001Yes. We all ready? Yeah. Thank you all for coming. Let's go ahead and call this meeting to order. And please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. All right, Superintendent Russ Robert Freeman. >> Thank you. Uh, first of all, I just want to welcome everybody um for coming tonight. Uh, it's always a best part of our board meetings when we get to celebrate our um tremendous youth in our program. and uh special thank you for coming in on this gorgeous day. I don't know that have been a tossup. Stay in the sunshine or come to a board meeting, but you chose to join us and so thank you very much. Uh board chair, there are no changes to the agenda. >> Thank you. >> Okay, I think we're going to start with the elementary
002student report from Austin and Olivia. competed to earn points. Everyone was able to participate simply by coming to school this day. In addition to coming to school, students who participated in our dress up competition were able to earn additional points for their house. There were trivia games and additional opportunities for students to compete with their house. Tomorrow we will reveal who was the winner of our dress up competition and which house earned the most points throughout the week. Speaking of attendance, we recognize students and staff every month who are on track to meet our schoolwide attendance goal of attending 90% or more of the school year. All students and staff who are on track are placed in a drawing for an opportunity to spin for our house wheel to earn points for their house. They
003also have to earn a popcorn party for their classroom. In addition, we recognize the classroom that has the highest daily average attendance for the month. These students earn a pizza party with Mrs. Beard. Last month, Mrs. Welker's class received the party with a daily attendance average of 95.7%. At the end of first semester, 73% of our students were on track to meet our goal. This is up to 7% from last year. At the same time, we celebrated the 99th day of school today with our kindergarten friends dressing up as grandmas and grandpas. The celebration brought grade levels together as they collaborated on buddy reading and chair aerobics. We had the cutest senior citizens at GES today. They will celebrate being a Bobcat for 100 days tomorrow. It is so great to see how much they've
004grown. Sports update. Spring sports kicked off this week with over 200 students participating. Glide junior cheer competed at the state level with the following results. The minis placed second out of nine teams. The minis team includes Lindsay Sprag, Charlotte Johnson, Rowan Rutled, Paxton Fiser, Amaya Reneg Renee, Josie Deaks. The youth placed first out of nine nine teams. Members of the youth team include Katherine Towns, Addison Olsen, Daffhne Strain, Carmen Wward, Riley Rutled, Aubrey Rodri, Cali Albernees, Ivory Baros, Elena Barrow Baron, and Annabelle Rine, Paisley Fiser, Audrey DS. The junior team placed fifth out of 14 teams. Kinsey Wise, Aubrey Rose, and Paige DeS. Thank you to Mr. Smith and Mr. Dwight for recognizing our sixth grade athletes who competed on the middle school wrestling team during last week's pep assembly. We were able to take
005all of the sixth graders up to cheer their classmates on. This is a great opportunity for our sixth graders to have a a little glimpse at the middle school. Congrats to Maverick Gomes and Grayson Maddox was placing first at district. Grayson went on to place third at regionals qualifying him for the middle school state. He represented GES. Well, >> beyond sports, we have several students from the elementary that have participated in the winter term of barefoot of the barefoot dance company. These dancers will showcase their talents tomorrow evening at 5:00 p.m. in the glide loop gym. Finally, thank you for everyone who supported our fifth and sixth grade auction. We live in such a generous, supportive community. Thank you for your time. Thank you for that. And now we're going to have the middle school
006report from Audrey Odell. Um GMS has had a great winter season with 52 students participating in a sport. Four of our wrestlers qualified for state championship championships where Jackson Baron took second and Leila Andrews took first. After a fantastic winter season, GMS athletics is taking a short break to Europe for track and field. Practice will start Monday, March 30th, and there will and there are already 35 athletes signed up to participate. They will kick off the season with a home meet on Tuesday, April 7th. The winter season is barely behind us, and the spring season is underway for Glide High School athletes. The basketball teams had a year of rebuilding, but the biggest growth was shown in our wrestling teams, especially for the girls. We had six athletes on our GHS girls wrestling team, by
007far the most we've had in recent years. The boys wrestling team had a strong season sending six to state championships and coming home with a fifth place by Quintoke, a second place by Zack Star, and a championship win for Elijah Hatfield, who went undefeated his senior season. The seven OSAT athletes are having a great season and are on track for to have several state qualifiers. Contest kicked off on Monday for both the JV and varsity baseball teams, on Tuesday for the varsity softball team, and today for the track and field team. Softball had a strong 18 athlete team and is looking forward to some great competitions. Baseball is fielding 25 athletes between the two teams and with only four seniors is a building program that will be tough competitions for years to come. The track
008and field team are growing in leaps and bounds with an astounding 67 athletes out this year. We will be hosting the Maynard M invitational on Saturday, April 25th and hope to see everybody there. Update on the nature nature trail and athletic complex project. We just met with several people from the University of Oregon yesterday and are coordinating signage for both projects. 100 yards of cedar wood chips for Magnolia Farms were delivered today and 80 yards of rock will be delivered from Qua Sand and Gravel on Thursday. The next birthday for both projects will be on April 17th. Both students working both student groups working and volunteers will be attending and we hope to wrap up the projects on the 17th. To date, both work parties have done an amazing job of clearing all the blackberries,
009poison oak, and trees and brush from the nature trail. It looks amazing after it's been all cleared out and numerous trees and plants have been replanted. Volunteers have helped clear out two different ponds as well, and students have built numerous bird, bat, and ducks boxes from ODFW. Leadership has been busy planning for spring events such as prom and multiple assemblies. We are hard at work planning a linen drive for the nonprofit Sleep in Heavenly Peace in partnership with Mr. Kercher's woodshop class. Woodshop will be building beds next month for the youth in need and leadership will organize and execute bedding donations. Thank you for your time. Thank you. Okay. And now we're going to have the high school report from Clara and Clara and Aubrey. Oh, sorry. Right. I guess she did say high school
010stuff, didn't she? Okay, my bad. Sorry. Okay. Think we're going to talk about um staff recognition. >> Yeah. Um it this is a great opportunity um right in between recognizing all the great things that are going on in our schools and then right before recognizing our cats, our students of the month, uh to recognize one of our um awesome teachers. We have we have a great instructional staff, not only our teachers, but our instructional assistants also. Uh it gives me great pleasure to honor one of our teachers who received the teacher of the month award. Um, if you listen to the radio, you've probably heard her name on there, but um, I just wanted to bring her name forward. Unfortunately, she's helping a family member uh, who's going through some medical issues, so she wasn't
011able to attend. Uh, but still, I didn't want to pass up this opportunity just to give a shout out to Jane Barrow, our um, special education teacher at the elementary school. Uh Jane took over for Sher Mooney and Sherry was amazing working with some of our highest needs kids in this district. That position is super hard to fill and the Glide School District was very fortunate that Jane um wanted to come to our district and she has not only um kept that program where Sherry left it, but she's excelled it. And so just super proud of her for joining our team and um what she gives to our special needs students. And not just you could probably ask Principal Beard, it's not just our special ed students, she helps the entire school. Um so just
012an honor to recognize her along with all of our other great teachers. >> Awesome. That's >> okay. I think it's time for cats awards. Cats. Character achievement. Teamwork success. Character. Show respect, responsibility, and integrity in all settings. Achievement. Strive for excellence in academics and personal growth. Teamwork. Work together with peers, teachers, and community for shared goals. Success. Build habits to what to lead to lifelong learning and achievement. Okay. 12th grade, Douglas Shepard. Douglas is an Oh. Douglas is an excellent student enjoy to have in any educational setting. He's eager to be involved in his classroom community and always does a great job of contributing his best work. Douglas comes to school every single day with a ready tolearn attitude. He is someone that staff can depend on to contribute to a positive learning environment. Dylan
013Ari Dylan works hard in class, has a positive attitude, and leads others while working on challenging projects in the woods and welding. 10th grade, Miley West. Miley is an extremely creative student. The energy she brings to the classroom is captivating. She is the type of student who uplifts the learning environment and everyone around her. When Miley is not working hard on classwork, you can almost always find her drawing of some of the most amazing cartoons or pictures you've ever seen. She is an amazing student and and an even better person, and we are so excited to watch her continue to grow throughout the rest of her high school career. Ninth grade, Army Care. Harmony may be quiet, but her actions speak volumes. She is consistently demonstrating kindness, a strong work ethic, and a thoughtful approach
014to every task she completes. Her calm demeanor should never be mistaken for her lack of ability. In fact, she approaches challenges with remarkable poise and determination. She's a talented, dependable, and hardworking student who always quietly excels in her classroom in the classroom every day. Eighth grade, Jackson Baron. Jackson has shown impressive growth and maturity both academically and personally. His attendance has improved significantly, showing a stronger commitment to being present, engaged in class every day. Along with better attendance, his grades have steadily improved as he puts more effort into his work and takes greater responsibility for his learning. In addition to his academic progress, he continues to excel in wrestling, demonstrating dedication, discipline, and and strong skills. Overall, Jackson has made a meaningful progress and should be and should be proud of the effort he puts
015into becoming more responsible, well, well-rounded young man. Seven. Harper Thomas. Harper is the kind of student who makes the classroom feel brighter. She is incredibly creative and is consistently making bright, colorful, imaginative projects. as it happens. They are also a great reflection of who she is as a person. Harper is helpful, cheerful, kind, and patient. She's an experiment play student and person, Wade Fields, Wade exhibits excellent behavior and dedication to his work. Wade is always kind to his peers and is extremely respectful to teachers and staff. Wade is great example to his peers and always strives to his dean's best. Addison also Addison is the perfect role model. She is kind to everyone, always on task, and a quick learner. Her creativity and artistic flare adds so much to our classroom. Hey, I'm calling you.
016Ava is very deserving of this month's cat award cats award as she sets a wonderful example through her kindness, positive attitude and respect for everyone handling challenges with grace and maturity. Academically, she holds herself to high standards, consistently completes her homework, often extends her learning beyond requirements, and has shown impressive growth in language arts. This year, Ava contributes essential qualities to her classroom community, making it more positive and supportive place for everyone. Alexandria Clement. Ally is a joy to have in class. She is a happy student whose positive energy is contagious. I can always count on Ally to be a kind friend, a productive partner, and an eager participant. She is a kind She is a kind student. She is the kind of student that every teacher dreams of because she is motivated to learn
017and she takes on challenges with grace and persistence. I'm so proud of all that she has accomplished this year and I look forward to celebrating her future success. Keep it up, Ally. Michaela Helwell. Michaela is a model student who embodies the qualities of respect, diligence, and integrity. She takes responsibilities for her learning, completes assignments thoughtfully, and conducts herself with maturity and kindness towards others. Her dependable nature and honest approach to her work has set a positive example for the entire class. She's a true cat with joy of Miss Berlin. Riley Philpa. Bryley has shown responsibility, kindness, caring, and a hard work ethic all year long. Bryley is a great friend to anyone and a great problem solver. She is the leader in the classroom, both academically and behaviorally. She is always a student I can
018count on. Ed Millso Ramo Martin. He is known for his high scholar ambition and works hard to do his his best every day. His strong focus in class makes him a strong leader and sets positive examples in class. But don't let his serious demeanor fool you. He brings joy and great sense of humor to the class as well. Done. Oh yeah. So I hate the official fourth house. So you're awesome. It's just not organized so nicely like this. No, what happened now? Um, Nora is a truly wonderful student who brings kindness and positivity to our classroom every day. She is always helpful, caring, and willing to lend a hand to others. Norah works hard, stays on task, and always tries her best. She participates, listens well, and shows a love for learning. What makes Nora
019extra special is her warm heart and bright smile. She treats others with kindness and is a great example of what it means to respect to be a to be a respectful and responsible student. Nora comes to school each day ready to learn this so much better. Okay. Like I always say, if I'm running Are you talking about uh Yeah, thanks. I was like start to Okay, so she I know I but OMG She My gosh, I feel terrible. Hello. I feel like we should do something extra or something. I feel terrible. Okay, good. And then please let her all know that we think she's amazing and feel terrible about how that played out. That's awesome. Oh, okay. Right. I learning some life. Okay. Um All right. So, I think that um to my knowledge, we
020don't have any um public participation yellow card things. Okay. So, uh, we will move on to action items and, um, I will entertain a motion to approve the consent agenda as presented. >> I move to approve the consent agenda as presented. >> Second. >> Okay. Any discussion about that or anybody have anything to say or ask or >> it's the minutes the financial report uh request to apply for fundraisers and public gift to the school. >> Thank you. All right. Um all those in favor I motion passes. Thank goodness because we have some people. Um okay Robert. >> Yeah. So, I just want to just uh do a real quick debrief of our long range um facility planning meeting we had with the community uh last Wednesday. Um I thought it was a huge success.
021Uh thank you to you guys that made it and participated. I think um that was probably the the uh number one positive thing I heard out of that meeting is how much they appreciated board members being there and being um engaged in that process. Uh we called uh personally called um we didn't talk to everyone. We left messages on some machines, but most people we actually made contact with to personally invite them to that meeting. We called over a hundred people. I think it was right around 111 115 and about 60 showed up. Um which I was really I was happy with that. Uh just so you guys are aware, we um we made a list of people who we knew were um supporters of the school district. Um those that maybe have question things
022in the past, uh community members, business owners. Um I tried to get as broad as a group as I could. I think the worst thing that we could do is get just um talk to the people that who we know are supporters of the school district. Um, I think it's really important to hear all voices and understand what hurdles we have on passing a potential bond. Um, I was I didn't I didn't get back as much feedback as I was kind of hoping for, but most of the feedback was really positive. So, I think um the positive twist on the the lack of feedback is that I think people were pretty satisfied with the information they were given, the process that we're going to put forward. uh to ensure um honest, transparent information and that
023we're going to continue to engage the community in the process. Uh I do have hard copies of um the responses um if you do want to look at them. Um but um some really good follow-up questions from people um that I think deserve some discussion in the future. So, I'll just end there. And if you have any any followup to that, >> what was did we I don't remember if we made another meeting or any >> No, I didn't on purpose because at that point we hadn't engaged in a professional bond council organization. >> I have that as part of my report. We we have now we've um we've hired Kyle Lair um with assist to be our legal bond consultant. I met with him for um an hour today >> and we have regular
024meetings scheduled right now. The preliminary meetings are just get gathering information. So, I didn't feel like um not that it wouldn't be valuable because it's always valuable when you participate, but I I felt like our first couple meetings, he's just getting information about the district. Um but once we start getting into the teeth of stuff, um I would definitely like to invite um our people to come and um be part of that. Uh he's very excited. He's actually um uh deep into a bond campaign for the Cascade School District right now. So, if you want to see some of the work that he's going to propose that we do in Glide, uh, just Google Cascade School District and you'll see their bond website and some of the things that he's going to propose that we
025do in our district. He's super excited about um, the fact that we're doing a leveling bond versus asking for the full amount. Um, he does have some pretty strong opinions on the 91 versus the 108 and we can get into all that stuff later. Yeah. >> Okay. So, what what's his name? Like I know just literally like just met but >> just today. >> Yeah. >> So So I'm scheduled every Wednesday with him. >> Okay. Uh I I asked him if we could um not do next Wednesday because it's spring break and I was hoping to take some time off and he uh he agreed that I should probably take some time off. So uh we are going to skip next Wednesday but the Wednesday following every Wednesday we have a standing meeting. Um on
026this side of things um we're going to the meetings will probably be longer in length. Um but by August we'll u we'll have a u resolution prepared um to put in front of the board. Once that goes out and some other things kick in, then those meetings will get smaller and smaller as we work closer to that November election. Uh he's it really helped me today to feel even more confident with he and his um company. He talked about several indicators that um he assured me that he would be honest with us that if he felt like things weren't going the right direction for a November election, he'll tell us and that will extend us out and give us more time to prepare for the May election. If he feels like things are trending the
027right direction and we're ready to go for that November election, then he'll he'll tell us that, too. He's super nervous about what's going on in the world right now. Um he's nervous about that even with the May election coming up. Um so lots could happen between now and November. Um but I love that he has the foresight and he's thinking that way already. Um he's he showed me his um Google doc that has I don't know probably this long of templates in there of what he and his company are going to do for us to help us have a su successful campaign. Um, yeah, I'm just I'm I'm very happy with what he's able to show us that he's going to do for us. Um, the one consultant we talked to said she was going
028to do lots of stuff, but there was no meat to it. >> He's showing me everything that >> and he's got examples from other school districts that are doing those things. So I I guess just in terms of like for the board is it possible what in terms of like coming and presenting so that we would know that? >> Yeah. Uh say that again I'm sorry. >> So presenting to us so that we know what you know what those steps are what the timeline is. >> Yeah. I think um I think that should be part of our process that from now on every board meeting we have a we have an update on that process. He's he's really adamant about not calling it a bond campaign yet. um because we're still in the early stages
029and right now we're trying to develop projects and uh so he's going to work really close with John Stapleton um who is our architect with Quest. Nope, I always say Quest with Pivot. I don't know why I've attached him to that Quest, but he is not Quest. He is Pivot. And uh and by um by the end of spring, we should have a pretty narrow list of what projects we are going to be able to afford and put forth and then we need to then start creating the message around that. >> Um so I share a couple of things. Um, so one, I thought it was really positive because Oh, Tammy. >> Tammy and I were sitting on the outside on the outskirts because I was late because I um had another commitment. Um, and
030a couple folks just basically stopped by and told Tammy and I we're good, but we just wanted to hear what the plan, you know, that there is a plan and, you know, that this is what they're looking at. So, they left, which I thought was positive. Um, and I also heard though a lot of conversation around, you know, what it is that we were going after looking at, and I'll just say from my own personal experience, um, and and Shelby, um, we we had a lot of conversation around that architects have one vision and the reality of what that is, I think we need to look at. So we talked about like you know in Winston um school district like the architects have lovely visions and then the reality of like how much that tile
031costs is really super important and having a son that's a civil engineer architects have one vision the reality of what that is going to take I so that was very much the recommendation that came from our table even though we didn't write it down we were in agreement and I think that Shelby had some really great ideas and lessons learned from Winston school district. So, I think there are some also things that we could look at um in that planning process. Um >> I think that's great advice. >> Yeah, because I think we could go into it with an architect's vision that may not align with like what is going to be like um durable, what is going to be um you know sound for the long term. Um and and so that was just
032something I that was my take away from that. Um, I was just going to say, and it kind of circles back to John's question, I had somebody reach out to me, um, who wasn't able to attend the meeting and, um, uh, someone who's pretty invested and been in this community for forever, also invested in education, worked in the education, um, K through 12 for some ridiculous amount, or I think just retired, um, that they would love to come back to our second meeting, kind of assuming that there was going to be one and I think after looking at um so I know we didn't get back like a lot of actual written responses but even just looking at that and hearing some things people came up and said things to me afterwards right that also
033was concerning so some of those voices aren't being it's I don't think they're brave enough to write it down yet to like say and have it right so um so I guess wanting to know in the timeline of all that where do we and when do we circle back with the community to respond to some of these things and get a little bit more in the weeds about realities of stuff. >> Yeah. So, we'll we'll develop a timeline. We'll get that to you. Um let me give you a little bit more information, too. So, um my leadership team, well, not the full team, but Carrie and Tammy and Carolyn and I have done some visits. We went down to South Umpqua to look at that um athletic structure. We did go to Winston Dillard and
034look at their new projects that Shelby was talking about and he did bring up those exact same things. Uh we're planning on going to Oakland and to Elkton. Uh they both districts recently had new gyms that were built. Oakland is just a standalone gym. Elton is a gym that actually has attached classrooms. So we want to get our eyes on that. Um, I have met uh I met with two previous board members uh this week actually just to get their feedback from how they felt things went that night and if they had any idea other thoughts or ideas. They um felt very comfortable with me kind of talking about um about some of the things I said and the way I said it and the way it was perceived and it um I didn't mean
035it that way. So it's actually given me some uh time to think about how I would say that differently. So an example is um when I talk about Glide becoming a destination. >> Yes. >> Uh people in Glide here that I'm promoting that we we start populating Glide that people come here and live and we have businesses. That's that that's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about athletically, we hold an event to where we have a wrestling tournament or a basketball tournament where sports teams come here to participate and then they leave and go home instead of us always having to go everywhere else. That's what I mean about a destination. Uh the other one uh uh today was really good because uh apparently the group the table this lady was at um they
036took when I talked about uh visiting teams not having facilities um at the athletic complex as that was my reason for um doing upgrades at the athletic field and that's not that's an outcome. It's a benefit of doing that, but that's not the reason we would want to do that. So, feedback like that is super important. Um because if I don't know those things, I can't change how I say things and present stuff. >> Yeah. And that was my um concern. All those things that you just said right there. Yeah. um folks who don't come back and tell you that that's how they interpret it and that how long are we letting that sort of bubble in the community with people thinking those how they interpret it and sharing that with others because we know
037that happens. >> Um the one thing that keeps coming up that I do need to start incorporating into my talks is the arena. Um uh one of the persons actually the one today she she is super against the arena um doesn't understand why the district would even do something like that after I explained to her how the arena is going to be an extension of the classroom and all these opportunities for our kids um and not only our kids but our community and how we've already had several organizations reach out to us and want to use our arena. It's not even up yet. uh she she was like, "Oh my god, I had no idea." And so now she she understands why we're doing that. So um yeah, I need help from everyone to if
038I'm missing something like let's address the arena because right now it's a negative thing out in the community. Um then I need to do that. I need to I need to say the why. People could still say, you know, we made a horrible decision with that, but I'm hoping that we prove them wrong once it's up and they see what it does to our school district and to our community. Uh, but in the interim, I need to at least give the why so people can decide, oh, okay. And 100% people I've talked to that were negative about the arena, when I tell them all the different ways that it's going to benefit kids and be an extension of several of our programs that we have, they're like, "Oh, I had no idea. That sounds great."
039Yeah. So, >> um I think the other thing that I heard, um let's just say from a board member's um daughter is very loud and clear. Um and and actually I what I really I left that night going one I haven't talked to Shelby in a long time and that was great. So um you know it was that sense of community and I know Robert you were trying to kick everybody out and I just felt like it was a connection point for a lot of people in the community to come together and also just like talk and so I that was really positive in terms of the energy and the enthusiasm and wanting to see something happen for kids. Um I think my other suggestion is that we also need to frame it not just
040for athletics but those kids that aren't in athletics like for drama. So we haven't talked at all about you know the the middle school you know space and the um the kids that aren't involved in sports and so thinking about incorporating that in terms of like when we're talking about a um you know a gym a gym is not just for athletics. Absolutely not. is an all-purpose facility and so um let's just say >> the structural >> individual >> with a lot of opinions that start talking about it as an allpurpose because once that got connected I was like oh I can see that um >> and and so I think those are going to be just like clarity points and and so I think that it's nuance but each person is going to take
041that frame of their experience and you know what they're thinking >> um >> we're talking So, >> yeah. Um, and like you were saying, um, Robert, highlighting how it benefits the kids. Um, because I've actually heard from somebody who said somebody else they know absolutely is against it because they don't see how it's going to benefit the kids, which is amazing to me because >> every day it'll benefit kids. All of those projects directly benefit. >> Absolutely. So, um, absolutely. >> So, yes. So, that's great feedback. So, I need to tie that in. So, not not only just say, you know, we're looking at adding a middle school wing that would look something like this, but this is how it's going to benefit kids when they attend. Yeah. I love it. >> Awesome. >> And
042Roger and I did talk about like the visiting football teams having to gather up outside and we did think maybe the only better thing we could do is turn the sprinklers on. That's I thought you were gonna say we should get a popup tin out there or something for him. >> Well, if we're winning, if we're winning, don't turn to sprinkler. Um, >> right. Right. >> My I get a lot of feedback. It's like, how can it cost this much money? I mean, you know, we're >> some of us do a lot of this kind of not I mean, not build schools, but we build things or houses or and it's like >> this this amount of money is absolutely ridiculous that we have to spend to build a school and um there I don't
043know if it's just the the uh way that it's but it's ridiculous to me that we have to spend three times times the amount of money that it would cost me to build a school on my own private property of the identical. >> Well, let me let me share a little story. So, you know, that's because of prevailing wage and we're a government >> public government body, >> which is I think horrible that they punish people, >> right, >> for that being in that category. >> Those groups are often the ones that have the least amount of money to spend than the private sector. So, South Lump Qua got creative and did something that I'm not saying we're going to do. I don't know if I had have the guts to do it, but they
044got away with it and kudos to them to avoid exactly what you're talking about, John. They had a private contractor in town tied huge community supporter tied in with athletics. He bought the and he and that's what he does for a living is metal structures. So, he bought the metal building. It was delivered on his front yard, sat there for a couple years till the district could figure out how to pay for it. Then what the district did was deed him a section of the parking lot. So that became his property. So he decided to build a metal structure on his property >> using his people, his workers. >> And that was exactly what we intended to do years ago before the previous bond measure. And that was our exact route. And then he uh
045he gave it back to the school district. >> Talked us into into supporting the bond measure with our money. >> So and I don't know >> is that when Jeff says that the wrestling team bought that property? >> What's that? >> Is that what Jeff's talking about? My brother Jeff when he says that wrestling. >> He didn't but we were going to. They they had it all lined out. >> But that's what he was talking about was doing that same thing right there. >> Yep. That exact same thing. That's what we were going to buy the tennis court. >> That have been pretty clever. Yep. And that was what our plan was. But it didn't happen. Um, and but that's, you know, but just because that we have to do that is shame on the
046state of Oregon. >> I totally agree. It is absolutely the state of Oregon is doing this to us to make it so we can't educate our kids reasonably fair is is unbelievable to me. >> Yeah. And it hits uh rural districts. just going to say that >> so much harder and that is the majority of the districts in Oregon are rural >> just the inequity >> but we could go on about this all night but I do think that going into these like what you said because that was going to be my ne next >> deal is what about that so >> and I'm I'm all for trying it >> well and here's what I need from you guys um you guys are obviously people feel comfortable coming to you and if they you know
047if they say But you know, God, Freeman came across this way. What was he thinking on that? I need to hear that cuz here's what here's what I don't we have this I keep talking about this window of opportunity and um we can't miss this opportunity. What I don't want to is get past this opportunity, not pass a bond and look back on myself and my actions like could I have done some should I have done something different? Could I have done something different? Because by then it's too late. We've missed that opportunity. Um, I need to know on this end, the front end, so I can change things and give it our best shot. We still may not pass because we can't control things that are happening all around us in the world, but
048we can control um our campaign and what we say and what we do and include the community and make sure everybody has a voice and all those things that we know are important. And then if whoever's delivering the message, if the perception people are receiving it differently, then people need to know that. Um it would be great if somehow we could like um kind of get some anonymous feedback. So like folks are saying what they really want to say without it being too like out in public or that they're at a table with other people and feel like that's gonna that they get to say whatever they want and ask whatever they want without us knowing and then we can address all those things if there was a way to get that. >> So I
049talked to Kyle today about polling. I think I've talked to you guys about polling and how ridiculously expensive it is. >> I know >> he he has uh so he wants to get a better feel of our district. He's actually coming he he's got it sketched in for Tuesday the 7th, April 7th. Uh but he wants to get a feel of our district. He he has with some rural communities um that are tightknit and you can get also in the community um done surveys through Survey Monkey. Yeah. >> Where you can set that up to be anonymous. Yes. >> He said the information is not as accurate and we just need to take it as information. >> Uh but he's kicking that around too doing that for us. That might be an idea of doing
050that. >> Love it. >> Yeah. And I think including in that also just like a um like ask us anything you know and that ask the questions not just the >> that opened point but you know what are you wondering about? What is the thing that you you have curiosity about? >> Yeah. >> And and I think again it the if you set it up right then you also have an opportunity to educate as part of it you know. So you're gettingation >> and so that's also feeding some of the stuff like cheetah to see like this is to benefit kids. We have a window of opportunity that's only big here's what we're looking at. you know, you can sketch that all out to start off and Yeah. >> Yeah. >> I do know that
051it seems like more, you know, I get more like, well, we got, you know, there was very little at the deal about the classrooms for the kids and there's apparently not enough classrooms down elementary. >> Yes. >> We're using every classroom at the elementary school. >> Yes. And and that that was that's more of a concern than anything is that we we got to have >> room for our kids. >> Yes. Yeah. I mean, and that that more so than a gym or a you know, anything like that? It's like Well, >> yeah. Isn't that our biggest group of folks is elementary? >> Well, there's more students there because that's what I mean. Yeah. they have more grade levels >> and probably we see an influx coming through the years in that is what I'm
052>> uh we used to >> uh not right now okay >> we do have a large class coming through um the elementary but generally the classes are around 50 students a class >> 50 students a class >> a grade okay I was like whoa whoa whoa we got a problem >> a grade a grade sorry our large class is 72 But our enrollment is going the wrong direction and we we are talking about that amongst our leadership team. So >> is it from are we losing out of district kids or are we losing in district kids out of district? >> Yeah. So I'm not real prepared to talk about this but it's um we may have to revisit the policy we just >> we're we're losing a lot of kids to Baker Academy. uh >>
053and and the more I'm investigating the the why behind it, I'm not sure we have control over that. >> So, we may revisit that policy. I don't I don't have enough data to give you right now. >> But that that one is alarming how many students we have leaving. >> Our transfers, we're still on the positive. We have more kids coming to Glide than leaving our county schools. Uh but it's our it's our virtual charter schools that that we're losing a lot of kids. >> Okay. >> We have we have a bunch of theories on that but like I said I'm not really talk about that. Um and I if we are going to talk about that I was just thinking in the um one of the things that we haven't seen in a while
054that I think you know Tammy kind of touched upon it um when we're talking about the elementary school with the classroom that had 97% attendance. I it would be great if some of those numbers as well as like the disciplinary action like are these students that are getting you know in a lot of disciplinary actions that are then choosing to be like what's local? >> Yeah. So um so we can get all that together. Uh, I know of of several that where one student in the family would meet that criteria, but families are choosing to pull everybody out and then send in the whole family. Um, >> that's something I didn't anticipate. >> That's interesting. >> Okay. >> Anything else about our meeting? This is a great discussion. Um I think I think uh Tracy
055with your permission we just keep the bond path um as a regular standing agenda item. >> Absolutely. >> And then if if we have lots to say we can say a lot. If we don't have much to say we can just >> Yeah. >> But we keep it on as a regular item. >> Okay. >> All right. And I've already hit number three in that discussion. So, uh, Kyle is on board and, um, I I feel really good about him and his process and, uh, I think you will too once you see all the the system he has laid out for a positive campaign. >> Well, when I, um, was on the Zoom with him, it was a lot of information. I was like, well, >> night and day from our first one. >> Oh,
056absolutely. Absolutely. >> Yeah. because at some points I even got a little lost. Right. And the first one that's was Yeah. Okay. Um any is that kind of >> honestly that's my report and everything if you're okay with that. >> Absolutely. Okay. >> Okay. Carolyn financial reports. So, um, the only thing I wanted to share tonight other than your financial report that you have, um, is that the legislative short session is complete. And I'm very happy to say that the state school fund is not going to be messed with in this banium. >> In this, >> they're warning us about the next bianium, but I don't like to borrow trouble trouble and there's time left before that happens. So, I'm not worried about that. I just really happy to be able to share that the
057state school fund is staying the same as it was. >> And I'm going to That's right. And I'm going to borrow that saying, I think. Did you say I'm not going to not going to borrow trouble? Love it. That's my new thing. Okay. Individual board member reports. Um, so yeah, a couple things I um really wanted to um also thank you for inviting us. We didn't talk about community school, but um that was a really uh great opportunity. Um again, I will say my teams that I was with uh we did the best we could with the drawing exercise. I'm still like none of us wanted to draw. Um, and it was really great to, you know, just talk with um, the teachers and the aids and and good to know they were folks that
058they don't interact with on a regular basis anymore. And so that was great. So, thank you for inviting us. I'm really excited about where that is um, heading. It sounds like it's a really nice alignment with the things that we've been talking about and incorporate so many of the things that we want to see for our students and the community. So, I love that. So, thank you for that. Um, again, I really was excited to see that um with the um wood shop class and all of the things they're doing about builtin beds and how cool is that? Also reflecting on that value about giving back and really I think that that is something that those students that are involved in it can say like look what I did. >> And how amazing is that?
059Um and then just really amazing that um with Jane and getting the award like that I heard it on the um radio and then I saw Facebook post. So it was really great to see that. Um so I just Yeah. Yeah. Oh, yeah. No, thank you for that. That is amazing. Um, and I um also uh I had the opportunity because you had talked about um thanking Cow Creek and so uh they were uh one of the like I don't know exact t idol anymore. It's changed over time. I had the opportunity this weekend to say thank you for all of the things that um that you all did in terms of contributing to the funding that we received over the holidays and how important that was. uh and just continue to, you know, say
060we want to, you know, continue to build that partnership with the tribes. And I was I had the opportunity to go on a um pretty much almost a whole afternoon um tour of all of the facilities that they have and their clinic and their nice. And so I just also think about the ways that we can incorporate that. Definitely indicated that they have a lot of tribal um families in this community which are well aware of and so just also um continue to build that partnership and the lines and I think that was it. >> That's awesome. Thank you, John. >> Well, I mostly said most of my stuff about the the school and how much it cost us to build and and that has been one of the big, you know, people that I
061talked to. It's like, how can that cost so much money? Yeah, >> you know, that's where I think we've got some opportunity. Guys are checking, you know, elsewhere to see like what they they built a brand new high school over in Bend here not too long ago. And it it it's like how it will absolutely you can't afford to do that if it's going to cost that many millions of dollars. >> And that's why rural districts have failing facilities and struggle to keep up with long-term sustainability. >> Yes, it it doesn't make sense that they want to do that to us, but maybe I don't think there's anything other than what we talked about that's going to get us out of it in the short term, but you know, maybe long term strive for, but
062we'll see. Don't know. But that's about it, I guess. Okay. >> We're going to have an executive committee. >> Yeah. I was just going to say um I also thought that um the event with the uh that we that I went to the other day, the uh the community, right? What was it called again? Community schools. Sorry. Uh super fun. Um yeah, no one in our table also wanted to draw. Uh finally had a volunteer. Um but just a really good um time to interact and hear feedback and um find out just even like personal things, right? Like folks got to say like what helped them get to where they are now. And so it was really um meaningful I think to do that. And I love this whole concept of taking like our strategic
063plan and putting it into like a small little succinct sound bites really, right? So that folks remember it and it speaks to the heart of who we are and I am so looking forward to continuing that process. Um, and I also just want to say on what Tammy just said, um, it's a nice reminder that one person can make such a huge difference in people's lives and that person can go on to make a difference in other people's lives. The ripple effect is really important and to throw out some cliches, you know, not all superheroes wear a cape and anyone can wear the mask of a superhero and I encourage everyone to do so. So, thank you all for coming and sitting here with us. And if anybody doesn't have anything else to say, I
064think we're going to go ahead and adjourn this meeting. Yeah. Okay. Meeting adjourns. Thank you so much. And then um we're going to do an executive session. Okay. Right. Me, too. Uh, am I ready to go? We're back online. Oh, okay. I'm going to call this meeting back to order in regular session. And uh just want to say that we are continuing with the process of superintendent evaluation as per our uh agreed upon schedule uh that was set forth a long time ago. So we just do these periodic executive sessions to uh dialogue about how things are going. Uh so thank you to anybody who stuck around and we are done. I'm going to adjourn this meeting. Thank you.