Aug 22, 2022 August 22, 2022 Board Meeting - 7:00 p.m.

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MORE MINUTES. THERE IT GOES.

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

LET THE RECORD REFLECT, ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.

I WOULD LIKE THE BOARD, BOARD VALUES PARTICIPATION.

IN ENGAGEMENT IN THE BOARD, THEY WILL CONTINUE TO LIVE STREAM AND THEY ARE AVAILABLE IN THE 1K508 DISTRICT'S WEBSITE.

YOU'RE ALSO WELCOME TO E-MAIL, AT BOARD MEMBERS AT LSWSD.ORG.

[B. Opening Items]

2ND, 2022 AGENDA. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE

[C. Recognitions]

THEY WILL ACT AS LIAISON AND PROVIDE INFORMATION AS THE BOARD CONDUCTS THEIR WORK EVALUATION AND DECISION MAKING.

HERE WITH US TONIGHT, EVAN KIRKS, SENIOR JUANITA HIGH SCHOOL AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE JUANITA AND LAKE WASHINGTON REGIONS. JOINING US IS A JUNIOR, REPRESENTING THE SCHOOLS IN THE REDMOND AND EAST LAKE REGION.

I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME EVAN TONIGHT TO THE BOARD AND ASK HIM

TO INTRODUCE HIMSELF. >> THAT WAS JUST THE.

AND I'M EXTREMELY HAPPY TO REPRESENT STUDENTS.

I'M GOING TO STRIFE TO BE AS OPEN WITH EVERYONE AS WE CAN BE, BE AS COMMUNE CATIVE AS POSSIBLE WITH EVERYONE AND GENERALLY REPRESENT PARTICULARLY, AN AREA I FEEL, DEFINITELY, MY PRIORITY, IS EQUITY REPUTATION. THANK YOU.

[D. Audience Participation]

. >> IT'S WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU HERE. MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, IS PUBLIC COMMENT. THE BOARD OF, WELCOMES THE MEETING IN THE BOARD AND ENCOURAGES THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTS. THE BOARD WILL DEDICATE 30 MINUTES DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT.

WE HAVE UPDATED THE PROCESS TO SIGN UP TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

GO TO OUR WEBSITE, LWSD.ORG TO SIGN UP BY NOON OF THE BOARD MEETING. COMMENTS WILL BE IN THE ORDER OF SIGN-UPS, FOLLOWED BY VIRTUAL AND CONCLUDED WITH WRITTEN COMMENTS AS TIME ALLOWED. WE ASK THAT YOU KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO LESS THAN 3 MINUTES. WHEN IT GETS UP TO THE RED, WE ASK YOU WRAP UP. WITH THAT, I WILL START WITH THE PUBLIC COMMENT. THE FIRST INDIVIDUAL WE HAVE SIGNED UP TODAY IS ASHLEY. SEEING NO ASHLEY STEPPING FORWARD, I WILL MOVE TO THE SECOND PERSON, WE WILL GO BACK AND REACH TO C. ARTHUR WIENER.

>> GOOD EVENING, LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, DR. HOLMEN AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. MY NAME IS ARTHUR WIENER AND MY WIFE AND I HAVE THREE CHILDREN IN THE LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT. I'M NOT HERE TO BEAT UP ON TEACHERS. I'M HERE TO STAND UP ON THE CONCERN ON THE RATE WHICH SPENDING HAS INCREASED WHILE THE QUALITY OF THE SERVICE DELIVERED, WHILE THE COST IS NOT INCREASING AT THE SAME RATE IN MY OPINION.

THE PROBLEM WITH THE DISTRICT BUDGET IS THE COST OF THE SERVICE DELIVERED IS INCREASING IN THE RATE THAT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE. WE HAVE 1 PERCENT FEWER FTE CERTIFIED AND CLASSIFIED STAFF TO TEACHING AND THE COST OF TEACHING OPPORTUNITIES IS EXPECTED TO GO UP BY 22 PERCENT. BUDGET REPRESENTS A DECREASE ON THE STUDENT POPULATION ENROLLMENT TAKES US TO PREPANDEMIC LEVELS. THE GENERAL SPENDING, IS NOT AT

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THE DISTRICT IS SHOWING 13 PERCENT MORE CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES WHILE ENROLLMENT HAS INCREASED LESS THAN 1 PERCENT DURING THAT TIME. I'M HERE TO ASK ONCE AGAIN, THAT YOU CONSIDER THE SPENDING PER STUDENT AND MORE CLEARLY CONNECT THE DISTRICTS OBJECTIVES WITH THE BUDGET.

BECAUSE THEY ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE HOW THE SPENDING CONNECTS WITH THE DISTRICT'S OBJECTIVES. I'VE READ AND THE STATEMENTS THAT THEY SAY DO CONNECT, AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE IN THE BUDGET HOW THEY ACTUALLY CONNECT.

I ENCOURAGE YOU AS A BOARD TO MAKE IT MORE CLEAR TO THE PUBLIC. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> AND NEXT INDIVIDUAL WE HAVE

IS JOSEPH MIDVAN. >> GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. GOOD EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT.

MY NAME IS JOSEPH MIDVAN. I'M A PARENT OF TWO STUDENTS.

FEW WEEKS AGO THERE WAS AN E-MAIL FROM THE PRINCIPAL, ABOUT NEW RULE, LANYARDS WITH ID ALL THE TIME IN THE SCHOOL.

STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT IN POSITION WITH THE LANYARD WILL BE PROVIDED THE SAME AT A COST. I DID TRY TO UNDERSTAND THE EXACT REASONING BEHIND THE MEASURE BUT MY QUESTIONS THAT I PUT OVER E-MAIL ACTUALLY WASN'T ANSWERED SO I WAS LEFT TO GUESS.

AFTER A LOT OF THOUGHT AND READING AND READING E-MAIL THAT CHRISTINE BELL SENT, I DON'T SEE HOW THIS MEASURE WILL INCREASE SECURITY AS SHE IMPLIED IN HER E-MAIL.

I DON'T BELIEVE IT HAS ANY EDUCATIONAL VALUE.

IT PUTS A HIGH LOAD ON EDUCATIONAL STUFF AND FINALLY, IT WILL COST PARENTS MONEY WHEN STUDENTS INEVITABLY LOSE THEIR I. D. IN MY OPINION, A MEASURE THAT SERVES NO PURPOSE EXCEPT TO COLLECT MORE FEES, FRANKLY IT HAS TO DEAL WITH A BUNCH OF TEENAGERS, THAT MEASURE SHOULD NOT BE FOLLOWED THROUGH.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU.

AND I JUST LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT DR. HOLMEN WILL BE RESPONDING BACK TO YOUR QUESTIONS.

WE HAD FOLLOWED THERE IN THE PROCESS OF COLLECTING THE

INFORMATION. >> SAME AS I JUST PUT.

. >> THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT PERSON THAT WE HAVE SIGNED UP IS SAM ABDULLAH.

WE ARE STRIKING OUT THIS EVENING.

OKAY. SO NOW WE HAVE ASSURERA SINGH.

WONDERFUL. THANKS SO MUCH.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M ASSURERA SINGH AS YOU KNOW FROM LAST TIME. I'M A RISING SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL. I WANT TO BEGIN MY SPEECH BY INTRODUCING RICE. RISE STANDS FOR RESOURCE INVASION. BUILDING EDUCATIONAL MODELS BY PARTICIPATING IN ADVOCACY TO ENCOURAGE BENEFICIAL CHANGES IN THE EDUCATION SYSTEM. A FEW OF US COME HERE TO INTRODUCE TO THE BOARD. AND WE BELIEVE THAT STUDENTS SHOULD HAVE A GREATER SYSTEM THAT FOCUSES ON THEM.

RISE IS HAPPY TO SEE THE RISE OF STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES IN THE BOARD, AND WE WANT TO BROADEN BY OFFERING THE PASSIONS OF ALL OUR MEMBERS AND COLLABORATING, THAN ONE STUDENT FROM EACH SCHOOL.

AND ENCOURAGING MANY STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVITIES AS POSSIBLE WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL FOR A STUDENT INVOLVEMENT AND GROWTH IN THE DISTRICT.

LWSD IS PIVOTAL IMPORTANCE, OUR INVOLVEMENT TO THE STUDENTS

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THIS WOULD INVOLVE THE BOARD AND WOULD BE SENT WEEKLY OR BIWEEKLY. IT WOULD INCLUDE FUTURE MEETINGS, AND STUDENTS IN CERTAIN TOPICS, COULD COME TO SP SPEAK, COULD COME TO SPECIFIC TOPICS OF DISCUSSION. POLICIES AND SUMMARIES, TO REVIEW AND COMMENT AND PULLED ON BEFORE THE BOARD'S VOTING.

THERE COULD ALSO BE A STUDENT DISCUSSION FORM FOR STUDENTS TO CONVERSE ON BOARD POLICIES, THE BOARD COULD ACCESS AND CONSIDER IN DECISION MAKING. ANOTHER, FOR BOARD TO SPEAK TO STUDENTS, BEFORE ITS VOTING. AND FURTHERMORE, WE HAVE STUDENTS, ASSIST IN FACILITATION AS TRAINING, SUCH AS EQUITY TRAININGINGS, SO ADMINUTES', COULD -- PROPOSE IDEAS DIRECTLY FROM THEIR STORIES. I'LL BEND HAING OUT RISE MEMBERS WHO ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT THEIR OWN IDEAS AND THESE ARE THE EXAMPLES IF WE WERE TO WORK WITH YOU AND TO IMPLEMENT TOGETHER THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP THROUGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE.

>> I SEE YOU HAVE THOSE TYPED UP.

IF YOU COULD E-MAIL YOUR COMMENTS TO THE BOARD, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> THE NEXT INDIVIDUAL WE HAVE SIGNED UP IS RAY NAPKIP.

RAY, I DON'T THINK WE PRONOUNCED IT CORRECTLY.

I HOPE YOU CORRECT IT WHEN YOU COME.

>> MY NAME IS RAY NAPKIP. I'M A COLLEAGUE OF ASSURERA'S.

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT REEXAMINING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT POLICY.

AND AS OF SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR, KEEPING STUDENTS OUT OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. THE PRESENCE OF -- IS THE OPPOSITE. THE CIVIL RIGHTS DATA COLLECTION RECORDS THAT ARRESTS IN SCHOOLS, 3.5 TIMES THE RATE THEY ARE IN SCHOOLS WITHOUT THESE OFFICERS. AND ARMED POLICE OFFICERS IN SCHOOLS DO NOT, AS THEY ARE DESCRIBED TO DO PROMOTE A SAFE AND POSITIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.

SO MUCH OF THE BENEFIT TO HAVE OFFICERS IN SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY-BASED EFFORTS, BY SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T CARRY A GUN.

MANY OF THE CLASSMATES ARE HAPPY THAT OFFICER MARTIN RESOURCE SCHOOL OFFICER DOES BUT NONE THE BENEFITS THEY DESCRIBE IS FACILITATED BY HIS ROLE AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.

THE FUNDING COULD BE BETTER USED IN COUNSELLING DEPARTMENTS ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS.

BETTER MENTAL HEALTH, PROVIDES SAFETY AND SCHOOLS, TO PREVENT HARMING THEMSELVES AND OTHERS, AND ADMINISTRATORS AND COUNSELORS, IT'S VITAL TO PROTECTING STUDENTS, TO HELPING THEM SUCCEED ACADEMICALLY AND SOCIALLY.

POLICE OFFICERS IN SCHOOLS, AS THEIR CAPACITY, FOREGO MORE HARM THAN GOOD. DISPROPORTIONATELY STUDENTS OF COLOR AND DISABLED STUDENTS. SPECIFICALLY IN OUR DISTRICT, BLACK AND HISPANIC ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY DISCIPLINED.

AND THEY SHOULD NOT DISCRIMINATE OR IMPOSE CRIMINAL STANDARDS BETTER HANDLED BY THE KISS STRICT, DO NOTHING CONCRETE TO STOP THIS FROM HAPPENING. IT REQUIRES TRAINING, ONLY SO FAR AS THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND THE STATE REQUIRE.

THAT MINIMUM IS NOT ENOUGH. THE DISTRICT COULD TAKE ACTION TO INSURE GOOD IS DONE THROUGH COUNSELLING INSTEAD OF WAITING AND HOPING OFFICERS AND SCHOOLS DO NOT DO HARM.

OUR SCHOOLS SHOULD BE PLACES OF LEARNING AND COMMUNITY.

THE BOARD NEEDS TO REVISIT THE POLICY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I WOULD ASK THE SAME, IF YOU COULD E-MAIL YOUR COMMENTS.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU.

>> OKAY, SO THE NEXT STUDENT -- NEXT STUDENT IS MATTHEW VAMMERY.

IF YOU COULD TRY TO STRAIGHTEN THE MICROPHONE, IT MAY WORK A

LITTLE BETTER. >> JUST POINT IT TOWARDS YOUR

MOUTH, JUST LIKE THIS. >> HELLO OKAY. HI, MY NAME IS MATTHEW MURRAY.

I'M A RISING SENIOR AT EAST LAKE HIGH SCHOOL.

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THE SCHOOL IS ONLY SUPPLIED BY 8 COUNSELORS.

THAT LEAVES 228 STUDENTS TO DEEM WITH EACH.

THEY WOULD HAVE TO MEET AT LEAST TO STUDENTS A DAY TO GET THROUGH ALL OF THEM AND HAVE A CHANCE TO AT LEAST MEET AND TALK WITH THEM. THE COUNSELORS, AS IS, ARE ALREADY SWAMPED WITH WORK. I E-MAIL MY COUNSELOR TO ASK THEM A DWE AND IT TOOK TWO MONTHS FOR THEM TO GET BACK TO ME. I COULD EASILY INFER, THE COUNSELLING STAFF IN MY SCHOOL ARE UNDER STAFFED.

TO COMBAT THIS, I BELIEVE WE SHOULD HIRE MORE COUNSELORS IN THE SCHOOL. IT WOULD SPLIT THE WORKLOAD BETWEEN THEM AND DEAL WITH SMALLER GROUPS OF STUDENTS SO THEY CAN MEET WITH THEM AND FORM A BETTER RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM.

ANOTHER SOLUTION, WOULD BE TO BETTER EQUIP THEM TO GIVE THEM THE TOOLS AND TIME TO DO THEIR JOB.

FROM SOME ACCOUNTS I HEARD, WHEN A REQUEST IS MADE OF SOME COUNSELORS, THEY ARE UNABLE TO FULFILL IT.

THEY PASS IT TO SOMEONE ELSE, WHO DOES THE SAME THING AND IT CYCLE, UNTIL THE REQUEST WAS NEVER FULFILLED AT ALL.

THIS REMOVES THE USEFULNESS AND SOME OF THE TRUST WORTHINESS.

AS IT IS, WE ARE TO TRUST THE PEOPLE WHO WE NEVER PERSONALLY MET. WE'RE INTRODUCED TO THEM FOR FIVE SECONDS, ALONGSIDE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE.

GIVEN THE TIME TO MEET AND SPEAK WITH THEM, WE WOULD BUILD THE TRUST BETWEEN THE TWO PARTIES OF THE COUNSELORS AND TO STUDENTS.

WE WOULD KNOW WHAT THEY CAN DO FOR US AND WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO PUSH ALL OUR WORRIES AND THINGS WE WISH WE CAN DO, EVEN IF THEY CANNOT. I BELIEVE EDUCATING US WHAT THE COUNSELORS COULD DO WOULD BE ACCOMPLISHED FROM BEING ABLE TO MEET WITH THEM. ALL IN ALL, EQUIPPING COUNSELORS WITH THE TOOLS, TIME AND PEOPLE WOULD BE A GOOD START TO LET ENNING THE WORKLOAD AND PUSHING THEM FURTHER IN THE PATH TO

HELPING STUDENTS. >> THANK YOU.

>> OUR NEXT INDIVIDUAL IS SAM SEACREST.

>> UNFORTUNATELY, I DIDN'T E-MAIL BUT I HAVE COPIES.

>> HELLO. EVERYONE. MY NAME IS SAM SEACREST.

I'M A RISING SENIOR AT HIGH SCHOOL.

I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE TONIGHT AND ACTIVELY LISTENING TO A GROUP OF STUDENTS.

UNFORTUNATE TRUTH, STUDENTS HAVE ANY POSITION, DESPITE THE PRIMARY CAUSE OR FOCUS. FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, KIDS ARE EXPECTED TO SIT QUIETLY, RAISE THEIR HAND AND NOT QUESTION WHAT IS SAID OR DONE. THAT'S THE TRUG.

9 TRUTH OF ALL THE TEENAGERS AND THE RISE ORGANIZATION IS VERY DIFFERENT. BEHIND ME, YOU SEE STZ WITH THE DRIVE, INGENUITY TO RESEARCH THEM AND CONNECTION TO STUDENTS LIVING DAILY LIFE WITHIN THE EDUCATION SYSTEM.

THEIR SPEECHES, PROVE THE BELIEF FOR POSITIVE GROWTH.

AND STUDENTS IN ADMIN WILL BE ABLE TO HARVEST.

IT'S THE STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION STUDENTS ARE CHOSEN IN BOARD MEMBERS. EVEN THOUGH IT'S GREAT, WHAT ABOUT THE OTHERS? WHAT ABOUT THE STUDENTS WHO DENT KNOW A PANEL WAS OPENING OR ONE YEAR OR TOO YOUNG TO PARTICIPATE? WHAT ABOUT THE DOZEN OF OTHERS WHO WOULD JUMP AT A CHANCE TO GROW THEIR SCHOOL INTO A HAVEN BUT ONLY NINE WERE GIVEN POSITIONS.

THAT'S OUR PURPOSE, TO SHOW STUDENTS'S WILLINGNESS TO PUT THE PRACTICAL WORK AND ISSUES. IMAGINE THE STUDENTS AND THE CURRENT REPRESENTATIVES ALONGSIDE A LARGER GROUP.

ONE THAT INCREASES DIVERSITY, LARGE NUMBERS, SKILLS, AND IDEAS. IMAGINE WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE STUDENTS TO SHOW THEY ARE THE BURDENS AND EMBRACE THE OPPORTUNITIES OF LEADERSHIP AND UNIVERSITY IN LARGE NUMBERS TOA LARGE FOR ONE GROUP. ON BEHALF OF THE FOUR STUDENTS

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WE WOULD LIKE TO PARTNER AND GROW A COMMUNITY OF STUDENTS AND ADULTS INTERESTED IN CREATING A BETTER FUTURE.

WITH LARGER NUMBERS AND GREATER COMMUNITY, THERE'S NO LIMITS ON THE FACETS WE CAN ADDRESS. ALL THE TOPICS AND PEOPLE AND DREAMS PUT OFF TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE IMMEDIATE ISSUES COULD BE TAKEN CARE OF WITH EFFICIENCY AND CARE THROUGH A LARGER GROUP FROM BROADER BACKGROUNDS. IMAGINE WORKING SIDE BY SIDE, SHARING INFORMATION AND IDEAS, WITH STUDENTS WILLING TO CONTINUESIOUSLY GROW THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM THEY ARE PROUD OF. YOUR STUDENTS BELIEVE IN THEIR FUTURE. DO YOU?

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP FOR REMOTE.

>> WE DO NOT. >> THAT WILL END OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THE EARVENING. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR COMING.

IT'S GREAT TO SEE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES AND HOW WE CAN ENGAGE FURTHER WITH OUR STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU FOR COMING. WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM IN THE AGENDA, WHICH IS THE NONCONSENT AGENDA.

WE ALREADY DID THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[E. Consent Agenda]

AGENDA. >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> MOVED BY LALIBERTE AND SECOND

BY CARLSON. >> DIRECTOR LALIBERTE?

>> YES. >> DIRECTOR STUART?

>> YES. >> DIRECTOR CARLSON?

>> YES. >> VICE PRESIDENT CHOI?

>> YES. >> BOARD MEMBER LIZNER?

[F. Non-Consent Agenda]

>> YES. >> AND NEXT ITEM, IS MOVING TO THE NONCONSENT AND ADOPTION TO THE 2022-2023 BUDGET.

DOCTOR HOLMEN? >> YES, SO THE BOARD HAS BEEN WORKING ON THE 2022-23 BUDGET FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS NOW.

WE'VE GONE THROUGH A NUMBER OF IRLITRATIONS AND DONE SOME IN THE STRATEGIC WORK. TONIGHT, THE DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS SERVICES BRENNEMAN IS HERE TO FORMALLY PRESENT THE FINAL BUDGET TO THE BOARD FOR BOARD ACTION THIS EVENING.

CHRIS? >> JUST A REMINDER, WE'RE ADOPTING THE 2022-23 BUDGET, WHICH IS THE F.

2022-23 BUDGET WAS DEVELOPED BY GATHERING INPUT AND WORKING WITH THE STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP TEAM AND DEVELOPING WHAT THE PRIORITIES FOR THE BUDGET. WE PRESENTED DRAFT BUDGETS IN DETAIL AND HAD OUR FIRST OWN, AND PUBLIC HEARING WAS ALSO HELD. AND THE BUDGET IS POSTED ON THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE. THE DISTRICT BUDGET MAINTAINS THE GOAL OF 5 PERCENT BALANCE. AND WANT TO THANK EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THE BUDGET PROCESS AND ALSO ESPECIALLY GIVE THANKS TO MY TEAM AND THE BUDGET OFFICE TEAM FOR ALL THE HARD WORK IN

PUTTING IT TOGETHER. >> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. >> SO AT THIS TIME, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2040, ADOPTION OF THE

2022-23 BUDGET AS PRESENTED. >> I MOVE TO ADOPT THE BUDGET

RESOLUTION, 2240. >> SECOND.

>> MOVED BY DIRECTOR LALIBERTE AND APPROVED BY CARLSON.

ARE THERE ANY BOARD MEMBERS QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? HEARING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY AND VOTING. ANYONE OPPOSED? HEARING NONE, THE MOTION PASSES. AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK

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I APPRECIATE THAT THE BUDGET WILL TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT IN WHAT WE DO. SO THANK YOU.

>> THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO MONITORING REPORT, OPERATION PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION. THESE REPORTS WILL COVER THE 2021-22 SCHOOL YEAR. THE BOARD ESTABLISHES THE VALUES HOW THE SCHOOL IS TO OPERATE. THE MONITORING REPORT CONTAINS THE SUPERINTENDENT'S LANGUAGE AND MONITORING DATA FOR THE POLICIES. THEY MAKE UP THE BOARD OF OVERSIGHT AND ASSURES THE BOARD MEETS ITS OPERATIONAL STANDARDS.

DR. HOLMEN COULD YOU PRESENT THE MONIT MONITORING. .

>> I WOULD LOVE TO. AND BARE WITH ME, I COULD PROVIDE IT TO THE BOARD IN WRITING AS WELL.

OE4 PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION IS REALLY ABOUT THE RECRUITMENT HIRING AND RETENTION OF STAFF AND THE CONDITIONS THAT SURROUND THAT. THE POLICY STATEMENT IN OE4 LEADS WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL ASSURE THE RECRUITMENT, EMPLOYMENT, DEVELOPMENT, EVALUATION AND COMPENSATION IN A DISTRICT, NECESSARY IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE DISTRICT RESULT POLICIES. THIS REPORT IS PRESENTED WITH EVIDENCE IN 12 COMPONENTS OF OE4 FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 2021.

AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE UPDATED OUR MONITORING CYCLE AND SO YOU'LL ACTUALLY SEE OE4 AGAIN, IN 2-3 MONTHS.

THOSE DATA WILL BE FOR THE 21-22 SCHOOL YEAR.

THIS REPORT IS PRESENTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH NOTED EXCEPTIONS. I WANT TO REVIEW THE NOTED EXCEPTIONS BECAUSE THERE'S THREE AREAS I WILL MARK AS NONIN COMPLIANCE AT THIS TIME, FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES.

BEFORE I DO THAT, I WANT TO POINT OUT A COUPLE OF AREAS, WHERE I BELIEVE I SHOULD HIGHLIGHT, BECAUSE THEY ARE COMPONENTS, WE WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE ON AND IN AN AREA, FOR ME, IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. FIRST, IS 1 HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE NEW EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACTORS WERE APPROPRIATELY SCREENED, FINGERPRINTED AND RUN THROUGH THE WASHINGTON STATE PATROL BACKGROUND CHECK. AND WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT? IT IS THE BENCH MARK WE CONTINUED TO ACHIEVE.

WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT? WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING WITH AND SERVING OUR CHILDREN MEET THAT BASIC LEVEL OF COMPLIANCE. AND THAT'S A LEGAL REQUIREMENT, BUT THAT'S ALSO A CHECK OF THE BACKGROUNDS AND ANY ISSUES THAT SOMEONE HAS HAD PREVIOUSLY. WHAT WE ALSO KNOW ABOUT THE SYSTEM IS ONCE WE'VE CHECKED AN INDIVIDUAL AND HIRED THEM, THAT SYSTEM WILL NOTIFY US IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WOULD HAVE ARISEN IN A BACKGROUND CHECK. SO THIS IS A SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS US TO ON AN ONGOING BASIS MAINTAIN THE LEVEL OF CERTAINTY FOR THE EMPLOYEES WE HAVE IN THE DISTRICT.

IT'S NEW EMPLOYEES TO THE DISTRICT, BUT IT'S ALSO A SYSTEM THAT NOTIFIES US, IF THERE IS ANY CONCERNS.

IN THE MONITORING REPORT, YOU WILL SEE THE RACIAL DIVERSITY DATA. YOU COULD SEE THAT ACROSS THE BOARD WE CONTINUE TO INCREASE THE RACIAL DIVERSITY OF OUR STAFF. AND SO THAT'S JUST A POINT THAT KNOWING THAT WE LIVE IN A VERY DIVERSE COMMUNITY.

WE KNOW THE DIVERSITY HAS INCREASED ACROSS OUR COMMUNITIES OVER THE LAST PERIOD OF TIME. AND SO WE ALSO SEE THAT RACIAL DIVERSITY WITHIN OUR STAFF THERE'S THREE COMPONENTS NOT MARK. 4.7, 4.10 AND 4.11.

I'VE GIVEN INFORMATION ON EACH OF THOSE.

4.7, THERE'S A STATEMENT IN THE POLICY THAT RELATES TO THE INDUSTRY AVERAGE. THAT'S AN AREA WE ACTUALLY, I HAVE ACTUALLY NOT REPORTED TO THE BOARD.

IT FELT LIKE WE WERE PROVIDING A MONITORING REPORT IN THE ABSENCE OF THE INDUSTRY DATA ELEMENT. BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT

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THE BOARD WILL SEE THE DATA WITH INDUSTRY AVERAGES.

THOSE NEED TO COME ALONGSIDE WITH AN AREA DEFINITION.

INDUSTRY AVERAGE AND WHAT THAT MEANS AND WHEN THE DATA IS COMING FROM, WILL HELP THE BOARD UNDERSTAND WHAT THE DATA IS ARE.

NEXT CYCLE, YOU WILL SEE THAT WITH THE DEFINITION, SO WE CAN MOVE 4.7 INTO COMPLIANCE. COMPONENTS, 4.0 OR 1.11, BOTH IMPACTED BY THE SURVEYING STRATEGY.

WE DIDN'T DO MUCH SURVEYING, AND WE SHIFTED THE SURVEYING FOR STUDENTS, STAFF AND FAMILIES TO THE PANORAMA PLATFORM.

WE DIDN'T HAVE DATA AVAILABLE IN TERMS OF THE SURVEY.

WE HAD TO MARK THE COMPONENTS OUT OF COMPLIANCE.

WE WILL PROVIDE THE BOARD WITH AN OVERALL SURVEY STRATEGY SO YOU COULD SEE THE NEXT DATA IS COMING FROM.

AND A COUPLE OF POLICY CONSIDERATIONS THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT AS, WENT THROUGH THIS, GOT SOME FEEDBACK FROM BOARD MEMBERS. AND I KNOW THIS IS A CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE HAD PREVIOUSLY AROUND.

THE DEFINITION OF DIVERSITY. RIGHT NOW, THE POLICY AS DEFINED ONLY LOOKS AT RACIAL DIVERSITY. WE WILL EXPAND THE DEFINITION OF DIVERSITY, TO CONSIDER OTHER ASPECTS OF IDENTITY AS WELL.

SO EXACTLY WHAT THAT IS, I'M NOT SURE YET.

I'LL BRING THAT FORWARD TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL PRIOR TO THE NEXT MONITORING CYCLE. THERE'S A QUESTION AROUND 4.3 AND THE INDICATORS RELATED TO RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION.

I WILL GO AHEAD AND REVIEW THAT. I BELIEVE 4.7 COVERS THAT.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE PROVIDING THE DATA THAT THE BOARD WANTS RELATED TO RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION.

THERE'S A QUESTION ON 4.4. THE QUESTION WAS RELATED TO, IS THIS DATA AND DATA RELATED TO STAFF.

AND THE BOARD IS ONLY RELATED TO STAFF COMPLAINTS.

I WILL UPDATE THE INDICATORS JUST TO MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR, THE DATA THE BOARD IS RECEIVING IS SPECIFIC TO STAFF AND NOT COMMUNITY AS WELL. I BELIEVE THE COMMUNITY IS -- I KNOW FORA FACT, IT'S REPORTED IN ONE OF THE BOARD'S POLICIES.

AND THEN, THE UPDATE ON THE SURVEY STRATEGY, I'LL PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO THE BOARD, SO YOU ARE CLEAR ON WHERE THE DATA IS COMING FROM, RELATED TO STAFF CLIMATE SURVEYS AND THOSE PIECES. THIS MONITORING REPORT IS PRESENTED, AGAIN, IN COMPLIANCE WITH THOSE NOTED EXCEPTIONS AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.

>> DR. STUART. >> THANK YOU FOR THE BREAK DOWN ON THE RACE ETHNICITY OF THE STAFF AND THE VARIOUS COMPONENTS OF THE STAFF. THE FIRST LINE, IT SAYS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMUNITY AND STUDENT BODY.

I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO COMPARE IT TO BE QUITE FRANK.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RACIAL COMMUNITY OR FOR THAT MATTER, THE STUDENT BODY. I HAVE A FAIRLY GOOD GUESS WHO LIKES MY GUESSES? NOBODY.

NO ONE WANTS TO GUESS. IT'S HARD TO SAY WE'RE IN COMP COMPLIANCE.

YES, WE'RE MOVING THE NEEDLE BUT I DON'T KNOW WHERE.

I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO COMPARE IT TO.

>> I HAD TWO QUICK QUESTIONS. ONE WAS APPLICABLE TO THE NEXT MONITORING. IN 4.7, UNDER THE SUPERINTENDENT INTERPRETATION ON THE FIRST BULLET, IT TALKS ABOUT DISTRICT SALARIES AND BENEFITS, COULD MEASURE IT AND WITH EQUIVALENT, COMPARED TO SIMILAR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

I'M WONDERING IF WE ARE LOOKING BEYOND THE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS, SPECIFICALLY, WHEN WE ARE SAYING WE ARE LOOKING AT COMPARING OUR SALARIES AND BENEFITS. AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION, WAS IN 4.11. I WAS WONDERING, DO WE KNOW WHY

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HOW DOES THAT SKEW THIS INTERPRETATION OF THE DATA?

>> IN REGARDS TO YOUR QUESTION AROUND 4.7.

I BELIEVE THAT'S FOR THE NEXT MONITORING CYCLE.

I WILL MAKE SURE TO INCLUDE INFORMATION RELATED TO THAT.

I HAVE SOME GUESSES AROUND OUR CLASSIFIED STAFF.

THEY ARE MY GUESSES. THEY ARE NOT BASED IN ANYTHING OTHER THAN SOME OF -- I WILL JUST SAY WORKING CONDITIONS.

WHEN YOU THINK OF BUS DRIVERS OVER, 115 BUS DRIVERS OR SO, TYPICALLY ARE NOT ACCESSING A COMPUTER CONSISTENTLY, AS PART OF THEIR JOB AND WE HAVE THAT, AS PART OF THEIR WORK EXPERIENCE. THAT'S NOT AN EXCUSE, FOR WHY WE DIDN'T HAVE A DIFFERENT STRATEGY TO MAKE SURE.

AND THAT'S PART OF THE SITUATION.

THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT. I WILL ASK THE QUESTION FOR THE TEAM AS WELL. THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN INCREASE THAT PARTICULARLY AS WE MOVE TO A DIFFERENT PLATS FORM DIFFERENT DATA. HOW DO WE MAKE SURE WE GET THE

VOICES OF OUR STAFF. >> ERIC LALIBERTE, DID YOU HAVE

A QUESTION? >> AND I HAVE A CLARIFYING QUESTION. WE'RE NO LONGER HAVING THE DISTRICT CLIMATE SURVEY YOU SAID YOU WOULD BE BRINGING NEW INDICATOR OF COMPLIANCE. THE TIMING IS NOT WHAT WE FOLLOWED. I KNOW BECAUSE WE HAVE AN ABBREVIATED TIME, NEXT TIME WE MONITOR.

WOULD THAT INDICATE THE TIME, BEFORE WE MONITOR OE4.

WILL IT BE BROUGHT TO US BEFORE WE MONITOR OE4.

>> IT WILL BE PRIOR TO. >> PRIOR TO.

SO WHEN WE REMONITOR OE4 IN TWO TO THREE MONTHS, THAT WOULD INCORPORATE THE NEW SURVEY STRATEGY DATA, IS THAT RIGHT?

>> THAT'S THE GOAL. YES.

>> THAT'S GREAT TO HEAR. >> THE TIMING TO GET THAT TO THE BOARD WITHIN THE SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

>> I COULD APPRECIATE THAT. >> YES, THAT'S THE INTENT.

>> THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR

CLARIFICATION? >> I'M JUST CONFIRMING, MINE GOT ANSW ANSWERED.

>> THEY DID >> MAKING SURE THEY CAN ANSWER TO THE SUMMARY. WITH THAT, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADOPT, TO APPROVE, OE4, PERSONNEL.

>> I MOVE APPROVAL OF OE4 AS COMPLIANT WITH THE EXCEPTIONS NOTED IN THE REPORT WHICH WERE TO 4.7, 4.10, 4.11, THAT WAS

INDICATED BY NONCLIENT. >> AND TO APPROVE THE OPERATION EXPECTATIONS AS PRESENTED WITH THE NOTED EXCEPTIONS OF COMPLIANCE. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.

DIRECTOR STUART. >> I WOULD LIKE TO ADD 4.3, SO WE CAN HAVE THE COMPARESON. THOSE NUMBERS, NOT HAVING THE NUMBERS TO COMPARE TO THE STUDENTS.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S IN COMPLIANCE.

>> SO ARE YOU PROPOSING A MOTION IN WHICH TO CHANGE 4.3 TO BE A

NOT IN COMPLIANCE? >> YES.

>> I MOVE IT BE ADDED TO THE LIST.

>> IS THERE A SECOND? >> I THINK IT DOES BEG DISCUSSION. I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT'S A

SECOND. >> ARE YOU SECONDING IT?

>> DO WE DISCUSS -- >> ONCE WE PUT THE MOTION TO THE TABLE, THEN WE DISCUSS. THE MOTION IS ON THE TABLE.

THEN WE WILL MOVE TO DISCUSSION. >> MOVED BY STUART AND SECOND BY

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DISCUSSION. >> AND THIS IS SOMETHING, IT IS TRUE AS NOTED. IF THE INDICATOR COMPLIANCE, DEMONSTRATES THE DIVERSITY OF THE STAFF WORKFORCE, THAT IS HAPPENING. I MEAN, THIS IS A TREND THAT I USUALLY LOOK AT THE TRENDS AND KIND OF QUESTIONABLE.

THIS IS A TREND THAT'S REAL. THIS IS BECOME MORE DIVERSE.

AND THE QUESTION THAT'S BEGGED, IS IT BECOME DIVERSED, AS FAST OR MORE SLOWER THAN THE STUDENT BODY IS BECOMING DIVERSE.

I KNOW THE TURNOVER OF THE TWO GROUPS IS DIFFERENT.

AND I THINK FOR THE PURPOSES OF FULL DISCLOSURE OF THE COMMUNITY, IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO INCLUDE THE NUMBERS FOR THE STUDENT BODY FOR COMPARESON. PERSONALLY, HAVING DONE SOME OF THE NUMBERS, I DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE CLOSING THE GAPS WITH THE STUDENTS FASTER THAN THE STUDENTS ARE CHANGING.

AT THE SAME TIME, I DON'T REALLY EXPECT THAT TO HAPPEN, WHEN YOU HAVE A 30 YEAR CAREER SPAN FOR A TEACHER AND INVOLVES A CAREER SPAN. AND STUDENT BODY WILL CHANGE FASTER FOR STUDENTS. AND THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE I DO AGREE WITH DIRECTOR STUART, WE NEED TO INCLUDE THAT AS PART OF THE REPORT NEXT TIME. AS FAR AS WHETHER WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE, WE'RE CHANGING, MOVING IN THE SAME DIRECTION AS OUR STUDENTS. I BELIEVE WE'RE MOVING FAST ENOUGH. SO I AM COMFORTABLE IN STAYING IN COMPLIANCE, THAT WE ARE INCREASING DIVERSITY IN ALL WORK CATEGORIES OF OUR WORKFORCE. THAT'S THE PIECE OF THE DISCUSSION. I AGREE, WITHOUT THE REFERENCE POINT WITHIN THE MONITORING REPORT, IT DOES SORT OF, IT'S A HANGING PIECE OF DATA. I ALSO BELIEVE THAT THE INTERPRETATION IS ACCURATE EVEN IN THE ABSENCE OF DATA.

GO AHEAD. >> YOU COULD HAVE A MOMENT TO

CLARIFY, YES. >> I THINK IT MAY BEG THE QUESTION, WHY DID I MARK IT IN COMPLIANCE.

I THINK THAT'S A FAIR QUESTION. THE CURRENT INDICATOR, THE BOARD APPROVED STATES THAT THE BOARD DEMONSTRATES INCREASE IN ETHNICITY, AND ALL CATEGORIES OF WORKFORCE USING ALL SORTS OF DATA. BECAUSE THE CURRENT INDICATOR OF COMPLIANCE IS THE INCREASING AS OPPOSED TO THE POLICY STATEMENT WHICH IS THE VALUE THE BOARD STATED THAT IT'S REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMUNITY AND STUDENT BODY, I COMPLETELY APPRECIATE THAT WE HAVE NOT ACHIEVED 4.3. THE INDICATOR IS REALLY WHY I MARKED IT AS IN COMPLIANCE RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S WHY I PUT IT THERE BUT I COULD ALSO APPRECIATE THAT IF THE OVERALL VALUE IS RELATED TO COMMUNITY AND STUDENT BODY, THAT THAT DATA NEEDS TO BE PRESENT SO THE BOARD COULD EVALUATE THAT AS

WELL. >> DIRECTOR LALIBERTE?

NOPE. >> WHAT I HAD TO SAY HAS BEEN

COVERED. >> DIRECTOR STUART?

>> I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM THE FACT WE MOVE THE NEEDLE.

BUT IF WE PUT INTO SUPERINTENDENT'S INTERPRETATION, I INTERPRET REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMUNITY.

IT JUST -- IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT VERBIAGE, IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE VERBIAGE, THAT'S FINE.

YOU KNOW, AND MAKE YOUR OWN BENCHMARK.

BUT IT JUST SEEMS INCONSISTENT. THAT'S ALL.

IT DOESN'T GIVE ME ANYTHING TO COMPARE IT TO.

>> OKAY, DIRECTOR LALIBERTE WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING SO HANG

ON. >> I GUESS I WOULD PROPOSE THAT WE, FOR FUTURE MONITORING, CONSIDER REVISING THE INDICATOR OF COMPLIANCE TO REFERENCE -- WELL, LET ME THINK.

I'M THROWING THIS IDEA. I'M NOT SURE IF I AGREE WITH THE IDEA. THE IDEA WOULD BE, IT DEMONSTRATES THE INCREASING, IN ALL WORK CATEGORIES, WITH REFERENCE TO THE DIVERSE, WITH THE STUDENT DIVERSITY IN SIMILAR CATEGORIES. NOW HAVING SAID THAT, I COULD ARGUE. I THINK I COULD ARGUE BOTH SIDES OF THAT. I THINK -- I JUST WANT TO PUT OUT THERE, TO SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.

>> DIRECTOR CHOI. >> I THINK IT MAY BE APPROPRIATE TO DISCUSS AN ACCEPTABLE RATE OF CHANGE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE SO IF WE ARE SAYING WE'RE SEEING AN INCREASE IN DIVERSITY, BUT IS THERE A TIME FRAME IN WHICH THERE SHOULD BE A BENCHMARK ACHIEVED, 25 PERCENT, WHATEVER IT IS, AND I'M NOT SAYING IT SHOULD BE 25 PERCENT, BUT AS AN EXAMPLE BY 10 YEARS FROM NOW, 20

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>> DIRECTOR CARLSON? >> AT HEART, I THINK DIRECTOR STUART BROUGHT UP SOMETHING THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S OUR FAULT COLLECTIVELY AS A BOARD. IT'S THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION AND COMPLIANCE IS SOMETHING WE AGREED TO.

UNFORTUNATELY, THEY DON'T QUITE MATCH.

THIS IS SOMETHING FOR NEXT YEAR, AS WE GET TO THE NEXT MONITORING CYCLE, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO REVISIT THOSE AND TRY TO MAKE THEM CONSISTENT WITH ONE ANOTHER.

THE INTERPRETATION IS TALKING ABOUT STUDENT ETHNICITY AND INDICATOR HAS NOT TOUCHED THAT. I THINK THIS IS OUR FAULT.

AS FAR AS WHAT WE AGREED TO IN THE LAST CYCLE, I BELIEVE THE INDICATOR OF COMPLIANCE IS INCOMPLIANT SO.

. >> DIRECTOR OF LALIBERTE.

>> I WENT TO THE COUNTER TO MY POINT.

>> BRING HER, HER LAWYERS. >> AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT IT.

I WAS SAYING, HYPOTHETICALLY, NEXT YEAR, THE STUDENT BODY GETS LESS DIVERSE. AND IT GETS LESS DIVERSE AND IN A FASTER WAY THAN -- ALL OF THAT, THE STUDENT BODY COULD BE LESS DIVERSE AND WE WOULD BE IN COMPLIANT, AND STAFF DIVERSITY STAYING THE SAME AND EVEN DECREASING.

I WONDER IF THAT'S WHAT WE WANT AS A BOARD.

WHEN I THINK ABOUT, I BELIEVE THE VALUE WE HAVE IN THERE.

THE INDICATOR OF COMPLIANCE WE HAVE IN PLACE, MAY ACTUALLY -- IF WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO THE VALUE, MAYBE WE'RE LOOKING TO MONITOR. ALL OF THAT SAID, I KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT TO PUT OUT STUDENT DATA.

AND IT MAY ACTUALLY BE TELLING ON WHETHER THE DISTRICT IS

MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. >> SO I WILL REMIND WHAT THE MOTION IS THAT'S ON THE CABLE, AND WHETHER OR NOT 4.3, IS IN COMPLIANCE OR NOT COMPLIANT. THE MOTION IS IT'S NOT IN COMPLIANT. AND THE DISCUSSION WE HAVE BEEN HEARING AT THIS POINT HAS BEEN ON BOTH SIDES.

THAT'S NOT -- NOT IF WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE EVIDENCE.

NOT IF WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE INDICATOR, BUT THAT'S THE

COMPONENT ON THE TABLE. >> GENTLEMEN, AND I DO BELIEVE

IT'S IN NONCLIENT. >> AND I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY, THE WEEKS AND MONTHS, THAT WE DISCUSSED, HAVING A DIVERSE, OUR DIVERSITY ISSUES AND OUR EQUITY ISSUES AND THE GROUPS THAT CAME TO SPEAK TO US. AND THE NUMBER OF GROUPS THAT FELT THAT THEIR STUDENTS WERE ILL SERVED BY NOT HAVING A MORE DIVERSED STAFF TO RELATE TO THOSE KIDS.

I'M JUST TRYING TO GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL INTENTION OF OUR EQUITY POLICY AND EITHER THIS, JUST -- I DON'T SAY IT HAS TO BE EXACT. TO ME, IF WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO MEASURE AGAINST, WE'RE NOT IN COMPLIANT?

>> >> SO IF I MAY HAVE A MOMENT. LEY SAY IN MY READING THROUGH THIS, THE EVIDENCE THAT WE REQUESTED, IT SHOWS, IT'S INCREASING. WE DIDN'T SET A STANDARD.

THERE'S SOME CHALLENGES, FROM DOING THAT FROM AN ILLEGAL SIDE AND COMPONENTS. THOSE COULD HAVE SIMILAR CONSEQUENCES. I GUESS, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THIS BEING IN COMPLIANT. AND I THINK THERE'S AGREEMENT WE SHOULD ADD THE CONTEXT IN REGARDS TO THE DATA TO OUR STUDENT BODY IN ORDER TO HAVE THAT REFERENCE.

I WAS ABLE TO MATCH IT ON LINE, TO SEE WHERE WE WERE AND WHERE WE WERE GOING. HAVING IT IN THE REPORT, WOULD MAKE IT EASIER TO DIRECTLY BE ABLE TO DO SO.

IN REGARDS TO THE COMPLIANCE, I'M COMFORTABLE, THAT THE WORK BEING DONE IS WORKING IN THE AREA.

>> I UNDERSTAND THE LEGAL PROBLEMS, WHEN YOU HAVE SUCH A SMALL GROUP, AND THEN YOU START GETTING INDIVIDUALIZED FOR OUR VARIOUS GROUPS, IN PART OF OUR STUDENTS.

AND IT ALSO SAYS THE COMMUNITY, I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE, THERE WILL BE A LEGAL PROBLEM SAYING THAT THE COMMUNITY WAS IN LAKE

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AND OUT, RELATES TO THE TEACHING STAFF OR STAFF OVERALL.

IF YOU CAN'T DO ONE BECAUSE OF THE LAW, DO THE OTHER, FOR GOD'S

SAKES. >> AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY DIFFICULTY IN PROVIDING THE DATA.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE PROBLEM AT ALL.

WE DO IT ALL THE TIME. >> ULTIMATELY, THIS BEING A MONITORING REPORT. IT COMES DOWN, WE SET A YARDS STICK. WE AGREED TO A YARDSTICK.

THE QUESTION, WAS THE DATA PRESENTED, DO WE BELIEVE THAT THAT YARDSTICK AND DATA ARE CONSISTENT WITH ONE ANOTHER? IT'S OUR FAULT FOR NOT MAKING THE YARDSTICK A STUDENT DATA.

I AGREE, THAT'S SOMETHING WE OR THE COMMUNITY INTENDED.

AND IT BECOMES, IT BECOMES A CONVERSATION FOR NECK YEAR'S CYCLE. I'M CONFIDENT, WITHOUT CHANGING IT TO NONCOMPLIENS. THIS IS, DID WE SET THE RIGHT BENCH MARKS AND ALSO AS DIRECTOR CHOI POINTED, SHOULD WE HAVE ACTUAL METRICS, RATHER THAN A DIRECTION OF THE TREND.

THAT'S A LEGITIMATE QUESTION AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK AND WORK THROUGH. FOR BETTER OR WORST, I BELIEVE THOSE ARE THINGS WE NEED TO DO, CAREFULLY, THAN WITH OTHER THE SPOTLIGHTS DURING THE BOARD MEETING.

I'M QUITE COME FORTABLE, LAST YEAR, WE SAT IN COMPLIANCE AND WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE. NEXT YEAR, I HOPE WE CAN HAVE A DIFFERENT INDICATOR BUT THAT'S NOT TONIGHT'S CONVERSATION.

>> ANY MORE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.

WE WILL VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT, WHICH WAS 4.3 SHOULD BE MOVED TO BEING NOT IN COMPLIANCE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?

>> AYE. >> ALL THOSE OPPOSED?

>> NEY. >> SO THE MOTION DOES NOT CARRY WITH THE AMENDMENT AND WE WILL NOW MOVE FORWARD TO APPROVE THE MONITORING REPORT AS A WHOLE, MAINTAINING THE 4.7, 4.10, AND 4.11, NOT IN COMPLIANCE AND WITH PROPOSALS TO GO FORWARD.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE POLICY OR ANYTHING ALONG THE LI LINES?

>> YES .

>> I'M LOOKING TOWARDS YOU. >> AND DR. HOLMEN AND I APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS TO BRING THE BOARD A REVAMPED CLIMATE SURVEY. I'M NOT SURE.

A REVAMPED STRATEGY. I THINK THE DATA IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR MONITORING AND THE ABSENCE FOR MONITORING REPORTS FOR A FEW CYCLE IS A CHALLENGE. THANK YOU FOR THE WORK.

I REC KNEES THE PARTICULARLY TIGHT TIME FRAME BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN WE SEE IT AGAIN. APPRECIATE FOR EVERYONE, HAVING IT IN THE NEXT MONITORING REPORT.

I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE ADEQUATELY MONITORING THE POLICY. IF I COULD JUST CONTINUE, I JUST HAVE ONE OTHER THING. I ALSO DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AND I'M GLAD DR. HOLMEN HIGHLIGHTED THE EFFORTS THAT HAVE GONE TO THE DISTRICT TO INCREASING THE DIVERSITY OF OUR WORKFORCE: I THINK THAT'S REFLECTED ON THE DATA, FROM 4.3.

I ALSO KNOW FROM THE PROGRAM REPORTS WE'VE SEEN FROM STAFF, THE IMMENSE AMOUNT OF FOCUS AND EFFORT THAT'S GONE INTO THAT.

I'M GLAD TO SEE, THAT IS SLOWLY BUT SURELY PAYING DIVIDENDS.

I THINK THAT'S THE VALUE OF THE COMMUNITY AND I'M PLEASED TO SEE THAT. I CAN'T REMEMBER, THINK ABOUT LOOKING BEYOND THE DIVERSITY OF THE WORK STAFF.

I WANT TO ECHO AS AN INTEREST AS A BOARD MEMBER, WHEN WE RELAUNCH IT AGAIN. AND NOW WE HAVE A FEW THINGS WITH 4.3, THAT WE WANT TO THINK A LITTLE DEEPER IN TERMS OF WHAT OUR INDICATOR OF COMPLIANCE. AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE THE ANSWERS, BUT WE HAVE, WITH 4.3, TO WHEN WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR IT. SO -- THAT'S IT.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR

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DISCUSSION. >> OKAY, HEARING NONE.

WITH THAT, IT IS BEEN MOVED -- I DON'T KNOW WHO MOVED OR SECONDED. DIRECTOR LALIBERTE MOVED AND DIRECTOR CHOI SECONDED IT. AND WE APPROVED OE4 PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION, AND ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY VOTING AYE.

>> AYE. >> ANYONE OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, HEARING NONE, MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU, FROM THAT WE WILL WRITE THAT IT WILL INCLUDE, AND WE PROBABLY HAVE TO PUT ON THE AGENDA, AT SOME POINT TO REDO THE POLICY 4.3 PRIOR TO COMING BACK IN NOVEMBER.

>> COULD I COMMENT. >> I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION ON 4.3. IT'S WHY IT'S ONE OF THE POLICY CONSIDERATIONS THAT I DISCUSSED. I PROBABLY WILL ALSO BRING A RECOMMENDATION FOR A POLICY REVISION TO 4.3.

I BELIEVE THE VALUE THAT THE BOARD IS STATING HERE IS THAT IT IS HEALTHY AND PREPARES CHILDREN TO THEIR FUTURE, IF THEY INTERACT WITH PEOPLE, FROM A WIDE ARRAY OF BACKGROUNDS.

I THINK -- WE HAVE A NUMBER OF STAFF MEMBERS, THAT ARE IN A WHEELCHAIR. AND THEIR STUDENTS HAVE AN EXPERIENCE, THAT THEY DEVELOP AN UNDERSTANDING.

THEY DEVELOP AN EXPERIENCE AND IT NO LONGER IS NOVEL.

AND SO THEY MAY INTERACT WITH SOMEONE IN THE COMMUNITY.

THEY MAY SEE SOMEONE IN THE COMMUNITY IN A WHEELCHAIR.

IT'S NOT A SCARY THING. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THEY KNOW ABOUT. IT'S A PERSON.

WHEN WE THINK ABOUT ITS AN INCLUSION WORK.

IT'S INCLUSIVE SCHOOLS BUT IT IS ALSO INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES.

WHEN I THINK ABOUT DIVERSITY IT'S THE VALUE THE BOARD, IS REALLY AROUND THE EXPERIENCES OF OUR STUDENTS.

PART OF THE EXPERIENCE IS THE REPRESENTATION OF OUR STAFF.

AND CURRENTLY, IT'S REPRESENTED AS RACIAL DIVERSITY.

THERE'S MANY FORMS OF DIVERSITY, PRESENT, THAT IS HEALTHY FOR OUR STUDENTS AND GOOD FOR OUR STUDENTS TO EXPERIENCE.

THAT'S LIFE. YOU LEAVE SCHOOL AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU HAVE A WIDE ARRAY OF PEOPLE YOU INTERACT AND HOW GREAT, IF YOU HAD EXPERIENCES SO THAT YOU KNOW HOW TO INTERACT WITH PEOPLE, THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM YOU.

THAT'S LIFE. THAT'S A POLICY REVISION I'LL

BRING IN THIS REGARD. >> THANKS SO MUCH.

>> NEXT ITEM, IS APPROVING OF INTERPRETATION, RACIAL EQUITY AND INCLUSION. DR. HOLMEN.

>> YES SO THE BOARD ADOPTED OE14, SEPTEMBER 14, 2021.

REASONABLE INTERPRETATION AND INDICATORS WERE DISCUSSED AND EVALUATED IN THE MARCH 19, APRIL 25TH, JUNE 21ST AND JUNE 27TH STUDY SESSIONS. TO ME, THAT UNDER SCORES THE IMPORTANCE AND DEPTH THE BOARD ENGAGED IN.

TO ME, IT WAS A GOOD SERIES OF CONVERSATIONS.

WE WENT THROUGH THE POLICY ONE TIME.

I BROUGHT BACK A RESPONSE. THE BOARD PROVIDED ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK. SO AT OUR AUGUST 8TH MEETING, THE BOARD HAD A FIRST MEETING OF THE REASONABLE INTERPRETATIONS AND INDICATORS. TONIGHT, OE14, INDICATORS ARE PRESENTED FOR APPROVAL. I KNOW VICE PRESIDENT CHOI HAS WON RECOMMENDATION OR DISCUSSIONS BY THE INDICATORS.

I RECOMMEND THAT THE BOARD HAVE THAT CONVERSATION BECAUSE WHAT WAS PUT FORTH TO THE PUBLIC WAS ALREADY OUT THERE.

AND INSTEAD OF MODIFYING. AND WE JUST MAKE THAT CHANGE SO THE APPROVAL WOULD BE WITH THAT AMENDMENT.

SO WHAT I'M PUTTING FORWARD TONIGHT, IS PRESENTED FOR APPROVAL AND DISCUSSION BY THE BO

BOARD. >> OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR

DR. HOLMEN. >> IT'S NOT A QUESTION, BUT I DO

HAVE A PROPOSED AMENDMENT. >> I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION

BEFORE YOU MAKE THAT. >> THAT'S NI QUESTION FOR THE

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ARE YOU PROPOSING THAT WE HAVE A MOTION PENDING, A MOTION TO APPROVE -- I DON'T WANT TO PUT WORDS IN YOUR MOUTH.

WHAT ARE YOU PROPOSING. >> AND THE MOTION TO THE TABLE IN WHICH TO APPROVE THE REPORT, INDICATORS AS PRESENTED.

IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC CHANGES TO THINGS, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE THOSE. THIS IS A SECOND READING.

THERE WERE SOME INCORPORATIONS OF A VARIETY OF THE COMMENTS.

THAT'S THE EASIEST WAY SO WE CAN PINPOINT THE OPPONENTS UP FOR

DISCUSSION. >> YOU'RE PROPOSING A MOTION TO APPROVE, MOTION AND POTENTIALLY FOR ANY AMENDMENTS, TAKE IT AS

THAT. >> YEP.

>> I DON'T WANT TO GET AHEAD. DID ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?

>> ANY GENERAL QUESTIONS YOU HAVE FOR DR. HOLMEN.

WE'LL MOVE BACK. PUT THE MOTION IN THE TABLE.

I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION IN WHICH TO APPROVE.

>> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE INDICATORS AND REASONABLE INTERPRETATION OF OE14 AS PRESENTED TONIGHT IN OUR PACKET.

>> MOVED AND SECOND. >> AND MOVED BY DIRECTOR LALIBERTE AND SECOND BY DIRECTOR CARLSON.

>> MY PROPOSED AMENDMENT IS FOR 14.8.

THERE'S AN INDICATOR OF COMPLIANCE THAT TALKS ABOUT 85 PERCENT OF LETTERS, AND OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS SENT TO FAMILIES. WE'LL HAVE A FLESH EATING, OF SCORE 60. AND MY PROPOSAL TO CHANGE IT TO AN INCREASING PERCENTAGE. I DON'T KNOW WHY WE'VE CUT IT

OFF AT 85 PERCENT. >> THE MOTION ON THE TABLE IS TO CHANGE THAT. IT APPEARS, YOU HAVE A DISCUSSION OR -- WE DON'T HAVE A SECOND YET.

>> DO YOU WANT TO WAIT FOR A SECOND.

>> SECOND. >> AND SO I AGREE WITH THAT AMENDMENT. THE INTEREST BEHIND THIS, THIS INDICATOR REALLY WAS THAT THE COMMUNICATION BEING SENT TO THE COMMUNITY WAS ESSENTIALLY BENCHMARKED FOR READABLITY.

READABLITY COMES WITH WORD CHOICE, LENGTH OF SENTENCES, A VARIETY OF THINGS. JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE, WHAT'S BEING COMMUNICATED, IS AT A LEVEL THAT'S ACCESSIBLE TO THE COMMUNITY. WE DON'T HAVE A BENCHMARK RIGHT NOW, TO SAY, WE'RE AT 83. WE WANT TO HIT 85.

WE HAVEN'T COME BACK AND PUT ALL THE COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE FLESH EATING TEST. AND IT'S A WAY TO EVALUATE WRITTEN COMMUNICATION. AND THAT'S WHY I AGREE WITH THE XHUPTICATION. AT SOME POINT, THE BOARD WILL SAY, HERE'S THE BENCHMARK THAT WE WANT TO ASSURE, WHICH IS CURRENTLY IS, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION TO EVEN

CONSIDER A BENCHMARK. >> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE

AMENDMENT THAT'S ON THE TABLE. >> MY QUESTION WOULD BE, SO -- THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT, IS TO REPLACE IT TO 85 PERCENT, WITH AN INCREASING PERCENTAGE. AN INCREASING PERCENTAGE, FOR THE PRIOR YEAR. IS THAT THE IDEA.

WHAT INCREASING, VERSUS WHAT? I THINK THAT'S MY QUESTION.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT. >> WHEN I CONSIDER THE TERM, INCREASING, IT'S YEAR AFTER YEAR.

WE START ESTABLISHING A TREND, OF MORE PUBLICATIONS WITH THE

READABLITY SCORE AS INDICATED. >> OKAY. THE FIRST YEAR, THE MONITORING REPORT WILL PROVIDE US WITH A PERCENTAGE.

WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO KNOW, WHETHER IT'S INCREASING OR DECREASING. WE DON'T HAVE A PRIOR YEAR.

I FLAG THAT AS SOMETHING, BUT I'M OKAY WITH THAT.

AND MY COMMENT, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE AMENDMENT.

>> ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS. OKAY THE AMENDMENT IS TO REMOVE 85 PERCENT AND CHANGE IT TO AN INCREASING PERCENTAGE.

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DO YOU HAVE A DISCUSSION OR ARE YOU THINKING?

>> BEING THE NERD I AM, DIVING INTO THE FRAT, IS SOMETHING -- A SCORE OF 60 OUT OF WHAT? 60 DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING, UNLESS YOU KNOW THE BENCHMARK. THE BENCHMARK WAS EASILY UNDERSTOOD BY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING OF MY SCORE OF 50.

50-60 IS FAIRLY DIFFICULT TO READ.

60-70, IS EASILY UNDERSTOOD BY 15-16-YEAR-OLD.

THAT'S THE BENCH MARK. I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THAT I'M NOT SURE, TO HARD WIRE THE FRAT IN.

IN THE LONG RUN, I DON'T NEED IT TO BE THAT SCORE.

THE GENERAL GIST, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH.

>> DIRECTOR STUART?

>>. >> NO REASON, IF YOU WANT TO WORK, SHOULDN'T BE UNDERSTOOD BY ANYONE.

AND IF ANYONE COULD COME OUT TO MAKE IT UNDERSTANDABLE TO A 12-YEAR-OLD, CERTAINLY WE CAN. IT'S NOT DIFFICULT, FOLKS, I LEARN IN HIGH SCHOOL: IT WAS DRILLED TO ME IN COLLEGE.

FOR SOME REASON, I WANT TO TALK TO A LEVEL, I WANT TO IMPRESS, AS WELL AS INFORM SOMETIMES. AND THE FACT, SOME OF THE PUBLICATION SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE DONE OVERNIGHT, I WOULD THINK.

THEN WE COME DOWN TO THE MEMOS. WE TEND TO HAVE THE MEMOS BUILT TO THE CLIM AX IN THE END. THERE'S NO REASON, IT SHOULD

TAKE LONG OR WE SHOULD BURY. >> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.

AND WE WILL FALL TO THE VOTE ON THE MOTION, TO CHANGE THE WORDING FOR 14.8 TO INCREASING PERCENTAGE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE VERIFY BY VOTING AYE.

>> AYE >> ANYONE OPPOSED.

HEARING NONE, MOTION CARRIES. INDICATOR CHANGED.

WE GO BACK TO THE ENTIRE DOCUMENT.

WERE THERE ANY OTHER CHANGES, DISCUSSIONS IN REGARDS TO BHA

WAS THERE? >> JUST FOR CLARIFICATIONS, THE

MOTION IS PENDING STILL. >> THE MOTION IS PENDING.

>> WITH THE AMENDMENT. >> OKAY. .

>> DIRECTOR LALIBERTE. >> I'M SUPPORTIVE OF APPROVING OE -- INDICATORS WITH THE AMENDMENT WE JUST MADE.

LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING THAT BUT ALSO FEELING APPREHENSIVE, BECAUSE I KNOW I'M -- ONE THING I'M CERTAIN, WE HAVE SOMETHING WRONG. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS BECAUSE WE GO INTO THIS WITH OUR OWN BLIND SPOTS AND LIVED EXPERIENCES AND I KNOW THAT I AM MISSING THINGS AND AM NOT QUITE GETTING THINGS RIGHT WHEN I LOOK AT THIS.

I'M SUPPORTIVE, BUT I DO IT WITH THE DISCOMFORT, THAT THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S NOT QUITE RIGHT.

I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE RIGOROUSLY MONITORING AND I EXPECT TO HEAR SOMETHING BACK FROM THE COMMUNITY.

I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS BEING A LIVING POLICY AS WE CONTINUE TO TRY TO WORK THROUGH IT AND ACHIEVE THE GOAL -- ACHIEVE THE GOALS THAT WE'VE PUT FORWARD IN THE COMMUNITIES PUT FORWARD IN THE POLICY ITSELF. SO OKAY.

>> OOPS, SORRY. >> TOWARDS THE END, DIRECTOR LALIBERTE HIT ON. AND WE TOLD EVERYONE, WITH THE MEETINGS WE HAD IN THE GROUP, TO TRY TO GET IN THE EQUITY LANGUAGE, THIS IS A LIVING DOCUMENT.

A DOCUMENT THAT BASIS ITSELF ON BEHAVIORS IS NEVER GOING TO BE E ETCHED IN STONE.

IT HAS TO CHANGE WHEN THE NEW REALITIES IS BROUGHT FORTH.

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I KNOW IN HEAVEN, WE'RE DOING SOMETHING WRONG.

IT'S AN IDEA, IT'S A LIVING DOCUMENT AND WE'RE GOING TO GET

IT RIGHT EVENTUALLY MAYBE. >> DIRECTOR CARLSON, DIRECTOR

CHOI? >> IT'S TIME TO LIGHT THE CANDLE. LET'S PUT IT INTO PRACTICE, SEE HOW IT WORKS, AND NEXT YEAR, WELCOME AND FIX THE STUFF WE DIDN'T GET IT RIGHT. IT'S TIME TO PUT IT ON THE GROUND. I'M ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT MOVING

FORWARD. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION? NOPE.

ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE, I WILL THEN PUT IT UP FOR A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAIR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED.

HEARING NONE, MOTION CARRIES. >> WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FIRST MONITORING THAT WILL OCCUR IN THE FIRST MEETING IN OCTOBER.

DIRECTOR LALIBERTE MADE IT CLEAR, WE SHOULD EXPECT TO FIND THINGS THAT WE DON'T THINK WILL BE WORKING.

AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK IN GETTING IT THROUGH AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE REPORT IN OCTOBER.

AND WITH THAT, WE HAVE TWO MORE ITEMS. SO LAST MEETING, WE HAD THE MONITORING REPORTS FOR 0E5 AND 0E6. WE HAD THE SUMMARIES THAT WAS PROVIDED. THAT'S BASICALLY THE SUMMARY OF THE DISCUSSION THAT THE BOARD HELD AND SORT OF WHAT THE STEPS WERE AVAILABLE ON-LINE. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THE SUMMARIES? I WILL JUST ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE BOTH OF THE SUMMARIES.

>> MOVE TO APPROVAL. >> SECOND.

>> BEEN MOVED BY DIRECTOR CARLSON AND SECONDED BY DIRECTOR LALIBERTE, TO APPROVE BOTH SUMMARIES AS PRESENTED.

ANY DISCUSSION? >> JUST ONE THING.

>> DIRECTOR LALIBERTE? >> I LEARNED A PIECE YOU SUGGESTED TO ME AND WANT TO SAY IT TO THE WHOLE BOARD, TOO.

I BROUGHT OUT IN A DEPARTMENT MEETING, CONCERN -- I DON'T KNOW IF CONCERN IS THE RIGHT WORD, AN INTEREST OF HAVING A PROCESS.

HOW DO WE FLAG AND IDENTIFY POTENTIAL POLICY REVISIONS.

WE'RE MONITORING, IT'S NOT OFTEN THE BEST TIME, WHAT WE DON'T LIKE ABOUT THE POLICY ITSELF. DIRECTOR BLIESNER REPORTED OUT, WHEN YOU ARE BEING LOOING AT THE SUMMARY REPORT, THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO FOCUS. AT THAT POINT WE MONITOR IT.

YOU COULD STEP BACK AND THINK ABOUT THE POLICY ITSELF.

I REVIEWED THE SUMMARIES WITH THAT LENS AS WELL, THINKING, WERE THERE ANY REVISIONS TO THE POLICIES THAT I THOUGHT NEEDED TO BE MADE? I THOUGHT THIS DOES PROVIDE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. I WANTED TO GIVE MY TWO CENTS.

AND I HAVE NO PROPOSED POLICY REVISIONS FOR 0E5 AND 0E6.

>> ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS OR COMMENTS? SEEING AND HEARING NONE. IT HAS MOVED TO APPROVE THE SUMMARIES THAT IS PRESENTED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY

VOTING AYE. >> AYE.

>> ANYONE OPPOSED? HEARING NONE, MOTION CARRIES.

SO THAT PIECE, WHEN YOU SEE OE14 WON'T HAVE IT, IN REGARDS TO OE4, WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE SUMMARY MEETING.

AND ON THAT, IT WILL BE LISTED AS ONE OF THE ACTION ITEMS TO FOLLOW THROUGH AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THAT.

THAT'S A PLACE WE CAN PUT IN THOSE PIECES TO MAKE SURE WE FOLLOW IT OVER TIME. THE NEXT ITEM IS THE ANNUAL WORK PLAN OF THE BOARD. SO THIS WAS ON BOARD DOCS.

YOU HAVE HOPEFULLY THE CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT.

TYPICALLY, THIS IS DONE IN THE MONTH OF JUNE.

WE RECOGNIZE, THIS IS PART OF THE DRAFT.

PART OF IT IS LAYING OUT WHAT THE ENTIRE YEAR, NOT ONLY THE MONITORING PIECES, BUT ANY OF THE COMMUNITY LINKAGE, ANY SCHOOL VISITS, SORT OF OUTLINING THE WHOLE YEAR, SO ANYBODY COULD SEE WHAT DIFFERENT THINGS ARE SPOKEN TO.

IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ON IT, DR. HOLMEN?

>> AS I LOOK AT THE WORK PLAN, YOU COULD SEE THE UPDATED TIME LINE FOR MONITORING. THAT DOES A FEW THINGS FOR US

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I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT ASPECT AND I ALSO KNOW BY SHIFTING THE REPORTS TO THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, IT CREATED SOME ODDITIES WITH THE MONITORING.

WE'RE JUST COMPLETING AS YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THE SAME DATA EARLY IN THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR BUT PRIMARILY, YOU'LL SEDATE AT THAT FROM THE 21-22 SCHOOL YEAR, WHICH STARTS THE CYCLE MOVING FORWARD. I DID NOT RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD. I RELATED TO THE WORK PLANS.

I DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL CHANGES OR PROPOSALS FOR THE CHANGES. THIS IS A LIVING DOCUMENT.

BOTH PRESIDENT BLIESNER AND VICE PRESIDENT CHOI AND I WILL MONITOR THIS FOR CHANGES. AS THINGS COMES UP, AS CONDITIONS CHANGE, WE WILL MODIFY THE WORK PLAB TO ALIGN WITH THE NEEDS OF THE DISTRICTS. AND WE KNOW THERE'S DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES, THINGS LIKE BOUNDARIES THAT THE BOARD SEES REPRESENTED IN THE WORK PLAN AND ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS THAT IF WE DO NEED TO GO IN FRONT OF THE BOARD, WE WILL MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS. YOU COULD SEE THERE'S SOME INTENTIONAL LINKAGE SESSIONS, LIKE LINKAGE FOLLOW-UP FOR 0E14, AND THAT'S IN NOVEMBER. THE POLICY BEING MONITORED IN OCTOBER, AND CHANCE FOR COMMUNICATION AND ENGAGEMENT AROUND OE14, TO HEAR THE FEEDBACK THAT THE BOARD IS REFERENCING. THIS IS THE DRAFT THAT WILL CONTINUE TO WORK FROM THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND IF THERE'S QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, HAPPY TO TAKE THOSE AND INCORPORATE THOSE

AS NEEDED. >> DIRECTOR LALIBERTE.

>> FIRST OF ALL, YOU REFERENCED, IT TYPICALLY IS, IS DONE BY JUNE. SO PERHAPS PRIOR BOARD PRESIDENT NEGLECTED THEIR DUTY. AND HAVING SAID THAT, I COULD POKE FUN AT THINGS OTHER PEOPLE HAVE DONE SO NOW I'M GOING TO DO THAT. THANK YOU FIRST OF ALL, DIRECTOR CHOI, DIRECTOR HOLL -- HOLMEN. AND BEFORE THE MEETING, I FLAGGED ONE ITEM THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ADDED TO THE WORK PLAN I WILL SAY ALLOWED DURING THE MEETING.

AND THAT'S -- WE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED THE ADDITION OF FUNDING MEASURE IN 2024 AND SO IF THAT REMAINS, WHICH I BELIEVE IT IS. IT REMAINS THE PLAN AND INTEREST OF THE BOARD, I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION AROUND THAT, I WOULD THINK EITHER LATE THIS YEAR OR EARLY NEXT YEAR. PARTICULARLY, THE FUNDING MEASURE IS GOING TO BE A BOND AS WE'VE DISCUSSED.

WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT A LONG RUNWAY AND HAVE A LOT OF CERTAINTY AROUND THAT AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE.

I COULD APPRECIATE GIVEN THE SHIFTING AND DYNAMICS WE HAVE ON WHAT WE THOUGHT A YEAR AGO, COULD BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT NOW. AND IT COULD BE DIFFERENT IN A FEW MONTHS. SO, THAT'S THE ONLY THING, AS I LOOK AT ALL OF THESE. THAT'S THE ONLY ITEM THAT I WANTED TO FLAG. SO SORRY FOR BEING DIE LATORY

FOR BEING SO. >> AND I CONCUR.

I -- WE STARTED WORKING TOWARDS PLANNING.

WE STARTED WORKING ON COMMUNICATIONS TO INFORM FOLKS.

I'D LOVE TO SEE SOME STEPS, YOU KNOW.

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A PLAN BECAUSE TWO YEARS, WILL FLY BY.

THE LAST TWO HAVE. AND HEAVEN KNOWS AS WE HEAD TOW TOWARDS A MAJOR ELECTION YEAR IN

24, IT WILL BE REALLY CRAZY. >> DIRECTOR CHOI?

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>> I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE POINT I WOULD BRING THIS UP.

I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE LOOKING AT THE YEAR BEGINNING IN AUGUST, RATHER THAN SEPTEMBER FOR OUR ANNUAL WORK PLAN AND ENDING WITH THE MONTH OF JULY FOR A LOT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO THE UPCOMING YEAR IS ACTUALLY TAKING PLACE IN AUGUST, IF THAT MAKES SENSE FOR THE BOARDS'S WORK TO BEGIN IN AUGUST.

>> I THINK THAT'S COMPLETELY DOABLE.

>> ANY OTHER THINGS YOU MAY HAVE SEEN, IF NOT, TAKE A LOOK.

THE KEY IS SO IT'S THERE. YOU START TO HAVE IT.

THIN WE CAN START -- YOU WILL NOTE, WE WILL START TO FLUSH OUT, THE OBJECTIVES, TO MAKE IT EASIER TO BE ABLE TO READ THROUGH. .

>> I WOULD RECOMMEND WE APPROVE IT AND THEN JUST BRING IT BACK, AS WE GO THROUGH. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ENTERTAIN A WORK PLAN AS PRESENTED.

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

>> MOVED BY DIRECTOR CHOI AND SECOND BY CARLSON.

ANY DISCUSSION. >> I'M FINE REQUEST APPROVING AS PRESENTED. AND TO FLAG ADDITIONAL ITEMS AS

WE MOVE FORWARD. >> ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY

SAYING AYE. >> AYE.

>> ANY OPPOSED? HEARING NONE, WE'RE MOVING WITH THE WORK PLAN. WE'LL LOOK AT ADDING 2020, AS WELL, AS POLICY PIECES, WILL BE BUILT IN AS WELL.

THIS IS JUST THE BIG STRUCTURE. >> ALL RIGHT.

SO THE NEXT ITEMS ON THE BOARD, ON OUR AGENDA IS AN UPDATE ON SCHOOL START TIMES I COULD SEE DEPUTY BIBI IS HERE.

>> AND YOU DID A NICE JOB OF INTRODUCING OUR PRESENTER THIS EVENING. DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT SCOTT BIBI IS HERE TO PRESENT AN UPDATE ON THE WORK-RELATED TO SCHOOL START TIMES. AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT OUR LONG-TERM PLANNING, THIS IS ONE COMPONENT WE WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT. THIS IS A COMPONENT TO THINK ABOUT OR CONSIDER FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, A YEAR AGO, PROBABLY CLOSE TO A DATE YEAR AGO. I LET THE BOARD KNOW, WE WOULD PUT SOME STEPS IN PLACE TO MAKE THE CONSIDERATION LAST YEAR.

THE BOARD IS NOT AWARE, AND EVERYTHING THAT COVID BROUGHT, WITH STAFFING SHORTAGES AND ALL OF THE PIECES.

WE DID NOT TAKE THIS TOPIC ON AND SO WE'VE PUT SOME PLANS IN PLACE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AND SCOTT WILL BE LEADING THIS EFFORT. THE COMMITTEE WORK AND HE'S HERE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE PROCESS AND TIMELINES, SO THE BOARD IS AWARE OF THE WORK THAT THE BOARD WILL GO ON.

>> THANK YOU TO MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

IT IS MY FIRST PRESENTATION. I'M SUPER EXCITED.

IF I RECOMMEND THE START TIME CHANGE.

I HAVE A 17-YEAR-OLD SON WHO WILL THINK I'M A HERO.

HE DOESN'T GO TO THE DISTRICT BUT HE WILL STILL THINK I'M A HERO. HE'S STILL THINKING ABOUT THAT AND I'M GLAD THERE'S SOME STUDENTS HERE TO HEAR THAT.

THIS HAS A POTENTIAL OF BEING A GOOD THING FOR KIDS.

WE WILL GIVE YOU A QUICK BACKGROUND.

I'LL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE CURRENT STATUS AND WE IDENTIFIED THE PROCESS TO MOVE THE WORK FORWARD IN A FAIRLY ACCELERATED TIME LINE. HOWEVER, THERE'S A LARGE BODY OF WORK THAT WAS DONE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THAT WE CAN START FOR BASIS OF OUR WORK SO WE'RE NOT STARTING FROM SCRATCH.

ONE THING WE'RE CONCEDING FROM THE START, CONCEDING IS PROBABLY THE WRONG WORD. IT'S GOOD FOR KIDS TO START LATER IN THE HIGH SCHOOL AGE IN PARTICULAR.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO START A LOT OF TIME GOING THROUGH THE LITERATURE REVIEW, BECAUSE IT'S GENERALLY ACCEPTED KNOWLEDGE BY THIS POINT. I'LL JUMP IN.

THIS IS A LITTLE TIME LINE OF WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY, SO IN 2015 RIGHT AROUND THAT POINT, THE STATE CHANGED THE GRADUATION RIRNLTS TO A 24 CREDIT REQUIREMENT.

THIS DISTRICT LIKE MANY DISTRICTS CONVENED THE COMMITTEE

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THERE WAS FROM 2017 TO 2019, A WORK GROUP CONVENED TO LOOK AT THE ISSUE FOR SCHOOL START TIMES, FOR HIGH SCHOOL IN PARTICULAR. THAT GROUP MADE A RECOMMENDATION IN 2019. THE RECOMMENDATION WAS PUT ON HOLD FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS. NOT THE LEAST, WASHINGTON AND MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS USES A TIERED TRANSPORTATION MODEL.

WE HAVE ONE SET OF BUSES THAT RUNS MULTIPLE ROUTES, FROM THE MORNING TO THE AFTERNOON. THE WHOLE COVID PANDEMICND A THAT DERAILED THE WORK FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.

I PUT A RED LINE ON THE TIME LINE.

OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE A RECOMMENDATION BY THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR OR SHORTLY INTO THE NEW YEAR.

THE RATIONAL FOR THAT, IT'S BECAUSE, IN ORDER, IF WE ARE GOING TO IMPLEMENT THE 2024 SCHOOL YEAR, WE NEED SUFFICIENT TIME TO DO THE PLANNING TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

THERE WILL BE ROUTING CHANGES AND ALL SORTS OF MOVING PIECES FOR THAT. THAT REITERATES THE DECISIONS ON 2019, TIERED TRANSPORTATION. THERE'S CONCERN ON ATHLETICS AND ACTIVITIES AND START TIMES, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES SHARED.

THAT INFORMATION WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD AND SHARED WITH THE CURRENT COMMITTEE AS WE BEGIN WORK NEXT MONTH.

WE HAVE HAD SOME NEW INFORMATION, SIPS -- SINCE THAT TIME PERIOD. WE'VE HAD CONSULTANTS, THEY HAVE UNCOVERED A FEW OPTIONS THAT WERE NOT THERE LAST TIME.

THAT'S WHY ADDITIONALLY, WE WANT TO REVISIT IT NOW.

WE THINK WE WILL DO SOMETHING, THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO BEFORE. THIS IS THE CURRENT START TIMES.

HIGH SCHOOL STARTS, BETWEEN 7:30 AND 8:00.

I BELIEVE THERE'S ONLY ONE THAT STARTS AT 8:00.

I BELIEVE IT'S THE SCHOOL, THAT USES METRO FOR TRANSPORTATION.

WE ARE HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH METRO.

THERE'S DISTRICTS LIKE THE BELLEVUE DISTRICT, THAT USES IT FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION.

THE ROUTES WE NEED DO NOT EXIST CURRENTLY.

THAT'S GOING TO BE AN ONGOING LONGER TERM CONVERSATION BUT PROBABLY NOT GOING TO SOLVE OUR IMMEDIATE ISSUE.

THERE ARE MOVING PIECES TO THIS. THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE WILL CONSIDER. A PRESCHOOL IS ANOTHER PIECE OF THE PUZZLE. OUR PRESCHOOL STARTS PRETTY LATE. THE AFTERNOON SESSION STARTS REALLY LATE. AND THAT'S NOT -- WE DON'T FEEL THAT'S THE BEST MODEL FOR THE KIDS.

IT'S PART OF THE WORK. WE'LL LOOK AT HOW WE WILL CHANGE THAT, START TIME BACK SOONER AL

ALSO. >> DR. HOLMEN AND I HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS. I MET WITH THE CONSULTANT.

I KNOWN HIM FOR 5-20 YEARS NOW. WE HAVE A PLAN OUTLINE AND I'LL SHARE A LITTLE MORE DETAIL WITH YOU.

THE SCOPE OF WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN CHARGE WITH IS TO START HIGH SCHOOLS AT 8:00 OR LATER. NOTHING BEFORE THAT.

AND AGAIN TO SHIFT THE PRESCHOOL START TIMES, SLIGHTLY EARLIER IN THE DAY. WE WERE NOT FENCED IN A SENSE THAT THERE MAY BE FISCAL IMPLICATIONS.

WE WILL DEFINE THOSE AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION. I THINK WE HAVE A COUPLE OF STUDY SESSIONS SCHEDULED ALREADY AS THE PROCESS CONTINUOUS.

WE WILL TALK ABOUT, AND BARBARA, WE WILL MEET TOGETHER TO COORDINATE SOME OF THAT. WE WILL START SEPTEMBER 22ND, I BELIEVE IS OUR FIRST MEETING. WE HAVE ABOUT A MONTH TO SELECT THE COMMITTEE. WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS.

THE LAST COMMITTEE WAS HEAVY WITH DISTRICT STAFF AND TWO PARENTS, THAT DID NOT INCLUDE STUDENTS.

WE WANT TO REMEDY THAT FOR THE COMMUNITY.

WE WILL INVOLVE STUDENTS IN THE PROCESS.

PARENTS AND DISTRICT STAFF REPRESENTING A WIDE VARIETY OF DISTRICT APARTMENTS AND SCHOOLS. THAT'S GOING TO MAKE A LARGER COMMUNITY. WE BELIEVE, WE SHOULD INCLUDE LARGER VOICES IN CONVERSATION, PARTICULARLY STUDENTS' VOICES.

THERE'S SOME DETAIL LACKING HERE, THAT I THINK I SHARED IT IN A BOARD BRIEF. IT WAS A LONGER DOCUMENT.

WE ARE IN AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, RIGHT ON TRACK WHERE WE NEED TO BE. WE ARE HAVING CONVERSATIONS THIS WEEK, ABOUT HOW TO CREATE A SELECTION PROCESS, LOOK AT THE

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WE WILL PUBLISH THE COMMUNICATIONS.

I WOULD LIKE TO PUBLISH THE OLD SITE OR MAKE IT MORE VISIBLE, SO PEOPLE COULD LOOK BACK AND WHAT IS DONE BEFORE.

WE WANT TO DO SOME EARLY SURVEYING.

WE WILL MEET WITH TIM THIS WEEK, TO TALK ABOUT SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS TO GET A SENSE OF INSTRUMENTS AND CONCERNS, RAISED FROM VARIOUS GROUPS, FROM THE LAST GO AROUNDS, TO SEE IF IT'S STILL VALID. IT'S PROBABLY A COMBINATION OF BOTH OF THOSE THINGS. WHEN WE GET TO SEPTEMBER, WE WILL CONVENE IN THE NEXT MEETING.

I BELIEVE IT'S SEPTEMBER 22ND, CURRENTLY.

WE WILL GET A PACKET OF INFORMATION, THAT SUMMARIZES THE LAST PROCESS TO THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS IN ADVANCE.

THE FIRST MEETING IS TO GET ORIENTED AROUND THE INFORMATION.

WE WILL QUICKLY MOVE INTO OCTOBER.

I THINK IT'S OCTOBER 12TH, THE NEXT MEETING.

THAT MEETING WILL BE FOCUSED ON LOOKING AT SOME OPTIONS.

WE HAVE SOME OPTIONS THAT WERE DEFINED FROM THE LAST GO AROUND THERE WAS SOME, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SURVEY DATA, FROM THE VARIOUS CONSTITUENCY GROUPS. THERE'S SOME DATA AS I TEASE IT OUT, AND WE'LL LOOK AT SOME OTHER OPTIONS, WILL BRING IT THROUGH THE COMMUNITY. WE WILL GO BACK TO THE COMMUNITY WITH SORT OF VETTED LIST AND GATHER FEEDBACK FROM THAT.

THAT PROCESS WILL INCLUDE PARENTS, I THINK WE WILL DO SOME TEENS LIVE EVENTS. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE TARGET SOME TRADITIONALLY UNDER SERVED POPULATIONS.

I WILL WORK WITH PABLO AND HIS TEAM WITH EQUITY ANALYSIS AND SOME OF THOSE BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS.

DR. HOLMEN TALKED ABOUT DOING SOME STUDENT FOCUS GROUPS AND SPLITTING AND GATHERING MORE EFFECTIVELY.

AND ALSO TO BROADEN THE VOICE FOR THAT PROCESS.

WE'LL DO 5 OR 6 OCTOBER EVENTS. COMMITTEE MEETS IN NOVEMBER.

WE WILL BRING THE DATA BACK. TAKE THE OPTIONS AND TRY TO NARROW THEM AND GO BACK WITH THE NARROWED LIST, GATHER MORE FEEDBACK. THAT WILL COME BACK TO THE COMMITTEE AGAIN. THEY WILL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION. HOPEFULLY DECEMBER, BUT IF IT STRETCHES INTO EARLY JANUARY, WE'RE STILL OKAY IN THE SENSE.

WE CAN'T GET MUCH PAST THAT OR IT BECOMES VERY HARD TO DO THE PLANNING FOR 23, 24. I WENT THROUGH IT VERY QUICKLY.

THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A LOT MORE DETAIL THAT NEEDS TO BE WORKED OUT YET. THERE'S SEVERAL MEETINGS TO WORK THROUGH SOME OF THAT. I'M IN COMMUNICATION, SO I WILL E-MAIL THE CONVERSATION ON FRIDAY.

DR. HOLMEN, SO WE'RE ON TRACK CURRENTLY.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF BOARD STUDY SES SESSIONS, WHERE WE'LL GET THE FEEDBACK AND INCLUDE THE GROUP IN THAT NETWORK. ANY QUESTIONS?

>> DIRECTOR LALIBERTE? >> I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS A QUESTION FOR HOLMEN OR NOT. AS PART OF THE PROCESS BEFORE, I KNOW, SORT OF RELAYED IT TO THE IDEA, REGARDLESS OF THE PERIOD DAY, WHAT I'M HEARING, THE FOCUS IS SOLELY ON START TIMES, OR WILL THIS WORK ALSO, EVALUATE THAT THE MODEL WE HAVE IN PLACE

RIGHT NOW FOR HIGH SCHOOL. >> AT THIS POINT, THIS IS A SCHOOL START TIME. THE EVALUATION STO ME, IS THE BROADER EXPERIENCE FOR HIGH SCHOOL.

I THINK THERE'S A NUMBER OF WAYS THAT I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF REIMAGINE WHAT HIGH SCHOOL IS.

THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS, THE CONCEPT OF CAREER CONNECTED LEARNING.

SO THAT'S, TO ME, THE BROADER WORK.

THIS IS A VERY NARROW FOCUS ON ONE OF THE ASPECTS

>> AND GIVEN THE TIME LINE FOR A DECISION HERE, THAT MAKES SENSE.

I'M GLAD TO HEAR YOU SAY AGAIN, YOU SAY THE WORD, REIMAGINING HIGH SCHOOL. I AM GLAD THERE REMAINS SOME

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I WAS LOOKING AT OUR WORK PLAN. WE HAVE, ON OCTOBER, CURRENTLY ON OCTOBER 17TH STUDY SESSION, HAVING MR. BEEBE IS GOING TO PRESENT WITH US AGAIN. AT THAT POINT, WE HAVE AN ADVISER GROUP, WE ARE TURNING AWAY, NOT YET TO THE POINT OF RECOMMENDATION BUT WE MAY HAVE SOME IDEAS WE ARE HEARING FROM THE GROUP? IS THAT WHAT WE SHOULD BE

EXPECTING? >> I WORKED AT THE WORK PLAN TODAY. IT'S FIVE DAYS AFTER OUR SECOND MEETING, WHERE WE WILL IDENTIFY SOME OF THE OPTIONS WE WILL TAKE BACK WITH THE COMMUNITY. I IMAGINE GIVING YOU THOSE AND GET SOME FEEDBACK ON THAT. WE MAY HAVE FEEDBACK ON PROCESS, TOO, AND ON SPECIFIC THINGS, AS YOU GO OUT AND INVESTIGATE.

KIND OF BUILDING THE AIRPLANE AS I FLY IT

. >> AND WE HAVE ANOTHER STUDY SESSION FOR FEBRUARY 6TH. AND THAT IS SIMILARLY PRESS.

IS THAT A FAIR ASSUMPTION? >> YES

SOUNDS FUN. >> DR. CHOY AND DR. STUART.

>> FIRST I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

I KNOW, THERE'S SOME GRATEFUL PEOPLE LISTENING, WHO IS EXCITED TO HEAR, THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME WORK DONE, WITH SCHOOL START TIMES. I HAD TWO REALLY QUICK KIND OF COMMENTS/QUESTIONS. ONE WAS THE ADVISORY GROUP THAT IS BEING FORMED, WHAT IS THE PROCESS OF FORMING THAT GROUP?

>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I COULD TELL YOU BY THE END OF THE WEEK. WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT THE MAKEUP OF IT TO KEEP IT A REASONABLE SIZE, 22-ISH.

IT WILL GO THROUGH THE OLD WEBSITE AND TALK TO PTSA COUNSELS AND LIKE THAT. WE HAVE NOT TALKED ABOUT CRITERIA AND WE WANT A BROAD INDICATION OF MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL FAMILIES, STAFF AND FROM STUDENTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT. IT'S NOT JUST ONE ASPECT OF THE

DISTRICT THAT'S PARTICIPATING. >> THANK YOU.

>> MY OTHER QUESTION/COMMENT WAS CONCERNING METROS.

SO MY UNDERSTANDING AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, HISTORICALLY, A BIG REASON WHY WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO CHANGE OUR SCHOOL START TIMES IS DUE TO THE TRANSPORTATION ISSUES.

AND WHEN WE BRING UP THE TOPIC OF HAVING METROS SUPPLY ROUTES FOR OUR SCHOOLS, I GUESS I WOULD POST THE -- POSE THE QUESTION OF IS IT OUR RESPONSIBLITY TO BE CREATING ROUTES FOR METRO TO BE CONSIDERING OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR STUDENTS AS CUSTOMERS AND STOPS? AND I WOULD ARGUE, POTENTIALLY IT IS NOT.

SO WHAT IS THE CONVERSATION THAT IS HAPPENING, ENCOURAGING METRO AND OUR KING COUNTY COUNSEL AND LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES, TO CONSIDER OUR STUDENTS, WHEN THEY ARE CREATING ROUTES AND WHEN THEY ARE PASSING LEGISLATION LIKE IF YOU ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 19, YOU RIDE FOR FREE. ARE YOU GOING TO RIDE ANYWHERE? IF YOU DON'T GO, IF THE BUS DOESN'T GO TO A LOCATION YOU NEED TO GO AND OBVIOUSLY, OUR SCHOOL IS GOING TO BE A PRIMARY SECTION FOR TEENS. AND THIS IS NOT REALLY A QUESTION BUT MORE OF A THOUGHT, I'D LIKE TO PUT OUT THERE.

AND WONDERING -- WE'RE ASKING OUR COMMUNITIES AND ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT IF THEY ARE TAKING THAT INTO CONSIDERATION?

>> I MET WITH TWO FOLKS FROM METRO.

HI A GOOD CONVERSATION WITH THEM.

SCOTT AND I TALKED ABOUT IT AS WELL.

WILL CONNECT THE INDIVIDUALS WITH SCOTT, BARBARA, THE TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR, TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT THE WHOLE PROCESS AND THE OPPORTUNITY THAT IS PRESENTED HERE.

YOU HEARD. IF WE WANT OUR COMMUNITY TO.

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SO OUR FUTURE ADULTS IN THE COMMUNITY ACTUALLY SEE THAT AS A VIABLE OPTION. MANY ADULTS IN THE COMMUNITY, MAY NEVER HAVE RIDDEN THE BUS. IF YOU RIDDEN A BUS, THE LIKELIHOOD AS THAT AS AN OPTION IS LIMITED.

WE WILL GET BACK TOGETHER WITH METRO.

PROVIDE IT, TO TELL THEM ABOUT THE WORK THEY ARE DOING.

THEY KNOW THEY CAN ENTER INTO THIS.

I KNOW, IF THEY ARE GOING TO DO ANY MODIFICATIONS FOR ANY FUTURE ROUTING, THEY NEED THE INFORMATION RELATIVELY SOON AND PROBABLY PROVIDING THEM WITH INFORMATION, WITH SOME OF THE DENSITY OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT THE SOLUTION. THEY ARE POTENTIALLY PART OF THE OVERALL SOLUTION TO THE UNIQUE PUZZLE.

SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT ENGAGEMENT AND IT'S -- I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING WITH ELECTIVES WITH KING COUNTY COUNCIL AND MAKING SURE THEY ARE AWARE WITH THAT.

AND OUR COMMUNITY, COMMUNICATING WITH OUR KING COUNTY COUNCIL AS WELL. THEY HAVE A WHOLE STRATEGY ON THE EAST SIDE. MAKING SURE THE EAST SIDE IS ALSO SAMMAMISH AND UNINCORPORATED KING COUNTY CLOSE TO REDMOND. IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THOSE ARE KEY PLACES AS WELL, AS THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS.

>> I WANT TO BUILD ON THAT FOR A MOMENT.

BEING ABLE TO GET THE OPTION OF HAVING FREE PASSES FOR OUR STUDENTS, CREATES A WHOLE LOT OF OPPORTUNITY AND ALSO SETS UP THE POSSIBILITY THAT WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE WITHIN THE BUSSING RADIUS. IF METRO IS EFFECTIVELY SERVING OUR SCHOOLS, ANY STUDENT, BE IT A QUARTER MILE AWAY OR QUARTER MILE. AND OPEN UP THE POSSIBILITY OF A DIGGY PEN. THERE'S A LOT OF POSSIBILITY.

I THINK REFRAMING THE QUESTION, AND THE WORK AROUND METRO, WE REALIGN. AND WHEN WE THINK OF SUSTAINABLITY, IT BENEFITS SCHOOL START TIMES.

BEING ABLE TO TAKE THE PRESSURE OFF.

AND IT ALSO, IS A VALUE THEY HAVE.

SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THEM TO BE ABLE TO ALIGN.

DO BUSES AT LEAST PASS OUR SCHOOLS WHEN THEY BEGIN AND WHEN THEY END. HOW DO WE UTILIZE PUBLIC TRANSIT. THERE'S OTHER FORMS OF TRANSIT.

KNOWING THAT TRANSPORTATION WAS THE PIECE.

KNOWING THERE'S OTHER PLAYERS, THERE'S A FEW COUNTY WAS THINKING ABOUT, HOW YOU DO THE LAST MILE, LIGHT RAIL COMING IN.

THERE'S POSSIBILITIES, TO FREE UP HOW OUR KIDS COULD FREE AROUND THE COMMUNITY AND EXCITED, AND LET IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS A COMMENT. DIRECTOR STUART.

>> WE HAVE CHEWED ON THIS BONE AND CHEWED ON IT.

WE'VE ASKED THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE DISSECTED THE COMMUNITY FOR YEARS I'VE BEEN A COMMUNICATOR MY WHOLE CAREER. AT A CERTAIN POINT, IT'S TIME TO FISH OR CUT BAIT. A AND IF IT'S TO GET THE DENSITY OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL GROUPS AND WHERE THEY ARE ACCESSING AND WHERE THEY ARE GOING IN THE TIME FRAMES, WE WILL DO IT. TO ASK THE PARENTS ONE MORE TIME AND THE COMMUNITY ONE MORE TIME, I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE, THERE WILL BE A SWITCH. HAVING WATCHED THE PELLET COMMENT THE LAST TWO YEARS, ON VARIOUS SOCIAL MEDIA, I ONLY SEE ONE PERSON UPSET ABOUT IT, AND THAT'S BECAUSE THEY INTERPRETED, BEFORE DAWN, PRACTICALLY. AND I THINK, I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND. WE STUDIED IT.

WE ASKED OPINIONS, WE GOT THEM. LET'S COME UP WITH A PLAN TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM AND LET'S DO IT.

WE KNOW THE SCIENCE IS THERE AS FAR AS THE KIDS AND LEARNING TI TIMES: AND I APPRECIATE THE FACT, YOU WANT TO GET IT INTO THE COMMUNITY.

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>> IF I COULD ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION, AS YOU'RE SEEKING THE FORMING OF THE ADVISER GROUP, WHAT TYPE OF SPECIFIC INPUT YOU'RE LOOKING FROM IN THIS ADVISORY GROUP?

>> THE ADVISORY GROUP IS ACTUALLY GOING TO VET OPTIONS WE'RE NOT GOING TO ASK WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GOING TO DO IT.

DIRECTOR STUART, WHEN I LOOKED FROM THE DATA FROM 2019, I WASN'T HERE. IT WAS NOT CONCLUSIVE.

THERE WERE LOTS OF OPINIONS IN THERE ABOUT WHICH OPTION WORKED BEST. WE'VE SEEN SOME MISSTEPS, WHERE THEY PULLED THE ELEMENTARY KIDS AND PUT THEM EARLY.

THAT'S WHERE SOME OF IT IS COMING FROM.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE, THAT WHEN WE PUT A PLAN FORWARD, IT'S NOT A SURPRISE AND THAT PEOPLE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THEIR FAMILY.

I SHARE YOUR CONCERN, THAT IF THIS WERE GOING TO A YEAR'S LONG PROCESS, IT'S A PRETTY ACCE ACCELERATED TIME LINE. SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOUR MEETINGS TOGETHER TO SORT OF VET THESE OPTIONS. WE'RE STARTING FROM A PLACE, WHERE WE HAVE SOME. WE'RE NOT RECREATING THE WHEEL.

A LOT OF THE DISTRICTS, SPENT SOME TIME FRIDAY AFTERNOON, COLLECTING THE START TIMES FOR THE DISTRICTS AROUND US.

THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS, THAT PERHAPS WERE NOT

THERE LAST TIME. >> SO IF I FOLLOWED THAT CORRECTLY, THE THOUGHT IS THAT, THIS WILL BE A START TIME CHANGE, WITH NOTHING EARLIER THAN 8:00 A.M. FOR HIGH SCHOOL, IS THAT WHAT I SAW. CORRECT?

>> THAT'S THE PARAMETER THAT DR. HOLMEN GAVE.

>> OKAY. I WANTED TO CLARIFY. AND I WANT TO TOSS, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STARTING BEFORE 8:00 IS ALSO A CHALLENGE AND A PROBLEM.

I ENCOURAGE OPTIONS, THAT DO NOT PUSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS EARLIER

THAN 8:00. >> MY QUESTION, IS BUILDING ON THAT. ON THE SLIDE DECK, FEW SLIDES BACK, IT HAD TWO -- I THINK THE SCOPE OF WORK, ESSENTIALLY HAD TWO ITEMS. ONE, 8:00 A.M., START TIMES, PRESCHOOL START TIMES. ABSENT FROM THAT, ANYTHING MENTIONS ELEMENTARY START TIMES. AM I TO UNDERSTAND, MY SCOPE OF WORK WOULD NOT CHANGE. IS THAT PART OF --

>> DESPITE THE ABSENCE FROM THAT BULLET POINT, THERE'S A

POTENTIAL FOR THE CHANGE. >> AND THAT'S ONE OF THE PARAMETERS. WE'VE HAD SOME INITIAL CONVERSATIONS ANDMENT. I'M NOT SURE IF PUTTING ELEMENTARY IS GOING TO FLY. THAT'S PART OF THE VETTING PROCESS. WE'LL DISCUSS THE WILD IDEAS.

I'D BE SHOCKED IF THAT GETS OUT >> THAT'S VERY HELPFUL.

I WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE SCOPE. >> DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU

WANT TO ADD. >> DIRECTOR STUART?

>> I DON'T DOUBT YOU NEED TO GET MORE INFORMATION.

I'M SORRY. WE ALSO KNOW, IT TAKES THE PARENTS -- ONCE WE COME UP WITH THE SYSTEM, IT WILL TAKE THE PARENTS SEVERAL MONTHS, HOW THEY WILL HAVE THE KIDS CARED FOR.

ESPECIALLY IF IT'S A YOUNGER SIBLING, TAKING OF AN OLDER SIBLING. IT TAKES ABOUT 3-6 MONTHS TO GET OFF THE LIST. AND I COULD SEE WHY, -- WE HAVE THE 4:00 FOR THE PRESCHOOL. THE PARENTS, THEY WORK AT 2:00, 3:00 IN THE AFTERNOON TO GO PICK THEM UP.

AND I WANT TO FOCUS ON THE HOW AND NOT THE WHY OR SHOULD WE? AND GIVE US, THE EARLIER WE COME UP WITH A PLAN, THE BETTER.

IF WE PUT IT OFF BY SPRINGTIME, THAT WILL PUT A LOT OF PARENTS BEHIND THE 8TH BALL. ESPECIALLY THE HOURLY WORKERS, WHO MAY BE WORKING TWO TO THREE JOBS AND MAY HAVE NOT HAVE THE

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I JUST DON'T WANT US TO CREATE CREATING AN EQUITABLE.

AND WE ASKED EVERYBODY AND THEIR BROTHER, THEY ALL AGREED.

. >> DIRECTOR CARLSON?

>> AFTER 15 YEARS ON THE BOARD, I'VE SEEN A FEW OF THE PROPOSEALS. AND I AGREE.

>> SORRY

>> SORRY. HOW LONG DID YOU WANT TO SAY

THAT? >> THIS IS SOMETHING, I'M VERY PLEASED WITH THE WAY YOU'RE FRAMING IT AT THIS TIME.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CANNOT BE DONE IN A TWO MONTH FRAME, BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO BE SERIOUS ABOUT IT, WE HAVE TO BE TALKING ABOUT PULLING THE TRIGGER NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

TO ME, THIS IS A LAST FEASIBILITY AND YES, THERE MAY BE SOME PAIN, BUT HONESTLY, THIS IS PAIN THAT'S WORTH IT FOR THE SAKE OF THE CHILDREN. THE YOUNGER KIDS ARE MORE MORNING PEOPLE THAN THE OLDER STUDENTS.

GETTING THEM INTO THE CLASSROOMS, WHEN THEY ARE OPTIMIZED TO LEARN ON BOTH SIDES OF THE SPECTRUM WOULD BE GOOD FOR EVERYONE. IT BREAKS MY HEART, THAT MY SENIOR WILL GRADUATE IN TIME TO MISS THIS.

I AM INCREDIBLY SUPPORTIVE OF PUSHING THIS.

I APPRECIATE THE TERM ABOUT TIMING.

JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER, THAT'S NINE MONTHS FOR PEOPLE TO REARRANGE THEIR CHILD CARE. THAT'S ENOUGH TIME.

I'M SORRY. LET'S GET THIS THROUGH, A PLAN THAT WILL WORK. I'M WILLING TO SIGN OFF ON THAT.

TELL ME WHY IT'S IMPOSSIBLE OR IT MAY BE BETTER IMPOSSIBLE AT THIS TIME. SO THANK YOU.

>> I'M NOT SEEING ANY OTHER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION AND YOUR WORK GOING FORWARD.

IT'S EXCITING TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY, APPRECIATE AS WAS SPOKEN IN THE SHORTEN TIME FRAME AND LOOKING AT THE FEASIBILITY OF IMPLEMENTATION, NOT SO MUCH, AS YES, NO, GOING FORWARD.

AND WITH THAT, WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AGAIN.

[G. Superintendent Report]

DR. HOLMEN. >> AS THE BOARD KNOWS, SCHOOL STARTS IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE AROUND A GROUP OF OUR SCHOOLS THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING EXTREMELY HARD AROUND PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, STAFFING ALIGNMENT, ALL THE WORK TO DO WITH THE INCLUSION, ALL OF THE STUDENTS WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATE IN CENTER-BASED PROGRAMS, BASED ON THEIR IEP.

DR. HITCH AND HER TEAM, ON SPECIAL SERVICES HAS BEEN ENGAGED WITH BOTH OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHEN TO, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, AROUND ENKURNMENT PROCESSES.

PRIORITIES THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

THIS YEAR, WE'LL BE MOVING TO THE KIRKLAND SCHOOLS AND MOVING THAT FORWARD TO ALL OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS NEXT YEAR AND CONTINUING WORK AROUND THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE WORK THAT'S GONE INTO THAT BOTH WITH OUR STAFF, OUR TEACHERS, OUR ADMINISTRATORS, OUR WORK WITH LWEA, AROUND WORKING CONDITIONS AND INSURING THAT WE HAVE APPROPRIATE STAFFING MODELS IN PLACE TO SUPPORT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS TO ACCESS GENERAL EDUCATION AT THE HOME SCHOOL.

THAT'S EXCITING WORK. IT'S EXCITING WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE TERM INCLUSION, THAT TERM REALLY HAS ITS GENESIS IN THE SPECIAL EDUCATION COMMUNITY. WE THINK ABOUT INCLUSION OF ALL STUDENTS, BUT THE INCLUSION OF OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL PARTICIPATING AND LEARNING WITH PEERS IS REALLY EXCITING. THE SCHOOLS, THEY HAVE WORKED HARD TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS. IT WON'T BE PERFECT.

THEY WILL LEARN ALSO AS THEY GET TO KNOW SOME OF THEIR STUDENTS FROM THE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN LEARNING IN OTHER SCHOOLS IN OUR DISTRICT. THE EFFORT THAT'S GONE INTO IT.

THE PARTNERSHIP WITH PARENTS AROUND THIS HAS BEEN GOOD.

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AND SO, IT'S 10 OF OUR SCHOOLS, ACTUALLY INCLUDES KIRKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL AS PART OF THAT COHORT OF THE PILOT SCHOOLS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. TO DO THIS WELL, IT COMES WITH TRAINING WITH STAFF. IT COMES WITH ENGAGEMENT WITH PROFESSIONALS AND PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR UNIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT COLLECTIVELY WE'RE ALL ON BOARD WITH THIS.

WE WILL LEARN FROM THIS EXPERIENCE AND INSURE AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THAT WE MAKE MODIFICATIONS AND ADJUSTMENTS.

THIS TRULY IS A COMMITMENT TO THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIAR THESE, THAT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD IS ACCESSIBLE TO EACH AND EVERYONE OF OUR STUDENTS. SO THE SCHOOL IS STARTING IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS I KNOW ALL OF THE EFFORT THAT HAS GONE INTO THIS IN THE LAST PERIOD OF TIME.

I KNOW A NUMBER OF OUR SCHOOLS, MANY OF THE STAFF BACK FOR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AGAIN, THIS WEEK, THE WEEK BEFORE STAFF RETURNS FOR THEIR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING WEEK AND PREPARATION WEEK, THAT STARTS NEXT WEEK. I KNOW MAEVEN THEM HAVE RERND FOR TRAINING, SETTING UP THEIR CLASSROOMS AND WANT TO EXPRESS THEIR APPRECIATION FOR THAT WORK.

I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THEM AS THEY MOVE TO IMPLEMENTATION IN A

COUPLE OF WEEKS. >> WONDERFUL.

SO THANK YOU. THAT'S GREAT TO HEAR THAT THE WORK IS MOVING ALONG IN THAT FASHION.

[H. Public and Community Affairs]

>> SO OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY OF AFFAIRS. DIRECTOR STUART, DO YOU HAVE ANY

REPORT TO REPORT? >> I HAD A COUPLE OF MEETING WITH A NUMBER OF FOLKS PRIMARILY LOOKING AT THE PROBLEMS, HAVING TO PLACE OUT OF PLACE AND WE HAVE A FEW OTHER ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE WORKED THROUGH. TO BE QUITE FRANK, I'M TRYING TO FOCUS MOST OF MY ATTENTION WITH THEM, IN GETTING THEM BEHIND THE TRANSPORTATION ISSUE. IT'S ONE THING TO HAVE A SCHOOL BOARD, TO COME WITH THAT IN HAND.

IT'S ANOTHER THING TO HAVE PEOPLE CUT A WHOLE NEW PURSE STRINGS TO SAY, DO IT. PAT IS BEING NICE.

WE CAN BE DIPLOMATIC, BUT IT'S TIME TO GET IT DONE.

>> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER UPDATES.

COMMUNITY AFFAIRS. WE'RE WORKING AT SETTING A MEETING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL ON A JOINT PIECE ON SAFETY.

THAT'S COMING FORTH IN THE WORK PLAN, A PIECE THAT WILL BE SETTING UP WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.

YOU COULD EXPECT TO SEE THAT IN THE EARLY FALL.

DIRECTOR LALIBERTE. >> ARE THEY COMING TO US OR

GOING TO THEM. >>LEY HAND THAT TO DR. HOLMEN TO

GIVE YOU AN ANSWER. >> THEY ARE COMING TO US, THAT'S

MY TWO CENTS. >> TBD.

>> THERE'S AN EXPRESSED DESIRE THAT THEY WILL COME TO US.

>> I WILL GO TO THEM. >> NOTED.

>> DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH. >> NOTED.

>> THEY HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST TO THEIR CITY MANAGERS AND MAYORS OF US COMING TO THEM. NO, I'M KIDDING.

[I. Closing Items]

>>

>> SO THE NEXT ITEM WE HAVE HERE IS EQUITY UPDATE.

I THINK YOU HEARD THE DISCUSSION AROUND 08-14 IN THE PASSING OF THE INDICATORS. WE WILL HAVE THE REPORT IN OCTOBER. THAT'S THE OTHER COMPONENT WE HAVE GOING FORWARD. ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD? NO. OKAY. SO I WILL OPEN UP TO BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS. DIRECTOR LALIBERTE.

>> I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE STUDENTS WHO CAME UP TO COMMENT, 9:09. THEY ARE STILL IN THE BOARD MEETING. THANK YOU FOR JOINING AND

STAYING TONIGHT. >> DIRECTOR STUART?

>> THE QUESTION, THEY HAVE NOT MOVED THAT MUCH.

ARE THEY AWAKE STILL? THAT'S WHY I KEEP TALKING TO STAY AWAKE. I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT THAT'S GONE TO THE INCLUSION WORK. I KNOW WE STUDIED IT.

WE'VE DONE THE TESTING. I THINK THERE'S STILL A LOT OF OUR TEACHERS, A LOT OF OUR PRINCIPALS WHO AREN'T ON BOARD EMOTIONALLY AND COLLECTIVELY AND WE HAVE TO SELL IT TO THEM.

WE HAVE TO SHOW THEM HOW THEIR STUDENTS WILL BENEFIT, HOW THEY WILL BENEFIT AS TEACHERS, HOW THE COMMUNITY WILL BENEFIT.

IF THEY DON'T AND THEY DON'T FEEL THEY HAVE BEEN ADEQUATELY

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SO I REALLY WANT US TO FOCUS ON NOW THAT WE'VE PRETTY MUCH GOTTEN THROUGH THE KICKING THE TIRES AND TESTING THE PRESSURE TO START SELLING IT OUT TO THE OTHER TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS AND HAVING THEM BE THE EVANGELIST TO MAKE IT HAPPEN AND HAVE THEM ON BOARD. THEY ARE THE ONES WHO HELP SELL THE PARENTS. THEY KNOW THE PARENTS.

THEY ARE THE FACES THE PARENTS KNOW AND TRUST AND THAT'S THE ONES THAT HAS TO PERSUADE THE PARENTS AND THE RIGHT THING TO DO. THERE WILL BE A BENEFICIAL EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE, FOR THEIR CHILD, WHETHER IT'S A SPECIAL NEEDS CHILD OR PARTICULARLY A DEVELOPING CHILD.

>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR STUDENT REPRESENT BEING HERE AND LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU AND LEARNING ALONG THE WAY. THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE OTHER VOICES THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HEAR TONIGHT IN BRINGING FORWARD. APPRECIATE ALL OF THAT.

WITH THAT, OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 12TH. WE WILL HAVE A STUDY SESSION AT 5:00 P.M. AND THE BOARD MEETING AT 7:00 P.M. WITH THAT, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE AUGUST 22ND, 2022 BOARD

MEETING. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY VOTING AYE. ANY

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