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THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR BEARING WOULD YOU SAY.
I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE MAY 3, 2021, LAKE WASHINGTON
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SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.EVERYONE IS REQUIRED TO WEAR A FACE MASK AND MAINTAIN SIX FEET OF DISTANCE AT ALL TIMES. UPON ARRIVING AT THE CENTER, EVERYONE IS REQUIRED TO CHECK IN AND FOLLOW THE ATTESTATION PROCESS. BOARD MEETING STUDY SESSIONS AND SPECIAL BOARD MEETINGS WILL CONTINUE TO BE LIVE STREAMED AND VIEWABLE ON THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE.
IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO LIVE STREAM A MEETING, YOU CAN CALL 425-936-2813 AND THEN ENTER CONFERENCE ID 37127 TO LISTEN TO THE MEETING. I WILL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO
APPROVE THE MAY 3, 2021, AGENDA. >> SO MOVED.
>> SECOND -- THANK YOU, DIRECTOR CARLSON.
[C. Recognitions]
THE NEXT PROCLAMATION IS FOR TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK.DIRECTOR STAGE IF YOU COULD -- SAGE. TEACHERS LAY THE FOUNDATI FOR GOOD CITIZENSHIP AND WHEREAS TEACHERS ENCOUNTER STUDENTS OF WILDLY DIFFERING BACKGROUNDS AND OUR COUNTRY'S FUTURE DEPENDS UPON PROVIDING QUALITY EDUCATION TO ALL STUDENTS AND WHEREAS A LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT TEACHERS WORK TO CREATE WE, THE LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS PROCLAIM MAY 3RD THROUGH 7TH AS TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK AND NATIONAL TEACHER DAY IN LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT.
>> OKAY. THE NEXT PROCLAMATION IS FOR SCHOOL NURSE DAY.
DIRECTOR BLIESNER. >> THANK YOU.
FIST I WANT TO SAY A LARGE THANK YOU TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE THAT WE HAVE AND OUR SCHOOL NURSES HAVE HAD A SPECIFIC AND IMPORTANT ROLE AS THEY'VE TAKEN ON A LOT OF THE RESPONSE IN THE PUBLICING HEALTH SIDE IN REGARDS TO WITHIN THE SCHOOLS ON TOP OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING AT THIS POINT SO WANTED TO CALL THAT OUT AND THE SAME TO ALL OUR OTHER STAFF AND FAIRED SERVICES AS WELL AND NUTRITION SERVICES AS WELL AS OUR TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS. SO THANK YOU.
SO WITH THAT OUR PROCLAMATION FOR TONIGHT IS: WHEREAS CHILDREN TODAY FACE COMPLEX AND LIFE THREATENING HEALTH PROBLEMS REQUIRING CARE IN SCHOOL, AND WHEREAS ALL STUDENTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO HAVE THEIR HEALTH NEEDS SAFELY MET WHILE IN THE SCHOOL
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SETTING AND WHEREAS SCHOOL NURSES UNDERSTAND THE LINK BETWEEN HEALTH AND LEARNING AND ARE IN A POSITION TO MAKE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE FOR CHILDREN EVERY DAY AND WHEREAS SCHOOL NURSES HAVE SERVED A CRITICAL ROLE IN IMPROVING PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENSURING STUDENT ACADEMIC SUCCESS FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS AND WHEREAS SCHOOL NURSES ARE PROFESSIONAL NURSES WHO ADVANCE THE WELL BEING ACADEMIC SUCCESS AND LIFE LONG ACHIEVEMENTS ALL OF STUDENTS BY SERVING ON THE FRONT LINES AND PROVIDING A CRITICAL SAFETY NET FOR OUR NATION'S MOST FRAGILE CHILDREN, THEREFORE, WE THE MEMBERS OF THE LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM WE UNDERSTAND MAY 12TH, 2021, AS SCHOOL NURSE DAY IN THE LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT.>> THANK YOU. THE LAST PROCLAMATION IS THE DESIGNATION OF ARTS IN EDUCATION MONTH.
DIRECTOR SAGE, PLEASE READ THAT.
>> YES. AND HAVING BEEN AN ART DOCENT FOR 12 YEARS, I CAN SEE THE VALUE OF THE ARTS FIRSTHAND.
WHEREAS THE ARTS INCLUDING DANCE, MUSIC, THEATER, AND VISUAL ARTS ARE DEFINED AS A CORE SUBJECT IN WASHINGTON STATE'S DEFINITION OF BASIC EDUCATION AND AN ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OF A COMPLETE AND BALANCED EDUCATION FOR ALL STUDENTS AND WHEREAS LEARNING IN AND THROUGH THE ARTS ENABLE STUDENTS TO DEVELOP CRITICAL THINKING AND PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS, IMAGINATION AND CREATIVITY, DISCIPLINE, ALTERNATIVE WAYS TO COMMUNICATE AND EXPRESS FEELINGS AND IDEAS AND CROSS CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM AS WELL AS PERSONAL GROWTH OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM.
CRITICAL CAPACITY IS NEEDED FOR SUCCESS IN THE 21ST CENTURY WORKFORCE AND WHEREAS THE ARTS CAN TRANSFORM OUR SCHOOLS AND TO HAVENS OF CREATIVITY AND EXPLORATION, PLACES WHERE STUDENTS WANT TO LEARN, TEACHERS WANT TO TEACH, AND ALL MEMBERS OF THE LEARNING COMMUNITY ARE MORE ENGAGED AND MOTIVATED.
THEREFORE WE THE MEMBERS OF THE LAKE LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT DO HEREBY THE MONTH OF MAY 2021 AS ARTS AND EDUCATION
SORRY TO INTERRUPT BUT I'M HEARING THAT WE'RE NOT BROADCASTING OUT AT ALL. THAT EVEN THE CONFERENCE LINE IS DEAD. AND I'M AFRAID WE'RE NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE
>> I JUST WATCHED CASSANDRA ON MY PHONE WHILE SHE DID THAT SO
AT LEAST THE VIDEO IS GOING ON. >> ALL RIGHT.
HOLD ON. WE'RE JUST WAITING TO MAKE SURE OUR VIDEO AND AUDIO ARE GOING OUT ONLINE.
>> OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SEEMS LIKE WE'RE FINE.
[D. Audience Participation]
RAP THERE ARE THREE OPTIONS TO SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENT.THE FIRST IS IN PERSON AND YOU CAN DO THAT BY REGISTERING WITH DIE JANUARY JENKINS BY 1:00 P.M. ON THE DAY OF THE BOARD MEETING.
TO ATTEND THE BOARD MEETING TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT.
IN ADDITION YOU CAN SUBMIT WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT BY EMAIL TO DIANE DEN GINS AT DJENKINS@LWSD.ORG.
YOU CAN ALSO REQUEST BY EMAIL TO DO TELEVISED PUBLIC COMMENT THROUGH MICROSOFT TEAMS AND TO DO THAT YOU ALSO EMAIL DIANE.
THIS TIME BY 1:00 P.M. ON THE DAY OF THE MEETING.
AND YOU WILL BE PROVIDED A TEAMS LINK TO JOIN THE BOARD MEETING.
LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE SOME STUDENTS SIGNED UP OR TWO STUDENTS SIGNED UP TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT THROUGH TEAMS. AT THIS TIME, I WILL ASK AMY SHERVASTA AND ANNE LEE TENTH GRADERS AT THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY SCHOOL TO PROVIDE THEIR PUBLIC COMMENT REMOTELY ON THE USE OF ELECTRIC SCHOOL
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BUSES. LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE ON TEAMS. CAN YOU HEAR ME?AMY AND ANNE, ARE YOU READY? THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT, AMY AND ANNE.
>> DO YOU SEE MY SCREEN? >> YES.
>> GOOD EVENING. WE ARE TRENT GRADERS FROM INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY SCHOOL HERE TO PRESENT OUR PROPOSAL FOR THE USE OF ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES IN IN THE LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THE NEXT TIME THE CURRENT BUSES ARE REPLACED -- REDUCES ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND CARBON FOOTPRINT.
>> ELECTRIC VEHICLES AS THE NAME SUGGESTS RUN ON ELECTRICITY INSTEAD OF DIESEL. THIS IS SO HELPFUL TO THE ENVIRONMENT AS BURNING FOSSIL FUELS RESULTS IN EMISSIONS OF GREEN HOUSE GASES WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO CLIMATE CHANGE.
>> THE PRODUCTION OF ELECTRICITY ALSO COMES FROM BURNING FOSSIL FUELS HOWEVER THE TOTAL EMISSIONS ARE STILL LOWER THAN DIESEL BUSES. ON THE AVERAGE U.S. ENERGY GRID AN ELECTRIC GRID EMITS 1,078 GRAMS COMPARED TO 2,680 FOR A DIESEL BUS PER MILE. ADDITIONALLY, TWO THIRDS OF WASHINGTON STATE'S ELECTRICITY COMES FROM CLEAN HYDROELECTRIC ENERGY SO AN ELECTRIC BUS IN WASHINGTON STATE WOULD HAVE OVER 50% REDUCTION IN EMISSIONS WHICH IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS IN THE COUNTRY.
THEY ALSO HAVE A DIRECT POSITIVE EFFECTED ON THE COMMUNITY.
LESS POLLUTION MEANS CHILDREN ARE LESS LIKELY TO DEVELOP LUNG
DISEASES LIKE ASTHMA. >> THEY ARE QUIETER REDUCING NOISE POLLUTION IN NEIGHBORHOODS.
IT MIGHT NOT SEEM LIKE A LARGE PROBLEM BUT COMBINED WITH THE SOUND OF STUDENTS CAN AFFECT THE HEALTH OF STUDENTS AND DISTRACT DRIVERS. IN ADDITION, LESS POLLUTION CAUSES -- HELPS WITH STRESS, ANXIETY, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, HEART DISEASE. FOR MANY STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS IT MAY BE TRIGGERING. SO REDUCING NOISE POLLUTION THROUGH ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES WILL BE A BIG STEP FORWARD FOR LWSD IN TERMS OF INCLUSIVITY.
>> ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES ARE EASIER TO MAINTAIN.
THEY DON'T HAVE THE MAINTENANCE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH GAS AND DIESEL ENGINES. ELECTRIC BUSES DON'T HAVE ENGINES, DON'T NEED OIL CHANGES, AND HAVE LESS PARTS THAT NEED TO BE FIXED. MOSTLY ONLY TIRES AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS NEED TO BE FIXED. EVEN THE BRAKES LAST LONGER.
EFFICIENCY IS ALSO NOT A PROBLEM DEPENDING ON THE COMPANY JUST CHARGING ONE OVERNIGHT IS ENOUGH CHARGE FOR 120 TO 350 MILES.
WITH SOME INTENTIONAL PLANNING IT'S EASY TO ENSURE BUSES WILL HAVE ENOUGH CHARGE TO LAST ALL DAY.
ANOTHER IMPORTANT FACTOR IS TO CONSIDER THE NEED FOR ELECTRIC
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INFRASTRUCTURE. >>> FINANCIALLY, ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES DO COST MORE MONEY TO BUY AT THE BEGINNING.
THEY COST $230,000 COMPARED TO $110,000 FOR DIESEL BUSES.
HOWEVER, LESS COSTLY TO MAINTAIN AND CAN HELP EARN MONEY.
ONE BUS CAN SAVE AROUND $400,000 IN FUEL COSTS SINCE IT DOESN'T NEED GAS AND CAN SAVE $150,000 IN REDUCED MAINTENANCE COSTS.
LASTLY, THE BUS CAN GENERATE UP TO $6,000 A YEAR IN REVENUES.
>> THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO OUR PROPOSAL AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES IN THE DISTRICT.
>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.
REALLY APPRECIATE IT. I THINK THIS IS ONLY ONE OF THE FIRST FEW TEAMS PUBLIC COMMENTS WE'VE RECEIVED TOO SO THANK YOU FOR BEING A TRAIL BLAZER IN THAT RESPECT.
>> OKAY. NOW WE JUST -- THERE WE ARE.
NEXT WE HAVE KEITH KIRBY. MR. KIRBY, PLEASE TOP THAT.
AND ALSO SO MR. KIRBY IS THE ONLY PERSON SIGNED UP FOR IN PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT BUT IF ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE IN PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT WHEN MR. KIRBY IS FINISHED, JUST RAISE YOUR HAND.
>> FIRST I THINK THAT WAS FANTASTIC, THOSE GIRLS.
THOSE YOUNG LADIES. BRINGS A TEAR TO YOUR EYE.
THAT'S THE KIND OF STUFF I LOVE TO SEE.
KIDS ALMOST LIKE ENTREPRENEURIAL IN A WAY.
I ALSO THINK THE PROCLAMATION YOU GUYS MADE WERE FANTASTIC.
THAT'S JUST I THINK YOU GUYS HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD WITH ALL THAT STUFF. SO I WOULD LIKE TO START TONIGHT JUST BY THANKING THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE, THE BOARD.
A LOT OF STUFF HAS BEEN PLACED AT YOUR FEET LAST YEAR ESPECIALLY TEACHERS AND NURSES AND ALL THOSE PEOPLE SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU GUYS DO. I THINK TEACHERS REALLY DON'T GET ENOUGH CREDIT SINCE THEY ARE EDUCATING OUR FUTURE SO I CAN IT'S A BIG DEAL. SO THANK YOU AGAIN.
SOP TONIGHT I JUST WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF THINGS.
IT WAS REALLY SORT OF INSPIRED BY THE PRIOR MEETING AND JUST THE COVID STUFF IN GENERAL SO TO HONE IN, IT WOULD BE WHAT I PERSONALLY SEE AS A PUBLIC SCHOOL'S OBLIGATION AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE FRANKLY FOR COVID STUFF IN THE NEXT YEAR.
WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? SO THE PRINCIPLE ROLE THAT I SEE OR THE PRINCIPLE ROLE OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL IN MY MIND IS A STRONG, HONEST, OBJECTIVE EDUCATION IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT.
FUNDAMENTALLY EVERYONE CAN AGREE ON THAT I THINK.
I THINK A SOCIETY AND SCHOOL IN GENERAL SHOULD PROVIDE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL CITIZENS BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE A DISTINCTION MADE BETWEEN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND EQUAL OUTCOME.
NO ONE CAN GUARANTEE EQUAL OUTCOME.
IT'S YOU TO THE INDIVIDUAL. AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND AND RECOGNIZE.
I THINK IT'S UP TO THE PARENTS, EVERY PARENT IN THIS COUNTRY TO ENSURE KIDS GROW UP WITH VALUES AND MORALS NECESSARY FOR SUCCESS. THE VALUES AND MORALS THAT YOU BRING TO SCHOOL AND THAT LEADS TO SUCCESS AT SCHOOL.
I THINK THAT'S PRETTY COMMON SENSE.
SO THOSE VALUES I DON'T THINK IT'S THE DISTRICT'S JOB.
I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S THE TEACHER'S JOB TO TEACH VALUES.
I THINK IT'S THE JOB OF THE PARENTS TO DO THAT WHEN THEY RAISE THEIR CHILDREN. CAN THE DISTRICT REENFORCE THOSE MORALS AND VALUES? CERTAINLY.
CAN THEY BUILD UPON THEM? YES.
BUT, AGAIN, IT'S I THINK IT STARTS IN THE HOME AND CHANGE HAS TO COME FROM WITHIN. YOU CAN'T, YOU KNOW, IT'S -- YOU
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CAN IMPACT YOUR ENVIRONMENT THROUGH YOUR OWN ACTIONS BUT I DON'T THINK -- YOU CAN'T JUST EXPECT CHANGES.WITH ALL THAT SAID, MY FIRST EXPERIENCE AT THIS BOARD MEETING LAST WEEK WAS EYE OPENING IN TERMS OF THE PRESSURES, THE SOCIAL PRESSURES THAT THE DISTRICT IS UNDER AND I THINK THERE'S -- I DON'T THINK THIS IS UNIQUE IN TERMS OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS BUT I THINK THAT'S IN ADDITION TO ALL THE PRESSURES THAT YOUR UNDER ON A DAILY BASIS MAKING SURE, LIKE, KEEPING UP WITH THE EXPANDING STUDENT BASE. RIGHT.
I MEAN, SO MANY OTHER THINGS WHERE IT ALMOST FEELS LIKE ALL THIS OTHER STUFF IS NOISE AND REALLY TAKES AWAY BAND WIDTH FROM THE THINGS THAT REALLY MATTER ON A LONG TERM TIME HORIZON.
SO SOME OF THE THINGS WE SAID WERE A LITTLE TROUBLING BECAUSE THE IMPLICATIONS WERE SORT OF I JUST THINK THAT IT MISCHARACTERIZES WHAT THE REAL WORLD AND WHAT DATA ACTUALLY SHOWS AND INSO FAR AS I CAN TELL BASED ON WHAT THE DISTRICT IS DOING THE LAWS THAT EXIST AND THE DATA THAT I CAN SEE I THINK THAT THE DISTRICT IS DOING ITS JOB.
I THINK THE SCHOOL IS DOING ITS JOB IN PROVIDING AN ENVIRONMENT FOR STUDENTS AND A GOOD EDUCATION SO I GUESS I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND -- TO SEE MORE OF THAT NOT PAYING SO MUCH ATTENTION TO ALL THIS NOISE. SO I GUESS TAKING A STEP BACK FOR A MOMENT IN A PERFECT WORLD AND THIS IS, AGAIN, JUST ALL SUBJECT I AND MY OPINION. I THINK THOSE ARE PROBLEMS THAT NEED TO BE SOLVED WITH PRODUCTIVE DIALOGUE.
SOME OF THIS OTHER STUFF IS SENSORSHIP AND CANCEL CULTURE AND THESE THINGS, I THINK THAT IS STIFLING A LOT OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT NEED TO BE HAD.
SOME OF THESE CONVERSATIONS ARE PROBABLY THE EASIEST HARD CONVERSATIONS TO HAVE FRANKLY. BUT, YOU KNOW, I JUST I WOULD JUST LIKE THERE TO BE MORE NOENS AND FAIR CONVERSATIONS WITH ONE ANOTHER BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I THINK LEADS TO REAL GROWTH.
ANYWAY, I JUST WANT THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE WHEN IT COMES TO THIS KIND OF STUFF TO JUST KEEP OUR EYES ON THE PRIZE WHICH IS EDUCATING THE YOUTH AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FUTURE FOR THOSE PEOPLE.
SO MOVING ON. >> MR. KIRBY, GENERALLY COMMENTS
ARE ABOUT THREE MINUTES. >> I'M SORRY.
AM I WAY OVER? >> FIVE AND A HALF.
>> IF YOU COULD GIVE US A CON CLUEING REMARK.
I THINK A LOT OF -- I THINK THE -- THERE'S NO DEBATE THAT CORONAVIRUS HAS TAKEN A LOT OF LIVES AND THE YOUTH ARE NOT AT RISK AND ACCOUNT FOR LESS THAN 1% OF THE DEATHS.
25 AND YOUNGER THAT'S LESS THAN 1% OF THE DEATHS.
THAT'S 0.18% OF THE DEATHS. THE PEOPLE AT RISK ARE 65 AN OLDER. 65% OF THE DEATHS.
I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING IS I DON'T THINK THE EASY ANSWER THE THE TIME BEING WAS TO SLAP A MASK ON EVERYONE AND CALL IT.
THIS IS NOT A PLACE THAT YOU'RE ALLOWED TO SAY THINGS THAT
SIMPLY ARE NOT TRUE -- >> WELL SGLSH THIS IS NOT A TIME FOR CONVERSATION. I'M HAPPY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU OFF LINE BUT THIS IS NOT A PLATFORM.
>> I DISAGREE >> THANK YOU, MR. KIRBY --
>> IF YOU WANT TO INTERRUPT ME WE COULD DO -- I MEAN, I WOULD
THANK YOU, MR. KIRBY. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR PUBLIC
COMMENTS. >> SIT POSSIBLE TO --
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>> NOT RIGHT NOW. >> FOLLOW UP WITH YOU?
>> PLEASE DO GET MY EMAIL. I WOULD LOVE TO TALK TO YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT. >> IS THERE ANYONE ELSE TONIGHT WHO WOULD LIKE TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT? I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE USUALLY TAKE SIGN INS AHEAD OF TIME.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ANYONE WHO WANTS TO HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO. OKAY.
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO GAVE PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU MR. KIRBY AND THANK YOU TO THE TWO STUDENTS WHO JOINED US TONIGHT.
WAS WONDERFUL TO HEAR FROM THE STUDENTS.
>> OKAY. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF THE MAY 3,
[E. Consent Agenda]
2021, DON SENT AGENDA.HI WILL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
>> MOVED BY DIRECTOR BLIESNER. SECONDED BY MR. STUART.
DR. HOLMAN, PLEASE PULL THE BOARD.
[F. Non-Consent Agenda]
THE FIRST AGENDA ON THE NONCONSENT AGENDA IS THE DISTRICT TEXTBOOK ADOPTION FOR 9-12 ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS.>> ABSOLUTELY. WELCOME DR. JEN ROSE TO THE PRESENTATION STATION. HER TEAM CHOSE TO PRESENT IN THIS FORMAT RATHER THAN COMING IN LIVE TONIGHT.
AND SO WITH DR. ROSE'S SUPPORT, THEY WILL HELP NAVIGATE THIS PRESENTATION. TONIGHT THEY ARE HERE TO PROVIDE THE BOARD WITH A RECOMMENDATION AROUND AN ELA ADOPTION AND SO WITH THAT, I WILL HAND IT OVER TO DR. ROSE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE.
>> THERE WE GO. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT. THIS HAS BEEN A JOURNEY FOR US.
WE STARTED OUR ADOPTION ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO AND WENT THROUGH THE PANDEMIC IN TRIED TO HAVE A PROCESS THAT HAD FIDELITY AND INTEGRITY ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
AND WE'RE SO EXCITED TONIGHT SO HAVE A PORTION OF OUR COMMITTEE HERE TO PRESENT WITH ME OUR RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD FOR OUR ADOPTION. SO THE FIRST PERSON TO PRESENT IS GOING TO BE OUR SECONDARY ELA SPECIALIST, ALICE HUM --
WELCOME -- GOOD EVENING. WE'RE HAVING A LITTLE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY AS WE'RE NOT SEEING THE POWERPOINT BUT I WANTED TO SAY WE'RE GLAD TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
WE HAVE A TEAM OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS THAT WORKED ON THE ADOPTION HERE WITH US.
WE'RE GOING TAKE JUST A MOMENT TO GET THE POWERPOINT SO THE TEAM CAN SEE IT AS WELL.
NOW WE CAN SEE THAT. SO WE'RE GLAD TO BE HERE AND THE TEACHERS ARE READY AND PREPARED TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.
AND WE'LL SHARE WITH YOU THEIR INTRODUCTIONS AS THEY BEGIN THEIR PORTIONS OF THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT.
>> THANK YOU. THE FIRST THING THAT WE WANT TO DO IS GO OVER THE ADOPTION PROCESS TO SHARE A FEW HIGHLIGHTS WITH YOU AND THEN EACH OF OUR TEACHERS TONIGHT WILL TALK ABOUT A DIFFERENT PART OF THE ADOPTION THAT WE THOUGHT WAS IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT. WE FOCUSED ON EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES.
EXPANDING OUR CANNON, THINKING -- CANON, THINKING ABOUT VOICE EASY AND PER SUSPECTS IN OUR ELA EDUCATION.
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>>> WE FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO HAVE EACH SCHOOL BE ABLE TO DIRECTLY INFORM OUR WORK. AND WE COLLABORATED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROCESS WITH MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS.
IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO OUR ADOPTION PROCESS TO BE ABLE TO THINK NOT JUST HOW THIS IS IN TEACHER OR LEARNING BUT IN TERMS OF THINKING WHOLISTICALLY ABOUT STUDENT LEARNING.
IT PROVIDED LOTS OF DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR STAKEHOLDERS TO GIVE US INPUT AND INFORMATION THROUGH CONNECTIONS, THROUGH ONLINE SURVEYS, PILOT TEACHER FEEDBACK, THROUGH STUDENTS BEING ENGAMED IN THE PROCESS AS WELL. AND NOW WE'LL DIVE INTO THINKING ABOUT THE SPECIFIC ASPECTS OF CURRICULUM.
WE WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT WE ARE NOT SEEING THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE SLIDES SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN SO THAT WE CAN FOLLOW THROUGH THE NEXT PORTION.
I'M JAMES HARRIS. I'M LUCKY ENOUGH TO GO THROUGH THIS PILOT PROCESS WITH ALL OF THE CURRICULUM AND I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. I WANT TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR STUDENTS.
THIS IS TRACKED THROUGH THE PROCESS OF A UNIT AND IT STARTS WITH WHOLE CLASS LEARNING AND TACKLING TEXTS TOGETHER AND GETTING THOSE ESSENTIAL SKILLS DOWN AND THEN MOVE INTO SMALL GROUP LEARNING AND FINALLY INDIVIDUAL LEARNING AND IT KIND OF GOES THROUGH THIS PROCESS THROUGHOUT WHICH REALLY ALLOWS A LOT OF DIVERSE LEARNING EXPERIENCES FOR STUDENTS AND ENGAMING LEARNING EXPERIENCES CALLS IS OBVIOUSLY WHAT WE ALL WANT. SO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
WE'RE GOOD. SO THERE ARE A LOT OF GREAT ASSESSMENTS WITH THIS CURRICULUM AND THAT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS. BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT JUST BEGINNING MIDDING AND END OF YEAR ASSESSMENTS BUT REALLY THERE'S PROGRESS THROUGHOUT THE UNITS BOTH FOR TEACHERS AND THROUGH SELF-ASSESSMENT AND A LITTLE BIT OF STUDENT OWNERSHIP WHICH I'LL GET INTO IN A BIT. BUT THERE ARE ASSESSMENTS 234 ELECTRONIC OR PRINT FORM AND I LIKE THE ONLINE TESTS WHICH USE THE ACTUAL TEXT THAT STUDENTS WILL BE TACKLING THROUGHOUT UNITS WHICH ARE WONDERFUL. SO WE GET THIS REALTIME ASSESSMENT DATA THAT WE CAN USE TO CREATE A PATHWAY FOR OUR CLASSES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TARGETING AREAS OF GROWTH AND THAT THE STUDENTS REALLY HAVE THE BEST P SUITED CURRICULUM FOR THEIR NEEDS.
AND SO JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF JUST HOW MANY THERE ARE TO VIEW THIS IS JUST ONE LESSON. IN JUST ONE LESSON, YOU HAVE CONCEPT VOCABULARY AND PREHEX CHECKS.
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>>> SO, AGAIN, THERE'S THAT MULTIPLE PATHWAYS TO DEMONSTRATE EFFICIENCY AND THE SUPPORTS TO GET STUDENTS THERE.
AND THEN FINALLY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ALSO LOVE ABOUT THIS IS THAT IT'S REALLY STUDENT CENTERED LEARNING AND IT PROMOTES STUDENT OWNERSHIP AND REFLECTION AND I'M NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT WHAT YOU SEE HERE WHICH IS WHAT THEY HAVE AT PRETTY MUCH THE BEGINNING OF EVERY UNIT OR LESSON WHERE IT IS THE SELF-ASSESSMENT OF SKILLS AND THEN TEND OF THE UNIT KIND OF THING. IT'S REALLY EMBEDDED INTO THE LESSONS THEMSELVES AND ESPECIALLY THE PERFORMANCE BASED ASSIGNMENTS WHICH HAVE A COMPONENT OF REFLECTION IN THE REVISION PROCESS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
SO THERE'S REALLY LIKE JUST IT'S EMBEDDED INTO EVERY LESSON WHERE STUDENTS HAVE OWNERSHIP AND CAN KIND OF OPERATE IN TERMS OF CHOICE AND UNDERSTANDING THEIR OWN NEEDS.
I'M LANCE SIMONS AND I AM AN ENGLISH TEACHER IN THE LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT AND I'M GOING TO BE SPEAKING ABOUT EXPANDING THE CANON AND ENSURING DIVERSITY AND REPRESENTATION IN THE ELA CURRICULUM. ONE OF THE GOALS OF THE CURRICULUM ADOPTION COMMITTEE AT THE VERY BEGINNING WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SELECTED A CURRICULUM THAT INCLUDES DIVERSE VOICES. SO THE FIRST QUESTION IS DOES MY PERSPECTIVES INCLUDE THIS DIVERSITY AND, YES, IT DOES.
I WOULD ARGUE THAT IT IS THE MOST DIVERSE AND INCLUDES THE MOST DIVERSE AUTHORS OF ALL THE CURRICULUM THAT WE LOOKED AT.
NOT EXACTLY. WHICH THEN BEGS THE NEXT QUESTION DO WE HAVE A STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION PLAN TO FOCUS ON EQUITY AND DIVERSITY WHEN WE FIND THAT NECESSARY.
AND, YES, WE DO. I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU GUYS AN EXAMPLE ATTEND OF MY SLIDE PRESENTATION THAT SORT OF DETAILS HOW WE PLAN TO DO THAT. THE NEXT FEW SLIDES ARE GOING TO SHOW EACH OF THE UNITS IN MY PER SUSPECTIVES YEAR BY YEAR.
AND THE ONE THING THAT EACH UNIT IS BROKEN DOWN INTO A THEME SO IF YOU LOOK AT UNIT 6 HERE WORLD'S END IS THE THEME.
FOLLOWED BY AN ESSENTIAL QUESTION AND THE ESSENTIAL QUESTION HERE IS WHY DO WE TRY TO IMAGINE THE FUTURE.
AND THIS IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE BECAUSE THE RESEARCH SHOWS US THAT TEACHING THEMATICALLY ACTUALLY INCREASES STUDENT ENGAGEMENT SO WHEN A STUDENT CAN ACTUALLY SEE THEMSELVES AND ENGAME THEMSELVES IN THE UNIT, THEY ARE AUTO-3459ICLY MORE ENGAMED AND SINCE MY PERSPECTIVES HAS THEIR UNIT SET UP THAT WAY INSTEAD OF HAVING THEIR UNIT SET UP LIKE AMERICAN POETS, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS OFFERS STUDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY CONNECT WITH THE INFORMATION.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THERE ARE SIX UNITS FOR FEBRUARIMAN YEAR AND THERE'S ALWAYS SIX UNITS EVERY YEAR.
UNITS NUMBER ONE AND UNIT NUMBER THREE, THEY BOTH REALLY FOCUS ON ISSUES OF DIVERSITY. BUT THE ONE THING THAT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTICE IS THAT REGARDLESS OF THE UNIT'S FOCUS EVEN IF IT DOESN'T HAVE A FOCUS ON DIVERSITY SPECIFICALLY ALL OF THE UNITS ARE GOING TO INCLUDE WORKS BY DIVERSE AUTHORS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE. AND EVEN THE UNITS THAT DON'T SPECIFICALLY DEAL WITH DIVERSITY LIKE UNIT SIX ON THE SLIDE BACK THERE, THROWER STILL VALUABLE IN TERMS OF INCLUSIVITY SO WORLD'S
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END, WHY DO WE TRY TO IMAGINE THE FUTURE.THIS UNIT APPLIES TO EVERYONE REGARDLESS OF YOUR BACKGROUND.
SO WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UNIT TEN OR GRADE TEN SOME UNITS HERE THAT ARE WORTH HIGHLIGHTING IN TERMS OF DIVERSITY WOULD BE UNIT NUMBER TWO AND THREE.
THOSE ARE GOING TO HAVE A FOCUS ON DIVERSITY BUT LOOK AT UNIT FIVE, FOR EXAMPLE. THIS UNIT VIR WHICH YOU AND SIREN GINS WHAT MOTIVATES US TO FORGIVE, ALLOWS US TO FOCUS ON THE HUMAN CONDITION WHICH APPLIES TO EVERYONE.
AND SO WE'VE GOT TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE FOR GRADE 11.
FOR JUNIOR YEAR WE CAN EASILY FIND UNITS DEALING SPECIFICALLY WITH DIVERSITY, UNIT THREE IS ONE OF THOSE UNITS.
BUT I WANT TO ALSO HIGHLIGHT UNIT NUMBER ONE AND UNIT NUMBER TWO BECAUSE THESE UNITS OFFER US AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE EQUITY IN AMERICA THROUGH DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES.
WHAT I MEANS TO BE AN AMERICAN. YOU THING I LOVE ABOUT MY PERSPECTIVES IS THAT IT OFFERS A WEALTH OF RESOURCES AND STRONG INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES. WE HAVE A STRONG ---AL THOUGH MY PER SUSPECT I CERTAINLY HAS TRADE NOVELS THAT WOULD
SUPPLEMENT THAT UNIT ---ED >>> HERE I HAVE AT MY -- VERY
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ACCESSIBLE TEXT TO A STUDENT. MAYBE HAVE A STUDENT WITH LOWER PROFICIENCY LEVELS. I'M ABLE TO GIVE THIS VERSION OF THE TEXT TO THAT STUDENT AND STILL GET THE EXPERIENCE OF READING IN THIS CASE LANGUAGE FROM GEORGE ORWELL BUT THEY ALSO GET SANDWICHED IN BETWEEN THE LANG WANLY REDUCED SUMMARIZED VERSIONS OF THE TEXT AND SO FOR SOMEONE WITH A LOWER LEVEL OF READING PROFICIENCY -- THEY GET ACCESS TO THESE GREAT TEXTS IN A WAY THAT IS SEAMLESS AND PUSHES OUT TO THEM DIRECTLY AND IS REALLY FANTASTIC WAY THAT MY PERSPECTIVES 3R0 VIEDS FOR OUR STUDENTS AND PROSAIDS FOR ME THE ABILITY TO CUSTOMIZE THAT EXPERIENCE AND REACH THEIR NEEDS.QUESTION HAVE SO MANY WAYS TO ACCESS AND GIVE OUR STUDENTS IN THIS CASE TO BRUSH UP IN A PREVIOUS ASSIGNMENT.
-- DEEP KNOWLEDGE OF HOW TO TURN HOW TO ANALYZE A PASSAGE.
I CAN GO INTO MY MENU OF OPTIONS AND FIND SOME RETEACHING OPPORTUNITIES AND GIVE THOSE TO STUDENTS AND GIVE THEM MORE GUIDED PRACTICE AND GIVE THEM THE SKILL REPLACEMENT SO THEY'RE READY TO GO INTO CLASS THE VERY NEXT DAY.
VERY EXCITED ABOUT THOSE OPPOR OPPORTUNITIES MY PER SPECTIVE HAS MINDFULLY CURATED THEIR PERSPECTIVE. THESE BRUSH UP SKILL MOMENTS.
THEY'RE SMART ABOUT PROVIDING ENGAMING SUPPORTS THAT ALLOW ME TO MAXIMUM MALI RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF 43 STUDENTS AND I CAN DO IT QUICKLY, SEAMLESSLY, AND TO REALLY AUDIO] PERSPECTIVES.
IT REQUIRED A SHIFT TO MY LESSON PLANS.
SO STUDENTS CAME TO CLASS ON THE 7 LATH.
OBVIOUSLY CONFUSED WITH LOTS OF QUESTIONS AND WHEN I WAS PLANNING TO HELP MY STUDENTS REFLECT ON THOSE INCIDENTS AT THE CAPITAL, I WENT STRAIGHT TO THE PLANNED UNIT BUT I WAS STARTING WITH AMERICAN VOICES KNOWING THAT THAT ESSENTIAL QUESTION THAT THE UNIT WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE AN AMERICAN AND THE TEXT THAT ARE PROVIDED IN THE UNIT WOULD ACTUALLY HELP ME TAKE MY STUDENTS TO MAKING CONNECTIONS AND REALIZING THAT
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THERE ARE TEXTS IN ENGLISH THAT ARE RELEVANT TO BEING ABLE TO PROCESS THIS CONFUSING REAL WORLD EVENT.ANTICIPATE HOW AWESOME WAS IT FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO HAVE MY OWN COPING THAT I WAS DOING WITH WHATEVER WAS HAPPENING ON JANUARY 6TH AND THEN SHIFT TO SAY HOW AM I GOING TO HELP MY STUDENTS AND I HAD THIS AMAZING FLEXIBLE THEMATIC UNIT THAT I COULD GO TO THAT HAD RICH MATERIALS READY FOR ME THAT I COULD ACCESS FOR THE KIDS TO HELP THEM.
THE CONVERSATIONS WERE RICH. IT WAS CULTURAL RELEVANT.
REAL WORLD LEARNING. AND THE VOICES WITHIN THIS UNIT ARE VERY DIVERSE. SOME OF THE VOICES THAT WE HAVE HERE AND IT'S BEEN MENTIONED BEFORE HOW WE HAVE SO MANY DETERMINATION AUTHORS AND MY PERSPECTIVES BUT THIS UNIT HAS STORIES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, A SPEECH BY JFK, AN INTERPRETER FROM THE -- EXCERPT FROM THE JOY LUCK CLUB, POETRY FROM NATIVE AMERICANS, AND SO MUCH MORE. AND I CAN LEVEL ALL OF THAT INFORMATION IN READING FOR MY STUDENTS BUT THE WAY THAT THIS UNIT WAS ABLE TO BRIDGE AND HELP SUPPORT ME AS A TEACHER TO SUPPORT MY STUDENTS TO REAL WORLD EVENTS TO CULTURALLY RELEVANT CURRICULUM MATERIALS WAS PHENOMENAL.
AND I FEEL INCREDIBLY BLESSED THAT I WAS ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THAT.
AND HERE WE HAVE SOME OF THE STUDENT VOICE FROM THE FEEDBACK WE'VE RECEIVED ON THE PILOTS THAT WE DID FOR MY PERSPECTIVES.
I'M NOT GOING TO READ THESE OUT BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT A HUGE ELEMENT OF OUR ADOPTION PROCESS WAS THE STUDENT VOICE.
IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE FOR US TO DO ALL OF THIS RESEARCH AND PILOT WITHOUT GETTING THE STUDENT PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT THEY THOUGHT ONCE STUDENTS GOT TRAINING ON HOW TO NAVIGATE MY PERSPECTIVES, THEY REALLY ENJOYED THE TOOLS AND THE EASE OF USE AND REALLY LOVED THE AMOUNT OF CHOICES THAT WERE ABLE WHEN IT CAME TO TEXT SELECTION. SO THE STUDENTS HAD A REALLY GOOD STRONG FEEDBACK FOR THE MY PERSPECTIVES UNITS THAT THEY DID.
>> THANK YOU, TEAM. SO THE NEXT STEPS OF THE EARLS ARE APPROVED IS WE'VE ALREADY PUT INTO PLACE ANTIRACIST TEACHING STRATEGIES THAT IS SEPARATE FROM THE CURRICULUM.
WE RECOGNIZE HOW IMPORTANT THE TEACHING STRATEGIES ARE AND FOCUS ON THAT BEFORE THEY START THE CURRICULUM.
THAT TEACHING STARTS NEXT WEEK. WE'LL ALSO CONTINUE TO WILL BE RATE WITH MY PERSPECTIVES. WE'VE MET WITH THEM SEVERAL TIMES TO TALK ABOUT OUR GOALS FOR OUR ELA ADOPTION BEYOND HAVING JUST NEW MATERIAL. IT REALLY IS THINKING ABOUT HOW EACH AND EVERY STUDENT IN LAKE WASHINGTON CAN BE HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL AND EXPERIENCE A RICH, DIVERSE LEARNING EXPERIENCE THAT CHALLENGES THEM AND BRINGS THEM 21ST CENTURY SKILLS. AND AS WE GO THROUGH THIS NEXT YEAR OF IMPLEMENTATION FOCUSING ON ENGAGING STUDENT VOICE AND OUR IMPLEMENTATION HAVING STUDENTS BE THE ONES WHO CAN HELP US DETERMINE WHAT IS THE RIGHT KIND OF LEARNING.
WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES THIS THEY SEE? WHAT IS MISSING. AS WE GO THROUGH OUR IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS WE CAN ADD IN TYPES OF ACTIVITIES OR MATERIALS OR PERSPECTIVES THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT.
IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT FOR US THAT WE ENGAGE PARENTS AND OTHERS IN THIS. THAT THE FIRST STEP OF AN ADOPTION IS THE MATERIALS BUT OUR PLAN FOR LONG TERM IS TO BE ABLE TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE ARE NOT JUST ADOPTING AND THEN LEAVING THE CURRICULUM BUT CONTINUALLY REVISITING AND MAINTAINING IT SO IT STAYS DYNAMIC AND VIBRANT.
SO WE'LL IDENTIFY -- AND WE'LL TRY TO MEET MULTIPLE GOALS OF HAVING A GUARANTEED AND VIABLE LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR STUDENTS AND PROVIDING TEACHERS THAT ABILITY TO BE FLEXIBLE IN THE TYPES OF ASSIGNMENTS AND READINGS THAT THEY'RE GIVEN.
WE ALSO KNOW WE NEED TO -- WE START THIRD DEGREE ADOPTION AS A 6 THROUGH 12TH GRADE ADOPTION AND WE NEED TO MEET WITH THE MIDDLE SCOOT. WITH THE MIDDLE SCHOOLTEACHERS TO ALIGN THE LEARNING SO THAT EACH YEAR BUILDS ON A PREVIOUS YEAR SO THAT WE ARE ABSOLUTELY DEEPENING THE SKILLS EACH YEAR.
WE ALSO ARE GOING TO USE THE OSPI SCREENING FOR BIAS RUBRIC WHICH I SHARED WITH THE BOARD A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
IT HELPS -- TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED OR
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SUPPLEMENTED OR CHANGE SOD THAT WE'RE REALLY USING ADDITIONAL FILTERS TO THINK ABOUT OUR WHOLE ADOPTION.SO AS PART OF THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO IDENTIFY WHERE DIFFERENT AUTHORS ARE NEEDED AND -- WE WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO HAS WORKED WITH US. WE HAD A GREAT ADOPTION COMMITTEE. MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS.
PASHTOS. PILOT TEACHERS WHO JUMPED IN.
AND WE HAD STUDENTS GIVING US TERRIFIC VOICE FROM EVEN BEFORE WE STARTED LOOKING AT ANY RESOURCES HAVING STUDENTS BE ENGAGED IN THE PROCESS REALLY SHAPED OUR THINKING AND IT WAS FANTASTIC. WE'RE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO RECOMMEND MY PERSPECTIVES TO THE BOARD AND WE WOULD LOVE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
>> ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD ON THE PRESENTATION
TONIGHT? >> JUST ONE QUICK ONE.
THE DROPDOWN MENUS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A SUBSTANTIAL LEARNING CURVE THAT'S GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO BRING PEOPLE INTO THIS.
HOW CONSISTENT -- WILL WE HAVE ENOUGH TO GET ALL OUR TEACHERS
ONE THING THAT'S BEEN A LEARNING FOR THIS YEAR IS THAT WE KNOW THAT WE CAN DO ASYNCHRONOUS LEARNING SO WE'RE STARTING OUR IMPLEMENTATION WITH SIX HOURS OF LEARNING ANTIRACIST TEACHER STRATEGIES. THEN TEACHERS WILL HAVE TWO HOURS OF ASYNCHRONOUS LEARNING OVER THE SUMMER.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A MR. THROUGHOUT NEXT YEAR TO DO CONTINUED LEARNING AND COLLABORATION SO IF WE'RE MEET, THE MY PERSPECTIVES FOLKS LEARNING FROM THEM WHAT'S WORK AND LEARN WHAT WE NEED TO WORK IN OUR CONTEXT.
. >> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. QUESTION IN REGARD TO THE LEVELLED READING THAT THANK YOU SPOKE TO.
THERE WAS -- IS THAT SOMETHING THE TEACHER ASSIGNS OR CAN THE STUDENT THEMSELVES CHOOSE TO DO SO? WILL THEY HAVE ACCESS TO DO THAT WITHIN THAT SYSTEM?
>> I THINK GENERALLY THE TEACHER ASSIGNS IT BUT LET ME ASK THE TEAM.
>> COULD YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION BECAUSE I COULD NOT REALLY HEAR
THE ACTUAL QUESTION. >> NOT A PROBLEM.
SO BASICALLY WHEN THEY -- YOU HAVE THE OPTIONS OF THE LEVELLED READING WITHIN THE TEXT, IS THAT MUST BE TEACHER ASSIGNED OR CAN THE STUDENT THEMSELVES CHOOSE TO DO THOSE?
>> OKAY. SORRY. >> SO THE QUESTION IS IF CAN THE STUDENT CHOOSE THE LEVELLED READ RES OR SIT SOMETHING ONLY TEACHERS CAN ASSIGN?
>> I THINK IT IS WHAT THE TEACHER ASSIGNS.
>> YEAH. SO IN MY EXPERIENCE, THAT WOULD BE THE RIGHT ANSWER. IT MAY BE THE CASE THAT STUDENTS HAVE THAT ABILITY BUT IN THE PILOTING THAT I DID, I LOOKED AT THINGS THROUGH THE STUDENT PERSPECTIVE TO SORT OF SEE WHAT I WAS DOING FOR THE DAY AND FOR THE UNIT SORT OF THING BUT I BELIEVE THE LEVEL TEXT IS BASICALLY PUSHED OUT TO STUDENTS BY TEACHERS. SO ONCE YOU KNOW THE STUDENTS AND GET INFORMATION ABOUT THEM AND KNOW THAT WOULD BENEFIT THEM, WE WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, DISTRIBUTING THAT TO THOSE STUDENTS.
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WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS WITH MY PERSPECTIVES WHO HAVE BEEN REALLY OPEN TO US SAYING HERE IS WHAT WE NEED AND CHANGES THAT WE'D LIKE.>> ANY OTHER HAD QUESTIONS -- ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT?
>> NO QUESTIONS BUT THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, FOR PILOTING AND PRESENTING.
>> OKAY. DIRECTOR STUART? THANK YOU, EVERYONE IN PARTICULAR MR. GARITY, MY SON'S FAVORITE HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER BUT THAT'S A PERSONAL NOTE.
>> OKAY. LY NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BOARD TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS COMMITTEE TO ADOPT, AMPLY --
>> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY I DO SUPPORT THE PASSING OF THIS.
I APPRECIATE STRONGLY THE FOCUS WITH THE EQUITY AS WELL AS WORKING ON THE UNIVERSALLY DESIGNED LEARNING.
IT'S GREAT TO HAVE THOSE OPTIONS BUILT IN FOR THE FLEXIBILITY OF OUR STUDENTS AND THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY.
AND THE PROCESS THROUGH THE USE OF STUDENTS, I THINK WAS VERY BENEFICIAL WITH ALL THAT FEEDBACK COMING BACK SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE ADOPTION. THANK YOU.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO THANK IN PARTICULAR THE TEACHER WHO DECIDED TO ADAPT HER LESSON PLAN THE DAY AFTER JANUARY 6TH AND HAD -- AND THE FACT THAT THIS MATERIAL HAD AN ABILITY TO ENABLE HER TO DO THAT EASILY WITHOUT MUCH CONSTERNATION AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. BUT I THINK THAT'S GREAT THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO DO THAT.
>> GREAT. I WILL ALSO BE SUPPORTING THE ADOPTION. THANK YOU, EVERYONE, ON THE COMMITTEE FOR ALL OF THIS WORK. THIS IS NO SMALL FEAT TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THIS AND THE END PRODUCT IS EXCITING AND IT'S GOING BE GREAT FOR OUR STUDENTS. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK.
>> THANK YOU AGAIN. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS FOR OUR STUDENTS AND WE'RE THRILLED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. IT CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT >> OKAY. IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION.
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>>> THE NEXT ITEM IS THE SUPERINTENDENT REPORT.
THANK YOU AND THANK YOU DR. ROSE.
IT WAS AN EXCITING THING TO HEAR AND THE TRAINING THAT YOU'RE ACCOMPANYING WITH THAT CURRICULUM.
ALSO I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT TONIGHT THE BOARD RECOGNIZED NURSES TEACHERS NUTRITION SERVICES AND ARTS AND EDUCATION AND WHEN YOU CAN ABOUT THOSE DISTINCT RECOGNITIONS YOU THINK ABOUT OUR NURSES AND THE RESOURCE AH AND SUPPORT THEY HAVE BEEN TO OUR ORGANIZATION AND STUDENTS ENSURING THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF STUDENTS DURING THIS TIME.
THEY ARE THE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS THAT WE HAVE ON OUR CAMPUSES SO IT IS WITH GREAT GRATITUDE THAT WE THANK THEM FOR EVERYTHING THEY'VE DONE. OUR TEACHERS, THEY LEARNED HOW TO TEACH IN A REMOTE SPACE. -- THEY FISSION YOU'REED OUT HOW
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TO GET FOOD RESOURCES INTO THE HANDS OF STUDENTS BY COLLABORATING AND PARTNERING THINKING CREATIVELY ABOUT HOW TO DO THAT AND SO WE JUST REALLY THANK THEM FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY'VE DONE KNOWING THAT THERE'S TIMES WHERE REGULATIONS CHANGE AND WE ASK THEM IN FIVE DAYS TO FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE THEIR ENTIRE PROGRAM. THEY HAPPILY DO THAT BECAUSE THEY WANT STUDENTS TO HAVE GREAT ACCESS TO FOOD RESOURCES AND WHEN YOU CAN ABOUT ARTS IN EDUCATION, DURING REMOTE LEARNING EMBEDDING ART INTO EDUCATION YOU THINK OF OUR ART EDUCATORS AND THE CREATIVITY THEY HAD TO COME UP WITH TO AT TIMES RECREATE THEIR LESSON PLANS AND WHAT IT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE TO TEACH ART IN K-12 SCHOOLS AND THANK YOU SO EACH OF THEM AS WELL SO I JUST WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE ALL OF THOSE -- THE GREATNESS THAT THE BOARD RECOGNIZED THIS EVENING AS WELL. THAT'S THE PRELIEUTENANT TO MY REPORT -- PRELUDE TO MY REPORT. I HAVE A BRIEFER REPORT THIS EVENING. IT'S SIMILAR TO WHAT I PRESENTED TO THE BOARD A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.JUST WANT TO UPDATE YOU ON A FEW THINGS.
PLANNING FOR THE 201-22 SCHOOL YEAR AND UPDATE AROUND OUR ONLINE SCHOOL AND COVID EVAL OCCASION PROCESS -- EVALUATION PROCESS.
I'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF OUR OTHER SUPPORTS THAT WE'RE PLANNING FOR RIGHT NOW. SOCIAL EMOTIONAL BEHAVIORAL SUPPORTS FOR OUR STUDENTS USING DATA.
STRUCTURES AND RESOURCES TO BEST SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF STUNTS AND STAFF. YOU HEARD US TONIGHT TALKING ABOUT OUR PRIORITIZATION OF MULTITIERED SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT.
THAT IS BOTH BEHAVIORAL AND ACADEMIC.
DR. ROSE MENTIONED THE ACADEMIC SIDE OF IT IN TERMS OF THIS CURRICULUM THAT WAS JUST ADOPTED.
WE ALSO HAVE ON THE BEHAVIORAL SIDE SUPPORTING MULTITIERED SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT ALLOWS STUDENTS TO ACTUALLY ACCESS THEIR LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS, THEIR SCHOOLS TO A MUCH HIGHER DEGREE. AND THEN ENGAGING OUR STAKEHOLDERS. SEEKING FEEDBACK FROM OUR STUDENTS FAMILIES AND STAFF AS WE THINK ABOUT OUR 2021-22 SCHOOL REAR. OUR PLANNING EFFORTS ARE ALL ABOUT THINKING ABOUT HOW DO WE TRANSITION BACK TO THE 21-22 SCHOOL YEAR BEING THOUGHTFUL AND CONSIDERATE OF ALL THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS THAT GO INTO PLANNING FOR A RETURN NEXT YEAR.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS REQUESTED. WE KNOW THAT MANY IN OUR COMMUNITY HAVE REQUESTED A REMOTE LEARNING OPTION AND SO MAKING SURE THAT AS THOSE BECOME AVAILABLE AND THOSE RULES BECOME ACCESSIBLE TO US THAT WE PLAN FOR THAT, THINK ABOUT THAT, ONE OF THOSE WAYS IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR ONLINE SCHOOL OPTION.
AND SO WITHIN THE LAST WEEK AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT OUR ONLINE SCHOOL, WE ACTUALLY INCREASED THE GRADE LEVELS FOR OUR ONLINE SCHOOL. IT WAS -- WE STARTED OFF AS A NINTH THROUGH TENTH GRADE PROGRAM.
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WE EXPANDED IT TO BE A HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM.AND SO THAT WILL BE -- CURRENTLY THAT IS THE ONLY ONLINE OPTION THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR THE 21-22 SCHOOL YEAR.
WE ARE ALSO YOU CAN SEE DOWN BELOW HOPING THAT THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION COMES THROUGH VERY SOON FOR US WITH THOSE PARAMETERS AROUND REMOTE LEARNING BECAUSE I DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE FAMILIES STINTS IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS THAT REMOTE LEARNING IS THE BEST OPTION FOR THEM.
BE IT HEALTH AND SAFETY OR BE IT OTHER REASONS AS WELL.
AND SO PRESENTED TO YOU A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AROUND OUR EVALUATION OF COVID AS WE WORK THROUGH THE SPRING THE PIECES THAT THE TEAM LOOKS AT WHEN WE'RE EVALUATING WE NEED OVERALL COUNTY CASE RATES AND COMMUNITY CASES.
WE HAVE FOUR DISTINCT COMMUNITIES HERE IN LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT ARE REPORTED BY KING COUNTY AND THAT IS UNION HILL -- AND WE LOOK AT EVALUATING THE SPREAD WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS BASED ON OUR CONTACT TRACING.
AND SO APRIL 23RD WAS OUR FIRST EVALUATION.
THAT WAS FOUR DAYS AFTER OUR FIRST DAY OF FOUR DAY WEEK SCHOOLING. AND IT WAS DETERMINED ON THAT DATE THAT WE WOULD CONTINUE IN THAT MODEL.
AND SO THE TEAM WORKED THROUGH ALL OF THAT DATA AND ULTIMATELY RECOMMENDED THAT WE MAINTAIN OUR CURRENT FOUR-DAY PER WEEK MODEL.
AND SO UPDATED THIS SLIDE FROM THE LAST TIME THE BOARD SAW THIS IN PLUS MEANS IT HAS INCREASED SINCE THE LAST TIME WE SAW THESE DATA TWO WEEKS AGO. MINUS MEANS IT HAS DECREASED.
YOU CAN SEE REALLY ACROSS THE BOARD WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN THE OVERALL SPREAD OF THE VIRUS IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
KING COUNTY YOU CAN SEE IS CONTINUING TO BE AT A HIGHER RATE THAN OUR LOCAL REGIONS BUT YOU CAN SEE EVEN IN THE LOCAL REGIONS WE ARE STARTING TO SEE CASE RATES INCREASE.
TEST POSITIVITY HAS ALSO INCREASED AT THE COUNTY LEVEL.
AND IN A FEW OF OUR LOCAL AREAS AS WELL.
AND SO KNOWING THAT BASED ON THIS EVALUATION WE WILL PROVIDE A RESPONSE TO OUR COMMUNITY ELEMENTARY WILL CONTINUE TO BE RECOMMENDED THAT ANY LEVEL OF COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION THAT STUDENTS MAINTAIN THEIR PROGRAM AND THREE FOOT DISTANCING.
WE KNOW THAT IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FOR OUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS THAT THE GUIDANCE IS THAT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THE DISTANCING AND SPACING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.
>> SO UPDATED SLIDE HERE JUST STRUCK THROUGH THE DATES THAT PASSED. THAT WAS OUR FIRST EVALUATION ON APRIL 3RD. ON MAY 7TH WHICH IS THIS FRIDAY, WE WILL CONDUCT OUR NEXT SET OF EVALUATIONS.
WE KNOW THAT CASE RATES HAVE RISEN.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE GOVERNOR WILL COME OUT WITH INFORMATION BECAUSE AT THE STATE LEVEL THEY'RE ALSO EVALUATING COUNTY PHASINGS. IT WAS DUE TODAY AND THAT GOT PUSHED OUT TO TOMORROW AND SO WHEN WE DO OUR EVALUATION IT'S LOOKING AT CASE RATES BUT ALSO WHAT IS THE IMPACT IN OUR SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTS BECAUSE THAT'S THE CRITICAL COMPONENT OF ALL OF THIS. AND SO JUST A REMINDER OF THAT WORK THAT'S ONGOING.
WHAT HAPPENED HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR DR. HOLMAN TONIGHT?
>> SO THE MAY 13TH DAY IS THE NEXT TIME THAT YOU WOULD LOOK AT AND ANNOUNCE TO THE COMMUNITY WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GOING FORWARD WITH IF FOUR DAY WEEK OR GO BACK TO THE HYBRID?
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
MAY 7TH IS OUR NEXT EVALUATION. IF WE'RE TO MAKE A SHIFT, IT
WOULD BE FOR MAY 13TH. >> THANK YOU.
>> I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY, YOU MENTIONED BOTH REMOTE LEARNING
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AND ONLINE SCHOOL. AND COULD YOU JUST DEFINE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE?SO THE ONLINE SCHOOL FOLLOWS THE ALTERNATIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCE RULES AND SO ALE. IT'S A DIFFERENT SET OF CONDITIONS THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO FOLLOW AND IF OUR PRINCIPAL WERE HERE HE WOULD LIST THOSE OFF FOR YOU BUT IT'S A DIFFERENT FUNDING MECHANISM. IT'S A DIFFERENT REQUIREMENT FOR CONTACT WITH TEACHERS. AND WHAT NOT.
REMOTE LEARNING REALLY IS WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO THIS YEAR.
SO STUDENT LEARNING AT HOME THROUGH TEAMS WITH THE EQUIVALENT OF A 1250U7B9 SITTING IN CLASS IN LEARN SOING THAT EQUIVALENCY IS WHAT ALLOWED US TO PROVIDE REMOTE LEARNING IN THE MANNER THAT WE DID THIS YEAR.
OUR HOPE IS THAT THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION WILL ALLOW THOSE RULES TO CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD WHICH WOULD GIVE US THE FLEXIBILITY TO PROVIDE THAT AGAIN.
>> SO MEANING WE COULD OFFER OUR CURRENT LEARNING MODEL SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU HAVE THIS YEAR IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOL OR COULD
DO -- >> A REMOTE ELEMENTARY PIECE OF IT SIMILAR TO WHAT'S BEING DONE THIS YEAR.
>> SO WE WOULD HAVE TO FIGURE OUT IS CONCURRENT THE RIGHT MODEL SO THAT TEACHERS ARE TEACHING BOTH.
IS IT DO WE HAVE A TEACHER FOCUSED STRICTLY ON REMOTE MY GUESS IS STAFF WOULD PROBABLY GIVE US FEEDBACK THAT THEY'RE MORE EFFECTIVE FOCUSING ON AN IN PERSON MODEL OR REMOTE MODEL BUT THOSE ARE THE DECISION POINTS WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE WHICH IS WHY THE SOONER WE GET THOSE GUIDELINES, THE MORE EFFECTIVE WE CAN MAKE THAT DECISION.
>> SO REMOTE LEARNING CONCEPT IS MORE LIKELY STAYING WITH YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL WHEREAS ONLINE SCHOOLING IS A SEPARATE
SCHOOL? >> SO THE ONLINE SCHOOL IS A SEPARATE SCHOOL. THE REMOTE LEARNING PIECE, I PROBABLY CAN'T ARTICULATE THE COMPLETE BOUNDARIES ON THAT.
>> DIRECTOR STUART. >> I APPRECIATE IN THE FUTURE WHEN WE'RE A LITTLE CLOSER TO KNOWING WHAT THE STATE WILL ALLOW US TO DO, IF YOU COULD GIVE US A PRESENTATION ON ONLINE SCHOOL SO WE'LL HAVE A BETTER FEEL FOR IT.
I THINK A LOT OF PARENTS WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HEARING IT EARLY ON SO IF IT'S ONE OF THE OPTIONS THIS THEY WANT TO CONSIDER THEY WOULD HAVE A BETTER FEEL FOR IT.
>> ABSOLUTELY. TWO THINGS ON THAT.
ONE, I KNOW RICHARD WOULD LOVE TO COME AND PRESENT TO YOU.
AND I DON'T MEAN THAT FACETIOUSLY.
ALSO HE'S DONE TEAMS LIVE EVENTS 23R FAMILIES AS WELL.
HE DID THAT EARLY ON AND WHEN WE EXPANDED IT TO 11TH AND 12G9 GRADE AS WELL HE'S OFFERING ANOTHER ONE IN THE NEXT WEEK.
>> SO I ACTUALLY USUALLY I'M ACCUSING OTHERS OF GOING INTO THE WEEDS. WE'VE GOT THE COVID DISTRICT COVID DASHBOARD AND I WAS GOING TO GIVE YOU FEEDBACK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE EXPECT YOU TO MAKE DECISIONS ON AND IF THERE'S ANY WAY THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY HAVE -- THE REASON I'M BRINGING IT UP IS THERE WERE TWO THAT -- THE FIRST, YOU WAS 427 AND IT SAYS IT WAS UPDATED 4/28 SO I GOT A NOTICE THE DAY BEFORE THIS SAYS THAT IT'S UP TO DATE WITH AND
IT'S NOT IN THERE. >> GOT YOU.
>> YES. AND I KNOW THE ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT HAS HAD A FEW CONVERSATIONS WITH COMMUNITY AROUND THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COVID DASHBOARD IS ACCURATE
AND THERE'S -- >> IT IS HARD BUT THE MAIN THING IS IF THERE'S SOMETHING OUT FROM THE AP IT SHOULD GO TO WHO ARE MAINTAINS THE DASHBOARD SO IT GETS UPDATED AT THE SAME TIME.
>> NEXT ITEM IS PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.
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>> TO BUILD ON DR. HOLMAN'S DEFINITION OF REMOTE LEARNING, THE WASHINGTON STATE SCHOOL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION HAS A PROPOSAL WINDOW WHERE SCHOOL DISTRICTERS A -- DIRECTORS
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ACROSS THE STALE CAN SUBMIT A POSITION THAT WE THINK WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO SUPPORT AND THEN AT OUR GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN SEPTEMBER THEN ACROSS THE STATE SCHOOL STRICTERS VOTE ON -- DIRECTORS VOTE ON IT AND WHETHER TO ADOPT IT.WITH THE AT HOME MODEL MENTIONED FOR THE REMOTE ACADEMY OR -- YEAH. ACADEMY.
IS THAT WHAT IT IS? REMOTE ONLINE SCHOOL IS FUNDED AT ALTERNATIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT WHICH IS ABOUT 75% OF FULL FTE. SO YOU CAN SEE THE 25% ACTUALLY MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE THE MORE STUDENTS YOU ADD TO UTILIZING THAT PARTICULAR FORM OF LEARNING.
SO TONIGHT I'M GOING TO READ A PROPOSAL AND THEN IF THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT IT, WE WILL SUBMIT IT TO BECOME A PERMANENT POSITION AROUND REMOTE LEARNING.
SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS HERE ON THE EAST SIDE ARE ALSO READING THIS AT BOARD MEETINGS AND THEN THERE'S THREE OTHER DISTRICTS IN THE STATE ALSO READING IT. I KNOW IT'S ON THE AGENDA BUT I'M JUST GOING TO READ THE FIRST PARAGRAPH TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT THIS OPTION.
THE WASHINGTON STATE SCHOOL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION SHALL INITIATE AND/OR SUPPORT LEGISLATION AND OTHER STRATEGIES TO RECOGNIZE REMOTE LEARNING AS A VALID MODALITY OF BASIC AND SPECIAL EDUCATION AND TO INCREASE FLEXIBILITY IN THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT THROUGH DISTRICT ONE REMOTE LEARNING OPTIONS TO BE FUNDED AS FULL FTE INCLUDING ANY REGIONALIZATION OR OTHER APPLICABLE ADJUSTMENTS. SUCH OPTIONS SHOULD ALLOW STUDENTS TO TAKE SOME OR ALL COURSES THROUGH SUCH PROGRAMS AND ALLOW DISTRICTS TO ESTABLISH SUCH PROGRAMS INDEPENDENTLY AND IN COLLABORATION WITH OTHER DISTRICTS.
IN OTHER WORDS, THIS IS HOPING TO HAVE THE LEGAL ABILITY TO COLLECT THE FULL AMOUNT TO OFFER REMOTE LEARNING FOR PARENTS WHO WANT TO CONTINUE IN THIS WAY AS WELL AS TO PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY FOR STUDENTS AND I THINK I'VE MENTIONED AND I KNOW SIRI AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS. IF A STUDENT IS NOT SUCCESSFUL SHOWING UP AT SCHOOL AT 7:40 FOR FIRST PERIOD BUT A LATE ARRIVAL COULD COMPLETELY CHANGE THE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR THEM, THEN THIS OPTION WOULD ALLOW A STUDENT TO TAKE FIRST PERIOD AT A DIFRNLT TIME OF DAY. -- DIFFERENT TIME OF DAY THAT WORKED BETTER FOR THEM. IT COULD ALLOW STUDENTS TO LEAVE WORK EARLY TO WORK. SOME OF OUR STUDENTS WORK AND HELP SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES. THIS WOULD ALLOW THEM TO LEAVE SCHOOL EARLY IN ORDER TO WORK AND THEN TAKE THAT CLASS AT ANOTHER TIME. THERE'S ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THIS CAN WORK BUT THE FLEXIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO OFFER IT FOR STUDENTS BECAUSE STUDENTS REALLY GET WHAT THEY NEED IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY. SO TONIGHT I AM ASKING IF IT IS ALL RIGHT WITH THE REST OF YOU TO SIGN OUR BOARD NAME TO THIS PROPOSAL.
>> THANK YOU. >> I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THAT WE ADOPT IT.
>> I THINK WE'RE AUTHORIZING DIRECTOR SAGE --
>> I MOVE TO APPROVE THAT WE AUTHORIZE THIS BOARD PROPOSAL.
THAT'S REALLY A LOUSY MOTION I JUST MADE.
>> I SECOND WHATEVER SHE SAID.
>> IT COULD BE WORSE. >> IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION?
>> I SUPPORT THIS. I THINK THIS IS GREAT.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE FLEXIBILITY FOR OUR STUDENTS.
ONE OF THE VERY FEW BENEFITS OF THE LAST YEAR IS THAT WE AS A DISTRICT HAVE DEVELOPED AN APT ATTITUDE IN THIS TYPE OF PROGRAMMING AND WE KNOW IT'S WORKED WELL FOR SOME OF OUR STUDENTS TO LEARN REMOTELY AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THAT AND MAINTAIN THAT FLEXIBILITY GOING FORWARD.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
>> AND I WOULD JUST SECOND THAT. I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT STEP. THIS IS THE ABILITY TO NOW JUST START PUTTING AT LEAST THIS ONTO THE TABLE AT THE LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS THAT AS THINGS COME THROUGH WE CAN GET THE FULL FUNDING REQUIRED AND THE DIFFERENT WAYS TO PROVIDE THIS
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OPTION. SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT FORWARD AND MAKING SURE IT GOES IN AND COLLABORATES WITH ALL THE DISTRICTS MAKING IT HAPPEN.>> SO THERE IS A MOTION FROM STRICTER B -- A MOTION AND A SECOND THAT WE AUTHORIZE DIRECTOR SAGE TO BRING FORWARD ON BEHALF OF THE LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS THE POLICY PROPOSAL THAT WAS PRESENTED TONIGHT.
>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE.
>> ANY OPPOSE SNIDE HEARING NONE, PASSES.
THANK YOU, DIRECTOR SAGE. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ALL RIGHT. THE LAST ITEM ARE BOARD MEMBER
[I. Closing Items]
COMMENTS. DO ANY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS TO MAKE TONIGHT? OKAY.WE'RE ENDING A LITTLE BIT EARLY. DOES ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT WHO DID NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT BUT WISHES TO DO SO? CHEESE OKAY. THANK YOU, EVERYONE, WHO CAME TONIGHT.
AND THANK YOU, EVERYONE, WHAT GAVE PUBLIC COMMENT IN
PARTICULAR OUR TWO STUDENTS. >> MAY I ASK ONE -- SORRY.
>> I JUST WANTED FOR THE STUDENTS WHO SPOKE ABOUT THE ELECTRIC BUSES, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT SOMEBODY GETS BACK TO THEM TO SPEAK. I'M ASSUMING THAT TRANSPORTATION OR SOMEBODY BECAUSE I BELIEVE WE HAVE SOME OR I KNOW THERE IS A GRANT PROGRAM OR SOMETHING FOR ELECTRIC BUSES SO IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HOLD A CONVERSATION WITH THEM ABOUT IT.
IT MAKES SENSE. ONE OF OUR VALUES IS SUSTAINABILITY AND BEING ABLE TO DO THOSE SORTS OF THINGS RECOGNIZE THE EXTRA COST WE MADE THAT MOVE WITH OUR PORTABLES WHEN WE MOVED TO PORTABLES AND BEING ABLE TO INCREASE.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE OTHER COMPONENTS.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT DOESN'T GET LOST.
>> THANK YOU. THAT WAS HELPFUL.
OKAY. UNDER THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT IN PERSON BOARD MEETINGS ARE NOW PERMITTED BUT MANY PEOPLE MUST PREREGISTER TO ATTEND A BOARD MEETING OR STUDY SESSION AND DUE TO LIMITED SEATING CAPACITY REGISTRATIONS ARE ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS AND ACCEPTED UNTIL 1:00 P.M. ON THE DAY OF THE MEETING AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND PLEASE EMAIL DIANE JENKINS.
OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING IS MAY 17TH.
THE STUDY SESSION IS CANCELED BECAUSE BOARD MEMBERS ARE PARTICIPATING IN EQUITY TRAINING DURING THAT TIME.
THE MEETING WILL BE HELD AT 7:00 P.M. IN THE BOARD ROOM AND IT WILL BE ARRIVE STREAM AS. I WILL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MAY 3, 2021, BOARD MEETING.
>> AYE. >>
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.