[0:00] Thank you all for being here on your
[0:02] lunch hour for this meeting. Uh with
[0:05] that, I call to order this work session
[0:07] of the Hillsboro School District Board
[0:08] of Directors at 12:02 p.m. Our first and
[0:13] only item of business is to approve the
[0:15] memorandum of understanding with
[0:16] Hillsboro Education Association with
[0:19] KNA.
[0:22] » Thanks, Evette. Uh and thank you all for
[0:24] being here today. Um I'm excited to come
[0:27] forward and share um as we've been in
[0:29] negotiations as I've shared in updates
[0:31] with you with our licensed union
[0:33] partners and we completed our tenative
[0:36] agreement on the 24th and um they just
[0:40] completed their vote for ratification of
[0:43] thisou for um our retirement and
[0:46] separation plan. And so, um, I just
[0:49] wanted to give an opportunity just to
[0:51] give an overview of some of the things
[0:53] that we have, um, agreed upon. So, um,
[0:56] this would be eligible for licensed
[0:59] staff who've completed 10 years of
[1:01] consecutive service in their license
[1:03] role in Hillsboro School District um, by
[1:05] the end of the 2526 school year. This
[1:08] would also be um staff members uh in
[1:11] license roles that are on step for
[1:14] column four, five and six or step in on
[1:17] column six for the license salary
[1:19] schedule. Um this uh there would be two
[1:22] options that would be put forth that
[1:24] people could choose from that meet these
[1:26] qualifications. One is a lump sum payout
[1:29] of a onetime payment for $23,000
[1:32] and the payment will occur on July 20th,
[1:35] 2026. Additionally, the second option
[1:38] that people could choose from uh would
[1:40] be to uh continue their health insurance
[1:43] and enrollment in a group health
[1:44] insurance plan that includes medical,
[1:47] dental, and vision equivalent to their
[1:50] current coverage uh for this 2526 school
[1:52] year. And that enrollment would be
[1:54] effective through September 30th, 2027.
[1:59] Um this early retirement and separation
[2:02] benefit uh will be prrated for folks uh
[2:05] that are um in different regular FTEES
[2:09] uh based on their proration at the time
[2:12] of their retirement and separation and
[2:15] uh we also will use article 16 section 3
[2:18] of the collective bargaining agreement
[2:20] to make those determinations.
[2:23] The um cap for the uh number of eligible
[2:29] uh employees is the first 60 licensed
[2:31] staff who submit their retirement using
[2:34] our electronic form um that we will be
[2:36] creating uh for them. And then the
[2:39] district also has the discretion to
[2:41] increase the cap by no more than 10
[2:43] additional eligible employees.
[2:46] um licensed staff who accept this would
[2:48] also be ineligible for uh rehire for
[2:51] three school years and that is in an
[2:55] effort to support our ongoing savings
[2:58] for the district uh with this decision.
[3:01] And so I just want to open it up for any
[3:03] questions that folks may have.
[3:09] » Uh are there any questions or comments
[3:11] for Kana?
[3:16] No. Great. Thank you, Connor. Um, would
[3:20] anyone like to make a motion?
[3:28] Katie Ryan. I move that the board of
[3:30] directors approve theou for the licensed
[3:32] retirement/separation incentive benefit
[3:35] program with Hillsboro Education
[3:36] Association as tenatively agreed to by
[3:39] the district bargaining team.
[3:41] » Mark Watson second.
[3:44] It has been moved by Director Ryan and
[3:46] seconded by Director Watson that the
[3:48] board of directors approve the
[3:49] memorandum of understanding with
[3:50] Hillsboro Education Association. Is
[3:53] there any further discussion?
[3:58] » No. Okay. Rose, can you call the role
[4:00] please?
[4:01] » Patrick Maguire.
[4:03] » I.
[4:03] » Katie Ry.
[4:05] » I.
[4:06] » Jessica Hard Mardo.
[4:07] » Hi.
[4:08] » Mark Watson.
[4:10] » Hi.
[4:11] » Sheen Kim. I
[4:13] » Eva Pantoa
[4:16] » I
[4:17] » Oh, I think that Nancy just entered the
[4:20] » Vote.
[4:21] » So, yes,
[4:22] » Nancy Thomas.
[4:26] » Well, you're on mute, Nancy.
[4:28] » I apologize. What are we voting on? I'm
[4:29] so sorry,
[4:31] » Nancy. We're voting on approving the
[4:33] memorandum of understanding with AA.
[4:36] » Oh, approved. Yes. I
[4:40] Sorry.
[4:40] » Thank you.
[4:45] Thank you everyone.
[4:48] » Thank you. Motion carries. Uh thank you
[4:51] everyone and thank you Connor for all
[4:53] the work that you have done and everyone
[4:55] who participated in this as well and
[4:57] thank you for taking the time to meet
[4:59] with us. So thank you. Thank you all.
[5:03] And with that um
[5:07] uh let's see thank you and with that we
[5:12] have discussion time. Is there any uh
[5:14] updates or any comments uh from you
[5:16] Travis?
[5:19] » Thank you Chair Pontoa. I just want to
[5:20] appreciate the board for your
[5:22] flexibility and allowing us to explore
[5:24] options for our budget reductions that
[5:26] really will save jobs and help us
[5:28] prioritize funding for classrooms and
[5:30] kids. Um uh I want to thank also Scott
[5:34] and Connor for your leadership in
[5:36] negotiating this. Also our union
[5:38] partners, HCA and HCU and working with
[5:40] us on this. Um these are unprecedented
[5:43] times. I know we keep saying that, but
[5:45] we're going to continue to explore
[5:46] strategies that help us deliver the best
[5:48] programs for kids and achieve our
[5:50] strategic plan goals. So thank you all.
[5:54] » Uh thank you, Travis. Uh now to my
[5:57] fellow board members. Uh any comments?
[5:59] Uh, Jessica.
[6:02] Uh, Patrick.
[6:06] » Uh, no. Just, uh, good luck to the, uh,
[6:09] girls basketball team tonight. I
[6:10] appreciate getting that invitation today
[6:12] from the assistant principal.
[6:17] » Uh, Katie,
[6:19] » Um, I just wanted to really briefly I'll
[6:21] I'll echo what you said. Thank you um
[6:23] thank you to Connor and and uh HA and
[6:26] this the whole team for um for this um
[6:29] memorandum of understanding. I also
[6:31] wanted to while it's very timely um uh
[6:34] thank the rest of cabinet um on Monday
[6:38] of this week I was able to go to the
[6:40] state capital for the day uh with
[6:43] director Harden Marcado and also
[6:45] director Watson to um see some of the
[6:49] floor sessions um in progress and also
[6:52] visit the legislators that touch the um
[6:56] district area of HSD. So, um, I felt
[7:00] very prepared for the legislators
[7:02] questions and conversation thanks to our
[7:05] cabinet team and the excellent work that
[7:07] you do in presenting um, updated um,
[7:11] really timely information about um, our
[7:15] strategic plan, our graduation rates.
[7:17] Um, and uh, I just I just wanted to
[7:21] really say that I I was very very happy
[7:24] to have all of this data to hand. um and
[7:27] uh and was very grateful um for all of
[7:29] your work in getting our students to
[7:32] where they are today. So um hap happy to
[7:35] share more about that when we next meet
[7:37] in person, but since that occurred just
[7:38] this week um and I had the opportunity
[7:40] to thank cabinet um I wanted to do so
[7:42] and thank you also to um my fellow
[7:44] directors for coming with me to the
[7:46] capital.
[7:49] » Thank you Katie Mark.
[7:52] » Uh yeah, it was good outing. Uh glad to
[7:55] have been part of it. Uh, two shout
[7:57] outs. Yes. Uh, echo what Patrick said
[8:00] about Century Jaguars. I hope to wear
[8:01] this shirt at the game later tonight if
[8:04] I can make it over there in time. I
[8:05] think I can. So, I'm looking forward to
[8:06] that. Uh, and my other shout out would
[8:09] be to a former HSD HSD student and
[8:12] Century High graduate from 2017,
[8:16] uh, who is in the most diverse class
[8:18] with the highest graduation rate in the
[8:20] state at that point, who signed her
[8:23] paperwork on her brand new house in the
[8:26] Hillsboro School District, staying in
[8:27] the Hillsboro School District, also
[8:29] happens to be my daughter. So, you know,
[8:33] looking forward to having her in her own
[8:35] address right here in HSD. She's proud
[8:37] to be HSD, as am I.
[8:42] » Thank you, Mark. Um, Nancy,
[8:48] » Uh, thanks to the cabinet and and your
[8:51] leadership on what you've done. This is
[8:53] pretty incredible, Connor. It's it's
[8:55] super super uh, awesome that we're here.
[8:58] Thank you for your collaboration and
[9:00] working. And I just want to say publicly
[9:03] that this is part of what I said in my
[9:05] eval my superintendent evaluation
[9:07] comments that this is your ability to
[9:10] flex your Travis ability to flex and
[9:13] then collaborate with Connor and and
[9:15] Scott. This is what is really making us
[9:18] strong and it's it's so obvious. It's so
[9:20] obvious. So deeply appreciate that. Glad
[9:23] that's open. I am still and then the
[9:25] other thing I wanted to say is that I'm
[9:26] still working on trying to figure out
[9:28] how to share all the information that's
[9:30] coming to me legislatively. Uh which is
[9:33] interesting because you know Mark
[9:34] probably had close to if not the same
[9:37] update that I got on Monday. And so it's
[9:39] there it's all fast pace. It's moving
[9:41] very fast. I promise that I'm going to
[9:43] work with Rose and Travis to figure out
[9:45] the best way to share that with you
[9:46] guys. Uh but it is very exciting to see
[9:49] what's going on. It is our hope and
[9:51] prayer right now that by the end of this
[9:53] week we really do find out for sure that
[9:56] there won't be any further cuts to
[9:58] either uh education and also the Oregon
[10:01] Department of Human Services and any
[10:03] cuts there will also then impact the
[10:05] school district. So we are all on pins
[10:07] and needles but we are all waiting for
[10:09] the same information and hoping for the
[10:12] same and it's because of you guys that
[10:13] we feel confident that we do. So glad
[10:17] you guys got to go to the capital. Hope
[10:19] you had a good time. Uh, and uh, there's
[10:22] more opportunity for us to be doing that
[10:24] again, so get ready.
[10:29] » Thank you, Nancy. Um, thank you to my
[10:32] for fellow board members. Uh, thank you,
[10:34] Mark, Jessica, and Katie for
[10:36] representing at the capital on Monday
[10:38] and all the work that you continue to
[10:40] do. And with that, I just wanted to say
[10:43] thank you for everyone for being engaged
[10:45] in this work and for spending uh, your
[10:47] lunchtime with us. And this meeting is
[10:49] adjourned at 12:13