Nov 22, 2022 Board Meeting

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GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY, AND WELCOME TO THIS REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING OF THE EDMONDS SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER

[1. CALL TO ORDER-6:30 pm]

[2. ROLL CALL-6:31 pm (ALL TIMES ARE ESTIMATED)]

DIRECTOR KILGORE IS NOT WITH US THIS EVENING, BUT WE HAVE A QUORUM.

NEXT, I'M GOING TO ASK DR.

[3. LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT-6:32 pm]

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT KATIMS. WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF THIS PLACE, THE SNOHOMISH PEOPLE, AND THEIR SUCCESSORS.

THE TULALIP TRIBES, WHO SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL HAVE TAKEN CARE OF, HUNTED, FISHED AND GATHERED ON THESE LANDS.

WE RESPECT THEIR SOVEREIGNTY, THEIR RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION, AND WE HONOR THEIR SACRED SPIRITUAL CONNECTION WITH THE LAND WATER.

BY ACKNOWLEDGING THESE HOMELANDS, WE COMMIT TO WORKING WITH TRIBAL NATIONS TO FURTHER THE EDUCATION AIMS THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED IN OUR CLASSROOMS AND SCHOOLS.

THANK YOU, AND NOW WOULD EVERYBODY, PLEASE RISE AND JOIN ME IN THE FLAG SALUTE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

NEXT IS OUR APPROVAL OF OUR AGENDA AS PRESENTED FOR TONIGHT.

[5. APPROVAL OF AGENDA-6:34 pm]

SECOND. THANK YOU. I'VE HEARD A MOTION TO APPROVE ND A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.

I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE. EVERYBODY IN FAVOR OF APPROVING TONIGHT'S AGENDA AS PRESENTED, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED, PLEASE SAY NAY.

ANY ABSTENTIONS? AND THE AGENDA IS APPROVED AS PRESENTED.

SORRY, I DON'T MEAN TO BE RUDE.

IS THERE A WAY TO TURN CARIN'S MIC DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT? OH, YOU PULLED IT AWAY. THANK YOU.

WHAT ARE YOU SAYING, KEITH? [CHUCKLING] WE LOVE HAVING YOU HERE, CARIN, IN ANY FORM, VIRTUAL OR PRESENT.

I'M NOT GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO DR.

[6. SCHOOL PRESENTATIONS 6:35 pm]

WELL, I'M SO THRILLED, PRESIDENT KATIMS, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD TO INTRODUCE FIRST OUR MARTHA LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR MARTHA LAKE.

SO PLEASE WELCOME STEPHANIE K.

FREDRICKSON, OUR PRINCIPAL, AND SOME OF HER MUSTANGS HERE TONIGHT.

[APPLAUSE] GOOD EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT MINER AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TONIGHT, AND I AM THRILLED TO BRING SOME OF MY STUDENTS WITH ME TONIGHT.

I HAVE MY INTERMEDIATE STUDENTS TO GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION ABOUT OUR SCHOOL WIDE PLEDGE, AND THEN MY YOUNGEST MUSTANGS, MY KINDERGARTNERS ARE GOING TO TEACH YOU THE PLEDGE WITH SOME HAND MOTIONS.

SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO WARM UP BEFORE THAT HAPPENS.

SO WITH ME TONIGHT, I HAVE AVERY, MARLEY, [INAUDIBLE], LUCIA, TIMOTHY, AND KENDALL.

HELLO, WE ARE HERE TO TELL YOU ABOUT OUR REALLY COOL, SUPER AWESOME SCHOOL PLEDGE.

HOW DID THIS COOL IDEA START? AT THE END OF LAST YEAR, OUR STAFF RACE AND EQUITY TEAM, COMBINED WITH THE PBIS TEAM, RECOGNIZE THAT SOME CLASSES HAVE THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL PLEDGE AND WE WANTED EVERYONE TO BE INCLUDED AND BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE.

WHO CREATED IT? WELL, THE STAFF CAME UP WITH SOME OF THE IMPORTANT THEMES, SUCH AS GROWTH MINDSET BEING UPSTANDER AND KINDNESS, AND THEN WE ASKED EACH CLASS TO ADD IDEAS.

THEN WE COMBINED SOME OF THOSE GREAT IDEAS TOGETHER.

EACH CLASS ASKED THEIR STUDENTS WHAT THEY THOUGHT WAS IMPORTANT.

EVERY STUDENT, ALL OF THEIR OWN GREAT IDEAS.

OUR STUDENT VOICE IS IMPORTANT.

THAT'S WHY WE THOUGHT AND CONSIDERED ALL OF THESE GREAT IDEAS, BUT SOME OF OUR FAVORITES WERE, IF YOU'RE MEAN, IT CAN HURT PEOPLE'S FEELINGS FROM KINDERGARTEN.

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I WILL PERSIST EVEN WHEN THINGS GET HARD, FROM SECOND.

I'M CAPABLE OF MORE THAN I CAN IMAGINE, FROM THIRD.

BE AWESOME, FROM FOURTH, BE INCLUSIVE, FROM FIFTH, AND LAST SENTENCE BE YOU, BELONG, BE MUSTANG STRONG, FROM SIXTH GRADE AND MORE.

THERE WERE A LOT OF GREAT REPEATED IDEAS.

AFTER THE KIDS CAME UP WITH THE IDEAS, WE PAIRED IT WITH THE BE YOU BOOK.

HERE ARE THREE BIG IDEAS AND WHAT THEY MEAN TO ME.

BE YOU: EMBRACE YOUR CREATIVITY WITHIN YOURSELF.

BELONG: EVERYONE FEELS WELCOMED AND RESPECTED AT MARTHA LAKE.

WE DO NOT JUDGE OTHERS.

BE MUSTANG STRONG: WE TAKE PRIDE IN OUR SCHOOL, OURSELVES AND EACH OTHER.

NEVER GIVE UP.

NOW, HOW DID OUR IDEAS COME INTO ACTION? WELL, WE HAVE CLUBS WHERE KIDS CAN FEEL AS IF THEY BELONG AND EMBRACE THEIR CREATIVITY, SUCH AS CHESS, CHOIR AND STUDENT LEADERSHIP.

ANOTHER PERSONAL THING I'D LIKE TO ADD IS THAT WHEN I WAS IN FOURTH GRADE LAST YEAR, I MADE A BODY SHAMING PRESENTATION AND IT HELPED THE THIRD GRADERS THAT I SHARED IT WITH FEEL AS IF THEY BELONG NO MATTER HOW THEY LOOK LIKE.

I ALSO WANT TO ADD THAT WHEN I WAS LITTLE, I WAS REALLY SHY AND HAD SEVERE ANXIETY, BUT WITH THE HELP OF MARTHA LAKE, IT HELPED ME FEEL LIKE I BELONG AND ALSO HELPED ME OVERCOME SOME OF MY FEARS.

INTRODUCING OUR PLEDGE.

SO WE HAVE A COPY OF THIS BOOK HERE, THE BE YOU BOOK, IN EVERY SINGLE CLASSROOM, WHICH WAS ALSO READ ALOUD BY EVERY CLASSROOM TEACHER TO INTRODUCE IT TO OUR STUDENTS.

THE STAFF VIDEO AT THE WELCOME BACK ASSEMBLY IS BASICALLY WHERE WE HAD EVERY STAFF AND TEACHER READ ONE LINE FROM THIS BOOK.

I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY AWESOME AND EVERYONE RECITES IT TOGETHER ON FRIDAYS OVER THE INTERCOM.

I THINK SPEAKING OF RECITING IT TOGETHER ON FRIDAYS, THE PROGRESSION FOR THAT IS AT THE BEGINNING.

NOT EVERYONE REALLY WANTED TO SAY IT, BUT A COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER INTO THE SCHOOL YEAR, EVERYONE SAYS IT LOUD AND PROUD.

WHY IS OUR PLEDGE IMPORTANT? IT BRINGS US TOGETHER AS A SCHOOL.

EXPECTATIONS IN THE PLEDGE MAKE ME FEEL SAFER, AND HERE ARE TWO ONES THAT I HAVE A STORY TO GO ALONG WITH.

THE PERSIST LINE HELPS ME WITH MY MATH TEST.

THIS IS ACTUALLY A TRUE STORY.

SO I WAS WORKING ON A MATH TEST AND I WAS STUCK ON A QUESTION, AND ONE OF THE LINES FROM OUR PLEDGE THAT OUR KINDERGARTNERS WILL TEACH TO YOU IS WE PERSIST EVEN WHEN THINGS GET HARD, AND WHEN I THOUGHT OF THAT, EVEN THOUGH I WAS THINKING I WANTED TO GIVE UP, I PERSISTED, AND I ACTUALLY ENDED UP GETTING THE QUESTION RIGHT.

THE OTHER LINE THAT I WANTED TO SHARE IS THE STAFF AND STUDENTS HAVE HELPED ME TO BE BRAVE.

LIKE OUR LINE FROM THE BOOK ABOUT BEING BRAVE.

BASICALLY WHAT THIS MEANS TO ME IS, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, SINCE I USED TO HAVE SEVERE ANXIETY, THE STAFF, STUDENTS AND COUNSELORS HERE HAVE HELPED ME OVERCOME THE FEAR AND REALIZE THAT I CAN OVERCOME ANYTHING, AND IF I GIVE IT A TRY, MAYBE IT WON'T BE SO BAD.

IT HELPS KIDS AND ME BE CONFIDENT.

OUR PLEDGE KEEPS ME POSITIVE.

FOR EXAMPLE, I DID NOT WANT TO DO THIS JOB, [CHUCKLING] BUT MS. K REMINDED ME THAT I SAID IT HELPS KIDS AND ME BE CONFIDENT.

NOW I'M HERE. [CHUCKLING] ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE BOOK IN THE PLEDGE IS THAT MY FAVORITE LINE OF THE BOOK IS BE DIFFERENT, BE SILLY, BE QUIRKY, BE ODD, BE UNIQUE, BE WEIRD, BE COLORFUL, BE OKAY WITH BEING DIFFERENT, BE JUST THE WAY YOU ARE. WE WANT EVERYONE TO CELEBRATE BEING DIFFERENT BECAUSE NOBODY IS THE SAME.

WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE THEMSELVES.

EVERYONE AT OUR SCHOOL IS ALLOWED TO BE UNIQUE AND JUST THE WAY THEY ARE.

MY FAVORITE LINE OF THE PLEDGE IS WE WELCOME EVERYONE AND CELEBRATE OUR DIFFERENCES.

I LIKE THIS BECAUSE IT REMINDS ME OF THE DIFFERENT MONTHS THAT WE CELEBRATE.

SOME MONTHS THAT MAKE ME FEEL I BELONG ARE FEBRUARY AND JUNE.

JUNE IS TO US LGBTQIA+ PLUS AND PRIDE MONTH AND FEBRUARY IS BLACKLIVESMATTER MONTH.

I RELATE TO BLACKLIVESMATTER MONTH BECAUSE I'M MIXED RACE BLACK AND WHITE AND I RELATE TO PRIDE MONTH BECAUSE I'M A PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND SO ARE MY TWO MOMS. THESE REPRESENT ME AND I FEEL I BELONG BECAUSE WE CELEBRATE THE CULTURE OF THESE MONTHS AND RESPECT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PART OF THEM.

IT HASN'T BEEN EASY WITH HAVING TWO MOMS AND BEING A PART OF THE COMMUNITY, BUT THE TEACHERS AND STAFF HAVE WORKED ON BEING UNDERSTANDING ABOUT DIFFERENT FAMILIES AND NOT NECESSARILY CALLING STUDENTS BOYS AND GIRLS BECAUSE SOME STUDENTS DON'T IDENTIFY AS EITHER.

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NOW THAT YOU'VE LEARNED ABOUT THE PLEDGE, YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR IT BECAUSE ONE OF OUR KINDERGARTEN CLASSES MADE THE PLEDGE THEIR OWN AND SOME OF THE KINDERGARTNERS HERE FROM THAT CLASS WILL TEACH YOU THE PLEDGE WITH THE HAND MOTIONS THEY MADE FOR IT.

SO WHENEVER THEY PAUSE, YOU CAN REPEAT IT.

READY. I WANT TO HEAR YOU NICE AND LOUD AND PROUD.

[INAUDIBLE]. A MARTA LAKE MUSTANG, MARTHA LAKE MUSTANGS. WE WELCOME, EVERYONE.

WE WELCOME EVERYONE.

AND CELEBRATE OUR DIFFERENCES.

AND CELEBRATE OUR DIFFERENCES.

WE TREAT OTHERS WITH KINDNESS AND RESPECT.

WE TREAT OTHERS WITH KINDNESS AND RESPECT.

WE ARE BRAVE! WE ARE BRAVE.

SO WE STAND UP FOR WHAT IS RIGHT.

STAND UP FOR WHAT IS RIGHT.

WE PERSIST.

WE PERSIST.

EVEN WHEN THINGS GET HARD.

EVEN WHEN THINGS GET HARD.

WE ARE CAPABLE OF MORE THAN WE CAN IMAGINE.

WE ARE CAPABLE OF MORE THAN WE CAN IMAGINE.

I AM ME.

I AM ME.

I BELONG! I BELONG. I AM MUSTANG STRONG! I AM MUSTANG STRONG.

[APPLAUSE] SO NOW THAT YOU'RE HONORARY MUSTANGS, WE HAVE SOME SWAG FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND A COPY OF THE BEAUTIFUL BE YOU BOOK.

SO AND WE ALSO HAVE FOR THE STUDENT ADVISORS SOME CHOCOLATES BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY LOVES CHOCOLATE, RIGHT? AND YOUR VERY OWN MARTHA LAKE KEYCHAIN.

WE REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU.

THAT WAS A VERY, VERY SPECIAL, SPECIAL PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WHAT WONDERFUL SWAG.

[INAUDIBLE] WELL, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD OR THE STUDENT ADVISORS? YOU KNOW. OH, GO AHEAD.

GO AHEAD. SORRY. UM, THAT WAS AMAZING.

I REALLY WISH MY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAD THAT.

THAT WOULD HAVE MADE IT JUST A MUCH BETTER EXPERIENCE, AND I THINK WHAT YOU'RE LEARNING IS REALLY, REALLY INVALUABLE FOR WHAT OUR WORLD NEEDS.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

THAT WAS REALLY GREAT. I WAS JUST GOING TO MENTION, I THINK WHAT YOU DID HERE WITH YOUR PLEDGE AND EVERYTHING IS VERY COOL.

I THINK THAT'S A GREAT THING TO HAVE IN YOUR SCHOOL.

I ACTUALLY LAST YEAR CHANGED JOBS TO WORK FOR THE STATE AND ANTI DISCRIMINATION WORK AND I BROUGHT MY EQUITY TREE AND EVERYONE THINKS THAT IS THE MOST AMAZING THING.

THEY'RE ALL JEALOUS THEY DON'T HAVE THEM AND SO I'M EXCITED TO BRING MY KEYCHAIN TO MY OFFICE AS WELL AND LET THEM SHOW THE EDMONDS SCHOOL DISTRICT REALLY STANDS FOR DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION. SO THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR THIS.

THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

YOU KNOW, MARTHA LAKE IS MY NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL.

I ONLY LIVE A COUPLE OF BLOCKS FROM IT, SO I SEE IT EVERY DAY.

I SEE THE KIDS COME OUT.

THEY'RE ALWAYS HAPPY, AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT SCHOOL AND JUST A FANTASTIC PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. WHAT REALLY IMPRESSED ME WAS HOW GREAT AND SMART AND BRAVE THE KIDS ARE TO SHARE YOUR STORIES RO REFLECT ON WHERE YOU'VE BEEN AND WHERE YOU ARE NOW AND YOUR GROWTH AND HOW THAT HAS OCCURRED AS A PART OF THE CULTURE OF THE SCHOOL.

IT'S VERY SPECIAL AND YOU GUYS ARE VERY SPECIAL AND IT'S REALLY HEARTWARMING TO HEAR YOU REALLY TELL YOUR OWN

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THANK YOU, AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.

THANK YOU, DIRECTOR KATIMS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. CAN WE HAVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR AMAZING STUDENTS? [APPLAUSE] WELL, PRINCIPAL FREDRICKSON, YOU'VE SET YOURSELF UP FOR THIS YOURSELF, BECAUSE THAT'S A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW, AND NOW YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW IT.

[CHUCKLING] YEAH, I AM THRILLED TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

I WAS SUPER NERVOUS, AS WERE MY STUDENTS, AND THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THEIR STORIES.

THAT WAS SOMETHING I THOUGHT WAS REALLY SPECIAL FOR THEM TO SHARE TONIGHT.

SO THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING AND FOR MY STUDENTS FOR BEING SO BRAVE.

I'M SUPER, SUPER PROUD.

OKAY, TONIGHT, I AM GOING TO SHARE OUR SIP GOAL THREE AROUND, OBVIOUSLY, OUR SENSE OF BELONGING.

DO I NEED THE STEP STOOL BECAUSE I'M SO SHORT? [CHUCKLING] OKAY, SO I'M GOING TO DISCUSS OUR SIP GOAL THREE WITH YOU TONIGHT.

MY CLICKER IS NOT WORKING.

OKAY, OUR SIP GOAL THREE IS FOR OUR STUDENTS IN GRADE THREE THROUGH SIX TO REPORT A SENSE OF BELONGING AND POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS IN OUR SCHOOL.

TO INCREASE FROM 66% IN THE FALL TO 76% IN THE SPRING OF 2024 USING OUR PANORAMA SURVEY DATA.

THIS GOAL IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME AND MY VERY TALENTED STAFF BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IN THE POWERFUL IMPACT OF POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS AND ITS CONNECTION ON LEARNING.

IT'S ALSO A REALLY CRITICAL NEED RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY FOLLOWING THE PANDEMIC AND OUR THEORY OF ACTION IS IN ORDER TO MEET OUR KIDS ACADEMIC NEEDS, WE MUST FIRST MEET THEIR SOCIAL EMOTIONAL NEEDS.

OUR STRATEGY ONE IS TO EXPLICITLY TEACH SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL LEARNING, AND ALL OUR CLASSROOMS ARE CLASSROOM TEACHERS UTILIZE THE SECOND STEP CURRICULUM TO TEACH SEL, AND OUR COUNSELORS ALSO PICK HIGH NEEDS TOPICS IN REAL TIME WITH OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM TO DELIVER LESSONS ACROSS GRADE LEVEL BANDS, AND WHY IS THIS STRATEGY IMPORTANT? IT'S TO GIVE EVERY ONE OF OUR STUDENTS ACCESS TO THESE IMPORTANT SKILLS AND STRATEGIES, AND ALSO WE WANT TO DESTIGMATIZE MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES. OUR UPDATE ON PROGRESS.

I'M EXCITED TO REPORT ALL THE HARD WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.

OUR COUNSELORS HAVE ALREADY DELIVERED LESSONS ON ZONES OF REGULATION, COMPLIMENTS AND BULLYING PREVENTION.

SOME UPCOMING TOPICS THAT WE HAVE SLATED ARE ANXIETY AND STRESS STRATEGIES, FRIENDSHIP AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND ALSO PERSONAL SAFETY, AND THEN, OF COURSE, OUR CLASSROOM TEACHERS HAVE ALREADY DELIVERED AND CONTINUED TO DELIVER SECOND STEP LESSONS IN THEIR ROOMS. THIS YEAR, OUR CASE SIX CLASSROOMS, EVERY CLASSROOM THEY'RE ENGAGING IN CLASSROOM MEETINGS TO BUILD AND FOSTER THAT SENSE OF COMMUNITY IN EVERY CLASS.

I LOVE IT WHEN MY TEACHERS CALL THEIR CLASSROOMS THEIR FAMILIES, AND THEN OUR PANORAMA SURVEY.

I'M SUPER PROUD OF OUR STAFF.

EVERY TIME WE'VE HAD THIS SURVEY, WE ALWAYS GET 100% COMPLETION OR VERY, VERY CLOSE TO IT.

SO THOSE METRICS MATTERED TO US BECAUSE WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT OUR KIDS DO HAVE THAT SENSE OF BELONGING.

SO WHAT DO WE DO WITH THE DATA? THE COUNSELORS, WE REVIEW ALL THE RESULTS AND OUR STUDENTS SCORING LOW LIKE A SCORE ONE OR TWO.

WE DO INDIVIDUAL CHECK INS WITH ALL THOSE STUDENTS, AND THEN ALSO IT HELPS US DEVELOP OUR SMALL GROUPS FOR TARGETED PRACTICE, AND THEN ALSO OUR 3-6 STAFF ALSO REVIEWS THE DATA, AND WITHIN PANORAMA, THERE'S PLAYBOOK STRATEGIES AT THE BOTTOM THAT ARE REALLY HELPFUL.

OKAY, AND HERE'S A REALLY BEAUTIFUL BULLETIN BOARD.

IT'S REALLY GIGANTIC.

IT HAS ALL OF OUR KIDS ON IT.

ALL MY KIDS ARE LIKE, OOH-AHH! BECAUSE THEY SEE THIS IN THE BUILDING, THEY GOT TO WRITE A COMPLIMENT FOR ONE OF THEIR CLASSMATES, AND THEN WE PUT IT ALL TOGETHER TO SPELL WE BELONG,

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SO IT'S A FUN INTERACTIVE PIECE IN OUR HALLWAY.

OKAY, MORE UPDATE ON OUR PROGRESS.

I THINK REALLY OUR WORK AROUND POSITIVE BEHAVIOR, INTERVENTIONS AND SUPPORTS HAS BEEN REALLY IMPORTANT THIS YEAR TOO TO INSTILL A SENSE OF SAFETY.

WE RECOGNIZE OUR KIDS WITH OUR MUSTANG MODES.

WE HAVE A DRAWING EVERY FRIDAY WHICH THE KIDS LOVE AND GET SUPER EXCITED ABOUT.

ANOTHER IMPORTANT PIECE TO THAT IS WE'VE BEEN REALLY DELIBERATE WITH OUR MATRIX AND HAVING THAT COMMON LANGUAGE AND SCHOOLWIDE EXPECTATIONS.

WE'VE DONE THAT WITH EXPECTATION STATIONS WHERE THE KIDS ROTATE FROM EACH OF THE COMMON AREAS.

SO THE TEACHERS AND THE STAFF WERE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT THE EXPECTATIONS IN EACH OF THOSE AREAS.

WE ALSO HAVE A SCHOOL WIDE SLIDE POWERPOINT FOR REFERENCE FOR OUR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS AS WELL WHEN WE NEED THOSE REFRESHERS.

WE ALSO HAVE A TEAM THAT MONITORS OUR SWISS DATA, THAT'S THE DATABASE WHERE WE ENTER THE MAJORS AND MINOR INCIDENCES THROUGHOUT OUR SCHOOL AND WE CREATE ADJUSTMENTS, AND ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT CAME OUT OF THAT WAS OUR GOLDEN AWARDS.

THAT'S OUR GOLDEN LUNCH TRAY AWARD AND THAT IS OUR GOLDEN STANCHION.

IT RECOGNIZES OUR KIDS FOR LINE BEHAVIOR.

IT'S REALLY, REALLY BIG.

THAT STANCHION IS ABOUT AS TALL AS I AM, AND THEN THAT LUNCH TRAY, I TEASE THE KIDS THAT I HAD TO TALK TO A LOT OF LEPRECHAUNS TO GET ENOUGH GOLD TO MAKE THIS TRAY AND STANCHION, AND THEN I PRETEND IT'S REALLY HEAVY WHEN I DELIVER IT TO THE CLASSROOMS. THEY THINK IT'S FUNNY, RIGHT? [CHUCKLING] AND THEN WE HAVE LAST YEAR, OUR RACE AND EQUITY TEAM DID A BOOK STUDY, AND WE HAVE THREE BIG PROJECTS SPRINGING FROM THAT, WHICH IS THE IDENTITY WEB, I AM STATEMENTS THAT WE'RE DOING IN THE WINTER AND THEN IN THE SPRING UNIVERSE OF OBLIGATION, AND ON THIS NEXT SLIDE, HERE ARE SOME BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLES THROUGHOUT OUR SCHOOL, STARTING FROM KINDERGARTEN ALL THE WAY THROUGH SIXTH GRADE.

SO I LOVE THIS BECAUSE IT'S JUST EVERY TEACHER KIND OF MADE IT THEIR OWN FOR THEIR CLASS, AND WE DISPLAYED THEM THROUGHOUT OUR HALL.

SO THERE ARE SOME AWESOME EXAMPLES THERE.

OKAY, SO WE HAVE TWO MAIN METRICS TO MEASURE OUR SENSE OF BELONGING, ONE OF WHICH IS ATTENDANCE, AND I'LL HAVE TO SAY ATTENDANCE HAS BEEN A LITTLE TRICKY THIS YEAR GIVEN THE FACT THAT EVERYONE'S BOOSTING THEIR IMMUNE SYSTEM, RIGHT, BUT WE'RE PLUGGING FORWARD.

CURRENTLY, WE'RE AT 65% OF OUR STUDENTS ATTENDING 90% OR MORE, AND THEN OUR GOAL FOR THIS YEAR, WE'RE SETTING IT AT 85% FOR OUR KIDS TO ATTEND 90% OR MORE.

SOME STRATEGIES THAT WE'VE USED TO IMPROVE ATTENDANCE.

ONE IS TO ENGAGE OUR STAFF, STUDENTS AND FAMILIES JUST MESSAGING THE IMPORTANCE OF ATTENDANCE.

THERE'S SOME MISCONCEPTIONS OUT THERE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF ATTENDANCE.

SO MY STAFF AND I HAVE BEEN MESSAGING THAT OUT TO STAFF AND THEN JUST HAVING THAT REALLY WARM AND WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT IS A BIG PART OF THAT TOO, AND THEN RECOGNIZING GOOD AND IMPROVED ATTENDANCE WE THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

WE'VE DONE A NOVEMBER INITIATIVE WHERE EVERY STUDENT THAT CAME ON TIME, ONE OF MY STAFF TIRELESSLY WENT AROUND, GAVE EVERY ONE OF THOSE STUDENTS A MUSTANG MODE.

I THINK WE HAD 53 STUDENTS THAT SHE WAS MONITORING AND DOING THAT FOR JUST TO, AND IT'S BEEN SUCCESSFUL.

WE DON'T HAVE A TON OF DATA AROUND IT YET, BUT IT SURE HAS BEEN FUN.

SO AND THEN OUR ATTENDANCE TEAM MEETS WEEKLY TO MONITOR THE ATTENDANCE DATA AND PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR OUR FAMILIES THAT NEED IT AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, OUR PANORAMA FALL SURVEY, AND HERE'S OUR PERCENTAGES OF STUDENTS FEELING A SENSE OF BELONGING IN OUR SCHOOL.

THIRD GRADE'S AT 69%, FOURTH GRADE, 72% AND FIFTH GRADE, 61%, AND SIXTH GRADE 51%, AND AGAIN, OUR GOAL IS 76% BY THE END OF THE YEAR, AND I'M MORE THAN CONFIDENT THAT OUR MY AWESOME STAFF AND I CAN ACHIEVE THAT, AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ARE THERE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM STUDENT ADVISORS OR BOARD MEMBERS? I HAVE ONE QUESTION.

FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU. THAT WAS GREAT, AND I LOVE HOW YOU TOOK THE FOCUS AND THE GOAL FOR YOUR PRESENTATION TO REALLY TIE-IN WITH WHAT THE KIDS WERE

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I'M JUST CURIOUS AND WONDERING HOW YOU WENT ABOUT SETTING THE GOALS THAT YOU HAVE LIKE FOR ATTENDANCE, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

YOU'RE RIGHT TO WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT THAT ACROSS THE WHOLE DISTRICT BECAUSE KIDS AREN'T IN SCHOOL.

IT'S HARD FOR THEM TO LEARN.

ALSO FOR THE PANORAMA, THE QUANTITATIVE GOALS.

I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW YOU WENT ABOUT SETTING THOSE.

SO WHAT WE DID FOR ATTENDANCE IS I LOOKED AT OUR PRE-PANDEMIC PERCENTAGE, WHICH WAS ABOUT IN THE LOW NINETIES, AND THEN I KIND OF LOOKED AT WHERE WE WERE NOW, AND I KNOW 85 IS KIND OF LOFTY BECAUSE WE'RE AT 66 RIGHT NOW, BUT WE REALLY BELIEVE IN SETTING HIGH EXPECTATIONS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO AIM FOR 85%, RIGHT? AND THEN IN TERMS OF THE PANORAMA DATA, JUST THERE'S ALWAYS A DIP AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND IT TRENDS UP.

SO 76, I KNOW, SEEMS A LITTLE BIT LOW, BUT THE REASON WHY WE CHOSE THAT WAS THERE'S, YOU KNOW, WITH THE TAKING OF THE SURVEY AND THE UNDERSTANDING OF SOME OF IT, YOU KNOW, JUST A LITTLE MARGIN OF ERROR THERE FOR US.

RIGHT. ALSO, YOU'RE LOOKING AT ONE PARTICULAR QUESTION TO INDICATE THE BELONGING.

ACTUALLY, IF YOU HAD A QUESTION, IF YOU SET BY TOPIC, IT'LL ACTUALLY STREAM ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE QUESTIONS.

OKAY, GREAT. YEAH.

THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE GOOD WORK THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING THERE.

ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US, AND HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY.

YOU TOO. [APPLAUSE] NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS THE SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT.

[7. SUPERINTENDENT REPORT-7:00 pm]

WELL, AS I'M SURE ALL OF YOU KNOW, THIS IS OUR LAST STUDENT DAY BEFORE THE BREAK.

WE'RE A LITTLE SHORT OF SUBS THIS WEEK, SO I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO MY TEAM IN THE BACK WHO WERE ABLE TO GET OUT TO BUILDINGS AND SUPPORT.

WE HAD PEOPLE SUBBING AS TEACHERS, AS ADMINISTRATORS OUT IN BUILDINGS THIS WEEK, AND WE WERE GRATEFUL TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE AT THE BUILDINGS IN ORDER TO DO THAT.

THANK YOU. I KNOW THAT'S HIGHLY APPRECIATED.

A LOT OF LEVELS.

[8. APPROVAL OF MINUTES-7:10 pm]

WE HAVE ONE ONE SET OF MINUTES THAT WE NEED TO APPROVE TONIGHT.

THEY'RE FOR THE NOVEMBER 8TH SCHOOL BOARD REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING.

DO I HEAR A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THOSE MINUTES? I MOVE TO APPROVE.

SECOND. GREAT.

I'VE HEARD A MOTION TO APPROVE AND A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES FROM THE NOVEMBER 8TH SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.

ANY ABSTENTIONS? AND THE MINUTES FROM THE NOVEMBER 8TH SCHOOL BOARD REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING ARE APPROVED.

NEXT IS OUR TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

[9. PUBLIC COMMENTS-7:15 pm]

ITEMS BROUGHT FORWARD DURING THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING ARE NOT TYPICALLY ACTED UPON BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME, BUT MAY BE FOLLOWED UP BY THE BOARD, THE SUPERINTENDENT AND OUR STAFF AT A LATER TIME.

PEOPLE MAY SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR A BOARD MEETING IN THREE DIFFERENT WAYS.

YOU MAY CHOOSE TO READ YOUR COMMENTS ALOUD IN PERSON OR THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE WRITTEN.

YOU MAY CHOOSE TO READ YOUR COMMENTS ALOUD VIRTUALLY.

OR YOU MAY CHOOSE TO SUBMIT YOUR COMMENT IN WRITING.

IF THEY WERE SUBMITTED IN WRITING, THEY ARE ATTACHED TO THE MEETING AGENDA, WHICH IS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON THE BOARDDOCS WEBSITE.

TONIGHT, WE DON'T HAVE ANY THAT ARE VIRTUAL OR THAT ARE WRITTEN.

THEY WILL ALL BE IN PERSON.

[INAUDIBLE] ACCEPTS WRITTEN COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS AT ANY TIME THROUGH EMAIL.

WE READ EACH COMMENT AND EMAIL THAT WE RECEIVE AND WE APPRECIATE THE TIME AND EFFORT THAT IT TAKES FOR THOSE WHO WRITE THEM.

WHILE WE ENCOURAGE AND APPRECIATE PUBLIC COMMENTS, PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS THAT ARE READ ALOUD TO 3 MINUTES.

IF A COMMENT BECOMES TOO LENGTHY, I MAY NEED TO INTERRUPT IN ORDER TO ALLOW EACH PERSON EQUAL TIME.

FOR THOSE MAKING THEIR COMMENT IN-PERSON, PLEASE AT THE PODIUM SPEAK FAIRLY CLOSELY INTO THE MIC ABOUT 3 TO 6 INCHES AWAY IN

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WE ALSO ASK THOSE WHO ARE MAKING A PUBLIC COMMENT DURING A BOARD MEETING TO PLEASE MAKE THEIR STATEMENT IN A CIVIL MANNER WITHOUT TARGETING ANY ONE PERSON OR GROUP IN THE DISTRICT. SIMILARLY, WE ASK EVERYONE IN THE AUDIENCE TO PLEASE SHOW RESPECT BY LISTENING QUIETLY WITHOUT TALKING OR WHISPERING TO EACH OTHER SO THAT EVERYONE CAN HEAR EACH COMMENT.

SO TONIGHT.

OUR FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE MADE BY [INAUDIBLE] BOB FRITZ.

SORRY, MY EYES ARE NOT WORKING TOO WELL TONIGHT.

SEATTLE'S KING COUNTY WAS FORMED IN 1852.

WHO WAS IT NAMED AFTER? I'LL ANSWER THE QUESTION WITH THE QUESTION HOW MANY GAY VICE PRESIDENTS HAVE WE HAD? ONE, AND HE WAS ONE OF THE MOST GIFTED POLITICIANS OF HIS TIME.

WILLIAM RUFUS DEVANE KING, BORN NORTH CAROLINA, 1786, GOT A LAW DEGREE FROM UMC.

AS A DEMOCRAT, THE PARTY OF SLAVERY, HE BECAME A STATE LEGISLATOR.

THEN FIVE YEARS IN CONGRESS.

A DIPLOMAT IN FRANCE, RUSSIA AND ITALY.

THEN MOVED TO SELMA, ALABAMA, BECOMING ONE OF THE STATE'S BIGGEST PLANTATION OWNERS, ENSLAVING SOME 500 PEOPLE.

HE HELPED WRITE THE STATE CONSTITUTION, SERVED IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE, THEN THE US SENATE.

HE NEVER MARRIED.

IN 1852, HE RAN AS VICE PRESIDENT WITH DEMOCRAT FRANKLIN PIERCE, WHO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE TACOMA-PIERCE COUNTY GOT ITS NAME FROM AND WON.

AT HOME IN ALABAMA, ELECTION NIGHT, KING CAME DOWN WITH TUBERCULOSIS.

HIS DOCTOR COUNSELED A WARMER CLIME.

SO KING SAILED TO THE CUBAN PLANTATION OF A SLAVE OWNING FRIEND.

CONGRESS AUTHORIZED THE US COUNCIL THERE TO SWEAR HIM IN.

VICE PRESIDENT KING RECOVERED ENOUGH TO RETURN HOME.

DYING THERE THE NEXT DAY.

KING NEVER MARRIED, NOR HAD CHILDREN AND HAD A NIECE DESTROY HIS CONSTITUTION ON HIS DEATH.

VISITING SELMA A FEW YEARS BACK, I WENT TO HIS TOMB.

NOW, JAMES BUCHANAN PRO-SLAVERY DEMOCRAT OF PENNSYLVANIA, SERVED IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE, DIPLOMAT IN RUSSIA AND LONDON AND SECRETARY OF STATE.

HE LIKEWISE NEVER MARRIED.

BUCHANAN AND KING LIVED TOGETHER FOR 13 YEARS, SOCIALLY INSEPARABLE.

THEY CONSTANTLY SUFFERED ALL KINDS OF GAY SLURS FROM THE LIKES OF ANDREW JACKSON, SLAVE OWNING PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND OTHER LEADING LIGHTS.

BUCHANAN WAS DESCRIBED AS A NORTHERN MAN OF SOUTHERN PRINCIPLES AND SO IT SEEMS WE DID HAVE A GAY PRESIDENT ELECTED 1856.

BY THEN, THE COUNTRY WAS FALLING INTO CIVIL WAR.

DEMOCRATS COMPETED IN THE NORTH AND DOMINATED THE SLAVE OWNING SOUTH, WHICH COMPLICATED BUCHANAN'S EFFORTS TO AVOID BLOODSHED.

NOVEMBER 1860, ABRAHAM LINCOLN BECAME OUR FIRST REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT, MAKING BUCHANAN A LAME DUCK FOR FOUR MONTHS, WITH THE NATION DISSOLVING AROUND HIM.

HE DID POORLY, BUT I'M NOT SURE ANYONE COULD HAVE DONE BETTER.

THE BATTLE OF FORT SUMTER, THE OPENING SALVO OF THE CIVIL WAR WAS A MERE MONTH AFTER BUCHANAN LEFT OFFICE.

HE DIED SEVEN YEARS LATER.

HE'S OFTEN RANKED, UNFORTUNATELY, AS OUR WORST PRESIDENT EVER BY HISTORIANS.

17 YEARS AGO, KING COUNTY DECIDED IT COULD NOT BE NAMED AFTER A SLAVE OWNER, SO HAD IT RENAMED IN HONOR OF DR.

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

THUS AVOIDING THE NEED TO REPAINT THE COP CARS AND REDO THE STATIONERY AND ALSO TO MAKE A STATEMENT.

SO IT'S NOT 100% CERTAIN, BUT THE PREPONDERANCE OF EVIDENCE INDICATES THAT 160 YEARS AGO WE HAD A GAY VICE PRESIDENT AND A GAY PRESIDENT.

MANY KNEW, BUT NO ONE REALLY CARED.

AMERICA LAND OF THE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE, AND IT WAS BRAVE OF BUCHANAN AND KING TO DO WHAT THEY DID, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE TIMES THEY LIVED IN.

I HOPE OUR SCHOOLS TEACH ABOUT THEM.

THEY ARE WORTH TEACHING ABOUT.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] NEXT UP IS LYDIA BIDDLE. GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS LYDIA BIDDLE.

I'M A TEACHER AT MOUNT TERRACE ELEMENTARY.

MY COMMENT IS REGARDING THE NEWLY ANNOUNCED DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM TO BE IMPLEMENTED AT MTE NEXT YEAR.

I SUPPORT THE SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF A DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM AT MTE.

I BELIEVE THAT ONE OF THE WAYS TO ENSURE THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROGRAM WILL BE TO TRULY INVOLVE THE FAMILIES OF OUR COMMUNITY, THE ONES WHOSE CHILDREN ATTEND OUR SCHOOL.

ONE OF MY CONCERNS IS THAT OUR WIDER COMMUNITY OF FAMILIES WERE NOT CONSULTED BEFORE THE PROGRAM WAS ANNOUNCED.

IT WAS ASSUMED WHAT'S BEST FOR THE COMMUNITY WITHOUT GIVING TIME FOR QUESTIONS, CURIOSITY, INPUTS OR VOICE.

FOR TWO YEARS NOW, OUR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN HAS BEEN ABOUT CREATING A SENSE OF BELONGING IN OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY.

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WHY IS IT THEN, THAT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT LEADERS, MEMBERS OF THE DUAL LANGUAGE TASK FORCE, HAVE NOT GIVEN A VOICE TO OUR FAMILIES? MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, PLEASE ASK THE DUAL LANGUAGE TASK FORCE, WHAT IS YOUR PLAN TO INVOLVE AND INVITE FAMILIES TO GIVE OUR FAMILIES A VOICE.

ASK FOR THEIR INPUT AS DECISION MAKERS AND STAKEHOLDERS IN THIS PROCESS OF IMPLEMENTING A DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM AT THEIR COMMUNITY SCHOOL.

THE SCOPE AND SEQUENCE OF THE PLANNING OF THIS PROGRAM WAS SHARED LAST WEEK WITH MTE STAFF.

A SLIDESHOW WAS ALSO SHARED, ONE THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE SCHOOL BOARD LAST SUMMER ON JUNE 14TH.

ACCORDING TO THE SLIDE, THE PLAN WAS TO FIRST DETERMINE IF THERE WAS COMMUNITY INTEREST IN THIS PROGRAM AT ALL.

THIS DID NOT HAPPEN.

WHY WAS THIS PLAN NOT FOLLOWED? WHY DID NO ONE ASK OUR FAMILIES IF THEY HAVE INTEREST IN A DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM AT THEIR SCHOOL BEFORE THE DECISION WAS MADE? THE FIRST TIME THE STAFF AT MTE WAS NOTIFIED WAS OCTOBER 19TH.

AT THIS MEETING WE LEARNED THAT FAMILIES DID NOT YET KNOW ABOUT THE NEW PROGRAM.

ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH, OUR SCHOOL HELD AN INFORMATIONAL MEETING FOR FAMILIES AT OUR SCHOOL TO INFORM THEM OF THE PROGRAM, NOT TO ASK IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN THE PROGRAM COMING TO THEIR SCHOOL. THIS WAS NOT THE PLAN PRESENTED TO THE SCHOOL BOARD LAST JUNE.

WHY WAS THE PLAN NOT FOLLOWED? WHY WEREN'T FAMILIES ASKED? WHY HAVEN'T FAMILIES BEEN INVOLVED? AGAIN, I SUPPORT THE SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PROGRAM.

MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD PLEASE ASK THE DUAL LANGUAGE TASK FORCE.

MOVING FORWARD, HOW WILL YOU ENSURE FAMILIES ARE INTERESTED, SUPPORT THE PROGRAM AND ARE INVOLVED WITH THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROGRAM AT THEIR SCHOOL? INVITE OUR FAMILIES TO BE DECISION MAKERS AND STAKEHOLDERS IN THIS PROGRAM.

ASK FOR THEIR VOICE.

CREATE A SENSE OF BELONGING IN OUR SCHOOL BY IMPLEMENTING THIS PROGRAM WITH INPUT FROM FAMILIES.

ASK FOR THEIR VOICE.

DON'T JUST TELL THEM THIS PROGRAM IS COMING.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.

NEXT IS BILL [INAUDIBLE].

THE COLLAPSE OF THE USSR DID NOT BRING ABOUT THE DESIRED INTEGRATION OF RUSSIA INTO THE WEST.

CHINA'S ENTRY INTO THE WTO DIDN'T ACHIEVE THAT OBJECTIVE EITHER.

BY THE LATE NINETIES, CHINA AND RUSSIA KNEW THAT WESTERN EMPIRE WOULD EVENTUALLY COLLAPSE , AND WE'RE BEGINNING TO THINK ABOUT MULTIPOLARITY IN EARLY 2000S.

FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY, GOVERNMENTS FACING FINANCIAL CRISIS HAVE RESORTED TO ECONOMIC POLICIES OF AUSTERITY, WHICH INCLUDES CUTS TO WAGES, FISCAL SPENDING, CUTS TO PUBLIC HEALTH THAT INCLUDE CUTS TO PUBLIC BENEFITS THAT INCLUDE PUBLIC HEALTH AND OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM, THE RISE OF INTEREST RATES AND PRIVATIZATION AS A PATH TO SOLVENCY. WHILE THESE POLICIES HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN APPEASING CREDITORS, THEY'VE HAD DEVASTATING IMPACTS TO OUR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC WELFARE AND COUNTRIES ALL OVER THE WORLD. TODAY, AS AUSTERITY REMAINS A FAVORED POLICY AMONG TROUBLED STATES, AN IMPORTANT QUESTION REMAINS: WHAT IF SOLVENCY WAS NEVER REALLY THE GOAL? THE NEED TO EXPLORE THE INTELLECTUAL ORIGINS OF AUSTERITY, TO UNCOVER THE ORIGINATING MOTIVES: THE PROTECTION OF THE GLOBAL CAPITAL ECONOMIC ORDER, THE ELITE EMPLOYER CLASS, AND INDEED CAPITALISM ITSELF IN TIMES OF SOCIAL UPHEAVAL FROM BELOW.

TRACING MODERN AUSTERITY TO ITS ORIGINS IN INTERWAR, BRITAIN AND ITALY REVEALED HOW THE THREAT OF WORKING CLASS POWER IN THE YEARS AFTER WORLD WAR ONE ANIMATED A SET OF TOP-DOWN ECONOMIC POLICIES THAT ELEVATED OWNERS, SMOTHERED WORKERS AND IMPOSE A RIGID ECONOMIC HIERARCHY ACROSS THE SOCIETIES.

WHERE THESE POLICIES SUCCEEDED, RELATIVELY SPEAKING, WAS IN THEIR ENRICHMENT OF CERTAIN PARTIES, INCLUDING EMPLOYERS AND BANKERS WITH FOREIGN TRADE INTERESTS WHO ACCUMULATED POWER AND CAPITAL AT THE EXPENSE OF LABOR OF THE WORKING CLASS, I WOULD ARGUE, TO WHERE THE TRUE VALUE OF AUSTERITY CAN BE OBSERVED, ITS INSULATION OF ENTRENCHED PRIVILEGE AND ITS ELIMINATION OF ALL ALTERNATIVES TO CAPITALISM.

DRAWING ON NEWLY UNCOVERED ARCHIVAL MATERIAL FROM BRITAIN AND ITALY, MUCH OF IT TRANSLATED FOR THE FIRST TIME, OFFERS A DAMNING, ESSENTIAL NEW ACCOUNTS TO THE RISE OF AUSTERITY AND OF MODERN ECONOMICS AT THE LEVERS OF CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL POWER.

WE NOW FACE A GLOBAL LIQUIDITY MELTDOWN IN CAPITAL MARKETS AS MAJOR CENTRAL BANKS NOW FACE INSOLVENCY.

THIS CRISIS THREATENS THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN AND OUR K THROUGH 12 EDUCATION SYSTEM.

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FISCAL AUSTERITY THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CENTRAL BANK MONETARY POLICY AS A WAY FOR THE EMPLOYER CLASS TO PROTECT ITSELF FROM THE UPRISING OF THE WORKING CLASS.

IT IS TIME FOR US AS PARENTS TO COME TOGETHER AND TO CONCEPTUALIZE SOLUTIONS TO THIS CRISIS IN ORDER TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN AND THEIR EDUCATION SYSTEM.

COMING TO A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING ISN'T GOING TO CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY OF THE BOARD BY ENFORCING MORE CUTS IN PUBLIC FUNDING, MORE AUSTERITY TO PRESERVE THE GLOBAL CAPITAL ECONOMIC ORDER.

NEXT IS NICOLE [INAUDIBLE].

SORRY, I JUST FORGET MY NAME.

OKAY, HELLO AGAIN.

MY NAME IS NICOLE AND I'M THE MUSIC TEACHER AT MOUNTLAKE TERRACE ELEMENTARY.

LAST WEEK I LEARNED THAT MARY WILLIAMS, THE FORMER DIRECTOR OF ML SERVICES, PRESENTED THE SCHOOL BOARD WITH A PLAN TO APPROACH MY COMMUNITY AND SPRUCE'S COMMUNITY ABOUT ADDING A DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM TO OUR SCHOOLS BACK IN JUNE.

I FEEL LIKE YOU DON'T KNOW THIS.

THOSE PLANS AREN'T BEING FOLLOWED.

SPECIFICALLY, I'M REFERRING TO THE FOLLOWING LANGUAGE ON THE SLIDE THAT WAS SHARED WITH YOU IN A STUDY SESSION ON JUNE 14TH.

QUOTE, WORK WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AT THE TWO BUILDINGS TO GET AN IDEA OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.

QUOTE, IF THERE IS INTEREST, ADVERTISE, QUOTE, INVITE STAFF FROM THE BILLINGS TO ATTEND THE PD THAT IS CURRENTLY HAPPENING.

QUOTE MEETINGS AT THE BUILDINGS FOR PLANNING AND STAFF [INAUDIBLE], END QUOTE.

WE WERE NEVER APPROACHED ABOUT THE DEAL PROGRAM TO SEEK INPUT AS YOU WERE TOLD WE WOULD BE.

MARY WILLIAMS LEFT, AND IN HER ABSENCE, ALL OF THE STEPS FROM HER PLAN INVOLVING OUR COMMUNITY WERE NOT FOLLOWED.

CURRENTLY, WE DON'T HAVE A DIRECTOR OF ML WITHIN THE EQUITY AND STUDENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, SO DR.

VERGARA AND HIS STAFF HAVE TAKEN ON THE TASK OF OVERSEEING THE EXPANSION OF THE DL PROGRAM.

I WANT TO SAY AGAIN, THEY AREN'T FOLLOWING THE PLAN THAT WAS IN PLACE, AND HONESTLY, HOW CAN THEY, WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE THE NECESSARY STAFF TO DO AS WAS PLANNED? DIRECTOR KATIMS SENT AN EMAIL YESTERDAY ACKNOWLEDGING, QUOTE, THE INITIAL COMMUNICATION PLAN FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE DL PROGRAM TO MTE AND SB COULD HAVE BEEN IMPROVED, END QUOTE, BUT THIS IS MISSING THE POINT.

THIS ALL COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF THE EXPANSION HAD BEEN STALLED UNTIL YOU HIRED A NEW DIRECTOR OF ML SERVICES TO FOLLOW THE PLAN PUT IN PLACE BY THE FORMER ML DIRECTOR.

WE STILL DON'T HAVE A DIRECTOR OF ML SERVICES, THE PERSON THAT SHOULD BE OVERSEEING THIS IMPLEMENTATION.

ASKING AN ALREADY OVERBURDENED EQUITY AND STUDENT SUCCESS DEPARTMENT TO TAKE ON EXPANDING THE DL PROGRAM TO MORE BUILDINGS SPEAKS TO THE LACK OF SUPPORT THE CENTRAL OFFICE HAS IN SUPPORTING STUDENTS IN THE BUILDINGS AND THE EXPANSION OF THE PROGRAM.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT A DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM IS A GOOD THING.

IT'S ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE AS A SYSTEM CAN SUPPORT IT ENOUGH TO MAKE IT SUSTAINABLE AND HOPEFULLY THRIVE.

WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE THE NECESSARY RESOURCES.

YOU ARE GOING TOO FAST AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO.

THERE IS NO STATE LAW MANDATING A DEADLINE FOR THIS TO HAPPEN.

YOU, THE SCHOOL BOARD, INCLUDING THE SUPERINTENDENT.

PLEASE NEED TO DELAY THE IMPLEMENTATION AT MTE, SPRUCE AND ALL OTHER BUILDINGS UNTIL WE HIRE A NEW DIRECTOR AND GIVE THEM TIME TO DETERMINE WHAT OUR STAFF AND STUDENTS NEED BASED ON CURRENT RESOURCES AND ALLOCATIONS.

THEY MIGHT COME IN AND SAY IT LOOKS GREAT, BUT PROBABLY NOT.

BASED ON THE FOLLOWING QUOTES FROM A PD THIS SUMMER, QUOTE IT IS NOT APPROPRIATE TO JUST TRANSLATE THE ENGLISH ASSESSMENTS.

QUOTE, ALIGN BELIEFS AND PRACTICES BETWEEN DL TITLE IT ML.

IT'S NOT A COMPETITION, END QUOTE.

TEACHERS VOICES NEED TO BE HEARD AND WHAT WE NEED.

WE ARE ON THE GROUND.

WE HAVE WORK TO DO.

US AND YOU.

IN THIS CASE, THAT MEANS STAFF TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES.

PLEASE PAUSE THE EXPANSION.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.

NEXT UP IS ANDY SIMONSEN.

HELLO, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE.

MY NAME IS ANDY SIMONSEN.

I HAVE SUPPORTED THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

I SERVED AS THE PRESIDENT OF CITIZENS FOR SCHOOLS FOR EIGHT YEARS AND REALLY TRIED TO SUPPORT THIS SCHOOL.

I MUST SAY, I'M NOT QUITE SO SURE HOW THE ROLLOUT OF THIS EQUITY PROGRAM, THIS DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM TO MOUNTLAKE TERRACE ELEMENTARY, WAS PLANNED.

EITHER IT WAS A MISTAKE AND YOU NEED TO FIX IT OR YOU DID IT ON PURPOSE AND YOU NEED TO FIX THAT.

THE BEHAVIOR OF THIS SCHOOL BOARD IS ABSOLUTELY ATROCIOUS.

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HOW SUCCESSFUL HAVE THEY BEEN AT THE OTHER SCHOOLS? WHAT DATA DID YOU USE? WHAT WERE YOUR KPIS? WHAT METRICS DID YOU USE FOR SUCCESS WHEN YOU MEASURED THOSE? DID YOU FIND THAT YOUR MEASUREMENTS WERE SHORT? DID YOU IDENTIFY YOUR PAIN POINTS? BY THE WAY, I'M A SIX SIGMA BLACK BELT AND A LEAN THINKING EXPERT, SO I KNOW WHAT I'M SPEAKING OF.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT DATA, AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT BEFORE YOU ROLL THIS OUT, YOU PILOT IT CORRECTLY.

YOU MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THOSE PROGRAMS UNTIL THEY'RE WORKING AT ABOUT 85 TO 90% AND THEN YOU ROLL IT OUT TO THE OTHER SCHOOLS.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT WE DON'T WANT TO DO THIS.

THIS IS ABOUT THE INCOMPETENCE OF HOW THIS WAS ROLLED OUT.

YOU'VE HEARD FROM ALL OF THESE COLLEAGUES.

YOU'VE HEARD FROM OTHERS AT YOUR OTHER SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS, AND I'M TELLING YOU, WERE YOU ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL? THIS IS SERIOUS, AND I'VE NOTICED SOME OF YOU UP HERE AS ALL THESE NICE FOLKS WERE TALKING, AND NONE OF MY PEOPLE FROM MOUNTLAKE TERRACE ELEMENTARY SUBMITTED THINGS ELECTRONICALLY, AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT YOUR SCREEN AND FOLDING PAPER.

SO I'M NOT QUITE SO SURE IF YOU HEARD WHAT THEY SAID, BUT YOU NEED TO DO THAT BECAUSE I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING, AS A TAXPAYER, MY STUDENTS DON'T GO TO YOUR SCHOOLS ANYMORE, BUT I GLADLY PAY FOR IT.

ALL IT TAKES IS A STRONG VOICE AND INITIATIVES ON A BALLOT, AND LEVEES AND BONDS THAT NEED TO BE PASSED TO PAY FOR TRANSPORTATION, TO PAY FOR BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS TO DO THESE PROGRAMS CAN STOP.

SO I THINK YOU NEED TO THINK ABOUT HOW YOU'RE ROLLING THIS OUT, AND I THINK YOU'RE AN INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT.

BEEN HERE A LITTLE BIT, BUT NOT LONG.

YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING OR PAUSE IT UNTIL YOU GET THE RIGHT RESOURCES IN PLACE FOR THE SCHOOL AND UNTIL YOU GET A SUPERINTENDENT HERE THAT CAN OVERSEE A BIG CHANGE LIKE THIS FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK YOU'VE DONE THE JOB AND WE VOTED YOU IN AND WE CAN CERTAINLY VOTE YOU OUT AND I MEAN THAT BECAUSE I'VE BEEN IN THE ELECTION PROCESS FOR A LONG TIME AND IT CAN BE DONE.

IT'S NOT A THREAT, BUT YOU ALL HAVE TO KNOW THAT WE PAY YOU TO DO YOUR JOB.

[APPLAUSE] SO WE DON'T USUALLY RESPOND RIGHT AT THE TIME OF A COMMENT, BUT THERE WERE TWO PIECES THAT YOU SAID THAT I WOULD LIKE TO JUST DIRECTLY RESPOND TO RIGHT NOW.

ONE IS WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR COMPUTERS, I AM TAKING NOTES ON THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING.

I HAVE THE PRESENTATIONS PEOPLE HAVE MADE FOR THE POWERPOINTS ON MY COMPUTER.

I'M NOT DOING EMAILS, I'M NOT DOING OTHER THINGS.

I AM ABSOLUTELY TAKING NOTES OF WHAT EVERYBODY IS SAYING.

THAT'S A.

B WE DID RECEIVE AS A BOARD DATA ON THE FIRST YEAR OF THE DUAL-LANGUAGE IMPLEMENTATION.

AT THE FIRST TWO SCHOOLS, IT WAS SHOWING SUCCESS.

IT'S NOT ON OUR AGENDA RIGHT NOW.

WE CAN HAPPILY MAKE IT AVAILABLE.

THIS ISN'T A TIME FOR OPEN CONVERSATION.

I'M SIMPLY LETTING YOU KNOW IN RESPONSE TO TWO OF THE COMMENTS THAT YOU MADE, I WANTED TO JUST CLARIFY RIGHT AWAY, BECAUSE PEOPLE FREQUENTLY LEAVE BEFORE THE END WHEN WE MAKE OUR BOARD COMMENTS. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR COMING.

WE'RE VERY AWARE AND WE ARE MONITORING.

THE STAFF IS WORKING VERY HARD ON DOING Q&A, SETTING UP MEETINGS WITH ALL OF THE STAFF.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

NEXT ON PUBLIC COMMENTS IS LISA [INAUDIBLE].

DID I SAY THAT RIGHT? NO.

[INAUDIBLE]. SORRY.

HELP ME WITH YOUR LAST NAME.

IT'S [INAUDIBLE].

THANK YOU. OKAY, THE STUDENTS DO IT BETTER.

MY NAME IS LISA [INAUDIBLE].

I'M A MOM OF TWO STUDENTS IN THE EDMONDS SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I TEACH AT MOUNTLAKE TERRACE ELEMENTARY AND LIVE THERE AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER.

IN 2019, I ATTENDED MANY BOARD MEETINGS AND SPOKE OUT AGAINST THE ADOPTION OF THE LUCY CALKINS READING CURRICULUM, AS WELL AS MANY OTHER TEACHERS.

WE WERE NOT HEARD.

THE ADOPTION OF THE CURRICULUM WENT THROUGH.

NOW WE HAVE TO PULL QUITE A FEW BOOKS IN EACH GRADE LEVEL BECAUSE THEY'RE CULTURALLY INSENSITIVE.

WE ALSO ARE ADOPTING.

A PHONICS PROGRAM TO SUPPORT OUR READING ADOPTION.

THIS IS COSTING THE DISTRICT SIGNIFICANT FUNDS THAT COULD BE DIRECTED TO MATH, ADOPTION OR THE DEFICIT WE KEEP HEARING ABOUT.

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WE NEED TO PAUSE THE EXPANSION OF THE DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM TO THE OTHER BUILDINGS.

HERE ARE SOME REASONS WHY: TRANSPORTATION SHOULD BE PART OF THE DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION.

MAPLEWOOD AND MADRONA HAVE A BUSSING SYSTEM TO ENSURE STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT CAN PARTICIPATE, BUT WE KNOW STEM AND IB PROGRAM, THE CURRENT DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM, DO NOT HAVE THAT SAME SUPPORT.

MANY OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, SPANISH SPEAKING FAMILIES HOLD MULTIPLE JOBS OR DON'T HAVE THE MEANS OR ABILITY TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION.

WHY CAN'T WE MAKE TRANSPORTATION A PRIORITY FOR THE DL PROGRAM? TWO, WE STILL DON'T HAVE A DIRECTOR OF MULTI-LANGUAGE SERVICES AND WE NEED ONE.

WE NEED A LEADER TO TAKE ON THE CHALLENGES OF EXPANDING THE DL PROGRAM THAT CAN DEVOTE THEIR TIME TO IT.

DR. VERGARA IS IN CHARGE OF ALL THE EQUITY AND STUDENT SERVICES.

HE CANNOT BE EXPECTED TO EFFECTIVELY EXPAND THE DL PROGRAM WITH THE LACK OF SUPPORT YOU'VE PROVIDED.

WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO HOLD EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE, AND YOU NEED TO PROVIDE NECESSARY SUPPORT FOR THIS EXPANSION.

NEXT, ONE YEARS WORTH OF DATA IS NOT ENOUGH TO SUGGEST A PROGRAM IS SUCCESSFUL WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT IMPLEMENTING A K-12 STRUCTURE, AND RESEARCH IS THEORETICAL, NOT PRACTICAL.

IT'S ASPIRATIONAL, NOT EVIDENCE OF OUR CURRENT COMMUNITY.

THE DATA BEING TEASED OUT OF THESE TWO SCHOOLS DOES NOT CARRY MUCH WEIGHT.

THE PROGRAM IS TOO NEW.

I-READY SCORES FROM ONE YEAR IS NOT ENOUGH.

THERE IS NO TREND TO LOOK AT.

LASTLY, I LIVE IN THE MOUNTLAKE COMMUNITY.

I AM A DEDICATED MEMBER OF THE EDMONDS SCHOOL DISTRICT COMMUNITY.

I NEED TO BE ABLE TO LOOK PEOPLE IN THE EYE AND TELL THEM, YES, OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT IS DOING WHAT IS BEST FOR OUR CHILDREN, AND RIGHT NOW I CAN'T SAY THAT.

WHEN I WOKE UP SUNDAY MORNING TO THE NEWS OF WHAT HAPPENED IN COLORADO, I FELT A FLOOD OF EMOTIONS HIT ME ALL AT ONCE.

SORROW FOR THOSE WE LOST TOO SOON.

ANGER THAT THIS TERRORIST PLANNED HIS ATTACK ON THE TRANSGENDER DAY OF VISIBILITY AND REMEMBRANCE, WHERE WE MOURN THOSE WE HAVE LOST ALREADY.

FEAR THAT I OR MY LOVED ONES COULD BE NEXT, BUT NOT ONE OF THOSE FEELINGS WAS SURPRISE.

I'D BEEN WARNING THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS WOULD HAPPEN SINCE THE FIRST TIME I SPOKE HERE.

AS A SCHOLAR OF HISTORY, I KNEW THAT THE SECOND THAT A GROUP OF PEOPLE HAVE THEIR EXISTENCE BECOME A MATTER OF DEBATE, VIOLENCE AGAINST THEM BECOMES NEARLY INEVITABLE.

THERE ARE SOME IN THIS ROOM, THOUGH, WHO WILL GO HOME AND DISMISS SUNDAY'S EVENTS AS JUST AN ISOLATED INCIDENT.

THIS NATION DOESN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH HATE, YOU'LL SAY, AS YOU SETTLE DOWN FOR DINNER AND TURN ON THE TV VIOLENCE SHOULD SHOCK US ALL.

THE MAN IN THE SUIT WILL SAY, HIS FACE SLOWLY FORMING INTO A SCOWL, BUT WHY IS IT THAT THIS ACT MUST BE MADE POLITICAL? THE MAN IN THE SUIT WOULD WANT YOU TO FORGET THAT NOT ONLY MONTHS AGO, HE WAS THE ONLY ONE WILLING TO ASK, QUOTE, THE REAL QUESTIONS ABOUT TRANS PEOPLE, AND WHEN HE DID, IF YOU LISTENED CLOSE, SOMEONE IN HIS AUDIENCE WAS ALWAYS ALREADY THINKING OF ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS. WHAT IS IT ABOUT THEM THAT IS SO UNLIKE US? CLICK. CLICK.

EVERY QUESTION, EVERY ACCUSATION.

A BULLET BEING LOADED INTO A MAGAZINE.

HAVE YOU NOTICED HOW A LOT OF KIDS THESE DAYS ARE TRANSGENDER? CLICK. CLICK.

HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? ARE THEY BEING TAUGHT THIS IN SCHOOL? CLICK. CLICK.

THEY ARE INDOCTRINATING YOUR KIDS, PEOPLE.

NO, WORSE, THEY'RE GROOMING THEM.

CLICK, CLICK.

FOLKS, THESE PEOPLE ARE SICK.

THEY ARE MUTILATING YOUR CHILDREN.

CLICK, CLICK.

HERE IS WHERE THEY COMMIT THEIR EVIL ACTS.

PEOPLE, A FULL SCREEN PICTURE OF A CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, A CLASSROOM.

THESE ARE THE SICK PEOPLE DOING THIS TO YOUR KIDS.

NAMES AND FACES OF DOCTORS AND TEACHERS LITTER THE SCREEN.

YOU HAVE TO ARM YOURSELVES.

YOU HAVE TO STAND UP AGAINST THIS EVIL, AND WITH THAT WORD, THE SOUND OF A RIFLE BEING COCKED BACK.

FORGET WHAT THE LAW SAYS.

SOMEONE SHOULD DO SOMETHING, AND WHEN THAT TENSION IS HIGHEST, THAT MAN WILL FOLLOW THE ORDERS THAT HE WAS GIVEN LIKE A

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HE SEES THEM AS THE ENEMY AND BEFORE THE BARREL OF HIS RIFLE HAS EVEN COOLED, THE MAN ON THE TV WILL HOLD UP HIS BLOODIED HANDS AND SAY NO ONE KNOWS WHAT COULD HAVE MADE THIS LONE WOLF DO THIS.

AN HOUR AGO, AMERICA'S MOST WATCHED NEWS ANCHOR HAD ON A HOST WHICH SAID THAT SHOOTINGS LIKE THESE ARE AN INEVITABLE CONSEQUENCE OF TRANSPEOPLE EXISTING.

ONE IS NOT ENOUGH.

LET'S BE CLEAR. THIS DEBATE ENDS NOW.

IF YOU CONTINUE THIS RHETORIC WHERE YOU KNOW WHERE IT LEADS, YOU ARE COMPLICIT.

AND FOR THE BOARD, YOU NEED TO DECIDE NOW WHAT YOU FEAR.

MORE PUSHBACK FROM PEOPLE WHO WILL RESENT THIS DISTRICT NO MATTER WHAT IT DOES, OR YOUR NEIGHBORS AND YOUR MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS COMING HOME IN BODY BAGS.

[APPLAUSE] NEXT UP IS STEVE KEELER.

MY NAME IS STEVEN KEELER, AND I'M A RESIDENT OF EDMONDS.

I'D LIKE TO SAY GOOD EVENING TO EVERYONE IN THE ROOM.

I ORIGINALLY WANTED TO SPEAK ON JUST ONE TOPIC, BUT I WILL ADD A SECOND ONE IN CLOSING.

MY FIRST TOPIC.

I'M HERE TO URGENTLY APPEAL TO THE DISTRICT AND THE BOARD TO HIRE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND PLACE THEM IN UNIFORM INTO ALL DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOLS AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

I URGE THE BOARD, DO NOT SIT ON YOUR HANDS ON THIS ISSUE.

I'M NOT SURPRISED BY THE COMMENTS I'VE HEARD THIS EVENING WITH RESPECT TO DUAL LANGUAGE TEACHING, THE DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM.

BOARD MEMBER NOBLE YOU MAY REMEMBER YEARS AGO I SPOKE ON THIS.

AT THE TIME IT WAS A RELATIVELY NEW TOPIC BEING INTRODUCED BY THEN SUPERINTENDENT, I BELIEVE IN PART.

IT'S NEVER BEEN CLEAR TO ME IF WHAT IS GOING TO BE TAUGHT IS THE 90/10 MODEL OR THE 50/50 MODEL, BUT I WILL SAY THIS AGAIN NOW TO EACH OF YOU AND EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM.

THE RESEARCH THEN TO JUSTIFY THIS PROGRAM WAS TERRIBLY FLAWED.

THERE WAS ONLY ONE LINE OF RESEARCH AND IT TENDED TO FEED BACK ON ITSELF FOR JUSTIFICATION.

I WOULD URGE ALL THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM THAT SPOKE TONIGHT ASKING FOR TIME ON THIS MATTER.

IF YOU WOULD STICK AROUND, I'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT MYSELF AFTER THE MEETING.

I STILL DO NOT SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM.

THERE'S A LOT ABOUT IT I DON'T UNDERSTAND, AND WHAT'S AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE DOES NOT HELP.

THANK YOU ALL. [APPLAUSE] NEXT UP IS JESSICA PHAN.

HI, EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS JESSICA PHAN, AND HERE WITH ME IS [INAUDIBLE] CAMACHO.

WE ARE PART OF LINWOOD HIGH SCHOOL'S DECA CHAPTER, AND TODAY WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE DECA PROGRAM AT OUR HIGH SCHOOL AND HOW IT'S IMPACTED US AND HOW YOU GUYS COULD SUPPORT US. DECA HAS REALLY IMPACTED MY LIFE FOR THE PAST YEAR AND IT'S EMPOWERED ME.

IT'S MADE ME MORE CONFIDENT.

IT'S MADE ME THE SPEAKER THAT I AM NOW, AND IT'S JUST TAUGHT ME SO MUCH ABOUT HOW THE CORPORATE WORLD MIGHT BE WHEN I AM OLDER.

SO FOR ME, I WANT TO SHARE A VERY SHORT ANECDOTE ABOUT, UM, WHAT KIND OF IMPACTED MY LIFE THROUGH DECA.

LAST YEAR WE WENT TO A SOCIAL EVENT AT A MARINERS GAME AND WE HAD SOME PEOPLE FROM THE MARKETING PANEL OF THE MARINERS COME AND TALK TO US, AND BEFORE THAT I HADN'T BEEN TAKING DECK OF THAT SERIOUSLY NOR SCHOOL OR MY FUTURE, BUT HEARING THOSE PEOPLE TALK ABOUT WHAT INSPIRED THEM IN HIGH SCHOOL AND WHAT GOT THEM INTO MARKETING AND BUSINESS AND WHAT GOT THEM TO WHERE THEY WERE TODAY, YOU KNOW, LIKE REALLY BIG DIRECTORS OF THE MARINERS TEAM.

IT CHANGED MY LIFE AND IT MOTIVATED ME AND LIKE I COULDN'T GET THOSE OPPORTUNITIES UNLESS IT WERE FOR DECA.

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THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT WAYS THAT EVERYONE COULD SUPPORT US, BUT THE REASON WE'RE HERE TODAY IS TO TALK ABOUT OUR AREA COMPETITION ON JANUARY 12TH AT THE LYNWOOD CONVENTION CENTER, AND WE NEED MORE LOCAL JUDGES.

SO WE HIGHLY ENCOURAGE EVERYONE HERE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, KIND OF EXPERTS OR ENTHUSIASTS OF BUSINESS TO COME BE A JUDGE AT OUR AREA COMPETITION, WHICH THEN LEADS US TO STATE AND THEN HOPEFULLY INTERNATIONALS.

IF YOU'RE MORE CURIOUS ABOUT THAT, YOU CAN GO TO THE LYNWOOD HIGH SCHOOL WEBSITE, WHICH I BELIEVE IS LHS.EDMONDS.

[INAUDIBLE].EDU. WE'LL STICK AROUND FOR A SECOND AFTER IF ANYONE NEEDS THE INFORMATION ON THAT, WE CAN REPEAT THAT, BUT YEAH, THAT'S JUST OUR MAIN THING.

THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD HOLIDAY.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.

NEXT UP IS JENNIFER GIMENEZ.

HI, GOOD EVENING.

I'M JEN GIMENEZ, AND I'M A NURSE MIDWIFE, A NURSE PRACTITIONER, EDUCATOR AND ADVOCATE AND ALSO PART OF THE QUEER COMMUNITY AND ALSO A 9/11 FIRST RESPONDER.

I'M ALSO A NEW YORK TRANSPLANT.

I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AS FAR AS WHAT THE MARTHA LAKE STUDENTS WERE TALKING ABOUT, AS FAR AS BELONGING AND SAFETY.

HOW DO WE TRANSLATE THAT INTO OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND INTO OUR HIGH SCHOOLS? THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S WHERE THE GAP IS.

MANY OF OUR STUDENT ADVISORS CONSTANTLY TALK ABOUT BELONGING AND SAFETY, NOT JUST DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION.

IT'S ABOUT SAFETY AND BELONGING, AND BELONGING INCLUDES THAT DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION.

FOR ME, AS WE SAW IN INGRAM HIGH SCHOOL, THE PERPETRATOR WAS IN THE SCHOOL.

A CHILD OF 14 YEARS OLD WHO SHOT AND KILLED A SENIOR.

WE ARE NO LONGER WITNESSING AND EXPERIENCING AN EXOGENOUS THREAT.

WE HAVE GANG VIOLENCE IN OUR SCHOOLS.

WE HAVE DRUG USE RAMPANT.

WE HAVE OVERDOSES AND SUICIDES IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

WE HAVE AT LEAST ONE SUICIDE A YEAR.

WE MAY NOT KNOW IT, BUT IT HAPPENS, AND GUESS WHAT? OUR KIDS KNOW TOO.

WHENEVER THERE IS A LOCKDOWN, IT'S INDIFFERENCE.

WHENEVER THERE'S SOMETHING SCRIBBLED ON OR A THREAT ON THE BATHROOM WALLS.

THE CHILDREN ARE KIDS OUR YOUNG ADULTS, OUR FUTURE, ARE NOT TOLD ABOUT IT.

I WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS THIS CREDIBLE THREAT? BECAUSE THAT CREDIBLE OR INCREDIBLE THREAT IS WITHIN THE SCHOOL.

NOW, BEING A FORMER NEW YORKER, RAISING A CHILD WHO'S NOW 23 IN THE SOUTH BRONX IN THE NINETIES AND EARLY 2000S, AND LET'S REMEMBER 9/11, AN EXOGENOUS THREAT WHEN HE WAS GOING TO KINDERGARTEN, HIS SCHOOL WAS SHARED BY FOUR OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

THERE WAS A METAL DETECTOR.

KIDS HAD OPEN UP THEIR BACKPACKS.

THERE WAS A K-9 DRUG SNIFFING DOG, AND GUESS WHAT? THAT WAS PREVENTION.

THERE HAS NOT BEEN ONE SCHOOL SHOOTING IN THE BRONX, WHICH USED TO HAVE THE HIGHEST RATE OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AND DRUG USE.

NOW, WHAT ARE WE DOING? MY SUGGESTION, AS I SAID, METAL DETECTORS.

IF WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE COPS OUT AND PUT MORE COUNSELORS, WE'RE ASKING OUR COUNSELORS TO BE THE PROTECTION.

OUR COUNSELORS ARE THE ONES THAT INSTITUTE AND PROTECT BELONGING.

ALSO REAL QUICK, MIKE DONLIN, WHO'S A SCHOOL SAFETY STUDENT WELLBEING SUPERVISOR, I WOULD LIKE AN INVITATION EXTENDED TO HIM AND ASK HIM DIRECTLY, WHAT IS HE DOING? SAME WITH CARRIE BLOOMQUIST, OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND SUICIDE PREVENTION SUPERVISOR.

I WANT TO HEAR I WANT OUR VOICES KNOWN BECAUSE I WANT OUR KIDS TO BE SAFE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

SORRY. [APPLAUSE] NEXT UP IS ROSARIO REYES.

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I'M A RESIDENT OF LYNWOOD.

I COME HERE TODAY TO THANK THE SCHOOL BOARD AND DISTRICT LEADERSHIP FOR CREATING THE DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM IN OUR DISTRICT AND WORKING ON EXPANDING IT.

I ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF EQUITY WORK BEYOND THIS TO CREATE AN INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL STUDENTS.

I'M A GRANDMOTHER OF A STUDENT IN THE DISTRICT.

MY OWN CHILDREN WENT TO THIS DISTRICT.

I AM THE FOUNDER AND CEO OF LATINO EDUCATIONAL TRAINING INSTITUTE, WHICH HAS BEEN SERVING THE LATINO COMMUNITY IN EDMONDS FOR THE LAST 24 YEARS.

I HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND HOW MUCH LATINX STUDENTS HAVE STRUGGLED IN THE EDMONDS SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR MANY YEARS.

THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR SPANISH SPEAKING STUDENTS WHO BEGIN TO FALL BEHIND IN KINDERGARTEN, AS INSTRUCTION IS GIVEN TO THEM IN A LANGUAGE THAT THEY DO NOT YET UNDERSTAND.

THIS GAP ONLY GETS MORE PROMINENT AS THE STUDENTS CONTINUE THEIR ACADEMIC CAREER.

LATINX STUDENTS IN THE EDMONDS SCHOOL DISTRICT HAVE THE LOWEST GRADUATION RATE AND THE HIGHEST DROPOUT RATES.

THE DUAL-LANGUAGE PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE A SMALL NUMBER OF LATINX STUDENTS WITH A BETTER CHANCE, WITH LATINX STUDENTS MAKING UP 22.8% OF THE STUDENT POPULATION, MAKING THEM THE SECOND LARGEST DEMOGRAPHIC GROUP.

IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT THE DISTRICT CONTINUES TO GROW THE DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM.

I HEARD THE COMMENTS FROM STAFF AT LAST MONTH'S SCHOOL BOARD MEETING AND I SYMPATHIZE WITH THEIR STATEMENTS.

YET AS A LATINA GRANDMOTHER IN THIS COMMUNITY, I SAY IT IS ABOUT TIME THE DISTRICT TAKES TRUE ACTION TO IMPROVE THE ACADEMIC OUTCOMES OF LATINX STUDENTS. WHILE THIS MAY SEEM LIKE A SHORT TIMELINE, I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN WAITING FOR DECADES TO BE SEEN AND SUPPORTED.

WE ARE SEEING THE BENEFITS OF THE DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM IN CEDAR VALLEY AND COLLEGE PLACE FOR OUR STUDENTS.

WE ASK THAT YOU NOT DELAY THE EXPANSION OF SPRUCE AND MOUNTLAKE TERRACE AND THAT YOU CONTINUE TO EXPAND THESE PROGRAMS AND HELP SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN A SYSTEM THAT HAS NOT BEEN WORKING FOR THEM.

[SPANISH]. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR WORK AND YOUR TIME HERE TONIGHT.

THANK YOU. NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

[10. CONSENT AGENDA-7:45 pm]

TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF 11 ITEMS. EIGHT HAVE TO DO WITH PERSONNEL AND AGREEMENTS WITH VARIOUS STAFF ASSOCIATIONS IN THE DISTRICT.

ONE HAS TO DO WITH APPROVAL OF THE MONTHLY BILLS AND VOUCHERS FOR THE DISTRICT, AND TWO OF THEM HAVE TO DO WITH FIELD TRIPS FOR SCRIBER LAKE HIGH SCHOOL.

DO I HEAR A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR TONIGHT? I MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND.

I'VE HEARD A MOTION TO APPROVE AND A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I'D LIKE TO JUST SAY THAT I WAS PLEASED ON THE PERSONNEL LIST OF ACTIONS THAT WE'RE HIRING SEVERAL COUNSELORS AND A NUMBER OF PARAEDUCATORS, WHICH ARE BOTH AREAS THAT WE DESPERATELY HAVE NEEDED STAFF AND IT'S NICE TO SEE US BEING ABLE TO ADD THAT STAFF.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY, HEARING NONE, I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA.

PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.

ANY ABSTENTIONS? AND TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA PASSES.

NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS OUR REPORTS.

[11. REPORTS-7:55 pm]

MINOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, PRESIDENT KATIMS. WE JUST HAVE ONE REPORT THIS EVENING.

LYDIA SELLIE WILL BE PRESENTING OUR AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER BUDGET STATUS REPORTS, AND ON THIS, SHE'LL BE POINTING OUT SOME CHANGES WHICH WE HOPE THAT THESE WILL MAKE THE BUDGET STATUS REPORTS EVEN MORE ACCESSIBLE TO THOSE WHO ATTEND OR WATCH OUR MEETINGS.

GOOD EVENING.

SO IT'S THAT EXCITING TIME OF YEAR.

IT'S NOVEMBER. WE FINALLY GOT TO CLOSE THE BOOKS AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO REPORT ON THEM, AND I'M GOING TO TRY THE CLICKER.

EXCELLENT. OKAY, SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AUGUST 31ST, 2022, WHICH SEEMS SO LONG AGO, BUT WE HAVE FINALLY FINISHED UP AND WE'VE GOT SOME RESULTS.

SO WE HAVE AN UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE TARGET OF 4%, AND I AM PLEASED TO SAY THAT WE CAME IN AT 5.13.

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A LOT OF THAT WAS KIND OF THE DIFFICULTY IN PREDICTING ESSER FUNDS HAVE THROWN KIND OF A GOOD MONKEY WRENCH IN IN OUR TREND LINES, SO THAT $4 MILLION THAT WERE UP OVER THE 4% WILL HELP OFFSET OUR PREDICTED $9 MILLION BUDGET FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR.

IF YOU LOOK, THERE IS AN AMOUNT TO BE SET ASIDE FOR L&I.

THAT'S LABOR AND INDUSTRIES.

HISTORICALLY, WE USE THE FORM THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT TO DEPARTMENT OF ILLINOIS AND SPLIT IT INTO TWO CATEGORIES.

THERE IS NO WE DISCOVERED THERE REALLY ISN'T A NEED TO SPLIT IT OUT BETWEEN THE TWO AND REPORTING IT IN ONE CATEGORY IS SUFFICIENT.

SO YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE IS NOT A LINE UNDER UNINSURED RISKS.

IT'S ALL CONTAINED IN SELF INSURANCE REQUIRED FOR L&I.

THE AMOUNT IS CONSIDERABLY LOWER THAN IT HAS BEEN.

THAT IS BECAUSE OUR L&I CLAIMS HAVE BEEN MUCH LOWER BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, AND THAT AMOUNT IS BASED ON THE SUGGESTION FROM OUR THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR AS WE ARE SELF INSURED FOR L&I.

FOOD SERVICES IN THE FUND BALANCE WAS IN A DIFFERENT CATEGORY LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF HOW WE REPORT A CATCH UP OF OR PROBABLY A BETTER WAY TO SAY IT IS WE HAD SOME LOSSES IN SOME REALLY OLD YEARS AND THAT WE WERE ABLE TO FUND THOSE LOSSES IN PRIOR YEARS IN 20-21 AND THEN NOW THAT THOSE LOSSES HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED, IT RESORTS TO A DIFFERENT CATEGORY OF REPORTING.

SO FOOD SERVICE IS STILL IN THE FUND BALANCE SINGLED OUT, BUT JUST IN A DIFFERENT CATEGORY, AND THEN IN 2021, WE HAD SET ASIDE FUNDS BECAUSE WE HAD AN UNEMPLOYMENT SPECIAL ASSESSMENT THROUGH THE NORTHWEST ESD.

WE HAVE COMPLETED OUR OBLIGATIONS.

THEIR FUND IS BACK TO HEALTHY AND SO THAT HAS BEEN ELIMINATED FROM THE FUND BALANCE.

OKAY, AND THAT IS BASICALLY WHAT I JUST SAID.

OKAY, WE HAVE THIS PIE CHART, SO WE HAVE A FEW EXTRA SLIDES IN THE AUGUST REPORT THAT WE DON'T THE REST OF THE YEAR.

THIS SHOWS US KIND OF REVENUES BY CATEGORY AND I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT HISTORICALLY FEDERAL REVENUES ARE ONLY ABOUT 4 TO 7%.

THE FACT THAT IT'S AT 10% IN 21-22 IS BECAUSE OF ESSER FUNDING.

OKAY, THEN WE LOOK AT EXPENDITURES BY OBJECT.

WHAT YOU WILL SEE IN THE F196, THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT THAT IS ATTACHED TO YOUR AGENDA THIS EVENING IS A FAIRLY LARGE CAPITAL OUTLAY EXPENDITURE.

SO IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT OVER 2.1 MILLION.

1.5 OF THAT IS A NEW REQUIREMENT UNDER GASB 87, WHICH IS THE GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW, AND WHAT IT SAYS IS YOU HAVE TO RECORD YOUR LONG TERM LEASES AND LONG TERM LEASES, ANYTHING OVER A YEAR AS IF YOU ARE SPENDING IT ALL THIS YEAR.

SO YOU RECORD IT AS AN EXPENDITURE AND YOU RECORD IT AS A REVENUE.

SO THERE IS NO IMPACT ON FUND BALANCE, BUT IT ARTIFICIALLY INFLATES EXPENDITURES NEXT YEAR. SO AT THE END OF 22-23 WILL ALSO SEE AN IMPACT BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO START DOING THAT FOR SOFTWARE LEASES, CERTAIN SOFTWARE LEASES.

SO WE WE LEASE FIBER OPTIC CABLE.

FROM A COMPANY AND OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD WE HAD A RECORD THAT FULL NET PRESENT VALUE OF THAT LEASE AS IF WE SPENT IT THIS YEAR AND THEN A CORRESPONDING MATCH OF REVENUES.

SO I DON'T WANT YOU TO BE ALARMED WHEN YOU SEE A LARGE CAPITAL OUTLAY BECAUSE IT'S MORE OF AN ACCOUNTING FUNCTION THAN AN ACTUAL EXPENDITURE.

[01:15:06]

OKAY, THEN I HAVE AN EXPENDITURE PIE.

SO REALLY ONLY THE VARIANCE COMPARED TO PRE-PANDEMIC TIMES IS THAT TRANSPORTATION IN 20-21 DROPPED TO 2% OF THE OF THE PIE BECAUSE THERE WASN'T.

SO IT'S BACK UP TO ITS USUAL AND CUSTOMARY 4%.

SO THIS IS LOOKING PRETTY STANDARD TO A PRE-PANDEMIC YEAR.

OKAY, SO I KNOW THIS IS HARD TO READ.

THIS IS REPRODUCED FROM THE ACTUAL F196, THE ANNUAL REPORT.

IT'S PAGES 85 AND 86 IF YOU EVER WANT TO LOOK, AND THIS PARTICULAR SPREADSHEET DEMONSTRATES WHICH PROGRAMS ARE USING OTHER RESOURCES AND THE DEFINITION OF OTHER RESOURCES IS THINGS LIKE INTEREST INCOME, RENTAL INCOME, MEAL SALES, WHICH OF COURSE WERE VERY LOW LAST YEAR BECAUSE ALL MEALS WERE FREE. FINES AND FEES AND THE LEVY AND THE LEVY MAKES UP 89% OF WHAT WE CALL OTHER RESOURCES AND THEN THIS DEMONSTRATES THAT PROGRAMS 01 AND 79, WHICH ARE BASIC EDUCATION, 97 WHICH IS ALSO BASIC EDUCATION.

IT'S JUST DISTRICT WIDE SUPPORT AND 21 SPECIAL EDUCATION ARE THE PREDOMINANT USERS OF OTHER RESOURCES.

SO BASICALLY YOU CAN SEE WHICH PARTICULAR PROGRAMS ARE USING LOCAL LEVY FUNDS.

OKAY, THIS YOU SEE EVERY MONTH, AND COMPARED TO 20-21, YOU CAN SEE THAT ASB ACTIVITY IS GETTING MUCH CLOSER TO A NORMAL YEAR, AND THEN WE ACTUALLY DID RECEIVE MORE REVENUES IN THE TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE FUND, WHICH IS WHAT THE STATE CALLS DEPRECIATION.

IT'S FUNDING A PORTION OF OUR BUSSES.

OKAY, SO YEAR OVER YEAR FUND BALANCE DECREASED JUST OVER A MILLION, WHICH IS MARKEDLY IMPROVED OVER WHAT WE WERE BUDGETING EARLIER IN THE YEAR.

SO LOCAL REVENUES SHOULD BE LOWER THAN BUDGET BECAUSE WE HAVE A CONTINGENCY THAT WE OFFSET WITH AN EXPENDITURE CONTINGENCY ON THE OTHER SIDE.

STATE RECEIPTS, SINCE WE WERE CLOSE IN IN BUDGET, JUST ONLY SLIGHTLY DOWN FROM OUR ENROLLMENT BUDGET, SHOULD BE PRETTY CLOSE TO 100%, AND THEN ESSER, OF COURSE, IS THROWING OUR TRENDS OUT OF WHACK.

SO OUR FEDERAL REVENUES EXCEEDED BUDGET BECAUSE OF ESSER CLAIMS. THEY WERE HARD TO PREDICT, AND THAT'S JUST THE SLIDE THAT GOES WITH IT.

EXPENDITURES, AS I'M NOTING THAT THEY NEED TO BE BELOW 100% OF BUDGET OTHERWISE WE WOULD HAVE COME TO YOU MUCH SOONER AND ASK FOR A BUDGET EXTENSION, WHICH IS THE SAME THING AS A BUDGET INCREASE AND THEN I MENTIONED THIS IN JULY, THAT HISTORICALLY JULY IS JUST A BIT HIGHER THAN AUGUST , AND I KNEW THAT AUGUST WAS GOING TO BE HIGHER THAN JULY THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE HAD A LOT OF ESSER CLAIMS THAT WE WERE CATCHING UP ON.

I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE HAVE 16 PEOPLE IN MY OFFICE TO DO ALL THE COUNTING AND PURCHASING AND ACCOUNTS PAYABLE FUNCTIONS, AND WE HAVE FIVE NEW STAFF STARTING THIS SUMMER OUT OF 16.

[01:20:06]

SO WE ARE GETTING CAUGHT BACK UP.

OKAY, THIS IS THE SAME AS JUNE BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN ENROLLMENT STOPS BEING COUNTED, AND THEN AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING, THE BOARD WAS INTERESTED IN BALANCES AT THE AT THE ASB BY KIND OF LOCATION AND THEN IN YOUR BOARD PACKET I ALSO HAVE BY LOCATION AND BY ACTIVITY.

I DID TAKE A LOOK AT JUST KIND OF ROUGHLY SAMPLED 17 3A DISTRICTS AND 16 4A DISTRICTS, SO 3A DISTRICTS, THEIR AVERAGE OF THOSE 16, THEIR AVERAGE HIGH SCHOOL BALANCE IS ABOUT 342 AND THE BALANCE OF A 4A, THOSE HIGH SCHOOLS I SAMPLED WAS ABOUT 442.

SO WE ARE DEFINITELY RIGHT IN LINE WITH WHAT OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS ARE ARE DOING IN OUR AREA.

THE BALANCES BY SCHOOL ARE REQUIRED TO BE POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE.

THEY ARE THERE. IF YOU HAVE TROUBLES FINDING THEM, PLEASE LET ME KNOW, AND THEN I ALSO NOTED THE IMPACT OF 1660.

SOME ASBS ARE CARRYING A LITTLE BIT HIGHER BALANCE BECAUSE JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, HOUSE BILL 1660 SAID THAT IF A STUDENT IS LOW INCOME, BASICALLY ON THE FREE MEAL PROGRAM THAT WE WOULD WAIVE THEIR ASB FEES AND WE ARE DOING THAT SO THAT IS THE END OF AUGUST.

SO BEFORE I TURN TO SEPTEMBER, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT YEAR END? OKAY, CAN I JUST ASK A REAL QUICK QUESTION? WHAT IS ESSER? OH, ABSOLUTELY.

SORRY. THANK YOU.

OH, BOY. EVERY STUDENT SUCCEEDS.

IT IS A FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAM THAT WAS IN RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC.

YEP. SO THANK YOU.

SO IT'S BEEN USED FOR PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.

IT'S BEEN USED FOR ADDITIONAL NURSING SERVICES.

IT'S BEEN USED FOR SUMMER SCHOOL.

SO THINGS THAT CAN HELP MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF SCHOOLS BEING CLOSED FOR A WHILE.

THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND.

THANK YOU. I DID GOOGLE IT, FULL TRANSPARENCY.

[CHUCKLING] I DID HAVE IT MEMORIZED AND THEN POOF, IT FALLS OUT.

OKAY, SO SEPTEMBER, I'M GOING TO SKIP THIS TYPICAL SLIDE AND GO TO THIS NEXT SLIDE AND JUST WANT TO DEMONSTRATE THAT NORMALLY SEPTEMBER IS LOWER THAN, SAY, OCTOBER.

WE HAVE A LOT OF PURCHASES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR TO GET SCHOOL STARTED, BUT THIS WAS A LITTLE BIT UNUSUALLY LOW AND SO WHEN I LOOKED INTO IT, IT WAS BECAUSE WE HAD THE SUMMERTIME KIND OF CATCH UP OF THE ESSER CLAIM.

SO THE ESSER CLAIM WAS BIGGER THAN JUST AUGUST.

IT WAS KIND OF LATE SPRING AND THE REST OF SUMMER DOING ONE BIG ESSER CLAIM TO OSPI.

SO WHAT HAPPENS IS WE RECORD THAT REVENUE TO AUGUST.

SO SEPTEMBER HAS A DEFICIT INITIALLY, AND THEN WHEN THE RECEIPTS ACTUALLY COME IN FROM OSPI OCTOBER RIGHT-SIZES ITSELF, AND BECAUSE IT IS NOVEMBER AND I HAVE A SNEAK PEAK INTO OCTOBER, I DID SEE THAT.

YES, IT'S GOING TO RIGHT-SIZE ITSELF.

AGAIN, THAT'S WHAT I JUST MENTIONED.

IT WILL REVERSE THIS FALL.

MOST OF IT IN OCTOBER.

KIND OF THE BALANCE IN NOVEMBER.

UM, IT'S JUST ANOTHER WAY TO LOOK AT FEDERAL REVENUES, WHICH, OF COURSE, ARE NEGATIVE.

SAME THING. IT'S JUST DUE TO TIMING.

TALKED ABOUT EXPENDITURES.

LOOKS GOOD. OKAY AND THEN ENDING FUND BALANCE FOR SEPTEMBER IS HIGHER THAN WE WERE BUDGETING BECAUSE WE'RE STARTING HIGHER.

[01:25:03]

SO I CIRCLED IT.

WE ARE ABOUT 70 BASED ON KIND OF SEPTEMBER AND A SNEAK PEAK INTO OCTOBER, WE ARE ABOUT 70 BELOW BUDGET AND THAT IS BEING FACTORED INTO THE THAT IS BEING FACTORED IN HERE.

SO I'VE ALREADY KIND OF PUT THE IMPACT OF THE 70 STUDENT ENROLLMENT.

WHAT HAPPENS IS OSPI RIGHT-SIZES OUR FUNDING IN JANUARY.

SO I KIND OF PUT IT INTO JANUARY TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A REDUCTION , AND THEN THE REGULAR BUDGET STATUS REPORTS ARE ALSO IN YOUR PACKET, AND THAT IS IT FOR ME.

I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD AND FOR REALLY ADDING ALL OF YOUR INSIGHTS ON HERE AS A RECORD SO THAT WE HAVE IT AS WELL AND HELPS TO GIVE US SORT OF THE INTERPRETATION FROM YOUR EXPERT POINT OF VIEW.

SO I KNOW IT WAS A LOT OF WORK AND NOW THAT I HEAR YOU HAVE ALL THESE NEW PEOPLE AS WELL WHO YOU'RE TRAINING AND EVERYTHING I APOLOGIZE FOR ADDING WORK, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND I HOPE THAT MAYBE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE IT IN THAT DIRECTION.

I ALSO WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THE ASB INFORMATION.

I FOUND THAT REALLY INTERESTING.

I'M WONDERING.

LOOKING ACROSS SCHOOLS ON THE ASB CHARTS.

IF A SCHOOL DOESN'T HAVE ANY MONEY LISTED IN A CLUB OR ACTIVITY, DOES THAT MEAN THEY DON'T HAVE THE ACTIVITY OR DOES THAT MEAN THEY DON'T HAVE MONEY? OR IT COULD BE EITHER ONE.

IT'S MORE LIKELY THAT IT HASN'T BEEN ACTIVE.

THAT THE CLUB OR ACTIVITY HASN'T BEEN ACTIVE? YEAH, UNLESS YOU'RE REALLY, REALLY JUST.

I SPEND EXACTLY WHAT I RECEIVE.

THAT'S ALSO POSSIBLE, BUT WHEN I SEE LOWER ZERO BALANCES, IT'S MORE LIKELY LESS ACTIVITY AND IT ALSO COULD BE BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC AND THEN GROUPS MIGHT GET MORE STARTED.

WELL, THE ONE THAT CAUGHT MY EYE WAS THE GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE AT MOUNTLAKE TERRACE HIGH SCHOOL, THAT THEY HAD NO MONEY, AND I WONDERED IF THEY STILL HAVE A GAY STRAIGHT ALLIANCE THERE, BECAUSE I THOUGHT ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS AT LEAST DID.

WE CAN FIND OUT.

I'M LOOKING AT OUR STUDENTS.

NONE OF YOU ARE TERRACE FOLKS.

SO THAT CAUGHT MY EYE, WHICH IS WHY THE QUESTION CAME UP.

SO ANYWAY, BIG THANK YOU.

SURE, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? INPUT QUESTIONS.

CARIN, YOU OKAY? THANK YOU. YES, THANK YOU. I REALLY APPRECIATE HAVING ACCESS TO THE REPORTS THAT I CAN FOLLOW ALONG ON ZOOM ON MY LAPTOP.

SO THANK YOU, LYDIA, AGAIN, FOR A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION.

OKAY, NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS NEW BUSINESS AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DR.

[12. NEW BUSINESS 8:15 pm]

THE FIRST IS A SINGLE READING AND RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 22-22 ACCEPTANCE OF PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACT FOR THE FALL PROTECTION PROJECT. THIS FALL PROTECTION PROJECT INCLUDED FALL PROTECTION AT SEVERAL OF OUR SCHOOLS.

IT'S A RECOMMENDATION THAT THE BOARD APPROVED THIS RESOLUTION AT THIS TIME.

SO DO I HEAR A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 22-22 ACCEPTANCE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACT FOR THE FALL PROTECTION PROJECT? SO MOVED. CARIN, SO MOVED.

I SECOND. EXCELLENT.

I'VE HEARD A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 22-22.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. I'LL CALL FOR A ROLL CALL VOTE.

RESOLUTION 22-22 IS APPROVED.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR SECOND ITEM THIS EVENING OF NEW BUSINESS IS A FIRST READING WITH NO ACTION OF REVISED POLICY 6925 CONTRACTS FOR ARCHITECTURAL AND

[01:30:01]

WE HAVE THIS POLICY COMING FORWARD TO IS LAST REVISED IN NOVEMBER OF 2019.

LYDIA SELLIE CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THIS EVENING IF YOU HAVE ANY, BUT THIS IS CONTINUING TO BRING OUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES INTO COMPLIANCE AND UPDATING THEM.

THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, WE'LL BRING THAT BACK TO YOU FOR ACTION AT OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING.

EXCELLENT. THANK YOU.

NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS OUR LEGISLATIVE UPDATE.

[14. LEGISLATIVE UPDATES]

AT THE WASB CONFERENCE THIS PAST WEEKEND, THE DISTRICT AREA ONE DID MEET IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CONVENTION TO ALIGN OUR SHARED ADVOCACY THROUGHOUT DISTRICT AREA ONE, WHICH IS SNOHOMISH COUNTY UP TO THE BORDER AND SOME OF THE REPORTS BACK I WAS ABLE TO ZOOM IN, BUT THOSE FOLKS IN PERSON ALSO WERE SAYING IT FELT THEM MORE ENERGIZED AND INSPIRED TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK WITH OTHER SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS IN OUR REGION ON SOME OF OUR SHARED INTERESTS, AND I DO KNOW THAT WITH DR.

MINOR, WE'RE WORKING ON SOME PRODUCING SOME TALKING POINTS AND INFORMATION FOR OUR OWN ADVOCACY IN EDMONDS, AND SO EVERYTHING IS IN THE WORKS, AND I DO WANT TO DO A QUICK SHOUT OUT.

I KNOW THAT SHE'S NOT HERE, BUT DIRECTOR KILGORE DID GRADUATE FROM THE LEADERSHIP.

I THINK IT WAS CALLED LEADERSHIP.

PROGRAM FROM WASDA, AND I BELIEVE WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT PICTURES AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONGRATULATING HER IN PERSON.

GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND SO NEXT ON THE AGENDA ARE OUR BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS, AND WE'LL START WITH STUDENTS.

[15. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS]

SO I'M JUST VERY BLESSED TO BE HERE, AND I'M JUST VERY THANKFUL.

THANK YOU, PETER. WE'RE THANKFUL THAT YOU'RE HERE, ALONG WITH OUR OTHER STUDENT ADVISERS.

ELIZABETH, YOU WANT TO GO NEXT? YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO TAG ALONG TO WHAT PETER SAID, SAYING BASICALLY THAT I'M THANKFUL FOR HAVING THIS POSITION ON THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO HAVE OPINIONS FROM OTHERS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY JUST TO KNOW, LIKE HOW MY STUDENT LIFE AND THE OUTSIDE COMMUNITY, LIKE LIFE CAN WORK WITH EACH OTHER AND JUST LIKE BEING HERE AND LEARNING ABOUT ALL THESE NEW THINGS, WHICH I HAD NO CLUE ABOUT JUST BEING, JUST GOING TO SCHOOL HAS BEEN REALLY EYE OPENING AND I AM JUST SO THANKFUL TO HAVE THIS POSITION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

O'HANA, DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT? UM, SINCE I WASN'T HERE AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING, I JUST WANTED TO SAY IT WAS A TRUE TRAGEDY TO LOSE THAT ONE STUDENT IN INGRAM HIGH , AND NO ONE AT MY SCHOOL TALKED ABOUT IT.

NOT THE TEACHERS, NOT THE STAFF.

I WAS THERE THE WHOLE WEEK THAT IT HAPPENED, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ONE WORD SAID ABOUT IT, AND NONE OF MY FELLOW STUDENTS WERE EVEN TALKING ABOUT IT TO THEMSELVES. SO I DON'T KNOW.

I WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT NOT OBVIOUSLY, PROBABLY NOT THE ONLY ONE, BUT I ACKNOWLEDGED THE FACT THAT NOBODY REALLY TALKED ABOUT IT AND I FOUND THAT INFORMATION OUT FROM MY MOM WHO JUST TEXTED ME DURING SCHOOL ASKING IF I WAS SAFE, AND I WAS CONFUSED BECAUSE NO ONE WAS TALKING ABOUT IT, AND THEN I WENT TO GIVE MY NEIGHBOR POTATOES, WHICH WAS GREAT.

WE LOVE HER, AND SHE WAS LIKE, WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH INGRAM? BECAUSE SHE HAS A GRANDDAUGHTER THAT GOES TO SCHOOL REALLY CLOSE TO THAT SCHOOL, AND I WAS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

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I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS A THREAT, AND IT'S REALLY UPSETTING FOR ME TO EVEN TALK ABOUT IT BECAUSE.

I'M UPSET THAT IT FEELS LIKE NO ONE REALLY CARES ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING OR WANTS OUR SAFETY TO BE A TOP PRIORITY, AT LEAST IN MY SCHOOL. I UNDERSTAND EVERYONE HERE WANTS SCHOOL SAFETY AND THAT WAS ESTABLISHED, BUT MY SCHOOL JUST NEVER TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT WHEN WE DO HAVE THREATS, MY MY FELLOW CLASSMATES DON'T CARE.

IT'S TREATED AS, OH, JUST GO ON BY YOUR DAY.

WE DON'T REALLY ACKNOWLEDGE IT, AND THAT'S JUST REALLY UPSETTING.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT.

I KNOW IT'S KIND OF OLD NEWS, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S OLD NEWS IF SOMEONE DIES, SO THANK YOU.

O'HANA, THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT, AND I'M JUST GOING TO CHECK IN WITH ELIZABETH AND PETER AT YOUR SCHOOLS.

WAS THERE A SIMILAR REACTION OR LACK OF REACTION AFTER THE INGRAM INCIDENT? I WOULD SAY LIKE WITHIN OUR FRIENDS, WE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT IT HAPPENED THE DAY IT HAPPENED, HOURS ACTUALLY AFTER IT HAPPENED, BECAUSE WE HAVE AT LEAST I KNOW OF ONE INGRAM STUDENT THAT TRANSFERRED OVER TO OUR HIGH SCHOOL AND KNEW THE PERSON PERSONALLY, AND SO SHE WAS TELLING US ABOUT WHAT HAD OCCURRED OR WHAT HAD BASICALLY BEEN REPORTED BY THE NEWS, AND SO EVERYBODY THAT DAY WAS TALKING ABOUT IT, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THE SCHOOL NEVER PUT OUT LIKE A REPORT SAYING, OH, LIKE OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO THE INGRAM STUDENTS.

NOTHING REALLY WENT OUT TO LIKE THAT WE KNOW OF, BUT LIKE WITHIN OUR LITTLE COMMUNITY AT SCHOOL WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT IT AS A STUDENT, BUT IT WAS ACKNOWLEDGED BY STAFF OR ANY OF THE BIGGER ADVISORY BOARD AT SCHOOL.

THANK YOU. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR STUDENTS TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE SUPPORT PEOPLE AT EVERY SCHOOL, THE COUNSELORS AND THE OTHER STAFF AND TEACHERS WHO ARE WILLING CERTAINLY TO HELP KIDS PROCESS EVENTS LIKE THAT.

IT'S HARD TO KNOW IF.

KIDS ARE REPRESSING IT BECAUSE IT'S DIFFICULT OR IT SEEMS FAR AWAY, BUT IT'S HELPFUL TO HEAR.

YOUR PERSPECTIVE AND WHAT'S GOING ON.

THANK YOU. DIRECTOR SMITH.

YEAH, I'LL START BY SAYING I'M SORRY THERE WASN'T A GREATER DISCUSSION IN YOUR SCHOOLS ABOUT THAT.

I CAN REMEMBER BEING IN SCHOOL AND HAVING THINGS LIKE THAT HAPPEN AND NOT HAVING SOCIAL MEDIA.

SO IT TOOK TIME FOR THE STUFF TO GET OUT TO US, BUT IT WAS ALWAYS REALLY TOUGH, AND SO IT'S JUST KIND OF SAD TO HEAR THERE WASN'T A LITTLE BIT MORE PROCESSING HAPPENING, BUT I HOPE THAT IN THE DAYS AND WEEKS AFTERWARDS YOU GUYS ARE ABLE TO GET SOME SORT OF CLOSURE ON IT.

I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT HERE.

I LIKE TO THINK THAT I HAVEN'T LIVED A VERY INTERESTING LIFE, BUT THEN I TELL PEOPLE ABOUT IT AND THEY'RE LIKE, YOU'VE DONE A LOT OF INTERESTING STUFF.

I'M THE ONLY PERSON IN MY FAMILY WENT TO COLLEGE.

THE ONLY PERSON IN MY FAMILY WHO HAS A WHITE COLLAR JOB INSTEAD OF A BLUE COLLAR JOB.

THE ONLY PERSON IN MY FAMILY WHO HAS HAD ANY SORT OF ELECTORAL DESIRES TO BE TRUSTED BY SUCH A LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE TO MAKE DECISIONS.

THINGS LIKE THAT NEVER HAPPENED IN MY FAMILY.

MY MOM WORKED HARD, BUT SHE ALWAYS WORKED SWING SHIFTS FOR MY WHOLE LIFE GROWING UP.

SO I WAS A LATCHKEY KID BACK WHEN THAT WAS A THING THAT YOU COULD DO, AND SO THE REASON I MENTION ALL OF THIS IS BECAUSE AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM, THE REALITY IS THAT THERE'S NEVER GOING TO BE A PERFECT TIME.

IF YOU WAIT FOR THE PERFECT TIME TO DO SOMETHING, IT'S JUST NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN.

SO WHAT WE HAVE HERE NOW IS WHAT I'VE HEARD IS THE THINGS THAT COULD BE ISSUES ARE WELL, CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AREN'T ABLE TO HAVE INPUT OR THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THINGS, AND I COMPLETELY RESPECT THAT, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE HOPE THIS PROGRAM IS GOING TO HELP ARE THE SORT OF PEOPLE THAT IT'S HARD TO REACH BECAUSE THEY'RE WORKING SO HARD.

SO WHEN WE HEAR PEOPLE TALK ABOUT HOW IT'S NOT THE RIGHT TIME OR IT'S NOT GOOD FOR THIS REASON OR THAT REASON, IT'S THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE ABILITY TO SHOW UP TO THESE MEETINGS, AND IT'S NOT LOST ON ME THAT WHEN I LOOK AROUND, A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM LOOK A LOT LIKE ME, UPPER MIDDLE CLASS, A LOT OF JONESES AND SMITHS, NOT A LOT OF LOPEZ'S OR HERNANDEZ'S, AND SO IT'S REALLY TOUGH FOR ME TO HEAR THAT WE DON'T WANT TO IMPLEMENT IT BECAUSE IT'S NOT THE RIGHT TIME WHEN THE

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YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID ABOUT A YEAR AGO, I WAS ELECTED TO THIS POSITION.

A LARGE AMOUNT OF OUR COMMUNITY TRUSTED ME TO COME IN HERE AND MAKE DECISIONS, AND THE HONEYMOON PERIOD IS SHORT IN POLITICS, BUT A YEAR AGO YOU TRUSTED ME TO LOOK AT THAT DATA AND MAKE A DECISION.

DIRECTOR KATIMS OVER THERE IS SOMEONE WHO LOVES NUMBERS AND IS ALWAYS ASKING THE QUESTIONS IN OUR MEETINGS ABOUT THEM THAT ELUCIDATE OUR UNDERSTANDING.

YOU TRUSTED US TO BE HERE AND MAKE THOSE CHOICES, AND WHAT IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO IS, YEAH, THERE'S SOME STUFF WE DON'T KNOW.

DO YOU TRUST YOUR LEADERSHIP TO STEP IN AND DO THE RIGHT THINGS TO MAKE IT WORK, OR DO YOU THINK WE'RE NOT QUALIFIED TO DO IT? AND IF YOU THINK WE'RE NOT QUALIFIED TO DO IT, THAT IS YOUR RIGHT TO BELIEVE THAT, BUT IF YOU DO TRUST IN US, KNOW THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IT AND WE ARE MAKING THE BEST DECISIONS THAT WE CAN, AND THE LAST THING I WANTED TO SAY, AND IT IS TOTALLY ANY VOTER'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE TO VOTE US OUT, BUT WHAT I DID NOT APPRECIATE FROM ONE OF OUR COMMENTERS WAS THE COMMENT THAT THEY COULD START VOTING DOWN LEVIES AND TRANSPORTATION STUFF.

THAT'S ADULTS HOLDING CHILDREN HOSTAGE FOR THINGS ADULTS CAN'T AGREE ON.

THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO GET HURT IF WE DON'T APPROVE A TRANSPORTATION LEVY IS THE MOTHER OF THREE WHO'S WORKING TWO JOBS AND CAN'T GET HER KID BACK AND FORTH TO SCHOOL.

IT'S NOT GOING TO HURT ME.

I'M STILL GOING TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE HERE EVERY OTHER TUESDAY AND SIT AT THIS DESK.

THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO GET HURT ARE THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY NEED THAT MONEY.

SO IF YOU WANT TO VOTE ME OUT IN THREE YEARS, THAT'S FINE.

I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT DON'T HOLD IT AGAINST OUR STUDENTS WHO REALLY NEED THOSE FUNDS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR SMITH.

VERY WELL SAID.

DIRECTOR NOBLE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I AGREE. VERY WELL SAID.

I WANTED TO MENTION WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR MARTHA LAKE AND THEIR STUDENT PRESENTATION.

I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS ONE OF THE BETTER ONES WE'VE SEEN.

CERTAINLY IT WAS GREAT.

I ALSO WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE LIBRARY STAFF WHO GAVE US A SHORT PRESENTATION ON SIFT, WHICH STANDS FOR STOP, INVESTIGATE AND FIND BETTER COVERAGE AND TRACE. WHAT IT IS, IS A BUNCH OF TECHNIQUES THAT YOU CAN USE TO VERIFY OR VALIDATE AN INFORMATION SOURCE, GENERALLY AN INFORMATION SOURCE ONLINE, BECAUSE IN THIS WORLD OF MISINFORMATION AND SHADY INFORMATION, THE PROGRAM REALLY HAS SOME REALLY PRACTICAL, EASY TO USE TECHNIQUES TO MAKE SURE YOUR RESOURCES THAT YOU'RE FINDING ONLINE IS REALLY A TRUE STORY, AND THE LIBRARIES ARE TEACHING STUDENTS THESE TECHNIQUES AND THEY'RE TEACHING STAFF THESE TECHNIQUES, AND IT'S JUST A REALLY GOOD PROGRAM, AND THANKS TO THE LIBRARY STAFF FOR PUTTING ON THAT PRESENTATION TO US , AND I GUESS THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE.

EXCELLENT. THANK YOU DIRECTOR NOBLE.

DIRECTOR CHASE.

THANK YOU. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

WE'RE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION IN THE MEETINGS STILL.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, AND THANK YOU, GARY, FOR POINTING OUT THE SIFT PROGRAM.

IT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE AND I'M VERY GLAD THAT WE'RE LEADERS IN THE AREA ON HELPING OUR STUDENTS EDUCATE THEMSELVES AND BE EDUCATED THROUGH THIS PROGRAM AND ALSO FOR OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ON CHECKING SOURCE FACTS.

I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE ALL ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SAME KIND OF LANGUAGE AS WE APPROACH THE CONTINUOUS INFORMATION THAT WE GET DIGITALLY.

SO ANYWAYS, I JUST I THINK IT WAS A REALLY GOOD STUDY SESSION AND I HOPE FOLKS CAN ALSO PARTICIPATE AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SIFT TECHNIQUES THAT WE LEARNED.

I REALLY, REALLY LOVE HEARING THE STUDENTS PRESENTATIONS AND I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE ABLE TO INCORPORATE THAT INTO THESE BUSINESS MEETINGS, AND I'M ALSO REALLY STRUCK BY HOW STRONGLY WE AS A DISTRICT ARE FOCUSING ON BELONGING AND POINTING OUT ABOUT MEETING THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL NEEDS FIRST, AND I THINK THAT'S SO KEY AND SO IMPORTANT.

I'M VERY PROUD OF THE DISTRICT AND THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE DOING THIS, AND SO THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT RIGHT NOW, AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD, ALSO THINKING ON SOME OF OUR COMMENTS ABOUT THE TRAGEDY OF THE HATE CRIMES THAT WERE IN COLORADO SPRINGS, APPRECIATING THE STRENGTH OF OUR COMMUNITY TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST THESE THINGS AND FOSTER A SENSE OF BELONGING AND HEARING OPINIONS THAT ARE DIFFERENT FROM OURS AND ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THIS IS A GRAND COMMUNAL SPACE.

SO I LOOK FORWARD TO ENJOYING THE HOLIDAYS WITH MY FAMILY, AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO BE ON THIS BOARD AND I'M WISHING EVERYONE HERE A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY

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WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO, WHICH I'VE BEEN DOING IN ALL MY COMMENTS, IS GIVING YOU A SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH UPDATE LIKE I'VE PROMISED.

LAST WEEK WE SPENT 2 HOURS AS A GROUP DOING AN IN-DEPTH REVIEW OF ALL OF THE SURVEY RESULTS FROM THE COMMUNITY SURVEY THAT WAS ASKING ALL OUR STAKEHOLDERS WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR IN OUR NEXT LEADER.

THE TOP EIGHT PRIORITIES THAT WERE CHOSEN BY THE SURVEY TAKERS ACTUALLY MATCHED THOSE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS WITH THE ADDITION OF ONE MORE PRIORITY THAT THE BOARD ALSO HAS, AND THOSE WERE PUT INTO THE LIST OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN THE JOB POSTING, WHICH IS NOW BEEN MADE PUBLIC.

IN ADDITION, AS PART OF THE INFORMATION THAT'S IN THAT JOB POSTING, THE SEARCH FIRM CONDUCTED OVER 30 INTERVIEWS, BOTH 1 TO 1, AND FOCUS GROUPS WITH KEY STAFF AND STAKEHOLDER GROUPS.

SO WE HAVE REALLY BEEN GETTING A LOT OF INPUT FROM EVERYWHERE WE CAN.

THE POSTING IS ON THE WEBSITES THAT ARE MOST USED BY FOLKS WHO ARE SEEKING SUPERINTENDENT POSITIONS, AND OUR SEARCH FIRMS ALREADY STARTED RECRUITING AND INTERESTED APPLICANTS HAVE UNTIL JANUARY 13TH.

SO IT GOES ACROSS ALL OF THE HOLIDAYS TO APPLY.

THE POSTING IN THE TIMELINE FOR THE SEARCH CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE IF YOU WANT TO SEE IT UNDER OUR DISTRICT AND THEN UNDER SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH.

ON A DIFFERENT NOTE, LAST WEEK I HAD THE PLEASURE OF JOINING DR.

MINOR FOR A VISIT TO MEADOWDALE ELEMENTARY.

THE STUDENTS WERE INCREDIBLY OPEN AND FRIENDLY, CHATTING WITH US ABOUT WHAT THEY WERE LEARNING.

REALLY WELL BEHAVED IN LUNCH.

WE SAW STUDENTS ENGAGED IN GREAT, WONDERFUL MATH AND SCIENCE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, AND WE EVEN HAD TIME TO CHAT WITH SOME OF THE STAFF MEMBERS DURING THE BREAK TIMES, WHICH WORKED WELL.

IN TERMS OF THE DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM, I'M GOING TO SAY I THOUGHT DIRECTOR SMITH DID A GREAT JOB OF SUMMING IT UP, AND I DON'T THINK I NEED TO ADD TO THAT.

I'M JUST GOING TO UNDERLINE IT.

I WANT TO REALLY THANK THE MARTHA LAKE FOLKS AND ALL OF OUR STAFF AS WE GO INTO THIS UPCOMING WEEKEND.

I ALWAYS USE THIS AS A TIME TO GIVE THANKS.

I THINK WE HAVE A STRONG COMMUNITY, STRONG STAFF, CARING PARENTS, CARING FAMILIES, CARING STAFF.

WE ALL JUST NEED TO WORK TOGETHER BECAUSE WHAT WE CARE ABOUT MOST IS OUR STUDENTS AND WE GIVE THANKS FOR THE WONDERFUL STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE, AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DR.

MINOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, DR.

KATIMS. JUST A COUPLE OF UPDATES TONIGHT.

I DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE WASHINGTON STATE SCHOOL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE IN SPOKANE WITH DR.

KILGORE, WHERE SHE DID GRADUATE FROM THE LEADERSHIP MAZDA COHORT AFTER DOING A PRESENTATION ON OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS FOR HER FELLOW COLLEAGUES WHO ARE IN THE PROGRAM. SO THEY HONORED HER AT THE PRESIDENT'S DINNER, AND WE DID GET A FEW PICTURES OF THAT, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE TO GIVE HER SOME RECOGNITION WHEN SHE GETS BACK.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO JUST GIVE A BRIEF UPDATE ABOUT THE DIRECTOR OF ML POSITION.

SOMETIMES WHEN WE POST POSITIONS AND THE TIMING OF THOSE, IT JUST DOESN'T WORK OUT THAT WE GET A CANDIDATE SOMETIMES IN A FIRST ROUND FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER, THERE ISN'T A HIRE MADE.

NORMALLY WHAT WILL HAPPEN THEN, WE WILL DO WHAT WE CALL PULLING THAT POSITION DOWN BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING POSTED FOR A LONG, LONG TIME, PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR POSITIONS WILL THINK, OH, IT'S NO LONGER ACTIVE.

THEY MUST HAVE HIRED SOMEONE IF THEY POSTED THIS ON JULY 15.

SO WE PULLED THAT POSITION DOWN UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER RERAN THE PROCESS AND I DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERVIEW SEVERAL CANDIDATES THIS WEEK AFTER THEY HAD BEEN THROUGH OTHER PROCESSES, AND WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT WE WILL BE MAKING AN ANNOUNCEMENT HOPEFULLY NEXT WEEK AFTER WE COMPLETE THAT PROCESS , AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE WITH GRATITUDE TO ALL OF YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK, YOUR VOLUNTEERISM ON BEHALF OF THE CHILDREN OF OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. THE VERY LAST ITEM IS WHETHER OR NOT ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE TOPICS FOR ITEMS FOR FUTURE MEETINGS.

[16. ITEMS FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION OR INFORMATION]

I THINK ALL COVERED SO FAR.

OKAY, GREAT.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, THIS REGULAR BOARD MEETING OF THE EDMONDS SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.