Mar 01, 2021 March 1, 2021 Board Meeting - 7:00 p.m.

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

>>> GOOD EVENING. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE MARCH 1, 2021 LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. LET THE RECORD REFLECT ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT EXCEPT FOR DIRECTOR BLIESNER, WHO WILL BE PARTICIPATING REMOTELY.

ON FEBRUARY 17 EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY IT WAS ANNOUNCED SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN PHASE 2 MAY HOLD IN PERSON PUBLIC BOARD MEETINGS FOR THE LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT IS IN PHASE 23 BOARD MEETINGS AND STUDY SESSIONS WILL CONTINUE TO BE LIVE STREAMED AND VIEWABLE ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE.

IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO VIEW THE MEETING ON THE LIFESTREAM, YOU MAY ALSO LISTEN BY CALLING 425936 2813 IN THE CONFERENCE ID IS 37127 TO LISTEN TO THE MEETING.

BEGINNING TONIGHT WE ARE RETURNING TO IN PERSON BOARD MEETINGS. ATTENDEES MUST PREREGISTER TO ATTEND EITHER A BOARD MEETING OR STUDY SESSION TO REDO THE LIMITED SEATING CAPACITY, REGISTRATIONS WILL BE ON A FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED BASIS. EGISTRATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED UNTIL 1:00 P.M. ON THE DAY OF BOARD MEETINGS.

YOU CAN SEND AN EMAIL TO DIANE AT DJENKINS.LWSD.

ALL ATTENDEES WILL BE REQUIRED TO WEAR A FACE MASK AND MAINTAIN SIX FEET PHYSICAL DISTANCE BUT UPON ARRIVING AT THE RESOURCE CENTER, THE PUBLIC WILL REQUIRE REQUIRED TO CHECK IN AND FOLLOW THE PROCESS. I WILL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION

[B. Opening Items]

>> SO MU. >> SECOND.

>> ERIC LALIBERTE: MOVED BY DIRECTOR SAGE AND SECOND BY DIRECTOR STUART . ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFIED

BY VOTING AYE. >> AYE.

>> ERIC LALIBERTE: AYE. THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA

[C. Recognitions]

PROCLAMATION. >> AM HAPPY TO DO SO FOR EDUCATION SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS THAT MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO KEEP OUR BUILDINGS GOING. AS HE WILL HEAR AND I HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO SPEAK WITH MANY OF THEM THIS YEAR BECAUSE I DO HAVE A STUDENT WHO HIS HAVE TIME IN THE AFTERNOON DUE TO SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS. AND THEY ARE THERE AND THEY ARE WORKING AND THEY HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB WITH OUR SAFETY MAY ALLEGATIONS AND ALL THAT HAS COME WITH THAT.

WHEREAS EDUCATION SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS ARE INVOLVED IN NEARLY ASPECT INCLUDING MAINTAINING SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS, PROVIDING SECRETARIAL AND CLERICAL ASSISTANCE, PREPARING AND SERVING MEALS, PROVIDING SAFE TRANSPORTATION, KEEPING SCHOOL FACILITIES CLEAN AND ORDERLY, ASSISTING IN THE CLASSROOM, PROVIDING A SECURE AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT AND MANY OTHER SPECIAL ED SERVICES AND WHEREAS EDUCATION SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS ARE INSTRUMENTAL IN FULFILLING THE STATES RESPONSIBILITY TO EDUCATE ALL STUDENTS AND WHEREAS THESE DEDICATED INDIVIDUALS DIFFERENT SERVER CONNECTION AND THANKS FOR THE OUTSTANDING WORK THEY ARE DOING FOR THE STUDENTS ENROLLED IN LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT. WHEREAS BY SUPPORTING THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT, EDUCATION SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS ARE CRUCIAL PARTNERS WITH TEACHERS PARENTS, ADMINISTRATORS, SCHOOL BOARDS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS , WHEREAS THERE ARE 1350 CLASSIFIED SCHOOL EMPLOYEES WORKING WITH AND HELPING CHILDREN AND LIKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THERE FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HEREBY PROCLAIM MARCH 8-12, 2021 AS EDUCATION SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS WEEK.HANK YOU

TO ALL OF THEM. >> ERIC LALIBERTE: THANK YOU DIRECTOR SAGE. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS

[D. Consent Agenda]

I WILL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

>> ERIC LALIBERTE: MOVED BY Ã I'M SORRY.

CAN SOMEONE REMIND ME WHO MOVED? WILL BY DIRECTOR CARLSON AND SECOND BITE DIRECTOR SAGE.

DOCTOR HOMAN, WILL BE PULLED THE BOARD.

>> DIRECTOR SAGE. >> YES.

>> DIRECTOR BLIESNER. >> YES.

>> DIRECTOR CARLSON. >> YES.

>> VICE PRESIDENT STUART. >> YES.

>> AND PRESIDENT LALIBERTE. >> ERIC LALIBERTE: YES.

MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA CARRIES.

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>> WE HAVE DONATIONS TOTALING $7900 THIS MONTH.

WE WANT TO THANK OUR PT ESSAY AND PRIVATE SOURCES FOR THEIR DONATIONS. IT IS THROUGH THEIR GRATEFUL DONATIONS WE ARE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE AN OFFER PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR STUDENT, SUPPORT STAFF EVEN DURING THESE CHALLENGING TIMES. THANK YOU FOR THOSE DONATIONS.

>> ERIC LALIBERTE: EXCELLENT PARIS THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENTS. THE BOARD ÃLET ME TRY THAT ONE

[E. Audience Participation]

TONIGHT BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE SIGNED UP WE WILL GO PAST THAT 30 MINUTE PERIOD AND ANYONE HERE TONIGHT THAT WANTS TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WILL BE ABLE TO DO SO.

WE ASK YOU TO KEEP PUBLIC COMMENT TO THREE MINUTES, WHICH IS NOT STRICTLY ENFORCED BUT PLEASE, WE WANT TO HEAR FROM EVERYONE TONIGHT SO PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES THOSE WHO WISH TO GIVE IN PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT AT FUTURE BOARD MEETINGS MUST PREREGISTER BY EALING EMAILING DJENKINS.LWSD BY 1:00 P.M. ON THE DATE OF THE BOARD MEETING.

IN ADDITION THE BOARD ACCEPTS WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENTS AND YOU MAY DO SO BY EMAILING DJENKINS.LWSD BY 3:00 P.M. ON THE DAY OF THE BOARD MEETING. THE BOARD ALSO RECEIVES COMMENTS THROUGH OUR EMAIL ALIAS, WHICH IS AVAILABLE ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE. AND IF THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND IN PERSON WOULD LIKE TO GIVE LIVE PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU MAY DO SO BY REQUESTING A LINK TO JOIN THE TEAMS MEETING BY SENDING AN EMAIL AT DJENKINS.LWSD WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE WHO HAS TAKEN THE TIME TO COME IN TONIGHT AND WHO IS GIVING PUBLIC COMMENT. WE HAVE ON MY LIST AND BELIEVE NINE PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. WILL MOVE THROUGH THAT LIST IN ORDER. IF THERE IS ANYONE HERE TONIGHT I DON'T CALL ON BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T SIGN UP, WE DO WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU. WHEN WE GET THROUGH THE LIST I WILL ASK IF ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO TALK AND RAISE YOUR HAND.

FIRST PERSON SIGNED UPHIS NICOLE STEINBOCK .

JUST ONE MOMENT WHILE WE MAKE SURE THE MICROPHONE IS TURNED ON. EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU. >> HELLO.

I'M NICOLE STEINBOCK AND I HAVE TWO SONS AND MIDDLE SCHOOL.

MY FAMILY IS SUPER PRIVILEGED. WE HAVE A HIGH INCOME, TO PARENTS AT HOME, ONE PARENT NOT WORKING FORGET WE HAVE NO HEALTH ISSUES, WE HAVE NO SPECIAL NEEDS.

SO WHY AM I HEAR? ONLINE SCHOOL IS STILL REALLY HARD FOR MY FAMILY.IT HAS BEEN REALLY, REALLY HARD.

THE MISSED SOCIAL CONNECTIONS WITH FRIENDS AND TEACHERS, TECH HURDLES, LACK OF MOTIVATION AND FOCUS AND IT HAS NEGATIVELY IMPACTED OUR MENTAL HEALTH. WHAT ABOUT THE KIDS ABOUT THE PRIVILEGES MY FAMILY HAS? IT'S HEARTBREAKING.

ADVOCATING FOR MY FAMILY'S AND ALL FAMILIES.

MY SIXTH-GRADER TOLD ME A WEEK AGO IF HE COULD HAVE ANY WISH SHE WOULD EXPLICITLY NOT WISH FOR $1 MILLION, INSTEAD HIS BIG WISH THAT HE COULD GO BACK TO SCHOOL PROGRAM WE CAN PUT OUR BOYS IN A PRIVATE IN PERSON SCHOOL, BUT WE HAVE LOVED OUR LIKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT EXPERIENCE.

THEY HAVE BOTH BEEN IN THERE SINCE KINDERGARTEN.

WE HAVE HAD AMAZING TEACHERS, THERE ARE AMAZING FAMILIES AND WE DON'T WANT TO LEAVE OUR COMMUNITY.

WE TRUSTED THE DISTRICT WAS WORKING TOWARD AN IN-PERSON PLAN. IN JANUARY WE WERE TOLD THAT WE WERE GOING BACK IN SOME FORM IN MARCH.

MY FAMILY WAS THRILLED. THE DETAILS WERE TBD AND I THOUGHT THAT MEANT TO BE DETERMINED, NOT TO BE DITCHED.

WHEN THE SECONDARY PATHWAY FORD WAS FINALLY ANNOUNCED, THERE WAS NO PATHWAY, THERE WAS NO PROGRESS FORWARD AND THERE WAS NO TRANSPARENCY. YOU NEED TO SHOW YOUR WORK.

WHY WAS THERE NO PATHWAY? THERE WERE MORE CHALLENGES AND

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THAT IS NOT A GOOD ENOUGH ANSWER.

NOWHERE ARE SPECIFIC CHALLENGES LISTED OR WHEN THEY WILL BE ADDRESSED. THAT'S NOT A GOOD ENOUGH ANSWER. DOCTOR HOLMAN, YOU GAVE YOURSELF AN EXTENSION ON THE PROJECT AND YOU FAILED.

YOU BROKE OUR TRUST AND THE DECISION IS BREAKING FAMILIES.

WHAT EXACTLY IS NEEDED FOR IN PERSON SCHOOL? I WANT A VERY DETAILED CHECKLIST.I AM WILLING AND I AM READY TO WORK. HELPED ME HELP YOU GET ALL OUR KIDS BACK INTO SCHOOL. THANK YOU.

WE SEEM TO HAVE A TECHNOLOGICAL ISSUE.

I AM CONCERNED IT IS NOT BEING BROADCAST.

IT CAME BACK ON. SORRY EVERYONE, WE HAD A BRIEF TECH ISSUE. WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE FULL MEETING IS BEING BROADCAST SO EVERYONE CAN RECEIVE THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMENTS THAT ARE BEING GIVEN TONIGHT.

THE NEXT PRESENTER ON MY LIST FOR TONIGHT IS LORNA SCOTT.

MRS. SCOTT, ARE YOU HERE?

>> OKAY, MY NAME IS LORNA SCOTT.

I AM HERE TODAY REPRESENTING MY TWO SONS, BRADEN AND JUSTIN.

YOU ALREADY HAVE THAT INFORMATION.

WHAT I AM GOING TO DO IS GIVE A FEW MOMENTS ON ATYPICAL SCHOOL DAY FOR MY SONS . THEY WAKE UP LATE AND ENTHUSIASTIC TO START THE SCHOOL DAY.

ONE SITS ON HIS BEANBAG CHAIR AND THE OTHER DOESN'T EVEN BOTHER TO GET OUT OF BED. HE HAS GIVEN UP.

HE TOLD ME THIS MORNING AND I QUOTE "SCHOOL IS USELESS.HEY SIT LOOKING AT THEIR SCREENS, TRYING TO PAYATTENTION TO THEIR TEACHERS AND THEN I HAVE TO LEAVE FOR WORK .

SO I DON'T SEE WHAT ELSE THEY DO AT HOME.

WHEN I RETURN I ASKED THEM HOW THEIR CLASSES WERE, THE RESPONSE I GET IS BORING. THEY MIGHT SEE ONE OTHER KID DURING THE DAY. MOST LIKELY NOT.

DAY IN, DAY OUT THIS IS THEIR SCHOOL DAY, THEIR LIFE, FIVE DAYS A WEEK. MY YOUNGEST SON IS IN A 504 PLAN AT SCHOOL. HE IS STRUGGLING ACADEMICALLY.

HE NOW HAS 10 ASSIGNMENTS, PROBABLY COUNTING MORE, NOT TURNED IN. AND I CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH TO HELP THEM. MY OLDER SON IS BECOME A RECLUSE. HE PREFERS TO JUST STAY INSIDE.

BOARD MEMBERS, DOCTOR HOLMAN, PLEASE KEEP THIS IN MIND AS YOU CONTINUE TO KEEP SCHOOLS CLOSED.

I AM HERE TODAY TO ASK FOR THE SCHOOLS TO BE OPEN TO BACKUP FOR SECONDARY STUDENTS. FOR ALL OF YOU TO BE HONEST WITH PARENTS AND KIDS. LET US KNOW IF YOU WILL EVER LET THE KIDS BACK IN THE CLASSROOM.

MOLLY HAVE A LOTTERY SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS A LUCKY FEW KIDS BACK IN, I WANT YOU TO KEEP IN MIND ALL THE LONELY, DEPRESSED, ANXIOUS, SUICIDAL KIDS SITTING QUIETLY AT HOME.

KEEP THEM IN MIND, PLEASE. I'M DONE.

THANK YOU. [CLAPPING]

>> ERIC LALIBERTE: THANK YOU MS. SCOTT.

NEXT WE HAVE ELIZABETH FELT. [CLAPPING]

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>> LET ME PUT MY EXHIBITS DOWN HERE.SO IN PERSON, ALL GRADES, THIS SCHOOL YEAR NOW. MY NAME IS ELIZABETH FELT, I HAVE THREE STUDENTS AND LIKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT, IT'S GREAT, SEVENTH GRADE AND 11TH GRADE.

BY 11TH GRADER IS AUTISTIC AND HAS ALWAYS AN ISSUE WITH ANXIETY, DEPRESSION AND ATTENTION DISORDER.EMOTE LEARNING HAS DONE NOTHING BUT EXACERBATE HIS ISSUES.

HE HAS NEVER BEEN ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT GOING TO SCHOOL.

I LITERALLY CRIED IN THE FALL WHEN HE TOLD ME MOM, I REALLY JUST WANT TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL. HE IS IN GRAVE DANGER OF NOT GRADUATING NEXT YEAR BECAUSE HE SO GREATLY NEEDS THE PERSONAL CONNECTIONS THAT HELP THEM SUCCEED IN SCHOOL.

AND DO HIS BEST WORK. WE ARE NOW PAYING OUT-OF-POCKET FOR AN ADDITIONAL THERAPIST TO TRY TO GET SOME MOTIVATION INTO HIM SO THAT WE CAN GO TO SCHOOL ONLINE TO AN INABILITY TO FUNCTION WITH REMOTE LEARNING. THIS IS A BETRAYAL OF YOUR DUTIES AS OUR DISTRICT LEADERSHIP AND WE PARENTS WILL NOT STAND FOR THE BETRAYAL OF YOUR DUTIES TO OUR STUDENTS.

AM CURIOUS ABOUT THE HYBRID MODEL.

WAS AT A THEORETICAL PLAN? BECAUSE WE GOT INFORMATION ABOUT IT AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WAS GONE TO RESORT IT WAS A MODIFIED FROM FULL DAYS TO HALF DAYS.

LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW STUDENTS ARE DOING WITH REMOTE LEARNING.

IN NOVEMBER 2020, YOU SENT THESE DISMAL STATISTICS ABOUT ATTENDANCE AND GRADES. THIS IS CLEAR EVIDENCE OF YOUR ADMISSION OF THE FAILURE OF THE RULER LEARNING MODEL FROM THESE SADLY ILLUSTRATE REMOTE LEARNING IS FAILING THE STUDENTS OF COLORWHO CLEARLY NEED IN PERSON LEARNING THE MOST . HAS THE DISTRICT LOOKED AT THE STATISTICS AGAIN IN DECIDING NOT TO GO FORWARD WITH IN PERSON LEARNING FOR SECONDARY EDUCATION? I CAN MAKE AN EDUCATED GUESS THAT IF THE DISTRICT HAD DONE THIS IT WOULD BE EVEN WORSE THAN IT WAS IN THE FALL IT WOULD BE FURTHER EVIDENCE OF REMOTE LEARNING FAILURE TO EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN. ON JANUARY 7 WE FINALLY RECEIVED DATES TO RETURN TO IN PERSON LEARNING AND THEN JANUARY 21 THE DATES WERE PUSHED OUT WITH NO COMMITMENT FOR SECONDARY RETURN DATES. THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY IS APPALLING. WHAT HAPPENED? IT CAN ONLY BE SURMISED YOUR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE OF THE ISSUES AND LACK OF PLANNING WAS THE CAUSE.

WE ARE LOOKING TO LIVE IN AN AREA WITH AMAZING SCHOOLS AND TECHNOLOGY HUB WITH MICROSOFT, GOOGLE AND FACEBOOK OFFICES IN THIS DISTRICT PROTESTED DISTRICT REACHED OUT TO ANY OF THESE COMPANIES? THESE COMPANIES SHOULD BE A RESOURCE FOR THE PROBLEM-SOLVING THAT THE DISTRICT CLEARLY CANNOT DO ON ITS OWN BUT UNLIKE THE DISTRICT IS COMPANIES DON'T JUST LOOK AT A PROBLEM, FOR YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR AND SAY THERE ARE TOO MANY CHALLENGES THAT WOULD DISRUPT THINGS. THIS IS THE MESSAGE WE WANT TO SEND OUR STUDENTS THAT IF IT IS TOO HARD TO GIVE UP? I SINCERELY HOPE NOT. WE ARE TIRED OF PROMISES OF A PLAN AND TIRED OF WATCHING OUR STUDENTS WITH HER IN FRONT OF A COMPUTER SCREEN. WE DEMAND LEADERSHIP AND A PLA . IN PERSON OPTION, ALL GRADES, THIS SCHOOL YEAR, NOW. [CLAPPING]

>> ERIC LALIBERTE: THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE THE VIA GOLD.

I APOLOGIZE IF I ÃTHANK YOU. [CLAPPING] IF I MISPRONOUNCED YOUR NAME, COULD YOU PRONOUNCE IT CORRECTLY FOR ME?

I APOLOGIZE. >> BOARD MEMBERS, DOCTOR HOLMAN, I AM A FATHER OF NINTH GRADER AND A SECOND GRADER IN THIS BEAUTIFUL DISTRICT.OR THE PAST SIX MONTHS WE WERE TOLD THERE IS A PLAN TO REOPEN WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO.

NOW THAT IT IS SAFE, WE ARE TOLD WE ARE NOT RESOURCED TO EXECUTE ON HYBRID MODEL. ONLY IN THE INSTANT MANAGEMENT PLAN THEY KNOW THEY CAN NEVER EXECUTE UPON.

I FEEL THERE WAS NO PLAN. WE WERE LIED TO.THE MANAGEMENT HAS BEEN COMPLETELY UNPREPARED.

THEY WERE NOT PREPARED WHEN THE VIRUS STRUCK LAST YEAR.

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THEY ARE NOT PREPARED IN COVID CASES GO DOWN DRAMATICALLY.

THEY ARE NOT PREPARED WHEN ALL STAFF IS VACCINATED.

I FEEL THEY WILL NEVER BE PREPARED UNDER ANY SITUATION.

THE FACT IS THAT DOCTOR HOLMAN AND MANAGEMENT IS IN FULL COMPLICITY WITH OLD WEA. COUNTRYWIDE SCHOOL MANAGEMENT OF PUBLICLY WITHIN WITH THESE TWO UNIONS, BUT WE DON'T HEAR ABOUT THIS YEAR. WHY? BECAUSE DOCTOR HOLMAN DOESN'T EVEN BELIEVE THAT WASHINGTON'S STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HE REALLY DOESN'T BELIEVE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AS HE TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO US IN HIS VIDEO MESSAGE. NEXT IN BELLEVUE SCHOOL DISTRICT, SUPERINTENDENT BROUGHT CHILDREN'S TO THE CLASSES THAT THE PUBLIC SPAT IN JANUARY.

GUESS WHAT HAPPENED. MOST TEACHERS APPEAR IN CLASSES TO DO THE RIGHT THING. MIGHT ALSO LIKE WASHINGTON TEACHERS DO THE RIGHT THING. REQUEST BOARD TO ASK ASKED MANAGEMENT TO GET CHILDREN BACK TO CLASSES FOR FIVE DAYS A WEEK ACROSS ALL GRADES NOW. THEY SHOULD CONSIDER ALL OPTIONS. WOULD GET THE RIGHT THING DONE.

BECAUSE STAKES ARE SO HIGH. OF RISK DAY OF SCHOOL LOSS AFFECTS CHILDREN, STUDENTS ACADEMICALLY, EMOTIONALLY AND PHYSICALLY. I WANT THE FIVE DAY IN SCHOOLING PERSON OPTION FOR ALL LIKE WASHINGTONIANS WITHOUT ANY DELAY. THANK YOU.

[CLAPPING] >> ERIC LALIBERTE: THANK YOU.

NEXT I HAVE THE MILLER FAMILY. [CLAPPING]

>> BEFORE SHE BEGINS, WE HAVE 20 STATE LEGISLATORS.

IF I COULD PASS THAT UP, I HAVE SIX COPIES.

>> ERIC LALIBERTE: THAT WOULD BE EXCELLENT.

YOU CAN HAND IT TO ME. >> DOCTOR AND HELP BOARD MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TONIGHT WITH MY NAME IS KAYLA MILLER NUMBER GREATER .

I AM HERE TODAY BECAUSE I FEEL I HAVE TO BE.

IT FEELS LIKE NO ONE IS ASKING STUDENTS WHAT THEY WANT.

YOU ARE HERE FOR THE GOOD OF STUDENTS APPEAR TO BE THE EASIEST GROUP TO IGNORE BECAUSE WE ARE KIDS? WE ARE NOT OKAY. STUDENTS HAVE BEEN SO UNDERSTANDING AND SO PATIENT. YOU TOLD US A YEAR AGO WE WOULD BE REMOTE LEARNING FOR SIX WEEKS AND SIX WEEKS LATER WE WERE TOLD WE WOULD BE DOING REMOTE LEARNING FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR. AGAIN, STUDENTS ARE PATIENT.

WE UNDER STOOD THERE WAS THE STINKY VIRUS ALL OVER THE WORLD. IT HASN'T BEEN EASY FOR ANYONE, WE GET IT. BUT YOU HAVE A JOB TO DO, TEACH KIDS LAST SUMMER I REMEMBER SITTING AT MY GRANDPARENTS KITCHEN TABLE WHEN MY MOM TOLD ME I WOULD BE STARTING THIRD GRADE ON A COMPUTER. AGAIN, I CRIED.

I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT ALL MY FRIENDS IN FLORIDA WERE ALREADY GOING TO SCHOOL IN PERSON AND I HAVEN'T STOPPED SINCE.

DOESN'T THAT TELL YOU SOMETHING? LIKE WASHINGTON STUDENTS ARE FALLING BEHIND.

LEARNING ON A LAPTOP IS NOT THE SAME.

JUST THIS MORNING I HAD TO RESTART MY COMPUTER FOUR TIMES TO GET LEXI A WORKING. THE UNDERSTAND HOW FRUSTRATING THAT IS FOR KIDS ON A DAILY BASIS? AND ONE OUT OF EVERY FIVE DAYS OF LEARNING THROUGH POWERPOINT SLIDES AND VIDEOS. YOU'VE TAKEN AWAY SOCIAL STUDIES FROM US. I WANT TO BE A VET WHEN I GROW UP AND I NEED TO LEARN SCIENCE ALL DURING THIS STINKY VIRUS I HEARD FOLLOW THE SCIENCE. HOW CAN WE FOLLOW THE SCIENCE WHEN WE ARE ONLY GETTING SCIENCE THROUGH SLIDES.

THAT'S NOT SCIENCE, THAT'S READING.

EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM NEEDS TO FOCUS ON ONE GOLD WOULD OPEN OUR SCHOOLS FULL-TIME. IN JANUARY YOU TOLD US WE WERE GOING BACK ON FEBRUARY 18. DID GIVE US A DATE AND THEN YOU TOOK IT AWAY. TODAY ISMARCH 1 AND NOW YOU'VE

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DO KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE TO WATCH MY LITTLE SISTER GET TO GO TO PRESCHOOL EVERYDAY WHILE I WALKED DOWNSTAIRS JUST TO SIT AT THE DINING ROOM TABLE WITH A COMPUTER AGAIN? I STILL CRY SOMETIMES WHEN SHE GETS TO GO TO SCHOOL BUT A FOUR-YEAR-OLDS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE IT WORK, I'M DOUBLE THEIR AGE KNOW HOW TO WEAR A MASK.

WE CAN MAKE THIS WORK FULL-TIME.

STUDENTS WANT TO BE BACK IN THE CLASSROOM LIKE STUDENTS ALL OVER OUR COUNTRY. LIKE WASHINGTON STUDENTS ARE FALLING BEHIND. WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT IT.

REMOTE LEARNING IS NOT THE ANSWER.

I HOPE I CAN TRUST YOU TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON YOUR WORD THIS TIME AND I HOPE ALL STUDENTS CAN RETURN TO THE CLASSROOM. REMOTE LEARNING IS NOT RIGHT FOR STUDENTS. WE CANNOT SAY REMOTE LEARNING IS RIGHT WHEN THE CDC SO STUDENTS NEED TO BE IN THE CLASSROOM. NO MORE EXCUSES, OPEN THE SCHOOLS. [CLAPPING]

>> ERIC LALIBERTE: THANK YOU. ONE MOMENT.

>> ERIC LALIBERTE: WE ARE MAKING SURE WE ARE BROADCASTING TO EVERYONE AT HOME. WE ARE.

OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU.

NEXT I HAVE ÃHOLD ON. WE ARE RESOLVING A TECHNICAL ISSUE. WHEN WE RESTART, THE NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE SIMONE AND FAMILY.

IF YOU WANT TO GET READY, WE WILL JUST BE ONE MOMENT.

>> ERIC LALIBERTE: OKAY, EXCELLENT.

NEXT WE HAVE SIMONE ALVAREZ AND FAMILY.

[CLAPPING] >> ERIC LALIBERTE: WE MIGHT

WANT TO PULL ÃYEAH. >> HELLO MY NAME IS ALINA.

I AM A SIXTH-GRADER AT THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY SCHOOL.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL MY TEACHERS FOR TRYING SO HARD TO HELP THE STUDENTS DURING THIS VERY DIFFICULT TIME.

I AM PRIVILEGED AND ARE RECOGNIZED WITH PRIVILEGE COMES RESPONSIBILITY TO UNDERSTAND EXPERIENCES OF THOSE STRUGGLING TO RUN THIS PANDEMIC. I HAVE FOOD, A MOTHER WHO IS EMPLOYED AND RECOVERED FROM COVID AS WELL AS HELP AT SCHOOL WITHOUT. I AM A SUPER FORTUNATE KID.

RIGHT NOW I'M NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT ME.

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE KIDS WHO DON'T HAVE THESELUXURIES .

KIDS WHOSE PARENTS HAVE TO LEAVE THE HOUSE TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE. KIDS WHO STRUGGLE IN BROKEN HOMES AND KIDS WILL HAVE PARENTS WHO CAN'T SPEAK ENGLISH AND ARE UNABLE TO HELP THEM WITH SCHOOL WORK.

I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE MY FELLOW STUDENTS AND CLASSMATES WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH ANXIETY, DEPRESSION AND THE EFFECTS OF LONG-TERM ISOLATIONS.

HERE TO ASK YOU TO GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO RETURN TO OUR CLASSROOMS WHERE WE BELONG. I AM HERE BECAUSE I NEED TO BE IN SCHOOL THE KIDS STRUGGLING NEED AN OPTION TO BE IN SCHOOL.

I HEAR PEOPLE SAY STUDENTS ARE THRIVING, BUT THRIVING ACADEMICALLY OR EMOTIONALLY. THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE

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BE AN ONLINE HAS MADE THIS REALLY HARD TO READ NEXT TIME YOU HEAR SOMEONE SAY THEY ARE THRIVING IN AN ONLINE WORLD, CONSIDER IF IT IS ACADEMIC OR EMOTIONAL.

I AM HERE TO ASK YOU TO STOP IGNORING THE DATA THAT WE CAN BE SAFE IN THE CLASSROOMS. I WORK AT NIGHT SO BELOVED AND THERE ARE LOTS OF PROBLEMS I DON'T FULLY UNDERSTAND, BUT I DO UNDERSTAND STUDENTS NEED THE OPTION TO BE IN SCHOOL.

NOT IN A VIRTUAL WORLD WHERE WE ARE SEPARATED BYSCREENS.

PLEASE OPEN SCHOOL FOR ALL SECONDARY STUDENTS NOW .

[CLAPPING] >> ERIC LALIBERTE: THANK YOU.

NEXT WE HAVEGREG ZELINSKI . [CLAPPING]

>> GOOD EVENING MEMBERS OF THE BOARD GORDON I AM A PARENT OF A SECOND GRADER AT RACHEL CARSON ELEMENTARY.

FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO START THIS COMMENT WITH PRAISE FOR MY DAUGHTER'S TEACHER, MRS. WILSON, IT WAS DONE A FANTASTIC JOB WITH HER IN PREPARING HER AND KEEPING HER ENGAGED THROUGHOUT THIS PANDEMIC. I HAVE BEEN REALLY IMPRESSED WITH HOW SHE HAS HANDLED IT AND I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT, HONESTLY. MY FAMILY AND I MOVED HERE FROM GIG HARBOR IN JUNE 2020 TO ACCOMMODATE LIFESTYLE WORKING CHANGES FOR US, BUT WE CHOSE LIKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE WE CONTINUE TO HEAR HOW IT WAS SUPERIOR OVER SO MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE SEATTLE METRO AREA.E ANTICIPATED PROGRESSIVE FORWARD THINKING DISTRICT THAT WOULD NOT ONLY BE THE BEST FIT FOR OUR KIDS IN THE LONG RUN, BUT ALSO BE THE BEST OF DEALING WITH THE CHALLENGES OF TEACHING IN A PANDEMIC THREAT AT THIS POINT THE FORMER HAS YET TO BE PROVEN IN THE LATTER UNFORTUNATELY IS DEAD WRONG FOR THE SET IRONY FOR US AS A FAMILY IS THAT WE MOVED FROM A DISTRICT THAT HAS RECENTLY RESTARTED IN PERSON LEARNING THROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL IS A LAST FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25.

ADDITIONALLY THEY LOWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS ATTEND FOUR DAYS A WEEK, WHICH IS HAPPENING LATER IN MARCH.

INSTEAD OF PROVIDING MORE COMPARISONS WHICH COULD GO ON FOR A LONG TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK A SIMPLE QUESTION THROUGH SOME OF THIS MAY BE ROOTED IN MY INCREMENTS OF INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE AND NORMS, BUT I WANT TO KNOW HOW WE CAN BRING PARENTS AS AN EQUAL PARTY TO THE PLANNING AND BARGAINING TABLE WHEN WE DISCUSSED CHANGES IN OUR PLAN TO MOVE FORWARD TO THIS PANDEMIC.

BUT ALSO BEYOND THIS PANDEMIC AND INTO OTHER AREAS WHICH MAY INVOLVE DIFFICULT DECISIONS AROUND TRADE-OFFS BETWEEN OUR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION, TEACHER SAFETY OR ANY OTHER DIFFICULT CONSTRAINT THAT WILL FACE US IN THE FUTURE.

THE MECHANISM THAT EXISTS, BUT I DON'T SEE PARENTS VIEWED AS AN EQUAL PARTNER IN THE QUESTION OF GETTING KIDS BACK TO SCHOOL FOR IN PERSON LEARNING. ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF CREATING A SAFE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL STAKEHOLDERS AT SCHOOL SPIRIT TEACHERS, STUDENTS AND ADMINISTRATORS AND EVEN THE STAFF THAT YOU STARTED TO NIGHTS MEETING TALKING ABOUT.

IS ASKED TO BE PARAMOUNT. THIS IS A HARD PROBLEM WE MUST FIX, BUT NOT WITH TRADE-OFFS COULD WE NEED TO PROVIDE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT THAT INCLUDES HAVING OUR KIDS IN SCHOOL TO ADD LEAST THE BENCHMARK OF OTHER DISTRICTS IN OUR STATE, WHICH ISAGAIN WHEN MY FAMILY MOVED HERE .PERSONALLY, THE RIGHT NEXT STEP FOR ME AND MY FAMILY ARE NOT TO PUT OUR KIDS IN PRIVATE SCHOOL WITH THE RIGHT NEXT STEP IS TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN MAKE OUR SCHOOLS WORK FOR OUR CHILDREN AND SUPPORT THAT. AFTER BELIEVE I'M SPEAKING FOR THE PARENTS OF MIDDLE SCHOOLERS AND ICE COOLERS, WHICH I FOUND OUT TONIGHT FOR SURE IN. RIGHT NOW DURING COVID YOU KIND OF FEEL LIKE YOU ARE LIVING AT THE BOTTOM OF A WELL.

YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW EVERYBODY ELSE IS FEELING UNTIL THEY GO OUT AND SEE THEM TO GET THANKS VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND I WOULD LOVE TO BE PART OF FINDING A SOLUTION TO GETTING OUR KIDS IN PERSON NOW. THANK YOU.

[CLAPPING] >> ERIC LALIBERTE: THANK YOU MS. STUDENTS ZELINSKI. NEXT WE HAVE.

[NAME] >> IT WAS CLOSE.

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I WON'T SPEND MY THREE MINUTES TELLING YOU ABOUT MY KIDS PERSONAL STORIES OF FAILURE AND LOSS, BELIEVE ME THEY ARE REAL.

I WILL INSTEAD TALK ABOUT YOUR OBLIGATION TO EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN. AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT IN WASHINGTON IN ACCORDANCE WITH RCW 20 881-5210, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO STRENGTHEN THE EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT OF ALL STUDENTS TO ACHIEVE PERSONAL ACADEMIC SUCCESS.

YOU ARE FEELING AT THIS MISSION.

YOU KNOW THAT THE STUDENTS ARE GETTING A FRACTION OF THE EDUCATION YOU ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE.

THE OS PI AND THE DOH MANDATE THE PROVISION FOR IN PERSON LEARNING FOR ALL STUDENTS INCLUDING SECONDARY EDUCATION YOUR YOUR FAILURE TO ADHERE TO THESE MANDATES BUT ALL THE YOU IN DIRECT CONFLICT WITH YOUR DUTIES WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION WITH THE GOVERNOR HIMSELF.

IN DECEMBER CHRIS LEIST OF ASTANA FOR IMPRISONMENT INSTRUCTION TO REOPEN FOR ALL STUDENTS OF CASES WERE UNDER 350 PER 100,000 AND WE ARE WELL BELOW THAT STANDARD.

YOUR PRIVATIZATION OF AP EXAMS AND OTHER SPRING ACTIVITIES IS NOT YOUR HIGHEST PRIORITY, DOCTOR.

OUR KIDS OF SPENT 48,000 MINUTES BEHIND A SCREEN AND CLASSES ALONE. THIS IS THE FAILING STUDENTS, THIS IS ALL THE STUDENTS. WE WILL NOT LET IT CONTINUE TO REVIEW SEE THE DATA FROM THE CDC AND DOH REALLY CANNOT IGNORE IT VERY THE PARENTS AND COMMUNITY WILL WORK WITH YOU SIDE-BY-SIDE TO SUPPORT AN IMMEDIATE HYBRID REOPENING OF OUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS WOULD WE WILL STAFF THE CLASSROOM FOR TEACHERS THAT WISH TO REMAIN REMOTE.

WE WILL ARM OURSELVES WITH YARDSTICKS AND HELP ENSURE YOU SIX FEET DISTANCE. WE WILL SANITIZE YOUR CLASSROOMS AT NIGHT, WE WILL LOVE YOU HARD FOR VACCINATIONS OF TEACHERS. HOWEVER, IF YOU DO NOT GIVE EVERY STUDENT THE CHOICE OF IN PERSON LEARNING AND NOW, WE WILL FIGHT PASSIONATELY AND WITHOUT PREJUDICE.

WITHIN THE LAST WEEK OUR LOCAL PARENT GROUP IS INCREASED 400 PERCENT. WE ARE ANGRY, WE ARE MOTIVATED AND WE ARE WATCHING EVERYTHING YOU DO.

I'VE SEEN IDEAS RANGING FROM UNROLLING THE KIDS IN LEADING THE DISTRICT TO ASKING IF WE WOULD EVER SUPPORT ANOTHER SCHOOL LEVY REFILING FORMAL COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE DOCTOR WITH THE OS PI AND TAKING LEGAL ACTION.

YOUR CURRENT PLAN IS CLEARLY UNACCEPTABLE.

IT SHOULD BE OBVIOUS, THIS IS NOT A PERSONAL ATTACK ON YOU SUPERINTENDENT ALLMAN OR THE BOARD.

THIS IS A PERSONAL DEFENSE FOR OUR CHILDREN.

REFUSED TO LET IT CONTINUE. INALLY, A NOTE TO TEACHERS.

WE KNOW YOU LOVE OUR KIDS TO REVIEW SEE CHILDREN SUFFERING.

I KNOW YOU WERE CAUGHT IN THE CROSSHAIRS RIGHT URGE YOU TO LEAVE THE DEBT LW E8 RECORD YOU TO SEE THEY'RE NOT WORKING ANY BEST INTEREST AND THEY ARE NOT WORKING OUR BEST INTEREST.

WE KNOW YOU ARE TRYING TO DO YOUR BEST, BUT SUPPORT FOR TEACHERS THAT SUPPORT A UNION WILL UNRAVEL BUT IT IS YOUR LEGAL RIGHT TO LEAVE THE UNION. PUT THAT MONEY BACK IN YOUR POCKET, DISTANCE YOURSELF FROM THEM AND SEND A MESSAGE THAT YOUR MISSION IS TO EDUCATE CHILDREN, NOT BE A PAWN IN THEIR POLITICAL CHESS MATCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

[CLAPPING] >> ERIC LALIBERTE: THANK YOU.

NEXT WE HAVE KELLY LEE. [CLAPPING]

>> GOOD EVENING BOARD. GOOD EVENING DOCTOR HOLMAN.

AS I WAS INTRODUCED, AND KELLY LEE.

I AM A PARENT OF A FRESHMAN AND A SENIOR AT ONE IN THE HIGH SCHOOL.I HAVE LIVED IN THE DISTRICT FOR EIGHT YEARS.

AND MAHON OMER, ON THE TAXPAYER AND I AM A REGISTERED VOTER AND I AM ALSO A PRODUCT OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.

AND I AM AN ADVOCATE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL.

AND I CONSIDER YOU ALL MY PARTNERS IN EDUCATION.

MY HOPES IN MY DREAMS FOR MY KIDS AND THEIR PEERS ARE FOR THEM TO BE WELL-ROUNDED. AND HONESTLY, WE ARE STRUGGLING AT HOME. I AM HERE TO BE A SQUEAKY WHEEL WITH MY FELLOW PUBLIC SPEAKERS. AND I CHOSE NOT TO BE OUTSIDE TONIGHT BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO BE IN HERE WITH YOU SPEAKING WITH YOU. AND SO THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. AND IF YOU KNOW TEENAGERS, THEY FIND THEIR PARENTS VERY EMBARRASSING AT TIMES.

AND SO I DID GET PERMISSION FROM BOTH OF MY SENIORS ÃMY SENIOR AND MY FRESHMAN TOBE HERE .

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HE SAID MENTAL HEALTH IS DEFINITELY COMPROMISED.

AND I SEE HIS SOCIAL SKILLS DWINDLING AND IT WORRIES ME.

RIGHT NOW MY KIDS ARE NOT LEARNING THE SKILLS.

THEY ARE NOT LEARNING TO BE COLLEGE AND CAREER READY.

AND I ONCE HEARD A BASKETBALL COACH SAY YOU PREPARE YOUR KIDS FOR THE NEXT STEP. IF THEY ARE ENTERING HIGH SCHOOL, YOU PREPARE THEM FOR THAT.

I KIDS ARE TRYING TO BE PREPARED FOR COLLEGE AND I FEEL LIKE AT THIS POINT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE READY.

I GET IT, I REALLY DO. YOU HAVE TO REPRESENT ALL CONSTITUENTS THROUGH STUDENTS, TEACHERS, STAFF, PARENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS. I GET THAT WE ARE THE SECOND LARGEST DISTRICT IN THE STATE AND THAT WE ARE STILL GROWING.

BUT WE HAVE TO FIGURE THIS OUT. I AM A REGISTERED VOLUNTEER IN THE DISTRICT WOULD'VE ALREADY PREAPPROVED.

AND I PLEDGE TO BE ACTIVE, TO BE A PART OF A MOBILIZATION.

MY CURRENT FRESHMAN ATTENDED ONE OF THE CHOICE SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT AND RIP I FEEL AS IF I KNOW PARENTS AT ALL OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS. AND I WILL GO TO WORK FOR YOU.

JUST ASKED ME, BUT NEED TO WOR .

FINALLY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SURVEYS THAT YOU HAVE PUT OUT.

THANK YOU FOR THE LEADERSHIP. LET'S GET GOING.

LET'S DO THIS. PUT ME TO WORK AND I WILL GET OTHERS TO MOBILIZE AS WELL. I THINK WE HAVE A GREAT SHOWING THIS EVENING ALREADY. DIANE JENKINS HAS MY EMAIL ADDRESS AND I AM HAPPY TO BE INVOLVED.

THANK YOU. >> ERIC LALIBERTE: THANK YOU MISS LEE.WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF THE REGISTERED SIGN-UPS FOR GIVING PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT, BUT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO TOOK THE TIME TO COME TONIGHT IN PERSON, I WILL MAKE SURE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IF YOU WANT TO.

IS THERE ANYBODY WHO DID NOT SIGN UP? PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND SOI CAN GET A COUNT .WE WILL START WITH YOU. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO.

AND THEN I WILL GO LEFT TO RIGHT AFTER THAT.

AND IF YOU COULD ÃSINCE I DO NOT KNOW YOUR NAME IF YOU COULD

GIVE YOUR NAME. >> MY NAME IS CASEY SHANE.

I HAVE TWO BOYS IN LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT, EASTLAKE AND INGLEWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL.

NINTH AND SIXTH GRADE. I CONCUR WITH ALL THE PREVIOUS SPEAKERS AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE SAID SO I WON'T REITERATE ALL THOSE THINGS. I TOO COME FROM A FAMILY OF PRIVILEGE. AND WELL-ADJUSTED NINTH AND SIXTH GRADERS AND THEY'VE DONE VERY WELL IN SCHOOL.

I TOO HAVE SEEN APATHETIC ATTITUDE LYING IN BED WITH THE LAPTOP ON YOUR KNEES AND YOUR FEET UP IN THE AIR KIND OF AN ATTITUDE. IT KILLS ME TO SEE.

THEY USED TO GET UP EARLY, GRAB THEIR BREAKFAST AND LOVE GETTING TO SCHOOL. WITHOUT GOING INTO THE DETAILS OTHERS HAVE COLORED, I WANTED TO GO THROUGH STATS I PUT TOGETHER TODAY FOR THE QUESTION FOR THE BOARD IS WHY ARE WE IGNORING THE SCIENCE? 87 PERCENT OF THE DISTRICTS IN THE UNITED STATES ARE 40 PERCENT OPENON AVERAGE ACROSS ALL GRADE LEVELS . 90 PERCENT OF THE FACULTY AND STAFF IN PUBLIC K-12 SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE UNDER AGE 55.

98 PERCENT ARE UNDER AGE 65. WHICH IS THE THRESHOLD FOR LOW RISK VERSUS HIGH RISK FOR COVID-19.

12 TO 25-YEAR-OLDS SHOULD ALWAYS NUMBER OF SYMPTOMS OF ANY AGE GROUP. MENTAL ILLNESS IS ON THE RISE, PHYSICAL FITNESS IS ON THE DECLINE.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE LOCKDOWN SEEMS TO BE DOING MORE DAMAGE THAN THE PANDEMIC. SO PLEASE CONSIDER THIS ONE WE THINK ABOUT GETTING BACK TO SCHOOL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

THANKS. >> ERIC LALIBERTE: SIR, I APOLOGIZE I FORGOT YOUR NAME. MR. SHANE.

WOULD YOU MIND EMAILING WHAT YOU JUST SAID TO US?

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I SAW THREE MORE HANDS SO WE WILL GO LEFT OR RIGHT.

OR MY LEFT AND MY RIGHT EYE GUESS RENEW OUR FIRST.

>> GOOD EVENING PUT MY NAME IS CRAIGFISHER AND I AM THE FATHER OF 1/9 GRADER AT LAKE WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL IN THE 12TH GRADER . MY SON IS THE NINTH GRADER.

AND YOUWOULD PROBABLY COUNTING AS AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE GREAT SUCCESSES IN THE DISTRICT.

IS A DILIGENT, MOTIVATED ALMOST STRAIGHT A STUDENT WHO DOES EVERYTHING THAT IS EXPECTED OF HIM .

AND TURNING ALL HIS HOMEWORK IN ON TIME.

MY SON IS NOT DOING OKAY. HE HAS NOT BEEN FOR MANY MONTHS NOW. HE IS SEVERELYDEPRESSED AND WITHDRAWN . NEEDS IN COUNSELING, HE IS ON MEDICATION. HE IS NOT OKAY.

WATCHER PRESENTATION OF THE WEEKEND WHEN HE TALKED ABOUT THE DIFFICULTIES OF REOPENING. HE DID NOT HOWEVER, ADDRESS THE COST OF NOT DOING SO. MIGHT TAKE AWAY MOST IT WAS PARTICULARLY HARD TO WE WERE NOT GOING TO TRY.

YOU COUNTED THE FACT THAT SOME KIDS ARE SUFFERING AND SOME KIDS ARE DOING OKAY. I WAS APPALLED.

AND I FOUND IT PROFOUNDLY OFFENSIVE.

THERE WAS A DIGESTIONS OF OFTEN ACTIVITIES COMING UP WHERE KIDS WOULD SEE OTHER KIDS THAT WOULD WORK FOR MY SON BUT HE DOESN'T WANT TO LEAVE HIS ROOM HE REALLY NEEDS TO BE BACK IN CLASSROOMS TO GET I WANT TO SEE HIM SMILE AGAIN, I WANT TO SEE HIM LAUGH AGAIN. .

THANK YOU. [CLAPPING]

>> ERIC LALIBERTE: THANK YOU SIR.

WILL THE NEXT PRESENTER ÃYES, THANK YOU.

>> DOCTOR HOLMAN, MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, I'M A MOTHER OF FIVE CHILDREN AGE FOUR TO 17 BOARD FOR MY CHILDREN ATTEND THREE SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT VERITABLY SCHOOL IS ESSENTIAL AND TEACHERS ARE ESSENTIAL WORKERS I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR AN IN PERSON OPTION FOR ALL STUDENTS THIS SCHOOL YEAR . I WOULD LIKE TO SAY UP FRONT I DO NOT THINK YOU ARE THE ENEMY. MY HUSBAND AND MY NEAR CONSTANT REFRAIN FOR MY CHILDREN IS ASK YOUR TEACHER, THEY WANT TO HELP. I PUT YOU IN THE BASKET OF THOSE WANTING TO HELP. HOWEVER, THE DECISIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE FOR ALL SECONDARY STUDENTS ARE HURTING MANY STUDENTS WOULD LIKE OTHERS, AND COUNTLESS ANTIDOTES OF FAMILY STRUGGLING AND REMOTE LEARNING.

FOR THE STORIES BUT UNFORTUNATELY YOUR SOLUTIONS ONLY ADDRESS THE SYMPTOMS. WE WANT TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS. ONE OF THE PROBLEMS? YOU ARE NO LONGER FOLLOWING THE SCIENCE.

WHEN COVID FIRST EMERGED IN KIRKLAND SCHOOLS WERE SHUTTERED, I WAS SUPPORTED AS RISKS WERE ASSISTANT GUIDELINES ESTABLISHED IN OTHER GUIDELINES HAVE CHANGED.

IT IS AGAIN POSSIBLE TO OPEN SCHOOL SAFELY.

WE MUST TRUST THE SCIENCE LIKE WE ALWAYS HAVE A RED STUDENTS ARE SUFFERING. THIS IS UNDENIABLE.

MY OWN KIDS ARE DOING FINE BUT THEY ARE NOT FINE.

CAN SAY IT IS HARD TO FOCUS, HARD ESTATE RENOVATED, AND TO DO SCHOOL WITHOUT BEING IN SCHOOL FOR THE DISADVANTAGE IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE THE WORST OFF.

THIS IS REPREHENSIBLE FOR THE PROPOSED IN PERSON EXPERIENCES ARE A BAND-AID AND NOT A PARTICULARLY GOOD ONE.

MANY PROBLEMS DISSIPATE WHEN STUDENTS CAN GET BACK IN THE CLASSROOMS EVEN ON A MODIFIED SCHEDULE.

NUMBER THREE, SAFELY REOPENING SCHOOL IS AN INTRICATE PROBLEM GOOD VENTILATION, PPE, SANITATION, CROSS-LINK CONFIGURATION AND SCHEDULING ARE ALL CONCERNED.

BUT TO COME WAS SIMILAR STUDENT POPULATION SIZE AS WELL AS NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS HAVE COMMITTED TO FIGURING IT OUT.

IF THEY CAN, WE CAN THEIR PARENTS AND GUARDIANS WANT TO BE A PART OF THIS EQUATION. PORTABLE AIR FILTRATION UNITS OPENWINDOWS CONDUCTING CLASSES AND EATING OUTSIDE.HESE ARE ALL CREATIVE, USEFUL SOLUTIONS TO WHICH WE ARE WILLING TO ADHERE AND CONTRIBUTE. I AM A STATISTICIAN BY TRADE.

IT IS UNREASONABLE AND IMPOSSIBLE TO ELIMINATE ALL RISKS. BUT YOU CAN REDUCE THE RISK AND SAFELY RESUME IN PERSON INSTRUCTION BRICK NUMBER FOUR, WE ARE NOT HEARING FUTURE PLANS.

THIS IS A ONCE FRIGHTENING AND MADDENING.

IF THE CDC, GOVERNOR AND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CANNOT CONVINCE YOU IT IS SAFE TO REOPEN, WHO CAN.

RUMORS ARE CIRCULATING PERCOLATE LOTTERY DECIDE WHICH

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MORE FAMILIES WILL LEAVE THE DISTRICT IF SUCH A TRANSPARENT AND CONCISE PLAN IS NOT FORTHCOMING.

IN CONCLUSION, I BELIEVE IN YOU PRETTY WERE IN THIS POSITION BECAUSE HEVALUE PUBLIC EDUCATION.

YOU VALUE THE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS AND DESIRES OF STUDENTS .

HONOR THAT RESPONSE ABILITY BY GIVING THE STUDENTS THE CHOICE TO GO BACK IN PERSON THE SCHOOL YEAR.

SEND US A SURVEY. WE WILL RESPOND.

THANK YOU. [CLAPPING]

>> MS. SUNDERLAND AND MR. FISHER, WOULD YOU MIND SENDING US AN EMAIL OF YOUR TESTIMONY HERE TONIGHT SO WE CAN MAKE

SURE WE HAVE IT IN FRONT OF US? >> ERIC LALIBERTE: THERE WAS ONE OTHER GENTLEMAN. I SAW ONE MORE HAND IN THE

BACK, I THINK. >> I WILL YIELD BACK MY TIME.

[CLAPPING] >> ERIC LALIBERTE: COME ONUP.

LET'S MAKE SURE IT IS ON THE MICROPHONE.

THANK YOU. >> I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT

OUT TO THIS GENTLEMAN HERE . >> ERIC LALIBERTE: IF YOU

COULD GIVE YOUR NAME TOO. >> MY NAME IS STEVEN L AND I HAVE THREE CHILDREN IN THE LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT.

MY WIFE WHO SPOKE EARLIER, ELIZABETH, IS A CANCER SURVIVOR. BRAIN CANCER.

SHE WAS GIVEN THREE ENOUGH YEARS TO LIVE A COUPLE YEARS AGO AND SHE FINDS THE TIME AS A FULL-TIME ATTORNEY TO FOCUS ON THIS AND SPEND TIME. I HAVE LOOKED THROUGH MOST RECENTLY IN THE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES THAT THIS DISTRICT HAS. YOU ARE LUCKY, DOCTOR HOLMAN, TO HAVE THE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES.

PEOPLE WITH PHD. IT'S AMAZING.

YOU SEE HERE TONIGHT ALL OF THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE TO SUPPORT OUR CHILDREN. EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT PRIVILEGE THESE DAYS. I SEE A LOT OF PRIVILEGE IN THIS ROOM. HERE IN ALL OF US.

IS A COUPLE OF PEOPLE SAID, WE ARE WILLING AS A COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT YOUR EFFORTS AND MAKE THIS RIGHT FOR ALL OF US.

AND NOT HAVING A PLAN, I'M SPEECHLESS.

IT HAS BEEN A YEAR. AGAIN, WITH THE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES YOU HAVE UNDERNEATH YOUR THING, IT IS NOT JUST PEOPLE GORGON ITS PEOPLE WITH PHD THESE.

I EXPECT MORE FROM THIS GROUP. AND I JUST WANT TO REITERATE WE ARE ALL HERE TO SUPPORT YOU. THIS IS NOT ABOUT US WANTING SOMETHING FROM YOU WE ARE HERE AS 18.

AS YOU HEARD, PEOPLE. ALL SHOW UP, EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM WILL HELP YOU WITH LET US KNOW WHAT YOU NEED TO MAKE THIS WORK. IF THIS BREAKS DOWN TO DISCUSSIONS USE ANOTHER WORD FOR AN HAVE INTEGRITY.

THAT IS MY KEY THING. INTEGRITY.

IT'S OKAY. STATE SOMETHING FOR IT IF IT IS NOT THE THING, BE OPEN AND TRANSPARENT.

BUT ASK US WHAT YOU NEED AND DO SOMETHING.

BUT A PLAN TOGETHER. LET US FIX IT FAST.

MOST OF US ARE IN TECHNOLOGY. WE CAN SUPPORT YOU.

BUT WE NEED YOU GUYS TO BE OPEN, TRANSPARENT AND WILLING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR OUR KIDS.

THANK YOU. [CLAPPING]

>> ERIC LALIBERTE: THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE YOU WANTED TO SPEAK TONIGHT BUT DID NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO YET?OKAY. THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO CAME.

I ALSO WANT TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD THE BOARD RECEIVED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE MEETING TONIGHT. BOTH SENT TO THE BOARD AND TO DIANE JENKINS. WEHAVE THAT PUBLIC COMMENT, WE REVIEWED IT . I CAN SPEAK FOR ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS HERE THAT WE HAVE BEEN FOR THE LAST FOUR DAYS READING EVERY EMAIL THAT HAS COME IN. THANK YOU ALL WHO TOOK THE TIME TO WRITE. BEFORE WE MOVE ON, DIRECTOR SAGE, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO ADD?

>> CASSANDRA SAGE : IT HAS BEEN A YEAR SINCE WE HAVE BEEN IN THIS BOARD ROOM AND I REALIZED HALFWAY THROUGH THAT WE WERE DOING WHAT WE USUALLY DO.EOPLE USUALLY COME UP AND GIVE THEIR TESTIMONY AND THEY HANDED A COPY TO US AT THE

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YOU DON'T HAVE TO RE-CREATE THAT.

WE HAVE IT ON TAPE.UT ESPECIALLY THE STUDENTS THAT GAVE US A PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT, IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ALL THAT IN A WRITTEN DOCUMENT.HANK

YOU. >> ERIC LALIBERTE: THANK YOU DIRECTOR SAGE. WE WILL MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.I WANT TO PREVIEW FOR EVERYONE WHAT OUR AGENDA IS TONIGHT FOR THE NEXT ITEM WILL BE THE SUPERINTENDENT REPORT. FOLLOWING THAT THERE WILL BE A FACILITY UPDATE. WE WILL THEN HAVE COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS UPDATE AND THE BOARD WILL THEN GET PUBLIC COMMENT. I NOTICED MOPES PEOPLE ARE HERE TO HEAR THE SUPERINTENDENT REPORT TONIGHT AND THEN WE WILL TAKE A BRIEF RECESS FOR THOSE WHO NEED TO GO HOME TO THEIR FAMILIES. WE WILL PAUSE FOR THAT AND WE WILL CONTINUE WITH THE REST OF OUR AGENDA.

[F. Superintendent Report]

DOCTOR HOLMAN, WOULD YOU PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE PATHWAY FORWARD? [CLAPPING]

>> I WOULD BE REMISS IN MY DUTIES IF I DIDN'T THINK OUR TWO STUDENTS WHO GAVE TONIGHT AND GAVE REMARKABLE COMMENT.

[CLAPPING] >> I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE RECOGNIZE THEM. ANYTIME A STUDENT COMES IN PROVIDES, IT IS REMARKABLE AND YOU TWO LADIES DID AS WELL AS I HAVE EVER SEEN. THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR VOICE IN THIS ROOM.AND SO THANK YOU.

TWO OF MY COLLEAGUES ARE GOING TO EXIT STAGE LEFT, MATT AND MIKE. THEY ARE GOING TO GIVE THEIR PORTIONOF THE PRESENTATION FROM THEIR OFFICES .

SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO WEAR THEIR MASKS AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT PIECE. AND SO WHEN EVER YOU NEED TO STEP OUT, FEEL FREE TO DO THAT WHILE I AM GOING HERE.

TONIGHT MY SUPERINTENDENCE REPORT IS SPECIFIC TO THE PATHWAYFORWARD REOPENING .HE BOARD IS ASKED A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS. OUR COMMUNITY IS ASKED A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS. AND SO TONIGHT IS REALLY BEING RESPONSIVE TO THOSE QUESTIONS THE BOARD HAS PROVIDED.

AS WELL AS INFORMATION THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT TO BE ABLE TO UPDATE YOU AROUND SOME OF THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON AND INFORMATION YOU HAVE REQUESTED.

WHEN I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS REPORT, AND BROUGHT ME BACK TO A YEAR AGO. WAS FEBRUARY 29, EARLY SATURDAY MORNING WHEN I GOT A PHONE CALL FROM DOCTOR JEAN, OUR SUPERINTENDENT FORGET SHE LET ME KNOW THAT LATER THAT DAY THAT TRAGICALLY THE FIRST COVID RELATED DEATH WOULD BE ANNOUNCED AND IT OCCURRED IN KIRKLAND.

THE FIRST UNITE UNITED STATES DEATH.

SINCE THAT TIME, NOTHING HAS BEEN DIFFICULT.

IN EVERYONE'S LIFE HAS BEEN TURNED UPSIDE DOWN FOR TONIGHT WE HEARD COMMENT ABOUT LIVES BEING TURNED UPSIDE DOWN.

WE SEE THAT THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITIES.

I CAN'T HELP BUT RECOGNIZE THE IMPACT THIS HAS HAD ON EVERYONE'S LIFE. AND SCHOOLS ARE PART OF THE SOLUTION. THE RECOGNIZE THAT AND APPRECIATE THAT. ON FRIDAY AT PROVIDED A MESSAG RELATED TO OUR DECISION . THE CONSIDERATIONS TONIGHT, BOTH MATT AND MIKE WILL PROVIDE FURTHER DETAIL REGARDING THE QUESTIONS AROUND THE EVALUATION, THE CONSIDERATIONS, THE IMPLICATIONS ABOUT OUR DECISIONS AND COMMUNICATION RELATED TO SECONDARY SCHOOLS. BASED ON OUR EVALUATION, MULTIPLE FACTORS, THE DECISION WAS MADE AND END OF THAT DECISION DOES NOT RESONATE WITH EVERYONE.

THE BOARD HAS, I HAVE, I KNOW IT DOES RESIGNATION WITH MANY AS WELL HERE THAT IS WHAT IS SO COMPLEX ABOUT THE SCENARIO WE ARE IN. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE COMPLEXITY OF DIVISIVE NATURE OF SO MANY OF THESE DECISIONS WE HAVE TO MAKE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND TRULY AS A COMMUNITY. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT AS WELL. I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT GIVEN ALL THE SETS OF FACTS, THERE ARE TIMES PEOPLE WOULD COME TO A DIFFERENT CONCLUSION THAN WE DID.

AND SO I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT.

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TONIGHT PRESENTATION WILL PROVIDE THE BOARD WITH AN UPDATE RELATED TO THE QUESTIONS YOU BROUGHT FORWARD.

ADDITIONALLY I WANT TO PROVIDE SOME COMMENTS, I BROUGHT SOME THINGS PREPARED AROUND BARGAINING PURITY ASKED QUESTIONS AROUND THE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES IN OUR REGION AND SO I BROUGHT INFORMATION AROUND THAT.

ALSO REACHED OUT TO A SECONDARY ADMINISTRATORS TO FIND OUT WHAT IS THE PROVISION OF IN-PERSON SERVICES RIGHT NOW ON YOUR CAMPUSES JUST SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND THE BASELINE WE ARE OPERATING ROOM GOOD INFORMATION ABOUT THE 21 AND 22 PLANNING.

WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND SOME OF THE OTHER PLAYERS THAT PLAY A ROLE IN THAT DECISION-MAKING PROCESS AS WE ARE WORKING THROUGH IT.ND THEN BRIEF COMMENTS AROUND 2021 GRADUATION AND SO WE WILL HAVE THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU AS WELL.

I WANT TO START BY BROADLY TALKING ABOUT BARGAINING.

THE NATIONAL NARRATIVE RELATED TO UNIONS HAS BEEN VERY CONSISTENT. ANYTIME WE THINK ABOUT ISSUES ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL THAT BRING THEM BACK TO THE LOCAL LEVEL, THEY AREN'T ALWAYS THE SAME STORY.

THAT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW AS WELL.

WE HAVE A GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH ALL OF OUR UNIONS IS NOT JUST THE LAKE WASHINGTON ASSOCIATION, BUT ALL ARE UNION GROUPS AND WE HAVE HAD TO WORK WITHOUR UNION GROUPS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE TIME .

AND SO THROUGH THE NEGOTIATION PROCESSES, WE HAVE HAD TO AMEND THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS COULD RECALL THOSE LETTERS OF UNDERSTANDING IN LAKE WASHINGTON.

AND SO WE HAVE GONE TO PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES WITH OUR UNIONS. PRIMARILY WE HAVE DONE THOSE NEGOTIATIONS WITH LAKE WASHINGTON EDUCATION ASSOCIATION REJECT THE LOST YEAR WE HAVE NEGOTIATED A NUMBER OF LETTERS OF UNDERSTANDING.

BETWEEN MAY AND AUGUST OF LAST YEAR, WE NEGOTIATED A LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING RELATED TO PROMOTE LEARNING.

BETWEEN JULY AND AUGUST WE NEGOTIATED A LETTER RELATED TO SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.

BETWEEN SEPTEMBER AND JANUARY, WE NEGOTIATED THE KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE RETURN TO IN PERSONLEARNING .

ALL THE WORKING CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

AND I WANT TO PAUSE IN THEIR BECAUSE THAT IS THE LONGEST DURATION OF TIME FOR ANY OF THESE LETTERS OF UNDERSTANDING.

AND THAT WAS TRULY RELATED TO HOW DO YOU PROVIDE INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES FOR OUR YOUNGEST LEARNERS IN THESE ENVIRONMENTS. AND SO FOR THOSE THAT WERE ON THE BARGAINING PROCESSES, THOSE WERE EMOTIONAL CONVERSATIONS, THOSE WERE DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS.

YET WE TRULY HAVE A COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH HER LAKE WASHINGTON ASSOCIATION.

AND WAS COMING FROM A PROBLEM-SOLVING STANCE.

DID IT TAKE A LONG TIME? ABSOLUTELY.

BUT I THINK WE HAVE ONE THE BEST RESULTS IN THE REGION.

WHEN I LOOK AROUND AT ALL THE LETTERS OF UNDERSTANDING, OUR K-1 LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING IS OUTSTANDING.

BETWEEN DECEMBER AND JANUARY, WE RENEGOTIATED THE ELEMENTARY SPECIAL EDUCATION AND SPECIAL SERVICES LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING GIVEN THE TRANSITION FOR ELEMENTARY LEARNERS. OUR SECOND THROUGH FIFTH GRADE LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING NEGOTIATED FROM JANUARY THROUGH MARCH. THAT WILL BE FINALIZED MOST LIKELY THIS WEEK. AND ARE SECONDARY IN PERSON SUPPORT LEARNING MODEL WE ARE CURRENTLY IN NEGOTIATIONS AROUNDTHE. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT UPDATE . WE HAVE LITERALLY BEEN AT THE BARGAINING TABLE FOR THE LAST YEAR.

SO SOME YOUR QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN WHAT ARE THE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED WITHIN THE REGION.

THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANTED TO START WITH WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES THAT OCCURRING HERE IN KING COUNTY. THE PUBLIC HEALTH EFFORTS IN OUR COUNTY IS DIRECTED BY SEATTLE KING COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH. I CONTINUED TO REFER TO THEM AS KING COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH, EVEN THOUGH THAT SHORTENS THEIR NAME. AND SOAKING COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH AND OTHER HEALTH DEPARTMENTS HAVE TRULY APPROACHED THIS PANDEMIC AND THE GUIDANCE RELATED TO K-12

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WE HAVE SEEN THIS EVEN IN THE FACE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH DECISION TREE, THE GUIDANCE PROVIDED IN AUGUST AND UPDATED IN DECEMBER. AN IMPORTANT TOOL FOR ALL OF US TO REFERENCE IS THE WEEKLY DATA TRACKING TOOL.

AND SO MANY OF US HAVE ACCESS TO THAT, I BELIEVE I SHARED THAT WITH THE BOARD BUT ALSO WITH THE COMMUNITY.

WE CAN TRULY SEE ONE OF THE DIFFERENT LEARNING MODELS BEING IMPLEMENTED ACROSS THE STATE AND ACROSS TO OUR REGION.

KNOWING THE GUIDANCE THAT WE RECEIVE AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT TRULY IS FROM OUR KING COUNTY HEALTH PARTNERS .

THOSE OF THE DISTRICTS I SPENT SOME TIME LOOKING AT TODAY TO UNDERSTAND TRULY WHAT IS THE PROVISION OF SERVICES THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING OFFERED REALLY WITHIN OUR REGION WITH THE DISTRICTS RECEIVING THE SAME GUIDANCES.

RIGHT NOW THE MAJORITY OF DISTRICTS IN KING COUNTY ARE TRULY MOVING FORWARD WITH A PLAN TO IMPLEMENT IN PERSON LEARNING SERVICES FOR ELEMENTARY LEARNERS.

THAT IS TRUE FOR THE MAJORITY OF DISTRICTS, BUT THAT'S NOT TRUE FOR EVERY DISTRICT IN OUR REGION.

THAT IS THE DATA AVAILABLE. I ALSO KNOW THAT CURRENTLY WE HAVE ANOTHER A DISTRICTS PLANNING FOR THE PROVISION FOR A SECONDARY SERVICES WITHIN THEIR DISTRICT.

BUT AT THIS TIME WITHIN OUR REGION AND WITHIN OUR COUNTY.

WHEN I SAY WITHIN OUR COUNTY, THE ONLY DISTRICT THAT HAS A PROVISION OF SECONDARY SERVICES IS ENUMCLAW SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR SECONDARY. AND SO ANOTHER IS A SMALLER SCHOOL DISTRICT WITHIN OUR REGION THAT HAS DATES AND PLANS TO BRING SECONDARY STUDENTS BACK TO READ BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT OTHER DISTRICTS ARE DISCUSSING IT WITHOUT SPECIFIC TIMELINES IN PLACE YET. IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THERE ARE DISTRICTS THAT HAVE NOT WELCOMED ANY STUDENTS BACK ONTO CAMPUS YET. AND SO THERE ARE SOME JUST TO THE SOUTH OF US AND THERE IS ONE JUST TO THE WEST OF US.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE DISTRICTS ARE PROVIDING IN PERSON LEARNING SERVICES FOR THEIR STUDENTS.ND SO MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, BOARD MEMBERS.

>> ERIC LALIBERTE: I APOLOGIZE NOT TONIGHT.

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, I SHOULD MENTION THIS NOW.

. THOSE HERE IN PERSON THE BEST WAY TO SEND YOUR QUESTIONS IS TO SEND THEM BY EMAIL.

RIGHT ON YOUR QUESTIONS, SEND THEM IN ONE EMAIL AND I WOULD

APPRECIATE GIVING THAT. >> ONE OF THE OTHER QUESTIONS THE BOARD ASKED WAS ARE THERE SECONDARY SERVICES BEING PROVIDED IN PERSON BE ON OUR PROVISION OF SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES IN OUR LEARNING CENTER AND TRANSITION CENTER PROGRAMS? AND SO I DID PULL ARE SECONDARY ADMINISTRATORS ÃI KNEW THE ANSWER WAS YES BUT I WANTED TO QUANTIFY THAT FOR THE BOARD.

RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 800 SECONDARY UNITS ÃSTUDENTS RECEIVING IN PERSON SUPPORTS. THOSE ARE IN THE AREAS OF ACADEMIC, ORGANIZATION AND WHAT ONE SCHOOL TITLE ATTENDANCE SUPPORT. THE SUPPORTS RANGE FROM ONE UP TO FIVE DAYS A WEEK. ON AVERAGE THEY ARE TWO HOURS IN DURATION WITH THE RANGE BEING FROM 30 MINUTES UP TO 6 1/2HOURS . AND SO OUR SCHOOLS THROUGH WHAT WE PROVIDED THROUGH THE SUMMER LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING, WE TITLE THEM AS EQUITY HOURS BECAUSE IT REALLY WAS ABOUT PROVIDING ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS FOR STUDENTS.

AND SO THEY ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE SUPPORTS DURING THE SCHOOL DAY IN PERSON FOR THE STUDENTS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED.

>> ERIC LALIBERTE: I DO ACTUALLY WANT TO RETURN WHAT YOU POST BEFORE AND ASKED FOR QUESTIONS.

I REALIZE I DO HAVE AQUESTION I WOULD LIKE TO ASK .

>> GREAT. THAT IS THE INFORMATION I HAVE AROUND ACADEMIC SERVICES AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL AND IN PERSON.

YOU WANT TO ASK YOUR QUESTION NOW?

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>> YES, THANK YOU. YOU REFERENCE THERE WERE TWO DISTRICTS IN KING COUNTY THAT HAD MADE DATES AT LEAST IN THE PLANT THAT STUDENTS RETURN. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE MODEL OF PROVISION SERVICES THOSE DISTRICTS ARE

IMPLEMENTING? >> I WOULD PROBABLY BE FIRMEST IF I TRY TO GIVE YOU THE EXACT MODELS FOR THEIR SECONDARY

RETURN. >> ERIC LALIBERTE: I UNDERSTAND. IN GENERAL TERMS, ARE YOU ABLE?

HOW MANY DAYS A WEEK. >> YET, SO I BELIEVE THEY ARE TWO DAY A WEEK MODELS. OR THEY ARE IN AMPM MODEL.

AND SO ABOUT HALF OF WHAT A TYPICAL IN PERSON MODEL WOULD

BE. >> ERIC LALIBERTE: THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT I SAW, WHICH WAS HALF-DAY THE TWO DAYS A WEEK. TWO DAYS ON, FIVE DAYS OFF THE

HYBRID MODEL. >> EITHER TWO CONSECUTIVE DAYS OR TWO DAYS LIKE A MONDAY AND A THURSDAY.

>> ERIC LALIBERTE: THANK YOU. THAT IS HELPFUL.

SPOKE ON THE SECONDARY SERVICES BEING PROVIDED, THERE'S A RELATED QUESTION. I'M NOT SURE IF IT IS COMING UP OR IF NOW IS THE TIME TO ASK IT.

FOR KIDS STRUGGLING ACADEMICALLY OR EMOTIONALLY, THIS IS THE ISSUE FOR PARENTS. AND IF WE ARE COMING BACK, WHAT ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS ARE COMING TO HELP MAKE THAT POSSIBLE FOR THESE KIDS TO RECEIVE SUPPORT? I KNOW WE HAVE COUNSELING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. IS THAT AN ISSUE WE ARE GOING TO GET INTO OR IS THAT SOMETHING.

>> YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE MATT IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT TONIGHT BUT RICK AND SO WE CAN JUST HOLD ON THAT AND IF IT DOESN'T GET ANSWERED, WHY DO WE BRING THAT BACK UP AND ANSWER THAT. OKAY.

SO ANOTHER WAY WE HAVE STUDENTS ON CAMPUS IS THROUGH OUR ATHLETICS PROGRAM. THAT HAS BEEN TRULY GUIDED BY THE W A AND THE GOVERNORS GUIDANCE AROUND SPORTS.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE IMPLEMENTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH WIA WAS WHAT THEY CALLED ATHLETIC TRAINING.

FOR THE STUDENT ATHLETES BE IN ABLE TO SIGN UP WITH OTHER IN TRAINING. THE DEBT TO BE MAKE SURE THEY WERE MAINTAINING THE SAME GROUP THAT THEY WERE TRAINING WITH.

THAT THEY MAINTAINED THAT GROU .

THEY COULD NOT SWITCH GROUPS. WE 1755 STUDENT ATHLETES PARTICIPATING FOR OVER SIX WEEKS THOSE TRAINING PROGRAMS WERE TWO TIMES PER WEEK FOR THE DURATION OF OUR I THINK I MENTIONED TO THE WAR BEFORE IT WAS PRETTY REMARKABLE TO BE DRIVING BY OUR HIGH SCHOOLS JUST AS LAST WEEK WE STARTED OUR FALL SPORTS WITH FOOTBALL STARTING LAST WEDNESDAY AND THEN ALL THE REST OF OUR FALL SPORTS STARTED JUST TODAY.

IN OUR FALL SPORTS OUR BOYS GOLF, BOYS TENNIS, GIRLS SOCCER, GIRLS SWIM AND DIVE AND VOLLEYBALL.

AND ALL TOLD WE WILL HAVE 1500 67,000 ATHLETES DISSIPATING IN THE FALL SEASON, WHICH STARTED NOW PUT IN THE WE WILL ENTER INTO THE WINTER SEASON AND WE WILL ENTER INTO THE SEASON.

WILL SHORTENED SEASON, BUT ALLOWING US TO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE ACTIVITIES. MOVING TO 2122 PLANNING.

WE ARE COMMITTED TO BRINGING BACK OUR STUDENTS IN PERSON FOR THE 2122 SCHOOL YEAR IF WE COULD MAKE THAT DECISION, WE WOULD SAY ALL STUDENTS ARE BACK FULL-TIME.

BUT THERE ARE FACTORS THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT WE ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO THAT WE HAVE TO NAVIGATE AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT.

INSERT CURRENTLY ALL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON ARE WAITING FOR THE WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE GOVERNORS OFFICE TO MAKE A DETERMINATION AROUND WHAT ARE THE HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE GOING TO BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE 2122 SCHOOL YEAR FROM RICK AS YOU KNOW OR AS YOU MAY HAVE HEARD, THE DISTANCING REQUIREMENT IN PLACE OF SIX FEET IS ABSOLUTELY THE MOST

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WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE MITIGATION MEASURES IN PLACE IN SCHOOLS, WE DON'T HAVE THE INEVITABILITY OF THE VACCINE.

BUT ONCE WE DO, THAT IS A MITIGATING MEASURE THAT WHEN WE THINK OF THE TOTALITY OF MITIGATING MEASURES, THAT IS WHAT PROVIDES HEALTH AND SAFETY.

DOES ANYONE, IT ISN'T JUST DISTANCING IT IS ALL OF THEM PUT TOGETHER AND THEN WHEN YOU LAYER ON THE VACCINE IS ANOTHER SET OF MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES, WE BELIEVE WE CAN REDUCE THE DANCE AND SING MEASURE BECAUSE THAT IS REALLY WHAT WOULD ALLOW US TO PROVIDE THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF IN-PERSON LEARNING SERVICES FOR OUR STUDENTS.

SUGGEST THIS WEDNESDAY I WILL BE MEETING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR THOSE WRITING THE COVID-19 GUIDANCE.

BECAUSE FOR ME I FEEL LIKE IT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR DISTRICT. AND SO FOR SOME DISTRICTS WHO MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL SPACE, THE SIX FOOT ARE ABSOLUTELY FILLED TO THE BRIM TO THE STUDENTS. WE DO NOT HAVE ADDITIONAL CLASSROOMS, WE DON'T HAVE ADDITIONAL SCHOOLS.THAT SIX FOOT DISTANCING TRULY CREATES A SITUATION WHERE WE CAN ONLY HAVE HALF THE STUDENTS ON CAMPUS AT ANY ONE TIME.

AND THAT IS THE REQUIREMENT THAT IS TRULY THE MOST SIGNIFICANTLY IN TACTFUL IT WOULD BE THINK ABOUT NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, WHAT ARE WE DOING. WHAT ARE WE PLANNING FOR.

UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE PLANNING FOR THREE DIFFERENT MODELS.

ON THOSE THREE MODELS, NUMBER ONE IS A FULL IN PERSON MODEL.

THE SECOND IS A FULL HYBRID MODEL AND THE THIRD IS A HYBRID OR A REMOTE MODEL. WHY WOULD I INCLUDE REMOTE THERE BUT NOT UNDER THE SECOND CONDITION.

RIGHT NOW THE STATE HAS WAIVED THE REQUIREMENT THAT STUDENTS SITTING IN A SEAT TO COUNT AS ATTENDED.

BUT IF THAT GOES AWAY, WE CAN'T PROVIDE PROOF REMOTE LEARNING SERVICES FOR STUDENTS IF WE MAINTAIN THE DISTANCING WOULD BE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN THE HYBRID MODEL.

WE CAN PROVIDE IN PERSON LEARNING SERVICES FOR 100 PERCENT OF THE WITH THAT MEASURE IN PLACE.

IT ISIMPORTANT TO NOTE WE ARE PLANNING FOR ALL THREE OF THESE . COME THROUGH AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO WE CAN FOCUS ON ONE OF THESE.

AND NOT HAVE TO TRY AND PLAN FOR ALL THREE.

THAT IS THE WORK WE ARE DOING. HAS BEEN A QUESTION ABOUT THE DISTRICT USING REAPPROACH TO PROVIDING IN-PERSON SERVICES FOR THE 2122 SCHOOL YEAR THERE WERE TO BE HONEST, I'M NOT SURE WHERE THAT CAME FROM. I WANTED FOR THE RECORD TO STATE THAT IS NOT WHAT WE WOULD BE DOING AS A DISTRICT THAT WE WOULD IDENTIFY ONCE REQUIREMENT COMES THROUGH WHICH MODEL WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE KNOWING THAT WE ARE MORE STUDENTS IS WHAT WE ARE CONTINUING BE WORKING TOWARD LOTTERY QUESTION THAT HAS BEEN ASKED, WANT TO DISPEL THAT RUMOR THAT THAT IS NOT HOW WE WOULD APPROACH IN PERSON LEARNING SERVICES FOR THE 2122 SCHOOL YEAR SPOKE TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO EVERYONE WAS EVERYONE ON THE TABLE. IS NOT HOW WE WOULD OFFER THE

PROVISION OF IN-PERSON SERVICES.>> I NOTE IT VARIES FROM SUBJECT TO SUBJECT, ESPECIALLY THE NARROWER THE

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>> AVERAGE I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU IS AROUND 30 KNOWING THERE ARE SOME CLASSES LOWER THAN THAT READ BUT THERE ARE SOME

CLASSES HIGHER THAN THAT. >> THE ARE GOING TO ACCOMMODATE 30. CAN THEY ACCOMMODATE WITH SIX

FEET APART. >> THEY CAN ACCOMMODATE IT SIX

FEET APART. >> HOW MANY COULD THEY ACCOMMODATE? BUT GENERALLY 15.

WHAT WE FOUND WITH OUR ELEMENTARY MODEL, THE MAJORITY OF THE ELEMENTARY CLASSROOMS COULD ACCOMMODATE 15, BECAUSE THE SIX FOOT DISTANCING REQUIREMENT.

>> ERIC LALIBERTE: I'M GUESS I'M MAKING YOU HOLD.

>> WANT TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND.VERTIGO THE GUIDELINES THAT REQUIRE SIX FOOT SPACE FOR STUDENT, IF THAT WERE TO REMAIN IN PLACE FOR THE FALL OF NEXT YEAR, WE CANNOT BRING BACK ALL OUR STUDENTS, IS THAT RIGHT?

>> FOR FULL-TIME SERVICES, AND WE COULD NOT.

>> THAT WERE TO REMAIN IN PLACE WOULD HAVE TO BE A HYBRID

MODEL. >> CORRECT.

>> ERIC LALIBERTE: DIRECTOR BLIESNER, I SEE YOUR HAND IS

RAISED. >> YES.

I THINK YOU ASKED THE QUESTION. AND SO WITH THE OTHER MITIGATION MEASURES, THOSE DON'T HAVE THE LIMITATION.

AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS TO CONTINUE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH THOSE IN CHARGE LOOKING AT THE SCIENCE AND DIFFERENT COMPONENTS AROUND DISTANCING TO ENSURE THAT IS GETTING LOOKED

AT? >> YES.

COMING UP ON WEDNESDAY I WILL HAVE A MEETING WITH DEPARTMENT

OF HEALTH. >> THAT'S A CONTINUED CONVERSATION THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.

AND WE HAVE BEEN HOLDING IN DIFFERENT PLACES AS WELL.

SPOKE TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT AROUND IN THE DECISION TREE THE HIGH RISK CATEGORY IT SAYS I DON'T HAVE IT RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT IT ESSENTIALLY SAYS YOU CAN HAVE 15 STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM BUT NO MORE THAN THAT.

AND WHEN YOU GET THE MODERATE RANGE AND LOW RISK RANGE, IT DOESN'T REFERENCECLASS-SIZE ANY LONGER .

WE HAVE THIS REQUIREMENT TO MAINTAIN SIX FOOT PHYSICAL DISTANCING FROM THE REQUIREMENTS COMEFROM TWO DIFFERENT PLACES , YET THE TWO GUIDANCES HAVE TO BE IMPLEMENTED WITH FIDELITY AT THIS TIME.

SO THAT'S WITH THE DECISION TREE TO MAINTAIN PHYSICAL

DISTANCING DOES. >> DIRECTOR?

>> THERE IS A LOT OF CONFLICTING COMMENTS AROUND THE SIX FOOT SPACE AS WELL. WE WOULD ADVOCATE TO GET RID OF IT BECAUSE IT MAKES IT EASIER. IT WILL BE BECAUSE THERE IS A DEGREE OF SCIENCE AND RESEARCH COMING OUT OVER TIME LOOKING AT

THAT AS A MITIGATION MEASURE. >> WE ARE TURNING TO DIRECTOR STUART AND THEN DIRECTOR CARLSON.

>> WHAT DOES THE IMPACT OF ELEMENTARY CLASSES, YOU WILL BE IN THE CLASSROOM, YOU ARE STAYING THERE, YOU'RE NOT MOVING BETWEEN CLASSROOM TO CLASSROOM TO CLASSROOM.

WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF HAVING THE STUDENTS REMIXING EVERY HOUR, IF YOU WILL, AND WHAT IS THAT DUE TO ANY KIND MITIGATION EFFORTS.AND WHAT IS IT DO TO TRACE HIM?

>> I BELIEVE THAT IS WHY THE DECISION TREE WAS BUILT THE WAY IT WAS CONTINUALLY WORKING TOWARD PROVIDING THE PROVISIONS OF SERVICES FOR OUR YOUNGEST LEARNERS FIRST.

THOSE WITH HIGHEST NEEDS FIRST AND THEN TRANSITIONING TO FULL ELEMENTARY. AND THEN AFTER ELEMENTARY, TRANSITIONING MIDDLE SCHOOL. ONCE YOU HAVE DONE ALL OF THOSE WELL, I SCHOOL. IT TRULY IS BUILT ON THOSE THAT

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THERE IS SO MUCH INTERMIXING. AND I BELIEVE THAT IS WHY THE DECISION TREE WAS BUILT THE WEIGHT WAS BECAUSE IT WAS TRULY LOOKING AT THOSE THAT WERE ABLE TO CUT GROUP IN THE HIGH SCHOOL

RING. >> THEY WANTED TO POINT OUT THE DECISION TREE IS VERY CLEAR STARTING WITH YOUR YOUNGEST STUDENTS K-1 WE HAD A STUMBLING BLOCK BECAUSE WE HAVE A DISTRICT THAT HAS NO EXTRA TEACHERS AND SIX FEET BETWEEN STUDENTS MAKE SUDDEN AND POSSIBLE PROBLEM TO SOLVE.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE'VE BEEN IN UNDERSTANDING WITH THE RISK AUTHORITIES ROUTINELY IS THAT ACCURATE STATEMENT?

>> FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR? CORRECT.

>> MATT AND MIKE ARE GOING TO TELL ME.

CAN YOU DESCRIBE ON THE STUDENTS GO INTO GROUPS FOR THE ACADEMICALLY CHALLENGING TIMES. THE ONE STRUGGLING HERE ARE THE ONES YOU MENTIONED, WHETHER THEY ARE HAVING THE ANXIETY PROBLEMS IN WHATEVER. HOW WILL THEY BE PLACED AND HOW MANY WILL BE ABLE TO BE PLACED. DOES IT HAVE TO APPLY AND SHOW

THEIR GRADES OR WHAT. >> IT WILL BE BOTH A COMBINATION. WE HAVE DATA ON STUDENTS THAT ARE NOT SUCCEEDING ACADEMICALLY.

THAT DATA IS WITHIN OUR SYSTEMS. WE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW THE STUDENT SOCIALLY AND

EMOTIONALLY NOT WELL. >> THAT WILL HAVE TO BE A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE SCHOOL AND FAMILY TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THAT TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THOSE STUDENTS.

WILL BE BOTH REACHING OUT TO FAMILIES BUT FAMILIES REACHING

OUT TO SCHOOL. >> ARE WE INCREASING THE NUMBER ÃHOWEVER YOU WANT TO REFER TO IT MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS.

IF WE HAVE MORE PROBLEM WE WOULD ACTUALLY DO WITH IT?

>> JOHNNY, A DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SERVICES IS IN CONTACT WITH OUR PROVIDERS. WE CONTRACT OUT MAJORITY OF OUR MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT HERE HE IS IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH THEM AND WE ARE ABLE TO STAFF UP AS THE NEED INCREASES AS

WELL. >> ON THE GREAT QUALIFICATION, MANY FAMILIES DON'T CONSIDER THAT FAILING.

THERE ARE SOME FAMILIES YOU MIGHT CONSIDER SEE AS FAILING.

IF THAT WAS TRUE, I PROBABLY WOULD NEVER MADE IT AT A HIGH SCHOOL. IF I HAVE A STUDENT THAT WAS IN A STUDENT AND ALL OF A SUDDEN HE IS A D OR A C STUDENT, TO ME THAT CHILD IS FAILING. IT MAY NOT BE ON YOUR ÃI DON'T GET APPLAUSE VERY OFTEN. [CLAPPING]

>> THAT'S WHY I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT.

WHAT I SEE IS CREATING A SITUATION AND LOOKS LIKE IT WILL WORK GREAT. BUT ARE WE CREATING ANOTHER CONFLICT BETWEEN PARENTS AND THE SCHOOL.

I HOPE NOT. OF A FUNNY FEELING THAT WE

MIGHT BE. >> WHEN YOU IDENTIFY THAT STUDENT, MY FIRST QUESTION WOULD BE IS AN ACADEMIC CHALLENGE THEY ARE HAVING OR IS IT PEER RELATIONS, IS IT SOCIAL EMOTIONAL, ALL OF THOSE PIECES THEY ARE MISSING.

TO ME, NOT SURE THEY WOULD RECEIVE ACADEMIC SUPPORT.

IF THEY HAVE A HISTORY OF ACADEMIC SUCCESS, RECEIVING HIGH GRADES ALL SAY, WE WOULD WANT TO ADDRESS THAT THROUGH

OTHER AVENUES. >> ERIC LALIBERTE: DIRECTOR

SAGE, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? >> I DO HAVE A QUESTION.

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WE WERE TALKING ABOUT KIDS WHO NEED THE ACADEMIC SUPPORT AND NEED A DIFFERENT TYPE OF SUPPORT ETC. IT MAKES IT SOUND LIKE ANY KID WHO GOES FOR IN PERSON SERVICES AS A ACADEMIC PROBLEM AND IS A FAILURE. NOT SAYING ONE THAT IS WHAT YOU MEANT, BUT THAT IS KINDA WHAT IT FEELS LIKE.

IF WE ARE NOT INVITING OUR FRIENDS AND AND WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THESE KIDS NEED THE SUPPORT AND EVERYBODY KNOWS IT, WE WILL HAVE SOME STUDENTS SAYING I WILL NOT SHOW APPROPRIATE SPOKE ONE OF THE PIECES I COMMENTED ON NOT ONLY IN THE LETTER WE SENT THE COMMUNITY ON THURSDAY, BUT COMMENTED ON IN THE RECORDED VIDEO ON FRIDAY WANT EVERY STUDENT THAT ONCE IN PERSON EXPENSES TO HAVE THAT OFFERED TO THEM. THE ONE SOCIAL IMPURE CONNECTION FOR THAT IS WHAT HEALTHY IS RIGHT AND THEN.

WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ACADEMIC SUPPORTS AND WHATNOT.

BUT IT REALLY IS WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE TYPES OF EXPERIENCES WE PROVIDE. WE ALSO WANT TO REACH OUT TO OUR CURRENT SIXTH-GRADERS TO SAY YOU'VE NEVER BEEN ON YOUR CAMPUS SO WE WANT TO INVITE YOU INTO OUR CAMPUS WITH YOUR PEERS, DO THE TYPICAL TRANSITION ACTIVITIES WE ALWAYS DO WITH OUR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS AS THEY TRANSITION THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. WE HAVE NINTH GRADERS THAT HAVE NEVER STEPPED FOOT HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS.

WE HAVE A SENIORS THAT DESERVE A CULMINATING ACTIVITY.

THERE ARE OTHER TYPES OF SUPPORTS, BUT IT IS REALLY ABOUT PEER CONNECTION. IT'S ABOUT CONTINUITY OF SERVICES FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR AS WE THINK ABOUT STUDENTS TRANSITIONING. IT ISN'T JUST ABOUT HELPING STUDENTS WITH A PROBLEM. BUT IT IS ABOUT CONNECTING STUDENTS AND THOSE PIECES AS WELL.

>> A SCARLET LETTER TYPE OF FEAR, IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE SAYING? WHAT WILL YOU SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME?> THAT SCARLET LETTER TYPE OF FEAR OF BEING IDENTIFIED AS THE WRONG STUDENT WITH A BAD STUDENT QUOTE UNQUOTE WITH A FAILING STUDENT AND BASICALLY DIMINISH BECAUSE YOU ARE LENDING A NUMBER REASONS WHY THEY ARE IN?

>> ARE SCHOOL CAMPUSES ARE REALLY OUR STUDENTS PLACES.

WHEN I AM ON OUR CAMPUSES RIGHT NOW, OUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS TODAY GOT TO DRIVE BY ONE OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS.

AND SEEING MULTIPLE SPORTS OUT PRACTICING FOR THIS IT PLAY A SPORT BECAUSE IT IS THEIR PASSION, BUT YOU PLAY A SPORT BECAUSE OF CONNECTION. AND PROVIDES YOU WITH THE TEAM ATMOSPHERE. WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT AND DIALOGUE WITH PEOPLE THAT HAVE A SIMILAR INTEREST OF YOU.

IT'S ABOUT GETTING STUDENTS BACK ONTO CAMPUSES TO THE GREATEST DEGREE POSSIBLE BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE WE WANT THEM.E WANT THIS SPRING TO TRULY BE A LAUNCH POINT INTO

THE 2122 SCHOOL YEAR. >> ERIC LALIBERTE: I'M GOING TO DO A QUICKTIME CHECK. DOCTOR HOLMAN IS A LOT TO COVER. WEWILL BE HEARING ABOUT HOW YOU EVALUATE AND SELECTED THE MODEL FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR .

WANT TO MAKE SURE WE MOVE THROUGH THIS AND GET TOTHAT WITH A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS . DIRECTOR CARLSON AND DOCTOR CARLSON HAD A QUESTION. WE WILL DO A COUPLE MORE AND WE WILL HOLD QUESTIONS AND LET DOCTOR HOLMAN SPOKE I HAD ONE MORE IN THE ALMOST ANSWERED IT. THE SPORTS, IS NOT THIS IS REALLY ABOUT THE ATHLETICS, IS ABOUT THE SOCIAL CONNECTION.

IN WAIT TO POP STUDENTS LOGICALLY, WHICH IS A LOT EASIER FIGURING OUT HOW TO DO CLASS TO CLASS REINFORCEMENT AND ALWAYS. AND FOR OTHER EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, ARE THOSE BEING RESUMED? WHAT ABSOLUTELY. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE OTHER TYPES OF EXTRACURRICULARS OR ACTIVITIES IN OUR CLUBS, THAT IS INDIVIDUALS WITH A PASSION IN A PARTICULAR AREA IN GETTING THEM TOGETHER IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT AS WELL.

THAT IS MOVING FORWARD AS WELL. ALLOWING OUR CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES TO BE ABLE TO MEET IN PERSON TO DO THE ACTIVITIES IN PERSON. .

WE HEARD A PARTICULAR. IT IS HARD TO DO THE HANDS-ON THINGS WHEN WE ARE IN A REMOTE SPACE THAT IS TRUE FOR MANY OF

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ALSO THINKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE CHOIR, BAND, ORCHESTRA.

KNOWING THERE ARE HEALTH AND SAFETY PIECES WE HAVE TO MITIGATE THERE AS WELL JUST BECAUSE OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THEIR ACTIVITIES. BUT THERE IS GUIDANCE AROUND THAT AND I KNOW THE STUDENTS ARE PRETTY EXCITED TO GET BACK

IN PERSON AS WELL FOR THOSE. >> THANKS.

DIRECTOR BLIESNER? >> SIRI BLIESNER : ACTUALLY, MY QUESTION FOLLOWS UP ON WHAT DOCTOR HOLMAN WAS SPEAKING TO.

IN REGARDS TO THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE ACADEMIC CLASSES REQUIRE HANDS-ON. SUCH AS SCIENCE LABS, ARE WE LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES TO BRING KIDS INTO BE ABLE TO DO A LAB ON CAMPUS AS WE SPEAK TO THESE OTHER PROGRAMS. CERAMICS, I THINK THERE IS SOMETHING BEING ABLE TO BE IN THE CLASSROOM. IS THAT THE GOAL GOING FORWARD? AND THAT IS ALL OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS WOULD BE MY

UNDERSTANDING. >> JUST TO BE TRANSPARENT, THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE ARE CURRENTLY BARGAINING WITH LW A BECAUSE IT IS AROUND WORKING CONDITION FOR STAFF IN THOSE ENVIRONMENTS. AND SO YES, THOSE ARE PIECES WE

ARE LOOKING AT AS WELL.>> SIRI BLIESNER : IN REGARD TO THAT, WE NOTE THE MITIGATION MEASURES THERE, THAT SHOULD SEEM REASONABLE THING WE CAN NEGOTIATE.

>> YES. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT IT IN THOSE TERMS, IT IS TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION, I THINK WE HEARD THE STATS FROM THE AVERAGE AGE OF TEACHERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

THE AVERAGE AGE OF OUR SECONDARY TEACHERS ARE OLDER THAN OUR AVERAGE AGE OF ELEMENTARY TEACHERS.

AND SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE MORE STAFF IN OUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS THAT ARE IN AN INCREASED RISK CATEGORY.

IT IS TAKING THOSE THINGS INTO ACCOUNT WHEN WE ARE THINKING ABOUT THOSE SERVICES. COULD IT BE WITH A DIFFERENT TEACHER THEN YOU CURRENTLY HAVE ROSTER FOR YOUR CLASS? IT COULD BE. BUT IT IS WORKING THROUGH THOSE

DETAILS AS WELL. >> THAT IS GREAT.

MY SON ATTENDS CAL POLY, HE'S BEEN ONLINE ALL YEAR AND THEY FOCUSED ON BRINGING ANYTHING BACK THAT REQUIRED HANDS-ON IN THE CLASSROOM OF THEIR FOCUS. UNFORTUNATELY HE IS STILL ONLINE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME I THINK THAT IS A GREAT APPROACH

TO GO FORWARD WITH. >> GREAT.

THANK YOU. >> ERIC LALIBERTE: WE WILL HOLD QUESTIONS AND IF YOU COULD CONTINUE THE PRESENTATION.

>> I HAVE ONE MORE PIECE AND I HAVE TWO BULLET POINTS AROUND IT AND IT IS GRADUATION FOR 2021.

AS THE BOARD KNOWS, I HAVE A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL THIS YEA . THIS QUESTION IS ASKED OF ME IN MY HOUSEHOLD QUITE OFTEN. WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THE GUIDANCE TO DEVELOP PARAMETERS FOR GRADUATION RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO A COUPLE OF AND USE COUNTY BECAUSE WE HAVE LARGE VENUES IN KING COUNTY THAT ARE BEING EVALUATED TO DETERMINE IF THEY CAN HAVE A LARGER CAPACITY AND WHAT THE ACTUAL GUIDANCE CURRENTLY PROVIDES FOR.

IN THE CURRENT GUIDANCE LAND SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 200 300 INDIVIDUALS IN A SINGLE SETTIN .

AND SO WE ARE GETTING GUIDANCE ON WHICH SET OF REQUIREMENTS WE ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO. BECAUSE ONE SET OF GUIDANCE IS ONE THING AND ANOTHER SET SAYS ANOTHER THING.

AND SO IF YOU JUST TAKE 300 IS THE NUMBER FOR A GRADUATION CEREMONY, THAT IS INCLUDING PARTICIPANTS, OBSERVERS, STAFF.

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT IT WOULD TAKE REDMAN HIGH SCHOOL, THE GRADUATE ABOUT 500 STUDENTS A YEAR.

IF YOU HAVE A GRADUATION. PLUS YOU WANT A FAMILY PARTICIPANTLUS YOU WANT TO HAVE STAFF THERE .

YOU CAN GRADUATE 75 TO 100 AT ONE TIME TURNING IT INTO FIVE, SIX, SEVEN DIFFERENT GRADUATIONS OR MONIES THAT WE ARE THINKING THROUGH ALL OF THOSE AND AS SOON AS WE HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT IT CAN LOOK LIKE WE WILLGET THAT OUT TO FAMILIES. WE ALSO KNOW IF WE OFFER AN IN PERSON GRADUATION, THEY'RE GOING TO BE FAMILIES THAT OPT OUT OF THAT. AND SO WE ARE ALSO GOING TO CONDUCT A VIRTUAL GRADUATION , SUCH AS WE DID LAST YEAR, TO MAKE SURE EVERY STUDENT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE RECOGNIZED AS PART OF THE GRADUATING CLASS OF 2021.

AND SO WE HAVE A TEAM LIST AND ACTIVELY WORKING ON THIS FOR QUITE A WHILE AND NARROWING IN ON THESE PIECES.

WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY GUIDANCE AROUND GRADUATION.

AND TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I RATHER THEY WERE JUST SILENT SO

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BECAUSE I THINK WE CAN IMPLEMENT SOMETHING PRETTY

GOOD. >> ERIC LALIBERTE: JUST TO REVIEW WHAT IS COMING UP NEXT, AND UNDERSTANDING THAT IS GOING

TO BE PRESENTING AND ALSO MIKE? >> YES.

>> ERIC LALIBERTE: THOSE WILL BE ON DIFFERENT TOPICS AND WHAT

YOU'D ADDRESSED? >> CORRECT.

THEY ARE JUST TO BE SPECIFIC, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS RAISED AROUND HOW COULD YOU HAVE COME TO THIS CONCLUSION FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

UNTIL BOTH MATT AND MIKE ARE GOING TO SHARE, PROVIDE THE THINKING, ADDITIONAL THINKING THAT WENT INTO THE PROCESS TO MAKE THE DECISION TO READ SOME OF THE DECISION POINTS ALONG THE YEAR THAT LED US TO WHERE WE ARE NO.

>> EXCELLENT. ANY QUESTIONS ON WHAT WE HAVE

HEARDSO FAR ? >> SPEAKING AS A PARENT OF THE LAST YEAR GRADUATING SENIOR, I HAVE SEEN WHAT HAPPENS.

AND THE IMPERIOUS IS THE CONVERSATION ON GRADUATION THE GRADUATION CEREMONY WITH THE OTHER EVENTS THAT ARE CLOSURES OF HIGH SCHOOLS ON THE TABLE? AND I MEAN CLOSURE NOT BY CLOSING. THE STUDENTS A SENSE OF

CLOSURE. >> ABSOLUTELY.

WHEN I LUMPED SENIORS INTO THE TRANSITION ACTIVITY, IT IS ABOUT CULMINATING THEIR EXPERIENCE IN K-12 EDUCATION.

IT'S REALLY A LAUNCH POINT AND WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT.

IT IS ALSO PLANNING THOSE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES.

ONE OF THE ACTIVITIES I HEARD TODAY, THE SUNRISE SENIORS AT SOME SCHOOLS GO TO SUNRISE ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL AND THEY GO TO SUNSET ON THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL.

THOSE ARE JUST TRADITIONS STUDENTS HAVE DONE FOR YEARS AND YEARS TO READ WE WANT TO ALLOW THOSE KINDS OF THINGS IN ACCORDANCE WITH HEALTH AND SAFETY STANDARDS AS WELL.

IT IS ABOUT ALLOWING STUDENTS TO OF THE EXPERIENCES, COOL

NIGHT THAT EXPERIENCE. >> MATT, WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND OPEN YOUR PRESENTATION ON THE FLOOR IS YOURS.

>> YES, THE YOUNGEST STUDENTS FEEL FREE TO RUN.

IT IS BEDTIME. >> I ENCOURAGE YOU THE REST OF YOU IF YOU CAN STAY AT ALL, AND THINK THE DETAILS WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL. WE'VE GIVEN YOU THE BARE-BONES.

TO ME IT IS BARE-BONES. I WANT TO HEAR AND WHAT LED THEM TO THE DECISIONS THAT COME TO, WHETHER YOU AGREE WITH THEM OR NOT. AND WANT TO SEE WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD. IF THAT WORKS FOR YOU, FINE.

IF YOU CAN'T STAY, I UNDERSTAND.>> CAN YOU HEAR ME

OKAY? >> YOU ARE A LITTLE QUIET FROM THE COULD YOU TURN UP THE VOLUME?

>> WOULD YOU SEND ME A TEXT JUST TO CONFIRM IF I HAVE AUDIO

COMING THROUGH. >> WE CAN HEAR YOU.

WONDERFUL. THANK YOU DOCTOR HOLMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. THANK YOU TO ALL MY FRIENDS TEXTING ME TO SAY YOU CAN HEAR ME.

I APPRECIATE THAT. I'M GOING TO SHARE A COUPLE OF SLIDES THAT KIND OF WALK US THROUGH OUR EXPERIENCE FOR THIS YEAR. IS THAT DISPLAYING.

>> THE LIVE HAS A DELAY. AND SO I'M TRYING TO THINK ABOUT HOW DO WE TELL THE STORY OF OUR EXPERIENCES IN TRYING TO RESPONSIBLY IMPLEMENT THE GUIDANCE WE ARE RECEIVING IN

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I TOOK A DATA POINT FROM EVERY WEEK FROM THE KING COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH DATA DASHBOARD FROM ONE DATA POINT EVERY WEEK TO SHOW THE TRAJECTORY OF NUMBER CASES PER 100,000 OVER A 14 DAY AVERAGE. THAT WOULD BE A GOOD WAY TO HELP US UNDERSTAND THE WAY THAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED AND TRYING TO NAVIGATE THIS POTENT WE OPEN SCHOOL ON 2 SEPTEMBER.

AND WITHIN THE FIRST COUPLE WEEKS OF SCHOOL WE'VE BEGUN TO SERVE SOME OF THE STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.

A NUMBER OF THE STUDENTS ARE NOT ABLE TO MASK AND HAVE OTHER NEEDS. AND WE HAVE WORKED WITH OUR STAFF IN SUPPORT OF THE STUDENTS ENSURING THEY HAD THE APPROPRIATE PPE PERIODS OF FACEMASKS , K 95 MASKS, GALLONS. AND THAT WE HAD DONE TRAINING WITH THEM TO BE ABLE TO SERVE SOME OF OUR STUDENTS RIGHT AWAY. AT THAT TIME FOR MOST OF THE STUDENTS WE WERE IN OUT REMOTE LEARNING MODEL GUIDANCE WE RECEIVED FROM PUBLIC HEALTH OVER THE SUMMER HAD CAUSED US TO SHIFT TO REMOTE LEARNING MODEL.

BUT THEN TOWARDS THE END OF SEPTEMBER, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PROVIDED US WITH OUR FIRST CONCRETE SET OF GUIDANCE WITH METRICS AROUND THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICES. AND WHAT SCHOOLS WOULD NEED TO ATTEND TO AND BE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE IN ORDER TO RETURN STUDENTS TO SCHOOL.AND SO WITH A FEW WEEKS OF STARTING AND THE REMOTE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT, MIKE WILL TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN LIKE AND TRANSITIONING OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM TO THAT MODEL FOOD WE HAD SOME GUIDANCE, WE HADCLEAR TARGETS OF WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO GET BACK IN PERSON . AT THAT POINT IN TIME WE WERE IN THE MODERATE RANGE OF IT AS DEFINED BY THE DEPARTMENT, THAT IS 25 TO 75 CASES PER 100,000 OVER 14 DAYS.

AND WE HAVE BEGUN TO PLAN FOR THE RETURN OF OUR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS. I WILLGO THROUGH THE FACING GUIDELINE IN MORE DETAIL IN JUST A SECOND .

UNFORTUNATELY WE QUICKLY MOVED OUT OF THE MODERATE RANGE AND INTO WHAT IS THE HIGH RANGE, WHICH IS GREATERTHAN 75 CASES PER 100,000. AND SO THAT GUIDANCE WE WERE PROVIDED AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER 2020 .

IN THE HIGH RANGE, STRONGLY RECOMMENDED DISTANCE LEARNING WITH THE OPTION FOR IN PERSON LEARNING FOR SMALL GROUPS WHO WERE DURING THAT TIME PERIOD, WE WERE SERVING SOME OF OUR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND BEGAN SERVING SOME OF OUR STUDENTS SMALL GROUPS OF STUDENTS, DOCTOR HOLMAN MENTIONED STUDENTS AT SECONDARY, BUT ALSO AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVELS IN SMALL GROUPS.

AT MODERATE LEVEL THE RECOMMENDATION WAS DISTANCE LEARNING BUT CONSIDERING EXPANDING FULL PERSON LEARNING TO IN PERSON STUDENTS.E PRIORITIZED OUR EFFORTS IN THE FALL ON OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND LOOKING AT FIRST-OUT TO PROVISION THEM TO MEET THE SAFETY MEASURES THAT I WILL GO THROUGH IN JUST A MOMENT. OVER TIME IN THE MODERATE RANGE WE COULD CONSIDER ADDING I'M BUT AN IN PERSON LEARNING FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

IS LIMITED COVID TRANSMISSION OCCURS IN SCHOOLS.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE WOULD BE LOOKING FOR THERE IS HOW ARE WE MONITORING AND TRACKING THE TRANSMISSION WITHIN OUR SCHOOL . WITHIN THAT GUIDANCE, THESE GUIDELINES STILL REMAIN IN PLACEUNDER THE NEW DECISION TREE . BUT SCHOOLS HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE THE CAPABILITY OF GIVING THESE ITEMS. WE HAVE TO OF THE PLANS, THE STAFF, THE SPACE AND SUPPLIES TO DO THE FOLLOWING. PROTECTING STUDENTS AND STAFF AND STUDENTS AT HIGHER RISK FOR SEVERE COVID-19 WHILE ENSURING ACCESS TO LEARNING TO READ FOR US THAT IS MAINTAINING A REMOTE LEARNING OPTION, EVEN AS WE BEGUN TO TRANSITION SOME OF OUR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS BACK IN PERSON.

CONTINUING TO MAINTAIN THAT AS AN OPTION FOR SOME OF OUR STUFF AND STUDENT . TRANSPORTATION ORFACILITATING DROP-OFF AND PICKUP . OUR BUSES ARE RUNNING AT LIMITED CAPACITY FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW.

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AND SO WE HAVE REDUCED CAPACITY THERE.

BUT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THAT.

DOCTOR HOLMAN TALKED ABOUT GROUPING STUDENTS.

WE HAVE STUDENTS OF GROUPS OF NO GREATER THAN 15.

AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL THAT IS FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD BECAUSE STUDENTS HAVE ONE CLASS THEY ARE ASSIGNED TWO FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE DAY. AND WE HAVE KEPT OUR SPECIALISTS, RPE, OUR LIBRARY, MUSIC, WE HAVE KEPT THOSE IN A REMOTE ENVIRONMENT AND SO WE ARE NOT MIXING CLASSES TOGETHER. UNTIL THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT. THE SECONDARY LEVEL, AS DOCTOR HOLMAN TALKED ABOUT, THAT GETS A LITTLE MORE CHALLENGING.

IN PRACTICE PHYSICAL DISTANCING OF SIX FEET AMONG STUDENTS AND STAFF.WE WENT THROUGH EFFORTS, OUR SUPPORT SERVICES DEPARTMENT MAPPED OUT ALL OUR CLASSROOMS COME UP WITH A LAYOUT FOR HOW YOU WOULD HAVE STUDENTS SUCCEED APART, PROVIDED THOSE WE HAD OUR CUSTODIAL STAFF MOVE, REARRANGE OUR CLASSROOMS, REMOVE EXCESS FURNITURE, BEEN UP VISITING ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS FOR THERE'S A LOT OF MARKERS FOR STUDENTS TO REMIND WHAT SIX FEET LOOK LIKE AND OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF ARE DOING A LOT OF TEACHING AROUND FOR OUR STUDENTS TO STAY APART FROM EACH OTHER. PROMOTING FREQUENTHANDWASHING AND SANITIZING . WE ARE LUCKY IN A LOT OF OUT ELEMENTARY CLASSROOMS TO HAVE SINKS, WHICH MAKE IT EASY TO PROMOTE HANDWASHING. BUT ONE OF THE THEMES WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS FOR OUR STUDENTS NOT EQUIPPED WITH SINKS, WHAT ARE THE SOLUTIONS WE CAN TO ENSURE OUR STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO FREQUENTLY HAND WASH WHEN THAT'S APPROPRIATE OR SANITIZING THAT'S APPROPRIATE.

THAT'S BEEN EVERYTHING FROM LOOKING AT TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS LIKE HAVING HANDWASHING STATIONS TO BUILDING INTO THE SCHEDULE HANDWASHING TIMES AND HAVING TO THINK ABOUT EXTRA SUPERVISION FOR THOSE INSTANCES WHERE IF WE HAVE TO HAVE STUDENTS IN PROMOTING FACE COVERING AND USE AMONG STAFF.

WE AS A DISTRICT HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PURCHASE OVER 80,000 MASKS OF VARYING DEGREES.VERYTHING FROM CLOTH FACEMASKS FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF TO DISPOSABLE MASKS TAKE A N95 MASKS.

WE HAVE REVISED OUR CUSTODIAL MATRIX TO INCREASE CLEANING AND DISINFECTION AND WE HAVE DEVELOPED A VENTILATION PLAN THAT EMPHASIZES 100 PERCENT EXCHANGE WITHOUT OUTSIDE AIR TO ENSURE WE ARE NOT RECIRCULATING AIR WITHIN OUR SCHOOL BUILDING.

FOR ALL THESE ITEMS WE HAVE PLANS, PROCEDURES AND REVAMPED OPERATIONS IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO SAY YES TO EACH OF THEM.

PARTICULARLY THE GROUPING OF THE STUDENTS IN THE PHYSICAL DISTANCING OF SIX FEET OR PROBLEMATIC AS WE GET TO OUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS. FOR OUR STUDENTS MOVE MORE FREELY IN OUR SCHOOLS IN GENERAL TEND TO BE MORE CROWDED. THE OTHER SET OF CONDITIONS THE DEPARTMENT HEALTH HAVE LAID OUT IS OUR WE MONITOR AND RESPOND TO CASES OF COVID-19 PRUDE CAN WE ENSURE MONITORING OF SYMPTOMS AND EXPOSURE AMONG STUDENTS AND STAFF.

WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED WITH OUR SCHOOL STAFF AND OUR NURSES SCREENING AT THE STATION PROCESSES AT EACH OF OUR SCHOOLS FOR ANYBODY WHO COMES INTO OUR BUILDINGS.

WE HAVE A CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT OUR NURSES TRACK AND MONITOR WHEN PEOPLE OF EITHER SYMPTOMATIC OR HAVE A POSITIVE, REPORT A POSITIVE CASE.

AND WE HAVE DONE REALLY WELL WITH THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS AND STAFF THAT WE HAVE HAD ON OUR CAMPUSES FOR THE FIRST SEMESTE . WE HAVE AVERAGED A CASE A WEEK.

BUT WE HAVE NO KNOWN KNOWLEDGE OF ANY TRANSMISSION WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS. AND SO AS WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF INCREASING THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS AND STAFF AT OUR SCHOOLS, THAT IS SOMETHING WE ARE CONTINUING TO LOOK AT HOW DO WE MAKE THOSE SYSTEMS MORE EFFICIENT.

WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS AT MICROSOFT WHO HAVE

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WE ARE ONE OF THE PILOT DISTRICTS IN THE STATE.

IN THOSE TOOLS PARTICULARLY AROUND REPORTING AND STATE MANAGEMENT ARE PARTICULAR INTERESTS TO US.

SO WE CAN ENSURE WE ARE MONITORING THE EXPERIENCES OF OUR STAFF AND STUDENTS SO WE ARE ABLE TO ASSESS FOR THEIR SAFETY. WE PLANS TO MANAGEMENT STUDENTS OR STAFF GET SICK ON SITE. WE ESTABLISHED A DEDICATED ROOM THAT WE CALLED THE KEY ROOM WOULD WERE STUDENTS OR STAFF CAN GO, HAVE NEGATIVE AIRFLOW. AND SO WE HAVE LETTERS FOR COMMUNICATION. AT THIS POINT IN TIME OUR COMMUNITY IS ADEQUATE TESTING. THE STATE HAS NEW PILOT, THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AS A PILOT SYSTEM FOR TESTING THAT WE ARE REVIEWING. BECAUSE AS WE EXPAND WE WENT TO INCREASE OUR CAPACITY TO GET TESTING ON SITE.

WE PARTICULARLY DON'T WANT STUDENTS OR STAFF TO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THAT. AND SO WHILE THERE IS THAT AXIS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, WE ARE LOOKING TO FACILITATE THAT MORE READILY. THE LAST TWO BULLETS HERE ARE RELATED TO OUR PUBLIC HEALTH CAPACITY AND THEY CONTINUE TO MEET THOSE AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

IN MID DECEMBER, THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ISSUED A NEW SET OF GUIDANCE THEY CALLED THE DECISION TREE.

AT THAT POINT IN TIME WHILE WE STILL WERE IN THE HIGH RANGE, TWO THINGS CHANGED.ONE WAS THE LEVEL OF THE CASE RATE.

IT WENT FROM BEING GREATER THEN 75 FROM BEING IN THE HIGH THE GREATER THAN 350. AND SO THIS REALLY STARTS TO OFFER UP MORE OPPORTUNITIES IN TERMS OF OFFERING THE PROVISION OF SERVICES. THEY ALSO CHANGED THE GUIDANCE OF WHAT CORRELATED WITH HIGH AND MODERATE PHASING.

THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT SHIFT HAS BOTH CREATED SOME NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR US AS WE WORK THROUGH.ND IS ALSO WORK TO ACCELERATE THE TIMEFRAME.

TO FACE AND PRESENT LEARNING IN GROUPS OF 15 OR FEWER STUDENTS.

FOR PRE-K THROUGH GRADE 5 AND THOSE WITH THE HIGHEST NEEDS.

PRIORITIZING PRE-K THROUGH GRADE 3. AND OF SCHOOLS CAN DO A STRAIGHT THE ABILITY TO LIMIT TRANSITION AND SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT START AT GRADES FOUR AND FIVE FOR THE MODERATE LEVEL IS PHASE IN PERSON LEARNING.

IN BOTH THESE CASES MODERATE AND HIGH, AND THE KEY ASPECTS IS THE PHASED IN APPROACH. THAT IS IMPORTANT.

IT ALLOWS US TO TEST OUR ASSUMPTIONS, OUR SYSTEMS BUT IT ALLOWS US TO SEE WHICH SYSTEMS NEED TO EVOLVE IN ORDER TO SCALE PRUDE WHICH ONES ARE WORKING EFFECTIVELY.

WE ARE USING, FOR EXAMPLE FOR OUR PROCESS WE ARE USING A PAPER PROCESS AND WE ARE DOING THAT INTENTIONALLY.

IS VERY VISIBLE SO IT IS EASY TO SEE WHETHER STUDENTS AS THEY COME IN THE DOOR, BUT THAT THEY HAVE DONE AND OR NOT.

IF THERE IS A POINT OF GET ENTRY, IS VERY EASY AND QUICK TRANSACTION. VERY FRIENDLY, LOTS OF ADULTS CAN USE THAT AND MORE ADULTS WE HAVE THAT CAN GREET STUDENTS THROUGH THAT PROCESS. THE FRIENDLIER THAT IS IN THE QUICKER WE ARE ABLE TO GET OUR STUDENTS INTO MAXIMIZE THEIR TIME IN SCHOOL. AND YET THERE ARE ALSO DRAWBACKS WITH IT. IT USES A LOTTO PAPER.

AND IT REQUIRES CHALLENGING WITH RECORD-KEEPING.

WE ARE CONTINUING TO LOOK AT OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH MICROSOFT THE DIFFERENT SYSTEMS AND WE ARE WANTING A PHASED-IN APPROACH THAT ALLOWS US TO SEE AND TEST AS WE ARE SCALING UP THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS AND STAFF WE HAVE IN SCHOOLS TO ENSURE THEIR ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT THE OPERATIONAL WHAT IS GOING TO WORK BEST TO KEEP OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF SAFE IS HOLD TRUE AND TO BE ABLE TO MAKE TWEAKS IN BETWEEN TIMES WHERE WE ARE BRINGING STUDENTS BACK IN.

MODERATE PHASING DID ALSO OPEN UP THE DOOR TO START BRINGING MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS BACK. AND HIS SCHOOLS CAN DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY TO LIMIT TRANSMISSION, BEGIN TO ADD MORE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. AND SO AS WE GOT TO WITHOUT GUIDANCE, THE BIGGEST OPEN UP THE DOOR FOR US TO THINK ABOUT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR BRINGING OUR STUDENTS BACK IN PERSON PARIS AND WAYS IN WHICH THINKING

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DOCTOR HOLMAN TALKED ABOUT ATHLETICS REST AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS. IT HAS BEEN GREAT THE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOME OF OUR STUDENTS, BUT IT IS ALSO ALLOWED US TO LOOK AT HOW WOULD WE COHORT STUDENTS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL AND HOW DO WE, HOW CAN THAT BE A MODEL FOR ACTIVITIES AND OTHER SERVICES WE PROVIDE A HIGH SCHOOL MODEL THAT WILL BE AT A FAIRLY LARGE SCALE.

AND WE TALK ABOUT THENUMBER OF STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN ATHLETICS OR THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF STUDENTS . HAVING SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMS GO EARLY THAT WERE NOW BEGINNING TO BE ALLOWED, ALLOWED US TO HAVE THEM AS AN EARLY ADOPTER.

>> THIS GUIDANCE AS THEY CAME IN AND OUR MODERATE RANGE IS IN THE 50 TO 350 RAINS. DOCTOR HOMAN MADE HIS ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY ABOUT RETURNING FOR STARTING WITH ELEMENTARY STUDENTS.

WE RETURN OUR K-1 STUDENTS JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND ARE SET TO RETURN OUR 23 STUDENTS HERE IN ANOTHER A COUPLE WEEKS FOLLOWED BY OUR FOUR AND FIVE STUDENTS AT THE END OF MARCH.

FINALLY WALKING BACK THROUGH THIS, THE CURRENT TRANSMISSION RATE IS ABOUT WHERE WE WERE AT IN MID-OCTOBER.

AND SO WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THE SHIFTING OF NOT ONLY THE DYNAMIC CASE RATE IN TRYING TO PLAN APPROPRIATELY AND MAKE DECISIONS AROUND THAT, BUT THE SHIFTING AND OUR GUIDANCE.

AND SO ALL OF THIS, WHILE ALL OF THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON, WE HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY NEGOTIATING RETURN STUDENTS AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL THROUGHOUT THE FALL AND HAVE BEGUN TO CULMINATE WORK WITH THE K-1 IN JANUARY AND WRAPPING UP TO FIVE HERE IN PREPARATION TO RETURNING OUR STUDENTS.

I'M GOING TO STOP SHARING. AND SO ALL OF THAT STARTS TO SET UP, SO DOES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OUR HEALTH GUIDANCE AND THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE TRANSMISSION OF THE VIRUS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. AND DOES THAT BEGIN TO INFORM OUR THINKING AROUND THE EDUCATIONAL MODEL.

I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH MIKE A LITTLE BIT TO HAVE KIM TALK ABOUT THE EDUCATIONAL MODELS AND I'M GOING TO COME BACK DOWN STAIRS AND JOIN THE MAIN BOARD MEETING.

>> AS MATT AND I WERE PREPARING FOR TODAY, WE WERE HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHERE WE WOULD PRESENT BEING IN PERSON IN A YEAR. AND WE DECIDED TO GIVEN THE FACT THAT FOLKS HAVE TAKEN THE TIME TO BE HERE TONIGHT, IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE HERE AS WELL.

MET ON THE FLIPSIDE HAVE A PRESENTATION UPSTAIRS.

I WANTED TO START MY COMMENTS TONIGHT JUST BY SAYING THANK YOU TO THE FAMILIES HERE TONIGHT IN THE FAMILIES OUTSIDE ENGAGING IN THE CIVIC PROCESS TO ADVOCATE FOR YOUR KIDS.

I SPEAK TOWARD MARS AS AN EMPLOYER BUT ALSO AS A FATHER OF A STUDENT WHO IS IN COLLEGE RIGHT NOW HIS LAST YEAR IN HIGH SCHOOL AS A SENIOR WAS RADICALLY CHANGED WHO WE WERE ABOUT EVERY SINGLE DAY IN COLLEGE AND IS SUFFERING EMOTIONALLY NOT HAVING PEER CONNECTIONS A WIFE WHO IS A TEACHER AND NEIGHBORING DISTRICT I WON'T NAME.

WHO IS EVERY DAY IN TEARS TRYING TO MAKE REMOTE LEARNING WORK. AND IS EVEN MORE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE MOVING INTO AND HER WORRY ABOUT THAT.

AND SO I SPEAK TO YOU AS NOT ONLY AN EMPLOYEE BUT SOMEONE EXPERIENCING THIS IN A SOME FOLKS SAID TONIGHT, FROM A POSITION OF PRIVILEGE. KNOWING WE ARE PRETTY WELL OFF AND THEIR FAMILIES INCLUDING SOME OF THE FOLKS HERE TONIGHT WHO EXPRESSED HOW MUCH HARDER THIS ENVIRONMENT IS FOR THEM.

WE ARE HUMBLED BY THAT AND I WANT TO SAY HOW MUCH WE

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ACTUALLY, SINCE LAST JUNE. AND THOSE DECISIONS WERE MADE LIGHTLY. THEY WERE MADE IN COST OF BENEFITS AND I'VE HEARD FOLKS EXPRESSING THOSE DECISIONS ARE CHALLENGES AND YOU ARE SAYING YOU CAN'T GET THE CHALLENGES.

IT IS MORE A FUNCTION OF HOW DO YOU LOOK AT THE COST AND BENEFITS OF DIFFERENT DECISIONS AND THEN MOVE FORWARD SO YOU ARE NOT CONSTANTLY IN THIS PROCESS OF ALWAYS ADMIRING THE PROBLEM. BUT CONTINUING TO MAKE FORWARD PROGRESS. I THINK OUR WORK TO BRING ELEMENTARY STUDENTS BACK IN OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES BACK IN OUR PRESCHOOL STUDENTS BACK IS EVIDENCE OF THAT WORK.

BUT I ALSO HEAR THERE IS AN URGENCY.

MY KID RIGHT NOW INTEL. AGAIN, MY PURPOSE TONIGHT IS TO EXPLAIN THE RATIONALE FOR WHY ARE WE HERE WITH THE SECONDARY.

AND AGAIN, NOT TO SAY THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE DON'T STILL HAVE WORK TO DO, BUT TO GIVE PEOPLE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT.

AS DOCTOR HOMAN AND MATT JUST EXPLAINED, WE ARE IN MANY WAYS DEFINED BY THE SOCIAL ISOLATION OF THE SOCIAL DISTANCING REQUIREMENT. WHEN THE ANYTHING ELSE THE REQUIREMENT TO HAVE ÃAND AGAIN, THAT IS CHANGING.

BUT THE REQUIREMENT TO HAVE HALF THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN A CLASSROOM DRIVES ARE INSTRUCTIONAL DECISIONS.

AND AGAIN, WE RECOGNIZE SCIENCE IT IS BECOMING MORE CLEAR AND WE ARE GETTING BETTER INFORMATION AND THAT IS CHANGING. AS MATT MENTIONED, WE WERE IN THE SAME PLACE WE ARE NOW. SO PLANNING IS TO BE SOMETHING THAT CAN'T BE DONE IN A DAY OR TWO DAYS OR THREE DAYS.

YET TO BE THINKING MULTIPLE MONTHS OUT FROM YOU I'LL EXPLAIN MORE ABOUT THAT IN A SECOND.

IF YOU USE THAT AS A STARTING POINT TO SAY THAT WE HAD TO GO WITH ROUGHLY HALF THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN A CLASSROOM AND A SCHOOL TO MAINTAIN THAT SOCIAL DISTANCING, NESTERS TO DEFINE WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH AN INSTRUCTIONAL MODEL.

WE LOOKED AT AND EVALUATED MULTIPLE INSTRUCTIONAL MODELS WITH THAT IDEA IN MIND TO HAVE HALF AS MANY STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM. THE FIRST ONE THAT SEEMS MOST INTRIGUING FOR THE FIRST TIME I HEARD ABOUT WAS GOING THAT'S IT. I WOULD SAY THERE ARE DISTRICTS AROUND OUR STATE AND NATION. THERE'S ONE CALLED A CONCURRENT MODEL. WHERE A TEACHER HAS STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM WITH HIM AND OTHER STUDENTS ARE AT HOME WATCHING ON A WEB CAMERA. IT IS USING TECHNOLOGY.

IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS AMAZING WAY TO GO.

AS HE EVALUATED FURTHER, THIS IS PART OF OUR PROCESS, YOU START TO UNRAVEL THAT SOMETIMES THINGS THAT SOME GREAT IN THE SURFACE AND PRACTICE DON'T WORK.

I WILL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF THAT.

WE KNOW THERE ARE CERTAIN STRATEGIES, EFFECTIVE PRACTICES FOR REMOTE LEARNING. REMOTE LEARNING HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME. WAYS TO GROUP STUDENTS, WE STUDENTS CAN RESPOND TO QUESTIONS, WE STUDENTS ENGAGE IN THE CLASSROOM. THAT IS ONE WAY OF TEACHING.

WE KNOW THERE ARE EFFECTIVE PRACTICES INFORMED BY DECADES OF RESEARCH FOR CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION.

THOSE TWO ARE VERY DIFFERENT MODES OF TEACHING.

ON A TEACHER IS EXPECTED TO DO THOSE AT THE SAME TIME, THOUGH START TO DIMINISH EACH OTHER. AND TEACHER IS TRYING TO DO TWO THINGS AT ONCE. RATHER THAN DOING EITHER ONE WELL, YOU END UP DOING BOTH POORLY.

AND TWO OTHER DISTRICTS WE'VE TALKED TO THAT ARE TRIED THIS MODEL TO SAY IN WHEN YOU PUT IT IN PRACTICE, WE ARE NOT SERVING OUR KIDS AS WELL AS WE ARE WHEN THEY WERE REMOTE.

WAS A FACTOR IN OUR DECISION-MAKING.

PROMISING MODEL. WE LOOK AT IT AND PRACTICE AND YES, MAYBE A FEW TEACHERS ARE MAKING IT WORK, BUT THE SCALE THAT THE HUNDREDS OF TEACHERS FOR THOUSANDS OF KIDS, IT WASN'T SHOWING PROMISE. AND SO THE QUESTION WE HAVE IS WHY WOULD WE CONTINUE DOWN THAT ROAD WITH THE PRACTICE WE ARE NOT SEEING WORKING WILL. SO THAT LEADS US TO ANOTHER WAY OF LOOKING AT INSTRUCTION. AGAIN, THAT IS SOUNDING PROMISING BECAUSE IT ALLOWS US TO HAVE STUDENTS IN SCHOOL MORE DAYS OF THE WEEK. AND SO WE LOOK AT HOW DO WE DO THAT. AGAIN, STUDENTS IN THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON, BUT GIVEN THE INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS ARE SO LONG COMMIT YOU HAVE STUDENTS FOR LESS TIME.

BUT AGAIN, THEY ARE IN PERSON, THEY ARE ON CAMPUS, THEY ARE WITH TEACHERS WOULD WE START TO SAY OKAY, WE HAVE TO TRANSPORT THEM. WE BOUGHT A BUS DRIVER SHORTAGE FOR MANY YEARS. THE LOCAL PROBLEM, IT'S A STATE PROBLEM AND A NATIONAL PROBLEM. SO WE STARTED RUNNING ROUTES AND WE TRANSPORT KIDS TO SCHOOL.

WE STARTED THINKING CREATIVELY ABOUT GOOD PARENTS THAT HAVE INDICATED THAT THEY ARE DRIVING THE KIDS TO SCHOOL CAN WE CONTACT THEM AND ASK THEM TO DRUGS WE HAVE LESS OF A RELIANCE ON BUS DRIVERS BUT EVEN WITH THAT AS WE STARTED RUNNING OUR ROUTES FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WE WERE NOT ABLE TO BORROW ENOUGH KIDS ON THOSE ROUTES AND GET THEM TO SCHOOL ON TIME. WHEN WE STARTED SCALING THAT THE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL, IT WASN'T POSSIBLE.T IS NOT A CHALLENGE TO SAY WE FIGURED OUT A DIFFERENT WAY OF DOING IT, IT IS A DISTRICT THAT IS LARGE REGIONALLY, THAT IS A TRANSPORTATION CHALLENGE AND WE NEED TO GET KIDS TO SCHOOL.

SO WE START TO GO OKAY, WE COULD RUN AN AMPM MODEL, BUT THAT WOULD MEAN THE TRADE-OFF WITH THE COST OF THAT WOULD BE NOT TRANSPORTING SOME OF OUR KIDS TO SCHOOL.

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THEY ARE SMALLER, THE RELY ON REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION IN OUR CONTEXT DOESN'T SEE THE COST OF THAT WAS GREATER IN THE BENEFIT OF BRINGING KIDS TO SCHOOL FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS A DAY IN AN A.M. OR 8:00 P.M. MODEL PRITIKIN, IN SOME WAYS WE WERE DOING THAT WAS SPECIAL EDUCATION.

BUT AS WE SCALED UP WE REALIZED WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DO THAT.

AND SO THAT LEADS YOU BACK INTO THIS HYBRID, WHICH WE HAVE HEARD TONIGHT AND TALKED ABOUT. IT'S A TWO DAY ROUGHLY A WEEK MODEL ORCHIDS ARE EITHER IN PERSON FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE DAYS AND THEY ARE OUT FOR FIVE OR ALTERNATING DAYS WERE ON A WEEKEND OFF A WEEK. THAT IS A VIABLE MODEL.

IN SOME DISTRICTS ARE ALREADY DOING THAT.HE VIABILITY OF THAT MODEL IS DEPENDENT ON HAVING ADVANCED PLANNING SO THAT WHEN YOU ACTUALLY START THE MODEL, IT IS ALREADY SET UP TO GET WHAT I WANTTO DO IS PROVIDE CONTEXT ABOUT WHY NOT A HYBRID NO . AND SO DOES HE THINK ABOUT, AND THIS IS GETTING REALLY INTO THE DETAILS.

BUT THIS IS IMPORTANT. MANY THINK ABOUT SECONDARY CLASSROOM ARRANGEMENT WITH A SECONDARY SCHEDULE, IT'S COMPLEX. IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE BUT IT IS COMPLEX AND THERE ARE DEPENDENCY AND BUILDING A SCHEDULE LIKE THAT. I WILL GIVE YOU A CONCRETE EXAMPLE. BUT THEY HAVE TWO ENGLISH CLASSES, A FIRST PERIOD IN THE SECOND PERIOD.

AND ONE CLASSY OF 1/3 OF THE KIDS THAT WANT TO BE REMOTE AND ANOTHER CLASS YOU HAVE TWO THIRDS OF THE KIDS WHO WANT TO BE REMOTE. AGAIN, AS YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT THE SCHEDULE GO I WILL COMBINE THE TWO CLASSES, TAKE ALL THE KIDS OFF THE WANT TO BE REMOTE, BUT THEM WITH ONE TEACHER, TAKE THE OTHER KIDS THAT WANT TO BE IN PERSON AND TAKE THEM WITH THE OTHER TEACHER.

EASY, RIGHT? THEN YOU GO WAIT A MINUTE NOW, THOSE KIDS I MOVED IN THE SECOND PERIOD NOW HAVE A DIFFERENT CLASS SECOND PERIOD. THEIR SCHEDULE IS CHANGED, WHICH MEANS WE HAD TO FIND ANOTHER TEACHER TO TEACH THAT CLASS. SIMILARLY, NEW CLASSES WHERE THERE IS A SINGLE TEACHER WHO TEACHES A CERTAIN NUMBER OF COURSES. AS SOON AS YOU TAKE A CLASS SEPARATE FROM THE TEACHER, THE TEACHER MAY NOT BE ABLE TO TEACH THE SAME PERIOD IN THAT CLASS IS NO LONGER ACCESSIBLE.

THAT SOUNDS REALLY LIKE WHY WOULD YOU WORRY ABOUT THAT.

THOSE EFFECTS RIPPLE THROUGH A MASTER SCHEDULE.

AND SO ULTIMATELY YOU ARE OFFERING FEWER CLASSES, YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO GIVE STUDENT COURSES THEY MIGHT NEED FOR GRADUATION, COURSES THEY NEED FOR PREREQUISITES FOR AND AGAIN, STILL DOABLE BECAUSE MANY DISTRICTS ARE DOING THIS.

BUT THE WAY YOU DO IT IS BY HAVING IT DONE IN ADVANCE.

EFORE STUDENTS ENROLL, YOU CREATE THE SCHEDULE FOR YOU SAY HAVE THE KIDS UP AND PULLED OFF TO BE REMOTE, HAVE HER IN PERSON HURT AND THEN YOU CREATE A SCHEDULE WITH COURSES AVAILABLE IN ENROLL FOR IT. THAT WINDOW STOP IN NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, MAYBE EARLY JANUARY AT THE VERY LATEST SEEKING GET KIDS IN SO YOU CAN STOP IT AND MAKE IT WORK.

AS MATT WAS SHARING, THAT WINDOW WE WERE IN A PHASE WHERE THAT WASN'T AN OPTION AT THE TIME.

AND SO WE SAID OKAY, MAYBE IT WILL GET BETTER.

AND IF IT DOES, WE CAN START CREATING THE SCHEDULE AND IT CONTINUES TO NOT GET BETTER FOOD WE SAID OKAY.

WE CAN CREATE A SCHEDULE FROM SCRATCH, WHAT WOULD BE THE COST OF THROWING IT ALL OUT AND DOING WHAT I SAID.

TRY TO RESTART THE SCHEDULE MIDDLE OF THE SEMESTER.

ROUGHLY WHERE WE ARE NOW. AND THE COST OF THAT, I TRYING TO DO IT AFTER KIDS ARE ENROLLED IN CLASSES MEANS ONE, KIDS ARE LOSING CLASSES THEY ARE ALREADY ENROLLED IN WITHOUT EXCEPTION. IT MEANS KIDS WILL HAVE MULTIPLE DIFFERENT TEACHERS PERMIT IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WE HAD KIDS THAT GOT DIFFERENT TEACHERS BUT WILL COME IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL YOU ONE TEACHER FOR A GRADE LEVEL THAT COVERS ALL THE SUBJECTS. THE OF GRADE LEVEL TEAMS THAT MEET TOGETHER TO DO SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF A STUDENT MOVES TO A DIFFERENT TEACHER, THAT TEAM SITS DOWN AND SAYS LET ME SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CLASSES. HOW DOES THE STUDENT LEARN, WHAT ARE THE THINGS THATWILL MOTIVATE THAT STUDENT, ONE OF THE WAYS WE GET THEM ENGAGED WHEN YOU TRY TO DO THAT WITH150 STUDENTS PER TEACHER , SEVEN PERIODS PER DAY , YOU LOSE ALL THE ACADEMIC CONNECTION. AND SO YOU START TO SEE THAT YES, MAKING A CHANGE MIDPOINT IN ELEMENTARY WORKS BUT AT SECONDARY START TO PULL APART THE CONTINUITY.

AND SO WE LOST CLASSES. WE HAVE KIDS CHANGING TEACHERS AND WE CAN'T TRACK THE INFORMATION THAT WOULD HELP THE NEXT TEACHER SUCCEED WITH THAT CAN.

YOU MIGHT SAY WE'VE KIDS THAT CHANGE SCHEDULES THE SEMESTER INTO THE YEAR. BUT THOSE ARE TYPICALLY WITH THE BEGINNING OF A COURSE, WITH CONTENT THAT IS TAUGHT EVEN WHEN YOU SWITCHMAN YOUR YOU LOST ALL THE INFORMATION A TEACHER HAS GAINED ABOUT A STUDENT.

THOSE ARE JUST A FEW EXAMPLES OF THE COST OF SWITCHING FROM A FULLY REMOTE TO A HYBRID SCHEDULE MIDSPAN.

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WHAT HAPPENS IF WE SAY WE ARE GOING TO DO THAT AGAIN IN FEBRUARY OR MARCH? THE COST IN TERMS OF THE TEACHER READINESS, THE TEACHER SKILL AND TEACHER CAPACITY FOR MULTIPLE CLASSES, FOR HUNDREDS OF KIDS, AND SIGNIFICANT.

AND SO YOU WAY THOSE. IN OKAY, WE DO NEED TO HAVEKIDS BACK IN PERSON, THEY NEED TO BE ON CAMPUS.

FOR SOCIAL REASONS, FOR EMOTIONAL REASONS AND ACADEMIC REASONS . THE COSTS ARE SO SIGNIFICANT TO SWITCH TO A HYBRID MODEL IN FEBRUARY OR MARCH THAT YOU HAVE DISABLED OF THE ALTERNATE WAYS WE CAN MEET THE NEEDS OF SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL AND ACADEMICS SO WE CAN STILL HELP KIDS AND GET THEM THROUGH THE YEAR BUT DON'T JUST COUNT THE COST OF A SWITCH AT THIS POINT IN THE YEAR. AS OF AGAIN, FOLKS MAY DISAGREE WITH THINGS I SAID AND SAID THERE ARE WAYS AROUND ALL OF THOSE. THAT IS THE CHALLENGE.

WE HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS, NEED TO TAKE THE INFORMATION WE HAVE IN THIS DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT THAT NOBODY HAS BEEN IN BEFORE.

AND YES, SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE SWITCHES SOONER. I TOTALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.

WITH OUR DECISION-MAKING IN CONTEXT, THAT'S HOW WE ARRIVED AT THE DECISION WE DID. THAT DOESN'T MEAN TO SAY WE WILL STOP HERE. ASKED DOCTOR HOLMAN MENTIONED, WE ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE KIDS NEED TO BE IN PERSON.

AND I THINK PEOPLE LEGITIMATELY ASK IF YOU BELIEVE THAT, SHOW US THE THAT'S OUR OBLIGATION, THAT'S A RESPONSIBILITY AND THAT IS WHAT WE MENTIONED AT SOME OF THE WORK AHEAD AND WE NEED TO DO BETTER. BUT I ALSO WANT TO SAY IT HAS BEEN A PROCESS WE WE HAVE JUST BEEN SITTING AROUND NOT HAVE PLANS. AS MATT MENTIONED, THERE'S A CONTEXT AND THERE IS WORK THAT IS HAPPENING IN HISCONTINUED BARGAINING THAT IS HAPPENING . AGAIN, JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR FOLKS WHO ARE WILLING TO CONTINUE WITH US AND STICK WITH US AS WE DO AND APPRECIATE THE OFFERS OF SUPPORT .ND SO THAT IS PRETTY MUCH A SUMMARY. AND THERE IS SO MUCH MORE DEPTH TO IT. BUT I THINK IT GIVES YOU A

TASTE OF WHAT WE EXPERIENCE. >> MATT, DO YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND GRAB THE MICROPHONE. I WILL STAY HERE AND THE BOARD

CAN ASK QUESTIONS. >> ERIC LALIBERTE: EXCELLENT.

WILL TAKE BOARD MEMBER QUESTIONS NOW.

I SAW A COUPLE OF HANDS GO UP. DIRECTOR CARLSON, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? BEFORE I WAS GOING TO LET

SOMEONE ELSE GO FIRST. >> ERIC LALIBERTE: THANK YOU.

DIRECTORSTUART? >> MARK STUART : BRIAN IS A SIMPLE QUESTION OF LOGISTICS. WE TALKED ABOUT THE IDEA WHEN WE COMPARED DISTRICT TO COMPARABLE SIDES , WE ARE COMPARING COMPARABLE SIDES AND POPULATION WERE SQUARE MILEAGE? BECAUSE IF WE MAY HAVE A DISTRICT NEXT TO US OR BEYOND US THAT IS 25,000, WHICH IS A BALLPARK OF WHAT WE HAVE GOT.

BUT YET THEY ARE MORE CONFINED IF YOU WILL.

HOW DOES THAT HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE ABILITY TO MOVE THE BUSES AROUND, MOVE THE KIDS AROUND. TO MEET THAT SEEMS LIKE TWO DIFFERENT ANIMALS IF YOU WILL, AND THEY DON'T MESH.

>> IF YOU ARE KIDS IN PERSON WOULD SO YOU SHOULD HAVE MORE CAPACITY TO TRANSPORT, RIGHT? SO AGAIN, YOU ARE RIGHT.

WE HAVE A LARGE REGIONAL DISTRICT.

SO EVEN IF YOU WERE KIDS ARE IN PERSON, IF YOU HAVE ONE BUT BUT ÃGET AT A BUS STOP, HE STOPPED TO GO TO THE BUS STOP AND WE ALSO SOCIALLY DISTANCE KIDS ON BUSES.

AS WE ARE TRYING TO TRANSPORT WE STILL HAVE ROUTES TO RUN THAT ARE AS COMPLEX IF NOT MORE THAN TYPICAL YEARS.S I MENTIONED, WE HAVE BEEN IN A NATIONAL DRIVER SHORTAGE.

WE HAD TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO OUR PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS. A WEEK BEFORE SCHOOL STARTED BECAUSE A DRIVER SHORTAGE IS. HEAR PEOPLE SAY IT IS A CHALLENGE, BUT IT IS ALSO A REALITY ANY OF ACKNOWLEDGE IT AND WORK WITH THE CONSTRAINTS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO TRANSPORT KIDS. BOTTOM LINE TO GO TO YOUR POINT, TRANSPORTATION IS A FACTOR WE HAVE TO CONSIDER.

AND OUR ABILITY TO TRANSPORT ALL STUDENTS IS AN OBLIGATION WE HAVE AND GET KIDS TO SCHOOL AS AN OBLIGATION WE HAVE SPOKE

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THERE ALSO TRAFFIC ISSUES IN OUR REGION THAT ARE PART OF THE

TRANSPORTATION PUZZLE. >> MARK, ONE OTHER PIECE TO THAT IS I THINK ONE OF YOUR QUESTIONS IS OF ANOTHERDISTRICT IS DOING SOMETHING, CAN WE MIRROR THAT ? ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS I HAD WITH REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENTS IN THE SUMMER WAS IS THERE ANY WAY WE COULD DO THINGS THE SAME. BECAUSE IT WOULD MAKE SENSE THAT IF DISTRICT A IS DOING SOMETHING AND DISTRICT B IS ABLE TO DO THAT. AND IN A SHORT ORDER WE REALIZED CONDITIONS, VARIABLES ARE DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT BETWEEN DISTRICTS. AND SOME IF THAT IS WHAT DEMOGRAPHIC, REGIONALLY WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, DISTANCE WISE.

THE NUMBER OF STAFF. I COULD POINT RIGHT NOW PARIS MIKE, YOU MAY KNOW BELLEVUE SCHOOL DISTRICT BETTER THAN ME, BUT THEY HAD A WHOLE SPECIALIST COHORT THEY WERE ABLE TO BRING BACK INTO THE TEACHING COURT. WE DID THAT TO A SMALL SCALE WITH OUR K-1. THE OF SIGNIFICANTLY MORE SPECIALISTS. UNTIL ALL THOSE VARIABLES ARE DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT BETWEEN ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

AND SO THOSE IMPLEMENTATIONS CAN HELP INFORM US.

BUT THEN WE HAVE TO TAKE IT INTO OUR CONTEXT.

>> I WOULD JUST ADD TO THAT, THE TRANSPORTATION IS ONE OF MANY VARIABLES. AND IT WASN'T LIKE WE DIDN'T LOOK ACCRETIVE SOLUTIONS. WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANCE AND EVEN TEACHERS WHO HAD KIDS IN THEIR CLASSTRIED BUSES . AND AGAIN, HE LOOKED AT THINGS LIKE CERTIFICATION, THE WILLINGNESS OF PEOPLE TO DO THAT. WE HAVE DONE INCREDIBLE IN RECRUITING EFFORTS. THERE IS AN ASSUMPTION YOU HAVEN'T THOUGHT THROUGH THE DIFFERENT WAYS TO CREATIVELY SOLVE THE TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM.

AND I WANT TO SAY THERE HAVE BEEN EFFORTS TO DO THAT THERE WAS AN EVENING OF TECHNOLOGY WE HIT A LIMIT AND CONTINUE TO

MOVE FORWARD. >> ERIC LALIBERTE: DIRECTOR

CARLSON? >> CHRIS CARLSON: AS THE PARENT OF A SOPHOMORE WHO IS IN THIS MESS WRITTEN WITH MY TWO OLDEST SONS ALSO AT HOME, I'VE WATCHED THIS.

NONE OF WHAT OUR SPEAKERS SAID IS FOREIGN TO ME.

THIS IS REAL. BUT I HAVE ALSO BEEN IN THE ROOM OVER THE COURSE OF MONTHS THE NEW INITIATIONS.

AND I DO AGREE THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN UNSOLVABLE PROBLEM GIVEN THE CONSTRAINTS BUT HOWEVER, NOW WE ARE IN A SPACE WHERE WE ARE TRYING TO BE MORE CREATIVE, TO MOVE FORWARD AND FIND SOME WAY TO FILL THE GAPS CREATIVELY.

RATHER THAN JUST TRYING TO GO BACK TO WHERE WE WERE.

IF THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE, WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO DO THINGS BETTER WITHIN THE CONSTRAINTS AVAILABLE TO US.

BUT THE ONE THING I'VE HEARD FROM A BUNCH OF PARIS TONIGHT THAT SORTA CRYSTALLIZED FOR ME IS WE AS PARENTS ARE ALSO VERY TIRED OF BEING HELPLESS. OF NOT BEING ABLE TO HELP.

OF HAVING TO DEAL WITH THE SITUATION BUT HOW CAN PERSONS HELP US ALL THESE THINGS WE ARE TRYING TO DO FOR SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT? NOT JUST NECESSARILY FOR THEIR OWN STUDENTS.S THERE SOME WAY THAT WE CAN USE THE EFFORTS OF OUR COMMUNITY RATHER THAN HAVING ONE MORE MOMENT ALL OF US ARE SITTING AT HOME AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT CAN I POSSIBLY DO? SPEAKING AS AN EPIDEMIOLOGIST, IT'S BEEN DRIVING ME NUTS. THIS HAS BEEN THE MOST DEBILITATING HELPLESSNESS OVER THE LAST YEAR.

AND I IN HEARING A LOT OF THAT. >> THERE IS A SCALE OF THAT RIGHT THERE. MY KID AND I HEARD PEOPLE ELOQUENTLY SAY AM ADVOCATING FOR ALL KIDS.

STARTING ADVOCATING FOR ALSO KIDS, THE LEGISLATORS NEED TO HEAR PRETTY OF OTHER STATES WHERE THEY ARE SUPPORTING SUPPORT TO GET KIDS VECTOR THAT IS NOT WASHINGTON STATE.

ADVOCATING AT THAT LEVEL WOULD MAKE OUR WORK NOT EASIER, BUT WOULD MAKE IT MORE DOABLE. FOR YOUR KIDS, PARENTS ARE THE KIDS FIRST BEST TEACHER. AND AS WE HAVE BEEN SAYING TONIGHT, WE ARE GOING TO BE REACHING OUT TO KIDS TO GET THEM INTO SCHOOLS AND IT WILL BE A VERY DIFFERENT, SAME MODEL FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM. BUT BEING ABLE TO SHARE YOUR INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR KID. NOT TO BRING THEM BACK IN A GROUP TO BE STIGMATIZED TO SAY HOW DO WE REACH THEIR EXPERIENCE RIGHT NOW AN ADVOCATE FOR THEM.

AND SO THAT IS ONE WAY AS WELL. I THINK AS FOLKS HERE SAID, WE WANT TO BE PART OF CONNECTIONS IN PLANNING AND WORK LIKE THAT THAT IS AN EFFORT AN AREA WE NEED TO GROW IN.

I WILL SAY WE STARTED TO REACH OUT TO FAMILIES THROUGH BOARD LINKAGES. WE THE STUDENT ADVISORY GROUP

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IS A DIVERSE GROUP WE ARE ASKING THEM FOR INPUT AND FEEDBACK.UT I WOULD ALSO SAY IT IS GROWTH

>> CHRIS, I WOULD ALSO OFFER WHEN WE THINK ABOUT , I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE RECOGNITION OF SENIORS OR TRANSITION ACTIVITIES, THOSE ARE BEST COMPLETED WHEN WE HAVE PARENTS HELPING, SUPPORTING, THINKING THROUGH BOARD AND TO DATE WE HAVE AND ADD VOLUNTEERS BACK ON OUR CAMPUSES YET.

AND SO THAT IS A PIECE WE WILL HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE GUIDANCE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. ONLY ABLE TO ACTUALLY HAVE PARENTS VOLUNTEER ON OUR CAMPUSES? THAT'S A QUESTION WE CAN GO BACK AND REVISIT .

WE REVISITED PROBABLY MID FALL AND WE HAVEN'T REALLY GONE BACK TO THAT. AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

>> ERIC LALIBERTE: DIRECTOR STUART.

>> MARK STUART : IS HAVING THE VOLUNTEERS BACK PARTIALLY A LIABILITY QUESTION?OR IS IT THE VOLUME OF PEOPLE OR A

COMBINATION THEREOF. >> IS FULLY BOTH OF THOSE.

WE WILL HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE GUIDANCE TO SEE IF THAT HAS BEEN UPDATED AROUND HAVING ADDITIONAL PEOPLE BUT THE DISTRICT DOESN'T TECHNICALLY HAVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR.

AND INCLUDING THAT INTO THE MI , GIVEN THE PANDEMIC.

AND SO GIVEN CURRENT CASE RATES AND THINGS LIKE THAT WE CAN GO BACK AND EVALUATE THAT AGAIN.

>> MARK STUART : WE ARE TALKING ABOUT INCREASED TESTING HEARD AS THE TEST KITS GET MORE ACCESSIBLE, I KNOW THAT SOME OF THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS AROUND HERE HAVE BEEN TESTING TEACHERS TWICE A WEEK OR STUDENTS ONCE A WEEK OR VICE VERSA AND BASICALLY THEY ARE CHARGING PARENTS 50 BUCKS A WEEK FOR THE HELP, IF YOU WILL. CAN YOU GIVE ME AN IDEA THESE ARE DOLLARS WE WILL HAVE TO GET THE STATE.

>> THERE YOU GO. DIRECTORS TO BECOME WHAT YOU WERE DESCRIBING IS KNOWN AS SURVEILLANCE TESTING, WHICH IS WHERE YOU ARE USING TESTING TO MONITOR THE LEVEL OF PREVALENCE OF THE VIRUS IN THE COMMUNITY. BACK IN NOVEMBER, INSTITUTE FOR DISEASE MODELING DID A REPORT PROTO ESSENTIALLY HELPS SCHOOL DISTRICTS DETERMINE WHAT TESTING STRATEGIES MAKES SENSE GIVEN ALL THE OTHER NONPHARMACEUTICAL INTERVENTIONS, SUCH AS MASKS, HANDWASHING, SIX FEET DISTANCING. AND WHAT THAT REPORT FOUND WAS THERE WASN'T A STATISTICAL DIFFERENCE IN USING SURVEILLANCE TESTING, VERSUS ALL THE OTHER INTERVENTIONS.

PUBLIC HEALTH AT AND BEEN RECOMMENDED FOR SCHOOLS AND REDOING ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS TO YOU SURVEILLANCE TESTING.

NOT ONLY IS THERE A COST FOR THE TEST, BUT IT IS VERY LABOR-INTENSIVE SO IT IS NOT NECESSARILY A GOOD USE OF OUR STAFF TIME. WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS DEVELOPED IS A SYSTEM FOR SCHOOLS THAT WE CAN USE FOR SOME THEMATIC TESTING. AND BELIEVED THE BENEFIT OF GOING THAT APPROACH IS IF SOMEONE IS PRESENTING WITH SYMPTOMS, IT COULD BE SYMPTOMS OF COVID BUT IT COULD BE SYMPTOMS OF SOMETHING ELSE. AND IN THE ABSENCE OF TESTING, AND TEACHER A STUDENT WILL HAVE TO BE OUT OF SCHOOL FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, WHICH IS EITHER A DISRUPTION TO THE INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS LEARNING ONLY OR A DISRUPTION TO ALL THE STUDENTS LEARNING. AT THE SCALE WE HAVE BEEN AT THAT HASN'T BEEN SOMETHING THE COMMUNITY TESTING SERVICES AS BEEN ABLE TO MEET THAT NEED. AS WE SCALE UP WE ARE LOOKING AT THE STATE SYSTEM AND HOW WE WOULD BE PUTTING THAT IN PLACE.

BECAUSE AS WE GET MORE STUDENTS BACK WE DON'T WANT THAT ACCESS GIVING PEOPLE. EITHER KEEPING THEM HOME IF THEY NEED TO BE HOME OR HAVING THEM ACCESS.

AND THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT HAS A COST FOR STUDENTS OR STAFF WE WOULD FIGURE OUT HOW WE WOULD STAFF AND SUPPORTED.

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VACCINATED, THIS WILL BE ONE WAY TO GIVE THEM CONFIDENCE IN KNOWING THEY ARE WALKING INTO A FACTORY.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE OUTWEIGHING THE COST AND INTENSITY OF SERVICE WOULD BE OUTWEIGHED BY THE TEACHERS AND UNDERSTANDING OKAY, I'M NOT WALKING INTO A WAR ZONE.

IT IS A FAIRLY GOOD, NOLESS THAN I'M GOING TO THE GROCERY STORE . IF THEY HAVE THE CONFIDENCE COMMIT IT MIGHT BUILD TO THEIR EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING TO GO INTO

THE CLASSROOM.>> ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF THE STATES PILOT MODEL WAS WHAT THEY FOUND WAS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SCHOOLS, WITH THE PREVALENCE WITHIN SCHOOLS AND BASICALLY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY SPREAD.

AND SO THAT HASN'T COME UP AS BIG OF AN ISSUE AS ACCESS HAS BEEN A BROADER CONCERN IF I WANT ACCESS TO A TEST HOW CAN WE HELP FACILITATE THAT. NOTE THAT THE STATE AS A PROGRAM THAT IS GEARED TOWARD SCHOOLS, THAT IS WHERE THEY RELEASE THAT THE OTHER WEEK SO WE CAN IMPLEMENT THAT.

>> WE WILL DO DIRECTOR SAGE. >> THANK YOU.

I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE WORKING THE REMOTE MODEL HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT. I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S TIME.

I HAVE HARDLY BEEN ABLE TO WORK FOR MONEY THIS YEAR BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN FOCUSED SOLELY ON STUDENTS, STUDENTS WILL BE IN, STUDENTS EDUCATION. AND I SPENT A LOT OF MY TIME SINCE I GOT ON THE BOARD WORKING ON HOW DO WE MAKE THINGS MORE EQUITABLE FOR STUDENTS.

AND WHEN I LOOK AT THE FOR VERY FIRST PRESENTATION, I BELIEVE IT WAS CALLED REMOTER OVERVIEW. AND I SEE.

I ONLY HAVE THIS FOR K5. BUT IS THE WHICH DEMOGRAPHICS CHOSE TO BE IN PERSON. AND SEE 63 PERCENT OF OUR LOT NEXT FAMILIES CHOSE TO BE IN PERSON.

IS A 61 PERCENT OF COURTESY 54 PERCENT OF BLACK FAMILIES CHOSEN PERSON. GOING TO TAKE A GUESS THE PERCENTAGES WOULD BE HIGHER FOR SECONDARY.

ALSO BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT MORE AT STAKE.

HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS THAT WE HAVEN'T GIVEN OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE IN PERSON EDUCATION WE NEED. WE WEDNESDAYS WE COULD DO SOMETHING WITH. INNOVATION IS THE ONLY WAY WE WILL GET THERE. I AM COMPLETELY CONFIDENT THAT THIS TEAM IS FULL OF INNOVATORS.

WE ARE JUST THINKING IN LINEAR MANNER AT THIS TIME.

WE GOT HUNDREDS OF EMAILS SINCE FRIDAY, WHICH I THINK THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR. WE HEARD FROM STUDENTS.

WAS TRYING TO TALLY HOW MANY STUDENTS WE HEARD FROM, BUT THERE WERE TOO MANY. AS SOON AS I WILL START MY TALLY, MORE WOULD COME IN. THE STUDENT TOLD US.

THEY ARE WORRIED, ANXIOUS, DEPRESSED, AGGRAVATED, SAD, BORED, WORRIED ABOUT THE ABILITY TO GET INTO COLLEGE, ONE SAID TRY TO REMEMBER YOUR SENIOR YEAR, THE MEMORIES AND EXPERIENCES WE HAD WE ARE GETTING NONE.

WILL WHEN THE TORMENT AND. AND SUICIDAL.

AND SO I HAVE A REALLY HARD TIME THAT WE AREN'T ABLE TO OFFER SOMETHING IN PERSON TO A GREATER DEGREE THAN WE HAVE FOR OUR AFTERNOONS. [CLAPPING] I HAD TO BE TRUE TO MYSELF AND LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU ALL KNOW, I THINK WE CAN DO BETTER. THANK YOU.

>> ERIC LALIBERTE: OKAY. DIRECTOR BLIESNER?

>> SIRI BLIESNER : THANK YOU. SO TO JUST FOLLOW UP WITH

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I APPRECIATE THE FAMILIES THAT HAVE COME FORWARD AND THE STUDENTS AND HEARING THE CONVERSATION.

THIS IS THE CHALLENGES YOU PUT FORTH WITH THE NEW SUPPORT MODEL CONCEPT THAT IS GOING FORWARD.

AS YOU THINK ABOUT THIS, HOW WILL WE BE ENSURING STUDENTS ARE GETTING THE IN PERSON OPPORTUNITIES EFFECTIVELY AND THAT THOSE WHO WANT THEM ARE ABLE TO DO THAT.

IT HAS BEEN A BIT VAGUE AS TO WHEN WE COULD GET SOME CLEAR GUIDANCE ON DIRECTIONS IN REGARD TO WHAT THAT ACTUALLY MEANS GOING FORWARD AS TO WHAT THE TIMEFRAME MIGHT BE AND WHAT OUR FAMILIES COULD EXPECT IN REGARDS TO THE IN PERSON

COMPONENTS. >> CAN YOU HEAR ME?>> I CAN.

>> I AM ACROSS THE ROOM FROM THE COMPUTER SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE. WILL YOU SAY THAT LAST PIECE AGAIN? I HEARD THE COMMENT AROUND WHAT IS THE TIMELINE FOR COMMUNICATION.

AND THEN YOU ADDED A SECOND PIECE AT THE END.

>> SIRI BLIESNER : I WOULD SAY IT IS NOT JUST THE COMMUNICATIONS. WHEN CAN STUDENTS EXPECT TO SEE IN PERSON COMING FORWARD AND HOW WOULD THAT GET FRAMED OUT TO PEOPLE? BECAUSE I THINK THE COMPONENT WITH A PIECE OF THIS IS THE HYBRID MODEL IS VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD, WOULD START ON SUCH A DATE AND THIS IS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN FROM GOOD THIS IS A LITTLE MORE VAGUE.

I THINK THE INNOVATIVE POSSIBILITIES OF BEING ABLE TO REALLY BRING KIDS IN AND DO DIFFERENT THINGS AND SUPPORT THEM IN A WAY THAT IS MORE EFFECTIVE AND POSSIBLY SOMETHING WE CAN LEARN FROM GOING FORWARD IS FABULOUS.

I AM CONCERNED IT IS VAGUE. THE CHALLENGE WITH THIS GOING

FORWARD HAS BEEN THE VAGUENESS. >> THANK YOU.

>> I HAVE SAID THIS ABOUT OUR K-1.

I SAID THIS ABOUT OUR 25, WE ARE REQUIRED TO NEGOTIATE THE WORKING CONDITIONS FOR THIS. AND SO WITH THAT I HAVE SAID WE STARTED OUR SECONDARY NEGOTIATIONS WITH A SENSE OF URGENCY. WE MET FOR FOUR HOURS TODAY AGAIN IN BARGAINING. YOU BARGAINING SCHEDULED THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. I WOULD ANTICIPATE US BEING ABLE TO WRAP UP OUR SECONDARY NEGOTIATIONS.

I WOULD ANTICIPATE WITHIN TWO WEEKS GIVEN THE URGENCY AND PACE WE ARE WORKING AT RIGHT NOW.

BUT WE TRULY CAN'T MOVE FORWARD IF WE DON'T HAVE OUR

NEGOTIATIONS COMPLETED. >> SIRI BLIESNER : WITH A COMPLETE PLAN GOING FORWARD. HOWEVER, YOU MOVE FORWARD IN REGARDS TO SOME WITH THE 800 KIDS YOU MENTIONED AT THE START

OF THIS, CORRECT? >> WE NEGOTIATED THOSE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT WITH THE SUMMER LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING AND PROVIDED ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE PERIOD, DID YOU WANT

TO SPEAK TO THAT? >> WE NEGOTIATED THEM BILTON SUPPORTS. WE CALLED THEM EQUITY HOURS.

EACH SCHOOL IS PROVIDED WITH DIFFERENTHOURS FOR STAFFING .

AND IN DECEMBER, WE EXPANDED THE GUIDANCE AROUND THAT IN ORDER TO WHAT WE ARE FINDING IS THEY WEREN'T REALLY BEING USED TO THE EXTENT AND THE WAY THEY HAD BEEN DESIGNED.

AND SO WE SHIFTED THE GUIDANCE TO ENCOURAGE SCHOOLS TO BRING STUDENTS ON CAMPUS TO PROVIDE THEM WITH THE SUPPORT FOR THE EQUITY HOURS. AND WE HAD USED DATA WE GATHERED FROM THE FALL TO IDENTIFY STUDENTS.

THOUGH STUDENTS ARE BEING SERVED THROUGH A TOOL WE HAD NEGOTIATED. IN OUR SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN EXPANDING THOSE SERVICES TO THE EXTENT TO UNDER THE

NEGOTIATIONS. >> GREAT.

THANK YOU! SORRY, GO AHEAD.

>> SIRI BLIESNER : I CAN'T SEE ANYTHING AT THIS POINT.

>> ERIC LALIBERTE: WE CAN STILL HEAR YOU.F YOU WANT TO KEEP ASKING QUESTIONS, LET'S DO THAT.

>> SIRI BLIESNER : MY OTHER QUESTION WAS IN REGARDS TWO FOR THE FALL. YOU SPOKE BRIEFLY ABOUT THE 21/22 TIMEFRAME. IN THINKING ABOUT MIKE'S PRESENTATION I GAVE THE TIMEFRAME OF SOME OF THE PARAMETERS OF THE DIFFICULTIES OR CHALLENGES IN WHICH ARE THE REALITIES WE MUST WORK IN, ONE OTHER COMMENT WAS WHEN YOU HAVE TO PLAN FOR A HYBRID MODEL IN SETTING THAT SCHEDULE IN ORDER

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>> THAT IS SOMETHING WE WOULD HAVE TO DO.

ONCE YOU KNOW HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE REMOTE AND HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE IN PERSON, THEN YOU CAN CREATE A SCHEDULE.

REGARDLESS OF THE SCHOOL SITES. WE ALSO KNOW THAT SMALLER SCHOOLS HAVE FEWER OPTION BECAUSE YOU HAVE A HARDER TIME STAFFING THEM. BUT AT LEAST PEOPLE KNOW GOING IN THE REDUNDANT STUDENTS STU MCCUE MAKE SURE COURSES THAT KIDS NEED FOR POSTSECONDARY ARE IN PLACE AND THEY SIGN UP FOR THEM. YOU MIGHT DO THAT AND ANTICIPATE EVERYONE IS BACK AND HAVE ANOTHER SCHEDULE HAVE A FULL RANGE OF OPTIONS AND ANY CLASSIC KID WANTS THEY WOULD TYPICALLY HAVE IT CAN SIGN UP FOR. IF YOU RUN THOSE BOTH, YOU ARE PREPARED FOR BOTH SO THAT WOULD BE THE IDEAL AND SECONDARY PRINCIPLES CREATING A MASTER SCHEDULE IS A MONTH-LONG PROCESS SO THEY NEED TIME TO BE ABLE TO CREATE MULTIPLE OPTIONS. THE OTHER THING I WOULD ADD, AS THE GUIDANCE BECOMES CLEAR WE FIND OUT MORE ABOUT IMMUNIZATIONS OF A GET THROUGH OUR SECONDARY ÃTHAT DEFINES THE PICTURE AND YOU START TO MOVE TOWARDS ONE MODEL INPUTTED TIME AND ENERGY AND AS DOCTOR HOLMAN MENTIONED WE SPENT MONTHS AND SINCE THIS WHOLE PANDEMIC STARTED WE HAVE THOUGHT THROUGH ALL THE DIFFERENT VARIABLES SO MUCH CAPACITY SO AS SOON AS POSSIBLE YOU WANT TO FOCUS YOUR ATTENTION AND START TO DRILL DOWN INTO THE DETAILS BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE WORK IS AGAIN I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT TO GO TO THE POINT IF YOU HAVE MULTIPLE MODELS MAPPED OUT AND SCHEDULED YOU CAN START ON DAY ONE AND THE CHALLENGE HAS BEEN THIS YEAR WE HAVE BEEN CATCHING UP BECAUSE THE GUIDANCE IS CONSTANTLY BEING ADJUSTED AND RATES ARE CHANGING SO LEARNING FROM THAT WE WOULD BE MORE PROACTIVE ABOUT HAVING MULTIPLE

MODELS. >> THANK YOU AND THINKING ABOUT THE PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT IN THE COMMUNITY WANTING TO HELP BEING INVOLVED I THINK OF THE MASTER SCHEDULE AS AN ALGORITHM IN DIFFERENT COMPONENTS THAT COME IN I THINK OF OUR BUSINESSES IN THE AREA, THIS IS WHAT THEY DO. POTENTIALLY THIS IS A PLACE FOR LOOKING AT PARTNERING AT HOW WE CAN MORE EFFECTIVELY UTILIZE TECHNOLOGY TO DRIVE THESE

PIECES. >> I WOULD SAY IT'S NOT SO MUCH A FUNCTION OF OUR ADMINISTRATORS NOT BEING ABLE TO CREATE A SCHEDULE THEY ARE SKILLED WE HAVE TECHNOLOGY THAT HELPS US DO THAT IT HELPS US MAP INTERVENTION SO KIDS CAN GO FROM ONE PERSON TO ANOTHER WHEN THEY NEED EXTRA HELP WHEN YOU SAY COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IT'S MORE LIKE WHAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING ACTIVITIES SO WE ARE OPENING THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT KIDS DON'T HAVE TO BE IN A CLASSROOM SPACE THEY CAN DO WORK EXPERIENCE THAT WOULD BE WHAT I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN I DON'T THINK THEY NEED HELP CREATING MASTER SCHEDULES WE COULD CREATE A SCHEDULE FOR A HYBRID, FOR IN PERSON.

AND WHY DID SHE DO THAT BEFORE AND I THINK WE SAID BECAUSE OF TIMING BUT NOW WHEN WE HAVE A LAUNCH WE CAN DO THAT I THINK IT'S MORE ABOUT WHAT ARE THE EXPERIENCES WE CAN OFFER KIDS THAT ARE MORE THAN THE TRADITIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE AND YOU HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR THIS FOR YEARS, THIS MAY BE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT KIDS CAN CONNECT AND LEARN ABOUT PROGRAMMING THAT'S RIGHT WOULD SEE MORE OF A BENEFIT

>> ABSOLUTELY LOOKING MORE FROM A CRISIS SOLUTION IN LOOKING AT THE ABILITY TO USE TECHNOLOGY GOING FORWARD SO THANK YOU WE APPRECIATE THE DIFFICULTIES. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE IN REGARDS TO THE IN PERSON AND PIECES, HOW WILL THIS BE EVALUATED AND THINKING ABOUT OUR STUDENTS HAVING ACCESS THAT'S THE OTHER PIECE THAT'S UNCLEAR WHAT NUMBER ARE

WE EXPECTING FOR THIS? >> I THINK WE WILL GATHER THAT DATA THROUGH SURVEYING OUR FAMILIES TO SEE WHO IS INTERESTED IN AN IN-PERSON MODEL AND WHO IS NOT SO WE WILL HAVE TO ASK OUR FAMILIES FOR THAT.

>> SO THE PLAN IS TO OUTREACH FOR SURVEY?

>> WE WILL HAVE TO SURVEY OUR FAMILIES AND OUR STAFF AROUND THIS AS WELL.

>> ANYTHING ELSE FOR NOW? I'M ABOUT TO TAKE A QUESTION FOR ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER.

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>> DIRECTOR STUART I SAW AND A REAL QUICK QUESTION ON EQUITY HOURS.

AND YOU SAID FOR SOME REASON THEY WEREN'T BEING UTILIZED WAS THAT THE LACK OF THE STUDENTS KNOWLEDGE OF KNOWING THEY COULD ACCESS THESE?

>> WE DECIDED WE NEEDED MORE INFORMATION TO HAVE THESE THINGS WORK.

WAS IT TO RECRUIT THEM? I DON'T THINK, AS A PARENT, THAT WE HAVE HEARD OF THEM.

AS A BOARD MEMBER I DON'T RECALL BUT THE POINT IS, WHAT BALL DID YOU DROP?

>> WHAT THE INTENT WAS, WE ARE EVALUATING AND CAN WE TALK ABOUT BARGAINING IN DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES ON THAT? I HAVE TO SAY AS JOHN WAS MENTIONING OUR PARTNERSHIP AND OUR TEACHERS IN ALL OF OUR BARGAINING TEAMS HAVE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT SERVING THEIR KIDS SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF ELEMENTARY BARGAINING SOME KIDS ARE NOT CONNECTING AS MUCH AS OTHERS AND REMEMBER WHAT THAT WAS LIKE SO WE NEED A RESOURCE THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO DO CREATIVE THINGS REACH OUT TO FAMILIES PUT AN ADULT TO CONNECT WITH A KID AND I THINK IT'S A FUNCTION OF HAVING AN IDEA WITH IMPLEMENTATION AND THE IDEA WAS GOOD THE IMPLEMENTATION IS THE QUESTION LIKE HOW DO YOU USE THAT RESOURCE BASICALLY WAS A BUDGET THAT WAS GIVEN TO EACH SCHOOL TO USE THE STAFF TO DO OUTREACH TO CREATE A MORE EQUITABLE EXPERIENCE FOR THE KIDS I THINK MATT MAY BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THE SUCCESSES THAT MAY USE THAT SAME PRINCIPLE BUT MORE EFFECTIVELY.

>> THIS GETS ABOUT WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE BENEFIT OF LOOKING AS WE FACE THINGS AND TEST ASSUMPTIONS AND HAVING EXTRA HOURS FOR STAFF TO POTENTIALLY CREATE CONNECTIONS THEY WERE PRIMARILY DELIVERING THAT THROUGH A REMOTE ENVIRONMENT AND SO WHEN THE PRINCIPLES IDENTIFIED WHEN THEY ARE PUTTING THAT IN PLACE IT WASN'T HAVING THE DESIRE PEOPLE WERE NOT CONNECTING WITH THE KIDS SO THEY HAD THE RESOURCE ON THE INTENT WAS STILL GOOD IT WAS JUST THAT YOU ACTUALLY NEEDED TO REALLY HAVE IT IN PERSON SERVICE AND PRINCIPLES WE WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE A SERVICE IN PERSON AND CURRENT GUIDANCE IS NOT REALLY CLEAR ON. [INDISCERNIBLE] AND. [INDISCERNIBLE] GUIDANCE TO SAY HERE'S HOW YOU DO IN PERSON Ã THIS IS THE RESOURCE THAT YOU KNEW YOU HAD AND DOCTOR HOLMAN TALKED ABOUT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS ARE GRADUALLY EXPANDING AND SOMETIMES THAT WORK IS EXPANDING AND THE MODELS BEING LOOKED AT BECAUSE IF IT'S ATHLETES OR SMALL GROUPS AND THEY WORK AROUND SOME OF THE BARRIERS. [INDISCERNIBLE] SO IT WASN'T I WOULD SAY THEY DROPPED THE BALL THERE IS AN INTENT AND A LOT OF PRINCIPLES RECOGNIZE THAT RAISE

THE CONCERN AND >> TO BE ABLE TO REACH OUT TO THE PRINCIPLES ON THE TEACHERS BECAUSE IF THEY DON'T AMOUNTS AVAILABLE TO THEM IT CREATES AN EFFORT TO GO HAVE IF ALLOWING ONE CONNECTION OR PERHAPS IT'S NOT WORKING. THANK YOU.

>> OTHER QUESTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS.

>> I HAVE A COMMENT I'M GOING TO PHRASE IS A QUESTION. IF DOCTOR HOLMAN, IF YOUR INITIAL PATHWAY TO UPDATE ON FAMILIES I THINK THE INITIAL ONE THE MODEL YOU HAVE PUT FORWARD FOR SUPPORT SERVICES SUGGESTED A SERIES OF MORE TARGETED OPPORTUNITIES IN CERTAIN GROUPS OF STUDENTS WOULD BE TARGETED BASED ON THE ANNULAR PRESENTATION THERE IS A BULLET POINT THAT SAYS ANY STUDENT THAT WANTS AN IN-PERSON EXPERIENCE IS PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY. WHICH ONE IS IT? IS IT SOME SETS OF STUDENTS ARE

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>> I BELIEVE I SAID THAT IN THE LETTER AND IN THE RECORDED MESSAGE AND THE INTENT IS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH IN PERSON EXPERIENCES, TO WHAT DEGREE WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT FOR EVERY STUDENT WE CAN'T SAY BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW EVERY STUDENT THAT WANTS THAT YET BUT IT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE PROVIDE STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ON CAMPUS WITH PEERS AND SO IS THAT A TALL ORDER? ABSOLUTELY THAT'S A TALL ORDER BUT I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE SKILLS TO DO THAT ARE BUILDING ADMINISTRATORS ARE PREPARED BECAUSE WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAND THEM A PREPACKAGED DO THIS.

IT'S ABOUT HERE ARE THE PARAMETERS OF WORK AND HOW DO YOU IMPLEMENT BASED ON THE NEEDS OF YOUR STUDENTS HOW DO YOU IMPLEMENT BASED ON THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT POTENTIALLY HAVE HAD IN PLACE PREVIOUSLY YOU CAN MODEL WITH THIS AS WELL AND SO IT TRULY IS THE INTENSE.

>> AND I JUST WANT TO SHARE I UNDERSTAND NOT EVERY STUDENT WILL ACCESS IN PERSON SERVICES.

BUT THE GOAL IS TO PROVIDE Ã THE OPTION TO BE ABLE TO DO IT AND THAT IS THE GOAL.

DO I HAVE THAT RIGHT? >> CORRECT.

>> ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBER, FOR QUESTIONS? OKAY.

I THINK WE HAVE CONCLUDED THE PRESENTATION. STATEMENT THAT CONCLUDES THE

SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT. >> EXCELLENT.

WHAT WE WILL DO NOW WE ARE MOVING ON TO OTHER BUSINESS AND FACILITIES UPDATE.

I WILL TAKE A NORMAL FOUR MINUTE RECESS. I WANT TO KEEP IF EVERYBODY, IS OKAY WITH EVERYBODY WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT, A SHORT BREAK OKAY LOOKS LIKE WE ARE BA.

[G. Non-Consent Agenda]

OFF? >> THIS IS ONE OF OUR ORDERLY REPORTS AROUND FACILITIES AND SO TONIGHT WE HAVE ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT BARBARA POSTHUMOUS AND BRIAN BUCK IS HERE TO PRESENT THE FACILITIES UPDATE.

>> THE LAST UPDATE THAT WE PROVIDED TO THE BOARD WAS IN OCTOBER WE ARE STILL CONSTRUCTING FACILITIES FOR OUR GROWING ENROLLMENT AND SO BRIAN IS GOING TO GIVE A QUICK UPDATE ON OUR 2019 LEVY PROJECTS AND OUR 2016 PROJECT SO BRIAN, TAKE IT AWAY.

>> OKAY. SO THIS IS OUR UPDATE. OUR ALIGNMENT WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS THE EFFECTIVE USE OF RESOURCES ON 2019 SECURE CAPITAL LEVY PROJECTS INCLUDE PERMANENT CLASSROOM EDITIONS OF FIVE SCHOOLS CORE EXPANSIONS AND SAFETY AND SECURITY UPGRADES HERE ARE THE LOCATIONS WE HAVE NORMAL FOUR ADDITIONS IN KIRKLAND, TWAIN ELEMENTARY, FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY AND LAKE WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL ALONG WITH CARSON ELEMENTARY AND.

[INDISCERNIBLE] HERE IS A LOOK AT THE LAKE WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL EDITION THIS WAS COMPLETED IN SEPTEMBER 2020 IN THE PICTURE YOU CAN SEE THE CLASSROOM EDITIONS ON THE RIGHT AND THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER STRAIGHT AHEAD SO IT CREATES A LITTLE PLASM OF THIS COMPLETED ON SCHEDULE IN SEPTEMBER. HERE IS A PICTURE ON THE LEFT IT'S A CLASSROOM ADDITION WITH THE ENTRY TO THE PLAZA TOP RIGHT IS A SCIENCE CLASSROOM AND LAB AND BOTTOM RIGHT IS A SHARED LEARNING AREA. THE LAKE WASHINGTON CORE EXPANSION INCLUDES A COMMONS EXPANSION WHICH WAS COMPLETED IN SEPTEMBER AND A NEW AUXILIARY GYM LISTS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED IN SEPTEMBER 2021. ACCOMPLISHMENTS, LOCKER ROOM EXPANSION WAS COMPLETED IN JANUARY ARE CONCRETE MASONRY WAS COMPLETED IN DECEMBER AND WE HAVE STRUCTURAL STEEL AND EXTERIOR FRAMING COMPLETED IN JANUARY FEBRUARY AND MARCH WE

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IN 2016 BOND PROJECTS AGAIN THESE ARE THE LOCATIONS OF THE 20 16TH BOND PROJECTS JUANITA HIGH SCHOOL THIS IS AN AREA OF THE COMPLETED JUANITA HIGH SCHOOL WITH A NEW BUILDING ON THE LEFT IN THE FIELD HOUSE AND POOL ON THE RIGHT. THERE IS A FINAL LAYOUT A SITE PLAN FOR ONE NEED A HIGH SCHOOL PHASE 2 OPEN DON TIME SEPTEMBER 2020 ALSO FIELDHOUSE EXTERIOR PAINTING WAS COMPLETED IN OCTOBER WE HAD INTERIOR PAINTING COMPLETED IN THE AREA IN DECEMBER ARE TENNIS COURTS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED IN MARCH AND OUR ATHLETIC FIELDS ARE SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED IN MAY. THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT IS THE NEW PHASE 2 WE ARE LOOKING NORTHWEST AND ON THE TOP RIGHT IS A CTE ART CLASSROOM AND THE BOTTOM RIGHT IS LOOKING THROUGH THE BREEZEWAY OUT TOWARDS THE BUS AND YOU CAN SEE THE NEW FENCING ON THE CONNECTOR SKYBRIDGE THAT CONNECTS PHASE 1 AND PHASE 2.

>> ON THE LEFT IS A PICTURE OF THE SOFTBALL FIELD IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION THEN THERE IS THE GYMNASIUM WITH THE NEW PAINTING IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT ÃGOING ON FOR THE TENNIS COURTS.

CERAMIC THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT IS THE FIELDHOUSE WITH THE NEW SCHOOL OLD PAINTING AND A COUPLE OF PICTURES OF THE NEW PAINTING ALONG WITH THE NEW SCHOOL.

THE SCHOOL HOUSE OPENED IN SEPTEMBER IF THE 10 CLASSROOM PRESCHOOL THE HISTORIC OLD

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THAT'S IT. ANY QUESTIONS? SOMATIC I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE EVERYONE ON THE REDMOND SCHOOLHOUSE OPENING. I KNOW THAT WAS A CHALLENGING PROJECT AND IS JUST WONDERFUL WE ARE ABLE TO SEE THAT THROUGH SUCH A BEAUTIFUL FACILITY.

>> AND I JUST WANT TO ADD THE PANDEMIC HAS PUT OUR TOURS ON HOLD AND WE WANT TO GET YOU OUT FOR A TOUR OF PHASE 2 OF JUANITA HIGH SCHOOL AND THE LAKE WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT SO WE WILL GET THOSE SCHEDULED TO HAVE A PHYSICALLY DISTANCED TOUR FOR YOU IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS SO YOU CAN SEE THESE BEAUTIFUL PROJECTS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON AND THEN ALSO TOURING OUR CONSTRUCTION SITES AT OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

TWAIN, FRANKLIN AND ROSE HILL. >> GREAT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

>> THE ADDITION TO THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS HOW DO THEY HELP US IN OUR DISTANCING PROBLEM OR DO THEY?T THIS POINT FOR THE SIX FOOT DISTANCING WITHIN CLASSROOMS. SUMMA GOT LAKE WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL WE ADDED A TWO-STORY COLONNADE CLASSROOM ADDITION THAT WAS TO PREPARE FOR OUR STUDENTS THAT WE HAD ON CAMPUS AND WE REMOVED 10 PORTABLES THAT WERE PLACED ON THEIR TEMPORARILY UNTIL WE COULD GET THE ADDITION BUILT AND THOSE WERE MOVED TO OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS WHERE WE HAVE CAPACITY CHALLENGES AND NEEDED THOSE SITES SO THE ADDITION IS REALLY CATCHING UP WITH THE GROWTH THAT IS THEY ARE OR SOON TO BE EXPECTED AND WE ARE PUTTING ADDITIONS ON OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS BECAUSE OF LAKE WASHINGTON AREA IT'S ONE OF OUR FASTEST-GROWING SCHOOL AREAS AND WE ARE TRYING TO BUILD SPACE FOR THE STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE THERE SO IT WON'T HELP US WITH OUR PHYSICAL DISTANCING SO

MUCH. >> GREAT THANKS. OKAY.

I THINK THAT'S IT THANK YOU. SUMMA THANK YOU BRIAN.

>> >> THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT IS OKAY.

NOW PUBLIC COMMUNITY AFFAIRS UPDATE TONIGHT SO THE NEXT ITEM, BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS.

[I. Closing Items]

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I JUST HAVE ONE COMMENT I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO CAME TONIGHT PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO CAME TO SHARE PUBLIC, I KNOW WE APPRECIATED IT A LOT WAS HARD TO HEAR FOR A LOT OF REASONS.

EMOTIONAL. THE FEEDBACK WAS FRANK BUT CONSTRUCTIVE AND I APPRECIATE THAT AND I CAN SPEAK FOR THE BOARD . OKAY.

I THINK WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF THE AGENDA SO YES. YOU JUST POPPED UP ON SCREEN.

I CAN SEE YOU EXCELLENT. UNDER THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT IN PERSON BOARD MEETINGS ARE PERMITTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH PHASE 2 APPEND ÃATTENDEES MUST PREREGISTER TO ATTEND A BOARD MEETING OR STUDY SESSION DUE TO LIMITED SEATING CAPACITY REGISTRATIONS WILL BE ON A FIRST-COME FIRST-SERVED BASIS. HEY WILL BE ACCEPTED UNTIL 1 PM ON THE DAY OF THE BOARD MEETING FOR THE NEXT BOARD MEETING IS ON MARCH 15. WITH A STUDY SESSION AT 5 PM FOLLOWED BY A BOARD MEETING AT 7 PM HERE AT THE RESOURCE CENTER.

I WAS AMISS AND THINKING TO THE STAFF THAT HELPED US TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN I DO APPRECIATE THAT THE POLICE OFFICERS WHO CAME TONIGHT TO ENSURE THAT THE CROWDS THAT CAME MAINTAIN SOCIALLY PERFECT DISTANCE WE MAINTAIN ÃAPPRECIATE ALL THAT AND WE WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MARCH 1, 2021 BOARD MEETING. WE ADJOURN ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY VOTING AYE.

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