I'll just. All right, everyone, welcome to our monday, July 28th regular school board meeting.
first off, I would like to excuse connie hennessey from the meeting today. She's out of Town, but she will be at our next meeting.
so let's start with the pledge of allegiance if you'll all rise.
okay, next up, we have our land acknowledgment. Read by bamini. I acknowledge that the geographical region of campas 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. Bamini. Next we'll move on to item 2.c board communications.
I'll open it up to any of you if you want to share anything that's been going on this past Month.
it's been, it's summer. So we, I will say all of us up here on this dais, We're helping out with the camas days
parade on saturday, which was a lot of fun getting that organized and everybody in the Right line,
in the right order. Lots of great representation from the school district as well.
mr. Mancini, our retiring high school band director, Was the grand marshal.
we had the cheerleaders and the band and robotics and deca and the dance team.
there was quite a bit of representation at that grand parade. So thanks to everybody who helped out. I also want to thank the members of the camas high School asb and the student,
sac volunteers who helped us out with carrying banners.
we had more than enough, which was great. So that was awesome.
other than that. Not a whole lot to report. Matthew and john and I have met a couple of Times.
working on the formation of our arts advisory committee, And still kind of working on kind of fleshing that out a little bit more,
exactly what we want to do. I think we'll bring it to our planning session in august. But Other than that,
I don't think I really have anything else to report. You took my first two.
although yesterday, the weekend was. It was a great day on saturday, And even on friday it was great.
I got to help with the robotics students get set up in the morning.
and I'll just concur with corey on the arts advisory. I think we're making good headway. And really, It's been a, we've gone over a lot of topics with it.
so I think it'll be interesting for our discussion at the planning meeting. A couple Things,
I don't know. Probably one thing I did is I, In the spring when we were discussing some things with athletics,
and stephen baranowski gave me access to the training program that coaches have to go Through,
like all the required training. I did start taking some of the mandatory training that all Our,
all the staff have to take the vector training. I was just curious as to if it's any Better than the mandatory training I have to take at work.
but I found it very interesting so far. So I'm going through some of that.
I want to thank amy for getting me access to it, Because I needed something to fill in in the evenings between other shows that I watched.
how are you doing with your bloodborne pathogens? I haven't gotten to that. Okay, But I am like 45% through.
so, you know, at least I can comment on all of it. But I just did asthma training. And then I will highlight two of.
you feel safer around me now? I just want to be able to know, Like, what everyone has to go through for training,
right? You know, and just in case. Yeah. There you go. [laughter] well, if it doesn't change. If it doesn't change, Then it gets really boring.
yeah. See, that's a problem. That's another reason why I wanted to take it.
just to be able to testify that. There's two other things I know, One came out today, so I don't know if anybody wants to go blueberry picking on friday,
but doreen sent out that there's a blueberry picking event at majestic, And all the blueberries go to the,
for the two hour period, go to the campus school district for food service, So.
I love, my wife does not want me to go blueberry picking because our freezer is still full From the prior year,
but I'll go do that. I mean, so I might actually take some time off to.
I'll be there. You will be there. Okay. Have you gone before blueberry picking?
only blackberries. Oh, you've never done blueberry. Oh, It's super fun. And majestic is really nice, isn't it? Yes, it is. Is one of the best places to go.
and it's not a plug. I don't have any, but. Oh, I'm just loving july meetings.
july meetings? And the other one is this friday. This friday in each of the next five, four fridays after that, We do have, camas has movies in the park at dorothy fox.
so if anyone has time on a friday evening and you want to see a good movie, I will be there on friday.
I still don't haven't gotten in touch with parks. I tried to reach out about a spot, But they won't mind. I do have pink glow bracelets for the students and young people that
come through, so we'll just. I'll represent the board. But if anybody else wants to watch barbie on friday, I don't have any pink.
I'll be there. So that's an upcoming event. Yeah. If anyone else wants to be there, that's it. That's all I have.
okay, next time, we're going to change orders up because I can't top any of this.
oh, it's like a downer. But on the same hand, Kind of did the same thing as what corey said.
the parade is amazing. I do love seeing all friendly faces, Familiar faces out there.
and I enjoy the opportunity to help you guys out. And you guys do an amazing job. And the just walking down the street looking at all the Kids throwing candy.
it's a fun time. I'm glad I was here for it. You got to present awards, Too. I did. You presented the best award for walking.
right, to noah. And that was an honor. It was an honor. Yeah. He cried. I got a hug. Did you get a hug?
no. Oh, see, he can't top that either. He's a big kid. And he gave me a. Oh. Is he? Oh, great. Oh, great.
great, great. I get that. Yeah. But no. Thank you.
okay. Yeah. As I get down to the end, you just say ditto, Because we all do the same things.
but again, camas days, this was my third year doing the parade on our own, And I think we're.
I think we've got it corey. And we had lots of volunteers, And it's been great having all the help that we've had.
so anyway, thank you guys all for the lively conversation of what's been going on.
all right. If there's nothing else, we will move on to item 3.a and I will turn it over to John for his superintendent report.
all right. Let's see if we can do this. Yes. Look at that.
nice, quick. So I'm skipping enrollment right now.
obviously, with it being july, we'll have that coming back to you in the next couple of Months.
we're hopeful, optimistically hopeful. And I think right now our estimate regarding Enrollment is that will be down again.
but again, we're staying hopeful. I heard earlier today that that the prune hill area is Starting to show some growth.
there's some development there. Although expensive we're seeing some movement there, So we may see a little bit of a boost in that area of town.
not to mention the lack of miss lake elementary area. So keeping our eye on things. But I'll have a better idea of enrollment as we get into This the start of the school year.
just really kind of wrapping up where we at with budget reductions. I know you've seen this slide before, but I always like to get on the record.
the reason why the reductions occurred and that were still not out of the woods yet.
expenses, of course, exceeding revenues. And we're doing our best to assure that up.
I really hope to present a balanced budget to you next month. We're still fine tuning a couple of things, and we're waiting for some contracts to Settle.
again, we're projecting some declining enrollment to continue for the next couple of Years.
and I'll show you I'll remind you of that slide in just a minute. Of course, inflation and labor market pressures are still out there.
we all feel that no matter what sector you're in, Private sector public, everyone is feeling the pinch of that,
including our families. Utilization of our reserve fund, Of course, it's gone down tremendously,
but we're working to build that back up and I'll show you in another, In a minute with the budget report facing that shortfall and then we still have some open
contracts. So we're really pleased that we've gotten very far to a tea with our teachers.
we're waiting on ratification. On august 11th. And if all goes well, that'll be a big hurdle for us to get through right before the School year starts.
and I know amy and her team have already started to have some preliminary conversations With our principals group.
and so there's a salary opener. Keep in mind it's not a full contract negotiation.
but we'll be getting to that very soon as the principals start to come back.
and we also have ta'd with caop our building secretary's group.
so really excited about that work. Kudos to our hr team and and everybody who's been Involved.
our negotiation team worked hours and hours and hours over the summer to to get that done.
and as well as, of course, the negotiation teams on the labor side.
again, keep in mind we've been talking about this really at nauseum for many, Many, many months.
so none of this should be new. But I always like to remind you of kind of where we're at.
regarding enrollment, this is really where our projection is for the next year and beyond Into the 28-29 school year.
we're projecting 6758. So would be another drop from last year.
again, we're staying optimistic to see if we get some growth. But this would be about a 2% decline from where we're currently at.
we're really looking at this becoming our new norm, At least for a while. And so we're settling in, and hopefully our staffing will align more to what our Enrollment looks like.
questions on that. All right. A couple other, You know, concerning numbers and I've added a little bit to this
for this month, you see that this is really a national rhetoric, But also a conversation that's happening throughout washington state where public school
enrollment is down. Actually recently sat down with kelly moyer around a homeschool Conversation.
she really wanted to dig into a little bit of our numbers. And and if we're feeling that same pinch that the rest of the state and even the rest of The nation is seeing,
and we are one of the numbers that I added is on that third line, With homeschool enrollment being up 42% across the state specifically for
camas, we had 352 withdrawals last school this past school year, But only 24 of those students and those families went to either homeschool or
private. I couldn't exactly decipher between the two because some say homeschool and they Go private,
or some say private and they change their mind. But those 24 told us there was one or the other, Which is about 7%.
so it's still a high number, higher number than we'd like to see, But it's not astronomical for camas.
and many of those students, what we see that go to the private schools actually come back Once they see that it's,
the grass isn't always greener necessarily. There's some great things that our private Schools offer,
but there are some things that are public schools offer that the private school simply Can't. So I'm keeping an eye on those on those numbers.
and we're going to continue to do those exit interviews with our families and impress upon The principals to continue to have those relationships,
even if the families decide to leave. Hey, you know, Can you tell us a little bit about where you're going and why and how we can better our
system so that maybe that's not an option in the future? Corey, did you, okay. A couple other numbers.
you see, with the housing market, which continues to kind of be an obstacle for us, That median home price went up again in june from may,
about almost 11%. So families are having to pay upwards to $864,000 for just a simple Residential home.
and as of last month, it was at 852, so again, Families, really, really, young families specifically continuing to struggle buying here
in camas. And I even saw an article in the columbian today around vancouver. And their rental prices are astronomical for a studio apartment close to $2,000 a month.
so it's not even like the more urban cities are having any reprieve.
yes, it's probably less expensive than camas, But they're struggling as well, and homes that are currently on the market for 28 days,
which is seven, which compared to seven days last year.
so homes are sitting a little bit longer. And of course, Between the prices and the interest rates.
so talking to a lot of families at camas days, So many of those families want to live in kansas and just simply can't right now.
and so it's just so great when we do get to see those young families come in.
but we're just not seeing that in droves, like, Many years ago or not even recently.
so questions on on those numbers. I know I always sound like a real estate agent when I Talk about this,
but it's such a connection to what we do in our growth.
right. So and I did want to just mention rental numbers because some say, Well, maybe, maybe the renters are having some reprieve and they're really not.
if you look especially down towards the bottom, The three-bedroom rentals are 2400 a month,
houses for rent and camas are averaging close to 3000 a month. So even the rents are high, mainly because people have to pay their mortgages and so their Rents have to be high.
so just again, numbers to keep an eye on and we'll see if those start coming down.
making our intentional decisions. So a lot of decisions have been made, But we still have a lot of decisions that that will be made around our budget and
trying to ensure stability now and into the future.
a lot of these numbers you've seen already, I think number four is very important that Cost containment isn't going to end just because we're starting to hit our numbers,
we have to continue that because we're not foreseeing a great influx from the state Anytime soon.
and our enrollment doesn't seem to be going the right direction. And so we're just all going to have to continue pinching.
we are, as a team, a cabinet team, we're very, Very careful about what we're posting and when.
meaning that we're always going to look at the classroom first. So you're not going to see a lot of robust admin moves and things like that.
it's really going to be the inside out, just like we did the outside in on the other way.
and so cost containment will continue to be a priority for us. But also on the positive end, marketing our schools like just being out of camas days, That those are little things that we can do to just talk to people,
encourage people, celebrate our successes. And that's going to be a big, Big talking point for us going into this year.
I'll share in a minute, a couple of things that doreen is doing with communications to Really celebrate our successes,
but again, not over correcting, staying the course, Making sure that we're, you know, we would love to hire back every single person that is
not currently going to be with us, but we just simply can't do that. And so we're going to be very strategic on those add backs.
and embracing our new normal, like I said before, We're no longer a 7000 student district.
we're no longer a 7400 student district. And that's okay.
yes. It's been painful to align our staffing to that, But I think rolling up our sleeves and really digging into the work,
I think there's some really good things about that. And again, the add back conversations we've begun, Those we have been holding on some things until after the cea ratification on the 11th.
we want to kind of wait just because if anything goes wrong or awry we don't want to Overcommit.
and so you've seen a couple postings, but those were out of necessity, Just based on urgent need,
but you'll probably see a little bit more ad back postings specifically around teachers After august 11th and right around that august 15th
time. So I know we're kind of backing up close to the school year, But you know, I know there's still some people,
some wonderful people waiting out there for a position and want to stay here in camas.
so questions on any of that. I know some of that's old, But but some of that's new as well.
okay. I do want to introduce kim. I know it's probably putting you on the spot there.
the big picture there, but kim noah is here tonight. Thank you. Kim. She's not even on the clock yet, And so she decided to join us.
she heard how, you know, fun we are here. So kim, As you can see here, comes to us with a lot of experience.
obviously, she's managed very large budgets even larger than here in camas.
and she's just really excited to be here. We were really, Really fortunate to have someone of kim's caliber apply and actually accept the position,
so we're happy to get started, kim's scheduled to start on friday, August 1st officially,
correct? And so she's getting acclimated with you and the staff.
and she got to meet some of the staff tonight. Kim lives in washougal with her 16-year-old son.
she also has a 28-year-old son who lives in vancouver and is a data analyst, So it doesn't fall far from the tree there,
I guess, with fisher investments. And so we're excited to have kim. She's a really good spirit and really has that combination of that financial acumen, But also very personable and enjoyable to work with.
so, kim, welcome officially, any questions for me on kim or for kim?
you know, you don't have a speech ready, do you? Okay. All right, 20 questions. Here we go. As I've mentioned before I really want to thank Again both teams from
caop as well as cea who worked so hard to get this deal done.
amy did a tremendous job leading our negotiation team on our side of the table.
and I just thought that the professionalism, The respect level, the collegiality was helpful.
you never going to have, you know, perfect, everybody agreeing on everything. Of course that's why it's a negotiation. But I hope that beth and her team would agree That it was actually an enjoyable process in a lot of ways.
so I'm really excited about the 11 getting that signed and then moving on to getting a Caop and cap done as well.
pse not this year. So we'll move forward with them soon.
just for the public to know you can see the messaging on the labor relations page.
we'll continue to add to that if anything changes. Of course, a bigger announcement on the 11th or after, If everything goes well with ratification.
but there was a nice, nice posting on facebook on our end, And cea has put some out as well,
so. All right. I do also want to recognize that that the columbian recognized our district For this work and coming together with
cea. I thought this was great. So they the columbian every year puts out cheers and jeers.
and if you haven't seen it, we got a cheer. Number one right at the top of the page there.
and I thought the write up was really nice. This was from the entire staff at the Columbian who puts this together,
it's almost like an award show. And they said despite budget issues at the state and District level,
teachers and administrators have reached the tea. The contract will be reviewed in august and it provides hope that a strike will be Avoided.
and, you know, I don't think that was ever quite on the table. But obviously coming from historically, our recent history, There was always a looming worry and it was so,
so grateful that we weren't even close to going down that road at all in 2023 there's some Mention of that history there.
and again, we hope that this sense of collaboration continues to prevail, And I couldn't agree with the columbian more.
so I wanted to give that shout out. Again, just some opportunities for our community and Our
staff to get involved. Being a voice at the table, We have several committees.
matt, matt and corey mentioned our arts advisory, So we'll have the same application deadline for each of the committees,
whether it's cac or lac. All those other acronyms are aac now.
and of course, our superintendent budget committee. A couple little caveats, and I really appreciate it.
corey and matthew and then sarah lightfoot, who's going to be chairing that committee. Really talking about making sure that all of our music educators,
really are arts educators, will have a voice at the table, Regardless of whether they're on the committee or not.
so I thought that was a great addition, and we might be able to use that in some of our Other committees,
where you never have to feel excluded, even if you can't commit to being on that Committee,
you're welcome to come in, sit at the table, Share, share your expertise, and not have to be there every time.
so I thought that was great. And we're also going to put a caveat in the application Around that committee that we are looking for people with a bit of a background in the
arts of some sort. I think we agreed to that as well.
and so just that's going to get off the ground. We do have some more preliminary meetings to happen, But I'm excited.
we're really keeping to our promise that we're going to wrap our arms around all the arts,
not just band and choir, but our visual arts and everything that goes along with that.
and then, of course, our superintendent budget committees. We're always looking for new Financial minds. Kim, I'll make sure that I get you more up to speed on that committee.
and I think you'll appreciate the transparency that happens in our district, Especially around finances.
we're going to continue to celebrate our successes. Like I said we're asking our community To try their best to always speak positively,
even if they're having a one-off personal issue or something that that's not working well At a school.
just, you know, reach out to me, reach out to the team will help you through that.
but in public, I think it's really important for all of us to be speaking about the good And sharing those successes,
because it's not going to help our numbers or anything, Really, if we're only focusing on the negative,
there's never going to be a perfect school district. But I really personally feel that Campus is as close,
as close to that as possible. And then please don't ever feel like you can't contact me Directly.
I think we're a small enough district where I'm very accessible, And I can always delegate to people way smarter than me.
and so please, please, please reach out, and we can. We can probably fix almost anything. We're really getting excited.
we're ramping up for the new year. Lisa, as I said, Just got back. So she's going to be really, really heavily focused.
along with derek doug, myself, katie, many members of the team, As our principals come back with really a few areas of focus.
one of the things that I want to impress upon everyone is that we're going to, We understand that we're much leaner,
and so you're not going to see a lot of new initiatives. It's really going to be building upon the things we've been working on.
and I hope that our teachers, our paras and all of our staff feel that we're trying to Take more things off the plate than put on.
and so with that, nothing new. We're really going to hone in on mtss and making sure that We center ourselves around equity and belonging and empowering our
leaders and of adults. And even though we're smaller, I think we're going to be mighty and we're going to really get our principals and others
up to speed so that we can hand off the mtss work at the building level.
you're going to hear and see a lot around the profile of a graduate.
I really appreciate the board and how you want to really hone in on that as well and make It a part of not just our board meetings,
but everything we do. We've already started a lot of preliminary work around it and how Some of that verbiage is going to be in embedded into everything we do from the pre-k
level all the way through 12th grade and beyond. I know doreen and derek are leading that that work group, And I think you're even going to see some visual aids around here pretty soon.
and I think that's going to help really focus in on profile of a grad.
always safety is at the top of our list. We are really proud that we're hosting the safety Summit for our region at camas high school on august 4th.
it's coming up right around the corner. So safety will continue to be there.
always randy and sherman and the team are constantly looking at new, Innovative ways that are out there to keep our kids and our staff safe at school and
beyond. Again, continuing our initiatives, but nothing really new and making data driven Decisions.
and I've talked to lisa today, and she's excited to share some things at the planning Session next month around data and our dashboards,
and some of the work we're going to do with data solutions and home and home room.
so questions on that. All right. I also am excited to do a little bit of professional Development with my
cabinet. And hopefully some of you if you're interested. Sherman came across this book Called 10 times as easier than 2 times.
and really what it's about is aiming for 10% growth in business productivity or personal Development.
it's actually easier and more effective than trying to improve by just two times.
why? Because ten times forces you to focus on what truly matters. And I think this is important for us as we're learning and we have less resources to Figure out,
okay, what are the big priorities? What are the big ticket items that we have to focus on,
so we're not really worrying so much about the little things that maybe don't always Matter as much as we think they do.
so every one of my cabinet members has a book I as well, And we'll be doing a little bit of exercises at each cabinet meeting.
and so, you know, if you if you like a copy, If you don't have one, let me know. And I'd love for you to be a part of that. And nothing intense.
no, like hardcore book studies on friday nights or anything like that. It's really more at your leisure and learning together.
so I just wanted to let you know about that. I mentioned a little earlier a couple of Communications additions that you may or may not be aware
of. And doreen just brought this to my attention today. That parentsquare has a new feature. It's called account switching.
so many of us who have kids in the district, As well as being on staff, it's a very, very quick way that you can just switch to your
accounts now. So right under your name, you can see in red it says switch account.
I know it sounds really simple, but they didn't have this feature before. So now on the App you can go in,
you switch to account and you go right from being superintendent to dad and back and Forth.
so I know my kids are going to be really excited about that. It's too easy now to check up On them.
and then our camas app just again. I know you know about this, But those of you that don't out there please go to your app store download the camas app.
it's aligned to our new website. You can see the home page on the left. And then I just kind of highlighted a quick calendar of events and which is really nice For families to to go in.
and you can do almost everything on the app that you can do on the website. So I really like the app. I think apptegy has done a really nice job.
endurance really led getting us into the 21st century.
on this. So and I know you guys already hit this, But I just wanted to show some highlights.
there's a mayor and myself and karen. Karen is the president of clark college, So she joined us this year in announcing the kids parade.
and that was a lot of fun. You see a couple pictures there. And then you see our robotics. Also they they actually were part of both parades, Which was pretty neat.
so there's a little weather. Could not have been better. I thought there were more people out there this year than the last, Last couple of years,
and I think the weather had a lot to do with it. And then a couple shots from the big parade. Corey.
and tracy did an awesome job organizing. It was so great to see all the board members out There.
we miss connie, of course, but she was enjoying herself in germany.
matthew, I think he was conducting. I'm not quite sure. That was the award for the. Oh, I wasn't sure.
it was a baton club or class, a group. And they were so excited because they didn't Believe they won first place.
they said, okay, they said they've only one third place before, Last year. And that was I did that too. So we were like, Oh, we didn't know they were fantastic.
I know you're a jack of all trades, so I thought maybe you were teaching some new. Oh, That was the best, sir. That was me giving first place to the talent.
oh, that one. And that was good. Giving noah his for the walking one. Yeah. I'm glad we got that shot. He couldn't have been more excited.
and he was super excited. He worked really hard. Yeah. And even though you didn't get a hug bomb and he loves you just as much as he loves Me.
he's always coming by on first fridays. And that picture down on the left, That was right as the band was turning the corner.
corey had me work in the cars, so I couldn't exactly get the shot of mancini, But he was excited to be in the convertible.
but right as the band turned the corner. Someone got that shot there and then I had to Give a plug for my daughter,
who helped with the banner at the end, and she couldn't have been more excited. I think she wants to get into event planning with corey soon and help with the next year's One.
so awesome weekend. And there's my little guy again with the thumbs up saying we're going To be just fine.
so, questions? Comments? All right. Thanks. Okay.
great report john, thank you. With that we'll move on to item 3.b the monthly budget Report.
I believe you're also doing that as well because matthew is, I mean, yeah.
matt's not here, that's all. And I really apologize in advance to kim. I'll do my best to go through just a few highlights.
so per state law, we always have a budget update.
but as we're kind of in between cfos we just want to make sure that's posted.
so the public the, our bargaining groups and everybody can see the status update.
I'm just going to give a couple quick highlights. And let's see here. So quick summary of where we are.
it's and what it means moving forward. So the main story that I think you'll get from this Is that the budget,
the tough decisions around the budget that we've made over the past year are really Beginning to pay off.
and I know it's painful and I know that we've had some struggles around this.
but there is going to be a payoff. And, and so what we've already seen is steady month by Month improvements in our financial picture.
and thanks to the cuts, of course, the state support and delaying some spending.
we're seeing the fruits of of that labor. Key point number one is progress, But we're not out of the woods yet.
our current projected end fund balance is at $5.6 million, Or 4.3% of our total budget.
that's an improvement over last month and reflects the positive impact of cost saving Measures.
that said, we're still finishing the year $5.8 million in the red, So we haven't got out of that full deficit.
which means we've lost about half of our end fund balance in one year.
so while we've made progress, there's still more work ahead.
we've expected to be down about 7.2 million, But we're now projecting a $5.8 million deficit,
which is $1.4 million better than anticipated.
we did receive the $350,000 one-time allocation from the state.
and as you know, we delayed the $650,000 transfer to the capital fund, So the rest of the savings came from reducing admin contracts
last summer and tighter control of school and department spending.
and the second key point is that next year is uncertain, And I just need you to keep that in mind.
we'll start the new school year with a slightly higher end fund balance, Which helps.
however, we still have several labor contracts, As I've stated under negotiation, and our long-term budget forecasts currently assume no
salary increases. Once those contracts are set. Oh, by the way, psc, as you know, is already budgeted in because they're still under Contract.
so really, when I say that it's really the new contracts once those contracts are settled,
the 25-26 budget may change significantly. So it's critical that we continue saving where We can to stay on track toward rebuilding our end fund
balance to our target of 8% to 10%. I do have a question which you might not know the Answer to,
I'm just saying it out loud. We didn't transfer that 650 to capital.
that's part of the savings that we have in there. Are we going to make that up or are we Going to do it, or are we just going to not do it this year, or are we going to double it
next time? I don't know the answer to that. Just something I'm just thinking about in my Mind.
yeah, that's a really good question. I've been thinking that same thing, And I didn't ask matt the other day,
and it was on my mind actually, when I was putting this together today. So we'll have to Kind of get together and see if and when we do that transfer if,
if at all. So I'll definitely get back to you on that. Great question. I don't know if anybody. Derek, Do you happen to know that answer?
okay. Kim, I don't expect you to have that answer yet. So you're off the hook. Anything else matt? Yeah, I was just going to ask on the first bullet.
is that the factoring in a $50 student one-time payment is that we're talking about Implementing a new fee.
no, no, no. So that was a. That's just the money. Yes. So the windfall from the state. And I can't remember exactly what line item that was In,
but it was kind of remaining monies. And so every single district in the state received.
I just when I saw a payment, I was thinking general fund, The payments that were asking families,
so. Yeah, no. Just one clarification. One-time payment from olympia to.
I just know that several districts that were struggling more than we were started Implementing newer fees for students and families.
and it, you know, created an equity issue where some students couldn't. So I just wanted to clarify, it is not, that this is revenue from the state.
right. And I will say, matt, to your point, there have been some conversations around that Here in camas,
not nothing concrete, but there has been some conversations around where could where could Parents potentially pick up a little bit of that.
and we want to try to avoid that. I mean, we were looking at those inflation costs and Rents and mortgages,
so we'd rather not go that route. But it's not necessarily off the table.
right. Okay. Thank you. Anything else? Okay. I think that's probably good.
yeah, I think that's good for now. Tracy. Thanks. All right. Thank you.
okay. So holding on till next school year, then.
okay. I love that she had an answer. We won't hold you to it, But that's good.
okay. That's good to know. Thank you. Thanks, Kim. Thank you. And thank you, john, for that. If there's no other questions on the budget Report I will just ask to make sure you guys all saw the items added to the consent
agenda. Okay. Next, we'll move on to item 4.a, Which is public comments.
we did not receive anyone sign up for public comment tonight, So we have no oral public comment.
but we did receive one written public comment, Which is in board docs that you guys have all seen,
so just wanted to make mention of that. With that, We'll move on to item 5, the consent agenda.
have you guys all had a chance to look at the consent agenda? And if so, I will take a motion on the consent agenda.
I'll make a motion to approve the consent agenda as presented with the human resources Addendum.
thank you corey. I'll second. Thank you bamini. Do we have any discussion? All in favor? Aye.
any opposed? All right. That passes. Thank you.
next, we'll move on to item 6.a policies for first reading.
I don't know if you guys want to go through these one at a time. Do you want to just.
can we list them on just so people can see what they are, That we're. I mean, up on the up on the screen just because we have the policies in front of us.
so the first one is 4220.
I was fine with that one. I didn't have any questions on it. I didn't have any questions. I just wanted to make sure everyone knew we weren't putting policies up for first meeting.
yeah, yeah. Wonders how many there are. Okay, So gail will get that up in a second.
oh, there it is. Okay. Our next is 4311 safe school safety and security service program.
I don't know if anyone had any comments or questions on that. And again, just a reminder. These are all first readings, So they'll be coming back to the board later on for second reading.
yeah I didn't, I mean, I didn't have anything. I didn't have any questions. I think it might be good to note that these were all, You know,
reviewed by staff and recommendations. You know, Probably the important thing is the classification.
and some of them are we really have to implement their essential. Others or recommendations and so on. But okay, They're all available for everyone to read.
okay. The next one is 5161 civility in the workplace, Which is new. And of course, the link to the policy and legal news was in there also that we were able To review with that one.
okay. 5254 staff expressions was also a new policy.
and again, the policy and legal news was linked in there for that. One 5310 compensation Also was in there.
and then we have a couple essential ones, 6220 bid or request for proposal requirements, 6702 wellness and 6801 capital assets,
theft sensitive assets. Any comments on any of those?
okay. So with that if there's no other discussion, I will take a motion on approving those policies for
first reading. I move to approve the submitted policies for first reading.
thank you. Matthew. I'll second. Thank you bamini. Any other discussion on those? All in favor? Aye.
any opposed? All right. Thank you. And we'll have those back to us for second reading Soon.
okay. Next, we do have some policies that are up for first second reading and adoption Today.
and because I believe these are essential before the beginning of the school year is why We're doing these specific two policies all in one tonight.
so and those are 3246 restraint, isolation and other use of reasonable force and 6600 Transportation.
did you guys see the changes to those and have any questions on those? I just wanted to Just highlight again,
because doing first, second reading and adoption in one meeting is kind of, Is not our protocol usually,
but these are in order to keep us compliant with updated law. Okay. The first one is law. The second was our discussion on.
oh yes, in transportation. Yeah. Values. Yeah, The second one, transportation was just changed the distance from which you ride the bus.
and yes, usually we have a work, since we don't have a workshop in july. It kind of puts us behind a little bit on some of these that we needed. So that is the Reason for doing this all in one,
all at once tonight. So. So if there's no discussion on any of them and if you're good With
all of them. So, maybe the one on just a discussion on transportation.
yep. So when we had seen this before in the spring, We had changed it to the one mile from 0.7.
and we're talking about in this recommendation to change it back. Is that correct, or we're keeping it 1? It was originally for over 13 years.
we've always had it at one mile radius, but the state only pays us for 0.7.
so at the last time we reviewed this, just a few short months ago, Your decision was to line up with the law and what we were paid for.
but then when we pushed that back to transportation, They asked us to please reconsider because there are so many families that will be
affected, so they're trying to get it done. Back to the one mile so that they can get that In place and get all the routing set up for the new year.
so I appreciate that they paid such close attention to it and the impact that it would Have.
yeah. Okay. And that's why we do. We read them two times, Yeah.
all right. Do you want to do these one at a time, Or do you want to do a.
okay. Sorry, we can do them together. I'll make a motion to approve. Policies 3246 and 6600 for first second reading and adoption.
thank you corey. Do you have a second? I second. Thank you matthew. Any other discussion on those two?
all those in favor? Aye. Any opposed? All right.
thank you for getting those two through so we can get those before the school year starts, So.
okay. With that, we're going to move on to item 8.a.
is on here. Which is a skybridge middle school asphalt pavement repairs.
we know we need a lot of pavement repairs around, And it looks like we're doing some at skybridge. I don't know if you saw the map in there,
but I'm sure they will be excited to do that. So, I'm just looking for a motion on that. Well, I would just I appreciate that we're taking care of this because I know
that it's a I know that it's a problem. But I also appreciate the attention to our Financial constraints and doing what is necessary,
so. Specially at the entrance of the school areas. Yeah, it's hairy at times getting out of there, I always worry about an accident.
just somebody slides on the gravel, so. And to be clear, This is going to be done now so that it's ready for school to start.
correct, right. Yeah, okay. Great. Yeah, randy and sherman and the team have worked hard To try to find a contractor who could find a gap in their schedule to get this done.
it's that urgent. And the price point was really, Really, really good for us. So, we're taking it out of the liquid portion of capital funds, So it won't affect the general budget.
okay. I'll make a motion to approve the contract with aa asphalt llc for pavement repairs At skyridge middle school for a total of
$72,397.65, including sales tax. Thank you, corey.
do I have a second? I'll second. Thank you. Is there any other discussion on that one?
all those in favor? Aye. Any opposed? All right. That passes unanimously. We'll move on to item 8.b.
this one is a change order to mackay sposito for the work they're doing for us on the Covered tennis courts at camas high school.
I know this has been kind of a, the tennis court has been something that's come up in Meetings recently,
a couple of public comments and stuff, maybe a little bit more information just on the Record about why this change order is needed.
sure, randy, can you speak to that?
know I read in it also. I think part of it was because there mackay sposito's bid didn't Include there was more opposition to what we were doing than what they had
anticipated. So they spent more time responding to public comments.
and to me, it seems like a, I don't want to say a normal thing, But there's only so much that they put in their bid to do.
and so when they get more, that's what they're asking for.
permits, and it was fought. So it took more time, Just like tracy was saying, to get it completed.
excellent, I think. So I think they're just asking for 12,000 more dollars from what we Had
originally allotted for that and I don't, I'm not anticipating any appeals.
I think the timeline has already passed for that. Correct. Randy. So we should be out of the woods, At least for the conditional use permit.
I'm not saying that we won't face other opposition down the road as we get closer.
but these were not costs that were associated with construction.
it was all really financial, legal. Those kind of things in time.
so I wasn't sure if you were asking for something outside of that, So. That's great. Yeah. And it's in the, it's in the document to on board docs for, For people to see so they can I just want to I just want to see why.
I just wanted to make sure we see why that that's happening. So it is it's for some some Additional time they had to put in responding to some formal requests for
reconsideration. And some public comment stuff that we had them work on, So I
would make them. Are you looking for a motion? Okay. I move to approve change order #1 From mackay spocito totaling $12,000 for the camas high school covered tennis facility
project. Thank you, corey. Do I have a second? Second. Thank you, matthew. Any other discussion on that?
all those in favor? Aye. Any opposed? All right. That passes unanimously also. Next we move on to item 8.c, Which is utah youth village/alpine academy agreement.
and we're looking to place a student there in the 25-26 school year.
and I'll take a motion on that. If anyone is ready to do so.
okay, sorry. I move to approve an agreement with alpine academy. Just so one student during the 25-26 school year, For a total cost not to exceed $200,500.
thank you, bamini. Do I have a second? Second. Thank you, matthew. Any other discussion? All those in favor?
aye. Any opposed? Okay. That also passes. Next, We're moving on to item 8.d, which is meridell achievement center agreement.
we're also looking to place a student there in the 25-26 school year as well.
I move to approve the, meridell? Meridell. The font is too small.
achievement center agreement to serve one student during the 2025-2026 school year, At a cost not to exceed $265,200.
thank you, matthew. Do I have a second? Second. Thank you, bamini. Any more discussion on that?
all those in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Okay. That also passes unanimously.
and the last one we have for tonight is item 8.e, Which is an agreement with pacific office automation for our copier lease renewal.
we always end on equipment. I know the last time we had more educators here in the new Copiers were up.
they were very excited about how fast they were. I remember, I do remember that. Or the cram a lot compactor, That was a fun one, too.
so I assume these are good. These are good printers.
they're going to like them. Yeah. Okay. And these are for three schools it says.
oh, for camas, hayes and skyridge. Oh, and helen. Yeah, so. Six machines. I'll move to approve six new leases with pacific office
automation for $740 per month for 60 months each.
total over five years will be $44,400. Not including sales tax income from the general Fund.
thank you, corey, do I have a second? Second? Thank you, matthew. Any other discussion? All those in favor?
aye. Any opposed? All right. We have some new copy machines.
that ends our regular schedule board meeting. We will now go into an executive session for approximately 60 minutes to discuss Personnel.
thank you. Thank.