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WLWV Board Room: And Miss Douglas. Will you please call role? Certainly. Director Kelly Slope.

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WLWV Board Room: director of this Taylor?

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WLWV Board Room: Here.

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WLWV Board Room: chair Jesse King. Here.

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WLWV Board Room: check check your St. Why, here, thank you.

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WLWV Board Room: All right. Very good.

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WLWV Board Room: We are gonna start with our students. thank you for coming out on Stafford Road on a dark, rainy night to be here with us, and i'll call up first our Westland High School Representative Skygones.

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WLWV Board Room: Good evening, Dr. Leadwig and School Board members. It is so nice to see everyone again, and I'm very excited to update you about everything that has happened this past December and some of our plans for January, and once again I appreciate the opportunity to share with you what is happening at Westland.

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WLWV Board Room: At the beginning of December we had our Westlands got talent pageant. It consisted of multiple different clubs and sports teams, competing in different games and dress up days to gather points throughout the week, and then on Saturday the tenth they showed off their amazing talents and participated in fun. Trivia games. It went super well, and we had a great turnout, and our winners are in the top right there. It was the Robotics Club, which was super fun.

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WLWV Board Room: and then leading up to break. We had a spirit week, which consisted of days like Hat Day

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WLWV Board Room: hit the slopes Day, Pj. Day, blink of day, and ugly sweater day. So we have a couple of pictures of those up there. We had great participation from students and teachers, and it was super fun to see everyone's different outfits.

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WLWV Board Room: over. Break our boys past well. Team competed in multiple different tournaments, one of those being the less swab tournament, which consisted of some of the best teams throughout the nation. Our amazing basketball team plays first in the tournament, and is now ranked 6 in the nation which is super exciting.

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WLWV Board Room: and then, with Finals week coming up, our leadership program will be putting together little gifts for every one of our students as a little form of encouragement to get them through the final first semester

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WLWV Board Room: for some of them ever, if they're freshmen, which is super exciting.

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WLWV Board Room: and then to end off our semester, we will be having our winter ball on January the 20 eighth at the Melody ballroom, and our theme is under the Northern Lights, so that will be super excited, Exciting, I know I, along with many other students, are excited, and I will update you with how that goes next month.

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WLWV Board Room: And then, lastly, coming up to February, we are already planning our annual amazing race, which will again also be super fun and Unity Week, and I will be updating you on those the next time I see you. And then, just for a little gift of appreciation to thank you for everything we do. We have some Westland T-shirts for you guys.

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WLWV Board Room: but just once again thank you so much for your time, and I love updating you about.

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WLWV Board Room: Thank you very much. Sky and i'll call up our Wilsonville Representative Eli Sievers.

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WLWV Board Room: Good evening, Dr. Ludwig and School Board. I'm so excited not only to talk about some of the great things that are happening at Wilsonville High School, but also to celebrate School Board appreciation month

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WLWV Board Room: as a student. I very much appreciate all of the personal time and energy that is put into envisioning the goals of our district and setting the standards for our education. I definitely understand that it's not always the easiest thing to do, but your work never goes unnoticed or unappreciated.

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WLWV Board Room: Now I would like to talk about some upcoming events at Wilsonville High School. Our leadership team is currently working on a toilet tree drive for families that may not have all the products they need, which is why it is important that as a community we can support each other. The best we can by donating students will be able to provide toilet trees to families that may need them.

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WLWV Board Room: Our snowboarding team will be having its first competition this Sunday

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WLWV Board Room: they've been working very hard going up to the going up to Mount Hood at least once a week, and they've started twice a week. Members of the team are getting very excited about participating in a competition with other schools and other students.

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WLWV Board Room: There's projected to be 600 students at the competition. Not all competing, but they're all very, very excited about that.

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WLWV Board Room: Our boys and team this past weekend broke the 400 free relay record which is a very, very exciting thing. Our team isn't very large, so they don't always get a lot of recognition. So that was very exciting for them, and then some more exciting news. Chris Roach, our boys basketball coach

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WLWV Board Room: won his 500 game this past weekend, so I sent a huge congratulations to him and the basketball team

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WLWV Board Room: some more events coming up. We have our winter formal also, coming up during on February eleventh. So we're all getting very excited about that.

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WLWV Board Room: and the next our incredible Wilsonville broadcast network has been dedicated to formatting important information in all sorts of ways.

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WLWV Board Room: and one way in specific is the new Cat, a log which is Wbn's first magazine

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WLWV Board Room: the journalism team has done a great job this year, keeping students informed in some of the most fun ways.

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WLWV Board Room: Finally, it is possible that at future school board meetings I may plan on bringing a student club advisor to talk about some of their involvement into the school community. I think it'll be a great way to see some of the great accomplishments of our school through a different lens.

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WLWV Board Room: thank you so much. And happy School Board appreciation month.

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WLWV Board Room: and currently an eighth grader. I'm planning to enter Riverside High School. I welcome up Ronald Sharm.

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WLWV Board Room: Good evening. Faculty Staff fellow students and parents. My name is Ron of Sharma. I am an eighth grader at Meridian Creek Middle School.

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WLWV Board Room: My hobbies include math competitions, cubing robotics, and golf My favorite subjects are mathematics, science, social studies, and geography.

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WLWV Board Room: I am interested in joining Riverside High School because they are offering 3 new career and technical educational programs in the fields of health occupations, business and marketing

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WLWV Board Room: and construction and architecture. I myself and specifically interested in the business and marketing program.

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WLWV Board Room: Riverside High School will be the first high school in the Westland Voicemail school district to offer the International backlash program.

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WLWV Board Room: The international backward program

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WLWV Board Room: is known to be a global leader in international education, focusing on the development of inquiry, knowledge, competence, and care in students

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WLWV Board Room: Mit. Ctl. And the international backward program is geared towards empowering students to take ownership of their own learning or helping them to develop future ready skills to make a difference in an ever changing work. 2,

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WLWV Board Room: I strongly believe, based on the family's social night held on December thirteenth, and all the information provided that Riverside High school wants all students to thrive by providing a positive and inclusive space.

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WLWV Board Room: It is a proven fact that high scores

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WLWV Board Room: thrive in their academic setting when they feel that they belong in the community, which means the entire high school, and also micro communities in the forms of classrooms, clubs, activities, advisories, and assemblies.

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WLWV Board Room: November registration was a success.

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WLWV Board Room: and for students and families who cannot make it to the December thirteenth. Family social. There will be another information night available on January 20, sixth, from 6 to 7 Pm. And there are more spots available for the next academic school year.

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WLWV Board Room: Thank you so much for giving me this opportunity.

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WLWV Board Room: Thank you so much, Rona, for being willing to come. I know it's for all of you. It Most people getting up with the podium and speaking in this environment can be nerve racking. So well done doing that?

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WLWV Board Room: and as always, you are welcome to stay as long as you want. But also if you want to get home. then you are welcome to depart at any time.

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WLWV Board Room: So thanks! We appreciate you being here

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WLWV Board Room: all right, and we will move on to Dr. Ludwig, with some records recognitions for the School Board appreciation month. Yes, this is that one time in the year. It's an annual event deservedly, so

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WLWV Board Room: that school boards across the nation are being thanked and appreciated

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WLWV Board Room: for their volunteer service. Each of you have full time. Jobs busy families

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WLWV Board Room: volunteer in your community. I know each of you are very active

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WLWV Board Room: in what you do in your neighborhoods and in your community, and you've made this extraordinary commitment

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WLWV Board Room: to engage, to be curious, to spend time outside of your own personal interest, to hear about the interests of others.

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WLWV Board Room: to think not just about your own children, but about the children of others.

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WLWV Board Room: and to help make decisions that steer this school district along a path that serves the community.

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WLWV Board Room: I'm incredibly grateful for the caliber of this group.

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WLWV Board Room: the quality of who each of you are your collective commitment to each other into the district.

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WLWV Board Room: So it's my honor to read the School Board recognition, month, Proclamation.

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WLWV Board Room: whereas school boards create a vision for what students should know and be able to do.

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WLWV Board Room: whereas school boards establish clear standards for student performance.

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WLWV Board Room: whereas school boards ensure that student assessments are tied to established standards.

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WLWV Board Room: whereas school boards are accountable to the community for operating schools, that support student achievement.

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WLWV Board Room: whereas school Boards aligned school district resources to ensure that students meet standards.

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WLWV Board Room: whereas school boards create a climate that supports the philosophy that all children can learn at high levels.

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WLWV Board Room: whereas school boards build collaborative relationships

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WLWV Board Room: And whereas school boards are committed to continuous education and training on issues related to student achievement.

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WLWV Board Room: Now, therefore, we hereby declare our appreciation

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WLWV Board Room: for the members of the Westland Wilsonville School District School Board

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WLWV Board Room: and proclaim the month of January

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WLWV Board Room: We urge all citizens to join us in recognizing the dedication and hard work of Local School board members

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WLWV Board Room: in preparing today's students for tomorrow's world.

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WLWV Board Room: signed Dr. Kathy Ludwig, Superintendent.

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WLWV Board Room: Thank you very much for your service.

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WLWV Board Room: and you have in front of you note cards, tokens of appreciations from students and staff across the district for your service. Thank you so much.

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WLWV Board Room: Thank you. Superintendent Ludwig, and it's my understanding. I know that this is a statewide thing. This is not something we made up. This is something happened to all around the State. I don't know if it's a national thing.

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WLWV Board Room: Yeah, there is national. I don't know if it's always in January, in every State, but in Oregon, January selected yeah. So kind of nice to think school districts around the State are all participating hopefully with just as much chocolate as we get.

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WLWV Board Room: and we'll move on to board member reports, and we'll start with you. Director Taylor.

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WLWV Board Room: hello! Everyone! Good to see you all

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WLWV Board Room: in my board Report Since I've last seen you all one of the things that

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WLWV Board Room: I was excited about was a conversation that I had with actually Director Sloop in regard to these amazing Narcan kids that she had put together, and with the the big F and all rage that's going on right now, and our kids being

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WLWV Board Room: all over Westland. So that was really educational. I thank you for for providing that opportunity.

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WLWV Board Room: what's going on right in front of us, especially knowing the big bus that just happened here in our own backyard. And I say, I think Sometimes we feel like we live in this bubble here in Westland that's untouchable. When one of the largest F. And all bus in the history of the state of Oregon happened right here. So, that's scary. When we have high school kids running around.

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WLWV Board Room: knowing that that can land in their hands. So the fact that you have something like that, and access to that was awesome. Thank you.

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WLWV Board Room: I also met with a number of parent groups just to hear their story about their lived experiences with their children. whether it be children that suffer from dyslexia, or maybe the children who have

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WLWV Board Room: going through learning disabilities and things of those sort. And so I reached out to part of my network, and met with the executive director at Edison High School over on the Jesuit campus and their board, and learned about their program.

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WLWV Board Room: we probably spend a couple of hours together.

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WLWV Board Room: And it was fascinating to learn one. I didn't know that Edison had been around for 50 years, and

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WLWV Board Room: so I always say, if if our kids and families are plucking people out of our district and sending them other places. I want to go see the places that they're sending them to, so that I can learn and see what's so good about it, and one how can we be better? as a

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WLWV Board Room: as a district and as a board? And and I just didn't have the education, so I wanted to go kind of find out about it.

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WLWV Board Room: did some school visits, attended some good basketball events and watching our kids thrive. So. I had a really good time in between our last meeting. So I will concede whatever time maybe left, and turn it over to the next director. Thank you.

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WLWV Board Room: Very good, thank you. And Director Wyatt.

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WLWV Board Room: Thank you. And i'm excited to share, especially on this school board appreciation month that there are 2 great opportunities coming up for anyone who's interested in running for the school board in the May 2,023 election

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WLWV Board Room: the Oregon School Board Association is hosting 2 webinars and folks can get registered at get on board Oregon org

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WLWV Board Room: and the first Webinar is called running for School Board the Basics. It's on Wednesday, January eleventh at noon, and the second is running for School board. The power of diversity, and that's on Wednesday, January 20, fifth, at noon.

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WLWV Board Room: and I don't know if it's because sharing information about running for school Board start of a new year. But I've just been doing a lot of reflection of my own decision to run for the School Board and

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WLWV Board Room: back in 2,021 when I filed to run the we were facing so much uncertainty with the future of our schools and covid and the message that I was hearing, loud and clear.

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WLWV Board Room: was the importance of parents to make decisions for their health, for their family, for their safety.

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WLWV Board Room: and that parents wanted to have a choice, and whether their kids were masked, or if they were vaccinated.

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WLWV Board Room: and that parents didn't want the school district to place a blanket requirement on all children, that parent voices were important.

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WLWV Board Room: and then, shortly after we were sworn in we unanimously supported the staff recommendation to keep schools open 5 days a week with optional distancing and masking.

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WLWV Board Room: And so we had heard that parents wanted to make the right choices for their kids, and we honored that.

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WLWV Board Room: So I've been thinking about this a lot amidst the recent calls for the school district to limit parent choice and what their children can check out at the library.

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WLWV Board Room: and this coincided with visits to school similar to Director Taylor, where I had the chance to visit, not just the classrooms, but our school libraries.

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WLWV Board Room: and on those school visits. I even then saw the effects of parent choice. Some kids in our schools are masked. Some kids are not.

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WLWV Board Room: and we're so fortunate to have these teacher librarians, and if you Haven't met your local teacher librarian, I highly recommend it.

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WLWV Board Room: They're not just gifted educators, but they are experts on literacy and the power of books and reading.

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WLWV Board Room: and they're also somewhat superhuman, and that they don't just know the kids in one class. They know every kid in the school, and they are part of this base of support that our kids have when they go to school along with

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WLWV Board Room: And so I just mentioned this in response to our local folks who have signed on to this national movement to ban books and schools

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WLWV Board Room: And i'm really proud of the fact that our staffing levels mean that we've backed that up by having those teacher librarians in our schools who know the kids. They know the families, and we know that this can be accomplished. And so, if a parent wants to make that choice for their child.

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WLWV Board Room: saying, you can't read that book.

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WLWV Board Room: So I observed that some of the parents who were most steadfast for parents rights when it came to masking, because they were fearing overreach by the school district, are now proposing that very same overreach. When it comes to a parents choice to determine the books that their kids can check out.

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WLWV Board Room: I'm sharing this because I missed the last meeting, but I want to make it very clear that I do not, and I will not support Banning books from our school libraries.

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WLWV Board Room: and one parent's judgment or preference on a book for their family should not be extended to other students or their families.

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WLWV Board Room: So with that I just wanted to make it abundantly clear. I appreciate folks coming and sharing their opinion, and I want to end with one small comment that if I can spend time, as with the rest of the board, listening to the variety of ways that people choose to share their opinion about this issue.

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WLWV Board Room: I think that we should also respect the fact that some members of our School Board have chosen to share their opinions in different ways, and I do not appreciate that Chair King especially has been held to a different standard, as it relates to sharing information on her views about this issue.

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WLWV Board Room: so I just would hope that we can all respect the fact that this is an issue that is powerful for all of us. But let's focus our time on being productive. And most importantly, let's focus on a parent's choice to determine what is right for their child.

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WLWV Board Room: Thank you

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WLWV Board Room: all right, thank you. And Director slope

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WLWV Board Room: so for my report. It

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WLWV Board Room: not much. I didn't finish my school tour, so i'm excited to be doing the report, probably in the next board meeting.

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WLWV Board Room: and I myself have been meeting with parents

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WLWV Board Room: as well as the books.

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WLWV Board Room: That's all I have to say.

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WLWV Board Room: All right, thank you. And i'm up next, and I just want to jump a little bit on the school Board Appreciation bandwagon.

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WLWV Board Room: because I actually just wanted to give a shout out to each of you who I've been serving up here with

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WLWV Board Room: You each have brought a unique area of expertise with you, and I've already in your

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WLWV Board Room: short time here on the board made significant contributions in your own way.

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WLWV Board Room: you know you all know I've been on the board for 7 and a half years.

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WLWV Board Room: 2 years of community advocacy, to bring a Spanish immersion program to the district, and then I spent 2 years as a Pta president. Then I spent a term on the Budget Committee, so I I did that 5 years or so before I ended up here on the board.

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WLWV Board Room: It throws our agenda off so much that sometimes, when we have people at say from Clack, Miss Esd coming to present, or we might have lawyers coming to present or last May. We were supposed to have a budget meeting with some of our committee members that were on the budget, and by the time we were able to get to it, because we had taken over 2 h of public comments.

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WLWV Board Room: it's something that Chair King and I spoke about, and and then we spoke with Dr. Ludwig and Kelly Douglas as well. But Just our attempt to balance honoring the time of our district staff who comes so they're not here super late.

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WLWV Board Room: and they can look at the agenda and know. Okay, I am going to be presenting at that time, but in the same time not shutting off public comment and continuing to be able to hear from all of you. So I hope that that makes sense.

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WLWV Board Room: And that is what I was going to say in my board report. You managed to make it happen all right. Thank you. So with that we'll move on to Dr.

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WLWV Board Room: So only Hughes with the business office, and we'll hear that financial report or Dr. Leadway. I'm just wonder if we want to just officially say there were no public comments. I did. Okay, yeah, on either virtually or in person. Correct? Correct. There's nobody signed up to speak to anything on the agenda.

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WLWV Board Room: Mr. Mccabe. From Westland. You're speaking to something on the agenda in New York up

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WLWV Board Room: 2 items on the agenda that I wish to address.

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WLWV Board Room: It is in a prior reports. It was basically based on

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WLWV Board Room: But we are unable to hire.

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WLWV Board Room: and that really affects the budget.

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WLWV Board Room: Thank you.

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WLWV Board Room: where I didn't get a chance to read the policy, but we don't clap or boo after public comments. so we will move on. Then I see someone raising their hand

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WLWV Board Room: All right. We are going to move on to the next agenda item, which is Dr. Hughes's financial report.

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WLWV Board Room: Good evening. So

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WLWV Board Room: Took an update on the audit. Our district and your comprehensive financial report is conflicted by poly, Roger and

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WLWV Board Room: the updates on the purchase document for 2324,

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WLWV Board Room: right now. i'm reaching out to school and building and department to schedule a meeting with them.

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WLWV Board Room: I met with Dr. Luther talking about the projection under revenue for fiscal year, 2324

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WLWV Board Room: in February. During my midden with the principal and department director we're talking about expenditure

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WLWV Board Room: in month, when we have the butcher Position Committee. If you are, then I will schedule meeting with Butchet Committee. Welcome, new member, and to go over the budget process, but that calendar and how to read the butcher document

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WLWV Board Room: for general on finance or highlight, as we know that the art is already complete. So now, we have to end in pon ball, and

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WLWV Board Room: for fiscal year 2122, that carry forward to this year is 35.3 million.

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WLWV Board Room: and that's 55, 43 million in the audit report. I say to very clear reason, and i'd report the recent to the war in several months ago.

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WLWV Board Room: one of the bit saving is the so support that we have. And then the second time is the second saving in this the adjustment one time. Adjustment from Ode based on the prior year, and last, but not least, is because last year we have 17

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WLWV Board Room: permanent, so that we hire to our district, and with that we have a one time saving ons.

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WLWV Board Room: So with the 35.3 million that carry forward from 2122 into 223. It give us the end and fund balance

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WLWV Board Room: about this sign. And before we move on to the next. Yes, so thank you for explaining, because I was gonna ask what were the causes for this large ending fund. Balance.

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WLWV Board Room: But one thing you said just caught me. So you said that we had a huge savings because we hired 17 per minute subs.

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WLWV Board Room: and that was part of the savings, and so all I'm just like, Well, can we do that? I think we've done that again this year. But

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WLWV Board Room: is that what you said that that's what caused part of the savings was the 17 hiring the 17 permanent sets.

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WLWV Board Room: A combination around our subbing one.

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WLWV Board Room: something availability did go down. So the amount that we set aside for subs was not all utilized. That was some savings, and then by not using that fund, but having the permanent subs in our staffing. allocation is where we didn't draw from that account.

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WLWV Board Room: so you could point to that and see that that large savings in that area. Okay, and that is something we've continued correct this year

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WLWV Board Room: and I think it's important to note that while we have a large, we've shared this before a large ending fund balance for this year. Dr. Hughes did include for your report that has a financial outlook that is sobering, and so a large ending fund balance.

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WLWV Board Room: is a strength going into a biennium where the new budget has not yet been set.

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WLWV Board Room: but we're not as hopeful that it's going to have the kind of increases that K. 12 education typically gets.

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WLWV Board Room: and so we'll be glad to have that ending fund balance as we go into the next biennium, and you'll learn more as we get into that budget forecasting and with the Budget Committee.

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WLWV Board Room: No, and thank you. I did appreciate that, you explained.

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WLWV Board Room: before through board book, I wrote the question, and then the next memo that you wrote was. This is why, you know, can you speak to the benefits of having such a large ending fund balance? And then you explain. So I really appreciate that the other thing I just wanted to comment on

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WLWV Board Room: that. I just appreciate that you do every year, and and I don't know if this happens in other districts, but I I want to point it out. Some of you may have heard this, but that you meet with your principals every year to help them go through their budgets, understand their budgets

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WLWV Board Room: a, and work with their budgets. I mean, I would think I remember you saying at one I I wish I could remember the actual quote. You said that the budget should be should work for you. Something like that. And so I just want to. Every year give you that appreciation for taking that extra time

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WLWV Board Room: out of when you could be doing other things to get in our schools, to meet with our principals to hear their needs. You know their dreams for their schools, whatever, and and work that into the budget. So I just wanted to acknowledge that. And thank you.

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WLWV Board Room: So how do we see the picture, and how we want to put the funding to support the mission, and yes, at that time it took a whole month and a lot of meetings and talking, but it really was it.

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WLWV Board Room: much education on budget? I mean, how many of our principals have an education on building budgets and such. So I again just think that's so helpful that you do that. So thank you.

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WLWV Board Room: And another reminder on the locked and in fund balance for 2122 is remember, we went now for the pension.

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WLWV Board Room: so we have one side account back in 2,004, and then 2120 21. We were now called the second side account, and with that second side account it dropped our call rate.

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WLWV Board Room: but because during that first year the Polaroid drop, but we haven't had a liability to pay the uil yet the Uil factor in into this year

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WLWV Board Room: so that Why, in 2122 we held that at just saving. And in one or 2 of the 4 report that I say and is playing that information.

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WLWV Board Room: Director Taylor, did you have a question. I did have a question.

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WLWV Board Room: which is a category considered other objects.

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WLWV Board Room: look higher than the in butcher, and adopted by chat by around $700.

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WLWV Board Room: on the working budget from the year in budget of about 98,000.

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WLWV Board Room: allowed us to collect more tuition, and it might correlate to what your search was on the top. 6 things for child care, but with enrollment going down I was shocked that that number was up

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WLWV Board Room: The sister of that line. Item, which would be the State source, is 3,100.

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WLWV Board Room: Yeah, this this day source and cost. This will do the projection for us to see it, too. This is it's come by stay school from common school for, and high school stability. Yeah. So the high school that abilities is, we anticipate to receive more than the projected.

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WLWV Board Room: Okay, yeah. So that stays good. But because, you know, when I group the revenue, I have a local source and intermediate and state. So when you say state it, not only the stays confirmed, but also all the fun in there. Okay, yeah, thank you. Yeah. Good question. Thank you so much, and the the

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WLWV Board Room: different that our director for us is the 600 or the object that the difference, so the different column will not affect the via in project with an incon balance for 2223.

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WLWV Board Room: i'm seeing them

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WLWV Board Room: go ahead and get

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WLWV Board Room: so the Detroit me to feel to butch at committee appreciation, caution number 3 on the question number 5. This 2 position aspire on 2 and 30, as of 2,022.

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WLWV Board Room: this is a 3 year term

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WLWV Board Room: and that portion need to be a few to serve for the budget year. 2,324.

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WLWV Board Room: the war already declared this vacancy.

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WLWV Board Room: You're in our last.

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WLWV Board Room: We have for application, and I believe they are here with us to

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WLWV Board Room: Give the Board the opportunity to interview and select.

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WLWV Board Room: Very, very good. So just some words about how this process is gonna go to my fellow board members. we have

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WLWV Board Room: for applicants for 2 spots.

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WLWV Board Room: I see

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WLWV Board Room: several. We raise your hand if you're here because your budget applicant.

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WLWV Board Room: Okay. So I see 3 3 folks here. Okay, Great. Thank you for that. so what we're going to do.

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WLWV Board Room: I actually consulted with osba today, just about the process. Yeah, to make sure that the process that we go through as a board and that we put our

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WLWV Board Room: volunteer Budget Committee applicants through is one that is a fair and transparent and as like gentle and humane as possible to, because it can be a little intense to put your name in, and then go through an appointment process. So and i'll just start by saying, first of all that we're very thankful that the 3 of you applied

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WLWV Board Room: if Reagan monitor was still up here on the board I served for many years with her, she would. She would tell you that the first time she applied to the Budget Committee she did not get the appointment. but then she ended up serving 2 terms in the school Board. So you know we value, we value you, and there's a lot of opportunities to participate.

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WLWV Board Room: you know whether you make it onto the committee or not. so the process will be that we have 2 spots to fill, and we have 4 applicants, and so we will

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WLWV Board Room: invite you up. I'll go in the order of how your applications appear in my board book, and ask you to say something if you'd like

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WLWV Board Room: and of course you don't have to come up to the podium. But you're invited to, and then board members. What we'll do after we've had a chance to consider folks comments, and we've read their applications. We're gonna write down the 2 people who we will be voting for

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WLWV Board Room: with our name on it. So it's. It's not anonymous. It's transparent.

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WLWV Board Room: and then we will hand them to our board Secretary Ms. Douglas, and she will read them out and the person, if it's. If there's a clear 2 winners, then we'll do what's called a motion to a point, and then someone will just make a motion to appoint those 2 people to the 2 open spots.

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WLWV Board Room: If there's a tie, then we'll we'll I've got a process in my head for how we'll go about that. so. And before we vote oftentimes folks like to like say something about Why, they're voting a certain direction, and so we'll still keep that part of the process. but there will be no pressure to say anything out loud or

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WLWV Board Room: say why you're voting unless you want to.

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WLWV Board Room: So that's the process. Hopefully, that's clear to everybody. Clear as mud. Huh? All right. And so we'll just personal with the Board members. Are there questions about the process before I invite people up? Okay, Great Mr. Dan. Shoemaker, please come on up.

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WLWV Board Room: Thank you, Board. I

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WLWV Board Room: First, I would want to say congratulations on having 4 good candidates. I think that speaks well of our district.

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WLWV Board Room: and

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WLWV Board Room: from from my standpoint. I trust that that wherever you end up voting night that we're we're going to be well served. So that's that's great. Just quickly a little bit about myself. I am a 30

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WLWV Board Room: The rest of my 18 years was pretty evenly distributed between Heathy Creek Middle School as a teacher and an administrator, and then Wilsonville High School as a teacher or as an administrator, and then ultimately the principal there that's where I retired from.

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WLWV Board Room: having worked in schools, and i'm a concerns I shouldn't say, concerns so much as an interested citizen, and I understand the importance of volunteering, and I make myself available. So thank you

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WLWV Board Room: all right, Thank you and Mr. Charles Steele.

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WLWV Board Room: Hello! Thank you. Board for this this opportunity. My name is Charles Steele. I'm a 32 year member of this community. My family has actually been in Westland for about 90 years, and my! There are several members of this community who can probably tell you they were delivered by my grandfather. He was one of the first doctors in the land of Valley.

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WLWV Board Room: it's it's quite fun. This community is pretty pretty tight, I believe. I was in school when Mr. Shoemaker was

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WLWV Board Room: at Westland, and I believe I I went to school with yeah, some of your children. I just want to say, you know, Thank you so much for for this opportunity, and I'm. Interested in being of service to the community of service to this district.

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WLWV Board Room: I know the value of how elite our district is, and the the opportunities that it affords our students. I want to be a member of our Budgetary Committee, so that I can help be of service to our students of all of our students of every you know person who goes to our schools. because I I understand the the importance of this education, and I want to be a part of.

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WLWV Board Room: you know, maintaining Westlands elite education status. So thank you so much for the opportunity.

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WLWV Board Room: All right, thank you. And just making sure. Mr. Steve Buell is not present.

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WLWV Board Room: Okay, Mr. Kishore Kalu, please come on up.

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WLWV Board Room: So good evening, boat. Happy New Year. My name is Kisho Kolu.

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WLWV Board Room: I've lived in Wilsonville for about 22 years, and both of my kids are in the school district. one. My, I have a daughter who's in high school, and my son is finishing up middle school, and I want to thank for the opportunity.

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WLWV Board Room: And I am a a software development engineer. I started as a software development engineer, and now I manage. I'm a manager at a software company locally.

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WLWV Board Room: And the reason why I applied is I would like to serve the community and the board, and I want to be a liaison between the community and staff. I have,

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WLWV Board Room: obviously good at math, but I also look at

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WLWV Board Room: deeply at things, and also at a at a breadth wise, so i'd like to serve the community. That's my goal, and that's why i'm here. So thank you for the opportunity.

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WLWV Board Room: All right, Thank you, Mr. Kulu.

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WLWV Board Room: And With that I think. now we could just take a moment to put our name here, and we can speak to why we're voting if we would like.

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WLWV Board Room: So what while folks are still thinking and waiting? I'm just gonna because I like to say why I vote a certain way. I just want to. first of all, thank all 3 of you. But I I have to say that I've known Ke Shore Collou since the days that we started Lowry Pta. And so it's just really amazing to see you stay engaged with the community and to be willing to take the next step.

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WLWV Board Room: you know here 10 years later from from those days. So i'll be voting for you and also Charles. Still, I just appreciate the fact that you have educators and your family, and you've been in Weston for a long time, and

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WLWV Board Room: and that you know you have a young kiddo who's going to be theoretically entering into our schools, and so appreciate that limbs as well.

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WLWV Board Room: and just wanted to give an opportunity. If anybody else wants to speak to anything before we call the votes.

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WLWV Board Room: Yeah, I know i'll go ahead and speak. I just because I also wanted to say

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WLWV Board Room: I had the opportunity to have my students benefit from I want to call you Mr. Shoemaker. because that's how we refer to you in our in our home. But benefit at the creek when my oldest daughter was at Ap Creek.

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WLWV Board Room: and then also, he was a principal of my kids at Wilsonville High School, and I had the opportunity, when I was the Booster Club president.

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WLWV Board Room: to work with Dan, and I just appreciated his dedication to the school, and always enjoyed

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WLWV Board Room: how fun and easy he made. My job is Booster Club President, and how supportive he was of the parents on that. So just want to say Thank you, and you will receiving my vote.

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WLWV Board Room: Okay, checking. I will read aloud the nominations.

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WLWV Board Room: We do have a tie.

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WLWV Board Room: we

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WLWV Board Room: are looking at checking, nominated Kishore Kalu and Charles Steele.

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WLWV Board Room: Kirsten wyatt nominated Dan Shoemaker and Charles Steele

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WLWV Board Room: Lewis Taylor, nominated Kishore Kaloo, and Charles Steele.

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WLWV Board Room: director, Sloop, nominated Dan Shoemaker, or in Kifa Klu

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WLWV Board Room: and Christy Thompson nominated Dan Shoemaker and Kishore Khalou

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WLWV Board Room: so we have 4 for

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WLWV Board Room: K shore, and we have a tie between Dan and Charles.

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WLWV Board Room: So we need to have a a vote

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WLWV Board Room: for the second position. Okay, very good. Would you please go ahead and just give us back our same cards, and then we can.

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WLWV Board Room: because our names are already on there. So congratulations. Ke. Shore.

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WLWV Board Room: Thank you. Thank you. Yeah. And we'll. We'll have a motion in just a moment.

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WLWV Board Room: and so the next step will be to vote between the 2 gentlemen who are tied

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WLWV Board Room: for the position. the second position. So we're voting between Dan Dan Shoemaker and Charles Steele.

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WLWV Board Room: So funny, I you know, trying into kind of this process. We've done it in the past. There's there's really no like, you know. It's always a little awkward. So this is supposed to make it, you know, less less like less painful. But Here we are.

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WLWV Board Room: Would you like me to read the votes?

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WLWV Board Room: Chelsea King? voted for Charles Steele

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WLWV Board Room: Kristy Thompson is Dan Schumacher

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WLWV Board Room: Kitchen wide. It's Dan Shoemaker.

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WLWV Board Room: Lewis Taylor is Charles Steele

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WLWV Board Room: and Sloop director Sloop as Dan Shoemaker

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WLWV Board Room: So it's

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WLWV Board Room: see congratulations

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WLWV Board Room: Okay, so the Board has expressed their will. And now what we need, though, to make it official is a motion to appoint these 2 applicants to their positions, and it looks to me like

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WLWV Board Room: I'm just checking the positions that they applied for. Looks like they could do either. Yeah, 3 and 5, so we could. It doesn't matter which one gets what? Because they both expire at the same time. So, motion being entertained.

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WLWV Board Room: all the motion. Oh, you go ahead to nominate. Is that the correct one to a point to a point? Thank you. I am motion to a point. I'm ke sure Kalu, and I apologize if I pronounce that wrong at all to position 3,

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WLWV Board Room: and I motion to approve to a point.

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WLWV Board Room: Dan Shoemaker to a position 5,

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WLWV Board Room: 1 s.

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WLWV Board Room: all right vice chair, Thompson, with the motion and direct to sleep with the second Miss Douglas, will you please call the boat?

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WLWV Board Room: Kelly slew

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WLWV Board Room: Hi, Lewis Taylor Chelsea King. All right, Christy Thompson

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WLWV Board Room: and Kitchen White. I thank you

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WLWV Board Room: all right. Very good. Thank you again to all of you for being willing to go through the process, and for being willing to serve. And congratulations, you are welcome to stay for the rest of the meeting, but also no pressure. If you decide that you want to get back to your families, you're welcome to to get up and do that as well, and we'll see the 2 of you who got the appointment at the next

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WLWV Board Room: Budget Committee. Dr. Son, like you will be in touch with you with next steps. Go ahead, Dr. But I just wanted to come back to the comment that you made at the beginning that

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WLWV Board Room: when Reagan molator first applied for something at the district, she didn't get that committee appointment. But she ended up serving in another capacity. And

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WLWV Board Room: Mr. Steele, I hope that you will

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WLWV Board Room: toss your name in the ring again. We will have long-range planning committee openings. We do have school board member openings, and I think what I heard you and passionately say is that you want to find a place to serve in the district, and there will be opportunities, and I hope to see you at this podium again in the near future.

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WLWV Board Room: So please please do apply again.

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WLWV Board Room: Thank you.

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WLWV Board Room: Yeah.

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WLWV Board Room: Alright, very good. Thank you. Okay. We'll move on to the next item, which is Dr. Ludwig. with the proposed Enter district transfers.

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WLWV Board Room: Are we doing? I'm just checking on the board. Are we still doing? Okay, Not without a break. It's been a cut it's.

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WLWV Board Room: We're good. Okay, All right. Go ahead.

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WLWV Board Room: Okay. So you have a memo from me. about inner district transfers. This is for the following school year, 23, to 20,

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WLWV Board Room: 2,023 d 2,024;

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WLWV Board Room: and if it feels a little bit like groundhog day, it's because I was here in October, Asking about inner district transfers for this school year. After the school year had gotten up and going, you had a memo. We talked through that process quite extensively, and and at that time I just reminded the Board that

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WLWV Board Room: families may

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WLWV Board Room: transfer in for a number of reasons. Some of those are statutorily protected.

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WLWV Board Room: And so if there's a hardship case, or reason around a safe need to transfer or foster care or homelessness. there are other provisions between school districts where

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WLWV Board Room: students and families can transfer between school districts that has nothing to do with individual school Board members decisions, but are statutory protected.

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WLWV Board Room: So there are transfers that happen all the time. That's why we do have families in our school district that Don't reside here, but are allowed to attend here for a number of reasons statutory respect required.

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WLWV Board Room: And then there's the opportunity for the board to on that to determine if they'd like to open for other transfers.

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WLWV Board Room: Now, that's always contingent on

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WLWV Board Room: the residing district of families live releasing those families. So the only way you can we can approve. A transfer in is if that sending school district approves a release. If they don't release those students, then we can't approve that transfer.

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WLWV Board Room: So there is kind of a safeguard in there where there isn't just a lot of there isn't recruiting or floodgates. Opening

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WLWV Board Room: districts have the ability to restrict students leaving their district.

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WLWV Board Room: so you can be assured that no one would be coming as a transfer here unless their school district felt it was also in the best interest of their student to have a fresh start. or there was a compelling reason that the 2 districts felt in those situations. It's good for the student good for the family and the circumstance.

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WLWV Board Room: So when I came to in October, I talked about You know one of the reasons we've been closed for a number of years.

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WLWV Board Room: but that one of the reasons we might want to approve a restricted number, or where we have space. the ability to say yes to some of those transfers. Again, when the sending school district approves it.

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WLWV Board Room: are for some of those compelling reasons where it is in the best interest of a student or a family.

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WLWV Board Room: and also increasingly there's times when we have staff who wish to teach here, and may may be able to take a position if they can also have their student attend our school district. Now, that's also contingent

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WLWV Board Room: on wherever they reside, their student being released. So there's a few reasons to consider

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WLWV Board Room: inter inter district transfers.

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WLWV Board Room: That's when one district allows students to transfer from one district to another.

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WLWV Board Room: so what you have before you is the policy and a recommendation that now, as we look at next school year, because about now, families are trying to make decisions about the fall.

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WLWV Board Room: and you have before you a recommendation from staff to again be open

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WLWV Board Room: where we have space and capacity and ability.

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WLWV Board Room: and in the in the unlike the memo that we had in October, where we said no students for high school. We have proposed for this fall to have a few limited openings.

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WLWV Board Room: and that would be restricted to ninth grade only.

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WLWV Board Room: So we would want. If students do want to come here from another school district. We expect them to want to come for their high school career, start in ninth grade, stay through twelfth grade. So we have them for all 4 years

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WLWV Board Room: provides consistency for the students

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WLWV Board Room: best process for staff to then work with a student for all of their credits and all of their high school experience.

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WLWV Board Room: And so what you see in this memo that's different than the one you saw in October for the next school year. is a few openings. Then at each of those high school, so very limited

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WLWV Board Room: to ninth grade. Only

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WLWV Board Room: in terms of the primary in the middle we would just be open contingent on there being space and capacity.

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WLWV Board Room: So that is the memo gives you all that information, and then the sample motion is there in front of you to approve this recommendation for next school year.

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WLWV Board Room: and i'll turn it back over to the board for deliberation.

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WLWV Board Room: All right. Very good. So we we could. Certainly we have a a motion first, or just go ahead and have discussion. Are you thinking? Are you have that queued for an emotion? Yeah, my did it back. Commission. All right. Go ahead and get up first question. Okay.

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WLWV Board Room: I move to approve the inner district transfer Parameters for the 2,324 school year as presented.

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Okay.

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WLWV Board Room: all right, by sure. Thompson moves, and Director Wyatt has a second. And now we can open for discussion and yeah go ahead, Dr. Taylor. My other question is,

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WLWV Board Room: when a student is transferring in from another district, and

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WLWV Board Room: they are released by the current district.

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WLWV Board Room: Does the budget from that district for that child also transfer in.

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WLWV Board Room: I think it's important for people to understand that I think, if it is true or not true, because I think sometimes we know what we pay in taxes here.

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WLWV Board Room: and it's substantial as residents. And sometimes I think that if you don't understand that budget comes with that child. It can be a turn off to community members

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WLWV Board Room: who look at our tax bills and people coming from maybe lower tax communities

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WLWV Board Room: are coming in

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WLWV Board Room: at a reduced cost for a better education potentially right. I think that's what we all feel about our community.

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WLWV Board Room: and so it's. I just wanna make sure that the audience understands, or whoever's looking on camera. That

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WLWV Board Room: budget comes with that also.

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WLWV Board Room: and it's not a recruiting tool, but it's important to understand that i'm not coming out of pocket more

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WLWV Board Room: for someone living

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WLWV Board Room: somewhere else.

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WLWV Board Room: so can you kind of just? Is that true? I mean that that budget comes.

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WLWV Board Room: Yeah, you.

637
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WLWV Board Room: You said it exactly perfectly. With every student comes what's called an adm or per student amount.

638
01:25:50.280 --> 01:26:03.579
WLWV Board Room: and then that can vary, Though depending on this, the student if if they qualify for more services, that that qualification that weighted amount also comes with them.

639
01:26:04.160 --> 01:26:13.039
WLWV Board Room: Similarly, if a student leaves from our school district and goes to another public school district. Their Adm. Goes with them. It's not the same for private

640
01:26:13.760 --> 01:26:19.890
WLWV Board Room: but it is between public school districts, public Charter schools the AD. And follows the student.

641
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WLWV Board Room: I just want to speak just to the chart that's here in our Board book and and then I just do have one question. I remember back like I said I was on the board in 2,015, and you can see those numbers in that 2,000 18,017

642
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WLWV Board Room: academic year, and how how high that was, and that was an indicator of you know the where our policy was at that part where we did allow for you know more of these in her district transfers, and

643
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WLWV Board Room: we started to taper it, and you can see those numbers dropping and and they're actually that trajectory has been low because of that policy. And now, you know. Here we are again, making a change, responding to you know the current situation.

644
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WLWV Board Room: of our, you know capacity and what's going on in surrounding districts. So I just you know I know you Board members have that. And so I just wanted to speak to that. And then my question for you. Could I speak to that? I think it's important to remember that what was happening around that time, too, was alleged a new legislation that was called open enrollment.

645
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WLWV Board Room: and that was passed legislatively. with the idea of providing more choice to families to choose whatever school district they wanted to go to, and school districts were not allowed to say no.

646
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WLWV Board Room: not allowed to say no to the release or no to the coming in. But they could set a number of how many they, how many students they would take in.

647
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WLWV Board Room: And so that did create quite a bit of movement between school districts across the State

648
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WLWV Board Room: and for our school district quite an influx, because the sending

649
01:28:01.080 --> 01:28:10.520
WLWV Board Room: school district could not say no to the release, and the idea was to promote families to be able to go to other districts. So it was largely encouraged.

650
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WLWV Board Room: by legislators at the time and by the State

651
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WLWV Board Room: to allow for much more interdistrict transfer.

652
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WLWV Board Room: As you can imagine, it made it incredibly hard for some school districts around students leaving.

653
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WLWV Board Room: and and enormous budget reductions because of exactly what you pointed out. Director Taylor students did leave.

654
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WLWV Board Room: and there was some significant impact on some school districts. It ended up that that legislation sunset it and was not renewed by legislators.

655
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WLWV Board Room: And so what you see then, in the subsequent columns is it went back to

656
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WLWV Board Room: sending school districts could refuse to release and receiving school districts. Don't have to open at all.

657
01:28:55.660 --> 01:29:05.799
WLWV Board Room: or could again choose to take some transfers in, so we will likely not ever see those kinds of high numbers. Again, because we are not in those same conditions.

658
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WLWV Board Room: Since you approved transfers this year in October we've we've only we've denied 2 transfers and accepted 3.

659
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WLWV Board Room: So it hasn't created this huge influx of students that sometimes a community might be worried about

660
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WLWV Board Room: one way or the other. but it has allowed for some students who who needed that opportunity to have the ability to attend school here.

661
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WLWV Board Room: and likewise we have students who we've allowed to release

662
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WLWV Board Room: to other school districts for their compelling reason as well

663
01:29:39.910 --> 01:29:46.440
WLWV Board Room: did. Did you have a question? And currently, if we have staff members working in our district.

664
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WLWV Board Room: they are not allowed to train, and they they're working in our district, but they live in a different district. They have not been allowed to have their children come correct, and so this will give them that opportunity to have their kids come

665
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WLWV Board Room: to our schools as well if they are working in our

666
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WLWV Board Room: yeah, I just want to be really careful, because they may have called it showed them may have qualified under another stack of poorly protected reason. So we shouldn't just always assume what we know about one family story or a student story. but we have not been open to inter district transfers for anyone.

667
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WLWV Board Room: our district does not give preferential treatment to staff. And actually you're not allowed to statutory

668
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WLWV Board Room: unless you open to everybody. And so, because we open in October to everyone, with space availability permitted, and capacity permitted

669
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WLWV Board Room: it. It could give

670
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WLWV Board Room: some opportunity for that.

671
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Thank you.

672
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WLWV Board Room: but limited at high school still.

673
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WLWV Board Room: and I think the only question I had was.

674
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WLWV Board Room: basically that like, do do our students also leave our district and attend districts, and and could you speak to that, and also what are other districts around us doing around this this move?

675
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WLWV Board Room: So when I came to in October, I did do a survey of the other districts in our county, and all of them, except for ourselves at the time, and can be had opened

676
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WLWV Board Room: and had opened for either unlimited a number of students, or had created a number at each grade, level or different levels. But they had all opened for this school year, so we're not out of the out of the norm. In fact, we were

677
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WLWV Board Room: joining the norm, and then we also looked at a few other school districts outside of our county, like tiger to Wallet and Sherwood Feverton. They were all open as well.

678
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WLWV Board Room: so we had stayed remain closed, which we had agreed to do as a county during Covid just because of

679
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WLWV Board Room: some of the the the challenges and the variability of of kids being online in person and just for some stability.

680
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WLWV Board Room: But Post Covid. We've gone back to some most practices.

681
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WLWV Board Room: I anticipate it's going to stay the same. I'm not hearing anything different from other neighboring school districts that they only were going to open for this year and not going forward. I think we're all back to business as usual, which is

682
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WLWV Board Room: opening

683
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WLWV Board Room: pending space and capacity available in our school districts.

684
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WLWV Board Room: All right. I'm not

685
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WLWV Board Room: Director sloop. Are you poised for voting or questioning

686
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WLWV Board Room: in regards to Riverside, where it's allowing up to 15 transfers. Is that for space availability?

687
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WLWV Board Room: Because we're it's an option school. We don't have students already in the in the middle of kind of their 4 year plan. We anticipate that there could be some more opportunity leases first year, and then we'll see

688
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WLWV Board Room: but it's hard for us to say, there's no space and capacity at Riverside right now, when we, when we

689
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WLWV Board Room: just creating an open enrollment process.

690
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WLWV Board Room: And so we've still selected a conservative number 15, and we'll see if if there are 15 interested. If not

691
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WLWV Board Room: We'll kind of we'll kind of gauge it each year.

692
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So

693
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WLWV Board Room: and I think the I do actually have one more question, because the on

694
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WLWV Board Room: point one on this memo I don't see a number

695
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WLWV Board Room: I just see the the a, B and C, as far as like

696
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WLWV Board Room: the process for which

697
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WLWV Board Room: priority is given. Is there a number on this?

698
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WLWV Board Room: You mean for how many students we would not for primary or middle. Okay, it's open, depending on just like in October, depending on space and capacity. and then, but for high school, which we closed this year stayed close. We are putting a number, so that's where you'll see 15 for Riverside, 5

699
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WLWV Board Room: for West Lynn, and 5 for Wilson Bill. So that that leads me to believe that it's kind. It might depend on the different schools might have different capacity, and so that a, B and C will be applied, depending on which correct person's applying to trillion Lowry some, and and that is why we we did deny to transfers, because the the family wanting to come was very specific about a school, a grade level, and we were too high in one of those grade levels that we couldn't accept one of the students, but we could be

700
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WLWV Board Room: other in the family, decided not to come at all. So we do have to watch our class sizes.

701
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WLWV Board Room: and by sure, Thompson, is this voice for vote or a question?

702
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WLWV Board Room: All right? That's one question, Thank you. and and i'm assuming when you talk about grade level and core sizes that

703
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WLWV Board Room: across all of our grade schools

704
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WLWV Board Room: it's the same numbers that we look at, like we want some schools don't allow. We don't let some schools class sizes get larger than other class sizes. It stays the same in all of our schools. Yeah, we're monitoring that closely. Yeah.

705
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WLWV Board Room: All right, I think we're ready for the vote.

706
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WLWV Board Room: Kelly Slope.

707
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WLWV Board Room: Aye.

708
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WLWV Board Room: Lewis Taylor.

709
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WLWV Board Room: Chelsea clean, All right, Kristy Thompson. All right. Thank you

710
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WLWV Board Room: All right. Very good. Thank you

711
01:35:27.190 --> 01:35:29.989
WLWV Board Room: and we will move on to.

712
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WLWV Board Room: Mr. Kelstrom. Are you presenting

713
01:35:33.670 --> 01:35:41.219
WLWV Board Room: awesome on the 2,000 25,024 school year? Calendar. I'll have one less child in my home that year.

714
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WLWV Board Room: Yeah.

715
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WLWV Board Room: So a good evening Board before you. You have the proposed 2,023, 2,024 school calendar for each level.

716
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WLWV Board Room: here for your consideration.

717
01:35:53.980 --> 01:36:02.180
WLWV Board Room: You will note that the first day of school is again scheduled for before Labor day which has been this district's practice in recent years.

718
01:36:02.300 --> 01:36:04.770
WLWV Board Room: With the first day of August 20 ninth.

719
01:36:05.370 --> 01:36:09.020
WLWV Board Room: you'll note that we have the same number of instructional days, as

720
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WLWV Board Room: you know, we traditionally do at each level 173

721
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WLWV Board Room: for primary and middle, and then 175 for High School.

722
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WLWV Board Room: There are 6 federally recognized holidays within the school calendar.

723
01:36:21.190 --> 01:36:23.110
WLWV Board Room: Of course we have our

724
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WLWV Board Room: winter break of our of our typical length with students

725
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WLWV Board Room: Their last day of December seventeenth, returning to school

726
01:36:33.260 --> 01:36:35.180
WLWV Board Room: on January the third

727
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WLWV Board Room: we have our staff development days built into this calendar as well as our early release days. You'll note that there are 8 for all

728
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WLWV Board Room: grade levels, all levels, and then 12 at the primary level.

729
01:36:49.280 --> 01:36:57.910
WLWV Board Room: Of course, we have our primary and middle school conferences built into these calendars with spring break taking place in the last week of March.

730
01:36:58.590 --> 01:37:03.230
WLWV Board Room: Then our last day of school would be scheduled pending

731
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WLWV Board Room: you know, implement weather days, or or closures due to unforeseen circumstances

732
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WLWV Board Room: of June the eleventh. And then the last thing I would note is that you'll notice it's a slightly different format than years past, and that is

733
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WLWV Board Room: following feedback from our community from our staff. We wanted to simplify the calendar a little bit, make it a little easier to read.

734
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WLWV Board Room: knowing that families are most interested in is their school today, or is there not

735
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WLWV Board Room: so happy to answer any questions you might have.

736
01:37:33.700 --> 01:37:42.730
WLWV Board Room: All right, so I think we're in the same position where we could go ahead and get a motion in a second, and then see if there's discussion.

737
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WLWV Board Room: Approve the proposed 2,000 25,024 school calendar as presented.

738
01:37:52.280 --> 01:37:59.250
WLWV Board Room: All right, director. Why, it thanks for the motion, and by sure Thompson for the second. And then are there questions, or

739
01:38:02.500 --> 01:38:06.150
WLWV Board Room: it's? I guess the only thing this this thing has been cross-checked

740
01:38:07.230 --> 01:38:11.099
WLWV Board Room: across to make sure that we're not going to infringe upon

741
01:38:11.700 --> 01:38:12.969
WLWV Board Room: any

742
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WLWV Board Room: cultural holidays or things of the sort that maybe

743
01:38:19.060 --> 01:38:22.870
WLWV Board Room: we might not be aware of it. It's been cross-checked is what i'm asking, miss.

744
01:38:23.220 --> 01:38:27.659
WLWV Board Room: so so that's not an important policy, but we.

745
01:38:27.810 --> 01:38:34.640
WLWV Board Room: But so this is the calendar in front of you, and we can only account for in our board policy for Federal holidays.

746
01:38:46.020 --> 01:38:55.639
WLWV Board Room: That I've noticed the new format. I I think just I'll just say 2 things, and then i'm going to vote in favor of this one is that

747
01:38:55.650 --> 01:39:11.220
WLWV Board Room: the professional Development day, like I I I see that we're straddling like it's an early release. It's also professional development. It's, you know. That's why we do. The early releases. So our staff can come together and learn about adopting. You know how to apply new curriculum or instructional practices. So 150.

748
01:39:11.230 --> 01:39:30.869
WLWV Board Room: I just wanted to say that, and then also for the community just really being dialed into the last day of school might change. We've got the last day of school, but then, if we have snow days, you know. that means 6 or eighth grade promotion, ceremonies and things like that can change so just that's always an ongoing calendar discussion as well. So

749
01:39:32.880 --> 01:39:35.680
WLWV Board Room: if there's no further comments, I think we can take a vote.

750
01:39:38.670 --> 01:39:39.700
WLWV Board Room: Kelly Slope.

751
01:39:40.220 --> 01:39:48.250
WLWV Board Room: I, Louis Taylor, Chelsea King all right. Christy Thompson. Hi, Kirsten Wyatt. Thank you

752
01:39:49.960 --> 01:39:52.100
WLWV Board Room: all right, Thank you, Mr. Kelstrom.

753
01:39:53.180 --> 01:39:56.790
WLWV Board Room: And checking in with the board a week. Good.

754
01:39:57.300 --> 01:40:07.359
WLWV Board Room: You want to break yeah, you bad. so we'll take a brief recess and then be back in like 5 to 7 min, so that everybody else is sitting seated here again. All right.

755
01:40:13.030 --> 01:40:13.710
So

756
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WLWV Board Room: my mic is on.

757
01:40:19.370 --> 01:40:21.379
WLWV Board Room: Yeah, I did. I kept it. Yeah.

758
01:40:28.990 --> 01:40:37.500
WLWV Board Room: all right, Thank you. All right. Great to hear everybody enjoying some socializing. And we we did

759
01:40:38.000 --> 01:40:41.389
WLWV Board Room: so good the first part, and we'll just settle back into

760
01:40:41.630 --> 01:40:45.929
WLWV Board Room: being present for our work here, and the next item

761
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WLWV Board Room: is public comments

762
01:40:48.550 --> 01:40:50.820
WLWV Board Room: from residents.

763
01:40:50.960 --> 01:40:58.579
WLWV Board Room: from residents, and also those that are not directly related to the anything on the agenda. So

764
01:40:58.600 --> 01:41:14.260
WLWV Board Room: what we'll do is, i'll call forward the names on for folks that are residents, and are speaking to items that are on the agenda, and i'll just ask to confirm that you are a resident and then

765
01:41:14.540 --> 01:41:18.159
WLWV Board Room: we will move on to non-res, or then we'll move on to

766
01:41:18.320 --> 01:41:20.080
WLWV Board Room: we have someone on line

767
01:41:20.360 --> 01:41:25.099
WLWV Board Room: who is a resident, and who is speaking to something that's not on the agenda. So

768
01:41:25.260 --> 01:41:28.529
WLWV Board Room: per our process. I'll go to that person

769
01:41:31.120 --> 01:41:42.719
WLWV Board Room: after the folks who are here. Yeah. And then the people who are from out of the district will then go after him. So if I forget that, feel free to remind me, okay, Great

770
01:41:43.060 --> 01:41:46.290
WLWV Board Room: okay, so i'll read our

771
01:41:46.440 --> 01:41:48.040
WLWV Board Room: practices here.

772
01:41:48.810 --> 01:41:54.999
WLWV Board Room: and we do these to foster a climate of

773
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WLWV Board Room: understanding and

774
01:41:59.270 --> 01:42:00.880
WLWV Board Room: safety and security.

775
01:42:01.620 --> 01:42:17.840
WLWV Board Room: So thank you for taking time to be here to share with us your voice, and take part in informing us of your opinions, thoughts, and recommendations regarding district action. If you wish to make public comment, we already did that.

776
01:42:18.270 --> 01:42:37.799
WLWV Board Room: This is a time where we listen and collect information from you. so that's why we don't, I normally engage, and that's why. Often, you know, I don't usually even respond to folks who raise their hand, and so it's an opportunity really for us to to listen. It's not a it's not an opportunity for Dialogue or discourse. but know that we are listening.

777
01:42:37.810 --> 01:42:39.429
WLWV Board Room: And

778
01:42:39.820 --> 01:42:47.730
WLWV Board Room: if you are asking for specific information. Then just make that clear. What is the specific information that you're asking for, so someone can follow up with you.

779
01:42:49.610 --> 01:43:04.190
WLWV Board Room: This is not an opportunity to single out an individual district employee or students. We have a separate complaint process that is used. If you want to single out an individual. so if folks are being

780
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WLWV Board Room: named, and things of that nature, then I might need to interrupt you and ask you to follow a different process rather than naming individuals and complaining about them.

781
01:43:14.100 --> 01:43:26.099
WLWV Board Room: this is a chance for you to address us as your School board, not to address a larger audience that exists outside of the boardroom. So with that, we don't clap

782
01:43:26.250 --> 01:43:39.170
WLWV Board Room: or boo as to keep a certain decorum inside this space much like what we would ask our classrooms to be like. We wouldn't want students to be booed, and things like that. So that's what we follow here.

783
01:43:39.440 --> 01:43:40.930
WLWV Board Room: you get 3 min.

784
01:43:41.110 --> 01:43:58.869
WLWV Board Room: please keep your comments to 3 min. The handy timer might feel kind of like pressure, but it's actually just to help, you know that's time to wrap it up when you see yourself getting close to that into the 3 min, because I do have to apply the practices even handedly, which means i'm forced to interrupt you if you keep going.

785
01:43:58.880 --> 01:44:14.630
WLWV Board Room: and we have 45 min for public comment. and it is all aggregated. So the folks the gentleman who went first did use 3 min, and we'll just continue to move forward our process. counting those 45 min.

786
01:44:15.390 --> 01:44:17.769
WLWV Board Room: And

787
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WLWV Board Room: let's see here.

788
01:44:20.490 --> 01:44:28.989
WLWV Board Room: I think that that is it. You can always write us we have an inbox where we read your emails. And so that's also an avenue to get our attention.

789
01:44:29.450 --> 01:44:35.020
WLWV Board Room: So I think I nailed all those things, and i'll start calling folks up with

790
01:44:35.670 --> 01:44:37.170
WLWV Board Room: Kara Clark.

791
01:44:38.520 --> 01:44:44.589
WLWV Board Room: and I I assume Oregon City Boulevard is in the district.

792
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WLWV Board Room: Good evening, and thank you for the opportunity to speak today.

793
01:44:50.300 --> 01:44:55.270
WLWV Board Room: My name is Kara Clark and I have 2 elementary age kids in Wetland, Wilsonville School district.

794
01:44:55.440 --> 01:45:02.689
WLWV Board Room: I never thought i'd be in a position where I need to stand before you to beg for a school district to teach all children to read

795
01:45:03.070 --> 01:45:06.660
WLWV Board Room: as a parent. That seems like the bare minimum requirements of schools.

796
01:45:06.920 --> 01:45:25.980
WLWV Board Room: The Western, most Ofville district prides themselves on creating inclusive and equitable learning communities. We have a plan that focuses on school culture, environment, and behavior. However, there is no mention of curriculum and methodologies to ensure equal education opportunities to everyone.

797
01:45:26.160 --> 01:45:34.119
WLWV Board Room: If the curriculum is not effective enough, to allow 40, 40, 44% of children to read at grade level that should be a call to action.

798
01:45:35.760 --> 01:45:42.880
WLWV Board Room: Our universal curriculum should have the goal of being effective enough to have 95% of children successful, if not 100

799
01:45:43.060 --> 01:45:52.750
WLWV Board Room: by remaining complacent, and our reading scores over the last 20 years, we are setting a precedent of low expectations, and saying that we no longer expect our kids to read

800
01:45:52.890 --> 01:45:58.460
WLWV Board Room: 75% of kids who are not proficient in reading by the third grade will never catch up.

801
01:45:58.520 --> 01:46:04.770
WLWV Board Room: These children are at risk of not graduating from high school high unemployment and rates of incarceration.

802
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WLWV Board Room: Looking at organ, we know the children from lower socioeconomic backgrounds and minority populations are suffering from even lower levels of proficiency across the State.

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WLWV Board Room: I think it is time to start talking about how we are going to ensure true inclusivity and equity.

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WLWV Board Room: I am not going to try to convince you

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WLWV Board Room: about the benefits of the science of reading today.

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WLWV Board Room: There is no argument against the science of reading the research is there the science is there the evidence is there? What we have is an action gap.

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WLWV Board Room: We cannot fully address diversity, equity, and inclusion without adopting a curriculum that can also guarantee those same rights to literacy.

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WLWV Board Room: We need to focus on our K 5 curriculum adoption on ensuring equal access to literacy

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WLWV Board Room: by moving to scientifically proven methods and leaving behind the old cultural ideas and theories about education that have not served our children well.

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WLWV Board Room: Our district cannot make progress without a strong and brave administration that is willing to do the hard work.

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WLWV Board Room: We are asking for courageous and respectful conversations.

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WLWV Board Room: and i'm hoping someone in this room will take action

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WLWV Board Room: and be my hero in the story.

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WLWV Board Room: We have been complacent and low expectations for too long.

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WLWV Board Room: and children have paid the price.

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WLWV Board Room: and I just want to say personally that

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WLWV Board Room: I have another child who will be entering the school district in 2 years, and I have to make the decision, if I want and trust you

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WLWV Board Room: with my third child.

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WLWV Board Room: And at this point in time I would do anything if I had the money to put all of my kids in the schools outside the district. Thank you

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WLWV Board Room: for the

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WLWV Board Room: Kara Clark. Oh, sir, i'm sorry i'm not going to be able to take comments from the audience. I, sir, if you, as I will gabble, close this meeting, if I continue to get clapping or comments from the audience.

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WLWV Board Room: the this is the a meeting for this school board of the Directors, and we are the ones who do the points of order.

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WLWV Board Room: thank you, Kara Clark. We will move on to Tricia, Britain.

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WLWV Board Room: Good evening, Superintendent Ludwig and Borden Bummers, and thank you for your time. We are here in our third month, with the consistent message in a salon foundation, one create a policy for reviewing books prior to purchasing and placing them in district libraries.

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WLWV Board Room: 2 create an oversight committee for library books with both administrators and parents, and 3 remove the explicit books that have been found in school libraries. Our reasons for these requests are simple. It's not a myth that children's innocence should be protected. Stop exposing children to unnecessary uneducational sexual books, and protect them from harm and potential triggers 150,

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as you've already been told, a sexually viewed sixth grade. A sixth grader was given one of these books by an older student, and no, it didn't sit quietly on the shelves.

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WLWV Board Room: Breaking down the natural walls that children are supposed to have is what sexual abusers do, Having these books available to children is not natural, and it's not inspiring. It's not beautiful, and it's nothing to laugh out loud about.

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WLWV Board Room: and it's certainly not a coming of age issue that children need to be seen and porn the impact of adult sexual content on children can bring lifelong damage trauma, and can be irreversible. And, by the way, sexual abusers do not accept accountability, nor do they care about what impact they are having on a child. Just a thought to consider.

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WLWV Board Room: District leaders and administration have stated one reason to keep these sexually explicit books and libraries, and it's because of Literacy so pornographic books are literacy. Well, then, that may explain why 44% of Wesley wills about third graders are not meeting State grade, level, benchmarks for reading and Westland Wilsonville is using unscientific and failed meeting curriculum

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WLWV Board Room: foundationally this is about parents and community members expressing concern over district leadership and the well-being of their children. They're asking to remove obscene and pornographic books that remain in your district libraries. It's pretty simple. According to the State Library of Oregon State and Development Services, the book gender queer, has been removed from several organ libraries.

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WLWV Board Room: Now, while this book is not in our district libraries, it's the same source that you have been starting that you use the American Library Association, and they gave this book a positive review similar to all 9 books in question. This goes to prove that these resources you are using are not reliable, but one resource that has stood the test of time to be most reliable for what is important for their child is a parent.

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WLWV Board Room: Your current review process for formal complaints consists of a full review of the book rather than out of context passages. How many sentences, pages, or paragraphs of inappropriate sexual content? Content? Are you going to consider before it's out of context?

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WLWV Board Room: One? Is it ever going to be considered in context and part of the story? Here's an easy calculation. There should be 0 sentences, pages, or paragraphs available in public school libraries, referencing, sucking Dick. You know, pussy team boys jacking off into mountain do bottles and drinking their come watching Dad's coral videos dry, humping repeatedly, using the F word referencing team boys penises as lunch.

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WLWV Board Room: speaking of rape as if it's central and casual, and images of naked women with their legs spread open, fingering herself while saying, I want a honeymoon myself.

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WLWV Board Room: Don't, make this hard. Remove these books. Thank you

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WLWV Board Room: all right, Julie Fraser.

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WLWV Board Room: Hi, I'm, Julie Fraser and i'm a resident of Westland. I had a statement planned until a friend of mine sent me a blog post a couple of days ago

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WLWV Board Room: that I felt was more relevant.

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WLWV Board Room: I have handed you a copy of this blog post by Timothy Shanahan, who is a distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois, at Chicago.

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I'm going to share an argument that stirs up the most emotion in me when considering foundational reading skills.

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WLWV Board Room: Shanahan writes his thoughts on the statement: there are many ways to teach reading.

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WLWV Board Room: while many of the critics have been willing to concede the value of explicit, decoding instruction. Others seem to defend its neglect.

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WLWV Board Room: Their claim is that this reporting is off base, since there are many ways to teach reading.

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WLWV Board Room: In other words, in their opinion, teaching 3 queuing is as effective as teaching phonics.

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WLWV Board Room: and either choice is equally supportable.

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WLWV Board Room: Those arguments may appear to deserve 4 stars for affability and reasonability.

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WLWV Board Room: but only if you're willing to ignore the research

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WLWV Board Room: studies showed that explicit phonemic awareness and phonics instruction consistently provide a learning advantage.

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WLWV Board Room: There are no such studies supporting 3 healing

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WLWV Board Room: studies show that activation of visual and phonological centers in the brain. When we're reading.

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WLWV Board Room: they don't reveal similar activation, and that would suggest 3 queuing

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WLWV Board Room: readers do sometimes guess words.

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WLWV Board Room: there could be damage pages, reader, distraction, lack of decoding ability.

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WLWV Board Room: But this is more evident with poor readers than good ones.

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WLWV Board Room: Usually we strive to teach students to emulate proficiency.

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WLWV Board Room: I want my kids to try to go like Tiger Woods, not some old Decker, who can't get even get on the green

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WLWV Board Room: 3 queuing is the only instance I can think of that as students to pair it low success, performance rather than proficiency.

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WLWV Board Room: There are many ways to teach reading.

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WLWV Board Room: It is so history, however, to pretend that these ways are all equal.

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WLWV Board Room: Phonics provides a clear advantage

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WLWV Board Room: to those who claim that we need different styles of teaching, decoding example, pictures, and context.

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WLWV Board Room: Since all children are different, show me the research

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WLWV Board Room: until such research is available. I'm. Willing to follow this claim to its logical conclusion.

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WLWV Board Room: Let's say that i'm willing to entertain the idea that all children learn differently.

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WLWV Board Room: If that is the case, then why aren't these critics up in arms about programs that emit or minimize phonics?

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WLWV Board Room: Even that research has found such emissions to be especially harmful to our most vulnerable children.

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WLWV Board Room: All children deserve to learn how to read.

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WLWV Board Room: All right, Christine Garcia.

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WLWV Board Room: Good evening, Everyone and thank you for the opportunity to speak today. My name is Christine Garcia. I live in Wilsonville, and I have a child at Lowry Primary School.

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WLWV Board Room: I've watched board meetings virtually in the past. But given recent topics and public comments, I feel the need to be more of an active participant.

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WLWV Board Room: I would like to briefly speak to some of the concerns presented by the organ Moms, you and and other members of the community

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WLWV Board Room: attacking our librarians and school board members. Over the presence of several award-winning books in our school is not where we should be spending our time and energy.

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WLWV Board Room: Many comments remained at the last meeting, about wanting to keep politics out of school. Yes, these. Yet these complaints seem increasingly political

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WLWV Board Room: to address the most specific issue of suggesting we ban books due to them being pornographic. The definition that was shared at the last meeting

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WLWV Board Room: kind of glossed over the fact that an item is considered pornographic if it is meant to incite arousal or intended to cause sexual excitement.

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WLWV Board Room: The

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WLWV Board Room: Just because a book contains content regarding rape, sexual abuse, nudity, masturbation, sex or Lgbtq plus relationships does not mean that that material is intended to incite arousal.

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WLWV Board Room: You may consider these books too graphic for your children, but not everyone feels the same, and that does not make it illegal.

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WLWV Board Room: The Oregon Moms Union posted a quote following a Children's book, drive that read because readers today make leaders tomorrow, yet they're trying to ban books

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WLWV Board Room: books which are not required reading, but simply available.

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WLWV Board Room: Also, I think it's naive to assume that these books are going to be some sort of shocking and corrupting influence on our kids when a good many of them will already be sexually acted by the end of high school. Statistically around 35 to 40% by age 18.

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WLWV Board Room: Let's try to refocus on what we can do to actually make a difference in our kids education.

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WLWV Board Room: I think that working together with our school Board teachers and educational partners to catch up our kids and create equitable learning opportunities is incredibly important right now

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WLWV Board Room: telling our librarians and school Board members that doing their jobs is illegal, and that they don't care about our children is not helping our kids or improving our learning experience.

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WLWV Board Room: since it is actually a School Board appreciation month.

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WLWV Board Room: I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the School Board members for your hard work for our district

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WLWV Board Room: and for their patients and grace in listening to our community.

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WLWV Board Room: You have sacrificed your time with your own families to serve, and that does not go unnoticed

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WLWV Board Room: as the current Pta President, a lowry primary. I've spent a lot of time this year connecting with our teachers school counselors, principal and the family empowerment center. Believe me when I say they all want the best for our kids and just need our support. Let's do that and spend more time listening to them, please. We have work to do.

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WLWV Board Room: Lawrence Nelson.

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WLWV Board Room: Thank you. I want to first apologize. I misunderstood the way the curriculum was to, or the agenda was to be running. And that's why I raised my hand and interjected.

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WLWV Board Room: I'm here today as a practicing physician neurologist who's cared for brain injured patients for the last 40 years.

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WLWV Board Room: and what we know about brain injury or concussion, as it's more late termed called, is that

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WLWV Board Room: you can be concussed physically, mentally, emotionally.

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WLWV Board Room: and it will have a very similar effect on the

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WLWV Board Room: brain and on our central nervous system, our immune system, all of which detract from our ability to be and become totally who we are designed to become.

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WLWV Board Room: and interference such as things that would cause confusion in children actually cause concussion or brain injury to those children, and it's been shown time and time again. 150

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WLWV Board Room: consequences in reading Consequences and behavior consequences in difficulty and maintaining social relationships. And what is i'm hearing today is that you are proposing to continue to concuss these children with these.

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WLWV Board Room: What I feel are outlandish unsubstantiated, undocumented on peer-reviewed

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WLWV Board Room: scientific

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WLWV Board Room: documentation that

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WLWV Board Room: serving another agenda other than the best interests of our children.

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WLWV Board Room: Now I have meant a number of you and i'm going to speak to you as well, because we formally did have the opportunity to see who was speaking to us.

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WLWV Board Room: But this is going to continue to damage the Psyches of our children and interfere with the growth and productivity of these kids as they continue it to age.

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WLWV Board Room: As I was a couple of years ago under started, I. Could you please follow the process that we like following the process. Don't interrupt. My time. Is that hand here, please You've interrupted me and been ruined. And now i'd like to speak my mind. You want to stop me. Yeah. And if you could speak to us, i'm speaking to the whole crowd, and you've taken away the opportunity for the rest of us to see one another, and that's not okay. So I will do as I had. Thank you, and I have 4 more or one more minute left.

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WLWV Board Room: I I took time to go in, so you are not following our process, which is that you are here to speak to us. So if you don't need the microphone I don't need to do. Then you can speak to us, or I can.

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WLWV Board Room: All right, sir. I'm going to call a recess, so we can reconvene in a more dignified fashion.

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WLWV Board Room: I'm going to open this meeting back up

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WLWV Board Room: and I have a couple board members up here who'd like to say something.

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WLWV Board Room: Well, I just want to say, I think

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WLWV Board Room: many of you have seen many times, and I think that I've always voted to extend public comment. 100% of the time, and I love to hear

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WLWV Board Room: all of you, whether I agree with you or I don't

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WLWV Board Room: it. It actually helps me to learn things that I didn't learn, which is how I ended up at Edison talking to other directors and board members

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WLWV Board Room: about things that I wasn't aware of. So

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WLWV Board Room: I do know that it was brought to my attention that you did used to be on the screen, and

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WLWV Board Room: if you remember one of the things that Chair King said as a part of board, policy and etiquette

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WLWV Board Room: was that

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WLWV Board Room: this is not an an opportunity for you to grandstand or talk to the community. And what ends up happening.

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WLWV Board Room: whether I agree with it or I don't.

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WLWV Board Room: I don't care if you hold up a sign. Personally, it's not me. But the rule is, you don't get the grandstand. So when you hold up signs.

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WLWV Board Room: you have community members who are sitting at home

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WLWV Board Room: seeing no signs. And so that's a form of grandstanding, which is why they remove the ability to see the speaker.

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WLWV Board Room: so you can't see the speaker

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WLWV Board Room: because of your behavior in your actions. And so, if you could just simply follow the rule on not grandstanding, you can be up on the screen.

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WLWV Board Room: I've been called out for my behavior on.

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WLWV Board Room: or facial expression, or having a hot mic, and so I know what it feels like for that community to say something, because I am held to the same

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WLWV Board Room: standard that we are asking you to be held to, and they can look at you and tell you I've had to apologize. Okay. So i'm no different than you.

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WLWV Board Room: So if you want everybody to speak, if you want us to continue to have grace

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WLWV Board Room: extend time. All we're asking for is, if you could just keep a little bit of order

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WLWV Board Room: and be an example

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WLWV Board Room: of how you would want someone to extend that grace back to you. So

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WLWV Board Room: I asked if we could put the speaker back up on the screen. But we can't do that if we're going to have signs.

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WLWV Board Room: and people at home are going to be calling in and complaining. Does that make sense? So

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WLWV Board Room: we're not gonna we're not gonna I'm. Just giving you an opportunity to have people be on the screen. What you do with that information from this point forward will be on you. I am not the chair. I have no control over what this chair decides to do. So if she shuts the meeting down, you had an opportunity.

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WLWV Board Room: Okay, I i'm trying to help you, because I want to hear you. Thank you. And I know by sure Thompson wants to say something. Yeah, I was just gonna you know we do put these policies in place, and we do them because

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WLWV Board Room: A. We want to hear what you have to say, and we feel like these policies give us that best opportunity. And as Director Taylor said, all of you here know that I have always motioned to hear what you have to say, and i'm willing to stay here until 2 and 3 in the morning.

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WLWV Board Room: because I do care, and that is why i'm on this board and this. That is why I spend so much time in this work.

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WLWV Board Room: but there are things that we have to have policies for out of fairness for everybody, and just to make sure that things go as they do. And so one of those policies is that

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WLWV Board Room: the public comment. Time is for addressing the board and not the audience.

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WLWV Board Room: so that's just that reminder that we do want you speaking to us, and and and

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WLWV Board Room: you know whether that's a good policy or not, we do need to abide by these policies, or we change them. But if we allow someone not to abide by the policy.

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WLWV Board Room: then it becomes the slippery slope of what we let you, but not them. And and so, anyway, just out of fairness, and just know each one of us are up here. because we

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WLWV Board Room: do care. I mean.

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WLWV Board Room: I I take every email that you write to me personally. I I take. I read every word you write to us. I know we all do, and I really do care, and I really do want to hear, and I don't ever want to not have the opportunity to listen to all of you.

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WLWV Board Room: I hope you know that, and I hope that that has been demonstrated so. you know, if you could just abide by this. Then we don't have to go through that. So

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WLWV Board Room: thank you. I'm sorry, but we are not going to be taking comments from the audience. This is a school board meeting. It is for the Board of Directors. If I get one more hollering out from this audience, I will close this meeting you just had every

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WLWV Board Room: 3 board members. That is a quorum. Tell you to follow these practices. Let's try this again next time I use this gavel it is to close this meeting. Lawrence Nelson, you have a minute and 4 s

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WLWV Board Room: listening to Ms. Wyatt's. comments during the director meeting I was with you 100% all the way up to where there would never be a book removed from your library.

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WLWV Board Room: And yet here's a book called gender, and i'll read you. Gender is like outer space, because there is many ways to be different. Genders is, there are stars in the sky. Each person is different, and that is cool. Well, that's not science. That's not genetics. That's not anything I know about medicine.

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WLWV Board Room: and if this is a book that you would not remove. That concerns me

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WLWV Board Room: greatly.

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WLWV Board Room: I will close with this.

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WLWV Board Room: Whoever shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it would be better for him that a millstone was hanged about his neck, and that he was drowned in the depths of the sea.

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WLWV Board Room: Thank you.

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WLWV Board Room: So another thing. I just want to remind everybody of is the fact that i'm not singling out individuals. And not only does that refer to students and to our staff members, but it also does refer to my fellow board members as well.

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WLWV Board Room: Thank you.

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WLWV Board Room: Karen Salveti.

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WLWV Board Room: Those are part. I don't want this to take my time, Kelly, Those are

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for this.

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Yeah.

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Okay?

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WLWV Board Room: Well, my name is Karen Salvetti and I live here in West Lynn and I'm pretty new to the district. We just move here in July.

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WLWV Board Room: I have spoken at this my third Board meeting. I have filed one formal complaint before that. Kelly hung on to and

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WLWV Board Room: from October until I think almost December. So that is why I wanted to present this one in person, so that everybody was here, and aware that I am turning in a formal written complaint, and it is going to everybody at the same time

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WLWV Board Room: mit ctl. And so my complaint is not one against a specific individual in the district, but one against the absence of a policy in the district. I am asking for a constant committee to create policy and procedure for books, and then to review the books that we currently have and future books one

966
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WLWV Board Room: about book banning, as it seems to be portrayed.

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WLWV Board Room: It is about guiding children's education. Our public schools are not here to guide children's or adult sexual desires and foul language. Our school libraries should not be where they go to find these topics.

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WLWV Board Room: There's public libraries in Amazon. If student and parents find those book topics appropriate within their homes.

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WLWV Board Room: I appreciate the Review Board for the 8 books, or maybe 9. I think it was 8 said about that have been presented to you.

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WLWV Board Room: But we need to review the books before they get in our children's hands, Not after my daughter is one that has a restriction on her account, and one of the books of the complaint ended up in her hand by another student who doesn't have a restriction on their account.

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WLWV Board Room: Currently, the only thing that is in process or policy for choosing books in our school libraries is the school librarian.

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WLWV Board Room: The librarians place an emphasis on reviews from school, library, journal, and common sense media. I tried looking up 2 books that have been in discussion lately at district meetings on these 2 websites, just to see what the reviews were. The book, Milk and honey did not show up on either website

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WLWV Board Room: the book heartstopper Volume 2 did not come up on common sense media, but was shown on the School Library journal site. This site had no parent reviews, Only the only review was of a woman with an Ma in popular culture studying online fandom, and was previously webmaster for DC. Comments.

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WLWV Board Room: I'm not sure how this qualifies her to choose books for our children.

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WLWV Board Room: Our schools do have policies in place regarding what students can, where words students can use and displays of affection students can do.

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WLWV Board Room: specifically, we ask that clothing not display images or words that are inappropriate for a school environment. Rosemont Ridge also says: Affectionate physical contact is not appropriate for the workplace and middle school. This includes handholding, hugging, and kissing 100.

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WLWV Board Room: you cannot use vulgar language on the bus. Why, I appreciate these policies that are written, and I am happy to see them. Those policies are complete. Opposite from the books that are being chosen by our school librarians. These books are full of words that are inappropriate.

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WLWV Board Room: full of it, wildly inappropriate, effectual physical contact way beyond hugging and kissing and wildly nasty, vulgar language, so the students can't wear it on their shirt, but they can read it in their books.

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Thank you.

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WLWV Board Room: Brea Lee.

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WLWV Board Room: Hello!

982
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WLWV Board Room: I live in the area. I was asked by your parents to come and speak.

983
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WLWV Board Room: I've been seeing what's been happening in organ for a long time.

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WLWV Board Room: I'm a transsexual woman.

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WLWV Board Room: That is also homosexual as and I have relationships. The same sex by biological sex standards.

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WLWV Board Room: What's happening in today's schools is a gross over correction

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WLWV Board Room: completely and utterly.

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WLWV Board Room: If parents want to buy their children these books, that's one thing.

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WLWV Board Room: but that's also a different conversation, some of them available in the school.

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WLWV Board Room: It is an over correction.

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WLWV Board Room: The kids want to buy them themselves and raise the money.

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WLWV Board Room: That's fine.

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WLWV Board Room: As long as they're within the right age limit to do that

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WLWV Board Room: school should be more focused on education, math literacy.

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WLWV Board Room: recognizing manipulative behaviors.

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WLWV Board Room: coding as in computer coding, c. We're not trying to help kids for the future.

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WLWV Board Room: and

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WLWV Board Room: maybe even change the tire and bounce a checkbook.

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WLWV Board Room: How many people I seen that couldn't change their own tire when they get stranded, not teaching kids how to actually function in a today society. We're not.

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WLWV Board Room: In our previous meeting

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WLWV Board Room: up

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WLWV Board Room: you mentioned at a previous meeting.

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WLWV Board Room: Parents can have or have their kids bar from reading these books or checking these books out.

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WLWV Board Room: What policies in place to prevent those kids from handing them over and having another kid. Just circumvent your entire system.

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WLWV Board Room: It doesn't need to be in schools. Gender ideology, and queer theory do not

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WLWV Board Room: need to be in schools at all

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WLWV Board Room: as a homosexual transsexual, I can assure you. Lgbtq kids will self-identify in spite of others

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WLWV Board Room: just be accepting of them and compassionate

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WLWV Board Room: educate them no differently than you and any other student.

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WLWV Board Room: Why is characters in children's books?

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WLWV Board Room: Or why is it that characters in children's books can't just be normal characters that happen to be gay.

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WLWV Board Room: Why do they have to show them how gay they really are?

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WLWV Board Room: It makes no point to me.

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WLWV Board Room: I'm not asking for that.

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WLWV Board Room: I know these parents aren't either.

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WLWV Board Room: let alone all the the information. The Lgbtq community that gets pushed. Gender ideology is nonsensical.

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WLWV Board Room: and it drives me crazy that we have these unrealistic UN based information going out.

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WLWV Board Room: Tell me, you guys are educators.

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WLWV Board Room: What is sex?

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WLWV Board Room: Is it about Karyotype?

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WLWV Board Room: It's not. It's about gamut gamut pathways in the Sry gene

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WLWV Board Room: has nothing to do with that. It's about gamuts.

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WLWV Board Room: What's in between a sperm and an egg.

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WLWV Board Room: because the spike is just a fertilized egg.

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WLWV Board Room: There is no third gender has somebody with a Dsd. Or disorder of sexual development.

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WLWV Board Room: i'm aware.

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Thank you.

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WLWV Board Room: Dean, sir.

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WLWV Board Room: So good evening Chair King and board members. My name is Dean, sir. I'm from West Lynn. and i'm here to speak to you about the operander fields sales situation. The ask you, is to close the up and lander transaction per the sales agreement, and do it now 150.

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WLWV Board Room: I'm a president of the friends of Up and Landers, the organization and the gathering of thousands, 2,500 by name, and 6,600 by or 66% of the voters at the last bond measure

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WLWV Board Room: mit Ctl. And that are in support of this transaction, concluding where the property is transferred, sold to the city of Westland, the district, to my knowledge, to our knowledge, has not negotiated a good faith, one

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WLWV Board Room: mit

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WLWV Board Room: mit ctl.

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WLWV Board Room: as they look at the summary judgment, and if we if there's no settlement heading off into trial Mid-year.

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WLWV Board Room: Westland taxpayers are your constituents, and so are the Wilsonville taxpayers.

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WLWV Board Room: Mit Ctl and Westland residents, as I said earlier, voted 66, point 5, 7, 2 to one, exactly 2 to one in favor with our checkbooks of paying for that property. We're not just saying we want. We're actually putting our checkbooks out with that 150

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WLWV Board Room: Wilsonville residents who some have said have the most to lose in this transaction. They're your constituents as well, and they should be concerned that if West Lynn is being treated this way, that eventually, at some point, this may happen to them as well, no matter whose name is on the property up, and Lander is owned for the benefit of the public

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WLWV Board Room: Mit.

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WLWV Board Room: We also make campaign against board members, expecting to return to their seats, depending on how that transaction turns out.

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WLWV Board Room: no matter whose name is on the property up, and Lander is owned by the taxpayers and the citizens, your caretakers of that property. We understand the process of investing in property and selling excess property. But you have signed a contract to to to sell that property, and and this is within the balance of that 250.

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WLWV Board Room: We don't believe the school district is acting in good faith, and we hold you to a higher standard because you're in the education side of this equation. We expect you to set a good example for our students. I see one young lady in the back. If I had more time, I would explain to her in in in very succinct terms that basically you made a promise. And you're walking away from that promise, and the lawyers may be satisfied with why you're doing that. But we want you to complete that transaction. We're going to keep the attention on that.

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Thank you.

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WLWV Board Room: Gregory. Nova.

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WLWV Board Room: we're not clapping clapping or booing after People give comments in this boardroom. Thank you.

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WLWV Board Room: Gregory Novak.

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WLWV Board Room: Good evening. Thank you for the opportunity to address you. I'm also here to talk about the off thelender field situation.

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WLWV Board Room: i'm a 19 year resident of Westland

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WLWV Board Room: my family. Well, my mother, my children, I moved here in 2,000

1049
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WLWV Board Room: mit ctl and 4, and we chose Westland over a lot of places we looked. We literally look for 6 months in the Greater Portland Metro area for home, 150

1050
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WLWV Board Room: erez agmoni. We chose Westland for a number of reasons. One of them was the quality of the schools and their reputation. The other one was the quality of the lifestyle, and the fact that it differed from communities like Beaverton and Tiger, and clack a miss, and that it didn't have 150,

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WLWV Board Room: you know, every square foot of its if it's a land consumed by homes. The traffic was much more manageable. It was much quieter in the in the night time, hours, and these are all reasons why you know, I think Westland shines as a place to live in the Greater Portland Metro area 150

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WLWV Board Room: When I think about up and Lander field, which I've known, you know, since we moved here, I actually coach my son's soccer team there for years. that is not

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WLWV Board Room: in my mind.

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WLWV Board Room: Piece of land that the school district should be looking at as an opportunity to sell their developer to

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WLWV Board Room: Mit

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WLWV Board Room: and my understanding of the contract, and the and all the events that led up to where we are today was that the school and the city, and obviously by the bond vote. The the residents who should have the loudest vote had agreed that that should become a park, and it should be permanently preserved in that status.

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WLWV Board Room: My more recent understanding is that the Board is now saying, No, we don't want to honor the contract. That was the premise for the vote last year, and we want to 8 and a half 1 billion dollars for that land which everyone has agreed going back a year ago is nowhere near its value as parklands.

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WLWV Board Room: So my public comment is that

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WLWV Board Room: the school district should be looking at this under the original premise, that the land was put there, and they should be reflecting on what's good for the community and the kids that live in the community. I can tell you that 8 years ago it was difficult to get practice facilities for the soccer team and the baseball teams. We often had to practice late into the dark, because we couldn't get time slots to allow the kids to practice earlier. That was 8 years ago. The population is clearly gone up, and there's less open land today than there was

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WLWV Board Room: mit ctl. And so my ask is that we looked at what's good for the long-term community we try to keep Westland the place that it was that has brought people here, and that the school district honor the spirit of that at whatever number you end up selling the land 250.

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WLWV Board Room: Thank you.

1062
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WLWV Board Room: Richard Ellis.

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WLWV Board Room: Hello! I live in Westland. I've lived there about 20 years now.

1064
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WLWV Board Room: and I just recently heard about the open Lander

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WLWV Board Room: change in direction, and I just want to say that you know I think the voters clearly

1066
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WLWV Board Room: let there will be known in May.

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WLWV Board Room: You made a commitment, and now you're trying to renegotiate.

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WLWV Board Room: and

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WLWV Board Room: I find it very frustrating that there's also the possibility that this renegotiation could lead the property to a private purchase more house developments.

1070
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WLWV Board Room: I just really feel that you made a commitment

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WLWV Board Room: and that you should follow that commitment.

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Thank you.

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WLWV Board Room: Michael

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Snook.

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Hmm.

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WLWV Board Room: Hello! Thank you. My name's Michael I'm. In Westland, and got a daughter in high school there.

1077
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WLWV Board Room: What I want to talk about today was

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WLWV Board Room: this recently issued guidance supporting gender expansive students. This came out last Thursday from the or Department of Education.

1079
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WLWV Board Room: reading through it. There's a section in here that's kind of concerning to me. It's on page 14,

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WLWV Board Room: section, one, D. And this is what this says

1081
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WLWV Board Room: to the extent possible. Schools should refrain from revealing information about a student's gender identity even to parents, caregivers, and other school administrators without permission from the student.

1082
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WLWV Board Room: It goes on to say, down below school districts should work closely with

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WLWV Board Room: the student, and if appropriate

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WLWV Board Room: the student's parent or caregiver in devising a supportive plan regarding the confidentiality of the students gender identity. And so I guess

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WLWV Board Room: what I would ask the board to think about is some sort of

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WLWV Board Room: maybe a policy on on how you're going to deal with that as a parent. What I would like to know is.

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WLWV Board Room: or the administrators, the teachers and the counselors of the school district going to will willfully withhold information about children from their parents.

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WLWV Board Room: I think that's a it's a pretty easy yes or no question. I'd like

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WLWV Board Room: to have some guidance on that, as a parent, and i'm sure future parents would also like to know

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WLWV Board Room: is the school district. I'm going to enroll my kid.

1091
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WLWV Board Room: Are the administrators, teachers, counselors, going to willfully, with all the information

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WLWV Board Room: for me, the parent.

1093
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WLWV Board Room: and here it says, Well.

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WLWV Board Room: they'll be on a case by case based. I I think that's kind of a cop out. I think that it's a pretty easy. Yes or no question Either

1095
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WLWV Board Room: the school district's gonna withhold information from parents

1096
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WLWV Board Room: or not. So I just ask you to consider that

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WLWV Board Room: No, this is new, but just something that I would.

1098
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WLWV Board Room: There's a apparently some guidance on. So thank you

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WLWV Board Room: all right. That closes the

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WLWV Board Room: portion where folks who live in the district and are present.

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WLWV Board Room: and they're not speaking to an agenda item. Have an opportunity to address the Board

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WLWV Board Room: and

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WLWV Board Room: I know we have someone coming in remotely.

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WLWV Board Room: and I assume they understand the practices I've listened to it. So.

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WLWV Board Room: looking at you, Curtis, to bring them in.

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WLWV Board Room: I do believe it's just audio and no video when coming in remotely. Yeah.

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Dale Blanchard: Whose name did you call?

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WLWV Board Room: Can you hear me?

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Dale Blanchard: My name is in Curtis.

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WLWV Board Room: Okay, there you are, Dale Blanchard. Go ahead. You're on! Go ahead.

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WLWV Board Room: and you're a resident of Westland, I believe.

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Dale Blanchard: Yes, that's right. for the record. My name is Dale Blanchard. I live in Westland.

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Dale Blanchard: I've lived in the Mohammed Valley my entire life in Westland for the last 35 years.

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Dale Blanchard: Both of my kids attended K through 12 in our public schools and graduated from Westland High School

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Dale Blanchard: regarding the OP. And Lander property. I am disappointed. I'm frustrated. I thought we had already figured this out.

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Dale Blanchard: We had a written sales agreement for a negotiated compromise price.

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Dale Blanchard: We passed a bond measure to cover the cost. Now i'm not sure what the district backed out of the deal and filed a lawsuit against the city.

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Dale Blanchard: I don't know. I just want to cover a few points in the time that I have

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Dale Blanchard: one

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Dale Blanchard: you are not running a for-profit corporation. The school district is a local government entity that serves the public

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Dale Blanchard: the people who live here.

1122
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Dale Blanchard: Your mission is to provide an education system or what you call a learning community for our kids.

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Dale Blanchard: The people who live here, the people who elected you to represent us and provide guidance to this local government agency.

1124
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Dale Blanchard: Next.

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Dale Blanchard: we already own this property.

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Dale Blanchard: The district purchased the property in 1,973, at a cost of $40,000

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Dale Blanchard: at that point. In time

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Dale Blanchard: the residents of Westman made up a little over 80% of the district's population.

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Dale Blanchard: I might make the argument that the city of Westland already owns all but 19% of this property.

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Dale Blanchard: Anyway.

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Dale Blanchard: it's the height of absurdity to be fighting

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Dale Blanchard: to buy this part that we already bought a long time ago

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Dale Blanchard: final.

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Dale Blanchard: We.

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Dale Blanchard: the people who live here, the residents who elected you to represent us. We want this open space to remain a park and recreation facility forever.

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Dale Blanchard: Somewhere that kids can play sports. The dogs can run, the neighbors can walk and talk.

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Dale Blanchard: The last thing we need in Westland is some more huge houses too close to each other.

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Dale Blanchard: I thought we had this figured out

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Dale Blanchard: you're not leading a for-profit corporation.

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Dale Blanchard: please complete the sale according to the agreement we already arranged.

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Dale Blanchard: maybe even put it on the agenda for your next meeting.

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Dale Blanchard: Thank you

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WLWV Board Room: all right that, concludes the folks who signed up for virtual comment.

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WLWV Board Room: and then, being told, we have another person who is a citizen of Westland Wilsonville resident.

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who.

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WLWV Board Room: as adding their name.

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WLWV Board Room: the folks speaking to items not on the agenda.

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WLWV Board Room: I'll wait for that one

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WLWV Board Room: and

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WLWV Board Room: If you wrote your name down, then you're the person.

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WLWV Board Room: Come on up and state your name and

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WLWV Board Room: get you 3 min.

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Okay.

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WLWV Board Room: My name is Jennifer Jackson.

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WLWV Board Room: This is all new to me.

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WLWV Board Room: and what you guys have been through

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WLWV Board Room: in this

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WLWV Board Room: process

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WLWV Board Room: before I put on a you

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WLWV Board Room: having to hear what you have, your your constituents.

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WLWV Board Room: Yeah. Okay. Sorry.

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WLWV Board Room: Sorry. I'm so nervous. I've never done this before.

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WLWV Board Room: I've never been that before.

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WLWV Board Room: so i'm a 30 year resident of Westland.

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WLWV Board Room: I raised my children there

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WLWV Board Room: even before I had from. I always always

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WLWV Board Room: valued education, and always voted for your bonds

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WLWV Board Room: and up, and then it was always such a special place for us.

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WLWV Board Room: Once they had.

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WLWV Board Room: because they played soccer there.

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WLWV Board Room: We had picnics there.

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WLWV Board Room: slide kites there, and I know a motion is not what you want to hear. You want to hear. Fax.

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WLWV Board Room: But what I know is that what is this value

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WLWV Board Room: is value money.

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WLWV Board Room: or is value what

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WLWV Board Room: is served to the community.

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WLWV Board Room: and I know this field

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WLWV Board Room: serve so much to the community.

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WLWV Board Room: and I understand

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WLWV Board Room: the School Board needs to have land banking. They need to have money, then provide

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WLWV Board Room: schools for the generations to come.

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WLWV Board Room: I understand that. But

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WLWV Board Room: this park has had adds so much value to the community

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WLWV Board Room: with

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WLWV Board Room: open space

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WLWV Board Room: just memories.

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WLWV Board Room: There's a baseball field that is accurate at, because they made traffic be a problem sometimes.

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WLWV Board Room: But now I understand that those kids

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WLWV Board Room: truly

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WLWV Board Room: love that field, and people from all over come over to play in that field.

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WLWV Board Room: And so that's where I'm coming from.

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WLWV Board Room: I'm coming from. There's value in terms of monetary gains

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WLWV Board Room: which

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WLWV Board Room: I don't understand. The whole, you know city stuff and everything you're going through, because 120,000 was like totally unacceptable. I totally don't accept that at all.

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WLWV Board Room: I want to give you more money.

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WLWV Board Room: But at the same time

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WLWV Board Room: I would like to think that you guys would understand where we, as citizens of West Lens, are coming from that, have you that that open space and want to work with you?

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WLWV Board Room: And all i'm imploring you to do is work with the city of Westland to come up with a really

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WLWV Board Room: good

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WLWV Board Room: deal

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WLWV Board Room: that benefits you.

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WLWV Board Room: but also benefits

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WLWV Board Room: us of West Lynn

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WLWV Board Room: that truly loves that open space and everything it has provided us

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WLWV Board Room: for all the years that has been there.

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WLWV Board Room: So i'm sorry i'm being emotional, but

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WLWV Board Room: i'm just truly speaking from the heart.

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WLWV Board Room: I just really want you to understand that I want you to work together with the city of West Lynn.

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WLWV Board Room: to come together with a good plan that benefits

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WLWV Board Room: everybody. Thank you.

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WLWV Board Room: I think that that concludes the portion

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WLWV Board Room: of people who live in the district. Yeah, okay. And we will move on to people who do not live in the district, and who who are not speaking to an item on the agenda, Marissa

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WLWV Board Room: depper.

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WLWV Board Room: or dipper.

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WLWV Board Room: Good evening. My name is Marissa Deppner and I graduated from Cambridge High School last year in June of 2,022.

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WLWV Board Room: I want to start telling you a little bit about myself. At the age of 13 I was adopted and moved to this area.

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WLWV Board Room: My pass is very traumatic, and is filled with sexual, emotional and physical abuse.

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WLWV Board Room: I was ejected by many families. When the State of Oregon looked for a family to adopt me.

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WLWV Board Room: I was truly awarded the State, and it was no, and it was with no biological parents alive.

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WLWV Board Room: I endured years of abuse for my father so much that I thank God every day that i'm here to speak about it.

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WLWV Board Room: my prayers to help to advocate

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WLWV Board Room: for other children through my experiences while providing some insight to parents, teachers, and my community.

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WLWV Board Room: I think the most important thing for you to understand is that students like myself never know exactly what may trigger us.

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WLWV Board Room: I've been on a 504 plan that allowed for some, for some much needed emotional support and guidance for teachers and staff.

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WLWV Board Room: Today I want to walk you through a day in the school that I pick up a book like milk and honey, or hands me or Handsmates tail the graphic novel.

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WLWV Board Room: First

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WLWV Board Room: I've seen some quotes on social media, and all the excitement over the book. Milton Honey, the title seems harmless. So why would a team like myself choose to to choose to check it out?

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WLWV Board Room: I thought the name sounded sweet and kind.

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WLWV Board Room: Please understand that when I pick up a book like this and start to realize what it's actually about, I start to panic.

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WLWV Board Room: For example, when I first look at the book and see a picture of reference, rape or references, i'm sorry rape

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WLWV Board Room: the quotas, our knees pride open by cousins and uncles and men, our bodies touched by all the wrong people, that even in a bed full of safety we are afraid I begin to feel uncomfortable, and I reminded of my father and step brothers abuse, I begin to shut down.

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WLWV Board Room: This means I freeze, I begin to cry. I start having flashbacks of my abuse.

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WLWV Board Room: and then I move into a full-blown panic attack.

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WLWV Board Room: I am completely embarrassed because I have to get up in the middle of class, and has to be excused.

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WLWV Board Room: I cannot breathe, and I have to call my mom at the end of day to come and get me.

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WLWV Board Room: Some adults may be able to relate more positively and reflect on their healing. But for younger students, whether we like to admit it or not, we are not fully capable of understanding or processing trauma, or what we have gone through at this stage.

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WLWV Board Room: It is very important that we consider all kids when allowing books in the library schools used to be my safe place. My teacher, the one who called Dhs, and I was finally removed from my abuse of home.

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WLWV Board Room: That was my safe place. Students should be able to relax and go to school and be free from potential triggers related to sex. A public school is not a place where a students like myself can feel safe any longer. I don't want to be a reminder of my trauma by simply checking out a book where the title seems innocent.

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WLWV Board Room: Lastly.

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WLWV Board Room: have not I condemned the Be strong, and have good courage. Be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed, for the Lord thy God is with us wherever thou go, Joshua. 1 9. Thank you.

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WLWV Board Room: Colleen Hamilton.

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WLWV Board Room: Good evening. Thank you for allowing me to speak. I may not be a member of the school district.

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WLWV Board Room: but I only live about 12 min away in Oregon City.

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WLWV Board Room: I work with a lot of clack, Miss County school districts, parent groups and community, because what we're seeing with books in the libraries

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WLWV Board Room: is not, as Marissa just told us.

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WLWV Board Room: of comfort for children. It's abuse. It's ugly, and it should not be in the schools. I don't know whether you believe this or not, but the sex made by God is beautiful. The sex in many of these books that I have unfortunately have had the privilege to read.

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WLWV Board Room: It's not beautiful. It's gruesome.

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WLWV Board Room: It's ugly. It's demoralizing. It's racist. It's

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WLWV Board Room: nothing that I would ever want my children to see, and through my years, thank God, I didn't have to see it. Being an over 70 year old woman.

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WLWV Board Room: I want to share with you a

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WLWV Board Room: book

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WLWV Board Room: review committee that I just got to experience in can be.

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WLWV Board Room: There are. There is a wonderful library staff there, working with the school board, working with the parent groups that are reviewing books and making this work. We have 2 of the School Board members from can be right here in the audience tonight, because they want you to understand

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WLWV Board Room: that it doesn't have to be ugly and dismal, and something many children are afraid to view. Maybe they see this kind of garbage on the Internet. You really want them seeing it here in your schools.

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WLWV Board Room: I have to say that rape is not literacy.

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WLWV Board Room: It's not beautiful. It's not poetry.

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WLWV Board Room: Rape is not choice.

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WLWV Board Room: Rape is not education.

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WLWV Board Room: it is porn, pure and simple.

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WLWV Board Room: Please check out what's happening in libraries.

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WLWV Board Room: Hi! My name is Angela Peterson. I am a community member of North Clack in a school district. Actually, I've spoken there quite a bit over the last year and a half. I am also been a license teacher, elementary school teacher here in Oregon for over 27 years.

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WLWV Board Room: I can relate to all of the educators, and I know that.

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WLWV Board Room: We are so grateful of how difficult the job is, especially now. there's so much controversy these days. I just got through with a couple of years in Essex, and I've worked in North clack in the school district, so we appreciate what our educators are doing and what you all are doing here.

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WLWV Board Room: Clearly, we're concerned about some things going on in our schools, and i'm going to just speak about the the books again. I hate to bring it up. But the books

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WLWV Board Room: so in 2,003 Congress passed the Protect Act, which stands for the prosecutor, prosecutorial remedies, and other tools to end the exploitation of children today

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WLWV Board Room: act under that protect, to act. It is illegal to create, possess, or distribute a visual depiction of any kind, including a drawing, cartoon, sculpture, or painting that depicts a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct.

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WLWV Board Room: and is obscene, and depicts an image that is, or appears to be, a minor engaging in sexual intercourse.

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WLWV Board Room: This is under Federal law. Again, the drawings that Some of us have shown the school boards. Some people think that it's a cartoon, so it's not as serious, but it is we just served 14 different State and Federal agencies. with a criminal report

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WLWV Board Room: citing all of the State and Federal laws that are being broken by a lot of these books in our schools. we are speaking directly of pornography. In it includes all kinds of sacks, not just Lgbtq, which has been. We've been miss

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WLWV Board Room: characterized as being just focusing on that, and that is not at all the case. We've just heard about the incest rape all kinds of different sex. So it's not anything in particular.

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So just to let you know there

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WLWV Board Room: directly violation of organ law.

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WLWV Board Room: or s 1, 6, 3, 6, 8, 8 is possessing material that depicts sexually explicit conduct of a child in the first degree, or s 163.6, 8, 9 possession of material, depicting sexually explicit conduct of a child in the second degree. There's Federal

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WLWV Board Room: laws, 18 Us. Code to 251 sexual exploitation of children. and you know, not to take away from anyone's devastating experience with a sexual assault. Who's now, maybe an adult

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WLWV Board Room: like one of the board members posted something you know, honoring the milk and honey book. but you're an adult, and we are talking about children Miners.

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WLWV Board Room: Janet Bailey.

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WLWV Board Room: is that you

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WLWV Board Room: Are you coming up?

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WLWV Board Room: Okay.

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WLWV Board Room: All right. That concludes the public comment Period

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WLWV Board Room: and fellow board members. You have future important dates, and

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WLWV Board Room: I think we are good to close.