001We ready? We lost Jane. Okay. Raising the desk. All right. 6:30. I'll call the meeting to order. Please stand for the pledge of allegiance. To the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands nation indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Okay. Any questions on the consent agenda? Get a motion to approve. I'll move to approve. I'll second. All in favor? I I I. Any oppose? No. Uh budget passes. Carries. uh turn it over to Erin and Shalise for a budget update. Great. Thank you so much. Just getting our presentation there. Okay. And so you have a copy of it. It's in black and white. You have two slides each. And actually, I don't know that Jane Jane can see that. I should have sent her a PDF. So
002maybe we'll make sure she she has access. Came in the board. Okay. So she has it. Good. Excellent. I'm good. I'm good. Okay. Thank you. All right. So, this is going to be we have identified budget update and then enrollment projections and bargaining updates. So, they're going to just all in the same presentation. So, and Shalice, your mic is on, right? And so, just jump in. You may have a question specific to Chalice. She's going to remain right there. So, what you notice for the 2425 as far as March goes is our enrollment is staying about the same. So December, January, February, March, we're really excited about that because typically that's not what happens. So I think we said we actually increased by.5 FTE for the month of March. Yeah. And when we on and
003yesterday we had our district leadership team meeting and we talked about individuals shared when we went over this that uh individual principles were like and we're going to add another one this week and and after we come back from break we're going to add a few more. So that's all good. Any idea why we were able to keep our enrollment this year? Any ideas? I think it's a typical trend in every district to start going down towards the end of the year. because people start moving or they start, you know, try changing to another school. So, actually, I'm surprised we haven't seen that downturn. Um, I did notice that last year it started a little bit later. Okay. You can kind of see from the graph from 2324 that it was a little bit flat
004in February and March and then it did go down, but it was very minimal last year to the amount that it went down. Yeah. So back to your your question about what do we think is there anything that we're doing intentionally that is is causing this this change in what we typically see retention. Yeah. Yeah. So maybe you know maybe when we projected our enrollment and we know that we have more students than we thought we were going to have. So we projected very conservatively but I guess that doesn't that answer the question. So what is it that we're intentionally doing? It's hard to tell right now. I I don't know that we could say specifically there's something that we're doing changing time so could be anything. Yeah, it certainly could be. Right. Right. That
005absolutely and we just Yeah, we don't know that we we have any indicators that are identifying. Um I appreciate Yeah. that that you know the conversation of what are we and what are we going to see and to to Shalis's point last year it happened a little bit later that we saw a drop. What we typically do see also is students maybe go from uh are attending on a regular basis to one of our buildings to WLA. So we usually see if you were to look at the WLA enrollment, it's increasing um more the last couple months and so it we really appreciate having that online option for families. Okay, so next slide. This is just 23 24. It's we're going to leave it in here just to revisit where we were last year about
006this time. So only just to have that that reference point that to last year where we were and we were not happy being there to what Shalise had shared in November what she thought we were going to looked like if we're projecting out. So that's what she thought. So if we go back that's where we were last year. This is what we were projecting for this year and this is where we are now. So you look at February and we're sitting right there at 6%. Fun balance. So we feel really good about that for February compared to where we were a year ago. And then what she's projecting uh for the future months, you see where where we we you know quite possibly where we think we're going to end. So what helps with this
007is the enrollment. What helps with this is I think maximizing uh you know our trying to maximize as much as possible our grants. Uh anything else you can contribute to? Yeah. So I put a couple notes on the bottom of the slide for this one. Um Chris Ragd Doll did a presentation where he pretty much said that he feels very very confident that we're going to be backfilled in our TK dollars. So at the beginning of the year they said too many TK students we didn't budget enough. Now they're saying like 99% we're going to backfill you. So before in November the projection included us not receiving 100% of our TTK. This projection now includes us receiving 100% of our TTK. They said that we should have a short month in April and then um
008through May through August they should bring us to 100% funded. So that was not projected in November and now is. So that really helped. Um my other note is just our flow of accounts payable um is a little different this year. We've been trying really hard to when we're done with the month, we've tried to get as up to date as we possible. contacted vendors, tried to get our contracts as up to date so that we can get everything through. Last year, um there was some lags where then we would have a huge month because we would finally get, you know, three, four months of past invoices. And we're trying to bug vendors to get them so that we're more timely and it's easier to um project our our flow. Yeah. Go ahead. Do you
009have a guess on what the total dollar per TK is for our district? Um, yes. You mean the the gap total? Oh, what the what the whole funding? If we got we're fully funded, how much? It's like 992,000. Okay. So, was 300 around 300,000 was the gap? Yeah. So, when you look at you need to go back at November where where she where we were based on not having that information, right? That's why the projection looks like it does. Uh, it's not going back for me. Here we go. what it looked like in November. And then as she mentioned, we we've actually heard this multiple times about what we think is going to happen with TK. Yeah. All right. And and also the current bill is um looking at this year's enrollment and this would
010be the cap would be for 2425 which for us would be be the best very positive the best scenario for us versus 2324. Yeah. because that's 80 up to the only other item to note is between the November projection and now we have submitted for safety net. So we have an idea of how much we submitted for. We won't find out if we're approved until around May. Um and then we receive those dollars in August. So that was we submitted for a larger amount than we budgeted and so hopefully we receive it. Any other questions? Y so you see in November the information we have and now we're in March and we see really the information we have and legislatively we're tracking what you know the the right now where the bills are with Mox
011with special education with TK and then any other potential funding sources or increases um and we won't know exactly right till the uh 27th if if they finish on time. So this is that comparison you can look at 2324 to 2425 and then February fund balance comparison 1% to 6% current uh where it was uh 24 uh this this February. So uh yeah appreciate the work that's gone into uh that positive result. I appreciate the work that's gone into that. And then just looking at the other funds, I don't know if you have any specific questions about those other funds or if Shalis you have any context you want to add. Um I don't as a reminder the ASB fund is run by the students. Um it's been going really well. You can see they
012have a really nice um inning fund balance. Our debt service um you know we just did our bond refund. Um we'll realize that in April. So there will be a large transaction that goes through the fund in April realizing the refund at that point. Yeah. And then the capital fund amounts and is anything leaned out of this capital fund at this point project? Not at this point. No, we have multiple POS encumbered in getting ready but so far and then this document is just the our our calendar budget for for the year how we're developing next year's budget. So we're in March. So that's why and this is a very similar template that we've used the last couple years why we're sharing what we're sharing right now. uh and just kind of highlighting uh that
013information and what you have look to look look forward to in April. We went over this with our district leadership team yesterday as well. So, they received a copy of the calendar so they're aware of uh the direction we're going as far as our our budget planning for next year. Did we have any um concerted effort from our union partners of approaching the legislature on some of these issues? you know, I I I know that PSE has been uh advocating and that their team our team has been um I don't know that I've had any other conversations with uh individuals. Yeah, I know that our uh like so PA for example, our building administrators so when we receive encouragement from WASA or WASDA that I I forward that information so they are also doing what
014they can do and you did the join opend. Yeah. Thank you. Yes. Yeah. So we did we did that as well and so that that hasn't been uh published at this point but yeah so we are we are waiting for it to be you and Jen J. I haven't seen that. Yeah. So Jay and I did that. Yeah. I did that together for the Colombian or uh No, it's for the Washington. That's all right. Yeah. So it's Yeah. Gosh. Uh yeah, I can't remember what the exact Yeah. So it but it hasn't been published yet. I've been looking for it. Um, and so I we received an email from the individual that helped us uh prepare that. Yeah. Okay. So, any other questions about this? No. Okay. And then um just our uh you know
015identified legislative priorities that we've shared with with uh multiple times and with multiple groups. And so appreciate that what we've identified and we're, you know, tracking our MSOCs and special education. And we believe those two are uh definitely still, you know, there's going to be some some support there, just not nearly as much as we were we were hoping for. And now we're getting into legislative updates. So what you know the the specific bills that we are we are tracking and and watching we we have heard that the projected IPD is 2.5. So have heard that multiple times. Um that's not that's not finalized but that's what we believe it's going to be. So that is that is helpful for us in determining uh when we when we start to uh meet with our regularly
016meet with our uh labor partners regarding um you know that that increase uh determining what that amount is based on our staffing and so that total amount um so it's a percentage but also that represents a total amount u that's going to be uh based on our enrollment. So, uh, tracking that as well as, uh, you know, the big three that have identified. So, special education, MSOCs, and then TK, we've shared, uh, what we're hearing about that. Um, and so, again, that's that that would be really helpful for us. As far as the MOCS, just kind of watching what what's going to eventually happen with that bill. Um, you know, it looks similar to what's happened happened last year with that amount. It just kept getting reduced. uh we know that there's there's a lot
017of other demands on the budget and there's a there's a shortfall with the budget as well. So um we will continue to advocate. I don't know if there's anything else you want to add add to that. Um, so we follow the TWIO that comes out and is a kind of summary of how everything's going and there was a special edition that came out either yesterday or today. And so I updated um our slide based on what was still in action and any amounts that had changed. So, just to point out, um, as Aaron said, the same thing that happened last year when we got around 23 $21 per FTE, currently what they're anticipating is the $45.99 per FTE and then an enhancement of $6.12. And so, it's hard when you're looking at that, it's very
018small. So, if you take what we plan to budget for enrollment for next year, um the enhancement, you're talking $4,62. For MSOX, it's 112,000. And that is very very minimal when we already are way um have way more costs than our MSOCs are. So, it's another one of those mini ones that is kind of funny to look at and that we'll have to prove to them that we spent it on him socks, which will be easy to do. Oh, gone. Yeah. I have a question about the IDP and whether it might be useful to I mean, this is the IDP applied to our budgeted FTE. We hire many more staff. So, the real IDP that's available is lower than this. And I think it'd be valuable to calculate that. And yeah, so we actually Yep.
019So our u our principal so the paw so last year when we uh sat down and had that conversation with them that's what they actually realized was the how that the 3.7 based on the number of employees that we have within that that's what they realized was that percentage. So that is something that we do calculate right we take that amount and then we determine how many individuals we have and and spread it out. So yeah, that is definitely something that we do with every one of our groups is we determine what that how basically how that amount of money that comes in for that specific group um yes thank you. Anything else you want to add to that? No, that any other questions? No. Okay. So now we get to enrollment. So we're looking
020at 2526 enrollment. And if we start with TK for example, we see three we have we have a a group of 20 students at at Cape Hathaway and GA. So we know right now we have about 60 students. So we put them there because this right this year we have four. So if this was 2425 we would see 80 students there instead of 60. So right now what we're um looking at is 60. However, if we have more students and more families that sign up their students, uh you know, we could have 80. And that 20 is in essence like the number with two staff members. We try to keep a 1 to 10 ratio. So that's where that number comes from. Again, these are four year olds. And so if you know, but if
021we can have 80, that'd be great to have 80. Um but we haven't made a decision specifically that this is the where they're going to be. Um because and when you look at interesting when we had we had just when we started TK we had uh TK at Haway. So that was where all the students were bust was to Hathaway. So our preference would be to have students be in their in their neighborhood neighbor neighboring school. Uh it doesn't always work out that way. And then uh should we use a similar process that we've used previously with looking at uh as we roll students forward. So first grade goes to second grade, fourth grade so it goes to fifth grade. Uh and then you see then overall we're looking at 2419 um on on the
022on the graphic. So a total TK through 12. Yeah. TK through 12. So looking at where we think we're going to be with WA being 19. No. And understanding that the average AE the average FTE for the for the year, right? Like so TK or WA started smaller but is going to probably end larger. And so what the averages for the year uh looking at uh you know students that are eighth grade that won't be in WLA. So they they're exiting. So anyway, uh what we're looking at is a a 4% decrease from our current year, which is similar to last year. So it's important for us to to budget to our enrollment and then make adjustments relative to what we believe is going to be our enrollment. We there are some things that we
023are, I think, intentionally going to be doing that could assist with our enrollment, and we'll talk about those in a little bit. So, do you have any questions about the projection? uh looks good and bad at the same time. And then I always like to say as a reminder, it's always better to budget under. Oh yeah. And in January realize more revenue then budget over and in January lose revenue that you have all the staffing too much staffing or you planned for. Yeah. So our hope is that we're over and that this is under. For example, if we got 80 FTE, which is what last year we budgeted for three TTK and in the summer we added a fourth and um the increase we are at now the 20 students. That's pretty much that fourth.
024Yeah. TTK related but not on this page is the community preschool. Is there any any input or update on Yeah. So yeah, we can give you up. So, and yeah, we and we won't we won't ever is it the wrong word, but we we won't we wouldn't put that Yeah, we wouldn't put that on here because it's tuition based program and there is some interest and we are planning to offer community preschool as long as we have the number and right now the number is probably going to be closer to 20 21. There was actually there was an article in the Colombian recently that identified uh a number of 16 that was based on a full day. Yeah, right now we're looking at it more than likely it's going to be an AM session and
025a PM session. There's some challenges with a a whole day program. So that lines up more with what we had done previously for for a long time. So we there is some interest and we're working on letting those individuals know who have expressed interest with us to like keep them updated as well as you know how we can get our website updated and everything live there so um individuals that are interested can can sign up so we can get closer to what actually is going to be the numbers. So again, our our goal is to have one community preschool that would probably be in one of our town schools and it would be at one location. If we have more students to to add another community preschool, then we would add it to another school.
026Um, but it it needs to be something that will fund itself. Yes. We just we just don't have funds to invest in a program that's not doing that, right? But um do we have a mechanism for reaching out to new families that are moving here between let's say now and August? I don't know how to find them. I don't know anything about it, but I know people move into from anywhere USA. We've talked about that a little bit. Um Facebook posts, we've talked about fence banners, um signs so that when people are driving it, you know, we are now rolling for threeyear-olds. um to try to display it out there, right? Yeah. Excellent question. So, yeah, how can we get the word out? And so, u I think there's other ways those are things we've
027talked about. I'm sure there's some other things we can do to to spread the word. Well, thinking families have moved from a state that doesn't have any TK might not even know, right, it's part of the Washington state education system, but sounds like we're doing it, right? And the idea of what happens legislatively could impact the number of programs we have, community preschool sites that we have. Uh but again, it's looking very promising for TK. And so some of those families that expressed interest in community preschool also probably expressed interest in TK. And I know that Connor is working with uh inter um interviewing not the right screening TK students right now. So he's going through that process. All right. So we get to then so what does this all mean? And you think about
028our conversations we were having last year about this time. So what we've identified based on a 4% decrease uh that amount is between 1.3 million and 1.5 million is what we're looking at uh reductions that are going to be necessary based on our projected enrollment. So what we were just discussing is because we have fewer students there's a loss of FTE which means there's a loss of uh state aortionment dollars. We also have as a result of lower enrollment our levy for the 2526 school year. There's a reduction in in our levy amount that we can um receive. We also have obligations in in our contracts that we need to make sure that we're able to to to meet those requirements. we have se insurance uh increases as well as everything that we are purchasing
029that's going to be impacted by inflation. So for those reasons uh we've identified uh 1.3 million to 1.5 million that range um you know what what impacts that will be what happens legislatively but this is this is where we're starting so we're going through a similar process we did last year I emailed a communication to all of our staff members uh yesterday at four o'clock just basically identifying what's going on with our with our projected enrollment and I know that our labor uh we are meeting with our labor partner ers letting those letting them know uh decisions that we're going to be making. We have not identified all of the positions. We do believe uh with confidence that the majority of this savings will be through attrition and that's right now we're looking at based
030on the number of individuals that we have uh that have shared with us that are not going to be with us next year. Anything else you want to add to that? No, that's great. Okay. Any questions? Okay. Nope, I'm good. And then this is just uh something that we've, you know, when we've been discussing this year uh what have we prioritized as far as our our budget and looking at next year uh to to have a a balanced budget, which that's what we present to you every year. uh restore our fund balance to 6% and then really there's a you know there's a greater goal that that's the that's the minimum but to to get it to 8% and Jimmy even different times talked about 8 to 10%. So right now uh we feel good
031about 6% the minimum and based on what Shalise has put together as far as tracking it look like it could be you know it could be close to to 8% if if the way the year has gone continues uh if we can continue to keep students enrolled and you know uh if TK is fully funded. So again we may not know that till the like end we may not realize that till the end of August. Yeah. Yeah. My my interest in 10% is really just based on what people say for storm districts. Yes. Yeah. Absolutely. Random number. We heard that. No, of course. Yeah. We heard that uh this fall at WASDA, right? The Wazda conference and you know, when you look at that uh you know, cash on hand number um and we know
032what the auditors have said and then also the OSBI's formula, right? Yeah. So, absolutely. Um and then just being transparent with with what is happening and how we're making decisions. So I think that that you know that has been encouraged this this whole year and I think that we are I think we are delivering. I think are succeeding and you know I think there's there's a double-edged sword to it when we talk openly about programs that we're trying to offer like community preschool and it it's somewhat of a moving target because of legislative what's happening but we want to let families know especially with that as an example is they are planning for next year and so if they want to be a part of the program that we're going to offer they they want
033to know what's happening so we're doing our best to keep individuals updated I think that also allows them to be advocates legislature from a family perspective, right? Important. Yeah. So, uh, thinking about next year and and I don't have a slide specific to this. So, we talk about community preschool and we think that that would be something that would be helpful. It's tuition based. It doesn't necessarily help with our projected enrollment, but there is this idea that's that families whose students are in preschool with us will then be in TK with us and then will remain with us, right? And so and I and I believe that to be the case. Uh we're also looking at adding WLA 912. So so a high school online learning opportunity. And so we're we're we're building that into
034our plan. And I I think that that will assist us with also we have families who choose to go to online programs uh at 912, right? And that's not something that we're currently offering. So be a package program or Yeah. So that would be so it' be it would be it'd be it's similar to uh our K AWA program. So we would yeah we would have a a person who would who would uh be managing uh supporting the students. There's curriculum similar curriculum that we are looking at. We would use the same curriculum for the KA but we're also looking at additional curriculum for electives and additional support. So, that's something that um I think that's different than this year that we see that there's a possibility of supporting our families again that are choosing
035not to stay with the Washington School District because we don't offer that, right? So, so we're looking to offer that. Anything else you want you want to add to that, Tracy? Okay. Well, I think that is all we have. You know, I was it's a little lean on the the bargaining update. So here's the bargain update is we're currently not bargaining and we are planning to bargain with PSSE WAE and PA this year. Uh we are just when we're talking to them uh they're they're wanting to wait until we see what happens with the legislature which is so so April 27th is is the designated date, right? And then we'll see if they go a little bit longer. But that's uh it doesn't leave a lot of time to to bargain through the you know
036late spring contract expires at the end of August or when contract Yes. August. Yeah. Okay. All right. Any questions? No. No. Okay. Thank you. Uh okay. Next on the agenda is the proposal for action approval of the Gau Hathaway replacement. Citizen comment. We don't have any citizen comments. No, we don't have Sorry. Um, so the Haway cause flooring replacement contracts. Any questions on the contract? We got it uh by email or we we talked about it last meeting extensively. Um, and I'm a little confused. Can we do this at a at a workshop meeting? Oh, this is not this is a business. This is a business center. Yes. Okay. Any uh a motion to approve that flooring contract? I move to approve. I second. All in favor? I I. Any opposed? No. Motion carries. Um,
037wow. This is a business meeting. Okay. Um, next is a policy revision. Sexual harassment of students prohibited second reading. Um, any questions on that? We talked about it pretty extensively last time. No questions. Shane, no. Motion to approve. I'll move to approve. I second. All in favor? I I opposed. Hi, Aries. Uh, okay. Comments from the board of directors. Um, we'll start with Ida because she's right here. Right here. Um, I don't really have any um other than there's a lot going on and in the world in the world and uh yeah, about sums it up for me. Jane, any comments? I second what Ida had to say and just uh a big thank you to everybody in the district for trying to keep everyone informed as much as we can uh with what is
038impacting or what we're waiting to hear on. So, good communication there. Thank you. And I I'll second that. And you know, I'm really uh gratified to see that we've pulled our financial situation up into the hopefully the B minus range, but at least the C plus range. Really appreciate that. Great. Uh superintendence update. Yes. All right. Well, I have a few slides I want to share. You actually have copies in front of you. So March is youth arts month and so we are you know we're coming to the end of youth arts month but we have a little bit of information about what what has been happening and we see less is does a really good job of gathering evidence of art and so we have some art there uh to to show you. Then
039there's a free event uh coming up March 29th at Haway Park uh through a Columbia play project. And so that's that's a a fun opportunity for for our families to participate in that uh which will be the first Saturday uh of spring break really. So that's that's great. So can I interject? Yeah, of course. They did an event like that at Hamlet Park this past Saturday. It's very successful. A lot of families showed up. A lot of kids making art. Great. Really successful. So excellent. Hopefully our in town people will take advantage of that. Yeah. Great. Thank you for sharing that. So, uh, this picture is this is an event that happened at Jumpagard and I think this was last week possibly that this happened that that Danny Allen really was responsible for this event
040at JMS inviting families and students in. So, that's just a collage of all sorts of things that were happening. So, there were a lot of individuals there excited that that Danny and her team put that together. So just an excellent job uh by by Danny. Um moving to we had a site visit this week. We went to JMS and CRG. So thank you Tracy for organizing that and thank you to our our principles at those uh schools, those teams for providing uh what I thought was a really uh great opportunity for us. So what I have here is just really a description for for you. uh pictures on the right, that's Jason Foster, who's a sixth grade science teacher. He took his students on a field trip to see our HVAC system. And so we
041actually it worked out perfectly the timing that we uh were there with them to to hear Jason and to see those students. They were so engaged with that. But so I'm going to start with where we started. So just I want I'll try to make this brief. We started in the in the staff wellness space which I think maybe you had have seen. Uh this was they uh jumping did not have a staff room alone. They shared a staff room with CRG. This year uh we've worked on that's been a priority in all of our buildings to enhance our staff wellness spaces. So it's really not just a staff room. It's it's a wellness space. So they that's where we started and that has been very well received by that staff. Then we went to
042Cheryl McIntyre who's teaching math mindset and and um I have that I have that wrong on the title there. math mindset class which uh is just a phenomenal class that sixth graders take. And what was interesting is everywhere we went at jump to guard there there felt like there was this intentional um a an activity or to emphasize critical thinking. So uh in the math class when we walked in they were really working on developing an argument based on a graphic and they were voting. They initially voted and then they discussed what the the the data showed and what the what the picture represented and then they voted again and so it was really engaging and appreciate the work that Cheryl's doing. Then we went and and joined Jason uh on the tour and then
043once they went outside we decided not to go outside because it's cold and rainy. So we uh that was the part where we uh we stayed in. But every one of the students had a clipboard and they were taking notes and he was walking them around discussing uh what was happening with within that space and talking about uh hot water and and cool water and vapor and when it goes from a vapor to a to a liquid. So just really appreciated uh the work he was doing and they were so engaged. These are sixth graders in science class asking questions uh and he was asking them questions. So we went from that to a CTE class robotics. It happened to be advanced robotics. So these were eighth graders I think that had been in robotics
044before. And so uh appreciate Mr. Lewis and and Margaret and providing that opportunity for our students uh working in pairs. And then we went uh next door to uh Scott Rainey's 8th grade social studies class. Now, interesting that um we went in there intentionally because we have some students whose primary language is Spanish and they were in there and Dana Wilson is one of our multilingual Paris so she's supporting uh those students uh and working closely with Scott. We also had fifth graders from God that were visiting because uh we brought fifth graders all week. We had fifth graders coming from different elementary schools to visit the middle schools and instead of doing it in June, doing it in March is such a good idea. Yeah, it was a great idea. And so in the
045class we had some uh adults, additional adults. Uh we had our the fifth graders working with like they had a buddy that was an eighth grader and then uh our students who uh again Dana was was supporting. But uh some of the things that Scott had done is he uh in preparing had uh documents that were in in Spanish. So uh he thought that would be helpful. And then we watched this video clip and that uh it was set up so um you know there was Spanish. So just really appreciated just the thoughtfulness in in preparing uh for uh students who are are new to us and and providing the support. So that was just a great experience. Um, and then using uh technology to to support those students. Um, and and just the idea
046that he was also one of the things that Scott was talking about in this lesson was perspective and how perspective changes and thinking about your thinking and think about how your thinking changes once you gain new information. Uh, and he and it happened to be around Uncle Tom's cabin. And so he just we were there for like 10 minutes. It was 15 minutes. It was just really an engaging uh introduction to that lesson. So, uh, yeah, really appreciated that trip and then we just kind of debriefed um, you know, our experience with David and and Tiffany and then we went over to uh, CRG where Hannah started us off just saying this is what it's going to look like. We started with uh, our our lab interventions for reading. Connie Vernon who's the teacher. Uh,
047Angela Frank and Angie Gibson were the pairs and they were working with small groups. So those are students to pull out model and working with students on reading. Then we went to the resource room where Sarah Arnold was working with two of her paras uh supporting students in small groups. Then kindergarten in art and they were working on an art project uh with Jessica Bloomer. Then fourth grade we it was really just a Q&A. So we had two fourth grades that are side by side and in both of them um we didn't exactly know who was going to be asking the questions. We ended up uh asking the questions and they were answering the questions and it was a really heavily focused on math and so we were talking about math and the math they
048were learning but also the math they use at home and so that was that we kind of kept that math focus in in both of the the fourth grade classes. Then we visited Reed Northwest. Uh Anna Paul was there. It's a program that we we've talked a lot about. We appreciate that. Uh the partnership with Reed Northwest, then to Erica Max's class with kindergarteners, and she uh when we got there, she was working uh she had all together and just preparing them for this partner game and just very explicitly going over the rules of the game and how they were going to be interacting together. Then they just broke up and went into their their pairs. We went and looked at the multilingual space because they previously have not had a space for students who
049receive multilingual support and so she uh Hannah there happens to be a room much larger space. Yeah. Yeah. Much larger space and it's their space and she said that's really uh that's their place. Yeah. So um you know designating that they they appreciate that and it's also a place where they can have specific uh tools and strategies that they can use. And then let's see Gillespie. Uh they were playing pickle ball. So I'm not sure if if the two of you are or Jane are getting into pickle ball, but it is a I tried it. Rough on your joints. Rough on your joints. Well, so we were trying watching fifth graders play pickle ball in that confined space. It was really impressive uh to watch them and then we finished with Michelle Maderos who's an
050amazing counselor for us, longtime counselor and uh just kind of talking through with us how she supports students in zones of regulation. So really appreciated that visit. It was yeah considered very successful visit. Uh then we just I want to give you continue to give you a strategic planning update. So now I think we visited about 18 different groups. Uh what you see on the left is we went to the student leadership class at the high school full class and went through a similar process. So there's some pictures of us working with those students. Uh I want to make sure that I had a student where they were like a picture where they were like working and then one where they were looking at us smiling. And so uh really appreciated their engagement. Interesting. There
051was a a focus on financial literacy. Interesting. And in that they they it just kept coming up how important that is and the life skills. Uh Cape Horn uh Sky staff pictures there along with PSSE. So So we did with PSSE it was a membership meeting. So there were other things they were going to be doing after we did this. And so, uh, not always when we go to a building are the classified staff, um, able to attend because their day might be shorter. So, this was trying to help get as many PSSE members. So, there's some pictures of our PSSE uh, meeting and then the Cape Horn Sky staff there. And then we just uh finished with Gauze today. And so, uh, this afternoon before this meeting, we're at Gauze working with the GU
052staff. And something that I really appreciated was Tammy Grant did a uh excuse me, Tammy Cole did a great job setting us up for success with her team and presenting what was about and then also uh just kind of talking about like what's going really well right now. So appreciated her effort in doing that and we just were thrilled with their participation. A couple of things I just want to highlight is so we talked about unified basketball getting third place in the state and just were a remarkable job that the athletes did and our coaches. Well, we had two athletes who uh intended to participate in the all-star game that happened over the weekend. Uh Jaden was not able to go, but we did have a a a student who did. Riley did play and
053our coaches were there. So, just highlighting uh that that recognition, that involvement. Appreciate that. And there's a picture of Riley shooting a shot. Uh just a wonderful program for our students uh supporting youth arts month and talking about that. This is a picture of our high school band participating over the weekend. David Dwarte um happens to mention to me probably every time I see him all the different activities that they're doing in in competition now. So appreciate that you know that they are and he's talking how how about how how well his band is doing, how much they're improving. I appreciate all that he does and the commitment that our students have in in being a part of band and then just our community for supporting band and other activities through levby support. So, uh
054continuing to look forward to their success and then you know it's springtime we were at a track meet. Uh this is about an hour ago. So these these are really fresh pictures. Uh our team is competing against Mark Morris and so you see a palter there. Uh and then I think that's the 4x1. Uh beautiful day for a track meet and so just thrilled with you know uh they fortunately there was no rain today and they had a great day and again thanks to our community for supporting extracurricular activities. There was an event at the high school I think this was last week. So partnering with uh IQ and GO West credit unions uh or the IQ credit union and go west credit union association providing this opportunity for our seniors. Uh and I unfortunately
055I wasn't I wish I would have been there. This is something that Kathy uh Scoba and other CTE teachers put this together partnering with them and this experience for our seniors around financial literacy and just so appreciate uh these opportunities. Again, we heard it from our students. We've heard it from our our parents. We've heard it from other staff that this is a this is a high priority. We know this is a bill currently that's being looked at for increasing financial literacy standards. So, well done by the high school. And then finally, uh a few photos of Tracy who has uh made a decision to retire the conclusion of this year. And so those two pictures on the left are pictures that I've already shared where this was an event. This was uh bites and
056books a couple weeks ago and Tracy reading with our students. I chose these pictures for two reasons. That that you see those students are highly engaged in listening to Tracy read to them. Tracy has been such a strong proponent of of reading liter and literacy. So, uh done such a great job with us for a long time. Appreciate that's a passion of hers. It's a strength of hers and so just love that and what she's done. And so, you know, she's been our teaching and learning director for a couple years, but prior to that, she was the principal at CRG. And so, she was the uh she opened up CRG. She was a planning principal. Prior to us, uh, you know, having CRG. So, uh, there she's holding a live Otter, which is incredibly dangerous.
057We recently, one of her, uh, one of our current students wrote an essay about otter and just the, you know, some of the things they do. They're very aggressive. And so, uh, she tamed that honor. She's been an amazing teammate of ours and we are going to miss her. We appreciate all that she's done. will continue to appreciate her through this year, but just wanted to highlight uh her commitment to Western goal. And when I go in to a middle school with her and typically the elementary school at CRG, but we go to a middle school, she's like a rock star because kids will get up, they'll no matter what's happened, come over and give her a hug. And I'm quite jealous actually that, you know, this is this recognition. They just push me out
058of the way. And and the teachers love it, don't they, Tracy? They just they they just thrilled. So, thank you Tracy and so much for all you do. Thank you. Okay, that is it. Okay. Um, no citizen comment. No. True. True. So, any future agenda items, Jane? Anything on the future? Not on my Nope. N okay. Um board evaluations are online as usual and I can do it without a motion. I'll just adjourn at 7:19. Oh. Oh, we need a motion. I'll motion to include her. What is it? Ajourn. Yes. Second. I'll second. All in favor? I I Thank you. Thank you.