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[0:01] Imperial gathering.
[0:08] President of Labor Board NEAR News International engagement.
[0:10] Undercut particular station under God.
[0:17] Divens, it will best?
[0:23] To contemplate schools and acknowledges that we are on the tradition, and
[0:26] ancestral and historical lands of the Puallot Childnew Indians, we honor with gratitude.
[0:31] They have yapt and pushed to practice for centuries and faculty.
[0:33] This acknowledgment serves as a first step in honoring our nearest tribal neighbors and partners who have inhabited this region since time and memorial, and to whom we give thanks for allowing us past to their land.
[0:43] We shall intentionally create inclusive and respectful partnerships that honoring indigenous cultures, histories, identities and sociopolitical realities.
[0:51] You know the council member, would you please call the road?
[0:54] President Schroeder, here.
[0:56] Do you have any camera?
[0:56] Here.
[0:57] Dr. Keating?
[0:58] Yeah.
[0:58] Dr. Bombard?
[0:59] Here.
[1:00] Director Freeman Lane?
[1:01] Yeah.
[1:01] We have.
[1:02] We have a student who, I understand, will have a presentation of all that, so that might be the time to introduce our student program.
[1:14] It's back then.
[1:15] All right.
[1:16] We got a motion.
[1:17] It's on the second.
[1:18] Second.
[1:18] Are you interested in the second, all those in favor, or any questions come as concerns
[1:23] if you didn't?
[1:26] On those in favor?
[1:26] So that?
[1:27] Hi.
[1:27] Can you oppose?
[1:29] All right, we have a agenda.
[1:31] Here we are.
[1:32] A agenda item number two, notice of public hearing, 2.1, public hearing to declare SR plus and
[1:38] authorized the sale or lease of school district property known as 3223 and 3221,
[1:43] South Indian Avenue.
[1:46] To calm school districts.
[1:48] I'm going to go ahead.
[1:50] Okay, cool.
[1:51] To calm the school district is the owner of the real property.
[1:55] Commonly known as the maintenance purchasing warehouses located in Pierce County, Washington.
[1:59] The property addresses are three two two one and three two two three South Indian Avenue into Koma.
[2:05] The property consists of six point five total acres on parcels.
[2:10] On two different parcels, a South OI five into Koma.
[2:12] and includes two partial, two-story buildings of approximately 100,000 total square feet with the surface level paid part of the district and teams to market these properties for sale.
[2:24] All right. Before we get going, Mr. President, just want to give you the folks in home that just abroad at the sweep of the process, right?
[2:34] So, when we surplus a property in essence, we have determined that it is not needed for our current and not any predictable long term.
[2:45] We don't have enough, they're like, oh, I have the expert here, I like to turn it over and Mr. Williams.
[2:51] You're a little lump, we can get into the bottom.
[2:53] That's true right now, that'd be great, I think.
[3:01] This is Mr. Chris Williams, it's a brand new school year, so sometimes I like to introduce folks again in that space and Chris is our chief operating officer.
[3:11] Mr. Williams, can you explain our process?
[3:13] Yes, just wanted to give the board and public a reminder of our process when we start plus properties.
[3:19] One of the most important things is the why do we start plus properties.
[3:24] We're constantly evaluating our facilities to see if it serves a useful purpose within the district.
[3:31] As you can imagine, it takes an African amount of dollars to maintain our portfolio.
[3:36] And you align that with a particular facility being severely underutilized.
[3:43] In addition, it provides additional dollars for the district.
[3:47] When I say additional dollars on be very clear because I know we have our CFO,
[3:50] those phones from the cell of a property go back to capital funds.
[3:57] They cannot be utilizing general funds.
[3:59] What that means is supports our construction projects and construction expenses.
[4:04] So just want to be clear with that.
[4:06] And there are six kind of clear steps.
[4:11] One being agency notification which we've done already for this particular property
[4:16] where we notify our stakeholders.
[4:18] 2 is where we at right now is the board here and it's the two fates you're going to hear from some public comment and
[4:25] later one in the agenda the board gets to have the consideration to the surplus of property.
[4:31] The first step is the actual advertising of the property and
[4:36] our real estate department receiving
[4:40] offers.
[4:41] From then, as our first step is where we take those offers and we present them to the board that's usually done or 100%
[4:47] done in executive section. Our fifth step is we go to a public hearing based on the recommendation
[4:57] that the board has for that offer and later on in that agenda the board will make a vote
[5:03] on that particular offer. Based on that vote in the board says yes and agrees on that, that's
[5:09] when we negotiate with the particular buyer. It's usually a six-month to 12-month process.
[5:17] any questions, if anything, Dr. Garcia?
[5:22] I just wanted to thank you, Chris.
[5:24] And I think it's just important pieces,
[5:26] that this process allows for a level of public transparency.
[5:30] We've done several times in recent years,
[5:35] where we have identified that there is not necessarily
[5:38] space. As Chris mentions what we can and can't do
[5:41] with the funds are there are legislative and legal requirements
[5:46] that guide us in what those steps are.
[5:49] It's not just we, it's not going to come up with public schools.
[5:52] We, as in public institutions and public schools in the state of Washington.
[5:58] So we just thought it was important, as you have said earlier, it's a new school year.
[6:03] So, you know, a new audience sometimes, in that space, there have not been a predetermined
[6:08] by staff, you know, a use for that future property that is not up for us to necessarily
[6:14] decide that the board can consider things in the proposals about what are the potential uses
[6:19] and not uses, but in this phase we don't make predetermined steps to say we don't
[6:27] want it to be this or we do want it to be this.
[6:30] Yeah.
[6:32] So with that, I think we are ready for public comment.
[6:36] You are ready.
[6:36] Great.
[6:37] It's open.
[6:39] We're open for public commentary.
[6:40] Two different ways to give public comment related to this surplus conversation.
[6:47] One, he is written comment, which we do have a written letter of interest from parts to
[6:52] comment.
[6:53] And two point two is verbal.
[6:55] Do we have anyone who wants to give verbal comment?
[6:58] Yes, President Schercher.
[6:59] We have one verbal comment for public hearing.
[7:02] And that is by Terry Jonesman.
[7:04] I've been
[7:10] eating board, my name is Terry Youngman, and I am the District Guard Capital Program Manager for Parks Tacoma,
[7:16] and I am here representing Parks Tacoma in my official capacity.
[7:21] I'd like to express our formal interest in the Uninabiting Properties at 3-2-1 and 3-2-3, South and Naviting.
[7:27] Parks Tacoma and Tacoma Public Schools.
[7:30] Have a long history of partnership and joint development, as is laid out in our interlocal agreement.
[7:35] For students who that, parts to comment would like to further engage with the top of the public schools to explore the feasibility of ownership transfer of the union avenue properties as a future home to our consolidated operation and maintenance facility.
[7:47] If it is determined to be a mutually beneficial arrangement through a feasibility analysis, parts to comment would further work with, to comment public schools on acquisition and future redevelopment of that property.
[7:57] So just here to express that verbally to you tonight, we did the issue a letter to the school district
[8:04] or it was signed by our executive director back on August 13th and we just wanted to follow up.
[8:09] Happy to answer any questions, yeah.
[8:14] Thank you.
[8:17] I was the one and only. That's the only one we have for
[8:19] public hearing. Okay, well before we go ahead and close the public hearing that I didn't really open up.
[8:25] and we forward to agenda item number three.
[8:31] Recognition of staff, students, and community.
[8:34] 3.1 state holidays in civic reserve.
[8:37] Yes, President Schurser, so we have three civic observances
[8:40] for our state holidays that are recognized in the month of September.
[8:43] The first is National Hispanic Heritage Month.
[8:46] This honors the history culture and contributions of Hispanic and Latino Americans.
[8:51] The observance begins on September 15th and goes through October 15th.
[8:55] to coincide with the independence and adversaries of several Latin American countries that fall
[9:00] in or within or near that time window. Our second observance is Labor Day.
[9:04] Labor Day is a state holiday in Washington,
[9:06] observed the first Monday and September, which was September 7th on Monday of this year.
[9:11] Labor Day is an annual celebration of the social and economic achievements of American workers.
[9:15] We celebrate Labor Day to honor those who recognize,
[9:20] to recognize the contributions of workers that workers have made to America's strength, prosperity, and well-being.
[9:26] Our third observance is Constitution and Citizenship Day. This is September 17. Constitution and Citizenship Day marks the signing of the U.S. Constitution on September 17, 1787.
[9:37] During this time, the legislature encourages schools to provide instruction about the state or federal constitution
[9:42] and to take up issues of rights, representation and civic responsibility.
[9:46] And those are three observances, for example, for September.
[9:53] Thank you.
[9:54] We'll move on to agenda number four.
[9:56] We're super-entendiful.
[9:58] We'll point them up.
[9:59] Yes.
[10:00] Welcome back to the 2627 school year.
[10:03] It is my pleasure to introduce our 2627 student representatives to the school board.
[10:12] And then I'm going to turn over the mic to them and allow them to speak after a
[10:17] of introduced everyone.
[10:18] So, first I'd like to start off with the next slide from your face, we'd like to
[10:28] describe it as Josh No. 1. Joshua Barber is a senior at IDI school and is joining us back.
[10:37] I'd like to introduce Miss Whitney Beck, also a senior at Stadium High School that will be joining us this year.
[10:45] I'd like to introduce you to, and some of you have seen Rihanna Mite, and that's not how I pronounce it, so at one more time for me,
[10:55] Rihanna Mite from Foss High School of Junior, and you have seen Rihanna numerous times in the community hosting forums and participating.
[11:05] And then I'd like to introduce Miriam Selkin from Sammy, also a junior at Sammy, that will be joining us.
[11:12] So I invite them to do any reports they have if they have one tonight and if not, they are welcome to pass.
[11:21] Can you get on?
[11:22] Okay.
[11:23] I'll take a look right.
[11:25] I don't have a lot to report, but I think there's a thing in September that I would like to talk about.
[11:31] We all know September, I don't know if we all know.
[11:33] But September is nationally recognized as suicide prevention month, and I want everyone to know out there that you have helped.
[11:39] You can call 98.
[11:40] It is a national suicide prevention hotline.
[11:42] And then I also want to talk about very important day that tomorrow is 25 years ago, right?
[11:52] September 11, 2001, there was the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.
[12:00] And you know, there's really rough day for many people, not even in the US, all over the world.
[12:08] And I think that I think it's better to talk about it the day before than it is to talk about it 13 days later.
[12:16] And I think we should always remember what happened that day and have, you know, we should hold deeper guards for these people who are affected by this.
[12:31] We report from the other side. You're welcome to, I know as your first meeting to, or say any other comments.
[12:41] The report for a stadium. Thank you.
[12:44] Thank you.
[12:49] And that spirit, I'd like to give it to the community.
[12:52] I'd like to echo Josh's comments,
[12:54] you know, the World Trade Center, the Pentagon,
[12:58] the community in Pennsylvania that we're all impacted.
[13:00] I want to thank our first responders.
[13:02] Our goes out to all those that were impacted by September 11th.
[13:06] I appreciate Josh's reminder for all of us to remember.
[13:10] what had happened, learned from the history.
[13:13] And then I think there's also a lot of lessons
[13:17] around who we are as a country.
[13:20] Okay, first we are.
[13:22] How do we move forward together?
[13:24] I want to welcome back our students.
[13:28] You were out in the community,
[13:30] meaning some of you are in classes.
[13:32] grades 1 through 12 starting yesterday.
[13:35] So we are now two days into the school year going into that.
[13:40] In my experience, the first day was pretty joyous.
[13:43] There was a lot of excitement and kids, a lot of excitement and staff.
[13:48] Some nervous grandparents, some nervous parents, and I get that.
[13:52] So please be patient with us.
[13:54] At law students returned to a brand new building.
[13:57] It was pretty exciting.
[13:58] Students were greeted by TBS staff or construction team contractors.
[14:02] I want to just let everyone know that we will be hosting a community open house on October 13th,
[14:09] for law. Thank you to our team for sponsoring that. Students all big updates at Foss High School.
[14:16] So if you have an head of chance to see, I guess I would ask our student rep to do like some
[14:22] of the upgrades at Foss. It's kind of a loaded question. You can also say no, I don't like that.
[14:29] Well, I like it a lot. Looks like cleaner. We have a new hallway, which is very cool. We have very
[14:35] new bathrooms. I don't like the paint, it's very dark and sad now. There's also not a lot of green
[14:43] and gold which is disappointing because those are our school colors. I heard from my ASB advisor,
[14:50] they were going for a more college look which is weird because we're a high school campus. So I don't
[14:57] All of that, I do miss the very...
[15:00] Very bright, green, gold colors on our world, but other than that, I think students are really happy to have a more modern
[15:07] refresh to our school. It's great. Great feedback, and I just encourage our students in that space, is that, you know,
[15:13] halls, all is convenient. Hang up pictures and decorate in that space. These buildings are designed to help you feel in a space, in a space of
[15:24] of welcomeness and the phospholicans are a proud, a alumni group, a proud group of students,
[15:33] and we are here to say that Foss is going to continue to soar. So, add your decorations, read
[15:41] elementary, salsa major upgrades, and I want to thank the staff that read, especially in the
[15:46] parents, and our students for being patient. It's been a process when you're renovating a building
[15:54] while you're at the building, it's a lot of work.
[15:56] So I think that a construction team,
[15:58] some Washington Patriot,
[15:59] Friday of others did an amazing job,
[16:01] and I really, really shout out to the staff
[16:03] for their patients through the process,
[16:05] and welcoming that.
[16:07] We saw some field upgrades, updates,
[16:10] it's Silas Gray, Bernie Truman,
[16:12] and Mount Talma.
[16:13] Silas has new baseball and softball fields,
[16:15] and he tends to score Gray, Bernie, and Truman,
[16:18] and I'll have a new turf.
[16:20] Mount Talma has a new jumbo tron.
[16:22] I got the chance to go out to the new RAV pitch at Furn Hell, which is the first of many upgrades
[16:30] that Furn Hell is going to get in their fields, so that was exciting.
[16:34] And then some of us, I had to enjoy attending with President Showsher, the first class in
[16:39] First-Dude's Walking On to Maritime 253, which has been a great process.
[16:44] I want to thank our staff, partnership with the port, your leadership, the port commissioners,
[16:49] your ship to help that project get up and running and it's up and alive and so it's came from
[16:54] all over the South Sound to attend and that was really exciting. Next week we have the joy
[17:00] of welcoming our kindergartners and our preschoolers. I had heard we have approximately 1,800
[17:07] kindergartners joining us this year. That's really exciting. So September 14th kindergarten TTK
[17:14] classes start, September 16th, Head Start, and E-Cat Pre-School Class of Start, we are still
[17:20] enrolling.
[17:22] So I'll just show you on a personal level, I had three kids, and I had to be reminded with
[17:27] my third child by the office secretary, you still have to enroll your child, Josh, just
[17:32] because you have siblings.
[17:35] So that was an exciting opportunity.
[17:37] So if you know a little one that should be in school or maybe you are deciding at the last
[17:41] minute, maybe I do want to get my student in school. This is my cue to make this fast.
[17:48] I would just encourage folks to go ahead and get on that line. This is the time that
[17:52] I also want to remind folks that we do have to move staff sometimes. You'll get some information
[17:58] and you're welcome back communications about why we have to do that. Please be patient with us.
[18:04] I know it's ads-enct. It's not lost on us. We have to balance, class size, all our agreements,
[18:10] sometimes lost, and that space in there is a process.
[18:15] That doesn't mean that all those make it easier on an individual child or family.
[18:20] So you will see some movement.
[18:21] We try to communicate wise.
[18:23] We try to communicate in advance with your schools,
[18:26] and we try to minimize that as much as possible.
[18:30] We've seen increases in spikes in enrollment in some schools
[18:34] and drops in others.
[18:36] That has an impact.
[18:37] So we will continue to communicate.
[18:39] We have a few schools that are close to enrollment.
[18:42] We know that is difficult.
[18:43] We go through a process.
[18:45] We will have wait lists.
[18:46] We will consider students after the fifth day of school.
[18:49] We have to get through that first five days to see which students haven't shown up,
[18:53] but we're able to drop those.
[18:54] And then add students.
[18:56] So that doesn't mean that all of our students are on the wait list.
[18:58] We'll get in.
[18:59] But we will continue to support that.
[19:01] A lot of families to be in the best place that they can.
[19:06] We hope to make those adjustments in the weeks of September 18th through the 20th.
[19:13] We try not to move instantaneously as we know it's really clear, but sometimes we know
[19:18] that some schools may be so close to keeping a teacher that we want to try to keep that.
[19:23] And we look at our overall enrollment as well to see if we can balance that out.
[19:28] I want to remind folks that summer late nights give you kind of an update about that
[19:33] in the club beyond the Bell and Club B registration is now open between, I think, the last
[19:42] of the first association is the 13th. That's when programs will start on the 21st. I want
[19:46] to think our community partners, Club B and beyond the Bell is not to come up public schools,
[19:53] program, and as a community program is hosted as to come up schools. The programs are offered
[19:59] by community partners over 39.
[20:02] We have over 2,200 students already registered for the session
[20:07] model, which is pretty darn exciting.
[20:09] Some of our student reps participate
[20:11] as coaches and advisers, and you'll see that.
[20:14] And so it's pretty amazing.
[20:16] As far as summer, late nights go, we ran our fourth year,
[20:19] the program, best numbers we've ever seen.
[20:24] Best numbers we've seen.
[20:25] So what does that mean?
[20:26] We had 12,000 total visits, almost double the last year
[20:29] by students, 20,000 meals serve, almost double from last year. Registration, I mentioned registration
[20:36] that's happening. It's a six year of club B and B on the Bell.
[20:41] Please, if you know
[20:43] of somebody that's going to be in the after school space, go ahead and just turn them.
[20:48] One important, I know I'm a long-winded in that video, it's delayed and you'll see those
[20:52] smiles. But an important reminder, there is an acronym, you know, that we love acronyms and
[20:56] It's called Sneam, C-N-E-E-B.
[21:00] Families have seen communications about this.
[21:03] It's a nutrition eligibility.
[21:06] And a lot of other folks say they don't fill out that form
[21:09] because they don't think they qualify for free
[21:11] and reduce lunch meals.
[21:13] That's based.
[21:13] But it has so many other benefits.
[21:17] It is very important for us when we look at our total
[21:21] enrollment eligibility for better grants.
[21:23] But it locks benefits like reducing fees or eliminating fees for athletics,
[21:30] participation, reduces fees, or eliminates fees for beyond the balance club, be activities.
[21:36] It opens up scholarship opportunities through the state.
[21:40] It is an annual form, so we ask families to go ahead and click into that parent view.
[21:46] I know there's a lot of information right off the bat.
[21:48] This one won't be one of those priority ones, but I'm going to make sure your students have a
[21:52] taxes to the additional benefits.
[21:55] And if you are not receiving district communications, such as our E-newsletter or Automatic
[22:00] Messages, please contact your school directly.
[22:04] They can get you signed up for those pieces.
[22:07] I'm excited for our kids, I'm excited for our staff, we have an amazing staff at all different
[22:12] levels and all different programs and when I see that in all different roles,
[22:20] I wish
[22:20] everybody. I'll be healthy 2027 and in the spirit of that I'm going to turn it over to the video.
[22:27] Real quick, we see you can see some of the smiles for the first time.
[23:34] We're good for agenda item number five. Staff report to the Board. We've got light speed classroom management system.
[23:43] The big thing that updates brought to you by. Thank you.
[23:52] Good evening. Let's jump right into it.
[23:56] We had some conversations last spring about bringing in a classroom management software option.
[24:04] We had a committee that started in the winter, we vetted several de demos, did some piloting,
[24:10] and landed on light speed as our contract implementation took place over the summer,
[24:15] and we went live for teachers on our first 2P days last week.
[24:20] And so I just want to give you kind of a bigger picture now of what is this thing,
[24:24] what does it look like, how does it operate. And light speed, it's a district-funded product.
[24:29] It's in all of our classrooms, for all of our students from kindergarten through 12th grade.
[24:33] As the kid moves around the school, it's saying secondary, first, the second, their schedule sinks with light speeds,
[24:39] so it knows it's in, first period with me, and in second period with Mrs. Jones, and so if I have different rules or expectations for the class versus hers,
[24:49] the kid's computer would automatically switch to those options.
[24:53] The goal is to kind of increase that learning time and focus, decrease the distractions, and it's done by loading up lists.
[25:01] So if I'm a social studies teacher and these are the research sites that I'd like my kids to use this week,
[25:07] I would load up those sites and then everything else would be closed.
[25:10] I could even limit the number of tabs that are open in their browser.
[25:13] I think many of us have had a browser open where we can't even see what's on the tab,
[25:17] because there's 80 of them open.
[25:19] In this case, I narrow it down for allow the kids to stay focused on what they're working on.
[25:25] The ability to do focus mode, so today we're just using those research sites,
[25:30] and we're using our PowerPoint because we're building our presentation and all their applications are closed.
[25:36] This focused mode allows kids into work in class for that block period, just in that space.
[25:44] They share across, so teachers can share across with teachers or teaching learning
[25:48] department who push this out to teams as well, but the goal is that all these folks have the resources
[25:53] they need for kids to use their devices in a safe way. It's a responsible investment part of our
[26:00] It was also to look at how are we using our devices, what are kids accessing.
[26:08] We know that at some very younger students will be in Minecraft and totally off tasks,
[26:12] so this is the way to kind of block some of that, but at the same time teachers do get
[26:16] a report again in the class of where kids went, right, and what sites were being used.
[26:20] Weekend then also track is near pod or product that we're using a lot, and it's worth the
[26:24] investment as we continue to go forward, or is it something we should pull back and look
[26:27] something else. In that same space as we kind of get into the weeds for teachers and staff,
[26:33] one of the things would be, if I was actually teaching right now, all the kids computers
[26:37] would show this slide. So as much as I would love for them to be off task and doing whatever,
[26:42] today we're just watching my slide. If I first, I could present that slide back. So for example,
[26:49] Josh had great student work and I wanted to show the class, I could then project that project up
[26:54] for the whole class to see.
[26:55] We could walk through that example, make sense,
[26:57] and move on to the next task.
[27:00] And that same space for students, right?
[27:03] Again, fewer distractions, ease of use,
[27:06] consistent expectations, classroom, and classroom,
[27:08] school to school.
[27:09] So it doesn't look different at a Sammy versus a first
[27:13] creek, right?
[27:14] And then last, this is a school day product.
[27:16] So we do it during school hours, right?
[27:19] And the kid goes home after school hours,
[27:21] then they have full access to all the applications they would
[27:23] normally based on the district firewalls that we typically use.
[27:27] So we're not tracking any personal data if some kid wants to dig up some old AOL account
[27:32] and log in, we wouldn't see their passwords or any of that access or information.
[27:37] So it's compliant with our ADA requirements that we put in the place last spring across the district
[27:41] as well.
[27:48] Any questions on life?
[27:52] How is this any different from Go Guardian?
[27:57] It's the same kind of ideas Go Guardian.
[28:00] Go Guardian is one of the companies we had talked with and spring as well.
[28:05] I have a question as well.
[28:07] Would this be, it's not replacing the current firewalls that we have, but would it be using every classroom
[28:15] And then would it be required to do this?
[28:17] And how does that change from grade grade,
[28:20] like high school's right, different from the computer at the class?
[28:22] Correct.
[28:23] So the beauty here is the teacher drives those modes.
[28:27] So again, in focus mode, your high school teacher
[28:29] could drive something different than, say, a sixth grade
[28:31] or a third grade teacher.
[28:34] Right, if you're in a space where we're using copilot or an AI
[28:37] product and the teacher wants you to use that,
[28:39] then the teacher opens that up.
[28:41] For today, we're doing an exam or something different.
[28:43] The teacher will close that down.
[28:44] So they have a lot of flexibly or drive, what is or is an open in that space.
[28:49] So again, first grade, well, you know, can I grab this time of year, we're just learning how to log in and do some of those things.
[28:54] But again, they could customize math game sites or something like that if it's free time.
[29:01] And I'm going to use this as an opportunity to explain my firewalls a little bit.
[29:05] So firewalls are there, to come to public schools like a lot of organizations are constantly attacking cyber attacks.
[29:14] firewalls help with cyber attacks, as well as they say, this is the content of the approved.
[29:20] We work with a company that helps apply filters for them.
[29:25] Teachers have the ability to request, make a request, real process, to say, hey, this website
[29:30] is getting blocked, but it's very important to contact.
[29:36] And so, you know, as it being a new school year, there is that opportunity, is it a different
[29:40] year, or you could say, hey, this is being blocked.
[29:43] But we need it for this lesson, try it.
[29:48] The challenging pieces is that with every software upgrade,
[29:52] sometimes we have to redo that.
[29:54] Because the firewall is then blocking it again based off of some code.
[29:58] It's sophisticated of big stuff.
[30:00] But that's the essence of it. So once again, this is how the teacher would say, hey, with even within the viral, I want us to do an on-demand assessment, for example, on this.
[30:12] I'm sure that you can turn it on, but that is not a district decision to say, individual, teachers.
[30:23] About the firewalls, I know this isn't everyone I've talked to, I haven't talked to everyone at my school, but I've heard a lot of dissent about the blocking on school Wi-Fi and school computers,
[30:41] just because not a question, but a comment, um, it often distracts from whatever trying
[30:49] to learn in class, like there are many times when we won't be able to access information
[30:54] that we're trying to for a unit and history class or something like that, and I think
[31:00] that students feel like their voices aren't really being heard in the sense of that they
[31:11] don't feel like the blocking is really fair because we've also seen many things that shouldn't
[31:16] be happening on school computers that are still able to be access.
[31:21] You bet.
[31:21] I think it's an important point that it's a very dynamic process and then I appreciate your
[31:26] recognition that there are multiple opinions at space and so school computers are designed
[31:31] to be used for school purposes and then there's the complexity of the information that is
[31:35] not gone through that process yet.
[31:38] And so the first step for you as a student and your colleagues is to ask your teacher to request
[31:43] that site and be opened up.
[31:47] And then I'll just say this again, the challenging piece sometimes is when you get a soft grade
[31:51] grade upgrade, it blocks it again, and we have to go through that process again.
[31:57] That's not lost.
[31:58] I mean, you know, you're really frustrated, it's an individual, we've all experienced that
[32:01] where we just said, and I just solved it in 24 hours later, I have to solve it.
[32:05] So we're going to keep on trying to work on improving that process in that space and then also recognizing that sometimes that content has buried interpretations.
[32:16] And then you are spot on some of your peer colleagues have found marvelous ways to get around this far.
[32:21] We appreciate that entrepreneurship and so we're constantly trying to work that.
[32:25] But their design in their intent is to keep us safe from that cyber attacks, from exposing what we have determined is inappropriate, but that is not a whole proof system.
[32:37] Bill, keep on.
[32:41] The other questions from it.
[32:45] Here you know, I think we're good.
[32:46] You guys see.
[32:48] Rule of four, we're two agenda out of number six.
[32:50] This is public comment.
[32:52] Regular public comment.
[32:53] Yes, we have one to see.
[32:55] Okay.
[32:56] School board members encourage public participation.
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[33:21] Under board policy approaching 30, the board president may terminate an individual's comments when the allotted time is passed.
[33:26] They may interrupt the speaker to require the same standard of stability that the board
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[33:32] Examples of uncivil comments include comments that are live or slanders, under legal
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[33:47] Violet school district policy or procedure related to harassment, intimidation, bullying
[33:51] or discrimination.
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[33:58] material in substantial disruption of the orderly operation of the board.
[34:02] The board has a whole has the bottom of the decision in determining the appropriateness of all such
[34:07] rulings and can maintain order by removing those who are disruptive.
[34:11] However, the board recognises the distinction between uncivil discourse, which we will not tolerate,
[34:16] and comments about the board, the district, and or staff that are negative,
[34:19] yes, still civil and nature. The board will exercise the authority to maintain order in a content
[34:24] neutral manner. The two ways to get public comment, option one to verbal. The general council
[34:29] will call your name when it's your turn to address the school board. Please speak into the
[34:33] microphone. You'll have up to three minutes to share your comments. Or if there are a large number
[34:36] of speakers, time may be limited at the President's discretion. Option number two is written
[34:41] comment and we don't have any submitted to the agenda today.
[34:46] Our verbal context because this evening is Gary Colano.
[34:58] Good evening.
[35:00] I'm Gary Colano. I'm President of the Lincoln High School Alumni Association.
[35:06] My voice tonight is just not for the Lincoln Alumni,
[35:10] but for all the alumni of the Tacoma School District.
[35:15] I'm here to speak about the Tacoma School District's athletics and activities
[35:21] gold card.
[35:25] Do you all know what the gold card is? It's a card that is available to
[35:32] all seniors 65 and older so they can get into sporting activities or any
[35:39] school activity for free.
[35:46] I was just informed of this card a few years ago so
[35:51] it's not publicly out there. You have to know somebody who has one and then you go and get
[35:59] your one yourself. It's a great card for 65 years and older to be able to get into the Tacoma
[36:08] school districts, sporting events and activities. I have been promoting this card to all alumni,
[36:16] not just Lincoln alumni but all alumni. I go to event every last Saturday and it's
[36:25] fast, stadium,
[36:28] silence or as we call it in the 65-year-old group Wilson and all the
[36:35] other schools, Bellerman, Franklin Piers, they all know about this card but there's a
[36:44] It has limited only two seniors who reside within the Tacoma Public School boundary.
[36:54] With this limitation, it eliminates many of the alumni who live outside of the Tacoma Public School boundary.
[37:04] The alumni supports scholarships, athletics, and other school events.
[37:11] As it currently stands, none of alumni residing in Tacoma receives this benefit, but a
[37:21] alumni that live outside the Tacoma do not, and we don't feel this is right.
[37:28] the land and association.
[37:30] I'd like to see this change to not only include the common alumni residents, but also include
[37:37] non-resident alumni. I'm happy to take any questions.
[37:47] Thank you. Thank you for sharing it.
[37:50] I would be on the one here. I guess that concludes our bubble comment for this evening.
[37:56] Sure. I move the consent agenda. Second?
[38:00] Can you send the agenda to the movement, exactly?
[38:02] Questions, comments, questions, please?
[38:03] I have a comment and it's maybe a question.
[38:07] I just want to point out that 7.3 doesn't have a month a year, and it's not filled in
[38:13] and that's because we don't have a financial and audited report for this month, correct?
[38:17] Yeah, I just want to make sure for the public that's looking at this and wondering what we're
[38:23] doing, that's because there isn't one for this month.
[38:29] All right, all of us in favor, shall we?
[38:31] All right.
[38:32] And you pose.
[38:34] Our consent is in the passes.
[38:35] The agenda item number 8 policy matters.
[38:38] 8.1 is the second reading of new policy 5012,
[38:42] parental, family, or marital status, and pregnancy
[38:45] or pregnancy related conditions of status.
[38:48] The general counsel, on behalf of the Executive Director of Human Resources,
[38:52] recommends the board.
[38:53] Directors adopt the revised draft proposal of new policy 5012.
[38:57] And just real briefly, we had our equity policy review team last week, and so click into the link.
[39:04] You'll recognize there's some red lines beyond what we had taken a look at for the first reading.
[39:09] And those reflect the equity policy review teams recommendations, particularly around having a purpose statement that they felt more closely reflected the heart of this policy, which is non-discriminatory in nature.
[39:22] So that the new purpose aim at the top, and then the second one being struck through, those are the changes that you'll see from first reading the second reading.
[39:33] And a little bit eight point one, second.
[39:36] The movement's seconded, we do a real call of work.
[39:39] Actually, presents such a, um, so I'm going to abstain from this because I can't, I have been able to access the link to read the policy.
[39:46] Whether I was in preparing for the meeting, and even right now, and I've tried to refresh a few times.
[39:51] just like since I haven't read it and I feel like it's ethical for me to
[39:55] better.
[39:57] I would like to thank you for me.
[40:09] We don't need a road problem.
[40:11] We don't need a road problem.
[40:12] We could do it if you like.
[40:13] Nope.
[40:14] Okay.
[40:16] I don't know the name.
[40:18] We do want to go to that.
[40:19] So then that we'll go to the road problem.
[40:23] Okay, everybody got it in favor, please say aye.
[40:27] Anybody opposed?
[40:29] And we have one abstention.
[40:31] agenda item number nine.
[40:34] The next financial report will be shared at the September 24th,
[40:38] 2026 business meeting.
[40:40] monthly financial statements can be found on the district website at www.tacomaschools.org
[40:46] backslash departments backslash business and finance.
[40:50] Get out of number 10, curriculum and instruction.
[40:54] To employ one, approve live in a district agreement.
[40:56] Number TSD-26-221.
[40:59] Between Franklin Pierce School District and to Thomas School District,
[41:02] Number 10, put it 2026-2027 school year.
[41:08] On behalf of the Chief of Staff,
[41:10] she recommends that the Board of Directors approve
[41:13] Interdestruct Agreement number TSD-26-221.
[41:17] Between Franklin's Pierce School District and to Thomas School District
[41:20] to establish a cooperative swim group program for the 2627 swim season.
[41:25] I move item 10.1.
[41:29] Move the second.
[41:30] Any questions?
[41:30] Comments?
[41:33] Here we go.
[41:34] All those in favour, sir.
[41:35] Hi.
[41:36] Can you follow us?
[41:37] Our 10.21 passes.
[41:38] 10.22.
[41:39] Approval of interlocal agreement.
[41:43] TSD26189.
[41:43] Between boarding school district.
[41:45] and to come to school district in Aberton, from September 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027.
[41:53] Good evening. Chief schools recommend that the board of directors approve the interlocal agreement,
[41:59] number TSD-26-199, between Ordinance School District and to come to school district,
[42:05] number 10 for reimbursement to Ordinance School District up to $15,000.
[42:10] For part of the transportation costs, incurred in transport in approximately 15 or more
[42:14] Maritime 253 students from September 1,
[42:17] 2026 to June 30th, 2027, funding source is Maritime 253.
[42:24] I've moved out of 10.2, is that good?
[42:26] 10.2 is the movie executive.
[42:28] Any questions?
[42:28] Comments, concerns about them.
[42:31] Hearing none, all those in favor say aye.
[42:32] Aye.
[42:33] Aye.
[42:33] Any opposed?
[42:34] All right, 10.2 passes, 10.23, approval of interlocal agreements
[42:38] between Central Washington University,
[42:41] Bailview College, University of Washington,
[42:42] Eastern Washington University aim to come to school district number 10 from September 1
[42:47] 2026 through June 30, 2027.
[42:52] Chief schools recommends that the Board of Directors approve interlocal agreements for college in the high school,
[42:58] schools between Central Washington University, Bellevue College University of Washington,
[43:02] Eastern Washington University and to come to school district number 10 from September 1,
[43:06] in 2006 to June 30th, 2027.
[43:10] I move item 10.2.
[43:12] Good moving.
[43:13] Second.
[43:13] Questions?
[43:14] 12.2.
[43:16] Oh sorry.
[43:16] 10.3.
[43:17] My apologies.
[43:19] Very not.
[43:20] All those of you who say hi.
[43:21] Hi.
[43:22] And you both.
[43:23] All right.
[43:23] 10.3.
[43:25] It's in the item number 11.
[43:28] It's 10.
[43:29] 11.1.
[43:30] Approval of amendment number 3 to contract number TSD
[43:34] 24147
[43:35] with one first student, and to come to school, they should number two.
[43:40] The Director Transportation recommends that the Board of Directors approve an amendment number
[43:45] three in the contract TSD 24147 between first student incorporated, operating through its
[43:51] alternate transportation division, first all incorporated, and to come to school district
[43:54] number 10 for on-demand, alternative vehicle transportation services, non-busting for district
[44:00] students.
[44:01] I move item 11.1.
[44:04] 11.1, then move the second. Any questions?
[44:09] Here you are. All those in favor, sir.
[44:10] All right.
[44:11] You're opposed.
[44:13] All right. 11.1 passes.
[44:15] 11.2.
[44:16] Approval of Microsoft.
[44:17] Unified supported agreement between Microsoft
[44:19] and to come to public schools for my child.
[44:22] 1226 through September 30.
[44:25] 1229.
[44:26] The Deputy Superintendent on behalf of the Chief Technology Officer
[44:29] recommends that the Board of Directors
[44:30] It proves the purchase order agreement between Microsoft and Tacoma School District Number 10 for the purchase of Microsoft Unified Support from October 1, 2026, to September 30, 2020, 9.
[44:43] and there's all I can point to.
[44:47] Let's point to the moving secondary questions,
[44:49] comments, concerns about it.
[44:51] Here we know all those in great for say aye.
[44:54] You post right at 11.2 passes.
[44:57] 11.3, approved with a negotiate and award a call.
[45:09] The Chief Financial Officer recommends that the Board of Directors authorized the superintendent and or does it need to approve negotiation and award between to come a school district number 10 and NLBED services LLC for the annual inspections, cleanings and on-call repair services for all district, kitchen, hood systems for the period of September 1, 26 to August 31, 2021.
[45:29] in the amount of 209 in the amount of 286,368 dollars funding source nutrition services.
[45:36] Can you live 11.3 seconds?
[45:38] 11.3, moved in a second, the question is, come as concerns.
[45:42] You know, none of those in favor say aye.
[45:45] Aye.
[45:45] In the opposed, around 11.3 passes, 11.4, approval of guaranteed maximum price of minimum number
[45:52] two to contract number TSD 26007, which will need to come to school of district number 10
[45:58] and lighting construction, February 2026 through December 2028.
[46:04] The Chief Operating Officer recommends that the Board of Directors
[46:07] improve GMP number 2 between light and construction
[46:10] and to calm the school district number 10 for the TPS
[46:13] Central Administration Building, TAP, Improvement Project,
[46:17] and the amount of $12 million, $9,849,
[46:22] including sales tax.
[46:24] I move item 11.4, second.
[46:26] Another point, four moved in, seconded questions coming concerned about it.
[46:31] In and out, all those in favor, they're up.
[46:34] And you're opposed to 11.4 passes.
[46:37] 11.5 approval of the pre-construction services contract to contract number TSD26171
[46:45] between Tacoma School District number 10 and ATS automation.
[46:49] The chief operating officer recommends that the Board of Directors approved the pre-construction services contract
[46:55] between TTS Automation and Tacoma School District Number 10,
[46:59] for the TPS Clean Building Phase 3 multi-faciliters project
[47:02] in the amount of $1,741,333 dollars,
[47:07] bringing the total consideration to $1,921,
[47:12] $2,333, including sales tax.
[47:20] I'm going to have them pay five.
[47:24] Another point five, moving second.
[47:25] Questions about these comments, you can say.
[47:27] You know, all those in favor say hi?
[47:31] All right, hi.
[47:31] And you're opposed.
[47:33] All right, 11.5 also passes.
[47:35] You know, at the end of item number 12, both one and one,
[47:38] adoption of resolution number 2191 to declare as a surplus,
[47:42] and have authorized the sale or lease of school district property,
[47:45] known as 3221 and 323 South Indian Avenue.
[47:50] The Chief Operator and Officer recommends that the Board of Directors
[47:53] adopt resolution number 2191 to declare as surplus
[47:57] and authorize the sale or lease of school, distribute property, located at 3223 in 3221 South
[48:05] Union.
[48:06] I move item 2.1.
[48:09] 12.1 to the move.
[48:12] Seconded.
[48:12] Now we can do that.
[48:14] OK, that's all.
[48:15] Press the shows here.
[48:15] How you vote?
[48:17] Vice President McLaren, how you vote?
[48:18] Aye.
[48:18] Dr. Keating, how you vote?
[48:20] Dr. Bob Wright, how you vote?
[48:21] Aye.
[48:21] Dr. Freeman Lane, how you vote?
[48:22] Aye.
[48:23] Okay.
[48:24] Resolution 2191 passes.
[48:25] Thank you.
[48:29] 12.2, the adoption of board annual goals and objectives for the 2025-2026 school year.
[48:36] The District General Council recommends that the board individually approve and authorize the district to communicate the draft department of the draft annual goals and objectives.
[48:44] The board formulated for the 2627 school year.
[48:48] And just rub briefly the individually piece is in the event that there was a goal that received the majority approval.
[48:53] and when they didn't, so we got to package them together.
[48:56] So, starting, we'll start with COVID-19 and then we'll ask for your approval for COVID-19.
[49:01] So, go number one, as a form of the agenda,
[49:03] raise the board, we'll engage in at least two neighbourhood community conversations,
[49:07] and determine if their policy changes necessary to support the sustainability
[49:10] of our community engagement structure.
[49:14] So, if you could move or go number one specifically,
[49:18] Don't eat for a long time, and then we'll go to go to them too.
[49:21] To make a motion, just support it, go number one.
[49:23] Go.
[49:24] Sit back ahead.
[49:25] Have we done this?
[49:26] I don't know why.
[49:27] I don't think we are.
[49:28] One time, we had a whole debate.
[49:29] That was kind of funny.
[49:31] No.
[49:31] I just started.
[49:32] Nice to meet you.
[49:33] That's what's needed.
[49:35] He has been moving exactly the most present.
[49:38] Any questions or comments about it?
[49:40] All right.
[49:41] All of the favourites are up.
[49:42] Hi.
[49:43] Anybody knows about it?
[49:45] Go.
[49:46] I don't know if it was good.
[49:47] All right, goal number two read the board will examine the ecosystem of after school services
[49:51] and to come to school district boundaries.
[49:53] We'll make recommendations for what role the school district will take in the ecosystem
[49:56] so the future to support students and community.
[49:59] So we'll do the same thing when we're back for goal two.
[50:02] I'm going to go on number two.
[50:04] Second.
[50:05] Go on number two, move the second.
[50:06] As a presenter, we have any questions or comments about it.
[50:10] All right, all the other players, yeah?
[50:12] All right.
[50:12] And you vote.
[50:14] All right, we got goal number one and we got goal number two.
[50:17] So next up, I did out on the 13th and board comments and reports,
[50:27] I don't know what to do.
[50:27] Yesterday was the first school.
[50:30] We're back.
[50:33] I'm very excited again to continue to say what my amazing colleagues, to sit amongst you all
[50:38] and to know that you are showing up in our community.
[50:41] Every year our board assignments change as we're a very large district and we're all at large representatives.
[50:48] And so this year I have been placed back on the east side and I love it over there
[50:53] So I'm super glad to have a full school year engaging these communities and folks
[50:58] I know however while I was there first days go at first greet a student remember you direct your bond right and that was kind of cool
[51:05] So I'm like all right eighth grade you knew that you met her one time and you made a lasting impact
[51:10] So thank you for your work. Hope it was positive. What is that?
[51:14] Do you know Director Bahundra, I'm like, that's okay, cool.
[51:20] So yeah, it's really awesome to show in and around community with folks who are also showing up in and around community.
[51:26] It's always a reminder to parents, first day school is yesterday.
[51:30] Your kids might not have their vaccines.
[51:32] If you don't have them, you will be sent out.
[51:34] That was a fun conversation to have, but what else can people know about that?
[51:38] Yeah, it's a great thing.
[51:39] So you can access in a CMAR clinic to help multi-care clinic amount to Homa.
[51:45] You know, you as a family and I know this is not always the best options, but there is
[51:49] the laws that require us to make sure that this happens and you know, sometimes I would
[51:54] just say that once again the vulnerability is apparent, sometimes you reach an age with your child
[51:58] and you just know that.
[51:59] So 13 is kind of a magic age in that for some of those.
[52:02] And so you can go to other clinics like, you know, your local Walmart, your Safeway, a variety of things.
[52:11] We just need those records ASAP in order to have students attend classes.
[52:15] I learned that on the first day of school, we were greeting people and I was like, oh, I got to go.
[52:19] I was like, what's quick on?
[52:21] We're in the drop-off line and she's like, I didn't bring them papers, I'm like, I love that.
[52:25] So I love real engaging conversations with parents, students, community and families.
[52:30] Dr. Skulltime also means that those safety flashing lights are flashing all over town. There's different
[52:37] bells, schedules, we're all getting accustomed to them. Little school starts very early in the morning,
[52:42] which I have learned because I was there. And yeah, so just pay attention to what's going on here
[52:47] community. The flash lights are at all of our local bus stop. There are lots of kids out in the morning
[52:53] and in the afternoon. I also want to highlight our Fletz program is the first day for a second day school now,
[52:58] But for middle school and high school students, Josh, you would tell them more about flex and how that's an opportunity for them and their families.
[53:05] You bet. So flex is open to students. We've had students as young as elementary school sometimes take it for unique situations, but primarily for secondary students.
[53:15] It is an opportunity to take an online class that may not fit in your schedule.
[53:19] may need their due to flexibility in your schedule, and students have their ability to sign up
[53:25] through their school.
[53:26] They are partnership which come online.
[53:29] It is a families choice to participate in that, and so if you are struggling with getting
[53:35] the support, you can contact the district office and we can contact the school to help you
[53:39] put in that process to sign that.
[53:42] And then carry over that, I just want to mention, and I know some of our students have some
[53:46] experience in this if you are running start students and you are taking classes through running
[53:51] start you have not actually started your classes yet and so it is the safe way to remind
[53:56] your families that yes I'm not missing any classes and those will be starting in a couple of
[54:01] weeks as
[54:26] well yeah and so we annually also bring our team HR plans on coming in October and we
[54:32] actually typically bring our retention rates retention is important piece right we are we actually
[54:37] We just looked at some data and I don't have the exact number, but I believe over 10 employees have reached over their 40th year with top public schools.
[54:45] So we helped to bring them up in some way to celebrate with you and just very inspiring.
[54:51] In regards to being an admin intern, there's a process that you go through.
[54:55] You are typically sponsored by your current principal, sponsored and doors through a letter of recommendations.
[55:00] You are participating in a higher education program.
[55:03] So we don't run the programs themselves.
[55:05] We help with the participation of the administrative internship as one means.
[55:10] There's also a simple state report, our support through OSPI and AWSP, where you can get a grant for sometimes released time.
[55:17] Sometimes, that number has reduced over years because of the legislative budget capacity to be able to support programs in that space.
[55:26] You have to be in good standing as an employee, it's an important piece that we continue to try to support in there.
[55:32] It's typically a year-long program, A.W.S.P. has a framework, I think there are characteristics,
[55:39] standards, if you will, you develop activities, supports, plans in each of those activities,
[55:45] different to speak. You see some folks that are also doing their other full-time job during that space.
[55:51] So it's not uncommon for, you know, whether you're a counselor or sometimes people are in Dean Rolls
[55:56] or sometimes they're a classroom teacher and they're doing those activities above and beyond.
[56:00] So Pat Irwin is our director of Education Pathways in Global Education and so
[56:06] I'm very interested in exploring that opportunity.
[56:08] Pat would be a great person to connect.
[56:11] Okay I think that's just kind of highlights how yesterday went for me.
[56:14] There are so many intersections of staff, students, families and community as we kick off this
[56:19] new school year.
[56:20] I'm very excited about the expansion and the reclamation of the on the bell and club
[56:26] I really want to thank our staff internally before that they have been doing to reach out and engage our community.
[56:33] Parents still have about three days to get fully registered, but our numbers are looking really, really good.
[56:39] There's a lot of people who utilize these services as enrichment programming,
[56:43] and there's so many community-based organizations that have been partnering with the district for a while
[56:47] who are coming back.
[56:49] And so, even doesn't matter who's holding that baton,
[56:53] we're always opening and passing that baton to the community.
[56:56] So, Josh, do you want to stand more on that?
[56:58] I think you're eloquently said at all.
[57:00] I just want to, and maybe add, you mentioned the idea
[57:04] of these are enrichment programs.
[57:05] These are not remediation, and this is not child care.
[57:09] And so, it's not designed to be that.
[57:10] With that said, to come up with schools,
[57:12] opens our doors to a number of local child care providers that provide child care
[57:18] before and after school care on our campuses.
[57:21] And so if you have a question about that,
[57:23] you know, you can contact your school to say,
[57:25] do we have one here, where's the closest one?
[57:28] Once again, we don't run those programs.
[57:30] We partner with experts who do run those programs.
[57:34] So again, I just also want to thank you
[57:36] to us for having that as a childcare professional.
[57:38] And before an after school or a return provider,
[57:41] it's always good to have those distinctions
[57:42] and those markers for families.
[57:44] And I think those are all of my comments.
[57:58] Because it's the second day of school we don't have anything.
[58:01] Everybody had a chance to maybe pop up to some schools again.
[58:06] I got the special time not at Maritime and it was good to be there to see those who were dropped off
[58:12] or those who drove themselves and those who got a bus ride down there.
[58:17] The different levels of emotion.
[58:19] Some students were really excited.
[58:20] Other students were like, it's still summer.
[58:23] So hey, it was a good mixture. We felt about any way. It was a good group of folks there to welcome there in Engage.
[58:32] And yeah, I was excited to be in this place. We helped people to experience it. I got that.
[58:37] Yeah, I walked around and gave you some of those classrooms that were not fully open during the open house.
[58:45] And to see students get ready to go into their specific pathways. So it was a good time to be down in the year time.
[58:53] I actually do want to think of something actually and I think I went and opened, helped open
[59:01] low elementary, yes, did it kind of seems like so on ago.
[59:06] So much has happened with that and it was wild, for if there will be an open house coming
[59:12] up soon and I hope folks can go because it is jaw-dropping.
[59:17] This building is spectacular.
[59:19] And my kids graduated from law, and I remember that site, it was 1950's building and it sure
[59:27] looked like it and creaked like it. And so this is nothing like that. And also, I'm just really impressed
[59:33] with the architect and the building partnership that figured out how to put all that stuff on that really
[59:43] We're in space, you know, the map of Lola's, I think, of that side area that was really
[59:49] kind of used to be portables and community gardens, whatever it was really sort of afterthought.
[59:57] And now it's a field, and there's just all the...
[1:00:00] It's really wonderful ways that these kids can access play opportunities outside, as well as this incredible building where there's these moving statements of the stairwells and all over that are educational but also inspiring.
[1:00:15] And honestly, I went into that library and there's this little reading room off of the corner and I mean, if I could, that would be where I am every single day. It's just such a cool space.
[1:00:23] So, just want to thank the voters because once again, this is all made possible by the Bond
[1:00:30] measure that you passed for us at almost 70%.
[1:00:34] So, really appreciate that and these kids were beaming as they came in and it is always
[1:00:40] exciting to see our kids really loving coming to school and their environment makes that possible.
[1:00:47] So, and then at 11.30, I tagged him with President Strosher, because he did the early morning at the Maritime
[1:00:56] Skill Center, and I went in for the second group, because if you don't know this, the way the Maritime
[1:01:01] Skill Center works is we have a morning session and after noon session, and so your student would be at their home
[1:01:10] high school for half the day, and at the Maritime Skill Center for the second half, or the for the other half of the day.
[1:01:16] So, those that were there in the morning, who President Stosier greeted, then went on to their home high school,
[1:01:23] whether it's, you know, in wherever else, it's not always to come up public schools,
[1:01:27] but wherever they go, they go back to that and they afternoon.
[1:01:30] And what I welcomed was the folks that had been at their home high school in the morning
[1:01:34] and came over to spend the latter part of the day at the Maritime Skills Center.
[1:01:40] So, that was super fun.
[1:01:42] And what I also was impressed by was all of the community support that was there for these
[1:01:48] kids.
[1:01:49] Both at Lowell and at Maritime School Center at the architecture firms, the builders, a lot
[1:01:56] of the subcontractors that were there to build these buildings were there to welcome the kids.
[1:02:00] And in the case of Maritime School Center it was also the port staff was out in force.
[1:02:06] And so I just think that highlights our relationship and our partnership with the port
[1:02:11] this incredible product and project and it was really interesting because I was able to see the kids
[1:02:20] who were from the morning session coming out and then before the other ones came in and so we
[1:02:26] were saying hey how was your day and they were all just beaming. I mean these kids say it's amazing
[1:02:31] and they're super inspired. So I want to thank the staff that made this possible and that
[1:02:37] Welcome these kids every day into this really new unique environment and thank you to, you know, happy what you had a role in it.
[1:02:47] And so that's my statement for today.
[1:02:50] This was, I'd like to just remind all of our students who had summer jobs this summer and I'm not talking about just summer jobs 2-5-3 experiences, but any kind of summer job where you ended it earned it W-2 or W-9.
[1:03:03] Last year, we launched Futures253 to start your own Roth IRA account.
[1:03:07] If you had a summer job or your TPS students had a summer job, please reach out to
[1:03:13] our team, get on the website under the CTE program and learn about Futures Job253.
[1:03:18] There was an opportunity through the great sponsorship of Kelly Houghton's family foundation,
[1:03:24] Wells Fargo and Tapco to sponsor you starting a Roth IRA account.
[1:03:30] Yes, you have to participate in some financial literacy that may not be the most exciting and engaging, but it is an important information for you to learn about.
[1:03:38] And I think sometimes, you know, we forget about those summer experiences and the ability to continue to best in yourself.
[1:03:44] So if you know of a child, or if you are of a student that participated in job this summer, please reach out and let's get you signed up for that opportunity to start your own retirement account now.
[1:03:59] Absolutely.
[1:04:00] Any other comment?
[1:04:03] All right.
[1:04:03] We'll jump on to agenda item number 14.
[1:04:07] And now's going to next regular board minute meeting.
[1:04:09] Until further notice, our board meetings will be here in this space.
[1:04:13] Our next board meeting will be September of the 24th.
[1:04:16] That's six p.m.
[1:04:18] Following that meeting, we will have another one on October 8th, 2026 here in this space.
[1:04:23] We'll then October 15th, 2026.
[1:04:25] We will have a study session.
[1:04:27] Before we close any additional comments, questions concerns.
[1:04:32] We've done being heard, we're done.