001forgot 4:30. We ready? 4:30. All right. Uh, welcome everyone. I'm going to gave our meeting uh into session. Uh, please stand if you're able and remove your hats for the pledge of allegiance. All right, great. Our um first item on the agenda, well, roll call. Everybody's here except for Jamie. Jamie has another obligation he couldn't get out of this evening. Um our district highlight is an esports presentation. Superintendent McCabe. Hello, I'm Lane Roberts. I'm computer science, robotics, engineering, video game design teacher at CIA High School. And today I'm going to be presenting on our progress of esports at CILA High School today. So esports at a glance is a opportunity for students to build community and feel one with another and make connections that they otherwise didn't have in a school environment where they can
002feel comfortable. It builds teamwork. Uh every game that we play has collaborative aspects to it and through that teamwork they build communication and we have an inclusive environment. We have a wide variety of students and I think that's best represented by my quote at the bottom there what I got from uh some statistics which I've been kind of hounding on for a while but they say that 85% of teens play video games and most of and 40% of those teens say that they play them every single day. So that serves the widest population of students possible that you could hope for. So that's a real inclusive environment. We have everyone come and play whenever possible. And then during their team exercises and uh we promote critical thinking where they have to problem solve their way.
003So if another team is really hounding on us and they have the advantage then we can go ahead and um think about ways and problem solve how to essentially beat the other team and how to compensate for um you know weaknesses that we may have that we went into the match with. And so there's a lot of talking and problem solving as we go through that. But it also creates opportunities for students to become leaders. And we see that over my course. We've seen a number of students rise to the occasion and take up the captain role and or lead the um seasons as we go through for each team. And right now I can tell you that even though most of them a large portion of our seniors are leaving um or large portion
004of the teams that are competing this year are leaving there's a lot of students willing to step up into their places. So and then uh so currently esports is still hunting in the hunt for a designation for a activity designation through WIAA. It's been ongoing for a few years or at least since 2021 when I started the program. And so Washington State Schoolic um esports association is the one of the top providers in the state. And so on any given esports uh game that we play, there's as many as 32 to 40 schools participating through WIA. and school districts across the state as I talk to many of us as we gather for Wasia uh many many of them are implementing programs and positions across the board um one of the largest ones in the
005state is Tacoma high schools every single one of their high schools has a program and many of their middle schools are implementing them now so that's a really push in the right direction oh come on clicker and then I'm just going to talk about the first esports year our 2021 uh As you can see, I have a group of six students with me. That was what we started with. I had six students uh really dedicated to the program. Many of them in other sports such as track and cross country and football as well. And they would make time to come in every day after school whenever they could and play. And so our very first state tournament, we actually went to a large state tournament with 500 plus students in attendance from across the state.
006And we got to meet and connect with all those different students and see tons of different opportunities. And um down below on the right hand corner you can see additional opportunities that they were offered while we were there to learn coding and um basic programming um as a side opportunity and they uh took it up you know and really tried to produce some good product and time. So that was a really great experience for all those guys. And I'm going to turn it over to one of my students right now. Hello everybody. Hey, I am Elijah Nichols. I'm a senior this year and will be heading to CWU. Unfortunately, not for esports, though I do wish. Um, I joined during my sophomore year. Uh, I was kind of in and out uh compared to some
007of our other members. However, uh, since sophomore year, I have noticed a sharp increase in the amount of players we get. Uh, we used to have maybe 10 consistently in the room. Now, we have closer to 15 and it rotates every day. So, I'd say we have maybe 20, maybe more members around now. Uh we've gone to more competitions. We've gotten closer to winning a lot of those competitions and we have won a few. Uh I'm going to pass that over to someone else here in a minute though. I want to talk about the kind of teamwork and communication that goes into it. Between communicating with the other team to set up these matches and play them together, there's also a lot of communication that goes on through the players, even outside matches, practice, helping
008each other get better. It's honestly an amazing thing to watch for me. Now, I'm going to pass it back over to you, I think. Uh, okay. My name is Benny Baragan Luna. I am a senior this year and I'm going to CBC for esports, Overwatch specifically. Here are some of our esports accomplishments. In 2021, we placed uh Smash Bros. we'll see a top 20 in state. We were invited to the Lincoln uh High Invitational, which we won in 2022. Last school year, we placed fifth in Overwatch 2. And in this school year, we placed second with a very, very close match. And also this year, we won first place in Apex Legends. And three of our seniors have already gotten college scholarships. one of which being me and then the other two being seniors. So
009as you can see over our time running esports here at CA it's been highly successful not just in creating an inclusive environment but also include increasing opportunities for students that participate in the club. Can I field any questions at this point? Is it a year-long uh club or as you said seasons, are there distinct seasons for esports? Yes. So, esports runs three distinct seasons. We participate in fall, winter, and spring esports. So, all three athletic seasons that you would participate in, esports also does. We always have a team running. This season, spring season, we have three teams currently in process. So, and uh with our most recent win in Rocket League on Tuesday, it puts that team statebound for this year. So, what games do you uh primary primarily play and who decides which games
010you get to play? Yeah. So, you guys want to speak to that or should I Eli take over? So, we've had one game uh consistently every year, which is uh Nintendo's uh Smash Bros. Uh it is a 1v one fighting game. There's lots of mechanics to it, lots of numbers. Uh we also have played Overwatch every year. Uh it is a team-based game where you compete to take control of one point. So, it's very strategy oriented. Lots of tactics in that one. Uh more recently, we've also had Valerant. Uh that's the team that I'm a part of. It is a tactical defense and offense game uh where the teams each switch. There's an economy system, so you have to manage things like that. Uh we also have Apex Legends. Uh it's kind of a battle
011royale style game. Uh or there is a team on team uh based tactical style as well. Uh and then Rocket League, which is very similar to soccer, but with little little rocket cars. And then I'll come back to your question on how we manage and decide what games that we play. So those games are all um they're all going to be games that are rated on a lower rating level so that the maturity can be set at a certain level and they're done in a fashion that is takes a non-aggressive like violence stance. So essentially they're decided every year. Um but it also follows state guidelines on what the schools support that we can play. So if Washington state or WIA came in and they said we feel like that game is too violent then
012it would be a game that we wouldn't be playing. So everything it goes through the WIA board first for approval of what we've done in the past and if we have something new then we reach out to WIAA and then we get the final yes no that's okay to play. So I'm I'm kind of curious how does coaching work? Are they do they regularly beat you in the games or so? 100%. Um they actually they actually coach me and that makes me a better player. um I'm there to make sure that everything is lined up and really you know this this organization is about putting power into the students hands and so I let them do a lot of self-management and uh I let the captains take over the roles and make sure and push
013for things that they want and then I like to be the you know for lack of better term enabler. I like to make sure that they can go ahead and achieve what they want with the season. So if they're asking me for something and I think it's doable, then I'll try to make that happen. And so coaching, I can come in and um things I notice like, you know, I play the games as well. Obviously not as well or much as them, but I come in and just point out like, hey, we should be working on this. I noticed that we're pushing too hard. Like we need to step back and just kind of give them like little tidbits for them to chew on. And if they're right, they know they are. and then they'll
014scale back and typically that works pretty well. So, I just wanted to thank you for spearheading this. My son, he just called me after school yesterday to let me know that made it to state. I know this is new for a lot of people and especially older people that don't have that play video games. pretty but your statistics that it all and I'm really surprised that there's only 10 to 15 kids coming out. So I I hope it continues to grow and I hope that we can support you however you need the board side just know that we do support you and a really great thing. Thank you. Yeah, thank you very much. Um yeah, so year over year we are growing. Uh the 15, you know, 15 20 students every day. It it really
015uh it can vary, but yeah, 20 is usually about the high cap that we see during a day and then it can range. And then like uh Eli pointed out, we have a rotation of students. So during the spring, we may have 20 different students than we have during the fall um because some of them play sports. So right now, as an example, we have um three or four of them that are just in different sports. And so they're in for one day and then they're gone for the next couple days doing sports. But um right now it's generating a lot of buzz. So I already have about 10 students that want to play on the teams next year. So it's uh yeah, it's going to keep growing, I think. So they play every season.
016So fall, winter, spring, and do the games rotate seasons or is it a different different game focus. So the games are focused um so during the year what they try to predict is the turnout of people from the prior year. So, whatever the most popular game was the prior year, that gets pushed into spring quarter or spring uh season. And then that that way that can be the highlight of the state tournament that they throw at the end of spring and um really drive up, you know, participation in that aspect. And so, every season it can be different. So like last year we played Smash Bros during the uh fall season and then we played the Overwatch during a different season. So it can they try to rotate it and it's not the same every
017single season. And then that also gives students an additional opportunity. So those students that participate in cross country and track maybe the game they wanted to play was during their main season and so now it's in the fall so they can participate. So it's a nice system. You're welcome. I still hold uh quarterly land parties with Halo with my buddies. So, we're all over 40, but uh that ages me a little bit, but we like the social aspect of it. So, yeah. Yeah, it's um when you get all these students in a room together and you can hear that communication and, you know, giving each other a hard time, it's really just this unique environment that you don't see in a lot of places. And so it's yeah, phenomenal to watch, especially, you know, if
018if anyone ever came in during our Overwatch or our Apex games, hearing the call outs and they're so in sync with each other, it's just like they're part of the same mind at that point. It's crazy. Well, thank you very much for coming. Uh thank you, Mr. Roberts, for um uh being the coach, being the facilitator for all of this. That's fantastic for these students. and Eli and Benny, we're proud of you. Nice job. Keep it up for the Vikings. Good luck in the uh Are either of you doing state this spring. So, so far, um we have not secured, uh a spot for for the teams yet, but we're still in the in the wild card position. So, we have three weeks left to uh push those teams into that spot. So, awesome. Well,
019best of luck and good luck in college as well. Thank you very much for coming today. Thank you. That was great. Let me get this turned on. Our next uh item on the agenda and it looks like is there any public comment? Did they sign up for public comment? Uh uh Mr. Hines, if you'd like to make a comment. Is there any that were turned in online? Okay, great. Nobody signed up. So Mr. Hines will be a great Uh, I'll make this comment while Mr. Hines is getting ready. We invite all community members to address the board on an issue or topic. The agenda item titled suggestion comments from the audience is for any comments related to topics that are not on the agenda. The audience can also provide informal comments on specific agenda items
020after being recognized by the board president. Individual remarks are limited to three minutes. Patrons making comments are asked to begin by identifying themselves. If there's a group of people, please appoint a spokesperson. Um, if desired, you may email written documentation to the executive assistant to be included as part of the official meeting record. While the board will listen to all public comments carefully, the board cannot respond to comments spontaneously or without further deliberation. The board may direct the superintendent to respond to the issues expressed at a later date. Complaints about specific personnel will not be heard in open session and will not be part of the record of any public meeting. Harassing or derogatory statements about any persons or groups of persons will not be heard. Okay. Thank you very much. And if you could
021introduce yourself, please. Okay. Uh, this is Jeremy Hines. Um, anyway, Dan Peters, the CILA school board president, gave a statement to KIMA and KIMA published his statement on 417. His statement was higher education means better citizens, means a better workforce for the valley and ultimately it means better people. Peter said through higher education people develop analytical reasoning, critical thinking and the ability to work together. These skills are learned in community colleges, technical colleges, and four-year institutions. It's a foundational piece of our nation. I wholeheartedly agree with Dan's statement. However, the assessment trends within the CELA school district show that most of our students are below grade level. Approximately 70% of CEA school district students are below grade level according to the state assessment. Approximately 58% of students in grades 1 through eight are one year
022or more below grade level at the end of the school year for 23 24 according to districtwide I Ready testing. I agree with Dan's statement that community colleges, technical colleges, and four-year institutions should be developing analytical reasoning, critical thinking, and the ability to work together. But the vast majority of our students would be spending time at higher education setting in a higher educational setting learning remedial information because the CEA school district is not preparing children to have learned the information andor skills that are deemed necessary by grade level by teachers and other educational professionals according to test results. Some students will not test above 100 level courses for ELA and math and thus will get to pay for remedial credits that do not count towards their degree or training program. Because of this higher cost
023to additional education, many students have additional schooling is out of reach financially for them. As an example, several years ago at my place of employment, we had a job opening for a person to work on automation machinery and perform some rudimentary IT tasks. The application required the applicant to write a paragraph explaining why they wanted to work for our company. We received only one application from a graduate of Sila High School with no postsecary education. The paragraph consisted of the applicant's thoughts written in slang and text message speak. It did not contain basic conventions of paragraph form. I would say that the evidence of the statement by a CIA school district applicant, the results of the state standardized tests and the results of the school district's internal I Ready tests support my hypothesis that students
024are illprepared for their future when they are given a diploma from CILA school district. According to the OSPI report card website, 96% of students graduated in the 23 24 school year. Graduation rates have increased in the last four years, while test scores have steadily declined the last four years. I can only blame policies from the board for this result as the district administration is only tasked with creating procedures to implement board policies. Please change policies in a meaningful way such that students are prepared to develop analytical reasoning, critical thinking, and the ability to work together as Dan Peters put it very concisely before the students are given a diploma. Thank you all for serving on the board. Thank you, Mr. Hines. All right, our next order I don't think there's anybody else signed up. Is
025that right? Okay. Our next order of business is the approval of the ME meeting minutes. excuse me, from 3:27 and 4:17. Um, are there I'll I'll move that we approve the meeting minutes from uh the last two board meetings. Is there a second? I'll second. Uh any uh questions or comments about the meeting minutes from the last two meetings? All right. All those in favor of approving the meeting minutes for the uh 327 and 417 signify with an I. I opposed abstensions. Excellent. The meeting minutes are approved. We're moving on now to the consent agenda. Uh and as we've been doing, we'll go through the whole consent agenda prior to uh voting to approve the consent agenda or to reject the consent agenda. And we'll start with the human resources action sheet. Chris, you can
026see on the HR action sheet that we don't have a lot of activity this month. So, I really don't have any highlights to provide on that. Great. Thank you. The next item is payroll goods and services for April of 2025. Um, I just have one highlight from the payroll uh the goods and services gaggle.net. In case you weren't aren't familiar with that, that's our annual renewal for services to monitor. It's centered around safety, uh, monitoring, uh, student activities, their searches on their Chromebooks, and it it targets keywords, things that we need to pay attention to. Um, and so that expense is for 27,490 and it's a very valuable uh service that we and that would include searches that indicate that they might harm themselves or harm others or a potential drug use or misuse. Thank
027you. Great. Thank you very much. The uh third item is overnight travel requests and there are three. Um one is from uh Susie Bennett at CILA Middle School for leadership camp. The second is the FCCLA state officer training leadership and the third is the state convention in Pullman for I'm looking it up right now. FFA FFA that's Erica Parks, right? Taking the FFA students to that. Um, any anything we need to know about that, Superman McKay? No, all normal and usual for this time of the year. Great. We're uh we're certainly rooting on uh Parker for the FCCLA position, the national position. He's close, I think, right? Top five or Yeah, just went from the top 15 in the nation down to the top five. He will not know though until summer. Okay. Okay. Well,
028hopefully you'll let us know or he'll let us know. We'd love to hear from him again. It was great hearing from him last year. Um, and our last item on the consent agenda is a policy update which has to do with capital assets and thefts sensitive assets and I believe it's a very small change an increase from decrease from five from 5 to $10,000 and it's a procurement federal procurement change that we're required to make. So great. Thank you. And finally, there are two donations, both related to the FCCLA, um, that we want to note and, uh, potentially improve. Um, the first is a donation of, uh, of coffee from, uh, excuse me, coffee at Tiffany's, uh, a donation of $1,500 for the FCCLA. And the second donation, which I'll pull up right here, uh
029is from Austin Walters of Silen Containers, who's helping pay for FCCLA Nationals as well with a donation of $500. Thank you very much to those two uh individuals and um businesses for for donating uh to help those FCCLA students really make their dreams come true and challenge and push themselves. Um are there any I'll move that we approve the consent agenda. Is there a second? Second. Great. Are there any questions or comments about the consent agenda? Just have a uh general uh question about the human resources. So, we get the updates on the positions that are posted within the district for uh you know the open positions. Yeah. And it seems to me like we have a pretty high turnover in the athletic coach positions both at the middle school and at the high school.
030And so I don't expect you to answer this question today, but maybe at the next meeting or sometime in the near future. Could we Is it out of line? Is it not out of line? To me, I just see a lot, and it's a question that I've had come up over the last six months. Well, we do see a lot of turnover in coaches positions. They're year-to-year contracts. They're supplemental contracts, so they're only uh in they're annual contract, so they have to be renewed each year. And we do see a lot of turnover year to year. I don't know if there's anything unusual about this year. I can definitely check the numbers and and let you know, but it's not unusual to a lot of turnover with coaches. Hard to find them, by the way,
031and a lot of times we because we obviously we'd like to hire our employees to coach if possible. Um, but a lot of times we don't have people. So, we do hire from the outside as well. I' I've noticed that o over the course of several years that that was one of the things that surprised me as well. And I think, you know, some part of it is you have to talk people into it at the building level or some somebody's job changes. And the other part is there are just a lot of coaches. I mean, that's that's a there's assistant coaches and head coaches and track has a bunch of coaches and so there's more room maybe for some moving around there. Couple things I'll add to that. you don't you don't see a
032significant turnover in head coaches, which I think you all realize that. Uh assistant coaches definitely there's a lot of the amount of time and responsibility that coaches put in. Um if they're employed by the school district, then obviously after their workday. If they're not, they have to have a job that will allow them to do that. uh many times they're giving up evenings and if they're at the high school level they're giving up weekends. Um and we've just found people um it used to be that people would teach and be more than willing to coach multiple sports andor advise clubs and organizations. It just was kind of expected. um it was a secondary source of income for them that they enjoyed and counted on but also had a interest in coaching. You just don't we're
033not seeing that anymore. Um I think there are some factors uh compensation for educational employees has increased which they're not as dependent on those secondary uh contracts I think is part of it as well. And that I just think that uh people are finding other things to do with their time away from their job. So, it does take special people just like like Lane today. I mean, he's he's a coach that he's there all year working with students after the course of the day. And um it it times have changed. I I I realize that I was one of those people who who worked as a teacher and coached three sports and then coached during the summer and you just don't find that anymore. I guess just a general observation. It seems to me and
034this is this goes back 30 years that uh the programs that really have been successful in SEILA are the ones who have long tenur head coaches. I think baseball is a good example of that. Volleyball under K. Aberly was a good example of that. Um obviously we had Mr. Becker and now Mr. Matson uh coaching the track and cross country programs. And so, um, I wouldn't mind I I I totally advocate for these extracurricular programs, the the out of, um, you know, the overnight travel requests, but also the athletics. Um, I think they're a really important part of our education. There are things that are taught through those programs that we don't get in the classroom. Um, and yeah, I'd really like to see see if we could figure out how to get uh more
035of these coaches to stick around longer because it's good for the community. Yeah, please, Charlie. Um, so what from I've noticed from being on multiple different teams, I'm on a cross country team, a tennis team, and a cheer team. And what I'm really seeing on these teams, which maybe kind of uh makes coaches not want to come back, is attitudes. there's a lot of like behavioral changes with a lot of kids. Um like I was on a cheer team when I was in fifth grade and everyone was super nice, super supportive, but now that I'm in high school, people's attitudes towards one another is um it can sometimes be mean towards one another. Um it could just be like stress from high school, stress from being on the team, stress from performances, but it they
036can also show that attitude to their coaches. And I think that also may be a reason why coaches may not want to be come back. So yeah, thank you. I appreciate it. Valuable information. Yep. Um okay. Uh I'll move that we approve the consent agenda items B through F in the consent consent agenda. Is there a second? Did I already do that? I think I must have already done that because we're having a conversation about it. You did say second. All right. All those in favor of approving the consent agenda signify with an I. I opposed and abstensions. Um, all right. Student board representative report. We've heard from a student board representative already. Charlie, do you have other things that you could share with us? Um, I don't really have anything else to share unless
037you guys have unless you guys have any questions about what's going on at Seal High School currently. So, did you happen to take part at all in the student voice? uh assembly or or half day that was part of Thor's Council recently? No, I'm not in Thor's Council currently. I was in it last year. Okay. Okay. Got it. So, I was there at a meeting recently and I I got to hear a little bit about it. I was wondering if you give us some inside perspective. Any uh any questions for Charlie? Thank you for holding down the fort for the students today, Charlie. That's great. very busy time obviously the spring for students that are uh that are on the board that are involved in so many activities. So, we're really glad you're here tonight.
038Um all right, we'll move on to the associate superintendent for district operations. This is Chris again with a report on enrollment. Okay. Um this is an update on our April enrollment. We saw just an increase of two FTE from March to April. We're happy to see any increase. Um we're sitting really pretty in a really good position. We're only 11 under projection um as of the April count on average. And as a reminder to everyone, we do get funded based on our year-end average. So, it's important that we're right around our projection at year end. So, uh we feel good about where we're at and our numbers probably will hold pretty steady through the end of the year. We're into obviously into the third trimester and normally we see drops between trimesters. So, uh, that's
039it on enrollment. We're we're sitting good. Great. Thank you. And the next report will be on the financial status update or I think it's through March. Yes, this financial status updates through March. We uh don't get the county treasur statement until the mid midway of the following month. That's why we don't have April's. Um, we'll bring April. We're always a month behind with these. Um, as a reminder, uh, in March, we always lag to our budget. So we're 58 at the end of March. We're 58% through the school year. 58.4. And you can see there that we've received 53.3% of our revenues. We always see that in March because we have our levy equalization funding that comes in a big chunk comes in in April along with our taxes. So that catches us up catches
040us up to the percentage in the school year right very close within two two or 3%. So, uh, as of the expenditures, we are, we've spent 56.1%, so we're just 2% lagging to our budget for expenditures. So, we're sitting in a really good place with um the expenditures as well. As far as the other funds go, uh, the ASB funds, pretty typical. Nothing really to report on that. Debt service fund, we have one more debt payment, principal and interest on on June 1. So, that will be coming up here shortly. And then transportation vehicle. You'll see there that we have uh $249,000 in expenditures. We paid for the bus that we just received. We have one more small bus coming in um that we haven't received yet. Also, uh cap projects. You can see there
041that at the end of March, our balance is $7.5 million in our capital projects fund. So, it's right right where we thought it would be at this point. Um, and that's about it on the the funds. Any questions? Okay. Okay. Great. The last item is a legislative update and um there's there's not a lot of everyone knows that's tracking the legislative session. There's a lot of moving parts right now really from a financial standpoint. A lot of bills that are not financial related. But for me to speak about legislative report, I I obviously pay very close attention to the items that impact our district budget. Uh the big three that they've been pushing all session, number one, the Mox, material, supplies, and operating costs. Um they there was a big ask for additional because our
042our costs with inflation are just skyrocketing. Um it's boiling down to possible $35 more per FTE, which equates to about $126,000. So it's not even a It's a drop in the bucket. So, that's the M socks. The next one is the special education is the second uh priority. Um we've seen a lot of different discussions and bills on this uh sitting really at uh them lifting the cap. 16% of the uh students that are identified for special needs, they lifted that cap. That doesn't help CILA. We sit under 12%. Um we our special ed program is really wellrun. Uh Betty Lopez, director, does an outstanding job there. So we um we're well under that cap. So it does and it doesn't that lifting that cap's going to not it doesn't help the majority of school
043districts in the state. And they also have a couple other shifts. They're talking about special ed that's going to drive very little funding. So we're really looking at uh not much for in the financial side of things. So that obviously they're not done. There's a lot of negotiation going on behind the scenes into the wee hours of the morning. Um, we didn't see I don't I haven't heard that a draft budget came out yet. Um, so I I don't think they're probably going to get done Sunday, but we'll see. The transportation is the third thing. Oh, transportation is the third thing that got dropped a while ago. Okay. So, there's nothing with transportation. Sorry about that, Miss. As you can see on your agenda, it's an update. It's not a report. It's not a final.
044If you follow the legislature, there there's a lot of things that will happen in the next few days hopefully to get to a compromise and be able to to uh end the session on time. Uh we always thought going through the very early parts of the session that was a no-brainer that it was going to end on time. And then all of a sudden uh we started to see some evidence of maybe it's not going to end on time. I think they're all committed to getting out of there. You can tell if you watch TVW and watch some of you can tell they're getting a little feisty and testy and that probably means a lot of late nights. Um, a lot of unexpected things that they weren't planning on that now they're having to deal
045with. Um, but they got a tough job. I I I they have a very very difficult job um to try to meet all the needs, not just the needs with regards to K12 education, but early childhood education and all the other things that go on that our state's responsible for. or they have a tough job and and less resources and uh you know I I know there's obviously lots of philosophical differences that going on uh with regards to taxation and our governor has a different viewpoint than in the past about taxation and he's made his opinion very well known and so all those are all flying around and we'll see what happens at the end and have a very thorough what we hope to have a very thorough uh understanding of the implications uh for
046our school district uh when we get back together in May. Just one last thing. Um you all got an email about our state auditor's office audit and um Jennifer has added that to our May business agenda. I just want to make sure you all know I didn't forget about it. Preview though, clean audit went awesome. Very excited. Back to a lowrisk audit. Nice. Great. Terrific. All right, we'll move on to the superintendent report. Uh Mr. McCain. Thank you very much. Uh quickformational for you. I think you're all aware that in May and this is more up for our the public here uh the board will meet uh in a study session on the 8th of May. That's our morning one second of two roundts that you have with the principles that will be on that
047day that morning. And then the board will meet again on the 22nd of uh May 4:30 for their regular monthly board meeting. Call to attention a couple of other things in regards to the district. Um, we celebrate staff achievement. All of our staff recognition comes up very soon here, highlighted by the best of the best awards on the 7th of May. Uh, that'll be at the middle school in the evening. Um, we also uh don't have school two days during May. Um, those are around the Memorial Day holiday. that is that typically that Monday, but also our calendar also has a no school day on the Friday prior to that for an a 4-day weekend. I also call to your attention as you're planning, remember that graduation is on a different day of the week.
048It's traditionally been on a Saturday. Um because of changes in the WIAA state tournaments, they pushed everything back. And so if we were to hold graduation on those Saturdays, it would be a complication uh and put a lot of students and families potentially in a big bind. And so uh we saw that we got a hold of the Sundome right away and we've now reserved the Monday. So Monday at 7, which I all the great things that go around with the graduation, all the great things about having it in the Sundome uh will not diminish and our students obviously are very excited about that as well. To them, it means no difference. Uh remember uh filing period coming up also uh first full week of May May 5 through 9. Uh also want to thank
049uh somebody who's in the audience today for a nomination that took place. Uh Mr. Adams over there uh nominated Chris. Chris has been one of three nominees by the Greater Yakama Chamber of Commerce 2025 women's women's awards. Uh Chase uh Chris is one of three nominees for the Legendary Education Award. So Chris, congratulations on your name nomination. And then as well, I had Parker Casey moving into the top five, but we already talked about that. So that's my report. Great. Are there any questions for uh Superintendent McCay? Can I get your autograph before he after after the meeting? Well, you're already legendary with us, Chris. So, uh it'll only it'll only reinforce that. And well, well earned. Thank you for that nomination. We all uh wholeheartedly I I'll say I wholeheartedly support uh that nomination
050and hope you get hope you get recognized even further for that. All right, we are on to the board communications part of tonight's agenda. Uh are there any board communications? I've got a couple of things. First of all, I I've been busy at the schools this week. So, I encourage board members to get in and visit the schools. And what I did, and what I may encourage you to do, is to ask him, is there anything fun that's happening that's coming up? So, uh, yesterday I got to go see career day, the fifth grade career day at SIS, uh, put on by the counselors there especially. So, Tanya, uh, Eller, Carrie Dbor, and Amanda Boyer did an incredible job of bringing, uh, community members, our superintendent, uh, fire, um, the the training center was there,
051we had Dr. Moltree there, there were legal professionals, hair styling. It was just the whole floor was full of this great I don't know uh buffet of options for students to start thinking about what their futures are going to be. Anyway, it was a terrific day. Uh Addie um uh Addison Flowers got to come along with us as well, which was really nice. Very welcoming. Uh, I also went to Thor's Council yesterday where they were wrapping up um a a feedback session on um an event that I think Colton will come and present to us about a little bit later. They had 150 students come to CEA High School as part of a student voice summit for a half of day. West students were sent from West Valley, Wapto, um I think Toppenish, Grand View
052was there uh and CILA and um it sounded like it was a very successful event, one that I think they're going to try and make to a full day event and that they've learned a lot after their first uh goaround. Um but it's just very inspiring to be around that group of students who um are committed to making our high school a welcoming place for everybody. Uh so that that's an event that um I think they're going to make annually uh and have it just be something that CILA is real leaders in. Um so great day there. Uh and then today uh I went to the CIA Middle School Pep Assembly where Susie Bennett earned every penny of her salary uh along with the rest of the um staff and faculty there for putting on
053something that just it was it was so interesting because it was just fun. That was the whole point of the school assembly at the end of the day. They were just having fun and I thought for some kids this is this is the best part of their quarter right here is at this assembly. So, um a great week visiting those schools and congratulations to those those uh students uh and to the especially to the people working in those schools. Next week I'm headed to um uh Robert Lintz and to uh John Campbell Elementary School and I'll send emails out if somebody wants to join me with that. Anyway, I'm all I'm all jacked up on CIA right now. It's That is really cool. I think that's it. I'll just add uh to that the visitation
054of schools, our four board reps. Uh we believe all of them are going to be there at JCP tomorrow. They're going to they're going to get the tour with the principal and assistant principal at JCP tomorrow morning as well. Just so you know that the the reps themselves are are now starting to get into schools as well. Excellent. Any other board communication? You good? All right. Uh, with that we will adjourn the meeting. I hit that hard.