WE DO COUNT ON OUR DEPARTMENT CHAIRS. I TAP COREY QUITE A BIT ON HIS EXPERIENCE AND MOST OF OUR TEACHERS, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT. TEACHERS ARE BUSY. AND SO I THINK THIS WILL BE A GREAT LIAISON AND OF SEXUAL SUPPORT COURT. I WAS JUST GONNA SAY I APPLAUD THE THE ARTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR MAKING THIS RECOMMENDATION AND THE DISTRICT FOR FINDING A WAY TO GO FORWARD THIS I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD SINCE 2018 AND WHEN THE MUSIC EDUCATORS HAVE COME TO ME OVER THE YEARS ESPECIALLY MUSIC BUT THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THEY HAVE BEEN JUST LIKE CLAMORING FOR FOREVER ABOUT HAVING A POINT PERSON TO BE ABLE TO GO TO SO I KNOW IT'S ONLY A POINT, TOO, BUT I APPRECIATE THAT IT'S A STEP [01:15:01] IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. THANKS, COREY. AND A LOT OF THIS WAS, YOU KNOW, YOU AND MATTHEW'S INVOLVEMENT AND, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH THAT COMMITTEE. I THINK THE COMMITTEE IS GOING STRONG. MATTHEW, YOU WERE AT THE LAST PLANNING SESSION. I BELIEVE THAT THEY WERE EXCITED ABOUT SOME QUICK WINS AND SOME ACTION STEPS MOVING FORWARD. WE ABSOLUTELY CAN'T PROVIDE EVERYTHING THAT'S WANTED. BUT I DO BELIEVE THIS IS A GOOD FIRST STEP. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE MORE OF A WORKSHOP TOPIC IN JUNE, RIGHT? YEAH, THEY'RE ALREADY SCHEDULED. THEY RAN THEIR PRESENTATION BY US, SO IT'S READY TO GO. SO, YEAH, I'M EXCITED. THEY'LL KICK US OFF ON JUNE 8TH. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? I ALSO WANTED TO POINT THIS OUT. THIS IS, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THERE'S ALWAYS SCRUTINY AROUND POSITIONS AND WHERE COSTS ARE GOING. I WANTED TO JUST POINT THIS CHART OUT VERY BRIEFLY TO YOU. SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE, AND I'M GLAD KIM'S HERE TO HELP ME OUT ON THIS IF I NEED IT, BUT WHAT YOU SEE ON THE FAR RIGHT IN THAT FAR RIGHT WHITE COLUMN IS THE PERCENTAGE THAT WE ARE STAFFED AT BASED ON OUR STATE ALLOCATION. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU LOOK AT OUR BUILDING ADMIN, OUR BUILDING ADMIN RIGHT NOW IS 15% LESS THAN WHAT THE STATE ALLOCATES, WHICH MEANS THAT THAT FLOATING ADMINISTRATOR WILL HELP TO INCREASE THAT. YOUR GOAL IS ALWAYS TO BE AT ZERO OR ABOVE. IN TIMES OF GOOD FINANCIAL TIMES, YOU ALWAYS WANT TO BE IN A POSITIVE SITUATION. THE FACT THAT WE'RE IN THAT NEGATIVE TELLS US THAT WE'RE UNDERSERVED IN THOSE AREAS. SO 15%, AGAIN, I COULDN'T DO THE QUICK MATH, BUT EVEN JUST ADDING THAT FLOATING ADMINISTRATOR SHOULD SHORE THAT UP A LITTLE BIT. THE ONE THAT REALLY STANDS OUT THERE IS THE 47%. IN CENTRAL ADMIN. SO THIS IS KIND OF A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO SHOW THE COMMUNITY THAT YOUR FUNDING IS GOING WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE TO YOUR BUILDINGS AND YOUR STUDENTS, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THIS BUILDING SUPPORT HAS TO BE HERE. AND MY TEAM CAN ONLY REALLY FUNCTION AT A CERTAIN CAPACITY. AND SO I BELIEVE THAT THAT SECONDARY DIRECTOR AS WELL AS THAT ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR STUDENT SERVICES. THAT SHOULD HELP BRING THAT NUMBER UP A LITTLE BIT, BUT ACROSS THE REGION BEING 47% UNDER WHAT WE RECEIVE FROM A STATE, I THINK IN ORDER TO KEEP MY TEAM WHOLE, WE NEED TO INCREASE THAT A LITTLE BIT. SO I DO APPRECIATE THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT ON JUST SHOWING THAT UP JUST A LITTLE BIT. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? OKAY. AND THEN YOU CAN GO DOWN THE LIST, CLASSIFIED ADMINISTRATORS, 21% UNDER WHAT THE STATE ALLOCATES. WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. NOW, KEEP IN MIND WITH TECHNOLOGY AND WITH SECURITY, WITH THOSE BEING SO HIGH ABOVE WHAT THE STATE ALLOCATES, THERE'S A CAVEAT TO THAT. MOST OF THAT IS WE USE OUR LEVY FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. SO IF WE WERE AT ZERO, THAT WOULD PROBABLY SHOW THAT WE WERE NOT USING OUR LEVY FUNDS HOW THE VOTERS WANTED IT. SO WITH SECURITY, SAFETY, TECHNOLOGY, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE PUMPING THAT MONEY INTO. SO, KIM, DID I DO THAT? SHOW THAT UP, OKAY? AND THEN YOU CAN GO DOWN THE LIST. WE'RE ACTUALLY PRETTY CLOSE ON MOST OF THOSE AREAS. KEEP IN MIND, SOCIAL WORKERS, PSYCHOLOGISTS, THOSE ARE NOT FUNDED. AND SO ANYTHING THAT WE DO IS COMING DIRECTLY OUT OF OUR LEVY FUNDS AND FUND BALANCE. AND SO THE FACT THAT WE'RE NEGATIVE 17, WE'D BE A HECK OF A LOT WORSE THAN THAT IF WE WEREN'T USING SOME OF THOSE FUNDS TO HELP IN THOSE AREAS. SO. OVERALL, THE BIG PICTURE OF THIS SHOWS THAT I FEEL LIKE WE ARE FISCALLY BEING AS FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE WITHOUT TIPPING OVER. AND SO I'M EXCITED TO SHORE UP A COUPLE OF THOSE NUMBERS BUT NOT GO OVERBOARD. SO ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? AND THEN I'LL JUST END WITH ATTENDANCE, ENROLLMENT, AND REALLY NOT A LOT TO SHARE HERE. THIS IS PRETTY STABLE. YOU SEE OUR... OUR HIGH SCHOOLS ARE ALL RIGHT WHERE THEY NEED TO BE, A PLUS OR A MINUS, A COUPLE STUDENTS HERE AND THERE. REALLY WHAT THAT IS IS SOME SHIFTING AROUND. TYPICALLY YOU'LL SEE HAYES FREEDOM, NOT REALLY AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, BUT THIS IS REALLY APRIL, WHERE YOU'LL SEE A COUPLE STUDENTS MOVE INTO HAYES. MIDDLE SCHOOL IS PRETTY CONSISTENT, AND ELEMENTARIES. YOU KNOW, KEEPING AN EYE ON DOROTHY FOX GREW BY FOUR, SO... DR. SORK ISN'T HERE RIGHT NOW, BUT I WOULD ASSUME THERE'S SOME MOVEMENT IN THE HOUSING MARKET THERE AROUND DOROTHY FOX WHERE PEOPLE HAVE MOVED INTO THAT AREA. BUT THE OTHER ONE WE ALWAYS WANT TO KEEP AN EYE ON IS WOODBURN, RIGHT? WE DON'T WANT TO CONTINUE TO SEE THAT DROPPING TOO MUCH. I NOTICE THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S STILL OUR HIGHEST ELEMENTARY. JUST KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT SEEING ANY MAJOR DROP-OFFS. AND THEN THIS SUMMER SHOULD REALLY TELL THE STORY. PROJECTING PRETTY STEADY [01:20:01] ENROLLMENT, NOT A BIG DROP, NOT FOR STRAIGHT DROPPING AND SOME OF THE LEASING WILL HELP US OUT. ANTICIPATE FALLING OFF OF AN ENROLLMENT CLIFF RIGHT AWAY BUT WE'LL HAVE TO REVISIT THAT IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. WE SHOULD BE PROPOSING A BALANCED BUDGET TO YOU NEXT MONTH SO THIS SHOWS THAT WE'RE RIGHT WHERE WE NEED. QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, WELL THANK YOU GUYS. THERE'S BENNY. WE CAN'T GET BENNY. WE SHOULD ALL HAVE A BATMAN. I WANT TO MEET THE KID. IF I PUT BENNY ON THERE, THEN I'M OUT. DON'T MEET YOUR HERO, THEY SAY, BUT CUTE. I MEAN, HE'S LIKE ALL THE STUDENTS YOU MEET, LIKE JUST POSITIVE. SO HOPEFULLY BENNY IS THE SAME. THANK YOU, JOHN. THANK YOU FOR THAT. SO THE APRIL BUDGET STATUS REPORT. JOHN ALREADY TALKED ABOUT ENROLLMENT. IT'S STAYING PRETTY STEADY AT JUST DROPPING A LITTLE BIT, JUST UNDER 1%. IS WHERE WE'RE AT AND THIS IS THROUGH MAY AND SINCE WE ALREADY HAVE MAY'S INFORMATION AND WE BUDGETED LOWER THAN WHAT WE ACTUALLY RECEIVE WHICH IS ALWAYS GOOD SO YOU CAN SEE DOWN THERE UNDER THE ENROLLMENT DIFFERENCE WE HAD 91.43 ADDITIONAL FTE THIS YEAR THAN WHAT WE HAD BUDGETED SO THAT COMES TO $733,000 IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE AND I'M SHOWING WHERE IT'S BROKEN OUT BECAUSE YOU CAN THINK LIKE, OH, WE GOT THAT MUCH, BUT IT'S VERY PARTICULAR INTO WHAT PROGRAMS IT GOES TO. SO YOU CAN SEE LIKE ALE, IT HAD A DROP IN ENROLLMENT, SO IT HAD A $251,000 LOSS. BUT THE GENERAL BASIC ED ENROLLMENT HAD AN INCREASE OF $105,000 FTE, SO IT HAD $846,000 ADDITIONAL REVENUE SOURCE. AND THEN ALSO DOWN IN SPED. ANOTHER REASON WHY HAVING A STAFF MEMBER, WE'RE ALWAYS SEEING SPED ENROLLMENT CONTINUING TO INCREASE. SO ANOTHER JUSTIFICATION FOR HAVING THAT POSITION. BUT AN ADDITIONAL $443 IN THE STATE FUNDS OF SPECIAL ED. REVENUES, JUST NOTHING REALLY TO HIGHLIGHT HERE, PRETTY STANDARD ACROSS THE BOARD. THE BOTTOM CHART IS JUST THE TREND OF HOW MUCH WE RECEIVED IN EACH OF THESE PARTICULAR AREAS OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS. BUT WHERE WE DO SEE WHAT I'D LIKE TO SHOW IS THE EXPENDITURES, WHERE IT IS DROPPED. AND THAT'S ALL THE HARD WORK IN MAKING REDUCTIONS FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR. SO THERE'S ABOUT $3 MILLION WORTH OF REDUCTIONS, AND SO IT'S NICE TO SEE AN EXPENDITURE CHART. STARTING TO GO DOWN RATHER THAN UP. AND SO THIS IS JUST THE REVENUE AND THE EXPENDITURES TOGETHER AND WHERE WE'RE AT FOR SCHOOL YEAR IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE. YOU WANT TO SEE THE GREEN DOT HIGHER THAN THE ORANGE DOT FOR THE END OF THE YEAR AND SO AS YOU CAN SEE OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS THIS YEAR WILL BE THE FIRST YEAR. THAT WE ARE GOING TO END IN A POSITIVE NET INCOME. SO THAT'S ENCOURAGING AND, AGAIN, PART OF THOSE BIG CUTS THAT HAVE ALLOWED FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. PROJECTED ENDING FUND BALANCE IS LOOKING AT 7.8, WHICH IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN WHAT THE BEGINNING FUND BALANCE WAS, WHICH WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT UNDER 7.4 MILLION. THIS IS JUST ACTUAL THROUGH APRIL WHERE OUR FUND BALANCE IS, AND THEN WE STILL HAVE THE REMAINING MAY THROUGH AUGUST. AND THE BLACK LINE, THAT IS WHERE OUR CURRENT BOARD POLICY. WANTS US TO BE FOR FUND BALANCE AT THE $10 MILLION MARK. THAT'S 8%. AND THE RED LINE IS WHERE WE WANT TO GO BELOW THAT BECAUSE WE NEED TO AT LEAST HAVE MINIMUM THAT MUCH TO COVER OUR MONTHLY EXPENDITURES. AND THIS IS A COUPLE NEW CHARTS I'M SHOWING YOU NEXT FROM THE STATE AUDITOR'S OFFICE COMING LAST WEEK. [01:25:01] YOU GUYS HAD MENTIONED THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THESE INDICATORS CONTINUALLY SO THAT YOU'RE SEEING ON A MONTH-BY-MONTH BASIS HOW WE'RE DOING. THE TOP CHART IS WHAT THE STATE AUDITOR'S OFFICE PROVIDED AND WHAT THIS ONE IS IS JUST SHOWING THE NUMBER OF DAYS THAT WE HAVE CASH ON HAND TO COVER OUR EXPENDITURES AND SO WE ARE AT, WE'VE BEEN DECLINING FROM 69 BACK IN 2021 AT 69 DAYS WORTH OF CASH, SO NOW WE'RE DOWN TO 21 DAYS. SO WE NEED TO GET THAT BACK UP. AND THEN DOWN BELOW IS THE MONTH BY MONTH SO FAR THIS YEAR OF HOW MUCH WE HAD. AND SO THIS IS ANOTHER, IT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE OF SHOWING HOW WE FLUCTUATE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR DEPENDING UPON WHEN WE'RE GETTING OUR APPORTIONMENT REVENUE IN. AND ALSO WHEN WE'RE GETTING OUR LEVY REVENUE YOU CAN SEE AS YOU GUYS KNOW WHEN YOU PAY YOUR PROPERTY TAXES OCTOBER NOVEMBER WE'RE GETTING A SPIKE IN REVENUE SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE MORE MORE DAYS 35 TO 22 DAYS AND THEN AS YOU CAN SEE IN APRIL WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR SECOND HALF OF YOUR PROPERTY TAXES IT WENT BACK UP TO 37. THAT'S HELPING CARRY US THROUGH THOSE OTHER MONTHS WHERE AS YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE IN THE TEENS AND SO IF WE DIDN'T HAVE UM OUR FUND BALANCE WHERE IT IS THEN YOU WE'RE GOING TO START GETTING INTO BELOW THE TEENS WHERE THEN THAT'S WHEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO START BORROWING MONEY FROM OTHER FUNDS WHICH WE DON'T WANT TO DO BECAUSE WE HAVE TO PAY INTEREST ON THAT AND THAT'S NOT THE PURPOSE OF THOSE OTHER FUNDS AND THEN THE OPERATING MARGIN THIS JUST TAKES THE PERCENTAGE OF OUR NET INCOME TO REVENUES SO YOU OBVIOUSLY ALWAYS WANT TO HAVE A NET INCOME IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT IT'S SAYING. YOU WANT TO HAVE A POSITIVE AMOUNT. AND THE LAST TIME WE HAD A POSITIVE WAS IN 2021 WITH A 3.5 OR 3.36%. AND THEN IT'S SLOWLY GONE DOWN TO NOW IT'S AT A NEGATIVE 3.28%. AND THEN THE BOTTOM CHART JUST SHOWS HOW, AGAIN, HOW THAT LOOKS THROUGHOUT THE VARIOUS MONTHS. SO AGAIN IN OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, AND APRIL WE HAVE A NET INCOME BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING THOSE BIG CHUNKS OF REVENUE. AND THEN IN THE OTHER MONTHS WE DON'T, WE'RE IN A NEGATIVE NET INCOME BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT REVENUE TO COVER OUR EXPENDITURES. AND THEN THIS IS OUR UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE. STILL TRENDING LIKE I HAD STATED EARLIER IN THE YEAR. STILL LOOKING LIKE WE'RE GOING TO BE ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT AS WE WERE LAST YEAR, WHICH WE WANT TO SEE AT LEAST MAINTAINING, AND THEN EVENTUALLY STARTING TO GO UP, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE PART OF OUR PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR, IS LOOKING AT HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS, GETTING OUR FUND BALANCE BACK UP. ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THAT? SO NEXT MONTH'S BOARD MEETING IS WHEN WE'LL GET THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR? CORRECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW DEVELOPMENTS. JOHN, YOU HAD MENTIONED THERE'S A COUPLE UP ON THE HILL THAT ARE IN DOROTHY FOX. THEY'RE STARTING TO BUILD. WE KNOW THERE'S A PLAN NORTH OF PRUNE HILL THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE BUILDING. WE HAVE THE HIGH SCHOOL. WHEN DO OUR DEMOGRAPHERS LOOK AT THE TIMING OF THOSE? WELL, SO WE DID THAT LAST ONE. I DON'T KNOW HOW CURRENT THESE DEVELOPMENTS ARE, IF THEY'RE JUST WITHIN THE LAST YEAR OR TWO, IF THEY WERE EVEN ON THEIR SITE TO EVEN KNOW ABOUT. SO IT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING WHERE WE'RE GOING TO PROBABLY WANT TO BE REDOING THAT AGAIN. HERE IN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO PROBABLY HAVING ANOTHER ONE DONE BECAUSE IT'S A WHEN WAS THE LAST DOES ANYONE KNOW WHEN IT WAS? I THINK IT WAS LIKE TWO YEARS AGO. OKAY. I ONLY ASK BECAUSE THE CHS THE ONE THAT'S NORTH OF CHS. RIGHT. WHEN I LOOKED AT THE MAP LOOKS LIKE THAT PROPERTY IS SPLIT BETWEEN LACAMAS AND WOODBURN LIKE IT LOOKS I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'VE REDONE IT'S NOT GOING TO REDONE I THINK IT'S YEAH I BELIEVE SO IT'S JUST CHALLENGES. YOU KNOW, THEY'LL BE DONE IN TWO YEARS. THEY'LL BE DONE IN A YEAR. YEAH, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT 300 TO 500 UNITS SOMEWHERE IN ABOUT THREE YEARS IS WHAT THE CITY'S TELLING ME. I WAS JUST KIND OF CURIOUS BECAUSE AS WE LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, WE KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE HOW MANY UNITS NORTH OF CHS. THE ONE THAT'S NORTH OF WHERE PRUNE HILL COVERS GRASS VALLEY RIGHT NOW, THE ONE THAT'S NORTH OF THERE. [01:30:01] BUT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO KIND OF FORECAST, YOU'D THINK, SO THAT MIGHT HELP YOUR NUMBER, DOREEN. SO THE DEMOGRAPHERS ACTUALLY HAVE A FORMULA, RIGHT, DOREEN? SO YOU THINK THAT, I MEAN, IT SEEMS SMALL, BUT I MEAN, IT COULD BE A BIG IMPACT ON BOTH GRASS VALLEY, UNLESS THAT SHIFTS, AND THEN THE LACKAMAS LAKE AND WOODBURN AREA IN PARTICULAR. THE ONES THAT ARE OVER NEAR DOROTHY FOX, I THINK, ARE FAIRLY LARGE HOMES, SO IT'S NOT NEARLY AS DENSE. YEAH, HOPEFULLY WE GET SOME. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WOULD BE PRUDENT FOR FORECASTING AT SOME POINT. I MEAN, IT ALWAYS IS TO LOOK AT THAT. IT'S JUST IT'S HARD TO KNOW FOR SURE UNTIL YOU ACTUALLY SEE THEM. SO TO WHEN, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WE TOOK THAT STUDY THAT WAS DONE, WE TOOK FOR THIS YEAR, WE TOOK THE LOW, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE WANTED TO BE CONSERVATIVE. AND WE WERE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN LOW. SO IT'S ALWAYS A RISK IF WE GO HIGHER THAN THE LOW THAT THEY GIVE US. I WAS THINKING ABOUT PUSHING IT HIGHER, BUT IF THE BANDS OF LOW GO UP AND THE HIGH GOES UP. YEAH, AND SO THE ONLY WAY WE'LL KNOW THAT IS TO HAVE ANOTHER ONE DONE TO EVEN SEE IF THAT'S REALLY HAPPENING OR NOT WITH THOSE NEW DEVELOPMENTS, IF WE'RE SEEING MORE ENROLLMENT OR NOT. AND THEN ALSO, I MEAN, A BIG FACTOR ALSO IS THOSE CHOICE TRANSFERS THAT WERE. THAT WE DO WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN THE FUTURE FOR US I KNOW WE'RE WE'RE SEVERAL YEARS OFF FOR NORTH OF THE LAKE NEAR LACAMAS LAKE GETTING DEVELOPED YOU KNOW THAT'S ON THE PLAN BUT THESE ARE ONES THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN DEVELOPMENT SO YOU'D THINK IT WOULD IT WOULD BEHOOVE US JUST TO AT LEAST KNOW LIKE OKAY NOT THAT NOT THE FORECAST IS THERE BUT IF IT COMES IN WE KNOW WHERE THAT DENSITY MAY GO RIGHT RIGHT EXACTLY YEAH ANYTHING ELSE THANK YOU OKAY GREAT OKAY, NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS SYSTEMS AND PATHWAYS AS ITEMS ADDED TO THE AGENDA. EVERYBODY SAW ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. [5. CULTURE - Public Comments] ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT SIGN UP, SARAH LOGAN. I DO, AND I JUST HAVE TO READ THIS DISCLAIMER THAT THAT'S FINE. YOU CAN STAND UP. OKAY. 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 OF PUBLIC INPUT EMPHASIZE THE RESPECT AND CONSIDERATION OF OTHERS. BOISTEROUS CONDUCT WILL NOT BE PERMITTED AT ANY MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, NOR WILL ANY HARASSING OR THREATENING REMARKS BE TOLERATED. COMPLAINTS ABOUT INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEES SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE AS A PERSONAL MATTER. 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 BE GIVEN A TOTAL OF THREE MINUTES. ONCE CALLED UPON, PLEASE STEP UP TO THE PODIUM, FACE THE BOARD, AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. THE BELL WILL RING AT THREE MINUTES TO REMIND YOU THAT YOUR TIME IS UP. THANK YOU. HELLO, I'M SARAH LOGAN. AS YOU KNOW, I'M THE TEACHER LIBRARIAN AT SKY RIDGE, AND YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD FROM ME A COUPLE TIMES ON THIS TOPIC, BUT I JUST, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO MY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THANK YOU. THE NAME AND DEFINITION OF OUR SCHOOL LIBRARY PROGRAM I JUST WANT TO REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO PRESS PAUSE. I THINK THERE IS A WAY TO REVISE THIS POLICY THAT MEETS SOME OF THE GOALS THAT WERE EXPLAINED TO ME IN THE RESPONSE I GOT FROM DR. ANZALONE, WHILE ALSO ENSURING THAT THE PEOPLE SERVING IN OUR SCHOOL LIBRARIES REALLY DO HAVE THE EXPERTISE AND THE SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY NEED TO BE EFFECTIVE AT THEIR JOBS. DID I? YOU KNOW... I WOULD NOT DREAM OF TEACHING A CALCULUS CLASS. I WOULD NEVER TRY TO TEACH A MUSIC CLASS BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THE SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE I NEED TO DO THOSE JOBS WELL. AND I REALLY HONESTLY BELIEVE THAT TO BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE TEACHER LIBRARIAN YOU CAN BE, YOU REALLY DO NEED SPECIALIZED TRAINING. BUT I ALSO LIVE IN THE REAL WORLD, AND I DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUE WITH SOMEBODY COMING INTO THE JOB AND GETTING THAT TRAINING WHILE THEY'RE WORKING. BUT IF YOU DON'T REQUIRE THAT... WE'RE GOING TO SEE WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING ACROSS THE STATE, WHICH IS PEOPLE ARE IN THE [01:35:01] LIBRARIES WHO DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW TO RUN A SCHOOL LIBRARY PROGRAM, BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST A TEACHING POSITION. IT IS A TEACHING POSITION, BUT IT'S ALSO AN ADMINISTRATIVE POSITION. AND THEN THEY'RE NOT EFFECTIVE, AND THEN WE END UP BEING ONE OF THE FEW DISTRICTS IN OUR REGION THAT EVEN HAS TEACHER LIBRARIANS OR CERTIFIED STAFF IN THE LIBRARIES. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT CAMAS HAS STUCK BY HAVING CERTIFICATED STAFF IN THE LIBRARY, BUT IF YOU REALLY WANT YOUR LIBRARY PROGRAM, TO BE WHAT IT CAN BE YOU HAVE TO INSIST THAT THOSE PEOPLE HAVE THE TRAINING THAT THEY NEED AND THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT I WANT TO SAY SO THANKS OKAY OKAY, I'M HERE TO TALK TODAY [6. LEARNING] ABOUT A NEW COURSE WE'RE GOING TO BE OFFERING AT CHEMIST HIGH SCHOOL SPECIFICALLY AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL POSSIBLY EXPAND IT TO OTHER COURSES. I PERSONALLY TAUGHT SEVEN DIFFERENT AP CLASSES IN MY TEACHING CAREER. SO I DEFINITELY SAW THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY WITH AP. AND I WILL ALSO SAY THAT THE PROGRAM, THE ADVANCED PLACEMENT PROGRAM, IS TRANSITIONING AS EDUCATION NEEDS IT TO. IT SERVED PUBLIC EDUCATION FOR PROBABLY 30 YEARS IN A VERY SPECIFIC. IT WAS THE ONE WAY YOU GOT DUAL CREDIT OR COLLEGE CREDIT WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL. AND NOW THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS. SO IN RESPONSE TO THAT, THE COLLEGE BOARD, WHO IT'S A FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION, HAS STARTED TO CREATE A WHOLE NEW LINE OF COURSES CALLED CAREER KICKSTART. AND I'M PRETTY EXCITED AS A CT DIRECTOR AND AS SOMEONE WHO TAUGHT ALL THESE AP CLASSES THAT THERE'S MORE APPLICATION IN THESE NEW COURSES THAN THERE HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY. PREVIOUSLY, IT WAS ABOUT THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE AND CHEMISTRY AND MATH AND VERY IMPORTANT. DON'T GET ME WRONG. I DEFINITELY WANT MY DOCTOR TO KNOW A LOT ABOUT BIOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY. BUT THESE COURSES ARE A LITTLE BIT NEW BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY APPLIED AND THEY'RE ALSO EXTREMELY USEFUL TO YOU MOST KIDS. SO THE FIRST FORAY INTO THIS FOR US AS A DISTRICT IS THE AP BUSINESS WITH PERSONAL FINANCE. SO IT'S ESSENTIALLY LIKE THE TRADITIONAL PERSONAL FINANCE COURSE AT A VERY RIGOROUS LEVEL THAT GOES INTO THINGS LIKE CREDIT CARD AND INTEREST AND BANKING ACCOUNTS AND INSURANCE. SO ALL OF THE KEY THINGS THAT EVERY ADULT IN OUR MODERN WORLD NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT IN THE UNITED STATES. SO IT'S PRETTY, TO ME, IT'S EXCITING BECAUSE IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A SHIFT AWAY FROM PURELY A THEORETICAL, YOU KNOW. DIFFICULT COURSE THE OTHER THING IS THE COURSES ARE REALLY MORE ACCESSIBLE BY A WIDER GROUP OF STUDENTS. SO I THINK IT'S IT'S I'M PRETTY EXCITED I HAVE A SENIOR MYSELF NEXT YEAR AND THIS IS A CLASS I'M LIKE YOU NEED TO TRY IT SIGN UP FOR THIS COURSE SO HE HAS FORECASTED TO TAKE THIS COURSE BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING THAT EVERY STUDENT NEEDS TO KNOW SO HERE'S A QUICK I'VE KIND OF WENT OVER WHAT THIS IS, BUT IT ESSENTIALLY THIS IS THE VERBIAGE FROM THE COLLEGE BOARD AND THIS IS REALLY ABOUT A PARTNERSHIP OF LEARNING PERSONAL FINANCE. AND THE COURSE, AS I SAID, WAS CREATED WITH EMPLOYER INPUT, BANKING INPUT FROM THE FINANCE INDUSTRY. AND IT DOES OFFER COLLEGE CREDITS AND, YOU KNOW, UPON A SUCCESSFUL SCORE ON THE AP EXAM. GENERALLY, IT'S A FOUR OR FIVE. TYPICALLY HOW AP WORKS. SO THAT'S THE COURSES. WHY? WHY DO WE WANT TO OFFER IT? AS I MENTIONED, IT REALLY DOES. TRY TO TEACH SOME REAL PRACTICAL SKILLS THAT EVERY STUDENT AND EVERY YOUNG ADULT SHOULD HAVE. AND FRANKLY, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, IN OUR EXIT INTERVIEWS OF SENIORS OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS IN CAMAS, THIS IS THE STRONGEST RECURRING THEME. IS WHAT ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT WAS THE QUESTION AND IT WAS THIS QUESTION WAS RESPONDED TO BY LIKE 75 FROM THE KIDS I DON'T KNOW HOW TO BALANCE A CHECKBOOK WHAT AM I GOING TO DO HOW AM I GOING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO CREATE A BUDGET WHAT IS INSURANCE ALL ABOUT AND SO REALLY YOU KNOW AT HOME I HOPE THAT CONVERSATION CAN HAPPEN A LOT WITH FAMILIES BUT AS A SCHOOL SYSTEM WE DEFINITELY NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF EDUCATING AND OFFERING THIS AS AN OPTION AT LEAST FOR OUR STUDENTS AT THE STATE LEVEL THIS IS A CONSTANT UM THE STATE IS REALLY WANTS EVERY STUDENT TO HAVE THIS IN THE CORE CURRICULUM OF THEIR HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE AND THEY'RE LIKE HOW WE FIT IT IN WITH 24 CREDITS, RIGHT? THAT'S A BIG THAT'S THE QUANDARY A LOT OF THINGS THAT THEY RECOGNIZE WE SHOULD BE TEACHING OUR STUDENTS THESE THINGS SO ALSO THIS COURSE FITS IN OUR PATHWAY OF BUSINESS AND MARKETING WHICH IS GREAT SO IN OUR PATHWAY, I'M SUPER EXCITED BECAUSE IN OUR DECA AND MARKETING PATHWAY, SO WE HAVE TRADITIONALLY HAD MARKETING ONE ADVANCED [01:40:02] MARKETING AND THEN YOU CAN TAKE LIKE AP ECONOMICS THOSE ARE THAT'S KIND OF THE MAIN PATHWAY AND THIS FITS INTO THAT PATHWAY PERFECTLY BECAUSE A STUDENT WHO WANTS TO STAY IN DECA WHICH IS A GREAT PROGRAM IN OUR DISTRICT WE HAVE OVER 200 STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATE THEY NOW INSTEAD OF HAVING TO WRITE A YOU KNOW A 12 TO 15 PAGE PAPER THEY CAN CHOOSE TO TAKE THIS COURSE AND THEN COMPETE IN THE FINANCE AND ECONOMIC COMPONENTS OF DECA WE'RE ADVANCED MARKETING RIGHT NOW THIS YEAR HAS THIS YOU HAVE TO WRITE A BUSINESS PLAN. AND YOU'RE KIND OF BOXED INTO A CERTAIN SERIES OF MARKETING AREAS FOR THE DECK OF COMPETITION. SO THIS COURSE WILL ALLOW US TO EXPAND THAT AND HAVE MORE STUDENTS IN ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE, PERSONAL FINANCE AND BANKING. SO THAT'S PRETTY COOL. SO IT CREATES BASICALLY LIKE A STEM OUT OF THE PATHWAY. SO WE'LL HAVE INTRO TO MARKETING, AND THEN YOU CAN TAKE EITHER ADVANCED MARKETING OR THIS COURSE, AND THEN YOU CAN STILL TAKE THE ECONOMICS COURSES IF YOU CHOOSE. SO WE DID A, THERE'S RIGHT NOW THERE'S ONLY ONE TEXTBOOK. SO WHEN WE BROUGHT THIS TO THE IMC IT WAS LIKE, WHERE ARE THE OTHER TEXTBOOKS? THERE'S ONLY ONE BECAUSE IT'S A BRAND NEW COURSE. IT WAS PILOTED ACROSS THE COUNTRY LAST YEAR. GENERALLY, I'VE BEEN A PART OF THE PILOT. I HELPED TO WRITE AN AP COURSE. SO A LONG TIME AGO, AP COMPUTER SCIENCE PRINCIPALS, I WAS PART OF THE CORE TEAM WHO BUILT THE CLASS. AND WHEN WE DID THAT, BASICALLY THEY CHOOSE LIKE TWO OR THREE SCHOOLS PER STATE TO PILOT A NEW CLASS. SO THAT'S HOW THE COLLEGE BOARD TYPICALLY WORKS. SO THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR OF THE FULL OFFERING OF THIS COURSE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. LAST YEAR THERE WERE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AROUND THE NATION WHO PILOTED THIS COURSE. BUT THIS IS THE TEXTBOOK THAT WE DID HAVE OUR MARKETING TEACHERS LOOK THROUGH THE BOOK. I LOOKED THROUGH IT. WE GOT A COUPLE OF COPIES. AND THIS IS THE TEXTBOOK THAT WE ARE, FRANKLY, REQUIRED TO ADOPT RIGHT NOW. THE NICE THING IS THAT WE ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS TEXTBOOK. THE SAME PUBLISHER IS WHAT WE ADOPTED AND PURCHASED I BELIEVE WAS LAST YEAR IN AP ECONOMICS. SO WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH THIS COMPANY AND WE'VE ALSO HAD A GREAT EXPERIENCE WITH THE ONLINE PLATFORM FOR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS OTHER, YOU KNOW, LIKE ENHANCED COURSEWORK AND SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES AND PROJECTS. SO WE DO, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID THERE'S ONE TEXTBOOK. WE DO LOOK AT TEXTBOOKS FOR BIAS AND SO IN THIS BOOK, AND WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THAT, IS BUSINESS ETHICS AND SOME OF THE BORROWING CREDIT WAS SOME OF THE THINGS WE LOOKED AT VERY SPECIFICALLY. AND REALLY, AS I SAID, THERE'S ONLY A SINGLE TEXTBOOK, BUT THE TEXTBOOK DOESN'T EXHIBIT A TON OF BIAS FROM WHAT WE HAVE SEEN AND OBSERVED BY EXPLORING IT. SO THE TOTAL COST OF A NEW TEXTBOOK IS $11,308, AND THIS WILL BE 60 HARD BOOKS. ACTUAL PHYSICAL BOOKS, AND THEN 360 ONLINE LICENSES THAT WE CAN USE OVER A SIX-YEAR PERIOD. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT NUMBER. IT'S TOUGH WHEN YOU OFFER A NEW COURSE BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MANY STUDENTS YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE. AND SO THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A GUESSTIMATE BASED ON THE FORECASTED AMOUNT. WE HAD ABOUT 48 STUDENTS FORECAST FOR THE CLASS. AND I THINK BASED ON THOSE NUMBERS AND US TRYING TO BE FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE, WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO RUN ONE COURSE OF 34. THAT'S OUR AP, BASICALLY OUR MAX CLASS SIZE FOR AP. AND THEN, BUT IF WE HAVE STUDENTS OVER THE SUMMER WHO SAY, NO, I REALLY WANT THIS CLASS, OR THAT WE CHANGE THEIR ENROLLMENT, YOU KNOW, OUR NEW STUDENTS ENROLL AND WANT THIS COURSE, AND WE CAN GET THE NUMBER UP TO 50, 55 TO MAKE IT MORE FINANCIALLY VIABLE, THEN WE'LL RUN TWO SECTIONS. AND WE REALLY DO ANTICIPATE THE CLASS EXPANDING NEXT YEAR TO PROBABLY 60 TO 90 STUDENTS. THE COURSE IS ALSO OFFERED FROM 10TH TO 12TH GRADE. AP RECOMMENDS COURSES AT CERTAIN GRADE LEVELS. YOU DON'T HAVE TO OFFER THEM THERE. THIS COURSE WAS RECOMMENDED AT A 10TH GRADE COURSE. SO WHAT THAT TELLS US AS EDUCATORS IS IT'S FRANKLY ON THE EASIER SIDE FOR AN AP COURSE. SO LIKE WHEN YOU OFFER AP COURSES, IF YOU'RE GOING TO OFFER LIKE U.S. HISTORY, THAT'S DEFINITELY AN UPPER LEVEL COURSE, A HIGHER DIVISION. AP COMPUTER SCIENCE PRINCIPLES IS INTENDED FOR NINTH GRADERS OR HUMAN GEOGRAPHY. SO THE COURSE IS ACTUALLY OFTEN WRITTEN A LITTLE BIT EASIER AS A PATHWAY INTO THE COLLEGE LEVEL CLASSES. ANOTHER THING, JUST AS A SIDE NOTE ABOUT THAT, I KNOW WAY TOO MUCH ABOUT ALL THIS STUFF. A SIDE NOTE ABOUT THAT IS THE AP, THE COLLEGE BOARD WILL OFTEN TAKE A SEMESTER COLLEGE CLASS. AND MAKE IT A YEAR-LONG HIGH SCHOOL CLASS, AND THAT'S HOW IT'S MORE ACCESSIBLE. SO A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT IS HUMAN GEOGRAPHY. SO THAT'S TYPICALLY DELIVERED TO NINTH GRADERS AROUND THE COUNTRY. AND IF YOU WENT TO, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, IT WOULD BE LIKE THE EQUIVALENT OF A FIRST-YEAR SEMESTER GEOGRAPHY COURSE, WHERE IN OUR SYSTEM IT'S A YEAR-LONG CLASS. SO THAT MAKES IT MORE ACCESSIBLE BECAUSE YOU CAN SLOW IT DOWN. KIDS DON'T HAVE TO GRIND AS HARD. [01:45:01] AND THAT'S HOW THIS CLASS IS. SO WE'LL TEACH IT OVER A YEAR, BUT GENERALLY WILL BE LIKE A SEMESTER CLASS AT A COLLEGE. OKAY, SO JUST IN SUMMARY, SO I'M PRESENTING A NEW CORE CURRICULUM OF THE AP COMPUTER SCIENCE PERSONAL FINANCE, OR BUSINESS WITH PERSONAL FINANCE, EXCUSE ME. AND THEN WE'RE HOPING TO ADD THIS AT CANVAS HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE 26TH, 27TH SCHOOL YEAR. IN ADDITION, WE'RE LOOKING TO PURCHASE... 60 SETS OF BOOKS TO ACCOMPANY THE COURSE SO WE CAN DELIVER THE COURSE NEXT YEAR. AND I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION SLIDE, BUT ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? NO PREREQUISITES FOR THIS CLASS, RIGHT? NO, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. NO PREREQUISITES OTHER THAN WE ARE LIMITING TO 10TH THROUGH 12TH GRADE. AND THAT'S MOSTLY BECAUSE OF THAT DECA MARKETING PATHWAY. WE WANT STUDENTS TO HAVE MARKETING ONE FIRST GENERALLY, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE TO. IS THIS A CLASS WHERE THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE PHYSICAL TEXTBOOK AND THE ONLINE, OR IS IT KIND OF AN EITHER-OR THING? THEY'LL HAVE BOTH, YEAH. YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE STUDENTS, THAT'S A GREAT POINT, WE DO HAVE STUDENTS WHO ONLY USE THE ONLINE VERSION, BUT MOSTLY WE ISSUE THE TEXTBOOK, AND I THINK I HAVE A TEXTBOOK AT MY HOUSE THAT HASN'T LEFT MY HOUSE FROM MY OWN SON IN ONE OF THESE. BUT YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, BOTH. AND THIS WENT THROUGH OUR INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS COMMITTEE, JUST FYI. I KNOW THERE WAS ONLY ONE, BUT IT WAS LOOKED AT BY QUITE A FEW EDUCATORS ON THE COMMITTEE. SO THANKS, DEREK. GOOD JOB. YOU GOT IT. THANK YOU. YEAH. ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A MOTION? YES, PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. SO IN ALIGNMENT WITH BOARD POLICY AND PROCEDURE 2020, I MOVE TO ADOPT BUSINESS WITH PERSONAL FINANCE BY MACMILLAN LEARNING. AS A CORE CURRICULUM FOR AP BUSINESS WITH PERSONAL FINANCE COURSE, THE COST IS $11,308.39 AND WILL BE FUNDED THROUGH CTE. OKAY, MOVED BY COREY, SECONDED BY MATTHEW. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. I GUESS NO OPPOSED, SORRY. [7. SYSTEMS/PATHWAYS: Consent Agenda] AND THE MOTION STANDS. THANK YOU. OKAY, I'M GOING TO GET LOST HERE, SO IS THIS MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA? SO OBVIOUS. I MOVE TO APPROVE ALL CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS AS PRESENTED. AND I'LL SECOND. OKAY, MOVED BY MATTHEW, SECONDED BY COREY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY, WE SHOULD MOVE. [8. SYSTEMS/PATHWAYS: Policies for First Reading] LET'S SEE, MOVING ON TO MY FAVORITE, I THINK, SYSTEMS PATHWAYS POLICIES FOR FIRST READING. I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE IT'S, I'M LISTENING TO THEM OVER AND OVER AGAIN, FORGET BUT SOMEHOW THEY'RE ALL NEW. I KNOW WE DISCUSSED THESE IN OUR WORKSHOP, AND MATTHEW, I THINK WE HAD SOME KIND OF LONGER DISCUSSION AROUND 3206. DID YOU GET THE ANSWERS YOU WERE LOOKING FOR? YES. THERE ARE TWO-BY-ONES OF DISCUSSION WITH ALEX. WE WANT TO GO JUST DOWN THE LIST ONE-ON-ONE. PROBABLY MORE DISCUSSION ON THAT ONE. ON THE LAST ONE? OKAY, ANYTHING ON THE FIRST ONE, 2040, FACILITY DOGS? NO. SECOND, 2410, HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS? I THINK SO. THE ONLY CHANGE WAS THE CULMINATING PROJECTS. AND THEN 2420, GRADING AND PROGRESS REPORTS? I DON'T THINK SO, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY. AND THEN 3206, PREGNANT AND PARENTING STUDENTS. I THINK IN OUR DISCUSSIONS ON 3206, NOT THAT FOR THOSE THAT ARE NOT HERE, 3206 IS A NEW POLICY PREGNANT AND PARENTING STUDENTS. WHICH THE PERFECTLY FINE POLICY BUT AS WE'VE BEEN REVIEWED IT WITH ALEX ALL THE COMPONENTS IN 32 OF 6 DEALING WITH PREGNANT AND PARENTING STUDENTS HAS ALREADY ENCOMPASSED IN OTHER POLICIES AND THAT'S WHAT WE LOOKED AT AND I THINK IN THE DISCUSSION WE HAD AT THE WORKSHOP MY ONLY CONCERN WITH IT IS AGAIN WE AS A BOARD APPROVED POLICY WE DON'T APPROVE THE PROCEDURES AND THE PROCEDURES DOES HAVE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS THAT IT'S IMPOSING ON THE DISTRICT SO I'M REALLY NOT IN FAVOR AT THIS POINT OF IMPOSING NEW REQUIREMENTS IN THE DISTRICT THAT ARE ALREADY COVERED BY POLICIES THAT WE HAVE IN EXISTENCE IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE PARTICULARLY IN TIMES OF BEING FINANCIALLY PRUDENT TO UNLESS I'M WRONG JOHN FROM THE READING I JUST DON'T SEE WHERE WE DO SOMETHING ADDS ANOTHER BURDEN WHEN WE'RE ALREADY PROTECTING PREGNANT AND PARENTING STUDENTS WITH EXAM AND WE APPRECIATE THAT I THINK THE THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD IS WE CAN MOVE [01:50:01] FORWARD WITH OR WITHOUT IT. STUDENTS WHO BECOME PREGNANT ARE ALREADY PROTECTED, AS YOU MENTIONED, IN OUR DISCRIMINATION POLICY. KNOCK ON WOOD, THIS ISN'T AN ABUNDANT ISSUE HERE IN CAMAS. OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS COMING FROM DISTRICTS WHO HAVE HAD THIS AS AN ISSUE AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE THOSE STUDENTS ARE PROTECTED. SO AGAIN, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH OR WITHOUT THIS ONE. IT'S JUST, THIS ALLOWS IT TO STAND OUT ON ITS OWN A LITTLE BIT, BUT NOT NECESSARILY SOMETHING THAT WE'RE OVERLY CONCERNED ABOUT HERE IN CAMPUS. COREY? AND THEN, YES, SO SINCE BOARD APPROVES POLICY BUT NOT PROCEDURE, I'M ASSUMING THEN THAT ANY PROCEDURE THAT GOES ALONG WITH THIS, YOUR TEAM IS ALL ON BOARD WITH? WE HAVE OUR DISCRIMINATION TITLE IX STAFF IN PLACE AND HAVE BEEN HANDLING CASES FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW. SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT IF ANY DISCRIMINATION COMES TOWARDS US. STUDENT IN THAT SITUATION WE'LL BE HANDLING IT AS WE ALWAYS DO AGAIN I DON'T WANT TO COME OFF AS LIKE I'M AGAINST PREGNANT AND PARENTING STUDENTS IT'S NOT THAT I JUST DON'T WANT TO BURDEN THE DISTRICT WITH ANOTHER SOMETHING ELSE YOU HAVE TO LIVE UP TO WHEN WE SAY IT'S ALREADY COVERED I'D MAYBE IN PREFERENCE WOULD BE TO PUSH THIS UM POLICY AND PROCEDURE TO OUR BUILDING ADMIN THAT ALSO ARE GOING TO BE THE FRONT LINE TO IT AND JUST SAY WHAT ARE THEIR BECAUSE WE DIDN'T GET THEIR THOUGHTS ON IT RIGHT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I WOULD FEEL REALLY COMFORTABLE WITH BUILDING. I'M LIKE, YES, WE THINK WE NEED THIS SEPARATE AS WE READ THROUGH IT, BOTH THE POLICY AND THE PROCEDURES. AND THIS PROCEDURE IMPACTS THEM. IT MIGHT CHANGE MY MIND. BUT WHEN WE DON'T HAVE AN ESSENTIAL POLICY COMING FROM WASDA, WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT WE DON'T NEED TO IMPLEMENT IT. I DON'T KNOW. BUT THAT WOULD BE THE WAY I WOULD BE LEANING. JUST BECAUSE I'D RATHER HEAR THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE IF WE CONSIDERED AS A DISTRICT LIKE THIS IS ESSENTIAL. WE'RE HEARING IT FROM THOSE IN THE. BUILDING ADMIN SIDE OR FROM THE DISTRICT YOU WERE SAYING THIS IS CRITICAL BECAUSE WE'RE HEARING IT I FEEL A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY, BUT I DON'T WANT TO WE CAN IT'S NOT AN UNFUNDED MANDATE BUT THE MORE WORK YOU HAVE TO DO WHEN WE KNOW THERE'S NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE NECESSARILY TO ENFORCE ANOTHER SET OF GUIDELINES YEAH, SURE. I'LL FOLLOW WHATEVER DIRECTION YOU HAVE WE CAN BRING IT TO OUR PRINCIPALS COUNCIL HAVE THEM TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND SEE IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO PUT ON THE BOOKS NO, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, I MEAN, PUTTING ASIDE TO TAKE THE BURDEN OFF THE DISTRICT. THERE'S A LOT OF POLICIES AND PROCEDURES TO KEEP UP ON, AND THAT WAS MY BIG CONCERN. AT LEAST, AGAIN, FROM ME READING IT AND FROM ALEX, OUR PARALEGAL WEIGHING IN, SAID WE ARE COMPLETELY COVERED FROM EXISTING POLICY UNLESS THERE WAS AN OVERRIDING NEED TO DEFER ON THAT. MAYBE, JOHN, I DON'T KNOW IF WE DO NOT VOTE IT FORWARD THAT YOU COULD TAKE IT ON AS A TASK TO PUSH MAYBE OUT TO GET. YEP LIKE AN OPINION OR AN OPINION FROM THOSE THAT MAY SAY THEY SEE SOMETHING DIFFERENT HAPPY TO DO IT REASONABLE THAT'S HOW I WOULD VOTE ON IT SO I'M FINE WITH THAT AT THIS POINT TAKE ANOTHER LOOK SO WE'D HAVE TO HAVE A MOTION TO PULL PULL THAT ONE YEAH THAT WAS JUST SEPARATE CAN YOU MAKE A MOVE INCLUDE YEAH, I MOVED TO APPROVE POLICIES 2040 2410 2420 AS PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING A SECOND MATTHEW, SECONDED BY COREY. IN FAVOR? AYE. THANK YOU. I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE 3206 AS PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING, SINCE IT IS FIRST READING. BUT IF I DON'T GET A SECOND, THEN IT STAYS WHERE IT'S AT. WELL, I THINK IT'S GOOD WE TAKE HARD LOOKS AT THINGS. LET ME JUST TAKE A LOOK [9. SYSTEMS/PATHWAYS: Policies for Second Reading & Adoption] AT THIS. OKAY. NOW MOVING ON TO THE POLICIES FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION. DO YOU WANT ME TO READ EACH ONE AND GO THROUGH EACH ONE? UM COPY OF WELL 2021 THE FIRST ONE SCHOOL LIBRARY MEDIA PROGRAM NO YOU DON'T UM I I KNOW I I EXPRESSED UH TO JOHN AND WE HAD A DISCUSSION OR TWO BY ONE UH CONNIE WAS THERE BUT UH ALEX WAS THERE AS WELL UM I UNDERSTAND OUR OUR CHANGE AGAIN [01:55:01] I KNOW OUR POLICY SHOULD UH THEY NEED TO ACCURATELY REFLECT THE CURRENT STATE UM I'D STILL LIKE TO GO ON RECORD I THINK THERE'S A PART BOTH, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF I DIDN'T HAVE A LIBRARIAN THAT I'M MARRIED TO, I KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF LIBRARY PROGRAMS, AND I KNOW WE RECEIVED SOME EMAIL DISCUSSION WE'VE ALL BEEN INVOLVED IN. I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE, LIKE WITH OUR OTHER PROGRAMS, AS WE HAD WITH MUSIC, AS WE LOOK WITH ART AND OTHERS, REALLY I'D LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING THAT POINTS TO WHAT OUR DESIRED STATE IS. I UNDERSTAND IF POLICY REFLECTS THE CURRENT STATE THAT WE'RE IN, I THINK IT WOULD BE PRUDENT. TO AT LEAST IF NOT WITHIN THIS POLICY RIGHT NOW AS A COMMITMENT FROM THE DISTRICT TO SAY THAT WE SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING THAT SAYS YOU KNOW I WROTE A COUPLE THINGS DOWN BUT JUST WHETHER IT SAYS YOU KNOW NOTHING IN THE POLICY SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO DIMINISH THE DISTRICT'S COMMITMENT TO EMPLOYING LIBRARY STAFF WITH THE HIGHEST PRACTICAL LEVEL OF PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION SPECIALIZATION OR SOMETHING THAT SPEAKS TO OUR DESIRED STATE I THINK IT'S UM WITHOUT THAT WE SAW WITH MUSIC AS WELL THAT WE COULD GET TO A POINT WHERE IT'S INTERPRETED BY ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC THAT OUR STANDARD IS WHAT THE POLICY IS, NOT WHERE WE WANT TO BE. I'M CERTAINLY FINE WITH APPROVING A POLICY THAT REFLECTS HOW WE ARE RIGHT NOW, BUT I'D FEEL MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE IF I KNEW WE HAD A COMMITMENT FOR KIND OF OUR VALUES. I KNOW IT'S NOT IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT IT WOULD MAKE ME FEEL MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE. I DON'T KNOW FOR OTHERS. ARE YOU MAKING, ARE YOU MOVING TO ADD LANGUAGE? NO, I'M NOT NECESSARILY, I'M JUST, I'M RAISING THE DISCUSSION POINT ON THAT AND WHETHER OR NOT ANYONE, WHAT PEOPLE'S FEELINGS ARE, SO. WELL, YEAH, I MEAN, AS A AS A SOMEBODY WHO IS A SPECIALIST BY DAY TWO, I DO HAVE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAINTAIN THOSE THOSE THOSE QUALIFICATIONS WITHIN WITHIN. BUT I DO UNDERSTAND THE NEED TO REFLECT OUR CURRENT STATUS RIGHT NOW. SO I AM A LITTLE I AM A LITTLE TORN BETWEEN THE MY, YOU KNOW, MY BOARD HAT AND MY TEACHER SPECIALIST HAT AS WELL. SO I WOULD AGREE WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING THAT. WELL, I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO APPROVE THIS POLICY AS IT STANDS TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN WHAT WE'VE GOT RIGHT NOW. I THINK THAT'S THE RESPONSIBLE THING TO DO FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AS WELL. I AGREE THAT IT WOULD NEED TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN, AND ONCE WE WOULD APPROVE A POLICY, THERE'S NOTHING TO SAY THAT WE CAN'T GO BACK AND AMEND IT LATER ON. THIS CAN ALWAYS BE SOMETHING THAT WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT. I GUESS, YOU KNOW, MY QUESTION IS, IS IF WE SAY WHERE WE WANT TO BE, AND WE SAY WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT AS AN AGENDA FOR THE FUTURE, HOW DO WE COMMIT TO THAT? THAT'S TO OURSELVES AND TO THE PUBLIC, SAY, WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS. WELL, WE HAVE TO HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE, SO. YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT. WE'VE HAD SOME GREAT DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS, OBVIOUSLY PUBLIC COMMENT, AND ULTIMATELY, WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR EMPLOYEES ARE IN A GOOD POSITION, RIGHT? THIS IS A VERY ROBUST ENDORSEMENT. WE KNOW THAT. IT COULD BE AN EXPENSIVE ENDORSEMENT. AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE OUR TIME WITH THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER WE CAN COME TO THE TABLE AS A DISTRICT TO OFFER SOME INCENTIVE OR, YOU KNOW, HOW WE CAN WORK WITH OUR PROGRAMS, OUR UNIVERSITIES TO HELP WITH THIS ENDORSEMENT. BUT TO COREY'S POINT, I THINK RIGHT NOW THIS IS REALLY JUST TO SHORE UP THE NAME, THE TITLE OF THE POSITION. AND THEN I'M HAPPY TO TAKE YOUR DIRECTION AND REALLY EXPLORE HOW CAN WE GET OUR DISTRICT IN A POSITION WHERE WE HAVE... I WAS ALSO GOING TO SAY, TOO, YOU KNOW, BOARD HAT HERE, SPECIALIST HERE, FORMER UNION PRESIDENT HERE. I THINK THIS WOULD BE A GOOD CONVERSATION TO HAVE WITH OUR LABOR GROUPS AS WELL, EVEN IF THAT POTENTIALLY MEANS THAT IT GOES TO BARGAINING ON OUR NEXT ROUND. I GUESS THAT'S WHERE I'M COMING TO. LOOKING AT THE POLICY AGAIN, I'VE EXPRESSED MY CONCERN, BUT... I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, EVEN WITH MY BOARD HAT ON, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SAY WHO WE WANT TO BE. WE LIVE BY OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. IT DOESN'T MENTION IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN. MUSIC DOESN'T SAY IT IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT WE REVITALIZE THAT. SO I THINK I'D LIKE AT LEAST A COMMITMENT THAT WE WILL FOLLOW UP BOTH WITH BARGAINING AND WITH THE MEMBERS THAT ARE LIBRARIANS AND TALK ABOUT WHERE WE DESIRE TO BE AND WORK HARD AT THAT. I KNOW IT'S NOT PART OF OUR VOTE, BUT I'M ASKING YOU, JOHN, A COMMITMENT FROM YOU THAT WE WILL. MAKE AN EFFORT TO TO MAKE THIS A PRIORITY YEAH WE WE ABSOLUTELY KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN CHANGES EVEN SINCE WE ROLLED OUT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN WHETHER IT'S AI WHETHER IT'S MUSIC WHETHER IT'S TEACHER LIBRARIANS SO WE ALREADY ARE HAVE A LIST OF THINGS THAT NEED TO BE INCORPORATED INTO OUR INTO OUR RENEWAL AND SO I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT EVEN EVEN HERE WILL SHOW A GREAT COMMITMENT EVEN WHEN I HEAR YOU KNOW OUR AP COURSES THAT WE LOOK AT I'M LIKE I KNOW THERE'S A THERE'S A [02:00:02] NEED IN THE LIBRARY TO HAVE THE RIGHT MATERIALS TO SUPPORT THOSE STUDENTS AND THEIR RESEARCH TO TO GET THAT GREAT IT'S NOT ALL JUST IF THEY STUDY THE BOOK THEY'RE LIKE THEY'RE PERFECT I THINK I THINK WE NEED THAT COMMITMENT AND I YOU KNOW AS WE HEARD FROM AI LIKE YOU KNOW THE LIBRARY IS PROBABLY THE FIRST PLACE THESE STUDENTS ARE GOING TO GET A REAL RESPECT FOR THE INFORMATION SCIENCE BEHIND AI SO PERCENT AGREE UM ALTHOUGH I'M NOT I'M NOT HAPPY NECESSARILY WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE WHERE IT DOESN'T REFLECT IT IF I HAVE THAT COMMITMENT FOR YOU I HAVE THE THE FAITH OF THE DISTRICT YEAH MY COMMITMENT JUST NOT ANOTHER COMMITTEE I'LL HAPPILY BE IN ANOTHER COMMITTEE GROUP TO PUSH ON THIS SO YOU HAVE MY COMMITMENT ABSOLUTELY YEAH THE SAME THING I THINK COMING FROM ESPECIALLY IN WHERE I AM IN PROFESSION TO JUST APPRECIATING THE SPECIALTY AND ACKNOWLEDGING THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT SO I'M ALL FOR KEEPING WHAT IT IS TODAY, BUT WITH THE WORK GOING FORWARD, REALLY DEEPLY LOOKING INTO THAT. OKAY. WE APPRECIATE IT. MAYBE THAT WOULD BE A GOOD I KNOW WE HAVE LATER THIS SUMMER TALKING ABOUT WORKSHOPS AS WELL. WE CAN MAKE A COMMITMENT AS A BOARD FOR THE WORKSHOPS TO DISCUSS THIS POINT. MAYBE AFTER YOU FIND SOME YOU GET TO SOME COMMON GROUND IN UNDERSTANDING THEIR JOB. MR. PRESIDENT, THANK YOU. 20 ANYTHING MORE ON THAT NOT 2108 LEARNING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THINGS OKAY AND THEN 4220 COMPLAINTS CONCERNING STAFF OR PROGRAMS UM I KNOW WHEN WE LOOKED AT THIS BEFORE THIS IS THE LARGEST CHANGE WHEN WE'RE ALMOST EVERYTHING'S LINED OUT AND THEN NEW SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE A NEW POLICY BUT UH I KNOW ALEX HAD SAID IT'S CLARIFIED BASED ON UM REMOVAL OF SOME THINGS AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ALIGNED YEAH PLEASE THE NEED FOR FREQUENT UPDATES OF THE CHANGES I'M GOOD WITH IT 54-03 EMERGENCY DISCRETIONARY LEADS SORRY, WHICH ONE? 5403? 503. THANK YOU. YEAH, THIS IS ABE FROM FIRST READING. YEAH, I'M GOOD WITH THIS. 5404, FAMILY MEDICAL MATERNITY LEAVE. REFLECTING SOME CHANGES. AND THESE ALL WERE BROUGHT FORWARD BY ANY RESOURCES. YEP. YEAH. SORRY. 6970. NAMING SCHOOLS FACILITIES AND TEAMS AND USE OF MASCOTS IMAGES OR LOGOS YEP OKAY I MOVE TO APPROVE POLICIES 2021 2108 4220 5401, 5403, 5404, 6970 AS PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION. BY COREY, SECONDED BY MATTHEW. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THANK YOU, JOHN. [10. CULTURE: Open and Effective Communication] ABSOLUTELY, MY PLEASURE. OKAY, NEXT ONE UP IS... CULTURE APPROVAL OF UPDATED 2026-2027 SCHOOL CALENDAR. SO THIS IS JUST MOVING A COUPLE OF SNOW DAYS FROM A FRIDAY TO A MONDAY? CORRECT. I'M SORRY, A MONDAY TO A FRIDAY? A MONDAY TO A FRIDAY. AND ADDING THE GRADUATION DATES? RIGHT. WE'RE STICKING WITH THE, YOU ARE STICKING WITH THE THURSDAY DISCOVERY GOING FORWARD. YES, WE ARE. YOU GOT PUSHBACK AGAIN. AND I'M GLAD STUDENTS, WAS IT MORE STUDENTS? YEP, STUDENTS AND STAFF WANTED TO MOVE IT TO THURSDAY, SO. THAT'S PART OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, JOHN. THEY NEED TO. ABSOLUTELY. THREE DAYS INSTEAD OF TWO. I HEARD FROM SOME OF THE STUDENTS, THEY WERE VERY HAPPY THAT THEIR VOICE CAN BE HEARD. IT'S THEIR TRADITION. IT IS THEIR TRADITION, AND IT'S LOVELY THAT IT'S OUTDOORS. AND FOR CLARIFICATION, WE ONLY HAVE THE THREE HIGH SCHOOLS LIST ON THERE. GRAD ALLIANCE WILL FALL UNDER THEIR SCHOOL OF CHOICE OR WILL FALL UNDER C? YES AND NO. PRIMARILY, THE STUDENTS WILL LIKELY WALK WITH CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL. AND THAT'S PRIMARILY WITH OUR TWO CHOICE HIGH SCHOOLS BEING SUCH A MORE INTIMATE SETTING. WE WOULDN'T WANT STUDENTS TO NECESSARILY FEEL AWKWARD. SO I THINK IN TALKING TO KELLY. [02:05:02] AND I'LL REITERATE THIS WITH TRAVIS, IN THE LARGER CEREMONY, THOSE STUDENTS WOULD KIND OF BLEND IN MORE WHEN THEY WALK WITH THAT SCHOOL. THEY ALSO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO A SMALL CEREMONY HERE AT THE BOARD, LIKE WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, AND ALSO GRAD ALLIANCE WILL DO THEIR OWN KIND OF MINI CEREMONY. SO STUDENTS WILL HAVE A TON OF OPTIONS. AND THE OTHER IS MOVING THOSE FRIDAY SNOW DAYS, RIGHT? OKAY. MOVING MONDAYS TO FRIDAYS. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE REVISED 2627 SCHOOL CALENDAR AS PRESENTED. MOVED BY COREY, SECONDED BY MATTHEW. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THANK YOU. OKAY. I'M GOING TO GO BY ONE BY ONE [11. SYSTEMS/PATHWAYS: Informed and Responsible Use of Resources] ON 11. OKAY. SYSTEMS PATHWAYS, INFORMED RESPONSIBLE USE OF RESOURCES. FIRST ONE UP IS BOARD RESOLUTION, SALE OF SURPLUS REAL PROPERTY. JOHN, DO YOU MAYBE WANT TO SUMMARIZE WHAT THIS WAS? YEAH, SO JUST A KIND OF A POINT OF EMPHASIS HERE. THOSE ARE GROUPED KIND OF ONE, TWO, THREE IN A ROW. SO VERY FIRST TASK WOULD BE IF APPROVED, WE WOULD GO AHEAD AND PUT THE TRANSITION HOUSE, WHICH IS CURRENTLY FOR STUDENT SERVICES, STUDENTS WHO ARE IN 13TH GRADE OR BEYOND LEARNING LIFE SKILLS. WE ACTUALLY WANT TO EXPAND THAT SO NOW THAT THE STUDENTS ARE ACTUALLY GROWN OUT OF THAT SMALL TRANSITION HOUSE, WHICH IS ONLY A ONE-BEDROOM KIND OF IN AN OFFICE RIGHT BY SAFEWAY, WE WANT TO PUT SOME OF THE REVENUE FROM SELLING THAT INTO HLC SO THE STUDENTS ACTUALLY HAVE AN EXPANDED PROGRAM WHERE THEY LEARN HOW TO WORK IN, YOU KNOW, IN THE HOME KITCHEN, PUT, YOU KNOW, MAKING THEIR BED, THOSE LIFE SKILLS, AND SO THIS IS IN NO WAY SHAPE OR FORM REMOVING ANY RESOURCES FOR THOSE STUDENTS IT'S ACTUALLY PROVIDING US THE INCOME THE CAPITAL REVENUE TO EXPAND THEIR SERVICES AT HLC SO WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU APPROVE THE RESOLUTION SO WE CAN MARKET AND PUT THAT HOUSE UP FOR SALE AND THEN THEN THE NEXT TWO WOULD BE RIGHT IN A ROW WE WOULD ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL ON A APPRAISING COMPANY SO WE CAN ACTUALLY APPRA TECHNICALLY IT'S FIRST THE APPRAISAL FIRST BUT WE NEED WE NEED YOUR OKAY TO PUT IT ON THE MARKET WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU APPROVE THE APPRAISAL COMPANY AND THEN WE WOULD GO INTO CONTRACT WITH THE FULLER GROUP TO BOTH MARKET IT AND AND HANDLE THE TRANSACTION. THOSE IMPROVEMENTS AT HEIGHTS GONNA TAKE PLACE BEFORE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR LIKE OVER THE SUMMER OR IS IT GOING TO BE SOME TIME? IT DEPENDS ON HOW QUICKLY THE FULLER GROUP THINKS THAT THEY CAN MOVE THEY CAN MOVE IT PRETTY QUICKLY YEAH YEAH DOWNTOWN REAL ESTATE IT'S RIGHT ON SECOND AND THERE'S A LOT OF ACTUALLY HOME OFFICES RIGHT IN THAT AREA AND SO I THINK TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, MATTHEW, AS SOON AS WE CAN GET THAT REVENUE IN AND CLOSE, WE'LL PUMP IT RIGHT INTO HLC. AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, TOO, THIS IS THE TRANSITION HOUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. THE DISTRICTS OWN THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME, AND WE'VE OUTGROWN IT, RIGHT? IT'S UNDERUTILIZED. SPECIAL SERVICES IS SIGNING OFF ON THIS. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. IT ACTUALLY WAS BROUGHT TO US A COUPLE YEARS AGO, AND BOTH ALAN AND REBECCA MET WITH THE STAFF OVER AT HLC. OF COURSE, THERE'S SOME SENTIMENTAL VALUE THERE, BUT THE STAFF ALSO UNDERSTOOD. THAT HOUSE ABSOLUTELY WORKED WELL FOR US AND WHEN THE GROUP WAS WHEN THE CLASS WAS SMALLER AND AND NOW THAT THE CLASS IS MORE ROBUST THEY NEED A LITTLE MORE SPACE ASSUMING SECURITY AND SAFETY IS MUCH BETTER AT HEIGHTS AS WELL 100 I BELIEVE THAT HOUSE HAS BEEN AROUND LIKE IT'S BEEN AROUND SINCE EVEN BEFORE CANVAS HIGH SCHOOL WAS WHERE IT'S AT WELL THEY DO THEY DO TAKE THE KIDS OVER THERE FROM TIME TO TIME BUT IT'S VERY INFREQUENT BECAUSE IT'S SO CROWDED WHEN THE KIDS GO IN LIKE I SAID, I THINK, KIM, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IT'S UNDER 1,000 SQUARE FEET, RIGHT? I'VE BEEN IN THERE, TOO. IT'S RIGHT AROUND THERE, YEAH. YEAH, SMALL. STUDENT SAFETY ALONE, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S BETTER TO BE IN A DISTRICT. YEP. WE'RE NOT DOING THIS TO MAKE A WINDFALL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THE MONEY WILL BE REPURPOSED RIGHT AWAY. I MOVE TO APPROVE BOARD RESOLUTION 2508, THE SALE OF SURPLUS REAL PROPERTY AS PRESENTED. SECOND. I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU, SECONDED BY COREY, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AND THEN B AND C SORT OF GO TOGETHER AS WELL. SO THIS IS THIS IS JUST APPROVING THE APPRAISAL HIRING OF AN APPRAISER SO PER RCW 28 A 335 DOT 1 2 0 I MOVED TO APPROVE THE APPRAISER CONTRACT WITH KITTY HARDY FOR $700 AS PRESENTED TO BE PAID FROM CAPITAL FUNDS SECONDED BY MATTHEW ALL IN FAVOR AYE AND THEN SAME THING WITH C THIS IS JUST THE CONTRACT TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT WITH FULLER TO LIST IT. OKAY. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE FULLER [02:10:01] GROUP SERVICE CONTRACT TO SELL THE TRANSITION HOUSE LOCATED AT 612 NORTHEAST 2ND AVENUE IN CAMAS ON BEHALF OF CAMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT AS PRESENTED TO BE PAID FROM CAPITAL FUNDS. SECOND. OKAY. SECOND BY COREY. SECOND BY MATTHEW. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THANK YOU. ONE IS THE BOARD, I'M SORRY, 2509 SCHOOL MEAL PRICES FOR 26-27 SCHOOL YEAR. ANY QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, THOUGHTS ON THAT? INCENSE INCREASE? WELL, EXCEPT FOR ELEMENTARY LUNCH FOR ADULTS, WHICH I GET EVERY FRIDAY. SEEMS LIKE IT WAS 516, I WAS 575. I MEAN, I DROPPED $20, AND I'M LIKE, I CAN ONLY GET THREE MEALS, I'VE GOT TO PAY MORE. SO, BUT YOU KNOW, THEY DO HAVE PRETZELS. LAST FRIDAY THEY HAD PRETZELS AGAIN WITH CHEESE. SO IT'S REALLY EXCITING AT ELEMENTARY. FOR AN ADULT, WHEN THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF CHANGE, THEY HAD HAWAIIAN PIZZA THAT WAS SQUARE A FEW WEEKS AGO. SQUARE PIZZA? THEY HAD SQUARE PIZZA BECAUSE THERE WAS A NATIONAL CRISIS ON BROWN PIZZA DOUGH. THAT'S WHAT CHARITY TOLD ME. SO ALL I KNOW IS THERE WAS HAWAIIAN PIZZA, THERE WAS SAUSAGE PIZZA, AND THERE WAS PRETZELS WITH CHEESE, AND THE KIDS' MINDS WERE BLOWN. OH, I KNOW. AT THIS POINT IN THE MEETING, I AT LEAST HAVE TO TELL A STORY ABOUT SCHOOL LUNCH PRICES. YOU KNOW I AM INVIGORATED BY THIS CONVERSATION. I WILL GET THE BENTO BOX AGAIN. I MOVE TO APPROVE BOARD RESOLUTION 2509, SCHOOL MEAL PRICES FOR 2026-2027, SCHOOL YEAR AS PRESENTED. SECOND. SECONDED BY MATTHEW, SECONDED BY COREY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THANK YOU. OKAY, MOVING ALONG. SURPLUS BUSES. ALRIGHT, LOOKS LIKE FIVE BUSES. HOW MANY OF OUR BUSES ARE PROPANE? I WAS GOING TO ASK THAT QUESTION TOO. I THINK WE'RE PHASING THEM OUT. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT TOO. YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT. I WATCH A LOT OF PUBLIC SURPLUS, AND I'VE NOTICED THE PROPANE ONES GO WAY HIGHER. I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE THAT DO... WHAT IS IT? IT'D BE DIESEL. OH, OKAY. YEAH. BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE VAN LIFE PEOPLE THAT THEY LOVE THE SMALLER BUSES AND THEY GET THEM AND... YOU WANT A SUMMER PROJECT? I'VE GOT PLENTY. YOU'VE GOT PLENTY. I KNOW. OKAY. BUT I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE BOARD RESOLUTION 25-10, BUS SURPLUS AS PRESENTED. I SECOND. MOVED BY COREY, SECONDED BY MATTHEW. FAVOR? AYE. THANK YOU. OKAY, NEXT ONE IS OUR FIRE PROTECTION, THREE-YEAR AGREEMENT TO BE PAID FROM THE MAINTENANCE BUDGET. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. YEAH, OKAY. TAKE A MOTION THEN. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE THREE-YEAR AGREEMENT WITH COSTCO FIRE. IT'S NOT COSTCO, IT'S COSCO, I JUST PUT THAT OUT THERE. FIRE PROTECTION TO BE PAID FROM THE MAINTENANCE BUDGET AS PRESENTED. SECOND. OKAY, MOVED BY COREY, SECONDED BY MATTHEW. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, AND MOVING ON TO THE CONTRACT FOR GRADUATION ALLIANCE SERVICES AGREEMENT. ANY... I KNOW THIS WAS A DEEP CONTRACT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD ANYTHING, JOHN, YOU WANTED TO SHARE ABOUT GRAD ALLIANCE. NOT REALLY. I THINK WE SHOULD BE GOOD. DEREK, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD ON GRAD ALLIANCE CONTRACT? IS IT PRETTY... COMPARED TO THE OLD BECAUSE THIS IS THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS NOT EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THERE WE'VE BEEN OFFERED WE JUST HADN'T BEEN UTILIZED RENEWAL BUT YEAH THANKS DEREK I DIDN'T GO LOOK UP THE OLD ONE I MOVE TO APPROVE THE GRADUATION ALLIANCE SERVICE AGREEMENT AS PRESENTED SECOND MOVED BY MATTHEW SECONDED [02:15:01] BY COREY ALL IN FAVOR AYE AYE THANK YOU OKAY, IT'S 7.45, MEETING'S ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.