001We're still waiting on some other board members, so we'll give them a few more minutes. are not supposed to be getting on Zoom. She's She was totally by herself until >> she's got somebody back up. >> Yep. >> You responded. Hey, Director Fo, can you hear us? Can you hear us? We can't hear you if you're trying to say something. So, you can hear me. You just don't have a microphone. >> Pete, >> we appreciate everyone's patience. We have to have at least three board members here to have a meeting. So okay, Dr. F, can you hear me now? Is that a nod? Maybe. >> Yes, >> I can hear you now. >> Okay. And we can hear you. >> All right. Perfect. Thank you. >> Okay. Thank you everyone's patience. We will go ahead
002and get started. Please join us for the pledge of allegiance. >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. [clears throat and cough] >> All right. Thank you everyone for being here today. We will go ahead and call the meeting to order and welcome our guests. Are there any need for translation today? Seeing none, we'll move on. Um, I'll accept a motion to approve the agenda with one amendment. We are going to replace supporting document for C17 with an updated version. excuse me, with two amendments. That's the first amendment. And the second will be the rem removal of item D1 and to table the Wahita's presentation to the next schoolboard meeting. So
003I'll now accept a motion to approve the agenda. >> I motion to approve the agenda. >> Can I second to two? >> Uh I'll second it. >> Is there only three of us? >> Yes, there's just the three of us. So all in favor I >> I >> Great. Motion passes 30. Thank you. >> Wonderful. >> Okay. We will go ahead and move into recognition. We'll turn the time over to uh director. >> I'll be a substitute director. >> Substitute director today. [laughter] Just for the folks who are observing here today and those who are also watching remotely, the board recently made a change to uh noon meetings and so there's some logistical things that are occurring with some of our board members. The intent was to allow us to participate participate more consistently in
004Oello City Council meetings and so as we as we work through that we we think the product's going to be better in the end. But a little bit of thank you to director vote for joining us today and allowing us to have a quorum. I typically just get to introduce the folks who are going to recognize people in our system, but today I have the good fortune of recognizing a couple folks. And we're going to start with our student rep first, uh, Liliana Fino, who's been on our board um as a student rep at High School and is moving on to, uh, Gonzaga here in the the next few months and a couple weeks away from high school graduation. And so, we always like to take a moment to recognize our students for all the
005effort they put in for advocating for their classmates and for contributing to our conversations here in the boardroom. And so open it up to director Perna and and director Gerber to share some thoughts about Liliana and her outstanding contributions. >> She has not not been afraid to make comments and to speak up about the student needs which we've really appreciated. She's definitely brought a um a unique perspective with with her and her her family background and we're really excited for her uh to move on to next step in her life. >> Thank you. >> I just want to say it was a privilege. I am wishing you the best. Um, I think that uh you have represented the students here with us as best as I' I've seen in the time that I've been here
006and just wish you would check back in after you are back in college just to keep us updated. Um, just wishing you the best. >> Thank you. >> All right. Before we give you a plaque and we allow you to say a couple words, I did want to highlight one activity that I saw um Liliana take the lead on and that was our um signing day at a fellow high school. She attended a national conference with some of the board members and had a chance to hear from a community from across somewhere um I don't remember what state they were from. >> California. from California and they shared their experience around signing day. And to go and hear something like that and to say, "Oh, what a cool experience for families and for kids, but
007then to put it into action at our high school is pretty remarkable." And so I had a chance to attend that first event and it was, I think, a really exciting start to what could be a new tradition in Othell. And that's exactly the kind of input we hope that all of our student reps will uh bring to the table. So, thank you to Liliana for being uh such a a cool kid and such a quality a representative of the kinds of students we have at Althal High School. >> Thank you. >> Okay. I want to say thank you. Thank you. Thank you for everything. It was nice seeing like behind the works um that goes within our district. I loved this new perspective. I also loved being able to talk and see my stuff
008here. [laughter] Um, I love each and every single one of you guys. You guys are amazing. Marissa, you're amazing. I'm going to try not to cry. Um, Dr. Perez, you and Miss Perez are so amazing. Helped me a lot with my scholarship to Gonzaga. Um, Director Gerberg, you're very nice, too. Loved your sense of humor. It's so amazing, especially in Seattle. um director Prenada really really nice guy um here very different from Alise but I don't agree [laughter] but yes um each one of you guys are amazing I love the new opportunities you guys gave me to be able to travel in a plane the first time ever going to Georgia first time getting out of this day with sister Amy oh she's also amazing everybody here is amazing I loved um the new experiences
009and things. You guys help me to grow. Thank you. >> Picture and also present you with your plaque. >> Okay. [clears throat] over there. So we can have birdie in >> ready. One, two, three. >> Yeah. >> All right. Well, we're going to uh continue on with the theme of recognition. And uh can you all hear that? Okay. It's just me with the with the one good ear. Um, a few weeks ago I had a chance also to attend another celebration in our community and that was AVID night uh for Oello High School. It was the AVID program coming together and sharing um the story about the students and um the year that they've had there. And in that event, there were some board members and community members who reached out to me um to
010to encourage us to take an opportunity to recognize someone special in our system as it relates to AVID. Uh certainly that night they did an an excellent job of recognizing Colette Simpson for her efforts at Ollo High School and it was sort of that high school uh recognition, but we thought it was appropriate to also share more broadly. Kretta is Colette is leaving our system and has earned her retirement and certainly um we're excited for that. But I we wanted to take a few moments just to call out a couple things. AVID is a program designed for communities like Oll. It really is. It fits our kids so well. But um there are a number of programs in public ed um but none of them really work without the right people. And the kind of
011people that you need to be engaged in AVID are uh collaborators, people that can work with others and bring teams of people together to help students. You need people that will advocate for funds and resources and experiences for kids uh so they get the development they need to be successful. You need someone who's willing to be a coach who um has your back, but is also willing to say hard things and make you uncomfortable from time to time. and Colette is really good at that. Um, so she she does it in a safe way, but doesn't always let you feel comfortable as a student or as an adult. And that was is what has pushed the the AVID structure and system in our community to the level that it is now. So, we all wanted
012to take a moment to recognize as a district Colette's efforts and uh recognize her with the challenge coin and and thank her for stepping up to the challenge, but also open it up to other members of the board to share their experiences with her as she moves on to um what we hope is a long and enjoyable retirement. So, thank you to Colette. [applause] Colette was there when I was in high school, so known her for a long time. Um, like feed said, the AVID program has been huge for so many students and we hear so much about that all the time from how it's affected our students and improved their lives. Um, from the district side of things, we have really appreciated the relationship that's been built between the district office and um, OEA
013and Colette's been a big part of that. I can honestly say that's made things better for everyone for the for the staff, for the teachers, for the district, for the students. And so that relationship is really important. We really appreciate Colette and everything that she's done for that. If I didn't know anything about you, the first time I attended an AVID night, um the kid said enough with that. Then I got to hang out with you this year and you're a person who I admire because it's black and white. There is no middle. You say what you need to rub somebody the wrong way, but it's in a good way. that I appreciate. If I didn't know you anymore after that, like I said, my daughter, that was huge. You've made an impact in her
014life. And it's hard for a parent to sit back and watch somebody. I sit here as a parent right now as a father and just want to let you know thank you because you made it tremendous. She'll never forget you. Just say that. So, thank you so much for that. >> And Director Fo, did you want to say anything? >> Yes. Um, thank you. I've only um had the um privilege of connecting with Colette um at our national conference um regarding kind of the school stuff and a little bit outside of um schoolboard stuff. And uh it was super um evident at that recognition um with each of the students sharing their personal stories that um she will be missed. John will collect. John will >> Yeah. >> [laughter] >> I put you next I
015probably don't need it. Do I need >> Oh, yeah. You need it. >> Okay. >> There. that'll I was actually gonna um come to a board meeting right after I retired because I had a couple things to say, but I want to say thank you for this. Um AVID has been the the thing that made me a better person and a better teacher. Um it's an amazing program and we have amazing kids and they deserve every opportunity that we can give them and AVID has done that. Um I came here 28 years ago. My husband told me we'd be here five. He lied. But I'm really glad he did. Um, I found a home and a community in the school district. Uh, the best people I know have come through these doors both as students
016and as as people who work here. Um, the district has allowed me to stretch and grow. It's challenged me. Uh, and it has allowed me to leave a little bit of myself behind. Um, I've worked on so many programs because I'm a firm believer that you can't complain if you don't work for a solution. And the district has always allowed us to be as involved as we wanted to be. And when I leave here in June, I am going to leave happy. I could have worked another five years because I love my job that much. Um, and I love my kids. I love the students at Athell. I've been to other places and I can say this. I know. Um when I moved here, that was the first thing I noticed was that we have
017the best kids. Um and I have loved working with them. So this district has really um it has made my career so enjoyable and I just want to thank you all uh students, the board, all the people I've worked with. U it's really meant a lot to me. So thank you so much. [applause] Okay, thank you very much. [clears throat] Okay, we will um move on to board member discussion. I don't have anything for legislative report today, but was there anything else in board member discussion that we wanted to bring up? Okay. Uh we will go ahead and move on into student representative reports. >> Okay. Um I don't have much going on besides sports. did really well. Baseball did extremely well. Um, I've been looking I wasn't able to physically be there, but I've
018been looking at the OSD athletics and all of that and I loved the OSD athletics page. It's so helpful. Um, I was just going to say that scholarship night was a new like and the whole like awards like integration together was a whole new thing. But I think I loved it a lot. I've been to the ones previous years where I've helped like give out treats or cookies, whatever it was. Um, and I really like this one. It's very like enjoyable. I didn't get bored. I liked like recognizing other students who don't get recognized all the time. And I like seeing that. I just wanted to say that. That's it. >> How are we looking for graduation? >> Yes. I'm so excited. [laughter] >> Great. Okay. Thanks very much. Okay, [clears throat] we'll go ahead
019and move on to required approvals. First, I'll accept an um motion to approve accounts payable warrants one. >> I motion to pay what's what was again account payables one. >> Yes. >> I'll second that. >> Okay. Motion made and seconded. All in favor say I. >> I. >> Great. Thank you. Okay. Now we move on to superintendentformational items. Yeah. So, we're going to uh continue with our um routine updates on the future ready schools uh project. And so, Dr. Meek is going to share a presentation and some information about uh taxing uh impacts on our community and uh continue that conversation with the board. All right. Well, uh, again, we're back for our monthly update. It feels like we were just here, but uh, tonight or today actually, we're going to focus, uh, as Dr.
020P said about the tax side of things, which I know is not always a super popular topic. Uh but we know this is that uh being open and honest about it and and lively in our conversations certainly helps navigate the road that's ahead of us. Uh one of the common questions that always comes about when when communities start to talk about school funding for construction is someone will ask a question of like well why do why is build using a bond the only way to really build a school in Washington? And um so I want to remind us that uh in our state there are basically two different ways that you can pay for capital work. Uh one of them is through a capital levy and one of them is through a bond measure. And
021as you know we're uh the future ready schools team is currently investigating both of those and you're going to see some information today of of how those roads may come together. But um you know, we're not able to uh take out a loan or take out a mortgage or do any of those other things that that maybe a traditional business would have the opportunity to do. And so bonds and unfortunately the byproduct of that is taxes are are the way that those are funded. Um you know that uh that's heavily driven by local property values. uh which is somewhat complex for us because as you can imagine um if you look at our geographic area there's a variety of communities of different sizes with very different uh property tax values. Uh we use Quincy a
022lot as an example because Quincy while the district is smaller and the and the community is smaller uh their uh assessed valuation is I believe it's almost five times what ours is. And so you you start to see what that impact is um in taxes and when it comes out. And so when when people ask, you know, how was Quincy able to build such a beautiful building at such a low tax rate because that assessed value is is really there and that uh your assessed value um is then directly ties to the tax rates that local taxpayers pay for for taxes. We're going to look at a couple of those those elements of that uh formula today and then do have a little bit of fun with uh some scenarios around it. Do you want
023to go to the next slide? When we started the future ready schools um we knew that we we had these three big buckets to really talk about being the levy, the capital levy and the bond. And we had this window of about 5 years of time that we need to start to put the pieces together. And there's some very intentional reasons, you know, with an expiring levy with some bonds that are coming off of the tax base. We knew that there were some things that needed to happen. And so I'm happy to share with you that while the team hasn't reached their final consensus, it's definitely pointed in the direction. If Merc would switch to the next slide here, uh starting to line up when those things land. We already know that a levy happened
024this year uh back in February and we were successful in that. uh you will probably see a recommendation coming your way in the in the upcoming months uh to proceed with a capital levy uh which is a it's a different than the EPO levy but it allows you to do it for capital work and then eventually a bond in 2029. Uh what's going to be more important though is I want you to see kind of the tax impact as those pieces come together because this is where um the positive momentum we have. We're going to have to really be clear in helping understand PE for people what that means ahead because uh nobody loves taxes. It's a reality and in a community uh heavily driven by agriculture uh it's even a greater impact because of
025of the industry in our area. So if we look uh first at the next slide here [snorts] uh this is our um this is our what we're expecting in the year 2027 meaning the the final year of that bond. So the the three taxes that are or two taxes that are landing for people uh related to the Oello school district uh we expect that they will be paying 97 cents per thousand of assessed value on the bond. Uh, and remember 2027 is the final year of that. And then the levy that we just passed at a$150. Uh, so that uh, totals $247 per thousand. Over on the right there, you see, um, some values of what that means in kind of real people language. Um, $341,000 is the uh, what's listed as the median home
026value in Oll at this time or property value. Uh and so that 300 if if the the owner of that $341,000 property u that $247 would mean they're paying about $842 a year in taxes uh for these which is about $70 per month. Pretty straightforward. Uh not much change from where we've been. But when we look out into what's next, and this is where uh it starts to get interesting. If you want to go to the next slide. um you saw my chart there where we talk about uh bringing on a capital levy and a bond or what that combination looks like and I will tell you um and I there's several members sitting here today. They're all part of and some of you are of that future ready schools team and I know that
027they um everyone is very cognizant of this discussion and trying to be really realistic in what the outcome is. Um, so what is scheduled to happen in 2027 is that that $247 could drop by about 97 cents. And this is an interactive thing, so you'll start to see the the numbers change here. But the reason why that would uh drop off is that uh that bond is coming due for our final payment. And so when you see that, give a second to refresh here. Uh it would drop it down just to the levy that's there. And and we've all been very clear that um it's probably not a good idea uh just to to let that happen u because there are still significant capital needs in the district. And at the same time, uh it's
028harder to kind of make up for that lost ground if we if we let that just slip off. And that's where the idea of a capital levy comes into play. And so that capital levy uh you can run it for up to six years and it has a a smaller dollar amount uh meaning it's not a a large bond or not a cap large capital project mount. But if we added that to our uh to our tax base, the maximum you can run a capital levy for is a $1.50 per thousand. And so if we were to do that and include that in at the $150, uh you will see that that will then jump up uh to about $3 obviously the $150 and the$150. So in comparison to where it was before, it's it's
029a little bit higher. It's like 50, what's that? 53 cents higher uh than where we've been. But what that would do, and you see the numbers kind of calculate off on the right there, that would generate about $4 million, just over $4 million a year in capital levy funds. We have, and the the future ready schools team has had a um what I kind of call a short works, a short list of of kind of smaller projects that need to be done. things like the food service warehouse, some roofing, uh potentially even some gym repairs or replacements at our elementary schools that are um unable to uh do both lunch and PE. Uh and the idea behind this uh capital levy is that you as a board you could choose to run it for any
030length of time from a year up to six years. Uh we want to be realistic in that we don't think it would be a wise move to have both a capital levy and then ask for a bond uh and have those stack up on top of each other because if we were to do something like that, let's just play with that for a second. uh let's even just say a $und00 million bond which uh we know is far below the uh what's needed for a high school project. [gasps] But all of a sudden if we had though if we had stacked both of those on top of each other we'd be up in the $4.61 range just for $100 million bond. So, the idea would be that the capital levy would perhaps fill that 2-year
031gap in between when we would the add in additional taxes would drop off and then it would pick back up uh or when the bond kicks in. Now, the there is some uh strategy behind that and that is that most districts who do something like this, they actually get the approval for the capital levy for a longer period of time. So maybe you ask for it for four four years or six years or whatever the amount is and then you you make some assurances that when we pass a bond we will stop collecting on that and so then it would just stop that tax. So in that same scenario if if you were to do that and you were to say okay in 2029 which would actually be in the 2030 collection year we drop
032off that capital levy. You'll see that uh go it brings it back down to that $311 which is still a little bit higher but you see that um you can start to pace out where it's going to be and where it's going to land as they come together. The bigger trick in all of this though, um, besides the capital levy, because again, the capital levy is kind of a short-term solution to get some some major work done, but not enough to build a high school or even an elementary school, but is to really set that rate of where the bond amount is supportable by this community. I will tell you, and you can see this, the highest value that we would have the debt capacity to be able to run is $151 million. Um, in
033Washington, you can only have debt debt capacity, you can only have up to 5% out in uh bonds at any given time. So that's 5% of your assessed valuation. So that's where we get the 150 million. So, at the highest, what we would be able to run it for, uh, the bond rate itself would be $244. That would generate the $151 million. Um, and the total tax at that time tax responsibility would be the 394. Uh again, uh it's a pretty um you know, if you compare that cost difference of it's about for that $341,000 uh land owner, it's about a $500 a year difference between where they currently are and where they would be at the time of collecting for that new bond. Uh there's also some um and I think there's some sentiment
034in the room with the future ready schools team especially that maybe asking for $151 million which would be the maximum we could do isn't a wise move right away and that there's some uh strategy of bringing that down and trying to do some phasing with that high school project. So let's just play with that for a second. Um we are preparing for our next uh future ready schools meeting to bring forward some different kind of revised projects and so maybe that drops to 125 million say uh and you see that obviously then that would drop it from 244 down to 202 and keep that tax rate at about 352. So the fact is this is all of those scenarios obviously have an increase. It's part of a part of a discussion around what is the
035right amount of increase uh to support that bond work and at the same time uh have enough to complete any project work that needs to be done. Uh we are at our next future ready schools meeting which is actually next week. uh we will be looking more closely at uh what I would kind of call some different sized high school projects because uh we we used a number initially that of about a 1600 student high school which is probably too large for the current um both for the current tax base and what we can have out but also just um the student enrollment population at this point in time doesn't really depict that need. And so obviously if you can bring that down um how close we get to 125 million or 115 million or
036135 million is all really going to depend on those recommendations that will be coming your way uh of how much of that to really build and construct. And um at our next the next one of these which will be in June uh we we're preparing to talk to you specifically about the high school construction like the different how those packages kind of come together and what what that amount looks like. You saw some initial numbers in our very first one of these that you had it in that 200 to $250 million range. Um, and so you you may ask, well, that seems quite a ways away from 125 million or over 150 million. And the fact of that is yes. Um, we we have a gap. Uh, Aaron and I had an opportunity to meet
037with some different folks on Friday. Um, really kind of discussing that gap and some what are what else can we really do? Uh, we do qualify for about $50 million of state match. So that um you know locally that would mean the need would be somewhere between 150 and 200 million if we were to to build that very large facility. So, um, what questions do you have about some of the tax rates or if you want to try a different number in there and just kind of see what it does or >> just really quick, the scap funding has isn't tied to the deck capacity at all, right? We can do whatever we want deck capacity wise and that doesn't apply to that. >> Correct. It only connects to uh age of facilities and and
038the unhoused students. So, other factors but not the debt capacity. Yes. I don't know how to be I I that Where's Colette? I like her. She's black. She's white. So, I'm going to tell you my my deal. U for me. Uh there was a back when I went through school, there was a bunch of farmers. Um I could sit here and name a bunch of them that sat there and said, "Our kids are our future." and we're going to put in on this. And that's the same mentality that I have. Uh, one of them is their name's on our gym. Um, there's others that that's all they did was donate to this community and we seen it on scholarship night. Mrs. Hampton, um, we just need to make sure that we we pick out the
039best option for them. um and and keep that same thing going into school. So, >> yeah. And I uh I think what you're speaking to really also just as a reminder for us to to make sure we're doing it in the right way so that when we get there, there's it's clear what the the thought and the strategy is and it's not just some plan that we came up with. The the biggest thing for me for for the conversations that I've had is transparency. It's it's if we want let's just say we want a red car at the end. It needs to be a red car. It it cannot be a blue car. It cannot be a light red. It cannot be it has to be what we set out that we were. And so
040I feel like we have to win back some of that trust with with a lot of people that have have uh we we we might have not let them down, but they feel like they've been let down. And so we need to somehow um make sure that they know that we're going to honor what what they asked for what we say. >> Absolutely. >> Yeah. I appreciate the report, Dr. for meek and I think the opportunity to work through with the future ready schools team with that interactive tool. There are lots of questions from that committee about potential tax impacts and I I think things like the impact per month really resonates with people. I think the other piece about transparency right now is certainly strong support through the levy vote. We knew this was
041going to be part of the process in the next iteration and there's really some positive momentum on that committee to say let's at least put something in front of our our voters. The other part that can be hard to communicate is the impact or the value of the scap funding. So when you when you throw these kind of numbers out there and you say you only get access to this 50 million or 55 million by the time we're ready to build if you pass this that that can resonate with business folks as well. Like Dr. Meek shared, nobody likes to be taxed, but we also have an obligation and a responsibility to not only Liliana and the students we have now, but the ones in the next 10, 15, 20, 30 years. And so excited
042about what the committee's doing and we'll continue to update the board and try and make the best decision possible. So, >> and mind you, Josh, these go a long way. I like the the updates constantly so that we some of us are just so busy that we can't be in the even though we want to be in the school ready meetings, we can't. But this makes it so much better that we're constantly putting something out there so that people can follow along even though if they might not be able to make it. So >> this also is constructed in a way that when we uh get back together with that team, the you know 341,000 is just a value that's in there, but you could easily alter that to be reflective of any value. uh
043which is um we had some previous tools that did the same thing but just so if your home value was 234,000 you just see how it impacts it's um I think sometimes people get lost in the the numbers and because there's so many different numbers and when you're talking about that between a tax rate and how much the bond is and what the impact for you as an individual is and so um it's just really important for people to have that clear understanding and be able to wrap their head around for them as an individual or as a business owner or a land owner what that means. So, okay. So, again, uh if you go to the last slide, we are we'll be back on June 22nd uh for the next update for this. We
044do have a meeting next Tuesday night, the 2nd. Uh that will be the final meeting before summertime. uh which means that uh we will be ready in the late summer, early fall to really hit the ground running with uh coming back to you especially with some reports and I will just give you a preview that um if we do make the recommendation and you do accept the recommendation and take action on it to run a capital levy in 2027, that means that uh the fall is going to be the time to really put that all together. um just like we did this last year with the EPO levy. It's a similar process where there's a resolution you have to pass and and all those things. But it's starting to come together in a way that
045we've got some numbers and sense to it to make sure what's really impacting. And I should also say um I just put in the $150. Uh we could elect as a district or as a board you could elect to run that capital levy at any rate up to a$150 you wanted to. Um and you you go back there for a second. it is. Uh so for example, if you said, well, we don't want to go all the way to $1.50, but maybe we want to do a dollar. [music] Uh you can see >> [clears throat] >> uh the dollar would generate about $2.7 million in the capital levy per year. So, >> in the next meeting that we have, could you bring like an actual list of some of the projects that some of the
046school ready teams are are thinking about doing with that? I think that would help out quite a bit to know what you know what what some of those projects would be. >> Absolutely. You should know just about that list. Um, it's identical to what it was really in a previous bond attempt. Like the needs haven't changed per se. Um and unfortunately in the other bond attempts that were not successful, that list has just it's kind of been sitting there stale waiting uh for the things to still happen. We have been able to um for example, one of the things that's on the list is upgraded playground equipment at some schools and we've been able to kind of piece that u over the years. You know that you've taken some action on approving some things, but
047they're they're not all done. Uh, but what's left on there are some things that will I don't think there's anything on there that will be a surprise to you, but yeah, we'll happily sh bring that list so you can see it. And we've actually for the future ready schools team, we've put some pictures of some of them, too, so you can get some visuals about what we're talking about. So, >> okay, thank you. >> All right, thank you for that. One more item on superintendentformational items and that's around graduation ceremonies. And so Lyanna might be able to communicate this with some of her classmates, but last year uh the state of Washington passed legislation that required school districts to allow students to um have an item or an object of cultural significance um as part
048of their um dress for graduation. And really the intent down at the bottom was in recognizing that for a number of years in Washington that was allowable for uh uh members of recognized tribes in Washington. And so there was a movement to expand that opportunity for cultural identity for all students in Washington. I think the reason it's important for our community and for our our our board and for our staff to know is graduation might look differently this year if students do have uh some item that's important to them that they has been approved by the school that um isn't consistent with what graduation has looked like in the past. So, it's not a judgment about whether or not the legislation is good or bad. I'm just letting you know that it's going to look
049different. And um you know, this will be our first year with it, our inaugural year. So, any questions about that? [clears throat] >> Yeah. >> Just uh last week, Lily and I were at the same event and I will tell you that um Mrs. Aerson made that announcement to a group of students. She doesn't get clapped at very often, but students were very happy with your head, but uh it was a very wellreceived message from Yeah. >> Well, we look forward to seeing what you wear at graduation then. All right, that's it for superintendent information items. >> Okay. Thank you, Dr. Rez. Um, okay. We will go ahead and move along. The Wahitas Elementary board report has been tabled until our next meeting. Um, do we have any public comment today? Okay, no public comment.
050Let's go on to upcoming events. [clears throat] What does the calendar look like? Here we go. Okay. So, uh, future A schools team meeting next week. Well, that's not next week though. Yes. Next Tuesday. Okay. Um, and then OHS graduation on June 5th at 8:00 p.m. We I think last time we said all the board members were going to be there if I remember right, but we'll get an official count on that. Uh, dual language night on the 9th and Husky Beginnings on the 10th. Uh, I'd also like to add that there's a U FFA barbecue on Thursday out at the fairgrounds. >> This Thursday? >> Yes. >> All right. FFA barbecue this Thursday out of the fairgrounds >> for the FFA. Okay, we will move on to board self assessment of the meeting. Um,
051thank you Director Fo for jumping on from work. We appreciate you being here. Anything else for self assessment in the meeting? >> For me, it was very informational for the ready schools. I really appreciate the information that they bring down. Um, absolutely uh love when we get to recognize people. Uh sad to see Colette move on, but um thank you for all her years of service. Um that was huge. Liliana, we're going to go to Gonzaga and visit her. Me and Aaron are going to go down there. You'll have to pick a day to hang out with us. We'll make sure we wear Witworth apparel. >> Okay. Awesome. Uh we will now journ into executive session for 15 minutes. There will be no action um following the executive session and the speeding.