001e e e oh it's just little you're just jumping the gun there come on I'm out uh good evening and welcome to the March 11th regular board meeting for the wachi school district we will open the meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance you can get up all right so we're work through the agenda board are there any proposed changes or modifications all right hearing none we will move on to the consent agenda the items on the consent agenda were sent to the board and posted online last week the board has had the opportunity to review the materials and ask the superintendent any questions they have about any of the items on the consent agenda the consent agenda for this meeting includes minutes for the 22425 workshop and the 22525 regular board meeting vouchers and payroll
002Personnel report Surplus report contracts field trips January financial report and resignation and release agreement do I have a motion to approve the consent agenda move to approve the consent agenda as presented I second that move all right has been moved by Julie and seconded by Martin any discussion all right all in favor adopting the consent agenda I say I I I any opposed all right motion carries all right we'll now move on to the citizen comment portion if any member of the public would like to make a citizen comment please sign up online 15 minutes before the meeting or complete a citizen comment form forms are available at the room's entrance and should be turned into the board secretary Kim white unless translation is required each comment is limited to 3 minutes there why it
003will keep a timer that will notify you when your time expires individuals that need translation or interpretation will be given four minutes to make a comment plus the time needed to complete translation please be aware that the board's role is to receive comments they will not respond to questions or challenges and the board silence does not signal agreement or endorsement of the speaker's remarks here we have at least one all right Alan let's look at the camera Allan okay uh that was a very quick uh citizen comment then um guess that's you Corey special presentations okay let's roll into the special presentations uh good evening uh school board of directors and cabinet members thank you so much for the time this evening um as Ron is getting the presentation up there we're uh revisiting the
004conversation about the proposal for Valley Academy to move to the former Columbia Elementary School building thanks Ron right there we go okay and so this slide is just uh us revisiting uh the January 14th board meeting uh where we first talked about this topic and so we discussed uh the need for the change kind of the why for Valley um and uh optimizing its learning environment we also talked about the opportunity opportunity that's in front of us with the uh uh the vacancy at Columbia Elementary uh in addition we talked about the goals for Columbia Elementary uh and from the district perspective the goals is to preserve Columbia Elementary as a Community Asset um and also to uh maintain the history the 100-year history of Columbia Elementary School as well um but but also use
005that to uh grow programming in the WAN School District uh then we talked about Valley Academy needs uh a list of uh needs that Valley has there that we got from uh program director Shelley jeling who's with us tonight thank you shelle for being here we also talked about the key dates uh for transition also asked or talked about the community and District proposal requests that will come next year on the other third of the building that will uh remain vacant even when Valley takes over we also talked about current value property and then the necessary steps for us moving forward which included this presentation coming back to the board one of the requests uh from the board was uh an an understanding and an additional look at uh the budget reductions for this school
006year the 24 25 school year and the impact uh of the closure of Colombia so we have uh interestingly enough this is the uh same slide that we showed about a year ago March 12th 2024 and uh this table shows the budgetary savings for the district with the closure of Columbia Elementary School and just reiterating to the board and the community the district has been able to realize the savings uh through this school year in addition we have kept up with the maintenance uh the grounds of the building as promised that Columbia would continue to be a Community Asset while the school district used the time uh to plan the most impactful use of the building for the school district as a whole and our maintenance and operation team has done a phenomenal job cleaning
007uh the building uh painting and preparing the building for the next occupants and so as you can see in this uh table here that the first line speaks to our elementary administrators as an area of reduction uh one of the things that uh happens when you close a school is all areas um are impacted in some way uh and so we had of our ad administrators listed there we were able to do this reduction through a trip and the moves of our Lincoln admin team the next line shows our classroom provisional staff and that term provisional employee refers to any employee who occupies a teaching or other non-supervisory certificated position during the first three years of employment provisional employe employees uh may be subject to non-renewal or employment contracts and so this line uh really
008charts the number of provisional classroom teachers Le leaving the system due to shifts and movement of Columbia teachers entering our remaining elementary schools so I just kind of wanted to go line by line and uh remind everybody uh where we were here the third line is our non-classroom provisional staff uh such as our Palm Specialists so these are uh teachers of PE or Fitness art library and music uh also our intervention Specialists and our counselors uh who will Who will be moving in our system um and our Columbia staff as they move into other remaining elementary schools as well so that shifting that took place there let's see uh then we have custodial staff line four references are two building custodians they move to other buildings in the district uh vacated by retirements or resignations
009then we have our office staff uh so line five describes a reduction in our office staff such as attendant secretaries office managers and more who are also assigned to new locations based on retirements and or risk resignations nutrition services uh line six who were transferred to other positions vacated through resignations and retirements as well and then finally our uh one half of our general Ed education par educator so in summary this table shows the overall cost of each position that was realized in the closure of Colombia and as we remember and know and realize from this school year the budget reductions for 2425 the $8.9 million are big and massive um and so we feel that impact um but uh as we revisit this we also wanted to discuss what are the additional costs uh
010potentially of moving Valley into Columbia so we'll move on to that slide next and one of the things that I wanted to share with the with the board in our community to tonight is the beauty of the shift is that we are moving one school into another school so this this is a great thing so as we we walked through the building and there was a group of us that did this building walk walk through including Shelley was there with us we also had Sean and Heidi we had Ron we also had uh Brian brocky and then Tom kuy our director of security uh Safety and Security so we had the full group as we were working through and so as you look at this uh list there's literally no budget impact on um or
011necessary changes in these uh places here the administrative offices our libraries the class class rooms the music room the playgrounds staff room uh most of Safety and Security we do have some things that we're going to show on the next slide that we will have to budget for um the gym the bathrooms the parking lots our staff restrooms the copy room the stage area and the technology of the building are all intact and uh ready for a new occupant so that is that is a great thing we do have some things though uh that we want to share and I just want to reiterate that there is no remodel of Columbia um that will occur as Valley moves in um our operation our maintenance and operations team has done a magnificent job as I mentioned
012uh cleaning the building last summer and our painters have made the inside not only look fresh but quite new um but here are a few things that need to be addressed and will require some funding from the 2425 budget that will help uh ready that building for Valley Academy one of those is the is the signage so uh we're working to find find a balance between new signage for Valley Academy students and also remembering and honoring the 100-year history of Columbia um we were going to do some retrofitting uh of the old uh Monument sign or the current Monument sign that is there and uh unfortunately there has been new code that has uh moved into place and the sign will not allow for us to do that so we'll we'll need a whole new
013sign there um and we plan to remember and honor Columbia on the the signage as well so uh Diana's been working on uh some of the the mockups for that and we have a plan uh custodial we will also need to increase the amount of time necessary for a Valley Academy custodian the space is much bigger um and it has uh more areas to clean such as gyms cafeterias music rooms um so we'll be uh shifting from a02 FTE to either a08 or a 1.0 we're still working with uh uh our director of Maintenance and operations on what that number will look like in addition as you tour as we toured the building we realized that the clocks uh are in dire need of being replaced and upgraded as most of our other uh District
014buildings have um and that will have a cost of about $15,000 the fire alarm is also a place that we want to update um and make sure that it's on par with our other uh buildings and this has been budgeted through uh our technology department and was part of uh a planned upgrade as well so that one is really a not a budget issue but it is uh something that we had planned and then of course moving costs there are necessary fees that we need to pay in order to move uh a building from one space to another and those are the those are the significant uh pieces uh for uh Columbia sorry for Valley to move into Colombia there and overall we feel like this is not much of a price tag for a
015school move considering the former Valley Academy will also have some opport unities and options for us to receive additional funds potentially through leasing or selling um and yeah so that's a summary of uh of of the necessary uh dollar amounts okay and the next few slides are repeats from uh the January 14th meeting but I think that it's important for us to go through them as well the first slide here is the key dates for transitions for uh for the move so there's stakeholder communication that's happening throughout this entire time frame um shelle's done a great job of engaging her school community and stakeholders and still does through some of the planned meetings that that she has already um and you can see here that where we are we have the January meeting the January
01614th meeting we also had February where we did some needs analysis and uh some more work from the school district site of things today's board update and then we have uh in March also so there'll be additional planning uh there's a lot of planning that's going around the addition of 9th and 10th grade at Valley and then there'll be a staff walkthrough that shelle is planning uh with her staff as well April through June will be shell and her team continuing to refine the planning and the move as well as some additional promotion and registration uh on our end as well and then from packing to moving to unpacking and opening so very much an oversimplification of the process c um but a a brief outline nonetheless the next slide talks about uh the other
017uh the other part of the building so we assume and are planning for Valley Academy to take roughly two-thirds uh of the Columbia Space there and utilizing the gym and the cafeteria and the music space as well but they'll be roughly one-third of classes that will be remaining and so next year once Valley is settled and the school is uh operating uh well then we hope to announce uh for an opening for a community or District proposals for the remaining Columbia Elementary uh space and so we kind of have outlined a very broad uh idea of what that would look like we would open that uh that proposal window that proposal window would close we would review and have a process to go over the proposals obviously making sure that Valley student safety is of
018the utmost importance in this process uh then we would announce the new o occupants of Colombia's West Wing if we if we end up referring to that um and then we' go through some contract negotiations um and have a chance to remodel as needed to fit and accommodate who our new community or District partner would be and if that is outside the district that would be something that would be at the tenants cost and then the new uh there would be the new occupancy and the rental of space uh which would allow for additional funds for capital projects and improvements okay and then uh for us to look at and consider the school board will evaluate the value of the property for the district and way options to maintain lease uh and or sell and
019these are the things that we would have to look at our legal and government property guidance we' need an evaluation of the property which will uh be quite interesting um prepare for a lease or a sale work on Gathering those documents uh determine the sales or lease strategy list and show the property and then hopefully work on um closing those documents again an oversimplification of the process but um one that we want to have all the pieces to nonetheless recommendation time uh it is the recommendation of the W School District to relocate Valley Academy to the former Columbia Elementary building to increase student access to an improved learning environment we wanted this plan to be very transparent uh not only with the school board but with the community um and tonight we are asking the
020school board to approve uh the school district moving forward uh with the move to uh move of Valley to Columbia and it looks like we have that on a little bit later after our uh softball students show up um which uh may be a moment and then after our budget update as well too so um we'll move on to some action a little bit later but uh wanted to have some time to see if there were questions concerns um or celebrations that we want to talk about today as a as our for member board or if there's anything that you would like the district to um continue to bring back for information for you all we will continue to partner with Shelly throughout the process um and help support her and her team as they
021navigate uh the changes that could be potentially ahead just so it sounds like assum we go forward next year is when talk about moving someone else in for the other third for The West Wing yes and then um what we do with the existing Valley building is that right so we're not yeah that's not we're not going to cram that into this year as well no uh yeah I think we may have been overzealous when we were originally thinking about that but we really want to make sure that Valley has the entirety of the build building to find out where their programs fit um and where their needs are going to be accommodated and then once they're settled and feel like hey this is this is where we're doing things this works for our students
022Kinder through 10th grade um then we'll open it up to uh the community and the other district for those proposals giving us a little bit of time yep yeah thanks for that clarification Tucker and then I had just one so just like back of the envelope about 70 grand is that what we're based on I add all the numbers up and I the0 6 custodian I just round numbered based on the custodian we in the previous slide that we' cut so I just is that about I think you're right yeah okay and we're just going to work that into next year's budget yeah we will actually work um the signage and the clocks and the moving costs into this year's budget and then next year's budget we will have uh the updated Staffing at FTE
023cor yep thanks great clarification thank you so to that point um I have here about 35 say to on the low to Bel 50 one time cost and then the custodian would be a continuous yes increase okay um last time the last presentation included more of the needs which included Furniture so is that off the table and that's not a an expense we're going to incur correct yeah so Shell's uh staff will have the option when we do when we they do their walkth through they'll have the option of looking at the furniture and materials that are in the classroom already left over from Columbia and they can decide on what they'd like to keep there or they can can bring their current Furniture over so they'll have a couple of different options okay yeah
024okay um and I'm thinking about um long-term uh potential costs to an aging building um that we potentially don't necessarily might or may or may not have at Val at the current Valley building um HB seems to be the most common sure does high uh high cost um system that typically goes at out what what is the standing of of the of the building I mean looking down the road what can be a big expense that is a great question uh when we did the survey and study and if you look particularly at Colombia it has a lot a lot of the iOS um nomenclature is good Fair poor um a lot of Colombia still landed in the good uh area there were a few places where there's some fair and poor um but the
025really the roof was one of the bigger concerns and so um two of those I believe two of those uh issues have been addressed and they are still going to be some roof issues that'll be uh there but um HVAC is always a concern with aging buildings um but for the most part it's it's holding up very well and then just an observation from the last time we had this subject on the agenda this um it seems like there's a lot of a lot good amount of our community is not aware that Valley Academy is a public school um I know um Diana you you follow social media um and I don't know if you picked up on that as well um there is a lot there's a misconception that it's a private school and
026so I think um we're increasing capacity I'm assuming by moving into a bigger building an opportunity to promote the the the school um and and put it out there saying hey you know this is part of buache school district because as we move forward looking at bonds future levies and what not um it just it's it's it's a little bit different than your traditional brick and mortar school right um so I think this is a great opportunity for the school district to advertise this gem yeah absolutely Shelley do you want to do you wan to whoa I just turned myself off sorry do you want to say anything kind of in summary of what valley does offer our community just as an opportunity right now hey you're live all right I'm live um that's actually
027a really great point I think that I talk with multiple families and people that don't realize that Valley Academy is a part of wachi school district and it is a it's it's doesn't cost them anything to come to Valley Academy um it just looks different than what your normal traditional brick and mortar Building looks like we have most of our students in building a couple of days a week and they do the remaining work that they do at home um with their their parents so it's a parent partnered program and it is a part of wache school district is a great opportunity for kids um and I think that we serve our kids very well we have a really amazing staff with a variety of options for our kids when it comes to electives as
028well as core depending on what the parents would like to work on at home and what our families would like them to do at school so it really is a great place to be and I really am lucky to be there um one of the things that I wanted to say um as as you guys were talking about um kind of Valley Academy and what we're doing um is just I think a celebration is that meeting with the all the stakeholders I met with the students and our um leadership committee I met with our staff and I met with our teachers and they were all on board and ready and excited to move um to Colombia if we get get that opportunity um it's hard change is hard it's hard for all of us but
029um our families and our our school Community is ready and um we know that we can serve our community well um so we're excited for that Shelley what is your current enrollment and with a potential move what I guess what would be the increase of capacity so we are a very unique building um currently we have 11 um to 12 um staff members but when you look at our FTE um as far as the time that our staff stay there it depends on who they are and if they're there at point4 6 a point8 or 1.0 so that means that they're they range from just a couple of days a week to full-time per week um we try and have as many people on staff on Tuesday Wednesday Thursday because of the fact that um
030that is when a a pretty much the bulk of our students do come for more time is on Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday so we have um a lot of stuff on those days the bulk of that but then on the other days we might be running a little bit slim so um currently you know it just rolls with our online program and our in-person program it ranges really around 220 to 230 um we've had an increase in the last month um and we've had a lot of interest um it's not for everybody but it can really work for some some students and some families based on just needing a smaller environment with a different need than what they would see in the traditional everyday brick and mortar building um did I answer your question was
031there one more part to that question yeah the potential for growth if the school was U moved to a bare space yes as we're moving into a larger space I think there is potential for growth certainly at some points we might need to add here and there just in order to have the types of options for our students that we will need to have um currently we are um over like we're about 24 students um per per FTE like when you're looking at your overall model of teacher versus student ratio based on the fact that we have our monthly progress reviews that we're required to do for Washington State learning or written student learning plans um because we need to meet with each student to make sure that they're doing their work at home as
032well as their work at school so um we have with the time in class the number of students they have in class plus the number that they have on um their written student learning plans and monthly progress it equals about that and that that time and that um Alternative Learning education experience so but there is room for growth absolutely um and we're excited to look at nth and 10th and I know that we have many of our current families that are really excited about continuing um in what we do and the type of education that we offer and I would just Echo Shelley nice job thank you um I would just Echo that uh the growth uh for Valley we want to make sure that it's it's intentional and careful and well thought out um
033and so that we can continue to offer um the programming that we have in the past so shelle and I often talk about um what growth looks like at uh at Valley and maintaining the schedule that uh she and her teachers and the and parents collaborate on to create is very important but we're excited about the ninth and tth grade option and massaging kind of as Shelley moves her staff around to accommodate that what that looks like and then um we're hoping that maybe this first year we might have 10 10 to 12 nth graders and maybe five to seven 10th graders as we start off and we know that that will probably grow as U more of our Middle School families at Valley realize that that's actually an option so yeah very good thanks
034Shell yeah so glad Shel could be here other questions yeah yeah yeah so more comment than question um so I appreciate the the information because I know I was the questions I had were what is the the cost and what I was concerned about the potential remodel we would need even though it was moving one school from another so it's positive to see that really fewer changes than I probably even anticipated would need to be made to make that work and that makes a lot of sense and I appreciate the explanation given the different learning styles that we're still going to keep the staff uh cost cutting measures with with the exception of maybe the janitorial at least in this this initial um in the initial phases of this and and still have the potential
035to grow the program without a significant cost increase because that was one of my other concerns was was why if we're growing it aren't we going to need to add more people and because of what I've understood now is because of the nature of the program um it doesn't sound like it it requires that as much to to operate and then I think the ultimate hope is that if we grow this program it's it's not taking from our existing Bea students it's actually bringing new ones in so we'll we'll be able to fund that growth through the additional offerings so um I appreciate the presentation it makes kind of a lot more sense to me and it looks like you want to jump in thanks thanks Julie appreciate that common misconception I feel like I've
036heard or seen on Facebook or other social media has to do around the fact that oh well Valley kids don't go to school full-time so they're just at 0 five that is not true so when you look at Alternative Learning Ed we have 28 hours in our written student learning plan but that doesn't mean they do all of those hours on site so when you're looking at that number of hours we still receive that full funding um for a student but they're just not onsite all the time so if you think about some of the idle time that our students might spend in a classroom doing some of that work and just sitting in a desk they're able to do that at home they're able to do that with parents support they're able to do
037it in a different location while still receiving full funding and so I think those that was one of those things that I think that was a misconception is that you know oh well they're not a full-time student in the wach school district they are um and they they do a really great job and have really high levels of learning in what they do at home and at school awesome thanks Shell other thoughts or comments all right well thank you very much we appreciate that shelle thanks for joining us um and more minutes I think what we'll do is when I talked to Coach uh Edmonson uh he said that they were going to come after their practice which usually ends about 6:30 so we'll go ahead and if it's comfortable with everyone we'll jump into
038our budget presentation and uh if we are at a good spot when they get here then we can pause and uh we'll go from there so sound okay president Jackson sounds great okay let's do it let's jump on in here oh put on P us ghosts somebody left the other way they're out of here okay all right um all right well we'll we'll go ahead and get started and uh as Ron pulls up that slide deck uh oh it's on one okay there it is thanks Ron um tonight we want to recognize and thank our community and the school district stakeholders for their unwavering support of the school district through the recent Levy passing in February um and and just acknowledge that so a huge thank you um with the passage of that Levy we
039are truly having a different conversation this evening about budget reductions so again thank you um and uh we will jump into some slides that are going to look very familiar uh we have our this is our milestones for decision making and Gathering input and it basically outlines um our budget timeline for uh the school year and so on one hand it's kind of hard to believe it's March already and that we're moving so quickly through our school year uh we're a little bit more than halfway through our budgeting process as well so at this point we are as as as you look on the uh the timeline and the Continuum there uh we are watching eagerly and waiting patiently for our legislators to do our work and potentially wrap up their long session uh on
040April 27th and so that's where we are in our timeline you can see that nestled right after replacement uh epno Levy there so it's a good spot for us to be and another slide that we've seen uh our budget reduction Target and again we are talking about the 2526 school year and our budget reduction Target is up to five uh sorry up to 2.5 million uh and the areas and the amounts uh of reduction that or sorry the amounts and areas of reduction are listed below um we have tried to keep that uh consistent since we've announced uh that number in December with our staff and so looking at Staffing and our staffing to enrollment is one area that we'll be uh that we be engaged in also attrition carefully reviewing those retiring and res
041and resigning from our system also looking at unfilled positions Andor positions filled throughout the school year where there are cost savings um our materials costs uh sorry our Material supplies and operating costs looking deeply at our contracts um looking at copy costs looking at building budgets and all the things there in um and then also kind of as a contrast where are we looking at growth and Julie you just brought that up with our last uh Valley presentation so what are the areas that we're looking at for growth in our school district um so and then moving on another slide that we've seen before is our birth rate slide and so looking at when we talk about declining enrollment the two things that we've been talking about most recently is uh our birth rates and
042also graduating larger classes um then are coming in as a byproduct here of the birth rate so our birth rate data shown here for the projections um in our 2425 kindergarten data so this year we looked at 2019 birth rate data until we had stronger data data from our registration process um if you look at the 2020 data which are our kindergarten students for next year you can see that there's a 71 student dip in the 2020 birth rate data signaling a smaller kindergarten class now as we know Sean is very aware of that and in his projections he's looking at those uh opportunities um but we'll have stronger data available once our registration process is complete and registration is happening it is Diana had a a push today so um we appreciate that if
043you continue to look though at the birth rates there are some very positive Trends uh as we move to 2021 2022 and 2023 it's still declining but it's declining at a rate of six Stu six potential students nine potential students and nine potential students respectively so is that signaling a floor um in our enrollment decline we know that it's not necessarily because we still have larger graduating classes that are moving through our system but it could have an impact okay and the next slide here is um one that you saw January 20 21 in uh the annual enrollment and preliminary forecasting workshop and you can see here that the Green Dot indicates this year's enrollment data as well as the subsequent are they orange I think they're orange yes yes okay they are orange dots
044subsequent orange dots have our four-year projections uh that again that Sean presented in January so we can predict that the numbers of students leaving our system as we graduate larger classes or students who enroll in running start and open doors program and we can plan for it and that is exactly the work that we're doing so our work with the reductions uh will be annual as long as we have these the enrollment decline Trends continuing um and in addition to that the passing of our Levy will ensure the preservation of the student experience and the opportunity is afforded to our students in their pk12 Journey during that time so these are all slides that you have too many buttons to push I keep turning myself off so these are all slides that I know no
045touching all right um these are all slides that you've seen and our staff has se has seen as well so nothing necessarily new here the budget reduction factors that we continue to look at again declining enrollment uh the actual and the projected we know that enrollment drives 75% of our budget we also know that again I say it all the time is that our graduating classes are larger than our incoming classes watching closely inflationary costs as they as we see them outpacing the funding not only in our salaries and benefits but in our insurance premiums and in those Material supplies and operating costs those mxs um the epno replacement Levy passed in February so we can say that and celebrate that and then again we're waiting on the legislative journey I do want to share
046uh the budget communication process and uh and and the things that have taken place we know that our board budget committee meetings take place almost monthly uh same with our association budget committees uh we try to uh pair those together uh throughout the month on December 4th we had a budget Levy update for all of our certificated staff that was also shared on our website and really that started and indicated the budget Levy presentations for all departments and all School staff at that time uh we also instituted a weekly budget bites during January and February right before the levy um we had a stakeholder email update late February that also had a stakeholder uh survey in late February and Diana and I have been working on answering those uh budget questions as they come in
047so it's been a really a positive process there to get some stakeholder feedback and I really want to honor the work that has happened in the WAN School District over the last two years it's been a heavy budgetary process as you all know as board members uh you've experienced that as well it's been very challenging to every single staff member to our stakeholders to our system we've done a lot of heavy lifting I'm very proud of that work uh because it was necessary and it was needed and we did not kick the can down the road um um as you know that is always an option we took care of what we needed to take care of so the $4.4 million that were reduced in the 2324 school year and the massive 8.9 Millions uh
0488.9 million in reductions for this school year it's um it is no easy lift even 2.5 million but it sure feels a lot different uh than some of the other work so um not that it's a celebration but um we do have uh some uh sharing that uh the estimated savings here so we this is our budget reduction plan uh we have the budget reduction areas the estimated savings and then the status of the work we kind of wanted to let you know where we are in this process um so I'll go through my notes here where we talk about each line so line one is that restructuring of the district office as well as our cabinet District administrators um so we had a a rare opportunity earlier in this school year uh to do
049some reshuffling with our classified positions which ultimately led to a reduction of one position here in this building buing um and so not only is that a reduction for next year but it's one that we'll be able to realize this entire year as well because it happened so early uh we also had we have the rare chance that two cabinet leadership positions are retiring so Mike and Heidi we will miss you dearly um but we are excited for your next Journey um and then we have combined these uh positions and redistributed the uh bulk of the work throughout other administrators resulting in a $345,000 savings uh and I just I also want to mention that this slide deck and those numbers uh we we had them ready before the decision to hire Eric Anderson as
050our executive director of learning teaching in schools uh and know that we're going to bring back an athletic director position so that impacts that number a little bit but um we'll be able to uh share what that looks like at a later date and then line two uh Staffing and budgeted positions internally filled this is this is an interesting line as well so I want to unpack it a little bit um every year we have situations where people are hired internally during uh the school year after the budget is created so whether that's June July August or we have some positions that are open for quite a long time before they're filled um last year with 62 staff members reduced from our entire system you can imagine that this happened a few times um so
051sometimes people will take on a new position and they're still in their previous coded position um and then there are folks that are hired you know like I said later in January and uh uh November this is very granular information and often we would see savings like this happen at the year end closeout as it shows up as an added fund balance but the work that is happening this year is us being proactive and reconcil in much of this uh long before the budget closes and so this this annual this number will change annually um and it's it's it's pretty large this year so we're going to take advantage of that and that work is already done so that does not mean that we have anyone that is going to be um in a situation
052of losing a position this this has already happened so we're excited about that uh line three is our MSO those Material supplies and operating costs will further decrease this year as we looked closely at our contracts technology is one that we looked at closely learning and teaching is another area that we looked at closely um we did some some uh some cross pollination of those two departments as well and uh found some areas where we can reduce we'll also be looking at building budgets um and other District budgets as well to realize that and then line four is really where we're decreasing in our staffing numbers based on enrollment um and as you remember last year we reduced 62 positions in the district that had an impact on each building and class sizes have increased
053and we know that um so we are reducing where we can this year but we also want to balance uh that high impact of the high class sizes and long term as well so we are actually thrilled that uh this is where uh our budget reduction plan has landed this year and uh and excited to um I mean not excited it's it is the work though it is the work and so so um yeah so just excited to share that with the with the board and a few other items can I interrupt you right course can you better explain maybe how this relates to the 8.9 that we were targeting for reductions this year because some of this looks like it's imp process some of this looks like it's doing better than anticipated so um
054is this a 2.53 million we're going to beat budget with this year or does that does that mean we saved actually 10 million this year or is this the target gotcha I see you see where I'm going with that I see where you're going with that um what I what I can share and Sean may need to step in a little bit here but what I what I can share is the the most important line I think that you're getting at is the $1 million related to budgeting positions internally filled right and so what is what is actually happening instead of us realizing um a Sav at the end of the budget like next uh in October we're actually on top of that work now and we're realizing those savings earlier so we're pinpointing where
055it is um and we're acknowledging that and using it as budget reduction so I don't know if it actually falls into us um saving that much money this year so does that mean then they were're able to Target a lower reduction for next year that is the plan yes well said is that okay Sean I I wouldn't mind having a go at it because I think that's something that um there take two years year zero this year year plus one next year we have a budget for each year and we'll have a Target cost reduction let's say from one budget to the other yes then in year zero things change we have positions that are vacant and never filled because we couldn't recruit somebody we have cost savings and we'll have a budget variance this
056year when if if Ron can you put that last one back the p n yeah the very last one it's page nine on the U at the bottom of B yeah just yeah sorry I'll yeah um because I think um you say comp complete for the cabinet and do restructuring and for what you call budgeted positions internally filled um and I think what normally people will compare a budget to actual or revised for the prior year and that's what's really happening in the trenches with real people and real dollars but um when you talk about that 2.5 I think that actually is structured as a budget versus a budget and that saving is going to be different from actual in year zero to budget in year one so uh the I'm assuming that the 345,000
057will be to a considerable extent achieved as a favorable variance in this year and if that is the case and we have the same Target the actual reduction in people and expenditure next year will be less than the full amount if you compare real world to budget world that make sense yeah the same with and the same with the 1 million and the reason I I I grabbed that is I think um it's important to know that there are three columns when you measure variances there's a budget and then there's what really happened after the budget and then there's next year's budget and um there's a tendency in the public sector to compare budget to budget which can blind you a little bit as to what's really going on so what I wanted to make
058sure is that I understood that correctly that complete means actually that actions and decisions have been taken the district is already realizing some of the savings uh and then the others that are then the reducing staff to align with enrollment that's a future change that would occur with attrition and as you say that's your target you can think you do it with attrition and so that does mean that it's a smaller cut in the real world than you originally anticipated um and uh it all should mean that we should begin the year with a slightly higher Reserve than we originally budgeted and be in a Sounder position that way so Sean is that correct okay well said well said other thoughts this point okay I still have um Ron do you mind just keeping that
059up for a sec okay awesome I want to to just I I also have just a couple more slides yep perfect nope I'm going backwards okay perfect so just want to opportunities for growth I just want to be clear with our board and our community that we are uh still looking at uh every angle for opportunities for growth uh the largest opportunity this year obviously is working with our Valley Academy and that and the shift to Colombia but planning incrementally and intentionally is also very important um in addition there are other places where we are considering growth um such as creating programming uh that offers many of the benefits of running start to our high school students who are staying on campus um we know that our student enrollment decline takes into consideration the birth
060rates and the graduation of larger classes but we have other areas that can be considered for new uh student populations I thought just realize that that's important when we talk about budget reductions also what are these areas of growth also want to Signal um just a conversation around Federal funding um there's a great deal of uncertainty uh when it comes to a variety of items at the national level and how these decisions impact the state and ultimately impact our school district uh it's very important that we as a school district are watching and listening very carefully to what the interpretation of these actions are at the state level and then as it rolls down to the district level as well so one of those items that is uh kind of has some uncertainty of some
061question around it is federal funding for school districts now we believe it to be true that it would take an an act of Congress to change the current funding structure that is based on law however we are also working on scenarios of our own to be prepared to be aware and be ready to respond if something were to change um so we would just want to ensure uh you that we are paying attention we're being intentional and uh the penal uh intentional about the potential impact on the school district so just want to state that as we're talking about budgets we also need to look at all of our budgets and where that funding comes from um so yeah with that um I'm I'm I'm done with our presentation on on the budget and uh
062any questions comments or celebrations um or if there's any anything that I can research and bring back to the board at a later time I know these are challenging times for The District um from the LA you know for the last three years and the upcoming year um but one of the things that that caught my eye in the financial report the January financial report was that our current um fund balance is at our minimum fund balance which is 5% would be at 6.6 right Sean and our operating budget for one month is 9.7 million So currently we're sitting on a bucket of money that doesn't support one month of operations um so with all the unknowns um with the federal funding and considering the the financial state right now of the district um I
063would like to see us positioned in a better in a a little more cushion there um because these numbers are are are scary um when we don't have money to run for a full month on a reserve seems concerning and so I appreciate the effort that um that the cabinet has taken um and kudos to our staff um and our cabinet for seeing the potential where this next year's reduction won't have um so much of an impact um with our current staff thank you thank you and well said uh especially in the climate of districts across the state and some districts are asking for um help from the state and uh and dollars in advance and that is uh something that they're able to do but it's not a position that we would like to
064be in yeah and in in recent article um our neighbor across the river they've been shaving off a little bit from their reserves um to be able to sustain to some degree with obviously Cuts coming next year um I think we need to set ourselves to be more in that situation where there is a need there is some room for Whittle there I appreciate the conversation and uh it's something that Sean and I have been talking about as well so I think it's a conversation that we would like to bring up with the with the board uh in the future and maybe have a workshop or even our um our August Workshop uh Retreat time be spent around that I like it Financial stability yep actually Maria I'm really glad that you brought that up
065because when you look at reserves in organizations 5% is a 20th 8% would be one month um and I think I would like some research some comparative some comparisons and and advice come back to the board on what would be prudent um when you talk about across the river at Eastmont I I saw that they said their Reserve was 8% not 5% but I don't know whether that's their unassigned Reserve or their total Reserve so you know we've had 5% for a long time um I think it might be a good idea now with volatility to ask ourselves um you know is that a prudent amount and then I kind of want to go on a little bit further than that um sometimes it's difficult to make a change when you do it in one
066big step and I know it sounds kind of theoretical but include the idea that you would over three years set yourself a Target it just would be a Target that would go five six seven eight if you thought eight was a good number or if you think five then you don't need to do anything but I would like to have that um looked at um in that sense and then the other comment that I would make which is kind of a motive for looking at our reserves I'm very appreciative of the fact that the district is uh following law and Constitution as the superintendent of Public Instruction advises us uh but also not being blind to the possibility that outcomes could be different from current law and that the situation could be highly volatile so
067I appreciate you opening up and just simply saying that everybody in this community needs to be aware of this and uh that you are eyes open looking ahead thank you both are we good okay thank you very much thank you for the time for both presentations I appreciate that softball's in the house I love it so let's um let's move to our softball presentation um throughout this year we've been asking students and staff particularly around uh Levy funed programs and opportunities to join us here at the school board it's been super fun it's been great um tonight we've asked our softball team uh to be here so thank you practice just got over is that right thank you so much for carving the time out of your evening as you probably want to get home
068and and eat and change and all that fun stuff but we appreciate you here uh being here tonight and I think we have a few students that want to share their thoughts with us today about how fast pitch and opportunities have impacted them as students so we'd love to invite you to the podium and share with us if you will you can go as a as a team if you want as solidarity and support one another so there you go thanks so much thank you so much for bringing them we appreciate that thank you it's already on okay so as a team so far we really appreciate the softball field it has made practice a lot easier because there's a lot less risks that come with our new field uh we were constantly having to
069worry about like potholes in the temp field there were a lot of rocks in the dirt when we tried to like slide dive or whatever we'd get all like cut up and everything so we just appreciate the like a lot of the safety that comes with this and just being able to like say that we have like a really nice field now after a long time of just not having almost anything it feels amazing to actually have something to call her own as a softball team thank you it also just makes um everything a lot easier and being able to host games and not having to like um sign up last minute to get places at like waa Wala or have to go all the way over to Eastmont to do like home games and
070everything so I think it just brings the whole team together and makes our opponents even just like think better of us too because it shows us that our like school district has like a level of like support and respect that they'd love to show us and so this like not only makes us feel better but it makes all the other teams that are coming from other places feel a lot more comfortable as well I love it but thank you so much for sharing and I would love to ask you a couple questions if we could so go ahead can I ask you um did did you notice any difference in girls trying out for the sport this spring I feel like yes yeah there girls there were a lot more freshman this year um especially
071just because I feel like it's just they think it's a lot safer and feels a lot more comforting knowing that we have that area to call our own well originally we didn't and so I feel like it's originally they saw that we weren't properly like taken care of at first and they were like uh I don't want to be in that situation kind of thing so I think it's a lot people like it a lot more I can relate to that because my kids when they show up to the schools that have recently been reconstructed that play the high school sports they're like our school doesn't have money so now I drive by that uh facility and I it's a beautiful facility so I'm glad that finally we get to make the impression to others
072but you know I continue to feel sorry that you had to wait so long to to get it but I'm I'm glad that it turned out as nice as it did and and I'm hopeful that it is good for building the program in the future I would if there aren't any other questions I would love to hear one of the things that is um important even though we're past the levy we still want to hear how um extracurricular activities and sports like fast pitch impact you as individuals and potentially your student experience so if if you don't mind if if the three of you could share what what does fast pitch mean to you and the opportunity to play fast pitch or softball in general yeah thank you um so I'm a freshman this year
073so uh I've played fast pitch I think for seven years so it's obviously been a while and I'm finally like was really excited that I can finally play in high school and get it like introduced to all these new like people that have also play like for a while and I get to do it on this really nice field with like all my friends and just basically all these like new experiences cuz kind of like what Addie was saying like going to like all the schools like when we go to like a away games like all the facilities are obviously like way nicer just cuz you know they have more money but it's finally nice to have like a field that we can be that has the W for wachi so and you can say
074that oh this is our high schools and it's like really exciting to know that we get to play more home games this year so awesome thank you for sharing that's great um I'm a senior and this is will be my first and last year I believe the new field and fast pitch will bring everybody together it's just a great environment we have all the equipment we need and it just makes everything so much easier to get and faster and it's really nice and a a lot of people try out a lot more so this is your first season and your last season so this is the first time you've played fast pitch first time on the field first time on the field gotcha thank you for that clarification I was like wait a minute here
075so okay that's great so how cool that it's here for your senior year like I mean it's a long time coming but that's pretty special yeah for me like extracurriculars like this extracurriculars like this definitely bring like a lot of like distressor and light into my life and everything so being able to see like the seniors and everything that didn't have a field last year the last couple years and they were constantly worrying about where we'd practice where they'd like practice next or whatever being able just to see them finally being like Oh my gosh this actually happened it's kind of like watching kids open presents on Christmas it's like whole just it's very it's like a really just like big good feelings and everything it makes you you see them and it just makes
076you feel good kind of thing and being able to like be around people that are constantly excited to play and everything especially in like extracurriculars is something that I definitely think people just look forward to if they're having a hard time and everything and it's definitely helped me a lot when I've been having hard times or stressing out about or like acade academics and everything and so I think Sports play more parts in people's life than people think they do it's more it's more than just a game it's more than just like oh we won this we lost this it's definitely just a huge part of people's lives where they feel like they can be somewhere safe and like Express themselves and so being able to have those comforting places like our new field and
077everything I definitely think it brings a level of comfort in people's lives that some people don't have and so I think that extracurriculars are extremely important when it comes that kind of stuff very well said Thank you thank you thank you for being here tonight thank you for warming our hearts it's uh nice for us to be able to see um this field come to fruition it's been a long time coming and a lot of work and so great um I do have to just add that last night I saw an amazing thing at the spring Sports kickoff I saw the softball team and the other teams move a mattress down the gym and Addie you were moving I mean when you were running back I was like holy cow she is moving so that
078was a new experience for me they were they'd have to run and jump on the mattress and it would move down the floor then you'd have to come and tag your relay partner and then they would have to run and jump on the mattress and move it down the floor and that was quite exciting so thank you for that that was fun um also we're excited for the first game next week Tuesday the 18th ribbon cutting event so we are very excited to celebrate you all and our coaches and everything softball next week so thank you we appreciate you and I feel like we need to give him a round of applause so thanks for taking time out of your evening that back is that back to me yes you're done yeah did it you
079can turn you can turn it back off you can be supposed to be off all right so no discussion for today so we're gonna head straight into our action for tonight uh I move to authorize District administration to continue their effort to plan for and pursue the movement of Valley Academy into the vacant Columbia Elementary building do I have um does anyone want to move that well I'll second it you move I moved it okay I I'm reading it from Kim so I guess yeah seconded thank you so moved by me and seconded by Maria uh any discussion I'll just add that we talked about this in the budget committee meeting and this is a decision that I understand doesn't necessarily require board approval to do this but we felt like it was appropriate to
080have the board approve it because um it just signifies that we are all on board uh moving this together with this plan so that that that it does truly rest with all of us so I thought this was a good idea to have have us do action for this yeah I appreciate that Julie um I this I I appreciate um with budget committee the the the the team um for uh continuing uh the appreciation for the history of Colombia um and um you know there is a lot of thought put into this the financial aspect of it um it's super challenging having to close one school um and then you know less than a year later have the conversations about bringing in another school um but based on the the the information that was presented
081uh at the last presentation in this today's presentation um financially it makes sense with our student enrollment at Valley Academy uh them using two-thirds of the building and then one uh onethird of of the The West Wing uh will be used for commercial which will also bring in some revenue for that um and for that reason I I I will support the move okay um I think this is a really important decision and in in it's also good I think even if it's repetitive for board members to explain what they see as the justification for it um human Wise It's not been an easy time at all um changing from seven to six conventional elementary schools uh I believe that it was a necessary and actually beneficial if you trade the costs of Alternatives decision
082that was taken but doesn't mean mean that it was easy um Valley provides an alternative form of Education ation that is has uh a number of people who are their constituents is important and this is something this District I think does very well it provides not just one size fits all education but provides Alternatives um and um the Valley site at the moment I believe is long-term inefficient and for a variety of reasons um so the Colombia site um could serve multiple education purposes um and that's part of its value it includes a better home for Valley um and so that looks like it makes sense important checks that have been taken um uh is this a safe move for moving Valley into Colombia that's been done uh is it suitable for Valley and have
083we checked the cost yes I'm going to qualify that and say at this stage if we have an additional tenant in Colombia there will be other complications that we need to deal with whether they're tenant expenses or other aspects of it um the Valley site then becomes Surplus with the potential to help an area of great need which is our absence of a capital funding Capital expense funding so when you put those together um I and giving direction from the board to the cabinet and the district to go ahead with this procedure to put it in the context of logic and justification and also the human element I think that's really important yeah without repeating what Martin said I think that's the same analysis that that I've sort of done is the district has satisfied
084me at least on the cost we knew it was inefficient to run seven elementary schools so this was you know systemwide it makes sense um where we're at with enrollment it makes sense you know the human aspect of it is very hard and I think we're working through this plan the intent is to keep the spirit of Columbia alive in in some fashion to be able to do this and so I think the best way to ensure that happens is by having it remain largely under our control through another one of our programs so you know I see the potential I'm pleased that there's not a large cost Associated at least at this point with an expansion um I know it is the the concept of moving one school into another but when you see
085that it takes an entire Capital outlay off of our system system and potentially opens it up for more funding other opportunities things like that it it just it does make sense and and the different nature of Valley as compared to a a school that has to operate full-time with all the staff makes sense for for the area for the the facility for the future opportunities so um I appreciate the the research and the work that's gone into it and to me it's a a reasonable decision that I can support I'll add kind of echo what my colleague said is that first of all thank you for you know presentation tonight presentation at the 211 meeting at the 114 meeting so we've been kind of like talking about this for a while so we've we've been
086able to kind of present this as an idea and I think it really un helped me understand the benefits of transitioning Valley into the old Columbia building because I think that there's a lot of reasons why like especially like you said when realizing the cost that not uh we weren't seeing the cost that we thought could potentially be there um but I think while this is the right path for the district I really want to acknowledge that this is a kind of the final step in the closure that we had last year and and you know that's really hard for a lot of the former staff and the former students seeing that this is It's kind of done done so you know I I think that I know there there's going to be a lot
087of sadness um from that group and but I've talked to the people I've talked to in the different schools where where the Columbia staff and students have landed it seemed like it's been a a good fit and I know that you know new places aren't the same as places you called home but um sounds like people are making a a good go of it and I hopefully I'm hopeful that this new chapter begins and we're still going to have uh the the building be a place of joy and and of learning so I think it'll be a nice continuation of the legacy of Columbia excellent excent thank you everyone well said um so those all in favor of adopting the plan as BR Ed say I I I those opposed all right motion carries so
088our next order business is the superintendent report excellent uh thank you uh let's see uh mock trial amazingness um just excited about uh the mock trial Regional championships um looks sounds like when H High School took first and second place respectively and uh Niko keas who we've seen here many times giving the ASB report earned best overall attorney award and they're off to districts in uh Tacoma at Pierce uh Pierce County Courthouse March 14 through 16 so coming up I also wanted to share uh a little bit March 7th uh last Friday was a professional development day for the wi school district and uh just sharing out with our school board that our staff engaged in some incredible professional development um while this while the students had had the day off so we want to
089make sure to signal to our community while students are home teachers are planning and they're preparing we had groups working uh together in grade bands we also had groups working together in job alike groups um and PLC teams driving the work um I I I learned about explicit uh genre writing uh to specific classroom instruction essential strategies planning and reflection and priority standard scope and sequence work um and I was able to to hang out with the fourth and fifth grade team as they were working through the narrative writing process and sharing the celebrations of student writing so it was very cool um they also covered the six principles of writing uh the cognitive demands of writing the power of routines in the classroom consistent academic language and the Brain dump um as well as
090a gradual release of responsibility to the students it was very powerful one of the things that stood out in my mind is when that we were uh they were sharing uh different writing samples uh it was the fourth and fifth graders but they were sharing writing samples of what the first graders were were writing and uh and the feeling in the room was holy cow these F these students are going to be coming to us in subsequent years with this level of writing and there's there was some palpable excitement in the room of that so it was very very cool one thing that I mentioned to Heidi and to Amber is that we need our school board members to see the professional development in action so um as we're doing uh learning walks this year
091we can maybe have some uh intentional and focused invitations for professional development in years to come because it was just really really good um also I was fortunate enough to go to friends and family night for our appal letes and our Color Guard last Thursday super fun evening it was actually shorter than I was like we need more it was about a half an hour and uh we saw the JV varsity appet team and our Color Guard shared their awardwinning aoy routine as they're headed off to Portland here very soon so it was really good quality I loved it it was great um I'm hitting Romeo and Juliet on Thursday I've heard so many great things already about our students performance and uh so I'm excited to see um some of our seniors in their
092final uh drama performance uh this year and some of our uh superintendent advisory Council students as well and then uh Rock and re across Mission view you might have seen the pictures last week I was able to go and watch a little bit before Diana got there we actually passed each other as I was leaving and she was coming but black t-shirts leather pants wigs sunglasses um there was lots of H things happening for rock and Reed and it was fun I walk into the cafeteria and there's a parent with this giant amp and guitar he is just jamming right and everyone's eating breakfast and he's just uh laying on the strings it was pretty cool um so that was fun uh we also have knowledgeable Stu uh knowledgeable students who we saw last time
093we were together they're going to be hosting the state tournament at wi high school on March 22nd I'll have a chance to meet with them and share some words um and then of course our ribbon cutting next week that I'm excited about so anyway there it is superintendent for communication where you want to start I don't have much um other oh robotics um they somebody helped me out here they presented they did their little robot Jam um and I don't think they they didn't place um but they were very um they were successful in their showing but Hills robotic um the other one oh uh I um I got to volunteer with Special Olympics a couple weeks ago and love the partnership um uh between the you know the state organization and our local schools
094um love seeing our students out there volunteering um our Sports Med um and just just just children um with parents volunteering spending their their Saturday and Sunday um helping out the community so lots of things on the go actually um and I'll try not to repeat but I'm am going to go back to appet and the color guard at Friday was absolutely awesome both of men no wonder the appet took District by storm and to see the color guard performance they actually did very well at the regional in Portland uh and they the next Regional will be in wachi the same weekend as Mariachi on the 29th in the high school gym and that will be an awesome day of seeing not only um wachi schools but other schools from all around the state um
095and so that was really really sharp and really really impressive um Romeo and Juliet also kind of fun to have two generations of directors with the Atwood family showing you know younger one showing other aspects of it and the traditions we have there with respect to to drama there's a huge amount of Parental and family effort that goes into supporting the drama if you're a producer you're got a caught a job for a year um and we really need to pay tribute to that and that tradition was it was a great show um and people do that um sadly you see we talked about obsolete computers in Pioneer and the HVAC and things like that we're obsolete computers all over the uh drama situation in the high school the back quarter is still dark looking
096for somebody to fix um a board and make that work we do need a capital uh fund for that kind of thing uh James Wallace is working every point with friends who can come in and create ancient things that kind of stuff goes on but I just want to say that capital fund extracurricular I'm glad the softball um students talked about how important that is it's the lifeblood of of of the district in many many ways uh the other thing from an economic and social point of view all of these events and the softball there are entertainment and tourism and so the Chamber of Industry should be delighted that the school district is providing such great stuff uh this weekend on Saturday at the Museum the regional art show will have their formal opening uh
097don Collins actually is coordinating it this year former arts teacher that's an awesome one a beauty of bronze will be celebrated at the same time and uh that's Regional um for the whole of North Central Washington um and you could go on and on and then on a different Seal James Layman was in Pioneer with the um you right Association of Washington School leaders he is an absolutely awesome person I've listened seen him teach adults at wda and I've seen him on P Pioneers gym with about three middle schools and bringing that kind of person into the district just really stimulates growth at at that level he's specializes in uh uh creating a sense of leadership in younger students so yeah I went on for a while but there's an awful lot that goes on
098thank you all right I'll just give a shout out to some future p PS um especially because I know one of the athletic director uh principal Anderson's projects this year was to help grow aaou a little bit more for the benefit of our future programs and so this last weekend my daughter's fourth grade team uh took second place in state in the gold bracket for the AA basketball and it was wonderful because it is such a parent Le organization and his parents from our high school and our athletic community that that helps at the high school and so I know that's been a really intentional Focus this year is um getting the gyms moving with with kids for our future program so it was great to see them out there supporting them and and the
099future of our basketball looking pretty pretty strong so that was exciting and it came down to like the last second last two awful calls that resulted in free throws and it's a team from Idaho and don't even get me St but no they I mean they they far exceeded our expect it was great for for the coaches to take a risk on them um given their growth and development and we couldn't have done it without all the gym time that they were allowed even though it was a lot of moving around and and the parents from a that went out to support all you know other teams there as well but to see recognizable faces it's it's support that the program needs and and I like seeing that some of it was driven from top
100down so um yeah also good luck to our when boys that are going to State this weekend um I know there's SE our seventh grade team sixth grade team you guys have anybody going Kelly no okay seventh grade and sixth grade for sure will be at in Spokan um representing wachi I'm just G to make Martin go last on all these from now on uh I just want to say sorry for missing the last meeting but I wanted to Echo the all my colleagues said at the meeting thank you to the community for supporting the levy I think all these extracurriculars are so important to the district and I really think it's great to see the turnout that um and the support and also thank you to Miranda for stepping up and being president for
101a day yeah that's right um so I think that is everything we have an executive session so the school board will now recess into executive session for a period of 30 minutes until 7:51 p.m. um to evaluate the qualifications of an applicant for public employment uh or to review the performance of a staff member and to consider the minimum price at which Real Estate will be offered for sale or lease when public knowledge regarding such consideration will be a cause would cause a likelihood of decreased price pursuant to District policy number 1410 and RCW 42311 this discussion will be closed to the public the school board is not expected to take final action following the executive session so 7:51 go e e e okay we are returning back to General Session and I'm joining the
102meeting have a good night