[1. Call to order]
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I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE MAY 22ND, 2023, LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL BOARD STUDY SESSION.
PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT AS WELL AS ONE OF OUR STUDENT REPS.
WITH THAT AS YOU ALL KNOW WE HAD A SHIFT OF TOPICS FROM OUR WORK PLAN. IT WAS A BUDGET UPDATE.
HOWEVER THERE WAS NOT MUCH INFORMATION TO PROVIDE SO WE DECIDED TO SWITCH THAT TO SUSTAINABILITY WHICH WE WERE NOT ABLE TO COVER AT THE EXTENDED RETREAT SO THIS WAS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT WORK GOING FORWARD.
[1. Sustainability]
WITH THAT IF YOU REMEMBER WE HAD THE FEBRUARY 4TH STUDY SESSION.WHERE WE SORT OF LEARNED WHERE THE DISTRICT WAS AT CURRENTLY WITH SUSTAINABILITY PRACTICES. AND WE SORT OF LEFT THAT WITH WHAT THE BOARD SEES GOING FORWARD.
THAT'S OUR GOAL THIS EVENING. WITH THAT I'LL PASS IT OFF TO
DR. HOLMEN. >> I WILL LAUNCH US INTO THIS TWO OF MY COLLEAGUES ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO LEAD US THIS EVENING AROUND SOME EXERCISES THAT REALLY ARE INTENDED TO DRIVE DOWN TO THE BOARD'S VALUES AROUND SUSTAINABILITY.
WHEN WE MET FOR AGENDA REVIEW, WE DISCUSSED, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO TONIGHT. HOW DO WE WANT TO GET AFTER REALLY LAUNCHING INTO BOARD POLICY.
DO WE WANT TO DEBATE A STANDALONE SUSTAINABILITY POLICY, EMBEDDED SUSTAINABILITY LANGUAGE INTO OUR CURRENT POLICIES, AND REALLY DESIRE IS NOT TO DEBATE THAT BUT HAVE THE BOARD GO THROUGH AN EXERCISE TO REALLY KIND OF UNEARTH THE VALUES RELATED TO SUSTAINABILITY THAT WILL THEN HELP US DEVELOP POLICY AND SO DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT MATT GILLINGHAM AND JEN ROSE ARE GOING TO WALK US THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
AS YOU KNOW WE JUST WRAPPED UP A WEEK OF INTEREST BASED BARGAINING. THAT REALLY IS ALL ABOUT SURFACING VALUES AND SO THAT'S THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN ENGAGED WITH EXTENSIVELY AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL HAND IT OVER TO MATT AS HE JUST TOOK A BAIT AND WE'LL LAUNCH US INTO OUR STUDY SESSION.
SO THE OUTCOMES TODAY ARE REALLY AROUND WANTING TO SURFACE THE VALUES THAT THE BOARD HAS RELATED TO SUSTAINABILITY.
SO THE OUTCOME IS THAT WE WILL HOPEFULLY HAVE IDENTIFIED -- SEVERAL EXERCISES TO TRY TO HELP THE BOARD SURFACE WHAT THOSE VALUES ARE. SO FIRST WHAT DO WE MEAN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT VALUES? BELIEFS.
GUIDING PRINCIPLES. AND THEY'RE ABLE TO ARTICULATE THOSE AS THE REST OF THE ORGANIZATION.
WE'LL USE THOSE TO DEVELOP POLICY WHICH BECOMES THE NORMS, THE CODE OF CONDUCT, THE EXPECTATIONS, THE REST OF THE
ORGANIZATION HAS. >> ONE THING THAT WE'VE SPENT THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS TALKING ABOUT EMBRACING WAS REALLY THINKING ABOUT VALUES -- ONE THING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
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TONIGHT AND REFLECTING ON IS THINKING BACK TO THE STUDY SESSION WHERE YOU TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT YOU'RE EXCITED -- THE KIND OF WORK THAT YOU WERE EXCITED AROUND SUSTAINABILITY.SO TONIGHT WE WANT TO FOCUS ON THE VALUES OR IS INTERESTS KNOWING THAT THE MORE WE'RE FOCUSED ON THAT THE EASIER IT IS TO HAVE MULTIPLE OPTIONS OR ACTIONS THAT STEP BACK TO INTERESTS. THAT WAS OUR GOAL IN SAYING HERE'S A LIST OF THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.
. >> I THINK AND AS DR. ROSE MENTIONED WHEN WE'RE CLEAR ON OUR VALUES, OUR INTERESTS, IT OPENS UP A VARIETY OF WAYS IN WHICH THE ORGANIZATION CAN MEET THOSE VALUES OR INTERESTS. AND ALSO HELP PROVIDE GUIDANCE IN TERMS OF WHEN SOMETIMES OPTIONS MIGHT BE CONFLICTING.
OR THERE'S MULTIPLE PATHWAYS FORWARD.
SO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH INVITING YOU TO GO BACK TO THAT PRESENTATION ON THE 4TH AND I BELIEVE IT'S LOADED FOR THE MEETING. WE WANT TO START WITH ACTUALLY LOOKING AT WHAT ARE THOSE CONCRETE THINGS THAT YOU FOUND POWERFUL OR EXCITING OR RESONATED.
SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD BE LIKE THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING OR THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING MORE OF AND SO IT'S OKAY THAT IT'S SOMETHING CONCRETE THAT IT WOULD BE WHAT WE'D CALL AN OPTION. BUT WE WANT TO BE CLEAR ON WHAT IS -- WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT THE BOARD YOU'RE SAYING THIS IS WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING. AND THEN AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH A PROCESS AND DR. ROSE ANDLY DO CHARTING UP HERE, WHAT WE'LL START DOING IS SAYING FOR THOSE THINGS THAT YOU THINK WE SHOULD BE DOING, WHY IS IT THAT YOU THINK WE SHOULD BE DOING THAT.
AND WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN TEASE OUT AND WE MAY ASK WHY MULTIPLE TIMES WHY DO MORE SOLAR PANELS, WHAT IS THE VALUE BEHIND THAT. TEASING THAT OUT.
LET'S SPEND ABOUT TEN MINUTES WHERE YOU CAN ALL JUST DIVE BACK INTO THE PRESENTATION FROM FEBRUARY 4TH AND IF EACH OF YOU CAN IDENTIFY A FEW ITEMS IN THAT PRESENTATION THAT YOU'RE SAYING THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING MORE OF.
AND THEN REFLECT ON WHY DO YOU FEEL THAT WAY.
>> I THINK THERE WAS THE REQUEST TO REFLECT.
WRITE TWO MORE POINTS DOWN. >> TO EMPHASIZE ON WHAT MATT WAS SAYING, THINK ABOUT YOUR REACTIONS AND THE EMOTIONS THAT CAME TO THE SURFACE AND WHY THEY WERE THERE.
WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT GOT YOU REALLY EXCITED.
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>> THIS WOULD BE A GREAT TIME TO GO.
>> I FAILED TO FOLLOW DIRECTIONS.
>> WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO GO. >> OKAY. SO THE -- I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THE PROMPT.
WE WERE SUPPOSED TO TALK ABOUT THE FLAG OPTIONS AND THEN EXPLAIN THE UNDERLYING VALUE FOR EACH ONE.
>> OKAY. SO MANY ANSWER TO THAT IS ACTUALLY SOLAR PANELS.
AND I WILL EXPLAIN WHY. IT'S SOMETHING THAT MADE ME THINK A LOT AFTER THE MEETING AND THAT WAS THE CONCEPT, ONE OF OUR CONSULTANTS WHO IS IN -- FOR -- AND THEY SAID, WELL, OKAY. SOLAR PANELS WE CAN ONLY GENERATE SO MUCH BUT THERE IS THIS SORT OF I DON'T KNOW IF THE TERM SHE USED IS DEMONSTRATIVE PURPOSE OF IT, TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THERE IS A VALUE IN THE DISTRICT DEMONSTRATING USE OF THESE PRACTICES AND SHOWING INTEREST IN SUSTAINABILITY. AND FOR ME AS THE DISTRICT IS ONE OF THE LARGEST INDUSTRIES IN OUR AREA AND A LARGE PUBLIC INSTITUTION. I THINK THAT SORT OF -- THERE IS VALUE IN THESE DEMONSTRATIVE SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS.
I DON'T KNOW IF I LIKE THAT WORD BUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
>> YEAH. I THINK AS A LARGE PUBLIC
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INSTITUTION, OKAY, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.I'LL ANSWER THAT IN A FEW WAYS. AS A LARGE PUBLIC EMPLOYER IN THE AREA, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE DISTRICT FOR ME TO -- IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE DISTRICT TO SIGNAL THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE ISSUES AS WELL AND ELEVATE THEM. AND THEN THE QUESTION IS WHY IS IT IMPORTANT. I MEAN, I GUESS THE UNDERLINER IS THE FUTURE OF THE PLANET IS IMPORTANT RIGHT.
IF WE'RE GOING TO KEEP DRILLING DOWN TO THE BOTTOM.
>> WHY IS THE FUTURE -- YOU ASK ME THAT NEXT? I'M GOING. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
>> THAT WAS FUN. IT'S LIKE BEING BACK IN LAW
SCHOOL AGAIN. >> I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT UP TO YOU TO FACILITATE AND CALL ON PEOPLE.
IT MIGHT BE EASIER THAT WAY AND IF HE CAN JUST PUT UP OUR --
THANKS. >> I WANTED TO JUST ADD ONE MORE THING AND WHEN YOU WERE ASKING WHY SIT IMPORTANT FOR THE DISTRICT TO SHOW THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT, I THINK IT'S ANOTHER COMPONENT IS WE ARE ABOUT EDUCATING OUR KIDS AND I THINK THAT WHEN WE SIGNAL TO THEM THROUGH OUR ACTIONS AND OUR DECISIONS SUCH AS HAVING SOLAR PANELS, THEY SEE THAT AND THEY WILL INTERPRET IT HOPEFULLY AS BEING OF IMPORTANCE AND THEN
>> YEAH. I THINK WHAT WE'RE GETTING AT FOR THE FIRST COUPLE ANYWAY IS THE FACT THAT WE'RE A THOUGHT LEADER THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC, WE WERE A THOUGHT LEADER IN PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCE AND FOR SUSTAINABILITY, WE OUGHT TO BE CONSIDERED A THOUGHT LEADER FOR THE SAME -- FOR THIS ISSUE.
AND I THINK BY VIRTUE OF THE FACT THAT WE HAVE STEM AND ALL THESE AP CLASSES IN SCIENCE, IT RAISES THAT WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A THOUGHT LEADER FOR AN ISSUE LIKE THIS AND PERHAPS A PLACE THAT CAN BE A DISCUSSION ARENA IF YOU WILL OF THE ISSUE.
>> SO WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT? >> WE ALREADY ESTABLISHED OURSELVES AS A THOUGHT LEADER. THIS IS NOT A POSITION WE CO COULDABDICA -- ABDICATE ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO SCIENCE. AND ALONG ISSUES IN THIS LINE WHETHER IT'S THE PANDEMIC, SUSTAINABILITY, SOMETHING ELSE SCIENCE BASED WE SHOULD MAINTAIN THAT POSITION AND ADVOCATE.
>> SO ADVOCACY IS AN IMPORTANT VALUE FOR US AUDIO].
>> OKAY. SO IN REVIEWING THE -- ONE THING THAT JUMPED UP WAS THE PARENT FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY TO IMPLEMENTING GREENER PRACTICES.
HELP TO MANAGE EFFICIENCY IN THE WAY THEY DO SO.
OPERATIONALLIES THE GOOD FOR -- IT'S GOOD FOR THE PLANET AND OUR BUDGET. THERE'S A FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY
ATTACHED TO IT. >> I THINK IT'S A VALUE AS WELL.
YEAH. >> THE OTHER THING IS COMMUNITY -- OUR STUDENT ADVOCACY AND VOICE THROUGH THIS.
WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT THAT IN TALKING ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY AND THINGS WE HAVE GREEN SCHOOLS. I THINK AS YOU HEAR THE POSSIBILITY FOR THE COMMUNITY BEING ENGAGED IN OUR BUILDING IN SO BASED ON PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING IT TAKES OUR INSTRUCTIONAL LEARNING PROGRAM INTO ONE CONCEPT AREA THAT COULD GET APPLIED. SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY WITHIN SUSTAINABILITY FOR LEARNING.
AND ENHANCING AND THEREFORE BUYING THINGS AND I THINK OF WASTE REDUCTION BEING A HUGE COMPONENT OF LEARNING OF SOMETHING THAT WILL WORK IN OUR ENTIRE LIFE AND BE BENEFICIAL BUT WE AT THE SCHOOLS CAN BUILD SOME OF THEM AT THE SAME TIME.
AND WITH THAT FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, I'M JUST THINKING OF WHEN I TALKED WITH
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WEDNESDAY IS THE WHOLE FULL LIFE CYCLE OF THINGS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THINGS. IT'S NOT UP FRONT.IT'S ACTUALLY OVER TIME. AND BUILDING ON WHAT DIRECTOR STEWART SAID THE BULLET BUILDING IN SEATTLE IS A PHENOMENAL LIVING BUILDING AND IT SET SORT OF A STANDARD OF WHAT YOU COULD DO AND I DO THINK THAT'S A PIECE THAT WE COULD THINK ABOUT IF WE TALK ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY. SOMETIMES THERE'S DANGERS OF VIRTUE SIGNALLING THAT COST MONEY BUT DON'T REALLY DO ANYTHING FOR US. SO THE VALUES I AM NOT BRINGING BACK FROM THAT CONVERSATION, THE VALUES TO ME ARE TREAD LIGHTLY OR THE SEVENTH GENERATION PHILOSOPHY.
BEING CAREFUL OR THOUGHTFUL. RIGHT NOW IN EUROPE THE TAKING ALL OF THEIR NUCLEAR OFF LINE HAS RESULTED IN SOME OF THE DIRTIEST ENERGY IN THE LAST 50 YEARS BECAUSE SUDDENLY THEY DON'T HAVE NUCLEAR TO FALL BACK ON WITH UKRAINE.
I WORRY ABOUT BEING PRESCRIPTIVE AS A BOARD BUT I'M ALSO AGREEING WITH WHAT'S BEING SAID. WE NEED TO BE FISCALLY PRUDENT.
ONCE YOU START TRYING TO BE CUTTING OUT IN DESIGN THE SKY IS THE LIMIT AS FAR AS THE COST AND OUR LIMIT IS NOT THE SKY.
IT'S FISCALLY PRUDENT. WE'VE GOT 50 BUILDINGS IN USE.
CHEMICAL AND PESTICIDE USE AND CLEANING PRODUCTS IN OUR HOME THAT IS AN IMMEDIATE THING WE CAN DEPLOY DISTRICT WIDE THAT IS VISIBLE FOR KIDS AND THEY CAN SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING.
SOMETIMES THEY'LL SEE A VAST FIELD OF DANDELIONS WHICH FOR POLLENATORS CAN BE GOOD. SO IT'S NOT -- SO GETTING INTO THE DETAILS OF THE BUILDING CODES AND DETAILS OF RECYCLING AND OF CONSERVATION AND DETAILS OF ENERGY SOURCE MIXED ALL THOSE ARE THINGS I THINK AS A BOARD WE SHOULD STAY ABOVE IF WE CAN.
BECAUSE THOSE ARE THINGS WHERE WHAT'S ON THE GROUND IS GOING TO CHANGE OVER TIME. CURRENTLY WHEN IT COMES TO BASE LOAD WE HAVE A UNIQUE PROBLEM. OUR BUILDINGS ARE NOT USED MUCH AT NIGHT. THEREFORE, THE BASE LOAD AT NIGHT IS NOT A BIG DEAL. SOLAR AND WIND COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD DRIVE OUR DISTRICT USE.
OTHER INDUSTRIES AND PEOPLE AT HOME THAT'S NOT AN OPTION.
YOU GOT TO KEEP LIGHTS AND HEAT ON AT NIGHT SO WE HAVE UNIQUE THINGS. THINKING IT THROUGH AND COMMUNICATING TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT WHY WE'RE MAKING SOLUTIONS UNIQUE TO OUR CIRCUMSTANCES IS CRITICAL IN THIS.
ANYWAY, I'VE GOT MORE AND I'LL STOP THERE AND LET OTHERS HAVE A CHANCE.
>> I THINK I HEARD A VALUE AROUND COMMUNICATION AS WELL.
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>> MEDICINE RIGHT? [LAUGHTER].
>> IT WAS DIRECTOR CARLSON THAT SAID IT.
>> UNDERSTANDING OF WHY YOU ARE IMPLEMENTING DIFFERENT
COMPONENTS. >> WE CAN IMPLEMENT THINGS BUT WITHOUT HAVING THE COMMUNITY AND THE KIDS ALONG FOR THE RIDE, IT BECOMES SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BE CHALLENGING.
BRINGING IN COME POSTING, HOW EFFECTIVELY CAN WE COME POST ON SITE? LETTING KIDS HAVE GARDENS.
THOSE ARE SIMPLE, EASY, LOCAL THINGS WE CAN DO GLOBALLY.
BUT IF YOU'RE NOT DOING THEM WITH COMMUNICATION YOU'RE NOT
DOING IT RIGHT. >> I WOULD GO FURTHER THAN SHARED UNDERSTANDING TO ACTUALLY SHARED COMMITMENT.
>> YES. >> IF YOU DON'T COMMUNICATE NO ONE KNOWS YOU'RE DOING IT AND YOU CAN'T BECOME A THOUGHT LEADER YOU WANT TO BE WITH THIS. ANY ACTION TAKEN WITHOUT COMMUNICATION IS INEPT.
ATTRIBUTES WHO WANT OUR STUDENTS TO HAVE WHEN THEY GRADUATE.
TO BE ABLE TO THINK -- I MEAN, WHAT'S OUR -- TOMORROW'S FUTURE READY. RIGHT.
I MEAN, THAT -- I MEAN AND THAT IS TO ME THOSE ARE TOMORROW'S PROBLEMS. THEY'RE MULTIDISCIPLINARY AND IT REQ REQUIRES -- REQUIRE THOSE
SKILLS. >> AND ONE OF THE THINGS I
KNOW -- >> DO YOU WANT TO CHALLENGE?
I'M STILL WORKING THROUGH IT. >>
GREAT. >> OKAY. I THINK IT WAS DIRECTOR BLEISNER AND CHOI THAT TALKED ABOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND I WOULD SAY AN ADDITION TO THAT IS THESE ALSO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR VOLUNTEERISM AT OUR SCHOOLS.
IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO TEN GAUGE DIRECTLY WITH OUR PROJECTS AND THAT'S A VALUE THAT I HAVE AS WELL.
>> AND TALKING ABOUT THAT ENGAGEMENT OR VOLUNTEER YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY COMING INTO OUR SCHOOLS AS A WAY
IT PROVIDES AN AVENUE FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND I GUESS
>> I MEAN, I THINK I GUESS WHEN I THINK ABOUT WHAT OUR ROLE AS A DISTRICT IT'S TO HAVE SCHOOLS THAT CAN SERVE AS NOT JUST PLACES OF EDUCATION BUT COMMUNITY HUBS FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND THIS IS A WAY FOR US TO DO THAT. TO HAVE OUR -- WHY IS THAT
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IMPORTANT. I DON'T KNOW.I THINK THAT WE CAN -- WHEN WE HAVE A MORE INVESTED COMMUNITY I THINK THAT STRENGTHENS OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR ABILITY TO -- STRENGTHEN OUR DISTRICT, I GUESS.
I MAY HAVE TO COME BACK TO THAT. >> I THINK THERE ARE
>> OKAY. >> I THINK GOING BACK TO TWO POINTS CHRIS MADE, THE IDEA OF BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND COMMUNICATING. IF YOU LOOK AT THE SAVINGS WE'VE ALREADY INCURRED OVER THE LAST -- IN THE OPERATIONAL OPTIMIZATION EFFECTIVELY SAVING $1 MILLION A YEAR SINCE 2016 BY VIRTUE OF THESE EFFORTS. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THIS IS GOOD FOR THE PLANET AND OUR CITIZENS BUT WE'RE ALSO BEING, AGAIN, A VERY GOOD STEWARD OF OUR MONEY. AND YOUR MONEY AS VOTERS.
AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT AS WE COME UP AND WE'RE LOOKING AT -- NOT BUILD NEW BUILDINGS BUT UPDATING OLDER BUILDINGS AND SAYING THIS IS WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO UPDATE THESE BUILDINGS. IT'S NOT JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T LIKE THE COLOR OF THE PAINT. IT'S THE IDEA THAT WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING TO, ONE, MAKE A DIFFERENCE, AND, TWO, CONTINUE TO BE RESPONSIBLE STEWARDS OF YOUR TAX DOLLARS.
>> DIRECTOR CHOI. >> I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF THE TOPICS LISTED UNDER VALUES SKIRT AROUND THIS BUT THEY DON'T NECESSARILY EXPLICITLY SAY IT BUT I THINK OUR VALUE IS THAT WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO THE PLANET AND OUR STUDENTS TO DO THIS WORK. I THINK A LOT OF THOSE ARE KIND
OF COMING TO THAT POINT. >> IS IN A VALUE THAT WE HAVEN'T -- THAT WE HAVEN'T PUT UP HERE YET THAT'S -- THAT KIND OF TIES THOSE TOGETHER IN SOME WAY THAT IS ABSENT BUT AROUND THAT COMMITMENT TO OUR CHILDREN AND --
>> I FEEL LIKE THE VALUE IS THAT WE HAVE THAT MORAL --
>> OUR STUDENTS NOT ALWAYS HAVING A BROADER PER SUSPECTIVE IN TERMS OF SUSTAINABILITY, WHAT ARE THE OTHER ORGANIZATION AS AN CIVIC AND PUBLIC BODIES OUT THERE THAT THEY CAN TAKE THEIR ENERGY TO AND THEY CAN LOOK TOWARDS FOR CHANGE INSTEAD OF JUST COMING -- I MEAN, I'M HAPPY THAT THEY COME.
>> AT THE VERY LEAST BE ABLE TO BE IMPARTING ONTO OUR STUDENTS.
>> CAN YOU GO -- I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO GO TO THE NEXT -- THIS IS WHAT -- SO YOU TALK ABOUT HAVING -- HELPING OUR STUDENTS BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND CONNECT WITH ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY HOW FAR BROADLY YOU CHOOSE -- HOWEVER BROADLY YOU CHOOSE TO DEFINE THAT.
THAT IS THAT IMPORTANT? WHY IS THAT A VALUE FOR YOU?
>> KIND OF GOING OFF THE EVERY STUDENT FUTURE READY.
IT HELPS DEVELOP OUR STUDENTS' ABILITY TO WORK MULTIPLE ANGLES AT THE SAME TIME. IT IMPROVES CIVIC ENGAGEMENT WHICH I KNOW IS AN EDUCATIONAL VALUE AND I THINK GENERALLY -- I
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DON'T KNOW, I LIKE THE IDEA THAT STUDENTS ARE PREPARED TO NAVIGATE THE WORLD WHERE EVERYTHING TENDS TO NOT BE UNDER ONE BUBBLE WHERE I FEEL LIKE SOMETIMES BECAUSE OUR DISTRICT IS SO BROAD AND DOES SO MANY AMAZING THINGS STUDENTS KIND OF STAY IN THE DISTRICT BUBBLE AND ACCESSING THE LARGER ECOSYSTEMAROUND THEM. >> SO TALK ABOUT PERSPECTIVES IN AWARENESS OF ALTERNATE VIEWS, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, ABILITY FOR
>> YEAH. >> DOES THAT CAPTURE HOW -- WHAT YOU WERE THINKING AND FEEL THERING?
>> THIS IS -- BUILDING ON WHAT EVAN BROUGHT UP, THE -- WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO TEACH KIDS TO APPROACH THIS THOUGHTFULLY AND AS PROBLEM SOLVERS, NOT AS A FATALISTIC THINK THAT THEY CAN'T FIX. AND AS A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE OF THAT, THE -- YOU COULD ARGUE THAT WE'RE IN AN EPIC DROUGHT IN THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST THAT'S CAUSING COLORADO AQUIFER TO BE A BIG PROBLEM BUT IN FACT THE MAIN REASON THE COLORADO RIVER IS MAINLY OVERDRAWN IS POLITICS. DIFFERENT GROUPS WITH LONG TERM INTERESTS USING THE WATER INEFFICIENTLY.
AND SO TEACHING KIDS ABOUT WHERE THESE THINGS -- WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR PROBLEM. YOU COULD ARGUE WE NEED TO MOVE AWAY FROM FOSSIL FUELS BUT THAT'S NOT A LOCAL THING THAT WE CAN ACHIEVE. IT IS WORTH DOING.
BUT THAT'S NOT GOING TO SOLVE THAT PROBLEM NOW.
THAT PROBLEM NOW IS GETTING CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA, NEVADA, UPSTREAM STATES TO MOVE AND COME UP WITH A WORKABLE SOLUTION.
FOR THREE YEARS THEY'VE GOT A SOLUTION BUT KNOCK ON WOOD IT WILL ACTUALLY SET THE PRECEDENT BUT THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE THAT TO ME IS THE EXAMPLE FOR KIDS OF SOMETHING WHERE I FEAR THAT SOMETIMES THE SUSTAINABILITY IN OUR SYSTEM IS PERCEIVED TO BE PURELY SCIENTIFIC. WHEN IN FACT MANY IN WAYS IT'S A POLITICAL CHALLENGE. AND ENCOURAGING THEM TO ENGAGE AND TO ENGAGE THOUGHTFULLY RATHER THAN FATALISTICALLY IS
OUR JOB. >> SO I HEARD SOMETHING THERE THAT YOU USED THE TERM FATALISTIC A COUPLE OF TIMES AND SO I THINKNA THERE'S ALSO A VALUE OR INTEREST IN PROVIDING
STUDENTS WITH HOPE. >> I DIDN'T WANT TO SAY IT.
I ABSOLUTELY DO. SPEAKING OF SOMEONE WHO WAS TOTALLY INTO ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES BACK IN THE 70S, I ALWAYS BELIEVED WE COULD SOLVE THESE THINGS.
>> IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN'T WORK ON AND HOPEFULLY FIND -- MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE.
LEAVE IT BETTER THAN YOU FOUND IT.
AND HOPE, YEAH, I -- HELPING STUDENTS HAVE HOPE THAT THEY CAN DO SOMETHING TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE WHILE THEY'RE IN
>> I GOT WHISPERED INTO MY EAR FROM A BIRD.
EMPOWERMENT WAS MAYBE ANOTHER WAY OF THINKING OF THAT.
>> SHE ALREADY WROTE IT. WE CAN'T SEE IT WAY BACK HERE.
. >> THE -- I WAS THINKING AND IT'S SORT OF GAUGING PARTNERS IN THE SAME WAY.
SO I THINK ABOUT TRANSPORTATION SPECIFICALLY AND SO GOING THROUGH THERE AND WORKING WITH PUBLIC TRANSIT AND RIDE SHARE TO SCHOOL IT'S BRINGING IN OUR CITIES AND WORKING TOGETHER AS A WHOLE BECAUSE WE OURSELVES CAN DO LOCAL PIECES BUT DO MUCH MORE BY PARTNERING WITH EVERYBODY OUT THERE.
SUSTAINABILITY INVESTORS DO AMAZING WORK IN CONNECTING WITH THE CITY OF KIRKLAND AND IMPLEMENTING ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS. THERE'S NO REASON THAT WE CAN'T BE A PLAYER TO HELP LEVERAGE THIS WORK AS WELL.
AND THAT IS SORT OF THE POLITICAL PIECE THAT YOU SPEAK
TO. >> I THINK I HAVE AN OPTION.
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>> THAT'S WONDERFUL BECAUSE I AM NOT NEARLY AS BUSY.
[LAUGHTER]. >> ONE THING THAT STRUCK ME GOING THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION AND HEARING ABOUT EVERYTHING THE DISTRICT IS DOING IS WE HAVE SO MUCH HAPPENING BUT IT'S NOT HAPPENING CONSISTENTLY ACROSS THE DISTRICT OR OUR SCHOOLS AND I THINK THAT MAYBE THERE'S A VALUE THERE IN HAVING -- IT SHOULD NOT BE DEPENDENT ON YOUR ADDRESS WHETHER OR NOT YOUR SCHOOL HAS A GREEN TEAM OR CARES ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT OR THAT YOU CAN SEE. RIGHT NOW, IT DOES SEEM LIKE THAT A LITTLE BIT. IT'S 100% DEPENDENT ON WHETHER OR NOT YOU'VE GOT PARENT VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE DRIVING THAT AT ANY PARTICULAR BUILDING. YOU'RE GOING TO ASK ME WHY.
[LAUGHTER]. >> I THINK IT'S A -- NOT TO OVERUSE THE WORD, BUT I THINK AN EQUITY COMPONENT WHETHER OR NOT HAVE YOU ACCESS TO THAT KNOWLEDGE AND THAT EXAMPLE.
>> >> SO CAN I ASK SOME FOLLOW UP
QUESTIONS THAT GO BEYOND WHY? >> UH-HUH.
>> SO IF WE HAVE A POLICY THAT DIRECTS THE SUPERINTENDENT TO HAVE SOME SORT OF DISTRICT WIDE PROGRAMMING AROUND SUSTAI SUSTAINABILITY, HOW WOULD WE KNOW WHAT THAT SHOULD LOOK LIKE. RIGHT.
SO YOU MENTIONED THE GREEN TEAM. SO WHAT -- YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE PUTTING THIS AS AN OPERATIONAL EXPECTATION WHAT WOULD WE USE TO GUIDE US IN TERMS OF WHAT IS THAT BASELINE EXPECTATION THAT MINIMUM LEVEL OF EXPECTATION THAT NEEDS TO BE DISTRICT WIDE
AND WHY? >> I KIND OF FEEL LIKE YOU'RE ASKING ME TO LAY OUT THE WHOLE PLAN RIGHT NOW.
>> THINK ABOUT THE VALUES IN THAT BECAUSE REMEMBER WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AN INTEREST, RIGHT, AN INTEREST CAN BE MET DIFFERENT WAYS. SO WE COULD SAY WE NEED THAT BY HAVING GREEN TEAMS EVERYWHERE. LIKE THAT'S UNIVERSAL AND LOOKS THE SAME BUT IF WE ARE CLEAR ON AN INTEREST IT COULD LOOK DIFFERENTLY AT DIFFERENT SCHOOLS.
AND SO THAT'S IMPORTANT I THINK FOR US TO UNDERSTAND IN TERMS OF THE BOARD'S INTEREST AROUND -- BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO OPERATIONALIZE THIS POLICY AND SO KNOWING THE AGREE TO WHICH WHAT SORT OF LATITUDE SCHOOLS HAVE AND CONNECT IT BACK TO THOSE VALUES. SO YOU HAVE A VALUE OF THAT WE'RE DOING SOMETHING THAT'S DISTRICT WIDE AND EVEN RIGHT NOW EVEN IF IT'S JUST OPTIONS WE CAN IDENTIFY WHAT IS THAT LOOK LIKE BECAUSE THAT WILL HELP US THEN UNPACK THE VALUES SO WE CAN BE CONSISTENT SCHOOL TO SCHOOL AROUND THE INTEREST EVEN IF THE PROGRAMMING MIGHT HAVE SOME LATITUDE AND DIFFERENCES.
>> RIGHT. I THINK YOU NEED TO HAVE FOR OPTIONS SOME SORT OF LEADER WHO IS FOCUSING ON SUSTAINABILITY.
WHO IS DRIVING WHAT THAT PROGRAMMING MIGHT LOOK LIKE, WHAT THOSE EXPECTATIONS ARE AND KEEPING BUILDINGS INFORMED ABOUT THEIR RESOURCES AND WHAT IS AVAILABLE AS WELL AS WHAT ARE OUR EXPECTATIONS. SPECIFICALLY WITH GREEN SCHOOLS THERE ARE STANDARDS THAT HAVE TO BE ACHIEVED FOR A SCHOOL TO ACHIEVE THAT DESIGNATION. THERE ARE MINIMUM HAVE YOU TO DO THIS THIS THIS OR THIS AND THEN YOU'LL GET THE DESIGNATION OF A GREEN SCHOOL. SOMEBODY STILL HAS TO MANAGE
WHAT'S CONSISTENCY. >> IT'S A TOOL KIT.
THESE ARE DIFFERENT OPTIONS OF WHERE YOU GET TO WASTE REDUCTION. THESE ARE DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE A CANNED PROGRAM AND YOU CAN PICK AND CHOOSE THAT FROM WHAT'S NEEDED AT YOUR SCHOOL BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ALL OF IT BUT YOUR GOAL IS TO ACCOMPLISH X SO YOU CHOOSE THE MEANS TO GET
THERE. >> AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A SCHOOL LEVEL RIGHT NOW -- EDUCATION IS NOT JUST ABOUT TRASH. THERE'S JUST SO MUCH IT ENCOMPASSES. I THINK IT'S WHEN INDIVIDUALS ARE DOING WHAT THEY CAN ON THEIR OWN, YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE DISPARITY HAVING SOME SORT OF AN ORGANIZATION MAKES SENSE.
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>> SO SILLED SAY THERE NEEDS TO BE OVERARCHING GOALS THAT YOU
CAN THEN WORK TOWARDS. >> LIKE WHAT?
>> YOU CAN DO 100% WASTE REDUCTION.
YOUR GOAL IS TO COME POST AT EVERY SCHOOL AND HAVE ACCESS TO IT. YOU CAN LOOK AT MOVING TO A CARBON ZERO AND NET ZERO WATER USE CONCEPT.
RAIN GARDENS IN PLACE AND DIFFERENT THINGS YOU CAN DO.
LIVING PEDALS IS A CONCEPT AROUND SUSTAINABILITY THAT YOU CAN WORK WITH. THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF TEDIFFERT WAYS. WE HAVE RESULTS AND USE YOUR MEANS TO GET THERE AND YOU NEED LARGE GOALS.
>> THE REASON I ASKED IS THAT I FIND IT HARD TO IMAGINE THAT WE'RE GOING TO SET A GOAL OF HOW MANY GALLONS PER FLUSH AND YET THAT'S IMPORTANT TO DO AND NONE OF THE KIDS IN THE DISTRICT ARE
GOING TO CARE. >> WHEN I SAY OVERARCHING GOAL I MEAN MUCH LARGER THAN THAT AND YOU KNOW THAT.
>> NO, I DON'T. THE RCM COMPONENT OF YOUR PRESENTATION IS VERY IMPORTANT, VERY FISCAL, AND VERY UNSEXY.
SERIOUSLY. YOU CAN MAKE PEOPLE FALL ASLEEP TALKING ABOUT GALLONS PER FLUSH. IT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LEADERSHIP AND THEN AUDITORS AND BOOKKEEPERS AND WHAT GOALS ARE
WE TALKING ABOUT. >> YOU COULD SAY YOU NEED TO IMPLEMENT SUSTAINABILITY PRACTICES IN THE HANDLING OF YOUR WASTE WATER OR IN THE HANDLING OF SO THAT THEREFORE IT COULD BE TOILETS OR OPTIONS OUT THERE BUT YOU SET A MUCH BROADER GOAL AND NOT THE SPECIFIC ACTION.
>> I'M WONDERING AS WE THINK ABOUT THE VALUES BECAUSE I THINK YOU'RE GETTING INTO THE IMPLEMENTATION PIECE AND HOW WE COMMUNICATE IT. I WONDER IF THINKING ABOUT THIS MIGHT BE A SLIGHT DEVIATION FROM YOUR PLAN WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER SO YOU CAN TELL ME IF IT WORKS.
BUT ONE THING WE FOUND GENERATING INTEREST IS SOMETIMES WE CAN GO AND THERE'S MORE INTERESTS AND WHAT'S REALLY INTERESTING AND REALLY DIFFICULT SOMETIMES IS TO THINK WHAT ARE THE PRIORITY INTERESTS PER GROUP.
-- FOR OUR GROUP. THE POSSIBLE DEVIATION IS GROUPS BEFORE HAVE SAID YOU HAVE FOUR VOTES AND ASK THE BOARD FIRST OF ALL LOOK AT OPTIONS AND THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE LOOKED AT.
DO WE HAVE CLOSE TO YOUR MAJOR INTERESTS OR VALUES THAT WE BRING THAT WE'VE CAPTURED HERE? AND IF SO, COULD WE TAKE FIVE MINUTES FOR PEOPLE TO MAKE UP A NUMBER AND YOU TELL ME IF YOU WANT MORE. YOU HAVE FOUR CHECK MARKS AND WE GIVE YOU A PEN AND YOU CAN SPEND YOUR CHECK MARKS ON THE ONES THAT YOU VALUE MOST. IT DOESN'T MEAN THE OTHER ONES AREN'T VALUED. WE WOULD KEEP ALL OF THEM AND MANY OF THEM WE WOULD THINK ABOUT BUT JUST TO GET A SENSE OF WHAT THE BOARD THINKS WHAT YOU WOULD PRIORITIZE OUT OF THESE INTERESTS SO THAT WE COULD START TO THINK WHAT THE VALUES ARE
>> OKAY. SO LET'S TAKE FIVE -- >> IS THAT ONLY WITH THE VALUES?
>> THAT'S SO MANY. >> WE'RE TRYING TO PRIORITIZE.
>> FIVE. >> OKAY. WE'LL COMPROMISE.
>> OKAY. BUT FIRST BEFORE WE DO THAT IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A SPECIFIC VALUE WE'VE NOT CAPTUREDED THAT WE NEED TO HAVE UP HERE? THIS IS NOT DEFINITIVE. SO ONCE DO YOU THIS YOU MIGHT SAY AFTER WE LOOK AT THE NEXT STEP OF THE PROCESS TONIGHT, THERE'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO ADD TO IT BUT WE'D LOVE TO GET YOUR FIRST PRIORITIZATION. SO WE WOULD SAY GRAB A PEN FROM THAT AND YOU HAVE FIVE CHECK MARKS TO SPEND.
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>> LOOKING AT WHERE THE CHECKS WERE, COMMUNICATION AND SHARED
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COMMITMENT. HOPE EQUITABLE AND SUSTAINABILITY GOT SOME OF THE MOST.LEADERSHIP. -- STEWARDS OF RESOURCES AND RESPONSIBLE TO COMMUNITY. EQUITY GOT QUITE A FEW.
ANY THOUGHTS OR OBSERVATIONS LOOKING AT WHAT YOU CHECKED? ANYTHING THAT YOU DID THIS AND YOU WANTED TO ADD? NOTICINGS OR WANDSERRINGS
. >> I WAS NO AT THIS TIMING THERE'S A LOT OF OVERLAP WHEN I WAS PUTTING A CHECK UNDER CERTAIN TOPICS IT WAS VERY THIS IS THE SYME AS TUN.
OUR NEXT STEP IS TO LOOK AT POLICIES AND HAVE THESE HELD HERE AS WE LOOK AT THE VALUES AND HOW THEY OVERLAP AND THE
WAYS IT MIGHT SHOW UP IN POLICY. >> IN THE BOARD DOCS THERE ARE POLICIIES OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE RELATED TO SUSTAINABILITY AND WE'LL JUST INVITE YOU TO TAKE 15, 20 MINUTES TO KIND OF GO THROUGH THOSE BUT NOW THAT YOU'VE IDENTIFIED AT LEAST THE STARTING POINTS OF SOME OF YOUR VALUES AND WE'LL HAVE A PROCESS WHERE WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO KIND OF COME BACK AND REFINE THESE BUT WANT YOU TO LOOK THROUGH THOSE POLICIES AND MAKE NOTE OF POLICY LANGUAGE KIND OF RESONATING TO YOU THAT CONNECTS BACK TO MORAL RESPONSIBILITY AND SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT AND COME BACK AT 6:15.
>> SINCE THERE ARE SO MANY POLICIES CAN I PROPOSE EACH BOARD MEMBER SELECT ONE AND WE ALL DO DIFFERENT ONES?
I DON'T HAVE THEM IN FRONT OF ME.
>> SO YOU'RE GOING TO GET SAN TAP BARBARA.
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>> SO I READ THE SEATTLE PUBLIC SC
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SCHOOLS RECENT SUSTAINABILITY POLICY.[01:11:33]
I DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING HELPFUL IN IT JUST TO BE COMPLETELY FRANK BUT IT DID REFERENCE AN EARLIER POLICY THAT WAS ENACTED THAT I DID READ AND FOUND HELPFUL.THIS IS FROM, I DON'T KNOW, TITLED 6810 NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION, BOARD POLICIES SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
AND ONE ITEM IN THERE IS THEY SAY SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL MODEL ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AND IT WAS THE MODELING VERB IS I THINK EARLIER WHEN I WAS TALKING ABOUT I USED THE WORD DEMONSTRATIVE, THE VALUE I HAVE MORE IS THAT OUR DISTRICT MODELING I GUESS ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP IS ONE WAY OF SAYING IT. BUT I LIKE THAT POLICY LANGUAGE
THANK YOU. >> DIRECTOR CARLSON.
>> I THINK WE NEED TO PROVIDE CONTEXT.
AS SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN FOLLOWING ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES BEFORE CLIMATE CHANGE OR THESE OTHERS WAS IN THE PUBLIC JARGON.
I'M FRUSTRATED BY A UNIFYING THEME ACROSS ALL OF THESE AND I THINK IT'S ALL OF THEM THAT THEY LEAD WITH A STATEMENT OF WHY SOMETHING IMPORTANT NEEDS TO CHANGE.
AND THEY ALL FRAME THAT IN TERMS OF EITHER CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATE CRISIS, OR GREEN HOUSE GRASSES.
I'M NOT DISPUTING THAT THOSE ARE IMPORTANT BUT THERE'S A LOT OF CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENTALISM THAT IS NOT THOSE THINGS. THE GREEN HOUSE GASES AND CLIMATE CHANGE DOES NOT SPEAK TO MICROPLASTICS, PESTICIDES, DOES NOT SPEAK TO FOREVER CHEMICALS, THE GARBAGE PATCH IN THE PACIFIC. IT DOESN'T SPEAK TO CONSERVATION. DOESN'T SPEAK TO SALMON RUNS, THE ORCAS. SO IT NEEDS TO BE A BIGGER UMBRELLA THAN JUST THE CLIMATE CRISIS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY -- I FEEL IT WINDS UP COMMITTING YOU TO WE ONLY CARE ABOUT THINGS IF WE CAN MEASURE THEM IN TERMS OF EMISSIONS AND WHEN IT COMES RIGHT DOWN TO IT, PLASTIC POLLUTION IS NOT SOMETHING MEASURED IN TERMS OF EMISSION.
IT'S MEASURED IN TERMS OF DAMAGE DONE SO NOT EVERYTHING IS RADIOED TO POUNDS OF -- REDUCED TO POUNDS OF CARBON AND BROADLY SPEAKING AND I WOULD LOVE TO BE WRONG ON THIS.
IF ANY OF YOU HAVE READ ONE IN MORE DETAIL BUT JUST GOING THROUGH THE WHEREASES, ALL LEAD WITH THE CLIMATE CRISIS RATHER THAN THE ENVIRONMENT. JUST GLOBALLY.
BECAUSE NOT EVERYTHING IS CLIMATE.
THERE ARE MANY OTHER THINGS THAT ARE ENVIRONMENTAL THAT ARE ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY AND I THINK WE DO A DISSERVICE BY FOCUSING ON ONE
PIECE OF THAT UMBRELLA. >> I WANTED TO ADD I THINK WHEN WE AS A BOARD HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING IT, I THINK THAT'S WHY WE CHOOSE TO ADDRESS IT AS SUSTAINABILITY.
NOT CLIMATE CRISIS. >> I'M NOT SAYING WE'VE COMMITTED THIS ERROR I'M JUST SEEING IT'S UNIVERSALLY COMMITTED. I WOULD LIKE TO AVOID IT.
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>> WHEN WE SPEAK OF SUSTAINABILITY, WHAT IS THAT? RESOURCE CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT.
THAT'S A PIECE OF SUSTAINABILITY.
BUT THERE'S ALSO REASONABLY PRUDENT PERSON WE LEAVING A WORLD THAT IS AS ALIVE AS VIVID AS -- SO POLLUTION IS SOMETHING THAT IS ITS OWN PIECE OF THAT AND JUST -- IT DOESN'T NATURALLY FALL UNDER THOSE OTHER PIECES. I BELIEVE IT BELONGS IN SUSTAINABILITY AND I LOVE THE FACT THAT ONE OF OUR MAIN SLIDES ON FEBRUARY 4TH WE HAD A BIG PIECE ABOUT SCHOOLS USING PESTICIDES AND TOXIC CLEANERS. TO ME THAT IS A PIECE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND HAS ABSOLUTELY NO DIRECT CONNECTION
TO CLIMATE CRISIS. >> SO WOULD YOU AGREE WITH THE STATEMENT THAT'S ALSO FROM THOSE SLIDES THE VERY FIRST ONE THEY SHOWED SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IS DEVELOPMENT THAT -- WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE NEEDS OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN
NEEDS. >> I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT AS SOMETHING WE'RE LEADING WITH AND SOMETHING WE'RE DISCUSSING
TODAY. >> THAT'S FROM THE U.N. WORLD COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENT AND ENVIRONMENT.
I DIDN'T COME UP WITH ANYTHING SPECIAL.
I REMEMBER BEING STRUCK BY THAT AS A GREAT WAY TO DEFINE AND
THAT HITS YOUR -- DIRECTOR CHOI. >> SO I READ SANTA BARBARA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT'S RESOLUTION.
THEIRS IS NOT A POLICY BUT A RESOLUTION AND BECAUSE IT'S A RESOLUTION A LOT FOCUSES ON TRYING TO CALL OUT THAT CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE CLIMATE CRISIS IS A NONPARTISAN ISSUE AND TRYING TO UNIFY THE VIEWPOINT OUTSIDE OF POLL SICKS.
IT'S A RESOLUTION -- POLITICS. BUT I ALSO THOUGHT THAT IT WAS INTERESTING THEY SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT WHAT OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WERE DOING AROUND IT.
APPARENTLY IN 2015 CALIFORNIA PTA DECLARED CLIMATE CHANGE A CHILDREN'S ISSUE SO TRYING TO GROUND I THINK THE IMPORTANCE NOT JUST FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BUT THE STATE OF THE NATION AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. THEY SORT OF ALIGN SOMEWHAT WITH THE OPTIONS YOU SEE HERE RATHER THAN JUST OUTLYING SUSTAINABILITY AND EDUCATION. EXISTING BUILDING UPGRADES, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT, RECYCLING AND COMPOSTING. FUNDING PARTNERS, LEVERAGING AND UTILIZING OTHER RESOURCES AND THEN TRANSPORTATION.
I THINK THEY DO A NICE JOB OF BEING WHOLISTIC.
I WILL ALSO SAY DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHICH I LOOKED AT EARLIER DOES A NICE JOB WITH A SIMILAR CONCEPT THAT I SEE HERE.
AND I APPRECIATE THE GLOBALNESS THAT THIS BRINGS FORWARD BECAUSE WE ARE TOUCHING ON THAT GLOBAL FACTOR AND I FEEL CONFIDENT TO
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SAY OUR COMMUNITY WOULD AGREE WITH THAT AS TO THE VALUES THAT IT'S NOT ABOUT ONLY ONE THING. IT IS ACROSS THE BOARD TO HOW WE START TO ADDRESS THIS. AND I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT WE HAVE TO BE THAT LEADER SO I THINK THAT TIES BACK IN. BEING A KEY PLAYER.SO I REALLY LIKED UTAH IF YOU CAN'T TELL.
THOUGHT THEY DID A NICE JOB. SALT LAKE CITY.
>> JUST A QUESTION ON THAT. I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT WAS ONE THAT SORT OF -- IT STY MID ME. WHICH PAGES ARE YOU READING FROM
>> IT SAYS THREE AT THE BOTTOM. SO IT'S THE RESITALS.
>> YES. >> I AGREE WITH THAT AND YET THE FIRST THING THAT THEY RECITE, CLIMATE ACTION MUST BE TAKE ON THE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE GREEN HOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.
THEY'RE LEAD, A SUBSET OF THE PROBLEM AND EVEN SALT LAKE PUT CLIMATE CHANGE AHEAD OF SUSTAINABILITY AS A SUBSET OF THE SYSTEM. SO IT'S GOOD -- I'M NOT SUBSTITUTING THAT. THE -- DISPUTING THAT.
IT'S THE WAY THEY WROTE IT. >> IT IS THEIR PRIORITY SO THEY CHOSE TO LIST IT. WE CAN PRIORITIZE DIFFERENTLY.
>> DIRECTOR STEWART >> TO CHRIS' POINT.
WHILE PORTLAND STARTS OUT WITH GLOBAL AND GASES AND SO FORTH, I FIND THAT THEY ENABLE THEMSELVES TO MAKE A CONNECTION TO EVERY POINT YOU BROUGHT OUT UNDER NEITHER THAT UMBRELLA.
AND WHETHER IT'S LOGICAL OR NOT I'M NOT SURE BUT THEY FOUND A WAY TO INCORPORATE EACH OF THOSE ISSUES BY USING THE OVERALL ISSUE OF SUSTAINABILITY, SAVING THE PLANET, WHATEVER, WITH THE IDEA BEING THAT ALL THIS COMBINED CONTRIBUTES TO IT.
GUILT OR INNOCENCE DOWN TO THE ISSUES OF RECYCLING, COMPOSTING T -- COMPOST ING, THE USE OF PLASTIC MATERIALS.
I'M NOT SURE IF THEIR LINKS ARE AS SOLID AS THEIR WORDING BUT IT ALLOWS THEM TO USE AN UMBRELLA TOPIC.
THEY DON'T SEE CLIMATE CHANGE AND OTHER ISSUES AS SILOED, PERHAPS. I DON'T KNOW.
IT'S HARD TO GET INSIDE OF SOMEONE'S HEAD.
I'M NOT AS WORRIED ABOUT OUR TITLE ALTHOUGH SUSTAINABILITY REALLY FITS IT SO IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER.
>> THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP BECAUSE YOU'RE HELPING ME -- I'M PULLING AN ERIC AND BUILDING THE AIRPLANE AS I FLY IT.
( LEADING WITH CLIMATE CHANGE IS IMPORTANT DISEMPOWERS PEOPLE.
YOUR LOCAL ACTIONS ARE GOING TO BEI BEING IN -- MAKE I CAN BRING BACK THE SALMON RUN NEXT TO MY SCHOOL SO I WORRY ABOUT LEADING WITH THE GLOBAL AND THEN EVERYTHING IN ORDER TO BE IMPORTANT HAS TO BE REFERENCED THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT OBSERVATION.
>> IT COMES DOWN TO THE OLD TERM WE USED BEFORE CLIMATE CHANGE WAS THE WARMING -- GLOBAL WARMING.
IT WAS A FLASHPOINT FOR EVERY LEFT VERSUS RIGHT ARGUMENT EVERYONE HAD MORE THAN YOU WANT TO HAVE TO BE FRANK.
AND SO BY GOING TO SUSTAINABILITY, THEY MUTED THAT TO A DEGREE. I THINK USING THE SUSTAINABILITY MODEL AND THEN HAVING SECTIONS WITHIN IT THAT ATTACK, APPROACH, DEAL WITH WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT, EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL TYPES OF PROGRAMS OR TARGETS THAT YOU WANT TO HIT WITH THE IDEA BEING SOMETHING THAT'S ACHIEVABLE IN SCHOOLS, OUR SYSTEM, AND HOPEFULLY THE COMMUNITY THAT WE TOUCH AS YOU
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SAY 7 BILLION PEOPLE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO CHANGE SOMEONE ACROSS THE GLOBE. I DON'T KNOW.BUT THE POINT IS FIX YOUR OWN WORLD AND THEN MAKE IT AN EXAMPLE OF THE REST OF THE WORLD IF YOU WILL.
I THINK THAT IS WHY YOU GIVE HOPE TO STUDENTS.
THE IDEA OF MAKING IT DOABLE. >> I'M SORRY.
YOU JUST REMINDED ME OF THE OLD BUMPER STICKER.
THINK GLOBAL ACT LOCAL. THE ACT LOCAL IS THE PART THAT WINDS UP BEING PART OF THE REASON HIGH SCHOOLERS WHO I HAVE IN MY KITCHEN DISCUSSING HOW THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE KIDS.
WAIT, WHAT? THE HOPE THING, GLOBAL IS
SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT. >> DON'T DISCOURAGE TEENAGERS
FROM HAVING KIDS. >> THERE'S THAT TOO.
>> ANY OTHER THINGS YOU SUE IN THE POLICY OR RESOLUTIONS OR STRATEGIC PLANS THAT RESONATED AND CONNECTED BACK TO THE VALUES
IDENTIFIED EARLIER? >> I ACTUALLY WANTED TO -- PORTLAND DID SOMETHING GOOD IN THEIR PILLARS.
THEY TRIED TO DRAW OUT WHAT ARE THE BIG -- AND IT'S LIKE THEY DIRECTLY INCORPORATED THE VALUES IN AS LEADERS OF SECTIONS OF ACTIVITIES. SO PILLAR ONE WAS THE REDUCE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND COST. ONE CAN -- THAT'S FISCAL STEWARDSHIP AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.
BUT PILLAR TWO THEY BRING IN THE EQUITY SIDE.
IMPROVE HEALTH AND WELLNESS AND IT'S MAKING IT PERSONAL.
THEN THE ADMINISTRATIVE POLICIES WOULD BE THINGS THAT WOULD HELP DIRECT THE ACTUAL BEHAVIORS OR PRACTICES OF THE INDIVIDUALS
WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION. >> YES.
>> SO, YES, THERE IS BOARD POLICY TO DEVELOP FOR IT.
>> SO THIS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE GRANULARE BUT BECAUSE IT'S ALSO IN SALT LAKE CITY WE COVERED THE BROADER STROKES.
FOR ME WHAT I ENJOYED WAS ON PAGE 51.
THEY LIST -- BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING AT THEIR CURRICULUM SECTION. THEY LIST THE GOALS OF THEIR GREEN TEAMS THAT THEY'RE ESTABLISHING AS CLUBS AND ALL OF THEM ARE GREAT IN PARTICULAR PIPELINE OF SUSTAINABLE PROJECTS FOR STUDENTS TO WORK ON GOING BACK TOO THAT TOOL KIT IDEA.
AND THE ONE THAT STRUCK ME IS A MENTORING PROGRAM -- THE IDEAS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WITH CONSISTENCY AND COMMUNICATION.
THE ONLY WAY IN MY OPINION THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET STUDENTS TO CONSISTENTLY ENGAGE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING IS IF NOT ONLY ARE WE GETTING THEM INVESTED IN THE ENVIRONMENT AS A KID BUT AS YOUNGER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS WE ARE MODELING FOR THEM WHAT THE OLDER BIG KID VERSION OF THEIR PLAYING IN THE DIRT IN THE GARDEN LOOKS LIKE. I THINK RIGHT NOW THAT'S THE PIECE THAT WE'RE MISSING. WE HAVE A REALLY -- FROM WHAT I'M SEEING BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING -- WE DO A REALLY GOOD JOB AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL OF PROVIDING OUTDOOR LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AND GETTING OUR STUDENTS TO ENGAGE WITH THE ENVIRONMENT. BUT THEN I'M NOT QUITE SEEING THAT CONSISTENTLY CONNECT BY THE TIME THEY REACH HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER THINGS GOING ON SO I REALLY LIKED THE IDEA OF THE GREEN TEAMS BOTH HAVING A PIPELINE OF PROJECTS AND THAT MENTORING PROGRAM.
>> THANK YOU, EVAN. I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT MY SON WHO IS -- AS HE DOES MENTOR, THE KIDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ALSO I THINK THERE'S ALSO VALUE IN THE CONNECTION OF SERVING IN THAT ROLE MODEL. AND I JUST WAS SMILING BECAUSE I WAS THINKING OF HIM AS HIS BEST SELF AND PICTURING YOU ENGAGING
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WITH SOME ELEMENTARY KIDS AROUND YOUR VALUES AROUND ENVIRONMENTALISM AND SUSTAINABILITY.>> THIS IS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO PRACTICE OUR WAIT TIME.
>> I'M WONDERING ARE THERE ANY GAPS IN THE VALUES THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED AS YOU'VE GONE THROUGH THESE DIFFERENT POLICIES, PLANS, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD ADD TO THE VALUES SET THAT YOU'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED?
>> I'VE GOT ONE. READING THROUGH SOME OF THESE VARIETIES OF POLICIES, A VALUE THAT MIGHT BE IMPORTANT FOR US IS TO AVOID THE DISASTER AVOIDING FEWER VIRTUE SIGNALLING OR YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG AND ALLOWING THEM TO PARTICIPATE AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT IN THEIR CONTEXT.
DO THEY HAVE WET LANDS ON THEIR CAMPUS? SOME DO SOME DON'T. THAT'S SOMETHING THEY COULD FOCUS ON WITHOUT BEING TOLD YOU HAVE TO FOCUS ON WETLANDS.
ALLOWING THE LOCAL CHOICE BETWEEN BUILDINGS TO FOCUS.
>> SOMETHING YOU SAID I THINK IS WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT IS INTENTION WITH THE OTHER POLICY THAT WAS -- VALUE OF CONSISTENCY ACROSS THE DISTRICT SO I THINK IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT MORE. BECAUSE AS I SIT HERE I AGREE WITH BOTH OF THOSE AT THE SAME TIME BUT THEY ARE INTENTIONS.
RIGHT. OR THEY COULD BE POTENTIALLY INTENTIONS. CONSISTENCY ACROSS THE
>> COUPLE OF THINGS THAT OCCURRED TO ME GOING BACK AS FAR AS YOU DO AND MAYBE SOME MORE YEARS ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ONE THING THAT HAS ALWAYS STRUCK ME AS A FAILURE OF ANY ENVIRONMENTAL PUSH OR ADVOCACY WAS THE TENDENCY TO BE TOO IVORY TOWER, TOO PIE IN THE SKY, TOO PR PREACHY FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM.
THE IDEA OF BEING ABLE TO -- AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER, INCORPORATE THE CURRENT BENEFITS OF COST SAVINGS, OF THIS, OF, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO SHOW WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THREE GENERATIONS FROM NOW.
I THINK AS WE ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT WE TREAT THE COMMUNITY AS PARTNERS AND NOT AS STUDENTS IN FIRST GRADE OR WHICHEVER GRADE BUT IT'S USUALLY -- WE USUALLY TEACH SIX YEAR OLDS AND WE CAN'T DO THAT WITH THAT AND THE MORE USUAL WE SHOW IT AS AN EXERCISE IN NOT ONLY SCIENTIFIC RESPONSIBILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY BUT SHOWING IT AS FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY THEN WE ALSO MAKE THE CASE FOR OUR L LEVIES. YOU HAVE TO BRING IT DOWN TO HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO IT AND BY VIRTUE OF THAT MAKE THE COMMUNITY AS INVOLVED IN THAT ISSUE AS THEY ARE IN -- SO
THEY'RE NOT SEPARATABLE. >> I THINK WE MADE SIMILAR NOTES. KIND OF BOTH -- YOU KNOW, WHAT IS NOW THE IMPACT OF THE VALUE OF AN IMMEDIATE -- SOME IMMEDIACY AND THEN ALSO THAT KIND OF GENERATIONAL LATER DOWN
STREAM IMPACT. >> ANYTHING ELSE THAT WAS INSPIRING FOR YOU OUT OF ANY OF THESE DOCUMENTS?
>> I HAVE A DOCUMENT THAT WAS INSPIRING.
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A MENTAL MODEL. A CONCEPTUAL MODEL WOULD BE THE WAY TO PUT IT OF HOW THEY'RE LOOKING AT HEALTHY EQUITABLE AND SUSTAINABLE SCHOOL. I THINK IT CAPTURES AN INTERESTING WAY OF LOOKING AT THE INTEGRATEDNESS OF IT BETWEEN SUSTAINABILITY, HEALTH, AND EQUITY AND THEN THE AREAS OF LEADERSHIP, CULTURE, AND CLIMATE, CURRICULUM, AND INSTRUCTION. AND THEN THE COMPONENTS OF STAFF, STUDENTS, AND COMMUNITY, OF WHO IS ENGAGED.IT'S A NEAT WAY OF THINKING ABOUT HOW IT ALL FITS TOGETHER.
>> I WROTE THAT DOWN. I AGREE.
>> I'M TRYING TO FIND -- WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR IN SOME OF THESE WAS THAT I'M NOT SEEING IS OR AT LEAST I HAVEN'T SEEN YET IS I GUESS A CONSIDERATION OF THE IMPACT THAT NEW SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION CAN HAVE OR DESIGN AN IMPACT THAT I GUESS OUR PHYSICAL -- WHAT'S THE TERM, BUILT ENVIRONMENT I THINK THAT'S THE TERM, THE ARM OF ART THAT OUR BUILT ENVIRONMENT HAS ON THE ENVIRONMENT AS A WHOLE. AND I WAS JUST SURPRISED THERE'S VERY LITTLE ABOUT -- THERE'S MORE ABOUT CONSIDERATION OF OPTIMIZING EXISTING FACILITIES BUT I JUST THINK ABOUT OUR DISTRICT WHERE WE'RE -- WE'VE BEEN BUILDING A LOT RECENTLY.
WE WILL BUILD AGAIN AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE.
AND IT'S A CONSIDERATION OF THOSE NEW FACILITIES.
>> WAS THAT SOMEWHAT CLEAR AND COGENT.
>> I THINK IT WAS. MAYBE I'LL PUT BACK AS THE BOARD DEVELOPS A POLICY AND HAS A SUSTAINABILITY POLICY AS STAFF ARE LOOKING AT AND EVALUATING AND BRINGING FORTH RECOMMENDATIONS ON DESIGNS THAT SUSTAINABILITY -- THE PARADIGM THAT THE BOARD THE ARTICULATING WOULD GO THROUGH AND ESSENTIALLY CREATE A LENS FOR WHICH STAFF ARE THINKING ABOUT WHAT ARE THE VALUES THAT NEED TO BE REPRESENTED IN THIS DESIGN AND HOW ARE WE BALANCING THAT SUCH THAT THEY'RE BRINGING FORTH RECOMMENDATIONS THAT MEET THE BOARD'S VALUES RELATED TO
SUSTAINABILITY. >> IT'S CONSISTENT.
I'M NOT THERE WITH POLICY LANGUAGE YET AND I DON'T SEE ANY IN THERE THAT GETS THERE.
>> ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. DR. BLEISNER, DR. HOLMEN, I'LL
TURN IT BACK TO YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR WALKING THE BOARD THROUGH THIS THIS EVENING. FACILEATION AROUND THESE CONVERSATIONS IS HELPFUL BECAUSE IT KEEPS THE CONVERSATION FOCUSED AND ALLOWS THE BOARD TO DIALOGUE SO THAT REALLY APPRECIATE THE TWO OF YOU TAKING THAT ON.
IN TERMS OF A NEXT STEP AS YOU CAN IMAGINE THERE'S A LOT OF CONTENT THAT THE BOARD HAS GENERATED TONIGHT SO CONSOLIDATING THAT INTO REALLY A MORE MANAGEABLE SET OF KIND OF CLEAR AND COGENT VALUES SO I'LL WORK WITH PRESIDENT BLEISNER AROUND A STAFF BOARD WORK GROUP TO TAKE ALL THIS INFORMATION IN TO DO THAT WORK HERE IN THE COMING WEEKS.
>> THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE. >> IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER TO BE INVOLVED WITH THAT, DIRECTOR CHOI? EXCELLENT. OKAY. THERE.
>> I HAD A QUESTION. WERE WE GOING TO HAVE A DISCUSSION AROUND WHETHER THE BOARD FEELS THAT IT SHOULD BE AN INDEPENDENT SUSTAINABILITY POLICY VERSUS INTEGRATED INTO OUR EXISTING POLICIES OR IS THAT A FUTURE DISCUSSION?
>> DO YOU WANT TO LEAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE BOARD?
>> POTENTIALLY WE COULD DO THAT NOW.
WE HAVE ABOUT TEN MINUTES IS WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY SO THAT WE CAN BREAK BEFORE OUR ACTUAL BOARD -- EIGHT MINUTES I'M NOW TOLD. SO WITH THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION OR WE COULD WAIT UNTIL YOU COME THROUGH WITH ACTUAL POTENTIAL POLICY AND AS YOU'RE IN THAT DISCUSSION IT COULD BE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT DOES THIS INTEGRATE INTO OTHER
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POLICIES. I THINK AS I LOOK THROUGH SOME OF THESE LIKE 12 COULD GET SHIFTED FROM FACILITIES TO INCLUDE TRANSPORTATION AND THINGS YOU COULD ADD THINGS OR IF YOU DO A SEPARATE ONE I THINK THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WILL COME OUT MORE AS YOU SIT DOWN AND ACTUALLY WALK THROUGH THESE VALUES AND POLICIES. THOUGHTS?>> I DO HAVE AN OPINION AND WE'RE DONE SO WE CAN JUST MOVE
>> I DO HAVE AN OPINION. I HAVE BEEN OPERATING MY MENTAL MODEL IS THAT IT WILL BE A STANDALONE POLICY AND I'M INTERROGATING WHY I THINK THAT RIGHT NOW.
SO I HAVE AN OPINION BUT NOT ONE THAT I CAN ACTUALLY ARTICULATE A RATIONAL BASIS FOR.
>> OKAY. >> SOMEBODY OPENED THE FLOOR TO THIS.
I THINK TO ME PART OF THE CRITICAL QUESTIONS TO ASK AROUND OUR OBJECTIVES A BOARD IS CREATING POLICY AROUND THIS.
WHERE DOES IT FIT BUT THE WHY IS REALLY CRITICAL.
AND THE VALUES I THINK ARE IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO CALL OUT.
I WORRY ABOUT GETTING INTO THE SPECIFICS BECAUSE YOU WIND UP RAPIDLY ON THE ADMINISTRATION'S TURF.
I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE SPECIFYING GREEN SCHOOLS UNLESS HE'S FAIL -- THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS FAILED TO CREATE THEM.
BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WHERE THE VALUE OF THE POLICY BY ITSELF AS A STATEMENT IS REAL. I DON'T THINK IT NEEDS TO BE A
VERY LONG POLICY. >> DIRECTOR CHOI.
>> YOU ASKED THE WHY OF THE VALUE OF HAVING THIS AS A SEPARATE POLICY AND I THINK WE ARTICULATED IT IN OUR EXERCISE OF VALUES WHEN WE SEED WE NEEDED TO MODEL TO STUDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT THIS WAS OF IMPORTANCE TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND I THINK THAT BEING ABLE TO PULL POLICIES FROM OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE ALREADY LOOKING AT -- THAT ALREADY HAVE SUSTAINABILITY AS POLICY I THINK YOU CAN VERY EASILY SAY THIS IS A VALUE TO THIS DISTRICT.
I THINK WE ARE ALSO SAYING THAT THIS IS A VALUE TO US.
IT MAKES SENSE TO ME THAT IT WOULD BE A STANDALONE POLICY.
>> AND I'M NOT ARGUING THAT. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE LEVEL OF GRANULARITY WE'RE GETTING TO. HAVING RECENTLY BEEN THROUGH R3 WE HAD GREAT INTENTIONS BEHIND IT.
WE PUT/LOT OF VALUE STATEMENTS OUT THERE BUT WE WROTE IT IN A WAY THAT IT DID NOT MESH AND DIRECT THE DISTRICT VERY EFFECTIVELY. I DON'T WANT THIS TO TURN INTO AN R3 WHERE WE GET STUCK IN THE WEEDS RATHER THAN THE BIG VALUES AND THEN PASSING THE IMPLEMENTATION SIDE OVER TO THE ADMINISTRATION. SO THAT'S REALLY ALL I'M WORRIED ABOUT. I'M NOT SAYING IT SHOULD NOT BE A POLICY BUT I WORRY ABOUT R3ING IT BY ACCIDENT.
>> I AGREE WITH DIRECTOR CARLSON.
THE REASON I CAN ARTICULATE WHY IT'S A STANDALONE, OUR JOB PARTICULARLY WITH THIS IS TO LEAD THROUGH VALUES AND HAVE THAT INFORM OUR POLICY AND I THINK HAVING A STANDALONE CLEARLY WILL BETTER CLEARLY ARTICULATE THIS BOARD'S VALUES AND I THINK WE'D LOSE THAT IF IT'S EMBEDDED INTO OTHER
POLICIES. >> I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF IT BEING A STANDALONE POLICY ALSO FOR ALL OF THE NICE WARM AND FUZZY VALUE STUFF BUT ALSO AS A STUDENT IT'S BECOME CLEAR THAT THIS IS AN AREA OUR STUDENTS ARE HEAVILY INVESTED IN.
WE'VE HAD STUDENTS PRESENT TIME AND TIME AGAIN DURING PUBLIC COMMENT. I WOULD PREFER IT IF WE TACKLE SUSTAINABILITY BECAUSE WHEN WE'RE GOING THROUGH BOARD POLICY AND BOARD MEETINGS INSTEAD OF A STUDENT WHO'S INTERESTED IN SUSTAINABILITY NEEDING TO CHECK INTO THE GRANULARE DETAILS OF WHATEVER WE'RE MONITORING THAT DAY OR WHATEVER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT OH DOES MY SUSTAINABILITY THING THAT I CARE ABOUT SLIDE INTO THIS IF IT'S JUST A ST-- WE WAN TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY AND IT STREAM LINES THE PUBLIC ENGAMEMENT PROCESS.
>> THANK YOU. EXCELLENT ARGUMENT.
DIRECTOR STEWART. >> IF YOU DON'T HAVE A STANDALONE POLICY, YOU DON'T SHOW THE DESIRE TO BE A THOUGHT
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LATER MAKING IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO COMMUNICATE TWO WAYS. THE FACT THAT IF THEY HAVE TO GO LOOKING FOR IT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO FIND IT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LOOK FOR IT. AND THIS BE ALL OF A SUDDEN WHAT YOU'VE DONE IS SMOKE AND MIRRORS AND IT HAS TO BE OUT THERE FOR THE WORLD TO SEE IN ORDER FOR IT TO HAVE ANY EFFECT ON MAKING THEIMPACT THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE. >> SO SOUND AS LIKE THE DECISION IS ALREADY DONE SO IT LOOKS CLEAR SO WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT THE CAUTIOUS TO PUT OUT ABE THIS -- CAUTION TO PUT OUT WAS THE DUPLICATION THAT OCCURS AND THERE WAS DISCUSSION WHEN WE DID THE ANTIRACISM DISCRIMINATION EQUITY INCLUSION AND EDUCATION WAS THAT RIGHT NOW WAS A GOOD TIME TO HAVE A SEPARATE POLICY BECAUSE IT SEEMED TO BE THE RIGHT WAY TO DO IT SO YOU COULD DO SORT OF WHAT YOU'RE SPEAKING TO AND HAVE A FOCUSED TIME ON WHAT EVERYBODY HAS SAID BUT EVENTUALLY YOU WOULD HOPE THAT THIS BECOMES PRACTICE AND IS -- SO THE KEY THING IS TO BE ABLE TO REMEMBER THAT THOSE -- THESE POLICIES DO CHANGE OVER TIME AND BE OPEN FOR THINGS TO SHIFT AND MOVE ALONG THE WAY AND IF NOW IS A TIME FOR A SINGLE POLICY THAT'S WHERE IT SHOULD BE.
MAKE SURE TO REFERENCE ALL THE OTHER POLICIES SO IT'S NOT FORGOTTEN IN THOSE AREAS AND IS NOT SILOED.
THAT WOULD BE IT. IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE SET.
YOU'RE ALL GOING TO MEET IN A SMALL GROUP WITH WHOEVER YOU FIGURE OUT ON YOUR END. I GOT MY TWO.
AND THEN COME BACK. >> ONE QUICK COMMENT? I WAS ORIGINALLY ON BOARD WITH VETTING SUSTAINABILITY INTO OUR POLICIES AND THEN I WENT AND DID A SEARCH FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITHOUT A SUSTAINABILITY POLICY YET SAID THEY PUBLICLY SUPPORTED SUSTAINABILITY AND TRIED TO FIND IN THEIR POLICIES WHERE SUSTAINABILITY WAS AND I REALLY WASN'T ABLE TO PULL MUCH OUT AND SO THAT'S WHY I'VE LANDED ON HAVING A STANDALONE POLICY THE PROBABLY THE RIGHT DIRECTION. AND AS WE'RE MONITORING POLICIES AS WE ADOPT THE SUSTAINABILITY POLICY SIMILAR TO OE14, THE CONVERSATIONS HAVE QUICKLY TURNED INTO, E, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ISSUES OF EQUITY IN OE4 AROUND PERSONNEL.
IT IS REALLY INFUSED INTO ALL OF THE WORK.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I HAVE LANDED AS WELL.
>> SO PLAYING ON YOUR COMMENT THAT'S ALSO THE REASON WHY IF IT DUPLICATES SOMEWHERE ELSE, FINE, YOU HIGHLIGHT WHERE IT COMES FROM OR EVEN HAVE A CROSS REFERENCE BUT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME BILLBOARD OUT THERE THAT EVERYONE CAN SEE AT 60 MILES PER HOUR AS THEY GO ALONG THE HIGHWAY.
>> SO SOUNDS AT THIS POINT WE CAN WRAP UP THIS MEETING SO OUR NEXT STEP WILL BE THAT YOU WILL DETERMINE WHETHER THEY WILL MEET AND WHEN TO GO FORWARD. WHICH WOULD WE EXPECT POTENTIALLY TO HAVE A DRAFT POLICY TO COME BACK?
>> IT DEPENDS ON HOW THAT FIRST MEETING GOES.
>> BEST GUESS. >> I WOULD ANTICIPATE IN AUGUST.
>> OKAY. RIGHT. BUT TEND OF SCHOOL COMING UP AS WELL AND THEN JULY MANY PEOPLE ARE LOTS GOING SO AUGUST IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY AND AS WE PUT TOGETHER THE WORK PLAN WE CAN BUILD THAT PLACE IN. GREAT.
THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? WITH THAT OUR STUDY SESSION IS ADJOURNED AND WE WILL MEET IN THE BOARD ROOM IN NINE MINUTES AT 7:00.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.