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GOOD EVENING, WE WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE JUNE 21, 2021, LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL
[1. Call to Order]
STUDY SESSION. PRESIDENT IS WORKING REMOTE AND UNFORTUNATELY IS NOT GOING TO WORK OUT WHAT HE CAN LEAVE THE MEETING. LEADER THE MEETING.LET IT KNOW THAT ALL BOARD LEVERS ARE PRESENT EXCEPT FOR ERIC, HE IS LISTENING IN.
IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS MAY BEGIN TO HOLD IN PERSON, OPEN PUBLIC BOARD MEANS HOWEVER ATTENDANCE MUST PREREGISTER. TO ATTEND A BOARD MEETING, STUDY SESSION OR SPECIAL BOARD MEETING, DUE TO LIMITED SEATING CAPACITY REGISTRATIONS WILL BE ON A FIRST-COME FIRST-SERVED BASIS. REGISTRATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED UNTIL 1 PM ON THE DAY OF THE MEETING. YOU CAN SEND AN EMAIL TO DIANA JENKINS AT D JENKINS AT DW ESTE LW ESTE THAT WORK. SHE WILL CONFIRM YOUR ATTENDANCE. ALL ATTENDEES WILL BE REQUIRED TO WEAR A MASK AND MAINTAIN SIX FEET OF PHYSICAL DISTANCE AT ALL TIMES. UPON ARRIVING AT THE RESOURCE CENTER THE PUBLIC WILL BE REQUIRED TO CHECK IN AT THE ATTESTATION PROCESS.
BOARD MEETINGS, STUDY SESSIONS AND SPECIAL BOARDINGS WILL CONTINUE TO BE LIVE STREAMED AND VIEWABLE ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE. IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO LIVE STREAM THE MEETING YOU CAN CALL 425 Ã936 Ã28 13. CONFERENCE ID 37127.
AGAIN THAT NUMBER IS, 425 Ã936 Ã2813 THE CONFERENCE ID OF 37127.
TO LISTEN TO THE MEETING. TOPIC TONIGHT IS REVIEW OF FEEDBACK OF EQUITY LINKAGE
[1. Review of Feedback of Equity Linkage Session (April/May) and Discussion of Policy Language]
SESSION OF APRIL AND MAY AND A DISCUSSION OF THE POLICY LANGUAGE.THE FIRST TOPIC FOR TONIGHT'S STUDY SESSION BEGINS. JOHN, DO YOU SERVE.
>> GREAT, LET ME GET THIS SQUARED AWAY. TONIGHT IS OUR NEXT STEP IN THE PROCESS FOR THE BOARD TO GO THROUGH AS WE WORK TOWARDS ADOPTING AN OPERATIONAL EXPECTATION FOCUSED ON EQUITY. THIS HAS BEEN YOUR LONG JOURNEY TO DATE.
WHICH HAS INVOLVED ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC AROUND THEIR EXPERIENCES AND ALSO FEEDBACK AROUND THE POLICY. THE BOARD IS ENGAGED IN PROFESSIONAL LEARNING OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME. TONIGHT REALLY IS A CULMINATION IN A REVIEW OF FEEDBACK THAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED THROUGH THAT LINKAGE SESSIONS BASED ON THE DRAFT POLICY THAT WAS PRESENTED TO COMMUNITY. YOU RECEIVED THE TOTALITY OF THAT FEEDBACK A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO IN BOARD BRIEFS AGAIN THIS LAST WEEK AND BOARD BRIEFS IT IS ALSO IN BOARD DOCS FOR YOUR REFERENCE THIS EVENING. IF YOU WANT TO PULL THAT UP, AS WELL. TONIGHT REALLY IS ABOUT REVIEWING THAT, PROVIDING FEEDBACK, GUIDANCE, AS WE WORK TOWARDS THE ADOPTION OF AN EQUITY POLICY FOR THE BOARD.
AND SO, AS I WAS THINKING ABOUT WHERE ARE WE IN THIS PROCESS, I WANTED TO GO BACK TO SOME BASELINE REMINDERS FOR ALL OF US AROUND POLICY GOVERNANCE AND COHERENT GOVERNANCE POLICY STRUCTURE. I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT ASPECT AS WE THINK ABOUT THE BOARD'S CURRENT WORK BECAUSE THE POLICY WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMUNITY IS THAT FIRST STEP OF THE BOARD POLICY KNOWING THAT THERE ARE ADDITIONAL STEPS THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN.
SO I WENT TO THE COHERENT GOVERNANCE WEBSITE AND PULL THIS LANGUAGE RIGHT OF THE COHERENT GOVERNANCE WEBSITE JUST AS A REMINDER AROUND WHAT IS THE OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS POLICY STRUCTURE AND WHY DOES IT EXIST AND HOW DOES IT HELP THE BOARD IN THE GOVERNANCE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT? AND SO, IT REALLY IS ABOUT THINKING ABOUT IF THE BOARD IS TRULY GOING TO ALIGN WITH THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE THAT REMOVES THEM FROM THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS OF THE ORGANIZATION, THERE HAS TO BE A CLEAR SET OF STATEMENTS REFLECTING THE BOARD'S VALUES, ABOUT A NUMBER OF OPERATIONAL FUNCTIONS AND AREAS.
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THE INTENT OF THE OPERATIONAL EXPEDITIONS POLICY IS TRULY TO GUIDE THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE STAFFS DECISIONS ABOUT THOSE FUNCTIONS. THE OPERATIONAL EXPECTATION POLICIES STATE TWO THINGS. ONE, THE CONDITIONS AND THE ACTIONS THE BOARD EXPECTS TO HAPPEN AS WELL AS THOSE CONDITIONS OR ACTIONS THAT THE BOARD PROHIBITS.AND SO, YOU KNOW IN YOUR POLICY STRUCTURE RIGHT NOW THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL AND THEN THERE ARE THE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL NOT AND THAT IS THOSE TWO DIFFERENT POLICY TYPES.
AND SO, THERE THESE POLICIES HAVE TWO PARTS, ONE DIRECTING THE CERTAIN CONDITIONS OCCUR OR EXIST AND SOME PROHIBITING CONDITIONS. TOGETHER THESE ARE THE STANDARDS FOR OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE. AND SO, IS JUST A GOOD REMINDER OF WHAT ARE WE WORKING TO CREATE HERE KNOWING THAT THIS POLICY STRUCTURE IS SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT THAN THE ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY STRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF OUR POLICY. AND SO, THINKING ABOUT THE COHERENT GOVERNANCE THE POLICY CYCLE AS I THINK ABOUT IT IN TERMS OF THE ONGOING CYCLE OF POLICY WORK.
FIRST, IT'S ABOUT POLICY REVIEW AND OR ADOPTION. THERE IS ALWAYS THAT STARTING PLACE. THEN IT SHIFTING INTO THE SUPERINTENDENT INTERPRETATION.
ONCE THE BOARD ADJUSTS OR MODIFIES OR ADOPTS POLICY, THEN IT IS MY PRESENT ABILITY TO INTERPRET THE BOARD'S POLICY AND HAVE IT SHARED UNDERSTANDING WITH THE BOARD.
IT'S NOT THAT IT'S MY INTERPRETATION IN ISOLATION BUT IT'S THE SHARED BACK-AND-FORTH UNDERSTANDING THAT WE DEVELOP SO THAT I AM CLEAR AROUND WHAT THE BOARD IS EXPECTING SO THAT WHEN WE MOVE FURTHER INTO THE POLICY THAT WE ARE ALL CLEAR THAT EYES WIDE OPEN GOING INTO THIS SO THERE IS NO QUESTIONS THROUGH THE MONITORING CYCLE. BUT BEFORE WE GET TO MONITORING THERE'S THE IDENTIFICATION OF INDICATORS. AGAIN, ANOTHER SHARED SET OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR US. IT DOES NOT MEAN IDENTIFIED INDICATORS IN A VACUUM BUT IT'S ABOUT MYSELF, MY TEAM IDENTIFIED INDICATORS TO MAKE SURE MY BOARD IS IN AGREEMENT WITH THOSE INDICATORS PRIOR TO US GOING INTO THE MONITORING CYCLE.
THEN WE GO INTO THAT FORMAL MONITORING AND DATA COLLECTION AND DEMONSTRATION OF EVIDENCE.
THAT IS WHERE WE IDENTIFY OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS AS BEING IN COMPLIANCE, NOT IN COMPLIANCE, OR NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH SOME RATIONALE ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
AFTER THE FORMAL MONITORING, THAT IS THE BOARD'S OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK AROUND THE OPERATIONAL EXCITATION. AND SO, IT'S THIS FULL CYCLE OF ADOPTION, REVIEW, AGREEMENT, MONITORING, FEEDBACK AND THAT FEEDBACK REALLY IS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL DIRECTION.
AND SO, IT'S THIS ONGOING CYCLE THAT ALL POLICY GOES THROUGH. WE ARE WORKING TO GET OPERATIONAL EXPECTATION 14 INTO THIS CYCLE SO THAT WE HAVE THIS ONGOING PROCESS WHERE WE ARE WORKING TO UNDERSTAND THE BOARD'S VALUES IN THE POLICY, CONTINUING TO ALWAYS EVALUATE THE INTERPRETATION AND INDICATORS SO THAT THE MONITORING THAT OCCURS IS OF HIGH VALUE FOR THE BOARD SO THAT YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THE OPERATIONS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. AS A QUICK EXAMPLE, I PULLED OUT OPERATIONAL EXPECTATION 10.
WHEN I READ THROUGH THIS, IT FELT VERY SIMILAR TO OPERATIONAL EXPECTATION 14 IN TERMS OF THE LANGUAGE THAT IS USED IS AT A HIGH LEVEL BECAUSE THIS IS JUST THAT FIRST PHASE OF POLICY. SO LET'S DIG INTO 10.1. WE KNOW THAT 10.1 IS MAINTAIN A COLLABORATIVE SCHOOL CULTURE THAT ENSURES HIGH EXPECTATIONS AND SUCCESS FOR ALL CHILDREN IN ALL CLASSROOMS THROUGH EQUITABLE AND ALIGNED SYSTEMS AND SUPPORT.
SO YOU CAN SEE THERE THE BOARD ADOPTED SUPERINTENDENT INTERPRETATION, INTERPRETATIONS AROUND HIGH LEVEL OF PROACTIVE STRATEGIES AND SUPPORTS, INTERPRET OF COLLABORATIVE SCHOOL CULTURE, INTERPRETATION OF HIGH EXPECTATIONS, TO MAKE SURE THAT I AM ON THE SAME PAGE AS THE BOARD. BECAUSE THIS IS ABOUT THE BOARD'S POLICY BEING INTERPRETED. THE INDICATORS THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED FOR THAT SUBCOMPONENT OF THE POLICY ARE TWOFOLD. ONE IS AROUND THE SCHOOL
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IMPROVEMENT PLANS THAT CONTAIN GOALS AND STRATEGIES IN THE OTHER ARE REALLY THE SYSTEMS THAT ARE SCHOOLS ARE USING TO SUPPORT EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTION AND DISTRICTWIDE INITIATIVES.IT IS WITHIN THAT STRUCTURE THAT I AM ABLE TO PROVIDE THE BOARD WITH EVIDENCE AND DATA RELATED TO THIS OVERALL POLICY AND THE SUBSET OF THE POLICY BASED ON THE INTERPRETATION AND THE INDICATORS. THE INTERPRETATION AND INDICATOR DEVELOPMENT REALLY IS THAT NEXT PHASE AFTER THE BOARD FORMALLY ADOPTS POLICY. AND SO, IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING CYCLE, IT'S A CYCLE THAT OCCURS REALLY AS OFTEN AS THE BOARD WOULD LIKE IN TERMS OF THE REVIEW OF POLICY BECAUSE THIS IS THE BOARD'S MECHANISM TO ENSURE THAT THE DISTRICT IS FUNCTIONING IN A MANNER THAT IS UNLIMITED WITH YOUR EXPECTATIONS. AND SO, TONIGHT REALLY IS ABOUT REVIEWING OUR OPERATIONAL EXPECTATION DRAFT POLICY. OE 14. YOU HAVE THE FEEDBACK THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS PROVIDED. I THOUGHT IT ACTUALLY MIGHT BE NICE TO START WITH, YES GO AHEAD, CASSANDRA.
>> COULD YOU POINT ME TO WHERE THE FEEDBACK IS, I SOMEHOW MISSED THAT.
>> IT IS IN TWO PLACES, ONE, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IN BOARD BRIEFS THE LAST TWO WEEKS BUT IS ALSO, DIANE, DID YOU PUT IN BOARD DOCS UNDER TONIGHT'S STUDY SESSION? SO IF YOU LOG INTO BOARD DOCS IT SHOULD BE IN THE EXECUTIVE .
>> I'M IN BOARD DOCS AND I'M IN THE STUDY SESSION AND I SEE, OH, OH OKAY ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT IS IN THE LIBRARY, RIGHT?
>> AND SO, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE NICE AS A WAY TO START THIS CONVERSATION FOR EACH BOARD MEMBER JUST TO PROVIDE A GENERAL REFLECTION ABOUT THE COMMUNITY LINKAGE SESSIONS.
IT COULD PROVIDE US WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIND SOME CONNECTED COMMENTS THAT THE BOARD PROVIDES, SOME CONNECTED EXPERIENCES THAT YOU HAD WHEN MEETING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THEN MY THOUGHT WAS TO GO INTO EACH OF THE DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF THE POLICY, THE BOARD VALUES, POLICY BACKGROUND, THE DIRECTIVE TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THEN THE SUBCOMPONENTS 14.1 THROUGH 14.12 TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK. BECAUSE THEN THE NEXT PHASE IS FOR ANOTHER DRAFT TO BE DEVELOPED TO BRING BACK TO THE BOARD IN JULY FOR A FINAL REVIEW WITH THE IDEAL OUTCOME OF A FIRST READING AT THE FIRST MEETING IN AUGUST.
AND SO, PROCESS WISE THAT IS WHERE WE ARE THINKING AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
AND SO, IF THAT SOUNDS LIKE AN OKAY PROCESS FOR THE EVENING, WE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HEARING FROM BOARD MEMBERS ABOUT GENERAL REFLECTIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY LINKAGE SESSIONS IN RELATION TO THINGS YOU HAVE HEARD, THINGS THAT HAVE RESONATED WITH YOU, THINGS THAT REALLY HAVE STUCK WITH YOU SINCE THOSE MEETINGS THAT WILL HELP US IN THE SUBSEQUENT DRAFTING OF THE EQUITY POLICY. ERIC.
>> GREAT, WHAT REALLY HAS STUCK WITH ME IS PARTICULARLY WHEN WE HEARD FROM HER STUDENTS IS HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT WE ADDRESS RACE IN THIS POLICY. I WENT INTO IT, I WILL BE HONEST, MY PRIORS IS THAT I WENT INTO IT THINKING OTHERWISE.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT REALLY I GAINED A LOT FROM THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAD WITH THE STUDENTS AND IT REALLY HAS STUCK WITH ME SINCE THEN.
>> ERIC, I AM SORRY, YOU SAID PREVIOUSLY WENT TO WHAT AGAIN?
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>> I WAS NOT ABLE TO HEAR MARK'S.
>> HE SAID PREVIOUSLY HE WENT TO THIS THINKING SOMETHING.
>> YES, THINKING, ERIC I WILL LET YOU REPHRASE OR RESTATE WHAT YOU SAID.
>> YEAH, I DON'T THINK I SAID IT ARTICULATELY. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY THIS ANOTHER WAY OTHER THAN TO SAY WHEN I WENT INTO THIS PROCESS, I DID NOT THINK THAT RACE WOULD BE A PRIORITY FOR OUR EQUITY POLICY AND I NOW BELIEVE OTHERWISE.
>> I SAW IT AS A PRIORITY AS WELL, WHEN I LISTENED TO THE OTHER GROUPS WHETHER IT WAS THE PARENTS OF THE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, LGBTQ+ STUDENTS PARTICULARLY WHEN GAY STUDENT, I'M SORRY, GROUP, THEY ALL WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE ALL THERE AND AT THE TABLE IN THE DOCUMENT. HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE FOLKS WE MET WITH, WITH NATIVE AMERICANS, THEY FELT THE SAME WAY. ONCE WE GO INTO RACE IT'S THE IDEA THAT WE HAVE A PRIORITY WITH RACE BUT WE ALSO LIFT THE OTHER VARIOUS ISSUES AND GROUPS TO HAVE ISSUES BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT TO ALL OF THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY FEEL PROTECTED AND LOOKED AFTER OR LISTENED TO, IS WHAT IT SHOULD SAY.
SO, IN THE MEETINGS I ATTENDED, THERE WAS A LOT OF ANXIETY. AND I THINK THE BIGGEST SOURCE OF THE ANXIETY IS ACCOUNTABILITY. LOOKING FOR MEASURES AND LOOKING FOR DELIVERABLES AND BASICALLY ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I AGREE WITH THE CONCERN. IT'S NOT A USEFUL POLICY IF WE DON'T HAVE SOME OF THAT. BUT IS ALSO A CHALLENGE BECAUSE SEVERAL OF THE GROUPS THAT WE MET WITH SEEM TO THINK THAT WHEN WE ADOPT THE OE THAT THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE WHENEVER THAT HAPPENS. SO I DO APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AT THE OPENING OF THIS. THAT'S A VERY GREAT VERBAL LANE OUT OF HERE IS WHERE WE GET TO IT BECAUSE WE NEED TO GET TO THE INTERPRETATION AND GET TO THE MONITORING.
MONITORING IS WHERE THE ACCOUNTABILITY WILL HAPPEN. COMMUNICATING TO THE COMMUNITY THAT THE ACCOUNTABILITY, THE METRICS, IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE OE, THAT IS NOT WHERE IT IS ON ANY OF OUR OTHER OKIES. IT WAS AN INTERESTING THING FOR ME TO FEEL LIKE THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE, THE ANXIETY WAS FINDING A LIGHTNING ROD IN THE PROCESS.
I DON'T THINK ANYONE CAME INTO THIS CONCERNED ABOUT OUR ABILITY TO DO POLICY GOVERNANCE. THEY ARE INTERESTED IN EQUITY POLICY, THEY JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT POLICY GOVERNANCE APPROACH TO GETTING THERE.
SO FOR ME IT IS STILL URGENT THAT WE GET SOMETHING ON THE GROUND SO WE CONNECTION START GOING TOWARDS MONITORING. BUT, NOT NECESSARILY TO INCORPORATE ALL OF THE DIMENSIONS OF IT INTO THIS PIECE OF PAPER, IS SOMETHING THAT I AM WORRIED ABOUT PEOPLE EXPECTING US TO DO THAT. SO, ANYWAY, IT WAS AN INTERESTING EXPERIENCE IT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING I JUST WISH THERE WAS MORE TIME TO SIT DOWN WITH PEOPLE TO TALK THROUGH THAT HOW. I FEEL LIKE WE ARE LEGISLATORS AND PEOPLE WILL COME TO A LEGISLATOR AND SAY HEY WE NEED A LAW ABOUT THIS BUT TELLING THEM HOW TO GET THAT LAW PASSED IS PROBABLY NOT A GREAT WAY TO EXPAND YOUR ENERGY. SO, ANYWAY.
>> I THINK ALONG THOSE LINES IT WAS BECAUSE OF POLICY BOARD GOVERNANCE, COHERENT GOVERNANCE, IS NOT SOMETHING A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW A LOT ABOUT. AT THAT WAS CONFUSING BECAUSE FROM WHAT I HEARD FROM FEEDBACK FROM THE LANGUAGES IS WHERE IS THE TEETH AND I BELIEVE THE TEETH THAT THEY WERE SPEAKING ABOUT ARE ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU, DOCTOR HOLMEN, AND THE
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BOARD WILL AGREE THAT WE WILL REVIEW ALL OF THE OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS AND THE RESULTS ABOUT SO WE DON'T HAVE AGREED SPECIFIC HOW, WELL WE DON'T TELL YOU HOW TO DO IT, FIRST OF ALL, YOU ARE THE CEO AND YOU MAKE THE DECISION ON HOW YOU ARE GOING TO GET THERE.THE BOARD SETS THE POLICY AND THE GOALS AND YOU WORK WITH US TO FIND THOSE DETERMINING INDICATORS BASICALLY BY WHICH YOU WILL BE JUDGED. AND THAT'S PART IS NOT CLEAR AND POLICY GOVERNANCE AND I THINK THAT THERE IS A LOT OF CONFUSION AROUND THAT PIECE, THE INDICATOR PIECE, THAT CHRIS WAS SPEAKING TO. AND WE ARE NOT AT THAT STAGE IN THIS PROCESS, YET.
>> SO I WAS REFLECTING BACK ON THE LINKAGES, ONE PIECE THAT JUMPED AT ME WAS THERE WAS A WIDE RANGE OF FEEDBACK THAT WAS GIVEN. THERE WAS CLEAR THAT THIS WAS A DISAPPOINTING POLICY TO INDIVIDUALS. THE NOT CALLING OUT ANTIRACISM MORE EXPLICITLY ESPECIALLY INTO THE SUB CRITERIA, I GUESS I WOULD PUT THAT.
AND THAT CAME OUT THROUGH MANY DIFFERENT GROUPS IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.
SO I DO THINK THAT THAT IS A WHOLE PIECE TO THINK ABOUT, HOW WE BUILT.
I WOULD AGREE THAT THE WHOLE PIECE OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND MONITORING WERE DEFINITELY BUILT IN THERE IN THE PIECE TO REMEMBER WITH OUR POLICY, AS WELL, WE AS A BOARD HAVE THE OPTION TO CHOOSE AND WHAT LEVEL DOWN WE WANT TO GO WITHIN OUR POLICIES.
SO IF THERE'S A BELIEF OF ACCOUNTABILITY AT A CERTAIN LEVEL WE HAVE THAT CAPACITY AS A BOARD WERE GONNA DECIDE THAT WERE GOING TO MONITOR THAT LEVEL.
WE TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT IN DOING SO. THAT'S A PIECE WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT AS WE WRITE THIS POLICY BASED ON THE FEEDBACK WE GOT IN REGARDS TO THIS.
YEAH, IT WAS THE RANGE, THERE WERE SOME VERY DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS AND IT LISTENING AS I SAT AND HEARD, I WAS GLAD TO HEAR THEM. I'M GLAD OUR COMMUNITY AND STAFF AND STUDENTS FELT COMFORTABLE SAYING THAT AND I THINK WE HAVE THAT RESPONSIBILITY TO HEAR IT AND RESPOND TO IT EFFECTIVELY AND APPROPRIATELY.
I WOULD SAY, YES RACE NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED. THERE'S A BROAD RANGE WE HAVE TO WORK WITHIN BUT THERE'S ALSO A CONCERN OF DILUTING THINGS AT THE SAME TIME.
I THINK THAT'S THE PIECE WE HAVE TO WORK AND PLAY AT WITH THAT FEEDBACK.
>> PRESIDENT BLIESNER TO YOUR POINTING TO MONITOR DOWN TO A CERTAIN LEVEL.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY WRITE POLICY TO AS DEEP LEVEL AS YOU WANT INTO YOUR POINT, ONCE THE BOARD DOES THAT THE BOARD REALLY TAKES OWNERSHIP FOR THAT. THAT IS THE ART OF THIS GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE IS KNOWING WHEN THE RIGHT THING TO DO FOR THE BOARD AND WHEN IS IT TO STAY JUST ABOVE THAT. SO THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT IS MAKING THAT DECISION AND THAT ACTUALLY ALLOWS THE BOARD A HIGHER LEVERAGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND BEING ABLE TO MANAGE AND HOLD THE SUPERINTENDENT ACCOUNTABLE RATHER THAN YOURSELVES FOR THE ACTUAL ACTION BUT MAKING SURE THAT THE ACTIONS THAT ARE TAKEN ARE IN LINE WITH YOUR POLICY, AND IN LINE WITH YOUR VALUES.
>> THERE WAS ALSO A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT OTHER POLICIES IN OTHER STATES AND DISTRICTS AND IN IT REVIEWING SOME OF THOSE I THINK THEY ARE KEY PIECES WE CAN FULL FROM SOME OF THEM. WHEN THEY LOOK AT THE POLICY VALUES, WE HAD A BIG DISCUSSION ABOUT BACKGROUND AND VALUE IN WHICH WAS FIRST OR NOT AND YOU CAN SEE THE CONFLICTING FEEDBACK WE GOT THROUGH THE LINKAGE SESSIONS. I THINK THE KEY IS THE OTHER PIECE THAT WAS BROUGHT OUT ON THE ACCOUNTABILITY PIECE WAS THE BELIEF THAT THERE WAS NO RECOGNITION OF PAST, OF THE ROLE OF SYSTEMIC RACISM AND THE INSTITUTIONAL IMPACT THAT HAS COME THROUGH. I THINK WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT HOW THAT PLAYS OUT WITHIN IT.
AND THEN THERE WAS CONSISTENTLY AS I READ THROUGH IT, ANNUAL TRAINING.
THAT WORD HAS TO DISAPPEAR. IT SHOULD BE ONGOING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
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IT WAS REALLY SOMETHING WAS LIKE THAT SOUNDS LIKE A CHECKBOX, THAT MEANS NOTHING, AND THAT WAS PRETTY CONSISTENT ACROSS DIFFERENT GROUPS, AS WELL.I THINK THERE'S PLACES IN WHICH TO STRENGTHEN AND THAT'S WHAT CAME OUT IS THAT WE REALLY CAN STRENGTHEN SOME OF THESE PLACES IN HERE AROUND WITH SOME OF THE LANGUAGE BEING UTILIZED IN BEING ABLE TO BUILD AND REALLY WHAT WERE SAYING SO IT'S NOT QUITE SO GENERIC AND THERE'S A LITTLE STRONGER BEHIND IT, LITTLE MORE TEETH.
>> I'M NOT SURE IF I DISAGREE WITH YOU, YET. I WILL BE HONEST.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE TO MY, FROM MY EXPERIENCE THE DISCUSSIONS AROUND HOW DEEP DO WE GO? HOW TIGHT DO WE DRAW POLICY? IT HAD USUALLY BEEN FRAMED IN THE CONTEXT OF WHEN YOU'RE SUPERINTENDENT IS DOING SOMETHING YOU DISAPPROVE OF, THAT'S WHEN YOU DRAW A TIGHTER BOX AROUND IT. HERE, I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE HAVE EVEN TRIED TO SEE IF THIS WORKS THEREFORE I'M NOT PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN USING THE NUCLEAR OPTION BEFORE WE'VE USED THE STANDARD PROCEDURES. AND I KNOW TO THE STANDARD, TO THE INNOCENT BYSTANDER THIS MAY LOOK STRANGE. AT THE SAME TIME, I REALLY DO THINK WHEN WE GET TO THE INTERPRETATION ONCE, THAT'S NEGOTIATION, THAT'S YOU COMING BACK WITH HERE'S A SET OF PROPOSALS THAT YOU'RE GONNA MONITOR.
THAT WE CAN ACCEPT OR REJECT OR CHANGE AND SAY THIS NEEDS TO BE MORE STRINGENT OR A DIFFERENT MEASURE. THAT CONVERSATION IS TRULY CRITICAL BUT TO ME THAT IS MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THEN IT WORDSMITHING THE EXISTING DOCUMENT.
THE OTHER THING, I AM CURIOUS WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT RACE ISN'T HERE.
THE FACT THAT RACISM IS THE EIGHTH WORD IN OUR BOARD VALUES SUGGESTS TO ME THAT RACE IS HERE. AND I AM TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO TO MAKE RACE MORE PROMINENT. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE FIRST WORD? I MEAN, THAT WAS SNARKY, BUT WHAT WE GOT TO DO TO PUT MORE RACE IN YOUR TO MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY? I DO NOT SEE IT?
>> WHEN I READ 4.1 THROUGH 4.12, WITHIN THAT I DO NOT SEE ANTIRACISM ADDRESSED.
>> OKAY, NOW THAT'S THE CONVERSATION I WANT TO HAVE.
>> I THINK THERE PLACES YOU COULD PUT IN THE ANTIRACISM AND INCLUSION AND WELCOMING.
>> YOU COULD BUT DOES THERE NEED TO BE AN ADJECTIVE OR A VERB IN THERE FOR LGBTQ+, FOR HOMELESS FOR EVERY OTHER DIMENSION THAT WE DECLARED THAT WE CARE ABOUT EQUITY AND?
>> THIS IS WHAT I SAY BASED ON THE CONVERSATION AND LISTENING AND SORT OF WHERE WE ARE AT CONTEXTUALLY WITHIN OUR COUNTRY AT THIS POINT TIME, HONESTLY. RACE IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE TO BE DISCUSSED AND THAT IS THE CONTEXT WE ARE IN. THEREFORE, CALLING IT OUT SPECIFICALLY IS OF VALUE. POTENTIALLY, IN 5 TO 10 YEARS, MAYBE IT IS NOT NEED TO BE THERE. BUT CURRENTLY, RIGHT NOW, CALLING IT OUT, THAT'S A LEVEL AS A BOARD I FEEL IT REFLECTS THE VALUE THAT MY COMMUNITY IS PUTTING FORWARD AND THAT I VALUE.
>> OKAY, I CAN HEAR THAT. DOES IT NEED TO BE IN ALL 14 OF THEM?
>> NOT NECESSARILY, NO. I DON'T THINK ALL OF THEM REQUIRE THAT.
>> IS AN 14.1, DOESN'T NEED TO BE IN ANY OF THE OTHERS?
>> I NEED TO REDO THEM AND CONFIRM THAT FOR YOU.
>> 14.1 YOU CAN INTERPRET LIKABLE AND INCLUSIVE, BUT IN THE REST OF THESE HONESTLY I DON'T NEED RACING TO BE IN HERE EVERYWHERE BECAUSE OTHERWISE I FEEL IT'S GOING TO BE LINED UP 14.18 IS FOR RACE 14.1 B IS FOR LGBTQ+ IN THIS UNUSABLE SET OF POLICIES.
POLICIES WRITTEN TO BE BROAD SO THAT YOU CAN THEN COVER ALL THINGS AND ENTREATIES AS YES, RACE HAS ITS OWN SPECIAL DIMENSIONS BUT ULTIMATELY OUR GOAL IS NONE OF THESE DIMENSIONS PREDICT PERFORMANCE, RIGHT? WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE A SPECIAL 14.1 THROUGH 12 FOR RACE AND FOR EVERY OTHER DIMENSION. THESE ARE THE SAME SET OF DIMENSIONS, SAME SET OF MEASURES, THAT APPLY TO ALL OF THOSE DEMOGRAPHIC AND OTHER DISRUPTORS OF STUDENTS THAT WE DON'T WANT TO NOT BE PREDICTIVE.
SO I AM PUSHING BACK ON NOT SAYING I DON'T WANT RACE IN ANY OF THEM, BUT I DEFINITELY DON'T WANT THEM ALL TO HAVE RACE IN THEM JUST BECAUSE PEOPLE SAID WE WANT RACE TO BE THERE.
RACE IS ACTUALLY THERE, JUST LIKE IT IS IN LAWS. NOT NESTLC) MEASURED BY NAME AN
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EVERY SICKLE CLOSET. IT IS INVOKED THROUGH OUR VALUES THAT RACE IS COVERED BY EACH OF THESE. OUR VALUE IS THAT RACE SHOULD BE ADDRESSED.>> SO THEN HOW DO YOU HOLD A SYSTEM ACCOUNTABLE TO SYSTEMIC ISSUES TAKING PLACE BASED ON POLICIES AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THOSE IF NOT CALLED OUT SPECIFICALLY? BECAUSE OUR LAWS THEMSELVES HAVE DEFINITELY HAD RACIST COMPONENTS ATTACHED TO IT AND STILL DO. EVEN WHEN THEY DON'T, THEY CAN BE FOMENTED IN SUCH A WAY THAT HAS A NEGATIVE IMPACT.
>> BUT CAN'T THE SAME BE SAID FOR ABLEST? SO WHY DO WE CALL THOSE OUT EXCLUSIVELY EVERYPLACE, TOO?
>> TO ME IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO CALL A RACE IS A SPECIAL DIMENSION BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN SYSTEMIC ISSUES OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST MANY OF THESE DIMENSIONS OF AND VISUALS. TO SAY THAT RACE IS THE ONE THAT WE HAVE TO CALL IT OR SYSTEMIC REASON, THERE'S BEEN SYSTEMIC ABLES, SYSTEMIC HOMELESS SYSTEMIC, CENTRAL DETERMINATION, THE JEWISH COMMISSION ALL THESE MENTIONS, SAY THAT RACE IS SO SPECIAL THAT HAS TO BE CALLED OUT SO SPECIFICALLY EVERY SINGLE TIME, I THINK IT DERAILS THE POLICY.
>> I WILL TOSS IT OUT FOR THE REST OF THE BOARD TO HAVE COMMENTS.
>> I THINK THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT INTERSECTION AUDI INTERSECTION NULLITY, IF YOU ARE A BLACK STUDENT WHO HAPPENS TO BE RECEIVING SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES AND IS ALSO LGBTQ+ YOU HAVE GOT MULTIPLE FACTORS THAT ARE DIFFICULT AND IN THE PAST AND CURRENTLY HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR RACISM TO INTERFERE WITH THAT STUDENT'S EDUCATION.
SO NOT CALLING OUT RACE WOULD LEAVE THAT STUDENT WITH TWO OF THE THREE FACTORS, WHICH ONE IS THE MOST VITAL, I DON'T KNOW. BUT RACE IS A HUGE PART OF HOW SOMEONE IS PERCEIVED AND I AM NO EXPERT BUT IT IS MORE DIFFICULT WHEN YOU HAVE OTHER COMPOUNDING ISSUES THAT THIS PARTICULAR DEMOGRAPHIC HAS ALSO EXPERIENCED IN EQUITIES AND IN JUSTICE.
>> UNFORTUNATELY, IT DOES NOT. MAYBE I'M GOING AT THIS IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.
THAT IS, TO ME THE IMPORTANT DETAIL IS WHETHER JOHN INTERPRETS 14.1 THROUGH 14.12 TO COVERT SYSTEMIC RACISM. I THINK AS A BOARD WE HAVE EXPRESSED OUR VALUE IS THAT IT SHOULD. THEREFORE, WHEN YOU GET TO THE INTERPRETATION I WOULD REJECT ANYTHING FROM JOHN THAT DID NOT TRY TO ADDRESS THAT EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT WRITTEN 14.1.
SO THAT IS WHERE I AM LOOKING FOR HOLES OR GAPS HERE THAT ARE NOT COVERED AND HOPING THAT WE CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT STEP WHERE WE ACTUALLY GET TO THE INTERPRETATION AND THE METRICS TO USE FOR MONITORING RATHER THAN WORRYING ABOUT THE WORDING OF EACH OF THESE BECAUSE IF YOU LIKE THE SUPERSET COVERS THE SUBSET. AND BY WRITING THEM GENERICALLY, WE HAVE INVOKED ALL OF THEM THAT WE STATED IN OUR VALUES.
>> I THINK THE WORDS WE INCLUDE THAT ARE ACTUALLY IN THE POLICY HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF MEETING. IN TERMS OF RACE, FOR ME, JUST TO BE PLAIN I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE POLICY PRIORITIZE IT. WHAT I HEARD FROM INCLUDING IN 14.1 IN ADDITION TO INCLUDING THAT INCLUSIVE, EQUITABLE, WELCOME AND SAFE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT THEY WOULD ENSURE AN ANTIRACIST SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT I HEARD. I AM STRAINING TO HEAR. IF THAT'S WHAT I HEARD, I AM SUPPORTIVE OF INCLUDING THAT. OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT.
>> AND THAT'S WHAT I ACTUALLY HEARD, TOO. AND I AM SUPPORTIVE OF PUTTING IT IN A 14.1. NEXT I WONDER IF RATHER THAN JUMPING RIGHT TO THE POLICY STATEMENTS IF WE ACTUALLY START WITH THE BOARD'S VALUES. IF THAT THEN LEADS INTO THE CONVERSATION AROUND THE POLICY STATEMENTS, DOES THAT HELP YOU HAVE A RICHER CONVERSATION AROUND THE STATEMENTS IF YOU HAD THAT CONVERSATION AROUND VALUES TO THEN BE ABLE TO SAY,
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WE MODIFIED SOME OF THE LANGUAGE HERE, WE HAVE ADJUSTED THE LANGUAGE IN THAT IT MAKES SENSE DIFFERENTLY TO INCORPORATE LANGUAGE FOCUSED ON RACE AND SOME OF THESE POLICY STATEMENTS POTENTIALLY DIFFERENT THAN YOU WOULD HAVE IF YOU DON'T REVIEW THE VALUE FIRST. MARK.>> I THINK IN THE DOCUMENT, FIRST OF ALL, WE NEED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PAST.
WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT. THAT WAS ONE OF THE CRITICISMS THAT WAS IN MOST OF THE CONVERSATIONS WHETHER IT WAS RACISM WHETHER IT WAS ANTI-SEMITISM, WHETHER IT WAS HOMOPHOBIA, WHATEVER. WE NEED TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF PAST GRIEVANCES. ENTER NOT DO IT AND THEN SAY OKAY, MR. SUPERINTENDENT, YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE. THE AMAZINGLY HIGH REACTION I GOT WAS YOU'RE JUST SHIFTING IT RESPONSIBLY YOU'RE NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY AS A BOARD. I THINK IN OUR PUBLIC WANTS THAT. I WOULDN'T CALL THEM BY STANDARDS AS MUCH AS I WOULD CALL THEM THE OTHER PART OF OUR MAKEUP OF OUR DISTRICT. EVERYONE IS REALLY AN INTEGRAL PART WHETHER THEY ARE PARENTS, STUDENTS, STAFF, BOARD MEMBERS, WHATEVER, THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THE BOARD FEELS THAT THEY ARE BEING LISTENED TO AND THAT WE TAKE RESPONSE BUILDING FOR THE PAST SITUATIONS. WHICH TO ME MAKE TOTAL SENSE. IT'S A MATTER OF WORDING IN THERE. I ALSO SEE THAT AS A RACE IS IMPORTANT WHEN WE SAY ANTIRACISM WE CAN SAY THE REST OF THEM ANTI-SEMITISM AND SO FORTH.
WE KNOW WE NEED TO CALL A RACE BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE ANTIRACISM IS A VERY HIGH PRIORITY BUT WE ALSO WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT WE ARE NOT CAN IT IGNORE THE OTHERS.
I HEARD FROM A NUMBER OF GROUPS THAT WHEN THEY READ THE BELLEVUE DOCUMENT, WHICH THEY HAD THE POLICY STATEMENT AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE RULES, FIRST OF ALL THEY SAID IT'S 15 PAGES AND YOURS IS ONLY TWO PAGES. I SAID WAR AND PEACE DID NOT START OUT WITH 1500 PAGES IT STARTED OUT WITH TWO PAGES. THIS IS A FIRST DRAFT, THIS IS A FIRST RUN, LET US TAKE THE COMMENTS WE HAVE HEARD AND INCORPORATE THEM. THEY SAID, THAT MAKES SENSE.
I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO TOUCH ALL OF OUR BASES, THAT WE DON'T TAKE ANYTHING FOR GRANTED THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THIS OR THEY WILL HAVE THE, OH THIS IS WHAT THEY MEANT. THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO INTERPRET, THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO SEE POINT BLANK, BING, BING, BEING, THIS IS WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH.
AND THIS IS WHAT WERE PREPARED TO DO. I DON'T THINK IT'S A NUCLEAR OPTION OF GOING TO THE ACTIVE RESPONSE BUILDING AS DEMONSTRATED TO THE BOARD FEELS IT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS IS AS A STAFF. IT'S NOT BOARD GOVERNANCE PER SE BUT TO BE QUITE FRANK, OUR PARENTS, OUR STUDENTS COULD CARE LESS ABOUT BOARD GOVERNANCE OR WHETHER WE ARE COHERENT GOVERNANCE OR WE ARE LOONEY TUNES GOVERNANCE.
THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE AND AS, FOR THE ACTION AND INACTION OF THESE POLICIES. AND THAT WE, I'M SORRY I'M JUMPING AROUND HERE.
I DO AGREE RACE IS IMPORTANT AND I AGREE THE OTHERS ARE IMPORTANT.
THE ONE THING PEOPLE START COMPLAINING ABOUT WITH BELLEVUE IT SAID RACE AND OTHERS.
THAT JUST DROVE THEM NUTS. TO DIMINISH THE OTHER ISSUES. IT'S ONE THING TO RAISE RACE AS A HIGH-PRIORITY, IT'S ANOTHER ONE TO DISMISS THE OTHERS. RACE IS A VERY IMPORTANT AND HOW YOU'RE PERCEIVED. SO IS, ARE THE OTHERS. BUT I DON'T THINK IT IS TO SAY THAT IS NOT IMPORTANT AND HOW YOU ARE PERCEIVED, IT IS. BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT ANYONE TODAY OR FOR THAT MATTER SEVERAL HUNDRED YEARS THAT CAN BE IGNORED.
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AT ONE POINT IN THE LAST 20TH CENTURY SAID EVERYONE SHOULD BE COLORBLIND.UNFORTUNATELY, THAT ALSO MEANT IGNORING THE PROBLEM. AS OPPOSED TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT ONE AS EQUALS. SO NOW WE HAVE TO COME TO THE TROUGH OF RACE IS IMPORTANT AND IT'S IMPORTANT HOW PEOPLE ARE PERCEIVED AND ALSO IMPORTANT HOW YOU ARE PERCEIVED IF YOU ARE GAY, LESBIAN, JEWISH, MUSLIM, WHATEVER. THE LEVEL OF ANTI-SEMITISM IN AND ANTI-MUSLIM IS HERE AS MUCH AS AS THE ANTIRACISM RACISM IS. WE HAVE A PROBLEM EVERY YEAR, IT COMES UP ON HOLIDAYS. ALL IT TAKES IS A PHONE CALL TO A RABBI ARNIE MOM TO FIND OUT WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE UNDER AND WENT ON. IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A ROBUST POLICY BOTH ON THE POLICY SIDE AND ALSO ON THE ADMINISTERED OF SIDE. I DON'T CARE IF IT GOES ON FOR PAGES.
I DON'T CARE IF IT'S ONE PAGE. WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PUBLIC IS SATISFIED WITH IT AND I FEEL HEARD. AT THIS POINT THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'VE GOTTEN LIPSERVICE.
AND THEY'RE NOT TO BE HAPPY WITH THAT. AND THEY ARE GONNA SHOW UP EVERY MEETING AND THIS IS GOING TO DOMINATE THE REST OF THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO YEARS IF WE DON'T ADDRESS IT AND ADDRESS IT COMPLETELY. THEY ALSO UNDERSTAND FROM THE CONVERSATION I HAD THAT THIS IS A LIVING DOCUMENT. THAT ONCE IT'S ON PAPER THAT IT IS SUBJECT TO REVIEW, AND SUBJECT TO ADDITIONS, SUBTRACTIONS, IT IS NOT SET IN STONE AND IT WILL CHANGE AS THE ISSUES CHANGE OR AS A GET WORS .
HOPEFULLY, IT'LL GET BETTER. OR IF WE NEED TO HAVE ADDITIONAL CAVEATS PUT IN SUCH AS THE IDEA THAT IS ONGOING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AS OPPOSED TO ANNUAL REVIEW.
THAT TO ME, IT MAKES TOTAL SENSE. I THINK OF NOTHING ELSE, THE USE OF AN ARE YOU IT'S SOMETHING WE AS WITH EVERY POLICY SO I THINK THAT THE FELLOW PROFESSIONAL DEVELOP AN ISSUE, ONGOING PROFESSIONAL TALENT, ONGOING STUDENT DEVELOPMENT. TO BE QUITE FRANK, I WOULD MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE CONTINUOUS ATTENTION TO IT WITH STUDENTS. ANYWAY, I RENTED ON TOO LONG. THE POINT IS, LET'S NOT JUST GIVE IT SHORT RIFT AND GET OFF OUR PLATE, LET'S DO IT RIGHT.
>> I THINK JOHN YOU ASKED ABOUT FEEDBACK ON THE VALUES SECTION OF THE POLICY.
MY FEEDBACK IS SHORT AND THAT I AM HAPPY WITH WHERE IT'S AT RIGHT NOW.
>> GIVEN THAT OUR FIRST STATEMENT IN THIS POLICY UNDER BOARD VALUES, THE VERY FIRST SESSION AS THE BOARD TAKES AN UNWAVERING STAND AGAINST RACISM AND DISCRIMINATION, I THINK IT MAKES TOTAL AND COMPLETE SENSE THAT WHEN WE ARE BREAKING IT OUT 14.1 THE VERY FIRST POINT SHOULD ALSO CONTAIN ANTIRACISM, ANTIDISCRIMINATION. ONE THING THAT I HEARD IN LINKAGES ALSO FROM JUST ABOUT EVERY GROUP WAS LOW INCOME WAS ANOTHER FACTOR AND IT WAS A REALLY CONTRIBUTING FACTOR THAT EXACERBATES EVERYTHING, REALLY. I'M NOT SURE IF WE CALLED THE INCOME ISSUE OUT AS EXTENSIVELY AS WE MIGHT WANT, THEN I AM WONDERING WHERE ON THE PUBLIC PAGE DO THE INDICATORS SHOW UP? WHERE ON OUR WEBSITE IF A PARENT WANTED TO KNOW THE INDICATORS BY WHICH THE BOARD IS HOLDING THE SUPERINTENDENT RESPONSIBLE, WHERE THEY FIND THAT?
>> SO, WE POST ALL THE MONITORING REPORTS AND WE JUST TRANSITION OUR MONITORING REPORTS TO BOARD DOCS, I BELIEVE IT'S IN THE LIBRARY SECTION, AS WELL.
IT IS ALSO IN BOARD PACKETS. ANYTIME THERE'S AN APPROVAL OF THAT ONE OF THE INDICATORS.
>> THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE POST TO THE WEBSITE, RIGHT?
>> WE HAVE NOT IN THE PAST. IT IS USUALLY GONE THROUGH AND POSTED WITH THE FULL MONITORING REPORT.
>> SO THE BEST WAY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO ACCESS THE INDICATORS WOULD BE GOING TO LW
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ESTY NETWORK AND GOING TO BOARD DOCS, I BELIEVE IS ON THE HOMEPAGE CORRECT?>> AND THEN WE GO TO THE LIBRARY?
>> YES. AND THEN WE GO TO MONITORING REPORT.
>> IT TOOK SO MANY STEPS TO GET THERE THAT IT WILL NOT MATTER WHAT THEY FIND.
I THINK WE HAVE TO BREAK TRADITION AND PUTS THE INDICATORS AND OTHERS INTO THE POLICY THAT IS UNDER THE POLICY. WE WILL MAKE A POINT THAT THIS IS MORE DETAILED THAN MOST BUT TO BE QUITE FRANK AT THIS POINT FEELINGS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF IT DICTATE THAT WE DON'T JUST BE TRADITIONAL AND TO SAY WE HAVE NEVER DONE IT THAT WAY BEFORE SO HECK WITH THAT. DO IT RIGHT. MAKE SURE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO DO AN EASTER EGG HUNT, TO BE QUITE FRANK.
>> THE OTHER THING I HEARD PRETTY CLEARLY WAS THE ONGOING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR EQUITY WAS GREAT BUT HOW DO YOU DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT STAFF MEMBERS THAT HAVE RECEIVED THIS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT HAS ACTUALLY USED IT IN PRACTICE AND IF IS ACTUALLY MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE CLASSROOM? AND I REALIZED THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO GET AT RIGHT AWAY BUT I STRONGLY FEEL THAT WE NEEDED SOME WAY TO FIGURE OUT, NOT TO FIGURE OUT, TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE RECEIVES EQUITY TRAINING, CORRECT IN THIS DISTRICT. HOW ARE THEY ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTED IT IN WHATEVER ROLE THEY HAVE. THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO ALSO KNOW.
>> JOHN, IN ADDITION TO THE ISSUES AS WE HAVE STATED, I THINK THEY ALSO WANTS TO HAVE MORE SPECIFICITY IN HIRING AND IN RETENTION. I NOTE THAT REALLY GETS DOWN INTO THE WEEDS FOR MOST OF OUR POLICIES BUT TO SHOW HOW WE INTEND TO BROADEN OR MAKE MORE OPEN, IF YOU WILL, OUR HIRING PRACTICES TO TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT HAVE EXISTED SYSTEMICALLY. I REALIZE IT'S VERY DIFFICULT WE ALSO REALIZE THAT THERE IS SOME OPTIONS WE CAN THROW IN AND IT WILL BE WORKING TOGETHER WITH EVERYBODY TO DO THOSE.
WILL NOT JUST BE A ONE SHOW PONY IT'LL BE A WHOLE HERD OF HORSES.
>> SO SOMETHING YOU SAID EARLIER, MARK, IT IS AN INTERESTING POINT.
I REALLY AM LOATH TO MESS WITH TREATING THIS DIFFERENTLY THAN ANY OTHER POLICY.
BUT YOU ARE RIGHT, THE INTERPRETATION IS NOT OUT THERE FOR MOST OF OUR POLICIES.
AND THE INTERPRETATION IS THE KEY LINK BACK INTO, IT'S ALMOST AS IF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE SUPERINTENDENT SUPERINTENDENT THE SHOULD BE A LINK BACK TO THE INTERPRETATION. SO THE PUBLIC CAN SEE THAT INTIMIDATION PIECE WHICH IS WHERE THE ACCOUNTABILITY SHOULD HAPPEN. I AM QUITE SUPPORTIVE OF DOING THAT SYSTEMATICALLY, NOT FOR THIS POLICIES BUT FOR ALL POLICIES.
>> YOU'RE RIGHT, CHRIS. MAKING PEOPLE LOOK FOR THEM, TRYING TO MAKE THEM GO AWAY.
I DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT GO AWAY. IT IS TOO IMPORTANT.
IF THIS IS WORKING AS A POLICY, AS A GOVERNANCE SYSTEM, THEN THAT IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF IT THAT THE PUBLIC OUGHT TO SEE.
>> THERE'S A LOT OF ASPECTS TO OUR POLICIES AND TO OTHER ASPECTS OF OUR WEBSITE THAT IT'S YOU GOT TO WANT TO AS GEORGE CARLIN USED TO SAY. AS OPPOSED TO CURATORS.
WE ARE NOT HIDING IT, HERE IT IS. YOU DON'T HAVE TO JUMP THROUGH FIVE HOOPS TO FIND IT. HERE IT IS. OTHERWISE, IT'S NOT TRANSPARENT, IT LOOKS LIKE WERE TRYING TO GET AWAY WITH SOMETHING.
IT'S NOT IT'S JUST THAT THE WAY IT UP ALWAYS HAS BEEN. I THINK WE HAVE A LITTLE MORE, THIS MAY BE THE FIRST POLICY WE START DOING IT WITH MORE TRANSPARENCY AND THEN WE LOOK AT OTHER POLICIES AND GO AHEAD BUT THE EXPECTATIONS IN WITH EACH OF THE OTHERS.
I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. IT'S NOT LIKE WE ARE CUTTING DOWN MORE TREES BECAUSE IT IS
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ALL ONLINE.>> THE THING I HAVE BEEN HEARING WHICH I AGREE WITH IS MAYBE IT'S NOT CAPTURED IN OUR CURRENT VALUES IS THAT THE BOARD VALUES TRANSPARENCY WITH THIS WORK BOTH WITH WHAT WE ARE DOING AND WHAT WE EXPECT THE DISTRICT TO DO, I DON'T HAVE ANY ARTICULATE SENTENCES TO ADD BUT I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK THAT WE SHOULD ADD.
I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO IT, YET.
>> I AGREE ON WHAT SIRI SAID EARLIER ABOUT LOOKING AT THE EXAMPLE OF OTHERS.
I THINK IT WAS SIRI, SORRY IF I WAS WRONG. LOOKING AT EXAMPLES FROM OTHER STATES AND DISTRICTS TO SEE HOW THEY DID IT AND HOW THEY MADE IT LOOK TRANSPARENT AND HOW THEY MADE IT MORE ACCEPTABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND MAYBE WE ARE JUST NOT QUITE SEEN A FULL RANGE OF HOW TO PRESENT IT. I'M NOT SAYING THAT IS WRONG, IS JUST THE IDEA THAT WE HAVE NOT LOOKED AT HOW WE CAN DO IT BETTER. IF PEOPLE ARE NOT SATISFIED THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE SOMETHING RIGHT. AND THAT NEEDS TO COME OUT THAT WE WANT TO DO IT RIGHT. AND THERE HAS GOT TO BE GOOD EXAMPLES OUT THERE.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT BELLEVUE'S IS THE BEST BY ANY STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION BUT IT WAS THE ONE THAT WAS HIGHLIGHTED ON THE FACEBOOK PAGES INCLUDING THE PTS A PAGE.
>> THERE WAS A FEW THINGS WITH THE BOARD VALUES AND POLICY BACKGROUND THAT YOU ASKED ABOUT POTENTIAL THINGS. AND THINK ABOUT THE ACCOUNTABILITY AND OF THE POLICY BACKGROUND PIECE. IT WOULD PROBABLY BE IDEAL TO ADD SPECIFIC INFORMATION THE LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SPECIFIC TIME AND THAT WE AS WELL HAVE SEEN THESE KIND OF DISPARITIES WITHIN OUR PLACE. AND THE CHALLENGE WITH THAT IS HOW YOU WRITE THAT THAT THERE HAS BEEN A WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE AS WELL IN WHICH TO SUPPORT IT.
IN THIS I THINK OF JUST EVEN IN THE LAST THREE YEARS WITH GLORIA HENDERSON AND THE WORK SHE HAS BEEN DOING IN ADDITION TO THOSE PIECES BUT THAT IS ANOTHER COMPONENT AND I DON'T THINK IT NEEDS TO BE HERE BUT THERE'S A WHOLE LONGER HISTORY BEHIND IT AS I LOOK AT IT.
BUT I DO THINK THAT IS SOME OF THAT ACCOUNTABILITY AS TO THAT OWNERSHIP PIECE.
I APPRECIATE DIRECTOR LALIBERTE COMMENTS ON THE TRANSPARENCY PIECE AND HOW WE WANT TO PUT THAT IN AND HOW IT BECOMES A NEW POLICY PIECE IS SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
THE OTHER PIECE WAS SOMEWHAT AND HOW WE WROTE THIS POLICIES FOR 14 ONE THROUGH 1412, ENSURE STAFF RECEIVE ANNUAL TRAINING, ANNUAL TRAINING IS ACTUALLY IN ACTION, WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS ARE SAFE AND INCLUSION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPER THAT CONTINUES IN THESE AREAS. SO BE ABLE TO STATE WHAT THE OUTCOME IS THAT WE WANT AND IF WE BELIEVE THAT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS ONE OF THE WAYS YOU SHOULD GET IT AND THAT'S A VALUE WE SHOULD PUT IN, THEN WE BUILD THAT INTO THE POLICY AS A PIECE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A HOW.
SO I THINK THAT IS THE SUM OF THE REWRITING AND THINKING WE CAN DO TO MAKE IT STRONGER AND WITH MORE TEETH SO WE ACTUALLY STATE OUR VALUE MORE THAN THE HOUSE.
AND BUILD IN THE HOUSE WHEN WE NEED TO. SO EVEN 14.7 WITH THE DIVERSITY AND RECRUITMENT WOULD BE THE SAME THING, RIGHT? WE VALUE A DIVERSE WORKFORCE AND, YOU KNOW, ENSURE A DIVERSE WORKFORCE OF THE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION AND HIRING PRACTICES AND I AM NOT WORKING IT WELL RIGHT OFF THE BAT BUT YOU GET THE IDEA, CORRECT?
>> OKAY. AND THEN AS WE GO THROUGH THOSE I THINK YOU CAN BUILD IN SOME OF THE OTHER COMPONENTS OF ANTIBIAS, ANTIRACIST, AS WELL AS THE OTHER INCLUSIVENESS IN THE PIECES AS WE START TO LOOK THROUGH THAT. USING THE VALUES THAT DRIVE THAT PIECE. IT WAS RATHER STARK WHEN YOU READ THE FIRST LINE AND I
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APPRECIATE CASSANDRA BRINGING THAT FORWARD WE SAY WE STAND AGAINST RACISM AND DISCRIMINATION AND IT DID NOT REALLY FALL OUT WHEN I TURNED THE PAGE.>> I THINK SOMETIMES SHE IS ALSO A MATTER OF THE IMPLEMENTATION, TOO.
WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND IT'S ONLY AS GOOD AS IT AS IT LAMENTED.
THAT'S WHY THIS HAS TO BE A LIVING DOCUMENT. I THINK BACK TO A STUDENT AT RAVEN HIGH WHO WAS TOLD SHE COULD NOT TAKE X MATH COURSE BECAUSE IT WAS ON THE SECOND FLOOR AND IT SINCE SHE WAS IN A WHEELCHAIR THEY COULD NOT ASSURE HER OF BEING ABLE TO GET HER OUT IN THE EVENT OF EMERGENCY THEREFORE SHE COULD NOT TAKE THE CLASS.
THAT WAS GARBAGE. THAT WAS DOWNRIGHT DISMISSIVE AND IT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN.
AND TO BE QUITE FRANK, SOME PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TAKEN THAT TO COURT.
ALL IT MEANT WAS MOVE THE CLASSROOM.
>> I LIKE YOUR REWRITE ON 14.8. BECAUSE IT SAYING THAT WE WANT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INSTEAD OF SAYING HOW WE WANT THEM TO BE PROFESSIONALLY DEVELOPED IS ABSOLUTELY THE RIGHT WAY TO PUT IT. BUT, WHAT I'M STRUGGLING WITH IS, HOW LONG ARE WE PREPARED TO SPEND WORDSMITHING THIS? INSTEAD OF IMPLEMENTING, MOVING IN THE NEXT STEP OF THE PROCESS. THE REASON I SAY THAT IS OUR FIRST LINE OF THE VALUES AS THE BOARD TAKES THE UNWAVERING STANCE AGAINST RACISM AND THE WORK ENVIRONMENTS IN THE FIRST LINE OF THE DIRECTIVE TO THE SUPERINTENDENT RESTATES IT A POSITIVE SENSE.
THE SUPERINTENDENT SO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN AN INCLUSIVE CULTURE FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF THAT'S FREE FROM DISCRIMINATION. SO ANTIRACIST IS ANOTHER WAY TO SAY IT. WE CAN SPEND UNTIL THE COWS COME HOME SAYING THAT FREE FROM DISCRIMINATION SHOULD'VE BEEN ANTIRACIST. BUT THAT IS NOT ACTUALLY MAKING OUR CULTURE OR OUR DISTRICT WORK BETTER. WE ARE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME WORRYING ABOUT WHETHER THE WORDS ARE PERFECT AND I AM VERY WORRIED ABOUT ACTUALLY GETTING THE RUBBER ON THE ROAD. AND I GUESS I HAVE PROBABLY SAID THAT BEFORE BUT I'M GOING TO CONTINUE SAYING THAT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO MORPH THE CONVERSATION AT SOME POINT THIS EVENING TO WIN ARE WE GOING TO SET A DEADLINE FOR OURSELVES TO ADOPT SOME THINGS SO WE CAN GET ON WITH INTERPRETATION?
>> JOHN, COULD YOU REPEAT THE TIMELINE THAT YOU DISCUSSED AT THE BEGINNING? I AGREE WITH CHRIS AND MY TWO SENSES, THE TIMELINE THAT YOU ARTICULATED EARLIER NEEDS TO BE THE TIMELINE AND THAT AUGUST 9 MEETING IS WHEN WE STOP WORDSMITHING.
>> I THINK A COUPLE THINGS, WHEN, I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT ON US TO HAVE FOLLOW-UP CONVERSATIONS FROM THE LINKAGE SESSIONS, THAT'S WHAT TODAY IS AS A FOLLOW-UP SESSION AND DIALOGUE. THE FEEDBACK FROM THE LINKAGE SESSIONS IS ALSO GOING TO HELP INFORM INTERPRETATION AND INDICATORS. SO I DON'T THINK THE LINKAGE SESSION FEEDBACK IS ONLY ABOUT TONIGHT BUT I THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE CONVERSATION SO THAT WE CAN TAKE THE CURRENT DRAFT POLICY, DO SOME MODIFICATIONS BECAUSE THERE ARE MODIFICATIONS THAT CAN ALIGN IT CLOSER TO THE BOARD'S VALUES AND WITH THE FEEDBACK SO THAT JULY 12 WE HAVE A FINAL REVIEW SO THAT THE BOARD FEELS COMFORTABLE MOVING IT FORWARD TO I BELIEVE IT IS AUGUST 9 IS THE FIRST READING IN AUGUST 20 SOMETHING OR WHATEVER 9+14 IS, IS ADOPTION.
>> OKAY. ANYWAY, I AM A COMFORTABLE WITH THAT TIMELINE.
IT GETS US TO ADOPTED AND IMPLEMENTED BY NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
>> ERIC, DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER COMMENT?
>> JOHN, THE ISSUE OF TEETH, HAVING TEETH IN THE POLICY, I THINK SIRI BROUGHT IT UP IN A COUPLE OF OTHERS HAVE THE IDEA OF BEING ABLE TO SHOW WHAT KIND OF TEETH WERE WILLING TO PUT IN THERE. AT SOME POINT, FAMILIES BELIEVE THAT IF THEY REACH THREE YEARS THEY ARE TOUCHABLE. I THINK AS WE HAVE OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH LWEA I THINK IS MUCH AS OUR HIRING IS GOING TO BE MORE DIVERSE THAT WE ALSO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN ADDRESS LACK OF COMPLIANCE, IF YOU WILL, BY THE PERSON WITHIN THE MINISTRATION WHETHER THERE A TEACHER, AIDE, JANITOR, A SUPERINTENDENT, WHOEVER. SO I THINK WE NEED TO BE ABLE
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TO BE MORE EXPLICIT WITH WHAT WE CAN DO IF IT TAKES DOING THAT BY VIRTUE OF THE NEGOTIATIONS THAT I THINK WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THAT.>> I THINK TO YOUR, BURIED IN YOUR QUESTION, IS WHAT ARE THE CURRENT TEETH WE HAVE IN PART OF THAT COMES WITH, I THINK THAT WOULD COME THROUGH MONITORING, AS WELL.
ANYTIME WE DO PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, IF WE TAKE OUR TEACHERS, FOR EXAMPLE, WE ALIGN THAT PROFESSIONAL LEARNING WITH WHAT WE CALL THE INSTRUCTIONAL FRAMEWORK WHICH IS REALLY THE FRAMEWORK THAT THEY ARE EVALUATED ON. SO WE ARE ALWAYS TYING BACK TO THEIR INSTRUCTIONAL FRAMEWORK WHICH IS BEST PRACTICE AND SO THAT IS ONE OF THE WAYS AND THEN WE TRAIN OUR PRINCIPLES ON OUTLOOK FOURS AND WENT TO SHOULD LOOK LIKE.
IT'S KIND OF THAT CYCLE THAT PROFESSIONAL LEARNING SHOULD GO THROUGH SO THAT IT'S NOT PROFESSIONAL LEARNING IN ISOLATION BUT IT ACTUALLY HAS A TIEBACK TO EXPECTATIONS.
>> WELL, AS YOU DEVELOP THE MEAT ON THE BONES IF YOU WILL FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE, WE NEED TO SPELL THAT OUT. WHEN THEY DON'T SEE IT, THEY ARE THINKING WELL, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. IF THIS TEACHER DOES THIS THING OR THIS PRINCE WILL DOES THAT, IS JUST GOING TO BE DISMISSED. OR A STUDENT, FOR THAT MATTER.
>> SO, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE GROUP AND ONE OF THE THINGS I HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR IS THAT WE SHOULD DEFINE EQUITY AND INCLUSION EXPLICITLY IN THE BOARD POLICY.
I HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH THAT IS A REQUEST BECAUSE TO SOME EXTENT THAT DEFINITION OUGHT TO BE REFLECTING TO US THROUGH THE INTERPRETATION, THAT SHOULD BE THE FIRST TWO OR THREE LINES OF THE INTERPRETATION, I DEFINE. SO, HOW DO WE DIRECT CONCERNS AROUND THAT RATHER THAN CHANGING HOW WE WORK WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT? HOW DO WE HELP PEOPLE FIND THAT SO THAT THE DEFINITIONS ARE NOT ASSUMED TO NOT EXIST AND THEREFORE NOT BE IMPORTANT TO US?
>> THIS IS THAT CHALLENGE OF HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE THE POLICY AND WHAT WE ARE PUTTING FORWARD AND THE VALUES MAKE IT CLEAR WHAT THE DEFINITION OF EQUITY AND INCLUSIVE IS.
AND SO, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE SAYING AND I DO THINK THAT AS WE CAN TIGHTEN AND UTILIZE THE FEEDBACK AND WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED IN ALL THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS I THINK YOU CAN STRENGTHEN THIS SO PERHAPS THAT DEFINITION OF EQUITY AND INCLUSIVE IS MORE CLEAR WHEN READING THROUGH THE WHOLE POLICY AND THEN IN ADDITION IT IS MORE ADDITIONALLY CLEAR WHEN THE SUPERINTENDENT WRITES THEIR DEFINITION AND YOU ENSURE THE BOARD AND THE SUPERINTENDENT ARE ON THE SAME PAGE GOING FORWARD WITH WHATEVER VALUE IS. I'M NOT SURE WE ARE QUITE CLEAR ENOUGH YET HERE. NEXT
>> BOUNCING BACK TO SOMETHING ERIC BROUGHT UP THAT I THINK HAS BEEN REFLECTED SEVERAL TIMES HERE. IN THE BOARD VALUES WE NEED 1/3 PARAGRAPH THAT'S NOT ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE ADDRESSED SO FAR. IT NEEDS TO BE ABOUT TRANS BUSY, COMMUNITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. JUST CALLING IT OUT THAT WE BELIEVE THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HOLD THE SUPERINTENDENT ACCOUNTABLE, THAT WE HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE, THAT WE MAKE OUR BEST EFFORT, THAT THIS IS TRANSPARENT THINK THAT THE COMMUNITY DOES NOT HAVE TO BECOME POLICY GOVERNANCE EXPERTS. IT'S A PIECE ABOUT HOW WE COMMUNICATE THE VALUE THAT WE HOLD TO THE COMMUNITY AND HOW WE WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THE VALUES ARE APPRECIATED AND UNDERSTOOD. TO ME, THAT'S A GREAT PLACE TO PUT SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT I HAD NOT FIGURED OUT WHERE THEY WENT UNTIL I THINK SIRI BROUGHT UP TRANS BUSY AND I WAS LIKE THAT'S WHERE IT GOES.
>> IS ALSO AN EXPECTATION THAT THE MEAT OF THE INITIATIVE POLICY ALSO ADDRESS HOW WERE GOING TO GET PAST THE SYSTEMIC RACISM BY VIRTUE OF CURRICULUM. I KNOW THAT'S A VERY, VERY, VERY DIFFICULT AREA THAT IS NOT SAY THAT WE CAN'T ADDRESS IT. BECAUSE IF WE DON'T TALK ABOUT IT, IF WE DON'T HAVE AN EXPECTATION FOR IT, IF WE DON'T HAVE A RESULT, THEN OUR PUBLIC
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IS GOING TO SAY THIS IS REALLY LIPSERVICE. I AM NOT SAYING, WHEN WE HAD THE MATH PRESENTATION A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AND I ASKED TELL ME HOW DOES THAT AFFECT EQUITY AND THEY SAID BY THE WAY YOU PRESENT IT AND ASK THE QUESTIONS.OF COURSE, I'M SORRY THAT WAS BEYOND MY RECOGNITION LEVEL. BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO BUILD THAT INTO THIS POLICY. THE EXPECTATIONS AND ALSO INTO THE MEAT OF IT.
>> I APOLOGIZE I JUST HAD A EUREKA.
>> JOHN, THE NEXT TIME WE GET TOGETHER TO DISCUSS THIS, IN PARALLEL WITH OUR DRAFT WE IT WOULD BE INVALUABLE IF WE HAD A DRAFT INTERPRETATION OF THE CURRENT DRAFT OF THE OE.
BECAUSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS I KNOW SHOULD BE IN THE INTERPRETATION AND IF WE HAD THEM THERE NOT JUST FOR US BUT FOR THE PUBLIC, THEY COULD SEE THAT PIECE FORMING IN A GELLING AROUND THESE AND THAT WOULD ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE CONCERNS ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY AND OTHER FAILURES TO FIND METRICS. THIS IS PART OF THE CONVERSATION AND WE CAN ACTUALLY PARALLEL THE PROCESS.
>> SIRI ACTUALLY JUST POINTED OUT THAT IN 14.6 IT TALKS ABOUT CURRICULUM THAT'S CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE AND INCLUSIVE, SO IT IS NAMED HERE. AND PERHAPS COULD BE STRONGER AND BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD POLICY AND VALUES. I THINK THAT'S THE PIECE WE CAN LOOK AT.
>> MAKE IT SO AGAIN SO WE DO HAVE TO SEARCH FOR IT.
>> I THINK IS ONE OF THE ONES THAT WAS PULLED OVER TO MAKE IT THE SAME LANGUAGE FROM OTHER POLICY. WAS IS ALREADY IN?
>> OKAY. MIKE, YOU DON'T SOUND LIKE YOU'RE ON.
>> I BEEN LISTENING TO SOME OF THE EXAMPLES THAT HAVE BEEN USED AND I THINK ABOUT HELP POLICY COULD ACTUALLY IMPACT THE WORK THAT GOES ON LIKE MARK FOR EXAMPLE YOU SHARED THE INFORMATION ABOUT A STUDENT WHO CANNOT ACCESS A CLASS BECAUSE OF SECOND FLOOR.
I'VE HEARD CURRICULUM THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE MISSING GROUPS. WE'VE ALSO HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY NOT SEEN TEACHERS WHO REFLECT THE RACIAL MAKEUP OF THE KIDS.
WE'VE HEARD ABOUT STUDENTS BEING CALLED NAMES THAT ARE RACIALLY BASED AND SO I GO TO THE POLICY AND SAY IF THOSE THINGS CAME UP WHERE WOULD WE POINT POLICY THAT WOULD SAY, WE HAVE TO FIX THAT OR ADDRESS THAT? SIMILARLY, WE CAN TAKE A POSITIVE STANCE. HOW ARE WE GETTING ALL OF OUR STUDENTS TO GRADUATE ON TIME? HOW ARE WE MAKING SURE SIGNS ARE PREPARED? WHAT I'M WONDERING ABOUT IS I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ABOUT WHAT WE COULD HAVE HIS VERY SPECIFIC DEFINITIONS.
FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WE SAY STUDENT ACCESS TO CLASS, THAT IS INCLUSION.
SO IF WE DEFINE INCLUSION VERY WELL AND THE TERMS AND WE SAY YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE IN A CLASS IN A GENERAL EDUCATION SETTING WITH YOUR PEERS THEN YOU COULD POINT TO THAT.
SO THAT TERM INCLUSIVE STATEMENT, YOU GO TO THE DEFINITION AND YOU POINT TO HOW TO IMPROVE IT. SIMILARLY, CURRICULUM THAT INCLUDES MISSING COMPONENTS, CULTURALLY RESPONSIBLE CURRICULUM. IF YOUR INVOLVING LIKE HISTORY OF THE PEOPLE OF OUR COUNTRY AND PEOPLE THAT ARE MISSING IN OUR CURRICULUM THAT IS EASIER TO POINT TO IT. I DO WONDER A LITTLE BIT IF CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE, INCLUSION, DIVERSITY, DISCRIMINATION, IF THOSE TERMS ARE VERY EXQUISITELY SPELLED OUT THAT MIGHT PROVIDE SOME OF THE SPECIFICITY THAT AGGRESSIVE IN ASKING FOR AND THEN WOULD ALSO ALLOW US IN THE INTERPRETATION TO BE MORE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR.
I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE TOO MUCH TO ADD IN THE POLICY BACKGROUND IS IN SOME A VERY SPECIFIC DEFINITIONS THAT WOULD REALLY POINTED EACH OF THESE STATEMENTS AND THEN ALSO EACH OF THOSE GIVE YOU SOME OUTCOMES. SO IF WE ARE SAYING FREE BIAS DETERMINATION WE CAN POINT TO DISCIPLINARY INSTANCE WHERE BIAS AND IT JUST COMMISSION HAVE BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR. MAKE SURE OUR CURRICULUM IS INCLUSIVE, WE CAN SAY DOES ACTION INCLUDE THE HISTORY OF OUR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OR HISTORY OF BLACK AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILIES? SO BY SPELLING OUT THE DEFINITION WE CAN BE GIVE IT A LITTLE MORE CLARITY AND THEY WERE NOT GOING QUITE AS FAR AS I THINK HAS SOME DISTRICT ARE DOING BERGEN OURSELVES A LITTLE BIT MORE ABILITY TO MEASURE, IN A SENSE.
>> THE VALUE OF DOING THAT IS THAT WE ALL END UP ON THE SAME PAGE OF WHAT THAT IS DEFINED A
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. SO WHEN WE SAY INCLUSIVE WE ALL AGREE WHAT INCLUSIVE IS AND THAT MAKES IT A LITTLE EASIER, AS WELL.>> AND THEN A YEAR FROM NOW IT IS A DIFFERENT BOARD, THEY WILL UNDERSTAND IT, TOO.
>> AND IT CAN BE ADAPTED TO THE VALUES THAT EXIST AT THAT POINT IN TIME IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS WERE TRYING TO DO AT THIS POINT.
>> ERIC, YOU HAVE BEEN QUIET FOR A WHILE, ANY FEEDBACK YOU WANT TO ADD? OKAY.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS AROUND THE SPECIFIC POLICY COMPONENTS 14.1 TO 14.12? EITHER SPECIFICALLY YOUR IN GENERAL?
>> I APOLOGIZE OF A VERY SMALL WORDSMITH IN THE VALUES. WHICH HAVE LED TO PREDICTABLE AND ACCESSIBLE OUTCOMES. I DON'T THINK THEIR SEPARATE DIMENSIONS.
>> VERY GOOD. I ALWAYS HAD TROUBLE WITH THE PREDICTABLE AND BEING SEPARATE AS IF THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT TRACKS.
>> ANYWAY, I NOW TAKE BACK ANY ABILITY TO WORDSMITH AT THAT LEVEL.
>> YOU LOST YOUR SOAPBOX RIGHT THERE.
>> I KNOW, IF YOU GIVE ME ENOUGH TIME I WILL GO THERE BUT I REALLY AM VERY INTERESTED IN IF WE WERE GOING TO GO DEEPER OR TRY TO BE MORE DIRECTIVE IN ANY DIMENSION, I NEED LANGUAGE TO REACT TO. I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AND I ALWAYS START THINKING THAT WILL WORK IT OUT RIGHT SOMETHING IN HERE THAT WE REQUIRE X PERCENT OF NEW RECRUITS TO BE BLACK, INDIGENOUS, PEOPLE OF COLOR, THAT IS WHERE MY IMAGINATION GOES AND I DON'T WANT TO BE THAT PRESCRIPTIVE. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IF YOU HAVE FAILED TO DO THAT, I'M GOING TO GO THERE. BUT I DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT IS THE FIRST STEP. SO, I NEED HELP IMAGINING WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE I'M NOT SEEN IT YET. IT'S ALL RIGHT, YET.
>> WE DO HAVE MANY OF OUR PARENTS WHO ARE AT THE FOREFRONT OF THIS DISCUSSION EXPECTING PERCENTAGES AND NUMBERS CHANGE. WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION BEFORE THAT EVEN IF YOU MULTIPLY THE NUMBER OF TEACHERS OF COLOR BY SIX THE LIKELIHOOD OF A STUDENT HAVING ONE OF THOSE TEACHERS IS STILL MINIMAL.
BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WE HAVE WITH THAT SAID, I THINK WE HAD TO PUT SOME TARGETS IN THERE. AND WE HAVE TO PUT SOME DEADLINES FOR THE TARGETS AT SOME POINT, NOT IN THE BOARD POLICY BUT IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE BELONGS. WE SHOULD ADDRESS THE FACT THAT WE WILL HOLD THE STAFF ACCOUNTABLE FOR A MORE DIVERSE GROUP. IF IT'S THROUGH RECRUITING OR HAVING TO OFFER RELOCATION BECAUSE WERE NOT FINDING ENOUGH PEOPLE IN OUR POOL OF WASHINGTON AND OREGON, WHATEVER IT TAKES.
>> AND SO, THAT COMES TO THE IMPORTANCE OF OVER DURING THE REVIEW OF THE MONITORING REPORTS AND HOW OUR CONVERSATION OCCURS AS A BOARD AS TO WHERE WE WANT TO SEE PRIORITIES AND FOCUS LIGHT, AS WELL. AS WERE GOING TO THAT, OUR THOUGHTS COULD BE THAT WE DO NOT BELIEVE THIS ONE IS NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR STUDENT BODY AND WE BELIEVE IT IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE CHANGE IN HOW THAT HAPPENS. AND THAT, WE GO BACK TO THE SUPERINTENDENT.
I THINK THAT'S THE PROCESS AND HOW YOU CAN PLACE THOSE PRIORITY PIECES GOING FORWARD AS WE LOOK THEIR POLICIES. AND THAT IS THE WAY TO DO IT.
>> SO, I AGREE. SADLY, I WARNED YOU THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN IF YOU GIVE ME ENOUGH TIME STARING AT THE POLICIES. 14.7 WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT REPRESENTED THE STUDENT OR THE COMMUNITY? TO ME THE STUDENT BODY SHOULD COME FIRST.
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>> THANKS. I DO NOT HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL PROPOSED REVISIONS TO THE POLICY. I AGREE WITH THOSE THAT WERE PROPOSED TONIGHT INCLUDING WHAT DIRECTOR CARLSON JUST SAID. I THINK WE ARE NEXT LOOKING AT THIS IN JULY.
WHAT I THINK WOULD MAKE SENSE IS FOR TWO BOARD MEMBERS TO WORK WITH DOCTOR HOLMEN IN DRAFTING, PUTTING SOMETHING TOGETHER TO BRING BACK TO THE BOARD.
THIS IS SO THERE'S MORE BOARD INPUT AND WHAT COMES BACK BECAUSE WERE NEAR THE END OF THIS. I HAVE TALKED WITH BOTH CASSANDRA, I'M SORRY DIRECTOR SAGE AND DIRECTOR BLIESNER AND THEY SAID THEY'RE INTERESTED IN THIS.
>> I WANT TO CLARIFY TO ERIC THAT WERE NOWHERE NEAR THE END, WERE ONLY NEAR THE BEGINNING.
>> YOU ARE WORDSMITHING ME, I APPRECIATE THAT.
>> I'M STILL INTERESTED, THANK YOU. AND WOULD BE HAPPY TO.
>> SO I THINK AS LONG AS THAT IS OKAY I THINK IT MAKES MORE SENSE IF I CAN INCLUDE THE REST OF US IN SAYING THAT THERE REVISIONS ARE TERRIBLE AND IT JULY BUT I THINK THERE'S AN OFFICIAL WAY OF GOING ABOUT DOING IT.
>> IS THERE CONSENSUS FROM THE BOARD, CHRIS OFFERED THAT THERE SHOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL PARAGRAPH CREATED TITLED TRANSPARENCY, COMMUNITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
THAT WAS A STATEMENT THAT CHRIS MADE BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GO BACK TO CONTINUING TO WORK ON THIS. I DON'T WANT TO WORK ON SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD DOES NOT WANT IN THE POLICY.
>> LET ME RESTATE MY SUGGESTION, IT'S NOT THAT IT IS TITLED THAT BUT RATHER THAT IT IS CURRENTLY OUR BOARD VALUES ARE ABOUT HOW WE FEEL ABOUT RACISM, HOW WE FEEL ABOUT DISCRIMINATION, HOW WE FEEL ABOUT PREDICTION, THE LAST ONE HOW WE FEEL ABOUT COMMUNICATION TO THE COMMUNITY OF THE POLICY, OF THE VALUES, OF THE INTERPRETATION, ETC.
>> SPECIFIC TO THE REGARDS OF EQUITY, RACE AND INCLUSION, NOT IN GENERAL?
>> WITH THAT SAID, I THINK A STATEMENT TOWARDS THAT AND ALL OF OUR POLICIES WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL. IT COULD BE WHEN WE GET TO THOSE.
AS WITH THIS AMOUNT NOW, LET'S TAKE THIS MOUNT NOW AND MAKE SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS.
AND IF IT'S GOOD WE CAN BORROW IT FOR THE NEXT ONE.
>> CASSANDRA, I'M SORRY, CASSANDRA AND ERIC YOU ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS MAKE?
>> I'M SORRY, YES, ANYTHING THAT LEADS TO HELPING ANYONE OUTSIDE OF THIS ORGANIZATION UNDERSTAND AS A PUBLIC GOVERNMENT AGENCY WHAT WE ARE DOING, I AM IN SUPPORT OF.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE ARE ON THE AGENDA.
>> ANY ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK FOR CASSANDRA, SIRI, AND MYSELF? AS WE ENTER IN THE NEXT PHASE OF DRAFT POLICY WRITING?
>> MY FEEDBACK IS JUST GOOD LUCK, I REALLY AM A SUPPORTIVE AND I THINK YOU WILL BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T CAUSE ME ISSUES.
>> THE ONE THING IS I DO THINK BUILDING THE INTERPRETATION AT THE SAME TIME MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. AND SOME BENEFIT TO BE ABLE TO DRAFT OF THAT THROUGH WHICH WAS WHAT MIKE WAS SUGGESTING IN THAT COMPONENT.
>> AGREE, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
>> SO DO I. >> YOU CAN'T DO ONE WITHOUT THE
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OTHER, TO BE QUITE FRANK.>> IF YOU REMEMBER THAT'S ACTUALLY WHERE WE STARTED THREE YEARS AGO.
WE HAD BOTH POLICIES, THE ADMINISTERED OF AS WELL AS A BOARD POLICY.
>> SO, I'M NOT QUITE THERE YET JUST TO BE HONEST BECAUSE THE SUPERINTENDENT INTERPRETATION OF WHAT: THAT IS GOING TO BE THE KEY COMPONENT. ARE YOU THINKING OF DRAFT INTERPRETATION OF THE DRAFT POLICY?
>> MY INSTANT ON IT IS THAT THE FIRST PIECE, NO MATTER WHERE WE WIND UP, WERE GONNA WANT A WHOLE BUNCH OF DEFINITIONS OF HOW YOU INTERPRET THE DEFINITIONS OF THESE VARIOUS TERMS. I THINK THAT IS A NO-BRAINER, WE HAVE TO DO THAT AND IT'S EASY, NOT EASY BUT CAN BE DONE. THE SECOND ONE, I THINK IS NOT A BAD IDEA TO HAVE JUST A FIRST DRAFT ON WHAT WOULD BE SUGGESTED METRICS BY WHICH WE HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE.
FOR SOME OF THESE. IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE ALL OF THEM, YOU COULD PICK UP THE FIRST FIVE OR WHATEVER BUT WHERE THERE IS AN OBVIOUS METRIC THAT DOVETAILS WITH IT TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN SEE WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT ENSURING RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION PRACTICES, THAT SOMETHING THAT WE ALREADY HAVE METRICS, COULD WE PUT SOMETHING ON THE GROUND AND SAY HEY LOOK THIS IS WHAT WERE PROPOSING AS A TARGET AND HERE IS HOW TO MEASURE SUCCESS? I'M NOT SAYING IT HAS BECOME INTENSIVE BUT I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY CHANCE THAT WERE NOT GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING IN YOUR THAT'S ABOUT A DIVERSE WORKFORCE. SO FOR THOSE THAT'S CLEARLY ALREADY THERE YOU CAN START WITH THAT. BUT BY DEFINITION, IS A DRAFT AND IT'S A FIRST DRAFT.
>> CHRIS, I SEE WHERE YOU'RE GOING AND SINCE NO ONE BEYOND THIS ROOM PERHAPS AND SOME IN THIS ROOM HAVE NOT READ ALL THE VARIOUS LINES WITHIN OUR POLICIES TO KNOW WHAT EXACTLY KIND OF METRICS THERE ARE, WHAT KIND OF ACCOUNT ABILITIES THERE ARE THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE AND WE CAN SHOW HOW IT WOULD BE IN PLACE FOR THIS POLICY. SO BEING ABLE TO PULL THAT OUT JUST LIKE WERE GONNA HAVE TO START FROM A BLANK PAGE.
>> SO ARE YOU GOOD WITH THAT? I WAS CHECKING TO SEE IF JOHN WAS GOOD WITH THAT.
>> IT WILL BE A WORK IN PROGRESS.
>> JUST PUT DRAFT ON AN EVEN BIGGER LETTERS.
>> A DOUBLE DRAFT IT. OKAY, WE WILL SCHEDULE TIME TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS WORK AND AS A CABINET AND I HAVE DONE THIS IN THE PAST WE SPENT MULTIPLE THREE HOUR SESSIONS.
AS WE GET INTO IT ANYTIME YOU ADD A WORD YOU EVALUATE HOW THAT SINGLE WORD AFFECTS THE OVERALL, I MEAN, IT IS, IT'S REALLY AN IMPORTANT PART OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT BUT IT TAKES TIME. SO WE WILL SCHEDULE THAT OUT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO GET IT COMPLETED FOR THE JULY 12 MEETING.
>> ERIC AND/OR MARK, THAT IS ALL WE HAVE FOR TONIGHT UNLESS YOU HAVE OTHER COMMENTS FOR THE
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GOOD OF THE ORDER.>> CAN I MAKE A COMMENT TO THE GOOD OF THE ORDER? TO THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION IN DOWNTOWN REDMOND PARK. GREAT TO SEE ACTUALLY SEVERAL OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS THERE VERY ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING. IF YOU'VE NOT HAD THE CHANCE TO SEE THE STUDENT VOICES VIDEO THAT WAS CREATED AS WELL I THINK THAT IS VERY HELPFUL ESPECIALLY AS WE LOOK AT THIS EQUITY POLICY. I THINK THEY ACTUALLY DO BRING UP A LOT OF KEY THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND AS WE READ DO THAT. THEY DID A WONDERFUL JOB OF BEING ABLE TO DO SO. AND THEN THE NEXT DAY IT WAS THE FATHER'S DAY FOR THE MEXICAN CENTER IN CENTRAL PARK. THERE WAS ALSO STAFF THERE TO SUPPORT RESOURCES THERE FOR THE SUMMER AND VERY BILINGUAL OPPORTUNITY AND WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
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APPRECIATE ALL THOSE WORDS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY ON WHAT'S GOING ON.>> I WOULD ADD THAT AFTER STAFF WENT TO THE EVENT IN REDMOND HERE FOR JUNETEENTH THEY CAME TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CELEBRATIO . WE HAD AT LEAST THREE STAFF MEMBERS COME TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD JUNETEENTH THE FIRST ANNUAL CELEBRATION AND I WAS VERY IMPRESSED BY THE FACT THAT THEY WOULD COME OUT TO US.
>> I WILL ADD TO THAT, BOTH OF THE EVENTS WERE GREAT. I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST BECAUSE I THINK THE STUDENT VOICES VIDEO IS SO IMPORTANT, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A VIEWING OF IT EITHER DURING A WORK SESSION, IT IS VERY BRAVE TO BE QUITE FRANKLY, IT'S VERY BRIEF.
I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE US VIEW IT AS A BOARD BUT ALSO MAKE IT AVAILABLE WITHIN THE CONFINES OF PEOPLE WATCHING THE MEETING AT HOME TO BE ABLE TO SEE IT AS WELL AND HERE IT.
IT WAS IMPRESSIVE. THE FACT THAT ONE OF OUR SENIORS WAS ONE OF THE VITAL COMPONENTS OF CREATING IT AND PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER I THINK IS EVEN MORE SO.
>> THANK YOU TO JOHN AND STAFFS ARE CONTINUING TO SUPPORT US IN HIS ODYSSEY.
>> OKAY WE HAVE NOW HAD QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD ARE THERE ANY OTHERS? I DIDN'T THINK SO. OKAY, JOHN, WOULD YOU PLEASE TELL US OUR NEXT MEETING IN THE TIME FRAMES.
>> I WILL, YES. SO OUR NEXT MEETING IS JULY 12. IT'S A STUDY SESSION AND IT WILL ALSO ÃÃTHANK YOU, NEXT MONDAY EVENING WE WILL HAVE A STUDY SESSION FROM 5 O'CLOCK TO 6:30 PM. IT FOCUSED ON AND I DON'T HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF ME BUT I BELIEVE IT'S FOCUSED ON BOND AND LEVY PLANNING AND FOLLOWED BY A 7 O'CLOCK BOARD MEETING AND THEN IN JULY FOLLOW-UP BOARD MEETING STUDY SESSION FROM AT THIS MEETING TONIGHT ON JULY 12 STUDY SESSION SCHEDULED FROM FIVE TO 7 O'CLOCK, AS WELL.
>> OKAY, I THINK OUR PUBLIC REALLY NEEDS TO NOTE THAT, SINCE THERE'S NO OTHER AGENDA ITEMS JUNE 21, 2021, STUDY SESSION IS NOW ADJOURNED.
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