001back to order. >> I aliance 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. All right. Do we have any agenda revisions? Nope. All right. Um, do we have any questions on the consent agenda? >> I did have one. Um, I was curious when or do we know how many schools qualify for free and reduced lunch next year? That's a good question. >> You mean total qualifying? Yeah, >> it's all the elementary that is current. >> Okay, that'll >> be continuing in the 26 27th school year. >> Okay. >> Oh, wouldn't that be wonderful? >> Okay. >> Anybody else? >> All right. Do I have an approval of our consent agenda? >> Motion to approve. I'll
002second. All in favor? >> I um we do not have middle school repres. >> No, we do not. >> They let me know that they were going to make it. >> Okay. >> So, >> Busy time year for them. All right. Um let next up we're going to discuss our superintendent goals for 2627. >> Yep. So, you have copies. We've made some I've made some revisions to the to the draft. Um I'll continue to work on that. >> Okay. >> Uh so again, the idea is we're looking for smart goals in these areas, specific criteria as much as possible. Being a smart goal, it's something that's quantifiable. >> Yep. >> Okay. >> All right. Um, next we've got our upcoming capital projects update. >> Yes, >> we're flying. >> You ready, Les? >> Sorry, Les.
003We're moving today. >> All right. So, C is getting set up. Um, so we are so thankful for all the projects we have completed. So, this is the third and final year. We've we've we've done some major work. Uh we're excited about the next three years, and Alyssa is going to go over uh kind of like what we we're wrapping up and then what we have planned for the next three years. Les Brown, executive director of operations. That's his like new >> That sounds eliminate technology, operations, and communications. are always worse than >> less words. Less words >> such a dad joke that sounds like >> Okay. Um so one of the uh purposes of the meeting is to talk about some of the things that are happening this summer and then where we are
004with uh the last of the projects that we've been working on that are funded by the capital project levy um 2024 through 2027. So we're still in the last year of the previous levy. Um uh the board will remember that um the tagline for our uh levy projects was safe, warm, and connected. So we've worked on a bunch of things that to do with heating, cooling, keeping our buildings dry and safe. Um along with that set of projects, we've also been working on a bunch of athletic improvements. Those were part of the district that haven't seen a lot of attention over the last couple years. And so there are some larger uh projects that we're going to talk about which are um taking care of some of those aging um facilities around the district. Um
005the first of those is the turf and track at the high school. Um so the school board reviewed uh this project in January and approved the expenditure. This is a mockup um uh from the design team for the track um uh kind of the exchange zones that run around uh the outside of the track and then also for the um uh the turpp. There are still I think a few things that we're working through around like the shadows on the lettering. Um uh and so there might be like small adjustments um to those. Um but we're under contract. Um uh the board uh had asked us in I think December um to look at the infill that's used in the track and so we're using that uh root zone 3D3 blend uh which is like
006a maybe a little more environmentally friendly um and healthconscious uh fill material um in this to try to make sure that we're not uh causing any problems for students down the road. And this was used this used the source wall contract which was one of the state competitively bid uh contracts. Um in March the board approved um the replacement of the DDC controls or the heating ventilation and air conditioning system controls at both Gau and Hathaway. Um these were the last of the buildings we have which were using the American automatrix systems. So, we're replacing those with an allergen system that's the same as all the other schools. Um, it's going to allow us to do a better job managing our utility costs over time. Um, and then be able to schedule buildings, all of
007the buildings in a single um, piece of software for things like after school web events or weekly events. Um, the total cost of this project is 653,000. Uh that's the number of sales acts that's being done by um environmental controls core which is the same company who had worked on the control up grants at the high school in CIC canyon over the last about year and a half. Um and this is the last of the really large projects that are funded by the 24 to 27 capital. Um uh up next in our set of these are the high school tennis courts. Um so it's been uh we think at least a decade or more since those were resurfaced. Um the high school team uh asked me to add a note on here saying that the
008color is not yet finalized which was >> uh kind of an important thing because they're working through like what are the right like shades of colors. Um and there's some discussion about like that background kind of reddish color and whether that's the right um one to use. So the color may change um depending on when they identify. Um we're working with u Benan uh sports services um which is the company I think also that's doing the track work at the high school. Um they're going to be doing some work to patch some of the cracks that have formed in the kind of the foundation of the tennis courts and then uh we'll do resurfacing over the top of that. They'll patch some of the low areas um and then eventually paint it and restripe it.
009Um one of the things we're doing this year um as we do this work is we're adding pickle ball linings. So, let me um within the the image that's shown there, that kind of darker yellow color um or golden rod maybe um color are the pickable. So, they'll use the same net. So, the the net will stay the same for both sets of them. Um but the new courts will support either type of those two sports. Um we used the KCDA um competitively bid state contract for this. Um, and it's in the board packet. Uh, so you all just, I think, approved it as part of the consent agenda. Um, and it's around 74,000. And I think that number includes sales tax on this one. Um, as we look forward to um the summer of
0102027, um we're working with RNC Management, which is our construction management company, um, starting to build out the project timelines. So, these are the set of projects that we ask the voters to approve um in February for our three-year capital levy. Um so, these are projects that'll happen in 2027, 28, and 29. And what we're doing right now is working on a request for qualifications for the engineering of the different bid packages. So, in the previous levy, we kept kind of uh running into tight limiting issues with uh the procurement of some of these really large pieces of equipment. There's some really weird things happening globally um that are impacting the lead time to buy really large things like boilers and air conditioners. Um and we would really like to get the designs all set
011early this fall so that we can put them out to bid in the winter. Um and then award contracts probably no later than January. so that the companies we choose to buy these really huge pieces of equipment from have ample time to get them um for the summer of 2027 to be installed. So specifically the excuse me the boiler at Caven Canyon and the air conditioner up there um the classroom security notification system. So that's kind of like a reader board that goes in each one of the classrooms and the other large spaces around the building to notify when there's a security event happening or like a fire alarm uses a digital reader board. Um we're also working on uh design or redesign of the air conditioning system at the high school. Um and then
012we'll be doing another RFQ which is for architectural services and that's really to help us with kind of the long range um work that the resource optimization committee has been focusing on. We think that there are um some of those uh goals that that group has set out and the recommendations that mean to the superintendent that we will want an architect on um board to help with uh kind of identifying the order of magnitude um and then also to or for the projects and then also to help with and the community input process and the design of some of those uh projects. So, some other updates on things that are happening within facilities. Um, we're continuing to pursue a number of grants. Um, we have the I think it's like draft notification or something like
013that of a department of commerce energy grant. Um, so we had to do a set of paperwork to do the initial like yes, we would like uh free money uh uh paperwork. That was last week. Um they haven't told us how much we're getting, but we think it's in the neighborhood of $500,000. Um uh it's largely due to the um excellent work that Jessica Beer does, uh trying to find these opportunities and then working with um providers to fill out the um paperwork. This was something that she did last year um where it's taken them a pretty significant amount of time to uh let us know and then they're going to really quickly turn around and say like, "Is it done yet?" Um and so we're working uh so in addition to trying to get
014the grant put in place, we're also doing the procurement work to be ready to spend the money um once they get it. Um we anticipate that what it is or the bulk the very vast uh majority of the money is for the air conditioner at the high school. There's a couple smaller pieces that are in there. Um but that's like 400,000 up to $500,000. Um we are working on a grant package for an early learning grant um which would set us up to be able to offer um uh either ECAP or other um early learning providers at more of our schools. Um there are some specific requirements for um ECAP or Head Start um that don't apply to the um TK program. And so if we uh transition our TK programs to being um or
015uh qualifying for BECAP, um there's some work that needs to be done. And so we're working on uh trying to figure out some of the facilities things that we might want to do. So they'd be things like um developmentally appropriate play areas for four-year-olds. Um you know gated in areas where they can be outside with um kind of a smaller number of staff supervising them. Um and then also uh potentially adding restrooms to classrooms um to support um not fully toilet trained uh early learners. Um, that's I don't remember how much money it is. Do you know off the top of your head? Sorry. >> Um, not how much it's going out for yet. Um and then uh we're working with the city um on department of ecology grant um that uh the city is
016interested in it um to do some J Street improvements at the corner of 39th and J um and uh going west kind of up the hill towards Gau um uh working on the sidewalk and the curb there's some kind of weird things with the drainage ditch um and then uh like the storm water pieces of it. Um as part of the grant that they're working on, um they asked us about a year and a half ago if we were interested in uh kind of partnering to do some work within the high school's parking lot. So this is the student parking lot on the south side of the building. It's one of the largest pieces of asphalt, at least according to the grant writers, uh that drains into uh Campen Creek. Um and so they've identified
017it as a source of pollution where we can do work within the um storm water system that treats the runoff um on the asphalt. We can help prevent like pollution from getting into that waterway which then feeds into um the ones over here and then into style. Um there are a number of um kind of benefits for um the school district. Um one of them is that it'll break up uh the large expansion. perking uh at the high school that sometimes attracts unwanted uh after hours um behavior um by planting trees in kind of like little mini uh swailes. Um so there won't be those huge expanses where people can do uh 360s and other things maybe as although we might see more pop tire. So um we'll see. Uh, and then finally, we're working
018air quality grade throughout. I don't have the dollar match for some of these because we're still in the um design stage for them. >> So, the >> Oh, I was going to ask so the AC replace the commerce energy grant. So, if we don't get the grant, we would still fund it with the levy, but this could maybe offset. Yeah, this this would potentially offset as much as half a million or like 400 some thousand of them were identified as the levy projects. Um and much like the um in the previous grant, there were things that we applied or that previous levy um things like the DDC controls that keep it were in the levy list um but we got a grant to fund those and so we were able to pay with those with
019the Indian matching reading with the um grant funds and they were able to complete more of the projects by virtue of getting those. >> Couple things before you go. Next slide. So, did anybody go to the musical last weekend? Very warm. So, it was pretty warm. And so, uh, when I went on Friday, I got there early because I was supervisor. Uh, the chillers had shut off. >> Oh. >> So, um, it is really, this is a perfect timing for us this summer to replace the chillers because, uh, it was it was the temperature was going up and I heard about it quickly and often. And so Jessica Jessica came to the rescue. She got them back online and got the water flowing through the pipes to be the correct temperature. So when it's 80°
020>> and you're watching Frozen, it's >> Kelly Gregerson of course took it just Yeah, he connected the two together. >> Yeah. >> But yeah, so it's so it's timely. Uh to the question about the early learning grant. So, we were um we went for a two-year ask and then knowing that we would be adjusting, right? This is the grant. >> Oh, no. The early learning is about the facilities, the playground. We also went out for grant >> the congressionally direct spending and for literacy program. >> Yeah. So, there so thank you. There number of grants that we're seeking and we're hoping that we can get u some cases partial. >> Yeah. Right. Um, and we're really careful if there's a matching component >> that we have the dollars budgeted for that. >> And then the
021last thing is you were talking about the parking lot, the high school, and now if you were to go by on your way home, you might you see that there's an additional gate. So, we've added a gate and we're not using that gate just yet, but we're going to be at some point closing both entrances and the bus lane because we have individuals who like to to access the parking lot after hours. So, we have community members who let us know that. So, we have a gate now in place. We've got to do better. We got to make sure that we communicate out uh what the purpose of the gate is and when we're going to make it so it's shutting because I think people might just drive through it or into it. So, we
022got we got to make sure that it's it's very clear, >> especially at night that there's a gate there. >> So, we got some coaching up we got to do, communicate with our with our families, with our students, >> for sure. >> And then also with the neighbors who live around the school, it it'll be a very likely could be a situation where people's car is trapped inside >> or big trucks >> if they don't pay attention to the new signage that's warning them that the custodians can lock the paint, >> okay? you know, so it'll just like, you know, and I think I think we were really thoughtful about the way that we messaged around the closed campus. We know that this is going to be a big change to how we're managing the
023facility of the high school or the the broader set of facilities at the high school. And so we've met with the high school staff to try to problem solve um or predict what some of the problems are so that we can figure out like what do we make sure we do um over the course of the next couple months before we even start using the gates so that people are aware and not cut off guard um by the change and they're not calling me at midnight going like hey my car's locked in. How do I get them out? >> Well, you guys no longer have a fence because I just Well, yeah. that were there. >> Yeah. >> So, I think it's an example of like the listening tour that we had at the high
024school, we heard this concern. It sometimes it's not immediate, but we we hear individuals. This is a a reasonable adjustment. Um because we do want to be able at different times to lock the parking lot up along with the bus lanes and during athletic events, >> all sorts of people park in an area they're not supposed to park, right? So when we have those two internal gates up and then these two external gates that'll help us managing our assets. Okay. >> Yeah. >> So, other projects um these are not necessarily levy funded ones um but significant work work on both the softball and baseball fields at the high school. Um so that you know the diamond dust that the board uh helped us by last November I think uh which we put on to the
025infield um doing some extensive work to kind of rehabilitate the outfields. picks up things like the um the bases and some of the fencing. Um one of the things that we ran into that was kind of a complication for the baseball season um was that when we started working on the dugouts to try to redo the roof, we discovered that they were significantly, you know, like uh uh damaged, you know, by the years of uh needing more attention than they got. Um and so our maintenance team tore down the um the covers off the top of uh each of the dugouts. Um and so we're working on a plan to add a roof back to them uh for you know like sun and rain um as well as the fly balls that might come in
026on the players when they're sick. Um Erin talked about the south parking lot gate. Um and then we're continuing to work on kind of the list of things that the row work group um is generating. So um we have the assess um the assessor appraiser >> uh working on appraisals for several of the properties and then our construction management group is working on uh some of the plans to if we were going to keep the old bus garage, what does it cost to keep that building? um and then get it in a good enough shape that it'll continue to serve the district's uses. >> That was my last one. >> Questions. >> Thanks. >> Thank you, Les. >> Isn't he excellent? >> He's great. >> My gosh, so much information. >> Thank you, Les. >>
027Very succinct. >> Sorry, I stole your thunder. Okay, better call. Uh, next up we have our resource optim optimization group work group. Um, superintendent recommendation to the board. >> Yes. So, here you go. Here's a copy. You actually have access to this as well. So, it's a hard copy. Anyone else? >> Okay, we have >> I got >> maybe some people online. See if we can make this large enough. So share the information. Okay. So thank you to everyone who has participated in the resource optimization workg group. So as promised uh we would we the team would bring recommendations that shared with me I'm sharing with you. And so the first two or three paragraphs in this document is just really identifying the purpose of the group thanking the second one is just thanking everyone
028who's participated because from an idea that that really uh was born a year ago in in a board meeting to then working through a process to meeting uh early in the fall to where we are now. I feel really good about the steps we've taken and that we've we've communicated this out to our to our community. We've asked for people to to help us uh with this this these challenging decisions in the situation that we have. Uh so this just has some data. I think much of this will be shared on our website. This is something that we went over on Thursday at our row our last vote meeting. And so um I think it's helpful to kind of tell our story. We met numerous times this year. We toured three of our buildings who's
029participated. Uh schoolboard members. We've had current staff members, parents, and community members. And understanding that parents are community members and some of our staff members are community members. Uh but the data I didn't differentiate any of that. So this is just uh staff member to staff member even though they might be living in the community and they might also be a parent of one of our students. So that just got too complicated for me. So you see we had 41 people over the course of this year attend at least one of these meetings. Uh there were individuals who I invited who never um were able to make it. We had some people who showed up once. I think we had people who showed up uh every at every meeting. So um at our last meeting
030we had a a good turnout. Um I know that we've had some individuals who have moved away who let me know they moved away. Um in most cases people would let me know if they couldn't make it. Um but you see when you look at the staff members that we had 21 total staff members we did not have Cape Gentard or King Creek represented. So moving forward with her row I think that's going to be important that we have every building represented. >> So u one of the questions that was asked on Thursday is like what's the magic number? How many how many community members or how many excuse me uh row members do we want? the more individual you individuals you have it can be challenging in some cases to get to decisions although
031I don't I don't want to leave anybody out uh I don't want to have any group that's not represented so I don't know off the top of my head what that exact number is I have asked people to that are interested to send me to complete a form that just identifies their interest so different than what we've done this year is I'm hoping to have individuals let me know and then we that then like who it is and then uh we don't add people during the year unless there's a compelling reason to do that. Okay. And then how have we communicated this out? It's gone out in our community newsletters in in the fall and the spring. Uh multiple website updates uh invitations to family messaging. Individuals that have been attending the meetings I'm sure
032have been sharing information and we've done two presentations. So, the big idea here is that that people aren't caught off guard with these recommendations that we've attempted to include people in a variety of ways. Plus, we're going to be adding it to our website. So, we have three subgroups. Uh we the innovative programs group, which uh Connor had a lot to do with facilitating those meetings. Um looks like >> you guys are in it right now. My goodness, this is first time we've had a situation like this. So, that sounds great. I love it. So we have um this group was looking at our current programs and maybe even discussing future programs that we could add that we currently don't have strengthening our current programs and even looking at programs that maybe haven't been beneficial
033>> and maybe we we stop accessing those programs or or investing those programs. So, they looked at our choice transfer data, reviewed current program data, uh looked at the survey results that we've shared with our community over the last couple years, um and then identified enrollment, um and and also what could attract families to this area? Is there something we could do? And this comes up every year. This comes up especially when we're talking about families at Choice Out. And I just recently heard an idea like as what is the superintendent doing about this like how do we attract more more families uh that have children and so when you think about by strengthening our programs I think that's that's one thing that we can do uh we know why families choice out we have
034that information in the survey results so it's clear to us why families are choicing uh to different uh programs and so because they have that opportunity to do so and so I think by us strengthening our our current existing programs. That's one way that we can uh attract others >> bad. But then it's also like this idea that if families are making that choice, there's a reason they're making that choice. >> And and they get to >> Yeah. >> in this county like there's all sorts of different options for them. >> Okay. So, our recommendations you see expand dual language to middle school as we have currently dual language at Haway and we have up to fourth grade. Next year we'll have fifth graders and then there'll be a middle school. So look to add
035a dual language program at middle school. Uh continue to invest in in preschool programs. Um and we're doing some work with our highcap program, existing highcap program that we'll be presenting to the board at our next board meeting. So specific details about that and then continue to look at our our core instruction, the curriculum that we have, updating our curriculum, um moving more to to to experiences where students are it's hands-on, students are more engaged. I think you've seen some of that already uh at the middle school with math. Um even though it isn't necessarily project based, I think we're seeing a much higher level of engagement. Okay. So we go to school consolidation overview. So that was another group that Shaliss and I mainly were facilitating. And so um we looked at our demographic
036study which we did demographic study as a result of this work and we received that I think in January February February we had that uh for the first time uh compared the prototypical funding model to our school size that was at one of our most recent meetings uh looked at the cost per uh per site and what we receive from the state and other funds and what we're spending. Uh and then we've toured uh we toured Gauze Haway and Columbia River. So it wasn't at our last meeting, it was the previous meeting. We're at Haway and we presented there's really four options that we feel and we talked to. We're still broken out in our subgroups of option one was close one of our elementary schools. Option two is to consolidate a middle school. So
037we have four elementary schools, we have two middle schools. So close an elementary school, consolidate the middle schools, and then option three was uh close uh an elementary school and consolidate the middle schools. So do both of those. And really the idea was do them at the same time. We talked at different times about staggering. If we're going to do any closing uh closing a school or consolidating, do we stagger those? So option four was are we comfortable with the way things are now? and what we we've been doing for the last >> probably six or seven years as far as article goes and it was emphatically no we're not comfortable with the status quo. >> So appreciated that uh that was a collective response by those in the meeting. So uh with that being
038said then really we're looking at uh recommendations. So option one is to close one of the elementary schools and we have a policy that the board is is did a first reading on that we're going to to be discussing again later on this meeting around that process and with that closing one of the elementary schools that means we go from four to three and we've identified it's gauze and hathaway and really the the committee u and and I feel strongly that uh we have uh canyon and Cape uh which northeast part of our district that those are uh that's a that that community um people are living there for a reason. That school was is there for a reason. So then then we're then we have three schools in town. uh one which was built
039in 2016 uh CRG and so uh between GZ and Haway both of those buildings I think um one of those in this plan would be um modernized that that needs um a great deal of attention to update that building. So that's a part of option one. Option two, uh, when we look at that and closing a middle school, which is, uh, or or consolidating, that's really challenging to think about doing that for the same reasons we talked about canyon cave being where they're located. So, um, I I feel strongly that with option that that option that what we can do is continue to look at efficiencies within that that school system, those two schools. Okay. So it really is and then we look at option three. So there's I know there's a lot of text
040here in in both of these. Um I I think to to summarize we are looking at a situation where with declining enrollment and aging buildings >> there's a way that we can um be efficient and then update uh one of the buildings. And it doesn't have to just be one of the buildings because as we look at um all of our capital projects, we have a number of things that we've identified that we uh would benefit our buildings which are going to support our students. Shalice, anything you want to add? No. Okay. Connor, anything you want to add to the the first one >> first group? Okay. So then we get to long range capital facilities planning. And so uh Wes just kind of went over some of the projects that we've been working on.
041Uh this group has been looking at all of our assets. Um and I I think that they've u they visited multiple sites. Um so we visited the bus barn up river. Uh the the acreage that's just north of the our Cape Canyon property and then just the 16 acres that's just north of us here. um visited the bus barn. Uh that field trip uh learned I think you learned a lot about uh that that building uh the purpose of that building. Uh as we've mentioned before that that people out of all of our properties that's the one that gets the most attention that this community the number of people have ideas for that property um and maybe they just don't know that we use it for storage and it's very helpful for us at that
042that location. So um gathered a lot of information. We are in currently getting uh an appraiser is looking at those properties and we don't have those results yet. So that's taking a little bit of time but probably in the next uh month I think we will have uh the appraisals or appraisers result as well as when we look at if we were to for example the bus barn if we were to uh add you know a new roof and sighting if we were to make some updates to that building what would that cost us or what would it cost to re to replace that if we were to sell that that property because we still need uh that amount of storage or maybe a little bit less but we still need storage. So, um the
043recommendations for this group is looking at all those properties um is is to hold on to those those properties this particular time. >> So, is the assessor also going to provide costs to improve a repair or just >> the assessor won't provide that? But that's what um we have another uh organization company that's helping us. So the RNC is helping us determine what the cost is going to be a rough order. >> Yeah. >> To fix it >> to Yes. to to for example Yes. through the bus barn to to do the repairs that are needed. >> Yeah. >> For that structure. >> Okay. >> So So we're working on that just as we're waiting for the accessories value. Um the second bullet seek strategic lease partners. So thinking about um what could we do
044with these properties that maybe we are partnering with someone over the next uh 5 10 15 years possibly of of a lease. So um that is not something that that we have explored this subgroup but it is work that we can I think uh moving to next year we can continue looking into. Last thing you want to add? >> Since within the workers that the likelihood is that the properties that we identified as potentially being surplus property will probably increase in value at a higher rate than the money would if we sold them and then turned it into cash and then invest. So I think the consentless ones that it's not ignited and sell them. Um because the money that that money that's created won't buy but they are they are really encouraging us to
045be creative about the use of them. Uh that's why the exploring leases are the public private function thoughts about any of these recommendations. >> So these aren't anything that we can really act on right now. So this is just leading into stage two next year. >> Thank you. >> Yeah. So the the row uh is going to continue to I think between now and next year. So August. So we have a we have a June board meeting, we have our retreat, and then we we come back in August. And uh over the next uh two months, I think we're going to be looking at uh our analysis of of our enrollment situation, our our financial health, and putting together um analysis that we can share. We already have part of it in the demographic study.
046So I think it's it's developing uh more data for for the board and for the community to look at not only the the issue but what are some of the solutions to this current right >> situation we have. >> So yeah there is there's not a decision right now. I think where we're going based on what's been identified and and the work that's going to continue is looking at these recommendations and as more data comes in that can be data that goes into our analysis. And then as far as like the the uh individuals who have reached out to us about about property for example um you know like we have a recommend like we have a recommendation from this work group that's been done a pretty good job analyzing our current situation. So this
047will be available for for the community. So I think part of this is and part of the work of the team was to gather feedback and input. It's also to share information about the board is uh the district is is working together. So there's a long response to your question which is yeah there's no >> uh the board's not making a decision right now. Any other wonders? So I >> before you share anything you else you have I appreciate your participation. It's been it's been helpful to have uh board members in attendance alongside staff and community members and parents. I think that they appreciate uh that's my sense that the work that we're doing. >> They can see it. >> Yeah. >> Yep. So by the end of next by this time next year we
048might have something we would actually >> I absolutely think so >> vote on. >> Yep. Yeah. And and probably I would think closer to like middle of the year. So so January. >> Yeah. We're going to dig in fast. >> We're going to dig in fast. >> Yeah. Yeah, >> once we get that information kind I feel like we're definitely to the next point where once we get this information you guys are still getting I feel like we could make better like we could make a decision. >> I think so too. I think having a document that's that's the analysis which is required >> which is just we need to add some some more data to. >> Yeah. >> And so that I think that's going to be very helpful to have in August. >>
049Yeah. and for the board to to look at. And you know, at this point, the demographic study uh next 10 years, we're going to continue to see a decline, >> which means uh an elementary school currently that has 225 students and next year could have closer to 250 students and then the next year could have closer to 1880. So like that's uh and again unless we see a a drastic change in our rent um then I think that leads to a decision as far as the property and the property value and what uh the you know what we get back as far as the assessed value. Um I think that that those are good recommendations as far as our current assets. Now, we do need to the if that is the case and we're looking
050at the bus bar, then like that's that could be that'll be a decision that could happen, I think, in the fall as well regarding that particular site. So, the goal is to get this information published on our website the next probably couple weeks. I think that seems reasonable if we have that available for our community. All right. >> Anybody else got anything? All right. >> Say one thing. Thanks, Bill. You're a very active member of the lobby here in the audience. >> Yes. >> We appreciate you. >> Yeah. What? Yeah. One of the the benefits to this group, this work group that I just I wasn't I really wasn't thinking was going to be so uh beneficial is just the connections we've made with their community and knowing that we have some some amazing individuals
051who are volunteering a lot of their time in support of this this effort and they have like just like really good background and and some experience doing exactly what we're seeking is I you know I would probably shared like I've been an educator for 32 33 years that's what I've done. So um to to have committee members who have uh experience in this work and and can look at this data and and less is uh and Shalice and Connor who participated in facilitating these conversations has been outstanding. All right. Next up, we've got our proposals for actions. Do we have any citizen comments? No. Right. No. >> All right. So, first up, we've got our board meeting calendar for 2627. Do we have any questions or comments? We have our new time. >> We do
052have a new time. >> Yay. >> Okay. starting September 5:30. I'm all for it. Anybody got anything on it? All right. I need to get an approval for this. Correct. >> I'll move to approve. >> I'll second. >> All in favor? >> Approved. >> All right. Um, next up, we've got our revised board meeting calendar for 2526. >> I believe that was just that date change, right? >> It's just our next board meeting. Yes. Questions, comments on that? Move to approve. Motion to approve. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> All right. Resolution 20 285 2607 which is our WIAA enrollment. Do we have any questions, concern, comments on this one? No. Okay. Motion to approve. Mot. >> All in favor? >> Okay. Approved. And then resolution 25 2025 2610 which is our declaration of
053surplus. Do we have questions or comments on this one? I can't believe a bus is so cheap. I know. Like really? Like I was like, "No wonder there's so many people living in them." >> There you go. >> Touche. >> All right. >> So, motion to approve. Declaration of surplus. >> I'll move to approve. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. Motion approved. All right. On to our policy revisions, which your second readings and approval for policy 5400 personnel leaves. Do we have any questions or comments? >> Okay. Motion to approve. >> Motion to approve. >> I'll second. All >> in favor? >> I approved policy 6800 which is our safety operations and maintenance of question. Do I have a motion to approve 6800? My >> motion we approve 6800. Second. All in favor?
054I >> sorry guys. Uh, new policy 6883 is closing of school facilities. You have any questions on this one? Nope. Okay. Motion to approve policy 6883. >> I motion to approve policy C6883. All >> in favor? I >> All right. We've got our comments of board of director. Does somebody want to go first tonight? I will go first. I don't really have a lot. Just um the stride went amazing as always. We had hundreds and hundreds of people there. It was even when it was wet, everybody was smiling. Um lots of our students beat the docks this year and it was it was pretty it was pretty entertaining to see the kids chasing them and how excited they were. Um, other than that, awesome track season. Um, our middle school kids did phenomenal as Mr.
055Hoopler knows, his daughters did pretty awesome. Um, it was a first year JMS had that many students, I believe. And now we did we got first for boys, third for girls, and first all overall. So, good track season. And I know our high school is doing >> as well. So, looking forward to closing the end of this year. It's been a good year. >> It has. >> All right. Who's next? >> I mean, I'll go. Um, we completed testing, I believe, at all the schools. >> Yeah. >> Which I know my kiddos were excited. I also appreciate how the teachers tried to give them a little breather with like an extra five minute recess or letting them walk for a little bit in the morning because that is a lot of sitting. And then um
056I don't know if it's districtwide, but I do know for my third grader, she came home and they'd done an assessment on um like their progress of how how much further did you go and she was incredibly proud of the certificate she got that she was a year and a month ahead of I think it's from when they started. Um so just seeing her pumped up about that and also really competitive to beat some of the kids that beat her next year I think is a really really cool little tool there. >> Nice. Yeah, >> thanks Jane. I'll jump in on though. Not quite done eighth grade math. >> Still going, >> but everybody loves math. So they love >> excited this year about it. >> I think everyone was good and I noticed a
057number of parents. So there was a request at least the middle schools to bring in science. >> Yeah. >> So I saw a lot of things being brought in just to keep me fueled up and keep them working on my testing. So you guys really good. keep it up. Uh the other one is if you're involved in athletics, there's a ton of summer camps. So, they've sent out all the information on all of those. So, please take a look. And there's even a survey now that's out to uh what athletic activities would you want new next year. So, I would recommend people to kind of take over to that and throw some ideas out to Mr. Wild. And if parents don't usually access parent square for whatever reason, can they find that on the district
058website? The camps believe so. >> I'm getting a headshake from >> you know. So So the survey or the camps that you said the camps? >> The camps like I I saw our principal said a lot. Okay. Yeah. Cool. Awesome. Just because I know not everybody uses parent square as much. So >> yeah. >> And the survey was more for students. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. >> Sorry. I I even I I was nodding no to the survey not >> Thank you. >> And we are expected to ask that every couple of years as far as what >> activities to students are they interested in and so it's required through WIA. So I'm glad that Bryant had to send it out. You know, we don't get the best turnout. So I wish we would get more students
059completing that survey >> as they all have devices. And so I think um I'm going to find out because I had forgotten about that going out like are we giving them some time during the day then to complete that survey >> like an advisory. >> Exactly. Yeah. >> Yeah. I have one other question. >> Yeah. >> So I love all the athletic camps. My kids will definitely attend a few. Do we have any non-athletic camps that we offer during the summer? >> I think the drama club does. >> I believe so because I I know friends that have had their kids do that and I'm pretty sure. >> Yes. In the past Kelly Gerson has done a camp. Yeah. He actually did a camp around uh this in the spring as well. >> So he
060typically does other than drama. I don't know that we have anything going at the middle school that's not associated with athletics. >> Yeah. >> Um but we can definitely check and see what else is happening other than athletics. >> Oh, you jump. Sorry. We all like jumped on top of what you talk about. >> I like that I can get a conversation going. So, thank you for making it a conversation and not a presentation. >> It happens. >> We do that a lot. Yeah. >> Paul took me on a tour last Thursday before the road meeting. It was when however they transitioned, but we went on a tour and I saw some of the properties. It was really helpful >> and not to mention that it helped me find IQ. But uh um so we
061went over to the barn. So I got a chance to see the old bus barn and then some of the other properties that were in question that we've talked about. So really helped me to get more familiar with with the direction. So I appreciate that. Thank you. >> I don't really have much of an update. I just I can't believe we only have one more board meeting. >> I know it's crazy. And um I'm already thinking about the summer and what I'm going to do with my kid. So I know a lot of parents struggle. So I'm feeling feeling it feeling it for them. >> Um and yeah, other than that, just closing out the end. I see you really fast. >> All right, Sarah, it's your turn. >> Okay, thank you. So I've got
062a couple slides. I'll share. So recently the AWA was which is the Washington Association of School Administrators which is an organization that I'm part of Wes and Connor are part of so they have these annual events and we get to choose like locally our our region and so I chose for the community uh support our rotary so Rotary so those are Rotarians that uh and there's there's several maybe 40 Rotarians. Uh these individuals um I invited because of their their support, but I could have I mean we could have had all the Rotarians there, which would have been a mess, but I'm glad they did all show up. So, uh in the middle is Diana, she's our Rotary president. So, they do so many things to support us. Uh right now, they're going to be
063giving students like thousands of dollars worth of scholarships to some of our students who are going into trades, some of our students who are going into higher ed. uh they third uh have provided us with books for third graders. Uh they've been a part of the the builds the toolbox build. So then uh a number of things and they typically just say do you need this? How can we help you? And so I typically it's always a yes with Rotary because they are always looking for ways to support us. So I so appreciate them. They also donate two scholarships to the Bomber Institute. So, two of our teachers and about an $8,000 each uh is the the amount. So, two of our teachers can participate in the Bomber Institute, which is the University of Oregon
064program. So, uh just phenomenal what they do to support us as well as CAS school district. So, last week we had a chance to recognize two of our uh teammates. So, Britney is the bottom picture. So Britney Johnson is uh at Cry River Gorge and so she's the the booster president and so uh she is recognized for all the work that she does and really the the booster club. So they were um these two were recognized at the learn here event which was uh in Vancouver. Uh the teacher the top left picture is Kenneth Kulk who supports our students in the 18 to 22 year old adult transition program. So Kenneth uh supports those students along with uh his teammates which we have a couple pair of educators who work with those those students who
065are uh housed in the Excelsier building that spend a lot of time in the community as they're getting internship hours. So really appreciate what what Kenan has done with the team and supporting those students not just in having those experiences but like working on uh life skills. So he was recognized and so I happened to be at that event which was just phenomenal uh to see Ken Kenneth and um Britney wasn't there but um I will give her u the plaque that she's going to um she would have received. Then there's that's all the individuals who were recognized uh last week. Uh Brooke Trang is in this picture and Broo Trang uh right here. It's kind of hard to see Brooke, but she is a part of Read Northwest, which is a program that that
066we have that Jane, you, and Satie are are reading buddies. >> Yeah. >> So, Brooke is the director of of Reed Northwest, and she was recognized from the Battleground School District. >> So, I'm not sure how many of you heard that our women's golf team won state last week. So that was in a course in Shahalis and they played that same course for districts that they played for state. Uh that's our team. We have three golfers. >> She's a freshman. >> Yes. On the right. So So we have three golfers. So throughout the whole season, I think actually we had a fourth. You need four to have a team and to score in league. And most of this season we had three. >> So they were frustrated. because we can't we can't at the um
067we don't have a chance to to to win in league because we don't have enough. So we're forfeiting basically all those league matches. So when you get to state that's not the case. You need three. >> So we have three and they played really well. So I happened to go there those are our coaches on the right along with our our uh champions are on the left. So I had a chance to to go to the golf course. It was last Wednesday and so I cleared my schedule uh which I'm typically in buildings but I wanted to see our boys compete. They were in ton water which we had four boys who were competing. The second day the only two made it. So I got to walk a couple holes with them. And then I
068finished watching our girls uh win the title. And so Sky Lindon on the left, Sky is a senior. And so that's her putting. I think that was hole 15 uh the green for 15. And then Kira is Newman is a freshman and then Addy Paul is a sophomore. So next year she'll be a junior and Kira will be a sophomore. So uh pretty amazing to win state. You know we don't do that all the time. So it's a big deal. Uh so I was really proud of them for for winning state. And so I was supposed to pick up the trophy. The trophy we have now have. So I'll make sure you get a chance to see the trophy. >> Very cool. um which will probably be it'll spend most of the year at Orchard
069Hills, which is one of our partners. Uh that's where that's where our girls practice. That's where our boys practice. So, we're going to let them have the trophy for a while. Uh because we really appreciate that partnership with them. I mean, it's like a block. >> It's pretty sweet setup for them. >> I see those kids out there. I live on the golf course and I will say they are very dedicated. >> Absolutely. see those kids out there every single day. They're practicing. >> Our state champs. >> Yeah. >> So, we recognize Sydney uh Peterson as our teacher of the year. So, you may if you participated at Hathaway with the Bistown Mock interviews. So, that was uh her um and her her partner Sarah put that together. So, I I got to drop off
070the cake last week at a staff meeting. So that's her team on the left and that's her uh holding the cake. And so really appreciate her and how she goes about supporting our students. She's a great teammate. If you go to her classroom, which I think we did two years ago, uh everything in there is very intentional. Uh there's a lot of things uh that students a lot of things activities that are uh they're involved in. She does a great job supporting students as high expectations and her results show. So, we are really pleased uh with with her efforts in that team. And I think some of you probably went to Frozen. So, I went Friday night. Les went Saturday. I think Shalice went to the matinea on on Saturday. And so, that's Kelly Gregerson,
071our amazing drama teacher on the left. So, that was just a give a static picture. So what he's doing there is he's just, you know, greeting everyone. >> And then, uh, one of the, uh, main stars. Yeah. Just amazing. Such a beautiful voice. Yeah. >> Uh, and did just a great job. They all did. And then, you know, if you ever wondered like, well, how many people attend these events? So, I think we had like almost close to 1300 people participate. Shalice provided me this data. So within our our ticket system and so and really um other than the the matinea on the 16th uh you know pretty pretty good attendance almost all of them were above 200 and then they also hosted elementary students. So I'm not sure if any of your students attended
072that. >> So during the day >> about 800 students so it holds around 400. >> So there's a lot of students during midday uh performances. So, a lot of work goes into that. Uh, and I think Frozen is a very popular musical clearly. So, uh, lots of fun there. And let's see. Do I have anything else? Oh, yeah. There's that's the U. >> Awesome. >> The end. I love that part where they're all on stage. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> That's a lot of students. >> And then you already mentioned Jump to Guard. The success that Jump to Guard had. Those are the boys who got first. There's a trophy on the right. And so, yeah, proud of them and their their efforts, you know, we did some work to that track. And other than we
073have the track that needs to be repaired, some lane eight, uh really did a nice job with the discus ring. I think that that works when we're throwing and the the sand uh pits were full of uh once we got rid of the sand with some items in there. Yeah, it's really a nice setup that we could host. I think where you get at some point the championships and then we had some individuals in a team like set a record. So, uh the girls 4x two set a new record. So, this is David Cook keeping track of all this information and celebrating these efforts. And Grace Hooper with the with the jave and then Nolan Perry uh >> yeah, several records. >> Great record. So looking forward to those individuals going into high school and
074competing. So yeah, great job, a great season. >> Appreciate all they did. So this is just a little bit a quick data. So >> maybe this is uh for Jim Cooper who's not here, but you know, really liked to see >> he did >> some of our athletic members. Maybe that's why I did it. And so I just want to show you that in middle school we actually had >> we had an increase >> and you have access to this so I know it's really kind of hard to look at but we had an increase in participation. >> Part of that was because of knowledge bowl like knowledge bowl we huge numbers Scott Rainey what an amazing job >> and we added boys soccer. So if we wouldn't have had the the knowledge bowl increase
075in the soccer, we we wouldn't have more participation this year than last year. Again, we have fewer students. There's still uh a big interest in participating in after school activities. So thank you community because that's all provided the funding is provided by our community. >> Yep. >> So we really appreciate all the support we receive >> and uh we you know we look at boys versus girls. We we we got some work to do with recruiting girls, some of these activities. And then here's the high school. So, it's a little bit different uh setup. It's by by season. So, the fall on the left is fall, the middle is winter, and then spring. And so, we've had fewer participate this year than last year. And you can look and see where there's been a decline
076and where there's been an increase. So uh similarly to uh recruiting more female athletes that's something we we can do better at I think and also one of the reasons we give out that survey is to see if we if we see the survey results and we see a bunch of students want to see >> bowling or some other activity lacrosse possibly then we look at how we can uh set that up how we can afford to do something like that. Do we see participation decline between like middle school and high school or like freshman versus junior year at all? >> That's a really good question. I don't know that I have that data off of hand. Just >> curious. >> Yeah, but certainly we could we could look at that. The system that we
077use to track uh student participation, I I bet we can now we've done it for a couple years, we can use that new it's relatively new system track that information. Okay, I think that is it for my sharing. >> Thank you. Do we have any general citizen comments for tonight? >> Yes, we do. >> Oh, >> yep. And here we have bill. We have some announce. >> Thank you. Yes. I can leave. All right. So, for our public meeting guidelines, >> oh, there you go. Sorry. >> The structure and content of the schoolboard meeting is outlined in our board policy 1400. There is a structure for citizen public comment to our schoolboard business meetings. The board recognizes the value of public comment on educational issues and the importance of involving the public in board meetings.
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080comments. The board chair may also opt to in public comment opportunities based on disruptions. Written comments may be submitted using the process identified at the school board meeting page, which is our website. >> That's it. Yep. >> Okay. >> William Carter. >> Hello sir. >> Good evening. So good evening Wugle school board members. My uh little opinion piece is titled think outside the box. Um some of what I'm going to say was stated at the Thursday meeting we had in at our last um research operations workshop but a couple of the board members were not there. So this will be maybe a little bit new for you. I want to take the liberty of speaking for other members of the research optimization workg groupoups and to say that we are grateful for this opportunity to
081be part of the school district's optimization activities. We have to think ahead. The Wugle school district is in the enviable position of possessing some very valuable properties which will surely increase in value. These are the we've talked about these the east street old bus barn lots curve property caporn school properties and I'm going to add hawthorne to this. Uh my focus tonight is more centered on the east street old bus barn lot situation and you have a handout there. Uh there is a sec the second page or the last page one has three pages talks about a change to the comprehensive plan which I highlight highlighted. Um, the focus is on the old bus bar and lot situation on which that awful building there is used as general storage for the district. And that storage
082is having babies. It turns out, as you probably know, that property, it's really for contiguous properties and has the comprehensive plan designation general commercial, which allows the most intensive business activities. And Clark County is currently in the middle of a major comprehensive plan update which I've highlighted on that last page in yellow and that would allow mixed use commercial and residential to help meet mandated housing targets which are in the general commercial designation. Both the Hathaway School and the current bus bar and storage facility on East Street are close to the new uh Wooal Town Center being planned for the Pendleton property. And apparently the new town center has a sizable housing component, but we don't know what that is or what the mix is, but there is housing involved and I think it's going
083to have three bedroomedroom apartments in it trying to be familyfriendly, but we don't know yet. This means the centrallylo bus barn, really those four parcels relatively close to the proposed town center has value. And the current dilemma is the condition of the bus barn itself, which is fulfilling a needed usage for the school district. Some of our brainstorming has included possible uses for the property, keeping it in the school district's property holdings, especially since it's believed that they will increase in value. Now, just thinking out loud about leveraging that property. And by the way, those four parcels that you see on the plan on the first page, I believe the city of Wubo would be thrilled to have all four of those properties lots merged into one one sizable property on that commercial street, including
084getting rid of that pitly little easement that's running through it that's connecting a residential street that goes nowhere. So thinking out loud, there could be some kind of a clause that prohibits the school district from maybe directly competing with private business. So don't compete. If we were to enter into a partnership with a nonwashugal school district entity, consideration would have to be given that we don't run that the school district doesn't run a foul of some kind of conflict. Maybe there wouldn't be a conflict, perhaps a cooperation, a partnership agreement. We've talked about this before, that generates cash flow. Cash flow. Another idea from our group is that the possible cash flow might en enable levy funds to be used for other uses. And this is something that lees and chalice might be able to
085touch on at some other time. possible cash stream generated from the bus barn property or the other properties in a meeting. Is it time to stop? >> Yeah. >> Okay. Anyway, we're currently helplessly dependent on ever diminishing funds from Olympia and on from the levy that in the future may or may not be passed. So I'm suggesting that we think outside the box and come up with other sources of cash flow to supplement the levy. And if we don't do that, then the ability to educate anybody is severely reduced. There's value. Think outside the box. Explore cash flow. Supplement the living. Thank you for your attention. >> Great. And then we've got Do we have any future agenda items? >> All right. Our board evaluations are online. Do I have a motion to adjourn? Motion
086to adjurnn. Second. All in favor? So close this time.