January 12th, 2026 Regular School Board Meeting with Executive Session

001I've always wanted to that was always my concern. >> Okay, I'd like to call the meeting to order. For all of you who are at home, we we were not talking so that was why you didn't hear anything. Uh first order of agenda is the pledge of allegiance. to the flag of the United States to the stand indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >> Okay. Do I have a motion to approve the agenda? >> I so move to approve tonight's agenda. Thank you, Kim. Is there a second? >> I'll second. >> Diane seconded. It's been moved and seconded to approve the agenda. Is there any um is there any objection? Hearing none. The agenda is approved. Do I have a motion to approve the consent agenda? >> I will make a motion to approve

002the consent agenda. >> Thank you. Do I have a second? >> I'll second it. >> Okay, it's been moved and seconded. Is there any discussion? Any objection? Hearing none, the consent agenda is adopted. Um, and now we're on to schoolboard appreciation. >> Yeah. Well, this is schoolboard appreciation month and we have some items from each building that the uh admin are going to present. I know Addie, you got yours already uh from Mrs. Davidson. Um but and we have during the superintendent report today, we have a little uh a little video of appreciation as well, but I'm going to let the admin present you with their um with their items. So, administrators, please go ahead and roach the board with your items. And as I do that, just want to thank all of you for

003what you do for our kids, for our schools, for our communities. >> Thank you very much. Thank you so much. >> Thank you. do more. I think I've done enough We can hang it right here. Yeah, the clips are a little precarious. They should hang. Again, thank you all for what you do for our kids, for our schools, community, such a valuable resource to us and so appreciated by all of our our staff and our students. >> Thank you guys. >> Very generous. >> Yeah, we really appreciate all of this. being on here. >> I think all of us love working with all of you. So, >> absolutely, >> it's a real joy for all of us to know that we're dealing with a group of administrators who really care about their schools and about

004the kids that they're working with. And so, it it makes our job easier knowing that that's the case on your end. So, thank you guys so much. These baskets are awesome. >> Yes. >> Yeah, they are. >> So cool. >> Okay, >> can we do that some more? >> Appreciation. >> Okay, Lauren, you're up. >> To start, we have five main developments at MHS. Our first is the pops concert that will be held on January 14th from 7 to 8 in the evening. Following this is the Dracula play towards the end of this week on the 16th to the 17th for $10. Next we have our next semester beginning on the second February with a schedule change involving more added time, shorter Friday schedule and will be more similar to our last year schedule. Another

005addition happened over break with our new boys bowling team who would play their first competition with nine boys and a girls bowling team that just started with five people led by Mr. Hardy. Finally, we have sophomore Misha Vondisowl who recently won a gold medal in a national chess competition and is now a nationally ranked chess. Wow. Now that we've concluded past and future events, our ASB team has brought gifts to represent the appreciation month. Mr. Robert spoke about >> before you go on. Did Did you say bowling or rowing? >> Bowling. Holy. >> Uh, any questions? >> What's the 15th through the 17th? >> Uh, 16. >> 16. >> I love your time. >> Thank you. >> Okay. >> Are you here representing destinations? >> Could you introduce yourself and give us your report? Hi,

006my name is Faith. Um, I'm a junior at Destinations and an early grad and I'll be Destination student representative. Um, in the month of December, we decorated the Arks Christmas tree. Culinary class made frosting for Madison's gingerbread um, houses. leadership made and delivered meal boxes to all the schools in Kisbain District. Um we also had our winter lunch celebration. Um, some of you have uh leadership also has been reading to our preschool and we decorated our doors at destinations for the little pirates to the Carol. >> Thank you. And you're going to be our representative now. >> Are there any questions? >> I just have a quick comment, Warren. Uh, and this will be you at some point, face, so I appreciate it. I have received so much positive feedback from the city council members

007about the students that have been coming and sharing the reports at city council. So, thank you for doing that. Faith, when you go do it, it's really a good positive experience. Quick right at the beginning of the city council meeting, but they're very appreciative to hear what's going on schools and hear from the students. So, >> did anybody tell you about that? >> Are you just learning about that right now? >> I know. Okay. I I talked to her about it before the facility tour on Friday. So, >> okay. Well, thank you guys for your updates. >> They're much closer than we are. So, >> okay. Public input. We have one person who has signed up and Marin. >> Oh, >> no. Nope. Okay. >> I won't read the stuff about publicing. So having nobody

008wanting to address us, we'll move right on to Paul here. >> Yes, >> it's not Mr. Peterson. >> Paul. >> Yeah, we're we're rolling you around. >> We're not gonna be able to see you, >> but we can. Thanks, David. Good evening. Uh, my name is Paul Peterson. I'm the superintendent South Coast EST and, uh, thanks for inviting me here tonight. We're here to talk about the local service plan. uh and which is on your agenda for tonight. And um uh just as a quick overview, every year the local service plan or LSP as we call it gets reviewed and approved by the regional superintendent uh uh for the 10 school districts in our region and uh then the ESD board and then the boards of each of the 10 school districts uh within South

009Coast's uh service area. So the the plan on your agenda tonight is largely unchanged um from last year when that you approved and really for multiple years now. And uh this plan was reviewed by the area's 10 school district superintendent uh this fall. They voted to approve the plan on November 20th and the South Coast ESD board uh voted to approve it at their December 9th meeting. Uh this LSP is designed to provide the maximum flexibility to each of our districts and how they want to use their resolution dollars. Uh and that each district chooses from a menu of services uh what what they need from the ESD. We call those tier 2 services altogether. Tier 2 services comprise uh nearly 95% of the ESD's resolution dollars with just about uh 5%. It's actually little

010about 6% now in tier one or what we sometimes call core services that benefit all 10 districts. Uh those tier one services include homeschool registration, aiology, testing, birth to three evaluations and the same schools program. So South Coast ESD is real proud to partner with your school district and uh and delivering high quality services in a cost effective manner. U that's my presentation. Um I'm happy to answer questions. Well, I I just want to say thank you for hosting all of the districts here today. That was very enjoyable time and people did a great job. >> Good evening. Yeah, thank you. >> Good testimony. >> Good things have come of it already. So, >> Oh, I'm glad. >> Any um more about YTP transition program? >> Is it just my >> Yeah. Yeah. Um, so

011many changes in the uh in the state system of that have just uh made it really impossible to do with that. It being really cost prohibitive. U always looking for an opportunity to restart those kind of programs when they get kind of changed by the state. Uh so at the ESD we kind of stand ready to to try new things. Um so anytime there's ideas coming at us, uh we'll take a look at it, see if we can't make a pencil out. Um uh we we never operate uh with a profit motive. We're always just trying to cover our costs and uh keep keep services high quality. So um yeah, I wish I I wish we had that program was such a good program. >> Yes. >> Uh did so much good for kids and

012just things got it got impossible. >> Thank you. I appreciate the information. >> Thank you. Any other questions? Thank you very much. >> You're welcome. >> We like these short reports. >> Okay, next on our agenda, >> you guys will need to uh vote on that. >> Pardon me. >> It's an action, right? >> I so move that we approve the local service begin. >> I'll second that. Okay, it's been moved and seconded that we approve the local service plan presented to us by um the ESD. >> Arie, >> hi >> Kim. >> Hi >> Derek. >> Hi >> Kevin. >> Hi >> Diane. >> Hi >> and chair votes eye. >> Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> Thanks Paul. Happy retirement. >> Yeah. >> Thank you. >> Yeah. Congratulations. You just got here and

013I didn't even four years. >> Yeah, it's quick though. >> So, one trip to France will do to you. >> Yeah. >> Congratulations. >> How can you keep them down on the farm? They've seen how >> good. >> Thanks, Paul. Take care. >> Okay. Bria fixing it up. Good evening. >> I did not come up here earlier for the board of appreciation uh because I come up here and talk about >> I don't think you are It's a Monday. It's been a long day. >> Thank you very much. >> Wonderful. Yeah. >> So, thank you for your guys's time and dedication to our school district. You know, it's an unpaid unpaid position which can relate to in the in the union role that I play in our district. Um but you know it is it

014is appreciated like even though you guys are not in our schools the decisions and the things that you guys discuss here you know obviously carry over and affect all classified staff but all staff in our district and I just want to thank you guys for your time and dedication that you guys are putting into our youth and other in our community through cruise school. So, hope you guys feel appreciated, not just during schoolboard appreciation month. And then, um, David, you're good. Yeah. Um, I'm gonna I'm gonna read the nomination submission from the staff member who nominated Taran Kirk. Taran Kirk is a secretary over at Sunset. I want to say she's probably been working in our district since about 2010 I believe. Um she started out as an educational assistant and moved to a secretary

015and she is amazing. Uh so going to read to you guys what uh one of her peers uh submitted for her. I would like to nominate our amazing secretary Taran Kirk for this staff award. Simply put, she's the motor that keeps our school running. She's a true master multitasker, juggling schedules, phone calls, student needs, and about a dozen emergencies at any given moment, all with calm professionalism. Most of her work happens quietly behind the scenes, but we all know nothing would function smoothly without her steady hand. One of the things that makes her so special is the open chair next to her desk. It's never empty for long. Whether it's a student who needs reassurance, a staff member who needs help problem solving, or just someone having a rough day, she is always there to

016listen. She makes everyone who walks in feel heard, supported, and cared for. She doesn't just complete tasks. She supports people. She keeps us organized, keeps us moving, and keeps us going. We are truly lucky to have her. For all of these reasons and so many more, she is incredibly deserving of this recognition. Just wanted to give you guys some information about Taran. Um I don't have uh very many updates. Unfortunately, I had to reschedule our uh monthly meeting with our superintendent and HR in December. However, uh we did come in during break and met with Michelle to update those job descriptions that we've been talking about and kind of getting those squared away. going around and talking to our members was really helpful and getting that input and kind of clarifying some like just confusion

017um maybe surrounding new changes and titles within our contract and stuff with our members and so getting the chance to address that. Um I think it's going to be really helpful making sure that we have very clear job descriptions that match those titles within our bargained contract. So that's Do you guys have any questions or concerns? >> Taran's great. >> Yes. Thank you so much. >> She she's she is amazing both uh to work with and then get to have her at your child's school. It doesn't matter how busy she is. Like she always makes it feel like your kids the only kid that she like is talking to, but I know she does it to for everybody, right? Like so yeah, >> you did a good job with that. I I felt like I

018just want to go and sit in that chair actually. Does that make you feel like you feel safe? >> She would welcome you. >> Thank you, Bri. Okay, Glenn, you're up. >> Uh behalf of CBA, we would like to say thank you to the board. And she brought gifts. Tonight, you guys know you >> Thank you. Appcate >> when I put in there. There's your little twist. >> Okay, Glenn. >> Yeah, we appreciate everything you do. And then and then we have some spotlights from the high school. There were over 200 student responses and we have >> got Brisco up there. Right. All right. Okay. So So, uh, Mr. Brisco is a graduation coach. He's been at Marshfield for seven years and 17 years in law enforcement before that. Um, but the important stuff is

019what the students have to say about it. So, students describe Mr. Frisco as consistently positive and caring presence at Marshwood High School. They say he greets everyone with a smile hold uh often holding the door and brightening their day just being there. Uh, he see he is seen as kind, thoughtful, and always willing to help no matter the situation. Many students shared that he notices when they are having a hard day, checks in with them and truly listens. Uh they feel supported, safe, and motivated by him and see him as someone who goes above and beyond every student he meets and what he loves working at Marshfield. He said, "I love working with kids and trying to get the best out of them." So gem there. And then we have our Mr. Boraval, which I

020probably mispronounced that, but you'll get later. Um, so he teaches, he's our new culinary teacher. He's been with us. This is his first year, but he's been in the kitchens for 25 years. Um, what the students have to say about uh Scotty is he is one of our favorite teachers and some and someone students really appreciate. He is kind, welcoming, and always willing to help us when we have questions or need support. Even though this is his first year, he is new to our and is new to our school. He has worked incredibly hard to get the culinary program up and running and to keep the class organized with the limited time that we have. Students like that he is honest and straightforward. If something needs improvement, he tells us directly so we can learn

021and do better. Um his positive attitude, strong cooking skills, and supportive personality make his class a place students enjoy coming to every day. and many of us consider him to be one of the best teachers in the school. And what he loves about working at Marshall High School is the accomplishments of the students completing their recipes and then saying how it came out better than they thought. So yeah, two awesome ones and questions. >> Have a question about your class. I know I toured your classroom and it was amazing all the stuff you do in there. I can't remember. Do you guys have a 3D printer? >> Yeah, 10 of them. Okay, that's a very >> We even have one that prints stainless steel >> and carbon fiber. >> We have lots of toys. >>

022Print a house with those. >> We can't that one. We don't have that 3D printer. >> Okay. >> The concrete ones. Those are pretty cool. >> Yeah. >> Haven't scaled up that far yet >> someday. >> Maybe we'll get Jesse on that one. >> Yeah. Thank you. >> Any other questions? >> No. Thank you very much. >> Thank you. Thanks. >> Things are going too slow. >> Just a comment for Glenn and Bri. I really love that uh every month you come and bring us uh great news and great highlights. I think it's really important that the >> district build a culture of recognizing people for doing the wonderful work they're doing. So, thank you for being part of making that culture happen. >> You breathe. >> You too breathe. Yeah. >> Oh, >> I

023did I say breathe >> Oh, I didn't hear that. Sorry. Yeah, Bri and Glenn. >> Okay. Um, we're going to pass over um Melinda who was detained a little bit and go right into Morina. >> Right into the fun stuff. >> Yeah, of course. So, um, first we have the December 1st through 31st checklisting. You'll notice that it is three pages wider than normal. Um that is because we don't participate equally when staff are not here ordering things. And since we had break, we we got to take a little bit of a break in terms of checks. Um there's no significant or oddities in these checklistings, but did anyone have any questions on any of the checks that I >> uh two quick questions. I saw that there was an um healthc care staffing >>

024incorporated and that I was just curious >> what is that >> that is our this camera so weird I believe is our speech pathologist that we um contract services >> contracting I was listed as a staffing agency or business staffing so I thought it was interesting >> we don't do we don't have our speech pathologist through ESD Yeah. >> Okay. >> Yeah, we we contract I think three this year. Is that right? >> Three speech paths. >> Do we have three contracted speech packs this year? >> I think yeah three. >> I think three. >> Uh thank you. My other question was I noticed that we uh sent two checks to Pacific Power for a total of around $80,000 of they were they were in pretty different amounts. And so how how often do we

025pay those? Is that normal? It's typically once a month, but we um the Thanksgiving holiday and some staffing, we took two weeks off of um checks from November, the 20th November to the 10th of December. And so um first one was the November bills and then the the last one was the December. >> Okay. And then the the difference has to do with people basically not being carried down, lights on or whatever. primarily the heats. Yeah. >> Yeah. Thank you. >> Um next we have the standard monthly financials. We because we have so few expenditures and our payroll is balancing out this far in the year. Um we don't have any significant projection changes. Um we're looking good in the general fund except that we do now have audited beginning fund balances. So, you'll see

026this screen now is we have a completed audit. Um, yes, we're thrilled about that. You'll see under intermediate sources, it's projecting that we're going to have $375,000 less than we had anticipated. That was um we had anticipated something called the county and common school fund and that's purely from OD. We budget a certain amount every year, I believe, 430,000. And we always get that much, but we get it at the very very end of the year. And so, uh, last year it happened to come in July. And so, it's projecting that we're not going to receive any payment in June this year, but we I just had it in adjustment to that. Um, so nothing of note in the general fund. Um, I will note that in the special revenue fund, we've received, I believe,

027four unbudgeted grants of significant value because um, we weren't anticipating receiving them. So, that was the early literacy comprehensive portion as well as the high dosage tutoring and then also the YHA grant from the city of Kuspay. None of those were even discussed when we were discussing budgets and so they are not budgeted for. We have enough allocation where we can comfortably spend those but if we come close to our allocations in terms of expenditures I'll bring that to you guys and provide the background as to why. Um, which is also part of the reason that then I'm providing you the special revenue fund breakouts because we just have so many new funds that are coming every year and they have so many reporting requirements but also budgeting requirements and timelines that previously we could

028pretty accurately track what our allocations would be and what our expenditures would be. But state and federal resources coming out in such different pots of money random times. Um it's getting really challenging to budget for all of the all of the smaller ones. Uh so we've gotten about $600,000 of grants that weren't budgeted for, but we are spending. And so if we come close to allocations, I'll bring that to you where >> are are those funds that we're spending. >> We're not going to have them next year, right? >> Some of them we will. So, the comprehensive early literacy grant is a four-year grant. We are currently in year two except we are only just now getting the allocation like three years ago. Um, so we have all of last year's 150,000 as well as

029this current year. >> So, yes, we have a significant higher amount this year. Um, the high dosage tutoring is a oneoff. I think um not as many people took the early literacy grant and so they're pushing it out to people that did take it and that is 105,000 this year and 107,000 next year which is wonderful and then the YHA grant was 105,000 from the city and that's just a one-year grant. So not all of them are continual years but >> and do we have to spend all those funds this year? >> Yes, the one allocated for this year. >> Yes, but within their budget limitations. So some of them go October 1st through September 30th and so >> so we can drag it into next school year. >> Yes. Okay. >> So we we're

030having to be um very intentional with how we use them knowing that they are >> in some capac one year funds because of the carryover >> even though we didn't know it existed because OT wasn't sure how they were going to roll it out and so they didn't hear about until probably August. Um and then the high dosage tutoring I think we only found out about in November. >> Yes. late night. >> Yeah. So, yes. And did that one come from OD tutoring grant? Where'd that come from? >> Yes, it came from OD. It's a supplemental to the current early literacy grant through OD. >> Interesting. >> And I So, those things aren't listed out here. >> They're not on we sheets, but they will be on the next set, the special revenue funds. >>

031Okay. >> Um, attachment. And this there's nothing else of note in the monthly reports because nothing happens in the capital projects or debt service during the winter. Um so we'll go on to the special revenue funds because this is where you'll see definitely the most amount of information because I've broken out what we budget as just the special revenue fund 200. Um it's probably 60 individual funds within there. And so I've broken that out for you guys. So you can kind of see what I look at when I take that um giant fund and break it out. So we have a variety of things are within there. The student body funds, KMHs radio, which we moved out of a student body fund into a separate revenue fund so we can track the business expenses. Um

032the scholarship committee is in here. um preschool promise grants, high school success, outdoor school, all of our variety of grants I've been conducted. So you can see what our allocation is, what we budgeted, and then what we've expensed or encumbered year. So you guys are a little more aware of what we're spending this on. It's primarily staffing, right? >> Does anyone have any questions on a special revenue grant? >> Yes. is is early literacy grant 247 and early and comp literacy grant 248 is a comp one on the one from OD no so early literacy is 247 that is from OD and we report it on our integrated program um with OD so that's like the same as SIA services that's allin one and then the comprehensive early literacy fund 248 that is the federal

033>> um that we we're having the both years of allocation this year because of when it got dispersed. >> Gotcha. >> And we haven't spent any of the high dosage tutoring. We only just got that branch agreement over the Christmas break. So that's why it's not showing here. We haven't spent anything out of it, but next month you'll see that as well. >> And the one that that you were talking about that came from Kuz Bay, >> that's fun 295. It's the YHA grants. And what does that fund? >> Um Melinda Torres manages that fund and she can give you definitely better information on that during her presentation. >> Okay. Thank you. Yeah, absolutely. She she had to apply for it and do all the budget. >> Got you. >> Sorry. Thank you. >> We

034passed you over unfortunately. >> Sorry. I made eye contact with her. Does anyone have any questions on any other special revenue funds? >> Parentheses are for or fund for these fund balances. Some some of the some of them are parentheses and some of them are not. What is that denoting? >> The parentheses identifies there's a negative fund balance. >> Negative fun >> and that is likely um depending on which one it's because they're reimbursement grants. So we spend it out and we'll submit reimbursements to >> Nice. >> They they changed in the last year. They've always been reimbursement and then in the last two years they switched summer reimbursement and summer dispersement and >> there's not a rhyme or reason that I can identify. Yeah. >> Do you think the TAP program is going to

035continue? Has there been any the pen program? >> I don't know anything about that one. I let you handle that. Yeah. You're raising your hand. What was the cash? >> Will it carry on? >> Do you think is the top program going to continue? >> So right now we're at the beginning of a two-year bianium and so the budget may go up a little bit. So right now for two years it's 200 and but it's every bianium. >> Thank you. >> Next year will be the second year >> important for advocacy next year for that. There has not been because with government to government and and no step it is something that's a based budget at Rosie. So there's not an expected cut to that program. >> Great. >> Thank you. >> The people who

036manage and run the grants. I'm so thankful for them. I cannot know all of that, but I can do the financials. >> Yeah. Any other >> I just want to say before we go to the audit report or before we go within the audit report um kudos to Marina and to Dr. Answer with last year for you know we're there are districts out there right now that are talking about midyear cuts and you know overestimated their enrollment and now they're in kind of spin spin work to get their budgets back in order. Dr. Brainssworth and Marina both did a great job of coming in lower than we, you know, projected with enrollment, padding us a little bit. And um it's it's paying dues for us to not have to be sitting here today like some

037districts in our state talking about mid-year layoffs and adjustments to the budget. So I just want to make sure we give kudos to both them for their work last spring >> and the budget committee. >> The budget committee. >> Yes, we will be thankful for them. Thank you. Um, >> and we still need one more person for the budget committee. Am I correct? >> Is that correct, David? >> Yes, we do. >> Okay. >> So, if you know anybody >> I found I know someone who wants to do something. She's an empty neester now. Wants to do something. >> I The budget committee is my baby and I would have anyone who is excited about budget to join. Thank you. Um, enrollment, there's not much change from last month. There's maybe one or two that

038are um switching from sides of town. The the biggest change honestly was at AYA. We went down five kids. That is a purely it comes in and it goes back out to AYA. Um I think maybe a very small percentage of those students, but um we just we we report on their actual daily enrollment. So it fluctuates. Um but Scott Pepper does a great way of tracking all the students. That was just the only significant notice in enrollment of every course of spring. Anyone have any question on enrollment? Thank you. >> On to the auto report. Great news. We have a clean unqualified opinion and I could not be more excited. >> Thank you. >> Congratulations. >> Thank you. It's our second year with our new firm um on Paul Valley Financial. they expanded significantly

039in their number of clients and so it was really looking like maybe we weren't going to get it in time but they actually got us the completed audit um a month before it was even due to so we are thankful and we have a clean opinion so we're even more thankful uh you'll notice that the biggest takeaway for me was that our beginning fund balance started at about 5.4 4 million and is ending at about 4.1. Uh this was very intentional based on the budget committee priorities of maintaining our staffing levels after ESRE. That was something that was really communicated to me um during the budget committee as our priority of maintaining our staffing as long as possible and um ensuring that our ending fund balance gets back to the board policy of 5% and

040not um eight or nine which was what we were sitting at right at work. Um, we want to stick with board policy and also use the fund dollars that are coming in for the students that are in our schools as they're coming in. So, we intentionally did spend 1.375 million of that ending fund balance. Um, we are still over the board policy required. I believe it's 5%. So, that sits about 1.9 million when we're doing budget. And you'll see I always budget for that percentage. Um, but there's always allocations that don't get spent and so we are continually eating down that ending fund balance until it stays at about the 5% of I'm always looking for too much. So, um, we're able to maintain our staffing levels as they are for this year. Um, with

041the understanding that next year there will be reductions. To what extent, I honestly don't know. Our our we've kind of discussed a number, but then is making cuts um which was really communicated by the legislature of potentially up to 5%. That could come to honestly as early as February and this year. Um we'll we'll have a decision in February this year from the legislature as to whether or not they'll impact this year or they'll save all of the impact for next year on the state because it is the second year in a bite. So they do have the capacity to lower that in the second year. Um if that happens, we will talk about the repercussions of that at a future board meeting in budget committee. But those are the things that we're looking at.

042Um but we're not see that any fund balance decrease 1.4 4 million are coming up on budget cuts that uh it is intentional and we are making decisions to maintain our staffing the best possible and service levels with the knowledge that OD needs were up there. Um so hopefully next month I'll come back to you with great news that OD is going to move all of that um cut and maybe it's a very minimal cut not to the state school fund but I will I'll report to you guys whatever I hear as soon as we hear it and we will discuss changes if we right now good we're on track for budget on track for audit >> you want to talk a little bit about the budget process later Uh, February 4th will be the

043big day. >> February. >> We'll probably get an update before the board meeting. >> Yes. >> Yeah. But we'll we can discuss it further and what it means for our district and working on excellency. Does anyone have any questions on the audit? >> Thank you and thank you to your team. Um, I really appreciate the for us talking about it. We had that high amount what we've been into talked about, hey, this is our board policy amount. Let's let's spend the money so we can keep the quality services and still keep our cushion there where we've got it in board policy. So, I appreciate us doing that. So, I'm sure the students and families do as well. >> Thanks. The veter committee bec. >> Any other questions for Marie? >> Just a statement. I think

044all of us, if you know, state representatives you should be talking to them. They do have a rainy day plant that they can tap into so they could keep education hold they want and it is currently maxed out. There isn't there money just goes in there automatically and until it gets to a certain space it's now at top of that space. So they need to spend some of it anyway. I hope um that they get the message that holding education harmless is the most important right they can do. Yes, >> it's been they've used that fund nine times as Ferris Buork 99 times over and over again by KOSA that uh and KO is going to be having a a team of uh members myself included that's going to go up and do some advocacy

045work uh in late January and in early February to really encourage them to use that stability education stability fund. I know that the governor's team is very nervous about 2027. Originally, they had said that they were not interested in tapping into the education stability fund because of the of the fear of the 2027 bianium, but um she's heard from constituents that >> it's maxed out as already said. >> Yeah, >> let's look at using some of it to >> maintain our services for next next year, the second half of >> where does the money come from, Arie? trying to remember is something Oh, I think it comes off before we give back money. Um, if we miscalculate on the amount of money that >> is coming in, >> and even in that time, there's been

046a couple different times that we've actually knew there was a budget coming that's bad, but state law requires us to give money back. >> So, we've sent it back to the people. And this uh week is the our legislative days. So committees are meeting this week for hearings that you can watch. >> If there's anything I can do, I I'm going up Wednesday for a couple committees with >> I know. I think you can probably >> Does OSBA have people or a team that lobbies up there? Absolutely. Yes. >> OSBA, KOSA, OEA, >> they're all all have a a network of >> Yes. >> Anyone have any other questions? >> The top of the report by name. >> Yes. Any other questions? Okay, we are back to Melinda. >> Oh, Melinda has no fear. >>

047Yeah, Melinda's not afraid. >> No, I'm back. I won't go that far. >> Well, um, her my name is Melinda Torres. I'm supervisor of student support services. So, what that really means is I oversee the ARC project because there's a drop in center that we have uh that serves houseless children, youth, and their families within the county. Um, and we're located behind Marshmuff High School between the wood shop and theater. And then also, I have um I think I brought our newsletter that you might have seen in your email, but um I brought copies, pull out the copies for you all. Um, and I just want to give an overview of how we've been doing this school year. Um, we this school year we gave out 495 backpacks to all over the county. Um, which

048was just really great. We also um made sure that we have enough for um CAS as well and kids hope center and safe project any of those other um family resources that we have in town that uh could use those additional benefits. And um all the schools super appreciative especially our outlying schools like Powers and Merl Point we go to and they really do depend on um the extra supports that we give which has been really great. Um and then also we have a new community liaison Ruth Thomas. She was over at Miloma. She's been with us uh with our district for eight years now. So, it's really exciting that we um had an internal applicant that um knows I mean knows staff, knows the kids already that were little and then it's just uh

049she's fitting in really well and she has some great ideas and I'm really excited to see like um what other uh things that she does to improve our services with ARC. Um this holiday season this was probably this is the most kids that we've ever had. We had 215 kids on our holiday wish list. So uh how we decide those students is everyone usually uh people that come into the ark that's who we who do we have a relationship with and then we ask each of the schools in our county to uh give us some other families that they want to sponsor uh for our holiday wish list. And then uh we this year was the first time I ever went outside of just our students and staff wrapping presents. It was all like It

050was uh it was new. It was good. It was good practice for me. So, we had uh Northbend High School leadership and their Bulldog charity program come and help wrap presents for um all of their Northbank kiddos and we invited uh North City Council board as well um to help participate. And then over we also partnered with the Bandane Community Youth Center and that was really great. we had uh the school board over there and we also had um the youth center um board members as well um come and help wrap presents and then for us here it was like oh my gosh we had it was great there's there's a lot of presence we had school board members um we invited city council the city manager came um Gary came Eli came it was

051a lot of fun we they only >> rectangles >> we only want rectangles rectangle Yeah. Oh my. And then Latinx club, uh, Melanie, she's the one she got, she was like, I saw this on TikTok before I came and I said, okay, great. Like, let's just have you do that the whole time. >> So, yeah, it was really cool. Uh, and the charity, MHS charity program came as well, and it was just, we had a lot of presents. It was the like besides this year we had 187 kids was my highest year and that was probably two years ago. So 215 that's quite a bit more. So we're trying to figure out how can we um really coordinate services with other communities and seeing who else wants to get involved. And I think uh it's

052it was great. It wasn't all just on Tuesday to do it all because it's a lot. And then also that equated to around a thousand gifts that were wrapped this holiday season. Uh we also gave out 67 uh Thanksgiving and Christmas meals as well this year to all of the neighboring communities. And then um for the ark this year we had since July till I pulled numbers today we had 365 uh contacts. So, people that come in um for anything. Um and then also this current school year we have around um 210 students that qualified as uh being title 10 this school which was I mean it's kind of crazy. It's kind it's it's a little down. It's um it was I mean I feel like right before CO hit that's when it was like

053at its alltime high. We're in the top 10 for the state for ratio. Um, but we're we're still trying to figure out new ways um to make sure that we find out who all those kids are that qualify. And like a lot of them I noticed sometimes I had like, "Oh my gosh, I haven't seen you since you were 12." And I was thinking, "Oh, you have not been in school since then." >> So, how do we re-engage these families and try to make it really happen? has been um the next big thing that we're trying to tackle right now. Um I think and then also I'll go over so you make me go sit down. Um so the YHA grant stands for youth emergency housing assistance and I like made sure I got okay.

054So, the Oregon legislature had around like $5 million that they set aside for Oregon housing and community services. And if you remember a couple years ago, we had the homeless respon like homeless response coalition or something along those lines a couple years ago. And we applied as Northbend and Kous Bay for those grants. And then that's how that whole thing came about where there's a lot of listening sessions and what's going on or what do we want to use these other funds for throughout the years. And then um first year they were like starting to get to know the community. And then the second year they were like um who we visited all these places that um focus on kids and houselessness. So what do we want to do with this money? And then that's

055kind of when it dissipated kind of went away. And then the city of Kous Bay now is the middle for the grant right now. So really what that pays for is um salary and also stuff. So, what we paid for um was all the backpacks, which was great. And then also, uh we paid for tax a lot of taxis right now, which our average cost for taxes each month is around 500, which is quite a bit because we help with uh kids like getting to school or like I'm really big on mental health. So like doctor's appointments, mental health appointments, what are those social services that you need that we might now that we're at full capacity, we're going to be able to take them ourselves and help them navigate that, especially our unaccompanied kids

056right now. And I'm I'm just really excited to be at full staff because I feel like that the need is growing. And then also we're not just like we just don't serve our houseless kids. It's any at risk families. were kind of like the social servicey um people to go to for our whole school district. At least it it's nice that there's a warm handoff where if they need something or if they need help navigating a different I mean like a social service that they never had before then um it's an easier process for them. So that's been great. >> So in a housing do we work with AYA? >> Yes. >> Because they have more housing than anybody else in the county right now. >> I know it's been it's great. I also work

057for AYA in their housing department. So that's been really great where they come through that door. I really I can do the intakes for them and like emergency like there was an emergency last week and uh I got the student got a hold of me and we got that student into emergency housing um right away which is really nice. we have those great relationships and with rental assistant. We had a couple families last year that where we helped with um they needed to move out of where they were doubled up at and we they had all the qualifications and we got them into an apartment within I think two months just you know finding one with rental history and income and all those good things. But >> yeah, we helped them with their deposit >>

058and I think four months of rent >> which is great. property. So, it's been um it's a really good working relationship. And then this YH1, so they're using so they also have a subbrand as well with how with rental assistance. Um, so it's I mean we've been really focusing on um with AYA too is going to kind of going to different agencies and introducing ourselves and like oh like last last month we all went to the cous because I have new staff, they have new staff and trying to figure out what what other resources are because it's all the same. I bing dropped four times but there's different people each time. So really making sure that there's that connection and then uh even sending kids over there. >> The one in North Bend. >> Yeah.

059>> So the YHA grant pays for um staffing too. >> It pays for my salary. >> Your salary. Okay. >> Thank you. >> And then I'm hoping I'm hopeful that there is a renewal next year as well. But I'm glad because yeah, you'll be good. So I know that you have a connection. So do we ever work with band and dunes to get some resources for >> I mean no >> they have they have their foundations have a fair amount of money. They do a lot of different things. Housing has not been one of those but we were conversation. Yeah, I do talk to I did tell Marie that I so with that application I it's like this is the time I feel like right now is when I need to start looking for more

060grants for salaries and everything because everything's being cut. So, right now, this is where I did talk to Marie already last school year that I wanted to apply specifically for salaries for um for the spring grant cycle that they have coming up. >> And the Milling Foundation. >> Yeah, the Milling Foundation, too. >> That was a good one, too. >> You use the term, you said unaccompanied. >> So, how many students do you serve that are unaccompanied? And what does that exactly define? Like is that somebody who just has no guardian or >> Yeah, no guardian. They're like still qualify as like I mean like they for example doubled up, anything like that, run a runaway from like a DB situation or it's just not safe to be in their home and they're too old

061for DHS right now. >> Okay. And they're staying at a friend. >> And we partner with Away. They have a host home program which is really great. We try to utilize that where uh stipulations uh and we're the main referrals for housing and for their host home program as well. Um with unaccompanied those are the ones that we pay special attention to like make sure that we go to especially for high school go to their uh oh my gosh why am I not thinking about it right now? Um parent teacher conferences go see look at their grades. We really try to go that extra mile because they need to feel supported. And even like one kid that we got referred over, um she's going to swap right now and we still I I still make

062her come in and do laundry once a week. So I can see her and like you haven't done Pasma yet. We need to do this and scholarships and just making sure that they uh have that continued support. Just because she graduated from us doesn't mean that we're still not there for you, which is happening more frequently. And how is everybody hearing? How do these kiddos hear about you? What is like the is it just peer referral or >> it's honestly I have a lot more teachers. I have secretaries. Um and it's a gentle handoff where um hey let's just set up a meeting. I want to talk to you. Um and that's just been how it's been going right now. Or I'm getting a lot more from um uh hospital getting a lot more calls

063from the hospital about I have a kid in here. don't know where they're they they don't have a place to go. Like do you know what what resources there are? We're getting a lot of those too. >> Most of our building admin have one speak. >> I'm glad they're calling. >> So many of our secretaries and a lot of our teachers. >> No, it's it's been great. >> Nice to have Charleston back in the loop for housing. Anybody else? >> Yeah, it's I feel like it's just it's a community effort. It really is. And Melinda, I don't know if you did this this year, so apologize for putting on a spot for that. In the past, Melinda's come to each building and did a short little or somebody from her team has come and did

064a short little presentation on this is what we do and this is how you contact us. We have students in need. >> Yeah. And we still do that. Like Ruth is having like has some great ideas about even doing it after the holidays and saying, "Oh, we're still here. Um, you still knew because now we're gearing up for summer and telling them about when we're open and what services we still offer and Oh, it's Yeah, I'm excited. >> You're amazing. >> I try sometimes. >> Are there any other questions? >> I was say it's also fun. I haven't done it this year because I haven't been out to Costco as much, but I usually buy a bunch of goodies at Costco to drop off at the >> Oh, >> yes. Please come by. If you

065have not come by, please come by. It's a wonderful little place. >> Yeah. >> And we're bringing you peanut butter again this month. >> Is there anything else you need? >> I think we just like uh probably like food. We're all like food is always a big thing. I just had >> like snacks or >> no food or full size toiletries. >> When and I don't know how much you've done this but grocery outlet. I'm not I don't know about locally, but grow many grocery outlets that I've worked with have been really good because it's um a warehouse program where they have a database of items that they can go find for you at a really big discount because of think about that. >> I use them a lot as an athletic director as a

066coach. Um so if you go talk to the local manager owner, most of them are locally owned and you can go in and they can show you like you can go in and say, "I need I need a case I need cases of peanut butter." and they'll go on and see if they can find it and usually they can give you the best prices on those items. So, >> yeah. >> Or all of your little organizations that you belong to can do food drives and bring it to our >> and then I talked to some of the food drive people locally and they talk about non-p perishable me like there's canned salmon. >> So good. What I learned is we you have to be really careful of what you bring because people who are houseless

067don't have ways to cook some of it. You know, like people were giving boxes of mac and cheese. Well, if you don't have a microwave or a refrigerator to keep milk cold, then that's not going to do you any good. >> And I always encourage families, too, like we have a full kitchen. we have to go hangers, all that good stuff where they can do it. It's not as much happening as it was like all the time. But, um, that's still always an option for them like you can bake lasagna in there or do whatever. >> So, this is a much larger conversation, but I'm just curious of your opinion. How do you do you see the housing improving and more affordability in the area aside from the new builds? And are you seeing things

068open up? More and more apartments available? No, it's the same. >> The big one in North. >> Yeah, that one. >> It looks like it's for workers more than income. >> It will be for >> I'm talking about the annex. >> I know. I'm talking about the big grocery. >> So, that one should have 22 or something like 122 units available. >> Yeah. And then our next big push will be the workforce housing. >> Yeah, it's exciting. >> It's very exciting. >> Yeah. >> Well, thank you. >> Yeah. >> Always Gary, you're up next. But before you come up, could I ask Eli? >> You can ask Eli anything you want. >> The superintendent's presentation. Eli, we um while we were on break all received um communication from Michelle that we were hiring a um

069new teacher for the broadcast department. Could you talk about what went on? What happened? >> We are in the middle of interviews right now. So we have three candidates that we're interviewing. So hopefully by the end of the week I will we will be hiring. We will offering the position to a candidate. So >> we're Yes. Pretty nice to have three candidates at this time of the year. >> We can talk about that sports. We just have a radio meeting. >> Okay. >> We've heard all about it. >> Okay. Good. >> But but we're almost gonna hire someone. >> Well, yeah. I was delightfully surprised to have >> multiple candidates this time of year for for a job that's not easy to fill. CTE jobs are not easy. >> Yeah, that's nice that you have

070>> all highly qualified. >> Alabama person look good. >> They all look good. I'll see you. >> Oh, good. Thank you, Eli. >> All right. I tough job of following up Melinda and Eli. Um, all right. So, uh, January board report going to start off, uh, our first slide video, schoolboard appreciation month. And if you want a picture of your superhero outfit, we get it for you. >> Yeah, that would be sharp. I would have love costume ideas. Kevin, I will tell you I had to adjust the prompts a little bit because you uh it wanted to red your beard and it was like you gave me the hammer. That's all I got to I was like I'm gonna land there and just let people >> um wanted to go over some slides and many

071of the slides uh were from our welcome back certified gathering that we had on January 5th. And so I started off um with going over with our staff again what our mission statement is kind of in that reset coming back holiday break of looking at what we've done and where we're going. So started off with our mission statement that each student is known uh by name strength and need and all gra all students graduate with a plan to be enrolled employed or enlisted. Thanks David for being my clicker. Uh we went over uh once again our kuzbay uh promise and our foundation for learning. Um, I found that this has also been really nice to go over with uh folks that have asked, whether it's the Chamber of Commerce people that I've been visiting with.

072I've talked about it a little bit at BSD, community members. It's nice to be able to say this is the foundation of CSUSB schools. I also went over our CSUSB culture, our district culture of uh a culture that embraces collaboration, embraces learning, embraces ownership for results, and celebrates successes. And that was part of kind of my message to staff on the 5th when we came back. I took our superintendent goals from the one, two, three, and four and put them into a little different format for that meeting. So I talked about uh uh my superintendent goals uh which include raising the academic expectations and outcomes for the district uh as aligned to the state accountability metrics, the long-term alternative education plan and pro and priorities. And I want to point out that at the very

073end I put on there a bridge program which is kind of a a place filler name, but um that is a concept and an idea that Dr. Crook and I are continuing to work on to help with some of our most striving behavioral students and looking at how we can best support them um in in both their social emotional learning and their academic learning. So right now we've kind of got a placeholder calling it bridge program which is a common name for several school districts. they call it the bridge between um a transitional bridge between their needs and getting them into the regular genet environment. So uh also talked about investigating and establishing the need for additional programs in Goosebay schools. Uh one of the co-curriculars that I've asked uh Mr. McCord to look into

074for next year that I think could be very cost effective, possibly even costneutral is uh junior high cheer and dance. Uh we were able to get a new cheerleading mat uh for the high school cheer team. Um and so we might be able to pass their mat on down to the to the junior high team uh and and maybe have a junior high team established um with with very minimal cost. Our high school team already just cheers at home games. So they're doing travel associated having an advisor and then getting kids signed up. So it's just one area we think we can expand. We'll continue to look at others, but with the budget situation, cost effectiveness, cost neutral is really where we need to go with these programs. And then administer at least two community

075and student surveys focusing on climate, student voice. I think this is an area that we've been really strongly both with our families, our communities, and our our students. So far, we're just continuing to gather more data as we've gone through. >> Thanks, David. Uh, this was not presented to staff, but I wanted to present it to our board. Uh this is our regular attenders uh from September to December. So it's comparing uh September to December this year to September to December last year. Okay. Uh you can see the yellow is last year, the purple is this year. And to be a regular attender, you can miss no more than about eight days right now in the school year when it comes from uh September to December. As you can see in comparing the buildings from

076this year to last year, all of our buildings are up in terms of regular attenders. Some of them like Sunset are up 20%. >> Um the east side schools, Miloma and and East Side um have a little bit less room for growth um when it comes to their regular attenders from last year. We still have a ways to go to get 90, no doubt about it. But we are seeing some really positive growth amongst our regular attenders in all of our buildings. And that's a big kudos to the folks that are u taking the time to really focus on attendance at our schools. uh real real proud. I made sure to tell the administrators today how proud I was of them their efforts um when we met before this week. Is there one is there

077one or two themes about or reasons for the improvement that >> I think the building's having to take a little more ownership on it and focus on a few more inbuilding systems is one also I think to be really honest with you we had really bad cold and flu season last year and that's not going to be 20% growth like sunset but I think some of our buildings it was a couple of percentage points higher due to the fact that last year Dr. Gowski, you may have been aware of this being in the hospital. Last year's cold and flu season in that November, October, November, December, pretty rough. So, um, but we're proud. We'll take the winds however we get. So, for sure definitely a win. >> Sunset is definitely their their improvement is not

078due to the better cold influences. There's due systems and I think more staff checking in with families and uh really proud of what they're doing over there on the west side. >> Um, went over the family conference uh survey. This is we surveyed families about how fall conferences went. Um we had 290 responses and of those responses 90% responded with positive messages, positive feedback when it came to uh their students academic progress being clearly explained. The families being able to understand the performance for the students in each subject. They were provided the student strengths and needs which goes right back to our mission that was happening that that came up as a positive. Um the student engagement in class was clearly articulated to the families. Uh the staff was positive, respectful and welcoming to our

079families. And 90% plus were overall satisfied with their experience at conferences. And some of the key words that came up from the comments were trust, gratitude, culture, commitment, kindness, being positive, and being heard. So I think that's a really good uh some really good feedback from our families. Some of the grows we have is the families wanted some more input on ways that they could support student engagement and needs for their for their child. Very reasonable. Um conducting conferences the same time for all the buildings you know the same couple of days was a theme and we're going to look at that. It's a theme for our own staff members and our own we we've had this conversation in calendar committee even prior to the results of the survey really coming back in. So, I

080would expect some changes there, if not this spring, next year on how that is operated. Um, we talked a little bit about staff. Do we want to move K6 conferences to earlier in the year, maybe around early October, right after we do those early year assessments, so they're more fresh rather than when it's around, you know, uh, a month and a half later than November around Veterans Day. Uh, so we had that conversation, too, as staff. uh communication on what families could bring. Do they bring their student? Do they bring documents? Uh what teachers are and aren't available especially at the secondary level to activities and athletics. Um clearer expectations on data like what is a benchmark? What do these test scores mean? Which we've had that conversation here. And then providing help to families

081to support the students at home, what can they do for homework for interventions. So, those are our our grows that came out of it that we're going to look at as administrators and staff as we get ready for spring conferences and then again in the fall. Our spring conferences is generally fall has always been a time we want to meet with every family and spring is where we're meeting with our most striving that need that extra uh other glows that we talked about. Every building has students that are making gains, whether it's destinations graduation rate, uh, East Side's first grade scores on their um, Dibbles assessment, Madison second grade scores. Our special education and students in poverty on OSAS, their scores have gone up by 7%. So, every building has wins in terms of our

082academics, which is great. Um, for the first year, Kuzbay had a day of testing in October where we had students in the junior high and high school all taking some sort of assessment, whether it was the preACT, ACT, the ASVAB, um, one of those assessments, all buildings were engaged in taking some sort of assessment, which is great. All of our junior high schools, um, we're working on continuing to revamp that certified evaluation tool to be more rubric based, like we ask our students to have more rubric based assessments in class. Um, and that's gone really well. We've had a good team looking at those. We have a summitive plan um we're working on and then we'll start working on what those formative or observation tools look like. Uh the Marshall junior high and high school

083bell schedule I think is a big goal for us. We were able to accomplish the needs for the remainder of the school year to get more advisory time to have more uh PLC time on Friday. That was a major collaborative effort with the administrators, the teachers uh of those buildings that classified staff. There were lots of discussions, meetings, and things of that nature and feedback. So, I'm really happy about the collaborative nature and all the conversations we had with those staff members um to build that schedule for the second semester. And then building reputa, excuse me, building relationships with families and community. I'm going to talk a little bit later about the upcoming uh the coffee with the superintendent. Um but uh we've done two of those. They've gone really well. Um and and Marino

084was at one of them over there. And was at the first one. And um we're working on some town hall presentations. Dave and I have been working with our local tribal members and um the fire station hosting one coming up in um February. And then um we're going to host one over at Sunset because I I really want to try to find a way to get offsite, but the fire stations over on the west side, they don't have restrooms for the public. So, we're going to do one at Sunset and then we're working on one out at possibly out on one of the tribal locations as well to to get families to come and visit about what we're doing. Lots of positive feedback for grows that we have student behaviors. We know that we've had

085those conversations. We're continuing to have those conversations. Um, and we're going to take some looks at what we can do both in the buildings in terms of classroom comprehensive classroom management plans, how we can support more students that have striving behavioral needs, and then how we can continue to find avenues to put students in the best position to be successful. And that might be this bridge program as we look to start the fall. Uh, Senate Bill 141, the state accountability measures. Um they are going to be uh adopting the interim assessments on the 15th. Um the problem with the interim assessments is of the four that are proposed for adoption, we don't currently use any of them, which means we're going to have to go out and spend money to bring these interim assessments to

086goosebased schools. >> The interim assessments we use, uh Dibbles is considered a dyslexia screener more than an interim assessment. So, uh, we're going to have to find an additional ELA, reading interim assessment. We want to keep our nibbles because we do use it for screening, diagnostic tool, and interventions. Um, and then math, we're going to have to look at adopting an interim assessment. Right now, OD is telling us that we should budget about $10 per student, K8, per assessment. Um, so we're looking in the upper areas. >> And are they going to give us that extra money, $10 per student? No, they're not. No. And so we're looking at probably around $40,000 additional costs for these inter assessments total about 20,000 per subject. Um I'm learning. >> Yeah, you're and these are uh these are

087additional we would be losing instructional time to give students additional testing. Yes, it would probably if if if let's say um shouldn't say the names of the assessments until they're adopted, but one of them we used in the past and it was about 30 minutes to do the math assessment and we did it three times a year um all beginning of the year, middle of the year, end of year. So, you're looking at three lost days of instruction to do assessments most likely. Um I haven't seen what the reading interim assessments are going to look like. So I'm just guessing that there'll be a one day assessment, but the math one took about 30 days. >> And is this um when it says state accountability metrics that suggest that then this will become public information

088and this will become part of our district's kind of report card, if you will. >> Yeah. Senate Bill 141 mandates that this that the data from the interim assessments is presented to the administrators and the board three times a year. So, it'll be included in our data banks. The nice thing is we've already we're already doing a lot of the accountability measures that were built into to 141. We've just unfortunately they didn't choose the assessments that we're using. So, we're going to have to branch off a little bit to add these. But, we've been doing a lot of the things reporting attendance data, reporting u academic achievement to the board. Uh we've been doing those things. So, we're kind of ahead of the game. Um one of the areas that we're going to have to

089make a decision is the local assessment. And the local assessment um could be the interim assessments. They're going to be considered a local assessment in terms of our report card. We get to choose one that goes on our report card. We can look at those interim assessments. We can look at fifth grade science scores. Uh we can look at our CTE um certifications. Um probably the one that I would recommend we choose right now would be our dual credit advanced placement college readiness. um metric because we're way ahead of the game in that metric. Um you know, we had we're if all things go well and continue kids continue to work at the pace that we're thinking, we're going to have more kids come out of Marshall with an associates degree this year than we've

090ever had. So, um the dual credit work that Eli's done in in over the last handful of years, the AP um push that Dr. Ainssworth put in last year got us at a good head start if we chose that metric which is would be my recommendation based on right now. Uh I think at some point OD is going to put a second local metric, one for the elementarymentaries and one for the secondary, but right now they're just have so but that's that's a grow that we have coming up is getting ready for 2026 in the fall with these accountability measures are active and this will be something um like in in in healthcare when things like this happen a lot of times hospital or clinics if you get a menu of of things you can

091choose choose from. Everybody starts choosing from uh those things, meaning moving away from dibbles and moving toward a state sponsored thing. Is is the is the goal of this bill to try to get districts like our own to stop using some of the assessments we use and use the ones they want us to use or is it >> No, I think the goal is one, there are districts out there that don't do interm assessments. Few, but there are some. I think the other thing is by choosing four, they can start looking at apples to apples instead of apples to oranges. So if there's only four, they can start looking and saying where do you compare to? We're going to have cluster districts that we are with that are similar size demographics to us that they're

092going to compare. How is Kuz Bay, North Ben, Atoria, Cascade was in our cluster group by Salem, Primeville was in there. How are those schools when we look at them? how are they doing on these inter assessments? Granted, we may be doing different ones, but by choosing the four, they can measure how we're doing uh in a smaller scale. So, that's really the reason we're going to continue, our plan is to continue to use our Dibble screener for finding out those students that are at risk for dyslexia and also it's tied to our intervention system um because it amplifies curriculum and how it works. So to go away from dibbles means we would be going away from the adopted intervention curriculum that we're using and actually create a ton more work for us than if

093we just did the additional nerve assess. >> Are we have the training and the expertise to be able to actually do that? Yeah, we we have we have the we've our staff is well trained on dibble. So that part is going to be easy, right? But the other once we adopt the interim assessments that's that $10 per student doesn't take into account the associated cost. >> That's Yeah. And then also the diagnostic piece I just I've talked to a lot of uh clinicians who there's not a lot of people who diagnose dyslexia, right, and that are actually qualified to do that. So we're just using that criteria to point to a direct not necessarily diagnostic right >> because we use that word actually with Uovo >> and they've got a whole learning center there and

094they said that is not you know we are not qualified in this area to do >> 100% we don't diagnose it but it flags it as a potential reason for the students resources >> and then we can put resources >> but then we'll we'll add on to that this new criteria for our metrics and and we're going to have to have training on to >> you know just the efficacy of what we're >> doing and and I do not as I said I have not I've seen the names of the ELA assessments but I don't nor do any of the other superintendents unless they use them >> the 15th they'll be officially adopted >> but the ELA assessments I don't know what they entail I I don't know if they're like a one minute oral

095reading um passage plus this the math one I know at least one of them that we've done it's computer based we did we used it in the past in a previous curriculum so I can at least know that one I'm like okay it takes about 30 minutes it's it speaks to these grade level standards and then it looks and says okay students proficient in this standard not in this st stand standard it'll look at uh uh algebraic terms and measures And then it'll look at ge uh geometric ge geometry. It'll look at those things and it'll tell you where the students at. So I kind of have a little familiarity with how the math one could potentially be. The ELA one right now is kind of when they're adopted, we'll reach out to some districts

096that have them and say, "What do you do? >> What does it look like? Is it?" And get some more info there. So the 15th will be that day. Once they're adopted, then we'll start to go. The other thing is we already in contracts to use some of our items. So whether like dibbles is one, but like our Savis momentum diagnostic that we use um we're going to have to keep paying for it for the remainder of the six years and even though we're going to have to go this other direction. Um, >> so KOSA and um is also kind of reaching out to the governor's office and ODA about like can you slow roll these out for some districts that are locked into contracts with other vendors right now >> and not make them

097have to spend >> um an additional $40,000 >> plus what they're sending to these other companies. So stay tuned on that and see there's usually always some sort of OD waiver or extension that happens. uh when it comes to the interim assessments, I think that could happen. I think the other things that the attendance, graduation rate, on time, on track to graduate, those things, they're going to start in the fall of 2026 and I feel pretty good about those because we've already been >> can parents still opt out of all these. >> Parents cannot opt out of the interim assessments. So the interim assessments are not the state test. And so that is one reason also why there's a lot of districts out there that say these interim assessments. That's what we should be having

098on a report card rather than state test. The state test, you know, in some districts you've got 60% of the high school kids that are opting out, >> right? And so um many many people out there are like we should just be looking at the interim assessments as our as our report card measure when the state says >> some of the states in the country who have done this actually bought all the assessments and gave them to the school districts I wish are safe to do that. >> Yes. I know the states trying to negotiate reduced fees for them because at least that's what we told but boy that would be nice. I think that's Mississippi Alabama but some of the states are modeling very well. >> Yeah. So um um good segue in obviously

099a growth for us. We have budget issues coming. We know that um we'll continue to work. I'm going to have a budget slide later so I'm not going to talk about it right now. Um advanced placement. Part of our grows with advanced placement is advanced placement is expensive. The tests are expensive. the staffing for advanced placement courses um lead to um at times smaller sections of certain courses and then big sections of non-advanced placement courses. So, it kind of tweaks and messes with the master schedule. Um I'm working with Mr. Ashton, I'm working with Dr. Crook um on a plan uh several plans that we can balance class sizes, still offer our advanced placement courses and support for those advanced placement courses, but do it in a fiscally responsible way. Um because it's we need

100to we need to continue those offerings, but we need to make sure in this budget crunch that we're also making sure and then our PLC model. We're continuing to work on our PLC model. Um, AP seminar is a relatively new thing that the district is doing. Yes. And it's since we're rolling that out to 100% of students or a large percentage of students is very expensive. That's something that needs to continue. How do we >> The testing component is much more expensive for AP than the um than this I shouldn't say it's more expensive than staffing component, but it's the additional cost of testing. We're upwards of >> what did we total for testing? 80ish thousand. >> Yeah, about 80. >> We spend about 80,000 on student testing. I think we spend about 45 or

10150 on just AP testing. Um and um the AP seminar class right now is we we're having some some glows and grows with that as well. It was, you know, unveiled very quickly. Um we're learning from other districts. There's not very many districts in the state that have AP seminar, but we're continuing to work with them in states around the country or schools around the country. Um, we are working on I met with you Eli and I and Chad um Floyd Montiel today working on a plan for some pre-AP training and courses for teachers at the seventh, 8th to 9th grade level. They're going to help prepare students for those AP courses by a little by more rigor and a little bit more AP track as they're seventh, eighth, and ninth graders. Um, that I

102think is going to help when those students go into AP seminar or if they're nth graders, AP environmental science um a little more prepared and not so like eyes wide open of what hits them when they walk into AP Seminar. So, um, but, uh, we have really good staff at the high school that are doing the AP seminar courses. I had a meeting with two teachers for break and they're working really hard on behalf of the students. We just have a lot of kids that are overwhelmed right now with the rigor of it. Um, and it's brand new >> and it's brand new. So, we're going to have some bumps in the road, but we're working through it. We're going to continue to >> When do they do the testing? Sorry. >> AP testing is

103in April. Ei most AP tests in April. >> Uh May. >> May. >> Yeah. The first well the first test is being but we usually usually don't start until second. >> And is there an option for kiddos to opt out of the testing if they want? >> Oh yes. >> Yeah. Oh yeah. We so we actually had to declare back in November if student was going to take the test. So we've already had those conversations with kids. which I would say probably about and most of our the nonavy seminar classes about 80% of our students that it's it's a high number of students >> and we really tried to emphasize to the students that the tests are expensive. So if you're going to opt out please let us know like we're happy to pay for

104it but if you're if you're not and please don't say you'll take it just to make us happy on in November October and then not show up in May. So >> I mean I I've seen some of the AP curriculum online and then also what my kiddo is bringing home and there's definitely a difference. I mean it definitely prepares these kids to be working if they're going on to that college level. It there's definitely a difference. So I could see the kiddos that are not super interested where they would be feeling stressed and overwhelmed and how also it would help people who are going to go on to um college or vocational that would help them thrive in that environment. So >> one of the challenges that we're facing is when we contact schools um

105and Mr. Ashton, feel free to correct me if I'm if I'm wrong, but from my understanding, many of the schools that were contacting that offer the a lot of AP offerings are the bigger schools in the state, the 5A 6A schools. Most of the 4A schools have a small amount of AP and offer many more dual enrollment. >> Um, so we're reaching out to schools and they're like, well, we have 2,200 students, so we can do this, this, and this. And it's like, well, we have we have 780. So, uh, we're having to kind of work through some some some bumps in the road when it comes to that. But, uh, I'm I'm really proud of what Eli and his staff are doing at the high school when it comes to >> Yeah. I just

106I just want to say for the record that I think that the the AP work that's being done is really really good and really important and I would really a see see any any backwards movement on that. Um I think it's it's a really important thing for the for the community and for um for the students here. >> Yeah. And I I think again if we can start working on some of those preAP courses in the seventh, eth, and nth grade level and get those students prepared, we're going to continue to see more and more students that are voluntarily enrolling in some of the AP Calc and AP US history and government things. >> And it's just as we see our our first graders do far better when they've had a couple years of preschool.

107Y >> um and they're a little bit a little bit more ready for what's coming. you know it takes a little time to get used to rigor like if you want to use that term um but I think it's really important my two cents >> um next slide yeah >> so I presented these to our staff at that welcome back as well um I you know preach to staff about believing believing in students believing in themselves their colleagues last show it's great um and so I I re I I presented all of these in four separate slides back in August and so I put them onto one and just retouched upon like remember back then my message of believing in yourself, your students, your colleagues, the families that you're working with that everybody's trying to

108do their best. I talked with staff about being better today than they were yesterday, being better tomorrow than they than they are today. Again, I'm a continuous improvement guy and so I talked about that in August and we touched on that. Talked about embracing the grind that the school year is a grind. We need to embrace it. We need to celebrate that it's a grind. If you celebrate the grind and embrace it, you're going to come out better on the other side. And then dreaming. I really preach to students about following their dreams. Whether I always say whether like 18 or 80, have a dream. And so I re retouched on those with staff as uh budget process. Kind of shifting gears a little bit. I did not talk about this with staff. I'm just

109talking about it with you tonight because I wanted the staff message to be very positive in nature. Um, but this is kind of what we're looking at here. Um, been meeting with Marina quite a bit, Michelle, Dr. Crook. I mean, we've had a bunch of meetings here at the district office. Um, in January, each building admin is looking at analyzing kind of their priorities within their buildings, and the district office is doing the same thing within their departments. Um, February 4th, that state revenue forecast is released, which will really tell us kind of where we're going to go. I mean, there'll be another one that comes a little bit late, comes later, but that's the main one that's going to either we can take a deep breath and we're going to be okayish or um

110we're going to lock the door of the district office and hunker down and and really work on things. We won't walk, but um in February, the district leadership team is going to present the budget situations to each building. So, we're going to go to buildings and do a short presentation of what the budget looks like, why we're in the situation we're in. So, what Esser did to us a few years ago, what we're um how we've been using reserves. We're going to also talk about what things c what things cost. What is an administrator cost on average? A teacher, an an EA. Um we're going to talk with them about um uh what some of our programs pay for that are outside of the general fund. So, looking at SIA, the student investment account, uh

111looking at some of our grant programs, what they pay for. So, you know, sometimes it's easy to say, well, we should just take, you know, this and go away with it. And it's like, but that doesn't come out of the general fund. That comes out of this bottom of the overhead. So, we're going to have a brief overview. And then we're going to ask them for feedback. What ideas do they have? And we did this during the great recession time when I was in South Lane. Our our superintendent, her team came into each building and did this and some ideas came out of it. Um, it also helped solve some what many staff thought were initial simple ideas that work. I'll give you a great example. You go to elementary schools and you say in

112really really bad times, here's what we're facing. And many of them will say we need to just cut high school athletes. Well, you first of all, you can point out that's a very small part of the budget. Second, if you're when when Cottage Grove did that in the 90s, they lost a hundred kids to crest school that still funded that, which meant they lost at the time probably, I don't know, eight or nine thousand of kids that just walked out of the door. So, it actually had a net loss. We're not even thinking about doing anything like that. That's just an example of how you can address sometimes assumptions that people have about the budget that um all of a sudden more transparency and more uh information we come up with better solutions. We did

113come up with some solutions in South Lang when I was there from staff saying,"Well, what if we did this?" You're like, "You know what? That's not a bad idea. Let's go back and look at it." So, we're going to do that with each building in February. And then in March and April, the district office will start preparing that proposed budget that we uh Marina and I will take to the budget committee in May. And we're off on the budget process. So, that's kind of where we're going to go in tackling this most likely shortfall. questions on that budget slide thoughts everybody seem good ideas. Yeah, >> I think it's a great idea what you just described. Uh I really look forward to hearing about the kinds of solutions that people come up with >> and

114um you know just as we talked earlier in the year about some kind of a something on each school's website or on on the website that talks a little bit about data that's for parents for adults. Um it it never hurts to try and uh do some guidance and modeling about how much school costs. >> Yes. >> Yeah. >> And doesn't have to be, you know, complicated, but people really do not understand how it works and who makes decisions and why they make the decisions that they do. Um you know, just like why do we have to choose from the interim assessments that's going to cost us money? That's a a really good question. >> Um, so things things like that I just, you know, again, I know that takes someone to do that work,

115but uh >> it'll pay dividends to >> a little bit just a little footnote one at a time might, you know, might also encourage uh adults in our community, especially if it says what can you do? And that's going to be a lot of the message too like the town halls that we're going to have that I'm have >> in all in terms of getting feedback also but providing information so they understand >> what our budget looks like and what things are paid and where it goes >> and things of that nature. >> Thank you. >> Yes. >> One more slide of updates. Just wanted to let you know uh January 20th we begin our middle of the year assessments. Um the 26th to 28th, the le uh the cabinet team uh most of the

116cabinet here at the district office are going to be at the winter conference up in Salem. We're going to be doing some work with the center for educational leadership workgroom uh in terms of administrative and principal um support and uh really working with our principles to continue being instructional leaders. Um and then some legislative advocacy. I talked about it in my board report from Friday that uh Miss Davidson and I are going to be joining a Kosa group. Uh we did it last year in Salem and Washington DC that we're going to be doing some advocacy work on the on the capital both at the end of January, possibly early February. We're also working with possibly um taking Miss Lindsay with us uh or Miss Lindsay in February because uh several of the legislators that

117were at the forum were interested in having her come up and talk with their colleagues in some committee groups. So um that's being discussed and worked out. Uh the fourth, our certified evaluation committee reconvenes for our next meeting to go over uh finalize that summitive rubric and start working on our our observation tool. Our calendar committee is going to be meeting in early February. Michelle Barton's sending out a survey to staff on some calendar items for next school year so we can bring some uh a draft calendar uh to our board um in March. And then um on the 23rd we have our winter data night from our building administrators. Next slide please. Dale, a couple flyers. We have uh community discussion about Marshfield's campus being on the National Historic Registry coming up on February

1185th. I want to thank David for putting the flyer together and also doing a lot of the lang work to get that meeting scheduled. And then I have one more coffee with the superintendent coming up um I believe that says February 11th, but I can't read that far. It does. >> It does. Thank you, David. Uh at um Ladybird Bakery out in Charleston. I'm so gonna be out there. Um, I was at So It Goes Coffee last week. Had a a nice turnout. A lot more drop in folks that just came in, got their coffee, visited, asked some questions or provided provided some ideas and and then went to wherever they were going, whether it was work or people were going to the yoga studio next door. Um, but a really good uh connection. Had

119a couple people sit down for 15 20 minutes and just want to talk shop. Um so uh really good uh they've been very positive events um I believe for uh the district and for the community. And then lastly I presented this slide to staff in August and I presented again um here in January that every child deserves a champion and adult who will never give up on them who understands the power of connection insists that they become the best they can possibly be. So I chose to put that in Mark's presentation for tonight. Any questions? >> Thank you very much. >> Thank you. >> Appreciate it. >> Okay. Okay. I believe we are going to dismiss to executive session pursuant to OS 192. No, we have to policy policy updates. >> Oh, sorry. >> Um,

120I I'll be extremely brief. Does anyone have any perspective policies that you would like the policy committee to review? >> Excellent. Uh, then you will see here the policies that are up for first reading. There is a duplicate. We won't adopt ECAC twice. We're just going to do one, but I thought I missed it, so I added it again at the end. Um, that will be replacing our current policy JHFB. and that'll bring us in line with OSBA um and their policy updates. So, we'll continue to get updates on that policy. Um and then, uh there's a new version from OSBA of the BJ AR expenditure of district funds for gifts. Uh we'll be adopting that new version. Uh other than that, that's all I have. Any questions? >> May I make a comment about

121>> Yes, please. Um, so the uh EBDC resuscitation decisions, I want to thank the uh David and Superintendent Roberts for uh getting a legal opinion about that um uh policy. Um I I will say that I I have no problem with the district adopting a policy that's been legally recommended. I personally uh significantly disagree with this policy. Um, and I think that while this is a low a low likelihood situation, uh, families are going to believe that the district will follow position orders. And so if the physician orders exist, do not resuscitate. And our policy is that we don't um I think it's incumbent upon us as a district to do our best to uh let our medically fragile families know that our policy is we do not honor DNRs because in in no other

122uh realm of public life or physician orders just ignore as a matter of policy, right? that doesn't um when physicians write orders to excuse people from work, they're excused for work. When physicians write orders to do this and that that it's not a >> you had a first aid, you had first aid and then go to car car accident, you will employ your first aid and you are held on account even if they had a right. I mean it's more like that because but we can't know as a individual member of school district but the DNR exists. I mean the parents would show us >> right but so but the policy clearly states that even if they show us we tell them we will not honor it. And so to me it does >> it

123does say that. And so to to me that is the um like I said we have a legal opinion. This is the standard across multiple districts. I'm not suggesting that we do something different than other districts but I am suggesting that it's incumbent upon our our superintendent or administrative regulations to to have some um uh good faith attempt to tell families that this is our policy. >> The DNR and we should tell them. >> Absolutely. Do do you think it would be uh beneficial to add um to our section on the website where we list our non-discrimination policy, things like that, just as a statement that you know this is our policy on like a frequently asked questions, not that frequently asked, but um or something in the registration packet that denotes that. Um just,

124you know, an asterisk at the bottom. I I'll I think I'll defer to um the administrative team to say how they want to implement this. I'm just saying this as a as a a principle or a guiding thought is that um uh the chance this happens is virtually zero. But as someone who has personally experienced uh what it's like to do resuscitation in the setting where somebody or their family didn't want it, um that's a that's not a benign thing. And so we should just be uh thoughtful particularly in our in a medically fragile population. People need to know that this is our policy if if at all possible. >> Great. I'm not on our website for that question. I think if I was scrolling through and I saw that as a frequently asked question,

125I would kind of frown. >> There there should not be anybody who is attending our school who we don't know has a private health condition. We have every >> expectation that those people should be informed of that. I think that's I agree with the best. >> I'm I'm thinking about certain populations of students that would, you know, possibly be in in this situation and uh how we can meet with families and make sure that we address this. And again, like you're saying, it's virtually, but it needs to be addressed. It needs to be >> it's okay that this is going to be our policy. This is a standard across multiple entities like our own. um whether I agree with her or not is immaterial. The um to do it the best we can um we

126need to make sure that people who are at risk of this know this is the problem. >> We will work on that and I will look back how we are going to >> any other questions for David. >> Thank you David. So, I would Are we done going through all of the policies now? >> Yes. >> That's what I thought. That's really nice. >> I would like these quick ones. >> I mean, I mean, we've gone through >> Oh. Oh, no. I'm sorry. I thought you meant >> No, I don't mean that. >> No, no, no. We're not. >> No, we're not. >> I know. We'll never be. >> No, but we we almost are done with the policy analysis, which I think is what you're referring to. >> Getting through the OS getting through

127to now everything's hosted by OS. >> Yes. This Thursday I stacked 21 in. So I got a heavy fall. We're going to use up the two hours if need be. Uh but I believe we between 20 and 30 more that are just marked for review. No changes recommended. So those tend to move pretty quickly. And and another comment I would say is that I was uh I was I looked through the staff dress code policy because I was expecting it I was expecting it to be like there's going to be some controversy or like that is so well worded. That is like >> somebody spent some time making that just like >> I'm sure OSBA got a bunch of calls. >> They worked on that one. >> But it's I mean the way that it's

128done it's just it's very professional. It's nicely done. So I was I I I assumed that one was going to, you know, raise people's temperature, but it was like legally to the perfect. >> Excellent. >> Okay. Okay. Now we're going to dismiss to executive session pursuant to OS 192.660 subsection 2 subsection A to consider the employment of a public officer employee staff member or individual agent. >> Oh my gosh. >> Yeah. Will you mute and Well, I know one person >> I think so. >> We were like 9:00 to 9:00. >> I was really hoping we wouldn't be here till 9:00 today. I don't think so. just some of our meetings. >> Yeah, I'm trying to do a good job. >> You're doing a good job. >> Well done. >> And that's mostly been because

129of Kim's questions. >> It's true. >> No one. Listen, if we have to separate Kim and Arie, Arie is going to end up all the way. >> We're online. >> I know. >> Arie and good together. >> Arie between the student reps. >> Are we Are we online? >> Yes, we are. >> Okay. Hi, Cara. >> Hi. You guys scared me when you came back on because I forgot I was still logged in. >> You're the only person on that screen right now. Yeah, I just kind of kept my earbud in and forgot all about it. So, have a good night everyone. >> Okay. >> Um, we're back from executive session. Do I have a motion? I would like to make a motion that we sign uh or that the whoever's responsible for signing the

130contract for Gary Roberts um appointing him as our superintendent score $190,000. Uh we move forward on that second >> For the first year and yes, >> is there a second? Did you second it? Okay. Is there any discussion? >> No. Arie. >> Hi, >> Kim. >> Hi, >> Darren. >> Hi, >> Kevin. >> Oh, the same. >> State. >> Hi, >> Diane. >> Hi. >> And the chair votes I. >> So, we have a contract. >> Thank you. >> You will sign it. >> We want to clarify that that is the 204,185. >> Yeah. Yeah, total opposition. Absolutely. >> Okay, we're on to board items. We have one leave of absence extension request >> and I think Gary would like to speak to this. >> Yeah. So, um the the staff number they have there

131in front of you um is on year two of sabbatical. The contract states that they are given two years. They can apply for additional an additional year. I think they can apply for as the board will allow, but they can apply. So, they're guaranteed to by um the staff you have in front of you um has done a great job for us in the past is asking that it goes forward another year. My concern is budgetary. Um I have the staffing to well I anticipate having the staffing when this person comes back that we'll be able to shuffle and move some things around and keep the integrity of the counseling departments. and certain amount multiple buildings intact. I'm very concerned about what that could look like the following year if we were to extend this

132an additional year. Um, we don't know what's coming in 2027 and I know of our counseling department that could be possibly looking at a reduction in force of someone that's now been with us for three years that we're going to have to turn around and say we're sorry we don't have position for you because somebody's coming back so sbatical where I don't anticipate very much don't anticipate that being the case in this budget. >> And so she's when I read it she's asking for just one >> she's asking for one additional year. So now a third year. >> Okay. So to not come back next year and that's the year that you're worried about? >> That's the year I'm worried about when we get to this time next year in budget cycle budget of 20

13327. I'm very much worried about what that could do for us in terms of staff. So the the alternative is to terminate basically and then rehire ifs well >> because she'd lose her seniority is basically what it >> No, she doesn't she would continue if we grant her another year. >> Oh, if we don't grant she would make need to make the decision on coming back and having a position that's guaranteed by her contract, right? >> Or she can say I'm choosing to to resign and stay and reit >> and then I'll reapply when I apply come back. there's a job open it. The only thing that bothered me was the the job I want isn't available now, so I'd like another year off till maybe it is available. And I don't know why it

134would be any different next year. >> It's her expertise, I'm assuming, because that's like what she said that her counseling was. But it doesn't >> I think it's a little bit of the avenue of counseling that she would like to go into for the district, but I don't anticipate that we're going to have the position that she's interested in the following year. >> What's the precedent? Uh is there a precedent that's been set about um years of sabbatical? Has anyone ever been granted three years? >> Not in my time in the district, but I can only speak to my seven years here in the district. I don't recall anybody being granted the an additional year past the two. >> And is there anything in policy? >> Just that they're guaranteed to by their contract and

135then after that I don't know if it reads at board discretion or >> contract. No, the is there anything board policy an additional year of sobatical after the two? >> I don't believe so. >> I think it's just you can appeal to the board for an additional year. I mean I I guess I don't know um much about it but I might caution the setting of precedent of >> uh um granting a third year. I mean that you know rather than sticking with what the contract says >> the contract says you can we can grant >> no president I just don't recall of anybody >> asking for in the third year. Usually by the end of the second year, they've kind of decided if that avenue that they're on is the one that they want

136to go down or they come back. >> It sounds to me like you're you're thinking they don't want this. >> I'm very concerned. I I would like the employee to make a decision on whether they want to rejoin us. have having having uh accepting uncertainty from this employee going into budgetary uncertainty could tie our hands a bad way. Um and so the it's better for the district if we know one way or the other are you coming back or not? And and if we if we say, "Okay, yes, >> you can decide to come back in three years and then that person comes back when we've had Ryan slash in our budget and we have to remove people who've been in our who've been working for us because she has seniority. This person has seniority

137over other people. It puts us in a bad situation. I as I'm reading this policy, I don't know that you guys have a choice because the policy states leaves may be granted for up to two years. >> So can I'd like to read the content language if possible. >> So leave of absence except for reasons qualifying under federal, state, or protected leave. A leave of absence greater than or equal to 61 days up to two years may be granted to any bargaining unit member upon application and approval of the board. The application must state the reason for the requested leave. Leave requests for less than 61 days shall be approved by the human resources. There's nothing um referring to time for your invention. Sounds like she met with Michelle. She met with this employee met

138with Michelle and Elon and at that time Michelle said you have the right to >> well Michelle >> mistaken >> to but it doesn't appear that that's in the contract board. That's how I'm reading that. >> Read it out loud to us again. >> I'll read the kind of preamble to it. >> Okay. >> So a leave of absence may be granted to any teacher upon application and approval of the board. The teacher's position on the salary schedule and all benefits to which the teacher was entitled at the time of the leave, including seniority and unused accumulated sick leave, shall be restored upon return. Leaves may be granted for up to two years, right? >> I mean, and there's obviously more, but that's the same. >> Well, that sounds like it's out of our hands,

139so good luck with that. >> Can I ask a quick question, too? Let's say obviously it's out of our hands. that that made it very easy for us. But if someone if she does come back and there's a position open, >> you don't have to hire her at step one, do you? >> No, no, no. She's she's right back on the salary scale where >> No, you mean if she quit and then came back and came back? >> No. Then she would be back at the beginning. >> The difference is >> No, because experience >> The difference is the leave guarantees or the job. >> Yes. >> Equivalent basically, >> right? The job. >> The job. And once she resigns, she doesn't get that guaranteed. >> We should be guaranteeing her job when we're going

140going into uncertainty. >> Well, we already have a lot of jobs guaranteed. I mean, >> no, I know, but it just this is this is >> that's part of it. >> This is the way it operates. >> Talk to Michelle. >> Okay. >> Yeah. I mean, maybe check and make sure Michelle doesn't know something. We We didn't >> I'll check in with Michelle one more time. She was on vacation, so we were kind of communicating via text and email. Yeah. >> Even if Michelle said it's a possibility, we don't have to approve it, >> right? >> No. >> And I think we need to take a Do we need to take action tonight? >> No. If it's not under our purview, we don't take action on it unless Michelle comes back and says >> she's

141appealing it. >> No. No. It's not up to us. Unless she comes back and says, "Well, this policy superseded." >> Yeah. If we miss something, we'll bring it back. If not, I'll make the decision. If I'll make the decision and go with it, >> if we miss something that Michelle comes back, no, wait a minute. It's actually in here. We'll bring it back for February. If not, I'll take care of And how long did she work for the school district? >> Six years. >> Big picture question. um the uh granting of sbaticals and things like that. I mean, it's part of our current contract. Is that normal? >> Yeah. >> Every district I've worked in has had a sbatical and several education. >> Several people will use it to go teach abroad for a couple

142years or um to go >> or go get a degree, an advanced degree or a specialty, you know, do a lot of specialty. >> Oh, yeah. No, I mean, I understand. I understand it. Is is is it something that um is it something that should continue in future? >> Yes. Yes. Absolutely. >> Absolutely. >> Why? >> I I think it because it provides most of the time 90% of the time the teacher leaves for one or two years and comes back and when they come back it brings some sort of value and enrichment to the district >> and it's something that's done across the nation. Yeah. >> Take this out. I mean that would be a huge >> real common thing. Some places some universities actually give a partial payment. >> Yeah, they do. >>

143But I think also a lot of a lot of organizations that used to grant sobatical don't anymore, right? So Soatical used to be part of the medical profession and it's not >> really >> it's no it's like it's it >> if if you're gonna do a sbatical >> um there is no you know paid sabbaticals in medicine anymore. people go and apply for grants through things and take dramatic pay cuts and don't and so I I think I'm maybe the big difference here is that is that we don't pay anything for people. They're just getting a leave of absence. >> So basically in the medical field you would get a absence if you wanted to go doctors with workers or something like that. couldn't come back unless you were in the military and had some

144kind of >> well I think so he might different different market >> but no we don't pay we don't pay anything doesn't cost us anything the only thing they get is is job rights to come back and what those look like they get their lead bank >> put back high schools or >> I think we need to continue to invest in the teaching and learning of our faculty >> I ask the questions. That's >> helpful. >> Okay. Last on our agenda is board member highlights. Do we have any Arie? >> I will say as I said I would explain it more. We had and my other board member we we did meet about the radio station and our two transplers or whatever who we have that are broken. Um, and we have a new uh

145engineer who has done a really great job from everything we've heard and analyzing what went wrong. They he believes clearly that all of the damage is done by a lightning strike. So, we're trying to make sure that we get all that information into um the insurance company and we're hopeful that the insurance company will pay it because >> for the AM station to fix it about 40,000. >> Yes. and it's about 10,000 for the FM because one plays off the other. You can't have the FM without the station. Um, so we're hopeful that that will happen. At the same time, our new person has already gone out and started getting contracts. So hopefully we'll start getting those in. >> Okay, five this week. Which means we'll start getting some money back again, which be really

146helpful. Hey. >> Um, and our person that was teaching the class went back to Florida and while he was there hurt his back for something. We don't know exactly because he has not responded to us >> other than to say he's not coming back basically. So that's what put us in the position we need to find. So we've had a a short long-term sub. We had a sub going who is everybody loves her. She's really great, but she acknowledges she doesn't know anything about questions, as is the case with almost anybody that would be taking that class. So, um, we put it out. >> Yeah. >> And we had one person who had originally when we hired the last one to his name and we went and checked on, but apparently they're not coming. >>

147No. Alabama. >> Alabama. >> Well, no, he's still in the running. Is he still running? >> Yeah. But when he originally applied, when Eli had reached out for interviews, he didn't respond to find out. He just he had no sales service, no range. So when he got back, he responded with, "Hey, did I miss it? Can I interview?" And he said, "Yeah, sorry. We hired." He's now back in the picture for for the for as an option. So >> So we do have some other options and they're going through the process. Hopefully by February in the new the new semester, we'll have a teacher back in place. >> Perfect. who wants to be here for long term and won't hurt himself. Um anyway, so we don't know all the figures that we don't need to

148know. It's just that we need to know teacher and we're in the process to do that and I think our hire for running the station is going really well. So I'm pleased with >> and like a lot of things nowadays the transmitters that we're putting in the installation is more than the transmitters themselves. Yeah. So the transmitter is 16,000 and the installation is like 24 am. >> And the other thing is that that most of us went to was the ESD um gathering for all of the people in our and I thought that went really well meeting Dr. and asked a lot of questions. >> Good work. Good work, Dr. Thank you. It's just a shame that all of our legislators are in the minority. >> It is a shame. It is a shame that

149the coastal caucus used to be a real powerful group in this because half of us are Democrats and half of us are Republicans. So, now there's only one Democrat in the whole coastal caucus. So, >> oh wow, >> it makes it harder. >> Maybe things will change. >> But, but we do have people who get along. >> Our core get along with the Democrats. They do work across that. So I I give them a lot of credit for that. >> Oh my goodness. Um good times. We went we participated in gift wrapping all those presents and it was midnight. Um my husband was up over there in the pictures because I walked him into going and so yeah, we had a good time. >> Uh took in uh attended a varsity basketball game this past

150Friday. watched uh our Pirates uh defeat the Cottage Grove team. Um it was a a really well played game. Uh I want to really highlight the the pep band sounded great. Really contributed to the environment. It was a big big contingent of them there. Uh the dance team uh put on a really great halftime performance. Uh and our boy the boys team that I watched um you know just great hustle and sportsmanship throughout the game and and came out the better team. go to bed. >> Yeah, I was Ernie covered everything on radio, so I was there to back him up, I guess. He said, and then I attended our surplus auction, which is pretty fun. My family's always been involved in auction, so I like the district's doing that. >> Did you get anything?

151You >> Oh, I I'm bidding on all kinds of stuff. >> I understand you bought a truck that doesn't work, too. >> True. That don't work. >> It happens. Oh, no. >> No, that No, they said they didn't run. >> Oh, okay. I was Yeah. Okay. >> No, they said on there they didn't run. >> Oh, I forgot. I didn't run. That'd be a good >> What's that? >> I said I attended the facilities meeting, too. Thank you. >> She's really impressive. >> Oh, yeah. It looks great. >> I just want to highlight Destination's Christmas party was the ball. I don't for all of you who didn't go, go next year. >> Yes. >> It was amazing. You walked in and the room was just like a winter wonderland. And I video of the kids

152coming in the door and you could just see their faces all of a sudden go >> a look at this. You know, the boys would come in and be like with big eyes and it was really nice. They had a lot of things that went on and every kid got recognized and acknowledged and it was very nice. >> Lastly, how many board members were able to go? >> Pardon me. >> How many board members were able to go >> Diane and I thank you guys for representing. >> It was fun. Uh, I'm going to be getting over to Milner to Destinations and to Little Pirates this month. Three days. >> Yes. >> The littles. >> Yes. And the bigs. >> and the big. >> Uh, for me, same thing. I went to I did gift

153wrapping with him. That was actually really fun. So, um, that was a good time. So many gifts. And then I did the destination and it was really nice. Um Kayla and her team did a phenomenal job. Oh, you were there too, Carrie. That was And the food was good. Marina was there. It was really nice. The kids were appreciative. Um >> they had a nice like place where people could take pictures and they could get a holiday picture. That was really nice. And then um I did concessions. Everybody should do concession when they're alive. I I have a hard time uh telling um I don't can't think of her name right now. Um Patterson. Um no. And so I did concessions for the holiday basketball tournament. No, it was fun. It's good to, >> you

154know, get to know the spectators and then >> and everyone's in a good mood. >> And then people that have been coming to games for 50 years. Yeah. you know, and they're getting their regular popcorn and their diet Pepsi and it's just it's nice. So, that's that's about it for me. >> Yeah. Good. >> Well, good board meeting. >> Yes. >> I think that's it. If there's nothing else, we are >> Thank you. Right. Good.