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Good morning, everyone. Welcome to this special meeting of the Springfield Board of
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Education, March 2nd, 2026. It is now ten thirty
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AM. I'll call this meeting to
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order.
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How many... Are there any people? None. Okay.
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So well, welcome to everybody in the room.
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Please stand for the pledge of allegiance.
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Pledge allegiance to the flag of the
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United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands,
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one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty
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and justice for
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all.
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Director Cole will read the land acknowledgement.
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We acknowledge that we are in the traditional homeland of the Kalapuya
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people, specifically the community that was known as Chifen,
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the area that we now call Springfield.
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Kalapuya people, who have lived in this region since time
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immemorial, were illegally dispossessed of their land and forcibly
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removed to what are now the Grand Ronde and Siletz reservations over
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several years, but most notably in treaties between 1851 and
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1855. The Kalapuya are now members of the
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Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde and the Confederated Tribes of
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Siletz Indians, and members of the Kalapuya still live,
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work, study, and thrive in this area and continue to make important
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contributions here in Springfield, across the land we now refer to as
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Oregon, and around the globe. This information is shared out of a
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responsibility to prevent the erasure of Native culture,
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heritage, and people, and to ensure a quality contemporary education
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for future generations.
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Thank you. And I apologize, I
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didn't see that, uh, Vice Chair Langworthy was already scheduled to read that, so
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I hope that's okay.
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So moving on to the approval of the agenda, item number
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two.
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I'll move approval.
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Moved by Director Cole for approval.
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Second.
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Seconded by Director DeGraff. Any comments or
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discussion? Hearing none, call for the vote.
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All in favor indicate by saying aye.
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Aye.
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And motion carries four to zero.
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At this time, the board will, uh, adjourn into
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executive session
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under confidential attorney-client privileged information ORS
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one nine two point six six o two F,
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and we will return then and, uh, continue on with the
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agenda. Thank
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you.Seeing
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everybody back from the executive session, I'll go ahead and
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re-adjourn, uh, this special meeting.
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And this brings us to agenda item four, action
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items.
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So, um, regarding complaint number one, I move that the board
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take no further action related to the complaint, discuss in executive
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session, and delegate authority to the chair to draft a response
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to complaint based upon board's
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discussion.
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I second.
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I have a motion by Director Cole and a second by Director Langworthy.
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Are there any further questions, comments, or
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discussion? Hearing none, call for the
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vote. All in favor indicate by saying aye.
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Aye.
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Aye.
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Aye.
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Are there any against? Hearing none, motion for
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number one passes four to zero.
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Regarding complaint number two, I move that the board take no further action
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related to the complaint, discuss in executive session, and delegate authority
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to the chair to draft a response to complaint based upon board's
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discussion.
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Second.
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I have a motion. Do I have a second?
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Second.
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Okay. Motion by Director Cole, a second by Director
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DeGraff. Any further comments, questions, or
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discussion? Hearing none, call for the vote.
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All in favor indicate by saying aye.
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Aye.
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Aye.
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Aye.
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Aye. Any against? Hearing none, motion
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carries four to zero.
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Regarding complaint number three, I move that the board take no further
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action related to the complaint, discuss in executive session, and
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delegate authority to the chair to draft a response to the complaint based
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upon board's discussion.
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Second.
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Moved by Director Cole, seconded by Director DeGraff.
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Any questions, comments?
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Okay, hearing none, moving to the vote.
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All in favor indicate by saying aye.
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Aye.
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Aye.
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Aye.
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Aye. Any against? Hearing none, motion carries four to
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nothing.
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Uh, regarding complaint number four, I move that the board delegate authority to
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the chair to draft a response to, uh, complainant based upon
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board's discussion.
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Second.
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Moved by Director DeGraff, seconded by Director Cole.
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Any comments, questions, or discussion?
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Hearing none, moving to the vote. All in favor indicate by saying aye.
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Aye.
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Aye.
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Aye.
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Are there any against? Hearing none, motion carries four
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to zero.
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Uh, regarding complaint number five, I move that the board delegate authority to
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the chair to draft a response to complaint based upon board's discussion.
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Second.
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Moved by Director DeGraff, a second by Director Cole.
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Comments, questions? Hearing none, moving to the
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vote. All in favor indicate by saying aye.
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Aye.
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Aye.
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Aye.
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Are there any against?
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I'm abstaining.
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Let the record reflect the motion carries three to
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zero to one abstention.
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Um, regarding complaint number six, I move that the board ta- uh, delegate
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authority to the chair to draft a response to the complaint based upon, uh, board's
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discussion.
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Second.
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Moved by Director DeGraff, seconded by Director Cole.
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Any comments, questions, or discussion?
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Hearing none, move to the vote. All in favor indicate by saying
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aye.
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Aye.
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Aye.
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Aye.
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Aye. Any against?
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Motion carries four to nothing.
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Uh, that concludes our meeting. Our next meeting is March 9th
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at 7:00 PM.
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Have, have we changed that time? Not yet.
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Okay. Uh, so it's set at 7:00 PM. And with
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that, I'll go ahead and adjourn this meeting at
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12:06.