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YOU ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO SUSPEND OUR BOARD POLICY AROUND THE SECTION RECORDING AND BROADCASTING MEETINGS, TO TEMPORALLY SUSPENDED, AND I WILL FORMALLY MAKE THAT MOTION.
>> I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. >> OKAY.
>> SO I MOVE THAT THE BOARD TEMPORARILY SUSPEND BOARD POLICY , OPERATIONAL GOVERNMENTAL POLICY 3 WERE THE BOARD HAS SAID THAT ALL THE MEETINGS SHALL BE BROADCAST AND RECORDED , TEMPORARILY SUSPEND THAT UNTIL THE TECHNICAL ISSUES ARE RESOLVED THIS EVENING SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE MEETING. THE MOTION ITSELF IS TO TEMPORALLY SUSPEND THE BROADCAST AND RECORDING POLICY.
>> HAS BEEN MOVED BY THE DIRECTOR AND SECONDED BY DIRECTOR YOCUM THAT WE TEMPORARILY SUSPEND THE SECTION OF ODP 3 THAT REQUIRES US TO BROADCAST ALL OF OUR
BOARD MEETING. >> TO BE CLEARCUT TO CLARIFY, IT WILL NOT BE RECORDED EITHER, SUSPEND THE REQUIREMENT THAT THEY ARE BROADCAST LIVE, RECORDED AND POSTED WITHIN THREE DAYS, UNTIL OUR TECHNICAL ISSUES ARE RESOLVED,
I MOVE THAT WE SUSPEND THAT. >> BROADCAST AND RECORDING. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFIED BY VOTING AYE ALL THOSE OPPOSED, HEARING NONE, THE MOTION CARRIES. WE WILL THEN CONTINUE
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ON WITH THE AGENDA FOR THE MEETING THIS EVENING. THE NEXT ITEM WILL BE PUBLIC COMMENT, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WELCOMES THE PUBLIC TO THE MEETINGS OF THE BOARD AND ENCOURAGES COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT , THE BOARD DEDICATES 30 MINUTES TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD OF THE EVENING, PARTICIPANT SHOULD NOT EXPECT A RESPONSE AS WE DEDICATE THE TIME TO LISTEN TO YOUR VOICE AND WOULD LIKE TO GET AS MANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO GIVE THEM ENOUGH OPPORTUNITY AS TIME ALLOWS, LEVERS OF THE PUBLIC AND TO PARTICIPATE AT THE DISTRICT WEBSITE AT THE BOARD, AND SIGN UP CLOSES ON THE DAY OF THE BOARD MEETING.COMMENTS WILL BE OFFERED IN THE ORDER OF SIGN-UP. THIS EVENING, WE HAVE QUITE A FEW INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. MOST LIKELY WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO LISTEN TO EVERYONE'S COMMENTS THIS EVENING, HOWEVER IF YOU HAVE A WRITTEN VERSION OF YOUR COMMENTS PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL THEM TO THE BOARD. I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THIS EVENING DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE IN DIALOGUE AND OPPORTUNITY TO MODEL RESPECTFUL DISCOURSE TO OUR COMMUNITY, EVEN AROUND EXTREMELY PERSONAL AND DIFFICULT SUBJECTS, WE ASKED THAT THE AUDIENCE REFRAIN FROM COMMENTING AND PROLONGED APPLAUSE FOLLOWING EACH COMMENT AS IT TAKES UP TIME AND PREVENTS US LISTENING TO AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN FIT TO THE DEDICATED 30 MINUTES. ONCE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION INCLUDES, WE ASKED THAT EVERYONE WHO IS NOT INTERESTED IN LISTENING TO THE REST OF THE AGENDA ITEMS EXIT QUIETLY AND IN AN ORDERLY FASHION SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE THE REST OF OUR
MEETING. >>> WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR PUBLIC COMMENT. WE ARE BEGINNING AT 720, 7:20, THE FIRST PERSON IS A VIRTUAL PUBLIC COMMENTS I BELIEVE. IS IT AMBER , AMBER OH AND CLIFFORD?
>> AMBER, IF YOU CAN HEAR US, WE ARE READY FOR YOUR COMMENT.
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NEXT PERSON THAT WE HAVE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT THISEVENING IS SAMANTHA TOLL . >> CAN I START? THANK YOU MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MY NAME IS SAMANTHA, I AM A PARENT OF 2 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS IN LAKE WASHINGTON, I'VE NOTICED MINTZE INFORMATION AND PARTIAL INFORMATION ON ISRAEL, A RESEARCH TOOL USED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AS A SOURCE OF INFORMATION FOR ELEMENTARY KIDS AGES , ONLINE KIDS LEVEL, ENCYCLOPEDIA, HOWEVER ALMOST EVERY PART THERE REGARDING ISRAEL WAS CONTAINING PARTIAL INFORMATION AT BEST. FOR EXAMPLE, WHILE ISRAEL DOES BORDER EGYPT ON IT SOUTHWEST, IT ALSO BORDERS JORDAN ON THE EAST, SYRIA ON THE NORTHEAST AND LEBANON ON THE NORTH, NONE OF THIS WAS MENTIONED. THIS INFORMATION IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AND JUST AS VALID AS THE BORDER WITH EGYPT AND GIVES BROADER NOLLER -- KNOWLEDGE OF THE AREA TO THE KIDS. ANOTHER EXAMPLE'S WORD SAYS, AND I QUOTE, ISRAEL CALLS JERUSALEM ITS CAPITAL, EVERY OTHER STATE THE ROAD HAS A CLEAR STATEMENT, BEIRUT IS THE CAPITAL OF LEBANON, JUST THE SAME, JERUSALEM IS THE CAPITAL OF ISRAEL, THERE IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN MEANING, IMPLYING IT IS NOT A FACT OR SOMETHING ONE CAN ARGUE ABOUT, IT'S NOT DEBATABLE. ANOTHER PART IS THE ESTIMATION OF THE HUMAN DECISION OF TWO REGIONS AND JUMPING FORWARD TO SAY AND I QUOTE AGAIN, INSTEAD THE AREA BECAME ONE COUNTRY CALLED ISRAEL IN 1948. THAT INFORMATION IS COMPLETE BE FALSE AT THIS POINT, IT NEGLECTS TO MENTION THE AIR COUNTRIES VOTED AGAINST THAT UN RESOLUTION, THE WAR THAT STARTED THE DAY AFTER ISRAEL DECLARED ITSELF THE COUNTRY OR THE FACT THAT THE AREAS WHICH WERE INTENDED FOR THE ARAB PALESTINIANS IN THE REGION STATE UNDER CONTROL OF JORDAN IN THE EAST AND EGYPT IN THE SOUTH. BOTH ARAB COUNTRIES UNTIL 1967. THOSE ARE FACTS. I UNDERSTAND WARS ARE NEVER AN EASY TESTING AN EASY SUBJECT TO TALK ABOUT ESPECIALLY WHEN THAT INFORMATION IS MEANT FOR ELEMENTARY AGE KIDS, HOWEVER MISINFORMATION OR PARTIAL INFORMATION CAN NEVER BE A GOOD SOURCE FOR EDUCATION ABOUT ANY TOPIC, NO MATTER HOW SENSITIVE THAT TOPIC IS. I AM ASKING THE BOARD TO REVIEW THE MATERIAL AND CHANGE IT IN A WAY THAT WILL REFLECT THE TRUTH IN HISTORY IF CERTAIN SUBJECTS ARE TOO SENSITIVE , OTHER THINGS SUCH AS COUNTRY SYMBOLS AND FLAGS IN CURRENCY AND SO ON, ALL OF WHICH CAN BE EXPLAINED WHILE KEEPING DISTANCE FROM THE SENSITIVE INFORMATION SUBJECT. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.
>> THANK YOU. THE NEXT PERSON WE HAVE SIGNED UP IS MITAL
TAGOR . >> AND THANK YOU AGAIN THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I WILL INTRODUCE MYSELF. OCTOBER 7 HAS AFFECTED US EVERYWHERE, JEWISH PEOPLE, MUSLIMS, PRINCIPALS, THIS BOARD BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY OUR KIDS, LOOKING AT THE COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE BOARD AND THE SUPERINTENDENT AND OTHER EMPLOYEES OF THE LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE PRINCIPAL AND TEACHERS, I BECAME AWARE OF THE WAY CRISIS IS HANDLED IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND I'M ACTUALLY CONCERNED ABOUT IT. LET'S START ABOUT THE FACT THAT OCTOBER 7, AN ATROCIOUS ATTACK OF HAMAS ON INNOCENT ISRAELI CIVILIANS, STARTED A WAR, EVEN THOUGH IT'S HAPPENING HALFWAY AROUND THE WORLD IS DELAY CRISIS HERE, AND FOR FAMILY MEMBERS IS NEVER EASY, BUT THE QUANTITY MADE IT UNBEARABLE, AND WHILE THEIR EVERYDAY LIVES LOOK TO BE THE SAME THE EMOTIONAL IMPACT ON THEM CHANGE THEM AS MUCH AS IT CHANGED US ADULTS. IT CAME ACROSS IN THEIR SCHOOL BOARD IN FINDING
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WORKSHOPS AND EMOTIONAL BEHAVIOR. SADLY, TEACHERS JUST DID NOT HAVE THE PROPER EMOTIONAL TOOLS TO HANDLE THIS KIND OF SITUATION. AND US PARENTS WERE NOT CONTACTED IN A TIMELY MANNER TO HANDLE THE SITUATION AS WELL, AS MENTIONED, THEY WERE IMPACTED AS WELL, WE ARE NOT THE SAME PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING WORK, WE'VE BEEN APPROACHED MORE THAN ONCE AS VOLUNTEERS WITH DEMANDS WITH ABSOLUTELY NO CONCERN FOR HER WELL-BEING. AND HOW IS YOUR FAMILY, THIS KIND OF BEHAVIOR IS NOT NAVIGATING THE SITUATION CAREFULLY AS ONE MIGHT THINK, IT IS IGNORING THE SITUATION COMPLETELY, ESPECIALLY ADULTS IN CHARGE OF THE EDUCATION OF THE KIDS, IT MAKES ME CONCERNED ABOUT THE EMOTION OF EMPLOYEES FOR CRISIS SITUATIONS, BOMB THREATS, AND OTHER SIMILAR CRISIS SITUATIONS ARE SADLY MORE COMMONLY KNOWN IN THE UNITED STATES. WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES, ALL OF THEM SHOULD HAVE THE EMOTIONAL TOOLS TO HANDLE THESE SITUATIONS AND THE CURRENT ONE AS WELL, AND KNOW HOW TO USE IT WHEN THEY NEED IT, AND IT IS NEEDED RIGHT NOW. WHEN YOU'RE ASKING THE BOARD TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES , INCLUDING EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM, WILL GET THE PROPER EDUCATION ON HOW TO MANAGE CRISIS SITUATIONS PROPERLY AND COMMUNICATING BETTER WITH BOTH THE KIDS AND THEIR PARENTS, YOU CAN MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE. THANK YOU.>> THANK YOU. NEXT ON THE LIST IS DEBBIE GOLDMAN.
>> NEXT IS LIESEL -- MOVING ON TO HAVAR LEVI .
>> IN ARABIC, MY NAME IS HAZAR LEVI , I AM AN ISRAELI MOTHER TO THREE ISRAELI-AMERICAN CHILDREN, TWO OF WHICH ARE STUDENTS AT REDMOND HIGH SCHOOL. I CAME HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS THE EXPERIENCE OF ONE OF MY CHILDREN, WHO HAS BEEN RECEIVING TEXT MESSAGES BORDERING ON HARASSMENT FROM A FELLOW STUDENT AT SCHOOL.
CONTRARY TO WHAT YOU MIGHT THINK, THE STUDENTS ARE NO STRANGER TO MY CHILD, WHO HAS CONSIDERED THEM FRIENDS FOR QUITE A WHILE. TO PROTECT MY CHILDREN'S PRIVACY I AM REFRAINING FROM SHARING TOO MANY DETAILS ABOUT THE TEXTS THEMSELVES, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THEIR CONTENT READS VERY SIMILAR TO COMMENTS THAT YOU WOULD SEE ON ANY INSTAGRAM POST TODAY. MY CHILD HAS TROUBLE COMMUNICATING AND EXPRESSING FEELINGS TO FAMILY MEMBERS, BUT IT IS CLEAR THAT MY CHILD IS DEEPLY DISTURBED BY THE OVERLY SIMPLE FIND RHETORIC THAT LABELS ALL ISRAELIS AS EUROPEAN COLONIZERS AND OPPRESSORS. GIVEN MY CHILD'S FAMILY HISTORY, AND OWN FIRST-HAND EXPERIENCE, MY CHILD KNOWS THAT THE ONLINE DISCOURSE OVERLY FLATTENS THE PERCEPTION OF ISRAELI SOCIETY. MY FAMILY IMMIGRATED TO ISRAEL FROM MOROCCO IN THE 50S, IN HOPES OF FINDING A PLACE WHERE THEY COULD LIVE SAFELY AMONGST OTHER JEWISH PEOPLE. MANY OF THEM CAME FROM ALL CORNERS OF THE ARAB WORLD. MY FAMILY REMAINS INTIMATELY CONNECTED TO OUR MOROCCAN HERITAGE AND ARAB CULTURE MORE BROADLY. I GREW UP LISTENING TO ARABIC MUSIC AND WATCHING ARABIC FILMS WITH MY FAMILY. AS A BUSINESSMAN, MY FAMILY WORKED WITH MUSLIMS OFTEN, AND HE EMPLOYED PALESTINIANS TO ENTER CARE OF THEM AND EVEN HOSTED THEM , WHERE THEY NEEDED A PLACE TO STAY. AND I DID NOT SEE PALESTINIANS AS MY DIRECT ENEMIES GROWING UP, SO AS LONG AS THEY DID NOT DIRECTLY ENDANGER THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY. I HAVE RAISED MY CHILDREN WITH THE SAME VALUES AND TAUGHT THEM BOTH RESPECT, TO RESPECT OTHER CULTURES AND RELIGIONS, AS WELL AS APPRECIATE THE PEARL ARE REALISTIC SOCIETY WITHIN ISRAEL. -- PLURALISTIC. I THINK IT'S UNFAIR TO EXPECT CHILDREN TO EXPLAIN THE GOVERNMENT OR MILITARY ESPECIALLY IN THE MIDST OF AN ONGOING WAR. THE TYPE OF DISCOURSE THAT IS BEING DISSEMINATED ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND PARROTED BY CHILDREN IS CONCERNING AND SHOULD BE CLOSELY EXAMINED BY SCHOOL
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ADMINISTRATORS. WHILE IT IS CLEAR THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT CANNOT MONITOR THE PRIVATE CONVERSATION OF STUDENTS OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL, TEACHERS DO HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO CULTIVATE A CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH STUDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SHARE THEIR UNIQUE EXPERIENCES RATHER THAN SIMPLY REGURGITATE THE SAME SIMPLISTIC PHRASES ON SOCIAL MEDIA. I ASKED THAT THE BOARD PAYS ATTENTION TO THESE INTERACTIONS AND THEIR EFFECT ON THE DAILY LIVES OF , THANKYOU. >> THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE MICHAEL KEENAN.
I CAN SPEAK IF THAT'S OKAY. I WAS ASKED TO SPEAK INSTEAD OF HIM IF THAT'S OKAY IS IT POSSIBLE TO SPEAK FOR SIX
MINUTES? >> YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES AND IF WE GET TO YOUR SPOT, WITHIN OUR ALLOTTED 30 MINUTES THEN YOU CAN SPEAK FOR ANOTHER THREE MINUTES. THANK YOU.
>> OKAY. I'M A PARENT OF THREE KIDS IN THE LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS, A RECENT CONGRESS HEARING LEFT MANY CONFUSE THAT IT IS OKAY TO CALL FOR THE GENOCIDE OF JEWISH PEOPLE IN SCHOOL CAMPUSES, THE ANSWER IS OF COURSE UNEQUIVOCALLY NO, IT IS NOT A MATTER OF CONTEXT OR POLITICS, CALLING FOR ENTIRE RACE OR ETHNICITY, HISPANIC, BLACK , NATIVE AMERICAN, OR EVEN JEWISH IS A HATE CRIME, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY KEEP SAYING THAT THEY MEAN WHAT THEY SAY. WHILE THE THREE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS FIELD THEIR EXAM ON THIS TOPIC, THE U.S. MORAL VALUE SYSTEM, THE CONSTITUTION AND THE BIPARTISAN WALL-TO-WALL CONSISTS IS REJECT SUCH GOALS, I HAVE NO DOUBT YOU AGREE, THE CODED MESSAGE TO WIPE ISRAEL AND THE POPULATION FROM THE MAP, FREE PALESTINE, A RIVER TO THE SEA, AND GLOBALIZED INTIFADA, ACCORDING TO ME, GENOCIDAL, FALSELY AND CYNICALLY OF ACCUSING ISRAEL OF WHITE SUPREMACY OR ETHNIC CLEANSING, LOOKS TO DEMONIZE ISRAEL AND MINIMIZE -- LEGITIMIZE VIOLENCE AGAINST JEWISH PEOPLE AND ANTI-SEMITISM. DEBATING CIVILLY WITH VIOLENT DRUM BEATING MOBS CHANTING SUCH GOALS IS NOT POSSIBLE. EVEN LISTING TO SUCH CALLS IS HARD AND STRESSFUL ESPECIALLY FOR KIDS. WE THEREFORE APPEAL TO YOU TO REAFFIRM YOUR COMMITMENT TO FIGHTING ANTI-SEMITISM BY ISSUING A CLEAR STATEMENT THAT FORBIDS GENOCIDAL AND HATE SPEECH IN THE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WORK WITH ISRAELI AND JEWISH COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO PENALIZE EXPRESSIONS OF SUCH HATRED. ADDITIONALLY, I THINK WE NEED TO MOVE AWAY FROM COUNTER EDUCATIONAL NARRATIVES, FOR EXAMPLE, TEACHING STUDENTS THAT JESUS WAS BORN", ISRAEL/PALESTINE. THAT IS LIKE TEACHING THAT GEORGE WASHINGTON WAS BORN IN THE UNITED STATES /ENGLAND, IN ORDER TO APPEASE THE TWO SIDES OF THE STORIES. INSTEAD OF TEACHING GEOPOLITICAL DEVELOPMENT OF PROMISES AROUND THE WORLD, REVIEWING SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULA, PROVIDE TEACHERS WITH EVIDENCE-BASED RESOURCES AND GUIDANCE FOR HONEST AND I AND TEACHING, -- UNBIASED. AND HISTORICAL FACTS. ISRAEL STORY IS STILL A GREAT HISTORICAL LESSON AND ECHOES MANY OF THE MORAL VALUES OF THE USA, THAT THE USA WAS FORMED UPON. CENTURIES OF JEWISH PRESENCE IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL, AND PALESTINE, RATIONALIZING INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION IN THE JEWISH HOMELAND. ISRAEL WAS REBORN FROM THE ASHES OF THE HOLOCAUST, DEFEATED SEVEN INVADING ARAB ARMIES AND OPENED ITS GAZE TO MILLIONS OF DISPLACED JEWISH PEOPLE, INCLUDING FROM MUSLIM COUNTRIES, MILD GRANDPARENTS CAME TO ISRAEL FROM MOROCCO AND IRAN. ISRAEL REPEATEDLY FOUGHT ITS ENEMIES ALSO MADE PEACE WITH EGYPT AND JORDAN AND RECENTLY WITH 4 MORE ARAB COUNTRIES. ISRAEL BECAME PROSPEROUS AND A THRIVING DEMOCRACY, A START UP NATION AND A TRUSTED ALLY OF THE USA.
ISRAELIS WHO FLED EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST LIKE MY GRANDPARENTS NEVER BOTHERED TO LOOK BACK FOLLOWING SELF
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VICTIMIZATION OR REFUGEE STATUS, AND I EMBODY A EXAMPLE FOR THAT STANDING IN FRONT OF YOU. ISRAEL CONSTANTLY EXTENDED A HAND AND PEACE TO HIS PALESTINIAN NEIGHBORS, NATIONALLY AND I THINK MANY OF US ALSO PERSONALLY AND REPEATEDLY MET WITH HATRED, VIOLENCE AND TERRORISM, WHICH IS UP IN A MONSTROSITY OF OCTOBER 7 AND THE HORRIFIC SLAUGHTER AND RECKONING JUST LIKE SEPTEMBER 11. BOTH EVENTS IN THE HISTORY OF OUR NATION'S OUR HISTORY LESSONS TRULY WORTH TEACHING OUR KIDS AND I HOPE YOU CONSIDER TEACHING THOSE EVENTS TO OUR KIDS. ACCORDING TO THEIR AGE OF COURSE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.>> THANK YOU FOR MUCH. >> THE NEXT PERSON WE HAVE
SIGNED UP IS AMIR AWAD . >> HELLO, I'M A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL IN THE LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT, I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO MY CONCERNS.
I'M A PALESTINIAN AMERICAN WHO IS HAD MANY ENCOUNTERS OF RACISM WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, SOME OF WHOM I SPOKE ABOUT AT THE PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING, HOWEVER TODAY THE ISSUE I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS IS REPRESENTATION OF PALESTINIANS WITHIN SCHOOL. I AM DOING MY ABSOLUTE BEST TO KEEP THIS AS EMOTIONLESS AS POSSIBLE. HOWEVER I DO WANT TO ASK YOU GUYS, HOW MANY PALESTINIANS NEED TO BE KILLED BEFORE WE DISCUSS THE MATTER WITHIN SCHOOL, WE ARE REACHING AN UNFATHOMABLE FATALITY COUNT WITHIN THIS GENOCIDE, AND I HAVE STILL YET TO HEAR A TEACHER SPEAK ON THIS. I UNDERSTAND THE SENSITIVITY OF THE SUBJECT , SO I DECIDED TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION, THE SIMPLEST AND FAIREST BASIS OF EDUCATION WOULD BE INFORMING STUDENTS ABOUT ALL SIDES OF THIS CONFLICT. I URGE BOTH SIDES OF THIS CONFLICT TO BE COVERED TO THE UTMOST EXTENT. LET THE STUDENTS BE INFORMED THAT 1162 IS REALLY LIES WERE TAKEN THROUGH THIS CONFLICT, ONE THIRD OF WHICH WERE MILITARY PERSONNEL, HOWEVER INFORM THE STUDENTS ABOUT THE 23,084 LIVES TAKEN , THREE FOURTHS OF WHOM ARE WOMEN AND CHILDREN. THIS IS NOT MY OPINION, NOR HAVE I TAKEN THIS FROM A WEBSITE OF BIAS, THESE ARE FACTUAL PIECES OF DATA , ALL LISTED ON VARIOUS WEBSITES.
IF YOU'RE WONDERING ABOUT THOSE WEBSITES, HERE THEY ARE, AL JAZEERA, UNITED NATIONS OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS. THE COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS AND THE JEWISH TELEGRAPHIC AGENCY. ANYONE WHO WISHES TO DEVIATE FROM THE FACTS IS NOT A BELIEVER OF THE TRUTH NOR DO THEY HAVE THE INTENTIONS OF PURE COVERAGE TO BE BROADCASTED. I REFUSE TO SIT HERE ANY LONGER AND WATCH AS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DAY SILENT WHILE THESE HORRIFIC EVENTS IN GAZA CONTINUE TO UNFOLD. I ONCE MORE AS THE LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT TO BE ACTIVE INFORMERS AND EDUCATORS RATHER THAN ONES WHO WAIT UNTIL PRESENT DAY TRAGEDIES BECOME PAST ONES. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE RIFAD FAHIM ZEENA BADIR? SADIA KHAN? ABDUL SAFAR SAID? MANSOOR MANA ? SIRAJ LALA? MIRA BADHERIN? I AM SORRY THAT I'M BUTCHERING NAMES , I APOLOGIZE. INAIA LALA? MAHAMEDD AHMED? NAVRIN MALIK? THAT WAS ACTUALLY A
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VIRTUAL ONE, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE? AFNAN DALASHAY? ATIK MUHAMMAD? SARAH DAY MOSHKI? NUREY YUSEF? MAJTEE BADHERIN? KHATRI? ALA BADIR? MUNERIK KRATOM? ARTHER RAYNOR> I KNOW HE IS HERE. WASHINGTON SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. DOCTOR HOLMAN. MY NAME IS ARTHUR WEINER, MY WIFE AND I HAVE TWO CHILDREN IN THE LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT. I HAVE COME BEFORE THE BOARD MULTIPLE TIMES TO EXPLAIN MY POSITION THAT THE DISTRICT'S BUDGET IS NOT SUSTAINABLE. WHY ISN'T THE BOARD DEMANDING A BALANCED BUDGET? WHY NOT RETURN TO THE 2018-19 SCHOOL YEAR, JUST FIVE YEARS AGO? I LISTENED TO THE DISCUSSION EARLIER, AND THE STUDY SESSION, IT'S QUITE INTERESTING TO ME, HOW THE DISTRICT DANCES AROUND THE OBVIOUS. THE DISTRICT HAS A SPENDING PROBLEM. THE DISTRICT HAS A SPENDING PROBLEM. OUR COST PER STUDENT HAS SKYROCKETED UP 39% VERSUS 2019 . I RESPECTFULLY SUBMIT THAT THE MITIGATIONS PROPOSED ARE NOT APPROPRIATE ENOUGH.LOOKING BACK AT THE 2018-19 SCHOOL YEAR, AND COMPARING THE SURPLUS BUDGET , THE SURPLUS AMOUNT, RIGHT, IF THE CONVERSATION IS 5% APPROPRIATE, I WOULD SAY PROBABLY NOT, LOOKING AT THAT SCHOOL YEAR, WE HAD A FUND BALANCE OF $60 MILLION OVER THE 5%, THAT WAS JUST FIVE YEARS AGO. FIVE YEARS AGO. WE MUST ADDRESS OUR SPENDING IF WE ARE GOING TO MAINTAIN OUR HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. THE NEXT PERSON WE HAVE IS NO WELL -- NOAH NABAWI? MIA TAGOR IS VIRTUAL SO NO. ERICA ANDREWS. YAMINI SHAH , ALEX LEE , AND SAMIR -- WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE ELSE
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SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND CONCLUDE THE PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO EXIT, THIS WOULD BE THE TIME. APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. AND WE YOU PLEASE
>> AND PRESIDENT CHOI THE MOTION CARRIES. WILL YOU
PLEASE SUMMARIZE THE DONATIONS. >> TONIGHT IN THE BOARD'S PACKET YOU HAVE JUST OVER $88,000 OF DONATIONS COMING FROM OUR PT ESSAY AND PRIVATE SOURCES. ANY TIME WE RECEIVE
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THESE TYPES OF DONATIONS, IT IS WITH SIGNIFICANT GRATITUDE THAT WE ACCEPT THESE, BECAUSE THIS ALLOWS US TO PROVIDE[E. Non-Consent Agenda]
UNIQUE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES AND SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS IN OUR SCHOOLS, SO THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO DONATED.>> THANK YOU. THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE HUMAN
RESOURCES PROGRAM UPDATE. >> TONIGHT WE HAVE AN ENTIRE TEAM HERE TO PROVIDE THE BOARD WITH AN UPDATE REGARDING OUR HUMAN RESOURCES PROGRAM, AS THE BOARD KNOWS, YOU APPROVE THE OPERATIONAL EXPECTATION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA DECEMBER, AND IN OE 14 THERE'S A LOT OF DATA ABOUT THE PERSONNEL AND SCHOOL DISTRICT. IN HERE TO SHARE AND UPDATE AROUND THE DEPARTMENT, WITH THAT, I GLADLY HANDED OVER TO DOCUMENTARY ROSS, ANTILLON ACQUISITION.
>> TURNING ON THE LIGHT. OKAY I WILL GET REALLY CLOSE. JUST WAITING TO HAVE THAT, EXCELLENT. REALLY EXCITED TO BE WITH YOU THIS EVENING, AND THE WORK OF HR TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE AND DISCUSS THE RESULTS IN OE 4, YOU HEAR BACK FROM THE AMAZING PEOPLE ABOUT THE ACTUAL WORK THAT HAPPENS EACH AND EVERY DAY WITHIN THE HR DEPARTMENT, SO TODAY WHEN WE WERE DOING A RUN-THROUGH, HE CHALLENGED ME AND SAID YOU LIKE THE PICTURE, BECAUSE THEY HAVE A SINUSES HIRE ME. AND HE CHALLENGES ME OFTEN, WHICH IS FINE, AND I THOUGHT ABOUT YES AND WHY IS THAT PICTURE RESONATING SO MUCH WITH ME, AND I THINK ABOUT THE VILLAGE, BEHIND THE STUDENTS ON THAT DAY OF GRADUATION, AND SUPPORT GRADUATION EVENTS, AND THEN WE'RE THE VILLAGE OF HR, ANOTHER REASON WHY THAT PICTURE IS REALLY SO IMPACTFUL. IT ALSO GROUNDS US, IT IS OUR WHY, WHAT IS FASCINATING IS HR IS THE OPERATIONAL DEPARTMENT, SOMETIMES WE ARE MORE FURTHER REMOVED WITH THE INSTRUCTIONAL SIDE OF THE BUILDING. NOT TO SAY THE CONVERSATION WE ARE HAVING THAT YOU HEAR EVIDENCE OF TONIGHT, BUT OFTEN GET THE STUDENTS, SUPPORTING THE SYSTEM, AND JUST WANTED TO SET CONTEXT AS TO WHY THAT PICTURE. INTO THE POINT, THERE'S A LOT OF NEW FACES ON THE TEAM, BUT THEIR NEW FACES ON THE BOARD, IS NOT UNCOMMON WHEN YOU THINK OF THE NATIONAL WORKFORCE. THE CHANGES WE'VE HAD, AND IT REQUIRES THAT WE LOOK THOUGHTFULLY ABOUT WHO WE ARE AS A LEADERSHIP TEAM OF THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT FOR THE LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT AND VERY COGNIZANT OF THE RESPONSIBILITY AND WHAT IT IS THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, AND SO THIS IS US, A VERY DIVERSE GROUP, EXPERIENTIALLY, PRIVATE INJURY -- INDUSTRY, DIFFERENT SECTORS WITHIN INDUSTRY. YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR HOW THE DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES AND LEVELS OF EXPOSURE ARE INFLUENCING AND IMPACTING THE WORK OF THE HR TEAM. BECAUSE WE ARE NEW. AND BE INTENTIONAL ON FIGURING OUT WHO WE WERE, ENSURE THAT WE HAVE COMMON LANGUAGE ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN AND VALUE IN SHOW UP IN THE SYSTEM.
SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME THIS SUMMER AND AGAIN HE TEASED US, HE SAID REALLY LOUD, WE LAUGH AND HAVE A LOT OF FUN AND THAT'S OKAY, WE WERE NEXT-DOOR IN THE SUPERINTENDENT'S CONFERENCE ROOM. I THINK WE HAVE BEEN BARRED BUT THAT'S
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OKAY. WE SPENT TIME TALKING ABOUT VALUES, SO THE TOP RIGHT HAND SLIDE , RULE GENERAL ONES BUT IMPORTANT ONES AND ABOUT EMPOWERING PEOPLE, AND HAVING APPRECIATION FOR CONFIDENTIALITY, THE EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE AND HAVE IT SHOWING UP IN THE WORK, WHAT WOULD THOSE BE IN THE WORK OF EDUCATION. CAME WITH SEVERAL, AND THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS COMPLIANCE. AND COMPLIANCE DRIVEN. AROUND STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS. AND THE COMMITMENT TO CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, AS WE THINK ABOUT HOW THIS WORKFORCE CONTINUES TO EVOLVE. AND HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO KEEP HER MIND ON IMPROVING, WHAT DOES THE CONVERSATION LOOK LIKE. SO THOSE ARE THE DRIVERS THAT WE ARE FUNCTIONING AND LIFTING TO THE SURFACE, ULTIMATELY WE WANT TO CREATE EXPERIENCES THAT ELEVATE THE EMPLOYEES. AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE WORK OF HR SOMETIMES THAT IS CHALLENGING, SOMETIMES THERE REALLY HARD DECISIONS AND HARD CONVERSATIONS, BUT IF WE ARE ABLE TO TREAT PEOPLE WITH DIGNITY AND GRACE, REGARDLESS OF THE SITUATION, I THINK WE WOULD DEFINITELY ELEVATE EMPLOYEES EXPERIENCE. SO TONIGHT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM THREE MAJOR PROBLEMS OF WORK WITHIN THE HR TEAM.SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO TALENT ACQUISITION, AND THAT WOULD BE THE DIRECTOR AND LABOR RELATIONS, DR. RICHARD PATTERSON, AND OPERATIONALIZING CBA, COMING OUT OF THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS , LOAN, AND WE HAVE A NEW DIRECTOR , CRAIG MICHAELS, HE'S TELLING YOU HE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TO TALK, HE'S JUST HERE TO SUPPORT THE TEAM, INTERESTINGLY, WAS MICHAEL CIRCUMSTANCE LAST YEAR. SO I'M SO EXCITED , THE TEAM IS PHENOMENAL. AND I WILL GIVE THEM A SHOUT OUT AT THE END BUT A GOOD IDEA OF THE WORK ON THE GROUND, THAT GOES BACK TO THE FIRST PICTURE IN TERMS OF THE VILLAGE. SUPPORTING THOSE KIDS.
>> WE ARE GOING TO TAGTEAM THIS ONE, AND MOVE ON, VERY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THE WORK WE HAVE BEEN DOING, AND LEANING INTO, DOCTOR ROSS MENTIONED, AND REALIGNS HOW CAN WE SERVICE THE DISTRICT IN A DIFFERENT WAY, KIND OF WHERE WE LANDED ON LEADING IN THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AND THE LEARNING COMMUNITY DIVISION, BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT THE DISTRICT BY LEARNING COMMUNITY AND REALLY ALLOWING US TO IMPROVE HOW WE DELIVER SERVICE, THE SERVICES TO HER EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY AND CREATE THE CONTINUITY ACROSS THE SYSTEM AS WELL. AND THIS ALLOWS US TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE LEARNING COMMUNITIES AND REALLY PARTNER WITH THE BUILDING ADMINISTRATORS AND ALSO BE ABLE TO LEAN INTO HOW WE CAN LEARN AND BETTER SUPPORT OUR AREA FOCUS, SO WE WILL SHARE LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, WE'LL TALK ABOUT STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AND COMPLIANCE AND HOW WE ARE APPLYING THAT THIS PAST YEAR.
AND SO ON THE SLIDE HERE, YOU CAN SEE WE DID DIVIDE THE DISTRICT BY FOR LEARNING COMMUNITIES, AND COVERING THE BLUE AREAS AND RESOURCE CENTER, AND HAS THE GOAL AND SO REALLY JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A BIG PICTURE OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT THAT INCLUDES, AND WE WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW THAT SUPPORT IS BEING DELIVERED.
AND DIVING INTO STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AND THE LEARNING COMMUNITY MODEL, GETTING OUT TO THE SCHOOL, ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF THE WAY THROUGH SCHOOL VISITS, AND ENGAGING IN MEETING WITH PRINCIPALS WHO'VE INVITED US MAINLY TO THE ADMIN MEETINGS. THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE MANAGERS AND ADMIN
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INTERNS AND HEAR FROM THEM DIRECTLY. WHAT ARE THEIR HIRING PARTIES AND THEIR WANDERINGS AND FEEDBACK ON THE PROCESS ON THE APPLICANT PROCESSING SYSTEM AND FRONTLINE AND TALKED ABOUT FRONTLINE AND OUR STUDENT-TEACHER PIPELINE, HOW WE THINK ABOUT LEAVING THOSE EXPENSES TOGETHER TO IMPROVE. AND WHAT'S DIFFERENT BY LEARNING COMMITTEE, AND MORE SPECIFICALLY IN TAKE A STEP BACK AND SEE WHAT MAKES SENSE FOR US AS A WHOLE SYSTEM. I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE FOCUS ON THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS, IN THE AREAS OF ACTION, EFFECTIVE PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN THE OFFICE AND PRINCIPLES OF ALIGNING WITH THE FOUNDATION RESEARCH AROUND THE EQUITY DRIVEN SCHOOL LEADERS IN EXPERIENCES AND OUTCOMES. IWILL PASS IT OFF NEXT. >> WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE, AGAIN, SOME OF THE STREAM RUNNING, AND PROCESSES WITH HIRING TOOLS, AND SUPPORT TOOLS, BILLET -- BUILDING ADMIN AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE TALK ABOUT GETTING THE COMMUNITY AND ENGAGEMENT WITH THE GOAL OF EQUITY AT THE FOREFRONT OF AXIS TO RECRUITMENT OPPORTUNITIES, WE REALLY DECIDED TO BUILD BRAND AWARENESS AND ENGAGED COMMUNITY IN A DIFFERENT WAY AND THAT MEANT GETTING OUT SPECIFICALLY IN THE LEARNING COMMUNITY WE SAW A DEFICIT IN THE CLASSROOM SUPPORT RULES AND ACTUALLY GOT THE FOOT TO THE GROUND AND NOT ONLY COMMUNITY EVENT BUT ALSO INTO APARTMENT COMPLEXES, LIKE LIBRARIES AND RESTAURANTS, ENGAGING COMMUNITY IN A DIFFERENT WAY ENSURING OPPORTUNITIES AND GETTING INVOLVED, AND 40% AND THE SUPPORT RULES WERE ABLE TO REALLY ENGAGE COMMUNITY AND DID SOME APPLICATION SUPPORT EVENTS AT THE LIBRARY. ENGAGE 25 APPLICANTS.
>>> THERE IS HIRING EVENTS, COLLEGE FAIRS, CAREER FAIRS, PARTNER WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND ORGANIZATIONS LIKE DOING SOME OF THEIR CAREER VENTS, ENGAGING IN A MONTHLY WORKSHOP WHERE WE GO OVER OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE WITH THE PARTICIPANTS. IN ADDITION, REDMOND RESOURCE FAIR, WITH A LIBRARY, NEW SPOTLIGHT VIDEOS, QRD CODE YOU WILL SEE, JUST ANOTHER WAY TO HIGHLIGHT THE VIDEO OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE SYSTEM. THOSE ARE SHARED ON LINKEDIN AND SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE , SPOTLIGHT VIDEOS FOR SUBSTITUTES, CLASSROOMS, WE DID WHEN RECENTLY. SHARING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SO I JUST WENT TO SHARE A QUICK TIP FOR A QUICK NUMBER WHICH WAS WITHIN COMMERCIAL JOB BOARDS, YOU SEE THAT AS A FORCE THAT HAS REALLY ELEVATED OVER THE PAST YEAR FROM 14.7% OF APPLICANTS TO THE 16.6% OF APPLICANTS ARE COMING FROM THOSE JOB BOARDS. LOCAL FORCES, IN THE COMMUNITY, 1%, 4.2% TO THE 5.2% OF JUST APPLICANTS COMING FROM DOING THAT OUTREACH.
>> AWESOME . JUST TO ADD, MAYBE A PERCENTAGE POINT IS NOT THAT MUCH, BUT WE HAD OVER 5700 APPLICANTS LAST YEAR SO ONE PERCENTAGE TO ASSIST A HUGE BIG DEAL.
>> TO HER . ABOUT THE VIDEO SPOTLIGHT THAT WAS DONE, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT THOSE LATER RECENTLY LAST WEEK AS A SPOT LIGHT ON THE CURRENT SEVENTH GRADE SCIENCE TEACHER, STARTED AT THE DISTRICT AS A EDUCATOR, WENT OUR STUDENT TEACHING PROGRAM, SUBSTITUTE FOR US, NOW IS A SCIENCE TEACHER JUST TRYING TO HIGHLIGHT MORE OF THOSE STORIES OF WHAT IS POSSIBLE AS WE GO THROUGH THE PATHWAY PROGRAM. INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] HAVE THREE BIG GOALS ON THIS IN THE NEXT YEAR TO COME ONE BEING AROUND RECRUITMENT. THE TRANSITION FOR STUDENT TEACHERS INTO FULL-TIME WORK WITH US, PREPARING THEM OPPORTUNITIES TO COME AND THE TIMING OF ALL OF THAT. TWO, WHAT ACTUALLY DOUBLED SO ABOUT ONE THIRD OF
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THE STUDENT TEACHERS RIGHT NOW ARE ALSO CLASSIFIED AS EMPLOYEES, THAT HAS DOUBLED ABOUT 50% DOWN TO THE 30% OF THE LAST SCHOOL YEAR. REALLY THAT PIPELINE CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES TO GO THROUGH THE ROUTE PROGRAM. ENGAGEMENT, BETTER ENGAGE ON THE FOUNDATION THROUGH SURVEYS.MEETING FEEDBACK , STUDENT TEACHING WITH US, WHEN THAT IS OVER , BUILDING EDMONDS AS WELL.
>> WE JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A QUOTE FROM SHERM SOCIETY OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 42 DAYS AS HE AVERAGED JOB VACANCIES NATIONWIDE AND TOP CANDIDATE ONLY IN THE JOB FOR 10 DAYS. 50% ARE SEEING MULTIPLE JOB OFFERS. ONLINE REALLY WELL TO THE 42 DAYS ON AVERAGE, SOME OF OUR RULES THAT ARE LONGER THAN THAT INDUSTRY TRENDS SUCH AS NURSING , SOME OF THOSE ROLES ARE LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT TO FILL DUE TO THE COMPETITION. THAT MARKET. DUE TO JUST HOW MUCH COMPETITION IS OUT THERE, LOOKING AT THE PROCESSES ON THE TALENT TEAM. MOVING TO THE NEXT SLIDE, TALKING ABOUT HEARING BRIEF THAT WE PUT OUT THIS LAST FALL AND WINTER.
HIRING FOR THESE FIVE HOOPS, CLASSIFIED GROUPS , ADMINISTRATOR, PEER EDUCATOR, ASSISTANT, AS WELL AS COACHES, ONE PAGE DOCUMENTS HERE YOU SEE ALL THE STEPS LISTED. JUST SO THAT WAS REALLY CLEAR, EACH STEP AND WHAT IS TO HAPPEN WITHIN THEM, WHAT NEEDS TO BE DUCK AMENDED -- DOCUMENTED IN THE PROCESS. TRYING TO MEET THE ARTERIAL , BUT THE TIME TO FILL, WHAT WE SEEK . WE JUST WANT TO VOLUME ] TIME OF HIS UPPER CORNER HERE, ENDED UP GOING TO ABOUT 45 THOUSAND FAMILIES, 15,000 VOLUNTEERS IN THE DISTRICT. VERY QUICKLY SAW IT KICKED OFF ON FACEBOOK LOOKS VOLUME ] FAMILIES OF COLOR, POSTING THE FLYERS PUT REALLY GREAT HELP WHERE'D WAS SPREADING WITH THE APPLICANT ON THAT. WITH THAT, I THINK THAT CONCLUDES OUR TALENT PORTION. I WILL PASS IT ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER TALKING ABOUT LABOR
RELATIONS . >> HELLO, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US BACK AGAIN THIS YEAR. GREAT TO SEE AGAIN SOME OF YOU FOR THE FIRST TIME. RICHARD PATTERSON AND WE DECIDED WHEN WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY LOOK AT THE EMPLOYEE AND LABOR RELATIONS IN THE WAY IT WAS STRUCTURED IN THE DISTRICT , TO TAKE A DIFFERENT APPROACH. WE WERE IN A TRANSITION PERIOD WHERE WE HAVE ACTUALLY SPLIT EMPLOYEE FROM LABOR RELATIONS IN THAT SENSE. WE WERE CERTIFIED WITH LABOR RELATIONS ON ONE SIDE AND KELLY WAS THE CLASSIFIED ONE ON THE OTHER SIDE, BUT I AM GRATEFUL THAT GREG IS HERE, NOW TO REALLY HELP GET THIS NEW VISION AND NEW APPROACH ON UNDERWAY. WE DID THAT TO REALLY NARROW THE FOCUS , TO REALLY LOOK INTO BETTER OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT FOR INNOVATION, FOR REALLY GETTING TO LOOK ACROSS ALL LABOR UNIONS FOR EXAMPLE, THE PATTERNS AND HAVE ALREADY BEGUN TO SEED. EVEN THOUGH THIS IS STILL A TRANSITION PERIOD, PRETTY INTERESTING. WE HAVE 11 UNIONS THAT WE WORK WITH . WE HAVE FOUR BIG ONES , BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE EMPLOYEE GROUPS. L WEA, SP, TEAMSTERS AND SEI YOU. COMPLIANCE IS DR. ROSS STATED EARLIER, IT IS RIGHT CENTER OF EVERYTHING IN THIS NEW ROLE , VERY MUCH ABOUT CBA. REALLY BRING IN THOSE COLLECT THE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS TO LIFE . IF YOU THINK ABOUT WHERE YOU HAVE PAGES AND PAGES OF THINGS, YOU LOOK AT THESE WORDS, WE HAVE TO TAKE THAT HAPPEN, RIGHT? NOT ONLY WITH JUST BLACK AND WHITE
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LETTERS ON THE PAGE, BUT TO REALLY BRING THAT TO LIFE IN MANY WAYS. I WOULD LIKE TO JUST QUICKLY GO THROUGH THE FRAME OF THE WORK, UNIFIED APPROACHES THAT BRING THE CBA S TO LIFE. PARTNERSHIPS THAT ARE ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL ROLE THAT BUILD TRUST IN THAT AND PROCESSES THAT PROMOTE COLLABORATION. I THINK OF THE FIRST DEGREE WHEN THEIR , REALLY AS I WAS REFLECT ON THIS, THIS WEEKEND, AROUND THE FACT THAT ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL TO ALWAYS KEEP THE ENTIRE SYSTEM IN MIND , AS WE DO THE WORK, BECAUSE SO MUCH OF THE WORK PULLS YOU INTO THE WEEDS, PULLS YOU INTO THE DETAILS, BUT AS ANY LEADER KNOWS WHEN YOU ARE MOVING THROUGH AND ENTIRE ORGANIZATION, ENTIRE SYSTEM, IT IS IMPORTANT TO PULL YOURSELF OUT OF THE WEEDS AND REALLY THINK ABOUT THE NEXT APPROACH , THE IMPACT THAT IT HAS ON THE SYSTEM. THINK ABOUT THAT RECENT CONVERSATION WITH BARBARA AND DR. ROSS REALLY SPELLING THINGS OUT AND LOOKING AT IS THIS A COST CHANGE OR LANGUAGE CHANGE QUITS FROM THERE, WHAT IS THE RESEARCH? SO MUCH ABOUT THAT IMPACT WHETHER IT IS COST ANALYSIS, WHETHER IT IS PROCESSES THAT TO BE IN PLACE. ALL OF THOSE THINGS , ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL TO REALLY KEEP THAT NOTION OF IMPACT ALWAYS FRONT AND CENTER. OFTEN TIMES, HONESTLY, IT GOES TO WHAT HAS BEEN OUR PASS PRESSURE IS. SOMETIMES THERE IS NOT SO WE HAVE TO ESTABLISH AND IS DEPENDING ON WHAT IT WAS THAT WE BARGAINED , INITIALLY GOING TO SET OUT TO DO. THE LAST PART OF THE GREEN ONE THERE , ABOUT SYSTEM CHANGE, OFTEN TIMES WHAT WE DO AROUND PROJECT MANAGEMENT. THE WAYS IN WHICH WE COMMUNICATE. MOST OFTEN, THERE IS A REDESIGN IN THE SYSTEM . SOMEHOW, SOME WAY, THERE IS A NEW DESIGN THAT HAPPENS IN THE SYSTEM, SO WE LOOK AT PARTNERSHIPS AT BUILD TRUST. I THINK OF THIS DYNAMIC THAT IS CONSTANTLY HAPPENING. I MENTIONED THIS SYSTEM-LEVEL DOWN ON THE GROUND, REALLY LOOKING AT THOSE INDIVIDUAL DISCRETE ACTIONS, BUT ALSO THIS REALLY IMPORTANT COMPONENT , INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL PARTS THAT YOU ENGAGE IN. SO IN THAT THEN, I GO TO THE NEXT ONE, THAT IS, THE ABSOLUTE NECESSITY OF BEING A GENERALIST. THEIR IS SO MUCH WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT ALL THE COMPONENTS THAT HAPPEN THROUGH LABOR RELATIONS, RING IN ALL OF THIS TO LIFE , TO SUPPORT EMPLOYEES , ULTIMATELY TO MAKE THE BEST AND MOST IMPORTANT IMPACT ON THE STUDENTS, THEN YOU START OUT IN THIS GENERAL FACT-FINDING, INVESTIGATING FOR INVESTIGATION TYPE OF MODE.FAMILY, YOU ARE LEADING TO INTERACTIONS, ALL THE COLLABORATION THAT YOU HAVE WITH PEOPLE, YOU BECOME MORE AND MORE OF AN EXPERT IN THAT FIELD. THOSE THINGS JUST CONTINUE TO BUILD AND GROW. OBVIOUSLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THING OF INTEREST , PARTNERSHIPS, THIS MUTUAL ACCOUNTABILITY. WE HAVE TO COMMIT TO WHAT WE SAY . WOULD HAVE TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON THOSE THINGS, ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL.
REMAINING CONFIDENTIAL, BEING CONSISTENT, THAT LEVEL OF TRANSPARENCY IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT. LAST ONE, BLUE ONE, PROCESSES THAT PROMOTE COLLABORATION. ONE OF THE COACHES THAT WE USE WITH OUR LW A FOLKS THIS INTERSPACE BARGAINING WHERE WE TELL THE STORIES, RIGHT? WE REALLY LAY OUT OUR INTEREST. WE LOOK FROM THOSE INTEREST, OUR OPTIONS THEN WE DERIVE THE OUTCOMES FROM THAT. END OF THE DAY IT IS THIS MUTUAL, SORT OF, WAY THAT WE CAN BENEFIT EACH OTHER IN IT. THERE ARE A VARIETY OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT MEETINGS AND COMMITTEES THE COURSE OF EVERY WEEK. THEN WHEN BARGAINING HAPPENS, YOU HAVE THE COLLECT BARGAINING AGREEMENT THAT IS FINISHED. THE WORK IS NOT DONE. AS A MATTER FACT THERE IS SO MUCH THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT TO LIGHT TO BE OPERATIONALIZED. SO WE HAVE A NUMBER ACROSS EACH OF THE UNIONS, WORK AND COMMITTEES IN THEM, ALMOST
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EVERY TIME THAT WE BARGAINED A NEW CONTRACT, THERE IS MORE THAN LIKELY A PROCESS IMPROVEMENT OR A PROCESS CHANGE THAT TAKES PLACE. I WILL INTRODUCE MICHAEL CLARK ,THANK YOU SO MUCH TO . >> HI. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, DR. PATTERSON, GOOD EVENING, BOARD. I'M EXCITED TO SHARE SOME THE WAYS THAT WE ARE ELEVATING THE EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE IN OPERATIONS FOR ALL OF OUR GROUPS. FOCUSING ON COMPLIANCE, STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP, CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT . OPERATIONS IS INTERESTING, BECAUSE IT IS VAST, WE TOUCH EVERYBODY IN THE SYSTEM, CERTIFIED TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF OVER THE PAST YEAR WE HAVE REALLY PLACED THE FOCUS ON STREAMLINING THE SYSTEMS SO THAT OUR AND PLEASE CONNEXUS TOOLS, FOCUS ON THE MOST IMPORTANT WORK WHICH IS STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. IN PARTICULAR I'M EXCITED TO SHARE WITH YOU THE PROCESS AS WE HAVE DONE WITH UPDATING LEAVE PROCESS NOT JUST, BECAUSE IT IS A SMOOTH EFFICIENT SYSTEM, BUT I LOVE THAT SMOOTH EFFICIENT SYSTEM, BUT THIS IS MORE THAN THAT. THIS IS ABOUT TAKING CARE OF PEOPLE. WHEN AND EMPLOYEE REACHES OUT TO US WITH A LEAVE REQUEST TO COULD BE STRAIGHT FORWARD AFFAIR, BUT ALSO A VERY CHALLENGING COMPLEX MOMENT FOR AN EMPLOYEE AND THEIR FAMILY. WHEN SOMEONE REACHES OUT TO US I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE PROCESS IS EASILY ACCESSIBLE, CRYSTAL-CLEAR AND EMPLOYEES COME AWAY WITH THE THE ONLY THAT THEY ARE TAKING CARE, FEELING THAT WE NEEDED THEM. TO ACCOMPLISH THAT WE WORK CAREFULLY WITH THE PARTNERS IN PAYROLL AND BUSINESS SERVICES TO A THE FORM, JUST THE FIRST ORDER OF CHANGE, BUT CLARIFY THE LANGUAGE MAKING IT EASIER TO FILL OUT. WE FOCUSED ON COMMUNICATION SO ONE EMAIL ADDRESS, WE WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU FROM THERE. WE BUFFERED UP THE AMOUNT OF INTERDEPARTMENTA L COMMUNICATION THAT WE HAD SO NO ONE FALL THROUGH THE TRACKS, HUMAN RESOURCES, PAYROLL FACING, WE GOT YOU SO WHEN EMPLOYEES ARE IN NEED OF LEAVE , THEY KNOW WE ARE SUPPORTING THEM. RESULTS AROUND THAT HAS BEEN A SMOOTH PROCESS FOR OUR EMPLOYEES . IN ADDITION TO THAT WE UPDATED THE PROCESS FOR THE CERTIFICATE STAFF MEMBERS, THAT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE, INVOLVING DATA SERVICES, BUSINESS SERVICES, ADMINISTRATORS, ASSOCIATION PARTNERS TO STREAMLINE THE SYSTEM FOR COLLECT AND DISTRIBUTING DATA SO THAT PLOYS EMPLOYEES ARE PAID AS ACCURATELY AS POSSIBLE AND THAT WE HAVE A DATA TOOL THAT CAN BE USED FOR THE CURRENT AND TEACHER PLANNING. TODAY IS A DAY THAT WE SHARED WITH DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TEAM, UPDATING EMPLOYEE INITIATIVE PROCESS SO THIS BRAND NEW PROCESS , VERY EXCITING WORKING WITH THE CONTACT POSITION, AND MEETS ALL OF THE FACETS OF THE CBA, OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMPLOYEES. IT IS GOING TO BROUGHTON OPTIONS FOR THE CURRENT CYSTINE EMPLOYEES TO APPLY FOR DIFFERENT POSITIONS. RIGHT NOW WITH THE STEP IN THE PRESENT AND MOVING FORWARD, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS IN OUR DIVISION OF TRANSITION INITIATIVE AND CARING THAT AND THAT WILL COME SOON SO MAKING SURE WE ARE KNOWING THE NEW SYSTEM, DISSING THE NEW SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE. BUSINESS RULES AROUND THAT SO WHEN IT IS TIME TO GO WE ARE HITTING THE GROUND RUNNING. THANK YOU REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK OF THE OPERATION DIVISION AND WE WILL DO THE BEST , WHICH IS YET TO
COME, STREAMLINING PROCESSES. >> I SPEAK OFTEN ABOUT HOW EXCITING IT IS TO WORK WITH THIS TEAM. I AM GLAD TO SEE WHY. SOMETIMES WHEN WE TALK ABOUT EXCITEMENT THEY SAY FLUFF, BUT STINKY, PASSION, THIS IS THE INNOVATION, THINKING, THE DESIRE TO CREATE SYSTEMS WHERE EMPLOYEES FEEL THEY ARE TAKING CARE OF. ULTIMATELY WE WANT LAKE WASHINGTON TO BE CONSIDERED AN EMPLOYER OF CHOICE. SO I JUST THOUGHT THAT THIS NEW YEAR'S TEXT FROM MICHAEL CLARK WHO IS THE KINDEST HUMAN BEING IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD, HE SENT THAT OUT. WHAT YOU DO NOT SEE IS ALL THE TEXT THAT CAME BEFORE, BUT THIS IS THE KIND OF PASSION AND COMMITMENT THAT PEOPLE BRING EACH AND EVERY DAY. SO I THANK YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE AND HOW YOU SHOW UP , I LOVE WORKING WITH YOU . I FEEL GREAT TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAVE THIS TEAM. LEAD THIS TEAM. I HOPE YOU SEE THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE, PEOPLE BEHIND THE WORK , CERTAINLY HAVE A REALLY GOOD IDEA AS TO WHAT WE CAN EXPECT
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TO MICHAEL'S POINT, I THINK THE BEST IS YET TO COME . THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENGAGEMENT, YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENT, WE WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION. THANK YOU SOMUCH . >> ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
>> FROM A TALENT ACQUISITION STANDPOINT , HOW DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE EMPLOYEES THAT WE NEED TO HAVE TUMOR TO SUPPORT THE INITIATIVE WITH THE DISTRICT? I WAS REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THIS YEAR , SPECIAL EDUCATION TEAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL , SENT OUT AN EMAIL INTRODUCING THEMSELVES. INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] THEY WANTED TO COME TO LAKE WASHINGTON . THAT WAS JUST WONDERFUL TO SEE, WONDERFUL TO SEE AS A BRAND-NEW BOARD MEMBER. SO CAN ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR SPECIFIC INITIATIVE, WHAT IS REQUIRED, KNOWLEDGE THAT IS PREPARE,
>> I WILL STOP AND INVITE ELIZA TO SHARE THAT. NO PRESSURE. FIRST THING I THOUGHT ABOUT AS YOU SAID THAT WAS STORY OF SCHOOLS. THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ABLE TO SHARE YOUR STORY. WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN THE ON BOARDING SOMEBODY WHO IS NEW. YOU MENTIONED THE PERSON CAME IN, FELT WELCOMED SO SOMEBODY CONNECTED WITH THEM. ENSURING THAT WE HAVE SYSTEMS THAT HELP PEOPLE GET VERY QUICKLY. SO THEY ARE NOT NEW IN THE DISTRICT, NOT KNOWING HOW TO NAVIGATE OR NOT TO NAVIGATE AND SHOWING THE STORY, EXPERT NATIONS, HOW WELL WE BE INTENTIONAL TO BUILD THE CAPACITY SO THAT THEY CAN BE SUCCESSFUL? I THINK WITH THE LEARNING COMMUNITY MODEL, REALLY UNDERSTANDING RULES , COMMUNITIES , SCHOOLS, POSITIONING US TO BE ABLE TO TELL A STORY PASSIONATELY, BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING FOR PASSIONATE EDUCATORS. FOR PEOPLE WHO JUST WANT A JOB.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PACES THAT THEY CAN GET THAT AT SO THAT IS THE FIRST THING DIRECTOR GUTHRIE , THAT COMES TO MIND TO ME, AS YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION. ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO ASK OR ADD
TO THAT ? >> TWO THINGS THAT COME TO MIND FOR ME IN THE CAN ABOUT THAT, ONE, REALLY AUTHENTICITY AND TO CANDIDATE EXPERIENCE. WE PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT AROUND FEEDBACK ON THE SYSTEM AROUND WHAT IS IT LIKE WHEN A CANDIDATE COMES THROUGH? WHAT DO THEY SAY ABOUT THE PROCESS? WHEN THEY APPLY, IS IT EASY TO GO THROUGH? TRANSPARENT ABOUT OUR VALUES? WHEN YOU COME IN, WHAT ARE THOSE POSITIONS LIKE, THE TALENT TEAM KEEPING THAT BRAND STRONG. - LOW VOLUME ] IT IS JUST GETTING THAT AUTHENTICITY THROUGH THE PROCESS THEN INTO THE ON BOARDING, FOR SURE. TO YOUR OTHER POINT AROUND SOURCING, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT ON A DAILY BASIS. HOW ARE WE ELEVATING, USING TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE TO US TO GET OUT IN FRONT OF THE RIGHT GROUPS? PLANTED A LOT OF SEATS WEATHER AT JOB FAIRS, EVENTS, DIFFERENT JOB BOARDS, ENGAGING NETWORKING DEVELOPING PIPELINES, PIPELINES THAT ARE SHORT-TERM, SOME THAT ARE LONGER-TERM, RIGHT? THINKING ABOUT THE STUDENT TEACHERS, COMING BACK MAYBE A YEAR LATER, MAYBE A COUPLE OF YEARS LEADERS ARE TRYING TO BE REALLY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT HOW WE GO ABOUT WITH SOURCING IN VARIOUS PLACES.
>> DIRECTOR YOCUM ? >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I LOOK AT THE PRESENTATION THIS WEEKEND, FROM LAST YEAR HAVING YOUR TEAM HERE, YOUR ENERGY, ABILITY TO WORK TOGETHER.
REALLY INSPIRING. I LIKE TO KNOW IS A BOARD CAN WE DO THIS? ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS MENTIONED LAST YEAR, I KNOW SOME OF YOU KNOW THIS, BUT KIND OF STARTED THE PRESENTATION WERE TALKING ABOUT THE CHIPS AND EXPECTATION'S.
THE SHIFT EXPECTATIONS. NOW SO THAT THE FOCUS ON EMPLOYEES , DESIRE FOR MORE PLANNING. FOCUS ON MENTAL HEALTH, FLEXIBLE HYBRID SCHEDULING, BELONGING. SO WONDERING JEANETTE HOW YOU ARE GOING INTO THE SCHOOLS, WONDERING IF WHEN YOU'RE OUT THERE MEETING WITH THE ADMIN, ARE YOU ABLE TO
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ADDRESS THOSE? ABLE TO SEE OR INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE THAT MAY BE WHAT HAS BEEN DONE AROUND THOSE AREAS THIS PAST YEAR? AS THING SHIFTED? OR DO YOU SEE SCHOOLS AROUND THESTAIRS WITHOUT? >> YES, RIGHT OFF THE TOP I THINK LAST YEAR, WE HAD SEVERAL REQUESTS FROM STAFF MEMBERS AROUND THE PLACES, DIFFERENT AFFINITY SPACES THAT HAD NOT BEEN IN PLACE BEFORE. SO I KNOW DIRECTOR PATTERSON WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE THE DEPARTMENT, STARTED CONVERSATIONS AROUND SPACES THAT WERE REQUESTED BY EMPLOYEES, BECAUSE THAT IS ALSO, RIGHT? AND CREATING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO LEARN TOGETHER, COLLABORATE TO HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE IDENTITY THAT IS IMPORTANT TO THEM , THEN FEEL A SENSE OF BELONGING. THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE STILL SEE OUR, SORT OF, BEING LIFTED TO THE TOP.
THAT COMES TO MIND RIGHT AWAY WHEN I THINK ABOUT FROM LAST YEAR, ONE OF THE AREAS. ANYBODY WANT TO ADD TO THAT ?
>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. THE REALLY IMPORTANT PROJECTS , ABOUT TO BE RESURRECT IT, IT STARTED FOR THE LAST SEMESTER OF LAST YEAR, HOUSE BILL 1363, HAVING TO DO WITH ADULT MENTAL HEALTH . SO JARED HAD PUT TOGETHER THE INITIAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR THAT AND IT IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FOR ME TO GET THAT UP AND GOING AGAIN SO I LOOK FORWARD NEXT YEAR TO PROVIDING YOU WITH REALLY GOOD DATA AROUND THAT ACTUALLY BEEN IN OPERATION .
>> I WOULD ALSO ADD THAT WE HAVE AN EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT IS AVAILABLE TO EVERY EMPLOYEE IN THE DISTRICT.
IT IS CONFIDENTIAL, COMMUNITY SUPPORT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID DURING THE PANDEMIC IS WE WERE LOOKING AT WORKING CONDITIONS, WORKING WITH OUR ASSOCIATION, HELPING US MAKE THAT IS AVAILABLE AS POSSIBLE TO THE STAFF WE ACTUALLY BUILT LANGUAGE INTO THE COVID CONTRACTS THAT THERE WAS ADDITIONAL LEX ABILITY FOR ACCESSING THE EAP. EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM , SUPPORTS, SINCE THAT TIME, WE HAVE SENT INFORMATION OUT TO THE STAFF AND WHILE WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT EAP BEFORE, PEOPLE ARE STILL, FOR THE FIRST TIME, STILL SAYING, OLD, DID NOT KNOW THIS WAS AVAILABLE TO ME. SO CONTINUING TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH OUR STAFF , BECAUSE WE WANT OUR STAFF TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THOSE SUPPORTS FOR ALL OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT COME UP IN PERSON , PROFESSIONALIZE. I KNOW THE HR TEAM WORKS WITH OUR EAP PROVIDER. A RECEIPT DATA AROUND HOW MANY EMPLOYEES ARE ACCESSING IT, WHO IS ACCESSING, NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES.
I KNOW DURING THE PANDEMIC , HE SAW A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT RISE IN EMPLOYEES THAT WERE ACCESSING IT. WE WANT TO COMPLETE TO HAVE THAT SUPPORT. %-Ú THAT STAFF CAN ACCESS I JUST GOT SOME DATA. LAST YEAR THIS TIME WE HAVE INCREASED OUR UTILIZATION LIKE 42%. SO I THINK THAT SPEAKS TO THE NEED, BUT ALSO THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO DR. HOLMEN'S POINT, WE DO NOT KNOW WHO, BUT WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE., BUT WE ALSO SEE IS THAT REQUESTS FROM THE SCHOOLS TO COME TO DO TRAINING. SO THAT IS WHEN ADDITIONAL SERVICE THAT EAP IS OFFERING, AND SOMETIMES THAT IS A LITTLE LESS ATTRACT, BECAUSE PEOPLE JUST LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONFIDENTIALLY REACH OUT, BUT THEY HAVE ALSO SEEN AN INCREASE IN TERMS OF PRINCIPAL'S WHO SAY HEY, I SEE SOME OF THIS, HOW CAN WE COME IN AND DO LARGER
TRAINING ? >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ?
>> I HAD ONE QUESTION. WAS THAT YOU MENTIONED GOING OUT INTO SPLITTING RESPONSIBILITIE S AND LEARNING IN THE COMMUNITIES, GOING OUT -- YOU MENTIONED ONE TREND. CURIOUS
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IF YOU SEE ANY OTHER TRENDS IN TERMS OF STAFFING NEEDS THAT ARE DIFFERENT BETWEEN OUR COMMUNITY OR IS IT SIMILAR ACROSS THE BOARD? JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY .>> OKAY. THE TRENDS HAVE BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT AS FAR AS PROCESSING WHIRLS PUT SUBSTITUTE NAMES . THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE BOTH INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] HAS BEEN A CONSISTENT THING THAT WE HAVE SEEN ACROSS LEARNING COMMUNITIES, HIGH NEED FOR INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] .
>> ANOTHER THING THAT I HAVE SEEN IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE COST SUPPORT SPECIFICALLY LIKE PARA EDUCATOR, REALLY DEPEND BY THE PROXIMITY TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING , IN RELATION TO THAT SCHOOL SO SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE STARTED TO LOOK AT, LIKE THIS SCHOOL NEVER REALLY HAS AS MANY PARA OPENINGS AS THE SCHOOL. COULD BE THE DIFFERENCE? THAT COULD BE AND IT WILL FEEDBACK. IS THE SCHOOL IN PROXIMITY, IS THE LITTLE BIT MORE , MAYBE EASIER TO COMMUTE TO OR EASIER TO FIND HOUSING IN THAT AREA.
AGAIN JUST. WHAT IS THAT FEEDBACK HOW DO WE PUT IT TOGETHER TO GET US MOVING FORWARD QUICK ? THAT IS BEEN AN INTERESTING NUGGET.
>> PART OF WHY THESE HIRING INCREASES WERE SO IMPORTANT, ENSURING THAT ACROSS A SYSTEM THAT EVERYONE HAS SUPPORT TOOLS, INTERVIEW TOOLS, REALLY EQUIPPED FOR THE HIRING PROCESS. THAT WAS THE OTHER THING, MAKE SURE THEY KNOW HOW TO USE THE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE SO WE HAVE THE TRAINING. BE ABLE TO USE THEM IN THE PROCESS FOR EVERYBODY.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO DO IS OFFER JOB FAIRS IN THE COMMUNITY TO GET A TRUE ASSESSMENT OF THE CAPACITY OF THAT COMMUNITY TO POTENTIALLY PROVIDE WORK FORCE . IT IS A VERY DIFFERENT IT TARGETED APPROACH SO EXCITED TO SEE WHAT PATTERNS ARE LIVE DID IN THAT EXPERIENCE. I THINK WE WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN WAYS THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD BEFORE SO THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE PLANNING FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR. WE ARE SO OVER OUR TIME .
>> THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TO TALK
THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU.
>> NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE MONITORING OF OE 13 -- EXCUSE BEING, THREE, COMMUNITY SERVICE. ONE OF ARE OPERATIONAL EXPECTATION POLICIES THROUGH THE POLICY THE SPORT ESTABLISHES ITS VALUES THAT HOW THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS IT EXPECTED TO OPERATE.
THE MONITORING REPORTS CONTAIN A SUPERINTENDENT'S INTERPRETATION OF THE POLICY LANGUAGE. REVIEW OF CURRENT CONDITIONS AND MONITORING AGAIN. MONITORING ACTIONS MAKE IT PART OF THE BOARD OVERSIGHT OF THE ORGANIZATION AND ISSUES FOR THE OPERATIONAL STANDARDS. FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION THE BOARD WILL HAVE OPPORTUNITY FOR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. PLEASE
PRESENT THAT TO US . >> IT IS NO SURPRISE OUR HUMAN RESOURCES TEAM HAS A LOT TO SAY AND THE FOLKS THAT WE ASKED TO ENGAGED. APPRECIATE THEM. TONIGHT I AM PRESENTING OPERATIONAL EXPECTATION THREE, APPRECIATE THE QUESTIONS I HAVE RECEIVED. ASTERISKS AT THE END SAME I KNOW WE ARE REVIEWING THIS, I KNOW WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT THIS, EVEN LAST YEAR WHEN I PRESENTED ON THIS, WE KNEW THIS WAS NOT THE FINAL VERSION OF THE VALUES AND POLICIES. I PRESENT IT TONIGHT , BUT THE POLICY STATEMENT SAYS THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL MAINTAIN ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE THAT TREES FAMILIES AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WITH RESPECT AND DIGNITY, COURTESY. THERE ARE FIVE POLICY COMPONENTS THAT WE WILL LOOK AT TONIGHT. ONE OF THESE POLICY COME ON IS LISTED AS NOT IN COMPLIANCE. OVER ALL REPORT IS PRESENTED AS IN COMPLIANCE WITH EXCEPTIONS METHOD. AND 3.1 IT STATES THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL PROTECT CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION .
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THERE IS A FEW INDICATORS FOR COMPLIANCE. THIS IS RATED AS IN COMPLAINTS, SUMMARY OF FINDINGS FROM THE REPORT THAT WE RECEIVED , I BELIEVE ALMOST TWO MONTHS AGO AT THIS POINT.OVERARCHING STATEMENT AROUND THE SECURITY OF OUR TECHNOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS, PASSWORD-PROTECTED, APPROPRIATE USER SECURITIES, FOR THE INDIVIDUALS AND THE SYSTEMS. THEY ARE IN PLACE TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION . WE ALSO HAVE A POLICY THAT WE MAINTAIN , RELATED TO THE USE , ACCESS AND DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION , BE IT STORAGE, RETENTION SAFETY OF THAT INFORMATION. AND 3.2 IT STATES THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL AFFECT THE HANDLE COMPLAINTS .
I APPRECIATE THE QUESTIONS I RECEIVED ABOUT THIS. WE HAVE HAD QUITE A HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE WORD COMPLAINT , HOW DO YOU EVEN NARROW IN ON DATA THAT HELPS THE WORD UNDERSTAND HOW THEY ARE RESPONDING TO THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF COMPLAINT.
THIS REALLY IS ABOUT, QUOTE UNQUOTE , UNIFORM COMPLAINT SO ANYTHING THAT FALLS INTO KIND OF A FORMAL COMPLAINT PROCESS THAT IS DOCUMENTED, BUT FORMALLY REPORTED, GIFT TIMELINES, FORMAL RESPONSE THAT ARE REALLY THE COMPLAINTS WE HAVE NARROWED IN AND WITH THE INDICATORS. AT A HIGH LEVEL STAFF RESPONDED COMPLAINTS, OVER TIME, WE HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB OF DISSEMINATING WHO RESPOND TO WHAT COMPLAINTS.
AND IF WE GET CERTAIN TYPES OF COMPLAINTS, THERE IS A TEAM THAT GETS TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW WHO IS ACTUALLY TAKING THE LEAD ON A SPECIFIC POINT. A LOT OF TIMES IT IS WHEN THE COMPLAINTS INVOLVE ISSUES RELATED TO TITLE IX , GENDER DISCRIMINATION, SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND POSSIBLY ISSUES WITH STUDENTS AND STAFF , JUST MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS WHO IS TAKING THE LEAD ON THOSE THINGS, BECAUSE TITLE IX FOR THIS COMPLIANCE, REALLY FOR THE STUDENTS. YOU CAN IMAGINE WHEN THERE IS A TITLE IX COMPLAINT, CAN HAVE TENTACLES INTO OTHER ASPECTS OF COMPLIANCE AREAS.
SPECIFIC WE RECEIVED FULL COMPLAINTS , UNDER TITLE LENGTH HARASSMENT INTIMIDATION, BULLYING CIVIL RIGHTS, ENCOMPASSING ALL ASPECTS OF DISCRIMINATION. SECTION 504 SPECIAL EDUCATION ACTION, THREE DISTINCT COMPLAINT PROCESSES, ONE IS FEDERAL OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS, ONE IS THE TO PROCESS PROCEDURE, AND ONE IS OH SPI COMPLAINT PROCEDURE RELATED TO SPECIFICALLY SPECIAL EDUCATION.
THEN AS A DISTRICT WE HAVE ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY FOR THE 220, THE PATRONS GRIEVANCE PROCESS. ALL OF THESE HAVE VARIOUS , I WILL JUST SAY, TO PROCESS REQUIREMENTS. SO WE CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THOSE. THE DATA IS IN THE REPORT , PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT RESPONSES THAT ARE WITHIN TIMELINES. I DID RECEIVE A QUESTION WORTH NOTING, QUESTION ABOUT WHAT DOES IT WHEN SOMETHING A COMPLAINT? FOR US, COMPLAINT MEANS THAT WE HAVE FAILED THE PROCESS, WE HAVE CONDUCTED APPROPRIATE INVESTIGATION AND PROVIDED LOW LEVEL OF COMPLETION, BUT AT TIMES AN INDIVIDUAL MAY NOT GET THE ANSWER THEY ARE LOOKING FOR EVEN THOUGH THAT IS A COMPLETED PROCESS. FOR ALL OF , VARIOUS COMPLAINT PROCEDURES, THERE IS AN APPEAL PROCESS. NINE TIMES OUT OF 10 IT IS REQUIRED BY LAW THAT WE PROVIDE INDIVIDUALS WITH THEIR APPEAL RIGHTS, AND INFORMATION PUT ON LONG WITH OUR RESPONSE. AT THE END OF THE DAY, RESPONSES ARE WITHIN THE TIMELINE WE NOTIFY INDIVIDUALS OF THE TIMELINE WITH THAT SET. 3.3 STATES THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL PROTECT AGAINST ANY RETALIATION, ILLEGAL DISCRIMINATION , SO THE
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INDICATOR OF COMPLIANCE REALLY FOCUSES ON POLICIES.ADMINISTRATIVE POLICIES THAT GOVERN THIS, WE DO MAINTAIN A WHOLE SERIES OF POLICIES RELATED TO RETALIATION, ILLEGAL DISCRIMINATION . OFTEN TIMES COMPLAINT PROCEDURES, THERE IS CONCERN THAT IS BROUGHT FORWARD, BASED ON THIS COMPLAINT, I DO NOT WANT THERE TO BE RETALIATION AGAINST ME AS AN INDIVIDUAL OR CHILD OR THOSE INCIDENTS. THEIR IS LANGUAGE THAT WE USE WHEN WE ARE CLOSING COMPLAINTS, BE IT SOMEONE WHO WAS FOUND TO HAVE HAD NEGATIVE INTERACTION OR NOT COMPLIANT WITH OUR POLICIES , LETTING THEM KNOW THAT RETALIATION LEADS TO FURTHER ACTION BY THE DISTRICT.
3.4 I WILL NOT READ THE ENTIRE THING, BUT IT IS REALLY ABOUT MAINTAINING A SYSTEMIC CULTURE, REALLY FOCUSING ON THE STEP , BUT THESE INDICATORS ARE FROM A TOOL THAT WE USE, I BELIEVE WE CONCLUDED USING THIS TWO, THREE SCHOOL YEARS PRIOR. WE ARE USING THE PANORAMA SURVEY SO RECEIVED SOME OF THE PANORAMA DATA IN THE REPORT. COMPLIANCE RATING SHOULD BE NOT IN COMPLIANCE AND I APOLOGIZE THAT. THE COLOR WAS CORRECT SO THE COLOR CHANGE FROM BLUE TO BURNT ORANGE. NOT SURE THAT THERE IS NO MEANING BEHIND THE COLOR, BUT WE DO PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION ANNUALLY , AS WE ARE PROVIDING OUR ANNUAL REPORT TO THE COMMUNITY. WE DID TRANSITION TO THE PANORAMA SURVEY. IT DOES A COUPLE OF THINGS FOR US. IT PUT A LINE WITH THE DATA COLLECTION THAT WE USE WITH STUDENTS AND FAMILIES SIMILAR QUESTION BANKS , TO FIND SOME COMMONALITIES BETWEEN IT. THE DATA THAT WAS PROVIDED IN THE REPORT, ALBEIT NOT THE NON-CHARACTERISTIC HIGHLY EFFECTIVE SCHOOLS WHICH IS YOU TALK TO THE DISTRICT USUALLY YOU PROBABLY PARTICIPATED IN THAT. ON THE PANORAMA SURVEY, THE OVERARCHING , ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH YOUR EXPERIENCE STAFF REPORTS HIGH LEVEL OF SATISFACTION. AGAIN, THE REPORTING OF THE NEUTRAL AND -- EXCUSE ME, YES, THE NEUTRAL AND FAVORABLE , COMBINED, 59, 84% FOR INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF, 72, NONINSTRUCTIONAL BATH , REPORTING OVERALL NEUTRAL OR POSITIVE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT. MUCH MORE DATA IN THE OVERALL REPORT. 3.5 STATES THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL ACTIVELY ENCOURAGE COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS . AS I AM SURE YOU ARE AWARE, DURING COVID, WE HAD NO VOLUNTEERS. AND OUR SCHOOLS.
WITH THAT, SO MANY PEOPLE, VOLUNTEER STATUS WAS LAPSED , RIGHTFULLY SO. WE ARE GLAD TO SEE A HUGE RETURN OF OUR VOLUNTEERS BACK INTO OUR SCHOOLS. WE HAVE A PROCESS CENTRALLY THAT ALL VOLUNTEER APPLICATIONS ARE SCREENED, EVALUATED AND APPROVED. IF NOT APPROVED WE HAVE A SPECIFIC OUTREACH TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS TO LET THEM KNOW THAT. THIS PROBABLY SEEMS MORE SUBSTANTIAL THAN IT IS, BUT INCREASE IN APPROVED VOLUNTEER BY 42%. PRE-PANDEMIC, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN SOMETHING HAD TO HAPPEN, BUT THIS REALLY IS ABOUT GETTING BACK TO BASELINE TO WHERE WE WERE PRE-PANDEMIC.
EXCITED THAT OUR FAMILIES ARE BACK IN OUR SCHOOLS FOR PARTICIPATION. AGAIN THIS OF WARD IS PRESENTED AS IN COMPLAINTS WITH EXCEPTIONS START UP HAPPY TO TAKE
QUESTIONS . >> THANK YOU DR. HOLMEN. ANY QUESTIONS OR POINTS OF CLARIFICATION FOR THE INFORMATION THAT IS PRESENTED? YES?
>> CORRECT ME IF I SAY SOMETHING THAT IS NOT QUITE ACCURATE , BUT UNDER 3.2 IT IS ABOUT THE COMPLAINTS THAT STUDENTS COMPLAIN ABOUT. SORRY. DO YOU HAVE STUDENT PERSPECTIVES ON HOW THEY FEEL THESE COMPLAINTS ARE HANDLED ESPECIALLY, BECAUSE I HAVE HEARD STUDENTS WHO FEEL THEIR COMPLAINTS, I FEEL LIKE UNDER HIV, OR BULLYING, I HAVE HEARD SOCIAL MEDIA THAT STUDENTS FEEL THEIR OPINIONS ARE NOT
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VALIDATED TO A SATISFACTORY DEGREE SO I AM WONDERING CURRENTLY THIS POLICY IS UNDER IN COMPLAINTS, BUT IT IS AN OBJECTIVE WAY OR KIND OF , THE COMPLAINT IS REGISTERED , REVIEWED, BUT NO REALLY, LIKE, DO STUDENTS FEEL THIS IS SATISFACTORY JUST WONDERING, BECAUSE THE REST OF THE SUBSECTIONS OF THIS POLICY HAVE SUBJECT KIND OF DATA WHERE THEY ARE LIKE 100% OF STAFF SAY THIS AND THIS, BUT FOR THIS PART WE DO HAVE THE ACTUAL STUDENT PERSPECTIVE OR FILING THESE COMPLAINTS AND TO ACTUALLY SEE DOES THIS MEET THEIR NEEDS, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY THAT IS NOT WHAT THIS POLYS FOR, BUT I THINK MEETING THE STUDENT NEEDS THAT WE DO NOT HAVE THAT DATA, LIKE WE JUST HAVE THIS COMPLAINT WAS FILED, LOOK AT IT, BUT NOT REALLY TO A SATISFIED DEGREETO TALK . >> YOU ARE PREEMPTING OUR NEXT STUDY SESSION , BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE ARE EVALUATING INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] , BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT MEETING THE VALUES OR THE WANTS RELATED TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND THESE TYPES OF ISSUES. WITH THAT I WILL TAKE THAT AS A NOTE, BUT I THINK WOULD DEPUTY SUPERVISOR INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] NEXT STUDY SESSION , BRING IN THE BOARD THAT INFORMATION FROM THE POLICY DISCUSSION IN THE PACKET. I BELIEVE IT WAS IN DECEMBER THAT OUR STUDY SESSION -- AS WE THINK ABOUT THAT THAT IS KIND OF MY POINT. THAT BAR OF COMPLETION DEALS WITH DATA, I THINK THAT IS WHAT WE ARE GETTING AT, YES, MOST OF THE TIME THAT ACCURACY LEVEL INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] VERY THOROUGH PROCESS.
SPEAKING WITH ALL OF THOSE EFFECTIVELY , AND WHEN STUDENTS ARE GOING THROUGH THE DIFFERENT PROCESSES, BOWLING, THOSE ARE BULLYING , THOSE ARE SPECIFIC SITUATIONS, BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE OUR STUDENTS ARE WALKING AWAY SAYING , I WAS NOT VALUED, DID NOT MEET MY NEEDS IS THAT REALLY A SUCCESSFUL EXPERIENCE? FAMILY NOT. PROBABLY NOT. WE ARE REALLY APPRECIATING THAT COMMENT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT SESSION THANK YOU.
>> DIRECTOR GUTHRIE? >> ALSO A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE REPORTS OF HIV , STUDENT SPECIFICALLY TO
INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] >> I WILL NOT GO QUITE THERE .
I SAW THAT QUESTION , BUT DID NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE THE POLICIES, BUT I DO KNOW IS THAT THE PRIOR YEAR AND 2021 , 2022, STUDENTS WERE TRANSITIONING BACK, WE SAW THE LARGEST HEALTH, SOCIAL INTERACTIONS THAT WE HAVE EVER SEEN. SO COMING BACK FROM A PANDEMIC , MORE THAN WE'VE EVER SEEN. I WAS JUST TALK ABOUT OUR STAFF COMPLAINT AND INVESTIGATION , WAY DOWN FROM PRIOR YEARS. HUMAN BEHAVIOR HAS GOTTEN TO PROBABLY A BETTER PLACE THAN IT WAS PREVIOUSLY. YES , AND MY WONDER IS , BUT PEOPLE JUST NOT REPORTING THAT AS WELL? I DON'T KNOW HOW TO VALIDATE THAT. I ASSUME THAT I HAVE, BECAUSE IT WOULD BE IN THE REPORTS, ISSUES THAT ARE
FOR THE EMPLOYER . >> IN REGARDS TO THE PROCESS, HOW DO YOU ENSURE THAT STEPS FOR HANDLING A COMPLAINT HAD BEEN DONE APPROPRIATELY ACCORDING TO THE DISTRICT
POLICY? >> WE HAVE A COMPLIANCE OFFICER FOR EACH OF THE DISCRIMINATION CATEGORIES .
OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD TITLE IX JOHN APPLEBY , PERSON AND CHARGED , ALL TITLING COMPLAINTS. IF THERE IS A
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FORMAL COMPLAINT AROUND TITLE IX, HE DEALS WITH THAT. OR INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] OF A STUDENT HE ALSO LOOKS INTO THE INVESTIGATION. SO HE IS THE LEADER OF THE POLICY. THAT RESPONSIBILITY. WE HAVE OUR DISCRIMINATION COMPLIANCE OFFICER , MICHAEL'S , DURING THE DISTRICT LOW VOLUME ] ABOUT A MONTH AGO. WE HAVE PEOPLE IN EACH OF THESE THAT HAVE REQUIREMENTS , DR. ROSS HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE EMPLOYEE DISCIPLINE , INVESTIGATIONS DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINTS. HE HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT FALLS UNDER ATHLETICS AND COMMITTEES. JUST ENSURING THEIR IS LAYERS OF ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH THE SYSTEM. AND THE WHOLE PROCESS IS IN PLACE, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE RESPONDING IN A TIMELY MANNER.>> NUMBER QUESTION, THANK YOU FOR THE OVERVIEW AND THE CLARIFICATION. IT IS THE BOARD RESPONSIBILITY TO CONSIDER THE REPORT OF EVIDENCE IS THAT OPERATION. A REMINDER OF THE CRITERIA WE AGREED TO. ONE, THE SUPERINTENDENT INTERPRETATION OF THE CURRENT POLICY IS WRITTEN IS REASONABLE. TO, SUPERINTENDENT HAS PROVIDED CONDITION WITH POLICY. NOW ENTERTAIN TO LOW VOLUME ] COMPLAINT WITH THE
>> OKAY . >> IT IS BEEN WILL I DIRECTOR LIBERTY, SECONDED BY DR. YOCUM. THAT THE LORD ACCEPT APPROVED
DISCUSSION? >> DIRECTOR LALIBERTE ?
>> I THINK , THIS PARTICULAR POLICY NEEDS A LOT OF WORK TO GET INTO ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT WE NEED HERE. I CANNOT REMEMBER, HAVE WE HAD THIS DECISION BEFORE OR A FEW COMMENT . IS THE POLICY AND THE INDICATOR TOO MANY OF THE INDICATORS ARE PROCESS ORIENTED . SORT OF CHECK THE BOX TYPE OF THING. I DON'T TO GET REALLY TELLS US WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] WHEN I LOOK AT THIS POLICY, TITLE FOR THE STAKEHOLDERS, VERY LITTLE OF THE POLICY, IS EXTERNAL LOOKING. THAT IS INTEREST THAT WE HAVE. WHEN WE LOOK AT WORK IN THIS POLICY
>> DIRECTOR GUTHRIE ? >> I AGREE WITH DIRECTOR LALIBERTE , PROVIDING WHAT PREVIOUS VOLUME ] INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ]. HOW THAT IS MORE THAN JUST A
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FORM. GIVING PEOPLE A FEELING AND WHEN I HEARD FROM SHIVANI, COMMUNICATING WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS NOT QUITE YET, BUT EVEN JUST REALLY THE FORMS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO FILL OUT, SALIVATING A LITTLE BIT. MICHAEL HAD SCREENSHOT HIS INFORMATION, INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ]. VERSUS A PDF THAT IS A PROCEDURE ON POLICIES THAT PRESUMABLY TO BE PRINTED OR SOMEHOW MANIPULATED . EFFECT THERE IS NO PREAMBLE WHAT WE DO IS ABORT, COMMUNICATE WITH THE ACTION HANDLING SEXUAL-HARASSMENT COMPLAINTS , I AM JUST A LITTLE BIT LOST. YES, ABSOLUTELY NO ISSUES WITH THE REPORT AS PRESENTED>> DIRECTOR YOCUM ? >> I APPRECIATE DR. HOLMEN WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT HANDLING COMPLAINTS , KIND OF GOING MORE THAT THESE ARE THE UNIFORM, FORMAL COMPLAINTS. I THINK HAVING READ THE WRITTEN OR ORAL STATEMENTS, MY THINKING IS TOTALLY INFORMAL . I HAVE VERY FEW OF THEM, BUT THAT IS ONE OF THE PROCESS WITH A FORMAL COMPLAINTS, BUT I ALSO WONDER IF AS WE ARE THE REVISING, IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN HOLD ONTO THIS, FORMAL COMPLAINTS, BUT ALSO SOMETHING IN PLACE FOR THE PROCESS. I THINK WHAT IS MISSING MY THE THE PROCESS, OKAY? I WENT AND LOOKED AT HOW SCHOOLS DEAL WITH THE HANDBOOKS, BUT I CANNOT FIND, I AM AN PARENT LIKE I HAVE AND ISSUE PUT THE IS THERE A STRUCTURED PROCESS IN PLACE ? I DON'T KNOW IF THAT EXISTS AND NOT FINDING IT IN THE RIGHT PLACE, BUT I THINK THAT WOULD HELP STUDENTS, SOMETHING FOR FAMILY, THIS PROCEDURE FOR COMPLAINT. I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT GOES AS FAR AS THE BOARD POLICY , BUT THERE IS A COMPLETE PROCESS , I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT LOOKS STILL. I KNOW THAT WAS TWO SEPARATE
THINGS IN THE PROCESS? >> MS. SHIVANI ?
>> THIS IS A LITTLE BIT LIKE A SAID JUSTIN / SUGGESTION , BUT I KNOW DR. HOLMEN TALKS ABOUT THE STUDY SESSION ON THIS NEXT TIME, BUT I WAS JUST WONDERING ESPECIALLY -- I KNOW THE PANORAMA SURVEY IS THE NEXT THING WE ARE LOOKING AT AND WONDERING, HAVE WE GONE WRONG? I REMEMBER A QUESTION ON THE PANORAMA SURVEY ASKING HOW TRUTHFULLY TO ANSWER THE SURVEY ? ALSO, LIKE, IT IS ALL ANONYMOUS, RIGHT? DR. HOLMEN JUST TALKED ABOUT HOW HE IS UNSURE IF ALL COMPLAINT THAT ARE FILED -- I WAS WONDERING, LIKE IS THERE ANY DATA ON THE PANORAMA SURVEY LIKE THAT? LIKE ACTUALLY SPEAKING TO TALKING ABOUT THEIR COMPLAINTS, HOW COME THEY FEEL THEY ARE DOING
THAT? >> THANK YOU, SHIVANI, FOR THAT QUESTION . IS THE THE HEALTHY USE SURVEY THAT ASKED ARE YOU BEING TRUTHFUL WAS LIKE YEAH, I THINK THAT IS ONE.
THERE ARE SO MANY SURVEYS AND I JUST TAKE THEM. YEAH, .
>> OUR RESIDENT EXPERT ON THE CITIBANK IS NOT PRESENT AT THE MOMENT SO I CANNOT ANSWER IN PANORAMA, IS THERE SOMETHING, BUT I DO KNOW IF THERE IS A QUESTION THAT WE WANT ASKED , CONSISTENTLY FOR MONITORING WE CAN BUILD THAT INTO THE STUDENT SURVEY PANORAMA ALLOWS US TO ADD QUESTIONS LIKE THAT . SO WE WOULD JUST NEED TO BE EXPLICIT ABOUT WHAT IS IT WE ARE LOOKING FOR SO THAT WE DEVELOP A QUESTION THAT ACTUALLY ASKS AND GET MISSION ABOUT WHAT WE ARE INTENDING TO MONITOR.
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>> JUST A FOLLOW-UP PANORAMA SURVEYS ARE ANONYMOUS, RIGHT? SO
ATTACHED. >> TO STUDENTS , WE MIGHT HAVE AN RESIDENT EXPERT AND SO THAT , BUT THEY ARE NOT HERE RIGHT NOW, BUT IS AVAILABLE TO THE DISTRICT I WANT TO MAKE SURE I AM ANSWERING THAT CORRECT SO I DO NOT WANT TO SAY SOMETHING THAT
PROVIDES FALSE INFORMATION. >> ALL RIGHT . I GUESS I WILL WAIT TILL THE NEXT SESSION. THANK YOU.
>> RESIDENT EXPERT ? >> DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT
KILLING HIM . >> YES, DIRECTOR GUTHRIE?
>> WE DID NOT HAVE OUR PREVIOUS STUDY SESSION. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SORT OF HOW MAKE SURE TO DO IT IN THE NEXT STUDY SESSION, - LOW VOLUME ]. IMPORTANT COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDER.
>> YES, SHIVANI YOU ARE EXCUSED. YOU SO MUCH FOR ATTENDING TONIGHT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMES FROM THE REST OF THE BOARD ? I JUST WANT TO PUT IT OUT THERE THAT LOOKING AT THE LAST TIME THIS POLICY WAS REVISED , IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS ASKED OR LOOK AT IN 2012.
>> I THINK IT MAKES SENSE THAT WE DEFINITELY ARE LISTENING WHETHER OR NOT IT IS CAPTURING THE VALUE OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE BOARD, BECAUSE IT IS BEEN A LARGE AMOUNT OF TIME. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR NEXT STUDY SESSION AND MOVING AND GOING FORWARD. HEARING A FURTHER DISCUSSION, WE WILL PROCEED TO A VOTE AND DISCUSSIONS LOW VOLUME ] SECONDED BY DR. YOCUM. THAT THE BOARD ACCEPT AND IMPROVE FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY VOTING AYE .
>> HEARING ON, MOTION CARRIES. >> X ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE BOARD SUMMARY FOR MONITORING REPORT OE 10 . OE 10 IS THE OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS AROUND LEARNING ENVIRONMENT TREATMENT OF STUDENTS. THIS MONITORING REPORT WAS PRESENTED AND APPROVED AT THE NOVEMBER 6, 2023 BOARD MEETING, RICKY TO DR. DIRECTOR LALIBERTE I WILL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BOARD SUMMARY
FOR OE 10 AS PRESENTED. >> SO MOVED .
>> SECOND. >> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
>> HERE. NO FURTHER DISCUSSION WE WILL VOTE ON THE MOTION HAS BEEN MOOD RIGHT DIRECTOR GUTHRIE AND SECONDED BY DIRECTOR LALIBERTE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE MONITORING OF THE REPORT FOR OE 10 AS PRESENTED ALWAYS IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE .
>> HEARING ON, MOTION ARIES. MOTION CARRIES. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A BOARD SUMMARY FOR MONITORING BOARD THE 11, OPERATIONAL EXPECTATION 11 IS IN REGARDS TO THE INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM IT WAS PRESENTED AND APPROVED AT THE NOVEMBER 20, 2023 BOARD MEETING. I HAVE WRITTEN THAT LOW VOLUME ] BASED ON DISCUSSIONS AT THE NOVEMBER 20 BOARD MEETING. NOW ENTERTAIN AND MOTION TO APPROVE THE BOARD SUMMARY FOR OE 11 IS PRESENTED.
>> SECOND . >> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
>> HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION WE WILL PROCEED TO VOTE ON THE MOTION, MOVED BY DIRECTOR LIBERTY AND SECONDED BY DIRECTOR YOCUM THAT THE BOARD APPROVED THE BOARD SUMMARY FOR OE 11 IS PRESENTED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE
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>> NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE SUPER SUPPORT DR. HOLMEN?
>> OKAY, SO TONIGHT I WANT TO BRING FORWARD WASHINGTON STATE CHINESE AMERICAN, AMERICANS OF CHINESE DESCENT HISTORY
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MONTH. I REALIZE I DO NOT RUN FORWARD EVERY RECOGNITION AND TALK ABOUT IT, BUT THIS THE FIRST YEAR OF THIS RECOGNITION . I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THOSE ARE OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILY, STANDING NEXT TO THE GOVERNOR, AS HE SIGNED THIS BILL INTO LAW. I KNOW THE FAMILIES IN THE WASHINGTON AREA, INFLUENTIAL IN THIS PROCESS, BUT JUST WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THIS. SENATE BILL 5000, IT TOOK THREE YEARS TO PASS. I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF CONVERSATION AND ADVOCACY AND INFORMATION SHARED WITH THE LEGISLATURE ABOUT INFORMATION, WHITE IT WOULD BE VALUABLE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. ONCE IT WAS ADOPTED AND APPROVED TURNED INTO RCW 133 171 30. IT IS THREE PARAGRAPHS SO I WILL JUST GRAB ONE OF THE PARAGRAPHS TO SHARE THE JANUARY OF EACH YEAR WILL BE DESIGNATED AS A TEMPER PEOPLE OF THIS STATE TO COMMEMORATE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF CHINESE AMERICANS AND AMERICANS OF CHINESE DESCENT HISTORY AND HERITAGE OF WASHINGTON STATE, SHALL BE DESIGNATED AS CHINESE AMERICANS AND AMERICANS OF CHINESE DESCENT HISTORY MONTH. I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE BOARD TO GO TO THIS RCW AND READ THE INTENT OF THE LEGISLATURE.THEY DID A REALLY NICE JOB OF CAPTURING WHY, THE BACKGROUND, AND THE CONCLUDE WITH STATED THAT THE LEGISLATURE FINDS IT IS AND OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STATE RICH HISTORY AND METONYMY BY CHINESE AMERICANS IS WHERE THE OF RECOGNITION AND CELEBRATION. FOR THE FIVE THAT TEACHING THAT HISTORY IN SCHOOLS WILL HELP TO COMMEMORATE THE BOARD ACHIEVEMENT OF CHINESE AMERICANS. WHILE IT WAS NOT A DIRECTIVE THAT SCHOOLS TEACH , BUT IT WAS ENCOURAGED IN THE RCW. AND SO, EACH ONE OF THE EQUITY AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT DEPARTMENTS AND SAUDI'S LETTER, BUT WHAT I DO NOT REMEMBER IS IT MIGHT JUST GO TO STEP, BUT IT GOES BEYOND THAT. THANK YOU.
IN A MOMENT OF AND KNOWING, THANK YOU. THIS MONTH THEY HIGHLIGHTED THE CHINESE AMERICAN AMERICANS OF CHINESE DESCENT HISTORY MONTH , AND THAT THEY SHARED INFORMATION ABOUT IT. THEY A STUDENT TO PROVIDE AND TO ABOUT IT THEY ASKED A STAFF MEMBER TO PROVIDE AT THE ABOUT IT. AND IT, NOT ANTIDOTE , NOT A HEALING METHODOLOGY. ANTIDOTE. THE INTERESTING THINGS AS WELL, BUT THEN LATER IN THEIR ARTICLE THEY SHARED RESOURCES FOR STAFF MEMBERS , BOOKS THE TEACHERS COULD BRING INTO THE CLASSROOM TO APPROPRIATELY RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THIS MONTH. ON THE WEBSITE, WE ALSO HAVE THIS INFORMATION. THIS STATEMENT IS BY EMILY SHE'LL, YOU SEE THEIR SHAKING HANDS WITH THE GOVERNOR AS HE SIGNED THIS BILL INTO LAW. I WANT TO CALL OUT THE FINAL STATEMENT SHE MAKES. SHE SAYS, I BELIEVE THIS IS A REALLY EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY FOR SCHOOLS TO TEACH STUDENTS ABOUT THE RICH HISTORY OF CHINESE AMERICANS,, BUT THE GOOD AND BAD THINGS THAT ARE PART OF OUR HISTORY. SO I WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR STUDENTS, FAMILIES, THAT A RECORD NICE IN THIS MONTH OF JANUARY AS CHINESE AMERICAN, AMERICANS OF CHINESE DESCENT MONTH, GOOD TO BE RECKONED NICE IN THIS MATTER, APPRECIATING THE OPPORTUNITIES AND THE HONOR AND OUR COMMUNITY. WANT TO CALL THE STUDENTS, BUT IT IS NOT EVERY DAY YOU GET TO STAND NEXT TO THE GOVERNOR AS HE SIGNED A BILL INTO LAW, PRETTY EXCITING, VERY MEANINGFUL FOR THEM. THAT IS MY SUPERINTENDENT
REPORT TONIGHT . >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DR.
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HOLMEN. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING IS PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS. THIS PORTION OF THE BUSINESS NEED OF THE BOARD IS AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY BOARD MEMBERS TO INFORMALLY PROVIDE UPDATES FROM ORGANIZATIONS OR GROUPS ENGAGEMENT ON BEHALF OF LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL BOARD .>> DIRECTOR STUART WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROVIDE THAT
INFORMATION? >> TODAY'S FOR THE FIRST DAY OF THE WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE IN CONGRESS. THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT HOLDING YOUR BREATH , BECAUSE LWSD WILL HAVE ITS DAY ON THE HILL ON THE 24TH, MEET WITH OUR LEGISLATORS ALSO , PRESIDENT CHOI WILL BE ATTENDING THE SBA DAY ON THE
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HILL ON THE 29TH, PART OF THEIR OVERALL LEGISLATIVE MEETINGS. IT SHOULD BE NOTED TOO EACH MONDAY , WSA WILL BE HAVING A WEBINAR, LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. IN THE PAST I FOUND A VERY, VERY HELP. IF YOU CAN MAKE TIME FOR IT AT NOON LOW VOLUME ]. BESIDE THE HEALTH SERVICES FORM, ATTENDING THAT, FRIDAY, THE 12TH, PRESIDENT CHOI AND DIRECTOR GUTHRIE WILL BE MEETING WITH STAFF ALONG WITH REPRESENTATIVE SHRIVER . THE REP BOARD WILL BE MEETING WITH ME ON THE 15TH, THE OTHER THING TO KEEP IN MIND AS WE ALSO HAVE SCHOOL BUSINESS COMING UP ON THE 18TH. FEBRUARY 6 AS WELL.>> THAT SUMS IT UP. A FEW OTHER THINGS, BUT I THINK THAT IS ENOUGH TIME TO TALK ANYTHING ELSE FOR PUBLIC AND
COMMUNITY AFFAIRS? >> DIRECTOR GUTHRIE?
>> WE MET WITH REPRESENTATIVE SHRIVER LAST FRIDAY .
>> SORRY? >> LAST FRIDAY. ALSO A BRIEFING FOR SOME OF THE LEGISLATORS , DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT , AND DIRECTOR, I BELIEVE , EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THANK YOU. I DON'T KNOW HIS TITLE. TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WORK WE ARE DOING HERE IN WASHINGTON, LOTS OF THINGS QUESTIONS THAT LEGISLATORS WERE ASKING. CENTER TO WALTER HAD A LOT OF GREAT IN. ALSO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE REPRESENTATIVES, OF REPRESENTATIVE SHRIVER, DEALT WITH THEM TOO , ANOTHER STATE SENATOR THAT POPPED IN. IT WAS GREAT TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT WITH, LOOKING AT THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, VERY THANKFUL TO GET WHAT THE PRESENTATION , COMMUNICATING WITH LEGISLATORS AND THAT WAY.
>> ALSO WANT TO RECORD NICE SENATOR DINGER IS SPONSORING THE BILL RELATED TO EL CHICO. SENATOR WALLMAN IS ALSO COSPONSOR OR SUB SPONSOR OR WHATEVER THAT IS, OF THAT , CONTINUED TO LOOK FOR SOMEONE ON THE HOUSE SIDE TO SPONSOR THAT, BECAUSE OUR ASK IS THAT THIS BILL ACTUALLY PASSED THIS SESSION. SO I KNOW THAT WILL DROPPED ON THE SENATE SIDE. SO EXCITED THAT THAT IS POTENTIALLY MOVING FORWARD .
>> DIRECTOR STUART? >> SAME THING, DURING THE HOLIDAY TIME FRAME I WAS AT A RECEPTION, MET WITH LEGISLATORS AND OTHER OFFICE FOLKS . ONE IN PARTICULAR, KING COUNTY ASSESSOR, VERY INTERESTED IN OUR TO WORK ON EL CHICO'S. -- NGOS. WORKING WITH US TO WHAT IS ANEMIC AND?
>> I WILL GET YOU THE CONTACT INFORMATION.
>> ANYONE ELSE ? >> NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS
[H. Closing Items]
SCHOOL VISITS. DECEMBER SCHOOL VISIT PLACE ON DECEMBER SIX, SUMMARY POSTED ON THE BOARD DOCS FOR ANYBODY INTERESTED TO READ. JANUARY SCHOOL VISITS WILL TAKE PLACE ON THE 18TH, JUANITA SCHOOL AND SAMBERG SCHOOL. ANY OTHER REMARKSREGARDING SCHOOL VISIT ? >> DIRECT YOCUM ?
>> THE NEXT ONE. ANYONE ELSE GOING?
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VOLUME ]. >> DECEMBER 6 WITH MCAULIFFE I WILL TAKE ANY CHANCE TO GO TO THE CLASSROOM AND SEE STUDENTS AND MEET WITH TEACHERS. IT WAS VERY -- MCAULIFFE LET ME TALK TO LANGUAGE ARTS , LOOKING AT THEIR SCHEDULING AS FAR AS HOW THEY IN LINE THAT I GRADE. SO BASICALLY, ALL SERVICES CAN BE PUSHED IN LOW VOLUME ] REALLY NICE TO SEE. INGLEWOOD WAS REALLY FOCUSED ON MASS. MATH. INTERESTED TO SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT LEVELS AT INGLEWOOD DIFFERENT STRATEGIES THAT WERE USED . THERE WAS ONE EDUCATOR , EMAIL THEM JUST TO SAY THANK YOU, HIS ABILITY TO -- NOT SO MUCH THE MATH GETTING THE GROUPS TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT WAYS OF SOLVING PROBLEMS. ALWAYS TO TRY TO COME UP WITH ANYWAY, ORIGINAL WAY, THAT ANYONE ELSE IN THE CLASSROOM VOLUME ]. THAT IS JUST PART OF A CREATIVITY STANDARD OF TRYING TO LOOK AT THINGS DIFFERENTLY. JUST REALLY NEED -- NICE TO SEE THAT DONE IN THE MATH CLASS PUT DIRECTOR STUART ?
>> ONE LESS THING, COMING UP AS PART OF THE EDUCATION INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] NATIONAL CENTER ON EDUCATION , ACCESS TO EDUCATION. THIS PROGRAM, ENTERTAINING COMMENTS AND ALSO TAKING APPLICATIONS FOR THE PROGRAM.
I THOUGHT I WOULD PASS THAT ON TO JOHN AND ALSO GIVE IT TO THE SED FOLKS, AND I WILL SEND YOU THE INFORMATION.
>> NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS BOARD COMMITTEE UPDATES. DOES ANYBODY HAVE AN UPDATE TO PROVIDE ABOUT ANY COMMITTEES
THAT THEY SIT ON? >> DIRECTOR GUTHRIE?
>> IN NOVEMBER , SUNDAY IN NOVEMBER IF I REMEMBER RIGHT ADMITTING OF THE LOT OF THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE -- AS WAS SHARED WITH THE BOARD A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO, - LOW VOLUME ] INTERESTING OPPORTUNITIES AND CONNECTION WITH SOCIAL SETTINGS , BUT THERE IS ALSO SORT OF HOW DO WE MAKE BEST USE OF EXTRACURRICULAR RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE TODAY? AND JOINED THEM SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION, HOW WE DO GRADING , IN THE CONTEXT OF CURRENT TOOLS. THAT EVENING I WENT TO THE SECOND OF THE COMMITTEE CONNECT WHICH IS A GROUP THAT IS FOCUSED ON REALLY ULTIMATELY LOOKING AT THE L OU , CANNOT REMEMBER WHAT IT IS ASSIGNED TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS. MAKING SURE THAT THAT REFLECTS THE VALUES OF THE COMMUNITY , REALLY COOL GROUP TO WORK WITH. DISTRICT STAFF CITY STEP THERE ARE POLICE OFFICERS, DIFFERENT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, WOMAN SITTING NEXT TO ME SAID I MAY BE IN THE WRONG GROUP , MY DAUGHTER WAS SORT OF INTERESTED IN SCHOOL SAFETY SO I SIGNED UP FOR THIS TWO LEVEL , BUT NOW I THINK YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT TIER ONE. SHE WAS APPARENT IN THE DISTRICT, REALLY COOL SO A LOT OF THE TIME WAS SPENT LOOKING AT THE BOOKS TENANTS, THE PRODUCTION FOR THE COMMUNITY HOW DOES THIS GROUP WANT TO GO ABOUT IN HELPING THE SUPPORT OF THIS DECISION? WE REALIZED SCHEDULED , THE END JANUARY TO WORK SOME OF THAT. ACTUALLY EXCITED TO SEE TALKED ABOUT A FEW WEEKS AGO, COMING UP REGULARLY , PLEASED
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TO SEE>> THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE. ANYONE ELSE?
>> OKAY. I KNOW THAT A LOT OF COMMITTEES HAD A BIT OF A BREAK OVER THE HOLIDAYS AS WE DID SO ANTICIPATING THE NEXT ROUND OF COMMITTEE MEETINGS COMING UP PRETTY MUCH FOR EVERYONE. WITH THAT BEING SAID, BOARD PLANS TO MEET NEXT ON JANUARY 22ND, STUDY SESSION AT 5:00 P.M., WORD MEANING THAT SOME:00 P.M., NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY DIRECTOR LALIBERTE AND SECONDED DR. STUART THAT WE ADJOURN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE TALK AYE.
>> ALTHOUGH SUPPOSED? HEARING NONE, A MOTION CARRIES.
MEETING IS
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