[1. Call to order]
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>> GOOD AFTERNOON. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE MAY 20TH, 2024 LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL BOARD STUDY SESSION .
[1. Student Representative Reflections and Highlights]
INAUDIBLE ] THE FIRST TOPIC THIS EVENING IS STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE REFLECTIONS AND HIGHLIGHTS. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. WE DO THIS EVERY YEAR . I SAY THAT AND THIS IS ONLY THE SECOND TIME WE HAVE DONE THIS. WE WOULD LIKE TO SPEND AT LEAST AN HOUR TODAY GOING OVER THE STUDENT REP EXPERIENCE AND HEARING ABOUT HOW THIS YEAR WENT. ANY FEEDBACK THEY MIGHT HAVE FOR NEXT YEAR. THINKS THEY THOUGHT WENT WELL. THINGS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER . ANY IDEAS THEY MIGHT HAVE AS WELL AS REFLECTIONS ON HOW THE YEAR WENT. I MET WITH OUR STUDENTS AND GIVE THEM A HEADS UP . PLEASE THINK ABOUT THIS AND COME READY TO TALK. SO I'M HOPING WE WILL HAVE PEOPLE READY TO TALK TONIGHT. WOULDN'T THAT BE GREAT. SO, YEAH. I THINK WE CAN GO AHEAD AND KICK IT OFF. WE HAD DISCUSSED DOING THE STICKY NOTE EXERCISE WITH THIS TOPIC AS WELL. WHICH MIGHT NOT HAPPEN. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD. WE CAN DO WHAT WARD. ALL RIGHT. WE CAN WHITEBOARD IF WE NEED TO. I THINK IT PROBABLY MAKES SENSE TO START AT THE BEGINNING AND MAYBE GO BY TOPIC. ANY REFLECTIONS OR FEEDBACK ABOUT ORIENTATION . AND THEN WE CAN GO THROUGH THE YEAR.>> I GUESS MY BIGGEST THING ABOUT ORIENTATION IS I THINK IT CAN BE REALLY CONFUSING FOR NEW CENTER REPS . WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO SAY AND WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO. MAYBE HAVING THEM COME TO ONE OF THE STUDY SESSIONS AND BOARD MEETINGS SO THEY CAN SIT TO THE SIDE AND KIND OF OBSERVED FIRST WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR THEM TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ROLE REALLY IS AND WHAT TO SAY AND WHAT TO DO. THAT MIGHT BE MORE HELPFUL THAN AN ORIENTATION BECAUSE THEY ARE ACTUALLY PUT IN THE SITUATION AND GET TO EXPERIENCE IT.
>> DO YOU THINK THE ORIENTATION IS NECESSARY?
>> I GUESS SO. I FEEL LIKE IT IS A GOOD WAY TO MEET THE OTHER REPS. OTHERWISE, THE FIRST TIME YOU EVER GOING TO MEET THEM IS AT THIS BOARD MEETING AND YOU DON'T WANT THAT TO BE A FIRST-TIME. IT WAS HELPFUL TO MEET YOU AND THE REST OF THE BOARD AS WELL. LEARNING WHO EVERYONE IS AND STUFF.
>> YEAH. BEFORE WE CONTINUE, I JUST REALIZED THAT NONE OF THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS HAVE BEEN PART OF THESE ORIENTATIONS.
INAUDIBLE ] BUT THE ORIENTATIONS SO FAR -- WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS KIND OF GO OVER A LITTLE BIT OF POLICY GOVERNANCE. THE WAY THE BOARD OPERATES. EXPLAIN WHAT OUR MONITORING REPORTS. WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT? WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE BOARD? JOHN GOES OVER THE ORG CHART FOR THE DISTRICT. WHO EVERYBODY IS. WHO THEY WILL SEE AT BOARD MEETINGS. WE ALSO DO A LITTLE BIT ON PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE SO THEY UNDERSTAND THE LANGUAGE OF KIND OF WHAT THEY WILL HEAR AT MEETINGS. WHAT ELSE? WE DO HOUSEKEEPING . CONTACT INFORMATION. SETTING UP THEIR EMAILS AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
AM I MISSING ANYTHING? I THINK THAT'S IT. WE GIVE THEM THE POLICY GOVERNANCE BOOKS FOR THEM TO READ AS THEY WOULD LIKE. I THINK THAT'S IT. LAST YEAR IT TOOK PLACE BEFORE IN THE SUMMER. IN AUGUST. THE GOAL MOVING FORWARD, I THINK , IS TO HAVE IT HAPPEN IN JUNE. SO WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF GOING THROUGH APPLICATIONS AND SELECTING OUR STUDENTS FOR INTERVIEWS FOR NEXT YEAR RIGHT NOW WITH THE GOAL OF DOING ORIENTATION BEFORE THE SCHOOL YEAR IS OUT SO WE ARE NOT CHASING THEM OVER THE SUMMER AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EVERYONE'S VACATION SCHEDULES. SO YEAH.
>> BECAUSE I WAS TRAVELING. SO I THINK -- YES. TEST. TEST. ALL
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RIGHT. I WILL JUST RESTART. THE DETAILS FOR IT WERE ONLY SENT OUT IN JULY. HAVING THE ORIENTATION AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. ALSO EVEN BEFORE THAT I WOULD SUGGEST MAY BE BOARD AND STUDENT REPTHE OPTIONS. >> I SECOND THE BOARD BONDING.
I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD IDEA. FOR THE ORIENTATION , COMING INTO IT I WAS VERY OVERWHELMED . ALL THE INFORMATION WAS GIVEN TO ME ON THE SPOT. AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES . GIVING AN OUTLINE OF WHAT YOU SHOULD LOOK FOR. BECAUSE IT CAN BE REALLY OVERWHELMING AND YOU'RE NOT SURE WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT. AN OVERVIEW BEFORE THE FACT AND THEN WHEN THEY DO COME IN
>> SO THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF DOING IT AT THAT FIRST ORIENTATION WAS SO THAT WE CAN WALK YOU GUYS THROUGH NAVIGATING BOARD DOCS AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT IT IS YOU ARE LOOKING AT BEFORE. SO DO YOU THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A FOLLOW-UP TO THE ORIENTATION AT SOME POINT FOR QUESTIONS? BECAUSE -- THIS IS A QUESTION FOR YOU GUYS. IF WE SELECTED OUR NEW STUDENTS AND THEN SENT THEM THE LINK TO BOARDDOCS AND SAID, LOOK AT THIS BEFORE ORIENTATION, IS THAT
WHAT QUESTIONS TO ASK. >> YEAH.
>> AN OVERVIEW. I DON'T KNOW. A SCAVENGER HUNT . LOOK FOR THESE THINGS SO THAT WE COME AS A GROUP WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. WE HAVE QUESTIONS TO ASK.
>> A SCAVENGER HUNT SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING THE FIRST YEAR BOARD REPS WOULD BE ABLE TO DEVELOP FOR NEXT YEAR'S REPS .
>> SHOULD WE GO BACK TO TALKING ABOUT BOARD BONDING AND
BOWLING? >> AWESOME. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT HAD ANY MORE COMMENTS ABOUT ORIENTATION SPECIFICALLY?
YEAH. >> THIS WAS JUST BRIEFLY ON YOUR THING ABOUT QUESTIONS AND WHETHER YOU SHOULD HAVE AN EXTRA SESSION FOR THAT. IT IS JUST DEPENDENT ON WHAT THE REACTION IS. A LITTLE BIT LATER IN JULY OR AUGUST.
>> SHIVANI, HOLD ON ONE SECOND. I HAD A QUICK QUESTION. THIS YEAR WAS THE FIRST YEAR WE HAD A SENIOR REP WHEN WE ON BOARDED OUR JUNIORS. IS THERE VALUE IN HAVING THE SENIORS ATTEND THE ORIENTATION FOR THE JUNIORS ? OR IS IT A WASTE OF YOUR TIME?
OR -- NO. OKAY. >> AND I SAY SOMETHING? I WAS GOING TO ADD TO THAT ACTUALLY. MY SUGGESTION WAS GOING TO BE RELATED TO THAT. I THINK THERE IS VALUE JUST BECAUSE I THINK THAT REPETITION OF INFORMATION IS STILL GOOD. THERE ARE THINGS I FORGET THAT THAT MEETING HELPED ME REMEMBER. ALSO I THINK IT IS GOOD TO HAVE THE JUNIORS AND SENIORS GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER. THE SENIORS ARE SUPPOSED TO GUIDE THEM THROUGH.
IT IS HARD TO ASK FOR ADVICE FROM SOMEONE YOU HAVEN'T MET BEFORE. ALSO JUST HAVING A STUDENT BONDING THING MIGHT ALSO BE NICE BECAUSE I KNOW IT IS EASIER TO ASK STUDENTS WHO ARE YOUR PEERS QUESTION THAN IT IS TO ASK ADULTS AND BOARD
MEMBERS TO START OFF WITH. >> ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE
ADULTS TOO. >> NOT NECESSARILY.
>> AWESOME. ANYTHING ELSE ON HOW ORIENTATION WAS? OKAY.
>> I'M THINKING ABOUT SHIVANI'S ORIGINAL COMMENT OF HAVING STUDENT REPS COME TO THE MEETING BEFORE ORIENTATION . I
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THINK THERE IS SOME MERIT IN THAT JUST BECAUSE SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE AND WATCHING NOTICE EVEN WATCHING ONLINE DOESN'T GIVE YOU THE FULL EXPERIENCE BECAUSE PRESENTATIONS A LOT OF TIMES>> I THINK I WOULD SECOND 6TH . I THINK THAT IS THE LAST BOARD MEETING FOR THE SCHOOL REPS. SO MAYBE WE CAN HAVE AN OPTION BOARD MEETING. AND WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE TWO NEW JUNIOR MEMBERS. NOT REALLY AN ORIENTATION BUT A MINI INTRODUCTION . AND THEN WHEN YOU ACTUALLY GOING TO ORIENTATION IT KIND OF EASES THEM INTO THAT.
>> TO KIND OF SPEAK TO THAT TOO, I THINK THAT IS DEFINITELY A GREAT IDEA TO HAVE THAT. HAVE THEM COME TO THE STUDY SESSION AND BOARD MEETING SO THEY CAN GET AN IDEA OF WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO. ALSO BECAUSE I THINK THE BREAK TIMES IN BETWEEN KIND OF HELP YOU TALK TO THE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM AND UNDERSTAND WHO THEY ARE. I THINK THAT ALSO MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR THEM TO EASE THAT FEAR AND TENSION THAT THEY
PROBABLY HAVE. >> YES. DIRECTOR STUART.
>> HOW MANY BOARD MEETINGS ARE LEFT AFTER THAT ? ONE AFTER?
>> THE SENIORS. >> MY POINT WAS ONCE THEY ARE SELECTED
SHOW UP . >> WE'VE HAD OVER 70 APPLICANTS THIS YEAR. SO IT IS GROWING EXPONENTIALLY.
>> THAT WILL LESSEN SOME OF THE OTHER CROWD.
>> OKAY. OKAY. AWESOME. I THINK WE CAN MOVE ON TO HOW THE YEAR WENT. I KNOW THAT THERE WERE -- I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY GOT A CHANCE TO READ THE ARTICLE, WHICH WAS AMAZING. GOOD JOB, GUYS. BUT IT WAS A REFLECTION. NO. IT WAS A REFLECTION ON HOW THEIR YEAR WENT. THIS IS VERY TIMELY FOR THIS MEETING. WE CAN JUST READ THEIR ARTICLE. BUT THERE WERE EVENTS THAT YOU GUYS PICKED OUT AS KIND OF IMPORTANT THIS YEAR.
>> SO THE CONFERENCE SPECIFICALLY I WAS THINKING ABOUT. SHIVANI WAS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN OLYMPIA FOR A DAY ON THE HILL. DID ANYBODY ELSE DO ANY ADVOCACY ? DID WE HAVE ANYBODY SPEAK ? SHIVANI SPOKE -- WAS THAT LAST YEAR OR THIS YEAR THAT YOU SPOKE ? THAT WAS LAST YEAR. OKAY. YOU GUYS TALKED ABOUT THE STUDY SESSION . ANY REFLECTIONS ON ANY OF THAT STUFF ? AND HOW THE YEAR WHEN IN GENERAL.
>> I THINK THAT I WAS REALLY SCARED AT THE BEGINNING. IT WAS A GOOD WAY TO BREAK THE ICE BECAUSE I GOT TO TALK TO BOARD MEMBERS AND DR. HOLMAN IN A SETTING THAT WASN'T BOARD CENTRIC. ALMOST LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT FOR OE 10. OUR BEST EXPERIENCES WITH TEACHERS WERE WHEN THEY GOT TO KNOW US. I GOT TO TALK TO THEM. A SETTING THAT I WAS COMFORTABLE IN AND THEY WERE COMFORTABLE IN . IT KIND OF ENCOURAGED ME TO TALK MORE OPENLY AND HONESTLY AT BOARD MEETINGS BECAUSE I TRUSTED THE ADULTS THAT WERE AROUND ME. SO I PERSONALLY THINK IT WAS A REALLY GOOD PERIOD TO BREAK THAT ICE. AND IT WAS A GOOD BONDING EXPERIENCE. YOU HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL NOVEMBER, YOU KNOW.
>>. TO ADD TO THAT, THINK IT WAS A REALLY FUN EXPERIENCE TO HAVE. WE WERE ALL ABLE TO MEET SOMEBODY NEW REPS FROM ACROSS THE STATE. IT WAS NICE TO HEAR THEIR PERSPECTIVES AND HEAR
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THEIR SENSE OF -- SUGGESTIONS. I THINK IT IS A REALLY GOOD WAY TO GET NEW IDEAS BECAUSE YOUR MEETING SO MANY.>> IT IS SOMETHING I HAVE NEVER ATTENDED.
>> YEAH. YOU WOULDN'T. YOU ARE AN ADULT.
>> NO. IT IS REALLY GOOD FOR BUILDING COMMUNITY.
>> SORRY. I DIDN'T MEAN IT LIKE THAT.
>> NO. IT'S ALL GOOD. IT'S REALLY GOOD FOR BUILDING COMMUNITY BECAUSE THERE IS A NETWORK OF 100+ PEOPLE WHO ARE THERE. THERE IS ACROSS WASHINGTON AN ORGANIZATION OF STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL. SO YOU CAN VOTE AND ELECT A PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE ORGANIZATION. YOU JOIN THE NETWORK OF PEOPLE. SO NOW YOU CAN PUT TOGETHER INITIATIVES AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT YOU ARE INTERESTED IN AND IT CAN ALSO HAVE A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT YOU CAN CONSULT IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS. I THINK IT IS A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY JUST TO MEET AND NETWORK AND BUILD COMMUNITY. AND THAT WAS THE MAIN THING BECAUSE THEY HAD US EACH SIT AT A RANDOM TABLE .
THEY DIDN'T HAVE A SIT WITH OUR FRIENDS AS WELL. SO IT IS KIND OF LIKE YOU'RE FORCING INTERPERSONAL CONNECTIONS . AND I THINK IT IS STRONG TO BUILD THOSE BONDS.
>> AND I HAD TO THAT? SORRY. OKAY. ADDING TO THE WASHINGTON STUDENT -- I THINK IT IS THE STUDENT REP NETWORK. THEY HAVE MONTHLY MEETINGS AND THEY TALK ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A STUDENT REP . I THINK THAT IS REALLY INTERESTING THAT STUDENT REPS NEXT YEAR MIGHT WANT TO THINK ABOUT JOINING. BOUNCING OFF OF WHAT THEY SAID, IT IS REALLY NICE TO MEET NEW PEOPLE AGAIN. I'M STILL FRIENDS WITH SOME OF THE PEOPLE. WE HAVE A GROUP CHAT OR TALK ABOUT UPDATES WITH STUDENT REPS AND THINGS GOING ON IN OUR DISTRICT. FEEDBACK FROM OTHER STUDENT REPS. THAT CONNECTION AND THAT NETWORK IS SO IMPORTANT. I THINK I WOULD MOST DEFINITELY HAVE THAT AGAIN.
>> YOU ANSWER THE QUESTION I WAS GOING TO ASK. SO GOOD JOB.
>> JUST AS A POINT OF CONTACT, THE TWO PRESIDENTS OF THE WASHINGTON SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION ARE NATHAN . JUST A POINT OF CONTACT.
>> OKAY. WHAT ABOUT FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR? IF THERE'S ANY THOUGHTS OR FEEDBACK. ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THAT? WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT DAY ON THE HILL FROM A STUDENT
PERSPECTIVE? >> I THOUGHT DAY ON THE HILL WAS FUN. I GUESS IN SOME WAYS IT WAS KIND OF SCARY BECAUSE I'M TALKING TO REPRESENTATIVES AND THEY ARE ACTUALLY WRITING POLICIES THAT AFFECT THE STATE. IT WAS KIND OF SCARY BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT, BUT I FEEL LIKE I WAS A LITTLE BIT INTIMIDATED BECAUSE I WAS TALKING ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY AND THEY WOULD BE LIKE, I'M NOT GOING TO LIE, I DON'T REALLY BELIEVE IN SUSTAINABILITY. OH, OKAY. I DON'T KNOW TO DO THEM. I GUESS KIND OF HAVING -- HOW YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO ACT. ETIQUETTE. IF THEY ARE SAYING , DO I PUSH FOR IT OR DO I KIND OF JUST STAY BACK AND GO, OKAY. IF THAT IS NOT WHAT YOU BELIEVE I'M NOT GOING TO TRY TO CHANGE YOUR OPINION ON THAT. IN THAT WAY I WAS A LITTLE BIT LOST. I WASN'T SURE IF I COULD BE LIKE, ACTUALLY, SUSTAINABILITY IS AN EQUITY ISSUE. COULD I PUSH FOR THAT OR NOT? I WISH I HAD KNOWN IF I COULD OR NOT. OTHER THAN THAT I THINK IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE TO GET FURTHER INTO THE WHOLE POLICY THING AND UNDERSTAND HOW THE STATE WORKS. AND THE IMPACT WE
ARE MAKING THERE. >> I THINK THAT DAY FELL REALLY AT AN INOPPORTUNE TIME THIS YEAR. IT WAS FINALS WEEK OR SOMETHING. OKAY. YEAH. I TOTALLY APPRECIATE IT WAS PROBABLY DIFFICULT FOR ANYONE ELSE TO PARTICIPATE. OKAY. THAT IS A GOOD POINT. OTHER THAN THE ACTUAL CONVERSATIONS WITH INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE, DID YOU FEEL LIKE YOU WERE PREPARED TO TALK
ABOUT THE TOPICS? >> YEAH. I GUESS. DEFINITELY.
BECAUSE I THINK HER NAME IS CAITLIN. SHE SENT US A DOCUMENT
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AND IT WAS REALLY HELPFUL BECAUSE SHE HAD BILLS AND SENATE BILLS. IT WAS REALLY DETAILED. THERE WERE BULLET POINTS ON WHAT TO SAY. SO I FELT VERY SUPPORTED. I DON'T THINK I WAS EVER LIKE -- I DON'T KNOW TO TALK ABOUT BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS I COULD PULL FROM TO SAY. SO I THINK THAT WAS REALLY HELPFUL.>> WHAT ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE FROM THIS YEAR. IS THERE THINGS THAT WE ARE MISSING OR DIDN'T MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS ABOUT YOUR FIRST YEAR OR YOUR SECOND YEAR AS A STUDENT REP WHO THE BOARD WOULD BE? WITH THINGS THAT YOU LOVED OR HATED?
SHIVANI. YES. >> THIS IS NOT -- I DON'T KNOW. WOULDN'T BE LOVE OR HATE, BUT I THINK SOMETHING TO IMPROVE UPON IS FOR STUDENT LINKAGES, I FEEL LIKE I WAS KIND OF PUSHED INTO THAT AND I HAD NO IDEA WHAT I WAS DOING. I KNOW THAT IS NOT YOUR FAULT AND I KNOW IT IS NO ONE'S FAULT BECAUSE IT IS A NEW THING, BUT I JUST THINK HAVING EXPECTATIONS FOR WHAT THAT MEANS -- HOW MANY STUDENTS DO YOU WANT? WHAT GRADE STUDENTS DO YOU WANT? AND KIND OF ALL THAT JUST BECAUSE I HAD NO IDEA WHAT I WAS DOING. I WAS TOLD TO PLAN THE STUDENT LINKAGE AND SO I STARTED EMAILING RANDOM PEOPLE. IT WAS A WHOLE THING. I JUST FEEL LIKE HAVING A BIT MORE GUIDANCE FOR INITIAL -- HEY, WE WANT YOU TO HAVE THESE STUDENTS COME TO THIS MEETING. WE WANT THEM TO BE FROM HIGH SCHOOL VERSUS -- DO YOU WANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLERS AND MIDDLE SCHOOLERS? A LITTLE MORE SUPPORT THERE. YET.
>> YEAH. WE SORT OF INTENTIONALLY LEFT ABROAD BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO RESTRICT OR DICTATE KIND OF WHAT THE STUDENT LED LINKAGE WOULD BE BECAUSE IT WAS WHAT YOU WANTED IT. WE WANTED TO SEE WHAT YOU WANTED TO DO WITH IT.
I CAN APPRECIATE SUPPORT AND STRUCTURE IN TERMS OF HOW TO CONNECT AND HOW DO YOU REACH OUT AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
FOR SURE. DEFINITELY A TAKE AWAY. THANK YOU FOR BEING OUR GUINEA PIGS. YOU GUYS. IF IT'S WORTH ANYTHING, YOU GUYS LED AN AMAZING STUDENT LINKAGE. PROBABLY THE BEST LINKAGE WE HAD THIS YEAR. THE ONES THAT YOU GUYS LED.
>> YEAH. I THINK ALSO ON THE LINKAGE -- AT LEAST FOR ME -- BECAUSE I'M A SENIOR -- ONLY SERVING ONE YEAR AS A TERM , I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE MUCH CHOICE ON WHAT TYPE OF LINKAGE I WOULD BE PARTICIPATING IN. ALSO TIME. I ONLY LEARNED ABOUT THE LINKAGES THAT WERE HAPPENING AT THE NOVEMBER 11TH BOARD MEETING WHEN I WAS DOING THIS. I THINK OUR TURNAROUND PERIOD WAS THE 26TH . WHEN EVERYTHING NEEDED TO GET DONE. IT WAS VERY CONSTRAINED. I WAS WORKING HARD AND I DON'T THINK IT WAS GOOD ENOUGH TO COLLECT A PROPER SAMPLE. TO GET PEOPLE EMAILING RANDOM TEACHERS , ADMIN , PTS A BOARD MEMBERS. IF THEY GET THAT RECOMMENDATION, IT'S GOING TO BE SOMEONE THEY FEEL IS REALLY INVOLVED AND REALLY INTERESTED IN THE TOPIC AND YOU'RE NOT GETTING A TRUE RANDOM SAMPLE. SO I WOULD SAY STARTING EARLY -- MAYBE EVEN EARLY AUGUST. ORIENTATION SOMEHOW. SAY, THESE ARE THE POTENTIAL LINKAGE TOPICS. MAYBE YOU ALL CAN FIGURE OUT WHICH ONES TO DO . OR IF YOU HAVE ANY OF YOUR OWN, MAYBE START PLANNING THEM. I JUST THINK GUIDELINES ON HOW TO RUN A LINKAGE. SOME OF THAT IS A LITTLE MORE CLEAR NOW. AND WITHOUT INCLUDING SOME MAJOR SPECIFIC CONTENT. THAT WOULD BE MY MAIN FEEDBACK ON THE LINKAGES .
>> AWESOME. THANK YOU. ELLA. >> MOVING AWAY FROM STUDENT LINKAGES BUT GOING OFF OF WHAT THEY SAID WITH ORIENTATION , I THINK THROUGHOUT THE YEAR , SHIVANI AND I -- I DIDN'T MEAN TO THROW YOU UNDER THE BUS -- DID I CALL YOU SHIVANI? MY BAD.
SORRY, GUYS. MOVING ON FROM THAT. WE REALIZED THERE WERE SO MANY ACRONYMS AND TERMS WE WERE NOT AWARE OF. EVERY TIME I OPENED THE AGENDA THERE WOULD BE A NEW POLICY AND I WOULD BE LIKE , WHERE DID THIS COME FROM? I'M SO UNAWARE. THERE WERE SO MANY POLICIES I HAD TO HOLD IN MY HEAD AND I DIDN'T
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KNOW HOW THEY CONNECTED WITH ONE ANOTHER AND WHY IT MIGHT BE NECESSARY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE. AND HOW EVERY POLICY WORKS TOGETHER TO MAKE THE DISTRICT FUNCTION THE WAY IT DOES. MAYBE IT ORIENTATION. A LITTLE OVERVIEW OF EVERY POLICY WE HAVE. SO THEN WHENEVER IT COMES UP ON THE AGENDA, IT IS FAMILIAR. I REMEMBER THIS ORIENTATION. THATMIGHT BE HELPFUL. >> OKAY. ANOTHER QUESTION.
WOULD THAT BE EVEN MORE OVERWHELMING?
>> TECHNICALLY, YES. IT WOULD BECAUSE THEY ARE PUTTING IN MORE INFORMATION, BUT I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE HELPFUL
IN THE LONG RUN. YEAH. >> OKAY.
>> YES. >> I THINK I KIND OF WANT TO ADD ON. I KNOW WE HAD, LIKE , FOUR STUDENT BOARD REPS. IT COULD ALMOST TAKE A MONTH OFF . EVERY OTHER TIME. IT WORKED BETTER FOR OUR SCHEDULES. AT THE SAME TIME I FELT THAT EVERY SINGLE TIME I SKIPPED A MEETING I WAS SKIPPING INFORMATION. AND IT IS HARD TO GO BACK AND SIT THROUGH TWO HOURS OF A STUDY SESSION. TWO PLUS HOURS OF A BOARD MEETING. KIND OF GIVING THE OPTION FOR STUDENT BOARD REPRESENTATIVES TO COME TO THE STUDY SESSION COULD HELP THEM BECOME MORE INCLINED TO LEARN ABOUT MORE TOPICS BECAUSE IF THERE WAS A REFERENCE TO A STUDY SESSION OR A TOPIC, IT WAS HARDER BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS ALREADY DISCUSSED AND I DIDN'T WANT TO REPEAT INFORMATION THAT MAY HAVE ALREADY BEEN ANSWERED AND STUFF
LIKE THAT. >> ARE YOU GUYS UP FROM BEFORE? OR ARE THESE NEW? IS YOURS KNEW? OKAY.
>> THIS IS GOING OFF OF WHAT ELLA SAID. I JUST THOUGHT OF THIS ON THE SPOT. MIGHT BE GOOD TO CREATE A QUIZ EVEN OR SOME SORT OF NOTE SHEET THAT HAS ALL OF THE TERMS. NOTECARDS. JUST ON THE SPOT REMEMBERING WHAT OE THREE IS. OE 10. IS GOING TO BE VERY CONFUSING FOR SOMEBODY JUST COMING IN.
>> WAS LET'S OUR DIGITAL FLASHCARDS.
>> THERE USED TO BE A CHEAT SHEET FOR ALL THE ACRONYMS. EVERY MEETING'S BOOK . I THINK I STILL HAVE ONE OF THEM
SOMEWHERE. >> SAY GIVE ONE OUT AT THE BOARD BOOT CAMP. EDUCATIONAL LINK ACRONYM SHEET.
>> IF YOU COULD SEND OUT A QUIZ LIT THAT DEFINES WHAT A QUIZ WHAT IS, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
>> WAS IT IS JUST ONLINE FLASHCARDS.
>> SHIVANI. DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING?
>> I KIND OF FORGOT. SORRY. >> NO IDEA WHAT A QUIZ LIT IS.
>> ONLINE FLASHCARDS. >> IS THIS THE NEW VERSION OF CLIFF NOTES OR SOMETHING? CLIFF NOTES.
>> WAIT. I KNOW WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. I DON'T KNOW IF THE WHOLE TRYING TO GET THEM TO MEMORIZE THE POLICY THING MIGHT EVEN MOVE BECAUSE I KNOW JUST HAVING A BASIC UNDERSTANDING IS FINE, BUT THEY DON'T NEED TO KNOW, OE 10 IS THIS ONE AND OE NINE IS THIS. AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT DOESN'T REALLY DO ANYTHING FOR THEM. THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE BASIC IDEA BEHIND THE POLICY. MATCHUP THE NUMBERS TO WHAT THE TOPIC IS.
>> I WAS JUST LOOKING UP MINUTES TO JOIN THE STUDENT NETWORK. FILL OUT A VERY SIMPLE FORM. DO YOU THINK THAT IS JUST SOMETHING ALL OF OUR STUDENT REPS SHOULD DO WHEN THEY ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE MONTHLY MEETINGS ARE NOT?
>> AND THEY SHOULD GO? >> BECAUSE DO YOU GET -- DO THEY SEND YOU INFORMATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT VIA EMAIL?
>> THE MAIN SOURCE OF INFORMATION IS AT THE MEETINGS THEMSELVES. I THINK THEY WERE INITIALLY PLANNING TO SEND A NEWSLETTER, BUT NOTHING REALLY CAME OF THAT . THE BEST PLACE TO GET THE INFORMATION IS JUST GOING TO THE MEETINGS. GOING MONTHLY. THEY HAPPEN IN THE EVENING'S MOST OF THE TIME. SO
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IT IS USUALLY A 10 LEVEL. AND THEY DON'T REALLY POST THE INFORMATION ELSEWHERE. AT THE MEETING. THIS KIND OF HARD TO ACCESS. I THINK THE BEST WAY IS JUST TO GO TO THE PHYSICALMEETINGS ONLINE. >> THANK YOU.
>> AWESOME. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN HOLDING BACK ON? I KNOW SOMETHING WANTS TO SAY
SOMETHING ABOUT BOWLING. >> I REALLY THINK WE SHOULD IMPLEMENT SOME BONDING. I THINK IT IS REALLY HELPFUL REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE DO. EATING FOOD OR GOING BOWLING. PLAYING LASER TAG. I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LEARN MORE ABOUT EACH OTHER SO THAT I FEEL COMFORTABLE AND YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE AND WE CAN LEARN A LOT ABOUT EACH OTHER'S
>> GO AHEAD. >> I THINK ERIC WOULD ENJOY
>> I THINK DR. HOLMEN. OR KARAOKE. THERE'S ENDLESS
OPTIONS. >> WOW. WE OPENED UP A CAN OF WORMS HERE.
>> OKAY. >> WE SHOULD. OKAY. THERE IS A CONCEPT IN THE UK. IT IS CALLED A CIPHER. A CIPHER REP IS BASICALLY WHERE EACH PERSON HAS TO DROP SOME BARS. AT THE END OF YOUR CELEBRATION, WE SHOULD DO THAT AND FILM IT AND JUST DO IT ON THE SPOT WHERE PEOPLE CAN WRITE SOME LINES BEFORE HAND.
IT'S REALLY GOOD. AND YOU HAVE TO WRAP ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCES OVER THE PAST YEAR. THE POSITIVE AND -ONES AS A REALLY GOOD REFLECTION THING. AND IT IS ALSO A FUN WAY TO DO IT.
>> AS LONG AS IT IS AT AN OPEN PUBLIC MEETING. RECORDED.
>> I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE HIGHEST ATTENDANCE OF THE YEAR IF WE DO IT.
>> I FEEL LIKE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS EARLIER. ALL RIGHT.
YES. SHIVANI. >> A KIND OF WASN'T JOKING ABOUT BOARD TICK-TOCK. HEAR ME OUT. WE HAD THOSE CONNECTIONS WHICH WAS A BUNCH OF STUDENT REPS. I NOTICE A LOT OF THEM HAVE A SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE FOR STUDENT REPS WHERE THEY CAN SHARE INFORMATION TO STUDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY. AND I THINK THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO KIND OF -- THERE IS A GAP RIGHT NOW BETWEEN WHAT DOES THE POLICY ACTUALLY DO VERSUS WHAT I WANT THE DISTRICT TO DO. I THINK HAVING THAT SOCIAL MEDIA COULD BRIDGE THE GAP ESPECIALLY BETWEEN THE STUDENTS AND THE BOARD BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WHEN I TALK TO MY CLASSMATES ABOUT THIS KIND OF STUFF, THE GO, OH, I WANT YOU TO TELL DR. HOLMEN THAT I'M NOT OKAY WITH SCHOOL STARTING AT 8:30. I CANNOT REALLY DO THAT. BRIDGING THE GAP WOULD BE REALLY IMPORTANT.
I THINK INSTAGRAM OR SOME KIND OF SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT IN AN EASIER WAY JUST BECAUSE STUDENT TO STUDENT VERSUS BOARD TO STUDENT.
>> ANYBODY ELSE? YES. DIRECTOR GUTHRIE.
>> IS THIS ON? CAN YOU HEAR MAY? NO. YEAH. SO I WANT TO PLUS ONE TO THE CONNECTIONS. I WAS VERY PRIVILEGED TO BE ABLE TO CRASH THE ORIENTATION AS A NEW BOARD DIRECTOR. AND I THINK IN ADDITION TO JUST GETTING INFORMATION, WHICH IS VERY RELEVANT TO NEW BOARD DIRECTORS -- NOT ADULTS. VERY RELEVANT TO US AS WELL. YES. DEFINITELY BEING ABLE TO MEET. BECAUSE OTHERWISE IT IS VERY HARD AT BOARD MEETINGS IN THIS ENVIRONMENT TO UNDERSTAND. SO I REALLY APPRECIATED HAVING THOSE HOURS TOGETHER BACK IN AUGUST . VERY THANKFUL TO ALL OF YOU FOR LETTING ME CRASH. AND BUILDING THAT IN A LITTLE BIT MORE OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. I WOULD DEFINITELY BE SUPPORTIVE OF AS WELL. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT JUST DANCE. FIGURING OUT HOW TO DO THAT. YEAH. YES. AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT QUIZ LET'S FOR A NEW BOARD DIRECTOR. COMPILING INFORMATION. USING THE EXPERIENCES WE ARE GOING THROUGH WITH STUDENTS EVERY YEAR AND MAKING THAT -- MAKING SURE WE ARE HELPING THE ADULTS.
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>> AWESOME. YES. DIRECTOR YOCUM.
>> THEY JUST HANDED THIS TO ME TO LOOK AT. THE STUDENT BOARD REP . OKAY. GREAT. I'M WONDERING IF THERE IS ONE THAT COULD BE CREATED BY THE STUDENT REPS THAT IS MORE OF THE NEW STUDENT REP . IS THERE ANYTHING LIKE THAT FOR THE DISTRICT?
OKAY. >> I SAID, NO. WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE ONE. YES. I THINK EACH YEAR WE KIND OF ASK OUR SENIORS IF THERE IS AN AREA OF INTEREST OR FOCUS THEY WOULD WANT FOR STUDENT REPS IN THEIR SECOND YEAR. SHIVANI CHOSE SUSTAINABILITY AND SAT ON THE SUSTAINABILITY POLICY COMMITTEE . THIS IS YOUR FIRST YEAR, SO IT IS A LITTLE BIT UNFAIR. BUT I THINK NEXT YEAR FOR OUR CURRENT JUNIORS WHO ARE GOING TO BE SENIORS, IF THIS WAS AN AREA OF INTEREST -- IF THEY WANTED TO BUCKLE DOWN THE ORIENTATION PROCESS WITH STUDENT REPS, THAT COULD BE SOMETHING. OR IF THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE YOU ARE INTERESTED IN, IT IS OPEN. I WILL SAY THERE'S LOTS OF OPTIONS IF YOU DECIDE THIS IS SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO DO. FOR SURE. ANYBODY ELSE? YES.
SHIVANI. >> THIS IS UNRELATED TO THE CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING, BUT I THINK GOING BACK TO THE WHOLE COMMITTEE THING AND HAVING STUDENTS ON COMMITTEES. I THINK THAT WAS REALLY HELPFUL FOR ME TO FEEL MORE INVOLVED IN THE POLICYMAKING BECAUSE LAST YEAR I JUST FELT SO SEPARATE FROM EVERYTHING. I WOULD COME TO BOARD MEETINGS AND SAY MY PIECE, BUT I NEVER REALLY FELT -- I NEVER REALLY FELT I WAS A PART OF IT. OKAY. I'M SAYING WHAT I THINK, BUT THE COMMITTEE REALLY HELPED ME KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHAT GOES INTO A POLICY AND UNDERSTAND THAT BETTER AND MAKE AN IMPACT ON DISTRICT POLICY. AND SO I DEFINITELY WOULD RECOMMEND DOING THAT AGAIN FOR THE SENIORS. ALSO, I KNOW THERE IS COMMITTEES RIGHT NOW WHERE THERE ARE STUDENTS THAT SPEAK ON THOSE COMMITTEES. I THINK ALSO HAVING STUDENT REPS JOIN WITH THEM THAT ARE RELATED TO STUDENT WELL-BEING AND STUFF LIKE THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. GETTING AN IDEA FROM THEIR PEERS AND HEAR FROM THEIR PEERS AT THESE MEETINGS AND COME BACK TO STUDY SESSIONS WITH THIS INFORMATION.
>> YEAH. DEFINITELY. CAN I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THE TIME COMMITMENT YOU GUYS HAVE PUT IN THIS YEAR? WHAT ARE YOUR FEELINGS ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE? WAS IT TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME? WAS IT NOT ENOUGH OF YOUR TIME? WAS IT JUST ABOUT RIGHT? I WILL SAY I FEEL LIKE PROBABLY OUR SENIORS HAVE PUT IN MORE TIME IN THE SECOND YEAR COMPARED TO YOUR FIRST YEAR . I THINK IT IS ACCURATE FOR ME TO SAY THAT. SO I'M KIND OF CURIOUS WHAT YOUR IMPRESSIONS ARE ABOUT THE TIME COMMITMENT. YES.
>> FOR ME -- I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ELLA. I FEEL LIKE IT WAS SPORADIC. THERE WOULD BE MONDAYS THAT WE ARE HERE FOR A WHILE. BUT WE WOULDN'T BE INVOLVED FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME. I PERSONALLY DID NOT EVEN KNOW NOT REALLY SURE IF THAT WAS MY PART. THERE WAS SOME DISCONNECT. I WAS HERE WHEN I WAS HERE DURING THE BOARD MEETINGS. BUT I ALSO WAS IN A FAR APART AT THE SAME TIME. I WAS A STUDENT REP AND PART OF THE BOARD, BUT I KIND OF FELT LIKE THE STUDENTS DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING. YOU KNOW? WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS, THE TIME COMMITMENT COULD BE INCREASED AND BE MORE SPREAD OUT, I THINK.
>> YEAH. SOME OF THIS YEAR WAS VERY SPORADIC. AND SPREAD APART. I HONESTLY FELT THAT -- ESPECIALLY IN THE YEAR -- 2024.
THOSE MONTHS . IT WAS VERY LIMITED. WHAT WE WERE DOING.
BECAUSE WE KIND OF JUST CAME TO MEETINGS AND THAT WAS IT. I THINK WE WROTE UP UTSA. THAT WAS THE EXTENT . SO I FELT LIKE THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A FOLLOW-UP TO THE SUSTAINABILITY . WE MIGHT HAVE HAD ANOTHER LINKAGE OR OTHER INITIATIVES .
MAYBE EACH PERSON HAS THEIR OWN PROJECT TO TRY TO DO AS WELL IN ADDITION TO THE LINKAGE. JUST BECAUSE I FELT THERE WASN'T MUCH TO DO OUTSIDE ACCEPTS A LITTLE PERIOD AT THE START OF
THE YEAR. >> YEAH. TO ADD TO THAT TOO, I THINK A LOT OF IT WAS THE WORK WASN'T REALLY SPREAD OUT. IN
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NOVEMBER AND SEPTEMBER WE HAD THE WHOLE LINKAGE THING AND THAT WAS A LOT OF TIME. SOME MONTHS IT WAS LIKE WE HAD NO BOARD MEETINGS FOR AN ENTIRE MONTH. THERE WAS NOTHING THERE.AGAIN. THE DAY ON THE HILL. THERE WAS MORE WORK. SO I THINK SPREADING IT APART -- I WILL AGREE WITH HIS IDEA WITH THE WHOLE -- HAVE A PROJECT OR SOMETHING THEY CAN WORK ON OUTSIDE OF COMING TO THE BOARD MEETINGS. THERE IS ALMOST A MONTH GAP BETWEEN THE TIMES THAT WE, AND WE DON'T COME.
OBVIOUSLY WE'RE MISSING INFORMATION. ALSO, THERE ISN'T MUCH TO DO. SO I THINK INCREASING THAT COMMITMENT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE STUDENTS ARE INTRINSICALLY MOTIVATED TO DO
SO IT IS NOT WORK . >> I KNOW IT WAS BRIEFLY MENTIONED. TRYING TO BE INVOLVED IN SOME BOARD ACTIVITIES LIKE SCHOOL VISITS. EVEN IF MAYBE 30 MINUTES OR 60 MINUTES OF SCHOOL. I DIDN'T CARE. BEING INVOLVED IN THINGS LIKE THAT SO THAT NOT ONLY DO STUDENTS KNOW WHO WE ARE, BUT WE GET TO BE INVOLVED IN THINGS YOU'RE DOING OUTSIDE OF BOARD . I WOULD LOVE TO GO ON TOUR . I KNOW YOU CAME MULTIPLE TIMES.
IF I WAS THERE, DON'T REALLY FEEL LIKE YOU ARE A REPRESENTATIVE OF A GROUP OF PEOPLE. THERE'S NOT REALLY A WAY -- THERE'S NOT A REALLY DIRECT , SPECIFIC WAY TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE PEOPLE YOU ARE REPRESENTING, WHICH IS SOME OF THE SCHOOLS IN THAT AREA. SO YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT SOME OF THOSE ONCE NECESSARILY ARE. AND EVEN SOME OF THE STAKEHOLDER GROUPS. SO I JUST THINK SOME GUIDANCE ON THAT AND SOME CHANCES TO SPEAK WITH PEOPLE. SO YOU HAVE AN IDEA ABOUT SOME OF THE ISSUES. THAT
WOULD BE REALLY GOOD. >> YEAH. I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THAT. WE'RE NOT VERY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE STUDENTS IN THIS DISTRICT. THERE'S JUST FOUR OF US AND WE ARE ALL HIGH SCHOOLERS. SO WE DON'T REALLY KNOW ALL THE PROBLEMS AFFECTING STUDENTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT. GOING BACK TO THE SOCIAL MEDIA OR SOME KIND OF COMMUNICATION TO BRIDGE THAT GAP AND HAVING SURVEYS OR SOMETHING WHERE YOU'RE ABLE TO GET THAT OPINION. JUST BECAUSE I NEVER REALLY KNOW WHEN YOU WANT ME TO GO OUT AND GET STUDENT OPINIONS AND WHEN YOU DON'T. SO I GUESS IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS OF HAVING MORE SUPPORT AND FOUNDATIONS . HEY, WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO MAKE THE SURVEY SO WE CAN SEND IT OUT TO STUDENTS AND GET FEEDBACK BEFORE WE DO THE MONITORING OF THIS POLICY BEFORE WE TRY TO CHANGE THIS. I GUESS HAVING MORE CONNECTIONS IS SUPER IMPORTANT JUST BECAUSE WERE NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DISTRICT.
>> SO ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS ABLE TO DO WAS TO SORT OF RELATE SOME OF THE INFORMATION GOING ON IN BOARD MEETINGS.
MOST OF THE ICS COMMUNITY THROUGH -- I THINK IT IS ROUGHLY MONTHLY MEETINGS THAT ARE IN PERSON. I HAD A FEW MINUTES TO SPEAK AT EACH OF THOSE. AND RELEASE SOME INFORMATION. I FEEL LIKE HAVING SOME MORE OF THOSE -- AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AT THOSE WOULD BE A GOOD WAY TO GET INFORMATION. ESPECIALLY TO PARENTS, WHO CAN ALSO HAVE THEIR CHILDREN AND STUFF AND REACH OUT TO US AND GIVE US OTHER IDEAS. THAT IS A GOOD METHOD OF COMMUNICATION. I HAD PEOPLE EMAIL ME AT TIMES. THAT IS A GOOD STARTING POINT .
>> AWESOME. THANK YOU. DO ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS OR STAFF HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR OUR STUDENTS? ANYTHING THEY HAVEN'T TOUCHED ON OR THAT YOU'RE CURIOUS ABOUT?
>> YES. SHIVANI. >> I JUST WANTED TO SAY I REALLY LIKE THE ONE STUDY SESSION WHERE WE HAD STICKY NOTES. I KNOW IT IS NOT APPLICABLE TO EVERY SINGLE POLICY BECAUSE FOR A BUDGET PLAN YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE STICKY NOTES, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY HELPFUL BECAUSE IT FELT STRUCTURED AND I KNEW WHAT TO SAY AND I KNEW WHAT WAS EXPECTED OF ME. I GUESS HE KEEPS GOING BACK TO THE WHOLE STRUCTURED THING. MAKING IT CLEAR WHAT KINDS OF THINGS YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR. THAT KIND OF STRUCTURE.
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>> I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO BOWLING DAY. THANK YOU.
>> WE CAN CLOSE OUT THE YEAR WITH IT.
>> WE WILL COME BACK TO THIS TOPIC. ANYTIME AFTER JUNE 6 WORKS FOR ME.
MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE STUDENTS GOT TO SAY ANYTHING THAT CAME PREPARED TO TALK ABOUT. YES? IF NOT, IF YOU THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE, YOU CAN ALWAYS EMAIL OR LET ME KNOW. YES.
>> WE MISSED -- WHEN IS THE TABLE TENNIS TOURNAMENT?
>> YES. >> I KNOW IT IS GOING TO OPEN A WHOLE OTHER CONVERSATION, BUT ALSO THE ADVISORY VOTE. I KNOW IT WAS TALKED ABOUT A LOT . IT IS STILL KIND OF TALKED ABOUT IN THE GROUP CHAT. IN MY BE A WHOLE OTHER CONVERSATION.
>> I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ACTUALLY EVER TALKED ABOUT IT
WITH OUR STUDENT REPS. >> YEAH. I THINK IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE A LONGER CONVERSATION. I DO THINK THAT IT WARRANTS A CONVERSATION. I DON'T KNOW THAT NOW IS THE TIME. BUT WE WILL PUT IT ON A FUTURE AGENDA. MAYBE DURING
BOWLING. SHIVANI. YES. >> THAT ACTUALLY REMINDED ME.
IN THE GROUP CHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE TALK ABOUT HAVING ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR STUDENT REPS. THAT WHOLE CONNECTION ASPECT WHERE THEY ARE ABLE TO MEET MORE PEOPLE THERE ACTUALLY REPRESENTING. IT IS NOT JUST ME, MYSELF, AND I. I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO THE STUDENTS AND UNDERSTANDING THEIR PERSPECTIVE. WHAT THEY CARE ABOUT AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE REFLECTED IN DISTRICT POLICY. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE AN ADVISORY COUNCIL OR SOMETHING BUT HAVING THAT GROUP OF STUDENTS THAT STUDENTS CAN GO TO AND TALK TO.
>> ADDING ON TO THAT, THAT COULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE STUDENT ONE MONTH GAP BETWEEN THINGS SO THEY HAVE A WAY TO PREPARE FOR
THE NEXT MEETING. >> ALSO SOMETHING ELSE. I ACTUALLY DON'T -- I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS JUST ME BECAUSE I DON'T GO THROUGH BOARD MEETINGS ALL THE WAY, BUT I REMEMBER LAST YEAR -- SORRY. LAST YEAR WE HAD THE STUDENT REPS COMMENT THING. WE STILL DO THAT THIS YEAR? IS THERE A REASON WHY? I REMEMBER LAST YEAR I NEVER KNEW WHAT TO TALK ABOUT. EVAN ALWAYS WAS ON TOP OF THINGS. I WAS JUST WONDERING. MAYBE BRINGING THAT BACK BECAUSE IF WERE TRYING TO DO THE WHOLE ADVISORY COUNSEL THING, THEN AT THAT COMMENT, STUDENTS COULD BE LIKE, IN THIS MEETING THIS MONTH I LEARNED THIS, THIS, AND THIS. A WAY TO ENGAGE THE BOARD .
>> YOU. I WILL SAY WE ARE COGNIZANT ABOUT LETTING YOU GUYS LEAVE AROUND 9:00 IF YOU NEED TO FOR SCHOOLWORK AND SINGS IF IT IS MONDAY NIGHT. I WOULD SAY THERE ARE PROBABLY MORE MEETINGS THAN NOT WHERE WE HAVE STUDENTS UNTIL THE END OF THE MEETING. SO THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING THERE ABOUT POTENTIALLY HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING FOR STUDENT REPS TO MAKE A COMMENT OR ANNOUNCEMENTS OR SOMETHING. OFF SOME. ANYTHING ELSE? NO. WE'RE GOOD.
>> I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH ANY OF YOU CAN RECALL ABOUT WHAT HE THOUGHT ABOUT THE POSITION VERSUS WHAT IT HAS BEEN. DOESN'T MATCH ? WE HAVE ARTIE DONE OUR AFTER PARTY. I JUST KEEP THINKING , ARE WE ACCURATELY OR ADEQUATELY EXPLAINING WHAT THE POSITION IS SO PEOPLE APPLYING KNOW WHAT THEY ARE GETTING INTO?
>> I'M SORRY. I GUESS ADDING TO THAT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER, BUT DURING OUR INTERVIEW I ASKED IF THIS WAS A PTSA MEETING. YOU WERE LIKE, NO. IT'S DIFFERENT FROM THAT.
I GUESS I WAS CONFUSED BECAUSE I KIND OF DIDN'T UNDERSTAND
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WHAT IT MEANT. I GUESS THAT IS KIND OF ON ME BECAUSE I HAD NEVER WATCHED A STUDY SESSION OR BEEN TO A BOARD MEETING. I DON'T KNOW. THERE IS THAT DISCONNECT. THIS YEAR I DID HAVE A LOT OF SOPHOMORES DM ME AND BE LIKE, CAN YOU DESCRIBE WHAT YOUR DAY LOOKS LIKE? MAY BE HAVING A DAY IN THE LIFE AS A STUDENT REP FOR HAVING KIND OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. I KNOW IT KEEPS GOING BACK TO TIKTOK, BUT KIND OF JUST HAVING A STUDENT RIGHT THAT. IN MY EXPERIENCE, THIS IS WHAT I DO ON A MONDAY FOR THE STUDY SESSION IN THE BOARD MEETING.THIS IS WHAT I TALK ABOUT. I GUESS THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL JUST SO THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GETTING INTO AND THEY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE APPLYING FOR. I WAS REALLY CONFUSED WHEN
I FIRST APPLIED. >> I REMEMBER I APPLIED BECAUSE MY PARENTS SAW THIS OPPORTUNITY COME UP IN THEIR INBOX. THEY ARE LIKE , YEAH. YOU NEED TO APPLY TO THIS. I THINK THIS GOES BACK TO SOCIAL MEDIA. A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE POTENTIAL APPLICANTS ARE GOING TO LOOK ON INSTAGRAM FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. SO THAT IS ONE ASPECT. I THINK IN TERMS OF ERIC'S QUESTION , I THINK THAT BRIEF DOCUMENT THAT HAD, LIKE, ALL THE GUIDELINES AND STUFF FOR THE ROLE WAS REALLY USEFUL.
TO JUST LOOK THROUGH AND SEE WHAT YOU'RE GETTING YOURSELF INTO. I THINK IT ACTUALLY GAVE A REALLY GOOD DESCRIPTION OF WHAT -- THE WORKLOAD IS. THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO LET US REPRESENTATIVES TAKE A LOOK AT.
BECAUSE I THINK SOME OF THE PIECES AROUND WHAT LW SD BOARD IS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I THINK THE STUDENT MIGHT HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT ON THEIR OWN. INFORMATION OUT THERE. WHAT IS A BOARD MEETING ? I THINK THAT TRANSITION PERIOD -- YOU CATCH SOMEONE UP RELATIVELY EASILY.
>> THIS WAS A REALLY QUICK THING. MY PARENTS ARE ALSO THE ONES THAT PUSHED ME TO APPLY. FOR ME, WHEN I -- I POSTED ON MY INSTAGRAM. IT IS KIND OF A HARD THING TO DESCRIBE. YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT IT IS UNTIL YOU DO IT FOR THE FIRST TIME. YOU CAN PREPARE SO MUCH, BUT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SAY AND WHAT IDEAS WILL COME TO YOU IN THE MOMENT.
COMING BACK TO WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT -- HAVING THEM SIT IN ON A MEETING BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY START TALKING. THEY CAN SEE WHAT IS GOING ON AND CAN FORM OPINIONS AS IF THEY WERE SITTING DOWN AND DISCUSSING IT. I THINK THAT IS PROBABLY THE MOST UNOFFICIAL THING BECAUSE IT IS KIND OF HARD TO DEFINE EVERYTHING YOU HAVE TO DO IN A LIST. AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF
I LOOKED AT THE LIST OR ITS >> YEAH. I'M WONDERING IF NEXT YEAR IF WE GO OUT EARLIER WITH OUR APPLICATION MAYBE IT IS A RECOMMENDATION THAT STUDENTS SIT AND LISTEN TO A BOARD MEETING BEFORE THEY APPLY POTENTIALLY OR SOMETHING.
>> YEAH. I REMEMBER YOU ASKING , HAVE YOU EVER WATCHED A BOARD
MEETING? >> EVERYONE SAID , NO.
>> I DID GO TO A BOARD MEETING AFTER THE FACT.
>> YEAH. NO. IT IS REALLY ENTERTAINING BECAUSE I THINK WE ARE AT ZERO FOR MANY STUDENTS EVER TALK TO NOW. OVER THE
YEARS. >> IT SHOWS A PROBLEM THAT
NEEDS TO BE SOLVED. >> IT IS ALSO POTENTIALLY UNREALISTIC TO EXPECT HIGH SCHOOLERS TO SPEND THEIR FREE TIME LISTENING TO OLD BOARD MEETINGS. THAT IS ALSO A THING.
OKAY. WELL, I DO WANT TO WRAP UP THIS PART OF THE DISCUSSION, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT HE IS SUPER EAGER TO GIVE US AN OVERVIEW ON OUR NEXT AGENDA TOPIC. SO IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THAT COMES TO YOU LATER , THEN PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME IF YOU COME UP WITH ANYTHING OR IF IT COMES TO YOU LATER. THE NEXT
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TOPIC IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE WORK THAT THE HASKELL DAY COMMITTEE HAS BEEN ENGAGED IN THIS YEAR. DR. HOLMEN.>> ENGAGED IN AND NEXT STEPS. I'M JUST GOING TO LET SCOTT JUMP IN. HE HAS A 73-SLIDE PRESENTATION . REALLY TRYING TO PUT CONTEXT TO A VERY ROBUST REPORT THAT IS IN DRAFT FORM IN
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BOARDDOCS RIGHT NOW THAT WE WILL BE FINALIZING IN THE COMING DAYS. BUT IT DOES PROVIDE A GOOD SET OF INFORMATION. THAT REALLY POINTS TO -- THERE IS NOT ONE DATA POINT TO MAKE A DECISION AROUND HOW OUR HIGH SCHOOL DAY IS CONSTRUCTED AND HOW WE MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR DIVERSE STUDENT BODY ACROSS LAKE WASHINGTON. AND SO THAT IS WHERE THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATIONS AND NEXT STEPS WILL BEBENEFICIAL. >> ORIGINALLY THIS WAS GOING TO BE A BOARD BRIEF. BOARD MEMBERS ASKED A LITTLE WHITE READING MATERIAL THURSDAY NIGHT . AND I HAVE MADE SOME CHANGES TO IT AND UPLOADED A NEW DRAFT FROM THERE. AND I'M BASICALLY GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE REPORT TONIGHT. USING MATERIALS THAT THE COMMITTEE USED. SOME OF THAT YOU HAVE SEEN BEFORE. SOME OF THAT YOU HAVE NOT. I JUST WANTED TO SORT OF PUT THE WHOLE PICTURE OUT FOR ANYONE THAT MIGHT BE WATCHING. THE REAL QUESTION IS, WHY ARE WE DOING THIS ? SEVEN PERIOD DAY. SEVEN-CLASS SCHEDULE. WAS PUT INTO PRACTICE IN THE 2018-2019 SCHOOL YEAR. WE HAD A GLOBAL PANDEMIC. SPEND A COUPLE YEARS RECOVERING. WE ARE STILL IN SORT OF RECOVERY MODE, BUT IT HAS BEEN NOW FIVE SCHOOL YEARS SINCE THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED. SO IT WAS TIME TO SORT OF TAKE A LOOK AT THE IMPACTS OF THAT. SO THE COMMITTEE WAS CHALLENGED ON SOME OF THAT. I WILL SAY REPEATEDLY THROUGH THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT THAT WE TRIED VERY HARD NOT TO ASCRIBE VALUE TO WHAT WE WERE SEEING. GOOD, BAD, OR INDIFFERENT. JUST TO TRY TO NOTICE WHAT THE DATA MIGHT BE SUGGESTING. DR. HOLMEN IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ANY OF THE DATA WE LOOKED AT. SPECIFICALLY THE SEVEN-PERIOD DAY. NOR IS IT REALLY POSSIBLE TO ISOLATE THAT AS THE ONLY VARIABLE SINCE SO MUCH OCCURS . THE OTHER PIECE THAT I WAS VERY FORTHRIGHT WITH THE COMMITTEE IS THE BUDGET OUTLOOK IN LAKE WASHINGTON IS DRIVING SOME CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF LOTS OF DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE DURING A DIFFERENT CONTEXT . WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A LITTLE BIT. OUR ABILITY AS A DISTRICT TO SUSTAIN EVERYTHING WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING IS CHALLENGED BY WHAT IT COST TO PROVIDE SOME OF THOSE THINGS. NOT SOLELY THE SEVEN-PERIODS.
AND WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO GENERATE THROUGH STATE INAUDIBLE ] AND WE CANNOT SUSTAIN -- WE HAVE HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE TO HAVE A HEALTHY BALANCE. BUT AS THAT GOES AWAY, MUCH LIKE SAVINGS ACCOUNTS AS AN INDIVIDUAL, YOU DON'T GET THAT BACK . TO REPLENISH IT. AS MANY DISTRICTS ARE COMPARATIVELY SPEAKING .
WE MADE A GIANT STRUCTURAL CHANGE AND CHANGE THE WHOLE NATURE OF THE HIGH SCHOOL DAY BETWEEN STUDENTS NOT BEING AS SUCCESSFUL AS OTHER STUDENTS .
PRIOR TO THE CHANGE. A LOT OF THAT HAS PERSISTED THROUGH THE CHANGE. ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL APPROACH CHANGE IN THE HIGH SCHOOL DAY FOR EVERYONE. BIG ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL. RARELY FITS . ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL NEVER FITS ME AS AN EXAMPLE WHEN I PURCHASE CLOTHES. THAT IS A BIT OF A MISNOMER. AND THEN THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY BOTH TO BE INNOVATIVE AND TO GO TO SORRY.
COULDN'T HELP MYSELF. TO BE INNOVATIVE AND ALIGN PRIORITIES MOVING FORWARD WITH THE VALUES THE BOARD HAS EXPRESSED. OE 14 DID NOT EXIST WHEN THIS DECISION WAS MADE. NOT THAT IT WASN'T CONSIDERED. BUT IT IS A PRIMARY CONSIDERATION ON HOW THE COMMITTEE REALLY WRESTLED WITH LITTLE BACKGROUND. WE HAVE SEEN THIS BEFORE. THE STATE MOVED IN 2014 AND MADE THE CHANGE TO THE CLASS OF 2019. BACK IN MY DAY
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IT WAS A 19-CREDIT , SIX-PERIOD DAY . SO THAT IS REALLY WHAT STIMULATED THE CONVERSATION ORIGINALLY. THIS NOTION OF 24 CREDITS IS THE MINIMUM TO GRADUATE. HOW ARE WE PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR KIDS? WASHINGTON HAD PART OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS. WE HAD THAT FOR A COUPLE YEARS. TASK FORCE WAS FORMED IN 2015. AND THE HIGH SCHOOL DAY WAS THE GRAD REQUIREMENT CHANGE. THEY WERE UNABLE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION. THEY RECOMMENDED THE CHANGE THE SEVEN-PERIOD DAY.OR ADDED PANDEMIC DISRUPTION. START TIMES. COMMITTEE IN '22-'23 MADE THE RECOMMENDATION TO CHANGE LAST YEAR. THIS IS YEAR ONE OF THE CHANGE. THE COMMITTEE DID LOOK AT MANY DIFFERENT OPTIONS . I HAPPEN TO BE IN DIFFERENT DISTRICT WHEN ALL THIS WAS OCCURRING. AND WE DID THE SAME THING IN THAT DISTRICT. THE SEVEN-PERIOD DAY WAS ONE OF THE MOST COSTLY OPTIONS. SO THE DISTRICT I WAS IN KNEW RIGHT AWAY THAT THERE WAS NO WAY WE WERE GOING TO DO A SEVEN-PERIOD DAY. OTHER OPTIONS TO CUMULATE MORE CREDITS THAN THE MINIMUM 24.
ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE RUNNING SOME SORT OF MODIFIED SCHEDULE.
4 X 4 BLOCK MEANS KIDS TAKE FOUR CLASSES PER SEMESTER. AND THE WHOLE YEAR'S COURSE IS ACCOMPLISHED IN THE SEMESTER.
THE WAYS HOURS ARE WORKING, COURSES ARE STILL SPREAD OUT ACROSS THE WHOLE YEAR. AND IT TAKES SOME CLASSES ONE DAY.
DIFFERENT CLASSES. IMPLEMENTING BLOCK SCHEDULING TAKES RESTRUCTURING THE WHOLE CLASS . AND THERE'S IMPLICATIONS FOR MAINTAINING COURSEWORK. IT IS NOT IMPOSSIBLE. USING 4 X 4 BLOCKS. BUT AS SPECIFIC CHALLENGES. TRIMESTERS. THREE CREDITS OVER THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME. SO THERE IS A WAY TO .
BUT AGAIN, YOU HAVE TO STRUCTURE LITTLE INFORMATION EXISTED THAT I COULD FIND IN TERMS OF DOCUMENTATION. PART OF THE REASON I WROTE WHAT HAS BEEN CALLED THREE TIMES TODAY A THOROUGH ACCOUNTING OF THE WORK OF THIS COMMITTEE. SO THAT IF WE WIND UP HERE WE HAVE SOME DOCUMENTATION . BUT I PULLED SOME THINGS OUT OF THE BOARD PRESENTATIONS. THIS WAS DECEMBER 2017. THE COMMITTEE USED THESE AS A LENS OF INTENDED IMPACT FOR THE SHIFT OF THE SEVEN-PERIOD DAY. MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE ELECTIVES.
THERE WAS THINKING AT THE TIME THAT KIDS WERE GOING TO LOSE AND TAKE SOME OF THE MORE FUN CLASSES AND ELECTIVE TYPE COURSES . SO IF HE ADDED ADDITIONAL PERIODS, THEY WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY . FOCUS THROUGH ELECTIVES. OPPORTUNITY FOR CREDIT RETRIEVAL. A 20TH CREDIT POSSIBLE FOR THE EXPERIENCE. IF YOU DON'T PASS THE CLASS, YOU CAN RETAKE IT.
ALTHOUGH, BETWEEN THEN AND NOW , MORE CREDIT RETRIEVAL OPTIONS REMAIN AVAILABLE. ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE IMPLEMENTING . THIS ONE WAS A PRIMARY PIECE OF DATA THE COMMITTEE LOOKED AT. FOUR YEARS OF BAND AND ORCHESTRA. SUSTAIN THERE WAS AN IMPRESSION WE WOULD INCREASE.
MORE ACCESS TO CTE , AP. WE USED AP AS THE PROXY FOR THAT.
ACROSS COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS. AND THIS SORT OF DESCRIBES THE INTENT OF HAVING ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND THE ISSUE OF MORE SPOTS FOR ELECTIVES. SEVEN-PERIOD DAY. SO
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I DON'T WANT TO RAIN ON THE COMMITTEE FROM 2015. FOR THE DECISION TO MOVE TO A SEVEN-PERIOD DAY. THERE WERE MANY DECISIONS MADE IN THIS UNPRECEDENTED -- I DON'T REALLY LIKE THAT WORD ANYMORE. IT WAS USED TOO MUCH DURING THE PANDEMIC. BUT IT REALLY WAS A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF EARLY RAPID MOMENT OF GROWTH IN OUR DISTRICT. AND WITH THAT CAME FUNDING BECAUSE ENROLLMENT DRIVES REVENUE . AND SO WE WERE IN A FINANCIAL POSITION WHERE EVERY YEAR THERE WERE MORE KIDS SHOWING UP. STAFFING LAGS A LITTLE BIT BEHIND. ENROLLMENT.SO THERE WAS ALWAYS A QUESTION OF ADDITIONAL BUDGET CAPACITY .
AND I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT CONTEXT WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY. SO I PUT THOSE RED LINES ON THE CHART TO SHOW THAT IS WHEN THE COMMITTEE DID ITS WORK. WE WERE GROWING BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS. EVERY YEAR. THAT WAS PROJECTED AT THE TIME TO CONTINUE. BUT WE SUBSEQUENTLY INAUDIBLE ] WE HAVE SEEN A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL DECLINE . A LITTLE OVER 1500 STUDENT DECLINE IN OUR ELEMENTARY ENROLLMENT POST-PANDEMIC. WE PEAKED THE 2019-2020 SCHOOL YEAR AND WE HAVE DECLINED EVERY YEAR SINCE. HIGH SCHOOL IS ACTUALLY UP A LITTLE BIT. MIDDLE SCHOOL IS ACTUALLY UP .
LESS INPUT AT THE BEGINNING EVENTUALLY HITS THE SECONDARY LEVEL. LESS INPUT AT THE END WHEN WE SEE CONTINUED DECLINE.
BIRTHRATES ARE CHANGED CONSIDERABLY . NO LONGER DRIVEN BY SINGLE FAMILY OWNED PROJECTIONS USED TO BE THE ORANGE LINE. THIS SPRING WE GET UPDATED PROJECTIONS. THEY CHANGED TO THE BLUE LINE BASED ON ALL OF THAT DATA. WE HAVE LOOKED AT THESE BEFORE. BUT I THINK THE ENROLLMENT OUTLOOK LOOKING FORWARD HOPEFULLY DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THAT. RIGHT NOW OUR BEST DATA SUGGESTS WE ARE IN THIS PERIOD OF DECLINE IN TERMS OF ENROLLMENT THAT IS A VERY DIFFERENT OUTCOME. ALIGNING STAFFING IS GOING TO BE THE REGULAR.
NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, JANUARY, MARCH, APRIL. WE DID NOT MAKE THEM MEET IN MAY. I SENT THEM THIS REPORT AND SAID, GIVE ME SOME FEEDBACK. WE ARE HERE AT THIS MAY 20TH , 2024 STUDY SESSION. I RAN THIS AS AN INTEREST-BASED PROCESS TO TRY TO MITIGATE THE POSITIONAL THINKING , WHICH SOME PEOPLE BROUGHT IN. HE CANNOT POSSIBLY CHANGE AWAY FROM A SEVEN-PERIOD DAY. ARRANGE IN BETWEEN. REALLY FORCES PEOPLE TO THINK ABOUT HOW TO ACCOMPLISH THE UNDERLYING VALUE . VALUE CONNECTED TO THE SEVEN PERIOD DAY ADDITIONAL OPTIONS.
INAUDIBLE ] IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ONE OR THE OTHER. SO I ENCOURAGE FREQUENTLY THE COMMITTEE NOT TO THINK IN TERMS OF BINARY. MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS. THE RECOMMENDATION COULD BE SOMETHING DIFFERENT. SO WE SPENT THE BULK OF THE TIME REALLY TRYING TO UNPACK AND UNDERSTAND WHAT CHANGED OVER THE PERIOD OF TIME THE SYSTEM IMPLEMENTED. WHAT CHANGES OCCURRED. WHAT OPPORTUNITIES WERE AND WEREN'T REALIZED.
SOME OF THAT BECOMES , WHAT IS GOING TO NEED MITIGATED INAUDIBLE ] EXPERIENCING THE SEVEN-PERIOD DAY DIFFERENT. IT HAS BENEFITED SOME. IT HAS ARGUABLY NOT BENEFITED OTHERS.
AND SO ALL THAT IS VALID. IT JUST IS WHAT THE DATA SUGGESTS.
IT ISN'T GOOD OR BAD. WE TRIED TO FOCUS ON THE CHANGE. SO ONE
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OF THE THINGS I HEARD FREQUENTLY IS WE ARE RISKING OUR HIGHEST GRAD RATE EVER , WHICH IS AWESOME , BUT EVEN HAVING THIS CONVERSATION. I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING. THE REDLINE IS US. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE GRAD RATE FROM THE STATE, NOTICE THE SLOPE OF THOSE TWO LINES IS VERY SIMILAR. THE GAP IS VERY SIMILAR. ABOUT 10 OR 11 PERCENTAGE POINTS. THE LINES SORT OF FOLLOW THE SAME PATTERN. THAT WOULD INDICATE -- BECAUSE MOST OF THIS IS NOT WAYS TO ACCOMPLISH A GRAD RATE SIMILARLY. AND NOT NECESSARILY RISK EMPIRICAL AND ANECDOTAL DATA. LOOKING AT THE SHARED INTERESTS AND VALUES WE ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH. THE GROUP COMMITTEE WORKED MULTIPLE MEETINGS TO SET INTERESTS . I THEMED THEM AROUND FLEXIBILITY AND CHOICE, WHICH APPLIES BOTH POKER MEDIATION BUT ALSO ACCELERATION IN OUR DISTRICT. LOTS OF KIDS WERE ACCELERATING. DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO RISK THAT.THE ACADEMICS PART SORT OF LUMPED IN . OPPORTUNITIES .
SUPPORT WITHIN THE SCHOOL DAY. TO TRY TO NOT INEQUITABLY IMPACT KIDS THAT NEED A PARTICULAR SORT OF INTERVENTION OR SUPPORT. ONE OF THE DRIVERS FOR THIS ORIGINALLY WAS THE DATA WE WERE COLLECTING AROUND START TIMES. WE WERE HEARING FREQUENTLY FROM STUDENTS -- FARTHER INTO THE EVENING. YOU'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING TO HELP WITH THE WORKLOAD ISSUE. COUPLE THAT WITH SOME ADDITIONAL DATA . WE HAVE SEEN SOME . THE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. TUNED INTO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A BUDGET ISSUE WE ARE WORKING ON. IF THERE IS A WAY TO RECOUP SOME OF THE LOCAL COST THROUGH THIS, IT IS A BIG TICKET ITEM, WHICH I WILL SHARE. I DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF THE DESCRIPTORS UNDERNEATH. AND THE LITTLE DOTS. I DON'T REMEMBER WHICH COLOR WAS WHICH. ONE WAS STUDENTS. ONE WAS PARENTS. ONE WAS STAFF MEMBERS. AND SO WE TOOK THE HIGHEST PRIORITY AND COMBINED SOME IDEAS. THIS IS IN THE REPORT. SO ONE OF THE DATA SETS WE LOOKED AT ORIGINALLY. IF A DRIVER WAS 24 CREDITS , THIS DATA -- YOU HAVE SEEN THIS BEFORE. BEFORE THE CREDIT REQUIREMENT . 82% OF OUR KIDS WERE ALREADY ACCUMULATING 24 CREDITS OR MORE IN A 22 OR 19 CREDIT DIPLOMA. GOOD PORTION OF OUR KIDS WERE ALREADY -- THERE'S QUESTIONS ABOUT WHO THE 18% WERE THAT WEREN'T.
UNDERLYING DATA. SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT DATA, THERE WERE SOME BUSINESS -- NOT THAT TESLA AND ICS WERE NOT IMPORTANT. BUT THE PROGRAM AT YOUR SCHOOL REALLY DRIVES A LOT OF THAT DIFFERENTLY. EVERYBODY THOSE IN SOME OF THE DATA SETS. YOU WILL SEE EXCLUSIONS. THERE WERE TIMES WHEN THE DATA WAS WILDLY VARIABLE BECAUSE THERE ARE KIDS IN THAT REPORT. AND SO I WOULD PULL THAT DATA OUT AS THEY WERE NOT IDENTICAL -- INDIVIDUALLY IDENTIFIED . I TRIED TO KEEP THE SKILLS CONSISTENT. SOMETIMES I WOULD HAVE TO ADJUST THE SCALE . I TRIED TO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW. I TRIED TO KEEP THE SAME DATA SETS FOR EACH. SO WE LOOKED AT SOME DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS. EACH DATA POINT . IF I WAS ABLE TO ACCESS. WE HAD THE USE OF PROXIES. THREE YEARS DIGGING INTO DATA FOR EVERY INDIVIDUAL COURSE. MUSIC WAS
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SORT OF OUR ELECTIVE . THE ONE WE LOOKED AT . AP COURSEWORK FOR RIGOROUS COURSEWORK. AND THEN I JUST WANT TO PUT THIS CAVEAT. THE WAY THE DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS WERE BORN AROUND RACE IS THE FEDERAL RACE ETHNICITY DATA . THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH THAT. WE KNOW THAT IF A STUDENT THAT IDENTIFIES RACIALLY AS A BLACK AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND WHITE CHECKS BOTH OF THOSE BOXES, THEY'RE GOING TO SHOW UP IN TWO OR MORE. WE MAY IDENTIFY THEM AS ONE OR THE OTHER TO DESIGNATE THAT. WHEN YOU IDENTIFY AS HISPANIC OR LATINO, THAT TRUMPS ANY OTHER PIECE OF DATA . SO THERE ARE KIDS THAT GET LOST IN THE DATA SET, BUT THIS IS THE DATA YOU ARE ALREADY LOOKING AT. THERE IS SOME MOVEMENT AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. AND TIM AND I HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS. AND I HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT HE IS WORKING ONTO SORT OF UNPACK AND LET KIDS COUNT IN GROUPS. AGAIN, THAT ALSO MADE IT VERY SMALL . AND IT TENDED TO SHOW UP . PACIFIC ISLANDER. THOSE GROUPS . TWO OR THREE THAT WERE IDENTIFIED EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE KIDS -- INAUDIBLE ] SO WE PUT OUT A VERY UNSCIENTIFIC SURVEY LAST YEAR. IT WAS NOT RANDOM SAMPLING. WE SENT IT OUT TO EVERY STUDENT AND GOT WHAT WE GOT . SO THE DATA REPRESENTS THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE PEOPLE THAT FILLED OUT THE SURVEY. BUT WE HAVE A LITTLE OVER 2000 . I SUPPOSE I COULD ADD IT UP. WE HAD 2000 RESPONSES. SO THAT IS A PRETTY BIG CHUNK OF KIDS. AND WHAT WE SAW WAS SOME INTERESTING THINGS. A LOT OF THE DATA SETS WE LOOK AT LOOK AT POSITIVE SENTIMENT VERSUS NEUTRAL OR NEGATIVE . SO THAT IS HOW THE CHART IS BROKEN OUT.A GOOD PORTION -- 62% OF OUR KIDS AT EASTLAKE HAD POSITIVE SENTIMENTS ABOUT MANAGING THEIR ACADEMIC WORKLOAD. THAT LEAVES 38% OF THAT 1000 THAT HAD NEUTRAL. THAT IS A BIG CHUNK OF STUDENTS WHO ARE -- I DON'T WANT TO SAY STRUGGLING.
INAUDIBLE ] TIKTOK BEING ONE OF THEM. WHEN YOU COUPLE THAT WITH THE SELF-EFFICACY DATA ON PANORAMA TICKED DOWN FROM SIXTH GRADE TO SENIORITIS . WE GET ABOUT HALF OF THE REPORTS . SELF-EFFICACY CATEGORIES .
MENTAL WELL-BEING. ACADEMIC WORKLOAD. WE SEE AN INTERESTING THING. 55% OF GRADE 6 THROUGH 12 STUDENTS . POSITIVE SENTIMENTS . THAT LEAVES 45% AND OVER 12,000 KIDS EXPRESSING SOME CONCERN AROUND THEIR ABILITY TO MANAGE THEIR WORKLOAD . WE ARE ONE OF THE HIGHEST ACHIEVING DISTRICTS IN THE STATE. OUR KIDS DO NOT FEEL IT. FEELING A DIFFERENT KIND OF PRESSURE, WHICH IS AN INTERESTING DYNAMIC. AND THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT DATA BY GRADE LEVEL, A REALLY INTERESTING THING APPEARED. FALL OF 2023. IT IS A SIMILAR ALTHOUGH NOT AS DRAMATIC DOWN OVER TIME. SEEING THE END A LITTLE BIT. 55% IS ACTUALLY MASKING SOME THINGS. COUPLED WITH THE NONSCIENTIFIC SURVEY FROM JUNE AND THE COMMENTS THAT WE FREQUENT
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RAISED SOME INTERESTING QUESTIONS FOR THE COMMITTEE.WHAT YOU WILL SEE IS DIFFERENT GROUPS OF KIDS ARE EXPRESSING DIFFERENT SENTIMENTS AND DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES . THIS IS STUDENTS WHOSE FAMILIES QUALIFIED . STUDENTS QUALIFIED SERVICES. STUDENTS WHO ARE CATEGORIZED AS ASIAN. USE THAT LANGUAGE IN THE REPORT SOMETIMES. VERY DIFFERENT IN THAT GROUP . BLACK AFRICAN-AMERICAN .
] WE WANTED TO LOOK AT -- WE WANTED TO USE .04 FOR OUR STUDENTS WHO DROP FROM 76 PERIODS . THAT IS BECAUSE THE SEVENTH PERIOD START STUDENTS. GREAT OPPORTUNITY. DIFFERENT THAN THEY USED TO BE.
GRADERS INVOLVED IN SOME ASPECT OF RUNNING START. WE HAVE ABOUT 14% OF OUR JUNIORS TAKING THE FULL SEVEN-PERIOD CLASS SCHEDULE. WE HAVE ABOUT 10% OF OUR 11TH GRADERS -- TENUATE INK CIRCUMSTANCES.
SENIORS CAN TAKE A PARTIAL SCHEDULE. THIS DATA EXCLUDES RUNNING START. THIS IS JUST TO HIS LEFT. WE SEE SOME INTERESTING PATTERNS. DECLINING PERCENTAGES OF DIFFERENT INAUDIBLE ] SO KIDS ARE NOT NECESSARILY TAKING ADVANTAGE INAUDIBLE ] THIS WAS SPECIAL EDUCATION MULTILINGUAL . THOSE TWO COLORS ARE SO CLOSE TOGETHER. GREEN AND BLUE.
MULTILINGUAL. ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS WE HAVE SEEN IS NOT JUST IN OUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS -- THIS CHART .
INAUDIBLE ] THIS WAS THE PERCENTAGE WORTH -- THE ACTUAL GROWTH IN NUMBERS . THE PERCENTAGE OF GROWTH WITHIN THAT WAS A RESULT OF THAT. THE LAST IS THE PERCENTAGE GROWTH IN THAT GROUP . AND YOU SEE A REALLY INTERESTING THING THAT THE STUDENTS CATEGORIZE ALTHOUGH WE HAVE SEEN GROWTH IN OTHER AREAS.
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AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL . AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL.WE ALSO WANTED TO LOOK AT SOME LIMITED OPPORTUNITY ] VERY SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF OUR KIDS . WHAT YOU SEE IN THIS DATA IS NOT NECESSARILY RELATED. THE CLASS OF 2024. NOW WE AUTOMATICALLY TRANSCRIBE HIGH SCHOOL TRANSCRIPT . IT USED TO BE YOU HAVE TO ASK FOR IT TO COME OFF. WE'RE EXPECTING TO SEE SOME CHANGES. BECAUSE THE EXPECTATION IS LOOKED AT CREDITS ATTEMPTED AND EARNED. THERE WAS SOME REALLY CONCERNING DATA. WHAT WE SEE IS ATTEMPTED CREDITS OUTLIERS SKEW THE DATA .
THIS WAS THE DATA. WE SAW STUDY. AGAIN, RELATIVELY SMALL.
STILL. UNDERSCORES THE DIFFERENT GROUPS OF STUDENTS EXPERIENCING THE SYSTEM DIFFERENTLY. WE BROUGHT THIS INTO THE CONVERSATION. THIS IS WHY THE SEVEN-PERIOD DAY SO EXPENSIVE. IT COSTS US ROUGHLY 57.2 TO RUN THE SEVENTH PERIOD.
SO IT IS ROUGHLY $8 MILLION. WHEN THE DECISION WAS MADE THAT FIRST YEAR, THE COST WAS SPREADSHEET. THERE WERE SO MANY . WHAT SHE HAS DONE IS ALREADY LOOKING AT STAFFING LEVELS FOR NEXT YEAR. $9 MILLION.
ESCALATING. AND I THREW THIS ONE IN. THE GREEN IS STATE PROPORTION WE'RE GETTING FROM THE STATE. IT IS ALL IN THE SAME. THE RED IS WHAT WE ARE SPENDING. THE GAP YOU SEE IN BETWEEN IS WHEN THE LEVY HAS TO FILL IN. YOU SEE SOME INTERESTING THINGS. HIGH SCHOOL DAY. WE HAVE A LITTLE GAP CLOSE. WE HAD ACCUMULATED BECAUSE WE WERE NOT SURE WHAT THE IMPACT WAS GOING TO BE. REGIONALIZATION. NOW WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS THAT GAP WAS ACCELERATED. WHICH IS WHY WE'RE
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HAVING TO MAKE SOME CHALLENGING DECISIONS . SO THIS WAS ALSO NOT A SCIENTIFIC SURVEY. THIS WAS THE BUDGET SURVEY . 2200 RESPONSES. WE DIDN'T ASK INTERESTING THAT WHEN WE ASKED PEOPLE TO RATE PRIORITIES , SEVEN-PERIOD DAYS HAD A LARGER COST. FIFTH GRADE.] IF I'M NOT A BAND KID . THAT EVERYBODY IS GOING TO EXPERIENCE IT DIDN'T COME UP HIGHEST. IT WAS AMONG THE LOWEST. NOT SCIENTIFIC. 2200 OUT OF -- INTERESTING DATA. I DID NOT EXPECT THAT. THESE WERE LOWEST RESULTS BY STAFF. HIGH SCHOOL.
57.2 HOW DO WE BE THOUGHTFUL? SO THIS WAS MUSIC. I WAS VERY LIBERAL . IT DID HAVE IT IN THE COURSE CODE OR EVEN REFERENCED . WE HAVE ACTUALLY SEEN AS A PERCENTAGE IN THE STUDENTS DISSIPATING. IN MUSIC. AND WE LOOKED AT NINTH GRADE. NINTH GRADERS THAT CAME HE SAW A DECLINE IN EVERY GROUP . THIS IS THE STUDENTS . EXCEPT ONE. INCREASE IN STUDENTS CATEGORIZED -- YOU THINK ABOUT HOW THAT CHANGE -- THE GROWTH .
REALLY DRIVEN BY THE GROWTH . AGAIN , NOT BAD. NOT GOOD.
INTERESTING AGAIN . DIFFERENT KIDS EXPERIENCE THE SYSTEM DIFFERENTLY. THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS IN EIGHTH AND 11TH GRADE. WE USED AP AS A PROXY. SEE AN INCREASE . THIS IS 12TH GRADE. WE COUPLE THAT WITH DATA AND PARTIAL COURSELOAD . AND THEN THERE IS THIS PERCEPTION IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE NEED TO ACCUMULATE LOTS AND LOTS OF AP COURSEWORK TO BE COMPETITIVE .
LOOK AT IF YOU HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF WHAT THE DISTRICT OFFERS. OTHERWISE, WE HAVE KIDS OUT IN EASTERN WASHINGTON THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN . BUT WHAT WE ESSENTIALLY OR ARGUABLY HAVE DONE IS BY INCREASING THE NUMBER OF PERIODS WE HAVE SORT OF DONE THAT TO OURSELVES. NOW YOU ACTUALLY DO HAVE TO . SO THERE IS AN INTERESTING DATA SET. HERE IS THE DATA AROUND STUDENTS TAKING THREE OR MORE AP CLASSES.
INAUDIBLE ] AND I DID GRAPH IT. ANOTHER THING WE LOOKED AT WAS
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NONCREDIT . OF THE NONCREDIT GRADES . DIFFERENT GROUPS BEFORE AND AFTER . THERE WERE SOME INTERESTING CHANGES. WE SAW ONE GROUP ACTUALLY DECLINED . WE SAW INCREASES ] SLIGHT DECLINE . SPECIAL EDUCATION.OF FACTORS PLAY INTO THAT. SO THERE IS THE CHART. SAME DATA.
A POLICY THAT IS REALLY DRIVING A LOT . SO HOW IS THAT DECISION .
THE WORK WAS UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT. SECOND PART WAS RECONCILING THAT IMPACT AGAINST THE INTENDED OUTCOMES. DID WE HAVE CONSENSUS ? SEVEN-PERIOD DAY. ALTERNATIVES. THE CONSENSUS WAS THAT WE ARE NOT MEETING THE INTENDED OUTCOMES .
SO NOW THAT WORK SHIFTED TO RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE. THEY ARE ENCOURAGING EACH OTHER. . A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE UNDERLYING VALUE. BUT IT WAS NOT A GROUP . WE WOULD COME UP WITH AN IDEA AND HAVE THIS TECHNICAL SO THE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO MOVE THE WORK
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COMMITTEE. SOME OF IT CAME FROM CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM. CRITERIA TO GUIDE THAT WORK .WE SET A PARAMETER AROUND BUDGET IMPACT. WE DON'T THINK IT IS REALISTIC THAT WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A FULL EIGHT OR $9 MILLION AND CAPTURE ALL OF THAT. WE COULD RECAPTURE PART OF THAT TO BETTER ALIGN REVENUE EXPENDITURE. THAT GIVES YOU SOME CREATIVE FREEDOM TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE MIGHT OFFER RECONCILIATION OR REMEDIATION .
OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT WITH DEVELOPING A PLAN AROUND OPPORTUNITIES EVERYONE KNOWS ABOUT . CREDIT OPTIONS. SUMMER CREDIT OPTIONS. CREDIT COURSEWORK. DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A REGULAR .
AT HOW ARE OUR PRACTICES LIMITING FUNCTION? NEITHER OF US KNOW WHETHER THAT IS AT THE CITY LEVEL OR IF THAT IS JUST BECAUSE IT IS THE WAY IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN DONE. IF IT IS THE LATTER, IT DOESN'T ALWAYS HAVE TO BE PREAPPROVED PROVIDERS . RIGHT NOW THAT IS ALL SO IT IS INCONSISTENT. SO THE DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS ADDITIONAL STRATEGIES. WE DO BELIEVE THERE IS SOMETHING TO SOME EFFICACY DATA . ABOUT KIDS HAVING CONTROL OVER THEIR WORK AND THEIR LIFE. SO HOW DO WE ENCOURAGE THAT? INTENTIONAL ABOUT THAT TRANSITION . THAT IS CHALLENGING FOR SOME PEOPLE.
NINTH GRADE CREDIT. HOW DO WE KEEP KIDS ACCESS POSSIBLE FOR STUDENTS. SPECIAL EDUCATION AND MULTILINGUAL SERVICES.
YOU MADE A CHOICE ABOUT SCHOOL. MISALIGNED .
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SO THAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION. NEXT STEPS. ALMOST DONE. THE FIRST NEXT STEP IS TO FORM THE TECHNICAL TEAM. SECONDARY SCHOOL SUPPORT. TO START SOME OF THAT CONVERSATION. THE TIMELINE IS DRIVEN BY IF WE DON'T HAVE A DECISION.INAUDIBLE ] WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO MAKE 25 AND 26 RECAPTURE SOME OF OUR FISCAL SAVINGS. START COMMUNICATION WITH STAFF . WE HAVE NOT HIDDEN THIS WORK.
PRINCIPALS ABOUT SUPPORT MATERIALS. ALL OF THE DATA. AND THEN AS WE GET INTO LATE SUMMER . WE HAVE SOME OPTIONS. TO START REALLY GETTING IN TOUCH.
INAUDIBLE ] SO THAT IS THE UPDATE. THAT IS WHERE WE ARE. A LITTLE LIGHT READING IS THERE FOR YOU. IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE FALLING ASLEEP ONE NIGHT.
>> I AM SO IMPRESSED THAT YOU GOT THROUGH 73 SLIDES IN 45 MINUTES.
LOTS OF QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. I'M WONDERING IF WE CONTINUE .
GIVE PEOPLE A CHANCE TO MARINATE ON THE REPORT AND SLIDES AND THEN COME BACK WITH COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET THROUGH EVEN A FRACTION RIGHT NOW. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT VERY CONFERENCE
OF OVERVIEW. >> ALSO IF THE BOARD HAS QUESTIONS PRIOR TO THAT, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND SEND THEM TO ME SO WE CAN MAKE SURE IF THERE IS INFORMATION OR DATA WE CAN BRING TO LOOK INTO THAT, THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL. SAME WITH
OUR STUDENT REPS. >> YES. CAN YOU SAY IT LOUDER?
>> ADMINISTRATIVE CONTENT . NOW WE CAN DO THAT.
>> AWESOME. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO ACCESS IT. ALL RIGHT. THANK
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YOU, EVERYBODY. I WILL GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN THE STUDY SESSION .WHAT TIME IS
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.