Jan 25, 2021 January 25, 2021 Board Meeting - 7:00 p.m.

[A. Regular Board Meeting - 7:00 p.m.]

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JANUARY 25, 2021 LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL BOARD MEETIN . PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT AND PARTICIPATING REMOTELY.

ALL MEETING PARTICIPANTS WILL ALSO BE JOINED IN THE MEETING REMOTELY IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE CURRENT PROCLAMATION ISSUED BY GOVERNOR ENDSLEY. IN THIS BOARD MEETING WILL BE LIVE STREAMED AND VIEWABLE ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE.

IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO LIVE STREAMED THE MEETING, VIEWERS CAN CALL 425-936-2813 FOR THE CONFERENCE ID IS 37127 TWO

[B. Opening Items]

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

>> MOVED BY DIRECTOR CEJA AND SECONDED BY DIRECTOR CARLSON THAT WE APPROVE THE AGENDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE

SIGNIFY BY VOTING AYE. >> AYE.

>> AYE. >> AYE.

>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED? HEARING NONE, THE MOTION

[C. Recognitions]

THAT? >>JOHN HOLMEN : YES, I WILL.

MY BOARD DOCS JUST CLOSED ON ME SO I'M JUST GETTING IT PULLED BACK UP REAL QUICK. LET ME GRAB THE ENGINE THE.

OKAY, SO TONIGHT WE HAVE TWO RECOGNITIONS.

FIRST IS TO RECOGNIZE OR BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

AND SO ANNUALLY, JANUARY SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNITION MONTH.

ON SO NOT ONLY DOES THE GOVERNOR PUT OUT A PROCLAMATION, BUT WE AS A DISTRICT ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE FIVE OF YOU AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND START BY READING GOVERNOR ENDSLEY IS PROCLAMATION, WHICH IS ALSO IN YOUR BOARD DOCUMENTS.

AND SO THE PROCLAMATION STATES, WHEREAS THE MISSION OF WASHINGTON'S PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IS TO ASSURE ALL STUDENTS ACHIEVE AT HIGH LEVELS AND POSSESS THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO BE RESPONSIBLE MEMBERS OF A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY WHO ENJOYED PRODUCTIVE AND SATISFYING LIVES.

WHEREAS WASHINGTON'S 295 LOCALLY ELECTED SCHOOL BOARDS AND NINE ELECTED EDUCATIONAL SERVICE DISTRICT BOARDS ARE THE CORE OF THE PUBLIC EDUCATION GOVERNMENT SYSTEM IN OUR STATE.

AND WHEREAS THE DISTRICTS AND REGIONS THEY LEAD SERVE MORE THAN A MILLION STUDENTS, HAVE A COMBINED ANNUAL BUDGET OF OVER $15 BILLION AND EMPLOYS APPROXIMATELY 120,000 PEOPLE JORGEN AND WHEREAS SCHOOL DIRECTORS PLAY A CRUCIAL ROLE IN SUPPORTING STUDENT LEARNING AND ACHIEVEMENT BY ESTABLISHING POLICIES AND BUDGETS IN SETTING CLEAR STANDARDS OF ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ALL INVOLVED YOUR AND WHEREAS SCHOOL DIRECTORS ARE DIRECTLY ACCOUNTABLE TO THE RESIDENCE IN THE DISTRICTS AND REGIONS SERVING AS A VITAL LINK BETWEEN MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY IN THEIR SCHOOLS.

AND WHEREAS SCHOOL DIRECTORS AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICE DISTRICTS PROVIDE A PASSIONATE VOICE OF ADVOCACY FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE WELFARE OF SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN.

AND WHEREAS IT IS APPROPRIATE TO RECOGNIZE SCHOOL DIRECTORS AS OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEERS AND CHAMPIONS OF PUBLIC EDUCATION.

THEREFORE I J ENDSLEY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JANUARY 2021 AS SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNITION MONTH IN WASHINGTON.

AND I ENCOURAGE ALL PEOPLE IN THE STATE TO JOIN ME IN THE SPECIAL OBSERVANCE. THAT WAS BROUGHT TO US ON JANUARY 19 2021 BY GOVERNOR J ENDSLEY.

I ALSO WANT TO DO MY OWN BIT OF RECOGNITION.

AS A SCHOOL SYSTEM WE RELY ON OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS OR LEADERSHIP, THEIR OVERSIGHT IN THE 5A YOU HAVE BEEN SERVING TOGETHER FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, WHICH IS WONDERFUL BECAUSE IT PROVIDES CONTINUITY, AND PROVIDES HISTORY A NUMBER OF YOU'VE JUST JOINED THE BOARD WITHIN THE LAST FEW YEARS.

THE FRESH VIEW ON THE WORK WE ARE DOING IS ESSENTIAL IN CRITICAL TO THE ONGOING NURTURING AND SUPPORT OF OUR

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MY DISSERTATION WAS DONE ON BOARD GOVERNANCE AND BOARD SERVICE AND SO PRIMARY IN OUR DEMOCRACY IS THIS ASPECT OF LOCALLY ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS TRULY BE IN THE LEADERS OF THEIR LOCAL SCHOOLS. CHARGE OF THE SUBJECTS OF THE CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS IN. BOARD MEMBERS A LOCALLY ELECTED, NON-SALARIED PUBLIC OFFICIALS ENTRUSTED WITH THE TASK OF PROVIDING DIRECTION AND GOVERNANCE.

WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE RESPONSIBILITIES TO JUST NAME A FEW. I THINK PRIMARY IN YOUR WORK AND HOPEFULLY OUR WORK TOGETHER.

IT IS ABOUT ENSURING OF A SHARED VISION.S ABOUT DEVELOPMENT PLANS AND GOALS THAT REFLECT THE COMMON VALUES AND CORE BELIEFS OF THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY.

IT IS ABOUT SETTING SOUND WRITTEN POLICY.

THAT POLICY IS AS CRITICAL AS ANYTHING WE DO THAT IS WHAT PROVIDES DIRECTION FOR OUR ORGANIZATION FROM THEM IT'S ABOUT HIRING, SETTING GOALS AND EVALUATING THE SUPERINTENDENT.

IT'S ABOUT OVERSEEING THE EMPLOYMENT PROCESSES THROUGH REALLY GOOD AND QUALITY POLICY DIRECTIVES ABOUT MONITORING AND EVALUATING THE FINANCIAL HEALTH OF THE DISTRICT.

AND AND IS ABOUT USING REALLY HIGH QUALITY INNOVATIVE TWO WAY COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES TO BE TRANSPARENT, TO BUILD TRUST AND SUPPORT AND TO TRULY UNDERSTAND THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT YOU ARE SERVING TO UNDERSTAND THEIR VOICE.

AND IT IS ALSO ABOUT ACTING AS A GOVERNANCE BODY BUT AS YOU ALL KNOW, YOUR POWER IS IN THE VOICE OF YOU AS A GROUP UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES, DEVELOPING POLICY AND ENACTING THOSE POLICIES IN A MANNER TOGETHER.

THE FIVE OF YOU WHO WOULD ONE VOICE, ONE BODY.

AND SO TO HONOR YOU AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, THIS YEAR, THIS EVENING WE DO HAVE A SET OF LITERATURE THAT WE ARE GOING TO ASK YOU TO LOOK THROUGH AND MAKE SELECTIONS AND WE WILL ACTUALLY BE DONATING BOOKS IN YOUR HONOR TO AN ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL IN YOUR NAME.

OF THOSE BOOKS THAT YOU SELECT, THERE WILL BE A PLACARD LIKE THIS TO INDICATE THAT THIS PARTICULAR BOOK THAT YOU HAVE SELECTED IS BEING DONATED TO THAT PARTICULAR SCHOOL IN HONOR OF SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNITION MONTH THE RENTAL THAT RECOGNITION AND THAT HONOR TRULY DOES LIVE BEYOND JUST THIS ONE MOMENT. AND SO WITH THAT, BY A SUPERINTENDENT JUST WANT TO SAY I TRULY APPRECIATE THE RELATIONSHIP WE ALL HAVE. I APPRECIATE YOUR FEEDBACK, YOUR ADVICE, YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT THE WORK AND REALLY THE THINGS YOU WERE INTERESTED IN. I'M SO EXCITED TO RECOGNIZE THE FIVE OF YOU. I KNOW DIANE WILL FOLLOW UP WITH SOME OF THAT INFORMATION TO GET YOUR SELECTIONS AND WE WILL GET THOSE BOOKS DONATED TO OUR SCHOOLS IN YOUR HONOR.

IS WITH THAT, WE RECOGNIZE YOU TONIGHT.

THANK YOU. IF WE WERE ALL IN PERSON WE WILL PROBABLY TAKE A PICTURE RIGHT NOW.

I THINK THAT IS APROPOS IN WHAT HAPPENS.

WE HAVE ONE OTHER PIECE OF RECOGNITION THIS EVENING.

THAT IS OUR PROCLAMATION AROUND CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION MONTH, WHICH IS UPCOMING IN FEBRUARY.

AND SO ERIC, IS THERE SOMEONE ON THE BOARD THAT WOULD LIKE TO

READ THAT PROCLAMATION? >> SORRY, I DID NOT DELEGATE SOMEONE AHEAD OF TIME. LOOKS LIKE SIRI HAS IT UP ALREADY. THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE AGREED YET, BUT THANK YOU FOR DOING IT

ANYWAYS. >> THERE WE GO.

ALL RIGHT. THIS IS PROCLAMATION ON CAREER

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I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE IT BIG ENOUGH SO THAT I CAN SEE IT.

SO THE PROCLAMATION IS WHERE AS CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION OFFERS STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN THE ACADEMIC, TECHNICAL AND EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS NECESSARY FOR TRUE CAREER READINESS. AND WHEREAS STUDENTS IN CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS PARTICIPATE IN AUTHENTIC MEANINGFUL EXPERIENCES THAT IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THEIR EDUCATION AND INCREASE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND ACHIEVEMENT. AND WHEREAS CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH COURT CAREER EXPLORATION OPPORTUNITIES EARLY IN THEIR EDUCATION EXPERIENCE, WHICH ENABLES THEM TOMAKE INFORMED OF BENEFICIAL DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR ACADEMIC COURSEWORK AS WELL AS PURSUIT OF ESTABLISHED PROGRAMS OF STUDY AND CAREER PATHWAYS .

AND WHEREAS LEADERS FROM BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY NATIONWIDE REPORT INCREASING CHALLENGES RELATED TO THE SKILLS GAP CONNECTING QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS WITH AVAILABLE CAREERS IN CRITICAL AND GROWING CTE RELATED FIELDS, INCLUDING HEALTHCARE, ENERGY, ADVANCED MANUFACTURING AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. WHEREAS CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PREPARE STUDENTS FOR THESE AND OTHER FULFILLING CAREERS BY OFFERING INTEGRATED PROGRAMS THAT LINK SECONDARY AND POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION AND LEAD TO THE OBTAINMENT OF INDUSTRY RECOGNIZED CREDENTIALS.

AND WHEREAS ENSURING INSURERS HAVE ACCESS TO A QUALIFIED WORKFORCE IS A CRUCIAL STEP IN ENSURING PRODUCTIVITY AMONG THE BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY COMMUNITIES.

AS WELL AS CONTINUED AMERICAN ECONOMIC GROWTH AND GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS. IN WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS APPROXIMATELY 8077 STUDENTS PARTICIPATING 104 DIFFERENT TECHNICAL EDUCATION COURSE OPTIONS TALKED TO 138 CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION TEACHERS.

THEREFORE, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 1 THROUGH THE 28TH OF 2021 AS CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION MONTH IN THE LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT.

>> ERIC, IF I CAN RECOGNIZE OUR DIRECTOR OF COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS, DID NEED A. SHE PROVIDES EXCELLENT LEADERSHIP AND OVERSIGHT FOR THE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRA , EXTREMELY VISIONARY AND PASSIONATE ABOUT MAKING MAKING BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY CONNECTIONS TO MAKE OUR CTE PROGRAM IS BENEFICIAL AND VIABLE THAT PUTS A TREMENDOUS EFFORT AND TO MAKE THOSE PROGRAMS EXCELLENT FOR

STUDENTS. >> THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA

[D. Audience Participation]

PLEASE NOTE THERE WILL BE NO IN PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT TO ENSURE SOCIAL DISTANCING. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WELCOMES THE PUBLIC TO THE BUSINESS MEETINGS OF THE BOARD AND ENCOURAGES COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

THE BOARD DEDICATES AND MINUTES TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC DURING A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD BUT CURRENTLY THERE ARE THREE WAYS TO SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENT. YOU MAY DO SO IN WRITING, YOU CAN GIVE TELEVISED PUBLIC COMMENT OR YOU CAN PROVIDE RECORDED OR PUBLIC COMMENT. AT THIS TIME WE HAVE TWO TELEVISED PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THE MEETING TONIGHT.

AND WE RECEIVED NUMEROUS, 18 WRITTEN COMMENTS FOR THE MEETING TONIGHT. WE WILL START WITH THE TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR TIME TO JOIN THE BOARD TO PROVIDE TELEVISED PUBLIC COMMENT.

I WILL ASK KRISTI BERQUIST HELD BY LISA GUTHRIE TO PROVIDE TELEVISED PUBLIC COMMENT. I SAW YOU ARE SIGNED IN THEIR.

ARE YOU ABLE TO TURN YOUR CAMERA ON, IF YOU WANT TO.

>> I'M HAPPY TO DO SO. GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS KRISTI AND I AM A KINDERGARTEN TEACHER AND OARSMAN ELEMENTARY. HERE TO HAVE MY VOICE HEARD FROM FIRST OFF I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU DOCTOR HOMAN AND BOARD FOR TAKING A STEP BACK AND REFLECTING ON WHAT I FELT LIKE AN A LOT OF TEACHERS FELT LIKE WAS A VERY RAPID START, RESTART TO THE SCHOOL YOU. AND CERTAINLY WOULDN'T WANT YOUR JOB AND I THANK YOU FOR DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB.

I KNOW IT IS HARD. I REACHED OUT TO COLLEAGUES AND CAN HAVE COLLEGE REACH OUT TO MEET ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS RETURNING FACE-TO-FACE. MANY TEACHERS ARE SCARED.

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I FEEL LIKE I HAVE DONE SUCH A GOOD JOB DO NOT CONTRACT COVID NOW I FEEL LIKE I'M BEING THROWN INTO THE FIRE.

THAT ALL THE SACRIFICES I MADE OVER THE PAST YEAR TO KEEP MYSELF AND FAMILY SAFE AND HEALTHY IS ABOUT TO END.

AND YET WE ARE SO CLOSE TO A VACCINATION.

AND ALL THE SIX YEARS I'VE BEEN IN THE DISTRICT COURT IN TEACHERS ARE TOUGH AND THEY DO HARD THINGS BUT THEY DO THE SINKS WITH THE STUDENTS IN LINE.

LAST YEAR WE WERE ASKED TO TEACH REMOTELY.

IT WAS TOUGH BUT WE DID. THIS YEAR THINGS ARE BETTER PLAN THAT WE GOT BETTER TRAINING AND THERE WAS DEFINITELY A PATH THAT AN CARD FOR US.

WE FOLLOW THAT PATH. THE DISTRICT REALLY STRESSED CONNECTION WITH STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.

BUILD A GOOD SENSE OF COMMUNITY.

THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT IS WHAT WE ARE TOLD TO WE BUILT THE COMMUNITY WITH OUR KIDS OVER THE COMPUTERS.

WE DID IT BECAUSE TEACHERS DO HARD THINGS FOR OUR STUDENTS.

NOW THAT STUDENTS ARE COMFORTABLE WITH US THEY TRUST US AND WE BUILT RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEM.

WE WILL SPLIT THEM UP AND PUT THEM WITH NEW TEACHERS.

WE WORKED SO HARD TO BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND NOW FOR 75 DAYS OF THE REMAINDER OF SCHOOL, THE STUDENTS KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE WILL HAVE TO GET ACQUAINTED WITH THE NEW TEACHER AND BUILD NEW RELATIONSHIPS ONCE AGAIN.

TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, SAFETYNET TEACHERS HAVE ALSO BEEN TAKEN AWAY. SAFETY NET TEACHERS ARE SO VERY SPECIAL BOARD SPECIALLY DURING THIS TIME.

THEY GET TO WORK WITH AND BUILD VERY SPECIAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH CHILDREN WHO LACK CONFIDENCE, MAY HAVE LEARNING DISABILITIES THAT HAVE A STUDENT WHO SEES REMAINS IN SAFETYNET TEACHER AND SHE LOOKS FORWARD TO SEEING HER EVERYDAY.

I'VE HEARD HER ASK HER DAD IS IT TIME FOR MRS. WELCH? WITH EXCITEMENT IN HER VOICE BUT HER DAD HAS TOLD ME SHE REALLY LOOKS FORWARD TO MEETING WITH A SMALL GROUP.

LET ME TELL THE, SHE HAS HAD SUCH AN IMPACT ON THIS CHILD THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR IS LITTLE GIRL IN SUCH LITTLE CONFIDENCE YOU KNEW VERY FEW LETTER NAMES AND SOUNDS AND NOW SHE'S EXCITED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION, IS BUILDING YOUR CONFIDENCE IN THOSE ALMOST ALL HUNDRED LETTER NAMES AND SOUNDS OF THE SCHOOL IS REALLY BLOOMED AND I PROMISE YOU IT WASN'T JUST BECAUSE OF ME. IT WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR MRS. WELCH IN SAFETYNET.

BUT NOW SAFETYNET TEACHERS ARE GOING AWAY AND THOSE STUDENTS WHO NEED THE MOST HELP ARE LOSING ANOTHER TEACHER.

I'M HAPPY TO SAY THIS LITTLE GIRL WILL BE COMING IN PERSON AND I WILL GET TO KEEP HER FOR IT BUT I WORRY ABOUT THE STUDENTS WHO LOSE THEIR CLASSROOM TEACHER AS WELL AS THEIR SAFETYNET TEACHER. WAS OF THE STUDENTS WHO NEED THE MOST CONSISTENCY. THE DISTRICT PUTS STUDENTS BEST INTEREST IN THE FOREFRONT FOR THIS IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF STUDENTS? WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN I HAD TO CLOSE OR GOING TO DO THE VIRUS AND STUDENTS ARE BACK ONLINE. HIS OWN BEST INTEREST OF STUDENTS? I KNOW WE ALL WANT TO GO BACK.

REMOTE TEACHING IS HARD, IT REALLY IS GOOD BUT IS HAVING STUDENTS IN CLASS TO SIT IN THEIR SEATS FOR THREE AND HALF HOURS NORMAL? DO NOT SEE A WHOLE FACE COMMIT TO NOT BE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH A BUDDY, DO NOT AND FREE CHOICE TIME WITH FRIENDS AND LAY HANDS ON GOING DOWN THE SLIDE.

THIS ISN'T NORMAL. NOTHING ABOUT THIS IS NORMAL IS HEALTHY. WE ARE IN A GROUP THAT DID DISRUPT THE FIVE AND SIX-YEAR-OLD IN TURN THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN SO THEY CAN GO TO SCHOOL AND SIT WHO TRUST ME, I WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL TOO. BUT IF THIS IS WHAT A STUDENT TODAY LOOKS LIKE, CLEARLY IT ISN'T SAFE UNTIL WE CAN GET A VACCINATION FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS TO BE SAFE, WHERE WE RISKING HAVING STUDENTS IN PERSON FOR 75 DAYS OF SCHOOL.

THEIR LIVES TO THE LIVES OF THEIR FAMILIES, MY LIFE AND THE LIVES OF MY FAMILIES ARE SO MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE 75 DAYS FIVE AND SIX-YEAR-OLDS SITTING AT A DESK FOR 3 1/2 HOURS. AND GET THE ECONOMY NEEDS TO OPEN AND TO DO THAT NEED TO GET KIDS IN SCHOOL WHO TO ASK OF A CHALLENGE AND VIRTUE OF THE SCHOOL BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT TO PARTIALLY GOVERNMENT TO GET TEACHERS VACCINATED BEFORE WE GO BACKTO SCHOOL . IF THEY WANT THE ECONOMY OPEN, YOU NEED TO GET TEACHERS VACCINATED BEFORE WE OPEN UP.

THIS IS WHAT IS RIGHT FOR TEACHERS, STUDENTS, FAMILIES, DISTRICTS, COMMUNITIES AND THE ECONOMY.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND I CHALLENGE YOU TO GET YOUR TEACHERS VACCINATED BEFORE WE ALL GO BACK.

>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO JOIN US TONIGHT OVER THE NEXT SPEAKER WE HAVE

IS LISA GUTHRIE. >> MINIMUS WITH THE GUTHRIE.

AND THE PARENT OF A KINDERGARTNER .

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ANOTHER DELAY. LAST TIME YOU DELAYED IN PERSON LEARNING IN OCTOBER I NEARLY WALKED AWAY FROM MY 20 YEAR CAREER. I COULDN'T SEE HOW COULD I APPROPRIATELY SUPPORT MY CHILD'S EDUCATION WHILE KEEPING MY JOB OVER AND GIVEN A CHOICE BETWEEN THE TWO THINGS, IT'S NOT A BAD CHOICE. MY CHILD WHOSE THE FIRST.

I WAS ABLE TO FIND A PART-TIME WORK ARRANGEMENT WHICH ALLOWS ME TO KEEP MY DOOR PUT IN THE DOOR.

THE LONGER THIS GOES ON THE MORE I WORRY ABOUT THE LONG-TERM IMPACT OF MY CAREER. I HAVE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR MONTHS. THIS IS UNSUSTAINABLE.

THIS IS UNSUSTAINABLE. WHAT IS FRUSTRATING IS IT IS ALSO UNNECESSARY. MAJORITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICTS OFFER THE OPTION FOR IN PERSON LEARNING CLOSE TO HOME MERCER ISLAND BROUGHT BACK ITS KINDERGARTENS.

OVERVIEW PLANS TO DO SO NEXT WEEK WITHOUT A VACCINE.

IF THEY CAN DO IT, WHY CAN LW ST? STUDY AFTER STUDY SUPPORTS THE SAFETY OF RESUMING IN PERSON LEARNING WITH APPROPRIATE MITIGATIONSTRATEGIES IN PLACE .

ONE RECENT STUDY LOOKED AT THEM PERSON LEARNING IN WASHINGTON AS WELL AS MICHIGAN. IN WASHINGTON THE STUDY FOUND THAT THERE WAS NO INCREASE IN COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION RATES AND DISTRICTS BRING BACK UNDER 75 PERCENT OF THE STUDENTS, JUST AS LW ST PLANS TO DEPLOY TO MICHIGAN WAS A SMALL DECREASE IN COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION RATES IN SOME DISTRICTS. PERHAPS BECAUSE STUDENTS TREATED HIGH-RISK SOCIAL ACTIVITIES.

EXCUSES, NO MORE DELAYS. PLEASE GET OUR KIDS BACK IN CLASSROOMS. THANK YOU.

>> YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT AND FOR BEING WILLING TO COME ON CAMERA AND GIVE YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

THOSE OF THE TO TELEVISE PUBLIC COMMENTS WE HAVE TONIGHT.

WE RECEIVED, I BELIEVE ABOUT 14 WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENTS.

WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO READ ALL OF THEM TONIGHT, BUT I WILL READ TO ALLOWED THAT A REPRESENTATIVE BUT I WILL READ THREE ALLOWED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMENTS WE RECEIVED THE WRITTEN THE FIRST IS FROM TARA, THE SECOND AND THIRD GRADE QUEST TEACHER. AND SHE WROTE "AS A TEACHER IN LW ST, I'VE BEEN VERY PLEASED WITH THE DISTRICTS ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND CARE FOR THE SAFETY OF ITS TEACHERS.

HOWEVER, I FELT VERY CONCERNED WITH THE DISTRICTS MOST RECENT CHOICE TO MOVE BACK TO IN PERSON TEACHING SO QUICKLY.

AS PER WASHINGTON VACCINE SCHEDULE, I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BE VACCINATED UNTIL APRIL AND THE TIMELINE IS NOT WITH MOST TEACHERS UNDER THE AGE OF 50 ON A SCHEDULE.

GOING BACK BEFORE APRIL WHEN THE CASE IN THE REGION ARE HIGHER THAN THEY WERE THIS SUMMER WHEN THE DECISION TO GO FOR REMOTE LEARNING FOR NEARLY ALL STUDENTS DOESN'T MAKE SENSE BUT ADDITIONALLY, CHILD CARE CENTERS CURRENTLY REPRESENTTHE THIRD LARGEST SOURCE OF COVID OUTBREAKS .

FINALLY, I FEEL OUR TIMELINE FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS TOO RUSHED. IF THERE ARE ISSUES WITH K-1 THAT NEED TO BE MADE TO THE LEARNING MODEL TO MAKE IT SAFER, WILL THERE STILL BE TIME TO DO SO BEFORE SECOND AND THIRD GRADE RETURNS? MY SIBLING RECENTLY HAD A COVID SCARE WHERE THE HOSPITALS ARE AT MAXIMUM CAPACITY BUT I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW FRIGHTENING IT WAS TO KNOW THEY MIGHT HAVE COVID AND IF THEY NEED INTENSIVE CARE.

THERE WAS NOWHERE FOR THEM TO GO FOR THE ROOMMATE HAD CONTRACTED DISEASE DESPITE WEARING MASKS CONSISTENTLY AND GOING OVER SHORT WALKS TO THE GROCERY STORE.

YOU WILL END ALL PRECAUTIONS ARE IN PLACE THERE STILL A POSSIBILITY OF CONTRACTING THIS DISEASE.

ADDITIONALLY, THERE'S MORE CONTAGIOUS TRAIN TAKEN ITS WAY THROUGH YOUR AND EXPECT TO BE IN THE UNITED STATES IN AND FURTHERMORE, I'M CURRENTLY A GRADUATE SCHOOL BOARD THE SEMESTER STARTS SOON BUT I REQUESTED KNOW IF I'LL BE TEACHING REMOTELY OR IN PERSON FEBRUARY 18 BY THE 28TH, WHICH IS THE LAST DAY. AS TIME PASSES, LOOK LESS AND LESS LIKELY I WILL KNOW MY TEACHING REPLACEMENT BY THE TIME I NEED TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT I CAN HANDLE A CLASS THIS CORPORATE AND SIMPLY DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN OUR BUILDINGS RIGHT NOW AND I FEEL ÃI FEAR BEING FORCED TO GO BACK IN PERSON DESPITE MY REQUEST TO REMAIN REMOTE.

IF I FEEL THIS WAY I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW OTHERS WERE MORE IMPACTED BY THE DISEASE MUST BE FEELING THAT I'VE EXPRESSED A HIGH LEVEL OF ANXIETY OVER THE DECISION BY THE DISTRICT SINCE JANUARY 6. THAT COMMENT IS CONSISTENT WITH COMMENTS WE ALSO RECEIVED FROM KRISTIN WELLS, SECONDARY TEACHER AT KELLER. [NAME] CAITLIN.

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JENNY DUMAIS COMMIT ANDREW GUSTAV, ANNA MARTIN, SECONDARY TEACHER AT MEETING. IRIS GRASS, A KINDERGARTEN TEACHER, ABIGAIL WELLBORN PARENT OF ROCKWELL STUDENTS, JESSICA SAGER A PARENT OF TWO LAKEVIEW STUDENTS AND JESSICA COOPER, AND ASL TEACHER AT BOURBON HIGH SCHOOL.

I APOLOGIZE WE WERE NOT ABLE TO READ ALOUD BUT THE BOARD WILL RECEIVE ALL OF THOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO DO THAT.

I ALSO WILL READ ALOUD PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WE RECEIVED FROM.

[NAME] THEY WROTE OUR HIGH SCHOOL KIDS ARE SUFFERING AND IN ISOLATION BUT IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO GIVE THEM HOPE THIS GENERATION OF KIDS ARE SOON TO BE ADULTS AND WE WANT TO TAKE GOOD CARE OF THEIR EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL WELL-BEING. CAN WE PLEASE PLAN AND PRIORITIZE GETTING HIGH SCHOOLERS BACK IN SCHOOL.

OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE DONE IT, OTHER STATES HAVE DONE IT.

WE CAN DO IT TO. PLEASE GIVE US A SOLID PLAN.

THE FINAL PUBLIC COMMENT I WILL READ ALOUD TONIGHT WAS FROM A SECOND-GRADE STUDENT, WHICH I THINK IS OUR FIRST.FROM BRIAN BLEAK. MY CAMERA IS GOING TO BLOW THIS OUT. MADE A VERY NICE HANDWRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT MR. BLEAK WROTE MY NAME IS BRIAN BLEAK BUT I WISH KIDS AREN'T GOING BACK TO SCHOOL BECAUSE THEN I WOULD STAY WITH MY TEACHER WHO REALLY LIKE TO ALSO WOULD STAY WITH MY FRIENDS. AND FEELS CHOICE.

THANK YOU FOR WRITING US THAT PUBLIC COMMENT.

AND TO THANK YOU ALL WHO TAKE THE TIME TO SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENT. AND ALL THOSE WHO WROTE TO THE BOARD OF THE LAST TWO WEEKS. THIS IS AMONGST THE HIGHEST WE HAVE RECEIVED. I TRIED TO ADD LEAST RESPOND TO ALL OF THEM SAYING WE RECEIVED THE MESSAGE, THANK YOU FOR IT AND I CAN TELL THATTHE BOARD HAS BEEN CLOSELY READING AND THINKING HARD ABOUT EVERYTHING WE HAVE RECEIVED .

JUST A REMINDER THAT THOSE WHO WISH TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT CAN DO SO BY SUBMITTING IT BY EMAIL TO DIANE JENKINS OF THE EMAIL ADDRESS DJENKINS@LWST.ORG BY 3:00 P.M. ON THE DATE OF THE BOARD MEETING. IF YOU WISH TO GIVE TELEVISED COMMENT LIKE OUR TWO SPEAKERS DID TONIGHT, YOU CAN DO SO BY EMAILING. PLEASE DO THAT BY 1:00 P.M. ON THE DATE OF THE BOARD MEETING. AND A MICROSOFT TEAM LINK WILL BE SHARED WITH YOU TO JOIN THE BOARD MEETING DURING PUBLIC COMMENT. PUBLIC COMMENT IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON. INALLY, NO ONE HAS TAKEN A SUPPLENESS. TO GET 0425 936-1257 LEAVE A VOICEMAIL MESSAGE. DURING OUR MEETING.THAT IS OUR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR TONIGHT. THANK YOU ALL WHO WROTE.

DIRECTOR CARLSON HAS SOMETHING I GUESS, TOUCHING ON THE SEA WOULD LIKE TO READ AROUND ALOUD BRIEFLY IN RESPONSE TO THOSE

WHO WROTE.>> THIS IS A SHORT ONE BECAUSE WE RECEIVED ANYTHING, STRETCHED TO 30 PAGE .

THAT 30 PAGES, WITH A LESS THAN HAVE THE PUBLIC, WE WE RECEIVED THROUGH DIRECT EMAILS OVERTHE LAST COUPLE WEEKS .

I WANTED TO SPEAK TO THE COMMUNITY.

I'M SORRY I DIDN'T TOUCH BASE WITH ALL MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS.

BUT NORMALLY THE BOARD DOES NOT RESPOND DURING A MEETING, BUT THESE AREN'T NORMAL TIMES AND I AM VERY WORRIED THAT THE PUBLIC WILL NOT FEEL LIKE WE ARE HEARING YOU.

OUR COMMUNITY OF STUDENTS, TEACHERS, PARENTS AND STAFF IS GRAPPLING WITH A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION UNLIKE ANYTHING THAT HAPPENED IN OUR LIFETIME THE SLOW-MOTION NATURAL DISASTER WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHERE THE WORST OF THE STORM IS PASSED THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC, ESPECIALLY THE LAST

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WEIRD FOR TEACHERS WHO FEEL STRETCHED TOO THINLY TO HANDLE YOU ONE MORE CHANGE. WE ARE FROM FAMILIES WHO STUDENTS ARE STRUGGLING DESPERATELY WITH DISTANCE LEARNING AND WE HEARD FROM HER WERE TO CONSIDER ANY RETURN TO AND PRESENT LEARNING TO BE IRRESPONSIBLE.

THE PROBLEM IS THEY ARE ALL RIGHT IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

THIS IS A DREADFUL SITUATION THAT IS PUSHED US ALL TOTHE BRINK IN OUR ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM ARE TRYING TO GUIDE US THROUGH IT WILL CONSTANTLY AND SIMULTANEOUSLY BEING ACCUSED OF BOTH MOVING TOO QUICKLY AND ALSO MOVING TOO SLOWLY .

OREOVER, THE FACTS ON THE GROUND KEEP CHANGING IN WAYS THAT MAKE IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO DEVELOP EVEN MEDIUM-TERM PLANS FOR PLAINTIFF OR IN PERSON LEARNING WAS UNDERWAY WELL BEFORE THE HOLIDAY SEARCH INFECTIONS AND CERTAINLY LONG BEFORE THE INFECTIOUS STRAIN OF THE VIRUS WAS KNOWN DURING MANY IMPORTANT PARAMETERS WON'T BE KNOWN EXCEPT IN HINDSIGHT. SO PLEASE KEEP LETTING US KNOW YOUR EXPERIENCES AND THOUGHTS AND PLEASE BEAR WITH US AS WE TRY TO FIND A PATH THROUGH THE STORM THAT MINIMIZES HARM TO OUR MORE THAN 30,000 STUDENTS. HAVE NO DOUBT ARE SUPERINTENDENT AND STEAMER MAKING MANY DECISIONS WITH INADEQUATE INFORMATION, WHICH IS NOTABLE BECAUSE THEY ARE NO .

ADMINISTRATIVE ARE MAKING EVERY DECISION THEY MAKE WITH THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR STUDENTS AT HEART.

AND Q AND PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR THE MEETING SUPERINTENDENT

REPORT ON THE PATHWAY FORWARD. >> THANK YOU DIRECTOR CARLSON

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APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.>> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND MOOD BY DIRECTOR STUART AND SECONDED BY DIRECTOR BLIESNER . DOCTOR HOLMEN , WILL YOU PLEASE PULL THE BOARD? P8 DIRECTOR SAGE QUICK.

>> YES. >>JOHN HOLMEN : DIRECTOR

BLIESNER. >> YES.

>> DIRECTOR CARLSON. >> YES.

>> VICE PRESIDENT STUART. >> YES.

>> PRESIDENT LALIBERTE. >> YES.>ERIC LALIBERTE : WOULD YOU PLEASE SUMMARIZE OUR DONATIONS FOR THIS MEETING? NOT FOR THIS MEETING BUT BEING REPORTED AT THIS MEETING.

>>JOHN HOLMEN : YES. FOR THE JANUARY 25, 2021 BOARD MEETING, WE HAVE $18,500 WORTH OF DONATIONS TO THE MAJORITY OF THAT FROM OUR PT ESSAY, BUT ALSO WE DO HAVE SOME PRIVATE SOURCE DONATIONS AND SO WE JUST WANT TO ONCE AGAIN THANK OUR COMMUNITY, WHETHER IT IS OUR PT ESSAY OR PRIVATE SOURCES.

THANK THEM FOR THEIR DONATIONS THAT HELP US TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR STUDENTS, PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS WITH THOSE DONATIONS GO TO SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS, OUR TEACHING STAFF AND CONTINUE TO PROVIDE AN EXCELLENT EDUCATION FOR

KIDS.>>ERIC LALIBERTE : THANK YOU DOCTOR HOLMEN FOR THE

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I AM EXCITED TO HEAR THESE. WILL YOU PLEASE START US

THROUGH THIS QUICK. >> ABSOLUTELY.

AND IS ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDEN , BARBARA IS COMING TO OUR MEETING HERE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS. FIRST I WANT TO THANK THE COMMITTEE. THIS COMMITTEE HAS PUT IN A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TIME, EFFORT AND ENERGY .HEY STARTED THEIR WORK BACK IN NOVEMBER 2019 FORGET AND DURING THAT TIME AND THE SHIFT TO A REMOTE ENVIRONMENT TO COMPLETE THEIR WORK. AND SO LIKE ALL OF US HAD TO ADJUST THEIR PRACTICES, THEIR WORK, THEIR COLLABORATION IN A NEW SPACE. I THINK THEY'VE DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB WITH WHAT THEY ARE ABLE TO PRODUCE.

WHAT LIKE TO RECOGNIZE PENNY MAYBE WHO CAME BACK.

SHE FACILITATED THE TASK FORCE, WHICH BROUGHT THE BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS. AND SHE FACILITATED THIS GROUP AND ONCE AGAIN DID A TREMENDOUS JOB WE STARTED TO IMPLEMENT A LONG-TERM FACILITYTASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS .

THE FIRST OF WAS IDENTIFYING A BOND STRATEGY THE FUND THE PROJECTS AND IT WAS A FOUR-PHASE BOND STRATEGY.

WE KNEW AFTER THE FIRST TWO BOND MEASURES THAT WE WOULD WANT TO TAKE A STEP BACK, DO ANOTHER ANALYSIS TO MAKE SURE OUR DATA WAS ACCURATE, OUR PROJECTIONS ARE RIGHT TO.

CONFIRM THE PROJECTS THAT WERE STILL LISTED IN THE LONG-TERM FACILITY TASK FORCE OUT BEYOND 2018.

AND SO AS YOU REMEMBER, 2016 PASSED A BOND MEASURE.

WE JUST COMPLETED ALL THOSE PROJECTS OPENING THIS YEAR WITH I'M SURE I CAN REMEMBER ALL OF THEM.

MONEY THE HIGH SCHOOL. I KNOW THE OLD REDMOND SCHOOLHOUSE AND OTHERS. THAT BOND MEASURE DID NOT PASS

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THIS FACILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS ABOUT REVIEWING AND REVIEWING THE LONG-TERM FACILITY TASK FORCE WORK RENEW RECOMMENDATIONS TONIGHT WRITTEN THAT YOU WILL RECEIVE THE REPORT AND THEN AT THE FEBRUARY 8 MEETING THE BOARD WILL TAKE ACTION TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATIONS THIS IS ONE PART OF THE OVERALL WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE THE LONG-TERM EFFORTS AROUND FACILITY PLANNING THIS AS A LAUNCH POINT. AND THEN IN THIS DIGGING INTO THE DETAILS OF PROGRAM COSTS STRATEGY FOR FUNDING THESE ARE SOME OF WHICH YOU WILL SEE TONIGHT.

BUT DOLLARS AND CENTS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT AT A LATER DATE. I WILL WELCOME BARBARA TO THE MICROPHONE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THE FACILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS AND I WILL LET HER INTRODUCE BOTH PENDING IN THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS HERE TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD TONIGHT.

>> THANK YOU DOCTOR HOMAN. EVERYBODY SHOULD BE SEEING THE POWERPOINT. AS DOCTOR HOLMEN MENTIONED, WE ARE SHARING OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE FACILITY ADVISORY RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING FUTURE FACILITY NEEDS AND OTHER JULY 13 2020 STUDY SESSION AND WE SHARE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY THROUGH AN ONLINE OPEN HOUSE.

ON THE PROJECTS AND ON FINDING MECHANISMS. ON POLICE TONIGHT THAT HAVE THREE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WITH US TO SHOW THE FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND EACH WILL BE PRESENTING A DIFFERENT SECTION OF THE POWERPOINT AND THEY WILL TURN THE MICROPHONE AND CAMERA ON OTHER SECTION. AND IS WITH US TONIGHT.

SHE'S A PARENT AND TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS AND ANIMALS PART OF OURSTRATEGIC PLAN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT GROUP. DIANA .

DIANA IS THE PARENT OF A HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR MIDDLE SCHOOL OR WHO LIVES IN THE LAKE WASHINGTON LEARNING COMMUNITY AREA. SHE IS A PARALEGAL ON EDUCATION ADVOCATE.HE'S A PREVIOUS MEMBER OF OUR LONG-TERM FACILITY TASK FORCE AND IS ALSO A CURRENT MEMBER OF THE DISTRICT EQUITY COMMITTEE. MINDY IS WITH THE SPIRIT MINDY IS A FORMER MEMBER OF THE LONG-TERM FACILITY TASK FORCE.

SHE IS A PAST LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT PTA PRESIDENT.

SHE IS THREE CHILDREN HAVE GONE THROUGH WASHINGTON SCHOOLS AND THEN PAINT COMMIT MAY BE AS DOCTOR HOLMEN MENTIONED OUR FACILITATOR IS WITH US AS WELL .

SHE IS FORMALLY WITHIN VIRAL ISSUES AND NOW WITH DEFINITELY CONSULTING. I WILL TALK ABOUT TONIGHT WE ARE GOING TO REVIEW THE COMMITTEES WORK AND SHARE THE FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN WE WILL GIVE THE BOARD TIME OF THE END FOR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.

SO FIRST I JUST WANT TO REMIND ÃAND JOHN TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS FACILITY ADVISORY PURPOSE.

THEIR GOAL WAS TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE FACILITY PLANNING. ALIGNING WITH OUR DISTRICT STRATEGIC PLAN AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO ACCOMMODATE OUR RAPID ENROLLMENT GROWTH. AND TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE QUALITY LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS. WE HAVE BEEN MEETING SINCE NOVEMBER 2019. ARE LESLIE WAS EARLIER THIS MONTH. WE REVIEWED THE LONG-TERM FACILITY TASK FORCE REGULATIONS AND WITH THE CURRENT DEMOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONS FOR THE CONSIDER THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE TASK FORCE ON BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THERE VISITING THE RECOMMENDATIONS ON FACILITY NEEDS WE HAD 33 MEMBERS ON THE COMMITTEE REPRESENTING PARENTS, SENIOR GROUPS.

DISTRICT STAFF PART OF THE TECHNICAL TEAM FROM BUSINESS AND FACILITIES AND COMMUNICATIONS.THE NEXT TWO

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WE SHOULD INFORMATION WITH THE BOARD HAD A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS WE HAD FOUR MORE COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND WE PROVIDED THE BOARD IN MAY SHARING THEIR WORK TODAY AND ANOTHER BOARD UPDATE IN JULY FOR THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS IN THE FALL AND FINAL COMMITTEE MEETINGS.

WE BOTH WORKED IN PERSON AND VIRTUALLY AND SO WE HAVE PICTURES. THAT IS OUR PROJECT WHEN WE WERE WORKING ON PROJECT RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND SOME SNAPS ON OUR VIRTUAL MEETINGS ARE LOOKING AT A POINT POINTS AND MEETING AS A GROUP. SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO AND. SHE IS GOING TO GO OVER THE

FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. >> GOOD EVENING.

I'M GOING TO SPEND THE NEXT COUPLE OF MINUTES, AS BARBARA MENTIONED, REVIEWING SOME OF OUR FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS HE REFERS TO OUR COMMITTEE SPENT SOME TIME REVIEWING THE 2014 LONG-TERM FACILITIESTASKFORCES .

THEIR WORK. AND THEN ALSO LOOKING AT UPDATES FROM THE DISTRICT. SOME OF OUR KEY FINDINGS FOR THE DISTRICT CONTINUES ÃTHE DISTRICT HAS SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENT A DIRECT RELATION TO THE 2014 TASK FORCE THROUGH THE DISTRICT CONTINUES TO SEE SIGNIFICANT ENROLLMENT GROWTH THAT HAS RESULTED IN OUR CURRENT ÃWE ANTICIPATE FUTURE OVERCROWDING. WE STILL HAVE AGING FACILITIES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. AND IN PARTICULAR, WE SEE THERE ARE SPACES THAT DON'T MEET EDUCATIONAL SPECIFICATIONS AND THE STANDARDS WE HAVE FOR OUR FACILITIES.

AND THERE IS REALLY LIMITED AVAILABLE LAND TO BUILD NEW SCHOOLS IN OUR DISTRICT. AND THEN FINALLY BECAUSE OF COVID-19, WE HAD TO MOVE OUR WORK TO VIRTUAL MEETINGS.

BUT WE ALSO DISCUSSED USING THE LESSONS LEARNED DURING NORMAL LEARNING PROGRESS AND POTENTIAL INNOVATION FOR FUTURE PROGRAMMING.NEXT WE WILL LOOK AT A COUPLE MAPS OF THE DISTRICT AND LOOK AT WHAT ENROLLMENT CAPACITY MIGHT LOOK LIKE VERSUS CURRENT CAPACITY. SO THE FIRST SLIDE SHOWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I SHOULD START BY SAYING THE INFORMATION IS PROVIDED BY FLOW ANALYTICS, WHICH WAS AN EXTERNAL FIRM THAT HELP WAS DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION THROUGH THAT AS PART OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY THE 2014 TASK FORCE WAS TO SUPPLEMENT SOME OF THE ENROLLMENT INFORMATION BUT TOGETHER BY THE DISTRICT ITSELF. SUFFERS 23 OUT OF THE 29 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WILL BE AT OR OVERCAPACITY IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS. SIX OUT EIGHT OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS WILL BE AT OR OVERCAPACITY IN 10 YEARS.

AND THREE OUT OF FOUR HIGH SCHOOLS WOULD BE AT OR OVERCAPACITY IN 10 YEARS. AND OVER ALL WE SEEM CURRENTLY WE SEE 3007 OF THE STUDENTS LEARNING AND 160 PORTABLES, WHICH IS PART OF OUR DISTRICTS EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE OUR SPACE IS AVAILABLE FOR OUR STUDENTS. AND IT IS A GREAT STRATEGY FOR SHORT-TERM NEEDS. NEXT I WILL DIVE A LITTLE BIT INTO THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE COMMITTEE CAME UP WITH AFTER REVIEWING THIS DATA IN SOME OUR BUILDING CONDITIONS IN OUR RECOMMENDATIONS REPORT THAT YOU WILL BE SEEN LATER IS ORGANIZED INTO SECTIONS SUCH AS WHEN WE PLAN AND WHEN WE BUILD.

AND SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS ARE IN THE SLIDE.

FIRST WE WANTED TO PRIORITIZE BUILDING ADDITIONAL CLASSROOM CAPACITY AS WELL AS ADDRESSING AGING FACILITIES IT WHEN WE CONSTRUCT BUILDINGS WOULD LIKE TO CONSTRUCT THEM FOR LARGER CAPACITY. AND ALSO HAVE THEM IN SIZES

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WE HAD SOME PRESENTATIONS FROM ARCHITECTS THAT SUGGEST URBAN SCHOOL DESIGNS MAY NEED TO BE CONSIDERED MAXIMIZE AVAILABLE LAND. AND WE ALSO RECOMMEND USING AN EQUITY LENS WHEN DESIGNING AND BUILDING FACILITIES.

MY CALLING DIANA WILL SHARE MORE ABOUT THIS LATER ON IN THE PRESENTATION. AND THEN FINALLY, WE FEEL STRONGLY WIND TO EDUCATE REGULATE AND FORM COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT CAPACITY AND AGING FACILITY STATUS THE NEEDS AND LACK OF AVAILABLE LAND. WE WANT TO INCREASE AWARENESS ABOUT THE DISTRICTS ONGOING EFFORTS TO ADDRESS FACILITIES AND SOME OF THE CONSTRAINTS WE FACE AND HOW FUNDING CAN BE PART OF THAT SOLUTION. AND THEN WE WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT AFTER WE PREPARED OUR PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATIONS IN JUNE, THE FACILITIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE CONDUCTED AN ONLINE OPEN HOUSE AND SURVEY THIS PAST FALL ON THE OPEN HOUSE PROVIDED THE COMMUNITY INFORMATION ABOUT OUR CAPACITY CHALLENGES.

OUR DISTRICTS PROJECTIONS ON FUTURE GROWTH AND INFORMATION ON AGING FACILITIES AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF PORTABLES HOUSING STUDENTS. INFORMATION WAS SHARED ON THE WORK THE COMMITTEE HAD DONE UP TO THAT POINT.

AND ALSO OUR PRELIMINARY PROJECT WORK CONDITIONS.

WE ASKED FOR FEEDBACK ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL AS COMMENTS HOW TO PRIORITIZE PROJECTS AND HOW TO FINANCE PROJECTS IT WOULD IN THE END WE RECEIVED MORE THAN A THOUSAND RESPONSES AND WE REVIEWED OVER 600 INDIVIDUAL COMMENTS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I'M GOING TO TURN THE NEXT SECTION OVER TO DIANA. SPOKE TO LUDWIG MY NAME IS DIANA AND. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PASSING THE VIRTUAL MIC OVER TO ME. ON A PERSONAL NOTE, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO BE A PART OF THIS PROCESS.

BACK WHEN I STARTED IN 2014 MY SON WAS AN EVEN HIGH SCHOOL AND NOW HE IS A COVID SENIOR AND IT IS DEFINITELY BEEN AN INTERESTING RIDE. I'M GOING TO START TALKING ABOUT THE PROJECT RECOMMENDATION, BUT BEFORE I DO A ONE TO ENSURE EVERYONE. HERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME THINGS YOU LIKE IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME THINGS YOU PROBABLY DON'T LIKE THAT MUCH .

I JUST WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT VERY WHITE VIEWPOINTS WERE REPRESENTED ON OUR COMMITTEE AND IT TOOK A LOT OF DISCUSSION TO GET THESE RECOMMENDATIONS INTO A DOCUMENT WE ALL WERE OKAY WITH PUTTING OUR NAMES ON. IF YOU ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT THE FACILITIES WERE, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU VOLUNTEER FOR FUTURE FACILITIES COMMITTEES. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WE GOT BACK. FROM OUR SURVEY AND USING THE WONDERFUL NEW PROCESS THAT WE HAD FOR OVER 76 PERCENT OF THE COMMUNITY EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR THE RECOMMENDED PROJECTS, WHICH IS REALLY GREAT. AND OTHERS PROVIDED FEEDBACK AND EMPHASIZING SUPPORT FOR SPECIFIC PROJECTS OR SHARING WHY SOME MIGHT BE A LOWER PRIORITY.

THERE WERE COMMENT SPECIFICALLY EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE AGENT SCHOOLS IN ALCOTT, SMITH AND ROCKWELL.

COMMENTS WERE RECEIVED IN SUPPORT OF CHOICE SCHOOLS AND THEN THERE WERE OTHER COMMENTS REGARDING CONCERNS ABOUT CHOICE SCHOOLS WOULD INCLUDE WAITING LISTS AND EQUITY ISSUES.

A FEW COMMENTS CAME IN REGARDING OF FOR COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL VERSUS CHOICE SCHOOLS. SOME COMMENTS EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROPOSED IDEA OF MOVING THE LOCATION OF CURRENT CHOICE MIDDLE SCHOOLS. POLICY COMMITTEE WE DIDN'T MAKE MAJOR CHANGES TO THE PROJECT RECOMMENDATIONS FROM JULY, WE DID ADD ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING CHOICE SCHOOLS AND I WILL DISCUSS THAT LATER AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROJECT RECOMMENDATIONS LINES.

AS FAR AS A HIGH SCHOOL MIDDLE SCHOOL PROJECT RECOMMENDATIONS ARE CONCERNED, THEY ARE SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE IT OVER RECOMMENDATIONS WERE REALLY INFORMED BY CAPACITY NEEDS, BUILDING ASSESSMENTS AND THE NUMBER OF PORTABLES CURRENTLY IN USE. AND DETAILED INFORMATION ON THAT CAN BE FOUND IN THE REPORT.

I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL RECOMMENDATIONS, WE RECOMMENDED A NEW CHOICE HIGH SCHOOL IN THE LAKE WASHINGTON LEARNING AREA IN THE EAST LAKE LEARNING AREA. CHOICE SCHOOLS WERE

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AND FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS WE RECOMMEND REBUILDING DUE TO ITS AGE AND ITS BUILDING CONDITION BUT AS A PARENT OF AN ALUMNI, I CAN DEFINITELY AGREE WITH THAT. WE RECOMMEND IN ADDITION THAT KIRKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL AND TO REBUILD OR EXPAND EVERGREEN.

ALSO DUE TO THE AGING BUILDING CONDITIONING.

BASED ON THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED, WE CHANGE THE TEXT OF THE TABLE FROM MOVED TO A CHOICE SCHOOL PROGRAM TO EVALUATE MOVING THE CHOICE SCHOOL PROGRAMS. WE RECOMMEND NEWER BOUNDARY IN ALL AREAS TO ALLEVIATE CAPACITY. FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND OTHER PROJECT RECOMMENDATIONS, WE HAVE THE SLIDE.

AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL WE RECOMMEND ADDING ONE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE LAKE WASHINGTON AREA.

ADDING CAPACITY ON THE VACANT PROPERTY AT REDMOND L/O OURS IS H. REBUILDING AND EXPANDING ROCKWELL, ALCOTT AND SMITH DUE TO THEIR AGE AND BUILDING CONDITIONS AND THE NEED FOR CAPACITY IN THOSE AREAS. ADDITIONALLY, WE RECOMMEND WE REBOUND RE-IN ALL AREAS TO ALLEVIATE CAPACITY.

OF THE RECOMMENDED PROJECTS ARE TO REFURBISH THE ONE NEED A FIELDHOUSE AND POOL AND CONTINUE TO TRY TO EXPAND PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE ATHLETIC FIELD USE.

IN ALL LEARNING AREAS, THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL PRESCHOOL SPACE WAS DISCUSSED AND RECOMMENDED TO ALLEVIATE CAPACITY AT CURRENT SCHOOLS.AND WHILE WE DIDN'T BUT THE SPECIFIC PROJECT ON THE TABLE, OUR COMMITTEE ACKNOWLEDGED IN ITS REPORT OF THE DISTRICT IS GROWING. AS IT GROWS WE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SCHOOL FACILITIES, WE WILL HAVE TO ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL SPACE FOR SUPPORT ACTIVITY SUCH AS STAFF AND TEACHER TRAINING AND ADMINISTRATION, HR, TECHNOLOGY, PAYROLL FACILITIES ETC. WE LEARN THE DISTRICT IS CURRENTLY LEASING SPACE IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEEDS FOR STAFF SUPPORT SPACE. BASED ON THE SURVEY FEEDBACK, WE ADDED RECOMMENDATIONS TO INCORPORATE WHAT WE LEARNED SINCE COVID OF ALTERNATIVE LEARNING MODELS.

AND IT IS DEFINITELY BEEN A LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYONE I THINK WE CAN ALL SAY.

WE HAD A INFORMATION REGARDING SCHOOL SIZES AND IN OTHER WORDS, THE FACT THAT SOME SCHOOLS MAY NEED TO BE BUILT BIGGER THAN THE CURRENT STANDARD IF WARRANTED AND TO TRY TO SEE CONSISTENCY IN SIZE WHEN REBUILDING OR ADDING ON TO SCHOOLS. WE ALSO UPDATED OUR RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING URBAN SCHOOLS.

URBAN SCHOOLS ARE A NEW CONCEPT FOR MANY OF US BUT SOMETIMES THESE NAMES ARE HARD TO UNDERSTAND PAREN BUT WHAT IT ESSENTIALLY MEANS, AND AS AN OPTION THE DISTRICT CAN EXPLORE IN THE FUTURE WHEN ADDRESSING THE LACK OF LAND FOR COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOLS. URBAN SCHOOLS HAVE MANY BUT NOT ALL THE FEATURES OF A COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL ON A SMALLER FOOTPRINT. AND THEY MIGHT UTILIZE OF THE COMMUNITY RESOURCES TO PROVIDE AN SCHOOL PROGRAM FEATURES LOCATED ON A COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL CAMPUS.

THERE WERE A LOT OF COMMENTS ABOUT CHOICE SCHOOLS.

I WAS CERTAINLY PART OF THE MANY DISCUSSIONS WE HAD ABOUT CHOICE SCHOOLS. GIVEN THE NUMBER OF COMMENTS ON THE SURVEY REGARDING CHOICE SCHOOLS, ADDED INFORMATION REGARDING WHAT CHOICE SCHOOLS REALLY ARE, THEIR PURPOSES AND WHY THE DISTRICT HAS USED THEM AND ASKED THEM.

WE DID NOT HAVE AS MUCH TIME AS WE WOULD'VE LIKED TO DO YOU DIG DEEP INTO DEMOGRAPHIC DATA REGARDING CHOICE SCHOOLS WE ARE NOT A CHOICE SCHOOL COMMITTEE, ALTHOUGH MAYBE SOMETIMES IT FELT THAT WAY. BUT RECOMMENDATIONS WERE ADDED REGARDING EXPLORING WAYS TO INCREASE THE REPRESENTATION CHOICE SCHOOLS AND GROUPS OF STUDENTS SUCH AS LOW INCOME STUDENTS, SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS, ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING STUDENTS AND STUDENTS AND UNDERREPRESENTED RACIAL GROUPS. WE ALSO RECOMMEND INSURING FACILITIES CONSTRUCTED WITH APPROPRIATE SPACES THAT COME ACCOMMODATE A WIDER ARRAY OF STUDENT NEEDS FOR THAT CHOICE SCHOOLS BE LOCATED WHEN POSSIBLE ON A COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL CAMPUS. THE COMMITTEE ALSO ADDED A RECOMMENDATION REGARDING EQUITY AND DESIGN.

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VIRTUAL MIKE TO MINDY. >> I GET TO CONTINUE ON PROJECT PARIS HOW ARE YOU GOING TO PAY FOR ALL OF THIS? OR AT LEAST WERE WE GOING TO GO GET THE MONEY TO MAKE THESE BUILDINGS AND PROJECTS POSSIBLE? OUR COMMITTEE SPENT QUITE A FEW SESSIONS IN THE SPRING TALKING ABOUT THE CAPACITY AND THE POTENTIAL BOTH USING LEVIES OR BONDS TO GO TO OUR COMMUNITY AND ASK FOR SUPPORT FOR THE FUNDING. AND IN THE FALL IT WAS PART OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SURVEY AS WELL.

THERE WAS A GOOD AMOUNT OF EDUCATION AVAILABLE AS THEY TOOK THE SURVEY. WAS AN EDUCATIONAL PIECE AS WELL AS ASKING FOR THEIR FEEDBACK ON WHICH APPROACH SHOULD BE TAKEN. GIVEN THE TOTAL PRICE TAG OF SOME OF THESE ÃOF LOOKING AT ALL THESE DIFFERENT PROJECTS.

IN THE SURVEY THERE WERE ACTUAL PRICES ASSOCIATED WITH THESE DIFFERENT PHASES. THEY WERE ROUGH ESTIMATES, BUT IT WAS THE IDEA OF PUTTING ALL THE PROJECTS IN ONE BOND OR SPREADING IT OUT OVER TWO BONDS THAT MIGHT BE FOUR YEARS APART OR THREE YEARS THAT WERE FOUR YEARS APARTMENT BUT WERE USED FOR DEVELOPER EACH COST IS. BUT THE HIGHER THE OVERALL PRICE TAG MIGHT BE BECAUSE PRICES WILL GO UP THE FURTHER OUT IN THE FUTURE YOU PUT THESE PROJECTS.

AND SO THE MAJORITY OF COMMUNITIES RESPONSE DID FAVOR A TWO-PHASE OPTION THROUGH TWO BONDS FOUR YEARS APART TO SPLIT THE PROJECTS INTO TWO GROUPS. THE COMMITTEE TOOK THAT FEEDBACK INTO CONSIDERATION BUT IT DID SEEM TO BE THE BEST BALANCE BETWEEN GETTING THINGS DONE QUICKLY SO THE SPACE WAS AVAILABLE FOR WHEN IT WAS NEEDED.

BUT ALSO KEEPING THEM BOMBS IN SIZE THE COMMUNITY WAS LIKELY TO SUPPORT AND BE ABLE TO VOTE 4 AT THE LEVEL THAT THEY NEEDED TO BECAUSE BONDS AT THIS POINT REQUIRE 60 PERCENT MAJORITY TO PASS. WE DID THAT FEEDBACK PARIS THERE WAS A LOT OF FEEDBACK THAT DID SAY GO FORWARD ALL AT ONCE, BUT IT WAS OUTSCORED JUST SLIGHTLY AS YOU SEE IN THIS CHART, BY THE IDEA OF HAVING TWO BONDS SPACED FOUR YEARS APART PAREN BUT BEING PRETTY AGGRESSIVE ABOUT GETTING THESE PROJECTS ACCOMPLISHED BEFORE WE NEED THE SPACE WITH PROJECTIONS GOING OUT OVER 10 YEARS. SO THAT WAS OUR RECOMMENDATION THERE PAREN WE ALSO ASKED THE COMMUNITY ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT OR DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF PRIORITIZING PROJECTS WHICH PROJECT SHOULD GO FIRST, WHICH PROJECTS WOULD BE IN LATER BONDS. AND THERE WAS LARGE AGREEMENT THESE WERE THE THINGS THAT WERE REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY THE PROJECTS THAT YOU GOT THE MOST BANG FOR YOUR BUCK THE MORE IT COULD IMPROVE AGING FACILITIES AND INCREASE CAPACITY WERE OF HIGHEST IMPORTANCE.

AND ALSO TO PRIORITIZE SCHOOLS THAT HAD THE SPACE AVAILABLE AS AND MENTIONED EARLIER. WERE MAY BE REBUILDING WOULD ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL PROJECTS ON THE SAME LAND.

AND THERE WAS A HIGH PRIORITY WE SAW IN THE COMMUNITY AS THE COMMITTEE HAD EXPRESSED PRIOR TO COMMITTING THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK.HAT BONDS REALLY OFFER SOMETHING TO EVERYONE THERE THAT WE ARE DOING PROJECTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT AT THE SAME TIME SO DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY ALL FEEL LIKE THEIR NEEDS ARE BEING ADDRESSED AS WE ARE PUTTING BONDS FORWARD. SO TAKING THOSE THINGS INTO ACCOUNT, OUR RECOMMENDATIONS MOVING FORWARD RSA COMMITTEE WITH THE DISTRICT PURSUIT A TWO-PHASE BOND STRATEGY FOR GETTING THESE PROJECTS DONE THROUGH THE CAPITAL LEVIES COULD BE A FALL THAT IS THE DISTRICT USED THEM BACK IN 2011 AND IN 2019 FOR WHEN A BOND PAST, BUT THAT IS A BACKUP METHOD BUT WE ARE REALLY HOPING WE CAN EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY AND HAVE THEM UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE AND THE NEED FOR THESE FACILITIES AND THEREFORE SUPPORT BONDS AT A LEVEL THAT IS NECESSARY SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.

AND TAKING THOSE THINGS INTO ACCOUNT, THE COMMITTEE DID HAVE A LOT OF RECOMMENDATION THAT WE DO KEEP TALKING WITH OUR LEGISLATURE ABOUT REVISING THE 60 PERCENT BOND APPROVAL BACK DOWN TO A 50 PERCENT FOR SCHOOL BOND MEASURES BECAUSE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF FACILITIES AND PROMOTING THE EDUCATION OF OUR STUDENTS. IS SO TAKING ALL THOSE THINGS INTO ACCOUNT, THE PRIORITIES THE COMMUNITY EXPRESSED WITH

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HAVE BEEN KNOWN THE LIST IN A BEEN ON PREVIOUS BOND MEASURES THAT WEREN'T IMPROVED. ON SUNDAY ARE DEFINITELY LEADING THE LIST IN OUR MOST AGE FACILITIES AND FACILITIES THAT HAVE THE MOST NEED FOR ADDITIONAL CAPACITY.

AND SO THEY ARE IN THE FIRST PHASE STRESSING THE NEED TO REBUILD THE ONE IN THE FIELD HOUSE AND POOL PUT ALSO TAKES INTO ACCOUNT SOME OF THE SIGNIFICANT E.G. MECHANICAL SYSTEMS IN PLACE THERE. THAT IF THEY ARE NOT REPLACED AND UPDATED SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, THEY'RE GOING TO BE MORE SIGNIFICANT MAINTENANCE COSTS OR EVEN NOT BEING ABLE TO CONTINUE USING THEM. SOME OF THOSE THINGS ARE WHAT PUT THE PROJECTS IN PHASE 1, WILL MOVE THEM UP TO THE HEAD OF THE LIST WITH COMMITTEE AND WITH THE COMMUNITY.

WE DIDN'T WANT TO STRESS IS A COMMUNITY THE BIN PUTTING THESE INTO BONDS INSTEAD OF SPREADING THEM OUT OVER THREE, THAT REALLY SHOWS THE URGENCY AND IMPORTANCE OF GETTING ALL THESE THINGS DONE IN THE QUICKEST TIMELINE POSSIBLE.

SO THOSE ARE THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND AGAIN, JUST MORE DETAIL AND EXPLANATION IN THE FULL REPORT AND I WILL HIM THIS BACK TO BARBARA TO TAKE US ON OUR NEXT STEPS.

>> GREAT. THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE YOU PRESENTING THAT INFORMATION AND TAKING TIME TO DO THAT. AND WANTED TO ALSO HAVE ANY TURN ON HER CAMERA AND INTRODUCE HERSELF AND SHARE, WE ASKED THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO SHARE WHAT THEY ENJOYED ABOUT THE PROCESS. PENNY, I BELIEVE YOU ARE HERE.

CAN YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROCESS?

>> YES. I DO HAVE MY CAMERA ON.

THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE MICROPHONE.

WE HEARD SOME REALLY GOOD THINGS FROM COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

AND PROBABLY, I THINK SOMETHING WE HEARD QUITE A BIT WAS THE FAVORITE THING WAS HEARING THE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES FROM PARENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND DISTRICT EMPLOYEES BOARD MEETING SO MANY PASSIONATE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ACROSS SEVERAL DISTRICT. APPRECIATE THE ADVOCACY FOR EQUITABLE CONSIDERATIONS IN REGARDS TO FACILITY PLANNING FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH I ALWAYS LOVE TO HEAR THAT. AND I THINK THE FAVORITE ONE THAT I HEARD WAS THIS PERSON SAID TO SEE A COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITY COME TOGETHER DURING EXTREMELY CHALLENGING TIMES.

AND I THINK THAT REALLY DOES SAY IT ALL FOR THE WEEK THIS

ADVISORY COMMITTEE DID. >> I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING OUR FACILITATOR. YOU DID A FABULOUS JOB.

PENNY RETIRED KIND OF TOWARD THE TAIL END OF THIS PROCESS.

PENALTY OFFICIALLY REFLECT TIRED.

AND SHE STAYED ON TO FINISH THIS TASK IT WOULD STAY WORKING WITH US AFTER HER RETIREMENT. SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

HOWEVER, SHE IS DOING A LOT MORE FISHING RATHER THAN FACILITATING. AND SELECT THE KIND OF NEXT STEPS. WE WILL BE POSTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE AND THEN AS DOCTOR HOLMEN MENTIONED, WE WILL ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATIONS AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. AND SO NOW I WANT TO OPEN IT UP TO OUR BOARD MEMBERS FOR QUESTIONS.

AGAIN, YOU CAN ADDRESS YOUR QUESTIONS TO ME OR DIANA OR MINDY OR EVEN PENDING. IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.

F SOMEONE CAN HELPED ME ABOUT HIS RAISING HANDS BECAUSE

I'M NOT SURE I CAN SEE HANDS. >> DOCTOR STUART, I SEE HIS

HAND RAISED. >> WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE

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IT'S AN AMAZINGLY DIFFICULT JOB THROUGH I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE I MENTIONED IT. I'M SO GLAD YOU EQUITY AT THE FOREFRONT OF ALL YOUR DECISION .

IS A MOVE TOWARD MORE EQUITABLE FACILITIES AND EDUCATION LINK WASHINGTON, WE CAN'T JUST DO IT FOR ONE PROJECT OR ANOTHER, IT HAS TO BE ALL. AND IF WE DO IT FOR JUST A COUPLE, ALL OUR WORK IS FOR NOT PRINT I APPRECIATE YOU KEEPING EQUITY IN THE FOREFRONT. AS YOU ALL LOOKED AT THE PRIORITIES IN THE FIELD HOUSE AND POOL ENDED UP IN PRIORITY ONE, HOW DOES THAT BALANCE WITH THE LACK OF CLASSROOM SPACE?

IN COMPARISON TO BUDGET SIZE? >> ARE YOU ASKING ABOUT PRIORITIZING THAT OVER CLASSROOM SPACE?

>> YES, MA'AM. >> DO ANY OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS WANT TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION? ULTIMATELY WE KNOW THAT YES, THE REFURBISHING THE POOL IN THE FIELD HOUSE IS A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY.

AND YOU COULD USE THOSE FUNDS TO PUT ADDITION SOMEWHERE ELSE.

WITH THE COMMITTEE NEWMAN THE MECHANICAL SYSTEMS IN THE POOL ARE CLOSE TO THE END OF THEIR LIFECYCLE, IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMITTEE TO PRIORITIZE THAT PROJECT.

I SEE MINDY TURNED HER CAMERA ON.

DO YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT? WHAT WAS GOING TO ADD AND THINK LEARNING TAKES PLACE IN A LOT OF WAYS IT IS ONE OF THE TEACHERS MENTIONED EARLIER IN THIS BOARD MEETING, PART OF LEARNING COMES FROM COMMUNITY BUILDING.ON THE COMMUNITY SPORTS AND CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES OUR STUDENTS DO TOGETHER ARE AS IMPORTANT TO SUSTAINING AND SUPPORTING THEIR LEARNING. AND THE COMMITTEE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT. A LOT OF THE DISCUSSION CAME AROUND CHOICE SCHOOLS WAS ABOUT THE EXPERIENCES THAT SUPPORT AND SUPPLEMENT THE CLASSROOM LEARNING IN THOSE ENVIRONMENTS.

AND I THINK THINGS LIKE THE FIELD HOUSE IN THE POOL OR OTHER FACILITIES ARE ALSO THINGS THAT SUPPLEMENT AND SURROUND CLASSROOM LEARNING IN OUR PART OF THE IMPORTANT PART

OF LEARNING THAT HAPPENS HERE. >> I WOULD LIKE TO ADD ONE MORE PIECE TO THAT. I ASKED A SIMILAR QUESTION ABOUT THAT AS WELL AND I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THE Y WOULD WE PRIORITIZE THE POOL IN THOSE SPACES.

I ALSO THINK OUR OBLIGATION TO ENSURE WE ARE MAINTAINING OUR COMMUNITY ASSETS OVER TIME IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. AND SO LETTING SOMETHING GET TO A POINT OF COMPLETE FAILURE VERSUS MAINTAINING IT ALONG THE WAY. I THINK THERE IS BENEFIT IN THAT. AND WHAT I ALSO THINK ABOUT OUR REBUILD AND ENLARGE MONEY TO HIGH SCHOOL, THAT DIDN'T COME WITH A GYMNASIUM. AND SO I THINK THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL PIECE THERE WERE TYPICALLY WHEN WE ARE REBUILDING AN ENTIRE SCHOOL, IT'S ALL OF THOSE PIECES INCLUDED. I THINK THAT IS ANOTHER ASPECT OF WHY WE WOULD PRIORITIZE THAT IN THAT FIELD HOUSE TRULY IS A COMMUNITY ASSET IN THE MOURNING THE AREA PARIS BUT I KNOW IT IS USED BY STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY GROUPS ACROSS THE

REGION FROM THE. >> UNDERSTAND THE FIELDHOUSE.

MY CONCERN IS AGING FACILITIES FOOD PLEASE, DON'T THINK I DON'T APPRECIATE THE WATER EXERCISE BRINGS TO INDIVIDUALS.

BOTH OF MY BOYS BENEFITED FROM IT BUT MY ONE SON IS A LIFEGUARD AND SWIM INSTRUCTOR PROGRAM BUT AT THE SAME TIME, AND NOTE THE COMMUNITY TURNED ON THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD THEIR OWN POOL. IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A DISCONNECT FOR ME, I'M SORRY. IF HE WOULD LIKE TO EXPLAIN TO

ME BETTER. >> NEXT WE HAVE DIRECTOR

BLIESNER AND DIRECTOR CARLSON. >>SIRI BLIESNER : ALL RIGHT.

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THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT WE GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.

IT'S CLEAR THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF WORK THAT HAS COME INTO IT BUT I JUST OF A FEW THINGS FOR CLARIFICATION.

ONE OF THE PIECES MENTIONED YOU SAID WAS TO LEARN FROM WHAT WE HAVE DONE FROM COVID AND THE DIGITAL LEARNING.

AND SO I'M NOT SEEING WHERE THAT IS PLAYING OUT ANYWHERE IN THESE RECOMMENDATIONS OF HOW WE MIGHT ACCESS SCHOOLS WITHOUT WALLS. AS ANOTHER WAY IN WHICH TO BE WORKING AROUND CAPACITY. I'M WONDERING IF THERE IS ANY TALK OF HOW THAT FITS INTO THE OVERALL PLAN OR IF THAT IS SOMETHING TO COME FORWARD. I CAN LEAVE THAT TO BE ANSWERED

OR I CAN GO ON MY NEXT. >> I CAN ANSWER IT REAL QUICK FOR YOU. THE ISSUES IS WE ARE IN FACILITY COMMITTEE AND NOT A PROBLEMATIC COMMITTEE.

WE DIDN'T FEEL WE REALLY HAD DIRECT DIRECTIVE TO ADDRESS HOW THAT WOULD BE DONE. BUT WE ALL HAD LOTS OF IDEAS.

>> WASN'T POPULAR? WAS IT YES THAT WAS A GOOD

THING TO DO? >> I THINK THE FEELING WAS SOME STUDENTS WOULD REALLY LIKE IT AND OTHERS WOULD NOT WRITTEN.

WHAT SEGMENTS OF OUR STUDENT POPULATION FOR THAT.

>> THAT IS GREAT TO READ THANK YOU.

>> PAGE 9 AND 10 IN THE REPORT TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT

THAT. >> I APOLOGIZE, I'VE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO READ THE FULL REPORT AT THIS POINT SO IT MIGHT BE ASKING THINGS THROUGH DIRECTLY TO THE PAGE AND I WILL LOOK THERE AS WELL.HE OTHER QUESTION I HAD NOT BEEN TALKING ABOUT URBAN SCHOOL DESIGNS FOR THE INITIAL REPORT WAS WE NEED TO DO MORE DIVING INTO THIS IT IS A LOOK AT THE TABLE THE PROJECTS, IS THERE THOUGHT OF HOW AN URBAN SCHOOL WOULD ALSO BE BUILT INTO ANY OF THOSE PROJECTS? IF LAND IS ISSUE IN DIFFERENT THINGS TO READ AND WONDERING IF THE COMMITTEE THOUGHT ABOUT A TRUCE URBAN SCHOOL SETTING IS THE WAY WE REALLY SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT THAT.

AND WE HAVE GOOD EXAMPLES QUICKLY MENTIONED YOU SAW SOME.

THINKING VISUALIZING URBAN SCHOOLS IS A CONCEPT.

I AM TOSSING THAT ONE OUT. >> WE HAD A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES GIVEN TO US. ONE IS A SCHOOL IN SEATTLE, ONE WAS DOWN IN TACOMA. I THINK THERE WAS ONE FROM CHICAGO OR NEW YORK. I KNOW BARBARA CAN PROBABLY GET YOU THE ACTUAL LINKS OF WEBSITES TO SEE HOW THOSE KIND OF SCHOOLS FUNCTION. AND THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION WITHIN A CHOICE SCHOOL FOR THE ADVENTURE OF A CHOICE SCHOOL FROM A FACILITIES PERSPECTIVE IS THAT IT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO CHOOSE A PROGRAM THAT DOESN'T HAVE EVERYTHING THAT IS REQUIRED IN EDUCATIONAL SPECIFICATIONS OF A COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL, BUT THE STUDENTS THAT ARE CHOOSING THAT PROGRAM ARE WILLING TO GIVE UP THE THINGS THAT AREN'T THERE FOR THE THINGS THAT ARE GOOD IS IT YES, A LOT OF OUR CONVERSATION ON THE CHOICE SCHOOLS THAT MIGHT BE ADDED WOULD LOOK MORE LIKE HER COULD POSSIBLY LOOK MORE LIKE AN URBAN SCHOOL BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE A MORE COMPACT FOOTPRINT THAN THE FIT COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL.

>> WHICH BRINGS ME TO MYOTHER QUESTION, WHICH WAS AROUND .

AS HE LOOKED AT THE MAP AS WAS PUT OUT BUT I KNOW YOU ALL TALKED ABOUT THIS IT WOULD ANNOY HIM POINTS.

I APPRECIATE YOUR ENGAGING ME. IT WAS PRETTY CLEAR LAKE WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL AND REDMAN HIGH SCHOOL, THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER GROWING OVER TIME.

WHAT WAS THE DECISION THAT THE CHOICE HIGH SCHOOL ÃLET'S SAY LAND EXISTED. LET'S SAY WE HAD LAND TO BUILD CONFERENCE OF HIGH SCHOOL BUT MAYBE NOT 40 ACRES, BUT YOU CAN DO IT. WAS THAT SOMETHING THE GROUP SAID NO, THAT REALLY SHOULDN'T BE THE WAY TO READ IT TO BE CHOICE ANYWAYS? JUST ASKING, IS LAND REALLY THE LIMITING OR ARE THERE OTHER REASONS?

>> IT WAS THE LAND. I KNOW I PERSONALLY FLOATED.

WAS AN UNADOPTED IDEA ABOUT 20 SEVERAL TRADE SCHOOLS ON ONE CAMPUS IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO HAVE MORE STAFF TO SUPPORT MORE KINDS OF STUDENTS BASED ON THE TYPICAL SCHOOL MODEL.

AGAIN, I THINK THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH RESEARCH ON THAT.

AND WE WERE ON A MORE ABBREVIATED SCHEDULE IN THE ORIGINAL FACILITIES PLANNING TASK FORCE IN 2014.

ON ITS WAY THINK THAT THIS WAR WHERE WE DIDN'T DIVE INTO THAT AREA MORE. AND I THINK CHOICE SCHOOLS WITH THE OPTION BECAUSE IT IS A KNOWN QUANTITY IN THE DISTRICT

FROM. >> I APPRECIATE THE ISSUE OF

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AND SOME HOPEFUL WHEN I READ THE REPORT IT WILL GIVE SUGGESTIONS OF HOW TO ADDRESS THAT POINT WE TALKED ABOUT THAT SINCE I HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD. FOR 10 YEARS NOW.

>> I HAVE A WHOLE DOCUMENT AND PERSONALLY WROTE I WOULD BE HAPPY TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT US DETAILED SUGGESTIONS.

BUT IT WAS CONSIDERED OUTSIDE THE PURVIEW OF THIS COMMITTEE TO READ SO THEREARE MORE GENERAL SUGGESTIONS.

>> I WOULD LOVE TO SEE RECOMMENDATION.

AND RELAY SET IS OUTSIDE THE PURVIEW, BUT I APPRECIATE THAT

. >> I WILL JUST ADD ONE COMMENT ON URBAN SCHOOLS THAT WE DON'T LIMIT OURSELVES TO THINKING ABOUT THEM FOR HIGH SCHOOLS RESULT URBAN SCHOOL DESIGNS FOR ELEMENTARY AS WELL SO THAT IS A POSSIBILITY.

>> THAT'S ONE THING THAT IS WAY I THINK WE HAVE TO BE THINKING.

LAND IS OUR LIMITATION AND THAT IS OKAY.

VERTICAL IS OUR OPTIONS. THERE ARE AMAZING OPTIONS FOR THE EAST COAST DOES LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

I AGREE. I THINK THERE ARE LOTS OF COOL THINGS YOU CAN DO IN THESE ENVIRONMENTS.

LASTLY MY QUESTIONS FROM THE FUNDINGISSUE .

THIS IS SOMETHING YOU LANDED ON BOMBS IS RECOMMENDATION.

YOU MENTIONED LEVEES IN CASE OF FAILURE.HE CHALLENGE WITH THAT I ALWAYS THINK IS WHEN YOU FEEL A BOND THERE IS A HIT THAT COMES WILL BE STRONGLY WITH THAT.

AND SO WAS HER DISCUSSION OF CAPACITY.

COULD WE DO THIS THROUGH A CAPITAL LEVY APPROACH BASED ON OUR CURRENT STATUS WE HAD OR WERE YOU NOT ABLE TO DO THAT

FAR IN? >> I CAN ANSWER A LITTLE BIT OF THAT.E DID SHARE SCENARIOS WITH THE COMMITTEE ABOUT POTENTIALLY DOING CAPITAL PROJECTS FULLY THROUGH LEVEES AND NOT WITH BONES. THE CHALLENGES WITH THAT IS WITH LEVEES YOU ARE GETTING MONEY SLOWLY OVER A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME. AND SO WHEN YOU'RE NEEDING TO BUILD AS FAST AS WE ARE NEEDING TO BUILD, GETTING YOUR MONEY THROUGH LEVEES BECOMES CHALLENGING.

THAT IS WHY THE RECOMMENDATION FOR BOND.

IF YOU GET TO A POINT SUCH AS SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THEY DO ALL THEIR CAPITAL MY CONSTRUCTION THROUGH THEIR LEVEES. BUT THEY ALSO AREN'T GROWING VERY FAST. WE CAN CONTINUE TO LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE OPTIONS, BUT THAT IS THE CHALLENGES WITH USING FULL

LEVEES AS A STRATEGY. >> OKAY.

THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THINGS PLAYING OUT. THERE ARE CLEAR SORTS OF PIECES OF WHERE TO GO. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY AT SOME POINT HOW THE DIGITAL CAN IN FACT THIS AND THAT COMPONENT OF SOME OF THE ONLINE PIECE AND SOME OF THE OTHER INNOVATIVE PIECES. IT MIGHT NOT BE IN THIS REPORT BUT FURTHER DOWN THE LINE PROBABLY.

AND DO THINK THAT IS IN THE COMPONENT WOULD ALSO, DID THE COMMITTEE COME ÃWHAT WERE THE LESSONS LEARNED THROUGH THIS PROCESS OF COVID-19? DID YOU ALL HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? NO?

OKAY. >> IT WAS VERY HIGH-LEVEL AND DIANA SOUND LIKE SHE'S RAISING HER HAND.

IT WAS CONTINUE TO LOOK AT ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS SUCH AS THE DISTRICT IS OPENING A VIRTUAL ACADEMY.

THAT MAY IN THE LONG TERM IMPACT FACILITY NEEDS PARIS OR HYBRID LEARNING WAS THE TOPICS WE TALKED ABOUT.

BUT AGAIN, THE COMMITTEE DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO TAKE A DEEP DIVE INTO THAT. DIANA, DO YOU WANT TO ADD SOMETHING? WHAT WAS GOING TO MENTION THE HYBRID IDEA THAT WAS DISCUSSED .

AND WE DID OF A STATEMENT. ONE OF OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS WAS TASKED WITH WRITING A SENTENCE ABOUT THAT AND IT GOT SENT TO AND NO LONGER USED EMAIL AND SO THERE'S ONE LITTLE SENTENCE WE WANT TO GET BACK INTO THE REPORT THAT WE WILL DO BEFORE FEBRUARY. BUT THAT EXACTLY SPEAKS TO WHAT

YOU ARE ASKING. >>SIRI BLIESNER : OKAY.

THANK YOU.>ERIC LALIBERTE : OKAY.

I LOST TRACK BUT I THINK IT WAS DIRECTOR CARLSON AND THEN

DIRECTOR SAGE . >> BELOW.

FIRST I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND TO EVERYONE WHO ISN'T CURRENTLY HERE ON THE COMMITTEE BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A RELIEF TO HAVE YOU REMIND US OF THE BUSINESS THAT

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BUT IT IS NOT COVID. NOW I ACTUALLY WAS INTERESTED IN DRILLING MORE INTO THE URBAN SCHOOLDESIGN .

MY UNDERSTANDING, AS DISCUSSED HERE WAS THAT WAS SIMPLY ABOUT THE FOOTPRINT OF THE SCHOOL BUT NOT THE STANDARD 40 ACRES FOR HIGH SCHOOL. BUT RATHER ABOUT WHERE YOU CAN FIND SPACE BUT IT IS NOT SO MUCH ABOUT PROGRAM IS FINDING A WAY TO BUILD A SCHOOL FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF STUDENTS NOT IN OUR TRADITIONAL SPECS. IS THAT ACCURATE AS AN

INTERPRETATION? >> WE LOOKED AT AND WE CAN CERTAINLY SHARE THE SAME INFORMATION WITH THE BOARD.

THE COMMITTEE HAD A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION AND IT IS ON OUR WEBSITE. THINK IT IS IN OUR APRIL MEETING. ONE OF OUR APRIL MEETINGS.

AND THE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS. IT IS SCHOOLS THAT ARE BUILT UP, NO DOUBT. IS HER FIVE-STORY WERE MORE SCHOOL SPIRIT AND VERY LIMITED. THE GEMS MAY BE ON THE TOP FLOOR FROM IN AND VERY LIMITED SPACE FOR PARKING READ VERY LIMITED SPACE FOR OUTDOOR. THEY DON'T HAVE FIELDS AND PLAYGROUNDS THAT I'M THINKING AT AN ELEMENTARY.

AND SUGGEST DIFFERENT DESIGNS FOR HOW YOU ACCOMMODATE OUTDOOR PLAY AND ACTIVITIES. TO BEGIN, WE CAN SHARE THAT

WITH THE BOARD. >> THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

>> CHRIS, AT ONE MORE PIECE? IT'S WHAT BARBARA DESCRIBED, BUT OFTEN TIMES THERE ARE PARTNERSHIPS THAT NEED TO BE ESTABLISHED IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH EVERYTHING YOU NEED TWO FOR THE SCHOOL.AND SO WHETHER THAT IS PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS OR PUBLIC PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS.

THERE OFTENTIMES UNIQUE RELATIONSHIPS FORGED TO ALSO THEM ACCOMPLISH YOUR GOALS WITH HAVING A SCHOOL NOT LOCATION.

IT IS PROBABLY A DIFFERENT SIZE OF SCHOOL, IT'S PROBABLY A DIFFERENT BUILD OF A SCHOOL AND IT'S ALSO THROUGH THE PARTNERSHIPS POSSIBLE THAT YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH THINGS.

>> ONE LAST QUESTION IS STILL ON THE SUBJECT.

WHEN WE SAY URBAN SCHOOL, DOES THAT MEAN WE ARE LIMITING IT TO TALK ABOUT THE THREE DOWNTOWNS OR IS IT A STRUCTURAL DESIGN THAT MIGHT BE IMPLEMENTED IN ANY PLACE IN THE DISTRICT?

>> I THINK IT IS A STRUCTURAL DESIGN THAT DEPENDING ON THE REQUIREMENTS OF OUR CITY AND WHAT THEY ALLOW BECAUSE THERE ARE CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO BUILD FOOD WE BUILT OUR MEAT ELEMENTARY AND WE WERE ABLE TO BUILD THAT THREE STORIES. BUT THERE HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS IN CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS AND SO WOULD BE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH OUR CITIES WHERE YOU CAN BE ALLOWED TO GO HIGHER THAN THREE STORIES.> I WAS ASKING THAT SIMPLY BECAUSE I KNOW IF SPACE CHALLENGES IN TERMS OF BUILDABLE LOCATIONS.

BUT IT SEEMS TO ME IT MIGHT BE MORE CHALLENGING TO PROCURE SPACE INONE OF OUR URBAN CENTERS THAN IN THE REST OF THE DISTRICT . IT MIGHT PRESENT ITS OWN UNIQUE

CHALLENGES. >> JUST AS A POINT ON THAT, CHRIS. TESLA STEM WAS A UNIQUE BILL FOR US GIVEN HOW WE PROCURED THE ACTUAL FACILITY AND PUT IT TOGETHER. I THINK EXACTLY THE BARBERS POINT, IT IS MORE OF A MINDSET AND A WAY OF THINKING ABOUT DESIGN GIVEN SOME OF THE UNIQUE SPACES.

WHETHER IT IS TRULY ABLE TO OUR URBAN CENTERS WERE OUTSIDE OF

THOSE. >> OKAY.

THANKS. >>ERIC LALIBERTE : DOCTOR SAGE AND THEN DIRECTOR OF STUART AND WENTBACK UP THE RED .

>>CASSANDRA SAGE : I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE FACILITIES TEST SCORES. BECAUSE THIS IS A LONG, DEDICATED WORKGROUP THAT HAS COME UP WITH SOME VERY INNOVATIVE IDEAS TO THAT END, CAN BE COPIED ON YOUR EMAIL,

PLEASE CLICK. >> ABSOLUTELY.

>>CASSANDRA SAGE : ACTUALLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH MANY COUNCILMEMBERS IN OUR JURISDICTIONS AND THIS IS A COMMON THEME THAT THEY WANT TO HELP US LOOK AT WHAT DOESN'T URBAN SCHOOL LOOKED LIKE AND HOW CAN WE HELP YOU FIND WHAT YOU NEED ACCORDING TO YOUR SPECIFICATIONS TO MAKE SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN. SPECIFICALLY THE CITY OF KIRKLAND HAS ASKED IF WE COULD MEET MORE REGULARLY AND TRY AND EXCHANGE SOME OF THESE IDEAS AND INFORMATION THAT COVID-19

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AND THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT WAS I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST CAME ON THE BOARD. THIS IS MY FOURTH YEAR.

AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT CHOICE PROGRAMS WITH EQUITY.

AND TRYING TO THINK ABOUT HOW DO WE HAVE PROGRAMS BASED AT SCHOOLS RATHER THAN BASED THEMSELVES IN A SEPARATE BUILDING IN CAMPUS AND LOCATION.

AND SO WOULD LOVE TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON HOW SOME OF THOSE THINGS MIGHT HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT ACCESS TO MORE

STUDENTS FROM YOU. >> THAT WAS PART OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT WHEN POSSIBLE TRY TO LOCATE CHOICE PROGRAMS ON COMPREHENSIVE CAMPUSES FOR ACCESS.

>> IT JUST WASN'T VERY CLEAR THAT REALLY, IF WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AN EQUITABLE ACCESS TO CHOICE PROGRAMS, WE NEED TO MAKE THEM WIDELY AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT OUR DISTRICT WOULD NOT NECESSARILY AT THE CAMPUS THAT HAPPENS TO HAVE THE SPACE FOR IT AT THE MOMENT. THANK YOU.

>> WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING UP OUR REGULAR MEETING WITH THE CITY OF KIRKLAND. SO THAT IS IN THE WORKS.

>> FANTASTIC PUT A NOTE THE CITY OF REDMOND HAS EXPRESSED INTEREST.ND IK TO SO IT'D BE GREAT IF WE CAN REACH OUT AND TRY TO CONNECT SIMILARLY! WE HAVE A REGULAR QUARTERLY MEETING COMING UP WITH COUNCILMEMBERS OR BOARD MEMBERS, BUT CIVILITY STAFF IN PARKS AND REC AND THEIR PLANNING STAFF OF REGULAR MEETING, QUARTERLY MEETING WITH THE CITY.

WE MEET WITH THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS.>> THANKS.

>> DIRECTOR STUART, I SEE YOUR HAND IS RAISED AGAIN.

>>MARK STUART : YES, THANK YOU. AND GREAT DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DEMOGRAPHER WE WORK WITH, DID THEY WAY OUT OF DIRECTION IF YOU WILL THAT ARE BULGE IS GOING? ACCORDING MORE TO THE SOUTHEAST ON THENORTHWEST OR WHATEVER .

ISSUE OF NOT BEING ABLE TO BUILD ON THE KNOWN URBAN GROWTH AREAS, IT ONLY APPLIES IF WE ARE BOLTING THAT WAY.

IT DOES MAKE SENSE TO BUILD OUT AND PUSH FOR AN FIGHT FOR THE FACILITY OUT IN THIS SECTION IF THE TOMOGRAPHY IS GOING THE OTHER WAY. DID YOU HAVE ANY DISCUSSIONS WITH WHICH WAY OUR BULGE, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM IS GOING?

>> THE COMMITTEE, THE PRESENTATIONS BY OUR DEMOGRAPHERS OR IN THE LAST FEBRUARY TIMEFRAME AND WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM AGAIN TO UPDATE PROJECTIONS AND WE CAN GET MAPS FOR USE ON VISUALS ABOUT WHERE THE GROWTH IS OCCURRING. IT IS PRIMARILY OCCURRING WITHIN THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY.

IT'S IN KIRKLAND, IT'S IN DOWNTOWN SAMMAMISH.HAT IS WHERE THE MAJORITY OF GROWTH IS OCCURRING IN THE DISTRICT.

INTO THE PROJECTS THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IS TO ADDRESS THAT GROWTH. BUT WE CAN GET YOU MORE VISUAL

INFORMATION ON THAT. >>MARK STUART : THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO READ IF WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGHT FOR THESE AREAS WHERE WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BUILD, AND WANT TO FIGHT FOR

SOMETHING WE DON'T NEED . >>ERIC LALIBERTE : OKAY BUT ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBER QUESTIONS? EXCELLENT.

THANKS EVERYONE FOR PRESENTING TONIGHT.WAS PRETTY NEAT TO HAVE THIS PRESENTATION TONIGHT. AND IT IS GREAT WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE WORKING SO HARD TO PUT TOGETHER FACILITIES PLAN THAT WILL PROVIDE THE SPACE WE KNOW OUR STUDENTS NEED TO HAVE THE

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WHAT SEE HERE. AND LOST THE PLOT.

[G. Superintendent Report]

WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE PATHWAY FORWARD?

>>JOHN HOLMEN : I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE A SUPERINTENDENCE REPORT. YOU KNOW, IT IS PROBABLY NOT A SURPRISE. AND PROBABLY GOING TO REVISIT SOME ITEMS WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT SINCE JULY AND AUGUST TIMEFRAME. BUT I JUST WANT TO DO A RESET ON WHAT IS THE GUIDANCE WE ARE USING TO PROCESS DECISIONS.

WHAT SOME OF THE CONSIDERATIONS WE ARE MAKING.

WHAT IS CURRENT DATA LOOK LIKE IN OUR COUNTY.

I HAVE A BLOG POST FROM THE DOCTOR THAT HE RELEASED LAST WEEK. JUST KIND OF AN UPDATE ON SOME INFORMATION TO READ BECAUSE AS CHRIS TALKED ABOUT EARLIER RATE AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT, THE AMOUNT OF COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS WE ARE RECEIVING IS SIGNIFICANT.

PEOPLE WONDERING HOW OR WHY ARE YOU MAKING THESE DECISIONS.

AND THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO ALWAYS GO BACK TO WHAT IS SET GUIDANCE ON WHAT IS THE INFORMATION WE ARE USING TO MAKE THESE TYPES OF DECISIONS THAT ARE NOT SQUARELY OF EDUCATORS. AND SO WE RELY ON THE EXPERTS IN THE FIELDS TO HELP GIVE US GUIDANCE AROUND THE PANDEMIC, THE VIRUS AND REALLY IMPLEMENTATION AROUND IN PERSON GOVERNMENT WHICH STARTED IN SEPTEMBER.

AND AS WE THINK ABOUT INCLUDING MORE STUDENTS IN AND PRESENT LEARNING BASED ON GUIDANCE DO SO I JUST WANT TO START WITH A BRIEF UPDATE. THE ACTUALLY TRIED TO ACCESS THE DATA RELATED TO OUR CITIES, BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON THE PORTION OF THE SITE WASN'T WORKING WHEN I WAS TRYING TO PULL IT A LITTLE BIT EARLIER BUT I DON'T AND THAT TONIGHT.

I DON'T TYPICALLY OUR REGIONAL DATA HERE, KIRKLAND REDMOND UNION HILL HAS BEEN SUBSTANTIALLY LOWER THAN THE OVERALL COUNTY DATA. THAT IS JUST IMPORTANT TO NOTE.

LOOKED AT THE OVERALL TREND OF THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS OVER THE LAST PERIOD OF TIME. IT PEAKED AT 442 CASES PER 100,000 OVER THE LAST 14DAYS . AND THAT WAS ON DECEMBER 13.

THAT WE HAD SEEN THIS ONGOING INCLINE OF CASES OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME. BUT IT SPIKED ON DECEMBER 13.

AND THEN DROP DOWN TO 288 CASES PER 100,000 ON JANUARY 2 GRADE WENT BACK UP TO 350 CASES ON JANUARY 11.

AND TODAY WHEN I CHECKED IN TODAY'S UPDATE IN THE DASHBOARD IS FOR FRIDAY WHEN THEY DO THIS LOOK BACK.

AND AND IS CURRENTLY AT 262 CASES PER 100,000 OVER THE LAST 14 DAYS. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE WAS A PEAK IN THE MIDDLE OF DECEMBER. THERE HAS BEEN A DECLINE.WE HAVE SEEN UPS AND DOWNS WITH THE VIRUS.

WE ALSO NOTE ANY TIME WE HAVE HOLIDAYS MIXED INTO THE DATA THAT CAN SKEW THE DATA SO WE ALWAYS WANT TO PAY ATTENTION TO THAT AND CONTINUE TO ANALYZE THESE DATA.

IS SOMETHING WE CONTINUE TO PAY ATTENTION TO BECAUSE WE TAKE OUR RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR OWN COMMUNITY VERY SERIOUSLY.

US WITH THE DOCTOR OR HEALTH OFFICER FOR SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY, HE RELEASED A STATEMENT.

AND IT REALLY WAS IN RELATION TO THE PROVISION OF IN-PERSON LEARNING TO READ THERE'VE BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WERE AT HIS OFFICE HAD RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMUNITY. SO HE WROTE A BLOG POST IT IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN READING THIS BLOG POSTS TO GET NOT JUST ABOUT IN-PERSON LEARNING COMMITMENT BUT I KNOW THEY RECENTLY UPDATED THE BLOG WITH INFORMATION AROUND THE NEW VARIANT BUT MORE SUBSTANTIAL INFORMATION THEN IS IN THIS BLOG POST THAT I HAVE IN FRONT OF ME.

BUT IT IS REALLY GOOD INFORMATION AROUND CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 AND TO TOPICS FROM. BUT ONE OF HIS OPENING STATEMENTS IN THIS POST IS FEELINGS OF FEAR AND UNCERTAINTY IN RESPONSE TO PLANNING FOR EXPENDED IN-PERSON

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AND UNDERSTANDABLE GIVEN THE UNFAMILIAR AND EVOLVING NATURE OF THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK. I THINK THAT IS A VERY SUCCINCT WAY OF ARTICULATING THE EMOTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS WORK ARE REAL. WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE REASON NONCOMMITMENT IS TO CONTINUE TO WORK TO ENSURE THAT OUR SCHOOL , OUR CLASSROOMS ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE GUIDANCE WE ARE RECEIVING BECAUSE THAT IS TRULY THE GUIDANCETHAT WOULD ALLOW US TO HAVE SAFE AND HEALTHY CLASSROOMS , MITIGATING RISKS TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE.

HE GOES ON TO SAY LATER ON IN RELATION TO THE VACCINE.

BECAUSE ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WE ARE GETTING IS WHY DON'T YOU WAIT FOR THE VACCINE BEFORE YOU RETURNED AND PRESENT LEARNING.

THAT'S A QUESTION I HAVE ASKED PUBLIC HEALTH MANY TIMES BUT I ASKED THEM ON A WEEKLY BASIS IF THERE GUIDANCE AND ADVICE CHANGES IN REGARD TO THIS BUT THE DOCTOR SAYS AT THIS TIME MOTION STATE GUIDANCE FOR IN PERSON LEARNING HAS NOT CHANGED IN RESPONSE TO RECENT LICENSURE OF COVID-19 VACCINES PURPOSES AGE 16 TO 64 OR IN RESPONSE TO THE EMERGENCE OF A MORE TRANSMISSIBLE VARIANT OF COVID-19.

AND IT IS JUST HIM STATING THAT THE VACCINE AND THE NEW VARIANT DON'T CHANGE THE GUIDANCE. AND ULTIMATELY WHAT HE IS SAYING THAT THE MITIGATING MEASURES AND STRATEGIES RECOMMENDED FOR OUR SCHOOL HOUSES AND CLASSROOMS ARE WHAT WILL KEEP STUDENTS AND STAFF HEALTHY AND SAFE WHILE PROVIDING UNIQUE AND NEW TYPE IT IN PERSON LEARNING IT I THINK OUR KINDERGARTEN TEACHER THAT JOINED US TONIGHT ARTICULATED SOME OF THE DIFFERENCES THAT I BELIEVE OUR PARENTS HAVE HAD TO EVALUATE THAT AS A THINK ABOUT THE PROVISION OF IN-PERSON VERSUS REMOTE LEARNING EXPERIENCE BUT I APPRECIATE THAT GREATLY. THE DOCTOR ALSO SPEAKS ABOUT THE VARIANT IN THAT THERE ARE ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS AROMA. BUT ULTIMATELY THAT IS THROUGH A STRICT ADHERENCE TO THE MEASURES RECOMMENDED THAT WILL ALLOW FOR PREVENTING THE REDUCTION OF TRANSMISSION OF THE VIRUS. AND SO IT'S A VERY GOOD BLOG POST. I WOULD RECOMMEND READING THAT.

BECAUSE I THINK IT DOES HELP PROVIDE ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE AND FRAMEWORK FOR THINKING ABOUT THE REVISION OF IN-PERSON LEARNINGSERVICES . I ALSO WANT TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD, REMIND US BACK TO THE GUIDANCE THAT THE GOVERNOR RELEASED ON DECEMBER 16, WHICH UPDATABLE IS FORMALLY CALLED THE DECISION TREE. AND WHAT YOU CAN'T SEE ON MY SCREEN RIGHT NOW IS IT LOADING. SO I WILL ATTEMPT TO SHARE THIS BULLET LOADS. I JUST WANT TO REMIND US ALL OF ÃWELL, THAT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT IT WON'T SHARE.

OKAY. IT SAYS I NEED TO SIGN IN.

GO TO SPEAK TO THIS BECAUSE I BELIEVE ALL OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE DECISION TREE. AND THAT INFORMATION.

I'M GOING TO PULL IT UP ON MY SCREEN EVEN THOUGH YOU CAN'T SEE IT. IN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER IS THAT THIS GUIDANCE WAS UPDATED.

IN WASHINGTON STATE AT A VERY CONSERVATIVE SET GUIDANCE THAT THEY PROVIDED TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS BACK IN AUGUST.

AND IF YOU REMEMBER, THEY WALKED VERY SLOWLY BUT CONSIDERATION RUN IN PERSON LEARNING SERVICES.

I HAVE HEARD A NUMBER OF PEOPLE SAY THERE IS NOT MUCH REFERENC , THERE'S NOT A LOT OF REFERENCES, INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE THEY GOT THIS INFORMATION.

AND I WOULD OFFER THERE ARE A NUMBER OF RESEARCH STUDIES OFFERED IN THIS INFORMATION THAT IF PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN TRULY UNDERSTANDING HOW THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CAME TO THIS CONCLUSION, THERE IS A NUMBER OF REFERENCES TO RESEARCH ARTICLES AND WHATNOT. THEY ALSO TALK ABOUT THE ANALYSIS THEY DID DO IN CONSIDERATION OF THIS.

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IT ISN'T JUST ABOUT JUMPING IN TO WHAT IS A NUMBER THAT WILL TELL US KIDS CAN COME BACK, BUT ACTUALLY UNDERSTANDING HOLISTICALLY HOW THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CONSIDERED AND THOUGHT ABOUT THIS UPDATE I THINK IT ALSO IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF UNDERSTANDING THE GUIDANCE.

THERE ARE A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL PIECES THEY ADDED TO THEIR GUIDANCE. ONE WAS FOCUSED ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY EMPLOYER SAFETY REQUIREMENTS AND AS SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO WALK THROUGH A SET OF CRITERIA TO ENSURE THEY ARE PREPARED AND IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE LABOR AND INDUSTRY SAFETY REQUIREMENTS BEFORE THEY CONSIDER THE PROVISION OF IN-PERSON LEARNING SERVICES. .

ONCE YOU HAVE MET THOSE REQUIREMENTS, WHICH IS A DISTRICT, AS I READ THROUGH THESE IT IS THINGS LIKE CONSIDERATIONS FOR STUDENTS OR STAFF AT HIGHER RISK, FACILITATE DROP OFF AND PICK UP THE STUDENTS, GROUPING STUDENTS AND THE COHORTS, WHICH IS REQUIRED IN ELEMENTARY AND RECOMMENDED IN MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL.

THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE PLANNED ON AND WORK DON'T REALLY SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AND IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR COVID-19 SAFETY PLAN.

AND THEN IF YOU ARE ABLE TO DO THESE PIECES, THEN IT ASKS THAT SCHOOLS AND SITES HAVE A PLAN TO RESPOND TO POSITIVE CASES ON THEIR CAMPUSES. AND SO DO YOU HAVE A POSITIVE CASE RESPONSE PLAN? KNOW I SHOULD WITH THE BOARD LAST WEEK INFORMATION ABOUT OUR POSITIVE CASE RESPONSE PLAN IN SOME OF THOSE DETAILS. WE HAVE THOSE IN PLACE.

WE HAVE COMMUNICATION VEHICLES IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO INFORM FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS AND BE ABLE TO MAKE DECISIONS AROUND THESE THINGS. UNTIL THEN ONCE THOSE CRITERIA ARE MET, THEN IT IS ABOUT EVALUATING THE CURRENT SPREAD OF THE VIRUS IN RELATION TO THE GUIDANCE OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAS PROVIDED.

AS YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A HIGH, MODERATE AND A LOW RISK CATEGORY THAT THEY REFERENCE THE HIGH RISK CATEGORY BEING OVER 350 CASES PER 100,000, MODERATE BETWEEN 50 AND 350 CASES PER 100,000 AND LOW BEING BELOW 50.

AS YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW, WE ARE RIGHT AROUND ÃWHAT DID THEY SAY 262 RANGE WHICH PUTS US IN THE MODERATE RANGE?BUT WE HAVE BOUNCED AROUND AS OF LATE FORGET AND SO WE HAVE KIND OF BEEN IN THE HIGH AND IN THE MODERATE.

BUT FOR TODAY WE ARE IN THE MODERATE.

BUT IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT CASE RATES.

IT IS ALSO ABOUT UNDERSTANDING SOME OTHER DATA.

IT'S ABOUT POSITIVITY RATES BEING BETWEEN FIVE AND 10 PERCENT. IT IS ALSO ABOUT UNDERSTANDING THE TRENDS IN CASES AND HOSPITALIZATIONS.

IN ONE OF THE PIECES THAT MAYBE I DIDN'T HIGHLIGHT ENOUGH WHEN I INITIALLY TALKED ABOUT THIS WITH STAFF AND COMMUNITY WAS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE GRID IT TALKS ABOUT TRANSITION.

IN THAT TRANSITION PIECE IS REALLY ABOUT THE TRENDS IN CASES AND HOSPITALIZATIONS. AND JUST WANT TO READ A PIECE YOU PUT ONE TRENDS IN CASES AND HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE FLAT OR DECREASING IN THE SCHOOL CAN DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY TO LIMIT TRANSITION ÃTRANSMISSION IN THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT TO EXPAND ACCESS TO IN PERSON LEARNING.

AND SO THIS IS ANOTHER LAYER FOR US TO EVALUATE AS WE ARE MAKING THESE CONSIDERATIONS. IT IS JUST IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE DON'T MAKE DECISIONS IN ISOLATIONS.

WE MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON EXPERT OPINION AND GUIDANCE.

WE KNOW OUR PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCIES ARE THOSE TEST WITH LEADING AND GUIDING OUR STATE ROUND PUBLIC ÃISSUES OF PUBLIC HEALTH. AND SO WE CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH THEM. I ENGAGE WITH OUR COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS ON A WEEKLY BASIS.

AND SO WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT WORK WITH THEM OVER TO UNDERSTAND THEIR GUIDANCE AS WE ARE PLANNING FOR THE PROVISION OF IN-PERSON LEARNING SERVICES, WHICH WE DID PUSH OUT FOR AN ADDITIONAL TWO WEEKS FOR KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE.

AGAIN, THE DECISION WASN'T MADE LIGHTLY.

BECAUSE WE KNOW ANYTIME WE MAKE ADECISION SUCH AS THAT , IT IS INFACT . AND IMPACTS OUR FAMILIES, IT IMPACTS OUR STUDENTS, IT IMPACTS OUR TEACHERS THROUGH THE PLANNING AROUND THAT. THE WEIGHT OF THAT DECISION WAS SIGNIFICANT. WE MADE THAT, I MADE THAT DECISION IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE ORGANIZATION TO ENSURE THAT WHEN KIDS ARRIVE ON CAMPUS THE AIR MET WITH THE CLASSROOM

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THAT THEIR TEACHERS FEEL THEY HAVE HAD THE RIGHT TIME TO PREPARE AND PLAN. AS YOU MAY KNOW, I KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE TEACHERS ARE CURRENTLY IN THEIR PLANNING WEEK IN PREPARATION FOR THE IN PERSON LEARNING IN TRANSITION TO NEW REMOTE. AND THAT MEANS TEACHERS POTENTIALLY SHIFTING FROM REMOTE TO IN PERSON.

IT MEANS TEACHERS STAYING IN REMOTE OF POSSIBLY HELPING NEW STUDENTS JOIN THEM IN CLASS. IT IS SOME OF OUR SAFETY NET TEACHERS TRANSITIONING FROM SAFETY NET PROGRAM TO EITHER KINDERGARTEN OR FIRST GRADE. AND IT IS THE 25 TO 28 NEW HIRES THAT WE JUST MADE IN THE LAST WEEK, WE CAN HAVE TWO IN THEIR PLANNING IN PREPARATION TO OPEN CLASSROOMS. AND SO ALL OF THIS COMES WITH SIGNIFICANT IMPACT DUE TO THINK WHAT WAS THE HARDEST PART OF THAT DECISION WAS THE FACT THAT I KNOW STUDENTS HAD ON THEIR CALENDARS A DAY CIRCLE OPEN SCHOOL WOULD EITHER BE CHANGING BECAUSE THEY RECEIVE A NEW REMOTE TEACHER. OR GOING TO SCHOOL FOR IN PERSON LEARNING RUDE AND DISAPPOINTING OUR STUDENTS ARE MAKING THOSE TYPES OF CHANGES ARE SIGNIFICANT.

AND WE DIDN'T MAKE THAT DECISION LIGHTLY.

UNTIL THAT IS JUST SOME INFORMATION AND THINKING AROUND THE GUIDANCE WE ARE RECEIVING, SOME ARE THINKING AROUND THE DECISIONS AS WE MAKE THEM IN OUR CONTINUED WORK.

I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD HAS.

>>ERIC LALIBERTE : DIRECTOR STUART?

>>MARK STUART : JOHN, I APPRECIATE ALL THE HOOPS YOU ALL HAVE HAD TO JUMP THROUGH AND THE DIFFICULTIES OF FEELING LIKE DOCTOR DOOLITTLE PUSH ME, PULL YOU.

BUT I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HEARING IN THE NEAR FUTURE MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL PROGRAMMING WE ARE GOING ÃTHAT WE ARE DOING. IN THIS UNCERTAIN TIME.

TO BE QUITE FRANK, HEAVEN ONLY KNOWS WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TOMORROW AND THE NEXT DAY AND WHATEVER.

AND I THINK THE MORE WE CAN PUT MORE TIME AND INFORMATION INTO THAT FOR THE FAMILIES, THE BETTER OFF THEY WILL BE REGARDLESS WHETHER WE ARE IN CLASS, ON A CLASS, WHEREVER.

AND HOMER AT HOME OR WHATEVER. I THINK WE AS BOARD MEMBERS.

IN THE COMMUNITY TOO WOULD BENEFIT FROM KNOWING ALL THE THINGS GOING ON IN THAT AREA. BECAUSE THAT IS A MAJOR SITUATION I KNOW IN A MAJOR CONCERN A LOT OF PARENTS.

IS A SAME TIME AS HIS OWN ARTICLERECENTLY WRITTEN , THE EMOTIONAL ASPECT OF GO BACK TO SCHOOL BUT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A SCHOOL WHERE DOES IT LOOK LIKE WHAT YOU USE TO IS JUST AS BAD.

>> WILL WORK WITH THE TEAM AND FIGURE OUT WHETHER THAT IS A WRITTEN REPORT OR WE BRING THAT TO A FORMAL BOARD MEETING CAREER THERE IS SIGNIFICANT WORK BEING DONE IN THE AREA

RIGHT NOW. >> I KNOW.

THAT IS WHY I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT GO TO A BOARD MEETING BECAUSE I WANT THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE TO SEE TO.

>>ERIC LALIBERTE : DIRECTOR SAGE? SPEAKER TO BUILD ON MARK'S REQUEST, IS THERE A WAY WE CAN GET DEMOGRAPHIC BREAKOUTS OF HOW MANY STUDENTS AND HOW MANY STUDENTS ACCESSING THE SUPPORTS WE HAVE PUT INTO PLACE FOR MENTAL WELL-BEING IN THE ACCESS TO THE COUNSELORS AND THE SOCIAL WORKERS.AND DO WE KNOW, IS THERE A HIGHER PROPORTION OF WHITE STUDENTS ACCESSING THESE SERVICES? HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE WE SEEING THAT HER LOW SOCIOECONOMIC? CAN WE GET SOME OF THAT TYPE OF BREAKOUT? IS IT EVEN THERE? IS THAT DATA AVAILABLE?

>> IT IS SOMETHING I WILL HAVE TO ASK THE TEAM.

I TEND TO THINK IT IS NOT, BUT JUSTFOR PRIVACY REASONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT . SOME REALLY CONFIDENTIAL TYPE THINGS. BUT LET ME ASK.

I AM JUST BUILDING THAT INTO THINKING ABOUT THAT TYPE OF

PROGRAM PRESENTATION. >> THE OTHER THING I AM WONDERING IS IF YOU CAN BRING US DATA ON WHO IS REQUESTING IN

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>> WE HAVE THAT DATA AND I WILL SEE IF WE CAN PROVIDE THAT TO

THE BOARD ON THURSDAY. >> ANECDOTALLY IT SEEMS THAT WE HAVE MORE STUDENTS OF COLOR, THEIR FAMILIES ASKING FOR IN PERSON. BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND IT. THANK YOU.

>>ERIC LALIBERTE : I WILL BRIEFLY ECHO, WAS GOING TO ASK FOR THE SAME REQUEST AS DIRECTOR SAGE.

AND THAT IS TO UNDERSTAND MORE WHAT ARE THE IMPACTS ON EQUITY WITH BOTH WHAT WE ARE DOING NOW WHAT WE ARE HOPING TO DO SOON.

WHO IS ACCESSING IT NOW. WAS AT IMPACTING OUR STUDENTS.

BY GOING INTO IN PERSON, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE.

THANK YOU. DIRECTOR BLIESNER?

AND THEN DIRECTOR STUART. >>SIRI BLIESNER : IT APPEARS WE WERE ALL ON SIMILAR WAVELENGTHS.

AND SO I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO BE ABLE TO, IF YOU CAN DO BY GEOGRAPHY. BY SCHOOL.

FOR THE SENSE OF BACK. HE SPOKE A LOT ABOUT THE HEALT . I WOULD BE INTERESTED KNOWING WE STILL HAVE 3 TO 4 MONTHS OF THE SCHOOL YEAR LEFT, AS WELL AS WHEN WE LOOK AT MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL AS TO WIN AND POTENTIAL FOR IN PERSON LEARNING IS STILL TO BE DETERMINED IN THIS PROCESS. WHERE ARE OUR STUDENTS CURRENTLY AT? HOW IS ATTENDANCE OCCURRING ALL BROKEN OUT BY DEMOGRAPHICS? HOW IS THERE ENGAGEMENT LOOKING, WHAT ARE GRADUATIONS CURRENTLY LOOKING AT, ONE OF THE CLASSES IN THE SENSE OF HAS ANYBODY FILLED A CLASS? TO START TO UNDERSTAND THOSE PIECES AND WHAT ARE THE PLANS FOR THE NEXT FOUR MONTHS WITH THE REALITY OF HOW YOU START TO ADDRESS THOSE THINGS. AND WE GET THE GENERAL DATA RIGHT NOW, BUT IT IS UNCLEAR AS TO THAT TELLS ME WHAT BUT IT DOESN'T TELL ME WHAT IMPACT WE ARE HAVING TO MOVE THAT NEEDLE SOIT IS DIFFERENT. AND SO IF STUDENTS ARE DISENGAGING , WHAT ARE WE DOING AND HOW IS THAT MOVING? FOR OUR STUDENTS WHO FAILED THE CLASS, WAS SUPPORT HAVE WE PROVIDED THEM IN WHICH TO DO SO.

AND SO JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE EXPERIENCE OF OUR STUDENTS CURRENTLY. WHAT MIGHT NEED TO CHANGE GOING FORWARD. IS A CECUM THAT IS ANOTHER COMPONENT AS YOU MAKE THESE DECISIONS.

THAT IS THE MENTAL HEALTH PIECE.

THERE ARE ALL THOSE PIECES WE HAVE AT PLAY.

AND IT IS NOT AN EASY ONE BECAUSE, DOCTOR CARLSON SAID IT WILL, IN THAT THEIR WORLD ALL SIDES AND ALL ISSUES THAT WERE THERE PERMIT AND DOES NOT CLEAR BRITAIN'S ARE JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHERE OUR KIDS IN SERVING OUR MISSION.

>>ERIC LALIBERTE : DIRECTOR STUART , YOU HAD YOUR HAND FIRST BUT I'M GOING TO CALL ON DOCTORCARLSON FIRST SO HE CAN

HAVE A CHANCE .>> THANKS. JOHN, THANK YOU.

THIS IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AND I APPRECIATE ÃIT IS LIKE TRYING TO TEACH MY TEENAGER TO DRIVE ON THE FREEWAY.

YOU JERKED THE WHEEL VERY OFTEN OTHERWISE YOU'RE GOING TO CRAS . AND I APPRECIATE YOU HAVE TAKEN A CLAUSE ON THE K-1 BUT I APPRECIATE YOU PUTTING NEW DATA ON THAT. I CAUTION YOU TO PULL THE EMERGENCY BRAKE UNLESS WE ACTUALLY KNOW WE ARE GOING TO CRASH ON THAT. BUT THE MESSAGE WE GOT FROM PUBLIC HEALTH TODAY THAT WAS IN OUR BOARD AND BOX, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE SO MANY THINGS. AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED BY SO MANY ABOUT THEIR PERSONAL SAFETY, FOR THE SAFETY OF THEIR LOVED ONES AT HOME.

AND ALSO SOME TEACHERS ARE LIKE YEAH, I'M NOT IRIS, I DON'T LIVE WITH ANYONE WHO IS AT RISK, PLEASE PUT ME UP.

THAT IS SOMETHING THE CDC RECOMMENDATIONS YOU WISH THIS WAS SOMETHING EVERY PARENT AND TEACHER IN OUR DISTRICT COULD SEE THE CDC RECOMMENDATION HAS BEEN THAT K-12 SCHOOLS WITH THE LAST SETTINGS TO CLOSE AFTER ALL OTHER MITIGATION MEASURES HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED WITH IN THE FIRST TO REOPEN WHEN THEY CAN

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APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORT TO LOOK AT THE NUMBERS FOR OUR ZONE OF THE COUNTY BY THE COUNTY AS IT CURRENTLY AT 260 PER 100 K WITH THE THRESHOLD FOR ANY ACTIVITY BEING 350 PER THE REVISED VERSION RELEASED IN DECEMBER BUT I CALCULATED THE NUMBERS THIS AFTERNOON AND FOR REDMAN THE AVERAGE IS ABOUT 120. WE ARE ABOUT HALF THE RATE OF THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE BUT EVEN IF WE HADN'T CHANGED THE NUMBERS, WE WOULD BE GETTING TO THE POINT WE WOULD BE GETTING CLOSE TO WHAT WE WERE ALLOWED TO REOPEN WITHIN SEPTEMBER.

I KNOW THERE IS A GREAT AMOUNT ANXIETY.

GLAD YOU ARE WORKING WITH THE TEACHERS ABOUT THAT ANXIETY PAIRED WITH THE PARENTS WERE ALSO ANXIOUS IT REALLY IS SOMETHING WHERE THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ZERO RISK AND VERY LOW RISK BUT AT LOW RISK OF COVID, THAT IS WHEN WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE YOU CAN BALANCE IT AGAINST THE DAMAGE BEING DONE . AND SO THANK YOU FOR THE TEACHERS WHO EXPRESS THEIR THOUGHTS AND THE GOOD OF THE TEACHERS WHO HAVE SAID THEY WANT TO BE THE ONES ON THE FRONTLINES BUT IF WE CAN WORK WITH THEM ON THAT, AND THINK IT IS STILL RESPONSIBLE. BARRING SOME MAJOR SOLUTION ON THE CHARTS FOR US TO REOPEN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SAFELY STARTING WHEN YOU HAVE A CURRENT SCHEDULE.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR TRYING TO DRIVE IN A SITUATION OR WE DON'T KNOW WHEN TO COME AROUND FOR THE NEXT IT.

>>ERIC LALIBERTE : DIRECTOR STUART?

>>MARK STUART : AND WE RECEIVED ANY UPDATE FROM THE DOCTOR OR ANYONE ELSE TO GIVE US A FEW FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF VACCINES FOR THE TEACHERS? AND THE STAFF.

I AM CONCERNED NOT JUST FOR THE TEACHERS BUT THE AGE AND PARIS AND BUS DRIVERS BUT MY CONCERN IS WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS IN THE LOWER INCOME AREA WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE IA WHEN THE BUS DRIVERS. AND ONE TO KNOW THAT WE ARE BEING ABLE TO PROCEED AS SAFELY AS POSSIBLE NOT JUST AS SAFELY FROM A PHYSICAL STANDPOINT BUT THE EMOTIONAL STANDPOINT.

>> I THINK WE WILL ADD AN UPDATE AROUND OUR EFFORTS AROUND THE VACCINE TO OUR NEXT MEETING TO PROVIDE THAT UPDATE.

AND THINK WE UPDATED THE BOARD JUST TO TALK IN GENERAL ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIPS WE ARE WORKING ON TO ESTABLISH WITH LOCAL HEALTH AGENCIES PUT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PIECES ARE AT PLAY BUT I THINK YOUR QUESTION WAS MORE AROUND AND WE RECEIVED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AROUND DISTRIBUTION OF THE VACCINE.

AND AS OF TODAY I DIDN'T RECEIVE ANYTHING MORE THAN A TYPICAL STATUS QUO WITH THE VACCINE.

NOT INFLUX OF PEOPLE THAT ARE STILL ABLE TO GET SOME SCHEDULING DONE WITH THEIR LOCAL HEALTH PROVIDERS.

SO NO, NOT A GREAT AMOUNT OF INFORMATION THAT I RECEIVED TODAY FROM ANYTHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT I HAD AT THE END OF

LAST WEEK. >>MARK STUART : OKAY.

CAN'T TELL IF YOU ARE SPEAKING. >> I AM NOT.

YOU ARE GOOD. I KNOW THAT THE CLOSEST WE CAN GET IS 300 MILES AWAY. FOR MY WIFE.

I HATE TO THINK OF HAVING TO HAVE A ROAD TRIP FOR EVERYBODY IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ON THE VANCOUVER.

IF IT IS POSSIBLE AT THIS POINT, COULD YOU GIVE A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE PARTNERSHIPS WE ARE WORKING WITH TO TRY TO ENSURE THE HEALTH OF ALL THE STUFF?

>> I WILL JUST GIVE THE TANGIBLE EXAMPLES OF THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE EXECUTED.

SO WHEN WE FIND OUT WHERE NURSES WERE PART OF THE PHASE AVAILABLE, WE REACHED OUT TO BOTH EVERGREEN HEALTH AND KAISER TO FIND OUT PROCESS TO GET OUR NURSES VACCINATED AND THEY GAVE US THE PROCESS AND DO THIS BUT WE ARE ABLE TO MESSAGE OUR NURSES AND THEY HAD READY ACCESS TO THE VACCINE WITHIN A DAY. WHEN I FIND OUT THE WHOLE ROOM PROFESSIONALS, THE FOLKS THAT ACTUALLY WORK IN OUR HEALTH

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I THINK IT WAS NOTED WHEN OUR FOCUS WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IMMEDIATELY TO THE CLINIC AND RECEIVE HER FIRST DOSE OF THE VACCINE WITHIN A SHORT TIME. THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WE HAVE ESTABLISHED OVER TIME PAY OFF IN THESE TYPES OF TIMES BECAUSE THEY ARE RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE ARE WORKING ON OTHER THINGS.

OVER TIME RIGHT NOW THIS IS THE CRITICAL ISSUE FOR US TO PARTNER WITH THEM ON. WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

WHEN WE GOT NOTICE AT ANY STAFF MEMBER 65 AND OVER CAN RECEIVE THEIR VACCINATION, SAME PROCESS.

CONNECTED WITH THE AGENCIES, GIVING THAT INFORMATION TO THE STAFF. WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH A LOCAL HEALTHCARE AGENCY TO THINK ABOUT DRIVE-THROUGH SITES CHRISTOPHE ONCE ALL OUR STAFF Ã THAT'S NOT JUST TEACHERS WHO'D IT IS PRESCHOOL THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, ALL OUR STAFF MEMBERS SO THAT WE CAN TRULY PROVIDE THAT IN A RAPID MANNER TO OUR

STAFF. >>ERIC LALIBERTE : ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.

>> I THINK MATT MIGHT WANT TO SPEAK.

AT LEAST HE CAME ON. >> NO, I CAN FOLLOW.

I JUST WASN'T SURE IF DOCTOR HOLMEN NEEDED ANY ADDITIONAL DETAILS FOR THE LAST ITEM. BUT I THINK WE CAN PROVIDE MORE OF A FOLLOW-UP LATER TO THE BOARD.>ERIC LALIBERTE : GREAT. THANK YOU, MATT.

>> HE WAS COMING TO RESCUE ME. THAT'S WHAT IT WAS.

>>ERIC LALIBERTE : ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT TO READ I AM PLEASED WE ARE FOLLOWING THE GUIDANCE OF OUR PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS IN PROVIDING A SAFE AND PERSONAL OPTION FOR OUR STUDENTS AND WORKING TOWARD THAT.

[H. Public and Community Affairs]

AND ANOTHER BILL FROM THE HOUSE THAT, ANOTHER BILL FROM THE HOUSE I GUESS I DIDN'T CAPTURE THE NUMBER THE DISCUSSES PATHWAYS TO GRADUATION AND CAN SENIORS, KINDA SIMILAR TO WHAT THEY DID LAST YEAR TO MEASURE THEIR COMPETENCY OR SOME WAY THEY HAVE MASTERED A SKILL THAT PERHAPS THEY DON'T HAVE THE CREDIT FOR THE GRADUATE. AND I BELIEVE IT IS 20 CREDITS MINIMUM TO GRADUATE IS THE SUGGESTION INSTEAD OF THE 24 CURRENTLY REQUIRED BY THE STATE.

AND PROBABLY DEPENDS ON WHICH CLASS IT WOULD DO THEY CARE IF YOU FINISHED YOUR POTTERY CLASS, MAYBE NOT.

TO THE CARE IF YOU FINISHED MATH, ABSOLUTELY.

AND SO WANTED EVERYONE TO BE AWARE OF THOSE.

AND THAT I WANTED TO BRIEFLY DISCUSS AND SHOW A ONE MINUTE VIDEO ON A PROJECT THAT THE DISTRICT HAS PUT SOME STAFF TIME INTO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WITH A COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST FROM THE DISTRICT ATTENDING MEETINGS WITH THE GROUP THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH FOR QUITE SOME TIME TO THINK MATT AND SIRI ARE BOTH ON THE BOARD OF EAST WEIGHT PATHWAYS, IS THAT CORRECT? SHE IS NODDING.

OKAY, YES. MY GROUP AT EASTSIDE PATHWAYS THE COLLABORATIVE ACTION NETWORK MY GROUP IS WORKING ON INCREASED COMMUNICATION FOR ENGLISH LEARNERS, SPECIFICALLY

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PRESIDENT LIBERTY, IF YOU WOULD NOT MIND SHOWING US ONE MINUTE OF THE WORK TOWARD THIS CLIP WILL DISCUSS CHILDCARE AND HOW TO FIND OPTIONS ON THE WEBSITE WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT THE COST IS AND HOW TO LOOK AT SLIDING SCALE ETC. I DON'T KNOW IF

THERE IS AUDIO. >>ERIC LALIBERTE : I EVEN WAS LOOKING AT THAT AND DIDN'T CLICK IT.

RIGHT, LET'S TRY THIS AGAIN. SOMEBODY YELL OF THE AUDIO IS NOT PLAYING. [SPANISH]

>> I'M SORRY. VISUALLY IT WAS A LITTLE BIT BLURRY SO PROBABLY NEED TO BE BIGGER, BUT YOU SORTA GET THE IDEA. LILIANA IS A PILLAR IN THE SPANISH-SPEAKING COMMUNITY. HER COUNTERPART IN BELLEVUE SCHOOL DISTRICT COMES ON NEXT TO DISCUSS AND YOU ACCESS CHILDCARE THERE. AND IT IS SO MUCH MORE RELEVANT WHEN SOMEBODY IN THE COMMUNITY WHO IS RESPECTED IS EXPLAINING THE INFORMATION. AND THE FEEDBACK WE HAVE GOTTEN FROM FOCUS GROUPS IS THAT PARENTS DON'T NECESSARILY READ AN EMAIL. SO SHE IS SHOWING THE PHONE VIEW HOW YOU WOULD GET HERE ON YOUR PHONE BECAUSE THAT IS MOST LIKELY HOW THAT PARENT IS GOING TO ACCESS THAT INFORMATION.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU TO DOCTOR HOLMEN AND MATT AND SHANNON FOR GIVING US COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS ACCURATE INFORMATION DELIVERED TIMELY.

>>ERIC LALIBERTE : GREAT. THANK YOU.

THAT WAS REALLY EXCELLENT. THAT IS PRETTY EXCITING.

THAT'S GREAT. OKAY.

ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD REPUBLICAN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS TONIGHT? ALL RIGHT.

[I. Closing Items]

>>SIRI BLIESNER : THE ONLY THING JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THE REQUEST IN REGARDS TO THE EQUITY DATA AND LOOKING AT THAT PEACE IS I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN GET ONTO AN AGENDA, IDEALLY FOR POTENTIALLY WHERE WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME ON THE SATURDAY SO WE CAN DIVE INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT AND HAVE SOME TIME TO READ I WANTED TO PUT THAT FORWARD.

I PREFER FOR IT NOT TO JUST BE A WRITTEN THING THAT COMES BUT DIALOGUE THAT WE ALL GET TO HAVE.

>> I AGREE. PERHAPS WE CAN TALK TOMORROW

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I WILL EMAIL DIANE AND SCHEDULE A TIME.

DIRECTOR STUART? YOU ARE ON MUTE SORRY, I MAY HAVE MUMBLED THROUGH DIRECTOR STUART , YOU WERE OF.

>>MARK STUART : IS THAT BETTER? >>ERIC LALIBERTE : YEAH.

>>MARK STUART : I AM HOPING THAT IN ADDITION TO US TRYING TO GET OURSELVES TO MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTIONS, I THINK ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS IS TO BE WORKING WITH THE STATE THROUGH NOT ONLY OCI BUT THE GOVERNORS OFFICE TO HAVE THEM START LOOKING AT THE IDEA OF REEVALUATING OR RE-EXAMINING THE WAY STUDENTS AND STAFFS ARE EVALUATED.

AND CHANGING THE TESTING AND GRADING PROCESS.

BECAUSE EVERYONE KNOWS THIS PANDEMIC THING IS A MESS FOR EDUCATION. THE KIDS DON'T LIKE IT, THE TEACHERS DON'T LIKE IT. NO ONE LIKES IT.

BUT I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE HUMMING OURSELVES IN TO THE TRADITIONAL SYSTEMS OF GRADING ON THE MANDATED COURSES IN CREDIT REQUIREMENTS. WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE WE ARE STARTING TO REACH OUT TO FOLKS IN OLYMPIA TO MAKE SURE THAT MESSAGE IS BEING HEARD. BECAUSE NO STUDENT SHOULD BE ANY MORE ANXIOUS ABOUT A GREAT AND THEY ARE NORMALLY.

SOME OF US TAKE IT MORE SERIOUSLY THAN OTHERS, SOME OF US LESS. BUT THAT SAID, I THINK MAYBE ONE OF THE AVENUES WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO PUSH IN ADDITION TO TRYING TO GET THE KIDS BACK TO SCHOOL AND GIVE THE TEACHERS

VACCINATED. >> IF I COULD JUMP IN HERE, WE DO HAVE SOME EFFORTS GOING ON THAT PLATFORM WITH THE STATE.

SO I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHEN THAT BILL WILL BE HEARD, BUT I

WILL TRY TO BRING AN UPDATE. >>ERIC LALIBERTE : THANK YOU, DIRECTOR SAGE. ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS FOR TONIGHT? OKAY.

I LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT. OH YES, I WANTED TO PROVIDE A QUICK UPDATE FOR THE COMMUNITY. THE BOARD CONTINUES ITS WORK ON CRAFTING THE FIRST EQUITY POLICY FOR THE DISTRICT.

TONIGHT FROM 7:00 AND LIVE OUR NORMAL STUDY SESSION THE BOARD HAD ITS, IT WAS EITHER THE THIRD OR FOURTH TRAINING, SERIES OF TRAININGS WE HAVE BEEN CONDUCTING PUGET SOUND ESD ON EQUITY. AS PART OF OUR WORK TO DROP THIS EQUITY POLICY. UNTIL ALTHOUGH THERE HAS NOT BEEN A REGULAR AGENDA ITEM FOR THAT DURING OUR BUSINESS MEETINGS, OR WORK IS ONGOING. E ARE TAKING THIS VERY SERIOUSLY. AND WE ARE GOING TO GET THIS DONE RIGHT. OKAY, THAT WAS THE LAST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA FOR TONIGHT.UR UPCOMING BOARD MEETINGS ARE THIS COMING SATURDAY AT 8:30 A.M. THE BOARD WILL BE HAVING A STUDY SESSION THAT IS HELD REMOTELY.

THE MEETING WILL BE BROADCAST THE SAME AS THESE MEETINGS ARE PRETTY WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS THAT IF YOU WANT TO VIEW IT THROUGH THE DISTRICTS WEBSITE. WILL THERE BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE HAS EVER DONE THIS. 2: AND LISTEN.

IS ALSO THE SAME LINE? IS THAT OPEN FOR THE MEETING.

>> IT WILL BE THE SAME NUMBER. >> THE SAME NUMBER AND PROVIDED AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS MEETING, IF YOU DON'T HAVE INTERNET ACCESS YOU WILL BE ABLE 2: LISTEN AS WELL.

THAT AGAIN WILL BE HELD REMOTELY.

ON FEBRUARY 8 THE BOARD AS A STUDY SESSION THAT IS HELD REMOTELY FOLLOWED BY OUR BOARD MEETING AT 7:00 P.M. ALSO HELD REMOTELY. AND JUST A REMINDER INTO THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT, ALL IN PERSON BOARD MEETINGS ARE NOT PERMITTED UNTIL THE END OF THE DECLARED EMERGENCY OR FURTHER ACTION BY THE LEGISLATURE OR GOVERNOR.

THE BOARD WILL CONTINUE TO HOLD BOARD MINUTES REMOTELY UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. WE REACH THE END OF OUR AGENDA AT 917 P.M., NOT TOO BAD. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. ANYONE.

>> SALUTE!>ERIC LALIBERTE : THANK YOU.

>> SECOND. >>ERIC LALIBERTE : MOVED SIMULTANEOUSLY BY DIRECTOR BLIESNER AND STUART , SECOND BY DIRECTOR CARLSON TO ADJOURN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE

SIGNIFY BY VOTING AYE. >> AYE.

>> AYE. >> AYE.

>> AYE. >>ERIC LALIBERTE : OKAY.

THAT IS UNANIMOUS. MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU AGAIN TO ALL THOSE WHO SUBMITTED PUBLIC COMMENT.

WE ARE READING IT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO DO SO.

AND FOR THOSE THAT WANT TO GIVE TELEVISED PUBLIC COMMENT, D JENKINS. PLEASE DO SO BY 1:00 P.M. ON THE DATE OF THE BOARD

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.