001member would like to know what was discussed. If you do not wish to be recorded, please let us know at this time. Thank you. Thank you, Bonnie. We'll call tonight's public hearing meeting to order at 6:01 p.m. If you will all rise as you're able for the pledge of allegiance. 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. >> Thank you all. So, tonight's a little bit of a different meeting and uh our trustee president is stuck in traffic, so she is on her way. I'm just going to fill in until she gets here. Folks, um we have a public hearing um on the agenda tonight for uh general and capital projects funds
002budget extension and fund transfer request uh pursuant to RCW28A5040, WAC code 392123054 and WAC 392123071. This is a public hearing for the purpose of general and capital project funds, budget extension, and fund transfer requests, providing the public an opportunity to make any comments. Um, I didn't see that there were any public comments that were uh wanting to be made tonight and the contact information on that. If you have any questions or comments after tonight's meeting or anybody listening to the meeting tonight regarding the item, um, please contact Marcy Bannon, our director for business services at extension 4030. Um, or you may also email um, and you can get her email address from the website. I don't think there was any discussion from the board to follow on this. No. >> And there is no executive
003content >> um to be taken on this. Any board comments? >> Nope. >> Well, then that concludes this section of our board meeting tonight and we will close this public hearing at 6:04 p.m. And I wasn't able to stop long enough to get Carrie here. So, we will call our regular board meeting to order at 6:04 p.m. >> Start with OPA. >> Okay. >> Yeah, I can do that. >> And if you'll just bear with me a moment. Um, and please know that as Carrie comes in, I will be passing the hammer over to her and she will finish where I leave off. And if that's her coming down the aisle right there, I'm just going to stall and be a little friendly face. >> Oh, it's not. Darn it. >> This show must go
004on. >> Okay. Um, we are going to start tonight with our union partners from OEA. If we could have our OEA partners up to the podium. Kayla Jacob, Brittany Smith, Jeremy Mcnich, Sarah Odonovich, Jessica Robbins, Tiffany Cely. Y >> thank you all so much for taking the time to be here tonight. Um each year we take time to celebrate their incredible impact of our ordering education association members. Uh this year we have plans to officially recognize them during educator appreciation week which is May 4th through 8th. While their contributions are evident throughout the year, this special upcoming week allows us to reflect more intentionally on the vital role each of them plays in the lives of our Oring students. We are truly grateful all you have chosen to be part of oring and we want
005to extend our thanks for the care, kindness, and professionalism you bring to our community. some of your faces I've seen many times and we are truly truly grateful as a district to have um your leadership and support here for our students as part of our staff. >> Thank you so much for being partners with us in our educational program. None of us can do it without each other. >> Anybody want to say anything? Um or you just want >> I know. Sorry. >> Yeah, I know, >> right? >> It was a little hardwalk today. Oh, yeah. >> We do have um some gifts for you all. And I know that um there's a picture to be had. So, if you wouldn't mind here. >> Perfect. But while we're all dressed down for that walk, we
006have one for Jeremy. >> Thank you. Jeremy, would you mind giving? >> Okay. And car's just in time for the picture. >> All right, we zoomed in more time for the picture. >> Yeah, that works. >> Is that enough? >> Yeah, I think we got it. Okay, you ready? Ready. One, two, three. All right. Thank you. You're the best. >> And as promised, I'm now handing the gabble back to Carrie. me just starting agency superstars. >> Welcome. I apologize for being late. All right. Is Elvis is it K? Did I say that correctly? Elvis. Is Elvis here? I don't see him. No. Well, I definitely want to recognize him even though he didn't make it tonight. Uh Elvis was nominated by our monitor, Brandy, sharing that he is a junior coach at Playworks or through
007Playworks, the program we have at our elementary school, who he takes initiative. He teaches students the games, is an active leader and coach, and he tries to help students problem solve. He also knows when to seek help when he needs it from an adult. >> So, we want to recognize Elvis. I hope I'm saying his name correctly. Ky. Maybe it's Kitty. Uh he is one of our agency superstars this evening. So, we definitely want to make sure he gets recognized. Also from Oring Elementary School, I would love to invite Felicia Porter, staff member. YES, >> you love me. >> Perfect. >> So, Felicia, you were nominated by Brie Favors, who is our student teacher in kindergarten. >> Oh, wow. >> She shared that watching Felicia work during PLC is so encouraging as you see how
008efficient the kinder team is because of her hard work. Oh, that's awesome. >> U principal Halverson Tran added that Felicia is a fantastic leader not only in kindergarten but in the whole school. She is thankful for your leadership and that you carry the vision of student learning and positive school culture within the kindergarten team and everywhere at OES. You exude positive energy and we are lucky to have you at OES. Yeah. >> So, thank you for being part of >> Excellent. Nice job. Thank you. >> Yes. You're very good. >> You're getting recognized because you're so good. >> I love it. I love it. All right. Um, from Tarmagan Ridge Elementary School, I'd like to invite Emerson Atkins. Oh, is Emerson here? >> Hi. Come on up. You can bring your family with you. >>
009Yeah, bring your family. >> Bring your family with them. >> Yeah. Come on. There we go. >> Yeah. So Emerson, you are being recognized tonight for always finding appropriate tools to assist during lessons so that you can complete your work independently and accurately to meet your learning goals. Does that sound familiar? >> Yeah. Yes, >> you take initiative to support the day-to-day activities in the classroom in a kind and respectful way. >> Nice. Very nice. >> So, we want to congratulate you on that and being the agency superstar in your school. Good job. >> You're very welcome. >> Thank you for being a good student, family. Thank you. Love it. >> All right. Also from Taran Ridge Elementary School, I'd like to invite Maryanne Portman to the podium. >> You can come up too. >>
010You can come on up, too. >> Yay. >> That's it. >> Yeah. >> Woo. Maryann, we wanted to recognize you tonight as one of our agency superstars for organizing PTR's family reading night. >> Such an important tradition here in Oring. So, thank you very much. >> A lot of work. >> Yes, it is. >> Thank you. >> It is. And you'll do it next year. >> Oh, we got it. >> Yeah. It's on camera. >> I don't think Nikki will let me out of the hook. >> Yeah. >> Great. Very cool. Thank you so much. >> All right. From Oring Middle School, is Jordi Contrarus here? >> No. Okay. Well, I still want to read. Uh Jordi is being recognized as he has advocated to spend more time in the gen ed setting and has
011thrived. So, that's awesome. I'm very proud of him for that. Uh, and then I'd like to invite you scared. Please, >> Jamie. Jamie, you're scared. >> Jamie, hi. Uh you have been uh selected as an agency superstar because you do an amazing job of keeping our lunchroom safe and orderly and you're always looking for ways to improve our systems. Uh you have positive relationships with your students. So it's great to recognize you for that. That's really important. And your co-workers as well and you always go above and beyond in your job. Uh we are truly lucky to have you in our district. Thank you very much. >> I can honestly say Jamie has u helped my family each member of my grandkids out in different ways and um she's also a really good mom because
012I had we had her. So >> very good. All right. From Orie High School is Ashton Parker here. >> Hi Ashton. >> So Ashton, you're being recognized as an agency superstar because you've demonstrated high levels of belonging as a class leader. Uh and you've made sure your classmates are welcomed and feel included in class discussions. You've also demonstrated strong mastery of academic content by working hard to set and reach goals in in your classrooms. Ashton, your confidence as a learner has grown and you've contributed to shared ownership of learning in ELA. Does that sound >> Does that make sense? >> I'm never sure. I'm like, does what I say really just made sense? >> Okay. And that's all in Miss Burn's class. So, it sounds like she nominated you to be an agency superstar. So,
013we want to congratulate you for that. You're welcome. >> So, David Broker in here. >> Saw you all today on the LAR track. So, I'm like, did I see you today or tonight? Um, so Mr. Broker has gone above and beyond to support our choir program in the absence of Miss McCarl. >> Thank you. >> Yes. >> No one asked him to do this. He took ownership to make sure our substitute teacher had self-efficacy and belonging in the performing arts program. He has done this so far with two substitute teachers. He ensured students in choir were able to compete in solo ensemble at PLU Goluth and assisted our March choir concert by helping to set up sound and work with the substitute teacher to get everything ready for an incredible night of music. So huge
014thank you to Mr. Broker for making personal sacrifices to support oring students. THANK YOU. INVITE THE superstars up. >> Yeah. Yes. Please uh superstars join us at the wall of fame. Like to get a picture with everyone. Superstar letting you take that home. The one student ready. >> All right. >> Can we Can we just do ready? One, two. a little bit weird. >> All right. We still have some celebrations tonight. So, I will turn it over to the board. >> All right. Oh, I'm not recognition. >> Yeah, you're good. >> All right. >> We still have some things to celebrate. >> I just want to give a I'm just a thank you to a generous parent at Tarmaggan Ridge Elementary for helping to create a memorable experience for students by bringing in a Mickey
015Mouse popcorn maker. >> That sounds like a lot of fun to me. Both life skills classes enjoyed a fun-filled popcorn and movie day to celebrate before spring break. >> What an awesome way to send them off on spring. Yes. >> In the Ording School District, we are proud to celebrate, remember, and recognize the diversity of our community and highlight what is meaningful to our families and staff. In April, we recognize Arab American Heritage Month, Autism Awareness Acceptance Month. I wear blue for autism awareness month of the military child and national school library month. Oh, that's why they had that delicious spaghetti >> lunch for with the chance of meatballs. >> Yeah. >> I want to um shout out to the Ordin High School band High School proudly hosted an annual Battle of the Sound drum
016line competition on April 18th. welcoming 10 high school drum line groups from across Washington. The event also featured a special performance from the Seattle Seahawks Blue Thunder drum line. And uh we want to extend our appreciation to staff and community members who whose efforts made this excellent um event pos. >> And I want to say cuz I saw it on Facebook, our middle school >> Oh, >> showed up and did it. >> Yes. and we got to see them. So, yeah, they >> they just Yeah, they nailed it. So, >> so I could hear from my house and so and JJ was with me and he wanted to go check it all out even though he's noise sensitive, but he wanted to go and he was just in awe of all the different kids, all
017the different bands. There were so many people. There were food trucks. It was It was great. It was >> Yep. It was a party was gone. >> I'd like to uh say students and staff at Ordin Elementary School and Tarmaggan Ridge Elementary brought creativity and humor to April Fool's Day celebrations. We're going to highlight one thing cuz I'm not sure what else happened. Highlights included Mrs. Osling's Did I say that correctly? Osling. Yep. >> Um imaginative smell of vision. So you can think what you put that in your head. The presentation introducing students to new technology that could help them smell scents through their screens. >> I wish I wished I'd been there because I would have liked to have seen that. >> Yeah, that's awesome. >> Awesome. >> Before spring break, schools across the
018district hosted parent teacher conferences. And I know you guys hung in there and did it before spring break. And now I lost my place when I when I live. Um, we thank our staff for their time and dedication to organizing these important meetings, helping families stay connected and engaged in their child's learning and making it till spring break. >> Yeah. That parking lot is packed. Thank you for good participation. >> Great participation. >> All right. Okay. Just making sure I'm in the right spot. You already did this. >> Yeah, we did hear you. >> Okay. >> Yep. >> Perfect. Thanks. >> Good. >> Just making sure. Checking my list. >> All right. So, that concludes our recognition for tonight. Um, it is customary that if you'd like to go home, uh, you are warmly invited
019to stay for all of the board business tonight. >> Um, or you can, uh, gracefully go home and enjoy your evenings if you would like. >> Thank you so much for a long day. It's been a very long day. All right. And next up, we have our community and staff comments. And I believe we have one person who signed up to speak tonight. >> That is correct, John Winters. >> Awesome. John, welcome, Mr. Winters. >> Thank you. Thank you. Um, for the record, my name is John Winters and I am a citizen awarding. Um, I realize my shirt is a little bit of a oxymoron here, but and u I'm speaking on behalf of my wife, Darla, who is clearly much prettier, smarter, and better than I am, but I'll try to do my best.
020Um, the reason I wanted to talk this evening is uh we heard a couple comments about the band. And um that takes a lot of effort, a lot of money to support that. And I wanted to highlight a couple things that have happened recently. Um, obviously we had the battle of the sounds and there was a lot of good community support in that and a lot of hard work involved in that and it was a very successful event. I think it gets keeps getting better every year as it goes along every year. It keeps getting better and better and better. Um, and it's become starting to become quite a popular event. Um, we have, as you may know, we had a recently a mattress fundraiser at the Ordy Middle School and it was a tremendous
021success. Oh, nice. >> Um, I'm pleased to report that we've collected we've we've collected over 10,000 in support and the choir as well too. I don't want to forget the choir uh cuz they're just as important. Um, so um yeah, there's a lot of lot of good uh good support there and we did notice quite a few u board members and and school members coming to to support the event and I hope you got some good products out of that too. Um, but I did want to mention another uh fundraising event that's coming up here on May 3rd. Very, very exciting one that we're looking forward to to to hosting. And that's the first annual motherdaughter tea. Um, and um it's going to be a fun event. Darla's been collecting uh teacups and plates and
022silverware for the last year, going to different yard sales and talking to the community and getting some a lot of donations and stuff like that. So, she's collecting a lot of stuff here. So, we're really excited about having this event here. It should be a fantastic event. Um, I want to mention it because um we're hoping that folks that will will sign up ahead of time because we're trying to get a gauge for how much, you know, tea we need, how much food we need, stuff like that. So, we're we're doing the online um and um sign up for that as well too. So, I don't think there's going to be any sign up at the door. So, please go online, sign up for it, you know, make reservations. And it's uh I want to
023mention too that the choir is going to be performing during that as well, too. So there it'll be a lot of good entertainment as well uh for for that. So we're hoping to have a good time but also make some money as well too. Support support the band. Um so there's a lot of events coming up here in the in the summertime as well too. We got the marching band um camp and we have some of course we have a lot of endear concerts and things like that to support as well too. So a lot of activity, a lot of moving parts going on there too. And I did notice Mr. Mr. Holland was was in the back there and um he uh we uh we petitioned for some money earlier on. He invited us
024to come back in the middle of the year. So, we're going to come back to the uh the to the um city council meeting one of these days pretty soon. Just give you the same report what we're doing there because you you invited us. So, I'm going to take take you upon that invitation as well, too. So, uh that's all I had to say here, but thanks for all your support that you've uh provided for for the band and the choir. And hopefully we'll get to a driver club up here some sometime soon. >> Thank you, darling. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> And well done. Successful events. >> For sure. >> Can I just quickly say I appreciate the public uh voice for the fundraisers. There's so many of the things I don't hear
025about until they're either too late for me to participate in or on a weekend I can't make it. But putting it out there so that so that we can all hear about it is is great. I appreciate it. Yeah. Yeah. >> Very good. Thank you, sir. >> All right. >> Oh, >> that was my comment. >> That was your comment. Thank you. >> I just wanted to say thank you to John and Darla. what you guys do for the the fans and the choir and and the performing arts is phenomenal. >> Every time you go to any of that stuff, you can see John and Dart every time >> and Robert, you know, yeah, there there's quite a few that you step up. I'm sorry, I forgot to mention too, this is very important. >>
026Um, we purchased the uh the trailer. Um, so we we've been fundraising for that for about 2 years now, and we finally purchased the trailer. Uh we're going to we're going to do some work on it, make it look pretty and stuff like that too. Make some put some um signs on the side of it. But right now we have the trailer. It's working. We've already used it. So I know that's something you know we've been trying to raise for and we finally succeeded. >> Congratulations. What's the trailer for? >> So the trailer is uh for hauling equipment to like uh um >> to competitions um you know Mr. Broker who was here obviously doing the choir but but he got stuck you know hauling when he we only have a van to to do
027it. He gets stuck haul driving the van which he doesn't get time to spend with his students. Right. >> So now that we have the trailer we can have call equipment and he doesn't have to drive the the van so we can haul the equipment. >> So he gets to spend time with his uh the students. >> Good. >> Very good. Very good. >> That's awesome. >> All right. So now we are at the superintendent report. >> All right. Uh one of the opportunities you've had so far is meeting Scansa. One of the things we've been working on since your meeting is thinking about how to really integrate this project with local labor, local businesses. Uh they are limited by scope to one-third of the project. So 2/3 of that construction project is really going
028out for bid and we want really want to work with Matt, Liz, and Scansa to make that as attractive and affordable and available as we can to local businesses. So there's a couple things in the works. We have lots of our families within our 45 square miles that are involved in the trades and we'll have at least 15 or 16 different trades involved in this project. So, they're already reaching out to think about how do we make that attractive. Uh insurance and overhead costs are sometimes prohibitive to big work. So, they're thinking about how do we package that and make small little bites so we can get as many people involved in that as we can. Minority businesses, womenowned businesses, a big emphasis of what we're trying to do as well. So you'll see a
029lot of that work as well as we'll be reaching out to the new uh former chamber nowing business association to create what we're calling a local passport. So incentives for those small businesses to shop and source goods locally. They'll be buying gas and food and things like that. So we really want to build that communication. So uh Liz Cliff, myself and mayor and city administrator Mark, we met a couple of days ago talking about that. So, that's something you can expect moving forward about trying to really make sure those local dollars stay local as much as we can. That's been a strong interest uh from you as a board of directors. Lahara went smooth today. Uh the kids saw a couple of dinosaurs, a little bit of candy at the end of the rainbow there.
030Uh time was good. Things were smooth up at the emergency operation center. So, uh look for some videos and pictures coming up. There is one of Matt Carlson on a scooter. You guys saw that? Yeah. Yeah. So, it's breaking the internet already, but 26 agencies, uh, five school districts, things went very well today. Uh, so we're pleased teachers and our, uh, staff did a wonderful job getting kids organized. Uh, really excited about this. This has been an ongoing interest from you as a board of directors with thousands of homes that have been and will be coming to the district. Your strong interest is for growth to help pay for its fair share of growth. Uh, you've been very vocal about that with the local community in Pierce County. I'm pleased to say that executive Melo
031has heard your call and he's really helping to champion this effort with staff. So, uh, consideration at Pierce County Council this month, well, May 18th, coming up next month, but almost this month, uh, is an impact fee ordinance revision which will increase the top end of the impact fee by 213%. Right now, it's $4,695. And as you recall, since you first ran as a board back in 2017, the elementary school, it was a price tag of about 43 million. That has ballooned to 110 million. At the same time, the impact fee has only gone up by 18% where an impact fee is in place in the state. Pierce County has the lowest fee and one of the highest aggregate construction costs. So, that's going to go a long way. Uh Cliff and I and Marcy
032have been thinking about the math and it's pretty hard to like totally guess, but we know most of the new homes will be in that 3 to four bedroomedroom range. They're targeting affordable family living. So that could bring probably an additional $20 million to the district alone over the next 7 to 8 years. So just in the very near term, local taxpayers, what that means by the time we run a second bond, there is less of a share the local will have to pay because builders are paying a higher fair share. So uh we've sent a letter, the letter that, uh, President Tibido and myself sent, I sent to all of the superintendents in Pierce County in case they want to vocalize support as well. And then that'll be a topic of my impact or
033uh my Friday update tomorrow just so all staff know what's going on. So if anyone wants to provide comment, they certainly can. But that's certainly good news and a positive move in the right direction for us as a district and for our taxpayers. >> Yes. >> Uh National Library Month. Uh I thought I'd throw some of these pictures in for your port. Uh you heard a little bit of the update. It was cute as can be. Cloudy with the chance of meatballs was the theme. Our nutrition services department has just been doing an awesome job. Not only on every day improving the quality of meals, but tying those into theme. Uh we presented that before and uh thought that was just pretty cute. Uh we want to say a thank you and a shout out
034to the city of Oring. Not only they have been good partners on the construction side and thinking about how to get on the same page. They'll be at the table with you during your May 7th retreat. Uh but they provided a conx for us to help support emergency supplies up at the quarry. Uh as you know if any kind of emergency fed task one is to get kids and staff to safety staff task two is think about how do we provide for immediate care and support over the next 72 hours because communications bridges things like that will be stuck. Uh so of course conx up there will help us to be able to provide for water and emergency supplies until we can get help on the way. So thank you to the city of uh
035you have a board retreat coming up on May 7th. Just to remind you about that, we'll do some kind of welcome opener. You're going to talk about board calendar. I'm not sure which of you wants to facilitate these parts. We'll talk about that over the next few weeks, but customary and particularly when we have a new board member, we want to review norms, agreements, and operating principles. So, I'll be working with you to think through which of you would like to host which of those items. Uh we're going to have a lot of time for strategic plan review. That was one of your asks. you provided direction to extend the current plan through 2028, but we'll make sure you have time with Dr. Lee and Dr. Westover to really dive into the data you're going
036to hear more about tonight. What really is exciting and where do you see forward growth and movement and then move to a conversation eventually about what are the emerging priorities? What do you want to keep going and keep celebrating and what do you want to tackle and lean into as your top priorities as a board through 2028? So, you'll have time for that. We'll break bread with our city partners at noon. Uh and our students will, I believe, joining us during that strap plan review. Uh we'll break bread with the city partners at noon and 12:30 to 2:30 will be a Matt, Liz, and Scansa show. Mostly probably a Matt and Liz show at this point cuz we're not really swinging hammers yet. uh but they'll be talking about what are the updates, what have
037they heard from listening sessions, and you're going to want to do a little bit of thinking about the future phases because we want to make smart moves in phase one that will be long-term moves. That's been an interest of yours. So, we'll talk a little bit about that and then uh the last portion of that, at least a half hour or so, we'll be talking with the city about how do we support one another, how do we collaborate, how do we communicate, how do we work in partnership. Uh and mayor and city administrator are confirmed they'll both be there. So, it should be a fun conversation. Uh, after that wraps up, you have the wonderful task of evaluating yours truly. Uh, and then we'll spend some time in executive session on land use. Moving to
038the next May regular board meeting, unless you want to move it to June, uh, strategic budgeting, you've asked to incorporate that into your monthly meetings. WAS to annual conference, self assessment, those will shift to regular meetings per your direction. So, we think we'll be done by 4:00 and that's the opener, but if there are specific things you would like to see or hear outside or inclusive of that, let me know and we'll make sure the team is ready for you. I have the cutest video to show. We've been working to elevate voice. Uh you talked a little bit about the family outreach night at PTR. Uh Oring Elementary did a read across Oring and the students did a promo video about them reading to their fellow students. So, I put Big Al cuz yours truly
039made another guest appearance with my diet gear talking and reading the story to fifth graders this year. But I want to share this video just as a a way we're trying to get kid voice out there. So, Miss Bonnie, would you mind playing that, please? >> And now, students, >> we're reading. We're doing read across boarding. And we're reading the kids from here to farm. >> We are reading the kids today because I I want them we want them to experience this for something that they can enjoy and something they can do if they want to. We are reading books to like other teachers and I mean other kids and stuff to show like kids that like sometimes people think uh well kids think um like uh books are kind of boring but like they're
040not and stuff. We're doing this because we want students to enjoy reading and reading um like helps them and we we think that like doing this they can get like excited about it so they don't like it's not something they have to do, it's something they want to do. I picked my book because it is a really fun book in my opinion and I really loved it when I was younger and it kind of got me into reading cuz I was like I like this book. How about I start reading more? I picked this book because um I loved this book first and um I almost heard about it and it was like my childhood book obviously and I like reading it because it has like a lot of cool, you know, stuff that's going
041around with this book and stuff. And yeah, because I used to read Pete the cat all the time when I was little. What do you think is special about other students? >> Um, I think it's special cuz the kids can see how brave other kids are and they can be cuz like we're leaders so that they can see that we're brave and we're we're responsible so we can so they can do that too. Keep reading. If that doesn't make you feel good, you don't have a heart. I don't know what to say. Uh but uh share that for two reasons. Not only to elevate what we're trying to do to increase student voice, but to get you thinking about the kinds of measures in your strategic plan that are meaningful to you and to the
042community. You have the quantitative, the the numbers, and Erin will share some of that tonight, and the qualitative, the stories, the feelings. So, be thinking about what you've been liking about what you're seeing and where you want to see the trajectory move forward. uh unified basketball assembly. Director Madigan, you appear to have a question maybe. >> No, I just wanted to share something. You know, the the student council, the things that they are doing, they contribute so much to the kids agency. And I want to share one thing. One of the kids that read is my neighbor who is an immigrant and who initially spoke very little English and was very, very shy. And I am thrilled to see her out there doing something like that and how it has helped her become herself. >>
043Nice. So >> thank you. Uh this was a highlight of the high school unified basketball assembly. I didn't play the videos for you, but I would encourage you to look on the Oring High School social media page. Uh that'll just brighten your day. It was a wonderful event where our kids were cheering on our kids and celebrating uh and lots of fun. Uh this is for you and for our public as well. Chief Gabbrle reached out a couple of days ago to confirm that the speed zone cameras in the school zone are going to be live next week on April 27th. For the first month, there will be warnings given. Uh starting May 27th, they expect tickets to be issued. So, uh that is not only safe for pedestrians and the community in general, but
044certainly for our kids as well. Uh there have been a lot of public concerns about traffic safety and speed adjacent to school zones. At some point, now that we purchased the 65 acres, chief indicated that school zone would extend all the way continuously through PTR at some point. I don't have a current time frame on that. Uh I she's not here, but in the bottom left corner, you will see a picture of your boarding high school prom queen, Miss Carly Castro. >> Uh wonderful event. Prom went smooth. Hats off to everybody involved in planning. I know Mr. Polly and Mrs. Holly are connected strongly and they had a senior this year. So, a lot of fun. Uh there's videos and pictures online for anyone that wants to see more. Uh press room was a great
045event this year. >> Uh conference week, you mentioned that. I won't say much other than just kudos to all of the parents and kids involved in student le conferences and our staff for keeping parents in the loop and connected as we make that final push before summer. Uh and lastly, I just want to share we've been trying to keep these partnerships going with postsecary ed. as part of in our strategic plan around dual credit. Our Clover Park Technical College president, a vice president, uh, and other members that came to meet with us about a month and a half ago. We had the privilege of touring just a few weeks ago. And we're talking not only in the the lens of thinking about what does the design of our facility need to look like around career
046technical education. How are we preparing students for industry? How do we create spaces that are flexible as the demands of industry change? Uh but one of the other things that we're really excited about beyond dual credit, credit credit articulation, they're very interested in satellite learning opportunities. They have so much need their facility they have can't keep up with demand. And you know for residents that live on this side of the county, it's very difficult full-time job to get there to study. And so one of the things that we're looking to do is can they work on certification right here on our own new career teched facility. So any parent or community member can work on their articulation associates up to bachelor's degree. And in their mechatronics program, they're talking about people coming right out of
047that making $90,000 a year or more. So we think that could be a huge win not only for our students, uh, but of course our local community as well. So we're going to keep those conversations going with our architect and our design team all the way through. And then once we're up and running, that's absolutely something we want to focus on moving forward. So, I know that's a lot. Uh, but that's just a little bit of, uh, all the amazing things that are going on here. So, happy to answer any questions that you may have. >> Great report. >> Yeah, great report. >> Seeing none, I will yield my time. We have other other guests uh that'll be sharing tonight. >> Sorry, it's just so much good stuff. Good and important stuff. The impact fees.
048Amazing. Yeah. >> Thank goodness. I think offering our community an opportunity to get a trade education here locally is huge. I was late because I was stuck coming down 162. Getting in and out of town is hard. >> And I tell you what, being able to come to class here >> would be amazing. >> Yeah. you mentioned just real quickly those impact phase and um that is not a little bit of work that went into getting that to where it is today and um you kind of spearheaded that from my perspective just from our conversations and then kind of taking the bull by the horns and leading our south Pierce County superintendent team to kind of get on board. Not that they weren't on board but just somebody to drive the bus with that. So,
049um, and that was all outside of your regular normal working day. And so, uh, thank you for for for speaking up for >> for ordering and >> that's that's amazing. >> You're welcome. Fingers crossed it comes through on May 18th. >> Yeah. Oh, yeah. >> All right. Next up, presented by Matt and Liz. It's the Matt and Liz show. >> Dynamic duo. >> The dynamics you all. Yes. >> All right. I think I'm gonna kick us off, but we're going to tag team here a little bit. So, good to see you all again. >> Um, we're going to cover a few things similar to uh kind of last month about both schools and let you know kind of where we're at. Um, last time we had a slide like this talking about what we've been
050uh doing to kind of get feedback. Uh, this time over this last month, the feedback's been more focused on the high school design than the elementary design. So, that's why we're kind of highlighting that here rather than elementary. And we'll talk about kind of where we're at with elementary in a minute. But, we've been very early in that design process school. So, it's been really great. We've been getting tons of great information and kind of progressing on the design. So, we're in good shape. Things are moving forward really nicely. Um, and the group here, everyone we're we're talking to has just been so uh excited and engaged and has provided us tons of detailed information which is really helpful at this stage. And we've had an opportunity, Matt Carlson's done a great job of connecting
051us with students as well. You can see that on there. We've had I don't even know how many quite a few different sessions uh with small groups of students to also kind of get their feelings on the campus as a whole as well as on the CTE and science building. Great. >> You know, next week we'll be having the second of the bond oversight committee meetings. So that'll be a great opportunity to kind of broaden what we've been doing with that group and we'll be sharing a bit of a a design update as well and kind of uh continuing on that process. So that'll be fantastic. >> Well, I'll talk briefly about the city of Ordin. We've had a great introduction pre-application meeting for both the ELC and the elementary school. Um so that was
052the first part of April and even just in the last week um because of that April 9th meeting we've I think created four additional meetings in the next week that has to do with like fire marshall coordination, building inspection coordination um and other kind of divisions including storm water. So the city has been a great partner to kind of um introduce and set us up for regular ongoing communication with those departments or their people. And so um we've been really happy about that. And then we're planning about a every every two weeks about a meeting that we'll be able to coordinate with the um lead kind of PM there. So we're pretty excited to just kind of get kicked off and get some questions answered that the design team needs obviously to move forward. Um
053seems like a really great partnership so far. Um the ELC was similar. Um they were aware of some of the work that we are doing. Uh but we have some good outline of some other documents we need to provide. We're working on that right now with some other consultants including survey and things like that. Luckily, the other portables were done pretty recently and so there will be a pretty low cost to get some of that survey work. It's pretty recent back in 2019, I think it was when it was placed last. >> Um, yeah, I think that's >> Yeah, connected to that is the schedule. So, um, this schedule should look pretty similar to what you seen saw before except for the permitting approach is kind of the biggest biggest difference. So, the stuff mostly
054in green and kind of uh maybe a little tough to see up here, but hopefully in front of you, you can see um at the pre-lication meetings, we talked a little bit about schedule and kind of how the the scope of the different permits, and that was super helpful. So, we've adjusted those timelines. Those timelines didn't change our anticipated start date for construction. So, that stayed the same in kind of late spring of 2027. So, uh, but we're just, uh, adjusting kind of how we do it and how we package information for the different types of permits. So, uh, that's all, uh, going smoothly. It always sounds easy to get a permit, but it takes a lot of work. So, these meetings that Liz has been setting up is is really helpful and the city's
055been good with that. >> Um, so that's probably the the biggest change. One other thing maybe to highlight is just the uh roundabout on uh at White Hawk. So the schedule's still pretty unknown on that. So we've kind of just stretched that out at this point saying we don't really know exactly where that's going to land. So as we continue to learn more, then um that'll become we'll just kind of keep watching that. So >> and and we'll definitely have a backup plan if for some reason the city and the white hot roundabout um that isn't constructed by the time the elementary school is done. So, we've already started that communication with washd. >> Uh for the high school, um again, the only real thing that's been adjusted here in the schedule, uh the primary
056thing is just adjusting the permitting timelines. We've kind of offset those a little bit from the elementary to sort of help to uh make it smoother going through the elementary school permitting process, which is our first priority, and the high school being the second. So, we're staggering those a little bit more. That's the primary uh adjustment we've made there. And then we're continue to have conversations with Scansa as well, kind of coordinating these schedules. Uh you've probably seen we've had additional borings happening out out on on site. I know those drill rigs are big and very visible. So, uh thought I'd kind of do a little bit of a throwback here. This diagram on the screen in red is from 2022, but it highlights sort of why we're out again doing drilling now. So, uh
057we did some some borings uh 3 or 4 weeks ago or some something around that time frame and uh they were able to get so deep 30 to 50 ft deep dependent exactly where and hit a bunch of gravel that was very difficult to drill through. um which isn't problem. It's not really problematic or good necessarily. You it sounds like it's good if you can't drill through it. But part of the reason I put the red on the list is if you remember way back then for those of you who were here, we were talking about the KOD requires us to analyze the soil very very deeply to uh assess a uh liquefaction risk which uh we need to design for to make sure that the building's going to stay where it needs to be
058during an earthquake. Uh so that's what we're currently investigating right now is kind of getting that additional data. we had to use a different type of drill rig and it'll tell us a little bit of stuff and give us a better sense of what's below that gravel layer. Um, but with all of that, we have started to um get a better sense of what's going to be our solution for what we're calling ground improvement or piles. uh there'll be slightly different solutions for the elementary school and the high school, but that's starting to uh shape up, which is great, and it kind of ties into our cost estimating schedule that we're going through right now. Um so, um the Orion High School, the primary difference is really going to be a little bit different type
059of what we call ground improvement or piles there based on the soil conditions. primarily because the upper part of the soil there is a little bit less dense than it is on the elementary school. So, a little bit different type of pile system. >> Um, we could probably talk for way too long about piles, but it's one of the things we're focusing a lot on just because yeah, we got to get it right. So, >> um, and then, uh, we're currently in the process of going through our first round of formal estimating for the elementary school. So that's part of the reason why we haven't been talking to uh you know staff and all that as much right now because we're going through that process. Um so this is a process we're going to go
060through multiple times through the life of the project. Uh what it involves is uh the design team has a independent cost estimator that we have as part of our team and then we have scans of course both groups are going to be creating an estimate. We're going to compare and contrast and then say, "Okay, how come you were looking at this this way? We're looking at it this way." And we're going to get those things aligned and then that'll be our uh baseline budget. So, or estimate and that that kind of connects in with our budget. I kind of consider this first round of estimating probably the most important. So, we are spending a good bit of time to do it and get it right. And then you'll get you we'll be able to give
061you a report here before too long, another few weeks to say, "Hey, this is where we're at. this how this is shake shaking out and then Liz will be able to kind of give you a little bit of a lay of the land and connecting it to the overall budget and that kind of thing >> and and that's when we'll start the um budget updates that'll be regular at each board meeting and then track it from that kind of baseline. Uh we brought just the set that NAC puts out as well as a bunch of narratives of some assumptions and that's what goes into the pricing set. >> Yeah. So they've done a great job. It's it's quite a bit of work. So yeah, so that's it's a it's exciting for us. It's a good
062stage. Um and then we'll be doing a similar thing on the high school here uh coming up pretty soon uh in in May, actually early May, we'll be starting that process. So they're going to overlap be a month or soish apart. And then then once we have both those in, we'll have kind of a comprehensive uh estimating done for this first round. Any questions on that before we just jump into a quick uh update on the design? No. Okay. Um so, uh if you remember, uh last time, um we were talking about, well, where is the right location for the building? We went through some planning exercises and so we said, oh, yep, where we originally thought in between the West Wing and the athletic building is the right spot. So, that's what you kind
063of see here in the pinkish color is that new building. And then looking at uh just redesigning the playground area um into a lawn and seating area, stuff like that. One of the things we heard from students is we love eating outside. We don't have many places to actually just sit, you know, so so we're looking to try to uh supplement that with what we're doing in that area. So, uh hopefully we can create some of that outdoor space that students have asked for. Um and then we're evaluating right now um what to do uh for the area where the old gym is. So when that eventually comes down at the end of the project and what happens there. So that's kind of you see here just looking at uh the likely scenario of putting
064parking in that location. So that's um what we're studying and what we'll be uh looking to budget for. Um when we dive into the building, you'll see two plants here, the first and second floor. Um so, uh the three blue spaces are the the lab spaces. Uh the culinary lab, STEM lab, and the health science lab. And then the kind of greenish color there in front are the breakout spaces and kind of this lobby space that you'll see is oriented towards what we're calling the quad and the future quad that you kind of saw in the master plan. so that we can start to be this being the first move to say let's kind of have that orientation towards the interior which will be a really student ccentric space. As we head upstairs we have
065four science labs. So these will be uh designed pretty similarly but they'll have just some slight differences. Uh a couple of them being a little bit more uh equipment focused in terms of chemistry, many others being more biology and physics. So but again mostly the same. So they'll be very flexible. You can adjust over time or teach different things within both those spaces. And then similarly, there will be some uh uh breakout space. We've definitely heard from student from uh teachers, especially the science teachers a lot that they like to have students do small group work. So that's the purpose of those spaces is to accommodate that small group work. Um, and then when we look here at um, this is not really the design. It's just kind of giving you a sense of the
066overall size and scale of the building. The blue is representing windows kind of facing the quad. So on the left hand side where it says existing that means this will be what it looks like now with the current buildings in place and on where it says future that's more like the master plan. So the yellow would be those future buildings that would get built in phase two and phase three. Our intention is try to make sure that the building is going to be successful in both situations. So I think we're excited about the potential there and um it's I think it's going to be a nice addition both now and for the long term. Uh so we'll be able to talk about that some more and some more detail on that um in a couple
067weeks at the workshop as well. Um, next steps. I think we hit quite a few of these already actually. Uh, but we are continuing to uh meet with uh on the high school to go through some of both the high school and the elementary school. Actually, in the next couple weeks, we'll be talking what we're calling user group meetings, which is where we dive into every single space within the elementary school, for example, and we look at where do all the cabinets go? Let's make sure we understand the power requirements, all those details. What's the teaching wall like? All those things to make sure we dial that in. But to do that in all the spaces. So that's our next level of detail we'll be going into into. We've touched on that a little bit
068in the uh high school building so far, but we're going to continue on with more of that as well. And then in June, uh that's kind of when we're be wrapping up the uh high school estimating. So, uh, around that time, we'll be able to then start to combine and kind of do what Liz was describing in terms of that kind of comprehensive budget tracking. And then every month there's going to be continued coordination with the city. That'll just be all ongoing for us, which has been great. I think that's what we have for tonight. >> It's exciting. Any questions? can't wait. >> No questions. >> Just I want to add that um the teachers are really happy that you're talking to them and asking them things and and that they kind of can think
069about what it could be. Like Mrs. Hobbs told me, she said, "Oh, I want a gym that has windows because the elementary gym is so dark, you know." And when we were at PTR the other day, I was going, "Oh, yeah, there's windows here." >> Yeah. >> So, it it you know, the teachers are really um touched that uh what they need is important. >> It's great to hear. >> Yeah. It's how it should be. I was questioning the breakout space because I worked at the high school for quite a while and but then you said you spoke to students and it's important to them and it's their school, right? So it's like okay, it's their school that's that's their voice and we got to listen to it. So >> that's awesome. >> Okay. Looking
070forward to the board retreat and budget updates. >> Yeah. Curious what that'll look like. You pulled out a really big book. >> Just wait till the budget book set. >> Yes. >> Just tell me there's no test. >> Awesome. I'm excited about the progress. >> Yes. Great job. Great. >> Thank you. >> All right. board. Next up is our February financial report prepared by Dr. Brandon. Any concerns, questions? >> Say goodbye. Thank you. Bye. >> Hi. Thanks. >> So, just to be clear, moving forward when we start doing the project budget reports, we'll have a financial report and then we'll have the project budget report separately, right? >> Yeah. Project budget will be wrapped into scope. Uh and that'll come through Liz primarily on her monthly communication to you. >> Okay. >> Uh separately Cliff
071and Marcy reconcile all the expenditures. So uh we live in the forward thinking at this team what would we approved Cliff Marcy each month reconcile what happened actually and that's how we reconcile both of those. So what's happening real time when we're making decisions? So yeah, go ahead. What happened in the last month? And so we reconcile that each month as we go through. And the other piece that uh Cliff and Marcy will do is the state match component because 11.3 million of the project will come from the state of Washington. So they track the claimable or matchable expense, submit that each month, and make sure we're on track to get all the revenues on the revenue side. >> Okay. >> So yeah, two both of those things are happening simultaneously. So you'll see the
072reconciled capital projects account each month and what we prepare, but also Liz will share here's the status of what we've expended or plan to expend thus far. >> Okay. Well, I want to say something to Marcy as a new board member. I can read your report and understand it. Thank you. I mean, I understand not all of it, but the majority of it I do, and it's easy to read. So, as I as a new board member, Thank you. And whenever you get confused, you just pull out budget 101. >> Yes. >> Yep. Yep. You can search in board docs for budget 101. >> Yeah. >> Or call Marcy >> or call. >> That's great. Okay. No discussion on the report. Then we will move forward to sexual harassment prohibited. This is prepared by board
073memo. I will There's no action. There's no action. So any discussion? Nothing. Thank you, ma'am. And next up is presented by Dr. Lee, our Washington school improvement framework. Uh yeah. So exactly one week ago, I think Levy and I were going around at PTR talking to kids and I remember this and this will be a moment I'll remember for highlights from my year is that uh the first group we went to these two little girls that were terrified and they they were presenting their goals. Remember that the Irated goals? And so I took me a while to get them to talk to me, but I said, "So, so why do we set goals?" And they said, "Because when we set goals, it actually gives us a direction to go to." I'm like, "Oh, that's really
074cool." I said, "Well, what kind of goals are you setting?" They said, "Well, we're setting goals around, you know, math and reading." And I said, "Well, why those?" And they said, "It's because it's important." >> Right. >> And so, like, I I think about our goals as a district, and it applies to all of our goals. We have four goals, and we're going to examine those next month. But our goals are really important and they're also really hard. And it's those things that uh when we put those two things together, it makes the work really worthwhile. And so today's report is really around a really important measure of our strategic goals along the way. In fact, a lot of the data you'll see in here is a repeat because throughout the year, I've been giving
075you presentations on things like student growth percentiles, right? And really thinking about our proficiency with ELA and math. And there's a lot of signs in this data and I'm just going to give this away a little bit but a lot of signs in our data that show that the things that the board has provided us is paying off and this but this is you have to get into a time machine a little bit and go back a year. >> Okay. >> But we're there's a lot of good news in here. There's some things we got to work on. Okay. Why? Because it's hard. >> Yeah. >> And it's really important. All right. And uh Ed challenged me to put as much data on one slide as I possibly can. Welcome back. So, if you're going
076to take every one of my slides and make way too much to look at an overachiever to please. So, uh there there's a lot of data on here, but I I'll walk you through it. Uh the first few slides are really about what is the Washington school improvement framework. And uh what it is, and I presented on this the last 3 years, is really this idea that the state is trying to give us ways to measure kids in multiple ways. So, instead of having one test, we really look at uh you know, multiple multiple areas of that. I think we do a better job in the state because we're really considering social emotional learning and the whole child. Those are really our goals. Uh but this is really not just about the you know SBA.
077It's really combining things like graduation rate and really looking at dual credit. Uh this outlines what the specific measures of that are. And what they do is uh with all these measures they they put it in what are called deciles. They take all the schools in the entire state and they say uh 10% is gets a number one and then the next 10% gets a number two and the next 10% after that decile is 10 right and so every one of the scores we get is based on a 1 through 10 scale and so like one is you're the lowest 10% two bottom 20% three and so on okay so it just kind of explains how to read this a little bit and so the the measures that are being used as a state is
078really looking at things like the ELA and math proficiency overall. That's one of them. But it doesn't apply to every grade because we don't give the SBA in every grade. And so the way to read this chart is where the yellow bar falls is really where that measure is going to be applicable. And they they apply all these things for that grade level. Like for example, in elementary school, they're not going to be looking at graduation rate because they're not graduating from elementary school. I guess they are, but it's not a a a measure that we use in the state, but they do use things in the high school like dual credit, but they don't do that in elementary. So what ends up happening is that we have to weigh a lot of these measures
079like attendance for example means a lot in elementary school and it's it means a lot in high school as well that we think about the number of measures overall with the Washington school improvement framework. Um they have to be weighted so that we actually look at the whole child. Okay. And so the the state has actually classified schools around four different levels of support. Um they don't talk about accountability through this measure. They talk about support. And so if you're a school that's in that bottom 10%, they don't talk about accountability like they're going to kick you out of the state. They talk about like how much support you get by support. They talk about like state intervention, which is they they'll send trainers to you. OSPI will actually send um you you money to
080actually train kids. And so the the good news for us is that we're not actually over in the tier 2 or the tier three. None of our schools are. And that's that's a huge improvement for us. So when I said earlier that we're doing things that are really important and really hard, we're actually doing work that's showing progress as well. And so if you look at uh boarding schools, we most of our school half of our schools are on this thing called foundational supports, which sounds like, you know, we need a lot of help there, but that means we don't really need a lot of help. Our schools are doing really well. And if you look at tier one is really that we have one or two targeted groups of kids that are fall below
081what they call threshold. And I'll explain what that means in a second, but none of our schools are in the tier 2 or the tier three. None of them are. >> All of our schools are in the foundational sports or tier one. So that's good news. really good news. >> And again, I put a lot of data on site so I can confuse you. >> Is it working? >> Yeah, we're on to you. Actually, now that you're talking about it, it's not as confusing today. >> I know. He's a good teacher. >> All right. Well, have a job then. That's good. I'll take um so if you look at the schools, and I'll go through each one of the schools individually with their Washington school and permit framework scores. On the left hand side, you'll
082see a bunch of colored boxes. On the far left hand side, you see those categories I was talking about, right? like what's the math proficiency and what's the ELA proficiency, what's attendance look like and so those are all on the left hand side the labels and then the boxes to the right of that are really like they're colorcoded because I talked about the decile right and so red means you're lower overall compared to all the other schools and blue means you're actually higher right and so blue's good basically and red is something we need to work on and so if you look at elementary school the reason this data is going to look a little different is because you remember you were here we took a primary school that didn't really test in the SBA
083until the last couple years. >> And so their their historical data is going to be different. And so what ends up happening is that average ends up being higher just overall because we have fewer years to compare it to which is on the right hand side is the trend. And there's really only two years of trend on that right hand side for elementary school because again it just became an elementary school in the last couple years. >> Okay, make sense? Mhm. >> Mhm. >> So, here's uh where we start talking about like where's that line that we're trying to that threshold that we're trying to get um every targeted group of kids above. Um they have a lot of all the lines are actually above except for one and that's students with disabilities. That threshold
084in this case is you know around two two and a quarter and so but we're pretty close to that. And so that's that's an area of focus that we're going to have to have for our schools. And so you'll see things that Dr. West overton present during um our next meeting and talking about like social emotional learning and how do we actually target students that really need the most help uh tiers of intervention MTSS you hear middle school doing the same very similar thing but as a system this provides the purpose for why we're doing a lot of the things that we're doing okay uh one thing I wanted to point out if you take a look at the ML learners now the the board provided an extra additional teacher at the elementary school if
085you remember that so now we two elementary ML teachers. We're seeing direct impact from this right away, almost right away from that. So that's amazing. You'll see the same thing at PTR. So here's uh here's PTR. Now they have more historical data. So if you look at that right hand side, they have more years to add up. And so as a result, what ends up happening is that they're more data points means there's a lot more averaging that goes on. And so if you look on the left hand side, I want to point out ML learners, that's great. So if you look at the investment that we're putting uh we're getting a lot of I would say a lot of great results as a you know as a result of that investment. So that again
086taking a look at that threshold where is that line now that line seems arbitrary. It is not. Um they take that line and they're using it based on all of the other schools that are that exist out in the state of Washington. And that line actually changes every year. Goes up and down depending on where the average schools are. And so every one of our targeted groups in order for us to be in foundational needs to be above that line. And if you take a look at um in this case Asian students at PTR, uh why is that line like below that? Well, the end size or the number of kids that claim they're just Asian Asian, not two or more races um is pretty small. I mean, we're looking at probably maybe 20 kids
087total. >> And so to get that line above that threshold is actually pretty doable because we have to get two or three more kids to really be proficient along the way. So, it's uh the data is it shows that it's doable. It's hard, but it's good. Here's Oring Middle School. Take a look at their they have a lot of really good growth data. Now, remember we talked about uh student growth percentiles a while ago. No student growth percentiles. If you were to take all of the students in a cohort, like you take all the sixth graders in this case, and you say how much did all of those sixth graders as a group grow and you're right in the middle, you would actually get a score student growth percentile score of 50, right? So, anything
088above 50 is good. And so, if you look at the middle school, their student growth percentiles are actually pretty good, right? >> So, then why is the middle school why why are there some oranges in the middle school? because their proficiency and that's where the state says is the minimum for like math and ELA is is still below. So even though we're showing great growth in the middle school, we still have to work on proficiency, making sure the kids can master the basic skills in sixth, seventh, and eighth grade. Does that make sense? >> Yeah. But if you look at the the growth lines on the right hand side, there's a general trend up and that's pretty encouraging. >> Pretty encouraging. So again, here's the really we talked about the threshold. Where's the line? Well,
089the good news is no one's below it. This is the first time I reported this where that's been the case for this for the middle school. So, that is huge growth. That's an amazing data point for us at the middle school. So, good job middle school high school. So, high school has uh you see that the the data points on the left hand side what we're actually measuring is changing. Uh the one that's really notable at the high school is a dual credit rate. Now, um we heard a little bit earlier about like dual credit being a priority. Well, it's we have our high school has really high percentages of dual credit. In fact, more than most high schools that are out there. So, that's a a great data point. The ELA scores are amazing.
090So, they're always done really well. What we need to do is really look at math in particular and look at that growth over time. Now, there's there's there's hope for that, though, as we're implementing new curriculum and really looking at those core competencies and really looking at student agency and doing the training of teachers. Um, that math is is shooting up as well. So it's uh it's pretty fun to watch actually. And so where's the threshold for them? Well, again, all of the scores are above that threshold the state considers to be foundational. >> So good news, right? >> Yes. >> So I wanted to break this down again. I thought how much data can I get on a slide? So there you go. >> But if you look at just in general, I wanted
091to think like where where is each school? So OES is remember we talked about that 1 through 10 score right so 5.85 overall if you average all the scores that means they're actually doing pretty well it's a strong score right ptr 3.40 40 we have some work to do there particularly with students with disabilities and so that's one of our priority goals that we'll talk about as a board um and then thinking looking at MS 4.35 a big part of that for them is around that student growth percentile we're talking about um all of these things and I want to mention high school is very high as well so good job high school but all of these can be almost overnight improved if we have a focus on attendance >> attendance is one of the
092major measures that's goes across all of our schools and I'll connect directly connect our attendance to our work around student agency >> and student dignity because if students are connected belong they will show up they will show up at school >> and so where's our work going for you'll see a lot of parallels in the data that we have around the Washington school improvement framework and our goals that we have as a board so I think it's it's pretty encouraging overall the growth we've had and this remember we went back in a time machine so this is like a year ago so imagine what it's going to be this year I mean I'm thinking already with the results we saw like with the the students setting their goals >> and the growth that we've had
093with with things like I Ready, it's been pretty impressive. Um we really think about our social emotional learning, the growth we've had there has been pretty impressive. Now, I'm not going to guarantee that all of our data goes up, but I'll tell you that I'd be really surprised if it didn't in a way that we're all going to be really pleased by just in a year though. I think we've come a long ways and done a lot. So, um so that's that's our report. Any questions? >> That's awesome. No questions, but maybe a couple comments. So, one of our agency superstars tonight was a student who advocated for themselves to become more active in genet classes. And I'm thinking to myself as you're going through the report if that's where you know a low point
094is at PTR for example um with agency of the students like that and you have drilled this into my head now for I don't know three or four years and um it just makes more sense every single time and the fact that we are now looking at this growth and we've sat in those um building board meetings where we've watched the students explain their goals setting and seeing that agency so active. Um, yeah, you can just see the pathway. I can't wait to see next year's, you know, it's very exciting to me. Um, yes, it's hard and yes, there's a lot to do and yes, our staff has late nights and all that stuff and our and our kids are are doing it, but um but it's there. The results are the results are showing
095up. >> It's hard and it's important. And I'll say that uh Cliff when we're seeing these agency superstars being presented, I said to Cliff like I am totally floored by this. I think about how much growth we've had as a system around agency in particular. >> And he says, we need to stop being surprised that that agency is like a really important thing for us and we're seeing a lot of growth and I'm like I don't think ever. I don't think I'll ever be because I I think it's important work. Um but I love the fact that like that little girl with her >> Oh yeah. cute shoes and like she's got agency on the brain, right? I mean, I think about like as a system how powerful that is and can be as we
096move forward. So, >> um so I'll never stop being amazed by that ever. Ever. >> Yeah. I think watching them um the students present. >> Yeah. >> Blows my mind every single time. And it shouldn't, right? But we raise the bar. We don't lower it. And we raise that bar and they always rise to it like you know and watch listening to them talk and presenting. >> Oh yeah. >> I'm like wow this is amazing. Like they are on it and they are in it like they want to do better. So it's >> this this is proof. >> Yeah. Don't forget it's really hard, right? They're setting goals and things that are really hard and achieving >> and and when when we were with them, right? and they're like, "Okay, yeah, it's hard, but that's
097okay. I'm I'm going to dig in. I'm just going to go >> Yeah. >> get this right." And Right. A lot of people don't have that, right? It's like, "Hey, I ran into a wall." Okay. Well, I'm just going to stop. Right. >> They're like, "Hold on. Let me >> size up this wall. Let me figure out my way around this wall." Right. And And it's just amazing to watch. Yeah. I love Yeah. >> Life's hard. Life's hard. When you get to be an adult, life gets hard, right? And so, teaching them now how to deal with that and get over those hurdles is >> amazing. >> I think what I see in some of these goals, I see growth and I see progress and I see some of these numbers are still really low.
098>> Yeah. >> And I want to see those numbers go up. But what gives me optimism is hearing how not just our students are using agency to propel themselves forward, but our staff is applying it and >> figuring it out with students, not kind of >> inflicting something on them that they're figuring it out. So >> while I see it's a different response for me. So maybe years ago before we were talking about agency, I felt kind of hopeless looking at the hard numbers and going, I don't know how we're going to dig out. And but now we're seeing the growth. We're seeing the progress. And I feel optimistic because I trust our staff and our students to keep going and to not give up when it is hard >> and to not mask over
099the the numbers that maybe we're not super excited about yet. and they're tackling it head on and the students are tackling it head on. >> Yeah. >> So, I want to commend the work that's been done. I want to commend the culture that's been created around doing hard things and that grit to keep pushing forward and we're seeing results. >> Yes, we're seeing results. So, thank you. >> Yes. >> I think when we meet next month, uh we're going to see a clear pathway forward, right? So, it's not going to be, well, yeah, our scores are low. What do we do about it? We're like, I don't know, but that's not what we're going to do. >> So, we have a we have clear evidence now that what we're doing is working. >> I know
100that scores, some of those scores are pretty low, but they're better than they were. >> And it doesn't mean that we're going to stop again. This is a time machine. We just went back a year. So, imagine what it's going to be this year, >> right? And then the next year, next year. >> Good work. >> I like this summary format, by the way. >> Oh, good. It's really helpful going >> I could probably put more data on a slide maybe a little would be too small. >> Yeah, don't make it smaller. >> But I like the data and I think as we head into our board retreat in May and we're talking about these goals, this will be great reference. >> Thank you. >> All right. Thank you. All right, next up, consent agenda.
101>> Trying to figure out the scrolling up and down on our little tools here. >> Uh, so we have vouchers, personnel, some field trips. Love that for our kids. Those are great learning opportunities. and board minutes. So, when you're ready, I would love to get a motion on items one through seven. >> I move to approve items one through seven on the consent agenda. >> Second. >> Thank you. All in favor? I. Motion passes. >> And we have action items. First up is certificated and administrator cont contracts. Excuse me. >> Hello. >> Hi there. So, um in front of you is proposed a memo and it's um asking for the board to approve the offering of the 2627 school year contracts to all administrators and certificated personnel who will be covered by continuing contract for
102the coming school year. >> Excellent. Thank you very much. Um, no questions. >> No questions. >> Then I will entertain a motion. >> I move to approve the offering of 2026 2027 schoolyear contracts to all administrators and certificated personnel who are covered by the continuing employment contract law. >> Second. >> Thank you. All in favor? >> I I motion passes. >> Thank you, Carrie. >> Thank you, Karen. Thank you. >> Next up is a resolution. It's jumping. Debt services fund, capital projects fund, and general fund. This is a prepared by. So if there's no questions, I will take a motion. I move to approve resolution 10.2026, debt services fund, capital projects fund, and general fund. Second. >> Second. >> Thank you. All in favor? I. >> Motion passes. And next up is intent to participate
103in outdoor camp. It's a little easier to use the mouse. Just saying. >> There's a mouse. >> Oh, there's a bounce. Yours might not be on. Oh, yeah, it is. Oh. Oh, that's way easier. Thank you. >> I'm just jumping around, too, so the mouse is a little easier. Uh motion for outdoor camp. >> I move to approve the fifth grade outdoor education plans for the spring of 2027 is presented. >> Second. >> Thank you. All in favor? I. Motion passes. Good evening, sir. >> Hi. >> That was a MY DARLING. That's fine. >> She's like, "Did you tell him what I wanted you to say?" >> Okay. Uh you guys have the board memo that I uh sent to you guys. I I added uh the um worksheets that I do for OX um
104OSPI uh Title 9 um compliance so that you guys could see those numbers. Um >> uh a couple of the highlights in there that in my board memo that I presented to you guys um is u uh this spring we'll do the OSPI interest survey grades 6 through 12. uh where the kids take a a survey, talk about what kinds of interests they have in different athletic programs and what they are participating both in school, out of school, and what they'd like to see. Uh and then that kind of guides where we're going. Um uh the other the other thing that I want to celebrate is uh our connection with Olympic sports and spine rehabilitation and uh Renee Smith who is uh stellar and uh she's an amazing lady. Uh we had over 20 athletes
105participate or excuse me, we had over 20 student um uh sports medicine trainers that participated with her throughout the season um going right now. Uh so she does football games, volleyball games, basketball games, wrestling games, wrestling matches. Um and in the spring she does a lot of soccer matches. So she's super busy. She even um volunteered some of her time. Uh and she's just absolutely amazing, you know. Um, I've seen it firsthand over the last couple years and Renee is uh, hands down some of the best uh, trainers that I've had to work with with all the different schools. She blows people away. So anyway, she's amazing. Um, uh, you know, we continue to, uh, work through equitable access um, to our facilities um, uh, for both the middle school and the high school and
106what our facilities look like and uh, trying to keep them in the best shape that we can so the kids can use them. Um uh thank you very much for passing the new athletic code uh that you guys got earlier this year. That was a lot of work with the community and um uh families and administrators and coaches and teachers and students to get there. And uh I loved what you guys were saying um during the last presentation by Mr. Lee about doing things that are hard. Um the new athletic code raised the bar academically uh for students and uh they're meeting the threshold. So, you're exactly right that when you raise the bar and you increase expectation, the kids will comply. There are still struggles here and there, but those kids are getting help.
107Um, we have homework club that we have two Mondays and Wednesdays at the high school where if kids don't make grades athletically, uh, we get them in touch with, um, Katie Denner who runs our homework club. And, uh, I just, uh, assigned a kid to homework club next week because he was struggling with his grades. And it just adds it allows us to have good conversations with athletes and talk about being student athletes and we got to get it done in the classroom first so that we can participate on the field. Um and then getting the help, right? Getting the help that you need if you're struggling in your classes. >> Um uh a couple of things that came out of those worksheets that I gave you uh is um identifying under underserved groups, right?
108So, notoriously at the middle school, uh, our male athletes were the underserved groups. Um, and there and and that's unusual. Usually, it's the other way around. Um, and that's the way it is at the high school. The females are the underserved groups. Um, but we're making strides. Um, and to to that point, we've seen an increase in the gap between male and female athletes at the middle school. It's it was underprivileged to the less participation of male athletes as opposed to more female athletes. and that's flipped at the middle school uh because of the work we did in adding boys soccer and adding boys cross country. Um and the great thing about that um if you'll in the worksheet you'll see that the enrollment is 53% uh male 47% male at the middle school and
109the particip participation rate in athletics is exactly the same. >> Oh wow. >> So the enrollment is the same as our participation. So that's that's a that's a positive thing. Um, >> and then the other, uh, at the high school, we're decreasing the gap. So, we've seen a large gap in that. >> Has that, you threw percentages at me, so I'm noodling that. >> Uh, has that pattern been consistent over time? And what's making me, you don't have to answer that, I'm kind of just throwing that out there. As our building grows, as middle school grows over the next few years, if that percentage stays consistent, then our programs have to grow in order to keep up with that increase in enrollment. >> Does that make sense? >> I'm just wondering out loud. >> I'm
110thinking uh in I don't have data that goes back further than I have director. So, in my head, um, >> girls participate at in the last 3 years, female athletes have participated at a higher rate than male athletes up in middle school. >> Okay. >> And we've closed that gap. >> Yeah. >> To where boys are slightly ahead of girls, but it matches the the enrollment of the school. >> Um, and we've increased athlete athletic participation overall at the middle school by uh about 54 athletes. Um, so as enrollment increases, I would see participation athletics increase. >> There's no way to predict who those kids are, >> but we want to continue to give those opportunities out there and then make adjustments based on what we see in the data, right? If we see uh
111girls start dropping off, dropping off, dropping off the guy and the male participation go up, then we have to adjust the opportunities that we give >> um to stay as close to compliant as you can. Yeah. >> Um but I think the work that we've done uh that was started by um uh um oh I forgot >> Marty and uh Dave Slaggel >> uh Dave. There we go. Uh Marty and Dave the work that they done they've done. I've got to see some of the benefits of that. >> Cool. >> So and that leads uh directly to what we're doing at the high school. So, we met earlier this year and I uh asked to include girls flag football because um when you look into the data at the high school participation rate of male
112athletes is significantly higher than female athletes. Even though we're closing the gap, there's still more work to be done. So, I asked to include girls flag football in the winter season next year. Uh and then the other thing is we want to separate. Right now we currently have golf where we have one head coach for the boys and the girls team. >> And we want to separate and have a boys golf coach and a girls golf coach. Hopefully having a girls golf coach will increase the numbers of participation because they have their own coach. >> Someone that they identify with uh that supports them at practice and on the fields instead of a coach that shares time. >> We want to do the same thing with our cross country team. uh if we add 20
113to 25 athletes in the uh girls flag football and we add 5 to 10 in both golf and cross country, we're taking that out of compliance where we would have to provide 97 more opportunities for girls. We can get close to cutting that in half just by those small changes that we made right there. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> Interesting. >> Did that I think did that answer your question? >> Kind of. Yeah. Yeah. Kind of. And it was really just me wondering kind of wondering out loud like as you know we're building facilities to support oncoming or incoming growth uh how that impacts our athletic programs and the opportunities students have should like what do we need to expect a certain percentage of kids to then be joining the program and the resources you're
114going to need in order to let them have >> easy answer then is yes Right. >> Just trying to think forward on that >> and wondering. So, >> yeah, we're already um >> busting at the seams facilitywise with just the numbers we have. So, if we see an increase in numbers, uh we're we're already running out of space. So, um a second gym at the middle school or another field for preparation. Uh the fact that you guys have a plan uh to build athletic facilities uh across the street at the elementary school as part of the building is going to be a huge impact on the um strain that we already have in the stadium. >> I mean right now we're boys football, boys soccer, >> track, and we have the highest numbers we've had
115in years in track. Over 100 athletes >> um all practicing in the same facility at the same time. >> Um and so we had a track meet today. Uh so boys soccer couldn't practice in the stadium uh because you can't practice soccer while you have a track meet. Uh and uh the boys football, middle school boys football had to be down on the grass down below the high school uh cuz that was the only place for them to go. >> So yeah, as numbers increase uh more resources towards facilities would be really really good. >> Just a a comment beyond just the amazing job that you're doing Mr. poly helping to vision out and support all of our programs. But board uh think about that May 7th as the architect begins to foreshadow what your
116phase 2 construction could look like. That's an important consideration about the emerging priorities and how you structure the future growth. U as well as what Cliff is doing working with Tyler thinking about expenditures this year. Can we improve lighting upgrades in our facilities? Can we take care of the grass field behind the middle school? Uh, and another thing to think about from your state match perspective is if we really are able to secure more state match funds in bond number one, do you want to entertain potentially something like a PTR gym? Now, you don't know if you have the ability to do that yet because you have to get cost proposals back, but at some point maybe in the fall or winter in 2026, early 27, you might want to think about accessing more and
117maybe taking a bigger bite even in phase one that you considered possible. So, just a few things to comment and mention, uh, because I think Tyler's doing a wonderful job helping to vision that out. Uh, but we're already stuck and as we grow, those stuck points are going to become worse over time. >> Yeah. >> Then we don't want to diminish opportunities for kids. Uh, we don't want to increase cost for parents and we don't want to take away opportunities for kids. Those have been two strong values from you as a board, >> but we want to maximize the opportunities that we could provide with what we do have. >> Absolutely. I mean, I'm I'm going to say I think the middle school just in girls volleyball is got so many teams. So, you're seeing
118that just growing and breaking at seams, right? Yeah. >> Yeah. Yeah. We have 120 female girls volleyball, you know, girls volleyball players at the middle school. And >> that's not Wow. >> I mean, that's fantastic. But girls, that's >> six players play on a court. Yeah. >> So, we're we're we have 10 teams currently. We have a varsity, a JV, and then we have eight C teams. >> Um, and our coaches down there do a great job. Carbon Buckle at the middle school, our athletic coordinator, and the volleyball coaches do a great job of facilitating a C team schedule that allows all eight of those teams to play and get games in. >> Uh, but you can imagine how difficult it is. Um the middle school only has capacity for three courts >> and one
119court isn't even full size. So two courts in the main gym, one court in the small gym. >> Um and so on the days it's not raining, uh the middle school volleyball players, they condition by running over to the high school and setting up uh two or three more nets at the high school so that they can practice um when our baseball and softball teams are not practicing in the gym cuz it's pouring down rain, which we've had a lot of >> so far this year. So, uh, yes, um, volleyball has the opportunity to do that. Um, our basketball programs don't have that opportunity because the gyms are already being used cuz, uh, boys and girls basketball at the middle school runs at exactly the same time, boys and girls basketball at the high school
120>> and there's just not enough gym facilities for everyone. Um, our boys basketball team at the middle school is 72 athletes. >> Uh, so we ran a vars, JV, and four C teams. >> So, it it Yeah, it's a challenge. So, and our coaches do a really good job. Current does a good job at the middle school organizing all of that. >> I see sports added under high school gymnastics. What does that look like? >> So, we currently still have a co-op with Sar High School. Um, but we didn't have any gymnastic athletes that wanted to participate this year. Mhm. >> So, um uh over the last 2 years, we had two athletes, two gymnasts from Oring that participated on the um independently with the Sumar um with the Sumar gymnastics team. Uh but this
121year, no one wanted to participate. Those kids graduated and uh we do have gymnast gymnast gymnasts at the high school, but they do independent gymnastics through a different club team >> and they didn't want to uh they didn't want to participate in that. So, >> okay. >> Yeah. Uh, the ch um at the end of my document, I talked about some challenges. Mr. Haten Beer brought up the lighting in the stadium. We're working on that. Um, it continues to be a challenge to get coaches. Uh, when you have, you know, 10 volleyball teams, you got to find coaches to coach all of those. That can be a challenge. Uh, and you know, uh, you you know, today, Mrs. Tibido, the traffic getting into town. uh it's a challenge to find coaches that can are available
122at the time that we run practice and are able to get in town to do that. So, anything we can do to encourage people to coach is really really good. >> Uh we already talked about the facilities um and uh and fields and things like that. Uh the great celebrations, one I would say is the athletic code. That was a huge change. Uh I can't think of the last time the athletic code changed. So that's a huge celebration. Uh, I'm in currently working on the coach's handbook, updating and modernizing the coaches handbook so that we can keep coaches compliant. Um, and then, um, you guys know our boys wrestling team won their fifth state title in a row. >> Uh, and we, our SNAP fundraise guys just dropped off a banner that we can put
123up, um, that mentions that that this year was our ninth state championship in wrestling. So, you'll probably see that banner up here pretty soon. Uh, um, celebrating those guys. Um, uh, in addition to that, Mikey Fritz was named, this isn't in the report, this is after I turned in the report, but Mikey Fritz, uh, a senior wrestler, was named the Tacoma, um, athletic commission athlete of the year for the winter. Um, this is the second year in a row that an Oring athlete has won that award. AJ Salgarero won that award last year. >> So, he's in the running to win the award overall for the year uh, um, from all three seasons. And uh I just found out recently that our uh OHS equestrian team uh qualified for the state tournament uh or state
124meet if you will over in Moses Lake in May. Uh they won three gold medals at their last event for showmanship and >> um drill and showmanship and another one I can't remember what the other one was. >> That's awesome. >> Yeah. Um and then uh last um another celebration is we worked with OXA to change our um uh coaches evaluation process. Uh we have a new evaluation that we're using and I'm in the process of teaching coaches uh to um the new evaluation process. We're going to be moving to where head coaches evaluate their assistant coaches. Um, so it facilitates conversation between them about how to grow coaches because that's probably one of the challenges that coaches face is um is we get so wrapped up in coaching the team, we forget to coach
125our coaches how to be better. >> So the new evaluation process adds to a conversation about how to be better and what we can do and how to use professional development, stuff like that. And it's going really well. Um, so next year the ath the head coaches will evaluate their assistant coaches and then I will evaluate the head coaches. Um, and so it's really good the the check boxes and the things that um, uh, Cliff and uh, Cliff and Oliver Chadwick and Carrie Joy uh, and we all work together to update it and get it going. It's working really well. Um, so that leads to the way we see success in athletics and and so I'm really pushing home with our coaches that success and ath success in athletics deals with how many kids are
126participating uh on a yearly basis in your programs and are those kids coming back? So are the same kids that are playing year to year coming back? Uh what does the stu the athlete experience look like? And then how are we doing competition wise? And so those are the four main factors we like measure success in athletics. So things are going really well. >> You guys have any questions? >> I I was going to say also um and it it's performing arts, but we had our our marching band and all that stuff. So you got students in the middle school and high school that are participating in that also. And that's and you know it still has to do with it, right? So >> Yeah. Oh, absolutely. Absolutely. Uh I was uh I was smiling
127when you guys were talking about the band competition this last weekend cuz I was there early. Um we had stuff going on later in the afternoon, but I was there in the morning while they were getting it set up and I got to watch the teams practicing in the parking lot and things like that. Uh so there's lots of really good stuff going on in addition to um athletics. So our knowledge bowl team did really well. Yeah. >> Um our um FBLA group is over in Spokane right now competing. Um sports medicine was last week. Uh so there's lots of really good celebrations intercolastically. >> Yeah. >> The job of um athletic director such as yourself is very busy. You um don't have a lot of downtime and I want to really commend the fact
128that you are updating documents and processes and procedures and keeping up with what needs to happen. not just what's easy to stay with. So that's that's a lot of fork. So good job. >> Thank you. >> And congratulations getting rid of the moles on the baseball. >> HOPEFULLY HOPEFULLY THAT DOESN'T >> HOW FAST they reappeared. >> We're we're still working on that. Yes. >> No, I I mean it was amazing like over a weekend all a sudden there's a whole circle of mole hills in the middle of the baseball field. >> Sure. They just moved. >> Yes, we're we're working. We we've seen some success there. Yes, absolutely. >> Relocated our homes. >> Well, it wasn't right. >> I better not. >> Yeah. I will entertain a motion, please. I move to approve the intercolastic
129activities program. >> Second. >> Thank you. All in favor? >> I motion passes. Mr. W. Thank you very much. Mr. You guys just didn't see how bad. All right, speaking of athletics, our next motion is for the WIAA resolution and membership. >> Well, it says it's currently vacant. I thought it was you. Oh yeah, >> I thought it was me. >> That's right. Me too. >> So maybe I'm not. >> Yeah, I thought we voted Mr. Director Milo. >> I think it's me. >> Yeah, absolutely. >> So this is an annual submission that we submit to Leah at this time of the year. >> Okay. >> So we have to >> to do another one. >> Do repeat performance. >> Repeat. >> Okay. Do I I I'm >> I got confused. Sorry. I move to
130approve director Milo as the 2026 2027 Washington Interscolastic Activities Association board member representative. >> I second it. >> Thank you all in favor. I >> I passes. I didn't like it. I was super confused there for a second because we also have to approve the resolution and our ongoing measurement. So, we have a representative and we're going to be a member again. That's great. Second motion, please. >> I move to approve resolution number 11.20252026, the Washington Intercgolactic Activities Association. >> I second that. >> Thank you. All in favor? >> I. Motion passes. >> Sorry, I got confused on that one, too. Apparently, I was supposed to ask if there are any nominations. >> Thanks for nominating my nominated and and approved. >> We're just real efficient. >> Yes. >> I mean, it was a short
131anyways than >> Yeah, a little longer term. >> Sorry, that was a little messy. >> Yeah, >> we got it done. Thanks, Bonnie. >> We got it done. >> Thought there was something you weren't telling us. >> Okay. >> Yeah. Don't do that. All right, we made it to board comments. >> Nice. >> Any board comments? I feel like I've talked a lot tonight, so I'm done with comments. >> Okay, anybody? All good. Uh, I missed the beginning of the meeting. I just want to thank staff and teachers and students for what looked like a really good laar drill. >> Um, it felt like the kids got over the bridge faster than in previous years. We were looking at our watches going, "Oh, I guess >> Mhm. I guess that was it. So, >> we
132survived this year or what? >> Yeah, everybody was hustling. >> It was very hustling. >> It was very efficient. >> Yeah. So, I can't wait to hear. I'm always curious. Did we make it in time? >> We made it in time. That's good. >> All right. Then with that, I will adjourn tonight's meeting