001all right good evening everyone I love it when we have a a full house um thank you for being here I will now call this regular session of the tiger toon School Board to order at 6:31 p.m. let's see all right um I do want to let everyone know that we did meet earlier in the evening for a work session um that we'll be discussing a little bit later about um some semester one education outcomes and grad rates with that are there any changes to the agenda yes there is one change to the agenda earlier today um we were scheduled to have an exec session that exec session did not take place today it'll be rescheduled all right so that is off of our agenda um would anyone like to approve the agenda as amended
002do we also have an amendment around the contents of the work session no because okay that case I move to approve the agenda as amended 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 any opposed motion carries and with that we will go to our first item with recognition and good news which is the Unified sports for tiger and twon high schools with director K good evening board I'd like to ask coach Mills and Coach Johnson up here and their [Music] [Applause] teams so tonight you're going to hear about unified basketball and Unified sports and activities and I'm going to quickly hand it over to our coaches and
003our athletes to share a little bit about um all all their accomplishments this year [Music] yay about us sorry um hi guys so we are here to represent the unified programs of tottin and tiger high school and for the agenda today it's about us so like student introductions what is Unified uh vision and Mission Vision and Mission student speak out pictures and any questions you guys may have I am Jaden REO I play for unified tiger and um I have been on Team for about like probably like three probably like three years now so yeah I'm so glad to graduate this year get ready for what what's coming new get a job so yeah hi I'm Lillian um I am a senior at Tiger high school and I've been involved in unified for two years
004now and imp pure tutor for four years um and yeah I'm really excited to be here hi I'm Penny and I'm a senior as well I've been on UniFi the past few years we've done it and you're tutoring all throughout high school and I'm super excited to have this experience hi I'm Olivia I go to tager high school and I'm a sophomore hi I'm Elizabeth um I am a Junior I've been a part of unified for two years and then peer partnering for three hi my name is Sophia and I go to twon high school um I'm Ruby I'm a junior at twon I've been involved with unified for two years hi my name is Cole I'm a junior at Talton I've been with unified for two years my name is Dylan basketball hi and
005birday and hi my name is Rowan I'm a freshman this is my first year doing unified and being a peer tutor [Music] every hi my name is rashy I'm also a freshman and I'm also here for the [Applause] unified okay so what is Unified unified is the coming together of students with and without disabilities in a way that provides inclusive opportunities through Sports and activities cultivating supportive friendships and school culture so some of what we do is our Sports throughout the year this includes basketball soccer track and Robotics um we also have our club aspect so we have um usually monthly events that we do um so movie nights and craft nights things like that that we can just come together and then we also have our peer tutor and partner programs um this is
006our mission statement at Tiger Talton School District we are committed to fostering a supportive and inclusive community where every student is valued respected and empowered to thrive we believe in the strength of diversity and are dedicated to creating an environment where all individuals regardless of abilities are embraced through collaboration understanding and shared responsibility we strive to cultivate Unity celebrate differences and ensure that every voice is heard our mission is to inspire compassion promote equity and build a future where inclusion is the foundation of our school Community our vision is to create a world where individuals with disabilities are fully included respected and supported in every aspect of life we envision Community where accessibility opportunity and understanding are at the heart of all that we do empowering people of all abilities to reach their full potential
007[Applause] okay hi guys I'm just going to tell you a little bit more about unified and the community it all brings together I can tell you guys about some of the events we've had with our unified Club this year we did pumpkin painting we did movie night we did what else did we do friendsgiving we did we did a Christmas party that was super fun um unified is just about all of us coming together and having so much fun making new friends the best part of my week is being able to hang out with all my friends like Sophie Adam everybody they're such they bring my spirits up so much and if I'm having a bad day I know I can go like talk to Miss Jen or somebody or even Sophie like she's always
008has great about everything so that's absolutely amazing this is a great community and so much fun hi my name is sopia I am a sophomore at Charon High School youi is a community that makes me feel happy and excited and included I have friends they feel like my family it's the best part of my life thank you [Applause] hello my name is Jamie Flicker and I am a parent of Sophie one of our athletes representing our combined High School unified basketball teams tonight until we were introduced to Unified sports uh we had not experienced a true sense of belonging in our school Community this program provides an essential component of genuine inclusion the sustainability and reliability of our unified program cannot be contingent on Advocates parents and teachers alone we need the districts and administration's
009continued support to help protect and ensure these equal opportunities for all future students thank you and we appreciate being recognized at the school board meeting tonight [Applause] hi I'm Olivia unified is important to me because I like all the teamwork and it has made me make new friends it helped me with my confidence and it also helped my fear which is going in front of a lot of people I love how unified includes everyone and that makes me feel really happy before I started unified I had no experience playing team sports but once I started playing I realized how much I enjoy playing with my peers High School wouldn't be the same without Unified [Applause] sports hi again I'm Penny um and throughout these p last four years in high school and throughout being in
010the peer tutor Community I've really kind of found my purpose and who I am as well as it has allowed me to like grow my confidence um I've never found anything like what I found throughout the pure tutor and 202 and unified Community um I found like the importance and how it how impactful it is for individuals being at the games and seeing how um the excitement that it brings the students of being acknowledged and being able to part of a team and seeing how much that impacts them um has really just encouraged me to stick through and being around my friends and my peers has it's really just every day it boosts my mood regardless kind of similar to what you said of regardless of how I'm feeling walking into that room it always
011kind of gives me a space where I can be myself but also have so much fun um and just learn off of one another and I think it's such a important community a of and having more support over unified allows students to feel like they [Applause] Bel hi sorry for my froggy voice here um I'm Rachel funder height I'm a parent of Olivia she's a unified player um there's not really anything I can say at this point that really hasn't already been said this isn't just a group of kids that come together to play a game this is a tribe of individuals that come together and Empower each other to do better to be better to think beyond the limitations that the world has put around these kids and giving them the insight and the
012influence and just the overall confidence to step out of their comfort zone and to know that they're doing it in a safe and inclusive environment that the community is supportive of that that the schools and the teachers and the other students are supportive of that gives all of these kids far more opportunity than without having unified as part of their dayto [Applause] day and then we have just one more hi I'm Tori Alderman I'm the athletic Equity coordinator at Tiger high and I think some of you thank you for this snaps I think some of you remember when I was here a year and a half ago during the fall talking about Unified sports is one of the main goals that I set for myself along with Danielle Johnson our coach extraordinaire um I'm gonna
013yes and Jen Mills so we've been working kind of behind the scenes Jen Danielle and myself to make sure that unified is folded into not just on the side of but folded into our athletic programs at both high schools you can clap for [Applause] that so a little history with unified uh UniFi started in the state of Oregon in 2008 um tiger high schools uh began their unified program in 2015 so we act and twon probably 22 so it has been around but it wasn't until the past year and a half that UniFi started folding into the athletic programs at both high schools and having the same access points that other student athletes are provided and so what I ask of you today is to listen to these great students of ours and allow for
014the continued support and growth of the unified program they should have access points with facilities they should have access points with equipment and uniforms they should have access points with with relative contests Transportation uh social media and coaching stiens um our our great coaches all of it um our coaches have been volunteering their time and it is time to start compensating our coaches for this unified program um so thank you I appreciate your [Applause] time and I think we're gonna show a little one more slide all right we made it to senior night here at twon high school unified basketball we've got an exhibition Style game so twon Veron gotc Play support uh we're going to honor our seniors tonight super excited to be here uh Vibes are great the place is buzzing and go
015wolves I get [Music] this that's the way I like it and that's the way I like it you Senor night in high school the vibe is here it's all about in it's all about getting getting these kids and letting them be a part of the society let's go tonight's game will be played between [Applause] two don't even the ground like a like an open like I'm with you brand [Applause] [Music] [Applause] new I feel like for the first time in the long time I am not [Music] [Applause] afraid never like this like when I [Applause] um is this working also um at this time you know the the future is uncertain but we did want to bring up Danielle Johnson and recognize her 31 years with the district and for piloting the unified [Applause] programs
016Carol has flow for [Music] you Danielle you are a champion and we appreciate and love you so much and thank you for all that you do [Applause] questions yeah we'll have a couple minutes for questions or comments and then probably a picture I imagine um so um I'll open it for questions comments well so I just want to say thank you kids you've put on some amazingly cool shows I got to go to the Talton versus Tiger game earlier uh in the year and Dylan was that you who did the three-pointer with nothing but net oh yeah that was an amazing shot um so you should feel very proud of yourself and then um to uh Sophie and Olivia for Having the courage to speak this evening into a microphone thank thank you I know
017that's really tough and actually for all of you Elizabeth and I'm sorry I forgotten your name I'm Elizabeth you're Elizabeth okay Ruby sorry I knew one of you Elizabeth um thank you for coming and making this presentation I always love it when it comes from the students with only nominal help from from the boring old grown-ups um but it it's an amazing show that you guys put on it's a great game and the fact that it's also building this wonderful community at the same time is just over the over the top great stuff so this is like my favorite recognition and good news of the year because it is such amazing good news and so worthy of recognition thank [Applause] you dror won just want to say say thank you for the beautiful presentation and
018all of your great work um and working together as a team so well I remember last year when we had a work session that had that we learned I learned a lot about this program last year and it is wonderful to hear from all of you and that video was fantastic you can just feel the spirit and the energy the teamwork and all of the skill building that you get to do right so you get to form a community you get to build skills these are things that you will takeen to the rest of your life and and thank you for bringing this program into our schools for demonstrating um what you do you know students not only um you learn from each other but you also teach the adults and model for us as
019well and so thank you for um thank you for bringing what you do to us and for sharing that with the board tonight I have one question for an athlete what would you say to a potential athlete who's unsure about doing Unified sports one athlete yeah what would you say if someone's thinking about an athlete's thinking about doing UniFi but is it sure um probably Steph Curry or Lebron James cuz I think honestly like we I I mean honestly we could carry the whole entire team if one person would join on our team he would be amazing on our team honestly like he could do a lot a lot more than our team definitely he can join our team have fun and pass the ball around to our kids an amazing game sounds so welcoming
020and pass the ball to you because you like to shoot the threes right is that yeah thank you i w to say U thank you to everybody um it is such a great program and when you talk about building a sense of belonging U you know for our students what better way than to have our students be inclusive and taken into account um I take objection with the fact that I'm an adult allegedly and I'm not boring and two that um I agree with you I think having LeBron on the school board would also make the school board great did Sophie want to add I think Sophie's gonna respond to your question real quick you you got this and you never will give up I love that love it thank you so much [Applause] s
021so people that have been on the board with me long enough um if there was a bingo card it'd be like which meeting is director irin G to cry at this year um and so I'm sitting here watching the video and listening to you like doing math because supposedly if you're doing math problems in your brain you can't cry at the same time it's like a whole thing I tried to tell my daughter um so and it sort of worked but um it's just beautiful and listening I wrote down what you all said which was happy excited included this is my word cloud um friends that feel like family teamwork confidence acknowledgement belonging empowerment um and so that wasn't sort of a word cloud of exactly what we need to be doing as a district
022as a program all the way across I can't think what else it would be so you really nailed at all of you and I appreciate your time um Jaden I remember you from a volleyball game because Dylan was playing and you were wearing a awesome like tracksuit with like a white tiger on it and we talked Unified sports you're talking with my husband a bunch um and just talking about how much you love to doing basketball um and so that has stuck with me and I we've come and watched you play both teams and so it's really wonderful but it was fun to see you in person outside of the the gym um so anyway I appreciate you here it's really scary to be over there um and talking to that mic it's scary for
023us um that was incredible you guys are incredible leaders thank you so much um and so before you get up and go back that way come this way for a quick picture good job guys here I'll sit down get out of the way I gota see if I'm actually can we turn that light everybody ready [Music] [Applause] all right and we have more good news best night ever um for um Down syndrome awareness and i' just like to say that I'm wearing my cool crazy socks oh good from last year I was given yep we got crazy socks my right you can go to my left that's okay got your thanks okay we do have some additional great news I'm just going to introduce um Abigail mcnet and Kiera Morphin Morin and they're here to
024share information about world down C this down that's one thing okay can you hold it me hold yes okay okay hi I am Alia MCN I graduated from T High School I am now the transition program at ttsd and I experience that syndrome I am very excited to be here at the TS school meeting to address water down syndrome day water down syndr day all 321 is important because it is a global awareness day it PR much inclusion and it recognizes people who experien syndrome what that syndrome day feels like a big party to celebrate the lives of people with Down Syndrome on 30 sorry on 3 21 everybody's invited to where there fun Cali crazy socks to show love and acceptance for all people who experience that syndrome when I see people are wearing
025their socks I feel important and accepted for who I am so please SP love and to show your support for people with Down Syndrome by rocking your socks on 321 forward Down syndrome day thank you for taking the time to let me speak thank you [Applause] any questions or comments if needed oh yeah okay this would take me a little bit of time oh I love [Applause] those and you've got dance okay are we taking shoes off to show you gave these to me last year I got these last year oh yeah we're taking off shoes to do this [Applause] so oh [Applause] a I feel shame I left the house without my socks those were actually my regular [Music] socks coms remind me is there um where's the rock your socks event on the
02621st it's just across the district across the district Across the Nation we'll be sure to participate definitely thank you perfect thank you thank you so much you so much you guys thank you so much you want to Is this different oh no well yeah no it's on here yeah um okay so with that we'll move to student representative reports okay so at twon high school bye bye um okay at tolton High School uh all spring Sports have started so that's very exciting um I just wanted to give a winter update on like our winter sports um so I have a big list but uh our girls basketball team was this year's League champions which is actually the third year in a row that they were League champions and then boys basketball was also League champions
027which is their second year in a row of being League Champs um girls wrestling was League champ um our co-ed cheer was the state champs boys wrestling had um five people place for like state qualifiers swimming had one person qualify for state and racket ball um everybody that went uh placed at Nationals so big congrats to all the teams listed and then uh IB testing is coming up soon at the end of April so many Juniors and seniors are crossing their fingers and being nervous students um um so many students are finishing um their like pre- testing requirements like iOS and IAS um and then ASB is having a fundraiser at lingers on March 17th um all day it's like fundraising for prom and then 10th graders have their preac this Tuesday so tomorrow uh
028March 11th and um I've been getting some questions from students at Walton um as far as when student uh board representative applications will be released so that yeah yeah that's at twon okay then for Tiger twon Virtual Academy we have uh March 17th is prea day for 10th graders thank goodness I'm a junior and uh finally April 4th we have our student work session which which is 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. here that's it thank you all right first I wanted to say happy woman's History Month as you can see we have some lovely women on the board so second of all um we have some events coming up at Tiger high school we just started last week for our musical it has opened she loves me um I have heard some that some board
029members are just considering going but I do hope I see some of you go it is opening on Thursday Friday and Saturday this week on the weekdays it opens at 6:30 and starts at 7 on the weekend it starts at or it opens at 1:30 and starts at 2 o' so please please please come also bring some extra cash you can give some flowers and notes to our actors and crew and Orchestra and you could totally give some flowers to me so I'd love that too um so that's happening then on Friday is our um this Friday is our Tigerettes night of dance that is also their senior night so come support them it starts at 6:30 p.m. and uh next week on March 19th uh we have a couple things happening uh we have
030a student panel uh meeting happening at Tiger High School from 3:50 to 5:15 p.m. and it's just a space where students can discuss different topics um tell them what uh programs are benefiting at Tiger high school and answer questions that they have um and really just help unify our school um and also we're having our blood drive and so so it is happening um from 9:00 a.m. to 300 p.m. if you're 16 in order you can get yourself some free snacks some T-shirts and some gift cards I wish I could donate but it is what it is um we also last week had our coin drive to donate to our ttsa foundation it was started by some uh students from our National Honor Society so congratulations for them for helping to lead our corn drive
031at Tiger high school and we were able to raise around $300 and for sports um like sky has said spring sports are here so that means you know track uh baseball softball season is coming up and so I just want to congratulate some of our previous Sports um in Winter um so for our girls basketball team they ranked number one in state for acad academics with an average of 3.90 GPA and then our boys basketball and boys wrestling settled at number three our girls swimming settled at number four and our dance team settled at number six and I also wanted to give a big big big congratulations for Natalie will Hoy at T High School who became our 6A or 5A girls OSAA Champion for wrestling the first time in Tiger High School history and
032I'm just so proud of her so that is all that I have to report at Tiger High School love it thank you so much um I don't want to ever have to go after our student reps so so have at it I'll do the honors thank you so much for the updates from our student reps I'm like all those things I'm excited about going to and I know the calendar is just tough so it'll be hard to choose um so also thank you to our our unified team for coming up here the athletes the peers and all the the adults who support them uh I'm the parent of a unified peer and that program has such a profound impact and it really showed what inclusion was all about so I really really um has a
033soft spot in my heart um this month is also uh women's History Month March is women's history month and that's a time when we recognize the countless contributions that women have made in our society and one area that I really want to focus on was in the area of Education being that that's our field um in Oregan 71% of our educators are women and they're leading and mentoring and inspiring the Next Generation every day um and they're doing everything they can to ensure that our students have an opportunity for Success which is which and I think we can all see the profound impact that we've had based on their contributions um but history is Al like aside from just the educational field I want to talk about how uh history has also shown us that
034leadership in general has no restrictions so I'm thinking of young female leaders like ruy Bridges alala yupi youai sorry Greta thurberg they all LED courageously and they all impacted the world and they all did this before they reached adulthood and so I would like to send a message to the the young women out there in our schools today that your voice matters your leadership is needed now more than ever and your potential is Lim Limitless so let's honor women's History Month by celebrating the past but also more importantly let's continue to invest in the future so again happy women's History Month all right now I want to talk about boundary changes so um tonight we're going to hear some public comment from community members regarding proposed boundary changes and this is a complex and multifaceted
035process aimed at balancing enrollment across schools addressing unorthodox boundary lines and planning for long-term growth and it's based on the demographic projections so we re recognize that boundary adjustments are never easy and um we understand that some families are concerned about this or or maybe even in opposition and during last week's Community budget or sorry Community uh public meetings we heard valuable feedback and we're ready to address some of the concerns that were brought to us in those meetings regarding transportation and other key impacts to make sure that we have a smooth of a transition no matter what options we select so public comment in general by the way it's going to be the first time that we've had a large volume of public comment and it's a vital component to what we do um
036discourse is so important and um as a lead the leader of the district I'm committed to listening to engaging and to making adjustments when possible U to best serve of the students and community so thanks for being here um if you have a public comment and as far as the boundary uh conversation goes we're going to continue to do our best in a really challenging situation um one other challenging situation to bring up I don't want to be Debbie Downer that's the right thing to say but I want to be um a Bastion of negativity um uh so budget cuts so uh we know that we have $12 million worth of budget reductions that make over two the next two years and um this is due to declining enrollment um an inadequate State School fund
037which we've talked about over the years and which we hope comes in higher at the conclusion of the long session and we're basing our assumptions based off the 11.36 billion State School fund assumption now I want to tell the board and the public that this 11.36 billion doar it's in limbo right now um there's a lot of conversation and a big debate going on around accountability and and if um we get that funding based on where we land at the conclusion of this debate that demonstrates that schools are showing accountability so um there's a lot of moving Parts happening with our budget but even with the 11.36 billion we know that we have some reductions that we need to do and that's going to come in the form of Staffing and so there's a potential
038that we can see see layoffs right that's never easy it's actually really challenging and it's challenging to do it for um a third year in a row so um what we're compined to doing is of course being accountable um but also we want to minimize the amount the impact that this budget reduction has on students and staff and what our goal is is to ensure long-term Financial stability in developing a two-year budget plan this spring so that we don't have to go through the pain of having a budget reduction ation again in the 26 27 school year so again our focus is going to remain on stability and also making sure that we're really prioritizing instructional outcomes and instructional opportunities for students and so we're going to provide some further updates in the budget on
039April 7th but I just want to make sure that we keep this conversation going and you know that we're doing a lot of work right now around budget and Shoring the budget up and um let's let's end this thing on a high note so Thor can you pull out that picture so you can't the resolution is not that great but I am actually smiling in that picture um I get the the opportunity to get into schools and sometimes and most of the time it's the end of the week and this is one of my favorite visits I got grilled by about 17 kindergarteners in Miss hegs kindergarten class at uh Durham Elementary they asked me everything from uh what do I do when I get home and I walked in through my routine uh and
040they pressed me on where my favorite fro favorite frozen yogurt place was and um how come I haven't been to menes yet I was they stumped me I said uh there was a place called TCBY when I was growing up and it stood for the country's best yogurt and I thought it was pretty good so I they did give me some homework to go to menes before I returned um and then I got to ask them some questions so I got to ask them uh what was hard for them in school and and they um each had some different topics they said challenge them but they appreciate it doing whether it was reading or math and then um I asked them what their favorite time was and a lot of them said well we love
041learning but we also like the balance of free time and I couldn't blame them because we all need a little free time so again uh just shout out to U Dr uh Siri Hedges at who's the principal at Durham and to miss heg they're just doing a wonderful job with the students out there and I want to showcase them that's it for my updates thank you so much we will move to board communication anyone want [Music] to go first I'm looking I'm looking all right lay it on so um I there's so much to talk about there's so much going on between budget boundary um and the bond I feel like the bees my life these days but there's also this this uh legislative session and the News coming out of Salem that we may
042not see the amount of the governor's budget is heartwrenching and then when I read the headlines in the newspaper and I see that the state legislature managed to come up with 400 and some million dollars this year for this year's budget to um to do the budget rebalance but all of that money is being spent on Health and Human Services and I feel like what we do so much health and human services in our schools how come schools don't see any of that money and that frustrates me we've talked for years about unfunded mandates and we I I've spoken to legislators until I'm bleue in the face about please if you're going to legislate that we do something more give us the money to do it this year we're now facing two significant pieces of
043leg legislation coming through that are both huge unfunded mandates and I want to talk about them a little bit um instead of going through everything that's going on in the ledge like I sometimes do um Senate Bill 916 there was an article in Sunday's paper if you didn't have a chance to read it it was on the front page of the editorial section I suggest you go back and find it um some this Senate Bill 916 is the bill that would allow striking union workers to claim unemployment for the time while they were striking there have been some amendments made to that bill it's now out of committee and going to the senate for a vote the there it's called the dash4 Amendments would make it a little bit easier so that school districts school
044districts are in a very peculiar position relative to other businesses um because we contract for a year and if our staff goes on strike God forbid our school year has to be extended so that our kids get seat time and that means if we were paying unemployment for for teachers here say we'd have to pay them here as well and that means we're paying more than the contracted amount for the year which means our budget presumbly this would be like December suddenly we've got if it's a one week strike it's a $650,000 hole in our budget that we have to repair that same year so this is exactly what I'm talking about when I say it's an unfunded mandate um the the the dash4 amendment would allow districts to claw back that say week of
045of added expenditure but now think about what it looks like in May or June after we've had a strike God forbid that year now we're going to ask our payroll department to figure out whose pay we're going to claw back from and how much at the end of the year when they're already doing payrolls for the entire summer it is a workload issue on our staff that the people in Salem have no clue about and so I would encourage anybody who has any interest in it read the article in The Oregonian contact your local Senator your local representative because they'll be voting on it next if it passes the Senate um similarly there's another bill House Bill 3652 this is this is um the bill that would require school districts to bargain on class size
046when they're negotiating with their unions this is again an unfunded mandate in that if we are required we any District should be allowed to have that conversation with their teachers union or classified Union as as they need to with their people to have the state come in and say you must do this gives a a lever the union side of the negotiation it is simply unfair in my opinion um and the the financial ramifications are not insignificant if we are going to reduce class sizes and I would love to reduce class sizes right um but it means adding teachers and adding teachers is an incredibly expensive investment and legislators always manage to forget that part of the equation I'm perfectly happy to to have the staff there to do this work but for God's sake
047give us the money to do it don't make me Rob from over here in my budget to pay for it over here just because you said over here is more important you don't even know what's over here you don't know that this is maybe more important than this so there was Al an conveniently um an editorial in the Sunday Oregonian about House Bill um uh rather sharply titled uh legislators need a math lesson and I would encourage anybody to read that one as well and I think I'll stop at this point Thank you thank you there is a lot going on so I appreciate that that report anyone director W thank you so much um and I'm also concerned about the budget I think local governments are all having less Revenue with this inflationary environment
048and um somehow that doesn't seem to be getting addressed and over time I think it'll be a bigger and bigger problem um I know we do have a little bit of um development happening in our district and so that'll bring up our enrollment at least um over the next few years and I think that'll be putting us in a little bit better position than districts that are only having declining enrollments with changing demographics uh but that doesn't mean the state should just turn away from students if we have fewer young people attending our schools um as our population ages then we should be able to do a really good job for the students that remain and somehow we're not somehow we just don't seem to care um I'm tired of talking about it it's exhausting
049um and I appreciate the idea of balancing the budget um and maybe not having to look at it again but with changing demographics and an inflationary environment with no sign of stopping uh I don't see the end of this um and I think we should be um fully funding education not working around the margins not uh rebalancing a little bit between the bayum um not pretending that a little bit here or there is going to matter but like seriously making it a priority um doing some real tax reform or some real prioritization because this is the the margin the marginal return When you invest in education is so high uh compared to some other areas that are just uh trying to correct things after they've already uh become really problematic and so you know we
050have the opportunity to set our students on a positive successful path forward and somehow as a state we don't seem to think that's important it's real disappointment I know we can do better and I I hope to see that someday thank you so much Dr M I don't have much formal to say tonight I really appreciate um my colleagues advocacy um particularly the the formal advocacy that um some of my board colleagues do on the osba board and the legislative policy committee and um you know board members around the state get together and they well it's not as get together but they they go and Advocate um for funding and for um policy issues that are related to funding and the unfunded mandates and things like that and so um I think we're really lucky
051on this board um to have folks that do a lot of that work on behalf of the board and on behalf of all students in Oregon frankly um so thank you so much for for doing that work um and uh Dr Udo your um picture of yourself in the kindergarten room made me very envious as an early childhood educ educator myself um but I do have a visit to um California preschool coming up so I be um looking forward to that as well hanging out with the littles Is My Jam um I got to go to the um Chamber of Commerce dinner for excellence and business last Friday that was nice to um represent ttsd there and be among Business Leaders that was um I'm going to go see The Crucible at toal high school
052this weekend I've heard lovely things about that so we'll be excited to be there sorry Nathan I'm not going to the tired one to the toatin one I know i' see the look on your face um and I I do I have I do have a little skin in the game daughters but um and I and I know there's just there is a lot going on we all care very very much about what's happening at the state and federal level and um just appre appreciate the advocacy from the community as well and um and anything anybody can do including just reading articles that are in the news and being informed um as to what is actually happening um because sometimes that's different from what we hear thank you Vice chair uh I just want to
053Echo everybody sentiment I think that uh one of the things that I'm doing tomorrow is uh going up to the legislature and advocating for um you know funding as well as for all the others bills that um were recently talked about by by you guys uh I'm going to do that through the kosa um Coalition of Oregon um superintendent and administrators uh members of color as well as uh the osba um um caucus members of color caucus and so we're doing that um tomorrow and hopefully we can talk to some uh some people in the legislature and get our point across that uh we need better funding all right I will be brief and is and bring us home I had the 3bs also the boundary budget the bond um and the one thing that
054I wanted to say because I've had some conversations relative to the bond um is you know I think and this was newer to me as I had kids in education in public school or was on the board or different hats that I was wearing when I was a teacher um I think it's it's easy to um at the kind of outet feel like wait we're going out for this Bond but and we need this money but we have this budget shortfall and so we're laying off and so I just um and I had several friends and um some community members ask that just ask that question sort of like how that all works and so you know the the easiest way that I learned it because we also just had the levy that was overwhelmingly
055passed by this community which was wonderful and so the levies are for learning so that's like the teachers and and that kind of and staff the the bonds are for uh like buildings um and that can also mean curriculum and technology and so it's just important to understand we are lucky in that we have a community where time and time again when we go out for the bond they support those because um there aren't as as we know from our current budget situation I don't think of I don't think I could name a school or a district that would say oh we need a new school built good thing we have that $72 million in our budget to build that um that just doesn't happen and so that is really how we um are able
056to have um you know get buildings right have seismic repairs get safety measures in place have the vules in all of our elementary schools a lot of the safety security pieces all of our technology and curriculum um and so it's really these sort of different buckets and so we really need that it's not to backfill what we can't do in terms of our current budget this is really alongside here's how we get um buildings that are appropriate um and safe and good learning spaces for our kiddos and so I just kind of wanted to do a quick fa on that because it had come up um also attended the twon chamber one fun thing was it was a business meeting so kind of the Excellence of business but I would say at least half of
057the businesses director miles was there as well as she said really talked about how they um had some sort of relationship with ttsd um in some way and had really come alongside Us in different types of work or visits or whatever and so I just really thought that was telling of sort of how we are within our different communities and thought that was really special and then finally there have been a lot of questions around these dear colleague letters um and sort of what the the law is and so there was a letter that came out um that the osba crafted and I'm just going to read a little tiny bit of it just so that we all are really clear um because I think it's important that we understand where the law is how
058it has not changed and how we will continue to run our business as usual which is centering um all students um centering inclusion and centering equity and centering diversity in all the things that we're doing um so the letter reads recent Communications from the US Department of Education and the Trump Administration have created confusion across the country the laws have not changed though we know School leaders fear loss of funding but we are still required to follow current state and federal law it is important to remember that executive orders and dear colleague letters are not laws and do not require schools to eliminate programs they have been lawfully operating according to the US justice department Bureau of Justice assistance executive orders are federal government management documents from the president if there is a conflict between
059an executive order and the US Constitution or an existing federal law the US Constitution and existing federal law Prevail dear colleague letters provide guidance from an agency about how it will interpret a law but the letter itself is not legally enforceable that is for the courts to decide so I just wanted to kind of level set that I thought that was a really wonderful clear way to put that so that we really understand how we moving forward and that's all I have um so next up we have public comment so um what I'll do really briefly is kind of go over um the lay of the land in terms of public comment sort of the the rules and the guidelines and the expectations um and then I everybody will have three minutes I will call
060folks up one at a time I have my little list here um and and we'll go from there um so really quickly um after being recognized by the board chair the person who has been called up will identify themselves with their full name and zip code of residents public comments are shared with the board during the public comment portions of the meeting and are limited to three minutes your comment should be brief and concise Please be aware that the time will start once you have provided your name and zip code a group of visitors with a common purpose should designate a spokesperson for the group you may also submit written comment in which we have some um tonight which will be read by the board and become part of of the public record including the
061meeting minutes but it 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 if the current public comment agenda item exceeds 30 minutes the period may be extended at the discretion of the chair to ensure all ttsd students and parents are heard uh board members will not respond to public comments this is a time for members of the public to express their views so this is important because we are not being stoic or sort of not wanting to say something it's simply how how we run business in that way and so I just want folks to understand when we don't say anything in return that's just part
062of the process um and we will always um and often follow up with folks after the fact and finally this ttsd is no place for bias or hate there will not be profanity nor language that minimizes or causes harm to anyone else's identity per policy ACC such language is used the speaker will forfeit the remainder of their time and be removed from the meeting so with that we always have students go first um and so first up I have CA M and if you want someone to come up yep come up here with you did I pronounce your name correct perfect okay hello my hello my name Isa I'm a cool I I am a my zip code is 97224 hello my name is s sh mle I am 8 years old in second grade
063at Mary Woodward I'm here to to I'm here to ask you to reconsider your decision to change the the boundaries for my school I would like to read a poem by Mr Rogers that is the reason why I think you should not change the boundaries it is called love is people love is people love is people needing people love is people caring for people that is love loves a little child sharing with another loves a brave man daring to liberate for his brother love is people people love is people needing people love is people caring for people that is love and though some have costly treasure it never seems to measure up to people needing people caring for people for that's love love is people people love Mr Rogers stands that Community is important putting
064our best interest first means protecting Community like the moms who throw parties do art lit and make our school so special Miss Paxon Miss tigner Marena and Miss Maria Elena and Joe make our garden One of a Kind Miss Cox and Miss W Who announc The Soaring Eagle and they help other other people who need it Mr Nill because a lot of the times he cheers everyone on all my friends because they are nice to me and all the bad days we just try our best miss miss m try Miss langu Miss R Miss Al the way of teach Miss mull the music teacher and Miss Mimi the gym teacher they all know my older sister too I hope my little sister gets to have them Community is important because Love's people and Mary Woodward
065are my people that was very brave and courageous sersa thank you all right next we have Catherine slel we can't com is it just one speech and you'll just come up here together yes that's perfect for three minutes perfect thank you has the time started nope once you give your name and zip code then we will start that time so you can thank very get settled okay hello Katie do you want to practice all right standing okay my name is Julie slagel ours and this is my daughter Katie slagel our ZIP code is 97132 for 3 years we chose Mary Woodward not just as a school but as a home this community is at risk my name is Julie I am a mother I am a Community member and today I'm an advocate for students
066who deserve stability I ask you to reconsider these rushed transfers if balancing jections comes at a cost of student wellbeing is it worth it after an unexpected move my daughter hoped for a transfer to stay at Mary Woodward her Beloved School a place of stability when the decision came I lost my job and her request was denied in the same phone call she sat behind me in the car listening as that hope slipped away I asked if there's anything I could do I was told no no options no mention of mckenny vento it was our community that pointed me to to mckenny vento a law that protects students from school instability because of them she stayed families from Mary Woodward will be transferred twice this info was not front and center why parents who fought
067for stability through a global pandemic are now being asked to force another disruption and yet you're expecting them to trust you with millions in bond funding you say you're listening some examples of the listening a disorganized meeting leading with a condescending slide on the grief cycle and a fractured listening session we are grieving this move but we are also grieving the trust I will lend this to my daughter now it almost happened to me I felt hurt when I found found out I couldn't go back I would miss my teachers my friends and just the whole school kids shouldn't have to leave their friends it's scared to start over when you don't want to please don't make other kids feel the way I did we understand the urgency of this National Education crisis but trust
068in this district is hanging by a threat schools are struggling and hard choices must be made moving forward without trust can only end in disaster will you work with us for real solutions or let children bear the cost of Rush decisions I am challenging you to lead with integrity and if not you are risking losing the trust of the families userve Katie thank you so much job Katie thank you [Applause] all right next we have f mle my name is Fawn M and my zip code is 97224 hello my name is B mol I'm a licensed clinical social worker and mother of three I'm here today to express my deep concern about the propos proposal presented to move children from Mary Woodward to Art R we moved to Mary Woodward when our autistic daughter entered
069kindergarten as it was known for a principal and staff who valued inclusion creativity and kindness it has it has been our community for over six years now the casy foundation 2024 kids count report and Mental Health America studies show Oregon Youth have the highest rates of experiencing suicidal thoughts and are most oppressed in the nation we are the second highest for youth with substance abuse issues and have high rates of declining reading and math proficiencies we rank second to last for youth who are flourishing this is a crisis I understand you all are tasked with a difficult decision of how to redistribute students a task I do not envy however at this time what has been presented to Mary Woodward does not take into account the negative mental health impact that multiple moves have on
070children nor the negative academic impact this plan of two Force transitions transferring to R in then leaving their peers once again to return to Fowler for Middle School puts these kids at an even higher risk for social emotional and academic issues this won't be the for first Force moved for so many kids just three years after the global covid-19 pandemic many of these students were not able to learn essential social and academic skills due to lack of access to prechool or delayed early interventions due to that pandemic when Mary Woodward transfer students will be forced to leave their peers because they feed into Fowler while the rest of rucken feeds into toity the research is clear that they will surely suffer great consequences research shows academic success in school is more likely among students who
071form social relationships within the school and attachment to a specific school has consistently predicted better student outcomes research also shows social social integration is an important facet of continued persistence and succeeding in school in success in school schooling AKA Mobility is linked to high likelihood of increased Dropout later on when the Beaverton School District decided to close schools due to attrition the community was outraged instead of forging on they paused for 18 months and created a strategy to engage the community in problem solving I am begging ttsd to follow suit this plan comes across as reactionary and it's and it is certainly not one that was Community or trauma informed it will cause harm mentally socially and academically and there is a wealth of research to back this claim it will result in even more
072attrition the three M can yep and you if you give us a copy of that we'll put the rest so it's all in the minutes I appreciate that thank you and finally we have Bethany Gibson Bethany Gibson zip code 97223 when I first moved into my home there was nothing but open Farm L behind us the rack ber Farm when our son was born we learned a new school was going to be built in the River Terrace development going in behind us that was so exciting a new school close by for a child to go to unfortunately when he started kindergarten the school wasn't finished yet and we learned that despite being the farthest you could get from the school we were zoned for Mary Woodward it was upsetting because we knew other schools besides
073this one were closer due to Transportation Logistics with two working parents it was not feasible to request enrollment at rein once it had opened or at another closer School the School boundaries as they are barely seem designed with distance from the school or neighborhood proximity in mind of course there are valid reasons for this including varying population densities and an avoidance of Crossing major roads Mary Woodward's current boundary however also seems to have been set up to provide continuity and stability for Alberta Ryder with no regard for the long bus rides elementary school kids were sub were then subject to to get to Mary Woodward while this change out of Mary Woodward is upsetting because we have grown to love the community there it is also exting to move to a school in our neighborhood
074my son was very anxious about the potential change he asked a few questions about the boundary and why it was like it was and then he has to see a map of where we are versus ART rutkin versus Mary Woodward he immediately saw that it was closer and is very excited about potentially walking to and from school this fall he actually walked it three times this weekend he can do it in under 30 minutes and I'm probably going to be a crossing guard this fall when it happens what we are not happy about is what feels like like very late notice of the proposed changes I know that this boundary discussion has been in the works for well over a year I have an email I sent Mr Nill in September 2023 volunteering for the
075boundary committee that he announced at the back to school night that month with the B future boundary changes for other schools very likely in the near future I strongly recommend that the board and Boundary committee communicate earlier and more frequently with the impact of families and schools of the proposed changes thank you so much all all right thank you everyone for your public comments um that closes that portion of our meeting and we will move on to our first reports and discussion items which is our reports on sort of what we learned about in the work session around the first semester educational outcomes and grab rats so I will open the floor to thoughts and comments D Mouse um 30 minutes was not enough um we uh and I'm not saying that to blame anybody
076I'm just saying we could have absorbed a lot a lot more I could have you know sat and and listened to um to our folks who put together such valuable and um wonderful sets of data and who really uh dig deeply to to talk about what we're learning what we're seeing in in classrooms throughout schools um I appreciate and I always appreciate the fact that our staff is willing to um reflect on Trends both positive and negative I've said this before um you we all know this but research shows that districts that are willing to reflect not just on positive data but on negative data Trends too that positively impact student outcomes because you're looking at what is real and so as we looked at data about um about discipline and about achievement and it
077was broken down um by groups of students and disaggregated for us um there are things that have improved there are things that are holding steady there are things that still um need work and are progressing um there was a piece at the end that really struck me um that director kinch talked about and um it was about um effective classrooms and there were four pieces to that and she said something about you know sometimes we overthink things and it really can be boiled down to some simple some simple things and what they saw in this this effective classroom piece was research-based practices teachers engaging students teachers engaging families and teacher Collective efficacy which is that belief between teachers that that teachers can do it together that they all believe in each other and not to
078say that there are not you know more complicated things and and deeper things but that those four things showing up as being parts of effective classrooms was just really like yeah I mean this is this is what we do and um and so it was really wonderful to hear just that snippet and like I said we could have listened to a lot more I look forward to you know having more updates um and uh really appreciate our staff for for bringing us data throughout the year it's great to have updates throughout the year and and so thank you very much to everybody who was part of that I'll Echo all of that I really appreciate that our staff shows us The Good the Bad and the Ugly um the good is really nice to see
079um but the Bad and the Ugly are important to see too um because we need to figure out what we can do differently um and I think that's one of the things that this District does really well is when we're presented with a problem we take a good hard look at it and figure out what is the best way to fix it to to make it the best that we can it's never easy it is invariably going to make somebody cross somewhere along the line but we always look at what's best for the most kids right what's best for all of our kids collectively and that's the hardest thing I think about school board work is looking at all of the kids not just my own one child um the data that we saw tonight
080um I said it earlier I'll say it again since we have a public audience now one of the things I'm most proud of is the fact that the achievement Gap over the last three years between our um our underserved students of color and our average student population that Gap in achievement has consistently gotten smaller we're moving in the right direction and I'm incredibly proud of this district for doing that and I think doing that at a time when we're being asked more to do more and more by the state and given no more money to do it is a Real Testament to the the Personnel of this district and how hard they work and how amazing our kids are thank you Dr High Dr won good I'll just finish by again reiterating the the amount
081of work and data that that that our team put together was again I my first comment was like I have a lot to process here um but that's good and um and I think that you know one of the things sort of when I have the board hat on and and also kind of like the teacher hat on is like these are kind of for us this data is sort of like these for formative assessments for the district right like we are looking how we are doing along the way instead of looking at the end and seeing like well we missed the bark and all those places and it's too late to do anything um and so I have always appreciated how we have been very like director res me said very upfront and honest
082about where we have um sort of not made the growth that we thought we were going to make or miss the mark and I remember specifically I think two years ago sitting in a work session and some of the High School principles we were looking at data and it was sort of like we thought there was going to be a totally different outcome than there like it was very surprising we put these things into place um and and we tried it and we it was really shocking and so what do instead of Bel laboring it um and kind of thinking about like there must be something wrong with the data or there must you know we we went back to work to kind of figure out well then what other barriers were in play what
083other factors were we not taking into account and like considered um continued to like do the work and and deep dive and kind of look at those root cause analyses in terms of those problems and so I appreciate that because there are some areas where we really really need to keep working um and so I appreciate the conversations and I appreciate the honing of um you know being able to really focus on what director Miles said these kind of four core things and once we have everybody sort of working in in those mindsets um in terms of teachers in their classrooms and how is learning happening and how are we gauging that um all the other pieces are starting to fall into place and we aren't kind of waiting for things we're really continuing to
084take that action and making sure that it's doing what we thought and I appreciate that and I think that is unique and um in this District where we're really that action piece is really um unique that we are kind of continually taking a look at what we're doing and how we need to recalibrate so I appreciate all the work on that thank you you want say I just want to say something I'm sorry I normally normally you have the last word um I just want to say that uh with regard to this work session um on our team and within this District before I arrived uh transparency and account accountability is really important and so um I just want to say Kudos not only to the team who brought the report to you and gave
085you unfiltered view of where we're doing well the way that we're rebounding with attendance um the way that we are surpassing State averages on Ninth Grade on track by engaging students and helping students finish strong those are areas that we're really proud of and then we also own and are hard at work at closing the gaps in areas that that stand out to us um that's our English graduation rates for and four years for English language learning population um and that's looking at disproportional discipline among certain groups those are things that we're continuing to do systems checks to improve on as well U we won't be satisfied until we close those gaps until we um fix those systems but again I I do want to just give a kudos to um the team for leaning
086in and also for our building leaders and our teachers they're the ones who drive this work and so again um we're just glad that we're able to bring this data to you um Midway through the year I think having key performance indicators through the year is again a way that we can show accountability in a functional way that helps student outcomes thank you thank you all right and with that we'll move on to our second report and discussion item which is buz budget assumptions with the director C good evening board memb student reps and superintendent Udo Sena um in the board packet we have a rather lengthy document detailing some of the Baseline assumptions will be including in the 2025 26 budget so I'm going to talk a little bit more about this B item
087for just a few minutes and share some highlights about metrics that may have significantly changed from the prior year or um play a significant part in the district's costs or Revenue assumptions next slide so as I mentioned the report covered a variety of issues we're not going to revisit all of these but if the community wanted to review the memo this is included in the board packet next slide so overall we reference the most recently available economic and revenue forecast which was released in March this was prior to any federal announcements made last week that would have um impacted the economy but overall the report noted that both the national and state economy was on sound footing but that there were several components of economic projections which would be directly impacted by any federal policy
088changes which is typical when there's a transition in leadership specifically Oregon was um called out as having a potential vulnerability because of the out sized role that um export Industries play in our state economy and with those exports being subject to tariffs that could have a negative impact on Revenue it also noted that our population growth will most likely rely on net migration which means that people are moving into the state and we've tended to see that with lower birth rates finally I know everyone's typically interested in the kicker so for consistency sake the economic report refers to things in millions but the personal kicker is estimated to be about 1726 billion and then the corporate kicker is estimated to be about $993 million that is earmarked for education but I want to point out
089that it's not just um it's not an additional amount that has to be passed on to education it can be embedded into the revenue resources and so it's not necessarily a true add to the budget next slide our major Revenue assumption is related to the K12 public education allocation um that is estim or at least proposed in the governor's budget to be 11.3 billion but as it was mentioned earlier tonight we in recent weeks have realized that that might not necessarily be a floor for the co-chairs to make a recommendation as is typical during the banal budget we'll recognize 49 % of our allocation in the first year with 51% occurring in the second year to account for cost um escalation next slide our enrollment is the major driver as to how much funding we'll
090receive and our fall ADM estimate is 11,25 students which is a decline from the current year accordingly we'll receive no fault funding and receive funding based off of our 2024 25 enrollment numbers next slide another um significant component of our budget are our pension costs this was shared with the board I believe in either our an October or November Financial update here you'll see the rates that we're paying for the current bium for both tier one two and obser employees and the proposed increases so each um category of employees is seeing in a rate a 3% increase but as the memo detailed the percent percentage effect of that increase is actually um increasing those cost Lines by at least 15% next slide we have current agreements with all but um one employee Group which is
091classified they're going through negotiations this spring but for all of the other employee groups we have a 3.4% agreed upon increase in health insurance per month and so that monthly cap will increase from 2,1 $24 a month to $2,196 per month next slide um CPI for the last year for 2024 was actually 3% and as we look at other contracted Services we'll really look at industry Trends and sometimes notifications from vendors to budget incre to increase the budget one thing I specifically want to call out is that we're expecting a 20% increase in our property and liability insurance that's tied to specifically on the property side worldwide um losses but Oregon unfortunately has some hyperlocal losses related to wildfires and so that impacts our risk category and similarly liability insurance um is also increasing because
092of Statewide claims next slide our local option Levy which um chair Irvin referred to was passed by the community this last fall and will increase for will um be in effect for the next five years we are however seeing compression and so what you'll see um in the memo is that we're noting or estimating that this year's local option Levy the revenues are increasing by about a 100 about $159,000 year-over-year compare that to the 20 223 to 2324 year where local option Levy revenues increased by half a million dollars so we're really seeing to um we're really seeing the impact of compression on local option Levy due to home sales and having um assessed rates reset and real Market rates reset next slide I believe okay I think that's it actually so those are the
093significant changes we'll be considering as we put the budget together like superintendent Udo sen mentioned we'll be here next month with a more detailed work session and as well as just the actual budget in May are there any questions so when we do receive the co-chairs budget which I think is going to be the end of March March 22nd something like that yeah um will we will you you're G to be doing the work will you be rejiggering the budget um projections at that time or okay yeah we'll um be in discussion with superintendent and we have the we have a methodology which we're able to reestimate our state school fund estimate based off of the co-chair budget and also the pulse on the legisl so yeah we'll try to bring you a budget put
094together in good faith with what we believe will actually manifest by the end of June thank you that's okay yeah all right we are to our action items which is the 2526 draft calendar with director Reed and director Bailey okay superintendent Udo sen and board chair Irvin and members of board um over the last several weeks we have solicited feedback from um our licensed and classified staff administrators and parents uh throughout the community regarding two calendar options for the 2526 school year through conversations with uh Osa and TTA leadership and nearly 1,700 responses to a districtwide survey we are here tonight to present a proposed District calendar that minimizes midweek disruptions to learning for students honors our classified staff with a dedicated day for their professional development and attempts to create several extended weekends for
095students families and staff throughout the year while maintaining the first day of school occurring after the Memorial Day holiday uh for those of you that have been following along or saw the two drafts that were out there this is known as draft two um through the survey and um with one slight change from the first time that it came out in the board packet there was an update to the graduation date for ttva in the spring um so that it doesn't conflict with the graduation at Creekside Community High School and so we I will entertain any questions that you may have and clarification that that was supposed to be Labor Day or Labor Day thank you because if we're calendar this year on June 1 it's G be we're shaking it up flipping it around
096so I just wanted to double check um this 1,700 responses to a survey that's an amazing response we've never I don't think ever gotten that many responses so that's encouraging the the vast majority I'm hoping were in favor of this particular calendar over overwhelming yeah excellent some good questions for us to ponder as we continue to look at calendars in the future um and and talk about but overwhelmingly in support of moving the the the primary changes between the two the differences were um the moving the planning days to Fridays and Mondays and not having those Wednesday disruptions and bringing back the classified uh inservice day as a dedicated day just for them um like we used to do pre pandemic that was a big one I'd also like to point out to parents that
097we don't have the entire week at Thanksgiving off for students so please don't schedule week long vacations at Thanksgiving this year your kid needs to be at school on Monday director Weston thank you I just wanted to confirm the number of school years with the number of school days with this calendar compared to what we had previously it is the same I think it's 171 school days for kids um the exact same day that we've had um as long as I've been in the district someday I would like to have it be longer but at least it's not getting smaller you and me both well and I was just going to say having been in um you know conversations with our Union Partners um we got a lot of feedback during that time with and
098and it's nice seeing a lot of those preferences reflected in the classified day coming back some of those things reflected in this calendar so I think it's a very tricky Tetris puzzle to put together um so I appreciate everyone's work that went into this for sure Vice chair do you have words NOP all right one thing I I do want to add is that um this is something this is another time that we could point to a collaborative nature that we've had with our associations um we process this with them and get their input as well which is really important um as much as we can share how much we have a partnership with them in public I think is important also it it demonstrates um us going out to the community and really getting
099feedback from families and then acting on that feedback as well and I think just the outcome of having continuity for kids and then also investing in professional development of our staff is huge so thanks for the team for working on this with that all move to approve the proposed 2025 2026 District calendar is presented second motion is 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 any opposed motion carries we have a calendar start making our plans all right and that brings us to the end of our regular meeting so I will