[00:00:02] YEAH, YEAH. YOU DON'T USE IT OR LOSE IT. WELCOME GOOD EVENING. [1. REGULAR MEETING CALL TO ORDER - 5:30 PM] HAPPY END OF JULY. AND WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE ALL HERE. ALL OF Y'ALL. AND ALL OF YOU JOINING US AT HOME. WELCOME. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY BAMINI. [2. CULTURE] STAND, IF YOU'RE ABLE. AND JOIN US. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT THIS EVENING IS GOING TO BE DONE BY COREY. I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE GEOGRAPHICAL REGION OF CAMAS IS LOCATED ON THE ANCESTRAL AND TERRITORIAL LANDS OF THE CHINOOK AND COWLITZ PEOPLE, AND THAT THE CHINOOK ARE STILL FIGHTING TO BE A FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBE ON THEIR OWN LAND. THANK YOU COREY. WE'LL MOVE NOW TO BOARD COMMUNICATIONS. I KNOW THAT THERE HASN'T BEEN A LOT OF DISTRICT STUFF GOING ON, BUT WHAT'S UP? OH, I GOT LOCKED OUT. OKAY. CAMAS STAYS. MAYBE I DON'T REALLY. I WE'VE ALL JUST BEEN ENJOYING SUMMER CAMAS DAYS ON OVER THE WEEKEND, WHICH WE WERE SUPER EXCITED TO RUN THE PARADE AGAIN. RIGHT. COREY. THANK YOU COREY AND TRACEY FOR BEING THE PARADE COORDINATORS. WE LOVE IT. IT WAS AMAZING. I'VE NEVER SEEN SO MUCH CANDY. YEAH. SO OTHERWISE I DON'T REALLY HAVE MUCH JUST JUST THAT. I'LL DITTO WHAT SHE SAID. THE ONLY OTHER THING I COULD ADD, IT WAS A LONG TIME AGO. IT WAS JULY 3RD. THEY HAD THE NEW INSTALLATION OF ART AT THE CAMAS CULTURE ARTS BLOCK BETWEEN BIRCH AND CEDAR, SO I WAS ABLE TO BE THERE. THERE WERE MANY PEOPLE FROM THE DISTRICT WERE THERE. SO THERE'S SIX NEW PIECES OF ART UP ON THE WALL THERE FROM STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT. THERE'S STORIES. THEY GOT NEW QR CODES. SO IF YOU HAVEN'T, I THINK WE ALL SAW IT, BUT IT'S REALLY NICE. SO IT'S LOVELY TO SEE THE DCA DO THAT. AND I JUST APPRECIATE THEY THEY ALLOW THAT REALLY AND THAT THEY FORMED THAT PARTNERSHIP. SO THAT WAS ABOUT A MONTH AGO. BUT THAT WAS NICE. IT WAS A WARM DAY. SO I THINK THAT WAS THE ONLY OTHER THING. IT'S BEEN A BEEN A MONTH. SO. NOTHING MUCH MORE EXCITING THAN WHAT THEY JUST SAID. YES, THE PARADE IS AMAZING. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU ALL DO THIS THE WORK. I JUST ABSOLUTELY LOVE GETTING COFFEE, DOING THE JUDGING WITH MATTHEW AND THEN SITTING IN ONE OF THOSE CARTS AS EVERYBODY GOES BY. [LAUGHTER] THAT'S HOW IT WAS. IT WAS GREAT. AND YEAH, THERE'S NOT MUCH MORE, WHICH IS OKAY. AND THE THREE PEOPLE THAT SHOUTED OUT, HEY, SCHOOL BOARD. YES. YES. YEAH. ONE WAS DOUG QUINN. SO SO WE GOT THAT ANYWAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO OUR SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT, DOCTOR ANZALONE. [3. SYSTEMS/PATHWAYS] TAKE IT AWAY. ALL RIGHT. GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE. AND JUST A QUICK REPORT THIS MONTH AS YOU SAID, NOT A TON GOING ON, BUT A COUPLE OF SPECIAL THINGS. I PUT JUNE, I PUT JUNE ENROLLMENT JUST AS A REFRESHER. OBVIOUSLY WE WON'T HAVE NEW UPDATE ON THAT UNTIL PROBABLY THE SEPTEMBER MEETING. BUT JUST A REFRESHER OF WHERE WE ENDED AS OF JUNE 6,803. BASIC AT ENROLLMENT A LITTLE OVER OUR PROJECTION FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. WE'RE OVERALL STAYING PRETTY STEADY. I'M STILL CONCERNED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OUR PRIMARY NUMBERS KINDER, FIRST, SECOND. IF PRESCHOOL REGISTRATIONS ARE ANYTHING TO LOOK AT, THEY'RE UP. AND I THINK I'VE TOLD YOU ALL INDIVIDUALLY, YOU KNOW, THAT THEIR REGISTRATIONS ARE UP. BUT THE ISSUE SOMETIMES WITH PRESCHOOL IS THEY'RE FROM ALL AROUND. SO IT'S HARD TO JUDGE HOW MANY ARE ACTUAL CAMAS RESIDENTS. YOU KNOW, YOU SEE A LOT OF STROLLERS AT THE PARADE. YOU'RE HOPEFUL. BUT MANY OF THOSE CITIZENS ARE PORTLAND, VANCOUVER. SO WE'RE STILL LOOKING, AT THE TOWNHOMES AND SEEING WATCHING THE PROGRESSION OF THOSE. WE JUST DON'T KNOW THE PRICE POINT OF WHAT THOSE ARE GOING TO BE YET. AND STILL A COUPLE OF YEARS AWAY ON SOME OF THOSE. SO ANYWAY, JUST A REFRESHER OVERALL, PRETTY STABLE, I WOULD SAY. I WISH I COULD SAY THE SAME FOR OUR SURROUNDING DISTRICTS, BUT CAMAS IS STAYING RATHER STEADY. SO WE'LL SEE WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE FALL. I KNOW KIM WILL HAVE MORE ON THAT AS WELL, BUT I JUST WANTED TO KEEP THAT UP THERE SO YOU CAN REMIND YOURSELVES WHERE WE'RE AT. AND THEN WHEN WE GET INTO SEPTEMBER, WHERE WE'RE GOING. SO I KNOW HE IS NOT HERE THIS EVENING, BUT I'M SURE YOU WILL MEET AARON HOPEFULLY SOON. WE ARE VERY, VERY HAPPY TO GET SOMEBODY OF AARON'S CALIBER AND BACKGROUND TO BE THE NEW PRINCIPAL OVER AT SKY RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL. HE'LL OFFICIALLY START ON AUGUST 3RD, SO HOPEFULLY YOU'LL GET TO MEET HIM IN AUGUST SOMETIME. [00:05:01] I KNOW RIGHT NOW IT'S HARD WITH THE TRANSITION GOING FROM HIS CURRENT SCHOOL AND HIS DISTRICT TO HERE. BUT AGAIN, I REALLY WANT TO THANK SO MANY PEOPLE WHO REALLY CAME OUT IN JULY. WE WERE NERVOUS ABOUT RUNNING THIS IN JULY BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT SKY RIDGE STAFF AND STUDENTS AND OTHERS HAD VOICE IN THIS HIRING. AND IT WAS INCREDIBLE TO SEE OVER 14 STAFF MEMBERS COME OUT. I DON'T REMEMBER, SHAUNA, HOW MANY STUDENTS, BUT EIGHT STUDENTS. AND WHAT WAS INCREDIBLE ABOUT THE STUDENTS IS THEY'RE ALWAYS THEIR INSIGHT AND, AND YOU KNOW, HOW DEEPLY COMPASSIONATE THEY ARE, BUT ALSO ENGAGED IN THEIR SCHOOL. SO PRETTY, REALLY NEAT. I JUST WAS NOT LIKE THAT IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AT ALL. AND FOR THEM TO COME OUT IN JULY AND DO THAT WAS AMAZING. BETH AND MEMBERS OF HER TEAM WERE ALSO THERE. SO REALLY IT WAS A COMMUNITY EFFORT TO PULL THAT OFF IN JULY. IT'S PRETTY AWESOME. AND I WOULD TELL YOU OUR FOUR FINALISTS WERE ALL INCREDIBLE TALENT, BUT AARON STOOD OUT FOR A LOT OF THE REASONS I PUT UP THERE. CURRENTLY OVER AT Y EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL. SO HAS THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL BACKGROUND SERVING AS AN ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY STOOD OUT ABOUT AARON WAS HIS RELATIONSHIP CENTERED LEADERSHIP VERY STUDENT CENTERED AND A CULTURE BUILDER. AND THAT'S PRIMARILY WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR. NOT TO MENTION THE ACADEMICS AND INSTRUCTION AND ALL OF THAT AS WELL. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD FOR YOU TO MEET AARON REALLY SOON. HE'S A SUPER PERSONABLE GUY. AND I THINK HE'LL BE A GOOD FIT. AND OF COURSE, SIENNA WILL BE HIS AP. AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ALREADY AND I THINK AARON IS REALLY EXCITED TO REALLY KIND OF BRING SIENNA COACH HER UP AND HOPEFULLY GET HER TO THE PRINCIPAL RANKS WHEN SHE'S READY FOR THAT. SO OKAY, SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR HELPING WITH THAT. AND SHAUNA DID A LOT OF THAT ORGANIZATION. REALLY EXCITING STUFF GOING ON AROUND THE DISTRICT WITH SOME OF OUR FACILITIES PROJECTS. SO YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN MOST OF THESE PICTURES ALREADY. THE ONE ON THE FAR LEFT IS REALLY HOT OFF THE PRESS. STEPHEN SENT IT TO ME YESTERDAY. SO YOU CAN SEE THE, LOGO IN THE MIDDLE WAS COMPLETED. SO THANK YOU TO THE BOARD FOR DOING THAT. AND OF COURSE THE BOOSTERS COMING THROUGH FOR THE END ZONES. AND THEN WE HAVE THE ACTUAL FIELD AND THEN YOU SEE THE SOCCER LINES, THEY'RE READY TO GO. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO GET THE KIDS ON THE FIELD AND THE BAND OUT THERE AS WELL. SO REALLY GOOD PROGRESS ON THAT. NOT OFFICIALLY DONE. THERE'S A LOT OF ODDS AND ENDS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE. I WOULD SAY AT LEAST ANOTHER WEEK OR SO BEFORE WE CAN REALLY GET PEOPLE ON THAT FIELD, MAYBE EVEN A LITTLE LONGER. NOT A TON, TON, TON GOING ON WITH TENNIS RIGHT NOW. IT'S A BIT OF A SLOW PROGRESS, BUT WE ARE BEING TOLD THAT THEY'RE, ON TRACK TO FINISH BY THE TIME SCHOOL STARTS. THE CONTINGENCY PLAN IS THAT IF WE AREN'T READY BY AUGUST 24TH, THE BOYS TENNIS. STEPHEN HAS SOME CONTINGENCY COURTS FOR THEM TO PLAY AT FOR AT LEAST THE FIRST TWO WEEKS. WE REALLY CAN'T GO BEYOND THAT. SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO PUSH THE CREW TO GET AT LEAST OUR END DONE. NOW, THE RECEPTION AREA AND THE RESTROOMS DO NOT HAVE TO BE COMPLETED BY THE TIME SCHOOL STARTS. IT'S JUST THE FOOTING, THE ANCHORING AROUND HAS TO BE DONE IN ORDER FOR THAT BUBBLE TO GO UP IN OCTOBER. SO AGAIN, I'M REALLY WATCHING IT CLOSELY. I KNOW MR. WILLIAMS AND SHERMAN AND OTHERS ARE CONSTANTLY OUT THERE WATCHING THE PROGRESS. SO I WAS REALLY SURPRISED BY HOW WIDE THE FOOTING HAS TO BE. I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE A LOT SKINNIER, BUT IT ACTUALLY GOES PRETTY WIDE FOR THAT BUBBLE TO REALLY ANCHOR DOWN. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY UNCOVER THINGS AS THEY GO OLD LIGHT POSTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT FROM THE HISTORY AROUND THE AREA, SO I'M EXCITED. I HOPE YOU ARE TOO. I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO BE AN AWESOME THING FOR OUR KIDS AND OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S JUST LIKE WATCHING A HOUSE GET BUILT. LIKE, COME ON, LET'S GO. RIGHT. AND THEN I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT GYM FLOORS OVER AT LIBERTY CHS AND WERE ABLE TO BE DONE THIS SUMMER. THEY LOOK AMAZING. IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO GO OVER TO EITHER OF THOSE SCHOOLS IT REALLY STANDS OUT THAT CHS GYM IS JUST SO THE COLORS REALLY POP. AND SO I THINK THE KIDS ARE GOING TO BE EXCITED WHEN THEY COME BACK TO SCHOOL AND SEE THOSE FLOORS DONE. AND THOSE WERE THE TWO THAT WERE DUE TO BE COMPLETED THIS SUMMER, NOT TO MENTION THE ROOF GETTING FINALIZED AT CHS TOO. YOU PROBABLY SEE A LITTLE EQUIPMENT STILL HANGING AROUND AT THE SCHOOL, BUT THAT SHOULD BE OUT OF THERE PRETTY SOON. JUST AS WE'RE GETTING READY FOR SCHOOL TO START, THIS IS OUR FALL PREPARATION TIME. AS CONNIE MENTIONED, WE HAVE OUR BOARD PLANNING SESSION TOMORROW, SO I'M EXCITED TO BE WITH YOU GUYS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. ESTABLISH SOME GOALS PRIORITIES FOR THE YEAR. THAT'S ALWAYS A GOOD TIME. WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE THIS YEAR IN THE BOARDROOM. I KNOW WE ARE TRYING TO MOVE IT AROUND, BUT IT JUST, IT WAS REALLY HARD TO DO WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT FACILITIES, THINGS GOING ON THIS YEAR. ON FRIDAY THE CABINET AND I ARE GOING TO HAVE OUR OWN RETREAT. [00:10:05] SO WE'RE GOING, I WANTED TO DO IT AFTER THE BOARD RETREAT BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CABINET KIND OF WAS ON TRACK WITH WHAT YOUR PRIORITIES, YOUR DIRECTION IS. WE MAY HAVE TO REVISIT SOME THINGS WITH THE BOARD AFTER FRIDAY BECAUSE THERE MAY BE SOME REVERSE KIND OF PRIORITIES THAT I WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT, BUT I'M EXCITED TO SPEND. WE'RE GOING TO PROBABLY BE AROUND 8:30 TO ABOUT 1:30 ON FRIDAY. AND SO IT'LL BE GOOD TO HAVE THE TEAM TOGETHER. AND THEN AUGUST 3RD IS REALLY THE KICKOFF OF ADMIN FOR ADMIN THAT'S THE SAFETY SUMMIT. AND IF YOU REMEMBER, LAST YEAR WE HOSTED THIS YEAR, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO'S HOSTING IT THIS YEAR SHAUNA, DO YOU REMEMBER, MOUNTAIN? AND SO THAT WILL BE THE THIRD. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE OUR BUILDING LEADERS HERE ON, ON THIS CAMPUS ON THE FOURTH THROUGH THE SIXTH. SO THAT INCLUDES TYPICALLY OUR, PRINCIPALS, OUR AP'S. IT'LL BE OUR TOSA'S WILL BE THERE. SO THIS IS WHEN WE REALLY START, PREPPING FOR THE YEAR. THE PRINCIPALS WILL START TO BUILD THEIR POPTOAS FOR THE YEAR. AND THEN WE'LL REALLY START TO INFUSE OUR PILLARS OF THE YEAR MTSS, AI INTEGRATION. AND THIS YEAR'S THEME WITH, OUR ADMIN IS GOING TO, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS MORE TOMORROW, REALLY AROUND ACCOUNTABILITY AND OWNERSHIP, BEING A LEADER AND OWNING THOSE DECISIONS REALLY IMPRESSING THAT UPON OUR LEADERS THIS YEAR. AUGUST 6TH, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. OUR LAC MEMBERS ORGANIZED A CALL WITH REPRESENTATIVE SANTOS. I PUT SENATOR IT SHOULD BE REPRESENTATIVE. AND SHE, AS YOU KNOW, IS A BIG PLAYER IN OUR STATE BUT ESPECIALLY AROUND EDUCATION AND SHE LEADS ONE OF THE LARGER COMMITTEES THAT DEREK'S A PART OF. AND SO FOR THEM TO GO OUT AND TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO GET REPRESENTATIVE SANTOS ON A CALL, IT'S PRETTY DARN GOOD. AND IT SHOWS THAT OUR PARENTS, OUR FAMILIES, OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE REALLY ENGAGED. SO THAT'LL BE EXCITING. I KNOW COREY, I THINK WILL BE ON THE CALL AND BAMINI, I WASN'T SURE IF YOU WERE OR NOT, BUT NO WORRIES. AND WE'LL FILL YOU IN IF YOU CAN'T, THE ALL STAFF WELCOME BACK WILL BE ON THE 17TH OVER AT CHS. WE'RE KEEPING IT DOWN TO LESS THAN AN HOUR AND A HALF JUST BECAUSE THOSE SEATS CAN GET PRETTY UNCOMFORTABLE. OUR PLAN IS I THINK SHAUNA HAD A GOOD IDEA TO POTENTIALLY PUT SOME CHAIRS ALSO ON THE GYM FLOOR FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN'T GET, YOU KNOW, AS EASILY GET UP TO THE BLEACHERS. SO HOPEFULLY IF YOU GUYS CAN MAKE IT FOR THAT TYPICALLY WE START AROUND 8:30. EIGHT-ISH. BY THE TIME PEOPLE LOAD IN AND GET SETTLED, IT'LL BE CLOSER TO 8:30. AND OUR GOAL IS TO GET EVERYBODY BACK TO THEIR BUILDINGS BY HOPEFULLY 9:30, 10:00. AGAIN, IT GETS A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE IN THOSE BLEACHERS FOR TOO LONG. BUT THIS YEAR, THE STATES THEME IS SEL REMEMBER IT ROTATES EVERY YEAR. SO THIS YEAR'S SEL SO WE HAVE A NICE LITTLE AGENDA PLANNED. AND THEN THE MAIN GOAL IS TO GET OUR TEACHERS BACK TO THEIR BUILDINGS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO THEY CAN GET THEIR SEL LESSON IN AND THEN OF COURSE, GET BACK INTO THEIR CLASSROOMS AND START SETTING UP. SO DOES OUR WHOLE STAFF NOT FIT IN THE AUDITORIUM ANYMORE? NO. INTO THE GARVER OR. NO, IT DOESN'T. IT DOESN'T. SO WE USE THE GYM. YEAH. AND THE GARVER IS NICE FOR THOSE WHO CAN ACTUALLY FIT IN THE PROBLEM WE'VE RUN INTO IN THE PAST IS THE CARRY OVER INTO THE LOBBY. THE SOUND IS JUST NOT GOOD AND JUST PEOPLE JUST CAN'T BE ENGAGED. SO WE FLOATED A LOT OF IDEAS AROUND, BUT WE KEEP SETTLING ON THE GYM. IT JUST SEEMS WE'RE THE BIGGEST CROWD COULD GET IN. SO AND THEN WE'LL KICK THINGS OFF ON THE 24TH. SO THAT'S THE FLOW OF THE NEXT ABOUT MONTH OR SO. I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT LEADERSHIP AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND I'LL SHARE THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH YOU GUYS TOMORROW. BUT WE'RE DOING A BOOK STUDY, A CABINET BOOK STUDY ON THIS BOOK CALLED EXTREME OWNERSHIP. NOW IT DOES HAVE KIND OF A MILITARY CONNOTATION. IT'S WRITTEN BY NAVY SEALS, BUT WE'RE PULLING ALL THE EDUCATION ELEMENTS OUT OF IT. AND REALLY WHAT THE GIST OF IT IS, AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IT HERE. IT TEACHES THAT LEADERS MUST TAKE 100% ACCOUNTABILITY FOR EVERYTHING IN THEIR PURVIEW. ELIMINATING EXCUSES, TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR SETBACKS, AND PASSING ALL CREDIT TO THEIR TEAM. AND I THINK THAT THAT SERVANT LEADERSHIP MINDSET. IT'S REALLY INFUSED IN OUR DISTRICT. BUT IT'S JUST A GOOD REMINDER OF THAT, ESPECIALLY AS WE HAVE NEW LEADERS COMING INTO OUR DISTRICT. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE'S ON THE SAME PAGE. AND THIS STARTS WITH WITH ME. AND SO YOU CAN READ A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE JUST DOING INTERNALLY WITH THE EIGHT OF US AT CABINET. AND THEN HERE'S SOME SHOTS OF THE TWO PARADES. CAMAS, THE KIDS PARADE KICKED US OFF ON FRIDAY. [00:15:05] MAYOR HOGAN AND I ARE KIND OF GETTING TO BE VETERAN PARTNERS HERE. AND WE HAD A GOOD TIME. IT'S A QUICK PARADE. IT'S SMALL, BUT ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS I THOUGHT WAS COMMUNITY ED, THE J.W.R. SUMMER CAMP KIDS, THEY HAD KIND OF A HIPPIE 70S VIBE GOING AND THEY REALLY SOLD IT, RIGHT. THEY REALLY GOT INTO IT AND HAD A LOT OF FUN. YOU SEE, ROBOTICS WAS THERE AS WELL. AND THEN THERE'S A LITTLE CARRY OVER INTO SATURDAY, RIGHT? YOU SEE A LITTLE BIT OF THE SAME PEOPLE. BUT THIS IS ALMOST LIKE A LITTLE YOU KNOW, FIRST STEP OF THE PARADE. AND THEN IT GOES TRACEY AND COREY TAKE IT THE REST OF THE WAY. AND THEN HERE ARE SOME SHOTS FROM SATURDAY. WE HAD THE CAR JUDGING. WE HAD FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD PLACE. AND THEN YOU SEE THAT THIS YEAR WE HAD THE EQUESTRIAN, WE HAD ONE ENTRY, SO MAYBE THAT'LL GROW. I ALMOST PUT MY PICTURE OF ME AND THE POOPER SCOOPER ON THERE BECAUSE SHE WAS SUPER EXCITED TO GET AN AWARD. SO COREY, THAT WAS A NICE TOUCH. AND THEN THERE'S THE FIVE BOARD MEMBERS AND MYSELF IN THE MIDDLE THERE. WE HAD A GREAT TIME. THE WEATHER WAS AWESOME. THE SKY, I DON'T REMEMBER THE SKY BEING THAT BLUE. WE MUST HAVE JUST GOT LUCKY WITH THAT. THAT ONE MOMENT THAT IT OPENED UP. YEAH, YEAH. BUT ANYWAY THANK YOU AGAIN TO COREY AND TRACEY FOR THE LEADERSHIP AND THEN ALL THE REST OF THE BOARD FOR BEING THERE. IT'S A REAL, IT WAS A REALLY COOL DAY. THAT WAS MY FOURTH ONE, MAYBE EVEN MY FIFTH NOW. SO, SO PRETTY COOL. AND THERE'S BENNY KICKING US OFF. SO THANK YOU. THAT'S IT. AWESOME. THANK YOU. BACK TO OUR AGENDA. BRINGS US TO OUR MONTHLY BUDGET REPORT. TAKE IT AWAY. THAT'S RIGHT. SO THERE YOU GO. THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. SO JOHN HAS ALREADY SPOKEN UPON THIS, BUT ENROLLMENT JUST UNDER 1% DOWN. SO KIND OF STAYING STEADY WITH THE PRIOR YEAR, BUT A LITTLE BIT LESS THIS WAS GOOD IN REGARDS TO WE BUDGETED LOWER THAN THIS. SO THAT ENDED UP. THAT'S ALWAYS GOOD WHEN YOU BUDGET LOWER THAN WHAT YOU ACTUALLY END UP COMING IN. SO IT'LL BE INTERESTING, LIKE JOHN SAID, TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS HERE IN SEPTEMBER. WITH OUR NEXT YEAR'S ENROLLMENT I GUESS I'LL HIGHLIGHT RIGHT NOW THE CAPITAL FACILITIES PLAN. ALTHOUGH IT DOESN'T EXPIRE UNTIL 2028, WE DO HAVE TO DO AN UPDATE. IT'S CALLED A FOUR YEAR UPDATE. AND SO ENROLLMENT IS A PIECE OF THAT. SO I JUST SPOKE WITH FLOW ANALYTICS TODAY. AND SO IT KIND OF IS GOOD TIMING BECAUSE WE HAD TALKED ABOUT, HEY, MAYBE WE SHOULD DO AN UPDATE. WE GOT SOME NEW CONSTRUCTION GOING ON. SO I WANTED YOU GUYS TO KNOW THAT WE WILL BE HAVING THEM DO ANOTHER REPORT FOR US IN THE FALL. AND SO THEY'LL USE OCTOBER 2026 DATA. SO THAT'LL BE GREAT. AND SO FOR BUDGETING PURPOSES FOR NEXT, THE 27, 28 SCHOOL YEAR, WE'LL HAVE THAT INFORMATION BE PROVIDING ALL THAT TO YOU GUYS. SO JUST FOUND OUT THAT TODAY. SO THAT WAS MAKES ME FEEL GOOD IN REGARDS TO KIND OF GETTING AN UPDATE BECAUSE IT'LL HAVE BEEN THREE YEARS. IT'S THREE YEARS NOW, SO NEXT YEAR WILL BE FOUR TO PLAN. SO THAT'S A LITTLE LONG BEFORE HAVING ANOTHER PROJECTION. SPED ENROLLMENT THIS WAS THE OPPOSITE. BUT IT'S ALSO, AS YOU CAN TELL, IT'S STARTING TO FLATLINE A LITTLE BIT ITSELF. IT'S STILL INCREASING, BUT DEFINITELY NOT AT THE RATE FROM THE 23-24 TO 24-25 YEAR. SO THAT'LL BE INTERESTING AS WELL TO SEE WHAT WE SEE COMING NEXT YEAR. AND THIS IS THE FINAL EFFECTS OF OUR APPORTIONMENT BASED ON THAT ENROLLMENT. SO WE HAD AN ADDITIONAL 600 JUST UNDER $670,000 IN REVENUES IN THE BASIC APPORTIONMENT. AND THEN IN SPED ALONE FROM ITS INCREASED ENROLLMENT WAS 462,000 COMPARED TO BUDGET AND REVENUES JUST STEADILY INCREASING. NOTHING REALLY STANDING OUT IN REGARDS TO REVENUES. EXPENDITURES IS WHERE IT REALLY STANDS OUT. SHOWING THAT HARD WORK THAT YOU GUYS DID IN REDUCTIONS DEFINITELY SHOWED WITH WHAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING EXPENDITURES TO BE, BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, IN JUNE COMPARED TO JUNE OF THE PRIOR YEAR ABOUT $3 MILLION LESS IN EXPENDITURES. AND THEN REVENUES VERSUS EXPENDITURES. [00:20:07] WE'D LIKE TO SEE THOSE LINES RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER. AND SO FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS EACH YEAR, REALLY PREPARING FOR THE NEXT YEAR TO TRY AND MAINTAIN THAT AND THEN EVENTUALLY STARTING TO REBUILD THAT FUND BALANCE. BUT AT LEAST RIGHT NOW, STAYING AT THAT 5%, I THINK IS VERY HEALTHY FOR US. WE'RE ABLE TO COVER OUR EXPENDITURES. WE HAVE THAT CASH FLOW IN PLACE TO FEEL LIKE WE DON'T NEED TO BE MONITORING IT ON A MONTHLY BASIS. BUT WE DEFINITELY WOULDN'T WANT TO SEE IT GOING LOWER THAN THAT. BUT AS OF POLICY WE KNOW THAT 8% IS WHAT THE BOARD POLICY RECOMMENDS THAT WE HAVE THE FUND BALANCE AT AND AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE AT ROUGHLY 5%. AND THEN THAT IS WHERE WE NEED TO NEVER GO BELOW IS THAT RED LINE BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE REALLY WILL HAVE TO BE BORROWING FUNDS. AND SO YOU CAN SEE THOSE MONTHS, FEBRUARY, MARCH, JUNE WHERE WE GET NEAR THAT, BUT WE'RE STILL WITH THAT 5% ABLE TO STAY ABOVE THAT RIGHT NOW. AND SO THIS IS JUST ANOTHER TOOL TO SHOW YOU THOSE LOW MONTHS. THE FEBRUARY MARCH AND NOW JUNE FOR THIS MONTH WAS REALLY THE LOWEST YOU WANT TO GO IN REGARDS TO THE NUMBER OF DAYS, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE AUDITORS WANT TO SEE 60 DAYS. BUT IN OUR FINANCIAL TIMES RIGHT NOW, THAT'S VERY DIFFICULT, KIND OF UNREALISTIC TO THINK THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE GOING TO ACHIEVE THAT. AND I FEEL LIKE WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW ANYTHING LOWER THAN THAT, WE WOULDN'T WANT TO, BUT WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW, I FEEL WE CAN MANAGE. IF WE WERE, IF OUR FUND BALANCE WERE AT 8%, LIKE WHAT THE GOAL IS, WOULD WE BE 60 OR STILL NO. YOU KNOW, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THE CALCULATIONS. YEAH, YEAH. I HONESTLY JUST OFF OF WHAT YOU WERE GOING TO SAY. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE TOO MUCH THAT'S, TO ME PERSONALLY, WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW FINANCIALLY WITH OUR TIMES TO LEAVE THAT MUCH IN RESERVES IS JUST A LOT FOR HOW SCHOOL DISTRICTS FUNCTION RIGHT NOW. YOU'RE REALLY LIKE CUTTING PROGRAMS AND NOT ALLOWING FOR STUDENTS TO HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY AND VARIETY. IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE AN EXPECTATION TO HAVE THAT MUCH IN YOUR FUND BALANCE JUST BECAUSE THE STATE IS NOT FUNDING US AT THE LEVEL THAT THEY USED TO. AT MCCLEARY, THEY WERE OVER 50%, I THINK IT WAS 51, 52% THAT THE STATE WAS FUNDING US AT. WE'RE NOW AT IS IT 43? YEAH, IT'S 10% DECREASE FOR US TO STILL BE MAINTAINING OUR FUND BALANCE AT THAT EXPECTATION, WITH THE 10% DECREASE IN FUNDING FROM THE STATE. YOU'RE IMPACTING THE STUDENTS IN THEIR EDUCATION. SO I WOULD SAY WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW, I'M NOT SAYING OVERALL, LIKE, IF THE FUTURE THINGS CHANGE, THAT 8% WOULD BE UNREASONABLE. BUT RIGHT NOW, I THINK THE AUDITORS WOULD PROBABLY SHOOT ME TO HEAR THAT. BUT THAT'S JUST HOW I'M LOOKING AT THE FACTORS THAT WE'RE PLAYING WITH RIGHT NOW. SO THANK YOU. AND THEN OPERATING MARGIN OBVIOUSLY YOU DON'T WANT TO GO INTO THE NEGATIVE, BUT DURING CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR WHEN WE'RE NOT RECEIVING A BIG CHUNK OF MONEY FROM THE TAXPAYERS PAYMENTS IN OCTOBER, NOVEMBER AND APRIL AND MAY, THE OTHER TIMES OF THE YEAR, WE ARE SPENDING MORE THAN WE ARE RECEIVING. AND THEN THIS IS JUST THE FINAL FUND BALANCE AND WHAT WE'RE PROJECTING THE YEAR TO END WITH. AND AT THIS TIME, WE'RE STILL PROJECTING THAT. NEXT BOARD MEETING, I WILL HAVE JULY'S PROJECTION INFORMATION. SO AGAIN, JUST PROVIDING YOU ANOTHER PROJECTION THAT WILL HAVE JULY MSOC EXPENDITURES, BUT JUNE PAYROLL. SO WE'LL STILL HAVE TWO MONTHS. BUT IT'LL GIVE US ANOTHER GOOD PROJECTION OF ARE WE STILL AT THAT POINT, WHICH I FEEL LIKE WE WILL BE. SO THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? AND THEN JUST A FINAL REMINDER, NEXT MONTH WE'LL BE ADOPTING THE 26-27 BUDGET. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANKS, GUYS. THANK YOU KIM. [00:25:04] DID EVERYBODY GET A CHANCE TO SEE THE ITEMS ADDED TO THE AGENDA? DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS TONIGHT? NOT A ONE. FROM THE CROWD [INAUDIBLE]. OKAY. SO UNDER LEARNING STUDENT PLACEMENT, WE HAVE A COUPLE STUDENT PLACEMENTS THAT WE NEED TO [5. LEARNING] APPROVE THIS EVENING. AND I'M OPEN TO MOTIONS. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT. AND THESE ARE NOT SPECIFIC STUDENT PLACEMENTS. JUST THE AGREEMENT THAT WE WILL PUT. WE CAN PUT A STUDENT THERE. ISN'T THAT CORRECT. OKAY. SO IT'S JUST OUR SAYING WHEN WE HAVE A STUDENT THAT NEEDS IT WE'RE HOLDING A SPOT. YES. RIGHT. OKAY. SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A MOTION ON THE FIRST ONE, I MOVE TO APPROVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE VANCOUVER SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR STUDENT PLACEMENT AT THE GYM CENTER FOR A TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED $275,000 FOR THE 26-27 SCHOOL YEAR. SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY TRACEY, SECONDED BY MATTHEW. ANY QUESTIONS? DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. UNANIMOUS. OKAY. NEXT ONE STUDENT PLACEMENT INNERCHANGE CHRYSALIS. ANOTHER SIMILAR BUT TO A FACILITY IN EUREKA, MONTANA. SAME THING. NOT ANYONE INDIVIDUAL JUST AGREEING. RIGHT. OKAY. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE STUDENT PLACEMENT AT INNERCHANGE CHRYSALIS FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $294,300 FOR THE 2026 2027 SCHOOL YEAR. SECOND. MOVE BY BAMINI. SECONDED BY COREY. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. UNANIMOUS. CONSENT AGENDA. [6. SYSTEMS/PATHWAYS: Consent Agenda] DID EVERYBODY GET A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE CONSENT AGENDA? ANY QUESTIONS? I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I MOVE TO APPROVE ALL CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS AS PRESENTED. SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MATTHEW. SECONDED BY COREY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. UNANIMOUS. OKAY. POLICIES. [7. SYSTEMS/PATHWAYS: Policies for First Reading] BUCKLE UP. THIS IS EXCITING. 54, TEN HOLIDAYS. THIS IS OUR POLICY FOR FIRST READING. THIS IS THE POLICY THAT ENUMERATES WHICH HOLIDAYS WE CELEBRATE IN OUR DISTRICT AND DON'T HAVE SCHOOL. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? THE ONLY COMMENT I HAVE IS NORMALLY WE HAVE THIS AT A WORKSHOP. THEN WE DO FIRST AND SECOND. SO I KNOW WE'RE DOING THIS READING. THEN WE'RE DISCUSSING IT. YEAH, THE AUGUST WORKSHOP. SO YEAH. YEAH, I THINK I HAD SOME EARLY COMMENTS THAT I KNOW JOHN HAD ADDRESSED. I THINK I'M OPEN TO WAITING UNTIL WE HAVE A CHANCE TO WORKSHOP TO MAYBE DELVE MORE FURTHER WITH HUMAN RESOURCES WHEN THEY'RE HERE. I THINK RIGHT NOW, THOUGH, WE WERE JUST APPROVING THE FIRST READING THOUGH. AND THEN WE HAVE AT THE WORKSHOP, WE'LL DISCUSS IT MORE AND THEN IT WILL COME FOR SECOND READING. BECAUSE DIDN'T I READ THERE WAS A REASON FOR BECAUSE WE WANT THIS TO HAPPEN BEFORE THE SCHOOL YEAR STARTS, IF POSSIBLE. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY IT WOULD BE THE BOARD WOULD HAVE TO AGREE. BUT THE FIRST THE FIRST READING HERE DOESN'T REALLY STOP US FROM NOT DOING A SECOND READING. IT JUST HELPS US GET IT TO THE HAPPEN BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS, IF THAT'S WHAT. WE DON'T HAVE A WORKSHOP IN JULY. YEAH, RIGHT. SO I MOVE TO APPROVE POLICY 5410 AS PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING. SECOND. I'M SORRY. YOU GOT IT BAMINI. MOVED BY MATTHEW. SECONDED BY BAMINI. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. UNANIMOUS. I KNOW THERE'S A MORE OFFICIAL WAY TO SAY THAT. OKAY. SO WHERE ARE WE? JUST POLICIES FOR SECOND READING [8. SYSTEMS/PATHWAYS: Policies for Second Reading & Adoption] AND ADOPTION. THERE ARE TWO POLICIES IN THERE 2411 AND 3206. THE HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY COMPETENCY AND THE PREGNANT AND PARENTING STUDENTS POLICIES. ANY DISCUSSION ON EITHER OF THOSE? WE APPROVE THEM BOTH AT THE SAME TIME. OR DO WE HAVE TO DO. OKAY. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE POLICIES 2411 AND 3206 AS PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION. I'LL SECOND THAT. MOVED BY COREY AND LOUDLY SECONDED BY TRACEY. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. I UNANIMOUS. APPROVAL OF UPDATED 2627 SCHOOL CALENDAR. [9. CULTURE: Open and Effective Communication] I THINK THERE HAVE BEEN SOME UPDATES ON EARLY RELEASE DAYS. YEAH, I JUST REAL QUICK. CONNIE. SO I KNOW BETH AND, AND DEREK HAVE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS AROUND SOME CHANGES IN EARLY [00:30:09] RELEASES. SO SHAUNA HAS A FEW, FEW SPECIFICS ON THAT. AND AND WE'RE HOPING TO GET YOUR APPROVAL ON, ON THOSE CHANGES. SO IT'S JUST THE, IT'S JUST THE CHANGE OF THE THREE, THE THREE DATES IS PRESENTED HERE. SO IT'S JUST SWAPPING A COUPLE WEDNESDAYS. OKAY. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REVISED 2026 2027 SCHOOL CALENDAR AS PRESENTED. I'LL SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COREY, SECONDED BY BAMINI. ANY DISCUSSIONS? QUESTIONS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. UNANIMOUS. ALL RIGHT. SYSTEMS AND PATHWAYS. [10. SYSTEMS/PATHWAYS: Informed and Responsible Use of Resources] BOARD RESOLUTION 2511. YOU A UTILITY EASEMENT. THIS WAS FOR THE TENNIS CENTER. NO CYC. THIS IS THE PBL CAMPUS. OH, SORRY, I WAS JUST. WHAT WAS THE WHERE WAS THE OTHER ONE? JUST TO WE NEED TO, WE DON'T HAVE A METER ON THE BUILDING AND SO WE NEED TO SEPARATE IT FROM. GOTCHA. SO THEY NEED IT. PERFECT. OKAY. SO IT'S ADDING A METER TO THE BUILDING. OKAY. OKAY. SO IF WE WANT TO LEASE OR SELL WHATEVER WE END UP DOING, WE WILL HAVE WE NEED TO HAVE ITS OWN SEPARATE. OKAY. OKAY. I MOVE TO APPROVE. BOARD RESOLUTION 2511. UTILITY EASEMENT AS PRESENTED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY TRACEY, SECONDED BY BAMINI. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. UNANIMOUS. THE NEXT IS THE MILK DAIRY CONTRACT. SO NOW THAT WE'RE SELF-HELPING. RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE CONTRACTS WITH VENDORS. YEAH. YOU GUYS APPROVED EARLIER FOR [INAUDIBLE] AND ALL THAT. THIS IS THE ONE WHERE WE ACTUALLY HAD TO GO OUT ON OUR OWN AND ASK, BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE THESE. GOTCHA. SO WE WENT AND DID AN RFP ON THANK YOU. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE AWARD OF THE MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS TO DAIRY FRESH FARMS FOR THE DISTRICT'S CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM, AND AUTHORIZE THE SUPERINTENDENT TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT AND RELATED DOCUMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE RFP. I'LL SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COREY, SECONDED BY MATTHEW. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. AYE. VOTED UNANIMOUSLY. AND THE LAST CONTRACT FOR OFFICE AUTOMATION AT LEAST RENEWAL FOR OUR COPIERS. ANY QUESTIONS COMMENTS. RELEASED. OH YEAH. IN THE BACK. THIS IS A REALLY GOOD, REALLY GOOD ONES. OKAY, SO I'M ASSUMING THESE ARE REALLY GOOD ONES, RIGHT? I WOULD HOPE SO. OKAY. NO EXPENSE. I JUST WASN'T EXPECTING IT. I'LL ALWAYS GO BACK TO THAT ONE. IF YOU'RE IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM, YOU CAN ALWAYS. THAT'S A GOOD ONE. OKAY. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE FIVE NEW LEASES WITH PACIFIC AUTOMATION FOR $604 PER MONTH FOR 48 MONTHS FOR CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL, DISCOVERY HIGH SCHOOL, SPECIAL SERVICES, TRANSPORTATION, AND ZAC AS PRESENTED TO BE PAID FROM THE GENERAL FUNDS. I'LL SECOND. MOVED BY MATTHEW. SECONDED BY COREY. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. UNANIMOUSLY VOTED. AND THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF OUR MEETING. BOOM. DOESN'T FEEL LIKE A MEETING WITHOUT SOME STUDENT STUFF. BUT, YOU KNOW, STUDENTS COME IN AUGUST. THEY'RE COMING, THEY'RE COMING. COME IN AUGUST. BEING OUR AUDIENCE. ALL RIGHT. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.