001All right. Good evening everyone and welcome to this regular meeting of the Tiger 12 and School Board. I'll call this meeting to order at 6:31 p.m. And just to let folks know, we did meet earlier this evening in an executive session convened under OS192.6602 to review and evaluate the performance of the superintendent or any other public officer, employee or staff member unless that person requests an open hearing. So with that, um, are there any changes to the agenda? Yes, I actually have one change to the agenda under section, um, action items, section 11, um, part C, the new course proposal, IB theater, that actually does not require, um, board approval. So, we're good to go on that. So, scratch it. All right. Still very exciting. All right. I will take a motion to approve the
002agenda as amended. I would like to make a motion to approve the agenda as amended. Second. Motion was made by Vice Chair Hime and seconded by Director Zman. Is there any discussion on the motion? Hearing none, I'll move to a coral vote. All those in favor, please say I. I. I. I. Any opposed? Motion carries. All right. And with that, we will move to recognition and good news. Okay. Uh, good evening, Chair Irvin, Vice Chair Himez, board members, student representatives, and, um, Dr. Udo Sedenta. Um this evening I'm excited to just hand over the mic to um Tiger High School theater teacher Tori Scholes who is going to um is joined by um thespian student to share information about the theater program and some of their um successes this year. We're having some technical difficulty
003really quick. Thor just just a moment. You're on the wrong slides. He Yeah, he's gonna he's gonna give you the correct slides. So, hi. While this is happening, um my name is Troy Lee Schools. I am the theater director at um Tiger High School. I am also the equity outreach board member for the state of Oregon. uh working on the national level with um trying to make sure that theater is not just um that there's many different aspects of theater and um that it seems approachable for um for different uh communities that might not might not think about um when we're doing theater. And when we get to our state conference, I'll talk a little bit about some of the um some of the really amazing things that we got to do at state as
004well. But I'm going to pass it over to our board president um our thesian president, Asher Bond. Hi. Um next slide, please. First off, I'd like to explain what is a thespian. Um, to be a thespian doesn't just mean participating in live theater. The International Thespian Society is an honor society and to gain and retain membership, thespian troops must uphold and demonstrate a certain value, certain set of values and level of quality in their programs. Our thespian troop from Tiger High School, Troop 2833, has put a tremendous amount of effort into providing quality theater education for its members and experiences for its communities. We would like to share with you some of our accomplishments from our past year to demonstrate this. Next slide, please. Um, this year we were able to successfully produce three mainstage
005productions, Night of the Living Dead, She Loves Me, and Alice in Wonderland. Next slide, please. Just the act of putting on a show provides a place where so many skills are developed for all of the students involved. Being involved in the shows have taught me just to name a few, digital design and marketing skills, technical theater skills including sound and lighting design, construction um for set and props, management and teamwork skills, costume design and seamstressing, hair and makeup design, stage presence, and public speaking and customer interfacing along with so many other important skills. Next slide, please. Here are some pictures of our show from this year. Um, these shows have also created a space where I found my closest friends and created life-changing memories that I will never forget. Next slide, please. But it's not
006all fun in games. This year, our troop was also astonishing astonishingly successful competitively. This was our fourth year in a row, placing first in the Oregon Thespians Tech Challenge. And we had an internationally qualifying chapter select one act, an internationally qualifying makeup design, and an internationally qualifying solo musical performance. Also, earlier this year, uh my vice president, Ver Hardy, and I both won top place awards at a different statewide event, receiving first place as technical director, first place for technical design, and second place for improvised acting scene. Next slide, please. Here are some photos of all of our thespians with all of our awards this year. Next slide, please. But most importantly, the efforts from our troop this year to create the most welcoming and safe environment possible have yielded some of the strongest bonds
007and friendships I may ever have. Just this last Saturday, we closed our final show of the year. seniors took their final bows and afterwards all of us students held our final cast party. Now, you might expect a party of 60 theater kids to end with the cops being called. But rather, we spent the majority of it crying. We sat in a large circle and little groups huddled around campfires and we spent the hours telling each other how much the things we've done together mean to us. How much every person there mattered to every other person. There were so many tears of love, goodbye hugs, and speeches to those of us who are moving on. And these are just a couple numerous things that have been shared with me over the past few days um from
008other thespians sharing just how much the theater means to us all. Uh, next slide, please. There's are some more. If you would like to, I'll look at these later. I don't think you want to read them all right now. Next slide, please. And next slide again. Um, here are some photos of the very strong community we've built. Um, the third one in on the top is a photo of a whole bunch of shoes, you might notice, which is funny, but that is all of the shoes in a pile in the doorway at our cast party from last Saturday. It's like 65 pairs of shoes or something. It was really fun. Um, we were also, next slide, please. Sorry. We were also able to do so much outreach to the Tiger community at large this year
009through fundraisers, sponsorships, and volunteer work. We've been able to support local businesses and put on fun events. Uh, for example, we held a pancake breakfast where kids could come and eat with the characters of Alice and Wonderland before our show. Next slide, please. And here are some photos of those events. Some other things we did were held community movie nights. We had a princess tea party for children to come drink tea with dress up princesses. We were able to do a yard work fundraiser that we where we did yard work for our community and raise funds for oursel. We were able to help um the nearby Mezer Park with their uh annual Easter egg hunt. We set up a display in the Tiger Library and we have attended a birthday party to act as agents,
010spies. So, um, at our Oh, next slide. Sorry. Um so at state uh this year we were able to um also meet with our representative Ben Bowman um and a round table with other theater students to talk to him about the importance of the arts um at the state level. Um and it was really amazing to have our students be able to um communicate with our representative and advocate. Um, and one of the other things that we were able to do and me and my position on the board, we were, uh, we were able to reach out to, um, the Oregon School for the Deaf and have them attend our state, uh, conference for the first time, um, trying to move forward with how do we, um, look at students who might have different needs
011in our space and do it in a way that would be uh in good practice and not just throwing things together and and not um not doing our due diligence. So, we're excited to be working with them in the future with um ASL. Uh we also um reached out to Chimua uh school for indigenous students. Um and we're going to kind of circle back on that. Uh we've um done a lot at the state level but internationals now uh we are going to be uh presenting and competing at the international festival in Bloomington, Indiana. And part of that week-long festival is very intensive there. One of the keynote speakers is Steven Schwarz who uh wrote Wicked as well as many other musicals. uh he and uh there is also going to be workshops led by
012the writer um Mr. Zimmerman who has written for Gilmer Girls as well as Golden Girls and the students would be able to take workshops from them. We have makeup and costume workshops that they can attend as well. the experience that I had taking students from Tiger four years ago. We had uh Destiny Seal who is a wig maker who was formerly a Broadway uh performer who over the pandemic went back to school to learn how to make wigs for people with textured hair. She herself is African-American and she led a workshop that was really eye opening about uh how we make up how we use makeup on people of color and how we uh use their bodies in our space because we do have a lot of people of color on stage but the people
013who are making decisions for those people are not always making asking what best practices are. So part of the international festival, students will be able to take workshops from industry professionals who work on Broadway, who work across the nation in different areas, and they will be able to bring that back to our students so we can further grow our program and become better human beings on stage as well as in the world. Anything else? But we want to thank everybody here for letting us present. It is uh next slide. Uh it is our it is my privilege to have such kind and dedicated human beings that I get for four years and that then I get to see go out into the world. So Asher is a senior this year. He will be graduating and
014uh I will miss him very much. We also had Jose Solless who was uh our student lesbian officer this year. He represented Tiger High School at the state level as well. Unfortunately, his uh term ended, but the because he's graduating, but our board has just been so taken with him and um sees his potential for leadership that we have asked him back to be uh an ambassador for our alumni going forward. And uh so we're going to see what that looks like. Jose will be attending uh Pacific University. So, he'll be close and I'm excited for what he might do as an ambassador for our alumni and our thesians of color. So, that's another thing that I'm really excited and proud about. Any questions or comments from any of our board members? Oh, I find
015it funny that you said thank you for letting, you know, letting you present here. I want to say thank you for coming and presenting to us. Um, and your comment, Ashley, Asher, excuse me, about um, the public speaking skills you've you've learned as being part of being a lesbian are clearly on display tonight. You did a dazzling job. So, thank you for that. Um, and also your comment about the importance of improv. I really appreciate that. My own daughter is a thespian and for her improv was really the key that unlocked it all for her because it did lead to that self-confidence and public speaking and thinking on the fly and so many of those critical skills we try to teach our kids in school are right there in theater. So thank you so much
016for coming this evening Nathan. Well, well, well. It is very interesting to be in this position right now. But as a fellow thespian of this troop, I do have to say these four years have been one of the greatest things in my entire life. The bonds that I've made, and I'll say it again, theater didn't save my life. It was the people like Asher right here who have. And let me just say at that cast party, yes, many tears were shed. But don't worry, Asher brought many people tea to requ thankful for them for doing so because that tea was something. Um cuz thank you for all these four years. It has been amazing and I'm I'm very sad that we're now going away and we'll see how it goes. But thank you. Thank you
017so much. And you, Miss Skulls, thank you for these four years as well. It has been magnificent. I would not be the person that I am today, I guess, in this position right now, too. Um, so thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you, Nathan. Oh, one other thing before I forget. We have this year started our first year with CTE with technical theater and recording production. I'm hoping to grow that program for our students and we just got a really nifty little video made and I hope that we can put it on the website for the school district because there's a lot of opportunities out there in tech and recording production. And this being our first year, we've already achieved so much with our CTE program and I'm excited about growing it some more.
018That's wonderful. Any other vice chair? Um I just want to say thank you to um you know all the thespians and to you miss schools because I think that you have brought um the tiger program you know up a notch. I I think it was it was really good before and then you came on board and it's so much better. like all of the the plays that I have been to have been, you know, they have this nuance like the there's there's a level of artistic elevation that I think um you know, you're you're definitely bringing to the theater program. So, thank you so much for that. And um yes, I I heard all about the tea and the crying from Damian. So, yes, I can attest to that as well. I'd like to someone
019to spill the tea. But um in lie of that, I was just curious to Asher, in terms of sort of this four-year sort of arc in, um in your career here as a thespian, what's like one the biggest takeaway? It doesn't have to be like the right the biggest accomplishment, but just like that highlight that memory, like that core that core memory that you're going to take with you, but no pressure. That's a that's a big question. Um the biggest takeaway from my past four years in the theater or one of them, right? Right. It doesn't have to be like the top spot, but just I think it's probably I mean not just the friendships I've made with my other board members and um I guess we could say co-workers um in the theater, but
020it's learning how to work with those people because sometimes you're thrown together with a group and the group doesn't always mesh the best, but the show must go on and learning how to move past those difficulties. and learning how to work best with people that you might not initially work best with has been a very very useful skill that I've gained and used so many times from theater. That is fantastic. Thank you. Are we doing a picture? All right. Like I do it. Okay, I'll All right, we have one more um quick celebration that um Alex Paloski, our director of communications, community relations, is going to share really quick. Good evening. With uh graduation near on the horizon in communications, we're uh putting together some videos that celebrate that moment. It's under the heading of
021gratitude with a hard D. And what gratitude is is all about is celebrating how uh students are making it to that finish line of graduation. At the same time, recognizing the the people who help get them there. A lot of times we take it for granted that that kids are going to get to that get to graduation. But for many of our students, they're overcoming some serious obstacles as all of you know here. Um the concept is uh we work with the high schools to identify some kids who face some challenges. Uh we meet with them. We ask them to uh let us know as they face that that hill or even that mountain who took them by the hand and helped get them over the top to where they're to where they're getting. And
022uh we're going to show you two of these uh tonight and over the next couple of weeks you'll be seeing them on our website and through social media and and uh yeah I'll let you judge for yourself. These are by the way they're pretty low production values. Usually when we go out to shoot videos we're using some pretty fancy cameras and microphones and lighting. These are meant to be really accessible uh just shot with a a phone. So here you go. Hi, I'm Jen Manlov. I'm a senior here at Tiger High School and the teacher that I'm going to be recognizing is Mr. Thompson. Um, throughout high school, I never really had a, you know, a father figure or, you know, somebody to look up to in a mentoring way. And I never had him
023as a history teacher my freshman year, but I did have him in this program that we call Intercomia. And throughout this program, he's taught me so much. And I just I can't thank him enough for what he's done for me and all the other people in class and just he's such a great teacher. Share it out to the whole group and just let people know. Hey, I wanted to let you know that I appreciate you a ton and I just can't thank you enough for what you've done for me. Hi, I'm J. So that was Jaden and this is AJ. Hi, I'm AJ or Audrey Joyce and I am here to thank Miss Wilson. Uh, basically from a freshman, I didn't do good. I wasn't struggling in class and everything with home and everything like
024that. And Miss Wilson and Sierra, this class has really helped me to show me that teachers can be anyone. they can do anything and that diversity that they show shows me that I can do it as well. So, I really want to thank them and this is it. Um, I talked to Miss Johnson and you are in AGS2 again and you're in toning and shaking. Mr. Wilson, yes. I want to thank you because you are so amazing and inspirational. You're always there for me even if it's not in classroom and I just I see you as like one of the best up here for sure. You've really weathered me and taken me in and I appreciate that cuz I wouldn't be here without you. Well, you're a delight. Thank you. Very cool. Yeah. So, uh
025that's gratitude and we'll be having a handful of those coming over the next couple of weeks. And usually I do what you do. I've seen it now about five times. So, uh but that always gets me those kind of moments. The that the teachers don't know that this is we've prefaced it a little bit, but they don't know exactly the moment. So, it it captures that. So, thank you. That is amazing and wonderful. Thank you. Okay. There's that thing where supposedly if you're doing math, like if your kids's really upset, tell them to do math problems. They won't cry. So, I'm like I do that a lot. I just I'm like 4 plus 4 9* 7. Like it doesn't really help. I just want to say as a parent of a graduating senior, that's not
026spring that on us like that. Yeah. Yep. Prep for that. Um all right, that was wonderful. And with that, we will move to our student rep reports. All right. All right. So, as we know, um May is Asian-American Pacifica Islander Month. And with that, um last week there was a game night that I planned with my Asian Student Union with Pacifica. Um it was so much fun. We played some Jeopardy. There was definitely a lot of tension between each group, but we also had a spicy ramen challenge and lots of mouths were on fire. It was very, very funny. Um, and we're waiting to post it on our Instagram. Hopefully, they don't sue us for a little, but it's all good. It's all good. Um, as um stated before, Alice in Wonderland has finished. It
027was such a amazing production. It was so bittersweet to have it as my last last last production of high school but I am glad it is over. I am exhausted but still very very fond memories of it. Um also along with May there is a mental health awareness month and so for one of my clubs work to be well it has teamed up with stud and our no place for hates to help um do a few kindness weeks. So last week and today after school, we had some rock paintings um behind the learning stairs where people made some super cute rocks. Oh my gosh, they're so adorable. And then um this week on Thursday is our lunch activity. So we're going to have a bunch of stuff. And then um later on um I think
028in the last week of May, there's going to be a super fun uh Cook Park party where we're going to put those little painted stones all around Cook Park. It's going to be fabulous. Um, and we have on Thursday as well my National Honor Society induction ceremony. Um, which is crazy. It's at 6 p.m. So, I'm going to have to come in later in school. Um, and I will be, you know, as an officer for NHS. I'm going to get congratulated, which I'm kind of excited for. Um, so that'll be fun. And on Friday as well, um so at Tiger High School, uh for all of our assemblies, there's a little games we play and um each grade gets a point if they win a game and our seniors got the most point. So we
029get free Jamba juice, which I am very ecstatic for. I am very very happy for. So um if any any seniors are listening, don't forget to bring your student IDs and it's a first come first serve basis. So, I'm gonna rush in as fast as I can to get some because I love Jamba Juice. Um, on that note, I'm going to talk about sports over here at Tiger. We have a new athletic director next school year, which is Jason Ashley. Um, he's also one of our counselors currently. And then we have a new head coach for girls volleyball, which is Rain Strav, I think I'm pronouncing the last names correctly. Um, and then on May 28th, we the Fnity Group presidents are going to be heading over to the Nike World Headquarters campus for a
030field trip to celebrate um what all the stuff that we've been working on. And then the day after that on May 29th at Target today, we'll be putting on Hot Ones, which is a competition where students and staff will be eating the hottest like hot wings um and answering questions to win a prize. And then the following day after that, we have yearbook distribution during both Monday and after school. They always make announcements sound much more funner than they are. Okay. For Tiger Swson virtual academy, we have we just had our what was spring forward with TTVA, you know, to it was a community night event. It was it went very well. There were families that connected with, you know, teachers and staff. You know, it's always good to connect in person since online can
031be very slow. But after that, we have student work session on May 30th. That is going to be our last one of the year. We have it every quarter. So, this is going to be our last one. So, it's last for seniors, but something super fun for our last one. We are going to have a therapy dog. We are going to have a special guest, Lucy. She's going to stop by from 10 to 11:00 a.m. to hang out with students maybe that they're ready to for summer that are maybe dealing with anxious thoughts or just to play around, you know, for funsies. And finally, we have our graduation for our seniors that will be flying off to college and wherever their future takes them. So that'll be June 4th. And that is it for my
032announcements. Um at 12tonon, a lot of the announcements have to do with the end of the year and the end of things. Um spring sports, uh baseball and softball playoffs start next week. Um clubs are fi having their final meetings this week and next week. Uh for example, Communicare uh who raises money to donate to nonprofits. Uh they'll be having their banquet tomorrow after school uh downtown um talking about uh sorry getting together with all the other community care uh clubs in the Portland metro area and talking about what they fundraised for, where the money went, you know, actually handing the checks over. They have the big checks and real ones. Um IB testing has consumed a lot of the month. Um that wraps up this Wednesday, I believe. Last one is HL math part
033three. Um, and then obviously graduation's coming up in a couple weeks. Wonderful. Thank you guys. All right, and we'll move on to superintendent report. Good evening, everybody. And by the way, how many of you all taking IV testing right now? Well, congratulations on getting that done because I know it's it's a beast and uh you'll be relieved when it's done. So, congrats. So, I just want to start by um thanking our student adviserss. So, I want to say thank you to Nathan Moss, Britney, Jamie, Sky if they're watching, and um and Evelyn. So, uh you all brought so much to the boardroom. Um you brought perspective. Um what you're doing is a true community service. um you're giving your time and you're representing your classmates and so um you've been able to weigh in on
034things like cell phones and budget reductions and so it's not lost on us and how important your student voice is. So thank you so much and um I want to say good luck to our seniors who are parting ways. Um we look forward to you coming back and returning. I don't know if you're going to come return to a board meeting but you're always welcome. Right. So, um, and again, just thank you so much for for all that you've done and welcome to a couple of our new student adviserss that are going to be joining us next year. So, um, also, um, I want to talk about the election. So, tomorrow's election day and, um, first off, I want to thank all of those who have already voted. Um, tomorrow is the deadline. So, if
035you haven't voted, I really encourage you to do so. And I've received a few messages from voters via email. Thank you for those emails that have said that it was kind of hard to locate the ballot measure. So, remember our bond is ballot measure 34 34 3 uh 342. Sorry, tongue twister. 34342 and it's on the back side of the ballot. And so, if you're wondering where it is, that's where it's at. And on a side note, I know that the bond process has sparked a lot of meaningful discussion in our community. And from the very beginning, our focus has always been to provide clear and accurate information so that voters fully understand the bond and they understand both the short short and long-term impacts of of um what the bond will do if it's
036passed or if it's not passed. Right. So, I also want to thank the the pack members for all the work they've done on getting the information out. And I also want to say thank you to interim communications director Alex Gowski for all the work that him and his team have dedicated to this effort of having people make an informed decision on the future of our district. So thank you very much and we'll be awaiting for the results tomorrow. Staying very impartial. Thank you. So um also graduation season's upon us as Jamie and Nathan have mentioned. Um and last night I had the opportunity um the in the honor of being a keynote speaker at the Tiger Rotary Scholarship Banquet. And so at this event there were it was a packed house. Um Chair Urban was
037there. There was about 300 350 people there in the Tiger Commons and we got to recognize over 40 stellar scholars and seniors from Tiger High School. So, uh, it was a really great event, um, to recognize students for all that they've accomplished over the last four years and really 13 years. And, um, we really value our partnership with the Rotary and all they do to, uh, recognize students. Importantly, we value the time that the Tiger staff put into making that event possible and coming out on Sunday night and making sure that people are taken care of. So, shout out to um Esme and to uh Principal Baron and her team for making a really special night for our families and our community. And um also graduation wise, it's just around the corner a couple weeks.
038So, TTVA kicks things off on June 4th, Creekide's the next day, followed by Tiger High School on June 6th, and we wrap things up with Towalton High School on Saturday the 7th at Memorial Coliseum. So, um, nope. Where's it at? PSU. That's right. Change of plans. Thank you for catching that. Um, I was going off of my memory. Um, so it's at PSU this year, right? And there's a ticket system. So, um, but congratulations to seniors and we'll be ready to to put on our caps and gowns and hand out some diplomas. And then finally, the last thing and Thor, if you can put up that picture. This is Kim. And, uh, Kim is actually a really shy person. So, this is like a very candid picture of Kim Leong. She is our um food
039services director and I want to take a moment to recognize her and her team because she was honored as the Western Regional Director of the Year for the School Nutrition Association. For five years, Kim has led with care and vision, introducing diverse food options while also uh being strategic and fiscally responsible. In true Kim fashion, she was quick to shy away from being in the spotlight. Um, and she didn't want it on herself. Rather, she really wanted the credit to go to her team, which is the hallmark of a good leader. Um, but we really do want to recognize all the work that she's done and give congratulations to her and her team for taking care of our kiddos, making sure they stay fed and doing it um while being fiscally sound. So, thank you,
040Kim. And then that concludes my updates. There's some hand claps for Kim. Um, in June 9th, I will be sharing some updates around summer learning, federal programming, if we have updates for that, and much more. So, thank you very much. Thank you so much. All right, board updates. Who wants to go first? Anybody have updates? Go ahead. Thank you, Chair Irvin. Um, so I really appreciate all the um end of year activities. It's it's really bittersweet. It is hard as a um as a parent, as a board member watching the graduations. Really appreciate working with all of our student representatives. Thank you so much. Um and um and I I did want to talk a little bit about um we've gotten a lot of public comments and I've had a I've been thinking about them
041a lot and um I've been reflecting on um you know our role as as a board where um we're we're not involved in everything um of course nor should we be um but I've been reflecting on the possibility of um considering a policy that would just um allow us to discuss um because we're in a time of budget cuts and declining enrollment um the possibility of discussing being able to um to discuss what what um programming we keep um so that we can be fair across different schools. Um consider the educational value of our electives. Um be able to incorporate cultural and community considerations such as heritage languages. um courses that bring together communities of students. Um the value to the overall community of courses um the impact of eliminating courses on um any families
042that might be weighing private school and just the prestige and overall excellence represented by our program gaming. Um and I know um Dr. Udo Sonata had talked about really being intentional about um about considering what we're offering uh between schools. So, I really appreciate that work that you've uh been doing as well and I just um wanted to share those reflections. Thank you, Director Zash. Yeah. So, I wanted to start um by talking about the budget committee meeting that we had last week. Um I wanted to thank the budget committee members for coming to that meeting. Um I thought we had a really robust conversation. um really no punches pulled about asking the difficult questions like what we had been hearing in the community um about their concerns. And I thought that uh Director C
043did an amazing job walking us through her slideshow which was so informative about where what what the truths are about the budget um and where we really stand. One of the things that's been very frustrating to me and I'm sure to other board members has been the amount of misinformation out in the community about where we stand with regard to say our reserve. Um I've heard people say, you know, it's raining so we should be spending the rainy day fund. Um but the truth is the rainy day fund is gone. We've already spent it so there's nothing there left to spend. um which is hugely frustrating because we all want all of those amazing programs that we're offering and so cutting anything is painful for all of us. But I think we've got really a
044great team in place in the administration, but we've also got a great team in place in the community to review our budget and our budget committee. And it was extraordinarily disappointing to me on that evening that there was not a single member of the public in the audience. And so I'm here to plead with people to please watch on YouTube that meeting. It's on YouTube. Just search for TTSD. You'll find our budget committee meeting. It's 90 minutes long. And I think people will find the information in that slide deck that director C presented very informative. Thank you so much, vice chair. Um, so just want to say go vote. Um, I don't have to remain impartial, right? I mean, I can say go vote for the bond, right? So, yeah, go vote for the bond.
045I mean, that's like that's an obvious one, I guess. Um, and but for Chair Irvin, Director Weston, and myself. Can I say that, too? Yeah. Thank you. All right, Director Miles. Well, in the interest of being brief, I was going to mention the election. I was going to mention looking forward to all the graduations. I And I was going to talk about the budget. So, everybody else already did that. So, um, I will also I know that we're going to have time to celebrate our student rep. So, I'll wait to say thank you to all um then. Um but I also know that school is winding down. I just want to say I know it's I mean we still got a little bit of time, but I just want to say thank you to all
046of our very hardworking staff, our very hardworking students, our very hardworking administrators, and our very hardworking superintendent. Um a lot has been accomplished this year. I know we've still got some time to go, but um but it feels like, you know, at least as a parent, it's already grinding toward a halt. So, thank you everyone. Yes, similar I have student reps. I have Rotary Awards ceremony on my list. I have to vote on my list. I have Kim and the budget meeting. I will add about the um so thank you all for reading my mind. Um I will say a couple things to tag on to the budget committee meeting. Um truly that presentation director C um was phenomenal. I mean, I have had people that I don't think have necessarily tuned into very many
047meetings talk about that and how it was because some people understand the graphs and the the things and the vipers and the the spreadsheets and all the whatever pieces and that is great, but a lot of people if they don't if that's not how their learning style and how their brain works, the way that you presented it and really upfront kind of talked about we know these are the concerns and like let's talk about it and get it out there and really explain and a really um just easy way to understand. I have had multiple people tell me how much they appreciated that and how they just had multiple aha moments like, "Oh, okay, that totally makes sense. Oh, I get why we're doing it that way. Oh, I understand reserves." Like all of the
048things. So, um I really I can't underscore how really wonderful that presentation was and how helpful that was to our community. So, if you haven't seen it, to director Zers's point, um I would take a look because it really does explain in the most accessible way kind of all of the things that we're managing um that are both within our control and without our control. So, I wanted to plus one on that. Um and the other thing I did want to mention is last week I had the opportunity to go to Twelton High School um and go into Mr. Robertson's science class. It was marine biology. Um, and it was he contacted me after the meeting last time and um, and just was like, I'd love to come see your class and I almost did
049marine biology, so this would be very cool. And so he had a whole lab set up around how to clean up an oil spill. Um, which side note I did when in Eugene because there was the mill race. Um, so I had experience with that. Um, and I could help the students figure it out. Um anyway, it was wonderful and it was hands-on and it was really when we're kind of talking about we have um students with different language of languages of dominance in terms of what their home language may or not be. Um it was incredibly inclusive to every learner, language learner in that class. Um it was it was really wonderful to see so many pieces of things that we talk about in here um happening in that classroom. So um kudos to
050that class and Mr. Robertson. I just wanted to give them a shout out. Um, and that is all for me. Go vote. Um, all right. And so with that, I also have two birthdays. So, um, Director Reid on May 22nd and one of our student reps, Moss, um, on May 28th. So, happy birthday. Um, and I will pass those out momentarily. Um, and so in the next piece, we have do have one public comment. Um, so I will Will you pass out the things? Yeah. Um, well, I will read the public comment directions. Um, so we can be efficient. Um, all right. So, the process and expectations for a public comment. After being recognized by the board chair, you will identify yourself with your full name and zip code of residence. Public comments are shared
051with the board during the public comment portions of the meeting and are limited to three minutes. Your comment should be brief and concise and the time will start on the timer behind you once your name or behind me once your name and zip code have been stated. Um, a group of visitors with a common purpose should designate a spokesman for the group. You may also submit written public comment which will be read by the board and become part of the public record including the meeting minutes but will not be read aloud at the meeting. Speakers may offer objective criticism of school operations and programs. The board will not hear comments regarding any individual district staff member nor any person connected with the school system and we don't have to worry about it won't exceed 30
052minutes. Um board members again will not be responding to public comment. This is really a time for us to hear what you have to say. Um and so we will follow up if necessary after the meeting. And finally, TTSD is no place for bias or hate. There will be no profanity or language that minimizes or causes harm to anyone else's identity per policy ACC. If such language is used, the speaker will forfeit the remainder of their time and be removed from the meeting. So with that, I would welcome Jeremy Sander. There we go. My zip code is 970007. My name is Jeremy Xander. Uh good evening. Um I come to you tonight as a former middle school Fowler Middle School and Tiger High School band student, a former Fowler band director, and a music educator
053with 20 years of experience throughout Oregon. Uh I'm also a past president of the Oregon Music Education Association. Now, before I get to my main point, I would like to express my sincere hope that your bond measure passes. Uh Fowler Middle School felt like it needed an update back when I was a student 30 years ago. Um, I'm here tonight though because I am deeply concerned about the proposed changes to sixth grade band and choir offerings at Fowler. Uh, these changes would have a long-term and profound negative impact not only on Fowler's music program and the school, but also on those at Tiger High School and across the district. There is a wealth of research demonstrating the benefits of music education. Stronger academic performance, improved attendance, better mental health, and greater student engagement. I expect
054others have spoken and will continue to speak to that research at other times, but instead I want to focus on something more pragmatic and perhaps less often discussed. That is the actual cost of cutting music. When I taught at Fowler from 2007 to 2010, my band classes regularly had over 50 students. My smallest class had 40, my largest 78. Those weren't just large classes, by the way. They were engaged, motivated, and successful students. If those students weren't in band, the district would have needed to create multiple additional class sections and hire more teachers to serve them elsewhere. Far from saving money, cutting music risks increasing staffing costs and crowding other classrooms. Districts that invest in a fully articulated, sequential, accessible K12 music program consistently will see high student participation. By investing in these programs with
055the potential for large class sizes, districts have the potential to save money in the long run. All the while, music classes also create lasting value for students, whether or not those students go on to pursue music professionally. I now work as a full-time music educator in Beaverton School District, and I'm still in touch with dozens of former Fowler students who have become professional musicians, engineers, and educators. But even more importantly, I have seen hundreds of lives enriched. Students who gained confidence, community, and purpose. Please don't make a decision that will take those opportunities away. Thank you for your time. Thank you so much. And that was our only one for this evening. All right. So, we will move to our first action item. We split this up a little bit different. Um so we'll have
056an action item and then our reports and discussion and then a couple more action items. Um so for this first one it is to recognize our student representatives and I know um Britney had to leave and a couple others had other commitments but um so Britney Granados, Evelyn Austoto Heranimo, Nathan Tran, Mosswaggel, Jamie Hartman and Sky Row have done an exceptional job serving as the student representatives between their school and the Tiger Talton School District board of directors. Tonight, the board is asked to approve resolution 2425-14 for Britney Granados, resolution 2425-15 for Evelyn Austoto Heranimo, resolution 2425-16 for Nathan Tran, resolution 2425-17 for Mosel, and resolution 2425-18 for Jamie Hartman. And finally, resolution 2425-9 for Skyro in recognition of their outstanding reporting and interaction with the TTSD board. and we will have those resolutions for
057you once this is passed. And so at this point, I would first offer we can do this one of two ways. We can get a motion and then we can discuss because I know we all have things we want to say um to our members that are leaving us. Um or I can we can talk about that now and have the comments and then do the motion to approve the resolutions. So either someone will give me a motion or a comment. How about that? I would like to make a motion. I move that the board of directors approve resolution 2425-14 recognizing the outstanding contributions of Tiger Twitin Virtual Academy student representative to the board Brittany Granados. Resolution 2425-15 recognizing the outstanding contributions of Tiger High School student representative to the board Evelyn Austoto Heronimo. Resolution
0582425-16 recognizing the outstanding contributions of Tiger High School student representative to the school board Nathan Tran. Resolution 2425-17 recognizing the outstanding contributions of Tiger High School student representative to the board Moss Wagel. Uh resolution 2425-18 recognizing the outstanding contributions of Twitin High School student representative to the board Jamie Hartman. and resolution 2425-9 recognizing the outstanding contributions of Twatin High School student representative to the board skyro as presented. Second. All right, we have a motion and a second. Is there any discussion on the motion? Yeah, just a a scoch. Just just a little scotch. Uh go ahead. Go ahead. Oh, thank you. Uh I just want to say thank you so much for all of your efforts that you put into uh the role of um representative to the board. Uh we learned a lot from
059you all in terms of what was going on in the schools. So I really appreciated that and it always had a flare of just awesomeness that you know you guys brought with it. And so, um, in the past four years that we've been doing this, I don't think there's been that, um, enthusiasm and flare that, uh, that you brought to it. So, I really appreciated that. But not only was there flare, but also very informative. And in previous years, there's been competition. This time, it was all very uh, collaborative. So, I I appreciate that. And, um, you know, what else can I say? you all are uh very um you know amazing students that are going to go lots of places, right? And uh and some of you guys are coming back and we'll we'll
060talk about that later. But uh yeah, thank you. And I would echo all of those comments, but I'll I'd like to add to it. One of the things that's really fun as one of the adults in the room when all the students come in at the beginning of the year, even you Nathan were quiet and less so Jamie because he was returning, but seeing the sense of of not knowing how to navigate this space and what exactly was going to be expected of you and then watching over the course of the year you progress and become these wonderfully animated um and and informative sources for us and um questioning sources for us, you know, making sure that that the questions that we didn't think of to ask were getting asked and I really appreciate that
061um that you do that and that we get to watch you grow in that way. And so then by the end of the year, I feel like I know you all really well and it's so cool to see you. So, um, I'm very proud of you and I hope you're proud of yourselves and I wish you all the best in the future and I'm looking forward to seeing you when you come back next year. Dr. Mass, I want to thank you all. Uh, thank you for your insight. Thank you for your humor. Thank you for your modeling of leadership for your peers and for us. Um, and for your community service. This is not an easy volunteer job. You all have to prepare for meetings. you this takes your evenings and I know that you
062all have a lot of other things going on um and so really appreciate as Dr. Zers said as everybody is either has or is going to say um really appreciate your participation in this. Not every district has student representatives. Um I feel very fortunate that we do and that we have so many because um be because you know more voices at the at the table um really enrich the process and um so thank you. Um it'll be very exciting to see where you all go and thank you. Thank you for everything this year. And I also wanted to express my appreciation. Thank you so much for showing up um sharing what's going on in each school and all of your wonderful insights and questions and um contributions. Really appreciate all of you and it's been
063good getting to know each of you um as individuals as well. So, thank you so much. And I'll just round it out. I know sometimes things can like when you're in the thick of it and in the weeds, it's sort of like what what are we really doing? What are we adding to the process? I I think when I've talked to former student reps, it's sort of like you're not really sure how much of an impact you might be having. And I think what we're all saying is you had a really really big important impact. And so asking those questions, calling things out when you're like this isn't really what we're seeing at our school or this is what somebody is telling me their perception is of X, Y, or Z. Bringing those things here
064into the space is really, really important. And so I think the leadership that you showed, the ability to um take in a lot of information and make sense of it, ask questions, um you know, draw kind of some conclusions or or wonderings about it are all these really intangible things that will really serve you um into whatever you do next. And so it has been just a privilege as always to work with you all to see you around school and around town and driving past the library. Um and uh and so I really I appreciate the work that you have done. And I know it might seem again like what did we do? But you did a lot. So we're all here to say you did a lot amidst doing a lot of other things.
065Um so I appreciate all the work that you put in in being here. So thank you. Um do you want to say more? I just put you on the spot to say more. Thank you. Um, do we want to do a quick picture [Music] and Oh, you didn't. That's right. We still have a motion and a second. Um, any further discussion on the motion. I should not have done it that way. Um, all right. With no further discussion, I will call for a coral vote. All those in favor, please say I. I. Any opposed? Motion carries. All right, why don't you guys come up here? Come in front. You want to come in front for this one? Thank you. I know. I know. I'll take more. All right. Chair, if I could actually Oh, I
066know we're done with that item, but maybe um if I could just add a quick question. So, those of you who know what you're doing next year, um could you tell us what you're doing next year? Uh next year I'll be doing a study abroad program in Monav, Costa Rica. Um taking advantage of the cloud forest setting there. Um every morning we'll be uh you know doing out doing field work and then afternoons in the class learning about like biodiversity and a lot of science related stuff. Uh and then also I'd like to thank all you guys for allowing us to be up here me for the last two years. Um and just allowing us to you know speak what's going on in the schools and being open to listening and all that. So thank
067you. Um I'm I'm still going to be here next year so you don't have to worry about that for another year. Okay. Okay. I even though I'm still deciding on where I'm going to. It's a very complicated matter. It's okay. That's okay. I want to say thank you. I I'll be honest. I came in here because of these I I I was looking at um last year or last year I was looking at one of the live streams and I just saw one of the past um student representatives, Briana, and them passing out all of the cupcakes. I was like, "Oh, we get that every meeting. Oh, maybe I should apply." And I did. I got in. And well, all of these have been great. Absolutely. But there have been other things about being a
068student representative that I've enjoyed as well. Listening to all the commotion in each meeting, listening to everybody, well, listening to me just hash out everything that I do. I know I'm a blabbermouth, but I truly do feel listen to. I truly do feel heard. So, I want to say thank you for that. And it's been an amazing amazing experience. And it's so sad that um this is my first year and last year, but I I wouldn't trade it for the words. So, thank you. Thank you so much. That was fantastic. Thank you. All right, we are I know. I love that. You have no idea how much I love that. Um okay, we are to our reports of discussion which I will which is about the new student board representatives. um with Vice Chair Himemes
069and Director Weston. You know, director, let's see, you're lucky I didn't pull my point of order because you're you were talking about the kids. So, it's so it's good. Um, thank you uh to the school board for allowing Director Weston and I to participate in this committee because it's one of my favorite committees and um, you know, I hope that you share the same sentiment. It's when we're able to, you know, interview some of our most amazing um, students that actually applied not just for the cupcakes. um that that applied and they want to to come in and work with us and and bring the voice of um of the students into the boardroom. So, I think that that's something that I'd like to um not only commend the the ones that are here, but
070also the the new um the new student reps that are coming on. Uh with that uh just want to say that from uh we had a lot of applicants. We had some unfortunate no shows but that happens you know we had some kids that were late and we couldn't interview them after that. So that's also a life lesson. So you know um but from Tiger High School we selected uh Edy Keenan and our very own Moss. Woohoo. Yes. Yes. And from Twitter High School, we have uh Sarah Masali. Yep. She's right over there. And uh Ryland Baker. And I would like to point out that uh Ryland now knows my um Dutch drink, Dutch order. I will not say but well no actually I will say that you know he didn't like it but he
071tried it so it's fine. We won't hold that against him. Um Director Wesson, anything that you would like to add? It's always a pleasure to meet with our student representative applicants and we had a lot of really fantastic young people. It was um a difficult decision because it's um always hard to choose amongst so many um talented people with great things to contribute. But um really excited about our student reps for next year and um and thank you so much for all of those who participated. And also, um, I would like to say that next year when we start the school year again, we'll try again for, um, TTVA as well as Creekide, see if, um, we get any more applicants um, at the beginning of the, uh, school year. So, thank you so much
072and welcome. Very excited that you guys came. Thank you. Thank you. All right, we'll move to action items part two. um resolution 2425-20 um with director C. Good evening. Tonight we have two resolutions, both affecting our 2425 budgets. We're seeking um transfer resolutions regarding the appropriation of funds. 2425-20 specifically relates to the general fund and is requesting a transfer of $1,35,000 of which 85,000 will be transferred to the special revenue fund if approved. And that um feeds into resolution 2425-21. So our first resolution as clarified in the memo specifically has to do with reconciling year end accounts and most likely is tied to how employees who were transferred into the general fund this year from old ESSER money are actually being coded according to their functional appropriation. If there are no questions for my fellow
073board members, I'll move to approve resolution 2425-21 appropriation transfer for the 2024-25 special revenue fund budget. Second motion was made by director Zers and seconded by Director Miles. Is there any discussion on the motion? Hearing none, I'll move to a coral vote. All those in favor, please say I. I. I. I. Any opposed? Motion carries. And you will stay with us for action item part 2B. Yes. So, resolution 2425-21 recognizes the transfer in of $85,000 from the general fund. And this was specifically necessitated by legislation which is providing a stipen to special education staff. The legislation provided money for the core stipen but not for the payroll related benefits. And so the district to match those funds needs to transfer these to the special revenue fund. I would ask um for whoever makes the motion
074to approve um we need a slight edit. The top of the resolution is still returning um referring to the general fund but otherwise all other references to the special revenue fund and the appropriations are correct. And I just want to say I think I've made a horrible mistake. The resolution that I made just previously was for resolution 2425-21. I skipped over 20. I was on the wrong page of the board packet. I'm sorry. Sorry. So, quickly, let's just So, we were all voting on the correct thing. I even had the page up reading it with you and I didn't even catch that you said different numbers. Um, let's go back and amend that motion. So, we take care of the first one first and even though we technically vote on the second one, but not
075knowing that. Um, okay. So, we will So, I'd like to amend my prior motion to make it. I move to approve resolution 2425-20 appropriation transfer for the 202425 general fund budget. Is there a second? Second. All right. Uh, motion was amended um by directors and seconded by director Miles. Is there any discussion on the amended motion? hearing. None, I'll move to a coral vote. All those in favor, please say I. I. Any opposed? Motion carries. All right. Now, we'll go to page 45. Um, and we will um entertain a motion for this one. Now, at the right time, in the right place, I move to approve resolution 2425-21, appropriation transfer for the 202425 special revenue fund budget. Thank you. Second. Motion was made by Director Zers and seconded by Director Miles. There's any discussion on
076the motion? Hearing none, I'll move to a coral vote. All those in favor, please say I. I. I. Any opposed? Motion carries. Thank you so much. And with that, that concludes