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Good evening. Good evening and welcome. Thank you for being here. I'd like to call to order this regular meeting

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of the Battleground School District Board of Directors for Monday, December 8, 2025 at 6 p.m.,

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please stand and join us for the pledge of allegiance.

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I

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pledge allegiance to the pride 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.

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Next, we'll have roll call.

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President and Director of District 1, Mary Snitley, here.

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Vice President and Director of District 5, Jackie Maddox.

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Director of District 2, Debbie Johnson.

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Director of District 3, Ted Shampine.

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Here.

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Director of District 4, Terry Tate.

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Student Representative Eatsil Contreras Manteo.

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Student Representative Toby Win.

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Madam President, we have a forum.

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Thank you.

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And next approval of tonight's agenda,

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I'll need a motion to approve the agenda as presented.

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That's probably a good idea. Yes, fine.

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I can find my agenda. Thank you. Okay.

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So tonight's agenda, we have the approval of the minutes, the appointment of an acting board president,

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oaths of office for new board members, recognition of outgoing board members,

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election officers, student and board updates, superintendent and staff updates, citizens comments,

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consent agenda, which includes items A through F, no old business, no new business,

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future agenda items and board events, and an executive session. Could I have a motion to approve

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the agenda as presented? I'm moving to approve the agenda as presented. It's been moved that we

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Thank you and board all those in favor say aye and opposed motion passes five to zero.

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Next is approval of the minutes for the November 24th, 2025 regular board meeting.

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If I could have a motion to approve minutes.

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I'll move the board address approve the minutes of that November 24th regular board meeting as presented.

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and student reps.

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Pro.

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Thank you.

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And board all those in favor say aye.

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Aye.

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And opposed motion passes five to zero.

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And finally, as my last official act, I would like to give an opportunity to direct your

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campaign and direct your Maddox to say a few words.

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No, let me take off first.

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All right.

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Well, I'd write it down because I'm not good at first.

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I might choke up and it won't be the first time you all saw me cry.

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I'm sick.

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So I just wanted to thank you to all of those who supported me and challenged me and helped me

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to learn and grow during the last five and a half years I was on the board.

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Serving students has been an honor.

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Thank you to my superintendents, Mark Ross, Denny Waters, and now Shelly Whitten.

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Your leadership and guidance have been invaluable, but continuing vision you have for

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our district is truly remarkable.

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Thank you to my past board members, I'm so grateful to have served with you and enjoy our continued

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friendship with many of you.

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Thank you to Mary and Ted, the three of us have accomplished some amazing things and

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come challenges with grace and resilience always putting students first. To the students,

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parents, staff and community, thank you for showing up, for speaking up and helping me to navigate

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decisions that impact all of you. And last but not least, thank you to my family.

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They have

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endured all of it. Good, great, bad and ugly. And a few tears from afar. I started to make a list

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of accomplishments and realized it would take too much time, but I do want to share a couple

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of my favorite student voice has evolved over the last five and a half years. It has

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gone from an occasional student story to ASP reports to every meeting, every school represented,

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and for that I'm truly proud. PLC work, I would put our district up against any other district

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in the state and the nation for the PLC work that we accomplish here. You are all amazing.

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And for our facility improvements, Kevin Jolma, you have done amazing things with our facilities

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with getting blood out of a turnout. Thank you for all the work you do and keeping good buildings running for our kids.

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I have no doubt this district will continue success keeping the focus on each and every student

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During incoming board members, welcome and good luck.

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You have a big job in front of you.

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Keep each and every student first, rely on your superintendent.

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She is amazing and knows this district better than anyone.

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The loud voices are not always the majority

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and most importantly know your role.

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Stay off the dance floor.

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And if you don't know what that means,

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David Kennedy will surely share a picture.

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Thank you, Jackie.

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Thank you.

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Thank you for for everything that you've done for the board and with the board and did all to everything you said and Ted take the rest of the words out of my mouth

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Yeah, as I said here and I I said what I wrote is like Jackie I need to dig right this down

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It still feels holy inadequate

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To express them on a gratitude

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But I have for the district

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But I am gonna read it. I might have lived here in there

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First and foremost, thank you to Danny Waters, Shully Witton, and my fellow board members, and our amazing student board representatives.

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Your support, advice, guidance and stewardship, have been second and done.

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I am sure they honored to have worked alongside you these past four years.

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A heart felt, thank you to our administrators, teachers, certified, classified for all you do, and the love you show the district.

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we simply could not function without your dedication in leadership.

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I'd like to specifically call out Kevin Jolma, his tolerance for my constant

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pestering has been second to none. And I blame Danny, he's the one that gave me

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your cell phone number, so again, thank you Kevin, I appreciate everything you've done

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for us. The board has experienced a share of challenges, celebrations, and growing

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pains. It's been a role of co-star for sure. But through it, I'll try to keep one

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in front of one mind inspired by the words of Martin Luther King Jr.

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There is a moral obligation to obey just laws as well as a moral responsibility

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to disobey unjust laws.

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As I step away, my hope is that we all continue to lead the courage, integrity,

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and a commitment to what is right, and just even when it's hard.

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Thank you for allowing me to serve. It truly has been an honor.

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Ted, thank you so much.

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Not just for the work you've done on a board, but for the words, again, the rest of the

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words you took out of my mouth, so I did owe to everything you said as well.

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I feel a deep and profound gratitude this evening.

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First to my family, for stepping up and supporting me and allowing me to take on this position

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At a time when we have our own challenges and giving me the free space to do this and listening to me as I talked about it.

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I'm sure you'll be happy not to have to hear about it anymore.

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Thank you to the community of Battleground School District for giving me this opportunity and letting me to this position.

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I'm indebted to you for giving me the opportunity to make a difference for students and

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families.

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That was my goal.

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Thank you to the staff.

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As I sat here this evening and listened to these SIP plans, knowing that that's only two examples

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of every single one of our 19 schools and the amazing work you're doing.

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I've watched you and listened to you and I've learned from you.

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I'm humbled and astounded staff at your dedication in your compassion.

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Whether you work in a classroom, whether you support work in the classroom,

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whether you're keeping all of our buildings up and running warm and dry.

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Thank you Kevin.

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And to the board, thank you for your support, for your courage,

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for your grace you've shown me, for your integrity.

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I could go on, but you know what it means to serve well, and I've learned so much from you.

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Thank you, Jackie and Ted. Your voices will be greatly missed.

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And student reps, I can see you over there.

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It's on Toby and those who've gone before, I didn't miss you.

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You represent the whole reason we do this work.

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You are a shining example of the product, if you will, you remind us of what the future holds and the future is bright, so thank you.

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And new board, I applaud your courage to run for office and I congratulate your success. May you serve well and struggle with your learning.

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Hmm.

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Did I say struggle?

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Yes.

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And here's why.

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I used to tell my students that I wanted them to struggle with their learning because

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anything we're learning well involves a little struggle.

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Let me illustrate with a story.

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Almost 25 years ago I was working for a district that received a substantial grant.

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$3 million to be exact.

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From a very well-known foundation based in Seattle.

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The Foundation's idea was that they could re-tool education in Washington State in five years.

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So every other month, all the districts involved.

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The $3 million was just our grant.

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Many other districts in the state received much bigger grants.

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But every other month, they brought us together for this multimillion-dollar project.

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And they had the best experts in education, the best experts in business.

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for us to learn from. At the end of five years there was a big ban quit and the keynote speaker was the executive director of this particular foundation that I'm sure you're very familiar with.

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I'll never forget what he had to say. He walked to the podium and he looked at us hundreds of his out there and he didn't say anything.

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He just stood there for a very awkward amount of time and finally he said, and I'll quote,

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My father is a brain surgeon and the work that you do as educators is so much more complicated

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than brain surgery.

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Yes, what happens every single day in our schools is more complicated than brain surgery.

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It is more complex than rocket science.

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I urge you to look to the experts sitting right here in this room with you, look to the teachers in every battleground classroom.

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They have been doing this complicated work for a long time. Ask them the questions first and then be willing to struggle with your learning.

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True vision or leadership is understanding what is working and being able to move the needle to the next level.

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So, new board, I hope and pray, you will deeply learn the why, what and how, a battle

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around school district's vision, so that you can support and foster it.

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You have the best expert in the room to guide you in that visionary leadership, because

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Superintendent Witton was an integral part of building the district system wide coherence.

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She has the perseverance to stay the course, and she has the courage to maintain the focus

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on each and every child. Finally to all of you who have been a part of my short journey

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is director, God's feed. You will be in my mind and in my heart, always. Thank you.

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Mary, could I take a moment and read a message from Danny to the three of you? Yes, that'd be all right.

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Denny says, Dear Mary, Jackie, and Ted.

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On a night where you step away from your role as school board directors, I want you to know that I am thinking of you all in wishing you nothing but the best.

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My superintendency was marked with some tough times, the COVID pandemic, budget shortfalls, levy challenges, and tough labor negotiations just to name a few.

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But no matter what the challenges were, I always considered myself the luckiest superintendent in the state because I had the three best four directors anyone could ever ask for.

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All three of you brought wisdom, courage and heart to the job and I and the district were better for it.

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Thank you for everything. Hopefully we get a chance to see each other again sometime and when we do, I'm buying.

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Thank you again, my friends and congratulations, you are the best.

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And so, we've come to an important part of our meeting.

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As it turns out, if both the school board president and vice-president have terms ending simultaneously as they are today, the board will select an acting president-protem to maintain leadership and temporarily fulfill the president's duties until new officers are elected.

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So, I move that Debbie Johnson be selected as acting president pro-tim and tell the election

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of officers later in this meeting and I need a second for that motion.

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I second that motion.

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Okay, it has been moved and seconded that Debbie Johnson be president pro-tim and tell

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the election of officers later in this meeting.

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All those in favor say aye.

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opposed motion passes five to zero.

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And so Debbie will step into my role.

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Sure, I will. And take over.

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So I guess we're ready for the OFL office.

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This is what I need to say in your script right there.

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Propology one one one one one. OFL office. According to the statutory provision, each new director shall take an oath or an affirmation to support the

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of the United States and the State of Washington to uphold the laws of the State of Washington

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to promote the interests of education and to fully discharge the duties of his or her office

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to the best of his or her ability. Superintendent Shelley Witten will administer the oath of

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office to our new directors.

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I'm sorry, will

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you raise your right hand?

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I, state your name?

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I, for recently.

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Do solemnly swear that I will support.

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Do solemnly swear that I will support.

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The Constitution of the United States and the State of Washington.

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Do the Constitution of the United States and the State of Washington.

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And the laws of the State of Washington.

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and a laws of the State of Washington.

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And I will faithfully discharge the duties.

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And I will faithfully discharge the duties.

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Of the Office of Battleground School District,

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one-nineteen of the Office of the Battleground School,

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number one-nineteen.

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Director of position number one to the best of my ability.

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the director of position number one to the best of my ability.

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I state your name.

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I curse for well.

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Do solemnly swear that I will support.

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Do solemnly swear that I will support.

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The Constitution of the United States and the State of Washington.

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The Constitution of the United States and the State of Washington.

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And the laws of the State of Washington.

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And the laws of the State of Washington.

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And I will favorly discharge the duties.

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That will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of Battleground School District

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119 of the office of Battleground School District number 119 director position number 3 to the best of my ability

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Director District position number 3 to the best of my ability

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I state your name

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Do solemnly swear that I will support

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Do solemnly swear that I will support

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The Constitution of the United States and the State of Washington.

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The Constitution of the United States and the State of Washington.

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And the Laws of the State of Washington.

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And the Laws of the State of Washington.

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And I will fully discharge the duties.

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and I will fully discharge the duties of the Office of Fatal Ground School District number

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1.19 of the Office of The Federal satu District Number 19.

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Director, district position number five to the best of my ability.

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Director, position, district number five to the best of my ability.

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Thank you.

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Are there family members of our three board members that would like to get pictures with their newly elected?

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At this time, Superintendent Shelley Whitten will acknowledge out-going school board members, Mary

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Siddly, Jackie Maddox, and Ted Chepney for their service to the district, expressing gratitude

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for their contributions and dedication to students, parents, staff, and the community.

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The presentation of service plaques will be followed by a brief dessert beverage social.

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Superintendent Witten will then welcome new board, school board members,

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Laura Shipley, Sibley, qualifies.

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Chris Grewell, Grant and is it Grewell?

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And Marshall Merritt, making a smooth transition into leadership

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and ensuring continuity as they begin their terms.

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Thank you.

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So I have a few remarks and I'm just going to apologize to the three of you because I may get a little emotional.

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So I'll do this one at a time.

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So I would like to start by recognizing Director Ted Champine, Director of District 3.

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It is my honor to recognize Director Ted Shampine for his dedicated service to

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Battleground School District as a Board of Director of District 3 from 2021 to 2025.

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Ted brought with him not only a deep background in construction, providing clarity around

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the club's complexities of school, facility maintenance and building projects, but also

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remarkable sense of creativity that enriched his work and our collective problem-solving as a board.

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His ability to see both the structural and the innovative sides of a challenge has been a

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true asset to this district. During his tenure and in collaboration with fellow outgoing board members,

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10 helped Ted help shaped one of the most succinct, focused, and results oriented strategic plans

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in this district's history.

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Developed with broad stakeholder engagement,

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this plan reflects a shared vision for strong student outcomes.

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Ted's belief in supporting students beyond the classroom

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was instrumental in elevating the safe and caring

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environment pillar, ensuring attention

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to the academic social and emotional needs of every student

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which fully aligns to our district mission.

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Ted has also been a champion of athletics and activities

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recognizing that these experiences are essential to cultivating belonging and helping students

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feel connected and successful in school. His leadership was key in assuring the installation

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of a new multi-functional reader board at our district stadium. An enhancement that strengthens

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communication, elevate school pride, and supports the many events that bring our community together.

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His service on the audit committee, as well as the WAIA representative, further highlights his commitment to accountability, opportunity, and well-rounded student growth.

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Beyond his service, Ted is a talented painter and his artistic gifts have touched our community in meaningful ways.

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I am especially grateful for a train painting he created an artwork that gave my family a heart

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felt way to honor and celebrate my father's service to our local community.

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That gesture reflects not only Ted's creativity, but his generosity of spirit.

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Ted, thank you for your leadership, your art, art history, your steady perspective,

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and your whole hearted commitment to the Battleground School District.

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Your impact will continue to be felt by our students, staff, and community for years to come.

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Thank you.

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I want to thank you for your service from 2021 to 2025 as Director of District Number 3.

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Thank you, Ted.

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Thank you.

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All right.

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Oh, it is my honor to recognize Mary Snelly, who has faithfully served as Battleground

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School District as the Director of District 1 from 2021 to 2025, including her leadership

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roles as Vice President in 2024 and President in 2025.

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Mary's deep background in education has been evidenced in every decision,

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every discussion, and every initiative she supports.

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She has been a steadfast advocate for academic excellence,

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consistently championed efforts that align our

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system from the boardroom to the classroom.

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Her commitment to ensuring that every student receives a high-quality education has strengthened our district in meaningful ways and lasting ways.

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During her tenure, Mary worked alongside fellow board members helping to guide and develop one of the most, again, succinct, focused and results-oriented strategic plans, our district has ever produced.

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This plan created through collaboration with multiple stakeholders reflects her belief that

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shared purpose, clarity, collective efforts, are essential to positive outcomes for students.

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Mary has also been a strong champion of professional learning community communities and

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professional development, recognizing that well-supported educators are key to meeting

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the diverse and growing needs of our students.

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Her advocacy has helped advance a culture of continuous learning for staff at every level.

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In addition to her board leadership role as Mary has contributed significantly through her service on both the audit committee and the legislative committee.

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Demonstrating her commitment to responsible stewardship advocacy and ensuring the district priorities are well represented at the state level.

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Mary, your leadership insight and unwavering dedication have made a lasting impact on this district.

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On behalf of the Battleground School District community, myself, thank you for your years of service, your thoughtful guidance and your enduring commitment to our students and staff.

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We are deeply grateful.

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So tonight we recognize and extend our deeper appreciation to Jackie Manix, who has faithfully served as Battleground School District Director for District 5 from 2020 to 2025.

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Throughout her tenure Jackie has demonstrated unwavering commitment and thoughtful leadership in a true heart for service.

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Jackie stepped into key leadership roles on the board serving as Vice President in 2021,

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2022 and again in 2025. As board president in 2023 and 2024. In each of these

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roles, she brought steady guidance, clarity of purpose, and a collective spirit that

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strengthens the work of the board and supports the district, both through challenges and

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opportunities. During her tenure like her board counterparts, she has helped guide and develop

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the most succinct focused and results oriented strategic plan our district has ever produced.

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There is a reason that I'm repeating this for all of you. I don't think this strategic plan

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exist without your leadership. The plan has been created with multiple stakeholders. They reflect

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her belief that with clarity, shared purpose and collective effort, those things are essential

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for the positive outcomes of students and we're seeing that play out today. Beyond her board service,

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Jackie Devode devoted her time and talents to the Battle of Grand Education Foundation,

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where she championed fundraising efforts and initiatives that directly addressed food insecurities among our students.

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Her dedication ensures that some of the most vulnerable children receive critical support,

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reflecting her deep belief in the caring for each and every student.

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She will continue positively impacting

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Distance through her supportive BGF as their treasurer as she vacates her board position.

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Jackie also provides valuable oversight as a member of the audit committee, where her keen

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I for detail and strong accounting background have proved invaluable. Her expertise helped ensure

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transparency, accountability, and sound stewardship of district resources.

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Jackie, your service has made a meaningful and lasting impact.

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On me as a district leader on the board, on our schools, and most importantly, on the

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students and families of battleground, I would like to communicate our gratitude for

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leadership, your diligence, and your compassion. Thank you for your five years of

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dedication to our community.

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We will now take a 15-minute

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recess to reset the board seating, returning to our regular board session at 646.

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The six, and we're moving to the agenda item,

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election of officers.

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Please

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keep everybody.

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Per policy 1, 2, 1, 0, annual organizational meeting at the first regular meeting of our newly elected board members,

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are seated in the election year at the first regular meeting in December in not election years.

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The board shall elect from its members, a chair, president, and a vice chair, vice president, to serve one year turns.

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A newly appointed board member will not be eligible to serve as an officer, unless the majority of the board has been newly appointed, which in the case for our board this year.

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So, newly appointed board members are eligible to serve as officers.

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Do we have any board members interested in pursuing a leadership position as either president

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or vice president for 2026?

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I now call for nominations for board president for 2026.

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I have an interest in serving leadership.

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Okay.

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More shot.

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Here he has an interest in leadership.

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Okay.

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President.

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Okay.

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So I'm kind of those are nominations and all nominations for President are concluded.

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Was there anyone else?

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Point of order, madam?

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Yes.

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Maybe we should like take nominations for President specifically, we've expressed an interest

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in serving.

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Okay.

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But we really haven't been nominated.

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Yeah.

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I think I'm going to nominate myself.

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Let's do that.

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So I'm going to call for nominations for Board President.

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I nominate Marshall Merritt's President, okay?

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And I nominate Terry T. for President.

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Okay, were there any others?

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We're going to have a roll call vote for each board member, Carla.

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Do you want to have discussion or have either of them speak maybe?

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Sure.

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I don't, I didn't prepare anything to say.

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I would just put out there for the public to know that I've been interested in serving

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because I've been involved with the school district for the past four or five years.

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So I think that I come with some understanding.

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And I think that running a meeting is important.

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And keeping us on track is important and I think I would do a good job with that.

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That's why I'm interested in running.

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Okay?

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Would you guys like me to wax elegant? I don't feel like I have anything important to say.

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Anybody want it? No, I don't feel okay.

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As we have a split nomination, I'm going to do a role call vote. I will call each director individually,

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and I will ask you if you vote for Marshall Marit for President or Territate for President. Please verbalize which candidate you select.

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Director of District 2, Debbie Johnson, how do you vote?

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Marcia Merit or Territate Terry

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Lori simply director of district one how do you vote?

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Marshall Merit

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Territate director of district four how do you vote? Territate

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Marshall Merit director of district five how do you vote?

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Marshall Merit and Chris Groll director of district three how do you vote?

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Territate

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by a vote of three to two your new board president is Territate.

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I don't have to do it anymore.

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It's musical chairs.

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It will be.

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I have big shoes to fill Debbie.

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You did a really good job as President Protem.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thank you, Carla, for saving me.

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So continuing with item 9B,

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election of officers.

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We now move to the election of Board Vice President.

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I now call for nominations for Board Vice President for 2026, please.

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I'd like to nominate Chris

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and I would nominate Lori Sidley.

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Are there any other nominations?

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No, having heard none of them, we'll go ahead and vote, Carla.

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Would we just do a roll call vote again when we do that?

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We, though.

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Yeah.

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Do you want?

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Do you want to get them the opportunity?

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Oh, yes.

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to speak? Yes, I'm sorry, yes. It wasn't on our agenda, you didn't put it on there.

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Lori, would you like to speak? I'm just interested in serving in any way that I can and

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just I know I could be a great group.

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Yeah, I'd like to second with Lori said, however I can serve and be at best use.

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Before we vote, I'd like to add, I'm not going to talk a lot as president, but I would like to

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I thank both of you very sincerely.

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We had the opportunity to have the five of us

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having copied together a few weeks ago

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and we just got to know each other

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and share things together.

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It was very uplifting and very,

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it was very nice.

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So I feel like we know each other already

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and we're really moving forward

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to get something done.

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So Carla, turn it to you.

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As we have a split nomination again

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for Vice President,

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I will do a roll call vote

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if each director,

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I will ask if you vote for Laura Sibli or for Chris Grohl for the Office of Vice President and I'll do this in no particular order.

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Director of District 2, Debbie Johnson, how do you vote? Chris.

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Marshall Merritt, Director of District 5, how do you vote?

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Laura Sibli.

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Chris Grohl, Director of District 3, how do you vote?

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Laura Sibli, Director of District 1, how do you vote?

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Laura Sibli.

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And Terry Tate director of District 4, how do you vote?

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Chris Grohl.

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By a vote of three to two, your new vice president is Chris Grohl.

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Do they need to move seats?

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They want, but they don't have to.

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The person who has to be theirs.

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All right.

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Very good.

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Thank you.

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More president?

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Where would we be if we didn't have you there?

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Next item on the agenda, TNA is student voice.

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Do we have any students on the audience under here that would like to speak to us?

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No, okay.

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All right.

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Okay.

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So our most recent student tour was of Cam Academy and I'd go there.

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So I'm kind of just like asking my own friends questions.

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But so I have five like well ten main topics five of them are are good and five of them are bad

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So we'll start with the good

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A lot of kids said that their teachers are pretty good at like connecting with them

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So that was a good thing to hear they also said that the community because like camp is like really small school

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It's their through 12, but like there's not a lot of kids there

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So they said the community is really nice since everyone knows each other and then they said that the recess is are really nice

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I asked, like, multiple kids, like, how are the recess aids?

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And the moment I'd say that, the eyes was like glow

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and they'd smile, they're like, they're so nice.

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I agree, but like, the recess aids are so nice, okay?

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And then also, a lot of the kids said, like, there's not,

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like, there's no fights or, like, bullying, like, you'd see

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in other schools.

463
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And then, for the last thing, they said that, like,

464
00:40:39,720 --> 00:40:41,620
cans, like, more on the challenging side.

465
00:40:41,840 --> 00:40:45,600
But they said that that challenging aspect helps them learn more,

466
00:40:45,600 --> 00:40:53,940
like this in general and it's for the bad topics we had the food isn't good but like I'm

467
00:40:53,940 --> 00:40:58,380
asking kids these questions so like it's obvious they also said that the homework work load could

468
00:40:58,380 --> 00:41:04,020
be too much sometimes and they don't have time to do other things and they also said they want

469
00:41:04,020 --> 00:41:10,060
more playground equipment um they also said they don't like how there's no PE or extra curricular

470
00:41:10,060 --> 00:41:16,040
activities and sports obviously and then lastly they said that they didn't like that we

471
00:41:16,040 --> 00:41:22,020
don't have doors on the bathrooms. I'll explain that. So yeah let me explain. So

472
00:41:22,020 --> 00:41:27,460
last year just a group of kids you know like I don't know kids was just going to

473
00:41:27,460 --> 00:41:31,280
the bathrooms and just they were just in there too long not doing restroom type

474
00:41:31,280 --> 00:41:37,840
activities so so then are like like the only thing to do is to open the doors so

475
00:41:37,840 --> 00:41:42,940
They can't hide in there so then they just removed the door like there's no door on the

476
00:41:42,940 --> 00:41:47,440
Bapers anymore, so the kids don't like ending a lot of them brought it up

477
00:41:47,440 --> 00:41:52,760
Anyways, that's the that's how I mean things and then I'll take it so tell me what do you think about the doors?

478
00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:56,340
I think like I would like doors

479
00:41:56,340 --> 00:42:01,570
But there's a valid reason for why like why they got removed in the first place

480
00:42:02,540 --> 00:42:04,380
It's all that problem referred

481
00:42:04,380 --> 00:42:05,320
Um,

482
00:42:08,960 --> 00:42:20,160
but because ours is like an open campus there is there is vandalism so some of our bathrooms like our 800 or 900 or regular

483
00:42:21,440 --> 00:42:28,300
We closed but I think on top of that the reason because is because we don't have a lot of security guards because

484
00:42:28,300 --> 00:42:32,820
We they have to be seeing if people are going off campus checking their IDs

485
00:42:32,820 --> 00:42:37,100
They can't be at this place and then we got security getting cold at certain times for

486
00:42:38,340 --> 00:42:43,560
Finding certain kids for in school suspension or stuff like that so they're everywhere so they can't all be at once

487
00:42:43,560 --> 00:42:50,520
It wasn't that big of an issue when we had more security officers on campus and

488
00:42:50,520 --> 00:42:54,360
Cool, I also can't be everywhere at once because she is at the middle school as well

489
00:42:54,360 --> 00:43:03,000
and she's coming back from like a recent injury. Our wrist injury, so I think that's kind of, I guess, why it's more?

490
00:43:03,500 --> 00:43:04,200
Thank you.

491
00:43:04,280 --> 00:43:11,000
The problem right now, but I also like to point out is like, when we tour our middle schools,

492
00:43:11,080 --> 00:43:14,320
our middle schools are way different from family academy. I mean,

493
00:43:14,360 --> 00:43:22,860
the sizing, the population, the ages. But if you see, if you remember, our results from the past previous board meetings,

494
00:43:22,860 --> 00:43:29,100
And then looking at this, a lot of the kids have common issues, which means there's a common problem.

495
00:43:29,720 --> 00:43:37,720
And if you really put all the points together, the common problem is we don't have enough funds because of the love you fairly.

496
00:43:38,220 --> 00:43:52,620
As you can see, school sports, school facilities, even meat, classroom environment, recess equipment, and safety and bullying concerns, and extracurricular activities again.

497
00:43:52,620 --> 00:44:00,080
All those things go towards one point, which is not having the funds for those things and not being able to have those things.

498
00:44:01,660 --> 00:44:03,740
So that's from our power point.

499
00:44:04,300 --> 00:44:05,120
And these are certain.

500
00:44:05,260 --> 00:44:08,440
So you gave Kim students the survey.

501
00:44:08,800 --> 00:44:09,960
This is the thought exchange.

502
00:44:10,240 --> 00:44:13,220
If you go to the first slide, there, I think you had.

503
00:44:13,340 --> 00:44:14,340
Yeah, there was not.

504
00:44:14,680 --> 00:44:15,560
Have you participated in?

505
00:44:16,360 --> 00:44:16,420
Yeah.

506
00:44:16,420 --> 00:44:20,720
And if you go back, I like, for example, how do you, can you go back to the, like, with the bar graphs?

507
00:44:20,720 --> 00:44:25,380
Just like because I know you taught asking me like it's like a little looks a little convoluted it could look

508
00:44:25,380 --> 00:44:29,580
But so basically the top is like the highest rated thing so like

509
00:44:30,180 --> 00:44:35,700
Okay, like they right now the answer and it falls under that category and the other like survey takers

510
00:44:35,700 --> 00:44:37,160
They rate that

511
00:44:37,160 --> 00:44:40,520
Issue the highest, but just because it's at the top

512
00:44:40,520 --> 00:44:48,560
It doesn't necessarily mean it was brought up the most so that one had 16 total thoughts and then school sports had 39 so 30

513
00:44:48,560 --> 00:44:53,800
Yeah, I don't know why they're 39. It doesn't matter, but school sports was bought up more. It's just that

514
00:44:54,440 --> 00:44:59,040
the extra curricular activities had a higher score. So it's like like kids agree with that.

515
00:45:00,860 --> 00:45:11,320
So you can add comments or you can not like fully finish the forms. So some kids finish it fully or some kids can't because of the internet. So it's just hearing there depends.

516
00:45:11,540 --> 00:45:13,400
Yeah, but that's just kind of how that got first.

517
00:45:14,140 --> 00:45:18,020
Yeah, and then this Wednesday we tore my school for high school.

518
00:45:18,920 --> 00:45:19,340
Oh, we're fine.

519
00:45:19,340 --> 00:45:29,980
So I'm excited about that. I kind of want to go about it a different way just because I mean with Cam like,

520
00:45:29,980 --> 00:45:36,720
So kind of my thought process and talking to Toby is I want to go about it with staff as well

521
00:45:36,720 --> 00:45:42,880
When I'm on my tour because I know a lot about students because I'm the insider up for like I hear everything

522
00:45:42,880 --> 00:45:46,680
I see everything but I don't really see the staff's point of view

523
00:45:46,680 --> 00:45:52,820
Even though I'd one of the students that does have a close connection with staff just because I'm always hanging out with them

524
00:45:52,820 --> 00:45:58,520
Or I'm always working with them for ASB or community events. They're always like my number one option

525
00:45:58,520 --> 00:46:04,260
But yeah, so we're doing the talk very and then kind of switching off of our tours

526
00:46:04,260 --> 00:46:10,320
I have a couple main points that I don't want to bring up. Once our carnival at prayer high school is December 13th

527
00:46:11,340 --> 00:46:17,660
11 to 2 p.m. This Saturday. Hope to see you guys there. Super excited. My favorite event to plan. I've planned it for the past three years

528
00:46:18,160 --> 00:46:23,960
It's one of my favorite things. It's a free fully free event free food free toys

529
00:46:23,960 --> 00:46:35,600
free activities, free prizes, that's just the goal to make sure that somebody sees the joy out of a holiday that they might not enjoy, usually or do not have the fun to enjoy.

530
00:46:36,720 --> 00:46:42,100
And then kind of going to sports because our winter season has started up,

531
00:46:42,100 --> 00:46:53,020
Battleground versus Prairie. Girls 1, 60 to 26 and our boys 1, 104 to 54, which is,

532
00:46:53,160 --> 00:46:56,740
has not happened in a while when it's hit the three digits on that scoreboard.

533
00:46:58,580 --> 00:47:04,340
For wrestling, our boys showed out at the AC Davis Invite and Yakima taking nine wrestlers

534
00:47:04,340 --> 00:47:09,660
and battling to fifth place team finish out of 17 bringing home five players.

535
00:47:09,660 --> 00:47:14,400
So in fourth place for the 126-pound category,

536
00:47:14,780 --> 00:47:17,600
Remington Hughes, and then third place finishers

537
00:47:17,600 --> 00:47:21,480
is Luke Servant, Servant, 450 pounds,

538
00:47:21,820 --> 00:47:26,140
Brody Wired, 365, and Artum for 190 pounds.

539
00:47:26,640 --> 00:47:29,100
And then our champion and lightweight outstanding

540
00:47:29,100 --> 00:47:32,880
wrestler was Tommy Vic in the 138-pound category.

541
00:47:33,760 --> 00:47:36,680
And then I wanted to just highlight two athletes,

542
00:47:37,020 --> 00:47:38,400
one at Bout of Ground and one at Prairie,

543
00:47:38,400 --> 00:47:40,640
because I think these two accomplishments

544
00:47:40,640 --> 00:47:43,520
are some of a bunch of athlete strains.

545
00:47:44,900 --> 00:47:48,500
And so James Gill, a senior at Prairie High School,

546
00:47:48,500 --> 00:47:50,340
committed last year for baseball,

547
00:47:50,680 --> 00:47:52,040
and it's going to play baseball.

548
00:47:52,620 --> 00:47:53,240
Battleground.

549
00:47:53,360 --> 00:47:53,860
Battleground.

550
00:47:53,900 --> 00:47:55,360
James Gill, the third at Battleground,

551
00:47:55,700 --> 00:47:57,580
will be playing baseball at UW.

552
00:47:58,760 --> 00:48:02,980
And then at Prairie High School, Devon Viju,

553
00:48:03,320 --> 00:48:06,680
will be playing football at University of Nevada in Reno.

554
00:48:07,380 --> 00:48:12,100
So I just kind of wanted to highlight these two athletes because they put immense work.

555
00:48:13,040 --> 00:48:17,900
I know both of them personally and just seeing their social media platforms and then

556
00:48:17,900 --> 00:48:21,880
seeing how much work and how much effort they put outside of school.

557
00:48:22,520 --> 00:48:25,760
And just in school and the atmosphere they bring into their athletic

558
00:48:25,760 --> 00:48:30,580
Sino James has really impacted the baseball team in a wonderful way,

559
00:48:30,820 --> 00:48:36,040
showing commitment, determination and just being outstanding leader on that baseball field.

560
00:48:36,040 --> 00:48:48,840
Devin B. Jew, which showing teamwork, athleticism to its finest, and just overall showing other athletes to put all they can and what they want on that field.

561
00:48:49,820 --> 00:48:55,940
And so I just kind of want to highlight those two athletes because those are outstanding accomplishments to be playing D1 next year.

562
00:48:56,520 --> 00:48:57,120
So yeah.

563
00:48:57,660 --> 00:48:58,700
Thank you.

564
00:48:59,980 --> 00:49:07,440
I got like two things to share I guess I I mean up my school. We recently did the blood drive last Wednesday

565
00:49:07,440 --> 00:49:14,080
We got 20 blood donations. It was like slightly less than last time, but that was just because our NHS

566
00:49:15,140 --> 00:49:21,120
We did advertise it very well, but besides that and then we also are doing the giving tree and we have

567
00:49:21,120 --> 00:49:24,840
64 gifts for that so far and that's that's all I got for that

568
00:49:30,850 --> 00:49:33,570
That's it. Yeah, so then we got committee reports

569
00:49:35,750 --> 00:49:44,890
So legislative committee, WIA committee first since I'm doing that one, there's no WIA committee report, okay?

570
00:49:45,570 --> 00:49:50,910
So legislative committee, all I have for us is because of the legislative session coming up,

571
00:49:51,090 --> 00:50:00,070
I do special trainings and things next week, and the concern basically on the street is that the the state keeps saying that

572
00:50:00,730 --> 00:50:05,030
projected budget is going to be less than they told us the last time they projected a budget.

573
00:50:05,430 --> 00:50:09,130
So every so often they project the budget and then they come out and tell us,

574
00:50:09,290 --> 00:50:11,950
oh we got less revenues coming in than we are anticipating.

575
00:50:12,390 --> 00:50:14,210
Oh we got less revenues coming in.

576
00:50:14,610 --> 00:50:17,110
So we'll see where this trip takes us this year.

577
00:50:17,350 --> 00:50:17,970
I don't know.

578
00:50:18,210 --> 00:50:20,390
You have any comments about that?

579
00:50:20,430 --> 00:50:21,390
Super didn't win.

580
00:50:21,630 --> 00:50:25,310
Other than I've heard the same thing that now is not the time to ask.

581
00:50:25,310 --> 00:50:29,510
So my goal has been to talk about unfunded

582
00:50:29,510 --> 00:50:31,850
or underfunded mandates that our legislature

583
00:50:31,850 --> 00:50:34,990
could wrap their minds around to help give us some relief

584
00:50:34,990 --> 00:50:36,030
in a different way.

585
00:50:36,270 --> 00:50:37,170
Yeah, I don't have any confidence

586
00:50:37,170 --> 00:50:38,790
we know what they're going to do.

587
00:50:39,470 --> 00:50:40,070
Audit committee.

588
00:50:41,210 --> 00:50:42,650
Yes, we had the Audit committee.

589
00:50:43,190 --> 00:50:46,390
We reviewed vouchers, superintendent, time card,

590
00:50:48,650 --> 00:50:52,490
and selected payroll, and everything was in order.

591
00:50:55,500 --> 00:51:03,680
It strikes me that we have a couple of positions to fill. Is that, is this the time to do it now?

592
00:51:03,680 --> 00:51:06,120
Because I don't, I don't have a, is it on the agenda?

593
00:51:06,460 --> 00:51:09,700
Yeah, it's on the agenda under committee reports.

594
00:51:10,600 --> 00:51:10,840
Okay.

595
00:51:14,490 --> 00:51:16,650
We will need somebody for the audit committee.

596
00:51:17,290 --> 00:51:28,070
I'm willing to stay on for a couple of months until the new board members feel comfortable to take that.

597
00:51:30,990 --> 00:51:34,450
But I'm willing to stay on for a few months.

598
00:51:35,270 --> 00:51:42,530
So we do need someone else possibly too.

599
00:51:43,090 --> 00:51:45,210
The underlined piece, Terry, if you.

600
00:51:45,710 --> 00:51:49,470
Director of Champagne's former seat on the Audit Committee is now open.

601
00:51:49,590 --> 00:51:50,270
Oh, I'm sorry.

602
00:51:50,470 --> 00:51:51,130
I see how you organize.

603
00:51:51,710 --> 00:51:52,170
Thank you.

604
00:51:53,310 --> 00:51:59,110
So director Champagne's former seat on the audit committee is now open due to his term expiration.

605
00:51:59,770 --> 00:52:04,570
The board will discuss an appointing new board member to replace Mr. Champagne.

606
00:52:05,990 --> 00:52:11,590
So now Debbie has been serving and she's just told us now that she doesn't want to serve much longer also.

607
00:52:12,050 --> 00:52:17,290
So we will need two people. Does anybody really interested in serving on the audit committee?

608
00:52:21,300 --> 00:52:24,820
As I stated previously, I'll serve in whatever capacities need to.

609
00:52:25,500 --> 00:52:28,760
I didn't think I should say that for you, but you definitely did.

610
00:52:28,940 --> 00:52:29,140
Yep.

611
00:52:29,600 --> 00:52:31,900
So he's available, right?

612
00:52:32,220 --> 00:52:33,620
Mr. Marshall's available to serve.

613
00:52:33,840 --> 00:52:34,500
We need another person.

614
00:52:34,520 --> 00:52:35,120
I could also.

615
00:52:35,140 --> 00:52:36,740
You would like he's willing to do that?

616
00:52:37,740 --> 00:52:37,940
All right.

617
00:52:38,560 --> 00:52:45,300
So then Debbie's going to continue to meet with you with them for a few meetings.

618
00:52:46,160 --> 00:52:46,400
Excellent.

619
00:52:47,060 --> 00:52:48,760
Does she talk with you about it already?

620
00:52:49,960 --> 00:52:50,180
Yeah.

621
00:52:50,640 --> 00:52:51,100
All right.

622
00:52:51,320 --> 00:52:51,860
Good, good, good.

623
00:52:52,080 --> 00:52:52,560
Okay.

624
00:52:52,560 --> 00:52:56,740
All right, now I am not going to be continuing as the led rep.

625
00:52:57,760 --> 00:53:04,040
I recently been elected to the WASDE legislative committee, which has some whole different

626
00:53:04,040 --> 00:53:10,220
gambit of responsibilities, I can continue though as the led rep until somebody speaks

627
00:53:10,220 --> 00:53:12,500
up that they'd like to take my place, right?

628
00:53:12,940 --> 00:53:18,860
So I can do both because I will definitely be involved in both intensively, right?

629
00:53:18,860 --> 00:53:26,140
So, be it known, we're looking for somebody to take over as our led drip member on the board.

630
00:53:26,440 --> 00:53:27,780
I'd be interested in that.

631
00:53:28,180 --> 00:53:29,100
Anybody else?

632
00:53:30,380 --> 00:53:30,680
Okay.

633
00:53:31,600 --> 00:53:33,180
Well, we'll think about it.

634
00:53:33,280 --> 00:53:34,580
We'll ruin the need on it, okay?

635
00:53:35,140 --> 00:53:36,820
Because you're going to finish your audit committee.

636
00:53:37,420 --> 00:53:37,880
All right.

637
00:53:40,680 --> 00:53:44,560
Battleground Education Foundation has something underlined in it.

638
00:53:45,360 --> 00:53:51,520
Director Maddox's former seat on the BGEF committee is now open due to her term expiration.

639
00:53:52,380 --> 00:53:57,140
The board will discuss in a point a new board member to replace Miss Maddox.

640
00:53:59,570 --> 00:54:01,070
I am very interested in that one.

641
00:54:01,350 --> 00:54:01,670
Oh, excellent.

642
00:54:02,570 --> 00:54:02,810
Okay.

643
00:54:02,930 --> 00:54:04,350
I love to serve in that room.

644
00:54:04,730 --> 00:54:04,890
All right.

645
00:54:05,130 --> 00:54:10,130
So you will have to hook up with Superintendent Witton, and she'll get you in the top where

646
00:54:10,130 --> 00:54:10,550
you need to be.

647
00:54:12,290 --> 00:54:14,270
Have you already served with them somehow?

648
00:54:14,270 --> 00:54:15,610
I bet you have.

649
00:54:15,670 --> 00:54:16,010
No.

650
00:54:16,010 --> 00:54:16,210
I don't know.

651
00:54:17,270 --> 00:54:18,390
You see what?

652
00:54:18,830 --> 00:54:18,870
Yeah.

653
00:54:19,270 --> 00:54:19,410
Okay.

654
00:54:19,670 --> 00:54:20,390
You'll like it.

655
00:54:20,390 --> 00:54:21,110
You'll like it a lot.

656
00:54:21,190 --> 00:54:22,490
I like it.

657
00:54:23,390 --> 00:54:23,650
Okay.

658
00:54:23,830 --> 00:54:24,830
Twoers committee.

659
00:54:25,870 --> 00:54:27,930
Do we need to speak about the twoers committee?

660
00:54:28,130 --> 00:54:29,350
We do.

661
00:54:29,630 --> 00:54:32,730
We need to make sure that everybody has filled out the survey.

662
00:54:33,070 --> 00:54:38,690
We need to discuss what day of the week we're going to do twoers.

663
00:54:38,950 --> 00:54:43,830
They have been in the past on Fridays, but with new board members, we want to make sure

664
00:54:43,830 --> 00:54:50,590
we can accommodate as best we can of a variety of schedules. So if everyone will make sure

665
00:54:50,590 --> 00:54:54,530
that they filled out the survey, I think there's still a couple people to fill it out,

666
00:54:54,650 --> 00:54:59,930
then we can discuss it at the first board meeting in January and then we'll probably do a quick

667
00:54:59,930 --> 00:55:06,870
turn around so we can get to some of you and to Prairie High School before the 26th.

668
00:55:06,870 --> 00:55:10,370
There's Carla, do you want to cattle on the ones who haven't filled it out yet?

669
00:55:18,670 --> 00:55:20,690
May I ask if you received mine?

670
00:55:21,950 --> 00:55:22,870
You did, yes, okay.

671
00:55:25,610 --> 00:55:27,930
I think that is all the committee business.

672
00:55:28,630 --> 00:55:29,610
So, I have a question.

673
00:55:29,730 --> 00:55:33,110
Do we not have a board tour on the 19th?

674
00:55:33,910 --> 00:55:39,070
We are basically resetting if the board, that is the board's will.

675
00:55:39,450 --> 00:55:46,350
What we talked about is not doing any of the board tours until we got input,

676
00:55:46,350 --> 00:55:53,510
But since that schedule was made with the former board members, it just so that's canceled

677
00:55:53,510 --> 00:55:53,910
it.

678
00:55:54,230 --> 00:55:54,270
Yes.

679
00:55:54,630 --> 00:55:56,610
We will reschedule it.

680
00:55:56,990 --> 00:56:02,770
It should be known also that we have been planning everybody participating when we go

681
00:56:02,770 --> 00:56:03,530
on a tour.

682
00:56:04,470 --> 00:56:10,650
But the year before we had three people or two go on on.

683
00:56:10,650 --> 00:56:16,670
So there are alternatives, and everybody I'm sure director of Superintendent Witten will be happy to hear

684
00:56:16,670 --> 00:56:22,190
whatever we got to say, is there, you have any thoughts about returning possibly for the working

685
00:56:22,190 --> 00:56:24,870
people to go to three people again or two?

686
00:56:25,310 --> 00:56:31,190
Well, I think, you know, it's up to you to decide how you would like to do this moving forward.

687
00:56:31,450 --> 00:56:40,330
What we found is that with limited struggling schedules that it was better for us to move

688
00:56:40,330 --> 00:56:42,730
to a situation where we could divide the board

689
00:56:42,730 --> 00:56:46,090
when we went to a school because then if somebody couldn't make it,

690
00:56:46,090 --> 00:56:47,870
the school hadn't done all that planning

691
00:56:47,870 --> 00:56:51,210
and they don't have anybody to show it to.

692
00:56:51,530 --> 00:56:53,890
As long as we stay in groups of two,

693
00:56:54,650 --> 00:56:57,810
when the principal or their leadership team is presenting,

694
00:56:58,110 --> 00:56:59,810
it's fine for us to be together.

695
00:57:00,010 --> 00:57:03,150
It is listed as an event for us.

696
00:57:03,390 --> 00:57:04,290
That's fine.

697
00:57:04,630 --> 00:57:07,330
It's just then we separate when we two are

698
00:57:07,330 --> 00:57:09,730
and we're actually talking about school business

699
00:57:09,730 --> 00:57:13,210
so that we're not in a quorum, so we keep two and two.

700
00:57:13,510 --> 00:57:17,730
So you two gentlemen, they're working full-time jobs, have you had to retire?

701
00:57:19,090 --> 00:57:25,350
So I'd be at no one that you're not under a harsh commitment to be at these, if you can't make it, you can't make it, right?

702
00:57:25,830 --> 00:57:26,810
We know, okay.

703
00:57:27,330 --> 00:57:34,730
And Terry, when I send out the invites for all of those, I do pull each board member, make sure that they are available.

704
00:57:34,990 --> 00:57:39,430
If there is a scheduling conflict, we do have the ability to assign it by

705
00:57:39,430 --> 00:57:45,730
so to speak to anyone who cannot make a board tour so that we have enough people to attend.

706
00:57:47,960 --> 00:57:50,720
Very good. Any further discussion about that?

707
00:57:51,280 --> 00:57:54,200
And that's the last committee item that we needed to discuss.

708
00:57:55,280 --> 00:57:57,480
So now we're at director reports.

709
00:57:58,780 --> 00:57:59,000
Anyone?

710
00:58:00,140 --> 00:58:02,100
I have, excuse me, a few things.

711
00:58:02,620 --> 00:58:05,420
I went to the Cascadia breakfast today.

712
00:58:05,920 --> 00:58:08,580
It was really, really enlightening.

713
00:58:08,580 --> 00:58:16,510
They have added some new programs of study.

714
00:58:16,550 --> 00:58:20,330
They have maritime technology now and barbering.

715
00:58:21,450 --> 00:58:24,290
And they were really excited about it.

716
00:58:24,850 --> 00:58:29,910
They invited the public in to talk about,

717
00:58:29,910 --> 00:58:34,150
they have a 101 building that's falling down

718
00:58:34,150 --> 00:58:37,010
and they want to replace it.

719
00:58:37,130 --> 00:58:39,550
They're looking for $55 million

720
00:58:39,550 --> 00:58:47,550
in order to do that. And they had beautiful architectural pitchers for us to look at.

721
00:58:48,910 --> 00:58:57,090
My older daughter went to Cascadia when it was the skill center. I just think it's a wonderful place.

722
00:58:57,970 --> 00:59:07,530
They have done a really nice job preparing young people for their future, especially in areas.

723
00:59:07,530 --> 00:59:35,890
You know, like they have aviation, they just have so many different air things that, you know, we have some great ones too, don't give me wrong, but this is really another opportunity for kids to graduate another plate way they can go and it was just a beautiful beautiful opportunity to listen to what they're doing and they just wanted the public to know that that's their, that's their hope is that their building will be replaced.

724
00:59:35,890 --> 00:59:39,890
and they are going to the legislature about it.

725
00:59:44,160 --> 00:59:49,260
They want to position Washington as a national leader.

726
00:59:50,960 --> 00:59:56,120
And I guess it's one of the biggest training centers.

727
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:07,980
So it's pretty, pretty exciting to be a part of that. The other thing is that we're going to have coffee with directors again.

728
01:00:09,560 --> 01:00:15,740
We met last week and it was great. We had three community members join us, which was super.

729
01:00:16,400 --> 01:00:22,000
And we appreciated them giving their time. We're going to also meet the 10th and the 17th.

730
01:00:22,000 --> 01:00:27,240
at Allen earnings from 1030 to 1130 we're talking quite a bit about the

731
01:00:27,240 --> 01:00:32,380
levy and then what we can do to help help with that and just talking to the

732
01:00:32,380 --> 01:00:37,780
public about anything that they want to talk about also it's not just levy

733
01:00:37,780 --> 01:00:42,700
it's any any questions that they have. So we invite all the public to come out and

734
01:00:42,700 --> 01:00:51,200
visit with us and chat. The next one on January will be the 7th from 1030 to 1130

735
01:00:51,200 --> 01:00:52,480
and Allen and he's also.

736
01:00:53,340 --> 01:00:57,260
We made Flex the Time because we want to be able to have

737
01:00:57,260 --> 01:01:01,540
all of our board members join, Marshall and Chris.

738
01:01:03,220 --> 01:01:05,220
And so we made Flex the Time, but right now,

739
01:01:05,480 --> 01:01:06,780
that's the Time we've set it for.

740
01:01:08,820 --> 01:01:10,660
Could I, for just a minute?

741
01:01:11,620 --> 01:01:14,060
I just want to caution the board to.

742
01:01:14,880 --> 01:01:16,260
Yeah, thank you, Terry.

743
01:01:16,540 --> 01:01:19,000
I just want to caution us to be careful.

744
01:01:19,000 --> 01:01:27,560
One of the things that PDC looks for is initiating new things after a board resolution for a

745
01:01:27,560 --> 01:01:30,540
levee bond or whatever campaign we might be running.

746
01:01:31,120 --> 01:01:38,720
So we need to be cautious that we are allowing the community to bring topics to us, not

747
01:01:38,720 --> 01:01:44,900
that we're putting topics in front of the community, particularly if it's around the levee.

748
01:01:44,900 --> 01:01:52,680
And then making sure that, unless we are listing it as a meeting that we don't have a forum.

749
01:01:53,500 --> 01:01:59,800
So to speak clearly, Debbie and I are having copy with anyone who would like to join us on Wednesday,

750
01:01:59,900 --> 01:02:01,560
morning at 10, 30 at Allen earnings.

751
01:02:02,560 --> 01:02:06,000
And entertain any questions you might have. There's not a levy meeting.

752
01:02:06,540 --> 01:02:08,540
This is a talk to the board meeting.

753
01:02:09,060 --> 01:02:11,640
And you won't be stuck with Terry and Debbie all the time.

754
01:02:11,640 --> 01:02:16,020
will be other board members from time to time. Those two of us. That's the idea.

755
01:02:19,230 --> 01:02:19,570
In the other

756
01:02:19,570 --> 01:02:26,210
committee reports, I guess not. I don't have any. Okay. Well, it's not copyright of the

757
01:02:26,210 --> 01:02:32,170
directors, but I'm available at Alan Ernese. Most mornings at seven. All right. So you guys

758
01:02:32,170 --> 01:02:34,650
ever need to find me. That's usually where I'm at in the morning.

759
01:02:36,810 --> 01:02:38,490
No, Tara. I was looking at

760
01:02:38,490 --> 01:02:45,590
the schedule here and looks like we're not going to meet for quite a while. I know

761
01:02:45,590 --> 01:02:51,830
we have this levee coming up and so I kind of wanted to look to see what the

762
01:02:51,830 --> 01:02:57,510
board thoughts were on meeting again sometime in December maybe in two weeks. I know

763
01:02:57,510 --> 01:03:06,370
there's schools out but looking at somewhere ballpark on the 22nd. Okay well a

764
01:03:06,370 --> 01:03:07,050
Point of order.

765
01:03:07,550 --> 01:03:11,050
Item 16 on the agenda is future board events.

766
01:03:11,910 --> 01:03:12,090
All right.

767
01:03:12,230 --> 01:03:13,370
So we'll hold it for there.

768
01:03:14,290 --> 01:03:14,350
Okay?

769
01:03:14,490 --> 01:03:14,850
Put it up in.

770
01:03:15,210 --> 01:03:15,450
Thanks.

771
01:03:15,750 --> 01:03:16,130
Put it in.

772
01:03:16,330 --> 01:03:16,750
There you go.

773
01:03:18,390 --> 01:03:21,310
So superintendent with it.

774
01:03:21,910 --> 01:03:23,730
Superintendent with it.

775
01:03:24,030 --> 01:03:26,330
Just a couple of things for me.

776
01:03:26,830 --> 01:03:31,070
It's been seven days of school since we had a board meeting.

777
01:03:31,450 --> 01:03:34,210
So not as much as I may normally share.

778
01:03:34,210 --> 01:03:41,570
But as you know, I have two been trying to meet with our community in a variety of ways and places.

779
01:03:42,170 --> 01:03:45,830
And so I have a little bit of information about a couple of different things.

780
01:03:46,730 --> 01:03:55,130
We had the executive dialogue meeting with that includes the Vancouver Chamber coming out to meet with some of our larger businesses in the area,

781
01:03:55,350 --> 01:03:58,310
and they invited C-Tran out.

782
01:03:58,310 --> 01:04:03,770
and it was an interesting discussion that I thought was important to share with you as well as our

783
01:04:03,770 --> 01:04:12,270
community and our families. Eric Floric from C-Tran, he shared with us about many programs that they

784
01:04:12,270 --> 01:04:19,850
have within C-Tran, but one that I had not specifically heard of. It is a relatively new program

785
01:04:19,850 --> 01:04:26,350
and it's a ride share service called The Current. So I think it's really important to know that

786
01:04:26,350 --> 01:04:33,570
program allows people in the city limits of battleground to move within the community in a

787
01:04:33,570 --> 01:04:41,350
ride share manner for the same price as riding bus taking a bus. So if an individual didn't

788
01:04:41,350 --> 01:04:47,690
live on a bus line and needed to move around our community, they could call, they could reach out

789
01:04:48,050 --> 01:04:53,850
to ride to the ride share program and actually I have some flyers that I will put on the back

790
01:04:53,850 --> 01:05:03,390
people in case anybody wants to take those, but that program is relatively new and it's

791
01:05:03,390 --> 01:05:08,230
allowing people that live in the community who don't have transportation to get to bus

792
01:05:08,230 --> 01:05:14,690
lines or to get to and from, say, the grocery store or places like that. I think that's an

793
01:05:14,690 --> 01:05:20,910
important thing because it's not just for adults, it's also for students, young people. So

794
01:05:20,910 --> 01:05:25,810
So if young people are needing to get to cascadia, for instance, and they need to take a

795
01:05:25,810 --> 01:05:30,750
bus, but they don't live close, but they're in town, they could actually catch a ride

796
01:05:30,750 --> 01:05:32,190
chair and then go from there.

797
01:05:32,970 --> 01:05:39,450
So it's going to provide or does provide a lot of opportunities for people to move in and

798
01:05:39,450 --> 01:05:43,530
among our area without having a car.

799
01:05:43,810 --> 01:05:45,670
So I thought that was important for us.

800
01:05:46,430 --> 01:05:53,090
The other thing I was able last week to meet with our group of pastors from our community,

801
01:05:53,210 --> 01:05:59,110
it was a wonderful discussion. As I'm going out to these meetings, often times I'm asking,

802
01:05:59,690 --> 01:06:03,430
what are the things that you're hearing about our schools, not unlike what Toby and Eatsle

803
01:06:03,430 --> 01:06:09,450
are doing with the students, I'm doing the same thing in the community and they had a variety of

804
01:06:09,450 --> 01:06:14,870
things to share that were voices from the members of their church and I thought that they were

805
01:06:16,230 --> 01:06:20,990
very thoughtful. They're very supportive of the school district and

806
01:06:20,990 --> 01:06:26,490
challenge. They realize that it's evolving greatly. We talked about many of the

807
01:06:26,490 --> 01:06:31,350
differences between our our different places in the community because we've

808
01:06:31,350 --> 01:06:35,570
got Vancouver, the City of Vancouver, the City of Battleground, Yakult,

809
01:06:35,890 --> 01:06:40,130
Amboy, and it was an interesting discussion. They had great perspective

810
01:06:40,130 --> 01:06:45,210
based on the conversation about the communities that make up each of those areas.

811
01:06:45,910 --> 01:06:51,590
And they asked great questions, one of the questions that I thought was really insightful

812
01:06:51,590 --> 01:06:56,670
and I've heard before, it was around clubs, clubs, and schools, and how do they work?

813
01:06:57,170 --> 01:07:02,210
So it gave me the opportunity to explain that clubs are done through our associated student

814
01:07:02,210 --> 01:07:09,130
body, that when students are interested in starting a club, they get eight kiddos together,

815
01:07:09,130 --> 01:07:16,850
they write some bylaws, they find an advisor, and then they go present to the ASB, and that's

816
01:07:16,850 --> 01:07:22,410
how they start a club, essentially. And so it was interesting. I mean, to just have this dialogue,

817
01:07:22,770 --> 01:07:30,650
because I think oftentimes, all of us internally, we are so used to it that we think, oh,

818
01:07:30,750 --> 01:07:35,770
this is easy, this is how it's done, but people outside of the school environment don't realize

819
01:07:35,770 --> 01:07:41,330
the nuances of how things happen and whether adults are driving them or students are driving

820
01:07:41,330 --> 01:07:47,170
them and whatnot. So it was a good discussion overall. They had lots of questions and we

821
01:07:47,170 --> 01:07:52,390
had lots of dialogue and certainly they provided some insights to me that I think will be

822
01:07:52,390 --> 01:07:58,430
helpful to me personally and my team as we move forward. The other thing that we did, you

823
01:07:58,430 --> 01:08:02,790
probably remember our legacy night that we did in the fall for football. We did a very similar

824
01:08:02,790 --> 01:08:09,390
thing for basketball. It was a great opportunity as Ethel said. It was Prairie won the night, big,

825
01:08:10,750 --> 01:08:16,630
so good for them. But it was a great opportunity for us to again celebrate our alumni and staff

826
01:08:16,630 --> 01:08:25,130
that have made this community a part of them and remain in our community. And it was nice to

827
01:08:25,130 --> 01:08:31,150
celebrate them and also just celebrate the athletic events that are bringing our two high schools

828
01:08:31,150 --> 01:08:37,350
together. So it was a nice event. I'm proud of our students. Great sportsmanship all through

829
01:08:37,350 --> 01:08:43,650
the evening. So, um, like Debbie, I had the opportunity to be at Cascadia, but not for the

830
01:08:43,650 --> 01:08:48,770
breakfast that she attended. Um, they have a regular superintendent administrative council meeting

831
01:08:48,770 --> 01:08:55,190
that happens about four times a year. And, uh, we did some reviewing of information and data.

832
01:08:55,650 --> 01:09:00,090
And I thought there was some interesting data, particularly about battleground public schools and

833
01:09:00,090 --> 01:09:03,050
how we access their program, their at Cascadia.

834
01:09:04,510 --> 01:09:07,410
We actually, for large large districts,

835
01:09:08,610 --> 01:09:14,950
we have a completion rate of over four certificates

836
01:09:14,950 --> 01:09:17,130
for every student that participates.

837
01:09:17,310 --> 01:09:21,490
So we have a very high certification rate for our students.

838
01:09:21,690 --> 01:09:25,890
We also have a low attrition rate for our special education

839
01:09:25,890 --> 01:09:29,050
and multi-lingual students participating in the program.

840
01:09:29,050 --> 01:09:32,350
So once our students start, they often stay in the program.

841
01:09:32,810 --> 01:09:34,450
So that was really good news.

842
01:09:36,610 --> 01:09:41,830
We had basically head count this last year.

843
01:09:42,050 --> 01:09:47,950
We had a total of 1614 students,

844
01:09:48,150 --> 01:09:50,410
which is about 9,000 students.

845
01:09:51,150 --> 01:09:53,370
And battleground, oh, I didn't write it down.

846
01:09:53,670 --> 01:09:53,990
Oh, shoot.

847
01:09:54,490 --> 01:09:55,750
I didn't write down how many.

848
01:09:55,750 --> 01:10:07,650
But our students I want to say was, it was like 350 or I believe all double check that, but it's good numbers, good showing from battleground.

849
01:10:08,070 --> 01:10:16,370
I think that says a lot in respect to how our students extend the CTE offerings that we have internally.

850
01:10:16,870 --> 01:10:24,030
Most of our participation are in the 11th and 12th grade, so many of our students start in a health services program, for instance,

851
01:10:24,030 --> 01:10:30,870
and then they go on to get a CNA license or a medical assistance license over at Cascadia

852
01:10:30,870 --> 01:10:31,310
Tech.

853
01:10:32,090 --> 01:10:36,870
So, our students are maximizing the opportunities of those certification programs.

854
01:10:37,810 --> 01:10:43,810
We also were able to visit the Cosmautology and the Barbering Program.

855
01:10:43,810 --> 01:10:46,470
The Barbering Program was full.

856
01:10:47,510 --> 01:10:51,590
All males had separate one female and I was just impressed.

857
01:10:51,590 --> 01:10:58,490
They were fully engaged in those haircuts on their mannequins, and it was very cool to

858
01:10:58,490 --> 01:11:03,290
watch them doing, I would have gladly had a haircut from any of them.

859
01:11:03,350 --> 01:11:07,590
In fact, maybe after 30 years of cutting my husband's hair, I might send him down there.

860
01:11:08,690 --> 01:11:09,590
Give that up.

861
01:11:10,990 --> 01:11:16,770
And then we also visited the aviation program, and wow, it was impressive.

862
01:11:17,370 --> 01:11:42,410
In fact, one of our students that I got to meet in the ROTC program a few weeks ago, he was in the aviation class in the senior class and participating at a high level and again, many of the students in that program are either planning to go on to be a pilot or some of a couple of them have an interest in air traffic controlling.

863
01:11:42,410 --> 01:11:50,470
So, just a high-need area and it's great to see some of our young people stepping into roles that they'll be able to find work in right away.

864
01:11:51,990 --> 01:11:58,410
And that for me is all I have any questions about any of those visits or...

865
01:11:58,990 --> 01:12:05,870
I just would, excuse me, add that they told us today that they're getting these, what do they call that they sit in?

866
01:12:05,870 --> 01:12:18,030
Simulators. $65,000 a piece. They're getting a bread they would. Yeah, so they were pretty excited about it. Yeah, and they have big drones

867
01:12:18,030 --> 01:12:26,890
I mean, it's an amazing facility to walk through and see what they have. My youngest son went through that program and graduated

868
01:12:26,890 --> 01:12:35,190
And yeah, his desire now is to finish out and become a pilot, but you can if done right, you can finish out your ground school

869
01:12:35,190 --> 01:12:38,010
and from Pymet's license and variety of things.

870
01:12:38,150 --> 01:12:41,290
It was a great program for him, kept him very engaged in school.

871
01:12:41,530 --> 01:12:42,270
Yeah, it was great.

872
01:12:42,410 --> 01:12:43,350
Oh, that's great.

873
01:12:45,690 --> 01:12:47,490
And so that's it for me.

874
01:12:47,690 --> 01:12:50,090
Nothing from Lonell, you've heard about Sips earlier,

875
01:12:50,310 --> 01:12:52,290
nothing from human resources.

876
01:12:52,790 --> 01:12:56,830
And so I will turn it over to Michelle Scott and Cindy Clems.

877
01:13:02,280 --> 01:13:03,120
Hi, thank you.

878
01:13:09,790 --> 01:13:11,170
OK, good evening, board.

879
01:13:11,170 --> 01:13:23,870
I want to share with you our wrap-up of our 25-20, 24-25 school year, financial statements.

880
01:13:24,730 --> 01:13:27,910
The board receives budget status reports monthly.

881
01:13:29,050 --> 01:13:35,330
So a lot of this information is kind of just providing a little more context to it

882
01:13:35,330 --> 01:13:42,310
because the budget status reports don't provide as much information as you probably see in a financial

883
01:13:42,310 --> 01:13:49,750
statement for a business of sorts. So Cindy and I and Sherry Daily all work very closely

884
01:13:49,750 --> 01:13:58,550
for our end of the year report and financial statements. There's a lot of work that goes into it,

885
01:13:58,550 --> 01:14:01,810
very long checklist, a lot of information.

886
01:14:02,130 --> 01:14:06,230
As a matter of fact, OSPI is still has not,

887
01:14:06,230 --> 01:14:08,610
I checked earlier during the board meeting,

888
01:14:08,810 --> 01:14:10,350
they still haven't posted all of them

889
01:14:10,350 --> 01:14:11,650
for the school districts yet.

890
01:14:12,370 --> 01:14:14,670
So again, it's, you know, we're right on target,

891
01:14:14,930 --> 01:14:18,750
we're, this is how it works with school districts.

892
01:14:20,090 --> 01:14:24,130
And so, anything that we can't answer tonight,

893
01:14:24,150 --> 01:14:25,550
if you have specific questions,

894
01:14:25,810 --> 01:14:27,870
we will take your questions and we'll write them down

895
01:14:27,870 --> 01:14:34,650
and we'll go back to you and our financial statements will go through an intensive audit from our

896
01:14:34,650 --> 01:14:40,330
state auditors. They come in. They spend a lot of time with us and that only do they audit our

897
01:14:40,330 --> 01:14:48,430
financial statements. They also will audit accountability and our federal expenditures. So there's

898
01:14:48,430 --> 01:14:58,710
so there will be a audit that will start most likely towards the end-age January, so that's when it makes

899
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:06,720
Committee will also be involved with that and have status updates as we go along.

900
01:15:07,200 --> 01:15:14,660
Next slide. Okay, so just some highlights to go over student enrollment increase from the prior year.

901
01:15:15,320 --> 01:15:20,840
And also we were over budget and we'll show you a graph coming up.

902
01:15:20,960 --> 01:15:27,460
We used $2.3 million of fund balance for expenses and excessive revenues.

903
01:15:27,460 --> 01:15:40,280
We had a new accounting requirement, a new gas bee that required us to re-calculate our compensated

904
01:15:40,280 --> 01:15:41,140
absences.

905
01:15:41,420 --> 01:15:46,840
So what this is, it's showing more of a liability on our statement of long-term liabilities.

906
01:15:47,540 --> 01:15:49,420
It is just a reputable item.

907
01:15:49,420 --> 01:15:54,140
It does not impact expenditures as you might see in a business.

908
01:15:54,160 --> 01:15:56,420
This is more just a reporting item.

909
01:15:56,420 --> 01:16:03,860
And it's trying to, is to give more transparency on the district's liability of compensated

910
01:16:03,860 --> 01:16:10,900
absences and that would be sick legal calls, vacation, personal days that are available.

911
01:16:13,120 --> 01:16:20,440
And we also wanted to note that from the prior year, if you look, our federal expenditures

912
01:16:20,440 --> 01:16:24,720
were greater, we had more revenue and federal money and that's because we had pan-down,

913
01:16:24,720 --> 01:16:27,640
that was in the prior year.

914
01:16:28,680 --> 01:16:31,720
So that was just an note that I wanted to share with you.

915
01:16:32,500 --> 01:16:33,800
Okay, going on to enrollment,

916
01:16:34,140 --> 01:16:36,600
you can see enrollment has been growing.

917
01:16:38,580 --> 01:16:42,920
And we ended the year with an annual average FTE

918
01:16:42,920 --> 01:16:49,100
and FTE means that that is our annual average full time enrollment.

919
01:16:49,280 --> 01:16:52,940
So that's when students attend that our school is not the head count.

920
01:16:52,940 --> 01:16:55,840
It's for how long that they're actually in seats.

921
01:16:57,120 --> 01:17:03,220
So we did have enrollment up 143 FTE from the prior year.

922
01:17:03,760 --> 01:17:06,160
And we were over budget by 64.

923
01:17:06,500 --> 01:17:13,420
So we were really close to budget giving, you know, the 12,217.

924
01:17:18,730 --> 01:17:25,690
Next, we also wanted to provide you with information on the breakout of that enrollment.

925
01:17:25,690 --> 01:17:34,350
So basic education was up 21 and then our alternative learning experience schools were up

926
01:17:34,350 --> 01:17:42,050
on our 22 for a total of 143. Our running start numbers increased as well. So that's 49

927
01:17:42,050 --> 01:17:50,950
FTE and our open doors increased for four. We also had an increase in special education of 80 students.

928
01:17:50,950 --> 01:17:55,450
I'm pretty much all of those came in right on budget, so

929
01:17:58,750 --> 01:18:00,650
let's go go to our general fund

930
01:18:00,650 --> 01:18:09,910
revenues so the general fund it's just you can see here that we had our state is the blue right

931
01:18:09,910 --> 01:18:18,570
there and our state makes up is what you might hear as a portionment. It's our basic education and we

932
01:18:18,570 --> 01:18:29,090
had 133 million, 750,000 on a state funding, and then our state special purpose

933
01:18:29,090 --> 01:18:37,190
funding is going to be a transportation food service, high cap program, all of our special

934
01:18:37,190 --> 01:18:45,570
categorical programs, and that was 50,000, 650,000.

935
01:18:45,570 --> 01:18:54,090
And so between the two of those, it's 184.2 million dollars and 80.5% of our revenue.

936
01:18:55,030 --> 01:19:07,270
And so as you can see, the federal funding is 4.2% and 9.7 million dollars is on our federal.

937
01:19:07,430 --> 01:19:10,810
And you can see that in the slides right there.

938
01:19:10,810 --> 01:19:20,850
um local levee would made up 13.3% of our funding for 30 million 353,000 and then we have

939
01:19:20,850 --> 01:19:28,410
some other revenues sources as well from different areas and we have a lot of that information

940
01:19:28,410 --> 01:19:34,210
on our budget presentation if anybody's interested in kind of a little more detailed breakdown

941
01:19:34,210 --> 01:19:35,270
of those categories.

942
01:19:38,740 --> 01:19:40,280
Any questions on revenue?

943
01:19:42,210 --> 01:19:43,950
Can I move on to, oh, yes.

944
01:19:44,050 --> 01:19:49,290
The FTE comparison to historically like 2019, maybe?

945
01:19:49,850 --> 01:19:49,950
Uh-huh.

946
01:19:50,050 --> 01:19:51,650
Where we have to be clear to that.

947
01:19:52,070 --> 01:19:55,050
And I will have to get that to you.

948
01:19:55,490 --> 01:19:57,470
Yeah, but yeah.

949
01:19:58,290 --> 01:20:03,390
So we did have, we did have stronger FTE prior to the pandemic.

950
01:20:04,370 --> 01:20:05,290
Yeah, yeah, something.

951
01:20:05,810 --> 01:20:09,450
Could I ask for question also concerning the enrollment being up?

952
01:20:10,670 --> 01:20:13,990
Is that compared year to year at the same time?

953
01:20:14,470 --> 01:20:18,090
Because enrollment at the beginning of the year seems like we've peed around a little bit.

954
01:20:18,090 --> 01:20:18,490
Yeah, yeah.

955
01:20:18,510 --> 01:20:18,530
Yeah.

956
01:20:18,530 --> 01:20:19,130
The year goes down.

957
01:20:19,450 --> 01:20:21,550
So the two periods are they?

958
01:20:21,770 --> 01:20:25,710
They are apples to apples, they are the annual averages.

959
01:20:26,350 --> 01:20:27,130
So those, yeah.

960
01:20:27,390 --> 01:20:32,430
So those do compare, we take enrollment every month at the beginning of the month.

961
01:20:32,430 --> 01:20:35,630
and then the stable average that.

962
01:20:36,050 --> 01:20:40,990
So you'll see when we do our enrollment graphs for you

963
01:20:40,990 --> 01:20:44,170
and give you information on enrollment,

964
01:20:44,310 --> 01:20:47,930
you'll see it go up and then you'll see it kind of go a little steady

965
01:20:47,930 --> 01:20:51,510
and then you'll see what we're taking is the annual average

966
01:20:51,510 --> 01:20:54,710
of all of those numbers together for each count.

967
01:20:56,550 --> 01:20:56,790
Okay.

968
01:20:57,850 --> 01:20:58,610
Thank you.

969
01:20:58,610 --> 01:21:10,150
Okay. I general phantom expenditures are general phantom expenditures and we're going to give it to you by

970
01:21:10,150 --> 01:21:14,570
objects. So there's different ways we look at expenditures. We look at them by programs

971
01:21:15,450 --> 01:21:20,810
and we look at them by objects and then we look at them by activities. So it's just different

972
01:21:20,810 --> 01:21:28,890
lenses on the expenditures. So the object makes up our salaries, our

973
01:21:28,890 --> 01:21:34,990
certificate of salaries, classified salaries, benefits, supplies,

974
01:21:35,750 --> 01:21:41,090
purchases, services, travel, and capital outlay. So those are our

975
01:21:41,090 --> 01:21:46,810
categories for object. Our salaries and benefits are a

976
01:21:46,810 --> 01:21:51,610
$87.4 million or 81% of our expenditures.

977
01:21:52,390 --> 01:21:59,690
So, we're a great deal of our expenditures are made up of staff and people taking care of kids.

978
01:22:01,210 --> 01:22:08,170
Had our contracted transportation and nutrition services labor been also included because we

979
01:22:08,170 --> 01:22:15,330
contract, it would have been a greater expenditure of our budget. But because those are contracted,

980
01:22:15,330 --> 01:22:21,210
They're in our purchase services, so you will not see those labor dollars included.

981
01:22:21,730 --> 01:22:27,350
So some of other districts may have a little bit higher expenditures for salaries and benefits,

982
01:22:27,390 --> 01:22:35,250
and that's due to the transportation and food service contracts.

983
01:22:36,210 --> 01:22:39,370
Not being included that they self-obbed.

984
01:22:40,940 --> 01:22:51,100
So, very, you can see very little of the budget is discretionary, purchase services like I said includes transportation of $14.6 million.

985
01:22:51,500 --> 01:22:58,700
Our food service operations of $4.3 million, running start is also included $3.1 million.

986
01:22:58,880 --> 01:23:05,540
That's a pass through. And then utilities insurance, $6 million total of $28 million.

987
01:23:05,540 --> 01:23:13,400
So you can see there's just not a lot of wiggle room when you take into consideration some of those

988
01:23:14,720 --> 01:23:15,400
expenditures.

989
01:23:17,860 --> 01:23:26,080
Okay, moving on to our expenditures by activity and we kind of consolidated the activities here.

990
01:23:26,620 --> 01:23:36,300
So as you can see, school support makes up 78.3% of our consolidated activities and when we say

991
01:23:36,300 --> 01:23:40,400
school support, we're talking libraries, our school offices,

992
01:23:40,840 --> 01:23:44,880
guidance counselors, health, and student safety, and teaching.

993
01:23:47,170 --> 01:23:52,350
We also have broken out the category of extracurricular and community education,

994
01:23:53,130 --> 01:23:55,010
and that is 1%.

995
01:23:55,280 --> 01:24:00,830
We have food service and transportation broken out at 7.9%.

996
01:24:01,320 --> 01:24:05,310
And we have maintenance, operations, grounds, utilities,

997
01:24:05,310 --> 01:24:11,910
and insurance consolidated together is about 8% of our budget and our

998
01:24:11,910 --> 01:24:18,170
technology print shop warehouses 1.7% and then you can see our district

999
01:24:18,170 --> 01:24:24,830
wide support is 3.1% that makes up our business services, human resources,

1000
01:24:26,030 --> 01:24:31,410
superintendent's office, the school board, motor pool and copier releases.

1001
01:24:35,060 --> 01:24:35,200
Any

1002
01:24:35,200 --> 01:24:35,900
questions.

1003
01:24:39,740 --> 01:24:45,140
Moving on, we just put this side in here. This is something similar you'll see in our

1004
01:24:45,140 --> 01:24:51,040
levy information that talks about the use of levy funds. We basically ran reports that have

1005
01:24:51,040 --> 01:24:58,820
levy coding on our expenditures and this is a may change depending on you know how we use those

1006
01:24:58,820 --> 01:25:06,800
levy dollars, but 43% of our levy funding went to staffing and programs including teachers to support

1007
01:25:06,800 --> 01:25:13,560
smaller class sizes, curricular professional development and statewide support, and then

1008
01:25:13,560 --> 01:25:21,300
our district what is support, excuse me. And then we also have our Student Safety and Discipline

1009
01:25:21,300 --> 01:25:29,920
of 22.3% and a system principles, nurses, and counselors are all included in that category.

1010
01:25:29,920 --> 01:25:39,060
and then special education makes up 10.7 percent, our maintenance, operations and transportation

1011
01:25:39,060 --> 01:25:49,080
is 9.3 percent and we have utilities insurance and technology 8.3 percent and then sports

1012
01:25:49,080 --> 01:25:53,560
and extracurricular activities 6.5%,

1013
01:25:55,860 --> 01:26:02,640
okay. Next slide please. So our general fan summary,

1014
01:26:03,200 --> 01:26:14,600
our total revenues were 220,000, 836,000, 731. Our total expenditures were 230,000, 716,000,

1015
01:26:14,600 --> 01:26:20,900
and $43. We did transfer out to debt service spent for our final debt service payment.

1016
01:26:21,080 --> 01:26:31,760
We are now have no debt for our district. That was $370,000. Our expenditures are greater than

1017
01:26:31,760 --> 01:26:35,280
revenue by $2.3 million.

1018
01:26:38,450 --> 01:26:40,490
Next we're going to go over fund balance.

1019
01:26:44,140 --> 01:26:45,360
So, fund balance is made

1020
01:26:45,360 --> 01:26:52,980
of some main categories that I'd like to walk through. We have our non-spendable and restricted,

1021
01:26:53,900 --> 01:27:02,520
which are just that. They are not available to be spent on anything other than what they are

1022
01:27:02,520 --> 01:27:11,440
set aside for, which is prepaid expenditures, inventory, and categorical programs such as CTE or

1023
01:27:11,440 --> 01:27:16,220
learning assistance program many we've already received that we need to spend on those programs.

1024
01:27:17,120 --> 01:27:25,340
So that money is not available with budget. We have our assigned category and you can see here we have

1025
01:27:25,340 --> 01:27:41,420
$14.2 million. That is to, and that has been assigned to the, to recover from the

1026
01:27:41,420 --> 01:27:42,300
school year.

1027
01:27:44,740 --> 01:27:47,220
I know signed is considered the rainyjade

1028
01:27:47,220 --> 01:27:50,960
fin and we haven't had that for a couple of years and I want to

1029
01:27:50,960 --> 01:27:54,000
I'm sorry I want to go back to the assigned normally the assigned is

1030
01:27:54,000 --> 01:27:58,120
set up for curriculum adoptions. It's set aside for special

1031
01:27:58,120 --> 01:28:05,360
purposes so that many that we had set aside and assigned for programs

1032
01:28:05,360 --> 01:28:10,780
and implementation of curriculum adoptions is going to be used

1033
01:28:10,780 --> 01:28:17,840
So we won't have those set aside, but we'll still have those curriculum adoptions that we will need to

1034
01:28:17,840 --> 01:28:20,770
We will need to find the funding for

1035
01:28:23,200 --> 01:28:31,400
So the NSI and for the board policy our minimum-than-balance policy by board policy is

1036
01:28:31,400 --> 01:28:37,270
between four and six percent and we current. This is currently set at

1037
01:28:37,660 --> 01:28:39,600
six percent of expenditures

1038
01:28:40,860 --> 01:28:51,600
And you can see when your expenditures go up you also have your fund balance needs to go up so you can see that there was actually an increase in that category.

1039
01:28:53,540 --> 01:29:00,500
So which leaves us with about 16 days of cash on hand with that 13.8 million dollars.

1040
01:29:02,380 --> 01:29:11,500
Cashflow, the unassigned, and I have a note here too, is it's a signed up, or it's unassigned

1041
01:29:11,500 --> 01:29:18,600
minimum balance for complexity of funding and other economic uncertainties that very strongly

1042
01:29:18,600 --> 01:29:26,420
for cashflow. Cashflow, the state does not give us many on the same schedule every month,

1043
01:29:26,880 --> 01:29:30,780
and then also you have swings with levy funds and different things.

1044
01:29:30,780 --> 01:29:35,920
So you do need to have reserve set aside so that you can weather those cash flows.

1045
01:29:36,260 --> 01:29:42,060
You may have read about many other school districts that are experiencing cash flow issues

1046
01:29:42,060 --> 01:29:47,800
and having to actually borrow money to actually make cash flows to the cash.

1047
01:29:48,320 --> 01:29:54,400
So that category is very important for the district to maintain continuity.

1048
01:30:00,000 --> 01:30:09,640
And not have to borrow money to make payroll, you know, different things like that. So that was a lot. Is there any questions on

1049
01:30:09,640 --> 01:30:11,460
balance that I can answer.

1050
01:30:13,730 --> 01:30:19,430
I have one, anybody else? I wanted to be clear on the 14-186,

1051
01:30:20,470 --> 01:30:31,870
but 14 million, that is money that we have set aside there from last year's funds and is sitting

1052
01:30:31,870 --> 01:30:39,290
there to make up the deficit in our budget this year because of the levy failure? That's correct.

1053
01:30:39,290 --> 01:30:51,250
Okay. And so that's going to leave us now with 13 million as our fund balance that is free to be used and whatever.

1054
01:30:51,470 --> 01:30:52,210
Is that correct?

1055
01:30:53,170 --> 01:30:58,010
The 13.8 million dollars is a board policy.

1056
01:30:59,530 --> 01:31:01,470
Board is six percent.

1057
01:31:01,690 --> 01:31:03,090
Board is six percent.

1058
01:31:03,210 --> 01:31:05,480
So what is that?

1059
01:31:05,480 --> 01:31:12,500
percent is at 13.8 million dollars and the FDA is actually six percent. It is actually

1060
01:31:12,500 --> 01:31:16,300
percent. That's correct. Very good.

1061
01:31:18,370 --> 01:31:22,210
We did budget to use one percent of that for this

1062
01:31:22,210 --> 01:31:27,910
year as well, but because our fundellants came in a little stronger, we may be able to set

1063
01:31:27,910 --> 01:31:32,450
that aside and not have to use that. It just depends on where we come in.

1064
01:31:32,450 --> 01:31:41,450
Correct me if I'm wrong. My memory serves me that we were going to be we expected to kind of be as we projected this to at 4.4.5%.

1065
01:31:41,450 --> 01:31:48,110
four percent yes so this was to whether the two years of the

1066
01:31:48,110 --> 01:31:55,790
love you because it's one percent each year so 25 26 and 26 27 so the end of

1067
01:31:55,790 --> 01:32:00,430
this year we had intended to be at five percent when closing this out we

1068
01:32:00,430 --> 01:32:07,340
intended to be at five and then a year from now four percent one percent one

1069
01:32:07,340 --> 01:32:09,320
Yeah, I wanted to make sure that.

1070
01:32:09,320 --> 01:32:09,980
So now what?

1071
01:32:10,200 --> 01:32:11,540
That's six instead of five.

1072
01:32:11,880 --> 01:32:11,960
Correct.

1073
01:32:12,220 --> 01:32:12,900
Good thing.

1074
01:32:13,240 --> 01:32:13,700
Well, no.

1075
01:32:14,180 --> 01:32:15,080
That was six percent.

1076
01:32:15,320 --> 01:32:18,280
We planned on being at six percent at the end of twenty four twenty five.

1077
01:32:19,120 --> 01:32:22,680
But we will be at five percent at the end of twenty five.

1078
01:32:22,960 --> 01:32:24,260
And it's the largest for what we've put it.

1079
01:32:25,420 --> 01:32:27,320
Well, right on target is to be commendable.

1080
01:32:27,960 --> 01:32:28,480
Thank you.

1081
01:32:29,640 --> 01:32:30,200
Thank you.

1082
01:32:31,180 --> 01:32:31,580
Okay.

1083
01:32:33,440 --> 01:32:34,640
Oh, was there any other questions?

1084
01:32:34,920 --> 01:32:35,260
I'm sorry.

1085
01:32:36,600 --> 01:32:45,600
Okay? So just moving on. So general fun to actual the budget is a little different than just kind of it's it's

1086
01:32:45,600 --> 01:32:54,040
We're setting the budget for the next year. Why we're still in a current year and it's a little difficult sometimes to just kind of get everything nailed down.

1087
01:32:54,300 --> 01:32:59,180
But in general, we did have some savings for 2324 that carried forward.

1088
01:32:59,180 --> 01:33:04,980
We had used less to fund balance than we had budgeted, so this is all very good news.

1089
01:33:05,140 --> 01:33:09,440
I mean, the district is being responsible only spending what they need.

1090
01:33:10,540 --> 01:33:15,000
So, we are working on expenditures, though, because you want to come in on budget.

1091
01:33:15,200 --> 01:33:18,200
You want to be able to use that money if you need that money.

1092
01:33:18,780 --> 01:33:26,720
So, it is our goal as a team to try to hone in on any expenditures where we're seeing

1093
01:33:26,720 --> 01:33:30,520
experiences to make sure that we're kind of monitoring them.

1094
01:33:30,680 --> 01:33:35,480
It's a very big budget, you know, in general, we came in around 95% of

1095
01:33:35,480 --> 01:33:40,040
budget. So, but we want that to be closer to 99% of budget. I mean, really,

1096
01:33:40,620 --> 01:33:45,180
you really want to try to be as accurate as possible. There were some

1097
01:33:45,180 --> 01:33:50,040
expenditures that were under budget. We did have some of our

1098
01:33:50,040 --> 01:33:54,020
employee benefits that came in under budget. We had some categorical

1099
01:33:54,020 --> 01:34:01,560
programs that didn't expend out. So those those funds get set aside and are the

1100
01:34:01,560 --> 01:34:08,560
restricted fund balance. And we also had special education some quite a few

1101
01:34:08,560 --> 01:34:13,300
unfilled positions. So there was quite a bit of savings in those expenditure

1102
01:34:13,300 --> 01:34:19,460
categories. So I looked today and we only had like 10 pair of positions

1103
01:34:19,460 --> 01:34:26,120
where as last year we were looking at 30 plus positions that were posted. So it's a really

1104
01:34:26,120 --> 01:34:32,700
good sign that we're feeling all of our positions which is good. Revenue we had some revenue

1105
01:34:32,700 --> 01:34:39,120
that came in over budget which is always nice is things that we didn't know that we're going to

1106
01:34:39,120 --> 01:34:44,660
happen at the state in the middle of the year gave us a one-time allocation of $50 per student

1107
01:34:44,660 --> 01:34:53,580
which was about 610,000, so that was a kind of, that was to help districts mitigate the

1108
01:34:53,580 --> 01:35:01,440
underfunding of the M-Saw category, which we experience and use a lot of loveie dollars to.

1109
01:35:01,700 --> 01:35:09,360
We also had a high poverty-lap allocation that we had an expected, we had enrollment,

1110
01:35:09,360 --> 01:35:17,340
like I said was over budget, which gave us, it's about $10,000 in student times 64, so there you go.

1111
01:35:17,960 --> 01:35:23,800
And we had investment income come in over budget and we had some state forest funds from the

1112
01:35:23,800 --> 01:35:31,580
Daubler sale and there was a couple other sales of forestry. So and those are very difficult to

1113
01:35:31,580 --> 01:35:38,580
project because it's based on harvest, sell, and so there's a lot of steps in it, and

1114
01:35:38,580 --> 01:35:45,380
you can't, I work, I've been working closer with DNR because you only receive those

1115
01:35:45,380 --> 01:35:54,260
funds if you pass a lovey. And so for 26, it looks, we're looking at, like we will miss out

1116
01:35:54,260 --> 01:36:00,660
on about $300,000 of state forest funds from the sales, several sales that are there.

1117
01:36:00,660 --> 01:36:08,780
But again, it all depends on when they harvest those timbers and when those companies are ready to use those.

1118
01:36:09,380 --> 01:36:13,640
So, but that was just to give you a general idea of just some budget variances.

1119
01:36:16,030 --> 01:36:21,030
Next slide. Okay, so just some final takeaways and enrollment continues to grow.

1120
01:36:21,550 --> 01:36:28,070
More maintaining student programs and staffing and we had curriculum expenditures of 2.1 million dollars.

1121
01:36:28,790 --> 01:36:34,090
curriculum is expensive and I always like to call that out because it is it is it is part of

1122
01:36:34,090 --> 01:36:40,530
our budget and we actually didn't really have any strong adoptions last year but what we do that

1123
01:36:40,530 --> 01:36:45,690
that that that's why we have that fun balance that assign fun balances to set aside because when

1124
01:36:45,690 --> 01:36:55,470
you have to buy six years worth of curriculum and it becomes it's a need. As students, we see

1125
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students are still recovering from the pandemic and continue to need extra supports.

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Our educational programs in Operation Levy again, the state funding alone will not cover the

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01:37:07,230 --> 01:37:13,290
does not cover the cost of education and has not been keeping up with their actual cost and

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unfounded mandates. That's why our Levy is important and use. The 25 play six budget

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01:37:24,630 --> 01:37:29,210
Projections require the use of fun balance due to the levy loss.

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01:37:29,370 --> 01:37:34,570
So you'll see you'll start to see on our budget status reports as we continue throughout

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01:37:34,570 --> 01:37:35,410
the year.

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01:37:35,830 --> 01:37:40,310
Now that we've had our last levy collection for 25, you'll start to see that start to

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01:37:40,310 --> 01:37:42,430
the fun balance start to decrease.

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01:37:45,560 --> 01:37:46,460
That's general fun.

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01:37:46,580 --> 01:37:51,600
We have three other funds to just cover with you and one slide so we won't take it

1136
01:37:51,600 --> 01:37:53,060
to much of your time on that.

1137
01:37:53,060 --> 01:38:03,560
So the first fund is Capital Projects, and it's important to know that the funding that we received,

1138
01:38:03,820 --> 01:38:09,220
the primary source of funding, which is impact fees, are capital, levy, and grants.

1139
01:38:09,320 --> 01:38:12,240
Those are restricted to capital improvements.

1140
01:38:12,600 --> 01:38:16,860
They cannot be used for operations or school programs.

1141
01:38:16,860 --> 01:38:20,580
So I know that gets a little bit confusing

1142
01:38:20,580 --> 01:38:22,380
and people just kind of think,

1143
01:38:22,480 --> 01:38:24,400
well, why can't the impact fees

1144
01:38:24,400 --> 01:38:26,980
error, capital of a paper, certain things?

1145
01:38:28,520 --> 01:38:33,260
So we, again, they are, they are,

1146
01:38:33,260 --> 01:38:37,200
there's the county manual is very specific

1147
01:38:37,200 --> 01:38:38,720
on the use of those funds.

1148
01:38:38,840 --> 01:38:41,380
And so we follow the county manual.

1149
01:38:41,380 --> 01:38:49,560
We use it for capital facility improvements, land acquisition, and some of our technology.

1150
01:38:51,500 --> 01:38:53,240
We had for some projects.

1151
01:38:53,680 --> 01:38:55,660
We had the roof replacements.

1152
01:38:56,040 --> 01:38:58,360
You can see it, they were primary, the middle,

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01:38:58,960 --> 01:39:04,700
toxelry primary, toxelry muddle and toxelry muddle and toxelry muddle school.

1154
01:39:05,820 --> 01:39:12,420
We had, and that was with the capital of $1,000, and that fees paid for the operations

1155
01:39:12,420 --> 01:39:17,080
building, and preparing for the BGBA Modular.

1156
01:39:17,440 --> 01:39:23,500
We also had an energy audit grant that also flowed through the capital projects fund.

1157
01:39:23,780 --> 01:39:32,220
So you can see that our beginning fund balance was $21 million, $388,000.

1158
01:39:32,220 --> 01:39:41,820
Our revenue was 15,320,000 and our expenditures were 17,200 and 1,000 with an ending

1159
01:39:41,820 --> 01:39:46,180
fund balance of $19.5 million in that account.

1160
01:39:46,760 --> 01:39:54,300
And that is scheduled to pretty much be spent not all the way out, but we will be continuing

1161
01:39:54,300 --> 01:40:01,640
to work on those capital-ledby projects as well as spending those impact fees for BGBA and

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01:40:01,640 --> 01:40:06,080
future's building, so they'll be some more work going on with those funds.

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01:40:07,980 --> 01:40:14,600
Our ASB Fund is student-bed. It's cultural athletic, recreational social,

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01:40:15,520 --> 01:40:22,520
and that is a special fund for the students to do fundraisers and do special projects,

1165
01:40:22,620 --> 01:40:28,460
and it helps pay for activities like transportation,

1166
01:40:28,460 --> 01:40:35,000
officials, supplies, special events that they're doing. So it's really a student,

1167
01:40:35,260 --> 01:40:42,980
led student controlled. And this is all rolled up. This is for all of our ASPs. And so

1168
01:40:42,980 --> 01:40:47,820
there's middle school, high school, there's a little bit in our, even our elementary school,

1169
01:40:47,860 --> 01:40:54,640
some of the field trips run through the, through the ASPs. So the beginning fund balance was

1170
01:40:54,640 --> 01:41:06,180
1,115,000 revenue, 1,300,4,000 expenditures of 1,120,000 with an ending fund balance of

1171
01:41:06,180 --> 01:41:13,840
1,290,000 and it was pretty standard to have that and it seems like a lot of money in

1172
01:41:13,840 --> 01:41:18,760
their fund balance but they are often fundraising in one year and spending it in the next

1173
01:41:18,760 --> 01:41:30,760
So it's just kind of that continuity that they have some money to get to start off the year to pay for transportation for buses or to pay for officials and, you know,

1174
01:41:31,580 --> 01:41:39,460
just memberships, you know, all the different things that they need. So that money is getting rotated out of there, but it does seem like a lot leftover,

1175
01:41:39,460 --> 01:41:49,320
but it is all for the students to be using and the revenue sources in there also include our

1176
01:41:49,320 --> 01:41:56,060
participation fees and our ASB cards. So those are big source of revenue as well in there.

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01:41:58,260 --> 01:42:03,220
And finally our debt service fan like we said we had our final payment for our non-voted

1178
01:42:03,220 --> 01:42:10,700
on into December 24. There's still a little bit of reserves in there and that has come from

1179
01:42:11,580 --> 01:42:19,460
funding that has been taxes and arrears so we're still collecting on some of those things

1180
01:42:19,460 --> 01:42:25,280
and so working with legal counsel we just leave that sit in there and tell that there's an

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01:42:25,280 --> 01:42:30,160
opportunity to use those for any debt that we may have in the future. So

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01:42:33,490 --> 01:42:36,430
slide. Okay so

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01:42:36,430 --> 01:42:41,910
there's financial and budget information. So you can find that on our district website.

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01:42:42,190 --> 01:42:48,390
You have my phone number. If anybody has any questions in the community, that would like to

1185
01:42:48,390 --> 01:42:52,930
call me and ask any questions or send me an email. It would be happy to answer those for them.

1186
01:42:55,380 --> 01:42:58,480
Is there any questions? Any questions?

1187
01:43:00,620 --> 01:43:03,940
Is this slide deck available online or is it

1188
01:43:03,940 --> 01:43:08,100
with the state or something, you go to the state site and you get it or something like that.

1189
01:43:08,240 --> 01:43:14,900
That is a great question, Terry. So we will put this slide deck up on the board docs and it'll

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01:43:14,900 --> 01:43:22,640
be included in the financial updates and it also includes the financial document, the financial

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01:43:22,640 --> 01:43:30,620
statements are also there as well for the community to look at as well. And then OSPI will be

1192
01:43:30,620 --> 01:43:36,740
seen our financial statements. They do not post our our slight presentation, but they will have those as well.

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01:43:36,940 --> 01:43:40,820
I available on their site. Anything else? Thank

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01:43:43,350 --> 01:43:44,630
you.

1195
01:43:45,850 --> 01:43:48,750
All right, so next up we have Amanda for a short.

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01:43:58,900 --> 01:44:02,380
For instance, the last meeting when you voted on the Levy Resolution,

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01:44:02,520 --> 01:44:08,560
much of my team's focus has been on preparing transparent and accurate information for voters using

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01:44:08,560 --> 01:44:14,000
of our established allowed communication methods. I wanted to call your attention to one of those,

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01:44:14,000 --> 01:44:19,160
which is our website, which has a wealth of information, including some of the information

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01:44:19,160 --> 01:44:24,260
that was shared with the board in previous work sessions around things like state funding gaps

1201
01:44:24,260 --> 01:44:29,420
and rising costs. There's also a calculator where someone can go and put in their homes,

1202
01:44:29,740 --> 01:44:33,940
assess value, and it will provide them with an estimate on what this levy would cost them.

1203
01:44:33,940 --> 01:44:39,580
So as the board gets questions, this might be a great starting point for people to get some of the information they're looking forward.

1204
01:44:40,360 --> 01:44:52,740
We also have said a day for a community presentation that will be January 14th at 6 p.m. at Battleground High School, and that will also be another opportunity for people to come in and ask questions and get more information.

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01:44:52,740 --> 01:44:56,160
Next slide please.

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01:44:56,840 --> 01:44:59,960
Something new that all of the districts in South West.

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01:45:00,000 --> 01:45:06,160
Washington have started recently that I'm excited about is campaign. Many districts have communications

1208
01:45:06,160 --> 01:45:13,180
folks and we are involved in sharing good news about our schools every day, but we thought why not sort

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01:45:13,180 --> 01:45:20,100
of work together and harness our collective efforts and sort of elevate that information on a larger scale.

1210
01:45:20,580 --> 01:45:26,940
So we work together to put together a comprehensive communication plan. And since then, ESD12 was

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01:45:26,940 --> 01:45:33,420
take in this and hit the ground running. They've secured sponsorships from private donors to

1212
01:45:33,420 --> 01:45:39,280
fund some of this work. They've created a website where there will be highlights from districts all

1213
01:45:39,280 --> 01:45:45,520
over the region and the plan is to do some more advertising using the donations going forward.

1214
01:45:46,520 --> 01:45:50,860
So definitely an exciting new initiative that we're all excited to see. Come believe.

1215
01:45:52,280 --> 01:45:55,780
And lastly, I just wanted to mention a couple of upcoming events.

1216
01:45:56,300 --> 01:46:01,300
River Home Links Production has one more or two more showings this weekend of descendants.

1217
01:46:01,580 --> 01:46:03,080
I hear that's a fun show.

1218
01:46:04,840 --> 01:46:09,160
The work to plan the 2026 industry fair has already been going on for a couple of months.

1219
01:46:09,260 --> 01:46:11,380
It seems like every year comes around faster and faster.

1220
01:46:11,620 --> 01:46:17,220
But I wanted to mention that they are looking for vendors to secure tables to be at the fair.

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01:46:17,300 --> 01:46:20,380
There's no cost for any business or organization that wants to do that.

1222
01:46:20,380 --> 01:46:26,100
So if you have any contacts who might be interested in having a presence, please refer them to our website.

1223
01:46:26,760 --> 01:46:33,540
And then one more thing that I forgot to put on this slide, there will be a career and technical education virtual showcase.

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01:46:33,960 --> 01:46:38,280
This Thursday, December 11th at 4 p.m. and that is on Google Meet.

1225
01:46:38,300 --> 01:46:45,940
So all that information is on our website and was emailed to parents as part of our weekly communication to them this evening.

1226
01:46:47,020 --> 01:46:48,000
All right. Thank you.

1227
01:46:48,000 --> 01:46:48,640
Thank you, Madam.

1228
01:46:50,860 --> 01:46:52,800
For your superintendent and staff update.

1229
01:46:53,240 --> 01:46:53,780
Very good.

1230
01:46:54,240 --> 01:46:54,260
Okay.

1231
01:46:54,460 --> 01:46:57,840
So we're at on the agenda of Citizens' comments.

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01:47:00,230 --> 01:47:06,670
Number 12, we ask that you don't clap and I read this as a meeting of the Battle

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01:47:06,670 --> 01:47:11,790
of the Public School Board of Directors and it is open to the public to attend view presentations

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01:47:11,790 --> 01:47:15,190
and hear board members discuss topics during open sessions.

1235
01:47:15,890 --> 01:47:19,850
The board welcomes comments from Citizens during Citizens' comments and ask that those

1236
01:47:19,850 --> 01:47:24,890
wishing to address the board's sign-in on the sign-in sheet provided, which is located close

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01:47:24,890 --> 01:47:29,750
to the entrance, or it was. Please follow the procedures for citizens' comments by stating

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01:47:29,750 --> 01:47:35,630
your name, limiting your time to three minutes and refraining from discussing confidential matters.

1239
01:47:36,270 --> 01:47:40,770
The board requires it all comments spoken at the meeting be appropriate for a family audience,

1240
01:47:41,450 --> 01:47:45,170
comments inappropriate for a family audience can be submitted in writing.

1241
01:47:45,170 --> 01:47:50,510
Board members do not normally respond to questions or petitions during citizens' comments.

1242
01:47:51,190 --> 01:47:54,730
They will listen and give direction to the administrative team if action is deemed

1243
01:47:54,730 --> 01:47:55,230
necessary.

1244
01:47:56,210 --> 01:48:00,590
Thank you for your comments, and if you have any handouts, please I think they go to

1245
01:48:00,590 --> 01:48:00,850
Carla.

1246
01:48:01,290 --> 01:48:01,750
Is that correct?

1247
01:48:01,910 --> 01:48:03,990
So, hand them to Carla after you're done.

1248
01:48:05,570 --> 01:48:09,050
So we've got eight folks on the list here, Wendy Howzer is first.

1249
01:48:17,950 --> 01:48:18,790
Good evening, Board.

1250
01:48:19,090 --> 01:48:19,790
I'm sorry.

1251
01:48:19,790 --> 01:48:23,630
It's going to be late, notice, but I'm Wendy Houser, I'm the music teacher up at Yackel

1252
01:48:23,630 --> 01:48:28,510
Primary, and I came this evening because I'd like to personally invite you to my second

1253
01:48:28,510 --> 01:48:31,270
graders Christmas program that is tomorrow night.

1254
01:48:32,130 --> 01:48:36,530
It is tomorrow at 6 p.m. we also have a daytime for those our board members that are able

1255
01:48:36,530 --> 01:48:40,930
to attend day performances, we have one at 930 tomorrow morning as well.

1256
01:48:41,170 --> 01:48:46,750
The second graders program is called Winter Weather, it is talking about what they've learned

1257
01:48:46,750 --> 01:48:47,450
in science.

1258
01:48:47,450 --> 01:48:53,710
The program is actually written by me and the students, so it's not a canned performance, it's something we put together.

1259
01:48:54,350 --> 01:48:58,630
It is there. Some of it is their own words and they will be reading their own words and my words.

1260
01:48:59,270 --> 01:49:01,030
So, you are welcome to come, we'd like to have you.

1261
01:49:01,450 --> 01:49:02,550
Thank you very, very much.

1262
01:49:05,120 --> 01:49:08,080
I'm going to try to go at 930 if anybody wants to go with me.

1263
01:49:08,640 --> 01:49:09,800
The last year is with me.

1264
01:49:09,860 --> 01:49:13,840
Yeah, it would help me if somebody made me responsible and went with me.

1265
01:49:17,060 --> 01:49:19,080
John, I believe it's Pollock.

1266
01:49:20,300 --> 01:49:20,820
Paul?

1267
01:49:21,400 --> 01:49:21,640
Paul?

1268
01:49:22,860 --> 01:49:24,220
I am John Paul.

1269
01:49:24,360 --> 01:49:26,340
I'm a 55-year resident of the Battleground.

1270
01:49:26,540 --> 01:49:28,040
All my kids went to Battleground Schools.

1271
01:49:28,520 --> 01:49:30,660
You've got nine more years of my granddaughters.

1272
01:49:30,780 --> 01:49:31,500
So I'll be around.

1273
01:49:32,160 --> 01:49:35,360
My subject tonight is why we think the Battleground School District

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01:49:35,360 --> 01:49:37,700
and School Program is the best in the state.

1275
01:49:38,360 --> 01:49:39,540
I'll have supporting evidence.

1276
01:49:40,700 --> 01:49:43,500
I'm going to go ahead and start with the beginning.

1277
01:49:43,500 --> 01:49:49,900
the kids arrive in the morning and one of the special arrivals are the small buses with

1278
01:49:49,900 --> 01:49:55,340
the special needs kids. There's three levels of special needs kids. Two of the three levels

1279
01:49:55,340 --> 01:50:00,960
have an adult assigned to them. That's a lot of overhead, but if we did not have that program,

1280
01:50:01,100 --> 01:50:08,020
these kids at home staring at a wall. Congratulations for keeping that going. Next, the kids,

1281
01:50:08,640 --> 01:50:12,420
we all do the pledge of allegiance and salute the flag. Thank you very much for doing that.

1282
01:50:12,420 --> 01:50:16,960
And then the kids filter off to classes I'm going to talk about a couple of three.

1283
01:50:17,360 --> 01:50:21,720
One of the best views and most important is Air Force Junior ROT State.

1284
01:50:22,460 --> 01:50:27,280
We have a lot of kids that join the military, and if they have two years of ROTC they get one

1285
01:50:27,280 --> 01:50:32,480
promotion, if they have four years they get two promotions on entering, or if they're in Eagle Scout they get a promotion.

1286
01:50:33,260 --> 01:50:35,440
A lot of the kids go into military after school.

1287
01:50:36,680 --> 01:50:40,140
Next program, this very important, is shop classes.

1288
01:50:40,140 --> 01:50:48,220
about around one of the few schools in Prairie that have shop classes. You have wood shop, metal shop, welding, and auto shop.

1289
01:50:49,800 --> 01:50:54,380
Low and behold, you just added a new and electrical house wiring a couple of years ago.

1290
01:50:54,740 --> 01:50:55,560
How's my time going?

1291
01:50:55,580 --> 01:50:56,180
I'm going to cover.

1292
01:50:56,440 --> 01:50:57,040
Min and a half.

1293
01:50:57,500 --> 01:51:06,200
Okay, so one of the success stories out of shop classes, Chase Marsh, class of 17.

1294
01:51:06,200 --> 01:51:12,400
He had four years of auto-stop and immediately got hired by O'Reilly's in what's been a year.

1295
01:51:12,580 --> 01:51:16,020
He's the assistant manager solely because of battleground training.

1296
01:51:16,840 --> 01:51:17,660
That makes sense.

1297
01:51:17,920 --> 01:51:23,580
And one last thing, it shows how quickly and correctly supervisors can make really good decisions.

1298
01:51:25,120 --> 01:51:31,480
In February of 2017, our beloved shop teacher had hind past a way and Mr. Hamilton, the principal,

1299
01:51:31,660 --> 01:51:35,480
was a shop teacher and he wanted to keep the program going but they couldn't.

1300
01:51:35,480 --> 01:51:39,520
So we found a subteacher who had auto shop back around and they sent him out there

1301
01:51:40,040 --> 01:51:45,300
and he was overwhelmed with trying to do six classes, no prep, and learned skyward blah, blah, blah,

1302
01:51:45,400 --> 01:51:50,620
see call for help and he got Mr. Leonard Freeze and Cory Buckner to come out and help him.

1303
01:51:50,780 --> 01:51:54,240
They kept the program going until they could hire a teacher.

1304
01:51:54,520 --> 01:51:57,660
I just congratulate you for these programs that you don't think of.

1305
01:51:57,860 --> 01:52:01,580
And I've got a couple of really minor recommendations in here I've done.

1306
01:52:01,880 --> 01:52:02,380
Thank you.

1307
01:52:02,540 --> 01:52:02,800
Thank you.

1308
01:52:03,060 --> 01:52:03,940
Great job everybody.

1309
01:52:03,940 --> 01:52:06,740
Thank you for, for over there. Thank you.

1310
01:52:08,750 --> 01:52:09,770
Thank you, Ms. Paulus.

1311
01:52:15,640 --> 01:52:16,640
Alley, strap us on.

1312
01:52:27,590 --> 01:52:30,490
Going for a record, this is three meetings with no notes.

1313
01:52:31,870 --> 01:52:35,610
I just wanted to congratulate the three new board members and welcome.

1314
01:52:36,210 --> 01:52:39,910
I look, I know a couple of you and I look forward to, I am in your district,

1315
01:52:40,170 --> 01:52:45,090
so I look forward to meeting you more, learning more about you and working with you.

1316
01:52:46,390 --> 01:52:47,630
You guys already know.

1317
01:52:48,350 --> 01:52:51,190
I look forward to working with you as well.

1318
01:52:52,010 --> 01:52:53,830
And also in support of the Levy,

1319
01:52:54,810 --> 01:52:57,490
we'll be boots on the ground again this time,

1320
01:52:57,690 --> 01:53:00,910
recruiting not only more family members,

1321
01:53:01,110 --> 01:53:02,830
but some neighbors as well.

1322
01:53:02,890 --> 01:53:07,170
And I look forward to hopefully getting this over the finish line this time.

1323
01:53:07,630 --> 01:53:07,910
Thank you.

1324
01:53:09,410 --> 01:53:10,370
Thank you.

1325
01:53:11,070 --> 01:53:12,030
Terry Dodson.

1326
01:53:25,850 --> 01:53:27,590
Good evening, friends and neighbors.

1327
01:53:27,590 --> 01:53:32,930
Tonight I want to talk about something that touches every corner of our community.

1328
01:53:33,690 --> 01:53:34,670
It's our schools.

1329
01:53:35,570 --> 01:53:39,890
The upcoming levied vote is not just about dollars and cents.

1330
01:53:40,450 --> 01:53:42,450
It's about the future of our children.

1331
01:53:43,290 --> 01:53:47,950
The strength of our neighborhoods and the values we hold as a community.

1332
01:53:49,850 --> 01:53:53,570
Filling the funding gap, state funding covers only the basics.

1333
01:53:53,790 --> 01:53:56,010
You heard that tonight from Michelle.

1334
01:53:56,010 --> 01:54:02,010
Well, let us provide the resources that keep our schools running at the level our children deserve

1335
01:54:02,010 --> 01:54:09,790
without them classrooms face larger sizes, like this year, fewer resources and diminished

1336
01:54:09,790 --> 01:54:10,810
opportunities.

1337
01:54:12,070 --> 01:54:18,390
Supporting the enrichment programs, think about the band concerts, the art shows, the sports

1338
01:54:18,390 --> 01:54:23,690
teams, and the advanced classes that prepare students for college and careers.

1339
01:54:23,690 --> 01:54:30,670
These programs are funded by levies, without them our children lose opportunities to discover

1340
01:54:30,670 --> 01:54:37,090
passions and talents that shape their futures, maintaining safe and modern facilities.

1341
01:54:37,990 --> 01:54:44,490
levies ensure our schools are safe, well maintained, and equipped with technology students

1342
01:54:44,490 --> 01:54:51,070
need to thrive in today's world. A strong learning environment requires more than just

1343
01:54:51,070 --> 01:54:58,650
desks and chalkboards. It requires investment in safety, accessibility, and innovation.

1344
01:54:59,830 --> 01:55:06,110
Retaining a dedicated staff. Teachers, counselors, nurses, and support staff are the backbone

1345
01:55:06,110 --> 01:55:13,230
of our schools. Levy dollars help us attract and retain the best professionals ensuring

1346
01:55:13,230 --> 01:55:19,970
our children have the guidance and the care they need every day. Strengthening our community.

1347
01:55:19,970 --> 01:55:33,110
Strong schools make strong communities, passing a levee boosts property values, attracts families and shows that we are committed to investing in our future.

1348
01:55:33,830 --> 01:55:40,530
When we support education, we invest in the next generation of leaders, workers, and neighbors.

1349
01:55:41,830 --> 01:55:47,470
In conclusion, this levee is not just about education.

1350
01:55:47,470 --> 01:55:55,970
It's about community pride, opportunity and responsibility, by voting for our schools, we are

1351
01:55:55,970 --> 01:56:03,430
saying that we believe in our children, we believe in our schools, and we believe in the

1352
01:56:03,430 --> 01:56:10,550
future of our town. A school levee is more than just a financial measure. It's a statement

1353
01:56:10,550 --> 01:56:18,850
of community priorities by approving one this next one, residents, and sure the students

1354
01:56:18,850 --> 01:56:26,550
have access to opportunities that prepare them for college, careers, and citizenship.

1355
01:56:28,010 --> 01:56:33,810
It also keeps them close, close to the community where they grew up, where they went to school

1356
01:56:33,810 --> 01:56:35,990
and we need to support that.

1357
01:56:35,990 --> 01:56:39,610
Let me also demonstrate that the community values education

1358
01:56:40,230 --> 01:56:43,830
as a cornerstone of growth and prosperity.

1359
01:56:44,530 --> 01:56:47,550
Thank you very much for your time. I appreciate it. Can I do it?

1360
01:56:47,690 --> 01:56:48,290
You did, Terry.

1361
01:56:50,610 --> 01:56:55,550
You know, since I'm new, I'm not going to insist we clap for you, but I think that one deserved

1362
01:56:55,550 --> 01:56:56,130
a clap.

1363
01:56:58,610 --> 01:57:00,150
Keith Walker, please.

1364
01:57:08,150 --> 01:57:11,810
First up, I want to say thanks for everybody to stood up. I'm the new guy in town. I've lived here

1365
01:57:11,810 --> 01:57:15,530
about three and a half years. I moved from Spokane to be closer to my kids.

1366
01:57:16,770 --> 01:57:20,430
So, thank you guys for reading on the board. I do understand what you guys are going through

1367
01:57:20,430 --> 01:57:24,870
and the troubles you have. I never knew you had shot class over here, still they got rid of it

1368
01:57:24,870 --> 01:57:29,770
over in this little town of Cheney that were from horrible when they got rid of it, so thanks for keeping that.

1369
01:57:31,150 --> 01:57:34,170
I just have a question. I don't know if you can answer to it or not, but I moved over here

1370
01:57:34,170 --> 01:57:39,930
where you're, first of all, you fell the second level. I have no clue why. I'd like to see this

1371
01:57:39,930 --> 01:57:44,830
Next, let me get past with my question is, is, why do you guys think that

1372
01:57:44,830 --> 01:57:46,970
levy failed two of them?

1373
01:57:47,270 --> 01:57:51,470
And what are we doing different to correct those reasons?

1374
01:57:51,810 --> 01:57:55,550
Why we think they failed to make sure this next one passes?

1375
01:57:56,330 --> 01:58:00,490
And I don't know if you're going to answer that or not, but from the new guy, from the

1376
01:58:00,490 --> 01:58:03,710
outside looking in, that is the concern that I have.

1377
01:58:06,300 --> 01:58:06,720
Thank you.

1378
01:58:06,720 --> 01:58:13,600
Thank you, Keith. Terri is our chairman of our group there. You might want to talk to Terri Dodson.

1379
01:58:24,200 --> 01:58:26,300
Mary Mendoza Hansel.

1380
01:58:29,540 --> 01:58:29,820
I'm so.

1381
01:58:33,330 --> 01:58:34,770
My galley, I have notes.

1382
01:58:36,430 --> 01:58:38,190
So, good evening board members.

1383
01:58:38,310 --> 01:58:40,090
Superintendent and members of the community.

1384
01:58:40,790 --> 01:58:44,030
My name is Mary Mendoza Hansel and I am here on behalf of

1385
01:58:44,030 --> 01:58:45,730
Value Ground Education Association.

1386
01:58:46,490 --> 01:58:48,050
First of all, I extend a warm welcome.

1387
01:58:48,050 --> 01:58:50,650
and sincere congratulations to each of our new

1388
01:58:50,650 --> 01:58:52,790
these sworn in board members.

1389
01:58:53,010 --> 01:58:54,990
Thank you for stepping forward to serve our students,

1390
01:58:55,250 --> 01:58:56,650
our families, and our educators.

1391
01:58:57,330 --> 01:59:00,710
Public services.easy and choosing to take on this responsibility

1392
01:59:01,290 --> 01:59:04,310
says a great deal about your commitment to our district.

1393
01:59:05,330 --> 01:59:06,430
As you dive into your work,

1394
01:59:06,550 --> 01:59:07,770
we hope that you will always remember

1395
01:59:07,770 --> 01:59:11,170
who is at the heart of every decision our students.

1396
01:59:11,970 --> 01:59:13,030
Keep them at the forefront.

1397
01:59:13,410 --> 01:59:14,450
They're needs, they're safety,

1398
01:59:15,190 --> 01:59:15,930
they're opportunities,

1399
01:59:15,930 --> 01:59:21,510
and their future or why we show up every day when our students drive our entire community

1400
01:59:22,050 --> 01:59:26,450
thrives. I also want to express our appreciation for the board decision to run the upcoming

1401
01:59:26,450 --> 01:59:31,650
levy in February. This timeline matters, it is our staff and our community,

1402
01:59:32,270 --> 01:59:37,970
clarity and time to plan for the future, whether levy passes or fails. That transparency

1403
01:59:37,970 --> 01:59:45,210
and predictability is deeply valued by our members. As we move forward, BGA looks forward to

1404
01:59:45,210 --> 01:59:47,690
working alongside the citizens for better schools

1405
01:59:47,690 --> 01:59:51,630
and our broader community to share accurate, positive information

1406
01:59:51,630 --> 01:59:55,450
about what the Sleavy supports and why it is essential for our students.

1407
01:59:56,130 --> 01:59:59,970
We know how important stable funding is for safe schools.

1408
02:00:39,620 --> 02:00:45,120
Hello board, I'm Jessica Cole and I just want to first say welcome to our new board members.

1409
02:00:45,120 --> 02:00:51,920
welcome Chris and welcome Marshall and welcome Lori. So thank you so much for serving.

1410
02:00:53,340 --> 02:00:58,880
I also want to say that I do support the Levy and I'm super good job for paying off that

1411
02:00:58,880 --> 02:01:06,320
that's amazing. That was a good report. To circle back from last time. A few weeks

1412
02:01:06,320 --> 02:01:11,860
Since ago, I volunteered at the dream team, a fall training, one of the major projects students

1413
02:01:11,860 --> 02:01:14,680
worked on was planning their upcoming prevention convention.

1414
02:01:15,840 --> 02:01:20,860
The prevention convention is a youth-led wellness conference that our dream team students created

1415
02:01:20,860 --> 02:01:23,780
and hosted for the first time this last school year.

1416
02:01:24,400 --> 02:01:28,720
It was an incredible success and I was also able to volunteer at that.

1417
02:01:29,440 --> 02:01:34,400
Because of the overwhelming positive feedback from students, families, and partners, the dream

1418
02:01:34,400 --> 02:01:38,540
voted to host event again this year. While the Battleground

1419
02:01:38,540 --> 02:01:41,320
Prevention Alliance does have some grant funding to help

1420
02:01:41,320 --> 02:01:45,740
support the event, our total cost exceed what we received this year.

1421
02:01:46,220 --> 02:01:51,200
Thanks to generous donation from ITU Credit Union, last

1422
02:01:51,200 --> 02:01:55,020
I knew from two weeks ago so I don't have a update, but we were

1423
02:01:55,020 --> 02:01:59,220
$1,200 away from our goal. So if anyone wants to support that,

1424
02:01:59,220 --> 02:02:03,040
they can go to the website Prevent TogetherBG.org

1425
02:02:03,040 --> 02:02:09,720
and make a donation there and I want to say thank you all for your service to the students and to the district.

1426
02:02:10,620 --> 02:02:12,700
And since shelly brought up the current.

1427
02:02:13,500 --> 02:02:15,020
Okay, I've written the current.

1428
02:02:15,380 --> 02:02:17,820
It is so amazing that it's here. Just came in September.

1429
02:02:18,640 --> 02:02:23,580
So for all of our students in district of under 18, the cost is free.

1430
02:02:23,880 --> 02:02:26,800
I believe back checked everything I say please.

1431
02:02:26,800 --> 02:02:55,260
And so, Monday to Friday, the current runs from 5.30 a.m. to 7 p.m. I believe. And then on the weekends, it runs 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and it could get you anywhere in battleground from school to home, store, wherever you need to go, or if you live, you know, a couple miles, north or whatever, from a bus stop, it could take you to the bus stop so you could get on it to Vancouver or whatever.

1432
02:02:55,720 --> 02:03:00,700
You do have to have an account, there's an app, or you could do it online.

1433
02:03:01,400 --> 02:03:02,780
I had a glitch with mine.

1434
02:03:02,800 --> 02:03:07,020
My phone was like, yeah, I thought I was somewhere else in battleground and I was freaking

1435
02:03:07,020 --> 02:03:07,540
out.

1436
02:03:07,800 --> 02:03:11,920
And so I called them and they were able to fix it for me and get it rerouted.

1437
02:03:12,880 --> 02:03:15,340
I totally support the current.

1438
02:03:15,920 --> 02:03:19,440
If you don't need it, I recommend you write it anyways, because you never know when

1439
02:03:19,440 --> 02:03:22,580
you're going to need it, plus then you could like help other people.

1440
02:03:22,580 --> 02:03:31,860
thank you so much. Another endorsement for the current. Something to look at. That finishes our

1441
02:03:31,860 --> 02:03:41,400
citizens' comments. So now we're to item 13. I'm sorry, come on up. Oh, I'm

1442
02:03:41,400 --> 02:03:47,900
Jennifer, excuse me. Oh my gosh. Please excuse me. Jennifer, I need to thank

1443
02:03:50,620 --> 02:03:51,520
you for

1444
02:03:51,520 --> 02:03:56,400
waving me down. Maybe I should have written my name bigger. No, I knew it was there. I knew

1445
02:03:56,400 --> 02:04:04,220
the rate I'm sorry. Well I just wanted to come up and say congratulations to our new board members

1446
02:04:04,220 --> 02:04:14,800
especially Lori. It was a challenging campaign but you were a formidable opponent and I very

1447
02:04:14,800 --> 02:04:24,600
much enjoyed when we were on the candidate for them together and so I look forward to the

1448
02:04:24,600 --> 02:04:28,740
beautiful things that all of you are going to be doing now that you're on the board.

1449
02:04:29,500 --> 02:04:32,440
I also look forward to working with you in the future.

1450
02:04:33,080 --> 02:04:33,640
Congratulations.

1451
02:04:35,180 --> 02:04:35,860
Thank you.

1452
02:04:35,880 --> 02:04:36,340
Thank you.

1453
02:04:38,360 --> 02:04:40,680
Okay, that completes our citizens' comments.

1454
02:04:41,460 --> 02:04:43,580
So, the next item is consent agenda.

1455
02:04:44,620 --> 02:04:49,120
There are looks like ABCDEF on the consent agenda.

1456
02:04:49,920 --> 02:04:51,160
Let me get over there.

1457
02:04:56,100 --> 02:04:58,300
Do I need to read what's on the consent agenda?

1458
02:04:58,300 --> 02:05:05,600
Is there anything on the consent agenda that needs to be taken off so that we discuss it?

1459
02:05:06,140 --> 02:05:07,240
That's correct, right?

1460
02:05:07,740 --> 02:05:10,040
I don't have any underlying notes here.

1461
02:05:10,740 --> 02:05:11,380
Okay, go ahead.

1462
02:05:11,880 --> 02:05:12,880
Put me on the spot.

1463
02:05:13,760 --> 02:05:14,320
Anything else?

1464
02:05:14,380 --> 02:05:15,740
Anything you'd like to discuss?

1465
02:05:15,980 --> 02:05:17,500
Anybody have anything you want to discuss?

1466
02:05:17,900 --> 02:05:20,740
We'd entertain a motion for the consent agenda to be approved.

1467
02:05:20,740 --> 02:05:23,860
If anybody doesn't have anything to discuss?

1468
02:05:26,520 --> 02:05:35,500
as presented. So we have a motion to accept the consent agenda as presented. All those in

1469
02:05:35,500 --> 02:05:42,780
favor say aye. Oh, but we ask our students for this was my first real bone. Okay, all right.

1470
02:05:43,160 --> 02:05:51,520
Okay, you guys, we want to hear what you think. Pro. Pro. Good job. It's over. You motion

1471
02:05:51,520 --> 02:05:56,100
down until I think. Now I get to say the other thing.

1472
02:05:58,120 --> 02:05:59,700
So now I forget when I

1473
02:05:59,700 --> 02:06:06,620
is supposed to say, but all those in favor say I, I, all those opposed say I,

1474
02:06:08,860 --> 02:06:14,920
same sign is what I always said. Okay. All business there is none. Okay. So

1475
02:06:14,920 --> 02:06:21,680
the consentage into past. Do I need to say that? Five zero. Okay. All business

1476
02:06:21,680 --> 02:06:30,460
9, new business 9, also future agenda items in board events, does anybody have anything that

1477
02:06:30,460 --> 02:06:36,080
they would like to say as to our future agenda items in board events?

1478
02:06:36,540 --> 02:06:37,680
Well, Tara, I think I might.

1479
02:06:38,460 --> 02:06:40,680
So I know we talked about putting it in the end in it earlier.

1480
02:06:41,880 --> 02:06:45,300
I was looking at the calendar and noticed that we didn't have anything for quite a while.

1481
02:06:45,840 --> 02:06:51,260
I think the levee is kind of weighing on a lot of parts and I think it'd be a great time to

1482
02:06:51,260 --> 02:07:04,200
to meet, so I was going to see what the board thought about, you know, trying to squeeze another one in here in December, maybe in two weeks, and then on everyone's schedules.

1483
02:07:05,060 --> 02:07:07,120
So in two weeks, you're suggesting we have a meeting?

1484
02:07:08,560 --> 02:07:08,580
Yes.

1485
02:07:08,580 --> 02:07:09,600
So what kind of purpose?

1486
02:07:10,360 --> 02:07:19,020
Just to discuss the agenda, or to discuss the levy to any policies that you want to review.

1487
02:07:19,020 --> 02:07:27,920
anybody have any thoughts about this proposal? I'm in favor. I'm in favor. I'm in favor. Oh my goodness.

1488
02:07:28,960 --> 02:07:37,980
Well how come? Well I think we talked it was that school board.

1489
02:07:39,300 --> 02:07:49,460
Yeah, we talked about we really need to come up with a plan that gets our community in.

1490
02:07:49,460 --> 02:07:53,760
We need our community to come alongside us.

1491
02:07:53,900 --> 02:07:59,760
We need to find out why they might not be alongside us.

1492
02:08:00,620 --> 02:08:04,240
And we've got to start getting something in place

1493
02:08:04,240 --> 02:08:07,640
where we can start hearing those voices, all voices,

1494
02:08:08,080 --> 02:08:12,500
so that we can make the changes that we need to make.

1495
02:08:13,040 --> 02:08:13,940
So for our students.

1496
02:08:18,100 --> 02:08:29,180
And we talked about, you know, sooner than later because it's coming, so, and this is something we want to develop and get going and even do it beyond the levee.

1497
02:08:29,380 --> 02:08:36,320
We want to start these conversations and really get feedback from our community more often.

1498
02:08:36,320 --> 02:08:43,900
So, it's in the works, it's in our brains, but we need to start getting it to fruition.

1499
02:08:45,180 --> 02:08:53,280
So, the proper way to handle this thing would be if we really want to talk about this for somebody to make a motion to say they want to talk about, they want to move to have a meeting.

1500
02:08:53,760 --> 02:08:56,100
Okay, that could be the right way to handle this.

1501
02:08:56,420 --> 02:08:57,120
Go ahead.

1502
02:08:57,120 --> 02:09:06,540
Well, I move that we have another meeting in two weeks on December 22nd.

1503
02:09:06,880 --> 02:09:12,920
Let's check in with our superintendent to see if that date is an issue that she would know.

1504
02:09:13,520 --> 02:09:15,660
I don't see an issue with the date.

1505
02:09:15,740 --> 02:09:19,760
I just want to make a note per our policy for 1,400.

1506
02:09:20,160 --> 02:09:24,080
It would need to be a special meeting, not a line or like our work session.

1507
02:09:24,480 --> 02:09:27,300
So it would not have a regular meeting.

1508
02:09:27,320 --> 02:09:28,040
That was gender.

1509
02:09:28,200 --> 02:09:28,820
That was gender.

1510
02:09:28,820 --> 02:09:29,460
Next question.

1511
02:09:30,120 --> 02:09:31,200
So what is this?

1512
02:09:31,440 --> 02:09:33,720
Okay, so you're making a what kind of a meeting?

1513
02:09:33,920 --> 02:09:35,120
Have you got a suggestion to?

1514
02:09:35,400 --> 02:09:37,000
Yeah, so I'm thinking of a special meeting.

1515
02:09:37,400 --> 02:09:39,280
An opportunity to hear from the community.

1516
02:09:39,580 --> 02:09:40,760
So a listening session?

1517
02:09:42,040 --> 02:09:42,300
Yes.

1518
02:09:42,780 --> 02:09:43,020
Okay.

1519
02:09:43,920 --> 02:09:44,260
All right.

1520
02:09:44,340 --> 02:09:45,420
So make that the motion.

1521
02:09:45,720 --> 02:09:46,300
Go ahead and start.

1522
02:09:46,900 --> 02:09:46,940
All right.

1523
02:09:46,940 --> 02:09:51,120
Well, then I make a motion to make the proposed meeting

1524
02:09:51,120 --> 02:09:52,960
December 22nd, a listening session.

1525
02:09:52,960 --> 02:10:00,340
Okay, now, since we'd have a small committee group, we don't need a second, so this would be the appropriate time now for discussion.

1526
02:10:01,240 --> 02:10:09,680
You want to say anything else about, oh, I wouldn't make a suggestion that maybe at our next board meeting, we get it on the calendar.

1527
02:10:10,400 --> 02:10:19,920
And then at our next board meeting, people have come with some ideas or talk to Shirley about what you think maybe we should you'd like to see us do at this meeting.

1528
02:10:19,920 --> 02:10:22,920
except that the next sport meeting isn't until after.

1529
02:10:23,880 --> 02:10:24,780
Oh, 20 seconds.

1530
02:10:26,340 --> 02:10:26,460
Yeah.

1531
02:10:26,460 --> 02:10:27,880
Can I make a suggestion?

1532
02:10:27,880 --> 02:10:28,620
Please do.

1533
02:10:29,600 --> 02:10:35,200
So if we made a motion to have a special board meeting on the 22nd,

1534
02:10:35,400 --> 02:10:37,480
then prior to that meeting,

1535
02:10:37,780 --> 02:10:39,760
I would be meeting with our board members.

1536
02:10:39,760 --> 02:10:40,260
Yes, that's right.

1537
02:10:40,260 --> 02:10:45,020
President and our president and any board members could give either of them.

1538
02:10:45,020 --> 02:10:45,620
Yes.

1539
02:10:46,060 --> 02:10:48,400
So that we could create an agenda.

1540
02:10:48,400 --> 02:10:56,940
Perfect, so what you think maybe would be good to have on the agenda that we can post and say here's why we're having this meeting, right?

1541
02:10:57,680 --> 02:11:00,660
Send it to us, right, Debbie? Yes, okay

1542
02:11:02,020 --> 02:11:05,900
All right, and then one of the things that we will need to

1543
02:11:06,560 --> 02:11:13,520
Determine is whether there will be any action beyond discussion that would take board approval and so

1544
02:11:13,520 --> 02:11:26,520
If you have those types of things that would need board approval, or if you had questions about whether or not they would you could reach out to any of the three of us and we could help navigate that.

1545
02:11:27,680 --> 02:11:30,620
Because we would need to market as such in a meeting.

1546
02:11:31,180 --> 02:11:40,580
Typically, our work sessions do not have board action, they have board discussion and oftentimes not enough head, but not things that need approval per save it.

1547
02:11:40,580 --> 02:11:45,080
And so, director, I presume, since you say you want to call it a listening session, you're

1548
02:11:45,080 --> 02:11:49,100
really intending to have the community be invited, just come and talk to us, is that what

1549
02:11:49,100 --> 02:11:49,540
you're thinking?

1550
02:11:50,600 --> 02:11:51,000
Yeah.

1551
02:11:51,240 --> 02:11:53,920
I think we can call it a special meeting in a vital community.

1552
02:11:54,500 --> 02:11:55,300
I think that's still fine.

1553
02:11:57,020 --> 02:12:01,180
You know, and if we leave it as a special meeting, if there is something that needs to come up

1554
02:12:01,180 --> 02:12:05,860
that we need to vote on, we could add it to the agenda, but I think the primary purpose

1555
02:12:05,860 --> 02:12:10,220
would be to listen to the community and offer them a time to come talk with us.

1556
02:12:12,940 --> 02:12:20,460
I would add based on what director Subley said we talked about this so for folks that are

1557
02:12:20,460 --> 02:12:25,280
watching on the camera wherever it is I guess right there we talked about this that was that we

1558
02:12:25,280 --> 02:12:30,780
this kind of stuff we talked about these copy meetings that we're having on Wednesdays we want

1559
02:12:30,780 --> 02:12:37,800
to talk to the community about whatever's on their mind okay so that would be then what we're

1560
02:12:37,800 --> 02:12:43,000
be doing at this meeting, inviting people to come and talk, we're not going to wait until January,

1561
02:12:43,860 --> 02:12:47,760
so we'll be talking more about this than it would be a bullet in about it or something,

1562
02:12:48,020 --> 02:12:53,820
whatever, right. Okay, any further discussion? Now we don't have to say yes, we can say no.

1563
02:12:54,480 --> 02:13:00,440
Right, okay. So any further discussion? I have a question. Yes, ma'am.

1564
02:13:00,440 --> 02:13:09,480
So basically this special meeting or listening meeting will be questions, comments, and concerns from citizens, correct?

1565
02:13:09,800 --> 02:13:10,820
That's what you want.

1566
02:13:11,160 --> 02:13:12,000
What does the goal?

1567
02:13:12,680 --> 02:13:13,180
Or students?

1568
02:13:13,760 --> 02:13:14,920
Yeah, and students as well.

1569
02:13:15,320 --> 02:13:18,500
My question would be for Michelle Scott.

1570
02:13:19,900 --> 02:13:30,420
If she's able to be there in some sort of way just because I have a feeling that citizens also want numbers and kind of

1571
02:13:30,420 --> 02:13:36,720
next week or more of the money goes and how the budgeting works. So I would also want to ask

1572
02:13:36,720 --> 02:13:43,840
Michelle Scott if the 22nd works for her to be here with us to answer any citizen concerns about

1573
02:13:43,840 --> 02:13:48,580
budgeting. Well maybe superintendent wouldn't you have something to say. Well I was just going to say that

1574
02:13:48,580 --> 02:13:55,300
one of the things that our board hasn't had the opportunity to see yet is the presentations that we're

1575
02:13:55,300 --> 02:14:01,760
already doing within our schools, which will provide a great deal of budgetary information

1576
02:14:01,760 --> 02:14:05,440
as well as what programs are being supported with a levy.

1577
02:14:06,300 --> 02:14:12,640
It's kind of your top, I don't know, it's not 10, but it's the top things that we have

1578
02:14:12,640 --> 02:14:17,260
questions or we hear questions about and it's the presentation that we do.

1579
02:14:17,440 --> 02:14:21,720
It's a little bit different with staff than it is with our community because it's a deeper

1580
02:14:21,720 --> 02:14:26,980
dive into some things that people within the education system may understand, but I would

1581
02:14:26,980 --> 02:14:32,120
venture to guess that anyone that would be attending this listening session that might be

1582
02:14:32,120 --> 02:14:34,440
a piece of the special.

1583
02:14:34,440 --> 02:14:40,040
So is there, is there possibly someone who could come and be prepared to maybe share that

1584
02:14:40,040 --> 02:14:42,200
with us if it was needed?

1585
02:14:43,320 --> 02:14:45,100
Yes, there is a definitely a deal.

1586
02:14:45,100 --> 02:14:50,000
Okay, so if we can help with that, people there then, good thank you for bringing that up.

1587
02:14:50,000 --> 02:14:59,580
anything else, go over to do you have anything? What are you going to do, guys? Any thoughts? Any thoughts? Any thoughts? Okay, here you know the discussion, our students.

1588
02:15:00,000 --> 02:15:19,260
How do you lean on this? Proud? Proud? Okay. All those in favor say aye. Aye. All those opposed? Same side? Okay. Five, oh aye. Five, I didn't vote. Five, zero. I think that's the end of the agenda.

1589
02:15:21,260 --> 02:15:26,680
So we're going to be moving to executive session, is there anything else?

1590
02:15:26,680 --> 02:15:27,480
Board events.

1591
02:15:28,160 --> 02:15:29,300
Yes, future events.

1592
02:15:30,420 --> 02:15:36,260
So I don't know how this all works because of the open public meetings.

1593
02:15:38,000 --> 02:15:47,020
So when we, like the cac is coming out with January 8th and we talked it was about all of us attending

1594
02:15:47,760 --> 02:15:54,720
and that as long as it's put out there as an event that the board would, then it's

1595
02:15:54,720 --> 02:16:01,900
broken. So we don't have to just have the two. And so I wanted to make sure we talked

1596
02:16:01,900 --> 02:16:08,340
about that or reminded ourselves about that. Do we need to say what other events that we

1597
02:16:08,340 --> 02:16:15,780
want to attend so that we're not? Yes, if the entirety of the board would be attending a

1598
02:16:15,780 --> 02:16:19,580
then we would need to list it as a special meeting.

1599
02:16:20,440 --> 02:16:25,160
The only hesitation, and I will, this is not something I brought up in that discussion

1600
02:16:25,160 --> 02:16:27,620
because it really wasn't on my mind at the time.

1601
02:16:28,280 --> 02:16:35,400
I just want to be really cautious about the fact that I don't want the input that we receive

1602
02:16:35,400 --> 02:16:42,880
through those cack meetings to change by the sheer fact that we may have five board members there.

1603
02:16:42,880 --> 02:16:51,820
So I would just ask the board to be listeners, not participateers, because I do think that

1604
02:16:51,820 --> 02:16:57,980
that has been a extremely valuable from strategic plan, the bond planning to levees,

1605
02:16:58,080 --> 02:17:03,300
to budgets, to just a variety of things that our cat has been providing input.

1606
02:17:03,420 --> 02:17:12,820
I just want to be very careful that we continue to use it to gather information to help

1607
02:17:12,820 --> 02:17:16,360
support all of us in the work that we're doing because I think it's been really valuable

1608
02:17:16,360 --> 02:17:17,080
in that way.

1609
02:17:17,460 --> 02:17:23,540
I would add that the purpose of the CAC is to provide the information to the community and receive

1610
02:17:23,540 --> 02:17:30,480
information from the community to the superintendent specifically and while I think it's

1611
02:17:30,480 --> 02:17:40,440
great that more of us can be there, we would want to be very careful to not distract from the

1612
02:17:40,440 --> 02:17:41,800
and communicate appropriately.

1613
02:17:43,580 --> 02:17:45,640
It's certainly, having you all there, certainly,

1614
02:17:46,200 --> 02:17:48,900
would provide me sounding boards that I certainly

1615
02:17:48,900 --> 02:17:51,440
would benefit from.

1616
02:17:51,800 --> 02:17:55,740
And I just want to make sure that we're all kind of cognizant

1617
02:17:55,740 --> 02:17:58,560
of that given take moving forward.

1618
02:17:59,200 --> 02:18:00,300
Yeah, I was really surprised when

1619
02:18:00,300 --> 02:18:02,320
Merit Waza was talking to some of their schools.

1620
02:18:04,360 --> 02:18:08,200
And they said they're posting about 40 special meetings a month

1621
02:18:08,200 --> 02:18:15,980
because any sporting event that the schools have going on, any musical, a dance, any event.

1622
02:18:16,820 --> 02:18:20,520
They just call it a special meeting, and if the board can make it, then that's great.

1623
02:18:20,620 --> 02:18:22,240
If they can't, that's okay also.

1624
02:18:23,120 --> 02:18:27,400
But that way, they're not in trouble if the whole board shows up to a musical.

1625
02:18:28,940 --> 02:18:30,220
Well, we absolutely have one.

1626
02:18:30,220 --> 02:18:37,820
That could be a problem in a bigger city, in a bigger school district, then maybe in a district of 60 kids or something.

1627
02:18:37,820 --> 02:18:44,060
So yeah, so I thought we'll be talking about that. Yeah, yeah, yeah, okay, so

1628
02:18:44,060 --> 02:18:47,700
Any is there anybody feeling, you know, maybe it's not a good idea

1629
02:18:47,700 --> 02:18:51,740
That was a real good word that you shared Marshall, but you didn't say was a bad idea

1630
02:18:51,740 --> 02:18:54,340
You just said needs to be handled cautiously

1631
02:18:55,460 --> 02:18:59,560
I'm in support of attending cack meetings. I've done it for four or five years whatever

1632
02:18:59,560 --> 02:19:01,720
As long as I tried to go through the draws

1633
02:19:02,380 --> 02:19:06,340
I didn't go to the cack leadership meeting the other night that cut felt kind of nice

1634
02:19:08,460 --> 02:19:14,860
But that being said, there's a value for the meeting, I just wouldn't want to distract from the real purpose of the meeting.

1635
02:19:15,080 --> 02:19:16,680
All right. Well, so any other...

1636
02:19:16,680 --> 02:19:20,180
I attended for two years that I don't talk, so it's a problem.

1637
02:19:22,240 --> 02:19:24,480
I wouldn't put that table on my nose.

1638
02:19:24,640 --> 02:19:28,620
And I've been attending, and I talk too much, as you might have all realized, okay.

1639
02:19:28,680 --> 02:19:30,300
So I will have to like talk, man.

1640
02:19:30,500 --> 02:19:31,440
So you're so nice.

1641
02:19:32,220 --> 02:19:33,860
You're really going to buy some of that tape.

1642
02:19:33,860 --> 02:19:39,100
Okay, well then we'd really kind of have a consensus. I don't think we need a vote on anything.

1643
02:19:40,080 --> 02:19:47,900
We do that. Superdent. Okay. All right. So anything else about future agenda items?

1644
02:19:51,970 --> 02:19:58,760
We do have our next board meeting on January 12th or a special session on the 25th.

1645
02:19:58,780 --> 02:20:01,200
I'm sorry. Okay.

1646
02:20:02,780 --> 02:20:05,500
Do we have a tie?

1647
02:20:05,500 --> 02:20:10,300
We just need to do a little bit more work sessions or usually for but we can certainly

1648
02:20:10,300 --> 02:20:16,960
We can do it on what yeah, let's play in a probably six if the ideas that get people all work

1649
02:20:16,960 --> 02:20:19,740
Okay, it's more helpful

1650
02:20:21,960 --> 02:20:26,920
Anything else okay, we do have a executive session

1651
02:20:27,920 --> 02:20:29,120
Nothing else

1652
02:20:29,120 --> 02:20:30,920
Which no with no action

1653
02:20:31,580 --> 02:20:34,280
Okay, well, I got my little things. Should I read the thing or no?

1654
02:20:34,900 --> 02:20:39,200
Okay, all right, all right, all right. And the question is do we adjourn this meeting and then?

1655
02:20:39,720 --> 02:20:40,920
No, okay, all right.

1656
02:20:41,920 --> 02:20:44,160
We just, excuse me, one second, okay.

1657
02:20:44,460 --> 02:20:46,740
List 30 minutes. I think, Terry.

1658
02:20:48,340 --> 02:20:48,980
We don't have to read.

1659
02:20:49,020 --> 02:20:49,660
We'll come back.

1660
02:20:50,260 --> 02:20:51,640
I don't have any notes.

1661
02:20:52,320 --> 02:20:55,320
I don't have anything to read here.

1662
02:20:55,360 --> 02:20:56,140
Under content.

1663
02:20:56,520 --> 02:20:59,500
Maybe it's, you know, maybe it's on the, this here.

1664
02:20:59,500 --> 02:21:01,840
Sorry, excuse

1665
02:21:04,330 --> 02:21:06,430
me folks. I wasn't prepared to do this

1666
02:21:08,450 --> 02:21:10,050
Get out of here.

1667
02:21:17,020 --> 02:21:19,460
An executive session is not listed

1668
02:21:27,120 --> 02:21:27,740
Agenda

1669
02:21:27,740 --> 02:21:31,420
Yes, I have it now. I'm sorry. Please excuse me

1670
02:21:35,140 --> 02:21:36,380
Okay, I

1671
02:21:36,380 --> 02:21:38,340
I think I know where it's at

1672
02:21:38,340 --> 02:21:40,320
for I never read it through.

1673
02:21:41,020 --> 02:21:46,120
Discussions held under executive sessions are confidential, though board will be entering

1674
02:21:46,120 --> 02:21:57,680
executive session for the performance of a public employee per RCW-42.30.110-1G with no action

1675
02:21:57,680 --> 02:22:00,100
for 30 minutes.

1676
02:22:01,840 --> 02:22:06,340
The board will return at 8906.

1677
02:22:06,340 --> 02:22:08,500
Thank you.

1678
02:22:08,960 --> 02:22:10,500
For the adjournment meeting.

1679
02:22:11,660 --> 02:22:18,050
I declare the meeting of the board adjourned as of 1955.