Sep 13, 2021 September 13, 2021 Board Meeting - 7:00 p.m.

GOOD EVENING I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE

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

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THAT GUIDANCE STATES THAT AT JUNE 30, 2021, PUBLIC BODIES AND PUBLIC AGENCIES MAY HOST IN PERSON PUBLIC MEETINGS PROVIDED THAT THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON CAPACITY NO PHYSICAL DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR IT MEETINGS CAN BE HELD ONLY IF CURRENT BASE COVERED REQUIREMENTS AND OUTLINED IN PROCLAMATION CAN BE MAINTAINED.

THE BOARD DEVALUES PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND ENGAGEMENT IN THE MEETINGS OF THE BOARD. AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO COMPLY WITH LAWS RELATED TO THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT IN CURRENT EMERGENCY PROCLAMATIONS. AND GUIDANCE.

IF MISCELLANEOUS VENUES GUIDANCE AND ALL OTHER REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO COVID-19 CANNOT BE MET, THE SCHOOL BOARD MUST HOLD ITS MEETINGS ARE BROADLY AND PROVIDE ACCESS VIA LIVE STREAM AND AUDIO.

DUE TO RECENT NONCOMPLIANCE AT SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS, THE BOARD HAS DETERMINED TO HOLD OUR MEETINGS REMOTELY.

THE BOARD WILL NOTIFY THE PUBLIC OF THE LOCATION OF ITS MEETINGS THROUGH THE MEETINGS TAB ON BOARD AT DOCS AVAILABLE ON THE DISTRICTS DUMPSITE WWW. L WSE.ORG.

AT THIS TIME IT IS PLANNED ALL BOARD MEETING SCHEDULE IN THE MONTHS OF OCTOBER, I AM SORRY SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER WILL BE HELD REMOTELY UNLESS THERE ARE CHANGES IN THE GUIDANCE PROVIDED. BOARD MEETINGS, STUDY SESSIONS AND SPECIAL BOARD BEINGS WILL CONTINUE TO BEAT LIVE STREAMED ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE. IF YOU'RE UNABLE TO LIVE STREAM THE MEETING YOU CAN CALL TO LISTEN THAT PHONE NUMBER AT (425)936-2813. THE CONFERENCE ID IS 37127.

YOU ARE ALSO WELCOME TO E-MAIL THE BOARD AT ANY TIME.

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>> 'S ELBOW. >> SECOND PERIOD MOVED BY DIRECTOR STEWART SECOND BY DIRECTOR SAGE I THINK THAT WE APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

ALL THIS IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I ANY OPPOSED, HEARING NONE, THE MOTION CARRIES A MOTION IS

[D. Audience Participation]

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>> HELLO. >> HELLO WE CAN HEAR YOU.

NOW YOU AREN'T MUTED, WE COULD HEAR YOU FOR A MOMENT.

>> HELLO. >> HELLO.

>> HI, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME.

SORRY I'M MULTITASKING HERE AS A PARENT AS I'M SURE YOU CAN RELATE. SO, FIRST I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TAKING ALL OF THE NECESSARY.

I REALLY APPRECIATE IT IS BEING HELD REMOTE WHICH ALLOWS MANY OF US TO ATTEND IF WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TOO.

I DO FIND IT DISHEARTENING THERE IS NONCOMPLIANCE AND THAT WAS THE REASON FOR WHICH THE MEETINGS HAVE TO BE HELD REMOTELY. THIS IS A GREAT CONCERN TO ME BECAUSE WHAT IT TELLS ME IS THERE ARE AT LEAST A FEW PARENTS THAT MIGHT NOT BE COMPLIANT WITH THE MASK WEARING INDOORS OUTSIDE OF SCHOOLS.

AND OF COURSE WE LIVE IN A COMMUNITY WHERE EVERYONE IS FREE TO DO WHATEVER THEY WANT SPRAYED DURING A GLOBAL PANDEMIC WITH ALL IMPACT EACH OTHER, RIGHT? OUR KIDS ARE GOING TO THE SAME CLASSROOM, PLEASE EXCUSE THE BACKGROUND NOISE. OUR KIDS ARE GOING TO THE SAME CLASSROOMS ARE BEING TAUGHT BY WONDERFUL TEACHERS BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE THE MASK WEARING REQUIREMENT THAT IS BEING DONE AND THEY ARE DOING WONDERFULLY.

THE ONLY PROBLEM I HAVE THAT HAS BEEN A CONCERN TO ME, SOME SCHOOLS INITIALLY SAID THEY WOULD BE OUTDOOR DINING AND THEN THEY SWITCH IT TO IN THE CLASSROOM AND THEN THE CAFETERIA. I UNDERSTAND THE LOGISTICS BEHIND THAT. IT IS DIFFICULT TO COORDINATE A LOT OF CHILDREN, ESPECIALLY YOUNGER ONES.

EATING OUTDOORS ENOUGH MANPOWER TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE SAFE AND WELL ATTENDED TO. AT THE SAME TIME HOWEVER, GIVEN THE PANDEMIC, THE RISE IN THE DELTA SURGEON GIVEN THE FACT OUR CHILDREN UNDER 12 ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO BE VACCINATED EVEN IF THEY WANTED THEM TO BE.

AND IT IS ONLY GOING TO -- WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO BE INDOORS WHEN IT IS COLD AND RAINY.

I FIND IT VERY CONCERNING IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE ALREADY HAD SEVERAL SCHOOLS YOU'VE HAD CASES AND HAD TO SHUT DOWN A COUPLE OF CLASSROOMS AGAIN I REALLY APPRECIATE HOW PROACTIVE THE SCHOOLS ARE BEING.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST IS TO SEE IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO HAVE EVERYBODY OR AT LEAST THE PARENTS OF STUDENTS, STUDENTS OF THE PARENTS WHO ARE INTERESTED AND FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT THIS TO DINE OUTDOORS.

IF THERE IS NOT THE MANPOWER FOR THIS I WOULD SUGGEST TO RECRUIT SOME PARENTS WHO POSSIBLY HAVE THE TIME OR CURRENTLY FULL-TIME PARENTS WHO CAN COMMIT TO COMING, YOU COULD DO BACKGROUND CHECKS YOU REQUIRE VACCINATION AND MASKING. I SPOKE WITH SEVERAL PARENTS WHO SAID THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE COORDINATED.

I REALLY HONESTLY AND CAN EXTREMELY CONCERNED FOR THEIR BEEN TONS OF RESEARCH FROM FULL-TIME MOM I'M SURE WE'VE ALREADY READ THE RESEARCH AS WELL PROBABLY MORE THAN I HAVE. INDOOR DINING ON VACCINATED INDIVIDUALS INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS IS PROBLEMATIC EVEN WITH EIGHT SYMPTOMATIC CARRIERS CAN CAUSE A VERY RAPID TRANSMISSION EVEN IF YOU'RE AT THE OTHER END OF THE

ROOM SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> WE WOULD HAVE GIVEN YOU BONUS TIME FOR THE CONDITIONS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. WE WILL FOLLOW UP I APPRECIATE WE WILL FOLLOW-UP WITH YOU, THANK YOU FOR.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.

>> NEXT I HAVE JIM MCCOY. I DON'T SEE ANYBODY BY THAT NAME ON OUR ATTENDANCE LIST THAT SIGNED IN.

IS THERE A JIM MCCOY WHO IS LOGGED IN? OKAY, NEXT I HAVE ARTHUR WINER HELLO?

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>> HELLO CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> YES.

FANTASTIC. GOOD EVENING DIRECTORS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, DOCTOR HOLMAN, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MY NAME IS ARTHUR MY WIFE AND I HAVE THREE CHILDREN AND THE LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT AT THREE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS.

I AM HERE TONIGHT TO ASK YOU TO EXERCISE INDEPENDENT JUDGMENT, SEPARATE YOURSELVES AS ACTUAL LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITY BY REJECTING THE HARMFUL REQUIREMENT TO MASK OUR CHILDREN AND TEACHERS. OUR FAMILIES, SPECIFICALLY INDIVIDUALS, ALLOW FAMILY SPECIFICALLY INDIVIDUALS THE FREEDOM TO CHOOSE TO MASK THEIR CHILD OR NOT.

MASKS ARE PROVING TO HAVE SEVERE NEGATIVE IMPACT ON CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT AND CHILDHOOD EDUCATION.

SO I HAVE TO ASK YOU ARE YOU INTENTIONALLY TRYING TO NEGATIVELY IMPACT OUR STUDENT'S MENTAL HEALTH? I AM WONDERING HOW DEEPLY HAVE CONSIDERED THE IMPACT OF MASKING TEACHERS ON THE EDUCATION BEING DELIVERED TO THE STUDENTS. IS IT THE EXPECTATION OF THE BOARD THAT STUDENTS CAN HEAR EXACTLY THE SAME WHEN THE SPEAKER'S MOUTH IS OBSTRUCTED? INTENTIONALLY LIMITING THE AUDIBLE SPEECH AND COMMUNICATION IS AND WILL CONTINUE TO NEGATIVELY IMPACT CHILDREN.

SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN ARE AT A CRITICAL JUNCTURE FOR SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING. FACIAL EXPRESSIONS OR LOSS ON A CLOTH MASK. NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION IS HAMPERED IN THE PURE DISCOMFORT OF THE MASK WILL BE LEARNING DISTRACTED BY THE PSYCHOLOGICAL HARM OF WIDESPREAD MASKING SHOULD BE A GREATER CONCERN TO US AS PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAN COVID CASES.

FACIAL EXPRESSIONS ARE INTEGRAL PARTICULARLY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. [LAUGHTER]

[INAUDIBLE] >> IS ANYONE ELSE HEARING SOMEONE ELSE TALKING RIGHT NOW? OKAY I APOLOGIZE I AM HEARING, THERE IS SOMETHING GOING ON HERE. [LAUGHTER] A. [LAUGHTER]

KIDS WHO DIALED IN ON A PHONE. >> I THINK HE IS MUTED NOW.

>> YES HE IS. CAN YOU UNMUTE FROM YOUR END?

>> I CAN, HE SHOULD BE AWARE HE WAS NOT BROADCASTING.

>> I CANNOT, SIR I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN HEAR ME BUT YOUR MIC IS MUTED. MR. WEINER YOUR MICROPHONE IS MUTED. I CANNOT AND YOU CAN.

I DON'T KNOW WHY HE CAN'T HEAR ME CAN EVERYONE ELSE HEAR ME?

>> YES. MR. WEINER YOUR MICROPHONE WAS MUTED ABOUT A MINUTE AND A HALF AGO.

>> IS THE ON A BLUETOOTH HEADSET BY CHANCE?

HAPPENED. >> HOW DO WE END IT? I THINK THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED.

ALL RIGHT, WE WILL TRY THAT AGAIN.

MR. WEINER IF YOU CAN HEAR THIS, PLEASE TRY LOGGING BACK AND WILL TRY THAT AGAIN. IT APPEARS YOUR BLUETOOTH WAS CONNECTING TO SOMETHING ELSE. WE WERE HEARING AUDIO FROM PERHAPS SOMEONE ELSE IN YOUR HOUSE.

YES THANK YOU. >> OKAY NEXT I HAVE.

>> GOOD EVENING. SO, THIS IS STEVEN HERE.

I AM HER HUSBAND. WOULD IT BE OKAY IF I

REPRESENT HER? >> NO PROBLEM.

>> THANK YOU LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN FRONT OF

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ALTHOUGH BOTH OF US FELT WORKING ON A WORK VISA RIGHT NOW. BUT OUR SON WAS BORN HERE.

WE DO HAVE A LONG-TERM PLAN TO LIVE AND WORK IN THE UNITED STATES AND PARTICULARLY SEATTLE.

WE ARE TRYING TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND BUILD A BETTER FUTURE TOGETHER. THE REASON WE ARE HERE TODAY, WE HAVE A COUPLE REACTIONS TOWARD THE LATEST EQUITY POLICY, SPECIFICALLY WE HAVE TWO COMMENTS COMMENTS/SUGGESTIONS. THE FIRST ONE IS, ONE OF THE FIRST WITH THE LATEST VERSION THERE IS A STATEMENT SAYING WE ARE AND I QUOTE, COMMITTED TO RAISING OPPORTUNITIES REGARDLESS OF RACE, ABILITY, LANGUAGE, CULTURE, ETHNICITY, GENDER IDENTITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND OTHER ASPECTS OF STUDENT IDENTITY. MY WIFE AND I RESIDENT VERY WELL WITH THAT STATEMENT TO BE FULLY GET BEHIND THIS.

THE PROBLEM WE HAVE IS, UNDER THE DIRECTIVE TO THE SUPERINTENDED, THERE IS THE FIRST POINT STATE WHICH I QUOTE, ELIMINATE RACIST SYSTEMS, STRUCTURES AND PRACTICE, REPLACING THEM WITH ALL ANTIRACIST AND PRACTICE.

I AM JUST WONDERING WHY IN THIS PARTICULAR STATEMENT WE USE A RACIST SYSTEM INSTEAD OF THE OTHER THINGS IN THE INTRODUCTION IN THE PARAGRAPH, SO TO US, EQUITY IS NOT NECESSARILY ABOUT RACE. IT IS ABOUT ALL ASPECTS OF THE STUDENT IDENTITY. THAT IS SOMETHING WE WOULD VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE BOARD TO RECONSIDER.

THAT IS THE FIRST REACTION. THE SECOND ONE THERE IS A POINT FURTHER DOWN BELOW AND I QUOTE, ADDRESS GAPS FOR HISTORICAL MARGINALIZED GROUPS. WE ARE KIND OF AGREEING WITH THAT. WE ASSUME THE ATTENTION BEHIND IS TO HELP THE MARGINALIZED GROUPS TO IMPROVE, GET BETTER, MAKE PROGRESS. NOT NECESSARILY TO MAKE THE GAP SMALLER. WE WOULD LOVE FOR THE BOARD TO RECONSIDER BE MORE EXPLICIT, BY ADDING SOMETHING LIKE RESULT THAT CAN HELP EVERYBODY IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO FULLY REALIZE THEIR POTENTIAL BASED ON THEIR LEARNING REQUIREMENTS AND NEEDS. THAT IS JUST ONE SUGGESTION WE HAVE. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AGAIN. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT

FOR. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING TONIGHT WE APPRECIATE IT.

NEXT I HAVE SEAN XU. I DO NOT SEE HE IS SIGNED IN.

I SEE A HAND RAISED. HANG ON, SOMEBODY CALLED IN ON THE PHONE. IS THAT SEAN XU?

>> HI THIS IS SEAN XU. >> THANK YOU FOR COMING.

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>> THANK YOU TO THE BOARD FOR LETTING ME TALK AND PUBLIC HERE TODAY. I AM A FATHER OF OUR SINGLE SON IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. I HAVE STRONG CONCERN ALSO REGARDING THE POLICY. MAY BE PRETTY THE SAME AS THE PREVIOUS CALLER STATED. BUT I HAVE TO ADD A FEW THINGS.

CURRENTLY I AM A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES.

I CAME HERE AT THE AGE OF 26. I WAS NOT BORN HERE, BUT MY SON WAS BORN HERE. MAYBE THE BOARD ON THE REST OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, WHAT IS RACISM? TO ME RACISM IS JUSTICE AGAIN ANY KIND OF ASPECT AS THE PREVIOUS CALLER JUST STATED. BECAUSE OF HOW YOU WERE BORN, WHERE YOU WERE BORN, SKIN COLOR, MAY BE AVERAGE.

[INAUDIBLE] IF THIS DEFINITION IS NOT ACCURATE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AND LET ME KNOW.

WE ALL AGREE ON THIS, IF WE GRADE ONE TYPE OF RAISE, THAT IS RACISM. EQUALITY IS THE ONLY WAY TO GO.

IF WE WANT TO FIX THE PROBLEM, WE SHOULD NOT CREATE ANOTHER PROBLEM, A NEW PROBLEM. WE HAVE TO FIX RACISM IN THE COMMUNITY, IN THE SCHOOL, EVERYWHERE.

IN THE COMPANY, YOU NAME IT. HOWEVER, RACISM IS NOT A TOOL, A WEAPON TO BE USED FROM THIS RACE TO BE AGAINST ANOTHER RACE. EQUAL MEANS EVERYBODY WE ARE THE SAME. NOBODY HAS SUPERIOR PRIVILEGE OR RIGHT. IF ANYBODY OBJECTS WHAT I JUST STATED, AS I SAID I CAME HERE LATE.

[INAUDIBLE] OKAY.

YOUR ADVICE IS WELCOME. HOWEVER, IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING OF EQUALITY, I WISH THE BOARD WOULD CONSIDER THIS AND IF I COULD, ANY SUBSTITUTION OF NEW FORMS OF RACISM AGAINST ANY TYPE OF RACE, PEOPLE, GENDER THAT IS

CREATING MORE AND MORE ISSUES. >> SIR, IF YOU COULD JUST WRAP IT UP WE LIMITED TO ABOUT THREE MINUTES SO WE CAN GET

THROUGH EVERYONE TONIGHT. >> OKAY THANK YOU.

SO PARTICULARLY IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS, YOU ARE EDUCATING THE NEXT GENERATION. YOU ARE CREATING PROBLEMS NOT JUST FOR A YEAR OR TWO YEARS. THE PROBLEM WILL BE CREATED FOR THE ENTIRE GENERATION OF MY SON'S AGE.

THEY WILL SEE THIS, THEY WILL LISTEN TO IT, THEY WILL KNOW THEIR OWN DEFINITION OF DISCRIMINATION AND RACISM.

BY THEIR OWN FEELING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.

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I DO NOT KNOW QUITE WHAT HAPPENED THERE WE HAD A BIT OF A TECHNOLOGICAL ISSUE. WE WILL GO BACK TO YOU IF YOU

ARE ABLE TO COME BACK ON. >> YES MY KIDS.

>> IT WAS ABOUT A MINUTE IN THAT IT CUT OUT.

YOU CAN START AT THE BEGINNING AGAIN, I AM FINE WITH THAT ARE

NOT QUITE SURE IT HAPPENED. >> WELL I FEEL BAD HAVING TOO. REPORTER: IT, TO DO THAT AGAIN.

ALL RIGHT HERE WE GO. I AM WONDERING HOW DEEPLY YOU HAVE CONSIDERED THE IMPACT OF UNMASKING TEACHERS ON THE EDUCATION BEING DELIVERED TO THE STUDENTS.

IS IT THE EXPECTATION OF THE BOARD THAT STUDENTS CAN HEAR EXACTLY THE SAME WHEN THE SPEAKER'S MOUTH IS OBSTRUCTED? INTENTIONALLY LIMITING THE AUDIBLE NATURE OF SPEECH AND COMMUNICATION IS AND WILL CONTINUE TO NEGATIVELY IMPACT CHILDREN.

SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN ARE AT A CRITICAL JUNCTURE FOR SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING. FACIAL EXPRESSIONS ARE LOST BEHIND THE CLOTH MASK. NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION IS HAMPERED. IN THE PURE DISCOMFORT OF THE MASK WILL PROVE TO BE A LEARNING DISTRACTION.

THE LIKELY PSYCHOLOGICAL HARM OF WIDESPREAD MASKING SHOULD BE A FAR GREATER CONCERN TO US AS A PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAN COVETED CASES. FACIAL EXPRESSIONS ARE INTEGRAL TO HUMAN CONNECTIONS, PARTICULARLY FOR YOUNG CHILDREN. SO I ASKED, ARE YOU INTENTIONALLY TRYING TO NEGATIVELY IMPACT STUDENTS MENTAL HEALTH? I REVIEWED WASHINGTON STATE PUBLISHED DOWNLOAD THIS MORNING ENTITLED WASHINGTON COVID-19 CASES, HOSPITALIZATIONS, DEATHS.

OR PEOPLE STATEWIDE BETWEEN AGES ZERO AND 19 HAVE DIED IN 2019 FROM COVETED. AND ONE PERSON AND KING COUNTY WHICH WAS BACK IN APRIL. SO, PRIOR TO MR. INSLEE'S RECENT MANDATE, WHY REQUIRED CHILDREN TO OUR MASKS? ARE YOU INTENTIONALLY TRYING TO NEGATIVELY IMPACT THEIR MENTAL HEALTH? THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS STATE-LEVEL DATA SAID THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 12, 2021 ESTATES IN THAT SUMMARY FINDINGS AND I QUOTE, AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT SEVERE ILLNESS DUE TO COVID-19 IS UNCOMMON AMONG CHILDREN.

SOME CHILDREN MAY BE FINED WEARING A MASK.

BUT MANY STRUGGLE. PROVIDE PARENTS THE FREEDOM TO CHOOSE WHAT IS BEST FOR THEIR CHILD.

THE CDC ADVISES WASHING YOUR HANDS ANYTIME YOU TAKE OFF THE MASK. AND THEN WASHING YOUR HANDS AGAIN AFTER YOU PUT IT BACK ON.

IT IS SIMPLY NOT RATIONAL TO BELIEVE THAT FACE MASKS WILL BE PROPERLY AND STUDIOUSLY WORN BY YOUNG CHILDREN FOR SEVERAL HOURS PER DAY. I ATTENDED THE AUGUST 19 EXCUSE ME I ATTEND THE AUGUST 9 LINK SCHOOL BOARD MEETING I WAS SURPRISED HOW MANY TIMES A PRESIDENT TOUCHES MOUSE, BACKED WASH THE RECORDING POSTED ON THE WEBSITE PART IN THE FIRST 50 MINUTES, 50, HE TOUCHED HIS MASK MORE THAN 60 TIMES, MORE THAN A ONE TIME PER MINUTES.

I DID NOT INCLUDE THE THREE TIMES HE REMOVED HIS MASK TO TAKE A DRINK. IF SOPHISTICATED, VACCINATE INDIVIDUAL TESTS THE MASK SO FREQUENTLY WHAT IS THE EXPECTATION OF CHILDREN. IN CLOSING AGAIN I URGE THE SCHOOL BOARD TO BREAK OUT OF THE POLITICAL HOLD OF WHICH IT OPERATES AND ACTUALLY STAND UP FOR EACH AND EVERY STUDENT THAT ATTENDS THE LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT IS DOCTOR HOLMAN ELOQUENTLY ARTICULATED ON AUGUST 9.

REVERSE THE REQUIREMENT OF UNIVERSAL MASKING, STAND UP TO THE DICTATORIAL OF THE GOVERNOR AND REJECT THE IRRATIONAL POLICY EDICTS COMING FROM VARIOUS LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU SIR. NEXT WE HAVE I APOLOGIZE, YIBO

LIU. >> ME, THAT IS ME CAN YOU HEAR ME? QUICK SPEAR JUST FINE THANK

YOU FOR A. >> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE MY NAME IS YIBO LIU THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS MY OPINIONS. THERE IS SOME GREAT DISCUSSIONS THIS IS NEW TO ME IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE.

GUARDING 14 THE EQUITY POLICY AS A PARENT OF TWO YOUNG KIDS I DO AGREE WITH THE ATTENTION AND I VALUE DIVERSITY WANT TO

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MY FIRST POINT IS, CORRELATION IS NOT CAUSATION FOR ANY SCIENTIST WILL TELL YOU THAT CORRELATION IS NOT CAUSATION.

I READ A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DEBATE BEHIND ABOUT SOME OF THE DATA INTERPRETATION BEING FUNDAMENTALLY FRAUGHT.

THAT IS A BIG PROBLEM WITH THE DATA HAS ISSUED THE WHOLE DEBATE COULD BE COMBATED. MAKE WITH THIS IN THE DATA SECTION IN THE DOCUMENT, ACHIEVEMENT LEVELS UNACCEPTABLY PROTECTABLE BASED ON RACE, ECONOMIC STATUS, ECONOMIC LEVEL AND OTHER DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS.

IS THAT TRUE? YES.

BUT WE CANNOT DRAW THE CONCLUSION THAT THIS WAS CAUSED BY SCHOOL SYSTEMS, CORRELATION IS NOT CAUSATION.

BESIDES THIS DATA DOES NOT ADDRESS A CRITICAL QUESTION WHICH IS, THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE THAN WHAT IS ACCEPTABLE? CAN WE QUANTIFY THE FINAL GOAL? I REALLY FEEL SORRY FOR THE SCHOOLS BECAUSE THIS ARGUMENT MAKES IT SOUND LIKE THE PROBLEMS ARE ALL THE SCHOOLS FAULTS.

WE ARE DEALING WITH A COMPLEX WEB OF CAUSES AND EFFECTS, SHOULD NOT BLAME THE SCHOOLS ALONE FOR THIS WE CERTAINLY DO NOT WANT SCHOOLS TO RUSH IN AND FIX SOMETHING THAT IS NOT BROKEN. MY SECOND POINT IS THAT MERITOCRACY MATTERS TOO PRETTY TO BE CLEAR, FOR THIS POINT I'M NOT CRITICIZING ANYTHING OR ANYONE FOR A JUST WANT TO EXPRESS A CONCERN FOR WHAT MIGHT BE COMING NEXT.

JUST BY LOOKING AT THE CURRENT OFFENSE HELPING ELSEWHERE IN THE U.S., SIMILAR INITIATIVES HAVE BEEN MISUSED IN CERTAIN SCHOOL DISTRICTS. FOR EXAMPLE RECENT AND TRANSMISSION PROCESS AFFIRMATIVE ACTION ABOUT WHICH THERE IS A BIG DEBATE AND LAWSUIT GOING AGAINST HARVARD UNIVERSITY MAY HAVE HEARD OF. ANYONE CAN SEARCH FOR THE SHORT STORY I'M NOT GOING TO REPEAT HERE.

I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT HISTORY, MERITOCRACY CLEARLY WORKS. IT'S ONE OF THE GREATEST STRENGTHS OF THIS COUNTRY AND THIS COMMUNITY.

EVEN THOUGH SOMETIMES IT MAKES US FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE.

WE HAVE A LOT OF PARENTS HERE AND I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU THIS, DO WE WANT TO TELL OUR KIDS THAT BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF YOUR SKIN YOU HAVE A BETTER/CHANCE OF GETTING SOMETHING OR DO WE WANT TO TELL THEM, ANYONE CAN HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF GETTING SOMETHING IF THEY PUT IN THE HARD WORK TO EARN IT. TO SOME THIS -- SUMMARIZED WHAT I WANT A MORE EQUAL ENVIRONMENT WILL EVERY STUDENT WILL BE FREE FROM DISCRIMINATION TO ACHIEVE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL? YES.

YOU HAVE MY TOTAL SUPPORT. BUT TO DO THAT AT THE EXPENSE OF MERITOCRACY, YOU'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR,

THANKS FOR LISTENING. >> THANK YOU SIR.

NEXT I HAVE SHUKANG ZHOU. >> THAT IS ME CAN YOU HEAR ME COSMIC WORKS JUST FINE THANK YOU.

>> THANKS. HELLO EVERYONE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE MY COMMENTS AND OTHERS. AND SO I AM GOING TO COMMENT ON THE OE 14 THE EQUITY POLICY.

FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO SAY THAT RACISM IS BAD.

I HOPE EVERYONE AGREES WITH TH THAT.

SO I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH ANTIRACISM.

BUT THE PROBLEM I HAVE WITH THE CURRENT DRAFT IS THAT THERE ARE MANY OTHER PROTECTIVE CHARACTERISTICS MEETING OUR STUDENTS. THERE ARE MANY MORE KINDS OF DISPARITIES. IN THE POLICIES INTRODUCTION WE ARE COMMITTED TO RAISING THE OPPORTUNITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF ALL REGARDLESS OF RELIGION, LANGUAGE, ETHNICITY, INCOME, GENDER, GENDER IDENTIFICATION, SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND OTHER ASPECTS OF STUDENT IDENTITY.

I DID LOOK AT THIS DOCUMENT. LET'S SAY ABILITY, RELIGION, LANGUAGE, CULTURE THEY APPEAR IN THIS DOCK ONCE.

DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY TIMES THE RACE, RACISM APPEAR? THEY APPEAR EIGHT TIMES. SO, I THINK THE PLATFORM OF THIS POLICY IS MARGINALIZED ON THE CHARACTERISTICS.

AND, WE ALL KNOW MARGINALIZED NATION IS A FORM OF DISCRIMINATION. I THINK WE SHOULD BE VERY CAREFUL WHAT WE HAVE A ONE TYPE THEY DO NOT ACCIDENTALLY ENFORCE OTHER TYPES. THAT IS THE FIRST THING I WANT

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WE JUST NEED TO LOOK AT THE TITLE, ANTIRACISM, NONDISCRIMINATION. I WONDER WHY WERE NOTHING ANTIDISCRIMINATION HERE? BY MANY IS CONSIDERED WEAKER.

SO I THINK WE SHOULD DEFINITELY SAY ANTIDISCRIMINATION. THAT IS MY SECOND OPINION.

BY THE WAY, I FEEL IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE ANTIDISCRIMINATION IS ACTUALLY MORE WIDELY USED THAN NONDISCRIMINATION. IF YOU DO A GOOGLE SEARCH YOU CAN SEE ANTIDISCRIMINATION HAS 304 MILLION SEARCH RESULTS ON GOOGLE WHILE NONDISCRIMINATION HAS ONLY 277 MILLION.

I THINK WHOEVER DRAFTED THIS VERSION, THEY KNOW IF YOU PUT ANTIRACISM AT SUCH AN OBVIOUS PLACE YOU MARGINALIZED OTHER PROTECTIVE CHARACTERISTICS. MY OPINION OF THE WORD USED IN THIS DOCUMENT RACIST. I THINK THE RACIST ACCORDING TO MANY DICTIONARIES, RACIST IS MORE ABOUT THE BELIEF.

I THINK WE SHOULD FOCUS ON. >> SIR, WE LIMIT TO ABOUT THREE MINUTES SO IF YOU COULD CONCLUDE PLEASE.

>> OKAY YES. I THINK WE SHOULD FOCUS ON THE EFFECTIVE A POLICY NOT ABOUT THE BELIEF THE DESIGNERS BELIEVE OUR MOTIVATION. SO I THINK WE SHOULD REPLACE RACIST BY RACISM IN THIS DOCK. THAT IS ALL MY COMMENTS, THANK

YOU VERY MUCH WE. >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT. NEXT WE HAVE GANGYI LI.

GANGYI LI? NOT ABLE TO JOIN IS, THANK YOU.

NEXT IS DONG XIAO YANG I DON'T SEE OKAY, KEEP GOING.

FEI XING OKAY, LINDA YANG, I SAW LINDA SIGN ON EARLIER.

>> HI. LINDA ASKED ME TOO READ HER COMMENT TO YOU. UPON REVIEW THE DISTRICT'S LATEST EQUITY POLICY DRAFT I SEND THE BOARD AN E-MAIL WITH SUGGESTION TO MAKE POLICY MORE INCLUSIVE.

THE TITLE OF THE APOLOGY ANTI- DISCRIMINATION EQUITY AND INCLUSION IN EDUCATION, HOWEVER, THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE POLICY, ANTIDISCRIMINATION ONLY APPEARED TWICE IN COMPARISON ANTIRACISM APPEARS AT SIX TIME.

EQUITY WAS 13 TIMES AND INCLUSION RELATED WORDS SEVEN TIMES. OBVIOUSLY THE LATEST VERSION IS VERY THIN ON ANTIDISCRIMINATION.

ALTHOUGH WE APPLAUD THE BOARD'S RECENT EFFORT TO INCLUDE NONDISCRIMINATION IN THE POLICY TITLE, THE VERY ANTIDISCRIMINATION AND THE POLICY ITSELF IS TROUBLING.

IN MY E-MAIL TO THE BOARD ON SEPTEMBER 11, I SUGGESTED TO

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WE ARE VERY AWARE OF THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE DE FACTO. THE BOARD'S RELUCTANCE TO ADOPT TO THOSE COMMONSENSE CHANGES MAKES US SUSPECT THE EQUITY POLICY. I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT AN OBSERVATION, THE SEEMINGLY EQUITABLE PROCESS MAKING PROCESS IS NOT EQUITABLE. ON ONE SIDE THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF POWERFUL WELL-FOUNDED INTEREST GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE DEMANDING TO TURN THE EQUITY POLICY INTO A RACE POLICY. ON THE OTHER SIDE THERE HUNDREDS OF CONCERNED PARENTS WHO ARE STRUGGLED THROUGH ALL TYPES OF BARRIERS AND ARE ADVOCATING TO MAKE THE DISTRICT EQUITY POLICY INCLUSIVE FOR ALL STUDENTS AND ADDRESS ALL TYPES OF DISCRIMINATION AND BIASES.

SHOULD THE SQUEAKY WHEEL GETS THE GREASE? JUST LIKE THE EAST LAKE CALLED OFF 911 FOOTBALL TRIBUTE THIS PAST WEEKEND BECAUSE SOME COULD BE OFFENDED.

I URGE THE BOARD TO REFLECT ON THE COMPOSITION OF THE EQUITY TEAM/DEPARTMENT THE ATTENDANCE OF THE EQUITY POLICY LANGUAGE SECTIONS PLL LOW INCOME, LGBTQ STUDENTS WERE MISSING IN THE REPRESENTATION. ASIAN FAMILIES WERE LEFT OUT AS WELL UNTIL WE FOUND OUT ABOUT THE POLICY JUST BY ACCIDENT THIS JUNE. IF THE DISTRICT EQUITY TEAM IS NOT EQUITABLE, AT THE EQUITABLE PROCESS IS NOT EQUITABLE, HOW CAN THE PUBLIC TRUST THE EQUITY POLICY WILL BE EQUITABLE? FINALLY, I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THE BOARD TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING CHANGES.

>> SIR, WE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.

>> IN FACT, I ALREADY SENT OUT THE CHANGE OF REQUEST TO THE BOARD MANY TIMES. SO PLEASE I RESPECTFULLY WORK REQUESTED BOARD TO RECONSIDER, THANK YOU FOR.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.

NEXT I HAVE ROB BAUM. >> HI.

>> HELLO. >> OKAY LET'S GET STARTED.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THE SCHOOL BOARD.

IT IS A TOUGH JOB GIVEN ISSUES LIKE THE ANT SITE RACISM EQUITY AND YOU ARE NOW CONSIDERING.

MANY PEOPLE ARE ATTRACTED TO THE TERM ANTIRACISM.

RACISM IS A TERRIBLE THING. SO WHY NOT OPPOSE RACISM? PEOPLE THINK CRITICAL RACE THEORY OR CRT ANTIRACISM, THEY MEAN WHAT WE WERE ALL TAUGHT AS KIDS.

RACISM IS BAD AND WE SHOULD WORK TO END IT.

BUT ANTIRACISM AS A CRT TERM DOES NOT MEAN STANDING UP AGAINST PREJUDICE OR DISCRIMINATION.

CRITICAL RACE THEORY OR CRT IS A WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING.

CRT IS AN IDENTITY BASED FORM OF MARXISM.

IT SEES EVERYTHING THREATEN OPPRESSOR/OPPRESSED LENS.

SCHOOL DISTRICT RESOURCES OR EQUITY ANTIRACISM LIST HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST THE LEADING SALESMAN FOR CRT, HE IS A GREAT SALESMAN BECAUSE HE GOT ME TOO BUY THIS BOOK.

IT IS A VERY INTERESTING BOOK. HIS BOOK REDEFINES RACISM AS OKAY. BECAUSE IT IS ANTIRACISM ON PAGE 19 OF THIS BOOK IT SAYS QUOTE IF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IS DEFINED AS TREATING CONSIDERING OR MAKING A DISTINCTION IN FAVOR OR AGAINST AN INDIVIDUAL BASED ON THAT PERSON'S RACE THAN RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IS NOT INHERENTLY RACIST. THE DEFINING QUESTION IS WHETHER THE DISCRIMINATION CREATED EQUITY OR IN EQUITY.

IF DISCRIMINATION IS CREATING EQUITY, THEN IS ANTIRACIST.

". EQUITY MEANS EQUAL OUTCOMES.

RACISM IS OKAY TO CREATE EQUITY.

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SINCE PEOPLE OF COLOR WERE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST IN THE PAST, OTHER PEOPLE INCLUDING CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS NEED TO BE RACIALLY DISCRIMINATED AGAINST NOW AND ORDER TO MAKE UP FOR THE PAST WHEN OTHER GROUPS LIKE AFRICAN-AMERICANS CATCH UP. THIS IS CLEARLY RACIAL DISCRIMINATION. MOST AMERICANS ON THE OTHER HAND, MOST AMERICANS PREFER EVALUATING EACH PERSON FOR WHAT THEY CAN DO. NOT THEIR IDENTITY.

BEST EXPRESSED BY DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING SPOKE, I HAVE A DREAM THAT MY FOUR LITTLE CHILDREN WILL ONE DAY LIVE IN A NATION WHERE THEY WILL NOT BE JUDGED BY THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN BUT BY THE CONTENT OF THEIR CHARACTER.

", THAT IS A COUNTRY WE ALL WANT TO LIVE IN.

IF ADOPTED THE ANTIRACISM MEMO OR INCREASE RACIAL TENSION AND A LIMIT TO EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW.

PARENTS DO NOT WANT THEIR CHILDREN POLITICALLY INDOCTRINATED BY CRT. FAMILIES WILL CIVILLY MOVE TO A DISTRICT THAT JUDGES CHILDREN BY WHAT THEY CAN DO, NOTHING COLOR OF THEIR SKIN. MANY PEOPLE ADVOCATE, DEFEND OR TEACH CRT MATERIALS TO PURCHASE SIGNAL.

OR TO DO TO FEAR LIKE THE FEAR BEING FALSELY LABELED A RACIST. BEING HARASSED OR LOSING THEIR JOB, TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS AND ESPECIALLY BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE AGAINST CRT FACE INCREDIBLE PRESSURE FROM VERY WELL-FUNDED AND ORGANIZE GROUPS THAT ARE RADICAL.

THEY ARE NOT SEEN SUFFICIENTLY ANTI- RACIST OR WOKE YOU MAY BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THAT PRESSURE, I DON'T KNOW YOU CAN TO HELP ME BRING TO HELP YOU, THE BOARD, WILL SUPPORT ONE OF THE IDEALS THAT MAKES AMERICA EXCEPTIONAL.

EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW. THE PRESIDENT ERIC YOU KNOW, EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW NOT EQUITY.

WE IN NO WAY DIMINISH. >> SIR IF YOU COULD WRAP IT UP.

>> WE MUST WORK TOGETHER TO KEEP CRT A WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING OUT OF OUR SCHOOLS. STARTING WITH REJECTING THIS

MEMO, THINK OF YOUR TIME. >> OKAY THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT. NEXT WE HAVE JOY RANDALL.

>> HI THERE, HELLO DIRECTORS AND DOCTOR HOMAN.

AT THE LAST MEETING I BRIEFLY SHARED MY EXPERIENCE GROWING UP IN THE MIDWEST IS ONE OF THE FEW FILIPINO STUDENTS IN MY SCHOOL DISTRICT. A REMINDER IT WAS NOT EASY.

I'VE NOT WANT TO CENTER MYSELF I WANTED TO AMPLIFY THE STORIES AND EXPERIENCES OF THE STUDENTS IN THE VIDEO, STUDENTS OF COLOR SPEAK OUT. THAT IS STILL MY GOAL TO AMPLIFY IT MORE STUDENTS OF COLOR VOICES.

YET TODAY I'M COMPELLED TO SHARE MORE OF MY STORY TO ADDRESS CONCERNS YOU ARE HEARING FROM OTHER ASIAN PARENTS THAT ARE NOT IN SUPPORT OF AN ANTIRACIST EQUITY POLICY IN OUR DISTRICT.

I WILL NOTE, ALTHOUGH I FEEL DISAPPOINTMENT YOU DID NOT ANSWER THE NUMEROUS CALLS TO BE BOLDER AND BRAVER PROPOSING A STRONGER, CLEAR ACCOUNTABLE POLICY THAT TRULY BREAKS DOWN THE SYSTEMIC EMBEDDED IN OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM.

YOU DIDN'T PAUSE TO LISTEN. AND IT WORKED TO MAKE A STEP FURTHER THAN YOU DID INITIALLY.

QUOTE FROM JAMES BALDWIN, IT IS CERTAIN IN ANY CASE THAT IGNORANCE ALLIED WITH POWER IS THE MOST FEROCIOUS ENEMY JUSTICE CAN HAVE IT. I HOPE YOU THINK OF THIS QUOTE AND IT GUIDES YOU FROM HERE AND DURING THE WORK FOR RACIAL EQUITY WE ARE CALLING ON FROM YOU.

THE GROUP, WASHINGTON ASIANS FOR EQUALITY IS NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF ALL ASIANS. ESPECIALLY ME.

WE ARE NOT HOMOGENOUS. WE ARE NOT A MONOLITH.

YET WE ARE ALWAYS TREATED AS ONE.

DESPITE THE VASTLY DIFFERENT CULTURES AND LANGUAGES WE HAVE. STILL, TO THIS DAY AT SOUTH ASIANS AND SOUTHEAST ASIANS WHICH MYSELF FROM THE PHILIPPINES, ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS NARRATIVE.

ASK YOU TO BE MINDFUL OF HOW ASIAN ASIAN AMERICANS ARE USED AS UMBRELLA TERMS AND HOW THERE ARE THOSE WHO ARE LOST UNDER THAT UMBRELLA THROUGH COLOR IS HIM, ON THE FIRST GENERATION IMMIGRANT WHO CAME HERE WITH MY PARENTS AT AGE TWO, MY FAMILY IS WILL SO MANY IMMIGRANTS ESPECIALLY FROM ASIA BENEFITED AND STILL DO TODAY WHEN IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION ACT OF 1965 IS PASSWORD SPECIFICALLY TOOK CHARGE AND FIGHTING FOR EQUALITY MANY OF CENTER VERY GROUPS IN THE HONOR COMMUNITIES FORGET THIS BUT INSTEAD WE ALLOW OURSELVES TO BE USED AS A WEDGE AGAINST THE BLACK COMMUNITY BY THE MODEL MINORITY MYTH.

WE EMBRACE THAT'S BEEN PRESENT SINCE THE FIRST API IMMIGRANTS CAME TO THIS COUNTRY. THIS IS COME AT A COST THAT I AND MANY TOOK TO GAIN ANY PRIVILEGE WE COULD TOO HAVE AS

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MENTION HOW TOUGH IT WAS A COP IN MICHIGAN MY FAMILY HAD TO ASSIMILATE IN ORDER TO SURVIVE AND BE ACCEPTED, TO BE THAT MODEL MINORITY, NOT MAKE ANY TROUBLE, NOT MAKE WAVES OR ROCK THE BOAT. COUPLED SYSTEMIC GRACE AND WE ARE COMPLICIT IN MAINTAINING THAT LED TO FACE THE EMBEDDED ANTI- BLACKNESS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WHITE SUPREMACY PLANTED AND CONTINUES WE'VE BEEN DRAGGING THE KOOL-AID OF WHITE SUPREMACY THAT SERVES TO ENSURE THE DIVIDE AND CONQUER THEY'RE SIMPLY SO MUCH OF THE AMERICAN DREAM TO GO AROUND AND MANY PIECES OF THE PIE. IT'S ONLY CERTAIN AMOUNT OF THAT AS COMMITTEES OF COLORS FOR THE PIECES FOR THE SCRAP THIS WAY FOR THE VOCALIZE FOR THE UPLIFTING STUDENTS WHO ARE MOST MARGINALIZED WITHIN EQUITIES WHERE RACE AS A PREDOMINANT FACTOR ONLY TAKES AWAY OR HOLDS A BACK OTHER STUDENTS. UPLIFTING THOSE MOST MARGINALIZED WILL UPLIFT EVERYONE.

WE NEED TO INSTEAD STAND IN SOLIDARITY AND ESPECIALLY CALLING ON THOSE IN THE ASIAN COMMUNITY TO USE YOUR PRIVILEGE TO FIGHT FOR EQUITY FOR BLACK AND BROWN STUDENTS.

THERE STUDENTS WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM RACIAL DISPARITIES IN ONE OF THE MOST RESOURCE AFFLUENT DISTRICTS IN THE COUNTRY. DO NOT LET YOUR PRIVILEGE TRAP YOU IN THE MINDSET OF SCARCITY THAT YOU LOSE IF OTHERS THRIVE WE CAN ALL THRIVE TOGETHER. WE CAN BUILD A STRONGER COMMUNITY TOGETHER WE ALLOW IT.

I'M SORRY MY PRINTER DID NOT PRINT OUT VERY WELL, THIS IS A GRACE LEE BOGGS AND HER HUSBAND JAMES BOGGS.

SHE IS A LIFELONG ACTIVIST IN DETROIT MICHIGAN FOR.

>> I APOLOGIZE, CAN YOU WRAP UP.

>> AM GOING TO CLOSE THE OPPRESSED TURQUOISE EYES OF THE OPPRESSIVE RED THEREFORE ANY GROUP NO MATTER HOW PRESS IS NOT GOING TO ACT DIFFERENTLY FROM THEIR OPPRESSORS THE VALUES THAT INTERNALS AND CONSCIOUSLY ADOPTED DIFFERENT VALUES, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME

APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT. I HAVE GRETA CLIMER NEXT ON THE LIST READ THAT YOU ARE PERFECT TIMING.

>> HI GOOD EVENING. YOU'RE PASSING AN EQUITY POLICY AND A RESOLUTION, CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR IT I KNOW IT WAS HARD, I KNOW THIS WORK HAS BEEN UNCOMFORTABLE. YOU DID IT IMPERFECTLY PRINT YOU TRIED, YOU MAKE SOME HARD CHOICES.

YOU DISCERN CONFLICTING MESSAGES FROM THE COMMUNITY.

I HONOR AND RESPECT HAVE COLLECTIVELY CHOSEN TO USE YOUR POWER TO WRITE POLICY TO BEGIN TO DELIVER MORE EQUITY IN LAKE WASHINGTON AND I TRUST YOU WILL FIND THE INTEGRITY TO EXECUTE. THE WORK IS NOT OVER.

WE ALL KNOW POLICY IS NOT THE POINT.

THE LIES OF THE CHILDREN, FAMILIES, THE TEACHERS, THE STAFF, ARE THE POINTS FOR YOUR PERSONAL WORK IS NOT OVER EIT EITHER. YOUR ANTIRACISM JOURNEYS ARE ONLY BEGINNING. IN JULY I REPORTED THAT I HAVE FOUND A RACIST BUMPER STICKERS NEAR LAKE WASHINGTON REACH OUT TO DISCUSS ONE WAY I BELIEVE I CAN PERSONALLY SUPPORT ANTIRACIST. NOW IS THE TIME FOR THIS NEXT STEP. I HAVE AN INVITATION INVITE YOU TO JOIN AS A COHORT ME AND WHITE SUPREMACY AND BECOMES A GOOD ANCESTOR I FACILITATED THIS AS A VOLUNTEER IN OUR COMMUNITY AND I WOULD LIKE TO DO THE SAME FOR THE LEADERSHIP OF LAKE WASHINGTON. BEGINNING WITH YOU ALL.

THE BOOK IS A 28 DAY JOURNEY OF A READING AND WRITTEN REFLECTION FOR PEOPLE WITH RACIAL PRIVILEGE.

THAT IS US, AS A COHORT WE WOULD COME TOGETHER WEEKLY FOR SIX WEEKS TO LISTEN DEEPLY REFLECT ON OUR DISCOVERIES, AND ULTIMATELY BEGIN TO DEFINE OUR COMMITMENTS TO ACTING AGAINST RACISM IN THE WORLD. THIS IS A DEEP WORK.

SOME OF YOU MAY NOT BE READY, THERE ARE OTHER EXCELLENT RESOURCES TO PURSUE AND PREPARATION.

IF YOU ARE READY HOWEVER, THIS WORK WILL GRANT YOU MORE CLARITY AND SEEING IN EQUITY AND DELIVERING EQUITY AND OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. IT WILL EMPOWER YOU TO LIVE IN YOUR INTEGRITY AND WILL MEANINGFULLY HIGH YOU USE YOUR PRIVILEGE. I WANT TO SUPPORT THAT DEDICATING YOUR ENERGY IN THE SPECIAL HELP LAKE WASHINGTON

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>> THANK YOU MS. CLYMER. I HAVE ROB BAUM MY EYES ARE BAD. ROB BAUM.

I'M SORRY. OKAY, JOY RANDALL IS NEXT.

>> HELLO GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.

>> GOOD EVENING. OE-14 POLICY IS A DOCUMENT WORTH RECOGNIZE A STEP TOWARDS LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT FULFILLING ITS MISSION OF EACH STUDENT WILL GRADUATE PREPARED TO LEAD A REWARDING RESPONSIBLE LIFE AS A CONSERVATIVE MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY AND GREATER SOCIETY. EVERY STUDENT WILL BE FUTURE READY, PREPARED FOR COLLEGE. IT REFLECTS THE YEARS OF WORK, OF PARENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, DISTRICT EMPLOYEES AND THE BO BOARD. IT IS MY HOPE THAT DOCTOR HOMAN'S INTERPRETATION OF THIS POLICY IS BOLDER THAN THE POLICY TO BE ADOPTED IN THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE MAKE SIGNIFICANT STRIDES TOWARD SERVING EACH AND EVERY STUDENT.

THE JOURNEY WE ARE ON IS NOT EASY.

IT WILL REQUIRE COMMITMENT REFLECTION.

SINCE THE WORK RESUME IN THE WAKE OF GEORGE FLOYD AND THE PANDEMIC THE ACTION OF SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY DEMONSTRATES TO CHALLENGE THE SYSTEMS THAT WILL MARGINALIZE AND FEAR OF A LOSS OF PRIVILEGE. THE HACKING OF THE LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT WEBSITE, THE STORIES OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT MISTREATMENT AT LAKE WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL, THE DISTRIBUTION OF RACIST PARAPHERNALIA ON DISTRICT PROPERTY THE CANCELLATION OF THE PATRIOT IN RACISM, AND A PETITION OF 617 PARENTS THAT DO NOT SUPPORT EQUITY.

THE EQUITY POLICY REVEALS EACH BOARD MEMBER IS ON YOUR JOURNEY TO FULFILLING LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT MISSION IS VERY LEVELING OF COMMITMENT, PARTY'S GROWTH UNDERSTANDING AND BIAS FOR THE HELP THEY HOLD EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE AND THE PUBLIC DOES AS WELL.

WE ALSO SEEN AN INCREASE IN PARTICIPATION STUDENTS, PARENTS SCHOOL TO STATE EMPLOYEES THROUGH ADOPTING THIS POLICY. THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY ON SYSTEMIC RACISM AND OTHER HARDENED METHODS OF MARGINALIZATION TO BE DISMA DISMANTLED.

THESE VOICES DO NOT WANT EQUALITY.

THEY WANT EQUITY FOR EVERY STUDENT TO GET WHAT THEY NEED. THESE VOICES DO NOT WANT STANDARDS LOWERED, THEY WANT SYSTEMS IN A CULTURE TO SUPPORT EVERY STUDENT RISING TO THE FULLEST POTENTIAL.

THEY WANT THE MOST HIGHLY QUALIFIED PEOPLE TO TEACH AND LEAD IN LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEIR UNIQUE SKILLS ARE VALUED. WE BELIEVE STANDARDS CAN BE HIGH IN THE WORKFORCE DIVERSE.

MOST IMPORTANTLY, WHEN THE STUDENTS TO FEEL SAFE, TO TAKE PRIDE IN WHO THEY ARE COMMON TO VALUE THE DIVERSITY IN OUR COMMUNITY AND TO BE CRITICAL THINKERS OF THE WAYS OF THE PAST ARE NOT PERPETUATED INTO THE FUTURE.

THE DISTRICT'S SUCCESS IN GETTING THIS RIGHT IS ESSENTIAL TO EVERY STUDENT SUCCESS.

BUT ESPECIALLY TO THE STUDENTS WERE MOST MARGINALIZED TODAY.

WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD BY WHAT WE DO IN OUR

CORNER, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU MISS WILLIAMSPORT I'M AT THE END OF THE LIST THAT HAVE SIGNED UP FOR TONIGHT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I DID NOT MISS ANYBODY. IS THERE ANYBODY WHO IS IN THE RIGHT NOW, WHO BELIEVES THEY SIGNED UP AND BELIEVES I NEGLECTED TO READ THEIR NAME ALOUD? I AM NOT HEARING ANYONE. OKAY, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO TOOK THE TIME TO JOIN US TON TONIGHT.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY.

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THOSE WERE DISTRIBUTED TO THE BOARD THE BOARDS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO READ THOSE COMMENTS AND A COMPILATION OF COMMENTS HAVE BEEN POSTED ON THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE UNDER THE BOARD DOCS TAB. BECAUSE OF TIME TONIGHT I AM NOT ABLE TO READ THOSE COMMENTS ALOUD.

THE NEXT ITEM, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE SKIPPED OVER SOMETHING ON

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SO LET ME GO BACKWARDS HERE. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT IS THERE IS A PRESENTATION ON RETURN TO

SCHOOL. >> YES, THIS IS OUR ANNUAL POSTSCHOOL PRESENTATION FOR SCHOOL OPENING REPORT FROM HER SCHOOL SUPPORT SERVICES TEAM. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT PREPARING FOR STUDENTS TO RETURN TO SCHOOL THIS FALL, THE SCHOOL SUPPORT SERVICES TEAM WORKS CLOSELY WITH OUR PRINCIPLES, WITH THEIR SCHOOLS TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE WHAT THEY NEED TO WELCOME STUDENTS BACK IN THE MIDST OF THE CONDITIONS THAT WE ARE IN RIGHT NOW. SO WITH THAT I WILL INVITE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT DALE CODY HERE TO THE MICROPHONE TO INTRODUCE HIS TEAM AND TO SHARE A PRESENTATION ON THE OPENING OF SCHOOL, HERE YOU GO DALE.

>> GREAT THANK YOU DOCTOR AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

I'M GOING TO GET A PRESENTATION UP AND GOING HERE REAL QUICK. IT WILL GET US STARTED HERE.

I'VE GOT TO GET, SORRY I WANT TO MAKE SURE I INCLUDE SOUND LAME SHARE PRESENTATION HERE. ONE QUICK MOMENT, THERE WE GO.

OKAY, GREAT HERE WE GO. THE SCHOOL SUPPORT SERVICES DIVISION HAS BEEN REALLY EXCITED TO SHARE INFORMATION ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR THE 2021 SCHOOL YEAR.

SEPTEMBER 12 COVID 1944 MARKED THE BEGINNINGS OF WHAT IS KNOWN AS LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER 414.

THIS IS OUR 77TH FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL AS A DISTRICT.

HERE WE WILL SEE A PICTURE FROM THE PAST AND A PICTURE OF FIFTH GRADERS FROM CLARA BARTON FROM SEPTEMBER 1.

TONIGHT WE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH A BROAD OVERVIEW ON OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF'S FIRST DAY.

WORK TO PREPARE FOR THE OPENING OF SCHOOL, PUTTING TOGETHER PROCEDURES AND OPERATIONS TO BE OPERATE SCHOOL SETTINGS. CONNECT WITH OUR STUDENTS, ONLINE OPTIONS FOR FAMILIES AND AN UPDATE FOR OUR MODERNIZATION WORK THAT'S HAPPENING ENTER BUILDINGS.

FIRST LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THAT FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL BEING BACK TOGETHER AFTER SO LONG A PART, WE ARE ALL SO EXCITED TO SEE THE KIDS, HAVE THEM HERE IN HER SCHOOL, SEE OUR FAMILY, REALLY MEANS A LOT TO US.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ OH DEAR.

♪ ♪ I WANT TO SEE MY TEACHER AND I WANT TO SEE MY CLASS AND. AND I WANT TO SEE MY NEW FRIENDS. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

>> IT IS SO GREAT TO HAVE SMILING FACES HERE AGAIN AND HAD THE BUILDING FEEL FULL WITH EXCITEMENT AND ENERGY.

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♪ >> TEACHERS ARE EXCITED.

STUDENTS ARE WHY WE TEACH. WE ARE GETTING TO SEE THE REASON WE TEACH COME TO THE BUILDING.

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>> IS GOING TO BE REALLY FUN SEEING PEOPLE IN PERSON AND NOT ONLINE. AND IT IS JUST GOING TO BE FUN TO SEE MY TEACHER. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ >> I REALLY ENJOY THE QUIET MOMENT RIGHT BEFORE THE KIDS ENTER THE BUILDING.

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THE KIDS COME INTO ROOM, EVERYONE TAKES A BREATH, AND THEN IT IS LIKE A MAGIC. EVERYTHING COMES ALIVE AND IT'S A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

>> IS MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE YOU FOR DIRECTORS WHO WILL TAKE THE PRESENTATION FOR THE MIDDLE PART TONIGHT.

FIRST I LIKE TO INTRODUCE DIRECTOR OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION, STEPHANIE CLARK WHO OVERSEES ONE ETA AND LAKE WASHINGTON REGIONS PROGRESSIVE SUE AND SULLIVAN WHO IS A NETHER DIRECTOR OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION OVERSEES THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN THE REDMEN AND EAST LAKE REGION FOR BID TO DIRECTORS OF EDUCATION, MATT LIVINGSTON WHO OVERSEES ONE NITA AND LAKE WASHINGTON REGIONS OF THE DISTRICT. AND WHITNEY MEISER WHO OVERSEES THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN THE REDMEN AND EAST LAKE REGIONS OF HER SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I WILL TURN IT OVER TOO SUE AND.

>> HI, WELL WE STARTED THE SCHOOL YEAR, ADMINISTRATOR STARTED THE SCHOOL YEAR WITH THE MEETINGS IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST. AND PREPARING FOR THE RETURN OF ALL STAFF AT THE END OF THE MONTH AND RETURN OF STUDENTS IN EARLY SEPTEMBER. SO SCHOOL STAFF RETURNED ON AUGUST 25 THAT WAS LEAP WEEK. FIVE DAYS A BULLY CALLED LEAP DAYS, LEARNING ENHANCEMENT AND ACADEMIC PLANNING DAYS.

THOSE DAYS ARE FILLED WITH PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AROUND INSTRUCTION AND CURRICULUM, MANDATORY TRAININGS FOR LEGAL, HEALTH AND SAFETY PROCEDURES, TEAM BUILDING AND COLLABORATIVE WORK WITH COLLEAGUES, INTENSIVE PREPARATION OF CLASSROOMS, COMMON SPACES AND INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES. AND MEETING WITH STUDENTS AND FAMILIES IN CREATING CONNECTIONS AND BUILD POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS. AS LEVEL DIRECTORS TRAVELED AROUND THE DISTRICT DURING LEAP WEEK WE COULD SEE STAFF WAS VERY EXCITED THIS YEAR TO BE RETURNING TO IN PERSON SCHOOL. TO TEACH THEIR STUDENTS AND CONNECT WITH PARENTS AND THEIR COLLEAGUES.

>> ALL RIGHT. ONE OF THE THINGS IT IS ON THE FOREFRONT OF ALL THE STAFFS OF MINES OR HOW DO WE KEEP OUR STUDENTS SAFE THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND HOW DO WE IMPLEMENT SOME OF THE GUIDANCE THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED WITH REGARDS TO MASK WEARING AND SOCIAL DISTANCING AND THE LIKE.

HERE ARE A COUPLE IMAGES THAT DEMONSTRATE THAT WORK.

THE TOP LEFT OF THE STUDENT DESK AT ONE OF HER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WAS A PICTURE OF A MASK.

THERE IS A POPPER WITH A NUMBER ON IT.

WHAT THAT IS, THE MASK AS A REMINDER FOR THE STUDENT TO BE WEARING THE MASK. OF COURSE IT DURING THE DAY, DURING THE CLASS. IT'S A PLACEHOLDER FOR WHEN THEY TAKE OFF THEIR MASK ON THE PICTURE OF THE MASK ON THEY'RE DONE EATING THEY PUT THE MASK BACK ON.

THE POP PRINT, THAT IS THEIR SEAT NUMBER.

ONE OF THE REALITY IS UNIQUELY UNFORTUNATELY DO HAVE POSITIVE CASES, CLOSE CONTACT TRACING IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

THAT NUMBER IS ASSIGNED TO THAT KID WHICH HELPS THAT TEACHER IN THAT ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM TRACK WHICH IS STUDENTS MAY HAVE BEEN SITTING NEAR THAT KID.

THE TOP RIGHT IS A VACCINATION CARD.

AS WE ALL KNOW BEING FULLY VACCINATED IS A REQUIREMENT OF ALL STAFF MEMBERS. THAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT CAME DOWN INTO THE SYSTEM WE DID NOT PLAN FOR.

BUT BECAUSE THE ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM TO CREATE A SYSTEM TO BE ABLE TO TRACK ALL OF THE STAFF MEMBERS AND SCHEDULE THEM BEING ABLE TO SHOW VACCINATION CARDS.

IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A HARD THING BUT IT IS ONE MORE THING. IT IS MUCH AS WE LIKE TO THINK WE ARE BACK TO NORMAL, THERE IS A LOT OF ONE MORE THINGS.

THE BOTTOM LEFT THERE, THAT'S ACTUALLY THE BATHROOMS AT LAKE WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL PER THAT'S A GIRL'S BATHROOM ON THE LEFT AND THE GIRLS BATHROOM ON THE RIGHT.

YOU'LL SEE THOSE PURPLE CONES OUT IN FRONT.

THEY HAVE A LIMIT OF TWO STUDENTS IN THE BATHROOM AT A TIME. THAT IS FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING.

THOSE PURPLE CONES ARE THE BATHROOM PASSES.

WHEN A STUDENT IS IN CLASS AND NEEDS TO THE RESTROOM THEY LET

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SO, IF YOU COME TO THAT RESTAURANT YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO WAIT. ON THE RIGHT THERE IS ONE CONE WE KNOW THIS ONE BOY INSIDE. SO WHAT THAT SHOWS THIS IS EVEN SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS GOING TO THE BATHROOM, A SCHOOL HAD TO REDESIGN AND RE-CREATE A SYSTEM THAT WOULD BE SAFER STUDENTS. THEY HAD TO CREATED, AND THEN THEY HAD TO TRAIN THE STAFF AND COMMUNICATE THAT TO THE STUDENTS. SO EVERYBODY KNEW THE PLAN EVEN WITH SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS GOING TO THE RESTROOM.

WHAT THAT ALSO INDICATES IS EVERYTHING THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL DAY, SCHOOLS HAVE HAD TO ENSURE THEY ARE IMPLEMENTING THE GUIDANCE TO THE FULLEST EXTENT TO GIVE OUR STUDENTS A PRINT THAT US TO THE BOTTOM RIGHT PICTURE WHICH IS ACTUALLY A LUNCHTIME SEAT ASSIGNMENT MAP SO STUDENTS KNOW EXACTLY WHERE TO SIT. ESSENTIALLY ASSIGNED SEATING AT ONE OF HER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

ED AGAIN IT'S TO KNOW WHO IS SITTING WHERE WHO IS EATING WHERE SO WE ARE IN THE BEST POSITION TO SPACE THEM OUT.

AND TO KEEP THEM SAFE. THIS IS BEEN A BIG ENDEAVOR ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS HAVE HAD TO TAKE ON.

AND STAFF AS WELL TO ENSURE ALL OF HER SAFE AS POSSIBLE.

>> NOT ONLY WERE PRINCIPALS AND BUILDING LEADERSHIP TEAMS WORKING HARD ON LOGISTICS, THEY ARE ALSO TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO WELCOME AND GET TO KNOW ALL STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS YEAR EVERY STUDENT BY NAME, BY STRENGTH AND BY NEED. SO STUDENTS, AS YOU CAN SEE THE BUILDING PRINCIPALS PRIOR TO SCHOOL EVEN STARTED SENT OUT VIDEOS, HOSTED TOWN HALL MEETINGS, TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE ANXIETY OF RETURNING TO AFTER SUCH A LONG SESSION OUT.

THEN IT'S ALL HANDS ON DECK ON THAT FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

YOU CAN SEE IT LAKE VIEW ELEMENTARY AND KIRK ELEMENTARY EVERY STAFF MEMBER WAS OUT THERE GREETING THEIR STUDENTS, PRINCIPAL AT FRASER PRINCIPAL IN THE CORNERS WELCOMING A GROUP OF BRAND-NEW STUDENTS TO LAKEVIEW GOING TO GIVE THEM A TOUR HERE IN A FEW MINUTES. IT WAS A GREAT FIRST DAY OF MAKING THESE CONNECTIONS. THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT MANY OF THE BUILDINGS HOSTED MEET AND GREETS BEFORE SCHOOL.

THEY HAD PRINCIPAL COFFEES, THEY HOSTED FAMILY CONNECTIONS JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERY STUDENT IN THEIR NEED THIS YEAR. IN OUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS, LOOKS A LITTLE DIFFERENT. A LOT OF STUDENTS, STUDENT AMBASSADORS AND LEADERSHIP TEAMS ON WEB ADVISORS HELP GREET AND WELCOME ALL STUDENTS.

IN ADDITION IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS THEY HAVE AN ADVISORY PROGRAM THAT HELPS THEM CONNECT WITH EVERY STUDENT AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE TAKING CARE OF THEIR SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING. YOU CAN SEE WE'VE GOT THE LAKE WASHINGTON, I THINK IT IS THEIR DANCE TEAM WELCOMING STUDENTS TO AN OUTSIDE ASSEMBLY.

WE HOSTED VIRTUAL ASSEMBLIES. YOU CAN SEE SOME SMALL GROUP LINK CREW FRESHMAN ORIENTATION BUT IT LOOKS LIKE A SIXTH-GRADE ORIENTATION IN THE CORNER.

SO OUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS LOOK DIFFERENTLY BUT WERE DOING A GREAT JOB OF WELCOMING ALL STUDENTS AND FAMILIES TO THIS

YEAR FOR LEARNING. >> AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, WE STARTED A NEW SCHOOL FOR K -- 12 CALLED THE LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT ONLINE SCHOOL.

IT CHANGE FORMS A COUPLE OF TIMES WITH THE RISE OF THE DELTA VARIANT AND THE LACK OF A VACCINE FOR STUDENTS UNDER 12 THERE IS A LAST-MINUTE SURGE OF INTEREST IN A REMOTE SCHOOL OPTION. PARTICULARLY THROUGH K -- FIVE STUDENTS, K -- SIX STUDENTS BUT WE HAVE K-12 ENROLLED.

IT IS BEEN REALLY FASCINATING TO AN ONLINE TEACHING OPTION FOR SOME OF OUR TEACHERS. QUITE A FEW TEACHERS WITH HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES OF THEIR OWN WERE ABLE TO BE PLACED IN THE ONLINE SCHOOLS BUT WE WERE THRILLED TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT. THE STAFF HAS BEEN VERY CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE CREATED SOMETHING THAT DID NOT EXIST BEFORE IS BOTH INVIGORATING TO BE ABLE TO BE CREATIVE, BUT CHALLENGING BECAUSE THERE IS NOT REALLY A PLAYBOOK FOR HOW TO DO THIS.

MOST THINGS RELATED TO COVID. SO MY HATS ARE OFF TO THE

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SO IT WAS A DEFINITELY A QUICK TURNAROUND TO GET THE SCHOOL READY TO RUN. AGAIN HATS OFF TO ALL THE STAFF ARE MAKING THAT HAPPEN. THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES REPRESENT EVERY ASPECT OF HER SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

ALL ACROSS RETREAT EVERYTHING WE CAN THAT THEY HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY AND RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO LEARN.

EVERY TIME I TALK WITH THEM THERE WAS EQUITY -- EQUITABLY AND ACCESS TO LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES IS THE CENTER OF THE CONVERSATION. THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ELIMINATING BARRIERS TO LEARNING FOR THAT GROUP OF

STUDENTS. >> THANK YOU.

EVERY YEAR WE PROVIDE A BRIEF UPDATE AS WELL AND SOME BAR MODERNIZATION PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON.

I KNOW YOU ARE NOT AWARE BUT IT'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE AND SHOW SOME BEAUTIFUL PICTURES OF THE BUILDINGS THAT OUR PUBLIC HAS GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED US IN.

IN AUGUST OF 2020 THE HIGH SCHOOL COMPLETE A THREE PHASE CONTROL INSTRUCTION PROJECT THAT WE BUILT AN ENLARGED SCHOOL CAMPUS. AND THIS FALL WAS THE FIRST TIME STUDENTS GOT TO ENJOY THE COMPLETE PROJECT READ THAT WAS ONE OF THE VISITS I HAD ON MY FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL WAS TO SEE STUDENTS FINALLY ABLE TO ENJOY THAT BUILDING.

LAKE WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL, AND THE FALL OF 2020 THERE'S WORK ON THE NEW ACADEMIC WING AND COMMONS EXPANSION FOR THE ACADEMIC WING INCLUDES 20 CLASSROOMS. THE COMMONS EXPANSION INCREASE STUDENT CAPACITY BY ABOUT 160 STUDENTS. THIS FALL THE NEW AUXILIARY GYM OPENED. THE 21/22 SCHOOL YEARS THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE ENJOYED THE NEW SCHOOL SPACES AS WELL.

LAST YEAR THEY START A CLASSROOM ADDITION AND CORE EXPANSION PROJECT OF THREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT CONTINUES THIS YEAR AT FRANKLIN, ROSE HILL AND AT THE ELEMENTARIES. CARSON ELEMENTARY THE CORE EXPANSION PROJECT BEGINNING IN SUMMER 2022.

SO AGAIN CELEBRATION OF THE PROJECT THANKS FOR THEIR SUPPORT THE 2021 SCHOOL YEAR IS OFF TO A GREAT START ARE 77 STAR, STAFF AND FAMILIES WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS A SUCCESSFUL ONE FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.

>> ERIC ON THE BOARD I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE TREMENDOUS EFFORTS FROM THIS TEAM AND SUPPORTING SCHOOLS AND GETTING READY IN ALL 4500 OF OUR STAFF THROUGH THE MONTH OF AUGUST AS WE ALL KNOW, COVID CHANGED OVER THE SUMMER. IT WAS MUCH DIFFERENT AT THE END OF SUMMER THAN IT WAS AT THE BEGINNING OF SUMMER.

THAT CAUSE SIGNIFICANT ANXIETY ON PARENTS, ON STUDENTS AND THIS TEAM TRULY WAS THE LEAD IN SUPPORTING OUR SCHOOLS THROUGH MUCH OF THAT WORK. I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE EACH OF THEM FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN THIS AND ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES AS WE GOT READY FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR.

[APPLAUSE] [LAUGHTER]

>> IS ALMOST LOST OVER THE FACT THAT ESSENTIALLY MIDDLE SCHOOL'S WORTH OF STUDENTS SIGNED UP FOR ONLINE SCHOOL IN ABOUT A TWO WEEK PERIOD AND WE WERE ABLE TO SCALE UP THAT FAST. I WOULD ACTUALLY USE THE WORD UNBELIEVABLE WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT, BARELY

BELIEVABLE. >> THE TEAM WORKED EXTENSIVELY PROBABLY CLOSEST TO THAT DOCTOR WHITNEY MEISNER WORKING CLOSE WITH RICHARD SNYDER ON THAT AND SHE SUPPORTED HIM AND THE RAPID GROWTH IN THE PROGRAM AT THE END OF AUGUST.

REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT WENT INTO THAT.

BUT, WITHOUT RAPID GROWTH EACH OF THOSE DIRECTORS HAD TO WORK WITH THEIR SCHOOLS AS THERE WERE STAFFING ADJUSTMENTS, STAFFING CHANGES, HIRING THAT NEEDED TO TAKE PLACE.

THAT ONE PROGRAM CAUSED SIGNIFICANT EFFORT ALL AROUND TO MAKE SCHOOL START ON SIDE SUCCESSFULLY.

[E. Consent Agenda]

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THE CONSENT AGENDA? >> APPROVAL.

>> SECOND PERIOD. >> OKAY I HEARD A MOVE BY DIRECTOR CARLSON SECOND BY DIRECTOR SAGE WE APPROVE AS PRESENTED. WE PLEASE PULL THE BOARD FOR.

>> DIRECTOR CARLSON, YES, DOCTOR SAGE.

>> YES. >> DIRECTOR BELIEVES THERE.

>> YES. >> VICE PRESIDENT STUART?

>> YES. ALL RIGHT THE MOTION CARRIES, DOCTOR WAS STILL SUMMARIZE THE DONATIONS WE HAVE RECEIVED IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING TONIGHT QUESTION.

>> YES TONIGHT WE HAVE 28001 TO $14 WORTH OF DONATIONS.

FOR BOTH PTS A PARTNERS AND PRIVATE SOURCES.

I WANT TO THANK THOSE THAT DONATE AND SUPPORT OUR SCHOOLS IN THIS REGARD, THANK THEM GREATLY FOR EVERYTHING THEY DO FOR US. IT REALLY IS A PARTNERSHIP IN SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS IN THEIR EDUCATION.

[F. Non-Consent Agenda]

>> WE WILL NOW MOVE TO THE NONCONSENT AGENDA FOR THE FIRST ITEM ON THE NONCONSENT AGENDA IS ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 2318 ENTITLED ANTIRACISM NONDISCRIMINATION, EQUITY AND INCLUSION IN EDUCATION.

BEFORE, I WILL READ THE RESOLUTION ALOUD, BUT DO YOU WANT TO, WHILE I PULL IT UP CAN YOU BUY ME SOME TIME AND

INTRODUCE IT? >> ABSOLUTELY.

I THINK MY INTRO IS REALLY THAN JUST HANDING IT OFF TO THE BOARD AS THE BOARD CONSIDERS RESOLUTION 2318.

FOR THOSE WHO ARE VIEWING THIS D IN PROVIDING FEEDBACK, THOSE WHO FOLLOWED THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BOARD'S EQUITY POLICY, YOU KNOW THERE HAS BEEN A NUMBER OF ITERATIONS AND FORMATS THE BOARD HAS CONSIDERED FOR ITS POLICY.

MOST RECENTLY AS THE BOARD IS WORKING THROUGH THE POLICY, THEY REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT HOW TO BE CAPTURED THE SENTIMENTS, THE COMMITMENTS, AND THE VALUES THAT THE BOARD HAS IN THIS WORK IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT IS EXPRESSED IN THE MANNER IN WHICH THE BOARD WANTS TOO. IN THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE THAT THE BOARD ALIGNS WITH COHERENT GOVERNANCE, DOES NOT REALLY ALLOW FOR THAT IN THE POLICY STRUCTURE.

THE BOARD IDENTIFIED A RESOLUTION PROCESS TO BE ABLE TO ARTICULATE THAT. THROUGH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CONNECTION POINTS IN WRITING OVER THE LAST WEEK BECAUSE IT WAS ON SEPTEMBER 7 WHEN THE BOARD ULTIMATELY MADE THIS DECISION, WE HAVE TONIGHT RESOLUTION 2318 THAT DOESN'T WALK THROUGH A NUMBER OF THE BOARD'S VALUES, CONCEPTS BUT ALSO THE COMMITMENTS THE BOARD IS MAINTAINING AS THEY ENTER INTO THIS, THIS RESOLUTION CAPTURES MUCH OF THE OPENING POLICY STATEMENTS THAT THE COMMUNITY WAS USED TO SEEING AN ELITE 14. THAT'S INCORPORATED INTO THIS RESOLUTION AND MORE. SUBSEQUENT TO THIS RESOLUTION THE BOARD WILL DISCUSS OT 142ND READING FOR POTENTIAL ADOPTION THIS EVENING PAID WITH THAT I WILL HAND IT TO

YOU PRESIDENT. >> DOCTOR WOULD YOU MIND SHARING YOUR SCREEN AND DISPLAYING THE CURRENT DRAFT? PROBABLY PULL FROM BOARD DOCS WITH THE STRIKETHROUGH LANGUAGE TWO. IT IS ON BOARD DOCS.

I WOULD SHARE MY SCREEN I'M CONFIDENT I WOULD NOT DO IT RIGHT.

>> OKAY GREAT. RESOLUTION 2318 ENTITLED ANTIRACISM NONDISCRIMINATION EQUITY AND INCLUSION ÃTHE LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT LW ST, EACH STUDENT WILL GRADUATE PREPARED TO LEAD A RESPONSIBLE LIFE AS A CONTRIBUTING MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY AND WHEREAS THE BOARD TAKES AN UNWAVERING STAND AGAINST RACISM AND DISCRIMINATION ARE SCHOOL

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CREATION OF THE DISTRICT EQUITY COMMITMENT AND 2017 FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND DIRECT INPUT FOR CONSIDERATIONS AND DECISIONS RELATED TO ISSUES OF EQUITY CREATION OF SCHOOL-BASED EQUITY TEAMS IN 2017 IN ALL SCHOOLS TO LOCALIZE ENGAGEMENT AND CONSIDERATION SPECIFIC TO A SCHOOL OF SCHOOL COMMUNITY. CREATION THE DIRECTOR POSITION IN 2018 TO LEAD THE DEPARTMENT IN SUPPORT OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND PROGRAM OUTCOMES EXPANSION OF DEPARTMENT BUDGET FROM 2018 THROUGH 2TO WRITE OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPACT EXPERIENCES AND LEARNING OF STAFF SUPPORT PARENTS AND FAMILIES AND CREATE EFFORTS TO CREATE A MORE FAIR AND JUST EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM STRATEGIC INCREASE IN DEPARTMENT STAFFING FROM 2018 THROUGH 2021 IDENTIFY AREAS OF NEEDED SUPPORT THE OVERALL MISSION OF THE DEPARTMENT COLLABORATION AND SUPPORT FOR ONGOING DEVELOPMENT FOR CERTIFIED CLASSIFIED ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF FOCUSED ON ISSUES OF BIAS, ANTIRACISM, INCLUSIVE PRACTICES AND RESPONSIVE TEACHING CULTIVATION OF PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT SUCH AS NATURAL LEADERS CULTURAL LIAISONS, AND OTHER SUPPORTS AND WHEREAS THE BOARD PUBLICLY STATED IN JUNE 2020 AS FOLLOWS, IN THE PRESENT WE ACKNOWLEDGE YOU DO NOT HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT THOSE ÃAWAY FROM ECONOMIC RACIAL OR ECONOMIC JUSTICE PLACES AND POSITIONS BECAUSE OF INEQUITIES AND INHERENT IN OUR STRUCTURE SYSTEMS AND INSTITUTIONS IN THE BOARD CONFIRMS AND AGREES THE DISTRICT'S PURPOSE AND FOCUSING ON EQUITY WORK OF THE PURPOSE ON FOCUSING IS TO ENSURE ACADEMIC SUCCESS FOR ALL STUDENTS BY CLOSING OPPORTUNITY GAPS FOR STUDENTS AND PROVIDING AFFORDABLE INCLUSIVE WORKING AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS FOR ALL STUDENTS STAFF AND COMMUNITIES AND THE BOARD CONFIRMS AND AGREES WITH THE DISTRICT'S THEORY OF ACTION THAT BY COMMITTING TO EQUITY WE WILL REMOVE THE PREDICTABILITY OF SUCCESS AND FAILURE THAT CURRENTLY CORRELATES WITH RACE OR ANY SOCIAL CULTURAL FACTOR, INTERRUPT AND EQUITABLE PRACTICES EXAMINED BIASES AND CREATE INCLUSIVE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTS FOR ALL STUDENTS AND THREE, DISCOVER AND CULTIVATE UNIQUE GIFTS TALENTS AND INTERESTS THAT EVERY HUMAN POSSESSES.

AND THIS BOARD BELIEVES OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM MUST PROVIDE THE RESOURCES AND SUPPORT TO ENSURE EACH STUDENT WILL GRADUATE FROM OUR SCHOOLS REGARDLESS OF LIVED EXPERIENCES OR OTHER FACTORS NOT ALL LWSD STUDENTS ARE ACHIEVING AT HIGH LEVELS OF ACHIEVEMENT LEVELS ARE PREDICTABLE BASED ON RACE, ECONOMIC STATUS AND OTHER ECONOMIC FACTORS CURRENT OUTCOMES DEMONSTRATE ONGOING AND PERSISTENT GAPS FOR A NUMBER OF STUDENT GROUPS EIGHT YEARS OF DATA SHOWS 89 TO 94 PERCENT OF LWSD STUDENTS GRADUATE WITHIN FOUR YEARS AND CONTRAST OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT GRADUATES STUDENTS RECEIVING SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS AS SERVICES AT A RATE OF 20 TO 30 PERCENT LOWER THAN PEERS ARE SCHOOL DISTRICT GRADUATES BLACK

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OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS BROUGHT 46 TO 49 PERCENT OF STUDENTS FROM LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS ARE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS BROUGHT 74 TO 79 PERCENT OF MALE STUDENT PROFICIENCY AND ARE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS BROUGHT 83 TO 85 PERCENT OF FEMALES BY THE END OF THIRD GRADE.

SIMILAR PERSISTENT GAPS EXIST AT THE KEY BENCHMARKS 5TH TO 8TH GRADE ELA, ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND MATH SBA ACHIEVEMENT DATA AND ARE ECHOED IN THE ASSESSMENT AND ECHO THROUGH OTHER GRADE LEVELS SUBJECTS AND METRICS. THIS BOARD EXPECTS OUR SCHOOLS TO BE SAFE AND INCLUSIVE FOR EACH STUDENT THERE ARE EXPERIENCES THAT ARE UNACCEPTABLE AND DEMONSTRATING THE FORMAL REPORT FOR THE DISTRICT IN 2017 AND IN THE REPORT LWSD STUDENTS REPORT ALL INTERVIEWED STUDENTS TALKED ABOUT THE PREVALENCE OF STEREOTYPING AND HOSTILE RACIAL COMMENTS THEY EXPERIENCED. SOME STUDENTS SAID THIS TYPE OF HARASSMENT WAS COMMITTED BY FRIENDS WHO WERE JUST JOKING AND DIDN'T MEAN ANYTHING BY IT.

OTHER STUDENTS MENTIONED THE CLIMATES AND THE WAKE OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN WHICH CLASSMATES TOLD THEM TO GO BACK TO MEXICO ARE MADE COMMENTS ABOUT THEIR PARENTS BEING GARDENERS OR HOUSEKEEPERS AND MUSLIM STUDENTS WERE NOT TREATED WELL IN SEVERAL MENTIONED LESBIAN, GAY, TRANSSEXUAL QUESTIONING, SWORD TEASING AND OBSERVATIONS VARIED AND SOME STUDENTS REPORTED THAT STUDENTS WERE RESPONSIVE AND INTERVENING THAT MANY SO THE TEACHERS ARE THE COMMENTS AND DID NOTHING. AND THE BOARD ACKNOWLEDGES THAT PARENTS, EDUCATORS, STUDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY ARE IMPORTANT PARTNERS EACH HAVING A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN MEETING THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS BY ELIMINATING OPPORTUNITY AND ACCESS GAP SEES SHARING A COMMON GOAL SUPPORTING THE HEALTH AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF EVERY STUDENT IN THE DISTRICT PARTNERS WITH SPECIFIC EDUCATIONAL GROUP, DISTRICTS, EQUITY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, CULTURE CONNECTING AND THE CENTER FOR STRENGTHENING THE TEACHING PROFESSION AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND SUPPORT FOR EQUITY AND INCLUSION EFFORTS AND FOR THE EXPERIENCES AND EXPECTATION IS FOUNDATIONAL TO THE BOARD'S COMMITMENT TO CREATING A JUST EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AND BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ÃTHE FOLLOWING ONE, ISSUES OF RACISM, DISCRIMINATION MARGINALIZATION,

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SO POLICIES AND PRACTICES WITH EQUITY LENGTHS TO ENSURE BOARD POLICIES DO NOT REINFORCE EXISTING INEQUALITIES THAT ADDRESS SYSTEMIC BIAS AND AN EQUITABLE PRACTICES.

AIDS, ENSURE ONGOING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH IMPACT STAKEHOLDERS RELATED TO OPERATIONAL ÃOR DISCUSSION. DIRECTOR CARLSON?

>> YOU HAD YOUR HAND OUT FIRST, GO FOR IT.

>> SORRY ABOUT THAT. I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY STAFF, BOARD, PEOPLE RELATED TO US, WHO HAD TO PUT UP WITH US AND THE COMMUNITY. AND THEY TRIED AS MUCH AS THEY COULD TO BE PART OF THIS AND WE TRY TO MAKE THIS A PART OF IT AND I THINK IT SHOWS THE FACT THAT IT TOOK SO LONG WE DIDN'T TAKE IT SERIOUSLY IS NOT SOMETHING YOU CAN QUICKLY PUT TOGETHER. IT'S AN ONGOING PROCESS. THIS ISN'T THE END OF THE RACE AND I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT ENDING, THE BEGINNING FOR US.

>> DIRECTOR CARLSON. SUBMIT THE COMMENTS THROUGHOUT I AGREE HAVE BEEN FASCINATED Ã HAVE BEEN FASCINATING AND HOW HARD IT IS TO THREAD THE NEEDLE IT WILL WORK FOR PURPOSES WE HAVE SET OUT TO THE AHAB WITH REGARD TO THE RESOLUTION THEY ARE GETTING MANY COMMENTS JUST BECAUSE YOUR FAVORITE IS NOT MEAN WE DID NOT LISTEN TO YOU THERE'S ONE THAT DID RESONATE WITH ME THIS EVENING AND THAT WAS THAT NONDISCRIMINATION IS NOT AS STRONG AS ANTIDISCRIMINATION AND ACTUALLY IN THE MIND BULLET POINTS WE CANNOT MAKE UP OUR MIND WHAT OUR TITLE WAS WHETHER IT WAS NONDISCRIMINATION OR ANTIDISCRIMINATION BUT THAT'S WHAT I WOULD PROPOSE THE TITLE SHOULD BE ANTIDISCRIMINATION RATHER THAN NONDISCRIMINATION.

>> I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR WITH THE MOTION IS. AND IF YOU MADE A MOTION OR YOUR OFFERING HER, AND I WOULD HAVE TO DO THAT AT THIS POINT THE TITLE OF THE RESOLUTION IS NONDISCRIMINATION INCLUSION IN EDUCATION ANTIRACISM, ANTIDISCRIMINATION, EQUITY AND

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INCLUSION. >> THERE IS A MOTION TO AMEND THE RESOLUTION TO CHANGE THE TITLE. ANY BOARD DISCUSSION ON THAT

MOTION? >> I CAN SUPPORT THAT I THINK ANTIDISCRIMINATION IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD STRIVE FOR AS WELL AS ANTIRACISM IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO ADDRESS AND CHANGE. THEY ARE BOTH IMPORTANT.

>> I CAN SUPPORT THAT AS WELL. ANY OTHER ÃANYTHING THAT MAKES US STRONGER IN OUR EYES AND THE EYES OF OUR PUBLIC, PARENTS AND STUDENTS IT'S ALMOST A NO-BRAINER I THINK WE ARE ON

THE RIGHT TRACK HERE. >> IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE CALLED OUT THE GAPS OF CONCERN AND THEY HAVE A GAP FROM THIRD GRADE THROUGH GRADUATION THAT PERSISTS AND FOR THE VIEWERS AND THE PEOPLE, THERE IS AN UNKNOWN CONCERN THAT THIS MEANT TAKING AWAY FROM SOMEONE ELSE. AND IT'S A GAP WITH CONCERN IN THIS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THAT IS SUCCEEDING. STUDENTS WHO COME TO OUR SYSTEM AND JILL SPEAK THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE OR ÃFOR THREE YEARS AND ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IS NO LONGER ENGLISH LANGUAGE WITH HELPING KIDS GET TO THE POINT WHERE THE CONCERN IS AFTER THESE CHILDREN HAVE LEFT THAT SUPPORT SYSTEM IN THE EARLY THREE YEARS AND ÃTHIS HAS BROUGHT US TO AN EQUITABLE POSITION WHERE STUDENTS CAN SUCCEED.

THAT'S THE SOURCE THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SUPPORTS IN ANY OF THESE OTHER DIMENSIONS IS NOT TAKING SOMETHING AWAY IT'S ALLOWING SOMETHING THAT ALLOWS CHILDREN TO SUCCEED. STREAM RIGHT BEFORE YOU MOVE ON THERE'S A MOTION PENDING TO AMEND THE TITLE. YOUR COMMENT, THIS IS WHY I TAKE THIS RELATIVELY ORDERLY PROCESS AS WE CAN. DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. STREAM OF THE BOARD HAS A MOTION TO CHANGE THE TITLE AND ASKING FOR ALL REFERENCES IN NONDISCRIMINATION TO CHANGE TO ANTIDISCRIMINATION AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS IS WHAT THEY ARE WANTING FOR PART OF THE

MOTION. >> AND >> AND I GET THE REFERENCES ON THOSE ACTS WITH THE TITLE IN THE SAME WORDING AS THE TITLE.

>> BY MY COUNT THERE ARE 2 AND IT'S A REFERENCE TO THE TITLE ITSELF.

THE REFERENCES TO NONDISCRIMINATION APPEARS ELSEWHERE AREA I IMAGINE YOU'RE GOING TO PROPOSE A SIMILAR AMENDMENT TO THE TITLE OF THE EQUITY POLICY AND ANY REFERENCE TO NONDISCRIMINATION AND TO CHANGE THAT TO ANTIDISCRIMINATION

>> >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS ON THE MOTION?

>> I JUST WANT TO GET THROUGH THIS MOTION.

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>> THIS IS THE MOTION OF THE AMENDMENT.

>> THE MOTION TO AMEND ANTIDISCRIMINATION WHEREVER IT APPEARS IN THE RESOLUTION.

>> ANY FURTHER COMMENTS ON THAT MOTION TO AMEND? OKAY.

>> ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO AMEND SIGNIFIED BY VOTING AYE.

THAT IS NOW IN THE RESOLUTION AND SO THE MALWARE AT THE INITIAL MOTION WHICH WAS TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION WITH THE AMENDMENT THAT WAS JUST PAST ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ANY DISCUSSION ON THE RESOLUTION ITSELF?

>> ÃPRACTICES BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO ELEVATE EVERYONE UP IT DOESN'T MEAN ANOTHER PERSON HAS TO GO DOWN I AM SORRY YOU FEEL THAT WAY I HAVE HEARD THE SAME ARGUMENT MADE WHEN YOU SPEND MONEY ON SPECIAL NEEDS KIDS AND IT TAKES MONEY AWAY FROM THIS PROGRAM THAT PROGRAM, NO IT DOESN'T. THEY ALL DESERVE THE BEST EDUCATION WE CAN GIVE THEM.

>> >> I SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE AMOUNT OF COMMENTS THAT HAVE COME IN IN THE DIALOGUE THAT HAS OCCURRED AROUND MATT AND WE WILL SAY IT'S NOT PERFECT HOWEVER THERE'S A POINT IN TIME OF WHERE THEY ARE TO WORK WHERE THEY STAND AS WELL AS THE VALUES AND ASPIRATION GOING FORWARD AND WE ALL DO IT AND THE VALUE OF EVERY STUDENT AND IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT THEY DO HAVE THE CAPACITY AND THE RESOURCES AND TO ECHO IN MY COMMENTS TONIGHT WE ARE A DISTRICT WHERE HUNDRED

PERCENT OF STUDENTS GRADUATE >> I THINK AT THIS POINT THE RESOLUTION PROVIDES THE BACKGROUND AND SETS UP ACTIONS GOING FORWARD AND THEY WILL HAVE TO PAY SOME ATTENTION WITH WHERE THE COMMITMENTS ARE IN THE ONGOING DEVELOPMENT IS A BIG PIECE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE THAT IN THE ENGAGEMENT PIECE IS THE OTHER PIECE TO MAKE SURE WE ARE DOING THE STAKEHOLDER PEACE AND AS WE LOOK AT THESE POLICIES AND THE OTHER BIG PIECE AND THIS IS ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT CAME THROUGH EARLIER, THE COMPONENT THAT WE HAVE AND THERE WERE SOME SUGGESTIONS PROVIDED BY ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS AND IN THE NEXT UPCOMING YEAR AND TO SEE WHAT WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THAT WE ARE WORKING TO BUILD THAT CONSISTENTLY THROUGH TO ADDRESS THE SYSTEMIC PIECES THAT EXISTS SO THANK YOU TO ALL STAFF FOR THE BACK-AND-FORTH AND FOR COMMUNITY AND FOR COMING FORWARD AND SHARING YOUR STORIES AND ENGAGING OF THIS WILL BE A CONTINUING DIALOGUE AND HOPEFULLY THE RESOLUTION PROVIDES A STARTING POINT OF WHERE WE ARE COMING FROM AND WHERE WE HOPE TO GO.

>> THANK YOU. DIRECTOR SAGE?

>> I WANT TO EMPHASIZE A COUPLE OF POINTS AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE COMMUNITY

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>> I SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AND THOSE WHO TOOK THE LEAD IT WAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK AND TO ME IT WAS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WHERE IS THE BOARD'S ACCOUNTABILITY, HOW IS IT BEING HELD RESPONSIBLE, WHAT ARE THEY COMMITTING TO? AND THEY ARE MEANT TO HOLD THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ACCOUNTABLE AND WHAT IS THE BOARD GOING TO DO AND THE VERY LAST PAGE OF THIS RESOLUTION A LIST OF WHAT WE ARE COMMITTED TO AND ACTUALLY LOST TRACK OF THE MEMBER AT ONE POINT BUT THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE ARE COMMITTED TO SO WHEN THE COMMUNITY IS SEEKING TO HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE I INVITE THEM TO REVIEW THAT AND HOLD THIS TO ACCOUNT FOR COMPLYING WITH THAT AND IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT THAT REQUIRES DOING THE WORK OF PUTTING THE WORK ON THE WORK PLAN AND SO I THINK THAT'S THE NEXT STEP.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS FOLLOW-UP FROM THE BOARD? THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2318 BY DIRECTOR CARLSON'S MOTION TO AMEND EARLIER AND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFIED BY VOTING AYE. OPPOSED? HEARING NINE, THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA ON THE NONCONSENT AGENDA IS THE SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF OPERATIONAL EXPECTATION POLICY 14 TITLE ANTIRACISM NONDISCRIMINATION EQUITY AND INCLUSION IN EDUCATION. YOU COME OVER AND DISCUSS THIS

PRESENTATION OF THE AGENDA ITEM PLEASE. >> THE PERFECT FOLLOW-UP TO A GREAT RESOLUTION IS A GREAT POLICY TO DISCUSS SO I THINK TONIGHT WHAT YOU HAVE IS REFLECTIVE OF SIGNIFICANT BOARD WORK, SIGNIFICANT INPUT AND SIGNIFICANT CONSIDERATION FOR HOW THEY WANTED TO MOVE THIS POLICY FOR WORK AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THIS IS ONE STEP AND SHOULD IT ADOPT THIS POLICY TONIGHT THAT ONCE THE BOARD ADOPTS THERE ARE SOME TANGIBLE ACTION STEPS I WILL TAKE AS SUPERINTENDENT I PROVIDED THE BOARD WITH AN OVERVIEW OF HOW I WOULD GO ABOUT DOING THE INTERPRETATION AND THE ÃI WOULD BRING BACK FOR BOARD REVIEW AND IT'S TO ENGAGE WITH A DIVERSE GROUP OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO PARTICIPATE WITH ME IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTERPRETATION AND INDICATORS AND THERE ARE LIVED EXPERIENCES THAT CAN CAN TRULY HELP INFORM THE INTERPRETATION AND INDICATORS THAT WE ULTIMATELY GO THROUGH A MONITORING PROCESS AND THAT WE ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO THESE PARAMETERS THAT THE BOARD IS SETTING IN THIS OPERATIONAL EXPECTATION AND SO WE WILL SEE TONIGHT THERE IS AN OPENING STATEMENT A DIRECTIVE TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY 11 SPECIFIC POLICY STATEMENTS WITH THE BOARD HAS ARTICULATED THERE WOULD BE INTERPRETATION OF SPECIFIC ITEMS THROUGHOUT THE POLICY AND THERE WOULD BE INDICATORS DEVELOPED FOR EACH SPECIFIC POLICY STATEMENTS 14.1 THROUGH 1411 AND I WILL HAND IT

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>> ANTIRACISM NONDISCRIMINATION EQUITY INCLUSION AND EDUCATION IS BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING IN ADOPTION FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING. THE POLICY IS AVAILABLE ON Ã THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT AND AT THIS TIME I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE OPERATIONAL EXPECTATION AS PRESENTED. AND THERE IT IS PRETTY GREAT.

>> IN CONJUNCTION TO THE Ã >> WE MOVED TO ADOPT AND THEN EDIT.

>> ROBERTS RULES OF ALL THAT. >> MOVED TO ADOPT.

>> SECOND. >> ÃTHAT WE ADOPT AND I

BELIEVE YOU HAVE A MOTION >> AND TO CHANGE NONDISCRIMINATION TO

ANTIDISCRIMINATION IN THE TITLE OR THE TEXT >> THERE'S ALSO A

NONDISCRIMINATORY Ã >> I WILL ACCEPT THAT TO MY AMENDMENT.

>> IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND.

>> MOVED BY DIRECTOR STUART THAT WE REPLACE NONDISCRIMINATION AND

NONDISCRIMINATORY ANYWHERE THOSE TERMS APPEAR TO HAVE >> ANTI-DISCRIMINATORY.

>> IN A DISCUSSION TO AMEND OPERATIONAL EXPECTATION AS PRESENTED.

>> I THINK WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION ALREADY WITH THE LAST PERSON.

>> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION FOR THE BOARD? HEARING ON WE WILL VOTE ON DIRECTOR STUART'S MOTION TO AMEND AS PRESENTED BY DIRECTOR STUART.

ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFIED BY VOTING AYE. THE MOTION TO AMEND AS IT PASSES ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION TO ADOPT OPERATIONAL EXPECTATION 14.

>> DIRECTOR CARLSON. >> FIRST I WANT TO THANK OUR COLLEAGUES WHO ACTUALLY PASS THE MAJORITY OF WORK AND THEY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND THE EVIDENCE IT HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE EFFORT TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN SO THANK YOU TO ALL THE STAFF AND I TEND TO PREFER TO ADOPT SOMETHING THIS IS MUCH STRONGER AND IT IS NOT A ÃSTONE IT'S A LIVING DOCUMENT THAT WE WILL BE REVISITING ON A FREQUENT BASIS AND NOW WE ARE TRYING TO WORK WITH THE NEXT STEPS OF IMPLEMENTATION.

>> DIRECTOR STUART. >> THANK YOU STAFF, BOARD,

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>> >> I WAS WONDERING IF YOU WANTED TO WALK THROUGH THE CHANGES THAT THE BOARD MADE AS RECENTLY AS THE STUDY SESSION TODAY THIS STARTED AT 4 THOSE WERE IMPORTANT THAT THE BOARD MADE.

>> IF YOU WOULD MIND WALKING THROUGH THE CHANGES >> WE WILL SEE THE UNDERLYING AND THERE MIGHT BE STRYKER LANGUAGE BELOW AND THE BOARD AS THEY RECEIVE FEEDBACK AND FURTHER DIALOGUE AND DISCUSSION AND PART OF THE STUDY SESSION ANYWHERE CAN SEE THERE IN THE SUPERINTENDENT DIRECTIVE SO THIS USED TO ILLUMINATE RACIST SYSTEMS AND ELIMINATE RACISM DISCRIMINATORY SYSTEMS AND FURTHER THAT SENTENCE IT WILL READ REPLACING THEM WITH ANTIRACIST AND ANTI-DISCRIMINATORY SYSTEMS AND NUMBER FOUR FOR CLARIFIER THAT WHILE WE ARE ADDRESSING GAPS IN THE SYSTEM IT'S ALSO ABOUT EVERY STUDENT ACHIEVING THE HIGHEST LEVELS THAT HE OR SHE CAN AND SO WE ADDED A STATEMENT AT THE END OF DIRECTIVE ÃSO IT READS ADDRESSING CLOSE PERSISTENT GAPS FOR MARGINALIZED GROUPS AND ALLOW EVERY STUDENT TO EXCEL IN ACHIEVING HIGH LEVELS AND THAT WAS THE KEY POINT FOR THE BOARD THINKING ABOUT THIS POLICY. DIRECTOR CARLSON PROVIDED AN EDIT TO 14.4 I APPRECIATE HIM CAPTURING THAT, ASSURING RIGOROUS EXPECTATIONS WAS FOR OUR STUDENTS AND NOW IT READS INSURER EXPECTATIONS FOR STUDENTS AND PROVIDE SUPPORT LEADING TO STUDENT GROWTH SUCCESS AND WELL-BEING OF THOSE WERE THE EDITS THAT THE BOARD JUST CONCLUDED THIS AFTERNOON.

>> THANK YOU DOCTOR. >> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION FOR

THE BOARD ON ÃDIRECTOR? >> SO AFTER WORKING THROUGH A VARIETY OF THINGS THIS STARTED BACK IN 2016 AND 2017 AND I APPRECIATE EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN ALONG THE WAY AND IS ENGAGED IN GOING FORWARD AND I DO BELIEVE THE DISCUSSIONS WE HAD WITH DIFFERENT GROUPS WERE VITAL IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF THAT AND THE WORK CONTINUES AND IT WILL BE THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION FOR POLICY WE WILL START TO SEE THE CHANGE THAT WE DESIRE IN DOING SO. SO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK TO BRING IT TO THIS POINT AND WE ARE EXCITED TO BE MOVING FORWARD.

>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS?

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>> THERE IS A MOTION PENDING. I DON'T KNOW IF YOUR HAND IS STILL UP OR IF YOU PUT IT BACK UP MOTION TO APPROVE OPERATIONAL EXPECTATION 14 AS AMENDED IT WAS JUST PAST AND LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY VOTING AYE. ANYOPPOSED ? THE MOTION PASSES OPERATIONAL EXPECTATION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE'VE BEEN GOING FOR OVER TWO HOURS WITH THIS TIME LET'S TAKE A SHORT 10 MINUTE BREAK AND RECONVENE AT 9:25 PM OKAY BACK BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD BY MOVE THAT WE AMENDED THE AGENDA TO TABLE EVERYTHING IN THE NONCONSENT AGENDA EXCEPT FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF RESULTS THREE LIFE SKILLS CITIZENSHIP

AND MONITORING REPORT. >> SECOND GRADE

>> OKAY. MOVED BY ME SECONDED BY DIRECTOR SAVES THAT WE TABLE EVERYTHING MY REASONING IS WE ARE AT 9:26 PM THE CONVERSATIONS TAKE ABOUT AN HOUR AND IT TIES IN AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO THAT WORK TODAY AND WE WILL BRING THE OTHER ITEMS BACK ON THE AGENDA AT OUR NEXT MEETING SEPTEMBER 27 AND I HAVE THAT RIGHT? I CAN'T RECALL. AND WHATEVER THAT IS IT WILL BE BACK ON THE AGENDA

>> OCTOBER 4. >> SO THEN, I GUESS WE WILL VOTE ON ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION TO AMEND THE AGENDA. ALL IN FAVOR OF AMENDING THE AGENDA SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA ON THE NONCONSENT AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL RESULTS THREE LIFE SKILLS CITIZENSHIP YOU GET US STARTED?TONIGHT JUST TO BE TRANSPARENT RESULT THREE WAS ON THE AGENDA A MONTH AGO AND THE DIRECTOR BROUGHT FORWARD SOME QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS ABOUT SOME OF THE DATA THAT WAS BEING REPORTED AND IT CAUSED US TO HAVE SOME INTERNAL DIALOGUE AND ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT AND MYSELF MET AND TALKED THROUGH ALL OF THE DATA THE ADOPTIVE INDICATORS THE POLICY MATT PROVIDED A GOOD FRAMEWORK TO THINK ABOUT THE POLICY OF THE INDICATORS AND SOME OF THE OUTCOMES THAT WE WERE SEEING WITH IT FROM THAT WE HELD A STUDY SESSION TODAY AND PART OF THAT WAS A DISCUSSION OF RESULTS. SO TONIGHT MATT IS BRINGING SOME OF THAT PRESENTATION INTO THIS ROOM FOR DISCUSSION AND DIALOGUE AND TO SHARE THE RESULTS THAT WERE ACHIEVED THROUGH RESULTS AND PROVIDE THE BOARD WITH A FRAMEWORK AND POLICY WORK MOVING FORWARD AND I WANT TO POINT OUT THE COMMITMENTS THE BOARD JUST MADE TO REVIEW, ANALYZE AND REVISE BOARD PRACTICES WITH A LENS TO MAKE SURE THE BOARD POLICIES DON'T HAVE EXISTING INEQUALITIES AND INEQUITABLE PRACTICES THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE CONVERSATION WAS EARLIER IN THE STUDY SESSION ABOUT HOW WE IDENTIFY POLICY LANGUAGE AND INDICATORS THAT TRULY ALIGN WITH WHAT THE BOARD EXPECTS THE RESULTS OF THE DISTRICT TO BE IN TERMS OF RESULTS SI WITHOUT

[02:10:08]

>> THANK YOU MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. SO TODAY I'M GOING TO PRESENT ABOUT RESULTS THREE AND THAT'S COMING UP NOW AND WE LOOK AT THE BOARD ADOPTED WHICH IS LIFE SKILLS AND CITIZENSHIP AND AND REALLY ASSURING THAT AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT WE ARE HELPING TO DEVELOP AND NURTURE WELL-ROUNDED CITIZENS TO GRADUATE AND REALLY PREPARE TO HAVE REWARDING, PRODUCTIVE, RESPONSIBLE LIVES, MEMBERS OF CITIZENS AND THE BOARD HAS IDENTIFIED 12 DIFFERENT ATTRIBUTES THAT THE BOARD BELIEVES ARE IMPORTANT COMPONENTS OF BEING ABLE TO REALIZE THIS AT IF THIS GETS THAT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT AT THE SAME TIME IT'S INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT FOR US TO ASSESS AND MONITOR SO I'M GOING TO SHARE WHAT WE ARE USING BUT ALSO I'M GOING TO BE VERY CRITICAL OF THE WAYS IN WHICH WE HAVE MONITOR THIS POLICY BECAUSE THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO DO BETTER AREA TO DO SO IN A WAY THAT HELPS US FOCUS ON DEVELOPING THOSE SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES IN ALL OF OUR STUDENTS PRETTY TO LOOK AT THE 12 ATTRIBUTES THE BOARD IDENTIFIED FROM THINKING CRITICALLY AND CREATIVELY, SOLVING PROBLEMS, A STRONG WORK ETHIC TAKING PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND WE MONITORED THE POLICY THROUGH A SERIES OF INDICATORS AND MOST ARE WHAT WE WOULD CALL FOUND INDICATORS THAT WE HAVE READILY AT HAND AND WE HAVE TRIED TO ALIGN THEM AS BEST AS POSSIBLE WITH THE ATTRIBUTES THE BOARD IDENTIFIES OF THESE INDICATORS SPAN ACROSS MULTIPLE ATTRIBUTES AND 12TH GRADE WE USE THE INDICATOR OF HAVING ACHIEVED A C+ OR HIGHER IN ONE CORE ACADEMIC CLASS THE STUDENTS WHO HAS ACHIEVED A PASSING GRADE OR A HIGH-LEVEL PASSING GRADE IN A CORE CLASS HAS SATISFIED A LOT OF THESE ATTRIBUTES AND WE HAVE A LOT OF, WE LOOK AT THE ABSENCE OF CERTAIN BEHAVIOR SUCH AS THE ABSENCE OF BEHAVIORS RESULTING IN EXPENSE ÃSUSPENSION OR EXPULSION THE ABSENCE OF MISSING ASSIGNMENTS , CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM. SO THIS IS THE DATE OF THE OUTCOME DATA THAT WE HAVE HAVE BEEN USING THERE ARE CHALLENGES WITH THESE INDICATORS THAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD AND I THINK HOPEFULLY THIS WILL HELP THEM THINK MORE DEEPLY ABOUT HOW WE WANT TO ENSURE THE SUCCESS OF OUR STUDENTS. OUR INDICATORS ARE REFLECTIVE AND BALANCED IN THE STUDENT SKILLS OR ATTRIBUTES OF WHAT THEY BRING TO THE TABLE AS WELL AS THE ADULT SYSTEMS OF PRACTICES THAT CAN BE REALLY COMPLEX TO UNTANGLE THEM IN SOME OF THESE INDICATORS THEY ARE VERY MUCH RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOMETHING REFLECTIVE TO A CERTAIN EXTENT IN SOUND PRACTICES WERE BEHAVIORS OF ADULTS AND REFLECTS SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES OF OUR STUDENTS AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO THINK ABOUT INDICATORS WE HAVE TO BALANCE A LITTLE BIT LESS IN ANOTHER CHALLENGE WITH THESE INDICATORS WE KNOW THAT SO MUCH LEARNING IS CONTEXTUAL AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IN THIS CASE IF YOU THINK ABOUT MASLOW'S HIERARCHY WHICH SAYS STUDENT Ã CERTAINLY DID SO STUDENTS HAVE TO BE MET OR SATISFIED TO A

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FOR EXAMPLE, YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT I HAVE SOME PRETEND STUDENTS.

ONE EARNS A B, 2 URGENCIES AND THE THINKING BEHIND THAT IS A PERSON THAT HAS SUCCESSFULLY DEMONSTRATED THAT THEY CAN THINK CRITICALLY. AND THEY HAVE IDEAS AND SO EVEN IF WE ASSUME THAT IS TRUE THAT THEORY HOLDS TRUE A STUDENT WHO DOESN'T, WHO ARE IN SASE, YOU CAN'T REALLY PARSE OUT, DO THEY EARN THIS BECAUSE THEY ARE UNABLE TO DEMONSTRATE, OR THEY DIDN'T DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY TO THICREATIVELY OR EFFECTIVELY AND SOLVE PROBLEMS IN OTHER THINGS THAT ARE NOT RELATED TO THE ABILITY TO DEMONSTRATE ANY OF THESE SKILLS SO REFUSING THE GRADE AS AN EDUCATOR WHICH IS A SINGLE TO TERMINATOR AND IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR US TO GAIN A SENSE OF WHETHER OR NOT THE TRUE SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES THAT OUR STUDENTS POSSESS ON THE DEGREE TO WHICH WE ARE SUPPORTING THEM WHERE MIGHT WE HAVE SOME OF THOSE GAPS SO THAT'S A CHALLENGE WITH GRADES IN ANOTHER CHALLENGE FOR SOME OF OUR INDICATORS LIKE DISCIPLINE OR ATTENDANCE WE OPERATE IN THIS ABSENCE OF NEGATIVE BEHAVIOR DEMONSTRATES THE PRESENCE OF A POSITIVE SO I USE THIS EQUATION. SEVERAL NEGATIVES DOES NOT EQUAL A POSITIVE AND WE GO BACK AND LOOK AT THESE INDICATORS, WHAT THEY ARE SAYING, OUR STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO DO THESE IN A WAY WITHIN THEIR DEVELOPMENT AND THEIR CONTEXT AND WE USE IT AS INDICATORS WHERE STUDENTS ABILITY NOT TO GET SUSPENDED DOESN'T NECESSARILY DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY CAN TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND WE HAD A BIT OF A STRETCH THERE WITH THESE INDICATORS. SO THE DATA THAT WE TRACK FOR THE THREE TALK ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE HAVE TO DO AND THEN ALSO FURTHER POINT OUT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE AND SO THE FIRST INDICATOR IS THE STUDENTS IN GRADE 8 WITH A C+ IS HOT, CAR HIRE WE APPLY THIS INDICATOR TO FIVE DIFFERENT POLICY COMPONENTS THINKING CREATIVELY, SOLVING PROBLEMS, MAKING CONNECTIONS AND CONTRIBUTIONS AND MAINTAIN AN OPEN AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS DATA WE ARE LOOKING AT WE HAD TO SEGREGATE THE DATA BY A NUMBER OF RACIAL AND ETHNIC GROUPS AND PROGRAMS AND WE WERE LOOKING AT THE FOUR YEAR TREND BASED ON PROGRESS AND AS YOU CAN SEE A FOUR YEAR TREND IS ÃBUT ACROSS-THE-BOARD IT IS A NEGATIVE TREND AND FOR SOME WE ÃSTUDENTS EARNING A C+ OR HIGHER.

[02:20:03]

WE SEE GROUPS OF STUDENTS IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS THIS SUGGESTS THAT TO A CERTAIN EXTENT THIS IS REFLECTIVE OF SOME OF OUR ADULT PRACTICES WHEN YOU GET TO 12TH GRADE WE CHANGED INDICATORS TO INCLUDE ALL CORE ACADEMIC COURSES AND SO EIGHTH AND 10TH GRADE IF YOU ARE ACHIEVING AT THIS LEVEL WE ARE TAKING THAT TO MEAN STUDENTS HAVE SATISFACTORILY DEMONSTRATED THEY WERE ABLE TO THINK CRITICALLY AND 12TH GRADE HAS BEEN USING AN EDUCATOR TO BE PERSISTENT OVER FOR DIFFERENT CLASSES AS A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT POLICY AREAS THAT ARE EXPANDED IN THAT INCLUDING TAKING PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY SOMETHING THAT IS ADDED IN THERE AND WE START TO SEE MORE SIGNIFICANT DISPARITIES WHEN WE LOOK AT STUDENTS GETTING A C+ OR HIGHER IN ALL ACADEMIC COURSES WE HAVE A POSITIVE TREND BUT IF THE GAPS BETWEEN STUDENT POPULATIONS IS MUCH MORE PRONOUNCED THAN LOOKING AT ONE GRADE LEVEL.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE OVERALL NUMBERS OF STUDENTS IS ALSO ÃPREVIOUSLY EIGHTH AND 10TH GRADE AND WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO LOOKING AT TAKING PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY MAINTAINING BALANCE THAT WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE INDICATORS WE ARE USING THOSE INDICATORS THAT I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER THE PRESUMPTION IS THE ABSENCE OF THE BEHAVIOR INDICATES THE PRESENCE OF THESE SO THE FIRST ONE IS STUDENTS AVOIDING BEHAVIORS RESULTING IN DISCIPLINE AND THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO PAY ATTENTION TO AN OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS WHICH ARE TO THE EXTENT PRACTICES IMPACT IS STUDENT DIFFERENTLY AND WHAT YOU WILL SEE IS THAT WE DO HAVE DISPROPORTIONALITY AND AMERICAN STUDENTS RECEIVING SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES AND YOU WILL SEE THAT THIS IS CORRESPONDING WITH OUR TREND IS TRENDING NEGATIVE AND THIS IS A DATA POINT FROM AN OPERATIONAL EXPECTATION, PAY ATTENTION TO THE PRACTICES AND THE CONDITIONS THAT ARE AT PLAY AND THE ABSENCE OF A NEGATIVE BEHAVIOR DOESN'T NECESSARILY TRANSLATE INTO THE PRESENCE OF THOSE POSITIVE ATTRIBUTES AND WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO ATTEMPT. SIMILARLY STUDENTS WITH LESS THAN FOUR MISSING ASSIGNMENTS, THIS IS ONE THAT SEEMED TO MAKE A LOT OF SENSE IF YOU THINK

[02:25:02]

AND YOU WOULD THINK THIS NUMBER WOULD BE MUCH HIGHER AND PART OF THIS COMES FROM THE WAY IN WHICH WE COLLECT THE DATA SO THERE'S A GREAT REASON WHY MISSING ASSIGNMENTS CAN BE RECORDED AND WHEN THEY ARE RECORDED WE ARE GATHERING DATA SO THIS DOESN'T NECESSARILY TELL US IF A STUDENT IS MISSING AN ASSIGNMENT AND WHEN I WAS IN THE CLASSROOM STUDENTS ASSIGNMENTS ÃI WOULD WORK WITH THEM TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THEM GET THEIR ASSIGNMENTS IN ON TIME I WANTED THAT TO BE A WAY OF COMMUNICATING WITH FAMILIES AND STUDENTS MAY HALF MISSING ASSIGNMENTS BUT THERE HAS BEEN DATA COLLECTION ALLOW ÃAROUND THIS INDICATOR AND SO TAKING PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND A STRONG WORK ETHIC AND WE NEED TO DO SOME ADDITIONAL WORK TO MORE ACCURATELY REFLECT THE WORK ETHIC OF OUR STUDENTS AND ADDITIONALLY WE KNOW THERE ARE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT GRADING PRACTICES AROUND MISSING ASSIGNMENTS AND THE DATA COLLECTION AND DIFFERENT PRACTICES BUT ALSO IT WILL BE REFLECTED IN THE DATA.

AND THE LAST INDICATOR THAT WE USED OUR STUDENTS AVOIDING CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM AND TAKING PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY MAINTAINING BALANCE THE THINKING BEHIND THIS IS THAT IF TAKING PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AS A STUDENT IS ABOUT SHOWING UP THAT THIS INDICATOR MAKES SOME SENSE HOWEVER WE NOTICE A VARIETY OF STUDENTS AND WHY THEY MIGHT BE ABSENT WE WANT THEM TO BE WITH US THAT'S WHY THIS IS AN IMPORTANT INDICATOR FOR US TO PAY ATTENTION TO AND I CAN THINK OF STUDENTS I HAVE WORKED WITH OVER THE YEARS WHO WERE GETTING A LOT OF THINGS TO TAKE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY IN CONTEXT OF THEIR LIVES AND FOR SOME STUDENTS IT WAS COMING TO SCHOOL AND SO THE SENSE OF SAFETY AND WELL-BEING AND THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE CONTEXT ALSO IMPACTS THEIR ATTENDANCE. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WE LOOK AT THIS DATA IS GENERALLY TRENDING UP AND WE HAVE, IS TRENDING DOWN FOR ONE GROUP OF STUDENTS AND STUDENTS WHO IDENTIFY AS ASIAN AND WE SEE SOME GAPS IN ATTENDANCE AND STUDENTS FROM LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS AND AGAIN THERE IS A VARIETY OF REASONS WHY THAT MAY BE THE CASE AND AGAIN AS WE LOOK AT THESE INDICATORS THERE'S MUCH THAT'S CONTEXTUAL AND WE ARE IN SOME WAYS STRETCHING THE INDICATOR TO MAKE THE BOARD'S POLICY INTEREST RAEN SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE WITH OUR THREE, WE HAVE LOOKING OUT OF HER COUPLE OF YEARS AND TRYING TO MAKE IT FIT WE RECOMMEND THAT IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LOOK AT POLICY AND INDICATORS AND ONE IDEA WOULD BE FOR US TO CONSIDER ALIGNING WITH THE ÃBENCHMARKS THE STATE HAS UNDERGONE A MULTI-YEAR

[02:30:02]

>> 'S TO MAKE ANY BOARD MEMBER WITH QUESTIONS OR FOLLOW-UP ON THE PRESENTATION?

>> >> SORRY. THIS WAS FOR THE 2019 2020

SCHOOL YEAR CORRECT? >> AND WE HAVE BEEN USING A BENCHMARK COMPARISONS TO OTHER DISTRICTS AND I THINK IT'S QUITE A BIT OF A LOOK BACK BUT TO COMPARE EACH OTHER DISTRICTS WE HAVE TO WAIT THAT EXTRA YEAR.

>> AND HOW DOES REMOTE LEARNING AFFECT ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT TWO YEARS AGO.

[02:35:28]

>> SO THERE IS A WHOLE REPORT SAYING THE SUMMARY OF THE INDICATORS AND INFORMATION THROUGH THAT I KNOW WHEN I INITIALLY READ IT MY CONCERN WAS WITH THE INDICATORS, WE ARE BUILDING INEQUITIES ALREADY INTO THE WAY WE WERE TRYING TO LOOK AT THESE THINGS AND FROM WHAT YOU DID WERE THERE ANY TAKEAWAYS FOR YOU IN REGARDS TO ANY SYSTEM THINGS? I CAN SEE FROM THE POLICY SIDE WE WILL HIGHLIGHT WHAT WE HAVE DONE IT WORKING ON THOSE COMPONENTS AS WELL AS BE INDIRECT. I WAS CURIOUS IF THERE WAS ANYTHING PRIOR.WE CAN TAKE THESE NEGATIVES.

>> INSTILLED DATA THAT IS ACTUAL DATA AND THE BIG TAKE AWAY IS IF WE ARE TRYING TO USE THIS FOR SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES OF CITIZENSHIP IS PERHAPS NOT THE BEST DATA SET AND OUR STUDENTS ARE EXPERIENCING DISPROPORTIONATE OUTCOMES THERE'S A NUMBER OF WAYS IN WHICH THE ÃWE CAN CONTINUE TO ADDRESS THE BIGGEST ONE IS WE HAVE REALLY COMMITTED TO ADOPTING A MULTITIER SYSTEM OF APPROACH AND THAT IS A RESEARCH-BASED APPROACH TO LOOKING AT STUDENT DATA AND THE ENTIRE SCHOOL EXPERIENCE, CONNECTING TO A NUMBER OF PLACES THAT MIGHT BE WHERE WE NEED INTERVENTIONS AND IT WAS NICE TO SEE THAT THERE WERE SOME POSITIVE TRENDS DATA AND WITH THE ATTENDANCE WE Ã HANDBOOK THAT WILL HELP GET A LOOK AT HOW THEY CAN BETTER IDENTIFY STUDENTS IN NEED OF SUPPORT AND CONNECT AND ENGAGEMENT AND SOME OF THE GUIDELINES AROUND THAT STAFF CAPACITY TO ME FOR THE COMPLIANCE MODEL AND ENGAGEMENT MODEL AND OUR CONTINUING WORK AROUND EQUITY AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING AND ARE STUDENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAVE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY TOGETHER TO ALIGN OUR STAFF AND REQUIREMENTS THAT WE SPEND AT LEAST ALL OF OUR AND TO HELP EQUIP OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF AND RESTORING RELATIONSHIPS AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT PARTICULARLY IN THE MIDST OF THE PANDEMIC WE NOW HOW IMPACTFUL THEY HAVE BEEN AND WE CAN SEE SOME CORRELATIONS BETWEEN OUTCOMES AND STUDENT PERCEPTION AND TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THOSE CONNECTIONS WITH STUDENTS SO A COUPLE OF TAKEAWAYS AND THIS WILL BE TURNING THE WHEEL AND AS WE DEVELOP BETTER INDICATORS THAT WILL ALSO HELP US GET INTO Ã

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MORE OF OUR STUDENTS. >> THANK YOU.

>> DIRECTOR CARLSON. ASSUMING THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION THIS EVENING.

[INDISCERNIBLE] AND HOW DO WE MEASURE CITIZENSHIP SO I APPRECIATE THE PIECES WE ARE TRYING TO BRING AND I'M NOT JUST AMBIVALENT. I AM NOT HAPPY WITH ACADEMIC DATA C+ AND GREATER ANALYSIS IS HIM TELLING ME ANYTHING I ALREADY KNOW FROM OUR GRADUATION RATES ARE THE ARNOLD TRACK TO GRADUATE ESTIMATES MAY APPRECIATE THEM TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO MEASURE THESE THINGS BUT THOSE IN PARTICULAR DISCIPLINE, ATTENDANCE, AND IF THERE ARE WAYS TO GET OUT OF THINGS SUCH AS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, I AM VERY BEHIND AND YOU SHOWED US THOSE DIMENSIONS AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW THEY PROPOSE WE MEASURE SOME OF THOSE BENCHMARKS. WE DO WANT OUR STUDENTS TO DIE ÃAS AN ASPIRATION OBJECTIVE PRETENDING TO MEASURE IS NOT AS VALUABLE AS ÃMEMORIZING.

ANYWAY, MY TWO CENTS. >> ECHOING EVERYTHING THAT.

[INDISCERNIBLE] CARLSON SAID. WE, THE BOARD, ARE THE ONES THAT DRAFT THIS POLICY AND WE AGREE TO BE INDICATORS FOR AND WHEN IT CAME TO OUR LAST AGENDA IN LIGHT OF WORKING ON THE EQUITY POLICY WE REALIZE WE SCREWED UP AND IT'S NOT RIGHTS AND WE DID NOT GET THIS RIGHT AND I AM SITTING HERE RIGHT NOW AND THE MONETARY REPORT AS PRESENTED IS CONSISTENT WITH OUR POLICIES AND INDICATORS BUT IT'S NOT CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE WANT AS A BOARD AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE SEARCHING FOR FOR HOW TO ADDRESS THAT AND I APPRECIATE AN INSTANCE WHERE STAFF IS AHEAD OF THE BOARD AND I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION HAVE NOT JUST RECOGNIZING THE ISSUES BUT PROVIDING THE STAFF TO WORK THROUGH THIS TO GET CLOSER AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO. SO WE DO HAVE THIS, WE HAVE RESULTS PRESENTED TO US FOR SOME ACTION AT THIS TIME BUT IF ANYONE HAS A MOTION RELATED I WOULD ENTERTAIN AND THERE WAS A MONITORING REPORT MY ROUTE ENTERTAIN THAT MOTION.

>> IS IT POSSIBLE TO MOVE THAT THERE HAS TO BE A MORE SOPHISTICATED WAY OF SAYING

THAT AND >> I WOULD MOVE THAT WE THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

BASICALLY WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE MONETARY REPORT IS GIVEN AND WHAT WAS AGREED TO IS WHAT I WOULD SAY AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE SO WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS THAT WE MANDATE THE PROCESS AND GO THROUGH LOOKING AT THE POTENTIAL INDICATORS COMING FORWARD AND MOVING ON AND ADDRESSING THAT PART OF MY REASON FOR ASKING IF IT WAS USEFUL AND IT MIGHT NOT GIVE YOU THE ANSWER YOU ARE LOOKING FOR BUT OFTEN IT CAN LEAD YOU TO DIVE DEEPER AND THINK ABOUT OTHER THINGS I APPRECIATE THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE IT'S

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>> SECOND THE MOTION. >> THE MOTION BY STUART IS THAT THE BOARD WILL RECOGNIZE THAT RESULTS THREE AS PRESENTED IS CONSISTENT WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT HOWEVER THE BOARD TO WORK WITH THE BOARD TO REVISIT THE RESULTS

>> THE INTERPRETATION AND INDICATORS.

>> THE POLICY ITSELF THE POLICY INDICATORS AND METRICS OKAY. TELL ME IF I HAVE IT RIGHT.

THE MOTION IS THE BOARD WILL RECOGNIZE THE RESULT PRESENTED CONSISTENT AS SUPERINTENDENT HOWEVER THE BOARDS ÃIS THAT THEY WILL REVISIT RESULTS AS WELL AS INDICATORS AND.

[INDISCERNIBLE] >> SECOND THAT.

>> ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION?

>> I WANT TO THANK YOU IT'S DIFFICULT TO TRY TO TAKE WHAT WE THINK OF AS LOUSY AND I THINK IT REALLY SHOWS SOME OF THE AREAS IN WHICH WE NEED TO DO MORE WORK AND BE MORE SPECIFIC IN ORDER TO GET TO WITH THE ISSUES ARE AND I AM IN SUPPORT OF THE MOTION.

>> ANY FURTHER COMMENT OR DISCUSSION? I WANT TO REITERATE THAT PART OF THE RESOLUTION WE ADOPTED WAS TO LOOK AT OUR POLICIES AND ONE OF THE REASONS WE DON'T LIKE WHAT WE HAVE, IS BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE. [INDISCERNIBLE] WE ARE NOT GETTING IT RIGHT. SO I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS ONE OF MANY POLICIES AND RESULTS THAT WE WILL HAVE TO SCRUTINIZE CLOSER TO ENSURE THAT IT CONFORMS WITH WHAT WE COMMITTED TO THIS EVENING. ANY LAST QUESTION?

>> THE KEY THING IS TO ENSURE THINKING ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT AND ACADEMICS ARE ONE COMPONENT AND THE OTHER SKILL SETS, SOFT SKILLS ARE VITALLY IMPORTANT AND THAT'S THE PIECE AND I DO THINK CONSIDERING OTHER WAYS THAT WE DO HAVE PERCEPTION LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS WE CAN START TO TACKLE THIS IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A PERCENTAGE NUMBER AND SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.

>> THANK YOU. >> I WANT TO MAKE SURE I AM CLEAR THE ACTION THE BOARD IS TAKING BECAUSE THE ACTIONS THAT ARE PART OF THE MONITORING PROCESS IS THE FIRST ACTION HAS REASONABLY INTERPRETED THE BOARD'S VALUES AND THE SECOND IT CAN TAKE HAS FAILED TO REASONABLY INTERPRET THE VALUE SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR I HEAR THE DIRECTION THAT THE BOARD WANTS TO GO BUT THERE IS A MARTYRDOM PROCESS THAT WE ARE ENGAGED IN SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE BOARD IS CLEAR WITH ME AS TO IN TERMS OF THIS SPECIFIC

[02:50:08]

>> SO I WANT TO PLAY TRAFFIC COP. I WILL LET LISA GO FIRST.

>> I WAS JUST GOING TO POINT OUT THAT THAT IS THE INTERPRETATION STAIT'S ABOUT REASONABLE PROGRESS IN MEETING THOSE GOALS AND SO THE OPTION IS YES IT'S ON ITS WAY AND THEY CAN ALSO SAY WE WANT TO SEND THAT REPORT BACK BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T GIVE US THE EVIDENCE THAT WE NEEDED AND SMOOTH THE INDICATORS WERE WHAT WE WANTED THEM TO BE LIKE DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN DO IT BASED ON WHAT IT IS ON WHAT WE KNOW.

>>. [INDISCERNIBLE] [LAUGHTER] >> I THINK THEY REASONABLY GAVE US WHAT WE ASKED THEM FOR AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO WORD THAT. I CERTAINLY WOULD NOT WANT TO MAKE IT PUNITIVE TO THE DISTRICT BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WE ASKED THEM FOR IN THAT HAS FOUND A WAY TO GET THE INFORMATION.

>> DIRECTOR CARLSON. >> HERE'S AN INTERPRETATION OF OUR VALUES. THEY NEED TO BE RESTATED.

>> I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN, AND LEFT US THE RIGHT WORD. COMPLAINT.

I GUESS MY TWO CENTS, SORRY. I FEEL, I FEEL, I FEEL LIKE I CAN'T SAY THAT, I CAN'T SAY IT'S ONE WAY, WE HAVE A REASON TO BELIEVE ÃPROGRESS BECAUSE I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE SAID THE RIGHT THINGS AT THE BEGINNING AND I THINK THAT'S A FUNCTION OF THE BOARD AND I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WEIGHING THAT'S ONE WAY OR THE OTHER AND THE BOARD HAS MORE WORK TO DO.

>> SO WHAT WE SHOULD DO WE DO A STATEMENT AND I WOULD BE A STATEMENT THAT WOULD COME FORWARD THAT WOULD OUTLINE HERE IS WHAT WE FOUND HERE'S WHAT THE BOARD SAID HERE ARE THE NEXT STEPS OF THE NEXT ACTIONS GOING FORWARD. AND THAT'S WHY IT WAS SO LENGTHY BECAUSE IT IS MORE ALONG THAT LINE THAN JUST A STATEMENT.

>> I AM COMFORTABLE. >> ARE YOU OKAY?

>> I AM GOOD. >> SO

>> IN THE FORMAL APPROVAL OF THE BOARD STATEMENT. WHAT WE WILL DO THERE'S A MOTION PENDING AND I WILL I GUESS ASSUMING IT'S ADOPTED I WILL PUT THOSE INTO WORDS AS PART I WILL WRITE THOSE THAT AND MAYBE MASSAGE THEM SLIGHTLY AS PART OF THE REPORT.

>> WE WILL GO BACK AND TRANSCRIBE THE LANGUAGE AND PROVIDE THAT TO YOU AND YOU CAN FURTHER ARTICULATED IF YOU NEED TO.

>> OKAY. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS ON THE MOTION?

>> DO WE NEED TO RESTATE IT OR OR WE OKAY MOVING FORWARD WITH THE VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY VOTING AYE. OPPOSED? NONE. THE MOTION CARRIES.TRYING TO LOOK AT THE AGENDA TO SEE, I

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>> I THINK I'M GOING TO PASS TONIGHT GIVEN THE TIME. SUE MIGHT NEXT ITEM PUBLIC AND

[H. Public and Community Affairs]

>> I WAS IN A GROUP MEETING WITH CONGRESSMAN ÃAND WAS ABLE TO DISCUSS DIGITAL BROADBAND EQUITY BUT I WAS ABLE TO VOICE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE CAN HAVE A THOUSAND HOTSPOTS BUT THEY DON'T NECESSARILY WORK IF YOU CAN'T MAKE A CONNECTION IF THE SIGNAL IS NOT STRONG ENOUGH. THAT IS MY FULL REPORT.

>> THANK YOU. >> ANYTHING ELSE ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO ADD ON PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS?

>> OKAY. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS BOARD COMMENTS.

[I. Closing Items]

SO I HAVE A COLORFUL RESPONSE AND IT'S OKAY TO WORRY ABOUT THE ACOUSTICS OF MASKS ABOUT OUR SPEAKER MISSED THE ANNOUNCEMENT 14 DAYS AGO THE FIRST PEDIATRIC COVID-19 DEATH AT CHILDREN'S PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL, CHILDREN ARE NOT INVULNERABLE TO COVID.

KIDS UNDER 12 ARE STILL NOT ELIGIBLE FOR ANY OF THE COVID VACCINES SO I JUST WANT TO PUT THIS OUT HERE IS A PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONAL I WILL NOT PUT OUR CHILDREN AT UNNECESSARY RISK OF DEATH REGARDING UNIVERSAL MASKING. MASKS ARE INCONVENIENCED AND I WISH WE DIDN'T NEED THEM BUT WE DO AND END OF CONVERSATION. THANKS.

>> DIRECTOR STUART I SEE YOUR HAND IS RAISED.

>> MY NIECES IN THE HOSPITAL I GOT A REPORT FROM HER MOTHER AND IT WAS IMPORTANT AND I

APOLOGIZE. >> NOT NECESSARY.

>> WE WISH YOUR FAMILY THE BEST.

>> >> I WILL BE BRIEF. I'M NOT A BOARD MEMBER.

I WANT TO COMMEND THE BOARD ON YOUR JOURNEY IN DEVELOPING AND ADOPTING AN INEQUITY POLICY I KNOW THE EFFORT THAT EACH OF YOU PUT IN I KNOW THE TIMELINE OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT YOU PARTICIPATED IN AND THE EMAIL YOU READ AND RESPONDED TO YOU WITH ALL OF THAT I TRULY BELIEVE THE POLICY YOU DEVELOPED AND ADOPTED TONIGHT IS TRULY FOUNDATIONAL IN CREATING AN ORGANIZATION WHERE ALL KIDS CAN BE SUCCESSFUL WE HAVE HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR EVERY STUDENT IN IT DOES CREATE A BETTER SYSTEM I WANT TO COMMEND YOU ON

THAT. >> THANK YOU.

>> DIRECTOR CARLSON. >>

>> WE CAN'T NOT MENTION THE Ã HIGH SCHOOL SITUATION AND I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING WENT WRONG. OUR DISTRICT DOES NOT DISCOURAGE PATRIOTISM AND IT JUST BREAKS MY HEART. THIS INCIDENT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED ÃIN CONTRAST OF OUR SYSTEM B

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THAT'S ME SPEAKING FOR MYSELF AND NOT THE BOARD AS A WHOLE.

>> SPEAKING FOR MYSELF AS THE MOTHER OF A MARINE WHO DEPLOYED TO IRAQ FOR A TOUR OF DUTY I ALSO WANT TO REITERATE HAVE THE UTMOST RESPECT FOR OUR MILITARY AND APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS

DOCTOR CARLSON. >> THANK YOU.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE EMAIL THAT WENT OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL THIS AFTERNOON AND I APPRECIATE YOU GETTING THE MESSAGE OUT AND THAT MESSAGE WENT OUT BY EMAIL, IT IS POSTED AS WELL HOW IS IT TRANSMITTED?

>> I WILL CHECK WHERE IT IS ON THE WEBSITE AS WELL AS PUT IT ON SO IT IS TRANSLATABLE.

>> THANK YOU. >> ANY FURTHER COMMENTS FOR TONIGHT? OKAY. THANKS EVERYONE FOR HANGING IN THERE FOR A LONG EVENING. SEEMS TO BE A PATTERN. OUR NEXT MEETING IS OCTOBER, FIRST MONDAY IN OCTOBER, OCTOBER 4 STUDY SESSION AT 5 PM THE MEETING WILL BE HELD REMOTELY THE BOARD MEETING WILL FOLLOW AT 7 PM, ALSO HELD REMOTELY.

WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF OUR AGENDA I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE SEPTEMBER

13, 2021 BOARD MEETING. >> SECOND.

>> MOVED BY CARLSON AND SECOND BY DIRECTOR STUART THAT WE ADJOURN.

ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. OPPOSED.

HEARING THE OUTCOME OF THE MOTION PASSES IN THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

I WILL SEE EVERYONE OCTOBER 4

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.