001field trips and um by art supplies and miscellaneous other items with the donations that are given. We we very much appreciate that. We also appreciate the full house tonight. um much of because some we have some awards that are going to happen and I'd like to start the awards with uh principal Kimberly Caldwell from Elder Bay Elementary and the Elder Bay Elementary Shining Star. Ruby's making her way up. >> All right. Well, I'm incredibly excited to get to uh recognize Ruby Bacon this evening as the Elder Bay shining star. Ruby, what was really special is that we had a teacher nominate you, Mrs. Nellis. And after one teacher nomination, it just grew. And there were many staff members who have something special they wanted me to share tonight. So, I'm going to start first with
002um what Mrs. Nellis, who was Ruby's first grade teacher a couple years ago, said, "Ruby was in my first grade class, and she still stops by daily to say hello. Her smile brightens everyone's day. She has always looked for ways to be helpful, whether picking up garbage on the floor, seeing if her friend needs something, or holding a door for people. She's a hard worker who never gives up, even when things are hard. She's a great example of what it is to be a brave explorer and I'm so lucky to know her and can't wait to see what she does in life. Miss Jakonovich, who was her second grade teacher, shares, "Ruby is a ray of sunshine. She radiates joy and that joy has a positive impact on those around her, both students and staff
003alike. Ruby has a growth mindset and always does her best and I am so proud of her." Miss Lakerway, who is her third grade teacher this year, shares, "I am so thrilled to honor Ruby. Her dedication is outstanding. She has a strong work ethic and always gives her absolute best, no matter no matter how challenging the assignment." Ruby greets all with a smile and is kind to everyone she comes in contact with. And then Mrs. Masters, who was her kindergarten teacher, shares, "Ruby is one of the kindest people I've ever met. She checks in on everyone around her and is a privilege to know her. Ruby, we are so proud of you at Elder Bay and we are especially glad we get to recognize you tonight. I know you have a lot of family that's
004here tonight. Do you want to introduce who's here? You want to share who's here? Do you I think I saw sisters, right? have some siblings in the back and maybe an uncle and mom and dad. Yes. Awesome. All right. [Applause] [Music] anywhere you like there. [Music] [Applause] All right. Squeezing everybody there. Perfect. There you go. >> All right. Right here. There you go. >> Perfect. >> All right. Some more here. [Music] This one you can put on your refrigerator star certificate. >> And she got her gift bag already. >> Y Okay. There'll be something at the school, too. >> Perfect. [Applause] [Music] We're getting our steps in today for a good reason. Uh we're also going to do a shining star award for Cedar Home Elementary and Mrs. Laws and Mrs. Bordilino are going to
005present that one for Zachary. Come on up, Zachary. Yeah, better. >> I met Zachary in my kindergarten class and he is he was such a hard worker. Zachary is a kind friend that played on the playground and at time with all of his class family. Zachary is everyone's friend. The best thing about Zachary is after all these years, he still comes into my classroom every morning and gives me a hug. I have one for me and for your third grade teacher. So I first met Zachary when he was in kindergarten and a student in my computer class and then two years later he was in my second grade class. So Zachary is a very hardworking student and accepts help from anyone and is will always do his best and will say that I'm trying my
006best. I'm doing my best. And he's really, really supportive of his classmates. So, Zachary encourages others. He'll console others. He's the first in line to help. And he literally can be paired with any student in the classroom. They love to be with him. He loves to be with them. So, he celebrates his personal victories and takes pride in his accomplishments. And then, Mrs. said, "I met uh I am Zach's third grade teacher this year, but I have known him since he was in kindergarten. I was a fair educator at the time and had the opportunity to meet and interact with all third grade levels of students at Cedar Home." And Zachary has always been a kind and caring student and friend. And whether in the classroom or on the playground, he includes everyone and makes
007sure that those left out feel included. In the classroom, Zach always works hard and gets right back on track when asked. My favorite quality of Zach's is his humor. He's always smiling and ready to tackle the day. That's >> Oh, yeah. Do you Who do you have in the audience? my brother, my mom, and my grandpa. [Applause] [Music] I pray this is your story. It'll be up here forever. All [Applause] right, got to squeeze it in. One, two, three. Hold on. Got to get off. [Music] Thank you for first of all congratulations to the two students again. Thanks for the support of staff that is here this evening and families as well. Um, you can certainly stick around for the maintenance report, the safety report, and the enrollment report, but we would also be just
008fine if you went home for dinner as well and and excuse yourself. Now, we'll we'll uh pause for a moment if you wanted to um make your way home. Thank you very much for coming. [Applause] It's pretty exciting. [Music] The the next item on the amended agenda is the maintenance update. And I'm happy to say that uh Kevin Cruz is going to be giving the maintenance update this year uh as opposed to the individual that gave it last year which is which is me. So Kevin uh I'm looking forward to the report. Thank you. >> Thank you very much. It's a always a pleasure to talk to everybody about mates in our buildings. I love it. Um let's see here. Perfect. Okay. And start off with our staff. Okay. So, we have two crowns personnel
009who do our entire district. And I have to say for only two, they do a very good job. One of them what other districts have and look at what we are capable of doing. Those guys do a very great job. We have two general maintenance guys who work inside the buildings and um and they do everything from from unplugging toilets to painting walls to hanging cabinets. Anything that needs to be done inside the builds, they can do it. We we don't go outside very often. So everything is most of it's done all in house. So those two guys are very talented. We have one H3AC guy. He takes care of all the boilers, takes care of all the air equipment, looks at the air quality control in all the buildings. And um and I know
010his job because I've done it before and I know that you cannot let Moscow under your feet at that job. We have one electrician um she's a very good electrician. There's not a whole lot she can't handle and um she does a really good job for us. Uh we have one office staff who kind of takes care of everything and she's my right-hand person and um without her I wouldn't have enough hours in the day. So and then we have our summer support staff and um and without them we wouldn't be able to do the landscaping that we maintain. So that is all of our staff. [Music] Now we're going to move on to the actual maintenance of the building. So this summer um we didn't realize it but we had to do some repair
011work at Stanwood Elementary and entryway. It turned out to be a lot more expensive than what we thought. So um quite a bit of time and effort went into doing that repair at Stanwood Elementary. Um and obviously during the course of the summer that's when we get into the classrooms and we do most of our work in our inside the buildings during the classrooms. This year it seemed like we did a lot more work in restrooms, especially at the high school and at our alternative school. Um, kids were quite active at, you know, the school year. Um, so we have our septic systems that we maintain on the two island schools. A lot of people don't know don't know that we have septic systems out there and um, and it takes quite a bit to
012maintain those and so a lot of hours in the summertime are put into that. Um, this year we replaced the fire alarm system at Fort Susan Middle School. It was a much needed repair. It was obsolete. We couldn't get parts for it anymore. We got parts of the building that weren't operable. And so, it's really nice to see that up and running, fully in functioning again. We haven't fully signed off on it yet, but that's right around the corner. And that work, we did not do that work in house. We did a lot of the preliminaries in house, but that was all stuffed out and done through capital repairs. Um the HVAC cleaning is um is something that we have to go through every summer and we completely clean every unit ventilator, every air handler
013um and change the filters on them and um and get them ready for the upcoming year. And that's quite a bit of a task right there. One thing I didn't put on here is um over December, Cedar Home Elementary got a new roof. And so we did not do that in house. that was all done outside into camp and we'll go to the grounds side of things. So, one of the one of the main things that I have the grounds guys are doing every summer is painting the parking lots and traffic line painting. We never used to do a whole lot of that, but now it seems like with more and more facilities that we have, if we don't do an ex uh a certain amount every year, that is so easy to fall behind
014on that. And so that's that's a major thing that we have to do as well as the landscape maintenance. So when it comes to landscape maintenance, like I said in the first page, we have summer helpers. This year, we hired seven summer helpers. They work six hours a day because most of them are high school age and college age kids. They're not used to working eight hours a day. We find that six is just perfect for them. And um and so they worked a total of 1,600 hours this summer between the seven and so you could imagine um how much without them we can't do all the landscaping. But only two grounds guys, they wouldn't be able to do it. And so as beautiful as our high school is and that our alternative learning center
015is, it's nice to be able to have that help in the summertime so that we can maintain that. Um they al so not only did they do all the pruning of the shrubs, they did rebarking at the high school and other areas that we needed this year. Um the playgrounds maintenance and repair. This last summer we made it a priority to make playgrounds one of our main focuses. And so two of our maintenance guys, I had them certified and and what to look for and playground safety. And so we noticed a lot of things this summer that needed repair on the playgrounds. Even though our playgrounds are brand I shouldn't say brand new, but they're they're furling. Um let's see. Twin City and Stanwood Elementary were installed in 2017. Uh the the schools and city
016home was installed in 2020. So they are fairly new, but it was amazing how much repair work we had to do on them over the summer to keep them safe. Um Fort Susan football field turf. Um if any of you had a chance to see that this time, it was terrible. It was in awful condition. And so we shut down over the summer and we did extensive work on restoring it. It's looking better. It could it could be a lot better than what it is and we're going to keep striving for that. Um and so when it Oh, I wanted to back up a little bit. When it comes to playground safety, my motto is children are not expected to be aware of the hazards. That's our job. And so that's what I tell my
017maintenance guys. That's your job to go out there and find those hazards because your kids are not aware of them. I had that in my notes. I wanted to make sure I do that. Um, we'll go on to our testing. I went way too far, didn't I? We go. Let's go back to our requirements testing. So, a lot of people don't know all of the requirements that we have to jump through. I shouldn't say jump through. That's a bad word. but that we have to abide by with the school district and um and most of these are mandates that come down from the state and that we are required to do for example the fire alarm systems every year we have a company that come in and test every single smoke detector every single pull
018station that we have in the district and make sure everything is working properly. Um the same way with the fire system or the fire sprinter system, they come in, they actually test them. They make sure that the water can flow through those pipes and x amount of seconds when it's when it's required to the fire extinguisher. A lot of people don't know this. Every single year we have to recharge every single fire extinguisher. Um and then the emergency responder radio system. We have that at the high school and at the church free campus. This is a new law that went into effect on account of 911 when um when the Twin Towers accident was when um firefighters and first responders could not could not um communicate with each other inside the building. Well, that one
019um that was a law that went across nationwide to where now any building that is over x amount of square footage or over two stories has to have this system in there. so that no matter where a first responder is in that building, they can have radio frequency anywhere they go. And so every single year, we have to have that tested to make sure that that we have those frequencies everywhere. And that kind of gets a little difficult. We download the high school. Oh, and one thing I forgot here is that backflow devices. Let's not forget that. So we have to test our backflow devices every single year. And what that does is it um it ensures us that we're going to have clean safe water for drinking because that prevents contamination of water from
020like the ground systems, the hot water boiler systems. None of that can crosscontaminate with the water that comes out of the tap. And so that's why we had to have those tested every year. And the one thing I forgot was our elevators. So we have our elevators tested every quarter. reporter. We have a company come in that u inspects them, does a little bit of maintenance on them, and then assures that they're in working order. And these are some of our inspections. So, what I just showed you was testing. So now for the inspections, every year, every summer, the fire department marshall comes in and he goes through every one of our buildings and he writes us a report and he doesn't just go through our school facilities, actually goes through the maintenance facility through
021transportation and um I don't think he goes through this building. Maybe he does, but anyway, he goes through all of our buildings and then we get a report on that and then we try to act on that report. Um, every year we have to send all of our maintenance equipment out. The when I say maintenance equipment, the aer aerial lifts that uh that we can do things um um elevated in the high spaces. So, we have to have all those tested to make sure that they they um they they um they have the safety rating that we need to so that everybody is safe when they use that equipment. And then we have the two-year inspection. So every other year we have a border inspector come in and he has to inspect all of our
022borders in our district and not just our borders. He inspects what we call every transfer vessel. So every air compressor, every hot water tank, all of those are tested to make sure that the safety ratings are working on each one of those things. And then every other year we have our bleachers inspected so that um so that we can be assured that when those bleachers are full watching that basketball game that they're safe. And then last but not least but the Snish County Health Department. They come in every other year to all of our facilities and they do they give us a full safety report and um it's kind of nice to see them come in and we've done a really good job of anything that comes back in those reports. We automatically assign that
023to somebody whether it's assigned to an admin to take care of that or whether it's assigned to a maintenance person to do that or a custodial to do that. We assign every one of those tasks to somebody so that it gets done right away. areas of focus. So, we are going to continue to monitor indoor air quality in our schools. Now, prior to that um co nobody cared about air quality in our schools. Well, they didn't care about air quality period. And um and being an HVAC person, having a background that in our school district, this was music to my ears. I love this because I love indoor air quality and I love it and um and we do a really good job of keeping the CO2 levels down in our schools and bringing in
024enough fresh air. And it's not an easy task because our buildings that aren't new, weren't designed that way. And so we have to kind of think outside the box. How are we going to bring in enough fresh air to keep the CO2 level down in these buildings? And we do a really good job of that. So that is going to be a continuing job that will never end. Um we are working towards still working towards compliance with the clean um buildings law. I'm sure you are all familiar with that what that looks like right now. Um there will be more to come on that that is here to stay. And so uh we are going to be much better stewards of our buildings and of our resources because of this. Um we are going to
025continue the emphasis on fire alarms and spray systems. We still have a few more that we would like to replace. Um and uh and that's a continuing that will be never ending on that because um we will never get to a place where I will be 100% comfortable with everything on that um just because it is so huge and so vast. Um let's see ongoing training and support. So, um, yeah, I keep continuing to provide on training, uh, ongoing training for all of my personnel. Uh, like I said, we just got two of them certified in, um, in playground, um, and looking for hazards in playgrounds and playground technician. And anytime I find training that that is available that will help the department, I I try to get it from my guys. That's all I
026have to say. So, now it's your time for questions. >> Yes. interested in the uh work towards compliance with the Clean Billings Act. Wonder where we are in that process. Uh what percentage of times gone by? What percenters left to do? Are there any special things that are going to be difficult? >> That's a good question. We've got a lot to unpack there. Okay. So, our first one is due as a high school. Okay. And that was due on June 1st. We found out shortly before June 1st that there was a miscalculation on this earth to the high school and when we when they recomputed all the numbers and the algorithms of that it came back that we were a little bit over and um and and I don't want to get too tight. We
027called them ey. That's what the state costs them. And it's a and it's a number that you're given that um and you have to you have to be at a benchmark certain number and we were at we were two points over. Two points over is kind of small but still it's two points. So we could not submit to the state on June 1st like we wanted to. So we are so we believe that we could save that money by cutting back on our and some of our electrical where like for example this whole summer we completely shut down the HBASC for the entire summer the month of July we save $2,000 on that utility bill and so we are hoping that by cost cutting measures without touching the thermostat now and without doing things that
028anybody can see but behind the scenes the cost cutting measures what I mean by that is at 2:30 we shut everything down and we try to start things up as late as we can possibly start up but still have the indoor air quality that we need to have. We're hoping by with those measures we can make up those two points and that and we will know uh next month because we'll kind of get a good average of where we're sitting at and uh and whether or not we move forward with um with submitting that to the state. And then this upcoming year we have our two middle schools that are due. And then the following year after that will be our elementary schools that are due. And um so yes, we do have some work
029on our elementary schools. Um particularly the two island schools are lagging behind quite a bit. And so down the road we are going to be implementing some cost cutting measures. We don't quite know what that will totally look like right now, but we will have to be more conservative with our resources for the two. Well, all the schools in general, I should say. >> I just appreciate the enthusiasm you bring to your department. >> Thank you. Okay. Well, I appreciate being here. >> Thanks, Kevin. I I'll just call out once again um the first slide Kevin showed was was the staff that are involved in maintaining uh the school district and it's a lean staff and they do an excellent job to do what they do with the personnel that that we have. So thanks
030to thanks to you and your staff for doing that. Kim's taking on some additional duties supervising custodial um this year as well with reductions in admin uh who used to do that. And I and I just want to highlight one thing when we talk about uh future ready graduates uh within our goal four of our strategic plan. It's not just um those in the classroom and uh administrators that are responsible for that. Kevin uh does a full interview of all applicants for his grounds crew during the summer and that is preparing students for the future of their choice and opportunities that they might not get in other places. So I I thank you for that uh taking that extra step. Thanks a lot. >> Thank you. No more questions. I love talking about maintenance. >>
031Next year. Next year. >> Kevin, I would ask you a question about Hback because I know how passionate you are experiences together, but we want to have a shorter meeting than that. >> Great. Okay. Next up on the superintendent report is the student and district safety report and I've invited lead nurse Mary Hoffman to join in that uh presentation this evening. So, thank you Mary for uh for that. I'm going to take the first couple of slides. Mary, if you don't mind helping me out with the um clicker you were going to do that. >> Uh and uh we'll go ahead and get started. This is the uh required report to this board on policy 6511 student and district safety. And I want to highlight a couple of the bullet points that you'll see in
032front of you on the first slide. And that is what does that include? And I've summarized them here, but I really want to um talk specifically. The first bullet talks about our compliance with OSHA and WISHA. And um that includes not only compliance with those those land mandates and those laws, but training to go along with them that Kevin just uh addressed. uh a moment earlier. The second bullet is around hazardous chemicals being labeled, identified. Um to know that we have a chemical hygiene officer in the district. Um and that's Michael Randall and he does a full analysis of the the hazardous chemicals, making sure they're properly labeled, properly stored um on each of the lab spaces as well. And then uh lastly, we'll we'll talk more about is the uh injury and accident reports
033that happen in our in our um I guess managed within the district safety uh committee that we meet monthly with. And I'll just say that uh the chair of that committee Diana Law is here and thanks for that work that you do around that uh Diana and Mary Hoffman has taken on uh the district level supervision of that as well this year. So on the next slide we have um the scope and the roles of the district-wide safety committee. Any uh facility that has more than 50 employees in it uh needs to have a safety committee that's represented. And so we have that actually all of our schools and our buildings that have less than 50 um employees in there. We work with Washington comp or workers compensation trust and the health districts around this
034uh committee and um year-over-year because of the structure and the work of the individuals involved in the committee. Um we're not to brag but are used as a model for what other districts are expected to work towards as far as a represented a represent represented uh building and buildings around uh keeping each other safe. So that kind of sets us into what the scope of the of the safety committees are and what's called out in the policy. We're going to talk now about some of the statistics that go along with what we gather each year. >> So the data we have to report on tonight is from January 2024 to current. This is just from our October reporting. Uh there are 400 there have been in that time 403 incidents reported to the worker workers
035compensation trust. 26 of those are non- studentent related. So that kind of tells you that the vast majority are student related. But of the 26 that are non- studentent related, they were kind of split up. Um I should have worn my binoculars tonight, but um primarily they are related to the role the person performs. So if someone is working in the kitchen, they are the ones up there who had burns or you know food spills slips or I slipped in the ranch dressing or truly those sorts of things. the custodial ones by the very nature of the work they do they're the ones up on ladder so they're the ones that are more likely to have ladder related injuries etc etc um so those are kind of the breakdown of the non student related injuries
036>> very I'm going to butt in real quick um uh you might look at that number and say 43 that's a lot that that is a lot of reported incidences to um to the workers comp and and trust Um so 403 is from January 2004 to present to the October report. So really it's a almost uh it's almost 2 years. Um I went ahead and went back two additional years. So in 2022 to 23 there were 210 incidences and 23 to 24 there were 189 incidences. So spread across the four years fairly flat rate. And if you look at school days, um that's just over one per school day, um with uh on average 600 employees across the district um on any given school day. So to kind of give you a scope of what
037it means with regard to that what looks like a large number, >> these are some of the things that we've as a safety committee really taken on. Um, we wanted to have some new mitigation measures and some new initiatives to try and decrease these injuries to our staff. Um, there has been uh clarification of the snow procedures when when the ice is the ice melt is put down, where it's put down and the timing it should go out and how to best maximize getting everybody from their cars into the building safely, getting the kids safely onto the playgrounds and back out. Um, all the blinds have been replaced recently in the older buildings. Kevin and his crew are meticulous about mold testing, air quality. We've had trees moved because of line of sight for drivers
038and that sort of thing. Um, I'm sure you've seen that all playgrounds are now surrounded by fencing so that those aren't just open to the, you know, broad community anymore. um each campus there there was an ask by one of our labor partners, how far is the farthest you would have to walk in our district to get to an AED? And off I went with my little Garmin and60 yards is the furthest anyone would have to go to get to an AED. And with each of those AEDs, we also have Narcan and we have um stop the bleed kits. Um, and then again with Kevin and his team, the increased emphasis on indoor and outdoor air quality on occasion staff members will say, you know, I'm a little bit concerned about the CO2 in my
039classroom. And they will immediately investigate and mitigate whatever the issue is. And then, you know, we haven't had so many dry, hot, stagnant air summers, but as everybody remembers, you know, maybe four or five years ago, we've had a lot of very orange, hazy days in August and September. and is this air safe for our kids? Is this air safe for our staff? Should we be going out to recess? Should we be having track practice? All of those sorts of things. And so a outdoor air quality meter was installed at our stadium so that we could know how things are going in town. And then down at Elder Bay because they're very vastly different, the air quality between the two. So those were installed and we have those um to inform our decisions as needed.
040And then these are the things we've sort of taken on to really hunker down on the things that are the majority of the injuries which are injuries to staff from students. And this didn't make the the slides here, but I think it's maybe relevant to say that a the vast vast vast vast majority of injuries from students to staff are very little little children. These are not hay makers being thrown by grown grown-sized kids. These are little little guys who probably aren't as in control of their behaviors. Um, so we have increased the right response training. We have bought sleeve gauntlets if those are going to be of assistance to keeping our staff from getting scratched or pinched. And we have training on and have purchased ukaru pads uh that are sort of comfortable pads
041that can be used to block kicks and punches and frustrated little arms and hands and legs from um reaching to the staff. We've increased staffing specific to student need and we will review IEPs and work with staff to see what we can do to sort of minimize student reaction to different stimuli that are um aggravating to them. And then we have done some things with our facilities where we place kiddos. We've um sort of done double doors so that we can be attentive to students without necessarily being within kick range. that sort of thing. And then the other thing we have really done in the safety committee is be very very very emphatic with all of our um staff that you we don't worry about over reporting an injury. We would much rather know if
042something has happened, which is, you know, quite possibly why we have 403 where other districts may not have such a high rate because we are um we're critically concerned that these things get reported and get attended to and that we find solutions for problems rather than just reporting problems. So, we have QR codes in all of our buildings. We have them on our um staff safety boards. And then if a department is using those QR codes to report injuries a lot, we'll get a little QR code, just put it up in their room so that there is no barrier to them feeling like, oh gosh, I just got, you know, scratched and now I got to go up to the third floor to make my report. No, we'll we'll bring it to you if need
043be. That um QR code activates them to call a nurse line and then they will get advice on their next steps from the nurse line through workers compensation trust. And then we've also been very clear with staff on what it is. We want them to report anything that causes a brain injury, anything that breaks the skin, or anything that damages tissue underneath. So, we wanted to make sure that people feel comfortable reporting what's appropriate to report. Thank you. Any questions? How does this um this report reflect like risk management and uh workation costs for the district. So separate from um separate from a risk Washington risk management pool um the the workers compensation trust um helps to outline for instance we have a representative from workers compensation trust in each of our monthly meetings >>
044one or two to give uh feedback and um recommendations to us while we're you know while while they're hearing the report from each building out uh out in the district, >> they've been involved to the extent that, you know, we're getting if a we were getting a lot of scratches and they said, "Hey, these there are these little gauntlets that you can put on and they they were used in the commercial fishing industry to protect hands from fish scales and fish knives and that sort of thing." And so we've, you know, absolutely let's purchase them and see if those are effective. So, we really lean on them for their their knowledge and expertise. >> Good. >> Thank you, Mary. Thank you, Mary, for all you do to keep our staff and students safe in the
045district. I know Mary was out doing vision screening today. Is that right? >> Yeah. >> All day long and uh here tonight. Thank you, Mary. >> The next item on the superintendent report is the October enrollment report. You see it linked to your agenda and also on the screen uh in front of you. The October 2025 enrollment report reflects uh 4,665 FTE. That's up 14 from September. This is less than half of last year's October increase, which was 31. Um, we have a 4,658 average annual FTE and that's down seven from budget enrollment which which I talked about previously was 4,665. Um, still um the gap is in kindergarten and the two schools specifically and we have some bubbles in other places. Uh based on prior year's trends, we would anticipate enrollment to plateau in
046the fall and then um decline throughout the remainder of the year. Um if you track enrollment over time, uh you know that this to be true. Running start open doors uh TK enrollment are reflected in this month's report and the Running Start participation um continues to increase year-over-year. In fact, it's uh over 50% higher than October 2020. three. So, um that is the October enrollment report. Any questions about that? The last item on the superintendent's um report is a recognition and it is October is principles and assistant principles month. And so I'd like to read a proclamation uh from the state of Washington uh regarding and and thanking and recognizing our principles and assistant principles. So a lot of warehouses as you're familiar with, but I'd like to read it verbatim. Uh whereas principles and
047assistant principles create hope for each and every student in their buildings by leading culture, systems and learning and by working tirelessly each day as visionaries, community builders, public relation experts, budget analysts, facility managers, special programs administrators and guardians of various legal contractual and policy mandates and initiative. And whereas principles and assistant principles work collaboratively with families, teachers, and district officials to develop mission statements, set performance goals and objectives for schools to achieve educational excellence, provide safe and caring learning environments, and maintain high curriculum standards and expectations for all learners. And whereas the state of Washington, the Washington state senate has declared the month of October 2025 as national principles month. Whereas we recognize the contribution of all school principles and assistant principles to the success of Washington students, our most our most valuable resource. Now
048therefore, the state of Washington hereby proclaims October 25 as principles month. So thank you. Although uh only a couple principles in the room right now, uh thank you to uh all of our principles, assistant principles, former principles, uh former assistant principles, uh and administrators for the work you do each and every day. Appreciate it. And that ends the superintendent's report. All right. Thank you, Superintendent. Any Let's see. I move on to the consent agenda and anyone in the audience may speak to the items contained in the consent agenda and only those items contained in the consent agenda at this time. This is not the portion of the meeting for open public comment on items outside of the consent agenda. That comment period is coming up soon. Um, are there any board directors who wish to
049pull any item from the consent agenda for discussion? Okay. Are there any I've got the old the original agenda here which still had uh the discipline policy on that. We did a last minute >> that moved to the that made a first reading uh under topic scheduled for board. >> Yeah. But if anyone came prepared to talk on that, I would honor that at this time, unless there's objection from the the board. Um, okay. Are there any people in attendance who wish to speak to any of these consent agenda items? If so, please raise your hand so I can invite you to the podium. Mr. Russell. >> Uh John Russell, um resident of Stanford Warm Beach area, and I just wanted to um give you um my vote of confidence in adopting a resolution for
050the levy. I know it's always difficult to go out to the community and and work on a levy, but obviously when we see the hard work that Kevin and all the others are doing for safety and things that it's totally this is a good tool for that. Um, and I appreciate it. So, thank you very much. >> Thank you, Mr. Russell. Other people that would like to comment for anything on the agenda consent agenda here. Okay. Seeing no raise hands. No one online. Uh is there a motion to approve consent agenda items one through eight? >> Move by Director Murray. Second. >> Second by Director King. All those in favor of approving consent agenda items 1 through eight say I. >> I. Any oppose? Say no. And that passes unanimously. Okay. Moving on to old
051business. There is nothing public comment and we have two people that have signed up for public comment. The first one is Stuart Hunt. And please state your name for the record and go ahead. You'll have three minutes and the clock is on the screen. >> My name is Stuart Hunt. After reading WASDA policy 3241, it appears that WA was overreaching their authority and pushing social engineering over the revised code of Washington aka the law. RCWs contain statutes and wax WAC's contain the rules that implement and explain those statutes. It's also important to visit modern English and note the difference between will and shall. That will indicates a wish or intention, whereas shall is still commonly used in legal and formal contexts to express obligation. When you speak with educators, you will find their overwhelmingly number
052one complaint is the inability to manage their classrooms to maintain a learning atmosphere with support. If academics in the SCSD are to improve and superintendent Ryan says that's a priority, they need clear guidelines to maintain that burning environment. Interpreting RCW28A 635.010 010 whack 180-44-020 states regarding the responsibilities related to the discipline of students quote teachers shall maintain good order and discipline in their classrooms at all times and any neglect of this requirement shall constitute sufficient cause for dismissal. The rules adopted pursuant to RCW28A 600.0 010 shall be interpreted to ensure that the optimum learning atmosphere of the classroom is maintained and that the highest consideration is given to the judgment of qualified certificated educators regarding conditions necessary to maintain the optimum learning atmosphere. There it is. Nowhere, repeating, nowhere in the vast RCW28A does the
053legislature or the law charge educ educators with a responsibility to manage student behavior. It is left blank. Logically, if that responsibility is not given to educators or administrators specifically, we must assume that they may fall then to parents. But ultimately it is the responsibility of students to manage their own behavior. When they do not, it takes instructional time away from other students while an educator stops instruction to deal with it. When students, parents, administrators, and educators are all on the same page about expectations and consequences, disruptions are quickly resolved. WASDA appears to be either ignoring or purposely skirting state law and you have the right to ignore their suggestions which you should do with full confidence. Thank you for your time. >> Thank you. Our next speaker is Charlene White. Hi, I'm Charlene White and
054I live on Tomato Island. Overall, there are many questions and concerns that parents, staff, community, and students have regarding the issue of student discipline. There was a survey a social media group um a social was conducted by a social media group that was published last October. It cites several examples of students noticing the lack of fair treatment in their educational experience. They notice when undesirable behavior is being rewarded. Here is just one of several examples. Quote, "Why are the problem kids being rewarded with prizes when they do good things for a couple minutes when they spend 95% of their day being destructive and violent? At the same time, the students who are there to learn and follow the rules are not rewarded for their positive behavior. Even worse, they are being punished by being forced
055to put up with this destructive behavior every single day. The question that arises from this example is quote, "What does due process actually look like for disruptive, violent, and destructive behavior?" unquote. Does this due process promote responsibility, citizenship, equity, and fairness to all students? Or does it enable and empower these students continued disruptions? What does student do process look like for the 95% of students whose education is being interrupted by disruptive and volatile behavior? How is their social emotional health being affected? Does due process promote responsibility, citizenship, and equity? Or does it create anxiety, frustration, and confusion? Who determines whether a student's behavior poses an immediate and continuing danger to others or quote an immediate or continuing threat to the educational process unquote. Unless we address these questions and concerns, the efforts towards developing language
056for policies and pro procedures will be merely performative. If we do not address the destruction of learning across the district, another valid question becomes, will our levies pass? All of these questions illustrate the need for student discipline study sessions with all the stakeholders. Thank you. >> Thank you. That was all the public comment we had signed up. Moving on to topics scheduled for school board discussion, the revised board policy 3241 on student discipline. We pulled off the consent agenda before the meeting and put back down for discussion here. And I think we had asked the staff to do some more work on crossover. >> Yep. um a cross reference with law uh which was asked for at the last meeting was provided in the Friday packet for review. And the revised policy which you see
057before you has the title um more appropriately labeled uh on it as well. Uh that is the substantive change between this uh this reading and last reading in addition to the crosswalk between the um former and proposed policy. >> Okay. Is there further discussion on the policy? Well, one of the elements called out for in the policy and both of our constituents spoke to it. Um when's the last time? Sorry I haven't been there for a while. Um that the called for review of discretionary non-discretionary business policies and procedures with the broad participation of of students, staff, families and community has occurred and and if it hasn't been within the last two years, what's our plan moving forward to execute that? >> Thank you. discussion. >> Okay. Thank you for changing the name. >> Yes.
058>> Thank you. >> Um, so are we comfortable with moving this on to a second reading or is there anything else we need to do about the policy here? Not hearing anything. I'm still curious about the large section of the latter part that just is crossed out and looked like there was good stuff there and so is that all is that elimination all mandated by law I don't see about staff authority insurance fairness providing notice >> yeah all that that stuff >> this um like was indicated last time aligns with the WASDA recommendation. The as director Olsen indicated in the last paragraph that's still withstanding um says a need for you know feedback. um this information that was in policy could certainly land within procedure um as far as uh a guide for staff uh
059as far as student discipline goes. So um that was the that was the move is that last paragraph with the last paragraph that's still there distribution of policy and procedure um could be could call out for that feedback but also the information that's struck in page three I believe it is um could and should land in procedure. >> Okay. Also the uh you mentioned it's in compliance with the WASA policy or for recommendation whatever >> this aligns directly uh with the WASA recommendation correct >> because one of commenters mentioned about the difference between what WASDA says and what the law says on this issue. So, can we re review go back and look at the law, not just? >> Sure. The crosswalk was provided in the Friday packet between what what was called out in
060this policy and the law. So, I'd be happy to expand on that if there's specific questions. No, no problem at all. >> That was in the October 10th packet, not this last. >> Thank you. And our role is the policies and then it's up to the staff for procedures and we can take a look at those and see if they align with our the intent of our policies. I think it's one of the issues that that I'm concerned about is that the whole section on staff authority and and I agree that often times that's that that follows with with the creation of the procedures, but it's it's also appropriate to have language that directs um our our staff to understand that they do have opportunity and responsibility and the right to execute uh the the
061appropriate level of intervention and discipline that's called out for both in policy and procedure. So I I I'm kind of uncomfortable with having that whole part struck out. Happy to bring back a revised draft if there's consensus around um keeping the staff authority paragraph in. >> You have consensus on that paragraph. that plan at least that one. >> Okay. So, we have consensus to keep that staff authority paragraph. Are there any other sections in there that we want to discuss? >> Well, down below and I know that that not every policy has a procedure, but there is the section where um it indicates as described in the procedures the district will offer. um when we don't when we don't indicate the procedures that follow the policy often times that leaves people sort of wondering what's
062missing. So it's probably appropriate that we indicate that direction of the development of the procedures that are consistent with the policy consistent with RCW and consistent with saying the last paragraph there on development that there >> other discussion on that you >> okay do we consensus to keep development and review in there. >> We have consensus on that. >> Okay. And I will say this is this is by far the hardest policy and set of procedures for a district to to integrate annually. Um I've been on Collins I've been in Collins uh seat in the past. Um and and it's and it's really difficult to balance laws of recommendation and the needs of the community. So I think making sure that we have that that connection to the community as well as to to law.
063>> So I'm wondering if we want to like table this and maybe have a work study session to work through the language that is appropriate um and fitting for our district and then we can bring it back for a review and Sure. >> Is there a um re >> I will make a motion that we table uh the acceptance of this for this for the time being and that we do a work stud. >> This is just under the discussion section. now. Um, but I see that we have kind of consensus for a need for further study and I would ask our secretary to do a poll uh on when that would be appropriate to schedule a study session which would be a special meeting for a study session if that's agree with all. >>
064Yes. >> So, >> absolutely. and and I just ask if there's any other information needed like was provided in the packet previous on the 10th. Thank you. Um I'd be happy to provide it in advance of that study session so we have materials we need. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Can we have a clean talk with all the stuff not stricken? It can be read but not stricken. It makes it really hard to read. >> Yes, we'll provide uh all versions. >> Thank you. >> Good. All right. Any other discussion on that? policy >> policy. >> All right, direction. We'll have a study session on that. Yes, sir. >> All right, that was the only item there. >> So, now we're down to the good part. Student representatives report on school business. Who's going to
065go first? Patrick. [Music] >> Um, I don't have to report a whole lot going on, but recently past events. Um, we hosted the ASBAT test on October 9th and that was a pretty good opportunity for a lot of students to meet a graduation requirement in place of the SBAS. Um, and we had the healthy youth survey hosted for 8th, 10th, and 12th graders I believe on October 16th and I saw a great deal of participation with that. So, that was good to see. Um, in terms of upcoming events, um, we are hosting our fall social on October 24th from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Um, which is an opportunity for students to connect and activities like dancing, pumpkin, painting, etc. It'll be a good time. Um, and set our session two ends on November 4th. Um,
066highlights. I don't have any specific highlights to share, I don't think. But um I've seen students continue to work through the year spiritually and enthusiastically. Just everyone's having a good time this year. Um engagement and connection are probably all across the school. >> Thank you. >> Um okay, we have our cup football game um against Arlington and we won. So, I know our football team is really happy about that. And then last Thursday, we had a club rush during first and second lunch. This was an opportunity for all clubs to like set up tables and kind of just like show off what they do in their clubs. And I was definitely successful. It was definitely more successful in first lunch though. Um, and I think that was just primarily because of the lack of communication
067we had during second lunch. And I wanted to talk a little bit about our ASB communication because we're working to improve it. Um, and definitely like get our events out for Lincoln Hill students to attend as well since they attend like our ho and um the football games as well. So I just want to say that the communication is a work in progress. And then last Friday we had a football game against Mary Gro which we won 420 to 0. And this Thursday we are holding a freshman grade eat and complete. So it's going to be held in the sandwich um sand high school commons and we're going to have pizza there for all the freshman and the teachers and staff are going to come out and help them with like any work they need
068which I think is a great opportunity because it's like your freshman year and like people want to stay on top of their grades and first quarter is coming to an end next month. So, I think that's really good for them. And then we have our football game this Friday at Mount Vernon at 7:00 p.m. And the theme is pink out to bring awareness for breast cancer. And then we're also trying to do a pink out spirit day this Friday for us. And since our football game, the theme is pink out. Um, as for ASB, our classes have been working hard um with leadership events and we're having two leadership events the on the 29th and 30th. It's called Ignite and it's just an opportunity for like our ASB and leadership classes to get more information
069on like leadership and just have a fun day. Um the 29th will be only like sin students and it's just going to include like our ASB and leadership classes as well as student athletes, AP students and club students. And then on the 30th we're having only Stanwood ASB and 22 other schools ASB classes come and just have a good event. And we just finished like the final planning for those events. We got our supplies ordered, emails sent especially to the students because we were kind of late on that, but we got them out. And then we have our agenda made, and posters being created for all the schools that are coming. And tomorrow is the college fair for um all students. It's from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. And we're having a bunch of like colleges
070and universities come out. So, it's a great opportunity for like seniors especially and juniors want to come and like see what college is. And then as for Ignite, we are trying to get the middle school students involved as well, just like their ASB and their leadership classes so they can get a more feel for high school. And then on Halloween, we're going to try and do a costume contest for all the students. So during lunch, we might do like a red carpet kind of thing for the students to come out and show their costume. And then we're going to do a voting system, which we're working on, and then a prize for the students. >> And that's it. Thank you. >> Thank you. They've had that our cup much too long. So, thank you for
071bringing that home. We're down to board director's report on business conducted. Director Mer, I don't have a lot to report this evening, but I just want to thank everyone for the reports. I especially always appreciate Kevin's report. Um, being a building administrator myself and having to do building maintenance this time of year, I appreciate all of the things that have to go into planning to keep our buildings safe and um in good working conditions. Thank you. >> Thank you, Director Olson. >> I want to compliment Kevin as well. Um, as I alluded to, we had the opportunity to work together. I supervised his his supervisor um many years ago and Kevin was always on fire about HVAC and but that fire carries through now to all of the work that he's that he reported on.
072I don't know that people understand the state doesn't fund that work. That's the local dollars at work to fund. And that kind of leads me to the importance then of our levy that that if we don't have that capital facilities safety levy moving forward um a lot of that work that Kevin alluded to in a couple years his report will be maybe a slide because it's just not dollars to do that work and deferred maintenance is not maintenance it's just deferring problems down the road. So the important the other is um I noticed uh when teachers talked about our two um students that a couple of attributes applied to both of them which is which is outstanding and I I mean there's more probably I I picked up on hard worker, kind and caring and
073those are skills that will carry them to success not just in school but in life beyond school and just how important it is to recognize that and and to praise that. And so, thank you for those two. And I'm I'm willing to bet that there they are examples of other students who do similar things. These were just two that were chosen tonight to point out. And I'm and I'm willing to bet that as we listen to those attributes for future star students, um you'll see we'll hear similar attributes. >> Thank you, Bill. Director King. I'm interested in the ongoing work we're doing relative to the negative impact of smartphones on kids. And I just saw an interview with another author on the subject that goes well beyond the book that was group reading that was
074the anxious generation subtitled how smartphones are causing epicmic mental illness. this time British study actually uh it goes much farther including missing AI more so that's a area that we need to be pay more even more attention to even though we're making a lot of progress thank you Dr. came and to take on the direct roles. And I think if we model and teach respect in our classes, we won't need this policy, but it's there because there's reason. And I'm just thankful that Kevin was here tonight. And as always, I'll give the superintendent the last word. >> Thank you. Uh thanks for those that gave reports tonight and shared information about the district. Um I appreciate Patrick's um adjective around engagement being palpable. Uh I I appreciate appreciate that specifically because we had 80 plus
075building leaders today. uh and admin. I spend half the day um studying and learning and practicing what it means for our students to be engaged in the classroom because we know that students that are engaged um achieve and uh part of that was listening to student voice like we do with YouTube each time we have a meeting. We had 20 plus first to 12th graders that um answered questions from our staff and there's no better feedback loop than hearing from the people that you spend all day with um and that um you're charged with teaching. So um that that event was impactful and I'm excited for the um you know the the similar events to come. So, thank you for the teaching and learning department and uh our our whole MTSS team, I guess I
076should say, for putting that together. I'll also promote the uh career and college readiness uh night uh happening. Um and um thankful for that and our students to get exposure to the opportunities uh once they are future rate graduates. Lastly, the levy resolution. It's an exciting time for our district with the resolution being passed tonight and as director Olsen said, it is uh we are have critical needs that this levy will support. Um it's not a wish list. Uh it's critical needs. I'm happy to um come out and give information about the levy to any community group that would like to have us out uh to prevent not to prevent to present that information about the upcoming levy that will be seen on the ball on February 10th. Thank you. >> Thank you. We definitely
077don't want to kick that jam down the road anymore. All right. There being no further business, the October 21st, 2025 regular board meeting is hereby.