001expensive. >> All right. Right. >> Yeah. They would offer people signific It is 5:33. >> Sorry for the delay. have the pledge to >> 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. Sorry. I'm sure that's delay. Walk over here. Just as >> um Okay. Number one, additions, deletions. Uh are there any deletions to the agenda? We have to add 5.09 approved banded first responders flyer, 5.10, approved Stillwater flyer, and remove 3.08 OC presentation. Oh. >> Uh, do we have public input for items on the agenda? Oh, I'm sorry. That's just uh may I have a motion? >> I move. >> Second. >> A second. >> Is there any discussion?
002All those in favor? Opposed? Motion passes. There we 1.5 Public input for items on the agenda. >> Okay. Consent agenda approve work session minutes from September 8th, 2025. Can I have a motion? >> I make a motion to approve work session minutes. >> I second that. >> Any discussion? All those in favor? Post regular board meeting minutes from September 8th. May I have a motion? I accept an regular board meetings. Second. Any discussion? All those in favor? Close. >> Uh, okay. 3.0, we have information. Uh, and we are on to reports and discussions. 4.01. Enrollment. >> Our enrollment is staying steady. Um, we have more pips right now than they ended last school year. um district that appliance was given to you in your packets. If you have any advice to ask or admin um
003division 22 asurances is something that we have to do every year tell mark the boxes to make sure we have enough days in our calendar student days um making sure we have enough hours making sure that our kindergarteners are here at certain time. It just goes through all of that and then it also goes through some things if those are in your packet. And then SIA I'm going to let Amanda. >> Yeah. So the information that's in the packet is just the uh 2425 annual um SIA report >> that uh we need to u make sure to disclose to everybody. So SIA stands for student investment account grant. Um it's funded through the corporate activity tax and um last year in 2425 it funded um a behavior specialist, academic adviser, um four PE teachers, our
004district nurse um and a portion of two of our CTE teachers that we have uh and also a portion of our mental health therapists uh one of them. So, our plan in 2526 obviously looks a little bit different than it did last year. Um, which you know we can go over at another board meeting um just due to you know different funding constraints. Um but yeah, all the the full report that was provided to OD is in your report. So um any questions on this? >> All right, good. Anything else? Thank you for dealing with the uh upcoming uh students. >> Yes. And all that fun stuff. >> Oh, yeah. >> Yeah, that's coming. >> Yeah. >> Um >> are we going to go over are we is this ask questions? >> All right. OC,
005science of reading. >> Yes. >> Can I get a report on that? And what is pumpkin decoration supposed to look like? >> So, I came up with that last week. I love it. >> I thought we just needed some some fun something at the elementary school. Um, so I put something together and it hasn't started yet. So ask me on October 30th when we're voting, but it's open to staff and students. Um, and so each grade, each class will the idea I should say is that they'll come around, we'll have a table down, you know, we have wide hallways, so we'll have a table for staff, kinder, first, second, third, fourth. >> Um, and then they'll vote. they'll vote for staff and they'll vote for their grade. >> And then science of reading, um we
006had our uh partner with core learning. She came in October 9th and 10th. So October 9th, she came in and modeled lessons in one classroom per grade level. And so we had two teachers per grade. So she went into one of them. I've covered the other five so that both teachers >> could go in and watch um the expert model >> the explicit >> um phonics lesson in every grade level. She also went into our title one reading class and went into our uh resource program and modeled lessons there. And then on Friday we had a whole group for about two and a half hours. And then based off the teacher surveys, she broke up and met with each grade level for an hour based off of one of the topics that they chose in
007the survey um to really kind of hone in and tailor their needs to their needs. And then she'll be back in January. So we'll do the survey again um and she'll model again or she'll comment and observe teachers, whatever that you know, whatever they need. Um and then we'll do it all over again. But the feedback that that I received and that she received was that it was it was great for teachers to be able to see it because you can say all the things and until it's modeled for you just like how students learn best, right? >> Um I I don't want to put words in their mouths but what they the gist was it made it a little bit more real for them like oh I can do this or I'm already doing
008part of this or I'm already doing that. So I thought it was very beneficial. >> Well started with funding. >> Yeah. And you got back to you get the views in the classroom again. >> Yeah, that's >> uh Becky, you uh mentioned in your report uh you guys are doing emotional support techniques for emotional regulations to stay calm in a classroom. >> Brain talk. >> Yes. >> Break that down because I need a demo right now because I'm a little bit stressed. All these eyes, all wonderful eyes. So, I started this uh years ago back down at the elementary school and we talked about how the brain works and the different Yep. the hand model of the brain based on Dan Seagull's work. >> You paid attention. So, uh we've done it several different ways
009throughout my years at Harbor Lights. We've done it as a whole school assembly. Did not feel like that was the best way to get the information. We've done grade band, so five, six together and seven, eight together. Still felt like we could do better. We've done grade level and this year we're doing classrooms and so I uh joined Miss Poy in her health room and we did brain talks with every group. She sees sixth through 8th grade and then on another day I went into both fifth grade classrooms. Our counselor, mental health therapist, Lori Rice joins me >> and we do a review uh when we're talking to kindergarteners. It's a little different than we're talking to eighth graders. And so we kind of make it match the group of kids and really allow them
010to kind of drive the conversation because a lot of it is questions and that back and forth of can you think of a time when your lid was flipped and you know how were you feeling and when we talk about the different parts of the brain right that we call it the lizard brain that's asking the question am I safe and generally feeling like physical safety and the emotional brain we call it the heart part and that's really more am I loved? Am I valued? Do I have worth? And then when we can put that lid down, that's where we do our very best thinking and we call that the unicorn horn of power. And it does not matter if you're in kindergarten or eighth grade. They all giggle a little at the unicorn horn
011of power. And uh and I have students who come in and have other learning that they've done. I had a student last year who had been to a camp I think in Ashland and you know I call it the lizard brain and the unicorn horn of power. He had learned about the lizard brain and then the wizard brain and so we've added that in >> and uh I give EMTT credit where credit is due. That was a term he brought to me. >> Um the good news is I received feedback from uh one of our fifth grade teachers and from a couple different kids about how they needed it. It was good timing for them and they were really open and willing to talk about times where they felt like their emotional brain had taken
012over and that they can't do their best thinking and we brainstorm how can you in your space regulate? How can you get help if you need to co-regulate with an adult and uh who are some people you can talk to if you need to talk it out? Uh Sam and Jim, are you guys since they've laid the foundation of this, are you feeling that? I've noticed that there's some decorations going on in the halls and you guys spend a lot more time with kids uh in your report building relationship with trust and activities and interact >> uh and how that is curving your >> discipline and your actions and interactions with that. Brings a touch on that how that is working in the high school. We are uh neck deep in preparation for homecoming. The
013kids have been spending a lot of extra time including coming up over the weekends getting their always ready. Uh this year uh under the guidance of the new leadership teacher, Mr. Sammons, they they've connected it to biomes. So we see uh each grade level. Um and I'm going to get them out of order, but you'll get the gist. Uh tempered forest, arctic, jungle, and >> just not tiger. I don't I don't That's my That's where I build. Um and so uh they've been working together on that and we have seen a lot of cross collaboration. The freshman uh started kind of late. I don't think they fully understood what we were doing. We saw some upper classmen um kind of take them by the hand and show them what the hallways uh should look like
014and help get the supplies and everything. And we saw quite a bit of uh upperassman helping the freshman the other day. Uh directly connected to behavior. We see that a lot when we have new students. Our uh our students are incredible and they help us um explain norms and procedures which of course are started at the other campuses uh making our jobs quite a bit easier. >> Excellent. >> I've made a lot of trips to Dollar General this week. >> Yes. But again, back to the collaboration, communication with teenagers is difficult and sometimes colors are hard. And so I got the wrong colors of balloons and when I went back and said, "You still have those because we can use them somewhere else." They're like, "Oh no, the juniors took them or the sophomore or
015something." So they were really working well together. And the day off on Friday, there was peer pressure going on to get there and help. And uh lots of kids there on their day off. So, I thought that was good. But, >> uh, Jim, uh, I got to say thank you. This week, I used the new website for figuring out when uh >> Oh, for the events coming up. >> Yeah. For all the events. >> Yeah. >> Thank you for having a new website so that we can >> Oh, yeah. And that will continue to expand because I It's something I'm learning and it's growing. So, hopefully by the end of the year it's going to look completely different in a good way. >> Secondary secondary parent. The wife does the schedule and she's got that
016break and I don't. >> Yeah. Uh, it helps that when I look something up, I don't have to ask her and not infer that. >> For sure. >> Yeah, of course. >> Uh, can we talk about how the open house went? >> Oh, >> it was a blur for me. So, because I was running around chasing my girl uh from the room on scavenger hunt, so what it looked like in your guys' villains. >> We had the biggest turnout. We had 360 people come to our open house. So, last year was 300, which is >> Yeah. It was packed. And you know, it's elementary school and um but it's fun. The kids come in and I tell them they're in charge and they just really love that, you know. So, >> well, it's their home
017so much time. So, >> um I have found that if you feed them, they will come. And so, they know they have to do the things to get the cookie. >> And so, we had a scavenger hunt, as you mentioned, and they got to go around. We have a few people in different places. We want to make sure kids know where to go. And uh at least one or two did the scavenger hunt without their parents. Um part of it was take your parents around. I'll be a little more explicit next year, but uh but yeah, and it's nice to see families coming together. And so uh we counted students rather than humans that came in, but uh I think most of our students had three or four humans, whether they're siblings or parents or
018extra parents or whatnot with them. And it was nice. I was very impressed with the turnout. I had to >> Yeah. >> run around and see all as I was looking for my daughter. >> It was a little bit of a blur for me too as I'm saying thank you. Yeah. The last thing is say hi to Mich. And so some of them would say I'm done. That's you're not done. No, I'm done. You've got something not checked off. You're not done. No, I did it all. Read it again, please. Oh, hi Miss Egg. There we go. uh trade expo went really well. Uh Miss Carolina and um Mr. Holy Cross, Mr. Markin, and a lot of Mr. Hans uh under the law now, the kids have to take a college and career class. So,
019we saw an opportunity to take them to uh Canyonville. >> Yes. >> To Canyonville. um lots of industry partners out there uh giving kids exposure to potential future careers, a lot of which we already have in the high school and some other ones that you know they're learning about. Um so we're again in addition to pushing a well-rounded education, we're looking at jobs in the future. >> And according to the the photos, um there's like a guitar um fireplace that's being built for and it's going to be auctioned off. >> It's almost too pretty to use, but yes, it's a >> Oh my goodness. You guys haven't seen that yet. >> Burband. Let's go. Uh the trio leadership conference. >> I should have brought um Miss Carolina uh is our trio leazison with SWAK. She
020sent five kids up there. Uh this one had a stricter parameters that kids had to be enrolled in TRIO. They were able to network and collaborate with other students um through Marshfield and Northbend and Coil um and just kind of see how they could map out their year. It was predominantly freshman or getting them used to the leadership program. >> Lots of freshmen, right? >> Lots of freshman. >> Awesome. >> I'm just going down my notes. You're near my sites. >> We're almost there, buddy. We're almost there. >> We're real close. >> They're digging, moving earth. What's next? >> Um, you're looking at it. >> Uh, they're going to do ground grading, which is what they're doing now for the ADA stuff is what why they pushed the >> fences back. So, that's going to
021be finished up here this week. Uh, be all back to normal, all paved, everything's paved. Um, and then, uh, final inspection and final walkthrough is the 27th of this month. And hopefully, depending on the county, we should have our certificate of occupation, which we're done. >> Let's go. >> By the 27th, >> 27. Hey, >> we needed it. >> Yes. And we have something coming out at the OC that sounds super fun. >> I'm not going to join in. I'll just pay money for it. >> Pumpkin pun class >> dragthon. Yeah. >> We got lots of good stuff. >> It's Friday. >> And I love the scope of what you're what we got going on >> for the drag. >> Yeah. Your goal is >> 15,000. >> Yeah. for STEM in the classroom. And I've
022already been talking with OMSI and they're going to bring in an assembly and a science festival and um we're going to get some um which I was going to tell my teachers at our staff meeting tomorrow more details about >> All right, that's kind of where I'm questions. I thought that was >> I read the entire thing once. >> Yes, >> I fell asleep on my computer making questions. >> My neck still hurts. >> Uh oh, speaking of Oh, speaking of that guitar that welding class is making, uh gold rush come >> rush fundraiser for the booster club which provides uh funds for extracurriculars in the district and that includes everything. include band, it includes speech, it includes all the sports and so make it if you can >> and there's ways to help out.
023>> I think that's it. Anybody have any other questions? >> Thank you. Uh Lindy, >> she had a pre she's, if you're not aware, she's a star in the play, so she was a double booked tonight. >> What happens with busy kids? They're busy. Uh, okay. 5.0. We're on to action items. Build in the amount of $564,780.36. May I have a motion? I move. >> I second. Is there any discussion? All those in favor? Pay the bill. >> Um, a motion passes. Uh, 5.02, the Western International Band Clinic request. Speaking of >> bandage, >> um request permission to take kids out of state. Um I don't know how many until they audition. Um and they accepted or not. It's November 21st through the 24th. It's in CATAC, Washington. Um to to qualify, they have to
024audition and then be selected. Um it's kids from all over the world, literally from Australia to Japan to Canada. Um so it's a huge thing. There's four bands that participate. There's about 180 kids in each band um of different levels. >> So it's a big thing. Um the professionals they get to work with this year are trombonist uh Harry Waters and jazz trombonist and Patrick Sheridan the tuba player. Um he's fun. They hang it out too. So anyway, lessons, >> uh, how many we won last like what's the average number? >> Well, last year, um, I believe it took four. >> Um, and this year, um, the kids that have been recording auditions are really good. So, I'm a little concerned. >> I welcome the challenge. So, we'll figure it out. >> Uh, is there
025a spec? But there's no specific. No, I just have to have permission to take them out. >> Okay, I love that. Uh, may I have a motion? >> Motion to motion second. >> Oops. Sorry. Uh, any discussion? Uh, all those in favor? >> Thank you. >> All right. We have some heavy reading for the board. Any any Okay. Uh 5.0. Can you can I approve these all together or we have to do one by >> there's >> you can do um like 5.03 5.05 if you want to. >> Okay. Let's do second readings and then first readings. >> Um so 5.03 is the second reading of policy EFA the local wellness man. >> I do have one question. There's like a removal about something about discussion healthy eating there. Like does that something weed as
026a statewide thing like do we know where that came from? >> I don't know where it is. >> Yeah, >> I think part of that is dependent on our food program requirements as well. >> Okay. >> We have to provide that. >> Yeah. >> So we >> So it's in there but it may not be in that same. >> Okay. >> I'm not sure what >> Yeah. There's a section where basically take out like being required to discuss healthy eating. I I don't know what it was from. I was just curious if we know >> state. Yeah. This is this the wellness policy actually was established when Michelle Obama >> was in office with her husband >> and she took on the nutrition program and and so this is the wellness program came from that.
027So a lot of the restrictions um that's when vending machines started going out of um schools. That's when pop started to leave soda pop and stuff. So this is the local wellness is something that seems to have changes and you're supposed to look at it every year. >> Okay. >> And so this year it's also part of our audit next week. So >> Oh, I I have a question about it also about um food and beverages that may or exceed the nutrition standards blah blah blah may be sold through fundraisers on the school campus. Is that being deleted? >> Yeah. >> I mean there's a line draw. >> Yeah. You can't do that. So if you remember like we used to be able to have bake sales and all kinds of things. If they don't
028fit within the nutritiated and the calorie intake, we can't sell them during school hours. We can sell them before and after as long as they don't compete with our breakfast program. >> Okay. So the school day is the key word here. >> But they can still do big sales just after school, right? The ones that we do in the case all the time. Yes. Yes. >> All right. Oh, we probably should have done special. >> Uh, can I have a motion to pass it? Move to pass. Second discussion. We already had it. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Uh, okay. So, we do have 5.04 and 5.05. proposed first reading revised policy uh JFC B personal electronic devices and JFC B- A R request for personal revised except sheets. >> May I
029have a motion? >> Have we moved to vote or do we have questions on >> move first? Okay. >> Second. First, second and then discussion. >> Okay. Second. >> Okay. Now discussion. Uh yeah, I guess just quick question on this on the like I it's page 56. It talks about exemptions only be approved for like documented need students and families not mere convenience. Like what types of like I guess exemptions do we typically grant in this case? I know I know there's new polit and currently in our district will have plans that they can still use >> devices. Sorry, what was the first acronym? force. Yeah. So that's usually that's usually a medical pieces that might be like um a phone for one of our diabetic students and that's how they monitor it. >> IEP
030may be that they need sound but they're wireless. So that would that piece and then ELLL we have them using the earbuds that actually translate. >> Okay. So someone had like an APN file or like an ELLL for example prior to this policy like do they refile with the audio exception? like what does that look like? I know this is new so I'm curious. >> Update it. >> Okay. >> And I I believe that Ky could talk about the IEP, but I know the 504s were as we're doing them, we're adding that language from the executive order in >> and this is a statewide. >> Yeah. So, we did it first before it was a state law and now it's state law. >> Now, state blanketed and now they're like, oh, >> and they have
031>> now we need to go back and and say we need exceptions exceptions. And we'll probably have changes next year as they go through the issues within the state of different things that we need to change >> as the kids find exceptions. Changes. >> Yes. >> Uh okay. So we did first discussion. Okay. All those in favor? All those opposed? >> All right. Approval of abandon community youth center flyers. This was for Halloween. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Probably do a blanket. I don't know. >> Uh so let's see. This one for the youth center is cranberry camp. This is November 24th, 25th, 26. Kids activities, three-day camps, abandoned youth center. Uh, liter unlocking literacy superpowers bonus set November 18th for the Bannon community center for fun interactive workshop. >> Uh, trunk or treat. Um, oh,
032another haunted house trunk or treat. This is all on Halloween. Um, youth centers at the library. So, these are all kid-based um specific functions including still trunk or treat and bandit first required first responders trunk or treat. Lots of mistakes. >> So, let me see. That is 5.06, 5.07, 5.08, 5.09, and 5.10. I have a motion. >> I move we accept this. >> I'll second. Uh, any discussion about that? Okay. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. All right. All we actually >> uh right now we have comments public input for items not on the agenda. >> We'll read this too. >> Uh public participation in board meeting is governed by policy BDDH. Commenters should include their name um and if speaking for and organization the name of that organization. A spokesperson should
033be designated to represent a group with common purpose. up to three minutes at the board's discretion will be allowed to comment. Commenter may offer objective criticism of district operations and programs, but in public sessions, the board will not give comments regarding any individual district staff committees. Commendations involving staff members should be sent to the superintendent. Channels for the board's review of legitimate complaints involving individuals, including board policy KL, public complaints. If appropriate, the chair will connect the visitor with an administrator to receive comments regarding personnel. Any hearing conducted before the board regarding personnel shall take place in executive session. Comments aimed at state and federally protected classes shall be prohibited. Anger, rudeness, ridicule, obscene, or profane language. Impatience, lack of respect for others, and personal attacks are not acceptable behaviors. Demonstrations in support or opposition
034to a speaker or idea are not limited. The board thanks all visitors for their presence and appreciates the input of community members. >> And that's a quick question before we get started. I think we have like 12 people signed up which technically means we could go slightly over a 30 minute or we could let everyone talk. >> Uh Cynthia Pros, >> let me know. I'm here to represent BEA. I am the representative for our building, Ocean Crest. I'm the um person speaking tonight and I will be sharing this document. This is a letter to the Bandon School Board. We dated this September 29th, 2025. We are ready to formally express deep and ongoing concerns regarding the leadership of our superintendent Sha whose actions have created a toxic, divisive, and demoralizing work environment across our district.
035The severity and breadth of these concerns result in a clear loss of confidence by the bandon education association. We call for a comprehensive evaluation of the performance starting with a board training and surveys to staff and the surrounding school community. Below are the most critical issues that demonstrate a sustained pattern of harmful leadership, poor decision-m and unethical conduct. First point is hostile work environment or retaliatory practices. Numerous staff members have been forced to resign or have resigned due to abrupt and unexplained changes in workload and placement. There's clear evidence of targeted retaliation, especially towards staff members involved in union negotiations, creating a climate of fear and mistrust. These actions of deeply divided staff and administration, eroding morale and under and determining collaboration throughout the district. Sorry, let me say that again. and undermining collaboration throughout
036the district. Second point is dishonest and manipulative communication. Superintendent Schmeer has repeatedly provided contradictory and misleading information to both staff and community. For example, meetings with staff have left individuals understanding about actions such as reversing involuntary transfers that are later ignored without explanation. There's many opportunities to revert if they made transfers. Teachers made this request clear, as did a substantial number of parents. After our contract was ratified, union leaders were told that the district learned from their mistakes in May. Transfers in such impactful decisions would not be made without teacher collaboration in the future. But two days before teachers returned to work in August, reassignment emails were sent out to at least three teachers. There was no collaboration. Staff have not been provided with consistent reasons for transfers and numerous instances have occurred where teachers
037were told one thing privately only to be told contradictory statements later. The dishonest practices are not only unethical but they have been weaponized to turn the board in the community against teachers. Harm to students through poor decision-making. Staff reassignments have placed educators in roles outside of their area of expertise, directly impacting the quality of instruction. Involuntary transfers have led to the loss of essential teaching staff with teach I'll stop there. >> You want me to you giving that to us? >> I'll be sharing this with you, but I'm also going to turn it over to someone else to take over at this time unless I can give more. >> Okay. Thank you. Finish. You can you can yes >> and voluntary transfers are left to the lots of essential teaching staff with deep deep expertise
038such as a sixth grade teacher at the middle school resulting in overcrowding and destabilizing students learning environments. The superintendent's decision to skip an entire year of math instruction for middle school students without input from content area experts demonstrates a disturbing and disregard for best practices and educational research. increase teacher workloads without corresponding support. Force staff to dilute instruction, further diminishing student learning outcomes. Let someone else take over. >> Uh Stephanie Hullman. >> Stephanie Hullman. I'm a kindergarten teacher at Ocean Crest. I'm also the parent of a former and current banded student and I will continue where Cynthia left off. Uh four, the demoralization of staff. The cumulative impact of these issues has left staff exhausted, undervalued, and demoralized. Instead of focusing on our work, educating and supporting students, we are using our energy to manage
039constant instability, confusion, and distress. This environment is unsustainable and antithetical to effective education. Five, possible legal and contractual violations. Involuntary transfers have been used as a means of intimidation, particularly towards union members, and were conducted without the required prior meetings or discussions. The superintendent has made coercive co sorry coercive attempts to discuss negotiations with individual team members bypassing proper channels. Increased workload in some areas while qualified staff are underutilized in others. Like a highly qualified math teacher only teaching three periods while a science teacher is assigned eighth grade math raises serious equity and labor compliance concerns. These issues are not isolated nor are they minor. They represent a pattern of mismanagement, manipulation, and disrespect for both students and staff. Superintendent Shmere's actions have eroded trust, destabilized instruction, and created an environment that is counterproductive to
040student success and staff well-being. We urge the board to take immediate and decisive action to address this leadership failure. The repercussions from poor communication, problematic decision-making, and use of divisive rhetoric from the top leader of BSD have threatened the integrity and effectiveness of our educational mission. This issue is of the utmost importance for the education of bandon students. We hope that all board members will give it the full deep consideration it deserves. We urge any board member who feels they cannot be impartial to recuse themselves from this decision. Thank you. Oh, see signed copies of our members. >> That was 85% of our membership sign >> of the membership of the Hi, I'm Susan and daughter, excuse me, retired teacher. I'm here on behalf of the band and booster club. I have been part of
041the band and booster club for years. I'm currently the vice president. I um was president for a number of years. The booster club plays an important role in our students uh in band we have been successful throughout the years but having sha being involved uh superintendent has made our booster club stronger all the years that I have been involved no other superintendent has been a member of booster club has shown leadership in uh our district by being part of this organization she's attended monthly meetings uh shown up to help with anything that is needed, fundraisers and a gold rush. She attends games and events showing our students, coaches, and parents that she cares. She uh students come first and and the booster club needs her strength and dedication as she has shown to our student
042body. Thank you. Uh, Karina Taylor. Dear Bandon school board members, my name is Karina Taylor and I have lived in Bandon for nine years. I'm writing both as a concerned citizen and parent of two students in the district. First, as a parent, I learned this week that my son just lost his math teacher. Lyndon is passionate about math. That may sound weird, but it's true. If you ask any of his wonderful elementary teachers that are all back here, Travisol Goodwin, Weston, Ortas, they will surely confirm that math is the thing that lights the room behind the windows of this kid's eyes. This year has been wonderful so far for my son. And a big part of that has to do with the fact that for the first time, he has a dedicated math teacher. Miss
043Ship has been able to push him to the edges of his zone of proximal development, and this has made school engaging, challenging, and rewarding for him. Unfortunately, like so many other employees in this district, Miss Ship has been on the receiving end of retaliatory actions, involuntary transfers, and generally abusive labor practices. Due to this treatment, she resigned last week and as a result, my son and his classmates do not have a math teacher. As we all know by now, this is not an isolated incident and this is not the result of a small group of disgruntled employees. This district has become an unsafe environment to work in. Over 20 employees have already resigned and as a direct result of gross and negligent mistreatment of employees by the superintendent. In the last year alone, we've lost
044three wellrespected math teachers. It's unlikely that these positions will be filled by equally qualified candidates. So, I leave you with this question and heartfelt concern. Who is going to teach my kid now that over half the highly qualified math teachers in the district have resigned? due to mistreatment by our current superintendent. Secondly, as a citizen and former employee, I have firsthand knowledge and informed concern about the about the mistreatment of employees and potential violations of fiduciary responsibility and the public trust. My informed consent stems from my personal experience dealing with the superintendent during her first weeks on the job. It was COVID times, so I guess in an ironic sense, you could call me patient zero. I was the first to experience the irrational outbursts, authoritarian tiraates, and irrational thinking that has become known as
045our current superintendent's calling card. I'm happy to share a detailed report on my experience upon request, but for our purposes here, I will just say this. Our superintendent wasted tens of thousands of district dollars cost and retraining, rehiring, and attempt to slay my name. All of this turmoil, waste, and negative energy could have been avoided with a few brief professional and transparent discussions. Since confidential employees are non union represented, I did immediately seek guidance from one specific mentor with the Oregon School Business Officials New Business Manager Institute and then legal council swiftly after. After three months of paid leave, I removed myself from my position under Shauna Shmere's leadership. I then moved to a different district to continue my school business career and am no way disgruntled. I share this experience only to illuminate two
046facts. One, I have personal experience with the way employees are treated. And two, after writing the 2019 to 22 budget books, I'm one of the few qualified citizens in our community when it comes to identifying red flags that relate to fidiciary responsibility by the district. Having followed the district budget closely for the past few years, there are several items that need to be brought to your attention. Below, I listed a few concerns. And if you would like more details about any of these items, please reach out to me. Number one, inappropriate relationships between the superintendent and school board members. specifically personal relationships with members who were responsible for the superintendent's annual reviews and salary increases and mid-year add-ons. Number two, nepotism with regards to hiring, firing, and salary. Number three, the $14,000 travel budget the
047superintendent received in 2024 is a red flag. The actual expenditures were over 15,000. Historically, this item would have been less than half this number. Why was it so high? Number four, actual salary percentage increases in function 2320 executive administration compared to classified >> and certified increases. The actual salary for the 22 23 school year is documented as N6 full-time equivalency which is especially concerning. Where is the other 04 FTE salary listed? The superintendent took over an interim director of operations position and I quote I sucked at it. What was the negotiated salary for that position? I want to close by saying that I moved to Bandon to raise my family and I am deeply committed to the well-being of this community. I'm thankful for all the hard work of district employees, coaches, community members that
048have helped make this a great place for my family. And I pledge to continue the fight to make this school district the best it can be. I would also like to say that in addition to the large number of current and former employees who have already shared their stories, there are many more who have not due to concerns about retaliation against themselves and their families. While I understand their reticence, I hope that my being here will help them gain the courage to come forward and share their experiences. >> Thank you. 31 straight. My name's Barry Winters. I didn't have time putting my note together, so I got a bunch of scribbles here. But you know, I I I listen when I hear things like and they all want to blame Shawn. I thought there was
049principles in each one of the schools that were the boss and then it goes from there to Shauna. So it was kind of curious how how that goes. It's kind of weird that it's all all these things seems to be Shauna's fault and no mention that they try and work out with their boss. In the real world, the boss is the boss and then the boss may have the other boss and then here I see the principles as the boss and the superintendent of the final boss. And in the real world, you start attacking your boss. You're you're in you're going to harass you and usually in the real world you get fired people. So, I I'm real surprised that this is still going on and it's it's still, you know, it's a witch hunt.
050And it's really really strange to me how that goes. Um, all of a sudden now it's we don't like the way that she acts. We don't like the way she dresses. We don't like the way who she associates with. I don't know. I've lived in V a lot of time, a long time. And you just you're associating with the people in band. and you may not have some, you know, you find somebody you like, you usually spend more time with. That's pretty standard here. I've heard complaints, I know, for since I was in the fifth grade about different teachers or different principles or different superintendents and how they acted. And so that's been, you know, kind of a thing throughout all the years. Yeah. You know, when you have friends, you have friends who shouldn't
051matter. I think that, you know, when you look at the school board, they volunteer to none of them get paid. They have other work, other jobs, and they're here to do what they can do to make sure that the school gets run correctly. So, it's just really funny how it all goes down. And I, as a taxpayer in this district, I I spend a a lot of dollars on the school budget. And if you think that for a minute I want you to fire somebody and pay them off, I'm going to be a real upset guy. I'm not I'm not going to be a very good supporter. That's going to be a bad deal. Um if you if you uh if you're a member of this district, I think you should have standing. If you're
052not a member of this district, I don't think you should have standing. I think that uh you know if you if you get to come here because the the district accepts your children and you're not a taxpaying member I think that's a privilege and uh I I just uh I I'm surprised I'm surprised that we're letting this happen in our school and I I I surprised that it's too much work for the teachers. I heard you say that, but more work, more work, more work. I don't know that anybody's doing more work in this room, the painting. >> Thank you. Uh Carrie Lurn I'm reading this on behalf of those Catherine Al who has grandchildren and then school district. Um she's a retired teacher. Her career lives in 40 years. Her education includes teaching and
053administration private schools. 19 years serving McMen school district with 17 of those years as a classroom teacher washer at elementary teaching recreational programs with working teachers in homeschool and programs. My experience in education is extensive have worked in various capacities. I've served on teaching hiring committees and mentoring numerous teachers as they begin careers, led grade level data teams, and designed curriculum to improve students outcomes, written grants to support classroom teachers, and organized schoolwide family funding events. Given my professional background, I would like to express my concern about the number of staff turnovers and destinations that the bandon school district has experienced under the leadership of your current superintendent. I urge you to look at this issue and the impact it has is having on a working environment ultimately on your students and their education. Administrator
054Turnover, business manager, since the hiring of your current superintendent in 2021, you have had three different business managers, a position that is responsible for the crucial financial management of the stability of long-term operations. Even with qualifying managers, the high turnover is a critical position leads to errors in financial records, distributions and services and erodess trusts and fiscal management. With every departure of your business manager, there's a loss of institutional knowledge that gives the superintendent untethered power over the administrative staff. Without the institutional knowledge, which is new business manager, is pressured to submit to the directives of the superintendent in order to avoid delays, disruptions, and competitions. With this submission, your business manager becomes the superintendent's escape good. Administrative staffing and financial management. I suggest an indepth review of administrative staffing positions and financial records under
055your current superintendent. What administrator administrative support staff positions have experienced turnover under the super or the current superintendent? What positions have been added, dropped, or consolidated? Evaluate the factors contributing to the turnover of administrative position under your current superintendent. Review the hiring practice of your current superintendent. Does the superintendent have prior connections with application or applicants that give them an advantage over the applicants and thereby demonstrating a basis or bias in hiring? Does the superintendent overlook qualifications, experience, and other factors that impact the school district environment and overall manage of this district operations? Conduct a thorough professional review of financial records. Smaller schools may not have a strong internal control allowing deceptive financial practice go unnoticed. Budget line items can be presented in ways that do not give constitutes or full understanding of how funds
056are used. Some of the most common forms of accepted practices are the use of district credit card or travel expense include the most common perpetrators being superintendent and administrators. Yes. >> So I'm just going to continue where teaching staff turn through conversations with family and friends concerns about the a stable learning environment have been raised. It has been noted by a number of families that teachers are leaving schools for the uh community. reviewing uh statistical data on the number and timing of hires and departures of different employee positions within the district would be useful in determining trends. Should such data validate cause for concern, the school board may need to form a committee to independently collect qualif qualified uh data such as surveys and interviews of staff that provide insight into the working conditions of
057various departments of the district. Conditions within an educational organization that may be responsible for staff turnovers can include a leadership style that is uh auto traffic sorrying in enthusiasm and collaboration of leadership that spews inconsistent decision making creating tensions and instability. relatively uh practices like administrative leave, job transfers and attempts make targeted employees uncomfortable and resign. Actions which uh cultivate fear and lack of trust, communication breakdowns and avoidance behaviors that uh damage trust in partnerships. An absence of appreciation and encouragement from leadership and colleagues will drive out talented individuals. Teacher turnover is known uh to negatively impact students achievements uh discourage talented individual and is expensive. The departure of uh teacher especially in mid year is disruptive to a student's learning uh um and uh staff collaboration. The revolving door of teaching staff can be
058unsettling and difficult for everybody students, parents and teachers uh to adapt to. When experienced teachers leave a school district, deep community connections and student knowledge are lost, as well as a wealth of uh curriculum knowledge and a treasury of uh best practices. Replacing teachers uh is time consuming and costs schools, districts thousands of dollars per teacher with efforts poured into recruitment, hiring, training and mentoring other education. >> Thank you. Um the statement I was going to do that >> do you want to >> when we when we read this at the beginning that >> if you have a statement and you're a group if you could nominate a person go over what you want to go over. That would be fantastic. >> You're trying to keep with it. >> Yeah. >> And you're also welcome
059to if you email all of this to Connie. She passes it around to all of us. >> I don't know. Um, school boards work for the community, not the Oh, my name's Hannah Cruz. I have a high schooler for the district and a 2022 graduate. Um, so anyway, uh, school boards work be continuing on with your reading. >> I don't will the next person be continuing on with what you're reading also? >> I This is This is This is not this bill. >> Yeah. >> Yes. Do you >> one person three minutes that person's >> representation? We don't know who wrote this. We don't know where this came from. >> She started it in the beginning of your statement. Correct. >> One person statement, >> right? It's one person perform it >> with three minutes.
060And if it's over three minutes, email it. We can read 20 pages. It's absolutely fine. >> Okay. I'm just confused cuz um >> Did you write what's in your hand? >> No, I didn't. >> Okay, then why don't you say what you want to say? That's what I'm saying. >> But you have your three minutes. I want to hear what you have to say, not the continuation of hers. >> They have concerns. >> Go for it. >> About uh about what's happening of mostly the teacher turnover and how it's directly affecting students. >> I appreciate hearing from you. >> Yeah. Thank you. >> Um and might have presented these concerns as well, but uh mostly about the the teacher turnover and the negative impact it's having on our students learning. Um I'm not sure how
061this supports student outcomes if that's the reason for these involuntary transfers. Um how is that best serving our students? Can we have some information on how that serves our students better to have, you know, no honors English to not have, you know, people who are winning speech and debate state, you know, championships year after year being forced out of the district. Um, if it was an isolated incident, it'd be one thing, but it's the pattern. We're losing qualified teachers. Kids are doing online, you know, classes. we don't have them in the classroom. So, I I'd really like the board to independently address kind of from the top down with the superintendent because you guys are in charge of of proposition. That's the only place the buck stops with you guys here. So, and I understand
062it's a small town. I understand we're all going to be friends and overlap. That's I don't have a problem with that. Public people do it their own time. But when you're in a position of power and spending our taxpayers dollars and there's a conflict of interest, there may be points where a recusal is necessary. So that's something I'd like to see considered by the board going forward. Thank >> Thank you. Just a reminder, I absolutely am not shutting down conversation. I want to read that entire thing. So, please Carrie, you please email it. Let's keep keep the comments to yours. Like, I want to hear from you your three minutes, not what somebody else wrote for you. I'm not saying I don't want you >> also like the norm. Yeah. >> So that's a grant
063somewhere. >> It's a sport policy. >> But if the person writing can't be here in person, we get everything if it is emailed upon our >> 100%. I will have read read a letter that someone can't be. >> Yes. Guarantee it on my life. It goes into the public record. We all get it. We all read it. >> I just mean reading it out loud. They cannot read it out loud. If you cannot be present, you email it. It goes to the public record. >> We've listened to some in the past meetings where the person couldn't be here. And so >> you have three minutes. That was six. >> So that's why it could go in an email and then we could read it. Paul, >> we have other members signed up to read a
064letter of somebody that's on here. Can they read it? >> They need to. They need to person who wrote it needs to submit it. This isn't new. >> So that's a no. They cannot read it even if it's under three minutes. >> I Email it if you can't be here. That's that's how it goes. That's how it's always been. >> Rebecca Frell. >> Thank you. >> Holly Sylvester email >> I don't think they're allowed to read it. >> Holly, is this your thoughts? >> We've been listening to written um I have a letter from my colleague Jen Ship that I'd like to share. It is under three minutes. My name is Jennifer Ship. I am currently the sixth and seventh grade math teacher at Harbor Lights. Last year was extremely hard for most licensed staff.
065The district's behavior during contract negotiation was like nothing I have ever experienced. Consequences and resulting culture of those actions contributed to my decision. I have taught middle school math for 11 years, four here at Harbor Lights. And last year, 100% of my eighth grade math students met their targeted growth goals, and state test scores increased. We also use data-driven criteria to advance students who show readiness. This year, my schedule did not include an eighth grade math class at all. I was told in order to increase rigor, I would we would skip all eighth grade students from pre-alggebra into freshman level algebra 1. This reckless decision is educationally unsound and was made without any teacher input or collaboration. The idea that if students fail algebra 1 in the eighth grade, they can retake it in the
066nth grade is flawed at best. Our students will be missing foundational pre-alggebra skills. Six weeks into our first quarter, it is apparent that this plan is not working. We are setting our students up for failure. Additionally, the letter that went out informing parents of this change was very misleading. It said nothing about students missing 8th grade math in its entirety. If I did not know the grade level standards and what is supposed to be taught at each level, I would not have understood what that letter meant. Ethically, I cannot support skipping the eighth grade year math. Finally, I'm truly disappointed in the lack of accountability being taken by the superintendent regarding her behavior and the lack of checks and balances shown by the board. I have worked in other districts and this is not normal.
067Districts do not operate this way. Turnover does not occur at this rate. If so many teachers, parents, and community members are upset, there is a very serious problem, one that should be thoroughly investigated and addressed regarding the leadership in the district. Thank you for listening, Jennifer Ship. And I would add to that for my own part, I am fearful that just the act of standing here and identifying myself uh could result in an intentional effort to make my job harder for me and that affects my students. Thank you. Follow me. I'm sorry. >> Uh I'm a parent of two uh students in the Bandon School District. Um and I'm here uh to express my deep concern about the atmosphere even in this room tonight. This is not conducive to education and it is not the
068environment that my family moved into five years ago. We entered this school district from a larger district with more resources and felt so lucky to be a part of this community and were touched by the skill and dedication of every teacher that my two daughters have have come across in this district. um many of them spoke tonight and it is just so disheartening to see that systematically dismantled over the last at least year that I've been aware of but it's getting increasingly bad by the week. My middle school daughter has lost three teachers since the beginning of the school year. That is just not acceptable. It's disruptive to her educational experience. And these were all dedicated, wonderful teachers with experience and and skill and they're not easily replaceable. Um, I recognize the challenges of managing
069a budget and making these tough decisions, but I have to ask the board to intervene here. There's something that has has shifted and has gone terribly wrong. Um, and if we continue down this path, the kids are the ones that are going to pay the price for it. We need to support our teachers and we need to work together for solutions. This should not be an adversarial situation. Like, we are all part of this district. We all share the same goals and and we need to find a way to recognize them without doing what we're doing. Cy >> Stewart. >> Hi, my name is Corey Stewart. Um, I have three kids in the school district. Um, one at Ocean Crest, one at Harwood Lights, and one at high school. Um, uh, I, uh, skipped out
070on coaching my son's soccer practice tonight to be here. Um, I agree with all of these teachers and um that there needs to be a review of the current administration. Uh, my daughter must be in your daughter's classes because we lost three out of four of her teachers and um, you know, I'm just basically like, well, you know, what's going to happen next week? So, uh, she loves cross country. U, we love band. My EMTT is, uh, in band and, uh, absolutely loves it. Um we um we make sacrifices to you know have our kids have the privilege of going to school here in band New York taxpaying American citizens. Um you know even if we live in Curry County we're paying taxes. We're paying state taxes. We're paying county taxes. We're paying for some
071kid book school in Perry County. Does not matter where. This is America. We can send our kids to school to a private school if we want to in public schools at public school. And um I uh I'm just I'm I'm deeply concerned about where this administration is going. This is not an all of a sudden thing. More that I've learned about it more I've done research. It is not all of a sudden. It has been like for five years it's been happening. So um just this year it like obviously that has really impacted my family. My daughter's she struggles in math and now doesn't have a math teacher. uh her study hall is basically, you know, was was supposed to be for that purpose and now she doesn't have anybody there to welcome the map.
072So, um we're doing what we can and um I appreciate everybody here who's volunteering their time to be here and all parents, teachers who drove here, took times out of their evening to be here. Um I just wanted to let you know I support you and that something has to change here. >> Thank you. All right, that's everybody. Motion to adjurnn. Second favor close.