001to order. Please stand for the pledge of allegiance. >> Pledge allegiance >> 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. >> Thank you. Do we have any remarks for the good of the school? >> I do. I have one, two. >> Before you start, can I ask you to do two things? >> No. Over here. >> Okay, there you go. Over there. >> Steve Bland. What else? >> And stand at the podium. >> Good job. >> Thank you. >> Um, two cool things. Uh, one was kind of cool, the other one was super cool. The kind of cool thing was we had a uh a middle school play. And honestly, I had never seen a
002play like that. It it was knocked out the ballpark how those middle schoolers did. That was I mean, that was phenomenal what they what they were able to do from middle school. So, that rock uh the community missed out if they didn't see it because that was that was superb. That was good. The better news is, and I don't really want to say who, but that lady way over there is having twins. And I think that's the best thing on the planet. Give it up. >> What have you done? >> Yeah. >> Thanks, Steve. Yes. >> Okay. With that, can I get a motion to adopt the agenda? >> I make a motion to adopt the agenda. >> Second. It's been moved and seconded that we adopt the agenda. Is there any discussion? Those in
003favor say I. >> All those opposed? Motion carries. Can I get a motion for approval of the minutes of previous meetings February 25th and March 2nd? >> I move that we approve the previous meetings February 25th and March 22nd or second. >> Second. >> It's been moved and seconded that we approve the minutes from previous meetings February 25th and March 2nd. Any discussion? All those in favor say I. I. I. Opposed. Motion carries. I get a motion to approve the consent agenda. >> I make a motion to approve the consent agenda. >> Second. >> So move and seconded to approve the consent agenda. Any discussion? >> All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Opposed. Motion carries. That takes into reports and discussion. Uh, first up is the board report. I know Wes, you
004wanted to give a report on the legislator. Is this a good time to do that for you? >> Yes. Sure. This is >> All right. So, I wanted to I've been following with each um board meeting with just a report on the legislative session of what we've captured from WASDA and what they've been following up uh with each week. Uh so the the legislative session concluded on Thursday, March 12th. Um there was some notes of deep disappointment from um cuts that were made to final supplement budgets for 2627. Um session started with 141 new bills proposed for just the education sector. uh they reduced that down to 23 bills in the final closing of the session. Uh many of those are still with the signing of the governor and haven't been signed yet. So just
005for awareness of that. Um so while maintenance funding for basic education was preserved including 2.6% 6% inflationary adjustment uh for state funded staff and um MSOC which is materials costs uh materials supplies operational costs um majority of reductions were made for K through2 programs such as um uh local effort assistance was reduced by around 25 million um transition to kindergarten and then school bus depreciations. Fortunately, none of those impact Riverside um because we don't we haven't adopted any of those programs and we do our own systems here to help us out. So, the bus does >> the bus system does um let me have it turn green. Um yeah, the bus depreciation will impact us by about 53,000 next year. >> Okay. um we just will get a reduction in revenue for that year and
006then it stretches it out an additional two years for certain class of buses I think an additional three years for another >> thank you Lisa um so accomplishments that was noted for this year uh K through2 system exemption from from sales tax um so this is actually on the millions ers income tax a benefit from that. So something beneficial of that and it also has a um a servability clause which is if if that uh bill gets repealed or modified in any way this stays in there. So um basically it's a sales tax exemption for public schools and school districts education service districts for all sales tax as created in 2025 under another bill. The sales tax exemption is effective on July 1st, granted that the governor signs the bill. Um they stopped um or
007changed many uh unfunded mandates. So there was a 20 20 new bills and policies that were uh proposed. uh they weren't able to stop all of them, but many of those new bills were un that were unfunded mandates uh for school districts. They were able to adjust so they didn't impact school districts as much. Um the small school modernization fund uh they were able to funded an additional 71 million to support small school district plannings. Now, the important thing to understand for that is in the next years, we'll have to find a way to to um lobby with our uh K through2 uh education legislative committee to try to expand that range for for the uh small school modernization funding to include a higher number of students so that can fall under us. So, that's
008one of the plans that we're looking for for the next after this legislative session to start working on. Um, like I said earlier, the setbacks that they noted were the local effort assistance budget cut, the transition to kindergarten budget cut, um, and the school bus depreciation budget cut. Um, and then some other there's some other bills that they noted as far as safety and well-being. Um their safety and well-being bill, the district requirements have changed, uh which is House Bill 1795, which is uh prohibition on certain restraint practices and new remodeling isolation rooms. There's uh district requirement changes for district operations, teaching and learning, which there's five bills here. um which if I don't know I don't want to waste your time too much by thinking about by talking not through this but um if
009you want to see me for more details afterwards I can include those I don't want to take too much time on this um but as far as that goes that's the wrap up for legislative session the governor has been touting how proud he is of the passage of free breakfast and lunch for all students does that impact So, that's a great question. Um, right now it doesn't impact us because we're currently under the community eligibility provision, but we do have to reapply for that this year. And so, either way, the good news is whether we um get the community eligibility provisions again or whether um we get free lunch for the kids by the governor's passing of that, we will have free lunch for all kids next year, which is awesome. So, we'll work through
010that process of of reapplying for what's known as the C, the community eligibility provision in June. So, we'll know more if we get that provision districtwide again or if we get that provision under the new passage of what the governor just did. >> So, this doesn't require that the the school equip more equipment to handle this or more personnel that we're doing this already. No, the great that's one of the great things that came out of COVID, maybe the only great thing is that we got to feed feed kids for free for a while and then we were eligible for the community eligibility provision and now um we had to re-up it because it's been four years and then um the governor did just pass that law too. So either way, our kids are going
011to eat for free which is great. One interesting fact, Penny, is that uh it was just a governor's decision. So, usually educators are involved and associations are involved uh in discuss, you know, the boards and the superintendent groups and principal groups and teachers and that was not a priority for the educational groups, you know, given all of the different needs that we had. Just wanted to point that out. So it was a governor's decision. It's kind of why it was no oversight by me because it wasn't part of that legislative focus through this session. Um I'd like to also state aside from legislative session to um help just get our connection to the community. Um we're planning for Ramfest to have a board or I'd like to talk with you guys about having a a
012booth for the board members. I've tossed some ideas around with the PTO members about having a dunk tank, too. And that's also with the RMS. So, I'd be happy to be in the dunk tank for for community building events. So, >> no, we wouldn't m he was late with >> forgotten. But, uh, something we talked about, I was at the, uh, um, the Ramfest meeting, the first meeting that we had last week, and one of the ideas that we talked about, I know earlier, was having a since our board's all new, was having a booth for us that we can share time at. So then you just meet community members. If you guys have questions about our backgrounds, where we came from, what we're focused on, how we can help, is there issues that you
013guys want to raise up to us, it's a great opportunity for I think it's a great opportunity for us to have more visibility to the community. So >> when is breakfast? >> May 28th 5 to 8 Thursday. And the great thing about that timing, Wes, is that our next study session, which because of spring break, will be the second Monday in April. One of the things we'll be discussing is the board's community involvement. Sarah or Lisa, did you have anything you wanted to add? I'd like to say that uh I'm sure that Kendall will talk about it during his report about the uh award that Riverside has recently won. You're going to talk about that. Perfect. Uh I mentioned the stud session and uh Tim Fitzgerald is uh he apologizes for not being here tonight,
014but he had a pre-existing uh obligation that we knew he would not be able to make this meeting uh for. And uh I know that all of you take the time to get here to be at this meeting and be a part of the community and that I really apologize for being late. >> With that, we'll move to the budget and finance report from Lisa. >> Thank you. Good evening everyone. Um just some pretty exciting news as far as um our grants go. We applied for and received another grant this month of healthy schools healthy kids for $67,355. So um that will put some new pads and some tables. >> Cafeteria tables. SJ, our awesome grant writer is helping me. um cafeteria tables and pads in res which are much needed for safety especially um
015needing that for the gym cafeteria. So uh that is amazing. We're super excited. We've applied for just over a million dollars worth of grants this year and the grand total is $731,48. We're not quite done yet. Um, uh, Alicia Whitaker, Alyssa, I'm sorry, Alyssa Whitaker with RHS just applied for the FFA van, um, through the Washington FFA Foundation for 40,000 and they're hoping to get some donations um, to help supplement because the van will be a little bit more than that, but they have some go-getters and we think we're able to do it. So, we should hear on that soon. Um, so that's really exciting information. And I think Wes covered the legislative stuff really well. Um, we don't have LEA, so that's not something we have to worry about. We don't have TTK or
016or TK as it's known. Um, I'm sorry I said the bus depreciation was 53,000. That was by error. It's 58,000. Um, less next year, but again, we will get it over a few years instead of next year. Um, the 2.6 six of IPD was spread across salaries and benefits and also across MSOC. So, not at all what we were hoping for, but um it is across our funded um FTE. Um and then the sales tax exemption was pretty exciting. That was put in on services this fiscal year and it was something we were not looking forward to um having to implement when contracts came up and everything. And so that will be done um as of July 1st. >> How much? >> It's about 20 to 30,000 is what we were anticipating was going to
017happen. Especially the biggest one for that would have been our ESD, our software. They would have had to charge us sales tax. So then when you think about the reality of it, it's so frustrating that like state agencies would be paying a state agency for sales tax in that manner. So really glad um they kind of woke up on that and um and had at least gave us some relief. Um and then there were just a few maintenance issues. I thought it would be helpful since um maintenance and operations is a big um discussion area. if we just discuss some of the maintenance items that happened last month and some of the things that they're working on in the maintenance department because we are always actively like repairing things and making sure that um we
018have adequate um areas for students to learn in. Uh the biggest exciting thing is that one of our grants I can't even remember which one now um it is the breakfast meals for kids grant that is our new dishwasher at CES. So, they have not had an adequate dishwasher for I'm not sure how long. Um, it's installed. I took pictures of it because, believe it or not, the grants, um, they want me to go around and take pictures of everything and then send them to them so that they'll pay us. So, I've submitted that grant and the dishwasher is in. Everyone is really excited about it. Um, mainly the kitchen staff, but I think the kids, you know, are getting benefits out of it, too. That was very excited. Exciting. There was a boiler repair
019that we had to do um at re that sprung a leak and maintenance went in and fixed that um as well. And then we had a sewer failure at res. Um so they um they waited for the main pump replacement to arrive. Um the backup also failed. So they they went and received new pumps and completed all the repairs. So big shout out to our maintenance department for that. Um, I don't imagine any of us want to know what a sewer failure is like with all the kiddos in school. And then we had a soccer scoreboard installation. Uh, our booster club purchased and they installed the maintenance team installed the concrete bases and wiring for the new soccer scoreboard. So, thank you to the boosters um for that and thanks to maintenance for installing it.
020Um, and the last but not least, there's cookies here. Uh, because we did a great job on our audit. And by we, I mean everybody who gets emails or phone calls or face to faces with me and I ask for things and we do all the internal controls properly. So, it's not just a oneperson show. It really is a testament to all of our staff here. So, I bought cookies with zero taxpayer dollars that you guys are welcome to have as a celebration for all of us surviving another uh audit. That was 2425 and uh it's my third audit here, my third hair here. And um everything's going really well. We had no findings and what that means is if we had a finding, I wouldn't look as happy. So um and they were very
021complimentary of how well it was organized and how responsive we were and just everything that the board supports every day in Ken. So >> thank you very much Lisa all that good news there. Thank you. >> Okay with that we'll move to the K5 at CES and res discussion. Can you start that off again? Thank you. So, as you know, the board commissioned me and the staff to do a full study of the K5 at Chaturoy Riverside Elementary. We have actually studied this at length in the past and we have a study team made up of teachers and staff and and we engaged with parents and and students in the past and and so it's always been a really favorable idea and then we recommissioned a study process this year from the board and from
022that we met with each staff at Riverside Elementary and Shadowy Elementary on multiple occasions. We did surveys with the staff at both buildings. We met with the students at both buildings. We also did a parent guardian survey out to the parents and guardians of Chatroy Elementary and Riverside Elementary. Uh we have kept you up to speed for on several occasions about the data that we've gathered. The principles, principles Scott from Riverside Elementary, Principal Cross joined us in our last study session. some of you were here and they shared uh all the different things that they've discussed and looked at everything from academic achievement of kids as they're going through fourth to fifth grade to the parent satisfaction results and so on. Uh you also asked us to really take a look at not only the
023why we would do it and what it does for students and their learning but how we do it. So we looked at all the operational aspects. We met with each department uh from the district and kind of talked about the nitty-gritty in regards to if this was approved, are we poised to implement it effectively? And we even talked about how we would measure the effectiveness of that move going forward. So, I feel really good from all of that analysis to recommend to you to make the decision to move to K5 at Chatury Elementary and K5 at Riverside Elementary for the ne for this next upcoming school year. I think we have it all lined up. We have the facilities figured out. We have the staffing figured out. We have the the instructional materials figured out,
024the technology resources figured out. Uh we have I think it would be a big win for our district. I feel that the students, the staff, and the parents would be very supportive of your decision. The ones who maybe had questions, I think we have great answers for. And so, um, anyways, that is pretty much I wanted to give you that report before we got to the action item on the agenda. Are there any questions for me, things that I'm missing that you wanted to hear about? I know we've talked about it at length. Any questions? >> I would say the questions that I had on it. We discussed in the study session regarding, you know, cost that those school being ready for them being the the place where the two schools congregate for the first
025time and staffing stuff like that. You answered my questions to my satisfaction at the study session. Anyone else have anything else to add now? Yeah, I agree. Like some of my questions with, you know, if we do have increased enrollment and, you know, we have to change things were answered. Um um yes, uh all my questions were answered there. I was also really impressed with the confidence that both uh principal Scott and principal um cross had that they could uh move to this. So um that instill confidence me also moving forward with that decision. So, one last thing I have before we move on is that even though Tim is not here, he does feel strongly about this topic. I feel it would be appropriate to read it his statement now rather than during the
026business item because he can't vote by proxy. But what he said was um a proposal is before the board of directors to establish K5 structure for Chattery Elementary School so that fourth graders are not required to transition to Riverside Elementary School to attend fifth grade. This proposal has a lot of merit as a military perhaping to a new school every two years was challenging on many facets. This proposal has significant support from the parents, teachers, and school administration personnel as documented in the surveys. Solid research has been done by school administrators to identify resources internally to support the proposal. This proposal simply makes good sense. So therefore, I fully support it. And if he was here, he would vote yes. With that, we will move on to the superintendent board. Okay. Just a kind of
027a rapid fire. Several several topics I wanted to update you on. one is on an action item and I'm doing it in place of the study committee because of a scheduling conflict with the lead of that study team that would normally give you the update. But to give you a little bit of background on the middle school English language arts common lit 360 action item uh in your packet there is in the business section there is a document that's kind of an overview of that and just a reminder especially because you're new to the board many of you the process that we usually use with instructional materials is we have an instructional materials committee which is made up of a variety of different stakeholders and we we there's a lot of behind the-scenes work that
028is done ahead of time. And this one in particular was like multi-year. And so there are pilots studies where the there's different publishing companies that provide pilot materials. The teachers practice them, practice using them to teach. The students actually practice learning the materials. the students actually give uh surveys and give um interviews back to the teachers to let them know what they thought about the instructional materials. So, you can't really see it all in that one document, but those are all links. So, for example, and I'm telling you all this because it gives you an idea of further adoptions that we do. So there's kind of an outline of what a unit study looks like within around vocabulary, grammar, reading, writing, and so on. We have what are called curriculum maps, which is basically a
029year at a glance. What what are the standards that kids learn in sixth grade, seventh grade, eighth grade, English language arts? What are those skills? What knowledge do they get over a course of a an entire year? And then how does the curriculum and materials support the because you can't teach everything in 180 days. You could you have to teach the the main big ideas of of the um content. And then there's also a hex it's I don't want to get too education here but there's a hexagon tool that we use that is a really good change management tool. So you take a look at if we introduce something new, new materials, you know, all of the things you have to think through like do what kind of training would be necessary for the teachers
030to understand the new materials? What what types of budgetary restrictions would there be on implementing something like this? what about what about um other resources that we would need to bring in with students who may be in need additional interventions. So, we did a full hexagon analysis. I told you about the student reflections that are on there. Um there's also the plan for professional development that gives you a breakdown of the costs on that second page and then it shows you the study team members. So that was recommended to the instructional materials committee. The instructional materials committee approved it. And from a budgetary standpoint, they really worked hard at trying to get that cost down because when they originally uh had to replace the materials because the publishing company retired the materials, which is frustrating
031because you got usually with curricular resources, you have online modules that kids can use and also print Whether it be books that they're reading, novels that they're reading, it could even be workbooks that they're actually physically working in. All of those things have to be analyzed. And there were some materials that were really good, but just way out of our budget. So, they did a nice job of getting that cost down to where it's within the budget that Lisa has established for the year. So, we're not going to be going above that. So, I just wanted to give you a little bit of a presentation on the 6 through 8 English language arts team's request to adopt common lit 360. We've checked out other districts that use it and talked to those teachers as well.
032So, Deer Park, as an example, uses common lit. We don't usually try to follow Deer Park's lead, but we we definitely collaborate with them. So, um anyways, feel pretty good about that recommendation. So, if you have further questions when it gets to the action item, let me know. I also did want to thank thank Lisa and all the hard work around the audit. I mean, she was humble about it, but passing an audit and meeting with the auditors and talking about not just passing it, but really exemplary work around that is a big deal. Especially, you know, audits are meant to build trust with your community and that you're doing a good job with their tax money. And so we can prove through this audit that we're trying to be trustworthy that we're because I
033don't know if you know how many internal controls there are on on state money, but it's a lot and federal money is even more. So the fact that we passed it without a single finding, a single recommendation is is a testament to having a trained and well not I shouldn't say seasoned but uh you know veteran business manager who's been there done that and then also the internal controls that go within that through because you have to have your principles know what they're doing and making sure they're approving things accurately. You have to have uh you know Sammy Joe does a lot of the budget through special programs all of that. She's done a great job. Uh secretaries, administrative assistants at the at the building level are really the gatekeepers on making sure that expenditures
034and are done really well and by the book and and ASB. I mean, even the students at when they run ASB meetings, they have to be locked in and those change a lot. The rules change a lot. So, I just don't want to downplay the audit. It's a big deal. trust that we're going to be sharing that out with our community just to let them know that that we've done a good job on that. So, I wanted to highlight that. The other thing I wanted to highlight was that award you were talking about, Matt. So, in a spokesman today, check it out if you haven't. We were recognized with three other school districts in the county for the the first inaugural state level awards for educational excellence. And what is really we should be really
035proud about in this one is it's top 25 in the state. So there's 295 school districts in the state of Washington. To be in the top 25 is a real testament to a lot of hard work that students and families and staff have put in. And what I like about this particular award is it's not based on one metric. It's based on multiple measures. So it's everything from kindergarten readiness. So our kids are measured on six domains whether they're ready. And that's a testament to the early learning center and the impact they have on the kids as well as the families and what they're doing to prepare kids uh for kindergarten. That's 73% that's the highest in the county. The average county is 45% the state average is 53%. Uh you know it's graduation rates
036all the way to when they're leaving the you know leaving our system and going out and we were at 95.6% this year 98% the year before. uh it's based on state tests. So you know it looks at e English language arts at fourth grade reading test results. It looks at eighth grade math and reading results. So the fact that we have shown such growth in state assessments we should be very proud of and it's taking a lot of work. Ninth grade on track ninth grade on track means your ninth graders are passing all their classes and that's at about a 95% 94% level. And so that's really good. highly capable program participation which is our gifted program and so we're increasing the amount of kids that are in that program and getting those additional services.
037Dual credit is another one. So we're measured on kids getting high school and college credit and that includes career and technical education. Some people don't know you can get college credit in welding. You can get college credit in a science. You can also get college credit in your typical advanced placement courses. your college and the high school, math, English, social studies, science. So, those are all part of that holistic award and it's based on a three-year average, too. So, that means we're not just a one and done and go down. We're going to keep working on, you know, growing in that area. So, it's a good team effort, great community effort. It wouldn't happen with a lot of work from everybody else. And I did want to highlight that you're the role you're playing. I
038mean, I went to the small schools conference. Okay. And that's the first time I've ever been to the small schools conference in the time I've been here. And so Riverside, believe it or not, at the small schools annual conference, Riverside is considered big, okay, on that on that end, even though we know we're pretty small. I mean, there's like really small schools there. But there were there were sessions that I went to on the board and superintendent working together, the board and how they, you know, work on setting the tone for the school district. And then I was talking to these other districts on some of the challenges that they're facing, whether the superintendent and the board don't get along or whether the board members don't get along or whatever the case. And I'm not
039saying we don't have issues. We do. But I feel like wow, I I mean I feel like geez, you know, this there's a lot of new blood and energy on the board and you're also focused on student learning, which is our goal number one of our strategic plan. That's kind of what the teaching says you should do is focus on that and then everything supports that. So, I just wanted to thank you and that's an important part of the process of getting increased student outcomes. The other thing is like Matt and Wesley showing up and and I know Alicia and Sarah, you've shown up at the professional learning community days that we have in the buildings. So, today Wesley and and Matt showed up. I was there and it was fun to just work together
040with the teachers. I don't think it seemed like, oh, the board's here, you know, oh, it's uncomfortable. It felt like we're just down to earth people and we're just kind of working for kids and and for the community and we saw some really good work today. But that matters too when they know you're paying attention and you're going into the schools and learning what is actually happening versus just being on high and having no idea what goes on in the teaching and learning part of the school. And let's keep that up because I think it'll make a difference. So, um, last thing I have is, uh, really excited about that board study session about community engagement and how can we keep getting out there and talking to people. And it's, yes, it's at board meetings,
041but it's also that really informal type of dialogue that you and some people just don't feel comfortable coming. So, you reach you meet them where they're at. you go to their churches, you go to their you go to their, you know, civic groups, you go to their community gatherings, whatever the case may be. So, I'm excited to put that plan together. And then Matt and I have put together a draft board calendar for coming up and Caitlyn worked worked really hard on doing that for us and we're really excited to share that with you just to give an outline of what that what that could look like because if you just wing it and you just base your meetings on whatever comes up, you're not you know we're not strategic enough in what our priorities
042are. So we're mapping out that year and and things are things are flexible. you know, if we do have an urgent issue or there's a matter, we always obviously will adjust. But I think that's part of good strategic leadership. So, uh, questions at all on any of those topics. Good. Okay. Thank you for your attention. Do you have one curriculum? >> That price is for the eight years, not per year. >> Correct. For the entire eight years. Yeah. So they worked hard at getting that price down and uh it's within our budget that we put in curriculum. >> Okay. I have one more question. >> Yes. >> Can I hear you say that this is a replacement of an antiquated curriculum or is can you elaborate on that a little? >> Yes. Yeah. It is
043a little frustrating because sometimes it doesn't happen a ton. publishing companies will reach out to us and say we just want you to know that we're retiring the curriculum that you purchased. So we had purchased through H Hotton Mifflin Hardcourt a curriculum called collections which we actually were really liking and it had some online modules. It also had some books. It had some some teacher editions that we were using. the company was retiring it which means when you're having the online modules they're gone and so we had met quite a few years I think six years of using it so we had to kind of pivot and adjust and figure out you know how do we how do we do that because it's good practice to have actual materials for teachers to have used >>
044so that's where we looked at like three or four different companies the hoten myth hoten myth Hardcourt version of the replacement was $225,000. So it wasn't even an option for us. So that's why we went back to the drawing board and kind of looked at, you know, all the research that you have to look at. So like I said, it hasn't been our normal >> issue to have to deal with that. >> That was six years ago. >> That was about six years ago. and uh six years was the original cycle that we had approved as a board. At the same time, we were going to use it longer than six years. >> So, >> is there any guarantees with with this um with the common lid on them not retiring it? Dean, you know,
045there's never a guarantee forever, but much stronger guarantee on the online modules. Yes. So, uh, the way they have it set up, the way they update it with new materials. Yes. We should not experience that same thing again. >> With updates, are they included with the package? So, if they do, >> yes. say in like two years they do an update to one of these curriculums that's included with what we already purchased. >> Yes. Yeah. And when it with an online the interesting thing with online is you approve the purchase over the eight years but you can only pay for the online every year by audit rules. So kind of an interesting thing but you still budget it out. Thank you. Thank you, Ken. All right, moving to business. A, can I get a a
046motion to approve the K5 at Shadroy Elementary and Riverside Elementary School? >> I move that we approve the K5 at Chattery Elementary and Riverside Elementary School. >> Second. It's been moved and seconded that we approve the K5 at Chatter Elementary and Riverside Elementary School. Any discussion? >> All in favor say I. >> I. All opposed. Motion carries. B. Middle school or a motion for middle school ELA curriculum common lit 360. I'll make a motion to approve the middle school ELA curriculum common 360. >> Second. It's been moved and seconded that we approve the middle school ELA curriculum common lit 360. Any discussion? >> All in favor say I. >> All opposed. See. Can I get a motion for a second and final reading? 6220 bid or request for proposal requirements. I make a motion for
047the second and final reading of the 6220 bid or request for proposal requirements. >> Second move and second that we approve the second and final reading of 6220 bid or request for proposal requirements. Any discussion? >> All those in favor say I. >> I opposed. Motion carries. D. Can I get a motion for second and final reading 3425 accommodating students with adrenal insufficiency? >> I make a motion for the second and final reading 3425 accommodating students with adrenal insufficiency. >> Second move and second that we approve the second final reading of 3425 accommodating students with adrenal sufficiency. Any discussion? All those in favor say I. I >> I >> opposed. >> Motion carries. >> With that, we will be moving into executive session. >> Five minute recess. >> May I have a chance to speak?
048I apologize. I did not see the notice of meeting until 20 minutes after being started. I would have been here. So, at what point do we do we open back up for public discussion? >> Tony, good. Thank you. Again, my apologies for not seeing the notice until the meeting started. I want to take this opportunity to personally thank you and give you congratulations for the award that Ken spoke about tonight from the state for your academic achievement. The school district is a very very complex organization. I mean, people don't realize what goes into providing a quality education to students day in and day out. You have, in my opinion, the finest school superintendent I've ever worked with, and I spent 42 years in education, working with a total 10 different superintendent. Gets no better than
04910. He has an outstanding central office staff. Sammy Joe's an example here, a business manager there and what she has done. He has outstanding campus leaders and his principles. I know them. I've spoken with them. I've worked with them. The teachers here, I have personally seen them go above and beyond for our students more than they could ever be asked to do. They're not even asked to do and they do it. They have teacher assistants in their classrooms providing support. It goes to the custodians who at night when everyone else has gone home, they're making sure those children have a good, clean work environment the next morning when they walk in that building. You have the cafeteria staff who sees that our students have good nutritious meals every day. You have the transportation staff that
050gets our students back and forth safely day in and day out regardless of the weather. All of these things are, you know, Ken speaks a community. That truly is a community and that's what it takes to have an achievement at this level. But it also takes you as a board and I appreciate that. Unfortunately, and this I almost said it, our current cultural climate, uh, we let culture wars get in the way of education for our students, and it's a shame that we do that, but I have never seen that from this board in my five years of living in this district. And being a board member, you have always put children first and thank you for doing that because I will tell you, unfortunately, many school districts don't. And when you do put children
051first, sometimes that comes at a personal price. So I thank you for having the courage to do that. And once again, congratulations what you have achieved this industry. Thank you for that. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> I appreciate that especially coming from somebody who sat on the side of the table. Thank you. >> Executive session. We're planning about an hour about an hour. So we have a fivem minute recess and end executive session. Thank you. I want to thank you all for the for the enhance.