WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.960 bit of feedback. 2 00:00:03.240 --> 00:00:04.140 BoardRoom: i'll just wait. 3 00:00:11.730 --> 00:00:14.670 BoardRoom: i'm looking at their curtis because he's working his magic. 4 00:00:16.320 --> 00:00:16.650 BoardRoom: How does. 5 00:00:17.730 --> 00:00:19.380 BoardRoom: It feel like i'm so loud. 6 00:00:21.060 --> 00:00:23.010 BoardRoom: I feel like i'm barely speaking. 7 00:00:25.740 --> 00:00:38.790 BoardRoom: Okay, that seems better that feels better so better yeah okay great alright i'm going to call this meeting to order and Miss Douglas who is coming into us remotely will you please call roll. 8 00:00:39.720 --> 00:00:40.800 Kelly Douglas: I said well. 9 00:00:41.340 --> 00:00:42.390 BoardRoom: We can't hear you though. 10 00:00:45.120 --> 00:00:45.480 BoardRoom: But. 11 00:00:45.900 --> 00:00:49.140 BoardRoom: You were not on mute so that might be on our end say something again. 12 00:00:49.440 --> 00:00:50.310 Kelly Douglas: Okay, what can you. 13 00:00:50.490 --> 00:00:51.480 BoardRoom: Can you in here. 14 00:00:54.690 --> 00:01:08.580 BoardRoom: We have for folks in the audience, we have stuff coming in remotely so you'll see me looking here at them and working with people here and at their homes or remote offices, now we still can't hear you miss Douglas so. 15 00:01:08.580 --> 00:01:12.150 BoardRoom: we'll wait till curtis gets or do you, like me to call oh. 16 00:01:12.330 --> 00:01:15.030 BoardRoom: that's a brilliant idea sure looking call. 17 00:01:15.540 --> 00:01:16.080 Kelly Douglas: Thank you. 18 00:01:17.820 --> 00:01:18.600 BoardRoom: Kirsten Wyatt. 19 00:01:20.040 --> 00:01:29.910 BoardRoom: Christie Thompson Chelsea King here Lewis Taylor here Kelly sloop here, let the record show all score bed school board members are present. 20 00:01:30.600 --> 00:01:31.140 Kelly Douglas: Thank you. 21 00:01:31.380 --> 00:01:32.730 BoardRoom: Okay, great Thank you. 22 00:01:34.050 --> 00:01:52.230 BoardRoom: This is our first opportunity to hear from our student liaison from our three high schools and we're going to start by just hearing from Dr Spencer items as she introduces the topic. 23 00:01:54.240 --> 00:01:55.440 BoardRoom: i'm looking at her here. 24 00:01:56.430 --> 00:01:58.140 Jennifer Spencer-Iiams: Thank you so much, can you hear. 25 00:01:58.140 --> 00:02:01.140 BoardRoom: me, can I hear you can't hear you either Dr Spencer, I am. 26 00:02:03.480 --> 00:02:10.470 BoardRoom: curtis is giving us the just hold a moment, so my assumption is we probably will not be able to hear student reporters either. 27 00:02:11.640 --> 00:02:12.180 BoardRoom: we'll see. 28 00:02:36.270 --> 00:02:47.610 BoardRoom: So for those watching at home it's our tradition to have high school students seniors represented from each high school who come to the monthly board meetings and present. 29 00:02:49.410 --> 00:02:52.140 BoardRoom: about what what's happening in their schools that month. 30 00:02:53.490 --> 00:03:04.440 BoardRoom: And I know that we've asked them this year to share more about their own lived experience and so as we get them queued up we'll get introduced to the three new high school students who will be with us all year. 31 00:03:05.400 --> 00:03:10.860 BoardRoom: representative from each school their principles will introduce them to us and. 32 00:03:12.450 --> 00:03:20.160 BoardRoom: there'll be more prepared each month subsequently but tonight, our role is just to be introduced to them their roles be introduced to us. 33 00:03:20.640 --> 00:03:29.220 BoardRoom: And they may just share a little bit about themselves with each of us so i'll let you kind of take the lead on that jerking around questions you may have for them. 34 00:03:30.960 --> 00:03:45.480 BoardRoom: Right okay great Thank you I do see I do see them here, I can see you student liaison present I just know that we probably wouldn't be able to hear you so just going away I know curtis always figures it out. 35 00:03:46.260 --> 00:03:47.190 BoardRoom: And i'm. 36 00:03:47.280 --> 00:03:48.090 Jennifer Spencer-Iiams: Testing can. 37 00:03:48.150 --> 00:03:49.170 Jennifer Spencer-Iiams: you hear us now. 38 00:03:50.250 --> 00:03:52.710 BoardRoom: yeah we can't we still can't hear you Dr Spencer items. 39 00:03:54.210 --> 00:03:55.560 BoardRoom: But at least now, we can see you. 40 00:04:49.290 --> 00:04:50.850 Jennifer Spencer-Iiams: thanks for your patience team. 41 00:04:57.420 --> 00:05:01.440 Jennifer Spencer-Iiams: so excited to hear what you're going to say sit down Michelle. 42 00:05:05.310 --> 00:05:10.170 BoardRoom: We actually almost can hear you man there's some volume issue so we'll just keep being patient. 43 00:05:13.560 --> 00:05:16.050 BoardRoom: We have full faith that we will figure it out. 44 00:06:01.980 --> 00:06:03.810 Jennifer Spencer-Iiams: That was interesting, can you hear me now. 45 00:06:15.630 --> 00:06:16.770 Could you say something, please. 46 00:06:19.290 --> 00:06:22.290 Jennifer Spencer-Iiams: Dr King director king, can you hear me. 47 00:06:23.160 --> 00:06:24.390 BoardRoom: yeah yeah yeah. 48 00:06:30.780 --> 00:06:34.980 Jennifer Spencer-Iiams: i'm a SCI fi movie atmosphere atmosphere atmosphere and lighter and liking it. 49 00:06:55.650 --> 00:06:55.980 Curtis Nelson: Talking. 50 00:06:59.850 --> 00:07:01.080 Jennifer Spencer-Iiams: Can you hear me now. 51 00:07:08.400 --> 00:07:09.300 Curtis Nelson: I turned it off. 52 00:07:13.980 --> 00:07:16.110 Curtis Nelson: The feedbacks coming from, why is that. 53 00:07:21.180 --> 00:07:21.540 Curtis Nelson: hey. 54 00:07:28.230 --> 00:07:29.310 Curtis Nelson: Jennifer go ahead. 55 00:07:32.340 --> 00:07:33.630 Jennifer Spencer-Iiams: Low board members. 56 00:07:35.310 --> 00:07:35.640 Curtis Nelson: know. 57 00:07:36.600 --> 00:07:40.020 Jennifer Spencer-Iiams: Oh, I see a wave, so I think i'm gonna start. 58 00:07:41.190 --> 00:07:46.590 Jennifer Spencer-Iiams: Alright, well, we are so excited i'm sorry. 59 00:07:47.550 --> 00:07:48.660 Jennifer Spencer-Iiams: curtain, are you a. 60 00:07:48.840 --> 00:07:56.910 Jennifer Spencer-Iiams: Full I know you're doing so many things right now, but are you able to either, allow me to share my screen or share those slides a shared with you. 61 00:07:57.870 --> 00:07:58.770 Yes. 62 00:08:03.180 --> 00:08:06.570 Curtis Nelson: i'm sure the screen sessions not going just a minute just. 63 00:08:07.650 --> 00:08:08.340 Jennifer Spencer-Iiams: No problem. 64 00:08:21.780 --> 00:08:31.320 Jennifer Spencer-Iiams: I think one of the lessons we've all learned is that technology can be complicated, especially when we try to do things in a hybrid way. 65 00:08:32.040 --> 00:08:50.610 Jennifer Spencer-Iiams: It just adds other layers of complexity, so we know that is true and we're so thankful to have folks like curtis and Jill and our it team to help us, so thank you so much for allowing us a few minutes here, I just wanted to frame our. 66 00:08:51.780 --> 00:08:58.830 Jennifer Spencer-Iiams: Time of introducing our students together we've been thinking about student voice, we read an article or we had an article in our packet. 67 00:08:59.310 --> 00:09:07.860 Jennifer Spencer-Iiams: For our leadership retreat this year that was called elevating student voice in education and I just pulled one quote from that. 68 00:09:08.370 --> 00:09:18.390 Jennifer Spencer-Iiams: Teachers school administrators and policymakers should adapt practices or structures that allow students to share their perspectives and make their voices heard. 69 00:09:19.020 --> 00:09:39.420 Jennifer Spencer-Iiams: And I was so excited to hear about director king's vision for the student voices this year I think that's on the path of what this article was telling us and it's in line with the vision that our three amazing high school principals have so if we can go to the next slide please. 70 00:09:41.190 --> 00:09:46.020 Jennifer Spencer-Iiams: i'm going to really turn it over to our three principals and they're going to each introduce. 71 00:09:46.980 --> 00:09:59.760 Jennifer Spencer-Iiams: The student representative that is here today, and again, we believe that elevating student voice and listening to students through out our processes is key to us achieving our goals as a district so. 72 00:10:00.540 --> 00:10:11.820 Jennifer Spencer-Iiams: i'd like to turn it over right now to principal Trevor Mina and then he will be followed by principal Kelly Schmidt and then principal Nick chafing so principal minute. 73 00:10:13.620 --> 00:10:29.310 Trevor Menne (he/him): yeah yes Hello everybody, I am very excited to have the chance to introduce lucinda fine, who is our Asp President, this year, she has been in our student leadership program for all four years and. 74 00:10:29.670 --> 00:10:30.150 Trevor Menne (he/him): Is a. 75 00:10:30.540 --> 00:10:39.600 Trevor Menne (he/him): Incredibly, productive member of our Community and has a strong student voice and i'm very excited to have her represent one some high school today and this year. 76 00:10:42.060 --> 00:10:43.710 alrighty can everybody hear me. 77 00:10:46.230 --> 00:10:53.850 Lucinda Fein: Okay, great so as Mr Minister said, my name is lucinda fine and i'll be the Asp President this year at Westland high school. 78 00:10:54.240 --> 00:10:58.710 Lucinda Fein: I have been in the western will symbol school district for my entire life, since preschool. 79 00:10:59.100 --> 00:11:08.580 Lucinda Fein: I went to Westland Community preschool I went to Bolton primary school rosemount Ridge middle school and i've been at Westland for these past four years, so all this is very close to home for me. 80 00:11:09.330 --> 00:11:19.470 Lucinda Fein: We were asked to share, about our first week of school and i'm just going to do that super quickly, I would say that my first day back was very exciting, but also a little bit overwhelming. 81 00:11:19.800 --> 00:11:24.360 Lucinda Fein: Because there was a whole lot of people inside of Westland high school more than there's ever been before. 82 00:11:24.930 --> 00:11:32.130 Lucinda Fein: But it was awesome to see people I hadn't seen in a while, and it was amazing to see my teachers face to face not email to email. 83 00:11:32.700 --> 00:11:41.670 Lucinda Fein: It was great to get to see people that I don't really hang out with outside of school, but people that I like to wave at in the hallways or sit with that lunch. 84 00:11:42.300 --> 00:11:53.250 Lucinda Fein: Something that stood out to me was how our teachers really did just go straight back to work, they somewhat skipped over covert I do understand the motivation to get back to normal, but it doesn't feel like were there quite yet. 85 00:11:54.150 --> 00:12:04.290 Lucinda Fein: I was excited to see kids have a place to call a safe place to go during the day for students who struggle with mental health for students with learning disabilities. 86 00:12:04.590 --> 00:12:14.760 Lucinda Fein: To have the staff and people there to support them every day now and something I think that's awesome that our whole district is doing is the free lunch and breakfast for all students. 87 00:12:15.210 --> 00:12:24.720 Lucinda Fein: And i've definitely seen that being utilized I am taking lots of fun classes, this year, my favorite class that i'm taking his photography and i'm actually the ta in that class. 88 00:12:25.050 --> 00:12:29.490 Lucinda Fein: i've taken photography all four years of high school and I really enjoy the teacher and Brian. 89 00:12:29.850 --> 00:12:43.110 Lucinda Fein: So yeah i'm really excited for this school year i'm really excited for my senior year and hopefully we can do lots of fun events for our senior class of 2022 and I hope that I get the chance to meet all of you in person someday Thank you. 90 00:12:54.060 --> 00:13:15.450 Kelly Schmidt she/her: Right, but I will go next good evening board in black leg leg and it's my pleasure to introduce you to delta haha Miguel is a senior at roseville high school and is a student leader in all all forms of the word, he is President of Mucha he is involved in. 91 00:13:16.590 --> 00:13:27.090 Kelly Schmidt she/her: The Community as well he's involved in multiple of our choir groups and if you've been to any of our recent football games he's in front leading the cheers. 92 00:13:28.170 --> 00:13:33.330 Kelly Schmidt she/her: Gal is the epitome of it wasn't go wild cat he was a friend to all and. 93 00:13:34.380 --> 00:13:37.020 Kelly Schmidt she/her: We appreciate him joining us this evening we go. 94 00:13:39.360 --> 00:13:49.980 Miguel Tejeda: Well, thank you so much for the introduction says is there, my name is Miguel to head out and then Thank you so much start to like click on the school board for letting me be here were presenting will Seville. 95 00:13:50.430 --> 00:14:02.010 Miguel Tejeda: This entire school year all right, I have also been in the district my entire life I grew up first that backman they're not bins then to would middle score event management and now to high school and. 96 00:14:02.580 --> 00:14:09.450 Miguel Tejeda: it's my ending year, which is kind of scary to say yeah so about my first day my first day went very well. 97 00:14:10.590 --> 00:14:16.530 Miguel Tejeda: As loosen already said it was a little nerve wracking coming back to see that many students again but. 98 00:14:17.100 --> 00:14:24.660 Miguel Tejeda: I believe that we prepared the freshman especially well with our event that happened on Friday September 3 like the week before. 99 00:14:25.170 --> 00:14:33.780 Miguel Tejeda: So we were still helping some of them out, and it was just fun being the older kid and just like getting all these questions asked about when's the next football game. 100 00:14:34.080 --> 00:14:41.940 Miguel Tejeda: we're like where do I go to lunch or like even like where the qr codes were, and so it was just like an entire experience that I missed a lot. 101 00:14:42.540 --> 00:14:51.480 Miguel Tejeda: And so, something that was very unexpected was that traffic was very bad I underestimated how traffic would be coming out of all some will. 102 00:14:51.810 --> 00:14:57.150 Miguel Tejeda: Some of my friends and I was like a sophomore they would be like yeah it took me like 15 minutes to get out of the parking spot. 103 00:14:57.540 --> 00:15:11.940 Miguel Tejeda: And I always thought that they are kidding but now that definitely does happen, but nothing we can't like live it's it's easy to go through, but yeah I had a great time my first day and I hope that a lot of people said that Thank you so much. 104 00:15:22.140 --> 00:15:32.160 Nic Chapin: Alright, I will go next, it is my pleasure to introduce Michelle Quinn, as the voice of art tech she's definitely a student leader. 105 00:15:32.610 --> 00:15:40.230 Nic Chapin: For our tech, and she was has her voice heard and multiple different areas, she was able to attend the leadership forum and give us great feedback. 106 00:15:41.040 --> 00:15:48.990 Nic Chapin: During that time for professional development, Michelle is a veteran board REP as she was our board REP last year as well. 107 00:15:49.380 --> 00:15:58.530 Nic Chapin: And so the thing that i've learned about Michelle is she's a great student but she's even even better person, and so it is my honor to introduce Michelle as the art tech REP. 108 00:16:02.520 --> 00:16:14.760 Michelle Quinn: Thank you i'm glad to be here again um let's see I didn't start in the West most most school district i'm from California I moved up here in sixth grade. 109 00:16:15.330 --> 00:16:24.810 Michelle Quinn: I went to one middle school before moving to meridian will not open and then I want to welcome both for a while before transferring to our tech and like I said I ended up back out awesome. 110 00:16:26.040 --> 00:16:26.730 Michelle Quinn: um. 111 00:16:27.960 --> 00:16:34.200 Michelle Quinn: yeah my first week was a little different than what I probably would have expected. 112 00:16:35.550 --> 00:16:51.630 Michelle Quinn: it's so weird going back and person, especially to a new school, but it was nice being able to my friends, again, and it was amazing to see all of my teachers again, especially a lot of people haven't seen in a long time, because not everyone was able to make it last year. 113 00:16:53.220 --> 00:16:56.280 Michelle Quinn: I sorry i'm really underprepared no one told me, I was doing this to lunch. 114 00:16:58.440 --> 00:16:59.070 Michelle Quinn: yeah. 115 00:17:04.230 --> 00:17:19.230 Jennifer Spencer-Iiams: Thank you so much i'm bored I don't know I know you wanted to have more of a conversation, so I don't know if you wanted to ask any questions or delve deeper tonight, or just welcome our students and and have them come back next time, so we will leave that to you. 116 00:17:20.430 --> 00:17:20.850 BoardRoom: Thank you. 117 00:17:31.410 --> 00:17:31.830 she's. 118 00:17:35.010 --> 00:17:35.370 Right. 119 00:17:46.620 --> 00:17:49.200 Jennifer Spencer-Iiams: Well we're getting that figured out i'm going to. 120 00:17:49.440 --> 00:17:54.690 BoardRoom: Talk is this oh my gosh Hello hi everybody over there on zoom. 121 00:17:55.950 --> 00:18:10.800 BoardRoom: We can't and there we go okay Thank you so much, Miguel and Michelle and lucinda for being here and for giving us your reports are you still with us, I can see, Michelle yes miguel's they are great and listen to oh my gosh great. 122 00:18:11.130 --> 00:18:16.500 BoardRoom: Yes, thank you so much it's such a joy to hear from students and it really is what called us into. 123 00:18:17.010 --> 00:18:22.170 BoardRoom: I can speak for myself and I think I can be so bold as to speak for everybody sitting here at this table that. 124 00:18:22.950 --> 00:18:30.150 BoardRoom: Students are what called us into this work, so when you come speak to us every month you bring us inspiration. 125 00:18:30.690 --> 00:18:47.490 BoardRoom: And we do hope to hear about your lived experience and our schools, and you know historically those board reports have been a time for us to hear about all the different events that are going on, and we certainly do love to hear about the events, but particularly you offer. 126 00:18:48.870 --> 00:18:59.850 BoardRoom: unique lived experience that we can't read on a handout or you know, on a social media post so that's really what we're looking forward to hearing from from you. 127 00:19:00.300 --> 00:19:06.180 BoardRoom: I don't think that will necessarily ask questions tonight unless my fellow board members want to, but given that this is. 128 00:19:07.110 --> 00:19:16.140 BoardRoom: You know your first time or you just found out you're doing it at lunch, and we might just cut you some slack this time and look forward to hearing from you in the future. 129 00:19:16.830 --> 00:19:24.180 BoardRoom: Is that sound fair fellow board members okay great Thank you so much we'll see you next month, and thanks for being willing to serve again Michelle. 130 00:19:29.220 --> 00:19:38.970 BoardRoom: Alright, so we can move on to our board reports, and this is another thing we're trying Christiana totally taking over your microphone here, you can have that one. 131 00:19:41.820 --> 00:19:42.390 BoardRoom: you're welcome. 132 00:19:44.490 --> 00:19:53.250 BoardRoom: we're trying to do something a little bit new now historically board before to vent a time for board members to go through, and also kind of give a list of events that we've attended. 133 00:19:53.670 --> 00:20:09.480 BoardRoom: And you know cove it's changed a lot of things, and one of the things was that it changed the availability of events so that's one motivation for changing this but also just a real desire to have time and space to go deeper into issues. 134 00:20:10.380 --> 00:20:13.350 BoardRoom: And so the Board is actually pretty split on. 135 00:20:13.710 --> 00:20:15.060 BoardRoom: He had advance. 136 00:20:15.090 --> 00:20:16.530 Curtis Nelson: notice like a schedule. 137 00:20:16.650 --> 00:20:18.180 BoardRoom: And how to plan in advance, or who did. 138 00:20:18.180 --> 00:20:19.830 BoardRoom: spontaneous things depending on up and felt. 139 00:20:19.830 --> 00:20:30.240 BoardRoom: Like we have anything to say so, for tonight we're just everybody has a few minutes allotted to them if you don't feel like you have a board report, you can certainly pass. 140 00:20:30.660 --> 00:20:37.290 BoardRoom: If you have a Borg report, and please do use your time and in the future you're welcome to just. 141 00:20:37.740 --> 00:20:50.400 BoardRoom: an advanced say you don't have something or that you want extra time because you're inviting a student or teacher to come from a you know, an event that you attended so love to be a little bit flexible, I think, as we figure out this new way of going. 142 00:20:52.530 --> 00:20:56.100 BoardRoom: And with that we can start with you, I share Thompson. 143 00:20:57.990 --> 00:20:58.980 BoardRoom: Any better for me. 144 00:21:00.900 --> 00:21:04.440 BoardRoom: How come Thank you um I just want to highlight. 145 00:21:06.720 --> 00:21:20.940 BoardRoom: The week before school started Dr like what and I had the opportunity to go visit beckman creek Lowry and booze ferry just to see the staff and see the preparation, they were doing and. 146 00:21:22.200 --> 00:21:33.600 BoardRoom: What we saw from the second We walked in the building was just this welcoming excitement and enthusiasm from the staff that greeted us at the office and then. 147 00:21:34.200 --> 00:21:42.000 BoardRoom: Whoever we happen to run into the halls you could just tell there's kind of this electric energy for the staff to be back in the schools and. 148 00:21:42.960 --> 00:21:56.130 BoardRoom: Then we got to listen in a little bit at each one of the schools to the training that they were doing and again just the excitement continued from all the staff members, so I just want to thank our staff for and. 149 00:21:56.850 --> 00:22:13.290 BoardRoom: our principles and our instructional coordinators that put so much effort and time and care and thoughtfulness into the preparation that our staff received before meeting their students, you could just tell there was thoughtful preparation and again just the excitement and. 150 00:22:14.880 --> 00:22:24.450 BoardRoom: I know for myself and I probably speak for other board members to the best part of this job is being in schools and watching being on the front lines and watching where the magic happens and. 151 00:22:25.320 --> 00:22:34.080 BoardRoom: I just want to thank our principals and everybody who's helping create that magic and i'm sure that's what happened that first week, so thank you. 152 00:22:37.860 --> 00:22:39.210 BoardRoom: And director Taylor. 153 00:22:43.260 --> 00:22:47.190 BoardRoom: I don't have anything to report today okay great Thank you and director sloop. 154 00:22:53.820 --> 00:22:57.930 BoardRoom: So I was just going to give a real brief report, there is a. 155 00:22:59.070 --> 00:23:10.980 BoardRoom: A group called moms Union and they were doing a gathering at a park just before Labor day weekend and invited just moms to for parents families Community members to get together. 156 00:23:11.670 --> 00:23:23.730 BoardRoom: And I went, not as a board member, but just as a Community Member christy Thompson was there and we were just listening to what they had to say was a very. 157 00:23:24.720 --> 00:23:40.890 BoardRoom: Small turnout, but it was just nice to be able to listen to some of the thoughts and concerns that they had about their kids and and school what it was going to look like and with coated and other other subjects, so. 158 00:23:43.140 --> 00:23:45.450 BoardRoom: it's nice to be able to listen to what they had to say. 159 00:23:47.370 --> 00:23:48.030 Thank you. 160 00:23:49.320 --> 00:23:49.980 BoardRoom: Dr Wyatt. 161 00:23:53.370 --> 00:24:06.060 BoardRoom: One aspect of onboarding as a new school board member has been the phenomenal support that the district staff has provided to all of us to get up to speed on different issues and to learn more about. 162 00:24:06.450 --> 00:24:17.490 BoardRoom: The very complex job of of running a school system and so we've all had the opportunity to take kind of these courses, if you will, on different topics, and so I had the chance. 163 00:24:18.180 --> 00:24:29.160 BoardRoom: Between the last board meeting and to now to meet with assistant superintendent so ethan I pronounce your name Okay, thank you and we were talking about the social studies curriculum. 164 00:24:29.610 --> 00:24:37.590 BoardRoom: and talking about the ways that we talked about history we learn about history and that we develop age appropriate curriculum for our students to talk about. 165 00:24:38.340 --> 00:24:47.610 BoardRoom: What has happened in our nation's history to talk about you know really important meaningful topics that we know we want our kids to be taught. 166 00:24:48.180 --> 00:24:56.340 BoardRoom: And what I learned from this meeting is the immense amount of thoughtfulness and consideration that we've put into developing this curriculum. 167 00:24:57.030 --> 00:25:02.190 BoardRoom: it's age, appropriate and it's all very transparent on the district website and so. 168 00:25:02.970 --> 00:25:12.120 BoardRoom: we've definitely received some letters and some comments about teaching accurate history and after this learning session, it leaves me with no doubt that we. 169 00:25:12.690 --> 00:25:22.560 BoardRoom: are preparing our students to become the most thoughtful thinkers and world leaders, and so I would encourage everybody if you have questions about the curriculum i'm to check out. 170 00:25:22.920 --> 00:25:38.340 BoardRoom: The social studies page on the website again very transparent lots of information about what kids are learning at different ages and I just want to thank the staff for making themselves so available prepare us to serve in this role, so thank you. 171 00:25:41.160 --> 00:25:41.910 BoardRoom: Thank you. 172 00:25:43.950 --> 00:25:55.020 BoardRoom: Well i'll say, I have three high schoolers and it was a relief to have them all be back in school full time all day, five days a week, and certainly we had. 173 00:25:56.700 --> 00:26:03.270 BoardRoom: We definitely had an anxiety going into it, it, for in my household look like everybody being really cranky. 174 00:26:03.690 --> 00:26:13.800 BoardRoom: And I wasn't quite sure what that was and I realized once everybody was back in school and kind of starting to hit a bit of a stride and things nerves mellowed out that that crankiness chilled out a little bit thankfully. 175 00:26:14.490 --> 00:26:26.220 BoardRoom: And also, they reported being quite tired, I mean I could see it, and so I think it is a lot to be going back I know i've had my own sort of social fatigue coming out of that at times and so. 176 00:26:26.700 --> 00:26:33.630 BoardRoom: You know, certainly, I think our students, you know that this is a major transition for a lot of them to go back to this five days a week, and. 177 00:26:34.350 --> 00:26:42.270 BoardRoom: And I could see it makes me thankful for the care concern Community focus that that our school did at the beginning. 178 00:26:42.660 --> 00:26:51.060 BoardRoom: And it's also really nice just to see the different points of entry, that our students have you know my kids are athletes, and so they have that like place to have belonging. 179 00:26:51.600 --> 00:26:57.750 BoardRoom: But also like another high school and I hang out with this into robotics and so she said it's keeping her really busy. 180 00:26:58.230 --> 00:27:14.160 BoardRoom: And I thought great that's exactly what we want and the high school will start to do a theater production and people can do makeup or act and so it's just really nice to see all the different ways that students are getting involved and reconnected with their their schools in person. 181 00:27:15.420 --> 00:27:20.790 BoardRoom: yeah I think that that's sort of my own lived experience with them being back in school in person and then for. 182 00:27:21.240 --> 00:27:27.480 BoardRoom: Just a little slightly more formal report is that we have board liaison roles, as you all know. 183 00:27:27.870 --> 00:27:38.190 BoardRoom: And we have traditionally had the liaison to the long range planning Committee and the liaison to the three rivers charter school that the board chair appoints and we have those appointed. 184 00:27:38.730 --> 00:27:49.020 BoardRoom: there's a couple things we haven't had one is language describing the purpose of a liaison role, and so what i'm offering is just like. 185 00:27:49.710 --> 00:28:03.660 BoardRoom: A, paragraph or two here that would describe the purpose of the liaison role which really is to form a partnership and to have open communication between the board and that entity, to which the person is liaising and. 186 00:28:04.830 --> 00:28:13.170 BoardRoom: and not to you know, do the duties of the superintendent, which would include managing operations or you know negotiating contracts and things like that so. 187 00:28:14.310 --> 00:28:28.350 BoardRoom: there's in front of you just some language around that and that we can either, if you feel like you had a chance to look at and you think it looks good, then we can just have a thumbs up and put it on our board operating agreement or we can certainly talk about it more. 188 00:28:30.360 --> 00:28:38.370 BoardRoom: it's not anything we need to take board action on on a policy or anything like that, just a clarification on liaison role, and then the last thing i'll say is that we. 189 00:28:39.060 --> 00:28:49.680 BoardRoom: have determined that it'd be best practice to have a liaison to the associations and there are two of them, we have the wwe EA, which is the Westland will symbol education. 190 00:28:50.070 --> 00:28:54.600 BoardRoom: Education association and then the oca, which is the Oregon school employees association. 191 00:28:55.110 --> 00:29:13.140 BoardRoom: And so again just for the purpose being to have open communication and partnership and relationship, and so the board chair could add that responsibility to their duties, and that would be something we would begin this with this academic year so. 192 00:29:14.760 --> 00:29:29.520 BoardRoom: I think you can just let me know at some point if yeah thumbs up, and I know there's a couple of grammatical edits that were offered to me so yeah we can apply more grammatical edit so otherwise we'll get to the board operating agreement. 193 00:29:31.590 --> 00:29:34.320 BoardRoom: Okay that's it and now Dr ludwick. 194 00:29:38.010 --> 00:29:53.100 BoardRoom: All right, thank you and I have a PowerPoint great so the theme of tonight is the great start to school right we heard that from the students and so you'll see that in my slides if you can go to the first one. 195 00:29:54.210 --> 00:30:05.070 BoardRoom: So what does it mean to have a successful start to school, well, we began, even by thinking about how do we get kids ready and parents are doing a lot of that heavy lift as a shop for backpacks and. 196 00:30:05.670 --> 00:30:21.750 BoardRoom: flies and help their kids get ready and get a mindset for school, but it also was another launch for us with our family empowerment Center and we had you know, last year, when we launched it kind of late, because we got the idea started and me. 197 00:30:23.100 --> 00:30:33.120 BoardRoom: got it going in October, we were in the middle of coven and probably had about 40 or 50 people there, and this time we had about 400 plus people there and we can see it becoming. 198 00:30:34.620 --> 00:30:41.250 BoardRoom: A real hallmark event and that kind of cues up the start of school for community, we have a lot of partners they're. 199 00:30:42.630 --> 00:30:46.080 BoardRoom: Both city libraries smart bus service was there. 200 00:30:47.130 --> 00:30:55.830 BoardRoom: Rotary was their Department of Health and human services where there's a lot of Community partners clackamas bookshelf was there, we gave away free books. 201 00:30:56.610 --> 00:31:01.950 BoardRoom: grace Chapel provided school supplies, so we had a lot of Community partners nonprofit partners. 202 00:31:02.430 --> 00:31:10.710 BoardRoom: And then within our own school district, we had a technology booth so people could get help again with signing up or accessing anything digitally. 203 00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:21.840 BoardRoom: We had an early childhood booth CREST nutrition services, so it was really a way of connecting families to the resources and the district, as well as resources in the Community. 204 00:31:22.800 --> 00:31:26.460 BoardRoom: want to thank all of our partners who made that happen, and especially Maria Horton. 205 00:31:26.850 --> 00:31:36.570 BoardRoom: Who leads our family empowerment Center and did a lot of networking to get folks there and then, of course, our operations team who got tense up and and booth seven we spread out outside. 206 00:31:37.080 --> 00:31:49.920 BoardRoom: Being as safe as we could, and the next slide successful start means teachers and staff getting ready and director Thompson talked about stepping into schools and seeing professional development going on. 207 00:31:50.550 --> 00:32:02.220 BoardRoom: A lot of affirmation, and thanks to the board for September 7 people felt a great relief that they had one more day to focus on care connection and community. 208 00:32:02.700 --> 00:32:11.700 BoardRoom: And it didn't hurt that we have a number of bond projects going on had one more day to just get some of those last last pieces in. 209 00:32:12.540 --> 00:32:19.950 BoardRoom: or allow teachers, one more time to get their classroom setup but every school as Director Thompson mentioned that you walked into. 210 00:32:20.400 --> 00:32:36.660 BoardRoom: Staff was actively working together thinking together preparing their also meet and greets for students and families during those days, and it was nice to just have the time and space to do that, so that also is what helps a successful start to school. 211 00:32:37.740 --> 00:32:46.980 BoardRoom: Not to mention on the first morning of curtis next slide the buses start to roll and at 530 in the morning, a number of us were out there. 212 00:32:47.820 --> 00:32:58.500 BoardRoom: And ellingson way over at the bus depot cheering with signs and delivering donuts and and POM poms and thanking our bus drivers for. 213 00:32:59.460 --> 00:33:08.700 BoardRoom: Making it a positive first start they're the ones that are the first hello to students when they get on the bus and set the tone for a wonderful day of school. 214 00:33:09.180 --> 00:33:17.820 BoardRoom: And we have amazing bus drivers amazing team I don't think it's lost on anyone that there is a school bus driver shortage in our nation. 215 00:33:18.660 --> 00:33:28.830 BoardRoom: And it definitely is one in Oregon and it also is apparent, even with first student and so they're working really hard to make sure that all routes are covered. 216 00:33:29.280 --> 00:33:38.310 BoardRoom: And they're doing a magnanimous job, given the situation that's going on, so we're very grateful to to our company and how well they're providing service. 217 00:33:39.900 --> 00:33:47.910 BoardRoom: And it continues, when we have a successful start to school with our students coming ready to learn to support each other and you heard. 218 00:33:48.360 --> 00:34:03.930 BoardRoom: The high school students talk about being eager to see their friends happy to see their teachers and an eager just to be with one another, again in person and to get school up and going, and I know it's hard to see in these pictures, but you can see some classes outside classes inside. 219 00:34:05.160 --> 00:34:13.440 BoardRoom: Students showing up and doing what they do best which is modern being learners and supporting one another. 220 00:34:14.520 --> 00:34:28.470 BoardRoom: So we have students coming to school ready to learn, and on the next slide while I don't have a picture yet we have students who are staying home learning through our online academy and we're very proud of being able to continue that Program. 221 00:34:29.700 --> 00:34:35.550 BoardRoom: As of today, we have 278 students enrolled you can see, the numbers their. 222 00:34:36.090 --> 00:34:47.700 BoardRoom: High School middle school primary school, a number of our families have said that they're going to start with the program online, but should certain conditions change like vaccinations for all children. 223 00:34:48.240 --> 00:35:00.570 BoardRoom: They may switch back to coming in person, which our program does allow this year we're not requiring people stay full time, but we do want people to commit for a period of time, so that they have some continuity once they get going. 224 00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:08.820 BoardRoom: It is our amazing teacher Librarians who are overseeing these programs within each of those schools. 225 00:35:09.360 --> 00:35:18.930 BoardRoom: They met quite a bit this summer to help develop the program and also to provide online forums for parents to learn about the programs. 226 00:35:19.410 --> 00:35:25.860 BoardRoom: they're providing care and connection and Community getting to know families and students, they meet bi weekly. 227 00:35:26.220 --> 00:35:41.910 BoardRoom: There was a time when they were meeting every week, but now they're meeting every other week as a team to continue helping each other, develop and strengthen the program we have some pair educators who are also providing some support, particularly at our high schools where. 228 00:35:42.990 --> 00:35:58.050 BoardRoom: A student that has six classes and, if you think about 40 students that could be 240 different courses at any time that a teacher librarian is trying to make sure students are connected to, and so, particularly our high schools we've got some peer educators support. 229 00:35:59.340 --> 00:36:10.680 BoardRoom: And compared to last year, our program is much smoother and well underway and part of that may just have to be nationwide the scale is not as intense as it was last year for some of these. 230 00:36:11.430 --> 00:36:23.910 BoardRoom: Online curriculum programs and developers but we've also learned a lot, and so we just kind of picked up where we left off and materials have arrived and families have those things that they need to get up and going. 231 00:36:24.600 --> 00:36:33.660 BoardRoom: And it's gone a lot smoother want to thank a few people first of all our amazing teacher Librarians because each teacher librarian each school is overseeing their Program. 232 00:36:34.260 --> 00:36:39.150 BoardRoom: Julie lane who's upstairs continues to be the administrative assistant for that Program. 233 00:36:39.810 --> 00:36:48.690 BoardRoom: con guang providing it support and then, of course, our own curtis Nelson and then David prior our administrative support so. 234 00:36:49.080 --> 00:36:57.750 BoardRoom: I want to thank everybody for helping that program to continue it's not a requirement by the state, this year, but our district is choosing to keep it and we. 235 00:36:58.530 --> 00:37:07.020 BoardRoom: We plan to do to launch this program before coven and Cobra just accelerated our plans and we're just so pleased that we can continue it. 236 00:37:09.780 --> 00:37:15.870 BoardRoom: So, keeping our school successful we've got a successful start, how do you keep them going successful well we. 237 00:37:16.440 --> 00:37:27.450 BoardRoom: Do all those things we know we're our teachers are good at doing, which is providing quality instruction but there's just ways we can also stay healthy, so we can keep kids in school, five days a week, every day. 238 00:37:28.440 --> 00:37:37.800 BoardRoom: I had sent an article home few weeks ago about staying healthy starts at home staying healthy while at school with ways that we can do that. 239 00:37:39.420 --> 00:37:46.560 BoardRoom: families can help if your children are not feeling well you know, please keep them at home, especially if they're showing those signs and symptoms of coded. 240 00:37:47.580 --> 00:37:52.800 BoardRoom: Just a reminder, we do get questions often about quarantine guidelines. 241 00:37:52.860 --> 00:37:53.940 BoardRoom: And why. 242 00:37:54.540 --> 00:38:04.950 BoardRoom: there's certain number of days or who sets that that is set by the county so just a reminder that the district is not set quarantine guidelines or make those decisions it's the county. 243 00:38:05.400 --> 00:38:22.650 BoardRoom: And so, our nurses follow the guidance that's provided by clackamas county public health, who to call when they're doing the contact tracing and setting those guidelines around the 10 days to quarantine and those kind of conditions. 244 00:38:24.390 --> 00:38:32.790 BoardRoom: And again i've already mentioned the online academy so families who are thinking about just keeping their students home for longer, we hope they're enrolled in that. 245 00:38:34.350 --> 00:38:47.910 BoardRoom: In terms of staying healthy while at school, I want to thank our students who are doing an exceptional job of keeping those face coverings on all day, while at school, there are opportunities for mass breaks and outside. 246 00:38:49.350 --> 00:38:54.750 BoardRoom: We are eating outside whenever we can and whenever possible having learning outside of course. 247 00:38:55.200 --> 00:39:11.280 BoardRoom: teachers have to think about spacing around those outside and who's in what areas, and especially in primary keeping cohort stable so we're we're mindful of that but, while the weather's good and while we can we're maximizing our ability to be outside. 248 00:39:13.350 --> 00:39:28.920 BoardRoom: We know that sometimes kids are doing their best in a mask slips down below a nose or kids who are very familiar with each other or might be in the same family sometimes the mask comes down a little bit and we just kind of do this little hey. 249 00:39:30.360 --> 00:39:43.440 BoardRoom: check your mask and and and our state our ssl reminds us to that when kids falter that we remember to Center around grace and give reminders and keep teaching the expectation. 250 00:39:43.860 --> 00:39:56.070 BoardRoom: And to be gentle with with our students, so we know it's not perfect, every day, but our students are very responsive to reminders and they're doing an exceptional job we really appreciate it. 251 00:39:59.040 --> 00:40:10.200 BoardRoom: got in there that layers of protection to include this vaccination rule that has, as you know, board members come into play for all employees and volunteers so we're managing and monitoring that. 252 00:40:11.610 --> 00:40:17.220 BoardRoom: i'm pleased to say in our district with our school buildings ventilation, is not an issue and we do have. 253 00:40:18.210 --> 00:40:33.210 BoardRoom: More filters in all of our schools, improving air quality, so we have effective an excellent ventilation we're watching physical distancing three feet, to the maximum extent possible, which is advisory by the state. 254 00:40:35.610 --> 00:40:45.090 BoardRoom: I mentioned outdoor eating and learning, wherever possible, our primary schools are able to maintain those classroom cohorts because their new killer classes, Mrs Jones the second grade. 255 00:40:45.570 --> 00:40:54.090 BoardRoom: Mr Phillips fourth grade, and so, and they are least vaccinated group of young people so having those cohorts is really helpful. 256 00:40:55.740 --> 00:41:05.370 BoardRoom: In terms of secondary where students go to six different classes it's it's trickier so one of the ways that we can minimize spread and also benefit. 257 00:41:06.180 --> 00:41:14.190 BoardRoom: do much more effective contact tracing is by having students in assigned seats in class and so we're setting those in place and then that way. 258 00:41:14.880 --> 00:41:23.100 BoardRoom: If there is exposure it's just maybe the students around a student that we have to kind of think about and not the whole class having to quarantine. 259 00:41:23.670 --> 00:41:31.080 BoardRoom: And of course frequent handwashing is always a good practice, even when there isn't prevalent code and access to hand sanitizer. 260 00:41:31.920 --> 00:41:47.910 BoardRoom: So we are grateful for families who are doing their part and keeping healthy at home, and we are committed to doing our part here at school with staying healthy and that's what's going to keep our schools, not just starting successfully but maintaining and sustaining successfully. 261 00:41:50.520 --> 00:41:51.600 BoardRoom: And then. 262 00:41:52.650 --> 00:41:56.610 BoardRoom: There was a few questions by Community Members about are you still screening kids and. 263 00:41:57.330 --> 00:42:08.310 BoardRoom: Yes, we have that three tiered screening process, it also involves families, so the first tier is at home so check for symptoms at home and that's the first and best place to start if they're. 264 00:42:08.970 --> 00:42:16.470 BoardRoom: showing signs and please don't send them to school if they get out the door without you seeing them are checking on them and as that happens with older kids. 265 00:42:17.400 --> 00:42:25.710 BoardRoom: We are checking at the school door if we notice students showing some signs or a bus drivers noticing, as we welcome students kind of in the building. 266 00:42:26.370 --> 00:42:40.170 BoardRoom: we're doing a screen there and then of course teachers are screening in the classroom if they noticed something right away as they're doing attendance, or if a student share something just kind of not feeling well we're taking. 267 00:42:41.250 --> 00:42:45.810 BoardRoom: we're taking that seriously and moving on that as efficiently and effectively as we can right away. 268 00:42:48.810 --> 00:42:49.590 BoardRoom: And then. 269 00:42:51.720 --> 00:43:00.900 BoardRoom: or a question, sometimes about you know what happens during quarantine we're going to get more information about that that's unique to each grade level or not grade level but. 270 00:43:01.770 --> 00:43:07.440 BoardRoom: Primary middle and high, but first of all, we just want folks to know that our priority remains five full days have been learning. 271 00:43:09.210 --> 00:43:17.160 BoardRoom: The state does not require that the districts have online option, but of course we have our program so we have that available. 272 00:43:18.090 --> 00:43:26.040 BoardRoom: If a student or a group of students need to quarantine or isolate we will continue to have access to educational services for them. 273 00:43:26.370 --> 00:43:30.870 BoardRoom: Just like if they had gotten sick with the flu, or with the measles, or with mumps. 274 00:43:31.320 --> 00:43:38.670 BoardRoom: How do we take care of our students when they're out of school for a number of days now we're not talking long term, because that would be our online. 275 00:43:39.030 --> 00:43:47.550 BoardRoom: Academy, that we would then encourage people to sign up for this is temporary instruction for those few days that they're planning to be out of school and then right back. 276 00:43:49.530 --> 00:43:54.210 BoardRoom: And so students do have access to educational services to their lessons. 277 00:43:55.410 --> 00:44:04.650 BoardRoom: For grades teachers have ways of getting those connected through Google classroom younger grades teachers have other ways of getting those lessons to families. 278 00:44:06.570 --> 00:44:13.110 BoardRoom: We will still make sure that families get their meals that students get meals when they are in quarantine it's a pickup service. 279 00:44:13.560 --> 00:44:20.550 BoardRoom: So we'll connect with families, to see how can you pick up do you want to pick up a week's worth of meals, at a time, is that easier, do you want to pick it up daily. 280 00:44:20.910 --> 00:44:27.720 BoardRoom: But we'll make sure they still get their meals as needed and, of course, teachers are ever mindful when a student is out. 281 00:44:28.380 --> 00:44:44.430 BoardRoom: Whether they're quarantine whether they're sick with something else, or the family is a way for a trip somewhere being mindful of attendance assignments and assessments and no student will be penalized, due to their absence so just want to remind families about that. 282 00:44:46.170 --> 00:44:54.060 BoardRoom: So i'm just going to stop there for my report and really it was just about letting you know that it's been a great start to school, and these are all the things that we did to launch it well. 283 00:44:54.540 --> 00:45:03.000 BoardRoom: And there's always those areas that will help us keep it successful So if you have any questions or not and go from there. 284 00:45:06.660 --> 00:45:14.880 BoardRoom: I just have one question, and maybe you answered this, but my memory is telling me that the district is not going to send. 285 00:45:16.260 --> 00:45:27.540 BoardRoom: A notification if there's a coast, a case of covert in the school that it needs to be considered, like a an outbreak enough cases to warrant. 286 00:45:28.080 --> 00:45:41.520 BoardRoom: notification and i'm just wondering if you could speak to the difference between like what what triggers a mass outbreak yeah and i'll just speak to him, briefly, but we did send out a letter on Friday to all families about notification. 287 00:45:42.540 --> 00:46:01.080 BoardRoom: So it's on the website, you can kind of read that letter again, but we talked about if, when we receive a positive case of Cobra that's either reported to us by a family or through clackamas county public health we immediately go into the contact tracing role, our nurses to determine. 288 00:46:02.310 --> 00:46:12.780 BoardRoom: Well, of course, the person with the positive case would be isolating at home, but then to determine if there could have been an exposure at school, and so the nurses will go into that process. 289 00:46:13.740 --> 00:46:21.870 BoardRoom: If those who know that student or could have been are not called, then there can be a good assumption that there was not exposure. 290 00:46:22.980 --> 00:46:24.660 BoardRoom: But if families are called. 291 00:46:25.680 --> 00:46:35.760 BoardRoom: Then there there'll be informed about whether they need to have their child quarantine or not, and the nurses would engage in that contact tracing set of questions. 292 00:46:36.450 --> 00:46:56.700 BoardRoom: Last year, we would send a letter home to every school to everybody in the school saying there was a positive case what we've learned from that is it actually wasn't as necessary and it wasn't helpful because it kind of took this you know large approach and people didn't know. 293 00:46:57.840 --> 00:47:06.540 BoardRoom: Anyone and Should I be alarmed and what we've learned is that kind of a broad announcement isn't really helpful to families, but to get specific and if you're not contacted. 294 00:47:07.050 --> 00:47:16.260 BoardRoom: there's nothing to worry about nothing you need to do, but if you are then that's when we take steps so clackamas county public health has told us that kind of broad announcement often isn't as helpful. 295 00:47:17.670 --> 00:47:24.330 BoardRoom: In our primary grades, we are going to let the class know because they're quite an intact cohort group and they're younger students. 296 00:47:25.230 --> 00:47:32.220 BoardRoom: But in our middle and high schools where students are in multiple classes and in our high schools where it's an open con. 297 00:47:33.000 --> 00:47:40.320 BoardRoom: An open campus lunch, they often drive themselves to school or back they might get a lot of different clubs or activities. 298 00:47:41.220 --> 00:47:47.130 BoardRoom: You know who and how do you notify every one of those groups, so instead we're just going to go through the contact tracing process. 299 00:47:47.970 --> 00:47:57.450 BoardRoom: If we find you know going into it month two or three that we need to adjust that notification process will do that we're open to that feedback we want to make sure it's helpful to families. 300 00:47:58.110 --> 00:48:04.080 BoardRoom: But we learned last year that we are probably over notifying and in that case we weren't being helpful to families. 301 00:48:04.440 --> 00:48:16.950 BoardRoom: It was too broad and that actually a more targeted strategic notification process is more helpful so again that's all outlined in that letter that went home on Friday to families, and it should be on the website if people want to read that again. 302 00:48:18.210 --> 00:48:19.920 BoardRoom: Thank you for asking that appreciate it. 303 00:48:22.260 --> 00:48:28.050 BoardRoom: All right, thank you, so we will move on to the consent agenda. 304 00:48:29.100 --> 00:48:30.120 is fair emotion. 305 00:48:38.250 --> 00:48:39.870 BoardRoom: We passed by consent agenda. 306 00:48:43.950 --> 00:48:48.810 BoardRoom: All right, we have Thompson with the motion and Taylor with the second is their discussion. 307 00:48:51.420 --> 00:48:53.880 BoardRoom: Okay, Miss Douglas we can't hear you. 308 00:48:54.240 --> 00:48:55.320 Kelly Douglas: I saw your mouth yeah. 309 00:48:56.010 --> 00:48:57.060 Kelly Douglas: Is what I was saying. 310 00:48:57.090 --> 00:48:58.860 BoardRoom: there's usually no but I can't hear you. 311 00:48:59.040 --> 00:48:59.880 Kelly Douglas: can't hear me. 312 00:49:00.150 --> 00:49:04.410 BoardRoom: Hello Lola. 313 00:49:08.520 --> 00:49:09.360 Kelly Douglas: Can you hear me now. 314 00:49:20.430 --> 00:49:21.900 Kelly Douglas: Every Kathy can call wrong. 315 00:49:37.170 --> 00:49:38.100 Kelly Douglas: Try it one more time. 316 00:49:39.330 --> 00:49:40.620 Kelly Douglas: Okay Chelsea king. 317 00:49:49.980 --> 00:49:50.220 alright. 318 00:50:09.900 --> 00:50:10.470 Kelly Douglas: test. 319 00:50:19.440 --> 00:50:20.670 Kelly Douglas: Kathy calls a roll. 320 00:50:39.510 --> 00:50:40.170 Kelly Douglas: test. 321 00:50:49.680 --> 00:50:50.280 Kelly Douglas: test. 322 00:50:56.250 --> 00:50:56.880 Kelly Douglas: test. 323 00:51:41.220 --> 00:51:41.880 Kelly Douglas: test. 324 00:51:55.980 --> 00:51:57.090 Kelly Douglas: can't hear the board. 325 00:52:02.340 --> 00:52:02.850 Kelly Douglas: me. 326 00:52:05.070 --> 00:52:05.430 Kelly Douglas: i'm. 327 00:52:14.250 --> 00:52:15.210 Kelly Douglas: testing. 328 00:52:31.980 --> 00:52:32.400 BoardRoom: Thank you. 329 00:52:34.290 --> 00:52:35.100 Kelly Douglas: Can you hear me. 330 00:52:38.880 --> 00:52:39.270 Kelly Douglas: nope. 331 00:52:48.900 --> 00:52:49.980 Kelly Douglas: We will be patient. 332 00:52:56.820 --> 00:53:01.290 BoardRoom: hello, my name is Jenny either, so I live at 2923 bluegrass way last. 333 00:53:01.290 --> 00:53:01.650 Kelly Douglas: one. 334 00:53:02.160 --> 00:53:16.740 BoardRoom: I am a parent and co President of bustling most adult music and art partners alone john Hello hey i'm here this evening to provide an update on mounts activities these past few months, and our plans going forward, we have continued to me remember. 335 00:53:18.390 --> 00:53:26.130 BoardRoom: In order to meet any needs from educators, we also awarded $4,000 in scholarships this past may to graduating seniors. 336 00:53:27.060 --> 00:53:36.600 BoardRoom: We received a $1,000 grant from the one young trust that will be used to cover the expense of piano tuning will be reaching out to teachers this month to schedule that service. 337 00:53:37.650 --> 00:53:45.660 BoardRoom: Prior to the pandemic, we received a grant from the clackamas county cultural coalition for the dia de Los muertos festival at Wilson will high school. 338 00:53:46.440 --> 00:53:54.120 BoardRoom: And a grant from the city of Wilson bell to offset expenses of music and art events, these are on hold until large gatherings are permitted again. 339 00:53:55.290 --> 00:54:04.560 BoardRoom: As we start the school year we are reaching out to the Community to encourage donations via our website, the money donated is used for teacher grants and scholarships. 340 00:54:05.250 --> 00:54:14.940 BoardRoom: We are also seeking volunteers for area positions we encourage those interested in supporting our efforts to reach us via our website, music and our partners digital Thank you. 341 00:54:39.120 --> 00:54:48.660 BoardRoom: Exactly stephanie rock man and I live at 5650 broadway street in Westland i'm also apparent to have a middle school child, as well as an elementary aged child. 342 00:54:49.770 --> 00:54:56.610 BoardRoom: And so I just wanted to touch a little bit on your vote to unmask or children in school, this year, which obviously was. 343 00:54:57.600 --> 00:55:04.530 BoardRoom: overturned by governor brown's recommendation, as well as the CD CD CD recommendation after that vote was cast. 344 00:55:05.040 --> 00:55:21.840 BoardRoom: As you all know, there was very large move organized movement to unmask our kids last spring I was a family that had my kids in cl and honestly I didn't have any extra energy to spend on anything working full time and being at home, helping my children learn. 345 00:55:23.190 --> 00:55:27.480 BoardRoom: And I think we could all agree that it's a little bit different than it was last spring, when y'all made that both. 346 00:55:28.380 --> 00:55:38.670 BoardRoom: The delta variant is obviously more transmissible and spreading really rapidly and we're talking about a huge population that is unvaccinated i'm just curious with the Board has any. 347 00:55:39.870 --> 00:55:48.240 BoardRoom: Plans to potentially overturn that vote, so that we can feel more confident in sending our kids to a safe school environment, thank you. 348 00:55:52.380 --> 00:55:53.220 BoardRoom: Thanks stephanie. 349 00:55:55.560 --> 00:55:56.550 BoardRoom: Judy Howard. 350 00:56:08.070 --> 00:56:08.370 BoardRoom: No. 351 00:56:09.690 --> 00:56:20.100 BoardRoom: Actually i've been miss Howard, where you please begin by stating your address, oh okay to a to a Southwest plan Wilson bill. 352 00:56:21.990 --> 00:56:35.070 BoardRoom: All right, um I i've been concerned I just wondered how do the governor's lowered graduation standards affect well Westland and Wilson bill students. 353 00:56:38.970 --> 00:56:45.720 BoardRoom: powered you know what this is like such an awkward thing, but this public comment as a time for the board to listen to what you have to say. 354 00:56:46.170 --> 00:57:00.990 BoardRoom: it's not a time for necessarily dialogue, although all of our emails and phone numbers are listed on the website and we're all available for dialogue, but in this forum it's not a chance for us to engage in dialogue it's just a chance for us to listen oh OK. 355 00:57:06.990 --> 00:57:12.870 BoardRoom: OK, and then you can find my email address on the website all right, thank you yeah you're welcome. 356 00:57:14.430 --> 00:57:21.900 BoardRoom: It certainly is a time of a lot of questions and a lot of changing moving parts, and so I know i'm also. 357 00:57:22.530 --> 00:57:26.700 BoardRoom: stephanie you asked a question as well and typically after something like that, then. 358 00:57:27.240 --> 00:57:37.710 BoardRoom: Somebody usually the superintendent or someone gets back to So did we capture that question that she posed as well around the the vote of votes for masks. 359 00:57:38.610 --> 00:57:49.860 BoardRoom: stephanie if you could email that question to me i'd be happy to respond as well that's a great forum to have a little bit more of a dialogue than the more formal kind of porn thing so that's everybody that's on my list. 360 00:57:51.450 --> 00:57:54.210 BoardRoom: Okay that's fine do you want to just write your name and address here and then. 361 00:57:55.980 --> 00:57:58.620 BoardRoom: Can you see us and then we'll listen you bet. 362 00:58:32.370 --> 00:58:46.680 BoardRoom: pile home yes cow homes i'm at 2109 when you court, I have two children when it rose mom on a boat so i'm a proud parent and I moved to this district specifically for the schools. 363 00:58:47.340 --> 00:58:55.410 BoardRoom: So i'm really excited to be here and I want to thank you guys for all representing us putting in all the work that you do I know it's a lot of work it's a difficult job, so thank you. 364 00:58:56.760 --> 00:59:08.040 BoardRoom: I got some feedback from our kids from the first week of school and some other parents, we all got together, just to discuss kind of what was happening within the schools, maybe were some shortcomings, where we were seeing so far. 365 00:59:08.580 --> 00:59:15.870 BoardRoom: And we did have a friend of ours that had a child was quarantine in this first week of others were as well, I wrote. 366 00:59:16.620 --> 00:59:22.410 BoardRoom: And just let us some areas where maybe we didn't have full understanding, so a letter was drafted with the group. 367 00:59:22.680 --> 00:59:31.950 BoardRoom: We went ahead and put it out as a petition just to see if there were others that were kind of feeling the same way we're at about 120 and about 24 hours just putting it on social media so. 368 00:59:32.610 --> 00:59:41.190 BoardRoom: I thought I might read from that quickly and share our thoughts so we're a group of concerned parents with children attending the Westland Wilson bill school district. 369 00:59:41.700 --> 00:59:49.140 BoardRoom: Our letters in response to recent events within schools related to cope at 19 and the corresponding policies or lack thereof issue from the school district. 370 00:59:49.590 --> 00:59:56.340 BoardRoom: We believe the district needs to address several key gaps in their covert 19 strategy to ensure safety and continuity of education students. 371 00:59:57.000 --> 01:00:04.050 BoardRoom: Data has shown the importance of in person education we agree and do not consider distance learning a valid ongoing solution. 372 01:00:04.500 --> 01:00:10.170 BoardRoom: Our goals parents is to minimize classroom absence ensure continued learning during necessary quarantine. 373 01:00:10.620 --> 01:00:14.970 BoardRoom: protect the health of students and staff or even clear communication from our board and schools. 374 01:00:15.510 --> 01:00:29.250 BoardRoom: We know that the school board is committed to safety of our children, addressing the issues below would align with the values and mission of school districts, specifically the color concerns below are related to Point one, four and five of the common vision things listed on the website. 375 01:00:30.570 --> 01:00:36.150 BoardRoom: So we just, we want a clear information and uniform district wide policies and following things. 376 01:00:36.960 --> 01:00:42.810 BoardRoom: What qualifies as students to be quarantined and how our parents notified of risk levels, I know that's been discussed a little bit here but. 377 01:00:43.140 --> 01:00:50.730 BoardRoom: clarification of what that actually means because it's not clear to the students being quarantined when they were in contact the child how close they were they do not understand. 378 01:00:51.990 --> 01:01:07.260 BoardRoom: Has the district considered or I guess the county in this case, allowing return, after seven days with a pot, with a negative covert test were concerned that you could have multiple quarantines in a short period of time and kids to learn end up missing a lot of school. 379 01:01:08.670 --> 01:01:21.510 BoardRoom: And then I just an understanding of what threshold is define Dr Ludwig for this mass notification and what you know is that 20% of the schools at 5% what does that look like staff members, etc. 380 01:01:22.770 --> 01:01:29.310 BoardRoom: And then for on campus practices school lunches I think are a high area of concern for all of us and mentioned here earlier. 381 01:01:30.150 --> 01:01:39.330 BoardRoom: my daughter at Bolton does not have the option to go outside at this point also their age hvac system does not appear to be working so you know, there are some concerns we have about safety. 382 01:01:39.660 --> 01:01:54.000 BoardRoom: In this particular area and we want to see outdoor eating available for children throughout the year with some sort of weather proofing and be glad to help in that process, but what are some fundraising on a PTA side or whatever that looks like i'm. 383 01:01:55.290 --> 01:01:59.130 BoardRoom: Not swearing in schools, has shown to be incredibly effective at reducing spread. 384 01:01:59.850 --> 01:02:06.240 BoardRoom: We asked the board and districts, to take a strong stance supporting our teachers and children that mass must be worn properly indoors of all time. 385 01:02:06.870 --> 01:02:12.000 BoardRoom: There have been many reports of students and staff violating these roles, putting our children's health and education in jeopardy. 386 01:02:12.420 --> 01:02:17.340 BoardRoom: Enforcement of mask wearing education on the importance of an important step and reducing Community spread. 387 01:02:18.240 --> 01:02:25.500 BoardRoom: I understand there's wellness checks or my own kids are not reporting they're being asked specifically about their wellness as they come into the end of the school. 388 01:02:25.920 --> 01:02:34.950 BoardRoom: I know that one of the students involved was coughing etc, and perhaps it could have been identified earlier and minimize last time for the children. 389 01:02:36.030 --> 01:02:41.610 BoardRoom: And then support for the quarantine students, so I hear you that when a kid is out with the flu that. 390 01:02:41.850 --> 01:02:47.940 BoardRoom: You know, they have to kind of make up their assignments there's some understanding for that, but that's not we're dealing with here, and these other kids do not have a blue. 391 01:02:48.270 --> 01:02:51.990 BoardRoom: And they're at home, and it could be working and learning and participating and they're not. 392 01:02:52.440 --> 01:03:02.580 BoardRoom: And this is detrimental after year already kind of missed learning and opportunity, so I really like to see the district take a more proactive approach and how they're going to cover that, with perhaps some. 393 01:03:02.940 --> 01:03:07.890 BoardRoom: ability for them to watch the zoom meetings of the of the classroom if they're going to be foreign to. 394 01:03:09.240 --> 01:03:18.420 BoardRoom: And then, especially students with special needs and ips other programs big concern, there are included in this current orange and there's no real plan so. 395 01:03:19.020 --> 01:03:22.620 BoardRoom: This is a lot of things that are kind of happening here, and you guys are putting in a lot of work. 396 01:03:23.280 --> 01:03:32.460 BoardRoom: I know that this isn't something that's easy to do is a giant ask, so we appreciate the time and effort that school board and district puts into protecting the safety of our children. 397 01:03:32.790 --> 01:03:42.660 BoardRoom: I know, everybody here is working hard to do that, we also recognize these matters are complex and they're often colored by political news kyle i'm gonna let you go over quite a bit. 398 01:03:43.350 --> 01:03:53.340 BoardRoom: Okay, I just wanted to make sure okay great We ask that you not consider politics at this moment instead focus on the core mission of your elected seats or education and grow all students in this wonderful community. 399 01:03:54.150 --> 01:03:59.160 BoardRoom: there's opportunity for the discussion we're open to that, thank you for your time almost done sorry. 400 01:04:00.600 --> 01:04:01.890 BoardRoom: Okay, great Thank you. 401 01:04:05.310 --> 01:04:15.270 BoardRoom: Okay, that concludes public comment great, thank you for being here you're welcome to stay or go either way is good for us. 402 01:04:16.410 --> 01:04:23.130 BoardRoom: I will move on to the next item, which is, if I can get to my agenda. 403 01:04:24.240 --> 01:04:28.350 BoardRoom: The should be remote Douglas with the Department of operations. 404 01:04:34.350 --> 01:04:36.450 BoardRoom: I don't see remote on zoom. 405 01:04:37.590 --> 01:04:37.890 BoardRoom: Is. 406 01:04:41.010 --> 01:04:46.800 BoardRoom: he's going to come into person okay so maybe we can we can move to. 407 01:04:48.000 --> 01:04:49.200 BoardRoom: Dr Hughes. 408 01:04:50.280 --> 01:04:51.990 BoardRoom: Since I see her on zoom. 409 01:04:53.850 --> 01:04:56.010 BoardRoom: And do the business office report. 410 01:04:57.930 --> 01:04:59.550 BoardRoom: If sunlight is available. 411 01:05:05.040 --> 01:05:20.280 BoardRoom: But maybe Douglas is on his way because he's worried if it didn't work remotely I really needs that resolution yeah no that's status if he's mark trip over yeah that makes sense that's I appreciate that and so let's see we've got Thank you goodbye if we've got. 412 01:05:21.360 --> 01:05:34.650 BoardRoom: I think the only other thing we could do is either take a little break and wait for remote to get here and productive use to be prepared, or we could move on to sheila and do the human resources. 413 01:05:36.270 --> 01:05:36.990 BoardRoom: Section. 414 01:05:39.480 --> 01:05:51.780 BoardRoom: Of shy list here of Charlotte popped on looks like she's already feel okay for everybody to move forward okay great so if that's all right with you, Dr Ludwig then we'll have Charlotte address the human resources perfect. 415 01:05:53.520 --> 01:06:05.820 Shyla Waldern: Good evening board, thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak to all of you tonight about the mo you that we just came to an agreement with with the lesson was about education association we. 416 01:06:06.600 --> 01:06:13.800 Shyla Waldern: have this mo as we need to address two different items The first was the addition of a contract day to the school year this year. 417 01:06:14.160 --> 01:06:27.840 Shyla Waldern: As our our President contract with the teachers association identifies the school year 191 days so for us to add the September 7 date we needed to increase the contract dates the school year 292. 418 01:06:28.500 --> 01:06:34.920 Shyla Waldern: And the second item that we covered in the memorandum of understanding has to do with the years of experience offered to. 419 01:06:35.880 --> 01:06:49.350 Shyla Waldern: veteran new hire teachers, so we had a cap in our burning agreement for many, many years which allowed us to bring in new teachers at the highest it's step 11 which honored 10 years of experience. 420 01:06:49.620 --> 01:07:00.780 Shyla Waldern: By removing this CAP, we are now able to please people at the accurate stuff on our salaries schedule, by which they're verified years of experience represent for them, and so we. 421 01:07:01.800 --> 01:07:09.630 Shyla Waldern: are presenting this to you tonight and hopes that you will support the mo you with the Western lewisville education Association and the district. 422 01:07:10.020 --> 01:07:20.250 Shyla Waldern: To add the additional contract day to the school year and allow us to put new hiring staff that have many years of experience on their appropriate level on the salary schedule. 423 01:08:00.150 --> 01:08:02.940 BoardRoom: surfeited issue, oh no it's working. 424 01:08:04.140 --> 01:08:05.430 BoardRoom: Charlotte can you hear me OK. 425 01:08:06.600 --> 01:08:12.180 BoardRoom: OK, I can see you're saying yes, I just had a question like I said it might be better suited for Dr Hughes. 426 01:08:13.110 --> 01:08:20.820 BoardRoom: Have we done any type of analysis on if we were to bring in new employees who did not fall within the old system. 427 01:08:21.270 --> 01:08:29.370 BoardRoom: And they come in with their tenure, with increased salary and how that plays a in or has a role on the effect of our budgeting for our purse. 428 01:08:29.880 --> 01:08:41.250 BoardRoom: pick up in obligation, so if we do hire more tenured staff, that is a much larger purpose obligation that we have to pick up and it does have a significant effect on the budget. 429 01:08:41.700 --> 01:08:48.360 BoardRoom: So are we done any analysis on how we do that and make sure that we don't discriminate against those people that we're bringing in but also. 430 01:08:48.900 --> 01:09:02.430 BoardRoom: being mindful of how that has an impact on what we're able to do and how we're able to service the rest of the staff and students within the school district has that work been done or was that not a part of this overall change. 431 01:09:03.720 --> 01:09:06.000 Shyla Waldern: So i'd be happy to speak to that can you hear. 432 01:09:06.000 --> 01:09:07.170 BoardRoom: you're on mute Santa. 433 01:09:07.530 --> 01:09:08.580 Shyla Waldern: Can you hear me now. 434 01:09:12.840 --> 01:09:13.980 Shyla Waldern: Are you able to hear me. 435 01:09:15.840 --> 01:09:17.040 Shyla Waldern: Okay, thank you. 436 01:09:18.360 --> 01:09:30.570 Shyla Waldern: We did do some research, so I should say that the years of experience you're not retro in back so what we did look at was staff who were in the last few years, who came in that were experienced. 437 01:09:31.530 --> 01:09:37.170 Shyla Waldern: And we place them at the step 11, we have to correct those people if they're not already at the top of the salary schedule. 438 01:09:37.680 --> 01:09:44.400 Shyla Waldern: To be aligned with the Oregon pay equity law so there's seven of those staff, and then we had a few staff. 439 01:09:45.060 --> 01:09:54.630 Shyla Waldern: That we hired this year that are more veteran teachers, and so there was, I believe, around seven new hires this year, which is higher than much higher than normal. 440 01:09:55.050 --> 01:10:00.930 Shyla Waldern: And so what I can also say, though, is that they're replacing staff. 441 01:10:01.530 --> 01:10:12.240 Shyla Waldern: That have resigned or retired, who tend to be more veteran so we're either replacing an equivalent but in most cases, more of the new hires are going to come in at. 442 01:10:12.450 --> 01:10:25.530 Shyla Waldern: At the start of the salary schedule so we're still going to end up actually balancing out if that makes sense or or being better off because we're hiring more new staff replace more veteran staff that have resigned or retired. 443 01:10:30.330 --> 01:10:32.370 BoardRoom: response we're not talking about a very large. 444 01:10:32.370 --> 01:10:43.410 BoardRoom: group, but sometimes it does come to play in our hard to find positions where we're just really looking for a level of expertise and someone comes and says hey i've just moved here i'm willing to. 445 01:10:43.980 --> 01:10:50.010 BoardRoom: We had a situation where person wanted to work here, and they were going to take like a $15,000 pay cut. 446 01:10:50.850 --> 01:10:56.460 BoardRoom: To work here, and come with the fewer years of experience and actually said yes to the job. 447 01:10:56.760 --> 01:11:09.090 BoardRoom: Now, fortunately, we can place them on their correct steps so they're people who really want to work here, and we want to make it work for their families and their budget to honor their years of experience so we're really hoping you'll approve this. 448 01:11:15.330 --> 01:11:21.450 BoardRoom: Okay, we can certainly have more discussion and ask more questions let's see if we can get emotion on the table. 449 01:11:22.560 --> 01:11:48.810 BoardRoom: i'm of the board, adopt the 2021 2022 wwe aws wp ml you that includes 192 working days, this year, an amended language to article 23 b.to.ok we have Thompson with emotion and Taylor with the second and thanks for that great question and are there any further questions or comments discussion. 450 01:11:53.850 --> 01:11:56.250 BoardRoom: I will call the boat okay great your skin Wyatt. 451 01:11:57.300 --> 01:12:07.920 BoardRoom: Christie Thompson Chelsea King I Louis Taylor Kelly sloop I let the record stand five oh in an affirmation of the motion. 452 01:12:09.720 --> 01:12:10.290 Kelly Douglas: Thank you. 453 01:12:10.590 --> 01:12:16.440 BoardRoom: Okay, great Thank you, I saw miss Douglas try to speak actually just giving us a thumbs up okay great. 454 01:12:18.780 --> 01:12:26.850 BoardRoom: So, Dr Hughes, I see you and would you like to go ahead and do the is first of all i'm checking in with my board, are we okay to continue moving forward. 455 01:12:26.970 --> 01:12:29.670 BoardRoom: Do we need a break we're good okay great. 456 01:12:30.000 --> 01:12:31.530 BoardRoom: Yes, Dr Hughes you're up. 457 01:12:32.460 --> 01:12:54.240 Son Le Hughes: Thank you so much good evening, everyone is so nice seeing you so tonight's I have two items that I would like to share with you this item present to you for your information, only no action natick the first items a pension bourne series 2021 a last month. 458 01:12:55.470 --> 01:13:18.210 Son Le Hughes: I present as resolution and you approve and adapt at past a for portrait appropriation for the pension bond, so this month, I would like to do to opportunity to share with you the the savings that we have on desk pension barn so um, I would like to have a screen share, if I can cost. 459 01:13:20.490 --> 01:13:21.060 Son Le Hughes: And if not. 460 01:13:22.980 --> 01:13:24.600 Son Le Hughes: You can open my PowerPoint. 461 01:13:31.500 --> 01:13:36.240 Son Le Hughes: So right now I don't have the ability to share the screen okay. 462 01:13:39.090 --> 01:13:39.570 Son Le Hughes: I can. 463 01:13:40.680 --> 01:13:43.230 Son Le Hughes: cut this Can you help me what a PowerPoint please. 464 01:13:46.620 --> 01:14:12.150 Son Le Hughes: So i'm the patient born in the total of 111 million offered, of course, of night in month that's why we're waiting for the PowerPoint i'm just sharing bubbly over the course of 19 ideas, what the estimate saving is about 62 a million, and this information we've received from Piper sandler. 465 01:14:15.330 --> 01:14:15.810 Son Le Hughes: OK. 466 01:14:16.860 --> 01:14:18.660 Son Le Hughes: I can cut it met me a cohort. 467 01:14:36.270 --> 01:14:38.220 Son Le Hughes: I cannot share i'm sorry. 468 01:14:39.720 --> 01:14:40.110 Son Le Hughes: But. 469 01:14:41.610 --> 01:14:45.090 Son Le Hughes: If you have my PowerPoint you can just show the first page. 470 01:14:55.800 --> 01:15:01.230 Son Le Hughes: So on on the PowerPoint that I send to the board packet you see. 471 01:15:02.730 --> 01:15:16.230 Son Le Hughes: The title is Westland very simple scooted credit new payroll right credit and then on the right hand side upper unfunded liability July 29 2021 data information. 472 01:15:17.340 --> 01:15:19.080 Son Le Hughes: So in this information. 473 01:15:20.760 --> 01:15:41.970 Son Le Hughes: The first column a show 11 111.6 million that's a total pension bond that we went alpha 08 21 2021 eight and under the credit right credit this 8% that that will be reduced from the pole. 474 01:15:43.020 --> 01:15:49.380 Son Le Hughes: Again, our current right over here to the porn depths credit. 475 01:15:53.820 --> 01:16:10.080 Son Le Hughes: That right right here at the rate that addicted will pay on it peril so offer the costs of 19 years from 2021 so when we sell when when we sell the born. 476 01:16:11.880 --> 01:16:23.130 Son Le Hughes: For the for the sale, a call 2021, but when money received a 2022 so in 2022 until 2014. 477 01:16:24.180 --> 01:16:25.260 Son Le Hughes: Thank you curtis. 478 01:16:28.020 --> 01:16:29.250 Son Le Hughes: So in here. 479 01:16:32.100 --> 01:16:42.300 Son Le Hughes: So this data right credit right here this Ada the great credit that we received from the poor Oregon have a hearing aid upon depth self assess that born deaf. 480 01:16:44.010 --> 01:16:44.520 Son Le Hughes: Thank you. 481 01:16:45.720 --> 01:17:03.690 Son Le Hughes: deb service it rice, the rice right here at the rate that addicted pay so instead of life assemble before we issue pension 2020 184 tier one tier two, we have to pay 20.15% it. 482 01:17:04.350 --> 01:17:12.000 Son Le Hughes: up the person to Oregon Pearl and 43 we had to pay 17% so now what that. 483 01:17:12.510 --> 01:17:35.550 Son Le Hughes: Credit grace saving we save about 13% so for tier one tier two is that a pain 20 point 16% we only pay 70 something percent and and 43 we only pay close to 4% so over the course of 19 year the Detroit estimate to say 63.1 million. 484 01:17:36.600 --> 01:17:56.130 Son Le Hughes: That information provided to us from Piper sandler and now we have more information, more detail information to show where a each update number common form and i'm happy to connect with each of you, or you to have a work session to learn more detail if you have Internet. 485 01:17:57.900 --> 01:18:04.950 Son Le Hughes: So that's it the first item on a pension porn on the next item is the finance so. 486 01:18:07.380 --> 01:18:08.970 Son Le Hughes: fun update. 487 01:18:10.590 --> 01:18:11.070 Son Le Hughes: Yes. 488 01:18:12.630 --> 01:18:16.680 Son Le Hughes: Yes, this is a correct one because this if you Okay, thank you. 489 01:18:18.870 --> 01:18:34.650 Son Le Hughes: So this the general fund penang so updates and not much going on right now, because the auditor still working on our book, even though we have no more expenditure posted in fiscal year 2021 but. 490 01:18:35.190 --> 01:18:52.080 Son Le Hughes: The auditor still preview they do a lot of internal control audit it consisted of first year that they held their hand on our book, so they have to go through, and they haven't closed the audit yet so I don't have the final number to report to bore at a time. 491 01:18:53.100 --> 01:19:04.920 Son Le Hughes: in depth report, I only show it to you that when we had a budget appropriation for 111.6 million we put us in the chat even though. 492 01:19:05.640 --> 01:19:17.970 Son Le Hughes: The money that not we did not today did not receive the money, the money go through us and then go direct to PO Oregon PR but, according to the. 493 01:19:18.600 --> 01:19:33.480 Son Le Hughes: Oregon department of revenue and, according to our auditor, because we are on the modify of cruise basic but check by set a contribution to PR as an expenditure radiothon update funding. 494 01:19:34.080 --> 01:19:40.410 Son Le Hughes: Because, although dictate that now we see the pension revenue directly. 495 01:19:41.190 --> 01:19:54.990 Son Le Hughes: Based revenue pay to put on behalf of the district so as a result that dictates half the amount in a site a cow we're poor so therefore we have to increase the dollar amount in our budget. 496 01:19:55.800 --> 01:20:09.900 Son Le Hughes: And with 111.6 million, this is how is allocated into salary and benefits So besides item that defined in our budget and not much going on. 497 01:20:10.560 --> 01:20:33.120 Son Le Hughes: The only are the items a beginning balance was a dead end infant ballin up last year carry forward into this year a little bit more positive because we be able to move some allowable expenditure form gender own fun into grant to free up more in general and fun. 498 01:20:36.690 --> 01:20:38.280 Son Le Hughes: Next slide please. 499 01:20:41.280 --> 01:20:43.560 Son Le Hughes: Thanks, so this is. 500 01:20:45.060 --> 01:20:49.860 Son Le Hughes: This a little bit relate to the estimate that Piper sandler hell for us. 501 01:20:51.060 --> 01:21:05.430 Son Le Hughes: The one that Piper sandler hell, for us, based on the historical information that they have as of 2015 I use the information that we currently have so right now. 502 01:21:06.030 --> 01:21:30.660 Son Le Hughes: The total salary that we have for for output for fiscal year 2122 is 61.5 million out of 61.5 million that route 24.6 million belong to, or allocate for tier one tier two group and 36.9 million allocate for the tree officer. 503 01:21:31.950 --> 01:21:45.450 Son Le Hughes: So before we went out for the pension barn the rate that we receive from poor at 28.15% for tier one tier 217 point 0443. 504 01:21:45.960 --> 01:22:12.390 Son Le Hughes: So, based on data rate ual rate and based on this estimate salary that Detroit obligated to pay 11.2 million, with a 4.9 million two tier one tier two and 6.2 million two to three, now we have a new right because, with the right credit tucked in percent that we. 505 01:22:13.440 --> 01:22:25.620 Son Le Hughes: subtract because of the new site account, we have now, the new rate is only 7.05% for tier one tier two and 3.94% per tier three. 506 01:22:26.550 --> 01:22:44.040 Son Le Hughes: Which is which men what the new rate that they only obligated to pay around 3.1 million, so does save in we have for this fiscal year based on the new site account, we have a around 3.2 million. 507 01:22:46.740 --> 01:22:49.380 Son Le Hughes: that's all I have for tonight and. 508 01:22:51.600 --> 01:22:54.450 Son Le Hughes: i'm available for question, if you have any for me. 509 01:22:58.500 --> 01:23:02.250 BoardRoom: Thank you very much, Dr Hughes are there questions from the board. 510 01:23:04.440 --> 01:23:06.390 BoardRoom: i'm not seeing any. 511 01:23:07.980 --> 01:23:24.030 BoardRoom: I just have a comment that I think you can see right away the benefit of what that motion did and going out for that purse bond that's already taking a great relief off of our general budget, and our and our obligation for for the purse retirement and the way out, so thank you. 512 01:23:27.660 --> 01:23:28.980 Son Le Hughes: Thank you everyone. 513 01:23:29.910 --> 01:23:33.780 BoardRoom: Okay, I think we're good Thank you so much, yes. 514 01:23:35.130 --> 01:23:44.670 BoardRoom: All right, I saw remote common you are up Mr Douglas with the Department of operations. 515 01:23:46.920 --> 01:23:52.140 BoardRoom: Getting bored out of my students to come in, when I saw some technical difficulties earlier. 516 01:23:53.310 --> 01:24:08.940 BoardRoom: The resolution we're closing for you this evening is around the contract with selection for the new at creek middle school on dollar street and we provided the required findings, the RS as as well as a couple of memos explaining the process. 517 01:24:10.320 --> 01:24:16.260 BoardRoom: And so, with that i'll just open the floor if they're if the Board has any particular questions about that process. 518 01:24:21.270 --> 01:24:22.050 BoardRoom: Yes, please. 519 01:24:26.340 --> 01:24:28.020 BoardRoom: Is my okay it's working pretty good. 520 01:24:31.050 --> 01:24:45.390 BoardRoom: When you cast your net pretty broad because you're looking to potentially diversify the candidates that are coming in to bid on the projects, do you actually keep a demographic report of what you actually are finding as you take those bids. 521 01:24:46.650 --> 01:24:47.520 BoardRoom: Or do you not. 522 01:24:49.440 --> 01:24:55.170 BoardRoom: We have included in our general contracts or some of our larger contracts. 523 01:24:56.220 --> 01:25:05.760 BoardRoom: Language that supports our being able to ask for that from general contractors and so we're doing it in more of an informal sort of way and. 524 01:25:07.110 --> 01:25:16.530 BoardRoom: chair king and I have talked a number of times on these topics, and you know, the question is, you know what is the metric what does that checkbox that puts it in in one category another. 525 01:25:17.070 --> 01:25:31.800 BoardRoom: And that you know just tracking things by certifications alone doesn't isn't necessarily representative of who is owning and operating those firms, but the short answer, I suppose, is yes, we are looking to get that data. 526 01:25:33.180 --> 01:25:37.440 BoardRoom: and be able to internalize it and at some point be able to present what that is. 527 01:25:39.300 --> 01:25:44.460 BoardRoom: Has any data been connected or collected up to this point, or we we do not have. 528 01:25:46.260 --> 01:25:48.330 BoardRoom: The summer has been somewhat. 529 01:25:49.830 --> 01:25:55.470 BoardRoom: Every want to make sure we get towards the end of contracts, so that we know sort of total values and that sort of thing. 530 01:25:57.120 --> 01:25:57.420 BoardRoom: gotcha. 531 01:26:01.080 --> 01:26:07.110 BoardRoom: Thanks, for being here and for having this discussion, I know, previously, we thought, maybe it could be, you know pretty straightforward thing but. 532 01:26:07.770 --> 01:26:13.080 BoardRoom: You know, being that the Board is there so many new people and maybe this is the first time, even that you've met in person. 533 01:26:13.620 --> 01:26:23.730 BoardRoom: it's been on zoom, so much so, we appreciate just a chance to have the conversation, and what I know about what you're asking us to approve here is really just allowing. 534 01:26:24.360 --> 01:26:36.420 BoardRoom: For that flexibility to operate a really large bond project and to find the right contractor to do a project of that scale and with those nuances of constructing. 535 01:26:37.050 --> 01:26:47.910 BoardRoom: Right in a neighborhood and things like that that's like my layman's term of understanding really what you know what you're asking for here, and I know we've done this in the past, this board is as well to allow this kind of. 536 01:26:48.810 --> 01:27:00.060 BoardRoom: responsiveness in your department, and I think just to piggyback on what Dr Taylor was asking about because we have been engaged in that conversation for a two or three years and just speaking to. 537 01:27:01.020 --> 01:27:09.150 BoardRoom: I think one of the things we talked about in the past was that this was something that you and your team were had heightened awareness of and. 538 01:27:09.720 --> 01:27:18.840 BoardRoom: You know we're we're even considering putting some language into the rfp or rf Q Q how whatever it is that you use to ask about it and. 539 01:27:19.230 --> 01:27:31.170 BoardRoom: So maybe just following up on that right now would be good timing and then we can absolutely know there are a number of criteria and I don't I ran from home I grabbed one of two boxers. 540 01:27:31.860 --> 01:27:39.870 BoardRoom: So it's in the other one, but the document that the contract is responding to you has a number of criteria is there's a scoring metric. 541 01:27:40.980 --> 01:27:52.350 BoardRoom: And we do have a committee, I believe it's a specific folks that are currently dissipated are listed in one of the committee's seven seven member Committee, and yes. 542 01:27:53.940 --> 01:28:01.110 BoardRoom: The notions of not only minority women veteran disabled businesses. 543 01:28:02.280 --> 01:28:08.220 BoardRoom: But also apprenticeship programs that project might have so that's directly into the scoring. 544 01:28:09.660 --> 01:28:13.620 BoardRoom: And the thing that was heartening, for me, as someone who does care about that word. 545 01:28:14.850 --> 01:28:20.880 BoardRoom: Is that no one links at it in more in the contract that Community it's it's just how you do business. 546 01:28:22.260 --> 01:28:37.500 BoardRoom: Every single firm that's that's provided, whether they ultimately been part of the building or not everybody has had some level of engagement in some level program there, so I think that's a becoming a point of pride for portland contract and community. 547 01:28:38.850 --> 01:28:41.430 BoardRoom: And something that our offices really like to see. 548 01:28:46.080 --> 01:28:53.790 BoardRoom: Thank you for speaking I know you've been engaged in this conversation, so you were able to do it off off cough without the notes in front of you are there. 549 01:28:55.080 --> 01:28:57.210 BoardRoom: Further questions, or should we have emotion. 550 01:29:05.640 --> 01:29:21.270 BoardRoom: emotion, thank you i'm motion that we approve resolution number 2021 dash zero for resolution declaring exemption from the competitive bidding process in favor of the alternative qualifications based selection contracting method. 551 01:29:23.130 --> 01:29:29.100 BoardRoom: Alright Thompson makes the motion a second alright so as a second and. 552 01:29:30.090 --> 01:29:31.380 BoardRoom: i'll just say again. 553 01:29:31.410 --> 01:29:43.440 BoardRoom: Thank you so much, I what a crazy time to be running such a big so many projects so and a lot of different ways, so thank you for your years of experience that you're offering to this. 554 01:29:44.460 --> 01:30:01.290 BoardRoom: you're well positioned to be doing this and it can't be easy, so I just really appreciate it so excited about what we're doing for our schools feel very fortunate i'm circling putting just took a minute and just acknowledge the dedication our staff has that you were worried about. 555 01:30:01.620 --> 01:30:10.890 BoardRoom: You know, not being able to communicate and so you got in your car and came here on night to present this to us, so I just want to thank you for and acknowledge that dedication. 556 01:30:12.180 --> 01:30:15.420 BoardRoom: That our staff has across the board of your perfect example of that. 557 01:30:17.010 --> 01:30:25.830 BoardRoom: mm hmm and I just like to add, I mean it's such a reminder that, when we strive for equity and inclusion and our district that it starts at all departments and all levels and. 558 01:30:26.520 --> 01:30:34.110 BoardRoom: Just seeing the work and effort that your department is put into this just shows that this district is trying to bake that into everything that we do so thank you for your work. 559 01:30:36.240 --> 01:30:39.420 BoardRoom: very exciting to see kids back in school hmm. 560 01:30:41.580 --> 01:30:45.420 BoardRoom: Okay, I think, Miss Douglas might be also well positioned to call for a vote. 561 01:30:46.140 --> 01:30:46.770 Yes. 562 01:30:48.810 --> 01:30:49.650 Kelly Douglas: Can you hear me. 563 01:30:50.040 --> 01:30:53.940 BoardRoom: Maybe not I can do that okay quiet. 564 01:30:55.080 --> 01:31:07.560 BoardRoom: Christie Thompson i'm Chelsea King I Lewis Taylor Kelly sloop I let the record show five oh in favor of the motion, thank you, thank you. 565 01:31:07.770 --> 01:31:09.030 Kelly Douglas: Thank you, thank you. 566 01:31:09.090 --> 01:31:18.030 BoardRoom: Remote Douglas again, I just want to echo, thank you for coming all the way here to do this in person, and also, I want you to know that when we drove around to see the first day of. 567 01:31:18.030 --> 01:31:18.660 Kelly Douglas: school. 568 01:31:19.440 --> 01:31:27.630 BoardRoom: You know the work that the many teams have done to just safely make sure those lingering construction projects were behind. 569 01:31:28.110 --> 01:31:40.110 BoardRoom: Barriers orange fencing everyone really took care to make sure that kids could arrive safely it meant on those first day or two because a lot of parents love to drive their children on the first day or two. 570 01:31:40.470 --> 01:31:56.640 BoardRoom: That there were some slower lines and a lot of people exercise great patience, but there was never a doubt that kids weren't getting into school safely and so thank you and your team for assuring that right up to zero our appreciate it yeah Thank you thanks. 571 01:32:00.360 --> 01:32:11.520 BoardRoom: All right, board, we have made it through all the agenda items So yes, I think the only thing we have on here is the upcoming board meetings and. 572 01:32:11.970 --> 01:32:19.560 BoardRoom: i'll speak to that for a moment, because we currently don't have anything planned for the work session on 920 Is that correct, that is correct. 573 01:32:20.010 --> 01:32:32.250 BoardRoom: At your board retreat if you noticed when director Thompson went through the document of regular meetings and work sessions that one was open and I hadn't heard anything about a topic. 574 01:32:33.780 --> 01:32:41.400 BoardRoom: You could cancel it you could suggest a topic for staff and I to come next Monday and be prepared, if you'd like to engage in a topic. 575 01:32:42.030 --> 01:32:49.590 BoardRoom: You could also use that time to attend, one of the many curriculum nights they're all virtual you have a copy of them, and your binder. 576 01:32:50.040 --> 01:33:03.570 BoardRoom: zoom links are available to you, and perhaps that's how you'd like to spend your time next week is popping into some virtual curriculum nights at schools, other than your own children so i'll leave that up to you for discussion. 577 01:33:08.910 --> 01:33:12.570 BoardRoom: chance to attend other curriculum nights in lieu of a work session. 578 01:33:13.770 --> 01:33:19.980 There are no curriculum nights on the night of the 20th. 579 01:33:21.210 --> 01:33:33.420 BoardRoom: Correct there are none that night, but if you felt like you were kind of giving that time towards you know curriculum nights in general you'd be kind of exchanging that service of time yeah. 580 01:33:36.000 --> 01:33:36.480 BoardRoom: So. 581 01:33:50.040 --> 01:33:58.680 BoardRoom: You wouldn't be engaging or speaking so there'd be no likelihood that you'd be doing board business, it would be like attending an event like a conference. 582 01:33:59.880 --> 01:34:07.890 BoardRoom: And so, and especially the curriculum that you wouldn't be panelists you would just be popping and I think will be helpful, is for us to know if you plan to attend one. 583 01:34:08.370 --> 01:34:15.930 BoardRoom: There, sometimes is an ability for a principal to recognize your presence on screen and to thank you sometimes they may not be able to. 584 01:34:16.410 --> 01:34:28.980 BoardRoom: But it's a nice courtesy, if they are able to, and so I think if you can let Kelly know which ones you're planning to attend that way also you may not be doubling up and five people going to one and nobody another and. 585 01:34:30.180 --> 01:34:31.500 BoardRoom: If that's what you'd like to do. 586 01:34:34.410 --> 01:34:44.730 BoardRoom: Okay i'm getting if i'm reading my colleagues correctly i'm getting the sense that there's a lot of opportunity to be engaged next week with the curriculum nights and then maybe we do that, instead of meeting. 587 01:34:45.300 --> 01:35:00.150 BoardRoom: Okay yeah so it looks like the work session on 920 is cancelled and we can let miss Douglas know if we plan on attending a curriculum night and she'll contact the principal on our behalf, and I understand that correctly. 588 01:35:02.010 --> 01:35:11.490 BoardRoom: Yes, you can let her know that she'll collect those and then also repeat them back to you, so you know who's going to which ones, and then she'll take care of contacting the principles okay. 589 01:35:12.810 --> 01:35:18.330 BoardRoom: Great and then the other date we could touch on right now is, we have a work session on. 590 01:35:20.250 --> 01:35:24.660 BoardRoom: We that we don't currently have a plan for us, whether we plan that right now, or. 591 01:35:26.550 --> 01:35:27.120 BoardRoom: later. 592 01:35:27.480 --> 01:35:35.580 BoardRoom: At the retreat in that, and again in that document that director Thompson shared with you, I had proposed that that could be a date that bill dela Cruz. 593 01:35:35.610 --> 01:35:42.720 BoardRoom: could meet with, who is a board we're trying to get him fly him in for that whole week we're still working on seeing if we can secure that schedule. 594 01:35:43.080 --> 01:35:54.690 BoardRoom: Because that same week, we have a leadership forum professional growth Wednesday, and so we thought, if we do fly him in we can do about six or seven staff opportunities with him. 595 01:35:55.080 --> 01:35:59.670 BoardRoom: And it happens to be the same week you have a work session so again if that interested you. 596 01:36:00.600 --> 01:36:08.340 BoardRoom: I can secure that with him, and then we could talk with a chair and vice chair and with input and the rest of board on what exactly would you like to engage in. 597 01:36:08.940 --> 01:36:16.200 BoardRoom: with him as a facilitator that Monday if it works so i've kind of tentatively held that for you, because we could have in here that week. 598 01:36:17.130 --> 01:36:28.890 BoardRoom: So and bill de la Cruz is someone who's done work with the district, and a lot of districts and cities, municipalities around i've attended one of his workshops before and so he would be. 599 01:36:30.090 --> 01:36:35.370 BoardRoom: A speaker facilitator for us for a couple of hours probably and we definitely. 600 01:36:35.610 --> 01:36:46.920 BoardRoom: cater the time to what is it that you feel you'd like to learn together and engage in together and then he would work to kind of shape that time, however long you want it, or whatever you wanted it to look like okay. 601 01:36:47.310 --> 01:36:57.060 BoardRoom: If you let me know Dr Ludwig when he gives you the yes i'm sensing from the board that that's a yes, a good a good way to use our time to do some learning together and we could we could. 602 01:36:58.290 --> 01:37:08.040 BoardRoom: survey the board about what they'd like to get out of that time and plan, something I will be out of town so i'll be remote i'll be present but no problem. 603 01:37:09.990 --> 01:37:11.220 BoardRoom: for you to work up there. 604 01:37:12.240 --> 01:37:14.490 BoardRoom: i'm getting a double thumbs up so must be okay. 605 01:37:16.980 --> 01:37:22.380 BoardRoom: The work session, so we have another regular meeting in between now and then, so we definitely have time planet but. 606 01:37:24.720 --> 01:37:25.650 BoardRoom: Okay, great. 607 01:37:27.510 --> 01:37:28.830 BoardRoom: We are here by adjourned.