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

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EVENING. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE APRIL 19, 2021 LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL BOARD

[B. Opening Items]

MEETING. LET THE RECORD REFLECT ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. AND IT WAS RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THAT ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS MAY BEGIN TO HOLD IN PERSON OPEN PUBLIC BOARD MEETINGS, HOWEVER, ATTENDEES MUST PREREGISTER TO ATTEND AND DUE TO LIMITED SEATING CAPACITY, REGISTRATIONS ARE ON A FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED BASIS AND ACCEPTED UNTIL 1:00 P.M. ON THE DAY OF THE MEETING.OU CAN SEND AN EMAIL TO DIANE JENKINS AND SHE WILL CONFIRM YOUR ATTENDANCE.

DIANE'S EMAIL IS DJENKINS@LWSD.ORG.

ALL ATTENDEES ARE REQUIRED TO WEAR A FACE MASK AND MAINTAIN SIX FEET OF PHYSICAL DISTANCE AT ALL TIMES.

UPON ARRIVING AT THE RESOURCE INDERKUM OF THE PUBLIC WILL BE REQUIRED TO CHECK IN AND FOLLOW THE PROCESS.

IN ADDITION, BOARDMEETINGS, STUDY SESSIONS AND SPECIAL BOARD MEETINGS WILL BE LIVE STREAMED AND VIEWABLE ON THE DISTRICTS WEBSITE. IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO LIFESTREAM THE MEETING, VIEWERS CAN CALL 42593628183 .

CONFERENCE ID 371272 LISTEN TO THE MEETING.

I WILL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA FOR THIS

APRIL 19, 2021 MEETING. >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND BUT MOVED BY DIRECTOR STUART, SECONDED BY DIRECTOR BLIESNER THAT WE APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFIED BY VOTING AYE.

[C. Audience Participation]

>> AYE. >> AYE.> AYE.

>>ERIC LALIBERTE : ALL OPPOSED? HEARING NONE, MOTION CARRIES FOR THE NEXT ITEM IS PUBLIC COMMENT.

THE BOARD OF LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICTS WELCOMES THE PUBLIC TO OUR BUSINESS MEETINGS AND ENCOURAGES COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. TYPICALLY WE DEDICATE 30 MINUTES OF THE MEETINGS TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC DURING A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. THERE ARE CURRENTLY THREE WAYS YOU CAN GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT. YOU CAN COME IN PERSON BY FOR REGISTERING AS I MENTIONED BEFORE.

YOU CAN PROVIDE WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT BY EMAILING DIANE JENKINS BY 3:00 P.M. ON THE DAY OF THE BOARD MEETING AND THOSE COMMENTS ARE COMPILED UNDISTRIBUTED TO THE BOARD AND POSTED ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE. AND YOU MAY PROVIDE TELEVISE PUBLIC COMMENT AND MICROSOFT TEAMS. AND TO DO THAT YOU NEED TO REQUEST A LINK TO JOIN BY EMAILING DIANE JENKINS BY 1:00 P.M. ON THE DAY OF THE BOARD MEETING. AGAIN, HER EMAIL IS DJENKINS@LWSD.ORG. AND YOU CAN SHARE YOUR COMMENTS, WHICH ARE BOTH RECORDED AND TELEVISED.

WE HAVE TONIGHT FOR PEOPLE, INDIVIDUALS SIGNED UP FOR IN PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT AND WE MAY HAVE A COUPLE WHO WILL BE JOINING US THROUGH TEAMS. AS A REMINDER, WE AS PUBLIC COMMENT BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES AND WE HAVE BACK HERE A STOPLIGHT THAT WILL GIVE YOU A WARNING AND A RED LIGHT WILL TURN ON WHEN IT BECOMES THREE MINUTES.

AT THIS TIME WE WILL START WITH IN PERSON.

DO WE STILL HAVE ÃAS ANYONE BEEN ABLE TO LOG IN YET? NO?WE WILL START IN PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT.

THE FIRST SIGN UP I HAVE IS KEITH KIRBY.

COME ON UP. THERE IS A PODIUM WITH A MICROPHONE THERE. CAN YOU GIVE IT A TAP.

>> I'M SORRY?>>ERIC LALIBERTE : IT'S ON.

EXCELLENT. >> OKAY.

ANYTIME QUICK. >>ERIC LALIBERTE : GO AHEAD,

THANK YOU. >> FIRST, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND EVERYTHING YOU GUYS DO.

I'M SURE IT'S A THANKLESS JOB. I HAVE A FIRST GRADER, DAUGHTER, SEVEN YEARS OLD. SO THIS IS ALL NEW TO ME.

AND BECOMING MORE ENGAGED AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

WHAT BROUGHT ME HERE TONIGHT IS A SORT OF NOTICED A PATTERN IN THE COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

WHICH ALWAYS SEEM TO, I SHOULDN'T SAY ALWAYS, BUT SOMETIMES ARE COMMENTING ON SOCIAL ISSUES, POLITICAL ISSUES AND IT REALLY JUST DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT'S NECESSARY.

IT CERTAINLY DOESN'T DO ANYTHING FOR THE KIDS, AT LEAST IN MY MIND. IS TOTALLY IRRELEVANT.

AND SO TO ME THAT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A RED FLAG.

BUT I DON'T WANT TO RUSH TO JUDGMENT.

AND BASICALLY COMING TO SEE WHAT YOU GUYS ARE ALL ABOUT AND TRY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PROCESS.

AND JUST BE MORE INVOLVED. AGAIN, I DON'T REALLY THINK THIS IS A PLACE FOR ACTIVISM. OR OPINIONS ON SOCIAL ISSUES.

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BECAUSE IT IS REALLY SUBJECTIVE.

AND IRRELEVANT. THE THINGS THAT SHOULD MATTER ARE ARE WE DEVELOPING CURRICULUM TO RENT THAT IS WHAT I CARE ABOUT KAREN A LOT OF THESE OTHER ISSUES I THINK ARE TAUGHT IN THE HOME.ND I THINK IT IS APPROPRIATE FOR THEM TO BE DISGUSTED AT SCHOOL. AGAIN, IT IS SUBJECTIVE.

I THINK IN MY MIND SCHOOL IS A PLACE FOR ÃHOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THAT? THINGS, SCIENCE, MATH, ENGLISH, AMERICAN HISTORY. THINGS LIKE THAT.

FACT. AND THAT IS REALLY ABOUT IT.

ANYWAY, THAT IS ALL I HAVE. THAT LEADS ME INTO SOME OF MY OTHER QUESTIONS, WHICH THIS IS TAKING ME DOWN A PATH OF THEIR ALL THESE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT CRITICAL RACE THEORY AND THESE CONTROVERSIAL TOPICS THAT I WOULD AGREE ARE CONTROVERSIAL TO SOME DEGREE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OFFICIAL POLICY IS ON STUFF LIKE THAT. IF THAT IS THE DIRECTION WE ARE PLANNING ON HEADING. IF WE ARE ALREADY THERE.

I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO LOOK AT THE BALLOT MEASURE, BUT I KNOW THERE WAS A RECENT BALLOT MEASURE ON SEXUAL EDUCATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT I THOUGHT WAS STEPPED OVER PRETTY HARD LINES IN THE SAND. SO AGAIN, AND STRIKES MY CURIOSITY AND I AM A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED.

I THINK TO SOME DEGREE THAT IS REGRESSIVE.

I DON'T THINK IT IS TAKING US IN A POSITIVE STEP FORWARD.

AND AGAIN, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE OFFICIAL POLICY IS ON ACTIVIST. I'M SURE IT IS NOT ALLOWED FOR IT BUT IT SEEMS LIKE WE ARE RIGHT ON A GRAY, WE ARE DANCING RIGHT ON THE LINE THERE. AND IF THAT HAS A TENDENCY TO PERMEATE AND AFFECT POLICY CHOICES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

THAT IS MY CONCERN.>>ERIC LALIBERTE : THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT. IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE SOME OTHER QUESTIONS. I WELCOME YOU TO WRITE TO THE BOARD FOR OUR EMAIL ADDRESS IS BOARD MEMBERS@LWSP.ORG.

>> IF I FIND ANYTHING ELSE I WILL DIG UP THE EMAIL.

>>ERIC LALIBERTE : THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE DIANA WILLIAMS.

>> I'M DIANA WILLIAMS. MY TWO CHILDREN IN SCHOOL DISTRICT AND ONE WHO WILL BE HERE ANYTIME SOON.

I WASN'T QUITE SURE WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAYTONIGHT .

THEY CAN TELL YOU ALL. THAT MYSELF, SOME PEOPLE AND MEMBERS OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE THE APPROXIMATELY 660 BLACK STUDENTS AT LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THE APPROPRIATE AND ACCESSIBLE PUBLIC EDUCATION TO WHICH THEY ARE LEGALLY ENTITLED. WE CAN'T CLAIM IGNORANCE AT THIS POINT BECAUSE I'VE SAT IN ON BOARD MEMBERS VIRTUALLY WHERE DATA AND INFORMATION HAS BEEN PRESENTED IN PLANTS AND PARENTS AND STUDENTS HAVE COME UP AND EXPRESSED THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THEY FEEL THEY HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE CAN BE AWARE OF THE EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING DUE TO MICRO-AGGRESSION, BLATANT RACISM AND ISOLATION THEY FEEL ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.

THE FIRST SURVEYS THAT COME BACK TELL US THAT.

IN MY SON'S RETURN TO SCHOOL TODAY THEY WENT TO A BUILDING.

HOW TO TELL THE ADDED ANXIETY NOT BECAUSE OF THE VIRUS, NOT BECAUSE YOU WEREN'T APPROPRIATELY PREPARED TO RECEIVE AND KEEP THEM PROTECTED FROM THE VIRUS, BUT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT IS A SAFE PLACE FOR MY SONS. IT IS UNNERVING TO KNOW SOMETHING COULD HAPPEN IN THE THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND SAFE PLACES THAT THEY CAN GO. I KNOW THEY ARE FEELING PROTECTED. THE DISTRICT HAS THE RESOURCES, THE CAPACITY AND CAPABILITY TO EDUCATE CHILDREN DEMONSTRATED BY THE DATA DISPLAYED ON THE HOMEPAGE.

WE TALK ABOUT THE GRADUATION RATE, WE TALK ABOUT THE ABOVE AVERAGE SAT RATES, BUT IT IS NOT THE SAME FOR BLACK STUDENTS FOR THE DISTRICT HAS DEMONSTRATED THE ABILITY TO BE AGILE IN RESPONDING TO THE NEEDS OF A MARGINALIZED COMMUNITY AND WITH THE LGBTQ+ POLICY AND UNDER A YEAR.

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AND THAT WAS FOR THE INCLUSION AND SAFETY OF STUDENTS WHO IDENTIFY AS SUCH. LIKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS RESPONSE TO COVID IS AS EVIDENCE YOU CAN TAKE ON DIFFICULT CHALLENGES AND RISE TO THE OCCASION.

THERE IS DECISIVENESS, THERE WAS CREATIVITY, WHOSE COMMITMENT AND CONVICTION TO KEEPING STUDENTS SAFE AND PROVIDING AN EXCELLENT EDUCATION PARADIGM PARTICIPATED IN DISTRICT COMMITTEES AND CONVERSATION SO I KNOW THE PASSION AND CONVICTION PEOPLE HAVE THE DISTRICT TOWARD EDUCATING CHILDREN.IF THE DISTRICT DOESN'T USED TO MAKE THE SAME EXTRAORDINARY EFFORTS TO REQUIRED TO INTERVENE TO ADVOCATE. TO INNOVATE AND ENSURE BLACK STUDENTS ACHIEVE THE SAME EXCEPTIONAL OUTCOMES.

74 PERCENT OF BLACK STUDENTS GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOLS IN FOUR YEARS, RELATIVE TO THE 83 PERCENT OF THE GENERAL POPULATION.0 PERCENT OF BLACK STUDENTS PURSUE POST SECONDARY EDUCATION AND IS A DROPOUT RATE OF 11 PERCENT.AT A MUCH HIGHER RATE ACROSS THE BOARD.

IF THESE WERE THE STATISTICS OF THE GENERAL POPULATION IN AN DATA THAT WOULD BE DISPLAYED ON THE HOMEPAGE? NO. I DON'T THINK PEOPLE WOULD BE BROUGHT IN TO PAY AMOUNTS OF MONEY FOR HOUSES HERE TO PUT CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOL WITH THOSE STATISTICS.

FIGHTING AND INVISIBLE AND MISUNDERSTOOD VIRUSES MAY INCLUDE THE IMPACT AND UNCERTAINTIES, SOCIAL ISOLATION AND INACCESSIBLE CURRICULUM. EVERYBODY FELT IT.

I FELT IT IN MY HOUSEHOLD. ALSO THE BLACK STUDENTS ATTENDED LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE LAST 41 YEARS THROUGH STUDENTS MAY NEVER HAVE A TEACHER WHO LOOKS LIKE THEM.

OR HAVE ANOTHER BLACK STUDENT WITH THEM.

THEY ARE LEARNING A CURRICULUM WHICH DOES NOT REFLECT THEIR HISTORY AND EXISTENCE, IT WILL BE EXPERIENCED AGAIN FOR THE MICRO AND JUST IN IGNORANCE AND THE SYSTEMIC RACISM IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. I RECENTLY OBSERVED A CONVERSATION WITH MY SON AND ANOTHER STUDENT.

AND LIKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SHE'S BEEN IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SHE WAS THREE YEARS OLD SO SHE STARTED IN THE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM.

WE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE. AND IS MY SON DESCRIBED A SPECIFIC INCIDENT, I THOUGHT TO MYSELF OR WAS THE ADULT ON THE SITUATION. I HAD NO IDEA IT HAD EVEN HAPPENED. AND WHO IS LOOKING AFTER HIS WELL-BEING. WHO CARES ABOUT HIS FUTURE.

WHO UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION IN THE BLACK MAN'S LIFE? OUTCOMES FOR A BLACK MALE ECONOMIC IMPACT, IT REDUCES THE PIPELINE TO PRESENT.

SIGNIFICANT OF WHAT THE SCHOOL DOES FOR IT.

WHO HAS INVESTED IN MY SONS. AND EDUCATOR IS EITHER REVOLUTIONARY OR IMPRESSIVE. WE HAVE ALL HEARD A MAN DIED DURING A MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND LAST YEAR FOR ANY DEBT UNDER THE SUSTAINED PRESSURE. IN THE PAST MONTH A 13 YEAR OLD BOY, SIX YEAR OLD BOY IN A 20-YEAR-OLD MAN WERE SHOT BY POLICE OFFICERS IN UNDER ONE MINUTE.

ONE MINUTE. ALL ON ARMED IRRESPECTIVE.

BEGGING FOR AIR OR HIS SON CALLING FOR HIS MOTHER.

THE DATA INDICATES OUR CHILDREN WITH A BLACK STUDENT BODY, IS BEGGING FOR AIR.HEY ARE UNARMED.

THEY WANT TO FEEL SAFE. THEY WANT TO ACHIEVE, THEY WANT TO THRIVE. THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES IN THE COMMUNITY TO BE REVOLUTIONARY. YOU HEARD ME.

TO BE REVOLUTIONARY. GIVEN THE SMALL POPULATION OF BLACK STUDENTS, 660 IS A SIZABLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

LIKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT CAN SHOW OTHER DISTRICTS HOW TO BREAK AND BE A CENTER OF EXCELLENCE.

WITH THAT NUMBER OF STUDENTS HE CAN BE ADAPTED IF YOU ARE IN A POSITION TO DO SOMETHING NOW. THE EQUITY TEAMS. ALL THE THINGS I HEARD ABOUT A CREATE.

THEY ARE NECESSARY. HOWEVER, CHANGING HEARTS, MINDS AND BEHAVIOR TAKES TIME. TIME WITH THE 660 STUDENTS CANNOT SPARE. BLACK STUDENT FAMILIES NEED TO KNOW THERE'S AN ADULT IN THE ROOM COMMITTED TO NOT ONLY ALL BLACK STUDENT SUCCESS, BUT THE SUCCESS OF EACH BLACK STUDENT.

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THE DEMANDS IN WHICH THE FAMILY LINES ARE BLACK STUDENT EXCELLENCE PRESENTED A YEAR AGO, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT OVER THE PAST YEAR, IS A PLACE TO START. THE RACIAL EQUITY POLICY THAT HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR THIS POLICY WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE TO START GETTING THAT INSTITUTIONALIZED IMMEDIATELY BUT THE INTENTIONAL STATE PLACEMENT OF BLACK STUDENTS WITH TEACHERS WHO HAVE THE PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND DEMONSTRATED COMPETENCY IN EDUCATING IS AN IMPORTANT.

HIRING MORE BLACK EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL READ MY SON SAID HE DOESN'T IMPORT THINGS BECAUSE HE DOESN'T KNOW HOW PEOPLE WILL RESPOND WHEN THINGS HAPPEN FOR IT HE JUST DOESN'T.

WE ONE OF PROVIDE DISCIPLINARY DATA AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE DATA. IN THIS ONE IN THE CURRICULUM.

WHAT WE PUT INTO OUR CHILDREN'S HEADS DEFINED SOCIETY IN THE FUTURE. IF ONE IT DOES MENTAL OPPRESSION AND RACISM THAT HAS TO BE REFLECTED IN A FACTUAL MANNER IN OUR CURRICULUM TO THEY HAVE TO SEE THE CURRICULUM REFLECTED IN THEMSELVES AND THIS ISN'T JUST IMPORTANT FOR BLACK STUDENTS, FOR ALL STUDENTS.

AS A MOTHER IN THE 10TH AND EIGHTH GRADE, ÃI HAD TO DO THE MATH. IT'S A VERY LONG TIME AWAY.

I NEED A PERSON ACCOUNTABLE TO THEIR SUCCESS.

TO INTERVENE COMMIT ADVOCATE WHEN THE NAVIGATOR SYSTEM DESIGNED TO WORKAGAINST THEM. I WILL NOT VAGUE .

I WILL DEMAND AS A CONSTITUENT IN THE COMMUNITY TO KEEP MY SON SAFE. AND TO PROVIDE EQUITABLE APPROPRIATE AND ACCESSIBLE EDUCATION.

THANK YOU. [CLAPPING]

>>ERIC LALIBERTE : THANK YOU MISS WILLIAMS.

NEXT WE HAVE KENDRA THOMPSON. >> GOOD EVENING SUPERINTENDENTS APPROPRIATE.

>>ERIC LALIBERTE : HANG ON. THAT WAS MY FAULT.

>> GOOD EVENING MEMBERS OF THE BOARD BERT AND DOCTOR KENDRA THOMPSON, THE HEALTH SERVICES MANAGER IN THE DISTRICT.

I WOULD LIKE TO GO ON RECORD TO PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE DISTRICT NURSES THAT THEY MADE SINCE MARCH 2020 BOARD SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC THE NURSES HAVE REACHED OUT TO FAMILIES TO ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE ALL THE RESOURCES THEY NEED.

THEY HAVE TAKEN ON AN ENORMOUS TASK OF SWITCHING FROM THE SKYWARD SYSTEM TO MANAGE IMMUNIZATIONS TO USING THE WASHINGTON STATE IMMUNIZATION INFORMATION SCHOOL MODULE TO ATTRACT IMMUNIZATIONS. AND ALSO WITH THE ADOPTION OF THE COVID SAFETY PLAN WHO THE NURSES HAVE ASSUMED THE ROLE OF MEDICAL COORDINATOR IN EACH BUILDING THEY ARE ASSIGNED TO.

IN ADDITION TO THE TRADITIONAL ROLE AS SCHOOL NURSES FOR THIS ROLE INCLUDES COORDINATING WITH STAFF TO PROVIDE TRAININGS TO INJURE EACH BUILDING HAS PERSONAL EQUIPMENT, COMMUNICATING UPDATES THE SAFETY PLAN IN COLLABORATING WITH STAFF IN IMPLEMENTING THE SAFETY WITH THE STUDENTS AND STAFF MEMBERS BUT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE LEAD NURSES KAREN WALKER AND.

[NAME] WHO IS MY TRANSITION BETWEEN THE RETIREMENT OF MY PREDECESSOR AND ON BOARDING IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR.

THERE WILL THE KNOWLEDGE NOT ONLY TO ME BUT ALSO TO ALL OF THE NURSES IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE REALIZE NURSES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR EDUCATION TEAM AND THEY WORKED DILIGENTLY TO INJURE STUDENTS ARE SUCCESSFUL AT SCHOOL DESPITE CHALLENGES THEY MAY FACE. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE LIKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT NURSES BUT I APPRECIATE YOU IN OUR COMMITMENT TO KEEPING STUDENTS SAFE AND HEALTHY.

[CLAPPING] >>ERIC LALIBERTE : NEXT WE HAVE

ELAINE SHEPPARD. >> GOOD EVENING DOCTOR COLEMAN

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AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS PARADIGM ELAINE SHEPPARD.

I HAVE BEEN AN DISTRICT NURSE FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS.

AND I AM REPRESENTING THE DISTRICT NURSES TODAY.

TONIGHT AM GOING TO BE READING A SHORT LETTER HERE.

WE ARE REACHING OUT HE WAS SERIOUS CONCERNS REGARDING THE APPROACH TO MONITORING OUR DISTRICTS HELP THERE AND IN GLOBAL PANDEMIC OVER IT EACH DAY THERE ARE MOUNTING STRESS, EXHAUSTION AND UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS PUT IN OUR DISTRICT NURSES WITH THE DISTRICTS COVID RESPONSIBILITIES. COVID IS CHANGE LIFE FOR MANY PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT, BUT THE NURSES ARE BEING HIT PARTICULARLY HARD. WE HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN THE EXTRA HELP AND RESOURCES IN COMPARISON WITH THE TEACHERS AND OTHER STAFF HAVE RECEIVED TO INSTITUTE AND MONITOR ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DISTRICT COVID SAFETY PLAN.

WE NOW RISK COMPLETELY DROWNING IN THE TASKS AT HAND, WHICH MAY LEAD TO DANGEROUS CONSEQUENCES FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

WE HAD A FULL-TIME JOB MANAGING STUDENTS DAILY HEALTH NEEDS PRIOR TO COVID, NOW WITH THE ADDITIONAL ROLE AS A MEDICAL COORDINATOR, WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER FULL-TIME JOB MANAGING STUDENT STAFF WELLNESS AS WELL AS COORDINATING WITH KING COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH. WHICH JOB WOULD YOU LIKE US TO PRIORITIZE. LOGISTICALLY WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO MANAGE THE WORKLOAD IN OUR DISTRICT IS ALREADY LOSING NURSES. MUCH OF OUR WORK IS TIME SENSITIVE COMMUNICATION. THIS FORCES US TO WORK OVERTIME ON EVENINGS AND WEEKENDS TO FOLLOW UP ON STAFF AND STUDENTS.IN ADDITION TO OUR CURRENT OPEN POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO FILL DUE TO NURSE SHORTAGE IN KING COUNTY, WE HAVE FOUR NURSES OUT A LONG TERM LEAVE.

LIKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST STUDENT TO NURSE RATIOS IN OUR REGION. THIS RATIO CAN ONLY GET HIGHER AS WE JUGGLE MORE THAN ONE FULL-TIME JOB AND SUBSTITUTES ARE NOT PROVIDED. WE ARE FORCED TO TAKE ON TWO ASSIGNMENTS READ ONE DISTRICT NURSES ARE OUT.

WE ARE STRETCHED SO THIN THAT EVEN OUR SUPERVISOR, DOCTOR THOMPSON, IS PROVIDING DIABETIC CARE AT SCHOOLS WHO NEED A NURSE. STARTING TODAY WE OF THE MOST STUDENT ON CAMPBELL'S CAMPUS SINCE COVID STARTED.

HOW CAN WE BE THE PRIMARY MONITOR FOR THE CONTACT RACING FOR ALL OUR SYMPTOMATIC STAFF AND STUDENTS, TRAVELED BETWEEN SCHOOLS, WOULD RESPOND TO URGENT CALLS, PROVIDE NURSE ONLY CARE, TRAINED STAFF MEMBERS AND MANAGE LIFE-THREATENING MEDICAL CARE. DO YOU KNOW IT TAKES 30 TO 60 MINUTES TO PROCESS ONE SYMPTOMATIC CASE ON A STUDENT OR STAFF MEMBER? EACH DAY THE NUMBER OF CASES NURSES CHECK IN OUR DISTRICT IS INCREASING.

THIS IS NOT SUSTAINABLE. WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN TO OUR COMPETENCE AND TRUSTEE WILL TAKE THEM INTO SERIOUS CONSIDERATION.

OUR SUPERVISOR HAS BROUGHT THESE CONCERNS TO THE ATTENTION OF THE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP. WE NEED ACTION TO ENSURE SAFE CONDITIONS IN OUR SCHOOLS PUT ON DISTRICT STAFF AND STUDENTS WELL-BEING IS OUR UTMOST PRIORITY TO READ PLEASE MAKE IT YOUR PRIORITY TOO WEIRD YOUR NURSES NEED HELP AND WE NEED IT NOW. RESPECTFULLY THE LIKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT NURSES.

THANK YOU. [CLAPPING]

>>ERIC LALIBERTE : THANK YOU. THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO CAME TONIGHT TOSUPPORT . WE HAVE REACHED THE END WE HOPE TO HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM TWO STUDENTS WHO WERE GOING TO JOIN US TONIGHT. IF THEY JOIN LATER WE WILL FIT THEM IN. .

THAT WAS THE LAST PERSON I HAD ON OUR LIST FOR PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT. THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO TOOK THE TIME. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS

[D. Consent Agenda]

APPROVAL OF APRIL 19 CONSENT AGENDA BUT I WILL ENTERTAIN A

MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.>> MOVE APPROVAL.

>> SECOND. BEEN MOVED BY DIRECTOR CALLS IN AN DIRECT BY STUART THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. WILL YOU PLEASE PULL THE BOARD?

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>> DIRECTOR SAGE. >> YOU.

>> DIRECTOR BLIESNER. >> YES.

>> VICE PRESIDENT STUART. >> YES.

>> PRESIDENT LALIBERTE. >> YES.>>ERIC LALIBERTE : MOTION CARRIES. DOCTOR HOMAN.

>> TONIGHT WE HAVE DONATIONS TOTALING 78,592.

TOTALING OVER $60,000 FROM PRIVATE SOURCES 18,900 BARGAIN ONE I THINK OUR COMMUNITY FOR OUR ONGOING SUPPORT FOR OUR SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICT DURING THIS TIME.

[E. Non-Consent Agenda]

>>ERIC LALIBERTE : EXCELLENT. THANK YOU.

THE FIRST ITEM ON THE NONCONSENT AGENDA IS PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY READ THE CADMAN PROPERTY, WHICH IS PART 188 IN REDMAN AND RESOLUTION 2308 ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

WOULD YOU PLEASE LEAD US THROUGH THIS.

>> ABSOLUTELY. IT IS A VERY EXCITING EVENING ONLY THINK ABOUT THE LONG-TERM WILL BE IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT THE LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR A NUMBER YEARS WE ARE A RAPIDLY GROWING SCHOOL DISTRICT. ONE OF THE THINGS IS A NEED TO ALWAYS BE THINKING ABOUT FUTURE PLANNING AND FUTURE NEEDS FOR SCHOOL SITES AND WHATNOT LAND ACROSS OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT IS EXTREMELY SCARCE ATTHIS POINT. AND SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO BRING TO YOU TONIGHT A RESOLUTION TO PURCHASE LAND .

WE ARE OVER THE PAST PERIOD OF TIME.

AM PLEASED TO REPORT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ELABORATE WITH CADMAN INDUSTRIES ENTERED INTO A PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT 25 ACRES LOCATED IN EAST REDMOND.

25 ACRES IS AN EXTREMELY SCARCE SIZE OF PROPERTY BURDEN WE ARE EXCITED FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY IN THE PLAN AND THE ABILITY TO PLAN FOR FUTURE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS.

AND WITH THAT I WILL HANDED OVER TO ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT BARBARA TO PROVIDE A PRESENTATION FOLLOWED

BY BOARD ACTION. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I AM REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT THIS HISTORIC PURCHASE OF PROPERTY. I WANTED TO SHARE THIS PICTURE.

THAT'S WHY WE ARE ALL HERE. IT'S ABOUT THE KIDS I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THE Y . BUT I LOVE THIS PICTURE WITH THE HAPPY SMILING STUDENTS. SO AS DOCTOR HOLMEN TALKED ABOUT, WE ARE GROWING RAPIDLY. FIRST I WILL SHARE ABOUT THE HOUSING. THE BOARD RECEIVED A PRESENTATION FROM FLOW ANALYTICS, OUR DEMOGRAPHER OUTSIDE DEMOGRAPHER. AND HERE ARE SOME OF THE FACTS THEY PROVIDED US. KING COUNTY IS THE FOURTH LARGEST COUNTY IN THE COUNTRY BY POPULATION GROWTH.

KING COUNTY IS NUMBER FOUR IN THAT COUNTRY.

ARE CITIES ARE BUILDING A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF HOUSING UNITS IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS. FROM SINGLE-FAMILY TO MULTIFAMILY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE ENOUGH HOUSING UNITS TWO FOR THE POPULATION GROWTH. HIGHLIGHTING IN THE CITY OF KIRKLAND FROM THE DOWNTOWN KIRKLAND ROSE HILL AREA ARE BRINGING IN 1900 MORE UNITS IN THE TOTEM LAKE AREA.

PROJECTED FUTURE LIGHT RAIL STATION INCLUDES GROUP TOTEM L SURROUNDING AREA SUPPORTED 3600 UNITS IN TOTEM LAKE.

IN THE CITY OF REDMOND WITH THE CITY OF REDMOND IN OUR DISTRICT IS LIKELY TO SEE THE MOST CONTINUED GROWTH OUT OF ALL THE CITIES WITHIN OUR DISTRICT. WE HAD 21 MULTIFAMILY,

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DIFFERENT MULTIFAMILY PROJECTS GOING IN THE CITY THAT IS GOING TO ADD ABOUT 3200 UNITS. THAT INCLUDES AN AREA OF MARY MOORE VILLAGES THE MAIN URBAN CENTER THAT WILL BE GROWING.

AND I WILL SHOW YOU THAT ON A FUTURE SLIDE IN THE MAP.

SAMMAMISH TOWN CENTER IS PLANNED FOR 2000 UNITS PER AND SOME OF WHICH HAS BEEN BUILT. THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL 1300 UNITS COMING FOR IT AND THIS IS ALL WITHIN THE NEXT 10 YEARS.

BEYOND 10 YEARS WE DON'T KNOW IT YET BUT MORE WILL COME.

ONGOING RAPID GROWTH IN THE BUSINESS AREA.

WE ARE CONTINUING TO SEE RAPID GROWTH IN BUSINESS ON THE EAST SIDE. HERE ARE SOME OF THE RECENT HEADLINES. MICROSOFT, PLANNING A MULTIBILLION DOLLAR EXPANSION TO THEIR CAMPUS.

FACEBOOK HAS PLANNED A RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT BUT CONSTRUCTION HAS STARTED ON WILLOWS ROLE. AMAZON IS PLEASANT PLANNING FOR THERE ARE TWO ARTICLES ABOUT AMAZON FOR THEY ARE BRINGING 25,000 EMPLOYEES IN A FEW YEARS.

GOOGLE IS INCREASING SQUARE FOOTAGE AND KIRKLAND.

FACEBOOK RECENTLY BOUGHT REI UNUSED HEADQUARTERS COMPLEX IN BELLEVUE. MARY MOORE VILLAGE, AS I MENTIONED, WILL INCLUDE A MIX OF EMPLOYMENT USES AND IT WILL INCOME AT EIGHT 9300 MORE EMPLOYEES IN MARY MOORE VILLAGE BOARD IN 2020 FOR A LIGHT RAIL STATION WILL BE OPEN IN THE 1400S DORAL GARAGE WILL ALL SLOPE AND.THE DISTRICT HAS EXPENDS RAPID ENROLLMENT GROWTH SINCE 2800 AND DISTRICT HAS GROWN FROM THE SIX LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE FALL OF 2014 TO THE SECOND LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE FALL OF 2019. WE GREW FROM THE SIX LARGEST STATE IN THE SECOND LARGEST. WITH THE FASTEST GROWTH IN KING COUNTY IN NUMBERS AND STUDENTS IN PERCENTAGE.

WE EXPERIENCED 31 PERCENT ENROLLMENT GROWTH FROM 2008 TO 2019 TO 7300 STUDENTS. AND WE ARE EXPECTING CONTINUED GROWTH FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS OF OVER 3400 STUDENTS.

THE 73 UNDER STUDENT GROWTH IS EQUIVALENT TO 10 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. IS TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE.

MOST OUR SCHOOLS ARE AT OR OVERCAPACITY AND EVEN MORE WILL BE OVERCAPACITY IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS WE HAVE A FACILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT CONVENED IN 2019 AND PROVIDED A RECOMMENDATION TO THE SCHOOL BOARD THIS JANUARY TO CONTINUE BUILDING NEEDED FACILITIES IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE OUR RAPID STUDENT ENROLLMENT GROWTH. THIS IS JUST A GRAPH SHOWING OUR ENROLLMENT GROWTH. YOU CAN SEE THE FIRST SECTION FROM 2008 TO 2019 AND 31 PERCENT STUDENT INCREASE.

THIS YEAR WE DID SEE A SLIGHT DIP DUE TO COVEN.

AND WE ARE EXPECTING AN 11 PERCENT INCREASE.

GROWTH IS SLOWING SLIGHTLY, BUT STILL ALMOST OVER 3000 STUDENTS FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS. AND SO NOW ABOUT THE PROPERTY.

THE LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY. YOU SEE THE ORANGE CIRCLE THERE. WE ARE TRYING TO FIND THE LASER POINTER. YOU'VE GOT IT?

I'M NOT SEEING IT. >> FOR PEOPLE FOLLOWING ONLINE, IT WOULD BE BETTER IF YOU USE THE MOUSE POINTER.

>> ALL RIGHT DON'T GET I WILL USE THE MOUSE POINTER.

IT'S ON, BUT IT IS NOT WORKING. OKAY.

SO THE LOCATION IS INSIDE THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY FOR THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DO NOT KNOW, IS A BOUNDARY LINE WHERE DEVELOPMENT CAN BE BUILT.

SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE ONLY ALLOWED TO GROW SCHOOLS IN THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY. EVEN THOUGH THE DISTRICT OWNS PROPERTY OUTSIDE THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY, WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BUILD SCHOOLS ON THAT.

THE LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY IS IN EAST REDMOND JUST EAST OF 520 AND SOUTH OF UNION HILL ROAD.

AND SO HIGHLIGHTS ABOUT THIS PROPERTY.

AND I WILL POINT THEM OUT ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

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THE PROPERTY, IT'S PART 188 IS THE PROPERTY.

AND IT IS 25.46 ACRES. IT'S A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY.

THIS IS A LARGE PARCEL IN REDMOND AND THE LAND IS SCARCE AND THIS IS AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE THIS PARCEL. IS THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY LINE TO THE EAST OF THE PROPERTY.

THE SITE CAN ACCOMMODATE AN ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY ACADEMIC PROGRAMS. IT IS ADJACENT TO A GROWING RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD THAT SUPPORTS WALKING TO SCHOOL.

IT IS ADJACENT TO NATURE PRESERVES, REGIONAL TRAILS AND PARKS THAT CAN SUPPORT SCHOOL DISTRICT FACILITIES.

IT IS ADJACENT TO A DYNAMIC COMMERCIAL DISTRICT ROAD AS I MENTIONED, IT IS NEAR HIGHWAY 520 DEAR MARY MOORE PARK, REDMOND TOWN CENTER IN THE FUTURE LIGHT RAIL STATION.

I'M GOING TO TRY TO USE THE MOUSE TO SHOW YOU ÃIT IS JUST NOT WORKING. DO YOU WANT TO TRY IT? SPOKE PROPERTY LOCATION FOR THE SITE LOCATION AND PARK 188, THE 25 ACRES RIGHT HERE IN ORANGE CURRENT HOUSING NEAR THE CURRENT HOUSING BELOW THE PROPERTY IS IN MULTIPLE MULTIFAMILY, SINGLE-FAMILY WITHIN A ONE-MILE RADIUS OF THE SITE.HERE ARE OVER 1200 STUDENTS.

K-12. THE PROPERTY DIRECTLY TO THE CELL DISOBEYING DEVELOPED. IT IS CALLED WOODBRIDGE DEVELOPMENT. THE PROPERTY DIRECTLY TO THE SOUTHWEST BELIEVE THEY CAN BE HOUSING.

THE PROPERTY HASN'T BEEN SPECIFICALLY CITED FOR HOW MANY HOMES BUT WE BELIEVE THAT WILL BE HOUSING.

THIS IS CITY OF REDMOND PARK THE URBAN GROWTH LINE FOLLOWS A BOUNDARY RIGHT HERE. EVERYTHING TO THE EAST RIGHT HERE OUTSIDE THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY AND IT IS A NATURAL AREA WITH STREAMS FOR EVANS CREEK NATURAL AREA.

IS A PARK SOUTH THE HERE. IS IS A WALKABLE SITE FOR ALL OF THE HOUSING WITHIN THE AREA. COSCO IS RIGHT HERE.

THE FEDEX FACILITY IS RIGHT HERE.

AND THE MARY MOORE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND SO HERE IS MARY MOORE PARK IN THE LOWER LEFT CORNER.

THIS IS THE MARY MOORE VILLAGE AREA, OR A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF NEW HOUSING UNITS IS GOING. THIS IS WHERE THE LIGHT RAIL.

HIGHWAY 520 AND THE LIGHT RAIL STATION WILL COME HERE.

AND TURN LEFT AND IN THE TOWN CENTER REPORTED THIS IS A VIBRANT AREA AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO OUT SEE LONG-TERM GROWTH. AND SO HERE ARE SOME PROPERTY VIEWS. IN EARLY MARCH DISTRICT STAFF WERE GIVEN A TOUR OF THE PROPERTY.

WE WERE ABLE TO WALK THE PROPERTY.

WHAT WAS GREAT WHEN THE CABIN PERSONNEL SHARED WITH US THAT MANY OTHER STAFF ARE GRADUATES OF LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOLS.

IT IS REALLY EXCITING THEY ARE PART OF THE COMMUNITY.

WAS EXCITED TO STAND ON THIS PROPERTY AND ENVISION A FUTURE PLACE FOR OUR STUDENTS YOUR GET THIS PICTURE HERE YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE HOMES IN THE BACKGROUND.

AND THIS IS ANOTHER VIEW LOOKING EAST OF THE PROPERTY.

THE PROPERTY IS QUIET. THE IMPACT IS MINIMAL BUT WITH A NATURE PRESERVE IS A MENTION BOARD IS TO THE EAST AND HOUSING TO THE CELL. TO FUND THE PURCHASE OF THE

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PROPERTY WILL BE USING THREE MAIN PROCEEDS FROM OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND. WE'LL BE USING PROCEEDS FROM THE ROSE HILL PROPERTY SALE. WAS PROPERTY THAT WAS SERVED LAST BECAUSE IT WAS DUE TO AN ADJACENCY TO THE NATURAL GAS PIPELINE BUT WE WERE UNABLE TO BUILD AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON THE PROPERTY. ALSO, OUR BALANCE FROM OUR APRIL 2016 BOND PROJECT BALANCE ON STATE CONSTRUCTIONS ASSISTANT FUNDS PROJECTS ARE COMPLETE BOARD SPENDING IS UNDER BUDGET AND REVENUES AND SO WE WILL BE USING THE BALANCE OF OUR SCOUT FUNDING THERE. ARE 2019 CAPITAL PROJECTS LEVY, WE ALSO HAVE A REMAINING STATE CONSTRUCTION ASSISTANT FUND THERE. AND JUST A REMINDER, THESE ARE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUNDS. , FRONT PROJECTS FUNDS CAN BE USED TODAY. AND SO TIMELINE THE NEXT STEPS.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH REAL ESTATE BROKERS AND LEGAL COUNSEL WITHIN OUR DISTRICTS. WE'VE BEEN WORKING OVER A YEAR ON THE SPECIFIC PURCHASE. BACK IN JULY 2020 WE PROVIDED IN LETTER OF INTENT CADMAN IS THE CELEBRANT OF THE PROPERTY.

TO PURCHASE PROPERTY WE SIGN THE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT FOR IT TO BEGIN THE EVALUATION PERIOD.

BRIAN BUT, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FACILITIES AND BY ANY IS HERE TONIGHT. AND DAVID JOHNSTON, OUR LEGAL COUNSEL IS ALSO HERE TONIGHT. I EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FACILITIES AND HIS TEAM DID A THOROUGH EVALUATION AND REVIEW OF THE PROPERTY WHICH INCLUDED BUT WAS NOT LIMITED TO ENVIRONMENTAL ZONING CODE ANALYSIS, SITE BOUNDARIES EASEMENTS AND WE RECOGNIZE THIS SITE WILL BE USED DIFFERENTLY THAN WE TRADITIONALLY USED. UP WE ANTICIPATE BEING ABLE TO PLACE WANTED TO EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES TO RETURN THE FEASIBILITY EVALUATION. MADE PRELIMINARY MEETINGS WITH THE CITY REDMOND PLANNING STAFF WE ARE GLAD TO HEAR WE MADE A PURCHASE OF PROPERTY WE KNOW THE PROPERTY OF THE SIZE IS WHERE. TO DEVELOP THE SITE TO ALLOW FOR MAXIMUM USAGE. NEXT THE BOARD IS TAKING ACTION TONIGHT. IS OUR DEADLINE TO PROVIDE NOTICE TO THE SELLER. THAT THE BOARD HAS GIVEN THE APPROVAL AND THAT WE ARE WAIVING OUR INSPECTION CONTINGENCY. THIS IS MY FINAL SLIDE.

AND I WANT TO BRING US BACK TO. IT'S ABOUT THE CHILDREN BREWED FROM PRESCHOOL ALL THE WAY THROUGH GRADUATION.

SO I WANT TO THANK CADMAN FOR PARTNERING WITH THE SPIRIT UNDERSTANDING THE VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY AND HELPING US ENSURE OUR STUDENTS HAVE PLACES TO LEARN PARIS TO WANT TO THANK OUR REAL ESTATE BROKERS, JASON BLOOM AND TODD GAITHER WITH KIDDER MATTHEWS FOR WORKING WITH US TO FIND SPACES FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF. AND I WANT TO THANK LEGAL COUNSEL DAVID JOHNSON WITH PETERSON, RUSSELL LEWIS SHEPHERDED US THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO. AND BRIAN BROCK, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES WHO LED HIS TEAM TO REVIEW AND ASSESS THIS PROPERTY. THEY'VE DONE AN OUTSTANDING AMOUNT OF WORK IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.

AND FINALLY I WANT TO THANK OUR COMMUNITY.

WITH OUR OWN COMMUNITY OF SUPPORT AND BOND MEASURES, THESE THINGS WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE.

AND SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

>> GREAT. THANK YOU.

ARE THERE ANY BOARD MEMBER QUESTIONS OR FOLLOW-UP?

>> I APOLOGIZE IF YOU WENT THROUGH THIS AND I MISSED IT.

BUT DID WE PUT THE AMOUNTS? OF EACH PLACE WE WERE GETTING THE PROPERTY FROM? WE HAVE SEEN THIS IN THE PAST WE'VE SEEN HOW MUCH MONEY WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.

WHEN DO WE GET EACH BUCKET OF MONEY, ETC. WAS THERE IS LIGHT

ON THAT? >> I DID NOT LIST THE DIFFERENT AMOUNTS. THESE ARE THE THREE AREAS.

THE MAJORITY IS HALF IS ABOUT THE PROPERTY SALE AND HALF IS FROM THE PROJECT BALANCE FORWARD AND THEN WE WILL BE USING A SMALL AMOUNT FROM THE CAPITAL LEVY.

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>> DID WE SAY WITH THE FINAL AMOUNT WAS QUICK.

>> THE SALE PRICE IS $40 MILLION.

THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE RESOLUTION AND THE SITUATION

THAT IS PRESENTED TONIGHT. >> AND IT WAS HALF-AND-HALF

BASICALLY? >> 18 MILLION FROM THE ROSE HILL PROPERTY SALE. ABOUT 20 MILLION FROM THE BOND PROJECT BALANCE AND THE REMAINDER FROM THE CAPITAL

LEVY. >> JUST TO REITERATE, THESEARE FUNDS THAT THAT CANNOT BE USED OR ANYTHING OUTSIDE CAPITAL

IMPROVEMENT QUICK. >> CORRECT .

>> THANK YOU. >>ERIC LALIBERTE : ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBER QUESTIONS OR FOLLOW-UP? HEARING NONE I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BOARD TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2308 AND WAIVE THE BOARD APPROVAL CONTINGENCY REGARDING THE AGREEMENT AND APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF THE CADMAN PROPERTY THAT IS PARK 188 PART SUBJECT TO THE REMAINING TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT.

>> I MOVED TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2308.

>> SECOND. >> I ASSUME YOUR MOTION INCLUDES ALL THE OTHER VERBIAGE I INCLUDED AFTER THAT?

>> ABSOLUTELY. >> YOU UNDERSTAND AND ARE

SECONDING NOT QUICK. >> I UNDERSTAND.

WILL BIND DIRECTOR BLIESNER, SECOND BY DIRECTOR 20.

ADOPT 2308 AND WAIVE THE BOARD APPROVAL CONTINGENCY REGARDING THE AGREEMENT AND APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF THE CAPTAIN PROPERTY PARK 188 SUBJECT TO THE REMAINING TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE

MOTION. >> MAY ASK AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DISCUSSION AT THAT POINT WITH THE MOTION?

>>ERIC LALIBERTE : YES. THANK YOU.

THAT IS A VERY GOOD POINT. NEED FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE

MOTION PENDING? >> I JUST WANTED TO SAY AS WAS MENTIONED DURING THE PRESENTATION, THE CHALLENGE OF BEING IN ABLE TO FIND LAND WITHIN THIS AREA IS VERY DIFFICULT TO READ BEING ABLE TO THINK OUT OF THE IMPACT.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO GROW. THIS REALLY IS SETTING US UP FOR THE FUTURE IN DEALING WITH OUR CURRENT ISSUES BUT ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES WE'VE HAD AS WE DID THAT OF A PLACE TO PUT SOMETHING. WE WERE LUCKY WITH SEVERAL OF OUR BUILDINGS IN THE PAST FOR THAT LAND PURCHASED DECADES AGO WAS AVAILABLE SPECIFICALLY TO CLARA BARTON BEING ONE OF THOSE UPON REDMOND ON EDUCATION HELL. THAT WAS LAND WE'VE HAD FOR A LONG TIME. THIS IS REALLY TRYING TO THINK FORWARD. THANK YOU FOR THE WORK AND BEING ABLE TO STAY ON TOP OF THIS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY AND THAT GIVES US FLEXIBILITY FOR SPACE BEING ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD. AND SO I SUPPORT THIS

RESOLUTION AND GOING FORWARD. >> ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS ON THE MOTION PENDING? I HAVE ONE COMMENT. AM THRILLED BY THIS. THIS IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF LONG-TERM THINKING WE NEED TO BE DOINGIN THE DISTRICT PREWRITTEN PLANNING NOT JUST FOR TOMORROW BUT 10 YEARS DOWN THE LINE . AND I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT ULTIMATELY IS BUILT ON THIS WONDERFUL PROPERTY THAT WE WILL BE ACQUIRING. OKAY.

THANK YOU. I JUMPED THE GUN A LITTLE BIT THERE. I APPRECIATE IT.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY

VOTING AYE. >> AYE.

>> AYE. >> AYE.

>>ERIC LALIBERTE : ALL OPPOSE? HEARING NONE, THE MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU EVERYONE.

>> THANK YOU. >>ERIC LALIBERTE : BEFORE WE MOVED TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WE DO PUBLIC COMMENT I ASK IF THERE IS ANYONE ELSE WHO DID NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO SIGN UP AND WOULD LIKE TO GET PUBLIC COMMENT.

THERE ARE STILL SOME PEOPLE HERE TODAY.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS LEFT ON THE AGENDA.HEN WE FINISH THE AGENDA TONIGHT, IF THERE'S ANYONE HEAR WHO WOULD LIKE TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT AND DIDN'T SIGN UP BUT WOULD LIKE TO DO, WE WILL WELCOME PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE CONCLUSION.

WE DON'T HAVE A LONG AGENDA SO IT SHOULDN'T BE LONG.

AS EMERGENCY WAIVER OF CREDIT BASE GRADUATION PATHWAY REQUIREMENTS FOR CLASSES 2020 AND 2021.

AND THAT IS RESOLUTION 2309 IN OUR MEETING PACKET.

DIRECTOR HOLMEN, WOULD YOU PLEASE PRESENT REGULATION TO

THE BOARD. >> MIKE DAN NORTON IS HERE TO PRESENT YOU EMERGENCY WAIVERS WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE LAST YEAR AND COVID, WE KNOW OUR GRADUATING SENIORS HAVE BEEN THROUGH A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT.

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THERE ARE SOME SENIORS THAT DUE TO COVID HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN THEIR ON TRACK TO GRADUATION STATUS WILL BE ABLE TO COMPLETE PATHWAY REQUIREMENTS.

AND SO THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION WAS APPROVED EMERGENCY RULES. MIKE IS HERE TONIGHT TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE AROUND THOSE RULES AND THE BOARD DOES HAVE RESOLUTION 2309, WHICH IS A RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT THESE EMERGENCY RULES. MIKE?

>> YOU MAY RECALL LAST YEAR THERE WAS A SIMILAR SET OF EMERGENCY RULES THE WRITTEN REALLY DESIGNED TO SUPPORT SENIORS WHO ARE ON TRACK TO GRADUATE.

BUT BECAUSE OF ANY NUMBER OF FACTORS THAT COULD HAVECOME INTO PLAY TO RUN COVID, MAYBE YOU WERE UNABLE TO BOARD THAT CAN BE ANYTHING FROM INTERNET CONNECTION, ACCESS , FAMILY EMERGENCY, FAMILY NEEDING TO TAKE CARE OF SOME THINGS RELATED TO COVID THAT WOULD PREVENT A STUDENT FROM COMPLETING A GRADUATION REQUIREMENT BUT IS SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON SENIORS BECAUSE THEY ARE RIGHT AT THE END AND THEY ARE NOT FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU TO MAKE THOSE UP.

AND SO LAST YEAR THE WAIVER WAS SPECIFICALLY AROUND COURSE REQUIREMENTS. THIS YEAR THE STATE BOARD EXPENDED THAT INCLUDE THE GRADUATION PATHWAYS, WHICH YOU MAY RECALL WE SHARED WITH YOU WAS LAST YEAR.

IT INCLUDED A WHOLE NUMBER OF THINGS STUDENTS CAN USE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY ARE ON TRACK TO POST SECONDARY OPPORTUNITIES. WEATHERS WORKPLACE OPPORTUNITY, POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, THINGS THEY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.

THE BOARD EXPENDED THAT. AT THE SAME TIME THEY ALSO PUT MORE CONSTRAINTS OR MORE RESTRICTIONS AROUND IT.

WITH THE INTENT OF MAKING SURE THAT KIDS REALLY ARE PREPARED TO MOVE OUT INTO THE WORLD.O TONIGHT I WILL SHARE WITH YOU A HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY AND IN ADDITION AS A DOCTOR HOLMEN MENTIONED IN YOUR BOARD PRACTICES MUCH MORE DETAILED GUIDANCE AS WELL AS THE RESOLUTION THAT DESCRIBES THE DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS. I BRIEFLY MENTIONED THIS ALREADY. THE WAIVER SPECIFICALLY RELATES TO COURSE CREDITS. REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION.

BUT ALSO THE PATHWAY REQUIREMENTS.

YOU MAY REMEMBER THERE WERE THINGS IN THAT LIKE MEETING STANDARD ON SMARTER BALANCED ASSESSMENT FOR ENTRY INTO COLLEGE OR CAREER. OR PASSING SAT OR AP.

WE SHOULD SOME OF THOSE WITH YOU IN THE PAST.

THOSE REQUIREMENTS ARE LIMITED TO COURSES OR PATHWAY OPTIONS DIRECTLY IMPACTED. BACK IN MY FRESHMAN YEAR I WAS HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING STARTED NOW WE MAKE THAT A. IT RELATES TO THINGS IMPACTED THE GOVERNOR.

BUT THE THING TO KNOW IS THIS CAN BE APPLIED TO CORE CREDIT.

FOR EXAMPLE, STUDENT MAY FINISH THROUGH ENOUGH YEARS OF ENGLISH OUT OF THE FOUR-YEAR REQUIRED. AND SOMETHING RELATED TO COVID COMES UP AND THAT HALF CREDIT COULD POTENTIALLY BE WAIVED WITH CAVEATS THAT I WILL TALK ABOUT IN A LITTLE BIT.

THE OTHER THING TO NOTEIS FOR THE CORE CREDITS, YOU CAN'T DO MORE THAN ONE CREDIT IN A CONTENT AREA.

THE ENGLISH EXAMPLE IMAGE, NO MORE THAN ONE CREDIT OF ENGLISH. IF YOU WERE BEYOND THAT THE WAIVER COULDN'T BE USED FOR THAT PRESUMABLY FOR MATH OR SCIENCE OR SOCIAL STUDIES. ALL THE CORE CREDITS WE KNOW OF.N ADDITION STUDENTS MUST OF BEEN ON TRACK TO GRADUATE WITH THIS CAN'T BE A STUDENT THAT IS TWO OR THREE YEARS BEHIND . AND THERE IS ALSO ANOTHER INDICATOR ASKED IS THAT STUDENTS HAVE SOME DEMONSTRATION OF POSTSECONDARY PREPARATION AND THERE IS A LIST OF POTENTIAL THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE THAT THE STATE BOARD PROVIDING. INCLUDING YOU HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED INTO A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY.

OR YOU HAVE MET STANDARD ON SMARTER BALANCE OF ONE OF THE BIG ASSESSMENTS PART OF A PATHWAY.

YOU'VE TAKEN A CTE COURSE OR YOU HAVE DONE VOLUNTEER OR INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. THOSE DEMONSTRATE YOU POSTSECONDARY PREPARATION. EVEN THOUGH YOU MIGHT BE WAVING A COURSE OR PATHWAY REQUIREMENT TO BE ABLE TO GRADUATE, YOU DEMONSTRATED THAT YOU ARE READY TO GO OUT IN THE WORLD.

THAT WAS A BIG DIFFERENCE FROM WHAT WE HAD LAST YEAR.

IN ADDITION AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE SCHOOLS HAVE MADE A GOOD-FAITH EFFORT TO HELP STUDENTS EARN CREDIT BEFORE YOU EVEN CONSIDER THE WAIVER.

THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE FOR THAT BOARD GIVING KIDS OPPORTUNITIES FOR CREDIT RECOVERY, SUMMER SCHOOL OPTION, ANOTHER YEAR IF THEY NEED TO BE WRITTEN SO PART OF THE PROCESS IS A COUNSELOR NEEDS TO ADVISE THE STUDENT IN THE FAMILY ABOUT WHAT THOSE OPTIONS ARE.

AND TO THINK ABOUT OTHER WAYS YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET ENOUGH CREDITS TO GRADUATE. THERE ARE OTHER WAIVER OPTIONS WERE DIFFERENT OPTIONS STUDENTS CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT PART OF THE PROCESS IS HE UP TO SIT AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE STUDENT. IN ADDITION, THE LANGUAGE REQUIRES ARE CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE WAYS TO COMMUNICATE WITH AND ADVISE STUDENTS BUT ONE OF THE MAIN WAYS OF THAT IS

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AN STUDENTS PRIMARY LANGUAGE OR PREFERRED LANGUAGE AND FOR FAMILIES PREFERRED LANGUAGE. ND ALSO TO GIVE KIDS CLEAR INFORMATION AND FAMILIES CLEAR INFORMATION ABOUT HOW DO YOU REQUEST THE WAIVER. IF THE WAIVER IS DECLINED HOW DO YOU APPEAL THAT. THOSE COME DIRECTLY.

TO A PANEL THAT REVIEWS AT THE REQUEST OR TO A FAMILY HEY WE HAVE THIS WAIVER THEY COULD SAY WE DON'T WANT IT BUT THANK YOU.

AND SO "MORE OPTIONS FOR FAMILIES AND STUDENTS TO HAVE MORE OF A SAY. WE WILL BE MONITORING AND TRACKING ALL THIS .THIS IS PART OF OUR PROCESS AND PLAN WE DO HAVE TO TRACK HOW STUDENTS ARE INTERACTING WITH THE COUNSELOR. AND THE OPTIONS MADE AVAILABLE.

AND SO UNLIKE LAST YEAR WE HAD A SIMPLE STRAIGHTFORWARD THINK ABOUT IS A WHOLE SERIES OF STEPS ARE SCHOOLS AND COUNSELORS NEED TO GO THROUGH. EVERYTHING FROM INDICATING THEY HAVE MADE ENOUGH FOR THE HELP A STUDENT MEET COURSE REQUIREMENTS OR PATHWAY REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY HAVE ADVISE STUDENTS ABOUT THE IMPLICATIONS OF NOT HAVING ENGLISH CLASS AS THEY ARE APPLYING TO COLLEGES OR UNIVERSITIES OR POST SECONDARY OPPORTUNITIES.

MAKING SURE THEY KNOW THAT THEY CAN IF THE WAIVER IS DENIED THEY CAN APPEAL IT IF THE WAIVER IS DENIED AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL IT COMES TO ME AND WE FORM A PANEL THAT INCLUDES AT LEAST ONE COUNSELOR WITH TRAUMA INFORMED INSTRUCTION IN THE IF THERE IS A SPECIAL EDUCATION CONNECTION OR EDUCATOR OR AN EL EDUCATOR. THAT LOOKS AT THE REQUEST, LOOK THROUGH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE WAIVER AND MAKES A FINAL DECISION. THERE IS AN APPEAL PROCESS BUILT INTO THIS. IN ADDITION TO THAT THE STATE BOARD PUT A NUMBER OF OTHER REQUIREMENTS MAKE SURE WE ARE TRACKING AND MAKING SURE WE ARE MAINTAINING THE INTEGRITY OF THIS APPROACH. THE FIRST PART YOUR HEARING IS WE ARE HAVING A RESOLUTION TO DESCRIBE THE PLAN AND HOW WE GRANT WAIVERS. WE NEED TO MAINTAIN A RECORD OF THEEFFORTS . AND SO THAT DOCUMENT IS A WAY WE ARE GOING TO BE TRACKING THAT.

THE PENDANTS WILL GO INTO A CUMULATIVE FILE AND THAT CAN BE PAPER CUMULATIVE FILE OR ELECTRONICALLY AND SKYWARD.

AND THAT RECORDS THE NUMBER OF CREDITS GRANTED.HE COURSE THAT WAS GRANTED TO THE PROCESS USED.

AND ALL THE INFORMATION WOULD BE MINED OUT OF SKYWARD.

IN ADDITION WAIVED CREDITS ARE NOTED ON THE TRANSCRIPT.

AND SO SKYWARD IS BEING SET UP TO BE ABLE TO TRACK AND DO THAT. WE ARE ALSO KEEPING TRACK OF THE NUMBER OF WAIVERS REQUESTED AND NOT GRANTED.

WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THERE WILL BE MANY OF THOSE IT GIVEN OUR EXPERIENCE LAST YEAR. AND FINALLY, WE WILL NEED TO REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE WAIVER IN THE STUDENT DATA.

THE PROCESSES FOR DOING THAT ARE STILL COMING FROM OS PI TO WRITTEN SO SOON AS WE HAVE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE AN UPDATE AND HAVE A BOARD BRIEF. FINALLY, I WANTED TO MENTION.

AND THIS IS PART OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW AS WE WERE WORKING WITH STUDENTS IS WE HAVE THE WAIVER PROCESS ALREADY BUILT INTO OUR ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY FOR ELECTIVE CREDIT. UNTIL THAT IS ONE OF THE FIRST STEPS AT THE STATE BOARD SAID WE SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT.

AND SO OUR COUNSELORS ARE AWARE THAT.

THAT CAN BE USED IN ADDITION TO THE WAIVER OF THE EMERGENCY WAIVER WE ARE SHARING WITH YOU TODAY FOR UP TO A TOTAL OF FOUR CREDITS FOR ONE THING I'M NOT SURE IF I MENTIONED, I THINK IT WAS IN THE SLIDE EARLIER. IS THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF CREDITS A STUDENT WILL NEED TO GRADUATE IS 20.

RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THE 24 CREDIT REQUIREMENT, BUT WE CANNOT GIVE WAIVERS FOR MORE THAN FOUR CREDITS.

A MINIMUM A STUDENT WILL HAVE TO HAVE THE GRADUATE IS 20 CREDITS UNDER THE SYSTEM. THAT IS THE HIGH-LEVEL BIG POINTS OF THE WAIVER PROCESS. AGAIN, MUCH MORE TRACKING AND FOLLOWING TO MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS ARE ACTUALLY GRADUATING READY. BUT ALSO ACKNOWLEDGING THE IMPACT OF COVID EVEN TODAY OR A YEAR LATER FROM WHEN WE HAVE THE WAIVER LAST TIME. SO I CAN TAKE QUESTIONS.

>>ERIC LALIBERTE : DIRECTOR CARLSON?

>>CHRISTOPHER CARLSON: DO WE HAVE ANY SENSE OF HOW MANY KIDS

ARE IN A CIRCUMSTANCE? >> YEAH, SO FOR THE PATHWAY REQUIREMENTS, I BELIEVE WE HAVE WE ARE ABLE TO PULL THE DATA ON

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THAT. WE HAVE ABOUT 400 STUDENTS THAT HAVE NOT YET NOT MET THE PATHWAY REQUIREMENTS.

THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS TO HELP THEM DO THAT BUT THAT COULD APPLY TO THEM. AND FOR STUDENTS THAT NEED COURTS CREDIT ÃI'M TRYING TO THINK BOARD LAST YEAR WAS ABOUT 100OR SO . PART OF THIS IS WE ARE WAITING IF THE BOARD APPROVES WE CAN ACTUALLY START PULLING THE DATA FOR KIDS WHO ARE CREDIT DEFICIENT.

AND WHO WOULD APPLY TO DO THIS WOULD APPLY TO BUT AS YOU MAY RECALL, IT IS NOT SIMPLY CREDIT DEFICIENT.

BUT YOU HAVE THEM BEEN ON TRACK TO GRADUATE.

AND HAVE DEV COURSES THAT WOULD ALLOW YOU TO DEMONSTRATE THE

POST SECONDARY AS WELL. >> WHEN YOU SAY 400 STUDENTS, THAT IS 400 STUDENTS WHERE THEY HAVE ALREADY MISSED ONE OF THE

CREDITS? >> THE 400 I MENTIONED WAS FOR THE PATHWAY REQUIREMENT FOR THAT IS A WHOLE SERIES OF THINGS. THOSE ARE KIDS WHO HAVE NOT YET EITHER MET THE EASILY PATHWAY OR THE MATH PATHWAY.

THAT WE HAVE DATA ON FOR THE COURTS DEFICIENCY WITH THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WILL NEED TO COURSE CREDIT WE

HAVEN'T PULLED YET. >>CHRISTOPHER CARLSON: AMAURY WORRIED ABOUT 400. THAT IS WHAT 20 PERCENT OF OUR GRADUATING SENIORS, RIGHT? IT'S ABOUT 2000 KIDS?

>> YES. BUT THE NUMBER WE WOULD NEED

THIS TO GRADUATE. >> I'M HOPING 20 PERCENT HAVE NOT GOTTEN AN F ALREADY IN A SEMESTER OF ENGLISH.

ANYWAY. >> I WOULD AGREE THAT WAS SORTA WHERE MY QUESTION CAME. 400 OUT OF THE 2000 AND NOT MEETING A GRADUATION PATHWAY THROUGH THAT SEEM SIGNIFICANTLY

HIGH.>> THAT IS ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE HAD HAS DIRECTLY.

THERE IS A LOT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO AS OF TODAY.

THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO HELPING THEM GET THERE.

THERE'S THE AS LAB TEST WERE YOU HAVE APPLIED TO A COLLEGE AND BEEN ACCEPTED. THOSE ARE ALL PATHWAY REQUIREMENTS BUT THOSE HAPPEN LATER IN THE TERM.

IF A STUDENT DIDN'T MEET STANDARD ON SMARTER BALANCE THE MATH IN THEIR 10TH GRADE YEAR, COUNSELORS WILL BE WORKING WITH THEM TO SAY ARE THERE OTHER WAYS TO MEET THAT.

AS OF TODAY, THAT IS THE REQUIREMENT.

WHAT WE ARE IN A PLACE OF LAST YEAR IS THERE IS A LOT OF CLEANING THAT HAPPENS TO GET THEM.

THE WAIVER WOULD NOT TAKE CARE OF THOSE AND THERE WOULD BE OTHER WAYS COUNSELORS CAN BE WORKING WITH STUDENTS TO MEET

THE PATHWAY REQUIREMENT. >>CHRISTOPHER CARLSON: WERE I WAS GOING WAS YOU REQUIRED 3.4 AND IT'S NOT THAT THEY HAVE AN F IN ENGLISH CLASS ALREADY. THEY MIGHT NOT PASS THE SBA PREPARED THAT IS SOMETHING WE DEAL WITH EVERY YEAR SPOKE WHAT WAS OUR NUMBER FROM THE END OF LAST YEAR IN REGARDS TO THE

GRADUATION PATHWAY?>> IT WAS SIMILAR AND WE COULD PULL THAT UP AND PUT THAT IN THE BOARD BRIEF BUT WE WERE LOOKING AT THAT GOING THIS IS GOING TO BE A LOT OF WORK.

AND IT WAS. WE WORKED ON IT THROUGH OTHER OPTIONS. MANY WOULD BE CLEANED UP WITH OTHER WAYS OF HELPING STUDENTS MEET THE PATHWAY PREVENT THE WAIVER DOES GIVE US MORE FLEXIBILITY TO ALLOW THAT AS

WELL NOW. >> IN LOOKING AT THAT, YOU BELIEVE MOST OF THIS IS DUE TO THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 IN THE PROCESS OF REMOTE LEARNING THESE COMPONENTS SO IT WAS A NORMAL YEAR WE WOULD NOT BE SEEN THIS LEVEL.

>> SOME OF THAT BUT SOME OF IT WOULD BE ÃASSISTED AND DID NOT MEET THE STANDARD AS THE 10TH GRADER AND THEY WERE WORKING ON SOME OTHER WAY TO DEMONSTRATE THAT IN THEIR SENIOR YEAR.

THERE WORKING THE QUEEN OF SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED TWO YEARS AGO THIS YEAR. NOW THEY DON'T HAVE AS MUCH CAPACITY TO DO THAT CLEANUP WRITTEN SO THAT IS THE IMPACT.

IN NORMAL YEARS THEY WOULD BE IN THE CLASSROOM WITHTHE TEACHER HELPING THEM GET READY AND MEET THE GRADUATION PATHWAY

REQUIREMENT . >> THEY ALSO HAVEN'T HAD THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES TO MEET THEIR PATHWAYS.

IF YOU THINK ABOUT ÃYOU DON'T PASS YOUR SBA MOUTH POLLUTES A IN 10TH GRADE. IF YOU ARE A SENIOR THIS YEAR, MY REMEMBERING CORRECTLY THEY DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY IN 11TH GRADE, THEY AREN'T HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO PASS SBA.

WHICH PROBABLY IS THE STANDARD PATHWAY THAT STUDENTS MEET.

THERE ARE SIX OR SEVEN DIFFERENT WAYS TO MEET THE PATHWAY IF YOU PASS A COLLEGE-LEVEL MATH COURSE.

THAT MEANS YOU PATHWAY REQUIREMENT.

BUT THE STANDARD WAY THAT THE MAJORITY OF STUDENTS FOR THE SAT IS ANOTHER WAY. THOSE HAVEN'T BEEN AS READILY AVAILABLE. SO IT IS ALSO THE AVAILABILITY

IN ORDER TO MEET. >> SOME OF THOSE HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN THE SENIOR YEAR.HAT IS WHERE GET SOME OF THE CLEANING THAT HAPPENS TO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE

CARE THAT PATHWAY REQUIREMENT. >>CHRISTOPHER CARLSON: SORTA

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STEPPING BACK FROMTHE STATE BOARD, THIS IS A RELAXATION OF REQUIREMENT. BUT RATHER THAT THEY KNOW SOME OF THE CHANNELS HAVE BEEN BLOCKED.

>> RECTORY TO REMEMBER THEIR SUPPOSED SECONDARY REQUIREMENT . THEY HAVE TO COMPLETE THE CTE COURSE OR BE ACCEPTED INTO COLLEGE OR COMPLETE ANOTHER ASSESSMENT THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE IN THE NEXT FEW

MONTHS. >> I WAS DOING OKAY WITH THIS UNTIL ONE PHRASE. YOU SAID THE NUMBER OF KIDS THAT WEREN'T ON THE PATHWAY WAS CONSISTENT WITH THE YEAR BEFORE AND THE YEAR BEFORE THAT AND THEN YOU SAID MOST OF THESE FOLKS THIS YEAR WHERE DO THEY COVID.

OF COVID AT AND COME ALONG , ARE YOU SAYING WE WOULD DROP DRAMATICALLY AND WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THEN? IS WORKING WELL UNTIL YOU TACT

THISYEAR FOR COVID ONLY. >> THE PATHWAY REQUIREMENTS ARE NEW, REMEMBER. AS DOCTOR HOLMEN WAS MENTIONING, FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE PATHWAY REQUIREMENTS IS THAT KIDS WOULD HAVE MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO RETAKE THAT.

THEY HAVEN'T BECAUSE OF COVID BOARD THAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT YOU SEE SOME OF THESE NUMBERS .

YOU DON'T MEET STANDARD YOUR SOPHOMORE YEAR BUT YOUR JUNIOR OR SENIOR YEAR YOU DO.ITH A LITTLE BIT MORE MATH, A LITTLE MORE TIME, A LITTLE MORE MATURITY OFTEN KIDS WILL MEET

THAT STANDARD. >>CHRISTOPHER CARLSON: THE SBA WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN GIVEN AT THIS TIME A YEAR YET.

I AM WITH YOU ON THAT. >> ANOTHER PIECE IS THERE ARE SO MANY FACTORS TO THIS. IF YOU REMEMBER LAST YEAR THE GRADING ACCOMMODATIONS. WE TYPICALLY SEE SENIORS NEEDING TO POTENTIALLY WORK THROUGHOUT THE SENIOR YEAR TO MAKE UP A GRADE, MAKE OF THE CLASS.

MIKE, WILL YOU REMIND ME. THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR OR THIRD YEAR OF PATHWAYS FOR THAT'S A NEW IMPLEMENTATION FOR US. WE DON'T HAVE HISTORY TO FALL BACK ON TO SAY THIS IS HOW MANY OVER FIVE YEARS WE HAVE THIS LESS THAN A HANDFUL OF YEARS TO EVEN REFLECT ON WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FOR A TYPICAL GRADUATING CLASS IN TERMS OF STUDENTS NOT MEETING THEIR PATHWAY. THAT IS DATA TO COME.

BUT ON A ANNUAL BASIS AND REALLY STARTING PRETTY EARLY AND STUDENT HIGH SCHOOL YEARS, OUR COUNSELORS ARE ON TRACK TO GRADUATION STATUS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH STUDENTS. THIS WILL BE ANOTHER ASPECT FOR OUR COUNSELORS AS THEY ARE WORKING WITH STUDENTS.

>> THE OTHER THING TO MENTION IS GIVEN THE EFFORT THE STATE BOARD WITHIN. AND ACTUALIZING THEM TO COME BACK AND SAY A WAIVER IS NECESSARY AT THIS POINT IS THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE IMPACT OF COVID.

AND SO AGAIN THERE WERE SAFETY NET THINGS BOLTON AROUND THE POST SECONDARY CHECK FOR IT AND MAKING SURE A KID WAS ON TRACK TO GRADUATE. AND MAKING SURE COVID IS THE REASON THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO MEET THE PATHWAY OR THE COURSE

CREDIT REQUIREMENTS. >> I KNOW I HAVE SEEN A NUMBER OF KIDS ON THEIR SENIOR YEAR COMING UP SHORT.

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT IS ANDOH MY GOD MOMENT.

AND I HAVE SEEN SEEN TEACHERS, COUNSELORS, PRINCIPAL STEP IN AND SAY WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP YOU GET EVERYTHING DONE .

IT IS AMAZING HOW HARD EVERYONE WORKS TO THAT SAME GOAL.

I SAW IT WITH A NUMBER OF KIDS. THOSE KIDS WERE OUTSIDE THEIR BRAIN AT THAT POINT. THEY JUST COULDN'T GO.

THE FACT EVERYONE RALLIED AROUND THEM, LOVE THOSE KIDS NOT ONLY TO GRADUATE BUT DO IT SANELY.

I QUESTIONED IF YOU IF THEY WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO FOCUS ONCE I GOT PAST THAT. IT WAS GREAT TO SEE EVERYONE

GATHERED AROUND THEM. >> THAT IS SUCH A GREAT POINT DURING THIS IS ONE TOOL AMONG MANY.

IN FACT, WE ARE REQUIRED TO GIVE ATTENTION BY SOME ON THINGS LIKE SUMMER SCHOOL IN THE SECOND YEAR OF SENIOR BRITAIN RELAY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE LOTS OF OPTIONS.

AND KNOWING WE CAN ONLY GO 2 TO CREDIT SUPPORTED THIS IS NOT GOING IN TO MEET THE ENTIRE NEED OF EVERY STUDENT.

IT'S ONE TOOL OF MANY THAT ARE TEAMS WORK WITH PRIDE WHETHER THAT IS NEEDS MORE TIME OR NEEDS MORE HELP.

THAT GIVES THEM ANOTHER RESOURCE.

>> I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYONE WHO HAS NEVER BEEN TO ONE HOUR LATE GRADUATION CEREMONIES TO GO. HAVE GONE EACH YEAR NOW PRUDENCE IN THESE KIDS WHO CAME UP SHORT IN MANY BY JULY, AUGUST, ACCOMPLISHED IT BRITAIN TO SEE THE FAMILIES COME IN HERE. LAST COUPLE YEARS I WENT UNTIL

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THE PANDEMIC WAS JUST TEEMING WITH PEOPLE.

AND FAMILIES THAT COME IN 14, 20 MEMBERS FOR ONE KID.

AND IT WAS TEARJERKING. ALL THESE KIDS HAD TRIED HARD AND COME UP WITH THAT SHORT PARIS BUT THEY STAYED IN THERE AND KEPT SWINGING AND THEY GOT IT.

TO MEET WAS FAR MORE IMPRESSIVE THAN ALL THE KEY ARENA ONCE I HAVE BEEN TO, TO BE QUITE FRANK.

BECAUSE IT WAS SO PERSONAL. >>ERIC LALIBERTE : ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBER QUESTIONS OR FOLLOW-UP?

OKAY. >> I ACTUALLY WOULD LIKE FOR FUTURE. IT WOULD BE GREAT TO SEE OF THIS TURNS OUT OVER TIME BUT ESPECIALLY DURING THE GRADUATION PATHWAYS WERE NEW BRITAIN TO BE ABLE TO SEAL THAT IS FALLING UP. WE HAD CONCERNS AS WE WERE GETTING TO TALK ABOUT THOSE ON HOW WAS HE IMPACTING STUDENTS.

BE POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE ALONG THAT LINE.

I THINK THAT WILL BE USEFUL TO HAVE AT SOME POINT.>> AND I DO THINK THE DIFFERENT PATHWAYS THE STATE NOW OFFERS ALLOW US TO INNOVATE HOW WE OFFER A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA TO STUDENTS IN SOME WAY THAT IS MORE MEANINGFUL FOR THEM.

>>ERIC LALIBERTE : OKAY. I WILL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BOARD TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2309 TITLED EMERGENCY WAIVER OF CREDIT BALANCE GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS FOR CLASSES OF 2020 AND 2021 AND GRANT THE SUPER INTENDANT WITH THE SUPERINTENDENCE DESIGNATED AUTHORITY TO IMPLEMENT AN EMERGENCY WAIVER PROGRAM CONSISTENT WITH 180 Ã 111 AS THE SUPERINTENDENCE DESIGNATE DETERMINES

APPROPRIATE. >> SO MOOD.

>> WITH ALL THE VERBIAGE. SECOND RED SPOON MOVED BY DIRECTOR BLIESNER, SECOND BY DIRECTOR CARLSON.

EMERGENCY WAIVER OF CREDIT BASED GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CLASSES AT 2020, 2021 AND GRANT SUPERINTENDENT OR THE SUPERINTENDENCE DESIGNATED AUTHORITY TO IMPLEMENT AN EMERGENCY WAIVER PROGRAM CONSISTENT WITH WAC 180 Ã11 AS A SUPERINTENDENT OR THE SUPERINTENDENCE DESIGNATE DEEMS APPROPRIATE. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE MOTION PENDING? HEARING ON, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY VOTING AYE PERMIT ALL THE POST? HEARING NONE, THE MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU ALL PARIS THAT WAS THE LAST ITEM WE HAD ON OUR NONCONSENT AGENDA FOR THE NEXT ITEM IS A SUPERINTENDENT REPORT. BUT BEFORE WE GO TO THAT, IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT WHO CAME TO GET PUBLIC, AND DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN UP BUT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE THE BOARD PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT? WE MAY HAVE SOMEONE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT. WE APPRECIATE IT.

>> YOU WILL NEED TO TURN ON THE MICROPHONE.

>>ERIC LALIBERTE : MY APOLOGIES.

>> THANK YOU. FIRST TIME FOR ME.

MY APOLOGIES. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS SOMETHING I SHOULD DO AHEAD OF TIME FOR STATE MY NAME, SWEAR I

TELL THE TRUTH, I'M NOT SURE. >>ERIC LALIBERTE : IF YOU COULD GIVE US YOUR NAME, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

>> MY NAME IS.

AND ELEMENTARY APPROPRIATE TIME RIGHT ACROSS THE BOARD.

AND SO I THINK FOR ME REALLY, I'M GLAD I CAME HERE TO BE A PART OF THIS PROCESS. LAST TIME I ATTENDED AS PRESIDENT FOR THE PTS A. ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO.

AND SO A LOT HAS CHANGED. BUT IT WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU IS AS A PARENT OF A BLACK STUDENT WITH ESPECIALLY A BLACK SON. I WANT US, I WOULD LIKE FOR THE BOARD TO REALLY THINK ABOUT THE IMPACT.

THE WEIGHT BLACK HISTORY TAUGHT IN PACKS YOUNG BLACK STUDENT.

BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING THIS PAST MY SEMESTER MY SON BROUGHT

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HOME A PASSAGE THAT WAS HORRIFIC TO READ.

AND HE ENDED UP A FEW DAYS AFTER THAT HE JUST HAD SO MUCH TRAUMA BECAUSE OF THE PASSAGE SHE READ.

IT WAS VERY GRAPHIC AND HORRIFIC.

I THINK FOR HIM IT IS VERY PERSONAL BECAUSE THE WOMAN HE READ ABOUT COULD HAVE BEEN HIS MOTHER.

COULD HAVE BEEN HIS AUNT. AND I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF TEACHING ALL OF OUR HISTORY, EVEN OUR UGLY HISTORY.

BUT I FEEL LIKE IT IS EQUALLY, IF NOT MORE IMPORTANT TO TEACH ABOUT BLACK HISTORY BY HIGHLIGHTING THE STRENGTHS ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRUGGLES BLACK AMERICAN HAS GONE THROUGH AND OVERCOME. AS OPPOSED TO FOCUSING ON JUST THE NEGATIVE PART OF IT. AND AGAIN, THIS IS MY FIRST TIME HERE.'M NOT SURE HOW THINGS WORK OR HOW THE WHEELS TURN. BUT I JUST WANTED TO PUT THIS OUT HERE. AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO THINK OF HOW THE DISTRICT THE WAY WE TEACH OUR CHILDREN THE HISTORY.

NOT ONLY DOES IT HARM OUR BLACK KIDS BUT IT HAS AN IMPACT ON THE STUDENTS THAT ARE NOT BLACK.UT IT MAY BE INJECTING SOME KIND OF A BIAS. LICHEN AND CULTURAL BIAS.

UNINTENTIONALLY. IT IS A STATEMENT TO READ AND TAKES A WHILE TO CHANGE THIS CURRICULUM.

FOR ME IT FEELS MORE URGENT THAT.

AND SOMETHING I NEED TO WORRY ABOUT SENDING MY SON INTO SCHOOL WHAT YOU BEEN TAUGHT AND NOT JUST HISTORY BUT SOCIAL STUDIES. AND HOW CAN WE EDUCATE OUR TEACHERS AND GIVE THEM THAT LENDS FROM US.

TO SEE FROM OUR POINT OF VIEW. IT MEANS SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ESPECIALLY THE WAY IT IS TAUGHT.

BEFORE I LEAVE, I WILL GIVE A SMALL EXAMPLE OF MY DAUGHTER WHEN SHE WAS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL BUT I BELIEVE IT WAS MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY AND IT WOULD BE TOWARD SECOND PATIENT AND HORRENDOUS SEGREGATION. AND THE TEACHER AT THE TIME AT ALL THE KIDS LINE UP INTO GROUPS.

AND THEY HAD GROUPS OF ASIAN KIDS, THE WHITE KIDS AND MY DAUGHTER HAPPENED TO BE THE ONLY BLACK KID IN THIS CLASS THE TEACHER PROCEEDED TO TELL THEM YOU KIDS, POINTING AT THE WHITE KIDS GOT WOULD BE ALLOWED TO DO ANYTHING THEY WANTED.

THEY CAN EAT ANYTHING IN ANYWHERE YOU WANT.

AND SHE WENT DOWN THE LINE. AND SHE GOT TO MY DAUGHTER AND TOLD HER HE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS TO READ SO IN THAT LESSON, TO THIS DAY SHE REMEMBERS THAT EXPERIENCE.

AND IT JUST MOCKED HER. SHE IS NOW IN HIGH SCHOOL.

BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS LIVED WITH HER.

THIS IS URGENT FOR US AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. AND I CHALLENGE YOU TO PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. I JUST WATCHED A COUPLE THING HAPPEN WITHIN MINUTES THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL.

I FEEL SO CONFIDENT WE CAN TAKE THIS UP AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. THIS IS FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART. PLEASE LET US TAKE A SECOND LOOK AT HOW WE ARE TEACHING THE HISTORY AND LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR CURRICULUM AND MAKE A CHANGE FOR OUR KIDS.

THANK YOU. [CLAPPING]

>>ERIC LALIBERTE : THANK YOU. I AM GLAD WE WERE ABLE TO HEAR FROM YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WOULD LIKE TO GET PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT BUT HAS NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO? OKAY. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO SHARED TONIGHT. WE REALLY APPRECIATED HEARING FROM EVERYONE. THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS

[F. Superintendent Report]

THE SUPERINTENDENT REPORT. ON THE PATHWAY FORWARD FOR DOCTOR HOLMEN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE

PATHWAY FORWARD? >> ABSOLUTELY.

LET ME GO AHEAD AND PULLED A SET.

ON A JOURNEY THIS YEAR HAS BEEN.

TODAY WAS A REMARKABLE DAY ACROSS THE DISTRICT WITH NEW HEARD PARENTS SPEAK TO STUDENTS ATTENDING SCHOOL TODAY.

YOU HEARD OUR NURSES REFERENCE WE HAD THOUSANDS OF MORE

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STUDENTS ATTENDING OUR SCHOOLS IN PERSON TODAY.

AND THAT IS TRUE WE WOULD ALL ACROSS THE DISTRICT EACH OF OUR SCHOOLS HADSTUDENTS LEARNING IN PERSON .

PRESCHOOL THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL TODAY.

AND I HAVE HEARD A NUMBER OF STORIES AND REMARKS FROM OUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS. AND FROM OUR SCHOOLS BUT ALSO PERSONALLY IN MY OWN HOME. I GOT A FEW STORIES FROM MY YOUNG ONE AS WELL. ARE PATHWAY FORWARD EFFORTS HAVE BEEN CHALLENGING. THEY HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT BUT HOPEFULLY FOCUSED ON STUDENTS. AND TODAY I APPRECIATE OUR STAFF, OUR FAMILIES, THE STUDENTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT FOR EVERYTHING THEY DID TO ALLOW TODAY TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

OUR STUDENTS LEARNING NEW ROUTINES IN OUR STUDENTS LEARNING HOW DO YOU INTERACT WITHIN A SCHOOL SETTING GIVEN THESE TIMES. GIVEN THESE REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY HAVE GOOD STUDENTS AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL FIGURING OUT WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO DO HEALTH AND SAFETY SCREENING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE DAY PROGRAM SUCCESSFULLY NAVIGATING LUNCHEON AT THE SCHOOL SCHOOLS FIGURING OUT HOW DO YOU DO LUNCH SAFELY, HOW DO YOU TRANSITION STUDENTS BETWEEN CLASSES READ THAT REALLY IS TODAY MARKS A VERY UNIQUE DAY IN OUR HISTORY.I BRING YOU SUPERINTENDENCE REPORT FOCUSED ON THE PATHWAY FORWARD TO READ AND IT FOCUSES ON A NUMBER OF PIECES. AND NUMBER OF PIECES WE AS A COLLECTIVE GROUP OF RECEIVED EMAILS ABOUT AND COMMUNICATION ABOUT. BUT ALSO KNOWING WE ARE FORWARD THINKING AND LOOKING FORWARD. KNOWING THAT WE HAVE A NEW SCHOOL YEAR COMING UP HERE IN SEPTEMBER 2021.

WE WANT TO START OUR PLANNING FOR THAT.

WE WANT TO THINK ABOUT THAT TO DO IT WILL. ONLY THINK ABOUT THE 2021/2022 SCHOOL YEAR, I JUST WANT TO TALK THROUGH OUR GOALS AND INTENTIONS WITH THEM NOT TO RIP I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE PLANNING TIMELINE WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THIS YEAR SPECIFICALLY. KNOWING THAT IN A TYPICAL YEAR WE START OUR PLANNING FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR IN NOVEMBER.

AND SO THIS YEAR IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT GIVEN ALL OF THE CONDITIONS AND PIECES WE STILL DON'T HAVE ANSWERS TO SOME OF IT. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT OTHER LEARNING OPTIONS BOTH OUR ONLINE SCHOOL AND REMOTE LEARNING OPTIONS FOR 21/22. AND I WANT TO CONCLUDE THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT REALLY TALKING ABOUT THE HERE AND NOW.

SPRING 2021. HOW ARE WE EVALUATING COVID AND DISTANCING DECISIONS AND HOW ARE WE THINKING ABOUT OUR LEARNING MODELS KNOWING THAT THE DISTANCING WERE DIFFERENT BETWEEN ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

WANT TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN UPDATE FOR HOW WE WILL CONTINUE TO EVALUATE THAT. IN A RELATIVELY STRUCTURED MANNER SO STUDENTS, STAFF AND FAMILIES CAN HAVE SOME SENSE OF PREDICTABILITY AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE SPRING.

SO I WANT TO START WITH GOALS AND INTENTIONS ONLY THINK ABOUT OUR PLANNING EFFORTS. I WANT TO START WITH A GOAL OF MAINTAINING THE HIGHEST STANDARDS FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR WE HAVE TAKEN GUIDANCE AND IMPLEMENTED HEALTH AND SAFETY PLANS. WE ADOPTED HER COVID-19 SAFETY PLAN. THAT OUTLINES THE REQUIREMENTS THE PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES THAT NEED TO BE IN PLACE GIVEN THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC PROGRAM AND WE KNOW THERE WILL BE REQUIREMENTS FOR US AS WE MOVE FORWARD.E KNOW VACCINE DISTRIBUTION IN WASHINGTON STATE IS AVAILABLE TO ALL ELIGIBLE AGES. BUT THAT IS A PROCESS WE AFTER WORKGROUP READ AND WE DON'T KNOW WHEN VACCINES WILL START TO CHANGE THE BALANCE THE PANDEMIC IN WASHINGTON STATE.

ARE IN TENSION WITH THE GOAL IS TO IMPLEMENT THE REQUIREMENTS AND BEST PRACTICES TO MAXIMIZE HEALTHY AND SAFE LEARNING AND WORKING ENVIRONMENTS COULD WE HAVE MULTIPLE CONSTITUENCIES WE THINK ABOUT WHEN WE ARE THINKING ABOUT HEALTH AND SAFETY STANDARDS FOR IT BUT WE ALSO KNOW EVERYTHING WE DO IN TERMS OF HEALTH AND SAFETY IS POTENTIALLY AN IMPACT TO OUR COMMUNITY. MAINTAINING THE HIGH HEALTH AND SAFETY STANDARDS ARE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.

AS AN ACADEMIC INSTITUTION IN THIS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT HOW DO WE PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH EXCELLENT LEARNING SERVICES CAREER WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE INTENTION THERE, THE INTENTION OF FULL-TIME IN PERSONS OVER STUDENTS WE ALSO KNOW THERE ARE NUANCE THEIR PROGRESS WHEN OTHER FAMILIES LINKING AUTO FULLY REMOTE OPTION FOR THE 21/22 SCHOOL YEAR.

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FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS. MAY BE THERE FAMILY HAS A HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERN, MAY BE A PERSON AND THEIR FAMILY CAN'T GET VACCINATED FOR YOUR THERE ARE MANY REASONS WHY FAMILIES MAY BE REQUESTING THAT.

BUT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT TRANSITIONING BACK TO THE 21/22 SCHOOL YEAR, IT'S THINKING ABOUT HOW DO WE PROVIDE THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF SERVICES IN PERSON FOR OUR STUDENTS, BUT WE WILL HAVE TO MAKE ACCOMMODATIONS ALONG THE WAY AS WELL. IT IS ALSO PROACTIVELY PLANNING FOR THE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL SUPPORTS FOR OUR SCHOOLS. WE KNOW THAT OVER THE LAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS YOU AS A BOARD TO PRIORITIZE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND YOUR ADOPTED BUDGET. AND SO AS A DISTRICT WE ARE POSITIONED AND PARTNERS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

, YDS. OF FULL-TIME COUNSELORS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS COULD WE INCREASE THE NUMBER OF COUNSELORS AT SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND ADOPTED KINDERGARTEN THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL.

WE HAVE STRATEGIC PLAN EFFORTS FOCUS ON PROFITS OF THE BEHAVIOR INTERVENTION AND SUPPORTS ALL OF THESE PIECES COME INTO PLAY WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HOW OUR SCHOOLS MOVE FORWARD WITH SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS READ AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SUPPORTS OF OUR STUDENTS.

AND FINALLY IT IS ABOUT ENGAGING STAKEHOLDERS OVER AT IT'S BEEN EXTREMELY PROACTIVE HEARING FROM SEEKING FEEDBACK FROM OUR STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND STAFF.

KNOWING THESE ARE THE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS WE ARE EDUCATING THE COMMUNITIES CHILDREN. AND SO ENSURING OUR COMMUNITIES A VOICE GOT OUR STAFFS VOICE AND STUDENTS VOICE IS PART OF OUR PLANNING EFFORTS KNOWING THAT IS A CRITICALLY IMPORTANT ASPECT TO OUR WORK. AS WE THINK ABOUT THIS MOVING FORWARD, THESE GOALS AND INTENTIONS AREN'T SET IN STONE, BUT AS A WAY FOR US ON HOW TO MOVE FORWARD.

WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE TIMELINES ARE PLANNING FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, I WANT TO IDENTIFY A COUPLE OF PIECES AS WE THINK ABOUT THEM. THE PRIMARY PIECE IN MARCH WAS TO START THE ANALYSIS OF THE THREE FOOT DISTANCING IN CLASSROOMS. WE KNOW THAT NOW WE DON'T HAVE ALL OUR STUDENTS AND SCARES. ALL OUR CLASSROOMS AREN'T REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT THE THREE FOOT DISTANCING.

WE KNOW THERE ARE MANY CLASSROOMS IMPLEMENTING A DIFFERENT SPACING REQUIREMENT. BUT WE NEED TO KNOW WHICH CLASSROOMS, AND ACCOMMODATE DIFFERENT DISTANCING AND TO WHAT DEGREE. ARE THERE ADDITIONAL FURNITURE PURCHASES NEEDED TO ACCOMMODATE CLASSES IN WHICH CLASSROOMS CAN HOLD CERTAIN NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHERE WE CAN ONLY PLAY CERTAIN TYPES OF CLASSES IN THEM WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT OUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS. WE HAVE CLASSROOMS AT TIMES THAT GO BEYOND THE 30 STUDENTS. WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO PLAN FOR THOSE THINGS. POTENTIALLY STAFF FOR THEM AND THINK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY AS WE PLAN FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. AS WE THINK ABOUT ONGOING WORK, I WILL SAY WE HAVE DONE THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR.

IT'S REALLY ABOUT REVIEWING OUR CURRENT LEARNING MODELS AS WE THINK ABOUT WHAT TYPES OF PLANTS WOULD PUT IN PLACE FOR NEXT YEAR FOR FINALIZING AND DETERMINING THOSE THREE FOOT DISTANCING IMPACTS SO THAT WE CAN DO THE PURCHASES, IDENTIFY CLASSROOMS THAT ONLY HER LESSER NUMBER OF STUDENTS.

IT IS ABOUT UNDERSTANDING THE LEGISLATIVE ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS PLACED ON US AND SOME FROM THE OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH READ THOSE REQUIREMENTS ARE WHAT ALLOWS US TO DEVELOP REQUIRED PLANS. EITHER ACADEMIC PLANS, HEALTH AND SAFETY AS WE MOVE FORWARD. T'S ALSO ABOUT OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS. KNOWING WE HAVE A STRATEGIC PLAN AND WE HAVE STRATEGIC GOING GOLD SIMPLY CENTERING ENSURE WE HAVE OUR DUE DILIGENCE LIKE WE DO EACH AND EVERY YEAR AROUND PLANTING FOR THE PIECES.

MAKING SURE OUR BUDGET AND RESOURCES ARE ALIGNED WITH STRATEGIC EFFORTS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.AND THEN WHEN WE THINK ABOUT MOVING TO THE CONCLUSION OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

THE DESIRE IS TO HAVE FINAL MODELS AND OPTIONS IN PLACE.

KNOWING THERE ARE OTHER FACTORS INVOLVED.

SOME OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH REMOTE LEARNING TO READ AND I WILL TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE FEW SLIDES.

SOME OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS THAT

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WILL BE PLACED ON US AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT.

BECAUSE ONCE WE HAVE THOSE WE CAN FINALIZE THE LEARNING MODELS FOR STUDENTS IN THE OPTIONS PARENTS AND STUDENTS HAVE. SERVING OUR FAMILIES AND IDENTIFY IN PREFERENCES IF THAT IS NEEDED.

CONDUCTING OUR BARGAINING TO MAKE SURE WE LETTERS OF UNDERSTANDING IN PLACE AS NEEDED.

IN PROVIDING OUR COMMUNITY UPDATES AND CONTINUING TO SEEK FEEDBACK FROM OUR STAKEHOLDERS APPROPRIATE THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, THAT IS THE WORK OF FINALIZING OUR SCHEDULES, OUR PLANS, OUR SERVICE DELIVERY. PROVIDING STAFF TRAINING.

BUT CONTINUING TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY UPDATED KNOWING WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE EVERY LAST PIECE OF INFORMATION WE WANT POTENTIALLY EVEN IN JUNE. THOSE ARE ASPECTS THE COMMUNITY WILL NEED TO KNOW BRITTANY ULTIMATELY IN SEPTEMBER RETURNING TO SCHOOL PUT A BIG EFFORT WITH A LOT OF PIECES AND MOVING PARTS AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE SPRING AS WE PLAN FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. IN A COUPLE OF THOSE COMPONENTS ARE WHAT I CALL THE OTHER LEARNING OPTIONS.

WHEN WE THINK ABOUT OUR ONLINE SCHOOL.

AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH AN ONLINE SCHOOL SPIRIT CURRENTLY IT IS BEING PLANNED FOR NINTH AND 10TH GRADE STUDENTS. IT WILL BE OPENED AS A NEW SCHOOL PROGRAM AND SO IT ISN'T JUST THE PROGRAM PRODUCES AND REMOTE LEARNING LIKE WE HAD THIS YEAR.

IT IS TRULY A NEW SCHOOL AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD THAT OUTPUT IT FALLS UNDER THE ALTERNATIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCES RULES. WE CALL THEM ALD.

THERE ARE DIFFERENT RULES AND REQUIREMENTS FOR AN ONLINE SCHOOL. AS HAS BEEN FOR MANY YEARS.

WE HAD A ESSENTIALLY EMERGENCY WAIVERS THIS YEAR TO PROVIDE REMOTE LEARNING OF IT I WILL TALK ABOUT THAT NEXT.

BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO EVALUATE OUR ONLINE SCHOOL JUST TO ENSURE WE REALLY HAVE A PROGRAM BEST FIT FOR IMPLEMENTATION FOR OUR PRINCIPAL RICHARD SNYDER CONTINUING TO WORK, CONTINUING TO DO OUTREACH TO MAKE SURE WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THIS IMPLEMENTATION FOR NEXT YEAR, IT IS REALLY IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT WE BELIEVE IS THE BEST LAUNCH FOR THIS NEW SCHOOL. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT REMOTE LEARNING TO READ AND AS WE DEFINE REMOTE LEARNING IT REALLY IS THE MODEL THAT THE MAJORITY OF STUDENTS SPENT THE MAJORITY SCHOOL YEAR AND THIS YEAR.HAT IS LEARNING AT HOME THROUGH MICROSOFT TEAMS ENGAGED WITH THEIR TEACHER.

AND ALL OF THOSE PIECES. HOW DID THAT OCCUR.

THAT OCCURRED BECAUSE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ALLOW THAT TO COUNT AS INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS FOR AN THAT IS AN IMPORTANT PART AS WE THINK ABOUT FURTHER 21/22 SCHOOL HE.

IT PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE IN OUR ABILITY TO DO THAT.

THE RULES ARE FOUND IN WAC ONE 80.16.200.

TITLED TOTAL INSTRUCTIONAL HOUR REQUIREMENT FOR THAT AS WE DID THE WAIVER LANGUAGE CANBE FOUND .

AND SO FOR THE 2021 SCHOOL YEAR, REMOTE LEARNING ÃWILL JUST CATEGORIZE IT, IT WAS ALLOWABLE UNDER THE EMERGENCY RULES. THE SPRING THE EVENT THE GOVERNOR REQUIRED US TO MAINTAIN OUR REMOTE LEARNING OPTION FOR ANY FAMILY FROM ONE IF THAT IS A CHOICE.

AS THE BOARD KNOWS. LEAVE A ROUGH ESTIMATE OF HALF OUR STUDENTS IS A PRIMARY OPTION FOR THEM.

PART ONE OF THE THINGS WE KNOW IS A STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION CONDUCTS OUR WORK, THEY HAVE NOT ADOPTED EMERGENCY RULES FOR THE 21/22 SCHOOL YEAR. AND CURRENTLY WE BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE WORKING ON NOT IN THE DECISION WILL BE MADE SOMETIME THIS SPRING OR SUMMER FOR AN AND JUST TO BE COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT WITH WHAT THE RULES READ LIKE AN INFORMATION ABOUT THE TIMELINE. HERE YOU CAN SEE THAT THE THE DEFINED INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS THAT WERE NOT LIMITED TO IN-PERSON EDUCATIONAL SERVICES. THAT WAS AN UPDATE IN THE RULES. WHAT COULD THEY INCLUDE? DISTANCE LEARNING, I READ CLASSROOMS, ROTATING SCHEDULES OR OTHER MESSAGE THAT FOR BASIC EDUCATION SERVICES.THESE WERE ALL NEW RULES WE IMPLEMENTED OVER THE LAST YEAR READ TO CONDUCT REMOTE LEARNING. OF THE WORLD IDENTIFIED THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION WILL REVISIT THESE RULES NO LATER

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THAN JULY 2021. WE KNOW THESE WILL BE REVISITED PARIS POSSIBLY APPROVED AGAIN FOR 21/22.

BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHEN EXACTLY WE WILL RECEIVE THOSE RULES.

FOR US WE HOPE THAT OCCURS SOON SO WE CAN PLAN REALLY WELL FOR US STUDENTS AND FAMILIES THAT WOULD SELECT FULLY REMOTE OPTION FOR THE 21/22 SCHOOL YEAR.

SONY THINK ABOUT NEXT STEPS IN TERMS OF OUR REMOTE LEARNING OPTIONS, WE CONTINUE TO EVALUATE POTENTIAL REMOTE MODELS KNOWING WE ARE CONDUCTING STAFFING RIGHT NOW.

AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE OFFERING REMOTE LEARNING THAT IT IS DONE IN A WAY THAT PROVIDES THE ICE THE FITS FOR STUDENTS REMOTE BUT THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO PROVIDE THE HIGH BENEFIT FOR OUR STUDENTS IN PERSON.IGHT NOW OUR SECONDARY TEACHERS ARE TEACHING A CONCURRENT MODEL OF EDUCATION. MEANING THEY ARE TEACHING BOTH REMOTE STUDENTS AND IN-PERSON STUDENTS AT THE SAME TIME.

THAT IS A TREMENDOUS LIFT. WE ALSO KNOW THEY HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO BOTH OF THE ENVIRONMENTS AT THE SAME TIME.

AND SO THINKING ABOUT MOVING FORWARD, THERE ARE PROBABLY OTHER OPTIONS WE CAN CONSIDER SO OUR IN PERSON ARE PROVIDING THE RICH ENVIRONMENT IN PERSON IN OUR REMOTE STUDENTS ARE RECEIVING THE RICH REMOTE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE.

YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ABOUT US TALK ABOUT THIS LAST SUMMER.

THE CONCEPT OF REMOTE SCHOOL OPTION.

WE ARE THINKING ABOUT THAT IS POSSIBLY ONE OF THE WAYS TO ACCOMPLISH REMOTE LEARNING SERVICES FOR NEXT YEAR.

MEAN STUDENTS WOULD BEEN BEEN CONNECTED TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL. ONE OF THE THINGS WE KNOW IS A CURRENT IMPLEMENTATION OF REMOTE LEARNING HAS A HIGH IMPACT ON OUR ABILITY TO STAFF HOW WE ARE FUNDED.

AND SO THINKING ABOUT STAFFING RATIOS AND THINGS LIKE THAT BUT WE MAY WANT TO THINK ABOUT A DIFFERENT WAY TO DELIVER REMOTE SCHOOL AND FAMILIES ARE SELECTING REMOTE OPTION FOR AN ENTIRE SCHOOL YEAR.I'M GOING TO PAUSE THERE.

IF THE BOARDS HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FIRST 17 SLIDES IN

THE DECK. >> I DO HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR IT ACTUALLY, IT'S MORE OF A FOLLOW-UP FROM A FEW MEETINGS IN A ROW I ASKED ABOUT. BUT STILL ANNOYING PEOPLE MADE THE CHOICE THEY MADE TO GO REMOTE OR BE IN PERSON.

WE NEED TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION TO UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR COMMUNITY IS VALUING IN THE MODEL.

AND TO EVEN BEGIN A TO THINK OF WHAT WE MIGHT OFFER THAT IS IN THE TRADITIONAL MODEL PREWRITTEN SO I AM HOPING WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION. WHETHER IT IS A SURVEY SENT TO PARENTS AND STUDENTS WERE IF THERE IS ANOTHER WAY TO ELICIT THE INFORMATION IT WOULD BE OUR OPERATING IN A BLIND SPOT

THERE. >> THANK YOU.

JUST THIS WEDNESDAY WE WILL START OUR PLANNING AROUND OUR SURVEYS FOR THIS SPRING. KNOWING THERE IS ALWAYS A TENSION BETWEEN SENDING A SURVEY OUT AND KINDA PARTICULARLY THIS IN YOUR CURRENT WORK IN TRYING NOT TO CONFUSE THINGS AS WELL. WE WILL DEFINITELY KEEP THAT AS PART OF THE DISCUSSION AROUND THE SURVEY DEVELOPMENT AND HOW WE ACCESS THAT INFORMATION FROM YOUR.

>>ERIC LALIBERTE : DIRECTOR STUART AND THE DIRECTOR

CARLSON. >>MARK STUART : TWO THINGS.

ONE, IN LOOKING AT THE VARIOUS ASPECTS HE WENT THROUGH 33 FEET AND SO FORTH. IT CAME TO OUR ATTENTION.

YOU AND I DISCUSSED THIS TODAY. NOT ONLY TO BE PUT OUT WHAT IS CALLED CHARTING X NUMBER OF UNITS OF AIR CHANGES.

THIS LAST WEEK THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION CAME OUT WITH A REPORT THAT THEY WOULD BE RECOMMENDING 4 TO 6. AND IS VERY PLEASED THAT'S WHAT I GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION BUT WE WERE DOING SEVEN. AND TOO OFTEN TOO MANY ORGANIZATIONS USE THE REQUIREMENT AS THE CEILING.

I APPLAUD YOU FOR HAVING THAT AS A FLOOR.

THAT SAID, I KNOW THIS IS ONLY THE FIRST DAY OF MOST FOLKS GOING BACK PARIS THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF COMMENTS IT.

JUSTIN ONE EVENING. STUDENTS FEELING VERY DISCONNECTED. SOME OF THE STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM FELT SORRY FOR THE CLASSMATES THAT COULDN'T MAKE IT TO SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY FELT THEY WERE BEING IGNORED.

I THINK IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WERE THE FIRST DAY THERE ARE GOING TO BE ROUGH STOP SPOTS, IT CAN BE WORKED OUT.

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BUT WE NEED TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO REVISE TO TRY TO GET EVERYONE INVOLVED. THERE'S A GOOD REASON FOR STUDENTS NOT GOING TO SCHOOL AND WORK REMOTE.

AND THAT SHOULD NOT HOLD HIM OR HER BACK FOR PARTICIPATION PREWRITTEN AGAIN, THINK IT'S GOING TO BE THE IDEA OF GETTING USED TO DOING IT. NEEDS TO BE AN EXTRA EFFORT IN THE FIRST WEEK OR SO TO MAKE AN ADDITIONAL EFFORT TO INCLUDE THOSE KIDS PRETTY FOR NO OTHER REASON, EVEN THE KIDS IN THE CLASS KNOW IT. AND FEEL LIKE THEIR BUDDY OR THEIR FRIEND IS GETTING THE SHORT SHIFT.

IF WE ENCOURAGE STAFF TO DO SO, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.

>> ABSOLUTELY.VER THE LAST COUPLE OF COMMUNICATIONS I REFERENCED WHAT OUR SECONDARY TEACHERS ARE GOING THROUGH IS REALLY A NEW INSTRUCTIONAL METHOD PREWRITTEN SO I APPRECIATE THAT COMMENT. OUR STAFF PARTICIPATED IN TRAINING LAST WEEK BUT PART OF THE TRAINING WAS AROUND ENGAGING BOTH STUDENTS IN THE REMOTE SETTING AND IN PERSON.

SO YES. CONTINUING TO ENCOURAGE THAT AS WELL. THANK YOU.

>>CHRISTOPHER CARLSON: SO I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON THE REMOTE SCHOOL. WHERE I THINK IT IS FOR SOME STUDENTS, THIS IS FANTASTIC. BUT I WANTED TO CLARIFY WHEN YOU SAY IT MAY NOT BE CONNECTED TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL, REMOTE SCHOOL ISN'T GOING TO BE LIKE THE CONCURRENT EDUCATION MODEL WE HAVE SOME STUDENTS AT LAKE WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL AND SOME AT HOME AND SOME ARE NOT. THIS WOULD BE ITS OWN DEDICATED TEACHERS DISTINCT FROM OUR BRICK-AND-MORTAR.

>> THAT IS ONE THINKING ABOUT A. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT STAFFING A SCHOOL THAT IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY OF DOING IT.

IT ALSO PROBABLY DEPENDS ON WHEN WE GET THE RULES AND HOW WE STAFF THAT RED THE WE ALSO NEED TO, TO CAN SAUNDERS POINT, WE KNEW SURVEY STAFF TO FIND OUT THEIR INTEREST OR NEED FOR POTENTIAL ACCOMMODATIONS. THERE'S A NUMBER OF FACTORS IN PLAY. BUT AS WE THINK ABOUT TRYING TO IMPLEMENT CONCURRENT TEACHING FOR THE LONG TERM, IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THAT IS THE IDEAL LONG-TERM OUTCOME THE ROOT THERE IS A CHALLENGE THAT COMES WITH CONCURRENT INSTRUCTION.

THE PLANNING TAKES TWICE AS LONG FOR IT JUST THE INSTRUCTIONAL METHOD. MARKET POINTED OUT PROBABLY THE PRIMARY CHALLENGE WRITTEN SO YES, THINKING ABOUT IT AS A SEPARATE ENTITY ALLOWS US TO THINK ABOUT IT, STUFFING IT

DIFFERENTLY AND ALL OF THAT. >>CHRISTOPHER CARLSON: THEN WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL JUNE OR WHATEVER THE STATE BOARD COMES

OUT QUICK. >> THEY COULD ADOPT THEIR UNIQUE RULES FOR REMOTE LEARNING THAT COULD CAUSE US

TO. >>CHRISTOPHER CARLSON: HAVE TO SHIFT? OKAY.

>>ERIC LALIBERTE : DIRECTOR BLIESNER AND THEN DIRECTOR

STUART. >>SIRI BLIESNER: FOLLOWING UP ON THE WHOLE REMOTE LEARNING. AS I HEAR REMOTE LEARNING IS SORT OF A SEPARATE ENTITY COMPLETELY FROM IN PERSON.

AND THAT I WOULD LIKE TO CHALLENGE AND SAY WE START TO THINK ABOUT HOW CAN THOSE POSSIBLY BLENDED BE UTILIZED IN DIFFERENT WAYS. I APPRECIATE THE REMOTE ONLY HIGH SCHOOL BUT AS YOU LOOK AT ELEMENTARY.

WE KNOW NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS ARE IMPORTANT.

WE KNOW THAT WAS A BIG COMPONENT.

AND SO LOOKING AT THAT PACE, WE NEED TO OFFER A REMOTE OPTION BECAUSE IN THEIMPOSSIBILITY . CAN YOU HAVE THAT AND DO SOMETHING THAT WAY? SO THERE'S STILL A CONNECTION TO THE LOCAL SCHOOLS WHO WOULD BECAUSE A BURDEN THAT IS VERY HARD. IS MORE OF A SEPARATION AND NOT A CHOICE BUT WHAT ABOUT OPTIONS OF FLEXIBILITY FORGET YOU'RE NOT REALLY UTILIZING A HYBRID OPTION AS AN OPTION.

I THINK DIRECTOR SAGE HAS TALKED ABOUT FLEXIBILITY AND BY SCHOOL SEVERAL TIMES OF NEW ONLINE SOME COURSES, WHICH WE HAVE KIDS DOING AND RUNNING STARTS AND THEY ACTUALLY ARE IN SCHOOL THE REST OF THE TIME. HOW DO WE START TO BUILD LEARNING FROM WHAT WE TAKE YEAR.

IN PERSON ISN'T NECESSARILY THE BEST OPTION BUT I APPRECIATED THE GOAL, BUT I WAS A LITTLE CONCERNED.

FOR SOME THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY THE CASE.

I HAVE HEARD OF STUDENTS WHO ARE THRIVING IN THE FLEXIBLE ENVIRONMENT THE REMOTE OPTION IS PROVIDED FOR THEM.

AND SO HOW DO WE BUILD ON THOSE AS WE COME BACK INTO THE

SCHOOLS AND OF OPPORTUNITY. >> IN ANOTHER PIECE TO THE ENVIRONMENT WE HAVE BEEN IN, THE IDEA OF RAPID IMPLEMENTATION ALSO HAS A DOWNSIDE TO IT.

AND THAT IS WHY HAD WE RECEIVED UPDATED RULES FOR 2122 EVEN BY

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NOW PARIS THINKING ABOUT HOW WE BUILD AND POTENTIALLY FLEXIBLE SCHEDULES WITH A HIGH SCHOOL BOARD RECEIVING RULES IN JULY IT STARTS TO LIMIT THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE CREATIVE WITH THAT IMPORTANT BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN'T BE CREATIVE

LONGER TERM. >> EXACTLY BUT THERE MIGHT BE LIMITATIONS FOR NEXT YEAR BUT BEING ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT THE SPRINGBOARD FOR THE FUTURE IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY AND THAT IS THE OPPORTUNITY I WAS STUCK WITH THE PARENTS.

WE HAVE STUDENT COUNCILS. WHAT WORKS FOR THEM.

I SEE IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY. I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT GOING FORWARD BOARD RECOGNIZING THE PARAMETERS PIECE WITH TIME THAT IS HAPPEN THIS TIME.

BUT FIVE YEARS OUT WHAT COULD IT LOOK LIKE WITH WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED NOW. AND THE TECHNOLOGY HAS SHIFTED THROUGH LOTS OF CHANGES OF WHAT IS AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS WERE HOME FOR PERIODS OF TIME. THE SUN WAS OUT FOR THREE WEEKS BRUTAL WE COULDN'T BE IN SCHOOL.

I ASKED TO BE SKYPE IN. THIS WAS MANY YEARS AGO.

AND WE COULDN'T. THAT WASN'T APOSSIBILITY.

NOWADAYS. IT IS FASCINATING WHAT WE CAN DO NOW TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS AND BUILD ON THAT GOING FORWARD. THANKS .

>> JOHN, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO BE VERY INNOVATIVE WITH THIS. DON'T THINK SMALL PRINT THINK BIG PICTURE. EVEN WITH THE STATE BOARD THIS YEAR, ENOUGH TO SUGGEST A PILOT PROGRAM SO YOU CAN INVESTIGATE HOW TO DO WITH EVEN BETTER. IF WE CAN'T GET THE FULL NINE YARDS BY JULY OR PREFERABLY BY MAY, THEN WE THINK LONG TERM PROTESTER WAS SAYING, THAT IDEA DOWN THE ROAD.

AND BE BOLD IN THIS THING. I WOULDN'T LET THE CONSTRAINTS OF THE PAST TIE OUR HANDS AND WERE IN LOVE THINK ABOUT HOW THIS COULD REALLY WORK. IT WOULD BE GREAT IF IT COULD BE CONCURRENT. BUT IF WE ARE LOOKING AT A DIFFERENT SCHOOL AND YOU WERE LOOKING AT THECONCEPT , DON'T SO IN SHORT PER CREATE SOMETHING BIG AND IF IT CAN WORK YOU HAVE SOMETHING.MAY BE A SOLUTION TO A LACK OF LAND BUT I HATE TO SAY THAT, BUT IT MAY BE PART OF THAT SOLUTION.

>> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MENTION THERE IS A GROUP OF EASTSIDE SCHOOL DIRECTORS THAT MEETS EVERY FRIDAY AT 8:00 A.M.

PREWRITTEN SOMETIMES WE GO FOR 2 1/2 HOURS.

IT REALLY DEPENDS ON WHAT IS IMPORTANT THAT DAY.

AND WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT COLLECTIVELY HOW CAN WE ADVOCATE FOR MORE INNOVATIVE OPTIONS FOR STUDENTS.

AND A DRAFT IS BEING WRITTEN UP THIS WEEK SO WE CAN GET TOGETHER AND DISCUSS IT. BUT THERE IS GREAT INTEREST ON THE EAST SIDE AND FINDING THE MORE FLEXIBLE OPPORTUNITIES AND OPTIONS FIRST KIDS.E DO REALIZE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO INTERACT WITH THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS POSSIBILITY EVEN. BUT WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR

SUPPORT IN ORGANIZING IT. >>ERIC LALIBERTE : DOCTOR HOLMEN, IN ONE OF YOUR SLIDES YOU HAD THAT THE ONLINE SCHOOL IS BEING CONSIDERED OR PLANNED FOR GRADES NINE AND 10.

>> YES. >>ERIC LALIBERTE : WHY THOSE SPECIFIC GRADES. 111 AND 12.

WHITE 9 TO 10?>> WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT OPENING A BRAND-NEW SCHOOL FOR THE LONG TERM, I WOULD SAY HISTORICALLY THAT HAS BEEN A PRACTICE PERMITTED IS ALSO KNOWING THIS IS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF SCHOOL AND WE HAVE OPENED PREVIOUSLY.

WAS TO THE LAST, JUST IN MY OWN TIME LOST SCHOOL WE OPENED WAS TELLS LIES SCHOOL. .

THAT STARTED AS 1/9 GRADE ONLY IN THE GROUP.

IT'S ALSO ABOUT STARTING THE RIGHT SCOPE OF SCHOOL FOR SO WE ARE BUILDING IT OUT FOR LONG-TERM SUCCESS.

THE 11TH AND 12TH GRADE COMES WITH UNIQUE ASPECTS TO IT IN TERMS OF GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS HE WOULD ARTICULATE BETTER THE EHLY REQUIREMENTS AROUND 11TH AND 12TH GRADE AS WELL. THEY ARE DIFFERENT THAN SOME OF THE OTHER PIECES THAT ARE TRADITIONAL HIGH SCHOOLS.

AND SO THERE IS A NUANCES THERE AS WELL.

IT'S ABOUT STARTING WITH THE SCOPE OF THE SCHOOL THAT WASN'T INTENTION AND THINKING ABOUT IT.

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>> REMIND ME, THIS IS STANDING AS A TOTALLY SEPARATE SCHOOL GRID WOULD NECESSARILY BE THAT I COULD TAKE TWO CLASSES THERE AND CONTINUE THE REST OF MINE IN A COMPREHENSIVE I SCHOOL?

>> ACTUALLY, RICHARD IS THINKING ABOUT THAT AS WELL.

OTHERS TO FIT TOGETHER KNOWING ALD POTABLE TO CALL THEM TRADITIONAL RULES FOR SCHOOL. DON'T ALWAYS MATCH.

BUT THERE IS DEFINITELY OPPORTUNITY THERE PRETTY THINKING ABOUT HOW TO ACCOMPLISH THAT AS WELL.

>> SO THE CHILD HE DOESN'T WANT TO GET UP BUT 7:30 A.M. TO GET TO THE FIRST CLASS COULD POTENTIALLY TAKE AN ONLINE COURSE? INSTEAD?

>> YES. THAT IS THE INTENTION FOR THAT IS ALSO WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE STATE BOARD MODIFYING THE RULES. I CAN THINK ABOUT A LOT OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS.

YOU JUST IDENTIFIED MORE ONE OF THEM BUT I KNOW COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES HAVE COMPLETELY ASYNCHRONOUS REMOTE COURSES.

I KNOW THEY HAVE COURSES THAT ARE LIVE INSTRUCTION.

I KNOW THERE IS HYBRID. AND THAT IS JUST DURING DIFFICULT TIMES OVER THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WITH THE FLEXIBILITY WE CAN BE REALLY, REALLY INNOVATIVE COULD PROBABLY ACCOMPLISH OTHER THINGS ARE THERE ARE SOME STUDENTS WHO WON AN EARLY START BUT THERE ARE SOME STUDENTS WHO WANT A LATE START. WE ALL KNOW THE SLEEP TIME STUDIES FOR ADOLESCENT YOUTH. THEY ALL HAD A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE OVER THE LAST YEAR WITH 9:00 SCHOOL START TIME OR INSTRUCTIONAL START TIMES. I HEARD THAT FOR MANY FAMILIES BEING ONE OF THE PRIMARY BENEFITS OF REMOTE LEARNING WAS FOR THEIR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A DIFFERENT SLEEP SCHEDULE THE POTENTIALLY MATCHED THE PATTERN FOR THEM

BETTER. >> I THINK THE PARENTS SHOULD

TOO. >>ERIC LALIBERTE : AND THE OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS FIRST HALF OF THE PRESENTATION? OKAY. ONWARD.

>> OKAY BUT WILL NEED THINK ABOUT OUR CURRENT WORK CONCURRENT EFFORTS, SPENT SOME TIME THINKING ABOUT HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD WITH EVALUATING COVID AND ITS IMPACT ON OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT DOING WE HAVE MORE STUDENTS ATTENDING SCHOOL BOARD WE ADOPTED A THREE FOOT DISTANCING AT ALL LEVELS RIGHT NOW. IN DOING THAT CASE RATES OVER THE LAST PERIOD OF TIME HIM CREPT UP.

AND WE REALLY ARE CLOSE TO THAT BENCHMARK OF WHEN THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH GUIDANCE AT THE COUNTY LEVEL WOULD RECOMMEND TRANSITIONING BACK TO A SIX FOOT DISTANCING.

PUT SOME THOUGHT INTO WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE ROOT I JUST WANT TO DO A REMINDER OF WHAT THAT GUIDANCES.

AT THE ELEMENTARY IT IS ABOUT STUDENTS BEING DISTANCED AT LEAST THREE FIT IN THE CLASSROOMS. AND THAT DISTANCING IS RECOMMENDED REGARDLESS OF COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION LEVELS. THAT IS FOR ELEMENTARY.

THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY GUIDANCE IS DRAMATIC IN DIFFERENT PARIS THAT IS AN IMPORTANT ASPECT FOR ALL OF US TO REMEMBER AS WELL. FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS ARE DISTANCED THREE FEET APART IN CLASSROOMS WOULD COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION IS LOWER IT WOULD COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION IS HIGH OR OVER 200 CASES PER 100,000 IN HOARDING IS NOT POSSIBLE, IT SHOULD BE AT SIX FEET DISTANCING.

A COUPLE OF OTHER PIECES AT ALL LEVELS BUT STUDENTSARE TO MAINTAIN SIX FEET DISTANCING DURING LUNCH.

WHILE THEY ARE EATING , THE THREE FOOT DISTANCING IS ABOUT STUDENT TO STUDENT TO STUDENT TO ADULT AND ADULT TO ADULT CONTINUES TO REMAIN AT SIX FEET.

AND SO A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS HAVE COME UP AROUND HOW DO WE DISTANCE OUR CLASSROOMS BUT RIGHT NOW THE DEPARTMENT HELP K-12 SCHOOL GUIDANCE FOR THE ONLY STATEMENT THEY MAKE ABOUT IT IS IT'S AT LEAST THREE FEET OR MORE BETWEEN STUDENTS.

THAT IS HOW WE HAVE ADOPTED OUR METHODOLOGY FOR MAPPING OUT OUR CLASSROOMS FROM STUDENT TO STUDENT, PERSON TO PERSON.AND AGAIN, IN REFERENCE TO THIS IN THE LAST LINE.

THE GUIDANCE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH REFERENCED AS THEY ADOPTED NEW RULES FOR DISTANCING REALLY LOOKED AT TRANSMISSION STUDENT TO STUDENT WAS LOWER THAN STUDENT TO ADULT

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OR ADULT TO ADULT. ENSURING GREATER DISTANCING BETWEEN ADULTS. OUR STAFF AND STUDENTS.

KNOWING THAT EVEN WITH OUR STUDENTS AT THREE FOOT DISTANCING, THERE MAY BE LOWER TRANSMISSION RATE.

BUT THEY DIDN'T UPDATE THEIR DEFINITION OF CLOSE CONTACT.

FOR OUR CONTACT RACING, AND YOU HEARD OUR NURSES SPEAK ABOUT THAT TONIGHT THOSE CONSIDERATIONS HAVE TO BE MADE AS OUR CLASSROOMS ARE DISTANCED DIFFERENTLY RIGHT NOW.

AND SO WHEN I THINK ABOUT OUR RESPONSIBILITY, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FACTORS WHEN I THINK ABOUT EVALUATING THE ISSUE FOR LAKE WASHINGTON. KNOWING THAT WE JUST ADOPTED A THREE FOOT DISTANCING BUT WE JUST IMPLEMENTED SCHOOL STARTING TODAY AND THREE FEET FOR ALL LEVELS.

ONE IS THE OVER ALL COUNTY CASES PER 100,000 RESIDENTS.

SECONDLY, LOOKING AT THE OVERALL COMMUNITY CASES.

WE HAVE FOUR DISTINCT REGIONS REPORTED ON THE KING COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH WEBSITE AT KIRKLAND, REDMOND, UNION HILL.

TEST POSITIVITY RATES ARE IMPORTANT TO ANALYZE AND EVALUATE COUNTY LEVEL AND IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES.

AND EVALUATING IS THERE SPREAD WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS.RE WE SEEING ANY OF SPREAD VIRUS COMING ONTO OUR CAMPUSES AND OTHER OUTBREAKS OCCURRING. THOSE ARE ALL THINGS WE NEED TO BE PAYING ATTENTION TO. THESE WERE THE MOST UPDATED NUMBERS THAT I COULDN'T GET BEFORE OUR MEETING TONIGHT.

THINKING ABOUT OUT THE COUNTY LEVEL.

CURRENTLY WE ARE AT 199 CASES PER 100,000 OVER THE LAST 14 DAYS FILLED WITH TEST POSITIVITY RATES AFFORD OUT FOUR PERCENT IMPORTANT IN THE ONE WE THINK ABOUT OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY HERE. ON THIS HAS BEEN THE CASE THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC AS WE ANALYZED OUR DATA.

OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY HAS HAD A LOWER TRANSMISSION RATE THAN OTHER PARTS OF OUR COUNTY FOR IT AND SO KIRKLAND AT 144, REDMOND AT 130, UNION HILL 109 CURRENTLY AT EIGHT AND NINE CASES PER 100,000 OVER 14 DAYS AND YOU CAN SEE THE TEST POSITIVITY RATES ON THE RIGHT. AND SO THAT IS KIND OF JUST THE STATE OF THINGS AS OF TODAY. ND SO WHAT ARE POTENTIALS RESPONSES AS WE THINK ABOUT OUR EVALUATIONS.

ELEMENTARY WE KNOW IT HITS RECOMMENDED THEY MAINTAIN THREE FEET DISTANCING REGARDLESS OF COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION.

AND SO THE ONLY OCCURRENCE THAT WOULD HAPPEN WITH OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AS IF THERE WAS A SPREAD.

AS A RADIO PROCESS WITHIN OUR COVID-19 SAFETY PLAN TO ADDRESS CLOSE CONTACTS, CONCERNS WITHIN THE CLASSROOM OR CONCERNS WITHIN OVERALL SCHOOL. AND SO WE WOULD JUST CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THAT. FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US HOOD GIVEN WE ARE AT THE THRESHOLD OF THE COUNTY LEVEL. THAT OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY ACTUALLY HAS A LOWER TRANSMISSION RATE.

UNTIL HE REALLY HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IS OUR DECISION TO MAINTAIN OUR FOUR DAY A WEEK PER WEEK SCHEDULE FOR STUDENTS.

OR IS IT A POINT IN TIME WHERE WE NEED TO SHIFT TO A HYBRID SCHEDULE, WHICH IS OUR TWO DAY PER WEEKSCHEDULE .

AND SO THOSE ARE CONSIDERATIONS WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE THROUGHOUT THIS SPRING. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THAT, MY PROPOSAL TO THE TEAM TODAY WAS REALLY THE SET BENCHMARK DATES FOR WHEN WE WILL EVALUATE CASE RATES, TEST POSITIVITY AND POTENTIAL RESPONSE SO THAT OUR COMMUNITY, OUR STAFF, OUR STUDENTS KNOW WHAT IS THAT PATTERN OF EVALUATION AND POTENTIAL CHANGE IF THAT WERE TO OCCUR.

I THINK IT IS OUR OBLIGATION TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE DATA, PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR SCHOOLS AND ENSURE OUR RESPONSE IS APPROPRIATE. KNOWING WHAT HAPPENS IN OUR SCHOOLS ALSO AFFECTS OUR COMMUNITY.

AND IF A CHANGE IS REQUIRED, WE ARE UPFRONT.

WE NOTIFY STAFF, FAMILIES AND STUDENTS ASAP SO THAT THEY CAN PLAN FOR THAT SHIFT. WE HAVE IN THE SKYWARD SYSTEM ALREADY SET UP STUDENTS IN A GROUP AND A B GROUP.

SHOULD WE NEED TO SHIFT TO A HYBRID MODEL.

AND SO THOSE PIECES ARE IN PLACE, BUT THEY ARE STILL TRANSITIONING THAT WOULD NEED TO OCCUR.

BUT WE ALSO KNOW, AT ANY POINT IN TIME OUR PUBLIC HEALTH

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OFFICERS COULD CONTACT US AND WORK WITH US OR MAKE A DECISION FOR US. I AM IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH THAT AGENCY KNOWING THEY ARE THE EXPERTS IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND TAKING THEIR ADVISEMENT AND RECOMMENDATIONS.

JUST AS WE THINK ABOUT MOVING FOR IT SETTING BENCHMARKS FOR EVALUATION. ONE AS EARLY AS THIS FRIDAY RENEWING CASE RATES RIGHT NOW ARE HOVERING AT THE 200 CASES PER 100,000 THAT THE COUNTY LEVEL.

AND KNOWING IF WE DO IN THE VALUATION ON FRIDAY, TURNING THAT AROUND ON MONDAY IS NOT POSSIBLE.

BUT THINKING ABOUT TURNING IT AROUND AND SHIFTING MODELS NEXT THURSDAY IS PROBABLY THE RIGHT LEVEL OF RESPONSE TO MAKE SURE THAT IF AN EVALUATION OCCURS WE NEED TO MAKE THAT SHIFT, WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT PER THE SHIP THE LINES OF THE CURTAIN NEGOTIATED CONTRACTS. IN TERMS OF TIMING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO IT WOULD GIVE US A CHANCE TO COMMUNICATE THAT WITH STAFF, FAMILIES AND STUDENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE C6 WILL TRANSITION TO A DIFFERENT PATTERN OF IN-PERSON LEARNING. AND SO YOU CAN SEE A FEW DIFFERENT DATES THAT WILL CONTINUE TO EVALUATE.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO OCCUR WITH THE VIRUS IN OUR COMMUNITIES ACROSS STARK COUNTY.

WE CONTINUE TO HOPE STUDENTS CAN MAINTAIN THEIR FOUR DAY A WEEK SCHEDULES. BUT ALSO WANT TO SEE UPFRONT AND TRANSFERRED AND THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO EVALUATE THAT.

WE BELIEVE THAT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A COMMUNITY PARTNER WORKING THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC.

AND THAT IS MY SUPERINTENDENT REPORT.

>>ERIC LALIBERTE : ANY QUESTIONS? BOY I JUST HAVE A QUESTION IN REGARDS TO THE SWITCHBACK.

WOULD THAT BE FOR TWO THROUGH 12 SINCE THOSE CAME BACK FOUR DAYS A WEEK BUT OVER THAT BE SECONDARY.

THEY WOULD BE SECONDARY.> IT WOULD JUST BE SECONDARY.

>> AS WE ARE MONITORING THE INFECTION RATE, WE NOW NEED TO KEEP IN MIND THERE IS A DUAL TRIGGER, IF YOU WILL, FOR WHEN WE GO FROM A 3282. THAT'S THE HOSPITALIZATION RIGHT. WE NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON THAT AS WELL. THAT MAY BE THE SAVING GRACE

FOR KING COUNTY AT THIS POINT. >> I WOULD LIKE TO ÃTHANK YOU FOR THE REPORT. AND THINK EVERYONE WHO HAS WORKED ON EVERY ASPECT OF ACADEMICS AND WELL-BEING AND EDUCATION IN GENERAL DURING THIS TIME.

I THINK THERE WAS ONE DAY WE HAD CHANGES OCCURRING EVERY THREE HOURS. IT WAS LIKE PING-PONG.

AND I REALIZE HOW MUCH THAT IS ON ONLY YOU AND VERY MUCH APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR 110 PERCENT I WAS AT ONE OF THE HIGH SCHOOL TO WELCOME STUDENTS BACK IT WAS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE TO BE ABLE TO VOLUNTEER AGAIN.

I KNOW THAT WOULD HAVEN'T HAPPENED WITHOUT YOUR HARD WORK. SO THANK YOU.

>>ERIC LALIBERTE : ANY OTHER? DIRECTOR CARLSON?

>>CHRISTOPHER CARLSON: WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU BARGAIN THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT IS SINCE APRIL 1 THE COUNTY ASSERTED THE PLATEAU. SADLY THE CITY OF KIRKLAND AND REDMAN TEMPLES DOUBLED THEIR RATES SINCE THAT DATE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE ARE DOING WRONG LOCALLY.

BUT JUST BECAUSE WE ARE BELOW THE CAMERON COUNTY AVERAGE DOES MEAN WE WILL BE IN TWO WEEKS. I'M SORRY TO HAVE TO SAY THAT.

BUT GOING TO THE KING COUNTY DASHBOARD AND IT IS KIND OF TERRIFYING THAT IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS WE HAVE TAKEN OFF LOCALLY. I HOPE THEY WILL NOT HAVE TO PUT INTO PLACE WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.

TALK ON WHAT I CAN SUPPORT USING THE LOCAL RATES, BUT IT IS STILL SOMETHING WE SAY WE ARE YOU GOING TO USE A LOCAL RATE IF THE LOCAL RATE GETS BAD AND THERE WAS THE COUNTY, WE DON'T GET THE SWITCHBACK TO USING THE COUNTY RATES.

>>ERIC LALIBERTE : ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THANK YOU.

[G. Public and Community Affairs]

THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.

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DIRECTOR SAGE COMMITTEE OF ANYTHING TO REPORT.

>> I DEPLOYED GIVE ME A CHANCE TO PULL IT UP.

THE LAST DAY THE REGULAR SESSION IS APRIL 25 FOR IT IS NOT THAT FAR AWAY FROM IT AND THERE IS STILL A LOT GOING ON.

BUT ONE THING I WANTED TO STRESS WAS IT SOUNDS LIKE WE ARE GETTING ÃDISTRICTS ARE GETTING A TON OF MONEY WITH THE FUNDING COMING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

AND I JUST WANTED TO OUTLINE BRIEFLY WHAT WE ARE GETTING AND HOW MUCH OF A LOSS WE STILL HAVE.

SO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND SENDING US FUNDS IN THE UNITED STATES. SENDING FUNDS TO HELP COVER THE COST THE COVID-19. IN EVERYTHING FROM CLEANING SUPPLIES TO TRAINING STAFF TO DO REMOTE LEARNING.AND I WOULD LIKE TO RUN THROUGH QUICKLY TO DATE WE HAVE SPENT 1.5 MILLION ON PPE, CLEANING SUPPLIES, DISINFECTANTS AND FACILITY NEEDS. WE HAVE SPENT $600,000 IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CURRICULUM PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT REMOTE AND HYBRID. FOR ABOUT $1 MILLION WITH TECHNOLOGY TO SUPPORT THE REMOTE LEARNING.

BARBARA, I ASSUME THAT MEANS LAPTOPS AND WI-FI HOTSPOTS.

ADDITIONAL STAFFING TO SUPPORT HYBRID LEARNING WHICH I IMAGINE ON THE ELEMENTARY STAFF INCREASE.

WE HIRED ON ELEMENTARY TEACHERS IN ORDER TO GET ELEMENTARY STUDENTS WHAT THEY NEEDED AS FAR AS CLASS SIZES ETC. THAT WAS FOR THAT 8 MILLION. AND SO THAT SUM TOTAL IS $11 MILLION. WE LOST $5 BILLION ON OUR TRANSPORTATION FUNDING FOR IT BECAUSE WE WEREN'T TRANSPORTING STUDENTS, OF COURSE. AND ARE ENROLLMENT IS AT 11.$5 MILLION IF IT AT ALL THAT UP THE TOTAL FINANCIAL IN ÚCOVID-19 TO OUR DISTRICT IS 27.$5 MILLION.

WHAT WE ARE GETTING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS ABOUT 10.2 MILLION DOLLARS. IT'S ABOUT $399 PER STUDENT.

SPOKANE, WHICH IS THE THIRD LARGEST IN THE STATE.

WE BE IN THE SECOND. IS RECEIVING $4017 PER STUDENT.

WEIRD RECEIVING A TOTAL OF 140 MILLION WE ARE RECEIVING 10.2 MILLION. I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT I DO NOT RISK THAT ANY DISTRICT THAT HAD HIGHER RATES OF LOW INCOME STUDENTS FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH ETC. WOULD GET WHAT THEY NEED.HEY ABSOLUTELY NEED TO HAVE THOSE SERVICES TO SUPPORT THEIR STUDENTS.

THE MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN AS OUR FUNDS IS TO COVER THE COST TO COVID TO DISTRICTS.

IT IS TO COVER SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL RECOVERY ON ALL STUDENTS. WITH 31,000 STUDENTS AND WE HAVE 3100 STUDENTS RECEIVING FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH.

AND THEREFORE ALLOCATION IS LESS.

FORTUNATELY WE DON'T HAVE AS MANY AS HIGH A PERCENTAGE OF LOW INCOME RED THAT'S A GREAT THING BOARD BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE IT MEANS WE GET LESS MONEY PER STUDENT TO HELP WITH RECOVERY SERVICES. ONE OF THE THINGS IN ALL OF THE WORK I'VE DONE THIS YEAR. ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE ADVOCATED FOR IS TO SET A BASELINE OF NO LESS THAN $1500 FOR A STUDENT TO COME FROM THE FEDERAL FUNDING.

IN THE SENATE AS A DOLLAR AMOUNT OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET.

AND THE HOUSE DOES NOT. I'M NOT SURE HOW IT IS GOING TO TURN OUT, BUT I WANTED THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW WHAT THE ACTUAL COST OF WHAT COVID HAS BEEN WHAT WE ARE SLATED TO RECEIVE AT THIS POINT. IT'S ASIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY . IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD OFFER MORE THAN WE CURRENTLY OFFERING.

GIVEN IN THE $309 PER STUDENT. >>ERIC LALIBERTE : THANK YOU

[02:10:01]

FOR THE UPDATE BUT I APPRECIATE THE REPORT.

DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD?

[H. Closing Items]

OKAY. THE NEXT ITEM IS BOARD COMMENTS. TO ANY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE COMMENTS FOR TONIGHT? ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OKAY.

NOTE THAT UNDER THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT IN PERSON BOARD MEETINGS ARE NOW PERMITTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH CURRENT REGULATIONS ABOUT ATTENDEES MUST BE REGISTERED TO ATTEND AND DUE TO LIMITED CAPACITY REGISTRATIONS ARE IN A FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED BASIS BUT WEEKS OF RESERVATIONS UNTIL 1:00 P.M. ON THE DAY OF THE MEETING.OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING IS SATURDAY. THIS COMING SATURDAY, APRIL 24.

AT 8:00 A.M. HELD IN THE BOARD ROOM AND IT WILL ALSO BE LIVE STREAMED. FOLLOWING THAT, OUR NEXT MEETING IS ON MAY 3 AT 5:00 P.M.. SUNDAY SESSION AT 5:00 P.M. HELD IN THE BOARD RING AND LIVE STREAMED AND THE BOARD MEETING AT 7:00 P.M. ALSO IN THE BOARD ROOM AND LIVE STREAMED. WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF OUR AGENDA AND I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE APRIL 19,

2021 BOARD MEETING. >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >>ERIC LALIBERTE : MOVED BY DIRECTOR BLIESNER, SECOND BY DIRECTOR SAGE THAT WE ADJOURNED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY VOTING AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

HEARING NONE, MO

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