001Please stand for the flag salute. There it is. Now I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >> Good evening everyone. Welcome. um you'd like to sign in, you're more than welcome to sign in at the visitors guest book club. Jill, do we have anybody online that has signed up to speak to the board tonight? Okay, these you still have time to do so. Uh addressing the board is not until later on in the agenda. Any announcements? Okay, moving right along to our first presentation. Uh Sunrine family, come on up. Good. >> Yeah. Thanks, guys. I brought the guests of honor. It's like a party, but the Unrin family is here. So,
002>> well, I don't know about that. Um, obviously most of you know who the Unrin family are. They're the founders of the Matthew Unrine Memorial Foundation. And the purpose of the foundation is dedicated to saving lives and giving hope by bringing awareness through education of individuals, communities, and families affected by suicide. This summer, the foundation completed their ninth annual fundraiser. And uh Tamila and her husband are here to make a donation to the school district to support the mental well-being of our students and to continue our suicide prevention efforts. So with that to you guys. >> Thank you so much. So like she says um my name is Shame Enri and this is my husband Darren and um we raised three kids here in Angel and they attended all the schools K through 12. Uh
003Darren was on the volunteer fire department. So um we've been on every board and rooster club and everything. So our our um roots run really deep here at Mount Angel. And so, uh, unfortunately about eight years ago, we lost our oldest son, Matt, to suicide. And, um, we didn't know Matt had any suicidal ideiation. And so, it was just a huge shock to us. Um, and so to really help our family kind of process that and work through the grief, we created a nonprofit, uh, the Matthew Memorial Foundation. And so, what we do is each summer we have our one and only fundraiser. And we have a motorcycle ride. Matt was avid Harley-Davidson rider. And so we do that first and then we meet out at band of XO. That's where we hold our the
004fundraising portion of the day which is auction and a raffle and a meal and whatnot. So this year we had our best year to date. We um raised $80,000 and so we were just, you know, so excited about that. We have a lot of help. We have so much of the community of Mount Angel that stands behind us. It's always very very humbling when we have our fundraiser because everybody just kind of steps over each other trying to help. And so as a recipient of that, we're like, "Oh my gosh, you know, we are loved and people really care about suicide prevention." So, um, we decided as a board of directors, not just Darren and I, it's my siblings and I that we would, uh, give back to the schools. And so, we are gifting
005Mount Angel School District $30,000 check, cashers check for you for suicide prevention and education. And we really only had a couple stipulations. One was that we keep it for mental health and prevention and education. Um all those other clubs, FFA, sports, those are super important, but this is what's near and dear to our our heart um at this time. And then to let us know, it's kind of fun to know what you guys all do with the money. So that being said, we like to present you with a thousand. It's our privilege and pride at Absolutely. I would like Andy and Matt grew up you how many years older than that eight. >> Okay. >> And then he knows and the rest of the board can come up too. >> Yeah. >> All right. >>
006Photo. >> Not going to be picture shy. >> Yeah. Well, we loves a good picture, don't we? >> Oh, no. I'm good. >> Thank you. They know me. I don't I'm good this way. >> Thank you, friend. >> We appreciate I'm sure it's all like really exciting here. We're gonna go home and have dinner. >> Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> Absolutely. >> Thank you guys. I I know you guys will do great things with this. So >> we appreciate coming talking to the kids too. >> Oh yeah, right there. That connection is key. Yeah, >> the more we talk about it. >> Absolutely. >> The more it's out there and >> and thanks to Emily. >> Yes. Yeah. Emily would have been here, but the kids were eight and she's like, you know, later.
007>> All right. Bye. >> Take care everyone. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Sorry. Oh goodness. I guess I need >> Thank you. Have a fun day. Byebye. All right. Well, that's a great way to start off the school board. That was a fantastic young man. >> He really was. >> Like three years. >> All right, moving on to our our agenda. If uh nobody would like to adjust anything, I would accept a motion to approve the agenda as is. >> I move to approve the agenda. >> Got a motion second and second. Any discussion? >> All in favor? >> I >> All right. Consent items in there. Um one thing is the board policy graduation requirements in there for the second reading as well. Anything that needs to be pulled from the consent agenda?
008If not, I would accept a motion to approve the consent items as is. >> I so move. >> I got a motion. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Move and second. Any discussions? Okay. All in favor? >> I. >> Moving on to uh reports. Seeing no classified or licensed reps in person. Any online? >> Okay. Moving right along to administrative reports. Mrs. Brendan, >> welcome to your first report of the year. >> Thank you. >> Minus the one last month about your using AP. >> I got a bonus report in there. >> Yeah. Yeah. Um the followup data I have on that is that all but one of our students who were seniors who took the AP exams are collegebound. Um and then the one is just unknown. um he was interested in
009aviation and working remotely. >> So wanted to follow with you on that. >> Um thank you for this space to just share a little bit about JFK. Uh the enrollment is the first number that has a little shaking down from the time when the report was due and today. So we're at 217 not 220. Um small correction there. Inservice week was amazing. we were able to just be super clear, super um direct and like here's what we're working on, here's what we're doing. Progen Excellence is something new that we're doing this year. It's a movement that was um brought a fourth la at the end of last year to help students move beyond just meeting the expectations and really working to exceed expectations. And so Trojan Excellence teaches students what it means to um exceed
010in communication and be trustworthy and reliable. So we're really excited to roll that out to students. We'll be doing that in the next couple of weeks. Um but we did spend some time on that during inservice week. Um the ELA adoption also had some training that came with it and that was before the inservice week and the ELA system that we chose integrates nicely with the formative assessment system that we use maps. So, we're um really excited that there's some easy integration happening there. Handbook. The handbook was updated for clarity in some places and then I did um see that Mr. Taylor's handbook for MAMS had cited um law and policy throughout and so I went through and did that with the JFK handbook as well. So, those are the updates. Um nothing major. uh
011the the personal electronic devices policy. I made sure that it was clear and matched what is uh the changes were this summer. So those are the updates that I have. >> Any questions? >> Thank you, >> Mr. Taylor. >> Board chair, superintendent. We are also down uh to 179 from 181 which is very very typical. You have students that register you think are going to join and do not end up joining. So we had a parent um at home visit checked in with her. Uh she said you know we're thinking of moving and I said will you just let us know? So that's an example of where one of those kids went. Second bullet point uh it's down a little bit. um outdoor school. So, the state of Oregon cut outdoor school by 20%. And
012the outdoor school folks went through and put a formula there to it so that there was a higher amount of weight for those larger districts and longer programs, which I thought was great. So, our decrease was 16%. which is a pretty significant number for us. But we are working with our outdoor school provider in order to find different ways that we can still make that happen. There was at one point where I'd say that was 50/50. I'd say it's probably 8020. We are going to outdoor school. So I would expect that we will go. We may need to ask for some additional volunteer support. One of the ideas was, hey, if you have somebody that likes to fish and somebody that likes to do bow and arrow, maybe you can get a volunteer. You can
013fill that spot with a volunteer rather than paying for that spot. And there are a handful of other ideas that we'll take a look at as well. U last item, uh, I'll call it the cell phone. It's really the electronic device policy. We were very close to that policy anyway. So, the only things that we had to add there to it was um watches and earbuds and the rest of it really was how we were behaving and what our school rules were anyway. So, it's had very little impact on the middle school at all. And I haven't heard anybody complaining per se about it. Now, I would imagine there was some probably some grumbling hope, but I haven't heard anything come my direction and I haven't had any parents ask me about it. >> Questions?
014>> I think that was um up to our school question. How much money is that that we lost or not getting? >> It ended up being about $5,000. So, it's not insignificant. >> Oh, excellent. >> To the middle school. >> Okay. >> Yeah. Good question. >> Is that something that potentially a fundraiser could help? >> So, fundraising is an option, but there are some very and I think well thoughtout guidelines around how you do some of that. So, going and asking, for example, for a $50 donation per kid and having to ask each kid to bring that in, that's kind of a no no >> uh because it causes disparities and inequities in how we do things. So yes, that's an option. I actually think if we just restructure some things, we can probably capture
015three to $4,000 of that and then we'll just look for the balance there. Another option would be to look at a camp which is a bit cheaper than the one or location that was a bit cheaper than one. >> Where do we go now? >> So we went out Scots Mills area. >> Scots Mills area. >> There's a boy scout camp there. It was >> fantastic. Okay. I mean, it was really good >> good, >> but we may look at a less expensive place to help pick up that extra thousand. >> When would be outdoors? When is the timeline for that? >> Uh, we have time. So, I need to submit something by October 15th, which is just like a yes, we're going to do a general budget thing. >> Okay. >> And then we
016aren't looking to do outdoor school until the 8th time. >> Oh, good. Time to to do any fundraisers. >> Questions? Thank you. >> Thank you. >> All right, just welcome to your first report. >> Glad to be here. I haven't met each of you individually. I'm Katie. Thanks for approving my contract and >> we're excited you're here. >> I'm excited to be here. Um the story continues with a slight decline in enrollment since the time we wrote our reports. It's just, you know, the ones that actually show up on day one. So, we're down eight eight kids. 282 is our enrollment right now, which is close to last year. Um, inservice week was great. I mean, honestly, when you see St. Mary's staff, particularly custodial and office staff, just if you can acknowledge everything that
017took to get back into this building, they've been truly incredible through the construction process. Um, our office staff was working out of a classroom all through August mostly without air conditioning and just like with so many smiles and so great on the phone with parents and just really warm and welcoming despite all the reasons why a person might feel like they aren't ready to be warm and welcoming on a Tuesday. So, that's been a great way to get to know this staff. Um, it really speaks to what everybody here is about. So that's been while it's been difficult, it's also been a nice way to to join St. Mary's. Um, and so in service week was kind of impacted by that, just trying to give teachers a lot of time to set up their classrooms
018because I think we have several who come in extra and trickle in through August and they couldn't and that was very stressful for for them. Um, our big topic was launching our interim therapeutic care classroom. The notion of the classroom, not opening the room yet. Um, we started as a staff by understanding collectively what an interim therapeutic classroom is not meant to be. And then we did some u learning together about brain science and neural networks. and then we built a collective understanding of what it could be for us here at St. Mary. So, ideally, we would not have students in that classroom day one. And that's what has been true for us. Um, and so we've been able to use the staffing for that classroom schoolwide. And that's been huge to have um Sam
019and Kelly who were both on the agenda for consent tonight um kind of have a schoolwide lens and and be a thought partner with me in particular while teachers and classified staff are trying to get through the day and their routines and understanding where there's opportunities for the whole school to kind of beef up our green zone or tier one system so that we can then layer on the supports which is what the classroom is meant to be. So, one of those things is just um tightening up lunchroom procedures. I mean, it seems like the silliest thing to kids get lunch, then they eat it, and then they go to recess. But if that can be a calm spot and everybody understands what's happening, then that's a whole bunch of kids you're not having to
020spend a lot of time with so that you can use those resources for the kids who need it the most. So, that's really been our focus. guess the ELA adoption and we did some training with EdX which was wonderful for standards mapping to match the new curriculum. Um but that's really been our focus and it's it's been a good couple of weeks. Questions for me >> just how how do you feel being a part of our our district? >> Yeah, I feel great. I mean, I taught in a small district, not quite as small as Mount Angel, but and I really wanted to get back to that. There's a lot of good that comes from knowing people's first names and the name of their cat and that they got a puppet last week and all
021of that stuff. >> And the kids, our kids are fantastic. They're like the most earnest, polite. In some ways, it feels like being in school in the '9s in all the best ways. you know, they like come into the office and they say, "Mrs. Reid, if you have a moment, could you like they have a sentence frame they're walking in with?" So, yeah. And our our staff is amazing. So, I'm very glad to be here. Thanks for asking. You're welcome. >> I've gotten feedback from parents that they appreciate that when they drop their kid off in the morning, you're there. You're out there greeting kids. So, >> that's good. I'm glad they know who I am. >> Yes. Yeah. principal, but I didn't didn't make a sign. >> Not that sign. I spent a lot
022of time in the workroom step Brandon this last week. So, >> you said you said it's like the crown idea. >> Crown first and the stash. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> All right. All right. Well, >> thank you. >> All right. Director Gordon, >> or do I call you Dr. reporting now. >> I haven't had to use that yet. >> I will say like y'all hired some great people. My job is I don't know what to do with myself. Katie's got it dialed in. Dr. H Harla's got it dialed in. It's a great place to work. Looks things are really under control. uh in service for us. I had a day with uh our principles and sp teachers and counselors and our behavior specialists and it was um it was really nice just to have
023everybody together. Um the morning time we spent on a social emotional learning curriculum that really has the capacity to do all kinds of things, but with all the other things going on, we really just focused on tier two and ti three. It was fun to see people excited and working together on school teams because when you're small a lot of times you guys know we work in isolation but to get people together and think about oh I could use it this way or oh I could use it this way was really fun. Um sports physicals um were a hit and I just shout out to Heather SOA. I thought she you know last year she brought a couple people. I'm pretty sure they shut the entire clinic down if you guys were there. I think
024she got like 12 or more staff between doctors, MAS, and like registration people. It was phenomenal. I mean, more and more providers just kept showing up. We served over 60 kids and it what a service, you know, to our community. Um, as a reminder, so we're doing a lot of really cool things for staff wellness and this is our last year for the grant. we have two more months of money. Um, I will be applying for a sustainability grant, but instead of, you know, $125,000 over several years, it's $5,000. So, it's a little bit different, but hopefully it can sustain some of those activities that staff have said that they love, which are water. We love clean drinking water. And as residents of Mount Angel, you know what that's like. um they love having um
025fresh uh we do snacks once on the buildings for like local farm um snacks. They really like those and we're trying to really find some activities that are low cost. We started a hiking club and so we're going to go out and do those and so some different things to kind of build camaraderie. Um so those are some things that are maybe a little bit on my different ranches that you don't always get to hear about. Um, any other questions? It's been a really great start to the year. It feels really It feels really good. >> It's fun to be energized. Thanks, guys. >> Thank you. >> All right, Christine, budget report. >> This first, right? Okay. So first one is the general fund. Um just a little bit you guys have this in your
026as well. Okay. So um made myself some notes too. Um so at the top part um under local sources a pretty typical month in terms of um the prior taxes and interest and then rentals. That's basically one um big rental that we have every year and they they just paid it for us. So that's what that was. Um I wanted to call your attention to the line for state school fund current year. Um we have talked a lot about this when the budget prep was going on that we knew that the amount that they were going to give us was based on higher numbers than what we were projecting. And so on that far right um that number the projected the 8.4 4 U million. That is what um I'm basing as of right now,
027you know, everything on. Um but if you you can see um in August what our monthly payment is right now is about 727 a month. Um but I kept the rest of the year to total up to the 8.4 because I didn't want it to look like we were going to have this extra money that we weren't going to. Um and I just did that this month. I haven't figured out a better way to show that. Um, and if I do, I'll, you know, explain that. But I just didn't want that 727 to carry out for the rest of the year. And it looked like we had more money than we did. So that's why, um, if you were wondering why there's a drop in September, that's why. Um, and then if I can figure
028out a different way to to show it in in the spreadsheet, I will do that. So, any questions on that piece? So, you're projecting obviously we're going to have to give some back. So, do you just kind of hold that money and put it into a different pot so that it's there when we have to make up for what we weren't supposed to get, if that makes sense. >> Yeah. So, we have two things going on. So, we have the one where we haven't gotten the money yet, but we know we're going to get too much. >> Um, and that's where I um did it in that line item. And then towards the bottom um at the very bottom of the expenditures I added another line item that said refund to state school fund. We
029I' had been projecting that we depending on what our ADM you know ends up at for 2425 we're going to maybe get back about 140,000. So I set that aside too just so that that way it's it's clear in here that that's not money we can spend. So um so yes to answer your question both things. Um, and as we get further into the year and, you know, enrollment settles a little bit, um, then we'll have a better idea, but right now we're just being extra conservative because we we just don't we just don't live. So, um, and I think Oh, yeah. So, I called out you called out that as well. So, right now we're trending um at about a month or yeah, a month in fun of about 1.5 for for the year.
030Um, and I'd put those notes again down below that if we were to do, you know, 7% of general fund expenditures, um, set a size contingency, we'd be looking at an any fund balance of about a little over a million. And if we did 10%, a little little less than 700,000. And I just want to keep that as top of mind as we try working towards building our reserves and increasing our contingency and making hopefully that's more of a board um, policy. But I think it's important for us to kind of watch that number and see what's realistic for for us too. So, any questions on this one? >> Okay. Okay. Switch over. >> Yes. Okay. So, um August we don't obviously have quite the students in yet. So the revenue that we had um
031for this month was um that 10,57 that was for quarter three um the from the C program we get a quarterly payments that's for the difference um between uh what we like what our our baseline is and what we should be getting. So that's what that was. And then um as you can see that was the 15,000 was our summer program for um the remaining part of the summer. And um so I'm looking forward to seeing what uh our numbers look like for the first month in September. I've talked to Stacy and it sounds like um at least at the elementary school that numbers have gone up in terms of people eating, especially breakfast. Um and so um so hopefully um that's trending at the um all the schools. So um and then for expenditures,
032this is just uh expenditures for or salaries for summer program. There's nobody has started yet into their regular job. So that's why the salaries benefits are are low and then obviously to the food supplies is is pretty small for the month. So right now we're we're still trending at a positive fund balance. um which you know obviously that's our goal to to keep it there for the sphere. So any questions on this one any questions at all in general about budget or anything like that. >> Thank you very much Dr. Harland. Superintendent report. >> Yeah. Chair FA members of the board. Um the superintendent report tonight will include we're going to kind of split it in half. Um but the first two items will just be just a quick um couple of comments on the
033enrollment report that you saw in your board packet and then just a bond update. >> Terrible. >> It's okay. >> It's hard when everyone's watching. So the first part and I think you've heard a little bit about it both from the principles and then also from Christie in terms of enrollment. Um uh the enrollment looked at about 690. You've already heard it's a little less. The 10day drop hasn't happened yet and so we expect that to kind of settle out but it's something that we keep a pretty close eye on especially towards the end of September um as our um you know as our enrollment in ADM kind of settle. So that's something to keep an eye on. One of the questions I asked was what was it at the same time kind of last
034year and it was higher than 690. So it gives me kind of a a projection in terms of what that might look like. Something um certainly to keep an eye on in terms of transfers. Just at the beginning we had more transfers in than we did out um by you know a little less than two handfuls. But that's also something to kind of keep an eye on. One thing to just know um in the future in April, one of the things that will come before you as a board um is the the transfer. Every year the board has to approve the number of of kind of transfers that they'll accept kind of coming in and out. Um and so when we do that and talk about that again in April, we'll make sure to have
035that number come back and give you kind of an outlay of of what it looks like by grade bands and by transfers in and out. Okay. The last or the next part I should say is our bond update. It was a busy summer. It was a busy summer and there was a lot of work great work um that happened. So first kind of hats off to our our district team kind of internally who really kind of ran point on a lot of things also had to make adjustments. Um, if you see, you know, Ira or Donna, um, or Marty, like the whole summer staff really had to be flexible in the work they were doing, the work they couldn't do. Um, and also building staff. We had a lot of our staff who didn't have
036access to their workspaces and then when school started, there wasn't a lot of time beforehand. So, I just appreciate everyone's flexibility. Um, like all construction, there were a lot of great things and then there are the little things that you're like, "Oh, that, you know, needs to be a little different or this needs to be on a punch list or oh my gosh, I love that. Why didn't we also do this, that, and the other?" And so, um, I just appreciate everybody's flexibility and patience in that process. So, in terms of, um, the things that have been done, I know that you've seen that list throughout, but pretty extensive work here at St. Mary's. um every it seems like every part of the school in some way or another from the flooring to the walls
037to the exterior um to the outside to painting both interior and exterior. Most of the bond work is complete but just reminder again at the end of September, early October is when the hallway kind of um laminate will be installed. that'll be done swing shifts um and it should take a week or two um but that will be kind of that last push um uh for St. Mary's. Also, the plantings happen in October. Um so that will be kind of the last big piece um of the bond work for man's um the flat roof replacement and there was painting and the storefront windows, gutters, all new gutters and then security fencing. Um, all of that besides punch list items are complete. Uh, JFK, the windows certainly in the library and sweet pee. Some restrooms completed,
038some exterior painting as well. Um, for the access controls, that work is still happening at all three buildings and at the district office. That should be wrapping up in terms of the wiring um next week. And then we need to um get to work on more scheduling and programming of times and doors and access and um different levels of access and all of that fun stuff. Um but that has taken longer than we thought and certainly now in the second week of school it not being finished is tough. Um and folks are being super flexible about it. for the budget for the bond. Um the thing here to note is the um the bond dollars that have been committed and the bond budget there remains um some funds there. And so we had talked to
039the bond oversight uh committee about that. In October, we're doing kind of a bond tour, but at our November meeting, part of what we'll do is to say how much money do we have left? what were the projects that were originally on the list that we made some concessions about because we were concerned about funds and then through the process of the work that's happened what are things that we would add in terms of scope um to the bond work. So you know as you you know replace things or as you um install new things you start to see other things that might also need work. So those will be added um to that original list and then that committee will look to say how much do we have, what fits under the bond language
040and what can we reasonably be able to get done. So that's kind of the next piece um of the process because we will have probably about maybe $1.5 um million dollars at the end to have conversations about um projects that we said maybe now is not the time that we'll be able to reconsider. And then there are just some pictures which um don't do it justice because one of the rooms that um we're sitting in had some great new carpet and you got to see the new floor and um uh so yes, some pictures around some of the work that's happened. I encourage you if you're interested when the bond oversight committee does their tour, you're welcome to join if you want to go on um that tour to see some of the more kind
041of behind thescenes mechanical pieces of the bond work as well. Are there any questions on either um enrollment or um bond update? >> Thank you so much for having this whole bond update in the general newsletter that went out to everyone. >> Great. >> That was great. >> So, a big thank you to Miss Jill. >> Thank you, Jill. >> Who was um who was instrumental in making that happen. I have sometimes these really bright ideas and I'm like how can we do um and Jill is great and it's like we can and then as the person who's doing like the printing and the folding right like hundreds of papers later so and and also some children of DO staff thank you for your help and folding as well. >> Thank you. >> Yeah. Do
042we know when the the entry entry work will be done because electronic entry work will be paladin have like an idea work? >> Yes, by next week. >> Okay. Thank you. The rest of the report will be happening during our discussion session race. >> All right. Any board member reports? >> I have the promo report. >> Okay. I would like to say thank you to Lisa for being so um present in at least this building because I was here during the early days of this year. It was nice to see our superintendent working with children with her students and um everyone had a great time. Thank you. >> Any thank you public comment. Anybody online? Jill see nobody online. Nobody here. Moving on to our action item, the budget resolution amending appropriations. Um, in the
043on the blue sheet, there's an explanation from Christie. I I'll just read it. Each year, OD reviews the district's budget for accuracy. One of the things they look at is to ensure that the budget document numbers match the resolution, which gives us spending authority. Upon reviewing it, it was discovered that the two line items did not match the resolution. She had intended to move $10,000 from the unappropriated pending fund balance to split between St. Mary's and JFK's transfer line item. It was in the proposed budget, but for some reason it did not carry over to the adopted budget. Per OD's recommendation, a new resolution must be done and approved by the board to match. So, if you go into the second to the last page of the packet, the board packet, it shows on there
044that adjustment and where it's at. And so the last, so it goes from 90,000 to 80,000. And then obviously the bundle is adjusted another 10,000 right there. And then >> do you see it? >> Yeah. Okay. Yeah. And then this the last page is just what it will look like without the revision revisions on there. And so if there's no questions regarding that, >> I just quick question. Christine, this was a finding by OD. >> Oh, well I mean they it's not a finding like when I think of finding I think of like audit. Okay. >> Um it is something they have this new transparency dashboard. So, in the past they had uh always match up to make sure like all the numbers match, right? Um now they have this new dashboard um where every
045school district is in there and it looks for three different things. This being one of them. Make sure your transfers are in balance because that's a huge thing for audit that they look at. They look at make sure that your budget numbers match your resolution and then um that your expenditures equal your um um revenues. And so yes, so it was something that they discovered from >> and then they did do they require like a corrective action or is this what we're doing? >> No, that's Yeah. So I asked them like what do I do to how do I fix this? And then that's they said that's the easiest thing to do. >> Y So just to be clear, the only motion is there's three on there, but that's the only one. >> Yep. So
046I move to approve the amended budget appropriations as presented. >> I got a motion. Do I moved and seconded? Any other discussion? >> Okay. >> All in favor? >> Passes unanimously. >> All right, moving on to our discussion items. Superintendent goals. >> Yeah, I'm gonna actually flip-flop these and start with the scorecard. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> Because um you'll see that my goals stem from the scorecard. And so, um, the scorecard looks very much the same in terms of format in the four areas that you're used to. I wanted to highlight, um, kind of three areas that had some market improvement last year. Um, then focus on two areas that, you know, we're going to kind of watch or take a look at and then one specific kind of action we're taking. I just
047want to give you an overview instead of going line by line. But on the academic excellence portion, there are three areas that had really very impressive improvement with last year. The first was third grade reading. So it kind of started the goal last year was 26 to 30% um and they actually ended at 34%. So that's an area that we'll continue to focus on in terms of a goal, but continue to improve another 5%. 8th grade math was the other. Um the goal originally last year was 15 to 19% and they almost doubled that. um which is pretty impressive. And so again, it's an area that will continue to work. The goal this year isn't as aggressive as last year um just because I want it to be realistic and I don't know that kind
048of doubling every year is as realistic. And then the third was the English language proficiency had a huge jump and really was um as a result of some really focused effort and work. um and it jumped to about 60% and so still a 10% that high is a pretty aggressive goal. Um but those were three areas that had really really marked improvement last year. Two areas um that are areas that we'll watch that are exciting. Nth grade on track was 88% last year. It's a pretty aggressive goal at 96%. It's one that I'm excited about. I know there's a lot of focus and work happening in that area. band um and that's a pretty high goal. So um that will be one to watch. The other is um on our thriving students category and that's
049student belonging. And so you know this is something that um we know is such a factor in student success whether they feel like they belong or have a place at school. And one of the actions um that we'll do this year is to host student focus groups at each level to learn more about why students feel like they do or don't belong at school. Certainly in um kid appropriate level language, but I'm excited to spend some time with kids to learn more about um to learn more about the places in school that they feel really connected and maybe the places that they don't feel as connected. And I feel like that information will give us some good um will just give us some good information about where we can go as adults. And then if
050you go to the safe and welcoming um there are two kind of areas um that I think will take some specific action that I'm excited about. One of them is on the student survey. When we looked at the data, I was looking for um places that were the lowest um and one of the lowest responses was in this um students reporting that their peers at school are nice to each other or show respect. And so I thought that that was a really worthy um goal as the adults in buildings to take a look at to decide h how could we make that better and what would that look like? Um and then the other was the parent caregiver survey where 56% of parents reported that they had positive kind of communication home um having to
051do with their kiddo in school. And so that was the other place um that we wanted to focus in and say, okay, what are some really specific actions we can take to make sure that um parents and families and caregivers are getting positive communication about their student and school. So, those would be two areas that um that there's some pretty concerted specific action um that that we're going to to want to see um how much um movement we can make there because they're two areas that are really important that um kind of stuck out for us. Any questions about the scorecard before I go to the goals? Okay. So then what I did um the there are two objectives um for my superintendent goals this year. The first is academic achievement and then the second
052objective is really around student belonging and student you know health and well-being. And so you'll see the annual measures come directly from the scorecard, right? So how all measure student achievement and how things are going are using those indicators. And then my performance, the two that I chose to say, hey, these are goals that you should judge my performance as a leader in this district on would be on our um English language um proficiency for third grade. that's an area of concern that we um that needs to improve for our students. And then the second is specifically for our students who experience disability as it pertains to ELA as well. And so out of all of those markers, those were two areas that I know I need to focus um because it's important that those
053things improve um and maybe, you know, as you can see, five and 7% a little bit more than um than others. The second objective is around um well-being, health and well-being for students. And again, some of those measures will be um students who report a sense of belonging at school. Um and then also attendance, right? It's really hard to feel like you have a place at school if you're not there as often. Um regular attendance is so important. Um when you're absent frequently, you feel like you're behind. You're always kind of missing something, right? you never quite feel like you're on the same pace or on track with the rest of the class. It can be really disjointed. So, those are measurements that we'll keep an eye on. Um, but how you should judge my
054performance in terms of my goal would be students reporting that other students are nice and respect each other at school. Um, because I think that that's just such an important marker in all of that that um, we have to make improvement there for kids to be successful at school. So again, for my goals, it would be those two objectives around health and well-being and academic achievement and then three performance goals around kind of those most critical pieces that um you should expect to see movement on from me. Any questions? >> No questions. I appreciate the clarity of >> how you um organized these and they align directly with the scorecard. It I'm very impressed. So, thank you. >> You're kind to say. So, you know, I need you to know too the district scorecard really
055that was the work of administrators, right? Sitting together to say, "Hey, here's what we've done before. You know, here's what we think is important or not important. here's how we can um if you'll notice we paired back some and so you'll continue to see that refinement. I know that um I know that that there's a temptation to kind of want to monitor everything and it's true that we will monitor and keep track of things, but I really want this to continue to be um a scorecard where we can say here are the things we're doing differently and here are the things we're going to make a run at. Um because what I want it to be is a conversation around did what we do work or not work and if it didn't work we're going
056to abandon it and try something else um more than just a pay less keep track of all those things. So I just want you to know that because as time you know um continues on we'll kind of just further and further refine it. And I'll be giving the same guidance to administrators for their scorecards as well, right? Like make it really focused, make it um have it aligned, but make it be the things that you're going to spend time and energy and doing something differently about to kind of impact a change. So really, this is um this is the administrative team. They did a fantastic job. I'm just the person who gets to talk about it. So >> any other questions or comments? >> All right. Any another any other announcements before we adjourn the
057September? >> Yes, I do. I do have an announcement. I have a here I have like a little letter for each if you pass it around. There you go. And I will read the little letter. So, Superintendent Harland or Chinfal board members Reman Kade and Brendan, it has been a pleasure to serve on the school board of Mount Angel School District. The school district is committed to serving the very best and finest education in the state of Oregon. The district has a very supportive community that embraces staff and students. There are so many good things that are happening in this district. the upgrades to the facilities, a new superintendent, educational leadership, a strong academic focus, robust athletic programs, and a continued pattern of student success. Circumstances in my personal life have me moving away from
058El Angel. Therefore, I am retiring as a schoolboard member. >> It has been great. It's been a great run, but it's time to go. I appreciate as the newest person here so much just how um just how warm and supportive and um this board was a huge reason why applying was even appealing right to me and so um and you were a huge part of that so I >> thank you >> I'm sad >> but you know what this is such a wonderful school district >> it is like a gem and people have to appreciate it because it's really great. >> It is the best kept secret. >> It is a bestkept secret. It's a tiny little gem. >> And see you guys going to continue. >> Well, Irene, you've made a significant impact in
059just four years. And >> well, >> I'm gonna miss you. I know we are miss. I'm gonna miss you a lot. >> A lot. Well, I'm sure you'll find lots of other people that are just even much more qualified to be on the school board. And if you make that announcement after October best and enjoy, >> you're going to be difficult to replace. >> Thank you. And I would add you've been >> so you your your membership has been meaningful and you have asked >> really um effective questions and your curiosity and your subject matter expertise from your >> lifetime of education. >> It's been invaluable. I'm just so interested. >> Thank you. So cool. >> And I I'm so glad that you said yes when >> Sherry called me up. >> Yes. Was announced
060>> and I had just retired from um just yeah like a year from education and Sherry's like oh come on you want to do this and I kept on saying no I don't really want to do this. I just retired from education. Sherry kept on calling up and saying do you want to do this? So yeah >> I will. >> Well I'm I'm a little disappointed Irene didn't give us any notice. So surprise her with a little pink or something. I mean that >> there's of fest coming by. >> All right. We could we could celebrate separately at Fest little differently than school board. So >> that's right. >> Yeah. >> I wanted to add just the the unr um gift >> just how meaningful that is for all of us and just such great
061appreciation for them to turn a tragic >> the enrines are >> into wonderful >> I was just gonna say the ens are personal friends of mine >> and um and it's been a and I have to admire that every year that they do stuff for mental health and that they continue to take a tragedy and make it a really positive and help others in life. >> So >> it's going to make a big impact. was going to make a huge impact. >> Yes. Um >> and our little gem of a school. >> The ensine spoke to me about what they should do with the money and I just kept on saying you got to do what you got to do this district. You know, there was lots of different Yeah. So, I think it'll make
062a wonderful difference in our schools. >> I think with mental health and counseling. Yeah. Well, I'm looking forward to hearing from the district on how that money is spent. >> I to believe that if there's, this is a personal belief, if there's updates and continued support, the Enrons have done this through many years and they raise lot, you know, they raise a lot of foundation money. 100% of all their uh their fundraising is donated back. >> Yeah. 0% there is no money that is you know that yeah >> so >> because they have a scholarship too don't they do a scholarship too don't >> they do well they do a scholarship also and yeah and yep so it's good thank you and >> thank you Irene >> we we ended on we started on a
063great note ended on a sad note >> oh no it's a great >> take for you Irene All right. Meeting adjourned.