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          >> GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME. 
          [1. CALL TO ORDER-6:30 pm]
THIS REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING OF THE EDMOND SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER, AND I'LL TAKE ROLL CALL. DIRECTOR GERARD. 
          [2. ROLL CALL-6:31 pm (ALL TIMES ARE ESTIMATED)]
          >> PRESENT. 
          >> DIRECTOR KRAMER. 
          >> PRESENT. 
          >> DIRECTOR SMITH. 
          >> PRESENT. 
          >> DIRECTOR CHASE. 
          HERE. 
          >> I'M DIRECTOR ATOM, SO WE ARE ALL HERE TONIGHT. 
          NEXT, I'LL ASK DOCTOR MINOR TO DO THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT. 
          [3. LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT-6:32 pm]
          >> THANK YOU, DOCTOR ATOMS. WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF THIS PLACE, THE SODOBSH PEOPLE, AND THEIR SUCCESSORS, THE TWO LILB TRIBES, WHO, SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL, HAVE TAKEN CARE OF HUNTED, FISH, 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. NOW, IF EVERYBODY WILL RISE AND JOIN ME IN THE FLAG SALUTE. 
          [4. FLAG SALUTE-6:33 pm]
          >> 
          >> NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. 
          [5. APPROVAL OF AGENDA-6:34 pm]
DO I HEAR A MOTION IN A SECOND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED? 
          >> SO MOVED. 
          >> I'LL SECOND. 
          >> WE'VE HAD A MOTION TO APPROVE IN A SECOND. 
          IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. I'LL ASK, ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? HEARING NO OBJECTIONS. 
          THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT IS APPROVED AS PRESENTED. 
          NEXT, WE HAVE SOME OF OUR FAVORITE TIMES, 
          [6. SCHOOL PRESENTATION- 6:35 pm]
WHICH IS OUR SCHOOL PRESENTATIONS. 
          >> ABSOLUTELY. WE ARE SO PLEASED TONIGHT TO WELCOME SPRUCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO JOIN US. 
          I'M GOING TO START BY INTRODUCING PRINCIPAL RONA NACOR, WHO CAN THEN BRING FORWARD HER STUDENTS. 
          >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS RONAN ACRE, AND IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE TONIGHT. 
          I'M EXCITED TO INTRODUCE SOME OF OUR STUDENT LEADERS HERE, AND I HAVE KENDALL, KAI, MEN AND WALLY, AND THEY WILL LEAD OUR STUDENT PRESENTATION FOR TONIGHT. 
          >> WE ARE SPRUCE, VIBRANT DIVERSE COMMUNITY TITLE ONE SCHOOL, DUAL LANGUAGE, OVER 40 SPOKEN LANGUAGES, OVER 651 STUDENTS, 296 STUDENTS QUALIFYING FOR MULTI LANGUAGE SERVICES. 
          304 STUDENTS RECEIVING TITLE SERVICES, 97 STUDENTS QUALIFYING FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES, 90 STAFF MEMBERS. 
          >> SPRUCE BLOOD. AS SPRUCE, WE ARE COMPASSIONATE CITIZENS. 
          WE ARE RESPONSIBLE AND RESPECTFUL, EVEN WHEN IT'S NOT EASY. 
          EVEN WHEN NO ONE'S LOOKING. 
          WE HAD THE COURAGE TO WORK FOR THE COMING GOOD. WE ARE SPRUCE. 
          IMPROVE IMPROVEMENT BLONDING. 
          C. BY THE END OF THE 2026 TO 2027, SCHOOL YEAR OF SCHOOL YEAR DESCENT, SCENES OF SENSE OF BLONDING, AND ENGAGEMENT FOR STUDENTS GRADES. 
          DUE TO SIX WILL INCREASE FROM 68% TO 83% AS MEASURED BY THE DISTRICT'S SOCIAL EMOTIONAL SURVEY. 
          >> HOW DOES BELONGING CONNECT TO LEARNING BOOSTS MOTIVATION AND ENGAGEMENT. 
          WHEN KIDS FEEL THEY BELONG, THEY TRY HARDER AND PAY MORE ATTENTION IN CLASS, ENCOURAGES POSITIVE BEHAVIOR. 
          BLONGING HELPS KIDS ACT KINDLY AND FOLLOW THE RULES. 
          SUPPORTS MENTAL HEALTH. 
          WHEN STUDENTS FEEL THEY BELONG, THEY FEEL HI AND LESS STRESSED. 
          INCREASES PERSISTENCE IN ATTENDANCE. 
          KIDS WHO FEEL WELCOME COME TO SCHOOL MORE AND DON'T GIVE UP EASILY. 
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          >> OUR STUDENT LED PROGRAM INCLUDE SPORTS AND ART CLUB FOR FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADE, ART WITH HEART, RUNNING CLUBS, KINDERGARTEN, SIXTH GRADE, ART DESIGN, GIRLS ON THE RUN, SAFETY PATROL, PUPS REPAIRS, SEVERAL PATROL, KINDERGARTEN BUDDIES, STEAM CLUBS, STUDENT COUNCIL. 
          STUDENT COUNCIL, MODELING, KINDNESS, AND LEADERSHIP, RUNNING AND ORGANIZING ASSEMBLY, AND FAMILY EVENTS. 
          MOK ASSEMBLY, MOVIE NIGHT, FAMILY DINNERS, MULTICULTURAL NIGHT, MULTICULTURAL NIGHT, AND BINGO NIGHT. 
          MAINTAINING SCHOOL CLEANLINESS, ADVOCATE AND ELEVATE STUDENT VOICES. 
          >> ART WIT HEART. ART WIT HEART IS A PROGRAM THAT PROMOTES INCLUSIVITY, COMMUNITY, AND BELONGING THROUGH ART PROJECTS, GIVING EVERY STUDENT A SPACE TO FEEL SEEN AND SEEN, HEARD, AND CONNECTED. 
          ART WIT HEART IS CREATED BY THE ARTFUL MIND OF MISS HEART DEVELOPMENTAL KINDERGARTEN TEACHER, IMPLEMENTED AND SUPPORTED BY EVERY INDIVIDUAL AT SPRUCE AND IS THE BOOK OF THE DAY. 
          >> BOOKS FOR BEARS RADA THONG WITH DOCTOR WARMUTH. 
          SPRUCE DRAGONS WILL TAKE PART IN A SCHOOL WIDE READ OFTHON CALLED BOOKS FOR BEARS. 
          THIS IS THE FIFTH ANNUAL RADO THON. 
          OVER TWO SCHOOL DAYS STUDENTS WILL READ AND RECORD THE NUMBER OF BOOKS COMPLETED ACROSS OUR ENTIRE SCHOOL. HOW IT WORKS. 
          FIRST, EVERY BOOK READ SPONSOR BROWN BEAR CAR WASH DATES $1 TO PAL WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER. 
          THE FUNDS SUPPORT THE CARE AND RECOVERY OF ORPHANED AND INJURED BABY BLACK BEARS IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          STUDENTS DON'T BRING MONEY OR ASK FOR DONATIONS, THEIR READING UNLOCKS THE COMMUNITY DONATION, WHEN 100% OF THE FUNDS GO DIRECTLY TO PALS TO HEALTHCARE FOR THE BEARS. 
          >> ANY QUESTIONS? [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU SO MUCH, STUDENTS. 
          THAT WAS A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION, AND I'LL ASK OUR STUDENT ADVISORS AND OUR REGULAR BOARD MEMBERS ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. 
          >> I HAVE JUST ONE QUESTION. 
          YOU GUYS MENTIONED, LIKE, YOUR STUDENT LED CLUBS. 
          I WAS WONDERING IF YOU GUYS COULD, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, GIVE SOME EXAMPLES OF, LIKE, WHAT YOU GUYS DO IN THOSE STUDENT LED CLUBS AND, LIKE, HOW YOU GUYS DEAL WITH, LIKE, PEER TO PEER CONFLICT AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          IF YOU PARTICIPATE IN ANY OF THEM, JUST LIKE, IF YOU LIKE IT OR? 
          >> CLUBS, WE USUALLY THERE'S DIFFERENT KINDS OF SPORTS. 
          THERE'S ONE THAT IS BASKETBALL. 
          YOU LEARN BASKETBALL AND EVERYTHING. 
          THERE'S VOLLEYBALL, WHICH IS REALLY FUN AND YOU CAN LEARN AND THERE'S SOCCER. 
          >> THAT'S AWESOME. THANK YOU. THAT'S REALLY COOL. 
          >> WELL, AS A FARMER LIBRARY, AND I JUST HAVE TO SAY BOOKS FOR BEARS. 
          FANTASTIC. I LOVE IT. 
          I LOVE THE WAY YOU IT'S STRUCTURED SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE MONEY, BUT YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING REALLY IMPORTANT THAT HELPS THE WILD LIFE AND THE PULSE REHABILITATION CENTER. 
          THAT'S JUST WONDERFUL. I WAS GOING TO ASK A QUESTION SIMILAR TO TATIANA'S. 
          THE SPORTS AND ART CLUBS ARE FOR FIFTH AND SIXTH. 
          MOST OF YOU FIFTH AND SIXTH? 
          >> YES. 
          >> BUT THERE ARE CLUBS THEN, ALSO FOR THE YOUNGER KIDS? 
          >> YES. 
          >> WHEN YOU WERE IN THOSE EARLIER GRADES, WERE THERE ANY THAT YOU WERE IN THAT YOU PARTICULARLY ENJOYED? 
          >> STEM STEAM CLUB? 
          >> THAT'S FOR ALL OF YOU OR ANY OF YOU THAT HAVE AN ANSWER. 
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          >> STUDENT COUNCIL, AND SILVER PATROL. 
          I GUESS, GIRLS ON THE RUN, TOO. 
          >> OH, NICE. GREAT. THANK YOU. 
          >> ALL MY QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED PREVIOUSLY, THEY'RE SIMILAR TO THE QUESTIONS ASKED BEFORE, BUT I JUST HAVE A COMMENT. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING BRAVE. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT, SO NICE JOB HAVING THE COURAGE TO SPEAK UP AND REALLY APPRECIATE IT. [APPLAUSE] 
          >> I HAVE A TWO PART QUESTION FOR OUR PRESENTERS THERE. 
          THE FIRST ONE IS, ARE YOU GUYS EXCITED TO BE WORKING WITH PALS? DO YOU GUYS LIKE WORKING WITH WILDLIFE? THE FACT THAT YOU'RE DOING THAT IS THAT COOL TO YOU? SECONDLY, WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, I VOLUNTEERED AT PAUSE. 
          WOULD ANY OF YOU CONSIDER THAT IN THE FUTURE AS SOMETHING YOU COULD DO? 
          >> YES. 
          >> YES. 
          >> I REALLY APPRECIATE GETTING TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE SCHOOL. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PRESENTING FOR US TONIGHT. 
          [APPLAUSE] I'D LIKE TO JUST ADD, I REALLY LOVED THE SCHOOL PLEDGE. 
          ONE PIECE OF THAT THAT WAS REALLY SPECIAL THAT WE ALL NEED TO THINK ABOUT IS TO BE RESPONSIBLE, EVEN WHEN NO ONE IS LOOKING. 
          THAT WAS EXCELLENT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING AND SHARING ALL THE GOOD STUFF YOU GUYS ARE DOING. 
          >> WELL, PRINCIPAL NICO, IT'S ALWAYS TOUGH TO HAVE TO FOLLOW THE STUDENT PRESENTATIONS. 
          MORE THAN ONCE, I THOUGHT, MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE THE PRINCIPAL GO FIRST. 
          THEN THE STUDENTS. 
          YOU ARE NOW PRETTY TO GO AHEAD AND START THE SCHOOL PRESENTATION TO SHARE YOUR SIT PLAN, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 
          >> THANK YOU. HI AGAIN. I'M RONAN KUR. 
          I'M VERY PROUD OF BEING THE SPRUCE ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL. 
          WE'RE DOING SOME REALLY GOOD WORK TO SUPPORT ALL OUR STUDENTS. 
          THE STUDENTS HAVE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR DEMOGRAPHICS, AND I WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT DURING THIS PRESENTATION. 
          EVEN THOUGH WE'RE FOCUSING ON ALL DIFFERENT AREAS, ELA, READING AND MATH, WE CHOSE ELA FOR TODAY, AND PART OF IT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE THE LARGEST ML POPULATION IN THE DISTRICT. 
          WE HAVE OVER 300 STUDENTS. 
          EVEN THOUGH THIS PRESENTATION WAS SUBMITTED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, THE NUMBERS ACTUALLY ARE DIFFERENT NOW, A LITTLE DIFFERENT. 
          WE HAVE A HIGH MOBILITY IN OUR SCHOOL. 
          OUR THREE YEAR SBA ELA SIP IS BY THE END OF THE 26 27 SCHOOL YEAR, THIRD THROUGH SIXTH GRADE STUDENTS AT SPRUCE ELEMENTARY WILL IMPROVE THE PERCENTAGE MEETING GRADE LEVEL STANDARD IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS, ELA BY AT LEAST 10% FROM 37%-47% BASED ON SBA SCORES. 
          ANNUAL GOAL IS FOCUSED ON IRD, AND IRD IS USED QUARTERLY IN OUR SCHOOL. 
          WE USE THE DIAGNOSTIC TO DETERMINE STUDENTS LEVELS AND THEIR GROWTH. 
          BY THE END OF THE 25 26 SCHOOL YEAR, THE PERCENTAGE OF FIRST THROUGH SIXTH GRADE STUDENTS AT SPRUCE ELEMENTARY PERFORMING AT OR ABOVE GRADE LEVEL IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS WILL INCREASE FROM 23-48% AS MEASURED BY THE IRD READING ASSESSMENT. 
          AS YOU SEE, WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO. 
          I'M CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN MEET AND EXCEED OUR GOALS BECAUSE WE HAVE BRILLIANT STUDENTS, HIGHLY SKILLED TEACHERS, AND VERY SUPPORTIVE FAMILIES. 
          BEFORE I MOVE INTO THE ACTION THEORY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON IS STRENGTHENING CORE 1 INSTRUCTION, AND PART OF THAT IS STARTING WITH BUILDING AN EQUITABLE MASTER SCHEDULE TO MAKE SURE KIDS ARE NOT MISSING CORE INSTRUCTION, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE LARGE NUMBER OF OUR STUDENTS WHO RECEIVE DIFFERENT INTERVENTIONS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION, ML, AND TITLE. 
          OUR THEORY OF ACTION IS IF WE STRENGTHEN ONE INSTRUCTION BY IMPLEMENTING TARGETED GLAD AND SI UP LITERACY STRATEGIES, USE A K THROUGH SIX MULTILINGUAL PUSH IN MODEL TO INTEGRATE LANGUAGE AND CONTENT SUPPORT AND COLLABORATE REGULARLY THROUGH OUR MTSS TEAM TO MONITOR AND ADJUST INSTRUCTION, 
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USING MULTIPLE DATA SOURCES, THEN ALL STUDENTS, SPECIALLY MULTILINGUAL AND HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED LEARNERS, WILL DEMONSTRATE STRONGER CONTENT, UNDERSTANDING, LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY, AND ACADEMIC GROWTH. 
          LAST YEAR WAS MY FIRST YEAR AT SPRUCE, AND I ALSO HAVE HERE, MISS ZENZ, OUR FABULOUS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, AND I'M LUCKY TO WORK WITH HER. 
          OUR TEAM THIS YEAR FOCUSED ON INSTEAD OF LOOKING AT AN UMBRELLA OF STRATEGIES AROUND GLAD AND SIOP, OUR TEAM DECIDED TO FOCUS ON SPECIFIC STRATEGIES, THAT WAY WE'LL BE ABLE TO MEASURE AND ASSESS AND ADJUST INSTRUCTION AS NEEDED. 
          THE ML PUSH IN, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT WORK.WE HAVE SOME TEACHERS WHO ARE ACTUALLY DOING CO TEACHING NOW, WHICH IS THE NEXT LEVEL, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          THE ONLY GROUP OF STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT RECEIVING PUSH IN MODEL ARE THE NEWCOMERS IN THE ENGLISH STRAND. 
          BUT THE NEWCOMERS IN THE DU ON LANGUAGE STRAND ARE GETTING PUSH IN AS WELL THIS YEAR, WHICH IS WHICH HAS BEEN GREAT. 
          WE ARE FOCUSING ON INTEGRATING SIOP AND GLAD STRATEGIES ACROSS ALL CONTENT AREAS. 
          THE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES THE TEAM ARE COMMITTED TO AND VOTED FOR ARE STRUCTURED INTERACTION, WHICH IS T PAIR SHARE. 
          I'M SURE A LOT OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH IT, AND TURN AND TALK, VISUALS AND REALIA, BUILDING BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE AND COMPREHENSIBLE INPUT. 
          THE QSSSA, WHICH IS LIKE FIVE STRATEGIES IN ONE. 
          THE QUESTION, SIGNAL, STEM, SHARE ASSESS AND ACADEMIC VOCABULARY STRATEGIES. 
          I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU WHY EACH ONE IS IMPORTANT AND IT WAS CAREFULLY CHOSEN BY OUR TEAM TO SUPPORT OUR KIDS. 
          FOR A STRUCTURED INTERACTION, WHY IT WORKS, IT WORKS BECAUSE STUDENTS LEARN LANGUAGE BEST WHEN THEY ACTIVELY USE IT IN A MEANINGFUL, STRUCTURED WAYS, ELEMENTARY STUDENTS THRIVE WITH ROUTINES THAT MAKE SPEAKING AND LISTENING SAFE, PREDICTABLE, AND PURPOSEFUL. 
          THE USE OF VISUALS AND REALIA IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE ELEMENTARY STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS BENEFIT GREATLY FROM VISUALS, GESTURES, AND HANDS ON MATERIALS THAT CONNECT NEW CONTENT TO PRIOR KNOWLEDGE AND MAKE ABSTRACT IDEAS CONCRETE. 
          >> THE QSSSA IS POWERFUL BECAUSE IT DIRECTLY PROMOTES ORAL LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT. 
          THE SKILL ALL STUDENTS, ML STUDENTS IN SPECIFIC NEED MOST TO ACCESS ACADEMIC LEARNING. 
          IT PROVIDES STRUCTURED SPEAKING AND LISTENING OPPORTUNITIES, ENSURING EVERY STUDENT PARTICIPATES INSTEAD OF A FEW. 
          SENTENCE STEMS REDUCING ANXIETY AND MODEL ACADEMIC LANGUAGE, HELPING STUDENTS RESPOND CONFIDENTLY INCOMPLETE SENTENCES, AND REPETITION IS REALLY SUPPORTIVE OF THEIR UNDERSTANDING. 
          FOR ACADEMIC VOCABULARY, UNDERSTANDING AND USING CONTENT SPECIFIC VOCABULARY ALLOWS ALL STUDENTS AND ML STUDENTS IN SPECIFIC TO MAKE SENSE OF COMPLEX TEXT, DISCUSSION, AND WRITING TASKS. 
          EXPLICITLY TEACHING, REPEATING, AND CONNECTING WORDS TO MEANING AND VISUALS HELPS BUILD BOTH RECEPTIVE AND PRODUCTIVE LANGUAGE. 
          TSS COLLABORATIVE MEETINGS, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE STARTED THIS YEAR, WE'LL ANALYZE SEVERAL DATA SOURCES TO PINPOINT SPECIFIC ACADEMIC AND BEHAVIORAL NEEDS, THEN DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT TARGETED INSTRUCTION AND EVIDENCE BASED INTERVENTIONS TO ACCELERATE STUDENT GROWTH AND SUCCESS. 
          ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE SLIDE SHOW ARE OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 
          WE'RE WORKING ON PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ON THE SPECIFIC GLAD STRATEGIES THAT WE AGREED ON. 
          WE ARE ALSO GETTING TRAINING ON THE 95%, WHICH IS THE ADOPTED PHONICS CURRICULUM. 
          WE ALSO HAVE I-READY TRAINING, AND WE'RE TRYING TO USE SOME OF OUR TIME TO PROVIDE FOR TEACHERS TO COLLABORATE WITH MTSS TEAM TO SUPPORT THEM, SUPPORT STUDENTS. 
          THE ASSESSMENTS WE USE ARE USED DISTRICT WIDE. 
          FOR IID, FIRST THROUGH SIXTH GRADES, WE USE IT QUARTERLY. 
          FOR KINDERGARTEN, IT'S IN THE WINTER AND SPRING. 
          UNITS OF STUDY WRITING RECORDS AND END OF UNIT ASSESSMENTS ARE USED FOR FIRST THROUGH SIX, AND IT'S ALSO HAPPENING QUARTERLY AND ONGOING. 
          FOR KINDERGARTEN, WE USE WALK KIDS IN THE FALL. 
          WIDA IS A TEST FOR MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS, AND OUR STUDENTS TAKE IT LATE WINTER. 
          ACADIANCE IS GIVEN TO STUDENTS WHO ARE RECEIVING TITLE AND READING SUPPORTS, AND IT HAPPENS ALSO QUARTERLY. 
          SBA HAPPENS IN THE SPRING FOR STUDENTS THREE THROUGH SIX GRADES. ANY QUESTIONS? 
          [00:20:10]
          >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION. 
          ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? 
          >> IF I CAN ASK A LITTLE ABOUT NEWCOMERS. 
          YOU SAID OVER 300 MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS. 
          HOW MANY OF THOSE WOULD BE NEWCOMERS? 
          >> WHEN I WORKED ON THE PRESENTATION, WE HAD OVER 25. 
          >> OH, MY. HOW LONG DO THEY CONTINUE TO BE CONSIDERED NEWCOMER? IS IT A MATTER OF HOW QUICKLY THEY PROGRESS THAN THEY GET INTEGRATED INTO REGULAR CLASSROOMS? 
          >> YES, BECAUSE NOT ALL OF THEM COME WITHOUT AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE. 
          SOME OF THEM ARE ALREADY LEARNING LANGUAGE IN THEIR HOME COUNTRY. 
          IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE STUDENT. 
          >> WHEN THEY'RE IN THE NEWCOMER GROUP, DO THEY GET INTRODUCED TO SOME OF THOSE STRATEGIES LIKE THE STRUCTURED INTERACTION THAT THEY WOULD SO THAT THEY'RE PREPARED TO GO INTO THE REGULAR? 
          >> YES, GREAT QUESTION. ACTUALLY, ONE OF OUR FOCUSED AREAS IS TO MAKE SURE ALL THE STRATEGIES THAT WE AGREED ON ARE USED IN TITLE GROUPS, ML GROUPS, AND SPECIAL ED GROUPS. 
          OUR ML TEAM IS THEY'RE ACTUALLY LEADERS IN OUR BUILDING ON GLD STRATEGIES. 
          THEY ALSO PROVIDE PD FOR THE STAFF. 
          >> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. 
          >> THE QUESTION I HAVE HAS TO DO WITH THE EQUITABLE SCHEDULE. 
          AS A FORMER ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL, I KNOW THAT'S A VERY CHALLENGING THING TO DO. 
          IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE ALREADY COMPLETED, OR IS THAT A WORK IN PROGRESS? 
          >> IT IS A WORK IN PROGRESS, AND IT IS VERY CHALLENGING, AND IT'S THE MOST COMPLEX THING WE HAVE. 
          PART OF IT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF TEACHERS. 
          WE HAVE 31 CLASSROOM TEACHERS. 
          WE HAVE SEVEN TITLE TEACHERS, FOUR ML TEACHERS, AND THREE SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS. 
          WHAT WE DID THIS LAST YEAR WAS WE WANTED THE TITLE TEAM TO PLUG IN THEIR INTERVENTION BLOCKS FIRST. 
          THEN WE TRIED TO WORK WITH THE SPECIALIST TO MAKE SURE KIDS ARE NOT MISSING CORE INSTRUCTION AND THE BLOCKS, THE READING AND THE WRITING AND THE MATH. 
          WHAT I WOULD DO DIFFERENTLY NEXT YEAR IS START WITH SPECIAL ED BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT MISSING ANYTHING, AND THEN GO TO TITLE AND THEN EVERYTHING ELSE. 
          THAT'S HOW WE'RE ENVISIONING IT. 
          IF YOU HAVE SUGGESTIONS, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR THEM. 
          >> I KNOW HOW CHALLENGING IT IS, AND IT JUST REQUIRES REALLY TIGHT AGREEMENTS AMONGST ALL STAFF MEMBERS, AND TO WORK ON THAT THOSE TIGHT AGREEMENTS ABOUT TIMING IN TERMS OF WHEN YOU START LANGUAGE ARTS, WHEN YOU END IT, ET CETERA. 
          THAT'S THE ART OF THE LEADERSHIP DEAL, THEIR PART. 
          >> ONE OF THE THINGS WE ASKED CLASSROOM TEACHERS TO DO, SO BASED ON GRADE BANDS, TO HAVE IDENTICAL SCHEDULES. 
          THAT WAY WHEN GROUPS ARE HAPPENING, KIDS ARE NOT MISSING INSTRUCTION. 
          WHEN WE DON'T AGREE ON THINGS, WE ALWAYS REFER TO STUDENTS AS OUR NORTH STAR, SO IT'S ALL ABOUT THE KIDS. 
          >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST WANTED TO DO A CHECK. 
          DIRECTOR SMITH, DID YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? 
          >> I AM GOOD ON MY END. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANKS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          WE APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU'RE DOING. 
          IT'S A LARGE SCHOOL WITH A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL OF THOSE KIDS, AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING TO HELP. 
          >> THANK YOU SO, IT'S A PRIVILEGE [APPLAUSE] 
          >> FOR THE CHILDREN AND PARENTS, YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY, BUT WE KNOW IT'S A SCHOOL NIGHT. 
          SURE. ABSOLUTELY. WE WOULD LOVE THAT [APPLAUSE] 
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NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES. 
          [7. APPROVAL OF MINUTES-6:55 pm]
WE HAVE TWO SETS OF MINUTES TONIGHT. 
          ONE IS TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE OCTOBER 14, 2025 SPECIAL MEETING, WHICH WAS A STUDY SESSION THAT WE DID ON LEGISLATIVE PLANNING. 
          THE OTHER IS THE MINUTES FROM THE OCTOBER FOE, 2025 REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING. 
          DO I HEAR A MOTION TO APPROVE IN A SECOND? 
          >> I MOVE TO APPROVE? 
          >> I SECOND. 
          >> I'VE HEARD A MOTION TO APPROVE IN A SECOND. 
          IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO APPROVING THESE TWO SETS OF MINUTES? HEARING NO OBJECTIONS. 
          THE MINUTES FROM THE OCTOBER 14, 2025 SPECIAL MEETING STUDY SESSION ON LEGISLATIVE PLANNING AND THE OCTOBER 14, 2025 REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING ARE APPROVED. 
          NEXT, WE HAVE OUR SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. 
          [8. SUPERINTENDENT REPORT-7:00 pm]
          >> I THINK IT'S ONLY FAIR THAT I ALERT THE BOARD THAT THERE HAS BEEN A BIT MORE CRYING IN OUR BUILDINGS THAN USUAL. 
          I PERSONALLY DID NOT CRY, BUT I WAS CLOSE. 
          WE HAD OUR COVID AND FLU SHOT CLINICS. 
          WE'VE HAD FIVE OF THEM SO FAR. 
          THANK YOU TO THE SEATTLE VISITING NURSES ASSOCIATION AND WE HAD ONE HERE. 
          WE HAVE THEM THROUGHOUT OUR SCHOOLS, TRYING TO MAKE IT AS CONVENIENT AS POSSIBLE FOR FAMILIES OR STAFF WHO MIGHT WANT TO OPT INTO THOSE THINGS TO GET THAT IN A VERY EFFICIENT WAY. 
          THERE'S ONE LEFT, AND THAT'S ON FRIDAY FROM 7:00-11:00. 
          THAT ONE IS AT, LET ME JUST TO CHECK THAT. 
          I THINK IT MIGHT BE HERE AGAIN, WHEN IT'S AT THE EDMOND SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICE RIGHT ACROSS THE HALL. 
          IF ANYBODY IS INTERESTED, THAT'S A GREAT WAY AND EFFICIENT TO GET ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO GET TAKEN CARE OF DONE. 
          THEY HAVE A HUGE TEAM HERE. 
          IT GOES VERY QUICKLY. 
          IT MIGHT SEEM OVERWHELMING WHEN YOU WALK IN BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT THEY HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS WORKING ON THAT. 
          GRATITUDE TOWARD MARA, WHO ARRANGES THIS, AS WELL AS THE SEATTLE VISITING NURSES ASSOCIATION. 
          >> VERY IMPORTANT. WE HAVE TO KEEP EVERYBODY HEALTHY. 
          NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS OUR TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          [9. PUBLIC COMMENTS-7:05 pm]
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 PEOPLE SIGN UP TO MAKE A COMMENT. 
          WE ASK THAT YOU LIMIT YOUR COMMENT TO 3 MINUTES. 
          A TIME WILL BE RUNNING SO YOU CAN MONITOR YOUR TIME. 
          PLEASE BE SURE TO TELL US YOUR NAME, YOUR CITY OF RESIDENTS, YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO THE DISTRICT, AND THE AGENDA ITEM OR SCHOOL DISTRICT TOPIC THAT YOU'RE ADDRESSING TONIGHT. 
          PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE MADE FROM THIS PODIUM FACING US AND ARE DIRECTED TO THE BOARD, NOT TO THE PUBLIC TO THE AUDIENCE TO US. 
          FIRST IS JASON MOORE. 
          >> GOOD EVENING, BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT STAFF. 
          I AM JASON, SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATE FOR POSITION 4. 
          I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS PUBLICLY AS A CITIZEN FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS NOW, AND I JUST WANT TO LIST SOME ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT I HAVE ACCOMPLISHED HERE AS A CITIZEN. 
          WHEN I FIRST STARTED THIS, I NOTICED THAT THE MINUTES WERE NOT UPLOADED TO THE BOARD DOCS WEBSITE FOR THE STUDY SESSIONS. 
          AFTER INQUIRING AND MAKING COMMENTS ABOUT THAT, THANKS TO THE BOARD IN THE DISTRICT, THEY STARTED DOING THAT. 
          ALSO, THEY DID NOT USED TO SHARE DOCUMENTS WITH THE PUBLIC, AND THEY DID NOT UPLOAD THEM TO THE WEBSITE, AND THEY DID START DOING THAT, THANKS TO MY EFFORTS. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT AS WELL. 
          WHAT STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE? WE NEED THE STUDY SESSIONS RECORDED, PLEASE. 
          ALSO, WE NEED THE TIME TO BE MORE CONVENIENT FOR PEOPLE TO ATTEND IT BECAUSE I ACTUALLY HAD TO LOSE MONEY BECAUSE OF LEAVING WORK TO ACTUALLY MAKE IT TO THAT MEETING TODAY. 
          BUT I DID, AND I RECORDED IT FOR EVERYBODY AS A PUBLIC SERVICE, AND IT WILL BE UPLOADED TO YOUTUBE. 
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NEXT, I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT MY EDMONDS NEWS ARTICLE THAT A Q&A FOR DIRECTOR GERARD. 
          HE SAID IN THAT ARTICLE THAT THE STUDY SESSIONS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, BUT HE FAILED TO MENTION THAT THEY ARE NOT RECORDED AND THAT THE MINUTES ARE NOT COMPLETE. 
          ANYBODY CAN GO ON THE WEBSITE AND OPEN UP THE MINUTES AND SEE IT SAYS, SO AND SO PRESENTED SOMETHING TO THE BOARD, BUT IT DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT ANYBODY SAID. 
          MINUTES SHOULD INCLUDE WHAT WAS SAID DURING THE MEETING. 
          THE OTHER ARTICLE THAT WAS POSTED ON MY EDMONDS NEWS, I WAS SHOCKED TO NOTICE THAT THE BOARD PRESIDENT NANCY KATAMS THOUGHT IT WAS HER DUTY TO COMMENT ON THAT ARTICLE ABOUT MY CHILDREN GOING TO PRIVATE SCHOOL. 
          IT IS TRUE MY CHILDREN GO TO PRIVATE SCHOOL. 
          WE HAVE MANY EXAMPLES WHY THAT IS. 
          IT'S BECAUSE FOR EXAMPLE, STUDENTS WHO TRANSFER IN TO THE SCHOOL WHERE MY BOYS GO. 
          THEY ARE USUALLY ONE OR TWO YEARS BEHIND THE OTHER STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL IN THEIR GRADE, 1-2 YEARS BEHIND GRADE LEVEL. 
          THESE FACTS THAT WERE JUST PRESENTED. 
          >> THANK YOU MR. MOORE. 
          THE TIME IS UP. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> NEXT UP IS ANDY NAFZIGER. 
          >> HI, FRIENDS. ANDY NAFZIGER. ADDRESS, IS THAT IT? 
          >> CITY. 
          >> CITY, BRIER WASHINGTON, AND I AM THE EEA PRESIDENT. 
          I AM HERE STANDING IN UNITY WITH OUR PSE COLLEAGUES FROM THE OP UNIT. 
          PLEASE ENCOURAGE YOUR BARGAINERS TO BARGAIN IN GOOD FAITH WITH THEM BECAUSE THEY DESERVE A FAIR CONTRACT. 
          WE ALWAYS TELL OUR FOLKS, NO DISRESPECT TO THE ADMINISTRATORS, BUT THE PEOPLE WHO WILL REALLY TAKE CARE OF YOU IN SCHOOL ARE YOUR CUSTODIAN AND YOUR OFFICE MANAGER. 
          WE COULD NOT RUN WITHOUT THEM. 
          THANKS, OPS [APPLAUSE] 
          >> NEXT UP IS LAURIE VELASQUEZ. 
          I KNOW YOUR LAST VELASQUEZ. 
          I'M NOT SAYING IT RIGHT. 
          BUT I KNOW YOU. AND I APOLOGIZE. 
          >> GOOD EVENING, BOARD. MY NAME IS LAURIE VELASQUEZ. 
          I'M A RESIDENT OF LINWOOD, WASHINGTON. 
          I HAVE LIVED IN, PAID TAXES, AND VOTED IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR OVER 36 YEARS. 
          THIS IS OUR HOME. I'VE ALSO PROUDLY WORKED FOR THE EDMOND SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR 30 PLUS YEARS. 
          I KNOW, LOOK AT THE GRAY HAIR. 
          WITH THE PAST 10 YEARS AS OFFICE MANAGER AT BEVERLY ELEMENTARY. 
          MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE RAISED OUR CHILDREN HERE IN EDMONDS, AND NOW WE HAVE A GRANDSON ATTENDING EDMOND SCHOOL DISTRICT AS WELL. 
          I TELL YOU THIS SO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT I'M NOT A FLEETING VOICE, BUT SOMEONE WITH EXPERIENCE WHO HAS TRULY INVESTED IN THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          ALONG WITH ALL OF THESE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AS AN EMPLOYEE, COMES YEARS AS VOLUNTEERING MY TIME ON THE BARGAINING TEAMS FOR BOTH THE PARA EDUCATOR AND OFFICE PERSONNEL CHAPTERS IN THIS DISTRICT. 
          I THINK OVER 20 YEARS. 
          I SHARE MY BACKGROUND SO YOU CAN HOPEFULLY UNDERSTAND THAT I HAVE BEEN THROUGH THIS PROCESS NUMEROUS TIMES. 
          WITH THAT EXPERIENCE COMES A SAD REALITY AND DISAPPOINTMENT IN THE WAY OFFICE PERSONNEL HAVE BEEN TREATED IN BARGAINING AGAIN THIS YEAR. 
          A LITTLE BIT ABOUT US. 
          OUR MEMBERS OF THE GLUE THAT HOLDS THIS DISTRICT TOGETHER. 
          WE ARE THE FACE OF THE DISTRICT, READING FAMILIES WHO ARE YOUR TAX PAYING AND VOTING PUBLIC AND MAKING A POSITIVE IMPRESSION THAT WE'LL CARRY WITH THESE STUDENTS AS THEIR MANY YEARS OF ENROLLMENT IN OUR DISTRICT. 
          WE ARE THE PROFESSIONALS WHO WORK HARD TO KEEP THINGS RUNNING SMOOTHLY ACROSS THIS DISTRICT. 
          WE MAKE THOUSANDS OF DECISIONS DAILY. 
          WE ARE THE ONES WHO HAVE MORE AND MORE TASKS ADDED TO OUR PLACE EVERY YEAR WITHOUT EQUIVALENT TIME ADDED TO COMPLETE THEM. 
          HERE WE ARE WITH TWO THIRDS OF OUR EMPLOYEES WHO WORK IN, LIVE IN, PAY TAXES AND VOTE IN THIS DISTRICT, ALONG WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS. 
          HERE WE ARE ASKING TO BE TREATED WITH THE EQUITY THIS DISTRICT HOLDS AS ONE OF ITS CORE BELIEFS. 
          I KNOW YOU DON'T DISCUSS BARGAINING ISSUES WHEN BARGAINING IS ONGOING, BUT WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, WE ARE HERE TODAY FOR SOME CLARIFICATION FROM THIS BOARD. 
          WE CONTINUE TO HEAR THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS NO INTEREST IN A NUMBER OF ISSUES WE'VE BROUGHT FORWARD AND THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO OUR GROUP. 
          WE'D LIKE TO KNOW IF YOU'RE AWARE OF THIS, THAT YOU'RE BEING USED AS THE REASON WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO REACH AN AGREEMENT. 
          WE HOPE THAT AS WE MOVE INTO MEDIATION, THAT WE FIND YOU AS CONCERNED ABOUT AN EQUITABLE OUTCOME FOR CLASSIFIED WORKERS AS YOU HAVE BEEN FOR CERTIFICATED STAFF AND CABINET. 
          [00:35:02]
WE HEAR FROM YOUR REPRESENTATIVE THAT WE AREN'T ALLOWED TO CHERRY PICK THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT, WHEN, IN FACT, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAS HAPPENED THIS FALL AS WE AWAIT OUR MEDIATION DATE. 
          PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY, AND ONE PERSON'S PERCEPTION DOESN'T NECESSARILY MAKE THAT INTERPRETATION EFFECT. 
          AS MANAGERS OF EACH SCHOOL'S BUDGET, WE THOROUGHLY UNDERSTAND THAT A PIE CAN ONLY BE SLICED INTO SO MANY PIECES, BUT IT'S INSULTING AND JUST PLAIN WRONG FOR A DISTRICT THAT ONLY PROVIDES INCREASES IF THEY'RE GOING TO CERTAIN GROUPS. 
          WE RESPECTFULLY ASK YOUR CONSIDERATION AS WE MOVE INTO MEDIATION NEXT WEEK THAT WE CAN COME TO A PRODUCTIVE DECISION AND WORK JOINTLY WITH OUR EMPLOYER. 
          THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] 
          >> NEXT STEP IS DERICA ESCAMILLA. 
          >> HELLO, GOOD EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT AND SCHOOL BOARD. 
          I TOTALLY MEANT TO COME IN SEPTEMBER AND JUST WELCOME YOU GUYS TO A NEW SCHOOL YEAR, BUT I'VE BEEN VERY BUSY DOING ALL THE THINGS, BUT I DO HAVE AN UPDATE FOR YOU GUYS. 
          THE LAST TIME I WAS IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS, I WAS STRONGLY ADVOCATING FOR THE FIRST EVER CITY OF LINWOOD YOUTH COUNCIL. 
          I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT IN AUGUST OF THIS SUMMER, WE WERE ABLE TO PASS THE FIRST EVER CITY OF LINWOOD YOUTH COUNCIL AS A FULL BOARD AND COMMISSION. 
          WE HOPE TO BE STARTING OUTREACH IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS AS WE PUT THE FRAMEWORK ON A WEBSITE AND GET OUR APPLICATION ALL VETTED. 
          I'M JUST HERE TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW. 
          THANK YOU AND A PERSONAL THANK YOU TO ONE OF YOUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS WHO WAS A PART OF THE TASK GROUP AND ACTUALLY GOTTEN THE WEEDS AND THE MUD WITH ME TO GET THAT ORDINANCE TO WHERE EVERYBODY COULD AGREE TO GET PASSED, AND SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THOMAS GERARD, I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 
          IF ANYONE WAS FOLLOWING, IT WAS NOT AN EASY TASK, AND WE WERE TRYING TO PUSH IT THROUGH SINCE APRIL, BUT WITH THE HELP AND THE PERSEVERANCE OF OUR TASK GROUP, WE MADE IT HAPPEN. 
          I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU GUYS ON THAT. 
          I JUST WANTED TO BRIEFLY COMMENT THAT I STAND WITH ALL OF THESE OFFICE PEOPLE, BECAUSE I LOVE LOVE, LOVE MY FRONT OFFICE PERSON, HAVE ALWAYS, MATTER OF FACT, SHE RETIRED AND CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF US, THAT SHE COMES BACK TO SUBSTITUTE AT CEDAR VALLEY AND THEY REALLY ARE THE FACE AND THE WELCOMING OF EVERY PARENT THAT'S BEEN THERE TWO TIMES OVER AT THE SCHOOL BECAUSE YOU HAVE ANOTHER KID COMING OR THE NEW PARENTS. 
          THEY REALLY ARE THE FIRST THING THAT A FAMILY SEES ONCE THEY'VE BEEN ACCEPTED INTO OUR DISTRICT. 
          I STAND WITH THEM IN GETTING THEIR THINGS ACROSS. 
          I DON'T ENVY YOUR JOBS, AND I APPRECIATE YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND HAVE A GOOD EVENING. 
          DON'T FORGET TO VOTE. [APPLAUSE] 
          >> NEXT UP IS JESS GRANT. 
          >> FULL HOUSE TONIGHT. 
          I HAVE TO ECHO THAT LAST REMARK ABOUT NOT ENVYING. 
          YOU REALLY ARE OFTEN IN THE HOT SEAT. 
          THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. 
          MY NAME IS JESS GRANT. 
          I'M A TAXPAYER FROM PARNVILL. 
          I ALSO LEAD A LOCAL GROUP CALLED TITLE IX EDMONDS, WORKING TO ENSURE SAFETY AND FAIRNESS IN GIRLS SPORTS. 
          I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT POLICY 3211, THE SO CALLED GENDER IN POLICY AND HOW IT HARMS THE GIRLS IN OUR DISTRICT. 
          ACTUALLY TONIGHT, I HAVE A STORY ABOUT SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS SINCE WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF ONE. 
          FOUR YEARS AGO, THE LOUDON COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD IN VIRGINIA APPROVED POLICY 8040, MUCH LIKE OUR 3211, TO ALLOW STUDENTS TO USE THE BATHROOMS AND LOCKER ROOMS THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH THEIR OPPOSITE SEX GENDER IDENTITIES, BUT WHEN A SEXUAL ASSAULT ENSUED AS A RESULT, STUDENTS FOUGHT BACK. 
          ONE GIRL TOLD A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, ''EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT A BOY IS, EVEN YOU. 
          YOU PROPOSED POLICIES ARE DANGEROUS AND ROOTED IN SEXISM.'' FOR FOUR YEARS, STUDENTS HAVE DEMANDED A POLICY CHANGE WHILE THE DISTRICT IGNORED THEM. 
          LOCAL TV STATION ABC 7 NOW REPORTS THAT STUDENTS HAVE GOTTEN INVOLVED IN THE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS. 
          AS EARLY VOTING GETS UNDERWAY, SOME TEENS ARE GREETING VOTERS AT THE POLLS AND ASKING THEM TO CHOOSE SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATES WHO WOULD RESTORE SINGLE SEX BATHROOMS AND LOCKER ROOMS. I APPLAUD THE LOUDON COUNTY STUDENTS WHO GOT INVOLVED IN LOCAL POLITICS. 
          [00:40:02]
I HOPE STUDENT LEADERS IN THE EDMONDS DISTRICT WILL HEED THE CALL TO ACTION AND HELP DEFEND WOMEN'S HARD WON RIGHTS TO SINGLE SEX SPACES. 
          SPEAKING OF TEENAGED BOYS ACCESS IN GIRL SPACES, HAS ANYONE HERE EVER WATCHED THE 1999 COMING OF AGE TEEN COMEDY, AMERICAN PIE? YES, MAYBE A FEW. 
          THE FILM DERIVES MUCH OF ITS LOW BROW HUMOR FROM THE TROPE ABOUT TEENAGE BOYS SEX DRIVE, AND THE LENGTHS THEY'LL GO THROUGH TO GAIN ACCESS TO WOMEN'S BODIES OR IMAGES OR SPACES. 
          YOU MAY REMEMBER HOW STIFFLER CONVINCES JIM TO SET UP A WEBCAM SO THEY CAN FILM A FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENT CHANGING HER CLOTHES AFTER BALLET CLASS. 
          HAVE WE ALL FORGOTTEN THIS BASIC TROPE ABOUT TEENAGED BOYS? IT DRAWS ON A BIOLOGICAL TRUTH ABOUT PUBERTY AND THE POWER OF OUR ADOLESCENT MALE URGES. 
          SADLY, OF COURSE, THIS TROPE TRIVIALIZES THE VIOLATIONS OF GIRLS SPACES WITH THAT OLD BOYS WILL BE BOYS EXCUSE, YET WHEN OUR OWN POLICY 3211 GIVES A GREEN LIGHT TO SUCH BEHAVIOR, WE PRETEND IT'S NORMAL AND ACT AS IF WE HAVEN'T WATCHED AMERICAN PIE. 
          I BELIEVE YOUR NAIVETE ABOUT MALE BEHAVIOR CREATES LONG TERM RISKS FOR OUR STUDENTS AND THE BOARD. 
          I'M NOT DEMONIZING ANYONE. 
          I'M HOLDING BOYS ACCOUNTABLE FOR ACTIONS THAT HARM THEIR PEERS. 
          AS I'VE ALREADY DEMONSTRATED HERE, GIVING BOYS ACCESS TO GIRLS LEAGUES AND LOCKER ROOMS PUTS OUR GIRLS AT HIGHER RISK OF INJURY, HARASSMENT, AND ASSAULT WHILE INVITING LITIGATION. 
          PLEASE REVOKE POLICY 3211. 
          [APPLAUSE] 
          >> NEXT UP IS CINDY BARTLETT. 
          >> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS CINDY BARTLETT. 
          I LIVE IN LINWOOD. 
          I'VE WORKED FOR THE DISTRICT FOR 25 YEARS. 
          I'M HERE TONIGHT REPRESENTING OUR DISTRICT OFFICE PERSONNEL. 
          THE PEOPLE WHO KEEP OUR SCHOOLS RUNNING BEHIND THE SCENES EVERY SINGLE DAY, WE'RE THE ONES GREETING FAMILIES AT THE FRONT DESK, COMFORTING STUDENTS WHO HAVE HARD DAY. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME? I WASN'T PAYING ATTENTION. 
          MY VOICE IS SO FROM BEING OUTSIDE. 
          THE STUDENTS HAVING HARD DAYS, MANAGING ATTENDANCE, HANDLING PAYROLL, ANSWERING PHONES AND MAKING SURE EVERY PART OF THIS DISTRICT STAYS ORGANIZED AND CONNECTED. 
          WE'RE THE BACKBONE OF OUR SCHOOLS, AND WE TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO HEART. 
          FOR MONTHS, WE'VE BEEN AT THE BARGAINING TABLE WORKING IN GOOD FAITH TO REACH AN AGREEMENT THAT RECOGNIZES OUR DEDICATION AND THE RISING COST OF SIMPLY LIVING IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT DESPITE OUR BEST EFFORTS, NEGOTIATIONS HAVE NOT GONE WELL. 
          WE'VE HIT A WALL, AND NOW WE ARE HEADED INTO MEDIATION. 
          THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WANTED. 
          WE CAME READY TO COLLABORATE TO FIND COMMON GROUND, BUT IT'S HARD NOT TO FEEL DISCOURAGED WHEN OUR VALUE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE REFLECTED IN WHAT'S BEEN OFFERED OR RATHER NOT OFFERED. 
          WE HAVE YET TO RECEIVE AN ACTUAL OFFER. 
          MANY OF OUR MEMBERS ARE STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET, EVEN AS WE TAKE ON MORE RESPONSIBILITY EACH YEAR. 
          WE GIVE OUR BEST TO THIS DISTRICT, NOT JUST OUR TIME, BUT OUR HEARTS. 
          ALL WE'RE ASKING FOR IN RETURN IS FAIRNESS AND RESPECT. 
          THIS IS ABOUT MORE THAN JUST PAY. 
          IT'S ABOUT BEING SEEN AND VALUED FOR THE VITAL WORK WE DO. 
          WHEN OFFICE PERSONNEL FEEL OVERLOOKED AND UNDERAPPRECIATED, IT AFFECTS MORALE. 
          IT AFFECTS HOW WE SHOW UP EVERY DAY, AND ULTIMATELY, THAT AFFECTS THE STUDENTS AND THE FAMILIES WE ALL CARE FOR SO DEEPLY. 
          AS WE MOVE INTO MEDIATION, WE REMAIN HOPEFUL. 
          WE STILL BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF PARTNERSHIP. 
          WE STILL BELIEVE THAT THIS DISTRICT CAN AND WILL DO WHAT'S RIGHT. 
          WE'RE NOT HERE TO FIGHT AGAINST THE DISTRICT, WE'RE HERE TO FIGHT FOR IT, FOR ITS PEOPLE, FOR THE RESPECT EVERYONE AND EVERY EMPLOYEE DESERVES. 
          WE LOVE OUR SCHOOLS. 
          WE LOVE OUR STUDENTS, AND WE LOVE TO CONTINUE GIVING OUR ALL, BUT WE NEED TO KNOW THE DISTRICT VALUES THAT COMMITMENT. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, YOUR COMPASSION, AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO LISTEN. 
          [APPLAUSE] 
          >> NEXT STEP IS CELESTE VALE. 
          >> BUENAS NOCHES, SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD. 
          MY NAME IS CELESTE VALE, AND I AM THE PROUD MEMBER AND PRESIDENT OF THE EDMONDS OFFICE PERSONNEL CHAPTER. 
          [00:45:06]
I'M REPRESENTING THE HARDWORKING CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES WHO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS RUNNING FROM THE FRONT OFFICE TO THE REGISTERED CLERK, FROM ATTENDANCE TO STUDENT RECORDS, AND BEYOND. 
          SINCE MAY, OUR BARGAINING TEAM HAS BEEN AT THE TABLE IN GOOD FAITH, AS MENTIONED BEFORE, AND FOR MONTHS, WE'VE BEEN WORKING HARD TO REACH AN AGREEMENT THAT REFLECTS THAT. 
          WE WANT IT TO REFLECT FAIRNESS, DIGNITY, AND RESPECT BUT TONIGHT, I MUST TELL YOU, OUR MEMBERS ARE FRUSTRATED. 
          THEY ARE TIRED OF BEING TREATED LIKE AN AFTERTHOUGHT. 
          OUT OF THE 61 PROPOSALS THAT WE GAVE THEM BASED ON THE REAL NEEDS OF OUR SCHOOLS, THE DISTRICT HAS REJECTED 39. 
          EACH TIME A PROPOSAL COSTS ANYTHING, WE'VE BEEN TOLD, THEY'RE UNTENABLE. 
          IT'S TOO HIGH, TOO MUCH. 
          YET THIS DISTRICT RECEIVED MORE THAN $386 MILLION THIS YEAR. 
          THAT'S NOT A LACK OF RESOURCES. 
          THAT'S A QUESTION OF PRIORITIES. 
          I'M GOING TO BE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR. 
          WE'RE ASKING FOR A FULL COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT, THE SAME IPD INCREASE THAT OTHER EMPLOYEES RECEIVE, A MINIMUM OF SEVEN HOURS OF OFFICE SUPPORT TIME PER DAY AT EVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO ENSURE THE SAFETY AND THE CONSISTENCY FOR STAFF AND STUDENTS. 
          WE WANT REASONABLE LONGEVITY PAY. 
          WE WANT BILINGUAL RECOGNITION. 
          FAIR COMPENSATION FOR THE SKILLED PROFESSIONAL WORK THAT KEEPS EDMOND SCHOOL RUNNING. 
          SIMPLE HUMAN THINGS LIKE ADDITIONAL VACATION PAY, AN EXTRA PERSONAL DAY. 
          THE ABILITY TO COMPLETE MANDATED TRAINING OUTSIDE OF OUR SCHEDULED WORK HOURS. 
          THESE ARE NOT EXTRAVAGANT DEMANDS. 
          THEY ARE ABOUT RESPECT, RETENTION, RECOGNITION. 
          >> EVERY DAY, OFFICE PERSONNELS ARE THE FIRST TO GREET FAMILIES. 
          WE CALM UPSET STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. 
          [NOISE] WE TRACK ATTENDANCE, WE PROCESS PAY ROLLS. 
          [NOISE] WE ENSURE COMPLIANCE, WE DO COUNTLESS OF REGULATIONS, ALL WHILE DOING MORE, LESS EVERY YEAR. 
          THESE PROPOSALS TOTAL AN APPROXIMATELY OF $37.7 MILLION, COVERING SALARY ADJUSTMENTS, TRAINING PAY, PERSONAL, VACATION DAYS, LONGEVITY, VIVA. 
          >> CELESTE, I'M SORRY. 
          CAN YOU FINISH IT IN ONE SENTENCE, PLEASE? 
          >> I'M ALMOST DONE. OUR MEMBERS JUST WANT TO FEEL VALUED. 
          THEY WANT TO KNOW THEIR WORK MATTERS. 
          WHEN THEY VOTED TO FORM THIS CHAPTER IN 1976, THEY BELIEVED IN THE BARGAINING MEDIATION [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> WE GAVE EVERYBODY ELSE THREE MINUTES. 
          I WISH WE COULD GIVE YOU MORE. 
          >> WE JUST WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THE VITAL WORK OF THE OFFICE PERSONNEL. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] 
          >> NEXT UP IS ELIZABETH LUNSFORD. 
          >> ELIZABETH LUNSFORD 98037, I BELIEVE. 
          THAT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION BY SPRUCE. 
          I WAS SURPRISED. 
          MY KIDS GO TO SPRUCE. 
          I HAD NO IDEA THEY WERE PRESENTING. 
          HOW MANY KIDS GO TO SPRUCE? SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY ONE AND FOUR KIDS? I CAN TELL YOU ONE THING FOR SURE, EACH ONE OF THOSE KIDS WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SEEN THEIR FRIENDS. 
          THIS PLACE SHOULD HAVE BEEN FILLED UP. 
          BUT IT WAS AN AFTERTHOUGHT BY THE PRINCIPAL. 
          I AM AN ADVOCATE FOR OUR SCHOOLS, AND EVERY TIME THE BUDGET CUTS COME, THEY ALWAYS SAY THE DIRECTORS AND SUPERINTENDENTS GET TOO MUCH, BUT YOU GET CUT CUT CUT. 
          [00:50:02]
I SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I WANT TO PAY THEM HIGH BECAUSE I WANT THEM TO MANAGE WELL I APPRECIATE DR MINER, AND SHE RESPONDED GREATLY TO AN INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED AT SPRUCE. 
          BUT WHO SHE DIRECTED ME TO, WHO I WILL NOT CALL OUT SUBPAR ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE RESPONSE. 
          NOW I'M NOT GOING TO CALL THEM OUT AT ALL. 
          BUT WE SHOULD DESERVE BETTER RESULTS FROM THESE HIGH PAYING STAFF, AND IF WE DON'T GET RID OF THEM OR CUT THEIR PAY. 
          BECAUSE I CAN GUARANTEE YOU EVERYONE THAT'S STANDING HERE CAN DO THEIR JOB THREE TIMES BETTER. 
          WHY? BECAUSE THEY'RE HERE? THAT IS NOT AN EASY JOB TO BE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSIVE SCHOOL. 
          AS SAME THING IS NOT EASY FOR YOU TO BE HERE EITHER. 
          SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS GET PAID ZILCH, AND HAVE TO HEAR ANYTHING. 
          THIS IS WHAT I'M ASKING YOU TO. GET MAD. 
          IF WE'RE PAYING THESE PEOPLE, THEY BETTER PERFORM, AND THEY'RE NOT PERFORMING EXPECTEDLY. 
          I AM TRYING TO RESPECT THE STUDENT THAT WAS HERE, BUT THAT WAS INSULTING AND PAINFUL TO HEAR. 
          THESE KIDS GO TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS. 
          THE ANSWER THEY GAVE, IT DOESN'T EXIST. 
          THERE ARE NO PROGRAMS FOR THE KIDS AT SPRUCE. 
          THERE'S NO BASKETBALL. 
          THERE'S NO VOLLEYBALL. 
          THAT'S HURT MY HEART HEARING THAT. 
          AND PAUSE, THAT WOULD BE FREAKING AMAZING IF THE KIDS GOT TO GO TO PAUSE. 
          THEY DON'T GET TO GO TO PAUSE. 
          MAYBE THAT SECOND GRADE. 
          IT'S NOT EVEN SECOND GRADE. 
          IT'S ONE TEACHER'S PET PROJECT, LITERALLY. 
          BUT YET IT GETS A PERFORMANCE LIKE EVERYBODY IS DOING GREAT, THAT WAS POLITICAL PERFORMANCE. 
          RATHER THAN SAY, KUDOS, I WANT REPRESENTATION UP THERE. 
          I WANT TO SAY YOU ARE DOING AN ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE JOB, NOT COMMUNICATING TO YOUR FAMILIES. 
          I'M NOT GOING TO PUT IN HERE, BUT WHAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK WAS ATROCIOUS AND IT CONTINUES TO HAPPEN. 
          THE MENTAL WELL BEING OF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR FAMILY ARE NOT BEING CONSIDERED OR PRIORITIZED AT ALL. 
          IT'S A SIMPLE SOLUTION OF COMMUNICATION THAT SHE REFUSES TO DO. 
          I WANT REPRESENTATION. 
          GET MAD AT THE STAFF. 
          DO YOUR JOB. [NOISE] THANK YOU. 
          [APPLAUSE] 
          >> NEXT UP IS GRISELDA GUEVARA CRUZ. 
          >> HELLO. GOOD EVENING. 
          GRISELDA GUEVARA CRUZ. 
          I'M A RESIDENT IN EDMONDS. 
          TAXPAYER IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          I VOTE FOR EDMOND SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          I LIVE IN THE BOUNDARIES, I DON'T HAVE CHILDREN HERE. 
          BUT I AM HERE AS A COMMITTEE MEMBER WHO VOTES AND THEN ALSO IS CONCERNED ABOUT A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT HAVE OCCURRED. 
          I DO ALSO WANT TO PUBLICLY MENTION I AM AN INDIGENOUS LATINA. 
          PARENTS FROM OAXACA, MEXICO, MY PRIMARY LANGUAGE IS HUASTEC, OAXACA, ENGLISH, AND SPANISH. 
          I AM HERE WITH REGARDS TO AN INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED LAST WEEK REGARDING SPRUCE ELEMENTARY. 
          I'M SURE YOU ALL KNOW THE STATISTICS OF YOUR OWN SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SCHOOL BUILDINGS, SO I DON'T NEED TO REPEAT THAT, BUT YOU CAN PUBLICLY SAY SPRUCE ELEMENTARY HAS OVER 30% LATINO STUDENTS AND OTHER STUDENTS OF COLOR. 
          I'M NOT HERE TO GET INTO THE WEEDS OF THINGS PERTAINING TO THAT SPECIFIC SCHOOL, BUT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROTOCOLS THAT MAY EXIST AS IT PERTAINS TO CALL ON POLICE TO SUPPORT WITH MINOR TASKS. 
          AGAIN, I SPEAK FROM PRIVILEGE BECAUSE I SAY MAYBE IT'S A MINOR TASK, BUT IT HAS IMPACT ON COMMUNITY MEMBERS, ON STUDENTS, ON PARENTS WHO NEED TO PICK UP THEIR KIDS OR HEARING THE STORY OF THE INCIDENT THAT TOOK PLACE AT SPRUCE ELEMENTARY. 
          I'M HERE TO MENTION THIS PUBLICLY BECAUSE I'M ASKING FOR SOME RESPONSES PUBLICLY. 
          WHAT ARE THE PROTOCOLS, SPECIFICALLY, ESPECIALLY AT SCHOOL BUILDINGS, WHERE THERE ARE STUDENTS. 
          WHEN NOW, AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO CALL OUT THE OBVIOUS. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING IN OUR COUNTRY IN THE COMMUNITY, AND IT WILL BE IRRESPONSIBLE ON MY END TO SAY THAT THE MOST TARGETED COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHEN IT COMES TO IMMIGRATION CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT, ICE, IS THE LATINO COMMUNITY, AND OTHER FOLKS, AGAIN, IN ASSOCIATION. 
          I AM VERY CONCERNED. 
          I'LL BE ON THE LOOKOUT IN TERMS OF WHAT IS IT THAT EDMOND SCHOOL DISTRICT DOES? WHAT ARE THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS DOING, AND I ALSO COME HERE BECAUSE I LIVE BETWEEN TWO SMALL SCHOOLS SPRUCE AND BEVERLY ELEMENTARY. 
          I'M CONCERNED. 
          AGAIN, I DON'T HAVE KIDS, BUT I AM A VOTER, AND WE ALL KNOW THAT US ADULTS ARE THE ONES THAT MAKE DECISIONS THAT IMPACT LIVES OF YOUNG PEOPLE OF FAMILIES. 
          WE ARE THE ONES THAT EVEN THAT DO GIVE THEM A SPACE TO LEARN AND GROW, BUT WE ARE ALSO THE FOLKS THAT CAN CHANGE THE TRAJECTORIES OF THEIR LIVES IN THE BAD WAY. 
          I'M ACTUALLY DISHEARTENED TO HEAR ABOUT 
          [00:55:02]
THE STATISTICS THAT WERE SHARE EARLIER ABOUT SPRUCE ELEMENTARY, ACKNOWLEDGING MULTILINGUAL STUDENTS, AND WHEN I CAN SAY AS A STUDENT WHO WAS IN ESL, BEFORE YOU CAN LEARN ANYTHING IN A SCHOOL SETTING, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SAFE SPACE. 
          IF THE LEADER OF THE SCHOOL BUILDING IS NOT CREATING THAT SPACE, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THOSE STATISTICS SHIFTING OR CHANGING IN THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR OR IN THE TWO SCHOOL YEARS THAT WAS BEING CLAIMED EARLIER. 
          I THINK PART OF THE PROBLEM IS OR IN THE SOLUTION TOO IS TO RECOGNIZE WHAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION. 
          THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] 
          >> THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO CAME TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT. 
          THE NEXT THING ON OUR AGENDA IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA. 
          [10. CONSENT AGENDA-7:35 pm]
THIS IS THE GROUP OF REGULAR ROUTINE ITEMS THAT WE CAN VOTE ON AND DISCUSS AS A GROUP OR SEPARATE THEM OUT. 
          TONIGHT, WE HAVE 14 ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          FIVE HAVE TO DO WITH PERSONNEL AND STAFF AGREEMENTS. 
          NINE ARE FIELD TRIPS, AND OF THE FIELD TRIPS, FOUR OF THEM HAVE TO DO WITH HIGH SCHOOL CROSS DISTRICT STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS. 
          DO I HEAR A MOTION IN A SECOND TO APPROVE TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED? 
          >> MOVE TO APPROVE? 
          >> SECOND. 
          >> I'VE HEARD A MOTION TO APPROVE IN A SECOND. 
          IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? 
          >> I JUST WANT TO WISH ALL OF OUR TEAMS THAT ARE GOING TO STATE COMPETITIONS, WISH THEM THE BEST OF LUCK. 
          >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE. I'LL ASK FOR A VOTE. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. 
          ANY ABSTENTIONS. 
          TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED AS PRESENTED. 
          NEXT, WE HAVE REPORTS, 
          [11. REPORTS-7:45 pm]
AND I'LL LET DR. 
          MINER INTRODUCE OUR ONE REPORT TONIGHT. 
          >> THANK YOU, DR. KATAMS. WE HAVE OUR CTE PLAN OF WORK THIS EVENING. 
          I'D LIKE TO WELCOME FORWARD, CTE DIRECTOR MARK MADISON, WHO IS IN TURN GOING TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION, AND THEN HAVE SOME OF OUR AMAZING STUDENTS PRESENT. 
          I DON'T THINK YOUR MICROPHONE IS ON. 
          >> I'LL TRY THAT AGAIN. THANK YOU, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT MINOR AND OUR STUDENTS TONIGHT. 
          I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS ABOUT CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN THE EDMONDS SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT I COULD COVER. 
          I DO TEND TO TALK LONG, BUT I WILL KEEP IT WITHIN 20 MINUTES BECAUSE I WANT TO GIVE OUR STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE TONIGHT THEIR PERSPECTIVE ON SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS. JUST TO START AN OVERVIEW OF CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN THE EDMOND SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE HAVE A BROAD ARRAY OF PATHWAYS. 
          WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE FOR THE SUPPORT AND OPPORTUNITY THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE RELATED TO CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION. 
          OUR PROGRAMS CONTINUE TO DRAW INCREASED ENROLLMENT. 
          IN ADDITION TO THE VARIETY OF PROGRAMS YOU SEE ON SCREEN, OUR STUDENTS ALSO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH SNOW ISLE SKILL CENTER, WHERE THEY CAN ACCESS VERY SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS THAT DUE TO FACILITIES AND INSTRUCTORS, WE ARE UNABLE TO PROVIDE IN OUR OWN HIGH SCHOOLS, SUCH AS THE MARITIME TRADES, FIRE SERVICE TECHNOLOGY, DENTAL ASSISTING. 
          BUT WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE IN THIS REGION TO HAVE ACCESS TO SO MANY HIGH QUALITY CTE PROGRAMS. AS I MENTIONED, WE CONTINUE TO SEE INCREASED GROWTH AND DEMAND FOR CTE. 
          MUCH OF THAT IS RELATED TO STUDENTS WHO ARE PURSUING THE CTE SEQUENCE AS A MEANS FOR MEETING THEIR MATHEMATICS AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS GRADUATION PATHWAY REQUIREMENTS, AS YOU CAN SEE ON SCREEN IN '23 '24, WHICH IS THE LAST DATA POINT WE HAVE AVAILABLE AT THIS POINT, OVER HALF OF OUR GRADUATING SENIORS COMPLETED A CTE PATHWAY, AND CLOSE TO 20% OF THOSE SENIORS MET THEIR MATH AND ELA PATHWAY ONLY THROUGH THEIR CTE PROGRAM. 
          AGAIN, THAT DEMAND CONTINUES TO GROW. 
          A LITTLE BIT ABOUT US. WE HAVE VERY PARTICULAR PROGRAM STANDARDS THAT GUIDE US IN TERMS OF DEFINING QUALITY. 
          THOSE ARE DEFINED BOTH AT THE FEDERAL AND STATE LEVEL, AND THESE ARE STANDARDS AND QUALITY INDICATORS THAT WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH WITH OUR INSTRUCTORS AND OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEES WHO OVERSEE OUR PROGRAMS TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY 
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EACH YEAR THROUGH AN ANNUAL EVALUATION PROCESS OF CONTINUOUS PROGRAM IMPROVEMENT. 
          IN FACT, WE DO THAT WORK IN THE SPRING, WHERE WE HAVE OUR ADVISORY MEMBERS, OUR INSTRUCTORS, OUR STUDENTS AS MEMBERS OF MY STUDENT ADVISORY, WHOM YOU'LL HEAR FROM A BIT LATER TONIGHT, GO THROUGH A PROCESS OF EVALUATING ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS RELATED TO THOSE 10 STANDARD AREAS AND THE QUALITY INDICATORS FOR EACH OF THEM TO DETERMINE WHERE WE'RE DOING WELL AND WHERE WE ARE NOT. 
          THAT HAPPENS EVERY SPRING. 
          AN OUTCOME OF THAT IS THAT THESE DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT DO THE EVALUATING, IDENTIFY AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT. 
          THAT IS THE WORK THAT WE DO IN THE FALL. 
          I JUST MET THIS PAST WEEK WITH ALL MY INSTRUCTORS, ALL MY ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO BEGIN WORK ON THE GOALS THEY ESTABLISHED IN THE SPRING THROUGH THAT PROCESS. 
          A LITTLE UPDATE ON SOME OF THE KEY PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND ACTIONABLE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE BEEN FOCUSING ON AS PART OF OUR PLAN OF WORK, AS WE CALL IT IN CTE, THE FIRST IS INCREASING OUR DUAL CREDIT WITHIN CTE PROGRAMS, CTE DUAL CREDIT OR WHAT USED TO BE KNOWN AS TECHPREP, IS THE MOST ACCESSED COLLEGE CREDIT BEARING OPPORTUNITY WITHIN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, ROUGHLY 44% OF OUR GRADUATING CLASS IN '23, '24 EARNED CREDIT THROUGH A CTE DUAL CREDIT COURSE. 
          FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE WHAT WE CALL OUR PATHWAY CONCENTRATORS, THOSE THAT TAKE TWO OR MORE CREDITS IN A PATHWAY, OVER 99% OF THOSE STUDENTS OBTAINED COLLEGE CREDIT THROUGH A CTE COURSE. 
          WE HAVE MULTIPLE PARTNERSHIPS WITH COLLEGES IN OUR REGION, AS YOU CAN SEE, REFLECTED ON SCREEN, AND WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM TO EXPAND OUR ARTICULATION AGREEMENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLEGE CREDIT. 
          WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON PROVIDING STUDENTS OPPORTUNITIES TO EARN INDUSTRY RECOGNIZED CERTIFICATIONS, CREDENTIALS WHILE THEY'RE IN HIGH SCHOOL THROUGH OUR CTE PROGRAMS. IT'S BEEN A PRIORITY FOR US THAT WE'VE WORKED ON VERY INTENSELY OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE ON SCREEN IN 2021, WHEN WE FIRST REALLY BEGAN FOCUSING HEAVILY ON THIS. 
          WE HAD 92 INDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS AWARDED. 
          THIS LAST YEAR, WE HAD OVER 2,600 AWARDED, AND WE CONTINUE TO GROW IN THAT AREA. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE, THESE ARE CREDENTIALS THAT ARE RECOGNIZED BY EMPLOYERS IN VARIOUS INDUSTRIES AS AN AFFIRMATION OF STUDENTS SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR IN THEIR WORK SETTINGS. 
          AGAIN, WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT AS A PROGRAM. 
          CAREER CONNECTED LEARNING IS ANOTHER AREA THAT WE FOCUS ON HEAVILY. 
          >> WE KNOW FROM OUR STUDENTS, BASED ON THE INFORMATION THEY HAVE SHARED WITH US, THAT THE NUMBER ONE REASON THAT THEY TAKE A CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION COURSE IS BECAUSE THEY WANT TO LEARN ABOUT CAREERS AND OPPORTUNITIES. 
          WE PROVIDE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES IN A COUPLE OF WAYS. 
          ONE IS THROUGH A WEALTH OF CAREER EXPLORATION ACTIVITIES, EVENTS, TOURS TO INDUSTRY, MEETING WITH INDUSTRY PARTNERS. 
          THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WE HAD OVER 3,500 STUDENTS THIS PRIOR YEAR TAKE PART IN THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. 
          WE ALSO HAVE FOCUSED HEAVILY ON INCREASING AND ESTABLISHING A ROBUST PAID INTERNSHIP PROGRAM FOR OUR STUDENTS, WHERE THIS PAST YEAR, WE HAD OVER 100 STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN A PAID INTERNSHIP, EITHER THROUGH SOME MORE OR DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, AND YOU'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT SHORTLY. 
          WE ALSO HAVE MEASURES THAT ARE PART OF OUR ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES WITH THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WITH REGARD TO OUR, AGAIN, WHAT I CALL OUR CONCENTRATORS. 
          THESE ARE STUDENTS WHO COMPLETE TWO OR MORE CREDITS. 
          IN ONE OF OUR CTE PATHWAYS, AND WE ARE MEASURED AROUND A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT AREAS RELATED TO THOSE GROUPS, FINE PRINT ON SCREEN, BUT IN THIS PAST AROUND WITH THE 23/24 COHORT, WE EITHER MET OR EXCEEDED, FOR THE MOST PART, ALL OF THE ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES. 
          THE ONE AREA THAT WE WERE CLOSE, BUT DIDN'T QUITE MAKE WAS OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS PROFICIENCY. 
          I WILL SAY THAT ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE ARE STARTING TO SEE IMPROVEMENT IN OUR PERFORMANCE IN THESE AREAS, PARTICULARLY IN THE ACADEMIC AREAS, HAS BEEN THE DISTRICT'S EFFORT TO HAVE ALL STUDENTS SIT FOR THE SBA. 
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THAT HAS MADE A TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCE FOR US. 
          I GIVE KUDOS TO THE DISTRICT FOR EMPHASIZING STUDENTS TAKING THAT ASSESSMENT. 
          I ALSO SHARE WITH YOU OUR GRADUATION RATE, AND THIS IS PROBABLY MY PROUDEST SLIDE THAT I SHARE ANNUALLY, OUR CTE CONCENTRATORS. 
          AGAIN, THE CLASS OF 23/24, WE HAD OF OUR GRADUATING CLASS, 567 STUDENTS WHO QUALIFIED AS CONCENTRATORS, MEANING THEY COMPLETED TWO OR MORE CREDITS. 
          ONE OF OUR PATHWAYS, THEIR GRADUATION RATE WAS 96.3% AT FOUR YEAR GRADUATION RATE. 
          THAT HIGH RATE TENDS TO BE REFLECTED IN ALL DEMOGRAPHIC AND PROGRAM AREA GROUPS. 
          NOT SURPRISING WHEN YOU HAVE HIGH ENGAGEMENT, STUDENTS TEND TO PERSIST AND CONTINUE, AND WE SEE THAT OVER AND OVER AND OVER THROUGHOUT OUR PROGRAMS. YEAH. TO CONCLUDE TONIGHT, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE NOT TO HEAR FROM ME. 
          BUT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME UPDATES FROM SOME OF OUR PLAN OF WORK THAT HAVE REALLY GROWN OUT OF THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR INDUSTRY PARTNERS IN THIS ANNUAL REVIEW AND LISTENING TO STUDENTS AND LISTENING TO INDUSTRY PARTNERS AND WORKING CLOSELY WITH THEM. 
          THE FIRST, I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU, AND YOU MAY NOT BE AWARE OF THIS, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A CHANCE TO LEARN ABOUT THIS IS WE HAVE ESTABLISHED AT LYNNWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, A STUDENT RUN CREDIT UNION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH GESA. 
          I WANT TO RECOGNIZE KATIE RUSSO, WHO IS HERE, OUR GESA PARTNER, WHO HAS BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN HELPING THAT BE ESTABLISHED. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE TO THE PODIUM, KAYLA, OUR BRANCH MANAGER AT LYNNWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, WHO'S GOING TO SHARE A BIT ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE. KAYLA. 
          >> GOOD EVENING, ALL. 
          IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE. 
          MY NAME IS KAYLA LEMON, THE CAMPUS BRANCH MANAGER INTERN AT LYNNWOOD HIGH SCHOOL AND THE FIRST OVERALL GESA INTERN EVER IN THE EDMOND SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          TODAY, I'M HERE TO SHARE MY EXPERIENCE PIONEERING THE GESA INTERNSHIP PROGRAM AT LYNNWOOD. 
          FOR SOME BACKGROUND, GESA HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT UNION PROGRAM RUNS STUDENT OPERATED BRANCHES ACROSS WASHINGTON STATE. 
          EVERY YEAR, EACH SCHOOL SELECTS ONE INTERN AS CAMPUS BRANCH MANAGER TO OVERSEE PEERS AND ASSIST WITH TRANSACTIONS UNDER A GESA SUPERVISOR. 
          ADDITIONALLY, INTERNS SERVE AS A MEMBER SERVICES ASSOCIATE OR TELLER AT THEIR HOME BRANCH. 
          I DISCOVERED THE INTERNSHIP THROUGH MY BUSINESS CLASSES. 
          I APPLIED IN MAY OF LAST YEAR AND WAS ACCEPTED IN JUNE. 
          I TRAINED AT THE LYNNWOOD GESA BRANCH STARTING JULY 14, WORKING FULL TIME THROUGH SUMMER TO LEARN BRANCH OPERATIONS. 
          DURING TRAINING, I COMPLETED ZOOM SESSIONS TO LEARN THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM WE USE CALLED DNA TO PROCESS TRANSACTIONS. 
          I SHADOWED PROFESSIONALS AT THE BRANCH AND EVEN BEGAN PERFORMING CASH HANDLING AND TRANSACTIONS MYSELF. 
          SOMETHING WORTH NOTING IS THAT GESA IS A VERY MEMBER FOCUSED INSTITUTION. 
          CUSTOMERS ARE CALLED MEMBERS BECAUSE GESA IS A NONPROFIT FINANCIAL COOPERATIVE OWNED BY THE PEOPLE WHO BANK WITH US. 
          THAT FOCUS THE COMPANY HAS HAS REALLY HELPED ME BUILD STRONG CUSTOMER SERVICE SKILLS AND LEARN HOW TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE LEAVES OUR INSTITUTION SATISFIED. 
          NOW, OUR HIGH SCHOOL BRANCH AT LYNNWOOD IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT DUE TO CONSTRUCTION DELAYS, UNFORTUNATELY, SO WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO OPEN UP FOR LUNCHES YET. 
          INSTEAD, KATIE AND I HAVE FOCUSED ON BUILDING NONTRANSACTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN THE SCHOOL. 
          WE MEET IN THE BRANCH THREE DAYS A WEEK, SOMETIMES TO TABLE DURING LUNCHES OR TO PLAN MARKETING CAMPAIGNS LEADING UP TO OUR EVENTUAL GRAND OPENING. 
          EVEN THOUGH MY EXPERIENCE AT GESA HASN'T FOLLOWED THE USUAL COOKIE CUTTER PATH, IT'S BEEN INCREDIBLY REWARDING. 
          I'VE GAINED PROFESSIONAL SKILLS, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE ABILITY TO HELP EDUCATE OTHERS ABOUT FINANCIAL LITERACY BEYOND JUST MAKING A DEPOSIT OR WITHDRAWAL. THANK YOU. 
          >> AT THE CONCLUSION, I'LL INVITE ALL OF OUR STUDENTS UP FOR QUESTIONS SO THAT YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO LISTEN TO THEM AND FIND OUT MORE. 
          ANOTHER AREA THAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED IS OUR STUDENT ADVISORY. 
          ONE OF THE PROGRAM STANDARDS AND QUALITY AREAS THAT WE ARE FOCUSED HEAVILY ON IS EQUITY AND STUDENT ACCESS. 
          I'M REALLY TRYING TO GET A SENSE OF STUDENT VOICE AND STUDENT PERSPECTIVE ON THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW WELL WE'RE DOING IN TERMS OF COMMUNICATING OPPORTUNITIES AND THEIR ABILITY TO ACCESS THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. 
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I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE ALICE GUAN. 
          ALICE IS ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF OUR STUDENT ADVISORY, AND I'LL ASK ALICE JUST TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE. ALICE, COME ON. 
          >> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ALICE GUAN, AND I'M CURRENTLY A SENIOR FROM MOUNTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL. 
          LIKE MANY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, I SOUGHT OUT OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY. 
          ONE OF THE MOST MEANINGFUL EXPERIENCES WAS BEING PART OF VANESSA'S CT SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM CALLED INTERNSHIP CONNECT. 
          THIS PROGRAM NOT ONLY GAVE ME VALUABLE HANDS ON EXPERIENCE, BUT IT ALSO ALLOWED ME TO CONNECT WITH INSPIRING PEOPLE WHO HELPED SHAPE CAREER GOALS AND CONFIDENCE. 
          THIS EXPERIENCE DEEPLY INFLUENCED ME TO JOIN THE CT STUDENT ADVISORY. 
          WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF OUR STUDENT ADVISORY? OUR PURPOSE IS TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT CT CLASSES AND PROGRAMS, HELP STUDENTS PLAN FOR THEIR FUTURE WITH CONFIDENCE AND DIRECTION, AND WE FOCUS ON CURATING THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF FELLOW STUDENTS. 
          ENSURING THAT OUR EVENTS AND PLANS INFORM STUDENTS AND HELP THEM SUCCEED. 
          BY INTRODUCING OPPORTUNITIES EARLY ON, STUDENTS CAN EXPLORE FIELDS THEY ARE INTERESTED IN AND BUILD VALUABLE SKILLS ALONG THE WAY. 
          LAST YEAR, OUR ADVISORY HOSTED A PATHWAY EXPLORATION FAIR, AIMED AT MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS AND YOUNGER HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. 
          THANKS TO THE SUPPORT OF MANY DEDICATED TEACHERS AND STAFF, THIS EVENT HELP STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT CT PATHWAYS AND DISCOVER CLASSES THAT ALIGN WITH THEIR INTERESTS. 
          BUT IT ALSO HELPED THEM EXPLORE POTENTIAL CAREER PATHS, SOMETHING THAT CAN BE OVERWHELMING FOR MANY STUDENTS IN COLLEGE. 
          THIS YEAR, WE HAVE EVEN GREATER GOALS. 
          WE HOPE TO TEACH BOTH MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THE IMPORTANCE OF NETWORKING, BUILDING MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS WITH TEACHERS, EMPLOYERS, AND PROFESSIONALS THAT CAN OPEN DOORS IN THE WORKING WORLD. 
          WE ALSO PLAN TO HOST ANOTHER EXPLORATION FAIR BECAUSE LAST YEAR'S EVENT BROUGHT TOGETHER SO MANY ENTHUSIASTIC FAMILIES AND STUDENTS. 
          ADDITIONALLY, WE AIM TO TEACH STUDENTS HOW TO WRITE EFFECTIVE AND ORGANIZED RESUMES IN ORDER TO PROMOTE DISTRICT PROGRAMS SUCH AS SNOW AISLE AND WORLD LANGUAGE COURSES. 
          THESE PROGRAMS GIVE STUDENTS THE CHANCE TO DEVELOP ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND PREPARE FOR SUCCESS BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL. 
          BEING PART OF THE CTE COMMUNITY HAS SHOWN ME THE POWER OF EDUCATION AND OPPORTUNITY WHEN IT'S SHARED, AND I'M PROUD TO CONTRIBUTE AND HELP STUDENTS DISCOVER THEIR PASSIONS, BUILD THEIR FUTURES, AND TAKE THEIR FIRST STEPS TOWARDS MEANINGFUL CAREERS. THANK YOU. 
          >> I SHARE, OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WE HAVE REPRESENTATION FROM ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS. 
          OUR STUDENTS ARE INCREDIBLY PASSIONATE ABOUT DOING THE WORK. 
          THEY JUST DIDN'T WANT TO ADVISE. 
          THEY WANTED TO GET THEIR HANDS IN THERE AND DO SOMETHING. 
          THEY'VE DONE SOME GREAT WORK. 
          I WILL ALSO SAY THEY HAVE BEEN AN INCREDIBLY HELPFUL GROUP IN TERMS OF BEING HONEST WITH US ABOUT WHAT WE THINK IS GOOD ADVERTISING. 
          THEY LET US KNOW THAT WE WEREN'T DOING IT RIGHT. 
          I GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT. 
          THE LAST PROGRAM WE'LL TALK ABOUT IS OUR INTERNSHIP CONNECT PROGRAM, WHICH I REFERENCED EARLIER, AND YOU HEARD ALICE REFERENCE THAT WAS AN EXPERIENCE THAT SHE HAD HAD PRIOR TO JOINING THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          I WANT TO RECOGNIZE VANESSA EDWARDS, MY BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP AND CAREER CONNECTED LEARNING COORDINATOR, WHO I BET YOU HAS THE LONGEST TITLE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          I'M TERRIBLE WITH TITLE, SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. 
          BUT I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE ONE OF OUR STUDENTS, ACT VERMA FROM MOUNT LAKE TERRACE HIGH SCHOOL. 
          HE WAS INVOLVED IN OUR INTERNSHIP CONNECT PROGRAM AND I HAVE ASKED HIM TO SHARE JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT EXPERIENCE. CONCH, COME ON. 
          >> THANK YOU, MR. MADISON. HELLO, EVERYONE. 
          MY NAME IS CONCH VERMA, AND I WAS AN INTERNSHIP THAT WAS PART OF THE INTERNSHIP SUMMER CONNECT PROGRAM. 
          MY EXPERIENCE WITH THIS PROGRAM WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. 
          I INTERNED FOR A COMPANY CALLED CAST TAILORED. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HEARD OF THEM. 
          THEY'RE FAMOUS FOR MAKING HIGH QUALITY FURNITURE FOR A VARIETY OF COMPANIES. 
          THEY MAKE SOME FOR BOEING, NORTH STORM. VERY WELL KNOWN. 
          I LEARNED A LOT. I MAINLY WORKED WITH THE HR LEAD AT CAST TAILORED. 
          HIS NAME IS TUCKER. 
          LEARNED A LOT ABOUT MAKING PROTOTYPES QUICKLY AND REALLY TESTING THEM IN THE MARKET AND MAKING ADJUSTMENTS TO HAVE THE CUSTOMER SATISFIED. 
          I ALSO SHADOWED A TON OF EMPLOYEES THAT WORKED AT CAST TAILORED, ONE OF THEM BEING JESSE. 
          I GOT TO SIT WITH JESSE AND LEARN ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY HE DOES, HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE CUSTOMER AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          IT WAS A GREAT LEARNING EXPERIENCE. 
          I LEARNED SO MUCH, 
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AND I REALLY KNEW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING I WANTED TO PURSUE. 
          IT GAVE ME SOME CONFIDENCE IN KNOWING THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT CAN HELP ME WITH THIS. 
          YEAH, I JUST LEARNED SO MUCH, AND IT WAS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE. 
          I THINK FUTURE INTERNS THAT WILL TAKE PART IN THIS PROGRAM WILL HAVE JUST AS AMAZING EXPERIENCES I HAVE. 
          THIS WASN'T THE ONLY INTERNSHIP THAT WAS IN THE PROGRAM. 
          WE HAD A TON OF OTHER ONES. 
          WE ACTUALLY GOT TO CHOOSE THEM. 
          WE WOULD INTERVIEW WITH VANESSA, AND THEN VANESSA WOULD RECOMMEND INTENTS BASED ON THAT. 
          FOR ME, SHE RECOMMENDED CAST TAILORED, AND OBVIOUSLY, IT WAS A GREAT FIT. THANK YOU. YEAH. 
          >> THEN IN A MOMENT, I'LL INVITE OUR STUDENTS UP FOR QUESTIONS. 
          I DO WANT TO JUST SHARE ABOUT THE INTERNSHIP CONNECT PROGRAM. 
          THERE ARE TWO WAYS THAT OUR STUDENTS. 
          THESE ARE PAID INTERNSHIPS FOR THE SUMMER, AND THERE ARE TWO WAYS THAT THEY ARE PAID. 
          ONE IS THROUGH THE EMPLOYERS THEMSELVES WHO HAVE THE CAPACITY TO HIRE STUDENTS AND TAKE THEM ON AS, INTERNS AND MENTOR THEM AND PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THEIR INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE. 
          BUT THE OTHER WAY WE DO THIS IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR FOUNDATION FOR THE EDMOND SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          THERE ARE MANY SMALLER COMPANIES WHO DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY HIRE INTERNS. 
          BUT WORKING CLOSELY WITH DEBB AND THE FOUNDATION, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RAISE DONATIONS AND MONEY TO ESSENTIALLY UNDERWRITE THE COST TO PAY FOR THOSE STUDENTS TO BE PAID INTERNS IN THE SUMMER, WHICH IS THE REASON WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REACH THAT 100 MARK, WHICH WAS KIND OF MY GOAL IS 100 A YEAR, AND I FEEL LIKE WE'VE HIT IT. 
          WITH THAT, I WANT TO INVITE OUR STUDENTS TO COME UP COME ON. 
          BOARD, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF ANY OF US? 
          >> I ALWAYS LOOKED AT THE LIBRARIAN AND TEACHER FIRST. 
          >> MINE ISN'T SO MUCH A QUESTION, MARK, BUT I DO HAVE A REQUEST FOR YOU. 
          I THINK IT'S REALLY INTERESTING THAT WE'RE DOING THIS CREDIT UNION IN THE SCHOOLS IDEA WITH GESA. 
          THAT'S FINANCIAL LITERACY IS SOMETHING I'M ALWAYS CONCERNED ABOUT WHETHER OUR STUDENTS HAVE IT WHEN THEY GRADUATE OR NOT. 
          IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT SKILL. 
          BUT I'M CURIOUS IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE INFORMATION ON IT, IF YOU COULD FORWARD THAT OUT, I DON'T KNOW IF THE REST OF MY BOARD MEMBERS WILL BE INTERESTED IN SEEING IT, BUT I WOULD DEFINITELY BE INTERESTED IN SEEING WHAT'S THE PROGRAM LOOK LIKE, HOW'S IT WORK IN THE SCHOOL, STUFF LIKE THAT. 
          IF YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION, REALLY APPRECIATE GETTING IT SENT OVER. 
          >> I WILL CERTAINLY DO THAT. I'LL FOLLOW UP. 
          >> OKAY, SURE. FIRST GESA, THAT'S IS IT GOING TO SO MUCH OF BANKING THESE DAYS SEEMS TO BE, LIKE, ELECTRONIC? LIKE, THERE'S NOT MONEY IN IT ANYMORE. 
          LIKE, CURRENCY. 
          LIKE, WILL THIS BE, LIKE A BASICALLY A DIGITAL BANK, OR WILL YOU BE DOING MORE THAN THAT? 
          >> AT OUR ACTUAL LYNNWOOD BRANCH, WE DO INCLUDE CASH HANDLING, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT I GOT INEXPERIENCE IN. 
          IN OTHER GESA BRANCHES, SOME OF THEM ARE NON-CASH, AND IT'S ENTIRELY DIGITAL, BUT FOR US, PERSONALLY, AS WELL AS IN THE HIGH SCHOOL BRANCH, WE USE MAINLY CASH. 
          >> AS AN OLDER PERSON, I APPRECIATE CASH 
          >> HAVING ACCESS TO THAT. 
          I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THE ADVISORY COUNCIL. 
          IS THERE SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE LIKE, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT FORWARD FOR THE PROGRAM TO MAYBE ADD TO THE PROGRAM OR CHANGE ABOUT THE PROGRAM. 
          HAS YOUR COUNSEL BROUGHT FORWARD ANY OF THAT? 
          >> I THINK I REALLY WANTED TO HAVE, LIKE, PROMOTION, LIKE PROMOTING OUR LANGUAGE COURSES, BECAUSE I THINK BEING ABLE TO SPEAK TO LANGUAGES OR EVEN MORE IS SUCH A JUST AMAZING THING THAT HELPS PEOPLE GET HIRED, GET ENROLLED IN THINGS, AND IT'S JUST SUCH AN IMPORTANT LIFE SKILL THAT I THINK IS SO IMPORTANT. 
          SO WE REALLY WANT TO WORK TOWARDS, LIKE, REALLY PROMOTING THAT THIS YEAR AND HAVING PEOPLE KNOWN, LIKE, HEY, WE HAVE LANGUAGE TESTS THAT YOU GUYS CAN TAKE, WE HAVE LANGUAGE COURSES THAT YOU CAN TAKE, AND IT HELPS YOU IN COLLEGE, IT HELPS YOU FIND JOBS. 
          EMPLOYERS LOOK FOR IT, AND IT'S A VALUABLE LIFE SKILL. 
          >> I CAN ADD JUST A LITTLE BIT TO THAT. 
          TWO YEARS AGO, THE ADVISORY ACTUALLY CREATED A STUDENT SURVEY A HIGH SCHOOL. 
          >> MAYBE YOU SHOULD SPEAK IN THE MICROPHONE SO THAT DIRECT, I CAN'T HEAR YOU. 
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          >> TWO YEARS AGO, WHEN WE STARTED THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE STUDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE CREATED A SURVEY WITH KEY QUESTIONS AROUND STUDENT AWARENESS AND ACCESS AND SENT IT OUT THROUGH THEIR NETWORKS TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AT ALL HIGH SCHOOLS AND GATHERED DATA TO HEAR FROM STUDENTS WHAT THEY'RE TRULY SAYING TO US IN TERMS OF WHAT ARE THE HEARING AND LEARNING AND THEIR CAPACITY TO ACCESS CTE PROGRAMS. THAT RESULTED IN, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE NUMBER 1 REASON THAT STUDENTS GO INTO CTE CLASSES BECAUSE THEY WANT TO HAVE EXPOSURE TO CAREERS. 
          THAT CAME DIRECTLY FROM THE DATA GATHERED FROM THE STUDENT ADVISORY. 
          MY TEACHERS, WE HAVE WORKED WITH THEM TO REALLY EMPHASIZE THAT IN ALL OF OUR COURSES. 
          THE OTHER THING THAT WAS DONE, AND WE DID THIS LAST YEAR IS THE ADVISORY ASKED US THE QUESTION, YOU DO ELECT AFFAIRS IN ALL THE HIGH SCHOOLS, BUT YOU REALLY DON'T DO ANYTHING FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLS, AND YOU DON'T PROVIDE ANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARENTS TO SEE YOUR PROGRAMS, AND TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO YOUR INSTRUCTORS AND ASK QUESTIONS. 
          THEY LAUNCHED A PATHWAYS INFORMATION FAIR, WHICH WAS REFERENCED. 
          LAST YEAR, I WAS AN EVENING EVENT. 
          THEY PLANNED IT, THEY DESIGNED IT SPECIFICALLY FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES TO BE ABLE TO COME IN THE EVENING AND MEET WITH OUR INSTRUCTORS AND ASK QUESTIONS AND IT'S SOMETHING WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THIS YEAR. 
          IT WAS A VERY POWERFUL EVENT, AND IT CAME DIRECTLY FROM THEIR FEEDBACK. 
          >> THE WHOLE CTE THING IS SUCH A GREAT PROGRAM AND GET SUCH GREAT RESULTS FOR KIDS THAT I JUST APPRECIATE IT. 
          I HAVE TO ASK ONE MORE QUESTION. 
          OUT OF YOUR INTERCHIP EXPERIENCE, DID YOU IDENTIFY, LIKE, ONE PART YOU SAID YOU SHADOWED A LOT OF PEOPLE? WAS THERE ANY OF THOSE SPECIFICALLY THAT YOU WANT TO PURSUE NOW THAT YOU THOUGHT WAS A REALLY GOOD FIT FOR YOU? 
          >> I SHADOWED A GUY NAMED JESSE, WHO'S REALLY INVOLVED WITH THE CUSTOMER, REALLY TALKING TO THE CUSTOMER, AND ALSO MAKING A PROTOTYPE AND IMPLEMENTING THOSE CHANGES INTO THE PRODUCT OR ANYTHING THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE. 
          I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD FIT FOR ME BECAUSE I REALLY LIKE MAKING ADJUSTMENTS IN REAL TIME AND IT WOULD BE AMAZING TO ACTUALLY WORK WITH SOMEONE ELSE AND WORK ON A PRODUCT AND MAKE IT THE BEST THAT IT CAN POSSIBLY BE. 
          >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU ALL. 
          >> THAT LIBRARIAN SURE CAN TALK. 
          I WANT TO SAY HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE YOU STUDENTS COMING FORWARD AND SHARING YOUR EXPERIENCES WITH THE CTE PROGRAM, BECAUSE I CAN FEEL YOUR ENTHUSIASM, AND IT DOES FEEL LIKE IT'S GOT A REALLY CONNECTION TO YOUR PLANNING AFTER HIGH SCHOOL. 
          I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT JUST THIS PAST WEEKEND, I WAS AT A STATEWIDE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION, LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE. 
          ONE OF THE PRIORITIES WE TALKED ABOUT WAS EXPANDING FUNDING FOR CTE PROGRAMS ACROSS THE STATE. 
          I ENTHUSIASTICALLY TOLD THEM ABOUT OUR WONDERFUL PROGRAM, WHAT MARK HAS BEEN DOING AND THE STUDENTS AND YOU HAVE JUST CONFIRMED EVERYTHING THAT I WAS GLOWING ABOUT TO THE STATE WIDE NETWORK. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TONIGHT TO DO THIS AND PARTICIPATING IN THIS GREAT PROGRAM, AND THANK YOU, MARK. THANK YOU. 
          >> I'D HEARD EARLIER ABOUT GISA, THAT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS HEARD ABOUT FROM BUSINESS CLASSES. 
          I WANT TO ASK ABOUT THE OTHER TWO PROGRAMS. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT ABOUT THESE PROGRAMS AND WERE ABLE TO GET INTO THEM? 
          >> WE HAVE AN AMAZING CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION COUNSELOR AT OUR SCHOOL, AND HE IS CONSTANTLY GIVING OUT OPPORTUNITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO TAKE PART IN. 
          THAT'S WHERE I HEARD ABOUT IT FROM. 
          THEN AS SOON AS I HEARD ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY, I IMMEDIATELY SIGNED UP, AND I WAS LIKE, THIS IS AMAZING, MORE PEOPLE SHOULD DO THIS. 
          >> I FOUND OUT THE SAME WAY ABOUT THE INTERNSHIP, EXCEPT FOR ME, THE ADVISORY BOARD, I FOUND OUT THROUGH E MAIL, BUT I JOINED BECAUSE OF THE INTERNSHIP AND BECAUSE IT HELPED ME BECAUSE IN THE BEGINNING, I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING LIKE PSYCHOLOGY INVOLVING KIDS. 
          I WAS DOING THAT INTERNSHIP. 
          BUT THEN THE SUMMER I KNEW THAT I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. 
          THEN VANESSA INTRODUCED ME TO SOMETHING AT [FOREIGN]. 
          [01:25:03]
THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING TO APPLY. 
          I ACTUALLY SUBMITTED MY COLLEGE APPS LAST WEEK, AND I'M GOING TO BE DOING BIOLOGY. 
          THANK YOU TO THIS PROGRAM FOR LETTING ME KNOW WHAT I ACTUALLY WANT TO BE BECAUSE I WAS DYING BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WANT TO BE WHEN I GROW UP, LIKE, NO. 
          THAT WAS REALLY HELPFUL. 
          I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY A LOT OF LIKE SOCIAL MEDIA, ADVERTISEMENT, EMAILS, JUST MAKING SURE THAT I CHECKED IT, AND THAT WAS AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU. 
          >> THEN FOR GISA TO ASK, IS IT ALSO GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S PURELY FOR BUSINESS OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT'S LIKE YOU GUYS ARE PLANNING TO ADVERTISE FURTHER TO OTHER STUDENTS? 
          >> BECAUSE GISA IS A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION, WE MAINLY TARGET THOSE WHO ARE ALREADY INVOLVED IN BUSINESS CLASSES, BECAUSE IN THOSE CLASSES, THEY CAN USE THE FOUNDATIONS THAT THEY GAINED FROM THAT TO BE ABLE TO APPLY THAT INTO THE WORK THEY DO. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE ROLE OF BEING A BRANCH MANAGER FOR GISA, YOU HAVE TO LEAD THE MARKETING CAMPAIGNS AND BE ABLE TO DEVELOP THINGS THAT ARE TASTEFUL TO OUR TARGET MARKET. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN YOU TAKE MARKETING OR HI, YOU LEARN THE BASICS TO BE ABLE TO CARRY THINGS LIKE THAT OUT, AND THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT IN THE BRANCHES OPERATION, SO WE STAY TO ADVERTISE IT TO BUSINESS CLASSES. 
          >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          >> DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TATIANA? 
          >> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT THAT SOUNDS LIKE A REALLY COOL RESOURCE AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU GUYS FOUND OUT ABOUT IT. 
          I HAD A SIMILAR INQUIRY TO MY PEERS, AND I WAS LIKE, HOW DO WE GET INVOLVED WITH THIS? BECAUSE THIS SOUNDS SUPER COOL AND WONDERFUL. 
          THANK YOU FOR SHARING. 
          >> DIRECTOR SMITH, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANTED TO ADD? 
          >> NOTHING ELSE RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          I THINK ONE INGREDIENT HERE THAT IS SO IMPORTANT NOT ONLY IN CTE, BUT NEEDS TO BE IN ALL OF OUR COURSES IS THE LINK TO REAL LIFE. 
          HOW IS WHAT WE'RE LEARNING RELATED TO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IN REAL LIFE OR WHAT WE MIGHT BE DOING IN REAL LIFE, AND THE MORE APPLICATION THAT KIDS CAN GET INVOLVED IN NO MATTER WHAT COURSES THEY'RE IN, I THINK THIS IS REALLY A KEY CREDENT IN ENGAGING KIDS AND IN HELPING THEM TO UNDERSTAND WHY THAT LEARNING IS IMPORTANT. 
          THE CTE COURSES ARE WONDERFUL EXAMPLE OF IT, AND I'D LIKE TO SEE IT SOMEHOW SPREAD THAT UNDERSTANDING ACROSS ALL OF OUR COURSES. 
          MARK AS ALWAYS, YOU DO A GREAT JOB. 
          THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR THE DISTRICT, AND THANK YOU TO YOUR STUDENTS, YOU ARE ARTICULATE. 
          IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU FOCUSED AND BEING WONDERFUL ROLE MODELS AND LEADERS FOR OTHER KIDS AND YOUR PEERS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          [APPLAUSE] NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS UNFINISHED BUSINESS. 
          [12. UNFINISHED BUSINESS- 8:05 pm]
          >> JUST ONE ITEM OF UNFINISHED BUSINESS THIS EVENING, 12.1, A SECOND READING TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 25-21 REGARDING THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND OPERATIONS LEVY. 
          >> DO YOU WANT SOME WATER? 
          >> NO, I HAVE SOME WATER. IT ONLY HAPPENS WHEN YOU TRY TO TALK INTO A MICROPHONE. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. 
          THIS IS OUR SECOND READING. 
          DO I HEAR A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 25-21, WHICH IS THE FEBRUARY 2026 EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND OPERATIONS LEVY. 
          >> MOVE TO APPROVE. 
          >> I ABSOLUTELY SECOND. 
          >> I'VE HEARD A MOTION TO APPROVE IN A SECOND. 
          IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ONE THING I'D LIKE TO SAY IS I HAVE ALREADY SEEN, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVEN'T APPROVED THIS YET, I HAVE SEEN SOME THINGS IN THE MEDIA THAT HAVE DISCUSSED THIS LEVY AND HAVE NOT ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THIS IS A REPLACEMENT LEVY. 
          THIS IS NOT A NEW LEVY. 
          THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT SOMETHING LIKE 15% OF OUR BUDGET RELIES ON THIS LOCAL LEVY THAT WE HAVE TO RENEW LITERALLY EVERY FOUR YEARS. 
          I JUST WANT TO REALLY CLARIFY AND START GETTING THESE FACTS OUT TO THE PUBLIC ASSUMING THAT WE'RE GOING TO APPROVE THIS. 
          THIS IS A REPLACEMENT LEVY, IT IS NOT A NEW LEVY. 
          >> THANKS FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. 
          >> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, I'LL CALL FOR A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THIS. 
          >> DIRECTOR GERARD? 
          >> AYE. 
          [01:30:01]
          >> DIRECTOR HABER? 
          >> YES. 
          >> DIRECTOR SMITH? 
          >> AYE. 
          >> DIRECTOR CHASE. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> DIRECTOR ADAMS? 
          >> AYE. RESOLUTION 25-21, THE FEBRUARY 2020 PROGRAMS AND OPERATIONS LEVY IS APPROVED. 
          >> WE HAVE FIVE ITEMS OF NEW BUSINESS THIS EVENING. 
          [13. NEW BUSINESS- 8:10 pm]
THE FIRST IS 13.1, A SINGLE READING TO APPROVE THE SCHOOL BOARD LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR 2026. 
          >> DO I HEAR A MOTION IN A SECOND TO APPROVE THE SCHOOL BOARD LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR 2026? 
          >> I MOVE TO APPROVE. 
          >> I SECOND. 
          >> I'VE HEARD A MOTION TO APPROVE IN A SECOND. 
          IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? 
          >> I AM REALLY PLEASED THAT WE'RE COMING OUT OF THIS EARLY BEFORE SESSION SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE ON THE MINDS OF OUR LAWMAKERS. 
          >> I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK CURTIS AND THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT FOR DOING A VERY NICE JOB OF TAKING OUR LEGISLATIVE POLICIES AND MAKING THEM EASY TO READ AND FROM A MARKETING STANDPOINT, HAVING A LOVELY VISUAL LOOK TO THEM, SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. 
          ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES? 
          >> I APPRECIATE THE STUDY SESSION WHERE OUR BOARD WAS ABLE TO REVIEW THIS AND MAKE SURE IT'S ALIGNED WITH OUR BOARD GOALS. 
          >> HEARING NO MORE DISCUSSION. 
          I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE SCHOOL BOARD LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR 2026, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE? [BACKGROUND] ALL THOSE OPPOSING. 
          ANY ABSTENTIONS. 
          AND OUR SCHOOL BOARD LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR 2026 ARE APPROVED? 
          >> ITEM 13.2 IS A SINGLE READING PERTAINING TO THE EXTENSION OF THE EDMOND SCHOOL DISTRICT STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          >> DO I HEAR A MOTION AND A SECOND TO EXTEND THE EDMOND SCHOOL DISTRICT 2021/26 STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          >> MOVE TO APPROVE. 
          >> SECOND. 
          >> I'VE HEARD A MOTION TO APPROVE IN A SECOND. 
          IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I'D LIKE TO EXPLAIN TO THE PUBLIC. 
          WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS. 
          THIS FIVE YEAR IN ITS CURRENT FORM, ITS FIVE YEAR PLAN WASN'T REALLY BEING IMPLEMENTED FOR FIVE YEARS. 
          THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF IT WAS COVID. 
          WE STARTED, IT WAS A DRAFT VERSION. 
          WE WEREN'T IN A PLACE TO HAVE INPUT FROM EVERYWHERE, TO HAVE THE KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS DEVELOPED, TO HAVE THE ACTION PLAN FULLY DEVELOPED. 
          WE FEEL THAT WE HAVE STARTED SOME WONDERFUL PROGRESS TOWARD THESE PARTICULAR GOALS AND WHAT OUR EXPECTATIONS ARE IN TERMS OF MEASUREMENTS, AND THAT WE NEED TO KEEP THAT MOMENTUM GOING. 
          THE STAFF UNDERSTAND THE GOALS. 
          WE UNDERSTAND THE GOALS. 
          WE HAVE ALIGNED OUR GOALS AND THE SUPERINTENDENT GOALS AND THE STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP MOMENTUM, WHICH IS WHY WE WANT TO EXTEND THIS FOR AT LEAST ONE MORE YEAR. 
          THIS IS JUST TO EXTEND IT FOR ONE YEAR AND THEN TO DO ANOTHER ASSESSMENT OF WHERE WE ARE NEXT YEAR. 
          DID THAT CAPTURE OUR DISCUSSION. 
          ANYTHING ELSE, DIRECTOR SMITH? 
          >> NO, I'M GLAD YOU CLARIFIED THAT, THOUGH, BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT THIS WAS, AND I WASN'T 100%, SO YOU CLARIFYING THAT MADE IT CLEAR TO ME AS WELL. 
          >> GOOD. HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. 
          I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE. 
          ALL THOSE WILLING TO EXTEND THE EDMOND SCHOOL DISTRICT 2021 2026 STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. 
          [BACKGROUND] ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY? ANY ABSTENTIONS. 
          THE EDMOND SCHOOL DISTRICT 2021/26 STRATEGIC PLAN IS EXTENDED. 
          >> THE NEXT THREE ITEMS ARE FIRST READINGS, NO ACTION REQUESTED OF REVISED BOARD POLICIES. 
          I'M BRINGING THESE UP TOGETHER BECAUSE AT ONE TIME OR ACTUALLY CURRENTLY, THEY ARE A SINGLE POLICY, 06,700 NUTRITION, PHYSICAL EDUCATION, AND WELLNESS AND WE'RE BREAKING THOSE OUT INTO THREE SEPARATE POLICIES AS PER WADA RECOMMENDED POLICIES, BUT ALSO IN ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR NUTRITION STAFF, OUR PHYSICAL EDUCATION STAFF, AND THOSE WHO WORK ON WELLNESS IN THE DISTRICT. 
          >> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. 
          LET'S START WITH REVISED BOARD POLICY 6,700 ON NUTRITION. 
          IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS? 
          >> I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU THE BOARD KNOWS, I THINK MOST PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE ALL STUDY WHAT'S GOING TO BE ON THE BOARD AGENDA BEFORE IT COMES UP AND ASK THE STAFF QUESTIONS SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND LOOKING AT. 
          I ACTUALLY HAD PUT FORTH SOME QUESTIONS TO DR. 
          MINER BECAUSE OF SOME OF MY CONCERNS ABOUT 
          [01:35:03]
HOW THE MEAL PROGRAM IS HANDLED FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE ON THE FREE AND REDUCED MEAL PROGRAM. 
          WHEN I HAD WORKED IN THE DISTRICT, THERE WERE SOME ISSUES THAT WERE NOT, I THINK, CONDUCIVE TO STUDENTS FEELING COMFORTABLE ALL THE TIME IN GETTING A MEAL THAT WAS A FREE MEAL. 
          WHAT I HAVE LEARNED, AND I AM REALLY PLEASED TO KNOW IS THAT EVERY STUDENT, NO MATTER WHAT IS GIVEN A BREAKFAST AND A LUNCH, WHETHER OR NOT THEY CAN AFFORD IT. 
          THEY GET THE SAME FOOD, NO MATTER IF THEY'RE ON THE FREE REDUCED MEAL PROGRAM OR THEY'RE NOT. 
          THERE'S NO WAY THAT STUDENTS AND THE STUDENTS HERE CAN VERIFY WHETHER OR NOT THEY THIS IS TRUE GOING ON IN YOUR SCHOOLS, THAT THERE'S NO WAY TO KNOW WHICH KIDS ARE GETTING MEALS AND WHICH ONES ARE NOT. 
          ANY NEED TO FOLLOW UP WITH A STUDENT WHO ISN'T ABLE TO PAY, BUT HASN'T FILLED OUT A FREE AND REDUCED MEAL APPLICATION IS FOLLOWED UP WITH THE FAMILY, AND IT'S NOT PUT ONTO THE STUDENT. 
          I JUST WANT TO THANK DR. 
          MINER FOR ALL THAT CLARIFICATION BECAUSE THAT WAS A STRONG CONCERN FOR ME. 
          I DON'T EVER WANT A CHILD TO FEEL EMBARRASSED OR HUMILIATED WHEN THEY CAN'T AFFORD A LUNCH. 
          I WANT EVERY KID TO BE FED ON A REGULAR BASIS. 
          WE ARE DEFINITELY DOING THAT, AND I'M VERY PLEASED ABOUT THAT. 
          I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT. 
          >> DR. KATAMS, I'M REALLY GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP. 
          I WAS ON THE BOARD WHEN WE GOT RID OF THAT BROWN BAG POLICY. 
          BECAUSE THERE'S A REAL CONCERN. 
          I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE WAY OUR NUTRITION DEPARTMENT IS HANDLING ALL THIS. THANKS FOR AN UPDATE. 
          >> I'LL MAKE ONE QUICK COMMENT ON THIS TOO. 
          IT'S ONLY TANGENTIALLY RELATED, BUT I THINK IT'S AT LEAST WORTH MENTIONING THAT ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW WITH FEDERAL FUNDING FOR FOOD BENEFITS FOR A LOT OF FAMILIES BEING WELL, LET'S JUST BE HONEST. 
          IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THERE IN ABOUT A WEEK. UNLESS SOMETHING HAPPENS. 
          I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT AS THE DISTRICT SCHOOLS WE HAVE, WE'RE ABLE TO FEED OUR STUDENTS AND NOT MAKE THEM FEEL WEIRD ABOUT IT OR ANYTHING ELSE. 
          IT'S JUST MORE IMPORTANT NOW THAN EVER THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET THOSE STUDENTS THE FOOD THEY NEED. 
          >> YOU'RE RIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE. 
          >> THE NEXT ONE IS RECESS AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION. 
          IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE NEW BOARD POLICY 6701 ON RECESS AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION? 
          >> I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY ON THE AGENDA, IT'S LISTED AS RECESS AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION, BUT IT'S CALLED RECESS AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ON THE FILE, AND ALSO IN THE DOCUMENT ITSELF. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU. FOR THE SECOND READING, WE WILL MAKE SURE WE CALL IT RECESS AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. 
          >> ANYTHING ELSE? WE CAN GO ON TO THE NEXT ONE. 
          >> THAT ONE IS 6702 WELLNESS. 
          >> IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE NEW BOARD POLICY 6702 ON WELLNESS? I JUST WANTED TO MENTION, IT LOOKED A LOT LIKE NEW BOARD POLICY ON 6701. 
          THERE WERE SEVERAL PARTS THAT WERE THE SAME. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT WASA WANTED THIS SEPARATED, BUT IT WAS HARD TO REALLY SEE WHAT WAS VERY DIFFERENT. 
          IS THERE ANYTHING YOU CAN HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT'S REALLY DIFFERENT IN THE TWO? 
          >> NO. 
          >> WE'RE JUST DOING WHAT WASA SUGGESTS. 
          I HAD TO GO BACK AND ACTUALLY, THERE WERE DIFFERENCES, BUT THEY WEREN'T REMARKABLE ENOUGH TO HAVE IT SEPARATED FROM MY OPINION. 
          BUT I'M STILL FINE WITH IT. 
          ANYTHING ELSE? WE CAN GO ON. 
          >> OTHER THAN THE CHANGE NOTED BY DIRECTOR GERARD, WE WILL PRESENT THOSE AS INDICATED CURRENTLY FOR A SECOND READING AND POTENTIAL APPROVAL AT THE NEXT MEETING. 
          IF WE CAN PASS THAT DOWN TO DIRECTOR CHASE, 
          [14. LEGISLATIVE UPDATES]
WE WILL GO OVER OUR LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION. BE IN CHARGE. 
          >> YOU'RE THE DRIVER. 
          >> WONDERFUL. 
          THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION IS COMING UP IN JANUARY. 
          IT IS A SHORT SESSION. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE BY OUR AGENDA TONIGHT, WE HAVE BEEN BUSY GETTING [INAUDIBLE] AT 
          [01:40:05]
THE STUDY SESSION, WE HAD THE DISCUSSION OF THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES, WHICH ARE ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA THAT WE JUST PASSED. 
          I'M VERY PROUD OF THE WORK WE'VE BEEN DOING ON THAT. 
          IT'S GOOD TO GET IT EARLY ENOUGH SO THAT WE CAN GET IT IN THE HAND OF OUR LEGISLATORS AND SHARE WITH OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THE DR. 
          MINER AND PRESIDENT ANDY NOFZIGER, EEA PRESIDENT, TED WASA REGION 109 LEGISLATIVE FORUM. 
          DR. MINER, IS IT ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SHARE IN ADDITION TO THAT? 
          >> WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE OUT A COMPLIMENT TO THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE 32ND. 
          THEY'RE THE ONLY REPRESENTATIVES IN OUR DISTRICT WHO OVERLAP WITH REGION 109. 
          ALL THREE OF THEM WERE REPRESENTED THERE. 
          WE WERE THE ONLY A LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT THROUGHOUT ALL THREE OF THEIR REPS THERE, SO THAT WAS REPRESENTATIVE LAUREN DAVIS, REPRESENTATIVE CINDY RIO AND SENATOR JESSE SOLOMON. 
          VERY GRATEFUL TO ALL OF THEM, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE A SMALL PART OF THEIR DISTRICT FOR MAKING THEIR WAY UP THERE TO HEAR FROM SUPERINTENDENTS AND BOARD MEMBERS. 
          >> I'M REALLY GLAD TO HEAR THAT THEY'RE TURNING A VERY FOCUSED LENS ON EDUCATION ISSUES, PART OF WHICH, OF COURSE, ARE AMPLY FUNDING THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 
          WE ALSO KNOW THAT OUR REP FROM THE FIRST, REP SHELLY CLOBA VISITED TWO OF OUR DISTRICTS. 
          I THINK IT WAS ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, LINWOOD HIGH SCHOOL AND BRIER TERRIS MIDDLE SCHOOL. 
          I WILL SAY THE CTA FOLKS THERE WERE VERY ENTHUSIASTICALLY SHOWING THEIR SHOPS AND THE WORK THEY WERE DOING. 
          I BELIEVE BOEING HAD JUST BEEN IN DOING SOME INTERNSHIP WORK. 
          ADDITION TO PREPARATION FOR THE SESSION, DR. 
          MINER AND DR. KATAMS MET WITH REP LAUREN DAVIS. 
          DID YOU WANT TO SHARE ANY INPUT FROM THAT, OR WAS THAT A GOOD MEETING? 
          >> IT WAS EXCELLENT. IT WAS REALLY WITH STUDENTS WHO ARE PART OF PROJECT GIRL, WHO HAD MET WITH REPRESENTATIVE DAVIS, WHO HAD DONE A WONDERFUL JOB. 
          I GIVE HER HUGE KUDOS FOR HELPING THE STUDENTS. 
          THERE WERE ABOUT 15, ALL GIRLS WHO WERE ABLE TO ARTICULATE CONCERNS AND INTERESTS THAT THEY HAVE FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE THAT DR. 
          MINER AND I WILL BE FOLLOWING UP ON THAT WE THINK. 
          THEY HAD SOME GREAT IDEAS. 
          THEY ARTICULATED THEIR CONCERNS. 
          THEY HAD IDEAS FOR ADDRESSING THEM. 
          I KNOW REPRESENTATIVE DAVIS REALLY HELPED THEM TO DO THAT. 
          BUT IT WOULD A WONDERFUL ROLE. 
          IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, IT WASN'T FOR OPTICS. 
          THERE WAS NO MEDIA. 
          THERE WAS NO REASON OTHER THAN SHE WANTED TO HELP THESE STUDENTS TO HELP US. 
          I REALLY ADMIRE THAT, THAT THERE WAS NO GRANDSTANDING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 
          IT WAS A SIMPLE, LOVELY MEETING WITH HER. 
          I GIVE HER A LOT OF CREDIT. 
          >> THAT'S WONDERFUL, AND I THINK THAT'S A REAL TESTAMENT TO THE IMPACT OF OUR YEAR ROUND ADVOCACY, WHICH INCLUDES BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS OUTSIDE THE SESSION WITH ALL NINE OF OUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES SO THAT THEY CAN MORE CLEARLY SEE, AS WE DO WHEN WE HAVE STUDENT ADVISORS, THE IMPACTS THAT THEY'RE MAKING AT 30,000 FOOT LEVEL THAT ARE ACTUALLY IN THE CLASSROOM. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE THE ADVOCACY AND THE WORK THAT NOT ONLY THEY'RE DOING AND RECOGNIZING, BUT THAT THE BOARD'S DOING, TOO. 
          >> DID YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING? 
          >> I KNOW THAT ERIN HAS BEEN REACHING OUT TO ALL OF OUR LEGISLATORS TO SCHEDULE OUR ZOOM MEETINGS TO DISCUSS K-12 FUNDING AND OUR NEWLY APPROVED AND ADOPTED LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR 2026. 
          NOW, AS WE HAVE THE ANTICIPATED LEGISLATIVE ACTION SCHEDULE, OR END OF OCTOBER, WE'RE RIGHT IN THERE. 
          NOW WE CAN NEXT GO TO SEND OUR LEGISLATORS OUR 2026 LEGISLATIVE POLICIES ONCE APPROVED. 
          AS YOU'LL NOTICE, THE LITTLE CHECK BOX. 
          AT THE NEXT MEETING, YOU CAN ANTICIPATE ANOTHER GREEN CHECK MARK, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE MONITORING THE WORK OF THE LEGISLATOR THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT STARTS IN JANUARY. 
          AT THE END OF JANUARY, WE'RE GOING TO BE CONTINUE EMAILING THEM ABOUT THE ONGOING SESSION. 
          OF COURSE, AS WE'RE DOING THIS PREPARATION, WE'RE MERGING AGILE FOR COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITIES AND ISSUES THAT COME UP DURING THE SESSION. 
          PARTICIPATION IN THE PROCESS. 
          FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCESS, WE HAVE INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE ON HOW TO COMMENT ON A BILL, HOW TO TESTIFY, SUBMITTING WRITTEN TESTIMONY AND CONTACTING YOUR LEGISLATORS. 
          IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO CONTACT YOUR LEGISLATORS OR WHO THEY ARE, WE'VE GOT THEM LISTED ON THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WEBSITE RIGHT HERE AND THERE IS 
          [01:45:03]
A LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT FINDER WHERE YOU CAN FIGURE OUT WHICH ONE REPRESENTS YOU. 
          YOU PLUG IN YOUR ADDRESS AND HE'LL POP THAT UP. 
          I WAS ABOUT TO SAY ANY QUESTIONS TO THE AUDIENCE, BUT FROM OUR GROUP HERE. 
          WE ALSO, AS PART OF THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS, WE DID HAVE A LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE STATEWIDE MEETING THIS PAST WEEKEND FROM ALL THE SCHOOL DIRECTORS ACROSS THE STATE, AND DISCUSSING THE PRIORITIES THAT WASA, THE WASHINGTON STATE SCHOOL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION WILL BE ADOPTING, WHICH IS BASED UPON INPUT THAT ALL THE DISTRICTS, INCLUDING OUR DISTRICT, GAVE ON OUR TOP TEN PRIORITIES, AND SYNTHESIZING THAT DOWN TO SOME LANGUAGE, WHICH IS GOING TO CENTER AROUND THREE PRIORITIES. 
          BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO NARROW DOWN A FOCUS BECAUSE IF YOU SAY EVERYTHING'S A PRIORITY, IT'S VERY HARD TO FOCUS ON EVERYTHING AT ONCE. 
          SAFEGUARDING K-12 FUNDING FULFILLING LEGAL AND MORAL OBLIGATIONS IS ONE HEADING. 
          PROVIDING RELIEF AND FLEXIBILITY FOR SCHOOLS AND FUND SAFE HEALTHY CONTEMPORARY SCHOOL FACILITIES? ARE THE THREE MAIN BUCKETS, WHICH WILL BE WITH THOSE DETAILS WILL BE FINALIZED THIS WEDNESDAY, SO WE'LL HAVE SOME MORE WASA PRIORITIES THAT THE STATE AGENCY WILL BE ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS DOWN IN OLYMPIA. 
          AS SOON AS THAT'S COMPLETED, I'LL SEND IT TO EVERYBODY. 
          >> CAN I ASK YOU SOMETHING? 
          >> SURE. 
          >> DOES THAT INDICATE SOMEWHAT OF A MOVEMENT AWAY FROM THE ALIGNMENT THAT WE HAD THIS PAST YEAR IN TERMS OF PRIORITIES ACROSS THE VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS? 
          >> THAT WAS DISCUSSED ON HAVING THE ALIGNMENT OF THE BIG THREE. 
          IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A MOVING AWAY FROM TRYING TO JUST ALIGN TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE PRIORITIES THAT WASA HAD IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS WERE ADDRESSED. 
          IT WAS NOT TRYING TO SPECIFICALLY MIRROR AS THE FEEDBACK KEEPS COMING IN, BUT TO TRY TO BE AN ALIGNMENT, BUT NOT BE COMPLETE LOCKSTEP BECAUSE THERE'S OTHER ISSUES, TOO. 
          >> I KNOW, BUT I WORRY ABOUT THAT. 
          BECAUSE THEN THE LEGISLATORS CAN LOSE FOCUS AND GET AWAY FROM [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> WELL, THERE'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE FEEDBACK ON THIS TO GET THE OTHER INPUT THERE. 
          BUT SAFEGUARDING THE K-12 FUNDING IS DEFINITELY NUMBER 1. 
          I THINK THAT'S NUMBER 1 EVERYBODY. 
          >> I HOPE SO. 
          >> I THINK THERE WAS SOME TALK ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THE SCHOOL FACILITIES AND SMALL DISTRICT MODERNIZATION GRANTS WAS NOT LOST IN THE SHUFFLE. 
          I'M NOT SURE HOW THE OTHER AGENCIES ARE ADDRESSING THAT. 
          BUT I KNOW IT WAS A CONCERN TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS IN. 
          >> SURE. I UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          >> WE'RE GOING TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD. 
          THERE'LL BE PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL SCHOOL BOARDS TO ENGAGE IN SOME OF THESE PRIORITY SETTINGS, AND SOME OF THE CONFERENCES COMING UP ARE DEFINITELY GOING TO BE VIRTUAL. 
          THERE'S SOME VIRTUAL COMPONENTS TO THEM SO THAT WE CAN PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, IMPACTS ON FUNDING. 
          >> THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. 
          EXCELLENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> WE APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THIS AREA. 
          >> ABSOLUTELY, AND THAT WAS THE LAST SLIDE. 
          I'LL PASS THE CONTROLLER DOWN. 
          >> PRESS CONTROLLER DOWN. LAST ON THE AGENDA IS OUR BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS. 
          [15. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS]
TATIANA, DO YOU WANT TO START? 
          >> SURE. HI. I'M TATIANA, AND I'M FROM EDMONDS HEIGHTS. 
          FIRSTLY, I'D LIKE TO START OFF IN MY COMMENT, JUST TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE HAD FROM THE OFFICE STAFF TODAY. 
          I REALLY LIKED HAVING SO MANY OF THE OFFICE STAFF HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR THEIR CONTRACT. 
          I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          THE OFFICE STAFF AT MY SCHOOL, I CAN'T SPEAK ON THE OTHER SCHOOLS, BUT THEY DEFINITELY MAKE THE MOST OF THEIR HOURS, AND IT SEEMS LIKE A STRONG COMMUNITY EFFORT FROM THEM, AND THEY'LL DABBLE IN MANY FIELDS AND NOT JUST ONLY COVERING WHAT THEY DO, BUT ALSO DOING THE MOST TO MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS FEEL SAFE AND PROTECTED AND VALUED AT SCHOOLS WHEN THE TEACHERS ARE DEALING WITH 20 KIDS IN A CLASSROOM, AND SO THE KIDS THAT CAN'T FEEL SUPPORTED IN THAT CLASS AT ALL HOURS OF THE DAY WILL GO TO THE OFFICE. 
          IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT THEY GET WHAT THEY NEED IN THEIR CONTRACT. 
          I WAS REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THEM HERE TODAY. 
          ADDITIONALLY, I WAS BLOWING MY NOSE A BIT. 
          I AM NOT SICK, BUT I AM COMING OFF OF A COLD. 
          I'M NOT CONTAGIOUS. DON'T WORRY. 
          MY SCHOOL COMMUNITY IS GOING THROUGH A PHASE OF COLDS RIGHT NOW. 
          THAT IS AN UPDATE FROM MY SCHOOL. 
          ADDITIONALLY, I HAVE BEEN ENCLOSED BECAUSE IT IS COLLEGE APPLICATION SEASON. 
          AS A SENIOR, I HAVE BEEN REALLY FOCUSED ON THAT. 
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ME AND MY PEERS, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ALL BOND DEFINITELY OFF OF RIGHT NOW. 
          ANYTIME I SEE ANOTHER SENIOR IN THE HALL, IT'S LIKE, HAVE YOU DONE YOUR COLLEGE APPLICATIONS YET? THAT'S THE MAIN TOPIC OF CONVERSATION. 
          ALSO, RUNNING START STUDENTS, WE WERE JUST IN MID TERMS, AND WE STILL ARE FINISHING OFF MID TERMS IF YOU'RE LIKE AN EDMONDS COLLEGE OR SHORELINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE RUNNING START STUDENT. 
          LASTLY, MY SCHOOL HAS OPENED UP THE TICKET SALES FOR ALL OF OUR WINTER SEMESTER PRODUCTIONS. THOSE ARE OPEN ONLINE. 
          YOU CAN GO TO EHPA THEATER TO BUY TICKETS TO OUR SCHOOLS MUSICALS AND PLAYS. 
          SOME OF THEM, LIKE THE ONE THAT I AM IN WILL BE IN JANUARY, BUT WE HAVE SOME SOONER STUFF, SO THAT'S REALLY EXCITING. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU. SCARLETT. 
          >> HI, I'M SCARLETT, AND I'M A SENIOR AT EDMONDS WOODWAY. 
          THIS IS, LIKE, UNRELATED TO TONIGHT, BUT I NOTICED THAT THE WEATHER GOT SO MUCH COLDER IN THE PAST WEEK. 
          I'M SITTING HERE SHIVERING IN MY BOOTS. 
          SIMILAR TO TATIANA, LIKE, COLLEGE AP SEASON, I FEEL OVERWORKED, UNDER SLEPT. 
          I'M STARTING TO GET A TASTE OF THE ADULT LIFE. 
          I GOT UP AT 6:00 THIS MORNING AND I GOT OUT OF SCHOOL AT 4:00, AND THEN I CAME HERE, AND I HAVE A BUTTON OF HOMEWORK TO DO WHEN I GET HOME, SO AND THEN TOMORROW, I HAVE TO BE AT SCHOOL AT 6:20 FOR MY FIRST CLASS. 
          SO FUN TIMES, AND THEN FOR EDMONDS WOODWAY, I THINK THE MAIN SPORT UPDATE IS THAT WE'RE HAVING AN EDMONDS WOODWAY VERSUS MEADOWDALE GAME TONIGHT FOR FOOTBALL, AND THE WINNING TEAM WILL PLAY AGAINST SHOREWOOD HIGH SCHOOL. 
          OTHER THAN THAT, IT SEEMS LIKE THE FALL SEASON SPORTS ARE STARTING TO WRAP UP. 
          THEN I WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT ON WHAT WAS SAID ABOUT IN A PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT THE SPRUCE ELEMENTARY PRESENTATION. 
          FOR THE PERSON WHO SAID THIS, IT'S NOT AGAINST YOU PERSONALLY, IT'S JUST MY PERSONAL OPINION ON WHAT YOU SAID. 
          TO SUMMARIZE, THE POINTS THAT THIS PERSON MADE, THEY SAID THAT THE KIDS MADE A HORRIBLE PRESENTATION, AND THERE WASN'T REPRESENTATION DIVERSITY, AND THERE WAS A COMMENT MADE ABOUT THE BOARD MEMBERS GIVING KUDOS TO THE STUDENTS. 
          I WANT TO SAY, WHILE I CAN'T SPEAK ON BEHALF OF FOUR STUDENTS WERE CHOSEN OUT OF THE 600 AT SPRUCE ELEMENTARY, I CAN SAY THAT BECAUSE THEY CAME UP AND SPOKE, IT'S NOT ABOUT REPRESENTATION. 
          IT'S ABOUT ALLOWING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS WHO WOULDN'T HAVE IT OTHERWISE TO COME TO THE BOARD AND TALK. 
          IT'S ABOUT ENCOURAGING THE STUDENTS WHO ALREADY SPOKE. 
          IT'S NOT ABOUT HAVING THE MOST OUTGOING AND MOST OUTSPOKEN STUDENTS SPEAK. 
          IT'S ABOUT PROVIDING STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THE BOARD. 
          I THINK THIS IS EQUITY AND IF I WERE THEIR AGE, THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT. 
          EVEN LIKE, DRIVING HERE, I SAW TWO DINOSAURS ON THE STREET. 
          LIKE, IT IT WAS PRETTY INTIMIDATING. 
          ABSOLUTELY, I WOULD GIVE KUDOS TO THEM FOR COMING UP AND SPEAKING. 
          FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO CLAPPED AT THE COMMENTS, HOPEFULLY, YOU WEREN'T CLAPPING AT THE FACT THAT STUDENTS, YOUNG CHILDREN, SOME OF THEM WHO COULDN'T EVEN REACH THE HEIGHT OF THE MICROPHONE ON THE PODIUM WERE BEING KIND OF SHAMED FOR THEIR PUBLIC SPEAKING SKILLS. 
          I THINK SOCIETY TODAY, THERE'S SO MUCH MORE PRESSURE ON YOUNGER PEOPLE. 
          LIKE IN COLLEGE APPLICATIONS, I'M NOTICING THERE'S SO MANY EXTRACURRICULARS, LIKE AWARDS, SO MANY THINGS YOU NEED TO ADD. 
          THERE'S SUCH A HIGH STANDARD THAT YOUNG PEOPLE ARE HELD TO. 
          JUST WANT TO ASK FOR MORE EMPATHY TOWARDS YOUNG PEOPLE AND MORE AWARENESS FOR EQUITY. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU. ISMAEL. 
          >> HELLO, THERE. I'M ISMAEL. 
          I'M A JUNIOR FROM LINWOOD HIGH SCHOOL. 
          TO UPDATE YOU GUYS ON WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON IN LINWOOD. 
          WE FINALLY HAD OUR HOMECOMING WEEK. 
          VERY LATE, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAD IT. IT WAS GREAT. 
          HOMECOMING WAS ACTUALLY VERY WELL ORGANIZED, AND IT'S ONE OF THE BEST I'VE SEEN FOR MY PAST THREE YEARS IN HIGH SCHOOL. NOT A LOT. I KNOW. 
          ALL FALL SPORTS ARE BEGIN TO WRAP UP. 
          I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I THINK IT WAS VERY NICE TO HEAR PEOPLE FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND VOICES FROM HIGH SCHOOLS. 
          ALL AROUND. IT'S VERY NICE TO HEAR THAT THE DISTRICT GIVES A SPACE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE YOUNGER TO SPEAK, AND I REALLY ENJOYED LISTENING TO THEM. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU. DIRECTOR GARRAD. 
          >> SINCE THE LAST MEETING, I WAS ABLE TO REFEREE MEADOWDALE LYNNWOOD AND MOUNTLAKE TERRACE, AS AN ASSISTANT REFEREE. 
          ENJOYED SEEING ALL THOSE OUR STUDENTS PLAY. 
          TODAY, WE HAD A VISIT WITH DR. 
          MINER TO MEADOWDALE HIGH SCHOOL, AND REALLY APPRECIATED THE STAFF THERE FOR SHARING THEIR TIME, 
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PARTICULARLY THE PRINCIPAL AND HER ASSISTANTS WHO ALL WERE AVAILABLE TO DISCUSS WITH US AND GUIDE US THROUGH THE SCHOOL. 
          THE MONTH OF OCTOBER IS DISABILITY HISTORY AND AWARENESS MONTH. 
          I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WE TALK ABOUT INCLUSIVE SCHOOLS, AND WE ARE THINKING ABOUT OTHER THINGS BESIDES, NEURODIVERGENCE. 
          THIS WAS THE FOCUS OF THE EQUITY ALLIANCE FOR ACHIEVEMENT MEETING LAST NIGHT. 
          THERE WAS A PRESENTER TALKING ABOUT AUTISM WHO ACTUALLY IS HIMSELF AUTISTIC, AND HE WAS VERY GOOD AT HELPING NEUROTYPICAL PEOPLE, LIKE MYSELF, UNDERSTAND HOW AUTISTIC PEOPLE VIEW THE WORLD, AND WHY THEY WOULD HAVE DIFFERENT RESPONSES IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS. 
          AND SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS A REALLY EXCELLENT PRESENTATION. 
          OTHER THAN THAT, I JUST WANT TO SHOUT OUT ELEMENTARY TEACHERS. 
          I KNOW THEY'RE WORKING HARD DOING ALL THE CONFERENCES WITH PARENTS THIS WEEK, SO I WANT TO THANK THEM. 
          AND THAT'S THE END OF MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU. DIRECTOR KRAMER. 
          >> THANK YOU. I WANT TO KEEP MY COMMENTS BRIEF. 
          IT'S BEEN A LONG EVENING, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW MUCH I'VE APPRECIATED HEARING FROM PARENTS TONIGHT, AS WELL AS OUR PSC AS SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN IN EDUCATION SINCE I GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE. 
          I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO FOCUS ON HOW WE IMPROVE. 
          WE'RE NOT THERE YET. 
          EVERY TIME THERE'S SOME FAILURE, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE IT BETTER TO GROW, TO LEARN FROM OUR MISTAKES. 
          I KNOW AS A SCHOOL BOARD, WE ARE 100% COMMITTED TO THAT PROCESS OF GROWTH AND IMPROVEMENT ACROSS THE BOARD AND EVERY ASPECT OF WHAT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT DOES. 
          FROM THE INDIVIDUAL STUDENT INTERACTIONS TO HOW WE SUPPORT DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES IN OUR COMMUNITY AND HOW WE PROTECT THEM. 
          TO HOW WE SUPPORT THE GROWTH OF ALL OF OUR STAFF IN TERMS OF THEIR OWN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND ALSO THE CONTRACTS. 
          IT'S A HUGE DISTRICT WITH LOTS OF DIFFERENT COMPETING INTERESTS, BUT WE ARE FOCUSED ON THE RIGHT THINGS ON MAKING IT BETTER FOR OUR KIDS, FIRST AND FOREMOST, AND THAT MEANS IT'S GOT TO BE BETTER FOR OUR ENTIRE SYSTEM. SO THANK YOU. 
          >> DIRECTOR SMITH. 
          >> THANK YOU. I'LL APOLOGIZE UP FRONT. 
          BEFORE THIS SCHOOL YEAR STARTED, WE ALL KIND OF AGREED TO TRY AND KEEP OUR COMMENTS TO ABOUT A MINUTE AND A HALF, BUT I DO HAVE SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT. 
          IT MIGHT TAKE ME A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN 90 SECONDS THERE. 
          BUT FIRST, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR TECH STAFF FOR LETTING ME APPEAR HERE OR NOT LET ME, BY MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR ME TO APPEAR VIA ZOOM. 
          I WASN'T FEELING GREAT THIS WEEK. 
          I'M NOT REALLY SURE IF IT'S A COLD OR IF I'VE JUST BEEN RUNNING MYSELF DOWN SO MUCH THAT I'M JUST EXHAUSTED AND, JUST HAVING A ROUGH GO OVER HERE, BUT EITHER WAY, BEING ABLE TO APPEAR VIA ZOOM ALLOWED ME TO COME IN HERE AND DO THE DISTRICT, WORK ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU THAT MADE THAT HAPPEN. 
          THE THING THAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT, THOUGH THAT IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART RIGHT NOW IS SOMETHING THAT DIRECTOR GARRAD POINTED OUT TO ME EARLIER THIS WEEK WHEN WE WERE SPEAKING. 
          AND THAT IS A BILL IN THE WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE THAT DIED LAST YEAR, BUT MAYBE YOU'LL COME BACK FOR A COMMISSION ON BOYS AND MEN IN WASHINGTON STATE. 
          WE HAVE THESE COMMISSIONS FOR ALL GROUPS. 
          THE REASON THAT I WANT TO MENTION THIS, AND IT'S KIND OF A HARD SELL SOMETIMES BECAUSE PEOPLE THINK WHAT WHAT IS SPECIFIC THAT BOYS AND MEN MAY NEED. 
          BUT WHAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT IS THAT WE'RE ALL HUMANS. 
          WE'RE ALL PEOPLE. WE ALL HAVE WEAKNESSES AND THINGS THAT WE NEED HELP WITH AND PLACES WHERE WE NEED SUPPORT. 
          I WAS LISTENING TO OR I WAS READING AN ARTICLE THE OTHER DAY ABOUT SOME OF THE STRUGGLES THAT YOUNG BOYS ARE HAVING THESE DAYS AND SOMETHING THAT JUMPED OUT AT ME WAS THIS FATHER WHO TOLD THE STORY ABOUT HOW HE WAS WALKING HIS SON THROUGH HIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND THEY HAD A WALL THAT WAS DEDICATED TO GETTING WOMEN INTO STEM AND ALL THE WAYS THEY WERE HELPING WOMEN, AND THAT'S FANTASTIC. 
          I THINK THAT IS AMAZING, AND THOSE ARE THINGS WE SHOULD DO. 
          BUT THEN HE SAID, BUT THINK OF IT THROUGH THE EYES OF THAT 10-YEAR-OLD WHO'S WALKING DOWN THE HALLWAY, 
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AND THERE'S AN ENTIRE WALL FOR ALL THE WAYS THAT WE'RE HELPING GIRLS. 
          BUT WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING FOR THE BOYS. 
          HOW WOULD THAT MAKE YOU FEEL? AS ADULTS, WE ARE WE SOMETIMES LOSE SIGHT OF THAT. 
          LIKE ALL OF THIS STUFF IS VERY WELL MEANING, BUT THROUGH THE EYES OF A CHILD, THAT'S PROBABLY REALLY HARD TO UNDERSTAND. 
          I THINK THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE FOCUS ON SOME OF THE STRUGGLES THAT OUR BOYS ARE HAVING, AND THERE'S A LOT OF THEM. 
          THE FALL BEHIND AT SCHOOL, THERE'S JUST SOME OF THE JOBS THAT TYPICALLY WERE MALE DOMINATED ARE NO LONGER JOBS THAT WE HAVE HERE AND SO HOW DO FIT INTO SOCIETY WHEN WE'VE SET UP A WAY MEN ARE SUPPOSED TO BE AND WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE AND WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO. 
          THE WORLD IS CHANGING, AND EVERYBODY NEEDS SUPPORTS, MEN, WOMEN, LGBTQ, ALL OF IT. 
          BASICALLY WHAT I'M SAYING IS, I WANT TO GET US AWAY FROM THINKING ABOUT GROUPS THAT NEED SUPPORT AND THINK ABOUT HOW CAN WE SUPPORT EVERYONE? AND SO THAT IS WHY I REALLY THINK THIS IS A GREAT BILL THAT'LL BE IN THE LEGISLATURE, SOMETHING I WILL BE WATCHING. 
          I REALLY HOPE HAS SUCCESS, BECAUSE I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE A WAY THAT WE CAN HELP SUPPORT THE NEXT GENERATION IN A CHANGING WORLD. 
          THEN THE LAST THING I JUST WANTED TO MENTION REALLY QUICKLY WAS ABOUT JUST HIT ON THE COMMENTS REALLY QUICKLY ABOUT THE LOCKER ROOM SITUATION. 
          I JUST WANTED TO SAY ON THAT THAT I RESPECT ANYONE WHO WANTS TO COME AND TALK TO US ABOUT THAT. 
          YOU WERE TALKING TO THE RON PEOPLE THOUGH.STATE LAW IS VERY, VERY CLEAR. 
          THAT PEOPLE GET TO USE THE LOCK ROOM BASED UPON THEIR GENDER IDENTITY. 
          I KNOW I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT A POLICY THAT WOULD GO AGAINST STATE LAW. 
          LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS COMING UP. 
          YOU WANT TO TALK TO SOMEBODY, YOU WANT TO TRY AND GET THAT LAW CHANGED. 
          THEN THEN THINGS COULD BE DIFFERENT. 
          BUT AS OF TODAY, I LIKE RIGHT HERE. 
          AS OF TODAY, I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE STATE LAW, WHICH IS PEOPLE USE THE LOCK ROOMS THAT FIT WITH THEIR GENDER IDENTITY. 
          THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. 
          >> DIRECTOR CHASE. 
          >> I AM REALLY PROUD OF OUR COMMUNITY COLLABORATIONS, THAT WE'RE DOING, AS WE NOT ONLY OUR LAWMAKERS IN OLYMPIA, BUT ALSO IN OUR MUNICIPALITIES WITH THE COLLABORATION THAT THAT DIRECTOR GARRAD HELPED WITH GETTING THE LYNNWOOD YOUTH COUNCIL STARTED. 
          I APPRECIATE ALL THE CARE FOR STUDENTS IN OUR DISTRICT THAT IS ACROSS THE BOARD. 
          FROM SCHOOL BOARD TO MUNICIPAL TO STATEWIDE AND I WAS ABOUT TO SAY FEDERAL, BUT THERE IS THERE ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL THAT THOSE THAT I ENGAGE WITH, AT LEAST. 
          OUR LEGISLATIVE SESSION STARTS JANUARY 12TH, IN CASE ANYBODY'S TRACKING. THAT'S IT. 
          >> THANK YOU. I'LL BE REAL QUICK. 
          SINCE OUR LAST MEETING, THERE HAVE BEEN TWO STUDY SESSIONS THAT THE BOARD HAS DONE. 
          BOTH HAVE BEEN REALLY EXCELLENT ONE ONES ON AI, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, WITH A REAL FOCUS ON HOW IS THE DISTRICT HELPING TO TEACH OUR KIDS TO USE IT RESPONSIBLY AND TO USE IT CAREFULLY, AS A TOOL AND AS A RESOURCE, BUT NOT AS A WAY TO TRY TO DO THEIR WORK FOR THEM. 
          JUST HELP THEM GET STARTED AND TO BUILD THE CRITICAL THINKING AND USING REASONING AND PROBLEM SOLVING TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY INFORMATION THEY'RE GETTING FROM AI IS IN FACT, USEFUL AND RELEVANT. 
          SO THAT WAS VERY HOPEFUL. 
          TONIGHT, AND ANNUALLY, WE DO WHAT'S CALLED A BOARD SELF ASSESSMENT, WHICH IS THAT WE AS A GROUP, TAKE AN ASSESSMENT THAT'S PUT TOGETHER BY WAZDA. 
          IT'S BASED ON THE STATE STANDARDS. 
          IT'S VERY MUCH BUILT ON SOME VERY STRONG RESEARCH THAT CONNECTS THE BEHAVIORS OF SCHOOL BOARD DIRECTORS WITH STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, AND THAT WHEN SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS DEMONSTRATE CERTAIN BEHAVIORS AND ACTIONS. 
          IT CAN LEAD TO HIGHER STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, AND WHEN THEY DON'T, IT CAN LEAD TO LOWER STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. 
          WE HAVE DONE THIS FOR FOUR YEARS, WE LOOKED AT THE DATA LONGITUALLY, AND WE SHOWED SOME LOVELY IMPROVEMENT ACROSS THESE FOUR YEARS. 
          IN TERMS OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING ARE COMING TOGETHER, WORKING WELL WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND WORKING WITH EACH OTHER AND THE COMMUNITY. 
          HOPEFULLY WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE THAT IN TERMS OF 
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STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND POSITIVE OUTCOMES THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. 
          WE ALSO, LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE SHOULD CONTINUE TO ENGAGE IN CONTINUOUS LEARNING, WHICH IS IMPORTANT. 
          I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DR. MINER. 
          >> FOUR QUICK THINGS THIS EVENING, RATHER. 
          WITH THE PASSAGE, THE SECOND READING OF THE LEVY, SOMETIMES IT GETS SO LATE, I JUST START OVER. 
          WE WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY TO EITHER ATTEND IN PERSON FORUMS TO GAIN FACTUAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE LEVY OR WE'LL DO ONE THAT WE RECORD THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE ON DEMAND. 
          PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO GAIN GET FACTUAL INFORMATION ABOUT THAT LEVY. 
          NUMBER 2, U UM, CONFERENCES WERE MENTIONED, IN ADDITION TO THANKING ALL OF OUR ELEMENTARY TEACHERS. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR LANGUAGE ACCESS TEAM. 
          THEY ARE SCHEDULING LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF INTERPRETERS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR FAMILIES TO RECEIVE CONFERENCING INFORMATION IN THE LANGUAGE, WHICH IS MOST ACCESSIBLE TO THEM. 
          SO THANK YOU TO THEM. 
          IT IS A HERCULEAN TASK. I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          I HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE KANSAS CITY TIE BREAKER, WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENED IN FOOTBALL. 
          I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THIS BEFORE. 
          THREE TEAMS HAD TO GO HEAD TO HEAD IN ONE NIGHT. 
          IT'S CALLED THE KANSAS CITY TIE BREAKER. 
          HERE'S THE OUTCOME. I GOT A TEXT. 
          EDUB BEAT MEADOWDALE, BUT DON'T GET TOO EXCITED YET. 
          BUT THEN LOST TO SHOREWOOD. 
          SHOREWOOD GOT THE SECOND SEED, AND THEN MEADOWDALE EDUB REVERTED TO HEAD TO HEAD TIE BREAKER FROM REGULAR SEASON. 
          AJES GOT THE THIRD SEED AND EDUB FOUR SEED, AND WE'RE KNOCKED OUT OF THE PLAYOFFS. 
          THAT IS THE SUMMARY I HAVE, WHICH I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND IN ALMOST ANY WAY. 
          I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THE KANSAS CITY TIEBREAKER TONIGHT. I'M SORRY. 
          I'M SORRY I MISSED THAT. 
          ALSO, FOR EVERYBODY OUT THERE, FOR EVERYBODY WATCHING AT HOME. 
          WE DO HAVE TWO WEEKS OFF, NO STUDY SESSIONS, NO REGULAR MEETINGS AGAIN UNTIL NOVEMBER 18TH. 
          WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYONE THEN. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO EVERYBODY. 
          THIS REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING OF THE EDMOND SCHOOL DISTRICT, BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS ADJOURNED. 
          >>THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.