05/04/2026 Regular Meeting of the TTSD School Board

001Good evening everyone. I'd like to call us back into order for this regular session of the Tiger Twalton School District Board of Directors. I wanted to let everybody know that the board met in executive session prior to this convened under OS 3320612D to conduct deliberations with persons designated by the governing body to carry on labor negotiations. And with that, we have our agenda. Mr. Mr. Superintendent, do we have any changes to our agenda tonight? >> I have no changes, chair. >> Okay. I would like to make one change to the agenda and that is I'd like to pull item number seven from the consent agenda. That's the district compensation agreements with directors and move that to our final action item of the night 10 C. If that's okay with my fellow board members. Excellent. All

002right. In that case, the chair would entertain a motion. >> I move to approve the agenda as amended. Second. It's been moved by Vice Chair Urban, seconded by Director Miles that we approve the consent agenda as amended. Is there any further discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor, please say I. >> I. All those opposed, please say nay. >> Motion carries unanimously. And now we come to the best part of the evening, our recognition and good news. Lisa Burton, come on down and tell us what's going on in our fine district. All right. So, good evening um Chair Jermeid, Vice Chair Irvin, board members, student representatives, um Dr. Una Senetta. This week, we make an extra effort um to celebrate our amazing teachers during teacher appreciation week and um we appreciate that our teachers show

003up for their students in extraordinary ways every day. and our community is very grateful. Next slide, please. Oh, wait. My slides aren't up. He's getting there. I always jump in too quick. Hey, sorry about that. You should have them now. Okay, let's go ahead and go to the next slide. So, May 4th through May 8th is teacher appreciation week. Um, Tiger Twitton teachers bring their heart, spirit, and expertise into the classroom each day, connecting with students and meeting every student where they are. Uh, thank you for having high expectations and care for all of our students. Next slide, please. So, every year, uh, Twin Valley Media reaches out to the community for nominations for their amazing educators edition. It is a wonderful way to highlight um the amazing dedication of TTSD educators and an educator

004iss. Next slide please. So this year's amazing amazing educators are Twin High School leadership avid and IB teacher Jessica Fontaine um who was unable to be with us um here this evening. Um, and with us here tonight from Fowler Middle School is choir teacher Joe Ralph. So, I want to share a few words about uh these amazing teachers. So, um, first from our Talton High School admin, um, Jessica is an exceptional educator and leader at Talton High School, demonstrating unwavering dedication to student success and school improvement. As the associated student body adviser, she supports advanced leadership students while fostering a positive climate through inclusive events and assemblies. So, if we can just give a quick round of applause for TTSD amazing educator Jessica Bunt. All right. And then, uh, Fowler Principal Pichi couldn't be here

005this evening, but she wanted me to share some thoughts about Joe. Uh featured in the Beaverton Valley Times article, what we rise while lifting each other, this year's amazing educator award winner exemplifies the very heart of what it means to teach. Recognized for her deep commitment to students and her belief that we rise by lifting each other, she creates a classroom where care, connection, and high expectations go hand in hand. She is a staunch advocate for kids, ensuring every student feels seen, supported, and capable of success. Through her work, she not only fosters academic growth, but also builds a culture of belonging and mutual respect among her students. She truly is a cornerstone of what people believe teachers should be for all kids. compassionate, relentless in her support, and unwavering in her belief in every

006child's potential. So, please join me in congratulating Joe Ralph as a TTSD amazing educator. So, Joe, could you share a little bit about yourself and then what you love most about teaching? >> That's such a big share something about myself. Um, I've just been involved in music for a very long time. My mom is still a elementary school teacher. So, it's been something that I have seen as valuable my entire life. Um, and I started singing in middle school and high school and I was singing in college and I got, you know, job singing and then I was like, "Oh, this is something that actually is a big deal." Um, but seeing my mom teach sort of showed me the way to how important that is. Um, so I started in Scapuse teaching and then

007I stayed home with my kiddos for a while and then I found my way to Tiger and have been at Fowler for I think almost 11 years and it has been an amazing community to work in and I the kids I get to work with are supreme. They're just the best the best of the best. Like music kiddos are genuinely the best of the best and um it is a literally a joy to get to work with them. Um, I get to see them for multiple years. So, getting to see them progress not as musicians but as people is a really amazing part of my job. >> Yeah. Thank you. >> Absolutely. Thank you. >> So, I'm a music kiddo. >> We're the best. Um, and so I I love so much um that your

008work all teachers work is is recognized should be recognized all of the time. I always think May is like this weirdly awkward time to have teacher appreciation month and I say that as a current teacher myself. Um but I also just really appreciate the um the focus on arts because um we're in a time where sometimes people don't put as much importance on that or feel like it's this extracurricular piece and it is lifegiving for a lot of kids. It is the reason why they come to school. It's the reason why they keep going to school. those connections. Um, so I really appreciate the work you do. My theater school is Twity, but we have a lot of friends at Fowler and a lot of them are in choir and they all like I know

009you before knowing you because everyone just says the most incredible things about the the music program there. So, congratulations. >> Thank you. >> Congratulations. And thank you. Um, also a music kiddo. Not that that matters. And so was my kid. And and I grew up with a teacher as well. My mom is a teacher and and teachers are some of the most impactful people in anybody's life. And um and I read the article about you in the Valley Times and I just want to point out this one thing that one of your former students sent you a video after he'd had a baby and play and played a recording of one of the songs we sang at state when he was in high school choir. I mean, that's just an amazing moment. Um so congratulations.

010It sounds like you have a really wonderful impact on everybody. And also that point that um Vice Chair Irvin made about the arts being so integral and so important in kids' lives. So thank you. >> Yeah, absolutely. >> There's not much to add at this point, but really appreciate you coming. Thank you for all your good work. Um it's really important work to um work with our students. So thank you so much for um rising the occasion and making a difference in that way. Yeah, I just want to say thank you so much for everything that you do and uh for the example that you give for our students. >> And I'll echo all of that even though I was an art kid, not a music kid. So I guess I second best. I don't

011know. Um thank you and congratulations. And I I want to hearken back to something that vice chair mentioned, which is that in May, it especially this May, it's a little hard to be doing teacher appreciation when the elephant right over there in the room is that we're going to be laying people off. Um, and so I want to acknowledge that, but I also want to say the two are not mutually exclusive, right? They should be, I should say. They should be mutually exclusive. We can still appreciate our teachers who are here for all of the amazing work that they have done this year and for the 11 years prior. Um, and we can also be fiscally responsible with our budget and the the horrible implications of that. And so I just want to acknowledge that,

012but still very sincerely and heartfeltly say thank you and congratulations. >> Do we get to do a picture? >> Let's do a picture. >> All right. Joe, thank you for coming in. >> Okay, we'll have now our reports from our student representatives. Tiger Twin, you want to flip a coin and see who goes first? Hello. I hope you guys are all having a good Monday so far. So, for Twin, we have May mental health month being recognized. Um, we have prom happening on May 9th, which will take place at the Red and I believe it begins at 8 or 900 p.m. Um, we also have our performing arts program performing Uritysy. Uh, we have JV softball and baseball games. um throughout the week. We also have track districts and track state championships that take place

013the third and fourth week of May just before school will end. Uh ASB is currently holding a bake sale from May 4th through 6th um in the morning before school starts. And we also have teacher appreciation message tokens in the commons before school and during lunch the entire week of teacher appreciation week. And then of course we have IB testing. And this week there is history, Spanish, and Ivy literature. >> Uh, uh, over at Tiger, we also have Ivy testing going on as well. Um, so for tomorrow night, track and field has AC night before they meet against Westland. And then both tennis and golf have districts all this week. Um, our boys golf went to districts today and they placed fourth. Um, and then in terms of our performing arts, uh, we have the

014James and the Giant Peach opening this Thursday at 7. There will be a showing this Friday at at 7 as well, as well as a matinea at 2 p.m. this Saturday. Um, and then for many of our affinity groups as well as our clubs, we've been starting to celebrate our seniors. Uh, starting this Friday, Pacifica will be hosting, they celebrating Pacifica in collaboration with 12 Pacifica, and it'll be starting at 5:00 p.m. in the comments, but you do have to RSVP. And then on the 13th from 5 to 8 in the commons as well, uh Metro will be uh hosting their note latina um event and also happy AAPI month. >> Thank you. Any questions or comments for our student reps? Okay, thank you so much. Uh superintendent and board communication, Mr. Superintendent, take it

015away. >> Excellent. Just want to say happy teacher appreciation week. Um it was nice to be able to recognize a couple of our teachers this uh evening and um we have some photos actually of all the ways that um our teachers are being thanked and celebrated this week in all of our buildings. Um this is a really good week um especially when things are hard to recognize our staff and our teachers for all the good work they do. Um, not only do our staff rise to the occasion when it comes to um, delivering academic instruction and helping our students recognize their potential, but they also um, are there to support our students along their their life journey, right? And they build connections um that go beyond the classroom. They last a lifetime in many cases.

016So, we're really fortunate to have the dedicated teachers that we have. um they come to to work with a high level of professionalism, resilience, um a commitment to getting better at their craft um of of instructing and those who have done been in the classroom before know that it is definitely a skill. Um and so when we have some of the best teachers in our district, so I just wanted to take a moment to say thank you because we're so fortunate to have them. Um and um I also wanted to just take a moment to thank um a teacher that we have on our board, Cochair Urban. So, thank you so much for all that you do to to support our staff. And when you get a chance, just take a moment to to thank

017a teacher because they really are doing great work to inspire, support, and help our kids achieve. So, so thank you to all of our staff and our teachers. Um want to move into finance. So, um, I'm dedicated to making sure that we have the most updated financial updates, um, and that we're we're doing some sense making because there's been a lot of moving parts when it comes to our budget. Um, so last week we began the notification process for our riffs and we have over 22 FTE that was reduced for the 26 27th school year. And this is one of several steps that we're taking to resolve um a series of unfortunate uh events that are came from the state and the fed uh that culminated in 7.2 million less of funding that we had

018for 2627 than we anticipated. And so what I want to do is just discuss the facts and circumstances related to it and then what the district moves have been. So if you go to the last slide that you're just on Thor. So, this is how we got to that 7 um $2 million gap. First, we had the enrollment adjustment. Um, this is all happened between February in April, by the way. So, we had the enrollment adjustment that was 5.5 million, high-cost disability, which is 2.9 million over two years, and then we had our spring reconciliation, which we initially thought was a million, but after um further review, it was $600,000, which is still a significant amount of money. And at the very end, one thing that was the last blow is the executive order which

019eliminates our opportunity to um true up our budget by uh applying furlow days or shortening instructional days rather. Right? So um what that uh did is it had us re-evaluate how we're going to close the gap. So if we go to the next slide now, um we adjusted student ratios. Um we did engage in a riff process which resulted in 22.5 FTE reduction. Um cabinet managers are in the process. This is one of the agenda items that was pulled uh of taking 1% um for their cola for one year and 1.5% colas respectively. Um we're we've eliminated three administrative positions in the last month or so and we're continuing to draw down reserves to make sure we can bal balance our budget which isn't ideal or sustainable but these are all things that we're doing

020to ensure that we have a balanced ending fund bal uh ending fund balance. So if you go to the I think that's it for this slide and one last thing that I want to share is that um for my part I also want to model the financial responsibility. So, in that spirit, what I'd like to do is I'd be willing to accept a 1% salary increase as well, uh, instead of a 4% or 3% or whatever that might be, or a me too, which is what I normally get, just a 1% um, salary increase that's consistent with what our administrators proposed as well. And I just believe by doing that, I'll just be um, I want to make sure that my compensation reflects the same measured approach uh, that our other leadership team, others in

021our leadership team are taking as well. And um I just want to demonstrate the shared commitment to making sure we get through these really tough financial times together. And I want to do that by um stepping up and leading as well and and taking that um uh and and modeling um what we're asking of our other leaders in our district. So um again, this is going been a challenging financial year, but I'm confident we're going to be able to get through it. Uh, but it's gonna it's going to take all of us working through it together. All right, I want to talk about something a little bit more uplifting, student voice. So, um, earlier this year, I went to both of our comprehensive high schools and Creekide. And in the last week, I was able

022to go back to revisit both of our comprehensive high schools for student um, student voice sessions. So during these listening sessions, we speak with students about everything from what's working well in their school, what there's what's their favorite thing about school to um what are some challenges and pain points that they want the district to address or that we want they want us to bring to their principal's attention. Um and we also talk about things going on in the world. I know when we met in the fall, this was um when the presence of ice was pre prevalent. So, we spent some time talking about that. That didn't come up as much in this uh this time around, but um it was important for us to continue to elevate the voice of our students because

023that's who we're here to serve in the first place, right? And so, when there's so much jockeying for our attention, it's important to be able to um to center the conversation um around student voice. And so, we got the opportunity to do that. And I just wanted to share some of the themes that came up uh in those conversations. And some of the positive things that came up was a strong sense of belonging through programs and activities. Um value feeling valued and supported by teachers um and having an engaging teachers. Um extracurriculars and sports helped um them feel connected and having a a sense of connection and um uh also feeling like those uh extracurriculars helped them stay motivated in the classroom. And then some of uh emerging ideas or suggestions they had were there's

024concerns around the budget and the implications for um continuing those the programs and services they love. Uh having reasonable class sizes and also being able to to compensate teachers. That definitely came up. Um they discussed uh the importance of being able to consistently enforce things like cell phone policies. That came up a lot in one of our schools. And um for some some students that are slipping through the crack, making sure that there is a safety net where there's engagement with a trusted adult came up as well. So that's just a handful of things that that um that they discussed. But again, it was just really great to get into schools to talk to students. um they really remind us of our purpose and they their firsthand perspective helps us understand why it's so important

025to uh make thoughtful decisions to advance the to advance uh the experience that they're having in our school. So we look forward to meeting them again next next fall. And then I just want to end by going over end of the year updates. Here's a a good shot at a picture right there, but it was just like mainly table with some students. Um, all right. Here we go. Next one. So, uh, strategic plan. So, here's the end of the year events. We have, um, a series of strategic planning meetings that are happening, about 15 of them in the spring. So, I know that, um, Director Mills is hard at work in, uh, making sure those are organized and engaging, and I'm going to be attending a lot of those as well. And so, um, those

026are happening in the next several weeks. It's going to be graduation season soon as well. So, uh, we have, um, four graduations happening in June. June three, four, five, and six. So, we'll be very busy that week. Um, we have some community events that our board members normally participate in. So, we have the City of Tiger Pride Parade. We also have Junth happening on the 20th of June. Um, and then in between, we have our retirement celebration for our um outgoing staff on June 8th and the last day of school on June 11th. So, there'll be a flurry of events happening, but we're going to make sure we keep you posted and get invitations and details so that if you want to be in attendance, you can. That's it for my report. >> I can't

027believe we're already talking about graduations this year so fast. Um, thank you for your report. Uh, do my fellow board members have anything? >> Director Heimus, >> thank you everybody. Um, thank you for being here. Uh just want to say I got the opportunity to attend the Tiger Chamber of Commerce Shining Stars Community Awards and that was great. Uh it's great to see so many of our um high school students get uh awards, excuse me, uh get awards. And so so that was great cuz they they really need those uh scholarships, you know, that that's that's really good. And I think um the other thing that I want to say is uh thank you to Dr. Udo for you know his leadership in um making making sure that um he's also showing that you know

028we're having this hard financial time and um you know he's he's going to take the lead on that along with the rest of the the cabinet and and administrators. And then um go see James and the Giant Peach. Tired. And then uh we're doing our rounds of interviews for student uh representatives on Wednesday. So we should have new reps to present to the board by next meeting. >> I can go. I just have a three quick things I just wanted to mention. Um I think everyone here knows um that we did start our sort of first marathon session of bargaining um with our licensed um association two weeks ago. Um, and I just have to say I was really um really impressed with um sort of this the spirit that everybody came in with knowing

029that this is a really tough time to be doing this work and also really determined to get this done um quickly. And so really appreciate everybody on both sides of the table, our finance and HR department. Um, all the folks on the TTEA side really willing to just literally for 12 hours get to business, get stuff done, um, and go through that work, which can sometimes be challenging. The other thing is that just a couple of quick updates. I'll do like a summary of changes. um the OD technical advisory committee that's working on all of the the rules um for the accountability bill. Um a couple of things. So relating to timelines, um one district progress update is there is new language that says it needs to be provided to the Department of Ed no

030later than 60 days after last validation window closes for all applicable data. So that's a change in language and I won't go through what it said before but that's an improvement. Um they are clarifying some requirements for each metric to be considered met. So that was another piece of the sort of wondering how do we exactly know. So there is um that's kind of a determination that's being made. Um we removed language to start coaching for directed coaching at the beginning of the bienium. Um and then intensive coaching program there's some removed language there. So those are sort of some big chunks of changes that were made. We meet again on Friday. So we're going to continue to go through sort of what this means at the local level for some of those metrics. And

031then finally, it relates because we are part of Washington County. Um I for many years was on the board for the Family Justice Center of Washington County, which is now the Family Peace Center. And they opened, it's in Hillsboro, but it serves all of Washington County. Um they just had their grand opening for a brand new building, um which has been an incredible labor of love. Um the executive director actually kind of called it a love letter to all the the kids, the families, the communities. Um so this is really like for any kind of survivor. So we now under one roof. Um the DVRC, which is a domestic violence resource center, there's Oregon Law Center there. So you can really one-stop shop. So we have the DA has an office there now. We have

032the sheriff's there. We can get restraining orders to folks. Adilante has a a preschool there. Now there's um a food p like a store food pantry. There is shopping available with washers and dryers. Um SALK is there. DHS is there. Disability rights of Oregon is there. So it's really this incredible um beautiful project that's really come together. We've been working on this for about three years and it had its grand opening. So I just wanted to let our community know and I'll be working with our family resource center to know that this is another resource to be reaching out to families. But I just wanted to celebrate that because that's that serves a lot of our families in Tiger. Um, and it's it's a pretty incredible piece of work now that I just wanted to

033share. >> That's awesome. Like one-stop shopping. >> Yeah, >> other board members. Yeah, >> thank you so much. Um, just want to start off. It's been a beautiful season with uh prom, baseball games, softball games. Um, I was also able to go to the Washington County Kids Summit to talk about afterchool care. Um, had a really, uh, productive discussion as part of that. And, um, also thank you so much for all the budget updates. A lot of great thought partnership into, um, how to make do with, um, scarce resources. Um, I also was able to attend uh, the talk by doc, Dr. Jared Horvath. He's a neuroscience PhD and has a master's in education. He was able to speak in Portland a couple of weeks ago and I wanted to share some things that were

034covered for those who were at all of these other great events and couldn't attend. First, there's been a lot of great work in our district and in Oregon to limit student use of personal devices, which makes sense to promote learning and limit distractions. This talk was different though and it questioned is technology a good tool for learning on a more basic level. Of course, during COVID, we had no choice and something is always better than nothing. Some accommodations are also reliant on tech. So that all makes sense. Aside from these uses though, there was multiple studies cited showing student learning with tech is worse than without it. Um including quotes like students who use computers very frequently very frequently at school do a lot worse in most learning outcomes. And perhaps the most disappointing finding

035of the report is that technology is of little help in bridging the skills divide between advantaged and disadvantaged students. Um, another quote from some of the research, initiatives that expand access to computers do not improve K12 grades and test scores and online courses lower student academic achievement compared to inerson courses. Um, one study reported that investing in air conditioning had a better impact on student learning than investing in a laptop for every student. Of course, that raises a lot of questions, right? Um, and so there was some interesting discussion about why that might be. Um, the first thing was that kids associate tech with games and kids tend to do other things while they're using their devices. Um, as an adult, I know every now and then that might happen during an online meeting and

036distractions and multitask multitasking can interrupt learning. Um, and so, um, that was an interesting point. Another one was that relationships and empathy predict learning with an effect size of 68 for empathy. And so, a student thinking like the teacher and vice versa was brought up. The moment when you see what a student is thinking and how to explain it, I think we've all been there. um when you realize like where the missing part is and you're able to come together. And then um another part that was brought up was learning going from one context to another. So walking through a doorway and forgetting uh what you were looking for or remembering your grandmother when you spel smell a a certain spice that she used. So the screen is a narrow context and trying to expand

037to a more complex world can mean that that learning gets lost and isn't applied as well. Uh there was also an interesting discussion about how facts um learning facts promotes creativity by having that uh deeper bench and then bringing ideas together um in in the brain from a neuroscience perspective. And overall it was an interesting argument for classroom learning that prioritizes distraction-free focus relationships and empathy and learning based within the complexities of the real world. It was a great way to engage with the community and something I'm really curious about. I think our district has already been really thoughtful on some of these things such as some of our teachers do in-class uh handwritten essays and some of our re recent curriculum um adoption has um had the option of of of having a a

038non-technical um element. Um so I'm also interested in insights from within TTSD and discuss and in discussing this as a board um for any potential policy adjustments that might make sense. So, just appreciate um the opportunity to be able to learn learn more about that. >> Church Miles, >> thank you. Um I just want to um thank our superintendent for going out and listening to students. Student voice is so powerful and um students are not shy. They will tell you what they need and it's super important to hear that. And so, thank you for spending time with them and for letting us know. um other work on the accountability bill to go along with what um Vice Chair Irvin said because we are both on task force that are are different but the same. Yeah.

039Um looking at the guidance that's going to come out to districts and um and what that's what that's going to look like. One of the things in there is that there is a there's going to be a lot of guidance um for how administration talks to the board about that. But one of the things that we're working on is what is guidance for the board and how to receive that information, what our role is in that. So, um, looking at because it's really important that we stay in our role when all of this new stuff comes at us. And, um, and so working on that as well. And then I just want to give a shout out to, um, speaking of music and how important that is in students lives um, in Toualatin uh, the

040Crimson 8, which is the teners and bases from the Crimson Airs. They competed in the large tenerbass vocal ensemble competition and placed first in the state. They are an amazing program with an amazing instructor. And then two of the students also placed second in their categories at the state solo contest. So we've got, you know, in celebration of teacher appreciation week. Um, and in celebration of every teacher, we've just also got some amazing examples of where that shows up. Thank you. >> If I could just tag on to what you said. Um, I received the email. I think it we all did from Andrew Berg this afternoon that the uh the choir is going to have a sendoff concert. I think it's Thursday at 6 at Talton High School. Um May excuse me, May 7th

041at 6. Um and yeah, that's the that's Thursday. >> Yeah. Okay. Um anyways, and it sounds like it could be a really fun event and see the kids before they head off to their to their contest. Um, I did want to um tag on to what Director Weston said about technology. I think that the district uh administration is currently involved in a process to look at the use of technology in classrooms to balance the good effects of what technology can bring to a classroom along with the need for hands-on learning that's not on a screen. Um, I think there is potentially a place for the board to engage with that work and have a policy that goes along with the district's um, work. So, I think that's something we could look at in the future.

042And then finally, I wanted to mention um something the superintendent didn't mention, which is that uh two weeks ago he and communications director Mills and I met with Senator Wagner and had a really um good conversation, I thought, about what we can expect um from the legislature going forward um in in the coming session um and what what money isn't there. Um, but also what accountability pieces can look like that would be most functional for us. So, I thought it was a really productive conversation. It's all part of that ongoing keeping in touch with legislators, not letting them forget that we're here and that we need their their concern and their and their their thoughts and not just policies dictated on um on high towards us. Okay, I think that's everything and so now we

043will move on to our public comment. We have two um people making public comment this evening. So they're both people who have been here once or twice before. Um so I don't think I need to go into the full depth of the rules, but please state your name and zip code. Um the timer will start once you have done that. Make sure you stay under three minutes, please. and uh no place for bias or hate or uh direct uh criticism of specific personnel. And with that, I believe that Scott Burich got his request in first, so he gets to go first. Thank you. >> Uh my name is Scott Burch. Uh my zip code is 97006. May the fourth be with you. >> I have some data highlights. Uh 202425 uh TTSD rifted about 75

044classified and teacher staff. We were facing a budget shortfall and in the same year um the admin received a 4% cola. everyone received the 4% colon that year, but uh it just it just didn't make sense to me at the time. I was thinking, you know, of all the ways uh bargaining and percentages work, higher amounts that a person makes, they get more in a cola when they when you work with percentages that are the same. It didn't make sense to me um for the simple fact that admin is the highest paying group in the district and I wondered why the board approved for them to get a highest cola increase. I'm going to talk about something that uh is a little more common to me. I'm just going to skip straight to the end.

045Uh TTAD adopt a budget. So there is the TTSD adopted budget online and I you scroll all the way to the bottom 300 pages. I know it's a lot. Uh at the end is all the different pay scales and each one of them has a line that says you know this is the percentage increase from the previous years. I took all of them and I kind of put them together on a spreadsheet and compared them side by side and I noticed that in the last six to 10 years the admin group had the same percentage increase as all the other groups. The only difference was one year where they received less than classified. It kind of made me wonder if that was always best practice. Um and and I know people are struggling and so

046I think it was disheartening to figure out that of the highest paid group that highest paid group was getting the largest cola and that was probably uh caused a lot of frustration and I think it's why bargaining groups fight so hard when they come to the table. They're trying to make up that that kod I'll call it. I have a prediction. Um although after tonight it kind of has changed. Um, I was thinking that when all bargaining is said and done, the teacher and classified would end up getting the same percentage again. And after tonight's slide, it seems like you guys have made an adjustment, which I very proud to hear. I hope it stays that way. These are tough times and I think it will help a lot. Hopefully, we'll figure out where we

047can um build a better future because I think all the staff are important. I think the admin all the way down to food service, I think they all worked equally hard and they deserve an equal kova. >> Nicely timed. Thank you very much. Our next uh speaker is Danielle Marino. >> Good evening. I'm Danielle Marino and my zip code is 97007. I'm kind of gonna go off of what I normally talk about this time. Um, but okay. So, when I first started in the district, I was a proud and excited to be here. My own children attended Tiger Schools and the district felt like a place that truly cared about students and families and the people who worked here. It was a community that I believed in. But over the years, something has changed. The

048respect for teachers and classified staff has diminished and morale has declined. What once felt like a supportive and caring district no longer feels that way. I want to share something really personal to me. Um years ago I experienced a major tragedy in my life. I was work here in the district at that time and the people checked in people in the district in the that worked at Hiver checked in on me and my family and made sure that we were taken care of. And I don't feel that that level of care is here any longer. At one point, I had to leave this job not because I wanted to, but because I could not afford to stay. I was working three jobs just to survive. When I was offered a position where I could support

049my family with one job, I had no choice but to take it. But I miss the students and I miss the relationship. So, I came back. Luckily, I was able to come back. Um, but now after more than 20 years of service, I find myself facing that same reality again, wondering if I will have to leave a job I love because I still cannot afford to live on my salary without working three to four jobs. No one no one who has dedicated decades to this district should have to work two to three jobs just to get by. No one should have to choose between the work they love and being able to support their family. And this is not just my story. We are experiencing a 70% turnover rate among classified staff. People are leaving

050not because they don't care. It's because they can't afford to work to live and work in this area any longer. And when staff leave, students lose stability, consistency, and trusted relationships. These are the same students we are asking to succeed every single day. I am asking you to consider what kind of a district we want to be. Do we want to be a district that values and retains the people who serve students every day or one who where dedicated staff are forced to leave because they simply cannot afford to stay? We want to be here. We want to continue supporting our students and building meaningful relationships. But we need to be able to live also because at the end of the day, this isn't just about numbers on a budget. This is about people. It's

051about the adults who show up every day for your students and the children who depend on us to stay. If we are forced to leave, they lose more than staff. They lose stability. They lose connection and they lose people who care about them. Don't let this be the legacy of our district. Let's show better and be better. Thank you. >> Thank you so much. >> That concludes our public comment section of the meeting. We'll now move into our reports and discussions. Um our first item this evening is a bond update from Director Montag. Good evening. >> Good evening, board. Um, happy to be here tonight to give you an update on what we've been doing in the in the bond department. Um, we've been making a lot of strides. So, um, next slide, please. Thor,

052just kind of want to run down the agenda for the the report tonight. We'll talk about what proh projects are in design, what we've been have go have going on, and what's coming up in the summer. Um, and then I'll have Director Bernard kind of do the last two slides um on the curriculum and technology side of things. Next slide. So, the elementary playground projects have been a process that we've been working on for a long time to get it right. Um we did recently uh finished an RFP process where we selected a civil engineer firm to help design um these projects and we've also been working to put together uh in order to keep parody across the the sites. We we developed a template of the base playground which is modeled off of the

053Templeton playground and then we developed a a kit of parts. So it gives the communities and the school ba the school sites the opportunity to look through things and pick out things like slides, climbers, access um different different parts that fit that base kit so that they can they can customize it to school colors and that uh type of thing. Um, we also recently developed a or finished a video that will be going out in a survey later this month uh to to all the communities uh the school communities so they can they can weigh in on that. We've been a lot of work has gone into that around to make sure that we get it right and easily done for uh that that the students can also participate in that process. Um there was

054a lot of back and forth with meeting with principles of how what does this survey look like? How is that going to work for your for your students? Um, so I think we've got it right. We're going to find out later this month and on the kind of returns we get from that survey. Next slide. So on the playgrounds, we have 11 elementary schools in our district. Um, 10 of them will receive work under this under this um project. Um, Art Redken is the one that will not because it is uh it meets all of the criteria. Um, Templeton meets all of the criteria with the exception of the the play surface which will get up up upgraded to a rubberized play surface to tie in with all of the rest of the of the

055projects. Um, five playgrounds are standalone projects and those are Alberta Ryder, CFT, Deer Creek, Mezer and Twitton Elementary. Those will be done independently um as a group but independently and those will be starting in 2027. um the playgrounds at the four elementaryaries that were doing the major remodels, those will be incorporated as a part of the of the major remodel. So those will be a little bit later in the process, but it will still use the same kit of parts, the same basic design as all of the other ones. So once this uh process is completed, all of the playgrounds will essentially be the same with different colors, different climbers, those those types of things. Um, we will determine the exact timing when we get the the general contractor's input on those four elementaryaries. We

056don't know are they going to go earlier in the project, they go later in the project. Um, as we get further in the in the design process with those projects, we'll be able to flesh out a a little bit better. Next slide. So on the four elementary, speaking of those four, um we've been doing a lot of work on those uh we're uh we just finished up the schematic design process and we are awaiting within the next probably within two weeks we should see our first estimate on what that design uh is estimated to cost and then uh we'll we'll go from there when we see see those numbers back. Uh design development will happen over the summer. Um and we'll start construction documents in the fall with per uh bidding and or bidding and

057permitting starting in January of 2027. Um Howard S. Wright brought to you uh the proposal for them to become our CMGC for those projects. Um they we're still working through the contracting process with them, but they will be coming on board. They're on board, but we haven't had them in our first um OAC meeting yet, which uh what they'll probably land right about the same time that we get the estimate, which is is really good timing because they can they can bring their expertise and look at that and say, "Okay, if we're over, here's where we may need to modify or or that type of a situation." It's a really good um partnership to have at this stage, especially given the complexity of these elementary projects. Um, we have finished up a first round of

058stakeholder input in in April. Um, and we're going to be kicking more off in the fall with with stakeholder input uh to get looking at those designs and give that input. So, the goal is always let's design it to what the the people who use the building need. And so, that's really important that we get those. I guarantee you I'm not that person that that that is the one that needs to say that because I will I will give you a linear this is what we need. Um and then we need to but we are doing everything we can to get that input from stakeholder groups to make sure we get it right. Next slide. So this is kind of just a really broad overview of um the next two slides. This is the existing

059Byron uh footprint and it's will be similar at Mary Woodward. All four of the elementaryaries will be similar in this. Um so this kind of an interactive slide between this one and the next one. It's going to fade into what we have now to what we're going to be because if you look at what we're going to have when we're done, um it doesn't really look all that different. But if you look in comparison as they fade in, there's a lot of stuff going on in these in this elementary uh redesign. The library is getting enclosed. That's what we heard strong back from our librarians is they need a space that they can they can have that's enclosed. It's not noisy. They can break out kids off to the side and have those uh teaching

060spaces dedicated to it. Uh uh circulation within the building was a big thing that we heard. So, if you if you see the circulation here, um it's much different than the current layout. Um restrooms are all being relocated to fit these as well as um getting us some extended learning areas that we currently don't have in these four elementary schools. So, those two slides are just kind of back to back to let you kind of see the difference because like I said, if you look at this, you go, it's kind of similar. You just enclose the library, but that's not really the case. There's a lot of stuff moving around in that facility. One thing I will say for our architects is um they've done all this but they have not moved any of our

061mechanical mezzanines um including the supports. So we've had to incorporate the supports into this design to make sure that we have access to them up up to those mezzanines and it doesn't impact any of the footprint. So that has been a tricky process I will tell you uh because of the cost of moving a mechanical mezzanine uh we just don't have the budget to do that. So that was one of the criteria around around these redesigns. So next slide moving on to Fowler. Um so we are um starting another another round of stakeholder input meetings next week. We are uh moving forward um with focus groups, individualized focus groups, whe that's uh kitchen staff, we had one of those today, just individ individual uh groups that have input on what that design looks like. Um

062including what the community says. So we are continuing the design advisory committee with community input. We had our last one of those which was number seven last Tuesday. uh that also goes in tandem with the student advisory committee that is also happening um at that time. And then we have um I don't know if it'll be our last one, but we have another one May 28th. I think that's probably going to be the last one for this phase, but I'm not sure. Um there is some great information that's coming from that from that committee and and great input on uh what does the design need to look like? What do we want? what it you know what's the what's the focus around how we designed this building um our CMGC scansa which the board approved

063um two two meetings ago I believe um they attended their first OAC meeting this past Tuesday um and I think it was Tuesday might have been Wednesday um they were the input that that group uh is bringing to the process was clear from the from the jump uh they were able to bring in uh a lot of their costing metrics from projects that they had just recently completed uh to compare with okay look at this uh they had the estimate we gave them that estimate as soon as we got the approval to to move forward with the contract they' reviewed it high level but they identified things right away and said okay are you looking at this what about this so that's a that's a valuable asset to have again at this time they're in

064the process currently of looking at constructibility on the drawings of say, you know, can we build this? Yes. Um but can we build it cheaper and get the same same uh intent behind that? That's what they're they're looking at with their experience. Um and then we're pushing towards land use uh to submit to the city of Tiger on the 15th of May. Um I think we're going to make it. We're we're pretty close. There's a lot of stuff that goes into that to get ready for for the land use submission. Uh and once we do that, once we submit it to the city, we're on a 30-day clock uh to make modifications. So, we want to make sure that that's right, and we don't have to go back and say, "Oh, we decided to change

065this a little bit, so we have to do a revision to the land use um agreement that that we'll end up making." But part of that is um what's the traffic look like? What's the what's the uh canopy, the forest canopy? what is the the building overall massing? Um, so those things we we're we're pushing to get that ready so that we can have that on the on the 15th of May into the city. Uh, next slide. Speaking of pushing, um, kind of give you an idea of how rapidly this design is coming together. Um, on the left the image is where we were in March of this year. on the right is where we um were. Uh that photo I believe was um from April 28th, I believe. Um I saw a design today

066that that that April 26 design is no longer um current. So that's how quickly things are moving with this design as we as we drill down towards that 515 date of getting things ready to go to the city. Next slide. part of that and talking um going back to the design advisory committee. This is a slide that was presented at the uh design advisory committee. It's actually three slides uh put into one. Um one of the things that was really loud and clear from the the community and from that committee was the connection to nature. Um we want to make sure that that that the building is designed to really um augment the the beautiful nature surrounding that site. Uh so what you see here is uh they they took kind of uh through that

067process they said okay let's look at the trees and they said all right there's three levels of a forest um the understory the the midstory and then the canopy and they tried to model the facade of the building to kind of match the lights and the darks that go through that and they gave that presentation to the to the design advisory committee and said what do you like the which one fits with this site. Um, and there was varying responses as would be expected. Um, I think we kind of landed on something. Um, I'm not going to say which one we did because it's not official yet. Um, but that gives an idea when we go to land use. Uh, the materials that we're going to use. We don't have to know colors at that

068time, but we do have to know what that's going to look like. So, this view is from Tedman Avenue. Um, it does look fairly large. I would say that, um, it's going to be a large building. Um, it's not as large as these slides make it appear because this is like really close in the drive aisle on the bus drop off lane on that side. So, that's that's really um it's going to be a big building. I'm not going to I'm not going to dismiss that, but we're trying to do our best. And one of the things you can see is the really faint outlines of the trees in the front. Those are existing trees. Uh so it's not like the whole building is just going to be there. It's going to be there's going

069to be some some landscaping that that blocks that view so it's not as imposing. Uh next slide. So I'm just going through everything so far has been designed. That's you know that's not anything that's actually you can see and it's not tangible. So, I wanted to highlight some of the things that actually are tangible. Um, over spring break, if you've noticed here at Quality, um, we put up the light poles for the field. They're not energized yet, but they they will be. There was a glitch with the electrical contractor and permitting, but we should have those energized and operational by the end of the month. Um, so that that's good. Something that's visible, tangible that we can see. Next slide. Um the other thing that happened over spring break is um the the roof replacement

070at the covered play area at Tallison Elementary and the entire school is getting re-roofed this summer. Uh but in order to get a jump on that project as well as help with the coordination and timing around the HVAC project that's going to happen there this summer as well. They decided if if they could get in their own spring break, they would do that, which we were very lucky that they were able to get in and do the entire roof on the on the play structure as well. They um installed all of the new gutters around the entire building. So, that gives them a a jump further when they get into summer to to get that going. and it gives them that jump uh so that they can coordinate when the HVAC contractor is going to

071be in there that they're they can be on a different area of the of the roof. Uh next slide, please. And then here's a a laundry list of the other things that are going to be happening in in summer of 26. Um multi-purpose field lights will be going up at Twitin High. Um if everything goes right, those will actually be in before the end of the school year. Um, not giving any promises on that. Um, but that's the current schedule is those will be in. Uh, so they will definitely be in and operational for our fall sports season on that field. Uh, the soccer field at Tiger High, those light replacements, we don't know for sure exactly when that's going to happen yet as it's in land use for approval from the city of Tigard.

072Until we get that back, we won't know exactly when that will happen. uh but they are uh tenatively pencled in to to happen right after the twelton high field as long as we get that land use approval. So we are on the books for that. The and high tennis court reconstruction will be happening over the summer as well. Uh to high bleacher replacement and new floor the floor will be sanded down, restriped and lined and new bleachers going in. HBAC projects at at four of our um schools that were built in 2004 time era which is Mezer Alberta Ryder CFT Twatinale and then we're replacing five units at Tiger High. Um the fi there's two units at Tiger High that when we placed the order the manufacturer um had bumped from originally 12 week uh

073procurement schedule to out to 22 weeks. So, it looks as if we will likely, very likely have to bump those off to Christmas break. The two the other two units, we'll be doing three during the summer. Uh, and once we get a firm date from the manufacturer, we'll determine whether or not we can do that. At this moment, it looks like we'll have to do those over Christmas break. Um, Deer Creek Security and Infrastructure is uh moving forward uh fast and furious. There are some uh some things that we've looked at that have been brought up that we had looked at prior and said we we're not going to have the budget for this, but if you recall, our budget came in well under. So, we think we're going to be able to add things

074like resealing the parking lot and doing some other some other additions to that project and get it in still well under budget. Um and then high school restrooms at Tiger High and Twitin High. Those are moving forward rapidly. Uh lots of the submittals I in our OEC today on um we have the same contractor as you know at Deer Creek and the high school. So that's nice because we combine those meetings into one. Um at the restrooms we are through the submitts and they're they're moving forward as things are just rolling on that. Um, so that's kind of um what we have going on for summer of 26. Uh, lots of stuff that you can actually see, not just design paperwork on on a set of prints. And now I'm going to turn it over

075to Susan. >> Good evening, board. Um, as a bond update, I just wanted to do a quick summary overview of the technology and the curriculum um, that our taxpayers put money towards. Um we've got 60,000 $60 million um in curriculum adoption and technology. And I just want to do a quick overview of where we are to date with curriculum updates and then with the technology um and as you have been part of the last few months, our um adoption committees have come together and presented to the board about our K12 science adoption. So there's a K5 mystery science and the 68 science adoption for style and then at 912 um it was open sed. So this spring and summer, teachers are all getting trained with general fund money since bond can't pay for that. And

076then we're in the final steps of for the 20256 2526 school year for secondary language arts. So that adoption will be coming today, I believe. Next slide, please. And then lastly, just a quick update. Um, we actually were pretty lucky um to have ordered when we did on our technology. There's a ton of delays in shipments and price hikes that we have avoided this year. We'll see what happens next year. Um, but those devices for our teachers are coming in this week and next week. So, perfect timing for us to be able to communicate with our teachers and help get them switched over before the summer hits so that they can hit the fall um running full speed and and be ready for some training. Um, and then all the other devices are coming in

077as well with the Chromebooks for our incoming ninth graders next year. Our seniors this year, if you'll recall, because they're four years old, we our devices age out, so our graduating seniors get to take their Chromebooks with them. Um, and then we'll be doing a couple of um device refreshes at our elementary school where they are carted in the classroom. And that is the update on Bond. Geez, you're not doing much, are you? It's amazing how much stuff there is. It's It like makes my head spin to keep track of it all. And I'm really glad that you're the person who's doing all of the keeping track of it all so that it's not me. Um, and I trust that your team is helping you a fair bit. I >> I I I'm going to

078give a plug to my team. Um, we have a fantastic team put together for this bond. Uh Sean Christensen is a phenomenal program manager. Um she's she's doing a great job keeping all of those things coralled. Um and just overall the the project managers that we've got on board. I I just can't say enough that we have a really really good team. Um and we're we're hoping to add to that soon to get a an executive assistant. We call it a project or a project coordinator in the bond world. Um, but it's just it's an exec assistant. We have that position posted. Um, because we have right now so many things going. Um, we need that additional assistance. But, but yeah, um, this team is is really a fantastic team. >> It shows. Are there

079any questions? >> No. But I will say kind of seconding what you said, it watching all the sides, it's like a fastmoving Tetris game where you're like things are moving. you have to like flip it and rotate it and move it over like with all the different timing, prices, all of that. So, I really appreciate um the high level of just information and communication and transparency around what's happening, what's changing. I love our community being able to hear hear all the ways that we came under budget for things. We can pull things out of that parking lot, do these extra things that are important. So, I just really appreciate the sort of breadth of information that you bring with these updates. It's it's really impressive to see what you all are doing. Thank you. >>

080Yeah. And I just wanted to call out I was really glad to see just minor detail, but I think important at Fowler the new um parking lot system will be all cars going over here, buses going over here, and not crossing over because I know that's a huge pinch point at the school now. And we've done that at several of our schools as we've as we've refurbed and rehabbed. But it's it's nice to see that it's happening there, too. And I suspect that the city will be delighted because it means the traffic flow will be that much more directed. >> Um the city has been very vocal around what we do. In fact, they part of the design of where we put the um one side of the bus entrance is aligned with 106th and

081that was at the city's request in order to to make things flow better. I can say at our community um land use meeting that we had last week, one of the things that came up from a couple of community members is the traffic along Walnut and Tedman. There was concern around, you know, what's this going to do to traffic because traffic's terrible now. Um, and as we walked through, we're actually adding over three times the existing queue space for for parents off of Walnut as well as the buses by separating the two into two different spaces that that gets it off that one of the community members did did note and I will say that's that is a thing. Um, that's not going to happen for four years. Um, so in the interim there's going

082to be some some pain um around that traffic and we'll do everything we can to mitigate that uh during construction and that so that we can get to a better outcome. >> Just as when you see construction on the highway, it's a total nuisance when you're in it, but then when it's all done, it's lovely. >> Yes. >> Yeah. Thank you so very much. Did you have any? Okay. Um, we will now move on then to our schoolbased health center discussion. Thank you both. And that is sometime director Palaskki and friends. Many friends. Good evening board members and always appreciated student representatives. With me tonight, besides Jessica C, our CFO, is uh Kristen Widner with Neighborhood Health Center and Alicia Holesapple with Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center. I direct your attention to the um board

083me board memo on this subject. Um I'm going to try to uh summarize that rather than go through it point by point. Um, as you can see, there are over 80 uh student-based health centers in Oregon, two of them here at TTSD. And um, if you take a look at that chart there at the top, you can see that with two uh, student-based health centers comparatively based on enrollment, TTSD has a really robust presence. uh when you look at um other districts with for example aggression Barlo has about the same enrollment as we do and they have one health center and some of the other districts u I'll use beert an example with two health centers they have about three and a half times our enrollment so a pretty significant uh investment that we've made

084in terms of offering health services for our students and their families um also as you can uh TTSD uh doesn't have an annual um outgo related to the the services uh at Tiger High through Virginia Garcia, but our cost annually uh to date has been about $175,000 a year at TW High. So with the continuing pressures we have in our budget this spring uh we looked at variety of programs and among them were our our health centers and uh really appreciate he's here tonight Blaine West with Neighborhood Health Center. If you raise your hand thank you how he and his team uh really responded well when when we approached them and said would you give us some scenarios if we reduce our uh annual uh spending related to your program? what could you provide? And

085of course, we wanted to still have provide meaning meaningful services there. And ultimately, we're able to determine that for about half of the annual cost, uh they could offer to remain open uh three days a week and still meet the state's requirements uh for uh being recognized as a student-based health center. So, really appreciate their willingness to do that. As we went through this process, uh, we got a lot of data from both of our partners related to the depth and breadth of services they offer. Rather than trying to characterize that ourselves, we thought it would be great if they would come here. Really appreciate their being here so we could both hear directly from them and also offer our thanks for uh, the great things they're doing for our students and their families. So,

086with that, I'm going to hand the presentation over to them and afterwards, we'll be glad to answer any questions you have. Hi, as already been stated, my name is Alicia. I'm the program manager for the schoolbased health centers at Virginia Garcia. We have the next slide, please. Whoever. Thank you. Um, so uh if you're not familiar with schoolbased health centers, we are um acting as a primary care service for your students um and we are providing a healthcare access right on your school grounds. So we have sites obviously at Tigert High School and at Twitton High School uh and primarily we're there to just serve students and provide them with a low barrier um access to healthcare and also to support their health literacy. So as adolescents reach that age of consent and start to

087access those services independently, we are supporting them in developing that health literacy so that they can use that skill for the rest of their life, but also um work in collaboration with our education partners to make sure that we are reducing time out of class for the services we provide. Same thing for parents or or caregivers. We're reducing time out of work because we are conveniently located right there. Um this slide just has a little bit more of some of what our goals are as a program and this is beyond just Virginia Garcia but is schoolbased health centers in general. So next slide please. So as has been noted uh we are certified through the Oregon Health Authority and part of that certification means that we are required to provide particular services. So this list

088up here is what OA does require of us and the certification standards have gone through an update process. So, as of July 1st, the new standards will go into effect. Um, so things that you see highlighted had not been required previously, but will be required as of July 1st. So, I will say for both of our um sites, most if not all of these things are already happening. So, we won't see major changes to service at our locations, but it is impacting other schoolbased health centers around the state. Um, but this also just gives you a sense a little bit of the services that are happening on campus for you. Okay, next slide please. So, we wanted to highlight one particular service which is that we offer ADHD assessments and we have seen a growth

089in the demand for ADHD assessments at our school-based health centers in this past year and we're attributing that to two different factors. The first is that we feel like school staff are is definitely recognizing us as a resource and so they're coming to us when they notice that a student is struggling in school and asking us about an assessment which we're happy to provide. And then also PCPs are really full these days. It's very hard to schedule your kid to get to see their primary care physician. So we can kind of fasttrack an assessment and we're really again happy to do that. um so that if we go through that assessment and we determine there's a diagnosis, we can go back to the school and um they can set up an IEP and or a

090504 plan if it's warranted. Next slide. And when we're looking at all these services, there's lots that we're doing within our four walls, but there is a lot we're doing outside of our four four walls, too, that we wanted to point out. Um so, we're really into reducing barriers and building access. And so we are going to school events. We are supporting school staff wherever we can. Um we also are trying to engage with students and families. So we're again trying to establish really strong school partnerships. We attend health classes. We teach phabbotomy to your students. Um and we are really proud of youthled programs. So that'll be where we're going in and um we have youthled coordinators who are helping to kids to come up with their own programs and projects. We mentor them

091through it and we're happy to provide support. Next slide please. These next few slides are going to be a focus um specifically on the 12ton high schoolbased health center, the one that neighborhood health center operates. Um this is current state for this school year. We are open um 40 hours a week, 5 days a week. Um we are closed during the summer months. And this is our SBHC staff. Um I don't need to go through every one of them, but I just wanted to highlight that we do have a dental hygienist um on staff who does um oral um health I'm sorry, does um preventative care and then some um telead dentistry as well. Um she's there a couple days a week. And then we also have someone who helps with Oregon Health Plan, also

092known as Medicaid, students and families signing up for that insurance. Next slide, please. This highlights our visit growth over the past few years. I'm very proud of this slide. We have really grown leaps and bounds and our visit growth is huge. Um, it has nearly tripled and we expect to see 1300 students this school year. Next slide, please. And then special little lens on behavioral health. Um as we all know um there is not enough resources right now for mental health. Um especially for youth. Um so it's really great that we're able to offer this on um school grounds as is Virginia Garcia. Um, and it's nice too because if um a student is interested in a confidential visit, we can offer that so that because sometimes there's a stigma against receiving mental health services.

093So this way they can receive it and have it be confidential. And we've seen our visits double in the past two school years. Next slide. So these are just some fun interesting facts about uh 12ton schoolbased health center. Um we do treat newborns which is a little bit rare. Not every does that. So we're happy to see newborns. They just need to be a sibling of a student in the district. Um we also don't just see teens. Sometimes there's a perception because we're on high school grounds that we mostly see teenagers. Actually 42% of our students were less than 14 years of age. And then also um 70 17% of the students that we see qualify as what we call self-pay which means that we offer the services to them at no cost. We absorb

094the costs. All right over to you. Okay. Uh so a little bit about the operations at Tigard High School. Uh, so we are currently open Monday to Friday 8 to 4:30. Um, I will make a note that starting tomorrow through the end of this school year, we'll be closed on Wednesdays, which is just a staffing issue. Um, but we'll be back in the fall. So, that should say summer 26, not 27, sorry. But we'll be open Mondays and Fridays this summer for students. Similar to NHC, we have several staff that are there regularly. Our medical provider is there seeing uh students three days a week. Our behavioral health clinician is seeing those students four days a week. Um, and then the remaining staff are there most of the time. Uh, the dental therapist, if you're

095not familiar with a dental therapist, it's a mid-level dental provider who can do all the services of an expanded practice hygienist, um, but also some restorative care. So, that is a service that we have not offered previously in TTSD, but we are hoping to start in September, which we're really excited about and planning for that service to be uh every week or every other week for students. Next slide, please. Thank you. And this is just a little bit about what has happened so far this school year uh at Tiger and our visit count is up there. This is as of midappril, so a few weeks ago. Um, one note is that we have done 91 sports physicals, which is a service that we offer at no cost to students or families. We don't want that

096to be a barrier to participation. So, those are free of charge for them. Uh, we've administered 507 vaccines to the students of PTSD. Um, and then for the second year in a row, we did not have a single Tiger High School student excluded on exclusion day based on their immunization status. So that work is largely due to a strong partnership with school nursing, but we're really grateful that that has happened two years in a row now. And then we also have a student health advisory council which is a group of students who are Tiger High School students, but they are acting as a liaison so to speak for the schoolbased health center um and sharing about our resources and services to their student body. And then also as Kristen mentioned earlier, they are working on

097projects based on health needs that they are seeing in their student population uh and how our services can support them. So we have nine students at Tiger right now that are active and engaged in that program. Next slide. And then this is uh just some information about where students have come from this school year in particular. So we actually do have more than half of our students coming from high school campuses. Um but you can see sort of the the rest of a mix between all the other schools in TTSC but we are primarily site serving Tigert High School uh which is logical because that is the campus that we are on and that is all we have. Thank you so very much. It's been a number of years since we've had a a report

098on our school-based health centers. And it's really nice to have it all revisited and remind us what all of the amazing things that our school-based health centers are doing for our kiddos. I look at those numbers of the number of kids who have had appointments at the schoolbased health center and I think think how many classes they didn't miss because we had that school-based health center. every one of those appointments could have been a 4hour chunk of a day gone instead of just a one-hour chunk of a day gone and that's a really great thing to see. Do my fellow board members have any questions or comments? >> I just want to say thank you. Um it's I mean I think a lot of us know that there aren't these school-based health centers everywhere but

099I think to see the numbers and the services provided and um to board chair's point sort of the breadth of services that we provide is really incredible um that you provide um and I think too with that not only I think right now in particular there are so many students families that have a lot going on and so sometimes s those medical needs, dental needs, all the different kind of health care pieces sort of get sidelined a little bit because there are so many barriers. And I think just having these lowrisk opportunities for students to like you said sort of that um the health education and their own advocacy for their health and getting that information and getting used to making that appointment or filling out a flight. All those little tiny skills that we

100don't know that we don't know until we're kind of in a place where we don't know them when we're offering them to kids now um are the are the things that we don't necessarily tangibly see. But I think for so many kids and families, that's a huge that's a huge service that you all are providing um in addition to actually getting some of those things looked at or taken care of or someone to talk to. So, I just I really appreciate all the work that you do and I think there are a lot of folks in the community that don't fully know um what what services we have that you that you offer at these health centers. So, I think I'm glad we're highlighting that because I have a feeling your numbers might go up

101a little bit. Um, so I appreciate all the work you do. >> Miles first and then Director Weston. >> Um, I won't repeat everything that Vice Chair Irvin just said, but you know, it healthcare can be such a barrier everywhere and and so I so appreciate um what you do for students and families and you know, their whole support system. Um, wanted to just ask really quickly. Um, so I saw in the report that Towalton High School's usage was double that of Tiger. Did I read that right? >> Okay. Um, >> nearly double. >> Okay. >> Something something like that. And I appreciate um NHC's willingness to, you know, to to work with us and um so that nothing has to be closed that that you're willing to be a great partner. Um, does that

102mean so I I saw that that means that the center will be open for three days each week. Is that right? Okay. And then do this will it be the same level and the same kinds of services or is that does that change too or is it just the days of the week? >> That is definitely to be determined. So we don't have an answer for you yet on that. Um the minimum state requirements are 10 hours for a primary care physician and then also um we're going to be doing 17 hours for behavioral health due to some grants. Um so we will be open three days a week but only offer primary care for two days a week. So we will see a drop and the number of visits that we can do. I

103mean it's just natural because if you are moving from 40 hours to 10 hours it's going to happen. Um but what other the other services that are not required by the state, we haven't determined yet what we're going to do um in terms of staffing those positions. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Well, thank you so much. Um I think it's a great opportunity for our kids to be healthy and have services uh nearby. Uh the only thing I um was uh had some curiosity around was this behavioral health element that's uh now required by OA. uh considering that ADHD looks a lot like trauma and the symptoms are nearly identical. Um it can be, you know, or there there can be instability that can cause similar behaviors. I'm interested in just kind of how that's

104um nuance is handled um at the school-based health center, particularly around any prescriptions um since some of these medications that are prescribed for ADHD can be uh potentially dangerous and hard to manage. So, I was curious how that would work in a school-based health center, um, or if that's even part of it. I can't answer clinically for the process in which they go through, a behavioral health consultant would go through, but I know that they're very thoughtful and ask a lot. It's it's a very thorough assessment. So, it's not a quick like, oh, you let's look in the DSM and the diagnosis book. You check these boxes. Here you go. you have ADHD. Um because also anxiety comes up a lot with ADHD. So I think that they're very careful and thoughtful with that process

105to make sure that it is not just a um knee-jerk reaction, I guess I would say, for that diagnosis. Um but it would be the same process that you would go through if you were getting it outside of an SPHC. We have the same level of care. So if you went to like a prime the primary care physician for that student, they would go through the same process that we do at the SPHC. It's not a different process. >> And before we move on, I just wanted to take a opportunity to thank our thank uh our our friends at Nebro Health Center for their partnership. Um as we faced all the the financial challenges that we have. Um we were really concerned for a moment there that we might have to discontinue services or um

106bringing these clinics to a closure and we're pretty forthright with our partners about the the conundrum that they were that we were in and um they just really reassured us that they'd work with us on this and so we're really appreciative for that because uh um we know um if we just hear people talking how hard it is to to get into a primary into a PCP. And that's for people that have agency, for people who have um more access. And so being able to provide these services to our uh students is really important. It helps us helps them engage their education, removes barriers for them. And I know chairs cited just the number of classes that they wouldn't miss, but it's just reassurance um that they're going to be taken care of, right? and

107that helps them engage their education is have a higher quality of life in general outside of school. So that's a a partnership that we don't take for granted. And um I know we haven't reached an agreement yet, but we're coming we're going to have one soon, right? So we just got to figure the last couple of things out. So I just wanted to say again, thank you so much for for um coming and presenting and then for all that you do for our kids as well. We really appreciate the partnership. >> I appreciate that. Thank you. Well, thank you so much and I hope that we can have more presentations maybe on an annual basis from our schoolbased health so we can keep tabs on the numbers and make sure the kiddos are still being

108seen the way that they need to be seen. Thank you very much. I appreciate your time tonight. We'll now move on to our final report and discussion item and that is our new course proposal and that is director Amber Fields. Okay, good evening board and I'm presenting tonight on behalf of Twitin High School. Um, and before diving into the new course proposal, I just want to give some quick context. So, as part of our TWEI ai, some needs came up from that work, which was increasing student choice and increasing flexibility within the master schedule to allow students to navigate classes that are not just in the tweet cohort so that they can be with more of their peers. Um, also through our work with the um, dual language New Mexico, um, in our eight credits

109needed to be a tweet completer, those credits should include both core and highinterest electives. So, while we had a strong core content offering, we didn't have as much uh, highinterest elective options in Spanish that would be open to all students and count towards the eight credits, especially in grades 10 through 12. So something that's shifting this year is or for next year is both schools will offer a variety of different electives that students can forecast for. Obviously only the highest number of that of the course forecasted for for will run but at Tigrid we have guitar forensics and personal finance and Twitin we would have medical terminology and science of cooking if it is approved. Um, and again, only the highest forecasting uh numbers will run and because many of those already exist in English,

110they don't require new course proposals, but I did want to at least share that there was going to be a variety of those offered in Spanish. Um, so specific to the one tonight, La La Liencia de la Cosina is at Twitin High School, and this would be a year-long Spanish elective that explores cuisine, culinary techniques, and tradition. Students will learn how physics, chemistry, and biochem techniques intersect and intertwine with modern and traditional food prep. Students will engage in hands-on practical labs in order to experiment with, explore, and explain cuisine. So, this course really aligns with one of our top priorities in TWE of social cultural awareness. Um, and being that one of our big outcomes is connecting language, culture, relevance, and identity. So tonight we're requesting approval of this course as a new course offering

111at Twitton High School. >> Are there any questions? Director Weston. >> So I believe I understood that that that this class would be open to all students. Okay. Um well that sounds really great. Um I just have to share that I have heard feedback from Tiger High School that there is an interest in a culinary class. Uh so this sounds like a fantastic opportunity and um the other high school would probably like it as well. >> Yes, I think from a broader culinary that goes into kind of our CTE and shared programming conversations um and specific to the electives. One piece is that we always know it comes down to the expertise of the teacher often. Um, and so it may be something we're able to take over there because he is I don't know

112if you've met William, but he already in his science classes brings in food a ton because he's an amazing cook. So he's able to do things that are um I think someone else would probably need an oven for that he's able to do through his science labs, which is pretty cool. So at some point that might be an opportunity. Thank you. I love this class. It gets me super excited. Um, I I love the way it it combines all manners of disciplines together in a in a really fun, hands-on um and appealing way for kids. Um, I would be remiss in my role as a board member if I didn't point out that one of our criteria is that more than one person must be able and willing to teach the class. And we don't

113seem to have that in this case. And so I wanted to give you an opportunity to address that. this an exception we can make in this case because of the very narrow um criteria of the tweed class. >> Yeah, I mean I think it comes down to just our continual um effort to expand our teachers that can teach things in Spanish and right now that just continues to be limited. So often multiple things fall to our tweet teachers. We still have the protection of theou um that folks have to approve teaching multiple preps in Spanish. Um but that's what it just comes down to is those that are available from a master schedule perspective, skill perspective, and language perspective to do this. So it's um a limitation at this time. Um but I think it

114also goes to the retention right now. Having our teachers teach things that they're passionate about also contributes to our tree teachers staying with us. So, it's it's a both and something we need to work on and we don't want to not move forward in the meantime and we have folks that are interested and willing to do it um and are excited. This was from one of our tree teachers. So, but I recognize that piece and it is a limitation and something I think we're continuing to work on as we expand and diversify our staff. >> Thank you very much. >> Yeah. So, it's not a a concern per se. It's if if it can work, let's work it. If it can't work, then okay. >> Yeah. Yeah, I mean ultimately all these always come down

115to how we can build the master schedule and stay within the contract for all of our members. And so that's, you know, a piece that always is at play, too. >> Okay. Thank you, >> Director Heis. So in um where it says potential impact of adding discourse on staffing, it says that this course reallocates FTE from within TW and something about likely changes the number of chemistry sections. >> Could you talk a little bit more about that? >> So what we used to have is twe at both schools as the required 10th grade class. And as part of wanting to expand for more choice and recognizing the way chem is taught at both of the schools is very different. Tiger is an IB prep chem and twitins is a chem for all. So one barrier

116it was creating for twe is that a lot of our students didn't have the math baseline to access some of the content in that class which has been a struggle for a couple years. So in that conversation about chem and the want and opportunity to expand in electives that is no longer a twe required class. So that opens up FTE for someone to teach something else, which is where we were able to expand our electives. So it's a trade-off. And then that always comes down to based on what classes we're going to offer due to forecasting, it impacts what a teacher schedule might be. So that's what he's talking about that his section numbers may shift >> as a result of depending on which one of these land at the highest forecast numbers >> and

117was the where they talk about physics. um where it says that uh they won't be able to teach physics anymore. >> It'll shift his course load, >> which is a conversation we always have with teachers before they bring anything forward is to say, okay, if this had enough numbers to run, that might change what you teach. Instead of doing multiple, you know, five sections of physics, one might drop and then you're going to take this instead. It doesn't mean students won't get access to physics. If that many count comes in, those will just shift to another teacher. But it wouldn't be physics in Spanish, right? >> We've never done physics in Spanish. A lot of our teachers both teach English and Spanish classes. >> Oh, okay. >> Yeah. >> So, sorry. Yes. To clarify, it's

118not taking away a twe physics course. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> Can I just if I can jump in real quick, I want to just um separate a course proposal approval from master scheduling semantics. And I know that you provided those details and these are really good questions, but ultimately um I think what director Fields is search is seeking is approval to offer this class. And after we get board approval, we still need to do forecasting and have a threshold of students that will forecast into it and then build it into our master schedule as well. But we can't do that unless it's just uh approved. And so um there will you know because it's um twe and it is a niche program there will be constraints um but if the board approves this then

119we'll we'll work through this constraints and our priority is to ensure that any student who's enrolled in a TWE program can successfully metriculate through the program and be a program completer. And so with that, the more courses that we have to offer, the more flexibility it gives in us being able to build out a ma a fully fledged master schedule, which retains students because it has choice available. >> But this tonight is not an action item. So we're not doing board approval tonight. This is just the first come back for an approval. >> I forgot it's next time. But yeah, but that's those are I know we're just talking about what will and won't be offered. And so I'm just focusing on what this uh course uh gives to our students in the program is

120something I want to focus on. >> Okay, perfect. Thank you. One final question. Yeah, >> I actually think I kind of already asked this, but if if you're um if a student takes um for example, Spanish one and or Spanish 2, would they be able to take this class? >> They'd probably not have the language skills to be ready for this class. No. >> Okay. Thank you. All right. I imagine we'll be talking about this more at a future date. Thank you so very much. This is this is very exciting. Okay. And now we move on to our action items and we'll start tonight with the resolution regarding our construction excise tax rates. Director C, >> welcome back. Good evening everyone. So since Sorry about that. Since 2008, the board or in 2008, the board

121approved the utilization of a construction excise tax to um support school improvement. And since then, there's an opportunity for the board to annually approve an increase tied to the increased cost of constructions. Resolution 2526-20 would go, if adopted, would go into effect on July 1st, and it would increase those taxes according to the amounts prescribed by the Department of Revenue. That would be $1.70 for residential construction, 85 cents for non-residential construction, and then there would be a maximum tax of $42,400 for non-residential properties. So, um, the memo starts on page 112 of our board packet and, um, just year-to- date receipts from the five comprising jurisdictions total 632,000 through midappril. >> Are there any questions? I move to adopt resolution 2526-20 as submitted modifying construction excise tax rates effective July 1st, 2026. Second. >> It's

122been moved by Vice Chair Urban, seconded by Director Weston that we adopt resolution 2526-20 as submitted modifying construction excise tax rates effective July 1st, 2026. Is there any further discussion? Hearing none, all those in favor, please say I. >> I. All those opposed, please say nay. >> Motion carries unanimously. Thank you so much. >> Our second action item is the contract for our hall bus barn roof replacement. Direct Montag is back in the hot seat. Um so this is a project we did not have on the bond update list because we didn't know for sure if we were going to actually get there. Um so uh in the in the um bond project list we had the the flat portion of the hall bus lot to get re- roofed and that's it's been needed for

123quite a few years. So recently we went through the uh procurement process under the AA uh contract uh cooperative purchasing contract with TMCO roofing that's held at Inter Mountain ESD. Um it's the same process that we used for the Twitton Elementary roof. Um, and we've used that that process quite a few times in the past. Um, we had five proposers. For those who aren't familiar, that process is uh, Trimco coordinates all of they only allow people to bid it who are certified to install their roofs. Uh, it is a competitive bidding process, but they have to be able to install their roofs. So, that it's a little bit limited in in that. Um, they ran that process and we had five biders that presented proposals on that. Uh the low bidder was umpqua roofing. Uh

124they came in at 160,300. Um I will note that they are the only one of the five that proposed that are actually under our budget. Um so that that trend is um helping us again on that in case we run into anything. Um the one thing that we did do is bid verification because there is they are quite a bit off of the of the next one which are pretty competitive. We contacted them and and said are you sure on your numbers and they said yes. Uh we are really trying to just keep people busy right now. Um so we're we're taking advantage of that. So, our request is that the board approve a contract with Umpqua Roofing to do the flat portion of the Hall bus lot um building for $160,300. >> I have

125one quick question. The um add the fee for each sheet of plywood, which I remember that from when I got my house roof was >> shocking and frustrating. Um, so is that 160,000 not to exceed does that include all of the plywood or is that in addition? >> Because at this time we don't know if if or how many there will be. Um, so that if we run into it then it will just be by the sheet count on top of that. So, um, board may want to put in a caveat that that allows us to to do, uh, include additional sheets of plywood based on the bid that they provided. >> Okay. >> I move to award roofing company, Inc. via the EAPA uh Inner Mountain Educational Service District Cooperative for the barn or

126the bus barn roof replacement project for an amount not to exceed $160,300. >> Second. It's been moved by Director Heman, seconded by Director Weston that we award roofing company via the AEA Inter Mountain Education Service District Cooperative for the bus barn roof replacement project for an amount not to exceed $160,300. Is there any further discussion? Hearing none, all those in favor, please say I. I. >> I. >> All those opposed, please say nay. >> Motion carries unanimously. Thank you so much. Our final action item of the night is the one pulled from our consent agenda. That is our district compensation agreements with directors. That's on page 62 of the board packet and director reads coming on down to explain what exactly it is. All right. Good evening board. Um I have two agreements to present

127uh to you this evening. The first one that I'm going to start with is the confidential manager agreement. And so with this agreement um as far as salary provisions, the confidential uh manager group um is in agreement to take a 1.5% COLA uh increase and for the 2627 school year and then for the 2728 school year they agreed to a 2% increase. In addition, insurance benefits are maintaining the same. is pretty much what we do with all groups at that 3.4%. All right. So, that's really not a shift from practice. Um, under the uh sick leave um and uh sick leave and sick bank leave, there is a change in the language which is standardizing it with our other agreements. Um they had one line and so this kind of um speaks more clearly to

128what we already have in other agreements. Okay. Uh and so those are the major highlights from their agreement. They also have um and I they also have one part of their agreement where we are doing a retirement of um unused sick time where they can cash up up to 120 days and they have to have 20 of sorry 15 years or more of service within the district at the time of the retirement for that to be considered. So, are there any questions on that agreement? >> Chair would entertain a motion. >> I move that the board approve the proposed revisions to the confidential manager agreement as presented effective July 1st, 2026 and authorize the superintendent or designate to implement the updated agreement and execute any necessary documents to carry out these changes. >> Second. been

129moved by director Heyman, seconded by director Miles that we approve the proposed revisions to the confidential manager agreement is presented effective July 1st, 2026 and authorize the superintendent to designate to implement the updated agreement and execute any necessary documents to carry out these changes. Is there any further discussion? I would just like to express my appreciation to the group um for agreeing to this uh this cola. I recognize it is smaller than they have had for a number of years and I appreciate the the sacrifice that they are making to help out our budget at this time. >> Absolutely. So I have one more. >> We have to vote on that one first. >> Go. >> So all those in favor please say I. I. >> I. All those opposed please say nay. >> Motion

130carries unanimously. Thank you. Okay. Next >> next one. All right. So we have the cabinet contract. And so for cabinet we have for under compensation cabinet is going to do a 1% cola increase over the previous year for the 2627 school year. And then for the 2728 school year they're going to do a 2% increase over the previous year. And then there's going to be one adjustment to vacation insurance and other benefits. Uh the TSA is going to go from 5,000 to 6,000. And that is it for the changes under the cabinet contract. Any questions? I move that the board approve the proposed revisions to the cabinet contract as presented effective July 1st, 2026 and authorize the superintendent or designate to implement the updated agreement and execute any necessary documents to carry out these changes.

131>> Second. It's been moved by Vice It's been moved by Vice Chair Urban and seconded by Director Heimes that the board approve the proposed revisions to the cabinet contract as presented effective July 1st, 2026 and authorize the superintendator designate to implement the updated agreement and execute any necessary documents to carry out these changes. Is there any further discussion? Again, a small group, but a a a significant sacrifice and I appreciate their willingness to to do so in light of our financial hardship. It is appreciated. With that, all those in favor, please say I. >> I. I. >> All those opposed, please say nay. >> Motion carries unanimously. All right. And with that, we are at the end of our agenda and we are adjourned. Thank you all very