001Welcome to our board meeting. We want to thank Principal Ben Batia and his staff for hosting tonight's meeting. I do want to point out the gorgeous artwork. If you have not had a chance to check it out, please see what these students are doing because it's really impressive. So, a couple of housekeeping things. I want to make sure that do we have any media here or online? We would like you to introduce yourself. Okay. Um, please mute your cell phones. And those who are speaking, remember to turn the mic on to the green light. Speak. When you're finished, push the button again so it turns red. If you're wanting to speak to the board through public participation, there's a card back on the table. You'll need to fill that out. And I do have a
002reminder that um this meeting, as all of our meetings are aired live and then will be posted on the website in a day or two. Um, that's particularly important if people are getting awards. Students in particular and family can't be here, but they want to be here. So, they can at least go online and watch watch their kids receive their awards there. At this time, we have our fifth grade student, Lacy Anderson, who's going to lead us in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge of 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 to all. >> Thank you so much, Lacy. You did a great job. Now, we have a really special treat. We have our first
003graders under the direction of Andrea Stanley who are going to sing Stinky Pirate. One, two, three. Thank you so much, Miss Stanley. And thank you so much, first graders. That was awesome. Yay. So proud of you. >> Oh boy, that was awesome. And now we have I know Principal Bentia, good luck topping that. Okay. So, it's it's your turn to have a report and you can maybe be the stinky principal. I don't know. But good luck. >> There are a lot of days I am a stinky principal. Uh good evening all. Uh good evening board directors. Uh thank you chair director Miner and Vice Chair Director Cotton. Uh Superintendent Cordon, district leadership for the opportunity to be able to speak tonight. Uh thank you everyone for being here tonight and giving me the opportunity to
004share about Fton 4 Elementary. Uh we are incredibly proud of the work happening in our building and excited to highlight not only academic growth but also the culture relationship uh and opportunities that continues to make Fullerton a special place for students. Uh before I begin, I just want to give a special thank you to Mrs. Stanley and our music teacher and our first grade students who were here tonight and were able to just show a little bit of the exciting learning opportunities that we have in our music class. That was a lot of fun. Uh and also to Lacy Anderson who's one of our outstanding fifth grade students uh and council member uh leading us in the pledge of allegiance. And of course uh to all of our Fullerton staff uh who every single day
005they show up ready to serve our students, support families, and strengthen our community. Um if we can go ahead and go to the next slide. Uh what makes uh Fullerton 4 so special at Fullerton 4? Relationships are a truly the foundation of our work and we talk about maintaining that tradition and creating a school culture where students feel uh safe, supported and valued. Our staff work incredibly hard to ensure students know uh they know that they belong the moment they walk through our doors. Uh we we know students learn best when they feel connected, safe, and known. Uh next slide. So like I mentioned, we believe students learn best when they feel connected, challenged, and confident. Uh that belief drives both our student learning vision and our staff learning vision. Uh this year we focused
006heavily on ensuring professional learning for staff was practical, immediately actionable, and directly connected uh to improving instruction for students. Our goal has been to create consistent learning experience across classrooms while continue to support both the academic and social emotional needs of our students. Next slide. Uh our major focus this year has been strengthening instructional consistency through implementation of district curriculum and increased collaboration among teachers. Uh we also spent a significant time focusing on formative assessment practices. uh helping teachers use real-time information to adjust instruction, form small groups, and better respond to student needs. Both of these focuses were big lifts for us this year, and we will continue to focus on it next year. Uh this work begins to show in both student growth uh consistency across classrooms. Uh next, I would just like to
007share some academic and attendance data that highlights 14in 4's growth and its comparison to state average. We have spent time celebrating growth, but we also are very aware that we have more work and that our goal is always to improve in order to best support our students because they all deserve it. So this first slide is around attendance. Uh one area that we are particularly proud of is our attendance growth. Over the past several years, we have been steadily improving our regular attendance rate. Uh we know attendance is directly connected to achievement, but we also know improvement happens through relationships, not punishment. Our staff has implemented a variety of supports including attendance recognition, classroom incentives, empathy interviews, attendance competitions, and family communications through attendance nunch letters. Uh more importantly, we focus on helping students and
008families feel connected to school. Uh our next slide is our English language arts. This graph shows our ELA OSAS data for the past several years and English in English language arts. We have continued building systems to support reading growth. Last year our focus uh was heavily on intervention structures, differentiated small groups and peer collaboration. Uh this year our focus shifted towards implementing the new curriculum while continue to strengthen small group instruction and targeted interventions. Uh teachers have become increasingly intentional about using formative assessment data to guide instruction and intervention decisions. Uh while we are encouraged by the growth, we are uh we are seeing in reading uh we are still not satisfied with our overall results and we truly believe that our students are capable of performing above uh state average and as adults that
009means we just continue to reflect honestly on our instructional practices, our systems and supports and we are committed to identifying those barriers, refining instruction and ensuring students have every opportunity to demonstrate their abilities. Uh the next slide shows our Dibbles fall to winter data. Uh this district benchmark assessment for reading shows similar uh year 1 dips with the implementation of our new ELA curriculum. However, we are seeing some strong improvement in reading accuracy and and decreases in the number of students performing at the highest risk category. Uh this growth is encouraging and shows that our systems are beginning to move in the right direction. Uh next slide. So this graph shows our math OS for the past several years. Uh in math, our focus has continued to be around student discourse and formative assessment. Uh
010but also consistently uh using the district provided curriculum and staying with pacing with our scope and sequence. Uh we are proud of the progress being made in math but we also know we cannot become comfortable with just incremental growth alone. Uh we believe our students can outperform current trends and averages and uh that belief needs to push us to continuously examine our practice, strengthen our core instruction and improve how we respond to student needs. The next slide has our uh I Ready fall to winter diagnostic results for this year. Uh this one's one of our most encouraging data points. uh and you see the decreases in students performing significantly below grade level and the increases in students reach uh reaching benchmark or above. Uh something that we're really proud of. Uh these gains matter and
011deserve celebration especially uh the reduction in students significantly below grade level. Uh those gains reflect a tremendous amount of effort from teachers, support staff, our interventionist and families working together to support students. And next slide. Uh this is our science instruction has also been continued to evolve. Uh staff has focused on pacing curriculum implementation and alignment to standards and increasing opportunities for engaging hands-on learning experience for students. Just like uh in science, just like in reading and math, we are continuing to evaluate how instructional practices, pacing, and engagement opportunities impact student outcome. And we believe our students are capable of exceptional learning experiences and strong achievement. All right, next slide. Uh so I would like to end with just sharing some celebrations from this year and showing the amazing experience that students have had. Uh
012this year we celebrated the completion of our new track, a project that took a significant support and effort from our community and thanks to our booster club for over a decade of fundraising to see this project through. So you can see some before and after pictures. Uh next slide shows our celebration of reading week. Uh we continue to prioritize experiences that build joy and belonging with our school culture. A celebration of reading week created excitement around literacy and gave students opportunity to engage with reading in fun and creative ways. Uh the next slide shows our Oregon Battle of the Books. Uh our Oregon Battle of the Books team had an incredible year and in a Cinderella type story earned first place at regional which advanced them to the state competition. Uh their success reflected not
013only strong reading skills but also teamwork, perseverance and student confidence. Our students represented Fullerton 4 incredibly well and we're very proud of them. And then slide four. Next slide. Thank you. Uh our fifth graders uh also had the opportunity to attend outdoor school where students were building independence, leadership skills, and lasting memories through outdoor learning experience. For many students, this was the powerful opportunity to grow socially, emotionally, and academically outside of the traditional classroom. And then our last slide just shows a students opportunity at the talent show. So every year we have a Fullerton forcot talent event. Uh events like our talent show continues to remind us that schools are about are more about more than just academics alone. These opportunities allow students to discover confidence, express themselves, and feel connected to their peers and
014school community. Uh so as I close tonight, I just want to again want to thank our students, staff, families and community for support uh they continue to provide Fullerton for. We are proud of the growth we are seeing, proud of the culture we continue to build and excited for the opportunity ahead for students. Thank you again to the school board for your continued support of our school, our staff, and our students. And we really appreciate the opportunity to share the story tonight. >> Thank you very much. Are there any questions, >> questions, comments? I would like to say thank you booster club for all that you have done for the trap. Thank you. >> And congratulations for first place at regionals for the Oregon Battle of the Books. Way to go. Way to go. Thank
015you very much. At this time, we have our last leadership report from Janelle Milling and Ryan Wilson. They're seniors and this is their last time with us and uh they've been great and we will definitely miss you. But uh take it away. >> Thank you for having us tonight. Um yeah, we're just excited to talk about everything. You get to brag about people for the last time. So, um, I'll start off by saying on May 7th, RHS honored, we honored about 250 students at our annual evening of excellence ceremony, and that was at UCCC's Jacobe Auditorium. RHS staff and administration were there to award students with certificates, and each department within the high school gets to um staff are able to nominate students for awards for their achievement throughout the year. So, it was it
016was super cool just to see that many people there get to walk across the stage and um get talked about. >> We're also in full swing with ASB elections right now. Um people were campaigning all through last week um with posters and flyers and talking to everyone on campus uh to campaign for president, vice president, and all the class um representatives. And then voting took place today in advisory and those results will be coming out next week. We also just celebrated our annual tradition of senior family lunch. We kicked it back a little bit from brunch to lunch. That way we could, you know, get some more people to attend. Um, for those who had, you know, other morning conflicts and it was a success. We had a lot more people show up than who
017um, RSVPd, we may have needed to print some more bingo cards. We had around 250 attendees as well. So, it was a lot of fun. There were games. There was food put together by our catering program. FCCLA is wonderful for every event where we need food. Um, and then Mrs. Kristen Miller, our grad coach, was the keynote speaker. Those were some awesome words as well. And then in addition, we had a slideshow put together of all of our seniors who submitted their baby photos along with their senior photos. And just last night, the RHS band had their final concert in the Rose Theater. They've had an amazing year. choir will be heading to Seattle tomorrow to participate in the choir event throughout the whole weekend. >> Yeah. Um I can speak for choirs, too. We
018get the opportunity to go up to the University of Washington and do clinics with, you know, a bunch of choir experts up there. So, that'll be a lot of fun. And we're just going to go tour throughout the city as well. and both our band and our choir um recently were at Oregon State University for their respective state championships at the 6A level for um competitive choir and band. So that was that was a lot of fun for the programs as well. In addition, our golden apple ceremony will be held on the 24th of May and that's going to recognize outstanding teachers and one of our FFA and leadership students, Juniper Crocker, will be speaking at that event. And speaking of FFA, we are going to give a shout out to Mrs. Powell, our FFA
019and A Education teacher, and she just won the Oregon ACTE teacher of the year award. And that recognizes career and technical education teachers who make a lot of impacts. And that's something, you know, even just in the four years I've been at RHS, Miss Powell has absolutely done. >> And then most sports have wrapped up their regular season uh with district competitions and some teams will head to play into playoffs or state competitions. Track has their varsity district meet going on right now in WAMIT. Um, and then day two of the competition will be on Saturday. Softball will also have a playoff game right after Memorial Day weekend. >> And then our spring musical this year, which was You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, has been recognized by the AI Jimmy Awards through the Holt
020Center as a top five musical. Um, we we have been nominated for the it was just outstanding overall performance. Um, yeah. out of the 18 other high schools across the state that participated this year and this is the first time there um the Holt Center has done this and so we're going to be performing our number Beethoven day at the award ceremony which will be on stage at the hold center on June 2nd and in addition to our overall top five musical nomination we also received a nomination for best supporting ensemble, best supporting orchestra and best stage and tech crew. So that's pretty hopefully we you know if we can just being there um you know was a shock to all of the people in our program but you know if we can win something
021that'll be super legendary. >> And then our robotics team has also been killing it that's this entire year and they're going to be going to Canada near Niagara Falls this summer to compete in a first tech challenge Premier League event. So hopefully they can get some wins there >> for sure. Um, volleyball is or excuse me, volleybuff is going well, too. Um, our tournament will be showcased as a kickoff to our homegoing week next week and it'll be from 5 to 7:00 p.m. in the main gym on May 26th. Tickets are $5 for spectators as this is going to be a fundraiser. And the rest of that week will be next week will be homecoming week and we're going to have our usual lunch activities and daily dress up days. And we're going to wrap
022up the week with a schoolwide assembly next Friday to say farewell to our graduating seniors. and that'll be on May 28th. >> And then the rest of the senior year activities are wrapping up in the first week of June as we celebrate senior sunset on June 3rd on Finley Field where seniors will have the opportunity to eat, hang out, listen to music, play games, and they'll also receive um their beginning of the year senior wishes that we wrote at Senior Sunrise. So, that'll be a fun thing to wrap it all up. And then grad practice is happening on February or Friday, June 5th. And um the big event graduation is on the 6th. So we're pretty excited about that. And then grad night at the Y will also be that night. >> Another tradition that
023we have going on right now is RHS drum beats. And these are congratulatory messages that can go to a senior of your choice. And they're just kind of like a pride shout out, but specifically like an uplifting message to a graduating senior. And so we're going to get all these in by the 29th so so that the graduates can receive them on their grad practice day. So and then we have um the links for these posted on our social medias. And so yeah, it's um this is always, you know, I've been telling people this is a surprisingly busy time of the year. Just, you know, you can't let yourself let your guard down until the very end. So um but yeah, um we just want to say thank you for letting us come here and
024share everything that's going on at the high school. So, are there any questions we can answer? >> You're the softball will have a playoff game right after Memorial Day. Do you have a Is that here? >> Oh, it's away. >> I I was asking Rod. Yeah. >> So, if we slip the 17th, we'll be away. 16 be other leagues are finishing up right now. So it hasn't been followed in boys baseball. >> So in softball, who needs to lose, Victory? Who needs to lose? >> I want to see higher. >> I'm just kidding. I don't want you to call out another school. Anybody from 1 to 15? >> I have a question um for the elections. I think it's really great. People have to campaign and and all of that. How when will how will
025we know the results and when will we know the results of the elections? >> So the elections are made up of it's not just a popular vote. There's multiple different factors that go in. So teachers also vote and their votes are worth five votes um compared to the student votes. And then there's campaigning like how will you campaign with flyers and posters and everything and then um your interview and the application that you submitted to apply for leadership. So there's a formula that Mrs. Bartlett um has to add everything up and put in things and she's the only one that knows anything. So it's very like it's very secure. Um, and then she said that she's going to be letting kids know who ran sometime next week, Monday or Tuesday. Um, as soon as she
026gets things up and then it'll be announced to the school on sometime next week, but for sure at the homegoing assembly. Um, the new president and vice president are going to be giving speeches. So, >> great. Will that be posted on the website? >> Yeah, on the RS like the social media. Yeah, for sure. >> Wonderful. Thank you. Chair, I just had one thing real quick. >> Please do. >> Janelle and Ryan, you've done a just outstanding job this year. You do represent the best part of our community and our our students and just want to say thank you. I know both of you are super involved in many things outside of this and athletics and activities um other other activities around the community. So, thank you very much for being here and and helping
027us better understand the great work happening across our schools. Thank you. At this time we are going to recognize some students and some staff and um just encourage after each award is given there will be an individual photo and then afterward all the recipients if they would come forward for a group picture with the with the board. We would appreciate that. And uh at this time and I do want to say when the student comes up, please have family and all of the school representatives, teachers, staff join them. So, and that's true with the Crystal Apple Awards for for the staff as well. So, at this time, we have Director Hammerson who's going to hand out the student awards. mics are extra extra crisp, so I didn't want to get too close to it tonight.
028Uh yeah, so uh like Chair Miner said, um the camera is right there. So if you have any like friends or family that are watching, um if you want to line up this way. Uh but for each uh student, I'll call out the school staff invited uh and then friends and family of the student that won. So the first one we have is a Fremont Middle School and it's Hannah Dixon. These mics are scaring me a little bit. It's It's so crisp. Okay. Uh and it reads, "Hannah is the kind of student who quietly makes Fremont a better place every single day. Hannah consistently demonstrates kindness, hard work, and a positive attitude in everything she does. Teachers describe her as conscientious, that was the hard word I had to get through, dedicated, and always wearing
029a smile. She works hard academically, stays engaged engaged in class, and brings a calm, positive energy to those around her. What truly makes Hannah stand out is the way she supports others. Whether helping a classmate having a difficult day, offering assistance to a teacher, or simply being a friendly and encouraging presence, Hannah leads through kindness and character. Congratulations, Hannah. All righty. Our next one is uh Fullerton for elementary school, Alani Lopez. Sorry, I had to make sure something was good. Uh, Alani consistently demonstrates kindness, determination, and an outstanding work ethic in everything she does. She approaches challenges with a positive attitude, gives her best effort, and never gives up when learning becomes difficult. Beyond her academic effort, Alani is known for treating others with respect, making classmates feel classmates feel included, and always being willing
030to help others. Staff describe her as caring, a dependable student whose smile and positive energy brighten the classroom each day. Alani represents the very best of Fton 4 and the school is incredibly proud of her accompl accomplishments. Congratulations, Alani. Sorry. >> All righty. Our next school is Joseph Lane Middle School. Uh, and it's Aspen Noel Richards. and it reads, "Aspen is a dedicated student who consistently stays on task. She helps others and get and gets along well well gets I'm messing my punctuation up here. Horrible. She helps others and gets along well with her peers. Thoughtful and caring, she often supports those who need it most. She is attentive, uh, polite, and courteous, and consistently demonstrates kindness and helpfulness. She is considerate of her peers, studious, and actively participates in class. She truly exemplifies what
031it means to be an ideal student. Though she may be quiet, she leads by example, and shines brightly. Congratulations, Aspen. All right. And the next three that I have are all Roseberg High School. So, uh, Vicory, you're going to have to be up here for a while. First one is Lincoln Adams. Lincoln is a dedicated, conscientious and good humored student who consist they always get me with the hard words and good good humored student who consistently demonstrates outstanding character and leadership. He approaches each day with positivity, energy, and a genuine desire to improve. Always putting great care and focus into his studies. Lincoln truly embodies RHS pride through his positivity, respect, involvement, determination, and encouragement toward others. In wellness, and throughout the school day, he brings an uplifting attitude that makes he that makes everyone
032around him better. Lincoln is kind, hardworking, and supportive of his peers, and he consistently creates a positive environment in every class he is a part of. He is truly a phenomenal young man and an outstanding representative of Roseberg High School. Congratulations, Lincoln. Yeah, you guys are stuck here. Our next one is Audrey Arnold. And it reads, "Audrey is an exceptionally motivated, hard-working, and determined student who consistently demonstrates excellent excellence in and out of the classroom. In chemistry class, she always completes her work thoroughly, and approaches group work and labs with a positive, respectful attitude. Audrey works well with others, encourages her peers, and is always open to feedback. She's and as she strives to improve. She is a 4.0 student who is heavily involved on campus and serves as the Young Life representative at inner
033club council meetings. Audrey is organized, detail oriented, and perseveres through adversity with strength, maturity, and grace. Congratulations, Audrey. like I was smashing myself in there. All right, last one is Evan Luwendowski. Possibly he's not here tonight. Yeah. Okay. All righty. So, I'll I'll hand it over to uh chair miner to do our crystal apples. So, we have from Fullerton, Tiffany Brochious, instructional assistant. Tiffany, come on up. Come on y'all. You know the drill. It's like half the audience. Tiffany exemplifies dedication, compassion, and quiet leadership in all that she does. She consistently goes above and beyond to support support both students and staff, always stepping in wherever needed with positivity and professionalism. Tiffany has built meaningful relationships with students across the campus and creates a supportive environment through her caring demeanor, clear expectations and commitment to
034student growth. Whether supporting in the classroom, supervising students, or collaborating with colleagues, Tiffany approaches every responsibility with humility, reliability, and heart. Fullerton is incredibly fortunate to have Tiffany as part of the school family. Her crystal apple reads, "Leading through kindness, service, and unwavering dedication." Congratulations, Tiffany. I will stay up here. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> Our next one, our award is for learning specialist Camille Harrison. >> Any other family members or anything want to join us up here? This is Yes, this is important. That's right. Come on up. We're all very proud of her. Yeah. Get right by there. Yeah. As Fullerton's learning specialist, Camille plays a vital role in supporting the school's MTSS system, particularly in reading instruction and intervention for students across the building. She consistently demonstrates dedication, flexibility, and an unwavering
035commitment to students and staff. Camille is known for her strong work ethic, positive attitude, and willingness to step in wherever support is needed. Whether supporting students, helping problems solve with staff, or organizing schedules and coverage, Camille approaches every challenge with professionalism, care, and determination. Even when she does not immediately know the answer, she works tirelessly to find solutions and support those around her. Bullerin is incredibly grateful for Camille's leadership and service. for Crystal Apple reads, "Guiding student success through dedication and compassion." Congratulations, Camille. Now, we have something that we don't normally have a lot of, but we have a couple of awards that are going to the employees at central office. So, the first one is Shannon Alexander. She's the physical plant office manager. So, y'all come on up. family, office people, team members, very
036important work. This is Shannon has earned this award through exceptional dedication and professional excellence. She sets the standard for accuracy, ensuring the physical plant department runs seamlessly. Whether managing the complex logistics of custodial subs or leading in Tracy Graph's absence, her confidence and leadership are unwavering. Shannon has a unique ability to keep co-workers headed in the right direction, even when it feels like hurting cats. A master of organizational prowess, she consistently delivers high quality work while navigating unpredictable challenges. Shannon blends authority with genuine care and fosters a positive culture where everyone feels supported. Shannon truly is the heart of the physical plant. and her crystal apple reads commitment to excellence and the anchor of our team. Congratulations. Now we have central office people. You might want to come back, Tracy. All you central office people,
037we have one more award. Oh, wait. That's not Tracy's department, though. Okay. So, we have business office account specialist, previously payroll specialist Celeste Etcher. Here comes the team. Celeste has shown exemplary dedication to being the district payroll specialist since 2012 and most recently an account specialist. Celeste consistent commitment, professionalism, dependability, and strong work ethic set a high standard for others and has contributed greatly to the success of the business operations team. Her willingness to go above and beyond, take initiative and maintain a positive attitude has not gone gone unnoticed. The business office thanks Celeste for her outstanding efforts and for being a valuable part of Roseber schools. Her Crystal Apple reads Celeste Ee has been a very dedicated, hard-working, dependable part of business operations. Congratulations Celeste. Okay, we have all of the award winners come
038forward for one more photograph and we'll afterward take a short break. Okay, I'm going to give a twominute warning here and we will resume our reading. So, I call this meeting um back to order and um we do not have any public participation cards in the back, but I do want to see if we have any hands raised for anybody that wants to say anything online. >> Does it does not appear to be so. Thank you very much. So, at this moment, uh take it away Jared for review of the agenda and communications to the board, please. Thank you, Madam Chair. Appreciate that. Um, we want to uh excuse Director Leon. He's out of town tonight, so make sure um I know you know that already, but formerly excuse him for tonight. We do have
039one additional hire at RHS. That was a uh quick walk-on one just recently. It's an athletic trainer temporary long-term sub position and that is reflected in the consent agenda tonight. Thank you. >> Thank you. Um so we number one is the consent agenda. I do want to point out in that along with what um superintendent cordon said want to thank um people who have give gifts given gifts to the district I want to thank Cascade Orthopedic Specialist and Dr. Brandon Bishop. Thank you. Uh Charlie Cox Westbrook Foundation and Bowers Industrial Incorporated. I would entertain a motion to approve the consent agenda as presented. >> I'll make that motion. >> We have a motion. >> Motion. >> We have a second. Is there any discussion? Okay. All those in favor? I. Okay. It's unanimous. Motion carries.
040Item number two, we have the approval of collective bargaining agreement. It's a one-year contract extension with uh Roseberg Chapter 21, Oregon School Employees Association. You'll find that on page 8 and N. I'm sure you guys have all read that. Um but I would entertain a motion to approve the one-year contract extension between the district and Roseber Chapter 21, Oregon School Employees Association, as proposed by their bargaining representatives. >> So move. >> We have a so moved. I'll second. >> And we have a second. Um, so do we have any discussion? Okay, no discussion. All in favor? I It's unanimous. Motion carries. Thank you very much. I want to thank the the committee that worked on this, uh, Vice Chair Cotton and Director Hammerson. Thank you. Uh number three, we have the um strategic plan design
041update and I'd like to hand that over to uh Superintendent Cordon, please. >> Thank you, Madam Chair. There was one omission on the subcommittee that was yourself. Thank you for your work on that um classified bargaining group. Appreciate that. Uh in your packet, you'll notice tonight, I want to give a special thanks to Chelsea and Tiffany and our comms department for putting um some drafts in front of you tonight. Again, um I I appreciate the opportunity um to work with each of you on a daily basis, but as we move through this process, I really do appreciate your um insight on this. What you see here uh was again our attempt to put this in a way that I think more accurately reflects the discussions we had at our last meeting at Winchester a few
042weeks ago. And I will just open this up for any input you might provide on if this is getting closer to your vision for your the strategic plan for uh 2026 through 2031. >> Thank you. Um, so I'll go first since I have the mic right now. So, um, the circular one I like my eye is drawn to this design. However, it lacks critical information as to more of the why. So, that was not my first one. the this one, the vision one, I liked it, but it still didn't have enough information. It was still a little bit vague. But the other one I loved. I loved this one because it had a lot of information and it just explained a lot of things. But I liked the bottom of this one because I love
043the three banners. that's very clear about inspire, grow, build community, expand opportunities, and it has a QR code. So, what I did is I kind of drew some different lines and cut and taped. So, this is my suggestion, but all of the information is there. It's just But so, I'll hand this to Chelsea just to kind of see if she likes it. >> Right. I'll thank you very much. But yeah, that's that's what I have now. I do probably director Cubit probably has some designs I would imagine as well. Take it away. >> Oh yeah, it's hard to explain some concepts when we're just sitting here. So I drew some diagrams. the uh I'm speak from here. >> Yeah. Oh, >> is this portable? >> Okay. Um so it was looking at what we're trying
044what's the message to us and what's the priority and how the things are. I'm not committed to the struct this that I don't I like parts of all of them. I like where we're at. I like the information. But what what we have here is we start with a vision. It moves the principles. We have a commitment and then we have the foundation. And if I were just redoing this, I'd start here's the vision. It's one sentence. You know, Director Leone said, "Let's keep it simple. Here's the principles. There are three points. keep it simple. We get to commitment and we have the four points of commitment with the sub information and then we have the foundation and we really have five components of that foundation and and I think the reason why I say
045this is because I want to look what the messages are. The vision is a long-term goal or our long-term goals vision top. This is where we're going. The principles are the values that are implemented and carried out by that vision and by that commitment. The commitment is resolved to get the job done and the foundation is the groundwork for that all happening. So I like this structure and in your organiza however the chart is organized. I think ought to be organized to one, two, three, four, whether it's a circle, whether it's a triangle, whether it's a a a square. And then I had a couple of other comments that it's great work and the concepts are great. The drafts are awfully busy. I don't like the use of sustainable sentence systems that we have in
046there. It's just I don't like that because I I don't know what it means and and I think it would be better if we said something like um instead of sustainable systems if we just simply said something like I got it somewhere. Um I may have written it on here. No, I didn't. Anyway, um and then I I I like the building block structure and it's vision, principles, commitment, foundation, and if we could get those concepts into the graphics and and that kind of structure and I think what um instead of doing uh sustainable systems, I think it would be better stated to be uh responsible management. I do have a question. Um, do you have this version in a smaller form to give to Chelsea? >> No, I don't. >> She'll take photos. Okay.
047She's amazing. Thank you very much. Very well. >> Well, I sort of do, but >> very uh I I appreciate your um your time and your commitment to to study that. Thank you. I I have something. I do not like the one on page 11. I I find it too busy. Um I I think we could have a simple and then an expanded two sort of things. Like I I I kind of like the circle because it's simple. It leaves out a ton of information. I recognize that. Um, and you could have a hybrid uh like on page 10 um that had goes into more detail, but as long as the the fundamental points are there, that doesn't matter. I don't need everything to be in great detail. Um, that's just my opinion. I I
048really really don't like the one on page 11. It's wordy and um I think you said busy and I I recognize that but >> maybe that's 11. >> Oddly enough, I like the one on 10 more than 11. And I know there's more words on 10, but yeah. >> Okay. And other directors, you need to weigh in on this. I agreed with um with Keith on that because I I drew an arrow from the principles right under the vision. I I do think that is the order that best capsulize um first the vision and then then our principles that guide it and then um then whatever we put after that the the whether it's um I think the commitment for the student you know should go after that if we stick with the bullet uh
049with the the bullseye target. Um I I do think this is simpler and it just depends on there again where we're going to place this. Is it going to be in every room? is again like we did with with our um current one. Um then oh I'm sorry then the bullet this bullseye is going to be better. People are not going to read this much. Um, but I do think that um I don't think we need the 26 2026 through 2031 strategic plan on the circle. I think just the three bullet points of inspire growth, build community, and expand opportunities could be maybe bigger or but we don't need to know what it is around the circle. Um that was my only uh thinking and we're just missing from the from the bullseye we're missing
050our um our guiding principles. So maybe we have to incorporate that into our vision and to make it fit. Um because otherwise we do have the foundation, we do have the student experience. We're just missing the guiding principle in that one. >> Director Cotton, I don't have a whole lot to say. I know it's unbelievable, but um this is our new plan and I would challenge all of you. How many of you when you walk into Well, there's not one in here, but walk in the classroom, look at it. It's it's old. It's outdated. It's served its purpose. And I'm not hung up on bullseye or whatever, but I think we need to stay away from the the bullseye personally. It needs to be uh and I'm not the artist. Chelsea is, but it needs
051to be something new like >> Yeah, that's that it's it served its purpose. Uh I really like doesn't surprise me Keith and his presentation. I mean what he's kind of did for his career. Um, I really liked most of this stuff was too busy to me. All important stuff. Nothing that's not important isn't on here, but it was just too too busy. But I'm thinking future. I'm thinking what is going to grab um somebody's attention. So, whatever it's worth. >> Thank you very much, Director Hammerson. Uh, I think you guys are all very passionate about this and it's warranted. Uh, but I don't think anything that I add to this discussion is going to give Chelsea any less of a headache. So, I don't really want to add anything further at this point. I think
052you guys got it. >> Thank you for becoming Chelsea's teacher pet. Thank you so much for your comments and uh to Okay, if you're going to say that, you need to say it in the mic. >> And that's why Steve's the favorite blah blah blah. >> Okay, we're getting a little rummy here. Um let me herd you cats back into the next thing. Um, so, uh, thank you, Chelsea, for working on this and listening to our comments and putting things together. So, thank you very much. We appreciate you and all your hard work on this. At this time, we have um, Superintendent Cordon. He who will give his superintendent's report. >> Thank you very much, Madam Chair, and again, thanks for the conversation about the strat plan. We're getting closer. So hopefully by next meeting
053there's something there's that um we'll feel like meets the eye. We've got some little bit of work to do there. But we're excited to do that and bring that back to you June 10th. Let me just say this. we have it's um end of the year and end of the year comes with many different emotions from exhaustion to anticipation to joy about the success kids are having and I hope what you feel today is in this short report is we've got really really amazing staff they are remarkable people and they care deeply for our students students. Um, and I mean from in every area from whether you walk into one of our kitchens to seeing a reading group to teach, you know, teachers in classrooms and administrators supporting them and support staff all the way
054around. I'm going to have a chance to work with a fantastic cabinet group and it's just we have really really great people and we've got amazing kids doing great things. So hopefully you feel that and I do appreciate the board's how you take your role and responsibility seriously to understand the work and support students in that. So hopefully that comes through in the report today. We've got kids just a couple pictures of kids doing some amazing things. Um talent show here in this building here. Um and some great things around our middle school. You've heard about web where everyone belongs and um things happening there. Got kiddos working. um uh researching mammals and habitats. Um some of this if you've been in a CKLA classroom in the lower grades even I'm surprised about learning about
055invertebrates and all sorts of things. It's um been pretty fantastic. Some of you were at the open house at Winchester. It was great as well. Did want to publicly thank Winchester and also our incoming principal Emily Val who was in the dunk tank sat in for me in the dunk tank. So good for her. We have had um a year that's been in some ways very complicated by budget and there's been you know we have when we think of the community there are challenges in our community. There are challenges in our homes and the kids we serve and um sometimes we can revert back to that as the as kind of how things define a year. We do worry about kids who struggle. We have a number of kids who struggle. There are students that
056are um that are experiencing homelessness and poverty and drug addiction at home and individually. Um we've got students in dire need and um with all of that I think it's important because our next meeting is uh we have these meetings are going to span graduation. So I'm going to talk about just a few of the things. It's by no means an exhaustive list at all. It has been a year of incredible accomplishment and um I think it it goes to show that our staff are working really really hard, our kids are working hard and our board's working hard to make sure that we have this. So I just want to talk about a few things. Um state testing is um in process right now and we have been looking at some of the growth our
057students have made. We've challenged our staff to do quite a bit around um curriculum and think about pedagogy. Um we've challenged our principles to do quite a bit around instructional leadership and about leading uh with purpose. And there have been times where I don't know that we always believed we could do this at the student level or even sometimes at a building level or a district level. Like this is a moonshot goal. And what I want you to know is we've had some really tender, fun conversations over the last couple weeks about people seeing things that they weren't sure were possible academically happening. The data is bearing out as we take a look at some real successes around student growth this year. In the midst of all the things that have happened this year, some
058really incredible things are happening. So we look at our OSAS data. It's not public yet, but we have multiple areas in which incredible things have happened where there's been a significant increase in the outcomes we hope for. There was a principle we talked to recently, a couple actually last year about like where we thought that building could be in terms of reading. And I don't know that the principal really thought that was even possible. And actually what we're seeing right now in the data is that's actually happened in the data that every student can have growth. We can be at this 80% level where you got the majority of your kids at an academic level. And I just want to thank our staff um for this and and that's our teaching staff, our administrative staff,
059our support staff, our central office staff that we have some really we have the right things in place. The system has been created to have this kind of growth. Even in the midst of trying to figure out budgets and staffing and you know those pressures that are upon us with enrollment loss and some other things, it's really worth noting that we've got some students making incredible growth this year. It's what we hope for. It's what we expect. It's not a surprise, but it's worth noting that that takes a consistent effort to actually believe it and to support that. I've said since I arrived, I believe deeply in the principle of being reciprocal with staffs. If you're going to ask them to do something, then by golly, give them a way to do it. And don't
060ask people to do things that you can't support. And I think what we're doing and what we've been pretty consistent on is when we're asking people to make improvements, we rally around a path for improvement. And really, I know it was a board you spend we spent a lot of time together. this board re deserves a lot of kudos for coming to the table talking about I mean our CNI meetings our building sites meetings you're in the work and I hope you see this as an accomplishment from the board as well a couple of just quick things you know OSAA we quite frankly were going to get screwed over on this proposal and we got to the table on this it would have been a huge dilemma for our families it would have pulled kids
061out of class we would have coaches that are like I can't coach I can't home at 2:00 in the morning, but we stepped in and saw a change in that which has been huge. We recently celebrated on our we celebrated a number of staff members who hit some milestones, guys. That was 90 staff members that represented 990 years of service last meeting. Amazing. These are people that had consistently served our community. It's exciting. We talked last year, we went quickly on a special education student services redesign. We really want to find ways that those students can be more included and have a better more consistent inclusive practice in our with our students. That's actually we're seeing some tremendous success with that this this year and that's huge kudos to staff because it happened where we
062didn't have a whole lot of time to implement it and they've been great with that. Seen some great things there. We talked about summer learning. We didn't get the dollars but we're able to get those dollars. We've got great things happening on our partnership with UCCC. We're on track to save a million dollars this year in tuition reimbur in in dual credit, if you will. Um, we've got some neat things happening with the tribe. Uh, the board heard last meeting about the tribal attendance promising practices. We've got other grants like our CLSD grant that's been implemented. We do have the state reaching out to our district saying, could you do this because we know it's going to be done well. And that doesn't happen that often. It's actually pretty rare. Uh, we've got some great
063new leaders coming in. We're going to lose some lose some leaders. I'm looking at Jill right now, although we don't lose I mean Jill's going to be on speed dial with things, too. But we got Ally and Donna coming in, which is great. We're making progress on the locker rooms and privacy improvements. Um, you probably noticed, uh, our comm's department is turning into a little bit of a media empire right now with a newspaper and a podcasting show. just trying to spread the good news and the community around what's happening and we're hoping to hear in the next two or three weeks about some more seismic rehab. Um we were able to to complete the east side of the votech which has been exciting this year. We're hoping we have uh applications in for the
064west side vot um and also uh sunny slope as well. So it's been a year of great accomplishments and I want to thank our board and our staff and our students and families for that. As we look ahead to next year, um we do have lots of things we need to continue to talk about and plan for and be insightful and budget for. And let's mention a couple here. Um we've had I want to thank the board members who are part of our SEFAC or our um community facilities assessment um committee. they have uh met a number of times to take a look at our facilities and our buildings and think long term about how are we going to I mean our buildings aren't getting younger dayto-day and what is the plan as we think
065forward in the next 5 10 20 50 100 years in our community um and so we're going to continue to do some community engagement around our facilities planning we've got more work happening around career pathways we need to continue to focus on an enrollment strategy which is really the value proposition of coming to our schools which is very high. We need to expand options and increase engagement there and um we need to continue to really focus on our stewardship um around uh our budget long-term long-term sustainability on the um budget. I do want to just mention that um I do want to thank the board and our budget committee for a um an approved budget that will go for the board's vote for an adoption next board meeting. Um and we've talked about this before,
066but we do have there are pressures on school districts. If you just read the news, you can see this in most places. This is not new news between inflation and PERS and and uh we did get some okay news from the state today on on some budget forecast news but I do want to let the board know that we we do have some adjustments in staffing coming up this week and anytime we have to make it's not uncommon to make adjustments in staffing but in my seven years here this is the first time we've had a reduction in force and this is um pretty painful actually when you're these are people that we care for that have dedicated their time and talents to serving our students and community and notifications on the reduction of force
067um as well as transfers and voluntary transfers will be happening this week on May 22nd um we do there is strong language and our collective bargaining agreement so there um there's um they have bargaining rights that allows that allow them to have first right at positions that come up. Um and um our staff will hear what's important here is our staff will hear in person from our principles at the building level about these changes and that will happen on uh Friday this week. Um we do um we are still focused on making sure we have a system of support and so we understand the need for staffing and these adjustments do reflect I think what's in the current strap plan and what's also in the formation of the of the future strat plan. I'll just
068mention one other quick thing on the budget to um you know it's really important. And I talked to a superintendent last week uh about our size school district. They their ending fund balance went down $3 million this current year. So more almost double ours than we were about 1.7 million I think. So 1.7 1.8 ours went down. They were down $3 million again about our size. They're starting their budget process and they're comfortable with a $5 million ending fund balance. That is effectively about a week worth of payroll. My conversation with the superintendent was are you is your is your board okay with that? That doesn't give a lot of variance. And so I do I know I talked to one of the staff members up there not not superintendent. it there is a level
069of trepidation around some fear from staff just about like what does this look like if now remember we don't get a payment in July and so you oftenimes have to cover for things and so um is it June guess it's a June payment yeah but I just want to I do want to thank um the board and business office for um on behalf of our whole staff um we have our budgeting practices have have make should make us feel more comfortable that we at least have what I think is a minimum of a 60-day operating fund in our ending fund balance. We'll be able to start with that um at the start of the year. So, even though we balance reductions that are primarily due to enrollment, we are healthy in our fiscal management. Those
070two things can seem counter they can seem counterintuitive, but really they're not. It's really about the sustaining the work happening. So, um, one last thing which is exciting was mentioned tonight. RHS graduation is on May 6. We're looking forward to that. Uh, 11 to 2:00 p.m. at Finley Field. Uh, one of my favorite events that and in the start of the year are my two favorite events at the of the year. So, looking forward to celebrating as a community our graduates at RHS. And this is a community celebration. Whether you're an elementary teacher, a principal, or you are a retiree who just moved here, this is hopefully a celebration of our young people that we can get around as a community. Thank you. >> Thank you so much for your report. I I appreciate it.
071Uh we appreciate you. Um we have individual reports. I think I'll start maybe on this side with Director Hammerson. >> You're staring with me again, huh? Uh, I don't really have anything uh except that um I only got to go to one inning of Roseberg softball this year um because of extenduating circumstances, but I went to one inning right before our committee meeting for the uh uh classified. So, if it's out of town, um I'm I'm going to travel. How far how far out could it be? Wow. >> Well, that's what I'm thinking. Worst case scenario, am I gonna have to drive out to Harney County or Okay. Okay. Cool. All right. So, I'll be there. Yeah. If anybody anybody Mike should be there, too. Um, but yeah, I want to go if you guys
072want to go. >> What time and what day? We don't know until it happened till they played that last game. >> Thank you very much, Director Hammerson. Director Cubit. >> Uh just a a small add a program about the u FFA plant sale. Uh it was a great event. I um was able to buy some pottery, got all the plants for my garden, ended up with two extra two cantalopes. I don't know what I'm going to do with those. Um but anyway, great turnout and um and the young adults that were there helping were, you know, really showing there's good stuff for the high school. It was great. Um other than that, just uh you know, visitation, stopped by a couple of schools, but I just want to give a star to the FFA. >>
073Um thank you, Dr. Bishop. >> I have nothing for the benefit of the children. Thank you, Director Cotton. >> And just a couple one thing. Um, the worst thing of serving as a director on the board is when you've got to do riff. You got to riff employees. And it just it I've been through it a couple times. And um and it's not something and I really appreciate Michelle and Jared and the team working through it. It's it's rare. But um I feel for these folks, I mean, they're a family and um I hope it all works out in the end. you know, I I believe it will that they'll find jobs elsewhere or who knows what will happen, but um I just want those folks that get those letters and talk to the principles
074on um I guess it's Friday that um the board deeply cares for them and um it's it's the worst part of this job. Director Kitz. Um, I just wanted to uh commend um Ben on the pictures. Those are the best pictures of any any reports I think I've seen. Just they come alive. So, whoever took your pictures, keep them around. keep them. Um, just thank you for having us here and um, we will look forward to making decisions on the strategic plan because that is a driving force. It is important and I appreciate all the work that Chelsea has put in to to just get it just just right. nail it. Thank you. >> Thank you. Um, so I have three things. Um, so I'll take Director Bishop's time. Um, so Jared's talked about reading.
075So I did go to the Green Reading Cafe for second graders. Um, I love it. Those little kids, they dress up. They've got their little menus provided of the books that they you get to select from. The whole program is genius. Anyway, but uh I am still absolutely just blown away with seeing the way these kids read. Very very proud of them. And what was really great this year is that in the particular session that I went to, all of the parents came. So sometimes you go and you know they they read to us because their parents weren't able to make it. But it was really great that 100% of the parents came in in that session. Um the pinning ceremony for you know the phabotamists the uh EMTs at the high school was awesome.
076just great to see that program those programs grow and the quality of kids that that we are putting out and that we are helping to to grow um and hopefully they'll be staying in this community but um wherever they go they'll be movers and shakers. So I learned something new recently that I was going to share. Some of you guys already know this and I want to read this because I found it kind of fascinating and I thought the viewers who are going to be watching this later might want to know this. Did you know that Fullerton 4 was named after JC Fullerton, a member of the Roseberg School Board, Oregon State Senator from Douglas County Circuit Court, and County Court Judge, the son of pioneer parents who settled in the Canyonville area, Judge Fullerton
077was recognized by the Roseber public schools with several buildings bearing his name. The first Fullerton. Okay. I always wondered why do they call it Fullerton 4? I'm about to tell you. The first Fullerton Elementary was built in 1909 and later sold by the district in the location where the KPIC building is currently located. Fullerton 2 is now known as the humanities building at RHS. In 1951, that's before I was born. Fullerton 3 was constructed and it was soon damaged by the 1959 blast that devastated Roseberg's downtown and surrounding areas. The building was redesigned as the new Fremont Middle School. Fullerton 4, where we are now, was built in 1961, still before I was born. These are old schools. I'm just saying, and has carried on a tradition of serving neighborhood students and families ever since.
078So now, you know, and that's it for me. So all business before the board has concluded and barring no objections this meeting is adjourned.