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          GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. THANK YOU. THIS REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING OF THE EDMONDS SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER,
AND I'LL DO A ROLL CALL. 
          SO WE ARE ALL HERE. NEXT, I'LL ASK DOCTOR MINER TO DO THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT. 
          THANK YOU, DOCTOR KATIMS. WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF THIS PLACE. 
          THE SDOHOBSH 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 AND 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, IF EVERYBODY WILL RISE AND JOIN ME IN THE FLAG. 
          SALUTE. 
          . NEXT IS APPROVAL OF TONIGHT'S AGENDA. DO I HEAR A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE
TONIGHT'S AGENDA AS PRESENTED? 
          [5. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]
MOVE TO APPROVE THE AGENDA. SECOND. 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 TONIGHT'S AGENDA AS PRESENTED,
PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. 
          AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY, ANY ABSTENTIONS. 
          AND TONIGHT'S AGENDA IS APPROVED AS PRESENTED. 
          [6. CELEBRATIONS]
NEXT WE HAVE SOME WONDERFUL CELEBRATIONS. BEST PART,
AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DOCTOR MINER. 
          WELL, WE ARE GOING TO BEGIN THIS EVENING WITH OUR MOUNTLAKE TERRACE HIGH SCHOOL JOURNALISM
STUDENTS AND I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THEIR ADVISOR AND TEACHER, VINCE DEMURO, FORWARD TO SHARE SOME OF THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND INTRODUCE HIS STUDENTS TO
US. 
          SINGULAR. NOT PLURAL. OH. THANK YOU. WELL, THIS IS EVAN, AND HE IS A CURRENT. WELL, ARE YOU CURRENTLY COEDITOR? AS OF ABOUT A WEEK AGO. HE'S HANDED OVER THE REINS. 
          SO TO THE NEXT YEAR'S LEADERSHIP STAFF. BUT I'M VINCE DEMURO,
EVAN KRONE, AND HE MIGHT BE FAMILIAR BECAUSE HE TENDS TO BE THE ONE THAT COVERS THE SCHOOL BOARD. BUT THE PRIMARY REASON WHY WE'RE HERE IS
TO NOT JUST CELEBRATE MOUNTLAKE TERRACE JOURNALISM PROGRAM, BUT AS YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU WERE THERE, AS WAS DOCTOR CHASE AND DOCTOR SCHWAB AT THE
JANSPA NATIONAL JOURNALISM CONVENTION THAT WAS HELD IN APRIL IN SEATTLE. WE WERE HONORED WITH THE 15TH TIME WE RECEIVED THIS AWARD,
12TH IN A ROW. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S SUCH THING AS A 12 PEAT OR NOT,
BUT WE'LL TAKE IT. WITH THE FIRST AMENDMENT PRESS FREEDOM AWARD, AND IT'S SPONSORED BY THE JOURNALISM EDUCATION ASSOCIATION,
THE NATIONAL SCHOLASTIC PRESS ASSOCIATION, AND THE QUILL AND SCROLL JOURNALISM HONOR SOCIETY AND IT REALLY YOU DO NEED A GOOD
JOURNALISM PROGRAM AT YOUR SCHOOL TO BE EVEN ELIGIBLE, BUT IT REALLY IS A COMMUNITY AWARD. AND SO MANY THINGS HAVE TO BE IN PLACE FOR THIS AWARD
TO BE EVEN CONSIDERED. 
          IT'S SEVERAL ROUNDS THAT YOU GO THROUGH EACH YEAR OF FILLING OUT ALL KINDS OF FORMS AND
PAPERWORK AND ANSWERING QUESTIONS AND IN ONE ON ONE HAND, IT'S KIND OF COOL TO BE ONE OF ABOUT 12 SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTRY THAT GET THIS
THIS YEAR. 
          ON THE OTHER HAND, I THINK IT'S REALLY SAD THAT THERE ARE ONLY 12 SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTRY
THAT ARE GETTING IT THIS YEAR AND SO I'VE DONE AS MUCH AS I CAN DO ON A LOCAL, STATE AND NATIONAL LEVEL TO MAKE SURE THAT STUDENT RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ARE ARE
UPHELD AND MY STUDENTS, FORTUNATELY, HAVE JUMPED INTO WE HAVE PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST STATE LAWS,
AND I'VE BEEN TOLD ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, THANKS TO THE SCHOOL BOARD, IN PARTICULAR TO DOCTOR SCHWAB AND A GROUP OF STUDENTS WHO
WORKED WITH HIM ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, THAT WE HAVE THE BEST SCHOOL BOARD POLICY FOR PROTECTING STUDENTS PRESS FREEDOMS AND
RIGHTS IN THE COUNTRY AND IN FACT IS BEING USED AS A MODEL ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND SO WITH THAT, THIS IS THE AWARD THAT WE RECEIVED THIS YEAR. 
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AND AT BOTH THE PHILADELPHIA NATIONAL CONVENTION LAST FALL AND AT THE SEATTLE CONVENTION
THIS SPRING, WE HAD PROBABLY CLOSE TO 20 DIFFERENT STUDENTS EARN AWARDS,
INCLUDING AS A GROUP AWARD. 
          THE HAWKEYE PRINT NEWSPAPER PLACED IN THE TOP TEN LAST FALL,
THE YEARBOOK PLACED IN THE TOP TEN. 
          WE HAD THE OTHER COEDITOR, TRINA PERPETUA PLACED IN THE TOP TEN FOR EDITORIAL LEADERSHIP. 
          AND WE HAD TWO STUDENT PHOTOGRAPHERS PLACE SECOND AND FOURTH IN THE COUNTRY FOR THEIR WORK
AS PHOTOJOURNALISTS AND THEN A BUNCH OF OTHER INDIVIDUAL AWARDS THAT ARE KIND OF TOO NUMEROUS TO GO INTO RIGHT NOW. 
          BUT I THINK I PASSED THAT ALONG IN THE NOTES TO THE BOARD. 
          SO HOPEFULLY THOSE STUDENTS CAN ALSO BE RECOGNIZED AT SOME POINT,
BUT WE JUST WANT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 
          WE CAN'T DO THIS WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THE BOARD,
CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF BUILDING ADMINISTRATION AND MAYBE MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT GREAT STUDENTS AND GREAT PARENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO KEEP SENDING
ME GOOD JOURNALISTS AND AS ANY GOOD COACH WILL TELL YOU, YOU'RE ABOUT AS GOOD AS YOUR ATHLETES AND I'M ABOUT AS GOOD AS MY JOURNALISM STUDENTS AND
I'VE BEEN REALLY FORTUNATE TO BE AROUND SOME ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL JOURNALISM STUDENTS OVER THE YEARS. SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU AND THANK YOU FOR HELPING
US MAKE THIS HAPPEN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IF WE COULD GET THE TWO OF YOU, EVAN AND MR. DEMURO,
TO STAND HERE AND WE'LL ALL KIND OF COME TOGETHER AND SOMEONE FROM CABINET WITH A CAMERA HANDY. I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR. DEMURO. HOW MANY YEARS NOW HAVE YOU BEEN LEADING THE JOURNALISTIC EFFORTS IN THIS DISTRICT
37TH YEAR. 
          BY BLOCKING ANY SHORT PEOPLE. THAT'S ALL. 
          THANK YOU AND WE HAVE SOME CERTIFICATES FOR THE REST OF YOUR STUDENTS WHO WEREN'T ABLE TO BE WITH US
TONIGHT. 
          NEXT, WE HAVE A CELEBRATION OF OUR LINWOOD HIGH SCHOOL AND MOUNTLAKE TERRACE HIGH SCHOOL
FIRST ROBOTICS TEAM. 
          SO IF I COULD GET THEIR COACHES WHO ARE GOING TO BE REPRESENTING THEM THIS EVENING,
TO COME ON UP. 
          BEFORE THAT, YOU GUYS CAN COME UP BEFORE ANYTHING. 
          I JUST WANTED TO SAY AS SOMEONE WHO ACTUALLY GREW UP WITH EVAN WENT TO LINWOOD ELEMENTARY
WITH HIM. 
          SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH HIM IN OUR CHILDHOOD. I CAN ATTEND. 
          HE'S AN AMAZING STUDENT, AN AMAZING PERSON, AND ALL THE WORK HE'S DONE IN JOURNALISM AND
JUST OVERALL AS A STUDENT THESE PAST COUPLE YEARS HAS MADE ME REALLY HAPPY TO SEE. 
          AND I'M GLAD THAT HIS EFFORTS ARE BEING RECOGNIZED TONIGHT AND IT MAKES ME REALLY HAPPY.
SO THANK YOU. 
          GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS STEVE WINKLER. I AM ONE OF OUR AND MAURA,
HERE WE ARE, THE TWO LEAD COACHES FOR THE MOUNTLAKE TERRACE HIGH SCHOOL ROBOTICS TEAM. 
          WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MARIA GAVIOLA,
WHO'S ONE OF OUR GRADUATING SENIORS. 
          WHO BETTER TO HEAR FROM ON THE IMPACT OF THIS PROGRAM THAN OUR THREE YEAR VETERAN,
MARIA. 
          ALL RIGHT. HI, EVERYBODY. I'VE BEEN UP HERE A FEW TIMES OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS,
BUT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW ME, MY NAME IS MARIA GAVIOLA. I'M A SENIOR ON AT MOUNTLAKE TERRACE HIGH SCHOOL,
AND I'VE BEEN ON CHILL OUT FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS. 
          I'M JUST A FEW WEEKS AWAY FROM GRADUATING AND HONESTLY,
I CAN'T WAIT. 
          BUT AS I LOOK BACK OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS,
I'VE REALIZED THAT WHAT I'M GOING TO MISS MOST IS WITHOUT A DOUBT, MY ROBOTICS TEAM WHEN I FIRST. WHEN I FIRST JOINED CHILL OUT,
I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT I WAS GETTING INTO. 
          I WAS JUST LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO DO AFTER SCHOOL. 
          BUT WHAT I FOUND WAS SO MUCH MORE THAN A HOBBY OR AN EXTRACURRICULAR. 
          JOINING THIS TEAM TURNED OUT TO BE ONE OF THE BEST DECISIONS I'VE EVER MADE. THROUGH
ROBOTICS, I MET PEOPLE THAT QUICKLY WENT FROM FACES I PASSED IN THE HALLS WITHOUT A GLANCE TO SOME
OF MY BEST FRIENDS AS WE SPENT HOURS TOGETHER IN THE SHOP, WORKING THROUGH THE HIGHS AND LOWS, TRYING TO BUILD THE BEST ROBOT WE COULD. WE ALSO FOUND
SOMETHING MUCH MORE IMPORTANT. 
          THE FRIENDSHIPS I'VE MADE HERE ARE THE KIND THAT I KNOW I'LL CARRY WITH ME FOR THE REST OF
MY LIFE. I'M LIKE A LITTLE EMOTIONAL. 
          THIS TEAM HAS ALSO INTRODUCED ME TO A COMMUNITY OF MENTORS AND VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE
INSPIRED ME IN WAYS THAT I NEVER IMAGINED. 
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THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO CHOSE TO GIVE UP THEIR EVENINGS AND THEIR WEEKENDS NOT BECAUSE THEY
HAVE TO, BUT BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE IN US AND THEY WANTED TO HELP US DO WHAT WE LOVE. 
          THEY'VE TAUGHT ME MORE THAN I EVER THOUGHT I'D LEARNED IN HIGH SCHOOL,
FROM HOW TO WRITE GRANT PROPOSALS, TO ORGANIZING FUNDRAISERS, TO HOW TO LEAD A TEAM, OR EVEN OPERATE A CNC MACHINE. 
          THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN TO LEARN, BUT I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS,
I'VE SERVED AS THE BUSINESS LEAD FOR THIS TEAM, AND IF YOU ASKED ME FOUR YEARS AGO IF THAT WAS SOMETHING I'D EVER BE INTERESTED IN,
THERE WOULD BE NO DOUBT IN MY VERY CONFIDENT NO. 
          BUT THAT ROLE HAS TAUGHT ME REAL WORLD SKILLS THAT I KNOW WILL FOLLOW ME WELL INTO MY
FUTURE AND INTO COLLEGE AND WHEREVER I GO FROM THERE. 
          THESE EXPERIENCES HAVE HELPED ME FIGURE OUT NOT ONLY WHAT I'M GOOD AT,
BUT WHAT I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT TOO. WHAT MAKES CHILL OUT SO SPECIAL ISN'T JUST THE ROBOTS WE BUILT. SO MUCH OF IT IS THE COMMUNITY WE'VE BUILT WITH IT. 
          IT'S THE KIND OF COMMUNITY WHERE YOU CAN JUST BE YOURSELF,
WHERE CHALLENGES BECOME OPPORTUNITIES, AND WHERE THERE'S ALWAYS SOMEONE THERE WILLING TO LEND A HAND. IT'S A COMMUNITY THAT
TAUGHT ME IT'S OKAY TO FAIL AS LONG AS YOU HAVE. 
          AS LONG AS YOU LEARN SOMETHING AND YOU'RE WILLING TO TRY AGAIN AND IT'S A PLACE THAT HAS
SHOWN ME JUST HOW POWERFUL IT IS TO SURROUND YOURSELF WITH PEOPLE WHO LIFT YOU UP. I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A HUGE THANK YOU TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR ALLOWING US TO ACCESS THE
PRACTICE FIELD AT FAMS. WITHOUT THAT SPACE, WE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BE ANYWHERE NEAR AS SUCCESSFUL AS OUR
TEAM HAS BEEN THESE PAST FEW YEARS AND LET'S BE HONEST, WINNING IS HALF THE FUN. SO. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL MY TEAMMATES,
MENTORS, AND FRIENDS WHO HAVE CREATED SUCH A SUPPORTIVE, FUN AND INSPIRING COMMUNITY. ROBOTICS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST MEANINGFUL PARTS OF MY HIGH
SCHOOL JOURNEY, AND I'LL ALWAYS BE THANKFUL FOR IT. THANK YOU. 
          HI, MY NAME IS DAVID PHIPPEN. I'VE BEEN WITH MOUNTLAKE TERRACE SINCE 2012,
WITH LYNNWOOD ROBOTICS SINCE 2012. 
          I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS PROGRAM. 
          YOU MAY HAVE OFTEN HEARD THAT THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT ROBOTS. 
          THIS IS ABOUT BUILDING LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATORS WITHIN THE DISTRICT. 
          AT STARTING AT THIS LEVEL, I LOOK OUT AT THESE YOUNG ADULTS AND I SEE AGAIN FUTURE
LEADERS. 
          I'VE BEEN I'M CURRENTLY A SHORELINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE CHEMISTRY PROFESSOR. 
          YEAH. WHERE'S THAT FACE? YEAH. SO I'VE BEEN THERE 30 YEARS,
AND I'VE SEEN STUDENTS COME THROUGH THIS PROGRAM AND, ENTER INTO HIGHER EDUCATION AND IN PROFESSIONAL TECHNICAL PROGRAMS,
AND, THE SKILLS THAT THEY LEARN IN THIS PROGRAM ARE HELP BUILD INTO THE CHARACTER AND THE WAY THEY PRESENT THEMSELVES AT A HIGHER LEVEL THAN,
THAN THEY CAN JUST GAIN ON THEIR OWN. SO I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR SUPPORT IN THIS. 
          I DID SIGN UP FOR A PUBLIC COMMENT LATER ABOUT THE PRACTICE FIELD,
AS MENTIONED BY THE PREVIOUS STUDENT, THAT IT IS INVALUABLE TO THE WAY THIS PROGRAM WORKS BECAUSE IT IS A COLLABORATIVE
ENVIRONMENT. 
          SO WE'RE HERE WITH MONTLAKE TERRACE BECAUSE JUST OUR TWO TEAMS WITHIN THE DISTRICT
COLLABORATE WITH OTHERS IN THE AREA. 
          AND IT'S INVALUABLE FOR THESE STUDENTS TO INTERACT AND TO REACH THE LEVEL THAT'S NECESSARY
TO COMPETE AT THE WORLD LEVEL. 
          SO THANK YOU. SO REAL QUICK. 
          SO I'M BRIAN BLOOMQUIST, I'M THE CURRENT ONE OF THE CURRENT COACHES OF THE ROBOTICS TEAM. 
          I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THERE'LL BE SOME STUDENTS SPEAKING LATER AS WELL IN THE
PUBLIC COMMENT AREA AND LET YOU KNOW THAT THIS PROGRAM WOULDN'T HELP WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT. WE ARE LARGELY SELF-FUNDED AND WE GET A FAIR NUMBER OF GRANTS. 
          BUT LIKE MANY THINGS, THOSE THINGS ARE DRYING UP OVER TIME AND SO EVERY LITTLE BIT OR
EVERY LITTLE THING WE CAN GET FROM ANYBODY WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL. 
          SO IF WE CAN KEEP THIS PROGRAM GOING AND HAVE THESE STUDENTS GRADUATE AND MOVE ON TO BE
PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS. OKAY. SO THEY'RE GOING TO SPEAK NOW. 
          HELLO, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS NATHANIEL BLACK. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF ENGINEERING ON OUR TEAM
AND A TWO YEAR MEMBER. 
          WHEN I FIRST JOINED THE TEAM, I DIDN'T EXPECT IT TO BECOME SUCH A HUGE PART OF MY LIFE. I
DIDN'T KNOW HOW MANY HOURS I WOULD DEDICATE TO FRC, AND I DIDN'T KNOW HOW MANY AMAZING MEMORIES I WOULD MAKE ON THE TEAM. I JOINED THE TEAM
BECAUSE ONE OF MY FRIENDS KEPT BUGGING ME TO COME TO A MEETING AND I SAID, 
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HEY, WHY NOT? I ENDED UP GOING TO ONE OF THE OFF SEASON EVENTS THAT WE ATTENDED DURING THE
FALL, AND ONE SPECIFIC MEMORY FROM THAT EVENT HAS ALWAYS STUCK WITH ME. ONE OF MY MENTORS,
SHANE, ASKED ME IF I WANTED TO DRIVE THE ROBOT. AND I KIND OF SHRUGGED AT HIM AND I TOLD HIM I
WASN'T SUPER INTERESTED. 
          I DIDN'T IT WASN'T WHAT I WAS ENVISIONING WHEN I JOINED THE TEAM. 
          HOWEVER, HE INSISTED THAT I TRY ANYWAYS ON THE OFF CHANCE THAT I MIGHT ACTUALLY ENJOY IT. 
          THIS MOMENT SPARKED MY INTEREST IN DRIVING THE ROBOT,
AND WITHOUT HIM, I WOULDN'T HAVE DECIDED TO TRY AND BECOME THE DRIVER THIS YEAR, WHICH I WAS THE DRIVER THIS PAST YEAR. MOMENTS LIKE THIS HAVE CONSTANTLY OCCURRED DURING
MY TIME ON THE TEAM. 
          MY FIRST SEASON, I WAS GIVEN THE RESPONSIBILITY TO DESIGN MY OWN SUBSYSTEM ON THE ROBOT. 
          THIS YEAR, I WAS ELECTED AS THE PRESIDENT OF ENGINEERING AND THE ROBOT DRIVER. 
          EVEN GIVING A SPEECH TODAY IS NOT SOMETHING I TYPICALLY DO ON MY OWN,
BUT WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE TEAM PUSHED ME TO DO NEW THINGS. 
          IT'S GIVEN ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE NEW SKILLS AND TRY NEW EXPERIENCES. 
          GIVING THESE OPPORTUNITIES TO EVERY STUDENT IS THE GOAL OF OUR TEAM. WE STRIVE TO UPLIFT
EVERY MEMBER OF THE TEAM AND CULTIVATE THEIR GROWTH. 
          WE TEACH MANY SKILLS THAT GO BEYOND THE SCOPE OF ROBOTICS. STUDENTS LEARN TO LEAD
PROJECTS, WORK IN TEAMS, MANAGE MONEY, AND MUCH MORE. THEY ALSO LEARN FIELD SPECIFIC SKILLS LIKE
ENGINEERING, DESIGN, PROGRAMING, AND MANUFACTURING. BEING A MEMBER OF THE TEAM MEANS THAT YOU HAVE A
GROUP OF MENTORS AND PEERS WHO ARE INVESTED IN YOUR SUCCESS AND WILL SUPPORT YOU THROUGHOUT YOUR DEVELOPMENTAL YEARS. THE LESSONS OF FRC EXTEND INTO THE FUTURE AND ADULT
LIFE OF EVERY MEMBER. 
          WE OFFER THESE OPPORTUNITIES TO MEMBERS IN A VARIETY OF WAYS. 
          THERE ARE MANY AVAILABLE JOBS ON THE TEAM, LIKE LEADERSHIP POSITIONS OR ENGINEERING ROLES, OR ART POSITIONS FOR GRAPHIC DESIGN POSTERS,
BUSINESS POSITIONS AS WELL FOR ACCOUNTING, MANAGING THE MONEY. 
          WE PUSH STUDENTS OUT OF THEIR COMFORT ZONE TO TRY NEW THINGS ALL THE TIME. THESE PAST TWO
YEARS, WE'VE PERFORMED WELL ENOUGH TO COMPETE AT THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS,
AND WE ALSO WON MULTIPLE AWARDS AT LOCAL EVENTS. 
          IN 2024, WE WON THE JUDGES CHOICE AWARD. IT'S BASICALLY AN AWARD WHERE YOU DON'T FIT INTO
A SPECIFIC CATEGORY BECAUSE THEY HAVE A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT AWARDS, AND SO THEY NOMINATE YOU FOR THAT AWARD. THE THE HOST OF JUDGES AS WELL AND THEN IN THIS
YEAR, WE WON THE GRACIOUS PROFESSIONALISM AWARD, IN LARGE PART FOR OUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE
PRACTICE FIELD AT FAMS AND HELPING WITH THE COMMUNITY AT WORLDS. STUDENTS CAN CONNECT WITH OTHER TEAMS AROUND THE WORLD AS WELL AS PROFESSIONAL
STEM COMPANIES AND SPONSORSHIPS. 
          BEING A PART OF THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS HAS BEEN AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY FOR ME,
AND I WILL ALWAYS CHERISH THE MEMORIES OF THESE EVENTS. WE ARE ONLY ABLE TO PROVIDE THESE EXPERIENCES THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY. FROM DONATIONS,
SPONSORSHIPS AND SPACES TO MEET LIKE FANS, THESE ARE ALL MAJOR WAYS THAT OUR TEAM IS SUPPORTED BY EVERYONE. THANK YOU GUYS! AS WE GROW, WE AIM TO EXPAND OUR SCOPE AND CONTINUE OFFERING THESE OPPORTUNITIES TO
EVERYONE. 
          THANK YOU. HELLO, MY NAME IS ALLISON ROSENBERG. 
          I'M A JUNIOR AT EDMONDS-WOODWAY HIGH SCHOOL AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OF ADMINISTRATION FOR
ROBOTICS. 
          I WAS PULLED INTO THE TEAM BY MY COUSIN. HE DRAGGED ME TO THE KICKOFF MEETING. 
          I WAS NOT SIGNED UP. I CAME IN, I CRASHED THE PARTY,
AND NOW I'M HERE. 
          IT'S GREAT. I JOINED THE TEAM IN JANUARY OF 2024,
AND I DID NOT REALIZE HOW MUCH IT WOULD SHAPE ME INTO WHO I AM TODAY. 
          BEING A PART OF ROBOTICS HAS NOT ONLY TAUGHT ME ENGINEERING,
DESIGN, FABRICATION, PROGRAMING, BUT ALSO SKILLS THAT I WILL CARRY WITH ME THROUGHOUT THE REST OF MY EDUCATION AND LIFE IN
GENERAL, SUCH AS LEADERSHIP, TIME MANAGEMENT, TEAMWORK AND RESPONSIBILITY. 
          WHEN I JOINED, I THOUGHT CRAZY IDEAS WEREN'T WORTH SHARING. 
          SITTING AT MY FIRST MEETING WHEN THE ADRENALINE STARTED TO WEAR OFF,
I THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS NO POINT IN SHARING IT ALL BECAUSE ALL THE KIDS AROUND ME KNEW SO MUCH MORE THAN I EVER WOULD. BUT AS I CONTINUED TO GO TO MEETINGS,
THE TEAM WAS WELCOMING AND SHOWED ME THAT WITH ENOUGH TIME, ANYTHING WAS POSSIBLE AND NOW I FOUND A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN THE TEAM WHERE I HELP OVERSEE
OUR OUTREACH, INCLUDING OUR ELEMENTARY ROBOTICS PROGRAM, RECRUITING,
AWARDS AND JUDGING, AND OTHER NON ROBOTIC RELATED AFFAIRS. 
          IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE TO GET TO KNOW THE TEAM AND MY FELLOW EXECUTIVE STUDENT BOARD
MEMBERS BETTER OVER THIS PAST YEAR AND A HALF. 
          I'M ALSO THE ROBOT OPERATOR ALONGSIDE OUR DRIVER NATHANIEL DURING COMPETITIONS. 
          HELPING TO OVERSEE TEAM ASPECTS HAS HELPED ME TO SHOW WHAT MAKES OUR TEAM UNIQUE AND HOW
WE CAN CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN THESE TRAITS IN THE YEARS TO COME. 
          ONE OF MY PERSONAL FAVORITE OUTREACH PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE ENHANCED IN THIS PAST YEAR HAS
BEEN OUR FIRST LEGO LEAGUE PROGRAM, OR FLL, WHICH HAS RECRUITED WHICH HAS REACHED 60 STUDENTS IN THE PAST YEAR ACROSS THREE
DISTRICT SCHOOLS OAKS ELEMENTARY, WESTGATE ELEMENTARY AND ALDERWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL. OUR GOAL FOR THIS PROGRAM WAS TO HAVE
THREE TEAMS OF TEN, ONE IN EACH SCHOOL, BUT DUE TO INCREDIBLE TEAM,
BUT DUE TO INCREDIBLE SCHOOL SUPPORT AND ENGAGEMENT, WE STARTED THE SEASON WITH SIX TEAMS, DOUBLE WHAT WE HAD PLANNED FOR. 
          THIS FORCED US TO MAKE CHANGES. WE WORKED WITH THE SCHOOLS TO SECURE THE NEEDED ROOMS FOR
THE EXTRA DAYS, AND WROTE A GRANT THAT ACCOUNTED THAT HELPED FOR THE UNACCOUNTED FOR FUNDS. 
          IN DECEMBER, WE HELD A SCRIMMAGE FOR THE YOUNG TEAMS AT OUR FRC PRACTICE FIELD,
LOCATED AT THE FORMER ALDERWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL LOCATION, 
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WITH THE TOP THREE TEAMS MOVING ON TO THE OFFICIAL COMPETITION. THE ALDERWOOD MIDDLE
SCHOOL TEAM PLACED FOURTH AT THIS COMPETITION, ALLOWING THEM TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT LEVEL OF REGIONAL COMPETITION. WE CANNOT BE MORE
PROUD OF THESE STUDENTS. 
          THIS OPPORTUNITY HAS TAUGHT ME RESPONSIBILITY,
TIME AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND GRANT WRITING AND ABOVE ALL, HOW TO MANAGE CHILDREN. I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS PROGRAM IN THE FALL. 
          A FINAL THING I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS BEFORE PASSING THE MIC ON IS OUR PRACTICE FIELD. 
          WE UTILIZE THE OLD ALDERWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL FACILITY,
THE CURRENT TEMPORARY HOME FOR OK HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY FOR OUR PRACTICE FIELD. 
          THE LOCATION PEOPLE HAVE BEEN REFERRING TO AS FAM'S FOR OUR PRACTICE FIELD,
WHICH IS ABLE TO HELP SUPPORT NOT ONLY US AND THE MOUNTLAKE TERRACE TEAM, BUT ALSO 30 DIFFERENT TEAMS FROM THE LOCAL AREA WHICH HAVE UTILIZED IT THIS YEAR. 
          OF THE SEVEN TEAMS THAT HELPED BUILD THE FIELD,
IN ADDITION, IN ADDITION TO UTILIZING IT, SIX OF THOSE TEAMS ATTENDED THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN HOUSTON THIS YEAR,
WITH ALL OF THEM GOING TO PLAYOFFS AND ONE OF THE TEAMS EVENTUALLY WINNING THE ENTIRE COMPETITION. IT HELPS TO PROVIDE THE FIELD, HELPS TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO
PRACTICE AND HONE OUR SKILLS, AS WELL AS SUPPORT ROOKIE TEAMS AND OTHER SMALL TEAMS IN LOCAL AREA THAT OTHERWISE WOULD
NOT GET THE SUPPORT. 
          NOT ONLY IS THE PRACTICE FIELD A BIG DEAL FOR US,
BUT WITHOUT IT, THE LOCAL COMMUNITY WOULD LOSE A CRUCIAL ELEMENT FOR SKILL DEVELOPMENT, AND THE PNW AREA WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SHINE IN THE WAY IT DOES TODAY. 
          ON BEHALF OF OUR TEAM AND THE FRC TEAM, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND ARE ECSTATIC
WITH OUR CONTINUED COLLABORATION IN THE FUTURE. 
          WHAT THEY SAID. I ALSO JUST WANT TO POINT OUT WE LEFT AARON SOME FLIERS. 
          WE ARE HOSTING WE HAVE A SPECIAL CONNECTION WITH SOMEBODY AT OAK HEIGHTS THERE. 
          SO WE'RE KIND OF THANKING THEM AND THE MAGIC OF THIS GYM THAT THEY PROBABLY DON'T EVEN
KNOW. 
          THERE'S ROBOTS RUNNING RIGHT NEXT TO THEIR RECESS. 
          WE ARE GOING TO DO A AN ASSEMBLY THERE, AND WE'D LOVE IT IF YOU GUYS COULD ALL COME AND
JOIN AND SEE THESE KIDS IN THEIR NATURAL ELEMENT AND SEE THE ROBOTS IN THEIR NATURAL ELEMENT AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO DO A PICTURE WITH EVERYBODY WHO'S HERE WHO'S BEEN PART OF THE
PROGRAM. 
          BUT I WANT TO ASK FIRST, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM EITHER ANY OF OUR
STUDENTS OR BOARD MEMBERS? JUST VERY QUICKLY. I SORRY I DIDN'T CATCH EVERYONE'S NAME,
BUT ONE OF THE STUDENTS WAS THE FIRST STUDENT SPEAKER WHO STOOD UP AND SAID I'M SO PROUD OR SO PLEASED WITH WHAT WE'VE BUILT. 
          AND IT'S THAT STATEMENT THAT JUST RINGS SO POWERFULLY WITH ME,
THAT COMMUNITY THAT WE'VE BUILT, THE STUDENTS, THE TEACHERS, THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS,
THE VOLUNTEERS. 
          IT'S JUST IT'S INSPIRING. IT'S COMPLETELY INSPIRING AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE STUDENT
SPEAKERS WHO STOOD UP AND WERE SO ELOQUENT AND SO POWERFULLY SPOKEN. 
          THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT. YEAH. 
          I LOVE I'VE ALWAYS LOVED LOOKING AT ROBOTICS AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF
YEARS, AND ESPECIALLY SEEING A COUPLE OF MY FRIENDS LIKE MARIA, TONY JOSH AND CYRUS, PEOPLE I KNOW AND I'VE BEEN FRIENDS WITH FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS,
AND HOW PASSIONATE THEY ARE ABOUT ROBOTICS AND HOW MUCH THEY CARE ABOUT THE TIME AND EFFORT THEY PUT INTO THIS STUFF. IT MEANS A LOT,
BECAUSE I'VE JUST GONE TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND JUST WATCH THEM WORK AND SEE ON INSTAGRAM HOW THEY'RE GOING TO WORLDS, AND THEY'RE GOING TO NATIONALS AND THEY'RE DOING AMAZING
THINGS AND HOW MUCH IT'S DONE FOR THEIR LIVES. 
          AND I THINK THESE PROGRAMS ARE AMAZING AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE AMAZING. 
          AND THAT AS A DISTRICT, CTE IS IMPORTANT AND WILL ALWAYS BE IMPORTANT WITH THE LEADERSHIP, WITH ENGINEERING AND THESE PROGRAMS ARE PROOF OF HOW SUCCESSFUL WE'VE DONE,
HOW GOOD OF A JOB WE'VE DONE IN SORT OF FUNDING THAT CTE AND MAKING SURE THAT IT STAYS ALIVE WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND I HOPE THAT ONCE I GRADUATE,
ONCE ALL THE SENIORS GRADUATE, THAT THESE PROGRAMS AND THESE COMMUNITIES CONTINUE TO THRIVE IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE OF HOW
IMPORTANT THEY ARE. 
          SO THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT TODAY IS THE FIRST TIME WHEN I REALLY UNDERSTOOD THAT THE ROBOTICS TEAMS,
LIKE, COMPETE COOPERATIVELY, AND I SAW WAS THE WORD COMPETITION, I LOVE THAT. 
          SO VERY IMPRESSED. THANK YOU. SO, I'VE KNOWN ABOUT THE FIRST ROBOTICS FOR A NUMBER OF
YEARS BECAUSE MY HUSBAND TAUGHT AT A HIGH SCHOOL WHERE ROBOTICS IS A BIG PART OF WHAT THEY DO AND WHAT'S ALWAYS IMPRESSED ME IS THE COLLABORATION
AND COOPERATION THAT'S BOTH 
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WITHIN EACH GROUP AND ACROSS THE GROUPS, AND HOW ONE GROUP WILL STOP AND HELP ANOTHER
GROUP, EVEN IN THE MIDDLE OF COMPETITION. IT'S A MODEL FOR HOW WE SHOULD ALL OPERATE IN THIS
WORLD AND SO YOU GUYS ARE LEADERS IN HELPING TO PUT FORTH THE KIND OF MODELING OF BEHAVIOR THAT WE SHOULD ALL BE WITH EACH
OTHER. 
          SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I ALSO IT WAS MENTIONED THAT IT'S POSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE TO
SUPPORT YOU THROUGH DONATIONS OR OTHER KIND OF SUPPORT AND I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S SOME INFORMATION AVAILABLE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND FOR
THE BOARD, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT, WHERE WOULD WE GO TO DO THAT? WELL, WE'LL GET YOU THAT INFORMATION WHILE YOU'RE COMING UP. 
          I JUST WANT TO SAY, AS A PROUD, CHILL OUT FAMILY,
I'M REALLY PROUD OF ALL THE WORK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO, AND I'M SO THRILLED TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY STILL. 
          WE DID NOTICE THE MERCH TODAY. WAY TO WEAR THE BLUE. 
          WE LIKE IT. YES. SO AND, BRIAN, YOU CAN COME UP AS WELL. 
          BUT FOR US AT VR WEBSITE CHILLOUT 1778 OR CHILLOUT 1778.ORG. 
          THERE IS A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THERE ABOUT HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT US. 
          TWO MAIN WAYS IS THERE'S AN AMAZON WISH LIST WE HAVE OUT THERE AND THEN ALSO THROUGH
DONATIONS THROUGH FIRST WASHINGTON, WHICH ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE. AND THEN THE SECOND WAY THAT WE GET A LOT OF SUPPORT AS YOUR,
AS YOUR HUSBAND DID PRESIDENT KATIMS WAS HELP MENTOR HELP WORK WITH THESE KIDS. I THINK IN OUR TEAM, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD,
PROBABLY ABOUT 3000 VOLUNTEER HOURS ACROSS OUR MENTOR TEAM. 
          IN ADDITION TO THAT, HUNDREDS OF ADDITIONAL HOURS FROM PARENT VOLUNTEERS TO HELP KEEP
THESE KIDS FED AND TRANSPORTED ALL OVER THE STATE AND ALL OVER THE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. 
          SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT 3000 HOURS OF VOLUNTEER TIME,
WE ALL HAVE EXTRA OTHER JOBS. 
          THAT'S ANOTHER BIG WAY THAT WE GET HELP AND I WOULDN'T TRADE MY HOURS FOR ANYTHING. 
          IT'S IN A WEIRD WAY. IT'S TURNED. WORKING WITH THEM HAS CHANGED MY LIFE AND THAT'S WHY I
WOULDN'T TRADE IT. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE WAYS YOU CAN HELP AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO ADD
ANYTHING ELSE REAL QUICK. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, I HAD TO TALK TO MY STUDENTS TO FIND OUT WHERE BECAUSE THEY'RE PRIMARILY
DOING IT ALL. 
          SO WE TAKE WE CAN GET FUNDING FROM MANY LOCATIONS,
BUT THE PRIMARY PLACE WE GET IT FROM IS THE PARENT ORGANIZATION IN WASHINGTON STATE IS FIRST LAW AND SO THEY HAVE THEY RUN A BOOSTER PROGRAM FOR US,
AND THEY'LL HOLD MONEY FOR US IN A NONPROFIT WAY. 
          SO THAT'S THE EASIEST WAY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO GET CASH DIRECTLY TO US AND IF YOU SEARCH
FOR ROYAL ROBOTICS ON INSTAGRAM OR FACEBOOK, YOU SHOULD FIND OUR PAGE THAT WILL GO TO A LINK DIRECTLY TO US. 
          I'M ASSUMING THAT CHILL OUT HAS THEIR OWN BOOSTER ACCOUNT THERE TOO. 
          BUT THAT'S THE EASIEST WAY FOR COMMUNITY AND THEN FOR THE DISTRICT. 
          THE BIGGEST THINGS IS THE SPACES AND THE AND THE FREEDOM TO MEET AND DO IT. 
          IT'S A VERY INTENSIVE PROGRAM. WE TEND TO USE THE SCHOOLS AND THE FACILITIES MORE
EXTENSIVELY FOR SHORTER, HIGH ENDURANCE TIME THAN, OTHER CLUBS DO. BUT IT'S PRETTY IT'S COMPARABLE. 
          IF YOU LOOK ACROSS THE YEAR, WE HAVE A PROGRAM THAT WE'RE IN THERE MOST DAYS OF THE WEEK
AND AT LEAST ONE DAY IN THE WEEKEND, IF NOT BOTH OF THEM TOWARDS THE END OF THE PROGRAM. 
          JUST BEFORE WE GO TO COMPETITION AND SO IT'S A PRETTY INTENSE USE OF THE FACILITIES,
BUT WE DO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS BACK THE WAY WE LEFT IT. 
          WE GENERALLY IF YOU LOOK AROUND THE LINWOOD SHOP I WOULD SAY A THIRD IF NOT HALF,
OF THE EQUIPMENT IN THERE WAS PURCHASED THROUGH FUNDS THAT WERE RAISED BY, AND ABOUT HALF OF THAT EQUIPMENT NOW IS BEING USED BY THE ACTUAL CTE PROGRAM THAT'S IN
THERE DURING THE DAY. 
          OUR 3D PRINTERS BEING USED THERE AND THERE ARE THE MILLS AND STUFF AND THEN I'VE HELPED
WORK WITH THE LANCE, GROESBECK AND LINWOOD TO HELP HIM SPEC OUT THE EQUIPMENT THERE THAT WORKS FOR HIM AS WELL
AS US. 
          GREAT. THANK YOU. SO IF EVERYBODY HERE WHO'S BEEN INVOLVED IN THE FIRST ROBOTICS PROGRAM
WANTS TO COME UP. 
          WE'D LOVE TO SEE GET A GROUP PICTURE. ALL OF US ALL AT ONCE? ALL OF US ALL AT ONCE. 
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SPEAKERS]. 
          AND FEEL FREE. THIS IS A SCHOOL NIGHT. FEEL FREE TO LEAVE. 
          YOU DON'T HAVE TO STAY FOR THE WHOLE BOARD MEETING. BUT YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY FOR ANYBODY
WHO WANTS TO. 
          IT'LL BE SCINTILLATING AS THEY ARE MOVING OUT OR DOING WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO. 
          I'M GOING TO INVITE EDMONDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO GO AHEAD AND GET READY FOR THEIR
PRESENTATION. 
          [7. SCHOOL PRESENTATIONS]
TONIGHT, WE ARE VERY THRILLED TO HAVE BOTH A STUDENT AND SCHOOL PRESENTATION. 
          SO HERE WE GO. I WILL TURN IT OVER TO PRINCIPAL HEATHER PADDOCK TO INTRODUCE HER STUDENTS
AND GET THEM STARTED. 
          I WONDER IF WE WANT TO. THEY HAVE A HAND MIC. 
          WONDERFUL. YES. ALL RIGHT. YOU GUYS READY TO COME OVER ON THIS SIDE I SEE YOU. 
          GOOD EVENING. IT'S SUCH A PLEASURE TO BE HERE. HARD ACT TO FOLLOW ALL OF THOSE
CELEBRATIONS. 
          ALTHOUGH I THINK JAYDEN AND EVIE ARE GOING TO ARE GOING TO JUST BE HIGHLIGHTS AS WELL. 
          SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE AND MY NAME IS HEATHER PADDOCK. 
          I AM THE VERY PROUD PRINCIPAL OF EDMONDS ELEMENTARY AND I HAVE EVIE,
A FOURTH GRADER HERE, AND I HAVE JAYDEN, A THIRD GRADER HERE. HOPEFULLY YOU CAN SEE THEM BOTH. 
          DO YOU WANT TO STEP OVER A LITTLE BIT, JAYDEN? THERE YOU GO. AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO YOU TONIGHT. 
          THEY'RE GOING TO TALK TO YOU TONIGHT ABOUT STUDENT BELONGING AND THEN I WILL DIVE INTO
SOME MATH DATA FOR YOU, BUT I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MY STUDENTS. 
          OUR STUDENT SURVEY DATA SHOWS THAT. HI, I'M ABBY,
OUR STUDENT SURVEY DATA SHOWS THAT 77% OF OUR STUDENTS FEEL LIKE THEY BELONG AT EDMONDS ELEMENTARY. WE ARE WORKING TO INCREASE BELONGING EACH YEAR UNTIL WE ACHIEVE OUR 90% GOAL,
AND EVEN 100% OF OUR STUDENTS FEEL LIKE THEY BELONG. 
          HI, I'M JAYDEN, THE STUDENT BELONGING FOCUS. OUR TEACHER SAID FOR THIS YEAR FOR AND ENSURE
EACH CLASSROOMS IN OUR SCHOOLS FEELS LIKE A COMMUNITY WHERE EVERYONE FEELS SEEN AND HEARD. 
          WE KNOW IT MATTERS TO BELONG AT SCHOOL. WE WANT TO ACHIEVE. 
          WE WANT TO BE READERS, MATHEMATICIANS AND SCIENTISTS. 
          WE WANT TO CARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. WHAT DO EXPERTS SAY ABOUT BELONGING? THEY SAY STUDENTS WHO EXPERIENCE A POSITIVE SENSE OF BELONGING AT SCHOOL ALSO HAVE
IMPROVED OVERALL WELLBEING, MENTAL HEALTH AND LONG TERM ACADEMIC SUCCESS. 
          NOW WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE SOME WAYS WE CREATE STUDENT BELONGING IN OUR SCHOOL. 
          MORNING MEETINGS HELP ME TO BUILD LISTENING SKILLS IN THE GREETINGS WE DO. 
          HELP ME GET TO KNOW MY CLASSMATES BETTER. MORNING MEETINGS HELP ME LEARN HOW TO PROBLEM
SOLVE IN. 
          EVERYONE GETS A CHANCE TO TALK AND SHARE. THE SAME CLASS INVOLVED. 
          NOT JUST LISTENING, BUT ACTIVITIES TO BUILD A SALMON LADDER. 
          IT HELPED ME GET TO KNOW THAT OTHER PEOPLE IN THEIR STRENGTHS SO WE COULD GET THE WORK
DONE. 
          I'D LIKE TO HAVE SOMETHING TO DO AFTER SCHOOL BECAUSE I DON'T ALWAYS HAVE ACTIVITIES. 
          I LOVE WHEN MY NAME IS NELSON ORCA AND I SAVE THE STICKERS THAT I GET. 
          THEY MAKE ME FEEL A PART OF THE SCHOOL AND I AM RECOGNIZED FOR MY GOOD BEHAVIOR. 
          I FEEL HAPPY AND PROUD WHEN I RECEIVE ANNOUNCED [INAUDIBLE]. 
          THE GIRLS ON THE RUN IS HELPING ME UNDERSTAND THAT I CAN DO THINGS THAT ARE BIGGER THAN ME
AND I CAN DO HARD THINGS. 
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I GET TO LEARN ABOUT DIFFERENT PEOPLE, FROM DIFFERENT GRADES TOO. 
          GIRLS ON THE RUN, HELPS ME BELONG BECAUSE I GET TO KNOW MY SCHOOLMATES BETTER WHILE WE RUN
INTO ACTIVITIES TOGETHER AT OUR SCHOOL MULTICULTURAL NIGHT, WE GOT TO CELEBRATE ALL THOSE PLACES WHERE PEOPLE COME FROM AND ENJOY FOOD FROM OTHER
COUNTRIES. 
          I GOT TO SEE DIFFERENT TRADITIONS AND DANCES TO MULTICULTURAL. 
          IT HELPED ME FEEL A PART OF THIS GROUP BECAUSE WE CELEBRATE OUR DIFFERENCE TOGETHER. 
          I LEARNED ABOUT DIFFERENT CULTURES AND I GOT TO SHARE ABOUT MY KOREAN CULTURE. 
          WE HAVE SPECIFIC NAMES FOR KOREAN FOOD AND CLOTHING. 
          I LIKE THAT I GOT TO LEARN ABOUT WHERE PEOPLE ARE FROM. 
          I DIDN'T KNOW WE HAD SO MANY DIFFERENT CULTURES AT OUR SCHOOL. 
          I LIKE SEEING THAT PEOPLE WERE TOGETHER AND THAT MOST OF OUR SCHOOL IS THERE TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT EACH OTHER. 
          I'M JUST GOING TO ASK JEFF. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO OUR PRESENTATION ABOUT STUDENT BELONGING. EDMONDS ELEMENTARY. STUDENT BELONGING IS REALLY IMPORTANT AT OUR
SCHOOL, AND WE ARE EXCITED TO KEEP WORKING TOWARDS OUR 100% GOAL. 
          NICE JOB. THANK YOU EVIE AND JAYDEN. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR OUR STUDENTS,
SO DON'T GO TOO FAR. 
          COME ON OVER. THEY'VE GIVEN UP RECESS. THEY'VE COME INTO MY OFFICE IN PRACTICE. 
          SO THEY'VE WORKED REALLY HARD. WE'VE BEEN WORKING HARD. 
          SO I'M NOT SURE IF ANYONE HAS QUESTIONS FOR THEM. 
          WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW IMPRESSIVE IT IS TO SEE HOW ARTICULATE AND BRAVE YOU ARE. 
          THERE ARE MANY ADULTS WHO ARE VERY NERVOUS AND WON'T EVEN FEEL BRAVE ENOUGH TO STAND UP IN
FRONT OF A GROUP LIKE THIS. 
          AND YOU DID A GREAT JOB IN EXPLAINING HOW IMPORTANT BELONGING IS TO YOU. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR BEING WILLING TO COME AND SHARE ALL OF THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          ARE THERE OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? I'D LIKE TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT GIRLS ON
THE RUN. 
          SO HOW MANY KIDS ARE IN THAT? WHAT GRADES CAN DO IT? DO YOU WHEN DO YOU DO IT? HOW MANY DAYS A WEEK AND SO ON. 
          SOME OF THAT. [INAUDIBLE] . LIKE THERE IS ABOUT LIKE 12 PEOPLE,
BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S A BIGGER COMMUNITY THAN, LIKE, THE PEOPLE IN IT. YEAH. [INAUDIBLE]. IT'S GRADES THREE THROUGH SIX WITH TWO SECOND
GRADERS. 
          YEAH, WITH TWO SECOND GRADERS. SO GIRLS ON THE RUN OF SDOHOBSH COUNTY IS AN INCREDIBLE
ORGANIZATION, ACTUALLY IN A LOT OF OUR SCHOOLS IN OUR DISTRICT. 
          SO IT WAS A GOAL OF MINE. THIS IS MY FIRST YEAR AS PRINCIPAL,
EDMONDS ELEMENTARY. 
          IT WAS A GOAL OF MINE TO BRING IT TO OUR SCHOOL. 
          I'VE HAD IT IN OTHER SCHOOLS I'VE BEEN AT. SO WE HAVE A MIGHTY TEAM. 
          I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF SCHOOLS THAT HAVE MULTIPLE TEAMS,
BUT IT'S AN EIGHT WEEK PROGRAM WHERE WE'RE GIRLS AND, AND STUDENTS LEARN HOW TO DEVELOP FRIENDSHIPS,
SKILLS, SELF-CONFIDENCE. 
          THEY DEVELOP HOW TO PROBLEM SOLVE. SO THERE'S LESSONS AND CURRICULUM THAT'S A NATIONAL
CURRICULUM AND THEN IT'S TAUGHT FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE DAY OF THE AFTER SCHOOL DAY, AND THEN THE STUDENTS RUN AND THEY HAVE A BIG CELEBRATION. 
          5K COMING UP, IF ANYONE WANTS TO VOLUNTEER. IN MILL CREEK JUNE 8TH,
SUNDAY, JUNE 8TH IS A BIG CELEBRATION. 
          FIVE K SO IT'S A GREAT ORGANIZATION THAT IS ALL OVER SNOHOMISH COUNTY. 
          THANK YOU. JUST A FOLLOW UP TO THIS. I'VE BEEN READING MORE AND MORE ABOUT HOW VALUABLE IT
IS FOR KIDS OF MULTIPLE AGES TO BE WORKING, PLAYING, DOING, COLLABORATING TOGETHER AND I LIKE WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT
HOW GETTING TO WORK AND BE WITH THE OLDER STUDENTS HELP YOU HELPS YOU UNDERSTAND YOUR SCHOOL
THAT MUCH BETTER. 
          SO I'M REALLY HAPPY TO HEAR ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR ACTIVITY AND HOPE THAT THERE ARE MORE
LIKE IT. 
          THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE ONE MORE QUICK COMMENT. 
          ONE OF YOU SAID THAT YOU ENJOYED MULTICULTURAL NIGHT BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO CELEBRATE OUR
DIFFERENCES TOGETHER. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY POWERFUL. AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU,
YOU ALL ARE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE DIFFERENT CULTURES AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE AND I THINK THIS IS REALLY GOOD MOVING FORWARD. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          I ALSO WANTED TO KEEP YOU UP HERE A LITTLE BIT LONGER. 
          WHY NOT? BUT NO, THANK THE TWO OF YOU. BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT I KNOW THAT WE AS A
BOARD HAVE TALKED ABOUT A FEW TIMES. 
          THE SENSE OF BELONGING. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? HOW DO WE MEASURE IT AND ALL OF THAT? AND
IT'S REALLY VALUABLE FOR LEADERS TO HEAR FROM PEOPLE WHO EXPERIENCE IT EVERY DAY. 
          LIKE WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO MAKE DECISIONS UNLESS THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE BRAVE ENOUGH LIKE
YOU TO COME TO US AND LET US KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE ON THE GROUND SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THE 
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RIGHT DECISIONS. SO REALLY, THANK YOU FOR COMING UP HERE. 
          IT'S A VERY TIMELY THING FOR US AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 
          ALL RIGHT. GOOD JOB JAYDEN AND EVIE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          OKAY. WELL YOU STILL GOT ME. SO I'M STILL HEATHER PADDOCK AND I AM EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT
OUR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND SHARE WITH YOU. 
          SO AS I MENTIONED IN WHAT THE STUDENTS, THIS IS MY FIRST YEAR AS PRINCIPAL AT EDMONDS. 
          AND ANYTIME THERE'S A NEW LEADERSHIP TRANSITION TRANSITIONED,
WANTING TO TAKE TIME TO LEARN AND ALSO OPPORTUNITIES TO GROW WHEN THEY PRESENT THEMSELVES. SO I'M GOING TO DIG IN A LITTLE BIT AROUND OUR MATH WORK THAT WE'VE DONE THIS
YEAR AND THEN WE'LL HAVE SOME TIME FOR QUESTIONS AT THE END. 
          SO WHAT OUR INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP TEAM DID,
WE MET IN THE SUMMER, AND WE MEET MONTHLY AND KIND OF DISCUSS. 
          BUT WHEN WE WERE WRITING OUR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN,
WE KNEW WE WANTED TO HAVE A LOFTY GOAL. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE THAT'S QUITE A JUMP FROM 58.7 TO 75% BY THE SPRING OF 2027. 
          HOWEVER, WE FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN REACH THAT GOAL THROUGH THE COLLABORATIVE WORK THAT
WE'RE BEGINNING, THE INTENTIONAL WORK AROUND DATA ANALYSIS AND ALSO INSTRUCTIONAL SHIFTS THAT WE'RE MAKING. 
          SO YES, IT'S LOFTY AND YES, EDMONDS CAN DO IT. 
          OUR THEORY OF ACTION REALLY CENTERED AROUND THE BEST PRACTICE OF MONITORING STUDENT
LEARNING AND GROWTH THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR AND THROUGHOUT SPECIFIC UNITS AND THAT ARE BEING TAUGHT. IT DOESN'T DO TEACHERS AND STUDENTS ANY GOOD TO LOOK AT THE DATA AT
THE END AND THEN MOVE ON. 
          SO HOW ARE WE INTENTIONALLY CLOSING GAPS? BY MONITORING THE INSTRUCTION THROUGHOUT AND WE
KNOW THAT WHEN TEACHERS ARE DOING THAT TOGETHER AND COLLABORATIVELY, THEN STUDENT LEARNING GROWS AND GAPS CLOSE. 
          THESE ARE OUR THREE STRATEGIES. SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN STRATEGIES THAT WE WROTE AND
REALLY KEPT THEM. 
          YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOTHING OUT IN THESE STRATEGIES THAT ARE OUTRAGEOUS OR UNIQUE,
BUT REALLY INTENTIONAL. 
          AND THAT IDEA AROUND HOW DO WE AGAIN, PROVIDE THAT SMALL GROUP,
TARGETED INSTRUCTION TO STUDENTS THAT NEED INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT? SO HOW DO WE SHIFT AWAY FROM TEACHING FROM THE WHOLE TO TEACHING TO WHAT INDIVIDUAL
STUDENTS NEEDS, AND THEN MONITORING HOW THEY'RE DOING THEIR PROGRESS WITH CLASSROOM WORK ASSESSMENTS,
I READY? THAT INFORMS INSTRUCTION ALONG THE WAY. 
          WE USE SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPES OF DATA ASSESSMENTS IN OUR MATH. 
          SO I-READY, WE ARE WE USE I-READY, REALLY WELL IN OUR SCHOOL. 
          WE USE THE PATHWAYS, THE LESSON PATHWAYS. TEACHERS MAKE INSTRUCTIONAL GROUPS BASED ON THE
INFORMATION THEY'RE GETTING FROM THEIR WEEKLY LESSONS. 
          TEACHERS USE THE END OF UNIT CHECKS WITH MATH EXPRESSIONS. 
          LATER YOU'LL SEE WE'VE REALLY BUCKLED DOWN AND DID SOME DEEP WORK WITH INTERIMS THIS YEAR. 
          SO SBA INTERIM ASSESSMENTS, WHICH PROVIDE ME AND MY STAFF REALLY CLEAR PICTURES OF HOW
STUDENTS ARE MAKING GROWTH AND PROGRESS TOWARDS STANDARDS THAT ARE GRADE LEVEL STANDARDS AND THEN WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ASSESSED ON,
ON THE SMARTER BALANCED. 
          AND THEN, OF COURSE, EACH SPRING WE TAKE THE SMARTER BALANCED SUMMATIVE TO SEE HOW WELL WE
DID THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 
          SO OUR I-READY, DATA, THIS IS PROGRESS OVER TIME FROM FALL,
WINTER AND SPRING. 
          I DO WANT TO POINT OUT KINDERGARTEN DOES NOT TAKE I-READY,
IN THE FALL, SO THAT'S WHY YOU DO NOT SEE A FALL SCORE FOR KINDERGARTEN. 
          REALLY PLEASED WITH THE MOST OF OUR GROWTH AND OUR GRADE LEVELS. 
          THE UPWARD TRENDS. AND AGAIN, I MENTIONED OUR TEACHERS ARE WORKING TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS
ARE ENGAGED IN THEIR LESSONS AND THEY'RE FOLLOWING THE MATH PATHWAYS. 
          NOTICE THOUGH, THAT THIRD GRADE DID NOT MAKE AS MUCH GROWTH. 
          WHEN I HAD THOSE RESULTS, I STARTED TO DO A LITTLE MORE INVESTIGATING AND WE ACTUALLY DID
MAKE SOME GOOD. 
          WE DID CLOSE SOME GOOD GAPS. SO IN THE MID TO ABOVE AVERAGE RANGE FOR THOSE FROM THAT
WINTER TO SPRING, THAT WENT FROM 12% TO 25%. SO IT WAS A GOOD JUMP AND WE CLOSED THE GAP ON THE LOW END FROM
8% TO 6%, BUT WE STILL NEED TO DO SOME MORE WORK AROUND THE STUDENTS IN THE MIDDLE. 
          SO THEN I DUG IN A LITTLE BIT DEEPER AND REALLY NOTICED THAT GEOMETRY AND NUMBERS AND
OPERATIONS ARE REALLY AREAS WHERE WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO SOME MORE INTENTIONAL WORK AROUND WHETHER IT'S VOCABULARY,
WHETHER IT'S HIGHER ORDER THINKING AND SO MOVING INTO NEXT YEAR I DID SOME CONSULTING WITH OUR TEACHERS. AND THEN AS WE MOVE INTO NEXT YEAR WE HAVE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE
OPTIMAL TESTING ENVIRONMENTS FOR ALL THREE DIAGNOSIS DIAGNOSTICS BECAUSE, 
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YOU KNOW, GOOD DATA IS REALLY IMPORTANT. AND AGAIN,
THINKING ABOUT HOW ARE WE GETTING THOSE KIDS IN THE MIDDLE TO CLOSE THOSE GAPS IN THE MIDDLE AND THEN DOING SOME MORE INTENTIONAL WORK AROUND HIGHER ORDER MATH THINKING WHETHER
IT'S THROUGH MATH TALKS, NUMBER TALKS, KIND OF THREE ACT TASKS WHERE STUDENTS HAVE TO REALLY PROBLEM SOLVE TOGETHER
GET INTO THAT WORK. 
          SO WE HOPE TO SEE THAT THIRD GRADE COHORT CONTINUE TO GROW. 
          REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THE STEEP UPTICK IN THE INTERIM ASSESSMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN GIVEN
OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE THREE YEAR DATA. THERE WERE NO ELA,
WHICH ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS INTERIM ASSESSMENTS GIVEN THE PAST COUPLE YEARS. 
          THIS YEAR, OUR STUDENTS TOOK 144 ASSESSMENTS AND ALSO 22 FOR MATH,
14 FOR MATH AND 194. 
          THIS WAS AS OF MAY 12TH. SO REALLY RECENT DATA AND THE LEVERAGE WITH THIS WAS REALLY FOR
ME WORKING WITH THE INTERMEDIATE TEACHERS AND HELPING THEM TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE INTERIMS CAN BE USED AS A TOOL FOR THE STUDENTS AND
ALSO A TOOL FOR THEMSELVES. 
          SO NOT ONLY DO STUDENTS GET TO PRACTICE AND GET EXPOSURE AND GET COMFORTABLE WITH THE WAY
THE ASSESSMENT IS GIVEN, THE TEACHERS USE THE DATA FROM THOSE RESULTS TO THEN SAY,
WHERE ARE MY KIDS HITTING THE STANDARDS? WHERE ARE SOME GAPS? WHAT WERE THE MOST MISSED QUESTIONS? THEY CAN REALLY DO SOME STRATEGIC THINKING AROUND WHAT TO DO NEXT BEFORE WE GET TO THE
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENTS AND IT'S TOO LATE. 
          RIGHT. THEY HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY. SO I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS DATA. 
          AND I ALSO AM EXCITED ABOUT HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO DEEPEN OUR KNOWLEDGE AS A STAFF AROUND
HOW TO USE THE INTERIMS AS INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT EARLIER. SO AGAIN, JUST AGAIN,
HOW DO WE STARTED THAT WORK AROUND SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION. 
          WE SAW REALLY STRONG I-READY, GROWTH IN MOST GRADE LEVELS AND AGAIN,
THAT INTERIM USAGE INCREASE GOALS FOR OUR SCHOOL NEXT YEAR INCLUDE BUILDING THAT DATA ANALYSIS AND HAVING FREQUENT TIME WITH TEAMS TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE
SEEING AND THEN AGAIN, HOW DO WE I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE INTERIMS GIVEN A LITTLE BIT SOONER IN THE SCHOOL YEAR. 
          SO IT BECOMES A LITTLE MORE OF A HABIT FOR OUR STAFF TO USE THAT INFORMATION TO,
IMPROVE OUR MATH SCORES. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF TESTING THAT HAPPENS IN THE SPRING BECAUSE YOU HAD MARCH APRIL FOR INTERIMS. YOU HAD THE I-READY, THIRD TEST AND THEN THE SBA. 
          SO WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TEST FATIGUE CAUSE A DROP IN THE SBA SCORE. 
          BUT SO YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE GOING TO SHIFT THE INTERIMS EARLIER IN THE YEAR. 
          SO TO SPREAD IT OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE. YEAH,
IT'S REALLY I THINK AS YOU SAW FROM THAT SLIDE, IT WAS A NEW PRACTICE OR A RELATIVELY NEW PRACTICE IN OUR BUILDING. 
          SO HELPING STAFF GET FAMILIAR WITH HOW TO LEVERAGE THAT IN JANUARY. 
          RIGHT. OR EVEN IN LATE NOVEMBER OR EARLY DECEMBER. 
          THOSE ARE OPTIMAL TIMES TO BEGIN TO START TO GIVE THOSE SMALL,
FOCUSED INTERIMS THAT THE TEACHERS CAN THEN SAY, OKAY, HERE'S SOME INSTRUCTIONAL SHIFTS I CAN MAKE. 
          SO AS WE BUILD THAT MUSCLE, IF YOU WILL. THEN I WOULD ANTICIPATE THOSE BEING ADMINISTERED
EARLIER RATHER THAN KIND OF TOWARD THE LAST PUSH. SO I WAS EXCITED AND I'M ALSO EXCITED FOR THE NEXT PART. 
          GREAT. THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD PLAN. THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO THE NEW
FORMAT FOR THE INTERIMS. THERE'S A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT BLOCK ASSESSMENTS,
FOR EXAMPLE, THAT CAN REALLY TARGET DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF MATHEMATICS. 
          AND THAT BEING USED, I COULD SEE THAT EASILY BEING USED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR STARTING IN
SEPTEMBER, BECAUSE THE CONTENT IS GOING TO BE SHIFTING AS THE YEAR PROGRESSES AND YOU CAN USE THOSE
SOME OF THOSE FORMATIVE INTERIMS TO ASSESS THOSE, TARGET AREAS USING THE SAME KIND OF LANGUAGE,
SAME KIND OF TOOLS. 
          AND TO JUST KIND OF ADDRESS YOUR POINT ABOUT THE FATIGUE. 
          IT THOSE INTERIM BLOCKS CAN CAN BE REALLY WORKED INTO INSTRUCTION AND SO IT'S NOT SO MUCH
OF ASSESSMENT. 
          IT'S MORE OF ACTIVITY, LIKE LEARNING ACTIVITIES WITH THE KIDS. 
          YOU'RE RIGHT ON. YEAH. AND THERE'S DIFFERENT PURPOSES. 
          SO SOMETIMES IT WOULD BE, OKAY, LET'S JUST TAKE THIS AS A TEACHING TOOL. 
          SO THE WHOLE TEACHER, THE TEACHER WOULD PUT IT IN FRONT OF THE WHOLE CLASS AND THEY WOULD
AND ANALYZE AND BREAK DOWN. 
          HOW, IS THE QUESTION WORDED? WHAT ACTUALLY IS THE QUESTION ASKING? 
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BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T EVEN THE KIDS WOULD MISS SOME OF THE PARTS OF THE QUESTION. 
          SO OR THEN IT'S I'VE TAUGHT THIS UNIT ON FRACTIONS,
I'M READY TO GIVE A FOCUSED IAB JUST ON FRACTIONS TO SEE WHERE MY KIDS ARE LINED UP. 
          SO IT CAN BE USED IN DIFFERENT WAYS. SO AGAIN,
THAT IDEA OF EXPANDING, IT'S NOT JUST A SPRINGTIME, LET'S SEE WHAT WE DO, BUT HOW DO I GET CREATIVE AS A CLASSROOM TEACHER AND INTEGRATE IT
INTO MY INSTRUCTION? YEAH. SOUNDS GREAT. I AM VERY EXCITED TO SEE THIS. 
          I WAS ACTUALLY SPEAKING OF TIMELY THINGS. I WAS JUST SPEAKING TO ONE OF MY FRIENDS WHO IS
A COLLEGE. 
          WELL, HE JUST LEFT THE ACADEMIA AS A COLLEGE PROFESSOR FOR STATISTICS. 
          SO MATH IS HIS THING. AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW SBA SCORES IN THE STATE ARE JUST
ABSURDLY LOW. 
          SO I REALLY JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THIS IS VERY TIMELY. 
          IT'S DEFINITELY AN ISSUE THAT I HAVE BEEN VERY FOCUSED ON IN THE LAST FEW DAYS AND INTEND
TO KEEP UP WITH. 
          SO I'M VERY THANKFUL TO SEE THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON THAT. AND I DO WISH YOU THE BEST OF
LUCK IN IT AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD, I'LL BE KEEPING UP WITH IT AND I REALLY HOPE THAT YOU DO HIT YOUR GOAL OF 75. 
          THAT IS A VERY LOFTY GOAL AND IF YOU DO DO IT,
I'M VERY EXCITED TO TRY AND ROLL SOME OF YOUR STUFF OUT ELSEWHERE, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE NOT JUST SITTING ABOVE THE SBA STANDARDS WOULD BE SHATTERING WHAT
WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST. 
          SO WHATEVER SUPPORT YOU NEED OBVIOUSLY, IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD BE WILLING TO GIVE TO
YOU IF WE COULD FIGURE SOMETHING OUT THAT YOU SPECIFICALLY NEED FROM THE BOARD. 
          SO THANK YOU. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. NO PRESSURE,
OF COURSE, BUT YEAH. 
          HEATHER, WELCOME TO THE DISTRICT. WELCOME BACK I YEAH. 
          WELCOME BACK. THAT'S RIGHT. YES. I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW THRILLED I AM TO HEAR EVERYTHING YOU
JUST TALKED ABOUT. 
          AS SOMEBODY WHO HAS SPENT HER LIFE WORKING WITH DATA AND ASSESSMENT,
INCLUDING THE SBA AND MANY OTHERS, THE INTERIMS, AN EARLY VERSION OF THEM, I WOULD SAY YOU ARE DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT AND
REALLY IN A WELL-INTENTIONED WAY USING THE INTERIMS AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL TOOL IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF THING THAT THEY'RE
DESIGNED FOR, WHERE IT'S A MATTER OF DISCOURSE, AND THEY NOT ONLY GET PRACTICE IN THE. 
          TECHNOLOGY FRAMEWORK, BUT THEY GET TO DO THAT. 
          IT'S ALSO GREAT TO SEE YOU FOCUSING ON MATH. WE HAVE A REGULAR COMMUNITY MEMBER WHO'S
NEARLY ALWAYS HERE AND SITTING IN FRONT, MR. KEILLOR, WHO SAID, WE NEVER TALK ABOUT MATH. 
          AND THEN WE GOT MATH A FEW WEEKS AGO, AND HE WOULD BE SO THRILLED TO KNOW THAT WE GOT
ANOTHER ONE. 
          BUT YOUR INTENTIONALITY, YOUR GOALS ARE MIGHT BE LOFTY,
BUT I THINK THERE YOU NEED TO BE. 
          THEY NEED TO BE SORT OF DOABLE, BUT ALSO CHALLENGING AND THE DATA ANALYSIS THAT YOU DESCRIBED THAT YOU DO IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF THING WE NEED ALL OF OUR
LEADERS TO BE DOING TO GO DEEPER INTO WHY IS THIS GRADE LEVEL LOOKING DIFFERENT THAN THAT GRADE LEVEL? WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? WHAT CAN WE DO
STRATEGICALLY? IS IT SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, IN THE CURRICULUM,
IN THE COHORT? WHATEVER. ANYWAY, IT'S WONDERFUL TO HEAR THAT YOUR STRATEGIES,
YOUR GOALS, HOW YOU'VE PUT THIS TOGETHER, AND WE WILL ALL BENEFIT FROM THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND TO YOUR STUDENTS WHO ARE AWESOME. 
          YES. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE 
          [8. SUPERINTENDENT REPORT]
THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. JUST A SMALL UPDATE. 
          AS YOU RECALL, I DON'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS THE LAST BOARD MEETING OR THE BOARD MEETING
BEFORE YOU APPROVED MY APPLICATION OF A WAIVER FOR SOME MISCELLANEOUS SCHOOL CANCELLATIONS THAT WE HAD. NOT ENTIRE DISTRICT CANCELLATIONS,
BUT A POWER OUTAGE HERE AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS ALMOST. 
          I WILL SAY ALMOST ALWAYS IMMEDIATELY AFTER WE PASS THOSE,
WE HAVE POWER OUTAGES. 
          WE HAD TWO A COUPLE OF NIGHTS RIGHT AFTER THAT,
BUT THEY WERE RESTORED BY MORNING. 
          I WAS LIKE, LET'S GET THAT POWER BACK UP. SO THE POWER CAME BACK ON IN TIME FOR ME NOT TO
HAVE TO CANCEL SCHOOL AGAIN. 
          BUT THAT'S NOT AN UNCOMMON THING. BUT TODAY I WAS NOTIFIED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION THAT THOSE WAIVERS WERE APPROVED. 
          SO WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE UP THOSE DAYS THAT THOSE INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS THERE,
THEY ARE APPROVED BECAUSE WE'RE STILL MEETING OUR INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES, WHICH IS A REQUIREMENT THERE. SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU THAT LITTLE NEWSY UPDATE THAT I
RECEIVED TODAY. 
          NICE KIND OF AN ADDITIONAL CELEBRATION, WHICH IS ALWAYS GOOD. 
          [9. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. 
          WE HAVE ONE SET OF MINUTES FROM THE MAY 13TH,
2025 REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING. 
          [00:55:01]
DO I HEAR A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THOSE MINUTES? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. SECOND, 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
MAY 13TH, 2025 REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING. PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. 
          AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. ANY ABSTENTIONS? ABSTAIN. SORRY, I WAS NOT THERE BECAUSE I WAS ATTENDING MY DAUGHTER'S PERFORMANCE. 
          SO I HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU. I HAD WRITTEN DOWN EVERYBODY WAS THERE. 
          SO YOUR OMNIPRESENT. WHAT CAN I SAY? OKAY. SO NOTED. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THE MINUTES FROM THE MAY 13TH,
2025 REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING ARE APPROVED. 
          [10. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
NEXT IS OUR SECTION ON PUBLIC COMMENTS. THE GUIDELINES REGARDING PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE ON
THE DISTRICT WEBSITE. 
          THEY'RE ON EACH BOARD MEETING AGENDA, AND THERE'S A COPY ON THE TABLE WHERE FOLKS SIGN UP
TO MAKE A COMMENT. 
          WE ASK THAT YOU LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES. 
          A TIMER WILL BE RUNNING SO THAT YOU CAN MONITOR YOUR TIME. 
          PLEASE BE SURE TO TELL US YOUR NAME, YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE,
YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO THE DISTRICT, AND THE AGENDA ITEM OR SCHOOL DISTRICT TOPIC THAT YOU'RE ADDRESSING TONIGHT. 
          PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE MADE FROM THIS FRONT PODIUM FACING US AND ARE DIRECTED TO THE BOARD,
NOT TO THE AUDIENCE. 
          SO TONIGHT OUR FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT IS SHANE LAMPING. 
          THANK YOU. MY NAME IS SHANE. IS THIS ON? OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. MY NAME IS SHANE LAMPING. THANK YOU. 
          MY NAME IS SHANE LAMPING. I'M RISING IN SUPPORT OF THE ROBOTICS PROGRAM. 
          I'M A FORMER FORMER COACH ON ROBOTICS. AND NOW KIND OF IN BETWEEN. 
          I LIVE IN LINWOOD. I HAVE FOUR KIDS THAT HAVE BEEN THROUGH EDMONDS HIGH SCHOOL. 
          ONE'S GRADUATING IN THREE WEEKS, AND ONE IS A JUNIOR. 
          I LOVE FIRST ROBOTICS. THE FIRST IN 2018, I WALKED INTO AN EVENT IN YAKIMA,
WASHINGTON. 
          NEVER BEEN TO. DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT OTHER THAN MY DAUGHTER WAS REALLY EXCITED
ABOUT THIS ROBOTICS PROGRAM. 
          I WALKED IN AND I WATCHED 29 OTHER TEAMS COME AROUND. 
          A TEAM THAT SHOWED UP WITH A BOX OF PARTS AND BUILT THEM A ROBOT THAT THEY THEN WENT AND
PLAYED IN THE PLAYOFFS. 
          MY VISION FOR THIS DISTRICT, THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT,
WHICH I LOVE, THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT, IS THAT WE HAVE A FIRST ROBOTICS TEAM IN EVERY HIGH SCHOOL. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE IT IN TWO. WE USED TO HAVE IT IN THREE. 
          ONE HAD TO FOLD. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN,
ESPECIALLY SINCE THE OSB GRANT DIDN'T EXTEND TO ROBOTICS THIS YEAR. SO WE'RE HAVING TO RAISE MORE FUNDS. 
          BUT I SEE IT AS A GREAT VISION FOR WHAT WE CAN DO FOR THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          I'VE HAD KIDS COME BACK TO ME 2 OR 3 YEARS AFTER THEY GRADUATE AND LITERALLY TELL ME,
YOU SAVED MY LIFE. 
          YOU GAVE ME PURPOSE. YOU GAVE ME. YOU HELPED ME FIND WHO I WAS. 
          I WAS IN A DARK PLACE, AND PEOPLE ON THE TEAM CAME BESIDE ME AND HELPED ME THROUGH THAT
DARK TIME. 
          WE'VE HAD DEAF STUDENTS ON THE TEAMS THAT HAVE GONE ON TO JUST,
LIKE, FLY, LIKE AMAZING AND ALL THE SUPPORT THAT THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT AND YOU IN PROVIDING TRANSLATORS FOR AND INTERPRETERS FOR DEAF STUDENTS,
TRANSLATORS FOR OUR SPANISH SPEAKING STUDENTS ON OUR LEGO LEAGUE TEAMS, ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU PROVIDE. 
          I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. IT'S AMAZING. AND IT CHANGES KIDS LIVES. 
          NOW PRACTICE FIELD BECAUSE EVERYBODY HAS TO TALK ABOUT THE PRACTICE FIELD. 
          IT'S WHAT WE'RE MOST WORRIED ABOUT. PART OF THE REASON THAT MOUNTLAKE TERRACE AND ROYAL
ROBOTICS ARE SO SUCCESSFUL IS BECAUSE WE HAVE A SPACE WHERE WE CAN BUILD A FULL REPLICA OF THE FIELD AND GO AND PROGRAM OUR ROBOT AND TEST
STUFF AND FAIL AND FIX IT AND FAIL AGAIN AND FAIL AGAIN. AND LEARNING THE PERSEVERANCE OF THAT ITERATIVE
PROCESS THAT IS AVAILABLE BECAUSE WE HAVE A PRACTICE FIELD IS IT'S WHY THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST SHINES ABOVE EVERY OTHER REGION IN THE
WORLD IN FIRST ROBOTICS. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. NEXT IS STEVE WINKLER. [INAUDIBLE]. HI. MY NAME IS STEVE WINKLER. 
          I AM I LIVE IN BRIER, WASHINGTON. I AM I'LL BE MULTI-ROLE. 
          [01:00:02]
I GUESS I AM A PARENT OF A STUDENT OF TWO STUDENTS FROM EDMONDS SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          I AM ALSO, AS YOU'VE KNOWN FROM EARLIER TONIGHT,
ONE OF OUR LEAD COACHES OF THE MOUNTLAKE TERRACE HIGH SCHOOL ROBOTICS TEAM. I'M ALSO THAT IN-BETWEEN PERSON THAT IS A $0 AN HOUR BADGED EMPLOYEE. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE BADGE AND THE KEYS. THAT ACTUALLY IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS SUPER
HELPFUL FOR US TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE FACILITIES. SO I SAY THAT KIND OF JOKINGLY AS $0, BUT IT IS A BIG THING. OUR BUDGET, AS SHANE MENTIONED,
THESE, THIS TECHNOLOGY, IT'S NOT INEXPENSIVE AND I ALWAYS REMIND THE STUDENTS TO NOT JUST LOOK AT THE DOLLARS WE RECEIVE IN SUPPORT AND THE SUPPORT WE RECEIVE FROM THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT WITH, PARTICULARLY FOR US, THE USE OF THE SHOP AT MOUNTLAKE TERRACE,
AS WELL AS THE PRACTICE FIELD AT FAMS IS INSTRUMENTAL TO WHAT WE WHAT WE ACHIEVE AND SO WE DO. THANK YOU FOR THAT SUPPORT. AND WHAT I JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT WE CELEBRATED
OUR SENIORS WHO ARE MOVING ON NEXT YEAR AND FIRST DOES A THING CALLED SIGNING DAY, JUST LIKE THE ATHLETES,
RIGHT. 
          WE MAKE A BIG DEAL ABOUT WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO COLLEGE. WE MAKE A BIG DEAL ABOUT WHERE
OUR STUDENTS ARE GOING NEXT, BECAUSE FIRST HAS A THING THAT SAYS EVERYONE GOES PRO. 
          NOWHERE IN SPORTS DOES EVERYONE GO PRO. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A PROGRAM WHERE 100% OF THE
KIDS EXIT THIS PROGRAM WITH APPLICABLE SKILLS TO WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO IN THEIR NEXT PHASE IN LIFE. AND THAT'S YOU. VERY, UNIQUE TO WHAT WE OFFER THEM. 
          EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR GRADUATING SENIORS IS GOING ON TO COLLEGE OR A A TECHNICAL
CERTIFICATION PROGRAM. 
          100%. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE STATS ARE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD ACROSS THE DISTRICT,
BUT I WOULD BE WILLING TO BET THAT IT'S NOT 100%. 
          SO THERE'S ANOTHER BIG GROUP THAT WE OFFER THOSE STUDENTS AND THEN WHAT I TALKED ABOUT
WITH OUR STUDENTS DURING THAT CELEBRATION WAS, YES, THEY WON THREE EVENTS OR WON TWO EVENTS,
ACTUALLY, AND A MEDAL FOR FINALIST. 
          THEY I OBJECTIVELY MEASURED MOUNTLAKE TERRACE HAD THEIR BEST SEASON IN THEIR HISTORY. 
          BY ALL THE STATS. BUT I LOOK PAST THE STATS AND I LOOKED AT HOW THEY BEHAVED WHEN THEY
WERE IN THE SPOTLIGHT AND EARLIER, I THINK IT WAS DIRECTOR TOM DIRECTOR GERRARD. 
          I THINK YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU WEREN'T AWARE THEY COMPETED TOGETHER AS COMPETITION. 
          RIGHT. AND THAT'S WHAT WE SAW AT WORLDS. THERE WAS THEY WERE THE NUMBER 12 FAN VOTED ROBOT
IN THE COMMUNITY, AND THEY HAD LITERALLY A LINE OF PEOPLE AT THEIR PITS WANTING TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT THEIR
ROBOTS. 
          SO MUCH SO THAT THEY FORGOT TO CHANGE THE BUMPERS ON THEIR ROBOT. 
          YOU HAVE TO CHANGE BETWEEN RED AND BLUE BETWEEN MATCHES SOMETIMES. THEY WERE SO BUSY
TALKING TO PEOPLE ABOUT THEIR ROBOTS AND THEIR TECHNIQUES AND THEIR DESIGN PRACTICES AND THEIR PROTOTYPING, AND HOW THEY BUILT THIS YEAR'S ROBOT THAT WAS SO HIGH PERFORMING,
THEY LITERALLY FORGOT TO CHANGE THE COLOR OF THEIR BUMPERS, AND THEY HAD TO DO IT IN CUE BY THE PRACTICE FIELD,
HANDED THE BUMPER TO THE PARENT AND THE STAND. 
          SO JUST WILD THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THE WAY THEY ROSE TO THAT WAS IMPRESSIVE. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THAT OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. NEXT IS DAVID PHIPPEN. 
          THANK YOU. MY NAME IS DAVID PHIPPEN. I'M. I LIVE IN BOTHELL. 
          I'VE BEEN IN THE DISTRICT FOR 35 YEARS. HAD THREE CHILDREN GO THROUGH EDMONDS K THROUGH
12. 
          MY SON IS NOW AN ALUMNI OF FIRST ROBOTICS AND NOW IS A COACH ON LINWOOD'S TEAM. 
          I WANT TO TALK TODAY ABOUT A COUPLE OF THE TERMS THAT CAME UP DURING THE OTHER
PRESENTATIONS. 
          GRACIOUS PROFESSIONALISM AND COOPERATION. THESE ARE TERMS THAT ARE FUNDAMENTAL TO FIRST
ROBOTICS, AND THEY ARE THE CORE OF WHAT WE TRY TO SHOW THE STUDENTS,
BUT ALSO EXPECT FROM STUDENTS. 
          IT IS A CORNERSTONE TO THE PROGRAM. THE GAMES ARE DESIGNED OFTEN WITH COOPERATION,
AS PART OF THE EXPECTATION OF HAVING DIFFERENT ALLIANCES COMPETE TOGETHER AGAINST EACH OTHER AND IT REALLY ENCOURAGES STUDENTS TO THINK ABOUT THAT
AS THEY'RE COMPETING. 
          SO IN TERMS OF WHAT THE PRACTICE FIELD, I KNOW THIS IS COMING UP A LOT. 
          WHAT THE PRACTICE FIELD DOES FOR US IS IT PROVIDES A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN SHOW THAT
COOPERATION AND GRACIOUS PROFESSIONALISM, NOT JUST WITHIN THE TEAM, BUT WITH OTHER TEAMS. THESE COMPETITIONS ARE NOT ONE ON ONE LIKE OTHER SPORTS. 
          THEY'RE DESIGNED TO HAVE THREE ON THREE WHERE YOU'RE MATCHED WITH RANDOM TEAMS AT EVERY
MATCH TO PLAY AGAINST EACH OTHER, YOU HAVE TO COOPERATE. YOU HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO COMPETE IN THAT MODE. 
          THAT CAN'T BE SIMULATED IN AN ISOLATED PLACE. 
          YOU NEED TO HAVE A FIELD, A PLACE WHERE TEAMS CAN COME TOGETHER TO COLLABORATE,
TO GROW FROM EACH OTHER, 
          [01:05:02]
TO RAISE THE BAR. THE IDEA WITH THIS IS THAT IT'S NOT STAGNANT,
THAT YOU DON'T TRY TO BRING SOMEONE DOWN, YOU TRY TO BRING THE LEVEL UP AND THAT'S DONE IN COOPERATION,
NOT ONLY WITHIN THE DISTRICT, BUT INVITING OTHER TEAMS, WHICH IS WHY OF THE TOP EIGHT TEAMS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
DISTRICT, SIX OF THOSE EIGHT TEAMS WERE WERE THE TOP THAT USE OUR FIELD. 
          THIS IS SOMETHING THAT JUST RAISES EVERYONE TO A HIGHER LEVEL,
AND IT ENCOURAGES STUDENTS TO CARRY THAT ATTITUDE OUT INTO WHAT THEIR NEXT STEPS. 
          AND AGAIN, I DO SEE THAT AT THE HIGHER EDUCATION LEVEL AND AS THEY GO OUT IN THE
COMMUNITY. 
          SO I ENCOURAGE US TO TRY TO FIND A WAY TO COLLABORATE TOGETHER TO FIND A SPACE FOR A
DEDICATED FIELD. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT IS JASON STILLWELL. 
          GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. HI JASON STILLWELL. I LIVE IN LINWOOD. 
          I HAVE FOUR KIDS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH EDMONDS SCHOOLS. 
          I WENT THROUGH EDMOND SCHOOLS. I'M A STAFF MEMBER AS WELL AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK
YOU. 
          THIS YEAR HASN'T BEEN PERFECT BY ANY STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION,
BUT HERE WE ARE. 
          THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO PROTECT AND SUPPORT OUR MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS AND STAFF
DURING THESE CHALLENGING TIMES. 
          WE SHOW OUR TRUEST COMMITMENT TO WHAT IS MOST ESSENTIAL AND YOU'VE SHOWN THAT TO BE THE
BETTERMENT OF ALL IN OUR DISTRICT. 
          THANK YOU FOR NOT WAVERING ON THAT. YOU GET THAT BASIC EDUCATION IS NOT WHAT IT ONCE WAS. 
          SOMETIMES IT'S JUST A GOOD TEACHER OR PARA. SOMETIMES IT'S A WARM MEAL OR A STEADY ROOF
OVER YOUR HEAD. 
          OR SEEING YOUR OWN CULTURE IN THE SCHOOLS, OR EVEN JUST BEING SEEN. 
          THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO REMIND AND REINFORCE OUR COMMITMENT TO THIS. 
          LOVE SPEAKS SO MUCH LOUDER THAN HATE. IT INSPIRES AND AS YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD,
IT SAVES LIVES. 
          IT REALLY DOES. PLEASE ACCEPT OUR DEEPEST GRATITUDE,
ALL OF YOU AND CABINET AS WELL FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. 
          SO YOURS IN PARTNERSHIP. THE GENDER INCLUSIVE TEAM. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT IS ZOE HEARD. 
          HI, MY NAME IS ZOE HEARD. I AM A SIXTH GRADER AT NORTHLAKE ELEMENTARY,
AND RECENTLY I HAVEN'T FELT SAFE IN MY OWN SCHOOL. 
          MY SCHOOL HAS. WE SHARE CAMPUS WITH ALDERWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THAT SCHOOL HAS HAD AN
ATTEMPTED STABBING ONCE AND KNIFE BROUGHT ON CAMPUS TWICE BY A STUDENT THAT USED TO GO TO OUR SCHOOL AND IT IS REALLY
HARD TO GO TO SCHOOL. 
          IT'S PROBABLY NOT JUST MORE LIKE THEY'RE EXPERIENCING THESE THINGS. 
          COVID MESSED UP KIDS MENTAL HEALTH AND THEY. SINCE THIS YEAR,
THE SINK POSITION HAS BEEN CUT FOR OUR SCHOOL. IT HAS MADE IT SO THERE HAVE BEEN MORE FIGHTS IN SIXTH GRADE AND MY
SINK AND SCHOOL COUNSELORS ARE TRYING EVERYTHING THEY CAN. BUT THE SINK IS ONLY HERE PART TIME, AND I THINK THAT THE STUDENTS JUST NEED MORE
SUPPORT. 
          AND THERE ARE SOME KIDS WHO WILL JUST BE ROAMING AROUND THE HALLS THAT NEED HELP,
AND THEY CAN'T GET THE HELP THAT THEY NEED. 
          BUT ALSO, I REALLY THANK THE SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY HAVE SUPPORTED ME THROUGH A LOT. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE STUDENTS COMING FORWARD TO TALK WITH US. NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA. 
          [11. CONSENT AGENDA]
THAT'S THE GROUP OF RELATIVELY ROUTINE ITEMS THAT WE CAN VOTE ON AND DISCUSS AS A GROUP OR
SEPARATED. 
          TONIGHT THERE ARE FIVE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          THREE HAVE TO DO WITH PERSONNEL AND STAFF AGREEMENTS. 
          ONE HAS TO DO WITH SURPLUS COPIERS, AND ONE IS TO APPROVE THE EXTENSION OF DOCTOR MINOR'S
CONTRACT. 
          DO I HEAR A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. 
          MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. 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 TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED,
PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. 
          AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. ANY ABSTENTIONS? 
          [01:10:04]
AND TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED AS PRESENTED. 
          [12. REPORTS]
WE HAVE ONE REPORT THIS EVENING. I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME FORWARD OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
STUDENT LEARNING, JASON ALLARD, TO PRESENT THE SECONDARY GRADING PRACTICES SCHOOL BOARD PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU. DOCTOR MINER BOARD OF DIRECTORS. SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHERE
WE LANDED AFTER THE FINAL GRADING PRACTICES. TASK FORCE MEETING WRAPPED UP FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR AT LEAST. 
          LAST WEDNESDAY, MAY 21ST, WE COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO BEFORE WE DIVE INTO THE RESULTS OF THAT SPECIFIC MEETING,
I JUST WANTED TO BRING BACK INTO LIGHT THE LANGUAGE OF THE BOARD'S RESOLUTION THAT WAS PASSED IN NOVEMBER, I BELIEVE, AND THEN LAUNCHED INTO THIS WORK. 
          SOME OF THE LANGUAGE I PULLED FROM THAT RESOLUTION AND PUT ON THIS SLIDE WAS THAT THE
DISTRICT WAS TO FORM A TASK FORCE TO DEVELOP A PLAN THAT WILL LEAD TO A SET OF DISTRICT WIDE GRADING PRACTICES FOR SEVENTH THROUGH 12TH GRADE THAT ARE FAIR,
ACCURATE AND STANDARDS BASED AND THOSE WORDS FAIR, ACCURATE AND STANDARDS BASED ARE REALLY WHAT WE TRIED TO CENTER. 
          THIS WORK OF THE TASK FORCE ON THE TASK FORCE WAS GIVEN THE ASSIGNMENT OF DEVELOPING A
PURPOSE OF GRADING STATEMENT ADDRESSING THE NEED FOR AN EQUAL INTERVAL GRADING SCALE AND A SYSTEM FOR SEPARATING ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, GRADES AND NONACADEMIC ASPECTS OF STUDENT PERFORMANCE. 
          WE WERE TO GIVE QUARTERLY UPDATES TO THE SCHOOL BOARD,
AND CLOSED WITH A SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD BY MAY 2025 THAT WOULD LAY OUT A PLAN FOR PHASED IN IMPLEMENTATION. AND I THINK YOU HAVE THE REMOTE. 
          OH DO I. OH MY GOSH. THERE IT IS. THANK YOU,
DOCTOR MINER. 
          SO HERE'S SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE DISTRICT DID TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS LAID OUT IN
THE RESOLUTION. 
          WE DID FORM A TASK FORCE THAT MET MONTHLY BEGINNING IN JANUARY 2025 AND WITH THAT GROUP
WROTE AND ADOPTED A PURPOSE OF GRADING STATEMENT. WE DID PROVIDE THE BOARD WITH QUARTERLY UPDATES ON PROGRESS OF THE TASK FORCE. 
          WE PROVIDED UPDATES TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH A PUBLIC FACING WEBSITE,
AND DURING THE TASK FORCE MEETINGS, WE CONSIDERED THE NEED FOR AN EQUAL INTERVAL GRADING SCALE AND SYSTEMS FOR SEPARATING
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, GRADES AND NONACADEMIC ASPECTS OF STUDENT PERFORMANCE AND BEFORE I HIT ON THE NEXT BULLET
TWO, ANOTHER THING THAT WE DID, AND SOMETHING I'M VERY PROUD ABOUT THIS WORK,
IS THAT WE PLANNED MEETINGS IN COLLABORATION WITH AEA AND AEA LEADERSHIP, WHICH WAS A STEP REALLY TOWARD BUILDING TRUST BETWEEN THE DISTRICT AND TEACHERS AND SO AEA
WAS A COLLABORATION PARTNER THROUGH THIS PROCESS. 
          ONE LITTLE FUNNY THING THAT I WOULDN'T HAVE REALIZED PRIOR TO BEING IN THIS POSITION IS
THAT THE SLIDES THAT YOU'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW WERE ACTUALLY TURNED IN, SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD PRIOR TO THE MAY 21ST MEETING TAKING PLACE. 
          SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU SEE IN THE SLIDES ARE KIND OF INDICATIVE OF MY PREDICTIONS, ALMOST OF WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN AT THE MEETING. 
          AND WHEN WE MAKE PREDICTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING LIKE TASK FORCE MEETINGS AND WEATHER IN THE
NORTHWEST AND WHATEVER ELSE. 
          IT DON'T ALWAYS GO AS YOU THINK THAT THEY MIGHT. 
          SO THE FINAL BULLET THERE SAYS WE PROVIDED THE BOARD WITH A PLAN FOR PHASED IN
IMPLEMENTATION, WHICH WE'LL GET INTO LATER THAT UNFORTUNATELY,
WE DO NOT HAVE TODAY. 
          SO I WANTED TO JUST GO OVER A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MAKEUP OF THE TASK FORCE,
JUST TO LET YOU ALL KNOW WHO WE WERE WORKING WITH AND THEN A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE MEETINGS THAT TOOK PLACE. SO WE HAD 41 TEACHERS ON THE TASK FORCE,
SIX BUILDING ADMINISTRATORS, AND I THINK AT LEAST ONE PERSON'S HERE. 
          WE HAD DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION ON THE TASK FORCE. 
          AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE TEACHERS IS BROKEN DOWN BY GRADE LEVEL BETWEEN MIDDLE AND HIGH
SCHOOL AND THEN HERE'S THE I WON'T READ THROUGH ALL OF THIS, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE DISTRIBUTION BY SCHOOL AND BY CONTENT AREA. 
          THROUGH THE MEETINGS, THEY WERE CAREFULLY PLANNED TO EVENTUALLY LEAD TOWARD A THOUGHTFUL
RECOMMENDATION. 
          [01:15:05]
THE TEAM DID ENGAGE IN MEANINGFUL LEARNING REGARDING GRADING STRUCTURES AND PRACTICES. 
          WE READ CHAPTERS OUT OF THE GRADING FOR EQUITY BOOK. 
          WE HELD DISCUSSIONS WITH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS WHO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTED BUILDING
WIDE GRADING PROCEDURES AT THEIR SCHOOL SITES. 
          WITHIN THIS DISTRICT, WE DID, AND THIS IS EXCITING. 
          WE DID APPROVE A SECONDARY PURPOSE OF GRADING STATEMENT. 
          WE DISCUSSED TIMELINES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF GRADING EXPECTATIONS. 
          WE WILL HAVE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS OF EXPECTATIONS TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE FALL. 
          THAT DID HAPPEN. WE WERE NOT ABLE TO BRING A RECOMMENDED FIVE YEAR PLAN TO CONTINUE THE
WORK TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE RESOLUTION, AND WE'LL GET INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE LATER. 
          SO THOSE BULLET POINTS HAVE THE ASTERISK, BECAUSE,
AGAIN, WE HADN'T HAD THE MEETING AT THE TIME OF THE SUBMISSION OF THESE SLIDES. 
          SO, AS YOU SAW EARLIER, ONE OF THE TASKS LAID OUT IN THE BOARD'S RESOLUTION WAS TO DEVELOP
A PURPOSE OF GRADING STATEMENT FOR SECONDARY AND THIS IS THE PURPOSE OF GRADING STATEMENT THAT THE TASK FORCE
WROTE AND APPROVED AND THIS WAS APPROVED BY THE TASK FORCE UNANIMOUSLY TO MOVE FORWARD. SO I WON'T READ THAT TO YOU,
BUT I'LL LET YOU TAKE A MOMENT AND READ THROUGH THE SECONDARY PURPOSE OF GRADING STATEMENT. 
          SO THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST TASKS. WELL, IT'S REALLY THE FIRST CONCRETE PRODUCT THAT WE
GOT FROM THE TASK FORCE AND IT WAS VERY INTENTIONAL TO START HERE SO THAT AS THE TASK FORCE MOVED FORWARD, WE WOULD HAVE THIS THIS TOUCHSTONE,
THIS REFERENCE TO LOOK BACK ON AND HAVE SOMETHING TO REALLY REFERENCE AS WE MOVE THE WORK FORWARD. 
          I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO CENTER OUR WORK AROUND THIS STATEMENT THAT WAS WRITTEN
COLLABORATIVELY SO WE COULD CONTINUE TO MOVE THE WORK FORWARD BASED ON SOMETHING THAT THE GROUP AGREED TO. 
          THAT'S WHY IT'S ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WE DID. SO AT THE MAY 21ST MEETING, ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE HAD ON THE AGENDA TO GO THROUGH WAS GRADING EXPECTATIONS THAT
COULD BE PUT INTO PLACE BY THIS FALL AND BY THE END OF THE MEETING, THE TASK FORCE HAD AGREED ON TWO OF TWO EXPECTATIONS THAT
COULD BE PUT INTO PLACE IN SEPTEMBER. 
          THE FIRST IS THAT ALL COURSE SYLLABI WILL INCLUDE A LATE WORK AND A RETAKE POLICY AND THAT
EXPECTATION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY BY THE TASK FORCE. THE NEXT HAD TO DO WITH THE GRADE BOOK AND HOW IT'S
WRITTEN INTO THE SKYWARD GRADING SYSTEM. SO THE TASK FORCE AGREED THAT A MAXIMUM OF SIX GRADEBOOK
CATEGORIES FOR INDIVIDUAL COURSES WOULD WOULD BE THE TOP. 
          SO THERE'S A MAXIMUM OF SIX GRADEBOOK CATEGORIES FOR INDIVIDUAL COURSES. 
          WHICH IS TRYING TO THINK OF A GOOD WAY TO DESCRIBE THIS. 
          IT'S AREAS THAT ARE GRADED. SO A TEACHER MIGHT HAVE LIKE A QUIZ CATEGORY,
A HOMEWORK CATEGORY, A TEST CATEGORY, LAB CATEGORY. TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA AND IN SOME CASES,
THERE'S MANY CATEGORIES AND THAT GETS THAT CAN GET COMPLICATED. IN ADDITION TO TOPPING OUT AT SIX CATEGORIES,
THE CATEGORIES WILL NEED TO BE DEFINED IN THE COURSE SYLLABUS SO THAT IT'S NOT A MYSTERY WHAT WILL BE THERE AND THERE'LL BE A GENERAL UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT
EACH OF THOSE CATEGORIES MEANS. 
          THAT DID NOT HAVE UNANIMOUS CONSENSUS AS IT PASSED,
BUT IT WAS AT ABOUT 92%. 
          SO NOW WE'LL NEED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FIVE YEAR PLAN. 
          AND BEFORE I START GOING DOWN THIS ROAD, WE RAN THIS TASK FORCE WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS
DRAFT FIVE DECISION MAKING POLICY. 
          AND AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FIRST TASK FORCE MEETING,
THE TASK FORCE HAD TO DECIDE WHAT THEIR LEVEL OF CONSENSUS FOR MOVING INITIATIVES FORWARD WOULD BE AND THE GROUP DECIDED ON AN 80% CONSENSUS FOR MOVING
INITIATIVES, 
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MOVING RECOMMENDATIONS FORWARD. WHEN WE PRESENTED THE DRAFT OF THE FIVE YEAR PLAN,
WE OPENED THIS UP FOR DISCUSSION. EVERYONE HAD A COPY OF IT. 
          THE TEACHERS WERE TASKED FIRST WITH INDIVIDUALLY GOING THROUGH THE FIVE YEAR PLAN,
THINKING ABOUT WHAT WORKED, WHAT MAYBE WOULD NEED MORE SUPPORT, WHAT DIDN'T WORK FOR THEM,
AND THEY SPENT A SOLID CHUNK OF TIME INDEPENDENTLY GOING THROUGH IT. 
          AND THEN WE STARTED WORKING IN GROUPS. AFTER SOME GROUP WORK,
WE HAD A WHOLE GROUP DISCUSSION, AND MEMBERS OF THE TASK FORCE WERE SHARING REALLY GREAT IDEAS FOR WAYS THAT THE FIVE YEAR
PLAN COULD BE UPDATED OR CHANGED TO BEST SUPPORT THE TRANSITION TO THOSE FAIR, ACCURATE AND STANDARDS BASED GRADES AS WRITTEN INTO THE
RESOLUTION AND AFTER. 
          GOSH, IT WAS PROBABLY A GOOD 20 MINUTES OF DISCUSSION AND SOME REVISION ON THE FLY. 
          WE DID AN INFORMAL QUICK VOTE TO SEE IF WE HAD 80% CONSENSUS TO TAKE A VOTE ON THE FIVE
YEAR PLAN, AND IT WAS CLEAR AFTER THAT WE DID NOT. AND DIDN'T FEEL LIKE WE HAD TIME IN THE EVENING TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE WOULD BUILD THAT 80% CONSENSUS. 
          SO IT MADE THE DECISION ON THE FLY TO SWITCH INTO LOOKING AT YEAR ONE OF THE FIVE YEAR
PLAN. 
          AND IF WE COULD GET 80% CONSENSUS ON YEAR ONE SO WE COULD MOVE FORWARD WITH PUTTING THAT
INTO PLACE AND LAUNCHING THAT WORK THIS FALL. 
          WE TOOK ONE FORMAL VOTE AND DIDN'T MAKE THE 80% CONSENSUS. 
          SO WE HAD BROUGHT THE GROUP TOGETHER, HAD MORE DISCUSSION,
THINKING ABOUT WHAT WE COULD DO TO GET TO 80%, HOPEFULLY GET PEOPLE TO CHANGE THEIR VOTE. AND AFTER PROBABLY A GOOD TEN MINUTES OF
FURTHER DISCUSSION TOOK ANOTHER VOTE AND WE WERE AT 76% CONSENSUS. AND SO THE YEAR ONE RECOMMENDATION UNFORTUNATELY FAILED
TO ADVANCE BEYOND THAT SINCE WE DIDN'T MEET THE 80%. 
          BUT. THERE'S A LOT, I THINK THAT WE CAN STILL DO AND THAT WE CAN STILL PUT INTO PLACE TO
CONTINUE THIS WORK INTO NEXT YEAR WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD SUPPORT. 
          SO SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I AM MAKING WOULD BE TO RECONVENE THE TASK FORCE IN
THE FALL TO REDEVELOP AND AGREE UPON A LONG TERM PLAN THAT COULD BE IMPLEMENTED AND THE WORK STARTS NEXT YEAR. 
          MY OWN DEPARTMENT IS THE STUDENT LEARNING DEPARTMENT. 
          WE HAD BEEN PLANNING TO FOCUS ON IMPLEMENTING OPTIONAL,
BUT I THINK IT'LL BE PRETTY AWESOME. 
          MTS COACHING AROUND SCAFFOLDING AND DEPTH AND COMPLEXITY FOR OUR TEACHERS. 
          WE ALSO ARE GOING TO BE DIVING IN AND LOOKING AT IDENTIFYING PRIORITY STANDARDS FOR
DIFFERENT CONTENT AREAS. 
          THAT WILL INCREASE GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF ACADEMIC STANDARDS. 
          AND AGAIN, I THINK START PAVING THIS AVENUE TO HAVE THE FAIR BALANCED AND STANDARDS BASED
GRADING. 
          WE'D BE DOING THAT WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH CONTENT TEACHERS,
SMALLER GROUPS, SO THAT WE'D BE FACILITATING THESE CONVERSATIONS TO IDENTIFY PRIORITY STANDARDS IF THEIR MATH STANDARDS WITH MATH TEACHERS,
IF THEIR ELA STANDARDS WITH ENGLISH TEACHERS, AND SO ON. STUDENT LEARNING WILL BE SHARING OUT THE APPROVED SECONDARY PURPOSE OF GRADING
STATEMENT WITH STAFF AND FAMILIES AND PROMOTING HOW WE CAN CENTER OUR,
OR AT LEAST BEGIN TO CENTER OUR GRADING AROUND THAT STATEMENT. 
          WE'LL CONTINUE OUR WORK. I'M VERY HOPEFUL OF THIS. 
          WE'LL CONTINUE OUR WORK WITH AEA AND CONSIDER HOW WE CAN BEST SUPPORT TEACHERS IN MAKING
THESE TRANSITIONS AND THAT INCLUDES THINKING ABOUT TIMELY UPDATES OF GRADE BOOKS AND HAVING A RENEWED EMPHASIS ON MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS
THAT ARE WRITTEN INTO THE CBA ABOUT CONSISTENT GRADE UPDATES. THE TASK FORCE THEMSELVES WILL BE RECONVENING, WILL RECEIVE ONGOING PROFESSIONAL LEARNING REGARDING GRADING PRACTICES TO
BUILD UP A DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE WITHIN THAT GROUP. 
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SO AS I'VE BEEN MENTIONING, SOME OF THE PROPOSED WORK WILL BE STARTING BECAUSE IT'S NOT
NECESSARILY DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO WHAT WAS THE INITIAL, I GUESS, LANGUAGE IN THE RESOLUTION,
BUT WILL SUPPORT THAT WORK AS WE PUT IT INTO PLACE OR AS WE START IT UP. 
          WE WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO WEAVE GRADING PRACTICE INFORMATION INTO PROFESSIONAL LEARNING THAT
WE LAUNCH FOR STAFF UP NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. 
          SO THAT CAN BE WOVEN INTO SECONDARY PROFESSIONAL LEARNING. 
          SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE STEPS THAT I PLAN ON TAKING THAT WE I FEEL ARE COMFORTABLE MOVING
FORWARD WITH THAT WOULD SUPPORT THIS WORK BEFORE THE FORMAL RECOMMENDATION GETS PUT INTO PLACE,
THAT WOULD HAVE OTHER ITEMS THAT WOULD DIRECTLY IMPACT THE GRADING. 
          SO SOME ADDITIONAL ACTION STEPS THAT I PUT DOWN ON THE SLIDE SHOW BEFORE WE HAD THE
MEETING IS THAT WE. 
          AS I MENTIONED, I WILL BE WORKING WITH MY TEAM TO REFOCUS THE TEACHER ON SPECIAL
ASSIGNMENT ROLES WITHIN STUDENT LEARNING. 
          SHIFTING THAT TO HELPING FACILITATING CONVERSATIONS WITH TEACHERS TO DEFINE PRIORITY
STANDARDS AND SHIFT COACHING TO SUPPORT DIFFERENTIATION INSTRUCTION AND THAT INCLUDES DEPTH AND COMPLEXITY,
SCAFFOLDING, AND RIGOROUS INSTRUCTION IN GENERAL. 
          I DO WANT TO MAKE A STRONG PUSH TOWARD STANDARDS FOCUSED INSTRUCTION AT ALL GRADE LEVELS. 
          TO REINTRODUCE CONTENT INTEGRATION INSTRUCTION INSTRUCTIONAL MODELS IN ELEMENTARY WITH A
FOCUS ON KNOWLEDGE BUILDING INSTRUCTION. 
          SO WHEN WE WERE THINKING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE CAN WEAVE SOCIAL STUDIES INSTRUCTION INTO
LITERACY, WEAVE SCIENCE INTO LITERACY HAVE THAT INTEGRATION HAPPENING ACROSS OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, WHICH WILL, ELEMENTARY STUDENTS WILL BECOME MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS EVENTUALLY. 
          WE WANT TO PUSH INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS THAT EXPOSE ALL STUDENTS TO QUALITY TIER ONE
INSTRUCTION, AND THAT IS A GOAL SYSTEM WIDE FOR US AS WE FOCUS ON THAT MTS MODEL. 
          AND THIS HAS KIND OF BECOME A SLOGAN FOR ME,
BUT I WANT TO ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE TEACHING AT A PERKY PACE TO ENSURE ALL GRADE LEVEL STANDARDS ARE TAUGHT TO EACH STUDENT, SO THAT WE KNOW THAT TEACHERS ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE OF
THE STANDARDS, ARE GOING THROUGH THEIR CURRICULUM, AND ENSURING THAT EACH STUDENT ARE TAUGHT GRADE LEVEL
STANDARDS BY THE END OF THE YEAR. 
          JUST AS A SIDE NOTE, I HAD A CONVERSATION RECENTLY WITH SOMEONE WHO I HADN'T SEEN IN ABOUT
15 YEARS WITH SOME OF MY PEERS, AND SHE TURNS EVERYONE AT THE TABLE AND SHE WAS LIKE,
YOU KNOW, JASON USED TO BE PERKY, AND I'M LIKE, WE'RE BRINGING PERKY BACK. WE'RE BRINGING PERKY BACK. 
          SO REALLY ENCOURAGING THAT PERKY PACE, TEACHING THROUGH THE STANDARDS. SO WHERE WE'RE
HEADING AGAIN WROTE THE SLIDES BEFORE THE MEETING, BUT WE DID. HAVE THE ADOPTION OF THE PURPOSE OF GRADING STATEMENT. 
          THAT'S A CELEBRATION THAT HAPPENED IN APRIL. SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM IMPLEMENTATION PLANS
WERE REVIEWED BY THE TASK FORCE, BUT WE'LL RECONVENE IN THE FALL AND WE'LL MOVE FORWARD AT THAT POINT. 
          I'M HOPEFUL OPTIMISTIC OF THAT. OUR FIVE YEAR PLAN WAS REVISED IN MAY. 
          WE'LL NEED TO REVISIT IT IN THE FALL. WE DID NOT GET TO THE BOARD REVIEW OF
RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE FIVE YEAR PLAN. 
          OUTSIDE OF THE 25-26 EXPECTATIONS THAT I ALREADY DISCUSSED WE WILL BE ABLE TO BEGIN
PLANNING SHORT TERM IMPLEMENTATION WITH THE FALL EXPECTATIONS IN JUNE. 
          AND WE WILL. I WILL BE ABLE TO WORK WITH MY TEAM TO REALLY CONSIDER HOW WE'RE GOING TO
MOST EFFECTIVELY SUPPORT TEACHERS WITH THE IDENTIFICATION OF PRIORITY STANDARDS AND QUALITY TIER ONE INSTRUCTION. 
          THE LAUNCH OF THE FIVE YEAR PLAN AT THIS POINT IS SLIGHTLY UP IN THE AIR,
BUT I'M CONFIDENT THAT IN THE FALL AS THE GROUP RECONVENES, WE'LL COME TOGETHER AND FIND A PATH FORWARD AND PUT THAT INTO PLACE SO THAT WE CAN HAVE
THE FORMAL RECOMMENDATION AND CONTINUE THE WORK TOWARD THE ACCURATE AND STANDARDS BASED GRADING PRACTICES. 
          THANK YOU. JASON. COMMENTS. QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON 
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THIS. IT'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK, AND A LOT OF FOLKS HAVE PUT A LOT OF TIME,
EFFORT AND EXPERTISE INTO THIS AND I'M DIGESTING ALL THIS AND I HAVE A QUESTION, IF YOU COULD TELL ME HOW THE GROUP CAME TO DECIDE THAT 80% THRESHOLD,
THAT'S AWFULLY HIGH. 
          IT IS A HIGH THRESHOLD. AND IT IS I THINK IT'S REALLY CRITICAL THAT WHEN A GROUP OF
TEACHERS IN EDMONDS COMES TOGETHER, WE DO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING DRAFT FIVE PROCESS AS IT'S WRITTEN. 
          AND ONE OF THE TERMS OF DOING THAT IS HAVING A GROUP DECIDE UPON THE CONSENSUS WITH WHICH
IT WILL MOVE FORWARD. 
          AND SO IN THIS CASE, THE GROUP SETTLED ON THAT FIGURE ON THEIR OWN. 
          AFTER SOME DISCUSSION AND DEBATE ABOUT WHETHER IT WOULD BE,
YOU KNOW, 70, 75, 80 85 WAS SUGGESTED AND THAT WAS THE NUMBER THAT THE GROUP LANDED ON . JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY HOW MANY VOTES IS 6%? SO YOU SAID 4%. I'M SORRY. 4%. HOW MANY VOTES IS 4%? IF WE HAD ONE MORE PERSON, WE WOULD HAVE ENDED UP WITH,
LIKE 79.9. 
          OKAY. YEAH. SO I'M JUST I WONDER IF THERE'S ROOM FOR WITHIN DRAFT FIVE TO COME AND REVISIT
THAT. 
          CONSIDERING THE SIZE OF THE GROUP AND THE IMPACT OF 1 OR 2 PEOPLE? IS THAT COULD THAT BE PART OF THE DRAFT FIVE PROCESS TO REEVALUATE THAT CONSENSUS? I MEAN, WE COULD I THINK WE COULD CERTAINLY CONSIDER IT IN THE FALL. 
          OF COURSE, IN THE MOMENT, THAT WOULDN'T HAVE WORKED. 
          WE WERE OUT OF TIME. SURE. YEAH. I GUESS I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW UP,
TOO. 
          WITH WHAT? WHAT KAREN SAID IS THAT IT'S. THIS IS THANK YOU FOR THE WORK. 
          IT'S REALLY COMPLEX. IT'S A HUGE SYSTEM AND I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE PLAYERS THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD ON THIS AND I KNOW IT'S NOT AN OUTCOME THAT ANYONE
FORESAW OR ANYONE WANTED AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT WORK AND I LOOK FORWARD AND I THINK YOUR APPROACH LIKE THERE'S A
LOT OF THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO BUILD GOOD GRADING PRACTICES JUST AROUND THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AROUND RECONNECTING WHAT WE DO TO THE STANDARDS
THAT WE HAVE BEEN. THAT'S PART OF OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO TEACH. 
          AND IT IS A DISTRICT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE IDENTIFY THOSE CORE STANDARDS. 
          BUT IT IS INCUMBENT TO ON US AS TEACHERS TO KNOW WHAT THOSE STANDARDS ARE AS WELL. 
          SO IT'S DISAPPOINTING, BUT UNDERSTANDING, UNDERSTANDABLE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THIS WORK CONTINUE IN THE FALL. THANK YOU. IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE YOU DID THE BEST YOU COULD
UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES. 
          THE SHORT TIMELINE, I UNDERSTAND. I'M SENSING YOUR FRUSTRATION WITH THE OUTCOME A LITTLE
BIT. 
          I'M WONDERING HOW THE REST OF THE GROUP REACTED TO THAT. 
          WHETHER YOU'RE ANTICIPATING EVERYONE WHO'S PART OF THE TASK FORCE TO RETURN IN THE FALL AT
THE NEXT SESSION, OR SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST GOING TO SAY, I'M DONE WITH THAT. 
          YEAH, WE'LL SEE HOW THAT PLAYS OUT. I SENT A FORM OUT TO I WAS ACTUALLY HOPING TO HAVE THE
CONVERSATION AT THAT MEETING ABOUT GATHERING THE AN IDEA OF WHO WAS INTERESTED IN COMING BACK AND UNFORTUNATELY WITH THE WAY THE VOTING PROCESS TURNED OUT,
WE JUST SIMPLY RAN OUT OF TIME. 
          SO I SENT THE SAME FORM THAT I WAS GOING TO SHARE WITH THE TASK FORCE OVER EMAIL. 
          BUT IT JUST IT TAKES A LOT MORE TIME TO COLLECT RESPONSES THAT WAY. 
          SO THE LAST TIME I LOOKED AT IT 13 OF THE MANY MORE HAD RESPONDED AND OF THOSE 12 WANTED TO COME BACK. SO IF THOSE NUMBERS HOLD TRUE THEN THERE'S A GREAT DEAL OF INTEREST
IN CONTINUING. 
          I'M JUST DIGESTING A LITTLE BIT, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK AND THE THOUGHTFULNESS
OF GOING THROUGH JUST AS THE GROUP MOVES FORWARD. 
          I THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT OF THOUGHT THAT'S GONE INTO HOW GROUPS MAKE DECISIONS ON
CERTAIN THINGS AND IMPORTANT THINGS LIKE THIS. IT'S GOOD TO HAVE A VERY HIGH THRESHOLD. 
          HOWEVER, THINKING ABOUT THE WAY AN AGREEMENT AND A GROUP IS MADE,
SUCH AS TIERED, THERE CAN BE TEARING. 
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THERE CAN BE A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT GROUPS COME TO DECISION MAKING THAT CAN ALSO
HAVE A VERY HIGH THRESHOLD, BUT ALSO BE SOMETHING THAT CAN HELP DRIVE THE WORK FORWARD. 
          I'M JUST GOING TO SUGGEST THAT POSSIBLY SOME DISCUSSION ON THAT AT THE GROUP. 
          IF IT DIDN'T HAPPEN, IT MAY HAVE HAPPENED ALREADY,
BUT THIS IS THIS IMPORTANT WORK IS IMPORTANT THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THE IMPLICATIONS OF A VERY HIGH THRESHOLD AND ALSO WAYS TO HELP MOVE THE WORK FORWARD. 
          IT'S GONE FORWARD. SO THAT'S JUST MY COMMENT THAT I'M THINKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW,
IN ADDITION TO ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE FORWARD AND THE SUCCESSES THAT YOU GOT SO FAR, I GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT AND I REALIZE SOMETHING I DIDN'T SAY IS FOR THE VOTE,
THERE WERE THREE CATEGORIES OR THREE CHOICES THAT ANYONE VOTING COULD HAVE MADE. SO IT'S EITHER THAT THEY FULLY SUPPORT,
THEY SUPPORT WITH MINOR RESERVATIONS OR THEY CANNOT SUPPORT AND SO SUPPORTING WITH MINOR RESERVATIONS AND THIS WAS COMMUNICATED VERY CLEARLY TO THE GROUP. 
          BUT THAT WOULD COUNT AS A YES, BUT IT WOULD INDICATE THAT THEY WOULD FEEL LIKE THERE WAS
MORE WORK NEEDED TO BE DONE ON DRAFTING AS THE PROJECT MOVED FORWARD. UNFORTUNATELY, WE COULDN'T GET THE 1 OR 2 PEOPLE THAT WE NEEDED TO
MOVE FROM THE I CANNOT SUPPORT TO THE SUPPORT WITH MINOR RESERVATIONS. THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO DO IT. 
          THANKS. A COUPLE OF THINGS. THE FIRST ONE IS,
WHILE I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT WE DON'T HAVE SOMETHING RIGHT NOW, I THINK WHEN THE CONVERSATION WAS HAD, I KIND OF WALKED AWAY FROM IT THINKING THIS MIGHT
BE A TWO YEAR PROCESS ANYWAY. 
          LIKE, I KIND OF GOT THE VIBE THAT PEOPLE DIDN'T REALLY FEEL LIKE IT WAS DOABLE BY MAY,
AND WE GOT CLOSE AND I THINK THAT ADDS TO THE FRUSTRATION. 
          BUT IT DOESN'T DEFY MY EXPECTATIONS ON THIS. I KIND OF THOUGHT WE MIGHT BE IN A TWO YEAR
PROCESS. 
          BUT I DO WANT AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS VALUABLE FOR YOU TO TAKE BACK TO,
THE GROUP. 
          SO, AND I'LL GIVE YOU MY BACKGROUND A LITTLE BIT YEARS AGO,
I WORKED AS A GUARDIAN AD LITEM IN THE JUVENILE COURTS. 
          SO WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS THAT KIDS WOULD GET TAKEN OUT. 
          PARENTS WOULD HAVE ONE SIDE. THE STATE WOULD HAVE THE OTHER SIDE. I WAS IN THE MIDDLE. I
WOULD WRITE REPORTS TO THE COURT. I DO THE SAME THING NOW WITH ADULTS, AND MY NORMAL 9 TO 5 JOB IS ONE WHERE I LOOK INTO HOUSING DISCRIMINATION. AND SO WE'VE GOT A LANDLORD,
WE GOT A TENANT, AND I'VE GOT TO WRITE A REPORT AS TO WHAT I THINK HAPPENED. AND IN EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS, I'M IN THE MIDDLE AND I TELL PEOPLE,
SETTLEMENT IS YOUR BEST OPTION. 
          EVERYONE COME TO THE TABLE, MAKE A DECISION. BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T,
I MAY NOT BE THE FINAL DECISION MAKER, BUT WHAT I HAVE TO SAY CARRIES A LOT OF WEIGHT. IN THIS INSTANCE,
I WOULD BE THE FINAL DECISION MAKER AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO WAIT FOREVER. 
          LIKE COURTS HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD. OUR GRADING PRACTICES HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          EVERYTHING HAS TO MOVE FORWARD AT SOME POINT. LAYNE FAILURE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION,
FAILURE TO ENGAGE IN THE SETTLEMENT PROCESS. 
          HOWEVER YOU WANT TO LOOK AT IT, IS YOUR DECISION THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO COME TO THE
TABLE AND HAVE A VOICE IN IT, AND YOU'RE GOING TO LEAVE IT TO ME TO MAKE THE DECISION. I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. I WANT TWO SIDES TO COME TOGETHER,
MAKE A DECISION AND ALLOW ME TO JUST RUBBER STAMP IT. 
          BECAUSE THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, THOSE TWO SIDES KNOW WHAT THEY NEED AND WHAT THEY CAN
DO. 
          THEY KNOW WHAT THE EXPECTATION IS ON BOTH SIDES. 
          THEY CAN TALK IT OUT. THEY CAN GET THE NITTY GRITTY. 
          LEAVE ME OUT OF IT IF YOU CAN. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE GROUP TO KNOW IF YOU GET
79.9% AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FLIP ANYBODY AND YOU FAIL TO BRING SOMETHING TO US, WE'LL MAKE THE DECISION AND YOU'VE KIND OF
SACRIFICED YOUR VOICE IN IT. 
          SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE NEED SOMETHING FROM THEM. 
          I'M NOT SAYING THAT BECAUSE I WANT TO BE A JERK. I'M NOT SAYING THAT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT
THEIR INPUT. I'M SAYING THAT BECAUSE I WANT THEIR INPUT AND I WANT TO GO ALONG WITH WHAT THEY THINK IS GOING TO BE BEST. BUT THAT MEANS I NEED THEM TO COME TO THE TABLE AND DECIDE
WHAT THAT IS. 
          DO THE STUDENTS HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THIS? YOU ALL. GRADING IS A BEEN A BIG PART OF YOUR LIFE FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS. 
          I'M CURIOUS BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT TWO THINGS SPECIFICALLY. 
          THE THE LIMIT ON SIX CATEGORIES PER SKYWARD,
LIKE PER CLASS IN SKYWARD. 
          I'M CURIOUS, LIKE, WHY DID WE FOCUS? IS THIS SOMETHING THAT AS A GROUP,
YOU DISCUSSED AND DECIDED YOU REALLY WANTED TO FOCUS IN ON? SPECIFICALLY LIKE THESE TWO CATEGORIES TO SORT OF ATTACK AND GO OVER THESE NEXT FIVE YEARS
OR ONE YEAR PLAN OR WAS THERE A LOT MORE DISCUSSION ON OTHER TOPICS THAT JUST DIDN'T HAVE AS MUCH SUPPORT COMPARED TO THESE TWO THAT WERE WE'RE KIND OF
UNANIMOUSLY OR SEMI UNANIMOUSLY, UNANIMOUSLY DECIDED TO BRING TO LIGHT FOR THESE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. 
          YEAH, THANKS FOR ASKING THAT QUESTION. SO TO GIVE YOU THE BACKGROUND ON THAT ONE,
WE HAD THE PRINCIPAL FROM MEADOWDALE MIDDLE SCHOOL, 
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JOE WEBSTER, CAME IN AND SPOKE TO THE GROUP,
AND HE'S BEEN WORKING WITH TEACHERS IN HIS BUILDING SINCE. 
          I THINK HE SAID 2018. ON DEVELOPING, BUILDING WIDE GRADING EXPECTATIONS. 
          SO ONE OF THE EXERCISES THAT THE GRADING TASK FORCE WENT THROUGH WAS GOING LINE BY LINE
THROUGH PRINCIPAL WEBSTER'S GRADING PROCEDURES AND TALKING AS GROUPS AND AS THE FULL GROUP ABOUT WHAT THEY THOUGHT
FROM THAT LIST WOULD BE REASONABLE TO IMPLEMENT QUICKLY AND ONE OF THE ONES THAT WE LANDED ON WAS THE MAXIMUM OF SIX SKYWARD CATEGORIES, WHICH WAS SOMETHING THAT HIS STAFF HAD ALSO AGREED TO. 
          THERE'S SEVERAL OTHER ITEMS ON ON THAT LIST. BUT COLLECTIVELY AS A GROUP,
THEY FELT LIKE THEY WOULD TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME. 
          A LITTLE MORE TIME TO PUT THEM INTO PLACE DISTRICT WIDE. 
          AND THE TWO THAT THEY ULTIMATELY DID MOVE FORWARD WERE THE ONES THAT THE GROUP AGREED
COULD BE PUT INTO PLACE BY FALL, WHICH THEY KNEW WOULD NEED TO HAPPEN WITHOUT MUCH,
IF ANY, OPPORTUNITY FOR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FOR TEACHERS AND IN GENERAL, JUST BRIEF COMMUNICATION ABOUT WHAT THE EXPECTATION WOULD BE. 
          YEAH, THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE, ESPECIALLY THE WAY YOU EXPLAINED IT AS FAST
IMPLEMENTATION FOR THESE NEW PRACTICES AND HOW QUICK CAN WE FIX OR MAKE OUR SYSTEM BETTER ACROSS THE DISTRICT? AND I HOPE TO SEE A LOT MORE TOPICS. 
          AND I HOPE TO SEE A LOT MORE TOPICS, ATTACKED,
AND JUST REALLY HONED IN ON IN THE FUTURE SO THAT WE CAN REALLY MAKE SURE EVERY AREA BECAUSE, FOR EXAMPLE, I'VE NEVER REALLY LIKE AS A STUDENT,
I'VE NEVER DEALT WITH THE ISSUE OF HAVING MORE THAN 6 OR 6 CATEGORIES IN SKYWARD. 
          BUT AGAIN, AS YOU MENTIONED, I'M SURE MANY OTHER TEACHERS OR MANY OTHER EDUCATORS HAVE HAD
SOMETHING TO DO WITH THIS OR WANT TO SAY IN MAKING THAT CHANGE. 
          SO THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE AND AGAIN, I REALLY HOPE TO SEE A LOT MORE,
ESPECIALLY IN THE FUTURE, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT MORE TIME AND AS SOMEONE WHO'S LEAVING THE DISTRICT,
I HOPE TO SEE THAT AS SOMEONE WHO'S STAYING IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. 
          I REALLY WANT TO SEE MORE AND MORE FOCUS ON THAT AND OVERALL LEADING US AS A DISTRICT TO A
BETTER PLACE. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND JUST KEEP WORKING ON IT FOR THE FALL. 
          THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK THE THREE FACILITATORS JASON, HELEN, DOCTOR ANDY NOFZIGER FOR LEADING THIS REALLY DIFFICULT WORK,
AND TO THE MEMBERS OF THE TASK FORCE WHO GAVE THEIR TIME AND THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION TO THE WORK. FIRST OF ALL, I'M REALLY PLEASED WITH THE TASK FORCE BEING ABLE
TO DEVELOP A VERY EXCELLENT PHILOSOPHY OF GRADING STATEMENT. I THINK THE KEY PIECE IN THE AGREED UPON PURPOSE OF GRADING
STATEMENT IS THAT GRADES ARE TO PROVIDE STUDENTS, FAMILIES, EDUCATORS, AND HIGHER EDUCATION OR FUTURE EMPLOYERS WITH TRANSPARENT,
ACCURATE AND IMPARTIAL INFORMATION ABOUT INDIVIDUAL STUDENT PROGRESS TOWARD MASTERY OF ACADEMIC STANDARDS. 
          IT'S REALLY KEY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME AS THOSE WHO KNOW ME KNOW THIS,
I AM EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED THAT THE TASK FORCE WASN'T ABLE TO COME TO CONSENSUS ON A RECOMMENDATION FOR EITHER A SHORT TERM OR A LONG
TERM IMPLEMENTATION PLAN TO ADDRESS THE COMPONENTS OF THE RESOLUTION AND I SHOULD POINT OUT THAT IT'S ALREADY BEEN POINTED OUT,
BUT I WROTE THIS BEFORE THE MEETING THAT ONLY 30 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE MAY MEETING, AND WITH THE VOTE BEING ONLY 4% LESS THAN THE DESIRED 80% LEVEL,
THE LACK OF A RECOMMENDATION IS LITERALLY DUE TO THE DIFFERENCE OF THE EQUIVALENT OF 11.2 PEOPLE AND AS POINTED OUT, PERHAPS THE WORKING DEFINITION OF CONSENSUS HERE NEEDS TO BE REVISITED. BUT IN ANY CASE, WE NEED TO BE CLEAR. 
          WHILE THIS COMMITTEE WAS TASKED WITH ADDRESSING THE COMPONENTS OF A PLAN AND TO MAKE A
RECOMMENDATION FOR OUR CONSIDERATION AS A BOARD, THEY WERE NOT ASSIGNED RESPONSIBILITY FOR APPROVAL OF A PLAN. 
          WHILE THEIR FEEDBACK AS TEACHERS IS EXTREMELY CRITICAL IN THE PROCESS. 
          WE HAVE YET TO OBTAIN FEEDBACK FROM STUDENTS OR PARENTS,
WHICH ARE VERY IMPORTANT. 
          IN ADDITION, IT'S CLEAR THAT DISTRICT LEADERS MUST PROVIDE VITAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
AS IS PLANNED AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEACHERS TO ENSURE A SOLID AND CONSISTENT UNDERSTANDING OF THE STATE'S STANDARDS AND EXPECTATIONS FOR
STUDENT LEARNING IN THEIR SUBJECT AREA. 
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GRADING PRACTICES ARE A HUGE PIECE OF THE TEACHING AND LEARNING PROCESS. 
          THEY DON'T STAND ASIDE FROM THAT. SO THEN ENSURING THAT GRADING PRACTICES ARE TRANSPARENT, ACCURATE, AND IMPARTIAL REQUIRES A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF HOW CURRICULUM,
INSTRUCTION, AND ASSESSMENT ARE ALL ALIGNED WITH GRADES BEING THE COMMUNICATION DEVICE OF STUDENT OUTCOMES FROM THIS COMPLEX PROCESS. 
          THE BOARD WILL BE CLOSELY REVIEWING THE DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE MAY TASK FORCE
MEETING AT OUR SUMMER RETREAT. 
          WE HOPE ANDY WILL JOIN US FOR THAT DISCUSSION,
AND WE WILL BE GIVING FEEDBACK TO DISTRICT STAFF IN TERMS OF OUR CONTINUING EXPECTATIONS ON THIS HIGH PRIORITY INITIATIVE. WE CANNOT LOSE SIGHT OF THE URGENCY OF THIS RESOLUTION. 
          PERKY. THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 6000 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS EVERY YEAR IN OUR DISTRICT. 
          UNTIL WE ESTABLISH A SYSTEM THAT TRULY ENSURES ACCURATE AND IMPARTIAL GRADING FOR ALL OUR
SECONDARY STUDENTS, HOW MANY OF THESE STUDENTS NEXT YEAR WILL NOT RECEIVE CREDIT FOR A COURSE THAT IN ANOTHER
TEACHER'S CLASS WITH THE SAME PERFORMANCE, THEY WOULD HAVE RECEIVED CREDIT? EVERY TIME THAT HAPPENS,
EACH STUDENT WHO TRULY KNEW THE ACADEMIC MATERIAL BUT WAS BEING GRADED IN AN IMPROPER OR UNFAIR WAY LOSES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR TAKING AN ELECTIVE OR A
HIGHER LEVEL COURSE IN THAT SUBJECT, OR IS FORCED TO TAKE A COURSE IN SUMMER SCHOOL THAT THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO TAKE IF
THEY HAD BEEN GRADED BY A DIFFERENT TEACHER. 
          IF WE TRULY BELIEVE IN OUR GOALS OF EQUITY AND EXCELLENCE,
IT'S OUR MORAL DUTY TO HAVE A SYSTEM THAT FULLY SUPPORTS ALL ASPECTS OF THE TEACHING AND LEARNING PROCESS TO BE FAIR AND ACCURATE FOR ALL OUR STUDENTS. 
          AND I'LL TURN THE NEXT. WHAT'S THE NEXT PIECE? THE UNFINISHED, ADDITIONAL UNFINISHED BUSINESS? YES, BECAUSE THAT WAS UNFINISHED. BEFORE WE GO,
I WOULD LIKE TO JUST EXTEND APPRECIATION TO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JASON ALLEN, ANDY NOFZIGER AND DOCTOR YOUNG, JUST AS OUR PRESIDENT DID. 
          AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING ABOUT THE CONTINUED WORK IN THE FALL. 
          OUR ONE ITEM OF UNFINISHED BUSINESS THIS EVENING IS A SECOND READING TO APPROVE REVISED
BOARD POLICY. 
          [13. UNFINISHED BUSINESS]
3421 I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE PAUL MILLER, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING REVISIONS AS PER
THE WSSDA RECOMMENDED POLICY AND STATE LAW ON THIS POLICY. 
          DO I HEAR A MOTION IN A SECOND TO APPROVE REVISE BOARD POLICY 3421 ON CHILD ABUSE AND
NEGLECT? MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. 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 REVISED BOARD POLICY 3421 ON CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT. 
          PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. 
          ANY ABSTENTIONS? AND BOARD POLICY 3421 CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT IS APPROVED. 
          WE HAVE FOUR ITEMS. WE HAVE FOUR ITEMS OF NEW BUSINESS. 
          [14. NEW BUSINESS]
THREE. ONE OF THEM ASKING FOR APPROVAL BY THE BOARD AND THREE WITH NO ACTION. 
          THE FIRST IS 14.1, A SINGLE READING TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2514 DELEGATING AUTHORITY TO
WIAA AND WE ARE ASKING FOR APPROVAL OF THIS AT THIS TIME. DO I HEAR A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2514, WHICH DELEGATES AUTHORITY TO WIAA MOVE TO APPROVE? SECOND. 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 RESOLUTION 2514,
DELEGATING AUTHORITY TO WIAA. 
          PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. 
          ANY ABSTENTIONS AND RESOLUTION 2514. DELEGATING AUTHORITY TO WIAA IS APPROVED. 
          14.2 IS A FIRST READING NO ACTION AT THIS TIME. 
          A REVISED BOARD POLICY 3210. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I JUST HAVE A COMMENT ON 14, TWO, THREE AND FOUR HERE. 
          JUST BASED UPON MY TRAINING, MY JOB, ALL THOSE SORTS OF THINGS,
THESE ARE THINGS THAT I TAKE A SPECIAL INTEREST IN. 
          I LOOKED OVER THE THREE. I HAD ONE QUESTION FOR DOCTOR BAUMGARTNER THAT I GOT ANSWERED VIA
EMAIL. 
          IN A WAY THAT THAT MADE TOTAL SENSE. SO I PERSONALLY HAVE NO NOTES ON THESE. 
          [01:50:03]
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT ANY OF THE REST OF YOU MAY NOT,
BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY, BASED UPON MY REVIEW OF THEM, THEY ALL LOOK GREAT. THANK YOU. THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. 
          ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THIS? WELL,
I'M GLAD YOU WENT AHEAD AND DID THAT BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU IF YOU HAD ANY INPUT AND NO, I DID READ THROUGH THESE AND REALLY APPRECIATE US GETTING THESE UPDATED. 
          I THINK IT'S TIMELY AND IMPORTANT. I JUST APPRECIATE COMBINING THE COMPLAINT PROCESS INTO
THE POLICY MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. IT'S RIGHT THERE IF YOU CAN FIND IT. 
          OKAY. I THINK WE'RE READY TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE. 
          SO THAT TAKES US TO 14.3 A FIRST READING. NO ACTION OF REVISE BOARD POLICY 5010. 
          IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON REVISED POLICY 5010 5010 WHICH IS NONDISCRIMINATION AND
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION? SO THAT TAKES US TO 14.4. FIRST, I DO WANT TO THANK DOCTOR BAUMGARTNER FOR HIS WORK ON ON
THESE, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY TOOK A LOT OF WORK AND THE FINAL ONE AND THE FINAL ONE IS
INDICATED BY DIRECTOR GERRARD IS 14.4 A FIRST READING, NO ACTION TO RESCIND BOARD POLICY 5012. IT'S BECAUSE THAT COMPLAINT POLICY HAS ROLLED INTO
ONE OF THOSE OTHER POLICIES. 
          OKAY. SORRY, I GOT AHEAD OF MYSELF. THAT WAS THE ONE I MEANT TO COMMENT ABOUT. 
          NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS ACTUALLY A CELEBRATION TIME. 
          I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO DIRECTOR CHASE. WELL THANK YOU. 
          [15. LEGISLATIVE UPDATES]
THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE, WE WERE WONDERING IF THE GOVERNOR WAS GOING TO SIGN THE
BUDGET. 
          AND WE ARE VERY PLEASED THAT THAT THE BUDGET HAS BEEN SIGNED WITH NO VETOES ON THE
EDUCATION FUNDING. 
          WHILE WE'RE VERY EXCITED AND HAPPY ABOUT THAT,
I WILL SAY THAT WE HAVE YET TO FULLY FUND PUBLIC EDUCATION. 
          WE'LL CONTINUE DOING OUR ADVOCACY AND WORK ON THAT. 
          AND SO IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO HAVE A CELEBRATION,
THOUGH I WAS KIND OF WHITE KNUCKLING IT JUST A LITTLE BIT AT 3:00 ON THE 20TH, THINKING, OKAY. SO THAT'S REASON TO CELEBRATE. 
          ABSOLUTELY. AND THE ADVOCACY OF WELL, ACTUALLY THE ENTIRE BOARD,
BUT IN PARTICULAR THESE THREE RIGHT HERE. 
          ANDY NOFFSINGER, REBECCA MINER, AND NANCY KATIMS. WE APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DID IN THE ADVOCACY. 
          IT WAS A LOT OF HARD WORK, AND I THINK IT REALLY MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE AND I THINK THE
GOVERNOR HEARD US, SO THANK YOU. 
          I THINK THE STRENGTH OF HAVING DISTRICT LEADERSHIP,
THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT AND LEADERSHIP AS A VERY STRONG, CLEARLY FOCUSED TRIUMVIRATE. 
          YEAH. ON THIS TOPIC, WAS VERY POWERFUL AND PROVIDED A REALLY IMPORTANT MODEL ACROSS THE
STATE. 
          IT WASN'T JUST US, BUT THERE'S A LOT THAT WE DID. 
          I KNOW THAT GOT OTHER CONVERSATIONS GOING, AND I WANT TO DO A VERY PERSONAL THANK YOU TO
ANDY NOFZIGER FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE AND WORKING SO COOPERATIVELY AND WELL WITH US BRINGING LEADERSHIP ACROSS THE BOARD ANYWAY. 
          COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU. YEAH, I GET GREAT TESTAMENT THAT IT REALLY IS CENTERING
STUDENTS FIRST, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. WHEN WE ALL HAVE THAT SHARED COMMON GOAL,
THERE'S PRETTY MUCH NOTHING WE CAN'T DO. 
          YEAH. NO, WE CLEARLY HAD VERY SHARED INTERESTS. 
          YEAH. VERY SHARED GOALS. I WAS GOING TO JUST SAY,
AS MUCH AS EVERYONE LOVES A GOOD LEGISLATIVE REPORT AND UPDATE, WE ARE GOING TO PUT THIS ON HIATUS FOR JUST A LITTLE BIT. 
          OUR UPCOMING MEETINGS WILL HAVE A LOT OF CELEBRATIONS,
A LOT OF INFORMATION. 
          DOESN'T MEAN THAT IN JUNE, JULY AND AUGUST WE WON'T BE MEETING WITH PEOPLE. 
          I HAVE A MEETING SET UP WITH THE EXECUTIVE. THE NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF MY PROFESSIONAL
ORGANIZATION TO TALK ABOUT PRIORITIES. 
          WE'LL BE DOING WORK, BUT WE'LL KIND OF HOLD BACK ON REPORTING EVERY SINGLE WEEK UNTIL WE
GET BACK. 
          WE'LL BE DOING AN ACTION ITEM FOR THE WAS TO PRIORITIZE. 
          BUT AND THAT WILL GO INTO A DIFFERENT SECTION OF THE AGENDA,
BUT WE'LL JUST RETIRE THIS PORTION OF THE AGENDA PROBABLY UNTIL THE SECOND MEETING IN SEPTEMBER. AND WSSDA AS WE ARE DOING THE WAS TO PRIORITY UPDATES. 
          WE WILL CONTINUE ALSO TO HAVE A WE HAVE A NEW STRATEGIC ADVISOR DOING SOME MEETING THERE,
LOTS OF MEETINGS GOING ON. 
          WE JUST AS WE SAY, WON'T NEED TO BE DOING THIS AT EVERY MEETING QUITE YET. 
          I DO WANT TO SAY, WHILE WE ARE VERY EXCITED THAT WE WILL NOT BE GOING DEEPER IN DEBT IN
OUR DISTRICT, AND THAT EVERYTHING THAT WAS ON THE BALANCING ACT WE DON'T NEED TO CUT THIS IS WONDERFUL
NEWS. 
          [01:55:07]
PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE ONLY REASON THAT OUR DISTRICT IS OKAY NOW HAS TO DO WITH THE
FACT THAT THE LEVY LID WAS RAISED AND THAT ISN'T A GOOD LONG TERM OR STATEWIDE APPROACH. 
          AND IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT, THE AMOUNT THAT WAS GIVEN FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION AND FOR THE
MATERIAL, SUPPLIES AND OPERATING COSTS WAS SIMPLY NO WHERE NEAR THE LEVEL OF WHAT EVERYBODY NEEDS. 
          AND SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT NEXT STEPS, WHICH WE NEED TO START THINKING ABOUT,
WE WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE A VERY STRONG ADVOCACY CAMPAIGN WITH OUR LEGISLATORS. BECAUSE IF I KNOW THE GUT IS GOING TO BE,
WELL, WE GAVE YOU SPECIAL ED MONEY AND WE GAVE YOU MONEY, AND IT WAS NOTHING. I MEAN, IT WAS PALTRY AND SO WE'RE CELEBRATING BECAUSE
WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE IN THE RED. 
          YEAH. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY A HAPPY DANCE, BUT WE CAN'T STOP AND THE OTHER THING THAT'S OF
INTEREST, AND WE HAVE TO. I DON'T KNOW HOW AND MAYBE YOU CAN HELP US KNOW FOR THE OSP. 
          TASK FORCE THAT THEY HAVE TO PUT TOGETHER AS PART OF THAT SAME BILL THAT HAD THE LEVY LID
RAISED. 
          WHO'S ON THAT COMMITTEE? WHAT ARE THEY DOING? WHAT ARE THEIR GOALS? ARE THEY JUST GOING TO BE TWEAKING THE. 
          I THINK THEY'D SURE APPRECIATE IF YOU WERE ON THAT. I WOULD LOVE TO BE ON IT. 
          I DON'T KNOW HOW. I KNOW THEY WOULD HATE FOR ME TO BE ON THAT IF MY GUESS. 
          BUT THAT BEING SAID, YOU KNOW, ARE THEY JUST TWEAKING THE FLAWED FUNDING FORMULA THEY HAVE
NOW THE PROTOTYPICAL SCHOOLS MODEL, OR ARE THEY REALLY GOING TO DO WHAT WE ASKED THEM TO DO,
WHICH IS TO STEP BACK, LOOK AT HOW OTHER STATES DO IT. 
          DO IT LIKE A WHEN YOU DO THE BUDGET AND YOU DO WHAT IS IT CALLED,
GROUND ZERO OR SOMETHING. 
          WHEN YOU START FROM TOTAL SCRATCH, WHICH IS WHAT THEY NEED TO BE DOING INSTEAD OF ANYWAY,
IF YOU CAN HELP US FIND OUT WHAT. SEE WHAT I CAN DO. ABSOLUTELY. AND PUT PRESSURE ON THEM SO THEY KNOW WE CARE ABOUT
THAT. THAT WE'RE NOT JUST LIKE, OH, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS SOMETHING ELSE. THAT WAS A LINE ITEM IN THAT BILL. 
          NO, THAT'S REALLY THE LONG TERM SOLUTION. ANYWAY,
I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF ADD CONTEXT BECAUSE WE'RE ALL HAPPY AND WE'RE CELEBRATING, BUT IT'S SHORT TERM BAND-AID. YEAH,
IT'S WE'RE NOT IT DOESN'T HELP STATEWIDE FOR EVERYBODY. 
          AND I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T POINT OUT,
AS WE ALL KNOW, THAT ACTUALLY, THE STATE'S PARAMOUNT DUTY, AS PEOPLE HAVE HEARD MANY TIMES, IS K-12 PUBLIC EDUCATION. 
          AND WE HAVE RECEIVED YET AGAIN A SMALLER SHARE OF THE TOTAL STATE BUDGET. 
          SO WHILE WE ARE, I THINK, OVERWHELMINGLY RELIEVED IS PROBABLY THE WORD,
EVEN FOR ME, EVEN MORE THAN CELEBRATORY, I'M OVERWHELMINGLY RELIEVED WE ARE IN THE SITUATION THAT WE HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST TWO
YEARS AS A WHOLE, AS A GROUP K-12 HAS CONTINUED TO SLIP IN THE PRIORITIES OF OUR STATE,
AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE'LL NEED TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR. 
          THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? OKAY. THEN I THINK WE'RE READY FOR BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS. 
          [16. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS]
SCARLETT, YOU WANT TO START? WELL, A LOT TO DIGEST THIS MEETING. 
          YEAH. ONE THING I TOOK AWAY IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF COMMUNITY FROM THIS MEETING. 
          SPECIFICALLY LOOKING OUT AT THE NOW DISSIPATED SEA OF BLUE. 
          I REALIZED THAT IT WASN'T JUST THE MATCHING T SHIRTS THAT SHOWED,
LIKE, THE SOLIDARITY BETWEEN THE ROBOTICS TEAM MEMBERS AND, LIKE WHAT DOCTOR KATIMS SAID, THEIR COOPERATION,
SPORTSMANSHIP AND GRACIOUS PROFESSIONALISM CAN BE A MODEL FOR WHAT WE ALL SHOULD LOOK UP TO. AND I THINK IN THE MEDIA NOWADAYS THERE'S SO MUCH NEGATIVE CONTENT. 
          SO IT'S REALLY INSPIRING TO SEE THAT THERE'S POSITIVE ACTION GOING ON IN MY COMMUNITY,
AND I'M REALLY PRIVILEGED TO BE PROUD OF THAT AND MOVING FORWARD, I HOPE TO CONTINUE COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR EACH OTHER BECAUSE I THINK WE ARE BETTER AND
STRONGER WHEN WE STAND TOGETHER. 
          FOR EDMONDS UPDATES, WE HAVE A SCHOOL WIDE LIPDUB THAT IS HAPPENING SOON,
SO THAT WILL BE PRETTY INTERESTING. 
          AND THE UNIFIED SOCCER TEAM TAKES ON LINWOOD TODAY,
SO I WONDER HOW THAT TURNED OUT. 
          WHILE THE BOYS SOCCER TEAM MADE IT TO, I BELIEVE,
QUARTERFINALS, THEY BEAT MONROE AND LOST TO MERCER ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL AND ALSO IB EXAMS ENDED, SO YAY! AND THEN IN MY PERSONAL LIFE. TA DA! IT'S OUT! MY CHILDREN'S BOOK. SO THERE'S A SMALL TYPO IN IT THAT HAS BEEN FIXED,
AND IT'S A LITTLE FLIMSY LOOKING 
          [02:00:07]
BECAUSE AMAZON DIDN'T OFFER A HARDBACK, BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS. 
          ANYWAYS THANK YOU. 
          I MEAN, YOU WANT TO GO NEXT? WOW. CONGRATULATIONS,
SCARLETT! THAT'S SO EXCITING. SO FROM MEADOWDALE ON FRIDAY,
WE HAVE OUR MULTICULTURAL NIGHT AT 5PM. 
          AND I'VE SEEN STUDENTS ADVERTISE AROUND THE LAST WEEK AND THIS WEEK. 
          AND WE ARE ENCOURAGING STUDENTS TO WEAR THEIR CULTURAL CLOTHING ON FRIDAY. 
          SO I REALLY HOPE TO SEE SOME CULTURAL CLOTHING ON FRIDAY,
AND I MIGHT PARTICIPATE IN THAT, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF MY CLOTHING WILL FIT ME BECAUSE IT'S FROM A FEW YEARS BACK. 
          BUT YEAH. AND ON SATURDAY WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL CAR SHOW FROM 12 TO 3PM SO IF YOU GUYS WOULD
LIKE TO SHOW UP, GO FOR IT. IT IS AWESOME AND THIS IS OUR THIRD YEAR OF DOING IT. 
          SO I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR THAT. AND FOR SENIORS. 
          TONIGHT, TODAY WAS THE SENIOR AWARDS NIGHT, A I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT A LOT OF,
LIKE, MY SENIOR FRIENDS ARE GETTING RECOGNIZED FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO FOR LEADERSHIP AND THEN LIKE, VALEDICTORIANS DEPARTMENT AWARDS. 
          SO I'M REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THAT. AND I SAW A LOT OF STUDENTS ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO TODAY. 
          SO I'M REALLY HAPPY. AND TOMORROW IS OUR DECISION DAY. 
          SO TOMORROW A LOT OF SENIORS WILL BE WEARING THEIR COLLEGE LIKE WHERE THEY'RE GOING AND
THEIR MERCH. 
          SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE WHERE EVERYBODY IS GOING,
BECAUSE SOME OF MY FRIENDS ARE KEEPING THAT SECRET FROM ME. 
          BUT YEAH. THANK YOU. SANTIAGO. HELLO. I WANT TO START OFF BY TALKING ABOUT HOW MUCH FRC ROBOTICS AND JOURNALISM AND JUST CTE AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS IN OUR DISTRICT,
AND I KNOW I WON'T STOP TALKING ABOUT IT AT EVERY MEETING, BUT I LOVE HOW MUCH WE CARE ABOUT THESE PROGRAMS AND HOW MUCH THEY'RE ABLE TO LEAVE AN
IMPACT ON OUR STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY WITH JOURNALISM. AND HOW MANY OF MY FRIENDS ARE INVOLVED IN JOURNALISM. 
          AND THEN AS SOMEONE WHO HAS ENGINEERING AND USES THE LINWOOD HIGH SCHOOL SHOP EVERY DAY I
LOVE HOW MUCH MONEY IS POURED INTO IT AND HOW MUCH CARE IS PUT INTO THAT SHOP, AND JUST HOW STRONG THESE PROGRAMS ARE, BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T BE A DISTRICT. 
          WE WOULDN'T BE A COMMUNITY WITHOUT THE KIDS WHO CARE ABOUT CTE AND EDUCATION AND ROBOTICS
AND JOURNALISM AND ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO US AS A COMMUNITY. 
          I LOVE HOW STRONG THEY ARE AND AGAIN, THAT SEA OF BLUE THAT'S NOW DISSIPATED BECAUSE IT IS
08:30PM, BUT I'M SO HAPPY THAT THEY'RE JUST SO STRONG AND SO PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT THEY DO. 
          AND EVEN IF, AS SOMEONE WHO'S GRADUATING, I JUST I WILL KEEP AN EYE ON IT. 
          I WILL LOVE TO WATCH FROM AFAR AND SEE HOW WE KEEP THRIVING AND DOING IN THESE AREAS,
BECAUSE IT IS JUST SO IMPORTANT TO STUDENT LIFE AND EVERYTHING, AND HOW MUCH IT MEANS TO US AS A COMMUNITY. SO I LOVE SEEING THOSE PRESENTATIONS. 
          FOR LINWOOD HIGH SCHOOL UPDATES AS SOMEONE PART OF THE MUSIC PROGRAM,
WE HAVE OUR FINAL CONCERT ON JUNE 4TH. 
          OH AND THEN ON MAY 31ST. SO THIS SATURDAY, WE HAVE A FUNDRAISER PERFORMANCE AT 3PM AT
SALISH SEA BOATHOUSE IN EDMONDS FOR JAZZ AND FOR MONEY FOR OUR MUSIC PROGRAMS. AND THEN JUNE 7TH IS OUR EDMONDS JAZZ WALK. 
          SO ALL DAY THERE WILL BE JAZZ PERFORMANCES NOT ONLY FROM HIGH SCHOOLS,
BUT FROM MANY PROFESSIONALS EVEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHO ARE FLYING IN TO PERFORM FOR US. 
          SO I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE PERFORMING AT ALL OF THOSE AND THEN OUR ROYAL ACT THEATER IS
DOING OUR LAST PLAY OF THE YEAR, JANUARY, NOT JANUARY. JULY 5TH, SIXTH AND SEVENTH,
JUNE 5TH, SIXTH AND SEVENTH. 
          APOLOGIES. SO YEAH, THOSE WILL BE, VERY EXCITING AND LASTLY,
IN MY PERSONAL LIFE, I WAS VERY GRATEFUL LAST WEEK TO BE AWARDED A $2,500 SCHOLARSHIP BY THE EDMONDS JAZZ ROTARY FOR MY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MUSIC PROGRAM,
AND I'M VERY EXCITED TO PUT THAT TOWARDS MY TUITION. 
          SO I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY AND I'M EXCITED TO USE THAT MONEY. 
          DIRECTOR GERRARD. YES, I WANT TO SUGGEST THAT NEXT YEAR WE LIKE SHUFFLE THESE ORDER OF
BOARD COMMENTS SO RANDOMLY, SO I DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO GO FIRST. YEAH. I THOUGHT THE EDMONDS ELEMENTARY TALKED ABOUT THE SENSE OF BELONGING, AND IT LOOKS DIFFERENT AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL,
I THINK, THAN IT DOES AT HIGH SCHOOL. 
          AND IN HIGH SCHOOL. I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT IT'S MUSIC,
IT'S SPORTS. 
          THOSE ARE THE MAIN THINGS THAT ARE THE HOOKS FOR KIDS. 
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BUT NOW I'M ADDING TO THAT LIST. I'M ADDING JOURNALISM,
AND I'M ADDING ROBOTICS. 
          AND PROBABLY THEATER SHOULD BE ON THERE AS WELL,
WHICH ISN'T NECESSARILY MUSIC. 
          ALTHOUGH I DID GET TO GO LAST BOARD MEETING,
WE HAD THE MONOLOGUES FROM THE LINWOOD HIGH SCHOOL. 
          I'M SORRY, MEADOWDALE HIGH SCHOOL THEATER GROUP. 
          AND I WENT TO SEE THE HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL PERFORMANCE,
AND IT WAS REALLY FUN. 
          IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO SEE. I ALSO WENT TO ATTENDED A WEBINAR ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. 
          AND I KNOW WE WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT AT SOME POINT AS A BOARD. 
          IT WAS. THE THING I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING WAS THE STUDENT PERSPECTIVES. 
          THERE WERE 4 OR 5 STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE STATE,
AND THEY WERE TELLING ABOUT HOW IT WAS, HOW I WAS TREATED IN THEIR SCHOOL AND HOW THEY COULD USE IT IN THEIR WORK OR NOT AND I KNOW WE HAVE A BOARD POLICY THAT WAS LIKE ADOPTED ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO NOW. 
          SO AT THE RATE THINGS CHANGE, WE MIGHT WANT TO GO BACK TO THAT SOON. 
          LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING TO THE EQUITY ALLIANCE FOR ACHIEVEMENT TOMORROW. 
          AIDEN KEYS IS VERY WELL KNOWN PRESENTER AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING HIM AND I'M
WONDERING I'D LIKE TO HEAR SOMETHING ABOUT. I HEARD ZOE COME FORWARD AND EXPRESS HER CONCERNS ABOUT
HER SAFETY. 
          PERSONAL SAFETY AT SCHOOL. THIS REALLY WORRIES ME AND I KNOW WE HAVE COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY
PLANS IN PLACE, AND MAYBE SHE SHOULD FEEL SAFE AT SCHOOL, BUT SHE'S NOT. 
          SO I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO TO ADDRESS THAT. 
          DIRECTOR CRAMER. HI. THANK YOU. JUST TO ECHO DIRECTOR GERRARD COMMENTS ON THE ROBOTICS PROGRAM, AND I JUST WROTE DOWN A BUNCH OF WORDS THAT CAME,
LIKE, REALLY RESONATED WITH ME, WHICH WAS COMMUNITY, COLLABORATION, INCLUSION,
CREATIVITY, BELONGING, GRADUATION, 100%, GRADUATION RATE 100%. 
          EVERYONE GOES PRO AND THE VERY STRONG MESSAGE OF PROTECT THE FIELD. 
          YEAH. I PERSONALLY WANT TO COMMIT AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN AS A BOARD TO FIGURE OUT SOME
SPACE WHERE THEY CAN CONTINUE TO DO THIS. 
          AND IT'S NOT JUST FOR OUR OWN KIDS, BUT FOR THE COMMUNITY KIDS FROM OTHER DISTRICTS AS
WELL. 
          CLEARLY, IT HAS SUCH A TREMENDOUS POSITIVE IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY OF STUDENTS AND
TEACHERS AND AND COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS. JUST EXTRAORDINARY. 
          ALSO, I WANT TO SHOUT OUT TO JASON STILLWELL FOR COMING FORWARD AND KNOW THAT YOU ARE
APPRECIATED AND YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THE SENTIMENT AND AS YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED AND CORRECTLY,
WE ARE 100% THERE FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND FINALLY I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY
IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS TO VISIT SOME MIDDLE SCHOOL TRACK TRACK EVENTS AND MAN,
THERE'S JUST IT'S SO FUN TO BE ON THE FIELD AND SEEING SO MANY KIDS PARTICIPATING IN SOMETHING SUPER POSITIVE AND ALL THE PARENTS ARE OUT THERE TOO. 
          I MET A WHOLE BUNCH OF PARENTS OF KIDS THAT OF,
YOU KNOW, FRIENDS OF MY OWN DAUGHTER WHO'S THERE? IT'S JUST SUCH A GREAT COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, BUILDING THING. 
          AND I'M SO GLAD THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT
DOING AWAY WITH NEXT YEAR, BECAUSE I JUST CANNOT IMAGINE GOING FORWARD WITHOUT SPORTS IN MIDDLE SCHOOLS. 
          JUST INSANE. SO SUPER HAPPY ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED IN THE LEGISLATURE. 
          AND YEAH. THANKS, TOM, FOR BRINGING UP THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. 
          I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE DISTRICTS THAT ARE THIS YEAR PUTTING IN A
POLICY THAT BANS CELL PHONES FROM ALL SCHOOLS AND IN THEIR DISTRICT FROM BELL TO BELL AND INCLUDING MY OWN SCHOOL DISTRICT WHERE I
TEACH, WHICH IS SNOHOMISH SCHOOL DISTRICT AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO,
YOU KNOW, 
          [02:10:01]
MAYBE STEP UP OUR EFFORTS ON AS WELL, BECAUSE IT'S THERE'S WAY TOO MUCH RESEARCH OUT THERE
THAT TELLS YOU THAT IT'S JUST NOT GOOD TO HAVE THEM IN SCHOOL, PERIOD. 
          SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO MAKE IT MORE POSSIBLE IN THE CLASSROOM,
I THINK WE SHOULD. 
          THANKS. DIRECTOR SMITH A COUPLE THINGS. FIRST ONE. 
          YEAH. SAMUEL, IF YOU WANT TO PULL THAT UP, WE DISCUSSED THIS A LITTLE BIT EARLIER WHEN WE
WERE TALKING ABOUT GRAD RATES. 
          I KNOW THE BOARD. WHEN WE WERE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION,
WE TALKED ABOUT IT, AND I BROUGHT IT UP, AND I JUST WANTED TO SHOW THE GRAPH TO OUR BOARD MEMBERS HERE. OUR BOYS HAVE CONSISTENTLY BEEN BEHIND OUR GIRLS AT GRAD RATES ANYWHERE FROM
FOUR TO, I THINK, UP TO 8% SOME YEARS. THIS IS A THING THAT I DON'T THINK THAT WE REALLY WERE AWARE
OF. 
          IT MIRRORS NATIONAL TRENDS. SO IT'S NOT SUPER SURPRISING THAT IT'S HAPPENING HERE,
BUT I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WEREN'T FULLY AWARE OF. 
          BUT NOW WE ARE AND IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO ADDRESS WHEN WE
TALK ABOUT GRAD RATES AND WE TALK ABOUT EQUITY AND WE TALK ABOUT ALL THESE OTHER THINGS WE ARE CLEARLY LEAVING QUITE A FEW OF OUR BOYS BEHIND FOR REASONS THAT I DON'T NECESSARILY
KNOW. 
          AND SO I DID SPEAK TO DOCTOR MINER ABOUT THIS,
AND I REALLY HAVE PUT THIS SORT OF BACK IN THE DISTRICT'S COURT TO HELP US FIGURE OUT WHY IT IS THAT WE ARE LAGGING IN THIS WAY, BECAUSE THESE TWO GROUPS,
FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, SHOULD BE EQUAL. THEY'RE RANDOM SAMPLINGS. THERE'S NOTHING THAT WOULD STAND OUT TO ME THAT
WOULD MAKE ME THINK THAT BOYS SHOULD BE GRADUATING AT A LOWER RATE THAN OUR GIRLS. 
          SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I HOPE WE ADDRESS MOVING FORWARD. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO SEE GROWTH HERE AND GET THESE NUMBERS A LITTLE BIT CLOSER THAN WHERE THEY
ARE. SO THAT WAS THE FIRST THING. 
          I ALSO NEVER THOUGHT THAT I'D HAVE THIS HAPPEN,
AND TWO OF THEM HAVE LEFT. 
          BUT THREE OF MY FORMER INSTRUCTORS WERE IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT. 
          SO THAT WAS WEIRD. BUT HE'S NOT HERE NOW. BUT I DO JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE
OF JOURNALISM AND HOW IF YOU HAD ASKED ME WHEN I GRADUATED, WHAT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I DID IN HIGH SCHOOL WAS,
JOURNALISM WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN THE ANSWER. IT WAS A FUN THING THAT I DID, BUT IT TAUGHT ME TO ASK THE TOUGH QUESTIONS,
WHICH I NOW DO AS A CAREER. 
          I WAS I REMEMBER LIKE, HAVING TO DO INTERVIEWS WITH TEACHERS OR I'M SURE DOCTOR SCHWAB
DOES NOT REMEMBER THIS. 
          BUT DURING THE SMALLER SCHOOLS DEBATE AT MALIK TERRACE,
I HAD SOME TOUGH QUESTIONS FOR HIM AND IT WAS THE FIRST TIME, I THINK, IN MY LIFE THAT I TOLD SOMEONE IN A POSITION OF POWER THAT I THOUGHT THEY WERE
MAKING A HUGE MISTAKE. AND IT MADE ME, YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T HIS DECISION, BUT HE WAS THE FIGUREHEAD AT THE TIME,
AND HE WAS THE PERSON WHO I TOLD YOU WERE MAKING A MISTAKE AND IT PUT ME IN A POSITION WHERE I BECAME COMFORTABLE BEING UNCOMFORTABLE. 
          I HAD TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS OF PEOPLE AND AGAIN,
IT IS A SKILL I USE EVERY DAY. 
          AND THE QUESTION THAT VINCE TOLD US TO ASK EVERYBODY AT THE END OF EVERY INTERVIEW,
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD? AND IT'S SO SIMPLE, BUT EVERY TIME I ASK IT,
I THINK OF EVENTS AND I THINK OF THE HAWKEYE AND I THINK OF JOURNALISM. 
          AND SO THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE A SOFT SPOT IN MY HEART FOR,
HAWKEYE. 
          AND I JUST LOVE THE WORK THAT THEY DO AND THE LESSONS THAT THE STUDENTS LEARN FROM IT. 
          AND LIKE I SAID, IF YOU HAD ASKED ME AT THE END OF HIGH SCHOOL WHAT THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING I DID WAS, IT WOULD NOT BE THAT. BUT IT TURNS OUT IN THE ARC OF MY LIFE IT HAS BEEN THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING. 
          SO AND THEN THERE WAS JUST ONE MORE THING I WANTED TO SAY HERE. 
          IT OCCURRED TO ME EARLIER THIS WEEK AND THIS IS JUST MORE REFLECTIVE,
AND THIS IS DIRECTED TO OUR STUDENTS HERE AND MAYBE ANY OTHER STUDENT WHO MIGHT WATCH A BOARD MEETING, WHICH I HAVE MERCY UPON THEIR SOUL IF THEY'RE WATCHING BOARD MEETINGS. 
          BUT IT'S JUST THIS IDEA THAT. AND I'M I KNOW THAT. 
          SO I'M THE ONLY BOARD MEMBER HERE WHO IS A MILLENNIAL. 
          AND GROWING UP, WE HEARD THAT ALL THE TIME. THEY THINK THEY'RE SPECIAL. 
          THEY'RE DOING THIS. I WROTE DOWN SOME THINGS THAT WE HAVE KILLED. 
          MILLENNIALS HAVE KILLED RELIGION. WE HAVE KILLED MARRIAGE. 
          WE HAVE KILLED MOTORCYCLES, DOORBELLS, SOMEHOW. 
          MAYONNAISE. I'M NOT SURE HOW WE KILLED MAYONNAISE,
BUT APPARENTLY WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATH OF MAYONNAISE. I DON'T REMEMBER, I HAVE NEVER SEEN AN ARTICLE FROM THE 1920S ABOUT THE SILENT GENERATION KILLING THE TELEGRAPH,
BUT APPARENTLY BECAUSE IT WENT AWAY DURING OUR TIME, WE HAVE KILLED IT. BUT MY. SO MY POINT IS THAT TO THE GEN Z PEOPLE HERE IS THAT I'M NOT AS
TRIGGERED WHEN PEOPLE LIKE, SAY, GEN Z IS RUINING SOCIETY, BUT I'M SURE IT IS HAPPENING. 
          AND THE REASON I'M SURE THIS IS HAPPENING IS BECAUSE WE WENT FROM A TIME WHEN I WAS
YOUNGER WHERE WE DIDN'T HAVE COMPUTERS IN OUR POCKETS, WE DIDN'T HAVE MESSAGES BEING BEAMED TO US ALL THE TIME. 
          TIME MAGAZINE WASN'T RUNNING ARTICLES ABOUT HOW THE YOUNGER GENERATION WAS KILLING
EVERYTHING AND DESTROYING SOCIETY LIKE IT HAS BECOME VERY IN VOGUE TO BE VERY PUBLIC, THAT THE YOUNGER GENERATION IS RUINING EVERYTHING AND THAT'S
NEW. 
          THAT IS VERY NEW AND I THINK I'VE DONE OKAY. AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF YOU
HEARD THAT, 
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TOO, THAT THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO GET THOSE MESSAGES. 
          AND ESPECIALLY AS YOU GROW UP THROUGH YOUR 20S,
CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY THINGS MY GENERATION WAS BLAMED FOR. 
          AND WE'RE DOING OKAY. AND YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HEAR THAT. 
          AND YOU'LL END UP AT YOUR POINT, PROBABLY, WHERE AT SOME POINT YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THE
YOUNGER GENERATION RUINING EVERYTHING, TOO. BUT DON'T LET IT GET TO YOU. YOU KNOW, KEEP YOUR HEADS HIGH. 
          YOU'RE DOING GREAT. ESPECIALLY THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE HERE ADVISING THE BOARD. 
          YOU'RE SHOWING A LOT OF LEADERSHIP, AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT. BUT TO YOUR PEERS AS
WELL, LIKE YOU ARE GOING TO BE OUR LEADERS OF TOMORROW AND DON'T LET THOSE DON'T LET THAT NOISE GET TO YOU. DIRECTOR CHASE. I JUST LOVE FOLLOWING DIRECTOR SMITH. I THINK SAYING JINX IS OKAY. I THINK GEN X IS DOING OKAY TOO. 
          JUST SAYING. 
          I THINK ME A LOT OF THE COMMENTS. I REALLY ALIGN WITH MOST OF THE COMMENTS TONIGHT. 
          ABOUT THAT EVERYONE HAS MADE, SO I WON'T CONTINUE ON. 
          THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP THE GUEST SPEAKER FOR EACH THAT'S COMING UP TOMORROW. 
          VERY GOOD. I'M ALSO REALLY PLEASED THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE JOURNALISM
AWARD EVENT IN ROBOTICS, GOING WITH CHILL WITH MOUNTLAKE TERRACE TO SOME OF THESE COMPETITIONS HAS BEEN VERY,
VERY SPECIAL. 
          AND IT'S A BIG PART OF MY FAMILY. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO BE PART OF THIS
COMMUNITY ON THAT. 
          AND I ALSO ON THE POINT OF JOURNALISM, YOU KNOW,
I STILL GO TO THE HAWKEYE FOR ARTICLES. 
          I MEAN, THERE'S THERE'S SOME REALLY GOOD JOURNALISM THERE. AND IF FOLKS HAVEN'T BEEN
READING THIS PUBLICATION, I REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO SO. AND, YOU KNOW, THE THINGS THAT I'M THINKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW IS. 
          THE BUDGETS ARE MORAL DOCUMENTS. I'M THINKING ABOUT THE STATE BUDGET RIGHT NOW,
AND THE FACT THAT THE WHILE WE HAVE BEEN FUNDED AND AS WAS BROUGHT UP, THAT THE PERCENTAGE OF THE BUDGET THAT IS GOING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION IS GETTING SMALLER,
THAT DOES NOT REFLECTIVE TO ME OF OUR CONSTITUTION AND WASHINGTON STATE AND THE PARAMOUNT DUTY AND I DO THINK IT'S SOMETHING TO EVERYONE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS
IS DEFINITELY NOT OVER. 
          AND WE DO HAVE A CONSTITUTION, WASHINGTON STATE,
THE PARAMOUNT DUTY IS TO FUND PUBLIC EDUCATION AND KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          I ALSO WANTED TO APPRECIATE THAT I DID NOT REALIZE THAT THE MEMORIAL FOR THE FORMER
EDMONDS STUDENTS LOST IN MILITARY SERVICES NOW AT THE EDMONDS MEMORIAL CEMETERY AND I WANT TO COMMEMORATE THE LIVES OF
FORMER STUDENTS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN MILITARY SERVICE. 
          SO I APPRECIATE THAT NEWS BEING ON OUR WEBSITE,
BECAUSE I WAS NOT AWARE THAT THAT MEMORIAL WAS THERE. 
          I THINK IT HAD IT BEEN SOMEWHERE ELSE AT SOME POINT. SO THAT'S IT FOR RIGHT NOW. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'M JUST GOING TO SORT OF MAKE A SUMMARY STATEMENT OF TONIGHT FROM A
BIRD'S EYE VIEW. 
          I THINK THAT WHAT TONIGHT SAID TO ME WAS THAT WE HAVE SOME AMAZING AREAS,
POCKETS OF TRUE EXCELLENCE IN THE DISTRICT AT ALL LEVELS, SEEN WITH ROBOTICS AND JOURNALISM, AS WELL AS AT EDMONDS L AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL,
THE KIND OF WORK THAT'S BEING DONE. 
          WE ALSO ARE MAKING PROGRESS, EVEN THOUGH IT MIGHT BE NOT AS PERKY AS SOME MIGHT LIKE,
BUT WE ARE MAKING SOME SLOW PROGRESS IN SOME VERY CHALLENGING, DIFFICULT,
BUT EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AREAS TO ENSURE THAT ALL OUR KIDS REALLY GET AN EXCELLENT EDUCATION, NO MATTER WHERE THEY ARE IN THE DISTRICT. 
          I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO'S PART OF THE WORK. 
          TOMORROW IS THE LAST SUPERINTENDENT STUDENT ADVISORY MEETING OF THE YEAR,
SO HOPEFULLY I'LL GET TO SEE OUR STUDENTS THERE. 
          WE'RE GOING TO WELCOME THE NEW STUDENTS WHO WERE SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE NEXT YEAR,
IF THEY CAN MAKE IT. 
          AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. AND IT OCCURRED TO ME THAT PERHAPS THAT IS A GROUP WE
SHOULD CELEBRATE AT A BOARD MEETING. 
          SOME OF THEM ARE HERE REGULARLY, BUT NOT ALL OF THEM. 
          SO I MIGHT SEE IF I CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A LITTLE BIT SHORT NOTICE FOR
THEM THIS YEAR. 
          SATURDAY IS A BIG DAY. WE HAVE THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS FAIR AT EDMONDS-WOODWAY THAT
INCLUDES A LOT OF COMMUNITY FOLKS. 
          SO WHEN I SAY FOLKS GROUPS WHO COME. IT'S A WELL ATTENDED,
SO I HOPE YOU MAY CONSIDER STOPPING BY THERE. 
          THE CAR SHOW HAS BEEN MENTIONED, AND THEN I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T CALL OUT. 
          THERE WILL BE STUDENT PERFORMANCES AS WELL, BUT AT THE MUSIC EVENT ON SATURDAY,
OUR OWN DOCTOR SCHWAB AND HIS BAND, STRAY DOGS WILL BE PERFORMING, AND I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF HEARING THEM BEFORE I. 
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THEY ARE THE LAST BAND TO PERFORM, WHICH I BELIEVE MAKES YOU LIKE THE HEADLINER,
RIGHT? AND SO THEY WILL BE PERFORMING AT THAT EVENT. 
          I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF HEARING THEM PERFORM BEFORE AND IT IS REALLY FUN. 
          SO I HOPE IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO ATTEND THAT YOU WILL BE. 
          AND THEN WE'LL BE STARTING OUR CELEBRATIONS AFTER OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING. 
          THANK YOU. AND THIS REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING OF THE EDMONDS SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF
DIRECTORS IS ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.