001Chris, we ready to go? Okay. Um, I need my glasses on. All right. Uh we will call to order this uh uh work session um being 6 pm and with all of us here and boom work session started. Um so quickly before we go into our executive session uh do we have any um any organizational items that need uh discussed? Good. Good. Good. Callie's good. Okay. Well, then we'll go through all the uh formalities here. Uh so we will now convene and so now uh Chris and Malli are going to step out but um we are now going to convene executive session pursuant to um Oregon OS192-6602E to conduct the deliberations with persons designated by the governing body to negotiate real property transactions. The school board will now meet in executive session to conduct deliberations
002with persons designated by the governing body to negotiate real property transactions in regard to OS192-6602E which allows the board to meet in executive session. No discussion may be made in executive session. Excuse me. No decision may be made in executive session. At the end of the executive session, we will return to open session. Representatives of the news media and designated staff shall be allowed to attend. representative of the news media allowed to observe the executive session are specifically directed not to report on any of the deliberations of the executive session. No recording of the executive session is allowed without express permission from the board. At the end of executive session, the board will return to open session. So, executive session open. Does it where it says retry? That's king of the mountain right there. Oh,
003what now? I'm Sher Lac. The executive Good to go. Awesome. Okay. Okay. We're uh we're coming back and we are adjourning our executive session and um back into our work session uh prior to the start of our regular session. Man, we got all sorts of sessions. Okay. Um, sleep sessions and I don't know what other kind of sessions you got, Josh. Sessions. Con sessions? No. Back in the day, I used to have state sessions. I didn't. Okay. Um, uh, so anything else for the work session, directors? If not, we will adjourn the work session until 6:30 for the regular session. That was very confusing. That's right. Well, and here we go. All right. Um, welcome everybody to uh tonight's regular um session of the Susla School District 97J board of directors meeting on May 14th,
0042025. It is 6:30. we'll go ahead and get started and um specifically we'll get started seeing as we have a quorum present. Um uh welcome to the the public and our mission statement is motivating and preparing all students to reach their greatest potential. Um and also I guess welcome to the press and the patrons of the district not just the public. Um we have three things there. Uh we will uh proceed with attendance. Uh uh uh what is your name? Debbie. Miss Free, that was that was odd. Chair Lacatur, present. Vice Chair Milenberger, present. Director Barnett, present. Director Cole, present. Director Habberly, present. Director Snedden. Director Pimlot, present. Student Representative Mallade, present. Student Representative Sheamus Burke, present. Thank you. Uh, we will move on to the pledge. 2.4. Um, and this is by Maggie Walls
005in the seventh grade, presented by Andy Moral, seeing as he's the one who stood up. Yeah. Now, Maggie, I chickenened out and I didn't try to pronounce your name because it had Maggie in in parenthesis there or in in quotes. What? How do you pronounce your name? My real name is Magdalene, but Mag is just fine. Okay, Magdalene. All right. Okay, Andy. All right. Thank you for having us. Uh it's always an honor to get up and brag about my students. In fact, that's two days in a row. I got to go to Rotary yesterday and brag about one of our students there as well. Uh so, it's an honor honor to introduce Maggie. Um, if you're looking for a dazzling, dramatic, and dynamic student, look no further than Maggie Walls. She is a true
006triple threat. She shines like a spotlight on the stage, especially her most recent middle school play, Hoodie. Maggie juggled multiple roles with ease, but brought the character Briana to life with tons of charisma. If you missed the play, I'm sorry uh to hear that. It was a really great show. Um when Maggie's not stealing the show on stage, she's pure piouetting around um at the Florence Dance Academy and belting out ballads at vocal lessons. She participates in not one but two youth groups. Last year, Maggie was a founding member of the Taylor Swift club led by Mr. Dhy. A future leader, Maggie has been chosen as a web leader for next year and in the future hopes to be on the road court someday. Maggie um hopes to be famous, but she told me not
007too famous. A fun fact about Maggie is that she aspires to fly airplanes someday. At home, Maggie enjoys scrapbooking and gardening. A future vegetable grower, but uh currently is practicing on succulents. Maggie sparkles like Taylor Swift and has the energy of a hummingbird on espresso. She's destined for greatness and will likely be voted by her uh senior classmates as most likely to be on Netflix. Maggie Walls. Say, stand. Please stand. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Tak it up. There you go. Oh, see my my joke fell on flat ears because I didn't have my microphone on and no nobody hollered at me for it. So, Claire, you're up. Hi
008everyone. I hope you're having a good night or day. Um, so coming off sports with my softball pants, um, softball and baseball are wrapping up our seasons. We had our senior night last night. Very sentimental night for both teams. The baseball team did this really cute thing where they had their dads do one last pitch to them and ran around home to their moms and it was really sweet to come watch. Um so yeah, we both have our last home game or double headers on Friday. So last time we're playing, we're both at Glide and we're taking the bus together. So that's always fun. It's not. track and field is also doing really well in their season with a school record already under our belts. Clayton Wilson, a senior, he secured the um school record.
009I'm not sure in what event, but I know he did, which is super awesome. The 800 and the 1500 to go along with his cross country um school record as well. Yeah. And the 3K is awesome. Wow. There you go. Well, yes, Clayton Wilson. He's awesome. Um, along with sports, we have a few different seniors committed to playing college. I thought I'd give a shout out to Clayton Wilson, Colorado Mesa University. Ashlin Hart, Oregon State University for cheer. Malli Laid, Washington State University for wrestling. Myself for at Lynfield University for cheer. And then as well as Leo and Ryan Clampy, Leo's for wrestling, and Ryan's for golf. I'm just not quite sure where they're headed. Esports won second place at state this week. And I believe it was in Mario Kart, so that's pretty cool,
010too. Um, yeah, they were first. I was first place. That did I said Oh, I said second. I'm sorry. They won first place. Sorry. State championship um in esports. I'm so sorry. Um band the S symphonic and advanced middle school band are prepping to be in the roadie parade right now. And speaking of roadie days, the roadie coronation was on Saturday and after a very entertaining and eventful night, Ashlin Hart and Joel Sisle were crowned king of the coast and queen Rodendra. The carnival parade and car show are all coming up this weekend as well as the 5K. And I know lots of students are buzzing around with all the roadie activities. Choir this week they had their pops concert and or they had their pops concert a couple of weeks ago and they are
011also prepping to sing at graduation. For clubs, OBO had their state competition and I believe they placed sixth and then interact and key club are both wrapping up their end of season activities and interacted a service project and we went out to Hayak and picked a bunch of scotch broom and stuff for a few hours. Um, art the art classes are finishing those little monsters I talked about and getting to share them with their second graders. And then for prom, the junior class hosted prom at the event center with the theme red carpet and it was a really fun night for everyone. I kind of combined some April stuff since I wasn't able to make it last month. Thank you. And then scholarship night and evening of excellence are coming up soon for seniors and
012the rest of the school. And we also just finished doing our student body government elections which run a little bit differently this year. But it was really cool to get to see the way these kids stepped up with their um what sword when they campaigning with their campaigning and the different ways they came out in the school to run for their um candidacy. Malli laid got future first citizen and she'll receive a large scholarship with that. And then graduation is on June 6th in just a few weeks. And yes, I am getting pretty antsy for it. But that's all. Thank you guys. Excellent. Thank you, Claire. Okay. Um moving on, directors to uh 2.6, the approval of the agenda. Um and this uh superintendent. Okay. Uh item 051425-2.6 Six. Uh, approval of the agenda. Superintendent,
013board chair, vice chair meet to prepare the agenda one week prior to the meeting. Items of business may be suggested by any board member, staff member, student, or citizen of the district by notifying the superintendent at least eight working days prior to the meeting. Any changes to the agenda must be approved by majority vote. Um, I would recommend that the agenda be approved with modification at an executive session to address a public complaint uh filed under policy KL. So, directors, if you look to your your this one, your your cheat sheet, um there's there's that amendment there. So, whoever would make the resolution, amend it to um to include that executive session at the end if you feel so inclined. But if you don't want an executive session, don't say it. Um but any any
014uh questions on this item or any discussion on this item? And if not, a motion with that amendment would be appropriate. Board chair, be it resolved that the SCA school district board of directors approve the agenda as amended to include executive session at the end of a meeting to address a complaint policy number KL. Second. Okay. Resolution 051425-2.6, approval of amended agenda. Motion made by director Barnett, seconded by director Pimlot. Any discussion on the motion? Those in favor? I I I Okay, looks unanimous. So, we will have an executive session at the end and I have a big old thing to read at that point. Um, it's been it's been a little while since I've uh revisited uh some of the civility policy and we just try to keep it fresh in people's minds. So
015before we get into public comment, um just uh um I'll read a little bit of this and we have copies of it around the room uh to double check. Um but uh this this paragraph here it says, "A courteous and respectful school climate is central to a positive learning environment. Univil conduct that diminishes learning environment is unacceptable." Um and then part of our policy is a person speaking during the designated portion of the agenda for public comment may offer objective criticism of district operations and programs. The board will not hear comments regarding any individual district staff member. Um this uh uh the board chair will direct the visitor to the published complaint procedures uh for consideration of legitimate complaint involving staff members. Um so again that uh uh we can we'll hear comments regarding uh
016uh objective criticisms of district operations and programs but not individual staff members that needs to go through the formal complaint process. Um so with that uh reminder Debbie do we have or how many do we have? Do we have Okay, just one. Okay. Um uh Mr. McBride John Oh yeah. Yeah. That's Oh, that's that's the other thing that I'm horrible with. I always say I'm going to set that three minute timer and then I do and I don't pay attention to it or I don't. Um so about 3 minutes or so. Yeah. Uh let just just for the people on YouTube, hit hit the mic. That about me. Which which complaint? I'm filing uh with SPO. Oh no. I'm giving you a certific. No, I I was I was unaware of what your public comment
017was about. Oh, if I can take a moment, I made a copy for each of the Oh, thank you. Uh I might have missed. Is there eight board members? There are seven seven board members. Okay. One is a cursed copy for Mr. Yeah. All right. Um, I apologize and I will do my best. I will adhere to the board guidelines. I'm not going to name individual names or teachers or any of that. Also, just as a side note, I've been up since 4 this morning. I just drove straight from Eugene. My wife had spinal surgery. So, I do that is a priority for me, but this is important also. Yeah. Well, we hope that turns out all right. Um, I hope everyone knows who I am. I've been to this board two times before. This
018is the same issue that I first brought up in October 27th. I addressed the board November 13th and again in March. Now, I do understand the March board meeting was kind of a spectacle. But I also turned in my written comments to Debbie Free with my concerns. I have met with assistant principles. I've met with the teams. I have met with the principal. I've emailed back and forth between the superintendent, principal, and myself. You have a copy of the email train. I have not altered any way. This is my concern. I originally, and in the very back page, it starts with my very first submission to the board back in November, voiced my concerns with the implementation of district policy, classroom instruction, and the Latica feedback in regards to student achievement on October 27th, 2024.
019I addressed this board directly in November and again March about this issue. I provide written copies of my statement to the district at each time. I have met numerous times with the assistant principal both in his office and in teacher conferences for the past two years and I have raised these issues. During the past eight months, there's been numerous emails between Andy Mor and Andy Justcowski. I'm sorry, I was practicing getting that right. and myself regarding this particular class. But it's not the only issue. And every time I've been here, I've stressed this is not the only issue. It's just the first issue. And in eight months, we've never gotten past the first issue. After I made my initial complaint to the board in November, all links, classroom links where parents could see what's going
020on in the class, classroom content for this teacher were disabled on parent view as well as Google Classroom. not to all classes, just this one. I have been promised in writing several times that this issue would be rectified, but as of as of last week, it still has been denied. Mr. Mor, also for you, I mentioned in our email, this is not just me trying to access it. My son brings home a school laptop every other Wednesday and we go over assignments together. He can't access it on a student ID on a school laptop either. All the embedded videos and materials are blocked. I don't know if that's an IP issue or if there's a timer. By far the most significant issue is that student work was collected by the teacher and not returned. Students
021received no feedback, no affirmation, and no correction for this period of time. They simply completed assignment and received a score. I am going to point out my son shares a class with your son and I my wife voted for you. I voted for you. My daughter voted you for you. And we're very confused by this. This of course not only violates basic principles of teaching because without feedback how can learning occur but creates a records issue that is covered by furpa. I've repeatedly requested these records but have been denied. The rationale I've been given is that records are no longer in possession of the school or the teacher so therefore they do not fall under furpa. I inquired who had possession of these records. Finally, after months of emails back and forth, it was mitted
022yesterday evening that these records were destroyed by the teacher. In fact, this teacher has been throwing away student work without providing feedback to the students since COVID. For three years, students do assignments, turn in material, and nothing comes back. They get a percentile score. That's it. You cannot avoid a records request by destroying records. Since the teacher had custody over these assessments and never returned them to the students or the family, then she had a duty to maintain those records. These are the source documents for student achievement. They are also the documents parents would use in exercising their legal right under FURPA to appeal a grade or student records. By not returning them, she had a custodial obligation to maintain them. And I'm sorry, it's been a long day for me. I've been, like I
023said, I've been up since 4. I have been back and forth with Mr. Jiskowski over this issue. It really appalls me that it took eight months for someone to say these were destroyed that we we we had to use the wording. Again, I provide the documentation for you to read. I will say this, this is what I used to do for a living. I had to maintain PIPS for entire team of teachers who had the bright idea to substitute portfolios for grade books. Now, in the past, to my knowledge, the Department of Education has never taken away student funding from a school district for violation of Furpa. Normally, it's mandatory district training. I'm sure all of you aware though the current situation between Department of Education and Dr. Williams in the state of Oregon over
024Furpa. You are aware of that, correct? Okay. So, I am torn. I don't want to elevate an issue to something bigger than it is, but I've been waiting eight months. Eight months asking the simple question, the first question, where's my kids work? What did they miss? What did they get right? What does this score mean? It's a basic question. I must admit, I'm confused by the inaction of the board. I was here in November. I first brought this up in October 27th, especially since my child shares the class with yours. I tutored Skip in kindergarten and first grade. I volunteered for this school. I've raised resources for this district. I've tried to be a good partner to this district. I've tried to work within the system. I'm not waiting any longer. So, I do have
025an ask. I'm asking, and this is due to Mr. Moral. I was touched, so was my wife, by your last email for the last two days, and I want to thank you for what you outlied. I still have concerns. I'm willing to give this one more shot, but I'm only going to wait till Monday. I am asking for a meeting that includes superintendent, Mr. Moral, and a member of the board. You're the board president. Your son is in this class. I would suggest you that should not violate quorum laws. that should not violate um open meeting laws to discuss this. I feel like everything's getting sent out peace meal. I don't know if there's been discussions about this behind the scenes. I don't know if you're even aware of it. I know I've turned in
026the material. I know I've put it in writing. I know I've had the meetings. But this is a pretty egregious issue. And like I said, it's not the only issue. is simply the first one because the next issue is and this is not the only class. I used to work in curriculum development. I used to work in site facilitation. I was a teacher a middle school teacher ended my career at UFO. What I'm seeing on the assessment side at Suslam Middle School is appalling to me. And I don't know if it's because of lack of resources, lack of communication, or what the breakdown is. But I want to give the district again because of Mr. Mor's actions the last two days a chance to resolve this on a local level. I want to maintain the
027privacy of everyone involved. But this is an issue my child and I have had to deal with and to get let you know how serious we take this. I am here when my wife just had a spinal implant in her spine. I am a professional teacher, a professor, advanced degrees. We have not enrolled my son in high school. At this point, we're advocating that he drop out and pursue another means because it would be better than what he's had the last three years. It has been that bad. And we have tried to communicate with you. We have come to you. Not even a phone call. And I know I'm going long on time, so I'm going to wrap it up. It is still my preference to seek a local solution to this issue. But being
028a former educator, having worked with Furpa violations in the past, having worked with staff development and site facilitation, I do know what levers to pull. And if I'm going to go to this links, you guarantee Well, you saw what happened with Crow, Facebook, Yelp reviews. I know Miss Mor not too long ago is addressing the city council. I'll address city council, too. And I will bring report cards. I will bring the district report cards for for this school. I will talk about how math scores and reading scores have fallen precipitously in this school. I will point at student achievement data. I will point at demographic data. Folks, I've been an ally. I worked with Mike for three years. Came in every day, three days a week. I worked with Mr. S doing the attendance calls.
029I was an ally. I don't mean to be shaking, but there's a lot of emotion on this one. And I don't understand. Without saying names, turn around, ask your kid, "What'd you do in school today?" "Hey, where's your test? Is this even a test? What do you mean the teacher is giving grades on student notes? What do you mean we're using a cartoon video for instruction? Not PBIS rewards, but instruction. I sat there in March and listened to teachers stand up and tell how they were the masters of content. I've been collecting this content. Work to wrap it up. John, yes. I'm trying to be professional, but I'm going to say this. We need a reevaluation. And I don't know where the problem lies. I don't know if it's structural or if it can be
030fixed. I blame supervision at the end of the day but this needs to be fixed. I will wait till Monday. All I am asking is a meeting superintendent principal and arrange a meeting. It doesn't have to happen between m somebody call me up and say let's make a meeting and represent the school board because I feel like there is a disconnect between the levels and that is all I'm asking. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. And I do have a copy of the latest emails. I've already printed out that packet and Mr. and copy my notes which is free. Thank you. That is the last of Okay. Thank you. Um yes. Yes. Go home to your wife. Um take care of her postsurgery. Um now that we each have these uh we can we can read
031through them. Um thank you for well presuming they're in chronological order. Um, we appreciate that and and I will say that that we don't normally respond to public comment, but Andy, you and I can can Yeah. can uh discuss this further later. Okay. Yeah. You folks remember Yes. Yeah. Okay. Thank you. Um and best well wishes wishes to your wife's recovery from that surgery. Okay. Okay. Um All right. Directors moving uh forward. Uh we do not have any special presentations or uh program highlights this this uh week or this month rather. Um so moving on to the consent agenda. Superintendent. Okay. Consent agenda. Consent business item 051425-5.0. Uh months this month's consent agenda contains the following item. The April 9th, 2025 board meeting minutes attached. April 23rd uh budget meeting minutes attached 2025 April uh
032financial statement enrollment update for the month. Uh policy GBNA/JHFF and JHFFGBNA. uh suspected sexual contact with students and reporting requirements. Policy GCA uh standards for competent ethical performance of Oregon educators. Uh policy GECA and JCAR admission of resident students and policy JEC admission of uh just general admissions. uh confidential contracts for 2527 two-year agreement for salary and benefits and the professional growth and evaluation handbook as reviewed and updated April 24th, 2025. Administration recommends approval of the consent agenda as presented and if there's an individual item, it can be pulled for a particular review. Okay. Directors, any uh uh discussion on this item? Nope. or chair be resolved that the Susla school district board approves a consent agenda as presented resolution 051425-5.0 consent agenda second resolution 051425-5.0 0 consent agenda motion made by Director Milenberger, seconded
033by Director Hly. Um, any discussion on the motion? Those in favor? I unanimous there. Moving on to 55, not 55, 61. Um, policy IKF graduation requirements. Uh, superintendent. Okay. Uh, policy IKF graduation requirements. Uh, second reading. Sorry. Yep. Uh item 0514256.1 policy IKF graduation requirements. Again, policies IKF, IKFB and JEC reflect similar uh program and language changes. Certificate of attendance replaces alternative certificate in uh foster care replaces foster child. There are other uh local districts uh beyond what is required by the state are also delineated in policy. uh acceptable uh alternative assessments for the OSAS to meet a minimum exit threshold are also specified as requested from the April 9th meeting. Minister recommends uh the board adopt policy IKF graduation requirements. Directors, any questions that stemmed from uh your your personal review of this policy?
034Um if you go to page 32 in your packet um item uh in the middle of the page uh 1B uh alternative to demonstrate the successful completion of the essential skills SAT ACT SAT subject test the classical learning test the AP test ASVAB uh and the test of English as a foreign language and the ACTs work test. uh these are the same tests that we used prior to the elimination of the essential skills standards by the state for graduation. So again, if students do not take uh the statewide assessment for some reason and again in 1A, we would edit the line opt out uh simply if they haven't taken it um they would have an option to take one of the others to give us the same thing that we would um again would have
035been 2022 uh before those standards were uh taken down by the state. So, um, we're kind of simply going back to where we were to make sure that we have a concrete standard, um, for graduation on the way out. Makes sense. Quick question on this. Will this data be reported? Let's say they opt out and they decide to go with another, you know, whether it's the um, you know, the SAT, you know, you know, um, AP testing, whatever the case might happen to be, ASVAB. um are is that data their competency or their ability to grasp you know topic? Yeah. Will that be reported to as it as the state testing would be because some of the stuff we're on because on the transcript uh we mark the essential skills and then we mark how
036it's completed either by work sample by alternative test or state or state assessment. Okay. Directors, any other questions or or comments on this uh on this item? Nope. All right. Motion would be in order. Chair be resolved that the SISA school district board adopts policy IKF graduation requirements as presented. Resolution 051425-6.1 policy IKF. Second. Resolution 051425-6.1 policy IKF graduation requirements. Motion made by Director Barnett, seconded by Director Pimlot. Um, all those in favor? Well, any discussion on the motion? Nope. Those in favor? I I Okay. Uh 62. And just a quick note uh with a few of these um discussion items, you know, of course, unless we need to discuss it further, um we should do the same either send both or send similar items to the consent agenda or vote on similar items just
037to make Debbie's life much easier. So, uh superintendent 6.2. So, uh item 051425-6.2, two policy IKFB graduation exercises second reading. Uh this reflects the change in terminology updating the different types of certificates uh that a student could be awarded. Uh students in in district sponsored alternative programs can also participate in commencement exercises. Students may wear items of cultural significance at graduation exercises. Uh this is expanded beyond prior citations uh for Native uh American or indigenous students and their right to wear items of cultural significance at graduations. Administration recommends that the board of directors stop policy IKFB graduation exercises. Okay. Uh directors, any questions or comments on on uh item 62? Nope. Good. Um Andy, any further commentary on this one? No. Nope. No. It's pretty straightforward. That That's a lot of these this month. Pretty
038straightforward, which I appreciate. Okay. So, Diana, you look like you're poised to do something. We'll do it. Right on. Board chair be it resolved that the Susla school district board adopt policy IKFB graduation exercises as presented. Resolution 051425-6.2 policy IKFB graduation exercises second. Resolution 051425-6.2 policy IKFB graduation exercises. Motion made by Director Pinlot, seconded by Director Miltonberger uh who beat out Director Cole. Um uh any discussion on the motion? Those in favor? I I Okay, moving on. 6.3. This one's not straightforward at all. Right, Malli? Okay. So item uh 0514256.3 uh senior class of 2025 request for graduation ceremony modific modification. Again by state law board of directors conferred diplomas upon graduating students at the commencement ceremony. Traditionally this is represented by the board management handing students their diploma directly dur on the evening of
039graduation. Uh in recent years students have requested that other district staff be involved in the actual distribution of diplomas. uh these staff have had significant impacts on the education of students. Minister recommends that the board review the proposal from the class of 2025 for the modification of the commencement ceremony. Okay. So, um Malli, would you like to um uh uh remind us again of that petition that you got circulated? Sure. Then go with your modified version. Yeah. Let me pull it up real quick. I'm just gonna go. Okay. Dear schoolboard representatives, we would like to formally inform you that we have revised our petition to corre request that Katie Snutden and our future success teacher, Miss Joslin, be the individuals to pres present diplomas at our upcoming graduation ceremony. This request comes from a place
040of deep appreciation and respect. Both Katie Snutden and Miss Josyn have made a significant and lasting impact on the lives of our senior class. Their dedication, mentorship, and support have played a crucial role in helping us reach this important milestone. We believe their involvement in the ceremony would make the occasion even more meaningful for the graduating students. We want to emphasize that this decision is made with no disrespect in intended towards the schoolboard representatives. Rather, our goal is to avoid any misunderstandings or disappointment among students who may have been expecting certain individuals to participate in this monument monumentous event. By choosing two figures who have been instrumental in our academic and personal growth, we hope to create a positive and more memorable experience for everyone involved. Thank you very much for your time, understanding, and
041thoughtful consideration to our request. So basically, we're wanting to include one of our schoolboard representatives and a person that we chose so that in the future is if another student comes and are like, "Oh, well, they did this last year." We still have the we had a school board representatives handing out our diplomas as well. And we have and I believe I don't know if Mr. H is able to talk or anything, but we have reached out to Katie and she said that she would be absolutely honored to hand out our diplomas as well. Okay, Mike, you look like you're you are going to say something. You don't have to. Just going to confirm that. Yes. Okay. Yeah. So, he turned the mic off, but he said that they had indeed reached out to Katie
042and and that she definitely would be available and honored to to do that. Um, you're jumping ahead, man. Okay. So the uh well Sheamus you go and then I I'll I got commentary. All right. So last meeting when this came up I said that with all due respect to my colleague I am opposed to this and the reason that I believe that the board represents the taxpayers of this community and the citizens of this community and the electorate of this community which is ultimately responsible for paying for and maintaining the school district should hand out the diplomas by themselves. Additionally, I don't see a reason why people would be disappointed since this is how it's been done in previous years. Um, I think that for a lot of reasons, for consistencyy's sake, not everyone has
043the same experience with every staff member and more people honestly know less about the board. I think that it avoids any potential conflicts like that. Additionally, I think that there's a strong possibility that if a board member has a graduating senior, they're going to want to do it again. And I feel very strongly that we should try to keep it consistent. Um, I'm mean absolutely no disrespect to any petitions or mali here and as someone who has filed a petition with the high school myself regarding block days several years ago, I completely understand the process. But at the same time, there have been individuals who have come up to me and said, "I I don't want this. I want it to go as it's gone before. Um, and for that reason, I would urge the
044board of directors to reject the petition and continue handing out the diplomas." Thank you. Thank you. Okay, directors, any thoughts, John? Well, you know, I've always got a couple. Whether you want to hear them or not, that's here or there. Um my my thought behind this is is um you know I'm a little little bit torn. Um this is the only year I'm gonna say I'm a little bit torn only because of um Katie's husband. That's the only reason I'm torn. I'll be perfectly honest with you because um you know he was a great man um and friend. And I will say this is there's a reason why we've always done it this way. This is typically why institutions do it this way is because this event your graduation when it's a accumulation of K
045through 12 that should be held with the reverence it deserves. This is a very big deal. This is the highest education that some students will ever get. Um, we always hope that we'll continue on, but for some people, this is the the the peak of their educational and it's honest with you, it's it's a long time coming. It's a lot of work put in to get here. And I think anything less than giving it the pomp and circumstance that it deserves and the seriousness that it deserves is really not giving the ceremony its full due diligence. Um, and I think by having the representatives of of the board of directors, like I said, there's a reason why we've always always done it that way is because um because ultimately that is the, you know, we
046are the elected officials. It's kind of the the the highest level on the on the board of directors. Um, you know, and so, like I said, I'm a little bit torn. I know there was one year a while back. Um, I can't remember how many years ago. I've been on this long enough. 2019. Was it 2019? Okay. Yeah. So, year before before CO that we had um I think you had two board of directors and then we had a staff member up there. I think it was Max Perry if I'm not mistaken. Um that was there also that shook hands, was able to take pictures, that type of thing. So, we did make a concession at that point for for that. Um, but I think to take the board of directors out of it and
047is would be a we be setting a dangerous precedent for something that we have taken so seriously for so long because this is a very serious um ceremony. I mean it's it's it's happy, it's great, it's all those things, but the same thing it's very emotional especially for the patrons involved i.e. parents, family, um, and those kinds of things that I just think it needs the, um, the gravity of the situation that it, that it deserves. And, um, I, you know, I had one more point here, but, it's, um, it's escaping me at the moment. So, maybe I'll come back to it. So, so as I'm now hearing three different comments and looking at this at the the three options down here, it's well and to and John to your point is the I don't
048think the word is conferred but the the diplomas the high school diplomas are are bestowed conferred given presented presented but well well that's that's yeah It's it's coming from the diploma itself is coming from the school district from the school board. Yes. Um, and so, however, what I'm I'm I'm interested to hear the rest, but what already what I'm hearing is, hey, I can have this thing and I can hand it to Miss Joslin who can then hand it to that student and therefore it is coming from the school board as a as a as a balance and compromise there. But that's just my my thought I wanted to get out before I lost it. Like John's last one, John. Yeah, I I agree with what you're you're saying there. I mean, um I think
049it would be awesome for to have Katie do it, but we would need another one of us to represent the board because if she's not act still, that's the only concern I would have. All in favor of Josh? No, if you want I I do it, but um there's still it still should come from the board. I think, you know, and I agree with with uh director Barnett to an extent, too. this is a very very important occasion and what they're asking is for someone that's really important to them to be able to hand out the the diploma and I agree with that part and I think having a compromise where you're having a board member touch the diploma give it to give it to the person that is very meaningful to them that they
050know and then perhaps even having a board member at the other end congratulating them. So, you've got the staff that they want in the middle. You've got a board member touching. You've got a board member congratul. It seems to me like that's a very nice compromise. Diana, any thoughts? Well, um I am torn as well. Um and I do think that this the graduation ceremony is that it it's a it's a ceremony. It's prestigious. you've worked hard for this and um it should be given the honor and due um due diligence and attention to the ceremony itself as as possible. I I'm in favor of tradition. I do want to see the board deliver those those diplomas. Not to say that we can't have or shouldn't have those representatives of the school that you've worked
051with so closely be there and participate in the event. I think that's true as well. I I would like to see that the diploma is delivered by a school board representative. And my only thing that I I skipped out a minute ago and this is something that came up I think in 2019 as well going off going from memory is that you know if we use a not use if we have a favorite teacher up there I'm going to use that word favorite um whoever the the the student body has picked out. The hard part of that is it's always a high school teacher. It's really does doesn't do justice to that elementary school teacher that may have kept that kid on on track that may have helped him get out of that IEP program
052that may have that so quickly gets forgotten because what's freshest in your mind is the high school teacher or the middle school teacher that maybe got you know so I'm just saying it to me it does a little bit of disjustice to you know some of the other buildings as well. So, so, so Diana, to your point, and to build on this, well, perhaps build on this, then do we do we flip the order from what my my previous comment was of of we have because there's always there's well, in the last couple of years, there's been two photographers. So, so Diana, would would a would a a reasonable compromise here be be there's Josh on stage handing that that diploma and then they take three more steps in front of the next camera person
053and are holding that thing with with the with Miss Joselyn or or or with with Katie? Would that would would that then in in your view kind of satisfy the the diploma being received from the board of directors? Uh flip flip your Yeah. Diane asked, "What do you think about that with her microphone off, but go I mean I I'm not I'm not in in a We don't want We also don't want to make it totally cumbersome, right? Yeah. What do you think about that?" No, I definitely I do really like that idea. Going off of what you were saying on just the high school teacher, we we chose Miss Jocelyn because she hasn't just been in our life in high school. She was a substitute for us all throughout middle school. And going into
054high school, she was our future success teacher and she was the first class that she kind of saw and substituted for and we were her first freshman class ever and that was our future success teacher. And I just felt like that would be she's made a big impact on a lot of our lives. And so I feel like going through middle school with her and going through high school with her, it was the right person to choose. Sure. Uh, real quick, James Tam, do you have Oh, I was I mean, I kind of agree with everybody. There's so many everybody kind of has the same idea, but I do like the tradition of at one point I kind of thought about having an idea of what Macaui has, but um I do like the idea
055of having a school board member or schoolboard members give the diploma. Um but I do like your idea of having somebody at the end who if they want to take pictures with, they could do that. Yeah, because we have had somebody even just write down last year we had uh we had principal Harkle Road right down at the bottom of the steps. I remember that. Um and so that that's also also with um remind me was there a camera person right there? No one. No, shooter. There was there was not a camera at that end of the stage. There were some shots from within, but it was not a formal one shot per student passing or per graduate. It was just some candid shots. Yeah. Um, Sheamus first and then and then to you, Morgan.
056Sheamus, go. I I agree fully with the picture idea. And I I mean, no disrespect to any of our staff. I like Miss Jaws a lot. She's been one of my favorites to meet, but I do ask that recency bias be considered. Okay, Moren. Okay. So, I I'm kind of agreeing with the idea of having at least a camera. So, you're you're taking a picture of of the person they know, but you're saying what an important occasion it is. And so, 10 years from now, you're showing your graduation picture and you're saying there's some guy that was on the board, some beer, and some lady that was on the board. I don't know who that was, but here's this person that I really liked and was really here for years. Um it seems to me
057like when you're looking in your uh memorabilia that having a face that you recognize is much more meaningful to the person who's graduating. So if I if I may please Andy again uh kind of anticipating what some of this uh was going to be. My suggestion would be again the first hand on the diploma of the night is that of a board member. board member selects the diploma out of the podium, hands it to whoever is the designated student representative uh that they've selected, that person gives it uh gives the diploma to the child directly. I mean, you as long as the first hand on the diploma of the night is a board member, you've conferred that. And then again, you accomplish the I guess the feel-good goal of having the student representatives there. Uh
058again, we can get four people up on the up on the podium. People can rotate through. Well, three three tight, one down on the ground. Um again, to rotate through because again, one person can't do the whole thing all all night long. That would be tough. So, yeah. So, Andy, are you saying don't have have the student rep hand out the No, the board members will hand that to the student to to the student requested person. To student requested person. Yes. Not the student reps. He did say student rep, but that was just a misspeak. So the board wouldn't hand it to any of the students at all. So you're No. No. Again, the board is the board's delivering the the diploma out. It's going to whoever the students have selected. So in theory, we're
059handing it to every student. So I can I just say that not not every student has selected these individuals. So, are we going to offer each student an opportunity to select the individual that they want to hand them their their diplomas? Right? I I mean that's that's one of the one of the issues I see here. um which has been the issue historically and I you brought a very valid point back to home you know um you know and my thought behind this is is and having such deep roots here as many of us do um raising five children here um a lot of these kids going through I know personally have been in my house are friends of my kids you know so it's not like it's just a strange guy handing them a
060diploma I mean some of these kids I've known since well before they were you know before they were a thought you know so um so that adds a level of complexity when you live in a very small town you know this was a Portland school district we have a different conversation you know but this is Florence Oregon so that adds a level of complexity to and grant there's a lot of these young people that I don't you know know firsthand but I can tell you you know I was just talking to my wife the other night about a handful of that are going through and I'm like you know just laughing and joking about all the goofy stuff they've and whatnot and just watching these kids grow up. So, but any case, Diana, yeah, I
061saying that it just makes me just brings up memories of me sitting in the hallway with, you know, some of your classmates on either side of me in the elementary school reading books. I you know I think we've all had opportunity to be involved with these kids and um so Sheamus uh I was going to remark that additionally everyone has a different experience with every person the person selected I'm not commenting on the person who is they propose has been selected character it's a general statement this is a very general statement everyone has a different experience with every person. Someone that might be Malli's favorite might have been my least favorite. I'm not saying that's the case in this situation. But I am saying that in general, I feel that the student body has less
062of those feelings towards the board since they haven't had that same level of interaction. And I feel that that is an additional consideration because for someone regardless of if how Malli or the other leadership students feel about that person, that person may have had a really bad experience with that person and I feel that the last thing we want to do is say, "Well, we have to get your diploma from them." That doesn't apply to the person who they propose, but it is a general comment going forward. Sure. And something to consider. Um John, one more note. Um my personal view on this would be as an individual board member is I think having Katie up there is a an in acknowledgement of her board service. Yeah. Acknowledgement of her husband's service to the community
063and to our district. I would think to me that could be a very much a somber yet celebrated exception to so to have her up there I think not only makes sense but I think is the right thing to do with an additional board member however we want to work that out. So that would just be my perspective on that. So then would just I'm just throwing out an idea here. Then at the base of a stairs with a stationed photographer have a per the petition have a Miss Joslin at the base of the stairs and if and again general general statement here if Miss Joslin wasn't your favorite walk on by. Nobody said nobody has to stop. So, uh, Diana and then Malli. Well, I wouldn't think there would be a reason why they
064have to be off the stage. I mean, they could be on the stage. To the stairs. Yeah. Didn't you say we had Mike did that? No. Yeah. Go. Yeah. And I I think I only said off the stage because that's that's that's what we kind of kind of finagled la last year. Small. Yeah. I would if we had the room, I think um placing them on the stage would be more appropriate. our program. Okay. Adding on to that, um, kind of bringing Mr. H into this, the reason that we kind of took H out of it is because he wanted to be at the end of the stage is because he said that that was kind of his celebratory moment of people calling him Mike and he really liked that place last year is being
065able to congratulate the students and having him down there. That's the spot that he wanted. So that's why we ultimately choose chose to switch it because we wanted to respect him and respect that he liked his spot down on off the stage. Okay. Well, directors, any other commentary or whoever's first to the microphone gets to pitch their pitch which of these options or chair be it resolved that the Susa school district board of directors rejects the class of 2025 petition to have student selected staff members confer diplomas. Resolution 051425-6.3 conferring and delivery of diplomomas. Second. Okay. So, resolution Z and and the word was confer. That was the first word. Okay. Resolution 051425-6.3 conferring and delivering of diplomas. Uh the the resolution on the table is option two that that the board rejects the class
066of 2025 petition to have student selected staff members confer diplomas. Any discussion on the motion? So that leaves out Katie I mean that leaves out all the discussion we just had, right? Is that true? because you're just having you're you're rejecting having student select to staff members offer diplomas at all. I think it it just simply eliminates the the the the conference or the transfer of the diploma. So, it will come from a board member. It doesn't mean that that Katie won't be involved in that. So, you're counting Katie as a board member in that in this motion. Real quick, just a a point of clarification because we've danced around it. Um Katie has resigned. We just aren't to that point yet. I'm clarifying for YouTube and and people here. Um and because she was
067not she was not running for re-election and with everything on her plate, she she did resign and that that comes up a little bit later. And so for the ambiguous speech in kind of in part of this discussion, that's that's what we were saying. And so my thought is we just reject the resignation and she's still a board member. But but Diana, Diana, sorry to interrupt. Go ahead and continue. So we're rejecting the petition to have the student selected staff members confer the diploma. That doesn't mean that Katie can't be there to shake the hand standing next to a board member who's conferring the diploma to congratulate. So, board member, KD, staff, those three up on the up on the stand. I don't think we need a resolution. I think we can all look each
068other in the eye and say that's Mike, this is our direction, you know, or Andy, tell Mike this is our direction. And so, Sheamus, one more. Uh, just quick, we have a resolution on the table, so we do have to quick procedural note. You could redo the motion with a direction that for the purposes of this recognizing director Sneden's participation in service as a board member will be specifically allowed to confer diplomas. Okay. So I got I'm I'm noodling noodling this out in my head. So, we have a resolution. We have a resolution on the table. That's it. Well, well, I can I can call for a vote and if nobody votes, we did this one time before and somebody voted and if nobody votes and dies and a new resolution can be made or
069we can vote this one down. So, I'm going to say all in favor of the motion to reject the petition. Okay. No votes were cast. Therefore, motion dies. I don't get to I don't know what I would do anyway. That's the best part of this job. This is the best part of the job, not having to make motions. But somebody better get their pen handy because I'm not going to be able to remember what I'm going to tell you. Go look at option three. Is it is it somewhat fitting? Option three. I'm make a modification of option two. Okay, write it down. We're all gonna We're all going to hum the Jeopardy tune that I don't know for this. Yeah. Okay. Thank you for for being Johnny on the spot with that that now Malli's
070nine and a half minutes late to wherever she had to go. YouTube land is thrilled right now. Isn't this like the like the like the cardinal sin of of live broadcast is dead air? Yeah. Dead air is so so there was here. Okay. Hey, while they're writing that out, uh, YouTube land, uh, check out this story that I told Moren earlier. So, um, I lived in the Dominican Republic for two years, and some of the interesting things that they do is if you say something that there isn't understood, they just crinkle their nose. And so, when you don't understand that gesture, you say something to somebody and they crinkle their nose and then you just stare in this awkward silence. Kind of like the awkward silence of dead YouTube air. And then also instead of
071pointing at things they they point with their lips. And so you just you you point it you kind of little head nod and point with your lips everywhere. So So Dominicans are awesome. Yeah. What I'm gonna do here is I'm just speaking outside of school. finish this up as I'm going to say I don't have any other stories that you know the classition to have students selected staff members confer diplomas be rejected however we are going to uh if you were a little better here but it's going to allow Katie Sten as second position and students selected staff member as third position on stage so I think that's basically hang on Miss and that's it. We're not doing so. We can just do that. And so would you also, Diana, would you also want a
072a second board member up there? Okay. So, so Katie as a board member, a second board member, and then a Yeah. Okay. Then a staff. So, you've got Katie. Yeah. Current board member staff. One second. Everybody agree on that. By the way, Sheamus has something. I think so. Sheamus. Go. So, the the exact wording writing she's writing out a version two. the the the exact wording I was proposing is reject the position petition. However, for the purposes of the 2025 graduation ceremony, count director Sneden or former director Sneden as a board member for the purposes of conferring. Yes. And that I think Diana, if I'm not mistaken, that is what you're noodling out right now. Yeah. Selected staff. That's the Yes. We can make that we can give that as an instruction but it can
073happen. Yes. All right. Yeah. Okay. YouTube. What's up everybody? Man, I thought we were going to fly through all of these because there's so much clerical stuff, but I'm Yeah. Well, I also I Well, I'll just I'll thank everybody for their candidness and saying what they think even though it's not what others are wanting and or expecting. So, thank you. I think we should just make Andy Moral have the final say. Yeah. Are we writing the motion? Yeah. Okay. Okay. Oh, okay. Malli has another appointment so she's heading out. Nobody tell Maui the outcome of this vote. Yeah. Thank you, Malli. Yes. Thank you for your time. Okay. So, we're going to hear this resolution. John G. Board Chair Beer resolved that we reject the class of 2025 petition to have the student selected staff
074members confer diplomas. However, for the 2025 commencement ceremony, allow former schoolboard member Katie Snedden to confer diplomas. Uh resolution 051425-6.3 revised option two, conferring and delivering of diplomas. Yes. Do we need to say that for Katie to participate should because that sounds like she would be the only one this your your standard protocol is board members. Yeah. Okay. So again like um this just allow her to participate. Yeah. Just her to participate. You're ready. Second. Got it. Okay. Sean, may I have that so I can repeat it for the record? Thank you. Okay. Resolution 051425-6.3 conferring and delivery of diplomas stated as uh uh option two modified option two reject the class of 2025 petition to have student selected staff member confer diplomas. However, for the 2025 commencement ceremony, allow former school board member Katie
075Snedden to confer diplomas. Any discussion on the motion? Those in favor? I I Okay, I will give this to you. You want this now? You. Okay. All right. Six. Uh, yes. Yeah. Hey, YouTube. Sorry about that. Um, uh, 6.4 for health curriculum adoption for 25 through 2032. Man, that seems like a long time away. Superintendent uh item 0514256.4 uh action item uh adoption of health curriculum for the next 7-year cycle 2025 to 2023rd 32. Uh the following move u materials have been selected by the local building committee to be presented to the board of directors. Uh, high school uh, comprehensive health school, high school skills for health, good heart Wilcox 2025. Middle school comprehensive health skills for middle school, Goodart Wilhox 2025. Elementary school, The Great Body Shop, Children's Health Market, 2024, and supplemental uh,
076curriculum adoption for all schools, Wayfinder, future and career readiness lessons, wayfinder 2025. Uh, there has been a public review of the uh, public materials from April 25th through May 9th, 2025. Um, and administration recommends the board directors adopt the materials as provided uh for the uh for the uh why does that say high school science curriculum? This is mistyping uh for the uh uh health curriculum adoption for the 2025 202032 material cycle. Okay. Directors, any questions on uh on our review of the curriculum review? Um I have a question on the um price for this. Is this per year or this is total for the seven years? Seven years. Okay. Thank you. Did we receive any public comments on it? We had uh one person review it remotely. Had one person come in with no
077submitted comment afterwards. I guess I had a question. I had a question on the the high school one. Um they're all marked good, there's no excellence. Is that how it meets standard standard? But there not another one available. Was that what? There was two available at the high school level and we went with the one that matched the middle school level and one at the elementary. Oh, okay. That met all state stands. There there was originally only a single program that passed the state standards for the high school. The publisher we went with took notes from OD and made adjustments to the online portion of their curriculum. It is not officially on the list because that date has come and gone, but they have bridged the gap between the Oregon standards. Oregon has some very
078specific standards in health and wellness that makes it difficult for the publishers to keep up. Good. Thanks for that insight, Sheamus. Uh, another reason why the high school one is the way it is is that that's the same publisher we've used before. And my understanding is that for the high school and middle school books that most of the content is the same, so it doesn't disrupt our flow in the health class or create extra staff burdens. Sure. Thank you, directors. Any other comments? Then we'd be ready for a motion. Mr. Chair, be it resolved that the Suslaw School District Board adopts healthcurricular materials as recommended by building and staff committee for 2025 to 2032 is presented. Resolution number 051425-6.4 health curriculum adoption for 2025 through 2032. Second. Resolution. Did you have another? Well, time out.
079One second. Resolution 051425-6.4 health curriculum adoption for 2025 through 2032. Motion made by Director Milenberger, seconded by Director Habberly. Any discussion on the motion? Sheamus. Um, real quick, is this the core or the supplemental two in this motion? Are they all core and supple? Okay. Oh, they're they're in one motion. All right. Well, I I apologize. I thought we were just doing core and supplemental as separate motions, but uh with regards to the wayfinder, um the entirety of the curriculum was not available for review. I asked the district, it's no fault of theirs. I don't think the company provides all of it. I looked over the samples, but I think that not being able to see the full curriculum is an issue. Additionally, if you go to their charge sheet, it's 95 total, but about
08010,000 a year. Um, I believe that this is all online, not with physical products. I think that it's a little steep for that. Um, and I feel that the board should only adopt things that have been reviewed and looked over their entirety as opposed to just partially available because if you look back there, it's only like a sampling of the full thing. Sure. Thank you, Mr. roller. Mr. H, would you like to comment on the uh review of Wavefinder, please? As I mentioned earlier, the Oregon standards are peculiar set for most of publishers to keep up with. Wave Wayfinder is a an Oregonbased supplement that fills many of the gaps. uh two most specifically Add's Law and Erin's law, which are specific acts of legislation that the schools have to to be working on in
081classes. They provide lessons for each of those that bridge the gap. The tricky thing for a high school is we teach health only for a typical student moving through freshman year and again junior year. Add's law and Aaron's law require specific treatment and instruction all four years of high school. Wayfinder gives us a lesson that is similar because they deal with some some touchy information. And so this helps to keep the information to keep the lessons delivered to students very uh very straightforward, very honest. It also is going to give us a bank of lessons we can use that to augment our PBIS program. We don't plan to use all 35 lessons or so that wayfinder has published. We will pick and choose from them to fill gaps in our current curricula. Okay. Thank you,
082Andy Moral. Yeah. Uh thanks. You covered all the main points. Um, I know I think another thing to consider too, this is a researchbased curriculum. Uh, it's based out of Stanford as well, but it's a home it is a homegrown in Oregon. Um, they don't publish all of their lessons because it is proprietary. And by putting that information out there, it would allow for basically copyright infringement and others to use those lessons um without paying for them, which they are still a company that you know is out for Bravo. Now, on a limited lesson, on a limited basis, you've used Wayfinder this year as part of the um stronger connections grant, and you've had full access. and we've had full access and our teachers have overwhelmingly liked it considerably better than the other programs that
083we've been using. Okay. Is there any particular reason why they didn't have like a user guest user portal access or anything? Uh they're still working on that. They're they are a fairly young company. Okay. though they they are working on a guest. There is a parent portal that parents can access once like that we can hand out, but that's after it's been purchased. Thank you, Sheamus. So, um my first thing that I wanted to mention is we said that we're only going to be using a smattering of the license. For that reason, I would like to question why we would purchase a full site license to something. wrong only use the spattering of and secondly um when I reached out to inquire for full access I think we'll pick this up but and uh and
084while you're grabbing that um uh stay facing the mic so that well not just YouTube but so that I can hear you of course um and then this is all that they provide it has a smattering of the lessons but what I would like to remark is that the great body shop curriculum is proprietary, but you can read through a paper copy of it here at the district office. You are so inclined in its entirety. When we adopted the science curriculums, the science curriculum had a portal. I think that, you know, we do have to be careful with what we adopt and I think not having the public or myself as a student representative be able to look through the entire curriculum is a little bit concerning. And to the point before, I do think
085that we should look into if we're only going to use a few of the lessons, not buying a full site license. So, the middle school is going to use it much more extensively. So, we will be using all of the lessons. They are customized to each grade level. Um, and they do build on each other sixth through 8th grade and then into high school as well. Um, so you know, although maybe the high school isn't going to use every lesson, the middle school is going to be using it quite a bit more extensively. Okay. Thank you, directors. Any other comments or questions? I did research um tried researching some of these online and kind of like what Sheamus was saying, there is not much on there to actually research. So I I mean that this
086is a hard one because you we don't quite know what their what the programs are, I guess. Yeah. Okay. I guess my concern I didn't didn't really think about it until just now, but a a point that was made was that aren't all like the science English curriculum curriculum that we adopt isn't that all proprietary though? So why would this company hold it? So not I'm not looking for a conspiracy. I'm just saying I'm just trying to get a better understanding as to why they operate differently. Their platform u teachers can download when you're in the platform. You can download all of those powerpoints and lessons. You can't necessarily do that with things like the science curriculum. Um they're also updating their lessons constantly as well. that doesn't necessarily happen with a lot of the
087other curriculum or a paper book um that they'd pick only a certain smattering to share with people. I feel like when you're only given a small sample, I can pick the best or the least controversial things to put in my small packet sample and then because of that, anything else could be in the full curriculum that we haven't seen. John we are dealing with more of a controversial topic than we are English curriculum or even science or especially math. I mean math is what it is. Um but a health curriculum in this day and age we are dealing with more of a contro potentially controversial issues I could see. Um and once again I'm not looking for you know uh that there's an issue. I'm sure the the company's just fine, but before we give
088them $95,000, it would be nice to be able to have a better perspective on what exactly we're purchasing. Especially if there is, heaven forbid, something up there that did come up as being controversial and we had this conversation and didn't do anything about it and didn't know, we would definitely have egg on our face. That's my concern. Okay. Um Andy and then Mike. Again, I would say for right now again uh you strip the supplemental curriculum. Again, we can tell the company we need a complete readown or we need a portal access or it can get approved. That's all. Or or we prove it. Mike. Yeah. I think the controversial lessons that are part of the health and wellness programs that that the lessons or the topics that might introduce controversy those are in the
089standards themselves. They are not in the lessons are not in the curriculum. Those are addressed in the standards that we're required to teach. This gives us a common tool that we can tell parents this is how we're handling suicide prevention. This is how we're talking about sexual identity. This is how we're talking specifically about sexual abuse and how students can report it. Those are the laws, Aaron's law and Add's law that we're responsible for teaching that are absent from the current curriculum. I feel better having a common set of tools for all teachers to use at each grade level as opposed to individual teachers having the freedom or frankly the responsibility to build it as they go. This is a much more reigned in approach on those controversial subjects. No, and I agree with your
090perspective on that entirely. Makes perfect sense. The only thing that I would say is just from a transparency perspective, I think it would be nice to be able to at least be able to review that. I'm sure it's fine. I know it's a great tool that we need, especially from the way you just described it. That shed a whole new light on it, Mike, and I thank you for that. Um but I just think for element of transparency being a public body it would just and you know responsibility for 95,000 public dollars it would be good just to be able to see it say great now we feel comfortable about let's move this let's get this tool in the hands of the people that need it which is you guys Diana have we been using
091this program so so we have access to the information now but I can't give you access. I don't I don't have because this is going further. Go to the mic so that people online can hear. Thanks Andy. But don't we have the tools? At this point I can't create you an account individually. I can't give Sheamus an account. It's just for the students in my building. I can reach out to Wayfinder and see if that's an option. But don't we have the the tools and the and not to say to copy what they're what they're putting together, but we have the information that we can establish standard curriculum for our students that would cover the the content in Aaron and Natty's law that we need. I guess I'm not I mean we're you could build
092a curriculum, right? I mean you could assist your your teachers to develop a curriculum that is standard having experience with the wavefair program. Yes, you could. It it's quite time consuming to do so to build to build the program from scratch. Well, I wouldn't I wouldn't say to build the the entire program from scratch, but to to um supplement Yes, that would provide the education needed to um align with Add's and Erin's law. And can we do that for $95,000, Mike? Yeah. Not in the standardized way. And that's that's al this is also K12. This is also a multi-year purchase, sevenyear, right, on the licensing. and and it does categorize that in the actual estimate. Sheamus, so with regards to that, if we did want to explore that option, perhaps during the summer, some staff
093members from the various schools could get together, create the things required just under the laws, not additionally, but just as required by the laws for all the grade levels as we have to do. Make sure all that's aligned. And I I'm sure that could be accomplished for less than this. We adopt what's their product. That way it's all district, all ours. And that way we have full control over what it is. Thank you. Andy, your mic's on. Do you have something? Well, I'm going to say right now, I'm not committing staff to any summer work. Yeah. And there is more in this than just the Add's law and Aaron's law. There's social emotional learning for each developmental level across. And again, I I think the best action is to put this off until we can
094get portal access for people that don't want to look at every little bit they can because I'm again having sat through two presentations and knowing that the middle school staff has had full access to this for a year. I'm satisfied with what's there. But if people want to inspect the individual elements again, we're going to request from them that we get some sort of portal access so people can look at it. So is that an amendment to your recommend your recommendation? My recommendation is that the board do not vote on this and leave it till June. Okay. On even the core? Even the core because we don't have to submit anything till July 1st for purchase. Yeah. is not a good idea. Yeah. Okay. Okay. So, 6.4 will be pushed to the June meeting. I
095have a point of order. Yeah. You have a motion on the table. We have to deal with the motion. Wait, wait. Was there was there a motion on There was a motion. Oh, there was a motion. So, we just just Oh, that's right. Nobody That's right. Okay. So remind me what the motion was to accept. Yes. Okay. Thank you Debbie for that. Okay. So back to the resolution on the table. Resolution 051425-6.4 health curriculum adoption for 25 through 2025 through 2023. It was made by Director Miltonberger, seconded by Director Hly. All those in favor? Motion dies. Okay. To be pushed forward after um we'll we'll cross our fingers and hope for portal access um to review the wayfinder curriculum. Um and moving on uh 6.5. Superintendent. Okay. Uh first reading of an uh annual organization
096requirements item 051425-6.5. Uh the board is required to adopt organizational requirements of the district each new school year. The organizational requirements are presented in advance of the new school year for adoption at the final meeting of this uh school year in 2025. Uh while board meetings are typically held on the second Wednesday of each month, the months of July, August, and November have been shifted to accommodate other commitments and administration recommends approval of the organizational requirements. So, directors, we just have to do this by the uh last meeting of the year. Um, and seeing as this is our first reading, uh, of course, we can entertain comment and question now. Um, but I would I would just say that we push this to a second reading in in June, but I'm not the final say
097on anything. Yeah, because the the other thing that may come up that could modify this is there. There's some staff discussion about the need to move the early release Friday to Wednesday. Um we have been midweek before. Uh general consensus from a lot of staff is that Friday is the wrong day of the week to do it. Uh again, they're kind of tired and burned out at the end of the week and putting their professional development and meeting time in the middle of the week would better meet their instructional and developmental goals. H. Okay. Any other thoughts on uh or questions on this item? Good to consider it for another little bit and push it to June's meeting for a second read. Okay. Moving on. 6.6. Finalize the budget. Uh superintendent. Uh item 051425-6.6 Six
098finalized budget 2025 2026. Uh the adoption of the 202526 budget is required by June 30th, 2025. Uh with the approval of the annual operating budget by the budget committee on April 23rd, 2025, uh the board of directors has this additional opportunity to discuss any potential modifications of the budget of the budget prior to form adoption. Is the curriculum that we just discussed is that in the budget? Yes, that would be under the curriculum um improvement budget code and it is accounted for. Yes. So So correct me if I'm wrong. If if ultimately if that curriculum over there gets denied, we still have funds for curriculum just like any budget that we have that you you still have that budget code in there and that um amount. um those can be distributed. Um you can ask
099for a supplemental budget after that adoption if you'd like. Um if there were any changes that were over the um is that five 5 by 5% or 10 10% anything over 10% you can call for a supplemental budget. We will be doing one for this year as well. So you can do that at any time. Great. Thank you. Any other questions on this item? Directors. Okay. I don't know. I don't know if it's a it's question on this item, but I did have a question for you, Andy, about the email that you sent today about the be the cuts that we had to make, right? And what actually spurred those cuts because there seems to be some information running around out there. It's well I think there was some assertion that it was all that
100the only federal money that was ending was COVID fun or ESR related funds and again like we we built the budget and presented it on a 25% reduction of title one funds right we were told to prepare for that again we're talking about three things the that reduction uh PERS increases and then um the decline in enrollment right now So what specifically had is the primary uh reason for the reduction in staff? That's more what I was looking at because it seemed like they were trying to conflate a couple of things. Well, again, because re again expenses are up and revenue are down and and and we have fewer kids in the district. We had some natural consolidation to begin with, but we also had about a 3% budget gap, right? And that's again what
101we absorbed with those either reassignment to open positions and then closing out other right because some of that was contrition. Yes. Some of it was attrition. So again in the end you have like 14 total positions that are touched in you know again with this restructuring. Um and again it winds up in four total layoffs, three certified and one classified, right? Because mo again most of the people again found a a place area. Yes. And again I think there was some a bit of confusion because there was a again um well there was only going to be two cuts. No, there was two certified positions outside the regular classroom. There are two math interventionists. there are two um you know reading interventionists. And so again, people thought that well, it's just the two positions outside
102the budget we're getting cut or we're gonna cut one of two or the other. And it's like again with the realignment and moving people to open positions that are otherwise qualified, right? That's that's again where the consolidation is. And correct me if I'm wrong, the federal a lot of the federal funding is that's a smaller percentage. It's it's a smaller percentage, but it's directly related to again the behavior program at the middle school. Mental health counseling. No, not mental health counseling. The mental health counseling is coming from a different grant. That one will be phased out at the end of next year. Oh, 26 2026. Okay. And then we've got Oh, some of our um uh aid support for individual remediation. That that is all within title one as well. Okay. Is it true that
103the primary driver behind these realignment cuts is is PERS? Is them is them is the primary driver or is that No, it's student population. Okay. Again, because again, we've been we've been kind of working down on this. It's been about 10 to 20 kids. It's settled in at about 25 in the last two years. So that's again how many how much per student? 12 11,000 roughly. And so again, that's $260,000. Um, and then again, our 25% reduction in title cuts about $275,000. Um, again, and the PERS increase. And so again, we can't run that any further into next year. Uh, again, because again, the PERS increases hits us twofold. Again, it's the rates are going up, but they're also going up at a time that we're coming off a rate credit with the bond ending.
104With the bond ending, right? And so and again and with that bond possibly ending prior to June of next year, we still have to pay debt service on it. Oh, right. And that's again that's an out that's a big hit. Um, so again there's three again there's three things and I think they're kind of running parallel. It is again because they're they're almost the same numerical amount of money when you look at it as again there isn't one that's again it's not like it's 90% is coming from this or that. See that's what I wanted. No, it's again you got about 250 to 300,000 in each category and we're running about again a million short. Yeah, thank you. Um, so, uh, Sheamus, go. Uh, another kind of misinformation piece that I've heard from a couple
105of people, just to clarify for anyone watching, we're making cuts out of budgetary necessity, not just because we want to make cuts. Correct. Absolutely. Absolutely. Yeah. Yes. Again, if you if you ever have to sit with somebody and tell them that they've lost their job, you don't do that willy-nilly. You do it because again it's a necessity and the only thing you can do. Yes. I I just had heard that from some people. I wanted to make sure we cleared it up. Yeah, we'd much prefer to add add baby. Um okay. So this this needs approved by June 30th. Um so this is this essentially from the budget meeting to this meeting. This is a first read. So, directors, we can vote on this tonight unless there was more that you would like to to
106research out and ask either uh CC or Andy about and we can push it to a second read in June. So, mo it's it's open for either a resolution or a suggestion to take it to a second read. I think I would suggest you take it to a second read simply because again we had state revenue forecast come out today. I haven't had a chance to analyze it and we are still waiting on whether or not they're going the state is going to what their final budget number is going to settle on. Okay. Right. Typically we have a much better uh concrete feel on that as of this point of the year and right now we don't especially what again there's a significant downturn in the economic forecast just when I read the summary this
107morning. Um so and again so we're going to see where our final number ends at and then we also need to know about our um uh sped cap enhancement if it is going to change from 11% and go up. Okay they vote they vote they haven't voted on that piece yet. there isn't a final number to the budget that at the state level. Again, we're being told that again like our planning number is good, but we don't know where the extra would come from to pay for um the additional uh sped sped service again. And if that happens, that also provides the money that some of the people that are listed as layoff could be brought back and recalled before the end of the year. So, yeah. Okay. Thank you. Thank you for that additional
108information. and that just makes complete sense. So, uh, directors, unless there's any other comment on 66, um, we will we will entertain it again in June. Um, so moving forward, uh, to 67, the budget calendar. And this is also this is a similar thing. So, let's let's discuss what we need to discuss and then but this would also move to a second read to make Debbie's life easier. So, ours as well. So 0514256.7 budget calendar for fiscal year 2026 2027 again a board will adopt an annual budget calendar that identifies dates activities and deadlines required for legal presentation and adoption of the budget. Superintendent will prepare and recommend a proposed calendar for approval by the board. Draft calendar is provided for review, discussion and management and future adoption. Um now coming out of our last
109set of budget meetings um we looked at two different potential schedules. Um again you have an option one and an option two and then and in the option and in both we're basically adding the we're going to set the second budget meeting in but it it determines how we do orientation. So that way we can have orientation, people have time to do the materials, and then there can be a question and answer period prior to the first meeting when we do our regular review. Um, and so option one, you've got a mandatory budget orientation um to again uh setting us up on April 2nd for that first uh Wednesday meeting. Um setting a a deadline for um again preliminary questions after initial review. then we can launch into those on April 8th. And then setting
110a second budget meeting again knowing that we'll probably need discussion. It's easier to set the meeting now and cancel it than what we've been doing is saying we can have a second meeting and then trying to find a date and time later at the first meeting. And so let's just plot that meeting now and if we need to drop it, we can drop it. That's much easier. Yeah. um and the difference in the time frame in option two. Again, we do an orientation um at the introduction of the budget meeting and then um we hold a period uh again for four or five days for initial questions to come in. That way we can do our research and have them prepared for the public input meeting on the 22nd and then scheduling your second meeting
111uh April 29th or May 6th. um and get that on the calendar. So again, once you have time to review, we can um take a look at um what works. Yeah, I I like I was leaning towards option two, but um we all in agreement that pushing this to a second read with the with the budget itself. Okay, so review it again. Um okay. Uh 68, superintendent. Okay. Item 051425-6.8 inter agency agreements with Goil School District, Mapleton School District, Myrtle Point School District, Blley School District, and Lewis Transportation Incorporated. Um, Miss H, do you want to take you want me to take this one? Yeah, I will. Sorry. Yeah. Oh, absolutely. Okay. CC, I didn't see your name here. Yeah. So, okay. Okay. Uh so for many years uh the department of motor vehicles has
112executed a formal written inter agency agreement that authorized Oregon Department of Education to operate uh as a third-party commercial driver licensing skills testing entity while OD has the responsibility for state school bus driver certification. OD DMV has accountability to the federal uh motor carrier safety administration for CDL testing and licensing. OD does not employ the skills test examiners who administers the test to drivers written subcontractors were ever establishing no verification that insurance and shy bond requirements were being met. Uh the agencies have completed a process for the com app compliance and the district entered into an IGA with coil mapleton myrtle point school districts as well as Lewis transportation. Uh these agreements end on July 1, 2025 and all entities expressed contract renewal is attached. Uh Blastley School has requested the services for 2526 and
113that agreement is attached as well. Again uh please note thirdparty skills test examiners must be administering the skills test in their employment by a third party testing entity under contract. Inter agency agreement or intergovernmental agreement with DMV. Uh school districts are required to enter inter agency thirdparty tester agreements with other school districts or school bus companies to provide testing services to those entities. Each third test third party testing entity must be covered by workers compensation, general liability, and OD insurance uh that meets requirements or be self-insured and exempt from those requirements. OD will continue to be the authority for school bus driver certification and trainer programs and continue to regulate those rules programs with individual districts. The attached agreement was reviewed by PACE. Administration recommends approval of the inter agency agreements as presented. Thank you.
114And this is similar to uh um we this is renewed yearly. Yes, it is. Yeah. So, so well all of us here saw this last year as well. John. Oh, okay. Well, any any comment on the on this item? All right. John, resolution. Board chair. Be it resolved that SASA school district board adopts the inter agency agreement as presented. Resolution 051425-6.8 8 inter agency agreement bus driver testing second resolution 051425-6.8 Eight inter agency agreements bus driver testing motion made by director Barnett seconded by director Cole. Any discussion on the motion? Those in favor? I I Okay. Um superintendent moving on to uh 6.9. Okay. Uh item 0514256.9 business of the board accept resignation of board member uh school board director Katie Snedden position 6 submitted resignation from the board on April 22, 2025. policy BBB
115states that a resignation becomes effective when officially accepted by the board at its next regular meeting. Uh the board will accept the resignation and declare the vacancy uh with only the regular June meeting left in this term of the school board. School board uh directors not necessarily need to fill the vacancy immediately. The upcoming election on May 20th will determine a position for position six in the next term. Administration recommends the board director accept the resignation of director Snedden as per local board policy. Directors, any comments on this item? Okay. Um, well, uh, a resolution is is, uh, uh, I don't have a word. I've lost my word. Um, a resolution would be appropriate. Um, but but prior to that, um, it's understandable. Um, I think we've all seen Katie's Katie's letter. Um it's understandable.
116It's it's heartbreaking. Um and uh and we appreciate her last um four years serving the students of Siso School District and many years before that um but the last four as serving as a a school board director. So Katie, thank you. And a motion would be in order. We're chair. This is very difficult one to do but very necessary. Uh, be it resolved that the Suslaw School District Board accepts the resignation of Director Snos position six from the Suslaw School Board of Directors. Resolution 051425-6.9 accept resignation of board member. Second. Resolution 051425-6.9 accept resignation of board member of director Snedden in position six. Um, motion made by director Milenberger, seconded by director Cole. Any discussion on the motion? All those in favor? I I uh 610 policy IKF AR. Okay. So, uh policy IKF AR,
117middle school standards for high school readiness. Uh item 051425-6.1 first reading as a complement of policy IKF specific standards are defined for middle school students in their preparation for high school administration recommends the board of directors adopt policy IKF AR middle school readiness middle school standards for high school readiness. Okay directors this is also a first read. Um any questions uh per your review? Uh Sheamus uh just wanted to speak in favor of it. Um, I think this is a wonderful, very necessary step that needs to be taken to raise standards and prepare our students for further success in high school. Yeah, I concur with that. Okay. So, um, well, it is a first read and we haven't voted on a first read in a little bit. So, we can vote or we should do
118a second read in June. Yeah, we haven't done that in a while either. Yeah. All right. 6.10 to the consent agenda. Head nods for that. Consent agenda. Real words make more sense. Okay. Um so, oh wait, time out. Okay. No, this is IKJ. It's a different one. All right. So, um directors, uh to 611 and these next couple um regarding medication, they need to they need to lump together. So whichever we do with these we should do to the next two. So 611 superintendent. Okay. Uh item 051425-6.11. It's the previous it's the next next two. This one's not. Sorry. It's okay. Uh policy IKJ and IK artificial intelligence first reading. Uh this policy defines the limitations and requirements for the use of artificial uh and generative AI in classes. Generative AI models can take input
119such as text, image, audio, video co and code and create new content into new modalities. As mentioned, copyright infringement, plagiarism, and the submission of personally identified information are potential problems with the use of general AI platforms. Administration recommends the board of directors adopt policy IKJ and IKJ AR artificial intelligence. Thank you. Um my comment on this is with you know if you follow even a little bit of how AI is you know exponentially changing almost on a daily basis I'd imagine this this policy is going to have to be revisited numerous times over the over the coming months and years. Um but other than that comment and uh I'll I'm going to maybe steal what Morin was going to say. I guess there was pretty robust discussion about this in the policy meeting as well
120as far as um nailing the wording and and getting things done and they had a couple of uh passionate AI enthusiasts. Um so any any other comments on this item and being a first read uh we can push. Did you have a Jamie go? Oh oh oh I just wanted to say for the record if anyone's curious the passion AI enthusiasts were myself and Mr. There. There you go. There you go. Um, okay. The All right. So, we can push this one to consent or to a second read. Revisiting the policy. Yeah. Time and time again just various reasons. So, 611 being moved to the consent agenda for June. Now it's these two um JHCD JHCD AR and then this pending the vote on 612 would supplant 613. So we need to keep these two
121together and this is a first read superintendent. Uh item 0514256.12 policy JHCD and JHCD- AR medications. Uh there are a host of changes in Oregon law administrative rules regarding the administration of medication to students and for student self- administration in a school setting. Uh this includes changes uh from House Bill 2002 uh and 2395 passed in the 2023 legislature and Senate Bill 1552 passed in 24 legislature uh which impact statutes 339866 through 339871 and includes rules on administration of medication in OAR 5810210037 which include the new rules on short acting uh opioid antagonist as administration of directors adopt JHCD and JCDR medications and that short acting opio that's Narcan, right? Nan. Yeah. Okay. Um so uh and really a lot of what this one is this is bringing us up to date with our policies
122with the uh the state statutes. So any discussion on this one? I just wanted to make a comment because you took my comment from last time. So I'm gonna make feel bad about stealing it. I know you don't. No, I just wanted to say that uh during the policy committee uh we had the nurse here and he was just he had every word down and it was real educational and very um very interesting discussion to have him really explain in detail what all this meant. So it became more than just a whole lot of words. So I was real impressed with his presentation and concern. So Moren, what what kind of mind powers do you have? because I just said, "I don't even feel bad about it." And when I finish that statement, whatever you
123thought made my hamstring cramp up. So, well done on whatever mental telepathy you have to have made that happen. You're wiggling your nose or something. Okay. Something. Good heavens, that was not comfortable. All right. So, um I don't even know where we are. Superintendent, where are we? We're on uh 6.14. Uh, item 051425-6.14, real estate transaction. Wait, what do we do with 12 and 13? Oh, I thought you were going to put it consent agenda. Yeah, sorry. We we good with consent agenda? Okay. So, and so do you need to give us the little rundown of 613? Uh, again 613 uh it is the old policy. It needs to be deleted again. So when you Yes. Yes. So again, so she put both on the consent agenda. Uh we'll we'll add one and remove one
124at the same time. Hey. Okay. 6 614. Okay. Um real estate transaction. Uh item 0514256.14. Again, Slicer School District owns a 1.0 acre parcel of land that lies within the boundaries of a state park. This parcel has been owned by the district since consolidation of school districts in Oregon. As the parcel is several miles from campus, it's not feasible to develop the property as a land lab and is not ideally suited for other educational purposes. Being within a state park, continuing to own uh the property would create potential liability for the district as visitors to the park may travel across the parcel during recreation activities. administration recommends that the board of directors accept the offer from the Oregon Parks and Recreation District to sell the district own property that lies near the seed ahead state
125scenic viewpoint. John, oh you okay any uh discussion on this item? Um and also just for anybody that came to the meeting late uh we had an executive session that we've already discussed this so um because that's what our policy dictates. Um, and so John, looks like you're ready for a resolution then. Uh, board chair resolved that the ISL school district board approves the sale of the Lane County tax lot 161234 50 tax lot 50. Yeah. Okay. To Oregon Parks and Recreation Department as revised to be facilitated on a bargain and sale deed. Resolution 051425-6.14 real estate transaction. Second. Okay. Resolution 051425-6.14 uh real estate transaction that the board will be approving the sale of Lane County Tax Lot 16S12W34 zeros there 50 to the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department as amended with a bargain
126and sale deed. Did I word that right? Okay. Uh, any discussion on the motion? Those in favor? I I um uh John, just because this just because this popped into my head, um I I just want to state this for for public record. Um even though John is a real estate broker, um he has other than a board director, he has nothing to do with this transaction. So So this is just there's there's no conflict uh of interest or anything in that in that regard. So, um, that's 100% accurate. Yeah. Which which is similar to why I don't bid on district projects because I don't I don't want any perceived uh Yeah. conflict there. So, okay. So, um, thank you all. The action items are done. Done with it. We made it. Okay. Uh, 7.0
127are our our reports and information. Superintendent, we'll start with you. Okay. Uh May 14, 2020 2025 personnel report um certified educators uh new hire uh for Cisawa Elmer School counselor fall of 2025 Sarah Smarts uh internal transfers and reassignments of certified educators uh Lisa Dola for 202526 counselor SCES uh continuing counseling as regular position from temporary uh Jessica Lane a kindergarten teacher elementary transfer from high school spe special education Richie Gonzaga, uh, special education teacher, transfer from life skills, uh, Cisa High School. Kelly Dodson, sixth grade English language arts, uh, transfer from talented and gifted, coordinator for the district, reduction in force assignment. Uh, Ryan Roach, English language arts teacher, Scissa High School, transfer from social emotional support and skills teacher, uh, Ciso Middle School, reduction in force assignment. Alex Lopez, uh, fourth grade elementary
128school, transfer from sixth grade, English language arts, middle school, reduction and force reassignment. Brent Nichols, uh, special education life skills teacher, high school, transfer from credit recovery teacher, uh, reduction and force reassignment. Uh, classified and pair of professional staff, Amanda Buller, finance secretary. So elementary school, David Spencer, interim director of maintenance and facilities for the district. Uh, Robert Lawson, transferred to special education life skills high school. Uh, currently working as a temporary aid at the elementary. Uh, Lindseay Olrich uh, transferred to life skills aid SCA elementary school from Education Aid Sisa Elementary. Uh, reduction in forced reassignment or transfer. Uh, Carla Twambbley uh, transferred to food service worker from educational aid elementary school. Reduction in forced reassignment or transfer. Uh Cynthia Parker, recall to education aid open position uh reduction in force. Um again uh
129coaching staff and extra duty. Amanda Richards, inter uh head softball coach high school. And again, Miss Richards for uh head girls basketball coach at high at Ciso High School for next year. Uh retirements, resignations, and other separations of employment. Uh Chris Johnson, English language arts and athletic director, retirement end of the school year. and 30 years with the district. Uh Chuck Johnson, uh PE health teacher, head golf coach, high school, retirement at the end of the school year. Uh Mr. Johnson's been us with us for five years and this puts him with 40 years in education. Uh Danny Daniels, uh director of maintenance of facilities, effective 5525. Uh Caitlyn Fedterman or Caitlyn Wallace, fourth grade teacher, Sisa Elementary, effective end of the year. student Fenton, library aid, SASA Elementary, effective end of the year. Hayden
130Mueller, education aid, SASA Elementary, effective end of year. Janet Rue, life skills aid, uh, effective end of year. Uh, Julie Pelinkus, bus driver, effective end of year. Tammy Monday, bus driver, effective end of the year. Brian Riggs, head softball coach. Uh, and again, Miss Richards is stepping down from eighth grade basketball to take on the high school assignment. Uh, reduction in force, uh, pending recall, reassignment, or restoration of position. Uh Charlie Melville, English language arts, pending recall. Martin Buck, career technical auto, uh high school, pending recall. Jennifer McKenzie, teacher, librarian, pending recall. Again, uh Miss Parker's already been covered. Uh again, she's back in an open position. Has been recalled. Uh Retta Stutler, education a size middle school, pending rec re reassignment and conclusion of temporary contracts or positions for this year. Uh Susan Hillmire,
131temporary teacher on special assignment. a maternity leave Phil. Uh Vony McClen temporary independent aid middle school maternity leave Phil Vita Shamy temporary independent aid elementary and Jackie Snider temporary educational aid SCA elementary and uh Mrs. Tixon has also uh brought on two new classified substitutes um for the remainder of the year. Uh again we're coming close to the end of the year and I know uh early literacy has been a focus. Uh we did a quick breakdown of the first two interim markers of the year. There are three general tests uh to mark student progress over the year. Um and so to provide a little context, we've had 578 students enrolled at the high school, I mean at the elementary school this year. Uh again, 470 of those started the year and are currently with
132us. So that's 108 students that have either started late and ended early or u came in mid year and are still with us. Um okay so this reflects our relative ro uh mobility rate of about 18% and that's pretty close to our historical active a okay um so not all students have uh again uh the fall and the winter mark some may have just the winter because they came in late. Um so again looking at uh the data set that we process for the um integrated guidance grant um again students in high dosage tutoring uh meet in groups of no more than four students for at least 30 minutes uh four to five uh days per week. Um again in the kindergarten uh again so overall we've got five students that have one data point
133so their late entry is a little uh we can't really calculate anything from that. uh kindergarten we've got 82 students with 14 in high dosage tutoring at this point in time of the year 11th have demonstrated growth and we have three with one data point. Uh first grade 78 students with 10 in high dosage tutoring. Uh nine have demonstrated growth to this point of the year. Uh one student has not yet. Uh second grade 93 students with 16 in high dosage. 12 have demonstrated growth. Three uh without demonstrated growth and one with a single data point. Uh third grade 91 students in 11 uh with 11 in high doses of tutoring. Uh 10 students having demonstrated growth. One still working on demonstrating growth. Uh fourth grade 89 students with 11 in their high dosage tutoring.
134Uh eight have demonstrated growth, three still working on their demonstrated growth. Uh fifth grade 104 students with 12 in high dosage shootering. Um eight uh with demonstrated growth three still working on and one as a single data point. Um yeah and so so far in the year um students of the general population that were mid-grade or above were 18% of the student population uh by the winter mark that increased to 17%. Those that were on grade level uh 14% in the fall are now at 22%. Um one grade level below that was 42% that has decreased uh to 39%. two grade levels below again that has decreased by 7% and three levels below has decreased by 6%. Um now looking at where the overall population is um again students with improved placement so they have
135moved up uh in one of those categories above kindergarten 61% uh first grade 42% second grade 40% third grade 57% fourth grade 46% and fifth grade 37%. Um and again a significant number of students have already shown annual growth with uh again a good portion already going beyond a year's worth of growth in the year. Um so again as a quick summary is that again students at grade level or above increased to this point in the year with a collective increase of 14% and students below grade level decreased to this point in the year a collective of 16%. Uh and you got our third assessment that we're coming up that'll um be able to re repop this and then you'll see where it is. And again, most of the growth that gets demonstrated comes out
136in this spring marker. So, Miss Flores, is there anything you want to say about I Ready and our testing program and our remediation program for early lit? I think we'll cons continue to see growth because we've been more intentional about how we're structuring our in um our reading groups and how we're meeting the needs of some of our lower students and also addressing our kids on the high end because I think what we were seeing before is kids were at grade level but we weren't pushing pushing them to exceed beyond. Um, so this new diagnostic tool that we have is um better giving us much better data so that we know how to group our kids so that we're reaching all of them and they're not becoming stagnant. They're they're continuing to grow. So I
137think we'll continue to see a lot more growth. Um, this is just our first year using this and restructuring our how we're doing our reading instruction. So I think it's going to keep going up and we're also moving towards implementing this with math as well. And so that will be starting next year. Thank you. Thank you. And we see uh the superintendent's schedule, his his upcoming schedule there as well. Um yeah, yesterday Rotary student of the quarter, I think uh you might know one of them. I do. I do. And I really appreciate Andy Moral for not pointing out that I'm wearing the same clothing that I was wearing there yesterday. So, thanks for that, Andy. That's right. I I I appreciate that. Okay. Uh if it's the only nice shirt I have. If board
138members are available on this Friday, um again at 2:45 we're gonna we kind of do our annual retirement celebrations at that point in time. We'll be at the middle school. Um other dates to keep in mind, evening of excellence May 19th, scholarship night May 21st. Uh we got a high school band concert on the 23rd. There's currently a choir concert going on right now. Unfortunately, none of us can be there for that. Uh and then of course graduation January 6th. Uh you've got your uh April students of the month uh for the elementary, the middle, and the high school. And that would be the conclusion of my general report. Excellent. Thank you. Uh thank you for that. Um the uh on to the business manager who's not sitting right there. Uh Mrs. Ms. Mrs. How's
139had a family emergency? She came in for this portion of the board. Then I've excused her to go okay address that right now. Thank you. And if there's any specific questions related to the budget or any other budget uh operation, just let me know and I'll see that she answers them when she gets back on Monday. Yeah, we and uh so CC, we hope that all works out. Um okay. Uh so uh directors to the uh admin reports and we appreciate all of your presence and and being able to step up to the mic and give us more information when when needed. Um any any questions or comments on the admin reports? I I it sounds it sounds disingenuous when I say this every every month, but I really do appreciate all these reports. I
140can tell that it takes time uh to put together, but it does it does well. I can't speak for the rest of the people on the at the table, but it gives it gives good insights. Um, I'll I'll beat that drum again. The the attendance thing is just and I know the attendance office can't do it. It's a it's a it's a home thing. I get that, but crying out loud, show up, Mike. This Friday is a curriculum day for for all staff districtwide. The high school staff is going to be focusing on several new accountability measures, much of which you passed tonight with the new graduation requirements. There are several factors with the 25th credit with counting pride or requiring pride as a graduation requirement. Eighth grade is having to pass core classes and
141students having to pass essential skills. That's a major step forward in accountability for us. And probably the biggest one we have working is one we've been piloting this year where we are charting student attendance for academic grade in pride and that's going to be a significant portion of passing the pride class as now a requirement. Yeah, I do anticipate a decrease in the graduation rate during implementation of this. there about I would guess 3 to 5% of the students are going to be scrambling next year to make sure that some of these new requirements are met as they implement really for next year's juniors they should have an easier go of it because they still have an opportunity to take the state test that we now say that demonstration of essential skills is required but
142there are going to be some kids scrambling next year to make it because this is going to be accountability they have not seen since co in terms of multiple factors coming together to put more on students to make sure that our diploma stays worthy in public. It is a good thing. We welcome the change. Teachers have been asking for it for quite some time. Now we finally have the ability to put it all into place and it's going to come in at once. Big meeting about this at the high school on Friday. Okay. Thank you, Andy. After I sent in my report, I just uh realized I left off. I thought an important piece. Um we have a very active Interact Junior club at the middle school led by Sarah Yoger and um of course
143Liz from Oregon Coast Humane Society. They're they meet every week. Um it used to be a every other week thing, but this group is so active they want to meet every week at lunchtime. So they just did a big clo clothing drive for SOS and uh I think we collected well over 60 goodsized garbage bags full of clothes. Um, it took heavy truck load from Bob Teter to get it off campus. And so the kids worked really hard on it and it was pretty cool to go into that room once they all collected them all and see this huge amount of clothing that will go to local families. So just wanted to point that out. Thank you. Directors, any other questions for for uh admin? Okay. Uh Sheamus, you're up. Well, I don't have anything
144of information, but I am going to talk a little bit since this is my last meeting. If you guys don't mind, go for it. Um, it has been the honor of my short life thus far to serve with you. I have learned a great many lessons about public process, how meetings are conducted and how the inter workings of local politics operate. I think that it's very valuable. I would encourage more students to apply. Um, specifically, I have become more confident in my speaking abilities and I truly appreciate the district for sending me to the OSBA conference in November. Um, aside from that, you guys are awesome. It's been such an honor through everything that's come up this year to serve. I appreciate the scholarship that's been offered to me. And with that, I guess goodbye.
145Thanks Sheamus. May I just comment quickly? He just he mentioned going to the OSBA conference. What he didn't mention was that he got up in front of every single person there and talked which was pretty amazing for a first time for a student and for a first time attending that there was several hundred people at that conference. So yeah, great job. Adam boy. Yeah. And I second that. I remember sitting there watching him up there and it looked like he was in doing a television interview and he was just as relaxed as could be and um yeah spoke well beyond your years. So it was it was quite quite impressive. Thank you so much directors Diana. I just wanted to say Sheamus that your contributions as a student representative to the board and to um
146to our discussions on the board have been very valuable. So thank you very much. Agreed. You're very welcome, director. Okay. Um uh on to on to my communications here. Uh our future meeting dates uh this Friday um uh from 2:45 to 3:30 is the uh all staff retiree meeting. Um and so that we can avoid a potential quorum. Is anybody able to attend that? I will be at a track meet. Okay. Okay. So, Diana plans on being there. Okay. Yeah. Thanks. Okay. So, we have at least two. The the potential the potential three would not would not constitute a quorum anyway. So, give some high fives for us from us. Okay. At least for me. I can't speak for them. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. High five for me. Okay. Um uh so so thank you for
147attending that and to to those who are retiring, thank you. Uh June 11th, 2025 is our is our next uh uh board meeting and that is a work session with Vince um for the for the board's assessment. Um student representatives to the board. Uh those close May 1st. Um applications have been received. No more than three board members uh can participate in those interviews. Uh would anybody like to participate in those interviews with the with the student potential student reps? John, you got your hand up. Okay, Tamara. Um thank you. And we have an applicant that will be a senior, that will be a junior and that will be a sophomore. Well, the policy, we can review policy, but policy is junior seniors. But I think with just the three, let's have that let's have
148that interview. Uh anyway, Sheamus I've also expressed interest in participating for the policy, too. Just wanted that to be out there. Okay. All right. And I don't think there's anything contrary to that. So, no, it's that's actually right in the AR, I believe. Sweet. Okay. So, those interviewees will be Sheamus. Yes. Yes. That's right. And so, here I'll be blunt. Their schedules are more important than yours. Yes, sir. And so if it works with them and not with you, they'll tell you how it went. Dude, that was a that was a good headnod, man. Thank you. Um uh the proposed summer and 2526 board meeting dates, July meeting date July 23rd. Uh that'll be oath of office after uh this coming election. Uh and our organizational requirements uh naming the superintendent to his all of
149his different duties and the the business manager, etc. OSBA summer conference uh on I don't know what month 8 is 88 and 810. Um that's the Salem Convention Center. Uh the August meeting is August 20th. The September meeting is uh September 10th. Boom. Board member acknowledgements and because we also have a an executive session uh addressing a complaint. So I'll go right to you Moren. Okay. Um there are two con one concert coming up, fourth and fifth um at the elementary school and if they're anything like the other concerts, they're really awesome. And I just want to say to anybody out there um I feel really really bad if you missed the play. There was a play at the middle school put on by the middle school called Hoodie and there was one at the
150same time right afterwards called Ghost in the Machine put on by the high school. Oh my goodness, people. We have such I say this every time but I mean it every time. We have such excellent teachers that produce these things and we have amazing students. That was such an incredible evening. I went with friends and they were just jaw-dropping of how how wonderful it was and how amazing we could have such talent here. So I really next year watch for these things and go. Thank you. I was just briefly going to say a lot of my peers have expressed great satisfaction being able to actually be in a school sponsored theater program. Awesome. Tamara, um I would just like to say if anybody's listening out there. Um for the teachers and staff, I would like
151to invite everybody to come out to graduation. I think it would mean a lot to all of the graduating seniors. It seems like there's not a lot of staff that attend, but if you're able, please attend graduation. Sure. Great. Thank you, Diana. Don't have anything to add? Okay, Josh. John. Okay. Um, one thing that I'm that I'm recognizing here is we know Katie will be on the stand at graduation. We don't have another meeting before that happens. Who else would like to be on the stage assisting with diploma passing? Tam, I I'll volunteer, but I know I know you guys talked about it'd be good to have you guys up up there as well. It's always good to rotate off and that sort of stuff, too. It's fun. Yeah, I do it. Tam, are you
152good? I'm good. Don't be all nicy. I'm happy to do it. I I I enjoy doing it. I know a bunch of the kids graduating this year, but however, there may be other connections with kids in this on this board, too. And what we've done in the past, Brian and I, you've done it the last couple years, is Oh, yeah. I'll fight you next year. Exactly. Well, yeah. You you and I both got a problem next year. Um, so and we Exactly. So, we we swap we swap back and forth. So, yeah. Yeah. And we step up, step down, that kind of a thing. So, I mean, that's easy to do and we've done it pretty and I guess we could decide this via email as well. Diana, I did it last year. So, I
153think you guys should do it. Okay. Yeah. So, are we saying the two? Because Moren, we're not we're not forgetting you either. That's okay. It's fine. I'm okay. I'll be fine. No. Do you want to be up there? Okay. You get a front row seat anyway. Okay. Okay. And then shuffle around and and you know, and give Katie a little more. So, it's going to be Yeah. Well, and Katie. And Katie, of course. So, Katie gets 40%. You get five. And it's June 6th. It's Friday, June 6th. Okay. Boom. I don't know if that wasn't on the agenda. I don't know if I was supposed to do it anyway, but Okay. I don't think I have Sheamus. I had what I thought what I think is cool and I was going to have you smack
154this to adjourn the meeting. However, the meeting cannot be adjourned because we have to go to executive session. So, do a little a a a ceremonial. Don't smack anything because we can't end the meeting. But we are going to now convene our executive session. Wait until I'm done with this bit. And then you can say we're convening exe executive session. So, the school board will now meet in executive session to consider the dismissal or disciplining of or to hear complaints or charges brought against a public officer, employee, staff member, or individual agent who does not uh request an open hearing in regard to OS192-6602B, which allows the board to meet in executive session. No decision may be made in executive session. At the end of executive session, we will return to open session. Representative Representatives
155of the news media and designated staff shall be allowed to attend. Representative of the news media allowed to observe the executive session are specifically directed not to report on any of the deliberations of the executive session. No recording of the executive session is allowed without express permission from the board. At the end of executive session, the board will return to open session. Open session paused. Executive session convened. Boom. Okay. Sheamus, thank you. It's much more fun to just say meeting adjourned, but I'm stealing it from you because we have a we have a a a thing. Get a minute to stretch, right? Thank you. Oh, yeah. Oh yeah. Okay. All right. So, we are now uh uh we are now adjourning our executive session and returning to regular session. Okay. Um during that executive session,
156um we um we read through the paperwork and discussed um the the paper trail um and timelines of a complaint against a staff member um and uh directors, now that we are back in regular session, we can vote on um well, a resolution can be made and then we can vote on um the the topics in which we discussed. John, your mic's on, so are you good? Uh yes. Uh board chair, um be it resolved that we got got it right there. Uphold current disposition would that we uphold current disposition of the status of the complaint and that policy was followed. Policy was followed and uh and the plaint complaint to be dismissed. Second. Okay. So, resolution um to dismiss this particular complaint against a staff member uh motion made by Director Barnett, seconded by
157Director Cole to uphold the the district's current disposition that the pol that that district policy um is being followed was and is being followed. Those in favor? I I and none opposed. Okay, thank you for your time.