September 15, 2025 Board Meeting

001Okay, we'll go ahead and call the words of the flag of the United States of with every roll. Mike Lame >> here. >> Patty Drew >> here. >> TJox >> here. >> Bri here and Jon >> here. >> We have one minor one addition to the agenda and then we're going to add on 9.5. We're gonna add senior trip discussions >> and on the very bottom of old business on our policies where it says revise on the very last word that is to be crossed out. >> Do that seven. Okay. And unless anybody has seen anything else that they want to change or add, I take a motion to approve the consent agenda. >> I have a motion that we approve the consent agenda. >> Second. >> Motion made by Dietri, seconded by WA. All

002in favor? >> I opposed. Public comment 4.0. signed up 5.0 financial reports review. >> You have anything you want to add? >> I don't think so. I just apologize for getting um this August out a little bit late. Um been working on audit prep stuff. So anyway, I think we're all caught up on the um the poor reports here for Can I just ask really quick? Is the um OSAA is that annual? Is that the annual fee there or is it by season? It's uh Oregon School Board. I'm sorry. >> Yeah. >> Um school tool activities association. >> Yes, >> that's annual. Okay. >> Yeah. And it's for um participation in like all this >> the team sports and band. >> And so if we end up not participating in something then we do get

003a refund. But if we um if we don't check off the boxes and stuff then our students can't participate or write them down. >> Gotcha. >> Thank you. >> Is the shift. Yes. Is that a recurring or is that a >> That is the Galen Emanuel um um speaker that we had last year for professional development and then he's coming back again this year on September 24th. and then working with the culture here. So it shouldn't be reoccurring. It was last year and then just this year. >> So that payment was from last year and what he's currently going to do or that was two separate. >> Yeah, >> that's for student investment. Is that right? >> Investment account. >> Yeah. And the last year's was paid out of the ENREN grant through the Northwest

004Regional USD. Another climate drive. >> Yeah, we're all good. >> He's worth it. >> Yeah, I did uh I did hear a lot of good feedback from there. Try to get down 6.0. Mr. White. >> Yeah. >> Um so yeah, it's been a great uh first two weeks of school. Um been able to get into a bunch of classrooms and it's been really nice to see a bunch of smiling faces and kids learning and having fun. Um so at the beginning of the year since our last meeting um our elementary team uh was trained on the new CPLA uh literacy curriculum through Amplify. Um we had also a really great collaborative problem solving training uh during PD where um our staff learned how to work with students uh to kind of troubleshoot problems and then

005create a problem a plan together on how to move forward with those. So that was really great too. I think our staff really liked that. Um, and then beyond that, whenever I have gone into the classroom so far this year, uh, it's been really great to see kids making pickles and smoothies. Um, but also going outside and using like laser levels and protractors and all that stuff to use Pythagorean theorem to like measure the flag pole. That was really neat. Um, what else was really cool about that is that we had um, a sub that day unexpectedly and we had another um, one of our high school teachers jump in uh, that teaches that subject and go out and help that class. They did really do a good job. And I think that has also

006been something that I've really noticed with uh, everybody in our meetings is just kind of the collaborative atmosphere between the teachers. It's a really great team and everybody's just really eager to work together and we're also gonna have a lot of really great field trips between now and the next meeting. So, I'm going to be happy to share that stuff with you next time. Um, soon here. So, PD Wednesdays are off to a great start. So, with that uh professional development staff already working to identify areas of focus to develop their instruction for the year. Um they're not doing that just individually, but like I said, collaboratively. I think the staff is really excited to work together. Um and it extends into grade level meetings where teachers have already began to work together to brainstorm

007ideas on how to best support specific students through targeted interventions um and instruction. And then bit has fun stuff. So high school football and middle school and high school girls volleyball have both started. I think our girls uh varsity team just started like as our meeting started and middle schoolers played at four and then uh this weekend middle school cross country is going to start and then picture day is on the 2nd. It's my report. >> Thank you. >> So we still have a football game. >> Good, good, good. >> Is it nine or is that right? Students >> I think so. Yeah, 10 more. It's >> 10. Okay. Okay, thank you. Old business. We have 7.1 policy review. Everybody had a chance to go through most of those. You want to add anything on

008those? Um, you know, the only thing I want to make mention was I'm just going to go through them really quickly. So the student fundraising activities on policy IGDF it's a second and third paragraph which just want to make sure you're aware that was the new language on it. So second paragraph I think it's just more OS OSB updates uh the fundraising activity request form that is new. So that will be a new addition for AR which is very much new for the district. Um and then computer technology uh so I was working with Abby a number of these things tech coordinator uh also heading at the ESD I was out there on front in Beaverton this past Friday and so artificial intelligence is really a big deal coming out of uh all the issues

009coming forward about how to prepare for a world that according to ESD uh plat county whatnot we're behind the titles so that's where some of this comes in place so the computer technology uh deletion request IIPG is there to make room for the new revised policy which is responsible use of technology which adear to electboards artificial intelligence not so much software and actual hard hardware this is actually living in the world that I don't understand very well as I'm looking at Abby but the cloud of space you know in that that vicinity so that's what that is for and then also uh IIPGA is the same thing before but you'll see a lot of AI additions in below so that's what that was included for uh to bring that into place. It does talk about

010this uh district superintendent providing more guidance and whatnot. Uh I would expect you would see throughout the year more information coming through and obviously as the next few years go you're going to see a lot of the technology uh policies be updated pretty pretty often. Uh let's see the academic integrity. uh we did have one little surprising um once again with the discussions of AI that's where this uh is this is going to be coming from putting in a policy so this is boilerplate straight out of uh OSBA really academic integrity and then artificial intelligence here it is this is the brand new one for IKJ if this is approved then I will reach out to my staff here and share this information as they will be privy about this specific policy as as well

011as the academic integrity This one does talk about independent student use, student use as part of a class and staff use uh and staff professional development and obviously for by confidentiality. But this I continue to see being updated at the local level and also at the state level as we uh get more information about how how to enact this in schools in school districts here. So but that is a very much needed one. And then the last one is proposal taking JHCCF as I proposed last time reading that with the new revised policy which is completely brand new for the district and it does have some restrictive components as I said before at the last board meeting that does the district has potential for a little bit of risk if you come across this uh

012situation to to the full end of the spectrum that's in the AR that I included. Uh do I foresee you the district wanting to get there? Obviously no. uh the district would do everything in its power to try not to get to that point. Well, it's still everything possible that we can never get to that to that level. But beyond that, I'm still recommending the staff move forward with that policy as written through the AR >> on the student fundraising activities. Who's going to review the um request the written request that they're that they're >> that should go through to the principal who makes approval for that one and then it does go I believe to the business department after that. >> Okay. >> So maintenance custodials don't have anything to do with looking at

013these to say I'm not sure we can do that one >> unless there's a specific use of the building and they have to use form of some sort to fill that up. We also have like an event um event form that would be like we just signed one today for like homecoming stuff and and it had a place on there for um maintenance custodial to sign off on like what they need to do chairs for I make copies and give it to the >> this is step one to can we do this fun activity and then if it's approved then go forward. So there's other stuff >> essentially it' be put on a calendar and then if there's another class wanting to fund raise or do something it would be it would be a conflict.

014So they have to work that out. Correct. Right. >> And it's also just to also have eyes from administration on the legalities of the fundraiser too. Um liabilitywise just things like that whether or not we can we can do the fundraiser. >> We're on track helping them. >> What is that? and we're on track helping them get it all done. >> Correct. >> We used them all year last year, the fundraiser forms, our class used them and it worked great and it was >> we just had a problem with it. >> Well, and again, this was >> so there was no organization >> and Mike Mike, this was never in place last year. This is something >> I'm just saying there's help to get them through this process and not just leave them hanging at

015the last minute. >> That's why you see these policies. Yep. That's exactly why they're here. Yeah. these four questions >> just that this AI is going to be a nightmare. >> Yeah, I mean it could be fun if you're a teacher. >> If it makes you feel better, we're not just opening AI up so students. >> Oh, I understand. But they're going to go it on their own. >> Yeah. Well, and there's there's no way we can catch that with their phones, right? Because every AI has an app like it's just impossible. Um, but teaching the teachers how to recognize it is a big one. And I've already talked to the teachers that are going to be impacted the most, our writing teachers. >> Uh, and they're fully aware and we're in conversations of how

016it's what it's going to look like in their classroom. >> So, >> okay. Yeah, that was >> have to use AI to track the AI to see if >> that's the problem is you can use an AI detection software all day long and it's not going to work. >> But there's it just doesn't work. >> Part of the discussion is also at the North Regional about how do you train staff members to be able to look for whatever it is. >> That was my question. I mean I can see there's language in there about training staff. Um, and that would probably be a consistent ongoing thing as much as things change. But I didn't know what where we are now at this point. >> Very beginning stages that currently what's in the policy here is

017it's it's teacher led within individual classrooms to make those decisions for themselves. >> Um, I was just talking with Abby. Hope you don't mind saying this out loud, but at the USD on Friday, the uh he's working with all the different districts in collaboration to create a AI task force work group. And so they're asking for anyone that has extensive knowledge or visions of how to utilize AI within the scope of education. And it doesn't matter what position you said you are in a district. So I they have nominated somebody in the room uh to build that uh to build that vision. And then they do have a calendar up for the next eight to nine months of where we're going as superintendent uh to learn more about what we can do for our district

018to help not scare anybody, not push all this stuff away, but actually incorporate it carefully. Uh it's not going away. So, how do we stay educated as adults but also our our students as well? >> Thank you. Okay. Thanks. >> Do we have a motion? >> Nobody wants to read that. >> Can we just do as presenter? I have to read each one of them. I'll make a motion to approve as presented um IGDF student fundraising activities and IDGFR fundraising activity request. We're going Do you want me to read the deleted ones also or just the new ones? >> I just I read all those. Yeah. >> Okay. and delete the current IIBG computer technology and revised IIGGB responsible use of technology. Revised IBGA electronic communication system new IKI academic integrity and new IJ artificial

019intelligence. We're going to delete the current JHCCF produced headlines policy revised JHCCF headedulos headlies policy a new JHCCF. Aar pedulos headlies >> I presented >> motion made by seconded by Dietrich. All in favor? >> I oppose. Yes. >> Business 8.1, House Bill 383, Panic Alarm Systems. All right. So, this is known as the Alys Alyssa's law. So, honoring Alyssa, I apologize for the pronunciation of the last name here. Uh, A L H A D E FF. I think it's AAD. Uh the law is named after Alyssa, a 14-year-old student killed in the Marjgery Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida in 2018. Um so a number of states have taken this on. So Alyssa Alyssa's law is state legislation named after the victim Alyssa here that requires public schools to implement silent panic alarm

020systems directly linked to law enforcement to accelerate response time during emergencies like active shooter events. Um so Oregon school districts are required by the list is a lot to consider. Now, this it's kind of wishy-washy on the language here to consider and implement wireless or where both silent panic alarm systems linked directly to first responders such as 911. Uh the law doesn't mandate panic buttons for every classroom, but it requires at least one device per school district to connect directly with emergency services during a crisis. Uh this measure aims to uh improve safety and reduce response time in emergency because obviously you think about a location we're at that is would play a big situation in there. Uh, so Oregon schools receive a reimbursement of up to two grand, $2,000 per school for installing wireless

021panic alarm systems through the state's wireless panic alarm grant program. Uh, this funding originated from a legislative allocation of 2.5 million in the state and public work. Um, and so for myself bringing to the board, this is a board item for discussion. the board have to make the approval of this one. Um that whether we want to do something in terms of um getting just I want to say simple device but a device at the front office uh or my recommendation one at the front office and one in another office space in the central office area. Um so if there's a situation that we don't have one area for that we have two locations for panic button. Um or the other side which is what they had in I forget where it was. There's unfortunately

022so many school shootings uh that have taken place uh but where the teachers staff members had silent buttons attached to their clothing uh and so they would press the button on one of the cases that took place um and what it did I I don't know how the technology works but it did alert to staff members where that was coming from where the button was being pressed or what was being pressed. >> I hope it's not cellular. >> I don't know. I don't know. >> Goes through Century League. Have we thought about getting rid of Sentry Blink and going to Starlink? >> We have um the we actually looked into their enterprise when they first launched it. Um it's not feasible for us right now. Um with the bandwidth that we need in order for

023our district, I know we're small, but with what we need, um they can't offer us it right now. Uh, but trust me, I work in my tail off to get Century Link out of the door because it's just a nightmare every time we have to redo our contact with them. Um, it's just Starlink isn't peaceful for us right now. >> Well, you're just looking at the time. >> So, they have they, you know, they have installed fiber optic along 103 and 202. So, it's made. >> Yeah. So, maybe if somebody buys it out, they will actually maintain it. good time. >> And that's a problem is these big companies get into the projects to bring fiber out here and they're like, "Oh, gung-ho." And then they realize just how expensive it is to get to

024us because of um the geography and us being in the mountains and it becomes quickly more than they want it to bite off. them. >> So Sammy, basically what we're asking is whether you want to implement a wireless system or as they said where panic alarm was that beware. >> I like the little idea of having each teacher has a little bit >> and I just say cost. I mean obviously cost discussion as well, but it's it's $2,000. We have anything over that obviously and all that get the cost of the district. accidentally pushing it. >> Depending on the system, there could be a subscription cost which skyrockets at yearly >> more so. >> Yeah. Do we have any idea what the cost would cost, you know, to be to have something in every room?

025>> Um, more than $2,000, >> right? >> Yeah. I was thinking I was thinking more or less one at the front office and one at another location. That's a bad idea. And I will say I've heard a lot of feedback about the wearable ones where you do get a lot of the accidental, but typically they make it to where it has to like click so that it doesn't accidentally >> because that's going to be one of the first things they've the company probably had discussed already. >> Well, we haven't done we've done nothing about actually seeing how much each of these is going to cost. No, I'm assuming I'm assuming they're going to be around the 2000 which is why they're trying to help each other school districts out. But as Abby said, once you

026start getting >> Yeah. >> potentially other components of this going Yeah. >> What's the time on this? Uh I >> on this there's no there isn't this is just they want the discussion to take place so the district can figure out forward the board would be willing to use the $2,000 grant money to invest into one or two spots whatever we can get >> the grant right so I mean I think so you're looking for consensus >> from board yeah seems out there >> yeah I'm fine looking into, you know, a couple options. >> I think be foolish not to. >> Oh, yeah. >> Well, technically it is a lockdown, so they have to come through the front door. >> Maybe not. >> Yeah. Right. >> Don't Don't ever assume that. >> I'm not saying

027that. I'm just saying that technically there everyone's supposed to come through the front door. >> Well, check glass out another way. >> No, you're going to have a student that's going to open the door for >> sure. Yep. He's already sent it off. >> Yeah. And it's pretty >> started behind. >> I mean, I don't know how much, you know, the rear of the building is manned by anybody in particular. You know, if it makes sense to have both ends kind of covered, but doesn't really make sense unless no one's there. Yeah. >> You know, >> it's not other than stuff over there. So >> these things are always hard to talk about, right? But let's get real about it. We are I mean this is a a sitting duck for for an event like

028that. Law enforcement is not just a call away, >> right? It would be a long time before help get here. And we and I've also talked to staff and we've done it over the years, the last since I've been a chair three years of making sure every year, keep your doors closed. Todd, I'm sorry. Doors closed. Um, and I also think about the front office. I think it's going to be transparent. Uh, you know, we have the locking system up front, but I've also implemented a security camera. I know we're in public session, but it doesn't hurt people here. Got a security camera that our front office people are able to look outside and see who's approaching the district all the time. Yeah. That's another new last year. >> Yeah. But still, it's it's not

029enough. >> Yeah. None of it probably buys you enough time to get the help you need here. So, anything we can do, especially if it's not a cost for us right off the bat, and if it works good, we want to expand it, we can look at budgeting something next year to bring it in. >> It's like a no-brainer to me. >> Yeah. >> If it's available, we should >> at least 100%. We'll bring I'll bring some information. Okay. 8.2 high school sex education health curriculum. Okay. I know it feels like we have already had these discussions but we only had them at the elementary and middle school level throughout last year. Um so I want to bring to you with our new PE teacher um in the district. We also have a mentorship going

030through with our PE teacher who has hired a PE and health instructor for multiply multiple years here. Um and so all three of us have been talking about how's this going to look and so obviously we want school input. We want input, we want community input as well. Um so going online for the state of Oregon for their curriculum adoption for the health program for high school mind you have the great body workshop which which we got the last round and then we have the second step program also uh for the elementary. So it can go for both elementary and middle school but for the high school we have the Glen Co version which is fairly dated. Um and so looking online there are one two three four five uh program adoptions that they have

031for the high school level but the state only recognizes one of them that actually meets all criteria for state standards and that would be the human kinetics uh program. I believe Seaside School District uh is currently utilizing that. It's I believe who our mentor and Pete teacher have been talking to. And the program title is live well comprehensive high school health. Um and so I'm just informing the board. I'm not asking for anything other than informing the board than the PE teacher uh Mr. Vy and then the leadership uh Miss Jack Fix uh and myself and also I'm gonna throw Mr. White into it as well. would like to put together a uh kind of like we did the last one where we bring things over into the uh into the front office for review

032for people to come and take a look at and if we can find an online version of it that we can set up with a code or something where people can express uh some information get insight to it and look at it they can do so here and then leave room for people to make comments so we can hear what they think about it. Uh so some of the next three weeks I'd like to get this movement off the ground because we already started our health program for the high school kids. uh the hot topic subject matters. I've had a few families reach out how we going to handle those things and I said we aren't going to touch the hot subject matters until probably mid or second week of December. And so notifications will

033go home. Uh we're working really with what we have right now and we'll make it work through the time period we need to make it work. Uh nothing that we haven't done in the district's past is not being discussed and taught over the years. But uh right now that those type of subject matters won't happen until after uh in December. So hopefully my my thought is get this up in front of the community uh school board through probably end of October and then by November we can hopefully discuss school. So like you have a lot of options there's eight things but only once approved. So, so I mean will will Batty be able to kind of review this >> and he'll be the one teaching the health class. Correct. So, >> and we have >>

034so the counselor is not so much involved with >> this will be this will be the teacher health district and like you said he has mentorship. He actually has two mentors going through right now plus also we have some trainings that we will and I do mean we will be sending sending the two to go through the health program. Okay. >> Any questions? >> Okay. 8.3 policy updates. All right. So, I drew more quite a few more policies. Uh the first few were in regards to the governor's uh new mandate about cell phones. Now obviously we've gone through our shield last year. We don't have a specific board policy about cell phones. So this is where we're going into that fix right now. Um so policy G, excuse me, JFB personal electronic devices. Uh this

035must be adopted in place by October 31st in the state of Oregon. Um and this is the one where just want to make sure. Um and this one at least I think I apologize. Yeah, if you go online, just going to be transparent. If you go online and find JFC, we do have a policy. It does not look anything like that at all. Uh, so that one will need to be deleted. So, you might want to make note of that one. That's what I was looking at earlier today that will need to be deleted if we're going to go forward with it. So, the current JFC and then replace it with false if that makes sense. >> This is one that has This is the one that was adopted in 2015. >> Correct. >> So

036that's what we're deleting. >> So uh this is the current one we have is 2015 and it's not in there. >> Oh, gotcha. Okay. >> It just shows up when we had the last time it was adopted for this policy. It was in 2015. And so this this is what's been replaced. This has been a challenge for OSBA to put together simply because of the demands of what that looks like for all different school districts. And it's not a funded mandate either. So that makes it even more challenging for school districts to implement how to how to go forward and do this. You've got potentially thousands of kids in your district. >> Have we been pretty successful with cell phones since school started? >> Good. >> Yeah, I've heard very little. >> Good. Good. >>

037Are we still using the odor pouches or we just trusting the kids to >> Yeah. I know pouches I those off to the side. >> Okay. Okay. It was it was a it was a step beyond in my opinion uh with discussions with a few others as well but it was a step way beyond where we I felt we should should have gone but I didn't want to I don't know implement something and pull back within a couple months I decided oh let's just see how this goes for the rest of the year but by the end discussions people need to go that route >> have less problems now than >> what is that >> you probably have less problems now than you had last >> correct we had more problems with Yeah, you're correct.

038>> Um and then let's see just because of this also JFC B the current one is in here it says delete that is correct. Um the new one as you notice they took off the social media the new one ACR says request for personal electronic devices exception. So this is where um it's two pages here. Families can make a request to have their have access to electronic device within the school. And so this is where we go through and they would have to explain why is it that they make a request for child access to cell phone or you know smartwatches or whatever it might be the pod things that they have sometimes. So that's what this policy >> works that'll cover the IEPs. >> Correct. because it's in here for the specific education outcomes

039for the students. Yeah. Accommodate individual circumstances. So yes for that. Any questions on that one? And then deleting JHCA. So this is this is for sports basically sports physical extra sports. um if you see the deletion proposal and go to the other proposed which is the JHCA immunization school sports education but more specifically they're really pushing for the concussions and other brain injuries. Uh that is a big push. Um so they talked about immunization school sports but also concussions and other brain injuries. And so it goes through that process and it talks about um making sure we have individuals who are trained in the district to identify what concussions look like and whatnot. Uh it's very well spelled out and it goes one step even further which this is a newer one for me. Uh

040and I pulled this off no this is the next page. It's the ITAP the immediate and temporary accommodations plan. And so I'm going to read three here. It says a concussion or other brain injury can significantly affect a student's ability to participate in learning by impacting physical cognitive emotional behavioral functioning. Each student's recovery is unique and may include periods of progress and setbacks. So a timely symptom based response including temporary physical, cognitive and social emotional accommodations is critical to ensuring safety, support, and recovery and promoting continued access to education. So House Bill 30007 came out in 2025 this year and the OA that they provide uh public education providers are now required to follow OD's brain injury procedure and they use this immediate temporary accommodations plan called the ITAP. And so obviously they walk you

041through what that looks like and help provide accommodations for students who uh have had a major impact on their brain. >> Now I realize that any sport that you do you can end up with a brain injury but specifically for our football guys are our helmets up to code is very much on top of that. Okay, >> five weeks to be in place and they state of they actually >> most teams we go play actually are jealous on our highlands because we have above what most schools practice. >> When was the last time they got new ones? >> We get them all the time. >> They're not all due at one time. >> So they expire over time. He got some new uh in in the spring because I remember hauling out in the hall

042with not you all with the UPS same to me. We got them once a year >> and we also bought guardian caps for some of the kids at Wish Quest to have them. So that goes on top of the helmets. >> Okay. >> They increase that they they're very strict on concussions football. >> Okay. And we do get them reertified every year. >> I think it's every year every two years. I believe it's every year they're reertified every I think it's 10 years they're garbage. they're thrown out >> and but they're staggered so they're not all at one time. >> Um, plus the guardian caps on top of that >> and all of the coaches go through a concussion training. Correct. >> Every coach doesn't matter where you sleep. >> Well, yeah, because you could

043fall down playing volleyball and whack your head. I mean, that's >> my daughter got one out of the locker in the hallway. So, >> don't question it. The ITAP form talks about a brain injury management team. >> I'm assuming there's al a doctor in there somewhere, but is just define who's supposed to be on >> for me for so this would be the district one with the doctor. So athletic director, coach, parents, and doctor. >> So again, if this goes through, this will be obviously sending this out to staff as well. And then um the next one, this is more so I want to make sure because it's how do I say this? This is J Oigb and there's another one also at the very back of your policies. It's exactly the same one with

044the letters reversed. Um so if you wouldn't mind going with me through this because I want to make sure that the only changes there's nothing other than just organizational wise but it's not expressed. um where I was thinking it was. So, so if you go to page three, you see number four. Page three, number four where it says parents are eligible students. And then go all the way down. It says D and it says uh D. That is correct. What should what was there originally in this original document? It was AB. So AB should have been in here crossed out. We're just making it B. So what you see is correct, but it should have had the AB written in there, right? We should have crossed it off, but it's not. But otherwise, as you

045see it, it is correct. That's what we're that's what they're making recommendation. Page four is fine. Page five is fine. There's no change of information here. Page six is fine. Seven is fine. And then the last one, page eight, the same thing. We see the letter D and E on the final page of this policy. Uh that really is AB in our current policy. We're just crossing them off and making it DE. And then FG is also the current policy AB. So they're just making it form. That's all. The language is not changed at all. Um directory information. Got the last two policies here. Uh Joa, uh you know this at least I got to talk to you because maybe I didn't quite express it right here. uh the removal because I want to make

046sure you're aware was is being proposed to be removed from the policies. Again, this is directly from OSBA based off of ways here. Um so currently you see on the proposed student name and the directory information, students photograph, major field of study, participation, officially recognized activities in sports, weight, height of members of athletic teams, dates of attendance and grade level. What OSBA is now saying you need to remove uh one requirement by the state here is remove student address. So that should have been on here crossed off but student address is not on here which I'm asking to be removed student telephone listing date and place of birth diploma honors and awards received and most recent previous school or program attended. Those all five things have been removed from the current policies. So what you

047see is required by law to be on there. the other ones are not in here and so I can I can have at least I can have you know we can resend those out with those cost policy so you can see them >> just curious why would we why would we be removing the prior awards and stuff that >> it's interesting >> that one I don't that I don't know I can see student address and telephone >> place but >> I don't know about honors and awards that previous we're not necessarily required to remove those not required to be on there anymore Um, >> oh, I thought you were telling us they wanted us to take them out. >> So, I'll get those. Then the last one is the same one that we just went

048over. Um, so I'm going to do the same thing I do with the last one, but this one is with the corrections. So page three of IG J O A R. So page three, if you see letter A down there, it says provide a written data request. That should be letter D. And the one the B should be crossed up also should be E. So you can have A, B, C, and D. It's correct in the other policy, but this one is backwards. And then page eight, I'm sorry, page seven. Very bottom of page seven, it says letter A and B. That should really be D and E. I turn the page. Got A and B again. That should be F and the letter H. And that's that's all. >> It wouldn't be E and

049F or C and D. C and D. Yeah. >> Page eight. >> Uh, so page seven, I got A, B, C, D, E, and it goes on the next page to >> F. That'll make it my favorite. >> Okay. >> Did they change it? like that. >> So, can you explain to me why >> we have the same policy but with the slightly altered title? >> Why is it >> code name whatever you call it? >> One is under the students and >> Oh, that's correct. Policy. >> One is >> one one is specific to students and the other one is district policy. >> I see. Thank you. >> Trying to try to make them. >> Thank you. And then I have I thought I had one more, but I have two more here. I'm

050sorry. Um, so this is IGBHD program exemptions. Uh, this is based off of R581021009. Uh, that first sentence is currently in our career policy. The rest of that is in our policy, but they re change they shuffle the language to make it a little bit more uh precise and expressed. It says prior language that request shall be developed by the superintendent. And so this is the language that they're providing for all superintendents. It was iterated in a couple sentences, but now requests for excuse or accommodations must be in writing. So now it's very specifically saying how to handle this to parents and families. Uh so it spells out what that looks like. Otherwise, it didn't say. It just said basically the superintendent will make recommendations how that policy will work. I just turned that license

051201. And then the final one, graduation requirements. Page four. This is out of OSPA. The only change they put in here was on page four and it's literally one sentence. Uh it says number 10 with the little 14 next to it. Demonstrate proficiency in the essential skills of reading, writing, and applying mathematics in a variety of settings. That's the only change. uh for the policy uh writings and graduation requirements. >> Are they state requirements? >> Uh they are learn but they but they will not be required until for students to graduate until 2728 school year. >> So we've got two more years. So they weren't required before. >> I think we were all asking ourselves that but Oregon is pretty low. I mean if you see results that come out of our our placement in

052the country quite low. Well, I know they changed quite a bit after 2020 there, but I think we're fourth fourth in the bottle. >> Fourth or fifth in the bottle? >> Yes. In the country. >> Yeah, that was okay. 9.0 superintendent report 9.1 community voice panel. >> So I came to you before sorry have my stuff here. So I came to you a month and a half ago. So was our July board meeting and talked about um make sure I get this right. Oregon Senate Bill 732 which is also known as the equity equity committee. Um and I was having discussion with Mr. White, also principal white about uh the advisory school council. Um, and I'm going to have you speak about that maybe in just a moment here. Um, and the idea is to

053build a u I'm calling it a I'm calling a community voices panel, a CBP. Um, there's no that's just something I came up with. It doesn't have to be that title, but I wanted to get the word equity out because I'm looking at this going I understand the verbiage, but I want I want this committee to be more than just equity committee. I want it to be a number of things. So, this is a letter I've put together that uh I have I have thoughts in mind about uh sending out to very specific people at the moment and opening up also for individuals that want to engage with this. So, this is a letter that I sent uh that I wrote out uh on Saturday here. says, "I'm writing to personally invite you to serve

054as a volunteer member of the Jewel School District's community voices panel, the CBP, which is a new initiative aligned with Oregon Senate Bill 732 in our district's ongoing commitment to equity, transparency, and continuous improvement for the district. As a superintendent, I believe that the voices of our community members are vital to shaping policies and practices that truly reflect the values and needs of our students, families, and staff. And their perspective and experience bring great value to this panel, and I'd be honored to have you join. So, this panel is being established to serve as a diverse community based advisory group. Some of this terminology is based off of u the Senate bill itself. Um, and I'd be honored, excuse me, community based advisory group to the superintendent. It used to be to the board when

055it came to have since changed that for districts that have under 300 students. It's now an advisory to the superintendent instead of up to the board. Uh so it is advising the core responsibilities is to advise the district on matters of student outcomes and inclusive practices and equity as guided by Senate Bill 732 which I shared with the board back in July. I have one pager of all those components on that uh on that list there and reviewing and providing feedback on district policies. So for example tonight if we pass policies this community could take a look at those policies and see how does that how does that impact our our students and our in our community school community. uh and then they can come to the superintendent have discussions about that good or bad

056or anything in between. Um and review procedures and initiatives uh identifying what's working well, what might need to be changed, adjusted or improved to better serve our students and supporting a positive student centered culture cultural district climate through ongoing dialogue collaboration. Um I said we're looking to uh seek volunteers to attend regularly once a month uh for a meeting together, review relevant materials, and contribute thoughtful feedback. That's based usually off after a board meeting. Engage respectfully with fellow panel me members from diverse backgrounds and perspectives. Serve as an advisory non-decision making capacity. Remember this is not to make decisions for the district but is to provide feedback and information. Uh having a voice and then uphold the values of confidentiality, respect and shared commitment to our district's mission. Uh and I said the term of

057service is one year but could continue beyond that. This is a requirement by the way. I I didn't start off with that. I said that when we first introduced this, but this is a requirement of all districts in the state. We're going to have a district equity committee. Um, and I just basically said, please, you know, let me know about a certain date here. If you have any questions, reach out, talk, talk with me. Um, you know, Sam, in Alaska, you and I have talked about this a number of times, and I know I keep asking you about the acronym for ASC. Um, so I wanted to incorporate this component I talked about, and I tried to throw some verbiage in here with that as well, but you might express a little bit about what

058that is. >> Yeah. So in Alaska, uh, every school has to have a advisory school counsel or like here you may have seen some like a a site council or something like that. And basically it's just kind of a less formal version of a board on school level. So it's not so intimidating. You don't have to do all the yays and eyes and motions because they can be kind of scary sometimes. But um, yeah, we would sit down and we would meet once a month for about two hours and we would sit down and talk about things at the school. We typically would have like a teacher and then um you know like an EA or a pair professional um and then parents and students and um like community members maybe that you know there

059it's a little different but there's usually like one or two lodges and sometimes that person would be on that too. Um but we would just sit down, we'd look at like if um if students brought up that they thought that policy was unfair or you know targeting a certain group of people then um and I mean typically it's about dress code and stuff like that. Um we would look at that policy and we would talk about it and then we took that feedback and give it to you know whoever is in charge of that kind of stuff and that's what we do it. Um we also did it with um our schedule. So like switching to a 4-day schedule. That was a big thing that people gave their input on um our CTE program. And

060what's really helpful about it too is that um there we could also use it for our migrant ed committee because that was a big deal there and our indigenous ed because that was a big deal there too. So we could use that to meet all the requirements for our stakeholder groups to where you're not asking, you know, a ton of time from people because we can hit all those subjects during those meetings. So I mentioned Sam also one of our policies are going to jump on is a wellness policy which needs to be updated every three years and needs to be looked at by a wellness committee. Well, the district doesn't have a wellness committee. So I thought well this is again if this is looking at policies and other things initiative for the district

061uh we could encompass a number of these things utilizing this organization that's already going to be is required by the state of Oregon for sure. So so that's that's where I'm at right now wanting to reach out in the next couple weeks here get this thing moving um and start reaching out to specific people and then getting a a notice out there also for the community to see if anybody would be interested. Um, I'm not going to say just because somebody reaches out, if we have 20 people reach out, I can't can't take all 20 people. Um, but I still want to get information out there to find other families would be interested. This is a it's a fairly new thing here and for our small tiny district. Uh, all these different committees that are

062being asked of a lot of districts. This is I speak of Mr. White. This is going to be challenging. How can we not have this many committees and but also not overwhelm them? That's part of my concern also with this how could we have that committee to review the policies prior to us voting the policies in? It would make more sense to me if they reviewed it. They think there's an equity issue. It's mentioned to you. It's vetted through our attorney if we have to do because a lot of times we're kind of bound by laws before, >> right? So, I mean, we're we're relying on something that's already been vetted by OSBA or you know, somebody to or policies It'd be to in my mind I guess it'd be great if they if they

063go that route, they review the policies and they come to you and say, "Nah, there's no concerns. We don't have any concerns." Or if there is a concern, you can at least have time to vent it through whoever we need to before we review it. Is if we're going to change the policy >> possibly. So build it through cycle where it goes through this committee, >> right? >> First. >> I mean, if we're Yeah. I mean, I guess that would make more sense for us to approve a policy than next month have to change it for some reason because it does, you know, if we have a group of people that are going to review it prior, they may >> like, for example, like whenever we did our um cell phone policy at a school

064I worked at called Mikisky, the prior like May, uh we worked with the ASC to come up with a survey to send out to the community. So like the ASC actually made it, I didn't make it. So like it's communitydriven and then we would get that feedback from the parents um and then from the students and all that and then we would take that back to the ASC and then based off of that we gave our suggestion for the cell phone policy and then this is when I was at AP and I had a principal um and then the principal did that and then he used that to guide the cell phone policy. So that's kind of how that worked. >> Yeah, I like that idea. like having, you know, somebody that's looking at it

065from that lens before we do. And then you give us a recommendation like, yeah, you know, the >> the community has a couple concerns that were kind of, you know, we it's not always going to make them happy, I guess, either way. But >> yeah, >> at least it involves people are heard and >> well, that's ultimately what this is for. I'm sure that community is part of and I didn't say community voices because it is it is staff. it is um families and students. So that really is every aspect of meeting >> and even if the committee wouldn't see stuff before we implement it um or even if they have and maybe they were fine at that point something could come up in you know intervening time and you know still have some feedback

066on it. So >> yeah and I don't know how it was over in you know in Alaska but this would be driven by this organization you know organization but by this council or committee whatever decide to call it here um but it wouldn't be directed from the district you must look at these and I mean this is all based on how they want to do that any >> I like the idea of them having the recommendation prior and then if they if there's concern with whatever reason they have a they have a chance to come here and speak >> but they you to tell us before we vote on. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Any other feedback? Because I I'm going to be moving on this next week here. >> Who wants to be on it?

067>> I got two volunteers already. You know that 9.2 SB update. Okay. Okay. I don't know if anybody read the article, the historian at all, uh, September 9th. Um, so I was reached out by Sher Ford. She is the director of the schoolbased health center of the Columbia Health Services. And I won't read the whole article. I just went off the bridge here. Uh but basically uh United States Senator Jeff Mkeley met with health care professionals on Friday uh at the Oregon State University seafood center over in Atorium and our director over here Sherry Ford was part of those conversations and with the big beautiful bill which I think everybody knows what that is at the federal level also known in this case here house of representatives one so if I reference HR1 um that's

068why I'm referencing the big beautiful bill uh is going to cut over a trillion dollars over 10 years from federal healthcare and food assistance programs. Um, so you might know where I'm headed with this conversation. So Sher Ford was fielding conversations. She called me and left a message and I left one more message back for her. Um, and we've been back and forth on a couple emails here. Um, but one of the uh, discussions was according to the province system, excuse me, province system anticipates reductions in Medicaid reimbursements to impact the local county areas by hundred million dollars in their funding for their programs. Uh, and one of the areas that's going to be completely uh uh impacted is the local school based health centers. Uh, and so Sher Ford, I'm just going to read

069what she said. Sher Ford, director of Columbia Health Services, said the cuts in HR1 could mean some rural operations like the one in Jules, she quoted our our district here, may close their doors. Um, so this is new. This is brand new to me. Um, she says where a 10% cut in Medicaid funding means the closure of one of our schoolbased health centers. Currently uh CHS operates five such centers. It's come health services in the past six months and they have seen 2,700 Medicaid members primarily kids. Um she did contact me and said that they are going to be working on shuffling funds around and what not to do their darnest to keep this center open for our our kids here. And at the current moment we're still pushing forward. Uh this is not the

070intent that I had for the board meeting today. I was going to present you with my uhformational sheets that we're going to send out to the community uh with the survey about who who utilize the center. But at this point, I I'm going to hold off until I know whether this is going forward because this how can I say this? I was part of a group called Brazil County. I was on their site council uh as of last year and we had summer break take place. I came back to resume that site council in July only to find out that the funding was pulled immediately and a gentleman that I had worked with who had been in the business for RCC for over 10 11 years um was got immediately I mean gone like the

071whole thing just dispersed and I'm and I'm I didn't realize things were acting to that level of that quick and it was so that site council I had done all the work that we put on Shred myself went to the first convening and it I mean, it was buzzing. I mean, you had every entity out there fired, police, um, uh, medical personnel to, school districts, counselors. I mean, it was exciting. We walked out there pumped, excited, and then within a month or two, it was disbanded because there's no funds pulled. So, someone that concerns me about this is I don't know. I mean, I'm hoping we don't get to that point where this is just yet to be delayed in the next month or two. So Shar and I need to connect more, but at

072the current moment, other than me advocating for the center, there's not a lot I can do to to currently stop this thing from moving forward. The funds just simply aren't there. So So she's working on it right now to figure out how to shuffle those things around. Keep it up. >> Okay. Hopefully they find some money. You'll be on the chopping block as well, I imagine. Uh all five all five of their centers will be impacted. Yeah. >> Okay. 9.3 water hydraologist here. Okay. So I've been I brought this up to you number of times. We for the most part most people know we've been hauling water for a while and I believe I don't know how much exactly $700 or so load I've discussed. >> I haven't seen invoices yet this year. I don't

073know. has >> I seen one from Mike at all? >> No. >> Okay. Because I know we are up. >> We have had we've had loads. So >> we got about four or five loads of water trucked in. One obviously right after before and one after as well. Um so I sent a a lengthy email to a gentleman and I appreciate TJ has connections out there. So he provided connection to um is it Robert? Is that correct? Make sure I get the name right. Um or Brian, excuse me. Ryan. I'm not sure if it's a Dodie or Dowy. >> Yeah. Okay. Um and basically I won't go through this. I'll just highlight the things that I basically said. I said we have seasonal fluctuations. So I said each summer our district struggles with diminished water

074availability often requiring us to truck in water by the tank load simply to maintain minimum supply of water quality standards. I also said sustainability concerns. This recurring need to import water is financially or logistically burdensome and does not offer sustainable long-term solution for our district. And then I also said with no direct water rights, we got our well on different property over here. Our options for modifying or expanding our systems are limited and we are mindful of complying with environmental regulations and respecting the rights of our neighboring land owners. We greatly appreciate what they have allowed our district to have access to for so long here. Uh what I'm looking for I said is an assessment of our current infrastructure and setup and then recommendations for improving water supply sustainability through possible alternative sources, storage

075upgrades, water rate options or efficiency strategies. I also say strategies to help balance natural seasonal fluctuations and reduce or eliminate the need for emergency water deliveries and the last environmental and regulatory considerations that we should be aware of before. I don't have all that knowledge around the water components. So Ryan did reach out to me u and both Mr. Henson our head of maintenance and myself had a a meeting with him and it was it was a good meeting. Ultimately he provided us the Maple LC uh report that they had. He said we're basically in the same boat as a uh water situation is taking place down there as well. Um want to make sure I go through this very carefully. He said he gave me some maps here. Uh he did bring out where

076our current spring. I won't say it's current because it's the house above it was torn down years ago and it's been filled in with rock was not producing water or enough water. I'm assuming that's what what was going on. He did provide a map that showcased where I believe it was Dr. Phillips I think had poked some holes with whoever came out here and poked some holes in the ground. He said at the time there was no actual map and research about where to poke the holes. uh he said that he would have known about that at some point. There's no documentation of where that took place. I don't know how those things were, you know, who came up to the consideration of where they got in the forest and where they went dug these

077holes, but they're on here. Um and obviously it showcases where our current site is, which is right over there. And uh the map u talks about two different surfaces. The quadinary terraces, which is called the QT for short. Uh he said it is primarily poorly sorted silt, sand and gravel. He says the unit covers the majority of the lowlands within the study area and the thickness of this unit a little uncertainty says but likely they do not exceed 50 feet in most areas. Uh he said in the middle reaches of the Nalen River which is right over there uh in the vicinity of Elsie the terrace levels are somewhat lower. Um and therefore your water yield be about 21 gallons per minute at least that would be your best place to get water. Uh the

078other one is the marine settlement ter rocks. Um he said that this hydrogelic unit is an assemblage of silt silt stone, sandstone, mud stone and clay stones. This is all where holes were drilled prior by the one administration of the three areas. This is where this was all drilled which is not where you should be drilling. Um and it says that these are helmet formations that were deposited in ancient marine environments that existed across the stud area. Ground groundwater quality within this unit is commonly saline. It can often be unfit for drinking water without subsequent treatment. And the well yields are typically very very low, less than 10 gallons per minute. Um, so then we talked a little bit further. Make sure I get my paperwork here. Um, so if I'm over all over the

079place, just yell at me. I try to keep my thoughts organized here. Uh so he said he would first recommend that we secure funding before we move forward with any plans to do anything at the moment. Uh so he he referenced uh business Oregon or the county or utilize the Oregon health authorities circuit writer program. So I'm just beginning process of going through these things right now to take a look at them. Uh he says once you've obtained your funding you'll be able to dig into no pun intended you'll be able to dig into everything in more detail sorry uh to make an informed decision about a path forward. And so that would that would well one thing I inquired about that spring is that spring have any usage at all? Is it have you

080only done with that spring? And I talked to Mike and I said what is the history of that? Did it ever run district? And he wasn't he said he wasn't here during the initial stage. I don't know if anybody was here. >> That spring used to run it. >> Did it run a good portion of what we had here or has it always been over here? >> I don't even remember that being there. >> Okay. Because I I don't know. I have I have no I remember the old shed that used to be over it up there >> in the trees. >> Yeah. And they used to have a lot of water because I dug the drainage to bypass that spring and we were going to build a baseball field. So I you know and

081it had a lot of water then still coming out of it >> and it was I believe I mean it was filled with rot. That was during the do superintendent got him mixed up with gardener when he was here. I was uh working side by side with him a little bit, but that was during his transition out. The big issue of that spring was I think at the time was treating it would cost to treat the water, but I believe now we're still the same boat. We're treating the same same amount of treatment for the current water. So >> same treatment. >> Yeah. So I don't know. I think it was I don't know. It needs to be explored by somebody that would know >> full surface water. Which one you use in that? Well,

082if you use a sprink surface water treat, we've got the whole system. I know we have looking at Martha, we have the irrigation as well, which is separate component that doesn't go through. Side, you're doing the same right now as fish lake with some treatment system here as those places. >> Okay. Um, and I've been in there. It's pretty it's a very intriguing system in there. Um, and I know I had another individual come in and talk to me about other alternatives to the current system we have, but like I said, this is all I'm going down a new path for me. So I'm this is me investigating and learning about all this in the last month basically here. Um so he said you know spring is it usable? If so what would it take

083to rehabilitate it? And the other one is he talked about this the well over here. He said to rehabilitate that also he said you have to come out and take a look at it and see was it constructed uh in the correct fashion or not. Um and if so, is there anything we can do to rehabilitate that because the irrigation waters we have no shortage of supply that's coming through just fine. But when it comes to the other system, it is definitely there's some issues involved with. Um so that was one area. Another one that you mentioned was also if you could get access because the the QT the cortener terrace is however you pronounce that word. Um that is over here by the Beni Creek and also by the Nalen River over here. and

084he says that you could tap the water over here, but once again, you'd have to ask for water rights with any one of our other neighbors on this other side. Uh, and then that led down to talk about water rights and permits and whatnot. And he said, "Anything above 5,000 gallons, we'll need a new water down permit with this new Oregon." And so I checked with Mike and said, "How much we utilize on every day basis over here?" And 35 3,600 some real busy days 4500 gallons of water a day. And so he says traditionally we don't hit that unless you have wood coaster or some major event coming through in the district. But um so currently that that's where we're at right now. Another aspect also is building another holding tank. But my thought

085process is well if we're not filling it up uh if we don't have water filled up unless it's during the winter time when the other one may shut it off because it's already full. Can we route that into another larger holding tank and fill that that thing up all the way through so we have no sustains. Uh but without water, we don't have a school district here. I'm not saying we're going to run out of water, but uh with the forplex in addition, which there was very little conversation uh I believe that took place about >> No, there was lots of conversation. >> There was lots of water >> about the water. Yeah. Whether that conversation was I don't know something new that we've been short on. >> Yeah. >> As we've added more buildings,

086still short on water. Yeah. Yeah. Exactly. Exactly. That's called put the cart before the horse if you ask me. >> So, so I know I came to you before and not last year but the year prior because I had discussion with Senator Mkeley's office and the secretary about potentially multi-million dollar grants come through for the state um federal grants. Um but once they found out that we had our social water was not even on the property, they backed out immediately once it was in another neighbor's property. So, >> um, so I guess I'm just saying I'm informing I'm doing a lot of research and I'm I'm dissecting where to go. If you don't want me to go this direction, that's fine. But I know a couple years ago you asked me if I could go

087ahead and go forth with it. And I frankly had a struggle trying to find time to get here. Uh, but I feel like with things going well, uh, with the SPE director, also preschool program director, uh, things are starting to fall a little bit away from my plate that I just tackled too many things. Uh I can find some more time in this and I like to keep going into this and see what's there. >> So the simple math behind it would have to get what like a property donation. >> Yeah. >> Uh they cut across someone's property then you need to get the water master water rights which >> you're going to have to go pretty high to get that information because they're not up for any >> the water rights off in the

088Hal is zero right now. Yeah, >> be given. >> I just think for the school district, you'd have to be pretty able to >> you have to go pretty high in water give you the provincial funding, right? >> But you have the the stream. >> Yeah. >> But you should have water rights already, too. >> Oh, I believe. Yeah, I believe you. I was told that >> they used to feed the football field in the stadium out there all the time. Find out what the water over here, you know, >> because that's what fed that tank out there. >> What is that? >> It used to feed that tank out there in the ground. >> This one over here did >> spray. Oh, which I thought it still did, but it doesn't feed that anymore.

089>> I don't think it does. I think when they put in the new track and all that, that was taking a while. >> I argue that. I I'd like to see from somebody like with Ryan at at Summit a plan of kind of what we have and especially since we are losing our head maintenance next year of of kind of getting something mapped out on as builds what we have with the new school of plumbing water current system old system what we're using what we're not >> what we need to get >> and then looking at if we can get circuit writers on board with the state and maybe business Oregon to get a call Grant to get the the funding to look to to see if that's feasible, you know, to see if, you

090know, talk to the neighbor, see if he's open for it, and then and then go from there. I guess just I mean, it's probably a fiveyear plan maybe. >> Yeah. Luckily, the water hasn't been super expensive to truck it in, and it's usually for a couple months and then we get by. But it's >> we've been in a drier drier climate last couple years. Now, this is not a few month project. This is definitely going to be long term if we >> pardon my ignorance, but wouldn't insurance do something? >> I don't believe no never. >> I mean, just just throwing out >> like a catastrophic event, our water system just tanked. >> Well, I don't know the answer to that one. I don't know. That's a good question. >> Yeah, I don't know the

091answer for that. Are you Are you burning down the building? Is that what you're saying? >> Well, I know people >> that still ain't going to help. >> I'm curious. >> I'm just thinking outside of the box. >> I've had several board members in the past tell me that were on the, you know, that said that spring has a ton of water, more than the school would ever need. That's what I remember was always >> and I've been told, you know, and I and I had that conversation with the past administration a couple times on trying to, you know, look into that and it never really got him. So that's part of what these guys, I think, can do for minimal amount of money is give us kind of an observation. Yeah, you'd have to

092come out, put boots on the ground a little bit and uh maybe give us an overview if it's worth it or not. >> Yeah. I mean, it just seems to me like the insurance, I mean, should do something for you. If you say, you know, we're out of water and we've had to pay to truck water in, that's like, >> we don't really want to raise our insurance stuff anymore. >> I get where you're going, but I don't think insurance works like that anymore. >> Well, >> no, they quit that >> back when the tsunami theory was came out. to take away your no more alarm me. No, if it hits the ground, it's a flood. That's flood insurance. Used to get all that in your insurance. >> It's all an act of God now.

093>> Everything. Now you get nothing in your insurance except if your house burns down. >> We need water for fire protection. >> I mean, I think grant wise they might some of the underwriters with the business Oregon might be able to kind of look at those get out of that. >> Yeah. and store in storage tank capacity too if we end up having to go that way. You know, if we are only buying 12,000 gallons a year, then it's not the end of the world that store a little more water. But >> I don't think it's the best solution. >> No, the other probably build more houses here pretty soon. Yeah. >> Okay. So, just those tanks in there are not big and that building is really big. So, I don't know if we can

094expand our tanks and get more water in the winter. But when I looked in there like last week, I was like, "Oh, I >> filtration." >> That's just filtration. Your tanks will be here to hold the shop. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Got it. And is the spring on school property or >> so do you know the well the wells >> the spring is >> the spring. So if you go on the trail in the back go down the road past forplex and there's a trail that goes in the forest there. It's as soon as you start the trail in the forest it's just off to the right hand side down the hill >> so if we can't get the meers to you know allow that access why don't we just focus on the screen. >>

095Well that's one of the things is I I would like to take a look at it. Sure. And Myers have been very generous over the years. I mean, they're they're letting us use it with whatever. They just probably aren't going to sell it. >> It's probably, you know, >> extremely generous. >> Okay. So, I think, you know, they're all for keeping the law going. But, >> but if we can look at and we can have somebody look at it, come up with a plan, then we can at least maybe go for a grant or try to have something. And that's what these guys kind of are part of, you know, they can at least write up a plan and say, "This is what we need." and with with everybody else on board and give us

096give us a plan. >> I mean, I'm not a water hydraologist. I don't want to be, but I mean, but the people I've talked to seem to know what they >> sure >> doing in that field. So, >> so I would I would suggest we try to keep moving forward on those. I know it takes time and you don't you know, >> I definitely would. I'm really curious on the spring. >> Yeah. But >> I wonder if it's a gold mine sitting there. We just >> I've always said something. >> It would make sense. >> I could give you my three. >> Sounds like it. >> Yeah. >> Okay. 9.4 agricultural program update. I'm assuming >> that's where all our water went. >> Water. >> We got pickles. You want me to spot the hot

097seat? >> Um, I just sent an email last week for the advisory board. Does anyone know? >> Um the advisory board for um our program of study that we switched to agricultural general. Um and so once I sent that, Corey asked me to um if I wouldn't mind just coming and talking about what I had sent out. Um so do you know that we started that advisory board? >> I did. Yeah, I should through the process. Yeah. So, um that's been really great and we've had some good um conversations in one meeting and then also separately corresponding with different people. Um so these are kind of some of the things that we have touched on in the last two months. Um so Mary Jackson is our regional coordinator for CTE and um she transferred us

098to an agriculture, food and natural resource program of study which is a AFNR. If you haven't heard that acronym before it is used a lot. Um and so that has allowed us to have a lot of opportunity to umbrella a whole bunch of different programs under our AD program. Um, one thing that the advisory board really talked about in July, um, was they would really like to get welding into the school as well as Corey's really been, um, advocating for that. And so we had Carl Warman with Jewel Industries come in um, at the beginning of August and he went through with me and a couple other people and looked at the weld shop and it's in great condition. Um it the infrastructure is there. We have quite a few machines. They do need to

099be tested. The all the gases need to be tested. Um but he I think kind of gave us some confidence in like what we already have. And so um with that and with the hopeful grant we're going to get through the >> which they just reached out to me today and said they're I pressured them. They think it's going to come out sometime. three weeks. Three full weeks. I mean, they're pushing it to the end, but >> So, there's a revitalization grant for CTE programs in Oregon that's coming out. It was supposed to open in August and it still hasn't opened, but you can get up to $250,000. And so what we would like to write into it and we are open to lots of thoughts um is to get the weld shop going and

100write in consultation hopefully with somebody that could be local to help make sure we're doing it right because I don't have welding experience. I am very open to learning but I don't want to like set up a shop the wrong way the first time. So, so writing that into the grant um and then with that consult like whoever it's going to be, they would um help guide me slash if George Ray ends up wanting to do some focus there too. Um so we can offer at least one class a year to the kids to get them that something. >> Do we have kids that are absolutely interested in Yeah. Like the eighth graders last year, they talked about it all the time. >> And so I feel like because they're really coming into high school

101right now, >> they just they want it. >> Okay. >> There's many kids that asked about it. >> Okay. >> And even if we can give them one class and like Carl said, if they can, >> you know, walk out of here being able to like cut >> and weld pipe and angle and like a plate, great. because any employer is going to want that and it can fit under our agg program of study >> and so it will go towards their CTE certificate. So that's a big plus. So that's the weld shop part and then within that grant we would like to if George Dre needs things for the wood shop write things in to that and then also write in the greenhouse that I've been working on different grants for. I still haven't

102heard back from the Kabota grant that should be this month. So, um that's kind of the thought on how that money would be spent. A lot of infrastructure and then if you have other thoughts, I would love to get else about that too. Um, okay. So, with the I met with um Brad uh Katon Kton, I don't know if I'm saying his last name right and he works with ODF andW um he's also signed on to our advisory board and so we're going to get our fifth and sixth graders out for a forestry day this month on the 25th um which will really be really great and then he is going to work with me with another group of our kids to do side by side plantings somewhere out here in Juel. Um, so we

103can do like long-term research on like what happens when we plant these different species side by side. And so it'll be a really cool project with kids for hopefully 10 years, maybe longer. And I guess there was one of these planted by our kids in 2015 and it's never been gotten back to since then. And he told me that and so we're going to try and go back out to it. and it is on I can't remember the road name right now. Mullen. It's on Mullen. >> So, um those are some thoughts on the ODF level. And then I talked to Brian Smarid. Maybe you know him um at the back to school night and he proposed doing a um a forestry plan for our school property. And just having gotten one of those at

104our property, like our personal property, I know how dense they are. I mean, they're like this big. >> And so, the more I thought about it, and I don't know how to do one. We hired someone to do one. But I do think it's also a really good long-term project for our kids, and it would also benefit our district and knowing what we have planted on the property and where things are aged. and also a really cool project for like a upper classman >> in some capacity to know how to facilitate that. So that's that's I'm going to talk for a little bit longer. I'm sorry I do this. Okay. Um let's see. Our middle school horiculture class is going to 46 North Farm at the end of the month, which is a vegetable and

105flower farm on 202. And so they're going to go harvest a whole bunch of beans dried and then they're going to shuck the beans and then they're going to bring the beans back to the school and they're going to cook the beans and store the beans. And they're also going to work with winter squash for storage, processing, harvesting, all that good stuff. So those are kind of the what we're doing in the next little bit. Um the FFA chapter, there's an application in this room I think with Mr. Peterson. We are going to submit tomorrow and we started our um intro to AFNR class with the case curriculum this year that I got trained on and it's awesome and the kids are really receiving it well. And so I talked to them about doing elections

106last week and I was really nervous and they all wanted to be on the board. They wanted to be part of FFA. So then we had to have full elections because there was multiple kids that wanted to be president, vice president, >> and so on. So we had our elections and everybody is now in um and that's going to be submitted now that we have signatures and we will hopefully this week be a official FFA chapter and that's very exciting. Um once that gets submitted, there's a lot more happening. We're going to go to a competition in November, January, and then state in March. So, I have been talking to um Tess Paul at Atoria. She's mentoring me. She was their adviser. And um there's just a lot of opportunity and exposure through FFA. Very

107excited about this. >> How many FA FA students do we have? Um, so once we get this submitted and I can start entering them in, it is any child that is taking um a agriculture class from seventh grade up to senior year. Okay. >> And then if they choose to be an active member, then they pay a small um fee which um Atoria FFA and Telmic FFA is funding all of our startup costs. >> Wow. >> And they funded I'm getting off track. They funded three nights at the state competition for our hotel rooms. And then the A bag in Atoria, the woman that owns that, um, Calie, she sent out a social media post and raised us $1,000 in like three days all for the program. So, we're still figuring out how that's going

108to work and we're going to navigate all that, but there's been a lot of community support and super to get us going. >> A lot of reports go up. Um, okay. Uh, I think I was on something else, but um, anyway, so that's happening. And we successfully got our $3,500 grant from the Whole Kids Foundation. We got a $6,000 grant from DIA Ecology and we are still waiting on the Kabota grant. And it said September. So I'm like, they need Kabota grant. What's the amount on it? >> 50,000. for the greenhouse. >> for greenhouse tractor implements the tractor. >> They have the parameters on how they want you spending it. But >> um okay, I think that was all of my things to report. >> Thanks a lot. >> Does anyone have questions? >> Let's

109go get that one acre we have. Go get them to clear it with scrub brush and plant on it. I think somebody else I think Brian talked about that one even too. I didn't even know that existed until like a couple weeks ago. >> Right. Sharp corner where the road kind of bounces just for the peak house. >> How do I get the children there? >> You just built the trail. >> Does it go through somebody's property or is it connected? >> No, I don't you do cut across. I don't think >> there's that one house past behind Adamson Court. Oh, that's >> I believe it's their property. You would have to cut it across. >> Is it all clear? >> No, it's grush. It's garbage. >> Okay. They said it was value of timber

110because I think we looked at it back when we built the gym before the gym that it was no value. It was just trash with >> okay >> that I think it's only one. I think Tim is still pretty most of the land is back here and I believe it's kind of one of those because it was it was plotted way back in the day for an old school house clear up on Boiler Ridge never when they sold Cavan they had to give us a piece of property so they gave us >> and other >> if he's still I don't even know if he's still can you like drive in there and park >> drive up there and walk in there. You can park on the edge of the road. >> On the edge of

111the road. >> Yeah. So, they're in a lot of >> Yeah. I'd love to go walk that sometime. I don't know. That's like on easy to find, but good with that piece. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you. [Music] >> Okay. 9.5 the added item. Senior trip discussion. >> I just want to open this up a little bit. Uh so I've been in the chair for my fourth year in the band director position for whatever it was you know 19 years prior it's 16 years prior whatever it is I wasn't really involved in the seniorship components and then since this moment uh I've had a number of uh adviserss come through the the realm here and so I've been seeing it from the district perspective I've been seeing it from the advisor's perspective

112and uh the TJ came by a little bit earlier today I just was kind of throwing some things at him and um and I got thinking way. Um, I know it's been a tradition for the district for a long time and I know ultimately the superintendent makes recommendations if things move forward. Uh, but I want to open this up to the board for discussion. Um, I mean, we were we at a point where we don't have very many staff members who want to take on this role. Uh, so when you hear the word advisor, we had a lot of people run uh run for the hills. this specific role for the senior one. Uh I don't want to I don't want I don't know if I want to say it's gotten out of control, out

113of hand a little bit. Uh but it encompasses a huge amount of time. I was talking with Abby who did it last year and u you know you asked how many hours does it take a week for the advisor role and I I talked to Abby before the board meeting and she said on average it's about six to 10 hours a week. Uh and that was with two of them two people co- doing the advisor role. Um, I'm looking at this year's seniors. I believe we have roughly I think it's nine uh who are going on the trip. Let me rephrase that. Nine seniors going on the trip. Uh, three of them are deciding not to go. Seven of them um are in the sporting programs. So that leaves only two kids uh depending on

114what's going on with the sport uh who are not involved with the uh uh anything going on the quarter on the field. So you got two kids who are literally doing a lot of the fundraising and then you have the advisors themselves and again talking about Abby that could be three that could be four events. U and so I have over the last three years people come to me and express you know it is a stipen position. It's $1,500 for a stipen for this role. Uh but the hours are huge. I mean there are a lot of hours. Um and then it's time away from family. Uh when do you get all this stuff organized? And usually these individuals that people here that work in the district I mean they are people that work in

115the district. So when do you make that time? Our current adviser has to be pulled out of some of her work with her kids with students. Uh it's an educational assistant in in the district. Um and she has to pull some time out just to make room for this. So everything's all prepped and ready to go. A lot of the kids are still in classes. Um and so that's been a struggle. you have all your travel expenses, all the things with you know airplane and and insurance issues and all those kind of things. Um that the level of stress that I've seen literally I've seen from all our advisors has been pretty strong. Not to say that the district side also is inferably strong in terms of the stress of how all this looks and

116so yeah you're seeing some of the policies coming through Mike uh just try to help alleviate some of those pain moments there. Um, but I wanted to open this up and just say what are your thoughts about the senior trip moving forward? Um, because it is again if our advisor decides that it's too much for them and they do not want to continue this year. I don't have anybody to pick up the slack and we've sent out information at least the adviser has. I'm going to follow up again tomorrow. But if anyone's willing to provide just a week or one event to help and assist, please do so. But she's not getting any anybody any assistance right now. And so I'm going to follow up with an email tomorrow asking the person help if if

117possible. But if if this individual's not there, what do we do if there's no advisor? We don't have advisor for freshman class. We don't have advisor for sophomore. We have ad hoc some things that take place. Uh we don't have one for the juniors. And we definitely we did have some people they did not want to follow all the way through their senior year because they did not want to take on the monumental task of heading to New Orleans or heading to Hawaii which seems to be where some of the kids want. And then what do you do when you have some students that are reliable? I mean, I lived in this world with my symphonies and then you have people who know don't show up and boy and and so what my, for example,

118related like my symphonies, my musicians have no idea what I have to go through behind the scenes and the hours I put to make what goes out there run. And so I know the same thing happens here also. So then I had other people throw some things such as do we have this down and say the district provides options such as maybe three options and the district already plans where these locations are so we know exactly how much they cost. We already know who we're going to do our uh accommodations through and who we're going to do the travel expenses through. Uh so we do one that's that low cost somewhere in Oregon somewhere in maybe California and one maybe just a little bit further than that or do we do something all the way

119through? I talked to you know Mr. White here about that as well. uh do we just do a senior day where they go out and they do something for the whole day and have some fun or senior night or or something or do we continue the road where we're going but I can tell you this has been a headache at my office for now starting my fourth year it continues to be a headache my office because it's a lot of stress from the advisor role and then there's also discussions of what are the roles of advisor what what is it we're supposed to do so I'm trying to delineate that but once again how involved does the district get with that component at all still as well. So, every adviser that comes through builds this

120a little bit differently for themselves and how it works for them. Um, but this is it's just recurring and I'm on my fourth year and I it's frustrating just being honest with me. Um, obviously for the kids I get it, but I've got people who are expressing to me both internally, well internally, but I mean in terms of the district side and also the advisor side that this is it's draining and it's very stressful. And if if you haven't been told that over the years, this has been going on for quite some time and really it's a time commitment, >> but there's contracts. >> It's a massive time commitment. >> They can ask for increased contracts all the time. You should build increased workloads contracted >> and and I get to me it seems strange.

121I don't remember this ever being I was telling you earlier I go I don't ever remember in my you know high school years of it being an issue. I was always as an adviser. It didn't seem of course now hindsight I was not you know the one scheduling the time but it didn't seem we there was a lot more fundraising. There was a lot more stuff going on the weekends and doing things. >> See and we didn't have these elaborate trips either. >> I mean you may have gone to California. You may have gone to but never New Orleans. We never did trips like that. Well, there was classes that raised a lot and did well that did do some bigger trips, Hawaiian trips and stuff and it was like, you know, that I remember

122older classmen having >> I think getting parents to help out the stands. Those are being really hard to get to school policies. >> Once again, >> it's make it very difficult to get parents to even help out. I see see the advisor feels challenged over the years that because the advisor that's >> they feel that's their their work they have to they have to reach out to families and the parents and community and all the different components and when they're not getting reception reception from various components. It's challenging uh because they may find themselves all of a sudden in fundraising issue where there's only one kid helping out or two kids helping out. See, and the trips are always dependent on how much they raised. And if you didn't if you didn't have the cooperation

123of the whole class and you didn't raise a lot of money, you didn't go. >> And they've got that down pretty solid right now the last three years now. Uh they've had those documents go through. It was created by our staff members. But if you're not interested in fundraising, doing all this, and so far it's been working that hard. >> Yeah. >> I believe it was brought up three locations before COVID hit. Mhm. >> There would only be three locations. They could go to Disneyland. >> Can you raise this mark? You can go there. >> Yeah. If they made enough money to go to Disneyland, >> and that's when that >> was when that paperwork came out that there was no more fundraising. >> They could senior stand and that's why the school was throwing

124money at because no one else could raise money. >> That's why the school was adding money to the senior. >> But I've also had conversations about a lot of the funding that takes place for the district has only been for seniors. And so therefore, the rest of our district doesn't have >> and so all the other kids in the district, we don't have that opportunity per se. And I know there's other programs being built that have already talked about fundraising for their programs. And so we send our seniors off, which is a great thing. I get that. But in the end, you know, those seven, eight, 10, 12 kids experienced that and if you have staff members, you know, uh they come back and it doesn't have any lasting benefit in the district. >> Now,

125these seniors, have they already determined where they want to go this year? >> They haven't started yet. >> They haven't even done. Okay. >> Now, their first fundraiser when today >> if you're limited to fundraising coast >> senior stand I mean I don't you're not you're not going to go very >> No, you're not going any place. Yeah, because senior stand's not going to >> brothers gives them 5,000 a year, >> right? >> They'll take care of the cemetery twice. They go to the cemetery twice a year for 5,000. >> I see. Then I'm just being transparent again that further discussion opens up about that also for me today. Another person talked to me about that said, okay, what's the responsibility when you started taking power equipment? I brought this up to you also. When

126you you take power equipment that has sharp right, you know, blades, lawn mower, lawn mower equipment, and who provides that? I mean, if it's not the individuals up there and the district doesn't provide who provides it, then how do you guarantee that that equipment is in good shape? And then what if there's an accident? Then who's, you know, who's responsible? And so that that went down the insurance route because we've been having insurance discussions. And so all of a sudden that's the rabbit hole that started going through in my office earlier. Um so this is what I'm talking about where this is just it's become an issue for the district about how do we how do we how do we make this work? This isn't an issue every year. Um I'm trying to find a

127solution now. I can't appease everybody but try to find a solution. So that's why I'm just bringing it to you because ultimately I'm going to have to make some sort of recommendation because I I I can't keep having the district go down this course of action all the time. We're trying to make the situation feasible for for all. It's in my mind it's either senior night, senior day or limit it to two to three options Cadillac plan, middle plan or just Cadillac or not. and it's either Oregon or California district decides where this you know the traveling we decide >> should give some other options to go a little more east >> Idaho somewhere bad no matter what I agree >> I just just but I'm just example we know the cost we know the

128expense expense they know what they have to do >> go to Texas >> yeah I said go to So I know >> is where it's at. >> I don't see the fundraising changing for the kids here unless the parents are, you know, when I when I my only eyeopening experience of fundraising that I've seen was when my daughter went to Seaside, which you know, the the the fundraising committees are raising $60,000 for these kids and they're meeting at the Elks Club every month. So I know the school's not involved with the setup. This is completely >> but we can do that here. >> Yeah, we don't have I know we do not have the options. You got maybe 10 kids, 12 kids and you got three parents that are involved out of the 12. So

129it's >> even if we tried the school won't let us do it. >> Yeah. >> I mean it's just way our policies are set right now. >> And you look at the word advisory. I mean I look at that as more or less okay obviously help advise what's going on but you're not leading every aspect of the whole shebang. But that's not what this is. advisor are literally having to take everything by the horns and guide every minute and it's as Abby who was our one for last year she says and gear towards the end it really ramps up even more and then you put all the travel stuff and trying to coordinate all that it turns into a part-time job >> and she just doesn't want to do that >> after one year she

130said that was that's a lot of work once a month >> she's just getting good >> yeah seems ridiculous out of this it takes a couple times anything about that >> because that's yeah that's it's a lot of work. I know you're teasing but that was >> it's a lot to put on the the staff members but like I say a parent is not able to step in and help out by the way our rules are set up. >> So uh are they required to do a senior project like a senior they do? >> Yeah. Can can they be in charge of it? >> They say >> like as a project like I said project. >> Yeah. >> I mean I >> I mean currently we have it based towards their career path for policy

131but we have >> a right >> unless they want to be something. >> I I graduated from seaside and anyway we had to do a Pacific project right and it was a community service project. I don't see why we couldn't make that available, right? Something along those lines, but more aimed towards their own their own trip, right? Where they can they actually go in and they organize it. >> I I see what you're saying. I mean, possibly I don't want to say excuses because I they're not all excuses. Some I'm sure very valid. Uh but you got students you saying when some of these activities take place they've got other commitments have such as jobs or got some single families out there. So here so we're gonna still come across all that. >> I just

132want to th I am I'm working on right now as well how to make this something where tradition we don't you know kill a tradition of a district here. I think it's been a very special thing. Every time I talk to somebody who's not in our district, they go, "Oh, that's pretty cool. Your district still does that." >> Yes, we do. >> But I'm trying to get a list of steam out from both sides. So, you're saying appoint a person. >> I get I get volunteer. >> That's what they did when we I was in school. >> I mean, it was on a rotation. >> Yeah. That's how Yeah, that's how it still was when we were in school, too. >> It was the rotation and sometimes you got a good adviser and sometimes you

133didn't. But it's Yeah. >> Yeah. >> And our advisor Paul all the way up. I mean, your freshman year, your adviser was there for I mean, you had four years to plan your stuff and fund raise. You know, we weren't stuck to the restraints of the year. I mean, car washes and stuff on the weekends and whatever you could do, can drives. I don't know. I mean, it's like we're enabling them a little bit by not allowing them to do that and then saying here you're going to go here. >> I mean, if you want to do more, you should be allowed to do more. But >> yeah, I mean, if we have to pay a stipen a little bit more, if the stipen hasn't changed in 20 years, do they have they always paid

134the stipen? >> Yeah. Hasn't changed for years of it's based off of the um CDA or the um the certified >> based off the base payment. be interesting to kind of have a a conversation with them to say what what would this be required worth your time to be away from your family to put the extra time in or I mean it's great if they work here because they're obviously able to have time here >> that they're able to utilize >> rather contract is renegotiated this year certified so >> okay I don't want them to feel that they're that overwhelmed that they're just going to drop the ball and not do it if they you know >> Yep. Well, that's where I I will need to sit down and I will need to put more

135guidelines on it specifying specifically because I I've come across a vision personality of how to do this. We go forth and just do it and what the vision they have others that want to be prescribed way through and everything in between. So the district needs to put it down on paper and say this is what the process. So, do we need to rethink our policy to let these students have more flexibility in working and raise raising money for their trip? >> Part of part of it is the money the handling of the money uh my mindset because I feel like we have I'm looking at town here, but we have our adviserss present there. Um but we need to have some adult supervision at all times there and when we don't have any adults outside

136of the advisor volunteering their time to jump in and the advisors feel >> I think your comment on adult you mean staff >> currently yes >> because they cannot be parents >> they cannot >> see what I'm saying you cannot be a parent and help out anywhere >> why can't you be a parent and help out >> how do you co won't let them in >> is that is that not a liability really have a parent vote. I mean, if a parent were to >> every time I've heard any parent try to come in the senior stand to help out, it's like they can't do it. They're always pushed out. >> It shouldn't I don't understand. I'm not understand. >> It's all the process the way they have to go through it all. >> What

137process? I don't check and all that stuff. >> Background checks and you have they have to be trained to handle the money. Now, there's a whole lot of things that falls in. >> It It's pretty much staff member. >> Yeah, >> that sounds pretty I don't know. I don't want to look at that because I think there's got to be some ways to work around that to make that a little bit better. I'm sure they're not beating down the door trying to help, but I mean either way, if if they try and be roadblocking right off the bat, that's not going to be good. Yeah, because why try? I mean, if we if you're beating them out when they're trying to come in, they're not going to come. So, we've got to find some kind

138of middle ground so that we can have parents come in and help. >> Yeah. Even if it's two or three parents per class coming up that has maybe gone through a little bit of training or some backgrounding, then at least doesn't put that advisor having to be there all the time. That's I'm sure that's going to be completely way overwhelming for an advisor. That's currently how they feel. Yeah. >> You got what kids are trying to Yeah. >> Okay. >> So, I don't I mean I'm open to any options that's going to help out. That's okay. I'll take that information and I'll play with a little bit tomorrow. Okay. discussion on that audience clarification. >> I just want to say something about the senior trip. I know you guys didn't hear too much about it

139at the hear from the kids itself, but you sent a lot of kids on an airplane for the first time and hearing like all the first and mind-blowing experiences that they got to have on their trip. It's worth it to instead of shut it down try to open doors for these kids because they have an opportunity to create that work for it and they're willing to. I just think it's worth it's worth. >> Well, I agree. You're given an opportunity to kids that may not ever have the opportunity to do some of those things. >> For sure. It doesn't need to be going to, you know, across the world. Yeah. >> Thank you. I do agree. >> Okay. 11.0 director time. I think we'll start this. We'll go director. Go ahead. Well, Martha, thanks for

140the update on the egg slash welding potentially slash natural resources and future farmers. Boy, you got a lot going on. So, thank you for the updates. That's so exciting. Um, and it was good to hear from the principal how the year's gotten started. It's exciting to hear that um you know you you're right in the middle of the thick of all the you know the professional development and the um you know when I heard you talking about the teachers are collaborating I'm like well I think they already do that so there's probably more to it than what I'm picking up from you but it sounds very good and I there's there's always room for more collaboration I would imagine. So, thanks for that update. And um I don't know, it's just my heart is heavy

141with a lot of the recent events and I'm sure everybody here has their own way of coping, but um you know, I just feel like we're in a special place where we can focus on what's important, which is improving ourselves, improving our kids, our community. Um and wherever we feel a void, can we just fill it with that positive energy and caring for each other and um you know we are we are the society we make. So it really, you know, if we think about it in really personal terms, I think that there is still a way to, you know, deal with process and move forward and stay close to each other, take care of each other. So I just want to say that >> well said. >> Next time that's too much to follow,

142but she director Dietrich. Uh, yeah, Mr. White. It was great to hear to your feedback and hear everything settling in place so well in the school district. Um, and then Martha again, you take the meeting. I mean, >> really, you do. I mean, the the welding shot, just to hear that that's going to take off again is amazing. That's great. Um, and then the FFA chapter, congratulations on where you've gotten to on that. So, uh, well done. >> Yeah. I uh, good job, Cory. You're doing good, Cory. >> Yeah. >> My son's been very happy when he brings home his Chromebook and showing me his grades and how proud he is of his grades. You know, it's it's week two. They might they might they might start you here and say, "Hey, we're we're looking

143pretty good right now." I'm not sure is looking for some sort of incentive or whatever. Yeah. Uh the welding program, great. I think it's a great idea with trying to do a forest plan up there. I think that'd be awesome. You know, we I think we when we planted trees up there a couple different times, we've we planted them. we've removed them without a plan, which would have been nice to have something a little more solid back then. So, I think that's that's huge. And there and there's enough bigger trees up there in the hillside and stuff that would really be good for the kids. So, yeah, I think that's good. I mean, glad sports is off to a good start and kids are hanging in there and football's still going and I know it

144was a rough game the other night, but I mean hopefully that you know I learned a lot either way. So, Director Drew, >> I'm just thrilled that school has started. Everything seems to be going fairly easy and good and just continue that. And Miss Martha, thank you for all your help with the egg. And I'm excited also about the welding because I think and I would love to see some girls in that in that class because they can weld too. So anyone come down and show them how get them going. >> Are you gonna show? >> No. >> She'll learn though. >> Well, I could certainly learn a couple years ago. >> Yeah. Yeah, >> I know several people in our field that are the best weather. >> Y >> Oh, thanks for information. That

145was awesome. >> Sounds like you are saying that. Leave the water alone. >> No. And really thanks for being here both of you and the senior trip comment. I really appreciate that because yeah, that was a lot of information from the seniors that we don't all get back from your trips. So, um yeah, Cy, you got beat up because policies does not mean you might want to thank Danny for her time today for helping me move my decimal point over. So, I had to go back and reread my policies like that was that much money. But no, thank you. That's really all I ask. >> Okay. I have had people reach out to me in the community with welding stuff too that would be willing to help that want to help. So, you know, if

146you get to that point or something, we want to get a Carl would be great. Hopefully, he can do it. I just don't know if he can do it. >> And it might be a good idea to have some other union pipe fitter guys. So, >> you want to email each other or >> Yeah, just Yeah. Give me a call. Okay. Uh 12.0 items for future meeting. We have 12.1 building use fee schedule and 12.2 House Bill 2684 integrated pest management plan and 12.3 staff handbook. Is there anything else we like to add on there? >> Gazby 54. >> Oh, Gazby. Yes. Gas both 54. Gatsby is gb policy more policy no 12.4 GS >> Martha hopefully you can be here next week too >> follow right after all maybe right office tomorrow. >> Okay.

147Item 13, motion to adjurnn. >> Make a motion to adjurnn. >> Do all has a motion. Have a second. >> I'll second that. >> Second. All in favor? >> I oppose. Journ at 7:54. You got that document? You have that document? >> Yes. Thank you. [Music] I don't know. >> A lot of I know. >> Oh, yeah. Anyway, >> all right.