WEBVTT 1 00:01:35.340 --> 00:01:45.720 WLWV Board Room: Alright Hello everybody i'm calling this meeting of the Westland Wilson bill board of directors to order and Miss Douglas we please call roll certainly director Kelly slow. 2 00:01:47.580 --> 00:01:56.850 WLWV Board Room: President jack Douglas Taylor Chelsea King present nice check is to Thompson here jack to kitchen light Thank you. 3 00:02:00.660 --> 00:02:14.490 WLWV Board Room: All right, very good I see some people in the audience, I think, might be here for this first agenda item i'd like to invite Dr bb so I sent up to talk with us about the international science and engineering fair student towards. 4 00:03:18.150 --> 00:03:18.750 evening. 5 00:03:20.040 --> 00:03:34.500 WLWV Board Room: So good to get to be able to introduce Danielle Schroeder to you Danielle is a Westland Wilson ville student who is the ISF coordinator for our school district, and what that means just on the surface is. 6 00:03:34.830 --> 00:03:50.310 WLWV Board Room: She supervises and coaches over 200 students to bring their ISF projects to to completion, every year, she makes the fair happen this event, that is a national adjudicated event. 7 00:03:50.760 --> 00:03:58.830 WLWV Board Room: And she accompanies the students to the world competition, who get to go, which this year was in Atlanta. 8 00:03:59.760 --> 00:04:12.840 WLWV Board Room: Danielle also in her spare time connects with all of our high school and middle school teachers, which is why I said independent inquiry and including more students and a. 9 00:04:13.680 --> 00:04:25.620 WLWV Board Room: wider group of students in I said is happening in our schools it's connected to the next generation science standards and increasingly to CTE so Danielle is going to take it from here. 10 00:04:27.900 --> 00:04:40.680 WLWV Board Room: I have Elio your staff member at the school district i'm also a graduate undergraduate student, yes, yes indeed, I graduated from Western high school in 2011 so it's really nice to meet the new members of the board. 11 00:04:41.400 --> 00:04:44.700 WLWV Board Room: I really look forward to seeing you at some of our events in the future as well. 12 00:04:46.500 --> 00:04:54.540 WLWV Board Room: It has been such a wonderful week because i've gotten to attend the evening of excellence at Westland and i'll get to attend the senior award ceremony tomorrow at Wilson bill. 13 00:04:54.960 --> 00:05:00.840 WLWV Board Room: And it has just been full of really powerful moments that I get to tell my kids how much I love them and. 14 00:05:01.680 --> 00:05:18.870 WLWV Board Room: This is a particularly special group, and one of our students is not here with us today a dd bhaskar she's traveling in India, right now, but this group is for juniors and a senior and so they have been with me for the last three to four years it has been an incredibly. 15 00:05:20.700 --> 00:05:21.210 WLWV Board Room: I don't know. 16 00:05:22.890 --> 00:05:33.330 WLWV Board Room: career changing experience for me to work with these students, they are self discipline, they are kind their thoughtful and their. 17 00:05:34.350 --> 00:05:44.190 WLWV Board Room: second to none when it comes to triumphing over obstacles, certainly, whether it be, we are looking into the eyes of a pandemic, or whether our fruit flies have died. 18 00:05:44.910 --> 00:06:03.090 WLWV Board Room: very real circumstances that we face all the time in the science fair taking them to Atlanta was a trip to say the least, we laughed until we cried we ate ice cream, we met National Geographic folks and shook hands with the assistant Minister of Education for Egypt, we did. 19 00:06:04.200 --> 00:06:12.540 WLWV Board Room: Incredible things and it's because these folks in particular step forward when opportunities present themselves. 20 00:06:13.080 --> 00:06:24.930 WLWV Board Room: I am going to stop talking because I want them to be able to share their journey with you it's the most powerful story that they can tell so first up is houma grover and Melinda Lynn from Westland high school come on over. 21 00:06:36.990 --> 00:06:38.580 WLWV Board Room: hello, my name is dylan dylan. 22 00:06:40.560 --> 00:06:52.020 WLWV Board Room: And my name is Emma grover our project was about a local harmful algae bloom on the willamette river, it was enlightening to study a trend that affects people that we know and harms our environment here at home. 23 00:06:53.250 --> 00:07:03.420 WLWV Board Room: While we were researching this threat, we tried to contact many local experts with varying success at one point we actually accidentally called the local police department. 24 00:07:05.070 --> 00:07:16.980 WLWV Board Room: So that was certainly an experience eventually we got into contact with several experts from the United States geological survey and they got us connected to an osu Professor named Dr destiny to Los. 25 00:07:18.030 --> 00:07:26.160 WLWV Board Room: Dr to Los has worked studying these blooms and provided mentorship mentorship on how to pursue our studies and possible explanations. 26 00:07:26.490 --> 00:07:40.050 WLWV Board Room: off our results this allowed us to more deeply understand our topic and gain connections with experts in the environmental field we're still in touch with Dr to lowes and we've been in communication about possible internships over the summer. 27 00:07:41.070 --> 00:07:48.960 WLWV Board Room: Overall, this project taught us valuable lessons about the professional stem wheel stem world and about our local community, thank you. 28 00:07:54.930 --> 00:08:03.600 WLWV Board Room: One thing I want to say about those two is that all summer last summer we were having facetime calls well they weren't waterfront park trying to use different sorts of water quality equipment. 29 00:08:03.960 --> 00:08:12.540 WLWV Board Room: And me being like no jiggle it a little bit more like chicken little little bit more third there so tenacious I love it i'm next as an ego Swami Westland high school students. 30 00:08:19.350 --> 00:08:19.710 WLWV Board Room: uh. 31 00:08:22.170 --> 00:08:28.620 WLWV Board Room: Oh okay i'm hello, my name is an East coast Swami and i'm a junior at Watson high school. 32 00:08:29.340 --> 00:08:37.650 WLWV Board Room: So I think that, throughout the ice have experienced the thing that I really enjoyed the most was getting pushed being able to connect with the stem community. 33 00:08:38.460 --> 00:08:45.660 WLWV Board Room: I think there's so many like amazing people and I met so many people like going to Atlanta from like all over the country. 34 00:08:46.350 --> 00:08:54.120 WLWV Board Room: I met this one girl who's going and she's like my head she's going to the White House to present like her scientific work to the President. 35 00:08:54.690 --> 00:09:01.050 WLWV Board Room: And I think that getting to see all these like amazing people and talking them, I think you learned so much through that experience. 36 00:09:01.590 --> 00:09:12.180 WLWV Board Room: And, and I learned so much through talking to people and you also, I think you it really helps you like kind of build connections that will also like be useful later in life and. 37 00:09:13.020 --> 00:09:24.240 WLWV Board Room: A lot of people I said right they like to start businesses together starting nonprofits like benefit their communities so actually was two people I met I set this year i'm actually starting a business. 38 00:09:24.870 --> 00:09:32.520 WLWV Board Room: So yeah i'm really excited about that I think yeah it's just just getting to see all these like people like it's also self motivating like. 39 00:09:32.820 --> 00:09:48.510 WLWV Board Room: After going to land, like, I want to do like so much more research, I want to learn about so many other things and yeah I think it was it was probably the most amazing experience in my life getting to go on the trip and yeah I hope I get to go next year again so yeah. 40 00:09:55.050 --> 00:10:04.050 WLWV Board Room: One of the things I love about a nice is that when he interviews with the judges at our regional fair they're just captivated we we tell the kids that they're only allowed a. 41 00:10:04.650 --> 00:10:19.200 WLWV Board Room: like an eight minute interview and without fail, and he just judges are still standing there 1215 minutes later he's got a very compelling story to tell and last for the evening, but certainly not least, is Isabella police from Wilson will high school. 42 00:10:24.510 --> 00:10:31.260 WLWV Board Room: hello, thank you for having us here tonight i'm Isabelle squeeze and i'll be graduating from will symbol high school and a couple of days. 43 00:10:31.860 --> 00:10:40.440 WLWV Board Room: i'm really grateful that I had the chance to present my project about the antioxidant anti bacterial potential of hibiscus oral treatment against periodontal disease. 44 00:10:41.160 --> 00:10:50.130 WLWV Board Room: It was truly a once in a lifetime experience to be judged by people who are leaders in their fields and to get to know peers from around the world who are just as passionate about science. 45 00:10:50.610 --> 00:10:59.370 WLWV Board Room: My research experience is going to extend well beyond high school, as I pursued pre MED studies in college with hopes of obtaining an md PhD degree in the future. 46 00:10:59.760 --> 00:11:05.100 WLWV Board Room: In fact i'll be leaving next week to start a research program at the University of utah for women in stem. 47 00:11:05.580 --> 00:11:10.710 WLWV Board Room: I feel confident that excel as an undergrad researcher because of the skills i've learned from ISIS. 48 00:11:11.430 --> 00:11:23.160 WLWV Board Room: Not only did I get hands on learning with planing bacteria and using a UV this spectral photometer, but the main takeaway from my ice experience was developing resilience and learning how to navigate obstacles efficiently. 49 00:11:23.730 --> 00:11:28.260 WLWV Board Room: Especially with the pandemic each of my science fair projects had their fair share of obstacles. 50 00:11:28.530 --> 00:11:35.850 WLWV Board Room: But with the help of miss Danielle Schroeder and other mentors at my school, I had the tools to persevere and carry out my projects to the best of my abilities. 51 00:11:36.360 --> 00:11:44.790 WLWV Board Room: failed trials are a part of the scientific process I self taught me how to turn these moments into learning opportunities that eventually led to trials of success. 52 00:11:45.480 --> 00:11:54.420 WLWV Board Room: Networking was another crucial part of ISIS I returned from Atlanta with contacts from all over the world, people who may very well become business partners in the future. 53 00:11:55.050 --> 00:12:07.770 WLWV Board Room: As part of the category networking session I got to connect the scientists working for general and pharmaceuticals and i've kept in contact with a microbiologist whose story inspires me to work towards becoming a regeneration scientist myself. 54 00:12:08.820 --> 00:12:13.680 WLWV Board Room: The connections i've made in personal growth i've experienced have been the highlight of my high school career. 55 00:12:14.250 --> 00:12:21.510 WLWV Board Room: My goals that have been fostered by step, guide my college experience and beyond, as I continue to apply what i've learned to the to the rest of my life. 56 00:12:21.990 --> 00:12:29.040 WLWV Board Room: So thank you for this opportunity and a special thank you to miss Danielle for supporting me throughout my high school career, thank you. 57 00:12:35.640 --> 00:12:40.890 WLWV Board Room: So one final Thank you to the board for making this a priority in our district, I cannot. 58 00:12:41.430 --> 00:12:56.940 WLWV Board Room: explain the joy that it brings me professionally and personally to work with these students and I know that these all of them all 200 that I wish I could pack into this room, are going to be so successful and they're going to bring so much light to the world, so thank you. 59 00:13:04.650 --> 00:13:15.420 WLWV Board Room: and congratulations to all of you students who had the opportunity to travel for this event, I was at the local event, it was in high school when the awards were given there and I know. 60 00:13:15.690 --> 00:13:26.640 WLWV Board Room: There was some steep competition for you to rise up to the surface of and so thank you for representing us well, and thank you to the parents who support and guide and encourage maybe mandate. 61 00:13:27.120 --> 00:13:38.280 WLWV Board Room: For your children, so I know it takes all your teachers and your families as well to get you here, so is there anybody else that wants to say anything before we move on. 62 00:13:39.870 --> 00:13:52.050 WLWV Board Room: Can I say something and I just want to say, I mean, obviously I was impressed, knowing the degree of success you've all had but you know is even more impressive to me is how you came up to that podium. 63 00:13:52.920 --> 00:14:08.040 WLWV Board Room: And you're just ability to communicate clearly and effectively, and I think a lot of times, as I was a biology major in high school or in college and we think of science people that you know they spend time in a research lab and that's then they can't really. 64 00:14:09.060 --> 00:14:17.790 WLWV Board Room: communicate that out, that is not the case, I mean the four of you stood up there as powerhouses you not only know what you're doing. 65 00:14:18.210 --> 00:14:32.400 WLWV Board Room: And are brilliant with your research and excited about it but you're able to share that and get that across and to me that's as equally important, as the work that you've done and I hope you will continue that's what's going to get you those business opportunities and. 66 00:14:33.510 --> 00:14:46.080 WLWV Board Room: bring you even more success so anyway just kudos to all of you for that ability to get up at a podium and communicate so clearly and so well, not only your passion for science, but also your knowledge of science. 67 00:14:51.360 --> 00:15:02.370 WLWV Board Room: I just want to add I don't know how many of you were at the award ceremony for Westland high school, but I just shared some thoughts that evening that when we scan the news. 68 00:15:02.820 --> 00:15:09.000 WLWV Board Room: And it looks pretty depressing or discouraging out there, and you kind of wonder, you know, is there hope for the world. 69 00:15:10.290 --> 00:15:22.500 WLWV Board Room: And then you hear our young people talk and be so committed to their learning and their aspirations and what you want to do to change the world. 70 00:15:23.640 --> 00:15:35.550 WLWV Board Room: there's hope and it's just so encouraging and it just for all of us who watch the trajectory that you're on who know how hard you're working. 71 00:15:36.000 --> 00:15:44.250 WLWV Board Room: And that so many of your projects really are about making the world a better place, whether it's business or innovation or the environment. 72 00:15:45.150 --> 00:15:55.380 WLWV Board Room: Or how humans interact with other humans, when I think about all those projects almost every student I talked to really had this compelling need to want to make a difference in the world and want to make it better. 73 00:15:55.950 --> 00:16:03.480 WLWV Board Room: And so, whenever we think discouraging thoughts about maybe where things are going, I think we need to pause and remember that you're our future. 74 00:16:04.080 --> 00:16:13.680 WLWV Board Room: And you are going to make the world a better place, and I just applaud you and all your hard work and the commitment that it took and all the details, you were juggling on top of your schooling. 75 00:16:14.760 --> 00:16:23.010 WLWV Board Room: And thank you so much for staying with it, thank you also to the parents, for supporting your children do this endeavor so congratulations to all of you. 76 00:16:24.930 --> 00:16:29.790 WLWV Board Room: will be keeping an eye on all of you, too, because you're going to do great things for the world, thank you. 77 00:16:37.500 --> 00:16:42.600 WLWV Board Room: I think we have a photo op as with the students and the whole board okay. 78 00:17:23.070 --> 00:17:23.760 Come on. 79 00:17:42.360 --> 00:17:49.890 WLWV Board Room: Could I just add, while the students are kind of making their way Danielle I was remiss to also not call out how remarkable you have been. 80 00:17:50.250 --> 00:18:04.230 WLWV Board Room: Over the years, in our district growing the program and even during koba just being so determined for students to meet their goals and have the projects that they needed to have and when students talk about you at I seth and they. 81 00:18:05.250 --> 00:18:13.350 WLWV Board Room: have the opportunity to thank you there's such a genuine outpouring of how significant role you played in their life that you've not just been a science mentor but you've. 82 00:18:13.620 --> 00:18:20.880 WLWV Board Room: been a personal mentor to so many students are the caring significant adult in their life and i'm just so grateful Thank you so much. 83 00:18:29.790 --> 00:18:36.660 WLWV Board Room: All right, very good, so we will move on to our board reports and all start with director Kelly sloop. 84 00:18:43.410 --> 00:18:44.430 WLWV Board Room: I was just going to. 85 00:18:45.570 --> 00:18:58.920 WLWV Board Room: just say a quick recap that we had our middle school listening session and I thought it was a great evening listening to the middle schoolers. 86 00:19:00.090 --> 00:19:15.810 WLWV Board Room: Just be very transparent and very open with what they were experiencing they were very, very talkative my like my group was and I received some great input from them, and it was just a great idea and I hope we can continue with that. 87 00:19:20.040 --> 00:19:22.290 WLWV Board Room: Thank you and director Kirsten Wyatt. 88 00:19:24.300 --> 00:19:34.350 WLWV Board Room: i'll ECHO, excuse me out of directors loops comments, it was such a great event so thanks to director sleep and director Taylor for organizing us to hear from students. 89 00:19:35.220 --> 00:19:45.750 WLWV Board Room: One of the sports goals was to really increase the communication that we have with our Community members and the willingness to talk with students was a really great opportunity, so thank you. 90 00:19:46.200 --> 00:19:53.580 WLWV Board Room: And the other thing I just wanted to point out was some news that was in last week's update from our communications director. 91 00:19:53.910 --> 00:19:59.550 WLWV Board Room: And it's exciting news that our new riverside high school will be offering the international baccalaureate Program. 92 00:19:59.970 --> 00:20:09.600 WLWV Board Room: I know that I have heard for years from families that have wondered, we have such a robust ap course offering but what about ID Is this something that we could offer in our schools. 93 00:20:10.290 --> 00:20:18.570 WLWV Board Room: it's a it's an international program it's a chance for our students to have yet one more opportunity from Western Wilson build schools so. 94 00:20:19.200 --> 00:20:24.120 WLWV Board Room: i'm just really excited about all of the great news and information that's coming out about riverside high school. 95 00:20:24.450 --> 00:20:34.410 WLWV Board Room: it's going to be a really exciting addition to have another comprehensive high school that offers a wide variety of amazing opportunities for our students so really pleased. 96 00:20:34.680 --> 00:20:40.740 WLWV Board Room: That this news has been shared and really look forward to hearing more about it from the whole riverside team, so thank you. 97 00:20:43.740 --> 00:20:45.870 WLWV Board Room: Thank you and I director Lewis Taylor. 98 00:20:49.350 --> 00:20:56.190 WLWV Board Room: was also an attendance for the listening session, but the middle schoolers and I had an absolute blast. 99 00:20:57.330 --> 00:21:01.620 WLWV Board Room: At a really good table from rosemount Ridge and. 100 00:21:02.910 --> 00:21:10.380 WLWV Board Room: I think I learned more in that two hours or however much time we spend with them about middle schoolers and. 101 00:21:12.450 --> 00:21:27.120 WLWV Board Room: Then, then you know, then i've learned that a long time, and so I was amazed at their ability to stand up in front of a room of 60 plus people and then, when parents came in at the end, maybe you know 7580 people. 102 00:21:28.470 --> 00:21:31.290 WLWV Board Room: And there was no still no stage fright. 103 00:21:32.310 --> 00:21:37.230 WLWV Board Room: Public speaking, is one of the number one or one of the highest fears, I think it is the number one fear. 104 00:21:37.710 --> 00:21:52.650 WLWV Board Room: In our country, as far as standing in front of a group of people, and having to then face them and then speak and these kids knocked it out of the park with competence, and it was actually hard to get them to stop talking so. 105 00:21:54.000 --> 00:22:02.340 WLWV Board Room: I echo what you said, I echo what you said that i'm looking forward to doing it at the high school level, and you know that'll be a little bit different. 106 00:22:02.730 --> 00:22:09.420 WLWV Board Room: I think, because there's a little more maturity there and a little less you know kind of fun and rambunctious behavior but. 107 00:22:10.350 --> 00:22:21.090 WLWV Board Room: it'd be interesting to see the feedback that we would get from those individuals if it's anything like what we got from the middle school is I tell you what we're in for a show so. 108 00:22:22.740 --> 00:22:23.880 WLWV Board Room: I had a great time, thank you. 109 00:22:26.790 --> 00:22:31.350 WLWV Board Room: And I share Christie Thompson Thank you curtis you have a picture for me. 110 00:22:33.600 --> 00:22:39.780 WLWV Board Room: So i'm not going to say much more about the listening session because my fellow directors have covered that. 111 00:22:40.290 --> 00:22:48.060 WLWV Board Room: And I also been working on the superintendent evaluation as vice chair, that is my responsibility and you'll he'll hear more about that later. 112 00:22:48.570 --> 00:22:59.550 WLWV Board Room: And here is the highlight of my last month, so you will see that picture on your left and Mrs Bruce she is a kindergarten teacher at beckman creek. 113 00:22:59.880 --> 00:23:09.630 WLWV Board Room: And every Well, this is a second year we've done it, but she reads to her kindergarteners the book books about mercy Watson which I have not read myself but they're about. 114 00:23:09.990 --> 00:23:23.460 WLWV Board Room: A guess a pig named mercy Watson who likes toast with butter on it, and so my husband willingly helps me get the pig there because she is now too heavy if you see that picture for her to get into her stroller so. 115 00:23:24.090 --> 00:23:30.270 WLWV Board Room: We bring little skewers of toast and she visits the kindergarten and you can see there, Mrs Bruce. 116 00:23:31.920 --> 00:23:39.600 WLWV Board Room: feeding her and then there's posey with all of the kids so they each get a chance to come up if they want to and feed her and pet her and. 117 00:23:40.440 --> 00:23:52.410 WLWV Board Room: Then they make me this sweet little book and each of them right dear posey will the here's one that i'm just going to read dear posey, thank you for the visit you are the best pig ever I chose that one because she is and. 118 00:23:53.490 --> 00:24:10.680 WLWV Board Room: And then they all dropped picture, so they each write her a little bit a little letter that I will take home and read to her, and what we found this year is posey loves she loves the toast However it came out of her before I was able to get out of my car on the way home so. 119 00:24:11.790 --> 00:24:27.180 WLWV Board Room: Both ends the toast came out in the backseat of my car on the way home from our visit, so I gotta rethink the whole toast thing with the kids but there's the fun part of having a peg now you know the real backstory of taking a pig to a school so. 120 00:24:31.650 --> 00:24:37.350 WLWV Board Room: All right, um I feel like i'm offering a bit of a different tone to mind. 121 00:24:38.490 --> 00:24:42.840 WLWV Board Room: will have to return to some more stories about the pig when i'm done talking i'm sure. 122 00:24:44.940 --> 00:24:56.730 WLWV Board Room: yeah I think today i'm just reflecting on the closing of another academic year and the joys of listening to our students in the middle school listening session and listening to them here and. 123 00:24:57.690 --> 00:25:06.390 WLWV Board Room: Just feeling, you know i've been on the board for seven years, I don't often speak from an emotional place, but today i'm just really feeling it so. 124 00:25:09.630 --> 00:25:14.760 WLWV Board Room: You know the events that have happened the past few weeks of weight on me. 125 00:25:16.320 --> 00:25:17.640 WLWV Board Room: But also just the past. 126 00:25:18.750 --> 00:25:22.560 WLWV Board Room: You know couple of years, I think has been very challenging so. 127 00:25:23.880 --> 00:25:40.860 WLWV Board Room: I also you know just recently got news, yes, just last night about a friend and some pretty dire health situation she's finding herself in and tonight i'm missing a couple of events that my children are attending for their in the school thing so i'm really feeling. 128 00:25:42.060 --> 00:25:47.520 WLWV Board Room: The power of Community and how we all show up here and we all give something up to be here. 129 00:25:48.750 --> 00:25:51.240 WLWV Board Room: Our last regular board meeting which almost midnight. 130 00:25:52.350 --> 00:26:04.770 WLWV Board Room: And took us about five and a half, nearly six hours to get through the work and you're all back here to do it again, and so I just wanted to call out just the importance of community and of us. 131 00:26:06.120 --> 00:26:08.940 WLWV Board Room: Continuing to stay engaged, even when it's hard and. 132 00:26:09.990 --> 00:26:27.930 WLWV Board Room: You know just the kindness and grace that we can extend to one another as we do really challenging work I know our teachers have been doing it, day in and day out, alongside of our students and our administrators, I know that hasn't been easy and you've persevered and I appreciate that. 133 00:26:29.730 --> 00:26:35.790 WLWV Board Room: And I just call on all of us to continue to persevere, because we need each other and. 134 00:26:37.200 --> 00:26:43.920 WLWV Board Room: So I just want to share that in case we have another six hour meeting and i'm cracking up by the end you cannot crack enough a little at the beginning. 135 00:26:45.120 --> 00:26:47.670 WLWV Board Room: And just expressing that. 136 00:26:48.750 --> 00:26:57.900 WLWV Board Room: You know, in our district, we have this constructivist stick approach to education, which says, we do not reduce our students to numbers, we do not reduce our work. 137 00:26:58.290 --> 00:27:10.530 WLWV Board Room: To that you know to just stats that we show up relational Lee and and we build our culture, through our relationships with each other and the stories we tell and so i'm just calling that forward today as. 138 00:27:11.820 --> 00:27:16.680 WLWV Board Room: As I reflect on you know what we've gone through this year and and recently in our nation. 139 00:27:19.170 --> 00:27:20.520 WLWV Board Room: yeah and that's it for me. 140 00:27:22.290 --> 00:27:26.640 WLWV Board Room: Thank you for letting me share that and now I will hand it over to. 141 00:27:28.110 --> 00:27:38.010 WLWV Board Room: Our administrator from three rivers charter school megan else done Oh, oh no i'm going to the superintendent next yeah okay. 142 00:27:44.040 --> 00:27:45.030 WLWV Board Room: Thank you chair king. 143 00:27:47.520 --> 00:27:49.740 WLWV Board Room: We can go straight to the next slide Thank you Joe. 144 00:27:51.300 --> 00:27:54.570 WLWV Board Room: So I had the same thoughts to cherokee to just reflecting on. 145 00:27:55.260 --> 00:28:03.270 WLWV Board Room: The school year and this is that time of the year, where It just seems like we're doing a lot of culminating big events and their joyful in the life of our school. 146 00:28:03.990 --> 00:28:08.370 WLWV Board Room: And kids go all out and they're working really hard and so his staff. 147 00:28:08.910 --> 00:28:19.950 WLWV Board Room: And so what a lot of the this month is about the end of May and beginning of June or those kind of events that just showcase the hard work of everyone involved parents, students and staff. 148 00:28:20.670 --> 00:28:31.560 WLWV Board Room: And, been able to attend end of the year concerts and plays a lot of competitions, whether their science competitions or athletic competitions or vocal competitions. 149 00:28:32.370 --> 00:28:37.890 WLWV Board Room: A number of years and events that primary schools are starting to have a few pictures in there if some athletic. 150 00:28:38.820 --> 00:28:43.650 WLWV Board Room: That was our Wilson ville girls who went to state, unfortunately. 151 00:28:44.160 --> 00:28:58.590 WLWV Board Room: It was a very rainy day they're the only game that got to play so I don't know how much the weather was a factor, but they did come in second, but they were just played so valiantly and tomorrow night our Wilson Westland boys will be in the baseball state championship. 152 00:29:00.300 --> 00:29:10.500 WLWV Board Room: Also, a number of our primary schools in the last few weeks have done international affairs where families came and cared about their culture and heritage and students got to interact with each other and learn. 153 00:29:11.850 --> 00:29:19.860 WLWV Board Room: And I think these are all examples of yes there's learning and academics involved, but it's also about a sense of belonging. 154 00:29:20.160 --> 00:29:31.230 WLWV Board Room: And community and so your words about how we show up for each other and be a community in a learning environment is also incredibly important and that's how we kind of mix those words learning communities. 155 00:29:32.220 --> 00:29:38.400 WLWV Board Room: Because I think when students feel a sense of belonging and purpose they feel safe they feel connected. 156 00:29:38.790 --> 00:29:52.890 WLWV Board Room: And that's also the purpose of school and so these kinds of events, whether their concerts or I said fairs or international fair your end events are important parts of the academic experience, because of the part that connects us to each other. 157 00:29:54.330 --> 00:30:01.380 WLWV Board Room: there's been an award ceremony that i've been a part of i'm going to go to another one tomorrow night and then we've also had in the last few weeks, just. 158 00:30:02.160 --> 00:30:10.620 WLWV Board Room: Last week we recognize staff who are retiring at the end of this year, and also some administrators so there's a bitter sweetness to the end of the year. 159 00:30:11.850 --> 00:30:15.930 WLWV Board Room: But also we've done some incredible hiring we've been really busy the last few months. 160 00:30:17.040 --> 00:30:25.170 WLWV Board Room: Filling those positions of retirements by staff or moves or resignations and i'm really excited about the caliber. 161 00:30:25.650 --> 00:30:38.940 WLWV Board Room: of people who are coming to join our school districts next year, so it's bittersweet because we're sad to see people go, for whatever reason, is happening in their family's life, but also incredibly inspiring to see who's going to be joining us in the fall. 162 00:30:40.770 --> 00:30:41.850 WLWV Board Room: And then next. 163 00:30:43.380 --> 00:30:49.950 WLWV Board Room: Again, I want to thank director Taylor and director sloop for taking the lead on the middle school listening session. 164 00:30:50.250 --> 00:31:01.710 WLWV Board Room: for helping to shape the agenda for that evening and how we would break into groups and how you orchestrate that evening and giving direction to staff on how to make that evening work for all of you. 165 00:31:02.850 --> 00:31:08.100 WLWV Board Room: It was absolutely incredible for us as well to listen and to watch you engage and again. 166 00:31:08.850 --> 00:31:15.420 WLWV Board Room: really impressed that at this time of the year, when I know some places are winding down you as a board really stepped up. 167 00:31:15.810 --> 00:31:23.430 WLWV Board Room: And you took that time to meet with students and to hear their voices and just want to share that we do have all of the notes now. 168 00:31:24.300 --> 00:31:31.170 WLWV Board Room: typed up and formatted and Miss Douglas is going to get that out to all of you either tomorrow or sometime this week so you'll have. 169 00:31:31.710 --> 00:31:39.030 WLWV Board Room: Those comments to review again and, as you may have noticed every single one of our middle school principals were also there that evening. 170 00:31:39.480 --> 00:31:47.580 WLWV Board Room: they're going to get a copy of those notes and they're going to be meeting with Dr boyce and to review them and think about what are some themes that emerged. 171 00:31:47.910 --> 00:31:56.100 WLWV Board Room: That evening from all of our students or maybe students in my school and how do I move forward with that information, how do I follow up with students. 172 00:31:56.910 --> 00:32:06.330 WLWV Board Room: and think about you know what's next so that we value their voice, we want them to know that their time to share with us and was heard and attended to. 173 00:32:07.080 --> 00:32:13.740 WLWV Board Room: And then I know you also heard from a group from India with middle school they did their presentation about school lunches. 174 00:32:14.160 --> 00:32:20.550 WLWV Board Room: And what you know we have those notes as well and that they're actually going to meet with our nutrition services director who they hadn't met with yet. 175 00:32:21.060 --> 00:32:25.800 WLWV Board Room: And Lindsay for us is going to hear their presentation, give them some more information. 176 00:32:26.370 --> 00:32:36.330 WLWV Board Room: To help with their their research and then take into consideration, some of their suggestions, so it will be exciting that they're they're meeting the person who does influence the menu. 177 00:32:37.260 --> 00:32:51.180 WLWV Board Room: And who does you know by the by the commodities and the products out there and I think there'll be thrilled when they hear from her how much thought and care she puts in to make those lovely for them so we're looking forward to that interaction. 178 00:32:52.920 --> 00:33:05.190 WLWV Board Room: And next so you mentioned riverside high school and I want you to know a few weeks ago in this very room we kind of move things around and we had students from Westland high school and Wilson build high school. 179 00:33:05.910 --> 00:33:18.870 WLWV Board Room: From the digital marketing classes, present a real problem of practice we didn't know what we were going to decide for riverside in terms of mascot and logo and colors and we asked them to make a pitch. 180 00:33:19.620 --> 00:33:26.790 WLWV Board Room: And so you can see from the pictures, there was a panel of district leaders and we had note cards and where we could make notes. 181 00:33:27.390 --> 00:33:38.280 WLWV Board Room: And then we had 23 present student presentations and it was so inspiring to hear what students came up with in terms of the rationale and some talked about the history. 182 00:33:38.700 --> 00:33:46.800 WLWV Board Room: Of the districts i'm talking about the history of the location of the school or they talked about environmental influences or nature. 183 00:33:47.910 --> 00:34:02.790 WLWV Board Room: Local influences with flora and fauna and also what would be compelling and interesting for high school students and in the end we did choose where is principal Nick shaping here that we are going to be the riverside raptors. 184 00:34:03.930 --> 00:34:08.670 WLWV Board Room: And the colors are yet to be determined the students are still working on. 185 00:34:09.450 --> 00:34:18.360 WLWV Board Room: Making those little more distinct there was some similarity to maybe some other colors of other schools in the district, so they want to rethink that and represent that to principal shape and. 186 00:34:19.170 --> 00:34:25.920 WLWV Board Room: But we're thrilled that that it was students who made that pitch, and you can even see the picture, they. 187 00:34:26.490 --> 00:34:30.720 WLWV Board Room: You know they showed what it would look like on T shirts sublimate even made T shirts to sample for us. 188 00:34:31.110 --> 00:34:43.470 WLWV Board Room: And all sorts of brochures and showing what the logo would look like on the gym floor and things like that, so they really went all out and you would have been incredibly proud to have her their presentations is there a picture of the raptor. 189 00:34:44.670 --> 00:34:57.480 WLWV Board Room: That actually is the present the students who presented in that picture there they were doing Those are the two students who presented the idea of the raptor Okay, I think there were a couple presentations that had raptors. 190 00:35:00.060 --> 00:35:00.420 and 191 00:35:01.470 --> 00:35:02.100 Secondary. 192 00:35:04.470 --> 00:35:08.610 WLWV Board Room: yeah Thank you so more to come we'll make sure that you, you keep up on that so. 193 00:35:10.410 --> 00:35:10.830 WLWV Board Room: yeah. 194 00:35:12.570 --> 00:35:20.790 WLWV Board Room: And then, lastly, just want to share with you that, while we're thinking about winding down the school year we actually also start ramping up for summer so there's a. 195 00:35:21.900 --> 00:35:29.220 WLWV Board Room: there's a lot of action still going on in the life of at least in this building, and as we coordinate for the summer and really it's about learning continuing. 196 00:35:29.700 --> 00:35:47.970 WLWV Board Room: So we've got our summer school for K 12 is in the works and working with staff who offered to teach in the summer and coordinating that for K 12 students there's the high school program as well as a very robust enrichment based program for K eight that also focuses on skills for students. 197 00:35:49.290 --> 00:35:57.600 WLWV Board Room: And then we have what we call summer curriculum camp for staff, these are staff who want to work on some curriculum, and so we coordinate those camps. 198 00:35:58.170 --> 00:36:04.770 WLWV Board Room: But we also have our high school textbook adoption for social studies is coming up next and we're working through that process. 199 00:36:05.100 --> 00:36:12.510 WLWV Board Room: In fact, if you look over in the corner there next to remote Douglas who's going to wave his hand, so you can kind of see what corner i'm talking about. 200 00:36:13.350 --> 00:36:26.610 WLWV Board Room: You can see some of the social studies texts that the group will be considering and there'll be, of course, a session for an invitation for Community members to always come look at the texts that will be considered. 201 00:36:27.180 --> 00:36:32.670 WLWV Board Room: And so they're sitting there because I believe tomorrow evening there's going to be a session I see Dr boyce and nodding. 202 00:36:33.090 --> 00:36:38.070 WLWV Board Room: So that's some work that's continuing as well, but that's one of the curriculum camps that will be working on. 203 00:36:39.060 --> 00:36:46.470 WLWV Board Room: And then we'll let you know if there's others administrators and leaders will also continue their learning whether they're part of curriculum camp. 204 00:36:47.130 --> 00:36:53.580 WLWV Board Room: but also our early August leadership retreat where we come back together and set the vision for the year and then you as a board. 205 00:36:53.940 --> 00:37:01.050 WLWV Board Room: commit to doing some learning in the summer, with your you're working your retreat in early August, so I just want to remind the Community. 206 00:37:01.560 --> 00:37:06.150 WLWV Board Room: That we we go even through the summer committing as a learning organization. 207 00:37:06.540 --> 00:37:18.930 WLWV Board Room: And we'll be getting the information out in newsletters and listserv so parents could start in the anticipating summer school in summer learning and signing up for those options and opportunities and that's all I have, thank you. 208 00:37:22.320 --> 00:37:30.210 WLWV Board Room: Great Thank you and i'd like to invite up megan Alston from very diverse charter school, please. 209 00:37:33.360 --> 00:37:37.170 WLWV Board Room: Hello welcome good idea, thank you. 210 00:37:40.710 --> 00:37:47.100 WLWV Board Room: All right, oh hi i'm megan elson i'm the administrator at three rivers charter school. 211 00:37:47.610 --> 00:37:55.530 WLWV Board Room: I first wanted to say thank you to the board members, I am personally familiar with campaigns and demands of this job on you and your families. 212 00:37:56.070 --> 00:38:09.300 WLWV Board Room: And I appreciate you, but I also appreciate the respect and decorum i've witnessed in the last year of board meetings I know other districts have had some pretty contentious ones, and I just applaud. 213 00:38:11.700 --> 00:38:16.200 WLWV Board Room: The level of respect that's been here at this at this board. 214 00:38:18.060 --> 00:38:25.350 WLWV Board Room: And just a thank you for serving your community in such a big way director Taylor thanks for stopping by earlier in the school year. 215 00:38:26.250 --> 00:38:36.720 WLWV Board Room: He stopped by with Dr Ludwig to just sort of see the school and see who we are and we're tiny little place tucked off of eq road and you're all welcome to visit us at any moment, let us know. 216 00:38:37.860 --> 00:38:45.090 WLWV Board Room: Next, I want to say, thanks to the leadership team at the district Dr Ludwig Dr prior Dr Jason and Dr Spencer items. 217 00:38:45.630 --> 00:39:04.500 WLWV Board Room: Thank you for answering my big questions this year and supporting our Charter school and then finally to miss Douglas for always being such a cheerleader of me and so positive and whether it's in an email a phone call I just your positivity is. 218 00:39:06.150 --> 00:39:07.380 WLWV Board Room: lovely Thank you. 219 00:39:09.690 --> 00:39:13.080 WLWV Board Room: So a few moments from our school year that I just wanted to highlight. 220 00:39:14.190 --> 00:39:16.500 WLWV Board Room: This is going to maybe be a video that you get to see. 221 00:39:18.570 --> 00:39:18.960 WLWV Board Room: So. 222 00:39:20.340 --> 00:39:28.260 WLWV Board Room: The pictures on the first page or from outdoor school you'll see a couple more outdoor school pictures as well, and then, of our spellers from our script spelling bee. 223 00:39:30.000 --> 00:39:44.580 WLWV Board Room: This video is highlighting other memorable moments from our school year we began the year largely outdoors with athletic and academic competitions in an Olympic style to represent the 2020 Olympics, held in 2021 you remember. 224 00:39:45.750 --> 00:39:55.680 WLWV Board Room: And so we participated in families our school, we have families of about 10 or 11 students across all of our grades for through eighth grade. 225 00:39:55.980 --> 00:40:09.300 WLWV Board Room: And so that's a time for them to come together we didn't get to do that as much this year because of coven, but this was one moment of our fourth through eighth graders interacting in a competitive and friendly spirit. 226 00:40:10.770 --> 00:40:17.370 WLWV Board Room: Some of the other P, we did at our school we don't have a gym there, so we do things a little bit differently, we did touch rugby. 227 00:40:17.790 --> 00:40:34.680 WLWV Board Room: volleyball soccer and lacrosse and next year we hope to be able to get back out into the Community going to places like the table tennis location, we usually go swimming it's a big hit for our students, we also held a superhero themed fun run. 228 00:40:35.730 --> 00:40:42.120 WLWV Board Room: That included spider people baristas nurses, doctors and, of course, teachers. 229 00:40:43.320 --> 00:40:54.360 WLWV Board Room: As we near the end of our first term our whole school read a book called the wish tree in our health classes and we decorated our own tree on campus with wishes for the New Year. 230 00:40:55.800 --> 00:41:07.980 WLWV Board Room: This was followed by another book moment we call it our whole our story book bracket and we took 110 story books, one for each of our students and we whittled it down to a final winner. 231 00:41:08.490 --> 00:41:16.320 WLWV Board Room: The winner was kind of a classic it's called pink and say it's not a new story book it's been around for a while and that was the winner of our story book bracket. 232 00:41:18.060 --> 00:41:26.520 WLWV Board Room: We rounded out our December with an art show Dr Ludwig pop by for that, thank you for coming, and this was an event that allowed our students to. 233 00:41:26.790 --> 00:41:36.090 WLWV Board Room: highlight their creative side, but it also is the first time, we were allowed to welcome guests into our building after the shutdown and so that was a nice step toward where we are today. 234 00:41:37.470 --> 00:41:47.040 WLWV Board Room: We participated in a kindness challenge week led by our amazing new counselor we're grateful to have the funding for this critical position through the SI K grant. 235 00:41:47.460 --> 00:41:54.510 WLWV Board Room: And we have found that having a school counselor on staff is a crucial element of our success moving forward very grateful for that. 236 00:41:55.980 --> 00:42:06.330 WLWV Board Room: I mentioned outdoor school at the beginning, we were fortunate enough to be able to take our six seventh and eighth graders to overnight camp we hit a sweet spot in the law, right after the first on a cron surge. 237 00:42:07.410 --> 00:42:14.880 WLWV Board Room: And we kept everyone at Camp healthy so we're very proud of that, and while our mentors middle schoolers we're at Camp our fourth and fifth graders. 238 00:42:15.240 --> 00:42:20.400 WLWV Board Room: got the whole school to themselves, which they always love and they ventured out on their first field trip. 239 00:42:21.060 --> 00:42:32.100 WLWV Board Room: Since the pandemic they braved the wind and the rain at Philip foster farms and they didn't complain once or so i'm told I think they were just very happy to have that opportunity, in that sense of normalcy again. 240 00:42:34.050 --> 00:42:44.610 WLWV Board Room: And then, before I tell you sort of how we wrap up our year the last exciting event was we had mayor walters at school to oversee a summit on. 241 00:42:45.360 --> 00:42:52.620 WLWV Board Room: trying to find a solution to the Russia and Ukraine conflict, and so what I loved about this event was that our. 242 00:42:53.220 --> 00:42:58.800 WLWV Board Room: One of our newer teachers call and share Meyer who's a Westland high graduate he connected with. 243 00:42:59.580 --> 00:43:16.140 WLWV Board Room: Someone who i've never met but he's kind of famous Todd Jones, I believe, yes, and so there was this sort of lovely little circle of life were calling met with Todd Todd helped calling plan this summit and our our students prepped for a week and. 244 00:43:17.430 --> 00:43:26.040 WLWV Board Room: You know impressed our mayor, which was awesome for them, they were very excited the best part of the mayor being at our school was. 245 00:43:26.760 --> 00:43:37.650 WLWV Board Room: When she arrived, and it was like the kids it was like she was famous it was amazing she feels like this the best part of being the mayor, because I get out of my car and children flock to me so. 246 00:43:38.580 --> 00:43:44.340 WLWV Board Room: That was great and so here, we are looking at the last seven days of school and they are busy. 247 00:43:44.910 --> 00:43:51.720 WLWV Board Room: In addition to a talent show and spirit week, we also have our beloved independent project night back for the first time since 2019. 248 00:43:52.440 --> 00:43:58.980 WLWV Board Room: In 2020 this was cancelled entirely but we pivoted to let students share their passions via a flip grid community. 249 00:43:59.610 --> 00:44:05.850 WLWV Board Room: I was so impressed with the amount of students who wanted to finish the work they started before the shutdown even without accounting. 250 00:44:06.750 --> 00:44:13.200 WLWV Board Room: Last year it was as we wrapped up hybrid learning, we had a small walk through where students could share their work with their family after school. 251 00:44:13.620 --> 00:44:18.570 WLWV Board Room: And this year we are back to an evening event that is truly able to celebrate the amazing work of these students. 252 00:44:19.170 --> 00:44:23.250 WLWV Board Room: you're all welcome to join, I know it's a busy week next week with some graduations, but it is. 253 00:44:23.880 --> 00:44:38.820 WLWV Board Room: Tuesday June 14 from 530 to seven and independent projects is essentially a long research project, but the student is in the driver's seat for most of the process and it helps our students engaged in their learning and what can sometimes be a tough time of year to concentrate. 254 00:44:39.870 --> 00:44:50.970 WLWV Board Room: So this year, our fourth and fifth graders studied either a landmark historical figure animal some stellar topics include the giant penguin Isaac Newton and the Boston garden whom celtics. 255 00:44:51.690 --> 00:45:05.760 WLWV Board Room: Are six seventh and eighth graders study less concrete topics, often with an essential question to answer some highlights from that grouping include the positive impacts of viruses machine learning and social media and deforestation. 256 00:45:07.170 --> 00:45:23.910 WLWV Board Room: I am so proud of our tr CS students it's been a good year, not without its challenges of returning to school full time but a good year our students are happy to have a full year of learning under their belts and many are already looking forward to the fall, which is always fun to see. 257 00:45:25.290 --> 00:45:39.690 WLWV Board Room: Finally, a huge Thank you to the amazing teaching staff at to rcs our own board members in our parents you continue to help make tr CS a great place, thank you for your time tonight, I appreciate being able to share a little bit about three rivers charter school. 258 00:45:48.750 --> 00:45:59.610 WLWV Board Room: Thank you very much for that update and for all the images that have come any debt and just looking to see if any of my fellow board members wanted to say anything, and I see the superintendent. 259 00:46:00.540 --> 00:46:15.000 WLWV Board Room: Is queued up well, first of all I want to thank director Taylor for being the liaison on the board this year and I i'm hoping he'll continue next year, because sometimes we just get to know a staff and the place you don't want your turn to be over, but no pressure. 260 00:46:15.990 --> 00:46:22.710 WLWV Board Room: But thank you for for taking that on, and I know each of your trips there, it was a delight to meet the staff and the students and. 261 00:46:23.430 --> 00:46:32.820 WLWV Board Room: megan your leadership is just amazing and you've kept the caliber of the school where it's been you've been a steady hand. 262 00:46:33.570 --> 00:46:38.610 WLWV Board Room: Through transition, and I see your former colleagues sitting next to you, I know he would say the same. 263 00:46:39.030 --> 00:46:48.090 WLWV Board Room: You both work so closely together, and I know that transition to your leadership was met with great relief from the Community and great cheers from the staff. 264 00:46:48.870 --> 00:46:58.290 WLWV Board Room: And you just worked so hard and you're so dedicated the success of the students, the culture of the school, the overall well being of the Community. 265 00:46:58.800 --> 00:47:07.950 WLWV Board Room: And couldn't be more proud if if folks want to see how beautifully a public charter school and a public school district can work together. 266 00:47:08.520 --> 00:47:24.540 WLWV Board Room: and have kind of a seamless connection with each other and and care about the students in in each organization, I would ask people to come and see our school district, and to visit three rivers charter school, so thank you very much for your leadership appreciate it. 267 00:47:31.590 --> 00:47:33.600 WLWV Board Room: going to say something no okay. 268 00:47:35.250 --> 00:47:41.850 WLWV Board Room: All right, yes, very good I echo what she said it's all very true how many years now, if you've been the administrator there. 269 00:47:49.320 --> 00:47:49.740 uh huh. 270 00:47:52.080 --> 00:48:02.580 WLWV Board Room: yeah very good all right, thank you, so we will move forward to our next agenda item which is the consent agenda. 271 00:48:03.840 --> 00:48:06.120 WLWV Board Room: and make a motion that we approve the consent agenda. 272 00:48:07.710 --> 00:48:10.140 WLWV Board Room: Right vice chair Thompson has the motion. 273 00:48:11.910 --> 00:48:14.070 WLWV Board Room: Alright director sleep seconds. 274 00:48:15.240 --> 00:48:18.150 WLWV Board Room: Am is Douglas we please call the vote can we spoke. 275 00:48:20.100 --> 00:48:20.940 WLWV Board Room: This Taylor. 276 00:48:22.140 --> 00:48:27.660 WLWV Board Room: Chelsea King I christy Thompson I just do my I think you're. 277 00:48:31.590 --> 00:48:39.630 WLWV Board Room: Right very good and we will now move to communication from the audience. 278 00:48:40.710 --> 00:48:41.610 WLWV Board Room: and 279 00:48:46.080 --> 00:48:54.300 WLWV Board Room: I have just a few things to say, to everybody who is here, first of all we're glad you're here welcome and. 280 00:48:55.170 --> 00:49:06.150 WLWV Board Room: We appreciate you taking time from your day to be here with us and person, and let us know your opinions your thoughts your recommendations your involvement is valued and appreciated. 281 00:49:06.690 --> 00:49:17.580 WLWV Board Room: And if you are here to speak, then you should have signed up here, so if you're here to speak during public comment, you have not yet signed up and you want to then magic chance. 282 00:49:19.800 --> 00:49:26.160 WLWV Board Room: And this is a time where you get to address the Board and the board gets to listen and. 283 00:49:28.020 --> 00:49:34.710 WLWV Board Room: You know, we won't engage in dialogue, so if we don't respond just take that as the fact that we're listening and taking notes. 284 00:49:35.130 --> 00:49:47.520 WLWV Board Room: And if there is something that you want from us a particular ask, then please make sure that that's clear, so that we can find the appropriate person to follow up with you, and this is not an opportunity to single out a. 285 00:49:48.570 --> 00:50:00.360 WLWV Board Room: student or a member of the staff or an administrator we have a separate complaint process for that if you have a concern about an individual student or district employee then will direct you to that. 286 00:50:00.840 --> 00:50:10.140 WLWV Board Room: And, of course, this is a time to address the board and not a larger audience and so were the folks sitting up here the five of us are your audience. 287 00:50:10.560 --> 00:50:20.250 WLWV Board Room: And you get three minutes and so we'll time and you can see when you're 30 minutes is up and at that point, then, we ask that you conclude. 288 00:50:20.760 --> 00:50:27.960 WLWV Board Room: And we have 45 minutes set aside, I don't think we'll have a hard time reaching that because we only have a handful of folks signed up. 289 00:50:28.470 --> 00:50:44.550 WLWV Board Room: And we do first want to hear from residents and then who are here in person and then residents, where you're remotely if we have any which I don't think we do, and then after we've heard from residents, then all turn to non residents who are here in person. 290 00:50:46.110 --> 00:50:58.890 WLWV Board Room: And if you feel like three minutes was not enough time then we welcome you to draft something you can send us things in writing if you'd like and we're happy to read them we've frequently read emails from the public as well. 291 00:51:01.200 --> 00:51:10.230 WLWV Board Room: I think I hit all the highlights, and with that I will call up our first speaker, who I see is a resident and Mary pat a pencil. 292 00:51:16.200 --> 00:51:18.300 WLWV Board Room: Good evening, can you hear me. 293 00:51:19.770 --> 00:51:32.670 WLWV Board Room: i'm Mary pat hansel and my zip code is 97070 I am a resident and I recently moved here, I have adult children and a grandchild who attended schools in Oregon. 294 00:51:33.150 --> 00:51:45.060 WLWV Board Room: And I believe it's time for districts, like our school district to implement the policy which is kg bb, which is the implementation of the Senate measure 554 be. 295 00:51:45.510 --> 00:51:58.740 WLWV Board Room: That came out of the legislature in 20 2021 and it's time for the district to post the signage communicate messages online that prevents firearms from being on school district campuses. 296 00:51:59.220 --> 00:52:09.900 WLWV Board Room: The 2021 Oregon senate bill 554 required secure storage barred firearms from public spaces and allow school districts to prohibit them as well. 297 00:52:10.230 --> 00:52:16.680 WLWV Board Room: And it was voted last year and came into effect this past fall September it's time to implement the bill here. 298 00:52:17.070 --> 00:52:29.160 WLWV Board Room: i'm a survivor of gun violence, who has lived with the ongoing familial ramifications of an old shotgun and my brother's death and i'm also a volunteer with moms demand action for gun sense and America. 299 00:52:29.520 --> 00:52:38.910 WLWV Board Room: A nonpartisan group of mothers and others who are working together to educate families and respect everyone by acknowledging rights Oregon. 300 00:52:39.450 --> 00:52:48.660 WLWV Board Room: Oregon saw record breaking gun sales in 2020 research shows that allowing guns on school grounds is likely to lead to more shootings homicides. 301 00:52:48.900 --> 00:52:59.970 WLWV Board Room: and suicides and that they're unlikely to prevent mass shootings and an average year 544 people die by guns in Oregon there's a public health emergency. 302 00:53:00.510 --> 00:53:08.670 WLWV Board Room: With guns and it worsens annually data shows more firearms have been purchased during the last two years than in prior years the pandemic brought. 303 00:53:09.270 --> 00:53:17.100 WLWV Board Room: physical, mental fears into our communities, we must not fail to be aware and stay diligent school firearm issues. 304 00:53:17.550 --> 00:53:27.300 WLWV Board Room: continue to be prevalent, we all know this from the recent events in Texas keeping guns away from school property while students are in school or activities. 305 00:53:27.780 --> 00:53:31.110 WLWV Board Room: With very clear notifications for people entering schools is critical. 306 00:53:31.470 --> 00:53:39.660 WLWV Board Room: Please join other districts in the suburban metro area like like us, we go tiger tualatin in hillsboro have already voted to include KGB. 307 00:53:39.900 --> 00:53:45.630 WLWV Board Room: As a policy that extend safety policies on campuses Westland Wilson bill school board members. 308 00:53:45.900 --> 00:53:57.450 WLWV Board Room: should use your ability, under the new law to an active policy prohibiting guns on school property wellness for body and mind improves for all when fewer external stressors are part of daily life. 309 00:53:57.810 --> 00:54:01.560 WLWV Board Room: notify parents of the new policy include information about the importance. 310 00:54:01.950 --> 00:54:11.700 WLWV Board Room: And the requirements of oregon's new secure storage law is time for the district to use all of the tools available at your disposal disposal to keep the school Community safer. 311 00:54:12.060 --> 00:54:21.450 WLWV Board Room: I look forward to standing alongside with you to make this happen, and I will provide any kind of support and information about programs that moms demand action has available. 312 00:54:24.030 --> 00:54:24.420 WLWV Board Room: Thank you. 313 00:54:30.960 --> 00:54:35.280 WLWV Board Room: Okay, we have a Westland resident Neil handily. 314 00:54:44.670 --> 00:54:52.380 WLWV Board Room: Good evening, my name is Jill henley, thank you for the opportunity to come here and speaking snowden regarding the gun free zone gun safety zone. 315 00:54:53.850 --> 00:55:02.250 WLWV Board Room: My prior life was a police officer for over 30 years in Oregon 20 of those years in Westland had the opportunity to work with the school district on a very regular basis. 316 00:55:04.320 --> 00:55:14.010 WLWV Board Room: very happy to be able to do that a large part of my job was crime prevention and public outreach received advanced training in crime prevention through environmental design or are separated. 317 00:55:15.270 --> 00:55:23.160 WLWV Board Room: i'm here tonight to share my opinion, not the city's opinion police departments been my own opinion because i'm retired now I get to do that for the first time in a long time. 318 00:55:24.210 --> 00:55:34.710 WLWV Board Room: i'm not an advocate for the second amendment i'm not here for the support the NRA i'm not here to support anti gun groups, this is all me and I have no political aspirations, be clear on that somebody asked me about that earlier. 319 00:55:36.030 --> 00:55:43.680 WLWV Board Room: I came here tonight, because we must do something effective to protect our students staff and volunteers at our school district facilities but has to be the right thing. 320 00:55:44.880 --> 00:55:47.310 WLWV Board Room: Currently we live or excuse me, currently. 321 00:55:48.510 --> 00:55:55.440 WLWV Board Room: there's more security to get into a costco than or as many school buildings there's something wrong with that that equation. 322 00:55:56.670 --> 00:56:12.870 WLWV Board Room: In order to four countries on to be effective, we rely on a simple concept that people will adhere to a rule if you come to a school or any place with a firearm with bad intent you're not following your criminal criminals, by definition, don't follow rules. 323 00:56:14.220 --> 00:56:14.670 WLWV Board Room: The. 324 00:56:16.260 --> 00:56:17.010 WLWV Board Room: gun free zone. 325 00:56:18.510 --> 00:56:21.450 WLWV Board Room: started a little rusty you haven't done any public speaking, since I returned. 326 00:56:22.770 --> 00:56:35.880 WLWV Board Room: gun free zones or programs that make people feel like they're doing something, and suddenly what they're doing is providing a false sense of security to vulnerable populations that policy makers, like yourselves are charged with protecting. 327 00:56:37.110 --> 00:56:43.350 WLWV Board Room: If polishes unsigned works, we put route know robbery signs up and seven eleven's in banks and we'd solved the robbery problem. 328 00:56:44.040 --> 00:56:49.650 WLWV Board Room: They don't if you have criminal intent you're going to find a way to do this, what do we do, crime prevention, one on one. 329 00:56:50.130 --> 00:56:59.640 WLWV Board Room: tighten up the security, the perimeter of the building make make it harder to get in protect our children i'm not advocating for arm teachers i'm not advocating for armed guards in the building. 330 00:57:00.840 --> 00:57:04.860 WLWV Board Room: concertina wire walls any of that stuff I think we need to balance. 331 00:57:06.690 --> 00:57:19.140 WLWV Board Room: The welcoming warm environment that we are kids thrive in our staffs thrive in with some modest security investments to ensure that people are not going to be able to. 332 00:57:19.770 --> 00:57:29.850 WLWV Board Room: To harm our kids I think the answer is more environmental solve fix that problem before we we start banning people from having guns again it's. 333 00:57:30.330 --> 00:57:33.990 WLWV Board Room: The people that that we're targeting with those rules are not the people were concerned about. 334 00:57:34.680 --> 00:57:40.680 WLWV Board Room: People concerned about don't follow rules and they're the ones that are going to cause problems and have shown over the past that they do. 335 00:57:41.340 --> 00:57:48.180 WLWV Board Room: there's also mental health component on that, but I have three seconds to talk about it i'm not going to tonight, other than we need to normalize the ability for. 336 00:57:48.990 --> 00:58:04.650 WLWV Board Room: kids to talk to people at schools, because share hey my friends, having trouble my friends in distress, how do we normalize that and make it Okay, for them to talk the counselors and others to head off the mental health crisis sorry for rambling on that very much for the opportunity. 337 00:58:09.900 --> 00:58:14.760 WLWV Board Room: All right, we have a Westland resident Emma thing or phone. 338 00:58:23.550 --> 00:58:26.880 WLWV Board Room: feel free to correct my pronunciation of your last name the phone phone. 339 00:58:28.920 --> 00:58:38.970 WLWV Board Room: hello, my name is on the phone and i'm a junior in high school over the past few years conversations considering discrimination and equity have become far more prevalent in our Community. 340 00:58:39.510 --> 00:58:48.870 WLWV Board Room: And it was in high school we've had many instances of inequity in the past few weeks, members of the student body have come together an open forums. 341 00:58:49.200 --> 00:58:53.130 WLWV Board Room: we've talked about the issues that are school faces and what we can do to help solve them. 342 00:58:53.700 --> 00:59:04.320 WLWV Board Room: We sent out a survey to the entire student body, asking them about their experiences and what they would like to see in the future from over 300 responses, this is what we heard. 343 00:59:05.220 --> 00:59:16.440 WLWV Board Room: Over 50% of the students think that teachers aren't equipped to talk about issues concerning discrimination and even less comfortable talking to their counselors about these issues. 344 00:59:17.190 --> 00:59:29.010 WLWV Board Room: Many students see instance the instances of discrimination and they don't report it they don't share it those who do often feel discouraged, they say. 345 00:59:29.760 --> 00:59:40.260 WLWV Board Room: nothing happens no action is taken, and nothing changes, these are the thoughts and the feelings of myself and my peers at weston high school. 346 00:59:42.660 --> 00:59:50.160 WLWV Board Room: Because of this, leaders of the student body are pushing for an equity director, in the words of the students and myself. 347 00:59:50.640 --> 01:00:00.990 WLWV Board Room: We want somebody who's knowledgeable and educated, who can hold staff and students accountable, who can listen to our concerns and, most importantly, take meaningful action. 348 01:00:02.400 --> 01:00:10.110 WLWV Board Room: This is to let the school board know and other Members that there are important and difficult conversations happening in our schools right now. 349 01:00:10.380 --> 01:00:19.350 WLWV Board Room: And this is a time where we must take action and create change in order to make our school district, a Community where everybody can feel valued and a part of. 350 01:00:20.250 --> 01:00:29.040 WLWV Board Room: And tomorrow will be meeting with Dr Spencer times and Dr ludvig to be talking more about these issues concerning discrimination and equity, thank you. 351 01:00:37.980 --> 01:00:41.220 WLWV Board Room: Okay, we have a Westland resident zachary. 352 01:00:42.780 --> 01:00:44.010 WLWV Board Room: Vehicle mess. 353 01:00:52.110 --> 01:00:59.640 WLWV Board Room: hi everyone, my name is zachary Gomez i'm a senior at Westland high school and i've been heavily involved as an officer in our schools affinity group. 354 01:01:00.540 --> 01:01:06.030 WLWV Board Room: Over the past few months, a group of students and I have expressed a heavy interest in the proposal of an ethnic studies course. 355 01:01:06.750 --> 01:01:13.980 WLWV Board Room: This group has helped create a rough plan of development for the creation of our proposal and i'd like to read you all a brief course description that I created. 356 01:01:14.940 --> 01:01:21.300 WLWV Board Room: Ethnic studies is an interdisciplinary course that gives students foundational understanding of culture, ethnicity and race. 357 01:01:21.720 --> 01:01:35.040 WLWV Board Room: Students will analyze the struggles faced by people of color and develop their own framework for discussing issues of inequality, the course will highlight underrepresented and marginalized people of the world, with an emphasis on celebrating their respective cultures and histories. 358 01:01:36.090 --> 01:01:43.170 WLWV Board Room: Many of our students have expressed interest in the creation of this course, and with the upcoming schedule changes for the following years the time to start is now. 359 01:01:44.010 --> 01:01:54.960 WLWV Board Room: And so what i'm asking for the Board is your continued support with the development of the course in tandem with our teachers staff and students of the following years but yeah, thank you for your time. 360 01:02:00.360 --> 01:02:05.010 WLWV Board Room: All right, very good That concludes the public comments, the people who have signed up. 361 01:02:06.660 --> 01:02:11.280 WLWV Board Room: All right, i'm just scanning the crowd and make sure there's not people here who thought they were signed up. 362 01:02:12.960 --> 01:02:16.950 WLWV Board Room: Okay i'm going to move forward now to the next agenda item. 363 01:02:18.930 --> 01:02:25.650 WLWV Board Room: The Department of operations, Mr mugu would you like to come on up. 364 01:02:29.130 --> 01:02:38.370 WLWV Board Room: think the first thing that you're addressing us on us the long range planning committee opening screen yeah big big board as you're aware of the. 365 01:02:39.300 --> 01:02:48.780 WLWV Board Room: Long Range planning committee has three vacancies, and we were fortunate enough to receive three applications, I believe you have those before you. 366 01:02:50.010 --> 01:02:55.980 WLWV Board Room: The applicants are forgive me if I miss pronounce the names Mariana creswell. 367 01:02:57.240 --> 01:03:05.580 WLWV Board Room: Alina Egeland, and Romero ideas they have each applied for any vacant position and. 368 01:03:06.840 --> 01:03:09.570 WLWV Board Room: Those are the applicants before you tonight. 369 01:03:11.910 --> 01:03:14.190 WLWV Board Room: And that's my presentation. 370 01:03:15.270 --> 01:03:20.460 WLWV Board Room: Great Thank you um, so I think the first thing we could do is just see if any of the. 371 01:03:21.360 --> 01:03:25.380 WLWV Board Room: board members here have any questions for you, and then I would like to see if there's. 372 01:03:25.770 --> 01:03:37.320 WLWV Board Room: I think we have all three of the folks present and so to invite them each to come up and speak for a moment or two and address the board if they'd like to so first does anybody have any questions and Mr mugu. 373 01:03:38.430 --> 01:03:40.230 WLWV Board Room: about the process or. 374 01:03:41.310 --> 01:03:42.690 WLWV Board Room: Okay, and. 375 01:03:45.000 --> 01:03:56.490 WLWV Board Room: I just want to give a big thanks to the committee to Mr my golf and to miss Jordan, for their work and really trying to craft an application process and. 376 01:03:57.690 --> 01:04:06.690 WLWV Board Room: Communications that really stress how important it is that when folks sign up for these positions that they attend meetings and that they participate fully. 377 01:04:07.440 --> 01:04:13.710 WLWV Board Room: i've had the delight of being the liaison to this committee and one of the great things is each committee Member. 378 01:04:14.550 --> 01:04:22.920 WLWV Board Room: Has a project that they report out on, and so a commitment to this work is really important, so I was really pleased to see the enhanced communication on that front. 379 01:04:23.550 --> 01:04:31.500 WLWV Board Room: really pleased to see our three applicants here tonight I think it's just an indication of the commitment that we're hoping for and. 380 01:04:31.980 --> 01:04:38.670 WLWV Board Room: really look forward to learning more about them and then hopefully working with them if they serve on this committee, so thank you. 381 01:04:39.660 --> 01:04:55.320 WLWV Board Room: yeah, thank you for that comment and for your extra attending extra meetings as a liaison for the long range planning committee and, of course, like no pressure to come up, we have your application with your statement in front of us, but I just like to extend it since you're here and so. 382 01:04:56.340 --> 01:05:01.110 WLWV Board Room: And then also gives you an opportunity to correct the pronunciation of your name Alina England. 383 01:05:04.650 --> 01:05:05.280 WLWV Board Room: Please do. 384 01:05:08.730 --> 01:05:22.830 WLWV Board Room: haha great let's go just something bigger may as well use it, yes, so Hello i'm Alina England and i'd like to thank you for giving me the opportunity to introduce myself and join the long range planning committee. 385 01:05:24.150 --> 01:05:33.780 WLWV Board Room: I moved to us Lynn after growing up in portland where I attended portland public schools after high school, I went to college in Oregon as well attending willamette university. 386 01:05:34.320 --> 01:05:43.710 WLWV Board Room: And then the University of Oregon for graduate school my husband grew up in Westland attending Westland high school and even Bolton way back when it was a middle school. 387 01:05:44.370 --> 01:05:54.030 WLWV Board Room: We chose to make our home in Westland for many reasons, but a big one, was the wonderful schools, I have two children currently attending trillium creek and restaurant Ridge. 388 01:05:54.840 --> 01:06:03.480 WLWV Board Room: i've been teaching art history at the College level for the past 15 years first to portland state and then for the majority of that time a portland Community college. 389 01:06:04.590 --> 01:06:07.800 WLWV Board Room: it's been a while, since i've done public speaking myself um. 390 01:06:09.570 --> 01:06:20.220 WLWV Board Room: I love my job I love art history and introducing students to a subject they might not be familiar with, but also working with young people who are investing in themselves and their education. 391 01:06:20.700 --> 01:06:27.510 WLWV Board Room: Exploring different opportunities and hopeful for the future, I feel like my job gives me a unique perspective. 392 01:06:28.020 --> 01:06:33.990 WLWV Board Room: allowing me to see how students leave their K through 12 education with varying degrees of preparedness for college. 393 01:06:34.560 --> 01:06:44.160 WLWV Board Room: And my wish would be that all of them would be able to have the access to the level of academic rigor and the many opportunities available to students in the western will symbol district. 394 01:06:45.960 --> 01:06:55.590 WLWV Board Room: I placed a lot of value on education, not only for myself and my own children that my students at PCC and really for the broader community as well i'm here. 395 01:06:56.010 --> 01:07:06.210 WLWV Board Room: And one thing my family feels very fortunate to be able to do with the thanks to the generosity of family and friends is we award an annual scholarship in memory of my father in law. 396 01:07:06.720 --> 01:07:14.250 WLWV Board Room: via the West lines, come to a Westland high school senior and it's something that we look forward to each year you're at the end of excellence, you know. 397 01:07:15.270 --> 01:07:19.530 WLWV Board Room: i'm running for this position because i'm invested in our Community, in education. 398 01:07:19.860 --> 01:07:30.960 WLWV Board Room: And I want to do my part to ensure that the Western will symbol schools continue their tradition of academic excellence and set all students up for success upon graduation, regardless of what path they end up taking. 399 01:07:31.560 --> 01:07:42.870 WLWV Board Room: I know that are growing district is constantly changing and evolving and I look forward to the opportunity to be an active participant, as we tackle challenges and plan for growth, together, thank you. 400 01:07:46.110 --> 01:07:48.600 WLWV Board Room: All right, thank you and Marina Cresswell. 401 01:07:53.400 --> 01:07:54.930 WLWV Board Room: Good evening green across well. 402 01:07:56.190 --> 01:08:07.950 WLWV Board Room: I actually do a little bit more public speaking because I worked for portland public schools, but in my personal life i'm a parent of a wonderful 14 year old son, who goes to Roosevelt bridge. 403 01:08:08.820 --> 01:08:22.650 WLWV Board Room: he's been going there since January we moved it to the district in December and basically he had been doing online school up until that point he came to rosemount he was welcomed. 404 01:08:23.730 --> 01:08:37.560 WLWV Board Room: to the point where he came back the first week of school and said mom the kids here are so nice I really like my teachers and have a 14 year old say that feels pretty special. 405 01:08:39.390 --> 01:08:45.090 WLWV Board Room: In my professional life, my background is in design, construction public sector project management. 406 01:08:45.930 --> 01:08:59.820 WLWV Board Room: For the last three years I have run the bond funding construction program for PPs and I thought this was a unique opportunity for me to give back of my skills to the Community that is welcoming us so. 407 01:09:01.080 --> 01:09:04.110 I haven't prepared me for the remarks, thank you. 408 01:09:07.200 --> 01:09:10.080 WLWV Board Room: All right, thank you and Ramiro Diaz. 409 01:09:16.890 --> 01:09:17.550 hi everybody. 410 01:09:19.980 --> 01:09:24.360 WLWV Board Room: want to take the time to thank my song or your words. 411 01:09:25.650 --> 01:09:45.450 WLWV Board Room: Those situations pull my emotional strings big time so I had to do that second it's so nice to meet so many of you guys that at some point or another, I spoken or we made on zoom that's been my view for the meetings so to finally see. 412 01:09:46.710 --> 01:09:52.170 WLWV Board Room: Physical people that i've seen so many times it's so great. 413 01:09:54.090 --> 01:09:57.330 WLWV Board Room: The last couple of years since the pandemic started I. 414 01:09:58.770 --> 01:09:59.460 WLWV Board Room: have made it. 415 01:10:00.570 --> 01:10:01.890 WLWV Board Room: A commitment to. 416 01:10:04.680 --> 01:10:06.780 WLWV Board Room: find a way to help anybody. 417 01:10:07.980 --> 01:10:25.020 WLWV Board Room: During the pandemic I my routine changed entirely I walked away from a small business that I worked six to seven days a week, and then, once I walked away from that I feel free and I said i've got a lot of time on my hands, that I want to. 418 01:10:26.520 --> 01:10:41.010 WLWV Board Room: invest in others and, at the time it I didn't know what that meant I didn't know what the word others would mean but slowly people have acknowledged that i'm finding something and. 419 01:10:42.060 --> 01:10:51.870 WLWV Board Room: for one reason or another we've had i've had people reach out to me and say hey have you thought about doing this or there's a position here and there, and and that has been. 420 01:10:52.920 --> 01:10:55.170 WLWV Board Room: So rewarding and humbling to. 421 01:10:56.940 --> 01:11:14.730 WLWV Board Room: have somebody else tell you or refer you serious certain way, where you might be needed a or or your point of view, might be of help and that has brought me to today, even when I was made aware that there was an opening to for this long range committee so. 422 01:11:16.170 --> 01:11:18.660 WLWV Board Room: That is why i'm here i've been a part of. 423 01:11:19.740 --> 01:11:34.590 WLWV Board Room: i've been a part of committees and i've been turned down from committees, and then I found out that you don't have to be a part of the committee to be a part of the conversation so even when I have been turned down from certain groups or committees. 424 01:11:36.180 --> 01:11:40.500 WLWV Board Room: Just being in the meeting, just like watching the the the board meetings here. 425 01:11:41.880 --> 01:11:49.080 WLWV Board Room: I don't have to come to the meetings, but I can watch them online and I have learned so much through all the meetings here and. 426 01:11:50.520 --> 01:11:58.230 WLWV Board Room: So all this to tell you that I applied for the long range planning committee. 427 01:11:59.280 --> 01:12:08.370 WLWV Board Room: Because that's what i've been doing for the last two years, is just finding out what is happening at our schools i've raised three kids i've helped raise three kids. 428 01:12:10.110 --> 01:12:17.940 WLWV Board Room: Two of them are adults now one of them is in you saw him earlier, he is nine years old, so. 429 01:12:19.530 --> 01:12:21.660 WLWV Board Room: I love getting involved with kids. 430 01:12:23.100 --> 01:12:24.930 WLWV Board Room: kids pull me. 431 01:12:25.950 --> 01:12:33.750 WLWV Board Room: i've joked many times that I get along better with kids than with adults, but you have to work with adults to be able to help kids out so. 432 01:12:34.800 --> 01:12:45.630 WLWV Board Room: That is why i'm running or not running but I play I applied for this position and, hopefully, I will have a chance to talk to all of you, and especially was why Thank you. 433 01:12:48.660 --> 01:12:55.110 WLWV Board Room: Thank you to all three of you for being here and for sharing a little bit more information about you and it's. 434 01:12:56.100 --> 01:13:04.710 WLWV Board Room: Just reassuring to see that we have three qualified engaged caring individuals and we happen to have three openings. 435 01:13:05.190 --> 01:13:16.260 WLWV Board Room: And so I think what we can do, since all three have indicated, an interest in all three positions is just you know we can assign them the number, based on the order of which they're presented here so it's it doesn't matter. 436 01:13:16.620 --> 01:13:20.940 WLWV Board Room: it's arbitrary and if you know we can entertain a motion this point. 437 01:13:27.330 --> 01:13:46.110 WLWV Board Room: I move that we approve the following appointments to the western wall civilian long range planning committee that we appoint Marina creswell to position to only met eglin to position for at Ramiro Diaz to position six all right, thank you, Director right for that motion. 438 01:13:47.370 --> 01:13:52.350 WLWV Board Room: Also, all right, Dr Taylor, thank you for the second, is there any further discussion. 439 01:13:54.990 --> 01:14:01.470 WLWV Board Room: All right, Miss Douglas we he's called about can we sleep, I will it's taking a. 440 01:14:03.210 --> 01:14:08.610 WLWV Board Room: selfie King I christy toxin I just knew my I thank you. 441 01:14:17.070 --> 01:14:21.330 WLWV Board Room: Very good, you you're approved and you're welcome to stay or go. 442 01:14:23.460 --> 01:14:26.010 WLWV Board Room: You get to stay in the committee, even if you decide to leave right now. 443 01:14:29.670 --> 01:14:32.010 WLWV Board Room: All right, and I see that we have. 444 01:14:33.240 --> 01:14:46.260 WLWV Board Room: Miss Kim Jordan still here oh there, she is yep a longtime member of long range planning committee here to give us a bond oversight quarterly report and Mr Douglas did you want to speak first, before I hand it over to miss Jordan. 445 01:14:49.590 --> 01:14:50.220 WLWV Board Room: No wasn't. 446 01:14:53.490 --> 01:14:56.640 WLWV Board Room: OK alright that sounds good, thank you hi. 447 01:14:58.500 --> 01:15:11.520 WLWV Board Room: thanks for having me um before we start, I really do need to wear reading glasses and i'm still getting used to taking them on enough so bear with me a little bit and try to fake it, but I really can't read the notes so. 448 01:15:13.230 --> 01:15:18.930 WLWV Board Room: I am here to present the quarter 120 22 board report. 449 01:15:20.730 --> 01:15:22.320 WLWV Board Room: So let's do it. 450 01:15:23.490 --> 01:15:30.090 WLWV Board Room: First, talking about oh i'm Kurt can you put up the board report first and then the pictures second. 451 01:15:31.680 --> 01:15:33.030 WLWV Board Room: Or the bond report. 452 01:15:48.000 --> 01:15:48.540 WLWV Board Room: Thank you. 453 01:15:50.250 --> 01:15:54.690 WLWV Board Room: um so first of all talking about the program summary and the financials. 454 01:15:56.520 --> 01:16:08.220 WLWV Board Room: we're 73% committed or worse over 73% of current funding so we've signed new contracts, since last time i've been here for the design of frog pond. 455 01:16:08.760 --> 01:16:17.940 WLWV Board Room: And then the other summer projects so that was the kind of big bumping in commitments and the forecasted over under the Program. 456 01:16:18.570 --> 01:16:28.020 WLWV Board Room: is still over rather than under and the reasons for that are the same reasons that we're all experiencing of supply chain issues. 457 01:16:28.770 --> 01:16:37.230 WLWV Board Room: increase fuel costs and Labor shortages and so there's some balancing going on and part of what our. 458 01:16:38.010 --> 01:16:53.790 WLWV Board Room: OPS group does so well, is to look at the big picture and say what things you know, did we want to do, but are critical right now what things for supply chain can we maybe put off one example would be, we need a new roof that beckman creek. 459 01:16:55.230 --> 01:17:03.840 WLWV Board Room: And, but the contractors saying, well, we can't get the supplies for that, right now, so that means instead of like taking the roof off. 460 01:17:04.320 --> 01:17:15.840 WLWV Board Room: let's actually wait postpone that a year, take the roof off when we actually can get all of the supplies so there's a lot of like long lead orders going in now, so that we can get the supplies. 461 01:17:16.230 --> 01:17:25.620 WLWV Board Room: have them where we need them before we find ourselves with the big hole in the ground and nothing to put in it, or examples like that and. 462 01:17:27.210 --> 01:17:44.970 WLWV Board Room: We are doing our learning with technology projects and a lot of those will happen over the summer and you'll see under facility improvements we are under on that and that is where the our big energy refund was represented, so we got. 463 01:17:47.190 --> 01:18:04.770 WLWV Board Room: $430,000 refund from energy funds from a senate bill 1149 so that's great and the staff does spends a lot of time working on getting those refunds and rebates for us that's where you'll see that represented. 464 01:18:07.830 --> 01:18:15.360 WLWV Board Room: Before we go away from this page does anybody have any questions about the fun yeah it can you remind me what program means. 465 01:18:15.810 --> 01:18:29.040 WLWV Board Room: That we're underneath in between subtitles and grand total says program can remind me what that line is for that line was for the awesome where we represented the awesome grant. 466 01:18:30.060 --> 01:18:33.330 WLWV Board Room: And one other thing remember. 467 01:18:35.490 --> 01:18:42.930 WLWV Board Room: Under program is that the awesome grandview there's a number of things that were there and others that are still there. 468 01:18:43.890 --> 01:18:50.790 WLWV Board Room: Rather than take program overhead, for instance, staff salaries for project management and things like that. 469 01:18:51.210 --> 01:19:00.840 WLWV Board Room: And divide every billing up and consume an incredible amount of staff time dividing payroll every month there's a number of things like program software and staff. 470 01:19:01.530 --> 01:19:11.100 WLWV Board Room: That we simply grouped into one place and allow those buildings to happen, much more efficiently allows folks to see the money that is being committed and spent there. 471 01:19:12.030 --> 01:19:27.390 WLWV Board Room: The awesome grant funds as well as bond premium initially began there and were transferred out again to allow the transparency of here's the money that you know here's how the money moved for where from where it was initially placed. 472 01:19:28.590 --> 01:19:46.410 WLWV Board Room: Other things such as the expenses incurred during the sale of bonds there's an incredible amount of legal and financial consultant work that occurs, and we are planning for another bond sale this fall and so we're doing our best to account for that money in advance. 473 01:19:53.610 --> 01:19:55.050 keep going okay. 474 01:19:57.180 --> 01:20:06.720 WLWV Board Room: Okay, so let's talk about some of the projects, so you know I always I try to not say how excited I am but i'm still so excited about our projects so. 475 01:20:07.170 --> 01:20:20.310 WLWV Board Room: Just again, and you know we're shooting for fall of 2023 for three big projects to happen and so we're watching those the most closely and the first one of those is the renovation at. 476 01:20:20.760 --> 01:20:29.130 WLWV Board Room: Wilson ville high school and those pictures were the ones that were at before and we'll go to those at the end just to see some really good updates. 477 01:20:29.520 --> 01:20:39.870 WLWV Board Room: Although there's some on here and on the next page on page for the updated ones really show some progress, the more recent progress on that. 478 01:20:41.760 --> 01:20:51.840 WLWV Board Room: For the ap creek middle school at dollar one thing to point out is the Luba decision is final, the appeal. 479 01:20:52.620 --> 01:21:07.260 WLWV Board Room: was still kind of pending at the time I was here last time, and it was denied outright on all points so that's done and there were no appeals to that process people had another week or so to do the appeal and no one did so that is over. 480 01:21:07.920 --> 01:21:29.400 WLWV Board Room: And if you drive by that area, you would see that now, they have cut three grades into, so this is an older picture that is up now, and we have a better picture in the end, but you'll see that it's graded out to show three separate areas and that the forums were. 481 01:21:30.810 --> 01:21:45.840 WLWV Board Room: built and it's happening super exciting and then riverside high school, this is one of somebody had mentioned that we all have our individual projects and riverside high school is my project so. 482 01:21:46.380 --> 01:22:04.230 WLWV Board Room: I went and walk through the new office area it's awesome it has look that kind of looks like would middle school so that's its kind of has a similar feel to other schools that you've seen nice big offices and actually. 483 01:22:05.310 --> 01:22:15.240 WLWV Board Room: The principal Joel Sebastian had invited, I think I understand our principal children to go ahead and start working at the site as well. 484 01:22:15.900 --> 01:22:37.290 WLWV Board Room: And so, he could be in his new school and some of the stuff that's going to happen over the summer is to convert the old office space into this shared space that's going to be created the outside of the building is really pretty too, and I have those pictures for you at the end. 485 01:22:38.790 --> 01:22:56.610 WLWV Board Room: and Western high school that project is nearing completion, the parking lot is open, I saw cars parked there I don't think students are using it right now but it's 102 new spots, so if you were unless you. 486 01:22:57.660 --> 01:23:13.350 WLWV Board Room: have not been around you know that this is an ongoing Community issue so hopefully this will solve a lot of problems in the neighborhood super excited about that and and the stadium expansion is open the stadium has been used and in use. 487 01:23:14.670 --> 01:23:30.570 WLWV Board Room: And then frog pond is the next project, there was a Community open house on may 3 I was not able to attend that I don't know if any of you weren't able to touch, and so there was the first chance for the Community to come out and say. 488 01:23:32.220 --> 01:23:42.810 WLWV Board Room: start giving some feedback and stars saying what they want to see, and how they're feeling about it and that's a really important piece think we've learned over the years to get early. 489 01:23:43.260 --> 01:23:50.880 WLWV Board Room: Community engagement and for these new schools and new locations and might jump in for just a moment. 490 01:23:51.660 --> 01:24:00.090 WLWV Board Room: In addition to the Community event that we held which we didn't see a lot of attendance for generally indicating a lot of support in the Community. 491 01:24:00.660 --> 01:24:19.290 WLWV Board Room: When we don't see a large amount of attendance and event like that, but we were able to disseminate the survey for the Community out through a variety of virtual means, and we did see received several dozen responses, a bean burger in our office who's now our bond office. 492 01:24:20.400 --> 01:24:25.620 WLWV Board Room: What are we calling our bond program coordinator kind of becoming my vice principal to. 493 01:24:26.550 --> 01:24:34.320 WLWV Board Room: me as a principal of the office over there it's been great working with her over the last 13 years and her coming to this place of leadership. 494 01:24:34.950 --> 01:24:44.010 WLWV Board Room: And so she's taking on a lot of communications in the office and so she's distilling all of that feedback into a Q amp a as well as a kind of a fact sheet. 495 01:24:44.940 --> 01:25:00.540 WLWV Board Room: That will not only be distributing publicly, but also to the design team and the design committee is where we're doing that design, so it was great to get those several dozen responses from the community about the project before we had any real designs put together. 496 01:25:01.560 --> 01:25:13.680 WLWV Board Room: And we will be planning another Community meeting where we'll have some initial kind of crayon level drawings of what the school might look like, with the hopes that folks will see their feedback. 497 01:25:14.700 --> 01:25:24.990 WLWV Board Room: included contemplated as part of that initial concept and and get another round of feedback, so we can further iterate just wanted to touch on that public outreach component thanks. 498 01:25:27.060 --> 01:25:35.940 WLWV Board Room: And even though it's not part technically part of the bond oversight, I wanted to mention this is technically part of the long range planning committee part of our meeting. 499 01:25:36.420 --> 01:25:46.410 WLWV Board Room: But I thought you would be interested in that in that project, I think we have a really unique situation or opportunity to partner with the city of well Seville, the actual. 500 01:25:47.100 --> 01:25:55.020 WLWV Board Room: plot, that we need for the school is 10 acres, but what we have is 13.5 acres so there's an extra extra 3.5. 501 01:25:55.530 --> 01:26:01.020 WLWV Board Room: And the city of Wilson fellows long been looking to have a public park in that area. 502 01:26:01.470 --> 01:26:14.130 WLWV Board Room: And we have a history of partnering with them, and so what could be a really cool future for that site would be the school with a city park just adjacent to that and kind of this l shaped. 503 01:26:14.610 --> 01:26:23.640 WLWV Board Room: And configuration so that's really exciting and a great partnership with that with that study So hopefully we'll get to see how that plays out. 504 01:26:24.750 --> 01:26:37.380 WLWV Board Room: And then just a couple things I wanted to mention is that we met at would middle school and if you haven't had a chance to see the final renovation there it's super cool but. 505 01:26:38.010 --> 01:26:48.750 WLWV Board Room: They created a maker space there which I wanted to bring that up because at the middle school level I think it's super just it's cool there's a picture of it here, but it does not do it justice. 506 01:26:49.140 --> 01:26:58.920 WLWV Board Room: And we went in there and it was so great, because it was a mess like you could tell they use it, the kids are in there and they're building in there and using 3D printers and. 507 01:26:59.430 --> 01:27:07.350 WLWV Board Room: And I mean a lovely lovely creative you know well us mess, so that was really great to see and the project seem to be done there. 508 01:27:07.920 --> 01:27:16.860 WLWV Board Room: Some of our summer projects include you know finishing the old office space at riverside replacing some sprinklers at beckman. 509 01:27:17.340 --> 01:27:29.760 WLWV Board Room: and replacing a cabling and wiring epoch men and Stafford and you know it's summertime is time to crank it out if we ever stop raining and start getting good weather, we can make some traction on some of these projects. 510 01:27:31.320 --> 01:27:39.930 WLWV Board Room: That concludes my report any Oh, I wanted to talk about the pictures, so this is, and the first slide is the update to the. 511 01:27:40.590 --> 01:27:50.910 WLWV Board Room: Wilson ville high school auditorium project so it's coming along you'll recall that they had to dig down deep underneath and then building all the way up from the bottom. 512 01:27:52.350 --> 01:27:54.900 WLWV Board Room: same This is just another angle of that. 513 01:27:56.640 --> 01:28:14.550 WLWV Board Room: This is the one portion of the ap creek from a drone shot, so I had said there were kind of these three tiers, and this is the main tier and they have the forums and pouring concrete and really making some progress on that location. 514 01:28:16.350 --> 01:28:18.120 The walls going up there. 515 01:28:20.010 --> 01:28:30.540 WLWV Board Room: This is the front of riverside high school and and you'll notice that it's bumped out so that curve and. 516 01:28:31.170 --> 01:28:39.690 WLWV Board Room: Part of that curve is brand new and all glass that has come out and then the new seating areas, since it will be a high school. 517 01:28:40.110 --> 01:28:50.910 WLWV Board Room: kids will have the opportunity, with an open campus to sit outside in front and just some really pretty landscaping and then and. 518 01:28:51.570 --> 01:29:03.240 WLWV Board Room: Kurt with your Eric can you show that new curve yeah so that's all glass that's all new and that's because there's a new entry way there on your right hand side that didn't exist, so that will be the main. 519 01:29:04.140 --> 01:29:11.460 WLWV Board Room: Safe entry point, and then it feeds into this light bright glass hallway that will. 520 01:29:12.570 --> 01:29:25.710 WLWV Board Room: dump kids into the main part of the school and so you'll walk through the front doors, and if you were to go to the right then that's where all the new offices are and then you would go straight to get into the main part of the building. 521 01:29:28.110 --> 01:29:36.120 WLWV Board Room: And this is the high school there's our hundred and two spots can't wait for my junior seem to be senior to get his parking pass finally. 522 01:29:36.510 --> 01:29:49.320 WLWV Board Room: stop having to leave the House at 7:30am for school and the circular areas just a pathway that's going to the kids will come out from that parking lot and won't have to walk on the road, so they can kind of shoot down. 523 01:29:49.740 --> 01:29:58.650 WLWV Board Room: There and that's also just a more space for when we're hosting games or events there at the high school so. 524 01:29:59.850 --> 01:30:03.030 WLWV Board Room: they're just from up top really pretty and Nice design. 525 01:30:05.100 --> 01:30:08.730 WLWV Board Room: Any questions yeah I do have a couple of questions, yes. 526 01:30:11.910 --> 01:30:25.980 WLWV Board Room: Thank you for doing this and for just being so steadfast on the committee and being there all the time and just a big thank you to our Community, for you know funding these amazing beautiful projects two questions, one is. 527 01:30:27.300 --> 01:30:37.800 WLWV Board Room: about the numbers under the program marketing and Mr Douglas feel free to jump in here also but i'll start with you, Miss Jordan I just really appreciate that. 528 01:30:39.090 --> 01:30:40.980 WLWV Board Room: That, in your report it's. 529 01:30:42.270 --> 01:30:53.100 WLWV Board Room: captured that part of the conversation that has been developing over the past handful of years has been how to diversify the contractor pool and here on. 530 01:30:55.350 --> 01:31:07.710 WLWV Board Room: hey page 38 or page to page to page 38 of my board book page two of the your presentation shows that there has been, you know intentional outreach and. 531 01:31:08.670 --> 01:31:18.210 WLWV Board Room: representation of over $6 million that have been awarded and then there's percentages like under the wood. 532 01:31:18.630 --> 01:31:30.960 WLWV Board Room: middle school and under the ap creek their percentages of the contract and I just would like to help and understanding what is that percentage mean So if I see something that's 18.5% of the contract 6.2% of the contract. 533 01:31:31.410 --> 01:31:36.420 WLWV Board Room: Can you help me understand what that means and i'm happy to jump in, if you prefer sure. 534 01:31:38.040 --> 01:31:45.810 WLWV Board Room: yeah so i'm sure king, particularly with you there's been a lot of conversations about this interest in tracking and understand these numbers. 535 01:31:46.860 --> 01:31:48.090 WLWV Board Room: And to go. 536 01:31:49.110 --> 01:31:50.940 WLWV Board Room: Further than a certification. 537 01:31:52.410 --> 01:32:02.970 WLWV Board Room: And that there's a lot of firms small businesses who might not want to try to jump through all the hoops to achieve a certification they don't have time to do that, but trying to earn you know money for their family. 538 01:32:04.290 --> 01:32:22.680 WLWV Board Room: And so, these numbers are a percentage of the general contract at the time it was signed so before tracking change orders and so forth, so the vast majority of the contract and we asked the general contractors, a very simple question. 539 01:32:24.450 --> 01:32:49.410 WLWV Board Room: What percentage of the contract is with contractors that are women minority disadvantaged disabled or veteran owned companies, there is no restriction in terms of some special certification it's the identification that the owners of those firms have how they identify themselves. 540 01:32:51.240 --> 01:32:58.710 WLWV Board Room: And they've kind of said, well, we know who's got this in this certification nope pause take a breath. 541 01:32:59.550 --> 01:33:06.690 WLWV Board Room: we're we're not looking for some special little badge That said, they went through some regulatory process to achieve certification. 542 01:33:07.230 --> 01:33:19.890 WLWV Board Room: We want to understand the true nature of the ownership of these companies, and you can just list them out with $1 value will take your total value of your contract and will assign a percentage value to that. 543 01:33:20.790 --> 01:33:41.580 WLWV Board Room: So the goal was to try to reach a true understanding of that percentage not have some criteria set up by some entity, creating a registration, but the ownership of the firm That was our understanding of your intent under this sort of initial phase of coming to quantify and understand. 544 01:33:42.840 --> 01:33:46.170 WLWV Board Room: How our attempts to reach out to those folks are doing. 545 01:33:50.580 --> 01:33:52.380 WLWV Board Room: Very good, thank you for that. 546 01:33:53.910 --> 01:34:07.980 WLWV Board Room: um My other question is that I know that frog pond we had the Community forum and then the survey and the design firm has been hired and can you remind me on any anything else about the timeline of the frog pond. 547 01:34:10.440 --> 01:34:28.500 WLWV Board Room: I think I have to be told this several times, so I think we're planning on the opening of being in fall of like if you can work 2024 24 hours, that is because, and this they're not even done building out the homes right through there so it's not it doesn't have the urgency, maybe to. 548 01:34:29.670 --> 01:34:34.350 WLWV Board Room: take the pressure off some of the existing schools quite yet, but. 549 01:34:36.480 --> 01:34:49.410 WLWV Board Room: But with the phase two or three has already started in that area, so and then now we'll start the process of getting that school in place one year after the other three main projects. 550 01:34:50.190 --> 01:34:59.610 WLWV Board Room: mm hmm there was, I was also an objective of of not trying to open three new schools at three levels on the same day that seemed ambitious. 551 01:35:00.630 --> 01:35:05.700 WLWV Board Room: So there's a lot of serious conversation, as we were launching the program saying okay. 552 01:35:06.810 --> 01:35:18.000 WLWV Board Room: How would we like to we can do that, we could manage it bring the right people and bring the work but is that the right path for a district, to make sure that all three can get that right level of attention. 553 01:35:19.140 --> 01:35:28.710 WLWV Board Room: And so the determination was of the three of those new schools that the primary school could was the best able to take that action. 554 01:35:29.250 --> 01:35:38.430 WLWV Board Room: And opening in the fall of 2024 when would we anticipate that construction would begin on the primary school next spring. 555 01:35:39.030 --> 01:35:55.350 WLWV Board Room: Next, so we've we're well into design, we just wrapped up the first of three major design phases that schematic design, so we have a new we haven't our first major estimate out right now, based on a very, very preliminary concept. 556 01:35:56.880 --> 01:36:11.070 WLWV Board Room: And by next March, April will be out to bid getting a contractor on board, which would mean end to fall early winter we'd be looking to do that pre qualification process. 557 01:36:15.480 --> 01:36:24.030 WLWV Board Room: It staff that's all those are all my questions anybody else but I thought I might comment, given recent events and some of the. 558 01:36:24.510 --> 01:36:38.100 WLWV Board Room: feedback from the Community tonight on the progress on safety projects that would be great and remote, if you would, as you do, that anything you can offer as far as history to is, I think, valuable how we ended up. 559 01:36:39.420 --> 01:36:47.340 WLWV Board Room: Initiating some of these projects yeah yeah should we do is sit down at me you're welcome to say, do you want. 560 01:36:48.660 --> 01:36:56.940 WLWV Board Room: To be a guy named expert yeah it's up to you, if you want to go ahead and set, and then we can call you forward if we want to ask more yeah sure. 561 01:36:57.690 --> 01:37:05.220 WLWV Board Room: yeah so the district operations department has a a long, long time commitment to safety and an interest in it. 562 01:37:06.060 --> 01:37:16.860 WLWV Board Room: Not only the director of operations now chief operating officer leading the district Safety Committee and being a part of the district safety leadership team, I think I got that acronym right. 563 01:37:19.110 --> 01:37:26.280 WLWV Board Room: But being a driving force but behind security, and you know controlling of keys. 564 01:37:27.360 --> 01:37:36.090 WLWV Board Room: And all of those sorts of things not always popular we've we've generally been a little ahead of the social curve on those topics. 565 01:37:36.960 --> 01:37:45.420 WLWV Board Room: And so we've experienced a great relief in the last 510 years as folks are starting to be more interested in engaging those topics. 566 01:37:46.320 --> 01:37:53.460 WLWV Board Room: So we're very excited about the work that we're doing under the 2014 capital bond program we had. 567 01:37:53.850 --> 01:38:06.750 WLWV Board Room: A starting fund to address more physical improvements for safety and security in the district, so we had half a million dollars on the board at the time with the economy doing very well and programs. 568 01:38:07.260 --> 01:38:22.710 WLWV Board Room: The program doing very favorably increase that 500,000 to $2 million with that money, we were able to hire a national and really international safety and security firm who came and assessed all of our buildings. 569 01:38:23.280 --> 01:38:35.940 WLWV Board Room: And provided lengthy reports on that those documents are protected under Homeland Security and are not accessible to the public, I hope for somewhat obvious reasons, at this point. 570 01:38:37.410 --> 01:38:50.550 WLWV Board Room: And so we took all those recommendations and we made changes to how the two new schools, at the time were being designed sunset primary and reading creek middle school. 571 01:38:51.300 --> 01:39:04.860 WLWV Board Room: We further took those notions to our office renovations at two of our primary schools, we said we're going to go about this, we need to do the new model that our consultant team has been working with us on. 572 01:39:06.210 --> 01:39:13.650 WLWV Board Room: Around that time as a next bond was being contemplated, and we had a little more clear outline from our safety and security consultants. 573 01:39:14.910 --> 01:39:22.380 WLWV Board Room: There were a number of safety committees put together, I think it was two groups, they got together and Community members to talk about proposed. 574 01:39:23.040 --> 01:39:33.270 WLWV Board Room: improvements for the next program the current 19 bond program there were four physical improvements that they focused in on and said, these are the highest. 575 01:39:34.470 --> 01:39:43.980 WLWV Board Room: value for the money, these are should be our first priority, and making physical improvements to the buildings, those are secure entry vestibule. 576 01:39:45.990 --> 01:39:48.600 WLWV Board Room: What we call intrusion limiting glass. 577 01:39:50.130 --> 01:40:06.570 WLWV Board Room: classroom lockdown hardware and classroom lockdown curtains, and so our entry vestibule is a way to require folks that come into the building during the school day to go into reception and be greeted. 578 01:40:07.710 --> 01:40:10.320 WLWV Board Room: and have a conversation before they're able to enter the school. 579 01:40:11.910 --> 01:40:16.920 WLWV Board Room: The intrusion limiting glasses, a glass product is not bulletproof quote Unquote. 580 01:40:17.970 --> 01:40:29.880 WLWV Board Room: But the goal of that product is to make it take up to five or six minutes for a person to pass through it every physical layer of improvements in the building is creating time. 581 01:40:31.260 --> 01:40:34.320 WLWV Board Room: And that's really what these physical improvements can do. 582 01:40:36.060 --> 01:40:47.250 WLWV Board Room: Another added layer, there is the classroom lockdown hardware so once the system is installed every classroom door lock has electronic components in it with wireless connectivity. 583 01:40:48.090 --> 01:40:54.300 WLWV Board Room: The staff for the school is trained in its use and includes a fog like you have on your card unlock your car. 584 01:40:54.750 --> 01:41:04.950 WLWV Board Room: Except it's got one button, if you hold that button for two seconds anywhere on campus you'll within 15 to 30 seconds, depending on the school lock every classroom door in the building. 585 01:41:05.550 --> 01:41:18.840 WLWV Board Room: It does not force the doors to close it simply sets off a series of audible tones that the staff are trained to be aware of changes the color on the little light on the lock and says we're in red we're in lockdown. 586 01:41:20.040 --> 01:41:30.090 WLWV Board Room: And that advises the staff to then go into their lockdown procedures look out in the hallway gather nearby students close the door, the door is automatically already locked. 587 01:41:30.600 --> 01:41:41.280 WLWV Board Room: and secured that final component classroom lockdown curtains we love that we have Porches as we call them the hubs around which our classroom neighborhoods are grouped. 588 01:41:41.940 --> 01:41:50.040 WLWV Board Room: We love that students and staff are able to utilize them throughout the day, a large part of the comfort, for that is having glass in between the two. 589 01:41:51.480 --> 01:41:57.420 WLWV Board Room: Which is a great part of the welcoming aspect of our schools, but in order to do that and have that safely. 590 01:41:58.140 --> 01:42:06.630 WLWV Board Room: or now installing curtains which are not things like fiddler blinds you got it spin the stick and try to get the string to go and all these things. 591 01:42:07.170 --> 01:42:21.390 WLWV Board Room: they're on a hospital grade kind of curtain track they sit nicely nestled off to the side, but the staff member now with the hardware and the curtain pulls the door closed slams the curtain shut they've secured the room in about two seconds. 592 01:42:22.590 --> 01:42:31.350 WLWV Board Room: And so, when you add all of these systems together we're creating a number of layers that increase the opportunity for long sport, law enforcement. 593 01:42:32.370 --> 01:42:35.610 WLWV Board Room: To arrive and address a threat in such an event. 594 01:42:37.080 --> 01:42:48.270 WLWV Board Room: So those are the four improvements brought forward by those Community committees, they were included in the bond that was approved, and we have made a lot of headway. 595 01:42:48.780 --> 01:42:54.240 WLWV Board Room: And we're the the operations team is very grateful for the school staffs as they've been patient. 596 01:42:54.960 --> 01:43:04.440 WLWV Board Room: Through code implications and some of these entry systems, taking a while to get put together plywood windows you saw at the new riverside high school. 597 01:43:04.890 --> 01:43:14.400 WLWV Board Room: We will get that correct glass in when it gets ordered or when it gets received but we're doing everything we can to get these things done quickly so. 598 01:43:16.230 --> 01:43:20.490 WLWV Board Room: it's much faster to state which improvements haven't yet occurred, so perhaps i'll do that. 599 01:43:21.690 --> 01:43:25.770 WLWV Board Room: So we need to do all of that work at trillium creek. 600 01:43:27.210 --> 01:43:43.500 WLWV Board Room: We will be installing the classroom locked Aaron hardware and curtains at Wilson middle high school this summer, the entry and glasses already in Westland high school the entry and glass or in, and we expect to do that classroom hardware next year. 601 01:43:44.640 --> 01:43:53.790 WLWV Board Room: The hardware in the curtains and then sunset and meridian we hadn't had the idea of the curtains yet, at the time we did those projects, and so we just need to do those curtains there. 602 01:43:54.480 --> 01:44:07.620 WLWV Board Room: Otherwise, all four of those items are installed in place at the schools, I believe we have one or two of those schools where the staff training for those most recently installed systems needs to take place. 603 01:44:08.760 --> 01:44:19.050 WLWV Board Room: But staff principles are acutely aware and interested in ensuring that happens quickly, and so I believe, each of those outstanding trainings is already scheduled. 604 01:44:20.130 --> 01:44:27.540 WLWV Board Room: So we've made a ton of progress and we're in communication with administration around the completion of those outstanding items. 605 01:44:28.980 --> 01:44:30.930 WLWV Board Room: was quite a ramble but hopefully us. 606 01:44:34.500 --> 01:44:44.490 WLWV Board Room: Yes, thank you so much, and it do I know you served on the safety and security committee did you want to add anything from your perspective about know, I think. 607 01:44:45.180 --> 01:44:55.560 WLWV Board Room: Remote just said exactly how it worked was exactly how it should work which you brought together the Community members, the staff who already have the knowledge and the Community members. 608 01:44:56.220 --> 01:45:08.010 WLWV Board Room: Did the research and made the recommendations and then because we were able to pass the bond, we were actually able to do it, and I think one thing that really just resonated as a member of the. 609 01:45:09.630 --> 01:45:16.260 WLWV Board Room: Primary Safety Committee was that it's remote kind of alluded to it's setting up a series of. 610 01:45:18.780 --> 01:45:32.370 WLWV Board Room: layers of interference, so that you can you have more time you have more time, so you can't get into the door, or you have to do something about the glass or you can't get into the classroom where you can see the classroom so. 611 01:45:34.110 --> 01:45:43.320 WLWV Board Room: No, I think in terms of comparison to other districts were far ahead of where they are having secure buildings. 612 01:45:46.710 --> 01:45:48.870 WLWV Board Room: Right very good, thank you, thank you. 613 01:45:53.910 --> 01:46:07.620 WLWV Board Room: Okay, so we have the next i'm kind of checking in with my fellow board members here our next chunk on the agenda is going to be business office and budget i'm wondering if we should keep moving forward, we should we take a brief break. 614 01:46:08.280 --> 01:46:09.210 WLWV Board Room: us a brief frank. 615 01:46:09.390 --> 01:46:17.220 WLWV Board Room: Okay, so it's 750 let's aim to come by back in like by 755 if possible okay. 616 01:46:18.840 --> 01:46:20.010 WLWV Board Room: journey our recess. 617 01:46:32.310 --> 01:46:33.450 Saying more. 618 01:47:10.080 --> 01:47:10.920 Go. 619 01:47:33.120 --> 01:47:45.540 WLWV Board Room: Okay, I am opening the meeting back up here at 8pm and the next item on the agenda is. 620 01:47:47.700 --> 01:47:57.180 WLWV Board Room: Items pertaining to the business office and the first thing is our budget hearing, and so what I will do is actually. 621 01:48:02.250 --> 01:48:05.670 WLWV Board Room: I guess i'm closing the regular meeting so and. 622 01:48:06.900 --> 01:48:13.170 WLWV Board Room: Closing and then i'm going to open the budget hearing and so i'm doing that now. 623 01:48:14.460 --> 01:48:32.220 WLWV Board Room: And with that we will have our public hearing portion of this budget meeting, and we have one person signed up to give comment and he is attending remotely. 624 01:48:35.370 --> 01:48:37.020 WLWV Board Room: Mr john McCain. 625 01:48:38.550 --> 01:48:39.270 WLWV Board Room: and 626 01:48:40.320 --> 01:48:42.030 WLWV Board Room: Mr mccabe can you hear me. 627 01:48:52.500 --> 01:48:57.030 WLWV Board Room: I can see him on my zoom screen if he's calling in through zoom and. 628 01:48:59.040 --> 01:49:01.590 WLWV Board Room: The little hit he appears to be muted. 629 01:49:04.560 --> 01:49:15.240 WLWV Board Room: And there is a way to unmute yourself on the phone star six so john McCain if you can hear me try hitting star six to unmute yourself. 630 01:49:16.230 --> 01:49:17.730 John McCabe: Okay, here we go okay. 631 01:49:17.820 --> 01:49:35.520 WLWV Board Room: Great so i'm familiar with our policies with public comments, so I will not read them again, as I read earlier and and just as a reminder, we have a separate complaint process if you have a complaint about an individual and we'll give you three minutes. 632 01:49:37.110 --> 01:49:37.350 John McCabe: Okay. 633 01:49:38.820 --> 01:49:57.240 John McCabe: After the buzzer hearing, one of the things I noticed was on page 152 11 on the electronic version was the amount for the GL bomb, it was going to be paid in the 2023 line item one showed an item of 13 million plus is principal. 634 01:49:58.260 --> 01:50:14.010 John McCabe: The reality is, is that is principal and interest it's not principal only and then I had to trade shows $9,300,000 is principal, but it does not include the interest and so one of the problems with that is not including the interest. 635 01:50:15.240 --> 01:50:34.530 John McCabe: Nobody has any knowledge of how much is really going to need to be paid in 2023 that number of 9.3 million principles correct interest is totally eliminated, I should say it's not a limit it's not there and therefore it's hard to estimate how much is going to need to be paid per. 636 01:50:37.080 --> 01:50:47.250 John McCabe: And it's hard to approve the budget if you don't know how much we need to collect in order to pay that debt, the other one is page 164 to 11. 637 01:50:47.970 --> 01:51:03.990 John McCabe: And that is for the 2014 bond at the last meeting, there was a setup that there would be issuing a bond of 16 million on 2014 bond the 2014 bond has been fully borrowed against. 638 01:51:05.640 --> 01:51:07.290 John McCabe: totally out there already. 639 01:51:08.310 --> 01:51:09.360 John McCabe: When I spoke to. 640 01:51:10.830 --> 01:51:25.830 John McCabe: misuse, she said that they're going to borrow 60 million against that and do 60 million in construction against 2014 bond that's impossible, the 2014 dawn has been borrowed against already there is no more money that can be borrowed from that bond. 641 01:51:27.000 --> 01:51:29.460 John McCabe: Which leads to the next hard problem is the fact that. 642 01:51:31.800 --> 01:51:36.270 John McCabe: it's it's fully been borrowed permanent $60 million in the budget that's more than 10%. 643 01:51:37.350 --> 01:51:45.510 John McCabe: Because it's more than 10% you have to be open, the Budget Committee to strike this item totally and begin again. 644 01:51:46.170 --> 01:51:54.780 John McCabe: And then the other item is when I see $700,000 was left over, and the SI a grant sense of the end can bounce there's so many areas. 645 01:51:55.710 --> 01:52:17.250 John McCabe: That are need on the SI a grant, and so the reality is is to open the budget again to to fund items such as primary school P, that is, according to the SI grant on the website is not being funded, it is necessary, and it is mandatory and so. 646 01:52:18.300 --> 01:52:27.750 John McCabe: Essentially over 10% that needs to be adjusted because of the 2014 bond being borrowed against issue, please reopen. 647 01:52:28.620 --> 01:52:40.140 John McCabe: And you can begin again in finding a lot of these programs to help the kids, including those kids that are in poverty, which are 100% of our dropouts and wrestling with simple Thank you. 648 01:52:46.710 --> 01:52:57.600 WLWV Board Room: All right, and seeing that nobody else has signed up to give comment during the budget hearing and that's the purpose of opening the budget hearing, I will now close the budget hearing. 649 01:52:59.340 --> 01:53:03.660 WLWV Board Room: And reopen the regular meeting of the Board of Directors. 650 01:53:07.620 --> 01:53:08.700 WLWV Board Room: And then. 651 01:53:10.230 --> 01:53:16.410 WLWV Board Room: Dr Hugh is Dr us we have Dr Hughes, would you like to address the board at this point. 652 01:53:17.520 --> 01:53:28.770 Son Le Hughes: Yes, good evening so in front of us a dress solution to euro to one dash 20, so this is my memo with you please show up their resolution. 653 01:53:33.330 --> 01:53:47.010 Son Le Hughes: So in this resolution, according to all reconverted law Oh, is to ny for dart, for I said the boy has the responsibility to office early adopter but chat. 654 01:53:47.490 --> 01:54:01.980 Son Le Hughes: Making appropriation and declared a tax levy and categorizing death tax prior to the beginning up the new fiscal year, so in this press solution to euro to one DAT 20. 655 01:54:02.550 --> 01:54:23.190 Son Le Hughes: Westland do some fields conducted recommend to adoption up the following resolution we have three area, the first one is to adopt the budget in the total amount of $349,660,304. 656 01:54:24.660 --> 01:54:36.090 Son Le Hughes: Talk to a Mexican appropriation so in debt resolution 2122 approve the amounts of the fiscal year beginning to life force. 657 01:54:37.770 --> 01:54:48.540 Son Le Hughes: In this Mexican appropriation, we have four different kinds of funding, we have general fund 100 special revenue fun 200. 658 01:54:49.260 --> 01:55:11.100 Son Le Hughes: A depth service fun 300 and within the depth service, we have to born and we have pension born, so we have 320 fund and, last but not least, 1400 static capital project and each of the fund the business of it, breaking out into different. 659 01:55:12.630 --> 01:55:18.300 Son Le Hughes: function so for assemble under general fund the total. 660 01:55:19.440 --> 01:55:39.660 Son Le Hughes: But general fund is 132 a million out of that at 3.2 million allocate under instructional services that they've gone from 1000 and then 44 million allocate to the support services that different from 2000 and so on. 661 01:55:41.730 --> 01:55:49.080 Son Le Hughes: The last item is imposing and categorizing taxes, so we have. 662 01:55:50.850 --> 01:56:13.380 Son Le Hughes: fiscal year 2223 at great per thousand up the asset value of $4 86 sin that's a for the permanent tax and then paste side a permanent that's great they're addicted also how to local option tax that's a $1 50 cent per thousand. 663 01:56:14.910 --> 01:56:35.130 Son Le Hughes: So with that if any money coming in depth been based on the status quo and fun, then the state allow for Jane to Father bought to do the amendment but chat later so with that i'm looking for. 664 01:56:37.770 --> 01:56:39.540 Son Le Hughes: adopt a buck jack on. 665 01:56:40.710 --> 01:56:48.000 Son Le Hughes: The Budget Committee, on the day review and approve the budget and move it forward to the ball for adoption. 666 01:56:52.890 --> 01:57:00.090 WLWV Board Room: Okay, great Thank you Dr Hughes and good, I thank you for that quick action with the paper towel back here. 667 01:57:01.980 --> 01:57:19.650 WLWV Board Room: Yes, so as been, as has been articulated by Dr Hughes already I mean there was extensive discussion during the Budget Committee meeting and what we could do now is get a motion on the table and see if there's further discussion or questions. 668 01:57:20.670 --> 01:57:23.340 WLWV Board Room: At this point in the budget process. 669 01:57:24.570 --> 01:57:35.460 WLWV Board Room: make a motion to open up discussion I move at the board, adopt the 2022 23 financial budget for the Westland will simple school district, as presented in Resolution. 670 01:57:37.500 --> 01:57:48.000 WLWV Board Room: In the overall amount of 349,660,000 $304 all right, thank you bye sure Thompson for that motion. 671 01:57:49.710 --> 01:57:51.750 WLWV Board Room: Alright director Wyatt, thank you for the second. 672 01:57:58.170 --> 01:58:02.460 WLWV Board Room: Just pausing for a moment to see if any discussion or questions, right up. 673 01:58:29.340 --> 01:58:36.780 WLWV Board Room: Alright, I personally feel comfortable going ahead and taking a vote I feel like you know, we had a pretty long discussion and. 674 01:58:38.190 --> 01:58:46.830 WLWV Board Room: You know, was able to have all my questions answered previously if the Budget Committee meeting so if others feel ready then i'll have miss Douglas called a vote. 675 01:58:50.010 --> 01:58:51.420 WLWV Board Room: Okay, great it looks like we're ready. 676 01:58:52.440 --> 01:58:53.220 WLWV Board Room: kitchen why. 677 01:58:55.170 --> 01:59:02.970 WLWV Board Room: Because he kept saying I kept looking I list tailing hi Kelly sleep, I thank you. 678 01:59:04.860 --> 01:59:06.870 WLWV Board Room: All right, great Thank you Dr us. 679 01:59:08.820 --> 01:59:16.260 Son Le Hughes: Thank you so much for the next item, I have for us a the updates on the general fund financial report. 680 01:59:19.290 --> 01:59:22.980 Son Le Hughes: Can you get the SL yes please. 681 01:59:27.510 --> 01:59:52.740 Son Le Hughes: So the difference between did report and a report that I that I sent it to you last month at the end and fund balance the different a 4.1 million so in last board report I present that the end and fund balance is estimated to piece around 16.7 million, but in depth report. 682 01:59:54.000 --> 02:00:18.960 Son Le Hughes: I projected to end and fund balance for fiscal year 2122 would be 20 point 9,000,004.1 different is coming out from different factor, the first factor is based on the payment report that coming out of Oregon Department of Education on may 5 in in depth report a show. 683 02:00:20.460 --> 02:00:23.040 Son Le Hughes: The state school fund right here. 684 02:00:24.120 --> 02:00:47.550 Son Le Hughes: With the estimate from OD is a 58.7 million versus indirect report that I presented to you in last month that's his voice 56 million the different a 1.5 million this space on the actual ad MW that already have current for our district what a. 685 02:00:51.300 --> 02:00:55.860 Son Le Hughes: And this number eight conform with the number that our district currently have. 686 02:00:57.630 --> 02:01:10.710 Son Le Hughes: Another difference in the end, infant ballin a 2.2 million, that is, the ship up expenditure from general from general fund into grant. 687 02:01:12.030 --> 02:01:20.940 Son Le Hughes: Because we have several ground, such as the SI as men show 98 and ID eight the old world. 688 02:01:22.050 --> 02:01:33.720 Son Le Hughes: That coming in higher than when we when the when the budget wonder business my office build a budget for fiscal year 2122 also. 689 02:01:34.860 --> 02:01:42.660 Son Le Hughes: few months ago, in September, when the business office got the approval from the board to went out and. 690 02:01:43.710 --> 02:01:52.050 Son Le Hughes: said, and how the pension pro that patient per be able to save the district, a lot of money so. 691 02:01:52.890 --> 02:02:08.310 Son Le Hughes: In the past, for tier one tier two group that dictate how to pay 28.15% for the Pole and then for the to a data absurd the district have to pay 17.04%. 692 02:02:08.820 --> 02:02:21.690 Son Le Hughes: So, with the pension pro series 2021 a the teacher was able to save 13.10% on this expenditure because of that. 693 02:02:22.680 --> 02:02:35.430 Son Le Hughes: We was able to save the additional up 2.2 million, so the 2.2 million what a PR saving and the more work coming in, compared to the budget. 694 02:02:35.820 --> 02:02:53.940 Son Le Hughes: plus the 1.8 million higher in the estimate for the state school fun that give us the additional of 4.1 million and that mattress how 20.9 million that's a to protect it and and fund balance for fiscal year 2122. 695 02:02:55.800 --> 02:02:59.250 Son Le Hughes: So i'm going to stop here and see if you have any question for me. 696 02:03:03.270 --> 02:03:07.530 WLWV Board Room: I have a question is that ending fund balance. 697 02:03:09.630 --> 02:03:23.250 WLWV Board Room: Is it able to be used for increases in salaries for staff in the upcoming year for 2022 or 2122. 698 02:03:24.270 --> 02:03:27.810 WLWV Board Room: Or is the restrictions on how this 20.9 million can be used. 699 02:03:29.040 --> 02:03:51.900 Son Le Hughes: Yes, so, if you look at the chart to present to the Budget Committee for fiscal year 2223, you will see the end and fund balance that we have for for 2223 is very low it's only like 4.1 million so with this additional saving. 700 02:03:53.340 --> 02:04:02.610 Son Le Hughes: i'm hoping to bring the end and fund balance for fiscal year 2020 2022 23 up to the normal rate. 701 02:04:03.180 --> 02:04:16.230 Son Le Hughes: So in the pocket, but if we look at the end and fund balance for the last 10 years in the history, our deterred end and fund balance is around 7 million do 9 million. 702 02:04:16.830 --> 02:04:40.680 Son Le Hughes: So right now for fiscal year 2223 health in the projection at 4.1 million deaths a super low in our history, so with this additional and saving the Detroit hope to to put that back in the end and fund balance for fiscal year 2223 instead of going forward to the salary. 703 02:04:44.520 --> 02:04:49.140 WLWV Board Room: I got but hypothetically could it be used for that reason. 704 02:04:51.900 --> 02:04:53.370 Son Le Hughes: it's good yes. 705 02:04:53.760 --> 02:04:54.060 Okay. 706 02:04:56.550 --> 02:05:05.340 WLWV Board Room: Just to comment on that there was a while ago when I think it was Vice chair Thompson as we were, as I was giving my superintendent message, or at the Budget Committee said. 707 02:05:07.350 --> 02:05:14.340 WLWV Board Room: Because I think I had a section in there, that if money came in low we'd have to think about the staffing and you said, if we got more money. 708 02:05:14.790 --> 02:05:32.310 WLWV Board Room: You know what would the district's plans be and I said, well, we have our Community priorities, but there was also the projection of that low ending fund balance next year that we'd want to shore up so when you look at the overview of the budget for next year, it does contemplate already. 709 02:05:33.450 --> 02:05:36.300 WLWV Board Room: payroll roll up increases. 710 02:05:37.590 --> 02:05:38.700 WLWV Board Room: In next year's budget. 711 02:05:40.200 --> 02:05:42.120 WLWV Board Room: So those are already anticipated in there. 712 02:05:49.950 --> 02:05:51.420 WLWV Board Room: All right, very good. 713 02:05:52.860 --> 02:05:55.950 WLWV Board Room: I think could start to Houston area, I think. 714 02:05:57.060 --> 02:06:01.410 WLWV Board Room: I don't see any further questions and so you're. 715 02:06:03.210 --> 02:06:06.900 WLWV Board Room: Welcome to step away from the digital podium. 716 02:06:08.850 --> 02:06:10.410 Son Le Hughes: Okay Thank you so much. 717 02:06:11.220 --> 02:06:12.000 WLWV Board Room: And thank you. 718 02:06:12.960 --> 02:06:14.790 WLWV Board Room: thank Dr Hughes and just note. 719 02:06:15.120 --> 02:06:25.530 WLWV Board Room: For the board again and for public watching she's at in Texas at a school finance conference and able to zoom in tonight, so thank you, Dr us. 720 02:06:27.570 --> 02:06:30.060 WLWV Board Room: yeah it's late there huh 11. 721 02:06:30.450 --> 02:06:35.400 Son Le Hughes: attain today and it's 105 degrees super hot here. 722 02:06:35.520 --> 02:06:36.600 wow. 723 02:06:37.800 --> 02:06:42.420 WLWV Board Room: Very good, thank you for being there representing us yeah Thank you so much, everyone. 724 02:06:43.410 --> 02:06:44.040 All right. 725 02:06:45.330 --> 02:06:51.000 WLWV Board Room: Very good, so we will move forward to the Department of teaching and learning, we have. 726 02:06:52.260 --> 02:07:01.080 WLWV Board Room: The proposed resolution 2021 dash 16 I think it's Dr Spencer items, I will end, for over to. 727 02:07:02.760 --> 02:07:20.700 WLWV Board Room: Thank you so much chair King I am beyond excited to share before we get to the official resolution part of the presentation, what we really want to do is take just a short amount of time to. 728 02:07:22.020 --> 02:07:32.580 WLWV Board Room: communicate the tremendous legacy that arts and technology high school is has created here in our district and. 729 02:07:33.330 --> 02:07:40.770 WLWV Board Room: i'm beyond excited when I first came to the district 10 years ago one of the first people I met was a. 730 02:07:41.490 --> 02:07:49.860 WLWV Board Room: principal Saskia dressler at arts and technology and I had spent in my one of my previous job assignments. 731 02:07:50.220 --> 02:08:01.830 WLWV Board Room: A lot of time at some different types of high schools around the portland metro area and throughout the state of Oregon and a lot of those high schools were created for lots of different reasons. 732 02:08:02.940 --> 02:08:11.070 WLWV Board Room: But, particularly to how to engage students who really were looking for a different path to find their greatness and really connect. 733 02:08:11.490 --> 02:08:23.970 WLWV Board Room: And when I came to arts and technology, I found that an incredible example of that work and truly one of the best, and so we want to just take a few moments and share some of that history. 734 02:08:24.540 --> 02:08:36.780 WLWV Board Room: With you i'm going to start it off because i'm going to talk a little about the history and then i'm going to pass the baton to my colleague principal shaping, who is the current principal of arts and technology, which is finishing strong this year. 735 02:08:39.660 --> 02:08:54.930 WLWV Board Room: So you see a few fabulous photos and I just want to give credit will give a lot of credit to Kate katie as the night goes on, but she took many of these photos over the years that are here in front of you, so we can go ahead and go to that next slide. 736 02:08:56.700 --> 02:09:04.050 WLWV Board Room: A little bit of history that actually predates my time in the district, but looking back in some long range planning committee documents. 737 02:09:04.470 --> 02:09:18.450 WLWV Board Room: I went back and found some information that in 2005 our tech charter high school opens so it started out as a charter high school and then in 2008 the long range planning committee. 738 02:09:19.170 --> 02:09:25.710 WLWV Board Room: Really spent some time thinking about the process and what we wanted to do as a district to support our students. 739 02:09:26.190 --> 02:09:36.870 WLWV Board Room: and arts and technology high school was born at that time, in its current iteration and really focused its academic program on something called expeditionary learning. 740 02:09:37.800 --> 02:09:52.470 WLWV Board Room: A lot of the work of RON Berger that really connect some of those spirit of inquiry and constructivist learning and really relational learning, much like director King was talking about earlier when she was thinking about our district and community. 741 02:09:53.550 --> 02:09:58.410 WLWV Board Room: strong commitments to what's called a crew small. 742 02:09:59.670 --> 02:10:08.190 WLWV Board Room: home or family of students that stayed together over time really connected with a single staff member where they build that connection and community. 743 02:10:09.090 --> 02:10:26.220 WLWV Board Room: A strong connection with restorative practices that as a whole, district, we are now committed to throughout the district they really lead the way in that work really supportive counseling options we had our at that time only district social worker. 744 02:10:27.330 --> 02:10:44.640 WLWV Board Room: cheryl Wilson was based at arts and technology, I think that whole time that our tech with has been in existence and then also added a more academic focused school counselor to really support that college and career planning for students, as the years went on. 745 02:10:45.720 --> 02:10:58.530 WLWV Board Room: Over the years, our arts and technology high school became a hub for how do we find ways for students who maybe weren't as connected in a traditional path i'm one of those was adding the ged option. 746 02:10:59.010 --> 02:11:09.930 WLWV Board Room: and supporting students through that and who, maybe weren't ready does move into a career or head had some sort of interruption in their journey and. 747 02:11:10.470 --> 02:11:20.820 WLWV Board Room: we're ready to move on and going through the traditional high school credit just didn't apply as well to them, and yet being connected through ged gave them a path forward. 748 02:11:21.420 --> 02:11:36.030 WLWV Board Room: path into post secondary learning to trades to careers and Saskia and the team at arts and technology high school really started this strong connection with the sea tech Program. 749 02:11:36.960 --> 02:11:49.050 WLWV Board Room: So I will do my best to try to explain and which is a partnership with clackamas and county Community college in the St. 750 02:11:50.220 --> 02:12:03.540 WLWV Board Room: That i'm really connects youth that have become disconnected altogether from school and reaches out pull them back in and helps them find a way forward and they work with you from. 751 02:12:04.050 --> 02:12:18.360 WLWV Board Room: I think 18 to 24 so even youth that have graduated from our system they can stay with them and help them get on that path to get a driver's license pass their food handlers card get enrolled in CCC classes. 752 02:12:19.980 --> 02:12:32.040 WLWV Board Room: Getting move remove barriers to moving forward with their life so Saskia wrote the original grants that connected arts and technology with the see tech program as another layer of support there. 753 02:12:32.940 --> 02:12:44.040 WLWV Board Room: At its largest arts and technology had to I it looks like in the records 110 students sometimes more around 50 and some years In between there so. 754 02:12:44.670 --> 02:12:55.170 WLWV Board Room: That was a little bit of a some thinking about how arts and technology high school got started but and not for me let's hear from some students. 755 02:12:55.620 --> 02:13:06.570 WLWV Board Room: And we found some interviews that had been conducted with some arts and technology, students, a few years back, and these were a few quotes that really stood out to me. 756 02:13:06.960 --> 02:13:19.830 WLWV Board Room: there's no doubt that every adult in that building generally genuinely cares for every student they come in contact with and will do whatever is in their power to see each student succeed. 757 02:13:20.820 --> 02:13:27.600 WLWV Board Room: Some students many students talk about the family atmosphere at arts and technology high school is what kept them connected. 758 02:13:28.950 --> 02:13:40.980 WLWV Board Room: And this was from an alumnus who wrote back and said as an interestingly surreal experience that serves to correctly prepare kids for the world a beautiful place for kids to blossom into adults. 759 02:13:43.950 --> 02:13:49.050 WLWV Board Room: and arts and technology has always been about the people, the people that has. 760 02:13:50.370 --> 02:14:01.740 WLWV Board Room: helps have that vision and connection from Mike Panama, who it looks like was the original I think i'm looking to make sure i'm correct correct. 761 02:14:02.130 --> 02:14:13.470 WLWV Board Room: principal who really start helped start the program and then and then passing the baton just a couple years later to Saskia dressler, who was the leader until just. 762 02:14:14.370 --> 02:14:22.980 WLWV Board Room: About a year and a half ago, and she left to go work at the Oregon Department of Education and think broader about policies that engage students in that same kind of way. 763 02:14:23.760 --> 02:14:43.350 WLWV Board Room: And thinking deeply about many of the teachers of folks like Nancy shrank, who was the administrative assistant slash everything for many years at arts and technology finally retired a couple years ago, Michelle apple took her space again cheryl Wilson. 764 02:14:44.460 --> 02:14:54.120 WLWV Board Room: There, from the beginning, as a social worker and support so many names on there that all had their own legacy of support for the arts and technology team. 765 02:14:56.670 --> 02:15:08.640 WLWV Board Room: So arts and technology have many traditions that really grounded the work and set the tone for the culture that the staff and students engaged in there, one of the great traditions that many of us. 766 02:15:09.030 --> 02:15:22.080 WLWV Board Room: got to enjoy was the holiday Community luncheon and that always took place where students were engaged and satin big family style tables. 767 02:15:22.830 --> 02:15:29.490 WLWV Board Room: Eating and sharing a beautiful meal together as a special occasion oftentimes there were gifts given. 768 02:15:30.150 --> 02:15:39.540 WLWV Board Room: That I don't know what kind of magic happened, where all these gifts came from, but they were meaningful and supportive to students and that were. 769 02:15:39.990 --> 02:15:48.810 WLWV Board Room: Things that they really treasured as they move forward that that combined that sense of community brought Community members into the school. 770 02:15:49.140 --> 02:16:05.790 WLWV Board Room: built Community among the school and to help support the students and gave them something to look forward to another big tradition, was the phoenix program at are some technology high school, which is this beautiful wrote a few notes. 771 02:16:07.560 --> 02:16:14.730 WLWV Board Room: It really thinks about competence competence character and caring. 772 02:16:15.420 --> 02:16:27.690 WLWV Board Room: And it is that builds those things and outdoor settings with students and really one of those things that students would come back and talk about staying overnight sort of a camp experience. 773 02:16:28.380 --> 02:16:33.990 WLWV Board Room: Some outdoor challenges building that sense of I can do this and i'm connected. 774 02:16:34.650 --> 02:16:48.180 WLWV Board Room: The other you'll see a little picture in the middle there of artwork, and that is not a high school students piece of art and that that's because the arts and technology took over the district art show for many years and hosted. 775 02:16:49.290 --> 02:17:00.810 WLWV Board Room: kindergarten through 12th grade art through out the school they took it on and transformed their school into a gallery space from every classroom to every hallway. 776 02:17:01.470 --> 02:17:16.920 WLWV Board Room: The many years, made it incredibly fun and engaging with coffee carts and food trucks outside interactive art experiences and so much more so, those were just a few of the traditions and cultural events at arts and technology. 777 02:17:19.770 --> 02:17:21.240 WLWV Board Room: From the beginning, are. 778 02:17:22.320 --> 02:17:33.240 WLWV Board Room: At ihs was always about supporting the whole student, so we talked a little bit before about the crew program that really anchored every student is connected every day. 779 02:17:33.900 --> 02:17:39.240 WLWV Board Room: And we talked about the phoenix program with that positive youth Development Group and 780 02:17:39.840 --> 02:17:56.730 WLWV Board Room: Bringing Problem Solving front and Center and you can see down in the bottom left corner folks are standing in a circle circles are very common at arts and technology high school whether it's an academic circle it's a we're working through a conflict circle. 781 02:17:57.960 --> 02:18:02.310 WLWV Board Room: If it's building our our skills and social skills together circle. 782 02:18:08.700 --> 02:18:21.420 WLWV Board Room: it's also about learning together in fun creative hands on ways and the commitment that arts and technology is really get kids connected and engaged. 783 02:18:21.810 --> 02:18:32.040 WLWV Board Room: You can see here everything from on the top right the music program that took the form of rock bands where students may have. 784 02:18:32.730 --> 02:18:39.360 WLWV Board Room: may have come in with a strong musical background or may have never picked up an instrument before and matt. 785 02:18:40.170 --> 02:18:49.860 WLWV Board Room: matt Whitehead and the team would bring kids together practice learning encouraging each other and culminating in some fantastic concerts. 786 02:18:50.610 --> 02:18:59.490 WLWV Board Room: Often down at youth music project in Westland very hands on amazing science activities that were brought forward. 787 02:19:00.300 --> 02:19:06.330 WLWV Board Room: In the middle there there's a little barista action happening there were some. 788 02:19:07.080 --> 02:19:23.070 WLWV Board Room: Really powerful experiences that happened through coffee cart and and some culinary activities, again I i'm thinking about one student that I knew very deeply who had was really experienced a lot of anxiety and fear about school but. 789 02:19:24.120 --> 02:19:36.960 WLWV Board Room: was able to connect to income and do the coffee cart with Kate and then began to get more interested in school from that so it's a school where commitment to that hands on learning was part of everything that they did. 790 02:19:40.920 --> 02:19:52.230 WLWV Board Room: we're heading into graduation this week and graduation is always exciting for any high school it's this culminating event for us as school district graduation at arts and technology. 791 02:19:53.430 --> 02:20:01.950 WLWV Board Room: brings a tear to your eyes every year because it's so personal and that is this opportunity where folks are bringing forward. 792 02:20:03.180 --> 02:20:10.980 WLWV Board Room: The relationships and the journeys that students have had, and I loved the mission statement and vision statement that. 793 02:20:12.300 --> 02:20:29.550 WLWV Board Room: At DHS had all students will or has all students will successfully complete high school equipped with the necessary skills character motivation to transition into continuing education careers and satisfying healthy lives that meet their personal goals. 794 02:20:31.170 --> 02:20:41.610 WLWV Board Room: I oh wait before we go back i'm sorry that fun picture of sauce gap there touching a car fender I couldn't find better pictures, but they pioneered. 795 02:20:42.630 --> 02:20:52.890 WLWV Board Room: This amazing partnership with the world of speed and CCC around automotive technology and add that was really fantastic and. 796 02:20:53.340 --> 02:21:04.350 WLWV Board Room: Students benefited greatly from that program we were so sad when the world of speed shut down and we weren't able to keep that going, but it was an innovative partnership with private industry. 797 02:21:05.370 --> 02:21:15.960 WLWV Board Room: Community college and our own staff that was a fun fundraiser for it, so, as we said great history problem arts and technology, and it seems. 798 02:21:16.770 --> 02:21:23.250 WLWV Board Room: that people are finishing up take it all right principal shape it this week, this week, so, first of all. 799 02:21:23.970 --> 02:21:30.840 WLWV Board Room: This year is found an interesting position something completely new art tech and a new place and tasked with the idea of. 800 02:21:31.560 --> 02:21:34.110 WLWV Board Room: finishing strong this year with our tech and. 801 02:21:34.710 --> 02:21:46.140 WLWV Board Room: Closing something brings a lot of emotion and a lot of different types of emotion, the same time of starting something new, on the other side, and so it has been a fun bridge this year I have been honored. 802 02:21:46.770 --> 02:21:54.000 WLWV Board Room: To spend the school year, not only with the staff in the Community, but the students and when you're with such a small group of students. 803 02:21:54.360 --> 02:22:04.710 WLWV Board Room: You get really close to them, they become Community they become family and we are so excited to celebrate their success on Wednesday, as they cross that finish line finally. 804 02:22:05.940 --> 02:22:19.350 WLWV Board Room: also want to thank the students, the staff, the parents that have poured their heart and soul into this program you walk into that hub, even if it's at Wilson bill or at the school last year, and you can tell there's love there's Community there's family there. 805 02:22:20.400 --> 02:22:27.930 WLWV Board Room: And a special thanks to the Wilson build team, who has taken us in this year and made us a part of what they do and also a special thank you to Kate. 806 02:22:28.320 --> 02:22:36.300 WLWV Board Room: Who has really been the consistent heartbeat of this program this year, so thank you um this year is presented us with a lot of opportunity. 807 02:22:37.050 --> 02:22:43.170 WLWV Board Room: To take field trips to learn together to fail, together, to take steps forward, maybe take a step back to take three steps forward. 808 02:22:43.620 --> 02:22:46.680 WLWV Board Room: there's been a lot of great learning experiences that have happened this year. 809 02:22:47.550 --> 02:22:58.950 WLWV Board Room: Being at the hub, it has also given us a great opportunity to learn about how can we carry on some of the things that our tech has been to this Community, how do we carry him on at Wilson ville at riverside at Westland. 810 02:22:59.430 --> 02:23:04.080 WLWV Board Room: it's given us a great lens to learn from in this model this year so we're thankful for that. 811 02:23:05.790 --> 02:23:11.730 WLWV Board Room: it's also given our students, a great opportunity to have a safe place at the hub and Wilson, will this year. 812 02:23:12.270 --> 02:23:19.200 WLWV Board Room: And that safe place has meant that they can step out of their comfort zone and know that they can come back to a place where they're safe and I feel like there's community. 813 02:23:19.620 --> 02:23:27.630 WLWV Board Room: And it's been awesome to watch them do that they've taken ap classes they've been in drama performances things that maybe our students didn't have access to. 814 02:23:27.990 --> 02:23:33.660 WLWV Board Room: have had access to those these types of situations this year and it's been so fun to watch them grow and stretch themselves. 815 02:23:34.350 --> 02:23:40.560 WLWV Board Room: A couple of these pictures so up in the top right hand corner one of those field trips Michelle was updating you on every month that she was here. 816 02:23:40.950 --> 02:23:47.070 WLWV Board Room: But that's at the zoo that is in the bottom right rory and one of our winner plays it will single high school. 817 02:23:47.580 --> 02:23:57.780 WLWV Board Room: This summer, we had the opportunity for a couple kids that graduated early to celebrate them and then Director Taylor thanks for coming and joining joining us at our tech and learning a little bit more about what we're doing this year and the hub. 818 02:24:00.960 --> 02:24:10.860 WLWV Board Room: Some more of those things we just got back the crew just got back from visiting the portland art museum and what was so cool about this trip is a they got to get out there and do something that they may have never done before. 819 02:24:11.460 --> 02:24:20.250 WLWV Board Room: One student commented, I never thought I would see a Van Gogh painting in person, so an opportunity to do that, but also standing behind them is a mural. 820 02:24:20.520 --> 02:24:26.250 WLWV Board Room: That was done by a couple of our staff members at Wilson middle high school, so a great way to incorporate a couple things in our Community. 821 02:24:27.150 --> 02:24:30.810 WLWV Board Room: The bottom picture is a tough one it's slanted, but that is one of our students. 822 02:24:31.500 --> 02:24:45.060 WLWV Board Room: They were a ta in a environmental science class this year and got the opportunity at the end of the year to teach this class like a true teacher the quote was I thought the lesson was really good and deserved a little bit more respect and it was. 823 02:24:46.890 --> 02:24:51.540 WLWV Board Room: So so fun star trip to leave farms during. 824 02:24:52.800 --> 02:25:00.960 WLWV Board Room: October and in the bottom right a picture of a couple of our graduates getting ready for Wednesday night, as they graduate. 825 02:25:01.620 --> 02:25:06.510 WLWV Board Room: So I just want to say thank you, thank you to all the people that were involved in this wonderful Program. 826 02:25:07.050 --> 02:25:10.320 WLWV Board Room: Thank you to our students who have just provided an amazing year this year. 827 02:25:10.770 --> 02:25:19.620 WLWV Board Room: It was new it was new in a lot of ways for a lot of our students and they stepped up to the challenge, they did a lot of great things that I hope they had a great year, but I know. 828 02:25:20.130 --> 02:25:26.730 WLWV Board Room: Some of them are so close to being done that maybe they wouldn't need to come to school these last couple days and they've been there hanging out. 829 02:25:27.270 --> 02:25:37.080 WLWV Board Room: In the hub, because I think it's It means that much to them so honored to be a part of it honored to have a great year this year and just thank you guys for all the support. 830 02:25:37.410 --> 02:25:46.980 WLWV Board Room: For our tech over the last couple years or last year, and since 2005 so thank you very much and there's a great video to finish it up. 831 02:25:49.260 --> 02:25:50.070 WLWV Board Room: Also, by Kate. 832 02:29:13.800 --> 02:29:21.240 WLWV Board Room: But we'd love to invite Saskia and Kate just up here for just a second just to recognize you and. 833 02:29:22.350 --> 02:29:32.790 WLWV Board Room: Thank you so much for being here, we have these ginormous flower things for you to take with one for each of you one for cheryl and. 834 02:29:34.170 --> 02:29:34.800 WLWV Board Room: yeah I. 835 02:29:39.990 --> 02:29:40.500 Thank you. 836 02:29:47.760 --> 02:30:01.890 WLWV Board Room: I just want to say thank you for inviting me to come back like this seeing everything is beautiful and to know that everyone here got to see that little sort of dive back into our text history and. 837 02:30:02.940 --> 02:30:18.600 WLWV Board Room: I guess, I just want to share the thing that I learned the most me principle in our slack and that is taking the time to really know someone taking the time for a student to really know that you're there to listen and to accept them. 838 02:30:19.980 --> 02:30:31.440 WLWV Board Room: With any fault, they might be bringing in the door that you're not judging them and that you believe that satisfying healthy life, where they can meet their personal goals. 839 02:30:32.700 --> 02:30:38.490 WLWV Board Room: That they're deserving of it and that you're there to ensure it for them, and I know that. 840 02:30:39.540 --> 02:30:48.990 WLWV Board Room: We worked hard and there are some students who are on that path we didn't get to see them when they were at art tech they may not have reached that goal when they were with us. 841 02:30:49.410 --> 02:30:59.880 WLWV Board Room: But we did everything we could to help them be on that path forward and they come back and they see us and they text cheryl and Kate and me and a net and. 842 02:31:00.420 --> 02:31:13.350 WLWV Board Room: And lots of other teachers to to tell us about the successes in their lives, so we had one luxury at our tech, and we had more time to listen to students and that was one thing that students told us. 843 02:31:13.860 --> 02:31:19.620 WLWV Board Room: made a difference for them, so I just want to express my gratitude that I was able to be the leader of our tech. 844 02:31:20.250 --> 02:31:28.320 WLWV Board Room: For over 11 years my gratitude that I was able to be an employee for this district for 23 years and to learn as a teacher and a leader. 845 02:31:28.740 --> 02:31:36.930 WLWV Board Room: And that we have that vision question, because every time they came to this room, I looked at that, and I said the kids that aren't tech are those people too. 846 02:31:38.100 --> 02:31:52.080 WLWV Board Room: And they may have felt like school wasn't the place for them and that they weren't great thinkers are thoughtful people or they didn't deserve the whole world, but they do those kids dead, the ones today do all of our kids do. 847 02:31:53.280 --> 02:31:53.700 WLWV Board Room: So. 848 02:31:54.810 --> 02:32:03.450 WLWV Board Room: It is a change for the district of change for the schools but it's also an opportunity to to just what Nick mentioned is for all of this. 849 02:32:04.050 --> 02:32:09.180 WLWV Board Room: You know, learning to then be able to help school be that place for all students. 850 02:32:09.540 --> 02:32:16.110 WLWV Board Room: In all the three high schools in the middle schools in primary schools in the district and really that's the vision we have across the state of Oregon. 851 02:32:16.530 --> 02:32:27.630 WLWV Board Room: And something i'm working on in my work there, so again thanks for letting me be here today thanks for celebrating our tech and believing in kids and doing the work that you do as school board members, because. 852 02:32:28.260 --> 02:32:38.550 WLWV Board Room: It takes a lot of energy and commitment and perseverance and for the leaders of this district to do the work you're doing Thank you and again just thanks for inviting me to be here tonight. 853 02:32:49.260 --> 02:32:50.040 WLWV Board Room: You don't have to. 854 02:32:53.520 --> 02:32:56.940 WLWV Board Room: So don't don't don't go too far. 855 02:32:58.200 --> 02:33:00.750 WLWV Board Room: Wait they might have more questions for you say. 856 02:33:01.800 --> 02:33:14.700 WLWV Board Room: hey don't go too far i'm sure board members want to say a few words, and I know I know I do so i'll let others go first and then i'll wrap up, I can start oh yeah I was just gonna say sauce get. 857 02:33:16.860 --> 02:33:29.910 WLWV Board Room: What you just said is why our tech was such a great success is because you started with caring about kits and I saw that every time I walked into the art tech doors. 858 02:33:30.630 --> 02:33:38.760 WLWV Board Room: I loved going to that school and why I love going to that school is because it was this I mean I love going to all of our schools, but then. 859 02:33:39.540 --> 02:33:47.250 WLWV Board Room: There was the specialness about our tech, and I think part of that was it was a smaller environment like you said, and so it was read by. 860 02:33:47.820 --> 02:33:54.540 WLWV Board Room: Relationships that's what you could see that it was built on these relationships that kids felt known that teachers knew, you know. 861 02:33:54.870 --> 02:34:04.140 WLWV Board Room: They knew that their teachers knew them beyond the grade and their grade book they knew who they were as people, and I think that's because you model that from the top down. 862 02:34:04.770 --> 02:34:14.550 WLWV Board Room: You knew your staff and you made that a priority and it all just came out in everything that you just said, and you know whether it was attending. 863 02:34:15.390 --> 02:34:25.320 WLWV Board Room: That wonderful holiday lunch, that you would have when you would bless it was all it was blankets, the year I would go there, you know each kid with a present and a warm blanket. 864 02:34:25.650 --> 02:34:32.010 WLWV Board Room: Which to me signified more than just here's a present for you like we want you to feel wrapped and warmth by the school. 865 02:34:33.150 --> 02:34:39.030 WLWV Board Room: Or it was the graduations where every single student that spoken about. 866 02:34:40.350 --> 02:34:51.210 WLWV Board Room: Just a magic place it was, from the time you walked in so thank you for everything you contribute a Kate you contributed Nick what you've carried on this year and. 867 02:34:52.830 --> 02:35:00.630 WLWV Board Room: yeah just as a board, thank you for making it a place that was such a pleasure and a joy to visit every single time. 868 02:35:06.090 --> 02:35:20.550 WLWV Board Room: is watching on zoom so she's sort of the third member of the Trio that was with long term, along with many amazing teachers, but that trio of Saskia cheryl and Kate really carried the learning forward and just want you to know she's watching. 869 02:35:22.920 --> 02:35:34.830 WLWV Board Room: i'll just very briefly because so much has been said already, just echo what by sheer Thompson said, and I know this probably has a lot of all, like all the fields to see it happen and. 870 02:35:35.880 --> 02:35:49.050 WLWV Board Room: You know you don't need me to tell you that the impact, you had on these young people's lives can't even measure it right now, it will carry forward potentially for generations, and we know that, even though it changes its form. 871 02:35:51.330 --> 02:36:00.300 WLWV Board Room: Formally tonight and the form changing has been in process for some years it doesn't stop and that care and belonging and focus on relationship and. 872 02:36:01.380 --> 02:36:14.880 WLWV Board Room: The magic that we're referring to will continue in you know, in the future, even if it looks different than it did in the past, so thank you for the role that you played and getting us to this part and and we're committed to carrying it forward. 873 02:36:17.670 --> 02:36:33.570 WLWV Board Room: Dr lovely yeah I just want to check your new house i'm it when you walk through the door Saskia I just took all of my resolve not to get out of this Chair and run over and hug you, but I had to stay put I will hug you. 874 02:36:35.010 --> 02:36:46.950 WLWV Board Room: But I just want you to know that I was in the district in 2005 when the Charter school began, and it had a technology kind of focus, but you know, but, to be frank. 875 02:36:48.060 --> 02:36:53.970 WLWV Board Room: You know the compelling vision kind of lacked in some way, there was an idea of a smaller school. 876 02:36:54.930 --> 02:37:03.180 WLWV Board Room: But then what happened in 2008 and there was actually Margaret Allen in between, then who took it on after Mike tannenbaum for just a couple years after she retired from Bolton. 877 02:37:03.750 --> 02:37:15.630 WLWV Board Room: To kind of think about that new space and Wilson ville and and think about you know how it kind of evolved, but what you did Saskia is you bought the heartbeat to the school. 878 02:37:16.410 --> 02:37:26.070 WLWV Board Room: So it was an idea and folks thought about a small school, a small high school, but you really took that notion because it's a big part of who you are. 879 02:37:26.460 --> 02:37:30.660 WLWV Board Room: in believing about students and you gave it its soul and his heartbeat. 880 02:37:31.230 --> 02:37:41.640 WLWV Board Room: And what art tech did not just for the students, but for the whole district is that in your very humble leadership, but in your innovative leadership you taught the rest of us. 881 02:37:42.270 --> 02:37:58.890 WLWV Board Room: What all high schools could be and you modeled through our tech in in just a very humble understated way and I remember you'd go to high school meetings, and you know principal might say something, and you could say, well, you don't have to do it that way. 882 02:38:00.030 --> 02:38:08.760 WLWV Board Room: You know here's some things we're trying at our tech and your colleagues would listen and think about well why wouldn't that strategy work. 883 02:38:09.300 --> 02:38:18.840 WLWV Board Room: The other two high schools and you gave them ideas and confidence to try and you know some of the work we're doing now on grading with equity. 884 02:38:19.350 --> 02:38:29.130 WLWV Board Room: you've been doing it art tech for years and teachers have noticed that in the teachers from our tech who are now in the two high schools are part of the action research team leading that work. 885 02:38:30.030 --> 02:38:41.460 WLWV Board Room: And so that heart be that soul is never going to go away the physical structure, you know that's evolved, the name change, but the legacy. 886 02:38:41.880 --> 02:38:49.860 WLWV Board Room: of being a place that student centered that's around proficiency based learning that's around grading with equity that's running. 887 02:38:50.400 --> 02:39:04.290 WLWV Board Room: Innovation project based learning and inquiry, you have had an impact on the leaders in this district to try those things to see them take root and our high schools are different places, because of what our tech has taught them. 888 02:39:04.830 --> 02:39:19.020 WLWV Board Room: So our tech is now just expanded into a lot of other nooks and crannies and and your legacy remains and Kate I would say the same for you you've not only been a steadfast partner alongside Saskia. 889 02:39:20.040 --> 02:39:31.470 WLWV Board Room: But in your quiet and humble way you've been a champion for children, you know every family so intimately they probably invite you to Christmas every single family because they feel. 890 02:39:31.950 --> 02:39:40.770 WLWV Board Room: Your your that invested support system for their child and you know each of them so deeply and cheryl as you're listening, if you are. 891 02:39:41.970 --> 02:39:50.700 WLWV Board Room: You taught us how to be effective, social workers and it was really cheryl's model of how to be that for students that pioneered us we've got. 892 02:39:51.150 --> 02:39:57.870 WLWV Board Room: You know, for more social workers and a big part of that is how cheryl define that position, how it comes alongside school counselors. 893 02:39:58.680 --> 02:40:09.000 WLWV Board Room: And can be effective model and she walked that talk every year at our tech, so the three of us should be incredibly proud of your years of service, the legacy you've left. 894 02:40:09.540 --> 02:40:25.080 WLWV Board Room: Even though the building is changing the name is changing the heartbeat in the soul will go on, and I want to thank you immensely for that and now i'm going to come up and hug you see that signals the end of my my monologue Thank you jerking. 895 02:40:33.510 --> 02:40:42.390 WLWV Board Room: As we are feeling all fields, we do have some official business in terms of resolution. 896 02:40:44.460 --> 02:40:49.890 WLWV Board Room: And it would be my request that board member would read the whole thing. 897 02:40:50.400 --> 02:40:58.050 WLWV Board Room: out loud for our Community, to understand why, when we've just shared all these beautiful things about arts and technology high school. 898 02:40:58.440 --> 02:41:11.190 WLWV Board Room: Why are we closing it, and so I, I hope that these bullet points that are in the resolution might help, be a good communication to our community about where we are in the district this decision process. 899 02:41:13.740 --> 02:41:17.790 WLWV Board Room: Yes, I think that that sounds good so we'll have a motion. 900 02:41:19.290 --> 02:41:23.100 WLWV Board Room: And I mean prior to that we could just begin by reading the resolution. 901 02:41:24.690 --> 02:41:28.320 WLWV Board Room: I can go ahead and do that and then we'll have a motion and take a vote. 902 02:41:30.240 --> 02:41:38.340 WLWV Board Room: Alright, so this is the resolution 2021 dash 16 to close arts and technology high school. 903 02:41:39.510 --> 02:41:50.910 WLWV Board Room: Whereas the arts and technology high school is a small option high school setting that helped a small number of districts students complete their education with strong personalized supports. 904 02:41:51.420 --> 02:42:07.050 WLWV Board Room: And, whereas the Westland will symbol superintendents high school study process, including staff, students and Community members contemplated key practices for strong high schools enrollment growth and building capacity. 905 02:42:07.860 --> 02:42:16.770 WLWV Board Room: At the current comprehensive high schools Westland high school and Wilson build high school and the current small option high school arts and technology high school. 906 02:42:17.520 --> 02:42:24.540 WLWV Board Room: And, whereas the district did not own a building to provide a permanent home for arts and technology high school. 907 02:42:24.810 --> 02:42:34.680 WLWV Board Room: And opening a third comprehensive high school that has diverse programs variety of course selections and options of high interest to students. 908 02:42:34.950 --> 02:42:40.920 WLWV Board Room: is aligned to the best practices and will relieve crowding and Westland high school and Wilson middle high school. 909 02:42:41.400 --> 02:42:51.630 WLWV Board Room: And, whereas the district has committed to developing a continuum of supports and personalized care at every comprehensive high school. 910 02:42:51.870 --> 02:42:59.400 WLWV Board Room: So that students can maintain the support of their neighborhood Community while getting the personalized education that they need. 911 02:43:00.000 --> 02:43:08.220 WLWV Board Room: And, whereas the Westland Wilson build Community approved a bond that contemplated closing arts and technology high school. 912 02:43:08.460 --> 02:43:26.040 WLWV Board Room: And graduated plan to limit new enrollment has been in place where all of the current arts and technology high school students are graduating and completing their education on June 8 2022 so no students will be displaced by the closure of the school. 913 02:43:26.820 --> 02:43:32.280 WLWV Board Room: Now, therefore, the Board of Directors of Westland will single school district does here by. 914 02:43:33.270 --> 02:43:48.660 WLWV Board Room: Assuming that this resolution is passed, those are my words those hereby order the official closure of arts and technology high school on June 30 2022 this board action is required by the Oregon Department of Education to close a school. 915 02:43:53.850 --> 02:43:56.640 WLWV Board Room: So i'll go ahead and move that we approve this resolution. 916 02:43:58.500 --> 02:44:03.000 WLWV Board Room: All right, thank you, Dr Taylor for the second was there, further discussion. 917 02:44:06.360 --> 02:44:08.610 WLWV Board Room: I think we've done the discussion portion called about. 918 02:44:11.340 --> 02:44:12.180 WLWV Board Room: Jason Wyatt. 919 02:44:13.860 --> 02:44:14.730 WLWV Board Room: He Thompson. 920 02:44:15.780 --> 02:44:18.360 WLWV Board Room: Chelsea King I miss Taylor. 921 02:44:19.890 --> 02:44:24.300 WLWV Board Room: Kelly slip I thank you very good Thank you. 922 02:44:38.700 --> 02:44:41.400 WLWV Board Room: All right, very good so we'll move forward. 923 02:44:43.260 --> 02:44:59.610 WLWV Board Room: To board policy portion of the agenda and the first board policy is the proposed update to jf cf harassment, intimidation bullying cyberbullying teen and. 924 02:45:01.140 --> 02:45:09.510 WLWV Board Room: director directors are Dr Spencer items I believe we have we have the memo would you like to speak to it any further. 925 02:45:11.730 --> 02:45:19.620 WLWV Board Room: just very briefly and director briggs be was going to be presenting this that she's out of town so i'm jumping in. 926 02:45:20.190 --> 02:45:30.300 WLWV Board Room: On her behalf, and you may have heard that how spill 2631 which was passed in the legislature legislature in 2021. 927 02:45:30.990 --> 02:45:40.800 WLWV Board Room: That bill is also called carson's law, so you might hear it referred to that way and really helps resolve a situation where a student experienced. 928 02:45:41.550 --> 02:46:03.690 WLWV Board Room: Some very significant bullying in a different school study, not in in our district, and the parents were unaware that the district was investigating this bullying situation and so that is one of the main shifts in this new policy is that has very strict and clear guidance about. 929 02:46:04.770 --> 02:46:09.690 WLWV Board Room: Informing parents also make sure that gender identity is. 930 02:46:10.770 --> 02:46:15.750 WLWV Board Room: considered him in any cases of bullying or harassment as well. 931 02:46:18.030 --> 02:46:21.030 WLWV Board Room: Alright, thank you for that legislative background and. 932 02:46:22.050 --> 02:46:29.190 WLWV Board Room: We have the memo articulating that and we also have the policy in front of us, it shows the edits and read. 933 02:46:30.810 --> 02:46:35.850 WLWV Board Room: So we can probably get an emotion, will the board about update. 934 02:46:39.030 --> 02:46:41.190 WLWV Board Room: I moved the board, adopt the updated. 935 02:46:42.660 --> 02:46:49.170 WLWV Board Room: Or the updates to the policy jf CFS presented alright director Taylor has emotion. 936 02:46:51.450 --> 02:46:55.980 WLWV Board Room: All right, Mr Thompson seconds is their discussion. 937 02:47:00.210 --> 02:47:13.680 WLWV Board Room: I just had a question and, although it's showing up different here than it was when I looked on board book, but there was just a phrase that I was just wondering if you could explain to me and. 938 02:47:14.490 --> 02:47:27.930 WLWV Board Room: It comes down let's see in board book it's near the bottom of page three and it's that statement, if the principal or designee determines the notification is not in the best interest of the student. 939 02:47:28.380 --> 02:47:38.280 WLWV Board Room: They must inform the student of that determination prior to providing notification I don't know I just when I read that I had a hard time wrapping my head around it and. 940 02:47:39.330 --> 02:47:47.280 WLWV Board Room: i'm in favor of the policy I just confused on that one point and i'm wondering if someone could explain it. 941 02:47:53.010 --> 02:48:00.930 WLWV Board Room: I think that the again these policies, try to contemplate every possible situation so in general. 942 02:48:01.470 --> 02:48:17.940 WLWV Board Room: This, I think this would be an extremely rare situation that they would be determined that there wasn't going to be a connection made to the family, first of all that's our current practice that our administrators do all the time, the. 943 02:48:19.050 --> 02:48:28.770 WLWV Board Room: Potential exceptions to that might be, if there was you know, perhaps simultaneously a child abuse allegation that. 944 02:48:30.030 --> 02:48:36.120 WLWV Board Room: Maybe there was a student in a gender identity situation that there was also maybe a. 945 02:48:37.560 --> 02:48:48.330 WLWV Board Room: Consent concerned that there was a child abuse report related to that in terms of how the parent was reacting to that child and they were also experiencing some bullying and harassment. 946 02:48:49.020 --> 02:49:02.550 WLWV Board Room: that's a very extreme situation but that's one that comes to mind to me that might reach that threshold of it might not be in the best interest to reach out to the parent in that moment, but again, that was would be so extremely rare Okay, thank you. 947 02:49:08.550 --> 02:49:16.740 WLWV Board Room: I appreciate the verbiage does strive to keep parents informed, which is what families want but also recognizes that. 948 02:49:17.970 --> 02:49:30.300 WLWV Board Room: That the domestic situation, sometimes is one of the most dangerous situations that a human being lives in behind you know private doors and so recognition that it is possible that some of our young people are also. 949 02:49:31.320 --> 02:49:39.570 WLWV Board Room: Not safe at home, and so, if if an administrator knows that, and that they could have a conversation with a student first prior to talking to the parent. 950 02:49:40.950 --> 02:49:44.220 WLWV Board Room: I think it gives space for that reality. 951 02:49:48.390 --> 02:49:53.310 WLWV Board Room: All right, I think we're ready for voters are further discussion or okay. 952 02:49:54.900 --> 02:49:55.530 WLWV Board Room: Kelly slope. 953 02:49:59.760 --> 02:50:09.450 WLWV Board Room: I this Taylor I Jesse King I Christie Thompson I question why I thank you all right great Thank you. 954 02:50:10.500 --> 02:50:22.590 WLWV Board Room: So we'll move forward to the second proposed board policy which is kg bb to prohibit firearms and again we have. 955 02:50:24.090 --> 02:50:26.550 WLWV Board Room: The memo and. 956 02:50:29.970 --> 02:50:37.770 WLWV Board Room: And the proposed policy in front of us, and one thing i'll just say, before I hand it over to Dr Ludwig to give us a little bit of. 957 02:50:38.910 --> 02:50:45.480 WLWV Board Room: background, on how we ended up with this policy that's before us is, just in case anybody's listening or watching that this is. 958 02:50:45.900 --> 02:50:58.950 WLWV Board Room: that the effort to get KGB be on the agenda has actually taken months, this is not a new addition, this is a conversation that's been happening that Dr Ludwig will describe a little bit about. 959 02:50:59.670 --> 02:51:12.780 WLWV Board Room: What went into preparing the policy to get here, but for what it's worth and other school districts have passed this exact same policy at the beginning of the academic year and it's just taking us some time to go through our process to get here. 960 02:51:13.830 --> 02:51:27.390 WLWV Board Room: so important for me to say that Thank you checking, you have the memo in front of you and folks at home can also access it online so senate bill 544 and. 961 02:51:28.560 --> 02:51:37.920 WLWV Board Room: was passed by the Oregon legislature that includes amendments to statutes and those were existing statutes that that currently. 962 02:51:39.540 --> 02:51:47.190 WLWV Board Room: Allow members of the public who possess a concealed carry license to also carry firearms on district property. 963 02:51:47.880 --> 02:52:04.020 WLWV Board Room: And what senate bill 544 does is it created a law that now allows districts to prohibit persons with concealed carry licenses from carrying firearms on school grounds, should they adopt a policy and post notices that entry points. 964 02:52:05.550 --> 02:52:18.450 WLWV Board Room: This policies is conditionally required it's not a mandatory required policy in Oregon it is being left up to each district to determine if they want to prohibit concealed weapons on district property. 965 02:52:19.200 --> 02:52:27.360 WLWV Board Room: If they do, they must adopt a policy stating that and if they do not, they do not need to adopt this policy, so we just want to make that clear. 966 02:52:27.870 --> 02:52:45.060 WLWV Board Room: And to institute this prohibition, it does require the board to adopt the policy to notice the policy posted on district, the district's website and signage at according to the legislation at all normal points of entry to school grounds, subject to policy. 967 02:52:47.370 --> 02:52:56.760 WLWV Board Room: This policy would not prohibit law enforcement agents for continuing to carry weapons firearms in order to do their job. 968 02:52:57.780 --> 02:53:05.100 WLWV Board Room: And to carry those on district property, so we do want to make that very clear to the public that law enforcement would still be permitted to do that. 969 02:53:05.370 --> 02:53:13.830 WLWV Board Room: Can I ask a quick question right there are law enforcement permitted if they're off duty does that include if their staff duty that is in the definition of correct. 970 02:53:16.110 --> 02:53:30.210 WLWV Board Room: So currently the district already has to policies that prohibit groups of individuals from having firearms are weapons and schools and those two groups are students and that's in policy J EFF cj. 971 02:53:31.350 --> 02:53:44.310 WLWV Board Room: And also staff, which includes employees district contractors and or their employees and district volunteers so already you have in places aboard those two policies. 972 02:53:44.850 --> 02:53:54.720 WLWV Board Room: This policy would be addressing individuals, not within those groups so not students and not employees or volunteers, of the district, in other words. 973 02:53:55.290 --> 02:54:07.410 WLWV Board Room: visitors who would come on campus during the school day or any school sponsored event in the evening outdoors athletic events of large large activities. 974 02:54:12.300 --> 02:54:14.190 WLWV Board Room: So, in preparing for this. 975 02:54:15.810 --> 02:54:18.360 WLWV Board Room: The district staff did a number of. 976 02:54:20.220 --> 02:54:27.270 WLWV Board Room: of actions one we spoke with some other school districts, who were kind of leaning into this first. 977 02:54:28.740 --> 02:54:30.270 WLWV Board Room: talking to them about what. 978 02:54:31.380 --> 02:54:41.310 WLWV Board Room: What propelled their school board to adopt it, we looked at examples of their signage that then they were going to be posting because that was one of the questions around. 979 02:54:41.610 --> 02:54:53.460 WLWV Board Room: What does it mean to post signage at normal points of entry, we did some homework there, we also engaged our legal counsel, to look into the policy to look into the language of the policy, as well as the implementation. 980 02:54:54.270 --> 02:54:58.770 WLWV Board Room: What would it mean for training of staff What would it mean for informing the Community. 981 02:55:00.180 --> 02:55:10.800 WLWV Board Room: We did ask board member to join in the conversation with legal counsel to get a board perspective of questions and director, why it was able to do that. 982 02:55:11.730 --> 02:55:16.680 WLWV Board Room: So there was a second conversation with district legal counsel. 983 02:55:17.400 --> 02:55:24.630 WLWV Board Room: looking into also the history of how this came about, but also the implication for school districts and the language. 984 02:55:24.990 --> 02:55:34.260 WLWV Board Room: The language in the policy has been crafted by osb a carefully vetted by attorneys and our attorneys and, if you look at the original. 985 02:55:35.160 --> 02:55:45.480 WLWV Board Room: senate bill you'll see that the language, mostly mirrors exactly what's in the legislation, so it reads almost identical to that section eight of the legislation. 986 02:55:47.220 --> 02:55:55.770 WLWV Board Room: We also had an opportunity to query administrators who are often in positions of authority to approach visitors or to. 987 02:55:56.850 --> 02:56:09.000 WLWV Board Room: To ask visitors around their engagement on campus and who get involved in safety discussions about this policy for them, it was a matter of having. 988 02:56:09.600 --> 02:56:22.050 WLWV Board Room: just another tool available to them, should the very rare occasion occur, where they might need to ask someone to leave campus or to not be on campus with a concealed weapon. 989 02:56:23.280 --> 02:56:33.600 WLWV Board Room: it's highly recognized that there is no one panacea for dangerous activity that could happen in a school, we learned that through coven there isn't one. 990 02:56:34.530 --> 02:56:39.750 WLWV Board Room: You know safety protocol, but it's it's the layers this evening also when we heard from the. 991 02:56:40.170 --> 02:56:48.180 WLWV Board Room: bond oversight committee and long range planning committee through remote Douglas and Kim Jordan, they kind of also brought for that notion of layers of safety. 992 02:56:49.080 --> 02:57:03.210 WLWV Board Room: That one safety item doesn't preclude everything, but that, in tandem with others, it could create time or deter someone from i'm taking an action that's regrettable. 993 02:57:04.230 --> 02:57:19.260 WLWV Board Room: We did also speak so apart from support by our administrators around this policy for safety reasons, we also engaged our school resource officers and asked our sorrows about their. 994 02:57:20.370 --> 02:57:26.640 WLWV Board Room: opinion about this policy and whether they felt there could be a benefit to their role on our campus. 995 02:57:28.140 --> 02:57:45.570 WLWV Board Room: and collectively, there was agreement by our sorrows that this would create another tool for them that could help promote actions that they could take and give them authority that they might need to the situation arise, without the policy again there could be some limitations. 996 02:57:47.190 --> 02:57:54.690 WLWV Board Room: And that, having it should they need to would be beneficial, so there was support for this policy from our school resource officers. 997 02:57:55.920 --> 02:57:57.720 WLWV Board Room: Who we engaged in the conversation with. 998 02:57:59.400 --> 02:58:13.680 WLWV Board Room: So with that i'm going to turn it over to you chair King it's your discussion to have as a board around this policy and we're available to answer questions, but I think mostly the discussion will turn over to you and director Wyatt. 999 02:58:16.050 --> 02:58:16.950 WLWV Board Room: For determination. 1000 02:58:19.410 --> 02:58:29.070 WLWV Board Room: All right, very good, so we, this is one of those places where it's a little bit the art form of robert's rules, we could start with emotion and a second and then have a discussion. 1001 02:58:30.030 --> 02:58:40.260 WLWV Board Room: If that feels right since I anticipate with a policy like this there won't be any word smithing with the amount of betting that happened with octa and attorneys and Senate bill so. 1002 02:58:41.640 --> 02:58:52.710 WLWV Board Room: That could be a an efficient way for us to get started to see if there's a motion and a second and have some discussion and then take a vote, or we can go ahead and engage with discussion if that's on the tip of everybody's brains. 1003 02:59:07.170 --> 02:59:14.520 WLWV Board Room: Okay, very good all start with emotion that we adopt kg bb as written. 1004 02:59:21.570 --> 02:59:25.380 WLWV Board Room: All right, Director Wyatt and seconded the motion, and we can have discussion. 1005 02:59:35.070 --> 02:59:40.230 WLWV Board Room: So I do want to say i'm, as you all know, I. 1006 02:59:41.340 --> 02:59:44.250 WLWV Board Room: have to do some research before I can make a decision. 1007 02:59:45.360 --> 02:59:46.020 WLWV Board Room: and 1008 02:59:47.250 --> 02:59:55.410 WLWV Board Room: So I did talk to some law enforcement, I did talk to an sro officer and then I talked to a sheriff and. 1009 02:59:57.330 --> 03:00:15.990 WLWV Board Room: I do know firsthand about gun violence, I grew up with deputy diamond coats his parents live next door to my parents and he lived across the street from my parents and he was shot by a despondent youth, who was in a mental health crisis, so I don't discount. 1010 03:00:17.130 --> 03:00:21.750 WLWV Board Room: What guns can do an in the hands of an unauthorized person. 1011 03:00:22.890 --> 03:00:26.730 WLWV Board Room: But then I wanted to look into what is the concealed carry. 1012 03:00:29.250 --> 03:00:30.240 WLWV Board Room: And how do you get one. 1013 03:00:31.950 --> 03:00:42.330 WLWV Board Room: It is not easy, you have to be 21 years old, you have to have two references of recommendation you actually have to have an appointment with the Sheriff and they can decide. 1014 03:00:42.900 --> 03:00:59.490 WLWV Board Room: Whether or not you're even going to get a concealed carry license and that's if you've had run ins with the law enforcement, if you have a history of drug abuse or alcohol you can't have a dui you can't be have a history of addiction to. 1015 03:01:00.870 --> 03:01:05.550 WLWV Board Room: Control substances you can't have a misdemeanor be a convicted of a misdemeanor. 1016 03:01:06.720 --> 03:01:09.180 WLWV Board Room: stalking domestic violence. 1017 03:01:12.930 --> 03:01:21.900 WLWV Board Room: Any mental health and you can't be on pre trial for anything, and not only that, but you have to take a safety course. 1018 03:01:22.920 --> 03:01:23.430 WLWV Board Room: and 1019 03:01:25.560 --> 03:01:38.880 WLWV Board Room: So then, when I was talking to law enforcement, I said well Westland does have two policies already in place and that students cannot have guns on campus and neither can staff volunteers or contractors. 1020 03:01:40.620 --> 03:01:46.860 WLWV Board Room: So, by adopting this what would that accomplish and as Dr Ludwig said, well, it could be. 1021 03:01:48.450 --> 03:01:50.040 WLWV Board Room: A tool for somebody. 1022 03:01:51.270 --> 03:01:58.860 WLWV Board Room: In that rare instance, if they need to you know remove somebody that has a concealed carry that may be. 1023 03:02:01.740 --> 03:02:05.490 WLWV Board Room: Acting strangely but that's very rare. 1024 03:02:06.660 --> 03:02:12.000 WLWV Board Room: But this can they can also seconds count, just like an ad. 1025 03:02:13.830 --> 03:02:20.280 WLWV Board Room: In a school seconds count and if it's like on a field, or a stadium. 1026 03:02:22.080 --> 03:02:28.500 WLWV Board Room: You can disarm I was also at clackamas town Center that day when. 1027 03:02:29.940 --> 03:02:38.490 WLWV Board Room: A fellow Westland resident Steve Forsyth, was shot and killed, I was not there at the time I had just left, but I was at the food court. 1028 03:02:39.090 --> 03:02:57.090 WLWV Board Room: And there is a concealed carry person who drew his weapon had eye contact with the shooter that the concealed carry holder did not fire, because there were people around but that did stop the shooter from further shooting and he retreated and went down the back stairs by macy's. 1029 03:03:00.330 --> 03:03:09.510 WLWV Board Room: So at this point, you know, is with everybody i've had a very heavy heart, with the loss of those children and the two teachers. 1030 03:03:11.340 --> 03:03:12.330 WLWV Board Room: in Texas. 1031 03:03:13.650 --> 03:03:14.160 WLWV Board Room: But. 1032 03:03:16.140 --> 03:03:16.950 WLWV Board Room: I. 1033 03:03:19.110 --> 03:03:31.170 WLWV Board Room: I don't feel personally that i'm ready to make this decision, I was going around gathering trying to get people to fix their voters pamphlet or book voters about ballots. 1034 03:03:32.580 --> 03:03:34.440 WLWV Board Room: People were asking me to. 1035 03:03:36.870 --> 03:03:52.680 WLWV Board Room: Just do it first street I was stopped to safeway today with another Community Member asking me to not make a vote, yet, because they weren't even aware of it until they looked at the board agenda this morning. 1036 03:03:54.000 --> 03:03:54.480 WLWV Board Room: and 1037 03:03:55.740 --> 03:04:09.240 WLWV Board Room: Again, I know there is gun violence, and it is in the hands of unauthorized individuals I don't know by adopting this policy, what it would do for concealed carry. 1038 03:04:10.290 --> 03:04:13.680 WLWV Board Room: Individuals because, as I said, it is not easy. 1039 03:04:14.730 --> 03:04:21.300 WLWV Board Room: Getting a concealed carry license you basically have to maybe get a speeding ticket and that's about it. 1040 03:04:24.000 --> 03:04:24.930 that's all I have to say. 1041 03:04:26.430 --> 03:04:27.030 WLWV Board Room: All right. 1042 03:04:32.700 --> 03:04:33.480 WLWV Board Room: anybody else. 1043 03:04:36.420 --> 03:04:40.140 WLWV Board Room: Have a couple pounds Okay, and so, for me. 1044 03:04:41.490 --> 03:04:49.890 WLWV Board Room: And it doesn't come down to political it doesn't come down to constitutional what it comes down to is as a school board member. 1045 03:04:51.000 --> 03:05:00.540 WLWV Board Room: How do I make sure, students and staff are safe, that is my number one goal, that is the bottom line for me, what is the safest environment, how do we create the safest environment. 1046 03:05:01.230 --> 03:05:08.400 WLWV Board Room: For our schools, because I know every person whether you're for or against this policy, we agree that what happened. 1047 03:05:08.970 --> 03:05:22.110 WLWV Board Room: To we don't want what happened two weeks ago to happen in one of our schools, so I know that's what we all agree on that safety is the bottom line, and what I also know is that people who commit these crimes aren't stopped by a policy. 1048 03:05:24.480 --> 03:05:41.040 WLWV Board Room: If they're going to they if the law doesn't stop them a policy is not going to stop them so then, my question is as i've been wrestling with this, so it policy won't stop this person, then how what makes our kids safest, is it safest if we have. 1049 03:05:42.360 --> 03:05:53.430 WLWV Board Room: And i'm just posing these questions as i've kind of put my way through tried to walk myself through this, and so, if we know policy because a lot doesn't stop these people. 1050 03:05:55.830 --> 03:06:02.460 WLWV Board Room: How our students safest are they safest if there are visitors there who have concealed weapons that could possibly intervene. 1051 03:06:03.300 --> 03:06:15.210 WLWV Board Room: Especially at our elementary schools where we don't have sorrows at all times I think they spend the majority of their time at our high schools and so would that be helpful to have someone with a concealed. 1052 03:06:16.410 --> 03:06:17.580 WLWV Board Room: Carry permit there. 1053 03:06:18.660 --> 03:06:21.870 WLWV Board Room: Or does that increase the level of. 1054 03:06:23.460 --> 03:06:38.100 WLWV Board Room: Chaos because, when our law enforcement do come in they're not sure who the shooter is, as such, so I have done the same thing i've talked to law enforcement individuals actually talked to my sister who serves in a low income school in medford. 1055 03:06:39.390 --> 03:06:39.990 WLWV Board Room: and 1056 03:06:41.700 --> 03:06:49.050 WLWV Board Room: And and and has is concerned that some of the parents, sometimes that walk into her school sometimes she's expressed. 1057 03:06:50.820 --> 03:07:02.250 WLWV Board Room: That they can get upset and what if they were allowed to have a concealed weapon and what could happen at times as as things escalate so i've heard that side as well. 1058 03:07:07.590 --> 03:07:17.310 WLWV Board Room: Another concern that I have is if we become gun free and we have those signs up are we now announcing to the world. 1059 03:07:18.000 --> 03:07:36.960 WLWV Board Room: That our kids are sitting ducks that that yes, we are a gun free zone, so no one here can have a concealed carry permit and are we opening ourselves up to now that school any one who comes in who's not going to obey the law anyway and start shooting. 1060 03:07:38.130 --> 03:07:51.090 WLWV Board Room: Well, they know that there's not going to be anyone there to stop them unless the sro happens to be there because the signage says that no one can carry permits and so that's something else that weighs on my mind something that I have a question about. 1061 03:07:53.040 --> 03:08:03.510 WLWV Board Room: I did, then I looked at the national, because I do care about on our what our what our law enforcement professional say like that is important to me they're the professionals i'm not and. 1062 03:08:03.840 --> 03:08:13.710 WLWV Board Room: That is one reason why email Dr Ludwig and said, on Friday, can you please talk with our sorrows I want to know they're the ones that are kind of our frontline of protection. 1063 03:08:14.100 --> 03:08:25.590 WLWV Board Room: I want to know what they think and so thank you so much for talking with them and for sharing their perspective, before I was able to get that information I also looked up on. 1064 03:08:25.980 --> 03:08:36.990 WLWV Board Room: NASA, which is the National Association of student student school restarts our resource officer organization and I looked up what do they say. 1065 03:08:37.650 --> 03:08:42.900 WLWV Board Room: Should schools arm teachers are others who are not law enforcement officers and here's what they said. 1066 03:08:43.470 --> 03:08:54.030 WLWV Board Room: Nazareth strongly recommends that no firearms be on a school campus except those carried by selected carried by carefully selected specially trained school resource officers. 1067 03:08:54.540 --> 03:09:02.130 WLWV Board Room: Who are, by definition, active sworn law enforcement officers and there are several reasons for this recommendation, and they go through. 1068 03:09:04.650 --> 03:09:14.190 WLWV Board Room: Just that it's easier to know who the assailant is that they're the only ones that carry the weapons anyone they're concerned about anyone who hasn't saved received extensive training. 1069 03:09:15.720 --> 03:09:19.920 WLWV Board Room: on and on and on, so there's their statement and. 1070 03:09:25.740 --> 03:09:36.030 WLWV Board Room: I don't know what's most important to me is that our kids are safe, and so I just I don't come at this lightly at all. 1071 03:09:36.450 --> 03:09:49.740 WLWV Board Room: And I don't come at it from a political, I don't come at it from again a constitute I come at it, I want to know what makes our kids safe and I just don't know if i've had that question answered for me yet. 1072 03:09:51.180 --> 03:10:07.410 WLWV Board Room: That is this policy going to make them safer, or is it going to announce to the world that no one in the school has a concealed weapon permit and if you choose to break the law there's not anyone there to stop you until the police gets i'm not sure. 1073 03:10:12.330 --> 03:10:12.960 WLWV Board Room: All right. 1074 03:10:14.730 --> 03:10:15.390 WLWV Board Room: You want to go ahead. 1075 03:10:17.190 --> 03:10:18.630 WLWV Board Room: So I am. 1076 03:10:20.100 --> 03:10:33.630 WLWV Board Room: Completely supportive of this policy and love to see us not just adopt it tonight, but adopted on second reading and close out the school year, making it very clear that our schools are gun free zones. 1077 03:10:34.710 --> 03:10:39.120 WLWV Board Room: And I think, for me it goes back to the same thing that Dr Thompson just mentioned. 1078 03:10:39.930 --> 03:10:51.090 WLWV Board Room: Which is safety, and you know the origins of senate bill 544 that created this was really around this idea of safe storage and how do we recognize that. 1079 03:10:51.510 --> 03:10:58.290 WLWV Board Room: People have guns, they have that right, but then, how do we make sure that guns are safely secured and stored. 1080 03:10:58.950 --> 03:11:05.640 WLWV Board Room: And then, along with that, how do we create a culture that recognizes that safety is is really the most important issue. 1081 03:11:06.210 --> 03:11:14.250 WLWV Board Room: And even you know, tonight we had a chance to hear from moms demand action and every time for gun safety, and you know, one of the key. 1082 03:11:14.910 --> 03:11:27.030 WLWV Board Room: features on here is this concept of modeling responsible behavior around guns and I think that that's what this policy is doing for our kids we're giving them a chance to see. 1083 03:11:27.540 --> 03:11:37.440 WLWV Board Room: Responsible behavior around guns we're recognizing that there is not a need to conceal a weapon and come onto a school campus. 1084 03:11:37.980 --> 03:11:43.890 WLWV Board Room: We also heard tonight from Mr Douglas about all of these layers of security that we have at our schools. 1085 03:11:44.880 --> 03:11:55.290 WLWV Board Room: And I think history is also shown us that this kind of innocent bystander stepping in and stopping a school shooting that's not a scenario that occurs and so. 1086 03:11:55.950 --> 03:12:10.320 WLWV Board Room: This idea of showing to our kids there is a responsible way to store your guns, to use your guns to access them but bringing them onto our campus is is not a responsible way to be a gun owner. 1087 03:12:11.610 --> 03:12:28.740 WLWV Board Room: And I think I go back to and these recent weeks I think we've all heard this people asking like what can I do, how can I make my Community safer, how can I make my kids school safer and it feels helpless, I think, and I think you know that's why these last couple of weeks have felt so. 1088 03:12:29.970 --> 03:12:37.170 WLWV Board Room: despondent because you know you wonder what can I do as a parent or what can I do as a Community Member and. 1089 03:12:37.500 --> 03:12:45.840 WLWV Board Room: Of course, you know we're not in Congress and we can't ban assault weapons or we can't figure out that that way that we make school shooting stop. 1090 03:12:46.200 --> 03:12:59.220 WLWV Board Room: But I think what we can do is look at our communities, and we can look at the buildings that anchor our communities, and we can say let's make these beat the places where we are modeling good behavior where our kids know that they're going to be safe. 1091 03:13:00.360 --> 03:13:07.290 WLWV Board Room: And it's something that we can do locally and, yes, there are going to be so many debates, you know at other levels. 1092 03:13:07.890 --> 03:13:13.500 WLWV Board Room: In DC, but this is something that we can do, right here and to me that is so incredibly meaningful. 1093 03:13:14.190 --> 03:13:21.690 WLWV Board Room: Not just back in December, when we started talking about this policy, but especially now, when I think our community wants us to do something so. 1094 03:13:22.110 --> 03:13:27.720 WLWV Board Room: I want to see this policy adopted, I want to see it implemented, I want to see those signs up. 1095 03:13:28.170 --> 03:13:42.300 WLWV Board Room: And I want to continue working with our kids to make sure that they know that we want them to be safe, we want them to be smart and we're going to model responsible behavior, and that means not having guns on our campuses so i'll be supporting this measure. 1096 03:13:47.460 --> 03:14:07.710 WLWV Board Room: director Taylor do you want to get in here should I proceed Okay, and I will, I will vote in favor of this policy, and I can tell you why I would have voted in favor of it months ago, so my decision now is the same as it would have been two or three months ago, a year ago. 1097 03:14:09.600 --> 03:14:11.820 WLWV Board Room: Three years ago and. 1098 03:14:13.350 --> 03:14:20.370 WLWV Board Room: I, yes, I want to announce to the whole world that there are no schools and guns are no no guns and schools. 1099 03:14:22.230 --> 03:14:39.480 WLWV Board Room: Just as people have said signs don't deter anybody, you know the same argument could be applied to the fact that a sign isn't going to deter anybody if you say that there are no guns in our schools that's not going to stop anybody who has mal intent instead we have layered protections. 1100 03:14:40.620 --> 03:14:45.750 WLWV Board Room: millions of dollars spent on hardware and resistant, glass and. 1101 03:14:47.070 --> 03:14:58.410 WLWV Board Room: You know, hiring sorrows and now hopefully also a policy that says don't bring your gun into school unless you are a trained, you know and currently employed police officer. 1102 03:14:59.070 --> 03:15:10.170 WLWV Board Room: Those officers have hundreds of hours of live shooting training, it takes zero live shooting training to get a concealed weapons permit there's no live shooting training. 1103 03:15:12.180 --> 03:15:18.300 WLWV Board Room: I think that the majority of it actually can be done online and from my research. 1104 03:15:19.620 --> 03:15:22.050 WLWV Board Room: So it's, these are not folks who. 1105 03:15:23.100 --> 03:15:33.000 WLWV Board Room: Have the kind of background to take out an active shooter and, in fact, what we're hearing from our sorrows is that it causes more confusion and more danger. 1106 03:15:33.870 --> 03:15:45.570 WLWV Board Room: I would like to send a message that you know, no one should bring a gun to parent teacher conferences, no one should bring a gun to you know, a basketball game, and no one should bring a gun to you know the PTA meeting. 1107 03:15:46.260 --> 03:15:59.760 WLWV Board Room: don't bring your gun into the school unless you are an employed police officer and you know I think there's this kind of myth that more guns make a safer and you know, the United States, we have. 1108 03:16:01.290 --> 03:16:13.710 WLWV Board Room: We should be the safest nation and on the earth, then, because we have a lot of guns out there and we're we're proving that having a lot more guns in physical spaces it's not actually making us any safer. 1109 03:16:16.470 --> 03:16:19.650 WLWV Board Room: I I will support this primarily because. 1110 03:16:21.000 --> 03:16:28.830 WLWV Board Room: You know I think there are other measures that we need to take as well, like primarily, these are men who are shooting up our. 1111 03:16:29.640 --> 03:16:37.500 WLWV Board Room: public spaces overwhelmingly and So what are we doing to identify you know depression and suicidal ideation and men. 1112 03:16:38.460 --> 03:16:42.870 WLWV Board Room: that's a good conversation I support making it harder to have got to get guns. 1113 03:16:43.560 --> 03:16:53.820 WLWV Board Room: Holding people who profit off the gun industry responsible Those are some moves that I would support being made, but, as was articulated earlier that's not the decision before me right now. 1114 03:16:54.510 --> 03:17:02.160 WLWV Board Room: But i'm willing to put up a sign that says don't bring your gun into the school unless you are a police officer and that's going to make a safer. 1115 03:17:03.840 --> 03:17:15.810 WLWV Board Room: Less threatening more gun free environment, so I don't think we need, in my opinion, this policy has been getting passed by school districts, you know, for the past academic year. 1116 03:17:16.470 --> 03:17:28.440 WLWV Board Room: So it's been on our you know board book for a handful of days i'm not convinced that delaying a vote is going to do anything other than delay a decision that we can make this evening. 1117 03:17:32.580 --> 03:17:35.670 WLWV Board Room: So is there any further discussion are we ready for a vote. 1118 03:17:37.110 --> 03:17:43.680 WLWV Board Room: i've just not to put you on the spot director Taylor but i'm just wondering what your thoughts are I would love to hear that. 1119 03:17:48.000 --> 03:17:48.420 WLWV Board Room: Okay. 1120 03:17:51.330 --> 03:17:51.750 WLWV Board Room: Okay. 1121 03:17:58.470 --> 03:17:59.520 WLWV Board Room: christy Thompson. 1122 03:18:02.370 --> 03:18:05.040 WLWV Board Room: Testing I miss Taylor. 1123 03:18:06.090 --> 03:18:06.720 WLWV Board Room: Kelly slip. 1124 03:18:08.580 --> 03:18:08.910 Thank you. 1125 03:18:11.100 --> 03:18:18.570 WLWV Board Room: All right, very good Thank you and we'll move forward to the final thing on our agenda, which is the human resources department. 1126 03:18:19.740 --> 03:18:31.470 WLWV Board Room: Well it's actually the board, we will be talking about the superintendent contract and at this point i'll hand it over to you, Vice chair. 1127 03:18:32.550 --> 03:18:38.430 WLWV Board Room: Thompson and if you i'm sure you already have this plan, but just a little bit of context or background. 1128 03:18:39.870 --> 03:18:43.140 WLWV Board Room: or where we arrived, how we got here share moment in time, thank you. 1129 03:18:45.090 --> 03:18:46.260 WLWV Board Room: All right, let me get there. 1130 03:18:52.440 --> 03:18:53.850 WLWV Board Room: Okay um. 1131 03:18:54.960 --> 03:18:56.130 WLWV Board Room: So thank you, we. 1132 03:18:57.360 --> 03:19:07.560 WLWV Board Room: I actually have kind of addressed the evaluation process in my letter to the public if it's okay i'll just go ahead and read that and then, if I need to add on I will so. 1133 03:19:09.390 --> 03:19:18.840 WLWV Board Room: dear fellow board members superintendent lightweight and the Westland was in the school district Community I write this letter, on behalf of the Westland Wilson bill school board of directors. 1134 03:19:19.200 --> 03:19:25.080 WLWV Board Room: In my role as the vice chair to address the superintendent evaluation of Dr Cathy ludwick for the. 1135 03:19:26.250 --> 03:19:37.470 WLWV Board Room: academic year in this letter I will provide a description of the evaluation process share the board's feedback from our value and show the board's feedback from our evaluation conversations. 1136 03:19:38.520 --> 03:19:43.830 WLWV Board Room: Dr Ludwig is finishing her six year services, the superintendent of the Westland Wilson bill school district. 1137 03:19:44.400 --> 03:19:49.290 WLWV Board Room: While all students have had the opportunity to attend in person school five days a week. 1138 03:19:49.800 --> 03:19:59.340 WLWV Board Room: The continuation of covert safety protocols staff and substitute shortages and challenges that have risen as students adjust back to full time school. 1139 03:19:59.730 --> 03:20:09.120 WLWV Board Room: Back to full time in person school have contributed to another challenging year in education, despite these challenges under Dr ludwig's leadership. 1140 03:20:09.660 --> 03:20:18.870 WLWV Board Room: Our schools were open for in person learning every day that share the Board is thankful and grateful to Dr Ludwig and every Westland Wilson bill staff member. 1141 03:20:19.260 --> 03:20:25.800 WLWV Board Room: for their commitment and Herculean efforts to continue to grow student achievement during challenging times. 1142 03:20:26.670 --> 03:20:32.580 WLWV Board Room: Our current evaluation process is framed by eight standards that were created by the Oregon school board association. 1143 03:20:33.390 --> 03:20:41.760 WLWV Board Room: These standards measure superintendents performance in eight areas with each standard containing a descriptor of more specific targets. 1144 03:20:42.480 --> 03:20:51.330 WLWV Board Room: The Board rates, the superintendent using osb a scale of one to four from ineffective to developing then effective and finally accomplishing. 1145 03:20:52.110 --> 03:21:04.320 WLWV Board Room: With these standards as our benchmarks, the board provides interim feedback to our sub superintendent in the fall and spring and then a formal summative evaluation at the end of the academic year. 1146 03:21:05.190 --> 03:21:13.320 WLWV Board Room: As the Vice chair I facilitate the dialogue during executive session and synthesize the perspectives of the five board members into one voice. 1147 03:21:14.070 --> 03:21:19.530 WLWV Board Room: I then share this feedback with the superintendent and have a conversation with her about what the Board is observing. 1148 03:21:20.100 --> 03:21:24.630 WLWV Board Room: Focusing on what we think is going well and areas where we would like to see change. 1149 03:21:25.200 --> 03:21:35.160 WLWV Board Room: In addition to the eight standards, Dr ludwick establishes her own goals for each academic year and keeps the board up to date on her work toward accomplishing them. 1150 03:21:36.030 --> 03:21:46.890 WLWV Board Room: This information is also considered in the board summative evaluation at the end of the year, the overall message the board, would like to share with Dr Ludwig I feel like I want to look at you, and not just. 1151 03:21:48.150 --> 03:21:53.940 WLWV Board Room: her staff and the Westland Wilson book community as that we are grateful for her leadership during the. 1152 03:21:55.080 --> 03:22:00.180 WLWV Board Room: academic year which kept our schools, open and our students learning so thank you. 1153 03:22:01.740 --> 03:22:10.860 WLWV Board Room: I feel like we were one of the few school districts, especially in the portland metro area I mean I don't know the stats but we were open every day, we did not close. 1154 03:22:11.640 --> 03:22:30.930 WLWV Board Room: And that was despite some big staff shortages due to illnesses and and that meant that people who worked here we're not here doing their jobs they were out in elementary schools covering so thank you to you and to your entire staff. 1155 03:22:32.520 --> 03:22:43.560 WLWV Board Room: The collective voice of the Board rated Dr Ludwig as effective or accomplishing and all eight standards, so if you're following that rating scale of one to four, that means she received either a three. 1156 03:22:44.760 --> 03:22:57.120 WLWV Board Room: Four or three a 3.5 or four in all eight standards, the Board is very satisfied with the majority of the superintendent's performance this academic year here's some highlights of Dr ludwig's achievements during the. 1157 03:22:58.260 --> 03:23:05.250 WLWV Board Room: school year kept schools, open and students learning in person, despite the continuing challenges of co but. 1158 03:23:06.030 --> 03:23:15.540 WLWV Board Room: Effectively communicated with the board to keep them abreast of district events safety in emergencies and kept the board informed and prepared for meetings and decisions. 1159 03:23:16.110 --> 03:23:24.840 WLWV Board Room: worked with the board to champion the first ever bored listening sessions for both parents and we had a chair king and myself did one last fall. 1160 03:23:25.170 --> 03:23:32.490 WLWV Board Room: And then the spring and that you heard earlier about directors Taylor and delight director sloop running with middle school students. 1161 03:23:33.060 --> 03:23:43.650 WLWV Board Room: partnered with first responders from our community to run the district's first emergency student evacuation drill and I don't know was that the official title of it or not, but it was okay. 1162 03:23:45.900 --> 03:23:57.000 WLWV Board Room: That was the title, I gave it along with her staff developed learning sessions to educate new and returning board members on district operations programs plans, etc, so that was something new, this year. 1163 03:23:57.420 --> 03:24:03.780 WLWV Board Room: We as a board had a turnover of three new board members and I don't know when the last time that was that happened. 1164 03:24:04.890 --> 03:24:09.270 WLWV Board Room: But there's a lot of learning that happens when you step onto a board. 1165 03:24:10.890 --> 03:24:17.640 WLWV Board Room: It is a steep learning curve for all of us it's still a steep learning curve and i've almost finishing my third year so. 1166 03:24:18.810 --> 03:24:26.610 WLWV Board Room: What her staff did that was so helpful this year is that they came up with different kind of learning session topics and then. 1167 03:24:27.090 --> 03:24:33.420 WLWV Board Room: You know, let us know when their her staff would be available and too many board members could join at a time. 1168 03:24:33.870 --> 03:24:39.810 WLWV Board Room: Because of public meeting laws we can't have three but they would they were these learning sessions, where we could learn about. 1169 03:24:40.500 --> 03:24:50.220 WLWV Board Room: The continuous improvement plan, we could learn about the student success plan, we could learn about the district's equity Action Plan, so all of those things and. 1170 03:24:51.540 --> 03:24:58.710 WLWV Board Room: That was the first time, I think that it's ever been implemented and what a great idea, so thank you and I think it made a huge difference. 1171 03:24:59.160 --> 03:25:10.140 WLWV Board Room: To our own budget, I mean so really anything that you can imagine, I were there 10 different topics Do you remember how many different topics, I want to say eight eight Okay, but um. 1172 03:25:11.310 --> 03:25:18.450 WLWV Board Room: Anyway, just a great opportunity again, not only for our new board members to be on board and well, but also for us older. 1173 03:25:19.950 --> 03:25:29.430 WLWV Board Room: More experienced board members to be reminded, he it there's so much learning that it's always great just to have it reiterated again, so I just want to really highlight that, because I think. 1174 03:25:30.210 --> 03:25:35.400 WLWV Board Room: That was such an important change, and I know that will be something that continues forward for new board members. 1175 03:25:36.390 --> 03:25:44.460 WLWV Board Room: champion profession professional development around grading for equity hosted the first ever inclusive practices leadership collaborative. 1176 03:25:44.850 --> 03:25:53.130 WLWV Board Room: For Oregon superintendents interested in learning about our districts inclusive practices that just happened a couple weeks ago here in May. 1177 03:25:53.490 --> 03:25:59.550 WLWV Board Room: And another kind of part of that was not only to invite them and let them listen to our story. 1178 03:25:59.820 --> 03:26:12.300 WLWV Board Room: But also, to get them to start kind of forming partnerships and Triads so that, as they go forth they know other districts, that they can work in because it's easier when you're not creating the wheel by yourself. 1179 03:26:12.630 --> 03:26:21.300 WLWV Board Room: And when you can collaborate with other people when you're stepping into new territory created two additional bypass affinity groups at the district level. 1180 03:26:21.780 --> 03:26:27.750 WLWV Board Room: expanded our districts use of the panorama survey panorama survey together social and emotional data. 1181 03:26:28.230 --> 03:26:33.210 WLWV Board Room: From both our students and our staff members, and that was one thing I remember chair King brought up. 1182 03:26:33.810 --> 03:26:43.200 WLWV Board Room: During I believe our spring evaluation is that check in with how our staff doing they've had a big couple years and so. 1183 03:26:43.950 --> 03:26:50.580 WLWV Board Room: Dr Ludwig I don't know if it was your idea or staff members idea that we can do a panorama survey for. 1184 03:26:51.120 --> 03:27:08.760 WLWV Board Room: Our educate for our staff members and find out, so I think that's huge not only just from the data and how that allows us to care for them, but also they already feel cared for, because someone's asked, and again I think this was the first year we've done that correct. 1185 03:27:10.470 --> 03:27:15.870 WLWV Board Room: Yes, for staff continue to focus on improving district communications through social media. 1186 03:27:17.280 --> 03:27:25.950 WLWV Board Room: faq pages lists of messages capital bond project updates and a comprehensive sexual education Community forum. 1187 03:27:26.580 --> 03:27:32.670 WLWV Board Room: and hiring new communication staff, both at the district office, as well as our family empowerment Center. 1188 03:27:33.630 --> 03:27:42.000 WLWV Board Room: The Board would also like to acknowledge, so that was just kind of her highlight reel and I probably didn't include all of the highlights so that was a short and highlight reel. 1189 03:27:42.570 --> 03:27:50.010 WLWV Board Room: And the board would also like to acknowledge the patient's professionalism and grace with which Dr ludwick has faced contentious issues. 1190 03:27:50.400 --> 03:27:56.850 WLWV Board Room: such as the still unresolved sale of the op and lender property to the city of Westland and the still incomplete audit. 1191 03:27:57.450 --> 03:28:08.610 WLWV Board Room: that have arisen during this past school year we appreciate that she has sought legal advice when needed, and made ethical and legal recommendations to the board in the face of trying circumstances. 1192 03:28:09.120 --> 03:28:18.330 WLWV Board Room: We would like to encourage Dr Ludwig to continue to communicate about concerns and contentious issues early on, so decisions can remain proactive versus reactive. 1193 03:28:19.380 --> 03:28:24.570 WLWV Board Room: The boards only area of concern is related to standards seven effective financial management. 1194 03:28:25.140 --> 03:28:29.820 WLWV Board Room: While the board understands that there were factors and circumstances out of the district's control. 1195 03:28:30.300 --> 03:28:37.350 WLWV Board Room: It is still concerning that our audit has yet to be completed and, as such, that our district does not have access to our state school funds. 1196 03:28:38.130 --> 03:28:48.720 WLWV Board Room: The Board believes that the area financial management needs to be an area focus because we understand and value our role in both supporting and empowering our superintendent. 1197 03:28:49.230 --> 03:29:01.770 WLWV Board Room: We look forward to continuing to collaborate with Dr Ludwig to create learning environments in which our students thrive and are challenged to become the greatest thinkers and most thoughtful people for the world. 1198 03:29:03.210 --> 03:29:22.980 WLWV Board Room: So I will stop there, and so, now is the time when we go ahead and discuss the superintendent's contract for the following year and shayla has prepared for us, you should have gotten the yellow folder. 1199 03:29:27.900 --> 03:29:40.650 WLWV Board Room: And it not only has the superintendent's current contract, but you will also see a comparison sheet in there, that I asked, I like to prepare, where we look at some similar districts. 1200 03:29:41.370 --> 03:29:48.990 WLWV Board Room: That have kind of similar numbers of students numbers of high schools and such that are here in the metro area. 1201 03:29:50.820 --> 03:30:02.790 WLWV Board Room: Gresham barlow like oswego Oregon city Sherwood tiger wallet and Western Wilson ville and so you can see a comparison on that chart of the salaries and do they have to contribute to purse or not. 1202 03:30:03.960 --> 03:30:13.590 WLWV Board Room: years of experience, so thank you sheila for last minute for letting me continue to Oh, can you include this can you include this, so thank you so much, and. 1203 03:30:14.790 --> 03:30:20.340 WLWV Board Room: The tax sheltered annuity, that is what tsa stands for the number of vacation days. 1204 03:30:21.450 --> 03:30:41.070 WLWV Board Room: And you can see mileage phone and expenses and you can see whether or not on that comparison, it is what the salary was for this year, or if it is the salary that will apply to next year and then, finally, that final column, which shows the total compensation and. 1205 03:30:42.210 --> 03:30:52.230 WLWV Board Room: The other thing that I would enforce sorry go ahead okay other thing I just wanted to inform and we are still in contract negotiations with our our. 1206 03:30:52.860 --> 03:31:09.720 WLWV Board Room: Teachers with our unions, however, and it's just another point of reference that might help you is our administrators, we have okayed, and this is correct, stop me if i'm wrong, but can do you want to speak to this i'm gonna let you speak. 1207 03:31:12.720 --> 03:31:17.070 WLWV Board Room: So just so you have a point of comparison at the increase that our administrator saw this year. 1208 03:31:17.520 --> 03:31:24.840 WLWV Board Room: So revenue ministry native group is does not have a bargaining agreement, so we have done a 4% cola and a 1% longevity because. 1209 03:31:25.200 --> 03:31:35.970 WLWV Board Room: Our Ministry of group actually doesn't have steps so we don't receive steps, but we have set salaries and so we're doing a 5% total for that group for this coming year and then. 1210 03:31:37.620 --> 03:31:39.480 Yes, any question. 1211 03:31:43.440 --> 03:31:46.500 WLWV Board Room: Actually, I have a question for you there's, one that is. 1212 03:31:47.850 --> 03:31:51.630 WLWV Board Room: In portrait for them there's one that's in landscape print. 1213 03:31:53.820 --> 03:31:54.810 WLWV Board Room: Is the. 1214 03:31:58.530 --> 03:32:05.670 WLWV Board Room: bears I think director why I just wants to say one thing to give it context to what you're saying so just for clarification. 1215 03:32:06.420 --> 03:32:16.860 WLWV Board Room: Because I knew that our ability to do math at 945 at night might be limited, what I wanted to look at, and so the the one that's in portrait that has the pink line. 1216 03:32:17.850 --> 03:32:28.890 WLWV Board Room: And what I have labeled competitive salary increase proposal takes the base salary on the left side and then applies some various percentage increases. 1217 03:32:29.310 --> 03:32:35.940 WLWV Board Room: To see what the dollar increase in the new salary would be, and I can speak to my interest. 1218 03:32:36.450 --> 03:32:44.880 WLWV Board Room: In competitiveness, but just to provide that clarification that this was provided by me because I didn't want to do math on the fly. 1219 03:32:45.540 --> 03:32:59.760 WLWV Board Room: So don't accept this is official, this is not from is Walter and I just wanted us to have this as I talk later about my interest in this contract gotcha I did some math and I don't mind doing math because you see. 1220 03:33:01.020 --> 03:33:08.310 WLWV Board Room: But, and so the horizontal one is the actual that shiloh gave yes, yes, thank you, yes. 1221 03:33:09.330 --> 03:33:17.310 WLWV Board Room: And those numbers at the end again are that total COMP So if you take the salary you take that the tsa. 1222 03:33:17.730 --> 03:33:21.810 WLWV Board Room: And you take the mileage phone and expenses and put them all together that. 1223 03:33:22.200 --> 03:33:31.290 WLWV Board Room: Total that's what I thought I was just confused by the two because you were saying Okay, and I believe this is my Bible yeah I believe director wyatt's just took. 1224 03:33:31.680 --> 03:33:45.060 WLWV Board Room: Did you take the you took the just the salary range just looking at the salary line Okay, and knowing that the other items, while definitely valuable and part of a rich contract. 1225 03:33:46.890 --> 03:33:54.630 WLWV Board Room: would not be part of a competitive recruitment and or would be further down in a competitive recruitment, which is what I want to talk about contract. 1226 03:33:58.920 --> 03:34:08.820 WLWV Board Room: dancer what you give you the information you wanted oh yeah I got others that don't talk about this yeah that I just wanted to see what I was comparing so I knew which to you okay very good. 1227 03:34:10.920 --> 03:34:20.820 WLWV Board Room: yeah, so I think we're just out of place, thank you, Dr Ludwig for sitting here as we hash out your contract and public this is. 1228 03:34:21.900 --> 03:34:31.830 WLWV Board Room: You know, an unusual situation, and so you know just naming that the potential discomfort and just encouraging all of us to handle with care. 1229 03:34:32.370 --> 03:34:40.800 WLWV Board Room: What folks in the audience, just so you know what we're looking at us a comparative analysis and salaries from superintendents and other districts, is what we're kind of hammering over and doing math. 1230 03:34:41.220 --> 03:34:52.290 WLWV Board Room: So at this point, vice chair Thompson you've delivered the feedback that we gave the superintendent about the eight standards and now we're at a point where we need to just make. 1231 03:34:52.980 --> 03:34:58.290 WLWV Board Room: A decision about primarily salary and the percentage. 1232 03:34:58.950 --> 03:35:13.110 WLWV Board Room: increase that is going to happen is that the, the only point of the contract that we're discussing because, as you mentioned, there are a lot of elements of the contract that could be negotiated right now we're just talking about salary so. 1233 03:35:13.470 --> 03:35:41.220 WLWV Board Room: As I see it, and what our boards have done in the past, just to give you guys some give you all some history and is, I believe, last year the board did a 4% increase in salary, they also did an increase from $12,000 to 9200 of the tsa correct me if i'm wrong. 1234 03:35:42.930 --> 03:35:53.790 WLWV Board Room: yeah 19,200 what did I say oh i'm at 19,000 Thank you, and so we increased the tsa quite a bit and. 1235 03:35:54.810 --> 03:35:59.460 WLWV Board Room: was last year, the first year when we talked about the ability for her to five back yeah. 1236 03:35:59.910 --> 03:36:12.780 WLWV Board Room: About vacation day to buy back her vacation days so that was also part of the contract that was written in there, another thing that we can do is, we can also decide to bump up the number of vacation days. 1237 03:36:14.040 --> 03:36:23.400 WLWV Board Room: For Dr lightweight so those would be some points, I mean, of course, I think you know we can talk about mileage and phone expenses as well. 1238 03:36:23.790 --> 03:36:33.540 WLWV Board Room: And in the past, I feel like where the Board has focused on it's been salary tsa and vacation days and so i'm thinking just for process, it could be worthwhile for. 1239 03:36:34.230 --> 03:36:47.220 WLWV Board Room: For there to be something thrown out that then the board can either buy into or you know explore i'm willing to throw something out and, but I have a question. 1240 03:36:48.300 --> 03:37:01.200 WLWV Board Room: Is it policy within the contract that the superintendent has received in the past to put a maximum raise or a maximum percentage raise on a contract. 1241 03:37:02.100 --> 03:37:15.300 WLWV Board Room: Is that something that has been policy or procedure in the past in my recollection here, we have not done anything like that i've seen contracts and other districts that attach. 1242 03:37:16.680 --> 03:37:25.380 WLWV Board Room: A percentage race to things that are happening in the rest of the system, but I haven't seen a superintendent contract in my seven years of some sort of a cat okay. 1243 03:37:26.430 --> 03:37:36.450 WLWV Board Room: So, shall I start, please okay so i'm looking at the sixth district that Dr love with it is being compared to from the information that was provided from. 1244 03:37:37.530 --> 03:37:39.120 WLWV Board Room: From you this is great. 1245 03:37:40.920 --> 03:37:43.200 WLWV Board Room: And what i've noticed is that. 1246 03:37:45.270 --> 03:37:50.220 WLWV Board Room: up to six, there are three that have one year or less experience. 1247 03:37:51.330 --> 03:38:04.890 WLWV Board Room: there's one superintendent with 12 years experience and then there's two superintendents and six years experience which Dr ludwick being one of those if I averaged the salaries of each of the six superintendents the. 1248 03:38:06.180 --> 03:38:09.810 WLWV Board Room: The average salary is 219,000 for 43. 1249 03:38:11.130 --> 03:38:26.430 WLWV Board Room: Of those six superintendents to teach that the average salary for the six superintendents that are shown on here, meaning three of them have districts that are smaller and only to have districts that are bigger than the district that she manages okay. 1250 03:38:27.810 --> 03:38:39.360 WLWV Board Room: her salary, which is unfortunate that we have to broadcast it, but we do this is the way she feeds their family, so I take it very serious is 180 $5,000, which is about. 1251 03:38:40.380 --> 03:38:49.080 WLWV Board Room: From the average of of all of them, it is about $46,000 less than the average. 1252 03:38:50.190 --> 03:38:59.310 WLWV Board Room: I have a problem with that, I have a really, really big problem with that, if you look at the lower experienced superintendents. 1253 03:38:59.880 --> 03:39:22.050 WLWV Board Room: Of the three of them they're being paid $670,000 which is 220 $3,000 a year as based compensation, she is being compensated 185 and managing a bigger district, with a lot more problems and a high maintenance community to deal with Okay, so that puts her at $38,000. 1254 03:39:23.160 --> 03:39:35.310 WLWV Board Room: lower paid than people with one year experience one year experience and zero years experience I have a problem with that the to hire. 1255 03:39:37.080 --> 03:39:42.930 WLWV Board Room: superintendents are being paid 460,000 between the both of them so 230,000. 1256 03:39:44.370 --> 03:39:49.560 WLWV Board Room: A year where she is earning 185, which is a $45,000 difference. 1257 03:39:50.640 --> 03:39:55.110 WLWV Board Room: there's only one that has more tenure than her at 12 years experience. 1258 03:39:56.790 --> 03:40:05.790 WLWV Board Room: And that person is being paid $218,000, which is another $33,000 higher that's a huge discrepancy. 1259 03:40:06.990 --> 03:40:19.440 WLWV Board Room: If we were to average them all out, and if you just took the five in average the five superintendents salaries they're all averaging 220 $6,000 a year. 1260 03:40:20.910 --> 03:40:32.370 WLWV Board Room: Dr ludwick is averaging or excuse me not averaging she's being paid 180 $5,000 a year, and one of the highest taxed communities in the state of Oregon. 1261 03:40:33.720 --> 03:40:41.070 WLWV Board Room: it's despicable and the fact that somebody only gave her a 4% raise last year is disgusting to me. 1262 03:40:42.510 --> 03:40:49.110 WLWV Board Room: And we talk about equal pay, we talk about equal rights and we sit here and we look at this. 1263 03:40:50.790 --> 03:40:59.100 WLWV Board Room: And we have this lady being paid $40,000 with more experience dealing with more crap. 1264 03:41:00.600 --> 03:41:03.060 WLWV Board Room: than any of these people on this page. 1265 03:41:05.790 --> 03:41:24.240 WLWV Board Room: So i'm gonna throw a number out, I say that we pay her what the average of what everyone else is being paid that have the same or higher tenure that she has which would put her at somewhere in the neighborhood of 220 $5,000 a year as a starting point. 1266 03:41:26.160 --> 03:41:28.140 WLWV Board Room: That doesn't include the value. 1267 03:41:29.340 --> 03:41:45.030 WLWV Board Room: you're not just paid based off of your years in the district you're paid off the value that you bring to a district into a Community and no one would ever accept this type of pay if we tried to hire them in this school district right now with the issues that we're dealing with. 1268 03:41:46.140 --> 03:41:58.830 WLWV Board Room: So my number for a starting point is 220 5000 as a base, can you put that into percentage of you're proposing a percentage that would be a percentage increase of around 25% somewhere in there. 1269 03:41:59.850 --> 03:42:13.110 WLWV Board Room: So it'd be 185 times 1.22 missing it's a 22% increase in salary so you're you're proposing a 22% in base salary salary range not touching her tsa. 1270 03:42:13.710 --> 03:42:26.580 WLWV Board Room: and increasing her vacation days, which is also two days less than someone with one year experience, three, five days less with someone with one year experience, four days left. 1271 03:42:27.390 --> 03:42:42.720 WLWV Board Room: from someone with zero experience Okay, I just want to make sure we just get it out clear, so we know exactly what's proposing, I understand your comparison, so what you're proposing as a weren't that not looking at anything else that's going on with compensation solely looking at salary. 1272 03:42:43.770 --> 03:42:52.740 WLWV Board Room: That there's a 22% raise that road put the salary at 220 5000 25,000. 1273 03:42:55.050 --> 03:43:00.030 WLWV Board Room: Just straight up straight up that's it okay that it can't be comes out with all zeros after that okay. 1274 03:43:00.750 --> 03:43:15.060 WLWV Board Room: And, and you know shiloh i'm where did you go oh yeah okay great, I just wanted to make sure you're here sustaining and doing the math and things like that, thank you very much for getting us started and for you know your will. 1275 03:43:19.050 --> 03:43:27.060 WLWV Board Room: And then yeah for your passion i'm wanting to compensate our exemplary superintendent fairly, I think that that's shared. 1276 03:43:28.560 --> 03:43:34.290 WLWV Board Room: One thing that I think is worthwhile as we look at this is. 1277 03:43:35.790 --> 03:43:43.080 WLWV Board Room: Considering things like the system in which we operate, what else is happening within the system of which we're operating. 1278 03:43:43.920 --> 03:44:00.660 WLWV Board Room: As well as you know, aspects around total compensation and other benefits as well, and so anything you can do to speak to what else is happening within the system and then also salary is one component and then there's a lot of other components that go and so comparing maybe that. 1279 03:44:02.010 --> 03:44:15.420 WLWV Board Room: So when they shared previously about the administrator group receiving the 5% this coming here, the one thing that we do do regularly with that group is you do salary comps to make sure that we are competitive with our neighboring districts and so. 1280 03:44:15.990 --> 03:44:35.850 WLWV Board Room: Well 5% in a CPI market of 8.7 may seem low our our salaries are traditionally very much on the high end for our principal ships or assistant principal ships our Director level positions, and so you know, giving a 5% when you're already in a good place in the market is appropriate, whereas. 1281 03:44:37.080 --> 03:44:45.480 WLWV Board Room: I would agree with what director Taylor shared that in comparing Dr lubbock sorry with our neighboring districts. 1282 03:44:46.770 --> 03:44:51.630 WLWV Board Room: that she is on the lower end and on the low end and I would also say that. 1283 03:44:52.200 --> 03:45:01.380 WLWV Board Room: Historically, people have a better opportunity of negotiating higher salary when they're coming in, which is why people with less experience do tend to come in hire to start. 1284 03:45:01.620 --> 03:45:12.660 WLWV Board Room: And then they receive these incremental increases that that makes sense I don't know if that's how education historically does things not saying it's appropriate or not, but it's just how it seems to work in our industry. 1285 03:45:13.170 --> 03:45:20.430 WLWV Board Room: And so, but I will say that that the reason that you know 5% appropriate for the administrator group is because we have competitive salaries are ready. 1286 03:45:21.150 --> 03:45:33.510 WLWV Board Room: If that's helpful gotcha yeah I mean I hear your words, but it makes me think of the late john Lewis and he says what If not us, then who, if not now, then when. 1287 03:45:34.770 --> 03:45:49.560 WLWV Board Room: We didn't choose the time to have this conversation, but this time, this time, chose us and I can't help, but to go back to that and to throw the rule book out to say we have a lady who was being underpaid, it is clear as day. 1288 03:45:51.030 --> 03:45:58.170 WLWV Board Room: I know what the book says, the reason that asked the question earlier about the ending fund balance being a $20 million. 1289 03:45:58.710 --> 03:46:12.150 WLWV Board Room: don't tell me that we don't have money, even after we spend all that end up with a balance of 4 million that we don't have enough to compensate her the right compensation that's that's all right yeah director Ryan. 1290 03:46:13.470 --> 03:46:25.050 WLWV Board Room: We in a situation where we're facing pay compression I mean is her salary so low and we are offering competitive salaries to our other senior staff that. 1291 03:46:25.350 --> 03:46:34.950 WLWV Board Room: we're not adequately recognizing that the superintendent role requires you know, a level of expertise that's different than other senior staff or. 1292 03:46:35.310 --> 03:46:50.580 WLWV Board Room: I mean I don't know if you've done that analysis, but I also worry about that that we get ourselves into a situation where our top executive is not being compensated, and so you know the the next level down is reaching that point where they're hitting a ceiling to. 1293 03:46:51.690 --> 03:47:08.550 WLWV Board Room: Well there's some differences, because, for example, no mysteries, with the exception of the superintendent have to essays or have the level of monthly expense accounts, those are different levels of compensation for a superintendent but I I you know. 1294 03:47:10.050 --> 03:47:20.580 WLWV Board Room: I, I think that are in looking at our other salaries, I think there are competitive and fair and align with the industry standards as far as our assistant superintendents our principles. 1295 03:47:20.850 --> 03:47:32.730 WLWV Board Room: Are directors, we were in the same realm as everyone else, especially in like and similar districts size size wise things like that, and I think the superintendent salary. 1296 03:47:35.010 --> 03:47:36.270 WLWV Board Room: has historically. 1297 03:47:37.440 --> 03:47:44.670 WLWV Board Room: In this district been given the same increase that the administrative group has received, and I think that the. 1298 03:47:45.810 --> 03:48:00.360 WLWV Board Room: And I think that's because we've had superintendents who put the needs of the district, and the children and the district ahead of their own financial welfare and being adequately compensated for the hard work that they do. 1299 03:48:01.410 --> 03:48:09.690 WLWV Board Room: Not just the superintendent but the two prior to her as well, and so, so I think that that is part of it as well, but I do. 1300 03:48:11.190 --> 03:48:18.180 WLWV Board Room: support what director Taylor and what director are saying, as far as and chair. 1301 03:48:19.410 --> 03:48:27.690 WLWV Board Room: King, as far as compensating Dr Ludwig adequately for the level of work that she does and how much time she puts in. 1302 03:48:29.100 --> 03:48:35.250 WLWV Board Room: And one thing, I think, and I see going for your microphone though i'll just echo that I heard you say. 1303 03:48:35.820 --> 03:48:44.700 WLWV Board Room: Is this idea that i've seen for what it's worth it doesn't necessarily change mean anything about the decision we make, but i've just watched it happen over the years. 1304 03:48:45.060 --> 03:48:55.260 WLWV Board Room: That that superintendent salary has gone up significantly and we have a high turnover rate in the superintendent field, I think the average is like five years or something like that. 1305 03:48:56.040 --> 03:49:11.730 WLWV Board Room: So you know I remember when lake oswego superintendent was hired who's no longer with them, I think she served for two years and then left and that she was offered that to 45 range and that was a significant increase from what the superintendent prior to her had been. 1306 03:49:12.840 --> 03:49:32.220 WLWV Board Room: Earning so what what i'm seeing when I look at the trend is that that salary has gone up enormously rapidly, probably because of the complexities and the difficulty to recruit and retain and you know, so this the fact that we're at this place with the salary, it could point to you know. 1307 03:49:33.390 --> 03:49:39.090 WLWV Board Room: some reluctance of the boards previous I think it also could point to the fact, we have a superintendent has been here for seven years. 1308 03:49:39.360 --> 03:49:48.030 WLWV Board Room: who came in at a salary range, you know potentially already on the lower end of the continuum but probably you know more enlightened and what we've been seeing happen. 1309 03:49:48.300 --> 03:49:57.390 WLWV Board Room: The past 123 years with surrounding school districts so just for what that's worth little historical context of how we ended up in this situation. 1310 03:49:59.430 --> 03:50:01.590 WLWV Board Room: Question another question, too, I know. 1311 03:50:02.790 --> 03:50:12.840 WLWV Board Room: That, in the past we've Dr ludwick has given part of her salary to the superintendent's so that part of the re is. 1312 03:50:13.590 --> 03:50:19.860 WLWV Board Room: So just clarify this for me that part of the reason, maybe and i'm not saying it makes up the whole thing but. 1313 03:50:20.520 --> 03:50:32.490 WLWV Board Room: That may in lieu of I feel like some raises you started the superintendent scholarship which no one else had and i'm just curious where how that has a what I just want to know is how's that affected. 1314 03:50:33.060 --> 03:50:39.510 WLWV Board Room: Where her salary is that, yes, so that was in the 2019 2020 school year in lieu of salary increase. 1315 03:50:40.110 --> 03:50:49.710 WLWV Board Room: Her increased that year would have been $6,830 and she donates that amount of money annually to the superintendent scholarship fund, we did. 1316 03:50:50.340 --> 03:50:58.170 WLWV Board Room: The next year, we did add that onto her salary and then calculate the next increase on top of that, so it wasn't without that money. 1317 03:50:58.650 --> 03:51:05.850 WLWV Board Room: But she does each year donate that $6,830 which I probably should have included here my apologies. 1318 03:51:06.660 --> 03:51:11.940 WLWV Board Room: To her to the superintendent scholarship fund for our students okay so every year, so does that would. 1319 03:51:12.720 --> 03:51:21.750 WLWV Board Room: Just so I understand, does that mean, then, that it's more the number is more 191 149 is the total competence as the total salary. 1320 03:51:22.470 --> 03:51:30.450 WLWV Board Room: With the scholarship with this, but the every Okay, but the $6,000 is taken off that yeah, thank you for that clarification. 1321 03:51:31.200 --> 03:51:34.560 WLWV Board Room: So I think we're in a position, and then i'll go to Dr Ryan just. 1322 03:51:35.070 --> 03:51:47.550 WLWV Board Room: As a reminder, for the board, I want to make like to give all the time that we need for this very important decision and also we've been at it for about 20 or 25 minutes now and it's after 10 o'clock, and so I just want to make sure i'm doing my my job of. 1323 03:51:47.820 --> 03:51:52.080 WLWV Board Room: Giving space for discussion, but also moving us toward a decision, because it needs to be made. 1324 03:51:52.500 --> 03:52:04.290 WLWV Board Room: So at that sense the more that we can hone in exactly what we're trying to do, which is come up with an affair raise for our superintendent who we clearly want to retain and motivate. 1325 03:52:04.920 --> 03:52:17.310 WLWV Board Room: And the deliberations have to do with what that looks like, and you know how can we make up for you know some of what's been happening over the years, the handful of years in this position. 1326 03:52:17.820 --> 03:52:28.470 WLWV Board Room: While also, I think, considering the system of which it's embedded and that's one thing that I struggle with a little bit with looking at just the salary is that pieces of information come up like just the one that just did. 1327 03:52:28.770 --> 03:52:42.600 WLWV Board Room: about the scholarship fund, so there are parts of the whole package that I think I don't want to lose sight of so looking at things like total compensation might be a more effective measurement than just salary, would you agree, I mean. 1328 03:52:43.950 --> 03:52:52.800 WLWV Board Room: I would agree that's why we included on that spreadsheet we included the total compensation, which includes the tsa and the monthly expenses, so they. 1329 03:52:53.310 --> 03:52:59.130 WLWV Board Room: Have a better financial picture yeah they have so there's you know a lot of other factors, and so I think that that. 1330 03:53:00.030 --> 03:53:13.470 WLWV Board Room: Perhaps it'll be useful, we look keep that in mind as we're talking about salary, what is the increase, we want to make in the salary to get us closer for a fair total compensation package, since we're not tweaking other elements of the contract just. 1331 03:53:18.390 --> 03:53:25.860 WLWV Board Room: Just to clarify that added 6000 then puts her total compensation to 226 549 if you consider the 6000 that's okay. 1332 03:53:26.850 --> 03:53:40.020 WLWV Board Room: And do we know we allow her to buy back vacation do we know if that is a policy is that a normal policy to have another a number of superintendents do, how they can buy back on their contracts Okay, thank you. 1333 03:53:41.820 --> 03:53:42.900 WLWV Board Room: Okay director. 1334 03:53:45.240 --> 03:53:56.280 WLWV Board Room: Well, I understand, looking at total compensation and while I respect that the superintendent so generously gives a portion of that salary back to a scholarship. 1335 03:53:57.810 --> 03:54:09.360 WLWV Board Room: I can't help it thinking about this and we just take names off of off of it, and we look ahead to the future, and we think how are we, the most competitive district to hire the most talented people. 1336 03:54:09.870 --> 03:54:17.640 WLWV Board Room: And in my view we either pay a higher salary now or we're going to pay it when we recruit if. 1337 03:54:18.150 --> 03:54:25.980 WLWV Board Room: You know she wins the lottery and moves moves to Europe and that you know, has a fabulous life and we're stuck trying to recruit to fill those. 1338 03:54:26.460 --> 03:54:41.100 WLWV Board Room: You know, huge shoes, and so what I would be interested in from the Board is if we have a number for salary and we think to ourselves, how do we make this a competitive position when compared to our peers and then. 1339 03:54:41.790 --> 03:54:53.670 WLWV Board Room: If you know, there is an interest to toggle with vacation days or you know tsa i'm fine with that I just keep thinking, though, if we had to hire someone of her caliber tomorrow. 1340 03:54:54.120 --> 03:55:12.960 WLWV Board Room: And we posted a salary range and the job add what would get us that level of quality, so I will be open to someone making $1 amount suggestion what I was going to ask you, I you know I I sense that you probably have a board that agrees and we we want you know to fairly compensate. 1341 03:55:14.100 --> 03:55:22.680 WLWV Board Room: And so what I can you make a proposal that we have 22% salary increase range what else is there i'll make a proposal. 1342 03:55:23.640 --> 03:55:32.430 WLWV Board Room: My proposal would be is that we pay her what the market rate is and I couldn't even imagine having to go out and replace the talent that we already have. 1343 03:55:32.940 --> 03:55:41.820 WLWV Board Room: And I don't understand in any organization why you will let some of your most talented people walk out the door and go receive the compensation that you're going to pay anyway. 1344 03:55:42.510 --> 03:55:50.790 WLWV Board Room: Just to see them go somewhere else, when they're already ingrained they understand us so let's get some let's get out so they can make a decision, so I would say. 1345 03:55:51.570 --> 03:56:04.590 WLWV Board Room: If I had to throw out a range total compensation, the same person make with the same tenure, which I assume they have a doctorate also would be to 63 to 67 total compensation. 1346 03:56:06.480 --> 03:56:17.190 WLWV Board Room: that's probably not a total company exactly we have a one year, we have a one year superintendent making 267 and we have a six year superintendent making 263. 1347 03:56:18.480 --> 03:56:19.170 WLWV Board Room: and 1348 03:56:20.280 --> 03:56:31.860 WLWV Board Room: At 226 she's still $40,000 underpaid, so I would make it to 63 to 67 that's where we would be to be competitive, to retrain and I, you know i'm offering this. 1349 03:56:33.780 --> 03:56:45.480 WLWV Board Room: I want, I want to also find it an a race that is fair and one thing I think that's worth noticing, just as you look at those total compensations for aggression barlow and tiger tualatin. 1350 03:56:46.140 --> 03:56:55.260 WLWV Board Room: The ADM being you know just that the how many students are there they're quite a bit bigger so, for example, we have. 1351 03:56:56.340 --> 03:57:08.070 WLWV Board Room: woodburn is not here on this chart there superintendent was just hired at 170 $5,000 a year their district is smaller they have about 5000 students or so. 1352 03:57:08.820 --> 03:57:20.220 WLWV Board Room: So that's one another factor that we consider as we look at how to fairly compensate the superintendent is a level of complexity one way to measure that is by number of students in the district. 1353 03:57:21.750 --> 03:57:26.460 WLWV Board Room: So you think that would burn is more complex in Westland no no i'm saying that tiger. 1354 03:57:27.210 --> 03:57:37.950 WLWV Board Room: And Gresham barlow which were the two citations that you made about the 263 to 67 total compensation marks, those are coming from those two school districts, which are. 1355 03:57:38.430 --> 03:57:47.520 WLWV Board Room: Which are larger than Westland Wilson ville and then I offer just as a comparison would burn school district superintendent who was just hired. 1356 03:57:48.000 --> 03:57:54.270 WLWV Board Room: US contract, you know his his rate coming in and being lower at the 175 mark. 1357 03:57:54.750 --> 03:58:03.420 WLWV Board Room: And that we would expect something like that, because would burn school district has fewer students so just by way of keeping it embedded in a context. 1358 03:58:03.990 --> 03:58:16.050 WLWV Board Room: sure what has lower students but yeah and even at that mouth, if you did it at 33 cents, it would be $35 and woodburn per student to $20 and less than Wilson bell. 1359 03:58:22.560 --> 03:58:37.800 WLWV Board Room: yeah and again, you know i'm offering this stuff just to try to work toward a reasonable just give some history and some context you know i've been through this conversation, this is my second time so just a little bit of what has informed decisions in the past. 1360 03:58:39.180 --> 03:58:54.900 WLWV Board Room: So another I just did another thing to bring up is, and again I completely understand pandemic and circumstances and such, but we are a smaller district this year than we were a couple of years ago, as well, so we have fewer students. 1361 03:58:56.670 --> 03:59:05.130 WLWV Board Room: than we have in the past and whether or not that needs to be part of the consideration when we make it it's just a point at them, you know. 1362 03:59:07.080 --> 03:59:08.370 WLWV Board Room: Point that i'm throwing out there. 1363 03:59:12.450 --> 03:59:22.290 WLWV Board Room: I mean and i'm not trying to be difficult here i'm not seeing any point that you can make to me based off of the comparison that would justify paying. 1364 03:59:24.000 --> 03:59:25.650 WLWV Board Room: Someone was six years 10 years. 1365 03:59:27.180 --> 03:59:43.620 WLWV Board Room: A doctor in the complexities of our Community, the complexities of our city councils, the complexities of all the challenges that we've had which are light years ahead of any other district, no one is dealing with what we are dealing with in this Community. 1366 03:59:44.790 --> 03:59:46.260 WLWV Board Room: So i'm trying to figure out. 1367 03:59:47.370 --> 03:59:56.760 WLWV Board Room: Something that you can tell me that is rational that would justify paying a woman with her experience $40,000 less. 1368 03:59:57.870 --> 04:00:06.900 WLWV Board Room: Okay, so if we i'm just gonna let's just work with it again i'm just trying to move us forward a decision and like a really complicated situation, so we worked with this idea of. 1369 04:00:07.380 --> 04:00:17.760 WLWV Board Room: A structure taylor's proposed raising the total compensation to 260 $3,000 could you tell us what that means for. 1370 04:00:20.250 --> 04:00:46.410 WLWV Board Room: The package that salary increase it would be a 22% increases salary, which would be to 25 if you add in the 19 the 19 to to that so to 25 let's 19,204 tsa don't cheap, maybe you don't change vacation days there's 20 of them she's not obviously using them so. 1371 04:00:47.610 --> 04:00:48.030 WLWV Board Room: that's. 1372 04:00:49.620 --> 04:01:02.400 WLWV Board Room: that's 240 4000 just what the just what the base pay of 22% increase and leaving the tsa this it's the same she's still underpaid, even with the suggestions that i've made. 1373 04:01:05.640 --> 04:01:08.160 WLWV Board Room: So I would bump her tsa up. 1374 04:01:09.300 --> 04:01:17.010 WLWV Board Room: To the maximum give her more vacation days and make whatever the rest of it equal up to the level that it should equal up to. 1375 04:01:18.480 --> 04:01:25.830 WLWV Board Room: So if that means we have to increase the base more and leave everything else, the same to get her in the range of 253 to 267. 1376 04:01:26.760 --> 04:01:38.010 WLWV Board Room: Then we work that back so I have a question for you and then dark Olympic i'm not turning the floor over to you just because I assume you don't want to speak, but if, at any point you do want to, of course, you know that you're welcome to. 1377 04:01:41.430 --> 04:01:50.910 WLWV Board Room: yeah so and that's why it will just continue forward but you're invited to speak, you know, should you choose to what would the get one of the things I understand. 1378 04:01:53.910 --> 04:02:00.870 WLWV Board Room: happens sometimes when I tried to contextualize a salary increase of this magnitude. 1379 04:02:01.560 --> 04:02:08.280 WLWV Board Room: And one of the things I understand that happens in the system is that if there begins to be a you know we do want to compensate for. 1380 04:02:08.760 --> 04:02:21.900 WLWV Board Room: The CEO at a higher rate that there's a significant difference in the salary range between one person who you know at the top of the organization and everybody else, then sometimes that that. 1381 04:02:23.040 --> 04:02:29.040 WLWV Board Room: doesn't fare well for the system as a whole and so i'm just curious I don't even know the salaries of everybody. 1382 04:02:29.280 --> 04:02:42.630 WLWV Board Room: But if if the Board was to decide to give a 22% increase in salary and get the total compensation of the 260 3000 what type of gap does that create between our superintendent and the rest of the cabinet. 1383 04:02:48.060 --> 04:02:51.780 WLWV Board Room: I mean it's a gap, but it it's not as large. 1384 04:02:55.140 --> 04:02:57.210 WLWV Board Room: Are you so uncomfortable. 1385 04:02:59.340 --> 04:02:59.850 WLWV Board Room: I mean. 1386 04:03:01.140 --> 04:03:03.510 Let me do the percentages for my head. 1387 04:03:09.540 --> 04:03:20.670 WLWV Board Room: And I may I think my question earlier about pay compression that's where that comes into play, and I mean I I understand what you're saying, and I think. 1388 04:03:21.240 --> 04:03:32.220 WLWV Board Room: That that's absolutely something we should be mindful of, but I also wonder if a morale buster is when your salary is so close to the person at top that there doesn't seem to be any room for growth. 1389 04:03:33.210 --> 04:03:50.730 WLWV Board Room: And so that's why I was wondering, are our salaries compressing against her is because Hers is too low and and again it's tricky balance and so i'm glad that you asked that and it would be a 32% difference from the next closest mm hmm and do we have a sense of you know. 1390 04:03:51.870 --> 04:03:56.850 WLWV Board Room: it's a 32% difference between the next closest I mean we have a sense of those are. 1391 04:03:57.570 --> 04:04:10.290 WLWV Board Room: Those are competitive appropriate salaries for the positions that they are mm hmm so 32 that the superintendent would be making 32% average ballpark more than the next one, then yeah the next closest so. 1392 04:04:12.840 --> 04:04:13.410 WLWV Board Room: So. 1393 04:04:16.530 --> 04:04:27.510 WLWV Board Room: If this is a, this is a tough one, for me, because when I look at just the numbers on the paper, I totally get what you're saying director Taylor, and I think the other thing that comes up for me is. 1394 04:04:29.940 --> 04:04:39.090 WLWV Board Room: Just putting it into a context i'm in 30% more I think this is more indicative of what has been happening in the districts around us so. 1395 04:04:43.110 --> 04:04:48.330 WLWV Board Room: It would be something i've never seen before, to give this type of the size of arrays. 1396 04:04:50.520 --> 04:04:53.160 WLWV Board Room: I understand the arguments for it, it would just be like. 1397 04:04:54.930 --> 04:05:01.500 WLWV Board Room: Our reporter will be writing about it and the newspaper, you know, like the you know so who cares. 1398 04:05:03.090 --> 04:05:15.900 WLWV Board Room: We have a we have a perfectly reasonable man under compensated, so I think one of the things to know, and we did talk about this last year when we were having this conversation was the number of females who left the superintendent's he last year. 1399 04:05:16.680 --> 04:05:21.840 WLWV Board Room: And the number of people of color the left the superintendent position last year in the state of Oregon and it was huge. 1400 04:05:22.920 --> 04:05:31.680 WLWV Board Room: And it just speaks to how that role has been in the last two years, and how taxing it is and. 1401 04:05:32.880 --> 04:05:37.500 WLWV Board Room: So I think that is also part of the reason the compensation has had to increase because. 1402 04:05:37.950 --> 04:05:47.430 WLWV Board Room: it's a difficult job and you're on call 24 seven and there isn't a break, whether you're on vacation and she's zooming in or whether. 1403 04:05:47.730 --> 04:05:58.050 WLWV Board Room: You know she has to leave out of town, but she still has to be available and accessible to us, so I think that that is just part of the responsibility of that position and. 1404 04:05:59.490 --> 04:06:13.560 WLWV Board Room: That it just as a requirement now and because of that, I think the compensation has had to increase to make people want to take on the role, because as Director Taylor said previously, you know when you have a community. 1405 04:06:14.490 --> 04:06:26.010 WLWV Board Room: That needs a lot of support and a lot of communication, it requires her to always be knowing what's going on and be communicating and making sure that we're all doing the hard things so that. 1406 04:06:26.400 --> 04:06:34.020 WLWV Board Room: we're functioning as a unit and a successful unit for our students, so I think if what i'm hearing is correct and this. 1407 04:06:35.010 --> 04:06:56.250 WLWV Board Room: really just dramatic increase in superintendent salaries over the past, you know, seven years or eight years, I know at least since i've been on the board i've watched it grow up dramatically is indicative of the increasing complexity of the role and the demand for the schedule and. 1408 04:06:57.570 --> 04:07:04.920 WLWV Board Room: yeah so, and you know it's it's not lost on me what some of my colleagues are saying that we're we've now fallen behind the curve. 1409 04:07:05.580 --> 04:07:13.740 WLWV Board Room: I think we need to get like a we can keep talking about this, but you know we could we need, we could have emotion. 1410 04:07:14.730 --> 04:07:26.640 WLWV Board Room: Dr literally if you want to speak, the Director for Thompson go ahead yeah Thank you and I am hearing everything you're saying director Taylor and everything you're saying director Wyatt and obviously I wrote her glowing. 1411 04:07:27.510 --> 04:07:35.400 WLWV Board Room: I wrote her evaluation and and said all of those things, I think I myself along sounds like maybe. 1412 04:07:36.420 --> 04:07:43.110 WLWV Board Room: chair King just that struggle at the 22% does seal feel like a massive. 1413 04:07:44.850 --> 04:07:50.580 WLWV Board Room: jump and i'm not saying she's not worth it i'm not saying any of those things but. 1414 04:07:53.430 --> 04:07:59.610 WLWV Board Room: That is where i'm struggling with the with a large percentage increase and. 1415 04:08:01.530 --> 04:08:08.970 WLWV Board Room: And I think the spirit is, we all agree that she that she is under compensated i'm just wondering. 1416 04:08:10.740 --> 04:08:12.030 WLWV Board Room: If you know. 1417 04:08:13.800 --> 04:08:22.350 WLWV Board Room: If there's an in between that people might feel good about where we're not doing such a large jump I know in my discussion with. 1418 04:08:23.370 --> 04:08:29.520 WLWV Board Room: sheila one thing, she mentioned was this is that the CIPS CPI. 1419 04:08:30.690 --> 04:08:42.810 WLWV Board Room: CPI Thank you that that's an 8% so inflation is crease 8% if that's just another number to kind of help us put her ahead of that I don't know but. 1420 04:08:44.070 --> 04:08:51.510 WLWV Board Room: I do feel like i'm having a little bit of struggle with the 220 2% number but do agree that she is underpaid. 1421 04:08:52.170 --> 04:08:54.120 WLWV Board Room: and would like to see her compensate so. 1422 04:08:54.330 --> 04:09:06.930 WLWV Board Room: What if we got so the the high end of the that gets us up to 263 puts us up there with tiger tualatin and crushing barlow which I don't know the student body population but it's there they're quite a bit larger than our school district. 1423 04:09:07.260 --> 04:09:17.370 WLWV Board Room: So if we worked in the the vein of we want to fairly compensate her with the type of pace, she would be paid if she left, and you know was recruited somewhere else or we'd have to pay someone to recruit them. 1424 04:09:17.850 --> 04:09:24.960 WLWV Board Room: and similar situation are similar size districts I look at you know Oregon city Sherwood. 1425 04:09:26.580 --> 04:09:27.120 WLWV Board Room: elo. 1426 04:09:37.530 --> 04:09:41.490 WLWV Board Room: Those three would be would be that to 23 number four base salary. 1427 04:09:42.660 --> 04:09:43.170 WLWV Board Room: mm hmm. 1428 04:09:47.310 --> 04:10:00.270 WLWV Board Room: yeah and then I I just remember when lake oswego was an outlier they hired in that superintendent that they recruited from out of State at 245 and it was unheard of correct me if i'm wrong and that's it. 1429 04:10:08.610 --> 04:10:11.280 And I wonder if they're on board. 1430 04:10:13.980 --> 04:10:15.930 Then, keep bringing up my spreadsheet. 1431 04:10:18.420 --> 04:10:20.010 WLWV Board Room: Of 14 to 15% and. 1432 04:10:21.390 --> 04:10:26.190 make them off the lowest paid if that makes others comfortable. 1433 04:10:27.210 --> 04:10:31.920 I personally would like to see more but a 15% increase. 1434 04:10:35.220 --> 04:10:41.340 WLWV Board Room: So what these percentage increase in that column the 12% that you put for Oregon city, that means what. 1435 04:10:43.140 --> 04:10:50.040 WLWV Board Room: I hope the Oregon city super into this and listening it's not related it's it's not this is just a separate. 1436 04:10:51.360 --> 04:11:03.330 WLWV Board Room: This is, if you increase the salary by these percentages, this is the dollar amount and the new salary it's not a lot it's not a line across sorry I just fold the paper and a half. 1437 04:11:04.470 --> 04:11:08.190 WLWV Board Room: Did you seen an increase the winning by by 4% you get what. 1438 04:11:09.300 --> 04:11:13.170 WLWV Board Room: I see okay Thank you all right, and I mean. 1439 04:11:14.310 --> 04:11:26.250 WLWV Board Room: I think for me was that rank feature it's that she's laughed at any of the dollar amounts that have been thrown around yeah and it's not until we increase it by 14% that she even gets to be fifth. 1440 04:11:26.700 --> 04:11:34.290 WLWV Board Room: mm hmm I get that 20% 22% is a scary number and so i'm just wondering how close can we get so. 1441 04:11:35.400 --> 04:11:38.610 WLWV Board Room: Like we're not the worst of the best. 1442 04:11:39.930 --> 04:11:47.040 WLWV Board Room: I mean I don't I don't know any other way, to put it so if we were to work with the idea of 14%. 1443 04:11:48.780 --> 04:12:06.270 WLWV Board Room: That puts this in China i'm going to ask that you're going to check all of our math and everything will be voting on this and improve and then it's going to be like formal and everything, and if we did a 14% raise and the new salary is a correct would be 211,000 $70. 1444 04:12:09.000 --> 04:12:12.360 WLWV Board Room: Do we still have to add the scholarship back in, though. 1445 04:12:13.920 --> 04:12:23.310 WLWV Board Room: yeah, I think, let me rephrase my question if we gave a 14% raise that kind of two questions, what would the salary be and what would the total compensation package be worth. 1446 04:12:32.670 --> 04:12:37.980 WLWV Board Room: Okay salary, would be to 18 856. 1447 04:12:46.710 --> 04:13:07.290 WLWV Board Room: and total COMP would be to 54 to 56 i'm sorry he said, one more time to 54 to 56 Okay, so if this board this and then i'm assuming vacation days are sort of separate they're not included in the total compensation or when you correct Okay, so the cliches aside. 1448 04:13:10.140 --> 04:13:17.490 WLWV Board Room: If the Board was to approve a 14% raise it would put the salary at 218,000 856. 1449 04:13:21.450 --> 04:13:26.040 WLWV Board Room: And the total compensation at 250 4000 to 56. 1450 04:13:29.280 --> 04:13:32.970 WLWV Board Room: yeah so what i'm seeing there is. 1451 04:13:34.650 --> 04:13:40.380 WLWV Board Room: That that a raise of that size puts a total compensation at. 1452 04:13:41.790 --> 04:13:44.340 WLWV Board Room: Mid to high range. 1453 04:13:47.010 --> 04:13:53.070 WLWV Board Room: And i'm happy for people to correct me if i'm getting any of this wrong and that the salary would then be. 1454 04:13:56.520 --> 04:14:00.630 WLWV Board Room: right around mid to low range so. 1455 04:14:02.100 --> 04:14:06.120 WLWV Board Room: Mid to high with total mid to low salary. 1456 04:14:10.500 --> 04:14:14.820 WLWV Board Room: Do am I saying that correctly yes me if you said. 1457 04:14:16.500 --> 04:14:23.010 WLWV Board Room: Is the total compensation then she's at the high she's the high of the three that. 1458 04:14:24.390 --> 04:14:34.140 WLWV Board Room: Have the lower she's still the ones that she's still below are the ones that have more she's still below Gretchen barlow and tiger 12 but they have higher numbers that we did. 1459 04:14:35.610 --> 04:14:46.140 WLWV Board Room: In curiosity, who had the highest graduation rate last year, the state of Oregon which which districts I just i'm just asking for friends are Muslims Muslims okay. 1460 04:14:48.090 --> 04:14:49.770 WLWV Board Room: Who is the leader of that district. 1461 04:14:52.590 --> 04:14:56.520 WLWV Board Room: So director Taylor, if you would like to what we could do. 1462 04:14:57.330 --> 04:15:05.820 WLWV Board Room: I hear you loud and clear about wanting to you know compensate our reward or what, so I think what we have our to to book end so i'm wondering, we have the 22% what's. 1463 04:15:06.480 --> 04:15:17.940 WLWV Board Room: Right compensation for the salary and then, on the other hand, we have a 14% which gets you know gets it up considerably, so I think what we could do at this point is. 1464 04:15:19.140 --> 04:15:27.480 WLWV Board Room: You know we're we're pushing about an hour now talking about this, so I think we need to probably get a motion and a vote. 1465 04:15:37.980 --> 04:15:38.490 WLWV Board Room: move. 1466 04:15:40.740 --> 04:15:41.430 WLWV Board Room: To. 1467 04:15:47.100 --> 04:15:48.570 WLWV Board Room: A compensation. 1468 04:15:51.090 --> 04:15:54.480 WLWV Board Room: For Dr Ludwig total compensation. 1469 04:15:57.690 --> 04:15:59.880 WLWV Board Room: Of $260,000. 1470 04:16:03.720 --> 04:16:04.800 WLWV Board Room: which would put her. 1471 04:16:05.880 --> 04:16:12.810 WLWV Board Room: Second, or excuse me third in total compensation for the number one school district in the state of Oregon. 1472 04:16:17.310 --> 04:16:48.900 WLWV Board Room: OK, so the motion has been made by director Taylor to put total compensation at $260,000 and, I assume, what we need, there is probably what that does to salary salary and percentage raise 220 4600 224,621% point 320 1.3%. 1473 04:16:49.920 --> 04:16:56.490 WLWV Board Room: Okay 20 so director taylor's made emotion that we've given 21.3% raise. 1474 04:16:57.540 --> 04:17:12.240 WLWV Board Room: and putting this the salary at 220 4600 600 and total total compensation to 260,000 all right, do we have a second. 1475 04:17:19.830 --> 04:17:24.120 WLWV Board Room: Okay hearing none, then I think we need to probably entertain a different motion. 1476 04:17:35.700 --> 04:17:41.400 WLWV Board Room: That we approve a total compensation package of approximately 250 $4,000. 1477 04:17:43.080 --> 04:17:45.600 WLWV Board Room: And I would request that the HR director. 1478 04:17:46.620 --> 04:17:53.910 WLWV Board Room: calculate the salary, which I believe during our discussions was around $218,000 at the base salary. 1479 04:17:54.630 --> 04:18:01.980 WLWV Board Room: Although that may not think the scholarship sorry if that's What you said is still if i'm understanding this correctly what director. 1480 04:18:02.700 --> 04:18:19.650 WLWV Board Room: Why, it is moving is that we give a 14% salary increase which puts the salary 218,000 856 puts a total compensation at 250 4256 and leave the rest of the contract alone. 1481 04:18:21.150 --> 04:18:28.980 WLWV Board Room: they're getting that right correct okay or salary wise, are you wanting to change vacation days or maintain those what they are. 1482 04:18:31.590 --> 04:18:38.010 WLWV Board Room: yeah i'm i'm seeing them with these this negotiation that vacation days of staying the same. 1483 04:18:41.040 --> 04:18:43.140 WLWV Board Room: Alright, so we have emotion is their second. 1484 04:18:56.130 --> 04:18:58.170 WLWV Board Room: Alright i'm not hearing one. 1485 04:19:08.250 --> 04:19:10.800 WLWV Board Room: i'm going to take a five minute break. 1486 04:19:12.300 --> 04:19:16.890 WLWV Board Room: Yes, we're going to take a five minute recess we'll come back at 10:37pm. 1487 04:19:25.050 --> 04:19:26.970 WLWV Board Room: Alright i'm going to reconvene. 1488 04:19:28.500 --> 04:19:29.280 WLWV Board Room: The meeting. 1489 04:19:32.100 --> 04:19:36.210 WLWV Board Room: Once I get a thumbs up from our tech people that were ready okay great. 1490 04:19:38.790 --> 04:19:46.260 WLWV Board Room: Alright, so we have a couple of options in front of us and one is that if if this seems to be a first read, we can certainly. 1491 04:19:47.370 --> 04:19:55.950 WLWV Board Room: return to this we don't have another meeting scheduled in June, and we do need to finalize this I think before June 30. 1492 04:19:57.810 --> 04:20:03.150 WLWV Board Room: So that would involve you know scheduling another meeting and talking about it. 1493 04:20:04.380 --> 04:20:09.690 WLWV Board Room: The other option is that you know we could stick with this for another five minutes or so and see if we can come up with a decision. 1494 04:20:11.400 --> 04:20:16.800 WLWV Board Room: that the whole board can vote on you know, hopefully unanimously. 1495 04:20:18.210 --> 04:20:30.420 WLWV Board Room: This is the first time for us to do contract negotiations like this, so it's um you know it's it's an unusual way, and this first time for the whole system to have to go through a public process like this. 1496 04:20:31.980 --> 04:20:35.010 WLWV Board Room: So it's hard and i'm hearing. 1497 04:20:36.150 --> 04:20:42.690 WLWV Board Room: That we want to retain and motivate our superintendent and then we want to get her up closer to. 1498 04:20:43.710 --> 04:20:47.070 WLWV Board Room: her peers, who you know our new hires. 1499 04:20:48.900 --> 04:20:51.720 WLWV Board Room: We have a couple of motions that have not. 1500 04:20:53.040 --> 04:20:55.440 WLWV Board Room: garnered seconds so. 1501 04:20:56.940 --> 04:21:08.220 WLWV Board Room: i'm willing to take a go with this and see if we might get to a place where we can make a decision tonight as uncomfortable, as this is for folks, including our superintendent. 1502 04:21:09.180 --> 04:21:18.120 WLWV Board Room: it's a good kind of discomfort ultimately because what we're talking about is how to increase her salary and compensate her fairly. 1503 04:21:18.660 --> 04:21:32.910 WLWV Board Room: This is not the type of discomfort that we've seen in other districts where these types of public discussions are happening about superintendents, this is a good discussion where we're looking at how can we compensate her fairly, while also recognizing the context. 1504 04:21:35.520 --> 04:21:37.890 WLWV Board Room: So i'll propose. 1505 04:21:41.940 --> 04:21:48.570 WLWV Board Room: recognizing that the kind of the cost of living index is at about 8% right now. 1506 04:21:49.800 --> 04:21:56.400 WLWV Board Room: And that we are behind the curve with compensating our superintendent. 1507 04:21:57.750 --> 04:22:07.290 WLWV Board Room: partially due to issues that this board has boards before this one, have created and partially due to market forces that are outside the control of these. 1508 04:22:07.830 --> 04:22:16.740 WLWV Board Room: boards that have existed, here we need to pump her salary more than the 8% cost of living if we're going to get it up into a fair range. 1509 04:22:18.030 --> 04:22:31.860 WLWV Board Room: If we do a 10% raise, which brings the salary and it's 5% more than what other people in the district are doing and getting and it brings it recognizes the. 1510 04:22:33.150 --> 04:22:49.980 WLWV Board Room: Extreme cost of living and then also adds a couple percentage points, then, if the math is correct here what i'm seeing is that a 10% raise would bring the superintendent salary to 203,000 664. 1511 04:22:52.140 --> 04:23:12.210 WLWV Board Room: Remember that my numbers don't include the scholarship So if I miss waldron I don't know if it's just a flat yeah thousand that we added to all of them, but so the 10 What would it 10% raise the total salary, given what would the total compensation package be 10% would be 211,000 176. 1512 04:23:14.970 --> 04:23:17.100 WLWV Board Room: salary yeah okay. 1513 04:23:18.300 --> 04:23:26.700 WLWV Board Room: And then total compensation would be 240 6576 okay. 1514 04:23:30.480 --> 04:23:31.590 WLWV Board Room: All right, so. 1515 04:23:32.610 --> 04:23:34.200 WLWV Board Room: We do realize that are. 1516 04:23:36.600 --> 04:23:42.060 Only really nervous zero years experience I was super I just want you guys to realize that. 1517 04:23:45.270 --> 04:24:05.220 WLWV Board Room: Okay, so I will move that we give a 10% raise to the superintendent putting her salary at 211,000 176 and the total compensation at 240 6576 and we would leave the rest of the contract intact. 1518 04:24:06.420 --> 04:24:06.990 WLWV Board Room: A second. 1519 04:24:10.140 --> 04:24:20.220 WLWV Board Room: Alright, so we have a move in a second, and we can have further discussion, although I would urge us just to probably not say anything that hasn't already been said, since we're over an hour into this so. 1520 04:24:22.140 --> 04:24:32.880 WLWV Board Room: If if there's something that needs to be said that hasn't been said, yet that will help sway or if someone wants to speak to why they're taking the boat that they're taking let's do that, and then we can call about. 1521 04:24:39.300 --> 04:24:41.160 WLWV Board Room: Do you want to go ahead, you got something you want to say. 1522 04:24:42.780 --> 04:24:44.880 WLWV Board Room: I guess i'm just in shock and. 1523 04:24:46.560 --> 04:24:47.550 WLWV Board Room: To be honest with you. 1524 04:24:50.670 --> 04:25:07.410 WLWV Board Room: I understand that the percentage is a shocker for some people, but you're talking about a lady who's been underpaid for six years, this is not a one year issue she's been under compensated for six years and we're talking about a woman's life. 1525 04:25:09.330 --> 04:25:22.890 WLWV Board Room: And the fact that sticker shock is affecting our ability to do what's right by a woman's life who've been underpaid for six years, like so many other women and we're not going to make that right. 1526 04:25:24.270 --> 04:25:26.340 WLWV Board Room: that's all I have to say, we can go through the vote. 1527 04:25:28.980 --> 04:25:33.930 WLWV Board Room: Okay anybody else want to say anything about why they're voting yes or no. 1528 04:25:35.310 --> 04:25:45.930 WLWV Board Room: yeah I know I think that that concept of sticker shock, I know that it's that it's affecting this decision, and this idea of you know what are the, what are the headlines or what's what's the story being told. 1529 04:25:46.590 --> 04:25:51.120 WLWV Board Room: And I just want to make really clear that one of my most proud moments this year. 1530 04:25:51.510 --> 04:26:04.650 WLWV Board Room: was when Dr ludwick stood up and was you know, an advocate for and spoke to the lack of women and people of color in the top leadership role, she was on I think out loud podcast. 1531 04:26:05.340 --> 04:26:13.770 WLWV Board Room: She was on the front page of the Westland multiple papers for her role in doing that, and it takes courage, and I think to what Dr Taylor is saying. 1532 04:26:14.820 --> 04:26:18.030 WLWV Board Room: You know, speaking out and doing the right thing is tough. 1533 04:26:19.170 --> 04:26:29.460 WLWV Board Room: And I was so proud that, as the leader of our district, she was taking that front spot this past year and a component of that conversation was also in compensation. 1534 04:26:30.750 --> 04:26:43.020 WLWV Board Room: I will vote to support this because I want us to find a way to adopt her contract, but I would love for us to continue the conversation as a board of how we make sure that we are compensating. 1535 04:26:43.740 --> 04:26:51.210 WLWV Board Room: Our top staff in a way that's competitive, and that also recognizes when we have talent, we want to hold on to them, so I will be supporting this. 1536 04:26:55.410 --> 04:26:58.110 WLWV Board Room: anybody else want to speak to which way they're voting. 1537 04:27:00.750 --> 04:27:03.780 WLWV Board Room: Okay, so to complicate the hangs on. 1538 04:27:06.630 --> 04:27:15.780 WLWV Board Room: I was just wondering is Dr Ludwig included in that bonus that we're doing now she's not able to be included in the bonus because she's the one who recommended it oh. 1539 04:27:16.950 --> 04:27:19.260 WLWV Board Room: So is there a way to do just like a. 1540 04:27:21.450 --> 04:27:23.100 WLWV Board Room: A bonus On top of this. 1541 04:27:24.150 --> 04:27:26.640 WLWV Board Room: For just to get her to like an. 1542 04:27:27.930 --> 04:27:29.490 WLWV Board Room: Even amount, because I don't know. 1543 04:27:31.620 --> 04:27:32.460 WLWV Board Room: We can't do that. 1544 04:27:33.840 --> 04:27:34.560 emotion. 1545 04:27:45.720 --> 04:27:57.000 WLWV Board Room: I do know, one of the other contracts has a retention bonus at the end of a three year period, so I think you know you that's something you can write into the next year's contract potentially is a it's a bonus. 1546 04:27:58.320 --> 04:27:59.940 WLWV Board Room: If she you know stays through the year. 1547 04:28:03.270 --> 04:28:06.900 WLWV Board Room: yeah I was just thinking like adding a bonus just to get to the 250 or. 1548 04:28:08.040 --> 04:28:09.690 WLWV Board Room: So she's closer to the other. 1549 04:28:11.610 --> 04:28:12.390 districts. 1550 04:28:14.970 --> 04:28:21.300 WLWV Board Room: Are you, but I can't we can't do that right because there's already emotion, to add an amendment or something. 1551 04:28:22.440 --> 04:28:23.640 WLWV Board Room: I can um. 1552 04:28:25.890 --> 04:28:36.600 WLWV Board Room: Can I ask a question, a quick question was shyly you and I had a conversation, are you okay with me sharing what that conversation was okay Thank you so just to give us some context to. 1553 04:28:37.320 --> 04:28:54.990 WLWV Board Room: During my process of going through the superintendent evaluation and also meeting with shiloh just to say hey what would your suggestion, be and what do you think is fair, when shiloh and so maybe why i'm you know, maybe i'm struggling a little bit with the 22% is when child and I met. 1554 04:28:56.010 --> 04:29:04.380 WLWV Board Room: Her she let me know that and I think I don't know if I missed heard it or whatever, that the other administrators, are going to be 4% it's actually 5%. 1555 04:29:04.860 --> 04:29:14.460 WLWV Board Room: And she said, you know with the I know you guys are trying to get her up with the cost of living that she would be that she was suggesting to me an 8%. 1556 04:29:15.690 --> 04:29:23.370 WLWV Board Room: And that would at least keep her in line with the tell me again CPS yeah my husband's going to be so embarrassed by me and. 1557 04:29:24.060 --> 04:29:41.490 WLWV Board Room: But, and that would at least get her in line with with the 8% so that was kind of a conversation that we had had so if we go with the 10% that's actually 2% above the conversation that shiloh and I had shared as part of this so i'm just putting that out there, as some more information. 1558 04:29:44.460 --> 04:29:57.900 WLWV Board Room: So I think we're going to vote, we can, if if you want to make a motion, then what we do is we vote on the first motion first and then we vote on the second motion So if you, you know if you have something to propose you're welcome to in that form. 1559 04:29:58.530 --> 04:30:04.410 WLWV Board Room: By just making a formal motion of you know what your motion would be just to answer your question around how that would work. 1560 04:30:05.190 --> 04:30:27.810 WLWV Board Room: What i'll say about the motion that's on the table is, I will vote in support because it's a healthy raise and I think that I would like to ask you sheila that whenever whatever decision we arrive at if you could provide the board with a comparative analysis. 1561 04:30:29.250 --> 04:30:33.900 WLWV Board Room: That includes the total compensation and the salary, including the scholarship. 1562 04:30:35.730 --> 04:30:40.770 WLWV Board Room: So that just for information kind of about where we landed, because this is going to be the same board. 1563 04:30:41.280 --> 04:30:52.770 WLWV Board Room: Theoretically, that will be having the same discussion again next year, so should we need to fix something be you know more aggressive or whatever next year that. 1564 04:30:53.340 --> 04:31:06.000 WLWV Board Room: it's not we've we've been thinking about it, for some months right So if you can give us data about, however, we land tonight, I think that that would be helpful for the board, and if you could include. 1565 04:31:07.710 --> 04:31:20.550 WLWV Board Room: You know, perhaps include something like can be and would burn some of these other districts that are smaller and close by, and just as much as we're including something like crushing barlow. 1566 04:31:22.650 --> 04:31:36.120 WLWV Board Room: Would that be okay, and you know, I was a direct to the staff as a soul board member so am I, making that up or is that something that the board, you could just nod or shake your head that that's useful in his purse included in that. 1567 04:31:38.040 --> 04:31:43.170 WLWV Board Room: Like Hers is included in the compensation package so. 1568 04:31:44.130 --> 04:31:52.800 WLWV Board Room: Some of the districts have purse pick up, which means the disruptors and 6% and some don't so to that don't are Oregon city and crushing barlow all the others on this list have. 1569 04:31:53.190 --> 04:32:00.960 WLWV Board Room: purse pick up but i'll get that data as well, on the other, districts Okay, let me just read it, thank you, thank you for. 1570 04:32:01.440 --> 04:32:13.770 WLWV Board Room: answering all of my questions for the last two or three four weeks and continuing to modify and get us more information, so I just want to acknowledge that you have been incredibly helpful and always so willing, so thank you. 1571 04:32:16.290 --> 04:32:18.180 WLWV Board Room: All right, is there any further discussion. 1572 04:32:20.850 --> 04:32:33.660 WLWV Board Room: Okay, Miss Douglas we please call the vote yes didn't lie I Christie Thompson by Jesse king, I really tailor Kelly sloop I yeah. 1573 04:32:35.550 --> 04:32:44.160 WLWV Board Room: All right, very good, thank you for sticking with that for so long and for caring about compensating our superintendent and retaining her. 1574 04:32:44.970 --> 04:33:01.860 WLWV Board Room: And we have several high school graduations this week that will be at Those are our next meetings and otherwise, I think we have some scheduling to do that, we can do it via via email for our August board retreat. 1575 04:33:05.400 --> 04:33:07.560 WLWV Board Room: We also need to do a June special board meeting. 1576 04:33:08.850 --> 04:33:22.440 WLWV Board Room: will be online only we won't do it in person, but we do need to do that our unions are going to be ratified we're bringing going to be bringing that before you so i'll do okay very good and we're adjourned.