WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.000 --> 00:00:04.140 Curtis Nelson: Okay it's coming on right now. 2 00:00:09.389 --> 00:00:12.330 Curtis Nelson: If you join with the link, I sent you on Friday, yes. 3 00:00:15.660 --> 00:00:17.820 Curtis Nelson: Keep your microphone muted and your speaker. 4 00:01:57.660 --> 00:02:15.960 WLWV School Board: Alright, we are at this hour session go full bore and we are sorry that you're not starting company at five o'clock and digital marketing executive session prior to the beginning of this work session. 5 00:02:17.040 --> 00:02:23.820 WLWV School Board: The business, we are discussing their took a little bit longer than anticipated, but we are ready to start this work session. 6 00:02:26.820 --> 00:02:27.270 WLWV School Board: Oh. 7 00:02:31.230 --> 00:02:31.710 WLWV School Board: yeah. 8 00:02:32.400 --> 00:02:33.240 Kelly Douglas (she/her/hers): Chelsea king. 9 00:02:35.160 --> 00:02:36.030 Kelly Douglas (she/her/hers): dylan heights. 10 00:02:37.830 --> 00:02:38.700 Kelly Douglas (she/her/hers): Christie Thompson. 11 00:02:40.320 --> 00:02:40.560 Did you. 12 00:02:57.240 --> 00:02:57.750 WLWV School Board: wrapping. 13 00:02:59.640 --> 00:03:00.150 WLWV School Board: it up. 14 00:03:01.980 --> 00:03:12.030 WLWV School Board: Just a very quick, we know the school board recognition month we did recognize the proclamation last month, because you are here in person. 15 00:03:12.810 --> 00:03:34.740 WLWV School Board: what's that you're seeing which one is, let me know are some parts and tokens of appreciation from school staff and students just thank you again for the volunteer service which each of you do take very seriously suitable amount of time, and also with great integrity and commitment. 16 00:03:36.030 --> 00:03:49.200 WLWV School Board: As you find ways to be involved in our school Community so again, thank you for your service and enjoy and appreciate the cards in the presentation so. 17 00:03:50.520 --> 00:03:57.570 WLWV School Board: that's what that was about Thank you again, thank you and ginger I want to give you an opportunity. 18 00:04:00.120 --> 00:04:13.620 WLWV School Board: i'm a local attorney and I represent, students and parents and the district, a matter may come before the board momentarily but if it's one of my clients, if it does, I will abstain from participating in the discussion or decisions on the matter without disclosing. 19 00:04:17.100 --> 00:04:17.460 WLWV School Board: Things. 20 00:04:18.510 --> 00:04:35.190 WLWV School Board: And now portion of our meeting, where we turn to our communications and public comments and during this time i'll be meeting in person, this evening in the board room is. 21 00:04:36.270 --> 00:04:50.010 WLWV School Board: A tendency to look at de de de la soul of this planet and, but we also repeating public comment in the comment now that are related to our Secretary level in advance of our meeting. 22 00:04:50.730 --> 00:05:07.230 WLWV School Board: Today this mission put up my my timeline or dead deadline was 9am we have been receiving a really large volumes of books on it, which is great and wonderful that he is lending their weeks. 23 00:05:08.340 --> 00:05:11.280 WLWV School Board: individually, making However, it is possible in the future to. 24 00:05:12.390 --> 00:05:33.570 WLWV School Board: anticipate you're eating a lot of public format that we may push the the submission deadline, maybe a couple days before our meeting and not rushing off the BAT we the board, you make a concerted effort to read every public on it and the client volumes. 25 00:05:34.740 --> 00:05:44.760 WLWV School Board: it easier for them to have probably have to be so, if you see a change in the near future data black and so. 26 00:05:45.780 --> 00:05:50.880 WLWV School Board: Tonight again i'm not going to be the names of those individuals who provided. 27 00:05:51.960 --> 00:05:54.750 WLWV School Board: The volume of public on the seeds are makes the. 28 00:05:57.240 --> 00:05:57.810 WLWV School Board: comment. 29 00:05:59.010 --> 00:06:06.090 WLWV School Board: Someone impractical that any alternative, we will include the names of individuals who submitted. 30 00:06:07.230 --> 00:06:09.390 WLWV School Board: In the minute that company this. 31 00:06:10.740 --> 00:06:23.910 WLWV School Board: I will summarize that 117 comments that we see or urging the state, we opened up with rules and approximately an easy to connect your seeds. 32 00:06:24.270 --> 00:06:35.910 WLWV School Board: For urging them to not rush to reopen school and or open after educators, I repeat, the vaccine and work meaningful good transmission rates conform to the advisory. 33 00:06:36.990 --> 00:06:43.500 WLWV School Board: And then we did have one comment that words to a bank of gender neutral vestiges of whether. 34 00:06:46.230 --> 00:06:58.740 WLWV School Board: or up for you and then just before we proceed, I just wanted to confirm that the Board has an opportunity to review the performance that was. 35 00:07:00.180 --> 00:07:13.050 WLWV School Board: Right i'm seeing all my dad and your community as well, always are welcome to reach out and contact your board, not only have to be through this public on that process, we are willing to. 36 00:07:14.220 --> 00:07:22.740 WLWV School Board: Take and receive your email that anytime alright with that doctor when we move on to. 37 00:07:23.850 --> 00:07:34.080 WLWV School Board: Report an update on your school make you, before I begin and just want to know for viewers at home that while our board. 38 00:07:34.560 --> 00:07:44.940 WLWV School Board: A few staff are meeting in person in this room, with a nap the observable on cameras at home is that you can see, all of us are socially distance we are wearing masks. 39 00:07:45.420 --> 00:07:57.540 WLWV School Board: And that for additional precaution, we do like plexiglass in between each of our stations so just to let folks know at home that we are working here with an abundance of caution. 40 00:07:58.740 --> 00:08:08.580 WLWV School Board: So thank you again to your mom for board for having me on the agenda this evening, provides an update on schools, when I last presented January 11. 41 00:08:09.090 --> 00:08:17.790 WLWV School Board: We didn't make a decision was aboard improve the timeline for eight five schools, based on information we've had at the time. 42 00:08:18.390 --> 00:08:31.440 WLWV School Board: And we didn't know that plant would be subject to change, based on what we might learn a coming days or weeks and we have certainly learned quite a bit since January 11. 43 00:08:33.120 --> 00:08:53.310 WLWV School Board: Before I get to the reopening recommendation it's important for stakeholders viewers patrons at home, those watching this board meeting and for all of us again to set the context and remind ourselves of the factors that we need to consider when making this type of a decision. 44 00:08:54.420 --> 00:09:16.230 WLWV School Board: I have laid out the context and factors in my memo that you should be board members receive and that the public can access both board book so as we move through my report will be taken largely from a memo so that those doing some phone can also be and see the context detail. 45 00:09:17.610 --> 00:09:26.490 WLWV School Board: So i'd like to begin by just to get here and where are we in our current status currently our schools and West, and most of our operating with your comprehensive distance learning. 46 00:09:26.670 --> 00:09:32.430 WLWV School Board: With teachers designing the curriculum and lesson for students to access full time remotely from home. 47 00:09:33.360 --> 00:09:44.250 WLWV School Board: But that either, since September, October we have been allowing students on campus through the guidance of limited in person instruction for co curricular activities. 48 00:09:44.700 --> 00:09:57.750 WLWV School Board: And mostly occurred with our high schools, although now we have expanded our schools for co curricular starting in January, but there is limited to first inspection happening in almost every school on arthur's. 49 00:10:00.510 --> 00:10:22.770 WLWV School Board: it's important for me to open this context by also by talking about what it means for schools to safely reopen and consistently, we have the guidance of following health metrics and implementing with fidelity safety protocols it's been a two prong requirement. 50 00:10:23.820 --> 00:10:30.930 WLWV School Board: At some point, and then even advisory after that from our local health of our state health authority and local health department. 51 00:10:31.620 --> 00:10:40.290 WLWV School Board: So consistently, we have heard that schools can safely reopen or in person learning by following the advice metrics. 52 00:10:40.770 --> 00:10:59.760 WLWV School Board: and engineering to all safety protocol requirements outlined in schools operational bluejeans if we reopen outside the metrics or not adhere strictly to cove intervention safety protocols, we do introduce greater risk of transmission into or within the school environment. 53 00:11:01.470 --> 00:11:10.800 WLWV School Board: Westland Wilson no school district, we are choosing as leaders to continue to follow the science and the advice of state and local health before. 54 00:11:11.640 --> 00:11:22.320 WLWV School Board: and believe that schools can safely reopen when advisory county health metrics are met, and there is scripted here is to all safety protocols requirements. 55 00:11:22.770 --> 00:11:38.100 WLWV School Board: And the operational blueprints and it already school safer guidance on January 19 we received some updates to that guidance into the health metrics and those were provided in the ready school safe word document. 56 00:11:39.150 --> 00:11:43.530 WLWV School Board: And those do impact our operational blueprints we will adjust accordingly. 57 00:11:44.850 --> 00:11:50.520 WLWV School Board: So now let's think together about the factors that we need to consider when reopen the school's. 58 00:11:51.600 --> 00:12:01.140 WLWV School Board: First, the use of the advisory health metrics on January 19 oh ha and odd adjusted the health metrics before and. 59 00:12:01.560 --> 00:12:17.850 WLWV School Board: Based on updated scientific studies and using the Harvard Global Health Institute recommended metrics these updates were based on science, not on emotion and using scientific studies and considering the best interest of public health. 60 00:12:20.610 --> 00:12:36.540 WLWV School Board: folks can find that extension table and they're ready school savers guidance document but, in essence, what it means for 25 schools is that they can begin to reopen when the rates are at or below 350 per 100,000. 61 00:12:37.440 --> 00:12:51.570 WLWV School Board: And third grade six to 12 reopening when the rates are at or below 200 or 1000 and as elementary school tests that have successfully shown to limit transmission the school environment. 62 00:12:52.260 --> 00:13:00.600 WLWV School Board: In other words, if transmission is not been limited and we're having issues that are going into schools, we shouldn't be scaling and opening more school. 63 00:13:04.080 --> 00:13:14.430 WLWV School Board: The second factor to consider we've got the advisory health metrics is then the safety protocols, how we can limit infection within our schools. 64 00:13:15.750 --> 00:13:32.070 WLWV School Board: Oh ha and our local public health authorities and confident in the infection control protocols and procedures outlined in their grade school save learners guidance and their provision for providing the most protective learning environment. 65 00:13:33.390 --> 00:13:46.710 WLWV School Board: We know there's no such thing as zero risk for the health crisis, however there's increasing confidence and evidence based prevention that suggests schools can say we reopen provided that safety protocols are here to with fidelity. 66 00:13:48.090 --> 00:13:53.880 WLWV School Board: And these include those factors, I think we all are very familiar with and there's a list in the memo. 67 00:13:55.500 --> 00:14:00.870 WLWV School Board: But not only school buildings, need to be saved, we need to make sure we're following safety protocols on our buses. 68 00:14:02.580 --> 00:14:13.620 WLWV School Board: And then, additionally, there are a lot of growing range of scientific studies that show that we also need to consider the age of students, as they plan to reopen schools. 69 00:14:14.100 --> 00:14:23.850 WLWV School Board: And that outbreaks when linked to schools have often happen, where there hasn't been control measures or more frequently occurring secondary. 70 00:14:24.300 --> 00:14:36.750 WLWV School Board: Elementary schools, so it continues to be advised that reopening plans in with elementary schools and that progress to secondary schools what it can be shown that schools are effectively managing or affection for. 71 00:14:38.850 --> 00:14:46.200 WLWV School Board: A new factor for you to consider as or numbers for us to consider is that in the updated ready school savers guidance. 72 00:14:46.800 --> 00:14:57.660 WLWV School Board: There is now a requirement that should have school or district open outside of the advice health metrics they must offer access to onsite testing. 73 00:14:58.350 --> 00:15:15.660 WLWV School Board: or symptomatic students and staff this requirement, can be affected march 1 2021 so while it's not a pressing issue for us right now, it is something for and staff to consider, should we reopen any of our schools outside of the. 74 00:15:18.480 --> 00:15:21.900 WLWV School Board: legal liability I shared with you for January 11. 75 00:15:23.310 --> 00:15:35.220 WLWV School Board: To take that back to the region at that time I shared with you that we suspect school districts are advised and they made risk losing liability immunity under hospital 44 or two. 76 00:15:35.580 --> 00:15:40.740 WLWV School Board: If the district, besides to reopen outside the current published health metrics. 77 00:15:41.520 --> 00:15:59.220 WLWV School Board: For us we're at that place where for has tested this yet and so it's still something that Board should consider and continue to receive advice on should make a decision to open any school or set of schools outside the advisor development. 78 00:16:01.140 --> 00:16:05.640 WLWV School Board: Another factor, important to consider is to have an equity lens with our decisions. 79 00:16:07.170 --> 00:16:14.100 WLWV School Board: support and to reinforce equity of the Center of this work, not as a separate endeavor or the been removed from a holistic view. 80 00:16:14.520 --> 00:16:34.500 WLWV School Board: to live into an equity stance and to ask ourselves when we make a decision that decision align with our mission and our goals, who are the racial ethnic and underserved respected and does the decision being made ignore or some existing disparities produce other unintended consequence. 81 00:16:36.630 --> 00:16:44.490 WLWV School Board: The next factor to consider and one that has evolved over time since January 11 is vaccinations. 82 00:16:45.360 --> 00:17:02.310 WLWV School Board: At the January 11 board meeting at that time there was no public announcement yet from the state regarding the vaccination timeline for educators, you recall, I addressed it or questions about it and we we came we don't have a timeline. 83 00:17:03.840 --> 00:17:17.970 WLWV School Board: However, the following day, Governor brown announced that starting January 25 all educators, important and would be prioritized to begin accessing vaccinations and this change the landscape considerably. 84 00:17:19.050 --> 00:17:30.480 WLWV School Board: At this time, there are two options for educators in Oregon to access vaccinations to getting this week one set an appointment with their own health care provider. 85 00:17:31.350 --> 00:17:46.860 WLWV School Board: or receive an appointment through the regional vaccination clinic, and this is what are the largest one to portland metro area is the setup at the 40 Convention Center and we're receiving the following information about the structure of that one. 86 00:17:47.640 --> 00:17:56.910 WLWV School Board: This latter option will occur to a systemized prioritization of various groups within that educator group to receive an appointment for a vaccine. 87 00:17:59.280 --> 00:18:08.160 WLWV School Board: Having staff backs needed at least with the first dose is a significant benefit to the overall health of our staff. 88 00:18:08.820 --> 00:18:13.050 WLWV School Board: And the effectiveness of the teaching and learning experience in our students. 89 00:18:13.980 --> 00:18:28.200 WLWV School Board: When more members of the school community are vaccinated there is greater stability to the learning environment because we reduce the number of staff and students can fracking are being exposed to the virus and needing to quarantine at all. 90 00:18:29.430 --> 00:18:37.320 WLWV School Board: And, in consultation with both local health providers in our area like this current public health, they earned this stance. 91 00:18:39.210 --> 00:18:49.500 WLWV School Board: Even as vaccinations become more widely distributed schools will continue to implement strict adherence to say before false staying at home when sick. 92 00:18:50.040 --> 00:18:58.440 WLWV School Board: wearing facemask even physical distance washing hands limit group size those safety protocols will not go away. 93 00:18:59.250 --> 00:19:20.340 WLWV School Board: This is because a number of our school Community will still be unvaccinated when we reopen over our students, for example, and maybe some staff, and it is still uncertain whether those vaccinated or I could look at transmitted infection is growing scientific state area alone. 94 00:19:23.760 --> 00:19:32.370 WLWV School Board: And lastly, I factor to consider is, are we ready to reopen What about the preparations to the building and preparations for staff. 95 00:19:33.150 --> 00:19:38.880 WLWV School Board: At this time, I want to reiterate that significant progress has been already made for relief schools. 96 00:19:39.840 --> 00:19:49.560 WLWV School Board: Teachers and staff collectively working in teams and with their principles meeting and planning for actions to return in person learning. 97 00:19:50.130 --> 00:20:05.700 WLWV School Board: It says, mostly included building site preparation all now we are moving into some of the hiring process that needs to take place and in the memo there's a bulleted list other types of plans and preparations that needs to take place in order to real. 98 00:20:08.430 --> 00:20:17.700 WLWV School Board: Based on these factors that i've outlined, that we consider for reopening schools and upon consultation with our local public health department. 99 00:20:18.480 --> 00:20:32.760 WLWV School Board: and considering input from school Community halford comments from students parents, teachers staff administrators, it is my conclusion that we have men are really useful plants. 100 00:20:35.610 --> 00:20:42.870 WLWV School Board: And X in my report and a memo list the amended recommendation for reopening schools. 101 00:20:44.460 --> 00:21:04.200 WLWV School Board: When we reopen West the physical schools for in person learning poured into this timeline that county will have met that health advice, the metrics or all staff working directly with students with the opportunity to access their first dose of the vaccine. 102 00:21:05.220 --> 00:21:23.640 WLWV School Board: And here is the recommended timeline February 22 kindergarten returns in person learning march 1 Grade one March third grade to march 8 grade three marched. 103 00:21:24.870 --> 00:21:31.230 WLWV School Board: grades four through six and March 15 grades seven through 12. 104 00:21:33.450 --> 00:21:50.040 WLWV School Board: or primary schools, the February 20 seconds start date assume that the county is still meeting the K five health metrics or all staff directly working with that group of students and have the opportunity to access their first vaccination girls. 105 00:21:51.330 --> 00:22:01.140 WLWV School Board: Remember, this also includes bus drivers nutrition staff office staff teachers for staff, there are many people involved in that first group of students coming back. 106 00:22:03.330 --> 00:22:12.390 WLWV School Board: For secondary schools, the march 10 and 15 reopening days assume that Kate by reopening has been able to limit transmission effectively. 107 00:22:13.110 --> 00:22:23.490 WLWV School Board: How many help mentor metrics for grades six through 12 have been met, or all staff working directly with the students have had the opportunity to access their first vaccination jobs. 108 00:22:25.380 --> 00:22:32.910 WLWV School Board: There are other programs that will continue as we reopen the school now and even as we reopened. 109 00:22:34.560 --> 00:22:41.820 WLWV School Board: families who wish for their students to extend into comprehensive distance learning at home, before starting hybrid. 110 00:22:42.900 --> 00:22:49.260 WLWV School Board: For the duration of the year may continue to do so, and will continue to have curriculum design by the classroom teacher. 111 00:22:49.860 --> 00:23:04.440 WLWV School Board: Students are enrolled in the capable of online program offered by the district will continue in that program we will continue with limited in person instructions until that Ray ban has returned to hybrid, at which time Li I would just continue for that. 112 00:23:05.940 --> 00:23:16.290 WLWV School Board: Co curricular activities which are going on right now will continue and follow it work is capable of recreation guidance and the rsl guidance for health and safety protocols. 113 00:23:18.840 --> 00:23:26.040 WLWV School Board: Again it's important to note that these recommendations are made, based on current guidance and what we know at this time. 114 00:23:27.300 --> 00:23:41.880 WLWV School Board: And this governing bodies, a school board and district administration man man that is plants should new information come to light that prompts this group to determine that condition for teaching and learning to be adjusted. 115 00:23:44.040 --> 00:23:51.780 WLWV School Board: So this is the action and the discussion that we will take on as a board regarding the timeline for reopening schools. 116 00:23:52.740 --> 00:24:15.810 WLWV School Board: I would like to add some additional information about our district values, the relationship between board district and employees, when working through employer and employee, working conditions and organizational operations, it is collaborative and mutually respectful and has been. 117 00:24:17.040 --> 00:24:25.920 WLWV School Board: Just district leaders have been meeting regularly with teachers and staff, since this pandemic began at school conditions like to pivot and change. 118 00:24:26.970 --> 00:24:38.430 WLWV School Board: Teachers and staff have been active participants at the table, helping us designed that there is evolutions of distance learning and cbl and now hybrid. 119 00:24:39.210 --> 00:24:50.610 WLWV School Board: Teachers and staff have an active participant at the table, helping us with operational requirements and making sure our classroom and building spaces are safe and reading we're rich group to school. 120 00:24:51.840 --> 00:25:02.490 WLWV School Board: I have been meeting regularly with our association leaders on a weekly, if not more frequent basis and our board chairs have joined me in some of these meetings. 121 00:25:03.930 --> 00:25:13.260 WLWV School Board: it's important for our Community, to know that our teachers and our staff love your children. 122 00:25:14.640 --> 00:25:15.240 WLWV School Board: deeply. 123 00:25:17.070 --> 00:25:29.100 WLWV School Board: Our teachers and staff today are the same committed hardworking creative talented and eager professionals, they always have been, and will be. 124 00:25:30.360 --> 00:25:35.250 WLWV School Board: There is understandable emotional opinion that every person feels at this time. 125 00:25:36.330 --> 00:25:43.620 WLWV School Board: And yet that has not changed how our teachers and staff feel about our students and our families. 126 00:25:44.790 --> 00:25:56.490 WLWV School Board: Since last spring, we have looked on the horizon for the day when we can all be Back to School in person and without any restrictions we will get to that day. 127 00:25:57.300 --> 00:26:06.270 WLWV School Board: we're not there yet, in the meantime getting there takes incremental steps and approximations and working together. 128 00:26:07.230 --> 00:26:21.690 WLWV School Board: Just is learning move to cbl which moves to hybrid and finally to all children on site and then, finally, all children on site with no more safety protocols connected to cope. 129 00:26:22.920 --> 00:26:27.870 WLWV School Board: it's a process, and we are committed to a safe and successful path. 130 00:26:29.400 --> 00:26:37.980 WLWV School Board: i'm incredibly proud of our teachers and staff i'm proud of her hard work and commitment to our caring community. 131 00:26:38.490 --> 00:26:53.400 WLWV School Board: They also care for their own families or extended families during a fandom it hasn't been easy on any of us on our Community and we understand that, but we can lead forward through this time together and a stronger for. 132 00:26:56.100 --> 00:27:20.130 WLWV School Board: US aboard have often asked in my presentations how to our teachers and staff feel, how are they doing this evening i've invited our association leaders jenna sarason for our licensed staff and Jessica preiser for classified staff to eat respond to that question, representing their colleagues. 133 00:27:22.110 --> 00:27:34.290 WLWV School Board: So i'm going to turn it there in our panel i'm going to ask each of them to share their thoughts with us aboard and then, when they're done out concludes the presentation and we'll move into discussion. 134 00:27:35.970 --> 00:27:41.220 WLWV School Board: So Jen says, would you like to start for our staff. 135 00:27:43.320 --> 00:27:44.130 Jennifer Cerasin WWEA President: Thank you, Cathy. 136 00:27:45.360 --> 00:27:50.760 Jennifer Cerasin WWEA President: Good evening so i'm Jennifer service and i'm the president of the Westland will symbol education association. 137 00:27:52.500 --> 00:27:56.790 Jennifer Cerasin WWEA President: The school board and Dr Ludwig for allowing us to speak here tonight, on behalf of our Members. 138 00:27:59.010 --> 00:28:09.390 Jennifer Cerasin WWEA President: Westland Wilson ville educators are committed to bringing students back to buildings, but we have grave concerns regarding the return to in person learning before certain conditions are met. 139 00:28:10.710 --> 00:28:19.380 Jennifer Cerasin WWEA President: Given in our country state and county are experiencing some of the highest levels of cases hospitalizations and deaths during this pandemic. 140 00:28:19.740 --> 00:28:27.870 Jennifer Cerasin WWEA President: Given that there is now great concern and uncertainty with new, more transmissible variants of code spreading in the US and now in Oregon. 141 00:28:28.260 --> 00:28:40.800 Jennifer Cerasin WWEA President: And, given that we view the life of every staff member student and Community Member as utterly irreplaceable the wwe a would like to stay in our position on returning to in person restart instruction. 142 00:28:42.150 --> 00:28:47.850 Jennifer Cerasin WWEA President: Data continues to show that covert effects communities, based on their race and socio economic status. 143 00:28:48.420 --> 00:28:58.530 Jennifer Cerasin WWEA President: One of the most alarming statistics from the recent clackamas county report is the 28% of positive Kovac 19 cases affected the Hispanic community. 144 00:28:59.070 --> 00:29:12.630 Jennifer Cerasin WWEA President: Even though they only represent 11% of the population, it is also important to consider how socio economic status can affect access to healthcare and the effect of exposing families who live in multi generational homes. 145 00:29:13.650 --> 00:29:17.100 Jennifer Cerasin WWEA President: As we know, there is a lot of intersection ality in this Community. 146 00:29:18.180 --> 00:29:30.660 Jennifer Cerasin WWEA President: If clackamas county continues to be considered extreme or high risk for communities spread by Poc and low socio economic communities should take priority as we continue to plan the safe return to schools. 147 00:29:31.920 --> 00:29:43.020 Jennifer Cerasin WWEA President: The members of WW ETA, on behalf of our entire school Community implore you to continue a comprehensive distance learning until these three conditions are met. 148 00:29:43.980 --> 00:30:01.890 Jennifer Cerasin WWEA President: One all staff have the opportunity to receive the coven 19 vaccination and the recommended waiting period for maximum effectiveness to county metrics not only meet the advisory metrics but show a sustained decline over multiple weeks three. 149 00:30:03.090 --> 00:30:12.420 Jennifer Cerasin WWEA President: At the district and school board plan a proactive approach to aid in the increased access of vaccinations for our most vulnerable Community members. 150 00:30:13.890 --> 00:30:24.540 Jennifer Cerasin WWEA President: Given the close proximity of vaccinations for school staff we request at the board adjust the timeline for reopening schools and allow time for staff to be vaccination vaccinated. 151 00:30:25.230 --> 00:30:34.320 Jennifer Cerasin WWEA President: These vaccinations, combined with the strict adherence to advisory metrics and the pub the public health and safety protocols provided by O D OSHA and the CDC. 152 00:30:34.650 --> 00:30:40.410 Jennifer Cerasin WWEA President: Are the best and most responsible methods that we have now to protect everyone in the Community. 153 00:30:41.100 --> 00:30:52.890 Jennifer Cerasin WWEA President: They will also do much to help prevent the destabilization of the educational environment for our students that will take place if schools have to shut down due to outbreaks these new metrics alone are not enough. 154 00:30:54.330 --> 00:30:57.240 Jennifer Cerasin WWEA President: In conclusion, it has been an extraordinarily difficult year. 155 00:30:57.240 --> 00:30:57.960 Jennifer Cerasin WWEA President: for everyone. 156 00:30:59.280 --> 00:31:04.080 Jennifer Cerasin WWEA President: Unfortunately, it has resulted in too much loss hurt and opposition. 157 00:31:05.400 --> 00:31:23.070 Jennifer Cerasin WWEA President: In order to be cover, we 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Jessica price are representing. 187 00:37:13.980 --> 00:37:13.980 WLWV School Board: A. 188 00:37:18.750 --> 00:37:19.440 Jessica Pricer: Good evening. 189 00:37:20.550 --> 00:37:23.820 Jessica Pricer: My name is JESSICA poster and I am the President of oca. 190 00:37:25.380 --> 00:37:33.240 Jessica Pricer: Westland Wilson bill classified staff are committed to bringing students back to buildings, but we have concerns about the current adopted timeline. 191 00:37:33.960 --> 00:37:40.890 Jessica Pricer: Many of the classified staff have already been working on site and have experienced our health and safety protocols and action. 192 00:37:41.280 --> 00:37:47.580 Jessica Pricer: However, the majority of the classified staff have not yet received complete training on the new protocols. 193 00:37:48.210 --> 00:37:56.970 Jessica Pricer: Many of our classified staff are well aware that kids, especially the younger ones will struggle to remember and abide by the health and safety protocols. 194 00:37:57.480 --> 00:38:04.890 Jessica Pricer: Some are debating resigning or taking leaves of absence, rather than putting their health or the health of their family members at risk. 195 00:38:05.700 --> 00:38:17.880 Jessica Pricer: Dr ludwig's proposed amendment will more adequately provide the time necessary to prepare all classified staff to engage in school operations that look far far different from what we're familiar with. 196 00:38:18.690 --> 00:38:29.400 Jessica Pricer: While it is well and good to bring students back to the buildings, the greatest benefit of that transition will only be realized if we can bring them back to the buildings and then keep them there. 197 00:38:30.060 --> 00:38:43.200 Jessica Pricer: Not only that, but even greater benefits will be realized if we bring students back to the buildings and then keep them there with staff who are confident in and comfortable with all the health and safety protocols. 198 00:38:43.770 --> 00:38:50.010 Jessica Pricer: Then we're not just returning to school in person, but we're returning to school in person with joy. 199 00:38:50.940 --> 00:39:02.430 Jessica Pricer: oca has been in conversation with the district throughout this whole experience meeting weekly for certain periods of time collaborating in the ongoing planning process there is working at to do. 200 00:39:02.880 --> 00:39:10.710 Jessica Pricer: And oca has already gone on record to state that we are willing to work with the superintendent on her timeline that is still our stance. 201 00:39:11.610 --> 00:39:19.470 Jessica Pricer: And, given the clackamas county is categorized as in a state of extreme risk, given the training and information still to be distributed. 202 00:39:20.040 --> 00:39:31.140 Jessica Pricer: And, given that the excuse me, and given that the access to the vaccine for our staff is only just now available and, that being vaccinated will do much to relieve the worry of many. 203 00:39:31.530 --> 00:39:40.770 Jessica Pricer: We support her decision to amend the timeline as proposed, we urge the school board of directors to support Dr Ludwig on her timeline amendment, thank you. 204 00:39:43.830 --> 00:39:45.720 WLWV School Board: Thank you again Jennifer. 205 00:39:45.810 --> 00:39:47.130 Harrison and Jessica. 206 00:39:48.480 --> 00:40:01.770 WLWV School Board: For lending your voice, and this time I now respectfully turn it over to use your wallet or to meet the board and discussion and action regarding the timeline for reopening school. 207 00:40:03.000 --> 00:40:03.330 WLWV School Board: All right. 208 00:40:04.440 --> 00:40:10.800 WLWV School Board: And tonight is a work session so typically we just received information and updates, however. 209 00:40:12.270 --> 00:40:29.520 WLWV School Board: As things come together, there is a plan that is before the board, so we can either treat it as an opportunity to just take information and discuss it and make a decision at a later date, or if there is emotion, we can entertain a motion and a second and then how special towards decision. 210 00:40:32.640 --> 00:40:35.940 WLWV School Board: I was going to take a break between our next. 211 00:40:37.140 --> 00:40:38.700 WLWV School Board: panelist sure okay. 212 00:40:41.760 --> 00:40:45.660 WLWV School Board: So is there, just to be around a motion. 213 00:40:51.660 --> 00:41:02.970 WLWV School Board: yeah i'll make a motion I moved that we adopt proposed recommendation for reopening schools, as proposed by Dr Ludwig on Jen in this memo data January 25. 214 00:41:04.800 --> 00:41:05.100 WLWV School Board: Is there. 215 00:41:06.180 --> 00:41:10.080 WLWV School Board: A second all right moved by trophy and seconded by. 216 00:41:11.250 --> 00:41:12.360 WLWV School Board: Evil lessons a great. 217 00:41:13.800 --> 00:41:14.820 WLWV School Board: Questions or. 218 00:41:18.090 --> 00:41:19.680 WLWV School Board: If someone would like to serve. 219 00:41:25.980 --> 00:41:29.490 WLWV School Board: i'm happy to listen to some fellow board members first if if they want to. 220 00:41:31.410 --> 00:41:32.670 WLWV School Board: i've had some questions. 221 00:41:35.190 --> 00:41:52.560 WLWV School Board: In response to emails we've received during public comment, can you tell us a little bit about tracing capacity in the county and tracing capacity within the district in the plan, if we are sure. 222 00:41:53.340 --> 00:42:02.490 WLWV School Board: To follow the amended reopening plan and then likewise what you do know about the availability of rapid testing. 223 00:42:03.600 --> 00:42:09.180 WLWV School Board: And again, our capacity within schools to do that. 224 00:42:14.340 --> 00:42:16.800 WLWV School Board: So, in terms of contact racing. 225 00:42:18.750 --> 00:42:21.510 WLWV School Board: There has been progressively a shift. 226 00:42:22.590 --> 00:42:36.210 WLWV School Board: From it being entirely first at being administered by trained contact racers at the local public health level to now involving school districts, to have more involvement in that process. 227 00:42:37.440 --> 00:42:45.960 WLWV School Board: The reason twofold there has just been more contact racing that our little public health department is found themselves involved in. 228 00:42:46.470 --> 00:42:50.550 WLWV School Board: And they can't keep up with that level of capacity on their own. 229 00:42:51.210 --> 00:42:59.370 WLWV School Board: and school districts are poised to have the type of staff, whether it's nurses are trained health assistance or trained personnel. 230 00:42:59.760 --> 00:43:08.340 WLWV School Board: to actually do some of that very effectively and maybe even more efficiently until the county can then be brought in for consultation. 231 00:43:09.120 --> 00:43:21.930 WLWV School Board: they're always available for consultation, but they're now realizing that other trained professionals and staff members can also do project racing so since we have been implementing Li co curricular. 232 00:43:22.710 --> 00:43:31.380 WLWV School Board: We have taken on much of the responsibility of contact racing at the first level here in our district our nurses are involved. 233 00:43:31.680 --> 00:43:42.270 WLWV School Board: And as we hire our health assistance they'll be trained to do that as well there's training that staff members can go through to be effective contract racing callers. 234 00:43:42.990 --> 00:43:55.620 WLWV School Board: So we see that shift now happening and it being a great benefit to everyone, because ultimately people need to get the information as quickly as possible and the health department needs that. 235 00:43:56.880 --> 00:44:07.980 WLWV School Board: In terms of the coven rapid testing, this was new information that came out on January 19 and there is a time span for that requirement to come into effect march 1. 236 00:44:08.460 --> 00:44:13.320 WLWV School Board: It is only for school districts and schools that have opened outside of health metrics. 237 00:44:13.770 --> 00:44:19.770 WLWV School Board: We are not in that situation at this time, because you have up until whatever decision you make tonight. 238 00:44:20.160 --> 00:44:32.160 WLWV School Board: made a decision about K five and our current health metrics are below 350 per 100,000, so we are within the ability to open without having to offer. 239 00:44:32.850 --> 00:44:54.240 WLWV School Board: code and rapid testing Oregon health authority will be overseeing the training and the delivery of materials for code rapid testing, there are training materials out there and it's still moving terms that we just received information last week. 240 00:44:55.290 --> 00:45:03.030 WLWV School Board: But where the learning will happen is that there are some districts that will need to set up these sites right away, they have already open. 241 00:45:03.480 --> 00:45:15.690 WLWV School Board: They are allowed to stay open or the safe harbor clause and health metrics are advisory they may choose to stay open, but they will still need to if they're outside of health metrics implement. 242 00:45:16.440 --> 00:45:30.810 WLWV School Board: photographic testing, and so we will learn and watches other districts to go ahead of us and get more information from Oregon health authority but there's a training manual and has been developing oh ha that now has. 243 00:45:32.130 --> 00:45:41.760 WLWV School Board: The protocols and procedures testing procedures online, it is a self administered test with a swab that. 244 00:45:42.780 --> 00:45:49.110 WLWV School Board: The student or staff member with Minister themselves, but the train personal would know how to read and interpret. 245 00:45:49.800 --> 00:46:10.440 WLWV School Board: The results results would always be shared the local health authority and be recorded in the system so we're learning more components and details about that as of, yet we have not taken any steps towards training anyone or asking for the materials in time we may get to that point. 246 00:46:11.700 --> 00:46:21.720 WLWV School Board: But right now we've been advised to allow the schools and districts that have to do it the opportunity to take that time and get set up and those who don't have to. 247 00:46:23.370 --> 00:46:40.890 WLWV School Board: Wait your turn and then it can always be an option to that school district could provide that type of resource, even if they're opening within the health metrics, so I hope that gets to some of the question, I have a follow up question and then I have more. 248 00:46:43.200 --> 00:46:52.680 WLWV School Board: What is the impact on since you're already doing the contract Tracy Tracy because you're doing the limited in person, construction and co curricular. 249 00:46:53.160 --> 00:47:08.280 WLWV School Board: Have you felt that there's been a negative impact by the surrounding counties not been up to speed on on par tracing, to the extent that they're overwhelmed or hasn't not impacted your contract tasty treats within our Community. 250 00:47:09.450 --> 00:47:11.700 WLWV School Board: So far, we've been able to manage it. 251 00:47:12.930 --> 00:47:21.750 WLWV School Board: Again we're only open for limited in person instruction and co curricular so it's not something we're doing every day, but certainly. 252 00:47:23.730 --> 00:47:34.620 WLWV School Board: periodically, there is an alert to us that somebody who has been on our campus has either been exposed or may have it, and it gives us an opportunity to go through the process. 253 00:47:36.360 --> 00:47:43.110 WLWV School Board: For better practice, but at least really to sit with fidelity go through the process that has been an incredibly manageable at this time. 254 00:47:44.280 --> 00:47:55.950 WLWV School Board: When schools reopen we do predict that will be busier with contact gracie because more people will be on our campus and the potential for more. 255 00:47:57.450 --> 00:48:04.560 WLWV School Board: announcements of exposure or symptoms that could lead us to the discover that someone has had code that. 256 00:48:04.890 --> 00:48:23.520 WLWV School Board: would result in more contact, tracing, which is why we have as a resource plan for hiring and help assistant at every school because that's certainly not something just our nurses can manage, but we do need a full time person at every school, who will overseen contact racing logs. 257 00:48:24.750 --> 00:48:27.270 WLWV School Board: In particular, and get those phone calls going. 258 00:48:30.210 --> 00:48:30.990 WLWV School Board: The. 259 00:48:32.520 --> 00:48:43.050 WLWV School Board: Some of the emails have indicated, I think, information that came out early on, like in terms of protective gear that. 260 00:48:44.310 --> 00:48:50.370 WLWV School Board: What do schools have our staff and for students in terms of masks and. 261 00:48:51.480 --> 00:48:52.620 WLWV School Board: Cleaning supplies. 262 00:48:53.640 --> 00:49:03.540 WLWV School Board: So in the ready school safe learners guidance, that is available for every Community Member to access it's available for all of our staff. 263 00:49:03.750 --> 00:49:11.970 WLWV School Board: And in the operational blueprints there are requirements that a district must fulfill in terms of levels of personal protective equipment. 264 00:49:12.540 --> 00:49:16.320 WLWV School Board: And our operational blueprints would not have been approved. 265 00:49:17.100 --> 00:49:32.460 WLWV School Board: If we could not demonstrate that we have met those requirements, and we have, we are ready in terms of masks for every teacher and students that are disposable ones we've also have a supply of cloth masks we had. 266 00:49:33.150 --> 00:49:42.480 WLWV School Board: plastic face fields that have been created we've even got the special in 95 and advanced even more secure equipment for. 267 00:49:42.780 --> 00:49:54.210 WLWV School Board: nurses or those who work with medically fragile students and captain, maybe be in more close approximation, and so we believe we are meeting. 268 00:49:54.720 --> 00:50:02.910 WLWV School Board: All those requirements around protective equipment safety protocols and I would encourage every staff member. 269 00:50:03.510 --> 00:50:13.890 WLWV School Board: Parents out there, you want to know what it is that the district has in place to look at the requirements and also to read their schools operational blueprint. 270 00:50:14.760 --> 00:50:23.250 WLWV School Board: And that's been people said what have you been working on as you're leading up to schools really that's what we've been working on is ordering all of that. 271 00:50:23.730 --> 00:50:35.610 WLWV School Board: tabulating it distributing it making sure it's in place and that our staff have that protective equipment available and sanitizer we've also purchased. 272 00:50:36.870 --> 00:50:40.470 WLWV School Board: Since last spring, if you recall, we had the equipment that. 273 00:50:42.630 --> 00:50:43.530 WLWV School Board: With protects us. 274 00:50:44.790 --> 00:51:04.020 WLWV School Board: instantly sanitize the classroom or school it almost looks like a fog machine has the liquid sanitize It can be done pretty rapidly with a pack and bows we had a couple of those we have a purchase one for every school so In addition we even invested in more. 275 00:51:05.100 --> 00:51:19.380 WLWV School Board: sanitation equipment to make sure that we're rapidly and in a matter of an hour, we can clean a school and so multiple staff coming over and look for those units, we can do things like that, in addition, every school what happened. 276 00:51:21.210 --> 00:51:34.890 WLWV School Board: Thank you, and then in your conversations with clackamas county health authority after President had some thoughts on what trends she saw she anticipated over the next month, and then also. 277 00:51:36.450 --> 00:51:46.770 WLWV School Board: perspective on bicycle students, in particular, would you be willing to share those sure, so are you talking about trends we're seeing with case rates in the county that's over. 278 00:51:48.870 --> 00:52:03.810 WLWV School Board: So right now we are seeing a trend that is go down since the holidays and that's public information people contract those friends last week we were at 308 per 100,000 i've just learned. 279 00:52:04.770 --> 00:52:21.720 WLWV School Board: right before this meeting that clackamas county as of today, we're at 226 for 100,000 so both Dr President and our local health department, as well as those who are doing virus modeling tracking. 280 00:52:22.680 --> 00:52:34.020 WLWV School Board: This virus, for example, Dr Peter graven at asu we do a lot of modeling and tracking have seen a decline in Oregon which is. 281 00:52:35.190 --> 00:52:49.680 WLWV School Board: To a great credit, the vigilance that our Community across the state has taken through the winter holidays, to really restrict travel to stay with small things to wear masks and we continue doing that there is. 282 00:52:50.910 --> 00:53:01.530 WLWV School Board: A wonder of concern, whether we can see a spike you hear that conversation nationally, as well as statewide that sometimes what happens after a holiday there's a spike. 283 00:53:01.950 --> 00:53:10.230 WLWV School Board: There also can be sometimes arise in case rates attribute to what's called virus fatigue what a Community just feels. 284 00:53:11.040 --> 00:53:25.650 WLWV School Board: tired of staying at home or tired of distancing they want their children to have an experience or, to be able to go see somebody and fortunately the vigilance relaxes, and so we might see a spike there. 285 00:53:26.700 --> 00:53:36.480 WLWV School Board: And that's predicted that maybe could come and the February early March, so we may see something like that, although Dr Raven did acknowledge that he was. 286 00:53:37.770 --> 00:53:47.490 WLWV School Board: pleasantly impressed that oregon's expected spike after the holidays did not speak as high as some burly modeling predicted, it could. 287 00:53:48.270 --> 00:53:58.020 WLWV School Board: And that we, as a state and, as a community state credibly vigilant, we may not even see that next predicted rise to to a level. 288 00:53:58.530 --> 00:54:08.610 WLWV School Board: That it could so it's just a reminder to our community that our daily actions affect those Spikes our daily actions affect those ratings. 289 00:54:08.970 --> 00:54:29.130 WLWV School Board: And as much as we want children in schools and we want to do, open up more of our Community and move out of that extreme risk category, it takes all of us to continue to compromise make sacrifices and do those things that we know are important to limit transmission. 290 00:54:30.960 --> 00:54:42.360 WLWV School Board: That helps address your high school high school What was your particular question about price, I thought that the clackamas county health authority, Dr President had some. 291 00:54:43.800 --> 00:54:47.820 WLWV School Board: perspective that high schoolers and their ability, as we said for front of. 292 00:54:48.840 --> 00:55:00.810 WLWV School Board: impacts, there is a reason why reopening and schools across in states that have reopened or countries have found more success with younger children. 293 00:55:01.470 --> 00:55:10.320 WLWV School Board: Part of that has to do with what they understand about the virus and the way infection rates or the infection moves between based on age. 294 00:55:10.710 --> 00:55:17.790 WLWV School Board: And how it's more severe for older populations and maybe not as severe for younger so there's some generalities there. 295 00:55:18.360 --> 00:55:33.450 WLWV School Board: And so, all of the leaning is to continue to open first with your younger students and the younger schools, so that then you can make sure you limited transmission before you scale there's an increasing concern about high school age. 296 00:55:34.470 --> 00:55:40.620 WLWV School Board: More and more case rates across the nation are showing that actually the age group now that. 297 00:55:41.490 --> 00:55:53.700 WLWV School Board: Is contracting Kobe more and spread them is the young adult age and so used to be, we were looking at college and 20s and 30s is actually now even high school. 298 00:55:54.360 --> 00:56:03.930 WLWV School Board: And so there's quite a bit of transmission happening, even at that age range and Dr presence caution is if we know that. 299 00:56:04.320 --> 00:56:14.850 WLWV School Board: That there is more transmission height happening at that age, then we should really be following those health advisory metrics for our high schools in particular. 300 00:56:15.300 --> 00:56:26.040 WLWV School Board: And also, most high schools are larger spaces, with more people in them and may not have the same type of supervision that schools with elementary students have. 301 00:56:26.760 --> 00:56:37.320 WLWV School Board: high school students are expected to be able to navigate independently through the halls around outside the building inside the building and making sure that they're staying vigilant. 302 00:56:38.790 --> 00:56:49.110 WLWV School Board: is more of a supervisor to challenge that perhaps in elementary school where students are staying in one space for considerable amount of time being monitored very closely. 303 00:56:49.530 --> 00:56:59.910 WLWV School Board: So we're fortunate just remember the dynamics of how high schools navigate during the day high school students are in that higher transmission group now. 304 00:57:00.450 --> 00:57:18.000 WLWV School Board: And also just adolescent behavior that want to socialize and may or may not have time to remember how important it is to social distance, as well as to keep their mascot and wash their hands as often they don't have a teacher taking them to the bathroom saying it's handwashing time. 305 00:57:19.140 --> 00:57:21.480 WLWV School Board: So it's just a caution that she had. 306 00:57:22.500 --> 00:57:26.640 WLWV School Board: It really advising that we not hope a secondary schools outside the House. 307 00:57:30.900 --> 00:57:44.730 WLWV School Board: Can I ask a couple of follow up questions to director pitches questions so if you go back to the mass and we talked about that the district has and 95 mass we have shields disposable and cloth. 308 00:57:45.420 --> 00:57:53.700 WLWV School Board: Does that mean that we would have a disposable mass for every teacher every day if they wanted a new mass, we have a shield for every one of our. 309 00:57:54.750 --> 00:58:07.710 WLWV School Board: were in a teacher that would want one or any step number that would want one and 95 can you just show or just kind of the quantity disposable masks yes okay got an extraordinary supply of that and. 310 00:58:08.220 --> 00:58:19.530 WLWV School Board: And ordering more is easier to do now, and so we can, as we go through that amount we could always order more levy but we've got an extraordinary amount, and we feel very. 311 00:58:19.980 --> 00:58:29.850 WLWV School Board: comfortable about what we've distributed and that it's there for people if every day in every day, every teacher needed one never student needed one we could. 312 00:58:30.390 --> 00:58:35.310 WLWV School Board: We could manage that, in order, more we don't predict that every teacher every student. 313 00:58:35.820 --> 00:58:47.970 WLWV School Board: is going to win a lot of us have invested over time, and you can see it, this room personalized face masks one that feel more comfortable and 50 you and people can certainly bring their own from home. 314 00:58:48.540 --> 00:59:01.290 WLWV School Board: And you know take care of them, we did purchase a clock mass for every student and staff that's unique to their school that has their school bobo so that's also available to be washed daily. 315 00:59:02.250 --> 00:59:13.470 WLWV School Board: or weekly and interchange with the with the disposable in terms of the fields, what we heard early on and continue to hear is not everyone actually likes wearing. 316 00:59:14.280 --> 00:59:21.420 WLWV School Board: But there are some situations where a teacher or staff member, we want to wear a face, covering and a face she'll. 317 00:59:22.050 --> 00:59:35.850 WLWV School Board: Depending on their level of comfort, so we have quite a bit of those in reserve, some actually were made by our robotics teams and they use a 3D printer and they can make more Nicholas so we do those supplier and their local. 318 00:59:37.230 --> 00:59:50.340 WLWV School Board: So we do have a number of those and those specialized ones that we needed actually very specialized ones for our nurses and some staff and we already know because they require actually be personally fitted. 319 00:59:51.660 --> 01:00:00.060 WLWV School Board: To to those folks who are really perhaps doing something with a medically fragile student that has to be closer proximity. 320 01:00:01.050 --> 01:00:17.100 WLWV School Board: So those are fewer quantity because they're just fewer staff that actually need those and then we have to spend the time that a staff member reaches out and says, now that I know schools reopening in a thought more about it, it might be something we can certainly pursue that. 321 01:00:19.350 --> 01:00:24.690 WLWV School Board: And then another question that I had kind of back to that coven rapid testing and. 322 01:00:25.920 --> 01:00:27.000 WLWV School Board: So even if. 323 01:00:28.020 --> 01:00:41.040 WLWV School Board: We went back in because part of your proposal was that we could go back in the secondary that we would require that either all of our teachers have been vaccinated had the opportunity to be vaccinated or we met the metrics. 324 01:00:42.930 --> 01:00:43.500 Correct. 325 01:00:44.700 --> 01:00:49.050 WLWV School Board: So let me clarify okay how I phrase that yes, yes. 326 01:00:50.850 --> 01:01:06.060 WLWV School Board: So when we reopen our school for personal learning the county will have mentioned health advisory metrics or all staff working directly with students who have had the opportunity to access their first dose of the vaccine. 327 01:01:07.230 --> 01:01:22.350 WLWV School Board: Okay, so that is how, yes, and that you know that'll be staggered so regardless going first we really want to make sure those conditions are met for Kate by and then, as we when we reopen each of those areas. 328 01:01:23.430 --> 01:01:43.890 WLWV School Board: Of those conditions than that right, so that that's all I had interpreted it so my recommendation right that even with this covert rapid testing let's say we get to march 17 I believe that was the date for all of our and we don't meet the metrics that all of our. 329 01:01:45.180 --> 01:01:52.140 WLWV School Board: staff members have had the opportunity to have that first deaths which, according to Dr present. 330 01:01:54.840 --> 01:01:55.560 WLWV School Board: In your. 331 01:01:56.640 --> 01:02:03.000 WLWV School Board: In your memo that she made the comment there's enough evidence to show the first dose give substantial immunity. 332 01:02:03.630 --> 01:02:09.960 WLWV School Board: And then the second dose may increase the number of individuals who respond, but primarily lengthen the time of immunity. 333 01:02:10.380 --> 01:02:21.690 WLWV School Board: So we would still need to do the covert rapid testing is my point and then so just wondering about the cost is that something that we have held federal aid with with the called the. 334 01:02:22.440 --> 01:02:29.940 WLWV School Board: Testing costs about sampling and we, as a district yeah I think we're going to discover more about that, and how we set it up. 335 01:02:30.330 --> 01:02:40.200 WLWV School Board: There will be there will be cost to it, because when even think about the personnel that will need to be able to then administer that and sit with the student. 336 01:02:40.650 --> 01:02:52.410 WLWV School Board: With a staff member will they take it and record that's a cost somebody now has to take on that bowl what I don't know at this point we'll learn more is the cost of that. 337 01:02:53.340 --> 01:03:04.230 WLWV School Board: The swabs the test kits if that's going to be covered exclusively by the State Okay, or if some of the S or two funds that were receiving will be. 338 01:03:05.250 --> 01:03:16.530 WLWV School Board: designated ports that so I haven't gotten into some of those details bet it was just declared as a requirement last week and Oh, he was working. 339 01:03:17.280 --> 01:03:27.960 WLWV School Board: diligently to then put procedures together for school districts to unpack that, so we will learn more, which is why they push the required and out to march 1. 340 01:03:28.350 --> 01:03:37.170 WLWV School Board: Because it's going to take some time today to begin to work with districts around How does that look in terms of implementation and training. 341 01:03:39.480 --> 01:03:52.740 WLWV School Board: I could piggyback on our thing so document as hoping, you could potentially elaborate a little bit more, and it has to go with christy mentioned about the first dose of the vaccine and. 342 01:03:53.970 --> 01:04:01.920 WLWV School Board: Just what you've learned along the way here in your discussions with Dr Trent for other health officials as to. 343 01:04:05.400 --> 01:04:07.650 WLWV School Board: Why an initial those. 344 01:04:12.150 --> 01:04:20.610 WLWV School Board: and efficiency versus having to wait for two doses, plus a recommended waiting period and we had some individual rights, about different. 345 01:04:21.510 --> 01:04:30.630 WLWV School Board: estimation of how much time after vaccine, that they should or shouldn't have to wait before being in our in person, modern setting. 346 01:04:31.230 --> 01:04:51.660 WLWV School Board: And so I just wondering if you could elaborate a little bit more what we've learned through this process sure I want to make it very clear to anyone watching at home for listening to this, I am not a doctor, I am not an epidemiologist i'm not a healthcare professional, which is why. 347 01:04:52.800 --> 01:05:01.980 WLWV School Board: I referred and called our local health care professionals to try and understand as much as I could about the vaccine. 348 01:05:03.090 --> 01:05:12.630 WLWV School Board: That said, I believe, each of them would say we are in a growing understanding about this virus and even the vaccine. 349 01:05:14.850 --> 01:05:25.980 WLWV School Board: As interacts with the virus is continuing to we're continuing to learn about its effectiveness and that it will take several years, probably for us to get to the point where we. 350 01:05:26.670 --> 01:05:42.720 WLWV School Board: Can as a healthcare industry was much more certainty design the perfect solution, maybe we've got it but scientific studies are continuing to be done with more and more people studies as people are getting the vaccine that initial initial steps. 351 01:05:45.810 --> 01:05:57.360 WLWV School Board: People are reading a lot of things in the news and on the Internet, about the effectiveness of the first dose and that waiting period before the second dose there's even some thinking now that that time between. 352 01:05:57.900 --> 01:06:06.450 WLWV School Board: The two doses may not have to be a strictly adhere to, in terms of the three and four weeks, although that is what the clinical trials were faced on. 353 01:06:07.080 --> 01:06:16.890 WLWV School Board: And that is what we are going to keep to in Oregon and I believe in in the United States there still is an adherence to those recommendations. 354 01:06:17.790 --> 01:06:32.910 WLWV School Board: People may hear that in other countries, because there is NASA thinking that more time between the two doses Doc diminish as the effectiveness of the first dose and that the second dose which acts as a booster. 355 01:06:34.110 --> 01:06:46.350 WLWV School Board: doesn't maybe need to be as strictly adhere to and that's where you read reports about England considering vaccinating more people, and we are baby 12 weeks for that dose. 356 01:06:47.490 --> 01:07:06.300 WLWV School Board: there's controversy with even that statement because everybody's the whole world is watching us move through all watching us move through a pandemic and respond to vaccinations and it just hasn't been tested, as long as it should be have as much certainty. 357 01:07:07.410 --> 01:07:11.010 WLWV School Board: But there is a growing body of thinking that. 358 01:07:12.300 --> 01:07:24.870 WLWV School Board: That second dose could have some wiggle room the recommendations still in this state and in our country is to keep to the timeline of three weeks or Pfizer and four weeks for Madonna. 359 01:07:25.800 --> 01:07:38.430 WLWV School Board: There are other vaccines coming out like the one developed by Johnson and Johnson, which is a single dose vaccine it's not quite at that stage yet to be administered or distributed, but it's also on the horizon. 360 01:07:40.830 --> 01:07:53.910 WLWV School Board: What Dr presence share with us is that because there now has been more time with people who have been vaccinated and being studied and watched beyond just the initial clinical trials. 361 01:07:54.540 --> 01:08:07.650 WLWV School Board: Is that there is and i'll just use for quote because say, for me, for me to use her words than to extrapolate she says there's enough evidence to show the first dose give substantial immunity. 362 01:08:08.340 --> 01:08:19.530 WLWV School Board: But now it's not the first dose and then take your masks off or stop social distancing or stop washing your hands or sanitizing those protocols need to stay in place. 363 01:08:20.490 --> 01:08:31.950 WLWV School Board: But there's enough evidence to show the first don't give substantial immunity, the second dose may increase the number of individuals respond, but primarily What it does is lengthens the time of immunity. 364 01:08:33.270 --> 01:08:40.740 WLWV School Board: Your staff should be finished or that starting after the first dose but, before the second dose is absolutely acceptable. 365 01:08:41.430 --> 01:08:57.570 WLWV School Board: As long as there is a plan for the second dose at the appropriate timeframe which we are following in Oregon and appropriate safety protocols are still follow so we're still gonna and here very strictly to all the safety protocols. 366 01:09:02.580 --> 01:09:06.630 WLWV School Board: that's as much as i've been comfortable saying is a non healthcare professional or. 367 01:09:07.860 --> 01:09:12.960 WLWV School Board: Thank you, yes, and I totally I recognize that we rely on the rights of others. 368 01:09:16.200 --> 01:09:24.660 WLWV School Board: To see did you have anything further at this time, and the one point, the other just question that I had had to deal with. 369 01:09:26.250 --> 01:09:42.630 WLWV School Board: We know, in order to, or we when we open the doors for our kindergarteners need the best drivers and secretaries and staff and all of that, and so i'm just wondering if you can speak to the numbers of stuff we have that we're wanting to get vaccinated. 370 01:09:44.430 --> 01:09:51.030 WLWV School Board: Just so people can kind of understand the timeline and the length of time it might require to get stuck vaccinated. 371 01:09:53.100 --> 01:09:55.830 WLWV School Board: And I know that is all good so. 372 01:09:57.480 --> 01:10:06.750 WLWV School Board: Far more complex question because, if it was just our staff and vaccines were just coming to us, we could. 373 01:10:07.260 --> 01:10:22.080 WLWV School Board: timeline that out and that's part of why I speak to is that what you know it could be other school districts right so every process and procedure it's important for everyone to remember that school employees are part of now, this broad educator. 374 01:10:23.130 --> 01:10:31.920 WLWV School Board: That includes public school employees private school employees childcare providers so it's a large group. 375 01:10:33.600 --> 01:10:38.400 WLWV School Board: numbers that i've had at this time, estimated by 150,000 in that group. 376 01:10:39.750 --> 01:10:58.500 WLWV School Board: The Governor has prioritized that portion of phase one db educated group to start this week and my understanding is that appointment still a plan to be given this week for educators now people may have heard that in some smaller counties, maybe outside. 377 01:10:59.610 --> 01:11:10.740 WLWV School Board: The willamette valley area and portland metro area, people are already getting vaccinated that could be because some distributions of vaccines, maybe in those smaller counties they. 378 01:11:11.910 --> 01:11:16.410 WLWV School Board: Effectively finished their group one day and we're going to start group one be. 379 01:11:17.070 --> 01:11:34.800 WLWV School Board: We have much more dense population more hospitals Ward health care providers more long term care facilities in this portland metro area, and so we have not completed everyone in group one a and if the governor just want to start to Point B, which is the group that educators, are in. 380 01:11:35.940 --> 01:11:43.470 WLWV School Board: So, one would think it'd be very easy to timeline that out and say when would all of our kindergarten teachers, be done. 381 01:11:44.220 --> 01:11:52.740 WLWV School Board: How those appointments are given or how teachers contact their health care or staff contact their health care providers and get an appointment. 382 01:11:53.430 --> 01:11:59.910 WLWV School Board: From their local clinic or from their doctor depends on each of those areas coordinating. 383 01:12:00.810 --> 01:12:10.140 WLWV School Board: The clinic set their appointment, how will this large scale regional vaccination clinic like that the organ Convention Center work through systematically. 384 01:12:11.070 --> 01:12:31.320 WLWV School Board: But there is a coordinated effort that even in that educator group understanding that schools will likely want to open with younger children first will begin to prioritize a tier system of who they'll give appointments to first so very likely. 385 01:12:32.400 --> 01:12:41.250 WLWV School Board: Someone teaching 12th grade may not get an appointment tomorrow in this area, now that's, not to say that living out in a rural area. 386 01:12:41.820 --> 01:13:00.690 WLWV School Board: A whole district could get vaccinated that's an exception, but where we are now we're speaking to this evening there is going to be a tear sequencing working through that educators group because of our school districts and maybe private schools have staggered reopen. 387 01:13:02.910 --> 01:13:24.300 WLWV School Board: So the hope would be that our staff and work with those early grades, and our staff in those early grades aren't able to get appointments and get vaccinated as soon as this week or next week, again we don't know how many will be allotted to our district at this time. 388 01:13:26.130 --> 01:13:37.140 WLWV School Board: I often tell people the direction and the will is there, or, again, we had a directive from the governor the infrastructure is there, we now have these coordinated efforts. 389 01:13:37.740 --> 01:13:49.230 WLWV School Board: Now it's a matter of is the inventory there, how many doses will Oregon get so that all of this infrastructure can scale up or. 390 01:13:49.800 --> 01:14:01.860 WLWV School Board: use what they have within the systems that they're setting up so there's a lot that rides on that question, which is why couldn't answer it precisely, but what our community should be prepared for is seeing that. 391 01:14:02.970 --> 01:14:08.910 WLWV School Board: work through that tears systems, especially those coordinated large scale clinics settings. 392 01:14:10.080 --> 01:14:26.550 WLWV School Board: And we have you mentioned to me, we have 606 certified physicians we in our district, we have over 1000 employees about 1007 employees and it's very hard to put a number two. 393 01:14:27.720 --> 01:14:33.960 WLWV School Board: How many employees, does it take to open kindergarten because we also have support staff nutrition staff. 394 01:14:34.290 --> 01:14:46.290 WLWV School Board: If we can get all of our bus drivers in that really helps us with routes and not having to then say you can't drive this bus, but you can the first week or new those kinds of things are we prefer that you not. 395 01:14:47.370 --> 01:15:05.940 WLWV School Board: So that first group is quite large when you think about nutrition staff support staff building engineers Estonian secretaries, it takes a lot of people to actually open even one grade level ban in a school because most school has to be ready for receiving. 396 01:15:08.760 --> 01:15:11.940 WLWV School Board: Dr Ludwig did you receive them from the governor. 397 01:15:13.710 --> 01:15:27.510 WLWV School Board: A message today that says meeting our backs the nation goals depends on getting in that vaccine supply from the Federal Government, it is going to take at least three to four weeks to ensure educators receive their first shot. 398 01:15:29.070 --> 01:15:29.910 WLWV School Board: therapies. 399 01:15:31.890 --> 01:15:35.190 WLWV School Board: There is evolving news with that we heard. 400 01:15:36.780 --> 01:15:46.500 WLWV School Board: That may be the latest there, there was some news on Friday that perhaps there is hope for more dosages and that that timeline could be less than that. 401 01:15:47.070 --> 01:15:57.930 WLWV School Board: We heard that again depending on I think she's always shared a caveat of depending on the supply from the Federal Government that's been a consistent message that she has used again to my point of. 402 01:15:58.680 --> 01:16:04.350 WLWV School Board: the will is there, the directive is there the infrastructure is there, but now it's about inventory. 403 01:16:05.400 --> 01:16:06.840 WLWV School Board: I have heard varying. 404 01:16:08.430 --> 01:16:16.080 WLWV School Board: comments about projecting whether it would take two to three weeks for all educators, to receive now as. 405 01:16:17.130 --> 01:16:28.230 WLWV School Board: More groups are invited into that educator broad definition like self care providers and private schools that shifts the timeline down, but again. 406 01:16:28.710 --> 01:16:40.260 WLWV School Board: inventory and dosage could accelerate that or it could slow down but i'm not surprised that were in that four to five week i've heard a little bit longer at first sometimes a little less so. 407 01:16:42.780 --> 01:16:45.450 WLWV School Board: you're doing today like an opportunity to. 408 01:16:46.650 --> 01:16:47.850 WLWV School Board: totally separate. 409 01:16:52.500 --> 01:16:56.610 WLWV School Board: First of all, thank you so much for synthesizing so much information I. 410 01:16:57.570 --> 01:17:10.710 WLWV School Board: You know I know you have a lot of meetings with a lot of people with different expertise and you're having to pull all those conversations together and answer all our questions here, so I appreciate your dedication to that. 411 01:17:12.180 --> 01:17:16.980 WLWV School Board: I think, as I have just a few questions, my first one is about. 412 01:17:18.420 --> 01:17:20.790 WLWV School Board: The survey that we sent to our families. 413 01:17:22.380 --> 01:17:30.090 WLWV School Board: about their preferences returning saying and cbl versus returning to hybrid and i'm wondering if we. 414 01:17:30.690 --> 01:17:46.800 WLWV School Board: dis aggregated any data to identify the rate of return from traditionally marginalized populations, or even asked that question of our families to what degree, do we have information around that, thank you for that question, and I have director picture that question as well. 415 01:17:50.310 --> 01:18:00.240 WLWV School Board: As we've been getting the response to Mr we're finding that we're having to kind of follow up and clean up some of that survey data, because what we're discovering is that we have some duplicates in there, so maybe. 416 01:18:01.620 --> 01:18:17.580 WLWV School Board: i'm good took the survey didn't know dad and also take the survey and so secretaries are now working with that information is coming in and making sure we have one survey data point per family so we're still working through that it hasn't been fully completed. 417 01:18:19.530 --> 01:18:40.050 WLWV School Board: What we are looking at in terms of where we feel the survey, where we see the the survey data landing, even as we clean up some of that in order to desegregate is that we do have a majority of our families planning to come back with the hybrid now remember this survey took place. 418 01:18:41.250 --> 01:18:44.730 WLWV School Board: I mean, I feel like we've loved the lifetimes January 11. 419 01:18:46.050 --> 01:18:50.370 WLWV School Board: The survey was taking place during that time and it ended on January 13. 420 01:18:50.910 --> 01:18:59.370 WLWV School Board: And we know a lot more that that scene is now at our doorstep, people are going to get appointments this week and receive the vaccine the educators are. 421 01:18:59.940 --> 01:19:17.400 WLWV School Board: And so, some of these numbers could shift and some of those groups indications or plans could shift as well, but right now what we're seeing across all three levels is that the majority of our families are interested in their children coming back hybrid. 422 01:19:18.780 --> 01:19:29.220 WLWV School Board: In the low 70% for elementary now what i'm going to say is hybrid i'm going to combine that with hybrid and then maybe a little wild cbl but then hydrate. 423 01:19:29.730 --> 01:19:39.240 WLWV School Board: Specifically, so I know we talked about this way back before typically i'm asking about the traditionally marginalized groups people from a Bible Community I don't know if we asked that better. 424 01:19:39.540 --> 01:19:52.230 WLWV School Board: If we asked her that information or if we decided that i'm around that demographic that's that's the data we're still trying to put more certainty okay before we report anything specific. 425 01:19:52.560 --> 01:20:02.160 WLWV School Board: But where we are seeing in the fans of set CDs all year maybe that's the group you're thinking more about when we have. 426 01:20:02.790 --> 01:20:11.460 WLWV School Board: gotten information from those families about why are they choosing to stay and cbl for the remainder of the year, or we followed up with that question. 427 01:20:12.420 --> 01:20:24.270 WLWV School Board: at high school we're hearing it trend towards comments around students who have an IP or fiber for some preference families who have Steve. 428 01:20:25.080 --> 01:20:42.000 WLWV School Board: identified special education transportation concerns or family health concerns so somebody in their family has a health concern that's why they've chosen so that's what we're hearing from our high schools as the reason why they want to stay in studio. 429 01:20:43.020 --> 01:20:49.050 WLWV School Board: From our middle school students from our middle school families as to why they're wanting to remain a CEO. 430 01:20:50.280 --> 01:20:54.630 WLWV School Board: It also adds around students who have an IP or 504 plan. 431 01:20:55.800 --> 01:21:04.350 WLWV School Board: students whose families have older relatives living with them, or how someone in the household with a medical condition so again very similar to the high school. 432 01:21:05.550 --> 01:21:13.650 WLWV School Board: families who are not at their place of residence, but they are somewhere in Oregon in the States and other words they've transferred they moved. 433 01:21:14.550 --> 01:21:27.750 WLWV School Board: And they're not right here, but they can stay with us through cbl and they've been grateful to be able to do that maybe they moved to another state, and we allow them to stay in cl to continue, or even move further. 434 01:21:28.110 --> 01:21:37.290 WLWV School Board: Within our state and under ordinary circumstances, we might say you can't drive here, how do you attend school here, but with cbl with allowed them to stay. 435 01:21:37.860 --> 01:21:44.460 WLWV School Board: So we had groups like that actually at the high school, as well as middle school, but that became one of the reasons we heard in middle school. 436 01:21:45.030 --> 01:21:57.060 WLWV School Board: And also, we do hear from a number of our students who are urging by winkles a preference sustainable they didn't give the reason why, so this again was following up with some of those families. 437 01:22:00.540 --> 01:22:14.010 WLWV School Board: With all in one school with some of the emerging bilingual students or middle school, there were some comments about having made having made living arrangements Facebook economic needs or whether living with other family members for me. 438 01:22:16.650 --> 01:22:29.640 WLWV School Board: In our products and our schools, when you query some families around why to stay in the studio all year we've heard again multi generational households and a risk for somebody in the family who might have health concerns. 439 01:22:30.780 --> 01:22:43.200 WLWV School Board: This was the only area where we heard CDs going really well for their children they'd like to keep the current model so, for whatever reason, some families are very young children wanted just to keep that stability or keep that model. 440 01:22:44.850 --> 01:22:51.450 WLWV School Board: And then also primary there was a thing of families are telling schools are choosing CDs teachers are vaccinated. 441 01:22:53.070 --> 01:22:59.220 WLWV School Board: So it doesn't give you the numbers and statistics and maybe get you some of what's reported to us and again. 442 01:22:59.580 --> 01:23:10.950 WLWV School Board: When we gave this survey, a lot has changed since then, and if we were to give it again, that same group of maybe CDF famines, it could be that some of their plans might change. 443 01:23:11.400 --> 01:23:23.580 WLWV School Board: If we do adjust this timeline if we are closer within the health metrics if teachers do have the opportunity for their first dose of vaccination, we may see some shift in that. 444 01:23:24.300 --> 01:23:41.280 WLWV School Board: Does that helps yeah it helps a little bit I mean you gave me the information that you have it's it's challenging with the equity lens number five just trying to make data informed decisions with the equity lens and so it's not just you know. 445 01:23:42.570 --> 01:23:57.510 WLWV School Board: For my exam belief system or something, and that was the purpose for calling not every family and asking about decision making rationale, as your sort of a survey, but we did have schools, look into families who. 446 01:23:58.620 --> 01:24:10.290 WLWV School Board: Were choosing to stay in studio and all year there was something about conditions that we were going to be not communicating well enough, or is there, something we could do more, is there a reason that we need to understand. 447 01:24:11.130 --> 01:24:21.810 WLWV School Board: And it seems to land on conditioning with their child's learning that they prefer to keep them at home or the largest concern is that there's somebody in their household. 448 01:24:22.290 --> 01:24:28.230 WLWV School Board: yeah they're not willing to risk this time the likelihood of transmission, I think the. 449 01:24:29.130 --> 01:24:40.260 WLWV School Board: The spirit of my next few questions is that I mean we just two weeks ago had a very lengthy conversation, and I appreciate the fact that information changes, and so we need to keep returning and. 450 01:24:40.920 --> 01:24:48.720 WLWV School Board: And the pressure continues to mount even, as you know, information changes and we try to make moves, so my hope is to address that new information. 451 01:24:49.260 --> 01:25:00.480 WLWV School Board: But primarily just see like what's different now that's you know prompts a change, you know, to open up the conversation again, and so I think just you know overall. 452 01:25:01.710 --> 01:25:09.090 WLWV School Board: What do we gain by delaying the start of primary school because i'm thankful to see a plan for the secondary students. 453 01:25:11.700 --> 01:25:31.020 WLWV School Board: You know that that gives us a benchmark to look forward to which you know, hopefully, the plan is careful and thoughtful enough and has everybody bought in and not that that benchmark that we support secondary students doesn't move, but we're proposing. 454 01:25:32.490 --> 01:25:48.360 WLWV School Board: A delay of a couple weeks for the startup K and it looks like potentially K five is all going to be moved to a later date by a couple of weeks for each grade is pretty much what i'm saying what are we gaining by making that move. 455 01:25:50.850 --> 01:25:55.200 WLWV School Board: So, as you recall, when we made that decision on January 11. 456 01:25:57.930 --> 01:26:04.500 WLWV School Board: vaccinations were not imminent we didn't have a timeline even at that time we were getting. 457 01:26:05.670 --> 01:26:15.630 WLWV School Board: A lot of lifting information about the proximity of that being a possibility, some talking to health professionals talking as early as April or May. 458 01:26:16.260 --> 01:26:32.340 WLWV School Board: Because educators in group one be share that group with seniors and others who are medically fragile, as well as child care providers and so it's quite a large group close to a million people at believer in that group. 459 01:26:34.050 --> 01:26:34.770 WLWV School Board: and 460 01:26:36.180 --> 01:26:47.190 WLWV School Board: Not knowing where educators would let it a priority, or when group one he would even finished for in some states they're not moving to phase one be until one as completed. 461 01:26:48.810 --> 01:27:02.160 WLWV School Board: What happened, right after that so so vaccines were not part of our conversation around its impact on what it could do for real we stay with those two components that we do believe. 462 01:27:03.420 --> 01:27:12.720 WLWV School Board: Give us the strongest indications that we can safely reopen which is staying in the advisor health metrics and following the protocols and those are made those to. 463 01:27:14.520 --> 01:27:29.130 WLWV School Board: vaccinations certainly are a significant benefit they do add a layer of protection for those who received the vaccine in terms of contracting, and so it puts more stability in the system. 464 01:27:29.670 --> 01:27:44.310 WLWV School Board: When not everybody is vulnerable but growing number of people in the organization have that layer of protection, and so there isn't the opening closing moving back and forth because of quarantine. 465 01:27:45.690 --> 01:27:47.850 WLWV School Board: It wasn't a factor for us to even. 466 01:27:48.930 --> 01:27:59.700 WLWV School Board: Talk about beyond hypotheticals in our decision on January 11 and then everything changed, a few days later, and now here, it is, and it is a very real. 467 01:28:00.810 --> 01:28:04.830 WLWV School Board: ability for our staff to receive that first dose. 468 01:28:06.030 --> 01:28:14.040 WLWV School Board: This week, and that does provide, as I mentioned that additional layer of protection for staff to choose to have it and more stability. 469 01:28:15.150 --> 01:28:19.080 WLWV School Board: or when we open to stay open as I think you've heard. 470 01:28:20.460 --> 01:28:23.490 WLWV School Board: One of our association leaders mentioned. 471 01:28:24.570 --> 01:28:33.420 WLWV School Board: And we'd like to be able to do that, for our for our students and our staff because it's so close and it's available. 472 01:28:34.650 --> 01:28:44.700 WLWV School Board: And we can get more of our staff to have that first dose we'd like to be able to keep that, for I think he proves the teaching experience long term system. 473 01:28:47.400 --> 01:28:54.810 WLWV School Board: Okay, so i'm hearing about what it gets us yeah and it means we're pushing out a couple weeks because we don't know. 474 01:28:55.350 --> 01:29:03.300 WLWV School Board: we're already we already know folks won't get their first appointment they told me a week so we're we're through this week we're into next week and so. 475 01:29:03.840 --> 01:29:14.250 WLWV School Board: we're kind of watching to see can enough of hope is enough of our staff and work through that timeline to receive that first dose as we stagger this. 476 01:29:15.960 --> 01:29:31.500 WLWV School Board: When I look out i'm really just looking at a calendar and yeah so that by pushing this date out by two weeks from the original proposed plan that we approved a couple weeks ago and. 477 01:29:32.790 --> 01:29:42.960 WLWV School Board: that's that's starting kindergarten in a month from now so potentially so it within a month that educators have of educators and Stefan. 478 01:29:44.010 --> 01:29:44.460 WLWV School Board: and 479 01:29:45.810 --> 01:29:48.600 WLWV School Board: Four weeks from today to get. 480 01:29:49.890 --> 01:29:51.390 WLWV School Board: A vaccination and then. 481 01:29:53.460 --> 01:29:59.430 WLWV School Board: yeah probably not potentially a second vaccination but the first batch that could get a month for everybody to get that maximum. 482 01:30:01.110 --> 01:30:02.730 WLWV School Board: So I would just add that. 483 01:30:04.470 --> 01:30:17.460 WLWV School Board: you'd like them all read this I wanted you know i'm not speaking to you because you don't know this, but when someone gets that first dose what we do here from our health care providers and from. 484 01:30:18.420 --> 01:30:32.880 WLWV School Board: The clinical studies you don't get the shot and go, you know the next day there's immunity, it does take a period of time for the antibodies to begin working, and so you can read a lot about. 485 01:30:33.330 --> 01:30:54.870 WLWV School Board: How much time is that the first some reference to what's the waiting period after that first dose that is optimal in most cases it's a number of days after that, but in some of the studies, it can take for some people up to two weeks to get the effects goodness of that. 486 01:30:56.100 --> 01:31:04.260 WLWV School Board: The vaccination and the antibodies to become to start generating so there's a lot of caution around. 487 01:31:05.400 --> 01:31:15.780 WLWV School Board: An under a misunderstanding that I got the vaccine and tomorrow, I become immune, it does take time for the body to begin working and building. 488 01:31:16.260 --> 01:31:27.990 WLWV School Board: Those novel those new antibodies that a booster shot and works with what's called the memory of that that your body is now learning how to do that and it boosts. 489 01:31:28.470 --> 01:31:38.130 WLWV School Board: encourages the memory of continuing those antibodies is what the booster several weeks later, does so, I think I just caution and idea that. 490 01:31:38.910 --> 01:31:49.410 WLWV School Board: If everybody is getting a shot this week, but we know that's not logistically going to happen it's going to take a few weeks, and we want to give some time for those antibodies to take. 491 01:31:51.180 --> 01:31:55.200 WLWV School Board: It per se, we also want people to have the effectiveness of that. 492 01:31:57.600 --> 01:32:06.780 WLWV School Board: yeah so so a month is again to use that phrase of abundance of caution adequate time for scheduling out a good time for shocking to. 493 01:32:07.350 --> 01:32:18.420 WLWV School Board: You know, become effective and I start the President says, you know that gets substantial immunity, so you know i'm just asking like if we were to approve this plan. 494 01:32:18.990 --> 01:32:38.130 WLWV School Board: which essentially pushes you know the students starting school later we give this time for everybody to get the vaccinations, we have the ready school safe learners plan in place where within the advisor advisory metrics. 495 01:32:40.050 --> 01:32:55.170 WLWV School Board: In a world of uncertainty, what guaranteed we have that changing this plan to accommodate now the vaccine will provide for that stability that we're looking for when we open the doors like does this. 496 01:32:55.800 --> 01:33:08.910 WLWV School Board: Amendment give us and get us any closer to that predictability of instability, yes, because we're adding another factor in here that does create more stability right without. 497 01:33:09.690 --> 01:33:27.990 WLWV School Board: We can still safely reopen schools so let's let's remember what does it take to safely real good schools all of our health authorities are telling us stay within the metrics and safety protocols how schools that have open stale and safely. 498 01:33:29.550 --> 01:33:46.080 WLWV School Board: Is is the part that nobody knows until you move into it, whether transmission problems, who brings it how well does the community of Westland bye bye Wilson bill, how many exposures happen, we will just live into that. 499 01:33:47.280 --> 01:34:01.020 WLWV School Board: Reality when it when it happens, and we look for this month to be look like other similar districts around us, are we an anomaly is spread happening in our Community that's not happening elsewhere, it depends on what's happening in our county versus another town. 500 01:34:02.700 --> 01:34:11.310 WLWV School Board: What the vaccinations do provide those that additional layer of protection to the individuals who have it, providing more stability and then, when we do. 501 01:34:12.390 --> 01:34:18.450 WLWV School Board: So I mean I would have written there's a significant benefit if I didn't believe that and I do believe that. 502 01:34:19.740 --> 01:34:28.110 WLWV School Board: It doesn't mean that someone who chooses not to get the vaccine is walking into a school that's unsafe to reopen. 503 01:34:29.700 --> 01:34:36.300 WLWV School Board: Our schools will be saved to reopen because we're going to watch the health messages and abide by all these health and safety protocols. 504 01:34:36.720 --> 01:34:49.260 WLWV School Board: For those who choose seven vaccine there's that added layer of protection and enough of our staff, I think, are indicating that they will take it and are interested in taking it and that's a great deal of ability, then, to our school learning. 505 01:34:51.150 --> 01:34:57.480 WLWV School Board: about the won't know until we live into it and I think your question was what's the guarantee. 506 01:34:58.440 --> 01:35:10.800 WLWV School Board: I think this whole pandemic has taught us that we're learning and things are shifting there may be an unpredictable spike that we don't know anything about that could come. 507 01:35:11.370 --> 01:35:18.900 WLWV School Board: prompting the governor to make another executive order, we would then have to follow that right as public schools, if she directed schools to do something. 508 01:35:20.370 --> 01:35:31.500 WLWV School Board: All the signs indicate, however, that, because the vaccine is fear and increased groups and numbers of people will take advantage of the vaccine. 509 01:35:32.220 --> 01:35:40.020 WLWV School Board: That it is far less likely that we're going to get those types of situations that prompt complete lockdowns and shutdowns. 510 01:35:40.740 --> 01:35:59.250 WLWV School Board: Because over the course of time, with the spread of vaccine it's not just schools that become a staple for the Community becomes more stable business, you know hospitals are more stable as as they get vaccinated boys get vaccinated and then, as the general population becomes more vaccinated. 511 01:36:00.570 --> 01:36:09.840 WLWV School Board: The Community becomes more stable and that's when Dr vouching experts would say you do get to a point I think they call it a herd immunity. 512 01:36:10.230 --> 01:36:22.950 WLWV School Board: You do get to a point where you tipped over that area where there's so much stability in the Community, that you can begin then begin to think about do we need to still social distance. 513 01:36:23.730 --> 01:36:37.620 WLWV School Board: Do we need to stop limit cohort sizes at schools and just keep the masks do we still need to spray down so many surfaces and those types of restrictions might begin to ease. 514 01:36:38.760 --> 01:36:40.410 WLWV School Board: Creating more stability and. 515 01:36:41.850 --> 01:36:45.690 WLWV School Board: So getting you're asking question to a non epidemiologist remember did. 516 01:36:47.010 --> 01:36:50.940 WLWV School Board: You know what can happen, I can't say, but I think we. 517 01:36:52.110 --> 01:37:04.590 WLWV School Board: We can see the rationale for the benefits of vaccines yeah everyone, but I understand that I think my my point of struggle is um you know that what I read about on. 518 01:37:06.090 --> 01:37:17.940 WLWV School Board: Some schools and other states having been open for some time, without the vaccination in place, and so I become curious about you know how, how is that working for them and also. 519 01:37:18.930 --> 01:37:27.600 WLWV School Board: You know the idea of moving forward with the you know the best we can, the information we have right now, and to what degree, do we do that versus. 520 01:37:28.110 --> 01:37:39.810 WLWV School Board: You know, continue to wait as new information comes, which ends up in a situation where you know we're in a perpetual weight gain and and I think we've all received. 521 01:37:40.710 --> 01:37:50.490 WLWV School Board: from Community members or we can find it ourselves example of places that have really been relatively successfully whether they were small. 522 01:37:51.180 --> 01:37:58.320 WLWV School Board: Or you know, sometimes the story is incomplete, a large portion is on an online program or it's a private charter school, I mean. 523 01:37:58.980 --> 01:38:09.090 WLWV School Board: There are stories that we do hear about where it's happening relatively successfully and I get just as many email sent to me and stories that i'm hearing up. 524 01:38:09.600 --> 01:38:15.660 WLWV School Board: School districts that tried to open and close open close for families have gotten better. 525 01:38:16.170 --> 01:38:34.710 WLWV School Board: And so the reason open is because it's only the families who choose to still send their children and other people have left or opt for private school home school so there's story within the stories that you dig through the layers to see you know what contributed to the success. 526 01:38:35.760 --> 01:38:50.880 WLWV School Board: What we are doing is taking lessons learned and and looking at school districts that have opened, and that has informed, a lot of the work around here, countries that open before us that they were smaller and and wanted to it could go first. 527 01:38:52.290 --> 01:39:06.840 WLWV School Board: What contributed to success what contributed to sustain success and that's what led to this led to this persistence around vigilance with safety protocols because we're spread, as often happens is one that's been lacks. 528 01:39:07.950 --> 01:39:20.250 WLWV School Board: cohort sizing all of these things that we're talking about in here and watching the transmission great watching the case right we call it the health metrics here, but every country is watching your case race. 529 01:39:20.880 --> 01:39:26.490 WLWV School Board: Countries in Europe that open that we're all looking to a lot of them are neat or closing. 530 01:39:27.630 --> 01:39:38.880 WLWV School Board: The other factors, this very as now emerged where our third case here in Oregon it's not a virus it's just a variant of it, which has a greater spread. 531 01:39:40.140 --> 01:39:45.570 WLWV School Board: Transmission rating for rapid so there's a lot of unknowns still as well. 532 01:39:47.160 --> 01:39:59.400 WLWV School Board: In my professional opinion and hired me to make judgment calls for this district, I believe, pushing back two weeks from what we intended allows us to reopen. 533 01:40:00.180 --> 01:40:11.820 WLWV School Board: Not only safely, but with more stability in our district and and the school year on a really strong note with our school staying as open and consistent as possible with the opening. 534 01:40:12.990 --> 01:40:18.870 WLWV School Board: and staff feel more confident about returning to work able to follow the protocols. 535 01:40:20.520 --> 01:40:31.380 WLWV School Board: and have that layer actually a protection as they work with many children during one time during the school day and they want to do it well and they're working hard. 536 01:40:33.510 --> 01:40:42.420 WLWV School Board: And this isn't about pushing it and not Okay, for us to be here, this is about coming to you as a board and saying I see the benefit. 537 01:40:43.140 --> 01:40:55.710 WLWV School Board: In a two week delay from what we had originally thought, two weeks ago, because we now have this opportunity to allow our staff to have that first goes to the vaccine and I think we should take it. 538 01:40:56.970 --> 01:40:59.310 WLWV School Board: and not take that opportunity. 539 01:41:02.010 --> 01:41:05.430 WLWV School Board: To me is that a recommendation that I bring for you. 540 01:41:09.210 --> 01:41:14.160 WLWV School Board: affecting is about 3 million back to me that share. 541 01:41:16.200 --> 01:41:21.330 WLWV School Board: And then nothing don't have that everyone will have like one last opportunity. 542 01:41:24.720 --> 01:41:29.400 WLWV School Board: to liberate for having the representative from the Union and the. 543 01:41:30.840 --> 01:41:45.570 WLWV School Board: usda speak tonight that they're important stakeholders, I appreciate hearing their their viewpoint get the district Office make any effort to reach out to those who are in favor of a quicker opening and not just those that were advocating for slower opening. 544 01:41:49.050 --> 01:41:54.810 WLWV School Board: So I I didn't mean I don't know what how to interpret that question. 545 01:41:55.890 --> 01:42:01.440 WLWV School Board: The Association did ask all their members to participate in. 546 01:42:03.450 --> 01:42:04.050 WLWV School Board: A survey. 547 01:42:05.100 --> 01:42:08.850 WLWV School Board: And there was a percentage who. 548 01:42:09.960 --> 01:42:17.280 WLWV School Board: Were fine with reopening without the conditions that hurt, but the overwhelming percentage. 549 01:42:18.390 --> 01:42:28.080 WLWV School Board: Really preferred that we opened within the health metrics and the ability to have the vaccine i'm sorry my question wasn't clear. 550 01:42:28.770 --> 01:42:35.970 WLWV School Board: My question was we heard from stakeholders tonight who are interested in a slower reopening process and it was useful to hear from them. 551 01:42:36.510 --> 01:42:48.060 WLWV School Board: I was wondering if the district prior to tonight's meeting and reached out to any leaders of organizations that were in favor for a more rapid reopening of schools oh other organizations not speak in that organization. 552 01:42:50.370 --> 01:43:03.000 WLWV School Board: that's the same thing Oh well, are you talking about other employees about history, are you talking about like parent organization or whatever organizations are out there that we know of that are advocating for a more rapid return to schools. 553 01:43:04.110 --> 01:43:12.480 WLWV School Board: In the district office in advance in advance of tonight's meeting reach out to them and by representatives to come speak to us about their perspective, I did not. 554 01:43:14.250 --> 01:43:28.620 WLWV School Board: What we have available to all of our stakeholders is the ability to submit through public comment and emails which you've received, but the hundreds and hundreds of that opportunity to hear from them Okay, so I did not. 555 01:43:30.210 --> 01:43:43.230 WLWV School Board: I couldn't find what would be that group that represents the open group, other than what we've heard from parents who have already submitted their preference for reopening. 556 01:43:45.240 --> 01:43:52.980 WLWV School Board: um I want to share my thoughts about this, and maybe just the reason I asked our employees to speak is there are employees. 557 01:43:53.730 --> 01:44:00.630 WLWV School Board: And I have heard you several times now on occasion as a board asked me what do our employees feel. 558 01:44:01.050 --> 01:44:08.430 WLWV School Board: Our teachers feeling about this and are classified because they're the ones we're asking to go back to work under different working conditions. 559 01:44:08.970 --> 01:44:13.320 WLWV School Board: We work, you know you've got the public's opinion about sending your children for our schools. 560 01:44:13.890 --> 01:44:32.310 WLWV School Board: But you'd asked at times about how our employees feel, and so I was asking our employees to get that response you up until now i've been sharing the money feel through me, this was an opportunity, creating effective Okay, that was the incentive that invitation yeah Okay, thank you. 561 01:44:35.370 --> 01:44:43.380 WLWV School Board: I think I speak for all my board members, to say the amount of time we put into this and I know that you and I mean you put into it, so you know I spoke for an hour and a half actually on a Sunday morning. 562 01:44:43.860 --> 01:44:49.380 WLWV School Board: To help you to better and saying it, so I want to thank you for your obviously huge commitment of time, and when you sleep. 563 01:44:51.450 --> 01:44:59.610 WLWV School Board: But I do have some thoughts about this proposal, you know, for the past five months this districts plan has been three open schools and two conditions are met. 564 01:45:00.480 --> 01:45:08.790 WLWV School Board: First, when the operational blueprints are in place that are protective or more than the those set out by the school safe learners. 565 01:45:09.120 --> 01:45:15.330 WLWV School Board: guide set up a state of Oregon and, secondly, that our numbers fall within the metric step by the state. 566 01:45:16.080 --> 01:45:23.700 WLWV School Board: And that's what i've been telling the Community for months, and this is outlined in a Memorandum of Understanding retained by our district office and teachers Union. 567 01:45:24.240 --> 01:45:33.930 WLWV School Board: Back in August now for the first time since school supposed to be decoded we're actually meeting both of those requirements blueprints are ready to go free school. 568 01:45:34.950 --> 01:45:38.790 WLWV School Board: they comply with the ready school states manners and we are well as take metrics for reopening. 569 01:45:39.180 --> 01:45:47.370 WLWV School Board: and specifically the metrics are now reopening primary schools that you are why in different cases Nick county return 50 or 100,000 or less. 570 01:45:47.850 --> 01:45:56.070 WLWV School Board: And we are well below that two weeks before didn't they last measured, it was free away and you report it tonight that we're not to 20 which is almost ready to. 571 01:45:57.300 --> 01:46:07.440 WLWV School Board: Open up secondary schools and for the past past five days and clackamas county our new face rate per day was 14.28 100,000 citizens, which means. 572 01:46:07.920 --> 01:46:15.870 WLWV School Board: At this if we can stay at that rate or lower and to get through this downward will be very open up high schools as far as metrics go at the end of next week. 573 01:46:17.040 --> 01:46:26.520 WLWV School Board: What I am troubled by tonight with respect to the recommendation is that it is, as I see it, moving the goalposts we voted 502 weeks ago. 574 01:46:27.150 --> 01:46:36.690 WLWV School Board: To begin opening primary schools on February 8 That was the plan we gave our students, that was a plan that gave our Community, a community, by the way, who is demonstrated extreme patients. 575 01:46:38.220 --> 01:46:47.400 WLWV School Board: If you're going to vote tonight to delay the plan that we set out 14 days ago we better have an awfully good reason to do that and I haven't heard tonight that reason. 576 01:46:48.450 --> 01:46:56.370 WLWV School Board: It appears that this two week delay is being proposed to make some teachers happy and to receive their first round with vaccine. 577 01:46:57.030 --> 01:47:01.290 WLWV School Board: There are five reasons that I want to discuss why I strongly disagree with this approach. 578 01:47:02.100 --> 01:47:07.920 WLWV School Board: First it's likely probable that, based on the current return to school timeframe that will that we've already approved. 579 01:47:08.370 --> 01:47:12.780 WLWV School Board: At every teacher who wants to vaccines, will be able to receive one fire for training the fast. 580 01:47:13.410 --> 01:47:20.220 WLWV School Board: This is possible because starting today January 25 the governor's allows teachers to begin receiving Kobe vaccines. 581 01:47:20.520 --> 01:47:28.050 WLWV School Board: Teachers can do this by contacting a primary care doctors or the regional vaccination clinic who is prioritizing vaccines for those who are returning school first. 582 01:47:28.560 --> 01:47:40.230 WLWV School Board: bus drivers kindergarten teachers nutritional experts further our time frame for training, students, the school is already so stretched out each types can grade as additional weeks to obtain the vaccine. 583 01:47:41.490 --> 01:47:48.720 WLWV School Board: plus the science of telling us, the United States yesterday is that once you get the vaccine, most people will have the antibodies in two to three days. 584 01:47:49.200 --> 01:47:58.710 WLWV School Board: And so we don't need a 14 day timeframe for all people, they say 14 days, because there are a very select few who need 14 that's that has been discussed very rare. 585 01:47:59.460 --> 01:48:06.810 WLWV School Board: So all this leads to the conclusion that we will likely be able to get Every teacher who wants one their first round of the vaccine before they ever set foot in the school. 586 01:48:07.320 --> 01:48:15.780 WLWV School Board: So doing or timeframes to accommodate this first round of vaccine doesn't make sense to me there's already ample ample time built into the process to do this. 587 01:48:16.920 --> 01:48:22.890 WLWV School Board: The second reason why doing this doesn't make sense to me is that it's not based on science, this is not a science based approach. 588 01:48:24.780 --> 01:48:33.960 WLWV School Board: At direct recommendation and when we voted unanimously, two weeks ago to return the first instructions, because we believe we got a plan in place to reopen safely. 589 01:48:34.620 --> 01:48:42.000 WLWV School Board: If we did not believe schools can be reopened safety for teachers and students, we wouldn't have voted by zero and the superintendent wouldn't recommend it. 590 01:48:42.540 --> 01:48:50.310 WLWV School Board: So I asked my board members, what has changed in the past weeks leading us to believe that our previously agreed upon plan is now unsafe. 591 01:48:51.030 --> 01:49:03.780 WLWV School Board: Since are both not only at the metrics can relax but the number of new cases that are county has gone way down so again what has changed in the last two weeks to make us believe that the final if I would say, two weeks ago, is no longer safe. 592 01:49:06.450 --> 01:49:11.340 WLWV School Board: I would submit that we've learned in the past two weeks makes even clear the family have a safe and we gotta stick to it. 593 01:49:12.060 --> 01:49:21.930 WLWV School Board: The third reason is playing doesn't make a lot of sense to me is that to delay reopen for a way to vaccines misunderstands what vaccines do and have over 19 spread. 594 01:49:22.350 --> 01:49:29.550 WLWV School Board: We have many ways of limiting spread of Kobe Kobe 19 as outlined in our operational blueprints through social distancing masking and washing. 595 01:49:30.150 --> 01:49:36.030 WLWV School Board: Co hoarding students regularly washing down surfaces making efforts to improve circulation of fresh air and on and on. 596 01:49:36.660 --> 01:49:45.180 WLWV School Board: Researchers have referred to all these prevention efforts as the Swiss cheese model when all of these protections are put in place it's nearly impossible for Kobe 19 and be transmitted. 597 01:49:45.660 --> 01:49:58.230 WLWV School Board: This is, for example, how a loved one of mine works in a hospital with coordinating patient she has done this for the past 10 months, she lays hands until the 19 patients and it's not retracted it because she has. 598 01:49:58.860 --> 01:50:05.280 WLWV School Board: Taken precautions so she didn't avoid the disease by refusing to go to work she avoided the disease by following the science. 599 01:50:06.390 --> 01:50:13.260 WLWV School Board: The Swiss cheese model explains that transmitting COPA 19 doesn't just happen, and it will not occur, it all the safety measures are taken. 600 01:50:13.620 --> 01:50:24.270 WLWV School Board: And that, even if one in taking major is is forgotten or fails, the chances of anyone getting they're still very small, because there are so many steps and it's right so many layers of protection and so many Swiss cheese. 601 01:50:25.980 --> 01:50:36.930 WLWV School Board: Which brings us to vaccines, without that seems we already have dozens of layers of protection to protect students and teachers vaccines will not eliminate the risk of transmitting it, but it is one more layer of protection. 602 01:50:37.530 --> 01:50:50.550 WLWV School Board: Is this extra layer of protection good absolutely, of course, this is a painting it and getting this one more layer worth closing schools for under two weeks or a month or two months the science says it's not. 603 01:50:51.630 --> 01:50:54.870 WLWV School Board: The analogy that I the draw is that if you were going sledding with your family. 604 01:50:55.500 --> 01:51:05.190 WLWV School Board: And you want to be protected from Nicole, and you put on long Jon snow street soon sweatshirt boots capco little scarf and stocking CAP and headed out the door and as you're headed out, someone said hey. 605 01:51:05.430 --> 01:51:15.060 WLWV School Board: If you wait an hour I can give you wool socks and a parka well we'll talk some parts will be fantastic i'm guessing it's still head out the door, because you had enough in place to be very safe with your family. 606 01:51:16.560 --> 01:51:24.750 WLWV School Board: The fourth reason why it doesn't make sense for me to reopen is that round, one of the vaccines it's not a guarantee, we all know, when this is going to happen. 607 01:51:25.410 --> 01:51:28.590 WLWV School Board: It could happen in two weeks, but what if it's the way for two years. 608 01:51:28.920 --> 01:51:38.700 WLWV School Board: or really back you have this exact same conversation in two weeks we're going to do it again director picture numerical is that it could be three or four weeks before the first round, and if that's the case this delay will have accomplished little to nothing. 609 01:51:40.020 --> 01:51:44.340 WLWV School Board: And if waiting for vaccinations is critical shouldn't waste, the second round of vaccinations. 610 01:51:44.910 --> 01:51:55.770 WLWV School Board: plus the extra two weeks, make sure every staff member had handed about their bodies and what about the kids I mean there's 10 times more kids in the school than than adults should we wait to reopen and so every student is vaccinated with. 611 01:51:58.140 --> 01:52:01.950 WLWV School Board: And so, how far is the skill right how many layers of protection before people feel safe. 612 01:52:03.390 --> 01:52:15.900 WLWV School Board: And there's a very the reason that why we need drafted the mo you right, we did not include that's an ancient an audience right we did that on purpose, because we knew that that seems we're a pandora's box right. 613 01:52:17.850 --> 01:52:28.110 WLWV School Board: And, and I do want to point out that, as I say all this on your person who leans left, I mean former middle school teacher for three years I was the Union REP to my union from my school. 614 01:52:29.160 --> 01:52:33.480 WLWV School Board: I care about teachers, if I didn't think that we couldn't do the safe, there would not be advocating for this. 615 01:52:34.500 --> 01:52:40.110 WLWV School Board: And maybe most importantly is I don't this plan isn't going to make anybody happy. 616 01:52:41.220 --> 01:52:44.880 WLWV School Board: For what we've heard, most people in the Community want schools to open as soon as possible. 617 01:52:45.750 --> 01:52:53.730 WLWV School Board: and teachers and by getting teachers this delay we're not making them happy either we have heard from them tonight, they don't want a two week delay. 618 01:52:54.000 --> 01:52:59.760 WLWV School Board: They want to delay until every staff member receives both rounds of the vaccination, plus the waiting period. 619 01:53:00.330 --> 01:53:14.040 WLWV School Board: And they want every high risk category of personnel Community vaccinations I don't know if that includes that include every elderly person every community color I mean if i'm start opening up to these groups we're looking at a best case scenario of all 2021 reopening. 620 01:53:15.450 --> 01:53:20.490 WLWV School Board: So by the length for two weeks, the district is providing a concession at teachers without getting anything in return. 621 01:53:21.120 --> 01:53:28.770 WLWV School Board: I promise you that if we approve this two week delay we're going to be in the same situation intuition our teachers upset at us saying that we don't care about them. 622 01:53:29.010 --> 01:53:37.260 WLWV School Board: And when I say because I need a small subset of teachers most teachers, a minority features or reach out to us to say don't open and many reach out to us and say, please open. 623 01:53:37.890 --> 01:53:52.200 WLWV School Board: So no one's requesting this to delay not students not teachers, not the health department, not the odd, not the government not Community Members, this is an idea without a coalition and it's guaranteed upset virtually all stakeholders from. 624 01:53:54.180 --> 01:54:00.000 WLWV School Board: So what I will do tonight is a notebook on the striker prediction, and then, if we can get to fail in. 625 01:54:00.570 --> 01:54:11.100 WLWV School Board: introduced emotion, to at least capture the grades six through 12 timeline like you applaud the super tenant for bringing those dates to us and you know pretty providing people with that. 626 01:54:11.580 --> 01:54:20.520 WLWV School Board: And then, finally, while it was useful to hear from the evenings tonight, I do think it would be useful to have also heard from other kingman I just cannot tell you you're going to hear from them. 627 01:54:22.170 --> 01:54:30.990 WLWV School Board: And I know it can be very impactful when you hear from people right the last word that you hear can be impactful just my fellow board members just understand that if communicators. 628 01:54:31.440 --> 01:54:39.630 WLWV School Board: Community Members with your from families and parents of students who are struggling with this you'd often you're a very compelling case and the guy goes back to school season. 629 01:54:41.940 --> 01:54:42.270 WLWV School Board: Thank you. 630 01:54:48.600 --> 01:54:52.740 WLWV School Board: Thank you, he would like to say tonight and if not, then I can. 631 01:54:54.270 --> 01:54:55.170 WLWV School Board: share my father. 632 01:54:58.350 --> 01:54:59.340 WLWV School Board: is not going to. 633 01:55:02.970 --> 01:55:09.120 WLWV School Board: try and persuade anything, this is, you know each of you have the factors in front of you you're not allowed to deliberate. 634 01:55:11.220 --> 01:55:28.890 WLWV School Board: One of the conditions that we have heard consistently from our local public health authorities and OD no ha is even when high schools me the metric doesn't mean you open right away, it is conditional on watching how your elementary schools have. 635 01:55:29.910 --> 01:55:38.160 WLWV School Board: and stable economy there's a lot of advice about staggering that opening so it does take time, even when we need to help lectures for very good reason as well. 636 01:55:38.700 --> 01:55:47.370 WLWV School Board: To make sure that we are effectively limiting the transmission, so a lot of theory in here that we have to put into practice, and we have to do it responsibly. 637 01:55:48.060 --> 01:56:03.270 WLWV School Board: So that would just be one point of a there's a comment about we you know this is who you know open our high schools, tomorrow, we still wouldn't soon as we get 200 because we have to open our elementary first are responsible to see how they open and then consider middle and high school. 638 01:56:04.440 --> 01:56:17.640 WLWV School Board: And the primary reason that we did not include vaccines in our conversations in August, is it was so hard to memorize and about when they could be developed try distributed. 639 01:56:18.240 --> 01:56:39.060 WLWV School Board: There was speculation of all sorts of months would it be here before you know winter, the Christmas holiday, would it be January, February, March, April and we were asked to not create any plans at that time that considered vaccine, because it was so far down my horizon. 640 01:56:41.310 --> 01:56:47.820 WLWV School Board: i'm not saying would have been off the table in August, they have said, the vaccines are coming in October. 641 01:56:48.960 --> 01:56:59.070 WLWV School Board: We might get this very safe place even back then, because vaccines are now right in front of us on our doorstep, they become a factor in the conversation. 642 01:56:59.880 --> 01:57:10.470 WLWV School Board: Not that we purposely kept them off the table, because we didn't believe in their effectiveness in August, but it just was a non starter conversations that was so far away. 643 01:57:11.370 --> 01:57:22.470 WLWV School Board: Now it's right here in front of us and people is early end of this week, I mean it takes time to set up appointments get people through could we get to get them and. 644 01:57:24.270 --> 01:57:34.230 WLWV School Board: And I believe there's a great benefit to opening school when we do have staff we've had the opportunity vaccinated for all the reasons i've shared tonight you don't need to repeat it. 645 01:57:35.880 --> 01:57:57.090 WLWV School Board: And I I I don't take this as lightly, this is not, in my opinion about forever moving the biomarker, it is about paying close attention to what we're hearing and what can provide a benefit for when we're pretty open to reopen with more stability. 646 01:57:58.440 --> 01:58:11.430 WLWV School Board: or system and you also asked me to take those types of factors into consideration and not rush but also not keep I mean i'm not saying open after spring break. 647 01:58:11.880 --> 01:58:21.330 WLWV School Board: We are actually even shortening the staggering between grade levels if you recall, we were taking those much slower we've accelerated that. 648 01:58:23.370 --> 01:58:27.150 WLWV School Board: All of our secondary students in before spring break. 649 01:58:29.880 --> 01:58:44.100 WLWV School Board: You know I as other districts are providing their reopening plans, I think we're one of the few that has even announced something for secondary most districts are waiting till after spring break do that and getting much more time. 650 01:58:44.700 --> 01:58:56.940 WLWV School Board: Schools and you're going to hear districts around us heating, this same opportunity to delay what they had earlier presented as plans to reopen as soon as next. 651 01:58:58.020 --> 01:59:03.090 WLWV School Board: Week of February 8 and pushing it for themselves a couple of weeks. 652 01:59:04.260 --> 01:59:14.730 WLWV School Board: And more school school districts in our area are moving to a mid February late February opening for elementary to allow staff. 653 01:59:16.170 --> 01:59:35.670 WLWV School Board: A lot of staff and organization have that added layer of protection, so what i'm asking is not out of the dorm of what is now on the table every school district in Oregon and what school boards are now putting here in terms of a consideration from their superintendents. 654 01:59:37.350 --> 01:59:48.120 WLWV School Board: So things have changed, you know, there is now this additional dynamic for people that have that first dose and i'd like to have that access and then opportunity. 655 01:59:52.860 --> 01:59:53.580 WLWV School Board: I will. 656 01:59:54.630 --> 01:59:56.790 WLWV School Board: share my thoughts on the matter and then. 657 02:00:00.600 --> 02:00:04.260 WLWV School Board: The final thoughts and people them to work on this part up. 658 02:00:06.930 --> 02:00:18.150 WLWV School Board: I do support the plan for reopening our schools for in person, as was proposed by the SEC superintendent this evening and subject matter promotion for us. 659 02:00:19.140 --> 02:00:38.730 WLWV School Board: As a business plan for the same reason, I support the plant eight to five weeks ago I believe our operational blue red conforms to the best guidance for schools to be on the path to direct transmission, even though we know there's no such thing as your cancer. 660 02:00:39.780 --> 02:00:49.920 WLWV School Board: And I believe you can hear our facilities classrooms and protocols to the blueprint i've seen firsthand and our primary schools, how this will look and work. 661 02:00:51.510 --> 02:01:00.600 WLWV School Board: hostess schools across the nation, have been able to open and stay open successfully, I do not see our schools being distinguished from days we were. 662 02:01:01.560 --> 02:01:13.530 WLWV School Board: able to successfully open while transmission of probate is occurring outside schools proper safety protocols which we have to prevent transmission within our schools. 663 02:01:14.220 --> 02:01:26.640 WLWV School Board: To the expense educators still worried about transmission within the walls of the school this plan does allow for the time for educators, to pursue a vaccination should they. 664 02:01:27.330 --> 02:01:41.340 WLWV School Board: choose and the extra layer of protection against the transmission, I have heard the worry and the concern a shared but I think this proposal is responsive to what we have heard. 665 02:01:42.150 --> 02:01:54.810 WLWV School Board: I believe the move to open schools, a couple weeks later than first plan is a reasonable response in my changing circumstances and on his response to your place of our educators. 666 02:01:55.890 --> 02:01:58.920 WLWV School Board: Access to a vaccine before they enter the classroom. 667 02:02:02.880 --> 02:02:11.700 WLWV School Board: The timeline before us know does address both parents and students request to return to school in person I operate my. 668 02:02:12.780 --> 02:02:30.960 WLWV School Board: But in likewise the dresses are educators, have a little bit more time to access the vaccine before returning, and it is my expectation that these actions will have us collectively as an organization moving forward to execute the plan. 669 02:02:32.490 --> 02:02:33.030 and 670 02:02:34.110 --> 02:02:36.960 WLWV School Board: So, as a result of that would be very favorite. 671 02:02:42.420 --> 02:02:44.520 WLWV School Board: Nobody else have something they'd like to share. 672 02:02:48.360 --> 02:02:48.510 WLWV School Board: With. 673 02:02:50.010 --> 02:03:11.460 WLWV School Board: My clients are a little bit more scattered, but, as I was seeking guidance about how leaders make decisions during pandemics, I talk with my boss about how she was making decisions, and she said, well, I would start with what our mission statement is, and so I turned towards. 674 02:03:13.080 --> 02:03:30.480 WLWV School Board: Those things that have guided me as a board member and guide our district, and our board together and one is how do we create learning community and i'm stopping there because it's a learning community and so some of what i'm going to say. 675 02:03:32.790 --> 02:03:36.630 WLWV School Board: is strongly worded, because I feel. 676 02:03:37.860 --> 02:03:38.400 WLWV School Board: Like flight. 677 02:03:42.240 --> 02:03:59.760 WLWV School Board: But some of the emails we receive inaccurate and misinformed information and so to the contrary, if you look at the district website, I am responsible not only for students but staff working together. 678 02:04:01.200 --> 02:04:16.050 WLWV School Board: i'm not only responsible for students and that there are students and families, as well as staff who are also concerned about the lane the start date to say otherwise is inaccurate. 679 02:04:18.030 --> 02:04:18.690 WLWV School Board: and 680 02:04:19.740 --> 02:04:20.670 WLWV School Board: Also, we. 681 02:04:22.110 --> 02:04:34.590 WLWV School Board: As taxpayers, I want the Community to know that you are paying for teachers and staff to contain torque which I see when I go into the schools, and I know because my students are being taught. 682 02:04:39.270 --> 02:04:40.050 WLWV School Board: and 683 02:04:42.510 --> 02:04:51.390 WLWV School Board: So that new my framework i'm looking at our community in our Community include staff, and I also know that. 684 02:04:53.520 --> 02:05:04.230 WLWV School Board: When I know a couple things about science and people, and when I worked in quality improvement in the steel mills, one of the stores, we told is like. 685 02:05:05.160 --> 02:05:17.010 WLWV School Board: You can go into factory and you could light bulbs, and we won't have increased the illumination in the area that you can increase productivity, because people know you're paying attention to them. 686 02:05:18.030 --> 02:05:18.870 WLWV School Board: and 687 02:05:19.920 --> 02:05:38.820 WLWV School Board: Likewise, we know when you go into a court house and who might have a hearing that's in the afternoon your likelihood for a more negative outcome for certain kinds of defendant is higher, and so there is science around emotions to. 688 02:05:40.620 --> 02:05:54.330 WLWV School Board: And what i'm hearing in the conversation is a lot of distress on many sides of their distress in the hundreds of emails we get this point. 689 02:05:55.410 --> 02:06:02.580 WLWV School Board: And and that's from both sides, people are distressed because they're not in school students are the stress because they're not in school. 690 02:06:02.850 --> 02:06:12.390 WLWV School Board: Students are distressed about the idea of coming to school without vaccinations we're hearing it where people are feeling it and I really appreciated what. 691 02:06:14.670 --> 02:06:18.450 WLWV School Board: I don't again let's get it done, I want to be. 692 02:06:19.710 --> 02:06:30.300 WLWV School Board: The representative with her tonight talking about wanting to bring joy to the classroom and be open, I want that, too, and so, with those. 693 02:06:32.160 --> 02:06:33.120 WLWV School Board: in mind. 694 02:06:34.710 --> 02:06:48.600 WLWV School Board: I think that this is a good plan, I think this is a plan, where i'm hoping that we can return to classrooms with joy and that we know that the classrooms can be safe, that we can follow these protocols that are in place. 695 02:06:49.770 --> 02:07:02.130 WLWV School Board: But the idea that getting vaccinations provide some certainty in our Community also is not just to staff, when I look at the number of surveys. 696 02:07:02.640 --> 02:07:12.030 WLWV School Board: indicated by families who have students on ips and and people of color they intergenerational families living together. 697 02:07:12.570 --> 02:07:26.160 WLWV School Board: This extended time we should get into that 85 and older we we should get students who are medically fragile and their caregivers we're going to reach other portions of our population that right now are reluctant to return to school. 698 02:07:26.460 --> 02:07:38.040 WLWV School Board: And and they're going to get vaccinated we're going to increase that ability for people to feel better about returning to school and that matters to me, are you able to pull up that website. 699 02:07:39.450 --> 02:07:40.110 WLWV School Board: And then. 700 02:07:41.280 --> 02:07:48.390 WLWV School Board: In terms of what clackamas county is saying about our risk level for schools i'm. 701 02:07:49.470 --> 02:07:52.140 WLWV School Board: going to pop that up because I think everybody needs to know. 702 02:07:53.550 --> 02:07:54.120 WLWV School Board: That. 703 02:07:56.040 --> 02:08:05.460 WLWV School Board: And this, I looked at the other counties and they're not surrounding this, so this is clackamas county has a school information site and. 704 02:08:05.910 --> 02:08:09.480 WLWV School Board: It stopped right there go down a little bit right to that. 705 02:08:10.440 --> 02:08:24.360 WLWV School Board: right there, it says, our risk level is in this one category and prioritize careful phasing in an onsite hybrid for elementary schools, starting with younger students and adding additional grades. 706 02:08:24.840 --> 02:08:33.780 WLWV School Board: that's what's been proposed and i'm glad that we've added start dates for the middle and high schools. 707 02:08:35.880 --> 02:08:40.980 WLWV School Board: So I just have a couple more statements that people wrote. 708 02:08:43.980 --> 02:08:49.320 WLWV School Board: I did hear from one of our middle school students lippert. 709 02:08:51.960 --> 02:09:05.130 WLWV School Board: He did express it he understands that there are limitations, with what school is going to look like if he goes back in person, and it was still worthwhile and that was repeated and others, and I want to note that students. 710 02:09:05.520 --> 02:09:13.230 WLWV School Board: do know what they're going to get they do know it's not everything teachers know that it's not going to be everything parents know hopefully. 711 02:09:13.680 --> 02:09:17.730 WLWV School Board: that's not going to be everything and it's still worth it, and I think miss Wild West Miller. 712 02:09:18.690 --> 02:09:30.600 WLWV School Board: Mr rosen hi Mr hall talked about a stirring the stable learning environment with less interruptions that matters to me and again even that if that's a psychological aspect I think it's worth it. 713 02:09:33.180 --> 02:09:34.200 WLWV School Board: And then. 714 02:09:35.580 --> 02:09:48.510 WLWV School Board: A Dana Shannon Apps that we condemn attacks on teachers and stuff I want to absolutely say that this is not the time for that it is too much oppositional conversation out there in the Community that. 715 02:09:50.910 --> 02:09:57.930 WLWV School Board: And I will condemn attacks on the other, board members as well, this is something that we're doing that's really hard, and this is new and. 716 02:09:58.170 --> 02:10:10.350 WLWV School Board: I think that's part of the psychological aspect for me is that we don't really have a framework, I don't know how to make a decision as a leader, I have it, you know I had to talk to someone, how do you make decisions in a pandemic, because this is new. 717 02:10:10.950 --> 02:10:18.210 WLWV School Board: And this can be difficult, and this is not the time to attack the people who have heard and held our children over the years. 718 02:10:21.390 --> 02:10:26.190 WLWV School Board: I think those are just some statements I wanted to point out and and appreciate again. 719 02:10:27.510 --> 02:10:32.280 WLWV School Board: The eastern family defender brains asking that we set a time and I think this does that. 720 02:10:35.490 --> 02:10:36.600 WLWV School Board: And I my. 721 02:10:37.890 --> 02:10:40.380 WLWV School Board: expectation is that we're setting it. 722 02:10:41.640 --> 02:10:45.510 WLWV School Board: By Sunday night out two weeks later, so start time or also. 723 02:10:51.000 --> 02:10:53.970 WLWV School Board: Hopefully, I don't know I don't want to use that we have. 724 02:10:57.720 --> 02:11:00.090 WLWV School Board: To be really careful not to we are. 725 02:11:01.830 --> 02:11:16.890 WLWV School Board: pushing it to a point where we're less likely to have something new happen that's going to impact and and close us down or to change that plan and we're not going to have to revisit this conversation because I really don't think we should. 726 02:11:19.170 --> 02:11:20.760 WLWV School Board: Unless. 727 02:11:23.760 --> 02:11:30.090 WLWV School Board: We are able to any one of those two standards so for or what the educators who. 728 02:11:33.060 --> 02:11:35.910 WLWV School Board: are seeing children not being able to access. 729 02:11:37.170 --> 02:11:41.820 WLWV School Board: that's it maybe ginger, thank you for lighting humor as well. 730 02:11:43.980 --> 02:11:44.580 WLWV School Board: Christie yeah. 731 02:11:46.080 --> 02:11:51.660 WLWV School Board: i'm all right, I am just have something that I want to read that I just. 732 02:11:53.400 --> 02:11:55.050 WLWV School Board: spent a lot of time and thought in. 733 02:11:56.760 --> 02:12:06.270 WLWV School Board: So, ever since July when the Board was first told we would need to make a decision on whether or not to return students to school, I have been an advocate for in person school. 734 02:12:07.260 --> 02:12:17.220 WLWV School Board: I think we can all agree that, for the large majority of our students in person school is best for their academic social emotional mental and physical health. 735 02:12:18.480 --> 02:12:26.910 WLWV School Board: I also strongly believed, based on the studies, I have read the success of schools and other states and the committed and talented staff in our district. 736 02:12:27.600 --> 02:12:36.210 WLWV School Board: That we can safely open our schools, if we follow the guidelines outlined in the ready school safe learners document, and we have those operational blueprints for each one of our schools. 737 02:12:37.230 --> 02:12:49.890 WLWV School Board: These are the beliefs that guided my comments and decisions in our January 11 meeting and none of these beliefs have changed as we've talked about, we can sell based on those documents we can open school safely. 738 02:12:51.000 --> 02:12:58.800 WLWV School Board: If other schools and other States were able to safely facilitate in person school without about explanation I believed we could as well. 739 02:12:59.700 --> 02:13:12.900 WLWV School Board: However, the feeling of goodwill and our entire school community and director Fitch you kind of spoke to that a little bit from students to parents to teachers and staff is also important to me. 740 02:13:14.250 --> 02:13:26.490 WLWV School Board: And back in July, we were all asked to make anti racism statements and so part of my statement I just said that I made a commitment that I would lead with love extend grace and be a bridge builder in our Community. 741 02:13:27.210 --> 02:13:38.160 WLWV School Board: And the school community and to me this new timeline which still prioritises having all of our students back in school, including our secondary students builds a bridge. 742 02:13:39.780 --> 02:13:48.450 WLWV School Board: It gives our teachers, the opportunity to receive their first vaccination before returning to school and puts all of our students back in school before spring break. 743 02:13:50.010 --> 02:14:03.300 WLWV School Board: Well, I may believe it is safe for our teachers to return to in person school without a vaccine, many of them do not, and I acknowledge that and I want our teachers and our staff to re enter their schools feeling safe and feeling valued. 744 02:14:04.560 --> 02:14:11.520 WLWV School Board: I want to acknowledge our students and families who've been in during distance learning since March 16 I don't know where to look for so can. 745 02:14:12.960 --> 02:14:17.040 WLWV School Board: Actually lover want to make sure people on this look at us okay. 746 02:14:18.180 --> 02:14:23.310 WLWV School Board: And I want to acknowledge our students and families who've been in during distance learning since March 16th. 747 02:14:23.940 --> 02:14:32.400 WLWV School Board: I have read your emails and text talk to some of you on the phone and met with others i've heard your cries and listen to you share your struggles. 748 02:14:33.210 --> 02:14:51.210 WLWV School Board: The words and experiences, you have shared stay with me long after I have read them or hurt them I think about them when i'm walking when i'm talking in the shower when i'm making dinner when I try to go to sleep at night, often times when i'm at my other job as well. 749 02:14:52.230 --> 02:15:09.300 WLWV School Board: I do not take lightly my accountability to this community to make decisions that support student achievement My hope is that knowing, there is a date to return, even if it is two weeks later than originally planned, will not dim your hope nor your excitement for returning to school. 750 02:15:13.200 --> 02:15:20.250 WLWV School Board: Regardless of what is decided tonight I would love to see our Community move forward with more grace and understanding for one another. 751 02:15:21.960 --> 02:15:30.240 WLWV School Board: For our parents who have watched their children struggle with cbl for our teachers who have worked long hours to reinvent the way they teach. 752 02:15:31.530 --> 02:15:41.850 WLWV School Board: For our secondary students who feel robbed playing high school sports acting in the school play going to prom and just plain old walking down the hallway in between classes. 753 02:15:42.840 --> 02:15:51.660 WLWV School Board: For our district staff who have worked tirelessly to keep up with never ending changes, while doing their best to serve our school community. 754 02:15:52.740 --> 02:16:07.860 WLWV School Board: For our primary students who miss recess and lunch time with their friends and have had to learn foundational skills and knowledge through computer and let me just say that was not in order of priority of who's more important or who's let's just just want that to be said. 755 02:16:09.390 --> 02:16:13.110 WLWV School Board: And if I missed any category, my apologies for that as well. 756 02:16:14.550 --> 02:16:18.150 WLWV School Board: And finally, for my fellow school board colleagues. 757 02:16:19.050 --> 02:16:30.180 WLWV School Board: who truly and I can tell you this, they care about the students, they care about teachers, they care about staff, they care about parents and they care about this Community I know firsthand. 758 02:16:30.870 --> 02:16:38.130 WLWV School Board: Because I spend time with them and who have devoted countless hours of personal time for the betterment of this district. 759 02:16:44.940 --> 02:16:48.870 WLWV School Board: And yeah listen to all of your comments and. 760 02:16:51.090 --> 02:16:52.290 WLWV School Board: My hope is that. 761 02:16:53.370 --> 02:16:57.270 WLWV School Board: That that this might be the last time we come up with a plan. 762 02:16:59.160 --> 02:17:09.210 WLWV School Board: I believe that we can safely open schools, I agree with you, Director heights I would not have voted yes and arguably I did if I didn't think it was saying. 763 02:17:09.990 --> 02:17:21.330 WLWV School Board: So I agree, and I would go and work in those schools, and I would send my kids to schools, and I would prefer that we stick to the search plan, because I believe in it. 764 02:17:22.350 --> 02:17:25.020 WLWV School Board: I believe them they're ready they're ready schools faith learn. 765 02:17:26.130 --> 02:17:29.220 WLWV School Board: plan and all the mitigating factors we put into place. 766 02:17:30.570 --> 02:17:31.620 WLWV School Board: And you know. 767 02:17:33.090 --> 02:17:33.630 WLWV School Board: and 768 02:17:34.890 --> 02:17:42.000 WLWV School Board: When we had that meeting, two weeks ago that vaccine was a little bigger of a pandora's box than it is right now. 769 02:17:42.630 --> 02:17:57.120 WLWV School Board: It was an unknown and I know many of us school board members did jump into some pretty hardcore advocacy after that meeting, to ensure that educators were bunks to a top priority to get that vaccination. 770 02:17:58.680 --> 02:18:13.980 WLWV School Board: And I accept the challenge to advocate that are by pop communities be prioritized because the data shows that there are most likely to be negatively affected so that'll be my next advocacy effort. 771 02:18:15.900 --> 02:18:19.860 WLWV School Board: i'm willing, and I will vote yes on this. 772 02:18:21.090 --> 02:18:28.020 WLWV School Board: To gain those extra two weeks because I hear our educators, asking for that. 773 02:18:29.190 --> 02:18:33.120 WLWV School Board: They see the vaccine available to them, they want to get it. 774 02:18:34.170 --> 02:18:36.090 WLWV School Board: I want them to have what they need. 775 02:18:37.470 --> 02:18:43.650 WLWV School Board: If it's a Swiss cheese approach it's one last hole in the Swiss cheese and that helps them to feel like. 776 02:18:44.190 --> 02:18:57.780 WLWV School Board: You know that they're cared for and that their value then they're safe and and it gives that extra whatever percentage today's 2% 3% I don't know what the percentages, but it gets an extra percent then let's wait, the two weeks. 777 02:19:03.510 --> 02:19:13.440 WLWV School Board: I think I think you already for all your synthesis and regurgitation and analysis and quantifying all of this and. 778 02:19:14.100 --> 02:19:27.150 WLWV School Board: I do believe our teachers have been working, I never once thought our teacher stopped working they have lifted a place found education on to an online platform. 779 02:19:27.750 --> 02:19:42.420 WLWV School Board: And that is difficult stuff and they've learned Florida virtual learning system and fuel add learning systems and tried to fill in gaps and those curriculums by lifting our curriculum onto that that platform and. 780 02:19:42.810 --> 02:19:53.910 WLWV School Board: You know they're doing this, while living the stresses of caring for you know elderly people, of having their kids doing distance learning and home, so I know the teachers are working. 781 02:19:54.990 --> 02:20:06.810 WLWV School Board: I know some of them like CDs, just like some students like it, and some don't just like some students don't so we're all sharing the same experience and we're all sharing the same risk too. 782 02:20:08.100 --> 02:20:21.840 WLWV School Board: So i'm willing to vote for this to to get those extra two weeks i'm willing to advocate that are bypassed communities be prioritized for the vaccine and i'm doing it because I want that predictability. 783 02:20:23.880 --> 02:20:31.560 WLWV School Board: I know what you're saying director pitch and you say hope is a dangerous thing I know what that means, because i've target moves. 784 02:20:32.280 --> 02:20:35.970 WLWV School Board: And that's why you don't tell your kids you might go to Disneyland the summer. 785 02:20:36.540 --> 02:20:50.880 WLWV School Board: Right, maybe we're thinking in my father's ticket, you know that's my hope is a dangerous thing you don't tell your kids are going to Disneyland so you got the plan, because we need to tell them, we need to give them some certainty and uncertain environment. 786 02:20:53.490 --> 02:20:55.020 WLWV School Board: So if we pass this. 787 02:20:56.970 --> 02:20:58.260 WLWV School Board: I want to know what's going to happen. 788 02:21:00.420 --> 02:21:03.420 WLWV School Board: And i'm being told by this a doctor at clackamas county. 789 02:21:04.470 --> 02:21:17.670 WLWV School Board: That first vaccination gives you significant antibodies i'm being told it that our ssl for my safety i'm being told that we can do this with these advisory metrics and I believe it until I want to do it. 790 02:21:20.490 --> 02:21:23.550 WLWV School Board: You know the here, emotion and me it's because it's their. 791 02:21:24.990 --> 02:21:27.480 WLWV School Board: guess i'm living this to my kids. 792 02:21:31.800 --> 02:21:33.060 WLWV School Board: And I know you are too. 793 02:21:39.540 --> 02:21:45.990 WLWV School Board: And I love those kits Greg the only reason i'm sitting in the spring this because I love the street. 794 02:21:47.490 --> 02:21:56.520 WLWV School Board: And I want to get them into the schools, because they need to be part of a Community they need to see and be seen you know they need to follow along. 795 02:21:57.600 --> 02:22:08.490 WLWV School Board: and teachers if you've had any doubt at the importance that you played in the lives of our students me doubt no further because, clearly, are desperate for you. 796 02:22:09.990 --> 02:22:19.920 WLWV School Board: You know clearly our schools are the fabric that's holding our Community together from any of our families and when we yank that people suffered. 797 02:22:21.120 --> 02:22:23.730 WLWV School Board: So if I can extend it by two weeks. 798 02:22:24.990 --> 02:22:37.320 WLWV School Board: And that's going to give me some certain key and some really uncertain world that will open and it will do it safely and the people will be happy to be at work and the students will be welcomed. 799 02:22:38.400 --> 02:22:40.050 WLWV School Board: Then i'm going to vote yes for that. 800 02:22:44.280 --> 02:22:47.130 WLWV School Board: yeah and I think the last thing i'll say is just stuff. 801 02:22:48.270 --> 02:23:01.410 WLWV School Board: I gotta keep a belief that the needs of our students are bound to the needs of our teachers and if I meet the needs of our teachers, that I meet the needs of our students. 802 02:23:01.950 --> 02:23:09.090 WLWV School Board: And then, if I need to meet the needs of our teachers in there they'll be willing to meet the needs of our students, you know as they have demonstrated. 803 02:23:10.920 --> 02:23:19.890 WLWV School Board: So if I if I trust that there's our interdependence and i'm here to to saying you know vaccine is here i'm getting the vaccine I got my appointment i'm going to get it. 804 02:23:20.490 --> 02:23:28.800 WLWV School Board: i'm going to show up and feel safe, then I want to give that to them, and I want to give our students, that what they need. 805 02:23:31.560 --> 02:23:32.700 WLWV School Board: that's not for me thanks. 806 02:23:33.870 --> 02:23:37.290 WLWV School Board: Thank you Chelsea until I think you can you can say patient. 807 02:23:39.750 --> 02:23:42.750 WLWV School Board: Have you shared that class but that's fine. 808 02:23:43.920 --> 02:23:52.980 WLWV School Board: I agree with director King that we had a safe plan in place 14 days ago that was recommended to us, and I think that's still a statement. 809 02:23:53.820 --> 02:24:04.920 WLWV School Board: So what's changed in the past 14 days is not the opportunity to reopen school safely because we already had what's changed is the opportunity to make some staff feel more comfortable. 810 02:24:06.180 --> 02:24:15.150 WLWV School Board: And I understand there's value in that, but my question is when I weighed the benefit of some staff feeling more comfortable. 811 02:24:15.660 --> 02:24:24.450 WLWV School Board: Against the needs of our students to return to the classroom I come down the side that the kids being there with their teachers with their friends. 812 02:24:24.840 --> 02:24:39.000 WLWV School Board: When I talked to will discuss this in the workplace, the concerns about CCL is less about academia and more about the emotional and social well being of our children, and when I weigh that against the benefit of some staff feeling more comfortable. 813 02:24:40.530 --> 02:24:51.060 WLWV School Board: That is not a hard choice for me now that there's no value in it, I just think that the scales are pretty lopsided in favor of the kids and while usually the benefits of the teachers and the kids. 814 02:24:51.660 --> 02:24:58.110 WLWV School Board: align very closely, this is one of the time, for I think there is a bit of a difference and again it's not all teachers there's some features, I want to return. 815 02:25:00.570 --> 02:25:09.300 WLWV School Board: And so the answer that is students can you go back and that's that I always have benefited staff being a bit more comfortable so i'll be going no. 816 02:25:12.210 --> 02:25:21.060 WLWV School Board: Thank you and Dr levin anything else we needed to address before we offer wrote, I think, just being really clear on what. 817 02:25:22.500 --> 02:25:26.700 WLWV School Board: What is included in that boat and not just i'd like to be that again. 818 02:25:27.870 --> 02:25:36.060 WLWV School Board: When we reopen card Westland most of those schools for in person learning the accounting will have a method health advisory metrics. 819 02:25:36.780 --> 02:25:43.470 WLWV School Board: For all staff working directly with students will have the opportunity to access the first dose of the vaccine. 820 02:25:44.160 --> 02:25:56.460 WLWV School Board: And this is the timeline then for that when this is the when you set the dates for the win and we'll go from there February 22 for kindergarten march 1 Grade one March 3 three to. 821 02:25:57.210 --> 02:26:14.130 WLWV School Board: march 8 grade three March 10 grades 46 march 15 grades seven through 12 and you read the memo what those conditions to sue them so we're still watching the metrics we're still very attuned to what that is telling us. 822 02:26:15.810 --> 02:26:17.520 WLWV School Board: i've been making decisions as well. 823 02:26:19.260 --> 02:26:23.520 WLWV School Board: So that that phrase that condition goes with the dates. 824 02:26:24.540 --> 02:26:25.170 WLWV School Board: Thank you. 825 02:26:29.070 --> 02:26:29.400 WLWV School Board: i'm. 826 02:26:34.170 --> 02:26:35.070 Kelly Douglas (she/her/hers): racking my lead time. 827 02:26:35.880 --> 02:26:37.920 Kelly Douglas (she/her/hers): Yes, Chelsea king. 828 02:26:39.840 --> 02:26:40.830 Kelly Douglas (she/her/hers): dylan hides. 829 02:26:41.310 --> 02:26:43.470 Kelly Douglas (she/her/hers): Know christy Thompson. 830 02:26:44.100 --> 02:26:46.140 Kelly Douglas (she/her/hers): And ginger Fitch. 831 02:26:47.850 --> 02:26:50.160 Kelly Douglas (she/her/hers): Thank you for the one motion passes. 832 02:26:54.330 --> 02:26:56.670 WLWV School Board: Before we move on for my agenda. 833 02:26:58.350 --> 02:26:58.770 WLWV School Board: To do. 834 02:27:01.890 --> 02:27:02.460 WLWV School Board: It a. 835 02:27:03.840 --> 02:27:05.730 WLWV School Board: let's say seven minute break. 836 02:27:06.780 --> 02:27:08.130 WLWV School Board: I will rejoin. 837 02:27:11.610 --> 02:27:24.480 WLWV School Board: We actually have principles about to present work plans and we're gonna have a discussion about that and then you're on so if you're willing to wait I assume it'll be 45 minutes to an hour talks. 838 02:27:26.130 --> 02:27:30.510 Irene Konev (she/her): 45 minutes to an hour before i'm on yeah i'm. 839 02:27:30.870 --> 02:27:31.260 or. 840 02:27:37.200 --> 02:27:39.300 Irene Konev (she/her): it's it's totally up to you, but. 841 02:27:39.630 --> 02:27:55.380 WLWV School Board: For for you, I know it's getting late i'm realizing now it's eight o'clock, this is what we're trying to decide with tonight we're going to talk about the board commitment number one and what our next steps would be so it'll be a 10 minute or so discussion. 842 02:27:56.880 --> 02:28:02.580 WLWV School Board: Do you want to have a special you want to do that still tonight. 843 02:28:06.900 --> 02:28:14.400 WLWV School Board: i'm just hearing it some hesitancy about whether I can wait right boy, that is to an hour so yeah and seeing her not. 844 02:28:14.730 --> 02:28:20.700 WLWV School Board: yeah so options or maybe the board could make a decision actions are officially. 845 02:28:23.340 --> 02:28:28.440 WLWV School Board: Okay, good all right so and we have Irene here to talk about our next session board commitment number one. 846 02:28:29.160 --> 02:28:39.570 WLWV School Board: Our options are put her in front of like move the agenda item to interact with from right now, or table discussion to another time is probably having a wait an hour isn't a viable option. 847 02:28:42.660 --> 02:28:45.990 WLWV School Board: You don't have a preference, so the question before the Board is. 848 02:28:46.620 --> 02:28:55.950 WLWV School Board: Do we want to work through work in it number one and what we want to do with that, right now, this evening or move it to another time yeah and I need your. 849 02:28:56.400 --> 02:29:05.010 WLWV School Board: Help I mean sitting here right now we're talking about the topic, maybe we just do it for five or 10 minutes and see if we can arrive at a decision. 850 02:29:06.840 --> 02:29:07.410 WLWV School Board: In the. 851 02:29:11.010 --> 02:29:17.130 WLWV School Board: we're going to do is we do have, like a number of other individuals as lawler lady, yes, so. 852 02:29:18.990 --> 02:29:20.610 WLWV School Board: Right so um. 853 02:29:24.360 --> 02:29:26.040 WLWV School Board: Yes, Irene we're on. 854 02:29:27.090 --> 02:29:31.740 WLWV School Board: Thank you for being here and I know you got to be interrupted you were saying something and so. 855 02:29:32.190 --> 02:29:43.590 WLWV School Board: If I may have to say a couple things and i'll turn it over to you, but board, as you know, we have for commitment number one which is to have a facilitated dialogue about our commitment to disrupting systems of racism. 856 02:29:44.400 --> 02:29:48.570 WLWV School Board: We agreed to work with eileen pronouns and her partner tequila Johnson. 857 02:29:49.470 --> 02:30:02.250 WLWV School Board: We originally planned on having that discussion tonight and for different reasons related to scheduling that was changed, and so what the decision before us is is basically, how do we want to move for the fourth minute the number one. 858 02:30:03.780 --> 02:30:13.200 WLWV School Board: You know, and that that I think Irene if you'd like to introduce yourself, and you know your your work, and then we may be guide us in a decision. 859 02:30:14.400 --> 02:30:19.650 Irene Konev (she/her): Sure, thank you, I am I mean conan on my clackamas county resident and. 860 02:30:20.760 --> 02:30:29.460 Irene Konev (she/her): i've been doing diversity equity work since 2005 and i'm very excited to have this opportunity to work with you. 861 02:30:30.450 --> 02:30:40.920 Irene Konev (she/her): kayla Johnson, who is a psu Professor is tonight to working with us, with her students on a Community presentation so she couldn't be here, and she sent her requests. 862 02:30:41.700 --> 02:30:53.460 Irene Konev (she/her): The three options we have is to move forward and have one on one meetings with each board member and then come together into a public meeting and basically talk about. 863 02:30:53.880 --> 02:31:11.130 Irene Konev (she/her): How you're going to move forward in disrupting race systems of racism as a board member, and what that actually means or we could do an option to where we schedule meetings with each border or which with each board member or in pairs and then we talked about. 864 02:31:12.150 --> 02:31:28.890 Irene Konev (she/her): it's basically a training dialogue in the sense that, because your meetings are public these would be one on one conversations for it's like a dialogue for training and understanding what your role is and how to move the move the work forward. 865 02:31:30.150 --> 02:31:43.860 Irene Konev (she/her): And then the third one, is to kind of really dive deeper and to have several meetings with with the board members and then have one meeting in public and I understand your challenges, because all your work has to be in public. 866 02:31:44.730 --> 02:31:57.510 Irene Konev (she/her): I also have years of experience of leading transformative dialogues when it comes to doing some of this work and understanding, basically, how the systems are handed to us. 867 02:31:58.890 --> 02:32:05.040 Irene Konev (she/her): And then, our responsibility in how do we address them and change them so Those are the three. 868 02:32:06.090 --> 02:32:16.020 Irene Konev (she/her): Those are the three options and i'm willing to work in whatever capacity, the board needs and then we'll have one meeting afterwards in public and then debrief afterwards. 869 02:32:20.970 --> 02:32:30.240 WLWV School Board: Are you asking for thoughts on that yeah so My concern is that we have a short time perhaps for three of us, and so. 870 02:32:31.530 --> 02:32:39.870 WLWV School Board: The plan that gets us to the table talking together is the one I think I would want so. 871 02:32:41.400 --> 02:32:56.670 WLWV School Board: I think that was an option number one the plan that gives you the five of us out of table talking together yeah so you know, we need to have a one on one conversation with her and then come I would want to have a series of meetings, I think we need to move. 872 02:32:58.410 --> 02:33:07.980 WLWV School Board: faster than I hear what you're saying, because i'm sitting there you know in regrettably this our work on this is being pushed to get other pressing matters. 873 02:33:08.400 --> 02:33:18.060 WLWV School Board: And I do about the back of my mind, like, I want to make the most effective use of this time and how do I really do that for my fellow board members, knowing that. 874 02:33:19.140 --> 02:33:34.800 WLWV School Board: By like will always now being engaged and cognizant of this work, my ability to do it in this form, is coming So how do I get I would defer to those who wish to be there, so I can best support that and they're working on. 875 02:33:37.470 --> 02:33:49.590 WLWV School Board: So just so i'm clear we still will meet with her one on one or in pairs and then come back and have a meeting together is that correct i'm thinking there's about sorry I mean were you gonna say something. 876 02:33:50.610 --> 02:33:51.030 Irene Konev (she/her): going on. 877 02:33:51.450 --> 02:34:03.900 WLWV School Board: Okay, I think that there's value in that one on one time with key law and Irene just to get to know them for them to get to know us for us to ask questions about the process and we're talking about disrupting systems of racism as a difficult topic. 878 02:34:04.320 --> 02:34:10.830 WLWV School Board: You know what What do we want to ask about it or say about it, you know with the people who will be guiding the discussion. 879 02:34:11.340 --> 02:34:19.020 WLWV School Board: And then we can do that in twos or in ones on our public meeting off and then come together, I think what i'm hearing is that. 880 02:34:19.950 --> 02:34:34.800 WLWV School Board: Oh sorry I just answered no I was just gonna say I would be fine with either the wind or the parents are the parents yeah either, and I think that could just be a scheduling question for people to do one on ones repairs are we understanding that correctly Irene or. 881 02:34:38.490 --> 02:34:41.190 WLWV School Board: So do we don't notice anything. 882 02:34:42.990 --> 02:34:54.420 WLWV School Board: um do we have a space already on our work, our work session calendar and I don't know probably Douglas has this information we don't have to worry about. 883 02:34:55.320 --> 02:35:03.690 WLWV School Board: Right now, I think what we have is our direction going forward is the scheduling, whether it be one on one or in pairs we can do that as we start to schedule that. 884 02:35:04.710 --> 02:35:07.650 WLWV School Board: As well as that, now, our next. 885 02:35:08.670 --> 02:35:13.200 WLWV School Board: Meeting, you can have a date as to when we were all together. 886 02:35:13.650 --> 02:35:24.840 WLWV School Board: And I think that Thank you yeah so it'll be easier and county bust our calendars and stuff right now, I think, really, what i'm hearing those this board remains committed to having a facilitated dialogue and achieving board commitment number one. 887 02:35:25.140 --> 02:35:35.520 WLWV School Board: During this academic year and then we should go forward with everything keeling getting one schedule Okay, I mean anything else that you need from us, or that we should know before. 888 02:35:36.900 --> 02:35:54.360 Irene Konev (she/her): um I think there will be some reluctance, with my colleague about meeting in person, I just want to clarify we're going to try meet in person, or are we going to do this on remote zoom or are you Okay, with the the word being in person and kill and I, being remote. 889 02:36:00.270 --> 02:36:00.720 Irene Konev (she/her): And i'm. 890 02:36:01.470 --> 02:36:10.650 WLWV School Board: originally planned, but the facilitated dialogue would occur in person, but I think what i'm hearing is a reluctance to do that. 891 02:36:11.400 --> 02:36:22.260 Irene Konev (she/her): i'm okay with meeting in person, I know that Cuba is reluctant to to meet first to meet virtually but we could I could be in person, and she could be on on zoom. 892 02:36:23.340 --> 02:36:24.150 WLWV School Board: I can be a good. 893 02:36:25.950 --> 02:36:41.790 WLWV School Board: solution, yes i'm seeing board members not so we can do the one on ones or two to with you, virtually and then, when we do the facilitator dialogue, we can do that in person with you, I already present and you're probably virtual yeah. 894 02:36:43.860 --> 02:36:45.450 WLWV School Board: All right, yeah. 895 02:36:46.860 --> 02:36:49.860 WLWV School Board: Okay, oh i'll reach out to you Irene to get some scheduling. 896 02:36:51.030 --> 02:36:54.810 Irene Konev (she/her): Thank you and enjoy the rest of your evening, and thank you for all the work you do. 897 02:36:56.580 --> 02:37:00.270 WLWV School Board: Thank you for your patience with other work to get done first, so thank you. 898 02:37:01.860 --> 02:37:04.800 WLWV School Board: All right now moving on you. 899 02:37:06.600 --> 02:37:16.710 WLWV School Board: are born in the month of December and people started in December, some people may know that up at the beginning of January, but. 900 02:37:17.550 --> 02:37:31.020 WLWV School Board: We divided up into the schools in this district amongst ourselves i'm going to teach an opportunity to go visit those schools talk with the leaders and, in some instances, be able to pop into. 901 02:37:31.470 --> 02:37:44.160 WLWV School Board: Our classrooms via zoom so we always take time every year to kind of share our experiences with each other and pulling out some of our observations of things we thought are aligned. 902 02:37:45.510 --> 02:37:55.740 WLWV School Board: To talk about share, about our the work that the administration teams and where what areas they're focusing as far as moving the data education for students so. 903 02:37:56.310 --> 02:38:12.930 WLWV School Board: Have tonight being that we are, we are later in our evening we've been given permission to be more brief in our discussions on this topic is that the work is any less important, but we do have permission to. 904 02:38:13.980 --> 02:38:18.690 WLWV School Board: Not maybe delve deep as we originally anticipated so with that i'm. 905 02:38:20.250 --> 02:38:21.420 WLWV School Board: Doing I wouldn't want. 906 02:38:27.510 --> 02:38:28.530 WLWV School Board: i'm happy to start. 907 02:38:30.210 --> 02:38:46.680 WLWV School Board: I just kind of say that this last four months of the Board work has been it's been a real drug sometimes, and this was a really revitalizing afternoon, for me, I can I get this meeting reminded me of why I like being on school board, and I really want to thank. 908 02:38:47.760 --> 02:38:54.030 WLWV School Board: barb and David and everybody else I was either bros mind boldness staffer and the principles and your team's. 909 02:38:54.510 --> 02:39:11.010 WLWV School Board: The level of preparation was top notch I didn't like there was a minute that was wasted in these three hours and it just flew by so sincere thanks to all of those things and there's reports that we're praying for like like educated me, and it was really fun we covered three areas. 910 02:39:12.510 --> 02:39:16.800 WLWV School Board: Of the day studio social emotional learning and. 911 02:39:18.270 --> 02:39:31.800 WLWV School Board: disrupting systemic racism so addressing to those first with cl and hearing that cereals are improving as students, become more used to the style of learning in teachers are getting better utilizing this new form of education. 912 02:39:33.660 --> 02:39:42.390 WLWV School Board: And it's what's good is that is, the more we do this was spending more time actually teaching rather than tech support and for the most part, teachers and students have never now getting. 913 02:39:43.440 --> 02:39:51.180 WLWV School Board: I mean, particularly in the schools, I met with are constantly evaluating cbl what's working what's not working, how you make a better mousetrap. 914 02:39:52.380 --> 02:39:58.740 WLWV School Board: I also know that teachers and administrators are picking up a lot of these skills that can be incorporated, once we return to. 915 02:39:59.070 --> 02:40:04.950 WLWV School Board: The classroom so this isn't just like a giant waste of time that there really is benefits to students and teachers, by doing this. 916 02:40:05.850 --> 02:40:16.320 WLWV School Board: So let's see DL really be seen as something that we seem to suffer through i'm really proud of our principals and teachers for seeing it as an opportunity to really make education better even after during school. 917 02:40:17.940 --> 02:40:23.970 WLWV School Board: One of the example we talked about is that the fact that we're supporting teachers to be more creative about how we get student talk. 918 02:40:25.320 --> 02:40:30.420 WLWV School Board: And just saying to the classroom turn and talk isn't sufficient So what are more creative ways actually the kids to talk. 919 02:40:31.650 --> 02:40:40.470 WLWV School Board: And we can't pour salt kids go to the same pace and that CD I was actually providing some opportunities for us to focus on allowing kids to be different places, based on their individual needs. 920 02:40:41.820 --> 02:40:55.500 WLWV School Board: What seeing the benefits of Google classroom, for example, is a real gift for some students that have trouble with organization and losing assignments that why these kids say it's in my Walker it's at home with Google sign Google classroom we always know the assignments are. 921 02:40:58.320 --> 02:41:06.630 WLWV School Board: And so we talked a lot about how do we measure if kids are actually learning are they doing better doing words remember same with CDs compared to. 922 02:41:07.740 --> 02:41:13.230 WLWV School Board: In classroom teaching and clicking empirical evidence that we're still waiting for that and still a test that needs to happen, but. 923 02:41:13.890 --> 02:41:24.060 WLWV School Board: anecdotally it seems a CD I was working kids are on track and doing really well but they share it means that the concerns are much more about social and emotional well being because the second thing that we discuss. 924 02:41:25.620 --> 02:41:32.250 WLWV School Board: And this is an area in order to focus right now, because the problems you know that are occurring here, so I was really impressed with the level of. 925 02:41:32.550 --> 02:41:42.990 WLWV School Board: Care to not only finding ways of helping students struggling with social emotional issues, but also the steps being taken to ensure identifying the students who may be struggling with these issues, for example. 926 02:41:44.070 --> 02:41:50.670 WLWV School Board: I got the importance of emphasizing the beginning and ending in each day, the first five and last five which you have probably heard about. 927 02:41:51.150 --> 02:41:57.750 WLWV School Board: I share that with my third grader when I asked him about his school day to have more oftentimes the first and last five and the other part of the day. 928 02:41:58.560 --> 02:42:11.700 WLWV School Board: i'm checking in your kids in one on one breakout rooms, a really good way checking out how they're doing and again, these are teaching strategies that i'm seeing firsthand with my own kids so I know it's actually happening with really great teachers. 929 02:42:12.720 --> 02:42:23.610 WLWV School Board: Using the panorama survey results, these are not anonymous survey, so they can kind of check in kids again concerning answers can be followed up with with teachers or appropriate support staff. 930 02:42:26.100 --> 02:42:29.520 WLWV School Board: Staff like with the fact that other kindergarteners and sixth graders we. 931 02:42:30.360 --> 02:42:34.680 WLWV School Board: If they're looking racking a different way it's concerning someone will reach out to them and put me in touch with somebody else. 932 02:42:34.950 --> 02:42:46.260 WLWV School Board: rosemount rich is to really great program and daily check in forms that every student fills out on the computer they started every day if any answers are concerning again it gets sent to somebody to reach out and check on that student. 933 02:42:47.430 --> 02:42:54.660 WLWV School Board: And then, they also talk about ways of even though we're sitting in the bedroom is around kitchen tables of finding ways of helping kids like they're part of the Community. 934 02:42:55.470 --> 02:43:06.330 WLWV School Board: And utilizing opportunities provides to recognition start storing any stage of positive interactions reaching out to families have implications for individual meetings and group information sessions. 935 02:43:07.050 --> 02:43:14.250 WLWV School Board: creating opportunities for kids to create a play together, and I was also impressed This extends the teachers, as well the administrators acknowledge that. 936 02:43:15.180 --> 02:43:21.360 WLWV School Board: The teachers role buy CDs and that they're taking efforts to reach out to their teachers to make sure they're getting with their with a need. 937 02:43:22.410 --> 02:43:30.180 WLWV School Board: And the teachers have expressed gratitude for them doing this and then lastly disrupting systems of racism, I was impressed with the top with. 938 02:43:30.750 --> 02:43:44.100 WLWV School Board: The salesforce lead and they point out, this would be a really easy thing to say hey Derek hold it like this is just too much we can we can do this, we address this when we come back with videos over, and I was really happy impressed that that's not the case here. 939 02:43:45.210 --> 02:43:50.280 WLWV School Board: In our meeting, there was a series of signals and instructional core business regional coordinator reports, both in. 940 02:43:50.670 --> 02:43:55.890 WLWV School Board: And she said something I thought, which is great, she said quote, we need to start showing a bias for action close quote. 941 02:43:56.520 --> 02:44:08.820 WLWV School Board: And you know her point was obscene enough talking about planning, but start doing things one way they started doing this was again to the panorama survey which they said believe was a game changer understanding what students are right now but there's a real reluctance. 942 02:44:10.290 --> 02:44:15.780 WLWV School Board: By students to talk about race they're just not comfortable doing it and even when they see the actions that are. 943 02:44:16.170 --> 02:44:21.810 WLWV School Board: Probably racist was a real reluctance to get involved and say anything, and so it discuss curriculum being developed. 944 02:44:22.200 --> 02:44:31.740 WLWV School Board: Very schools within their teams, but highly encourage kids you know, to build some comfort around this topic, and also how to insert yourself and be a force for good when you see something like that happens so. 945 02:44:32.490 --> 02:44:42.360 WLWV School Board: That was a really quick summary of three hours, but again i'm just can't even begin to express to the parents out there to maple the second from their students, there is really great work happening in our schools. 946 02:44:47.190 --> 02:44:53.280 WLWV School Board: Did you say you good Grossman Bolton and malema know rosemount open in Stafford stuff thanks. 947 02:44:54.480 --> 02:44:54.900 WLWV School Board: Chelsea. 948 02:44:56.670 --> 02:45:02.670 WLWV School Board: yeah I was just looking at, to see if we can see the administrators I think they're here right yeah. 949 02:45:06.240 --> 02:45:06.540 WLWV School Board: attorney. 950 02:45:08.790 --> 02:45:09.810 WLWV School Board: Ministers. 951 02:45:11.100 --> 02:45:18.000 WLWV School Board: Yes, I need my gallery option, I can swipe human things, thank you for being here and for waiting. 952 02:45:20.010 --> 02:45:29.760 WLWV School Board: I had the pleasure of meeting with Kate donegan petroleum and lindy sproul from beckman creek and Joel Sebastian an ap creek and. 953 02:45:30.240 --> 02:45:37.020 WLWV School Board: There were some assistant principals or instructional coordinators that were involved with on a couple of meetings as well. 954 02:45:37.890 --> 02:45:49.500 WLWV School Board: And what i'd like to do is just highlight two or three through lines that I heard from those three schools, a very solid through line was the panorama survey. 955 02:45:50.100 --> 02:45:56.310 WLWV School Board: And the the use of the data from that survey and that showed up and all three of our conversations. 956 02:45:57.000 --> 02:46:04.980 WLWV School Board: And another really significant through line was the use of the map data on math achievement scores. 957 02:46:05.490 --> 02:46:21.960 WLWV School Board: and looking to see to hone in on Malcolm to see how are speeding Sam performing across time and how can we leverage growth in mathematics and the topic of teaching tolerance came up also. 958 02:46:23.160 --> 02:46:30.930 WLWV School Board: between all three schools and that's the four domains of social social justice and really. 959 02:46:31.950 --> 02:46:42.060 WLWV School Board: woven through my conversations with all three administrators was this topic of social justice and anti racism as well, and so the idea of. 960 02:46:42.810 --> 02:46:56.670 WLWV School Board: Socio emotional health really being addressed a lot in the panorama survey the idea of academic achievement and using data to inform the moves really being used with that MAC testing and then the idea of sister anti racist. 961 02:46:57.720 --> 02:47:02.910 WLWV School Board: Teaching and for that teaching tolerance and linking social studies and social justice and. 962 02:47:04.620 --> 02:47:07.020 WLWV School Board: yeah i'd say, those are the themes that I heard and. 963 02:47:08.640 --> 02:47:22.020 WLWV School Board: Like like you don't and I love being as close to the students, as I can, and I miss walking into the schools and touring the classrooms and sitting there with with the kiddos because that's really what fills out my heart. 964 02:47:23.280 --> 02:47:28.770 WLWV School Board: So it was this was like a next best option was to sit there and listen to you talk about. 965 02:47:29.880 --> 02:47:38.820 WLWV School Board: You know how you're leaving the work with your educators, to reach students, even in the PDL model and they just to continue pushing into these different goals. 966 02:47:39.960 --> 02:47:48.180 WLWV School Board: That are articulated here equitable outcomes and privilege of speaking and social emotional learning, even in the face and cbl so. 967 02:47:49.560 --> 02:47:50.070 WLWV School Board: Thank you. 968 02:47:55.050 --> 02:47:55.590 christy. 969 02:47:56.850 --> 02:48:01.500 WLWV School Board: Thank you okay so i'm gonna try to convince them for status. 970 02:48:02.310 --> 02:48:11.010 WLWV School Board: So I have the pleasure of meeting with the administrative teams from dilemma primary principle Patrick minor and instructional for major Nicole minor. 971 02:48:11.310 --> 02:48:16.170 WLWV School Board: meridian creek middle school principal Annika olson and assistant principal Kenny you bang. 972 02:48:16.740 --> 02:48:26.370 WLWV School Board: And Wilson build high school principal Kelly Smith and assistant principals Taylor olson knowledge strohmayer and then it's Kirk, and so I just want to start by thanking all of you. 973 02:48:26.790 --> 02:48:34.380 WLWV School Board: thanking them for their thought the thought the effort the organization that they put into this coordinated presentation that I got and. 974 02:48:34.740 --> 02:48:41.280 WLWV School Board: I was sent an email even before our meeting that had all the slides on it, so I could review it beforehand and. 975 02:48:41.880 --> 02:48:51.120 WLWV School Board: So, and even for the fun icebreaker that started our time together, I just appreciated that it was fun, from the time we started and super enjoyable like. 976 02:48:51.870 --> 02:49:04.530 WLWV School Board: director hide said definitely a high points of this year, to be able to get into schools and here's what here's what's happening on the ground level so that was a joy and. 977 02:49:06.180 --> 02:49:08.340 WLWV School Board: So let me see where Am I gonna. 978 02:49:09.990 --> 02:49:12.780 WLWV School Board: um one thing I want to point out to. 979 02:49:13.950 --> 02:49:25.500 WLWV School Board: I think part of the reason my afternoon with these administrators was so enjoyable to is that I felt like I was in this bar wasn't in a room with them, I mean in a zoom conversation with. 980 02:49:26.730 --> 02:49:36.420 WLWV School Board: Just some amazingly dedicated and hope filled educators who love what we do and are learning to find new and better ways to teach students. 981 02:49:37.440 --> 02:49:48.540 WLWV School Board: Who are in their care and kind of what again what director hype said that they're learning these new ways of doing things that they're excited to take back to in person school that's just going to make in person school that much better so. 982 02:49:48.990 --> 02:50:01.830 WLWV School Board: Anyway, huge Thank you and the presentation was framed around three questions that they all kind of post, what are we learning, why is this important and how do we know we're doing a good job. 983 02:50:02.820 --> 02:50:13.050 WLWV School Board: And I just love the simplicity of that and I think bicycle teacher in me also just appreciated the Why is this important because, as a former school teacher that's all I ever heard. 984 02:50:13.650 --> 02:50:24.840 WLWV School Board: Was students asking me why we have to learn this stuff so to me that is a really important question to be addressing and then, how do we know how do we know we're doing a good job. 985 02:50:27.510 --> 02:50:36.960 WLWV School Board: So, again i've had the three themes that follow through the three schools were anti bias education or anti race education and. 986 02:50:38.760 --> 02:50:46.800 WLWV School Board: High Level instructional strategies to improve student achievement, as well as social emotional learning and. 987 02:50:47.820 --> 02:50:54.240 WLWV School Board: What I just want to highlight kind of what they each said that they were learning about just as far as anti bias vacation and. 988 02:50:55.950 --> 02:51:11.490 WLWV School Board: One of the things that I saw or that they mentioned at meridian is that their student leadership team and their equity team have joined forces to create a new team called mustangs leading with equity so kind of this new way of doing leadership, where we're not just okay. 989 02:51:12.930 --> 02:51:22.710 WLWV School Board: Anti racist racism is over here and then we're still getting the stuff over here but they're actually joining it together and I apologize if I get any of this data wrong. 990 02:51:23.850 --> 02:51:35.160 WLWV School Board: Any of these, as we all know that, like the details and the things I wrote down we're back in December so feel free to jump in and correct me if you need to um, but that was just kind of one highlight I heard. 991 02:51:37.110 --> 02:51:37.560 WLWV School Board: and 992 02:51:38.700 --> 02:51:47.070 WLWV School Board: The administrators at Wilson build is talking about hey you know we've learned, we learned that we can grow as equitable and inclusive, educators and I think that's such a great starting point. 993 02:51:47.400 --> 02:51:53.400 WLWV School Board: Because the starting point is to know okay there's areas where I can improve and get better and just that openness to it. 994 02:51:55.590 --> 02:51:58.170 WLWV School Board: Instead instructional strategies that I want to focus on. 995 02:52:00.420 --> 02:52:03.810 WLWV School Board: See just that continuing to. 996 02:52:07.950 --> 02:52:09.540 WLWV School Board: To use those specific. 997 02:52:10.620 --> 02:52:20.040 WLWV School Board: grade level things to meet the be achieved our to get to that a student achievement for their students so whether it was that will i'm a primary i'm. 998 02:52:21.510 --> 02:52:35.640 WLWV School Board: Trying to help them achieve their learning goals or at meridian creek where they're continuing to focus for a second year on their emerging bilingual focus so that focus on academic vocabulary, where they have these now virtual word walls. 999 02:52:36.300 --> 02:52:44.970 WLWV School Board: That they continually encourage students to use vocabulary off that word, while when they're engaged in their conversations in school. 1000 02:52:46.590 --> 02:53:04.740 WLWV School Board: And it will symbol high school what was mentioned is just kind of this improved use of technology that's helping students to achieve in CD l so again going back to the fact that we're having to learn new and better ways and different ways to teach our students and then sal. 1001 02:53:07.080 --> 02:53:11.280 WLWV School Board: kind of common themes were those morning meetings that each one of those schools are doing. 1002 02:53:12.390 --> 02:53:20.610 WLWV School Board: Well, Emma and meridian that piece of the morning meeting one on one student conferences virtual home visits putting together lunch groups. 1003 02:53:22.290 --> 02:53:31.770 WLWV School Board: let's see i'm proactively reaching out to students, especially monitoring attendance in case there's a student that sort of making sure no one falls through those cracks. 1004 02:53:34.890 --> 02:53:37.800 WLWV School Board: and also the collaborating with fellow. 1005 02:53:39.240 --> 02:53:47.610 WLWV School Board: Teachers and other staff, not only in their own school, but other schools, and I am so we just kept being mentioned that. 1006 02:53:48.030 --> 02:53:59.700 WLWV School Board: This now has opened up this idea that okay we're not just collaborating with in our school and within those teachers, but now because we're so used to doing everything virtually it's really easy to collaborate with. 1007 02:54:00.780 --> 02:54:11.820 WLWV School Board: grade level teachers at another school or subject level subject teachers at another school and so just that increase and just going to be enjoyment, it seems like they're all finding through that. 1008 02:54:13.230 --> 02:54:14.370 WLWV School Board: i'm. 1009 02:54:17.940 --> 02:54:18.870 WLWV School Board: Sorry i'm just trying to. 1010 02:54:25.230 --> 02:54:35.130 WLWV School Board: You know, when I think what I want to do is just go to kind of some of the highlights that I felt like I heard then i'm kind of at the end that they each a quote, that they each shared. 1011 02:54:36.540 --> 02:54:45.630 WLWV School Board: So from willamette primary a kindergarten parent Britta note to a teacher just saying you've been a huge blessing it's so clear to me every day you've devoted incredible time and energy. 1012 02:54:46.290 --> 02:55:01.230 WLWV School Board: into making every single session meaningful for all the students in your class you greet them every day make them feel valued and engage them longer than we can in real life, we feel like we've struggled landing at willamette and I think it's just nice to hear those sorts of things. 1013 02:55:03.390 --> 02:55:08.460 WLWV School Board: As we as we're still engaged in the cbl meridian creek some of that. 1014 02:55:09.660 --> 02:55:20.250 WLWV School Board: Some of the quotes from some of the students were I think i'm learning a lot it's been good and teachers have been very helpful and then I just like this honest one I like being able to go to school and keep my dog with me. 1015 02:55:21.990 --> 02:55:30.480 WLWV School Board: Just the realness like who doesn't want to have like for me, I would love to have my pig next to me at this meeting don't worry I won't ever bring her. 1016 02:55:32.190 --> 02:55:40.260 WLWV School Board: And just some of the highlights hacking at Wilson volt high school to that you know their leadership classes spirit assembly a spirit week Assembly and posted a sock try. 1017 02:55:40.710 --> 02:55:45.690 WLWV School Board: And some of the high school band orchestra and choir students are mentoring middle school students. 1018 02:55:46.080 --> 02:55:53.310 WLWV School Board: So that's something new that wasn't happening before the freshman received a gift pack with a cinch sack of planner and new wildcat at sign. 1019 02:55:54.180 --> 02:56:04.350 WLWV School Board: The administration write handwritten postcards are not the administration but someone wrote handwritten postcards probably the teachers and staff that were sent to all 10th through 12th grade students. 1020 02:56:05.670 --> 02:56:12.660 WLWV School Board: And the administration, the administration calling staff and checking on them as well, so just. 1021 02:56:14.520 --> 02:56:19.050 WLWV School Board: I think there are, we all know, the challenges we've heard about them we've read about them. 1022 02:56:20.670 --> 02:56:26.010 WLWV School Board: But there's some really good stuff happening, and I think some really good stuff that's going to continue to happen. 1023 02:56:27.810 --> 02:56:36.840 WLWV School Board: As we move forward back into in person that's going to make our in person school that much better and more than anything, what I just appreciated was meeting with. 1024 02:56:39.570 --> 02:56:51.420 WLWV School Board: administrators who, despite the challenges, continue to be hopeful continue to work hard to continue to do their very best and find new ways. 1025 02:56:51.840 --> 02:57:06.810 WLWV School Board: To do what they're doing and then are modeling that to their staff they're modeling that we can do this, we can do things better, we can learn new ways to do them and I just appreciate it for me that was kind of the overall theme of what i've heard no matter what they were talking about. 1026 02:57:08.010 --> 02:57:09.120 WLWV School Board: Sorry i've been too long. 1027 02:57:11.850 --> 02:57:19.650 WLWV School Board: So I just want to remind everyone that I already took the arts and technology, I spoke and so technology again that they were doing. 1028 02:57:21.720 --> 02:57:25.080 WLWV School Board: Using flexibility and and bright grant. 1029 02:57:26.340 --> 02:57:36.540 WLWV School Board: rounding and demonstrating those kinds of things, as well as planning new opportunities, and I think that's part of the three saw with the primary schools, I met. 1030 02:57:37.230 --> 02:57:53.070 WLWV School Board: With principal Leonard first stuff Dr Johnson and her and their porter and then principal Maya and Nancy curtis so allow ravens and cedar oh. 1031 02:57:54.180 --> 02:57:55.770 WLWV School Board: yeah and i'm. 1032 02:58:01.140 --> 02:58:14.100 WLWV School Board: One is that learning was occurring and and improvements were being made some concerns about the maps testing, because the norms for restructured in the fall. 1033 02:58:14.880 --> 02:58:26.010 WLWV School Board: And that it might not demonstrate the validity for an individual student, but overall, you could tell that the the learning is continuing to occur. 1034 02:58:27.870 --> 02:58:31.050 WLWV School Board: And I think that was fairly remarkable. 1035 02:58:33.000 --> 02:58:43.800 WLWV School Board: That, in the midst of all these changes in the midst of the other things they talked about which i'll get to that they were still focused on making sure learning was a crane on an individual level. 1036 02:58:45.450 --> 02:58:47.220 WLWV School Board: And in the group level. 1037 02:58:48.630 --> 02:58:58.860 WLWV School Board: I I love that they told me, you know they tell me stories about two or three different students and families, and most of the time, and I think. 1038 02:59:01.770 --> 02:59:02.700 WLWV School Board: One thing was. 1039 02:59:04.200 --> 02:59:13.860 WLWV School Board: The turmoil that some families and students are experiencing as students, learning in different places on different days and how they had to work to make sure. 1040 02:59:16.020 --> 02:59:26.910 WLWV School Board: That they understood, where the student was learning and what typical things they might have in those different places on different days and how to help the students, where they were at. 1041 02:59:28.170 --> 02:59:32.760 WLWV School Board: And then, also the level of engagement, it took. 1042 02:59:33.810 --> 02:59:45.390 WLWV School Board: Many of these stories occurring beginning in the summer or the spring for to try to get a student engaged who might have been missing in action or. 1043 02:59:46.650 --> 02:59:49.920 WLWV School Board: Not being able to engage like they wanted to. 1044 02:59:51.030 --> 03:00:00.030 WLWV School Board: Just a real consistent effort and sometimes it was having one point of contact and for others and they talked quite a lot about how. 1045 03:00:01.200 --> 03:00:14.760 WLWV School Board: The virtual forum increased apparent attendance at conferences like incorrect a like a really high percentage of turnout to conferences and how, in terms of. 1046 03:00:16.770 --> 03:00:17.970 WLWV School Board: equitable. 1047 03:00:20.880 --> 03:00:27.390 WLWV School Board: Results was that they felt they were reaching more families and then a more diverse families. 1048 03:00:27.990 --> 03:00:31.350 WLWV School Board: Because of those virtual opportunities and then the same way. 1049 03:00:31.740 --> 03:00:49.980 WLWV School Board: That were one student and one family might normally just have one point of contact or different content different days they were now able to virtually kind of come together and provide multiple adult supports for a family more effectively using music teachers and educators and teachers. 1050 03:00:54.360 --> 03:01:00.360 WLWV School Board: And again, a lot of that geared towards a social and emotional aspect of a child's learning and. 1051 03:01:01.590 --> 03:01:06.450 WLWV School Board: I think in terms of flexibility and opportunity to address. 1052 03:01:08.850 --> 03:01:29.850 WLWV School Board: Families, a more equitably is really some of the changes, for instance, at the very foods very they extended their support tickets to later in the evening, to make sure that they were reaching families and then thinking about adult learning and also in that context again want to. 1053 03:01:31.140 --> 03:01:47.220 WLWV School Board: extinct congratulations to Maria Courtney, and the family empowerment Center being something that was mentioned by lowery primary school and boots very for really supporting their communities and one of the things they said. 1054 03:01:48.270 --> 03:01:50.040 WLWV School Board: In terms of what could the board do. 1055 03:01:52.290 --> 03:02:11.250 WLWV School Board: There was a lot of time still being spent on helping families connect technology wise and also that families needed more wraparound help during this time, and those are things that ongoing needs in their communities that are happening student learning. 1056 03:02:14.040 --> 03:02:15.960 WLWV School Board: And then, finally, I think. 1057 03:02:20.130 --> 03:02:39.450 WLWV School Board: When it comes to what I saw from administrators, that they were demonstrating and modeling taking self care and breaks with their teachers and then their teachers with their students and really that ongoing learning that they were doing and modeling. 1058 03:02:41.640 --> 03:02:42.930 WLWV School Board: To support their. 1059 03:02:43.980 --> 03:02:45.270 WLWV School Board: educators as well. 1060 03:02:46.500 --> 03:02:49.350 WLWV School Board: Where there's alive I I concur with. 1061 03:02:51.450 --> 03:03:02.010 WLWV School Board: The things you said about how this really connects with the work of a board member that's enjoyable and I appreciate your time and they were well prepared and. 1062 03:03:04.200 --> 03:03:15.420 WLWV School Board: there's no doubt in my mind that they continue to think about academics, they continue to think about social emotional learning and. 1063 03:03:17.220 --> 03:03:23.880 WLWV School Board: The family outreach and empowerment wasn't a key component in all three of those schools with the. 1064 03:03:25.710 --> 03:03:39.270 WLWV School Board: With the cedar oak having a number of students with disabilities or English language learners and also the similar leave the dual language and already and the. 1065 03:03:40.830 --> 03:03:48.090 WLWV School Board: English language learners and the learning disabilities and bloomsbury and how there were adopting and finding. 1066 03:03:49.140 --> 03:03:51.630 WLWV School Board: Some more successes throughout this time. 1067 03:03:58.770 --> 03:04:04.260 WLWV School Board: add a agree with everyone is that the ability to go and participate in these. 1068 03:04:04.830 --> 03:04:15.210 WLWV School Board: work plan visits was what it was just it is some degree of a normalcy in this role that we play something we've done traditional every year and. 1069 03:04:16.080 --> 03:04:26.910 WLWV School Board: It was like my best week and had a long time, because I ever did Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday to the school and when I got off fighting field trip, because I was a week I think of it to finish very and look at. 1070 03:04:27.990 --> 03:04:32.310 WLWV School Board: School the layout was in accordance with our operational blueprint, but it was like. 1071 03:04:33.780 --> 03:04:52.470 WLWV School Board: He was so exciting to be back, and I also understand to you how important just that return to school, even though it's through a cl versus in person was so valuable as well to our families and students just the establishment of some form of routine or custom 2 million so. 1072 03:04:54.630 --> 03:05:11.820 WLWV School Board: I am, I was able to visit sunset and with that and I spoke with Dr Wilson and below my permit I then went to Westland a school where Mr Newman and his team with Trevor done Paul and brigham. 1073 03:05:12.300 --> 03:05:22.590 WLWV School Board: are available to talk to me, and then I went on to would middle school and get the chance to talk with principles candy and vice principal King so. 1074 03:05:24.270 --> 03:05:43.140 WLWV School Board: When I sat down to figure out like how do I share this out and what how do I make sense of the notes that I took over a month ago, I think, in what helped me just connect with my share out was the memo that was in our board book where it just shared out the work. 1075 03:05:44.340 --> 03:05:45.270 WLWV School Board: That was happening. 1076 03:05:46.530 --> 03:05:56.130 WLWV School Board: In alignment across all schools at the various grade levels and things, just as I reflect on my time here as a board member was the concept that. 1077 03:05:56.700 --> 03:06:03.720 WLWV School Board: Schools at one point in time, operated largely independent silos and he kind of all did our own thing and over time. 1078 03:06:04.230 --> 03:06:14.190 WLWV School Board: The time educational thinking is like having some alignment across everything and the consistency is good and beneficial and it allows for the professional development and. 1079 03:06:15.900 --> 03:06:34.860 WLWV School Board: spy with better ideas and approaches and it was so it was kind of neat to see you and commented ginger about our ginger summit me Chelsea actually committed about the silos and how there's this alignment down, I saw that and when I would do the memo. 1080 03:06:36.750 --> 03:06:50.700 WLWV School Board: I when I got some distributors and other primary school, one of the distributors of the world events taking place and our equitable outcomes was increased production, use of learning target appropriate regular performance tasks and. 1081 03:06:52.050 --> 03:06:58.650 WLWV School Board: What that was about it, and so, for me that made me reflect on what I what I actually thought, how did I see. 1082 03:07:00.270 --> 03:07:07.650 WLWV School Board: Your productive use of learning target in in play, and it was like Oh, I remember I got to go and. 1083 03:07:09.120 --> 03:07:10.560 WLWV School Board: visit a classroom. 1084 03:07:11.850 --> 03:07:27.570 WLWV School Board: And what I felt like was his use of a high leverage social practice to increase the quality of students, and so I got to go in and observe a class that room and fifth graders and they were they were doing I. 1085 03:07:28.890 --> 03:07:34.620 WLWV School Board: Think megan I think it was going to direct their did were doing school subject and. 1086 03:07:36.630 --> 03:07:41.460 WLWV School Board: And they're going to segue into their break out for sorry breakout rooms and. 1087 03:07:43.080 --> 03:07:45.060 WLWV School Board: The teacher before sending them bear. 1088 03:07:45.720 --> 03:07:56.070 WLWV School Board: went through a list of maybe six or eight types that in the students read out loud that were just to help them I think we're working through the problem solving that they were supposed to take place in that breakout room. 1089 03:07:56.580 --> 03:08:09.000 WLWV School Board: How do you question what you're here is offering as as your group solution or how do you have it listed eating more details from a care and it's just a learning. 1090 03:08:09.660 --> 03:08:20.310 WLWV School Board: process so, then they go to breakout room and I got to be moved through those and it's so neat to see Okay, they practice this now they're in there they're actually using these. 1091 03:08:20.730 --> 03:08:39.090 WLWV School Board: Products that are keeping them on task and it's raising kind of the level of the activity that they're engaging in the night, they would all come back we'll also talk was really kind of interesting and fun when I went to Western high school and it was the there's the. 1092 03:08:40.110 --> 03:08:41.040 WLWV School Board: board again. 1093 03:08:42.090 --> 03:08:47.220 WLWV School Board: he's a high leverage instructors by these to teach students demonstrate knowledge can increase relevant. 1094 03:08:47.700 --> 03:08:52.440 WLWV School Board: Well it's not part of all became when I taught fifth grade class or what's happening with the ninth two years. 1095 03:08:52.980 --> 03:09:04.170 WLWV School Board: In their language arts class is that, then they were all set to a breakout room where they were supposed to identify theme and then provide the three evidence from the book that they're reading to support. 1096 03:09:04.770 --> 03:09:14.850 WLWV School Board: Their scene and and they didn't need the discussion prompts because they've already mastered that, but it was really fun to them to see them using that. 1097 03:09:15.360 --> 03:09:29.610 WLWV School Board: And you know how the prompting but the level of conversation, and the way that you know some days like wow you know quote unquote well, these are all decently good but I get to. 1098 03:09:30.750 --> 03:09:31.080 WLWV School Board: This. 1099 03:09:32.580 --> 03:09:36.210 WLWV School Board: But it was just fun to see that taking place. 1100 03:09:37.230 --> 03:09:40.590 WLWV School Board: Because it just two examples of what I saw. 1101 03:09:45.180 --> 03:09:47.190 WLWV School Board: And then under. 1102 03:09:48.480 --> 03:10:00.690 WLWV School Board: The heading of interfaces teaching and learning and disrupting systems of racism, it was just fun to hear about the work that taking place would and. 1103 03:10:02.700 --> 03:10:08.430 WLWV School Board: You make my overriding takeaway of my conversations with Mr sandy and Mr king. 1104 03:10:09.150 --> 03:10:20.070 WLWV School Board: Was if there's very intentional work taking place around struggling citizens of racism and have a very strong impression on top of that, that that was true work that's happening across all middle schools. 1105 03:10:20.730 --> 03:10:38.550 WLWV School Board: And some of the examples of work, the same place by educators in my school involved intentional effort to connect with at least three students of color and their families to provide your affirmation or just check in and the intentional act. 1106 03:10:42.330 --> 03:10:48.120 WLWV School Board: This thing of intentional act to ensure that every chance to underserved prefer community. 1107 03:10:48.450 --> 03:10:59.520 WLWV School Board: And there's an ongoing professional development emphasis on equity, there was an establishment of the bar we which group with building near term basis by educators. 1108 03:11:00.180 --> 03:11:12.810 WLWV School Board: And beta attended session on Anti racism that was facilitated by someone else and they protect those with this patient in the hospital alliance for putting seminar series, as well as attending Cosa equity summit. 1109 03:11:13.470 --> 03:11:20.310 WLWV School Board: So, and then on top of it, it was not just that the educators were making these moves around improving our. 1110 03:11:21.750 --> 03:11:36.060 WLWV School Board: equity, but also help with a remember students in those activities and most discussion and capacities also starting to take ownership and creating and have a sphere that includes covered so. 1111 03:11:36.780 --> 03:11:45.990 WLWV School Board: That was just something scary intentional work that a part of that topic, and then, of course, to the first question that I was in in. 1112 03:11:49.050 --> 03:11:57.990 WLWV School Board: High School the text that they were reading was definitely focused on improving and this game cultural diversity. 1113 03:12:01.230 --> 03:12:03.030 WLWV School Board: Of landscapes there. 1114 03:12:13.110 --> 03:12:16.470 WLWV School Board: And then just overall to lower in this time of. 1115 03:12:17.310 --> 03:12:31.050 WLWV School Board: cl distance learning that for all three schools, I also have to hear about very specific instances of intentional acts to care and connect with students and family and was accidental time. 1116 03:12:31.620 --> 03:12:49.110 WLWV School Board: For home visits to schedule meetings before after school for one on one connection to overcome that barrier of it kind of it to students accessing their name to begin celebrating school can you need tradition but and I maybe a slightly new way and I just wanted to. 1117 03:12:53.280 --> 03:13:05.940 WLWV School Board: thank everyone who I had the opportunity to talk with and learn more about the schools, as well as a teacher to open the costumes up so that I could drop in particularly on their students. 1118 03:13:07.890 --> 03:13:08.250 WLWV School Board: So. 1119 03:13:11.250 --> 03:13:13.320 WLWV School Board: it's my do it. 1120 03:13:14.490 --> 03:13:19.830 WLWV School Board: I just wanted to say that the people I never did a great job, but I fail to recognize the individuals, so I just wanted a name. 1121 03:13:20.550 --> 03:13:25.800 WLWV School Board: That Bruce on principle that he breaks Crispin and it's the principal Kelly Rogers. 1122 03:13:26.040 --> 03:13:40.770 WLWV School Board: At both in principle hustlers Vega and the instructional coordinators siri Anderson that in Stafford principal Sarah McCartney instructional coordinator, Melissa hall and counselor megan prior so to the seven of you Thank you so much really appreciate your time and expertise. 1123 03:13:43.800 --> 03:13:44.520 WLWV School Board: They come in. 1124 03:13:46.530 --> 03:13:48.810 and come back to the doctor whether. 1125 03:13:50.640 --> 03:13:58.170 WLWV School Board: or not to let that happen, I just think you all, did I am glad reading the evening with this action. 1126 03:14:00.660 --> 03:14:13.590 WLWV School Board: Although I would say I wish our Community also heard everything you just shared because I think it really does emphasize and expression, how our. 1127 03:14:14.430 --> 03:14:26.340 WLWV School Board: Teachers staff principles have been working since this whole thing started a year ago to continue to pivot and adjust but keeping that laser focused on. 1128 03:14:26.790 --> 03:14:36.000 WLWV School Board: we're not letting any students slip you know, during this time and we're going to do whatever it takes and that really has been their mantra whatever it takes to keep. 1129 03:14:36.630 --> 03:14:45.960 WLWV School Board: Learning rigorous, whatever it takes to keep carrying connection whatever it takes to keep communicating developing opportunities to feel like a community. 1130 03:14:46.680 --> 03:14:59.640 WLWV School Board: And then being creative in whatever way they could, and when we when we talked earlier this year about we know where the middle of them, it can we know some some compliance components have been played by the state. 1131 03:15:00.960 --> 03:15:06.030 WLWV School Board: What does it mean to still develop into still prioritize a work plan. 1132 03:15:07.230 --> 03:15:25.140 WLWV School Board: Not to produce more work for doing, creating a document, but to capture and articulate what you are doing so that we don't forget writing, but you were saying Christie so that, when we get to that next place we capitalize on what we learn and we integrate those good things. 1133 03:15:26.520 --> 03:15:35.490 WLWV School Board: You will receive an electronic copy of everybody's work plan Kelly will assemble those for you she's just been consumed with assembling a lot of public comment and. 1134 03:15:36.900 --> 03:15:45.930 WLWV School Board: We are so we didn't want to inundate with you and and present a pressure that you might feel to now study those plans we had an important decision to make today but. 1135 03:15:46.380 --> 03:15:52.860 WLWV School Board: received those collectively, along with once again our district continuous improvement plan. 1136 03:15:53.370 --> 03:16:02.190 WLWV School Board: While it's dated 1920 because that's when the state asked for it, they did ask us to live into this multi year plan so you'll see in it. 1137 03:16:02.730 --> 03:16:12.060 WLWV School Board: And it does go all the way to 2025 because they want us to have a long view of this work, and not just short one year goals. 1138 03:16:13.050 --> 03:16:22.500 WLWV School Board: So in addition to what you saw in your memo which were themes for this year, you should see that they do dovetail into that continuous improvement plan. 1139 03:16:22.890 --> 03:16:31.950 WLWV School Board: Remember high school had that gold students graduating with the four years of plans initial action steps for post secondary learning careers. 1140 03:16:32.460 --> 03:16:36.840 WLWV School Board: And then, some of the things that they were going to do to affect that happening and the metrics. 1141 03:16:37.260 --> 03:16:49.290 WLWV School Board: And this work folds into that middle school students will meet or exceed their growth targets in a reading of mathematics, hopefully you've heard a lot to around instruction with keeping that focus on really mathematics. 1142 03:16:49.830 --> 03:17:01.470 WLWV School Board: And primary school wanted to have a number of years really diving deep into mathematics still keeping literacy as a priority, but doing some attention work and hopefully you've heard that as well. 1143 03:17:02.370 --> 03:17:18.510 WLWV School Board: So you're being kind of have this is what's that umbrella across the district, and then, as people develop their work plans, how are they keeping this in mind, while they're also shaping the work at your school and it should be a well articulated plan that moves us into the next year. 1144 03:17:20.280 --> 03:17:34.410 WLWV School Board: So just want to let you know you know you'll get those and that I think it helped me kind of wrap it all up and what I would love, more than anything else, before we finish the school year to be able to do a walk through building again. 1145 03:17:36.240 --> 03:17:42.810 WLWV School Board: and see hybrid an action and invite you to walk with maybe one pick those same three schools. 1146 03:17:43.470 --> 03:17:51.990 WLWV School Board: and keep those on your radar and do a short kind of walk through you don't need all the information you had tonight doesn't be a three hour one. 1147 03:17:52.710 --> 03:18:07.620 WLWV School Board: It can be a shortest half an hour, as long as an hour, but to then visit those three schools and and celebrate the work that you heard about the CDS and transfer to hybrid continue to support. 1148 03:18:09.030 --> 03:18:09.630 Your staff. 1149 03:18:12.150 --> 03:18:31.290 WLWV School Board: Right, well, I also want to thank our miss fingers for hanging in here this evening so long with us as we are engaging and all the work that we have to get done and also on behalf of the board of a thank you for the cards, the notes the videos the photos and. 1150 03:18:33.690 --> 03:18:36.240 WLWV School Board: The token pieces of chocolate. 1151 03:18:37.980 --> 03:18:45.630 WLWV School Board: your way of thinking and acknowledging the work that we offer to our school, so thank you for taking the time to do that everything else. 1152 03:18:47.550 --> 03:19:01.230 WLWV School Board: And there's two announcements, for you gavel Okay, and also thank you principles, I know, we had envisioned, perhaps because of leaving wasn't so late that you can also invite them to conversation, but I think you want them to get home. 1153 03:19:01.980 --> 03:19:07.650 WLWV School Board: turn off their monitors and you know with your families and you want to get home to quick announcements, I just want to share with you. 1154 03:19:07.950 --> 03:19:18.030 WLWV School Board: If you hadn't noticed the boat that you have in front of you is the book about our district lead for all co opted by Jennifer Spencer items and just flossing it tells the story of our. 1155 03:19:19.320 --> 03:19:28.140 WLWV School Board: The forward is written by Paul a clue, who is a need expert around and visit practices in the nation and it's worth. 1156 03:19:28.710 --> 03:19:35.280 WLWV School Board: Really reading her forward into the book, because what she talks about is across the nation, when people ask her. 1157 03:19:35.850 --> 03:19:51.090 WLWV School Board: point to me an example of where someone is doing this work, but not just isolated in a school or private school or somewhere here, but is there a whole district doing this work that we can see a comprehensive approach to it. 1158 03:19:51.900 --> 03:20:01.770 WLWV School Board: And, up until now she's been at a loss for a response because she can't seem to find a place in her forward she expresses I found a district. 1159 03:20:02.760 --> 03:20:18.690 WLWV School Board: And it's West one Wilson go school district, and I just want you to know that if you're yours as board members, whether it's a few or many 8462. 1160 03:20:19.230 --> 03:20:32.340 WLWV School Board: You know, whenever you entered in you entered all in in terms of championing this vision cheerleading it supporting it with budget supporting it with word and action. 1161 03:20:33.030 --> 03:20:45.630 WLWV School Board: Supporting for staff and students asking the hard questions, but you could see that vision of what it would be for children and families in our district, and I want to thank you, this book is as much about you. 1162 03:20:46.470 --> 03:20:57.840 WLWV School Board: As it is about everyone else in the organization, because what Paul acoustical say, and I will attest to whatever we have visits you can't do this work if your board doesn't believe in. 1163 03:21:00.030 --> 03:21:07.380 WLWV School Board: And you believed in it, and this book is a tribute to us supporting us with this and believing in our children. 1164 03:21:07.770 --> 03:21:15.360 WLWV School Board: it's an easy read because it's about us so a lot of its familiar right and you'll find I think stories that maybe you remember, I was telling you about. 1165 03:21:15.690 --> 03:21:23.010 WLWV School Board: And then Lastly, I hope we see all of you are able to attend the equity some on Wednesday from three to 430 at his resume. 1166 03:21:24.000 --> 03:21:33.300 WLWV School Board: On Adams for Professor psu also an lcs w will be facilitating that I spent a good deal time with her this morning, as we were working through. 1167 03:21:33.960 --> 03:21:43.410 WLWV School Board: The organization of that and I believe, is going to be another incredibly inspiring moment for all of us to remember why we're in this work and what's feel so important. 1168 03:21:43.920 --> 03:21:52.530 WLWV School Board: and got a good rsvp I think we're close to 80 people in our Community attending and I think it's also good that even in the Villa pandemic. 1169 03:21:53.100 --> 03:22:03.210 WLWV School Board: there's a lot of reasons to say not to do it, but there are a lot of reasons to say keep doing it, and so our Community is excited to spend that time with us, and I look forward to seeing you all. 1170 03:22:04.410 --> 03:22:04.830 employees. 1171 03:22:06.540 --> 03:22:07.500 So, like i'm saying. 1172 03:22:08.520 --> 03:22:12.780 WLWV School Board: Excellent And what about our next regular board meeting will be there. 1173 03:22:13.860 --> 03:22:16.860 WLWV School Board: And we will be here in person. 1174 03:22:18.840 --> 03:22:19.380 WLWV School Board: So.