001I'd like to call our regular board meeting to order. We'll start with our board member roll call. Janette Samson, I am present for the last time. Jenna Rick here. Layman here. Lissa Pas here. And Heidi is here. And now can you please rise to the flag of the United States of America school district. Our mission is to strive for a learning environment that partners with the community to fully prepare lifelong learners to thrive in a complex world. Our mission is to engage with students, families, staff, and community members as we provide accessible, relevant, and meaningful educational experiences. And item two on our agenda is our community recognition. And Mr. Hus has something to say. Yeah. So recognition for our community recogn recognition tonight is Jen. So I have a statement on behalf of the Atoria
002School District is a privilege to formerly recognize and honor Janette Samson for her service. A commitment for nearly 13 years as a member of the Atoria School District board of directors. Her dedication to the success and well-being of our student, staff, and community has been both inspiring and deeply appreciated. Jan leaves behind a legacy defined by commitment, compassion, and unwavering focus on students. Throughout her tenure, Janette was steadfast advocate for the best interest of students, educators, and families, helping to shape policies that promoted academic excellence and holistic student support. Janette played a key role in advancing initiatives that enhanced educational resources, ensured safe, inclusive, and enriching learning environments. Notably, she was instrumental in the successful passage of the 2018 school bond, which led to significant improvements in school facilities across the district. Her leadership in
003that effort and throughout her tenure has had a lasting impact on our schools and the broader Sori community. As Janette steps away from her role on the board, we extend our deepest gratitude for her tireless dedication and and thoughtful service. Her presence and perspective will greatly greatly exist but the influence of her work will continue to benefit future generations of histori students and on behalf of the entire school community we thank Janet Samson for her years of outstanding service and wish her all the best in her future endeavors. So thank you Oh, how nice. You need a picture of her in your chair. Oh, yes. Yes. [Music] I can get to Eat cake. Yeah. It has been an honor to be here with everybody and all the changes that we've gone through and to serve
004with such a great group of ladies that even when we haven't always agreed on something, we've always had that mutual and genuine respect for each other. And that's huge. And I think that's what makes our district work because we are here for the right reasons and that we care genuinely for the kids and the staff and our community. So, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. We want to watch you. I just like to say thank you to my secret you Yes. Send us that one too. I did it. I did. I didn't know. Are you guys I fixed it. You could have got another one. It's in the end. Agreed. All right. I'm ready. Okay. Item three is our consent agenda and this is an action item. I'll move to approve our consent agenda. I'll
005second. Any further discussion? All those in favor? I opposed. And that carries. Item four are our reports. We'll start with our administrator. This might be a little funny to talk about, but um I think we need to know that Maggie Shoemaker is retiring and we spent coming years longer than longer. So really I've just been spending the last couple days. Um let's see. We uh the second graders um and was at park last week and that was fun. It's good. And then at field day all day yesterday. Um tomorrow the fifth graders are sign in our gym and have a few teachers planted to show them how to do that. I know. So, so they get headphones and and so through the headphones, but everything the gym will be quiet, so they'll just hear the
006the sounds and they have to dance, but I just don't know how it's going to go. So, we'll see how we did at the graduation party. Did they have fun? Yeah. Yeah. I don't know. Yeah, we'll see. I'll be curious to see how it goes. Um and then we have our uh fifth grade promotion walk and certificates coming up on Friday. So big week think we're kind of in the same boat finishing everything up having the fun field the fun days. Um if you've never seen the sixth grade beer factor you should drop by on Friday. If you didn't get a chance to see any of the musical programs, they were fantastic. I am amazed at what our music teachers do with our kids and how just how phenomenal they are. Um, we're hosting migrant
007summer school at Esary Middle School and then our eighth graders are doing their bridges program at the high school to get them ready for for that transition. And um personally, I'm looking forward to having Linda back and debriefing this year and kind of nerding out on what we're going to do next year. Walking the high school right now, you're going to see four state level trophies, league trophies along that whole lines. Pretty cool thing. Since we last met, Ban came home with a fourth place OSAA state championship trophy. Two individual state champions in track and field and then obviously the softball team that we already have honored earlier this evening and then just all the things from Baloria to grads night. Awards night at High School Scholarship Inc. I believe awarded somewhere around $530,000 with
008an additional $70,000 in with additional local scholarships. So, what a great night for them. And then on Saturday, as you were all present, perfect weather. Thank you for that happening. But we had I don't know what our graduation rate is, but it's the largest graduation class that we've had in at least over 20 years. So, that numerator on that equation is rather large, the largest that we've had in quite some time. So very proud of the district's K12 effort that that requires to get that to happen. So very very much appreciative of everybody's all hands on deck. So oh and again we are kicking off, believe it or not, we're kicking off on Friday our orientation meetings for the incoming class of 2029 in the Bridges program for our summer school. So no rest, I
009guess. So, I just want to share a couple field trips that um some of the SPE classes have gone on this past week. I think we had at the middle school Jim Glass's consortium classroom yesterday went to an amazing trip. Everybody got there, enjoyed their time, got back safely. And then today I believe we have the consortium class at Wilson Clark and and it's not a consortium class it's Liz viser self-contained classroom at Aster Liz organized it and included her old classroom at the park and then went to the forestry center and had a great day outside and I heard great reports. So pretty exciting things happening and glad that they could organize it. Also want to just shout out Molly Albbright helped organize that so that that class could have that experience. So it
010was a real team effort. So I had really just focused on making sure we have all the fall. We did get a summer learning for summer school this summer. So we're talking going into first through seventh grade. um which is to be fantastic. We're motivating the purchase program. We also Elizabeth is going to have a few incoming kinders come in and just kind of get used to school before they come in. But I'm going to brag a little bit about literacy because we had our core review meetings. We've been kind of partnering with the ESD and they've been coming in from core review meetings. Core review meetings are just like how are our core instruction doing? And our literacy decoding scores were phenomenal. are um second graders no fifth graders. Fifth graders if you look
011at their decoding just specifically Howard Waller decoding 95% of them were benchmark for decoding. I think our third graders were about 92 or 92%. And then our kindergarteners decoding like they are reading words and they can read them, they can write them, they can spell them. It's pretty amazing. So I just wanted to thank you See, we're uh making preparations to start feeding. Um that email or that Facebook post went out today on the district's site. Um and then start preparing for next year, closing up this year's start next year's menus. And then I'm kind of waiting for the updates to the software for the new nutrition standard tech here. Um, and then I just have a few projects I get going on transportation over the last month and a half. So, we're almost done
012with this month. We've done 140 trips. About the month of May, we did about 7,000 miles just in trips alone. Um, drivers have done a great job accommodating all of the trips and stuff that schools had. We're like everybody else, we're getting ready for summer school. Monday starts the class of community college upward bound program that will be transporting these 17 kids to the college. We've been busy the last couple week and ramping up for the summer projects on our list. Thank you. Can I ask a question? Does do the students with IEPs get the opportunity still to like in the summer take like a personal finance or not personal finance um freshman transition or any of those classes to get a jump start. They have that opportunity. Yeah. So right now we have believe
013it's 30 that are slated for the bridges program with one that's weight listed. There's even so we're a little bit over that. out of that eight of them are students that are receiving specially designed instruction in language acquisition. So what that does and then there are about seven or eight as well receiving specially designed instruction through their IEP. What's so important about them getting that head start is that they get that credit. They'll get their it's going to be called college and career readiness and then this one's college and career exploration. them. There'll be a junior class two years from now because this is a new graduation requirement sent Milbury that will be college and career readiness. They'll take that first half of that and they'll get that done during summer school. So that frees
014up an additional elective for those students that have EL classes and those who have a learning resource center class. So that gives them more flexibility and they got one credit under develop into their September year freshman year. I I try to promote with every talk about it's really a great thing to and a little bit more background on this one. really excited about this year is thanks to the grant that Miss Sparks alluded to, we are able to staff it with the teacher who's in charge of the college career exploration course as well as our ELB instructor and then three instructional assistants, one of which is our ELB, one from the middle school to keep the bridge going that they know a well-known employee in the district. And so that we're really excited about that
015team that we have set up to help them be successful. Yeah. Uh item 4 B is student cell phone use and we talked about this in our study session. Is there any further discussion on that? 4C is our finance report. So, uh, two weeks ago, we received some good news, great news from Oregon Department of Ed that our title one application for next year increased by 37%. Wonderful. When we were expecting it to either be flatfunded or at a decrease. So we are not having to reduce title i program. So it's title one is increasing 30% for next year. We are let the dust settle and then I'm going to call that to figure out why it has to do something with our poverty rate. Yes. I want to get the money first then I'll
016call [Music] Because there we were told beforehand not by OD by another organization that there were some they say there's some big winners and some big losers. So we call we were like that's the call we didn't want got called saying. So I'm going to wait till July and contact them and say so tell us why because there there's some other things we should know that could benefit us both from financial standpoint or we should know in our district what's going on poverty wise because it might be change our programs or something. So is that state money or federal money? Federal federal. Yeah. But the the federal state like money and then the state has calculation for their contact tell us why they increase. So we there any questions on the finance report? Okay, thank
017you. 4D is our enrollment report. Yeah, so we're down again almost under 1,700, 1701 at the end of May. Um that was nine students for this month. We did lose two or three graduation. We did have some kids just leave early school year. Um I don't know specifics on why I just looked at the school and they were leaving. Um a couple meetings with we should probably bring this up at important retreat also because it's it is sort of an important thing with district maintain but I'm going to spend quite a bit of time next Wednesday with administrators on a plan to really take a look at where these kids are going. I know where they're going. just don't know how much followup we're doing um with kids who are not showing up and those
018things. So, we're going to put a plan in place that there'll be a pretty good communication between us and those homes on where kids are. So, I think we're losing kids to sign up for home school, but I don't think especially at the secondary level, they're signing up for home school. I don't think they're going to school. They're just sitting at home. So, we have to continue to have that conversation with them. There's two really active groups of homeschool communities that meet and do kind of a co-op thing. I didn't realize there was a second one, but there's like almost a hundred kids in each month. But, you know, the original reason we started our online program was years prior to the pandemic was to support homeschool families with curriculum. And we did. We purchased
019their curriculum for them and they used it at home. and then it sort of evolved with the pandemic and things but there's something we can learn from that and so we're going to analyze it real close but it's bothersome the amount of kids in our district are signed up for home school that I don't think they're doing anything it'd be interesting to go to those groups and find I like that contact information from those groups I might be able to get you because I've talked to a couple people I know some that are in one and I didn't even realize there was a second one to and they're not all from that story I mean therefore reaching out to Bell and beyond. But with that, like I don't know how things are going to pan
020out next year. And just in my short time back, I'd never signed so many courtesy enrollment papers coming from other districts around us coming to our district, especially in the lower grades and the middle. There are a lot probably in excess of 100. Do you see this number going down even more with the tongue point and the people that work? Yeah, potentially 171 employees at point and we figured out five at the high school. Five kids at the high school whose parents worked there. There was 25 kids total in the district whose parents worked there. And that's only if parents identified in synergy what their place of employment was. They don't have to. But we we we looked at that. In fact, the high school staff got that data for us and it was used
021for some of the talking points that city council and and we probably have five families that live in the housing at some point that at one point were being um removed. I do know of one classified person and I do know that work that staff members work out there that have been the director at some point's life teaches for us. So it's interesting how much the connection is when you get into it. So that's it. Uh 4E is gift to the district uh from Janette Sansson clothing a net shed in the amount of $800. Vicki clothing netshed in the amount of 100 John Homestead donation HS 500 Ryan and Riley Knight AHS donation 50 for a current total of $1,450 and a year-to-ate total of $14,533. Thank you to our generous donors. Item five is
022patron comments and questions and I don't believe we have any. Item six is information and item seven unfinished business and 7 A through R are all second readings. Um is there any discussion on any of those? Just can I point out a human when I was reading the AI policy? It talks about being careful like um hallucinations. Oh yeah, AI hallucinations. That's what in the world. Yeah, AI is hallucinating. But um no, it was just errors. I thought it was a funny word to use. Yeah. Anyway, yeah, I'll move to the unfinished business. I'll second. Any further discussion? All those in favor? I post. All right. That carried. Item eight, new business. A is resolution 2024 202510 adopting the 2025 2026 budget. This is an action to the resolution 2024. Where is it? The problem
023is I don't have my glasses with me. You only have to read the total section. Hey, that's pretty good, John. Okay, way to go, Al. So, the resolution number 2024 2025 010 for the resolution adopting the budget. Be it resolved that the board school district 1 C hereby adopts project. Do I need to read the whole thing or just Yeah, stick the Just the totals. Just the totals. Yeah. Read read the words and then the total and then like general fund total. Yeah. Okay. Do you want me to do the result first? Yes. Okay. Thank you. All right. I was on the right track. I was like I forgot. Um be ves result the board of the eststeria school district 1C hereby adopts the budget for fiscal year 2025 2026 in the total of 43
024million816,942 this budget is now on file at 785 Alama Avenue in Atoria Oregon resolution making the appropriations be it resolved that the amount shown below or hereby appropriated for the fiscal year beginning July 1st 2025 for the purposes of general fund for a total of 28,220,000 special revenues for funds 200 total of 8,223,492 debt service funds 300 for a total of 6,773,450 and the capital projects fund the 400 account for a total of $150,000 for the total appropriations of all the funds is 43,366,94 42 and the total unappropriated and reserved amounts all for funds of 450,000 for a total adopted budget of 43,816,942. Resolution imposing the tax be resolved that the following adalorian property taxes are hereby imposed upon the assessed value of all taxable property within the district for the tax year of 2025
0252026 in the amount of zero or at the rate of $44.90 per,000 of assessed value permanent tax rate and in the amount of zero or the rate of zero per thousand of assessed value for local option tax in the amount of $4,675,000 for the debt service on general obligation bonds. The resolution categorizing the tax be it resolved that the taxes imposed are hereby categorized for pro for purposes of article 11 section one 1b as subject to the education limitation permit tax rate of $4.9407 for every thousand and the local option is zero for every thousand and excluded from the limitation is the general obligation bond debt service of $4,675,000 That should be like the initiation for new. So again motion for all adopting the 2025 basis budget. I'll second. Any further discussion? All those in
026favor? I again at best. All right, that carries. Item 8, 2025 2026 schoolboard calendar approval. Thank you all. Have a good night. Good night, everybody. I'll move to approve the schoolboard calendar 2025 2026 schoolboard calendar. I'll second. Any further discussion? All those in favor? I those glasses 8C resolution 2024 2025 011 enterprise zones and there's something to read for this one as well. I'll read it if there you go. It looks easier than what I just read. All right. So resolution number 2024 2025 011 whereas house bill 2009 for 2023 was passed in 2023 and became part of the OS285C.067 067. Whereas House Bill 20 2009 in 20 two 2023 requires the governing body of each school district along with the governing body of the zone sponsor which is counting to set a rate for
027the school support fee imposed pursuant to sections 48 section 2 and 51 section 2 of House Bill 2009 to 2023. Whereas this rate must be at least 15% and not more than 30%. Whereas by November 1st any in any applicable year the governing body of the zone sponsor class county will provide the district with all the information necessary for the district to collect the fee directly from the business firm. Whereas by December 1st in any applicable year, the district shall send the to the business firm a notice of the required fee with a due date not later than December 31st of the same year. Whereas the district shall be responsible for making refunds to business firms of overpayments. Whereas if a fee payment is delinquent for more than 60 days following the date of the
028delinquency or any later date allowed for hearing of delinquency, the board shall give written notice of the delinquency to the business firm and the assessor of the county. Be it therefore resolved that the story school district board and the governing body establish a rate of the school support fee of whatever they choose. What are you proposing? I am proposing 15%. Because that's the minimum that we can go. So that's a motion. Do we have a second? I second. Second. Any further discussion? All those in favor? I All right. Car 8, science curriculum adoption approval. item. I'll move to approve the science curriculum adoption. I'll second. Any further discussion? All those in favor? I post that carries. Ae, health curriculum adoption postponement approval. Also an action item. I'll move to postpone the health curriculum adoption. A
029second. Any further discussion? All those in favor? I post 8 2023 through 2026 superintendent contract approval. Oh, is there anything to approve the 2020? Is it supposed to be 236? 25. We revis. Yes. Yes. So, it's just Okay. 2023 2026 superintendent contract. I'll second. Any further discussion? All those in favor? I opposed. Okay. AG 2025 through 2027 business manager contract approval. I'll move to approve the 2025 2027 business manager contract. I'll second. Any further discussion? All those in favor? Okay, that hearing item 8H, 2025 through 2027, Director of Food Service contract approval. I'll move to approve the 2025 2027 director of food service contract. I'll second. Any further discussion? All those in favor? I passes. 8 I 2025 through 2027 director of facilities contract approval. I'll move to approve 2025 2027 director contract. Second. Any
030further discussion? This is Jen. Any further discussion? Oh, this is paper. Opposed. Okay, that car 88J 2025 through 2027 director of transportation services contract approval. I'll move to approve the 2025 2027 director of transportation services contract. I'll second. Any further discussion? All those in favor? I opposed. All right. Item nine, comments for the good of the order. There's a few things. Um, should be back. It's um uh I hope it was a fun time to be back too field trip graduation and those sorts of things but graduation was great. It did seem like a like an overabundance crop, I think, because putting the band on the field and that helped. Yeah, it just it went pretty smooth considering literally I love that we have 12 or whatever validictori and then they got done with like
031seven and the rest all sat down was like, "Oh, last four not going to speak." So, but heard them anyway. Um, I want to just mention to the board and you can give your feedback or however you like, but there's some entities within our community, including the school district, the county, the city, college, um, school district that have worked sort of diligently over the last three weeks in in partnership with Tongue Point. And I have attended a couple meetings. that attended the city council meeting which was just specifically for Timepoint and it was great to see the support and have quite a few TimePoint students there and staff and one of the things we've talked about I mentioned the chamber is also sort of the point people doing this David Reed but I'd like to
032bring back to the board in July a resolution supporting the chamber excuse me supported some point that all the different resolution all the different entities that I mentioned will be doing something similar if not the same resolution And we also have a list I'll provide to the district on who we're going to send that resolution to. It's just one thing just to do it and then just get set aside, but um we'll be sending it to some federal leadership groups. And did we hear something about a possible stay? They got they're I mean they were supposed to be out by June 30th and then it got uh there's lawsuit filed. They got stayed but they're not on the wood yet. We don't know how long. So, we're trying to do some work. I asked today
033from some point leadership some statistic of data because you hear things out there about grad rate and things like that and I will share that with the board as to the data they gave me including 171 employees including cost $41,000 per student but the average salary they make is over $50,000 when they leave. It's more regionalized now. They used to get kids from all over the country. They still do for certain programs like their maritime program, but it's more regionalized. Idaho, Northern California, Oregon, and Washington. So, it's impacting communities not only here, but I'll get that data for you. And we're pretty much finalized resolution, but I'll bring that to July. And then um another thing that I've dealt with since I got back was the county have received which I assume is all counties
034in Oregon um funds for an opioid settlement and they've collected over a million dollars and the county commissioners have shared with uh county staff that they want that money spent on prevention treatment type programs for counselors. So today I had a meeting with uh three representatives from the county as well as uh concept healthcare and all of our counselors and sort of our attendance people our um family resource center so they could hear how that money is going to be spent and impact they could have on kids and they're going to meet with them again on August 20 August 26 when they come back countyy's going to hear but really what it could do is for our district either one or two days a week provide like drug and alcohol council within our school system
035which we haven't had for years paid by for the counties and um it it's like a grant. They'll do it until the money runs out but they already have over a million dollars so it could be a while if it works but the counselors are really involved to design that. So and then this last thank you again appreciate your time. She told me on this weekend she only had three meetings, two because she was sick and one she was on a cruise. Think that the cruise wasn't an excused absent. I was in international waters. That's right. Thank you. Hi. Um, first of all, I just wanted to um thank Linda, and she's not here tonight, but for visiting district office, and I would like to thank her for all of our work this last spring
036and helping us keep everything going before he returned. And then, um, also I want to thank Janette because she's put a lot of time into the board. appreciate you. Always feeling supportive. Okay, board members, do you want to go first or you want to go last? I'll go last. Okay, Jenna. Well, first thank you Janette for all of your service and friendship and um yeah, I mean you think about all the things that we've gone through as a board together, not the least of which was co and um your support of students and um yeah, a good sounding board and um yeah, your passion for the students and the transportation district. the food service in our facility. Um, yeah, just really appreciate you as a person and a fellow board member. Um, graduation was good.
037Of one suggestion, maybe just flipping the parents over in front of the stand because they stopped when they went, which is fine, but I don't think parents would appreciate this. They appreciate seeing the kid get the phone or not. Yeah. Um, but yeah, it was great. I seem to fly by because it's just something every day and I'm feel like I'm shell shocked like did that really just happened? Is it over? Um and I had fun at the graduation celebration afterwards. I got to help all night all night long. [Laughter] But uh yeah, they had a lot of fun and were very appreciative and just a good class. I mean, their graduation rate, it sounds like, is really good. And um just a lot of stellar kids for such a big class. And I think
038it's commendable. And um go just fun stuff happening the end of the school year. And congratulations, Tyler. Um, and thank you for running. Appreciate that. Um, I guess we'll look forward to having you with us next month. Um, that's I'm sure there's things that I will have thought. Oh, shoot. I should have said that. Oh, congratulations to the softball team. That was fun to um celebrate with them. I still am I don't understand how OSAA doesn't recognize that there's graduations on those weekends and cannot plan accordingly. But well I I I will tell you something in in public meeting. I'll tell you um because I had a chance to talk to her, but I got a call Thursday before and uh former Senator Betsy Johnson was going to fly kids back and um the call
039I didn't get a call from Betsy. called somebody else who was helping her and um they called me so that I would contact the parents to see if it was okay. But when I talked to them and put the timeline down, there was probably no way to get her back. And even if I if they won, they didn't have a chance, they would have a chance to celebrate with their teammates. They were playing gone. And um but I I will call Betsy and thank her for that. So and from what I heard, and I don't know if it's true, Betsy actually called on the USA in her gruff way. Why didn't you change day and time? Because there was games on Friday. And St. Helens had graduated night. Well, that's part of St. Graduate Friday
040night. Yeah, there's graduations on Friday, but they happen every year around this time. So, it seems like I mean, on one hand, they're pretty awesome experience for the seniors to get their diploma on the field. On the other hand, I just feel like um academics, you know, it's always that battle before between sports and academics, I guess. And um we're trying to push for graduation and attendance and all of these things. So to have that outweigh graduation, I don't know. It's like where's the priority at? It kind of Yeah. But good experience for them, too. I mean, I guess I wouldn't mind that as a memorable, you know, graduation. I don't think the kids I didn't find out, but I asked some people and they were scheduled. The kids, the seniors were scheduled to be
041at grand time that night. They got back in time. Yeah, they came. Yeah, we got to spend time with the class. Anyway, excited for them and making history. Sorry, you should tell him. I I never have my phone on when I'm supposed to have it on and apparently have it when I'm supposed to. Great. Your turn. You have more. Probably fails me. Yeah. Um so I just want to say first of all to all our staff and teachers, have a great summer. Enjoy. Take a break. You deserve it. Um, and a congratulations again, I'll echo the congratulations to softball team and also to our two state champion track athletes. One of them being our next um board representative Queen and um a freshman came out of nowhere in Triple J, which was awesome. It's so
042fun. Anyway, um trying to think. Oh, and then um I'm sorry I missed graduation. I have I come from a family that has a lot of kids that are of that age and we were celebrating a family member graduation the same day. So um and then to Janette um so Janette took my spot. Here it goes. I almost walked out. I was listening. Oh, it was a very it was very one of those I mean you guys know well you know it's very awkward to like be interviewed in the same room with your competition but Janette won but then the people chose me later on and yes so anyway but I appreciate but I appreciate that she was on the board first because I have always appreciated that you have always put students first and
043always looked at everything from that angle and I know that we like as a board as a whole have a lot of differing opinions on things but the the thing that I've appreciated the most is that that always comes to the forefront and because of that there is a respect and a and and it works Um, and I really appreciate that and I think I learned that by you having some experience before I got on the board. Um, I think it's very easy, and I'll say this because we have a new board member coming in, that it's very easy to come in with an agenda and and that causes a lot of distraction and disruption and um I've appreciated my fellow board members, but particularly because you're leaving, I'm going to recognize you um that
044that it has always been about the community and the students as a whole and I appreciate that. So, thank you and I wish you the best and I know we'll see anyway. So, thank you. Yeah. Um, everything everybody said, congrats to the state champion. Wonderful and awesome. And yes, Jennet, I'm gonna echo off of Grace and kind of like the, you know, llama head. I gotta come to your chicken palace. Yeah. I love the the passion you have and all the tears behind just your passion that you have. That's how I am. And it's funny that he didn't like me, but um but I I got over it. [Laughter] I love how we connected and we actually have so much more in common than what we thought. Yeah. And thank you for all those years
045of a lot of years and I'm glad that you got to give both of your daughters here. Make us cry during graduation. crying my daughter. No, she like there was a mom there was a moment like she was watching her son and she's like that's my son you know and I just I lost it again and just the pride. Yeah, it's that is my favorite time of the year doing that. Just like it fills me with such joy and pride for all these mothers just because as a mother like the struggle is so real for so many of these children and for us and I cry. I'm like going to cry just thinking about one day. It's a long road and it's easy to say like you graduated from high school but like there's so
046much more than just like academics. There's life. There's life that happens through your your life and it just makes it so much harder for these children and so to see all these children graduating just makes me so happy and I would probably cry the entire time that I keep it together. But anyway, but thank you for all of that. And then I did go watch the bands play at the middle school. Mr. Estrell is an amazing uh conductor and the kids love him and these kids in middle school are really good. They're really good and I can't wait to see when these seventh and eighth graders get into high school for like the band there because they're going to go places for the grad lock. They did. Yeah, they are doing amazing and I really
047really love that. And so, thank you to all the staff and all you guys do and everybody's losing it at the end of the school year is what I heard. So, I love it. It is time for a break. So, thank you for everything you guys do. Welcome back. Okay, everybody said everything already. Um Janette, I'm gonna I'm gonna miss all the hugs. You're the hugger of the group and you like bring a lot of um family feel to our work, which I'm going to miss a lot. Um and I know that you're excited to have a break from it. You've been for a while. Well, so I wish you well and whatever you end up doing if you join another board and but you will be great and and welcome Tyler. Welcome back Craig.
048Thank you Linda. All the things everybody already said. Um have a great summer. Um, and also on the music note, I did get to go see Liz and Clark's um, some spring conference or spring concert, which was also amazing. And thank you to transportation for bringing all the parents up there so that we don't have to fight parking. Um, it was great. I enjoyed it a lot. So, Janette. Okay. Well, I I'm going to So, I want to say um, it has been I'm not going to cry. It has been amazing for the third do this. Shut up. Um, I have thoroughly thoroughly enjoyed it even when in January of 2021 I was ready to say that's it. I'm done because COVID and people were nasty. And then I got I slept on it and
049then I was mad the next day and I was like I won't repeat what I said at home but I'm still here. And um I think we've done a phenomenal job in our district keeping it going and keeping our kids moving forward and supporting our staff and our parents and just the whole kitten kaboodleoodle. Um I just I just want everyone to enjoy their summer um break where they can because I know some are still really busy. Um welcome aboard Tyler. it's you um I I think what was being said was very true that I think a lot of people come in and go oh I want to do this this and this and I think just stepping back and listening that the first year or two is a lot to take in. It's a
050lot to learn and just have grace for yourself because it's um you don't know what you don't know and the budget piece is a pain in the and that's and um I know that when I came in my thing was I wanted to get FA back but I did not pound the table. It was conversations. did was trying to figure out where we could make it work. And um because my daughter and Charlie Hall, who happens to be married to our FFA advisor, were the last two FFA kids and they missed out on a lot uh because the program shut down before they could get their um state degrees and American degrees. So um and she was here tonight. So I'm not crying. Okay, good. Um, so yeah, I just, um, you've got a great
051group of ladies here that know varied pieces and and work really well together. And again, it's, you know, it's kind of like a family. figure out. You're not always going to agree, but you can agree to be respectful and to be the one thing I will say is um protect the district as far as um staying off of social media and not engaging with people because it's like you're in a battle of the skunk. You are not going to win and all it does is create more chaos. So leave it at that. So um you know Yeah. Yep. just yeah, thank you Craig um for and Mindy for all you've done to Linda for stepping in. I'm glad Craig is back. I'm glad you know she's able to get back to things when she's here
052and I did reach out to her and just send her a little note because I knew she wasn't going to be here. Um, I also want to thank um the other three individuals, Holly and Susan and Carl for the um for the election and you all were very civil and was tumultuous and I appreciated that from the district's perspective as well as knowing everybody involved and um so I gladly give you my chair and Um, you may have to adjust it a little, but it's okay. It's good. So, um, and I just want to thank you ladies for the fun times. I'm going to freaking miss the OSBA conferences and, um, I don't know. You might see me on the streets of Portland around November time. You never know. So, um, for Yes, I have
053to crash the parties. But, um, Yes. No, I just I want to congratulate our kids on the for the oh gosh the softball thrills. Sammy was on that team and after a Tommy John injury she she wasn't on it and so you know we're like darn it that would have been the team. Um but we have watched them grow and and just succeed um tremendously and so proud of them. uh to the band kids for what they've accomplished, you know, bringing a fourth place. I mean, that's huge in the state. And and to our track kids, that's that's pretty awesome, especially the individual awards. Um for them, thank you to Betsy for her offer as well. That was pretty awesome that she was willing to do that. And um thank you for going to back
054with our OSIA too about everyone figure out the scheduling. But so with that um graduation was amazing. Um I'm so thankful for the weather. But I'll tell you from 2013 graduation to to this I was tired this time around. I was I was swiped. But um it was awesome to see these kids that I've known, some before they were even born because I worked with their parents elsewhere and then watching them grow up and were some coming in at kindergarten or some coming in, you know, throughout the years of school and just watching them blossom and grow and um it was I was so happy for everyone walking across that field and so very proud um to have been able to do this for 13 times and it's pretty awesome. So anyway, with that I
055will I will shut up now and just thank you all for everything. All right. Our uh future meetings, Wednesday, July 9th at 5:45, we have our board meeting, regular board meeting here in the boardroom, and we will be figuring out what date and time our school board retreat will be. um at the Atoria School Board of Directors will now meet in executive session under the authority of OS 192.6602D to conduct deliberations with persons that meet by the governing bodies carrying on labor negotiations and OS 192.602E to conduct deliberations with persons by the governing body to negotiate real property transactions. Representatives of the news media and designated staff shall be allowed to attend the executive session. All other members of the audience are asked to leave. Representatives of the news media are specifically directed not to
056report on or otherwise disclose any of the deliberations or anything said about the subject during the executive session except to state the general subject of the session as previously announced. No decision may be made in executive session. At the end of the executive session, we will return to open session and welcome the audience back into the room. is 8:37. I'll move back into open session. Welcome everybody back. All right. Now I'll take a motion to I'll move to ajourn. Oh, no tears with that. I'll second. All right. We are journ.