Jan 23, 2023 January 23rd, 2023 Board Meeting - 7:00 p.m.

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

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GOOD EVENING, I LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE JANUARY 23, 2023, LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.

PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. OUR TWO STUDENT REPS ARE UNABLE TO MAKE IT THIS EVENING.NOW THE BOARD VALUES PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND ENGAGEMENT WITH THE BOARD.

THESE WILL CONTINUE TO BE LIVE STREAMED ON THE LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT WEBSITE. YOU CAN ALSO SEE THESE ARCHIVED

[B. Opening Items]

PLEASE KNOW YOU ARE WELCOME TO EMAIL EACH INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER AT -- --. THE FIRST ITEM I WOULD LIKE TO START WITH TONIGHT IS THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

DIRECTOR CARLSON WILL GO AHEAD AND DO THAT FOR US.

>> THANK YOU. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT OUR DISTRICT IS ON THE INDIGENOUS LAND OF THE SALESPEOPLE WHO INCLUDE THE DUWAMISH AND SNOQUALMIE INDIAN TRIBE.

WE THINK THESE CARETAKERS OF THIS LAND WHO HAVE LIVED HERE SINCE TIME AND MAUREEN. WE COMMIT TO COLLABORATE WITH OUR NATIVE COMMUNITY TO TEACH OUR INDIGENOUS, THE HISTORY OF THIS LAND AND THE LOCAL TRIBES TO THE CHILDREN OF THE DISTRICT. -- --.

(INDISCERNIBLE). >> THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING IS APPROVE THE AGENDA. I WILL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE OUR JANUARY 23, 2023 AGENDA.

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

>> MOVED BY DIRECTOR STUART AND DIRECTOR JOY.LL IN FAVOR

[C. Recognitions]

THIS EVENING, WE DO HAVE A FEW RECOGNITIONS TO DO THIS EVENING. I LIKE TO START FIRST WITH THE NATIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELING WEE , FROM FEBRUARY 6-19.

DIRECTOR CHOI, I BELIEVE YOU ARE GOING TO READ THIS

PROCLAMATION. >> YES, THANK YOU.

WHEREAS LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT 87 SCHOOL COUNSELORS HELP STUDENTS REACH HER FULL POTENTIAL, AND WHEREAS SCHOOL COUNSELORS ARE ACTIVELY COMMITTED TO HELPING STUDENTS EXPLORE THEIR ABILITIES, STRENGTHS, INTERESTS AND TALENTS AS THESE TRAITS RELATE TO CAREER AWARENESS AND DEVELOPMENT. AND WHEREAS, SCHOOL COUNSELORS HELP PARENTS FOCUS ON WAYS TO FURTHER THE EDUCATIONAL, PERSONAL AND GROWTH OF THEIR CHILDREN.

WHEREAS, SCHOOL COUNSELORS WORK WITH TEACHERS AND OTHER EDUCATORS TO HELP STUDENTS EXPLORE THEIR POTENTIAL AND SET REALISTIC GOALS FOR THEMSELVES. AND WHEREAS SCHOOL COUNSELORS SEEK TO IDENTIFY AND UTILIZE COMMUNITY RESOURCES THAT CAN ENHANCE AND COMPLEMENT COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAMS AND HELP STUDENTS BECOME PRODUCTIVE NUMBERS OF SOCIETY. AND WHEREAS, COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENTAL SCHOOL PROGRAMS ARE CONSIDERED AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS THAT ENABLES ALL STUDENTS TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS IN SCHOOL. THEREFORE, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 6-10, 2023, IS NATIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELING WEEK.

>> WONDERFUL! THANKS SO MUCH.

OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION WE HAVE THIS EVENING IS ON THE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION MONTH. AFTER JUST HAVING A STUDY SESSION IN REGARDS TO THIS, THIS IS A PERFECT TIME.

DIRECTOR STUART, I BELIEVE YOU ARE READING THIS PROCLAMATION.

>> THANK YOU. WHEREAS CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION OFFERS STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN ACADEMIC, TECHNICAL AND EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS NECESSARY FOR TRUE CAREER READINESS AND, WHEREAS STUDENTS IN CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS PARTICIPATE IN AUTHENTIC, MEANINGFUL EXPERIENCES THAT IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THEIR EDUCATION AND INCREASE THE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND ACHIEVEMENT. AND WHEREAS CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROVIDES STUDENTS WITH CAREER EXPLORATION OPPORTUNITIES EARLY IN THEIR EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE, WHICH ENABLES THEM TO MAKE INFORMED AND BENEFICIAL DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR ACADEMIC COURSEWORK.

AS WELL AS PURSUIT OF ESTABLISHED PROGRAMS OF STUDY IN CAREER PATHWAYS. AND WHEREAS LEADERS FROM BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY NATIONWIDE REPORT INCREASING CHALLENGES RELATED TO THE SKILLS GAP AND CONNECTING QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS WITH AVAILABLE CAREERS IN CRITICAL AND GROWING CTE RELATED FIELDS, INCLUDING HEALTHCARE, ENERGY, ADVANCED MANUFACTURING, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.

AND WHEREAS CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS PREPARE STUDENTS FOR THESE AND OTHER FULFILLING CAREERS BY

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AND WHEREAS, ENSURING THAT EMPLOYERS HAVE ACCESS TO QUALIFIED WORKFORCE IS A CRUCIAL STEP TO ENSURING PRODUCTIVITY AMONG THE BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY COMMUNITIES, AS WELL AS CONTINUED ECONOMIC GROWTH.

AND WHEREAS LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS APPROXIMATELY 18,799 STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN 102 DIFFERENT CAREER AND TECHNICAL AND COURSE OPTIONS TAUGHT BY 149 CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION OH TEACHERS.

THEREFORE, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 1-28 AS CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION MONTH IN THE LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND SO, OUR LAST RECOGNITION THIS EVENING I'M GOING TO HAND OFF TO DR. HOLMEN.

>> THANK YOU. I'M HONORED TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS TONIGHT IN RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNITION MONTH.

OUR SCHOOL MEMBERS PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN SHAPING THE EDUCATION OF OUR STUDENTS IN THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY.

THEY WORKED TIRELESSLY BEHIND THE SCENE SPENDING COUNTLESS HOURS IN MEETINGS, STUDYING POLICY, FOCUSING ON BUDGET AND MAKING DIFFICULT DECISIONS THAT IMPACT OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR CHILDREN. DURING THIS MONTH WE TAKE THE TIME TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE DEDICATION AND HARD WORK OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. THERE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING OUR STUDENTS WITH THEBEST EDUCATION AND TO ENSURING OUR SCHOOLS ARE SAFE AND NURTURING ENVIRONMENTS FOR EACH OF OUR STUDENTS. THE ROLE OF THE SCHOOL BOARD IS NOT EASY. THEY'RE FACED WITH COMPLEX ISSUES THAT REQUIRE KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND THE ABILITY TO THINK CRITICALLY. THEY WORK CLOSELY WITH ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS, PARENTS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT WILL AFFECT THE LIVES OF OUR STUDENTS FOR YEARS TO COME. I LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK OUR SCHOOL BOARD FOR THEIR SERVICE TO OUR DISTRICT.

YOUR COMMITMENT TO OUR STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY IS TRULY APPRECIATED. IT IS BECAUSE OF YOUR DEDICATION AND HARD WORK THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE HIGH-QUALITY EDUCATION FOR OUR STUDENTS.

SO ON BEHALF OF THE STUDENTS, STAFF AND COMMUNITY HERE IN LAKE WASHINGTON, I LIKE TO EXTEND OUR DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS FOR THEIR SERVICE AND DEDICATION.

LET'S RECOGNIZE OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS DURING THIS NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNITION MONTH.ND SO, I DO WANT TO THANK OUR SCHOOL BOARD FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY'VE DONE . BEING A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER COMES WITH A LOT OF WORK BEHIND THE SCENES.

THE COMMUNITY MAY SEE YOU AT MEETINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

THEY MAY SEE YOU OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.

BUT THE AMOUNT OF TIME, ENERGY AND EFFORT TO BE A SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER COMES WITH A BIG ASK.

SO AS YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR ROLE AS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, ENSURING THAT THERE IS A SHARED VISION ACROSS OUR DISTRICT IS ONE OF THE PRIMARY ROLES THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER HOLDS.

ENSURING THAT POLICY IS WRITTEN IN A SOUND MANNER THAT ADDRESSES ALL AREAS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

HIRING AND SETTING GOALSAND EVALUATING THE SUPERINTENDENT.

ONE OF YOUR PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES.

MONITORING AND EVALUATING THE FINANCIAL AND FISCAL HEALTH OF THE DISTRICT , COMMUNICATING WITH ALL STAKEHOLDER GROUPS AND ACTING AS A GOVERNANCE BODY. THAT LAST PIECE IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT, BECAUSE ACTING AS A GOVERNANCE BODY MEANS YOU SPEAK AS THE VOICE OF ONE BODY. FIVE INDIVIDUALS COMING TOGETHER TO MAKE DECISIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR STUDENTS IN THIS COMMUNITY. AND SO, I JUST DOCUMENTED A FEW ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD THAT I WANTED TO CALL OUT TONIGHT. IN BACK-TO-BACK YEARS, YOU HAVE BEEN INDICATED AS BOARD OF DISTINCTION FOR THE YEAR 2021 AND 2022. WHAT THAT MEANS IS THIS BOARD HAS DEMONSTRATED THE WORK, THE SKILLS AND THE DEDICATION, SUCH THAT (NAME) DOES INDICATE THIS BOARD AS A BOARD OF DISTINCTION. SOMETHING THAT THIS BOARD HAS BEEN THINKING ABOUT AND TALKING ABOUT FOR YEARS AND WE FINALLY

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AND THE BOARD SAID LET'S MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, EVEN THOUGH WE MAY NOT HAVE IT PERFECT. BUT WE WILL FIGURE OUT SOME OF THE PIECES AS WE GO. SO THROUGH THE LEADERSHIP OF THIS BOARD, WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT AND WE BENEFITED FROM THE VOICE OF STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN OUR BOARD MEETINGS.

THE BOARD MONITOR OE-14. SO THE ADOPTION OF THE EQUITY POLICY. AND ACTUALLY MONITORING AND EVALUATING THE DATA THAT WAS GENERATED FOR THAT IS AN IMPORTANT PART, REALLY, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FUTURE OF THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT. YOU HAVE IMPLEMENTED GREATER AND GREATER AND MORE EFFECTIVE MONITORING PROCESSES OF THE POLICIES, KNOWING THAT THE BOARD'S CONNECTION TO THE GOVERNANCE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS THROUGH POLICY.

YOU HAVE ELEVATED THE LEGISLATIVE ELEMENT AND EFFICACY OF THE SCHOOL BOARD AND ALSO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND YOU CONTINUE TO SET THE VISION OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THROUGH POLICY.O I'M HONORED TO SERVE AS THE SUPERINTENDENT WORKING WITH THE FIVE OF YOU, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR

[D. Audience Participation]

>> WELL, THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT! AND SO, OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENT.

ALL OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS THIS EVENING, WE HAVE NONE SET TO TESTIFY IN PERSON. THEY WERE WRITTEN COMMENTS.

SO I WILL JUST DO A QUICK SUMMARY IN REGARDS TO MANY OF THEM AROUND SUSTAINABILITY. EQUITABLE COMPOSTING IN OUR SCHOOLS, A PROPOSAL AROUND SUSTAINABILITY AND SOME PRACTICES (INDISCERNIBLE) SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN REGARDS TO THAT WAS A STUDY SESSION COMING UP ON 4 FEBRUARY.HIS WILL BE GOOD INFORMATION TO UTILIZE (INDISCERNIBLE).

IN ADDITION, -- SEVERAL IN REGARDS TO THE SCHOOL TIMING AND SCHOOL START TIMES. IN REGARDS TO THAT, REGARDS TO THE ELEMENTARY START TIMES AND ALSO STUDENT ONE WITH CONCERNS TO THE REGARDS OF SHIFTING OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT TIMES.

WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE IN REGARDS TO THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS AND CONCERNS TO HOW THAT IS STILL PLAYING OUT IN OUR DISTRICT. PLEASE NOTE THESE ARE ALL INCLUDED WITHIN THE BOARD PACKET.

ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO READ THROUGH AND WILL BE FOLLOWED UP AS NEEDED. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR

[E. Consent Agenda]

I WILL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

>> MOVE APPROVAL TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

>> SECOND. >> BUT MOVED BY DIRECTOR LYNN LIBERTY AND DIRECTOR CARLSON. DR. HOLMEN, YOU PLEASE PULL THE BOARD? AND SUMMARIZE THE DONATIONS WE RECEIVED?

>> ABSOLUTELY. TONIGHT IN THE BOARD PACKET, YOU HAVE OVER $90,000 OF DONATION FROM OUR PTSA.

WE THANK OUR PTSA FOR THEIR ONGOING PARTNERSHIP IN SO MANY WAYS. IN THE FINANCIAL DONATIONS THAT OUR PTSA PROVIDES DO ALLOW US TO PROVIDE UNIQUE PROGRAMS AND

[F. Non-Consent Agenda]

SO THANK YOU FOR THOSE DONATIONS.> EXCELLENT.

WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR NON-CONSENT AGENDA.

THE FIRST ITEM ON THAT IS AN UPDATE ON EQUITY AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM. SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO BE HEARING THIS. WE HAVE STAFF MEMBERS HERE.

(INDISCERNIBLE) INTRODUCTION. >> ABSOLUTELY.

SO COMING TO THE PODIUM IS A PORTION OF OUR EQUITY AND FAMILY AND TEAM, LED BY DIRECTOR PABLO ORTEGA.

THE TEAM IS HERE TONIGHT TO PROVIDE THE BOARD WITH AN UPDATE. YOU RECEIVED EARLIER THIS SCHOOL YEAR WE DID A STUDY SESSION.

THEN WE RECEIVED A PROGRAM UPDATE WHILE DIRECTOR ORTEGA WAS ACTUALLY ON THE EAST COAST ATTENDING A CONFERENCE.

BUT HE CAME IN VIRTUALLY TO PROVIDE THE PROGRAM UPDATE.

TONIGHT, THE TEAM IS GOING TO GET INTO A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF DETAIL AROUND SOME OF THE VARIOUS PARTS OF THE PROGRAM THAT THEY ARE PROVIDING TO OUR COMMUNITY.

AND SO, WITH THAT, I WILL HAND IT OFF TO DIRECTOR ORTEGA TO LEAD US THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION.

>> GOOD EVENING. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION TO UPDATE THIS BOARD ON EQUITY AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM MY NAME IS PABLO INTEGRA I'M PLEASED TO BE HERE WITH MY TEAM MEMBERS AND WE WILL INTRODUCE THEM IN A LITTLE BIT. THIS IS THE AGENDA WE WILL BE FOLLOWING. WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE BOARD POLICY (INDISCERNIBLE) THE ADMINISTRATIVE EQUITY POLICY.

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THAT IS THE SUPERINTENDENT IS MANDATED WITH ELIMINATING RACIST AND DISCRIMINATORY (INDISCERNIBLE) REPLACING THEM WITH ANTIRACIST AND ANTI-DISCRIMINATORY SYSTEMS, STRUCTURES, STANDARDS AND PRACTICES.UR FOCUS IS DISMANTLING THE SYSTEMS, ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT ADVERSELY AFFECT OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE FURTHEST FROM EDUCATIONAL JUSTICE. WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE BOTH CATHERINE CRUZ AND (INDISCERNIBLE) TO

INTRODUCE THEMSELVES. >> GOOD EVENING, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US. MY NAME IS CATHERINE CRUZ.

I AM ONE OF THE FAMILY ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH COORDINATORS. I AM BLESSED TO SERVE LAKE WASHINGTON. THIS IS MY FOURTH YEAR AS A COORDINATOR. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING

US. >> GREETINGS, EVERYONE.

(NAME) SO HAPPY TO SHARE SPACE WITH YOU ALL TODAY.

(INDISCERNIBLE) COMMUNITY OUTREACH COORDINATOR.

(INDISCERNIBLE). (AWAY FROM MICROPHONE).

>> ALL RIGHT. SO AGAIN, WE ARE REVISITING THE ADMINISTRATIVE EQUITY POLICY WHEN IT COMES TO FAMILY ENGAGEMENT. TONIGHT, WE WANT TO SUMMARIZE OUR FRAMEWORK WHEN IT COMES TO CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE TO FAMILY ENGAGEMENTS. AS WE TALK ABOUT IT IN OUR DEPARTMENT AND MANY FOLKS KNOW, WE ARE NOT ABLE TO ACHIEVE EQUITABLE FAMILY ENGAGEMENT WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT EQUITY.

SO THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO OUR DEPARTMENT AND OUR

DISTRICT. >> WE ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE EMPHASIS ON LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION FREQUENCY AND CHALLENGE THE MODALITY OF ENGAGEMENT.

MANY TIMES, OUR FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY FAMILIES (INDISCERNIBLE) FEEL THAT THEY COULD RECEIVE MORE INFORMATION, MORE COMMUNICATION, MORE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF ENGAGEMENT IN THAT SENSE. SO IF WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT. LASTLY, WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE WAYS IN WHICH WE WORK POSITIVELY IMPROVE THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE AS MEASURED ON THE POLICIES THAT WE HAVE IN OE

THREE AND OE-14. >> AWESOME.

I WILL START SHARING SOME OF THE FAMILY ENGAGEMENT (INDISCERNIBLE) THAT WE ARE DIGGING INTO RIGHT NOW.

WE ARE CURRENTLY IN A RESEARCH PHASE OF THE PROTOCOL ON DEVELOPMENT. WE ARE UNPACKING TO (INDISCERNIBLE) SOURCES IN TERMS OF (INDISCERNIBLE) DEVELOPED OUR FAMILY ENGAGEMENT FRAMEWORK.

THE TWO SOURCES WE ARE DIGGING INTO RIGHT NOW ARE (INDISCERNIBLE) DUAL CAPACITY FRAMEWORK (INDISCERNIBLE).

AS WELL AS DR. AND (NAME) FOR EQUITABLE COLLABORATION FRAMEWORK.HE KEY THINGS COMING UP IS COMMUNITY CAPACITY, BUILDING THOSE AUTHENTIC RELATIONSHIPS.

LOOKING AT EDUCATORS AS LEARNERS AS WELL.

LOOKING AT FAMILIES AS THE EXPERTS IN LEARNING THE BALANCE OF THE POWER. THE NEXT PHASE OF THE RESEARCH IS GOING TO BE ENGAGING OUR FAMILIES AND SCHOOL STAFF SO THEY CAN COLLABORATE WITH US AS WELL AS BUILDING THIS FRAMEWORK AND GETTING THEIR FEEDBACK AS WELL.

SO I'M SO EXCITED TO SHARE SOME OF THE JOY THAT WE HAD A CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE WHILE WORKING WITH FAMILIES AND STUDENTS.

WITHIN THE PAST YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO GET OUR LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL LIAISON PROGRAM OFF THE GROUND.

CURRENTLY, WE HAVE FOUR CULTURAL LIAISONS.

ONE LIAISON IS GOING TO PRIMARILY SERVE AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND BLACK COMMUNITIES.

ANOTHER LIAISON WILL PRIMARILY BE SERVING OUR PORTUGUESE SPEAKING FAMILIES, OUR BRAZILIAN FAMILIES.

ANOTHER WILL SERVE OUR SPANISH AND LATINX COMMUNITIES OUR FOURTH LIAISON WILL BE SERVING OUR MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITIES AS WELL. SO WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO SOME OF THE IMPACTS AND SOME OF THE PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN DOING AND HOW THEY IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY. WE ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF OUR (INDISCERNIBLE). OUR BLACK GEMS PROGRAM THAT IS DISTRICT WIDE. OUR ASIAN STUDENT GROUPS, ICS AS WELL AS REDMOND MIDDLE SCHOOL.

THE BLACK ROOM AT REDMOND MIDDLE SCHOOL.

OUR LATINX CAF?. WE HAVE A STUDENT AFFINITY GROUP. ALSO, ASAP WHICH IS A BLACK

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THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE GROUPS THAT WE ARE DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN OR FACILITATE OR WHAT HAVE YOU.

I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO FACILITATE (INDISCERNIBLE) AT REDMOND MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND I GET THE CHANCE TO LEARN ABOUT STUDENTS EXPERIENCE AND HOW THEY SEE THEMSELVES AS BEING IMPORTANT IN THE SCHOOL BODY.

SO WILL GET A CHANCE TO DIG INTO SOME OF THAT.

>> FIRST, WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THE NEWEST PROGRAM THAT'S TAKEN A FEW YEARS TO GET OFF THE GROUND BUT WE FINALLY DID IT. WE HAVE THE LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL LIAISONS PROGRAM. BEFORE WE GET INTO IT, WHAT IS A CULTURAL LIAISON? A CULTURAL LIAISON IS SOMEONE THAT ACTS AS THE BRIDGE BETWEEN THE DISTRICT AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT COMMUNITY. THIS PERSON WILL HELP OUT IN EMPOWERING, ENGAGING, ORGANIZING AND ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF OF OUR CULTURALLY DIVERSE POPULATIONS IN OUR DISTRICT. WE ARE FOCUSING ON THE COMMUNITIES (INDISCERNIBLE) EDUCATIONAL JUSTICE, COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND OUR LINGUISTICALLY DIVERSE COMMUNITIES. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 4 AND THEY ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN EMERGING WITH A NEED LIKE THIS. BUT OVER THE YEARS, WE HOPE TO INCREASE AND BE ABLE TO SERVE ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES.

A LIAISON IS ALSO AN ADVOCATE AND A GUIDE TO OUR FAMILIES THAT WOULD BENEFIT LEARNING HOW TO NAVIGATE THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.

THEY CONNECT FAMILIES TO COMMUNITY RESOURCES AND THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART -- THEY ARE A CULTURAL BROKER.

WHAT WE MEAN BY THAT IS THEY ARE BROKERING THE RELATIONSHIP AND THE KNOWLEDGE AND THE EXPERTISE THAT THEY HAVE WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY TO BUILD THE CAPACITY OF OUR DISTRICT STAFF AND LEADERS. BUT THEN, THEY ARE ALSO USING THOSE RESOURCES AS WELL TO HELP OUR FAMILIES AS WELL.

IN THAT PROCESS, THEY ARE BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF OUR FAMILIES AS WELL. SO BOTH SIDES ARE LEARNING FROM EACH OTHER AND THEY ARE BENEFITING FROM THAT RELATIONSHIP. AND OVERALL, WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS THAT THEY ARE A TRUSTED MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY.

SO THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT MERGE AND STEP UP.

THEY WANT TO HELP OUT THIS COMMUNITY, HAVE BEEN A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY, HAVE BEEN FOLKS.

(INDISCERNIBLE).THE GOALS OF A CULTURAL LIAISON, JUST LIKE I ALLUDED TO BRIEFLY. FAMILIES EXPERIENCE THAT TWO-WAY, MUTUAL RELATIONSHIP AND COMMUNICATION WITH SCHOOL AND DISTRICT STAFF. RELATIONSHIPS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT. AND HAVING THAT POWER DYNAMIC BALANCED OUT, SO THEN FAMILIES AND STUDENTS AND OUR DISTRICT STAFF AND LEADERS ARE ABLE TO LEARN FROM EACH OTHER.

STUDENTS AND FAMILIES FEEL VALIDATED AND SEEN IN THEIR EXPERIENCES. FAMILIES CAN BUILD RELATIONAL POWER WITH EACH OTHER TO CHANGE SCHOOL SYSTEMS SO THEY CAN BETTER SERVE OUR STUDENTS AND COMMUNITIES.

FAMILIES CAN ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES AND OTHERS WITH INCREASED COMPETENCE AND KNOWLEDGE.

SO AS FOLKS ARE ENGAGING WITH THESE LIAISONS, THEY ARE ABLE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND FIND WAYS IN WHICH WE ARE ABLE TO IMPROVE IT ALONG THE WAY.

IN SCHOOL AND DISTRICT STAFF ARE MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE AND ARE MORE INFORMED ABOUT THE EQUITY ISSUES THAT AFFECT OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.

SO (NAME) IS GOING TO SHARE AN EXAMPLE OF A LIAISON.

HER NAME IS (NAME). SHE IS ACTUALLY ONE OF OUR FIRST. SHE IS BEEN USING HER KNOWLEDGE TO HELP OUT SCHOOL STAFF AND ALSO FAMILIES.

>> WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF (NAME) IN ACTION. THIS IS ONE OF THE WORKSHOPS THAT FROM WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS HIGH DEMAND IS TECH TRAINING.

AND (NAME) HAS PARTNERED WITH THE TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE SCHOOLS, TO BRING IN THOSE FAMILIES THAT ARE NOT ACCESSING TECHNOLOGY. WHEN (NAME) CAME OUT, MY TEAM AND I WERE SO EXCITED. WE FOUND THAT WITH US GETTING CELL PHONES, WE HAVE MORE IMPACT WHEN WE ARE ABLE TO TEXT FAMILIES AND COMMUNICATE WITH THEM THAT WAY.

IT WAS MORE EASILY ACCESSIBLE FOR THEM.

SO WHEN WE WERE ABLE TO ADOPT THIS, IT WAS A GAME CHANGER.

UST TAPPING INTO SOME FAMILIES, (NAME) FOUND THAT SOME OF THE FAMILIES WERE ACCESSING THE PARENT SQUARE.

HE FIRST GOT THE TEXT MESSAGES, IT'S A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER.

MANY OF THE FAMILIES WERE LIKE WE THOUGHT THIS WAS SPAM LEFT FLAP. WERE NOT GOING TO DOWNLOAD THIS, RIGHT? SO WHAT SHE DID WAS SHE STARTED BRINGING THIS TRAINING TO THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES.

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BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T ACCESS IT, RIGHT? NOW SHE IS BRINGING IT TO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS AND WE HAVE SCHOOLS REQUESTING -- CAN YOU BRING THAT? SOME OF THE PARENTS SHARE WITH (NAME) LIKE WOW! SINCE ALL MY KIDS HAVE BEEN IN SCHOOL, I NEVER KNEW ABOUT SKYWARD. I NOW ABLE TO SEE MY KIDS GRADES ON SKYWARD. ONE MOM WAS LIKE WOW, I'M ACTUALLY ABLE TO RESPOND BACK TO THE TEACHERS BECAUSE I'M GETTING THE TEXT MESSAGES ON MY PHONE! SHE MAKES SURE ALL THE FAMILIES GET INTERACTIVE TRAINING.

LET'S DOWNLOAD IT RIGHT NOW! LET'S SET IT UP RIGHT NOW! IT'S AMAZING THE FEEDBACK AND PARENTS EXPRESS THE OVERWHELMING GRATITUDE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE TRAINING AND WORKSHOP IN THEIR LANGUAGE. SO WE ELIMINATE THAT BARRIER.

AS WELL AS THEY CAN PARTICIPATE IN THEIR CHILD'S EDUCATION AND GET INTO THE IDEA OF FAMILY PARTNERSHIP.

SOWE JUST WANTED TO SHARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS.

THESE ARE LIVE SESSIONS . WE ARE GETTING A GOOD AMOUNT OF FEEDBACK. THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE PROGRAMS WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT. AS WELL AS I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THIS PROGRAM. I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH SOME OF THESE YOUNG SCHOLARS IN OUR BLACK GEMS PROGRAM. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, A BLACK GEMS A FREE VIRTUAL AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM OFFERED FOR OUR K TO 12 STUDENTS (INDISCERNIBLE).

THIS PROGRAM CAME ABOUT -- PARENTS KEPT COMING TO US WITHIN THE BLACK COMMUNITY SAYING WE ARE NOT SEEING OURSELVES REFLECTED IN THE CURRICULUM.

OUR KIDS AREN'T SEEING THEMSELVES REFLECTED IN THE CURRICULUM. A LOT OF OUR PARENTS, INCLUDING ME, WE DIDN'T REALLY GET A CHANCE TO LEARN MUCH ABOUT OUR HISTORY UNTIL COLLEGE. THEN WHEN IT WAS INTRODUCED, IT WAS INTRODUCED IN THE CONFINES OF SLAVERY OR THE TRAUMA.

WHAT ABOUT THE JOY OR THE HISTORY BEFORE THAT?THIS IS WHERE THE PROGRAM CAME IN. THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES OUR SCHOLARS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE SPACE TO SHARE EXPERIENCES WITH OTHER SCHOLARS WITHIN OUR DISTRICT WHO ARE BLACK OR AFRO-AMERICAN DESCENT.

AN ALSO THAT -- --. PROVIDES HIM WITH OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THEMSELVES REFLECTIVE IN THE CURRICULUM AND PERFORM (INDISCERNIBLE). I'VE GOT TO SHARE MY PERSONAL TESTIMONY OF WALKING IN SCHOOL BUILDINGS FOR THE FIRST TIME.

I STARTED OFF AS AN ELEMENTARY FAMILY LIAISON AND (INDISCERNIBLE). WHEN I TELL YOU, YOU HAVE TO BE THERE TO SEE IT. THE WAY SOME OF THE BLACK YOUTH JUST WATCH ME WHEN I'M WALKING DOWN A HALLWAY.

AND I'M LIKE I WANT TO CONNECT BUT I DON'T WANT TO DISTRACT YOU! BUT IT'S JUST AN EXPERIENCE.

YOU HAVE TO BE THERE TO SEE. THOSE MENTORSHIPS AND RELATIONSHIPS ARE SO IMPORTANT. AND IT PROVIDES OUR YOUTH WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO UNPACK THE NUANCES OF BLACKNESS.

SO THEY CAN SEE BLACKNESS OUTSIDE OF THE MEDIA.

OUTSIDE THE CONFINES OF SLAVERY.

THIS PROGRAM IS ALSO UNIQUE IN THAT IT PROVIDES MONTHLY PARENT EDUCATION CLASSES SO THEY CAN ALSO LEARN WITH THEIR YOUTH.

A LOT OF THE FAMILIES OF MIXED RACE BLACK KIDS OR NONBLACK PARENTS? THAT PERSONALLY REACHED OUT AND SAID THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THIS OPPORTUNITY.

BECAUSE I DON'T SHARE THE SAME CULTURE AS MY CHILD.

AT THIS PROGRAM ALLOWS ME TO HAVE THAT SHARED PROGRAM AND I KNOW THE HISTORY (INDISCERNIBLE).

THESE ARE CONVERSATIONS THE PARENTS HAVE HAD OVER THE PHONE OR REACHED OUT AN EMAIL. -- --.

I'M STARTING WITH THE FIRST QUOTE.

THIS YOUNG MAN SET I LEFT THE FIRST CLASS FEELING PROUD TO BE BLACK. YOU KNOW HOW THE STUDENTS HAVE THEIR LITTLE AVATAR SYMBOLS? HE IMMEDIATELY CHANGED IT TO SOMETHING THAT REPRESENTED BLACK HISTORY THE MOMENT HE LEFT CLASS THE FIRST DAY. ONE STUDENT SHARED THAT I NEVER KNEW THE FIRST UNIVERSITY SYSTEM WAS CREATED (INDISCERNIBLE) REFERRING TO TIMBUKTU WHICH IS SOMETHING THEY LEARNED. ANOTHER STUDENT SAID I ENJOYED LEARNING ABOUT? (NAME).

LEARNING ABOUT THAT MADE ME BELIEVE GIRLS CAN DO ANYTHING.

ONE BLACK JOHN PARENT STATED THAT BLACK GEMS IS A GIFT TO THE LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I'M SO HAPPY THAT THEY ARE NOW OFFERING ADULT CLASSES.

IN GRADE SCHOOL I LEARNED LITTLE TO NOTHING ABOUT BLACK HISTORY. I NEVER KNEW HOW SIGNIFICANT AFRICA'S ATTRIBUTIONS TO THE WORLD WAS.

LASTLY, IT SAYS AS A WHITE MOM IT GIVES ME GREAT JOY TO KNOW THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS PROVIDING MY BLACK DAUGHTER AN

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THIS IS MY DAUGHTER'S FAVORITE CLASS -- LITERALLY.

WE HAVE A MOTTO IN BLACK GEMS WHERE WE KEEP HISTORY LIT, RIGHT? -- --.

WE LITERALLY SEE THE SCHOLARS KEEPING THEIR HISTORY LIT, GOING INTO THEIR SCHOOLS EXCITED TO SHARE THE KNOWLEDGE THEY TYPICALLY DON'T GET. I'M JUST SO HAPPY WE ARE ABLE TO LET THIS HAPPEN (INDISCERNIBLE).

SO THIS IS SOME OF THE PROGRAMS. YOU CAN LEAVE ME UP HERE AND I COULD TALK ALL DAY ABOUT IT!

LAUGHTER] >> AWESOME! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF SPACE DEPENDING ON YOUR TIME FOR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.

>> DR. LA LIBERTY? >> I GOT A QUESTION ON THE CULTURAL LIAISONS PROGRAM. .

I ASSUME THAT REQUIRES SOME RESOURCES IN TERMS OF MANAGING THAT? REALISTICALLY, ARE WE AT CAPACITY RIGHT NOW? WITH WHAT RESOURCES YOU HAVE? IS IT SOMETHING THAT COULD BE EXPANDED?

>> WE ARE CURRENTLY AT CAPACITY WITH THE RESOURCES THAT HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED TOWARDS IT. OBVIOUSLY, THAT CAN CHANGE AND THIS BOARD HAS A BIG SAY IN THAT AS WELL.

EXPANDING THAT WOULD BE JUST AMAZING.

CURRENTLY, WE ARE AT CAPACITY. >> OKAY.

THANKS. >> THANK YOU.

>> DIRECTOR STUART? >> UNDERSTAND THE LIMITATIONS OF (INDISCERNIBLE). I'M SURE THERE MUST BE OVERLAP BETWEEN SPECIAL NEEDS PROGRAM AND THE CULTURAL LIAISONS.

I WOULD HOPE SO. BECAUSE I KNOW WITH THE IEP'S, FOR NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING PARENTS, HAVING AN INTERPRETER -- IS PART OF THE CULTURAL LIAISON? OR IS THAT A PART OF SPED? MAYBE, TO BE QUITE FRANK, IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE IDEA OF HAVING A CULTURAL LIAISON TO THE SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY? > I THINK (NAME) WANTS TO

THAT (LAUGHING)! >> NO, I'M SO EXCITED.

BECAUSE ONE OF OUR CULTURAL LIAISONS, SHE IS SO PASSIONATE ABOUT THAT TOPIC. WE ARE IN CONVERSATIONS IN OUR WEEKLY CHECK INS ABOUT HOW TO -- FOR ONE, AND HER KNOWLEDGE OF SPEAKING TO FAMILIES, SHE FOUND OUT SOME FAMILIES DON'T KNOW THEIR RIGHTS WHEN IT COMES TO IEP'S.

THEY FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE TO ACCEPT WHATEVER IS GIVEN TO THEM. SO AS A CULTURAL BROKER, SHE SAYS YOU HAVE A RIGHT. IF YOU WANT AN IN PERSON INTERPRETER, YOU CAN REQUEST THAT.

SHE REALLY HAS BEEN FILLING IN THAT GAP AND ENSURING THAT PARENTS KNOW THEIR RIGHTS ABOUT THAT STOP AND THAT IT IS BROKEN DOWN INTO THEIR LANGUAGE. MAKING SURE THAT IEP IS TRANSLATED CORRECTLY. THAT IS A PROJECT THAT IS AT THE TOP OF OUR LIST IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE IT'S ACCESSIBLE AS

WELL. >> JUST BRIEFLY, SO WITH THAT, WITH THINGS THAT COME UP WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES, WE ARE ABLE TO BUILD ON IT AND DO PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS WITH IT AS WELL.

SO (NAME) IN OUR DEPARTMENT, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN DO A SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASS FOR FAMILIES, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE SPANISH COMMUNITIES, ONE ON ONE.

SO WHILE THE TERMINOLOGY AS SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW, IS VERY ACADEMIC, VERY TECHNICAL. THERE IS A LOT OF JARGON.

IT DOESN'T TRANSLATE. AND EVEN FOR FOLKS WHO HAVE AN EDUCATION, YOU READ THESE TERMS AND YOU WERE LIKE WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? THESE ARE LEGAL DOCUMENTS.

SO WITH THAT, WE NOT ONLY HOPED TO BUILD THE CAPACITY OF OUR FAMILIES IN THOSE COMMUNITIES, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO BUILD THE CAPACITY OF OUR STAFF SO THEY ARE AWARE OF THESE SITUATIONS AND THEY ARE ABLE TO DO BETTER WHEN IT COMES TO EQUITY

(INDISCERNIBLE). >> I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

SHORTLY BEFORE I JOINED THE BOARD A FEW YEARS BACK, THERE IS A SMALL GROUP APPEARANCE (INDISCERNIBLE) THAT GOT TOGETHER TO DISCUSS THEIR NEEDS .

IT WAS VERY ELEMENTARY. ABOUT FIVE OR SIX PARENTS.

ONE OF THEM WAS A GENTLEMAN FROM CENTRAL AMERICA STOP IT WAS VERY QUICKLY DISCERNED THIS GENTLEMAN SPOKE VIRTUALLY NO ENGLISH. HE WAS THERE BECAUSE HE SPOKE MORE THAN HIS WIFE DID. I ACTUALLY KNEW THE STUDENT BECAUSE WE WERE IN THE CLASSROOM WITH OUR SERVICE DOG.

AND THE STUDENT WAS FLUENT IN ENGLISH.

BUT THIS GENTLEMAN DID NOT KNOW HE WAS ENTITLED TO AN INTERPRETER AT THE TIME.ND WHAT THAT MEANT AND HOW TO GET ONE. AND WE MADE SURE THAT HE DID.

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WE ARE SPEAKING UP OR OBJECTING TO A GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT IS A SURE SIGN OR A SURE TICKET TO KNOW WHERE OR TO DISAPPEAR.

THIS REALLY NEEDS TO BE IMPRESSED UPON THEM.

BECAUSE IT'S JUST NOT PART OF THEIR CULTURE.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. >> I THINK THE OTHER PIECE IS SOMETIMES, MENTAL HEALTH AND SOME OF THESE CULTURES IS A TOPIC THAT LESS AND LESS IS TABOO, BUT STILL THERE.

SO HAVING THAT CULTURAL BROKER, THAT LIAISON TO HELP BRIDGE

THAT IS ALSO HELPFUL. >> DIRECTOR CHOI AND THEN

DIRECTOR CARLSON. >> I'M CURIOUS, I UNDERSTAND WE'VE GOT LIMITATIONS IN TERMS OF HOW MANY CULTURAL LIAISONS WE HAVE. I'M CURIOUS, HOW DID WE DECIDE ON THESE PARTICULARCULTURAL LIAISONS ? I KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER IS ESCAPING ME, BUT WE HAVE OVER 100 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN OUR DISTRICT, CORRECTLY THERE IS SUCH A HUGE DIVERSE POPULATION.

SOME CURIOUS, WHAT WAS THE PROCESS AND DECIDING ON THESE

PARTICULAR ONES TO START? >> THE POPULATIONS THAT YOU KNOW BASED ON THE DATA THAT WE PRODUCE AS A DISTRICT, IN TERMS OF (INDISCERNIBLE) EDUCATIONAL JUSTICE.

YOU CAN ALIGN THEM TO BOTH RACE AND ALSO LANGUAGE MINORITIES.

SO WE REALLY FOCUSED IN ALMOST LIKE A TRIAGE ON THE ONES THAT WE WERE NOTICING THROUGH THE DATA THAT NEEDED MOST OF OUR HELP. THAT WOULD BE THE SPANISH SPEAKING COMMUNITY, THE AFRICAN COMMUNITY, OUR STUDENTS WHO IDENTIFY MORE THAN ONE RACE. AND ONE THAT IS MORE RECENT -- I'VE SPOKEN TO THIS BOARD AS WELL, AND IT'S BEEN A SURPRISE TO ME PERSONALLY, IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST THERE'S BEEN THIS UPSURGE OF FOLKS COMING IN FROM BRAZIL WHO SPEAK PORTUGUESE. SO REALLY THOSE WERE THE AREAS WE WERE FOCUSING ON FOR THE FIRST ONE.

OBVIOUSLY EXPANDING WOULD BE AMAZING TO US INSTEAD OF LOOKING DEEPER TO THE OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT WE ALSO KNOW

NEEDS OUR HELP. BUT THAT IS THE PROCESS.>> UNRELATED LINES, THE FIRST QUESTION I HAD, WE ACTUALLY HAVE ONE GROUP THAT HAD A PRE-EXISTING COMMUNITY LIAISON, THAT IS OUR NATIVE AMERICANS. ARE WE COORDINATING WITH THEM?

>> WITH (NAME), WE DO COORDINATE WITH HER.

>> OKAY. THE SECOND ONE, YOU MENTION CULTURE AND LANGUAGE INCOME. HAVE WE GOT OUTREACH TO LOW INCOME FAMILIES, REGARDLESS OF LANGUAGE OR OTHER -- THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PIECE, TO ME, AND I DIDN'T HEAR IT.

ALTHOUGH, I DID HEAR THE TECH THING.

IT SOUNDED VERY MUCH LIKE IT WAS ALL ABOUT INCOME.

PEOPLE DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS. >> I THINK THE GROUPS WE SERVE INTERSECT, THE INCOME IS A THEME THAT CROSSES ALL OF THOSE GROUPS. TO TELL YOU WE'VE REACHED ALL THE CORNERS IN OUR DISTRICT IN TERMS OF ASSURING WE ARE REACHING OUT TO LOW INCOME FAMILIES? THERE ARE OTHER ASPECTS OF OUR PROGRAM THROUGH THE EQUITY AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT DEPARTMENT. FOR EXAMPLE, (NAME) OUR FOSTER CARE PROGRAM. WE DO REACH OUT TO THOSE FAMILIES AS WELL. BUT THAT IS THROUGH OTHER ASPECTS OF OUR DEPARTMENT, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

>> I'M NOT HEARING OTHER QUESTIONS, SO I WILL TAKE MY LIBERTY TO DO SO. I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THE WORK THAT IS GOING ON IS QUITE EXCITING.

I THOUGHT THE SAME THING ABOUT OUR EASTSIDE NATIVE AMERICAN EDUCATION PROGRAM. IT'S A CULTURAL LIAISON CONCEPT. SO WHEN I HEARD OF BLACK CHIMES, IT DID REMIND ME OF THAT MODEL AND STRUCTURE.

IT'S EXCITING TO SEE THAT GOING FORWARD IN THE WORK BEING PUT FORWARD TO DO SO. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

I'M JUST EXCITED FOR THE WORK THAT IS GOING ON IN THE CONTINUED PIECE. I WOULD ECHO THE PIECE OF HOW WE ENSURE WITH OUR SOCIOECONOMIC STRUGGLING FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY (INDISCERNIBLE) THAT CAN CHANGE. BUT I DO THINK YOU ARE RIGHT,

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I APPRECIATE THIS FOCUS ON CULTURE AND EMPOWERING PEOPLE GOING FORWARD. SO THEY, TOO, CAN ADVOCATE FOR THEIR RIGHTS WITHIN THAT. SO LOVE THE (INDISCERNIBLE) AND WHAT HAPPENED THERE AND OPEN DOORS.

THOSE ARE SIMPLE IN THE SENSE OF WE CAN REALLY ADDRESS THE NEEDS AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO LISTEN TO OUR COMMUNITY AND BRING THOSE THINGS OUT AND HEAR AND TARGET THOSE THINGS SPECIFICALLY (INDISCERNIBLE). SO THANK YOU.

>> JUST AS A FURTHER TESTAMENT THAT THIS IS THE BRAINS OF THE OPERATION. CATHERINE DID WANT TO HOW WE REACH OUT TO FOLKS WHO ARE ON THE LOWER SOCIOECONOMIC LADDER.

>> YEAH. I'M SURE (NAME) CAN TESTIFY TO THIS AS WELL.WE EVENTUALLY STARTED OUR ROLES IN 2019, A LITTLE BIT BEFORE COVID.IGHT WHEN COVID HIT IT WAS LIKE WE HAD BAPTISM BY FIRE (LAUGHING). SO MUCH NEED WAS THERE.

WE TALKED ABOUT EARLY IN OUR PRESENTATION, BUT THIS IS WHY COMMUNITY OUTREACH IS REALLY ESSENTIAL TO WHAT WE DO.E ACTUALLY ARE PARTNERING UP WITH NOURISHING NETWORKS CONSORTIUM.

THEIR PURPOSE IS TO ELIMINATE ALL HUNGER INSECURITY.

IT WAS ACTUALLY STARTED BY A FORMER TEACHER.

WE ALIGNED WITH HIM SO MUCH AND THAT'S WHY WE COLLABORATE A LOT WITH THEM. BECAUSE WE KNOW IF A CHILD IS HUNGRY, IF THEY ARE ON THE STREETS, IF THEY DON'T HAVE IT THEY NEED?HEY CAN COME IN AND BE THE BEST STUDENT THAT THEY CAN BE. THAT IS ALSO AN EQUITY ISSUE.

THAT IS NOT OKAY. THAT IS WHY, WITH OUR PARTNERSHIP, WE CREATED A GROCERY VOUCHERS PROGRAM.

SO THEN, WHEN FAMILIES GO ON BREAK THEY ARE ABLE TO GET SOME TYPE OF HELP IN THE COMMUNITY. THEY'RE ABLE TO GET SOME FINANCIAL HELP. SO THEY ARE ABLE TO GO TO THE GROCERY STORES AND GET ANYTHING THAT THEY NEED.

IF THEY NEED GROCERY ITEMS, IF THEY NEED ANY PERSONAL HYGIENE OR EVEN HOME HYGIENE ITEMS, BECAUSE DURING COVID, THERE WAS A SHORTAGE. THEY ARE ABLE TO GET WHAT THEY NEED AND NOT HAVE THEIR AGENCY TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM AS WELL.

SO INTERFACED WITH A LOT OF FAMILIES.

AND THAT IS THE REALITY OF WHAT OUR DISTRICT IS GOING THROUGH AS WELL. WE WANT TO BRING THAT TO LIGHT AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO SERVE IN THAT WAY.

SO COMMUNITY OUTREACH IS REALLY IMPORTANT WHEN ADDRESSING THAT NEED. BECAUSE AS PABLO SAID, THAT UNDERLYING LAYER IN OUR WORK AS WELL.

>> SORRY IF I'M PROLONGING IT. BUT I WANTED TO ADD TO YOUR QUESTION, DIRECTOR CARLSON. A LOT OF US FOUND THIS, LIKE WITH OUR EQUITY FACILITATORS, WHEN WE DID A LOT OF HOME VISITS, THEY HELP US UNCOVER WHERE THE NEED IS, IF THAT MAKES SENSE? I'LL SHARE AN EXAMPLE OF A FAMILY THAT REMINDED ME OF MY FAMILY GROWING UP.BECAUSE WE ARE IN AFFLUENT COMMUNITIES, NOT EVERYBODY WANTS TO SHARE THEIR (INDISCERNIBLE), RIGHT? BUT WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT, WE HAD A CHANCE TO REALLY GO IN THE HOME AND (INDISCERNIBLE).

OKAY, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF FOOD IN THE REFRIGERATOR.

WE HAVE THIS PROGRAM. WE HAVE THIS RESOURCE.

WHAT THE CULTURAL BROKERS HAVE IN THAT RELATIONSHIP? WE GET A CHANCE TO UNCOVER THOSE NEEDS.

A FEW FOLKS ACROSS THE DISTRICT GO OUT FOR FREE OR REDUCED LUNCH COUNTS.A LOT OF MY FAMILIES AS WELL AS MY GROWING UP? WE DON'T QUALIFY FOR FREE OR REDUCED LUNCH. WE WERE POOR! POOR, RIGHT? HOWEVER, SOME OF THE FAMILIES, WE DIDN'T WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO BE LOOKED DOWN UPON BECAUSE WE ARE ALREADY BLACK, RIGHT? SOME OF THE FAMILIES SHARED WITH US WE DON'T SEE A GOOD IMAGE OF OURSELVES AND WE TURN ON THE MEDIA.

NOW I HAVE TO GO TO THIS PREDOMINANTLY WHITE SCHOOL AND TELL THEM I NEED THINGS. WE FOUND OUT JUST BY DOING HOME VISITS IN BUILDING THE RELATIONSHIPS WITHTHOSE FAMILIES, WE ARE UNCOVERING SO MUCH NEED TO STOP HIM HIM JUST TEXT ME TODAY . HEY, DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE GROCERY VOUCHERS? SHE DOESN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE SHARING THAT WITH (INDISCERNIBLE).

EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE FOLKS THERE TO HELP.

BUT BECAUSE OF THE RAPPORT THAT WE BUILD AS WELL AS THE CULTURAL LIAISON, (INDISCERNIBLE).

THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE SHARING WITHOUT JUDGMENT.

>> THANK YOU. FULLY APPRECIATE THAT.

I WAS ACTUALLY ASKING FROM A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE.

THAT IS IF I LOOKED AT IT (INDISCERNIBLE) THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT FRACTION OF OUR LOW INCOME COMMUNITY THAT ISN'T ANY OF THOSE FOUR.ND AM WORRIED ABOUT THEM NOT FEELING LIKE

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THAT IS A CULTURAL GAP THAT I KNOW IS NONTRIVIAL WHEN YOU HAVE PARENTS THAT MIGHT NOT SPEAK EMAIL BUT THEY SURE SPEAK ENGLISH. ANYWAY, THAT'S JUST SOMETHING WHERE I'M CONCERNED THERE IS A GAP THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE PEOPLE BE ABLE TO SEE THEMSELVES WITHIN YOUR EQUITY DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU!

>> CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE OE-14 SLIDE? THIS BOARD ADOPTED OE-14 ALMOST A YEAR AND AND A HALF AGO.

KNOWING THAT THIS WAS LONG TERMS SYSTEMS WORK.

THIS TEAM BROUGHT FORWARD OE-14.1 ON PURPOSE.

BECAUSE IT'S REALLY THE FOUNDATION OF THIS ENTIRE POLICY. IF YOU THINK ABOUT ELIMINATING RACIST AND DISCRIMINATORY SYSTEMS, STRUCTURES AND PRACTICES. THAT IS WORK THAT REQUIRES A SYSTEMS LEVEL VIEW AND APPROACH.

I HEARD THIS TEAM TONIGHT TALK ABOUT A SYSTEMS LEVEL APPROACH.

A VERY SMALL THING IN THE SCOPE OF THE PRESENTATION, BUT IT'S OF SUBSTANCE. THEY MEET WITH THE CULTURAL LIAISON EVERY WEEK. AND THAT IS TO BENCHMARK TO MAKE SURE THAT BROKER SHIP, THAT THE LIAISONS HAVE WHAT THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND REPRESENT THE DISTRICT. BUT ALSO, CONTINUE TO ESTABLISH THAT RELATIONSHIP. WEHEARD THE WORD RELATIONSHIP OVER AND OVER AND OVER TONIGHT .

AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT A WELL ARTICULATED SYSTEM, RELATIONSHIP MAY NOT BE THE FIRST WORD THAT COMES TO MIND.

BUT IN THIS WORK, RELATIONSHIP IS THE KEY.AND SO, HAVING STAFF IN PLACE THAT UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT KNOW HOW TO LEAD WITH THAT, UNDERSTAND THAT WITHOUT THAT RELATIONSHIP PIECE -- WE CAN HAVE ALL THE POLICY IN THE WORLD, BUT WITHOUT THAT RELATIONSHIP WE ARE NOT ACTUALLY GOING TO SEE OUTCOMES.

THE CULTURAL LIAISONS WERE FUNDED, I THINK IT WAS THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO, AND DR. GLORIA HENDERSON BROUGHT THAT AS A CONCEPT AND THIS BOARD FUNDED THAT.

AND THEN, COVID DECIDED TO COME.

AND SO, FOR THIS TEAM TO GET THAT UP AND RUNNING IN THIS MANNER, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

IT IS REALLY A MODEL FOR US TO SEE HOW DOES THIS WORK? HOW DOES THIS HELP PROVIDE THAT SUPPORT FOR OUR STUDENTS? AND SO, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE SYSTEMS THINKING THAT THIS TEAM IS DOING TO APPROACH THIS WORK. THEY USE OE-14, TRULY, TO MEASURE THEIR WORK AND TO UNDERSTAND HOW THIS BOARD EXPECTS OUR DISTRICT TO OPERATE.

AND SO, THEIR LEADERSHIP IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.

THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE BEEN HERE FOR FOUR YEARS, IT SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY THEY WERE HOPING TO JOIN THE DISTRICT.

BUT YOU STAYED WITH US DURING COVID.

I KNOW OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES ARE BETTER OFF BECAUSE OF IT. SO THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION TONIGHT. PABLO, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THE DEPARTMENT AND CONTINUING THIS WORK.

THE OTHER THING I WANT TO POINT TO IS WE HEARD A VERY POSITIVE MESSAGE ABOUT EQUITY AND DIVERSITY IN THE WORK IN THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT. THERE ARE MANY NIGHTS I KNOW YOU GO HOME AND YOU HAVE A LOT ON YOUR SHOULDERS.

BUT THERE IS SO MANY POSITIVES. WE HAVE SUCH A RICH SCHOOL COMMUNITY THAT IS DIVERSE. TO HEAR THOSE QUOTES FROM THOSE STUDENTS, THOSE FAMILIES IS REALLY IMPRESSIVE.

SO I JUST WANT TO APPRECIATE THAT.

BUT IS REALLY SYSTEMS WORK THAT IS OCCURRING RIGHT NOW, SO

THANK YOU.>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU!

[APPLAUSE] >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT PROGRAM UPDATE. EXCITING TO HEAR ALL THAT WORK.

OUR NEXT ITEM IS TO APPROVE THE TWO SUMMARY REPORTS, OE-11 AND OPERATIONAL EXPECTATION 4. THOSE WILL BE THE FIRST TO WE WILL START WITH. OPERATIONAL EXPECTATION 11.

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DIRECTOR CHOI, SINCE YOU TOOK THE LEAD IN DRAFTING THAT, I'M GOING TO PASS THIS TO YOU TO BE ABLE TO DO A QUICK SUMMARY.

AND THEN, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS WE CAN DO THAT.

>> (INDISCERNIBLE) A FEW WEEKS AGO, I'M IN HAVE TO REFRESH MY MEMORY A LITTLE BIT. OPERATIONAL EXPECTATION 11 IS ON THE INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM. WHY DON'T I JUST READ THE SUMMARY? THE BOARD FINDS THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH NOTED EXCEPTIONS: FOR OE-11 (INDISCERNIBLE). ACCOMMODATIONS SPECIFICALLY THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE ALL THE WORK THAT HAS -- IS BEING DONE TO ENSURE THAT A ROBUST AND EXPENSIVE PROGRAM AT OUR SCHOOL EXISTS. THE EFFORT TO CREATE A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH OF EVALUATING INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS AND THE ATTEMPTS TO ENSURE KEY STAKEHOLDERS ARE INCLUDED IN THE PROCESS IS APPRECIATED.

SPECIFIC DIRECTIONS. TO CONTINUE WORK ON ENSURING THE WORK DONE AT COMMUNITY VOICE IS IN KAPUR STOMACH INCORPORATED SPECIFICALLY AROUND STUDENT EXPERIENCE AND EXTRACURRICULAR OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR SCHOOLS.

AN UPDATE ON CURRICULUM SPECIALISTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED AS WAS IMPLEMENTED IN 2019.

IT WOULD ALSO BE USEFUL TO LINK THE SPECIFICS OF POLICY THAT OVERLAP (INDISCERNIBLE) TO OE-14 WHERE POSSIBLE.

AND THEN, THERE WERE SOME POLICY REVISIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. I BELIEVE AN INTEREST TO DIG INTO SOME OF THE SUB POLICIES HERE FOR OVERLAP WITH OTHER OE

-- I THINK THAT'S IT. >> THANK YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, SO WITH THAT, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BOARD SUMMARY AS PRESENTED.

>> A MOVE APPROVAL. >> SECOND.

>> IT IS BEEN MOVED BY DIRECTOR (NAME) AND SECONDED BY DIRECTOR CARLSON TO APPROVE THE SUMMARY AS PRESENTED.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? DIRECTOR CARLSON.

>> PER USUAL, I ACTUALLY WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IS NONTRIVIAL TO SUMMARIZE OUR CONVERSATIONS APPEAR TO STOP SO THANK YOU. AND I DO THINK THAT YOU CAPTURED THE DETAIL -- SORRY, THE BIG PICTURE ABSOLUTELY WELL. DON'T REMEMBER ANY OF THE DETAIL! SO I'M VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THIS.

>> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY, HEARING NONE, WE CAN TAKE IT TO A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE SUMMARY FOR OE-11, INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY VOTING AYE? ANYONE OPPOSE? HEARING NONE, THE MOTION CARRIES. I SHOULD ALSO LET YOU KNOW THAT DR. HOLMEN AND I, AND I BELIEVE DIRECTOR CHOI (INDISCERNIBLE) WILL BE MEETING ON WEDNESDAY IN REGARDS TO SOME OF THE POLICY WORK THAT IS THERE. OE-11 IS DEFINITELY ONE WE WILL BE LOOKING AT. THOSE ARE ONES WE HAD QUESTIONS AROUND. SO THAT IS IN THERE AND THAT WILL BE THE PEACE (INDISCERNIBLE) IN THE NEAR FUTURE. WITH THAT, WE WILL NOW GO ON TO OPERATIONAL EXPECTATION 4. WE HAD THAT RED, PRESENTED AT OUR LAST BOARD MEETING. I DID TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUMMARIZE THAT. AND I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ONE AGAIN. THAT THE BOARD DOES RECOGNIZE THE EFFORTS MADE IN OUR HUMAN RESOURCE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE AND SUPPORT THE RECRUITMENT OF HIGHLY QUALIFIED STAFF TO ENSURE HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION FOR OUR STUDENTS. I ACTUALLY THINK OUR PRESENTATION THIS EVENING HELPED TO PROVIDE SOME OF THAT EXAMPLE AS WELL. AND SO, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S OUT. I JUST ALSO WANT TO CALL OUT THE EXCELLENT WORK IN 2021, 22 WITH THE SUCCESSFUL MULTIPLE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS. THAT WAS DONE VERY WELL.HE DIRECTION THAT WAS SORT OF SUMMARIZE WERE CONDUCT THE DISTRICT CLIMATE SURVEY THROUGH PANORAMA, ANALYZE DATA AND DEVELOP ACTIONS (INDISCERNIBLE).AND TO BRING THAT SUB POLICY INTO COMPLIANCE THE OTHER DIRECTION WAS TO CONTINUE THOSE EFFORTS TO SUPPORT RECRUITING, HIRING AND RETAINING.

MONITOR RETENTION CAREFULLY (INDISCERNIBLE) .

THE OTHER REQUEST WAS FOR DATA COLLECTION EFFORTS.

UTILIZE MULTIPLE MODALITIES. WITH QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE AND (INDISCERNIBLE) SOLID RESPONSE RATES (INDISCERNIBLE). WE NEED TO REVIEW SOME SUB POLICIES (INDISCERNIBLE) AND CONSIDER COMBINING THOSE TO ENSURE THEY ARE NOT REPETITIVE. THEN WE NEED TO RECONSIDER SUB POLICY 4.5 AND DETERMINE IF THERE'S A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO ENSURE JOB EXPECTATIONS ARE UP TO SPEED.

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>> I MOVE. >> SECOND.

>> DIRECTOR OF THE LIBERTY MOVED TO APPROVE IT DIRECTOR CARLSON SECONDING. ANY DISCUSSION?

>> AGAIN -- FOR THIS ONE, I ACTUALLY WASN'T HERE FOR THE CONVERSATION. SO THANK YOU FOR THE SUMMARY.

I FIND IT REASONABLE AND PARTICULARLY IN 4.7, THE RETENTION RATES ANALYSIS I FIND VALUABLE.

AND I THINK YOU (INDISCERNIBLE).

>> THERE'S A COMMENT ON 4.5. I THINK YOU ADEQUATELY CAPTURED IT HERE. BUT A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ON THAT FOR DIRECTOR CARLSON. MY RECOLLECTION IS THAT I DON'T KNOW -- I DON'T THINK THERE IS A UNANIMITY AMONG THE BOARD AS TO WHAT WE IMPOUND IN 4.5, WHICH IS (INDISCERNIBLE) ADEQUATE JOB DESCRIPTIONS. DOES IT LITERALLY HAVE JOB DESCRIPTIONS THAT MATCH THE JOB? OR DOES IT HAVE JOB DESCRIPTIONS WHAT WE NEED AS A DISTRICT? I APPRECIATE YOU FLAGGING BACK, BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF CONVERSATION AROUND THAT.

I DON'T THINK THE BOARD IS FULLY IN AGREEMENT.

>> THAT'S FINE. I DON'T HAVE STRONG FEELINGS ON

THE TOPIC. >> THERE YOU GO! THAT IS PART OF THE DISAGREEMENT!

>> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT, HEARING NONE, WE WILL ACTUALLY VOTE TO APPROVE OPERATIONAL EXPECTATION FOR SUMMARY AS PRESENTED. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY VOTING AYE. ANYONE OPPOSE? HEARING NONE, MOTION CARRIES. OKAY.

SO WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO OUR LAST OPERATIONAL EXPECTATION TO MONITOR FOR THE 21-22 SCHOOL YEAR.

IT IS OPERATIONAL EXPECTATION THREE, COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS.

AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS HOW THE BOARD ESTABLISHES ITS VALUES ABOUT HOW IT'S EXPECTED TO OPERATE STOP AND THE REPORT DOES CONTAIN THE SUPERINTENDENT'S INTERPRETATION OF THE POLICY. SO WITH THAT, I WILL HAND US OFF TO DR. HOLMEN TO PRESENT THE REPORT AND WE WILL CONTINUE WITH OUR DISCUSSION FROM THERE. SO, DR. HOLMEN.

>> I DO WANT TO JUST START BY COMMENTING THAT COMPLETING THE OPERATIONAL EXPECTATION ON MONITORING IN JANUARY, THIS IS A FIRST. THAT WAS DONE WITH INTENTION, SO THAT THE BOARD WILL HAVE ALL MONITORING CONCLUDED BEFORE THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. THAT ALLOWS US TO DO A COUPLE OF THINGS. IT ALLOWS US TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT POLICY UPDATES THAT WE WANT TO MAKE.

THEY CAN BE DONE IN A TIMELY MANNER SO MONITORING NEXT YEAR HAS THE REQUISITE POLICY UPDATE.

I ALSO NEED TO RECOGNIZE MY TEAM.

PART OF THAT TEAM INCLUDES DIRECTORS AT MULTIPLE LEVELS, PARTICIPATING IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE REPORTS.

BECAUSE I DON'T SIT IN ISOLATION.

AND JUST DRUM UP DATA AND REPORTS.

TIM KRIEGER REALLY DOES TAKE A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF THESE.

HE CORRELATES DATA, PUTS IT TOGETHER IN REPORTS.

HE WORKS WITH STAFF TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE PREPARED SO WHEN I SEE A FIRST DRAFT, IT IS WELL DOWN THE ROAD OF BEING COMPLETED. I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY THAT THE TEAM PUTS IN.

BUT IT IS MORE THAN JUST COMPLETING REPORTS.

THE BOARD'S POLICY W POLICIES ARE BECOMING EMBEDDED INTO DIALOGUE CONVERSATIONS, MEETINGS AND HOW WE ARE DEVELOPING PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES.

AND SO, THE BOARD'S POLICIES TRULY ARE THE PARAMETERS FOR WHICH WE ARE WORKING THROUGH OUR OPERATIONAL (INDISCERNIBLE) DECISIONS. SO I JUST WANTED TO CALL THAT OUT. WE UPDATED THE MONITORING PROCESS, BUT WE ARE ALSO BEING INTENTIONAL ABOUT HOW USE THE BOARD'S POLICIES TO TRULY GUIDE THE DISTRICT.

I WANTED TO OPEN WITH THAT. I KNOW THIS IS THE LAST OB THAT WE ARE MONITORING. AS GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND ACTUALLY DEVELOPING THESE PRESENTATIONS, IT ACTUALLY HAS ILLUMINATED THE SUB POLICY COMPONENTS FOR ME TO A MUCH GREATER DEGREE. AND SO, IF YOU WERE TO SCROLL TO THE END OF THIS SLIDE DECK, YOU WOULD SEE MY RECOMMENDATION

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SO I DON'T THINK THAT IS THE INTENT OF THE BOARD.

THAT IS THE POLICY THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR MONITORING.

SO THAT IS WHAT WE ARE MONITORING TONIGHT.

BUT I DON'T THINK THAT IS THE INTENT OF THIS POLICY.

SO KNOWING THAT ALL OF US HAVE A COMMITMENT TO BE MUCH MORE FOCUSED EXTERNALLY, ENGAGING WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS? I THINK WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB OF ARTICULATING THE BOARD'S VALUES. AND THEN, CONSEQUENTLY, WHAT ARE THE DATA THAT WILL HELP INFORM THE BOARD AROUND THAT? SO WITH THAT, I WILL MONITOR THE POLICY WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US AND PROVIDE THAT REPORT TO THE BOARD.

THE POLICY STATEMENT SAYS THE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL MAINTAIN AN ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE THAT TREATS FAMILIES AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WITH RESPECT, DIGNITY AND COURTESY.

THERE ARE FIVE DISTINCT ELEMENTS WITHIN THIS POLICY WILL STOP IT IS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD IS COMPLIANT, WITH EXCEPTIONS NOTED. SO IN 3.1 IT STATES THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL PROTECT CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.

JUST A FEW PIECES HERE. THE DISTRICT ACTIVELY WORKS TO KEEP CONFIDENCE YOU HAVE INFORMATION SECURE AND PROTECTED, WHETHER THAT IS HARDCOPY INFORMATION, THE FILES WE KEEP -- I KNOW WE HAVE A COMPLIANCE ROOM FOR OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE A FILE ROOM AND A SET OF FILE CABINETS FOR OUR HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT.

ALL OF OUR BUSINESS OFFICE FILES.

SO THESE ARE ALL THINGS -- WE ALSO KEEP TO WORK WORK TO KEEP OUR DIGITAL INFORMATION SECURE AS WELL.

THE DISTRICT MAINTAINS POLICY AND PROCEDURES RELATED TO THE MAINTENANCE AND PROTECTION OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.

>> ANY QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE, WE CAN GO UNDER

3.2. >> THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL EFFECTIVELY HANDLE COMPLAINTS -- ON THAT THE DISTRICT IS COMPLIANT WITH LEGAL AND POLICY PROGRESS AND TIMELINES FOR ALL FORMAL COMPLAINTS. FOR THE FORMAL REPORT THE BOARD RECEIVED, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE DID LAY OUT THE VARIOUS AVENUES THAT THE DISTRICT DOES RECEIVE COMPLAINTS.

TITLE 9, HARASSMENT AND INTIMIDATION AND BULLYING, SPECIAL EDUCATION TO THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS, DUE PROCESS REGARDING SPECIAL EDUCATION TO THE OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION.

OSB I COMPLAINTS AND PATRON REVIEW REQUESTS.

THOSE ARE ALL THERE AND WERE ALL DEALT WITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPROPRIATE TIMELINES AND PROCEDURES.

>> ANY QUESTIONS? I JUST HAD ONE AND I THINK YOU ACTUALLY HIGHLIGHTED IT AS YOU WERE COMING THROUGH.

AS I WAS READING THROUGH THE INDICATORS, THESE ARE ALL VERY FORMAL COMPLAINT PROCESS IN RELATION TO FEDERAL AND STATE LAW. HOWEVER AS PART OF THE INTERPRETATION (INDISCERNIBLE). THAT IS A PIECE I JUST FEEL LIKE WE ARE MISSING IN THE WAY WE DEFINE OUR INDICATORS AND IS A PIECE I WOULD HOPE WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO BETTER WITH.

(INDISCERNIBLE) HOW DO WE WORK WITH THOSE INFORMAL -- NOT THROUGH THE FORMAL PROCESS BUT WE ENSURE THE PROCESS IS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAYON THAT?

>> NOT AT THIS TIME. I THINK AS WE GO THROUGH THIS POLICY, WE CAN UNPACK WHAT THAT MEANS .

IF THERE ARE DATA THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN THAT REGARD.

>> CORRECT. AND IT COULD BE PERCEPTION DATA

WE WOULD HAVE TO WORK WITH. >> HAVE A REALLY QUICK QUESTION. WE USE THIS PHRASE A LOT IN OUR POLICIES -- "TIMELY MANNER." IS THAT -- FOR A PARTICULAR REASON?> SO THE MAJORITY OF THE COMPLAINT PROCEDURES THAT YOU SEE IN THE REPORT ALL HAVE REQUIRED TIMELINES.

AND THEY ALL ARE DIFFERENT. SOME ARE SCHOOL DAYS.

IF IT IS RELATED TO A STUDENT. SOME ARE WORKDAYS.

SOME ARE GUIDED BY -- LAWSUITS BRING DIFFERENT TIMELINES THAN IN FORMAL COMPLAINTS. THE LAST ONE, 4220, COMES WITH SOME DISTINCT TIMELINES THAT CAN BE EXTENDED BASED ON CONDITIONS. AND SO, THEY ALL HAVE VARIOUS TIMELINES ASSOCIATED WITH THEM. AND SO, ALIGNING WITH THOSE

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>> DO WE COMMUNICATE TIMELINES? >> WE DO.

WHEN WE RECEIVED A COMPLAINT, IN RESPONSE TO THE CLAIMANT, THEY RECEIVE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR POLICY, PROCEDURE AND

TIMELINES. >> ALL RIGHT, NO OTHER

QUESTIONS. >> CAN I JUST ADD ONE PIECE TO

THAT? >> ABSOLUTELY.

>> THERE ARE TIMES WHEN, LET'S SAY, A COMPLAINT GOES TO OS BIA? THE ACTUALLY COMMUNICATE THE TIMELINES. SO WE MAY NOT BE COMMUNICATE THE TIMELINES, BUT TIMELINES ARE COMMUNICATED FOR ALL OF THESE PROCESSES. 3.3 STATES THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL PROTECT AGAINST ANY RETALIATION OR ILLEGAL DISCRIMINATION. SO THE DISTRICT DOES MAINTAIN AND UPDATE OUR POLICIES RELATED TO CLAIMS OF DISCRIMINATION.

WE ALSO FOLLOW THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND ALSO BEST PRACTICES TO AVOID ISSUES RELATED TO RETALIATION.

SO WHEN WE CONCLUDE A PROCESS AROUND A COMPLAINT, LET'S SAY IT'S A HARASSMENT COMPLAINT OR WHATNOT, WE ACTUALLY CONCLUDE THOSE WITH AN INDICATION TO INDIVIDUALS THAT RETALIATION IS A VIOLATION TO POLICY AND CAN BE CONSIDERED BEHAVIOR THAT CAN LEAD TO DISCIPLINE. AND SO, THOSE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE APPROACH THAT TO MAKE SURE WE CALL IT OUT, KNOWING THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES WERE THERE IS MORE LIKELY TO BE RETALIATION THAN OTHERS.

>> I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS THAT WAY.

I HAVE ONE: YOU LIST THE POLICIES HERE IN REGARDS TO THIS. WAS INTRIGUED TO KNOW HOW MANY (INDISCERNIBLE) 20F WERE SUBMITTED? (INDISCERNIBLE) (AWAY FROM

MICROPHONE). >> SO 4220 F IS THE FORM THAT IS SUBMITTED FOR THE POLICY 4220 AND 4220 P. AS OF LAST YEAR, WE ACTUALLY RECEIVED NO 4220 COMPLAINTS.

>> OKAY. >> AND THAT IS IN 3 2. GREAT

QUESTION. >> THANK YOU.

>> 3.4, STATES THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL MAINTAIN A SYSTEMIC ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE THAT HAS A NUMBER OF COMPONENTS LISTED UNDER THIS. PART OF THE INDICATORS ARE ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATES.

SO THE DISTRICT POSTS UPDATES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BOARD'S EXPECTATIONS. THOSE ARE OUTLINED IN POLICY.

PART OF THIS POLICY IS IN RELATION TO OUR SURVEYING PROCEDURES THAT ARE BEING UPDATED RIGHT NOW THAT WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH IN THE SPRING OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

YOU CAN SEE YOUR EFFORTS MOVING AND COMPLIANCE.

WE DO OUR SCHOOL EFFECTIVENESS SURVEY WHERE THEY WRITE GOALS.

ENTER DISTRICT PROGRAM SURVEY, WHICH DOES THE EVALUATION AND PROVIDES FEEDBACK FOR OUR INITIATIVES PROGRAMS AND THINGS THAT ARE COMING UP. IT SAYS ALL STAFF.

REALLY, THE PROGRAM SURVEY IS FOR ALL STAFF APPEARANCE IN THE PAST. AND WE'RE GOING TO INCLUDE STUDENTS HERE IN THE SCHOOL YEAR.

WE ALSO ARE GOING TO USE THE PANORAMA SURVEY PLATFORM FOR THESE SURVEYS. IN K-12 INSIGHT HAS BEEN USED IN THE PAST FOR OUR DISTRICT PROGRAM.

>> ANY QUESTIONS? I WOULD HIGHLIGHT HERE THAT THIS IS ALSO ONE OF THE REVIEW INDICATORS TO MAKE SURE THEY ALIGN STOP BECAUSE IT DOES NOT FOCUS ON OUR EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS. IT FOCUSES ON OUR INTERNAL

STAKEHOLDERS. >> 3.5 STATES THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL ACTIVELY ENCOURAGE COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS.

THIS ALSO IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE. PART OF THIS IS AROUND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A PROCESS TO SCREEN OUR VOLUNTEERS.

AND WE HAVE A VERY WELL ARTICULATED AND THOROUGH PROCESS TO SCREEN OUR VOLUNTEERS DURING COVID.E ACTUALLY WEREN'T ALLOWED TO HAVE VOLUNTEERS IN OUR SCHOOLS.

SO WE KNEW THAT WOULD IMPACT VOLUNTEERISM.

EVEN AS EARLY AS LAST FALL, A YEAR AND AND A HALF AGO, WE

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BECAUSE WE SCREEN EVERY TWO YEARS, A NUMBER OF FOLKS LET THEIR VOLUNTEER STATUS LAPSE FOR GOOD REASON.

BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T VOLUNTEERING.

SO WE DID SEE A DECREASE. THE TEAM IS BACK UP AND RUNNING. FOCUSING ON GETTING BACK TO PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS OF THE NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS AND ALSO JUST THE FACT THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE INCORPORATING VOLUNTEERS BACK INTO SCHOOL BUSINESS. WE EXPECT TO SEE THIS INCREASE

SIGNIFICANTLY. >> OKAY.

NO QUESTIONS. >> OKAY.

AS I LET OFF WITH, I JUST THINK AN OVERALL REVIEW OF THIS POLICY TO MAKE SURE IT REALLY IS SPEAKING TO THE VALUES OF THE BOARD AROUND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND INVOLVEMENT. THAT'S MY REPORT ON OB THREE.

>> ALL RIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?

GO, DIRECTOR CHOI. >> AND SO POLICY 3.4, TABLE 2, THE STAFF PANORAMA SURVEY SELECT QUESTION RESPONSES.

YOU HAVE THE NUMBER OF STAFF THAT PARTICIPATED OR ANSWERED THESE QUESTIONS. AND I WAS CURIOUS -- IS THERE A LOT MORE INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF SURVEY VERSUS NON-INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF? AND I'M CURIOUS IF WE ARE DIVING INTO WHY THERE IS SUCH A BIG DIFFERENCE.

>> I DON'T KNOW ABOUT DIVING INTO THE WHY, BUTTRYING TO DIVE INTO THE HOW , TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR STAFF.

BECAUSE EVEN 1400 INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF, BECAUSE WE HAVE -- SOMEONE CORRECT ME IF I'M WAY OFF, WE HAVE 2000 TO 2200 INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF AT ABOUT 2000 TO 2200 NONINSTRUCTIONAL STAFF. WE WANT TO SEE THOSE NUMBERS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THAT. ONE OF THE DISCUSSIONS WE'VE HAD IS MAKING SURE THAT AR NONINSTRUCTIONAL STAFF ARE AWARE OF THE SURVEY. THAT THERE IS TIME SET ASIDE FOR THEM TO TAKE IT. THAT THEY KNOW THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THEM. THIS IS PART OF THEM HAVING THEIR VOICE HEARD SO WE UNDERSTAND THEIR EXPERIENCE.

SO I THINK IT'S THE TECHNICAL ASPECT OF MAKING SURE THAT THEY KNOW ABOUT IT. THEY KNOW WHEN THEY CAN SET TIME ASIDE TO TAKE IT. TO SEE IF THAT INCREASES -- PARTICIPATION. I KNOW OUR INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF, A LOT OF TIMES A PRINCIPAL WILL SET TIME ASIDE AND SAY OKAY, WE WILL DO THE SURVEY DURING THIS 15 TO 20 MINUTE PORTION OF OUR MEETING. WE HAVE STAFF MEETINGS WITH NONINSTRUCTIONAL STAFF, BUT TYPICALLY NOT ALL TOGETHER.

SO IT'S A STRATEGY TO MAKE SURE WE ALSO DO THAT.

WE HAVE SCHOOL STAFF THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT EASIER.

NONSCHOOL STAFF, I THINK OF OUR MAINTENANCE CREWS, OUR BUS DRIVERS. A LOT OF THEIR JOBS ISN'T CONNECTED TO BEING CLOSE TO A DEVICE.

AND SO, IS FIGURING OUT HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THEY HAVE ACCESS TO PARTICIPATE LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.

>> DIRECTOR STUART. >> GIVEN THE FACT (INDISCERNIBLE) BUS DRIVERS NOT HAVING ACCESS TO (INDISCERNIBLE), IS THERE A WAY TO MAKE THE SURVEY ABLE TO BE COMPLETED VIA CELL PHONE? DO YOU SEE WHERE I'M GOING? THE IDEA THEY WON'T HAVE A LAPTOP, BUT DO IT ON A PHONE?

>> YES, I BELIEVE THE PANORAMA SURVEY DOES ALLOW FOR IT TO BE CONDUCTED ON A PHONE, SIMILAR TO OTHER GOOD PLATFORMS THAT ORIENT TO A PHONE, AS OPPOSED TO TRYING TO SEE A WEB BROWSER

ON A PHONE. >> I'M JUST THINKING IF YOU WERE TRYING TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPATION TO REMIND THE FOLKS OF THE VARIOUS OPTIONS THEY HAVE.

>> GREAT IDEA. >> ALL RIGHT.

WITH THAT, I WILL INDICATE A MOTION TO APPROVE OB THREE

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EXCEPTION OF 3.4 AT 3.5. >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> MOVED BY DIRECTOR CARSON AND SECONDED BY DIRECTOR LE LIBERTY AS PRESENTED.NY DISCUSSION?

DIRECTOR LIBERTY. >> ONLY TO ECHO WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID. THIS IS A POLICY WHERE THE BOARD NEEDS TO DO SOME POLICY WORK ON IT.

WHEN I THINK ABOUT WHERE WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE WORK IS NEEDED, TO ME, SEEMS LIKE A PRIORITY.

THIS PARTICULAR POLICY. SOME THINGS WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT GENERAL ABOUT THIS BEING A BOARD PRIORITY, OF COMMUNICATION -- COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

SO -- WHEN WE THINK OF OUR WORK PLAN THIS COMING YEAR, THIS STRIKES ME AS SOMETHING WE SHOULD FOCUS ON.

BUT ON THE MONITORING REPORT ITSELF, I SECOND THE MOTION SO

I'M IN AGREEMENT. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS?

DIRECTOR CARLSON. >> SORRY, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I AGREE. THAT IT IS REASONABLE WITH THE 3.5, THE COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER FALLOFF (INDISCERNIBLE).

HAVE NO CONCERNS WITH THIS, EVEN THOUGH IT IS TECHNICALLY

NOT IN COMPLIANCE. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS? DISCUSSION? I WOULD JUST ECHO, AGAIN, THAT THERE IS WORK TO BE DONE ON THIS TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ACTUALLY FOCUSING ON THE PURPOSE OF THE POLICY AND MAKING SURE WE ARE GETTING THA .

I WOULD ALSO PLACE THAT IS A PRIORITY AND BE IN AGREEMENT AS TO WHERE WE ARE AT WITH THE MONITORING PIECE (INDISCERNIBLE). (INDISCERNIBLE) SO THE MORE THAT IS DONE, I THINK THOSE ARE THE PIECES WE CAN HIGHLIGHT OF THIS POLICY TO MAKE SURE THOSE OCCUR ON A REGULAR BASIS.

SEEING NO OTHER DISCUSSION, I WILL CALL FOR A VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING OB THREE AS PRESENTED WITH NOTED EXCEPTIONS, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY VOTING AYE.

[G. Superintendent Report]

SO OUR LAST ESCROW ACTUALLY, NOT OUR LAST, BUT CLOSE TO LAST

ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.>> SO IN THE SPIRIT OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, I'VE BEEN WATCHING SOME BOARD MEETINGS OF OTHER SUPERINTENDENTS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY DO DURING SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.

SO I'M GOING TO TAKE A DIFFERENT BIT OF AN ANGLE FOR THE NEXT FEW MEETINGS, AND THEN YOU CAN LET ME KNOW IF YOU THINK WE'RE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

SO I SEE YOU CANNOT SEE ON YOUR SCREEN BUT I CAN SEE ON MINE.

SO LET ME RECONNECT. OKAY.

SO MY SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT IS GOING TO FOCUS ON SOME JUST HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR DISTRICT. AND SO, MUCH OF IT WILL BE ABOUT STUDENTS. CELEBRATING OUR STUDENTS, SOME SUCCESSES. BUT ALSO CONNECTED BACK TO WHAT ARE WE INTERESTED IN, AS A BOARD SUPERINTENDENT PARTNERSHIP? AND SO, I BRING THIS PICTURE TO YOU BECAUSE IT WAS SENT TO ME VIA EMAIL FROM A GROUP OF STUDENTS. I'LL JUST GIVE YOU A SECOND TO LOOK AT THAT. I'M SURE YOU ARE COMING UP WITH ALL THE GUESSES THAT THIS INNOVATION HAS BROUGHT.

AND SO, THIS WAS SENT TO ME BY A CREATIVELY COOL IS THE TEAM NAME, THE FIRST LEGO TEAM NUMBER 56903, COMPRISED OF BOTH STUDENTS FROM ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL.

THIS INNOVATION, THEIR PROJECT IS REALLY ABOUT RECHARGEABLE ELECTRIC CONCEPTS, WHICH CAN MAKE ENERGY WITH MOVEMENT IN

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THEIR WHOLE IDEA IS IF WE CAN MAKE ROUTINE PARTS OF OUR LIVES ACTUALLY ABLE TO PRODUCE ENERGY, THAT WE ACTUALLY MAY BE ABLE TO CAPTURE SOME OF THAT IN TERMS OF SUSTAINABILITY CONCEPTS AND EFFORTS. SO I EMAILED THIS TEAM BACK.

I SAID I WOULD SHARE IT WITH BRIAN BUCK AND BARBARA POSTHUMUS. I TALKED ABOUT TAKING THE CONCEPT AND THEN, WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO WITH THE CONCEPT? YOU ACTUALLY THEN HAVE TO TURN IT INTO, YOU KNOW, A PROTOTYPE.

YET THE TEST THAT PROTOTYPE. THEN YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HOW DO YOU SCALE THAT TO MARKET? SO I EMAILED THE TEAM BACK AND I GAVE THEM SOME OF MY THOUGHTS AND IDEAS. AND I THANK THEM FOR THEIR INGENUITY AND INNOVATION. WHY DO I BRING THIS? THIS IS WHY WE HAVE CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES, WHERE STUDENTS FEEL ENGAGED AND CONNECTED. THIS IS A SUPERCOOL IDEA.

THEY ARE THINKING ABOUT THEIR WORLD, NOT ONLY THEIR SCHOOL WORLD, BUT REALLY, THE WORLD THEY ARE LIVING IN.

THINKING ABOUT A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE.

SO I WANTED TO BRING THIS AS ONE OF THE PIECES OF MY REPORT TONIGHT. I WAS REALLY GLAD THEY SHARED IT WITH ME VIA EMAIL. THAT I GOT A CHANCE TO CONNECT WITH THEM AND THANK THEM FOR THEIR IDEA.

I ALSO WANTED TO SHARE WITH YO , FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, WE HAD A NUMBER OF STUDENTS FROM LAKE WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL WORK WITH ONE OF OUR LOCAL SENATORS, (NAME), ON SENATE BILL 5171. I GOT A CHANCE TO TALK WITH MIKE DAWSON, ONE OF THE TEACHERS THAT WAS WORKING WITH THE STUDENTS AROUND WHAT THEY WERE FOCUSED ON.

AND REALLY, THE BILL FOCUSES ON WHAT THEY CALL PRICE DISCRIMINATION. AND THE IDEA THAT IF YOU GO TO A STORE AND YOU ARE BUYING A CHILDREN'S BACKPACK AND ONE IS PINK AND ONE IS BLUE, AND THEY ARE MADE UP OF THE SAME MATERIALS AND THE SAME DESIGN IN THE SAME ZIPPER -- WHY IS ONE, POTENTIALLY, 25, 30 PERCENT MORE THAN THE OTHER? THEY HAD ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT AREAS WHERE THEY WERE CONCERNED THAT THERE WAS PRICE DISCRIMINATION.

THAT THEY WERE NOTICING. SO THEY PUT THIS BILL FORWARD.

THE BILL HAD A HEARING ON JANUARY 16.

AND SO, I JUST WANT TO COMMEND THESE STUDENTS FOR BRINGING SOMETHING FORWARD TO THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS.

LAKE WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL, I APPRECIATE THEM REALLY SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS IN THIS ADVOCACY.

I ALSO APPRECIATE SENATOR (NAME).

THIS IS THE SECOND BILL, I BELIEVE, FROM LAKE WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL THAT SHE HAS BROUGHT FORWARD.

MAYBE THIRD, ACTUALLY, NOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT.

JUST HER WILLINGNESS TO ENGAGE WITH STUDENTS.

BECAUSE SHE SEES A GREAT VALUE IN ENSURING THAT STUDENTS UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS AND THE VALUE OF THE PROCESS AS WE WANT TO SHAPE CONDITIONS FOR OUR STATE.

SO KUDOS TO OUR LAKE WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT STAFF AND OUR LOCAL SENATOR. NEXT, I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THREE ATHLETIC HIGHLIGHTS. FIRST I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU LAKE WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM IS CURRENTLY RANKED FIRST IN 3A. OBVIOUSLY A VERY IMPRESSIVE FEAT AND KUDOS TO THAT TEAM. AND EASTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS ARE RANKED SEVEN IN 4A RIGHT NOW IN BASKETBALL.

SO BOTH SCHOOLS AND TEAMS ARE TO BE COMMENDED.

ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT AVA SCHMIDT, A SENIOR AT EASTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL, IN WEEK 16 OF THE SEASON WAS NOTED AS ONE OF THE ATHLETES OF THE WEEK. JUST YOU KNOW, I EMAILED AVA TODAY TO LET HER KNOW I WOULD BE SHARING THIS WITH YOU.

BUT I'M SURE SHE WAS AT PRACTICE AND IS PROBABLY NOW STUDYING FOR FINALS.IT'S REALLY NEAT TO SEE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE SUCCEEDING ATHLETICALLY, PARTICIPATING IN SPORTS, CLUBS, ACTIVITIES. AND ALSO, BEING SUCCESSFUL IN THE CLASSROOM. AND FINALLY, I DO JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF RECENT AND UPCOMING AREAS OF

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IT'S ABOUT THE CONCEPT OF RELIGION.E KNOW THIS LAST WEEKEND THERE WERE WERE A NUMBER OF NEW YEAR'S THAT WERE RECOGNIZED AT LUNAR NEW YEAR. THE VIETNAMESE LUNAR NEW YEAR AND THE KOREAN LUNAR NEW YEAR. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PIECES TO RECOGNIZE. THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY IS AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH. WHICH OUR DISTRICT WILL RECOGNIZE, CELEBRATE AND ALSO INSTRUCT IN THE CLASSROOM.

TONIGHT, YOU RECEIVED A STUDY SESSION AROUND CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION. YOU HAD A PROCLAMATION AROUND THAT. FEBRUARY IS ALSO CAREER AND TECHNICAL. AND THEN FEBRUARY 1 IS NATIONAL FREEDOM DAY , WHICH IS TO COMMEMORATE THE SIGNING OF THE 13TH AMENDMENT WHICH ABOLISHED SLAVERY IN.

(INDISCERNIBLE). THAT IS MY SUPERINTENDENT'S

[H. Public and Community Affairs]

REPORT. >> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU! AND SO, OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.

I DO UNDERSTAND THAT ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT BARBARA POSTHUMUS DOES HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR THIS EVENING.

GOING TO ASK HER TO COME FORWARD FIRST.

>> SO AS ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT BARBARA POSTHUMUS COMES TO THE PODIUM, I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE I MENTIONED IN RECOGNITION OF THE BOARD TONIGHT JUST THE COMMITMENT TO ADVOCACY AROUND LEGISLATION.

I APPRECIATE THAT. IT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR WORK. AND IT REALLY DOES IMPACT AND INFLUENCE K-12 EDUCATION ACROSS THE STATE.

SO TONIGHT, BARBARA HAS AN UPDATE AROUND A NUMBER OF LEGISLATIVE ISSUES IN RELATION TO THE LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM.

SO I WILL HAND IT TO BARBARA TO SHARE THE UPDATE.

>> GREAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO THE BOARD APPROVED OUR LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM AT THE NOVEMBER 24 BOARD MEETING.

SO I HAVE BROUGHT FORWARD THAT PRESENTATION WITH SOME ADDITIONS. WHILE I'M NOT GOING TO GO OVER EVERY SINGLE SLIDE IN DETAIL, THOSE OF YOU INTERESTED CAN GO BACK TO THE NOVEMBER -- OR COMMUNITY, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED CAN GO BACK TO THE NOVEMBER PRESENTATION.

BUT THE PRIORITY AREAS THAT THE BOARD APPROVED, WE HAVE FOUR AREAS OF PRIORITY AND FOCUS -- SPECIAL EDUCATION, CONSTRUCTION FUNDING, TRANSPORTATION AND STAFFING.

THESE AREAS ARE ALIGNED WITH OUR MISSION VISION AND BOARD VALUES. ONCE THESE PRIORITIES ARE ADOPTED, WE MEET WITH OUR LEGISLATORS AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH SESSION. THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION BEGAN JANUARY 9, SO WE ARE JUST STARTING THE THIRD WEEK.ND THEY HAVE ALREADY -- ALMOST A THOUSAND BILLS HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED -- NOT JUST RELATED TO EDUCATION, BUT OVERALL WITHIN THE FIRST 12 DAYS. SO THEY ARE VERY BUSY (LAUGHING). SO WE WILL BE TALKING WITH YOU ABOUT SOME OF THOSE. OUR FIRST AREA OF PRIORITY WAS SPECIAL EDUCATION. JUST A REMINDER THAT WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT FUNDING GAP IN BETWEEN WHAT THE STATE FUNDS AND WHAT IT ACTUALLY COSTS TO RUN AN ADEQUATE SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM. WE HAVE A FUNDING GAP OF OVER 22 MILLION. OUR PLATFORM TALKS ABOUT FULLY FUNDING SPECIAL EDUCATION, INCREASING THE FUNDING FACTOR AND SIMPLIFYING THE SAFETY NET PROCESS.

SO THERE ARE -- AGAIN, I WON'T READ THIS SLIDE.

JUST A SLIGHT ABOUT THE DETAILS.

THESE ARE THE BILLS THAT RIGHT NOW WE ARE KEEPING AN EYE ON.

THE BILLS ARE IN THREE MAIN AREAS.SOME ARE QUALIFICATIONS, INCREASES IN THE PER-PUPIL FUNDING AND TIMING FOR SAFETY NETS. AREAS THAT WE HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR. SO THAT IS GOOD.

THE NEXT AREA IS CONSTRUCTION FUNDING.OUR PRIORITIES WERE

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THIS SLIDE SHOWED OUR BOND APPROVAL WRIT: RATINGS RELATED TO THE SIMPLE MAJORITY. THIS SLIDE TALKED ABOUT THAT WE AREN'T REALLY GETTING CONSTRUCTION FUNDING ON NEW SCHOOLS FOR OUR GROWTH. WE ONLY GET SOME STATE FUNDING FOR REBUILDING AGING SCHOOLS, AND THAT FUNDING IS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN THE ACTUAL COST.

SO SOME CONSTRUCTION BILLS THAT WE ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO COME IN FOUR AREAS. AGAIN, THE SIMPLE MAJORITY BILL. THERE IS A CLEAN BUILDING ENERGY PERFORMANCE BILL, A BILL RELATED TO CONSTRUCTION PLANS AND JUST SOME ACCOUNTING REQUIREMENTS.

THOSE ARE SOME OF THE KEY AREAS OF THOSE BILLS.

IN THE AREA OF TRANSPORTATION, THE LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM WAS FULLY FUND THE COSTS OF TRANSPORTATION, UPDATE THE FUNDING FORMULA FOR TRANSPARENCY AND PREDICTABILITY, AND DEVELOP FUNDING MODELS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES. THE AND JUST A REMINDER, THE STATE ONLY FUNDS RIGHT NOW 84 PERCENT OF OUR TRANSPORTATION COSTS. THE DISTRICT HAS APPLIED FOR GRANTS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES, BUT WE HAVE NOT BEEN AFFORDED THOSE GRANTS AT THIS TIME. IN THE COST OF PURCHASING ELECTRIC VEHICLES SIGNIFICANTLY EXCEEDS ANY STATE FUNDING THAT WE WOULD RECEIVE. SO A FEW BILLS THAT ARE OUT THERE RELATED TO TRANSPORTATIO .

REALLY, TWO MAIN AREAS -- THE TRANSPORTATION FUNDING MODEL THAT INCREASES FUNDING. AGAIN, THAT IS GOOD NEWS.

AND THERE IS A BILL ON ELECTRIC SCHOOLBUS REQUIREMENTS, ALTHOUGH IT IS AGAIN CONTINUOUSLY A GRANT PROGRAM.

SO THERE IS NO GUARANTEED FUNDING.

SO IN THE AREA OF STAFFING, THE LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM CONTINUES TO FOCUS ON INCREASING STAFFING ALLOCATIONS PROTOTYPICAL MODELED TO CLOSE THAT GAP BETWEEN WHAT IS ACTUALLY REQUIRED TO RUN A SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND THEN, INCREASING FUNDING FOR SUBSTITUTES AND ANY COMPENSATION RECOMMENDATIONS TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE IMPACT ON LOCAL LEVY FUNDS. AGAIN, THIS IS DETAILS ABOUT THE PROTOTYPICAL MODEL THAT STAFFING ENRICHMENT WORKGROUP FOCUSED ON. THIS IS A CHART SHOWING LEGISLATURE LAST YEAR PROVIDED SOME FUNDING FOR THE PROTOTYPICAL MODEL. WE ARE CURRENTLY THE BLUE PART OF THE CHART SHOWS THE STATE FUNDING.

AND THEN, THE SHORTFALL IS IN THE ORANGE PART OF THE CHART.

SO THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THIS YEAR DOES PROVIDE DEBACLE REDUCES THAT FUNDING GAP. IF THE LEGISLATURE FUNDS IT, THE FUNDING GAP WOULD BE FURTHER REDUCED.

AND SO, THIS JUST OUTLINES THE PROTOTYPICAL MODEL THAT MANY DISTRICTS HIRE MORE STAFF THAN THE STATE PROVIDES FUNDING FOR.

THEY DO NOT FULLY FUND THE COST OF SUBS.

WHEN THERE IS COMPENSATION CHANGES, THAT IMPACTS STATE COMPENSATION COLA. (INDISCERNIBLE).

SO SOME OF THE STAFFING BILLS THAT WE ARE MONITORING ARE IN FOUR AREAS. THERE IS PEER EDUCATOR TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT STOP PROTOTYPICAL MODEL COMPLIANCE.

CONTRACT RENEWAL DATES AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS.

THOSE ARE THE KEY AREAS RIGHT NOW.

AND, THIS SLIDE SHOWS SOME OTHER BILLS THAT ARE NOT RELATED TO OUR FOUR PRIORITY AREAS.

DON'T FALL INTO OUR PRIORITY AREAS.

(INDISCERNIBLE) DUAL CREDIT PROGRAMS, HIGHLY CAPABLE.

AND HIGH SCHOOL AND BEYOND PLANNING.

AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THOSE HAVE IMPACTS WITH NO NEW FUNDING OR REQUIRE ADDITIONAL STAFF TIME.

AGAIN, WE ARE CONTINUING TO MONITOR THOSE.

SO AS I SAID, THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION STARTED IN JANUARY.

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IN JANUARY. IT IS BEEN FUNDED IN THE BUDGET FOR A FEW YEARS. WE HAVE FINALLY BEEN ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THAT. AND SO, WE ARE MONITORING BILLS AND UPCOMING HEARINGS ON A DAILY BASIS.

ADMINISTRATORS AND SIRI, TODAY, TESTIFIED -- WE'VE TESTIFIED ON OVER 10 BILLS SO FAR JUST WITHIN THE LAST TWO WEEKS.

WE ARE CONTINUING TO PROVIDE FOLLOW-UP AS NEEDED VIA EMAIL OR ADDITIONAL MEETINGS. WE HAVE REGISTERED FOR THE LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE IN OLYMPIA THAT HAPPENS LATER IN FEBRUARY. AND SO, WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR BILLS AND PROVIDE DIRECT OUTREACH TO OUR INDIVIDUAL LEGISLATORS ON THE BILLS OF INTEREST OR CONCERN.

AND SO, WHAT WE ARE ASKING IS WHAT CAN YOU AS A COMMUNITY WHO IS WATCHING THIS BOARD MEETING, REACH OUT TO YOUR LEGISLATORS.

ENCOURAGE LEGISLATORS TO SUPPORT LAKE WASHINGTON PRIORITIES AND REMIND OUR LEGISLATORS NOT TO IMPLEMENT NEW REQUIREMENTS WITHOUT ADEQUATE FUNDING.

THAT IS A KEY MESSAGE WE ARE TRYING TO CONTINUE.

BECAUSE EVERY YEAR THERE IS A LOT OF BILLS OUT THERE.

AND SO, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

>> WELL, THANK YOU. ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FOR ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT (NAME)? NO? ALL RIGHT.

THEN I WILL SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I APPRECIATE YOU PUTTING IN THAT TIME AND PROVIDING THAT UPDATE. I WILL PASS THIS TO MARK.

THANK YOU. >> ON THE 19TH, WHICH I GUESS WAS LAST THURSDAY, I TESTIFIED REMOTELY TO THE SENATE EARLY LEARNING AND K-12 EDUCATION COMMITTEE ON FUNDING GAPS FOR THE SAFETY NET PROGRAMS. TO BE QUITE FRANK, I HAVEN'T SPOKEN THAT FAST SINCE I WAS A DEBATE CLASS IN HIGH SCHOOL.

I CAN BARELY SAY HELLO IN 60 SECONDS, LET ALONE TESTIFY.

THAT SAID, I THINK WE HAD A GOOD IMPACT WITH THESE FOLKS TO JUST (INDISCERNIBLE) SOME OF THESE NUMBERS.

I DON'T THINK THEY REALLY UNDERSTOOD OR SAW THOSE NUMBERS BEFORE. OR JUST REALIZED INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS IMPACTED. THEY SEE THE OVERALL.

(INDISCERNIBLE) OH WELL, THAT IS ENOUGH.

BUT WHEN THEY SEE HOW IT REALLY TAKES A TOLL -- ONE OF THE POINTS WE MADE TO THEM WAS GREAT, YOU ADDRESS THE IMPACT.

YOU FIGURE OUT A WAY TO LESSEN THAT GAP, BUT -- IF YOU THEN PUT IN SO MANY MORE REQUIREMENTS AND SO MANY OTHER -- TIME-CONSUMING PROCESS, AND YOU BASICALLY RE-CREATED A NEW GAP. SO IF YOU'RE GONNA FIND ONE, YOU HAVE TO FUND A SECOND ONE. AND I WANT TO THANK CAITLIN COX FOR HELPING US TO TAKE CARE OF THAT.

ESPECIALLY WRITING UP THE TESTIMONY.

THIS SATURDAY, I WILL GO TO DC TO JOIN THE REST OF THE MAZDA REPS TO LOBBY IN WASHINGTON. DC.

AND WE WILL NOT ONLY BE LOBBING OUR ELECTIVES, BUT ALSO WE WILL BE MEETING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. IN PARTICULAR, DOE WILL BE DISCUSSING EDUCATION, SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING AND TRYING TO MAKE IT MORE HUMAN, TO BE QUITE FRANKLY.

TO GET AWAY FROM THE NUMBERS AND TALK ABOUT INDIVIDUAL FAMILIES, CASES, SO IT BECOMES REAL TO THEM.

I'VE OFTEN FOUND THAT IF SOMEONE CAN ACTUALLY CLOSE THEIR EYES AND LISTEN TO YOU AS YOU TALK ABOUT A FAMILY, THEY ACTUALLY RECOGNIZE A MEMBER OF THEIR OWN FAMILY AND THAT.

COUSIN, UNCLE, AUNT -- WHATEVER.

AND WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THE UNIVERSAL FREE LUNCH. THAT'S MY REPORT.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR UPDATES? DIRECTOR OF THE LIBERTY.> I HAVE A QUESTION FOR (NAME).

(INDISCERNIBLE) TESTIFY?> ON DUAL CREDIT, HOUSEBOAT

(INDISCERNIBLE). >> THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT!

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>> SURE! THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF GOOD WORK ON THE DUAL CREDIT WORK. AND A LOT OF GOOD WORK TRYING TO ADDRESS FUNDING. THAT WAS PART OF MY QUESTION TONIGHT IN THE STUDY SESSION. OUR STANCE WAS YES, THESE ARE ALL GREAT THINGS TO BE DOING. WE BELIEVE AND FUNDING FOR ALL.

THERE SHOULD BE NO FEE FOR DOING A DUAL CREDIT COURSE.

AND THAT YOU NEED TO FUND IT FULLY.

SO THAT WAS OUR TESTIMONY. THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD WORK BEING DONE IN THAT AREA ALONG WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION RIGHT

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>> THIS IS THE FIRST MEETING (INDISCERNIBLE).

YOU HAVE FOUND MY KRYPTONITE! WITH SOMEONE WITH ADD I CANNOT PAY ATTENTION WITH A STATIC SLIDE WHILE THERE IS MOVEMENT NEXT TO IT! THERE WERE ABOUT THREE SLIDES AFTER THE WORD PUPPY -- WHERE I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT JOHN SAID! IF THERE'S ANY WAY WE COULD DO THAT FOR THE BROADCAST BUT NOT FOR US, I WOULD VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT!

THANK YOU! >> OKAY! I WOULD LIKE TO ADD I APPRECIATE THE FACT THE CLOSED CAPTIONING IS THERE AND OUR COMMUNITY HAS A CAPACITY IN

WHICH TO DO SO. >> THE COMMUNITY CAN HAVE IT!

>> THIS IS AN EXCELLENT ACCESSIBILITY COMPONENT THAT

OPENS OPPORTUNITIES! >> THE ADD COMMUNITY HAS

CHALLENGES! >> (LAUGHING) GET IT! JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT IS VALUED!

YES, DIRECTOR STUART? >> FIRST OF ALL, GIVEN THE ACOUSTICS OF THIS ROOM, THAT CLOSED CAPTIONING IS VERY GOOD, TO BE QUITE FRANK. BECAUSE THERE ARE TIMES WHERE I'VE HAD TO REALLY WONDER HOW WELL WE ARE ACTUALLY ABLE TO HEAR CERTAIN PEOPLE. THAT SAID.

I APPRECIATE THE WAY THE DISTRICT -- IN ONE OF THE OKIES WE TALKED ABOUT (INDISCERNIBLE) DISTRICT CALENDAR TO OUR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T STOP ON HER GREAT DIFFICULTIES FOR OUR STUDENTS TO OBSERVE VARIOUS CULTURAL OR RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS. EVERY YEAR, AS GOOD AS WE TRY -- AND AS HARD AS WE TRY AT A DISTRICT LEVEL TO SEND THAT CALENDAR OUTCOME OF THE QUESTION IS (LAUGHING) YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING? BECAUSE EACH YEAR WE COME ACROSS EASILY THE DAY BEFORE OR ALMOST THE DATE OF SOMEONE WHO HAS DECIDED TO CREATE THEIR OWN CALENDAR REGARDLESS.

IDON'T KNOW HOW WELL WE COULD INSTITUTE A SITUATION WHERE THE ADMINISTRATORS ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THEY'VE GOT THIS.

THEY BROUGHT ALL OF THESE HOLIDAYS .

GOD KNOWS WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE SENT THE CALENDARS BACK FOR YOU GUYS TO FACT CHECK. BUT THERE OUGHT TO BE SOME KIND OF -- PAY THE PIPER, SO TO SPEAK.

BECAUSE AS GOOD OF A POLICY AS IT IS, IT'S WORTHLESS IF THEY ARE IGNORING A GOOD PORTION OF IT.

AND ALL THE STUDENTS THAT WE DISENFRANCHISE FROM STEPPING ON A HOLIDAY -- FOR THAT MATTER, STUDENTS WHO MAY BE, FOR WHATEVER HOLIDAY IT MIGHT BE -- IT MIGHT BE FASTING.

THE FACT THE TEACHER MAY WONDER WHY JOHN, SUSIE OR WHOEVER IS ZONING OUT? WELL, FASTING WILL DO IT TO YOU. AND I REALLY THINK IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT SOME OF THE ADMINISTRATORS JUST DON'T QUITE CATCH IT OR DON'T QUITE GET IT. AND I HOPE -- ALSO SHARING THAT WITH THE PTSA (INDISCERNIBLE). BUT STILL, IT WOULD BE NICE IF THEY WOULD ACTUALLY SEE WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT TOO.

BECAUSE IT HAS A MAJOR IMPACT. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY. SO OUR NEXT MEETING IS ACTUALLY THE EXTENDED STUDY SESSION WHICH IS SET FOR SATURDAY FROM 8 TO NOON. THE TOPIC THERE WILL BE

SUSTAINABILITY. >> NOT THIS COMING SATURDAY.

>> A WEEK FROM THIS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4. THEN WE WILL HAVE A BOARD MEETING ON FEBRUARY 6 AT 5:00.

WE DO THIS STUDY SESSION WITH THE BOARD MEETING AT 7. ALSO FOR ANYBODY, WE DO HAVE SCHOOL VISITS ARRANGED FOR TOMORROW.

AND SO, WE ARE GOING TO KIRKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL IN THE MORNING AND LAKE WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL IN THE AFTERNOON.

SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW WHEN THAT IS OCCURRING.

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