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All right. Six, six oh three.

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We're gonna call the meeting to order now.

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So first I'll start

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with our roll call starting all the way to my left.

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Francisco RA session seven.

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Joyce Rosa Vice chair position two. Michael Reyes.

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Here, position three. Aaron Mun Gonzalez, position one.

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Can I get a motion to approve today's agenda Board chair?

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The board approved December, September 24, 25. 2025.

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Agenda second. Second.

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Any questions? State the agenda, not follow. Vote.

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All those in favor say aye. A Aye.

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Let's stand up for the Pledge

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of Allegiance back in that corner.

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Next up, as always, our land acknowledgement.

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We were respectfully acknowledge

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that the land on which we are gathering today is a

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traditional homeland of a diverse array of indigenous tribes

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and bands, Multnomah, county

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of Rest on traditional build sites of the Meno, ow Kalet,

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AMI bands, the Chinook, Dwain, Kaia, Malala,

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and many other tribes

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who made their homes along the Columbia River

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creating communities and summer encampments to harvest

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and use the plentiful natural resources of the area.

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Multnomah County is now home

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to a vibrant indigenous community community

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representing over 400 different tribal nations.

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We recognize indigenous peoples as the traditional stewards

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of this land and acknowledge the enduring relationship

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between the land and the people.

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Since time immemorial,

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we make this acknowledgement open the space of recognition,

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inclusion and respect for our sovereign tribal partners,

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all indigenous students, families

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and staff in our community.

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We lead with equity to educate

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and support all students to graduate with the skills

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and confidence to thrive and our mission vision.

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As a community, we prepare lifelong learners

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to achieve their full potential and a complex

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and interconnected world.

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So we have a few resolutions

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that the student recognition today is our student here

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yet Luke?

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Maybe not yet. Okay, maybe let's do our

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resolutions first and come.

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He's here. Okay.

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I have the honor of introducing Luke Tema Reynolds High

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School Senior National Merit Scholar Group.

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Duke exemplifies what it means to be a Reynolds grader.

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He is outstanding both inside and outside of the classroom.

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Inside the classroom, Luke is under respect

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of both his teachers and peers.

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He has maintained a 4.4 weighted GPA.

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He has tech taken every AP

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and accelerated class Reynolds has to offer in addition

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to college courses at BYU, his teachers praise

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and curiosity, ability to collaborate

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and desire to exceed expectations.

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He collaborates with ease

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and is always eager to support student learning

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outside of the classroom.

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Luke has demonstrated his leadership and service skills.

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He is a four year member of the Reynolds Cross

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country and track teams.

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He has served as a sole representative on the Reynolds Ski

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team and is qualified for state.

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He has accumulated countless hours of community service

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as a member of the National Honor Society

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and avid, the district is proud to recognize Luke Tema

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as a National Merit Scholar.

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One of our,

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- Alright, - So now we have a few resolutions starting

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with national school. That one

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- That is me.

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Resolution 2025.

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20 26 0 0 4 proclaiming the celebration

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of National School Lunch School, whereas in 1946,

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Dan, president Harry Truman signed the National School Lunch

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Act, whereas the National School Lunch Program is now the

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largest federal child nutrition program.

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Whereas on October 9th, 1962, Congress

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by Joint Resolution designated the week beginning in the

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second Sunday in October each year

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as National School lunch week.

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through the 17th 2025 is designated

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National School Lunch week, whereas approximately

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thir 30 million students nationwide are served daily meals

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through the National School Lunch Program,

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whereas whereas 95%

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of students nationwide are enrolled in schools

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participating in the National School Lunch program.

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Whereas the National School Lunch program is dedicated

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to the health and wellbeing of our NA

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of our nation's children

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and has served our country for more than 60 years

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through advanced practices and nutrition education.

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Whereas a nutrition staff across the re school district

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served approximately 3082 breakfast,

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5,583 lunches each day,

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whereas each Reynold school district student enrolled in our

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schools and charters receive breakfast

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and lunch at no cost under the community eligibility

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provision meal service

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through the National School Lunch Program.

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and recognizes events

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and activities promoting the benefits

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of the National School Lunch Program.

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Now therefore be it result that the Reynold School

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District publicly thinks the nutrition services staff

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and the staff at each school

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for providing an excellent school nutrition program

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for our school district be it further result

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that the Reno School District Board

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of Education per claims this district will celebrate

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the National School Lunch Week from October 13th

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through the 17th 2025, adopted this 24th date

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of September, 2025.

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- Okay, next up is October as Indigenous People's Day.

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- Alright, - Resolution

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as Indigenous People's Day,

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whereas the Reynolds School Board of Education recognizes

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that the indigenous peoples of the land

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that would later become known

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as the Americas become have occupied these lands since time

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in Memorial and whereas the board values the daily

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contributions make our community

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through indigenous people's knowledge, labor, technology,

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science, philosophy, arts,

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and the deep cultural contribution

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that has substantially shaped our district.

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And whereas the board has established that each

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and every student is to be celebrated

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and appreciated for distinct

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and vibrant contributions made by sharing cultures,

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language, ideas, beliefs

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and values within our school community.

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And whereas the board recognizes the fact

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that the Reynolds school district has built upon the

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homelands villages and traditional use areas of the Meno

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and Akami significant of this region

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whom without whom the building

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of the district would not be possible.

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And whereas the Reynolds School District

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through its equity policy is committed to creating welcoming

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and inclusive school environments and recognizing diversity

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and appreciation of culture, class, language,

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ethnicity, and other differences.

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And whereas the district promotes closing the opportunity

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gap for indigenous peoples,

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eliminating the racial achievement gap

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and disproportionality in all aspects of education.

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of Indigenous Peoples Day was first proposed in 1977

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by delegation of Native Nations to the United United Nation

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and whereas the Oregon American Indian Alaskan Native State

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plan mandate that public schools

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of our district teach about the native history culture,

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contemporary lives

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and governments of the indigenous peoples of the Americas.

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A special emphasis on those from Oregon

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and across the Pacific Northwest.

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Now therefore be it resolved that the Reynolds school board

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of directors who claims every second Monday of October

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as indigenous people say the district shall encourage staff

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to utilize the second Monday in October

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to reflect upon the ongoing struggles

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of the indigenous peoples of the plan

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to celebrate the thriving cultures

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and values of the indigenous people, peoples of our region,

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and the stand in solidarity

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with indigenous peoples elsewhere.

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and achievement of indigenous peoples contribute profoundly

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to the culture and community of the district.

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The district acknowledges the contributions

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and reaffirms its ongoing commitment

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to building awareness in an inclusive society.

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Adopted this 24th day of September, 2025.

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Thank you. Next up, national bullying prevention law

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- Resolution 2025.

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20 26 0 0 6 proclaiming celebration

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of national bullying prevention whereas

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National Bullying Prevention Month is a campaign in the

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United States founded in 2006

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by Pacer's National Bullying Prevention Center.

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That campaign is held during the month

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of October in the United communities nationwide to educate

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and raise awareness of bullying.

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Prevention initially held the first week of October,

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the event was expanded to an entire month in 2010.

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Whereas over the last year,

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schools throughout the US have experienced a frightening

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increase in bullying and acts of hate.

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And whereas bullying directly affects the student's ability

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to learn, students

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who are bullied often do not want to go to school.

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show a defining grades

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and move self-esteem, self-confidence and self-worth.

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schools, and online through technology

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and whereas various researchers have concluded

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that bullying is the most common form

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of violence affecting millions of children

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and adolescents annually.

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And whereas bullying is a community-wide issue

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that must no longer be ignored

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or thought of as a rite of passage.

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Students, parents, caregivers,

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and educators all have a role in addressing bullying

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situations and changing school culture

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and whereas we affirm our commitment to a safe

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and affirming space

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by recognizing national bullying prevention month,

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whereas Reynolds School District

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through its every student belongs policy is committed

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to creating a high quality educational

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experience for all students.

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Free from discrimination

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or harassment based on perceived race, color, religion,

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disability or national origin.

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that the Reynolds Board recognizes the month of October

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as National Bullying Prevention Month adopted the 24th date

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of September, 2025.

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of national principals month.

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Whereas the Reynolds School Board will declare the month

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of October, 2025 National principals month in coordination

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with the efforts of the National Association

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of Elementary School Principals, the American Federation

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of School Administrators

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of Secondary School principals working with the US Congress

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to designate national principles month and resolution ve.

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Whereas the vision, dedication,

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and determination of a principal provides the mobilizing

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force behind any school reform effort.

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to be educational visionaries, instructional leaders,

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assessment experts, models of positive behavior,

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community builders, public relations experts,

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budget analysts, facility managers, special programs,

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administrators and guardians of various legal, contractual

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and policy mandates as initiatives as well

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as being entrusted with the education development

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of young people, the most valuable resource.

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Whereas principals play a vital role in the successful IM

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implementation of the every Student Succeeds Act.

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Whereas principals set the academic tone for their schools

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and work collaboratively with teachers to develop

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and maintain high curriculum standards,

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develop mission statements, set performance goals

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and objectives for schools to achieve educational excellence

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and work with other school leaders to create spaces

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of safety and inclusion.

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Whereas the Reynolds School Board honors just such exemplary

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elementary and middle level public, private

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and independent school leaders committed

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to serving students from pre-kindergarten

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to eighth grade in their profession.

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Whereas the Reynold School Board recognizes outstanding

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middle level and high school principals

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who have succeeded in providing high quality learning

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opportunities for students as well

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as their exemplary contributions to the profession.

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Whereas to honor and recognize the contribution

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of all school principals at all grade levels to the success

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of students in Oregon elementary and secondary schools

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and to encourage residents of Oregon

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to observe national principals month

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with appropriate ceremonies

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and activities that promote awareness of school,

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leadership's role in ensuring that every child has access

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to high quality education now

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therefore be resolved that in honor of the service

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of all elementary, middle level and high school principals

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and to recognize the importance of their school leadership

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so that every child has access to a high quality education

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and to celebrate school leader accomplishments.

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The month of October, 2025 is hereby designated in Oregon

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to be National Principals Month adopted this 24th day

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of September, 2025.

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Next up, national school custodian appreciation date.

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- How dawn resolution

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20 25, 20 26 0 0 8 proclaiming the

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celebration of national school custodian appreciation where

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as custodians are setting a professional example

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of positive adult behavior, fostering positive relationships

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with students and staff

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and showing a friendly smiling face

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to light up a student's day.

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Whereas custodians are the eyes

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and ears on the school campus often the only person making

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the rounds inside and outside the building aware of anything

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or anyone out of the ordinary assuring that doors are secure

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and that any hazard is eliminated,

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that the learning environment is safe and secure.

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Whereas custodians work tireless tirelessly

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to remo remove their dust, allergens

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and other asthma triggers, thus helping

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to reduce the largest cost of student

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absentee in the United States.

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Whereas Reynolds custodians work daily

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to clean over 1 million square feet.

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Now therefore be resolved the Reynolds school board publicly

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thanks custodial staff for their hard work

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and dedication to providing, providing a healthy

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and safe learning environment

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for the students in our school district.

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Be it further result the district shall celebrate national

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school custodian appreciation date on October 2nd, 2025.

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Adopted this 24th date of September, 2025.

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- Alright, last one.

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- Resolution 20 25 20 26 0 0 9 proclaiming the

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celebration of national coming out day.

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Whereas October 11, which recogniz

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as national coming out days

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and this will be the fifth seventh celebration of the day

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to promote a safe world for lesbians, gay, bisexual,

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transgender questioning two Spirit intersect and sexual

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a missioning world where L-G-B-T-I

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plus people live truthfully and open.

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They believe that honest

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and genuine relations,

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pervasive prejudice about

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L-L-G-B-Q-I

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three seven years later foundation still holds true

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we GBTQ to

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- I class student

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- Who can identify an out B LGBTQ

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IA plus school staff

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or adult ally report a

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a dramatic feeling safe

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- Overall.

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- 25%

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of students either have an I class

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- Or

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- And gender identity are protected classes.

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In Oregon, the bullying of these two classes are

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among the most common forms of harassment in schools.

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Whereas school dropout rates

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for LGBI plus students, it

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riled the national role of non LGBTQ

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plus students due to peer harassment and bullying.

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Whereas tragically youth identify as

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LGBTQI plus are overrepresented in the population

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of youth experiencing houselessness youth

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who are the victims of bullying

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and youth who have attempted to die as a result of suicide.

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Whereas re school district

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through every student belong policy is committed

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to creating a high quality education experience

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free from discrimination

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or harassment based on per per per

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perceived race, color, religion, gender identity,

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sexual orientation, disability or national origin.

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Whereas we strive to ensure

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that the district is a consistently safe

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and affirming space for all students and their families

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and whereas we affirm our commitment to a safe

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and affirming space by recognizing national coming out day

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now therefore be a result that the recognition that

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by recognizing October 11, that national coming out day,

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we the governing board, rental school districts support

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policies, practices and curriculum that support a safe

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and affirming space for all stakeholders and honor

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and respect lesbians, gay, bisexual, transgender

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questioning two-spirit intersect and asexual staff students

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and their spouse adopt adopted their day 24 day

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of September, 2025.

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- Thank you. - That's all our

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- Resolutions.

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So now we'll move into public to be heard.

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So members of the public will address the board

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with the comments and the board will listen Only

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the board may choose not

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to address a request if it does not fall within the

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scope of board governance.

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Oregon law prohibits the board from discussing specific

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employees or their job performance those wishing to

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All right, is this better?

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I'll start from the beginning. So members

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of the public will address the board with comments

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and the board will listen only the board may choose not

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to address a request if it does not fall within the

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scope of board governance.

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Oregon law prohibits the board from discussing specific

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employees or their job performance.

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Those wishing to speak up must

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sign up prior to start of the meeting.

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I have here the first seven submissions will be able

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to speak for three minutes, have our timer up there

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so please keep it to your three minutes.

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And then we also receive public comment that all

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that the board members receive by email.

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I'll call the folks as they signed up starting

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with Sue mush Muchler.

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- Good evening, I'm Susie LER as the past president

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of OSCA.

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I have two questions.

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Is OSCA thinking or asking to sit down with OSDA

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and the district only to chat about impact that

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possible PET could have on class classified staff

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with REA making 40,000 plus dollars salaries a year compared

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to classified staff making 20 to 25,000 a year.

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We are already working at skeleton levels

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and have been for a while.

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This will impact classified staff more than certified.

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My hope that OSDA

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and RFD staff can come to an agreement

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before classified staff lose jobs.

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This will impact students

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and classified more than any other staff.

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Classified staff is the backbone of this district.

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We are talking two separate contracts.

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This is not solidarity. Thank you.

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- I wanna make sure the time is reset. Jack Clovis

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- Esteemed members of the Reynolds School Board.

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My name is Jack Ma Clovis

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and I'm a fifth grade teacher over at Alder Elementary.

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I've come tonight to give you the temperature from

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with from within one

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of our highest needs schools in our district.

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Honestly, it pains me to be here today

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but I feel that it is necessary for you to understand

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how the staff are feeling

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because the staff over at Alder are working under intense

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conditions every day

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and they deserve for their voices to be heard.

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Reynolds school board, you have fear of frustration

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and confusion brewing within your school.

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Overworked teachers

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and classrooms with ballooning class sizes are seeing

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the writing on the wall.

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79 more cuts, bigger class sizes.

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Inadequate staffing for things as vital as ELD.

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Title one, reading intervention counseling and social work.

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Not to mention all of our heroic compatriots

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and departments like building

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and grounds and transportation.

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Everyone is scrambling to pick up the pieces

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and worse yet, we are struggling to see

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how the pieces are going

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to come back together for our students.

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You have staff who are questioning at

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what point does a district consider financially in solvent.

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You have staff who are questioning if we can provide

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adequate SER services to our students

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that have the highest needs,

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we are being told to see the number.

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We need to see where the 10 furlough days are coming from.

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Please help us, help us alleviate this impasse

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that we have in our district right now.

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Help us get what should be publicly available numbers

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for everyone to see.

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Help us assuage these fears.

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Help us assuage the confusion

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that is boiling in our schools.

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Help teachers who are looking to help

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for other jobs in October, November

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and most of all help us serve the students

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that we love so dearly.

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Thank you.

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- Try my best for your name here. Linda Stein.

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Did I say that correctly? The microphone here?

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Yeah. Pretty well.

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People on the zoom too. Oh

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- Hi, I'm Linda.

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A 29 year Reynolds employee.

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My kids went to Sweetbrier Wal Ma Reynolds High School.

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I work as a resource assistant at the high school.

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There's a lot of valid concerns here today.

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The one I wanted to talk to you about was in a

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resource classroom, which is a regular ed math class

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with 34 students.

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There are approximately nine students on an IEP scattered

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route around the room

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and there are three adults, the teacher and me

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and a sign language interpreter

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and then there's one student ea.

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Have you thought about the liability involved with having

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that many people one classroom

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and you we're gonna have to increase the numbers

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and then one of your proposals,

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or I'm not sure I'm using the right word, was about bullying

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that happens when they're too close together.

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When it's too tight, it's too crowded, they don't understand

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what I'm trying to get around the room

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and I can't get around the room to everyone.

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It sounds like it is against the fire code.

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The building may meet the fire code

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but I bet you that classroom doesn't when I'm in it

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and there are 34 backpacks on the floor that I have

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to schedule and go around while I'm trying to do this job.

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Please keep that in mind when you start talking about

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increasing class sizes.

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It affects them, it affects me

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and it could potentially lead

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to some liability issues for the district.

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Thank you.

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- Next up Ano Pena.

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Good evening members board.

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I'm here today not because I want to be,

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because I have to be, I'm missing precious time

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with my family because of decisions that are made

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by this district that are impacting my

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ability to teach our students.

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I'd say without any hyperbole

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that this has been the most chaotic start of a school year

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that I have experienced in my seven years

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to make my point clear, I had better access to resources

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during COVID than I do right now.

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These are the challenges that I am seeing in my school.

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I came into the start of this year

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and students were not enrolled in classes sitting

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in the hallway for hours.

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My classes are still not currently scheduled appropriately

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for me to plan ahead for the rest of this school year.

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Excuse me, Schoology is not working

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correctly for all of my students.

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In spite of many pleas to try to get these things fixed.

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My virtual spaces are being altered in ways

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that are unpredictable and detrimental

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to a functioning classroom.

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I've had my Schoology classes archived at the start

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of a week causing chaos in my classroom

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and I have found out

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that digital platforms did not have their licenses renewed

538
00:29:56,066 --> 00:29:59,100
and now I have lost content that I've built into them, some

539
00:29:59,100 --> 00:30:01,000
of which happened at the beginning of this week.

540
00:30:02,700 --> 00:30:06,000
There is no communication from the district that this,

541
00:30:06,066 --> 00:30:07,634
the platforms that I used were being dropped.

542
00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:09,900
I found out on Monday when my students came to class

543
00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:13,000
and was confused as to why my content had all disappeared.

544
00:30:14,100 --> 00:30:15,333
This leads me to the frustration

545
00:30:15,333 --> 00:30:17,133
that I have in here from my colleagues.

546
00:30:17,300 --> 00:30:19,100
Where is the transparency about

547
00:30:19,100 --> 00:30:20,300
what our leadership is doing?

548
00:30:21,033 --> 00:30:23,667
Why are we discovering these changes after they happen?

549
00:30:24,834 --> 00:30:28,000
Why are the programs being dropped while administrators are

550
00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:31,700
getting, in some cases $26,000 pay raises?

551
00:30:32,900 --> 00:30:35,467
This money easily could be used to support our students

552
00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:37,667
who are the reason this district exists.

553
00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:40,133
We have asked again

554
00:30:40,133 --> 00:30:42,467
and again for the district to show us why student facing

555
00:30:42,500 --> 00:30:44,033
staff have to tighten our belts

556
00:30:44,467 --> 00:30:48,033
and take on larger workloads while we see increases in pay

557
00:30:48,066 --> 00:30:49,700
for non-student facing positions.

558
00:30:49,734 --> 00:30:52,734
And again, in some cases as much as $26,000

559
00:30:53,700 --> 00:30:55,100
our questions are being avoided

560
00:30:55,100 --> 00:30:58,000
or delayed at the time at the,

561
00:30:58,033 --> 00:31:00,634
at the same time we are seeing behavior that is

562
00:31:00,734 --> 00:31:03,066
or looks disingenuous to supporting our students.

563
00:31:03,500 --> 00:31:07,133
Let me be clear. Our union unanimous unanimously agreed

564
00:31:07,133 --> 00:31:08,567
that transparency is the problem.

565
00:31:09,333 --> 00:31:10,333
Avoiding meetings with members

566
00:31:10,634 --> 00:31:12,700
and optically questionable pay racist

567
00:31:12,700 --> 00:31:15,100
and leadership does not sit well with members

568
00:31:16,367 --> 00:31:18,834
threatening jobs instead of opening up dialogue

569
00:31:18,834 --> 00:31:21,100
with our unions does not sit well with our members.

570
00:31:22,233 --> 00:31:24,100
It was not until about an hour ago

571
00:31:24,100 --> 00:31:26,567
that I had any substantial information from the district

572
00:31:26,567 --> 00:31:28,266
of why they were asking for 10 days.

573
00:31:30,066 --> 00:31:31,934
As much as I appreciate the information,

574
00:31:32,033 --> 00:31:34,066
why was this withheld until now?

575
00:31:34,700 --> 00:31:37,433
Why does the district want such high numbers

576
00:31:37,634 --> 00:31:39,367
before reinstating school days?

577
00:31:39,934 --> 00:31:42,000
If our current estimates indicate

578
00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:45,867
that 10 days is far too many to furlough again,

579
00:31:46,333 --> 00:31:49,000
why are we saying that's if funds are

580
00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:51,066
in such degree of flux? Sorry you're at

581
00:31:51,066 --> 00:31:52,066
- That time.

582
00:31:52,066 --> 00:31:52,767
We have to respect time for everybody else. Thank you.

583
00:32:09,066 --> 00:32:12,100
Next up Evelyn Esor. Aor.

584
00:32:24,066 --> 00:32:25,133
- Good evening everyone.

585
00:32:26,033 --> 00:32:28,667
I am Evelyn a junior at Reynolds High School.

586
00:32:29,500 --> 00:32:31,533
I stand for students and speech

587
00:32:31,533 --> 00:32:35,433
and debate team for our teachers

588
00:32:36,066 --> 00:32:38,533
and the impact that holds on all of us

589
00:32:39,333 --> 00:32:44,300
for knowing these such years in our district

590
00:32:45,133 --> 00:32:48,033
and also the overcrowding in our classrooms

591
00:32:48,033 --> 00:32:49,266
that we deal with day to day.

592
00:32:50,567 --> 00:32:55,100
Last I would say would be I guess

593
00:32:55,100 --> 00:32:57,266
that the furlough days people would say

594
00:32:57,300 --> 00:32:58,934
that it's just 10 days.

595
00:32:59,634 --> 00:33:03,367
But we think that every day counts for us, especially

596
00:33:03,367 --> 00:33:06,867
with our education for listening.

597
00:33:07,300 --> 00:33:09,734
Thank you for this lovely community here today.

598
00:33:12,934 --> 00:33:13,634
- Thank you again.

599
00:33:24,567 --> 00:33:26,100
- Been a hard time reading the name of it. Asha.

600
00:33:38,133 --> 00:33:39,533
- I'm an eight piece student myself.

601
00:33:39,834 --> 00:33:42,100
10 furlough days cost us like a lot

602
00:33:42,100 --> 00:33:45,367
because AP students learn like a lot of periods in one day

603
00:33:45,867 --> 00:33:48,233
and 10 days to determine a student.

604
00:33:48,333 --> 00:33:50,066
Four being a four to a three

605
00:33:50,433 --> 00:33:52,266
and it robs students of their education

606
00:33:52,500 --> 00:33:53,567
and teachers of their head.

607
00:33:54,166 --> 00:33:57,467
And also 10 fur days is like a lot.

608
00:33:57,634 --> 00:34:00,734
And already the class sizes are way too big to the point

609
00:34:00,734 --> 00:34:02,700
where I'm uncomfortable and me

610
00:34:02,700 --> 00:34:04,533
and other students are touching hand by hand

611
00:34:05,500 --> 00:34:07,266
and it puts teacher at a risk.

612
00:34:07,900 --> 00:34:09,667
And a lot of staff

613
00:34:09,667 --> 00:34:12,300
that are really good last year were taken away

614
00:34:12,367 --> 00:34:13,533
because I don't know why

615
00:34:14,367 --> 00:34:17,133
but I think you should give the teachers the data they need

616
00:34:17,700 --> 00:34:19,300
so they can figure it out

617
00:34:19,300 --> 00:34:21,533
because you guys can't show them what they need.

618
00:34:22,734 --> 00:34:23,734
Thank you.

619
00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:25,467
- Thank you.

620
00:34:34,734 --> 00:34:38,033
- I believe this says Athea. Ethan,

621
00:34:47,667 --> 00:34:48,667
- Can you hear me?

622
00:34:48,667 --> 00:34:49,767
Yes. Okay.

623
00:34:52,567 --> 00:34:53,867
I'm here representing the students,

624
00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:55,066
not only the students but also club.

625
00:34:55,433 --> 00:34:58,467
I'm part of a GSA gay association student.

626
00:34:59,867 --> 00:35:02,333
I'm also part of the concept for LSU Latino Student Unit.

627
00:35:02,500 --> 00:35:04,500
These are clubs, these are people, this is that community

628
00:35:04,500 --> 00:35:07,000
that you are supposed to protect who you are affecting.

629
00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:09,100
You're cutting dates. Oh you cutting teachers off,

630
00:35:09,100 --> 00:35:11,367
you cutting opportunities for teachers to be represented

631
00:35:11,433 --> 00:35:13,066
to feel safe in this community.

632
00:35:13,533 --> 00:35:15,500
It's just itself to feel safe in school.

633
00:35:15,634 --> 00:35:17,000
IT school is meant not to only teach

634
00:35:17,033 --> 00:35:19,100
but also to be a safe, safe place.

635
00:35:19,767 --> 00:35:21,066
A place where teachers

636
00:35:21,100 --> 00:35:23,233
and students are meant to be feel safe.

637
00:35:24,567 --> 00:35:25,934
How is letting off teachers,

638
00:35:26,500 --> 00:35:29,133
how is giving teachers opportunity to teach, to feel safe,

639
00:35:29,567 --> 00:35:34,033
to embrace the career that shows how is out teachers,

640
00:35:34,100 --> 00:35:37,433
how is taking days off of school, making them greater,

641
00:35:37,433 --> 00:35:38,533
making them have more experience.

642
00:35:38,667 --> 00:35:40,066
Teachers are supposed to have experience to teach

643
00:35:40,333 --> 00:35:42,033
to be greater at their field.

644
00:35:42,166 --> 00:35:43,467
But you're cutting things up.

645
00:35:43,467 --> 00:35:45,266
You couldn't teach us up students.

646
00:35:45,834 --> 00:35:49,734
You said that bully is a great, great fact.

647
00:35:49,734 --> 00:35:51,900
White students don't bully the great fact.

648
00:35:51,900 --> 00:35:53,000
White students don't come to school,

649
00:35:53,634 --> 00:35:56,100
but students rely with teachers

650
00:35:56,100 --> 00:35:58,133
that they could confine, they can feel safe in.

651
00:35:58,266 --> 00:36:00,433
But if you cutting teachers up back, you're right.

652
00:36:01,066 --> 00:36:02,934
How are students meant to feel safe

653
00:36:02,934 --> 00:36:04,767
and how they're meant to feel like they can confine

654
00:36:04,767 --> 00:36:06,734
with them when maybe the next day they won't be here.

655
00:36:06,734 --> 00:36:09,100
Maybe next year they won't be here. They won't feel safe.

656
00:36:09,100 --> 00:36:11,100
They won't not feel like they belong here.

657
00:36:11,100 --> 00:36:13,867
But because maybe the teacher that fell represented in

658
00:36:14,133 --> 00:36:16,100
but laid up last year and maybe

659
00:36:16,100 --> 00:36:17,900
because they don't feel like school

660
00:36:18,300 --> 00:36:19,533
is the safe space for them.

661
00:36:20,734 --> 00:36:23,000
You also said that you give,

662
00:36:25,333 --> 00:36:27,033
you also said that you give equity,

663
00:36:27,133 --> 00:36:29,367
equity the right standards for curriculum,

664
00:36:29,767 --> 00:36:33,033
but those not require more school, more school days.

665
00:36:33,367 --> 00:36:35,500
Doesn't that mean that you have to give more days,

666
00:36:35,634 --> 00:36:38,100
more time, more opportunities?

667
00:36:38,133 --> 00:36:40,667
Again, I'm also, I'm almost an AP student.

668
00:36:41,634 --> 00:36:44,467
If I have to take days, 10 days off a school,

669
00:36:45,300 --> 00:36:47,233
am I gonna have to pass the AP exam?

670
00:36:47,834 --> 00:36:49,100
How am I supposed to exceed?

671
00:36:49,033 --> 00:36:52,000
How am I have an equal opportunity to be a greater version

672
00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:54,934
of me when I don't have the time or necessity to do it?

673
00:36:55,767 --> 00:36:57,000
How am I supposed to be greater?

674
00:36:57,333 --> 00:37:00,100
How am I supposed to have a future for myself, for those

675
00:37:00,100 --> 00:37:03,133
who come after me if I do not have the time

676
00:37:03,266 --> 00:37:06,000
or the space, if I am not given the time

677
00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:10,000
or space, how we at generate now?

678
00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:13,000
Are we at the school as a community, as a safe place

679
00:37:14,033 --> 00:37:17,233
supposed to be greater, supposed to keep our ourself better?

680
00:37:17,834 --> 00:37:20,033
How are we as a community, as a district, as a school

681
00:37:20,567 --> 00:37:24,000
supposed to be better, supposed to keep our community safe?

682
00:37:24,500 --> 00:37:27,000
And Reynolds High School has that.

683
00:37:27,367 --> 00:37:29,567
And that's why I stayed in Reynold High School that

684
00:37:29,567 --> 00:37:31,066
that community you have to big place.

685
00:37:31,233 --> 00:37:32,467
I feel a representative in clubs

686
00:37:32,834 --> 00:37:34,834
but maybe this year I would not have the opportunity

687
00:37:34,834 --> 00:37:37,567
to be part of those clubs because teachers cannot stay

688
00:37:37,567 --> 00:37:40,033
after school because the clubs is not part of the contract.

689
00:37:40,033 --> 00:37:42,266
And that means that you not represented.

690
00:37:42,333 --> 00:37:45,233
That means that maybe have to be home, maybe shouldn't have

691
00:37:45,233 --> 00:37:47,100
to be home place.

692
00:37:47,133 --> 00:37:48,266
They actually don't go home.

693
00:37:48,333 --> 00:37:50,734
It's only a house because they're not safe there.

694
00:37:51,300 --> 00:37:53,100
Anything's supposed to be safe. Thank

695
00:37:54,100 --> 00:37:54,100
- You.At next time.

696
00:38:12,867 --> 00:38:15,133
All right, we have one more student who signed up today

697
00:38:20,066 --> 00:38:21,567
a a shot. I

698
00:38:22,433 --> 00:38:23,433
- Should.

699
00:38:36,367 --> 00:38:38,867
- I'm - My name is Francisco Cindo.

700
00:38:38,867 --> 00:38:40,734
I am the A SB resident ENO High School

701
00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:42,767
- And I'm a sophomore at Rental high school.

702
00:38:43,867 --> 00:38:47,867
So my main concern right now is the class sizes

703
00:38:48,066 --> 00:38:50,634
and how little we're able to get done in class just

704
00:38:50,634 --> 00:38:52,367
because how many people there are in classes

705
00:38:53,333 --> 00:38:55,767
and already on top of that hearing

706
00:38:55,767 --> 00:38:57,066
that you guys are considering.

707
00:38:57,166 --> 00:38:58,634
Even considering going back

708
00:38:58,634 --> 00:39:00,767
to a seventh period schedule is a absurd major.

709
00:39:01,033 --> 00:39:03,333
With 30 to 40 people open to class,

710
00:39:03,867 --> 00:39:05,533
it's already an insane amount of kids

711
00:39:05,834 --> 00:39:08,467
that teachers aren't able to be able to provide

712
00:39:08,467 --> 00:39:10,000
and be able to help each student.

713
00:39:10,266 --> 00:39:11,467
And being an AP

714
00:39:11,467 --> 00:39:13,700
and accelerated classes like me, I need that assistant.

715
00:39:14,066 --> 00:39:16,000
I need that help and that foundation from teachers.

716
00:39:16,500 --> 00:39:20,500
So even if you get considering laying off another almost 80

717
00:39:20,700 --> 00:39:23,333
staff and going back to that seventh grade schedule,

718
00:39:23,467 --> 00:39:25,000
which is gonna be what, 40,

719
00:39:25,166 --> 00:39:28,066
50 minutes each class having more homework every day.

720
00:39:28,100 --> 00:39:30,834
It's gonna be so much harder for kids to be able to focus

721
00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:32,533
and be able to get their work done

722
00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:35,233
and be able to actually accomplish

723
00:39:35,333 --> 00:39:36,500
any learning in their classes.

724
00:39:40,500 --> 00:39:42,433
- Well I just wanna ask you guys something.

725
00:39:43,667 --> 00:39:47,367
Is there any other solution to this program? We have S here.

726
00:39:48,867 --> 00:39:53,166
People have family members have money.

727
00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:56,100
They need that for their family.

728
00:39:56,700 --> 00:39:58,533
There has to be any other solution.

729
00:40:00,066 --> 00:40:04,934
Going back to seven classes per per seven classes per day.

730
00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:10,667
Pain cutting. Norbert 80 80 teachers.

731
00:40:10,700 --> 00:40:11,734
80 staff members.

732
00:40:12,634 --> 00:40:17,100
Pain classes are path that our bad.

733
00:40:19,233 --> 00:40:20,300
Yeah, think that works.

734
00:40:21,166 --> 00:40:25,133
So please compare that and find any other exclude.

735
00:40:44,834 --> 00:40:47,767
Alright, thank you everyone to who came in

736
00:40:47,767 --> 00:40:48,900
to provide a public comment.

737
00:40:49,100 --> 00:40:50,333
Now we have our bargaining updates.

738
00:40:50,367 --> 00:40:53,300
So I'll have our bargaining groups except up to the table.

739
00:41:12,634 --> 00:41:14,734
- Good evening. There are a lot of people here.

740
00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:17,367
So in case there are folks who don't know me,

741
00:41:17,367 --> 00:41:18,533
my name is Jeffrey Fuller.

742
00:41:18,734 --> 00:41:21,266
I'm president of the Reynolds Education Association.

743
00:41:24,467 --> 00:41:27,266
This afternoon the district gave a short presentation via

744
00:41:27,266 --> 00:41:30,367
Zoom two members who were able to log on

745
00:41:30,367 --> 00:41:31,634
and answer some questions.

746
00:41:32,166 --> 00:41:35,100
And while we absolutely appreciate this move it,

747
00:41:35,100 --> 00:41:36,467
it is absolutely in the right direction.

748
00:41:36,867 --> 00:41:41,300
It's just a start. Most of us remain disheartened

749
00:41:41,533 --> 00:41:43,233
that realized money such as

750
00:41:43,233 --> 00:41:47,033
that from Senate Bill 8 49 reducing our PERS responsibility

751
00:41:47,367 --> 00:41:51,367
is not currently being used to offset the revenue

752
00:41:52,133 --> 00:41:55,000
holds and therefore the need for furlough or rif.

753
00:41:56,867 --> 00:41:59,300
I also want to share that while we have agreed

754
00:42:00,066 --> 00:42:02,000
to meet via zoom to restart the bargaining

755
00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:06,133
of furlough dates, members remain disappointed, angry

756
00:42:06,300 --> 00:42:08,000
that the district refuses bargain in

757
00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:09,100
person with members present.

758
00:42:14,033 --> 00:42:16,033
The fact that the district seems willing to move forward

759
00:42:16,533 --> 00:42:19,300
with additional layoffs that will disrupt programs

760
00:42:19,634 --> 00:42:22,734
and her students rather than face staff directly

761
00:42:24,433 --> 00:42:26,767
is something most members will never understand.

762
00:42:27,667 --> 00:42:30,033
We have been informed that we cannot have transparent,

763
00:42:30,433 --> 00:42:33,133
productive, and healthy discussions with members in the room

764
00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:36,133
as we have done for over a decade when

765
00:42:36,133 --> 00:42:37,066
bargaining our contracts.

766
00:42:37,467 --> 00:42:41,133
This is quite frankly, dumbfounding today.

767
00:42:42,300 --> 00:42:46,033
Gina RA's contract maintenance chair myself sat down

768
00:42:46,033 --> 00:42:49,033
with the district for the third time in 18 months

769
00:42:49,567 --> 00:42:52,000
to begin the process of layoffs.

770
00:42:57,567 --> 00:42:59,900
In the meantime, staff are exhausted.

771
00:43:00,066 --> 00:43:02,433
I think we've heard plenty tonight of how

772
00:43:03,033 --> 00:43:04,367
oversized classrooms

773
00:43:04,367 --> 00:43:06,934
and caseloads are already taking a toll.

774
00:43:07,233 --> 00:43:09,233
We are just four weeks into the school year.

775
00:43:10,066 --> 00:43:12,500
The anxiety of what is still to come simply adds

776
00:43:12,500 --> 00:43:14,567
to this stress, the burnout, and the anger.

777
00:43:16,133 --> 00:43:19,033
Students rightfully expect much of their teachers,

778
00:43:19,333 --> 00:43:21,100
their counselors, their coaches,

779
00:43:21,133 --> 00:43:23,533
and everyone else in student facing staff.

780
00:43:24,433 --> 00:43:28,567
Similarly, educators expect much of those

781
00:43:28,567 --> 00:43:30,734
who tackle the speech of district leadership.

782
00:43:31,367 --> 00:43:34,367
I think it is clear that today we feel like that. Thank you.

783
00:43:46,266 --> 00:43:48,333
- Hello, my name is Christie Ano.

784
00:43:49,100 --> 00:43:51,300
I am the OSEA chapter vice president

785
00:43:51,433 --> 00:43:54,233
and a speech language pathologist assistant in the district.

786
00:43:54,834 --> 00:43:56,834
And I'm here to speak to the board about disconnect

787
00:43:57,000 --> 00:43:58,300
between the district and employees

788
00:43:58,300 --> 00:43:59,367
that needs to be addressed.

789
00:44:00,567 --> 00:44:02,734
Members have informed me of the perception

790
00:44:02,834 --> 00:44:05,266
that we are unreasonable for voting down the MLU

791
00:44:05,266 --> 00:44:07,133
that would require heavy burdens for us.

792
00:44:07,867 --> 00:44:11,266
Words like unreasonable, selfish, just pass it already.

793
00:44:11,500 --> 00:44:14,133
And sacrifice are being whispered in the hallways

794
00:44:14,033 --> 00:44:15,634
and our people are hearing them

795
00:44:16,333 --> 00:44:20,133
and it is coming across as disrespectful and disingenuous.

796
00:44:22,100 --> 00:44:26,467
- To - Be clear, our members want this to end.

797
00:44:26,834 --> 00:44:29,500
We all want what is best, what is in the best interest

798
00:44:29,533 --> 00:44:31,700
of the students community and staff.

799
00:44:33,066 --> 00:44:35,433
Everybody benefits from a swift resolution.

800
00:44:35,900 --> 00:44:37,667
We're trying to minimize staff losses.

801
00:44:38,066 --> 00:44:40,467
Nobody benefits from that. And that is not our goal.

802
00:44:41,033 --> 00:44:42,934
Our interest and the district's interests

803
00:44:43,000 --> 00:44:44,000
are aligned in this.

804
00:44:46,000 --> 00:44:48,033
But the best interest of the district also includes us.

805
00:44:48,500 --> 00:44:51,100
The workers who keep our schools running, the folks

806
00:44:51,066 --> 00:44:53,467
who feed our students, transport your kids to

807
00:44:53,467 --> 00:44:54,934
and from the school, clean

808
00:44:54,934 --> 00:44:56,867
and maintain the buildings our students learning

809
00:44:57,266 --> 00:45:01,133
and support our our teaching staff, our wages

810
00:45:01,166 --> 00:45:03,266
and our ability to survive matter.

811
00:45:04,233 --> 00:45:07,000
That should also matter to the district teachers

812
00:45:07,533 --> 00:45:09,767
and their abilities to actually do their jobs.

813
00:45:10,700 --> 00:45:12,033
Smaller class sizes

814
00:45:12,033 --> 00:45:14,133
so kids can ask questions and get answers.

815
00:45:16,567 --> 00:45:20,066
And OSCA recognizes the insurmountable challenges those

816
00:45:20,133 --> 00:45:21,634
teachers are facing with minimal support.

817
00:45:22,166 --> 00:45:25,233
And our staff are expected to give that support.

818
00:45:25,700 --> 00:45:28,433
But we are bleeding to the community.

819
00:45:28,433 --> 00:45:31,100
I wanna say the people who are teaching your children

820
00:45:32,133 --> 00:45:35,100
cannot afford food to feed their own children

821
00:45:36,033 --> 00:45:38,500
and are now being told to make it work with even less.

822
00:45:39,300 --> 00:45:41,634
Last year, multiple people in my union shared

823
00:45:41,634 --> 00:45:43,700
with me the debilitating financial struggles

824
00:45:43,867 --> 00:45:45,166
that require them to start planning

825
00:45:45,166 --> 00:45:49,033
for either leaving the district or moving into their cars.

826
00:45:50,133 --> 00:45:52,233
More than one person told me this last year,

827
00:45:52,433 --> 00:45:54,000
this is not an exaggeration.

828
00:45:54,166 --> 00:45:56,133
This is a reality our people are living with.

829
00:45:57,000 --> 00:45:58,166
What I need to ask you

830
00:45:59,233 --> 00:46:03,533
is when these people are $127 short, the amount they need

831
00:46:03,533 --> 00:46:06,266
to pay their rent and are calculating the cost of moving out

832
00:46:06,266 --> 00:46:07,767
of their apartment and into their car,

833
00:46:08,233 --> 00:46:10,367
how can they vote in favor of an MOU

834
00:46:10,533 --> 00:46:12,734
that will reduce their pay even further?

835
00:46:22,567 --> 00:46:24,066
How can we ask them to do that?

836
00:46:25,634 --> 00:46:27,100
That's what we're going to start seeing.

837
00:46:27,100 --> 00:46:28,367
If this progression continues,

838
00:46:28,634 --> 00:46:30,467
staff members leave the school at the end of the day

839
00:46:30,533 --> 00:46:32,433
and drive off to find a place to park

840
00:46:32,500 --> 00:46:33,834
and sleep for the night.

841
00:46:34,300 --> 00:46:36,634
These are questions that are uncomfortable for you

842
00:46:36,700 --> 00:46:39,433
and they should be because they're uncomfortable.

843
00:46:40,000 --> 00:46:42,300
These are the words that are keeping me up at night right

844
00:46:42,300 --> 00:46:44,066
now because my coworkers are actually

845
00:46:44,066 --> 00:46:45,367
asking me these questions.

846
00:46:45,767 --> 00:46:47,333
How do I get by? What do I do?

847
00:46:47,900 --> 00:46:49,867
How can I vote in favor of this when I won't get by?

848
00:46:50,433 --> 00:46:52,066
Can the board answer these questions?

849
00:46:54,066 --> 00:46:55,266
The average monthly salary

850
00:46:55,367 --> 00:46:59,133
for an OSEA school year employee is $2,432

851
00:46:59,300 --> 00:47:02,166
or roughly $29,080 a year

852
00:47:05,100 --> 00:47:08,266
average rent for a one bedroom apartment in Gresham.

853
00:47:08,667 --> 00:47:12,033
This area here is $1,600 a month

854
00:47:12,667 --> 00:47:15,934
leaving the average member with $832.

855
00:47:17,367 --> 00:47:20,000
Standard car insurance is $150 a month.

856
00:47:20,066 --> 00:47:21,367
Now leaving the average member

857
00:47:21,367 --> 00:47:24,467
with $682 left in their bank accounts.

858
00:47:25,500 --> 00:47:29,066
Used cars are costing 20,000 to $30,000.

859
00:47:30,100 --> 00:47:32,500
Used cars not new used

860
00:47:34,000 --> 00:47:37,500
and leaving monthly payments estimated at $600 a month

861
00:47:37,567 --> 00:47:41,500
leaving the average member left with $82 for groceries.

862
00:47:41,900 --> 00:47:44,033
And I am not going to go into groceries right now.

863
00:47:44,033 --> 00:47:45,166
We all know how bad that is.

864
00:47:46,934 --> 00:47:50,467
This does not include any taxes being removed

865
00:47:50,500 --> 00:47:51,533
from their income.

866
00:47:52,100 --> 00:47:54,734
This is the impossible nature our members are facing.

867
00:47:55,500 --> 00:47:57,900
This leaves our members with no place to turn to

868
00:47:57,900 --> 00:48:01,767
but apply for government assistance for that average group

869
00:48:01,767 --> 00:48:05,100
of OSC school year employees, which include EAs, secretaries

870
00:48:05,634 --> 00:48:06,900
and so many others.

871
00:48:08,934 --> 00:48:10,533
I wanna give you a few stats here.

872
00:48:11,133 --> 00:48:14,634
For a family of one 53%

873
00:48:15,100 --> 00:48:17,867
of OSEA members qualify for SNAP

874
00:48:18,066 --> 00:48:21,166
or food stamps for a family of two.

875
00:48:21,166 --> 00:48:23,433
These are our single parents we're talking about here.

876
00:48:23,767 --> 00:48:25,000
Single parent and a child.

877
00:48:25,433 --> 00:48:29,033
88% of OSEA staff qualify

878
00:48:29,367 --> 00:48:31,033
for SNAP for food stamps.

879
00:48:32,066 --> 00:48:34,934
I wanna repeat that. 88%

880
00:48:35,000 --> 00:48:38,066
of single parents qualify for snap.

881
00:48:41,033 --> 00:48:43,634
And now I'm gonna share a public statement that one

882
00:48:43,634 --> 00:48:45,233
of our members wanted to share here,

883
00:48:45,300 --> 00:48:48,133
but she did not feel safe enough to share it.

884
00:48:49,066 --> 00:48:50,066
For fear of being fired.

885
00:48:51,433 --> 00:48:53,834
I'm a single mother doing her best to make ends meet.

886
00:48:54,533 --> 00:48:56,000
Despite careful budgeting,

887
00:48:56,000 --> 00:48:57,900
I find myself falling short each month.

888
00:48:58,266 --> 00:48:59,467
On an average month, I borrow

889
00:48:59,467 --> 00:49:02,133
around a hundred dollars from my mom to pay the bills.

890
00:49:03,033 --> 00:49:06,000
I had to ask my mom to pay for my housing in July and August

891
00:49:06,900 --> 00:49:09,367
and at the start of the school year, I had to ask her

892
00:49:09,934 --> 00:49:11,834
for school clothes for my child

893
00:49:11,900 --> 00:49:13,734
who is a student in this district.

894
00:49:16,066 --> 00:49:18,133
My coworker had to sell her laptop

895
00:49:18,133 --> 00:49:19,433
to pay her bills this summer.

896
00:49:20,500 --> 00:49:23,000
I exclusively buy food using snap.

897
00:49:23,500 --> 00:49:26,100
If I lose food stamps, I will be homeless.

898
00:49:27,433 --> 00:49:31,233
If the suggested 10 furlough days were to go into effect,

899
00:49:31,266 --> 00:49:33,767
it would cost my family nearly $2,000.

900
00:49:34,567 --> 00:49:39,133
I did the math. I am already expecting to ask my family

901
00:49:39,433 --> 00:49:42,000
for more than $2,500 by the end

902
00:49:42,000 --> 00:49:44,166
of this year without the furlough days.

903
00:49:46,166 --> 00:49:48,133
How am I going to survive

904
00:49:48,266 --> 00:49:52,867
with $4,500 less than I need need

905
00:49:53,900 --> 00:49:55,100
at my current rate of pay?

906
00:49:55,033 --> 00:49:57,533
I have no ability to set money aside for emergencies.

907
00:49:57,533 --> 00:49:59,133
And I live with continual fear.

908
00:49:59,634 --> 00:50:01,133
What if my daughter breaks her arm?

909
00:50:01,734 --> 00:50:03,367
I can't even afford the copay.

910
00:50:04,333 --> 00:50:06,266
A reduction of my salary results in my

911
00:50:06,266 --> 00:50:07,567
small family losing our home.

912
00:50:08,100 --> 00:50:10,100
And we would likely have to move in

913
00:50:10,100 --> 00:50:11,867
with my mom on the coast leaving

914
00:50:11,867 --> 00:50:13,634
behind everything my daughter knows.

915
00:50:14,767 --> 00:50:17,066
She has been a student here since kindergarten.

916
00:50:17,767 --> 00:50:21,133
She loves it here. We both do. As things currently stand.

917
00:50:21,133 --> 00:50:23,333
It is becoming increasingly likely that we will be forced

918
00:50:23,333 --> 00:50:25,266
to leave rental school district and grham behind.

919
00:50:25,533 --> 00:50:28,100
And I'm doing everything I can to stay,

920
00:50:28,734 --> 00:50:30,734
but we're reaching a point where my hand will be forced

921
00:50:30,867 --> 00:50:32,567
and I won't have any other choice.

922
00:50:35,133 --> 00:50:37,500
We can save jobs that are not supporting us.

923
00:50:37,634 --> 00:50:39,834
And I say that knowing that I am so new,

924
00:50:40,033 --> 00:50:41,567
that I am likely one of the people

925
00:50:41,567 --> 00:50:43,867
that will lose their job in the next round of months.

926
00:50:45,066 --> 00:50:50,066
Signed anonymous. I want to close out with just saying

927
00:50:50,100 --> 00:50:52,500
that just as kids learn better when they aren't hungry,

928
00:50:53,133 --> 00:50:55,667
staff teach better when they aren't hungry.

929
00:51:13,233 --> 00:51:16,100
And considering the sacrifices you are expecting of us

930
00:51:16,300 --> 00:51:20,000
and how you communicate with us, please be kind.

931
00:51:21,033 --> 00:51:23,500
These are our lives. Consider the

932
00:51:23,500 --> 00:51:24,700
burden you are putting on us.

933
00:51:25,066 --> 00:51:26,867
The sacrifice we have no choice

934
00:51:27,033 --> 00:51:30,634
but to take to the community and to the state of Oregon.

935
00:51:30,834 --> 00:51:33,433
At what point do we stop moving the cost

936
00:51:33,467 --> 00:51:36,333
of keeping schools open onto the employees

937
00:51:47,000 --> 00:51:50,100
For this employee and others, the choices they are presented

938
00:51:50,100 --> 00:51:51,500
with result in homelessness.

939
00:51:51,667 --> 00:51:56,500
If they vote yes and homelessness if they vote no, that is,

940
00:51:59,033 --> 00:52:02,033
it's hard to hear them say this and they're saying it.

941
00:52:02,000 --> 00:52:04,734
A lot of them, the district agreed

942
00:52:04,900 --> 00:52:06,734
to tiered financial trigger language,

943
00:52:07,000 --> 00:52:09,133
creating a substantial buffer to restore furlough days.

944
00:52:10,166 --> 00:52:12,033
Our members have never had a buffer

945
00:52:13,233 --> 00:52:15,033
or a cushion in their salaries.

946
00:52:16,033 --> 00:52:20,367
The working poor that you employ have no financial cushion

947
00:52:20,634 --> 00:52:21,634
and are currently facing.

948
00:52:21,634 --> 00:52:24,166
Having no roof, no home, no shelter.

949
00:52:25,233 --> 00:52:27,567
That is not a job people can live on.

950
00:52:28,033 --> 00:52:29,500
What are you going to do

951
00:52:29,500 --> 00:52:31,433
to protect your most vulnerable employees',

952
00:52:31,433 --> 00:52:33,100
livelihoods and homes.

953
00:52:33,700 --> 00:52:34,066
- Thank you.

954
00:53:29,266 --> 00:53:32,700
- Thank you everyone. Now we're gonna have a update on our

955
00:53:32,734 --> 00:53:35,500
cell phone use update to get a sense of how

956
00:53:35,500 --> 00:53:37,033
that policy has been working so far.

957
00:53:39,066 --> 00:53:42,734
Thank you Mr. Chair. I'd like to invite our presenters up.

958
00:53:43,300 --> 00:53:47,734
Valerie Schiller, Erica Weber, Mike Anderson, and Neil ler.

959
00:53:48,100 --> 00:53:51,233
They were also members of our cell phone committee

960
00:53:51,333 --> 00:53:52,533
that worked last winter

961
00:53:54,000 --> 00:53:57,300
and asked them to, to come up just for an informal update

962
00:53:57,300 --> 00:54:00,634
to the board on how it's been going related

963
00:54:00,900 --> 00:54:04,233
to our cell phone policy implementation.

964
00:54:05,033 --> 00:54:07,734
Just really I'll ask that. If you hold on, I'll ask that.

965
00:54:07,734 --> 00:54:09,066
If you're gonna stay, you're welcome to stay,

966
00:54:09,066 --> 00:54:11,934
but if you are going to leave, please try to leave Ali

967
00:54:11,934 --> 00:54:14,000
so the rest of the presenters today can be heard.

968
00:54:14,000 --> 00:54:19,133
Thank you. Is Sunil here? Okay.

969
00:54:21,133 --> 00:54:23,100
Alright. So if you guys could start just

970
00:54:23,100 --> 00:54:24,066
by introducing yourselves

971
00:54:25,000 --> 00:54:27,033
and then I'll moderate some questions.

972
00:54:28,033 --> 00:54:31,033
- Actually, Dr. Fel, before moving forward.

973
00:54:31,700 --> 00:54:35,000
I just wanna say that even though we're moving forward

974
00:54:36,000 --> 00:54:39,767
with this meeting, I it, it's very uncomfortable

975
00:54:40,000 --> 00:54:42,367
to be listening and not responding.

976
00:54:42,834 --> 00:54:46,367
It's very uncomfortable know that I, I personally speaking

977
00:54:46,500 --> 00:54:49,333
for myself, I have listened to what you said

978
00:54:49,834 --> 00:54:51,533
and we're gonna have an opportunity

979
00:54:51,667 --> 00:54:54,033
to speak at the very end of this meeting.

980
00:54:54,233 --> 00:54:57,700
So if you're not staying till the end, great.

981
00:54:57,734 --> 00:54:59,834
It's gonna, it's, it's being recorded

982
00:55:00,166 --> 00:55:02,100
so you can watch it at a later day

983
00:55:02,100 --> 00:55:03,867
and you can hear some of our responses.

984
00:55:03,934 --> 00:55:07,734
But know that we're not sitting here with,

985
00:55:08,634 --> 00:55:10,634
you know, business as usual with,

986
00:55:10,900 --> 00:55:13,734
without sharing our feelings towards what's happening.

987
00:55:14,100 --> 00:55:16,066
I just wanted to say that on a personal level.

988
00:55:18,266 --> 00:55:18,867
- Thank you.

989
00:55:25,567 --> 00:55:26,567
Alright.

990
00:55:28,567 --> 00:55:30,100
- Hello, I'm Erica Weber.

991
00:55:30,000 --> 00:55:32,767
I teach ninth through 12th grade ELD at RHS.

992
00:55:34,000 --> 00:55:35,300
Hi, I am Valerie Schiller.

993
00:55:35,367 --> 00:55:37,500
- I'm a language arts - And social studies teacher

994
00:55:37,700 --> 00:55:39,367
- And teaching debate coach at Reynolds High.

995
00:55:42,133 --> 00:55:44,100
Mike Anderson, principal Reynolds High School.

996
00:55:46,133 --> 00:55:49,033
So the first question wanted to reflect on is just

997
00:55:49,033 --> 00:55:52,734
how is the introduction of the cell phone policy been going?

998
00:55:53,066 --> 00:55:55,100
These are all from our high school,

999
00:55:55,166 --> 00:55:57,000
so I guess we'll talk about it at the high school.

1000
00:55:58,000 --> 00:55:59,233
Oh, there's Sunil. Is that Sunil?

1001
00:56:07,867 --> 00:56:09,333
There's plenty of here. Yeah.

1002
00:56:12,567 --> 00:56:14,867
And Sunil, if you could just start by introducing yourself.

1003
00:56:18,367 --> 00:56:23,033
Oh, I'm Sunil ler. I'm at HPV Middle School. Thank you.

1004
00:56:23,233 --> 00:56:25,100
So the first question, these are just

1005
00:56:25,100 --> 00:56:26,033
the questions that I sent you guys.

1006
00:56:26,567 --> 00:56:29,100
So how is the device policy going generally

1007
00:56:30,000 --> 00:56:32,500
and then, you know, in classes versus common areas

1008
00:56:32,734 --> 00:56:34,333
and what's been the student's reaction to?

1009
00:56:40,266 --> 00:56:42,133
- Can you hear me with the head speaker here?

1010
00:56:42,033 --> 00:56:45,333
Okay, so at the high school, from my perspective,

1011
00:56:45,433 --> 00:56:47,867
it's going surprisingly very well.

1012
00:56:48,934 --> 00:56:50,533
We, I am really thrilled

1013
00:56:50,634 --> 00:56:53,033
and the ELB team is very thrilled with how it's going.

1014
00:56:54,066 --> 00:56:58,066
The kids have been, the kids have been compliant

1015
00:56:58,133 --> 00:56:59,533
with the procedures.

1016
00:56:59,734 --> 00:57:03,767
The procedures have been mapped out so well with all

1017
00:57:03,867 --> 00:57:06,166
of the things thought out from A to D of

1018
00:57:06,166 --> 00:57:07,166
what could possibly happen

1019
00:57:07,233 --> 00:57:08,667
and how we're going to attack that.

1020
00:57:09,634 --> 00:57:12,100
To the point where it is like we're looking at each other

1021
00:57:12,100 --> 00:57:14,100
being like, this is, this is really working,

1022
00:57:14,500 --> 00:57:19,066
this is working, right, not, it's working so well.

1023
00:57:19,066 --> 00:57:20,300
The kids are starting to come alive

1024
00:57:21,100 --> 00:57:23,133
and I'm having a great time with it.

1025
00:57:23,266 --> 00:57:26,900
And we're noticing classroom management is dropping down.

1026
00:57:28,166 --> 00:57:29,233
How much can I say

1027
00:57:30,567 --> 00:57:31,567
- Keep going.

1028
00:57:31,634 --> 00:57:33,300
- I'm so excited with how it's going.

1029
00:57:33,500 --> 00:57:36,567
So the students have calmed down,

1030
00:57:36,634 --> 00:57:38,834
but in the, in the same vein, they've also started

1031
00:57:38,834 --> 00:57:40,133
to come back to one another.

1032
00:57:41,066 --> 00:57:44,000
I'm seeing more positive con conversations in class.

1033
00:57:44,100 --> 00:57:46,634
I'm seeing more participation in class.

1034
00:57:46,867 --> 00:57:50,100
I heard a math teacher say when I give them the work,

1035
00:57:50,000 --> 00:57:52,667
they do it and before they had a fight

1036
00:57:52,834 --> 00:57:54,033
and then they would start to do it.

1037
00:57:54,066 --> 00:57:56,667
So we're seeing that there's more time on task than before.

1038
00:57:58,867 --> 00:58:00,700
I've asked an SMT today like

1039
00:58:00,700 --> 00:58:02,066
where they have their bidding fights

1040
00:58:02,066 --> 00:58:05,934
and they were like, no, I talked to a couple of kids

1041
00:58:06,000 --> 00:58:08,233
and asked them like their perspective on fights

1042
00:58:08,233 --> 00:58:11,900
and they were like, well I was like, have there been any?

1043
00:58:11,900 --> 00:58:13,133
They was like, no. And I was like, oh that's

1044
00:58:13,133 --> 00:58:15,033
because no one has any time to coordinate them.

1045
00:58:15,033 --> 00:58:18,634
And they were like, that's true. So it's, it's been really,

1046
00:58:18,734 --> 00:58:20,467
overall it's been really great.

1047
00:58:20,667 --> 00:58:25,033
And I think we, one of the reasons why I feel

1048
00:58:25,033 --> 00:58:27,000
that way is because we have consistent

1049
00:58:27,000 --> 00:58:28,533
implementation across the board.

1050
00:58:29,133 --> 00:58:32,133
We got buy-in from teachers, buy-in from support staff,

1051
00:58:33,066 --> 00:58:35,066
buy-in from everyone in the building.

1052
00:58:35,667 --> 00:58:37,000
Almost everyone in the building

1053
00:58:37,100 --> 00:58:38,100
by and large, everyone in the building.

1054
00:58:38,500 --> 00:58:41,767
And so with that consistent implementation, it's been

1055
00:58:43,033 --> 00:58:44,634
- Thank you il.

1056
00:58:44,867 --> 00:58:46,033
How's it going at HBE?

1057
00:58:48,900 --> 00:58:52,467
HBEI think had been surprisingly good as well.

1058
00:58:53,166 --> 00:58:55,000
I think we're in the honeymoon phase,

1059
00:58:55,934 --> 00:58:58,533
but that only comes with a good plan,

1060
00:58:58,934 --> 00:59:02,000
which I think we had in my classroom.

1061
00:59:02,467 --> 00:59:04,133
I've never had a problem 'cause the kids know

1062
00:59:05,100 --> 00:59:06,667
that it ain't happening.

1063
00:59:06,867 --> 00:59:09,433
You can ask Alex right there. Anyone else.

1064
00:59:11,000 --> 00:59:12,333
And the hallway's been much better.

1065
00:59:13,467 --> 00:59:15,000
Kids going to class

1066
00:59:15,166 --> 00:59:17,100
'cause they don't have that to fall back on.

1067
00:59:17,133 --> 00:59:19,133
I don't have to be the cop and take it every day.

1068
00:59:19,667 --> 00:59:21,734
I tell the kids day one, I hate being the police.

1069
00:59:22,033 --> 00:59:23,533
I didn't become a teacher to be police.

1070
00:59:25,100 --> 00:59:26,266
So I think that's good. I think

1071
00:59:26,266 --> 00:59:29,867
that we've had a few incidents with admin having to deal

1072
00:59:29,867 --> 00:59:31,634
with parents who are not with it

1073
00:59:32,367 --> 00:59:34,100
and the district will have to step up

1074
00:59:34,100 --> 00:59:36,700
and you know, let those parents know

1075
00:59:36,700 --> 00:59:38,834
that this is something we're doing for your child's health

1076
00:59:39,266 --> 00:59:40,634
and you are the parent

1077
00:59:40,734 --> 00:59:42,834
and you may not agree with everything that happens

1078
00:59:42,934 --> 00:59:44,133
but we all gotta buy in together.

1079
00:59:44,700 --> 00:59:47,033
So I think that will come and more of that will come.

1080
00:59:48,567 --> 00:59:51,100
I don't know, again, I think we had a good start

1081
00:59:51,634 --> 00:59:54,000
and I don't know when that pushback will come,

1082
00:59:54,000 --> 00:59:55,667
but when it comes we have to be united.

1083
00:59:56,700 --> 00:59:58,000
And I'm not gonna say against it

1084
00:59:58,000 --> 00:59:59,367
'cause I'm never against our parents.

1085
00:59:59,834 --> 01:00:03,467
I'm with our parents and we're not gonna agree always

1086
01:00:03,734 --> 01:00:05,033
with every parent and they're not

1087
01:00:05,033 --> 01:00:06,133
always gonna agree with me.

1088
01:00:07,467 --> 01:00:09,834
But we do have to stand up together

1089
01:00:10,300 --> 01:00:13,333
and say, this is the policy, this is for their health

1090
01:00:14,367 --> 01:00:18,033
and this isn't, I'm not taking anything from your kid.

1091
01:00:18,834 --> 01:00:22,066
I am giving them a life that will be better

1092
01:00:23,100 --> 01:00:24,133
without this thing.

1093
01:00:24,500 --> 01:00:27,000
So it's a, it should be a net positive

1094
01:00:27,000 --> 01:00:28,367
and as long as we phrase it as that,

1095
01:00:28,467 --> 01:00:31,000
I think we'll be okay when the tide tries

1096
01:00:31,000 --> 01:00:32,500
to push back, which I think it will.

1097
01:00:35,133 --> 01:00:37,033
Valerie, I know that part of speech

1098
01:00:37,033 --> 01:00:39,166
and debate has been putting up QR codes around schools.

1099
01:00:39,300 --> 01:00:42,300
I've seen them to get kids to know that that's an option.

1100
01:00:43,467 --> 01:00:46,066
Lacking phones. Have we figured out another strategy?

1101
01:00:46,266 --> 01:00:48,667
I'm just curious as part of your your answer.

1102
01:00:50,133 --> 01:00:54,233
- Yes, absolutely. We, we have many alternatives to,

1103
01:00:54,333 --> 01:00:57,867
to QR codes to the, the small little things.

1104
01:00:58,000 --> 01:01:02,066
You can always put a URL or put a flyer with where to go

1105
01:01:02,266 --> 01:01:04,133
or put something on our speech

1106
01:01:04,133 --> 01:01:06,133
and debate website so that there's alternatives.

1107
01:01:07,000 --> 01:01:12,066
I, I just want to further agree

1108
01:01:12,133 --> 01:01:13,166
with everything that we've heard

1109
01:01:13,166 --> 01:01:15,667
that's been positive about this policy.

1110
01:01:16,533 --> 01:01:18,066
I am extremely relieved just

1111
01:01:18,066 --> 01:01:19,634
with everything that you've heard tonight.

1112
01:01:20,000 --> 01:01:22,100
Our conditions are so much worse in the district.

1113
01:01:22,166 --> 01:01:25,066
So this year I am teaching three different classes

1114
01:01:25,233 --> 01:01:26,567
and two different departments.

1115
01:01:26,667 --> 01:01:29,567
My classes have gone up by 40% since the last year.

1116
01:01:30,166 --> 01:01:31,834
I have so many more needs.

1117
01:01:32,033 --> 01:01:33,900
I have new students every single class.

1118
01:01:34,066 --> 01:01:35,133
It's so much to keep up with.

1119
01:01:35,367 --> 01:01:39,533
But having one less obstacle, which is policing phones, I'm,

1120
01:01:39,533 --> 01:01:42,033
I'm so extremely relieved we did not need the

1121
01:01:42,266 --> 01:01:43,333
governor to tell us to do this.

1122
01:01:43,367 --> 01:01:44,767
We already had something excellent

1123
01:01:44,767 --> 01:01:46,266
that this district put together last year.

1124
01:01:46,533 --> 01:01:49,667
And I just once again want to express my appreciation.

1125
01:01:51,634 --> 01:01:54,033
- Mike, I'm curious of your perspective

1126
01:01:54,133 --> 01:01:55,634
and then also how,

1127
01:01:55,634 --> 01:01:58,100
what's been the parent reaction if you've had

1128
01:01:58,133 --> 01:02:00,333
any interesting conversations?

1129
01:02:00,734 --> 01:02:03,333
Yeah, I echo a lot of what's already been shared.

1130
01:02:04,133 --> 01:02:06,300
The high school experience right now was one

1131
01:02:06,433 --> 01:02:07,433
of implementation.

1132
01:02:07,500 --> 01:02:09,433
Implementation over the course of a year.

1133
01:02:09,734 --> 01:02:12,133
There was a lot of groups that went into that.

1134
01:02:12,133 --> 01:02:13,767
There was a lot of effort

1135
01:02:13,900 --> 01:02:17,000
that also went into the reinforcement of our policy

1136
01:02:17,000 --> 01:02:19,333
and thinking about it from the standpoint of a parent,

1137
01:02:19,333 --> 01:02:22,266
thinking about the standpoint of the teacher as well

1138
01:02:22,467 --> 01:02:24,467
as standpoint of our support staff

1139
01:02:24,700 --> 01:02:28,433
and our, so again, I would echo what we are seeing,

1140
01:02:28,533 --> 01:02:30,500
which is higher engagement.

1141
01:02:31,033 --> 01:02:33,500
If you walk into the high school right now at lunchtime when

1142
01:02:33,500 --> 01:02:35,433
we thought about implementation, that is

1143
01:02:38,433 --> 01:02:41,066
who have the opportunity to be on their phone

1144
01:02:41,467 --> 01:02:43,033
and they are to client

1145
01:04:03,433 --> 01:04:04,266
turn it over the board.

1146
01:04:04,333 --> 01:04:08,500
Any questions or, or not a specific question

1147
01:04:08,500 --> 01:04:11,233
but going back to the comment around QR code.

1148
01:04:11,233 --> 01:04:12,867
So that's something that I noticed, you know,

1149
01:04:12,867 --> 01:04:14,033
when I was at the high school the other day

1150
01:04:14,433 --> 01:04:16,533
and you know, thinking about some of our flyers

1151
01:04:16,533 --> 01:04:18,767
but even, you know, like college admissions flyers.

1152
01:04:18,834 --> 01:04:20,700
So after that day I called a friend

1153
01:04:20,700 --> 01:04:23,367
of mine who's like a higher up VP at PSU

1154
01:04:23,367 --> 01:04:24,533
and I said, you know, you really should talk

1155
01:04:24,533 --> 01:04:27,100
to your admissions department about making sure that not all

1156
01:04:27,100 --> 01:04:29,100
of your college flyers have PR codes

1157
01:04:29,100 --> 01:04:30,834
with most high schools across the state

1158
01:04:30,834 --> 01:04:32,000
implemented these policies.

1159
01:04:32,000 --> 01:04:34,700
So at least Portland State will hopefully pay attention to

1160
01:04:34,700 --> 01:04:36,233
that and hopefully that message we need

1161
01:04:36,233 --> 01:04:38,100
to make sure we give back to all the other colleges

1162
01:04:38,100 --> 01:04:40,634
and universities to rethink how the kind

1163
01:04:40,634 --> 01:04:42,066
of materials they put in our high school.

1164
01:04:42,066 --> 01:04:43,767
So we still want our students to know about their schools,

1165
01:04:44,433 --> 01:04:45,934
just not rely on those QR codes

1166
01:04:45,934 --> 01:04:47,166
unless it's something that they can take home.

1167
01:04:48,533 --> 01:04:49,667
So thank you for calling it out.

1168
01:04:49,767 --> 01:04:51,100
'cause I, I saw that, I was like, oh yeah,

1169
01:04:51,100 --> 01:04:52,000
that doesn't make sense anymore.

1170
01:04:56,133 --> 01:04:56,233
- Yep.

1171
01:05:10,934 --> 01:05:14,533
- Perspective principal, we do have a small copy

1172
01:05:15,500 --> 01:05:18,634
taking phone for medical purposes

1173
01:05:18,667 --> 01:05:21,133
and we're doing that through a system as well

1174
01:05:21,133 --> 01:05:24,100
as prior communication that we'll be working.

1175
01:05:26,333 --> 01:05:27,767
It has been.

1176
01:05:29,867 --> 01:05:31,867
And part of that is we wanna people's privacy

1177
01:05:32,066 --> 01:05:33,166
and explain the why

1178
01:05:36,033 --> 01:05:38,433
- It, it has never come up in my classroom.

1179
01:05:40,000 --> 01:05:43,100
- I have one student who has diabetes

1180
01:05:43,934 --> 01:05:47,667
and he has his phone, he's also in the behavior room so

1181
01:05:48,266 --> 01:05:50,000
that he is my man.

1182
01:05:50,000 --> 01:05:51,133
But that could have been a problem.

1183
01:05:52,033 --> 01:05:53,867
But I had a forthright conversation with him

1184
01:05:53,867 --> 01:05:54,867
and I said, hey every day,

1185
01:05:55,000 --> 01:05:56,834
but everyone knows let's just take it out

1186
01:05:56,834 --> 01:05:58,133
and put it right there on the deck

1187
01:05:58,500 --> 01:05:59,734
if you are cool with that.

1188
01:06:00,533 --> 01:06:02,533
And he said, right, first day of class, I'm cool with that.

1189
01:06:02,634 --> 01:06:05,300
Just put it out there. So no, everyone knows, I don't,

1190
01:06:05,300 --> 01:06:06,867
I don't get into any specifics

1191
01:06:07,100 --> 01:06:08,834
but everyone knows that his phone will be right here

1192
01:06:09,734 --> 01:06:11,533
and he was cool with that in the first place.

1193
01:06:11,934 --> 01:06:14,567
So that hasn't been an issue at all for me.

1194
01:06:15,033 --> 01:06:16,133
And I do have one kid.

1195
01:06:20,767 --> 01:06:24,767
- So we were going through this decision making.

1196
01:06:26,000 --> 01:06:29,300
There was a concern of students

1197
01:06:30,233 --> 01:06:33,066
and families in fact that could be targeted

1198
01:06:33,133 --> 01:06:37,033
by the current political climate in terms of immigration.

1199
01:06:37,634 --> 01:06:40,367
Have you heard any concerns about that in terms

1200
01:06:40,500 --> 01:06:43,567
of students not having their phone, if they were to,

1201
01:06:44,500 --> 01:06:47,000
you know, be contacted by their family members for example,

1202
01:06:47,033 --> 01:06:48,233
in a situation like that?

1203
01:06:48,900 --> 01:06:49,900
Have you heard anything?

1204
01:06:50,433 --> 01:06:53,133
- I mean, nothing in connection to the phone helping there.

1205
01:06:54,433 --> 01:06:55,934
Large concern about that.

1206
01:06:56,100 --> 01:07:00,100
But I don't think that there is comments that there,

1207
01:07:00,066 --> 01:07:02,467
the phone is gonna be the thing that helps.

1208
01:07:04,834 --> 01:07:07,667
- I actually had one this summer, again, I hate

1209
01:07:07,667 --> 01:07:09,066
to be the guy to say I have story,

1210
01:07:09,033 --> 01:07:12,100
but, so he left his house.

1211
01:07:13,767 --> 01:07:16,567
Ice was at his door when he was leaving.

1212
01:07:18,133 --> 01:07:21,100
Mom called the school I run summer school at,

1213
01:07:21,700 --> 01:07:22,934
so this is for summer school.

1214
01:07:23,333 --> 01:07:26,734
And mom called, I'm, I'm very friendly with the parents.

1215
01:07:27,266 --> 01:07:30,066
And I said, do you want him to have his phone today?

1216
01:07:30,233 --> 01:07:32,867
He, he could if you want me to give it

1217
01:07:32,867 --> 01:07:34,133
to him in this situation.

1218
01:07:34,300 --> 01:07:36,567
And she said, no, it's better. He doesn't have his phone.

1219
01:07:37,000 --> 01:07:40,100
It's great. I, he'll be worried on his phone all day long

1220
01:07:41,233 --> 01:07:43,700
and I, I prefer you guys keep his phone

1221
01:07:44,033 --> 01:07:45,700
and I'll call you if, if anything.

1222
01:07:45,734 --> 01:07:47,000
So that's about relationship

1223
01:07:47,233 --> 01:07:48,567
and being a part of our community.

1224
01:07:49,000 --> 01:07:53,233
I consider myself part of my community as these teachers do.

1225
01:07:53,734 --> 01:07:55,934
And mom was like, no, don't,

1226
01:07:56,100 --> 01:07:57,367
it's better if he doesn't have it.

1227
01:07:57,767 --> 01:08:00,100
And she called us later and said everything was fine.

1228
01:08:00,066 --> 01:08:02,133
I went and talked to him and we were good.

1229
01:08:05,000 --> 01:08:06,033
- So I teach ELD

1230
01:08:06,033 --> 01:08:07,433
and I have a large number of students

1231
01:08:07,433 --> 01:08:09,266
that may have have to deal with that.

1232
01:08:09,266 --> 01:08:12,433
And I've heard nothing, nothing at all,

1233
01:08:12,634 --> 01:08:13,900
which is really kind of nice.

1234
01:08:13,934 --> 01:08:15,467
And I feel like removing

1235
01:08:15,533 --> 01:08:18,500
that piece from their school day allows

1236
01:08:18,500 --> 01:08:19,834
their anxiety to drop.

1237
01:08:20,367 --> 01:08:23,233
They don't have to worry about it if, if they're at school,

1238
01:08:23,233 --> 01:08:26,500
they're gonna school This year feels

1239
01:08:27,500 --> 01:08:28,700
much different than last year.

1240
01:08:28,734 --> 01:08:30,634
And I've always had my kids lock their phones up

1241
01:08:30,634 --> 01:08:32,033
and it still feels a lot different.

1242
01:08:32,033 --> 01:08:34,100
They are happier then.

1243
01:08:34,100 --> 01:08:35,500
I've seen them at the beginning of the year,

1244
01:08:35,500 --> 01:08:38,033
the last few years and they were much quicker

1245
01:08:38,100 --> 01:08:39,266
to engage with one another.

1246
01:08:40,066 --> 01:08:44,133
I have more collaboration in my group than I've seen in the

1247
01:08:44,133 --> 01:08:46,000
last few years and it's been really, really fun.

1248
01:08:46,333 --> 01:08:50,100
My classes are much larger too and I was nervous about that,

1249
01:08:50,367 --> 01:08:53,834
but surprisingly like it's not nearly

1250
01:08:53,900 --> 01:08:55,100
what I thought was gonna be

1251
01:08:55,100 --> 01:08:56,934
and having a ton of fun with them.

1252
01:08:58,333 --> 01:09:01,033
And to add to what Mr. Anderson said earlier about like

1253
01:09:01,166 --> 01:09:02,266
the hallways.

1254
01:09:02,467 --> 01:09:03,767
'cause a lot of kids when I ask them like, Hey,

1255
01:09:03,767 --> 01:09:04,934
how are you feeling about the phone?

1256
01:09:04,934 --> 01:09:07,266
They'll tell you, well we understand why we need it in the

1257
01:09:07,266 --> 01:09:08,834
classroom, but you know,

1258
01:09:09,100 --> 01:09:11,033
we wish we could have it in the hallways or at lunch.

1259
01:09:11,133 --> 01:09:13,266
And so I'm asking them a little bit further about it.

1260
01:09:13,266 --> 01:09:15,000
Like, oh well how do you feel?

1261
01:09:15,000 --> 01:09:16,100
Are you talking to more people?

1262
01:09:16,233 --> 01:09:17,333
And they're like, yeah, we are.

1263
01:09:17,900 --> 01:09:21,133
So I purposely did a couple of weeks at lunch today

1264
01:09:21,900 --> 01:09:23,367
in institution at this meeting to be like,

1265
01:09:23,367 --> 01:09:24,700
let me give some data.

1266
01:09:24,900 --> 01:09:27,333
What I saw today in the comments half full

1267
01:09:27,333 --> 01:09:28,867
of kids, half full of kids.

1268
01:09:29,133 --> 01:09:31,934
I saw four Uno card games going

1269
01:09:32,467 --> 01:09:35,367
and one table that has like 12 kids around it,

1270
01:09:36,467 --> 01:09:37,900
when kids are sneaking stuff,

1271
01:09:37,900 --> 01:09:40,133
they're sneaking cards, like playing cards.

1272
01:09:40,367 --> 01:09:41,300
But they're sneaking now.

1273
01:09:41,300 --> 01:09:42,500
They're not sneaking their phones out.

1274
01:09:42,500 --> 01:09:44,500
It's fantastic. And I pretend that I'm undergrad though.

1275
01:09:46,233 --> 01:09:50,233
I saw students reading actual books at lunch

1276
01:09:50,900 --> 01:09:55,867
in the Common, I saw

1277
01:09:56,300 --> 01:09:58,100
students sketching with their art,

1278
01:09:58,133 --> 01:09:59,567
like sketching on art class.

1279
01:10:00,133 --> 01:10:02,100
And I saw a ton of students just talking

1280
01:10:02,634 --> 01:10:04,233
and having a good time and enjoying one another

1281
01:10:04,867 --> 01:10:07,634
and it just feels calmer

1282
01:10:08,934 --> 01:10:10,266
altogether on our campus.

1283
01:10:13,066 --> 01:10:15,367
- I just wanna kind of a little touch a little bit more on

1284
01:10:15,367 --> 01:10:19,300
what, talk about having to deal with some parents

1285
01:10:19,433 --> 01:10:21,133
who might be pushing back.

1286
01:10:21,900 --> 01:10:25,033
What are like specific strategies at high school

1287
01:10:25,133 --> 01:10:29,734
or at the, apart from just like communicating this to,

1288
01:10:30,300 --> 01:10:32,367
I mean my, my strategy is always gonna be same thing.

1289
01:10:32,467 --> 01:10:34,033
I, I did my 20th year teaching.

1290
01:10:35,066 --> 01:10:36,767
I was a dean in the Bronx in New York City

1291
01:10:37,166 --> 01:10:39,100
sitting at metal detectors in the front.

1292
01:10:40,700 --> 01:10:42,834
And if, if you don't put any money in to the bank,

1293
01:10:42,834 --> 01:10:44,033
you ain't gonna take no money out the bank.

1294
01:10:44,567 --> 01:10:46,567
So I always try to get money in the bank first

1295
01:10:46,634 --> 01:10:48,166
and the school's gotta do that together.

1296
01:10:49,000 --> 01:10:52,467
And if a parent gets mad, I mean you have

1297
01:10:52,467 --> 01:10:53,767
to have those conversations, which happens.

1298
01:10:54,100 --> 01:10:57,266
'cause I'm a pretty strict teacher, Alex, strict teacher.

1299
01:10:57,867 --> 01:11:01,367
I don't know. I mean, I follow all the rules and,

1300
01:11:01,634 --> 01:11:03,367
and when it's time to take money out the bank,

1301
01:11:03,367 --> 01:11:04,867
they gotta be some money in the bank.

1302
01:11:04,867 --> 01:11:08,734
So most of these parents when the problem, when they go to

1303
01:11:08,834 --> 01:11:13,266
to Mike or to Jenna at my school, they don't get a lot

1304
01:11:13,266 --> 01:11:15,033
of time to actually talk to parents

1305
01:11:15,667 --> 01:11:17,533
and actually put some money in the bank.

1306
01:11:17,634 --> 01:11:19,533
So maybe Mike does, I don't know, Jenna's running

1307
01:11:19,533 --> 01:11:21,300
around all day long trying to do her job.

1308
01:11:21,834 --> 01:11:25,033
So maybe we need to have some more community time,

1309
01:11:25,033 --> 01:11:26,500
some more time to get parents in,

1310
01:11:26,500 --> 01:11:27,734
which is always a really hard thing.

1311
01:11:27,734 --> 01:11:31,700
So then they see us as, you know, one

1312
01:11:31,700 --> 01:11:33,734
of the main problems in school these days to me is like,

1313
01:11:34,100 --> 01:11:35,133
and I I told parents

1314
01:11:35,133 --> 01:11:39,000
that every meeting we had at summer school, it, it's kind

1315
01:11:39,000 --> 01:11:40,433
of, it's kind of flipped where I used

1316
01:11:40,433 --> 01:11:42,500
to see parents in school when I was a kid.

1317
01:11:42,700 --> 01:11:43,934
Parents would be in the hallway

1318
01:11:44,000 --> 01:11:48,133
and I was a bad kid, real bad kids trust.

1319
01:11:48,767 --> 01:11:51,300
And now it's like, hey, I'm dropping my kid off.

1320
01:11:51,834 --> 01:11:53,667
My kid is yours until three o'clock

1321
01:11:54,567 --> 01:11:56,867
and at three o'clock that kid is now yours again.

1322
01:11:57,734 --> 01:11:59,166
And that, that can't be how it's

1323
01:11:59,834 --> 01:12:01,000
the kid is ours all the time.

1324
01:12:02,133 --> 01:12:05,634
And if we can establish that when, when the tide starts

1325
01:12:05,667 --> 01:12:07,033
to push back, I think we,

1326
01:12:07,133 --> 01:12:09,033
we could have some money in the bank.

1327
01:12:10,266 --> 01:12:13,266
And that I think the, the community aspect

1328
01:12:14,066 --> 01:12:15,834
and that's really, really hard these days.

1329
01:12:15,867 --> 01:12:20,533
But left hard without, without phones to build community.

1330
01:12:21,033 --> 01:12:23,333
You've been up to Freedom school, you've seen how it was

1331
01:12:23,700 --> 01:12:24,734
and that's a great chance,

1332
01:12:24,734 --> 01:12:27,266
but that's a hundred kids not seventh grader kids.

1333
01:12:27,567 --> 01:12:29,700
So how do we do that? That's, that's on us.

1334
01:12:34,467 --> 01:12:39,066
Any other questions on the board? Any last comments?

1335
01:12:41,066 --> 01:12:45,567
- Just to emphasize the students talking

1336
01:12:45,567 --> 01:12:47,467
to each other as a speech and debate coach.

1337
01:12:48,100 --> 01:12:49,266
That's all that we want.

1338
01:12:49,634 --> 01:12:52,066
And so that has been a huge success

1339
01:12:52,066 --> 01:12:53,500
for teaching debate specifically.

1340
01:12:54,500 --> 01:12:56,467
- Well, I just wanna thank all four of you

1341
01:12:56,500 --> 01:13:00,066
for your work last spring to make this possible.

1342
01:13:00,100 --> 01:13:01,867
And I know the work that you've put in over the summer

1343
01:13:01,934 --> 01:13:04,066
as well is at your schools to plan for this.

1344
01:13:04,333 --> 01:13:07,734
Thank you for making it successful. Thank you.

1345
01:13:18,066 --> 01:13:21,467
Next up we have a, a report on the integrated programs.

1346
01:13:22,834 --> 01:13:26,500
Mr. Chair, I'll turn it over to Kate for this presentation.

1347
01:13:29,533 --> 01:13:31,500
- Hello, good evening. Thank you for the time

1348
01:13:32,000 --> 01:13:35,100
to share our annual integrated report.

1349
01:13:36,266 --> 01:13:41,066
This comes to the board usually in October each year.

1350
01:13:41,100 --> 01:13:44,000
The deadline by the state was moved up a little bit, so

1351
01:13:44,934 --> 01:13:46,266
that's why you're hearing it earlier.

1352
01:13:47,000 --> 01:13:50,033
The integrated plan is basically our

1353
01:13:50,300 --> 01:13:51,367
district improvement plan.

1354
01:13:51,634 --> 01:13:55,133
It encompasses multiple grant funds to support school

1355
01:13:55,834 --> 01:13:57,300
and district improvement efforts.

1356
01:13:58,634 --> 01:14:01,266
Those grants include the early intervention system,

1357
01:14:02,266 --> 01:14:05,166
high school success, student investment account,

1358
01:14:05,700 --> 01:14:09,233
federal school improvement grant funds for select school,

1359
01:14:10,233 --> 01:14:13,734
and beginning in the 25 26 school year.

1360
01:14:13,734 --> 01:14:16,066
It will also include our early literacy grant.

1361
01:14:17,033 --> 01:14:19,500
Previously that was held separate from the integrated plan.

1362
01:14:19,533 --> 01:14:20,934
This year it will be included.

1363
01:14:21,066 --> 01:14:24,100
So you're going to start seeing more information about that

1364
01:14:24,166 --> 01:14:28,533
whenever we bring the integrated plan to you between all

1365
01:14:28,533 --> 01:14:31,667
of these grant funds, funds, they employ between 90

1366
01:14:31,734 --> 01:14:35,133
and 100 of our staff members in various grant.

1367
01:14:36,000 --> 01:14:39,533
And that range covers administrative license

1368
01:14:40,000 --> 01:14:42,433
and classified, as well as some

1369
01:14:43,567 --> 01:14:45,900
non-licensed positions as well.

1370
01:14:46,900 --> 01:14:49,100
So as you're looking at the annual report,

1371
01:14:49,300 --> 01:14:52,667
there are three questions that we have to address each year.

1372
01:14:53,000 --> 01:14:55,000
And then there are a series of indicators

1373
01:14:55,000 --> 01:14:56,834
that we also have to run through.

1374
01:14:58,133 --> 01:15:02,433
The first annual res response question AR one is basically

1375
01:15:02,433 --> 01:15:07,066
asking us what progress are we making in the implementation

1376
01:15:07,100 --> 01:15:08,567
of our plan strategies.

1377
01:15:09,300 --> 01:15:11,266
So when we, when we build the plan

1378
01:15:11,300 --> 01:15:15,033
and every biennium, we re, we look at it again

1379
01:15:15,066 --> 01:15:16,767
and we change any outcomes

1380
01:15:16,867 --> 01:15:19,900
or strategies that we need to at this point in time

1381
01:15:20,100 --> 01:15:21,266
as we look back, how,

1382
01:15:21,300 --> 01:15:24,100
how is our progress as we implement those?

1383
01:15:24,233 --> 01:15:27,300
And so just a few highlights I'll pull out of here for you.

1384
01:15:28,133 --> 01:15:30,133
One is in that early literacy grants,

1385
01:15:30,367 --> 01:15:33,900
and that is that we have reading specialists at all

1386
01:15:33,900 --> 01:15:37,000
of our elementary schools that is funded through Title one.

1387
01:15:38,000 --> 01:15:40,000
And their focus is on foundational

1388
01:15:40,133 --> 01:15:41,367
literacy skill development.

1389
01:15:42,300 --> 01:15:47,000
And then additionally, one of the strategies was

1390
01:15:47,033 --> 01:15:49,734
to implement letters training at the elementary.

1391
01:15:49,734 --> 01:15:54,000
And that was completed as well. Strategy A two.

1392
01:15:54,367 --> 01:15:56,033
I would point out, and I know Dr.

1393
01:15:56,100 --> 01:15:57,634
Carello has spoken to this

1394
01:15:58,100 --> 01:16:02,166
before as well, the CTE cosmetology program of study

1395
01:16:02,333 --> 01:16:04,000
that is being launched.

1396
01:16:04,567 --> 01:16:06,033
The instructor has been hired

1397
01:16:06,100 --> 01:16:08,066
and the curriculum has been purchased for that.

1398
01:16:08,367 --> 01:16:11,166
So we're, we're well on our way with that strategy.

1399
01:16:12,033 --> 01:16:15,233
And then in strategy for strategy C one

1400
01:16:15,233 --> 01:16:20,000
and C3, another highlight is, again, from grant funds,

1401
01:16:20,066 --> 01:16:23,734
we were able to hire secondary reading specialists, one

1402
01:16:23,734 --> 01:16:25,667
for each of our middle schools as well

1403
01:16:25,667 --> 01:16:26,900
as one for the high school.

1404
01:16:27,634 --> 01:16:29,000
And that again, will be

1405
01:16:29,000 --> 01:16:31,266
to focus on foundational literacy skills.

1406
01:16:32,100 --> 01:16:34,467
It will provide our newcomers

1407
01:16:34,500 --> 01:16:36,700
and students with lagging literacy skills.

1408
01:16:38,066 --> 01:16:39,934
Some much needed support.

1409
01:16:40,867 --> 01:16:43,000
But we're excited about the progress there.

1410
01:16:43,900 --> 01:16:46,867
And I think it's worth noting that many of the strategies

1411
01:16:46,867 --> 01:16:48,634
that are included in the integrated plan

1412
01:16:49,100 --> 01:16:50,300
across multiple years,

1413
01:16:50,667 --> 01:16:52,934
so you'll see the same strategy repeat.

1414
01:16:52,934 --> 01:16:55,000
And that's because we know it takes more than one year

1415
01:16:55,100 --> 01:16:56,767
for strategies to take hold.

1416
01:16:56,934 --> 01:17:00,100
So we are already seeing improvements from some

1417
01:17:00,100 --> 01:17:01,033
of these strategies

1418
01:17:01,033 --> 01:17:03,266
that were implemented in the last several years.

1419
01:17:04,834 --> 01:17:07,700
Notably, there was an 8% increase in our sixth

1420
01:17:07,700 --> 01:17:11,100
and seventh grade reading benchmark metric,

1421
01:17:11,700 --> 01:17:16,467
and a 22% increase for eighth grade from the 2324

1422
01:17:16,500 --> 01:17:18,266
to the spring, 24, 25.

1423
01:17:18,467 --> 01:17:21,900
So it's pretty significant increases in literacy.

1424
01:17:22,734 --> 01:17:25,667
And then there are some additional metrics in there as well

1425
01:17:26,567 --> 01:17:30,700
around our English language learner reading metrics,

1426
01:17:31,300 --> 01:17:35,066
which increased 11% for sixth grade,

1427
01:17:35,734 --> 01:17:37,333
7% for seventh grade,

1428
01:17:37,533 --> 01:17:42,433
and 9% in eighth grade between the 2324

1429
01:17:42,433 --> 01:17:44,734
and the 24 25 spring.

1430
01:17:45,700 --> 01:17:47,734
So again, significant increases.

1431
01:17:48,500 --> 01:17:51,166
Annual response number two is really asking us

1432
01:17:51,300 --> 01:17:53,333
what our barriers and challenges are

1433
01:17:53,467 --> 01:17:55,266
to fully implementing our plan.

1434
01:17:55,300 --> 01:17:57,500
And remember, this is a district improvement plan,

1435
01:17:57,567 --> 01:17:59,166
not just a grant improvement plan.

1436
01:17:59,834 --> 01:18:01,066
And I think it's pretty clear

1437
01:18:01,066 --> 01:18:03,834
that our greatest barrier is funding.

1438
01:18:04,734 --> 01:18:07,567
We are facing a significant budget shortfall

1439
01:18:08,033 --> 01:18:10,367
that impacts all aspects of our system.

1440
01:18:11,467 --> 01:18:14,333
We are grateful for the grant funds that we have that we can

1441
01:18:15,100 --> 01:18:16,000
carry staff in.

1442
01:18:16,033 --> 01:18:17,100
It's making a difference,

1443
01:18:17,300 --> 01:18:21,700
but it still is a barrier that we continue to work with.

1444
01:18:22,734 --> 01:18:25,634
And finally, annual response. Question number three.

1445
01:18:26,834 --> 01:18:30,266
This is something that the Department of Education

1446
01:18:30,900 --> 01:18:32,767
ODE populates for us.

1447
01:18:33,000 --> 01:18:37,700
They populate the data compared to the longitudinal goals

1448
01:18:37,834 --> 01:18:42,166
that we set, and they ask us to reflect back.

1449
01:18:42,266 --> 01:18:44,066
And what's interesting about that is

1450
01:18:45,100 --> 01:18:47,834
we're reflecting on the 24 25 school year,

1451
01:18:48,233 --> 01:18:50,500
but that data has not been populated yet.

1452
01:18:50,500 --> 01:18:52,066
It doesn't come out until October.

1453
01:18:52,133 --> 01:18:53,533
So really what they're asking us

1454
01:18:53,533 --> 01:18:57,100
to do is reflect on our progress through the end of 2324.

1455
01:18:57,700 --> 01:18:59,467
And so you'll see those dates in here,

1456
01:18:59,467 --> 01:19:01,266
even though it's a one year look back,

1457
01:19:02,567 --> 01:19:05,333
there's really several highlights in there.

1458
01:19:05,734 --> 01:19:10,133
To note the first two have to do

1459
01:19:10,133 --> 01:19:11,700
with our four year graduation

1460
01:19:11,700 --> 01:19:13,233
and our five year completer rate,

1461
01:19:13,500 --> 01:19:15,266
which I know you'll remember when Dr.

1462
01:19:15,634 --> 01:19:18,367
RA shared her presentation.

1463
01:19:18,367 --> 01:19:20,166
There were significant gains there.

1464
01:19:20,300 --> 01:19:23,867
So four year graduation, we have exceeded our,

1465
01:19:23,900 --> 01:19:26,867
our baseline goal, our stretch goal,

1466
01:19:27,033 --> 01:19:31,367
and our gap closing targets by more than 7%.

1467
01:19:31,734 --> 01:19:33,834
And we are on track to meet

1468
01:19:33,834 --> 01:19:37,333
or exceed the annual goals that we were required to set

1469
01:19:37,333 --> 01:19:39,300
through the year 27, 28.

1470
01:19:39,467 --> 01:19:41,767
If we keep up with this pace, we're right on track.

1471
01:19:42,734 --> 01:19:44,700
And then for the five-year completer rate,

1472
01:19:45,033 --> 01:19:47,867
we've also exceeded our annual baseline stretch

1473
01:19:47,867 --> 01:19:50,500
and gap closing targets by more than 8%.

1474
01:19:51,367 --> 01:19:53,166
So those are very encouraging metrics.

1475
01:19:55,533 --> 01:19:59,433
One example of an area that we are continuing

1476
01:19:59,433 --> 01:20:01,033
to work on is in third grade

1477
01:20:01,033 --> 01:20:02,834
English language arts proficiency.

1478
01:20:03,734 --> 01:20:07,533
We fell short of our baseline goal just by 1.2%.

1479
01:20:08,433 --> 01:20:10,066
However, we still feel sort.

1480
01:20:10,433 --> 01:20:12,233
So we are

1481
01:20:13,900 --> 01:20:17,033
continuing our focus on implementing ERI at

1482
01:20:17,033 --> 01:20:18,133
kindergarten through second grade.

1483
01:20:18,166 --> 01:20:19,867
That's fully implemented now.

1484
01:20:20,367 --> 01:20:24,266
And this year we are also implementing enhanced core reading

1485
01:20:24,266 --> 01:20:26,367
instruction for grades three through five.

1486
01:20:26,700 --> 01:20:28,834
And we're able to do that through the grant funds

1487
01:20:28,834 --> 01:20:30,867
that are contained in the integrated plan.

1488
01:20:33,233 --> 01:20:35,767
It's a shift in strategy to be able

1489
01:20:35,767 --> 01:20:38,767
to provide the additional professional development

1490
01:20:39,100 --> 01:20:40,934
and materials for grades three through five

1491
01:20:41,033 --> 01:20:42,166
to support this goal.

1492
01:20:43,033 --> 01:20:45,767
And then back to a final highlight here is in our regular

1493
01:20:46,000 --> 01:20:49,100
attenders, which attendance has been challenging,

1494
01:20:49,100 --> 01:20:51,533
as you know, since COVID to get kids back.

1495
01:20:51,533 --> 01:20:56,033
However, we did looking at the 2324 exceed our baseline

1496
01:20:56,033 --> 01:20:59,133
stretching gap goals by 4% category.

1497
01:20:59,634 --> 01:21:00,900
So we're still on track.

1498
01:21:02,133 --> 01:21:03,867
And then also in your packets,

1499
01:21:03,867 --> 01:21:06,166
you'll have the list quarterly.

1500
01:21:06,166 --> 01:21:07,634
We have to just go in

1501
01:21:07,634 --> 01:21:10,166
and mark any observable changes that we see.

1502
01:21:11,133 --> 01:21:12,367
Not much change, of course,

1503
01:21:12,533 --> 01:21:15,100
I'm still getting my feet under me from what,

1504
01:21:15,133 --> 01:21:16,900
what's happened in the quarters previous.

1505
01:21:17,133 --> 01:21:20,166
But with the help of a very good team, we were able to

1506
01:21:21,066 --> 01:21:23,033
pull this information together as well.

1507
01:21:23,100 --> 01:21:25,667
For you. Any questions?

1508
01:21:30,867 --> 01:21:35,066
Medium, high, low. What? Where did those numbers come from?

1509
01:21:35,367 --> 01:21:39,033
Yeah, so they're very, they're as subjective as they seem.

1510
01:21:39,133 --> 01:21:43,767
So the choices are low, medium, high

1511
01:21:44,066 --> 01:21:45,300
or no observable change.

1512
01:21:45,734 --> 01:21:47,500
And that's it. And it's a dropdown menu.

1513
01:21:48,133 --> 01:21:51,133
There are no metrics for which one you choose.

1514
01:21:51,634 --> 01:21:53,533
Just say it's a self, you look at it,

1515
01:21:53,667 --> 01:21:55,133
you say, I did pretty good.

1516
01:21:55,133 --> 01:21:57,700
Yeah. It's an absolute self-reflection

1517
01:21:58,266 --> 01:22:03,100
and I, you know, not to pass the buck,

1518
01:22:03,100 --> 01:22:04,533
but it is what we were provided.

1519
01:22:04,734 --> 01:22:05,767
So it's what we use.

1520
01:22:06,066 --> 01:22:09,634
I think the more meaningful information is

1521
01:22:09,834 --> 01:22:12,634
what we gather from our actual data.

1522
01:22:12,767 --> 01:22:15,100
Yeah. What we gather from our benchmarking data

1523
01:22:15,100 --> 01:22:16,867
that tells us how we're doing on our goals.

1524
01:22:17,066 --> 01:22:20,066
And as you know, a lot of these markers contain multiple

1525
01:22:20,066 --> 01:22:21,934
points of information.

1526
01:22:22,100 --> 01:22:25,367
So we may be very high, we may be fully implemented

1527
01:22:25,433 --> 01:22:29,033
and in the high area for one point of it,

1528
01:22:29,166 --> 01:22:32,000
but not implemented at all for another point.

1529
01:22:32,133 --> 01:22:33,033
All within the same marker.

1530
01:22:33,533 --> 01:22:34,667
Yeah, that's what I was wondering.

1531
01:22:34,667 --> 01:22:38,033
Like if I can check three, I know I check one and one check.

1532
01:22:38,033 --> 01:22:40,000
Okay. It's very, very subjective

1533
01:22:42,166 --> 01:22:43,166
- Question.

1534
01:22:43,166 --> 01:22:44,133
So I know this integrated guidance

1535
01:22:44,567 --> 01:22:46,634
program is pretty new at ODE,

1536
01:22:46,634 --> 01:22:47,934
just I instituted a few years ago.

1537
01:22:48,033 --> 01:22:50,133
So it goes by the biennium, right?

1538
01:22:50,133 --> 01:22:53,233
So we submitted our application last fall for this 25

1539
01:22:53,300 --> 01:22:54,700
to 27 correct.

1540
01:22:54,700 --> 01:22:57,700
Funding. And is, are these annual reports

1541
01:22:58,233 --> 01:23:00,467
that we submit also part of the consideration

1542
01:23:00,533 --> 01:23:02,734
for our next finances application?

1543
01:23:02,767 --> 01:23:04,533
Like will they look so when we apply

1544
01:23:04,634 --> 01:23:09,133
and fall of 26 right?

1545
01:23:09,133 --> 01:23:14,033
For the 27 on biennium, are these reports also part of

1546
01:23:14,133 --> 01:23:18,867
that consideration when we have to reapply every two years?

1547
01:23:19,033 --> 01:23:20,433
- Are you asking is it part

1548
01:23:20,433 --> 01:23:23,266
of the consideration from the state on whether we receive

1549
01:23:23,300 --> 01:23:26,533
the grant funds or consideration for us on what goal we

1550
01:23:26,567 --> 01:23:27,567
- Set in that Yeah.

1551
01:23:27,567 --> 01:23:28,634
From the state for whether, for whether

1552
01:23:28,634 --> 01:23:31,133
or how much grant funds we'll receive.

1553
01:23:31,033 --> 01:23:32,734
Is it part of the calculation that they, you

1554
01:23:33,033 --> 01:23:34,033
- It is not.

1555
01:23:34,033 --> 01:23:34,734
Okay. No, it is not.

1556
01:23:34,834 --> 01:23:39,133
The calculation is challenging

1557
01:23:39,000 --> 01:23:40,433
to explain. I

1558
01:23:40,433 --> 01:23:41,433
- Know a little bit about the profit.

1559
01:23:41,467 --> 01:23:45,066
Yeah. There's also external reviewers, correct?

1560
01:23:46,100 --> 01:23:50,433
- Yes, correct. But the, the, the value of each grant fund

1561
01:23:50,433 --> 01:23:53,500
that we receive is not dependent on

1562
01:23:54,000 --> 01:23:56,000
what our answers are on the annual,

1563
01:23:56,133 --> 01:23:58,066
annual report or reflection.

1564
01:24:00,100 --> 01:24:02,133
It's not competitive. Excellent.

1565
01:24:08,333 --> 01:24:08,767
Thank

1566
01:24:08,767 --> 01:24:09,767
- You.

1567
01:24:09,767 --> 01:24:11,300
We anticipate that process to change with some

1568
01:24:11,300 --> 01:24:14,033
of the new accountability rules.

1569
01:24:16,100 --> 01:24:18,867
- I think you, you know, we're all waiting to see exactly

1570
01:24:18,934 --> 01:24:22,066
what that looks like with the, the new accountability bill

1571
01:24:22,133 --> 01:24:23,133
and, and processes.

1572
01:24:23,567 --> 01:24:27,100
There already is a form

1573
01:24:27,133 --> 01:24:30,133
of accountability built into this in setting the

1574
01:24:30,133 --> 01:24:31,133
longitudinal goals.

1575
01:24:34,333 --> 01:24:37,667
The, those were set, I'm trying to remember if it was 21

1576
01:24:37,700 --> 01:24:41,100
or 22 school year all the way out

1577
01:24:41,100 --> 01:24:42,700
through 27, 28.

1578
01:24:43,266 --> 01:24:46,166
And in fact, prior to this, at the beginning

1579
01:24:46,166 --> 01:24:49,367
of this biennium, we were expecting to schedule time

1580
01:24:49,900 --> 01:24:52,700
with the state to reevaluate those goals

1581
01:24:52,734 --> 01:24:53,867
and reset those goals.

1582
01:24:53,867 --> 01:24:55,166
And they opted not to do that.

1583
01:24:55,533 --> 01:24:59,100
So that's a long time if you think about, you know, six

1584
01:24:59,100 --> 01:25:01,000
or seven years of goal setting,

1585
01:25:02,433 --> 01:25:04,133
it's a very dynamic process.

1586
01:25:04,266 --> 01:25:06,834
But there are accountability measures built into the

1587
01:25:06,867 --> 01:25:10,433
longitudinal goals If, if a district continually fails

1588
01:25:10,433 --> 01:25:11,700
to meet a particular goal

1589
01:25:14,266 --> 01:25:15,266
- Staple.

1590
01:25:15,266 --> 01:25:16,033
Yeah.

1591
01:25:18,233 --> 01:25:19,533
- Hello Kate, can you hear me?

1592
01:25:20,433 --> 01:25:22,634
- They're, they're doing help write those rules.

1593
01:25:22,634 --> 01:25:24,066
That's where the, in the rule making

1594
01:25:24,066 --> 01:25:25,433
where the rubber meets the road Yeah.

1595
01:25:26,033 --> 01:25:29,867
- Policies. Yeah. And there are several of us that are on

1596
01:25:30,900 --> 01:25:34,133
that engage in those opportunities for meetings

1597
01:25:34,133 --> 01:25:38,100
or webinars to stay on top of what the latest news is.

1598
01:25:39,667 --> 01:25:44,033
Yeah. Kate, can you hear me?

1599
01:25:44,834 --> 01:25:45,834
Thank you.

1600
01:25:48,367 --> 01:25:50,934
- All right. Next up we have the superintendent's report.

1601
01:25:51,266 --> 01:25:53,500
Yeah. Brief report.

1602
01:25:55,066 --> 01:25:58,100
We have a couple things

1603
01:25:58,100 --> 01:25:59,433
that we've started through this year.

1604
01:25:59,867 --> 01:26:03,467
Our dual language immersion program at Davis Elementary is

1605
01:26:03,700 --> 01:26:05,867
up and running at the kindergarten level.

1606
01:26:07,100 --> 01:26:09,567
It's, it's fun to see that happening.

1607
01:26:09,934 --> 01:26:12,533
And it was last week or the week

1608
01:26:12,533 --> 01:26:15,100
before we held a parent night at Davis for the parents

1609
01:26:15,133 --> 01:26:17,033
who are involved in that program to help them understand

1610
01:26:17,900 --> 01:26:19,934
what that will be as it grows out

1611
01:26:19,934 --> 01:26:21,066
through the, through the year.

1612
01:26:21,634 --> 01:26:23,700
So we are on track to continue

1613
01:26:23,700 --> 01:26:26,033
to expand our dual language programs out.

1614
01:26:27,867 --> 01:26:30,033
We are in year two, as Kate mentioned,

1615
01:26:30,233 --> 01:26:32,500
of the cosmetology program.

1616
01:26:32,700 --> 01:26:36,533
And this year we rented a storefront in the Cherry Park

1617
01:26:36,533 --> 01:26:41,233
Plaza to develop a salon studio classroom

1618
01:26:41,433 --> 01:26:42,500
for our advanced students.

1619
01:26:43,133 --> 01:26:47,100
So they will go off campus on a bus to that play, to

1620
01:26:47,100 --> 01:26:49,567
that storefront where it'll be set up as a salon

1621
01:26:49,634 --> 01:26:52,500
and they will continue their cosmetology studies.

1622
01:26:53,634 --> 01:26:55,100
We were hoping to have it open on day one.

1623
01:26:55,867 --> 01:27:00,367
It is a little behind via, we've gotten tied up with permits

1624
01:27:00,367 --> 01:27:01,567
through the, the cities.

1625
01:27:01,834 --> 01:27:04,834
But we are working through that thanks

1626
01:27:04,834 --> 01:27:08,467
to the Reynolds High School staff and admin for flexing

1627
01:27:09,000 --> 01:27:10,567
and keeping kids on campus for that.

1628
01:27:10,834 --> 01:27:13,066
And until we get that second space open,

1629
01:27:14,000 --> 01:27:17,033
but the sign should go up here any day on there.

1630
01:27:18,000 --> 01:27:20,233
Haley has been over there a couple times.

1631
01:27:21,133 --> 01:27:22,500
I hear it's looking really nice.

1632
01:27:22,867 --> 01:27:25,634
We're getting there and we'll make sure the board gets an

1633
01:27:25,634 --> 01:27:27,767
opportunity to tour that space once it's up and running.

1634
01:27:28,634 --> 01:27:32,500
That's something that at storefront in terms of like, is

1635
01:27:32,500 --> 01:27:34,000
that, is that an opportunity we could promote to the

1636
01:27:36,100 --> 01:27:39,133
Absolutely cheaper free low cost free class?

1637
01:27:39,033 --> 01:27:42,166
Yes. Let students out. Yes.

1638
01:27:43,166 --> 01:27:47,433
I, I believe that our, our two cosmetology teachers

1639
01:27:48,066 --> 01:27:51,133
do have that as part of their plan when they feel

1640
01:27:51,133 --> 01:27:53,100
that the kids are ready to, to do that

1641
01:27:54,100 --> 01:27:57,133
might be something I think of those non-profits that provide

1642
01:27:58,266 --> 01:28:00,266
yes, progress might be something

1643
01:28:00,266 --> 01:28:02,266
that we can coordinate along with absolutely.

1644
01:28:02,834 --> 01:28:06,934
Pro season for. Yep, there's some great ideas.

1645
01:28:07,133 --> 01:28:09,634
I will certainly be the first, get my hair cut.

1646
01:28:13,100 --> 01:28:14,734
The other program

1647
01:28:14,867 --> 01:28:17,133
that's in year two is our business and marketing program.

1648
01:28:17,567 --> 01:28:19,500
Also, we were able to, as you know,

1649
01:28:19,500 --> 01:28:21,700
you approved a field trip to send some students back

1650
01:28:21,734 --> 01:28:23,066
to the national conference

1651
01:28:24,100 --> 01:28:28,433
and they were our are are DECA leaders.

1652
01:28:30,233 --> 01:28:33,500
Very valuable, quite excited by implementing those,

1653
01:28:34,266 --> 01:28:36,233
the things they learned back at that conference.

1654
01:28:38,066 --> 01:28:40,300
As you'll see later on as a action item,

1655
01:28:40,367 --> 01:28:44,033
and I'll talk about it more, we are in the preparation year

1656
01:28:44,233 --> 01:28:47,467
for building out a dental assisting programs

1657
01:28:48,100 --> 01:28:50,133
that will be on Reynolds high school campus

1658
01:28:51,100 --> 01:28:54,734
to enable students to train in learning how

1659
01:28:54,734 --> 01:28:56,066
to become a dental assistant.

1660
01:28:56,333 --> 01:28:59,066
We believe that once we have this program fully up

1661
01:28:59,066 --> 01:29:00,567
and running kids, we'll be able to walk out

1662
01:29:00,567 --> 01:29:03,066
of the high school certified as a dental assistant

1663
01:29:03,100 --> 01:29:06,000
and with some summer training cosmetology as well.

1664
01:29:07,033 --> 01:29:09,100
We are using intensive coaching funds

1665
01:29:09,333 --> 01:29:10,700
for both of those programs.

1666
01:29:10,700 --> 01:29:13,734
No general fund is paying for those expansions.

1667
01:29:15,066 --> 01:29:17,500
Those are short term funds that we have, as you know,

1668
01:29:17,500 --> 01:29:21,033
from the state to engage in district transformation.

1669
01:29:21,767 --> 01:29:24,066
Part of the strategy that I, I think we are,

1670
01:29:24,367 --> 01:29:28,300
I know we are using is building programs that are unique

1671
01:29:28,900 --> 01:29:32,300
to high schools in East County that will keep

1672
01:29:32,433 --> 01:29:34,367
and retain our students as well as

1673
01:29:35,000 --> 01:29:36,734
building them based on their interests.

1674
01:29:37,900 --> 01:29:40,867
So have any health occupations,

1675
01:29:41,500 --> 01:29:44,066
CTE programs at Reynolds High School kids have

1676
01:29:44,066 --> 01:29:45,033
to go to Cal if they want.

1677
01:29:45,367 --> 01:29:48,066
I want that. So this will give them an o opportunity on

1678
01:29:48,066 --> 01:29:52,033
campus if they wanna stay on campus as well as being able

1679
01:29:52,033 --> 01:29:53,934
to walk out of high school with a,

1680
01:29:53,934 --> 01:29:56,066
with a scale to earn a living wage.

1681
01:29:56,734 --> 01:30:00,066
So very excited about those programs.

1682
01:30:01,133 --> 01:30:05,333
Wanted to just publicly thank Stacy Tallis for his many,

1683
01:30:05,433 --> 01:30:07,834
many years of service to the Reynolds school district.

1684
01:30:08,467 --> 01:30:12,033
Stacy retired from his principalship at Reynolds Learning

1685
01:30:12,033 --> 01:30:14,533
Academy last Friday, was his last day

1686
01:30:15,900 --> 01:30:18,934
and just want to wish him well in retirement

1687
01:30:18,934 --> 01:30:21,533
and thank him for his, his many years of service.

1688
01:30:23,000 --> 01:30:25,367
And that's it. And with that I'll turn it over to Holly

1689
01:30:25,667 --> 01:30:27,033
for the financial report

1690
01:30:27,367 --> 01:30:29,567
and then back to me for the enrollment report.

1691
01:30:40,567 --> 01:30:43,000
- Do you want me to wait until it's up there? That's okay.

1692
01:30:44,500 --> 01:30:46,767
I can at least introduce it while it's going up.

1693
01:30:49,100 --> 01:30:52,533
So as you know, August is similar to July.

1694
01:30:52,533 --> 01:30:55,700
Things are still being set up as staff are returning.

1695
01:30:55,900 --> 01:30:59,000
So the projections are still

1696
01:31:00,900 --> 01:31:02,233
in progress because most

1697
01:31:02,233 --> 01:31:05,300
of the purchase orders are still being submitted in August.

1698
01:31:06,033 --> 01:31:08,166
And so we're doing our best to do productions.

1699
01:31:09,900 --> 01:31:12,266
So walking through this, the,

1700
01:31:12,667 --> 01:31:14,367
I just wanna call attention to a couple of things.

1701
01:31:14,567 --> 01:31:18,500
So the third grade column, 2020 4 25,

1702
01:31:19,700 --> 01:31:21,433
sorry, let me turn it on.

1703
01:31:25,100 --> 01:31:27,100
Is still we, it's still unaudited.

1704
01:31:29,133 --> 01:31:32,367
Sorry if I can figure it out. I can't figure it out tonight.

1705
01:31:32,667 --> 01:31:36,000
So the 2020 4 25 column is still unaudited.

1706
01:31:36,000 --> 01:31:38,533
Our auditors are working on the final numbers

1707
01:31:39,233 --> 01:31:43,300
and so this is our preliminary numbers.

1708
01:31:43,667 --> 01:31:45,033
This will continue to change

1709
01:31:45,133 --> 01:31:48,100
until the auditors have completed their work.

1710
01:31:48,433 --> 01:31:51,367
So what I wanna show you is down here at the bottom our any

1711
01:31:51,367 --> 01:31:55,266
fund balance of 9,500,371

1712
01:31:56,433 --> 01:31:59,100
is our, the most recent estimate we have for what,

1713
01:31:59,300 --> 01:32:01,033
what last year will end.

1714
01:32:01,567 --> 01:32:04,934
And as you know, that 9 million, 500,000

1715
01:32:04,934 --> 01:32:05,934
that carries forward

1716
01:32:06,000 --> 01:32:09,000
and you're seeing it here as our beginning fund balance.

1717
01:32:09,367 --> 01:32:12,233
So right now we had 10 million in our budget

1718
01:32:12,433 --> 01:32:14,100
as our estimate.

1719
01:32:14,100 --> 01:32:16,700
Right now we're at 9,000,005. So we're a little bit short.

1720
01:32:17,033 --> 01:32:20,934
This number is still continue, it'll change again next month

1721
01:32:21,000 --> 01:32:23,066
and next month should be our final.

1722
01:32:23,133 --> 01:32:25,300
Hopefully we will stop moving.

1723
01:32:25,500 --> 01:32:27,233
It's just whether or not the auditors do any changes.

1724
01:32:29,166 --> 01:32:30,934
FY 26 actuals.

1725
01:32:31,100 --> 01:32:33,133
So this is where we are for everything we have

1726
01:32:33,266 --> 01:32:34,300
for July and August.

1727
01:32:36,000 --> 01:32:38,033
Projections are hard again with revenue

1728
01:32:38,033 --> 01:32:40,700
because a lot of these things are still developing.

1729
01:32:41,133 --> 01:32:44,867
We don't know what the state will do

1730
01:32:44,867 --> 01:32:46,066
with our state school fund.

1731
01:32:46,266 --> 01:32:48,100
It'll change multiple times during the year.

1732
01:32:48,634 --> 01:32:52,433
So right now, this is just sitting at what we budgeted down

1733
01:32:52,433 --> 01:32:53,634
below with our expenses.

1734
01:32:53,734 --> 01:32:56,900
Again, this is where we are with our actual expenditures.

1735
01:32:57,033 --> 01:32:59,033
11 million, 500,000.

1736
01:33:00,266 --> 01:33:03,433
The projections are very difficult at this time of year

1737
01:33:03,433 --> 01:33:04,567
because of what I was saying

1738
01:33:04,567 --> 01:33:07,100
with people have not encumbered all the funds yet.

1739
01:33:07,533 --> 01:33:10,634
We, one thing that's really difficult with salaries

1740
01:33:10,634 --> 01:33:14,533
and payroll, we can encumber everyone on a contract.

1741
01:33:14,667 --> 01:33:16,433
So everyone that's in a regular position,

1742
01:33:16,634 --> 01:33:19,533
the system will commit all the funds for the full year

1743
01:33:19,533 --> 01:33:22,500
for their salary and their benefits and their taxes.

1744
01:33:23,166 --> 01:33:27,133
What it can't do is all the additional hours things

1745
01:33:27,133 --> 01:33:29,266
that go on a time sheet, it doesn't know about them

1746
01:33:29,266 --> 01:33:31,066
because we don't know what people are gonna work.

1747
01:33:31,467 --> 01:33:33,100
And so those costs,

1748
01:33:33,634 --> 01:33:36,133
which I think are budgeted over a million dollars,

1749
01:33:36,367 --> 01:33:38,300
those ones plus all the associated things

1750
01:33:38,867 --> 01:33:40,033
will not show up here.

1751
01:33:40,033 --> 01:33:42,066
And so those are the things that we are hard

1752
01:33:42,066 --> 01:33:43,300
to put into a budget at

1753
01:33:43,467 --> 01:33:46,066
or even in the projection at this time of the year.

1754
01:33:46,367 --> 01:33:48,834
So those just little things like that, that we just have

1755
01:33:48,834 --> 01:33:52,500
to be mostly are usually the budget as a guide.

1756
01:33:53,133 --> 01:33:56,834
And then as a year wears on, obviously we'll get better at

1757
01:33:56,834 --> 01:33:58,033
what our forecast looks like.

1758
01:33:58,000 --> 01:34:00,367
As we have more contracts in place,

1759
01:34:00,500 --> 01:34:02,667
we have more encumbrances that are known.

1760
01:34:03,033 --> 01:34:06,667
And obviously as our additional costs start rolling in

1761
01:34:07,900 --> 01:34:11,500
right now, based on this very, very preliminary time

1762
01:34:11,567 --> 01:34:15,667
of year, we are showing a $9.7 million

1763
01:34:15,667 --> 01:34:16,734
ending fund balance.

1764
01:34:17,166 --> 01:34:19,433
We're required to have 8.4.

1765
01:34:20,667 --> 01:34:23,467
I would caution around, hey, we should just use this

1766
01:34:23,467 --> 01:34:24,500
to fill in the gap right now.

1767
01:34:24,867 --> 01:34:26,300
Even though I know we all want that.

1768
01:34:27,433 --> 01:34:30,033
The hard part is, again, we don't know all the expenses yet.

1769
01:34:30,433 --> 01:34:33,533
So until we know for sure where this is headed,

1770
01:34:34,000 --> 01:34:35,000
we don't wanna spend money

1771
01:34:35,000 --> 01:34:36,033
that we don't know if we have yet.

1772
01:34:36,100 --> 01:34:37,934
We don't know if these are the real revenues yet.

1773
01:34:37,934 --> 01:34:41,133
We don't know if these are all of our expenditures yet.

1774
01:34:41,300 --> 01:34:44,533
So this is our best projection two months in

1775
01:34:44,900 --> 01:34:47,233
before everyone's really even quite returned.

1776
01:34:47,300 --> 01:34:49,867
August 31st to get all

1777
01:34:49,867 --> 01:34:52,433
of the encumbrances and contracts going.

1778
01:34:54,734 --> 01:34:57,734
Is there anything I lost over I've missed that you want me

1779
01:34:57,734 --> 01:34:59,066
to talk about?

1780
01:34:59,634 --> 01:35:01,533
- No, but I, I did have a question.

1781
01:35:01,900 --> 01:35:05,533
So in particular, that forecasted balance is

1782
01:35:06,133 --> 01:35:07,333
just continuing to adjust

1783
01:35:07,333 --> 01:35:10,300
that forecasted balance right there in the Yep.

1784
01:35:11,700 --> 01:35:14,367
Is continuing to adjust as we get digital information.

1785
01:35:14,634 --> 01:35:16,500
'cause I looked at, you know, I did a last month

1786
01:35:16,500 --> 01:35:20,100
for this month comparison and in the total operating

1787
01:35:20,100 --> 01:35:23,500
expenditures we are up about 2.7 million.

1788
01:35:23,934 --> 01:35:26,066
Yep. And that's just as, as things get closer

1789
01:35:26,066 --> 01:35:28,767
to understanding what the actual cost is, right?

1790
01:35:29,100 --> 01:35:31,567
- Yeah. For example, right now we're getting our

1791
01:35:33,166 --> 01:35:34,500
alternative placements.

1792
01:35:35,000 --> 01:35:38,033
We're getting any of the maybe maintenance contracts

1793
01:35:38,033 --> 01:35:40,867
and things as we know what our facility projects can be.

1794
01:35:41,333 --> 01:35:43,767
So those are the things that we can use the budget

1795
01:35:44,000 --> 01:35:46,567
as a guide or at these first initial month.

1796
01:35:47,100 --> 01:35:49,500
But as we get further into the year, we'll know for sure

1797
01:35:49,500 --> 01:35:50,934
what we've actually committed to

1798
01:35:52,100 --> 01:35:53,500
- And an ideal situation.

1799
01:35:53,700 --> 01:35:57,867
If our forecasted balance is less than our adopted budget,

1800
01:35:58,000 --> 01:36:00,066
that demonstrates savings for us, right?

1801
01:36:00,233 --> 01:36:01,834
Yep. That's what we want to try

1802
01:36:01,834 --> 01:36:03,133
to aim for as much as possible.

1803
01:36:03,133 --> 01:36:05,166
Yeah. So we better, so that'll better understand what our,

1804
01:36:06,066 --> 01:36:07,233
you know, what our differences,

1805
01:36:07,233 --> 01:36:09,000
what our delta is so we know what we can work with.

1806
01:36:09,834 --> 01:36:10,133
- Agreed.

1807
01:36:19,934 --> 01:36:24,634
- Questions from the board members. Alright,

1808
01:36:24,634 --> 01:36:27,233
moving on to our first early enrollment report.

1809
01:36:27,333 --> 01:36:29,266
This is as of September 15th.

1810
01:36:31,333 --> 01:36:34,433
The report looks a little different this year.

1811
01:36:34,700 --> 01:36:37,066
We made some changes to try to create some more clarity

1812
01:36:37,133 --> 01:36:39,667
and particularly to answer the board's question about

1813
01:36:40,133 --> 01:36:42,100
the boundary changes in the impact.

1814
01:36:42,100 --> 01:36:43,500
So I'll walk you through that.

1815
01:36:43,634 --> 01:36:47,634
On the top you'll see the overall by level

1816
01:36:48,367 --> 01:36:50,266
actuals versus what we projected

1817
01:36:50,634 --> 01:36:53,667
and how that plays out for our schools.

1818
01:36:54,100 --> 01:36:57,266
And then the charters out there at the addition.

1819
01:36:57,333 --> 01:37:01,634
So early numbers at elementary is slightly up,

1820
01:37:01,700 --> 01:37:03,233
middle school is slightly down

1821
01:37:03,567 --> 01:37:06,133
and the high school is up about 120.

1822
01:37:06,934 --> 01:37:08,333
But again, still very early.

1823
01:37:09,100 --> 01:37:12,500
This might not be all of the 10 day drops completed yet.

1824
01:37:13,066 --> 01:37:16,133
So these numbers will likely, will certainly shift

1825
01:37:17,133 --> 01:37:21,066
going into the elementary schools

1826
01:37:21,100 --> 01:37:22,367
by grade level and class.

1827
01:37:23,033 --> 01:37:25,567
The dark boxes you'll see there between like first

1828
01:37:25,567 --> 01:37:29,000
and second at Alder, that is a blended classroom, so

1829
01:37:29,000 --> 01:37:30,567
that's 17 plus five.

1830
01:37:30,767 --> 01:37:31,900
It gives you the, the number

1831
01:37:31,900 --> 01:37:33,367
of students in that blended classroom.

1832
01:37:33,467 --> 01:37:36,700
We also highlighted dual language at Alder

1833
01:37:36,700 --> 01:37:40,467
and then the dual language at Davis, the number two

1834
01:37:41,500 --> 01:37:43,500
in the, compared to last year.

1835
01:37:43,567 --> 01:37:46,367
The way that we thought it was best to answer your question,

1836
01:37:46,367 --> 01:37:49,033
vice chair about what were the impacts of boundary changes

1837
01:37:49,567 --> 01:37:51,634
was to compare that on a month to month basis.

1838
01:37:51,734 --> 01:37:53,033
So we'll update this every month.

1839
01:37:53,433 --> 01:37:56,567
How many students at Alder in September 24?

1840
01:37:56,567 --> 01:38:00,467
That was 3 49 and this year they're down six.

1841
01:38:01,000 --> 01:38:03,033
So Alder wasn't affected by a boundary change.

1842
01:38:03,033 --> 01:38:04,734
So that would be what we would expect.

1843
01:38:05,500 --> 01:38:08,300
Davis, we knew Davis was going to grow.

1844
01:38:08,367 --> 01:38:09,767
That was by design

1845
01:38:09,767 --> 01:38:12,033
because in September they were about 3 0 1.

1846
01:38:12,634 --> 01:38:15,000
So they are up about 65.

1847
01:38:15,000 --> 01:38:16,567
They receive students from Hartley

1848
01:38:16,634 --> 01:38:17,834
as part of the boundary change.

1849
01:38:19,000 --> 01:38:22,066
Fairview was unchanged, one affected by boundary changes.

1850
01:38:22,333 --> 01:38:25,000
So again, they're right about where they were last year.

1851
01:38:25,867 --> 01:38:30,367
Glen Fair last year was 488, now they're at 4 0 7,

1852
01:38:30,433 --> 01:38:33,734
which was a primary goal of the boundary changes was

1853
01:38:33,734 --> 01:38:36,033
to reduce the overcrowding at Glen Fair.

1854
01:38:37,233 --> 01:38:38,433
Moving on to Hartley.

1855
01:38:38,867 --> 01:38:41,033
Hartley received students from Wilkes

1856
01:38:41,033 --> 01:38:43,266
but then also gave students to Davis.

1857
01:38:44,133 --> 01:38:46,000
So they're essentially unchanged.

1858
01:38:46,066 --> 01:38:48,066
I'd say 16 students essentially unchanged.

1859
01:38:49,900 --> 01:38:53,133
Margaret Scott gave some students to Wilkes,

1860
01:38:53,133 --> 01:38:55,033
but then received some students from Glen Fair.

1861
01:38:55,734 --> 01:38:57,500
So again, essentially unchanged

1862
01:38:57,500 --> 01:38:59,100
and the numbers reflect that.

1863
01:39:00,834 --> 01:39:03,433
Moving on to Salish, they were not impacted

1864
01:39:03,567 --> 01:39:06,133
by the boundary changes they are down

1865
01:39:06,333 --> 01:39:07,634
from, they were last year.

1866
01:39:07,634 --> 01:39:11,166
We'll keep an eye on that Sweet Briar again.

1867
01:39:11,667 --> 01:39:14,667
And Troutdale as well, not impacted by the boundary changes

1868
01:39:15,133 --> 01:39:17,100
pretty close to where they were last year.

1869
01:39:18,066 --> 01:39:20,533
Wilkes gave students to Hartley

1870
01:39:20,533 --> 01:39:22,066
but received students from Glen Fair

1871
01:39:22,300 --> 01:39:24,066
and gave some to Margaret Scott.

1872
01:39:24,066 --> 01:39:26,033
There was some some exchange there as well.

1873
01:39:27,033 --> 01:39:30,634
So we expected them to stay about the same size as they were

1874
01:39:31,634 --> 01:39:34,166
and they're slightly down from where they were last year.

1875
01:39:35,266 --> 01:39:37,533
Woodland again, not affected by the boundary changes,

1876
01:39:38,533 --> 01:39:40,367
so they're right on there.

1877
01:39:40,533 --> 01:39:43,000
So in some of the boundary changes, we're doing

1878
01:39:43,000 --> 01:39:46,000
what we had hoped of making some schools smaller

1879
01:39:46,066 --> 01:39:50,133
and some some larger at middle school, HBE,

1880
01:39:50,667 --> 01:39:54,033
as you remember, was scheduled to become smaller

1881
01:39:54,367 --> 01:39:56,100
to give students to Reynolds Middle.

1882
01:39:57,734 --> 01:40:00,634
And primarily through that boundary change with,

1883
01:40:00,700 --> 01:40:02,033
with Harley and Wilkes.

1884
01:40:02,133 --> 01:40:05,467
And it did what we were expecting it to do.

1885
01:40:06,634 --> 01:40:09,467
HVE is down about 114.

1886
01:40:09,734 --> 01:40:11,266
So there are about 611 from

1887
01:40:11,266 --> 01:40:12,900
where they were last year at this time

1888
01:40:13,700 --> 01:40:15,767
when they were about the same size as Reynolds Middle

1889
01:40:16,033 --> 01:40:18,700
and Reynolds Middle is larger by about 95.

1890
01:40:19,634 --> 01:40:21,667
Walt Murray not impacted by the boundary changes

1891
01:40:21,834 --> 01:40:23,767
or Reynolds High School RLA.

1892
01:40:25,033 --> 01:40:27,100
So in some the boundary changes are,

1893
01:40:27,066 --> 01:40:28,634
are did what we expected.

1894
01:40:29,100 --> 01:40:32,233
We definitely had some bumps along the way with making sure

1895
01:40:32,233 --> 01:40:33,667
that bus routes were set up.

1896
01:40:34,000 --> 01:40:35,500
I think we tried to quickly address those.

1897
01:40:36,634 --> 01:40:41,000
Generally what we're seeing is the effects of those were

1898
01:40:41,000 --> 01:40:45,700
what we anticipated class sizes at elementary,

1899
01:40:46,333 --> 01:40:50,266
as you can see there they are, the averages are, are still

1900
01:40:51,333 --> 01:40:52,667
for the most part in the twenties.

1901
01:40:52,834 --> 01:40:54,367
We do have some high spots here

1902
01:40:54,367 --> 01:40:55,700
and there, particularly in fifth grade.

1903
01:40:56,867 --> 01:40:59,467
We will, Shanise will meet with our associations

1904
01:40:59,467 --> 01:41:02,100
and look at possible additions

1905
01:41:02,100 --> 01:41:04,934
or moving of staff if needed, to address some

1906
01:41:04,934 --> 01:41:06,834
of the higher class numbers if possible.

1907
01:41:08,100 --> 01:41:10,333
So that'll happen before the October board meeting.

1908
01:41:12,834 --> 01:41:14,900
Any questions on the enrollment report?

1909
01:41:16,266 --> 01:41:18,100
- And these were, these were national.

1910
01:41:19,033 --> 01:41:22,100
We did not 10 day drop

1911
01:41:23,634 --> 01:41:24,634
- It.

1912
01:41:24,634 --> 01:41:26,567
This, the September 15th date would've been right

1913
01:41:26,734 --> 01:41:28,100
after, yeah, the 10 day drop.

1914
01:41:28,166 --> 01:41:29,667
So they should okay.

1915
01:41:29,667 --> 01:41:33,166
Unless there were, for some reasons, one that didn't happen.

1916
01:41:35,233 --> 01:41:35,567
They

1917
01:41:40,266 --> 01:41:41,867
little, little more complicated.

1918
01:41:42,634 --> 01:41:46,500
Yep, Yep.

1919
01:41:46,867 --> 01:41:49,133
It was like right at the day, like ninth grade

1920
01:41:49,266 --> 01:41:51,100
and sixth grade with a staggered start.

1921
01:41:52,133 --> 01:41:53,333
So they had a day prior

1922
01:41:56,467 --> 01:41:58,734
Kindergarten had a, they're staggered start

1923
01:41:58,767 --> 01:41:59,934
for a couple days as well.

1924
01:42:05,333 --> 01:42:07,166
All right, Mr. Chair, I'll turn it back over to you.

1925
01:42:10,367 --> 01:42:14,700
Thank you. So we are now moving on to our consent agenda.

1926
01:42:15,300 --> 01:42:17,133
Just a few items here.

1927
01:42:17,500 --> 01:42:21,066
Approval personnel order approval of prior meeting minutes

1928
01:42:21,634 --> 01:42:26,467
while we have a RLA commission forest ecology trip

1929
01:42:26,467 --> 01:42:29,567
to the Olympic National Forest, accepting a grant

1930
01:42:29,567 --> 01:42:31,567
for the comprehensive state literacy,

1931
01:42:31,567 --> 01:42:32,567
state development grant

1932
01:42:33,100 --> 01:42:38,000
and policy updates that were discussed at the last reviewed

1933
01:42:38,033 --> 01:42:40,266
by the board at the last work session,

1934
01:42:40,367 --> 01:42:41,433
or which probably not here,

1935
01:42:41,533 --> 01:42:44,133
but they get a chance to read the notes

1936
01:42:44,033 --> 01:42:47,734
and yeah, that now we, we will be approving those policies

1937
01:42:47,734 --> 01:42:48,767
after that discussion.

1938
01:42:49,900 --> 01:42:53,133
I did want to point out in those policy updates, one

1939
01:42:53,133 --> 01:42:56,100
of the policies that I know came up under, under discussion

1940
01:42:56,100 --> 01:43:00,066
and consideration were board member stipends, which the

1941
01:43:00,734 --> 01:43:03,133
state had finally figured out all

1942
01:43:03,133 --> 01:43:06,266
their policies around that.

1943
01:43:06,367 --> 01:43:07,900
But all the board members agreed

1944
01:43:07,900 --> 01:43:09,367
that we will not be accepting any

1945
01:43:09,367 --> 01:43:10,734
stipends for the board members.

1946
01:43:11,133 --> 01:43:13,634
So we are volunteers

1947
01:43:13,634 --> 01:43:15,900
and we will remain volunteers in these positions.

1948
01:43:18,433 --> 01:43:20,300
- I have a question. - Yes. You wanna

1949
01:43:21,300 --> 01:43:22,700
- Take it or you want me to start?

1950
01:43:23,100 --> 01:43:24,700
- Alright, yeah, let's go

1951
01:43:24,700 --> 01:43:25,700
- For it.

1952
01:43:25,700 --> 01:43:27,367
Okay. I just have a quick, the,

1953
01:43:27,467 --> 01:43:29,634
the grant exception acceptance,

1954
01:43:29,700 --> 01:43:32,934
the comprehensive literacy literacy state development grant,

1955
01:43:32,934 --> 01:43:34,767
was that the one you just was explain.

1956
01:43:35,066 --> 01:43:38,634
Okay. The problem that I have, like when I was reading

1957
01:43:38,634 --> 01:43:40,934
through all the pages is that a lot of the pages,

1958
01:43:41,133 --> 01:43:44,734
it's just a lot of legalese, which, you know, like,

1959
01:43:45,166 --> 01:43:46,467
I'm not gonna change any of that,

1960
01:43:46,867 --> 01:43:50,100
but could there be like, like kind of like one little sheet

1961
01:43:50,100 --> 01:43:51,100
that says this is what,

1962
01:43:51,100 --> 01:43:52,834
what we are actually doing with our money.

1963
01:43:53,634 --> 01:43:57,367
Because that I was looking to see, I, I see all the goals

1964
01:43:57,433 --> 01:44:00,266
and I see all legalese, but what are we exactly gonna do?

1965
01:44:01,133 --> 01:44:02,433
And that's probably not part of your

1966
01:44:03,033 --> 01:44:04,767
- Profess - Here, but I'm

1967
01:44:04,767 --> 01:44:05,767
- Curious.

1968
01:44:05,767 --> 01:44:06,767
Yeah, that's comprehensive literacy.

1969
01:44:07,033 --> 01:44:11,767
State development grant was a competitive grant for open

1970
01:44:11,767 --> 01:44:13,166
to all districts in the state of Oregon.

1971
01:44:13,333 --> 01:44:17,333
It's federal dollars. And we were,

1972
01:44:17,500 --> 01:44:18,567
we received the grant.

1973
01:44:19,033 --> 01:44:22,834
So I'll turn it over to Kate to talk about some

1974
01:44:22,834 --> 01:44:24,033
of the specifics here in a minute.

1975
01:44:24,266 --> 01:44:26,900
The grant has some very specific requirements

1976
01:44:27,033 --> 01:44:31,333
for percentages of dollars that have to be spent on pre-K k

1977
01:44:32,066 --> 01:44:33,734
five and six 12.

1978
01:44:34,767 --> 01:44:37,867
It also has some very strict limitations on

1979
01:44:37,900 --> 01:44:39,333
what we can spend it on.

1980
01:44:40,734 --> 01:44:42,066
We, it's mostly designed

1981
01:44:42,100 --> 01:44:44,667
to provide professional development curriculum

1982
01:44:45,934 --> 01:44:50,367
and very little, if any, can be spent on staff.

1983
01:44:51,567 --> 01:44:53,634
And again, this is a time-limited grant.

1984
01:44:54,033 --> 01:44:57,033
Right now we know we're receiving year one

1985
01:44:57,066 --> 01:44:59,133
and two funds from the federal government,

1986
01:44:59,300 --> 01:45:01,367
but the state has not, to my knowledge,

1987
01:45:01,734 --> 01:45:04,467
received in any information from the federal government if

1988
01:45:04,467 --> 01:45:07,300
this grant will be continued beyond this year

1989
01:45:07,533 --> 01:45:11,066
or it will be able to carry over funds from year to year.

1990
01:45:11,266 --> 01:45:13,100
So there's a lot that's unknown,

1991
01:45:13,133 --> 01:45:15,033
which would then affect how we spend it.

1992
01:45:15,500 --> 01:45:17,033
Some of the things that I think we are looking

1993
01:45:17,066 --> 01:45:20,100
to do in this grant would be to expand our,

1994
01:45:20,100 --> 01:45:23,000
our preschool offerings that are co-located in our schools.

1995
01:45:24,700 --> 01:45:27,900
We've been using a model where we provide space

1996
01:45:28,000 --> 01:45:31,166
and then invite a community partner organization to run the,

1997
01:45:31,333 --> 01:45:33,734
the, the preschool like we're doing at Davis

1998
01:45:34,734 --> 01:45:37,934
and for example.

1999
01:45:38,066 --> 01:45:39,233
So we're trying to look to expand those.

2000
01:45:40,166 --> 01:45:42,734
Elementary, we are looking to continue

2001
01:45:42,734 --> 01:45:44,734
to advise some professional development opportunities,

2002
01:45:44,734 --> 01:45:48,066
particularly around accessing language development

2003
01:45:48,066 --> 01:45:50,533
and using it for training for our DLI,

2004
01:45:50,667 --> 01:45:53,000
our dual language staff and expanding in that area.

2005
01:45:54,033 --> 01:45:57,500
Six 12, there's a real focus on how state

2006
01:45:58,166 --> 01:46:00,433
required in the grant, a real focus on how do we,

2007
01:46:00,533 --> 01:46:02,734
are we teaching literacy across the curriculum?

2008
01:46:02,767 --> 01:46:05,000
We teaching it in classes other than language arts.

2009
01:46:06,033 --> 01:46:09,266
Our reading specialists at the secondary level are not in

2010
01:46:09,266 --> 01:46:10,533
paper by this grant,

2011
01:46:11,367 --> 01:46:13,433
but that would be an example of

2012
01:46:13,433 --> 01:46:14,533
how we are providing some

2013
01:46:14,767 --> 01:46:16,100
literacy support through other funds.

2014
01:46:16,900 --> 01:46:19,166
Kate, what? Just turn this over to Kate.

2015
01:46:19,166 --> 01:46:20,667
So I'll, I'll hand it over to her.

2016
01:46:20,834 --> 01:46:24,033
She's still getting her feet on the ground with this one,

2017
01:46:24,166 --> 01:46:25,767
but has been attending the meetings.

2018
01:46:27,066 --> 01:46:30,166
- Thank you. Yeah, I, I don't have really much

2019
01:46:30,166 --> 01:46:31,300
to add to that at all.

2020
01:46:33,033 --> 01:46:36,734
The breakdown of spending is a, it is a,

2021
01:46:37,066 --> 01:46:40,367
an absolute firm requirement that 16%

2022
01:46:40,367 --> 01:46:44,867
of the grant be spent on pre-K, 42% on K five

2023
01:46:45,066 --> 01:46:46,900
and 42% on six 12.

2024
01:46:48,033 --> 01:46:51,467
And so the original grant application

2025
01:46:52,066 --> 01:46:54,734
included a general budget just to go

2026
01:46:54,734 --> 01:46:56,000
through the approval process.

2027
01:46:56,467 --> 01:47:01,266
And now with, with the board's acceptance of this grant,

2028
01:47:01,734 --> 01:47:05,066
then we, they will open it up to us to revise

2029
01:47:05,066 --> 01:47:07,934
and refine what that budget process looks like.

2030
01:47:08,000 --> 01:47:09,100
And I would be more than happy

2031
01:47:09,100 --> 01:47:12,000
to bring back a more detailed list of items.

2032
01:47:12,367 --> 01:47:16,133
But Dr. Carello covered everything that was in the original.

2033
01:47:17,834 --> 01:47:19,000
Okay, so this is the,

2034
01:47:19,433 --> 01:47:21,033
this is the first time we've gotten this grant.

2035
01:47:21,233 --> 01:47:23,133
So then this was just, hey, here's a grant.

2036
01:47:23,133 --> 01:47:25,100
So we write out and say here's,

2037
01:47:25,033 --> 01:47:27,300
and then they say, well here's what you can spend it on.

2038
01:47:27,300 --> 01:47:28,767
And then we're like, oh, now that we have it,

2039
01:47:28,767 --> 01:47:30,000
here's what we're gonna spend it on.

2040
01:47:30,000 --> 01:47:32,634
Yes. And it was my, and it, it's interesting.

2041
01:47:32,834 --> 01:47:36,266
So the state received the money a year ago

2042
01:47:36,433 --> 01:47:39,834
and they, they, they used all pretty much the full year

2043
01:47:39,900 --> 01:47:41,867
to do rule writing for this grant.

2044
01:47:42,000 --> 01:47:45,867
So actually what we are receiving with the grant that's

2045
01:47:45,867 --> 01:47:50,033
before you is money for year one and year two

2046
01:47:50,033 --> 01:47:51,533
because during year one,

2047
01:47:51,567 --> 01:47:53,367
the state was in the rule writing process.

2048
01:47:53,900 --> 01:47:55,734
So once we receive the grant

2049
01:47:55,834 --> 01:47:58,133
or have acceptance of the grant, then we're able to go in

2050
01:47:58,133 --> 01:48:00,233
and revise what our, our needs are.

2051
01:48:03,934 --> 01:48:07,934
- I have a question is in, in, in the legal liens.

2052
01:48:09,333 --> 01:48:10,834
I said the effective date

2053
01:48:10,834 --> 01:48:13,533
and duration is from July 1st through

2054
01:48:14,634 --> 01:48:16,100
Tuesday of this

2055
01:48:16,100 --> 01:48:17,100
- Month.

2056
01:48:17,100 --> 01:48:19,834
Yeah, so exactly.

2057
01:48:21,000 --> 01:48:23,734
So was it two weeks ago?

2058
01:48:24,000 --> 01:48:26,834
I think we were on a webinar with, with the,

2059
01:48:26,934 --> 01:48:28,133
the folks at the state

2060
01:48:28,233 --> 01:48:30,000
and they were still waiting

2061
01:48:30,233 --> 01:48:32,433
for confirmation from the federal government

2062
01:48:32,467 --> 01:48:34,700
that there would be a continuation of these funds.

2063
01:48:35,033 --> 01:48:38,066
They knew for sure we would have the first allocation,

2064
01:48:38,066 --> 01:48:39,266
which is in the grant in front of you.

2065
01:48:39,700 --> 01:48:41,000
But there will actually be,

2066
01:48:41,433 --> 01:48:44,433
once they received verification from the federal government

2067
01:48:45,066 --> 01:48:47,900
that the additional years of grant funding are coming,

2068
01:48:48,100 --> 01:48:50,500
we will be bringing the additional grant back to you

2069
01:48:51,000 --> 01:48:52,233
with the updated date.

2070
01:48:53,433 --> 01:48:54,834
Expecting that any moment.

2071
01:48:55,133 --> 01:48:59,000
It might even be in my email inbox now. So

2072
01:48:59,867 --> 01:49:01,033
- Unfortunately, - Yes.

2073
01:49:01,033 --> 01:49:02,333
Then we can carry over. Correct.

2074
01:49:02,500 --> 01:49:05,567
- Unfortunately, IDES procurement processes allow

2075
01:49:05,634 --> 01:49:08,066
for backdating up to the beginning of the fiscal year,

2076
01:49:08,066 --> 01:49:11,033
but in reality it's just really hard to implement, you know,

2077
01:49:11,033 --> 01:49:12,634
because it's like, oh, here's a grant in October,

2078
01:49:12,634 --> 01:49:14,634
please tell us how you think you spent this grant

2079
01:49:14,634 --> 01:49:17,734
money starting from July. Don't get,

2080
01:49:18,700 --> 01:49:20,033
- And this is a great example of that.

2081
01:49:20,033 --> 01:49:22,133
We actually get two years worth of money

2082
01:49:22,567 --> 01:49:24,133
to spend in one year course

2083
01:49:24,133 --> 01:49:26,000
and then the subsequent years we'll get

2084
01:49:26,000 --> 01:49:27,000
the actual allocation.

2085
01:49:27,233 --> 01:49:29,634
So it will feel like we're getting less than subsequent

2086
01:49:29,634 --> 01:49:31,500
years because we're getting two years upfront

2087
01:49:32,300 --> 01:49:35,066
and unfortunately we are if we get it.

2088
01:49:36,033 --> 01:49:38,467
And unfortunately it's very limited in

2089
01:49:38,467 --> 01:49:39,834
what we can spend it on.

2090
01:49:40,033 --> 01:49:41,033
So

2091
01:49:41,667 --> 01:49:42,133
- On Tuesday,

2092
01:49:50,100 --> 01:49:51,900
any other questions on the consent agenda?

2093
01:49:52,900 --> 01:49:56,867
Can I get a motion to approve board chair?

2094
01:49:56,900 --> 01:49:59,000
Move the board, approve all consent agenda items

2095
01:49:59,133 --> 01:50:00,834
as presented a second.

2096
01:50:01,634 --> 01:50:05,033
Any final questions for all to vote?

2097
01:50:05,066 --> 01:50:07,367
All those in favor say aye. Aye.

2098
01:50:07,734 --> 01:50:10,867
The opposed Senator item passes.

2099
01:50:13,133 --> 01:50:17,900
So we have two

2100
01:50:18,166 --> 01:50:19,467
action items for the board.

2101
01:50:19,500 --> 01:50:21,734
The first one is a procurement exemption.

2102
01:50:23,133 --> 01:50:26,233
Part of the board's responsibility is to serve as the local

2103
01:50:27,266 --> 01:50:28,266
contract review board.

2104
01:50:29,100 --> 01:50:31,700
And we are asking for an exemption.

2105
01:50:31,700 --> 01:50:34,000
So we can use what's called the design build method

2106
01:50:34,066 --> 01:50:38,333
of procurement instead of having to put out a separate

2107
01:50:39,266 --> 01:50:43,467
RFP for designing the dental space, then of building it

2108
01:50:43,533 --> 01:50:45,100
and a separate, separate design

2109
01:50:45,066 --> 01:50:48,500
and then another bid for actual construction of it.

2110
01:50:48,934 --> 01:50:52,133
So the design build exemption allows us to put out one RFP

2111
01:50:52,700 --> 01:50:55,333
to secure one company who can do all of

2112
01:50:55,333 --> 01:50:56,467
that from start to finish.

2113
01:50:57,100 --> 01:50:58,133
And that would be our preference.

2114
01:50:58,133 --> 01:51:01,000
We believe it's a more efficient, time efficient as well

2115
01:51:01,000 --> 01:51:02,934
as a financially efficient way to,

2116
01:51:03,834 --> 01:51:05,166
to complete design builds.

2117
01:51:05,166 --> 01:51:07,066
This is the strategy that the board

2118
01:51:08,066 --> 01:51:10,033
passports have used when we built the three elementary

2119
01:51:10,033 --> 01:51:12,634
schools and, and for the 2015 bond

2120
01:51:14,033 --> 01:51:16,166
and we brought a similar one.

2121
01:51:16,233 --> 01:51:17,834
We were trying to spend some master funds

2122
01:51:18,100 --> 01:51:19,433
to the board a couple years ago.

2123
01:51:20,734 --> 01:51:24,867
So part of the process is that you'll see there, we have

2124
01:51:24,867 --> 01:51:26,834
to do a scope work

2125
01:51:27,000 --> 01:51:30,767
and explain why we want to have this design bill.

2126
01:51:30,834 --> 01:51:32,100
It's called the finding of facts.

2127
01:51:32,300 --> 01:51:35,266
And that's what legalese there is on those pages.

2128
01:51:36,033 --> 01:51:37,100
And then once

2129
01:51:37,233 --> 01:51:39,767
or if we have the board's approval to go in this direction,

2130
01:51:39,767 --> 01:51:42,367
then we will release A RFP

2131
01:51:44,000 --> 01:51:45,000
over the next week.

2132
01:51:45,133 --> 01:51:48,767
I would say we're in the final stages of prepping the RFP to

2133
01:51:49,433 --> 01:51:53,667
receive bids from companies that are interested in serving

2134
01:51:53,734 --> 01:51:57,100
as our design and builder for this space renovation

2135
01:51:57,233 --> 01:51:58,867
to set up our dental space.

2136
01:52:06,900 --> 01:52:08,567
- And so I know nothing about construction.

2137
01:52:10,300 --> 01:52:15,066
Are there specific companies that like, like this is like

2138
01:52:15,100 --> 01:52:17,166
what they like to do and are they good?

2139
01:52:18,467 --> 01:52:22,066
- Yes. So part of, so part of our, our preparation

2140
01:52:22,066 --> 01:52:24,500
for this has been talking to other districts

2141
01:52:25,066 --> 01:52:28,066
that have a dental space already set up.

2142
01:52:28,100 --> 01:52:30,367
So Portland public put one in the new Benson High School.

2143
01:52:31,033 --> 01:52:32,133
We've been in touch with them.

2144
01:52:33,033 --> 01:52:35,634
PS I'm sorry, PSU built a space.

2145
01:52:36,133 --> 01:52:37,033
We've been in touch with them.

2146
01:52:38,767 --> 01:52:41,100
Salem Kaiser has a space as well as Willamette,

2147
01:52:41,333 --> 01:52:44,100
SD I'm sorry, north and then Willamette, ESD as well.

2148
01:52:44,634 --> 01:52:48,033
So Justin Birmingham has spent some time in conversation

2149
01:52:48,033 --> 01:52:51,533
with the, the key individuals in those districts as well as

2150
01:52:52,033 --> 01:52:56,634
the equipment vendors as well as the individual companies

2151
01:52:56,634 --> 01:52:59,834
that have constructed those spaces to get an idea.

2152
01:52:59,900 --> 01:53:01,266
And it, it seems that if

2153
01:53:01,634 --> 01:53:04,533
that they all have essentially here's

2154
01:53:04,567 --> 01:53:07,033
how much space do you have, how many chairs

2155
01:53:07,133 --> 01:53:08,634
and workstations do you want?

2156
01:53:08,900 --> 01:53:10,734
And then this is what you need.

2157
01:53:11,533 --> 01:53:13,367
And it's sort of a package if you will.

2158
01:53:13,533 --> 01:53:15,533
Not like a package, but you're gonna have a chair,

2159
01:53:15,533 --> 01:53:17,066
you're gonna have this, you're gonna have this, you this.

2160
01:53:17,667 --> 01:53:20,433
So all of that will be specified in our RFP,

2161
01:53:20,934 --> 01:53:22,867
but we want what our space looks like

2162
01:53:23,467 --> 01:53:25,066
and then they take it from there

2163
01:53:25,367 --> 01:53:28,367
and respond to our RFP with a design

2164
01:53:28,467 --> 01:53:31,367
and what they would engage us with us

2165
01:53:31,767 --> 01:53:33,100
and as well as the cost.

2166
01:53:33,533 --> 01:53:35,100
And then we interview them and,

2167
01:53:35,133 --> 01:53:37,567
and pick our, we have a team that will pick

2168
01:53:38,166 --> 01:53:40,000
and based on the cost

2169
01:53:40,100 --> 01:53:43,133
and the other factors outlined in the rp,

2170
01:53:44,533 --> 01:53:46,667
we anticipate getting several bids.

2171
01:53:46,700 --> 01:53:48,433
We've had people contact us already

2172
01:53:49,433 --> 01:53:52,834
just from seeing this in the board book question.

2173
01:53:53,033 --> 01:53:58,033
In terms of that selection, do we usually select the lowest

2174
01:53:59,333 --> 01:54:03,367
cost bidder or is it more like, are we looking

2175
01:54:03,433 --> 01:54:04,567
for specific things?

2176
01:54:05,000 --> 01:54:08,834
Yeah, I think I can't get in too much of the RFP.

2177
01:54:08,900 --> 01:54:12,100
I think it's a combination of cost for sure as well

2178
01:54:12,133 --> 01:54:15,100
as experience in doing projects in schools

2179
01:54:15,233 --> 01:54:17,533
and doing projects that are aligned with the project

2180
01:54:17,533 --> 01:54:21,100
that we are contemplating that they know.

2181
01:54:22,100 --> 01:54:22,233
Yeah,

2182
01:54:43,634 --> 01:54:46,300
we've had folks contact us wanting to know when

2183
01:54:46,934 --> 01:54:49,567
the RFP will be so they can apply for it.

2184
01:54:52,033 --> 01:54:53,133
And the funding to this is

2185
01:54:53,133 --> 01:54:55,500
through the intensive pro intensive coaching?

2186
01:54:55,533 --> 01:54:58,367
Yes. Very specific to these types of things.

2187
01:54:58,367 --> 01:55:00,233
And about how many students do we anticipate

2188
01:55:00,634 --> 01:55:01,900
what the program is up and running?

2189
01:55:02,900 --> 01:55:05,033
Generally what other districts have done is they run

2190
01:55:05,033 --> 01:55:07,533
essentially a cohort model, an intro class,

2191
01:55:07,734 --> 01:55:09,567
and then kids continue on to the program.

2192
01:55:10,000 --> 01:55:12,000
So I would say that, you know, with one

2193
01:55:12,000 --> 01:55:14,934
or two teachers, we're looking at one

2194
01:55:14,934 --> 01:55:17,767
to 200 students in the program a year.

2195
01:55:18,934 --> 01:55:20,367
Yeah. Once it's up

2196
01:55:20,367 --> 01:55:21,767
and running, we have multiple classes

2197
01:55:21,900 --> 01:55:23,133
that have different levels going

2198
01:55:29,867 --> 01:55:31,867
chair, I move that the board acting

2199
01:55:32,000 --> 01:55:34,667
as a local contract will review board, approve the

2200
01:55:35,233 --> 01:55:38,667
utilization of a design built human method

2201
01:55:38,900 --> 01:55:43,133
for renovations at RHS for a dental assisting program.

2202
01:55:44,100 --> 01:55:46,300
Motion. Do I have a second? I second the motion.

2203
01:55:47,066 --> 01:55:51,567
Any final questions? Clarification? All all vote.

2204
01:55:51,667 --> 01:55:53,834
All those in favor say aye. Aye.

2205
01:55:54,100 --> 01:55:57,033
- Aye. Opposed? - Thank you.

2206
01:55:57,634 --> 01:55:59,500
We'll certainly keep the board updated as we go

2207
01:55:59,500 --> 01:56:02,100
through the process and need further approvals.

2208
01:56:03,233 --> 01:56:07,767
The second action item tonight is the requirement

2209
01:56:07,834 --> 01:56:11,266
that the board approve the superintendent evaluation

2210
01:56:11,567 --> 01:56:12,634
standard and goals similar.

2211
01:56:13,033 --> 01:56:15,300
It should look similar to what it did last year.

2212
01:56:16,100 --> 01:56:18,734
We're using the same standards, the goals have been updated,

2213
01:56:19,500 --> 01:56:21,900
but otherwise we should look very similar to

2214
01:56:22,066 --> 01:56:24,734
what the board engaged in through that process for us.

2215
01:56:24,767 --> 01:56:29,000
So each goal has objectives that are updated

2216
01:56:29,133 --> 01:56:33,166
that will primarily fall to our academics department

2217
01:56:34,333 --> 01:56:35,500
with oversight.

2218
01:56:35,867 --> 01:56:38,033
And then goal number six, which is

2219
01:56:38,634 --> 01:56:40,066
there's no objective score there,

2220
01:56:40,066 --> 01:56:42,634
but that is the, the support services goal.

2221
01:56:42,634 --> 01:56:46,567
Again, we will have our support department managers come

2222
01:56:46,567 --> 01:56:48,333
and present to the board about the metrics

2223
01:56:48,467 --> 01:56:49,500
that they are tracking.

2224
01:56:50,500 --> 01:56:53,133
This will be last year was setting a benchmark

2225
01:56:53,133 --> 01:56:55,834
and this year they'll give you an update on progress related

2226
01:56:55,834 --> 01:56:57,834
to those, those different metrics.

2227
01:56:58,133 --> 01:57:01,033
So those will, we have a report scheduled there starting in

2228
01:57:01,033 --> 01:57:02,367
November with nutrition services.

2229
01:57:17,834 --> 01:57:18,834
- You go to five,

2230
01:57:19,567 --> 01:57:21,133
- Did that get, which is graduation?

2231
01:57:21,333 --> 01:57:23,300
Did we move that to not being scored

2232
01:57:23,300 --> 01:57:25,066
because of a hard time with

2233
01:57:25,567 --> 01:57:28,734
when we do your evaluation when Yeah, actually get the data.

2234
01:57:29,667 --> 01:57:31,834
- We can move it to, I think the,

2235
01:57:32,000 --> 01:57:33,367
what would be appropriate would be

2236
01:57:33,367 --> 01:57:34,767
to consider the objectives,

2237
01:57:34,900 --> 01:57:38,100
but not necessarily the, the goal, not score.

2238
01:57:38,100 --> 01:57:40,066
It says there for the goal itself,

2239
01:57:40,066 --> 01:57:42,000
but what the objectives is to get the score.

2240
01:57:42,100 --> 01:57:43,767
- Yeah, we can still talk about it,

2241
01:57:44,266 --> 01:57:45,700
absolutely, but we won't have,

2242
01:57:52,767 --> 01:57:53,300
- Still have

2243
01:58:00,634 --> 01:58:04,300
instead of like getting rid of talk about

2244
01:58:04,867 --> 01:58:06,333
- If we work for what We won't know the answer.

2245
01:58:06,333 --> 01:58:09,166
Right. Okay.

2246
01:58:10,333 --> 01:58:12,100
- Our most lagging, lagging indicator.

2247
01:58:18,900 --> 01:58:23,000
Can I get a motion board chair?

2248
01:58:23,033 --> 01:58:25,100
I move the board, approve the superintendent's goals

2249
01:58:25,100 --> 01:58:27,033
and evaluation plan as presented.

2250
01:58:27,467 --> 01:58:30,734
We have a second. Second. Any final questions?

2251
01:58:30,734 --> 01:58:34,567
Clarification? All right. Call to a vote.

2252
01:58:34,667 --> 01:58:36,000
All those in favor say aye.

2253
01:58:36,934 --> 01:58:40,634
- Aye. Opposed? - Okay. And that's it for action,

2254
01:58:40,767 --> 01:58:41,767
- Mr.

2255
01:58:42,166 --> 01:58:45,066
- All right. Moving forward to board member announcements.

2256
01:58:48,567 --> 01:58:50,100
Gonzalez, do you wanna take off?

2257
01:58:51,533 --> 01:58:53,066
- Yes, I took us off.

2258
01:58:53,567 --> 01:58:58,066
I definitely was very intentional about

2259
01:58:58,667 --> 01:59:01,133
speaking to the teacher.

2260
01:59:03,066 --> 01:59:05,834
So I've been a board member

2261
01:59:06,233 --> 01:59:09,533
for six years going into my seventh year

2262
01:59:10,500 --> 01:59:13,533
since being elected in this volunteer position,

2263
01:59:14,133 --> 01:59:18,467
I have witnessed our district navigate both significant

2264
01:59:19,100 --> 01:59:22,333
challenges but also meaningful success.

2265
01:59:24,133 --> 01:59:25,934
I've been, I've seen firsthand

2266
01:59:25,934 --> 01:59:28,033
during my school visit the pride

2267
01:59:28,333 --> 01:59:31,033
and passion our teachers bring to their work.

2268
01:59:32,166 --> 01:59:35,100
I've also seen the dedication of our four staff,

2269
01:59:35,367 --> 01:59:38,333
whether in the cafeteria, in the library,

2270
01:59:39,634 --> 01:59:42,033
custodial services, on the bus,

2271
01:59:42,834 --> 01:59:45,667
or in the classroom, each one ready

2272
01:59:45,834 --> 01:59:48,700
and willing to serve our students in our community.

2273
01:59:49,567 --> 01:59:53,500
However, all that passion, dedication,

2274
01:59:53,700 --> 01:59:58,133
and pride often seems to fade away during bargaining session

2275
02:00:00,066 --> 02:00:02,333
and their, in their in its place.

2276
02:00:02,567 --> 02:00:05,467
Like when it's anger, frustration,

2277
02:00:06,500 --> 02:00:11,066
aggressive behavior and disappointment, largely

2278
02:00:11,100 --> 02:00:14,000
because expectations are not being met

2279
02:00:14,233 --> 02:00:16,266
and demands are not being fulfilled.

2280
02:00:16,934 --> 02:00:21,834
The public comments I read this week

2281
02:00:22,166 --> 02:00:24,066
included stories about challenges

2282
02:00:25,133 --> 02:00:28,767
many teachers are facing related to additional workload

2283
02:00:29,734 --> 02:00:31,300
and certainly about their future.

2284
02:00:31,433 --> 02:00:35,500
At rental school districts, excessive number of case loads,

2285
02:00:36,266 --> 02:00:38,700
illnesses related to their work environment.

2286
02:00:39,567 --> 02:00:42,634
Teacher breaks down from stress and worrying.

2287
02:00:43,066 --> 02:00:46,100
I read that and I hear that every single time.

2288
02:00:47,133 --> 02:00:51,333
My question is, how is the union leadership supporting

2289
02:00:51,333 --> 02:00:54,100
and standing by their members during this crisis?

2290
02:00:56,033 --> 02:00:59,333
The ongoing rhetoric claims of hidden funds

2291
02:01:00,700 --> 02:01:03,367
flaw, mass accused accusation

2292
02:01:03,533 --> 02:01:06,667
of district leaders are not bargaining in good faith.

2293
02:01:07,567 --> 02:01:10,133
And that board members are not questioning the budget.

2294
02:01:11,266 --> 02:01:13,133
And it is not only misleading,

2295
02:01:13,900 --> 02:01:16,667
but also affecting the teacher's ability to focus

2296
02:01:16,700 --> 02:01:18,634
and perform their work effectively.

2297
02:01:20,033 --> 02:01:23,533
The district held a bargaining session via Zoom on

2298
02:01:23,834 --> 02:01:28,100
September 18th at 5:00 PM to engage in further discussion

2299
02:01:28,567 --> 02:01:30,033
with both OSEA

2300
02:01:30,467 --> 02:01:34,066
and RA neither association attending.

2301
02:01:35,066 --> 02:01:39,033
Why? Because they held a separate in-person session

2302
02:01:39,834 --> 02:01:41,000
open to the public.

2303
02:01:42,367 --> 02:01:45,133
I don't interrupt when I when we have public comments,

2304
02:01:45,100 --> 02:01:47,300
so please, I I deserve the same respect.

2305
02:01:49,233 --> 02:01:50,567
Where did the partnership

2306
02:01:50,567 --> 02:01:53,033
and collaboration efforts go when that happened?

2307
02:01:53,166 --> 02:01:57,166
Two separate sessions organized separately

2308
02:01:58,533 --> 02:02:01,266
from the beginning of this bargaining that season.

2309
02:02:01,634 --> 02:02:04,100
The associations have been fully aware

2310
02:02:04,433 --> 02:02:08,100
that all furlough MOU bargaining sessions were going

2311
02:02:08,100 --> 02:02:12,700
to take place in closed session without a public audience,

2312
02:02:13,000 --> 02:02:14,567
but with a zoom access

2313
02:02:15,000 --> 02:02:16,667
provided for staff to watch and listen.

2314
02:02:17,734 --> 02:02:21,734
So why are the association not now attempting to break

2315
02:02:21,734 --> 02:02:23,100
that agreement and

2316
02:02:23,100 --> 02:02:26,500
that profit without any coordination with the district?

2317
02:02:28,033 --> 02:02:31,033
Our district budget no longer reflects the full financial

2318
02:02:31,133 --> 02:02:34,734
reality due to three major key factors.

2319
02:02:36,166 --> 02:02:37,834
Federal funding for many

2320
02:02:37,834 --> 02:02:40,367
of our educational programs is no longer

2321
02:02:40,433 --> 02:02:41,867
being accounted for.

2322
02:02:43,066 --> 02:02:46,433
Safe funding has decreased compared to previous years.

2323
02:02:47,634 --> 02:02:51,033
And student enrollment has declined affecting the

2324
02:02:51,033 --> 02:02:52,300
further impact of revenue.

2325
02:02:54,100 --> 02:02:57,000
Why isn't the union speaking truthfully about the real

2326
02:02:57,000 --> 02:02:59,700
reasons why we're in this situation?

2327
02:03:03,000 --> 02:03:07,767
Federal funding is a major factor behind budget challenging,

2328
02:03:08,934 --> 02:03:11,066
yet they continue to ignore it.

2329
02:03:12,300 --> 02:03:15,900
Business lead staff and shift narrative away from the facts.

2330
02:03:17,000 --> 02:03:20,533
Our district leaders have constantly bargained in good faith

2331
02:03:21,066 --> 02:03:24,333
and we will accept any the land from the association.

2332
02:03:25,533 --> 02:03:28,533
It's time to set aside the distraction,

2333
02:03:29,367 --> 02:03:32,867
the misinformation, the halting tactics.

2334
02:03:33,367 --> 02:03:36,367
This present demands honesty, transparency,

2335
02:03:36,767 --> 02:03:37,900
and mutual respect.

2336
02:03:38,033 --> 02:03:40,667
I'm in agreement, I'm in full agreement with that.

2337
02:03:41,166 --> 02:03:44,767
But it has to come from all the parties involved.

2338
02:03:46,033 --> 02:03:47,500
And I'm gonna end with the quote

2339
02:03:47,634 --> 02:03:49,867
and this quote came from public comment

2340
02:03:50,066 --> 02:03:51,300
I received via email.

2341
02:03:52,533 --> 02:03:56,433
We have to hold the children of this district from front

2342
02:03:57,033 --> 02:04:00,066
and center when making these hard

2343
02:04:00,266 --> 02:04:02,367
choices, unquote.

2344
02:04:03,133 --> 02:04:04,066
This is from a mother

2345
02:04:04,367 --> 02:04:06,500
and a staff from our district

2346
02:04:06,500 --> 02:04:08,133
that has been here for 12 years.

2347
02:04:13,867 --> 02:04:15,066
- Oh, I have my own thing to say as well.

2348
02:04:15,700 --> 02:04:18,100
You know, we had a lot of students up here,

2349
02:04:18,100 --> 02:04:19,500
you know, saying a lot of things.

2350
02:04:20,100 --> 02:04:22,900
You know, I agree with a lot of it. Yeah.

2351
02:04:22,900 --> 02:04:24,433
Transparency is very important.

2352
02:04:25,000 --> 02:04:29,100
You know, I'm also mad about furlough days, you know,

2353
02:04:29,100 --> 02:04:32,033
affecting students' ability to, you know,

2354
02:04:32,033 --> 02:04:33,100
get the education they need.

2355
02:04:34,100 --> 02:04:37,700
So my question is,

2356
02:04:39,133 --> 02:04:42,133
is union membership asking any questions

2357
02:04:42,133 --> 02:04:43,867
of transparency of their leadership?

2358
02:04:44,433 --> 02:04:48,033
Are they asking, you know, how did leadership come

2359
02:04:48,033 --> 02:04:49,700
to the conclusion that district's lying?

2360
02:04:50,467 --> 02:04:51,734
Hmm. You know, because they're

2361
02:04:51,834 --> 02:04:52,934
supposed to be out looking for you guys.

2362
02:04:53,100 --> 02:04:56,033
They're supposed to be out there protecting your rights

2363
02:04:56,033 --> 02:04:58,333
and making sure that you guys get the best benefits you are.

2364
02:04:58,867 --> 02:05:00,767
You know, if I was union leadership,

2365
02:05:01,233 --> 02:05:05,100
I wouldn't put us ourselves in a situation where

2366
02:05:06,133 --> 02:05:09,667
quality of service throughout the entire district is gonna

2367
02:05:09,667 --> 02:05:13,734
go down just because we can't come to an agreement, right?

2368
02:05:14,634 --> 02:05:15,834
Students here we're talking about

2369
02:05:15,834 --> 02:05:17,166
furloughs affecting their education.

2370
02:05:17,367 --> 02:05:20,367
I wonder how they would feel hearing student

2371
02:05:21,300 --> 02:05:25,266
teacher leadership discussing about how to put as many

2372
02:05:25,266 --> 02:05:28,033
of those furlough days on student facing days

2373
02:05:28,066 --> 02:05:30,333
as possible in order to protect paid holidays.

2374
02:05:33,533 --> 02:05:38,133
I asked you guys where is the leadership's plan?

2375
02:05:38,133 --> 02:05:39,367
What, what do they hope to do?

2376
02:05:40,000 --> 02:05:42,000
What do they hope to accomplish? Alright.

2377
02:05:42,066 --> 02:05:44,500
Because what I'm seeing right here is actions

2378
02:05:44,500 --> 02:05:46,100
that are bordering on suicidal.

2379
02:05:56,133 --> 02:05:59,367
- Yeah, go ahead. Not at the moment.

2380
02:06:00,934 --> 02:06:03,467
Eventually will. Yeah.

2381
02:06:09,367 --> 02:06:09,533
Children

2382
02:06:17,100 --> 02:06:20,767
we have, we have received worse comments towards

2383
02:06:21,166 --> 02:06:24,000
as well coming from professional teachers

2384
02:06:24,133 --> 02:06:26,100
who have been in our district for many

2385
02:06:26,100 --> 02:06:27,100
- Years.

2386
02:06:27,100 --> 02:06:29,033
This how seriously I'm taking this people, alright,

2387
02:06:29,066 --> 02:06:32,100
you can feel again your emotions as much as you want this.

2388
02:06:32,100 --> 02:06:33,133
How seriously I'm taking this?

2389
02:06:51,066 --> 02:06:52,000
- Yeah, I guess I will speak.

2390
02:06:56,867 --> 02:06:59,367
This is, well this is the way that I feel.

2391
02:07:00,133 --> 02:07:03,333
I, I joined the bargaining for the district side.

2392
02:07:03,367 --> 02:07:05,934
Late came in.

2393
02:07:08,867 --> 02:07:13,367
We as the board looked at the budget that we were given, we

2394
02:07:14,500 --> 02:07:16,634
asked over a hundred questions of Holly.

2395
02:07:18,266 --> 02:07:22,033
We had those, they were answered to our satisfaction.

2396
02:07:25,133 --> 02:07:28,367
The di, the membership showed up

2397
02:07:28,367 --> 02:07:29,433
for the first budget meeting.

2398
02:07:30,133 --> 02:07:32,934
Packed. Packed the room we're all mad at Salem

2399
02:07:32,934 --> 02:07:34,634
and we should still all be mad at Salem.

2400
02:07:35,834 --> 02:07:40,266
The next week it was back to the same 10 people here.

2401
02:07:41,367 --> 02:07:44,133
No one came and spoke for public to be heard

2402
02:07:44,133 --> 02:07:45,367
during the budget committee meetings.

2403
02:07:46,100 --> 02:07:47,333
No one sent me an email

2404
02:07:47,467 --> 02:07:50,467
besides Jeffrey to talk about the budget.

2405
02:07:52,333 --> 02:07:56,300
So as far as I knew, everyone was cool with it.

2406
02:07:57,000 --> 02:07:59,433
I can only receive the information that I get

2407
02:07:59,433 --> 02:08:01,367
and you can make faces and you can say

2408
02:08:01,367 --> 02:08:02,533
what you want about me.

2409
02:08:03,066 --> 02:08:06,934
That's fine. Also, remember that I'm sitting in this chair

2410
02:08:06,934 --> 02:08:08,533
because I used to lead you guys

2411
02:08:09,100 --> 02:08:10,867
and I'm sitting in this chair now

2412
02:08:11,100 --> 02:08:13,233
because I'm trying to see it from this side.

2413
02:08:13,667 --> 02:08:15,867
And I also, if you would go back

2414
02:08:15,867 --> 02:08:20,033
and you would look at the the budget thing, you would see

2415
02:08:20,066 --> 02:08:23,634
that, I'm trying to look at the columns in my head.

2416
02:08:23,900 --> 02:08:26,300
The first budget there was a 25% carryover.

2417
02:08:26,667 --> 02:08:29,033
The next year there was 14 and now it's nine.

2418
02:08:29,133 --> 02:08:33,033
That is one thing I worked on. We spent the money.

2419
02:08:33,867 --> 02:08:37,533
We're not sitting here with big pockets of money anymore.

2420
02:08:38,533 --> 02:08:39,867
And this is my take

2421
02:08:40,333 --> 02:08:43,100
and you can take my take for whatever you want.

2422
02:08:44,900 --> 02:08:47,500
I think the furlough day offer 10

2423
02:08:47,500 --> 02:08:48,634
days was built into the budget.

2424
02:08:49,133 --> 02:08:52,900
It was offered. There were triggers,

2425
02:08:53,467 --> 02:08:54,934
three separate triggers.

2426
02:08:56,300 --> 02:09:00,500
If you guys really believe that the numbers are so out

2427
02:09:00,500 --> 02:09:04,533
of whack and that the audit will prove that you are right.

2428
02:09:05,734 --> 02:09:09,133
I don't understand why the MOU didn't pass

2429
02:09:09,667 --> 02:09:12,133
because that would be a perfect chance for you

2430
02:09:13,033 --> 02:09:17,066
to pass the MOU say, okay, we'll take it.

2431
02:09:17,066 --> 02:09:19,667
We're we're, we will bet that your numbers are wrong.

2432
02:09:20,266 --> 02:09:21,634
Have the audit come back

2433
02:09:22,033 --> 02:09:24,367
and say, oh god, those numbers are wrong.

2434
02:09:24,867 --> 02:09:26,100
We get days back. You know

2435
02:09:26,100 --> 02:09:28,767
what if we could give you the days back,

2436
02:09:29,433 --> 02:09:31,333
I know I would stand up in here cheer.

2437
02:09:31,500 --> 02:09:33,133
I think all of us would stand up and cheer

2438
02:09:33,166 --> 02:09:35,767
and say yes, more education for our students.

2439
02:09:36,266 --> 02:09:39,300
We want that. This is not the same board

2440
02:09:39,634 --> 02:09:42,133
that I was up against that wanted to ruin

2441
02:09:43,233 --> 02:09:45,100
and consider teachers their enemies.

2442
02:09:46,033 --> 02:09:47,100
That's who I face.

2443
02:09:47,767 --> 02:09:51,300
And I'm telling you that for us here, that is not,

2444
02:09:52,133 --> 02:09:53,667
we don't see you as the enemies.

2445
02:09:53,734 --> 02:09:55,900
You may feel like we do, we don't.

2446
02:09:56,000 --> 02:09:58,734
When I was leader, they literally did

2447
02:09:58,867 --> 02:10:01,734
and said to our face, we, we think you guys are.

2448
02:10:02,333 --> 02:10:04,000
But I think if you would have accepted

2449
02:10:04,300 --> 02:10:09,266
or some combination, then if the numbers come in, then all

2450
02:10:09,367 --> 02:10:11,000
of a sudden I will look

2451
02:10:11,000 --> 02:10:12,634
and I will say, my God, what happened?

2452
02:10:13,266 --> 02:10:15,500
And I know Holly will be saying, my God, what happened?

2453
02:10:16,000 --> 02:10:17,033
But we would be happy.

2454
02:10:18,033 --> 02:10:20,367
We would be happy to give you those days back.

2455
02:10:20,734 --> 02:10:21,767
We are not trying to,

2456
02:10:22,266 --> 02:10:26,433
and I guess the pain that comes from my side is

2457
02:10:26,433 --> 02:10:30,033
that while the 10 furlough days will be hard as a teacher,

2458
02:10:30,266 --> 02:10:32,634
I took them, I know what it's like

2459
02:10:33,000 --> 02:10:34,333
to see your paycheck go down,

2460
02:10:35,233 --> 02:10:39,100
but to lose 30, 40 more teachers,

2461
02:10:40,133 --> 02:10:41,300
they won't come back.

2462
02:10:42,500 --> 02:10:46,634
They won't come back to lose 30, 40 more classified people.

2463
02:10:46,934 --> 02:10:49,033
They won't come back no matter what the audit says.

2464
02:10:49,033 --> 02:10:50,634
If the audit, all of a sudden we are wrong

2465
02:10:50,634 --> 02:10:52,700
and the audit comes back, you got 30 million

2466
02:10:52,767 --> 02:10:54,500
and we're like, woo day.

2467
02:10:54,767 --> 02:10:56,133
Oh we can't give days back.

2468
02:10:56,433 --> 02:10:58,300
Oh we we're not gonna hire people in January.

2469
02:10:58,667 --> 02:11:00,133
I guess we're gonna sit on 30 million.

2470
02:11:00,834 --> 02:11:05,734
That was my thinking going into the budgeting at this point

2471
02:11:07,066 --> 02:11:10,667
I have, Holly has answered, anytime I've asked a question

2472
02:11:11,133 --> 02:11:13,667
of Holly, she has said, here's the answer

2473
02:11:13,900 --> 02:11:15,133
and maybe you disagree

2474
02:11:15,166 --> 02:11:17,066
and maybe you don't have that relationship with her.

2475
02:11:17,266 --> 02:11:18,767
I can talk to you about my experience

2476
02:11:19,367 --> 02:11:23,367
and if I'm wrong, then in January I will say,

2477
02:11:23,367 --> 02:11:25,133
oh my God, I was duped.

2478
02:11:25,567 --> 02:11:26,900
I'm wrong Holly.

2479
02:11:27,066 --> 02:11:30,000
Why am I sitting here with egg all over my face saying

2480
02:11:30,000 --> 02:11:31,133
that I trusted you

2481
02:11:32,033 --> 02:11:35,233
and Holly will tell me why this is not

2482
02:11:36,634 --> 02:11:39,500
someone who will sit there and say, oh well I don't know.

2483
02:11:39,500 --> 02:11:40,934
And maybe that, as I say,

2484
02:11:41,100 --> 02:11:43,033
that's my impression since I was called out.

2485
02:11:43,567 --> 02:11:47,266
That's my answer. No, I won't say anymore

2486
02:11:49,133 --> 02:11:51,667
thoughts, but they're on the social thing.

2487
02:11:51,700 --> 02:11:53,734
But maybe rent is so high in Gresham

2488
02:11:53,734 --> 02:11:55,734
and that's why people can't afford to live here anymore.

2489
02:11:55,734 --> 02:11:57,066
But that's a whole another.

2490
02:12:01,033 --> 02:12:04,867
- Yeah. You know, this is hard

2491
02:12:07,433 --> 02:12:10,734
just one to listen to, to stories of teachers

2492
02:12:10,734 --> 02:12:13,767
who are struggling, teachers that I know that

2493
02:12:15,133 --> 02:12:16,433
poor their heart

2494
02:12:16,433 --> 02:12:19,500
and soul into teaching, who chose a career

2495
02:12:20,266 --> 02:12:22,634
of giving and not receiving.

2496
02:12:24,033 --> 02:12:27,300
You know, I hear stories from my own son who attends

2497
02:12:28,133 --> 02:12:30,233
Wilkes Elementary about the teachers

2498
02:12:30,233 --> 02:12:34,367
that he has the librarians vocational assistance

2499
02:12:34,500 --> 02:12:36,033
and he loves them all.

2500
02:12:36,100 --> 02:12:37,433
He's like, I love my teacher

2501
02:12:37,667 --> 02:12:39,634
and you know, he loves going to school

2502
02:12:39,667 --> 02:12:41,500
and you know, that brings me joy.

2503
02:12:41,500 --> 02:12:46,100
Just knowing that there's a a safe space for him to go to.

2504
02:12:48,133 --> 02:12:52,734
At the same time, it is hard to make decisions that affect

2505
02:12:53,767 --> 02:12:56,133
not just teachers, but staff in general as well.

2506
02:12:56,066 --> 02:13:00,433
You know, bus drivers, custodians, aides.

2507
02:13:02,033 --> 02:13:06,667
Because at the end of the day, we are stewards of, of

2508
02:13:07,133 --> 02:13:10,734
the money and we need to make these hard decisions so

2509
02:13:10,934 --> 02:13:13,567
that we can balance the books.

2510
02:13:13,900 --> 02:13:18,100
It's not as easy as to just say, oh, like, like Joy said,

2511
02:13:18,100 --> 02:13:20,100
yeah we would love to give you guys the 10 days

2512
02:13:20,033 --> 02:13:21,300
and hire all the staff.

2513
02:13:22,166 --> 02:13:25,233
The reality is that it is been coming for years.

2514
02:13:26,567 --> 02:13:29,667
There's a teacher who mentioned that, you know, it was

2515
02:13:30,000 --> 02:13:33,367
that they had more during during COVID, but that's

2516
02:13:33,500 --> 02:13:34,900
'cause there was those esser funds,

2517
02:13:35,133 --> 02:13:38,300
there was additional money that came during COVID than

2518
02:13:39,266 --> 02:13:41,834
sadly has ended the year prior.

2519
02:13:42,033 --> 02:13:45,033
So it is, the budget itself has been just going down

2520
02:13:45,033 --> 02:13:49,834
and down and down and you know, we,

2521
02:13:50,100 --> 02:13:53,066
it's hard to see another solution other than what's being

2522
02:13:53,066 --> 02:13:56,233
presented to the previously in bargaining.

2523
02:13:56,333 --> 02:13:57,333
So

2524
02:14:02,133 --> 02:14:05,667
- I'll close this out, just know noting a few comments

2525
02:14:05,667 --> 02:14:07,700
that were made during the public comments

2526
02:14:07,867 --> 02:14:08,934
and by the bargaining unit.

2527
02:14:09,066 --> 02:14:11,133
So there was a comment that stood out to me

2528
02:14:11,133 --> 02:14:12,233
around no choice.

2529
02:14:13,467 --> 02:14:17,266
And I think who left us No choice. Who left us No choice.

2530
02:14:17,300 --> 02:14:20,300
But the current federal government that's actively trying

2531
02:14:20,300 --> 02:14:22,100
to dismantle our public education,

2532
02:14:22,333 --> 02:14:25,066
these fascists are tearing us apart.

2533
02:14:25,066 --> 02:14:27,767
Yeah, I said it. These fascists running the federal

2534
02:14:27,767 --> 02:14:30,834
government are trying to dismantle our public education.

2535
02:14:31,233 --> 02:14:32,634
They have been for decades.

2536
02:14:33,433 --> 02:14:36,266
This is a culmination of their work of Project 2025

2537
02:14:36,500 --> 02:14:38,066
and we're all falling prey to it

2538
02:14:38,166 --> 02:14:41,100
and if we don't work together to organize against them,

2539
02:14:41,467 --> 02:14:42,900
they will tear us apart.

2540
02:14:43,033 --> 02:14:46,133
So they left us no choice. The state left us no choice.

2541
02:14:46,634 --> 02:14:48,567
When they did not give us enough funding,

2542
02:14:49,100 --> 02:14:50,367
we were calling representatives,

2543
02:14:50,367 --> 02:14:51,533
we were calling the governor

2544
02:14:52,233 --> 02:14:54,133
and all they said was, there's no money.

2545
02:14:55,467 --> 02:14:57,667
There's no money. Because they're balancing the healthcare

2546
02:14:57,734 --> 02:14:59,000
needs of Oregonians,

2547
02:14:59,033 --> 02:15:00,734
the education needs and everything else.

2548
02:15:01,634 --> 02:15:03,433
We lobbied so hard to try

2549
02:15:03,433 --> 02:15:05,900
to get more special education funding again.

2550
02:15:06,100 --> 02:15:09,066
They just told us over and over again there's no funding.

2551
02:15:10,033 --> 02:15:12,033
We keep telling 'em their formulas are broken,

2552
02:15:12,467 --> 02:15:15,533
we know the state school fund is a broken formula

2553
02:15:15,900 --> 02:15:18,000
and they refuse to change it.

2554
02:15:18,300 --> 02:15:21,433
Those are big policies that we have to push back on.

2555
02:15:21,634 --> 02:15:24,266
So when we think of who left us no choice, it's the state,

2556
02:15:24,567 --> 02:15:26,367
it's definitely the federal government.

2557
02:15:27,533 --> 02:15:31,033
You know, three of us here do have kids in the district.

2558
02:15:31,767 --> 02:15:33,300
I have a a, a sophomore

2559
02:15:33,300 --> 02:15:35,133
and an incoming kindergarten next year.

2560
02:15:35,500 --> 02:15:37,533
So for some of us it's very personal.

2561
02:15:37,533 --> 02:15:39,066
We're here because it's very personal work

2562
02:15:39,667 --> 02:15:41,133
and for some of us even more personal

2563
02:15:41,133 --> 02:15:43,133
because we know that this will impact our kids.

2564
02:15:43,533 --> 02:15:46,700
I do not want to see our block schedule undone

2565
02:15:47,100 --> 02:15:50,066
that will cause irreparable harm to our students to

2566
02:15:50,300 --> 02:15:53,133
to my own kid and to all the kids that benefit from this.

2567
02:15:53,133 --> 02:15:55,533
So to me that's one of those places where I draw the line

2568
02:15:57,066 --> 02:16:00,634
and for us the 10 furlough days, that was always part

2569
02:16:00,634 --> 02:16:02,033
of the budget when we designed it

2570
02:16:02,033 --> 02:16:05,000
because we knew we could fall back when we knew we could

2571
02:16:05,100 --> 02:16:06,867
undo some of those furlough days.

2572
02:16:07,000 --> 02:16:09,000
Should we be wrong about the projections?

2573
02:16:09,000 --> 02:16:10,700
And believe me, we wanna be wrong.

2574
02:16:11,000 --> 02:16:14,033
I want to be $6 million wrong so we can undo

2575
02:16:14,033 --> 02:16:15,500
and delete all those furlough days,

2576
02:16:15,934 --> 02:16:17,634
but we cannot undo layoffs.

2577
02:16:19,300 --> 02:16:21,500
You know, it's important that we have to get on, you know,

2578
02:16:21,500 --> 02:16:23,066
we have to get on the same page.

2579
02:16:24,100 --> 02:16:27,133
I don't want those days to to be student facing days.

2580
02:16:28,000 --> 02:16:31,033
We have to maintain our student days as much as possible.

2581
02:16:31,567 --> 02:16:35,100
So again, I asked us to think about who left us no choice

2582
02:16:35,767 --> 02:16:37,166
until we need to stay united.

2583
02:16:37,500 --> 02:16:40,233
We are Reynolds, all of us here. There is no us and them.

2584
02:16:40,367 --> 02:16:41,734
There's us here Reynolds.

2585
02:16:41,734 --> 02:16:42,734
And we have to stay united

2586
02:16:42,867 --> 02:16:44,467
and remember who gave us no choice.

2587
02:16:47,433 --> 02:16:48,934
Any other comments from board members?

2588
02:16:50,734 --> 02:16:55,266
- Okay, - Well thank you all for attending

2589
02:16:55,266 --> 02:16:57,066
and please you know how to get ahold of us.

2590
02:16:57,300 --> 02:16:59,266
You know, you can always email us and we do read

2591
02:16:59,266 --> 02:17:01,166
and we do respond and you can contact us.

2592
02:17:01,266 --> 02:17:03,100
So thank you and we'll hear in tonight's meeting.