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Thank you all for being here on your

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lunch hour for this meeting. Uh with

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that, I call to order this work session

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of the Hillsboro School District Board

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of Directors at 12:02 p.m. Our first and

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only item of business is to approve the

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memorandum of understanding with

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Hillsboro Education Association with

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KNA.

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» Thanks, Evette. Uh and thank you all for

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being here today. Um I'm excited to come

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forward and share um as we've been in

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negotiations as I've shared in updates

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with you with our licensed union

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partners and we completed our tenative

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agreement on the 24th and um they just

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completed their vote for ratification of

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thisou for um our retirement and

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separation plan. And so, um, I just

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wanted to give an opportunity just to

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give an overview of some of the things

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that we have, um, agreed upon. So, um,

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this would be eligible for licensed

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staff who've completed 10 years of

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consecutive service in their license

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role in Hillsboro School District um, by

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the end of the 2526 school year. This

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would also be um staff members uh in

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license roles that are on step for

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column four, five and six or step in on

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column six for the license salary

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schedule. Um this uh there would be two

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options that would be put forth that

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people could choose from that meet these

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qualifications. One is a lump sum payout

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of a onetime payment for $23,000

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and the payment will occur on July 20th,

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2026. Additionally, the second option

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that people could choose from uh would

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be to uh continue their health insurance

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and enrollment in a group health

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insurance plan that includes medical,

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dental, and vision equivalent to their

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current coverage uh for this 2526 school

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year. And that enrollment would be

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effective through September 30th, 2027.

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Um this early retirement and separation

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benefit uh will be prrated for folks uh

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that are um in different regular FTEES

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uh based on their proration at the time

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of their retirement and separation and

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uh we also will use article 16 section 3

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of the collective bargaining agreement

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to make those determinations.

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The um cap for the uh number of eligible

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uh employees is the first 60 licensed

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staff who submit their retirement using

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our electronic form um that we will be

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creating uh for them. And then the

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district also has the discretion to

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increase the cap by no more than 10

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additional eligible employees.

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um licensed staff who accept this would

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also be ineligible for uh rehire for

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three school years and that is in an

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effort to support our ongoing savings

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for the district uh with this decision.

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And so I just want to open it up for any

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questions that folks may have.

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» Uh are there any questions or comments

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for Kana?

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No. Great. Thank you, Connor. Um, would

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anyone like to make a motion?

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Katie Ryan. I move that the board of

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directors approve theou for the licensed

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retirement/separation incentive benefit

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program with Hillsboro Education

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Association as tenatively agreed to by

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the district bargaining team.

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» Mark Watson second.

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It has been moved by Director Ryan and

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seconded by Director Watson that the

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board of directors approve the

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memorandum of understanding with

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Hillsboro Education Association. Is

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there any further discussion?

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» No. Okay. Rose, can you call the role

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» Patrick Maguire.

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» Katie Ry.

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» Jessica Hard Mardo.

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» Mark Watson.

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» Oh, I think that Nancy just entered the

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» Well, you're on mute, Nancy.

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» I apologize. What are we voting on? I'm

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» Nancy. We're voting on approving the

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memorandum of understanding with AA.

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» Oh, approved. Yes. I

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» Thank you. Motion carries. Uh thank you

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everyone and thank you Connor for all

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the work that you have done and everyone

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who participated in this as well and

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thank you for taking the time to meet

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with us. So thank you. Thank you all.

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uh let's see thank you and with that we

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have discussion time. Is there any uh

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updates or any comments uh from you

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» Thank you Chair Pontoa. I just want to

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appreciate the board for your

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flexibility and allowing us to explore

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options for our budget reductions that

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really will save jobs and help us

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prioritize funding for classrooms and

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kids. Um uh I want to thank also Scott

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and Connor for your leadership in

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negotiating this. Also our union

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partners, HCA and HCU and working with

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us on this. Um these are unprecedented

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times. I know we keep saying that, but

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we're going to continue to explore

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strategies that help us deliver the best

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programs for kids and achieve our

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strategic plan goals. So thank you all.

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» Uh thank you, Travis. Uh now to my

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fellow board members. Uh any comments?

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girls basketball team tonight. I

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appreciate getting that invitation today

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from the assistant principal.

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thank you to Connor and and uh HA and

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this the whole team for um for this um

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memorandum of understanding. I also

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wanted to while it's very timely um uh

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thank the rest of cabinet um on Monday

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of this week I was able to go to the

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state capital for the day uh with

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director Harden Marcado and also

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director Watson to um see some of the

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floor sessions um in progress and also

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visit the legislators that touch the um

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district area of HSD. So, um, I felt

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very prepared for the legislators

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questions and conversation thanks to our

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cabinet team and the excellent work that

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you do in presenting um, updated um,

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really timely information about um, our

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strategic plan, our graduation rates.

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really say that I I was very very happy

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to have all of this data to hand. um and

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uh and was very grateful um for all of

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your work in getting our students to

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where they are today. So um hap happy to

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share more about that when we next meet

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in person, but since that occurred just

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this week um and I had the opportunity

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to thank cabinet um I wanted to do so

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and thank you also to um my fellow

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directors for coming with me to the

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» Thank you Katie Mark.

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have been part of it. Uh, two shout

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outs. Yes. Uh, echo what Patrick said

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about Century Jaguars. I hope to wear

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this shirt at the game later tonight if

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I can make it over there in time. I

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think I can. So, I'm looking forward to

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that. Uh, and my other shout out would

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be to a former HSD HSD student and

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Century High graduate from 2017,

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uh, who is in the most diverse class

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with the highest graduation rate in the

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state at that point, who signed her

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paperwork on her brand new house in the

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Hillsboro School District, staying in

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the Hillsboro School District, also

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happens to be my daughter. So, you know,

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looking forward to having her in her own

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address right here in HSD. She's proud

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to be HSD, as am I.

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» Thank you, Mark. Um, Nancy,

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» Uh, thanks to the cabinet and and your

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leadership on what you've done. This is

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pretty incredible, Connor. It's it's

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super super uh, awesome that we're here.

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working. And I just want to say publicly

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that this is part of what I said in my

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eval my superintendent evaluation

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comments that this is your ability to

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flex your Travis ability to flex and

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then collaborate with Connor and and

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Scott. This is what is really making us

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strong and it's it's so obvious. It's so

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obvious. So deeply appreciate that. Glad

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that's open. I am still and then the

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still working on trying to figure out

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how to share all the information that's

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coming to me legislatively. Uh which is

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interesting because you know Mark

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probably had close to if not the same

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update that I got on Monday. And so it's

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there it's all fast pace. It's moving

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very fast. I promise that I'm going to

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work with Rose and Travis to figure out

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the best way to share that with you

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guys. Uh but it is very exciting to see

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what's going on. It is our hope and

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prayer right now that by the end of this

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week we really do find out for sure that

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there won't be any further cuts to

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either uh education and also the Oregon

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Department of Human Services and any

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cuts there will also then impact the

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school district. So we are all on pins

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and needles but we are all waiting for

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the same information and hoping for the

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same and it's because of you guys that

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we feel confident that we do. So glad

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you guys got to go to the capital. Hope

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you had a good time. Uh, and uh, there's

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more opportunity for us to be doing that

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» Thank you, Nancy. Um, thank you to my

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for fellow board members. Uh, thank you,

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Mark, Jessica, and Katie for

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representing at the capital on Monday

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and all the work that you continue to

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do. And with that, I just wanted to say

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thank you for everyone for being engaged

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in this work and for spending uh, your

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lunchtime with us. And this meeting is

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adjourned at 12:13