001Are we ready? You're in post. I'm going to leave the meeting. Just a second. We got to figure out what Okay, I think we're good now. Okay. Is that all on our YouTube? Okay. Uh the May 29th, 2025 meeting of the Corval school board is now called to order at difficulties. One second. Is it good now? Okay, we're good. Okay, I'm going to start that over. The May 29th uh 2025 meeting of the Corval School Board is now called to order at 7:05 PM. To support the health and safety of all community members, particularly those who are immuno compromised and their families, the board continues to offer a virtual participation option for board members and district staff. Public comment is available at select meetings both in person and virtually. Details on how to provide public
002comment are available on the Corbalis School District website. Tonight's agenda, board packet, and a link to the district's YouTube channel can be found on the schoolboard page of the website. All public meetings are livereamed on YouTube and recordings are typically posted the following day. Tonight, we have all board members in attendance in person. Uh the board met in executives which is closed session from 6 pm to 6:55 p.m. under OS192.662F to consult with council. A quorum was present and due notice had been published. Uh the next item on the agenda is action on matters discussed in executive session. Does anyone want to make a motion? I'd like to make a motion. I move based on the information presented to the board to deny that the facts and the circumstances as set forth in the grievance
003do not accurately reflect the conduct of the governing body. I second the motion. It has been moved by Chris and seconded by Judah. Is there any further discussion? Um I'll have some discussion on that. Um so my understanding of the events is that while a city employee did um label the event as a schoolboard town hall that all the advertisements listed as a meet the candidates event. And at the event, while there were five school board members present for at least part of the event, four for all of the event that the actions undertaken and the discussions held um not only upheld the public meeting laws in not being a public meeting in the manner which was held, but also affirmed the board um code of the code of conduct. That's called board norms. the
004board norms in how it was conducted and there was two different announcements that this was not a school board meeting. Um conversations had to be shut down from the public saying that we can't that that type of discussion couldn't be had. And then when um the four candidates came together, they elected actually to separate into smaller groups to further affirm that this was not a public meeting. um public for a public meeting there would have to be specifically there to be gathering information to be making a schoolboard decision or actively having deliberations for the actions of the school board and that while there was a sufficient number of board members present that would have represented a quorum had it been a public meeting. this was not a public meeting and that um no one currently
005on the board undertook any action which would turn it from a a gathering into a public meeting and therefore at least one if not two of the public meeting exceptions were met um to indicate that this was not a public meeting and therefore not subject to public notice requirements or other public meeting law guidelines. Thank you, Jenna. Any other comments? I have one comment and just that um as Juda explained that there's more than three board members in a room does not always equal a public meeting by our presence. And I think that's really important for the community to remember because they do see us at events at schools. They see us at graduations. They see us at places in the community. and there may be more than three of us at a time, but
006that doesn't equal automatically a public meeting is occurring. And so, I just wanted to share that as well in case folks see us in the future as well. Any further comments? Um, I really appreciate it. I know, you know, as sitting board members who also were in dual roles of being candidates during an election cycle, how important it is to be able to have time connecting with community members, hearing from them. Um, and just really appreciated, you know, from my colleagues in that space as well, the really intentional effort that was made to make sure the community knew that it wouldn't be a schoolboard meeting in advance, that a candidate gathering was on all umformational flyers and social media posts explicitly stated that this was not a school board meeting or that no decisions would
007be made at this time, as well as announcements made at that moment and throughout and then even structural and logistic shifts to make sure folks were not having conversations as a group. Um just really appreciated the attention and care that folks who were involved, including myself, um brought to that space to make sure as well as possible the community also knew that the intention that this was not a school board meeting was really explicit. Any additional comments? I would add just that as the as the non candidate board member who did attend, it was I I appreciated the opportunity um that particularly Lou um took to use it as a um a format for public education about what the what it means to have a public meeting um in specifically calling out why we can't
008have certain kinds of discourse. Uh we had students present um students from our community who attended and that seems like a really important and teachable moment to um uh represent for them civil uh civic engagement, community interaction without crossing the line of holding a public meeting and to do that in such a deliberate and teachable way for folks that were present. I um I think they they would they had the opportunity whether they took it or not they had the opportunity to leave with clear understanding about what the purpose of public meeting law is. That is something that my observation of our chair is that that is an opportunity that she takes at every turn. And this was not any different. It was a campaign event. It was still a teachable moment. And I've seen
009that happen in our board meetings when conversations turn to something where the community might not understand. um it would be presumptuous to think that they would understand and pausing and offering context and explanation. That's exactly what happened in that space as well and it was handled uh very tactfully even when folks um that were present wanted to continue with questions that couldn't be handled in that particular context. So I appreciate that. I appreciated you. Um and uh I think that um for folks that wanted to, they left learning. So I'm I'm glad for that. And I think we did well as a board. I think you did well as a leader in that space. uh I want to really give credit to my colleagues and uh for their commitments to for professional development. I think
010this board have invested in understanding uh the nuances of how we can commit to engage with the community and also refrain from having any deliberation away from public with public notice. balancing between doing business uh under uh uh law which uh means we meet in a time and place and manner that's as notice to the public and at the same time engage with the community listen uh whether as individuals candidates or board members I think is important and establishing that healthy balance uh I believe would have not have been possible without uh the commitments from my colleagues uh attending OSBA conferences and professional developments where we actually learn about those nuances and I invite community members to uh outre reach out to us uh and access any resources OSBA provides and also the ethics commission
011they have lots of information that's available for folks uh to see about their opinions on the law and also describing situations in the law so folks can understand what the chair have shared in terms of the difference between community engagement as collective or individuals from one stand and from another stand uh concerning business as a as a public meeting. So really that would have not been possible without uh the information that the commission and OSBA has shared and the commitments of this board for professional development so we can do our dual mandates engage and do uh do the decisions uh rightfully. So just want to share that as we as an opportunity when we had this inquiry to us and people can find out more information on public meeting laws on the um states page
012and you're welcome to do that if you'd like. Um with no further discussion has been moved by Chris and seconded by Judah uh to deny the facts and circumstances as set forth in the grievance accurately reflect the conduct of the governing body and setting forth the facts and circumstances as determined by the public body and the reasons why those facts and did you read this? No. Can you resay it? Sure. I move based on the information presented to the board to deny that the facts and the circumstances as set forth in the grievance do not accurately reflect the conduct of the governing body. Thank you. It was close but it wasn't quite there. Um and I'm going to go ahead and call for the vote. Um Sammy I vote I Chris I. Judah. Hi, Shauna.
013Hi, Grace. Hi, Ernie. Hi, I vote I. Motion passes. And with no further business, the meeting is adjourned at 7:16 p.m. Thank you.