001Okay. Um, welcome everyone in this very empty room today, but I know you're out there live streamers. Anyway, I'd like to um call this meeting of the Central School District 13J board of directors uh to order. There we go. I can't do this straight. I'm so sorry. Uh oh. So, please let's uh I'd like everyone to join us in the flag salute. Irene, can you lead us, please? I pledge alce 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. And now we're going right to the adoption of the agenda. >> Yes. So we will begin with communication from the floor and then we will move into we have two standing reports. One just an update on
002or recap of summer school and then looking forward into the school year. By the way, again, second meeting in our 2526 school year. I do have a quick update just on state and federal funding. Uh we'll go into the board report, consent agenda, uh business agenda item, any closing uh items from the board, and then we will go into executive uh session this evening. >> Great. So, do we have any communication from the floor, Emily, or online? Did Tana, did you want to speak? No. Okay. Great. >> All right. Then I am going to uh have joining us up front here will be executive director of teaching and learning Julie Halman. She is going to give us just an update on our summer school programming that took place. We actually just ended this past week.
003Um and I'm just very excited to share some of that information with all of you. We have closed our main summer programming yes on uh last week but we still have some things moving and shaking. So happy to share and answer any questions that you might have. Um so oh yeah perfect next slide or first slide. So our summer programming when we started um planning we started um late winter not knowing for sure what kind of funds we are going to get um and we ended up with the listed grants that are there on this from summer learning through the state our migrant education program grant which is through the state 21st century is a federal grant through the state and then student success act is from the state and high school success um those
004draw the the grants that we had in mind. We budgeted and planned for about a week before we started with our summer programming with our K through 8 students or K through 7 um six students, we received information that we were going to have the grant that is crossed out, which was our SSA um IIE summer grant. Um and so we lost about $90,000 in um our projected um plan. Um and so we made some adjustments. Um we maintained staffing and student counts. Um but we'll have uh sought out other grants that we'll be using to pay um that lost $90,000. Uh but we were able to move forward and we have some pretty neat uh information to share with you. Then we're going to go to the next slide, please. >> I will just
005add to that that was not expected. It was an email that I got on a Friday and Julie and I had to pivot pretty quickly because the next week we were going into summer school. So there was a shortfall at the state. Um we tried very hard to back get that back filled but it did not take place. I think uh director Howman did an excellent job of braiding and blending the funds that we have so we could continue summer school. I will say that it could impact us moving forward because some of this money can carry forward into next summer. So, I just I put that on sort of the radar of of as we continue to work through summer school programming. It was unexpected. >> Yeah. So, some of the monies that we're
006going to be utilizing would be used as a carryover during the school year to use with some of our programming. So, we'll see some um impact throughout the year. So, our summer plan um for uh that has is finished now. Um we had grades 1 through five. So, that would be students that were kindergarten through fourth last year. and they were at Independence Elementary. And then we had kids that were going from fifth grade to sixth grade um at Talage. And our total count for our um first through fifth grade kiddos this year was 167 um and 31 students that made it to the middle school. So um we had amazing teachers and assistants and folks that took some leadership roles um and facilitated programming the summer. um that group of kids um second through
007sixth grade got to go to Western and do swimming lessons for two weeks and do some open gym activities. Um Western has been a fantastic partner with us since YMCA closure with their pool. Um and they've really um stepped up and helped us with continuing some of that really critical programming, especially around swimming lessons. Um we will have kinder camp next week which is part of our summer programming. Um, and I'll report on that or maybe have some of the elementary principles come and share what how that goes. Um, but that will be next Monday through Friday from 9 to 1 for incoming kindergarteners. Um, at the high school, we've had an online summer program where two of the teachers that do a lot of credit recovery during the school year work um really from
008the day we get out of school until the day they come back. Um, working with almost 200. Do we have the number? Oh, feels like 200 almost uh 134 students that are online. Um and they are cranking it all summer long um and get updates every once in a while and the students have completed the credits and some students have been able to create their required credits for graduation and um the last count I think was four students um that have met their credits and will be um graduated. And I think that's important because we do have um just from a graduation right our goal is always when they walk across the stage in June that we have them but it does we do have this time because we can do our fi our final
009report to the state doesn't go uh till early fall. So, we do have this summer to help us improve that uh for kids that may be close to their graduation. >> And they're in constant communication with the folks that are online um at different hours of the day, night um whenever kids are wanting to email or text their teachers. Um we had 28 students on site. Um, and 28 was kids that were engaged and continued um, in programming cuz there were several kids that had signed up and maybe never showed or maybe came one day. Um, and so we had two teachers on site for three plus weeks um, working with students from 8:00 till 2:30. Um, and um, a high number of a high percentage of students participating in the onsite um, earned a
010half to a full credit. So questioning so that we at the end of the could recognize them or if we see them tell them thank you. That's a lot of work. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Across the board from our prek or kind kid jumpst start to folks working at the high school. It it is a lot of work. Um and u most people that work during the summer say that it's a lot of fun. It's because it's a little different. >> Um but they're very committed and really make a difference for our students and families. So yeah, we can we can share. did >> do the online credit recovery last year. I didn't remember. >> Yeah, they've done it for I think forever. I say like >> Well, I didn't know. I thought we kind
011of got out of online after COVID, so I wasn't aware that we added it in for summer. >> Yeah. So, it's that's um not allowable in the in our the summer grants that I showed or some of the summer grants. High School Success has it as a component of that grant. Um other grants we aren't allowed to do um primarily online programming. they want people coming in. Um, and so we probably didn't touch on it last summer because it was the high school was maybe more >> leading that and m and engaging with the the teachers. >> Um, so in addition to what we were doing in our schools, the gate has been ongoing uh providing ongoing programming since I think the day after we got out of school as well. Um they have their
012program from 3:00 to 6:00 and then the two different sessions of clubs Monday through Thursday um where students could um sign up engage in activities that had some CTE components um um including culinary automotive um they have great great clubs and activities. A lot of it comes from student interest um where they pull their students and ask what they want to engage in and they schedule programming for that and develop lesson plans. Um lesson plans are all standardsbased. Um students have to engage in reading, writing, speaking um as part of their different activities. Um and they also do some pretty cool field trips. um their I think their last club sessions end in the next couple weeks and then their they will finish their summer programming on the 29th and that's been available for 7th
013through 12th graders. Um and that is uh one of our paid um partners that we help um give them a little bit of money to help with the work that they do. um they do much of it and during the school year it's um all the services they provide to our students is in kind um as a partner. So um then we have LAMA. Next slide. Um LAMA is a camp that we actually sent kids to last summer. Um there were kids going from 8th grade to 9th grade. Um it's a camp that is exists to um and this is it's I think probably from the website but it is right there imparts leadership and life skills to Latinu youth. We had um some of the students come here last year I think in September
014um and share their experience. It was life-changing for several of them um and so we sent another group back up this year. Um I would love for them to come and and share their experience with you. The um information I got back was, "Oh my gosh, it's awesome. We want to get so many more kids to come. Um we want to fund raise and send as many kids as up there as we can." So, they want to expand it. Um we had actually applied for a grant to try to bring that camp to Oregon um and try to work with Western and I think Sam Kaiser um and some other school districts to go up, learn from them, and start doing it at at Western. Um, and we did not get that grant, which is
015unfortunate. And hopefully hopefully one day we'll be able to get a grant that allows us to do to do that because it it um the experience our kids have had been again life-changing um and just really helped move kids forward in some really hard times. middle school high school. >> It's based out of Washington, but again, our goal is with under Julie's leadership and with what the students are saying to us. We are trying very hard to find funding to learn and get it down here. >> Yeah. And that we had two staff go up this year. Um, one who went last year. Um, and they are our I think there's other staff, but two of our leaders with our Meta group. Um, and they also were like, "This is the best. This is fantastic."
016So, um, they we there's some professional development that happens for staff that are there as adviserss with the group. So, um, it was really neat and I be great for them to be able to come and share at a board meeting um, what from their voice. And and last slide, this is um our our more uh active partners that we had this summer. Um the Gate, YMCA, Western Oregon University, Independence Library, and and Independence Theater. Um we had some kids that are um that went to a movie on one day that are fourth, fifth graders and said, "This is the first time I've ever been to a movie theater." And so where it seems like how does this tie into literacy and engagement, but you know, we talk about um storytelling and um try to
017build in what are some components of literacy. Uh but just that like the awe that of like this is just so crazy and you get popcorn, you get a little thing of soda and um was a really neat experience for um some of the kids. So uh then we did an activity with our middle school kids going over Independence Air Park made planes um our uh WA education migrant education program um and then their student services and then we worked with one of the staff from their Indian education program. So um a smattering of our partners but our committee partners are an amazing part of our programming um every year and throughout the school year. So we appreciate them a lot. Um, and that is all I have for you. Do you have any questions
018or >> Jam first congratulations for >> Oh, we got great people working >> organizing and and creating um it seems like there's an absence of Monmouth in these activities. The Monmouth Library. Do we have any partnerships in Monmouth beyond Western? Um, we do have some partnering with Mammoth Library. I think that a lot of the folks that have been in some of the program development that has worked have worked with Independence Library in the past is kind of the go-to in Independence. There's reach reaching out to people that have been working in the schools and programs. Um, the Independence Library is in touch with some staff and did do um programming with like Mammoth Elementary and Ash Creek during the school year. >> What about like parks and recreation? We haven't done a lot with
019um parks and recreation and yeah, we haven't done a lot with them. >> Thank you. >> Yeah, but that's great. Maybe something that we should look into. >> I mean, I think that is a great presentation also because it really highlights how we do partner throughout the whole community. And I don't think um unless you're really like into this, you there you would have no way to know. Like even though I'm on the school board, I'm on a bunch of other community activities and I'm involved with the gate. I literally didn't know kids could get CTE from some of those programs until today, which is amazing. And and I work really hard at knowing that stuff. So, this is awesome that that we're able to share this information out because it really shows, you know,
020how we're being creative to be able to help teach our students, right, in ways that make sense and also are cost-effective, right? This helps everyone. >> Yeah, the gate is very invested obviously in the community. Um, and I think they're always there's always um the desire to see how they can build their programming that isn't duplicating what we're doing in the schools and then with the schools like how do we engage with the gate um in supporting what we're doing but then supporting what they're doing it um I yes I think they it it blows me away hearing the different activities that they put together and their lesson plans are um extraordinary like it's they're just solid from vocabulary develop velment to the pre-teaching um assessment. They've they want to partner. They want to do
021what we are needing to do with grants. Um they're we're very fortunate and the folks that worked in summer school and worked on the planning were I mean we just have really great staff. We're very very lucky for other people to be in leadership roles, right? That maybe have an interest of of pursuing that career. And so there are some opportunities that Julie's built and Julie's team have built uh to really give those opportunities to some of our staff who do I you know do I want to go into administration where's a way to I can try it out for a little bit right all those pieces we uh Julie does and her team does a really good job of building >> well and teacher leadership folks that are teacher leaders during or instructional assistant
022leaders during the school year they see that this is this another avenue to practice their skills and um and they just do a great job and school people from different schools schools coming together that see each other just during summer or students um I heard the summer of two kids that have been in summer school every year for like three or four years and the first summer they were together they became best friends and they go to different schools and so they love summer school because they actually get to see each other during school day. Um and I was like that's so sweet but that's I mean really the kids are coming ac from across the community so it's pretty neat. Maybe next summer we have you all come and and visit because it is
023neat stuff. I >> think that one of the um you mentioned when we started about how um summer school is different. So when I was employed by Central School District, I did summer school. I was a bilingual instructional assistant and that was something that it the summer school program does feel different and I think as educators we have the opportunity to really connect in a different way with children because it's kind of a the setting is a little bit more relaxed >> and then when you're when you mentioned this about the trip to the theater um the fact that we are >> able to provide our students with experiences that they haven't had >> and you know they they've probably driven by the theater thousands of times and seen it and but to actually go
024in and the fact that we as a school district are trying to create those experiences to a demographic of children that might not have that experience. So, um that's really neat that they're able to to experience that, be part of the program. So, good job. Kudos. >> Yeah. Again, amazing staff. They Yeah. put together a great program. >> Yep. All right, thank you. Thanks, Julie. >> All right, we're gonna switch from summer school to let's talk about everything that we hopefully parents and community as you come back to school. We're going to share a few things. So, joining us is our communications coordinator, Emily Menser. We're going to share just a few things about welcome back to the 25 26 school year. >> Give me a second to pull it up. She's doing double duty
025for us here. Okay. All right. So, here we go. School starts September 3rd, right? That's Wednesday. Okay. For our K through 5th, um, sixth and 9th graders, we'll get there. Let me get it here. Okay. So, our strategic plan scorecard, which we showed you at the last board meeting, um it has been translated to Spanish. Thank you, Irene. We will get posted up on the website probably by the end of this week and then we can have it printed out also to be at each of the schools. Okay, so registration, we're going to go over that. Um also, um actually Kinder Jump Start isn't in here, but Julie just told you about that. You will need to register for Kinder Jump Start if you want to attend. Um, we have cougar camp, volunteer forms, first
026day of school, parent square, and powers school. How exciting. Buckle up. Okay, so registration. Um, you will need to bring some proof of identity when you go to registration. Um, we have children who are 5 years old on or before September 15th, assuming that you guys pass that policy today, um, may register for kindergarten at their neighborhood school for this school year. Um, all of this information can be found on our website on the registration page. Um, and school supply lists are also right there on the homepage at of the main district website. So, elementary school, go to the neighborhood school for that. >> Ask a question. >> Of course. Of course. >> It is on main district website. Are these Is this information going to be on the schools websites, too, or will we
027keep the district? >> Some of the schools have it on their website, but not every school. So, if you want all of them right there, then they're all in one spot. >> Could I make a recommendation that we do put them on every schools? Cuz I know as a parent, the first place I go was to my child's school. Perfect. Not the district website. And even though I'm on the school board, I did that tonight. I went to Central High School to figure out when I'm supposed to register Henry. It wasn't there. And so I went to the district one. But you might have parents who don't know to take that second step. So I'd recommend putting them on the schools. >> We'll do. I'll take care of that this week. >> Okay, great. >>
028Other parents are probably more on top of things than me, but >> No, I you know, Melanie, I think I think that's a really good suggestion. Thank you. Um, so we've got the middle school and the high school registration coming up. Next week is middle school and then the week after that we've got some high school dates. Um, so the you need to register for school, but you also need to register for transportation. So if you take a bus to school, you need to fill out a form every year and register for transportation. Um, and so if you haven't done that yet, please get that done by August 17th. I'm going to pause for a minute and say this publicly as a reminder to families to have transportation at the secondary level. You need to
029live a mile and a half away. >> More than more than >> more than a mile and a half. And if you are in elementary, it's more than a mile. I know that is a sticking point, but I just want to publicly say that. So, secondary 6 through 12, more than a mile and a half. For elementary to have uh transportation, it has to be more than a mile. And that is state law, not central school district driven. Just as a reminder to everyone. >> Yeah. Um, don't forget to download the ride K12 app to keep updated on changes to bus routes. All right. Cougar Camp is coming up. No tent is required, but registration is. So, if you want to attend, please get your registration in. Um, right now it's on paper, so go
030and head over to the school during office hours and get signed up for that. >> And that's for sixth graders, correct? That's for sixth graders and incoming students to Talage. So, if you're new to Talmage, get signed up August 21st, 8th at 12:30 p.m. You get to see all the cool stuff that's going on in the school and meet your leaders. Okay. So, you do have volunteering. Um, we have to fill out volunteer forms every year, too. So, if you haven't filled out your form yet, please do. They opened August 1st, so I won't blame anyone if they haven't filled out their volunteer forms yet. But, you can now. um they can take two weeks or a little bit longer to get approved, especially right now because we get flooded with the people who want
031to do it and the whole state is flooded because the whole state does the program. So, it can go a little slow right now, but be patient. We'll get you in. All right. School starts right after Labor Day. Uh well, Wednesday, September 3rd. Um and then Thursday, September 4th for everyone. Uh there's no late start or early release on the first Wednesday. So late start and early release begins Wednesday, September 10th, right? And continues through the school year. All right. So stay up to date with current communications by signing up with Parent Square. So, we'll use posts and assignments from your teachers, notifications about school closures, receive monthly newsletters from your school and district, RSVP for calendar events, fill out permission slips online, and you can follow our um central central school district 13J partners
032and updates for things such as library calendar events, going on at the YMCA, or the Pulk County family and community outreach, things like that. So the newsletters are the district newsletters are posted now also on the website and on our Facebook page. So you can also follow us there. So with power school you want to make sure that you have your contact information all updated. This will be happening during the registration for middle and high schools and at elementary schools probably want to check in with your front office if you need to make any updates. So just double check your phone number, your email, make sure your emergency contacts are up to date. All right. So, that is our orientation for back to school. Do you guys have any questions for me? C >> can
033you remind us on Parent Square? I think we talked about this before. For parents that don't, you know, have a computer they use at home um or don't have a smartphone, you can there are texts or what other way is there to share information? So, Parent Square uses emails, an app or um text notifications, as well as voice for some things. So, voice messages don't go out all the time, but they would for like an emergency closure alert or something like that. >> Um, and then there we probably use voice for more than that. That's what I use it for, for districtwide. Um, and so you can if you don't have a smart smartphone, excuse me, you don't want to download the app because you can't. Um, it also can go through text or um
034through email, just regular email, >> right? So, if you don't have those communications and you need something else, reach out, tell your friend desk. We can get creative. But that's that's how those things are going out. >> Okay, great. So, they can at least get those really urgent notifications, >> right? Right. Right. And it'll go to their um assuming they have a phone that can accept a text message, it would go through that way. Um, and then there's lots of notifications and I'll be at registration for the high school. So, I can be helping walk people through um, setting their notification settings for their language preferences. Also, if they want to fix how they get text messages, like I want everything right now, as soon as my teacher sends it, as soon as someone sends
035it, I want it. Or maybe I want it all at the end of the day and read it kind of like an evening newspaper, right? So, it just depends on kind of their preference and I I'll be able to help like walk people through that during registration. Thank you. >> Yeah, that it. Okay. >> All right. I'm going to just update you on two items. Uh again, I think this is going to be a theme throughout the year. We are going to just update you on funding. So, uh, on July 29th, we did receive information that the US Department of Education is releasing the 25 fiscal uh, current year for federal funding. That is the 2526 school year. That includes title 1 C for migrant education, title 2A supporting effect effective instruction, which again, as
036I've shared many of times here, that is a big portion of where our professional learning funding comes from. Title 3A, language acquisition for multilingual students. Title 4A funding to support student academic enrichment. And that is really where we've put those funds at the middle school and high school to support club activities, a lot of which we do in partnership with the gate and title 4B uh funding before and after school programming. Again, we uh have not yet received the fund. So, it was released to OD. What's happening right now is the Oregon Department of Education is currently reviewing all of the information and so we are just waiting and really aren't sharing anything out yet until I we see but me and Cece particularly what our actual funding is. We've we're checking on a couple
037because um again, as we've shared with you, we've had um you know, we shut down several programs and had to uh um just communicate that with staff. So, we are just eager and waiting hopefully here in the next week or so. We hope um that we will see actual allocations from the federal level of what that looks like. So, um we are not sharing much programming until we actually physically see those numbers. There's some things that we're working through with the Oregon Department of Education. I've asked uh leadership over there because we're trying to make decisions about staffing if we uh can pull them back or not. And so we're we're excited, but I'm still hesitant until I see final numbers for all of that uh funding program. So that's on the federal side. However,
038on the state side, we still do not have our final allocations for three grants. uh we have uh projections but usually by this point we have had our final all usually we get our final allocations as of July. Uh so we still do not have our final allocations for early literacy grant for the student investment account which is a student tied to the student success act or high school success. Um I am cons excuse me high school success grant. I am still concerned about all those that um we have a lot of staff in those and so we're hoping that there is full allocation. Uh cease and I again are hesitant to make any adjustments or anything until we actually see those numbers. So positive news federally still waiting uh statewise for those grants which
039are a big portion of they're they're large grants uh that support the work that we're doing. So, I will keep you update updated in the Friday report once we have those allocations and how much all of those account for. Just again, we approve that in the budget, but if I don't think it'll be any adjustments that we'd have to come back and and make any adjustments to the budget, but we'll monitor that. So, good news and still waiting news. So, >> those late allocations are affecting everyone in the state. This isn't correct. It's just our problem. Correct. Everybody in the state is held up because of the shortfall basically. >> Correct. >> Yeah. It's very unfortunate. >> Yep. That's it for me. >> Jan, you actually looked horrified while she was saying that. So, >>
040quite I was like, >> "Yeah, it is unbelievable." But >> it's just um >> it's hard to plan. >> So many things are beyond our control. It is it is very frustrating and u trying to open school and you don't even know how much money you're going to get so that you can do school for some of these programs. >> I I I can't offer blame to anybody because I don't know the root of all of this. But it's pretty darn frustrating trying to to run an educational institution when you don't know how much money you've got. So, next is the very short board report which is we have uh our next board meeting will actually be a PLC or as I like to always say professional learning community on August 18th from 2 to
0416:00 p.m. And then the next regular board meeting is going to be September 8th next month. Uh because the first Monday is Labor Day, so it will be on the second Monday. And next we've got the consent agenda. So we barely have a quorum today, but I will enter entertain a motion uh from the floor. >> I move to adopt the consent agenda. >> Melanie moves to adopt. >> Second >> and Jan seconds. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Raise your hand. All those opposed? So I u I'm sorry. point of order. >> If we're we're only a quarter, including me, so I do have to vote. Yeah. So, we have four uh I and zero. Nay. So, that passes. The consent agenda passes. Uh the next thing on the agenda is
042the business agenda. And um I don't >> I would like uh because we barely have a quorum, I'd like to move that we postpone this agenda item until our next meeting. um just because full transparency for the community and for the whole board if that's possible. >> So if we uh propose a postponement, we have to do a motion and a second just like any other thing. Um I would point out that if we do decide to postpone it, we can do a special meeting uh I believe before the PLC on August 18th. So it wouldn't throw us that far out of whack. But um did you want to make a motion then for that? >> Yes. I move that we postpone uh discussion of the superintendent's contract and vote until a future date when
043we can get the board together since we are just barely meeting quorum today. >> Do I have a second? >> Uh okay. So we have a motion from Melanie and a second from Irene. uh all those imposed or um all those in favor of postponing the uh business agenda item to discuss the superintendent contract to we're not specifically saying it's the 18th. It's a time in the future, but we're going to we'll try for the 18th. Uh all those in favor of that say I. >> I. All those opposed. >> Well, I'm opposed because we all agreed initially what path we were going to take. So, um I just if I were in her spot, I'd >> we can discuss for a postponement. We can have a discussion. >> So, um I mean that's a
044fair point. >> I mean that's it. If we hadn't had a thorough discussion, I certainly would have said, "Well, we probably need to have a group." But, >> um I'm okay being in the minority. >> I just >> Well, I guess I being new, I wasn't aware that there had already been a thorough discussion done. I I know I have some back background >> but um yeah with the rest of the board. So >> same having two new board members and then having uh especially because they were unexpected absences I think if they'd been planned and people could have registered their >> you know comments or vote but um they were unexpected. So I am just more comfortable moving it uh for a more full and robust discussion. At least two of the the people
045unavailable today were unexpected absences. That's true. >> So, we did vote. >> Okay. It looks like that. >> Just clarifying. Sorry, but you just seem like you wanted to have discussion and I knew that you're technically allowed to have a discussion. So, >> no, I'm I'm all right. So, that motion passes uh 3 to one then. Okay. Next, we're on to closing items. And so, >> can I just point out that it says 7:06 p.m. and four way, >> right? No, you're right on track. >> Oh, really? >> Too funny. >> Oh, that's hilarious. >> I've never seen us follow to that. >> Yeah, that that is pretty amazing. >> Sorry. So, um Byron is on vacation or something like that and so um you have to tell him I'm not going to tell that
046I was on time. Um, but the we're all the way at um board comments. Does anyone have any additional comments? >> I I just want I think that um I I know the people in our community appreciate our schools, but there's so much work that goes into restarting the engine of the train. I mean, it's a massive effort and our teachers and our support staff and our administrators are in there getting ready. I I just really appreciate the efforts that everybody in the community that has any attachment to the schools in terms of working there or volunteering there. It is a full force. Um, if you were to take a a science term, overcoming the inertia of having stopped the machine and then started again is just phenomenal. So, congratulations to everybody who has been
047part of this massive effort happens every August. >> Good point. >> Anything Anything else to say, Orlando? not to put on spot. >> It's gonna be a senior. He's going to be a senior. So, and you're going to be able to teach our new uh student board member all the ropes apparently. >> Do you know where they're joining? >> I think in September November. >> Mhm. >> Is it a girl or boy? >> Um it is a young lady. Yes. >> It's on the I think her name is on the website already. >> Hannah Smith. That's right. Um the only other comment I had I just keep going back to that all the partners because like also I didn't know we were finally working with the air park again in the summertime. So amazing, we
048have that great resource and now we've got our, you know, students connected with it and um just seems like uh if you want help writing that grant for LAMA to do a joint program with WOO, that seems like a match made in heaven. Like so much good information today. >> So it's just we'll continue great. >> Yeah, we'll continue to look at that. We think it's even for the two years that we've done it, we uh feel strongly we've got to figure out how to build it here in Oregon and if we have to do it, then we'll do it and bring other school districts along just sort of similar to what has happened up in Washington. But it's a great experience for students. I think I would just like to just kind of on
049the heels of what Jan was saying about what it takes to start up a new school year and um recognizing the fact that for for teachers and staff it's like yay but oh summer's ending. I mean like there's always a month few weeks but I I I want to recognize the fact that um there is a lot of challenges and it's so hard starting up with the level of motivation that we would like when we're facing all of these financial challenges staffing I mean just all of these things and I think as as leaders it's our responsibility um I had a CEO that I work for that would always say as leaders we're like a frame of a nice car, but the transmission, the motor are our teachers and our staff that are actually going
050to be doing doing the work. So, >> like that. >> Yeah. And and we're we're the one that we are as leaders the ones that and and leaders I'm like cease and all the people in these leadership roles. We're we're trying to create this framework. we're trying to just put together, but really um the teachers and the staff and and the administrators on site are are the transmission and the motor and that are going to get things running and be able to to do what we need to do to get the perfect vehicle running. So, um I but I just I I just want to recognize that I I get that there's a lot of challenges and and it's hard to come in with like this, oh, yay, you know, when we're facing, but know
051that that the district and the leaders are really trying to to set everybody up for success to the best that we can with what we have. >> And we've had some successes. Again, I've shared a little preliminary things with you all and >> um we'll get to share more of that when it becomes um actually public. >> So there are there are some uh good successes and again continuing to build on those. >> Exactly. >> I don't think we have do we have any other items for future meetings. >> We will talk more in depth about that. Um, usually I have a framework usually that we share with what we want presented at board meetings. We'll talk through that on the 18th as well and then we'll we can add that on and then make
052adjustments as we go through the year. >> Great. And so now the technicality of u a journey to executive session that's what I'm I'm adjouring or in recessing. >> You're going to recess. >> I'm going to recess now to executive session. Thank you so much for bearing with me. Oh, I say that now. >> Yes. >> Okay. Sorry, everyone. Under the provisions of OS 192.660 open meeting law, the board of directors will enter executive session for the following purpose. To conduct deliberations to negotiate real property transactions. Uh parenthesis OS192.660. 2E specific information discussed in executive session shall not me be made public and shall remain undisclosed. Now we're in recess.