001[Music] willing to either say right or wrong and we can work with that. What I can't work with is we're going to review we're going to look at language. I believe this policy of 3211 was born that language in that bill destroyed title N it also very big in the fact of gender and um critical movement in the school district. By the time graduating schools everybody they deserve to compete at a You may have worked your entire life. Get that opportunity to have that bond that a team environment gives you. This still creates divisiveness in that environment. It creates an ability not to grow become great. You know it stand up against it. We talked a lot in the meetings I've been at about culture, whether it's culture of our sporting programs, whether it's culture
002in our hallway, whether it was culture in our school district. What can we do to get behind to at least get us new windows and a new on our building? How do we get our community back? community school district. It starts in the hallway and it start with leadership. It starts with culture. Stand for it. Stand for something and leave. You're in an opportunity right now to put your foot in the ground and we're not doing anybody worried about state fun. Anybody look at the forecast that came out yesterday? >> $93 million fiscal shortfall for the state of Washington by annual budget will be shortfall by $500 million in 25. We're worried about fun. What's going to happen to our fun with the budget? You know, they're going to look at education. I assume they're
003going to look at rural All I'm asking do the right thing not fall in evil in this world too much are little put No, [Applause] >> I've been blessed to get a part, but at the school I'm working at I have And I don't want I realiz my students that are in The only thing I've been able to in my heart I'm going to call you by not I wanted And that is what I'm there for. I'll teach you how I don't need to say I agree with you about some kind of that's not and that's the only way able to continue on and do myself. when I see laws like this given to um you know my opinion is that federalally this has been abolished and then our state is saying no we're not
004going to follow the federal law you know do they ever come out here to help because I don't think there's a lot of people that are going to say oh we don't have to federal law you know But I do want to say girls are inable very vulnerable this whole thing having confusion about very very with them daily and I don't want to have to try to stop a horrible and that's what I'm hoping you're able to appcate. [Applause] I am so excited to watch and you're all you're all standing up and you guys get to be the bigies because you're the ones making decision. you get to do that. speaking up right that's a good lifel It is our time and someone else shows up a lot more. You have a full house of
005people that want the same represent. Thank you. [Applause] >> Hi, my name is What is that? I didn't know. I don't know what they're fine and we're saying. student. And I want [Applause] I didn't plan on talking when I came on here. I also didn't know about this meeting. I also didn't know about the problem. I do appreciate everybody. You guys are awesome. I know there's a lot of I know one of my worries have to stand up and defend somebody from hurting my children other people. I don't want to be that person that has going to jail. >> I'm standing up for our children. I know meeting but don't [Applause] be a bit already. So, please forgive me as I stand through here a little bit. Um, I'd like to start by thanking the
006board for hearing the concerns and values of community members here today. My thoughts will be brief and I want to encourage you by sharing the truth and the perspective of Christians such as myself. Um, I do not believe that you have malicious intent. In fact, from what I've heard about you that you'd like to try to help the community while staying within the requirements of the state and I understand this perspective, but want to explain why I feel that they lead to consequences you may not have considered. From where I said, it seems like you are hoping that this will always out or blow over. While I understand not wanting to rock the boat, these policies can easily give you as written. approach has led us to the point we are in now where parents
007and students are taking birth when the policy itself puts students in jeopardy that has this policy puts all students those girls in particular on a high risk for abuse and I want to encourage you to be bold that Leviticus 19:15 says you shall not pervert justice in your judgment you not you shall not show partiality to the poor or deference to the mighty but in righteousness you judge your neighbor the Lord requires justice Justice in this instance would necessitate that the board deserves the safety, right, and privacy of the student body at the cost to itself if necessary. I understand this is a large ask, but through treading the line and hoping everything blows over if even one student is left in harm's way, but as a direct result of the implementation of these policies.
008My heart breaks for students that feel unease in their own body to the point they feel their body betrays them. I've not imagined such a hardship and I believe in fact that it would be agonizing. The solution however is not the place to rest the student body into compromising situations. I will continue to pray for all of you for wisdom and discernment. This issue is not a light one and it cannot be ignored. Ultimately I understand the rule as written is in effect whether enforce explicitly or not and therefore can be abused. Thank you for my thoughts and concerns. May you make a just decision in the eyes of the Lord of all of your students, including those going through, [Applause] but um I just want to echo here. Um, my children, but I've not
009for our children. Sometimes when you're in the middle of it, like still like there's too much of a battle going on. You're You know, water's rushing your way. You're fight. But ultimately, and we're asking a lot of you guys to make for us, but we need you to make that important. Right now, we don't know where we stand. And I think probably part of it is you guys probably can't make one until decisions, right? I don't know what comes up with with other like place where you read it multiple times and there's a rule or I don't know what all involves. So I understand why it could be put on delay trying to information. So what we're wanting to know is have you been to the group talked about it? Do you have a position?
010You don't have a position. That's where you have to start. What are the facts? Where do you stand? because you have to stand for something, but each one of you being your own person, you don't know what the other people believe doesn't do us any good. So you might seem like a long way away. It's not. And that's when I believe the deadline that some of the stuff has to be decided. And I realize it's complex issue because I think that some other things have been tacked on too, but they've taken a lot of things and put them into one item. kind of politics, but we need you guys to whether you do it during meeting time or whatever, figure out how legally you guys can make and we pray that you make one that
011supports people who are standing here and what we believe God has been offended. So um you have to make you have to move and we would encourage you figure out where you stand and we hope that with our students and if that's true you actively see the other schools that are already making a dance and I think everybody's more powerful as a group you have more leverage as a group um trying to find the right kind of attorney to not just one school but many call that something there's there's ways to do it and there's groups that can help with that and I think why some of the other schools are already talking to us it doesn't hurt to get a hold of not just our state legislators but our federal legislators make sure they
012realize there's a problem if we're quiet and sweeping out of the department hoping it's going to go away they have enough stuff on their own call them. We need to call them. Tell us how we can help. We realize that it takes a whole army to make stuff happen. And we expect you guys to do something and and begin to move on it. If you need help, you have to say something. Everybody standing in this room, by the fact you're all standing here, you just signed up. You want help? Give all their names. They all want a phone. Heck, half them are attached to it for, you know, they know how to use it. They can make calls. They can go visit. They talk to bomb gardener. Talk find people bigger than yourself once you
013can come up with a consensus. And we've talked from a biblical standpoint up here. For those of you who don't know me, I work with cows a lot. Um, we do reproductive stuff all the time. So if you want to talk what's the science behind some of these topics, you know, anybody know this book is this short. This is your book. You know what? If you're on the fence and you don't know what the facts are, let's go to it. Two of 46 chromosomes in the human genome are known as sex chromosomes. This is biological sexual orientation. All right? what you are biologically, not how you feel about it. Okay? >> Okay? Because they determine individual sex. Female Females have what? Did anybody know? >> Two X's, right? Males have what? >> An X and
014a Y. You know, cows are the same way. Really cool. I'm just centrifuge them out. And they're different sizes. There aren't 12 different sizes. There's two I can buy semen impregnate my cow and I have a 97% chance it's a girl opposite still correct through different centriu and I have a 97% chance that it's a boy I don't get a hermite I don't get a dog or cat I don't get any of the other things there's only two biological sexes okay it's in your book it's what you teach your students know you teach them my kids know I make a stand for what's right and I think your kids all of them in the district they may not be aware of it for a month but they will be what stand are you going because
015we're with you might think right that supports what we feel is correct and that is a feeling based off our children who attend this but if we're want to just talk feelings if I want to identify being a male Asian pilot tomorrow. Nobody cares, right? About my feelings. That's okay. It's okay until I go to an airport and I climb into an airplane and get through the left right. I start playing with my feelings were okay until what I did is going to negatively impact somebody else. So, I'm asking you to also look at this from kind of science based, biologically based decision, not just your feelings and hurting somebody's feelings, but um we aren't swayed by a spiritual by God on where you can stand on us, then do your homework, do your science
016to find out what's actually true, what's false, stand on because you're trying to teach your kids facts. Right. What truth is. And if there's ever a time to stand for truth, it's when you have a president who's making the stand he has right now and you have a young father who just got murdered for making. You want to make a stand. You want to have the best chance you can. Now's the time to do it. And I wouldn't wait till I [Applause] When are you guys going to decide? >> Sure. You're asking for a day and time that we're going to be able to come back and say we made that decision. >> Yeah. >> You know, that's not I think somebody mentioned that there's things that we have to take into account app mention
017that five to 10 people in the in the room. I'd love if we had to move these tables back. meeting, get a bunch of chairs, get thebody that's not meetings every month. I see where you're going with that. And I do appreciate that question, right? But I don't I don't want before we've had a chance to go through all the things and we don't think so. I don't want to say we're going to make that decision now and I'm going to have cancer about 9:00. I don't want to tell you that you want us to come to >> Yes. things that got I realize right we all realize and we all realize they oh we're not money there's nothing to sing about I've been here for long you got about you just because I want
018our grandkids out of here. If you do this, you will never ever ever pass a levy in this district again. If you pass this, I will guarantee it. I will guarantee I will do everything I can to stop it from happening. I suggest you think about stuff instead of my kids generation. [Music] [Applause] Use common. This is horrible for the children that are confused. We As far as everybody just stop little girl comes in school I feel like today so she's going to come in and just school's problem. It's not problem with their problem. It's education. That's all it is. Education, reading, writing, all that. All of this other doesn't belong in public schools or private school. It just does not I thought about I have no education but I'm damn sure try to educate
019us on right >> and how to stand up for what's right. That's what's important. Standing up for what's right and everything the right thing everything will follow. Everything will follow. [Applause] I just want to say in the 25 years that I've been on the board, this is long before I ran for the board. It was made long before I started Riverside school because my decision. I can't speak for everyone else here and I don't have the right to speak for them. Uh and but when Matt explains a process we go through is a difficult uh to make sure we don't miss any steps possible. But having you all here is a tremendous loss the way I've always I know feel the same way but to the general idea of how the district feels I've always
020felt my entire life and we it's difficult we have districts around us some making the right decision some not making the right decision. some that are painting big red X's on themselves with the state saying come and punish me because I'm against you and we're trying to decide how to do that without such a big red do and respect my fellow board members and superintendent they make a decision against what my would I respect that too. We have that right. I made a decision too long. It's been great having a I want to make myself call me here for another reason through a lot of situations. Um, I want to add something here tonight. Sentiment in the room kind of agrees with this. I grew up in the east coast, Pennsylvania, farming and homish community.
021Um, grew up with the values that what I I've lived in big cities. I lived in Philadelphia. I lived on the west side all over the country. Um I have two young daughters in school 141 and moving here brought a lot of happiness having to deal with. um feel that this community regardless of how the statement feel that we want to make um we're we're behind and I feel this community is the same as the other community that if we need to anything we do is to pitch in what we can that means supporting the school with donations of books spending time here giving time to our kids to make sure they have the education regardless of whether we have the funding. something about the financial statistics, financial reports from the state knowing because of
022position that see this community this time and time and this is one of those times where I feel like you're sind here and beyond it and we're making this we'll put in the I think what everybody has all I've been in a place now where I've consistently been laid off because of my beliefs the positions I sit for been cut loose from a job I've been laid off from the job I've been laid off from my job I'm moved here to start a small farm because that's what God called me to do part If I were to have a word for this year, whether you guys apply for the position open, but you guys don't accept Any [Applause] other people would like to thank I just want to say this that you'll notice that at
023this school board we don't have time constraints or number of speaker constraints. We want to hear from when when the community has something to say. We want to hear it and incorporate it into our thought processes as we're doing things. Much of what much of what we are are facing is some complex legal issues in terms of the counselors that we're getting from our attorney staff that supports the district. And we're still quite frankly still through some of that with that. One of the things I think it's really important to to note is that every legal action that's been taken so far along the lines of this has failed. It just we want we want to be intelligent about the way we approach this. It's not that we disagree with what you guys are saying
024or not at all, but the the fact is is that we have to lean on our professional advisors and we're still getting input from them in terms of just what what the pros and cons are as far as how we how we take this forward. Don't ever think that we're going to we're going to put any constraints on the public coming and talking of the school board. We love it. It's great and everybody tonight has had good things to say. I'll say I'll ask this again. I see we have teachers in the room. >> Any of you want to make a statement? >> No. >> Just Yeah. I want to say that as a teacher in this district school every day and at the end of the day they don't know what my position is
025just again any other people want who want to say move or call to say Sure. We have lawyers that you have to hire lawyers. Be careful. Hire lawyers that agree with because I've dealt with lawyers that they will uh want to push their agenda. Not so much. They'll lean toward what they think is going to be easy not and not take. >> We don't want to be stupid and you want to say that you have a whole community that isn't behind it. The entire community, you might have two people. I guarantee you you're talking 80% of the people that are in this school district are not behind this. >> And I think in Eastern Washington that's pretty common. >> So if if this goes through, you will get the amount of kids that be pulled
026out of school there'll be a whole bunch of charges will pop up. First, I don't get any bond or levy ever pass. I mean, it's hard enough now. I mean, my daughter spot work last year. She had me putting them damn signs up everywhere I know. >> Anyway, I help tried to get that cover, but I guarantee you if this goes through, I won't. >> Yeah, >> I've been here a long time. I graduated in 79. >> Plus, if this goes through, what kind of law, you're the guy talking, >> what what kind of lawuits will be hands on either way. So in regard to that, I might ask the question, how much is one young girl worth? If you're going to get a lawsuit, I think there's a wise side to get a law.
027>> You'll get support from the whole group. If it's on the right side, if it's on the wrong side, you'll get more. I wanted to ask you guys to get together for the board meeting. together. We don't even like to talk. So you meet when we meet we meet here at the open meeting and it's a we have meetings once a month then we have a special board meeting that's also open to the community We do