001All right, welcome to our board meeting tonight. Before we get started, we had some guests up front greeting you as you came in, and I'd love it if they could come up front, and we'll put them on the spot. >> A microphone for him, >> you guys. >> Yeah, if you guys Yeah, he's got a microphone for it. East to fourth. >> Yeah, this week >> this is about the only time we actually feel important. So, but yeah. So, uh maybe tell us uh who you are, what school you're from, grade, maybe something that's exciting so far about the school year. >> Okay. My name is Owen Lid Key. I'm a senior at Sumar High School. Um something that's been exciting me is we're getting started on our service uh leadership conference that's coming up,
002I guess, in a couple months. But I'm excited. Um, I'm Adeline Carr. I'm also a senior. Um, and this school year, I'm excited for all the fun senior events. Like, one thing we already do is painting the parking spots. That was really fun. I'm Chloe. I'm a senior here at Summer 2. And something I loved was homecoming. Last weekend, we actually just like broke a record. We had 1,77 students buy tickets for homecoming. So, yeah. >> Nice. >> Hi, I'm Za Wley. I'm a senior. I've also got the chance to be ASB president, so I've got to help with all the different ASB groups, so I kind of get to see everything, which has been fun. >> Cool. >> Hi, I'm Nova Fuj. Um, I'm also a Sumar senior at Sumar High School. Um, today
003on actually I had the cover meeting for yearbook, so that's something really exciting, but I'm also really looking forward to um winter wishes kickoff next weekend. >> Yeah, that's a good one. Awesome. Well, thanks for being here. Yeah. Thanks for being here. >> All right. Our first order of business is approval of the agenda. The administration recommends that the board of directors approve the October 21st, 2025 board meeting. Do I have a motion? >> Some moved. >> Thank you. Do I have a second? >> A second. >> Thank you. Any discussion? All right. Seeing none, all those in favor say I. >> I. I. >> All those opposed. >> All right. Motion passes. All right. Consent items. The administration recommends the board of directors approve the consent agenda items for the October 21st, 2025 board
004meeting. Do I have a motion? >> So moved. >> Thank you. Second. Second. >> Thank you. Any discussion? >> All right. Seeing none, all those in favor say I. >> I. I. >> All those opposed. All right. Motion passes. Do we have any uh recognition tonight? >> We do. Um, I'm I'm well, I'm about to introduce two incredible groups to you. But first, I just want to thank the Senator Police Department for being here tonight. Uh, great partner for this school district and you're always here at our board meetings and we just appreciate your presence, your partnership. Um, and I know that Brian works really hard and so does too. We all do uh with that partnership, but just thank you for being here. And we don't always have a birthday party, but uh I
005do have to say it is Maril's 65th birthday today, so she's all around the room. Yes, you're welcome. And there are no repeat pictures, Barry. Um it's amazing how many pictures I have of you in my phone. That is what's scary. Uh, what's not scary is the first person I'd love to introduce to you, um, Annette Bowen, who is the principal at Liberty Ridge, a school very dear to my heart and to Ellie McDaniel, our executive director of elementary. Um, thank you as a board for allowing us to amplify our promise with strong minds, kind hearts. You're about to hear a story of a school that has taken this uh to a to a really fun awesome level. Uh in a way that they recognize staff in a positive way that's just full of kindness
006and love and compassion. And Annette's going to tell you what they're doing. Um because one of the best parts of my job is I get to be out and about everywhere and I get to see what's going on and happening and then I can bring that to the board meeting and let you see uh the brilliance that I see every day happening in our schools. So, Annette Now, can you hear me? Okay. So, I'm Annette Bowen, principal of Liberty Ridge, and I'm also a senior citizen. Um, I qualify for the discount at Fred Meyer now. So, right, you you too, Merrily. I just thought it would be fun if I could be a senior again, too. Yeah. So, this year, after attending the Character Strong conference, um Sam Cargill and I chose to have our
007leadership team do a book study using the book Deep Kindness by Houston Craft, which is in your bag. Um each week our leadership team um takes this book challenge to move beyond surface level kindness and niceness um through modeling empathy, courage, and intentionality in what we want our school culture to become. Houston reminds us that real kindness takes effort, self-awareness, and practice. It's not just something we do when it's convenient, but a way of leading and living. And you guys all show that every time you come together. Um, by reading this book, we reflect on how to extend deep kindness to one another and to our staff, creating a school community where every person feels seen, valued, and supported. Part of our book study, we um go along through little reflection questions and um dig
008in deeper and challenge ourselves to to different challenges throughout the months. As part of this, we looked into our way we recognize staff. And we started out recognizing staff last year when we came up to Liberty Ridge, doing weekly shoutouts um through our monthly newsletter, but it was just Sam and I looking for what was happening around our building and acknowledging great things. This year, we added an extra layer um and we wanted to introduce the Golden Elephant of Kindness Award. So, we purchased We purchased some golden elephants that are very ornate and beautiful as a way to acknowledge teammates who make kindness a habit. The award celebrates both spontaneous acts of kindness and the deeper consistent ways we show up for one another. And this year, our first recipient was Chelsea Eisenhower or Whoops,
009sorry, Chelsea Ross Schiller. We have more than one Chelsea. That wasn't kind of me to say the wrong name. >> Thank you. >> Senior moment. >> Moment. Yeah. Um and she was one of our first recipients who has gone above and beyond to support a new colleague and consistently stays late after staff meetings and staff um professional development uh to help clean up and do things that aren't asked of her. To celebrate her, Sam and I snuck into Chelsea's room while she was walking back with her students with our golden elephant and lots of surprises and her kids cheered her on as she came in the door. So, it was a fun way to celebrate her and the kids enjoyed that, too. The kindness was contagious in her classroom. So, Chelsea was going to share
010a little bit about how it made her feel when we did that. And then when she was done getting her gift, she passed it on to the next staff member she saw the next week, Alyssa. >> Um, oh, well, thank you. And congratulations to you, too. Um, I think what um was really meaningful about the golden elephant of kindness is that we're not trying to seek out recognition. Um, but we're just doing the things we always do every day. Um, and Annette, Sam see a lot, but they don't see everything like we do when we're walking around the building. Um, and so one, it was a surprise to um, receive the Golden Elephant of Kindness Award. Um, but also really cool that we get to recognize each other. Um, and so the following week had
011all week to kind of look around and and see um, who might um, receive the award next. And um, I chose Alyssa because we don't teach on the same grade. we're on opposite ends of the building. Um, but once a week we pass by each other. Um, and she always has, um, a really warm um, hello and a wave and just a smile on her face. Um, and I teach kinder, so of course when her students walk by um, the napkins fall on the floor and she stopped to help them. And so that was just really meaningful and such a small thing to um, to show kindness not to not just to each other but to our kids, too. Thanks, Chelsea. >> Um, I think just to add to what Chelsea said, hi, I'm Alyssa.
012Um, receiving it, I'm not a senior citizen. No, I'm 26 years strong. Um, I think to add just to what Chelsea said, I think for me it was a good reminder of why those character trait rewards um at the end of each month for our students mean so much. um cuz I think as an adult in your workplace, you kind of forget how good it feels to be recognized in that way. Um so I was really appreciative of that. And then I also liked when I was looking for my recipient who I chose last week. Um I like the positive perspective it brings to the day because I noticed that I was looking for those positive acts rather than focusing on the many things that happened that were not supposed to happen that day. Um,
013so I think it's a great opportunity for staff, but I also think it's a great opportunity for us to put oursel in our students shoes. Um, and to remember that we all love to be recognized. Um, and that kindness goes a long way, not just with students, but with adults, too. So, thank you. >> Congratulations. Yeah. >> And it's just a little small act of kindness. We have flowers for each of you and for Sam who's with the watchd dogss up at Liberty Ridge. Um I think tonight was your first night, right? There are great things happening at Liberty Ridge and I'm just I'm grateful that we were able to showcase just a little piece of the golden goodness that's happening up at uh the Thunder Eagle Nest. Yeah. Right. Okay. So, you want your
014flowers? Yeah. >> Flowers for you? Hi. Oh, and for Sam too. >> Okay. >> And Alyssa. Oh, Elissa, you have bucket >> and Chelsea. >> All right. Yeah. Thank you. >> All right. Thank you. >> Awesome. Thank you for being here. >> Sorry to be kind and dash. >> Well, we know that you wear multiple hats and lots of things going on. Such a great school. Just love that place. >> Second person I'd love to introduce to you is principal of Mountain View Middle School. Another school that I absolutely love and adore. Uh Amy Montgomery. Come on up. >> Uh well, I am actually here to celebrate one of our top wolves. Uh, and if you follow us on the socials, you might have seen the fanfare that occurred um when the Seahawks came to
015visit. Um, can I bring Kyla up down? Yeah, Kyla, come on up with me. >> This is Kyla Kimell, a seventh grader at Mountain View. And let me tell you a little bit about the award that Kyla just uh received. So, this summer, the Seahawks partnered with Pimco Insurance to host a summer reading challenge. The challenge is designed to keep students engaged in learning and promote literacy during the school break. It encourages stronger um reading habits, increase comprehension, and um hopes to have students more ready to return to school uh in the fall. So, Kyla here was one of the top readers in the state of Washington, logging 13,026 minutes of reading over the summer. >> Wow. >> Yes. So, let's all Wow, that's really good. And to celebrate her achievement, she has received a
016custom Seahawks jersey, a game day experience and a prize pack, but brought this uh some a Seahawk legend blitz, some Seahawk cheerleaders, and like I said, a ton of fanfare to Mountain View. Uh, we had a presentation with her class and a Q&A and then we stormed the halls, walk the halls um with Blitz and the cheerleaders and kind of did the the victory tour of the summer reading program um and really brought just a lot of fun to our school. So, we're so proud of Kyla and her accomplishment and are really actually very grateful for kind of I say she kind of put Mountain View on the map. Um, and for bringing all of that to our school, but really just so proud of Kyla's um, just dedication to reading and her commitment and
017willingness to kind of step out and get herself involved in a summer reading program like that. It's a true testament of just her dedication to school and the kind of person that she is. Awesome. This is not as cool as Blitz by any means. A nice certificate and some flowers for you and some flowers for uh Miss Montgomery. Mom, >> thank you. >> Because you know you're principal and it's like 6:15 and you're probably on time to go home. How about a picture? >> Perfect. Come on over here. Sure. She's holding her boat too. you. >> So, two great examples, strong minds, kind hearts. Thank you again for letting us do this. >> It's truly amazing. Congratulations. I'm sure everybody at Mountain View was quite excited to have the Seahawks show up. So, good job
018bringing that to your school. >> Yeah. All right. Anything else for you? Okay. So, that brings us to board member comments. Which end wants to start first? Tom. All right. You got volunteered. >> Thank you. Did a number of interesting interesting things this past month. First of all, on October 2nd, I went to community for family CFF meeting. Was a well attended meeting as usual. Um, we talked about the big give. Ad huff was there. And the first day opened up the the online to sign up for it. All the people that sign up for the day to put stumble the turkey forgive big give were all filled up. So only you now is drive a car deliver which is a great thing to do. And um I also uh we talked about the toy
019give toy box and this is a really cool one where they got the flyer here with toy box. You can scan them what they need where they can go to. have been p passed around and um they're doing that November 2nd from 10 to 10 to 4 and there's a lot of people going to help out with crafts. Students will be there too. We also talked about the resource center, how they've been helping many families in need too, along with uh Laura talked about community update, city updates about the uh collaboration between Sumner and and the uh and the community center too. And uh we talked about building building bridges and kindness program and the annual youth forums are coming up too. And also about the all events we put events on the wall a
020whiteboard and I think two or three whiteboards were there full of events going on which was amazing. I merely took pictures of that. They're also having at B Lake High School the holiday bazaar come up on November 2nd and remember has there'll be a Santa closer. >> Um I also went to Mike High School that was a lot of work walking that day. I really enjoyed it. Um Tony Principal Tony Clark had so much energy going around that school and so many students. Everyone that saw him, they bumped hands as you know. And uh I enjoy seeing the robotics program there trying to get to sign find time on Tuesday or Thursday to go by and see what the program's all about. I saw it last year, but I want to be more involved with
021it that way. And the school co school culture is so positive and students centered in what teachers are doing and involvement and his leadership really promotes pride in involvement with the schools, the students. I'm looking forward to being involved more events and I went the band. I'm looking forward to one of their upcoming events and they're going to be doing I think I'll be doing a play too pretty soon too. Um I also where Rowan oh there also some place where mother one at um went to Victor Falls Elementary that was a wonderful visit you know principal Angel Kelly took me around the school toured it and we went through so many rooms and and talked to students the teachers were doing watch observing how they're going through what and how they're teaching that way.
022Um, so the library and the gym. So the kids again are so engaged and so active the kids are in the gym and all the committee and programs are doing the school. So I really enjoyed the Falcon spirit there. So all these events showing what was exciting month seeing this and being involved with schools too. >> Nice. >> Yeah, you've been busy. Appreciate the update on that. >> You're welcome. >> Awesome. JB, you have anything? >> I don't have anything quite as as lengthy as Tom. He's busy, I tell you. Um, I did uh a few things. One of the things that I was um able to participate in, and it was the first time I'd ever done that was um and I'm gonna you're going to know what it was called better than I,
023but it was like the Bonnie Lake cleanup. And it was a morning where the community came together and they picked different areas within Bonnie Lake to clean up. And um it was like such a great thing to be a part of because you just saw people they all met together in a parking lot. They got their assignments and they all took off and went to different areas. But I think one of the things that was really impressive was the number of students and staff from the Sar Bonnie Lake School District that were participating and um going out and making their schools a better place. So, I just it was the first time I had done that and and I certainly hope it's not the last because it was a really good experience. Um I also
024um just want to have a shout out. I also went to Victor Falls Elementary for their walk-athon um which was you know I think one of the things that just reminds you is how strong and how important a PTO is to the success of school. So getting parents involved, having them there at the school, having them working um to support the the students of of their school because it was just one a whole lot of fun and two a big success. Um and you know and just a riot like those little kids are so funny like you know my favorite line was you know I'm asking somebody how they're doing and they're like my tongue hurts. I'm like, you're walking. I'm not sure what's so um so cute. And then um I also had an
025opportunity to do, one of my favorite things was to meet with a community member. I had an opportunity to sit down with Donna with for coffee and I just appreciate when people care and they want to talk about things. So, um thank you for that. >> All right, Aaron, you want to go next? >> I just wanted to touch really quickly on um our study session last week. I so appreciate um the commitment to academic excellence in this district and I appreciate the way that we can celebrate what's going well because there are a lot of great things academically that are going well. Um we're moving up um with our test scores and our graduation rates are going up. Everything's going in the right direction which there's so much to be proud of. Um, but
026I also appreciate the transparency um and looking where things aren't going as well and then hearing the plan of what um what's going to happen next. Like how can we lift everyone up so we're all moving forward together. Um it's good work. It's important work. It's hard work. Um, but I just appreciate being able to have those conversations and um the district sharing um very candidly about where we are um in terms of academic achievement and also our social emotional um growth of how kids feel safe at school and have an adult um that they can go to if they they need. And I think those are good things to monitor and and I just appreciate that. um we have a really strong strategic plan that can guide our work um that we can stay
027um aligned with that keeps us focused and moving forward um together. And I just appreciated hearing that report. So, thank you for that. >> Awesome. Bill sort of stole some of my thunder because I was going to congratulate all the folks that are involved with the test scores. They were so impressive. Sat down and did that. The other is um L, where's L? L, there she is. Uh really kudos to you and your department. Um I had the opportunity to sit with some folks impromptu. But their excitement of what they're seeing about the construction, the process coming up in that and they feel like they're just really up to date on where everything is other than so what day is it going to open? And I said, it's a secret. We're not letting that out
028yet. I know. I know. but uh they really do feel very um informed of what's going on each step of the way in that. So, thank you very much for that. >> Awesome. Well, thanks for those updates. Uh I'll just add on to that that we had a great uh SHS homecoming parade uh last week that went off great. And one thing I said to Mr. Slater as I was walking by is everything looked great to us. I know I'm sure to you there may have been some things that didn't go right, but it uh looked like it went off with a without a hitch for us as well. But um and then next week uh the Bonnie Lake High School has their homecoming parade on the 23rd if you can join us up in
029Bonnie Lake. And it's interesting I think that you know minds think alike. And I was going to bring up the presentation that we received last week at the study session. Um and I actually wanted to throw out a few numbers just to to really for those that may have missed it last week. Some of the numbers that were in this report that I thought were memorable were as we rank in Washington state as a school district out of 247 districts. Uh we moved up from 17th to 11th. So 11th out of 247 is is a big achievement. We also in Pierce County are now number one in ELA and we've moved up to number four in math which we're going to really count as a second place because Carbonado and Daringer ahead of us only
030have K through eight. So they're height they don't have the high school scores that to factor in there as well. Um but we reduced the gap on the math side by uh I think about five points. Um so we're closing in on number one and I know we'll get there which is pretty amazing you know and that really lends itself towards you know graduation rates. Um when I started on the board it was you know I think in the 70th percentile and now we're at 93.4. So we're up 2.8 28 points from last year and getting uh kids across the graduation stage which is amazing. And when it came to the actual test scores comparing last year to this year um looking at third, fifth and eighth grade, it was interesting on on every category
031we have moved up. So ELA for third grade went up 2.9 points. Third grade math went up 7.1 points. Fifth grade uh ELA went up 8.4 points. Math went up 6.5. And for eighth grade, we went up 9.2 points in ELA and we went up 11.9 in math, which led us with at the third grade level, seven out of nine elementary schools improved their scores. Eight out of nine fifth grade elementaryaries improved their scores. And at the eighth grade level, three out of three middle schools improved their scores. So, we've been as a department or as a district working hard on this. And these numbers are showing that that is improving. As Aaron said, there's always room for improvement, but I just want to give a shout out to the team for how hard they've
032worked over the last year to achieve that. So, thank you for that. All right, that will bring us to audience comments. Thank you. The board recognizes the value of public comments on education issues and the importance of involving members of the public in its meetings. Comments from the public are taken under board advisement and may or may not receive action at a future meeting. Topics including charges or complaints against employees, employment or dismissal of personnel, acquisition of real estate, lawyer client relationships, campaigning, and parameters for negotiations should not be discussed in audience comments. Other information, questions, or problems can usually be addressed by district staff. The audience comment period will end when all registered speakers have been heard. We ask that everyone adhere and understand the following guidelines. In order to maintain respect for all
033points of view, the school board request no clapping, booing, or any other form of support or non-support be used. The board will not respond to comments, but will take them under advisement. Speakers should be courteous and professional. Refrain from using profanity, vulgar language, threatening, or defamatory comments. As a reminder, individuals are, excuse me, are not permitted to name a specific staff member, board member, or student during public comments. Failure to follow these guidelines may result in board, president, or designate interrupting the or ending the comment. Remember, your words have impact and you are responsible for your words. We caution all speakers that it is possible that your statements could violate the rights of others under various laws, including laws protecting privacy and laws prohibiting defamation. If you're unsure of the legal impact or effect of
034your remarks, please seek independent legal counsel. In any case, excuse me, we ask that you help us model for our students what a respectful and inclusive community looks and sounds like. The audience comment speaker process is as follows. Speakers registered by noon yesterday will be heard. When your name is called, please come up to the podium and state your name. Address comments to the schoolboard as a whole. You will have three minutes to speak and may not seed or give your time to another speaker. I will signal you when you have one minute remaining by ringing the bell. Our first public comment is Donna Oraves. Good evening, superintendent and board members. My name is Donna Oavis. I have been speaking at board meetings for five or six years now. My main topics have been the
035teaching of ideologies in the classroom which are prohibited by our state constitution. I have presented facts and studies over the years about the harm of gender ideology with really no feedback from any school board members or superintendent. I have met with several schoolboard members over the years, but only one ever approached me. So tonight I'm trying something different and thank you for JB for meeting with me. First of all I want to thank you for all the good things you do for our students. Each board meeting it seems there is something to celebrate. I believe you are well-meaning but for the life of me I cannot understand that with all the evidence presented of the harm of this ideology. You have not reversed course. With all the good happening in the summer school district you
036have ignored this elephant in the room. I want you to know that my intentions are not to berate you. My intentions come from the heart. First of all, the harm needs to stop. I know that children that have already started down the path of transgenderism, whether it is just by name and dress or by hormones and surgical mutilation are going to be in a world of hurt at some point. As statist statistics say, over 85% of minors work through this mental dysphoria by age 18. They also become medical patients for life. I know that professionals and yes, even parents are also going to be in a world of hurt. This makes me so sad. Yet to ignore the truth longer means more hurt. I just found out that Mary Bridge Children's Hospital closed their gender
037medical clinic at the beginning of this year. I didn't even realize they were doing affirmation counseling, hormone treatments, and yes, even surgical mutilations on children for about 10 years. 10 years. Had no idea. There is a reason they closed this. Have you looked into this? I have also over the years been told by school board members that Sumar does not teach gender ideology. They just out of kindness and respect accept all students as they are. Is it kind to accept the harm done to kids? You do realize that our state governor, attorney general, and school superintendent have required LGBTQ++ to be included in all new curriculum beginning this year. Have you ever said out loud, what is the meaning of each of these letters? Most of the action meanings of those letters promote promiscuity and
038harmful diseases. I imagine most of you would be embarrassed to define them here in the boardroom. We used to be taught in health classes the dangers of reckless sexual relationships. Because of the urgency of this matter, I'm asking that you plan a study session soon to discuss this harmful ideology and to work through what will be undoubtedly be the painful process of restoring truth truthfulness and wellness to our children. There are school districts in our state that are speaking up to our state government. It will take most of our school districts banding together to be successful. >> Our next audience comment is Terry McCoy. [Music] Good evening, Superintendent Dent and Schoolboard directors. My name is Terry McCoy. Thank you for your participation over and over and over in our community as an appointed or an
039elected representative in our school district. As the state prepares to implement the sweeping changes to broaden student understanding of diverse experiences within society, with the passage of SB5462 now codified in state law, an important question arises. How can public schools recognize parental authority while fulfilling state requirements? RCW28A605.005 005 explicitly acknowledges the primacy of parents in their children's upbringing stating parents are the primary stakeholders in their child's upbringing. The word primary means of chief importance and stakeholder is one who has a vested interest in an outcome. Government and parents are both stakeholders in education. However, parents have primacy. Therefore, since parents are the chief stakeholders in their child's development, they must be given meaningful decisionmaking authority when schools introduce content related to sensitive or values-based topics as school boards implement new requirements for inclusive curriculum and
040policy revisions. What steps can be taken to ensure alignment with the long-standing principle of parental authority in a child's upbringing and educational formation? In addition, is there curriculum currently in use or in the works in our district that warrants review for compliance with the state constitution? Article 9, education section 4, sectarian control or influence prohibited that states, all schools maintained or supported wholly or in part by the public funds shall be forever free from sectarian control or influence. The approach of a parental opt-in policy that I shared last month ensues ensures that our district meets statemandated inclusive inclusivity standards without displacing parental authority. An opt-in model similar to existing practices in our state for sex education or extracurricular activities respects diverse belief systems while preserving access for families who truly actively desire such instruction. As
041our school district prepares to update our policies in 2025, lawmakers, educators, and families alike should consider opt-in provisions not as obstacles, but as bridges between public responsibility and private conviction. Thank you. >> Thank you. Our next audience comment is Wendy Young. >> I think we should be good. Hello, my name is Wendy and I just kind of wanted to title mine today where was my son's kindness. You guys all sat up here and preached about kindness. So, I'm going to tell you what happened to my son and ask where was his. But first, I would like to say it was really exciting to hear what you said, Mr. Lewis. That's great news about the school district and congratulations to you all and to all the students. I'm going to keep things short and sweet, but
042what happened on October 8th, if you'd like more details, we can schedule a meeting in private, which I hope you would all take the opportunity to. That way, I'm not publicly displaying the hypocrisy of the school district and the illegal actions that were taken. On October 8th, my son was pulled into a meeting with three staff members of SHS where he refused to regurgitate the exact verbiage your staff wanted him to. For this, he was then questioned about his family's religious beliefs and then accused of being a bad Christian for stating he loves all people but does not accept all lifestyles. Acceptance is the agreement with a belief, an idea, or an opinion. Acceptance is not telling a child that they were a mistake. Acceptance is not lying to a child. Acceptance is not giving
043a megaphone to the quiet negative voice in the back of anyone's mind, child or an adult. I pray that if in any other circumstances, if a child ever came to you with an eating disorder, you would not hand them a tongue depressor and show them the bathroom. I used to love the expression, "It takes a village to raise a child." But what do you do when that village is now validating the negative voice in your child's head? telling them they're a mistake. Telling them they were created incorrectly. These are harmful behaviors. This is not acceptance. This is dis This is destruction. I am a proud mother of a daughter who has dransitioned. She is the one that has brought us to our faith. You guys should really meet with her and hear her story and
044hear how she stopped self harming when she decided to love herself. That's all I have to say. >> Thank you. That was our final audience comment for this evening. >> Thank you very much. I think at this time we're going to take a 10-minute break and celebrate someone's birthday possibly. Thank you. So, first thing on on our agenda is resolution 025-26, signature authorization. The administration recommends the board adopt a resolution uh for signature authorization which resends the previous authorization allows designated persons to sign checks or dispersement of funds on deposit with a selected financial institution. Do I have a motion? So moved. Thank you. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Thank you. double second. Any discussion? All right, seeing none. I mean, this is a pretty straightforward as it says. This is so
045that certain people can sign checks and certain people that don't need to sign checks anymore won't be able to. So, all those in favor say I. >> I. I. >> All those opposed. All right. Motion passes. All right. Next action item is for resolution number 0325-26 for purchase orders. The administration recommends the board adopt this resolution which rescends the previous authorization and allows designated persons to sign purchase orders on behalf of the district. Do I have a motion? >> So moved. >> Thank you. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Thank you. Any discussion? All right. In the same vein as the first one, all those in favor say I. >> I. I. >> All those opposed. All right. Motion passes. All right. All right. Our next action item is resolution number 04/25-26. Uh,
046write- off of uncollectible inactive child nutrition balances. The administration recommends the board adopt this resolution for the write off of uncollectible inactive child nutrition balances which allows for the writing off of uncollectible accounts according to board policy 660. Do I have a motion? >> So moved. >> Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Awesome. Any discussion? All right. All those in favor say I. >> I. All those opposed. >> All right. Motion passes. All right. That takes us out of those action items and brings us to a presentation. Our capital projects uh manager, Marina TA, will present the October Sumar Bonnie Lake Builds update to the board of directors. >> Hey, just want to remind you Marina got a promotion. She's the director of capital projects. So >> nice. Congratulation. >> Sorry about that,
047Marina. Thank you. I have very fond memories of being the manager of capital projects and you know John is doing an amazing job of filling shoes. I think uh he's made the shoes bigger. So um actually I know his wife he has probably more shoes than I do. [Laughter] Sorry just just saying how it is. So, just wanted to provide a brief update because a lot is happening even though there's no dirt churning right at the moment. Um, to start off, I think we spoke before about the general contractor construction manager process. Um, and really what this is is an alternative method. It gives us the opportunity not to go with the low bid contractor under certain conditions. And the two projects that we have approval now to move forward with GCCM have those conditions
048being complex sites, tight sites with, you know, very specialized things. But ultimately, the biggest thing in our book is student safety and operating a facility while you're building onto that facility. So, Body Lake High School expansion and Sumar High phase 2 have both been approved by the project review committee uh through the state for that and we immediately then advertised for qualifications for general contractors which we received on Monday and we will be evaluating those this coming Monday on the 27th. We received six general contractors putting in their SOQS for Bonnie Lake High School expansion and five for the Sumar High School project. Very good, highquality general contractors, all with very deep experience pools and deep experience with complex builds on occupied sites. Uh so we feel really good about the candidates that we have
049and um we're going to spend some time reviewing those. So that's exciting. and anticipate bringing that selection to the board for approval at the November board meeting. So, just kind of approval. We got a lot of work to do before the November board meeting. Oh my goodness. >> Hey, Marina, I have to tell you, after the GCCM, the PRC >> Yeah. >> I told them. I was like, >> spoiler alert, right? >> Yeah. >> I mean, it was amazing the work that you and John and Matt did during that. I mean, I just sat there and was nervous. >> We were so glad to have you, though. that spoke volumes to the PRC. >> But I was so proud of like the work. I sent them an email. I'm like, "You're never gonna believe this."
050They got approval on both of them. So, >> yeah, that was awesome. >> Yeah, it was pretty cool. Um, it was really fun to hear from our adviserss who actually sit on that PRC afterwards to hear, you know, what they thought and how well we did in comparison to some of the others that were out there. So, that was really cool. We also made the decision and have filed the um application for Tahali Heights expansion. Again, that site is very tight, not much layown area, high traffic, and we're adding on right to classroom wing. So, you've got kids in classrooms that we do not want to take away from their educational experience. So, that's a very complex build. Um, we will be going to the PRC on in Nove or December, pardon me, November, December,
051December, uh, 4th or the 5th. We need to decide if which one we're going to take because they've kind of offered us a choice. They've got a lot of applicants again. Um, and we also this week uh, and I'll update you on that slide about Tahal Heights expansion when I get there. Get to some fun pictures. So schematic design complete that was presented to the board. Design development is where you take those plans and you really dive deep and you get into the details and there's a lot of details. So just to kind of give you an illustration of the kind of details this particular room is um I want to say it's the horicultural science lab. So what are the things that we need in there? What kind of wall covering? How many marker
052boards? how much storage, you know, how much space. Those are all the things we drill down into and communicate with the teams about. So, just an example of the kinds of things that we've been working on on that design development for Sumar High phase 2. Really fun stuff. Um, well, it's all really fun. It's all really, really, really fun. I have the best job ever and best people to work with ever. But Bonn Lake High School expansion, my kids are alumni and my son was like one of the first graduating kids from Bonnie Lake High School. And I have the graduation announcement which had the back of the school on the graduation announcement. >> I'm not kidding. >> Back or the >> the back back. It was not It was the back. It was back
053front. It was the back front, but it was not the front of the school. We're going to have a front front. This is not the final image. Um, we've been tweaking with the finishes and a little bit and so I'm excited for the showcase where we get to show you the color palette and all the good stuff, but there's a lot of good stuff to see. And no one is going to confuse the back from the front after this project. >> Good. >> Which is really exciting. >> Awesome. >> That's really exciting. I can't wait to drive my kids and say, "Look." Anyway, and then we have that great um roundabout design which is has been submitted to the city. We've received comments back on the turning movement analysis and some other pieces with that.
054So then it goes back into the engineers hands to do some tweaks and to really start designing the dirty dirt stuff of civil design for that intersection. So lots of lots of good work going on in Bonny Lake High School. We had focus groups today on DLC classrooms and JOTC and all sorts of good stuff. So, lots of things. Middle school at Tahal, we had the EDSP spec last month, I believe it was. And so, that schematic design has started. So, what that means is we're starting to see what this site is going to take shape and look like. you know, get an idea not just of the placement of the fields, which we've kind of seen in pre previous images, but what does the parking lot look like? How does that flow into where
055kids will be dropped off? What does the entry plaza have want to look like? What does the bus drop off look like? The back of the school. I didn't share any images of the building yet because I'm waiting for some better ones because it's pretty rough right now. We've had some tweaks, but I do have these floor plans that'll kind of give you an idea where the main entrance there in the front has student services and admin on either side, but it opens out into that common space. And I want you to know that that commons wall is all glass. It's it's a it's a beautiful window. And you you think about out there looking towards Oring Lake, looking towards, you know, those wetlands there. You've got trees, you've got the outside kind of brings
056some of that into the school. Um that stage area looking out into the commons location of the kitchen and then we have the gyms um and all of that complex in that spot there. And then above that is our threestory teaching and learning area with our classrooms, staff rooms, etc. There is shared space. There is plenty of light. So that open hallway when you walk down you're going to see trees ahead of you and when you look out the main entrance when you look out from the library you're going to have a view of Mount Reineer. How cool is that? Yeah, it it's really a beautiful site and it's really going to um it's going to be something to see this building come into shape. So the site grading is complete and we have been
057looking at a lot of different options and things on that layout of the site civil and landscaping. So lots of work going on in that area too. And um yeah and I told you about the GCCM because we're not doing GCCM on the middle school. Green site, no neighbors, not so complicated. Okay. So, Donald Eisman parking in Field. Some images here to share with the layout of the fields, with the layout of the parking lot. Um, there's going to be some education going on, um, with the new way to navigate that parking lot. You'll see a lot of one-directional arrows to try and keep practicing over and complicating things, but it will greatly increase our queuing and get people off the street and be safer. So, that's a big deal. >> That'll make some parents
058very happy. >> Yes, it will. Yes, it will. And similar Dro Daffodil Valley Field has really been coming along. The fun thing at Daffodil Valley Field are a couple of things. To the left of the field, you'll see what looks like a little basketball court. That's actually a mini pitch. We're putting a mini pitch at Daffodil for the kids. And then to the right on the lower portion of the screen is a learning garden. And so we'll have an area with an outdoor learning area with green space with, you know, things of interest, uh, native plants, an area to explore and learn how to plant things. Um, we're really just providing more green space for that school, which is really exciting. and uh our team will be meeting with the staff later this month or
059early next month to kind of hear what their thoughts are on the learning garden, make sure we're aligning all of our our plans with what everybody's looking for. And then of course the the fields themselves very similarly laid out to how they are currently with the opposite uh ball fields. We've got batting cages. We've got dugouts. The lights will be on the space and that's all uh turf field, so playable year round, which is great. Okay. No pretty pictures because we're not to pretty picture stage yet. But to Holly Heights expansion, yes, the 17th was Monday and no, Friday. And we spent all day at Toahali Heights interviewing architects. >> Sorry. Do you mind going back one slide for those of us not as sportsin inclined? >> Yeah. >> Mini pitch. >> Yeah. What is
060that? >> It is a smallsiz soccer field that is enclosed so the balls don't get away. >> Oh. >> And um yeah, it's it's there's I think there's another one located in Sar at one of the parks now. Um but uh yeah, it's a great opportunity to put some organ organization to the soccer play on the site and also you know keep it >> safe and contained so that it's not interrupting other play that goes on on the play field. You bet. So yes, architect interviews on Friday. We interviewed four um teams and we are going to move forward with one of those. are going to we're going to take the team to meet the Tahali Heights team so we can you know do a little meet and greet, make sure everybody likes each other
061before we really go forward. Um and then again we submitted our GCCM application for approval. Uh Crestwood and Liberty Ridge, we have chosen architects for those and we're in the contract process. So soon we'll be able to introduce those teams and kick off those. We'll be doing kind of a modified EDSPEC type of process to really dial in the scope of work and make sure that we're hearing the voices in the buildings and meeting their needs. And then finally, my favorite thing, which is really not everybody else's favorite jam, but I got to advocate for it because it's the right thing to do. We are working on those energy efficiency projects and that lighting conversion is being dialed in. There's a lot of lights in our buildings and a lot of different kinds of lights
062in our buildings. So, it's a a bit of a complex scoping and we're trying to target those buildings that need to reduce their EUIS to meet target first. So, lots of good stuff going on. I think that's all I got. Do you have any questions? >> Awesome. That was a great presentation. Any That was a lot actually in a few slides. That's pretty >> We're busy. >> Yeah. >> Any direct questions and any other comments? >> There's there's a few there's a few emails we've gotten about that intersection over the years. And I'm sure there'll be some happy uh constituents out there to see the roundabout going in and the safety improved and flow of traffic in that area. So, >> you know, it's it's really the best solution for that intersection. You know, our
063traffic engineers, they really know their stuff and they've tried all of the solutions that involve laning lanes and and lights and none of them can perform the way this will perform. And you know, people are used to the one on 410. So, if you can get used to that, >> they're popping up everywhere. Maybe >> hopefully you won't get too many. We're hoping. Fingers are crossed. Anyway, thank you so very much for your time. I appreciate it. >> Appreciate it. >> That brings us back into some more action items. So, our next action item is resolution number 06-25-26 uh to engage in OAC services for general contractor advisor services. The district administration recommends that the Sumar Bonnie Lake School District Board of Directors adopt this resolution approving the OAC services to provide general contractor construction
064management advisor services for the Summer High School Master Plan phase 2, Bonnie Lake High School expansion and to Holly Heights Elementary expansion. Do I have a motion? >> So moved. >> Thank you. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Thank you. Any discussion? Seeing that we got a pretty extensive presentation there, that really helps us understand what we're voting on. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> All those opposed. All right. Motion passes. All right. Our next action item is the OAC consultant services agreement. The district administration recommends that the Summer Bonnie Lake School District board of directors approve the OAC services incorp agreement with Summer Bonnie Lake School District for general contractor construction manager advisor services. Do I have a motion? So moved. >> Thank you. A second. >> Second. >>
065Thank you. Any discussion? >> All right. All those in favor say I. >> I. All those opposed. >> All right. Motion passes. >> All right. Our next action item is involving CTE, which is our for our annual career and technical education board report and Perkins grant approval. The administration recommends the board approve the 5-year CTE plan and the 2025 2026 Perkins grant. Do I have a motion? >> So moved. >> Thank you. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Thanks. Any discussion? >> All I want to say is that I spent an awful lot of time playing around with the college readiness board report that is so cool. Um I mean one of the things that they have in there, and I don't know if this is just coming to me, but they have
066um just such great ways of getting kids to start to engage and think about what it is they're going to do next. interactive um you know you can go there's uh infographics and videos and talks about the opportunity of different um career paths. It talks about the earning potential of different career paths. I mean spent a lot of time just playing around with that and the fact that we're starting you know that discussion earlier like in eighth grade and things that was really it's pretty cool. >> Yeah, definitely good. I just wanted to thank Erin and and his team. This is a very big process and the the excellent job. >> Yeah. The amount amount of work that goes in and then trying to fit that into the schedule and everything and I mean it
067it's definitely a long it's a it's come a long way since the days I think when we all remember taking the survey and ended up with only a couple of >> jobs that we never even wanted to do. But uh so we'll see what they can do now and how they can implement that and and put it into action so that the students get a chance to have that experience in high school is amazing. >> And one of the other things I mean we you talked about it earlier our um graduation rate and how those are you know improving but um in 23 24 there was a 99.7% graduation rate for kids that are participating in CTE. So, I mean, it's just good all the way around. And I and I just uh Yeah, that
068report was great. I would have almost liked to have a presentation on the whole thing. >> I'm sure we actually will at some point. >> I think we will. >> Awesome. Well, thank you Darren and his team for putting that together for us. Uh, no further discussion. All those in favor say I. >> I. I. All those opposed. >> All right. Motion passes. And for information only in your packet we have policy matters in accordance with policy 1310 adoption amendment of policies and bylaws. The following policies are included for first reading. Policy 3116 policy 3143 policy 3226 3241 and 5260 on the policy side. And then on the procedure side, you have your information uh for the same uh procedures for 2145P, 2410P, 3116P, 3143P, 3236P, 3241P, 3421P, not to try and mess me up
069on that one. Yeah, 5260P uh is all information in your packets. And there is a public records transparency report. General Counsel Abigail Westbrook has provided a quarterly public records report to the board. This is a summary report regarding all new public records requests that have been filed with the Summer Bonnie Lake School District over the last three months for your reading. We also have a human resources department update. Assistant Superintendent David Brower uh has prepared a written human resources update for the board that you'll find in your packet. So, thank you to David and Abigail for that information and the time you took to put into that. That brings us on the agenda to board discussion. Any topics of discussion tonight? All right, seeing none, then that brings us to our announcement of our next
070regular board meeting. The board meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday, November 18th, 2025, and will begin at 6 PM in the central office boardroom. We are adjourned. Thank you.