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Good evening, and thank you for joining this regular meeting of the Shoreline

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School Board. I'm going to call this meeting to order.

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Our meetings are offered in person and via remote participation for our board and

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community. The agenda for this meeting has been published and is available on our

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website along with the materials that were available to our board and student

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representatives who have had the opportunity to ask questions in advance of the

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meeting. I'd like to introduce those participating in the meeting today.

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We have Superintendent Reyes, myself, Vice President Bentall, Director Williams,

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Director Jernigan, and Director Shek.

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And we have Student Representatives Peters, Vermilion, and Campbell.

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As we begin tonight, I want to take a moment to collectively recognize that we are

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meeting this evening on the traditional lands of the Coast Salish people.

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Here in Shoreline, that includes our local treaty tribes, the Tulalip and

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Snoqualmie tribes, who have been stewards of this land since time immemorial and

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remain so today.

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So for item three, our celebrations, recognitions, introductions, and gratitude, I

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will turn it over to Superintendent Reyes.

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Thank you. Thank you, President Healy, members of the board.

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This item this evening is for

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the oath of office for our new student board representative, Kate Campbell.

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I'm going to make my way over here so we can work through our oath of office

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process.

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All right. Do you want to read?

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I can. So if I... Just need to raise my hand. Or I think I need a mic.

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Yeah, you need to-- There we go. Are we good here, Cathy?

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I think we're good here.

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Okay. I, state your name. I, Kate Campbell. Do solemnly swear.

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Do solemnly swear. That I will support. That I will support.

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

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

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And the laws of the State of Washington. And the laws of the State of Washington.

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And will faithfully perform the duties of student representative to the board of

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directors. And will faithfully perform the duties of student representative to the

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board of directors. For the Shoreline School District.

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For the Shoreline School District. In the county of King. In the county of King.

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State of Washington. State of Washington. According to the best of my ability.

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According to the best of my ability. Congratulations.

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Well, congratulations. Welcome.

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All right. We are going on to agenda item four, which is agenda review.

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And Superintendent Reyes, just wondering if there are any items on the agenda that

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need to be modified or pulled for further discussion or review?

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There's just one additional item that was added today, a field trip.

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And so want to make sure we had that in place for our students and

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staff to be able to attend, so we added that today.

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Okay. That's fine. Thank you.

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It's a field trip for Cascade K-8.

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Okay. All right, so we are going on to agenda item five, which is comments from the

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community. We are grateful to the community for providing input on board

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decision-making and the direction of our district.

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With each public meeting, the community has the ability to provide input to the

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board via the comment submission form posted on the district website with the

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meeting agenda this Friday before the meeting, as well as in person or via Zoom

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during this time in our meeting dedicated to public comment.

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All comments shared in any of these ways become part of the public record for this

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meeting. Is there anyone in person or on Zoom wishing to make a comment tonight?

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I actually have the list of those folks that have signed in, so I'll start there,

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but just want to welcome others who may not have had the chance to sign in yet.

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So, for those in person, we will start with Suzy McDowell.

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Hi, my name is Suzy McDowell, and I'm a Shoreline resident.

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I'm currently a teacher at Echo Lake, and I was previously a long-time swim coach

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for Shorewood High School. I'm speaking today to put in a positive plug for the

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City of Shoreline's November 3rd vote, which would build a new community pool

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through the Metropolitan Park District called Proposition 1.

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I was a district representative on the city's committee recommending to the city

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council that the pool should move forward to a vote.

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Our committee wholeheartedly agreed that the plan was well thought out and would

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meet the needs for all ages. Some highlights in the initial design are eight lanes,

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two diving boards, and a separate pool for lessons.

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I believe the city has worked hard to determine the best funding mechanism for a

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pool and for its long-term sustainability.

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Since 2020, when the Shoreline pool closed, our high school swim programs have been

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at an outdoor pool with weather and daylight constraints, in addition to being

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limited in hosting home meets. A pool in Shoreline would allow our high school

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programs to come indoors and have a home pool for numerous competitions.

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Our swim and dive teams would get to be at the same facility, and it would

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guarantee a more stable future for both high school teams.

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I hope that you as the school board will see the positives for our district

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students when you hear the city's presentation, and that you will feel compelled

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and encouraged to promote the benefits of Proposition 1. Thank you.

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Thank you for your comments. And I realized I skipped past the instruction for

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public comment, so I just want to go through that really quickly for those folks

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that are coming next. So just really quickly, during public comment, each person

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will have up to two minutes to share their thoughts, and two people may combine

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their time for a total of four minutes, with a total public comment period of up to

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30 minutes. Please note that the board does not respond to anything shared or

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submitted in public comment, and the board's silence is neither a signal of

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agreement or disagreement with what is being shared in comment.

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For the safety and care of all present, and anyone who may listen to the recording

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of this meeting at a later date, we ask all making comments to help us model for

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our students what an inclusive community looks and sounds like by refraining from

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threatening, abusive, or obscene language.

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And if you have materials or additional comments you would like the superintendent

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or board to review, please give them to staff at the side of the room or send them

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to school.board@ssd412.org. And to ensure everyone has equal opportunity to use

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their full time, we ask listeners to refrain from applause or other forms of

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response while people are giving their comments.

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And for all providing comment, please begin by stating your name and relationship

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to the district. So now that I went back to that, I just want to make sure to get

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that in.

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And we have Kristen Williams next.

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All right. It's Tona. Wasn't sure.

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Hello, school board. My name is Kristen Williams, and I'm a parent of a third

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grader at Meridian Park for the HiCap program and a sixth grader at Einstein Middle

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School, and also a treasurer at Meridian Park PTSA.

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I'm here today to ask you guys to prioritize Meridian Park for an outdoor

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facilities upgrade, as well as share about administrative staffing concerns.

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Meridian Park's playground and play field have not seen improvements in 14 years.

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While Syre has

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not seen upgrades for few more years than that, I'm asking for the board to

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consider giving us both priority.

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My child, Chloe, attended Highland Terrace for first grade, and before moving to

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Meridian Park, expressed frustration because in her words, "The playground was so

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boring." For those who have seen the HT playground, it is also dated and has not

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been upgraded in perhaps just as long.

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Despite this, she had a very clear opinion of what she liked and didn't like, and

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who better to speak on this than a child, a playground expert?

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Not long after joining Meridian Park, I heard from other parents that there is even

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a particular structure that causes injuries.

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Chloe's never taken to the playground in the past year, so she has not been

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injured, but this is concerning for me for all the other students that do use it

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regularly. A second concern is our play field, which another Meridian Park parent

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will also speak towards today. Third, where some elementary schools are struggling

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to keep current numbers of enrollment, Meridian Park has increased from 500

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students four years ago to nearly 630 this year, yet has the same amount of

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supporting staff as other schools. One principal, one dean, and one counselor.

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This team is doing double duty In sum, we ask you to prioritize Meridian

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Park when choosing the next school to get outdoor upgrades, as well as think of

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Meridian Park when thinking of adding administrative staff.

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While close friends making her willing to stay at Meridian Park, improvements in

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our outdoor spaces and staffing will make Meridian Park our high cap and most

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populated elementary school a joy to attend. Thanks.

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Thank you for your comments.

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personal comment will be Enyo Felipe and Asher Mast.

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Apologies if I didn't say that right.

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I sign up after them, but my name is Enyo Felipe.

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I'm another parent at Meridian Park, and I'm just going to say two sentences before

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the students themselves speak. I'm also here to support Christine and the other

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parents that have concerns over the outdoor facilities at Meridian Park.

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The play field and the playgrounds are not in their best shape, and the student

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population, as Christine mentioned, is increasing.

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I hear from my child, a fifth grader now at Meridian Park, that they look forward

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to recess, but then every two weeks or every three weeks, there's another kid that,

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well, maybe twisted an ankle on the pothole, or maybe as the ball was being kicked,

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also rocks flew in his eyes because the field is partially dust,

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partially turf, partially weed. So I know a few of the soccer

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Hillwood and some other soccer clubs, don't use Meridian Park anymore because of

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its shape. And while it never feels good as a parent to stand here and say, "Well,

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prioritize my kid's school rather than the other kid's school," it's just the

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number of the students there that might generate a bigger impact.

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So if we're looking at impact in the community, it might make sense to think about

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Meridian Park prioritizing that renovation. Thank you.

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Hi, my name is Enyo, and today I'm speaking for all of the people at Meridian Park

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who use the play field there. And there are a couple things that I would like to

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speak about today, including the potholes there, the mud that

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people can slip on due to

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things like precipitation turning the dirt into mud, and I would like to talk about

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the sand getting in people's eyes.

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While the Meridian Park play field is great, the people who are currently using it

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have slowly declined it down to a smaller percentage.

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The reason for this is because there's sand getting in people's eyes.

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Whenever a gust of wind blows, people can get sand in their eyes, and they could be

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blinded for two to three seconds. You never know what can happen in that time.

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Maybe a ball could come flying and hit you, and you could get injured.

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Also, the mud there,

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people can slip on, and you could get your pants or your knees

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dirty, and you don't want to stay like that for the whole day.

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Recess periods can include 30 to 15 minutes long, and

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after that time, there's still many hours to the school day.

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We don't just play in those times. The last thing I would like to talk about is the

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potholes there. Many people have been falling or tripping in the potholes at

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Meridian Park Elementary's play field.

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This can cause them to land head first, knee first, or anywhere that could danger

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them or cause some sufficient injury to any areas. Thank you.

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Hi, my name is Asher, and I'm a fifth grader at Meridian Park.

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I'm here today to ask you to prioritize improving the Meridian Park field.

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Last year during the move-a-thon, I stepped in a pothole and fractured my ankle,

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making it so I couldn't do any activities for three months.

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Another reason is I play soccer every day, and when it rains, it gets really muddy

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because there's no grass, so people often slip and fall and get dirt all over them,

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forcing them to go back into class with dirty clothes.

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Sometimes people even get hurt and have to go to the nurse.

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There are also little patches of grass that stick up from the ground, and it is

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really easy to trip on them. This makes it hard and unsafe to run because you don't

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want to twist your ankle when you're running.

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It is also hard to play soccer when the ball flies everywhere.

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I suggest that you come visit the field to see what it looks like and problem solve

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how to fix it. Thank you.

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Thank you for your comments.

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We have Milena Mast next.

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Hello. My name's Milena, and I'm a parent of two students at Meridian Park.

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And I'm here tonight to ask you to address the severe and ongoing issue of the

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unacceptable condition of the Meridian Park field, as you've heard about already.

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The field is not being adequately maintained, and as you've heard, it's ridden with

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deep potholes, uneven depressions, and thick mud in the fall and the winter.

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It's not just an aesthetic issue or an inconvenience for the kids, it's a major

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safety hazard. As you heard, my son stepped in the pothole during the move-a-thon

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last year and fractured his ankle and was out from all soccer sports and all kid

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activities for three months. And the frustrating part about that injury was that it

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was 100% preventable if the field had been adequately maintained.

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We send our kids to school under the assumption that the district will provide a

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safe environment for them to learn and play, yet that is not the case.

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Our kids deserve better. They should be able to go out and run and play at recess

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without worrying about getting hurt or coming back covered in mud, as the kids

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talked about.

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Basic grounds maintenance is a fundamental responsibility of the district.

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And I'm asking you as a board tonight to prioritize funding and immediate

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scheduling for Meridian Park field maintenance and improvements. Thank you.

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Thank you for your comments. Is there anyone else in person that wishes to make a

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comment that hasn't

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signed up yet or need to?

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Okay. So we will go on to comments via Zoom.

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Is there anyone on Zoom wishing to make a comment?

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No? No comments on Zoom.

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So this

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now concludes our public comment period for tonight.

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We are now going on to agenda item six, which is student representative reports and

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communications.

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Would any student representative like to share a report or communication?

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As far as school, we're just getting back into the new school year.

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It's almost homecoming, so it's getting a bit busier and everyone's super excited.

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And as far as school board reps, we're restarting the student advisory committee

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for this year. So we sent out applications, and we'll be choosing the people that

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are in it soon.

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things are moving toward getting stuff ready for homecoming, so the skits are

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starting to be planned, and also just getting things ready for that in terms of

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ASB, and there's a lot of college applications going on, personal essay writing,

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stuff like that. So it's pretty exciting.

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And yeah, Nina covered the SATs pretty well, so that's all.

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I don't think I have really anything specific to report except for that we're

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trying to start the student committee as well.

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And I think we're going to start looking at applicants within a few weeks or

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something like that.

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Okay. Thank you for sharing.

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All right. We will now go on to agenda item seven, which is adoption of the consent

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agenda. The consent agenda this evening contains items

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7A through 7G. The board and student representatives have had the

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opportunity to ask questions in advance of the meeting.

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Are there any items on the consent agenda that need to be pulled for further

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discussion from the board or student representatives?

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All right. So this is usually the time where we go to the student advisory vote

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for our consent agenda today, we do have an item that was discussed in a closed

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session. So because of this, we will not have a student advisory vote

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on the consent agenda, as board policy 1235 states advisory votes will not pertain

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to any item discussed on the executive or closed session.

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So we will now go to the board vote. Is there a motion to approve consent agenda

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items 7A through 7G as submitted?

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Motion provided by Director Shek. Is there a second?

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Second.

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Second provided by Director Williams. All in favor, please say aye.

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Aye.

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Aye.

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Aye.

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All right. The consent agenda has passed. Thank you, everyone.

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All right. We are moving on to agenda item eight, which is superintendent report

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and information for the board. Superintendent Reyes, would you like to share

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anything with the board?

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Thank you, President Healy and members of the board.

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You have for information the enrollment report there.

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I don't have any real specific report for you this evening other than I just want

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to acknowledge and thank our community for the advocacy and the questions and

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emails that we're receiving regarding our play fields, our playgrounds.

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We truly appreciate that input, and our team is actively working on exploring

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how we can address the situation. So thank you all for being here this evening and

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sharing your thoughts. We really appreciate it.

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All right. We will now go on to agenda item nine, which is reports and

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presentations, and we have three presentations for this meeting.

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Superintendent Reyes, would you like to get us started?

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Thank you, President Healy.

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We are this evening joined by two special guests from the city of

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Shoreline who will be presenting information for you regarding Proposition 1,

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Creation of Shoreline Metropolitan Park District.

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With us this evening, we have Christina Arcity,

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who is the assistant to the city manager, and Eric Bratton,

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who is the communications program manager.

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And I believe I'll just hand it right over to the two of you. Are you okay?

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You ready to roll? Okay. Thank you, and welcome.

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Thank you so much. Good evening, President Healy, board members.

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We really appreciate the opportunity to be with you all this evening.

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My name is Christina Arcity. I'm the assistant to the city manager with the City of

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Shoreline, and I'm here with Eric Bratton, communications program manager with the

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City of Shoreline as well.

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We are really glad to be here to talk about the City of Shoreline's Proposition 1,

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which will be on the November general election ballot this year.

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Proposition 1 will ask voters if they would like to form a metropolitan park

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district to pay for the construction, operation, and maintenance of a pool facility

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and potential future recreation facilities in Shoreline.

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We're going to show you all a short video with factual information about

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Proposition 1. We're then going to share a little bit more information with you

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about the measure after that, and about the process that voters will be asked to go

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through. And then we'll have some time for your questions as well. So with that.

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I just want to real quick say that because we have to do this on YouTube, because

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the captions are a little better, there's a possibility an ad might pop up.

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We apologize for that ahead of time.

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2006, following public engagement and four focused council discussions, the

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Shoreline City Council adopted Resolution 562, placing Proposition 1 on the

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November 3rd, 2026 general election ballots.

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This proposition asks voters if they want to create the Shoreline Metropolitan Park

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District and associated property tax increase to finance and refinance the

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construction, operation, and maintenance of a new indoor pool facility and

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potential future recreational facilities.

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This presentation will provide an overview of the history of pool access in

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Shoreline, share about the preliminary pool facility design shaped by public input,

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discuss metropolitan park districts as a way to finance public pool facilities, and

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share how this measure would impact Shoreline residents.

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City of Shoreline staff recording this presentation are providing factual

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information and are not advocating for you to vote in any certain way.

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King County constructed the former Shoreline pool, a six-lane lap pool with a

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diving well, in 1971 as part of the voter-approved Forward Thrust bond program.

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It was located at the north end of the Shoreline School District-owned Shoreline

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Center campus off 185th Street and 1st Avenue Northeast.

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In 1995, Shoreline became a city, and King County transferred ownership of the pool

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to the city. The land was still owned by the school district.

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As the facility aged, it needed significant repairs.

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Several major improvements were completed from 2001 to 2016.

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However, continuing to apply temporary fixes did not make economic sense and was no

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longer feasible as the pool's aging structure and equipment continued to fail.

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Knowing that the pool was near the end of its useful life, the city began engaging

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with the public to determine what they would want in a new pool and recreation

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facility. Ultimately, in 2020, the decision was made to close the Shoreline

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pool because the ballooning cost to operate the inefficient facility, plus the lack

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of available parts to fix essential systems, no longer made the pool economically

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viable.

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A public pool supports water safety education and life-saving skills.

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The former pool had a variety of programs that helped with water safety.

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A new pool would offer similar programs, including swim lessons, kayaking lessons,

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lifeguard training, CPR classes, scuba diving training, and fishing boat safety

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training. A pool has additional functions beyond water safety.

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Public pools are places where people go for fitness through swimming, water

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aerobics, water walking, swim team, dive team, and water polo, and therapy

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programs for conditions such as arthritis and MS, as well as injury recovery.

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The preliminary pool design for this part of Prop 1 was informed by over ten years

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of public input and previous efforts to build a new pool.

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In developing both the 2017 through 2023 Parks, Recreation, and Open Space Plan

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and the 2024 through 2030 Parks, Recreation, Open Space, and Public Arts Plan, the

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city engaged with hundreds of community members.

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As part of those efforts, we asked about constructing a new pool facility.

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Both planning documents included action items to provide aquatic recreation

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opportunities to community members.

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A 2019 ballot measure asked voters if they wanted to fund a new 75,000 square foot

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pool, recreation and community center, and other park projects.

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A majority of voters, 54%, voted yes, but the measure did not receive the required

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60% yes vote needed to pass a bond measure.

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In 2024, City Council directed staff to explore the possibility of a 2026 ballot

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measure to build, run, and maintain a new public indoor pool facility.

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Building on the input from previous studies, in 2025, city staff engaged with over

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800 community members through surveys, community events, an open house, and other

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communications to ensure that the current preliminary design meets the overall

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community's needs. From 2025 to 2026, the city manager engaged a

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17-member pool facility advisory committee to learn about pool facility operations

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and maintenance, review the preliminary facility design, and discuss the

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Metropolitan Park District funding mechanism.

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The committee, which was made up of Shoreline residents, recommended to the city

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manager the City Council place a measure on the November 2026 ballot.

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The pool facility being considered for funding through Prop 1 would be

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approximately 48,000 square feet. This video has design highlights.

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The full floor plan description is available on the Prop 1 website.

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The preliminary design includes the following components and is subject to final

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design and budget. The recreation pool has play features, space for lessons and

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classes, and a lazy river that has flowing currents for water walking and floating.

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The eight-lane, 25-yard lap pool has starting platforms and two one-meter diving

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boards. The pool could be used for lap swimming, swim practice, swim meets,

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lessons, water polo, water aerobics, and more.

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The hydrotherapy pool would be kept at a warmer temperature for therapeutic uses

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and swim lessons for babies and younger kids. There is a sauna.

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The spectator area has flexible seating options for spectators, parents, and others

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watching swim lessons and activities.

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The classroom and party room could be used for multiple purposes, including

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lifeguarding training, water safety education, party rentals, and other community

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needs. There would be universal change rooms with individual rooms, stalls, and

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private index showers. Change room options include many rooms with baby changing

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tables and two rooms with adult changing tables.

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Outside, there would be parking for cars, bikes, e-bikes, scooters, and other

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wheels, and green space with connections to the Interurban Trail.

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The facility is designed to be accessible, inclusive, and welcoming to people of

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all identities, with universal change rooms and access to pools with ramps, lifts,

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and steps. The facility would be located at 17828 Midvale Avenue North, just

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north of City Hall and close to 175th and Aurora.

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This location was selected several years ago after the city evaluated the

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feasibility of multiple potential locations.

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The location is central, visible, accessible by transit, wheels, and people on

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foot, and on city-owned property.

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We have shared the preliminary pool facility design.

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Now we'll discuss how it will be funded through Prop 1.

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Prop 1 asks voters if they want to create the Shoreline Metropolitan Park District

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and associated property tax increase to finance and refinance the construction,

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operation, and maintenance of a new indoor pool facility and potential future

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recreational facilities. A metropolitan park district, or MPD for short,

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is a type of junior property taxing district with special taxing authority for the

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management, control, improvement, maintenance, and acquisition of parks,

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pathways, boulevards, recreational facilities, programs, and services.

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There are 23 MPDs in Washington state, including several that fund swimming pools.

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If approved by voters, the Shoreline MPD would be created for the purpose of

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constructing, operating, and maintaining the proposed recreational pool facility

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and for potential future recreational facilities.

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This would create a dedicated revenue source that could only be spent on the pool

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facility and potential future recreational facility if additional funding becomes

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available. The Shoreline City Council would make up the Shoreline Metropolitan Park

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District Board of Commissioners, which would be the governing body.

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The MPD would sign a service agreement with the City of Shoreline for the city to

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build, operate, and maintain the pool. The MPD would not have any direct employees.

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Funding is needed to pay for both capital construction costs and ongoing operations

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and maintenance costs of the pool facility.

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The total construction project costs are estimated to be $100 million, which

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includes design, permitting, construction, paying off the property purchase, and

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related fees and contingencies. The King County Parks levy set aside $5 million as

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a contribution to the project. The remaining $95 million would be paid for with

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20-year bonds issued by the city. This is similar to how a loan for a home purchase

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functions. The city would have an annual payment of $7.25 million

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each year for 20 years. These annual payments would be covered by the MPD property

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tax revenue. Current cost estimates show operations and maintenance costs for the

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first five years averaging about $4.4 million, with anticipated revenue from

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user and rental fees bringing in about $2.9 million.

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The anticipated revenue generated from user and rental fees would cover 66% of the

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cost to operate and maintain the pool facility.

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The remaining 34%, approximately $1.55 million, would be provided from

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ongoing MPD property tax.

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By subsidizing some of the operations and maintenance costs with MPD revenue, we

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can keep the cost lower for users, making the pool more accessible and affordable.

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In total, the MPD would raise approximately $8.8 million annually to pay for the

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construction and ongoing operations and maintenance.

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If approved, property tax collection would start in 2028.

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The initial levy rate needed to generate $8.8 million is anticipated to be

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approximately $0.55 per $1,000 assessed value, which accounts for

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potential fluctuations in property values between now and then.

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The actual 2028 levy rate will be determined in late 2027.

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The MPD tax revenue collection would continue beyond the 20 years needed for debt

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payments for construction bonds.

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This is because revenue would still be needed to pay for annual operations and

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maintenance. After 20 years, revenue that was previously used for debt payments

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could be repurposed for recreation facility or pool facility renovations.

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At that time, the MPD board could also decide to lower the tax rates.

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Preliminary cost estimates for property owners are shown in the table on the

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screen. The owner of a median valued home, which is $831,000 in 2026,

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could expect an annual increase in property tax of approximately $421 per year or

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$35 per month. The owner of a home valued at one million dollars would pay

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approximately $507 per year or $42 per month.

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Thank you for joining us for this presentation.

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To find out more about Shoreline's Proposition 1, visit

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shorelinewa.gov/shorelineprop1.

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You can also contact Eric Bratton with any questions.

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Eric's email is E-B-R-A-T-T-O-N

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@shorelinewa.gov. His phone number is

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206-801-2217.

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On June 1st, 2026-

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Thank you so much for watching that video with us on Proposition 1.

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So ballots will be mailed

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by King County Elections and should arrive to all voters' homes around October

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14th. All Shoreline residents will also receive a factual mailer about the

455
00:33:53,829 --> 00:33:57,429
proposition at about the same time as they receive their ballots.

456
00:33:57,999 --> 00:34:02,350
The mailer explains the measure in greater detail than what will be in the voter

457
00:34:02,409 --> 00:34:06,340
pamphlet. It's not meant to persuade voters to vote yes or no.

458
00:34:06,579 --> 00:34:10,959
Rather, it gives voters more information than what is available in the voter

459
00:34:11,020 --> 00:34:16,449
pamphlet. The city is also conducting factual presentations to residents between

460
00:34:16,509 --> 00:34:18,640
now and when voters receive their ballots.

461
00:34:19,239 --> 00:34:23,290
Committee members can find dates and times of the six remaining presentations at

462
00:34:23,350 --> 00:34:29,259
our website at shorelinewa.gov\shorelineprop1.

463
00:34:29,829 --> 00:34:34,299
The video we showed tonight is also on that website for people to watch at any

464
00:34:34,390 --> 00:34:39,129
time. So with that, we're happy to take questions if we still have time for that,

465
00:34:39,189 --> 00:34:40,870
President. Thank you.

466
00:34:40,989 --> 00:34:42,549
Mm-hmm.

467
00:34:42,640 --> 00:34:47,350
I have a quick question, and I apologize if the question only shows that I don't

468
00:34:47,379 --> 00:34:48,549
have enough background.

469
00:34:49,390 --> 00:34:50,829
It's totally fine.

470
00:34:50,919 --> 00:34:53,529
When you say Prop 1, was there other props?

471
00:34:53,589 --> 00:34:57,219
And this is the prop that everybody decided this is what we're going to put on the

472
00:34:57,249 --> 00:34:57,699
ballot?

473
00:34:57,759 --> 00:34:58,989
Yeah, I appreciate the question.

474
00:35:00,249 --> 00:35:06,189
So the King County Elections decides what number, and we are only putting

475
00:35:06,249 --> 00:35:10,449
forward one proposition on the ballot this time, so it's Proposition 1.

476
00:35:10,900 --> 00:35:15,279
If we had two, they would tell us which one was one and which one was two.

477
00:35:15,459 --> 00:35:17,799
So I really appreciate the question.

478
00:35:18,279 --> 00:35:22,239
We have over and over and over again had Prop 1 because typically

479
00:35:23,829 --> 00:35:27,999
city council has only put one ballot measure on at a time.

480
00:35:29,169 --> 00:35:33,429
But I really appreciate the question for clarity because the city just keeps on

481
00:35:33,459 --> 00:35:37,749
having Prop 1 or Proposition 1. So thank you for that clarity.

482
00:35:38,199 --> 00:35:39,339
Thank you for clarity.

483
00:35:39,339 --> 00:35:39,939
Of course.

484
00:35:41,289 --> 00:35:44,079
And for Lake Forest Park voters, there will be a different Prop 1.

485
00:35:44,799 --> 00:35:44,889
Mm-hmm.

486
00:35:44,980 --> 00:35:48,999
That is a different question. No rival pools.

487
00:35:49,629 --> 00:35:51,129
Not that I'm aware of.

488
00:35:51,189 --> 00:35:51,699
Yeah.

489
00:35:54,159 --> 00:35:56,679
Thank you so much for coming and bringing this.

490
00:35:57,669 --> 00:36:02,559
We've been anticipating it, so it's good to have the chance to connect with you.

491
00:36:03,549 --> 00:36:07,449
When the city was considering the pool a few years ago, I know there were some

492
00:36:07,539 --> 00:36:13,179
other funds, like county funds, that were potentially going to be engaged in that

493
00:36:13,209 --> 00:36:18,189
process because I know there was an effort to get another public community pool on

494
00:36:18,219 --> 00:36:24,159
the north end of the county. Just curious if any opportunity...

495
00:36:24,879 --> 00:36:28,989
I don't know if those particular funds are still available, but for this pool, is

496
00:36:29,019 --> 00:36:31,269
the anticipation that the Metropolitan

497
00:36:34,329 --> 00:36:36,549
Park District, I couldn't remember if it was park or pool

498
00:36:38,422 --> 00:36:43,281
Is the sole financier of the pool, or would there be other funds that would be

499
00:36:43,341 --> 00:36:44,751
looked at to be supporting this?

500
00:36:45,501 --> 00:36:51,081
So we did get $5 million from the county to put towards the building

501
00:36:51,291 --> 00:36:57,111
of the pool if the measure passes. But this

502
00:36:57,172 --> 00:37:03,111
would be the sole support for the pool to build, operate,

503
00:37:03,231 --> 00:37:08,151
and maintain the pool, and then any other future recreation facilities.

504
00:37:10,071 --> 00:37:12,621
Oh, which may be beyond a pool.

505
00:37:13,281 --> 00:37:18,981
Yes. So the measure that council put forward would allow for there to be other

506
00:37:19,011 --> 00:37:21,381
potential recreation facilities in the future.

507
00:37:21,891 --> 00:37:27,442
So on the particular parcel where they're looking to place this pool,

508
00:37:27,771 --> 00:37:33,291
which they had to decide in advance because that actually determines the cost for

509
00:37:33,651 --> 00:37:39,471
how much this building could potentially cost to build.

510
00:37:40,521 --> 00:37:45,501
They have left space, for example, for a future community center if we want to

511
00:37:45,561 --> 00:37:48,231
expand to actually build next to it.

512
00:37:48,621 --> 00:37:53,751
So right now it will be a large green space, but in the future, it could

513
00:37:53,811 --> 00:37:56,061
accommodate a community center.

514
00:37:57,621 --> 00:38:03,411
We could also, years down the line, create other types of

515
00:38:03,501 --> 00:38:07,251
recreational facilities in other parts of the city as well.

516
00:38:08,422 --> 00:38:13,942
That's allowable by law and allowable in the way that they have put together the

517
00:38:14,001 --> 00:38:15,231
ballot measure language.

518
00:38:15,710 --> 00:38:15,951
Mm-hmm.

519
00:38:17,241 --> 00:38:20,991
Yeah, it's the first time I've learned about this kind of entity, so it's really

520
00:38:21,052 --> 00:38:21,561
interesting.

521
00:38:23,241 --> 00:38:27,351
In the process of revisiting the design, were there any changes from that initial

522
00:38:27,411 --> 00:38:28,731
design that was put together years ago?

523
00:38:29,361 --> 00:38:35,241
There were. Again, the first design was for a community center and pool,

524
00:38:35,541 --> 00:38:41,241
and so because there's not going to be a community center alongside the pool,

525
00:38:41,541 --> 00:38:44,991
there's going to be things that aren't in this next design.

526
00:38:45,201 --> 00:38:49,371
There won't be the same number of classrooms, for example.

527
00:38:49,431 --> 00:38:52,251
But there will be some classrooms, just not the same number.

528
00:38:52,731 --> 00:38:58,371
There's not going to be a gym or a fitness room, for example, and

529
00:38:58,942 --> 00:39:01,672
those amenities are in Linwood, for example.

530
00:39:01,761 --> 00:39:06,741
So that's the difference between this proposal and what is in a nearby facility,

531
00:39:06,802 --> 00:39:11,721
for example. That's possible in a future iteration, like I was just speaking to

532
00:39:11,781 --> 00:39:17,631
with your last question, but with this current proposal, within the limits

533
00:39:17,841 --> 00:39:23,181
of what council had asked staff to look at for a proposal, which was $10 million,

534
00:39:24,321 --> 00:39:25,641
this was what was

535
00:39:26,931 --> 00:39:28,011
looked at for that.

536
00:39:29,241 --> 00:39:30,291
Great. Thank you.

537
00:39:30,591 --> 00:39:30,891
Of course.

538
00:39:33,681 --> 00:39:34,701
Any other questions?

539
00:39:38,031 --> 00:39:41,031
All right. Thank you so much for this presentation.

540
00:39:41,121 --> 00:39:41,541
Thank you.

541
00:39:42,081 --> 00:39:42,861
Thank you both.

542
00:39:49,701 --> 00:39:53,841
All right. So we have our next presentation around long-range facilities planning.

543
00:39:54,530 --> 00:39:56,601
Thank you. President Heal, members of the board,

544
00:39:57,922 --> 00:40:02,871
we're excited to share with you this evening our initial report, introduction to

545
00:40:02,931 --> 00:40:06,802
the long-range facilities planning work that we're embarking upon this school year.

546
00:40:07,581 --> 00:40:11,601
And we have Executive Director of Business, Finance, Maintenance, and Capital

547
00:40:11,661 --> 00:40:14,121
Projects, Art Clark,

548
00:40:15,591 --> 00:40:19,791
and Director of Capital Projects, Minh D., here this evening with us today to share

549
00:40:19,851 --> 00:40:25,131
this presentation with you. Welcome, Art and Minh. Thank you so much.

550
00:40:25,911 --> 00:40:31,371
And we also have in the audience our Director of Maintenance and Operations, Tom

551
00:40:31,431 --> 00:40:31,881
Sullivan,

552
00:40:33,561 --> 00:40:37,911
as well, who also will be engaging in this work. But yeah.

553
00:40:38,901 --> 00:40:41,271
Thank you for being here as well, Tom. Good to see you.

554
00:40:42,052 --> 00:40:43,401
And of course, our friend Rachel.

555
00:40:48,681 --> 00:40:49,371
Thank you, and

556
00:40:51,711 --> 00:40:55,821
excited to come in front of the school board tonight and talk about this work that

557
00:40:55,851 --> 00:40:59,692
we've been doing preparing for this planning process.

558
00:40:59,751 --> 00:41:05,001
And we'll let Minh go through the presentation, and at the end, we can ask

559
00:41:05,031 --> 00:41:08,541
questions, but I guess if there's something in the middle, just feel free to ask.

560
00:41:10,641 --> 00:41:16,581
Okay. Good evening, Superintendent Reyes, President Heal, and members of the

561
00:41:16,641 --> 00:41:22,011
board. I'm really excited to share with you our long-range facility planning, what

562
00:41:22,041 --> 00:41:26,031
it entails, what it could be, and what it means for our district.

563
00:41:28,701 --> 00:41:32,631
And so just looking at the strategic line of questioning, why do we need it?

564
00:41:33,201 --> 00:41:37,161
And it's a complicated question, but I think we got to start off with, we have a

565
00:41:37,192 --> 00:41:42,922
lot of aging buildings. We have mounting preventative maintenance that needs to be

566
00:41:42,981 --> 00:41:47,631
done. And then we also have a lot of fiscal pressure, not only in capital but also

567
00:41:47,661 --> 00:41:50,781
in general funds as well. I think that's all compounded by

568
00:41:52,431 --> 00:41:58,131
enrollment is always varying, and then we have uneven capacity at our

569
00:41:58,192 --> 00:42:02,451
buildings, and then we have a lack of district standards as far as design facility

570
00:42:02,541 --> 00:42:07,552
standards. And so all these things have been probably dealt with in silos, but we

571
00:42:07,581 --> 00:42:13,071
have not yet looked at them cohesively together, and so that's the

572
00:42:13,161 --> 00:42:17,361
genesis of why we want to engage in this process. And so what does that look like?

573
00:42:17,422 --> 00:42:22,521
How do we get there? And from my perspective, it's a community

574
00:42:23,781 --> 00:42:29,451
process. It takes conversations like this, you and I, parents, students, community

575
00:42:29,481 --> 00:42:33,501
members, for us to all get together and understand what our priorities are, what

576
00:42:33,531 --> 00:42:37,041
our objectives are, and then really come together to produce this plan.

577
00:42:37,401 --> 00:42:39,591
And so at the end, what is this plan?

578
00:42:39,651 --> 00:42:45,442
It's a single, cohesive document that outlines what our needs are, how does it fall

579
00:42:45,471 --> 00:42:47,991
on the timeline, and then how are we going to fund that work?

580
00:42:54,501 --> 00:42:59,571
Just going over the agenda, it's not very articulate, but I think it really gets at

581
00:43:00,111 --> 00:43:00,922
what we're trying to

582
00:43:02,151 --> 00:43:06,861
ask about is what do we have and then what do we need, and then how do we get

583
00:43:06,922 --> 00:43:10,791
there? And I think we'll wrap it up by just talking about a roadmap of what this

584
00:43:10,881 --> 00:43:14,181
plan will look like and when we're looking for a recommendation from the board.

585
00:43:18,351 --> 00:43:21,651
So a district built over eight decades. I found this to be quite interesting.

586
00:43:21,711 --> 00:43:26,422
I did a little research, and Shoreline District was incorporated in 1944,

587
00:43:27,591 --> 00:43:31,341
and it actually expanded its southern border to 85th Street.

588
00:43:32,541 --> 00:43:37,552
In 1954, it came up to the border we now know as

589
00:43:37,971 --> 00:43:43,581
145th. But at one time, there was, at its peak, 19

590
00:43:43,672 --> 00:43:48,651
elementary schools, five middle, and three high, which I found quite interesting.

591
00:43:48,741 --> 00:43:51,591
If you actually look at the whole history, there's actually been 30 elementary

592
00:43:51,651 --> 00:43:57,291
schools in total, seven middle, and three high, and those have since been moved

593
00:43:57,321 --> 00:44:00,922
down to the Seattle district. But I find it quite fascinating, and just to look at

594
00:44:00,951 --> 00:44:05,511
where we are now, we currently sit at nine elementary schools, two middle schools,

595
00:44:06,651 --> 00:44:12,321
two high schools, two K through eight, one preschool, one swing school,

596
00:44:13,041 --> 00:44:16,521
three district facilities, and four district parcels.

597
00:44:16,881 --> 00:44:22,552
And when I reference parcels, I reference sites like Cedarbrook, Aldercrest,

598
00:44:23,181 --> 00:44:25,911
Sunrise, and Paramount.

599
00:44:29,422 --> 00:44:32,031
For clarity, the swing school is North City Elementary?

600
00:44:32,391 --> 00:44:33,021
What did I say?

601
00:44:33,351 --> 00:44:37,341
You said swing school. Just I haven't heard that term before, so is that what we're

602
00:44:37,341 --> 00:44:37,851
referring to?

603
00:44:38,961 --> 00:44:40,161
That's the terminology I've been

604
00:44:41,361 --> 00:44:42,052
referenced so far.

605
00:44:42,081 --> 00:44:44,361
That's great. Just getting on the same page. Thanks.

606
00:44:44,601 --> 00:44:44,901
Yeah.

607
00:44:47,511 --> 00:44:52,521
And so I think whenever we embark on these discussions, we have to start with the

608
00:44:52,581 --> 00:44:55,641
foundation and the groundwork, and that's what's objectively true.

609
00:44:56,241 --> 00:44:59,571
And what objectively is true is the age of our buildings.

610
00:44:59,961 --> 00:45:05,481
And so if you look at this graphic here, I think a graphic like this speaks a

611
00:45:05,541 --> 00:45:10,701
thousand words. And so at the bottom, all of our secondary schools that you know

612
00:45:10,731 --> 00:45:13,821
have been replaced recently are

613
00:45:15,201 --> 00:45:20,361
in good condition. And some of the schools, two-thirds of the schools that are,

614
00:45:21,231 --> 00:45:26,631
at this point, all 60 years or older, I'll allude to in the next slide, but are in

615
00:45:26,721 --> 00:45:27,981
significantly poorer condition.

616
00:45:28,401 --> 00:45:29,541
The oldest school of

617
00:45:30,922 --> 00:45:35,781
the elementary schools is Ridgecrest at 79, which I find quite interesting.

618
00:45:36,861 --> 00:45:38,181
I have a couple other notes here

619
00:45:40,359 --> 00:45:45,789
And there's a couple governing bodies or agencies that allude to

620
00:45:46,389 --> 00:45:52,299
the useful life of school facilities, one of them being the Government Finance

621
00:45:52,509 --> 00:45:58,480
Officers Association, which is GFOA, and they said the average

622
00:45:58,539 --> 00:46:02,619
life cycle of a building, a school facility, is about 55 years.

623
00:46:03,309 --> 00:46:08,259
And then an organization I'm more familiar with is ASCE, which is American Society

624
00:46:08,289 --> 00:46:13,389
of Civil Engineers, and they note that the school reaching or surpassing its design

625
00:46:13,449 --> 00:46:15,549
life is approximately about 50 years.

626
00:46:15,579 --> 00:46:19,269
So, as you can see, significantly past that, it doesn't

627
00:46:20,499 --> 00:46:24,249
mitigate that we have done some modernizations, but there is a breaking point that

628
00:46:24,279 --> 00:46:25,179
we're considering now.

629
00:46:32,859 --> 00:46:38,109
On the flip side, this is the facility scoring, based on its conditions.

630
00:46:38,799 --> 00:46:44,409
This is a very systematic rating system that's outlined by OSPI.

631
00:46:45,039 --> 00:46:49,809
It looks at specific components of the building,

632
00:46:50,650 --> 00:46:51,429
substructure,

633
00:46:52,659 --> 00:46:58,419
structure, MEP systems, furnishings, and it all culminates into a score out of 100.

634
00:46:58,839 --> 00:47:03,159
And so as you can see, as I alluded to, some of the newer buildings that we've

635
00:47:03,189 --> 00:47:07,389
replaced score really well. But some of the older schools

636
00:47:08,829 --> 00:47:14,199
score quite poorly, to be frank. There are some that fall outside of that norm.

637
00:47:15,309 --> 00:47:21,219
Aldercrest or KAH, there's been modernizations done there,

638
00:47:21,309 --> 00:47:26,319
so it scores better than what the age may reflect.

639
00:47:26,529 --> 00:47:30,039
As well as Briarcrest, where we've also done some major modifications as well.

640
00:47:30,669 --> 00:47:35,799
I'd also note that this is a ranking or scoring system that was done in 2023 in our

641
00:47:35,829 --> 00:47:40,029
study and survey. So presumably, in the past three years, these scores have gone

642
00:47:40,089 --> 00:47:42,819
down, but it also does not capture some of the

643
00:47:44,289 --> 00:47:48,819
upgrades we've made recently. We've replaced Meridian Park roof, and as we speak

644
00:47:48,879 --> 00:47:51,609
right now, the transportation bus barn,

645
00:47:53,109 --> 00:47:54,849
the roof is being replaced as we speak.

646
00:48:00,669 --> 00:48:05,169
So what does the district need? The district needs, I believe, guiding principles.

647
00:48:05,799 --> 00:48:07,959
This is going to be a really fast-paced process.

648
00:48:09,009 --> 00:48:13,749
I'll show the timeline later, but we're targeting a June 27 date.

649
00:48:14,139 --> 00:48:18,339
And so for us to make quick decisions, we need to have good guiding principles.

650
00:48:18,699 --> 00:48:23,529
Guiding principles, and I have this symbol above, it's going to be our North Star,

651
00:48:23,949 --> 00:48:27,279
so we can be quick on our feet, and will help

652
00:48:28,509 --> 00:48:34,269
us along the process. And I'll allude to guiding principles that we took a stab at

653
00:48:34,959 --> 00:48:39,339
a little after this. District standards, this is another one I'm really excited

654
00:48:39,400 --> 00:48:45,369
about. I think that the district is lacking any facility standards, and I think

655
00:48:45,400 --> 00:48:48,879
this will exponentially help how we design our future buildings.

656
00:48:49,480 --> 00:48:52,869
I think it also makes it equal on all sides.

657
00:48:53,409 --> 00:48:57,669
And things like, we've talked about playgrounds for a little bit.

658
00:48:57,759 --> 00:49:01,839
If we implemented rubber tiles and we've already done the life cycle analysis

659
00:49:01,900 --> 00:49:05,319
versus wood chips, let's make that a standard going forward.

660
00:49:05,349 --> 00:49:07,239
And so these are the things that we need to establish.

661
00:49:09,609 --> 00:49:10,659
I have a quick question.

662
00:49:10,719 --> 00:49:11,289
Yeah, go ahead.

663
00:49:12,339 --> 00:49:13,659
You said I can ask in the middle.

664
00:49:13,900 --> 00:49:14,739
Yes, go ahead.

665
00:49:14,799 --> 00:49:15,999
The previous slide, please.

666
00:49:16,389 --> 00:49:16,569
Yeah.

667
00:49:20,529 --> 00:49:26,439
Okay. So, you said this doesn't reflect, for example, I know

668
00:49:26,469 --> 00:49:29,439
personally that Echo Lake updated their fields, for example.

669
00:49:29,709 --> 00:49:30,159
Mm-hmm.

670
00:49:30,219 --> 00:49:34,299
So all these changes that happened in the last few years are not reflected in this

671
00:49:34,359 --> 00:49:34,719
chart.

672
00:49:35,199 --> 00:49:36,009
Up till 2023.

673
00:49:36,099 --> 00:49:40,449
Up till 2023. Is there any reason why we don't have an updated one?

674
00:49:40,599 --> 00:49:44,139
Are we planning on having an updated chart with new

675
00:49:45,369 --> 00:49:46,869
statistics or?

676
00:49:49,119 --> 00:49:53,379
We can work on some of it, but every six years, OSPI gives school districts a grant

677
00:49:53,439 --> 00:49:57,999
to do a study and survey. So this is where most of these scores have come out of.

678
00:49:59,319 --> 00:50:01,779
So the plan is to have one come in three years?

679
00:50:02,319 --> 00:50:08,259
Yeah, but we also for our secondary schools, because we use state

680
00:50:08,319 --> 00:50:12,069
match funds to build them, we have to go through and review those every year.

681
00:50:12,099 --> 00:50:15,609
And you guys will see that it's called the Asset Preservation Program.

682
00:50:15,999 --> 00:50:18,489
So they come to the school board usually in the springtime.

683
00:50:19,089 --> 00:50:23,619
But the buildings that are not using state match that are more than three years

684
00:50:23,679 --> 00:50:25,449
old, we don't have to do this annual review.

685
00:50:25,869 --> 00:50:26,019
Yeah.

686
00:50:27,489 --> 00:50:27,849
Thank you.

687
00:50:27,909 --> 00:50:28,749
Does that help? Okay.

688
00:50:29,169 --> 00:50:34,209
That annual review that we do get, the assessment, is it a similar

689
00:50:35,259 --> 00:50:36,879
component score? I can't remember how-

690
00:50:37,029 --> 00:50:38,409
Yeah, so it's the same scoring.

691
00:50:38,469 --> 00:50:38,650
Yeah.

692
00:50:39,039 --> 00:50:43,150
They allow school districts to do that annually, but then every six years, the

693
00:50:43,209 --> 00:50:43,929
outside party.

694
00:50:48,879 --> 00:50:49,269
Okay.

695
00:50:54,909 --> 00:50:59,199
So going back to what the district needs, we talked about district standards.

696
00:50:59,859 --> 00:51:04,269
And then we just need to identify the needs that we have district-wide.

697
00:51:05,289 --> 00:51:08,679
And this could be preventative maintenance, this could be an initiative for

698
00:51:08,739 --> 00:51:11,799
replacing playgrounds. This could be

699
00:51:13,179 --> 00:51:17,979
replacing turfs after every 10 years, which is when they surpass their useful life.

700
00:51:18,280 --> 00:51:20,709
These are the things that we need to start thinking about.

701
00:51:21,280 --> 00:51:24,489
And then, the last thing is a funding framework.

702
00:51:24,609 --> 00:51:28,449
After we identify these needs, how are we going to pay for them, right?

703
00:51:33,879 --> 00:51:38,199
And so as I alluded to earlier, we took a stab at the guiding principles.

704
00:51:38,829 --> 00:51:40,959
I've denoted the importance of them.

705
00:51:41,619 --> 00:51:46,089
I implore the board to look at these principles and

706
00:51:47,259 --> 00:51:52,389
consider if these are the ones that we want to roll with through this process, for

707
00:51:52,419 --> 00:51:57,369
lack of a better term. The way that we came up with these is we looked at other ed

708
00:51:57,459 --> 00:52:03,039
specs, other strategic or guiding documents, and then we found words that we

709
00:52:03,160 --> 00:52:03,489
found

710
00:52:04,868 --> 00:52:07,750
appeared multiple times, and I created this.

711
00:52:07,839 --> 00:52:09,098
Susanna actually

712
00:52:10,449 --> 00:52:12,008
told me about this. It's called a wordle.

713
00:52:12,400 --> 00:52:12,639
Yeah.

714
00:52:12,910 --> 00:52:15,729
But this is a wordle of basically me doing that.

715
00:52:15,759 --> 00:52:19,179
And so we've established these guiding principles that we find important.

716
00:52:19,660 --> 00:52:24,609
But again, we'd love for you to look at it and provide your feedback.

717
00:52:29,139 --> 00:52:34,539
And so how do we get there? We get there by conversations like this, by future

718
00:52:34,599 --> 00:52:37,209
meetings with our long-range facilities committee.

719
00:52:38,049 --> 00:52:42,369
We plan to have open houses, open forums, and other public outreach, so we can

720
00:52:42,400 --> 00:52:47,979
really garner the support of the community, and then also keep them informed as to

721
00:52:48,009 --> 00:52:48,699
what we're doing.

722
00:52:50,889 --> 00:52:54,699
It'll be important to onboard our consultants and our subject matter experts, and

723
00:52:54,729 --> 00:52:58,059
this is really alluding to our planning and design partners.

724
00:52:58,569 --> 00:53:03,400
There's also land developers that we're considering bringing on board because

725
00:53:03,669 --> 00:53:08,229
they're the ones that can really assess our properties and what their highest or

726
00:53:08,259 --> 00:53:12,579
best use can be. And we might not have the expertise for that.

727
00:53:12,910 --> 00:53:15,879
So, they'll be really vital in this process.

728
00:53:16,449 --> 00:53:19,869
And then really that implementation schedule, that's the culmination of those needs

729
00:53:19,900 --> 00:53:23,229
that we talked about, and that funding schedule, and then just putting it all

730
00:53:23,289 --> 00:53:27,789
together and laying it out in a single holistic plan that will be our guiding

731
00:53:27,849 --> 00:53:28,989
document moving forward.

732
00:53:31,900 --> 00:53:36,280
This is piggybacks off what I talked about on the schedule, but really that funding

733
00:53:36,309 --> 00:53:36,609
plan,

734
00:53:38,199 --> 00:53:41,799
what funding mechanism are we going to use? Is it going to be a bond?

735
00:53:42,309 --> 00:53:45,219
Is it going to be a capital levy to support our preventative maintenance?

736
00:53:45,579 --> 00:53:49,239
Or maybe we can be more creative and we can look at land leasing some of our

737
00:53:49,299 --> 00:53:54,849
surplus property. And maybe whatever funds we receive from those, those can be put

738
00:53:54,910 --> 00:53:57,759
back into the system so we can fund our preventative maintenance.

739
00:53:57,819 --> 00:54:02,169
So we're this ecosystem, and then it alleviates burden to our taxpayers as well,

740
00:54:02,259 --> 00:54:02,530
right?

741
00:54:08,379 --> 00:54:12,549
And then just what's the roadmap? We've done a lot of work up to this point.

742
00:54:12,579 --> 00:54:17,679
We talked about the study and survey, which was performed in '23, and then we

743
00:54:17,739 --> 00:54:23,049
talked about or maybe I briefly mentioned the demographics and enrollment report

744
00:54:23,109 --> 00:54:25,989
study that we had done by EDS, which was in 2024.

745
00:54:27,160 --> 00:54:31,089
My time here, we've really been working on onboarding a planning and design

746
00:54:31,150 --> 00:54:31,509
partner.

747
00:54:33,099 --> 00:54:36,819
As you guys may know, we had selected one, and we're working through contract

748
00:54:36,849 --> 00:54:41,769
negotiations as we speak. We're hoping to bring them on board sometime in early

749
00:54:41,829 --> 00:54:46,629
October for introductions. And then other consultants that also take part in this

750
00:54:46,719 --> 00:54:47,139
as well.

751
00:54:49,275 --> 00:54:53,925
Just lining out the timeframe. We have three long-range facility planning committee

752
00:54:53,985 --> 00:54:56,205
meetings already in the queue

753
00:54:57,915 --> 00:55:03,195
through November, and then we have a December meeting for a board study session as

754
00:55:03,255 --> 00:55:08,835
well. And this is all leading up to, as I mentioned prior, a June 27th date where

755
00:55:08,895 --> 00:55:13,365
we will be providing a recommendation for a long-range plan for your approval.

756
00:55:13,815 --> 00:55:18,375
And I'd also like to note that these are all the meetings that we already have

757
00:55:18,435 --> 00:55:22,275
scheduled, but there's going to be more as design iterations come in, and then we

758
00:55:22,305 --> 00:55:24,375
create that feedback loop with the community.

759
00:55:24,465 --> 00:55:26,326
So there'll be more that'll be put on the docket.

760
00:55:27,045 --> 00:55:31,365
And we'll keep you informed by meeting minutes, weekly or monthly updates, whatever

761
00:55:31,395 --> 00:55:32,625
we agree upon, and then if

762
00:55:33,885 --> 00:55:35,895
it's needed, we can come speak here as well.

763
00:55:41,295 --> 00:55:46,245
I just wanted to touch on the composition of the planning committee.

764
00:55:48,346 --> 00:55:53,565
This graphic is a little dated, I admit, but as of creating this, there's been four

765
00:55:53,715 --> 00:55:58,065
new students that have been added to the committee, and then additional staff and

766
00:55:58,125 --> 00:56:03,285
district representation. So, right now we're sitting at 33 members and then seven

767
00:56:03,346 --> 00:56:06,766
district representatives. And then

768
00:56:08,356 --> 00:56:13,096
just high level, we have a meeting upcoming on Monday, we'll be doing a kickoff

769
00:56:13,185 --> 00:56:17,085
where Susanna and Trina, and some of the other team members, will be doing an

770
00:56:17,145 --> 00:56:21,375
introduction, and then we'll do a roles and responsibilities, introduction to

771
00:56:21,405 --> 00:56:25,665
long-range planning. And then, I'm really excited about it, we're going to do Arts

772
00:56:25,724 --> 00:56:30,585
ED actually, do a tour of Parkwood just to see what Parkwood did well as far as

773
00:56:31,125 --> 00:56:36,315
what they designed for, and then maybe what didn't go well or

774
00:56:37,065 --> 00:56:39,766
had good intentions but didn't really come pen to paper.

775
00:56:41,445 --> 00:56:42,555
I had a quick question.

776
00:56:42,615 --> 00:56:42,795
Yeah.

777
00:56:43,905 --> 00:56:47,115
I'm very interested in actually visiting those schools.

778
00:56:47,445 --> 00:56:47,805
I'm glad.

779
00:56:47,865 --> 00:56:50,205
And I would like... I'm going to definitely do it.

780
00:56:50,235 --> 00:56:52,516
But I would like your input or your advice.

781
00:56:52,576 --> 00:56:58,335
So when I, in coordination of course, with Superintendent Susanna, when I start

782
00:56:59,415 --> 00:57:04,185
scheduling those school visits, who do you think is the best person in the building

783
00:57:04,846 --> 00:57:09,165
to actually let me know what exactly happened, how is it going?

784
00:57:09,255 --> 00:57:12,195
Is it the principal? Is it the office manager?

785
00:57:13,125 --> 00:57:16,635
Who would be the person that will have the background?

786
00:57:17,145 --> 00:57:20,205
I know that the principal, Anne, was involved in a lot of the planning and

787
00:57:20,235 --> 00:57:24,585
construction process. As you know, a lot of us are newer, so we don't have that

788
00:57:24,645 --> 00:57:28,215
kind of historical context, and we're really just looking at older documents

789
00:57:28,275 --> 00:57:32,235
outlining what transpired, but I feel like she's probably the best resource for

790
00:57:32,295 --> 00:57:32,535
that.

791
00:57:38,175 --> 00:57:38,415
Thanks.

792
00:57:39,555 --> 00:57:40,635
Do you have a couple more slides? You have a couple more slides.

793
00:57:43,275 --> 00:57:43,485
Okay.

794
00:57:47,535 --> 00:57:52,545
Lost my place. Oh, so the October 5th meeting, that'll be at Echo Lake.

795
00:57:52,846 --> 00:57:55,965
And so that'll be an interesting meeting because we'll plan to do the same

796
00:57:56,025 --> 00:58:01,395
exercise, so you can see the contrast between a recently updated elementary school

797
00:58:01,455 --> 00:58:03,555
versus one of our older facilities.

798
00:58:03,976 --> 00:58:09,375
And then my plan is to do a general overview of all the facilities and really go

799
00:58:09,465 --> 00:58:12,076
into the ICO scores and why they scored the way they did.

800
00:58:12,945 --> 00:58:18,195
The third meeting, which is on October 9th, we'll do a funding framework or funding

801
00:58:18,226 --> 00:58:23,895
mechanism info session, and then we can by that time hopefully have the planning

802
00:58:24,315 --> 00:58:27,585
and design partner on board, and we can do introductions with them as well.

803
00:58:32,835 --> 00:58:35,745
I think this was at the request of Vice President Betancourt.

804
00:58:35,865 --> 00:58:40,545
I just have some laws, statutes, and policies that might pertain to this process

805
00:58:40,576 --> 00:58:46,335
that we can keep in mind. A lot of it has to do with grading conditions

806
00:58:46,545 --> 00:58:50,055
of facilities as well as construction funding.

807
00:58:52,215 --> 00:58:52,785
What else?

808
00:58:54,195 --> 00:58:54,375
Yeah.

809
00:58:56,175 --> 00:58:58,425
I'll say it was on behalf of both board officers.

810
00:58:58,875 --> 00:58:59,175
Okay.

811
00:59:01,215 --> 00:59:04,335
And then lastly, I find this also to be really helpful.

812
00:59:04,365 --> 00:59:08,685
These are some other long-term or long-range facility plans that other districts

813
00:59:08,805 --> 00:59:12,226
have, and so I think this is a good reference to see what the end product might

814
00:59:12,255 --> 00:59:16,846
look like. And so I've spent my fair share of time looking at these, and I think

815
00:59:16,905 --> 00:59:19,245
you'd like to as well. And, yeah.

816
00:59:23,925 --> 00:59:25,785
That's my presentation. I hope you enjoyed it.

817
00:59:25,815 --> 00:59:29,205
I hope you find a lot of optimism in engaging in this process.

818
00:59:29,445 --> 00:59:34,635
And, if you don't have questions for me now, and you think of others down the line,

819
00:59:34,695 --> 00:59:39,495
feel free to shoot over to Art or myself, and we'd be happy to answer them.

820
00:59:41,445 --> 00:59:44,205
Thank you. Really appreciate this presentation.

821
00:59:44,685 --> 00:59:48,645
If I may. Thank you, Amin and Art, for this presentation.

822
00:59:50,805 --> 00:59:56,175
If it's okay, I want to interject briefly on the slide related to the board guiding

823
00:59:56,205 --> 01:00:00,856
principles. If we wanted to have an initial conversation, we can pull that up and

824
01:00:00,945 --> 01:00:05,385
we can discuss a little. I also wanted to share, Amin mentioned bringing this

825
01:00:05,445 --> 01:00:07,545
forward in June for board approval.

826
01:00:08,055 --> 01:00:11,775
We have two meetings in June, one on June 8th and one on June 22nd.

827
01:00:12,555 --> 01:00:15,435
I envision, should we be able to

828
01:00:17,175 --> 01:00:22,905
complete this major project, we would bring potentially the

829
01:00:22,965 --> 01:00:27,766
first reading of the plan for you to consider on June 8th with possible action on

830
01:00:27,795 --> 01:00:32,925
the 22nd. As Amin mentioned, it is an ambitious goal

831
01:00:33,766 --> 01:00:38,925
because it is a very comprehensive process that includes

832
01:00:40,065 --> 01:00:44,115
various aspects of all of our system.

833
01:00:45,945 --> 01:00:48,555
Obviously, the schools we need to replace, but we also have

834
01:00:50,235 --> 01:00:53,235
other major key projects that we want to

835
01:00:55,875 --> 01:01:00,705
chart out on a timeline, a vision for that as well, for preventative maintenance

836
01:01:00,766 --> 01:01:01,846
kind of things or

837
01:01:03,076 --> 01:01:07,576
major repairs, as well as looking at our properties, much like I shared in the

838
01:01:08,205 --> 01:01:11,356
board Q&A that was sent to you earlier today.

839
01:01:12,375 --> 01:01:18,285
So we're excited about the work. It's again a very ambitious goal, but that's our

840
01:01:18,346 --> 01:01:22,365
intention. And Amin also mentioned student members.

841
01:01:22,726 --> 01:01:27,195
I did send a formal invite to all four student board reps inviting them to

842
01:01:28,516 --> 01:01:32,955
be a part of the committee along the way and provided them with the dates of the

843
01:01:33,045 --> 01:01:37,995
upcoming meetings. And every board member, as well as our student board reps, have

844
01:01:38,025 --> 01:01:42,405
the calendar invitation for all of the meetings that are now calendared.

845
01:01:42,856 --> 01:01:48,375
So, you're all welcome to attend and engage in the process along the

846
01:01:48,435 --> 01:01:48,856
way.

847
01:01:52,905 --> 01:01:58,335
Oh, yes. So if it's appropriate, at your pleasure, we can go back to that slide if

848
01:01:58,365 --> 01:02:03,346
you'd like. Or I defer back over to you, President Healy.

849
01:02:03,375 --> 01:02:06,645
Thank you, and thank you again, Art and Amin. Excellent.

850
01:02:09,375 --> 01:02:12,856
Yeah. Is there any questions before we talk through this one?

851
01:02:13,035 --> 01:02:15,375
Just clarifications or any other questions? Okay.

852
01:02:16,035 --> 01:02:20,326
Well, I guess I'm wondering if we could pull up that slide, because I think it's

853
01:02:20,356 --> 01:02:24,375
slide five, how old are our buildings.

854
01:02:25,606 --> 01:02:27,045
This is a really great presentation.

855
01:02:27,106 --> 01:02:32,745
Very much appreciate the history that you laid out, and just the framing

856
01:02:32,925 --> 01:02:37,965
of the complexity of our long-term planning

857
01:02:38,175 --> 01:02:42,016
challenges. And when I'm looking at this slide

858
01:02:43,516 --> 01:02:48,795
the overwhelming majority of our buildings have outlived their, I forget the term

859
01:02:49,335 --> 01:02:51,076
you used, useful life or-

860
01:02:52,215 --> 01:02:52,576
Useful life.

861
01:02:52,635 --> 01:02:53,326
And so

862
01:02:55,125 --> 01:03:00,945
I guess more to the board, when we are hearing from the community

863
01:03:01,726 --> 01:03:07,576
about playground issues and facilities issues, and we layer

864
01:03:07,635 --> 01:03:11,025
that with the complexity of

865
01:03:13,275 --> 01:03:16,065
the physical structures and their history,

866
01:03:17,356 --> 01:03:22,125
is one of the things that we need to think about as a board

867
01:03:25,905 --> 01:03:31,545
holding the balance between investing in playground upgrades and also

868
01:03:33,016 --> 01:03:35,115
half these schools need to be replaced.

869
01:03:35,415 --> 01:03:40,035
So is that the work that the committee's going to explore

870
01:03:41,295 --> 01:03:41,805
and should...

871
01:03:43,305 --> 01:03:43,875
Sorry, go ahead.

872
01:03:43,935 --> 01:03:44,025
No.

873
01:03:44,925 --> 01:03:49,005
Well, I don't really have a formed question other than this is really complicated.

874
01:03:49,065 --> 01:03:49,155
Yeah.

875
01:03:49,245 --> 01:03:50,865
And the timing is-

876
01:03:51,435 --> 01:03:51,645
So that's-

877
01:03:51,645 --> 01:03:52,695
... important to understand.

878
01:03:52,875 --> 01:03:56,115
That's why I'm excited to have Amin, and then actually Tom is here because

879
01:03:57,489 --> 01:03:58,989
We need some new elementary buildings.

880
01:03:59,109 --> 01:03:59,379
Yep.

881
01:04:00,039 --> 01:04:03,729
And we have to keep the ones that we have online and going and serving our

882
01:04:03,819 --> 01:04:04,329
students.

883
01:04:04,419 --> 01:04:07,929
As we explore options or buildings.

884
01:04:08,559 --> 01:04:14,139
And pick on Tom, he uses the age of buildings, and they

885
01:04:14,440 --> 01:04:16,329
become teenagers, and they have needs.

886
01:04:16,509 --> 01:04:21,098
So, our high schools will soon have needs because HVAC systems wear out-

887
01:04:21,160 --> 01:04:21,160
Yeah

888
01:04:21,160 --> 01:04:25,089
... and carpet and paint. So, it's like we're trying to comprehensively look at all

889
01:04:25,119 --> 01:04:29,739
our facilities, and how do we set the district up with keeping our nice facilities

890
01:04:29,799 --> 01:04:33,129
going, keeping our ones that need to replace, but keep them in operation that's

891
01:04:33,190 --> 01:04:37,869
safe for students, and then how do we place some elementaries with new elementaries

892
01:04:37,900 --> 01:04:41,500
and start over. And the new replacement would be comprehensive, similar to

893
01:04:41,559 --> 01:04:45,849
Parkwood, not that it would be just Parkwood, but the Parkwood has a new school,

894
01:04:45,968 --> 01:04:49,299
new bus loop that's separate, new student/staff parking-

895
01:04:49,509 --> 01:04:49,750
Mm-hmm

896
01:04:49,750 --> 01:04:54,339
... covered play areas, play equipment, fields, outdoor areas.

897
01:04:54,609 --> 01:04:54,609
Yeah.

898
01:04:54,669 --> 01:04:56,619
So yes, it's like all these inter--

899
01:04:57,910 --> 01:05:02,679
But that need is so great you're not going to be able to solve it in a short period

900
01:05:02,709 --> 01:05:03,280
of time.

901
01:05:03,369 --> 01:05:08,410
Yeah. No, I appreciated that. I also just wanted to flag for a future conversation.

902
01:05:08,650 --> 01:05:10,419
This is the first that I've heard of,

903
01:05:11,829 --> 01:05:17,769
I really appreciate the strategy around creative thinking about revenue streams.

904
01:05:17,859 --> 01:05:18,009
Mm-hmm.

905
01:05:18,429 --> 01:05:22,239
The land leasing of our district property.

906
01:05:23,769 --> 01:05:29,139
I could use some more information about what are the regulatory requirements.

907
01:05:29,229 --> 01:05:34,809
Is there a process? I know that we do that in part here in this

908
01:05:35,168 --> 01:05:35,650
building.

909
01:05:37,089 --> 01:05:42,759
So thinking about the assets of the district and the physical buildings

910
01:05:42,819 --> 01:05:47,079
that are not currently housing students full time.

911
01:05:47,619 --> 01:05:50,319
Is that what you're talking about, North City in

912
01:05:52,030 --> 01:05:52,719
potentially-

913
01:05:52,959 --> 01:05:57,639
Not quite. But I think Director Jernigan, your excitement, I share it because I

914
01:05:57,669 --> 01:06:02,169
think it's a great opportunity. We looked at a case study up in Edmonds School

915
01:06:02,229 --> 01:06:07,269
District, where they, at a much greater scale, they leased out their old high

916
01:06:07,359 --> 01:06:12,250
school site, and they're leasing it to a Costco and a Home Depot, and they're

917
01:06:12,339 --> 01:06:15,369
generating a lot of cash flow that goes back into preventative maintenance.

918
01:06:15,400 --> 01:06:17,650
And so I think, we can learn from those models-

919
01:06:17,739 --> 01:06:17,739
Yeah

920
01:06:17,739 --> 01:06:19,989
... and we see how it's applicable in our own district.

921
01:06:20,619 --> 01:06:24,940
We're at the early phases of what is and isn't possible, so I can't give you a

922
01:06:24,969 --> 01:06:28,660
definitive answer, but I can say that we will absolutely explore it.

923
01:06:29,019 --> 01:06:30,280
Awesome. Thank you.

924
01:06:30,369 --> 01:06:33,219
And then just a couple of clarifications, too.

925
01:06:33,969 --> 01:06:37,660
So when you look at it, there's a lot of the buildings are old, but also our

926
01:06:37,719 --> 01:06:40,629
support services, like this district office is-

927
01:06:40,809 --> 01:06:40,869
Yeah

928
01:06:40,869 --> 01:06:43,030
... is impactful because of the age.

929
01:06:44,079 --> 01:06:46,959
We have a maintenance shop that's great because it's the old high school, but at

930
01:06:47,019 --> 01:06:51,519
some point, that needs upgraded. We have transition services being provided to

931
01:06:51,609 --> 01:06:54,819
students 18 to 21 on this campus, that needs to be addressed.

932
01:06:55,329 --> 01:06:58,030
Some days, it's nice that we're putting a roof to extend the life of the

933
01:06:58,059 --> 01:07:01,179
transportation center, but at some point, that needs to be replaced, and your

934
01:07:01,239 --> 01:07:03,849
central kitchen. So we're not just like normal.

935
01:07:03,940 --> 01:07:06,729
Sometimes districts are like, "I'm going to replace one elementary, and that's it."

936
01:07:07,209 --> 01:07:10,629
We're trying to look across the long range, that's what Min is talking about.

937
01:07:11,198 --> 01:07:13,839
And then bonds, people have done this with bonds.

938
01:07:13,900 --> 01:07:17,049
We're issued to do Kellogg, Einstein, Parkwood.

939
01:07:17,319 --> 01:07:17,559
Mm-hmm.

940
01:07:17,619 --> 01:07:20,679
But in Washington State, you also have the ability to run a capital levy for

941
01:07:20,739 --> 01:07:21,669
capital purposes.

942
01:07:21,849 --> 01:07:21,940
Yeah.

943
01:07:22,000 --> 01:07:25,509
Something we can consider. That can do preventative maintenance like roofs-

944
01:07:25,599 --> 01:07:25,809
Mm-hmm

945
01:07:25,839 --> 01:07:31,449
... playgrounds, painting, carpet, HVAC, security improvements,

946
01:07:31,780 --> 01:07:36,369
lighting. Because as we're still continuing to operate these buildings, the State

947
01:07:36,400 --> 01:07:40,209
of Washington is adding new requirements, like the Clean Building Act that you guys

948
01:07:40,269 --> 01:07:40,660
heard from-

949
01:07:40,660 --> 01:07:40,719
Mm-hmm

950
01:07:40,719 --> 01:07:44,709
... Hartis like a year ago. We have to drop our energy usage in these buildings.

951
01:07:44,769 --> 01:07:46,599
At the same time, we have to operate them.

952
01:07:47,019 --> 01:07:47,319
Mm-hmm.

953
01:07:47,469 --> 01:07:49,479
So there's a lot of

954
01:07:50,679 --> 01:07:54,609
age pressure from the buildings and a lot of operating pressures, and then just

955
01:07:54,669 --> 01:07:58,419
things wear out. So that's where they decided as a district to put a roof on Echo

956
01:07:58,479 --> 01:07:58,809
Lake-

957
01:07:58,989 --> 01:07:59,319
Mm-hmm

958
01:07:59,319 --> 01:08:01,359
... even though it was an older building.

959
01:08:01,419 --> 01:08:03,819
It's like at some point, they just don't stay.

960
01:08:04,239 --> 01:08:04,419
Yeah.

961
01:08:04,479 --> 01:08:04,690
Mm-hmm.

962
01:08:05,139 --> 01:08:09,190
No, and a capital levy would be similar to what we heard with Prop 1.

963
01:08:09,669 --> 01:08:09,759
Right.

964
01:08:09,819 --> 01:08:12,160
Going to the voters, asking for more-

965
01:08:12,339 --> 01:08:12,549
Right

966
01:08:12,549 --> 01:08:12,969
... support.

967
01:08:13,000 --> 01:08:14,530
Well, and we have one we've been working through.

968
01:08:14,679 --> 01:08:14,799
Okay.

969
01:08:14,859 --> 01:08:20,110
That's how we got through, I believe, Brad Crest upgrades and several other-

970
01:08:20,139 --> 01:08:21,610
Those were bond proceeds.

971
01:08:21,669 --> 01:08:25,660
Or that was the-- But, or other ones that we've done recently, sorry, I missed the

972
01:08:25,660 --> 01:08:25,719
ones-

973
01:08:25,749 --> 01:08:28,959
Yeah. So they're similar, like, sorry, but a tech levy is similar.

974
01:08:29,349 --> 01:08:29,620
Yeah.

975
01:08:29,739 --> 01:08:31,479
But it's specific for tech purposes.

976
01:08:31,569 --> 01:08:32,469
So you can actually do

977
01:08:34,479 --> 01:08:36,699
additional levy for capital purposes.

978
01:08:37,479 --> 01:08:38,229
And we would go through a process-

979
01:08:38,259 --> 01:08:39,669
And restricted to those types of things.

980
01:08:39,699 --> 01:08:44,019
Yeah, we go through a process, and it would be similar, like what you just did on

981
01:08:44,079 --> 01:08:48,579
those state mass proceeds, where we listed out all the activities that we would do.

982
01:08:48,610 --> 01:08:48,819
Mm-hmm.

983
01:08:49,299 --> 01:08:49,599
So you

984
01:08:51,400 --> 01:08:55,690
would pick a levy. But you would specifically say a few items that we need to do,

985
01:08:56,169 --> 01:08:57,910
but then sometimes you leave it broad.

986
01:08:57,999 --> 01:08:58,389
So like

987
01:09:00,099 --> 01:09:02,949
in a previous district, we left it broad, so when the Washington State legislature

988
01:09:03,009 --> 01:09:07,599
changed it from 15 parts per billion for drinking water to five, then you can do

989
01:09:07,660 --> 01:09:09,549
implementations to comply with that law.

990
01:09:10,120 --> 01:09:13,120
When Washington state says we'll do clean building acts, and you'll have to drop

991
01:09:13,179 --> 01:09:17,410
all your energy usage, over time, it starts with our larger schools, then you can

992
01:09:17,469 --> 01:09:20,979
use those funds to make those improvements to your building management systems.

993
01:09:22,809 --> 01:09:26,799
But just in terms of timeline, realistically, what we're hearing from community

994
01:09:26,919 --> 01:09:32,739
about safety and playground equipment is not something that's going to be directly

995
01:09:33,489 --> 01:09:39,280
solved within this committee. That would need to be worked through some other

996
01:09:39,489 --> 01:09:39,940
process right now?

997
01:09:39,999 --> 01:09:43,660
I think we just have to be really flexible as this committee starts down the road.

998
01:09:43,989 --> 01:09:44,379
Yeah.

999
01:09:44,589 --> 01:09:48,459
Our goal is to educate them on a lot of information on what our buildings are like,

1000
01:09:48,610 --> 01:09:52,660
and there's always a place to say, "Oh, well, maybe this is a track that we have to

1001
01:09:52,719 --> 01:09:53,049
take."

1002
01:09:53,559 --> 01:09:53,559
Okay.

1003
01:09:53,589 --> 01:09:56,739
Because some things could go faster, and some things would go longer.

1004
01:09:57,519 --> 01:10:02,529
But I think that's as we start down it and we inform staff and community and

1005
01:10:02,589 --> 01:10:07,269
long-range facility planning committee, there might be like, "Oh, this is a really

1006
01:10:07,359 --> 01:10:08,139
urgent need."

1007
01:10:08,620 --> 01:10:08,649
Yeah.

1008
01:10:08,679 --> 01:10:12,249
There's these pressures. There's a lot of deferred maintenance in these buildings.

1009
01:10:13,149 --> 01:10:16,479
Tom and his crew is working really hard, but at some point, we need some new

1010
01:10:16,539 --> 01:10:17,799
funding to make this happen.

1011
01:10:17,919 --> 01:10:18,309
Got it.

1012
01:10:18,699 --> 01:10:20,109
Mm-hmm.

1013
01:10:20,199 --> 01:10:24,249
I have one, if you allow me, a quick question or

1014
01:10:27,370 --> 01:10:33,039
feedback. So we listened to the parents and, I'm a parent.

1015
01:10:33,249 --> 01:10:37,599
My kids went to Shoreline School District, and

1016
01:10:38,919 --> 01:10:40,479
I fully agree that

1017
01:10:42,039 --> 01:10:44,229
our top priority should be safety.

1018
01:10:45,579 --> 01:10:49,329
The district's top priority for the students when they go to school, I shouldn't,

1019
01:10:49,419 --> 01:10:55,149
as a parent, worry that my kid might come back home with a fractured ankle because

1020
01:10:55,239 --> 01:10:56,529
the field is

1021
01:10:58,179 --> 01:11:03,579
in a bad condition. So I want to just put it out there that the

1022
01:11:03,669 --> 01:11:08,859
safety of our students should be our priority when we come to do any maintenance to

1023
01:11:09,099 --> 01:11:14,229
any building. That's my opinion. I know it depends on the

1024
01:11:15,129 --> 01:11:18,219
age of the building and the necessities.

1025
01:11:18,279 --> 01:11:24,009
But is there any way we can look at the data from the nurses in buildings to see

1026
01:11:24,069 --> 01:11:28,239
which field has the most injuries?

1027
01:11:28,539 --> 01:11:33,609
Then we can look at the results and see, okay, this is probably the worst field,

1028
01:11:33,669 --> 01:11:34,599
and we can start there.

1029
01:11:35,739 --> 01:11:40,059
Yeah, so that's why, like I said, again, having Min and Tom and I new to this

1030
01:11:40,120 --> 01:11:42,249
process, and we've been here a couple of months.

1031
01:11:43,899 --> 01:11:47,019
I've set out the standard of life safety is our priority.

1032
01:11:47,049 --> 01:11:52,779
And life safety is fields, playgrounds, fire alarm systems, your HVAC.

1033
01:11:52,839 --> 01:11:54,669
And so that's what we're concentrating on.

1034
01:11:54,699 --> 01:11:59,229
And so that if they're working on playing on play equipment or in fields, then

1035
01:11:59,259 --> 01:12:00,219
we're going down with the

1036
01:12:01,479 --> 01:12:04,029
largest risk first and trying to resolve those.

1037
01:12:06,219 --> 01:12:06,339
And

1038
01:12:07,599 --> 01:12:12,429
life safety gets broad, but the roof on the bus barn was important because you

1039
01:12:12,519 --> 01:12:13,779
can't have water intrusion-

1040
01:12:14,379 --> 01:12:14,439
Mm-hmm

1041
01:12:14,469 --> 01:12:19,029
... because that's an impact on your staff when you get water into your building.

1042
01:12:19,120 --> 01:12:22,209
So it's like this balance of all those life safety items,

1043
01:12:25,539 --> 01:12:27,429
and this is where you were saying super complex.

1044
01:12:27,729 --> 01:12:30,849
We have beautiful secondary buildings, but those fields start to wear out.

1045
01:12:31,089 --> 01:12:34,870
And then there's a lot of large students playing on those fields going very fast,

1046
01:12:34,929 --> 01:12:36,939
and they have to have safe play areas also.

1047
01:12:37,269 --> 01:12:40,689
So we hear you, and that's what we're trying to work on, and we're trying to

1048
01:12:40,749 --> 01:12:43,479
balance all the needs across. And

1049
01:12:45,519 --> 01:12:47,559
some is going to take investments, and some is

1050
01:12:48,939 --> 01:12:53,349
having the number of staff members to be able to address these items with the

1051
01:12:53,410 --> 01:12:55,929
proper amount of equipment to make those improvements.

1052
01:12:56,259 --> 01:12:57,399
Mm-hmm.

1053
01:12:57,459 --> 01:12:57,969
So that's-

1054
01:12:58,239 --> 01:12:58,989
Thank you.

1055
01:12:59,049 --> 01:13:02,529
Can I distill what I think I'm hearing to see if I have it right?

1056
01:13:03,639 --> 01:13:04,239
Mm-hmm.

1057
01:13:04,965 --> 01:13:08,505
There's pressing current needs. There's the list you brought us before-

1058
01:13:08,595 --> 01:13:08,595
Yes

1059
01:13:08,595 --> 01:13:11,715
... that we supported, that is effectively

1060
01:13:13,305 --> 01:13:15,045
at a minimum the plan for this year.

1061
01:13:15,525 --> 01:13:16,185
And that's the like-

1062
01:13:16,515 --> 01:13:16,606
Right

1063
01:13:16,965 --> 01:13:22,515
... what's being worked on now. There's then the long range facility, and then

1064
01:13:22,545 --> 01:13:26,805
there's an ongoing assessment evaluation process that happens-

1065
01:13:26,805 --> 01:13:26,805
Right

1066
01:13:26,865 --> 01:13:27,435
... all the time.

1067
01:13:28,725 --> 01:13:34,125
Then there's a long-range facilities planning, which is a longer view planning

1068
01:13:34,185 --> 01:13:35,295
process of assessing,

1069
01:13:36,856 --> 01:13:38,895
we're looking at all the buildings, we're looking at all the facilities, we're

1070
01:13:38,925 --> 01:13:41,475
looking at, and we're building a long-range plan.

1071
01:13:41,865 --> 01:13:46,245
And then I think I'm hearing that inside of that, we will also look at how do we

1072
01:13:47,085 --> 01:13:48,795
optimize our ongoing

1073
01:13:51,285 --> 01:13:56,235
maintenance plan within that. But I'm not sure if that last part is correct.

1074
01:13:58,606 --> 01:13:59,265
All the above.

1075
01:13:59,655 --> 01:13:59,955
Okay.

1076
01:14:00,735 --> 01:14:05,715
No, I think Rachel Belfield said something the other day, and I think it makes a

1077
01:14:05,745 --> 01:14:08,775
lot of sense, replacement tomorrow, but recess today.

1078
01:14:09,495 --> 01:14:13,725
And so yes, we have this plan, but we also have to address needs now, and they can

1079
01:14:13,785 --> 01:14:16,125
be interim solutions to get us there.

1080
01:14:16,185 --> 01:14:20,326
And then during that timeline, as we establish that, we can establish, hey, maybe

1081
01:14:20,356 --> 01:14:25,155
there's interim solutions we can deploy at certain fields that might not be in the

1082
01:14:25,245 --> 01:14:30,045
queue for replacement for another decade versus a school that might be in the queue

1083
01:14:30,106 --> 01:14:32,535
in a couple of years. And so you have to treat those differently.

1084
01:14:32,865 --> 01:14:36,405
I don't have the answer, but that just goes back to it's complex, and this is the

1085
01:14:36,435 --> 01:14:40,245
first time we're starting to look at the adjacencies as well as the relationships

1086
01:14:40,275 --> 01:14:41,356
between all these issues.

1087
01:14:41,985 --> 01:14:44,085
That's great. Yeah. Oh, sorry. Go ahead.

1088
01:14:44,115 --> 01:14:48,826
And I think we'll talk like a term that we throw out a lot at budget presentations

1089
01:14:48,885 --> 01:14:50,625
and things is deferred maintenance.

1090
01:14:51,316 --> 01:14:53,775
Well, deferred maintenance in real life is play fields.

1091
01:14:54,375 --> 01:14:56,955
So if you don't invest in them, and you don't have the staff-

1092
01:14:56,955 --> 01:14:56,985
Mm-hmm

1093
01:14:57,015 --> 01:14:59,445
... to keep them up, and you don't have the equipment to maintain them, then it

1094
01:14:59,505 --> 01:15:01,515
becomes deferred maintenance, and you have issues.

1095
01:15:01,606 --> 01:15:01,875
Mm-hmm.

1096
01:15:02,055 --> 01:15:03,645
So that's what we're trying to discover.

1097
01:15:03,675 --> 01:15:07,785
And what Min will say, it sound like we don't have all the systems and the specs

1098
01:15:07,816 --> 01:15:12,765
and the plan. In our operations, we don't have the software packages to really

1099
01:15:12,826 --> 01:15:16,066
understand every piece of equipment in our district to run a building, we should

1100
01:15:16,095 --> 01:15:18,885
know the age and the condition so that we can fix them.

1101
01:15:18,975 --> 01:15:24,015
So part of our work with Hargis was to do Clean Building Act, but part of our work

1102
01:15:24,106 --> 01:15:27,165
was they're doing the, we talked to you guys about the balancing tab and

1103
01:15:27,195 --> 01:15:30,495
commissioning work, like, why aren't the HVAC systems working?

1104
01:15:30,735 --> 01:15:31,066
Mm-hmm.

1105
01:15:31,095 --> 01:15:35,566
And they find a significant dollar amount of items that are broken that we have to

1106
01:15:35,595 --> 01:15:37,755
buy the equipment and someone to fix them.

1107
01:15:38,265 --> 01:15:41,925
So that's what deferred maintenance becomes, is then the building doesn't

1108
01:15:43,455 --> 01:15:48,316
bring in fresh air or cool or heat like it should, and the fields aren't safe to

1109
01:15:48,375 --> 01:15:52,755
play on, or playground equipment is decades past its useful life.

1110
01:15:55,365 --> 01:15:58,576
That's really helpful to understand, all the layers that you're engaging in-

1111
01:15:58,905 --> 01:15:59,055
Yes

1112
01:15:59,055 --> 01:16:02,445
... at the same time to Director Jernigan's point about the complexity of that.

1113
01:16:03,585 --> 01:16:09,495
Along those lines, will there be any looking at our existing elementary

1114
01:16:09,555 --> 01:16:14,235
boundaries? I know that's been a deferred maintenance conversation actually,

1115
01:16:16,035 --> 01:16:20,895
and that was anticipated a while ago. Varying interceding factors occurred.

1116
01:16:22,576 --> 01:16:25,066
Curious if that's a conversation that we're going to have.

1117
01:16:25,125 --> 01:16:29,385
I think internally we have to discuss that first, but I do think it's probably long

1118
01:16:29,445 --> 01:16:35,085
enough to look at potentially another demographic study that would have the

1119
01:16:35,895 --> 01:16:39,285
more detailed level of where the actual students live, because then you could have

1120
01:16:39,345 --> 01:16:43,455
those details. Because the previous study talked about growth-

1121
01:16:43,576 --> 01:16:43,576
Mm-hmm

1122
01:16:43,576 --> 01:16:46,816
... but as you can see in some of our enrollment presentations, we're not really

1123
01:16:46,875 --> 01:16:48,465
seeing growth in our lower grades.

1124
01:16:48,525 --> 01:16:48,585
Mm-hmm.

1125
01:16:48,585 --> 01:16:50,025
It's continued to decline.

1126
01:16:50,085 --> 01:16:50,356
Mm-hmm.

1127
01:16:50,865 --> 01:16:55,905
And we are working, the part to do in the boundary is capacity.

1128
01:16:56,895 --> 01:17:01,755
We're not done. Min has gone through to all the blueprints to figure out how many

1129
01:17:01,816 --> 01:17:06,195
classrooms we have in every school, and then we're working on how many teachers are

1130
01:17:06,195 --> 01:17:08,235
assigned, and what are the use of all the classrooms.

1131
01:17:08,745 --> 01:17:10,485
Because I think that was a comment in the slide.

1132
01:17:10,515 --> 01:17:14,685
It's like, I think it's unbalanced utilization of buildings.

1133
01:17:15,045 --> 01:17:17,175
And you heard that today. Some buildings are really large-

1134
01:17:17,265 --> 01:17:17,356
Mm-hmm

1135
01:17:17,356 --> 01:17:20,385
... and then we have buildings with a lot of space.

1136
01:17:20,865 --> 01:17:21,135
Mm-hmm.

1137
01:17:22,335 --> 01:17:27,106
So yes, there's a lot of components that we're trying to understand.

1138
01:17:28,425 --> 01:17:28,935
Great.

1139
01:17:31,125 --> 01:17:36,165
In, I don't remember which slide, but you were saying the plan would encompass 10

1140
01:17:36,225 --> 01:17:37,035
to 20 years-

1141
01:17:37,365 --> 01:17:37,515
Mm-hmm

1142
01:17:37,515 --> 01:17:39,675
... which feels like a large timestamp.

1143
01:17:39,735 --> 01:17:41,685
Mm-hmm.

1144
01:17:41,775 --> 01:17:46,245
Is there somewhere in the process that the committee or your team collectively is

1145
01:17:46,305 --> 01:17:50,985
going to hone in on what is the timeframe you anticipate the plan to cover?

1146
01:17:53,625 --> 01:17:56,955
Yeah, and I think it's also, I'd like to state that this is a

1147
01:17:58,155 --> 01:18:02,445
living document, so we are going to continually, whether that be annually or

1148
01:18:02,505 --> 01:18:05,566
biannually, continue to look at this and continue to refine it.

1149
01:18:06,765 --> 01:18:10,755
So I hope that helps your question.

1150
01:18:13,515 --> 01:18:13,785
Yeah.

1151
01:18:13,845 --> 01:18:19,215
And I also think this could take multiple funding measures to have it happen.

1152
01:18:19,305 --> 01:18:22,875
So you could do one, and then you could redo it again before you run a second

1153
01:18:22,905 --> 01:18:26,745
funding measure. And say it might even take a third funding measure, so it might be

1154
01:18:26,925 --> 01:18:31,035
20 years. But there might be, that redo Min's talking about, but there might be

1155
01:18:31,095 --> 01:18:36,405
deep dives before the funding measures, and as you have those

1156
01:18:36,856 --> 01:18:38,835
ICO study and survey reports done-

1157
01:18:39,015 --> 01:18:39,195
Mm-hmm

1158
01:18:39,195 --> 01:18:40,635
... be like a good check-in time.

1159
01:18:40,665 --> 01:18:44,595
Mm-hmm. I love that idea of it being a living document as opposed to this is a

1160
01:18:44,625 --> 01:18:48,165
contained plan, and therefore it's something we can, like our strategic plan,

1161
01:18:48,225 --> 01:18:52,155
regularly revisit. Are we accomplishing those goals? Are we moving that forward?

1162
01:18:52,215 --> 01:18:55,035
Do we need to revisit guidance? Do we have all the structures in place we need?

1163
01:18:55,066 --> 01:18:57,765
So that's helpful to think of it that way.

1164
01:18:59,025 --> 01:19:02,715
I fully endorse and support a living document for that.

1165
01:19:05,115 --> 01:19:09,375
Last question before we have a conversation about whatever else with that guidance

1166
01:19:09,435 --> 01:19:10,485
we're having a conversation about.

1167
01:19:11,265 --> 01:19:15,735
In terms of communities that you're anticipating engaging with, I know we have the

1168
01:19:15,765 --> 01:19:19,665
committee, but there's going to be community outreach and other conversations.

1169
01:19:21,856 --> 01:19:25,245
Have you anticipated engaging with our tribal partners as part of that?

1170
01:19:27,135 --> 01:19:29,085
That has not been in consideration now.

1171
01:19:29,144 --> 01:19:31,785
I appreciate you mentioning that, and we'll consider it moving forward.

1172
01:19:32,865 --> 01:19:36,795
Thank you. I know that's one of our commitments in our environmental justice

1173
01:19:36,856 --> 01:19:37,785
resolution. So,

1174
01:19:40,785 --> 01:19:41,535
look forward to that.

1175
01:19:42,405 --> 01:19:43,905
Speaking of environmental,

1176
01:19:45,225 --> 01:19:50,175
I didn't see that mentioned explicitly in the

1177
01:19:50,595 --> 01:19:56,085
potential principles or school board guidance, and so just wanted to

1178
01:19:57,195 --> 01:19:57,826
see if we-

1179
01:19:58,095 --> 01:20:02,175
Yeah. It was mentioned in the RCWs, the federal role.

1180
01:20:02,205 --> 01:20:05,985
Right. Yep. Yeah, and I think, I saw fiscal stewardship.

1181
01:20:06,106 --> 01:20:11,356
I was thinking environmental stewardship as well, trying to ground our work in

1182
01:20:11,805 --> 01:20:11,925
practice.

1183
01:20:11,985 --> 01:20:17,025
Well, some of it will be handled by the state because of the building codes-

1184
01:20:17,175 --> 01:20:17,595
Mm-hmm

1185
01:20:17,595 --> 01:20:21,405
... have certain rules in them, and then the compliance with the Clean Building Act

1186
01:20:21,495 --> 01:20:23,955
is really driving energy conservation measures.

1187
01:20:25,125 --> 01:20:28,785
And then, Min, I don't know if it was listed, but we've been watching the school

1188
01:20:28,845 --> 01:20:29,295
board's

1189
01:20:30,975 --> 01:20:34,305
climate justice policy. Am I saying that the right way?

1190
01:20:34,515 --> 01:20:40,455
So we've been reading all that. And then also districts can go beyond, and this is

1191
01:20:40,485 --> 01:20:43,395
where we have to have creative thinking, like you do ground source heat pumps.

1192
01:20:43,545 --> 01:20:43,725
So

1193
01:20:45,375 --> 01:20:49,305
I know Min and Tom have been talking, there's the construction costs, but then

1194
01:20:49,335 --> 01:20:51,615
there's also the life of to maintain the building.

1195
01:20:51,675 --> 01:20:52,066
Mm-hmm.

1196
01:20:52,665 --> 01:20:54,525
And maintaining and heating and operating.

1197
01:20:54,585 --> 01:20:55,875
So trying to look at all those

1198
01:20:57,135 --> 01:20:57,735
features.

1199
01:21:00,255 --> 01:21:02,025
Yeah. Thank you. That's great.

1200
01:21:03,675 --> 01:21:08,955
So, and did we want to take a look at slide eight and the

1201
01:21:09,045 --> 01:21:12,555
initial school board guidance for consideration?

1202
01:21:14,235 --> 01:21:20,175
Do we want to have any discussion on this tonight, or do we want to allocate

1203
01:21:20,235 --> 01:21:21,645
time a little bit later?

1204
01:21:28,755 --> 01:21:30,765
I know I'm going to need time to process.

1205
01:21:32,535 --> 01:21:32,535
Yeah, yeah.

1206
01:21:32,625 --> 01:21:38,326
So, but I appreciate that we have something to react to and think about.

1207
01:21:38,625 --> 01:21:38,865
Yeah.

1208
01:21:39,255 --> 01:21:40,395
Great. Yeah.

1209
01:21:41,745 --> 01:21:45,915
Agree. I think at first glance, the guidance that you've captured here

1210
01:21:48,076 --> 01:21:51,795
really reflects some of what I think our high-level priorities would be.

1211
01:21:51,856 --> 01:21:53,415
I'd like to think about what's missing.

1212
01:21:53,715 --> 01:21:53,985
Mm-hmm.

1213
01:21:55,125 --> 01:21:55,695
Mm-hmm.

1214
01:21:55,755 --> 01:22:01,215
But so far, just moving the safety and security up to the first priority would meet

1215
01:22:02,805 --> 01:22:03,045
some of

1216
01:22:04,305 --> 01:22:07,395
the requests you heard earlier, but I think this is an excellent start.

1217
01:22:08,085 --> 01:22:09,495
Fantastic. That's good to hear.

1218
01:22:10,978 --> 01:22:14,997
Yeah, I really appreciate you giving us this jumping-off point and the examples

1219
01:22:15,027 --> 01:22:19,468
from other districts, so we can take the time to look at our own guiding documents,

1220
01:22:19,557 --> 01:22:25,137
our own input that we're aware of just from our time on the board and other work,

1221
01:22:26,157 --> 01:22:28,737
and be able to come back with some informed feedback.

1222
01:22:28,767 --> 01:22:33,207
I'd be concerned about saying something off the cuff and tomorrow waking up and

1223
01:22:33,237 --> 01:22:37,587
being like, "Oh, if only it had a night to sleep on it, I might have said something

1224
01:22:37,617 --> 01:22:38,277
different."

1225
01:22:39,508 --> 01:22:42,927
And we didn't have any intention of presuming you guys were going to approve it

1226
01:22:42,987 --> 01:22:46,468
coming into this, and you'll probably have to chew on it, and there'll be things

1227
01:22:46,497 --> 01:22:49,947
that you want to add, and I'm sure you'll better it somehow.

1228
01:22:50,008 --> 01:22:51,508
So looking forward to see what you guys do.

1229
01:22:52,107 --> 01:22:58,017
Great. Thank you. Yeah, looking forward to also hearing about the convening of

1230
01:22:58,077 --> 01:23:01,468
the committee and group to look at this more deeply.

1231
01:23:01,587 --> 01:23:05,277
Really thank those that are signed up to participate in this work.

1232
01:23:05,337 --> 01:23:08,758
That'll be really helpful for our district. So, yeah.

1233
01:23:09,478 --> 01:23:11,728
It's an exciting adventure we're about to embark on, so

1234
01:23:12,478 --> 01:23:12,508
Yeah.

1235
01:23:12,567 --> 01:23:13,557
Can I ask one more question?

1236
01:23:13,587 --> 01:23:13,707
Yeah.

1237
01:23:13,737 --> 01:23:17,247
Which is, what are you anticipating that December study session

1238
01:23:18,897 --> 01:23:21,837
will be with us? Is it like an update on progress?

1239
01:23:22,827 --> 01:23:24,267
You'll have all the answers for us.

1240
01:23:25,167 --> 01:23:29,427
Oh, I love that. Okay. There's our deadline. All the answers by December. Got it.

1241
01:23:31,978 --> 01:23:34,017
I don't have a great answer either.

1242
01:23:34,107 --> 01:23:37,497
I know that it's been scheduled, presuming it's just going to be an update.

1243
01:23:37,557 --> 01:23:41,218
But whatever's pressing at that time, and I don't know what that may be, but just a

1244
01:23:41,277 --> 01:23:42,927
general touch base I think would be good.

1245
01:23:43,617 --> 01:23:46,917
Not to say that'll be our only or last, but it'll be a touch base.

1246
01:23:47,817 --> 01:23:48,327
Okay. Super.

1247
01:23:49,827 --> 01:23:50,097
Great.

1248
01:23:50,157 --> 01:23:50,847
Thank you both.

1249
01:23:51,417 --> 01:23:51,718
Thank you.

1250
01:23:51,747 --> 01:23:52,617
Thank you.

1251
01:23:52,677 --> 01:23:53,187
Thank you.

1252
01:23:54,447 --> 01:23:56,787
Thank you, Art and Min. Appreciate it.

1253
01:23:57,777 --> 01:23:58,167
Oh, yeah.

1254
01:24:01,137 --> 01:24:06,718
All right. We are moving on to our last presentation for this evening, which is the

1255
01:24:06,777 --> 01:24:09,387
first reading for policy revisions and rescissions.

1256
01:24:10,287 --> 01:24:15,478
There's a number of policies here, and I'll turn it over to Superintendent Reyes to

1257
01:24:16,167 --> 01:24:17,307
walk through those with us.

1258
01:24:27,207 --> 01:24:27,897
All right.

1259
01:24:30,207 --> 01:24:35,397
President Heath, members of the board, this evening we are bringing to you a few

1260
01:24:35,457 --> 01:24:40,107
policies for first reading revisions, and then recommendations for some

1261
01:24:40,137 --> 01:24:45,478
rescissions. And I'm going to, at any point during any one of

1262
01:24:45,537 --> 01:24:51,327
these policy reviews, invite President Heath and Vice President Bettnell

1263
01:24:51,417 --> 01:24:54,927
to chime in with thoughts on some of these recommendations.

1264
01:24:55,617 --> 01:25:00,927
This is a process that we've been working through over the last, really since last

1265
01:25:00,927 --> 01:25:05,337
spring or maybe even mid-year. Kathy joins us in that effort as well.

1266
01:25:05,397 --> 01:25:08,847
We have some mini work sessions with President Heath, but I also know

1267
01:25:10,107 --> 01:25:11,277
Vice President Bettnell

1268
01:25:13,737 --> 01:25:18,777
engages in this work as well alongside President Heath in their regular meetings.

1269
01:25:19,317 --> 01:25:23,036
So, with that, feel free to jump in at any point in time.

1270
01:25:24,897 --> 01:25:29,817
What I'm going to do is I'm going to first open up the background document that is

1271
01:25:29,907 --> 01:25:32,307
in the packet, and

1272
01:25:33,777 --> 01:25:38,097
this provides you at a glance really what we're bringing to you.

1273
01:25:40,197 --> 01:25:44,817
We are going to revise-- And I love that they're in color.

1274
01:25:46,077 --> 01:25:52,017
We're going to revise two policies, Policy 0100, Strategic

1275
01:25:52,077 --> 01:25:52,587
Planning,

1276
01:25:54,177 --> 01:26:00,057
and Policy 1310. And then you see in green the policies that we're recommending for

1277
01:26:00,087 --> 01:26:06,027
rescission. In the background content, there's a little bit more detail

1278
01:26:06,147 --> 01:26:07,797
about a couple of those.

1279
01:26:10,978 --> 01:26:15,087
Again, these have been mostly the 1000 series, which is the board policies.

1280
01:26:16,347 --> 01:26:21,687
But you can see that there's a 2000 series one in the mix, and so we'll talk a

1281
01:26:21,718 --> 01:26:22,707
little bit about that.

1282
01:26:26,337 --> 01:26:31,767
We have currently a zero series, the 000, Systemic Change,

1283
01:26:32,637 --> 01:26:34,767
and I believe we have about four policies there.

1284
01:26:35,787 --> 01:26:40,647
One of which is Policy 0150, the Race and Equity Policy, which also we'll be

1285
01:26:40,707 --> 01:26:43,857
reviewing, revising, and bringing to you at a later date.

1286
01:26:45,597 --> 01:26:51,237
But some of the rescission and movement of these policies are coming out of that as

1287
01:26:51,297 --> 01:26:51,597
well.

1288
01:26:53,307 --> 01:26:53,517
So,

1289
01:26:55,047 --> 01:27:00,357
two policies, 0100 and Policy 1310, Adoption and Amendment of Policies.

1290
01:27:01,107 --> 01:27:03,867
Those are the ones that we're bringing for first reading.

1291
01:27:04,827 --> 01:27:08,968
In Policy 0100, and I'll pull it up here shortly, I just wanted to read this.

1292
01:27:09,027 --> 01:27:12,297
I really appreciated the detail in this background for you.

1293
01:27:13,137 --> 01:27:17,127
There's a sentence that has been removed regarding the evaluation of the

1294
01:27:17,187 --> 01:27:21,777
superintendent, and review of building goals because those are addressed elsewhere.

1295
01:27:22,258 --> 01:27:22,737
And then

1296
01:27:24,627 --> 01:27:30,297
the number has been changed to 1001, and so now that

1297
01:27:30,327 --> 01:27:33,567
policy will reside in the 1000 series.

1298
01:27:35,547 --> 01:27:40,407
Policy 2116, Learning Improvement Teams, is being replaced with WASDA's Policy

1299
01:27:40,617 --> 01:27:46,347
2005, School Improvement Plans. And then again, the remaining policies,

1300
01:27:47,067 --> 01:27:51,747
or procedures are being brought to you for consideration of rescission.

1301
01:27:52,077 --> 01:27:57,837
All of these have been reviewed by legal counsel and affirmed, and

1302
01:27:57,897 --> 01:28:01,317
then they have been shared with our superintendent leadership team as well.

1303
01:28:01,377 --> 01:28:05,697
And I've requested to have them share back any feedback by next Thursday should

1304
01:28:05,758 --> 01:28:06,897
they have any questions.

1305
01:28:08,457 --> 01:28:13,647
And just wanting to give credit also to Assistant Superintendent Mike Van Norden,

1306
01:28:14,127 --> 01:28:18,147
who supported and assisted the review of the Policy

1307
01:28:18,387 --> 01:28:20,247
2005

1308
01:28:21,508 --> 01:28:24,297
that we're adopting in place of 2116.

1309
01:28:24,747 --> 01:28:29,367
He did some really great in-depth review of our existing one and comparing it with

1310
01:28:29,397 --> 01:28:35,277
the WASDA one. So I really appreciated Mike's time and effort in that process.

1311
01:28:37,016 --> 01:28:41,367
So I think I can just hit the close button and then go to the policies themselves.

1312
01:28:41,577 --> 01:28:43,406
Just want to make sure it doesn't cause anything weird.

1313
01:28:45,777 --> 01:28:51,327
So let's look at-- And I also pulled up on my laptop the

1314
01:28:51,447 --> 01:28:52,677
spreadsheet that we're using

1315
01:28:55,107 --> 01:28:59,847
in case there's a comment that I can make based on our work, because not every

1316
01:28:59,907 --> 01:29:02,487
single detail is in the background document necessarily.

1317
01:29:03,567 --> 01:29:05,487
Although, I think it covers it very well.

1318
01:29:05,907 --> 01:29:11,157
So if we look at Policy 0110, this is the strategic planning one

1319
01:29:12,027 --> 01:29:16,167
that we're updating to be, as you can see, 1001.

1320
01:29:16,917 --> 01:29:20,937
And really, the revision is simply to remove the board evaluates the

1321
01:29:20,968 --> 01:29:21,777
superintendent.

1322
01:29:23,517 --> 01:29:27,447
Because, and I'll read here, we're removing that.

1323
01:29:32,817 --> 01:29:35,997
We're removing the sentence in second to the last paragraph,

1324
01:29:39,237 --> 01:29:41,247
and we're changing the policy number to 1000.

1325
01:29:41,337 --> 01:29:43,917
But the superintendent evaluation is addressed in another one.

1326
01:29:44,157 --> 01:29:47,997
And so that's really the only change there, changing the number, moving it into the

1327
01:29:48,177 --> 01:29:50,877
1000 series, and then deleting that sentence.

1328
01:29:52,978 --> 01:29:55,617
So that's that first one. And then,

1329
01:29:59,097 --> 01:30:03,267
so what you can see is, for example, I'm going to pull up Policy 0200.

1330
01:30:03,357 --> 01:30:05,758
It's another one of those zero series ones.

1331
01:30:06,508 --> 01:30:11,277
You can see that we're asking the board to consider rescinding it.

1332
01:30:13,017 --> 01:30:18,478
One is it's not applicable because it dates back to way back in

1333
01:30:18,508 --> 01:30:24,237
1994 based on House Bill 1209. Things have changed, and now this

1334
01:30:24,297 --> 01:30:28,767
work is really led through the-- We do have building leadership teams, we have our

1335
01:30:28,827 --> 01:30:33,117
school improvement plan, so it's not as applicable anymore, and so we're requesting

1336
01:30:33,177 --> 01:30:34,258
rescinding that one.

1337
01:30:36,087 --> 01:30:39,508
And that's what our notes show as well in our little spreadsheet here.

1338
01:30:40,077 --> 01:30:42,777
Thank you, President Heath, for setting up this spreadsheet.

1339
01:30:45,537 --> 01:30:48,057
And then the procedure would be rescinded as well.

1340
01:30:52,647 --> 01:30:57,807
Let's see. We don't have notes on this one, but Policy 1310

1341
01:30:59,097 --> 01:31:04,978
has just some edits there, revisions to align with our

1342
01:31:05,037 --> 01:31:10,497
current practice, but also to align with WASDA's policy, and this one is

1343
01:31:10,587 --> 01:31:16,468
adoption manuals and administrative procedures.

1344
01:31:16,647 --> 01:31:21,207
And you can see the language that has been added underscored, some language that

1345
01:31:21,237 --> 01:31:22,377
has been struck out

1346
01:31:24,417 --> 01:31:25,197
And

1347
01:31:29,667 --> 01:31:35,067
so just trying to make sure that one is covered according to what WASDA recommends

1348
01:31:35,157 --> 01:31:36,657
and updating it accordingly.

1349
01:31:39,327 --> 01:31:39,687
Okay.

1350
01:31:45,718 --> 01:31:47,487
Let's see. Let's look at

1351
01:31:52,167 --> 01:31:55,137
rescinding Policy 1311. Again,

1352
01:31:56,577 --> 01:32:01,017
addressed elsewhere, it's not as applicable. Oh, the previous one?

1353
01:32:01,437 --> 01:32:02,037
That's correct.

1354
01:32:03,087 --> 01:32:06,267
Oh, okay. Yes, and I'm looking over here to our notes.

1355
01:32:06,297 --> 01:32:10,587
Yeah, I didn't type those notes in, but it's been folded into the 1310.

1356
01:32:11,247 --> 01:32:12,027
Thank you, Kathy.

1357
01:32:21,927 --> 01:32:24,207
Try to move this up so I can see clearly.

1358
01:32:24,987 --> 01:32:26,187
1312,

1359
01:32:27,508 --> 01:32:30,657
another set of administrative procedures

1360
01:32:32,577 --> 01:32:35,787
that is addressed in the previous one too, to some degree.

1361
01:32:36,207 --> 01:32:39,657
And so trying to consolidate these so that we have one that covers everything.

1362
01:32:40,527 --> 01:32:44,637
And if I scroll down, let's see when this one was last updated.

1363
01:32:45,417 --> 01:32:49,827
Or actually, the first time it was adopted was in 1986 and hasn't been revised.

1364
01:32:49,887 --> 01:32:55,677
So this really just brings everything together and makes it be much more pertinent

1365
01:32:55,767 --> 01:32:58,047
and in alignment with current

1366
01:32:59,937 --> 01:33:00,718
practices.

1367
01:33:03,567 --> 01:33:07,917
Procedures, let's see. And I talked about the 2005.

1368
01:33:08,997 --> 01:33:12,867
This is the new one that covers the school improvement plans.

1369
01:33:17,397 --> 01:33:20,787
And you can see it's brief, but it covers everything, and it aligns with our

1370
01:33:20,907 --> 01:33:21,747
current practice.

1371
01:33:25,317 --> 01:33:28,917
Let's see if there's any other notes there for that one.

1372
01:33:37,497 --> 01:33:42,777
Yeah, I don't see anything here. And again, Vice President Bettinelli and President

1373
01:33:42,837 --> 01:33:45,747
Heal, feel free to jump in on any one of these.

1374
01:33:47,487 --> 01:33:53,307
And then here's Policy 2116, the one that we're rescinding, replacing with 2005.

1375
01:33:54,237 --> 01:33:58,677
Again, like I shared earlier, it's an older policy dating back,

1376
01:34:00,387 --> 01:34:03,027
this one back in 2002.

1377
01:34:05,968 --> 01:34:10,047
I think those are the more, I don't know, the ones that stood out to me.

1378
01:34:10,377 --> 01:34:14,758
Any questions? President Heal, Vice President Bettinelli, is there anything you

1379
01:34:14,787 --> 01:34:16,617
want me to pull up in addition to this?

1380
01:34:18,177 --> 01:34:22,827
No. Thank you again for just running through those and walking us through some of

1381
01:34:22,857 --> 01:34:27,837
these changes. I just wanted to flag that a number of these are rescissions, but

1382
01:34:27,867 --> 01:34:32,367
they do relate to areas like the strategic plan and student learning and

1383
01:34:32,427 --> 01:34:36,537
school planning, and how

1384
01:34:38,186 --> 01:34:41,547
those plans come together for school improvement, for example.

1385
01:34:41,847 --> 01:34:47,187
And I think in terms of alignment to our strategic plan, I think even though there

1386
01:34:47,247 --> 01:34:53,037
may be rescissions or smaller points here, that work contributes to

1387
01:34:54,177 --> 01:34:57,237
our superintendent goals as well as our board goals.

1388
01:34:57,297 --> 01:35:02,037
So wanted to flag that as part of this process too.

1389
01:35:05,667 --> 01:35:10,527
I just want to lift up the work that President Heal has been doing in leading this

1390
01:35:10,587 --> 01:35:15,687
work of going through our board set of policies, in coordination with

1391
01:35:15,987 --> 01:35:19,407
Superintendent Reyes and Executive Assistant Schindler.

1392
01:35:22,047 --> 01:35:27,837
It's really leveling up our board policy manual,

1393
01:35:28,197 --> 01:35:33,537
in particular our own policies, and making us stronger and better, and more

1394
01:35:33,567 --> 01:35:38,667
risk-averse. So thank you very much for leading us with this.

1395
01:35:39,387 --> 01:35:41,667
I have a small editorial question.

1396
01:35:41,997 --> 01:35:42,027
Mm-hmm.

1397
01:35:42,027 --> 01:35:44,787
And then I have a larger question on one of them.

1398
01:35:45,267 --> 01:35:50,817
On the Policy 1310, I sincerely think this is just a typo.

1399
01:35:53,697 --> 01:35:59,247
In the title strikeout, I think we still want it to say "Of policies,"

1400
01:35:59,997 --> 01:36:03,447
and just that we're trying to strike "And amendment." Is that correct?

1401
01:36:08,067 --> 01:36:13,107
Out of the manuals and administrative procedures. So it's adoption...

1402
01:36:15,657 --> 01:36:18,508
I think it should be "Of policy manuals," right? Yeah.

1403
01:36:19,617 --> 01:36:20,667
Okay. Just making sure that-

1404
01:36:20,728 --> 01:36:21,117
So, yeah.

1405
01:36:21,147 --> 01:36:22,107
"Adoption of-"

1406
01:36:22,228 --> 01:36:22,317
Yeah.

1407
01:36:23,097 --> 01:36:24,867
Great. Thank you. Just wanted to check that.

1408
01:36:27,897 --> 01:36:28,827
And then on

1409
01:36:30,957 --> 01:36:33,747
the new school improvement plans policy,

1410
01:36:36,837 --> 01:36:41,367
I know that our team has done really outstanding work in evolving our school

1411
01:36:41,397 --> 01:36:44,517
improvement plans, particularly in alignment with our strategic plan.

1412
01:36:45,478 --> 01:36:46,917
And I'm wondering in what way

1413
01:36:48,897 --> 01:36:54,657
this policy might be strengthened by their work and things that they

1414
01:36:54,718 --> 01:37:00,207
might see in what they have developed in our plans that are reflecting, for

1415
01:37:00,237 --> 01:37:05,367
example, student outcomes or pursuit of the goals of our strategic plan.

1416
01:37:06,297 --> 01:37:08,577
That might be something that we might want to

1417
01:37:10,527 --> 01:37:13,167
consider. Is that something we would want

1418
01:37:15,057 --> 01:37:17,937
embedded in policy to be enduring?

1419
01:37:22,497 --> 01:37:25,468
Vice President Bettinelli, when you say they, do you mean the team?

1420
01:37:26,577 --> 01:37:26,877
Yes.

1421
01:37:27,177 --> 01:37:32,667
Okay. So my recommendation is to accept this revision as provided-

1422
01:37:32,728 --> 01:37:32,817
Mm-hmm

1423
01:37:32,817 --> 01:37:37,767
... because Assistant Superintendent Mike Van Orden did some kind of a deep dive

1424
01:37:37,797 --> 01:37:43,557
into the comparison and shared back that the WASDA policy and the way we're

1425
01:37:43,617 --> 01:37:49,406
presenting it today really does reflect our work. So that would be my thoughts.

1426
01:37:50,457 --> 01:37:54,897
Should you want me to take it back to the team to ask that question, happy to do

1427
01:37:54,957 --> 01:38:00,267
that. Did I understand what you were asking, or did I take it down another path?

1428
01:38:00,387 --> 01:38:03,027
No, no, you totally had that right.

1429
01:38:04,947 --> 01:38:09,057
Yes. And thank you, and I do remember you saying that he had looked at this-

1430
01:38:09,597 --> 01:38:10,137
Mm-hmm

1431
01:38:10,137 --> 01:38:10,677
... already.

1432
01:38:12,117 --> 01:38:16,377
And I guess I just sort of looked at it as feeling like it was stronger and wasn't

1433
01:38:16,407 --> 01:38:19,527
sure if it had been looked at with the eye of

1434
01:38:21,867 --> 01:38:25,287
does it reflect some of the really outstanding strategic work that he's led.

1435
01:38:27,567 --> 01:38:32,037
I've just really valued the way that he and the team have evolved those plans.

1436
01:38:33,747 --> 01:38:36,508
And I'm just interested in a lot of those strengths that they have

1437
01:38:37,797 --> 01:38:41,517
developed in those plans be enduring, and I know that policy is one of the ways we

1438
01:38:41,547 --> 01:38:42,508
make things enduring.

1439
01:38:43,407 --> 01:38:43,978
Mm-hmm.

1440
01:38:44,008 --> 01:38:46,527
So that's just where my line of questioning is or thought.

1441
01:38:49,228 --> 01:38:53,187
Well, as you were saying that, I was thinking, are you thinking maybe we should

1442
01:38:53,247 --> 01:38:56,997
have a tie-in also maybe to the strategic plan more explicitly?

1443
01:38:57,087 --> 01:39:01,437
Or is that a different line of thinking?

1444
01:39:01,767 --> 01:39:04,557
It feels like that just because that is where I've seen-

1445
01:39:05,367 --> 01:39:05,397
Yeah

1446
01:39:07,557 --> 01:39:10,437
... one of the key ways that I've seen Mike put the plan into action-

1447
01:39:11,008 --> 01:39:11,277
Mm-hmm

1448
01:39:11,277 --> 01:39:16,767
... in a really tangible way that is part of the pieces that guide our district

1449
01:39:17,758 --> 01:39:20,277
across a year in pursuit of that plan.

1450
01:39:23,547 --> 01:39:25,377
So it may be that

1451
01:39:26,968 --> 01:39:28,617
kind of tie-in or reference.

1452
01:39:30,087 --> 01:39:30,207
Mm-hmm.

1453
01:39:30,267 --> 01:39:31,317
That's part of why I also

1454
01:39:33,237 --> 01:39:36,207
kind of turned it back to you and the team for consideration,

1455
01:39:37,527 --> 01:39:41,787
because you've overseen that work and co-led that work with the team.

1456
01:39:43,947 --> 01:39:45,987
And I feel like you all are much closer to

1457
01:39:49,617 --> 01:39:54,867
what are the pieces that have felt important to embed in those plans.

1458
01:39:59,337 --> 01:40:05,127
So when I first shared this with Mike for review as we were

1459
01:40:05,157 --> 01:40:06,207
looking at this policy,

1460
01:40:07,617 --> 01:40:08,487
Mike shared back

1461
01:40:09,987 --> 01:40:15,807
a detailed response on his thoughts on what he recommended, and this was the

1462
01:40:15,837 --> 01:40:16,677
recommendation.

1463
01:40:17,997 --> 01:40:19,497
And I accepted it as such.

1464
01:40:20,787 --> 01:40:23,307
I'm wondering-

1465
01:40:25,011 --> 01:40:30,531
My inclination would be to accept it as presented, to consider accepting it as

1466
01:40:30,561 --> 01:40:34,941
presented because the review has been done.

1467
01:40:35,031 --> 01:40:35,272
Mm-hmm.

1468
01:40:35,631 --> 01:40:40,671
My wondering is, would the board like for me to take it back to Mike and the team

1469
01:40:40,731 --> 01:40:44,361
to further review and add some language to the effect of what you're

1470
01:40:45,951 --> 01:40:51,621
thinking about in terms of reflecting more about the work of the strategic plan?

1471
01:40:54,081 --> 01:40:55,671
I would say, what is the pleasure of the board on that?

1472
01:40:55,701 --> 01:40:56,751
We're not going to close that up.

1473
01:40:58,011 --> 01:41:01,611
I'm open, either. I really appreciate your recommendation.

1474
01:41:03,261 --> 01:41:09,111
And so, I feel open on that. The alternate I can think of is that when the SIPs

1475
01:41:09,171 --> 01:41:14,721
come to us in a month or so, it might be a time for us to then look at this side by

1476
01:41:14,751 --> 01:41:17,451
side with those and then be able to have that conversation-

1477
01:41:17,871 --> 01:41:17,961
Yeah

1478
01:41:18,022 --> 01:41:18,561
... at that time-

1479
01:41:18,981 --> 01:41:19,041
Yeah

1480
01:41:19,101 --> 01:41:19,701
... then, too.

1481
01:41:20,691 --> 01:41:23,841
Yeah. The way that I'm thinking about this conversation is,

1482
01:41:27,531 --> 01:41:33,022
I guess my concern would be is if there's no direct connection between the

1483
01:41:33,051 --> 01:41:37,941
strategic plan and the school improvement plan, that we might, 10 years from now

1484
01:41:38,121 --> 01:41:43,821
revert back to maybe some older habits that didn't serve us in

1485
01:41:43,881 --> 01:41:46,401
terms of goal setting and tracking and-

1486
01:41:46,881 --> 01:41:47,001
Yeah

1487
01:41:47,031 --> 01:41:48,801
... So that's the way that I've been-

1488
01:41:49,071 --> 01:41:49,161
Mm-hmm

1489
01:41:49,161 --> 01:41:52,701
... thinking about policy and that connection between-

1490
01:41:53,001 --> 01:41:53,182
Yeah

1491
01:41:53,721 --> 01:41:55,161
... what we actually receive, too.

1492
01:41:55,701 --> 01:41:55,851
Mm-hmm.

1493
01:41:55,851 --> 01:41:56,001
So, yeah.

1494
01:41:56,511 --> 01:42:02,061
The other thing we did in this policy is, at the bottom, we do cross-reference what

1495
01:42:02,090 --> 01:42:06,831
would be the new revised policy 1001 strategic plan, which is

1496
01:42:08,631 --> 01:42:14,451
the systemic change one that was 0100 that we're bringing to you today also as

1497
01:42:14,481 --> 01:42:15,081
first reading,

1498
01:42:16,341 --> 01:42:21,201
adjusted to 1001. So it does reference it there, and that's the one that we took

1499
01:42:21,231 --> 01:42:24,471
out the board, evaluates the superintendent.

1500
01:42:25,011 --> 01:42:27,381
And so that's how these two connect in that way.

1501
01:42:28,821 --> 01:42:29,391
I think-

1502
01:42:29,451 --> 01:42:31,792
So that might be sufficient. I don't know.

1503
01:42:32,272 --> 01:42:32,272
Mm-hmm.

1504
01:42:32,331 --> 01:42:37,491
I think the sentence that's sticking out for me that might codify what I'm hearing

1505
01:42:37,551 --> 01:42:43,491
is our existing practices, which is really to use the school improvement plans to

1506
01:42:43,522 --> 01:42:46,251
help support and drive the strategic plan is

1507
01:42:48,201 --> 01:42:50,691
the sentence right before the list of

1508
01:42:52,191 --> 01:42:57,022
elements, which is, "Each school improvement plan or process will be based on a

1509
01:42:57,111 --> 01:43:01,071
building self-review that includes the active participation and input of building

1510
01:43:01,131 --> 01:43:06,261
staff, students, parents, and community members." So potentially, there could be

1511
01:43:06,352 --> 01:43:10,792
something after, "Based on a building self-review that is-"

1512
01:43:12,232 --> 01:43:14,091
In alignment with the strategic plan

1513
01:43:14,121 --> 01:43:14,121
... in alignment with the strategic plan.

1514
01:43:14,181 --> 01:43:18,681
Something like that, that really helps to make that explicit.

1515
01:43:18,711 --> 01:43:19,161
Mm-hmm.

1516
01:43:19,611 --> 01:43:21,801
Yeah. Would be something that could be-

1517
01:43:21,831 --> 01:43:24,441
Or maybe the cross-reference isn't sufficient.

1518
01:43:24,591 --> 01:43:29,361
Well, and those are great. Just making that really a part of the policy.

1519
01:43:29,542 --> 01:43:29,542
Mm-hmm.

1520
01:43:29,571 --> 01:43:29,901
You know?

1521
01:43:30,591 --> 01:43:31,701
So adding a few words-

1522
01:43:32,121 --> 01:43:32,272
Yeah

1523
01:43:32,272 --> 01:43:32,542
... there.

1524
01:43:32,931 --> 01:43:33,141
Mm-hmm.

1525
01:43:33,532 --> 01:43:35,032
Mm-hmm.

1526
01:43:35,091 --> 01:43:35,301
Yeah.

1527
01:43:38,811 --> 01:43:40,671
Any other questions or thoughts?

1528
01:43:43,071 --> 01:43:47,241
Just really want to thank Superintendent Reyes and Kathy for their work on all of

1529
01:43:47,272 --> 01:43:47,542
this.

1530
01:43:48,352 --> 01:43:51,681
Kathy and President Healy, and then Vice President Bend.

1531
01:43:52,102 --> 01:43:53,482
Superintendent Bend as well.

1532
01:43:54,081 --> 01:43:57,921
It's been a lot to review all this, so really appreciate it.

1533
01:43:59,331 --> 01:44:03,232
All right. So this will come in consent agenda for passage?

1534
01:44:03,321 --> 01:44:03,501
Mm-hmm.

1535
01:44:03,501 --> 01:44:05,691
Okay. And just acknowledging that

1536
01:44:06,891 --> 01:44:08,001
if we can change that one.

1537
01:44:08,061 --> 01:44:10,611
Add the language within that sentence.

1538
01:44:11,121 --> 01:44:11,931
Yeah. Great.

1539
01:44:11,961 --> 01:44:12,201
Mm-hmm.

1540
01:44:12,861 --> 01:44:13,522
All right.

1541
01:44:14,211 --> 01:44:14,901
All right. Thank you.

1542
01:44:15,501 --> 01:44:16,311
All right. Thank you.

1543
01:44:16,821 --> 01:44:18,321
Thank you.

1544
01:44:18,441 --> 01:44:23,061
Okay. So I'm going to move us on to agenda item 10, which is action items.

1545
01:44:23,121 --> 01:44:27,621
We do not have any action items for our meeting today, so we're going to skip past

1546
01:44:27,681 --> 01:44:32,571
next to agenda item 11, which is reports and communications from the board

1547
01:44:34,221 --> 01:44:39,681
members. Would any district directors like to offer a report or communication?

1548
01:44:43,401 --> 01:44:46,581
All right. Well, I have something I just wanted to flag.

1549
01:44:47,121 --> 01:44:50,691
So in terms of our board goals,

1550
01:44:52,131 --> 01:44:57,982
specifically the board connections and communication goal

1551
01:44:58,042 --> 01:44:59,931
number two, there's

1552
01:45:01,701 --> 01:45:06,022
some logistics around getting off the ground the board connections group.

1553
01:45:06,141 --> 01:45:11,961
So just trying to solicit or notify our communities around that

1554
01:45:12,022 --> 01:45:14,571
opportunity to participate in the group and

1555
01:45:16,221 --> 01:45:22,191
get interested members. So wondering if we want to get that started with

1556
01:45:22,221 --> 01:45:27,321
board officers. Does the board want to see that communication before it goes out?

1557
01:45:28,431 --> 01:45:29,901
How do we feel about

1558
01:45:32,661 --> 01:45:36,711
either board officers or anyone else who wants to take a stab at that, just to

1559
01:45:37,102 --> 01:45:40,071
logistically get those wheels in motion?

1560
01:45:42,501 --> 01:45:48,081
So specifically, just the notification and the process to collect interested

1561
01:45:48,591 --> 01:45:51,352
names and people who would want to participate.

1562
01:45:52,131 --> 01:45:55,852
Sorry, are you saying the challenge of getting that going is who's leading it on

1563
01:45:55,911 --> 01:45:56,631
behalf of the board?

1564
01:45:56,691 --> 01:45:59,782
Yeah. Right. And how does the board want to be involved?

1565
01:45:59,871 --> 01:46:04,671
So do we want to see that before it actually goes out, or do we want to entrust a

1566
01:46:05,121 --> 01:46:10,401
couple people, board officers or anyone else to get that going, and then with some

1567
01:46:10,461 --> 01:46:14,871
guidance or that kind of thing. Because that's sort of the logistical piece that

1568
01:46:14,901 --> 01:46:20,301
we'd want to have out basically in October

1569
01:46:20,991 --> 01:46:22,191
and really start

1570
01:46:23,451 --> 01:46:27,141
understanding who would be with us for that, but we'd need to get that

1571
01:46:27,292 --> 01:46:28,401
communication out to them.

1572
01:46:31,671 --> 01:46:36,772
If there's any thoughts or desires around how the board wants to be involved there.

1573
01:46:36,861 --> 01:46:37,161
Yeah.

1574
01:46:38,181 --> 01:46:44,032
I'm okay with helping if that's helpful, or also just supporting whatever

1575
01:46:45,591 --> 01:46:47,542
in terms of board officers taking on it.

1576
01:46:48,441 --> 01:46:48,561
But

1577
01:46:49,941 --> 01:46:53,691
if I were to take on that, I think I might need a little bit more information about

1578
01:46:55,732 --> 01:46:58,852
the aspects of everything that would need to go into that communication.

1579
01:46:58,941 --> 01:46:59,121
Okay.

1580
01:46:59,181 --> 01:46:59,631
But yeah.

1581
01:47:01,341 --> 01:47:04,852
I don't have any concerns about the communication-

1582
01:47:05,542 --> 01:47:05,542
Mm-hmm

1583
01:47:05,542 --> 01:47:07,102
... announcing this intent-

1584
01:47:07,311 --> 01:47:08,151
Mm-hmm

1585
01:47:08,151 --> 01:47:10,461
... going out without full board approval-

1586
01:47:10,792 --> 01:47:11,241
Okay

1587
01:47:11,241 --> 01:47:14,421
... as long as it's been cleared by officers. That's fine with me.

1588
01:47:15,381 --> 01:47:15,501
Okay.

1589
01:47:17,542 --> 01:47:22,761
Thank you. All right. So we'll take that back and figure out a plan then for that

1590
01:47:22,821 --> 01:47:28,761
one. Then the other piece is that we have an October 13th study session.

1591
01:47:30,081 --> 01:47:35,091
And so just in the vein of getting us started as well with those board goals,

1592
01:47:35,661 --> 01:47:41,602
especially board goal two, which is around the connection group as well

1593
01:47:41,631 --> 01:47:47,091
as listening sessions, hoping we could repurpose that time for a work session to

1594
01:47:47,151 --> 01:47:52,971
discuss and plan out topics and discussions for the

1595
01:47:53,032 --> 01:47:58,431
group in a listening session. So we really use that time very actively to

1596
01:47:58,491 --> 01:48:04,251
brainstorm and figure out the plans in the meeting. That work for both? Okay.

1597
01:48:04,911 --> 01:48:05,301
All right.

1598
01:48:06,591 --> 01:48:08,871
And those are all the pieces that I had.

1599
01:48:08,991 --> 01:48:14,871
Again, just wanted to open it up, again, if there's any other board communications

1600
01:48:14,901 --> 01:48:20,691
you wanted to highlight. Okay. Then I will move us on to

1601
01:48:20,721 --> 01:48:23,361
agenda item 12, which is legislative and committee updates.

1602
01:48:23,421 --> 01:48:27,411
Vice President Bend, do you have any legislative updates to share with us?

1603
01:48:28,371 --> 01:48:29,032
I do.

1604
01:48:31,311 --> 01:48:36,801
So on Saturday, I was able to attend WASA's General Assembly on behalf of our

1605
01:48:36,861 --> 01:48:40,911
board. And it was a very full day of

1606
01:48:42,261 --> 01:48:48,141
debate and voting. As you remember from our last conversation, it was a very full

1607
01:48:48,201 --> 01:48:48,711
agenda.

1608
01:48:51,111 --> 01:48:55,551
And I wanted to just give you a high-level recap of what happened and results.

1609
01:48:56,721 --> 01:49:01,971
So first, I want to let you know that the two positions that our board brought

1610
01:49:02,032 --> 01:49:05,782
forward, an amendment to attract, recruit, and retain diverse school board

1611
01:49:05,811 --> 01:49:10,732
directors and a new permanent position for early learning, both passed

1612
01:49:11,751 --> 01:49:16,491
with strong majority. And actually, our early learning position is one of only

1613
01:49:16,581 --> 01:49:20,511
three votes that was unanimous that day.

1614
01:49:21,772 --> 01:49:27,711
So strong support for early learning across the state, which is,

1615
01:49:27,831 --> 01:49:28,551
I love to see it.

1616
01:49:32,733 --> 01:49:38,674
For the remainder of the voting, there were one,

1617
01:49:38,823 --> 01:49:44,374
two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, 10

1618
01:49:45,573 --> 01:49:48,813
proposals that were pulled from the consent agenda.

1619
01:49:49,563 --> 01:49:53,133
You may remember we discussed this last time.

1620
01:49:53,493 --> 01:49:56,733
I pulled the four that we discussed, and other districts pulled others.

1621
01:50:01,353 --> 01:50:03,934
And there was excellent debate that happened across those.

1622
01:50:06,153 --> 01:50:10,174
Across all positions, though, this is the easiest way to sum this up.

1623
01:50:11,674 --> 01:50:16,713
While the percentages were different on any one vote, all the

1624
01:50:16,803 --> 01:50:22,713
proposals ended up going the way that their advising

1625
01:50:22,773 --> 01:50:27,633
committee had recommended. So if the advising committee had recommended a do pass,

1626
01:50:28,624 --> 01:50:34,473
the vote ended up passing it. If the recommendation had been

1627
01:50:34,563 --> 01:50:39,093
to do not pass, the vote ended up being that it did not succeed.

1628
01:50:41,163 --> 01:50:46,953
This really goes to illustrate the strength of those recommendations

1629
01:50:47,374 --> 01:50:48,573
and the way in which those

1630
01:50:51,273 --> 01:50:54,124
can support or influence the outcome.

1631
01:50:56,674 --> 01:51:00,603
And again, percentages were all over the place on any given one.

1632
01:51:01,143 --> 01:51:06,663
I'll say thank you for your authority to be able to listen and

1633
01:51:06,694 --> 01:51:10,053
respond to arguments that were brought in the moment.

1634
01:51:10,504 --> 01:51:14,493
There were several that we were aligning with the recommendation of the advising

1635
01:51:14,523 --> 01:51:19,653
committee, and then based on arguments that we heard, so for example, the position

1636
01:51:19,743 --> 01:51:20,343
around

1637
01:51:21,603 --> 01:51:23,163
immunization for students,

1638
01:51:25,473 --> 01:51:28,203
based on arguments that were made,

1639
01:51:30,513 --> 01:51:36,483
I voted in the other direction. So I'll say that one, unfortunately, is a

1640
01:51:36,543 --> 01:51:38,553
position that was rescinded,

1641
01:51:40,924 --> 01:51:45,934
and I know is going to be a topic of ongoing conversation around what is our

1642
01:51:45,963 --> 01:51:51,513
relationship with health authorities, and how do we support health for our student

1643
01:51:51,573 --> 01:51:51,903
body?

1644
01:51:53,403 --> 01:51:57,004
And then one of the other ones that we did discuss was the

1645
01:51:59,343 --> 01:52:00,273
private school

1646
01:52:01,593 --> 01:52:06,963
funding, where I had thought that we didn't align with the recommendation of do

1647
01:52:07,083 --> 01:52:09,063
pass. That one was

1648
01:52:11,194 --> 01:52:12,124
debated quite heavily,

1649
01:52:14,703 --> 01:52:19,143
with many people citing the concerns that I shared with you, but it did still pass

1650
01:52:20,763 --> 01:52:22,743
with the passage threshold.

1651
01:52:24,093 --> 01:52:26,643
So just an awareness of

1652
01:52:27,963 --> 01:52:29,703
just some of what passed there.

1653
01:52:30,963 --> 01:52:31,713
So if you look at the

1654
01:52:33,124 --> 01:52:37,053
spreadsheet shared previously or the handbook shared on the WSSDA website, you'll

1655
01:52:37,053 --> 01:52:40,924
be able to see what were those recommendations and therefore what was adopted.

1656
01:52:43,263 --> 01:52:49,052
WSSDA staff is in the process of updating those revisions in the position catalog

1657
01:52:49,113 --> 01:52:51,633
that's available on their website.

1658
01:52:52,983 --> 01:52:58,833
And then the next steps is that WSSDA has sent out to all boards a request to

1659
01:52:58,924 --> 01:53:04,233
submit our prioritization of positions, and that would

1660
01:53:04,293 --> 01:53:08,643
be towards building WSSDA's legislative platform.

1661
01:53:10,983 --> 01:53:15,424
And in the past, they've asked us to submit top 10, but they're taking different

1662
01:53:15,453 --> 01:53:17,254
approaches here, and I greatly appreciate it.

1663
01:53:17,343 --> 01:53:20,043
I know that this came from a conversation we had in legislative committee.

1664
01:53:20,613 --> 01:53:23,313
They're asking boards to identify which of the

1665
01:53:25,353 --> 01:53:26,973
current hot topics that are

1666
01:53:28,773 --> 01:53:33,543
surfacing around public ed at the moment are our top three.

1667
01:53:33,754 --> 01:53:38,523
So those would, for example, things like no new unfunded mandates, fully funding

1668
01:53:38,643 --> 01:53:44,583
MSOC, fully funding substitutes, tort reform, regionalization, the LEA Cliff, and

1669
01:53:44,643 --> 01:53:47,733
graduation requirements. But they also give a space for other.

1670
01:53:48,843 --> 01:53:50,254
But then they also ask

1671
01:53:51,783 --> 01:53:55,233
which of the two school director-focused topics do we care the most about, and

1672
01:53:55,263 --> 01:53:59,194
those include optional school director compensation and school director training

1673
01:53:59,254 --> 01:54:01,444
requirements, or other things like that.

1674
01:54:01,473 --> 01:54:07,263
And that's the first time they've asked us a school director-focused question, and

1675
01:54:07,293 --> 01:54:09,813
I'll say that directly came from a conversation we had in committee about

1676
01:54:11,703 --> 01:54:15,783
everybody in the K12 landscape is advocating around funding.

1677
01:54:16,113 --> 01:54:16,684
Mm-hmm.

1678
01:54:16,713 --> 01:54:22,323
We are the one place who can advocate around school directors and student

1679
01:54:22,383 --> 01:54:27,543
reps and what we need to support us in governance and service.

1680
01:54:27,963 --> 01:54:30,004
So I appreciate their responsiveness in that.

1681
01:54:31,143 --> 01:54:34,174
And then they're letting us choose five

1682
01:54:35,613 --> 01:54:39,783
others that would be-- Or saying, from the positions, what would we prioritize?

1683
01:54:40,773 --> 01:54:44,343
They're not saying prioritize them, like you have to say one is your top.

1684
01:54:44,583 --> 01:54:48,363
Just saying, "Give us five others that are priorities for your board."

1685
01:54:51,303 --> 01:54:52,263
Just those under?

1686
01:54:53,313 --> 01:54:55,413
Well, we select from the list of positions-

1687
01:54:55,743 --> 01:54:55,743
Okay

1688
01:54:55,743 --> 01:54:58,833
... that are available. Of legislative positions, actually, not even all permanent

1689
01:54:58,863 --> 01:55:01,653
positions, which is why early learning isn't in there.

1690
01:55:01,713 --> 01:55:06,213
Yeah.

1691
01:55:06,273 --> 01:55:09,243
This is due October 4th,

1692
01:55:11,374 --> 01:55:16,833
but I just received it today. So what I would like to be able to do is

1693
01:55:17,254 --> 01:55:21,963
put together an initial recommendation to share with the superintendent, who can

1694
01:55:22,023 --> 01:55:22,293
then

1695
01:55:23,763 --> 01:55:27,694
check it with each of you, and you can provide feedback on would you recommend any

1696
01:55:27,723 --> 01:55:28,833
differently, that I

1697
01:55:30,663 --> 01:55:34,983
can pull together and then determine how to discern that into our feedback.

1698
01:55:35,913 --> 01:55:40,053
It's good to know that this feedback goes in with the feedback from any other board

1699
01:55:40,113 --> 01:55:40,953
that submits this.

1700
01:55:41,343 --> 01:55:41,343
Mm-hmm.

1701
01:55:41,403 --> 01:55:46,924
So we do not have an outsized voice here. This is contributing to a collective.

1702
01:55:47,194 --> 01:55:48,843
Yeah.

1703
01:55:48,874 --> 01:55:53,223
And then the legislative committee, along with the strategic advocacy team, will

1704
01:55:53,343 --> 01:55:58,953
use that to formulate the proposed legislative platform for WSSDA.

1705
01:56:01,143 --> 01:56:01,713
How does that sound?

1706
01:56:02,944 --> 01:56:03,243
Great.

1707
01:56:03,543 --> 01:56:04,053
Great.

1708
01:56:08,043 --> 01:56:11,973
Oh, that's one piece I have. The other piece that I have is that

1709
01:56:14,133 --> 01:56:16,684
through some fun sleuthing the other day,

1710
01:56:17,913 --> 01:56:23,823
I've been able to learn that February 11th is Public Education Awareness

1711
01:56:23,883 --> 01:56:25,473
Day and WSSDA Day on the Hill.

1712
01:56:28,383 --> 01:56:28,504
Ooh.

1713
01:56:28,563 --> 01:56:32,434
It is public record, though WSSDA hasn't shared it with the whole association yet.

1714
01:56:32,823 --> 01:56:32,973
Mm-hmm.

1715
01:56:33,033 --> 01:56:38,133
There's a cool site where you can see who has registered to be on the Capitol steps

1716
01:56:38,643 --> 01:56:39,543
on any given day.

1717
01:56:40,773 --> 01:56:41,403
Oh.

1718
01:56:41,643 --> 01:56:45,004
Oh. So that is the day they have reserved the steps.

1719
01:56:46,773 --> 01:56:46,893
Nice.

1720
01:56:46,953 --> 01:56:50,853
So we can anticipate that in our calendar, and you'll see that in our public

1721
01:56:50,883 --> 01:56:53,853
calendar as well. Obviously, I'll let you know if that changes.

1722
01:56:56,013 --> 01:56:56,583
That's all I've got.

1723
01:56:57,093 --> 01:56:58,924
Great. Thank you. All right.

1724
01:56:58,953 --> 01:56:59,944
Oh, wait, no, I have one more.

1725
01:57:00,063 --> 01:57:00,273
Okay.

1726
01:57:00,333 --> 01:57:01,713
I just remembered. I'm so sorry.

1727
01:57:02,223 --> 01:57:03,963
It's okay.

1728
01:57:04,023 --> 01:57:04,533
In

1729
01:57:05,763 --> 01:57:10,983
agenda planning with President Hill, looking ahead at forming our legislative

1730
01:57:11,043 --> 01:57:11,733
priorities,

1731
01:57:13,504 --> 01:57:17,163
looking at doing an initial discussion about our priorities at our October 6th

1732
01:57:17,223 --> 01:57:22,684
meeting, a second discussion at our October 20th meeting, and then voting on

1733
01:57:22,713 --> 01:57:25,083
approval of that at our November 3rd meeting.

1734
01:57:27,063 --> 01:57:31,773
And have shared this with the student reps tonight so that they can think about how

1735
01:57:31,863 --> 01:57:37,713
can they be connecting and collecting priorities and input from the

1736
01:57:37,743 --> 01:57:41,434
student body so that we can have a collective process in forming that together.

1737
01:57:42,633 --> 01:57:42,934
Awesome.

1738
01:57:43,473 --> 01:57:44,523
That's my last thing.

1739
01:57:46,233 --> 01:57:47,013
That's perfect.

1740
01:57:48,603 --> 01:57:53,403
So yeah. So in terms of agenda planning, or sorry, calendar review, which is our

1741
01:57:53,463 --> 01:57:54,963
next agenda item, I think that's

1742
01:57:56,343 --> 01:57:58,203
something we were going to flag here, too.

1743
01:57:58,383 --> 01:58:02,374
So that's great we were able to flag for the next meeting.

1744
01:58:02,403 --> 01:58:04,413
We'll have that initial discussion around

1745
01:58:05,763 --> 01:58:08,493
legislative items or priorities.

1746
01:58:09,063 --> 01:58:11,823
Anything else in terms of upcoming

1747
01:58:13,083 --> 01:58:15,543
meetings and what's on the topic list?

1748
01:58:15,663 --> 01:58:21,424
Oh, other thing for agenda and topic for October 6th is that we are

1749
01:58:21,453 --> 01:58:26,703
looking also have a overview from the superintendent around planning for

1750
01:58:27,813 --> 01:58:33,783
goals and understanding the framework of those different ... initiatives.

1751
01:58:35,643 --> 01:58:38,763
But right now, it does look very blank for the next meeting.

1752
01:58:39,813 --> 01:58:43,743
And then we talked earlier about October 13th being repurposed for that work

1753
01:58:43,803 --> 01:58:49,174
session. So we would get started on planning out the connections group and

1754
01:58:49,203 --> 01:58:54,993
listening sessions. Anything else in terms of the upcoming agendas

1755
01:58:55,053 --> 01:59:00,033
and meetings? Oh, yeah. Oh, retreat. Yeah.

1756
01:59:00,124 --> 01:59:04,263
So we don't have those scheduled right now.

1757
01:59:04,983 --> 01:59:10,023
For reference, we have listed the dates of the previous school board

1758
01:59:10,624 --> 01:59:11,374
retreats

1759
01:59:12,874 --> 01:59:18,694
from last year, and we don't have any scheduled right now on the

1760
01:59:18,754 --> 01:59:22,353
calendar. So what we might want to do is just to get a

1761
01:59:23,793 --> 01:59:28,773
gauge on when we want to have some of those retreats, in terms of timing.

1762
01:59:29,463 --> 01:59:32,493
Don't want to put folks on the spot, though, but if you do have any strong

1763
01:59:32,553 --> 01:59:38,523
preference for when a retreat might be or be useful for

1764
01:59:38,643 --> 01:59:41,853
us, please let me know. Let us know.

1765
01:59:43,504 --> 01:59:48,363
Any strong thoughts around timing? Oh, superintendent.

1766
01:59:48,453 --> 01:59:49,743
Just maybe a question

1767
01:59:51,093 --> 01:59:54,663
to check our pacing with our retreat schedule.

1768
01:59:54,754 --> 01:59:54,993
Mm-hmm.

1769
01:59:56,283 --> 01:59:57,424
Are we aiming for

1770
01:59:58,833 --> 02:00:02,463
a certain cadence for these meetings?

1771
02:00:02,553 --> 02:00:06,723
Are they anchored by any particular responsibilities that we have?

1772
02:00:06,813 --> 02:00:09,363
I think that'll help me figure out when's the best time to-

1773
02:00:10,203 --> 02:00:10,413
Yeah

1774
02:00:10,593 --> 02:00:13,983
... to meet. It's just felt really random in the past.

1775
02:00:14,073 --> 02:00:18,213
Oh, okay. Yeah. And I will say for these last two

1776
02:00:20,013 --> 02:00:24,063
ones we had, we really were focused on development of the superintendent goals and

1777
02:00:24,093 --> 02:00:24,903
the board goals.

1778
02:00:25,174 --> 02:00:25,293
Mm-hmm.

1779
02:00:25,353 --> 02:00:30,363
So that's definitely a responsibility, and that timing is really important to hold

1780
02:00:30,453 --> 02:00:36,303
to. So thanks for elevating that. And then I think the one that's usually

1781
02:00:36,363 --> 02:00:41,254
more in quarter one, like February or January, has been

1782
02:00:43,803 --> 02:00:46,293
really that midpoint check,

1783
02:00:47,944 --> 02:00:50,883
bigger picture priorities overall.

1784
02:00:50,913 --> 02:00:56,163
We're not yet at the point of getting those new goals together, but

1785
02:00:56,853 --> 02:00:59,163
it seems to have been more reflective of

1786
02:01:00,993 --> 02:01:02,944
organizational discussions.

1787
02:01:03,663 --> 02:01:03,813
Okay.

1788
02:01:03,874 --> 02:01:04,713
So that's a good point.

1789
02:01:04,713 --> 02:01:10,624
So February is more like a, are we meeting our goals, doing

1790
02:01:11,374 --> 02:01:13,413
a check on progress there.

1791
02:01:13,593 --> 02:01:14,643
Mm-hmm, and overall structure-

1792
02:01:14,853 --> 02:01:14,944
Yeah

1793
02:01:14,944 --> 02:01:16,174
... and how that's working. Yeah.

1794
02:01:16,203 --> 02:01:18,393
And then July, I liked that timing.

1795
02:01:18,453 --> 02:01:20,223
It was really specific to the-

1796
02:01:20,853 --> 02:01:21,573
The goals. Yeah

1797
02:01:21,573 --> 02:01:24,033
... to the board goals, superintendent goals.

1798
02:01:27,213 --> 02:01:29,944
So are you thinking February for...

1799
02:01:30,993 --> 02:01:36,004
Because I know you just mentioned February 11th, which is, I believe, still the

1800
02:01:36,093 --> 02:01:38,643
school week for Day on the Hill.

1801
02:01:39,333 --> 02:01:39,573
Mm-hmm.

1802
02:01:40,504 --> 02:01:42,483
We're not in midwinter break that week.

1803
02:01:43,653 --> 02:01:43,953
Right.

1804
02:01:44,583 --> 02:01:45,662
It's the week after that.

1805
02:01:45,874 --> 02:01:49,473
Yeah. And it doesn't have to be February. I just want to kind of note that.

1806
02:01:49,653 --> 02:01:50,553
Oh, it doesn't. Oh, okay.

1807
02:01:51,424 --> 02:01:54,124
I think the other thing that we

1808
02:01:55,743 --> 02:02:00,483
have done is also do our self-assessment in the spring.

1809
02:02:00,573 --> 02:02:00,903
Mm-hmm.

1810
02:02:01,053 --> 02:02:06,874
And so this year, it helped drive our goal development, and we could do

1811
02:02:06,903 --> 02:02:12,184
that again, and having that self-assessment to spring forward and look at and have

1812
02:02:12,243 --> 02:02:14,403
a discussion around could be helpful.

1813
02:02:15,184 --> 02:02:21,004
But that can happen in February, March, and then maybe a discussion in April on

1814
02:02:21,063 --> 02:02:26,973
it. So we could have these things successive to help

1815
02:02:27,033 --> 02:02:32,553
support the goal development. Which again, is one where we want to keep that

1816
02:02:32,613 --> 02:02:34,413
timeframe of May and July.

1817
02:02:35,103 --> 02:02:40,624
I'm just thinking with so much of our board goals anchored by budget and fiscal

1818
02:02:40,713 --> 02:02:46,624
stability, I wonder if it makes sense for us to convene in a retreat setting,

1819
02:02:46,743 --> 02:02:48,573
like in January, the beginning of the-

1820
02:02:49,504 --> 02:02:49,624
Mm-hmm

1821
02:02:50,434 --> 02:02:51,754
... legislative session.

1822
02:02:53,073 --> 02:02:55,113
And dedicate some time in that retreat

1823
02:02:56,463 --> 02:03:01,893
to advancing our student leadership goals with our priorities, setting our

1824
02:03:01,953 --> 02:03:05,853
legislative priorities. I know they'll already be done by then, but

1825
02:03:07,323 --> 02:03:13,233
that might be a good thing for us to connect to the timeline and connect to the

1826
02:03:13,323 --> 02:03:14,073
scheduling.

1827
02:03:14,733 --> 02:03:14,973
Mm-hmm.

1828
02:03:15,363 --> 02:03:20,133
I just feel like that's always a time where people want more coordination.

1829
02:03:20,374 --> 02:03:20,793
Yeah.

1830
02:03:21,424 --> 02:03:27,333
And especially if we think about coordinating with our PTAs, PTSAs, too.

1831
02:03:27,393 --> 02:03:30,874
That might be good to have that dedicated space.

1832
02:03:31,533 --> 02:03:31,533
Mm-hmm.

1833
02:03:31,593 --> 02:03:35,763
Not to exclusively focus on the legislative engagement, but

1834
02:03:38,703 --> 02:03:43,773
to do a gut check on our progress with those goals that are connected.

1835
02:03:43,833 --> 02:03:44,013
Yeah.

1836
02:03:44,313 --> 02:03:44,883
Does that make sense?

1837
02:03:44,944 --> 02:03:47,823
Yeah. I hear what you're saying. Yeah, it does make sense.

1838
02:03:51,033 --> 02:03:56,523
As our priorities will have already been developed about two months ahead of that-

1839
02:03:57,184 --> 02:03:57,303
Mm-hmm

1840
02:03:57,333 --> 02:03:59,823
... and session will have begun, and we will have just also had the

1841
02:04:01,353 --> 02:04:03,124
legislative conference, the WASBO-

1842
02:04:03,124 --> 02:04:04,233
Oh, when is that?

1843
02:04:04,293 --> 02:04:05,793
That's January 8th and 9th.

1844
02:04:05,823 --> 02:04:06,124
Oh, okay.

1845
02:04:06,153 --> 02:04:08,283
And session will have just started.

1846
02:04:09,124 --> 02:04:14,343
I wonder about closer to end of January, early February.

1847
02:04:16,023 --> 02:04:21,093
I can't remember, President Huel, what we were currently intending to be looking at

1848
02:04:21,153 --> 02:04:23,523
for that February 2nd session.

1849
02:04:24,184 --> 02:04:25,743
Mm-hmm.

1850
02:04:25,773 --> 02:04:31,143
Because session will have already had a few weeks to kick off, and we'll start to

1851
02:04:31,203 --> 02:04:32,254
have a sense of like-

1852
02:04:32,463 --> 02:04:32,763
Where we're going

1853
02:04:32,793 --> 02:04:38,763
... where's it going? Yeah. And what kind of alignment or coordination might

1854
02:04:38,853 --> 02:04:41,313
be most effective and strategic at that time.

1855
02:04:42,004 --> 02:04:47,823
What is our finance team seeing and hearing through WASBO channels?

1856
02:04:51,603 --> 02:04:56,732
In what way is that regroup something that can actually--

1857
02:04:59,313 --> 02:05:03,302
Whether it's this session or also-- I feel like it's bidirectional in the way we've

1858
02:05:03,333 --> 02:05:08,913
set our goals. Some is legislatively, advocacy wise, but some is also really

1859
02:05:08,973 --> 02:05:11,434
thinking ahead towards that next budget.

1860
02:05:12,393 --> 02:05:12,813
Sure.

1861
02:05:13,533 --> 02:05:14,133
Yeah. So

1862
02:05:15,603 --> 02:05:17,523
I wonder about closer to

1863
02:05:19,233 --> 02:05:22,803
end of January, early February for that.

1864
02:05:24,573 --> 02:05:26,733
And again, I don't remember what we had thought about for that February 2nd.

1865
02:05:26,793 --> 02:05:28,113
Well, I think for some of the

1866
02:05:29,313 --> 02:05:33,813
study sessions that are blank, just as a potential placeholder, we

1867
02:05:35,403 --> 02:05:40,803
were maybe just thinking of maybe having those be connection group

1868
02:05:41,313 --> 02:05:43,593
times or listening sessions, because we do need to-

1869
02:05:43,653 --> 02:05:44,013
That's right

1870
02:05:44,013 --> 02:05:45,243
... get those in.

1871
02:05:45,303 --> 02:05:47,313
Yeah. That's right. That's what we talked about.

1872
02:05:47,313 --> 02:05:51,124
So we want to try to leverage our calendar time already.

1873
02:05:54,184 --> 02:05:57,273
So that's a tentative idea right now.

1874
02:05:57,934 --> 02:06:03,363
I hear a lot of really good thoughts too around what we want to potentially cover.

1875
02:06:03,453 --> 02:06:09,243
So maybe a next step could be outlining what those retreat topics

1876
02:06:09,333 --> 02:06:13,833
and discussion areas could be, and that could help drive when.

1877
02:06:14,583 --> 02:06:14,793
So,

1878
02:06:16,113 --> 02:06:16,924
does that sound okay?

1879
02:06:17,613 --> 02:06:19,593
Sure.

1880
02:06:19,653 --> 02:06:22,653
I also agree that it feels kind of random.

1881
02:06:23,583 --> 02:06:24,424
But also,

1882
02:06:25,624 --> 02:06:30,754
when we have them towards the end of the school year, like the May 26th,

1883
02:06:32,403 --> 02:06:33,573
pretty burnt out by then.

1884
02:06:33,663 --> 02:06:33,843
Totally.

1885
02:06:33,903 --> 02:06:36,934
I'll be honest. And there's a lot more--

1886
02:06:40,383 --> 02:06:43,504
I just love to go to the schools and stuff around those times.

1887
02:06:43,533 --> 02:06:46,563
And so if we could, I know we've had meetings on

1888
02:06:47,823 --> 02:06:53,523
graduation, moving up ceremony nights and stuff, so just being mindful of that

1889
02:06:53,583 --> 02:06:54,513
towards the end of the year.

1890
02:06:54,723 --> 02:06:55,233
Yeah.

1891
02:06:57,153 --> 02:06:59,103
Because I really want to do those things.

1892
02:06:59,674 --> 02:06:59,733
Yeah.

1893
02:06:59,763 --> 02:07:01,383
But we can't do it all, right?

1894
02:07:01,444 --> 02:07:01,893
Yeah.

1895
02:07:01,953 --> 02:07:06,303
And this is great.

1896
02:07:07,743 --> 02:07:10,053
It's helping us see that.

1897
02:07:11,313 --> 02:07:12,603
Yeah. Mm-hmm.

1898
02:07:12,694 --> 02:07:12,843
So.

1899
02:07:13,684 --> 02:07:17,733
I think one of the things that happened last year is a bonus one happened because

1900
02:07:18,513 --> 02:07:22,053
other meetings had then moved or we ended up-

1901
02:07:22,083 --> 02:07:22,353
Oh, absolutely.

1902
02:07:22,413 --> 02:07:23,703
So yeah, I think just to the-

1903
02:07:23,703 --> 02:07:24,124
And they're going to happen.

1904
02:07:24,153 --> 02:07:27,184
Yeah, totally. I think to the original question of is there an anticipated cadence,

1905
02:07:27,243 --> 02:07:29,973
what we talked about is moving it to, and I think we shared this a bit ago, is

1906
02:07:30,393 --> 02:07:33,184
moving it to a twice a year kind of cadence.

1907
02:07:33,483 --> 02:07:35,553
Like that mid-year check, and in the summer,

1908
02:07:37,593 --> 02:07:38,374
rebuild the goals.

1909
02:07:40,048 --> 02:07:42,897
Because we were finding that, I think we were finding this too-

1910
02:07:43,228 --> 02:07:43,437
Mm-hmm

1911
02:07:43,437 --> 02:07:44,607
... that once a year,

1912
02:07:46,347 --> 02:07:48,657
there was so much to try to talk about-

1913
02:07:48,718 --> 02:07:48,718
Mm-hmm

1914
02:07:48,747 --> 02:07:50,607
... and there was no mid-year check-

1915
02:07:51,027 --> 02:07:51,178
Mm-hmm

1916
02:07:51,178 --> 02:07:55,527
... that could happen. So it felt challenging to

1917
02:07:59,548 --> 02:08:01,738
be able to dig in and do some of our own work-

1918
02:08:01,947 --> 02:08:02,007
Mm-hmm

1919
02:08:02,007 --> 02:08:04,437
... as we were in the flow of the year.

1920
02:08:05,218 --> 02:08:08,548
But we've also gotten really creative, I'll say, in the last couple of years of

1921
02:08:09,687 --> 02:08:10,978
figuring out how to use our

1922
02:08:12,207 --> 02:08:13,377
calendar strategically.

1923
02:08:13,857 --> 02:08:14,007
Mm-hmm.

1924
02:08:14,607 --> 02:08:19,557
How to use our time strategically, like looking at these study sessions to be

1925
02:08:19,678 --> 02:08:21,837
specifically directly in pursuit of one of our own goals.

1926
02:08:22,048 --> 02:08:22,587
Mm-hmm.

1927
02:08:23,607 --> 02:08:26,367
So I think there's a lot of ways to look at that.

1928
02:08:27,298 --> 02:08:27,567
Mm-hmm.

1929
02:08:28,287 --> 02:08:32,637
I also vote to change the name to board work session because it is not a retreat.

1930
02:08:33,207 --> 02:08:33,207
Yes.

1931
02:08:33,207 --> 02:08:33,207
I agree.

1932
02:08:33,298 --> 02:08:34,048
Agree.

1933
02:08:35,247 --> 02:08:37,077
I was going to say that. That's perfect.

1934
02:08:37,137 --> 02:08:37,287
Yeah.

1935
02:08:40,377 --> 02:08:43,257
Anything else in terms of

1936
02:08:45,298 --> 02:08:48,478
the retreats or work sessions, actually, I think we'll call it now.

1937
02:08:50,637 --> 02:08:51,807
Or the calendar in general?

1938
02:08:53,997 --> 02:08:57,087
Just want to make a note that we did add the graduations.

1939
02:08:57,537 --> 02:08:58,678
They're all on one line-

1940
02:08:59,277 --> 02:08:59,397
Yeah

1941
02:08:59,428 --> 02:09:02,937
... but you can see that similar pattern to last year.

1942
02:09:02,997 --> 02:09:03,357
Yeah.

1943
02:09:03,478 --> 02:09:09,057
It's the two separate days, two separate evenings for the two

1944
02:09:09,117 --> 02:09:14,817
graduations, weekdays. But this year they don't fall on the week where we also had

1945
02:09:14,847 --> 02:09:16,556
a board meeting that we had to move to Monday.

1946
02:09:16,947 --> 02:09:17,277
Oh, nice.

1947
02:09:17,306 --> 02:09:17,488
So,

1948
02:09:19,497 --> 02:09:24,567
that'll be good in terms of your schedules and everything. But those are on there.

1949
02:09:25,468 --> 02:09:29,157
And then you mentioned this too, President Healy, that board self-evaluation

1950
02:09:29,218 --> 02:09:30,267
working team in April.

1951
02:09:30,298 --> 02:09:30,447
Oh yeah, April.

1952
02:09:30,507 --> 02:09:31,197
That's on there.

1953
02:09:33,057 --> 02:09:35,997
I think I asked this before, these colors don't mean anything, right?

1954
02:09:36,238 --> 02:09:38,097
They're just so that you can see the-

1955
02:09:38,157 --> 02:09:38,457
Break up the...

1956
02:09:38,488 --> 02:09:38,877
Yeah.

1957
02:09:38,907 --> 02:09:39,928
Yeah. Okay.

1958
02:09:39,957 --> 02:09:40,228
Mm-hmm.

1959
02:09:42,087 --> 02:09:46,317
You could say that the orange means it's kind of a different type of meeting-

1960
02:09:46,347 --> 02:09:46,887
The orange, yeah.

1961
02:09:48,417 --> 02:09:50,037
... or item. The rest are regular-

1962
02:09:50,488 --> 02:09:50,637
Yeah

1963
02:09:50,637 --> 02:09:54,567
... calendar board meetings or sessions.

1964
02:09:55,197 --> 02:09:55,407
Okay.

1965
02:09:56,607 --> 02:09:59,037
Yeah. I do have a scheduling request.

1966
02:10:00,597 --> 02:10:04,468
We've had so many new admins join the team this year.

1967
02:10:04,527 --> 02:10:06,417
Are we going to get to have an introduction with them?

1968
02:10:07,557 --> 02:10:11,847
Yes, absolutely. And I wanted to connect with board officers to talk about what

1969
02:10:11,907 --> 02:10:13,377
that format can look like this year.

1970
02:10:13,527 --> 02:10:16,678
So perhaps we can cover that at our next agenda meeting.

1971
02:10:17,187 --> 02:10:17,517
That's great.

1972
02:10:17,548 --> 02:10:20,337
We have a couple of different ideas, and we want to get your take on it.

1973
02:10:20,757 --> 02:10:25,407
Happy to share now if you'd like. I'm good with that, or we can wait till we meet

1974
02:10:25,497 --> 02:10:25,978
to prep.

1975
02:10:26,037 --> 02:10:26,157
Yeah.

1976
02:10:26,218 --> 02:10:26,457
Okay.

1977
02:10:27,087 --> 02:10:28,017
Definitely.

1978
02:10:28,077 --> 02:10:29,187
Yes, let's have it.

1979
02:10:29,247 --> 02:10:29,428
Great.

1980
02:10:29,488 --> 02:10:30,178
Great.

1981
02:10:30,267 --> 02:10:34,767
Just seeing a new face again tonight, I was like, "Oh." I always love that every

1982
02:10:34,798 --> 02:10:36,417
year we get to meet the new team.

1983
02:10:36,478 --> 02:10:36,747
Yeah.

1984
02:10:37,798 --> 02:10:37,917
Yeah.

1985
02:10:37,978 --> 02:10:42,537
Great. All right. Any more thoughts on the calendar?

1986
02:10:43,617 --> 02:10:47,817
All right, so I am moving us to agenda item 14, which is executive session.

1987
02:10:47,877 --> 02:10:49,527
Do we have an executive session tonight?

1988
02:10:50,337 --> 02:10:50,337
No.

1989
02:10:50,968 --> 02:10:54,836
All right. Agenda item 15, adjournment.

1990
02:10:54,897 --> 02:10:58,647
Thank you all for your service to our school community and district tonight.

1991
02:10:58,798 --> 02:11:02,367
The time is 8:11, and our meeting is adjourned. Thank you.