May 06, 2024 May 6, 2024 Study Session - 5:00 p.m.

[1. Call to order]

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>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL OR -- TO ORDER, THAT MAY 6TH LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL BOARD STUDY SESSION. ALL SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT, AND WE HAVE ONE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE WITH US SO FAR. WE HAVE ONE TOPIC ON THE AGENDA TODAY. WE HAVE TWO TOPICS ON THE AGENDA FOR THE STUDY SESSION. THE FIRST IS THE C24-25 WORKPLAN.

WE HAVE PASSED OUT AN INITIAL DRAFT AND I THINK WE CAN ALSO

[1. 2024-25 Annual Work Plan of the Board Planning]

OBVIOUSLY, I WAS SUPER KIND TO DR. HOMAN AND GAVE HIM 24 HOURS TO LOOK AT THE FIRST DRAFT. WHEN I SAY IT IS A ROUGH FIRST DRAFT, IT IS A ROUGH FIRST DRAFT. I WOULD FULLY ANTICIPATE AND EXPECT CERTAIN THINGS TO MOVE DAYS. BUT IF EVERYONE WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE, I KNOW IT IS THE FIRST NIGHT -- MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM BURSTING THIS. IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES AND LOOK OVER WHAT THE DRAFT SAYS, THEN WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION FOLLOWING IT. THANK YOU.

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WHAT YOU SEE ON THE FIRST PAGE WITH THE OVERVIEW OF WHICH MONITORING REPORTS ARE ON WHICH DAYS, THAT IS A COPY PASTE OF WHAT WE DID THIS YEAR. DR. HOLMEN HAD SOME CALLOUTS.

>> BECAUSE PRESUMABLY THE BOARD WILL HAVE A SUSTAINABILITY POLICY AND WITH THE SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES TO OE3, I WONDER IF WE MONITOR THAT IN JANUARY, TO GIVE MY TEAM TIME TO PROCESS THOSE. THAT WILL CYCLE THROUGH DECEMBER FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR. THAT IS THE ONLY CHANGE I WOULD PROPOSE FOR MONITORING.

>> YEAH. I THINK THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IT WILL BE PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL, I IMAGINE. YES.

DIRECTOR GUTHRIE. >> I RECOMMEND NOT DOING SUSTAINABILITY AND OE10 ON THE SAME DAY. THERE WILL BE A LOT OF DISCUSSION. AND THAT WITH THE SUSTAINABILITY POLICY, THAT

BEING NEW. >> ANY OTHER THOUGHTS ON THE MONITORING SCHEDULE?

>> ARE THERE ANY WE HAVE TO WAIT LONGER FOR FOR THE DATA?

>> I BELIEVE OE11 IS PLACED LATER IN NOVEMBER. OTHER THAN THAT, I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE DATA, BUT THERE IS NOT A DATA

SET THAT I'M THINKING OF. >> RIGHT. RESULTS. WE DO OUR THREE AT THE VERY BEGINNING. 1 AND 2 ARE LATER IN THE SPRING.

OTHER THAN THOSE, I BELIEVE WE HAVE ALL THE DATA NECESSARY .

IT IS JUST THE TIME TO GET IT ALL.

>> OKAY. I'M FIGURING OUT THE BEST WAY TO ORGANIZE MY THOUGHTS ON THIS. I GUESS I'LL START WITH WHAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT FIRST. IF ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES IS GOING TO BE DOING POLICY WORK ON OE-10 , WHICH I THINK IT IS, AND I KNOW THAT THE END OF THE YEAR, WITH THE LAST ITEMS ON THE PLAN -- A FIRST READING OF WHAT WOULD BE PROVISIONS FOR OE-10, I THINK MONITORING IT EARLIER IN THE CYCLE CAN BE HELPFUL. AT LEAST FOR ME, MONITORING THE POLICY HELPS WITH THAT PROCESS. THAT CAN HELP IDENTIFY CHANGES TO THE POLICY. I'M VERY MINDFUL OF NOT HAVING TOO MANY OF THESE STACKED UP ON ANY PARTICULAR NIGHT , ALSO NIGHTS WHERE AT THE END OF IT, WE HAVE A SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION. NOT A GOOD PRACTICE. AT THE END OF IT. THOSE ARE SOME THINGS I WAS THINKING ABOUT. SHIFTING THOSE AROUND. I THINK WE HAVE TOO MUCH ON NOVEMBER 18. I WONDER IF WE CAN MOVE OE-10 TO A DATE IN OCTOBER AND THEN MOVE AROUND SOME OF THE OTHER ITEMS WE HAVE SCHEDULED. I THINK HAVING OE-14 -- I GUESS WHAT I'M ASKING IS TO MOVE OE-10 TO MONITOR ITS ON OCTOBER 21ST, MOVE THE ITEMS FROM THE 21ST TO THE FOURTH.

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NINTH. >> SO THIS PAST YEAR, WE , FOR THE FIRST YEAR, WE DID SOME MONITORING ON CONSENT VERSUS NONCONSENT. AND ALL THREE -- OR TWO OF THOSE THREE -- FIVE, SIX, AND SEVEN WERE BEING MONITORED FOR CONSENT THIS YEAR. IN GENERAL, I DON'T THINK THAT THEY ARE EXTENSIVE DISCUSSION. I ALSO DON'T THINK THAT WE HAVE LANDED ON THE CADENCE OF IF WE WANTED TO MONITOR THINGS, CONSENT VERSUS NONCONSENT, IF WE WANTED TO DO IT EVERY OTHER YEAR OR EVERY THREE YEARS . WE INITIATED THIS DISCUSSION BEFORE. I CAN'T CONCLUSIVELY RECALL WHAT WE LANDED ON IN TERMS OF A SCHEDULE FOR CONSENT MONITORING. I'M KIND OF OPEN TO HAVING THAT DISCUSSION AGAIN, JUST TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN COMPLETELY LAND ON A SCHEDULE. ORIGINALLY, THE THOUGHT WAS IT WOULD HAPPEN EVERY OTHER YEAR. YEAH. FOR ME, I THINK I COULD BE CONVINCED ONE WAY OR THE OTHER IN EITHER DIRECTION. DOES ANYONE HAVE A STRONG OPINION?

>> I GUESS I'LL SAY MY ASSUMPTION WAS THAT WE WERE DOING THEM ON NONCONSENT. I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S WHAT MY

PREFERRED MODE IS. >> DO YOU HAVE A PREFERENCE?

>> I THINK WE ARE TALKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT OE-5, 6, AND

7. ALSO 4. >> DID WE DO 12?

>> MONITORED TWO ON THE AGENDA. WE HAVE DONE 4, 5, 6, AND 7.

>> 4, 5, 6, AND 7. >> THAT WOULD BE MY FRIEND --

PREFERENCE. >> I FEEL LIKE WE ESTABLISHED A MODEL FOR IF WE NEEDED TO PULL SOMETHING FOR DISCUSSION OF LIKE WHAT THE PRACTICE AND THE PROTOCOL WOULD BE. SO I AGREE.

I FEEL COMFORTABLE. I FEEL COMFORTABLE PUTTING THOSE OES

ON CONSENT. LINDSEY YOCUM. >> I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.

IF WE CAN FROM -- REVIEW WITH THE SUMMARY IT LOOKS LIKE -- I THINK THERE WAS GOING BACK AND LOOKING AT THE SUMMARY OF ALL OF THE DIFFERENT OES, I FEEL LIKE IT WASN'T VERY DETAILED.

IT WAS, THIS WOULD BE MONITORED ON CONSENT THIS YEAR OR NONCONSENT NEXT YEAR. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?

>> I THINK WE HAD THAT. WE ALREADY HAD THAT DISCUSSION.

WHAT THE SUMMARY LOOKS LIKE . >> IT IS.

>> APPROVED ON CONSENT. >> OKAY. IS THAT ALL THAT THE

SUMMARY WOULD SAY? >> UNLESS IT GOT PULLED TO NONCONSENT BECAUSE THERE WERE QUESTIONS THEN. IT WOULD HAVE A

DIFFERENT SUMMARY. >> OKAY. THANK YOU FOR

REFRESHING MY MEMORY. >> YEAH.

>> OKAY. I'M HEARING -- MARK, DID YOU HAVE AN OPINION ON FOUR, FIVE, OR SIX? OKAY. SAY THAT AGAIN.

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>> I'M NOT ADVOCATING FOR OUR MEETINGS TO BE LONGER. BUT --

>> THAT'S NOT YOUR GOAL? >> WELL, A LOT OF THE DATA THAT IS BROUGHT FORTH ON THESE MONITORING REPORTS IS RELATIVELY CONSISTENT, YEAR-TO-YEAR. PARTICULARLY IN A YEAR WHEN WE ARE GOING THROUGH -- FOR US, SIGNIFICANT BUDGET CHANGES. YOU KNOW, WE WILL BE REDUCING EXPENDITURES BETWEEN SIX AND $10 MILLION , AND HOLDING YOUR VALUES AND EXPECTATIONS AROUND THAT PROCESS, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE

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MONITORED ON CONSENT AGENDA ? >> I THINK YOU'RE POINTING OUT AN ASSUMPTION THAT IS MADE, OR A CORRELATION THAT IS MADE THAT IF WE ARE NOT ACTIVELY MONITORING A NONCONSENT, THAT WE ARE NOT LOOKING. THAT IS INACCURATE. WE ARE STILL GETTING THE REPORTS POINT WE ARE LOOKING AT REPORTS. WE ARE ASKING QUESTIONS IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS. WHEN IT'S ON CONSENT. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. DIRECTOR STEWART.

>> >> AN EFFECT ON YOUR DECISION. I TRUST BARBARA.

>> AS I'M COMING UP WITH ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS, ON THE FLY -- WELL, JUST TRYING TO THINK OF HOW DO WE -- ABSOLUTELY, THE BOARD READS THE REPORTS. THE REPORT DOES SEND IN QUESTIONS AND SOMETIMES LOTS OF QUESTIONS AROUND IT. WHICH IS GOOD. THAT'S THE REASON WE HAVE THESE PROCESSES IN PLACE.

I COULD ADD THOSE TO MY REPORT. ONE OF THOSE EVENINGS, AS WELL.

JUST TO PROVIDE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT IT IS THAT THE BOARD MONITORED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AND HIGHLIGHT THOSE VALUES, AS WELL.

>> DIRECTOR GUTHRIE. >> YEAH. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS -- AND THIS IS MAYBE PUTTING THE HORSE BEFORE THE CART A LITTLE BIT, BUT WHEN I WAS LOOKING OVER THE SUSTAINABILITY POLICY THAT WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT LATER TODAY AND THINKING ABOUT POSSIBLE CONNECTIONS, ESPECIALLY WITH OE-12 AND OE-5 AND 6 -- IN THE PAST, IT HAS NOT CHANGED A LOT FROM YEAR-TO-YEAR, BUT THINKING ABOUT HOW WE THINK ABOUT OUR FACILITIES AND HOW WE THINK ABOUT HOW WE BUDGET FOR NEW FACILITIES AND SO ON, IN LIGHT OF THE SUSTAINABILITY POLICY AND BOUNCING DIFFERENT CONSIDERATIONS THERE, IT MAY ACTUALLY BE MORE OF A CONVERSATION FOR NEXT YEAR. AND POSSIBLY WORTHY OF HAVING SOMETHING TO HAVE IN FRONT OF THE COMMUNITY, AS WELL, BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO HOLD THE COMMUNITY'S VALUES. SO, YEAH.

I WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE. YET, AS WE CONSIDER THAT.

>> SHIVANI. >> I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO BE OE-15. I WAS THINKING IT WOULD BE BETTER TO HAVE THE LINKAGE BEFORE MONITORING IT, JUST TO MAKE SURE THE STUDENTS FOR THOSE POLICIES WILL BE HAPPY WITH IT. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT

MAKES SENSE. >> SO THIS PLAN OPERATES UNDER AN ASSUMPTION THAT WE WILL ADOPT A SUSTAINABILITY POLICY THIS YEAR, WHICH WE HAVE NOT DONE YET. BECAUSE OE-3 AND OE-9

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>> MAYBE OE-9 IN JANUARY?

>> AND WE ALSO CREATED THE NEW MONITORING TIMELINE AND SCHEDULE. AND SO, WE COULD BUMP MONITORING INTO JANUARY. THERE IS NOTHING THAT WOULD STOP US FROM DOING THAT. WE PUT AN ARBITRARY TIMELINE ON OURSELVES. WE WANT TO GET IT DONE BEFORE JANUARY 1ST. IT CAN GET REALLY BUSY, NOT ONLY FOR STAFF TO PUT IT TOGETHER, BUT ALSO FOR THE BOARD -- THE TURNAROUND -- THE FOUR PIECE, TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THE SUMMARIES AND THOSE COMPONENTS. THERE IS NOTHING TO SAY THAT WE CAN'T.

AS WELL. >> YES. DIRECTOR STUART.

>> WE HAVE THE REPORTS. WE HAVE THE OES ON FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE TO HAVE IT COME AFTER THAT? I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE SHOULD MOVE THE BUDGET UP.

THAT'S NOT MY SUGGESTION. >> MONITORING IS ALWAYS A LOOK IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR. SO THE DATA WILL BE ABOUT THIS SCHOOL YEAR THAT WE ARE IN. 2023-2024, WITH THE JANUARY 13TH BUDGET UPDATE. IT IS AROUND NEW ENROLLMENT UPDATES. THAT IS FOR

THE 2024 2025 QUESTION. >> ARE THERE GOING TO BE CERTAIN OES OR RESULTS AND POLICIES THAT WE ARE GOING TO MEET AHEAD OF TIME LIKE YOU DID WITH THE TWO BOARD MEMBERS, AND IS IT WORTH IT TO CALL OUT POTENTIALLY WHAT THOSE ARE? OR JUST AS WE GO, THAT IS DETERMINED?

>> DO YOU MEAN PRE-MEETINGS? >> THE PRE-MEETINGS. THEY ARE IN THE OTHER BUSINESS CALL EVENT. WE NORMALLY DO IT FOR OE-14, AND THEN OUR RS. YOU'RE FINE. DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. I TON OF INFORMATION IN FRONT OF EVERYONE AND GIVE IT TO EVERYBODY. IT IS FINE. OKAY. I MONITORING. OKAY.

>> WOULD IT BE BENEFICIAL TO ALSO HAVE INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS AROUND OE-3 AND OE-9?

>> YES, BUT I ALSO ANTICIPATE THAT THERE WILL NOT BE A LOT OF DATA OR INFORMATION YET. SO I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED THAT.

>> WELL, I'M STILL UNCLEAR. I'M STILL UNCLEAR AS TO WHETHER WE ARE MONITORING ANYTHING ON CONSENT NEXT YEAR.

AM I MISSING SOMETHING? IS IT REALLY CLEAR TO EVERYONE ELSE AND NOT ME?

>> IS IT POSSIBLE SINCE WE ARE NOW MOVING AND TRYING TO FLEX THIS A LITTLE BIT -- MAY WE DO GROUND ZERO AND HAVE ONE YEAR WHERE WE HAVE NONCONSENT? SO AT LEAST WE START THERE? DOES THAT

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MAKE SENSE? >> YEAH. I WOULD LOVE FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE PREFERENCES AT THIS POINT. ALL RIGHT. LINDSAY,

DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? OKAY. >> I HAVE A PREFERENCE.

>> DO YOU HAVE A PREFERENCE? >> MY PREFERENCE IS TO MONITOR OE-5, 6, AND 7, AND 4, ON CONSENT. IT IS NOT A STRONG PREFERENCE THOUGH.

>> I AGREE. >> YOU CHANGED YOUR PREFERENCE.

ALL RIGHT. BUT WE ARE GOING TO MONITOR THEM ON NONCONSENT. WE SHOULD SPREAD OUT THE MONITORING MORE.

>> OKAY. WE CAN TABLE THAT. IF PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THEIR PREFERENCES AT SOME POINT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

YES. SUPERINTENDENT HOLMEN. >>

>> YOU SURE DID. >> WE COULD MAKE SURE WE HAVE AN ABUNDANCE OF CONSENT AND THEN OUR TIMING IS TO GET THOSE OUT 10 DAYS IN ADVANCE OF THE BOARD MEETING, AND THEN, THE VICE PRESIDENT CAN LET ME KNOW IF THE BOARD WOULD LIKE THAT TO BE ON NONCONSENT, GIVEN WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT IN THE COMMUNITY, THE STATUS OF THINGS, BUT OTHERWISE, WE WILL PLAN FOR IT ON CONSENT AND TAKE SPECIFIC ACTION IF WE WANT TO

PULL IT OFF. >> I SUPPORT THAT.

>> SOUNDS GOOD. AWESOME. >> THEN WE CAN MOVE INTO THE MEAT OF THE ANNUAL WORK PLAN, I GUESS. I KNOW DIRECTOR LALIBERTE HAS THINKS HE WOULD LIKE TO SAY.

>> DO WE AGREED TO HOW THAT IS?

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BEEN DISCUSSED. >> I WANT TO MAKE ONE POINT, THAT WE HAVE IN SOME MONTHS, A LOT OF BOARD COMMITMENTS EARLY ON ON OUR PLATE. I ASSUME THAT MOST PEOPLE AT WORK WILL ATTEND GOING TO BE GOING ON IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER AROUND THAT. WE HAVE A LEVY ON THE BALLOT. I THINK MONTHLY SCHOOL CAN BE OVERLY AMBITIOUS IN TERMS OF HAVING COMMITMENTS ON OUR CALENDARS. I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER TO THAT. I WAS TRYING TO BE COGNIZANT OF THE NUMBER OF EVENTS AT ANY GIVEN TIME.

>> I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT WHAT IS THE CADENCE WE WOULD LIKE TO ADHERE TO. I'LL SAY THAT WE HAVE YET TO FOLLOW THE MONTHLY SCHOOL VISIT SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD, AT LEAST. THAT IS OUR GOAL. I'M ACTUALLY FINE WITH HAVING AN AMBITION OF A MONTHLY SCHOOL VISIT WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THINGS HAPPEN. AS THE YEAR GOES.

DIRECTOR YOCUM. >> I WOULD SAY MORE, BUT YOU KNEW I WOULD SAY THAT. I'M CURIOUS HOW STAFF, STUDENTS, AND TEACHERS FEEL ABOUT THOSE VISITS, AND IF IT IS SOMETHING THEY TRULY APPRECIATE OR IF IT IS MORE WORK AND EFFORT , OR IF THEY VIEWED AS VALUABLE TO HAVE THE BOARD COME IN AND VIEW WHAT IS HAPPENING. I WOULD LIKE TO GET FEEDBACK THERE AND SEE THE

THOUGHTS. >> YEAH. ANYTIME LEADERSHIP -- TEACHERS THERE. THE JOB IS HARD ENOUGH AND THEN WHEN YOU HAVE SIX, SEVEN PEOPLE IN THE CLASSROOM WHO ARE THE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP, OR SUPERINTENDENCE. THE EXECUTIVE TEAM. IT ADDS A LAYER OF PRESSURE TO SPEND TWO OR THREE HOURS WITH US. THEY

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>> THANKS. I WOULD SAY I APPRECIATE IT. I WOULDN'T DO MORE. I THINK IT IS NICE. I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD DO LESS.

I LIKE TWO SCHOOLS PER MONTH.

>> AND I THINK ALSO, ARC MEDICATIONS TEAM COMES OUT TO ALL OF OUR SCHOOL VISITS, AND THEY DO A GREAT JOB OF CAPTURING THE SCHOOL VISIT, AND SO, FOR THOSE BOARD MEMBERS THAT CAN PARTICIPATE, SHANNON AND COLIN HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB OF CAPTURING THE ESSENCE OF THE EXPERIENCE, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE PICTURES ALONG THE WAY. SO.

>> OKAY. DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING ON LINKAGES? SINCE WE ARE IN

THE ENGAGEMENT CALM. >> NO. WHEN I WAS LOOKING THROUGH IT, MY THOUGHT WAS TO I LOOKED AT THIS, I DIDN'T SEE THAT WE NECESSARILY I'LL SPEAK FOR MYSELF. THE PRIORITY FOR ME IS TO DO THE WORK ON OE-10. I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO SETTLE ON THAT RIGHT NOW. THERE ARE OTHER PRIORITIES .

INAUDIBLE ] USING LINKAGES ON THOSE COULD BE BENEFICIAL. SO I DON'T KNOW. I'M FINE WITH THE PLACEHOLDERS THAT ARE THERE.

AND HAVING THEM BE NONSPECIFIC FOR NOW.

>> SO WHEN I DID THIS DRAFT, I OPERATED UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT WE WOULD BE DOING OE-10 POLICY WORK NEXT YEAR, BECAUSE IT CAME OUT IN THE BOARD SURVEY AND WE DID THE INITIAL ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES THIS YEAR ON THE EXTENDED STUDY SESSION AGENDA FOR THIS YEAR, AS WELL, WHICH GOT BUMPED. AND SO, FOR ME, IT WAS JUST I PUT IT AS CARRYOVER FROM THIS YEAR'S WORK. SO I THINK YOU CAN KIND OF TELL , I ASSIGNED OE-10 TO THE NOVEMBER LINKAGE, AND THEN THERE IS A STUDY SESSION -- A COUPLE OF STUDY SESSIONS ON OE-10. IT'S IN HERE. I THINK OBVIOUSLY, THE CADENCE MIGHT CHANGE, WHEN IT FALLS IN THE YEAR. THAT SEEMED LIKE THE CONSENSUS ON THE BOARD WITH THE SURVEY RESULTS. I DON'T THINK THAT THERE IS ANY OTHER POLICY -- AN INTEREST IN ANY OTHER POLICY CHANGES. FOR NEXT YEAR. NOTHING THAT I SAW.

>> WELL, MAYBE. NOT EXPLICITLY, BUT I THINK WE ALL TALKED ABOUT MAYBE REVISITING -- NOT THE SUSTAINABILITY POLICY, BUT THAT

IS SOMETHING. >> THE OVERHAUL OF AN EXISTING POLICY. OTHER THAN OE-10. I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT TWEAKS TO THE NEW OE-3. THERE WAS TALK ABOUT THE BOARD COMMITTEE ON BOARD ENGAGEMENT, WHICH IS NOT A POLICY RIGHT NOW.

>> CORRECT. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING -- ANY INTEREST IN THE SPECIFIC POLICY AT ALL. CORRECT ME IF

I'M WRONG, PLEASE. >>

>> ANYTHING ELSE? >> WE ARE DIVING INTO THE SPECIFICS, I THINK. I PUT PLACEHOLDERS IN HERE FOR THINGS THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR, BUT IT IS NEVER ON THAT PLAN. AN EXAMPLE IS FOR THE FIRST MEETING IN AUGUST, I SAID THE BOARD NEEDS TO SPEND SOME TIME TALKING ABOUT THE APPLICATION FOR THE BOARD WITH JOHN AND WHOEVER WAS PRESIDENT AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WOULD CALL THAT PROCESS. BUT WRITING THE APPLICATION ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD AND SUBMITTING IT, AND IT'S ALL JUST DONE. I THINK IT IS FOR OUR ENTIRE BOARD, SO WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT IT AND WHAT WE WANT THE APPLICATION TO HAVE LEFT. I CARVED OUT TIME FOR THAT. THIS PAST YEAR, THE LEGISLATIVE WORK -- I SPOKE WITH CAITLIN, AND SHE AND I

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AND FEELING LIKE THEY'RE POTENTIALLY NEEDED TO BE SOME MORE TIME IN ORDER TO GET THE BOARD MEMBERS COMFORTABLE TALKING ABOUT WHATEVER PRIORITIES WE DECIDE ON FOR NEXT YEAR. AND SO YOU WILL SEE THE LEDGE WORK HAS SHIFTED UP A LITTLE BIT COMPARED TO THIS YEAR TO TRY TO BUILD IN SOME RAMP-UP TIME. WHAT ELSE? BASED OFF OF THINGS THAT I KNEW ABOUT CARRYOVER FROM SOME OF THE COMMITTEE WORK FROM THIS YEAR, I BUILT IN STUDY SESSIONS AND UPDATES, SO SCOTT HAS ONE IN

OCTOBER. >>

SOONER? >> NO. I WILL ANSWER FOR SCOTT.

NO. IT IS THERE FOR A REASON. >> OKAY. OKAY.

>> I DO WANT TO UPDATE MAY 20TH. I WILL TALK ABOUT THAT TIMELINE. SO I WILL LAY IT OUT.

>> DID I PUT IN THE K-8 UPDATE HERE. I THINK I STRUGGLED WITH WHERE TO PUT THAT HERE. THAT ONE I'M ASSUMING IS GOING TO MOVE BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO PUT IT. OKAY. YEAH. SO THAT IS IN THERE. AND THEN, AND INCLUSION UPDATE. I MOVED UP THE CONVERSATION THAT WE DO WITH OUR STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES AT THE END OF THE YEAR FOR REFLECTION BECAUSE I LEARNED THAT RIGHT NOW, WE SCHEDULED IT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF AP TESTING, WHICH WAS A BAD FAUX PAS ON OUR PART. YOU WILL SEE THAT IS IN APRIL NOW. AND IN ALL OF THE BUDGET, AND THE BUDGET STUDY SESSIONS, THEY ARE COPIED AND PASTED FROM THIS YEAR. SO, YEAH. LET ME KNOW IF THAT IS NOT WORKING. SO THOUGHTS, COMMENTS, CHANGES. YES, DIRECTOR YOU'LL COME --

YOCUM. >> IS THE THOUGHT THAT THE INITIAL DISCUSSION OF THIS COMMITTEE WILL HAPPEN IN OCTOBER, OR IS THAT SOMETHING WE COULD BUMP UP EVEN TO MAY OR JUNE OF THIS YEAR? TO ANTICIPATE PLANNING FOR NEXT

YEAR? >> I'M TRYING TO THINK WHAT IS ON THE DOCKET I FEEL LIKE THEY ARE OCCUPIED. I CAN LOOK, BUT WHAT I WAS THINKING WHEN I PUT THIS IN HERE WAS THAT IT WOULD BE A STUDY SESSION DISCUSSION OF WHAT THE COLLECTIVE BOARD'S INTEREST WAS AND WHAT THIS COMMITTEE WOULD BE EXPLORING , AND THEN BASED ON THAT DISCUSSION AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING, WE WOULD FORM -- FORMALLY INFORMED THE COMMITTEE OF THAT PROCESS.

>> SO THERE IS NO WAY THAT CAN HAPPEN THIS YEAR? I'M LOOKING AT THE ANNUAL WORK PLAN, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT HAS BEEN UPDATED. IT LOOKS VACANT RIGHT NOW. IS THAT FELT?

>> IT IS PRETTY FULL. >> IT IS INFORMALLY FULL, BUT I THINK WE CAN LOOK AT IT. WE COULD POTENTIALLY MOVE IT UP EARLIER IN THE YEAR OR IN THIS SCHOOL YEAR, TO AUGUST.

>> AUGUST 19TH RIGHT NOW. I WAS GOING TO ADVOCATE TO ME OF

SOMETHING ELSE THERE. >> WHAT WAS YOUR REQUEST?

>> WE DID SOME WORK ON OE-10 WITH OUR STUDENT REPS. TWO MONTHS AGO OR SO. WE IDENTIFIED HIGH-LEVEL CONVERSATION.

INAUDIBLE ] I THINK WE ARE RETURNING TO THAT. WE ARE

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IT IS ON THE STUDY SESSION. IT IS MUCH LATER. THE FIRST TIME WE TOUCHED ON IT, IT IS THE NINTH, I THINK. DECEMBER 9TH.

>> I CAN SHARE WHY I PUT IT THERE. I THINK THERE WAS AN INTEREST IN COLLECTING MORE COMMUNITY INPUT BEFORE WE STARTED TACKLING VALUES AND MORE THOUGHTS AND WHAT THE POLICY WOULD BE, AND OUR FIRST LINKAGE IS FOR NOVEMBER, AND THAT IS WHY I HAD THAT PLACEHOLDER OF THE OE-10 LINKAGE, AND THE POLICY WORK WAS THE ORIGINAL THOUGHT. I'M NOT SAYING THAT THAT IS RIGHT OR WRONG. I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THAT THAT IS WHY IT WAS LIKE THAT.

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>> WE DID HAVE SOME THINGS PREPARED. IT WAS MORE CONTEXT AND INFORMATION , AS OPPOSED TO JUMPING IN AND WRITING POLICY.

THERE ARE SOME DISTINCT TOPICS THE BOARD SAID THAT YOU WANTED TO THINK ABOUT. GREAT. WHAT IS THE STATE OF IT IN WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT? THERE ARE OTHER ELEMENTS THAT THE BOARD WAS DISCREETLY THINKING ABOUT. SHOULD THIS BE LIMITED , OE-10? IT WAS INFORMATIONAL. IT WASN'T AROUND HAVING THE PORT -- THERE WAS NOT AN ACTION ITEM ASSOCIATED WITH IT. IT WAS IN RESPONSE TO WHAT THE BOARD ALREADY ASKED FOR. THE INFORMATION THE BOARD WAS SEEKING. IT ALMOST FEELS LIKE THAT MAY BE A NICE WAY TO START THE OE-10 WORK.

HE CAN'T DO HIS OCTOBER UPDATE IN AUGUST.

>> TBD. >> ALL RIGHT. I WOULD LIKE THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO START THAT WORK IN AUGUST.

INAUDIBLE ] HOLD ON. I'M LISTENING WHILE TALKING. I AM MORE CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.

>> WE WERE TRYING TO REMEMBER WHAT WAS ON THE DOCKET FOR JUNE BOARD MEETINGS AND HER REQUEST OF HAVING THAT MEETING MOVED TO THIS YEAR. YEAH.

OKAY. >> MY PERSONAL PREFERENCE WOULD BE TO START THE WORK ON OE-10 THIS YEAR.

>> OKAY. >> ANYTHING ELSE THAT IS JUMPING OUT AT PEOPLE? THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SHARE?

DIRECTOR GUTHRIE. >> ONE THING THAT IS NOT ON HERE BUT WILL BE HAPPENING IS THINKING ABOUT THE NEXT ELECTION AND RECRUITING AND ATTRACTING NEW BOARD MEMBERS.

IT WILL BE BEFORE THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME THOUGHTS AROUND -- I KNOW, LAST TIME, THERE WAS A MEETING IN APRIL. BUT GETTING IT ON HERE AND THINKING ABOUT -- HAVING GONE THROUGH IT, RECENTLY, APRIL WAS ACTUALLY LATE. YEAH. IT WAS HELPFUL TO HAVE THAT MEETING FOR SURE. BUT

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>> YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A BOARD MEMBER MEETING THAT WE HOSTED, AND WHAT IS THE JOB AND HOW DO YOU RUN AND ALL THAT? INFORMATIONAL MEETING.

>> GOOD CALL. >> THE OTHER COMPONENT I REALIZE I DIDN'T PUT IN HERE THAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT WAS THAT THERE WAS AN INTEREST IN MORE FREQUENT SELF-ASSESSMENT OF THE BOARD. RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE THE ONE ANNUAL SELF-ASSESSMENT THAT WE DO IN JANUARY WITH THINK IT IS IN FEBRUARY. AND I KNOW THAT PEOPLE HAVE EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN POTENTIALLY DOING A SELF-ASSESSMENT MORE FREQUENTLY, OR A REFLECTION OF THAT ASSESSMENT. THE PLAN WAS TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION THIS YEAR, AND IT JUST KEEPS GETTING PUSHED OUT. SO, AGAIN, I THINK IT IS PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT WE WILL TALK ABOUT THIS YEAR. IT IS ALSO GOING TO BE PART OF THE COMMITTEES -- POTENTIALLY THE COMMITTEE IF WE FORM A COMMITTEE FOR ENGAGEMENT, TO BE PART OF THAT WORK, AS WELL, SO I HAVEN'T ADDED ADDITIONAL SELF-ASSESSMENT. BUT I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEIR THOUGHTS ABOUT IT. DIRECTOR

YOCUM. >> THANKS. I THINK PRIORITIZING THE BOARD IS IMPOTENT. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS HOW IT HAS BEEN IN THE PAST. THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT GET PUSHED DOWN POINT THE DISTRICT THINGS ARE MORE IMPORTANT, BUT I THINK THAT WE DO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE THE TIME TO FOCUS ON US AS A BOARD, BECAUSE THAT WILL ONLY STRENGTHEN WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE DISTRICT. SO HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT CONTINUALLY PUSHING THAT ONE OFF? RIGHT? THERE IS SO MUCH GOING ON. WE SHOULD MEET EVERY MONDAY. I'M JUST KIDDING. I'M

JUST KIDDING. >> I DISAGREE.

YEAH. SO, I THINK THAT CONVERSATION WILL CONTINUE, BUT I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THAT IS COMING. AND THE OTHER ONE WAS THIS OTHER PLAN. THAT IS NOT ANYWHERE ON THE CALENDAR, EITHER. I KNOW THERE IS INTEREST IN TALKING ABOUT

IT. >> WHY DON'T WE PLAN A STUDY SESSION? I THINK THIS IS OUR THIRD CABINET MEETING IN A ROW THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT PLANNING IN RELATION TO THE BOARD'S RESULTS POLICY. AND HOW TO RE-CREATE GREATER ALIGNMENT THERE? AND SO WE HAVE AN INTEREST TO MAKE THOSE AS MEANINGFUL AS POSSIBLE AND TO WORK WITH THE TARGETS WE ARE STRIVING FOR, WHICH IS THE BOARD RESULTS. WILL BE HERE IN A FEW MINUTES AROUND THE STRATEGIC PLANNING.

] THE TARGETS WE WILL USE FOR THE STRATEGIC PLANNING EFFORT ARE THE BOARD RESULT POLICIES. AND SO, JUST CONTINUING TO KEEP THOSE IN FRONT OF THE ORGANIZATION AND OUR COMMUNITY , AGAIN, IT HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE OF THOSE, IT HELPS SET A COMMON GOAL FOR OUR ORGANIZATION. SO WE HAVE A SHARED INTEREST IN THAT.

>> YEAH. AWESOME. THANK YOU. I WOULD IMAGINE THAT WILL BE CLOSER TO THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR BEFORE THEY -- OKAY.

ANYTHING ELSE? >> YES, DIRECTOR -- DIRECTOR LALIBERTE. SORRY, LISA BEAT YOU TO IT.

>> I THINK THEY CAN HAVE A WRAP-UP AT THE END OF THE SESSION TO COME UP WITH SOME CONCRETE THINGS TO GO FORWARD WITH. I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO ASSESS MORE REGULARLY, I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT HOW DO WE KIND OF HAVE A PLAN GOING FORWARD? HOPEFULLY THERE WILL BE NO BOARD OF DIRECTORS THAT NEED TO LEAVE AFTER THAT STUDY SESSION. I THINK THAT WOULD REALLY MEET THE INTEREST AND FOR REASONS, THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN THIS YEAR.

ME, BEING THE REASON. >> DIRECTOR STUART.

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>> I SEE THE SESSION IN FEBRUARY. THE ONE THAT GOES ON SATURDAY MORNING. I'M NOT SEEING THE ONE THAT IS EXTENDED FOR OVER ONE WEEKEND. AM I JUST MISSING IT? OR IS MY EYESIGHT

GOING BAD? >> IT'S ON THE 16TH.

INAUDIBLE ] >> JUST KEEP GOING DOWN THAT SAME COLUMN. FEBRUARY 1ST, DOWN FIVE OR SIX ROWS.

>> OKAY. >> NOW I SEE IT. I'M SORRY.

THANK YOU. >> GIVEN OUR BUDGET-CUTTING, AND THE FACT THAT WE ARE HAVING TO LOSE SOME TEACHERS, I WOULD LIKE US TO SIT HERE AND STAY IN THIS BUILDING FOR OUR EXTENDED STUDY SESSION. I HAVE HEARD POSITIVES THE OTHER WAY . IT SENDS A MESSAGE TO THE DISTRICT , TO THE STAFF. TO THE PARENTS.

WE ARE GOING TO BE CUTTING CLASSES. THEIR KIDS MAY LIKE AND CONSIDER OPTIONS. WE ARE GOING TO AN EXTENDED BOARD SESSION. I'M NOT SAYING THAT ONE EQUALS THE OTHER AS FAR AS COST GOES AT ALL. IT IS A MATTER OF PERCEPTION. AND I DON'T THINK WE NEED -- THIS WILL BE AFTER OUR ELECTION.

STILL, IT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO CONSIDER.

>> I THINK THAT IS A GREAT CONVERSATION TO HAVE WITH WHOEVER WILL BE THE NEXT BOARD PRESIDENT, WHO WILL BE MAKING

THAT DECISION. ANYTHING ELSE? >> I HAVE ONE MORE THING.

>> ON THE NINTH OF SEPTEMBER, WE HAVE A BUILDING EXCELLENCE UPDATE AND STUDY SESSION.

COMPONENT WOULD BE A COMMITTEE TO DO WORK ON THE HIGH SCHOOL.

>> WE COULD PROVIDE AN UPDATE THROUGHOUT THE OPENING OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL PROJECTS. THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY. WE WILL GET THEM WRAPPED UP THIS SUMMER. WE HAVE THE CORE SPACE MODIFICATIONS IN THE HIGH SCHOOL. IF THERE IS ANY UPDATE, WE JUST MET WITH TOBY BRENNER ONE WEEK AGO TODAY TO GO OVER WHAT IT IS THAT WE ARE TARGETING FOR MARCH 2025 IN TERMS OF THE EVALUATION FOR HIGH SCHOOLS AND WHAT IS IT WE SHOULD BRING TO THE BOARD RELATED TO HIGH SCHOOL ENROLLMENT AND PLANNING. ALL OF THOSE COMPONENTS. AND SO I THINK WE COULD PROVIDE THE BOARD WITH NOT ONLY THE CONSTRUCTION OF DATES, BUT THE WORK THAT IS GOING TO BE DONE BETWEEN SEPTEMBER AND MARCH, SUCH THAT THE BOARD WILL BE ABLE TO DELIVER SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE ACTIONABLE. SOMETHING ROBUST ENOUGH SUCH THAT IT HAS HAD A VOICE AND INVOLVEMENT AND ENGAGEMENT FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL.

>> THE SECOND PART OF THAT -- THAT PART YOU TALKED ABOUT -- THE STUDY SECTION TOPIC -- I THINK THAT IS MORE EFFECTIVE .

>> THIS IS WHAT WE ARE DOING. THIS IS HOW WE ARE DELIVERING IT. I GUESS I WAS ALSO LOOKING AT IT AND REFLECTING ON DIRECTOR YOCUM'S INTEREST. WE HAD AN EARLIER CONVERSATION ON THE BOARD FOR ENGAGEMENT. WE ARE DOING IT TONIGHT. THE SPLIT SESSIONS ARE SOMETIMES A CHALLENGE.

HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE IT THEN, TOO.

>> THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE MOVE TO THIS NEXT

ITEM ? YES. SHIVANI. >> THIS IS UNRELATED BUT I FEEL LIKE, AS A STUDENT REP, I HAVE TO SAY IT. I KNOW THIS YEAR, YOU DID THAT. FOR ME, THAT WAS REALLY HELPFUL TO TALK TO ALL FOUR OF US, AND PROBABLY, FOR YOU, HELPFUL TO GET THAT

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INAUDIBLE ] >> AWESOME. THANK YOU.

SUPERINTENDENT HOLMEN, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING MORE ON THIS? I THINK THE PLANT WOULD BE FOR ME TO GIVE SUPERINTENDENT HOLMEN APPROPRIATE TIME TO LOOK AT THIS, AND THEN WE WILL COME OUT WITH A SECOND DRAFT WITH PROBABLY MORE REALISTIC DATE PLACEMENTS AND INCORPORATE ALL THE THINGS WE HAVE DISCUSSED TODAY. IF ANYONE HAS ISSUES WITH THEIR QUOTE, UNQUOTE ASSIGNED SUMMARIES, LET ME KNOW. WE WILL PROBABLY SWITCH THINGS AROUND BECAUSE I THINK ALL OF MARCH GOT MOVED TO

CONSENT IN ONE GO. >>

>> WE MIGHT MOVE THINGS A LITTLE BIT. BUT IF ANYBODY ELSE

[2. Update: Strategic Plan Process and Next Steps]

AGENDA. DR. HOLMEN . >> PROVIDE AN UPDATE RELATED TO OUR WORK AROUND STRATEGIC PLANNING AND WE HAVE BEEN INTENTIONAL ABOUT WORKING TOWARDS A COUPLE COMPONENTS IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. ONE, REALLY, THE ASPIRATIONAL WORK OF WHAT DO WE WANT TO BE AS AN ORGANIZATION? STUDENT, STAFF, AND THE ORGANIZATION, AND THEN THINKING ABOUT, WHAT ARE THE GOALS EMBEDDED IN OUR SYSTEM RIGHT NOW THAT SHOULD HELP DRIVE THE STRATEGIES THAT WILL BE IDENTIFIED IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN? TIMING WISE, WE STARTED THIS YEAR SAYING WE THOUGHT THE PLAN WOULD KIND OF BE WRAPPED UP AT THIS POINT, AND WHEN WE GOT INTO THIS WORK, WE NEEDED TO SPEND ADDITIONAL TIME IN THAT ASPIRATIONAL PEACE, KNOWING THAT IS GOING TO DRIVE A LOT OF THE WORK THAT IS AHEAD OF US. WITH THAT, I WILL HAND IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUES.

>> SO MATT AND I SPENT ABOUT 32 SECONDS THIS AFTERNOON PLANNING WHO IS GOING TO DO THIS ONE, OR WHO WAS GOING TO DO THE CONCLUSION NARRATE PRACTICES.

OF TYPING. I'M GOING TO START. MATT WILL FILL IN THE THINGS I FORGET OR SAY WRONG. AND THEN WHEN HE GETS TO THE CONCLUSIONARY PRACTICES , I WILL -- WHERE WE ARE WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN PART. WE APPROACHED THIS DIFFERENTLY THAN WE PREVIOUSLY HAD OTHER ITERATIONS OF A STRATEGIC PLAN. TYPICALLY, IT BECOMES A DOCUMENT. IT GETS PRETTIED UP AND HAS A LIST OF THINGS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS GOING TO DO OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS. OUR APPROACH IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. WE ARE REALLY LOOKING FOR AN ENDURING GOAL THAT WE CAN DO MORE RAPID ITERATION OF PLANNING AROUND.

SO AS WE IMPLEMENT MORE, WE CAN ADAPT AS WE GO ALONG. IT IS ALL STRIVING TOWARDS THESE PROFILES, CREATING ONES THAT ARE MORE LONGER-LASTING , ENDURING, AND ASPIRATIONAL IN NATURE. TO GIVE AN UPDATE OF WHERE WE ARE IN THAT PROCESS, WE REALLY ARE IN THE STAGE OF TRYING TO FOOT -- FINALIZE THE PROFILES. MATT AND I LED TWO GROUPS. REALLY, THREE GROUPS.

MATT DID THE STAFF GROUP, AND THEN THE ORGANIZATION. AND WHAT WE QUICKLY LEARNED IS THE ORGANIZATIONAL ONE IS REALLY HARD TO DO WITHOUT THE OTHER TWO. SO WE HAVE PUT THAT ON THE BACK BURNER A LITTLE BIT AS WE WORKED THROUGH STAFF. AND WE LET PARALLEL PROCESSES INITIALLY, FOR THE FIRST FEW MEETINGS. BUT FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE YEAR, WE WERE SORT OF IN PARALLEL, WORKING WITH THE TWO. IN THE LAST FEW MEETINGS, WE PULLED THOSE GROUPS TOGETHER TO START RECONCILING IF THIS IS WHAT WE WANT FOR OUR STUDENTS IN TERMS OF KNOWLEDGE , SKILLS, ATTRIBUTES, OR BEHAVIORS. THEN

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YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? >> NO.

>> HE BREATHED AND I THOUGHT, OH, HERE IT COMES. FOLLOWING THE PROFILES, WE DID A LITTLE BIT OF THIS WORK WITH THE COMMITTEES, WHICH WAS TO LOOK UP THE RESULTS, POLICIES, AND SOME OF THE OES AND MAP THEM, BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE WORK AROUND THAT. MATT HAS THIS NIFTY SPREADSHEET FOR THAT. IT IS ALL OF THE INDICATORS THAT ARE LISTED THAT WE ARE REPORTING ON IN YOUR POLICIES. I BELIEVE THERE ARE 294. WHILE ALL OF THOSE ARE IMPORTANT, WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO MAP SOME THAT ARE THE BIGGER -- I DON'T WANT TO SAY PRIORITIES, BUT THE BIGGER CHUNKS OF THINGS THAT WILL ALSO HELP US AS WE ALIGN THE PLANNING TO THOSE POLICIES. SO WE CAN GET THE BIGGEST BANG FOR OUR BUCK. THIRD GATE -- GRADE READING HAS TO BE ONE OF THEM. WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE TO OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM.

INAUDIBLE ] JEN AND I HAVE BEEN STRATEGIZING AROUND HOW DO WE GET THE OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS IN THE RESULTS POLICIES THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DRIVING THE ORGANIZATION AND SOCIALIZE THROUGHOUT THE ORGANIZATION? BY NOW, YOU HEAR FROM US A LOT, THAT WE DO THE MONITORING REPORT. AND THEY DON'T GO MUCH FURTHER THAN THAT. PARTICULARLY NOT AT THE LEVEL OF DETAIL THAT WE BELIEVE WE NEED TO BE TO HAVE INTENTIONALITY AROUND HOW WE ARE DRIVING THE ORGANIZATION TO MEET THOSE GOALS THAT YOU'VE SET FOR THE ORGANIZATION. THAT WORK WILL OCCUR OVER DLT WEEK IN AUGUST. I CALLED STRATEGY MAPPING BECAUSE WE DID WORK EARLIER THIS YEAR WITH OUR CLT AROUND BACKWARDS PLANNING -- IF THIS IS THE GOAL, WHAT ARE THE STRATEGIES TO GET TO THAT? THAT IS HOW WE ARE THINKING ABOUT THOSE STEPS.

HAVE MAPPING TO THE RESULTS. WE CAN LOOK AT IT AND START TO THINK ABOUT, WHAT ARE THE STRATEGIES TO MEET THOSE

RESULTS? >> ONCE WE HAVE SOME OF THAT WORK, WE NEED TO ENGAGE THE BROADER COMMUNITY IN LOOKING AT THAT AND LOOKING AT THE PROFILES AND LOOKING AT THE STRATEGIES . DO WE HAVE THE RIGHT STUFF? INCORPORATE THEIR FEEDBACK. RIGHT NOW, WE ARE STILL HERE. WE ARE STILL IN THE PROFILE STAGE WHERE WE STILL HAVE THE PLAN LAID OUT FOR WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE MOVING INTO EARLY NEXT YEAR, SO ONE OF THE THINGS I SAW ON THE BOARD WORK PLAN WAS A STUDY SESSION IN EARLY AUGUST . IT IS UP THERE STILL. LET'S TRY AGAIN. THE -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT JUST DID. LET'S SEE IF WE CAN CALL IT UP. SO THAT BEAUTIFUL BLUE PUZZLE PIECE -- THAT IS WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. WE ARE TRYING TO GET THE PROFILES FINALIZED.

I WILL SHARE MORE ABOUT HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE THINK WE ARE GOING.

PLAN STUDY SESSION IS IN EARLY AUGUST. I'M NOT SURE THAT IS GOING TO ALIGN WITH WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS. WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT WHEN THAT ACTUALLY OCCURS LATER IN THE PRESENTATION, I LAID OUT THAT I BELIEVE WE WILL HAVE A NEW STRATEGIC PLAN IN THE FALL. BUT IT IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE BY AUGUST 7TH. OKAY. SO I'M ON THE NEXT SLIDE. SO LONG-TERM

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] I THREW THIS IN BECAUSE DR. HOLMEN WAS CHALLENGING THAT.

HOW DO WE SORT OF FRAME THIS IDEA OF THE PROFILE? I TOOK THIS QUOTE. WE USED THIS WITH THE COMMITTEE. I USED THIS QUOTE OUT OF THE STREET DATA BOOK, WHICH I THINK SOME OF YOU HAVE READ. AND JIM IS PART OF THAT GROUP. HE BROUGHT THIS, AND I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH HIM. AROUND HOW DO WE FRAME THIS IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS US TO STRIVE AND IT BECOMES THE WEIGHT WE OPERATE, BOTH AS STAFF AND STUDENTS IN THE ORGANIZATION? SO I'M NOT GOING TO READ THE WHOLE QUOTE TO YOU, BUT I HIGHLIGHTED THE PART I APPRECIATED THE MOST. THESE THINGS REQUIRE PRACTICE, AND WE BEGIN TO INTEGRATE THEM IN WAYS -- AND EMBODY THEM AS DEEP KNOWLEDGE. IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT A HUMILIATING KNOWLEDGE OF CHEMISTRY . WE WERE TALKING ABOUT COUNTRY AT THE BEGINNING, SO CHEMISTRY IS ON MY MIND. IT IS ABOUT, HOW DO I, AS A STUDENT, LEARN? HOW DO I ENGAGE WITH CONTENT? HOW CAN I PASS HIGH SCHOOL? HOW DO I CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH CONTENT IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS ME TO HAVE THE PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS THAT ARE PART OF OUR RESULTS POLICY? PAST THAT DISCRETE CONTENT. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DRIVE AT. ONE OF THE THINGS WE KICKED AROUND A LOT IN THE COMMITTEE WAS THE IDEA OF FINANCIAL LITERACY. IT IS NOW PART OF THE STATE STANDARDS. WE TOOK IT OUT OF THE PROFILE AND THE CONVERSATIONS AROUND, THAT IS A DISCRETE SKILL. HOW DO WE BECOME SAVVY ABOUT MEDIA AND MONEY AND THE MYRIAD OF SCAM OPPORTUNITIES THAT EXIST? HOW DO WE HAVE KIDS HAVE THAT LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING ABOUT NUMBERS AND FINANCE? NOT JUST KNOW HOW TO DO A CHECKBOOK? BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S WILL EVER HAVE A CHECKBOOK. MOVING INTO

THEIR FUTURE. >> AND TO ADD ON TO IT TWO POINTS -- ONE IS , IT'S HOLISTIC -- WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP TO THE BOARD'S POLICIES? THERE ARE A LOT OF POLICIES THAT SPEAK TO THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF WHAT WE EXPECT OUR SYSTEM TO BE ABLE TO HELP SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO DO. THE ATTEMPT TO DISTILL THAT IN AN INTERRELATED AND MANAGEABLE WAY AND ACTUALLY -- I WAS READING THIS QUOTE.

JUST SUFFER THE PART THAT IS HIGHLIGHTED -- THE IMPLICATION IS THAT PEOPLE AT EVERY LEVEL OF THE SYSTEM ARE PRACTICING THESE CORE SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES. IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE STUDENT PROFILE, BUT THE STAFF PROFILE AND THE VALUE THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN BRINGING THE STAFF GROUP WITH THE STUDENT GROUP TOGETHER. THERE IS THIS INTERRELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO. EVEN THE ORGANIZATIONAL GROUP, THEY STRUGGLED A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE OF THE PARALLEL PLAY, BUT AS WE GET THE STAFF IN THE STUDENT PROFILES MORE REFINED, AND THEN HOW DO WE HAVE TO BEHAVE AS AN ORGANIZATION IN ORDER TO SUPPORT AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE OUR STUDENTS AND ADULTS CAN PRACTICE THOSE CORE SKILLS.

BENEFIT . THEY HAVE THAT ENDURANCE AND THEY ARE HOLISTIC. IF WE DO THIS WORK WELL AND CAN MAP IT BACK AND MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS TO THE POLICIES THAT THE BOARDS HAVE .

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WHERE EVERYONE IS INCLUDED TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE.

WE REFERENCE THAT WITH OUR INCLUSION WORK. JUST AROUND REFRAMING OUR ORGANIZATIONAL THINKING FROM THINKING ABOUT WHAT IS THE PROGRAM TO EVERY STUDENT BELONGS IN THE GEN ED CLASSROOM AND WE START FROM THAT FRAME AND WORK IT OUT. SO THE OTHER PIECE OF THAT RELATED IS THAT THE EQUITABLE PRACTICES AND THE EQUITY WORK THAT WE ARE DOING AS A DISTRICT. REGARDLESS OF IDENTITY, OR VARIOUS ASPECTS OF IDENTITY, THEY ALL SHOULD BE WELCOMED IN THE CLASSROOM, WHETHER THAT IS RACIAL, INAUDIBLE ] ABILITY, DIFFERENT ABILITY, OR ANY OTHER ASPECT OF IDENTIFICATION . NONE OF THAT CHANGES IN THIS NEW STRATEGIC PLAN. THE NEXT LITTLE PIECE, JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON. WE LAID OUT THE OUTCOMES FOR THE COMMITTEE FOR THE COMMITTEE WORK. WE DID SOME WORK ORIGINALLY WITH RESULTS OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS. MATT DOES IT MORE THAN I DID WITH THE STUDENT GROUP.

] WE WERE WORKING IN THAT YELLOW AREA, IN A CYCLE, LOOKING AT WHAT WE HAVE, COMING BACK , NOT LIKING IT, COMING BACK TO IT, LOOKING AT IT AGAIN. NOT LIKING IT. ONE OF THE THINGS MY GROUP STRUGGLED WITH IS, AS WE STARTED TO DEVELOP THESE, WE LOOKED AT EXAMPLES FROM SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. DIGITAL PROMISE CAME OUT WITH A NEAT ONE WITH EMBEDDED WE EMBED THAT IN HOURS. BUT WHAT MAKES WASHINGTON DIFFERENT? THAT. WE HAVE A COMMUNITY MEMBER THAT IS A MARKETING PERSON THAT PUSHED US TO THINK ABOUT -- YOU DON'T WANT TO JUST BE EVERYTHING ELSE. YOU WANT WHAT IS UNIQUE ABOUT US. I WILL SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT WORK NEXT. SO WE STARTED GENERATING EVERY KNOWLEDGE, SKILL, AND ATTRIBUTE YOU COULD IMAGINE ON POST-IT NOTES AND HAD IT ALL CHARTED. IT'S BEEN A LOT OF TIME REVISING AND TRYING TO NARROW DOWN TO THE ESSENCE OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. THIS WAS THE FIRST ITERATION OF OUR STUDENT PROFILE.

>> I THINK ONE OTHER THING WITH WHAT WE PUSH FOR ALL THE GROUPS ON WAS NOT JUST THE BOARD'S POLICY -- THE RESULTS AND EXPECTATIONS, BUT ALSO, LOOKING AT WHAT WE CAN ANTICIPATE ABOUT THE FUTURE. IF WE ARE LOOKING OUT 10 YEARS, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE TRENDS? WE LOOKED AT VARIOUS ECONOMIC REPORTS AROUND WHAT SORT OF SKILLS LIKE WORKFORCE SKILLS IN THE 20S AND 30S. THE DISRUPTIVE ELEMENTS LIKE AI. HOW DOES THAT AFFECT IT? ALSO SAYING, HOW DO WE STRETCH OUR THINKING?

>> I WENT OFF ON THE AI STUFF. I REALLY ENJOY THAT ANYWAY. SO I HAVE SPENT MORE TIME ON AI AND LOOKING FORWARD. MATT SPENT MORE TIME ON RESULTS. WE ARE BRINGING ALL THAT TOGETHER.

THIS INITIAL WORK LOOKS LIKE WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF PROFILES THAT EXIST IN OTHER PLACES. CRITICAL THINKING CAME UP IN OTHER PLACES. WE PRESSED THE COMMITTEE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT DOES THAT ACTUALLY MEAN IN PRACTICE? GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

WE TOOK THAT CRITICAL THINKING PIECE AND LOOK AT HOW IT LOOKED

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TO THINK ABOUT IT IN THIS CONTEXT . ONE IS AN APPLICATION WITHIN THE CONTENT. ONE IS AN APPLICATION IN SOLVING PROBLEMS. THAT IS CORRECT. THE APPLICATION IN THE CONTENT IS GREAT FOR GETTING THE GRADE . MORE ENDURING LEARNING IS HOW DO I DO THAT -- HOW DO I APPROACH A PROBLEM THAT I DON'T USUALLY KNOW HOW TO SOLVE? OR THAT I CAN'T IMMEDIATELY GET THE ANSWER TO? AND HOW DO I PERSIST PAST THAT POINT OF FRUSTRATION SO THAT I CAN PRODUCTIVELY SORT OF CHIP AWAY AT THAT? THAT IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR. THAT IS THE SYSTEM WE ARE LOOKING FOR. I HAVE THREE KIDS OF MY OWN. I GET TO CALL MY OLDEST DAUGHTER DR. NOTE BECAUSE SHE GRADUATED WITH HER DR. OF VETERINARY MEDICINE DEGREE. I THINK ABOUT HER WORK RELATIVE TO WHAT MY WORK WAS WHEN I WAS COMING OUT OF COLLEGE. MY PATH WAS LAID OUT FOR ME. THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS FOR HER TO INTERACT WITH THE WORLD, AND THE WAY THAT I KEEP TELLING HER -- IT IS CALLED MEDICAL PRACTICE FOR A REASON. YOU CAN'T POSSIBLY KNOW EVERYTHING THAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO KNOW. I THINK I HAVE SAID THIS IN HERE. THE EXAM FOR BOARD CERTIFICATION -- YOU ONLY NEED TO GET ABOUT 40% OF THE CAUTIONS RIGHT TO BE BOARD CERTIFIED. BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO KNOW ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO PURSUE SOLVING THE PROBLEM. THAT IS WHAT WE WANT FOR OUR KIDS. IT'S NOT 100% ABOUT KNOWING EVERYTHING THERE IS TO KNOW POINT YOU CAN'T POSSIBLY DO THAT. SORRY. I WAS JUST GOING OFF ON A TANGENT. THAT'S HOW I WORK. 40%.

I THINK SHE DID BETTER. >>

>> YEAH. THE WORK WE HAVE BEEN DOING MOST RECENTLY IS TRYING TO ALIGN THESE PROFILES. THE STUDENT SORT OF DRIVES THE STAFF AND THE STAFF INFORMS THE STUDENT. WE TRY TO KEEP STUDENT AND STAFF AT THE CENTER OF THESE THINGS. WHAT CAME OUT OF ONE OF THE COMMITTEES IS THIS DIFFERENT IDEA OF AS WE LOOKED AT THE THEMES, WE STARTED TO NOTICE THAT GROUP.

IT WAS DRIVEN BY A COUPLE OF STUDENTS WHO WERE NOT EXCITED ABOUT A BULLETED LIST OF THINGS.

WAS GOING TO SHARE THAT THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, IN ADDITION TO WORKING WITH THE COMMITTEES, WE HAVE BEEN COMING BACK TO THE STRATEGIC ADVISORY LEADERSHIP TEAM, AND THE CENTRAL LEADERSHIP TEAM, AND SOME OF THE QUESTIONS WE HAVE BEEN SHARING -- HERE IS THIS WORK, TRYING TO FIND OUT, WHAT IS ENERGIZING OR MOTIVATING TO YOU? ULTIMATELY, RIGHT, YOU ARE GOING TO BE LEADING THIS WORK. YOU'RE GOING TO BE DRIVING THIS. WHAT IS REASONING FOR YOU IN TERMS OF SUBSTANCE AND ALSO BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF COMPETING REPRESENTATIONS , AND SO, GETTING FEEDBACK OF , WHAT IS HELPFUL AS WE THINK ABOUT

HOW TO REPRESENT THIS? >> I HAVE A SLIGHT ON THAT.

INAUDIBLE ] THE GROUP STARTED THINKING ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY AND SHARING THAT WITH THE WHOLE GROUP. THIS BECAME THE FRAME THAT WE ARE BUILDING AROUND. WE ARE LOOKING AT THE PROFILE AS REALLY SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, ATTRIBUTES, BEHAVIORS, WITHIN THESE THREE DOMAINS. THE INDIVIDUAL'S SENSE OF IDENTITY THAT STUDENTS ARE DEVELOPING, AND THEN HOW DOES THAT IDENTITY INTERACT WITH OTHERS? THAT'S THE RELATIONSHIPS PIECE. WHAT ARE THE SKILLS I NEED TO POSSESS, ACADEMICALLY AND CRITICAL THINKING STANDPOINT ] TO NAVIGATE THOSE OTHER THINGS. HOW DO I DEVELOP MY SENSE OF IDENTITY THROUGH THAT? HOW DO I USE THE SKILLS AND APPLY THEM TO MY RELATIONSHIPS. AND OUT OF THAT, NOTICE THAT SOMETHING WAS HAPPENING IN THE OVERLAP, THAT ALIGNED WELL WITH THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL STANDARDS FOR THE STATE. FOR THE MOST PART, THERE IS ONE WE WERE FIGURING OUT. IN THE OVERLAP, BETWEEN PERSON AND RELATIONSHIPS IS THIS CONCEPT WITH SOCIAL AWARENESS AND MANAGEMENT AND THE DESCRIPTORS THAT COME UNDERNEATH THAT. AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SKILLS AND RELATIONSHIPS, THERE IS A SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT PIECE HOW AM I INTERACTING WITH OTHERS? AND THEN SKILLS THE PERSON.

MANAGING MYSELF, SELF-AWARENESS. MY SENSE OF

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WHERE WE HAD A COUPLE OF DRAFTS. I WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF THE FEEDBACK WE GOT FROM CLT THAT WE TOOK BACK TO THE COMMITTEE AFTER THE FIRST DRAFT. SIMPLE IS BETTER.

WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE THIS IN A WAY THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE AN ADVANCED DEGREE TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND, AND THAT CAN CROSS LANGUAGE . IT CAN BE TRANSLATED EASILY FOR MEANING, ALSO. AND IT ISN'T SO COMPLEX THAT IT TAKES UP 47 PAGES. WE ACTUALLY LOOK THAT AN OLD PROFILE OF A GRADUATE FOR THE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT. I THINK WE SLIDE THAT SUMMER. IT WAS MULTIPAGE. IT WAS A BIG TABLE OF DESCRIPTORS. WHILE IT WAS VERY DETAILED, IT WOULD BE VERY HARD TO COMMUNICATE THAT. FROM THE STUDENT PERSPECTIVE, LET ALONE FROM HOW DO WE ORGANIZE THE ORGANIZATION TO MEET THOSE? THEY REALLY LIKED THE GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION. WHEN YOU SEE OUR GRAPHS -- MATT AND I ARE STRUGGLING A LITTLE BIT WITH HER GRAPHIC DESIGN SKILLS. SO WE WILL NEED SOME HELP IN THAT AREA TO LOOK AT HOW WE CREATE AN INFO GRAPHIC, RATHER THAN A BIG DOCUMENT. THERE MAY BE SOME DETAIL THAT SITS BEHIND THE DOCUMENT. I'M NOT GOING TO READ THE REST. THESE WERE THE QUESTIONS THAT WE CONTINUALLY ASKED OUR GROUPS, AS THEY REFINANCE. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE IDEAS REPRESENTED THEIR WORK , NOT WHAT MATT AND I THINK. ALTHOUGH, WE ARE FACILITATING WAYS TO STICK SOME TRADITIONAL THINKING IN THERE.

REINTRODUCING OR CONSIDERING THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TAKEN OUT, ARE THEY SHOWING UP AT ANOTHER PLACE? IS IT EXPLICIT ENOUGH THAT IT REPRESENTS THIS IDEA? IT REALLY PUSHING THEM TO THINK ABOUT FUTURE ORIENTED. WE ARE NOT JUST TRYING TO DEFINE THE KIDS AS THEY EXIST NOW, OR THE STUDENTS THAT ARE LEAVING THE SYSTEM NOW, BUT WE WANT TO SEE 10 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR OUR KIDS? AI WAS NOT A THING ONE YEAR AND HALF AGO. NOW, I MET WITH A STUDENT AT PURDUE THAT IS A PROFESSOR OF AI. THAT WAS LAST THURSDAY. HE IS IN NEW YORK DOING SOME FELLOWSHIP OR INTERNSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT. HE IS CALLING ME FROM AN OFFICE TO DO THAT. ON GOOGLE MEET.

INAUDIBLE ] THAT IS A DIFFERENT KIND OF LEARNING THAN MOST OF US IN THIS ROOM, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES, HAVE PROBABLY ENGAGED WITHIN SCHOOLS. AND REALLY THINKING ABOUT HOW ARE WE MAKING THEM CULTURALLY INCLUSIVE, ALTHOUGH, THERE IS WORK TO DO AROUND THAT BECAUSE OUR COMMITTEES ARE NOT AS BROADLY REPRESENTATIVE AS WE HAD HOPED THEY WERE WHEN WE SELECTED THE GROUPS. PART OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WILL BE DOING INTENTIONAL WORK AROUND HOW DOES THIS SPEAK TO CULTURES THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY REPRESENTED, OR GROUPS OR IDENTITIES THAT ARE NOT REPRESENTED ON OUR COMMITTEES. SO THE LAST PIECE HERE -- I'M GETTING TO THE END I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU, OUR GRAPHIC DESIGN IS NOT -- NOT GREAT. BUT THIS WAS THE FIRST DRAFT. I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN PEPPER AND ALL THE IDEAS FROM THE SECOND MEETING.

>> FINDS JOY IN LEARNING. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO MEASURE THAT. THAT IS THAT SENSE OF I LIKE TO KNOW STUFF. I LIKE TO DO SOME WORK THAT WAY.

THESE PROFILES. THE NEXT ONE WAS THE STAFF PROFILE. AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE OVERLAP. WE HAVE TO FIND JOY AND LEARNING FROM THE STAFF PERSPECTIVE IS STAYING CURIOUS AND ADAPTABLE TO THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENT. AND IF WE DO THAT THING, THEN WE WILL HELP STUDENTS FIND JOY IN THEIR LEARNING IN A

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THAT IS THE WORK , GOING TO PUT IT ALL ON MET FOR THE ORGANIZATIONAL GROUP, BUT THAT IS THE IDEA OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN BECOMING MORE ADAPTABLE AND BECOMING MORE SHORT CYCLES OF IMPLEMENTATIONS. MAKING MORE INCREMENTAL PROGRESS. SO JUST TO REITERATE, WE ARE IN THE UPPER LEFT. WE'RE STILL WORKING ON PROFILES. I THINK WE ARE GETTING MUCH CLOSER. WE HAVE HALF A DAY SET ASIDE FOR THIS. IT IS SET ASIDE TOMORROW TO PULL IN THE FEEDBACK FROM THE LAST COMMITTEE MEETING AND DO SOME MORE DRAFTING AROUND THAT. AND THINK THROUGH THE INFO GRAPHIC ASPECT OF IT. HOW WE ARE REPRESENTING THE IDEAS, AND THE OTHER PIECES I TALKED ABOUT. THE LAST SLIDE. SOMEBODY ASKED -- WHEN WILL WE HAVE A STRATEGIC PLAN? THE GOAL IS FALL OF 2024. I DIDN'T PICK A MONTH BECAUSE IT WILL DEPEND ON HOW AND WHEN WE ARE DOING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND HOW AND WHEN WE OVERLAP WITH OTHER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT WILL OCCUR. SO THAT IS WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS. STRATEGIC PLANNING.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THE STRATEGIC PLAN, COMMITTEE WORK THIS PAST YEAR? YES. DIRECTOR YOCUM.

DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? OH, DIRECTOR YOCUM.

>> NOT A QUESTION. JUST A COMMENT, HAVING PARTICIPANT IT -- PARTICIPATED -- I AM IMPRESSED WITH THOSE TWO GROUPS IN THE FOX ABILITY WITH YOU FACILITATING THOSE. IT HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE TO SEE THAT PROCESS. I WAS GOING TO ASK. IS THAT THESE KIND OF DONE WITH? THOSE TWO GROUPS? ASIDE FROM MAYBE MEETING IN JUNE, BUT MOVING INTO THE FALL. IS THAT DONE? IF SO, ARE YOU LOOKING MORE THE ORGANIZATIONAL GROUP? IS IT BENEFICIAL TO PULL COMMITTEE MEMBERS FROM THOSE TWO? I'M CURIOUS ABOUT YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THE COMMITTEE.

>> I HAVE TRIED REALLY HARD TO PRESS TOWARD PRODUCT , TO GIVE THE TIME NEEDED TO GET THE PRODUCT RIGHT. SO I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN SAY WE ARE COMPLETELY DONE UNTIL WE TAKE IT BACK TO THE GROUP AND HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET MORE FEEDBACK FROM IT. I DON'T WANT TO TELL THEM THEY ARE DONE UNLESS THEY ARE IN THE SAME MIND.

>> YEAH. WELL, IT'S BEEN INTERESTING. THE PROCESS. IT HAS BEEN AN ACCORDION PROCESS. THERE HAS BEEN THIS EXPANSION .

WHAT IDEAS ARE OUT THERE? WHAT IS POSSIBLE? WE HAVE POSED DIFFERENT QUESTIONS TO THE GROUPS. THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS COALING PROCESS IN THIS REFINING PROCESS AND WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE GROUPS. ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES TO DO THIS WORK MEANINGFULLY, WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE GROUPS WORKING. NOW, YOU NEED TO COMPARE YOUR WORK AND COMBINE THAT, EVERY TIME WE

[01:35:01]

>> AND A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. I DON'T KNOW IF I ALREADY KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION OR NOT. TRADITIONALLY, THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS A FOCUS. A FOCUS FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.

IT HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN MORE MEASURABLE AND A CHANGE THAT WE ARE TRYING TO ACHIEVE. AND THIS ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF HELPING PEOPLE HAVE A LONGER-TERM TIMELINE, 10 YEARS , AND A MORE ASPIRATIONAL TYPE OF PLAN , WITH THE VALUES. WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO ACHIEVE? WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO ACHIEVE WITH THIS COMMUNITY? I'M CURIOUS -- HOW DID THAT DECISION COME ABOUT? WHAT WAS THE THOUGHT PROCESS OF -- YOU DON'T WANT TO DO A STRATEGIC PLAN THAT IS A CHANGE OR SOME SORT OF IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY LIKE WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST?

>> I PROVIDED SOME CRITIQUES OF OUR -- I THINK SOME OF THE CRITIQUES OF WHAT HAVE WE DONE -- AROUND THE PROCESS AND STRATEGIC PLANS -- WE RECOGNIZED WHAT HAS WORKED AND WHAT IS BENEFICIAL, AND WHAT MAYBE DONE A LOT OF WORK WITH THE BOARD AND DR. HOLMEN'S LEADERSHIP ABOUT TRYING TO LEAN INTO THE COHERENT GOVERNANCE MODEL AND USE THE BOARD POLICIES AS KEY DRIVERS . IF YOU LOOK BACK AT THE PREVIOUS ITERATIONS, THE STRATEGIC PLANS, THERE WASN'T REALLY ANY CLEAR CONNECTION OR BUILDING THERE. THERE ARE PARALLEL LINES FOR THE DISTRICT. I WAS ONE THING. THIS RECOGNITION OF THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING . IT REALLY SHOULD BE DRIVEN BY THE BOARD'S POLICIES. YOU ARE SETTING THE GOALS OF THE ORGANIZATION, AND SO, WE SHOULD BE SAYING, TO WHAT EXTENT -- HOW ARE WE TRYING TO FOCUS AND INITIATE THOSE THINGS? ONE OF THE CRITIQUES WE HEARD IN OUR LAST STRATEGIC PLAN -- IT WAS A LAUNDRY LIST. THERE WERE ALL THESE THINGS WE WERE GOING TO DO. WE GOT CLEAR FEEDBACK FROM THE ORGANIZATION. IT WAS A LOT. AND WHILE YOU CAN HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE DO BECAUSE SOME OF THEM ARE JUST COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT. AND WE CAN KIND OF JUST DO THAT. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN IF YOU ARE A CLASSROOM TEACHER? WHAT DOES THIS TELL YOU ABOUT THE DIRECTION OF THE ORGANIZATION OR HOW YOU NEED TO BEHAVE AND OPERATE? THAT DOESN'T REALLY PROVIDE GUIDANCE AROUND WHAT ARE OUR GOALS FOR EVERY PERSON IN THE ORGANIZATION? RIGHT? WE CAN SAY, HERE ARE THE THINGS WE ARE GOING TO DO. WE ARE GOING TO MAKE AN INVESTMENT IN THESE AREAS. THOSE ARE IMPORTANT. AND WE NEED TO HAVE CLARITY AROUND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS AS WE FIGURE OUT, HOW DO WE WANT TO KIND OF MANAGE OUR TIME, TREASURE, AND TALENT WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION? YOU THINK ABOUT A GUIDE FOR EVERYONE IN THE

[01:40:04]

>> IT IS THE WHY. THE WHAT IS TYPICALLY THE LIST OF THINGS.

IN SOME DISTRICTS, WE HAVE DETAILED THE STRATEGIC PLANS.

THAT IS GREAT. ANYTHING PAST THAT SHELF -- THEY HAVE THAT THING.

WHAT I'M SHOOTING FOR IN MY CLASSROOM, I'M TRYING TO HELP THE STUDENT REACH THIS -- THAT IS A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF COMMITMENT FOR THE ORGANIZATION THAN JUST CHECKING SOMETHING OFF OF A LIST. AND WHATEVER DR. HOLMEN THINKS.

>> DID YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT?

>> STRATEGIC PLAN.

IF THERE IS A BARRIER TO SUCCESS, IT IS THE FACT THAT THERE IS ALWAYS A SET TIME TO GET SOMETHING ACCOMPLISHED.

THERE ISN'T ANYTHING THAT GROUNDS THE IDEA OF THIS START AND STOP STRATEGY.

THAT WILL OUTLIVE US. THIS BOARD, THIS EXECUTIVE TEAM.

THAT WOULD BE MORE WHAT WE WANT IN TERMS OF THE ACTUAL STRATEGIES .

HONEST WITH YOU, WE NEED THAT STRATEGY. WE NEED TO HIT THE TARGET. WE WANT TO DO THAT OVER AND OVER. WE ARE HOPING THAT OUR STRATEGIES ARE NOT A COMPLETE FAILURE.

WE CAN MODIFY IT. WE CAN ALLOCATE RESOURCES DIFFERENTLY.

LEFT SIDE. >> DIRECTOR GUTHRIE.

>> YOU HAVE THE GOALS AND TARGETS SET BY THE BOARD. I'M CURIOUS. AS YOU HAVE BEEN CONVERSATIONS -- HAVING CONVERSATIONS, ARE THEIR GOALS AND TARGETS WE HAVE MISSED, OR AREAS THAT ARE MISSING FROM OUR POLICY? THAT MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR SUMMER HOMEWORK, BUT IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT HAS COME UP, IT SEEMS LIKE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO THINK, TOO.

I'M NOT SURE.

DOG.. WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE BLIND SPOTS THAT WE

HAVE. >> I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD CALL THAT THE TAIL WAGGING THE DOG..

ENGAGEMENT AND INPUT. IT WAS THE EXPERIENCE OF HEARING

[01:45:06]

>> IN THIS DISCUSSION, IT'S BEEN PART OF THE STRATEGIC WORK. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE MISSED, BUT THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE INTERESTING TO TRY TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE MEASURE, AND HOW IF YOU SEE SOME OF THAT IN THE SOCIAL STUDIES PRESENTATIONS, CRITICAL THINKING, CREATIVITY, COLLABORATION, THINGS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL 24TH -- 21ST CENTURY SKILLS -- PART OF THE THINKING IS THAT LONG-TERM AND DURABLE ARE THOSE SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVEN'T MISSED, BUT WE WANT TO BE CAREFUL TO HAVE A WAY THAT WE ARE TRACKING OURSELVES AND OUR STUDENTS PROGRESS ON THAT, BUT NOT SOMETHING THAT IS LIMITING. I THINK THINKING ABOUT HOW WE MEASURE PRODUCTIVELY WILL BE SOME

[C. Closing Items]

INTERESTING WORK. >> AWESOME. WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO ADJOURN OUR STUDY SESSION, SO WE CAN MOVE ONTO THE BOARD MEETING. SINCE THERE ARE NO OTHER AGENDA ITEMS THIS

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