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I'd like to call to order this regular

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meeting of the Board of Education here

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at Westminster Public Schools the time

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is 633 Veronica can you please call roll

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mr. Treacher yes

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mr. David deck here mr. math here mr.

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present mr. Valenti present all righty

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at this time we will do the Pledge of

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Allegiance and I believe we have

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students from Sunset Elementary Sunset

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Ridge Elementary and fm day maybe just

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one student I'll stand with you

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very nice Thank You grant alright moving

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on we have the agenda approval motion

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mr. president I moved the Board of

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Education approved the proposed agenda

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for the regular meeting dated November

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27 2018 second we have a motion in

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second any comments no comments or

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questions Veronica please pull the board

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mr. chancho yes mr. david icke

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hi mr. math aye mr. McCoy aye mr.

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Valenti aye

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fantastic we have some outstanding

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minutes mr. president I move the Board

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of Education approved the regular board

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meeting minutes dated October 16 second

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we have a motion and second any comments

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questions none Veronica please pull the

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board mr. Treacher yes mr. David deck hi

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mr. math all right mr. McCoy mr. Valenti

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all right we have one more set of

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minutes mr. president they moved the

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Board of Education approved the

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executive session and study session

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meeting minutes dated October 16 2018

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second we have a motion a second any

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comments no comments Veronica please

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pull the board mr. Tonko

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yes mr. David deck hi mr. math all right

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mr. McCoy

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aye mr. Valenti I antastic we're moving

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dr. pamela swanson we have your

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superintendent report okay good evening

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mr. president members of the board I

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hope you and everyone else in the

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community had a nice Thanksgiving and

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whether you stayed at home and family

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and friends came to you or you traveled

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somewhere else I think it's so important

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to get some time to reflect on what is

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important and appreciate what we have to

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be thankful for in our lives one thing

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this community has to be grateful for is

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a Board of Education who works

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tirelessly to help its community and in

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particular the children of Westminster

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public

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and I'm proud to announce we have known

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for a little while but now people across

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the state will know it as well that the

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Colorado Association of School Boards

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has named our Board of Education

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basically the board of the year the

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Allstate Awards so here here

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and we've known that you've been air

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bored of the year for many years with

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courageous leadership but basically what

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this award stands for is really

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exercising the best principles of

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governance and leadership while

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promoting excellence in public education

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I have a side note an anecdote the Cosby

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board and Ryan I know you're on The

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Cosby Board it's a pretty big board and

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usually there's just a whole lot of

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nominations and people saying well this

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board should really get it for this

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reason or this for this reason but we've

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been told hands-down across the board

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and all the committee's that this was

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vetted through that there was no

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question it was Westminster Public

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Schools Board of Education so you should

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be really proud of that because that's

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just an extra feather in your cap and I

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know next week in Colorado Springs you

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will receive the official award but

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tonight at the end of the business

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meeting before we head into study

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session we do have some cake and punch

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that will be in the hallway and I hope

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everybody in the room can can

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congratulate our board and have a slice

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of cake on your way out the door tonight

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if you're if you're able to stay with us

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as I said about the award what it was

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for the one thing I didn't mention is

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that it also comes with a $2,500 award

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to the Board of Education to go to a

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program of your choice or programs of

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your choice and so just to know with all

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these people in the audience tonight

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don't be surprised at the cake table if

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you get lobbied okay because I see a lot

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of principals up there so they're all

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gonna be telling you what you need to be

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spending that money on all right it was

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three weeks ago tonight moving on that

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the voters of Westminster public school

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gave their support to YES on 4a

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approving our nine point nine million

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dollar mill levy override the initial

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returns showed a very close vote kind of

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a nail-biter but by the time all the

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votes were counted YES on for a won by a

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margin of more than 1400 votes it was

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about 53% to 47% and the county will be

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conducting the canvass

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to finalize votes and we will have

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official numbers signed by the County

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elections canvas board at our next

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meeting and we also want to recognize

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some special people I know a couple are

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in the audience tonight but we want to

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do it right at the December meeting and

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thank people who really carried carried

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a lot of leadership during that election

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season so I'd like to thank the voters

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of our community for placing their trust

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in us to use resources wisely and

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acknowledge the people who made the

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phone calls knocked on the doors donated

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money to the campaign and talk to their

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neighbors this was a very important

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result for the district and will allow

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the school district to move forward with

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many priority projects and as you know

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statewide the voters rejected the

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statewide ballot initiative amendment 73

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so we're very very happy that once again

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Westminster is a self-reliant community

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and takes care of its own and it is

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expected this year that lawmakers will

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once again try to fix the school finance

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act and we're going to continue to be

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strong advocates for more equity in the

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distribution of money and I'll keep you

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posted on that

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and finally speaking of government I'm

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proud to say that the Colorado State

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Board of Education agreed to hold off on

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any changes to the calculations used in

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setting school and district performance

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frameworks for the 2019 year the

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Colorado Department of Education had

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proposed changes earlier in October at

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their meeting with very little input

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from educators across the state and we

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believe that that would have had it

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would have resulted in unintended

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negative consequences so our district

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was the first to really grasp the

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implications of these changes and in the

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end we rallied significant opposition to

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the proposal and most of the state

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superintendents yours truly included

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signed a letter about our position and I

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believe that helped carry the day so at

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the meeting where we were a couple of

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weeks ago the the recommendation from

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CDE had changed to keep things stable

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for

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this coming year and so I think that's a

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real win for all of us across the state

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all districts but certainly Westminster

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public schools and I think we carried a

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lot of credibility in that argument

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because even with the obstacles of the

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accountability system in Colorado we had

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exited the clock earlier this year and

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finally because this is the season of

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gratitude and giving we have invited the

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press to an event tomorrow and I see

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Heather up there to Tennison Knowles

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where students are making posters of

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support and solidarity for kids who lost

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their school in the Paradise fire in

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California and tennyson's principal

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Heather is a good friend I believe of a

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teacher right at the school and I think

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the teacher lost her home too is that

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correct yeah as well and I just think

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that's a lot of love and support to to

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teach our kids early on about the power

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and giving back and caring about

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something bigger than themselves and so

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congratulations to tennis and those and

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we look forward to some good press

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tomorrow and that concludes my report

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thank you dr. Swanson any questions or

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comments for dr. Swanson one comment

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she's being rather humble she led the

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charge with the state superintendents to

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tell the state that they needed to keep

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things as is and with the help of dr.

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Granum and getting very close to being

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dr. Jenna gotto those three led the

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charge along with the rest of their team

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and rallied the superintendent's

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otherwise this is something the state

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would have let fly under the radar and

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everybody would have felt the very

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adverse consequences from from a

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preschooler all the way up to high

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schooler and every every teacher and

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staff member in the state of Colorado so

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a big debt of gratitude goes to the rep

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for that thank you for that

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yes I remember getting that phone call

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and saying Ryan you need to go talk to

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Cosby right now that was good can we

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address the the the gift or whatever

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this that's blocking Max's face from the

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rest of the audience before we get to

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board comments because it's a it's it's

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bothering me a little bit do you know

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you that's a no I do I would and I defer

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to my senior board member all right it's

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addressed to the Board of Education and

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it says learn how to open envelopes and

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no I'm not going to do a Kanye West

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Minster Board of Education I knew you'd

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get it done congratulations Anita for

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those of you who don't know that's Anita

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now banning formally Roberts who is a

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retired teacher from our district and

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when she saw the news

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that the district was off the clock she

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was just elated while going through some

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of her own personal issues keep her in

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your prayers and stepson who lost a home

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in that fire in paradise she said do you

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know order a nice flower arrangement and

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send it to the board and send me the

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bills and just

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and she's been a great supporter a good

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friend of yours Dena long time found the

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foundation - prior to her leaving who's

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the vice president yeah she her heart is

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always didn't even though a marriage

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last year - an old high-school flame

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took her to Washington she still stays

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up with everything around awesome nice I

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was very kind of her alright moving on

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to board discussion board reports board

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do you have anything to add it seems

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like we've met in like summer break that

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we had the whole we've had the whole

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month off I think but we haven't just a

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couple of things the Veterans Day

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celebration that I attended it at Flynn

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it's always a wonderful event in it it

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was again done very very well and one of

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my one of my favorites so hats off to

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the folks at blend for a really nice day

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congratulations to to the team who

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helped pass our our bond and excuse me

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our mill levy that was really a as we

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said many many times it was the best run

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campaign since the early 90s

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and really from finally the board took a

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step back and that dedicated parents and

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Friends of the district run things and

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they did a spectacular job so thank you

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very much for that

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Christine Nick Amanda Fran Rosie Matt

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Duran I'm sure I'm leaving out a whole

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bunch but it was just a job well done

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and maxed to your point and you started

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saying this back in I think May I

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thought I remember it during graduation

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that if not sooner

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how

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you notice just a change in the district

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from staff and teachers and parents and

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neighbors that you talk to and and you

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started talking about that in in May and

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sure enough you you had it pegged from the get-go so thanks for the

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positive vibe you you were one of the

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early early on who said let's let's do

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this

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so thank you and and Ryan - thanks for

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your leadership it it was really a job

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well done

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I think what I want to add and we talk

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about this all the time is it's it's the

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people who grew up in this district I

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was excited to see and Graaf there you

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know I grew up in Ann's neighborhood but

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it was also great to see Christine's

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parents who for many many years were in

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the district Christine went through this

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district her husband did too and it's

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for us it's important to get these

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people back here and helping us in our

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district because when we go out and in

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to our community and do that and people

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see and you have somebody walk up and

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says I graduated from the school and my

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kids go to the school now and I'm I'm

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indebted in to this district to work and

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help this district I think that goes a

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long way in getting these votes and I

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don't know was this one of the better

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elections we've had well we have it

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passed the mill levy since 2002 so this

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was a long time coming and also to win

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by almost 1500 votes is quite a

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statement of confidence I believe it try

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to imagine we did not pass any state tax

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or any increase in anything so the

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people basically talked and said we

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don't want any tax state tax to pass but

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we want all the local ones most of our

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local taxes passed so that's telling a

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lot about our community saying we want

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to keep it local we want to make sure

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that we work with our schools in our

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special districts fire districts and

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everything so great and my hats off

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Christine to everybody who helped you

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know like Ken said who helped in this

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and it it again reassures us that we

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have a great community that we we live

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in we work in and we have our school

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district here so thank you and one thing

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I had

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there was a lot of talk before the

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election that amendment that was have

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helped education on the state level was

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actually interfering with passage of our

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local mill levy increase and as you saw

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that went down in flames by about 20

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percent so it was really nice to again

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the people that were working on this -

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drove at home that this was about our

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community and our people so thanks again

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to all of you who did that

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my other mention again like since we've

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been off for a month it's hard to

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remember but the fall play that was held

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here at the high school was a great

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production I got to see the actually the

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middle school matinee cuz I was out of

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town for the rest of it but it was none

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of the black box

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terrific job can't wait to see what what

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they're doing in the spring so I just

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wanted to give kudos to that yeah I went

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one night also and I really well-done I

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enjoyed it very much

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do you know anything just to echo really

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a lot of what max said this was an

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election about people saying they want

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their money to stay in their communities

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where the decisions are made not the

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state I did not support amendment 73

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personally because it was a very bad

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amendment it wasn't about money for

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education there were so many poison

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pills in it that it actually was

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probably going to wind up costing

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districts money and I think the voters

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saw through that you know maybe you get

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another million and a half dollars the

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problem is they're gonna tell you where

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you have to spend two million and that's

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not right so this was a great it was a

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great victory for local control the

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election certainly brought a referendum

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against Washington particularly 1600

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Pennsylvania Avenue we'll see what

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happens next I hope the two sides can

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figure out how to get along because

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there's about four and I too meant saw

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the play and I tend not to like to be in

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the de box I have issues being in

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enclosed spaces but the kids were more

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a bowl it was very different it was 16

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and 10 I believe was the I love it there

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was a series of vignettes of really high

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school life and it was very hard acting

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because of what they had to do

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particularly the young lady who was

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having a conversation with her dog and

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there was no actual dog she was kind of

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miming it and she did a fantastic job

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our new theater director did a fantastic

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job and it was not one that had the

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biggest marquee billing but it had good

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attendance they tried some different

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things with different times and that

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brought in middle schoolers and it was

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really it was really a very positive event yesterday we had our

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monthly Education Foundation meeting and

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things are going alright

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all organizations in the u.s. right now

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are watching their portfolios very

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quickly or very closely excuse me

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because stocks bonds everything is in a

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bit of flux so we have good counsel and

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you know we're well positioned it was

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nice to walk into the room and give the

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report and say you know we had a good

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month in the district so thank you to

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everybody and we also part of why you

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haven't seen us for a while as we

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attended the annual ina call conference

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in Nashville and a lot of great

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collaboration from people all over the

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United States and Canada and a couple

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other parts of Europe I believe this is

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the largest organization where they

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discussed blended learning we had a team

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that was presenting Jenny Jenny got Oh

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dr. grant um a couple of our principals

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and honestly of all the sessions I

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attended I attended about a dozen I

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think it was the hottest room everybody

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was very very active very inquisitive

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and even after the session many people

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stayed

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and we're asking our team more and more

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questions but it's very clear that

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competency-based style of education is

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the future of Education and we're well

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ahead of that curve and the biggest

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takeaway I had was one of the the

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morning longer sessions it was actually

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somebody who was not an educator but she

448
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came from the medical industry and now

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works in education the number one thing

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in education is growth and we need to

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continue to hammer that with the state

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especially when you're dealing with

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persons who have any sort of challenges

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be they poverty language barriers social

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issues other trauma all of that it's

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growth if you try to measure somebody by

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what they can achieve at a set point in

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time as opposed to when they're ready to

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achieve it you'll absolutely achieve

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failure and that's not acceptable

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and that's why we are very big

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proponents of growth in this district

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and will continue to push the state we

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just have to educate them there they're

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a little behind where we're at but we'll

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get them there so that's all I have

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thank you I think it'd be remiss for us

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not to acknowledge that

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chancho restaurant for all the

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volunteers for who supported the mill

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and who are out there even when we told

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Don and Donna not to give us any food

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that hey we'll get through this meeting

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without anything they they would show up

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with food and feeding the hungry

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volunteers and we appreciate that and

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everyone this is where I will I will

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plug them visit their restaurant because

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they didn't have to support us that way

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and they didn't have to support the

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volunteers and continue to move that

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down the line so it's nice to have a

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family a community restaurant that

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supports local issues and so that I

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appreciate that greatly I do want to

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acknowledge the board in regards to the award we're receiving I say we're

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receiving that because it's a it's a

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district award I think we all agree with

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that it's a community award even though

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the five of us get to stand up on stage

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and hold that it's because of our

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teachers

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our staff our administration who make us

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look good and you've done a lot of work

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and that doesn't go unrecognized and

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this board appreciates everything that

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all of you have done III think that's

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there's one of the reasons why we were

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able to pass this mill as well there was

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a lot of great energy in the community

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people want to support education in our

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community and that was that was clear when we were knocking on

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doors and talking to community members

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and you know you're always gonna get

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those individuals who said you know a

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number of them who didn't want to

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support any tax increases ever and

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that's okay but they know that we're

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doing good things in this district and I

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think all of you for that

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I would like to also acknowledge and I

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know we're doing it in December but

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praise in public the Martinez family for

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all your support

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grant especially you I saw you draw on a

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lot of those postcards man they look

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good I think I got yours I was looking

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for a zombie eatin the for a but but I

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got something else I'm not sure what it

520
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was but I'll talk to your principal

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about your art program the also again

522
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the chancho family again all of you were

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there in full force really appreciate

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that and and seeing you in every every

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meeting and walking that was great also

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the case bolts case bolts their

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daughters about to graduate and move on

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and as far as a family member of theirs

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seeing the impact of this funding that

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will not happen with them and so the

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fact that they were there knowing that

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both of their children are out of the

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district and was still championing this

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district that's something that was

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pretty amazing and and they wanted to

536
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make sure that they were part of that so

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that's that's something that was that

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was exciting I'd also like to

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acknowledge my brother Nick McCoy he's a

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little bit less better-looking than I am

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but that's all right that's all

542
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subjective no but Nick and Nick was

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voluntold bike in that he was going to

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be one of the co-chairs of this

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committee and Nick if you know him has a

546
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really hard time telling anyone no and

547
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he took it and he he led with such

548
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compassion and and grace and I say grace

549
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because there were times where I knew he

550
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wanted to reach across and strangle his

551
00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:46,980
little brother for ideas or a different

552
00:25:46,980 --> 00:25:50,279
insight that we wanted to move forward with but but the reality

553
00:25:50,279 --> 00:25:52,260
is you know Nick saw the bigger picture

554
00:25:52,260 --> 00:25:55,289
of what this was going to accomplish for the kids of the district and so

555
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thank all of you for that and thank you

556
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district this is going to be a fun a few

557
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years to come and it'll be a lot more

558
00:26:03,090 --> 00:26:05,429
work on the board and future boards

559
00:26:05,429 --> 00:26:08,100
plate of looking at how these funds are

560
00:26:08,100 --> 00:26:10,289
disbursed and mr. per bone

561
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he asked for a document the sheath that

562
00:26:13,169 --> 00:26:14,730
we were passing out that does the

563
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breakdown of how we're spending the

564
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funds and that is available online but

565
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I'll make sure that we get that out

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there because we do want it's the

567
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community needs to be involved in every

568
00:26:22,529 --> 00:26:26,039
aspect of education and that means they

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need to see how we spend our money that

570
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means that they need to take a moment

571
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and hold us accountable as a board as

572
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well and I think that's important and we

573
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expect that and we respect that and so I

574
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want to make sure that that that's

575
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communicated as well because as elected

576
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officials you got to crack the whip on

577
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us if we get out of line so make sure

578
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you do that so thank you all right

579
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audience comments Veronica we don't have

580
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any comments no comments all right

581
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moving on to my favorite part of every

582
00:26:55,980 --> 00:26:58,559
board meeting is the educational reports

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we have Sunset Ridge elementary with dr.

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Oliver Grinham please introduce our

585
00:27:04,799 --> 00:27:07,380
speaker mr. president members of the

586
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board and dr. Swanson tonight represents

587
00:27:10,230 --> 00:27:12,090
the fifth round of school presentations

588
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regarding achievement results

589
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improvement efforts and goal commitments

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for the 2018-19 school year and by the

591
00:27:18,929 --> 00:27:21,029
way next week marks the beginning of our

592
00:27:21,029 --> 00:27:24,240
scantron testing were by the beginning

593
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of January we will have a progress check

594
00:27:26,190 --> 00:27:27,659
in terms of year two in our management

595
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pathway plan in preparation for

596
00:27:30,179 --> 00:27:31,470
tonight's presentations you've already

597
00:27:31,470 --> 00:27:33,090
received in your board packet an

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00:27:33,090 --> 00:27:34,769
executive summary about each school that

599
00:27:34,769 --> 00:27:36,659
describes its progress and improvement

600
00:27:36,659 --> 00:27:38,760
to date as well as data regarding

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student and staff demographics along

602
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with achievement data now we will hear

603
00:27:42,929 --> 00:27:44,669
from Sunset Ridge elementary school led

604
00:27:44,669 --> 00:27:46,649
by principal Roger Verdean who is

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current in his fourteenth year as

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principal principal 15 even better

607
00:27:52,470 --> 00:27:55,139
principal Dean has been at Sunset Ridge

608
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that entire time which is a record for

609
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us in this millennium

610
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are deserving and WPS silvadene was an

611
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elementary school assistant principal

612
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for three years and an elementary

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classroom teacher for nine years in

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Aurora Public Schools one thing you may

615
00:28:13,210 --> 00:28:15,310
not know about principal Verdean is that

616
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he served as a volunteer in the Peace

617
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Corps for three years as a community

618
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developer and an agricultural extension

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agent in Cape Verde West Africa and I

620
00:28:24,220 --> 00:28:26,110
know he's looking forward to sharing his

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00:28:26,110 --> 00:28:27,340
school's achievements story tonight

622
00:28:27,340 --> 00:28:37,370
principal Verdean please tell your story

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mr. president members of the board and

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dr. Swanson thank you for giving me the

625
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opportunity to share with you our story

626
00:28:45,390 --> 00:28:50,590
at Sunset Ridge a year ago I presented

627
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to the Board of Education and I shared a

628
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video with you highlighting the

629
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commitments our school staff had made to

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each other to our students into our

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community before I shared the result of

632
00:29:01,510 --> 00:29:03,790
our work last year I want to review some

633
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of those commitments and assure you that

634
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those are ongoing commitments and they

635
00:29:09,130 --> 00:29:11,530
guide our work this school year we

636
00:29:11,530 --> 00:29:13,540
continue to work hard to deepen our

637
00:29:13,540 --> 00:29:15,880
understandings of CMOS English language

638
00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:18,580
arts and math tests we have aligned our

639
00:29:18,580 --> 00:29:21,010
expectations with CMOS rubrics and

640
00:29:21,010 --> 00:29:24,370
lessons are created using the CMOS

641
00:29:24,370 --> 00:29:26,830
performance descriptors we routinely

642
00:29:26,830 --> 00:29:29,140
consider the depth of knowledge when

643
00:29:29,140 --> 00:29:31,120
constructing tasks and questions to

644
00:29:31,120 --> 00:29:33,910
challenge our students thinking we

645
00:29:33,910 --> 00:29:35,530
strategically provide intervention

646
00:29:35,530 --> 00:29:39,240
support for our students based on data

647
00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:41,650
students are regrouped to ensure

648
00:29:41,650 --> 00:29:44,760
individual learning needs are met

649
00:29:44,760 --> 00:29:47,170
goal-setting and action planning are

650
00:29:47,170 --> 00:29:50,260
routine processes at Sunset Ridge along

651
00:29:50,260 --> 00:29:53,560
the way we look for ways to recognize

652
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and celebrate our successes every day we

653
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look for intriguing ways to engage our

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students in their own learning we have

655
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had great feedback from our kagan

656
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trainings and Keg instructions are

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routinely observed in our classrooms we

658
00:30:12,250 --> 00:30:14,919
definitely have high student engagement

659
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since orig our staff does a great job of

660
00:30:17,889 --> 00:30:19,330
working together and prefers

661
00:30:19,330 --> 00:30:21,970
professional learning communities staff

662
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members meet regularly to plan lessons

663
00:30:24,249 --> 00:30:27,489
and share ideas every month professional

664
00:30:27,489 --> 00:30:29,519
learning teams shared data with me

665
00:30:29,519 --> 00:30:31,450
highlighting how our students are

666
00:30:31,450 --> 00:30:34,179
performing in reading writing and math

667
00:30:34,179 --> 00:30:36,549
in order to learn from each other

668
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staff members take advantage of

669
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opportunities to visit each other's

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classrooms one key to our success is

671
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that Sunset Ridge parents are shown ways

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00:30:48,399 --> 00:30:51,190
to help their children at home every

673
00:30:51,190 --> 00:30:53,649
student has a home reading goal and a

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home math goal our parents are invited

675
00:30:56,559 --> 00:30:58,179
and encouraged to attend parent

676
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engagement events events like our Summer

677
00:31:00,940 --> 00:31:03,639
Bridge challenge and math game night are

678
00:31:03,639 --> 00:31:05,830
very popular with our families

679
00:31:05,830 --> 00:31:08,080
we also encourage our parents to use

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00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:11,080
empower to monitor the progress of their

681
00:31:11,080 --> 00:31:17,559
children I am happy to report that

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00:31:17,559 --> 00:31:19,659
Sunset Ridge moved back into the

683
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performance category for the 2018 2019

684
00:31:22,779 --> 00:31:25,929
school year we earned a total of 54

685
00:31:25,929 --> 00:31:28,840
point 3 out of a possible 100 points for

686
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academic achievement we earned the

687
00:31:31,210 --> 00:31:34,210
approaching expectations rating for

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academic growth we earned the meets

689
00:31:36,039 --> 00:31:39,009
expectation rating we tested all of our

690
00:31:39,009 --> 00:31:41,769
3rd through 5th grade students and we

691
00:31:41,769 --> 00:31:44,039
met expectation for accountability

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participation in the fall of 2017 dr.

693
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Swanson set a performance challenge for

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all schools Sunset Ridge performance

695
00:31:53,830 --> 00:31:56,139
challenge goals for ela and math were

696
00:31:56,139 --> 00:32:00,159
set at 725 Scale score points this fall

697
00:32:00,159 --> 00:32:02,619
our staff was very excited to celebrate

698
00:32:02,619 --> 00:32:05,399
our school results in math we achieved

699
00:32:05,399 --> 00:32:10,859
725 point 8 points and in ela we scored

700
00:32:10,859 --> 00:32:15,159
729 point to point I am very happy to

701
00:32:15,159 --> 00:32:18,340
report that Sunset Ridge met the 2018

702
00:32:18,340 --> 00:32:21,519
performance challenge for ela and math

703
00:32:21,519 --> 00:32:26,619
achievement on this slide you can see

704
00:32:26,619 --> 00:32:28,690
the data trend for cents

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00:32:28,690 --> 00:32:31,360
Ridge for the past four years these are

706
00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:33,280
the four years of park and sea mass

707
00:32:33,280 --> 00:32:35,830
testing on the English Language Arts

708
00:32:35,830 --> 00:32:38,080
this year we had an eight-point increase

709
00:32:38,080 --> 00:32:40,120
for students meeting or exceeding

710
00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:43,720
expectations we also posted our highest

711
00:32:43,720 --> 00:32:46,450
growth percentile for math the 52nd

712
00:32:46,450 --> 00:32:48,880
percentile this represents a 10

713
00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:54,880
percentage point increase from 2017 we

714
00:32:54,880 --> 00:32:56,770
are very proud of all of our students

715
00:32:56,770 --> 00:32:59,410
here you can see how some of our student

716
00:32:59,410 --> 00:33:01,470
groups perform last year on see mass

717
00:33:01,470 --> 00:33:05,710
compared to performance in 2017 growth

718
00:33:05,710 --> 00:33:07,270
in math from each one of our

719
00:33:07,270 --> 00:33:09,580
disaggregated groups equalled or

720
00:33:09,580 --> 00:33:11,950
exceeded the state average for all

721
00:33:11,950 --> 00:33:17,800
students I am very proud of the history

722
00:33:17,800 --> 00:33:20,560
of performance at Center Ridge I give

723
00:33:20,560 --> 00:33:22,510
all credit for our success to our

724
00:33:22,510 --> 00:33:25,660
teachers staff members students and

725
00:33:25,660 --> 00:33:28,090
community some of the sunset ridge staff

726
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members are here tonight on this slide I

727
00:33:34,180 --> 00:33:36,610
am sharing the 7 year history of state

728
00:33:36,610 --> 00:33:41,550
accreditation ratings for Sunset Ridge I

729
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am also sharing the accountability

730
00:33:43,930 --> 00:33:46,930
ratings for two Adams 12 schools that

731
00:33:46,930 --> 00:33:49,900
are located within a mile radius of

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Sunset Ridge we share a northern border

733
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with Rocky Mountain elementary school

734
00:33:59,850 --> 00:34:04,120
and we share an eastern border with

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00:34:04,120 --> 00:34:08,290
federal Heights Elementary School as you

736
00:34:08,290 --> 00:34:11,110
can see Sunset Ridge has a distinguished

737
00:34:11,110 --> 00:34:14,050
reputation for producing very positive

738
00:34:14,050 --> 00:34:19,390
outcomes for students over many years we

739
00:34:19,390 --> 00:34:23,410
have set Simas goals for the 2018-2019

740
00:34:23,410 --> 00:34:27,210
school year for math we set a goal for

741
00:34:27,210 --> 00:34:30,580
728 scaled score points with a growth

742
00:34:30,580 --> 00:34:33,180
percentile in the 50 at the 55th

743
00:34:33,180 --> 00:34:38,080
percentile and for ela 731 is our goal

744
00:34:38,080 --> 00:34:41,470
for achievement in ela with a growth

745
00:34:41,470 --> 00:34:42,020
percent

746
00:34:42,020 --> 00:34:44,899
gholem in the 55th percentile and for

747
00:34:44,899 --> 00:34:48,830
science we've set a goal of 532 scaled

748
00:34:48,830 --> 00:34:52,850
score points as part of our unified

749
00:34:52,850 --> 00:34:57,170
improvement plan we have identified a pathway to support our

750
00:34:57,170 --> 00:35:00,470
continued success in writing our focus

751
00:35:00,470 --> 00:35:03,200
for primary grades is guided by right

752
00:35:03,200 --> 00:35:05,060
from the beginning and beyond and our

753
00:35:05,060 --> 00:35:06,830
focus for intermediate grades is driven

754
00:35:06,830 --> 00:35:09,410
by the seem a scoring guides for writing

755
00:35:09,410 --> 00:35:12,080
in reading our focus for primary is

756
00:35:12,080 --> 00:35:14,420
dibbles early learners literacy skill

757
00:35:14,420 --> 00:35:17,270
attainment in our intermediate grades we

758
00:35:17,270 --> 00:35:19,820
are using the Marzano assessment items

759
00:35:19,820 --> 00:35:22,520
for English language arts to confirm our

760
00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:24,860
students mastery of reading skills in

761
00:35:24,860 --> 00:35:27,620
math we have been learning about seven

762
00:35:27,620 --> 00:35:31,130
high yield maths routines to strengthen

763
00:35:31,130 --> 00:35:34,130
our students number sense our wrote our

764
00:35:34,130 --> 00:35:35,800
works with our staff to promote

765
00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:38,570
problem-solving strategies and math

766
00:35:38,570 --> 00:35:41,570
critical thinking we have 42 students

767
00:35:41,570 --> 00:35:43,850
involved in after-school tutoring four

768
00:35:43,850 --> 00:35:49,220
days a week in reading and math we have

769
00:35:49,220 --> 00:35:52,040
also identified other specific actions

770
00:35:52,040 --> 00:35:53,930
that are aligned to our unified

771
00:35:53,930 --> 00:35:56,420
improvement plan goals I will let you

772
00:35:56,420 --> 00:36:03,110
read the highlights I would like to

773
00:36:03,110 --> 00:36:05,750
conclude my report with a few comments

774
00:36:05,750 --> 00:36:07,840
on our new social skills initiative

775
00:36:07,840 --> 00:36:14,600
random acts of kindness at Sunset Ridge

776
00:36:14,600 --> 00:36:17,540
we are all about showing kindness to

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00:36:17,540 --> 00:36:20,150
each other using resources from the

778
00:36:20,150 --> 00:36:22,580
random acts of kindness foundation our

779
00:36:22,580 --> 00:36:25,430
teachers explicitly teach students how

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00:36:25,430 --> 00:36:27,800
to be kind to each other and the

781
00:36:27,800 --> 00:36:29,390
importance of showing kindness to

782
00:36:29,390 --> 00:36:31,540
everyone

783
00:36:31,540 --> 00:36:34,340
kindness is one of those happiness

784
00:36:34,340 --> 00:36:37,730
paradoxes meaning we become happier by

785
00:36:37,730 --> 00:36:40,070
showing other people and making other

786
00:36:40,070 --> 00:36:42,950
people happy showing and receiving

787
00:36:42,950 --> 00:36:45,620
kindness has a positive effect upon

788
00:36:45,620 --> 00:36:48,050
personal relationships leads to better

789
00:36:48,050 --> 00:36:51,080
health and research shows boosts

790
00:36:51,080 --> 00:36:54,680
performance through a series of levelled

791
00:36:54,680 --> 00:36:55,579
lessons

792
00:36:55,579 --> 00:36:58,099
rich students are learning 12 kindness

793
00:36:58,099 --> 00:37:00,499
concepts we give our students many

794
00:37:00,499 --> 00:37:02,599
opportunities to apply these kindness

795
00:37:02,599 --> 00:37:04,700
concepts and we celebrate with our

796
00:37:04,700 --> 00:37:07,579
students when we notice expressions of

797
00:37:07,579 --> 00:37:12,559
kindness an example of our school-wide

798
00:37:12,559 --> 00:37:15,559
random acts of kindness project is our

799
00:37:15,559 --> 00:37:18,829
Cubs program cub stands for children

800
00:37:18,829 --> 00:37:21,799
understanding buddy strength every

801
00:37:21,799 --> 00:37:23,839
primary classroom at Sunset Ridge is

802
00:37:23,839 --> 00:37:25,700
buddied with an intermediate classroom

803
00:37:25,700 --> 00:37:28,219
through Cubs our students get the

804
00:37:28,219 --> 00:37:30,769
opportunity to share kindness with each

805
00:37:30,769 --> 00:37:33,469
other while working together to form

806
00:37:33,469 --> 00:37:37,999
positive relationships teachers and

807
00:37:37,999 --> 00:37:40,849
students are doing a great job sharing

808
00:37:40,849 --> 00:37:43,910
kindness across our school I am

809
00:37:43,910 --> 00:37:45,589
confident that this work will have

810
00:37:45,589 --> 00:37:50,959
lasting effects on all of us thank you

811
00:37:50,959 --> 00:37:53,150
again for the opportunity to share with

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00:37:53,150 --> 00:37:57,709
you and this concludes my report thank

813
00:37:57,709 --> 00:38:08,100
you

814
00:38:08,110 --> 00:38:14,880
[Laughter]

815
00:38:14,890 --> 00:38:21,430
I have so many recorder Roger we got so

816
00:38:21,430 --> 00:38:23,500
many sink-or-swim questions for you

817
00:38:23,500 --> 00:38:30,880
right now yeah okay that was all in love

818
00:38:30,880 --> 00:38:33,160
yeah that was our that was our support

819
00:38:33,160 --> 00:38:36,400
for you you know I will tell you you're

820
00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:38,830
the you're the one school ongoing and I

821
00:38:38,830 --> 00:38:40,650
even knew this before I joined the board

822
00:38:40,650 --> 00:38:42,670
through your leadership and your staff

823
00:38:42,670 --> 00:38:44,230
there that I've never really had to

824
00:38:44,230 --> 00:38:46,480
worry about sunset I've always thought

825
00:38:46,480 --> 00:38:48,460
so you guys as a as a pillar of

826
00:38:48,460 --> 00:38:51,700
excellence and which is why we can have

827
00:38:51,700 --> 00:38:53,980
fun with you I think you have a long

828
00:38:53,980 --> 00:38:55,150
enough relationship with the McCoy

829
00:38:55,150 --> 00:39:01,450
family you can take a jab but but we

830
00:39:01,450 --> 00:39:02,530
have a number of questions for you are

831
00:39:02,530 --> 00:39:04,360
you ready for this you did tell me in

832
00:39:04,360 --> 00:39:06,640
Nashville that that you said Dino and

833
00:39:06,640 --> 00:39:08,140
Ryan asked really tough questions all

834
00:39:08,140 --> 00:39:11,460
the time so I hope you're ready for this

835
00:39:11,460 --> 00:39:13,330
okay Joe Kinney

836
00:39:13,330 --> 00:39:16,810
I wonder Max you want to start well

837
00:39:16,810 --> 00:39:19,390
first of all I want to say that you're

838
00:39:19,390 --> 00:39:21,520
just getting along swimmingly with your

839
00:39:21,520 --> 00:39:25,600
staff and students and your scores are

840
00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:29,950
really off the deep end this year you

841
00:39:29,950 --> 00:39:32,320
know just just keep swimming I

842
00:39:32,320 --> 00:39:39,050
appreciate that and say thank you Joe

843
00:39:39,060 --> 00:39:41,110
you guys have any question I do have a

844
00:39:41,110 --> 00:39:42,430
question so I didn't say you've been

845
00:39:42,430 --> 00:39:43,570
there long enough I don't think you're

846
00:39:43,570 --> 00:39:51,730
wet-behind-the-ears anymore so so I do

847
00:39:51,730 --> 00:39:52,990
have a serious question okay so I'll

848
00:39:52,990 --> 00:39:55,210
start there okay when you were talking

849
00:39:55,210 --> 00:39:56,770
about parent engagement I've always I

850
00:39:56,770 --> 00:39:58,480
mean I've seen the parent engagement and

851
00:39:58,480 --> 00:40:01,420
sunset for a long time and you talked

852
00:40:01,420 --> 00:40:04,240
about the reading goals that you set

853
00:40:04,240 --> 00:40:06,100
with the parents and the students yep

854
00:40:06,100 --> 00:40:07,810
as well as the math goals can you go a

855
00:40:07,810 --> 00:40:09,370
little bit more in depth sure that for

856
00:40:09,370 --> 00:40:12,370
me so all of our students have a reading

857
00:40:12,370 --> 00:40:14,590
goal based on if in their classroom and

858
00:40:14,590 --> 00:40:16,210
those are based on levels so it could be

859
00:40:16,210 --> 00:40:18,670
numbers of minutes to read at home it

860
00:40:18,670 --> 00:40:21,850
could be a number of books to read and

861
00:40:21,850 --> 00:40:24,310
they need to complete the reading and

862
00:40:24,310 --> 00:40:26,380
fill out for whatever the teacher needs

863
00:40:26,380 --> 00:40:28,720
in terms of accountability it could

864
00:40:28,720 --> 00:40:30,580
the parent signs off or maybe they're

865
00:40:30,580 --> 00:40:34,150
filling out a reflection form so each

866
00:40:34,150 --> 00:40:36,430
teacher sets their own goal and then we

867
00:40:36,430 --> 00:40:38,560
recognize kids at the end of the

868
00:40:38,560 --> 00:40:40,270
semester we have it a semester awards

869
00:40:40,270 --> 00:40:42,700
assembly and we give out awards for the

870
00:40:42,700 --> 00:40:44,290
kids that have met that reading goal and

871
00:40:44,290 --> 00:40:46,360
then all classrooms also have a math

872
00:40:46,360 --> 00:40:48,220
goal and those math goals are usually

873
00:40:48,220 --> 00:40:51,670
based on a math fact fluency goal in

874
00:40:51,670 --> 00:40:54,790
terms of being able to memorize and

875
00:40:54,790 --> 00:40:58,630
learn their their math facts and every

876
00:40:58,630 --> 00:41:01,210
kid will will have one and we have a kid

877
00:41:01,210 --> 00:41:02,920
back here grant he can probably even

878
00:41:02,920 --> 00:41:04,810
come up here and and hopefully tell you

879
00:41:04,810 --> 00:41:06,850
his what his goal is and hopefully he's

880
00:41:06,850 --> 00:41:08,260
on his way to meeting that goal because

881
00:41:08,260 --> 00:41:09,700
they only have about three weeks left

882
00:41:09,700 --> 00:41:16,990
what he was coming down perfect see I

883
00:41:16,990 --> 00:41:19,390
have more students like that meeting the

884
00:41:19,390 --> 00:41:21,550
goal than we have kids who don't which

885
00:41:21,550 --> 00:41:25,000
is awesome so how do you how do you keep

886
00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:28,240
this your staff motivated I mean you're

887
00:41:28,240 --> 00:41:30,580
in you're out you guys are you guys are

888
00:41:30,580 --> 00:41:32,080
moving it forward you're producing it

889
00:41:32,080 --> 00:41:33,790
and you know what do you guys do to

890
00:41:33,790 --> 00:41:35,860
rally your team um

891
00:41:35,860 --> 00:41:38,080
yeah good question you know I think that

892
00:41:38,080 --> 00:41:40,870
the the magic had sensibly you know

893
00:41:40,870 --> 00:41:42,520
lives within the community that we've

894
00:41:42,520 --> 00:41:42,970
built

895
00:41:42,970 --> 00:41:45,040
um a lot of a lot of us have been there

896
00:41:45,040 --> 00:41:47,260
a long time you know I'm not the only

897
00:41:47,260 --> 00:41:49,410
one who's been there you know 15 years

898
00:41:49,410 --> 00:41:51,430
there were a number of people that were

899
00:41:51,430 --> 00:41:55,120
there when I came and have stayed you

900
00:41:55,120 --> 00:41:56,260
know all those 15 years that I've been

901
00:41:56,260 --> 00:41:58,510
there and others you know that I heard

902
00:41:58,510 --> 00:41:59,860
in my first couple of years that have

903
00:41:59,860 --> 00:42:01,780
you know have stayed with us you know

904
00:42:01,780 --> 00:42:03,550
and we've stayed together as a team and

905
00:42:03,550 --> 00:42:05,500
it it really does you know success

906
00:42:05,500 --> 00:42:07,090
breeds success and when you do have a

907
00:42:07,090 --> 00:42:08,860
team that that likes to work together

908
00:42:08,860 --> 00:42:10,960
and that enjoys you know coming to work

909
00:42:10,960 --> 00:42:13,540
together it's easy to stay we don't have

910
00:42:13,540 --> 00:42:15,820
a lot of turnover on most the times when

911
00:42:15,820 --> 00:42:17,470
I do have turnover you know I have

912
00:42:17,470 --> 00:42:18,960
student teachers that we have just

913
00:42:18,960 --> 00:42:21,850
either had in the fall or the spring and

914
00:42:21,850 --> 00:42:24,970
you know with help of HR you know we're

915
00:42:24,970 --> 00:42:27,160
getting them letters of letters of

916
00:42:27,160 --> 00:42:29,170
intent Thank You mr. ledee you know very

917
00:42:29,170 --> 00:42:31,210
quickly you know we would put a letter

918
00:42:31,210 --> 00:42:33,840
of intent on with the teacher in

919
00:42:33,840 --> 00:42:37,540
February of last year who's now a first

920
00:42:37,540 --> 00:42:39,450
year teacher at Sunset Ridge

921
00:42:39,450 --> 00:42:42,269
so Roger you talked about

922
00:42:42,269 --> 00:42:44,470
working with the parents to use in power

923
00:42:44,470 --> 00:42:46,450
so tell me some obstacles you've met

924
00:42:46,450 --> 00:42:49,210
with that is it is it been an an easy

925
00:42:49,210 --> 00:42:50,950
challenge or has it been real tough to

926
00:42:50,950 --> 00:42:53,019
get the parents to work with it yeah you

927
00:42:53,019 --> 00:42:56,049
know it's it's not easy to get our

928
00:42:56,049 --> 00:42:58,779
parents always to look at empower our

929
00:42:58,779 --> 00:43:01,239
best communicators foreign power or our

930
00:43:01,239 --> 00:43:04,150
kids right and if you look at a an

931
00:43:04,150 --> 00:43:06,339
empower report that might say how many

932
00:43:06,339 --> 00:43:08,140
parents have actually looked at in power

933
00:43:08,140 --> 00:43:10,479
it might be pretty small but I can

934
00:43:10,479 --> 00:43:12,339
guarantee you that our parents were a

935
00:43:12,339 --> 00:43:13,779
lot of times we'll be looking at empower

936
00:43:13,779 --> 00:43:15,519
through their kids account because

937
00:43:15,519 --> 00:43:17,380
they'll say hey you know what show me

938
00:43:17,380 --> 00:43:19,089
what's going on so the kid will lock in

939
00:43:19,089 --> 00:43:21,069
login under their account and they can

940
00:43:21,069 --> 00:43:24,009
then see what are what they're doing so

941
00:43:24,009 --> 00:43:25,630
a lot of our kids share with their

942
00:43:25,630 --> 00:43:27,640
students or with their parents you know

943
00:43:27,640 --> 00:43:29,680
what they're doing in empower in three

944
00:43:29,680 --> 00:43:31,930
four five we have empower screens up a

945
00:43:31,930 --> 00:43:34,180
lot you know we have all interactive TVs

946
00:43:34,180 --> 00:43:35,829
you know I go into classroom and I see

947
00:43:35,829 --> 00:43:37,539
and power up because you know we're

948
00:43:37,539 --> 00:43:42,700
looking at it we're entering things in real time so kids do know what's

949
00:43:42,700 --> 00:43:44,470
there especially in three four or five

950
00:43:44,470 --> 00:43:48,069
that's it's a k-12 it's more of a you

951
00:43:48,069 --> 00:43:49,690
know it's more of an uphill challenge

952
00:43:49,690 --> 00:43:51,519
but we're working we continually work on

953
00:43:51,519 --> 00:43:53,410
you know having our kids take ownership

954
00:43:53,410 --> 00:43:55,749
set goals based on things that they need

955
00:43:55,749 --> 00:44:00,859
to learn to go to the next higher level

956
00:44:00,869 --> 00:44:05,289
any other questions comments yes

957
00:44:05,289 --> 00:44:16,150
dibbles what does it stay indicator of

958
00:44:16,150 --> 00:44:24,039
basic early literacy skills I can't

959
00:44:24,039 --> 00:44:26,339
believe I got that question

960
00:44:26,339 --> 00:44:29,529
would you like a more complex no that

961
00:44:29,529 --> 00:44:30,960
was as hard as they should could get

962
00:44:30,960 --> 00:44:36,729
okay so my whole time really the two

963
00:44:36,729 --> 00:44:38,710
there have been two or three constants

964
00:44:38,710 --> 00:44:43,440
in the district you Cindy and Shannon

965
00:44:43,440 --> 00:44:48,489
and you're just kind of you've stayed

966
00:44:48,489 --> 00:44:52,390
put there thank you

967
00:44:52,390 --> 00:44:55,470
I surely believe that

968
00:44:55,470 --> 00:44:57,299
part of the success comes from having

969
00:44:57,299 --> 00:45:00,390
stability and leadership and we're

970
00:45:00,390 --> 00:45:01,829
seeing it grow in many of our other

971
00:45:01,829 --> 00:45:05,400
schools over time which is really good I

972
00:45:05,400 --> 00:45:07,400
think you have a really good cadre of

973
00:45:07,400 --> 00:45:11,039
principals in our district right now but

974
00:45:11,039 --> 00:45:15,270
you're often called upon to mentor new

975
00:45:15,270 --> 00:45:20,039
and incoming principals what are some of

976
00:45:20,039 --> 00:45:22,140
the lessons you have for them and what

977
00:45:22,140 --> 00:45:23,339
are some of the things you're learning

978
00:45:23,339 --> 00:45:26,970
from them so you know when you're when

979
00:45:26,970 --> 00:45:29,400
you're a new principal you you're your

980
00:45:29,400 --> 00:45:30,809
eyes are wide open and you're looking at

981
00:45:30,809 --> 00:45:32,819
what everybody else is doing and it's

982
00:45:32,819 --> 00:45:35,160
really easily to get yourself bogged

983
00:45:35,160 --> 00:45:37,079
down by saying well I got to do that and

984
00:45:37,079 --> 00:45:38,430
I need to do that and I see what they're

985
00:45:38,430 --> 00:45:40,289
doing I need to do that and as I was

986
00:45:40,289 --> 00:45:41,400
talking to one of my principal

987
00:45:41,400 --> 00:45:43,260
colleagues actually the just at the

988
00:45:43,260 --> 00:45:45,000
beginning of this meeting I said you got

989
00:45:45,000 --> 00:45:46,380
to pick a finite set of things that

990
00:45:46,380 --> 00:45:48,420
you're going to do well doing everything

991
00:45:48,420 --> 00:45:50,520
at this level you know this thin level

992
00:45:50,520 --> 00:45:52,200
is not going to get you anywhere and you

993
00:45:52,200 --> 00:45:53,579
just have to know even people like

994
00:45:53,579 --> 00:45:55,650
myself who've been doing this for a long

995
00:45:55,650 --> 00:45:57,480
time I look at what other people are

996
00:45:57,480 --> 00:45:58,859
doing and I say wow I can't believe

997
00:45:58,859 --> 00:46:01,349
they're doing this at this level and how

998
00:46:01,349 --> 00:46:03,480
well they're doing this over there but I

999
00:46:03,480 --> 00:46:05,400
know in my heart and I know what a sense

1000
00:46:05,400 --> 00:46:06,839
that Ridge you know we're doing these

1001
00:46:06,839 --> 00:46:08,250
things and we're doing these things

1002
00:46:08,250 --> 00:46:11,160
really well and you just have to tell

1003
00:46:11,160 --> 00:46:12,960
yourself and remind yourself that you

1004
00:46:12,960 --> 00:46:14,460
pick the things that you believe are

1005
00:46:14,460 --> 00:46:16,230
gonna be the best things for your kids

1006
00:46:16,230 --> 00:46:19,049
and stick to those guns regardless of

1007
00:46:19,049 --> 00:46:20,730
what's you know comes this way these

1008
00:46:20,730 --> 00:46:23,130
things are your constants and the other

1009
00:46:23,130 --> 00:46:25,260
things if you get to them that's great

1010
00:46:25,260 --> 00:46:28,589
but don't water stuff down to to do

1011
00:46:28,589 --> 00:46:35,700
everything no pun intended opponent into

1012
00:46:35,700 --> 00:46:43,289
it I know that good so so so so other

1013
00:46:43,289 --> 00:46:46,740
than luxuriating in a body of water what

1014
00:46:46,740 --> 00:46:48,900
are you doing well I appreciate that

1015
00:46:48,900 --> 00:46:57,359
thank you no I said what are we doing

1016
00:46:57,359 --> 00:47:00,510
well you know my staff is behind me here

1017
00:47:00,510 --> 00:47:02,220
so you know they they know that I'm

1018
00:47:02,220 --> 00:47:06,109
about data if you saw the first

1019
00:47:06,109 --> 00:47:08,820
reiteration of this this presentation

1020
00:47:08,820 --> 00:47:10,560
there wasn't a picture in it right it

1021
00:47:10,560 --> 00:47:12,570
was all data the whole thing was you

1022
00:47:12,570 --> 00:47:14,160
know charts and things that I was going

1023
00:47:14,160 --> 00:47:15,450
to talk about dated because that's what

1024
00:47:15,450 --> 00:47:17,970
I'm about my staff will know that do

1025
00:47:17,970 --> 00:47:19,590
they meet with me a lot they share a lot

1026
00:47:19,590 --> 00:47:20,550
of data with me

1027
00:47:20,550 --> 00:47:23,250
I believe you know we make data informed

1028
00:47:23,250 --> 00:47:24,930
decisions you know we look at our data

1029
00:47:24,930 --> 00:47:27,750
we make changes based on you know how

1030
00:47:27,750 --> 00:47:29,520
our kids are doing we make changes based

1031
00:47:29,520 --> 00:47:31,320
on things that we're learning from our

1032
00:47:31,320 --> 00:47:33,300
data so I think that's one thing that we

1033
00:47:33,300 --> 00:47:35,610
do well and then we trance we transfer

1034
00:47:35,610 --> 00:47:39,720
what what I asked my teachers to do to

1035
00:47:39,720 --> 00:47:41,700
the kids so if I ask our teachers to set

1036
00:47:41,700 --> 00:47:43,560
goals they're asking our kids to set

1037
00:47:43,560 --> 00:47:45,720
goals if I'm asking our teachers to do

1038
00:47:45,720 --> 00:47:47,460
action plans and share data they're

1039
00:47:47,460 --> 00:47:49,770
doing the same thing so we model I model

1040
00:47:49,770 --> 00:47:51,960
for them what I expect them to do and

1041
00:47:51,960 --> 00:47:56,190
model with our kids is that what you

1042
00:47:56,190 --> 00:47:57,720
were doing in the fool modeling that's

1043
00:47:57,720 --> 00:48:01,950
what I'm clearly not but then how my

1044
00:48:01,950 --> 00:48:06,090
picture got taken that's all right any

1045
00:48:06,090 --> 00:48:08,190
other Roger we appreciate it

1046
00:48:08,190 --> 00:48:10,080
sunset always a pleasure to hear your

1047
00:48:10,080 --> 00:48:12,390
report all right great your time thanks

1048
00:48:12,390 --> 00:48:20,620
for your smiling being a good sport

1049
00:48:20,630 --> 00:48:22,769
Thank You principal Verdean for being

1050
00:48:22,769 --> 00:48:25,289
such a good sport and now we will hear

1051
00:48:25,289 --> 00:48:27,359
from principal and Dibble Dibble Doc's

1052
00:48:27,359 --> 00:48:29,160
who joined Westminster Public Schools in

1053
00:48:29,160 --> 00:48:32,279
July of 2015 this is her first year as

1054
00:48:32,279 --> 00:48:34,289
principal at FM day Elementary School

1055
00:48:34,289 --> 00:48:36,089
and indeed it is her first year as

1056
00:48:36,089 --> 00:48:38,519
principal however prior to this school

1057
00:48:38,519 --> 00:48:40,440
year she served admirably for three

1058
00:48:40,440 --> 00:48:42,239
years as a culturally and linguistically

1059
00:48:42,239 --> 00:48:44,670
diverse education coordinator across

1060
00:48:44,670 --> 00:48:45,569
this district

1061
00:48:45,569 --> 00:48:47,640
before coming to Westminster Public

1062
00:48:47,640 --> 00:48:49,769
Schools principal Dibble docks served in

1063
00:48:49,769 --> 00:48:51,329
Denver Public Schools as an elementary

1064
00:48:51,329 --> 00:48:53,579
assistant principal an instructional

1065
00:48:53,579 --> 00:48:55,400
coach and as a classroom teacher

1066
00:48:55,400 --> 00:48:57,420
principal Dibble Docs has several

1067
00:48:57,420 --> 00:48:59,190
degrees endorsements and qualifications

1068
00:48:59,190 --> 00:49:01,289
focused on language learning but an

1069
00:49:01,289 --> 00:49:02,819
interesting point to note is that

1070
00:49:02,819 --> 00:49:05,069
principal Dibble Docs is multilingual in

1071
00:49:05,069 --> 00:49:07,199
english spanish and german and even a

1072
00:49:07,199 --> 00:49:09,690
bit of japanese thrown in principal

1073
00:49:09,690 --> 00:49:11,190
Dibble docks please come forward and

1074
00:49:11,190 --> 00:49:19,279
share FM day's achievement story

1075
00:49:19,289 --> 00:49:22,390
good evening mr. president members of

1076
00:49:22,390 --> 00:49:25,660
the board in dr. Swanson someone once

1077
00:49:25,660 --> 00:49:27,240
said that there's a difference between

1078
00:49:27,240 --> 00:49:29,829
interest and commitment when you're

1079
00:49:29,829 --> 00:49:32,170
interested in doing something you do it

1080
00:49:32,170 --> 00:49:34,599
only when it's convenient but when

1081
00:49:34,599 --> 00:49:37,480
you're committed to something you accept

1082
00:49:37,480 --> 00:49:43,660
no excuses and only results as you can

1083
00:49:43,660 --> 00:49:45,609
see from this picture I committed to

1084
00:49:45,609 --> 00:49:49,859
teaching even before I could really and

1085
00:49:49,859 --> 00:49:53,230
every day when I step into fm day I felt

1086
00:49:53,230 --> 00:49:55,390
honored to work alongside a staff that

1087
00:49:55,390 --> 00:49:59,109
is dedicated if things get hard

1088
00:49:59,109 --> 00:50:03,549
I have 355 little faces that remind me

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the importance and joy of this calling

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00:50:07,859 --> 00:50:11,500
in our school performance framework we

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00:50:11,500 --> 00:50:16,119
rated us improvement but 52.7% we were

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00:50:16,119 --> 00:50:20,710
only 0.3% from being a performance

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00:50:20,710 --> 00:50:24,069
school most of the score came from our

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00:50:24,069 --> 00:50:27,039
growth seventy one point two and the

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00:50:27,039 --> 00:50:29,769
rest 25% came from our from our

1096
00:50:29,769 --> 00:50:34,059
achievement as you can see FM they

1097
00:50:34,059 --> 00:50:36,940
experienced exceptional growth this

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00:50:36,940 --> 00:50:39,279
exceeded not only the district's already

1099
00:50:39,279 --> 00:50:43,210
impressive growth but also the states if

1100
00:50:43,210 --> 00:50:45,220
you look at our literacy scores you can

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00:50:45,220 --> 00:50:48,450
see there our students grew 60% our

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00:50:48,450 --> 00:50:50,920
English language learners who compose

1103
00:50:50,920 --> 00:50:55,539
more than half our population scored

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00:50:55,539 --> 00:50:57,460
five percent higher than the district's

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00:50:57,460 --> 00:51:00,400
average and 13 percent higher than the

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00:51:00,400 --> 00:51:04,240
state's average in math we saw some of

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00:51:04,240 --> 00:51:06,130
our biggest growth from the previous

1108
00:51:06,130 --> 00:51:10,509
year as you can see in 2017 our overall

1109
00:51:10,509 --> 00:51:15,009
growth was 30% and in 2018 it was fifty

1110
00:51:15,009 --> 00:51:19,180
five point five that is a 25 point five

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00:51:19,180 --> 00:51:21,970
percentage point gain in just one year

1112
00:51:21,970 --> 00:51:24,789
in addition our English language

1113
00:51:24,789 --> 00:51:28,720
learners went from 29 to 57 percent in

1114
00:51:28,720 --> 00:51:32,540
the same time frame

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00:51:32,550 --> 00:51:35,650
FM Dae has been on an upward Spath in

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00:51:35,650 --> 00:51:39,480
the last three years going from 35.4 in

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00:51:39,480 --> 00:51:45,220
2016 to 52.7 in 2018 this year were

1118
00:51:45,220 --> 00:51:47,380
working hard to exceed our performance

1119
00:51:47,380 --> 00:51:51,640
from previous years even though we don't

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00:51:51,640 --> 00:51:54,430
want to lose momentum and literacy when

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00:51:54,430 --> 00:51:57,069
we analyze her data we saw that math was

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00:51:57,069 --> 00:51:59,980
our biggest challenge we have set our

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00:51:59,980 --> 00:52:03,010
growth goal at 55% to continue that

1124
00:52:03,010 --> 00:52:06,700
growth across the content areas and

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00:52:06,700 --> 00:52:09,220
we're aiming at increasing our points by

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00:52:09,220 --> 00:52:11,050
5 so that we can jump into the

1127
00:52:11,050 --> 00:52:14,619
performance category so how are we doing

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00:52:14,619 --> 00:52:18,069
this we're doing it by embodying the

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00:52:18,069 --> 00:52:24,730
districts learning model at F&A we

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00:52:24,730 --> 00:52:27,280
continue to emphasize kagan strategies

1131
00:52:27,280 --> 00:52:29,619
and to Marzano and the culturally and

1132
00:52:29,619 --> 00:52:31,450
linguistically diverse professional

1133
00:52:31,450 --> 00:52:33,940
development we are focusing on writing

1134
00:52:33,940 --> 00:52:36,369
clear and concise learning objectives

1135
00:52:36,369 --> 00:52:40,060
and lessons we have also restructured

1136
00:52:40,060 --> 00:52:42,970
our response to intervention team which

1137
00:52:42,970 --> 00:52:46,089
allows us to target supports to students

1138
00:52:46,089 --> 00:52:49,880
in a more effective manner

1139
00:52:49,890 --> 00:52:53,260
what CBS any student that is new to our

1140
00:52:53,260 --> 00:52:56,410
school has his or her records evaluated

1141
00:52:56,410 --> 00:52:59,619
by our blended team we also continually

1142
00:52:59,619 --> 00:53:01,780
assess and monitor students not only in

1143
00:53:01,780 --> 00:53:04,270
English but also in Spanish to ensure

1144
00:53:04,270 --> 00:53:09,609
correct placement in progress in terms

1145
00:53:09,609 --> 00:53:12,040
of leadership at FM de we take a shared

1146
00:53:12,040 --> 00:53:14,859
leadership approach so teachers often

1147
00:53:14,859 --> 00:53:17,980
facilitate professional development they

1148
00:53:17,980 --> 00:53:20,950
also mentor their peers they co teach to

1149
00:53:20,950 --> 00:53:23,069
meet the needs of all our students and

1150
00:53:23,069 --> 00:53:26,440
with springboard tutoring math wizards

1151
00:53:26,440 --> 00:53:28,720
and Volunteers of America we give

1152
00:53:28,720 --> 00:53:31,680
students a more individualized attention

1153
00:53:31,680 --> 00:53:33,819
partnerships like the one that we have

1154
00:53:33,819 --> 00:53:35,740
with Denver University allow us to

1155
00:53:35,740 --> 00:53:38,050
collaborate and share ideas with other

1156
00:53:38,050 --> 00:53:42,530
schools across the metro area

1157
00:53:42,540 --> 00:53:44,740
leadership also includes a partnership

1158
00:53:44,740 --> 00:53:48,070
with our incredible community this

1159
00:53:48,070 --> 00:53:50,560
featuring oh it's dark was taken at 11

1160
00:53:50,560 --> 00:53:52,810
o'clock at night in the parking lot of

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00:53:52,810 --> 00:53:56,260
our school as parents were finishing

1162
00:53:56,260 --> 00:53:57,960
their float for our first ever

1163
00:53:57,960 --> 00:54:00,190
participation in the homecoming parade

1164
00:54:00,190 --> 00:54:05,560
and that's the finished product parents

1165
00:54:05,560 --> 00:54:08,130
also took turns volunteering their time

1166
00:54:08,130 --> 00:54:11,140
for our book fair for a week

1167
00:54:11,140 --> 00:54:13,990
they also bet our teachers every day

1168
00:54:13,990 --> 00:54:16,290
during parent-teacher conferences and

1169
00:54:16,290 --> 00:54:19,300
also helped provide safe activities for

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00:54:19,300 --> 00:54:22,480
our students during Friday night our

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00:54:22,480 --> 00:54:24,520
community liaison has worked hard at

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00:54:24,520 --> 00:54:26,200
improving continuing education for

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00:54:26,200 --> 00:54:28,630
parents and has also brought enrichment

1174
00:54:28,630 --> 00:54:34,990
activities for our students our

1175
00:54:34,990 --> 00:54:37,120
bilingual program is what makes us

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00:54:37,120 --> 00:54:39,820
unique and that's why I love the school

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00:54:39,820 --> 00:54:42,130
in a society that it's becoming

1178
00:54:42,130 --> 00:54:44,440
increasingly global I've on lingual

1179
00:54:44,440 --> 00:54:46,540
students are ahead of the game because

1180
00:54:46,540 --> 00:54:49,900
they can communicate with over 435

1181
00:54:49,900 --> 00:54:52,660
million people that speak Spanish across

1182
00:54:52,660 --> 00:54:56,350
the world knowing a second language

1183
00:54:56,350 --> 00:54:59,170
expands our students horizons it also

1184
00:54:59,170 --> 00:55:03,430
improves their cognitive abilities as a

1185
00:55:03,430 --> 00:55:05,440
second language learner myself I know

1186
00:55:05,440 --> 00:55:07,900
the power and influence of a school that

1187
00:55:07,900 --> 00:55:10,600
sees cultural differences in knowing a

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00:55:10,600 --> 00:55:12,730
second language as an asset rather than

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00:55:12,730 --> 00:55:17,230
a deficit una persona B lingua Valley

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00:55:17,230 --> 00:55:20,290
por dos loosely translated it means that

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00:55:20,290 --> 00:55:23,290
as a person that knows two languages has

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00:55:23,290 --> 00:55:26,980
two souls to support our students we

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00:55:26,980 --> 00:55:29,230
have bilingual licensed teachers in

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00:55:29,230 --> 00:55:32,170
grades pre-k through 4th grade and we

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00:55:32,170 --> 00:55:33,910
also have a spanish title one

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00:55:33,910 --> 00:55:37,480
interventionist we recently partnered

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00:55:37,480 --> 00:55:39,730
with the global ambassadors program to

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00:55:39,730 --> 00:55:42,280
recruit native speakers speaking Spanish

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00:55:42,280 --> 00:55:46,000
teachers for our school this summer we

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00:55:46,000 --> 00:55:47,710
also train our teachers in no-nonsense

1201
00:55:47,710 --> 00:55:50,830
nurturing which has happened has cut

1202
00:55:50,830 --> 00:55:53,260
suspension rates by more than half this

1203
00:55:53,260 --> 00:55:55,100
year already

1204
00:55:55,100 --> 00:55:57,080
we also participated in a workshop

1205
00:55:57,080 --> 00:56:00,080
called trauma-informed practices to

1206
00:56:00,080 --> 00:56:02,120
provide the emotional support that our

1207
00:56:02,120 --> 00:56:08,390
students need instead of in terms of

1208
00:56:08,390 --> 00:56:10,640
learner centered classrooms this year we

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00:56:10,640 --> 00:56:12,680
have we had student-led conferences

1210
00:56:12,680 --> 00:56:14,390
where students discuss their data

1211
00:56:14,390 --> 00:56:17,540
notebooks and progress with parents our

1212
00:56:17,540 --> 00:56:19,370
special-needs students also spend more

1213
00:56:19,370 --> 00:56:22,730
time in mainstream classrooms and once a

1214
00:56:22,730 --> 00:56:24,920
month students participate in Friday

1215
00:56:24,920 --> 00:56:27,020
roundup which showcases students

1216
00:56:27,020 --> 00:56:33,530
achievement effort in attendance none of

1217
00:56:33,530 --> 00:56:35,780
us can do great things alone but

1218
00:56:35,780 --> 00:56:37,990
together we can do wonderful things

1219
00:56:37,990 --> 00:56:40,640
therefore I would be remiss if I didn't

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00:56:40,640 --> 00:56:43,850
think the learning services director my

1221
00:56:43,850 --> 00:56:45,680
fellow principals that have offered

1222
00:56:45,680 --> 00:56:49,820
continuous support the incredible staff

1223
00:56:49,820 --> 00:56:54,440
that I have and the FMV community for

1224
00:56:54,440 --> 00:56:57,650
their support thank you thank you

1225
00:56:57,650 --> 00:57:02,060
questions we'd add your own photo there

1226
00:57:02,060 --> 00:57:06,470
at the end all right board yep board

1227
00:57:06,470 --> 00:57:13,620
questions comments a lot of notes being

1228
00:57:13,630 --> 00:57:17,340
just curious

1229
00:57:17,350 --> 00:57:20,980
coming into a school that's been through

1230
00:57:20,980 --> 00:57:23,540
four or five principles in the last ten

1231
00:57:23,540 --> 00:57:30,050
years and I know there's a couple of big

1232
00:57:30,050 --> 00:57:31,760
sets of shoes though to fill as well

1233
00:57:31,760 --> 00:57:39,030
along the way with an upward trend in

1234
00:57:39,040 --> 00:57:45,940
some volatility also over the years how are you talk to me about picking up

1235
00:57:45,940 --> 00:57:49,550
or mr. Boucher left off and continuing

1236
00:57:49,550 --> 00:57:51,800
while also charting your own course and

1237
00:57:51,800 --> 00:57:54,410
keeping your teachers and families and

1238
00:57:54,410 --> 00:57:56,900
everybody focused on the bigger picture

1239
00:57:56,900 --> 00:57:59,150
I think a lot of the credit for that

1240
00:57:59,150 --> 00:58:01,490
growth is due to the staff because

1241
00:58:01,490 --> 00:58:04,130
despite the changes in leadership they

1242
00:58:04,130 --> 00:58:05,660
still manage to be a close-knit

1243
00:58:05,660 --> 00:58:08,380
community it really feels like a family

1244
00:58:08,380 --> 00:58:10,089
and I wanted to make sure that when I

1245
00:58:10,089 --> 00:58:12,430
came into the building I honored their

1246
00:58:12,430 --> 00:58:15,039
work I also take the leadership the

1247
00:58:15,039 --> 00:58:16,839
shared leadership approach quite

1248
00:58:16,839 --> 00:58:19,809
seriously because they are wonderful

1249
00:58:19,809 --> 00:58:22,450
resources for our students they know our

1250
00:58:22,450 --> 00:58:24,729
families really well they know what has

1251
00:58:24,729 --> 00:58:27,460
worked well in the past so just allowing

1252
00:58:27,460 --> 00:58:30,609
them a platform to share those ideas and

1253
00:58:30,609 --> 00:58:33,279
discuss them because it's not just a me

1254
00:58:33,279 --> 00:58:35,890
show we always have to do everything and

1255
00:58:35,890 --> 00:58:38,380
keep every single decision and we always

1256
00:58:38,380 --> 00:58:40,329
ask ourselves if that's what's best for

1257
00:58:40,329 --> 00:58:43,359
students I think what has helped too is

1258
00:58:43,359 --> 00:58:45,519
that being a second language learner

1259
00:58:45,519 --> 00:58:48,700
just having that connection with the

1260
00:58:48,700 --> 00:58:51,190
community has been very helpful because

1261
00:58:51,190 --> 00:58:55,359
it provides them a voice I have similar

1262
00:58:55,359 --> 00:58:57,489
backgrounds so that also allows them to

1263
00:58:57,489 --> 00:58:59,499
come I have a lot of parents that come

1264
00:58:59,499 --> 00:59:01,299
and just sometimes just want to vent

1265
00:59:01,299 --> 00:59:03,430
about their personal lives or just

1266
00:59:03,430 --> 00:59:05,140
things because they can do it in their

1267
00:59:05,140 --> 00:59:06,999
language and that's something wonderful

1268
00:59:06,999 --> 00:59:09,039
because it's intimidating to come to a

1269
00:59:09,039 --> 00:59:10,869
school and not speak the language and

1270
00:59:10,869 --> 00:59:12,729
talk about the concerns that you have

1271
00:59:12,729 --> 00:59:16,269
for your child so honoring the strengths

1272
00:59:16,269 --> 00:59:18,279
that parents bring and knowing what

1273
00:59:18,279 --> 00:59:20,259
they're capable in making sure that they

1274
00:59:20,259 --> 00:59:22,690
feel that just like the staff feels like

1275
00:59:22,690 --> 00:59:26,049
a home that that is also their home

1276
00:59:26,049 --> 00:59:29,140
I like that comment honoring the

1277
00:59:29,140 --> 00:59:33,819
strengths that the parents bring like

1278
00:59:33,819 --> 00:59:35,019
you've been doing this for a long time

1279
00:59:35,019 --> 00:59:39,729
that was a good comment the like you

1280
00:59:39,729 --> 00:59:43,299
didn't miss a beat at all no no

1281
00:59:43,299 --> 00:59:46,269
can you talk you talked about when

1282
00:59:46,269 --> 00:59:47,859
you're reviewing the results you have

1283
00:59:47,859 --> 00:59:51,489
blended teams that review the results

1284
00:59:51,489 --> 00:59:53,140
I'm assuming the data the student data

1285
00:59:53,140 --> 00:59:55,930
yes and the blended team has been very

1286
00:59:55,930 --> 00:59:58,329
active not only the blended team the

1287
00:59:58,329 --> 01:00:00,460
building leadership team and every

1288
01:00:00,460 --> 01:00:02,259
single teacher has taken a leadership

1289
01:00:02,259 --> 01:00:05,049
with ideas so one of the things that

1290
01:00:05,049 --> 01:00:07,049
it's important that when you come in

1291
01:00:07,049 --> 01:00:09,309
into a school as a second language

1292
01:00:09,309 --> 01:00:12,069
learner you already come with something

1293
01:00:12,069 --> 01:00:14,589
you have to look at the student from

1294
01:00:14,589 --> 01:00:16,119
what they already bring in that what

1295
01:00:16,119 --> 01:00:18,670
they're lacking so our blended services

1296
01:00:18,670 --> 01:00:21,349
team we have a psychologist that it's

1297
01:00:21,349 --> 01:00:23,599
is bilingual our speech therapist is

1298
01:00:23,599 --> 01:00:25,489
also bilingual and some of our teacher

1299
01:00:25,489 --> 01:00:27,890
representatives are there so we look at

1300
01:00:27,890 --> 01:00:29,660
their records that they bring either

1301
01:00:29,660 --> 01:00:32,329
from Mexico or Central America to make

1302
01:00:32,329 --> 01:00:34,039
sure that we're not missing anything

1303
01:00:34,039 --> 01:00:36,229
because sometimes the language might not

1304
01:00:36,229 --> 01:00:38,420
be there but the content knowledge is

1305
01:00:38,420 --> 01:00:41,539
there so we take a look at carefully of

1306
01:00:41,539 --> 01:00:43,609
those records we also have interviewed

1307
01:00:43,609 --> 01:00:45,440
parents because parents are our first

1308
01:00:45,440 --> 01:00:48,440
source of knowledge and what has gone

1309
01:00:48,440 --> 01:00:51,049
when students have interrupted schooling

1310
01:00:51,049 --> 01:00:52,519
so we also do that

1311
01:00:52,519 --> 01:00:55,009
our CLD teachers have been incredible

1312
01:00:55,009 --> 01:00:57,709
because they have come through many

1313
01:00:57,709 --> 01:00:59,779
years of records to clean them up to

1314
01:00:59,779 --> 01:01:02,900
make sure that we've had home language

1315
01:01:02,900 --> 01:01:05,539
is correct that we've placing students

1316
01:01:05,539 --> 01:01:08,690
correct that we're taking all tests into

1317
01:01:08,690 --> 01:01:13,819
account you also mentioned there's

1318
01:01:13,819 --> 01:01:16,219
co-teaching transpiring can just give me

1319
01:01:16,219 --> 01:01:19,160
an example of CLD teachers is a great

1320
01:01:19,160 --> 01:01:24,380
example because we 90 95 percent of our

1321
01:01:24,380 --> 01:01:26,209
students are Hispanic and more than half

1322
01:01:26,209 --> 01:01:28,430
close to 60% of our students are second

1323
01:01:28,430 --> 01:01:30,650
language learners so to reach not only

1324
01:01:30,650 --> 01:01:32,449
the students that meet language but we

1325
01:01:32,449 --> 01:01:34,489
also have to monitor the students that

1326
01:01:34,489 --> 01:01:36,650
have been exited out of the program the

1327
01:01:36,650 --> 01:01:38,989
best way to reach them is when they go

1328
01:01:38,989 --> 01:01:42,589
in and participate in plan and co-teach

1329
01:01:42,589 --> 01:01:45,410
with our mainstream classroom teachers

1330
01:01:45,410 --> 01:01:47,239
so that also allows the mainstream

1331
01:01:47,239 --> 01:01:48,619
classroom teachers to build their

1332
01:01:48,619 --> 01:01:50,749
capacity because we have to build that

1333
01:01:50,749 --> 01:01:52,579
capacity and experience what second

1334
01:01:52,579 --> 01:01:54,739
language learners so working as a team

1335
01:01:54,739 --> 01:01:57,529
in approaching every single student not

1336
01:01:57,529 --> 01:01:59,569
only from the language which many of our

1337
01:01:59,569 --> 01:02:01,599
students even though they're English

1338
01:02:01,599 --> 01:02:04,579
speakers need that language but also

1339
01:02:04,579 --> 01:02:09,199
from the content so they do do that in

1340
01:02:09,199 --> 01:02:11,569
our coaches and our title teachers also

1341
01:02:11,569 --> 01:02:14,509
push in into the classrooms instead of

1342
01:02:14,509 --> 01:02:20,989
pulling students out are you still doing

1343
01:02:20,989 --> 01:02:24,589
the immersion program at FM day yes and

1344
01:02:24,589 --> 01:02:26,449
it's a transition on native language

1345
01:02:26,449 --> 01:02:30,289
instruction in the the way it works for

1346
01:02:30,289 --> 01:02:32,180
it to be a true bilingual program we

1347
01:02:32,180 --> 01:02:34,370
would have to also sustain an English

1348
01:02:34,370 --> 01:02:36,230
tract right now we don't have the

1349
01:02:36,230 --> 01:02:38,690
population to do that so we're trying to

1350
01:02:38,690 --> 01:02:41,330
ensure that our transitional native

1351
01:02:41,330 --> 01:02:44,120
language program is solid so that it's

1352
01:02:44,120 --> 01:02:47,090
why we have Spanish speakers in all

1353
01:02:47,090 --> 01:02:48,880
grades all the way through fourth grade

1354
01:02:48,880 --> 01:02:52,520
so with that said we can maybe in the

1355
01:02:52,520 --> 01:02:54,200
future look at really making it up

1356
01:02:54,200 --> 01:02:56,870
bilingual tract but we need for that we

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also need the same amount of students

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that are just English speakers so that

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they can also learn Spanish and our

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01:03:07,160 --> 01:03:09,650
students in this transitional native

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01:03:09,650 --> 01:03:11,960
language instruction program are exited

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01:03:11,960 --> 01:03:14,780
around second grade but we still provide

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01:03:14,780 --> 01:03:17,570
support in Spanish when they need it in

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01:03:17,570 --> 01:03:20,060
our Title one interventionist can't

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01:03:20,060 --> 01:03:22,370
provide also additional reading support

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01:03:22,370 --> 01:03:24,440
in Spanish for those students and fourth

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01:03:24,440 --> 01:03:27,020
and fifth grade and you said you have a

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01:03:27,020 --> 01:03:29,870
parent enrichment programs that's the

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01:03:29,870 --> 01:03:31,880
school Canadian we have a wonderful

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01:03:31,880 --> 01:03:34,430
community liaison this year and she

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01:03:34,430 --> 01:03:37,010
provides nutrition classes she's

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01:03:37,010 --> 01:03:38,990
starting at the dance class too

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01:03:38,990 --> 01:03:41,060
she provides English classes for our

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01:03:41,060 --> 01:03:44,420
parents and that's a great resource

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01:03:44,420 --> 01:03:46,880
because I can they meet at the school in

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01:03:46,880 --> 01:03:48,200
the morning so I can also talk to

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01:03:48,200 --> 01:03:49,940
parents about some of their concerns or

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01:03:49,940 --> 01:03:52,310
with coffee with the principal or during

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01:03:52,310 --> 01:03:54,500
PTAs so they also expressed some

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01:03:54,500 --> 01:03:56,300
interest in for instance things like

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01:03:56,300 --> 01:03:58,460
discipline so we'll bring some workshops

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01:03:58,460 --> 01:04:02,060
about how to establish good routine set

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01:04:02,060 --> 01:04:04,460
at home how to discipline your child how

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01:04:04,460 --> 01:04:07,400
to look beyond elementary and into

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01:04:07,400 --> 01:04:11,720
college that's great any other questions

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01:04:11,720 --> 01:04:17,220
or comments I've one for dr. cranum

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01:04:17,230 --> 01:04:20,630
being the oldest member of the board in

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01:04:20,630 --> 01:04:23,000
terms of service but certainly not

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01:04:23,000 --> 01:04:29,510
nearly as old as mr. Verdean as I recall

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01:04:29,510 --> 01:04:32,510
when I was coming in FM de was receiving

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01:04:32,510 --> 01:04:35,090
federal pig money were they one of the

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01:04:35,090 --> 01:04:37,910
schools or and/or tea dip they were one

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01:04:37,910 --> 01:04:39,440
of the five elementary schools that were

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01:04:39,440 --> 01:04:42,380
identified in 2010 so they were one of

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01:04:42,380 --> 01:04:45,200
those schools yes okay and are there any

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01:04:45,200 --> 01:04:47,619
of those monies still

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01:04:47,619 --> 01:04:50,030
lingering within those funds were

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01:04:50,030 --> 01:04:51,920
expended in the time period allotted for

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01:04:51,920 --> 01:04:54,050
that particular grant and it looks like

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01:04:54,050 --> 01:04:58,190
well yes sigh I will say from mr.

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01:04:58,190 --> 01:05:01,220
Anderson's leadership although to miss

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01:05:01,220 --> 01:05:02,750
double docks and through an amazing

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01:05:02,750 --> 01:05:07,550
staff has weathered a lot of storms my

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01:05:07,550 --> 01:05:10,359
hats off to all of you

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01:05:10,359 --> 01:05:13,400
truly truly yes applaud them there they

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01:05:13,400 --> 01:05:14,150
deserve it

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01:05:14,150 --> 01:05:20,839
I mean there there was a time we

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01:05:20,839 --> 01:05:23,150
destabilized that school with the notion

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01:05:23,150 --> 01:05:28,099
of a k-8 partnership with Scott that

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01:05:28,099 --> 01:05:32,450
didn't quite work out so well and it's

1411
01:05:32,450 --> 01:05:35,150
nice to see that that money has gone to

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01:05:35,150 --> 01:05:38,359
good use and it's nice to see the the

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01:05:38,359 --> 01:05:40,849
scores and the achievement and the

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01:05:40,849 --> 01:05:43,069
growth doing what it's doing because as

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01:05:43,069 --> 01:05:45,140
I recall and I started they were in the

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01:05:45,140 --> 01:05:48,050
red otherwise they wouldn't have

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01:05:48,050 --> 01:05:50,420
received that money but a lot of other

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01:05:50,420 --> 01:05:54,859
schools outside of our district who have

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01:05:54,859 --> 01:05:57,440
received similar monies are still in the

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01:05:57,440 --> 01:06:02,980
red that is so you are all a model for

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01:06:02,980 --> 01:06:06,260
what my eighth grade science teacher

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01:06:06,260 --> 01:06:11,500
called stick to activity so keep it up

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01:06:11,500 --> 01:06:13,550
all right we look forward to watching

1424
01:06:13,550 --> 01:06:16,640
you grow in that role it was great to

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01:06:16,640 --> 01:06:18,109
watch you on the I think it was your

1426
01:06:18,109 --> 01:06:19,880
first day bring in the community in and

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01:06:19,880 --> 01:06:21,829
I try to talk to you but every parent

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01:06:21,829 --> 01:06:24,770
wanted your ear and you provided that so

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01:06:24,770 --> 01:06:27,109
I look forward to seeing you continue to

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01:06:27,109 --> 01:06:30,500
move let's go forward mr. president I

1431
01:06:30,500 --> 01:06:32,420
just like to comment that you know I

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01:06:32,420 --> 01:06:35,180
tell the staff a lot that there are

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01:06:35,180 --> 01:06:36,829
great teachers and then there are

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01:06:36,829 --> 01:06:38,690
Westminster Public Schools teachers

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01:06:38,690 --> 01:06:40,579
there are great principals and then

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01:06:40,579 --> 01:06:42,050
there Westminster Public Schools

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01:06:42,050 --> 01:06:45,530
principals and Elaine has definitely in

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01:06:45,530 --> 01:06:48,050
her in her tenure here in the district

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01:06:48,050 --> 01:06:50,119
shown that she's a Westminster Public

1440
01:06:50,119 --> 01:06:51,950
Schools leader but she also has a sense

1441
01:06:51,950 --> 01:06:53,960
of humor so at the back-to-school

1442
01:06:53,960 --> 01:06:56,540
barbecue there was a little dance

1443
01:06:56,540 --> 01:06:59,030
activity line dancing going on and then

1444
01:06:59,030 --> 01:06:59,470
at the

1445
01:06:59,470 --> 01:07:01,030
case the other night I just couldn't

1446
01:07:01,030 --> 01:07:03,970
even hold a straight face so you saw a

1447
01:07:03,970 --> 01:07:05,500
little bit of that sense of humor in

1448
01:07:05,500 --> 01:07:07,410
here but she's she's not all

1449
01:07:07,410 --> 01:07:25,570
businesslike you just heard thank you all right moving on to our

1450
01:07:25,570 --> 01:07:28,390
business items of the evening mr.

1451
01:07:28,390 --> 01:07:32,830
Kirkland a with personnel matters and if

1452
01:07:32,830 --> 01:07:34,720
you've noticed no one is leaving at this

1453
01:07:34,720 --> 01:07:37,180
particular point usually you clear the

1454
01:07:37,180 --> 01:07:44,660
crowd and through the house take a photo

1455
01:07:44,670 --> 01:07:47,020
the president members of the board and

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01:07:47,020 --> 01:07:48,820
dr. Swanson I've prepared for you a

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01:07:48,820 --> 01:07:51,510
personnel report containing items 1.0

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01:07:51,510 --> 01:07:55,300
3.0 and 5.0 for your consideration and

1459
01:07:55,300 --> 01:07:59,010
approval thank you

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01:07:59,010 --> 01:08:07,330
board do we have a motion mr. president

1461
01:08:07,330 --> 01:08:08,470
I move the Board of Education approved

1462
01:08:08,470 --> 01:08:10,570
personal matters as presented on items

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01:08:10,570 --> 01:08:15,460
1.0 3.0 and 5.0 we get a motion in a

1464
01:08:15,460 --> 01:08:18,339
second any comments no comments or

1465
01:08:18,339 --> 01:08:20,830
annika please pull the board mr. john

1466
01:08:20,830 --> 01:08:21,759
cho yes

1467
01:08:21,759 --> 01:08:24,670
mr. David okay mr. math I'm abstaining

1468
01:08:24,670 --> 01:08:28,450
because I have a nephew that's on this

1469
01:08:28,450 --> 01:08:33,069
list and again it comes back to a kid

1470
01:08:33,069 --> 01:08:35,350
who's coming back to his community where

1471
01:08:35,350 --> 01:08:37,569
his mother graduated from so I'm proud

1472
01:08:37,569 --> 01:08:39,790
to have him here so what you're saying

1473
01:08:39,790 --> 01:08:47,650
is being hired in spite of you and mr.

1474
01:08:47,650 --> 01:08:48,219
Valenti

1475
01:08:48,219 --> 01:08:53,410
I'm sorry mr. McCoy I mr. Valenti I all

1476
01:08:53,410 --> 01:08:56,890
right thank you all right moving on to

1477
01:08:56,890 --> 01:09:01,270
miss sandy knees for the audit and I

1478
01:09:01,270 --> 01:09:03,910
believe we're just receiving it not

1479
01:09:03,910 --> 01:09:06,819
hearing about it just yet until no not

1480
01:09:06,819 --> 01:09:09,690
yet the auditors are here yeah

1481
01:09:09,690 --> 01:09:11,279
good evening mr. president members of

1482
01:09:11,279 --> 01:09:13,710
the board dr. Swanson tonight you had

1483
01:09:13,710 --> 01:09:15,630
before you the district's fiscal audit

1484
01:09:15,630 --> 01:09:18,210
report also known as the comprehensive

1485
01:09:18,210 --> 01:09:21,000
annual financial report Colorado state

1486
01:09:21,000 --> 01:09:23,100
statute requires that the annual audit

1487
01:09:23,100 --> 01:09:24,720
be conducted of all funds by an

1488
01:09:24,720 --> 01:09:26,880
independent auditor each fiscal year

1489
01:09:26,880 --> 01:09:29,100
Edie and Bailey is the current

1490
01:09:29,100 --> 01:09:31,200
district's auditing firm to assist the

1491
01:09:31,200 --> 01:09:32,900
district in completing this report

1492
01:09:32,900 --> 01:09:35,609
accompanying the report is a management

1493
01:09:35,609 --> 01:09:38,220
letter in which the auditing firm

1494
01:09:38,220 --> 01:09:41,130
provides suggestions and procedural or

1495
01:09:41,130 --> 01:09:44,040
process improvements if needed the goal

1496
01:09:44,040 --> 01:09:45,930
of the district of an independent

1497
01:09:45,930 --> 01:09:47,880
auditor is to provide reasonable

1498
01:09:47,880 --> 01:09:49,950
assurance that the financial statements

1499
01:09:49,950 --> 01:09:51,859
of the district are free of material

1500
01:09:51,859 --> 01:09:54,330
misstatements the district's audit

1501
01:09:54,330 --> 01:09:56,370
provides an overview and analysis of

1502
01:09:56,370 --> 01:09:58,710
financial activities for the year ending

1503
01:09:58,710 --> 01:10:02,640
June 30th 2018 at this time the school

1504
01:10:02,640 --> 01:10:04,550
district is in good financial standing

1505
01:10:04,550 --> 01:10:07,350
it is recommended by administration that

1506
01:10:07,350 --> 01:10:09,600
the Board of Education accept the annual

1507
01:10:09,600 --> 01:10:11,400
audit report and management letter for

1508
01:10:11,400 --> 01:10:17,310
the June 30th 2018 audit as presented we

1509
01:10:17,310 --> 01:10:20,460
have a motion mr. president I move that

1510
01:10:20,460 --> 01:10:21,989
the Board of Education received the

1511
01:10:21,989 --> 01:10:24,090
annual audit report and management

1512
01:10:24,090 --> 01:10:28,580
letter for the June 30th 2018 audit

1513
01:10:28,580 --> 01:10:31,350
second we have a motion and second any

1514
01:10:31,350 --> 01:10:34,950
comments just one in Sandy everyone I

1515
01:10:34,950 --> 01:10:37,350
want everybody know what it really takes

1516
01:10:37,350 --> 01:10:41,070
to get a nod at that and how hard your

1517
01:10:41,070 --> 01:10:42,870
group has to work to make sure we get no

1518
01:10:42,870 --> 01:10:44,430
findings in an audit and that we come

1519
01:10:44,430 --> 01:10:46,830
out of that clean so I want to tell you

1520
01:10:46,830 --> 01:10:49,860
thank you to you and your group for

1521
01:10:49,860 --> 01:10:52,020
doing this because it's huge to get this

1522
01:10:52,020 --> 01:10:54,300
to get a good audit that comes out

1523
01:10:54,300 --> 01:10:55,710
because it's part of us being

1524
01:10:55,710 --> 01:11:00,060
transparent and putting our our budgets

1525
01:11:00,060 --> 01:11:01,800
in our and how we spend our money out

1526
01:11:01,800 --> 01:11:05,390
there so thank you to everyone it worked

1527
01:11:05,390 --> 01:11:08,310
Veronica please pull the board mr.

1528
01:11:08,310 --> 01:11:09,060
chancho

1529
01:11:09,060 --> 01:11:11,940
yes mr. David deck all right mr. math

1530
01:11:11,940 --> 01:11:13,350
all right mr. McCoy

1531
01:11:13,350 --> 01:11:16,590
aye mr. Valenti aye all right ladies and

1532
01:11:16,590 --> 01:11:17,850
gentlemen the next regular meeting of

1533
01:11:17,850 --> 01:11:21,960
the Board of Education Westminster Public Schools in advance at

1534
01:11:21,960 --> 01:11:22,660
a credit

1535
01:11:22,660 --> 01:11:25,900
zatia will be Tuesday December 11th 2018

1536
01:11:25,900 --> 01:11:28,150
at 7:30 p.m. the regular meeting will be

1537
01:11:28,150 --> 01:11:30,310
held in the lecture hall of Westminster

1538
01:11:30,310 --> 01:11:31,900
high school notices of meetings are

1539
01:11:31,900 --> 01:11:33,040
posted in the window of the main

1540
01:11:33,040 --> 01:11:34,720
entrance of Westminster high school and

1541
01:11:34,720 --> 01:11:37,990
on board docks 24 hours prior to each

1542
01:11:37,990 --> 01:11:44,080
meeting Veronica the time is now 744 and

1543
01:11:44,080 --> 01:11:45,990
we are adjourned

1544
01:11:45,990 --> 01:11:48,880
as mentioned please join us for cake

1545
01:11:48,880 --> 01:11:55,960
[Music]