001We are live. Yes. But I just got the call, the text message. Leave it in the morning. Yeah. >> Yakam for the trucks and then Matt. You ready to go? >> Yep. >> So, Roy, you're going to have to call us to order and swear kind of run the whole front end. >> You have a what we need to say. I thought I saw it, but [Music] >> Oh, for each one of them, right? Y let's call the meeting to order and flag salute behind us. >> In front of you in front of us right there. >> Oh well to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Sorry about that. That's how my world seems
002to roll anymore. Uh so the first part of the agenda is >> Noah. >> Yes sir. >> Let's start with you. How's that sound? >> Do we need to stand up or do anything? >> Yeah. >> Got to stand up and face each other to be official. >> Sounds good. It's probably easiest if you read the whole thing and then he reads it as he does it. >> Okay. Any elected or appointed board member to start there? >> Yeah. >> Must qualify by taking an oath of office before assuming the duties of office. Oath of office will be in the following form. I >> Noah Gler >> do solemnly swear to or affirm that I will support the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution of the State of Oregon and laws thereof and the
003policies the role my school district. I will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of the office of schoolboard member according to the best of my abilities during the term for which I have been appointed. >> Thank you. Welcome. >> Thank you. >> Is he gonna sign? >> I'll have everyone sign out later on, >> Justine. [Applause] >> We're good here. >> Um, do I need to read that first sentence also or can I? No, >> you can just go with it. >> Okay. Um I >> Justine >> do solemnly swear. Are they supposed to be repeating this? >> Yeah, they're supposed to actually repeat something. She can just read it after you read it. Yeah. >> Yeah, you just read it all and off. >> All right. Do solemnly swear or affirm that I will
004support the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution of the State of Oregon, and the laws thereof and the policies of the will of my school district. I will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of the office of schoolboard member according to the best of my ability during the term for which I have been appointed. >> I Justine Flynn do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution of the State of Oregon and laws thereof and the policies of the school district. I will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of the office of school board member according to the best of my ability during the term for which I have been appointed. Congratulations. >> Yeah, I can just read it if you want. >> I have to read it
005first, then she gets to read it. Okay. >> The official >> official. >> Okay. I, you do solemnly swear or affirm that I will support the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution of the State of Oregon, and the laws thereof and the policies of Willy School District. I will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of the office of school board member according to the best of my abilities during the term for which I have been appointed. I, Ivon Serado, do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution of the State of Oregon, and the laws thereof, and the policies of the Willamina School District. I will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of the office of school board member according to the best of my ability during the
006term for which I have appointed. >> Congratulations. >> Thank you. You're welcome. >> So, there was just a couple other items under board of education. Um, the certification of the May 20th election. Um, I included all that from the county for your review. We did certify those results. Um, I got that back to the county. It just shows how many votes everyone received and what district and and all that. So, um, we have all that information. And then I wanted to remind you all of the OSBA conference coming up in August, August 8th through the 10th. You don't have to attend every single day, but one day, um, Saturday is the biggest day. If anybody would like to attend that, uh, just get a hold of me as soon as possible. I can get you
007registered for that and get you on the, um, list to be be there. Uh, the next conference won't be until probably November, and that one's up in Portland. This one in um coming up in August is in Salem, so it's a little bit closer. So, if you're interested in that, just shoot me an email, call me, or um let me know at this meeting, and I will get you registered. >> And now we need to elect a chairman and vice chairman. Correct? >> Yes. >> Are there any nominations for chairman of the school board? Do you want to nominate Justine? >> Oh yeah, I'll nominate Justine. >> I'll second that. >> It's been properly moved and seconded to nominate Justine Flynn for the school board chairman for 25 26 year. Is there any discussion? >>
008Are you okay with that? >> Yeah. >> Okay. Um, all those in favor of electing Jeff Flynn to the board, please signify by saying I. >> I. I. >> I. >> Uh, any opposed? You don't have to. Yeah, you would. I also Okay. And now we'll turn it over to Justine to elect the vice chair. >> Yes. We just did the um so you just need to ask nomination for the vice chair. >> Oh, are there any nominations for vice chair of the women board for 2025 2026? >> Are you up for it? >> Me? No. Nominate me and I'll be vice chair. >> And I nominate Noah Ger to be vice chair. >> I second it. >> It's been moved and seconded as vice chair of Walmart school board. Are you okay with that?
009>> What does that entitle? >> So if I'm gone, will serve as chair. >> And what does the chair do? >> Just runs. >> Run lady. >> Okay. Well, I'm all new to this. Yeah. >> It's It's like one of the easiest things you'll ever do. >> Okay. >> Kind of sort of. >> That's good. >> Right. >> Yeah. Okay. >> All right. It's been moved and seconded that Noah Gart serve as Willow my school board vice chair for 2025 2026. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. I. >> Opposed. >> Abstensions. Motion carries. So then we'll have to do all of these. This is our um this is the procedures running our school year. And so each one of these motions have to be made individually. >> All right. >> So
010I move to bond the superintendent a $100,000 the deputy clerk a $100,000 and principles and secretaries under a blanket bond in the amount of 250,000. >> No. >> 25,000. Oh, 25 say 25,000 for the 2025 2026 fiscal year. >> Second. >> It's been moved and seconded to bond superintendent at $100,000, the deputy clerk at $100,000 and principles and secretaries under a blanket bond in the amount of $25,000 for the 2025 2026 fiscal year. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. I. All those opposed abstensions. Motion carries. Um I do. >> Yes, you can still. Okay, that's all right. >> The next one. >> I move to designate the superintendent as the chief administrator, custodian of funds, and budget officer for the W mining school district during the 2025 2026 fiscal year. I'll
011second that. It's been moved and seconded to designate the superintendent as the chief administrator, custodian of funds, and budget officer for the Warmind School District during the 2025 2026 fiscal year. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Opposed? >> Motion carries. I move to authorize the superintendent and building principles as district representatives to apply for and administer federal funds during the fiscal year. >> Second. >> It's been moved and seconded to authorize the superintendent and building principles as district representatives to apply for and administer federal funds during the 2025 2026 fiscal year. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. I. opposed. Motion carries. >> I move to designate Lisa Anderson and deputy clerk for the 2025 2026 fiscal year. >> Second. >> It's been moved and seconded to
012designate Lisa Anderson as deputy clerk for the 2025 2026 fiscal year. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. >> Opposed carries. I move to designate clear trial trails CPAs as the authorized a auditor for the willing school district during the 25 2026 fiscal year. >> Second >> been moved and seconded to designate Clear Trail CPAs as the auditor for the Willy School District during the 2025 2026 fiscal year. All those in favor signify by saying I. I >> opposed. Motion carries. I move to designate Bank of America, the local government investment pool, First Federal Savings and Loan, US Bank, and Wells Fargo Bank as depositories of funds for the Willamina School District during the 2025 2026 fiscal year. >> Second. It's been moved and seconded to designate Bank of America, the local government
013investment pool, First Federal Savings and Loan, US Bank, and Wells Fargo Bank as disposition or depository >> depositories of funds for the Will School District during the 2025 2026 fiscal year. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I oppose. >> Motion carries. I move to designate Wamtt ESD as general counsel for school legal services for the Wina school district for the 2025 2026 fiscal year. >> Second. >> It's been moved and seconded to designate Willina ES well ESD as general counsel for school legal services for the Wina school district for the 2025 2026 fiscal year. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Opposed? Motion carries. I move to approve all adopted board policies currently in use for the 2025 2026 fiscal year. >> Second. >> It's been moved and
014seconded to approve all adopted board policies currently in use for the 2025 2026 fiscal year. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Opposed? Motion carries. The next item, the next decision item is a outofstate travel request that's from the Willamina FFA chapter to attend the national convention in October. And they're just doing this a little early because they need to get started with fundraising events um to raise funds to be able to go. So, uh they want to be sure that that's approved before they start working on all that before they um start doing all the work for it. So, uh, we went ahead and put that in for a decision item, uh, for them to go out of state in October and attend national convention. >> I move to approve
015the request from the Wilmont FFA chapter to travel out of state to attend the National FFA Convention in October. >> I second that. >> It's been moved and seconded to approve the request from the Wilmont FFA chapter to travel out of state to attend the National FFA Convention in October. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. I opposed. Motion carries. I just want to say how exciting that is for them to go. >> They go last year. >> They're on it every other year. >> They're pretty thin. >> Yeah. >> Didn't they skip out of year? I think >> every Okay, next item is the consent agenda. >> I move to approve the consent agenda as presented. >> I second it. >> It's been moved and seconded to approve the consent agenda
016as presented. All those in favor signify by saying I >> I >> opposed. Motion carries and then so next is a superintendent report. Normally I would project my slides. Um, but we're lucky to have Renee back there doing the man behind the curtain or woman behind the curtain. So we're not going to monkey with anything right now. It's a short presentation, but uh, normally I'll have about a three slide presentation. There just things going on. So certainly welcome to our new board members. Um, we're excited to have you all on on the on the board with us. Um, I would like to probably when you get back, not anytime soon, but as soon as you get back, we'll get you a tour. Um, and if whenever you're in town, get with me and we'll get
017some time, spend a couple hours just talking through board stuff and give you a tour and answer any questions you got. Make sure you're introduced to people. Um, so you feel pretty comfortable with that. Justine kind of knows the ropes, but you know, in your role as president, I'll I'll make time to sit down so we can plan together. Uh because one of the things I'm really excited about this board is to um and as we kind of start to coales around the the school year um would love to sit down with the the bowl as the board as a whole and set some direction, set some goals. Um you know, we've done a lot of changes over the last year around achievement. Uh we got some new counseling things coming in. Um, so there's
018a lot of things in the works that are going on. Uh, but really would love to see kind of what is the vision of this group for two, three, four years down the road. We've got a lot of focus this year on on our construction bond. um you know and we hired a new high school middle school principal and we've you know we we've got a lot of changes but uh you know I think moving forward is really just uh you know trying to make sure that that you feel informed as board members but also um you know we are sharing information. One of the things we did last year uh is I had principles come through about twice during the year um kind of showing where our results were, showing improvements, showing areas that
019were lacking. Um and I don't know if that was helpful or I think it made for some interesting discussions for sure, but it seemed to be that was a piece that maybe had been lacking in the past. Um, but as board members and stewards of this of this system, you know, it's a $29 million budget and you know, it's like it's a serious serious deal and and voices matter. So, I want to make sure you have all the information you need. Um, and then kind of in that cycle, we also brought in some different programs. I think TJ TJ uh is our uh one of our shop teachers. Brenda is also out there in the in the red barn. um more on the other side, kind of the egg side and working on that. But
020um we just brought different programs in people wanted to see um you know we typically will have a representative Angie Fana from the tribe and then we'll also have our student leader um who is typically the head of our leadership. It's usually a senior person. Um and they they're a great voice to have at the table with us as well as we kind of talk through things. Um so we'll kind of get going on that. uh construction. We are back in the district office. It's uh came came out pretty darn nice and uh we feel pretty comfortable over there and glad everything's kind of put back together. Uh it was kind of a heavy lift for sure to get that. I want to give a shout out to Craig and the maintenance crew that kind
021of led the charge on that. Um we we did some things to kind of help particularly on the transportation side where it was taking all the weather and the water and that's where we had a lot of our our issues getting wet. So I think we've we've mitigated that. Um, you know, I want to take a moment just to make sure the board knows and one of our uh staff members, Kathy Spend Kathy Spencer, um, lost her house in a fire in Sheridan a week ago, I guess about now. >> On the fourth of July, >> fourth of July. Yeah. still lost her cars, lost means they're they're in the process of putting their lives back together, but >> I saw her poking around up here today and um you know, accessing school to get
022internet and a few things, you know, just kind of to function in that process. So, we'll be we'll be wrapping around her as as the summer goes on and making sure she's she's feeling the love and taken care of. Um summer school, we have various programs going. We have about 35 kids on campus at the elementary. Uh Heather uh at the high school is doing online credit recovery and so we're working on that. Um but high uh the elementary has a walking field trip this week. So every Thursday every week is a theme and every Thursday is a field trip that goes with that theme. So, they're doing they did a Hampton did last week uh they did a careers in your community kind of thing and they had folks come in and um do
023a whole presentation on what's going on out at the mill and what are the jobs and this week um they're doing uh more of a wildlife thing. So, they're going down to the pond Thursday and doing some things down there. And then the culminating grand finale is we're taking them all out to the coast to the aquarium. Um, and so we'll bust them out there and that'll be our final field trip for the summer school is uh going to the aquarium and and so we'll uh meet them out there and chaper on that one and make sure that we don't lose anybody to the otter the tank or something. So um but that's that's uh it's been a successful um run out there for sure. Um August 13th is our freshman orientation. Even though a
024lot of our kids metriculate up from eighth grade to ninth grade, high school's a little different beast. So we do a whole day of team building with staff and kids and our leadership crew uh leads that. So it's kids leading that. So we really form those connections. August 18th is our first day of fall practices for high school athletics. Um and so we'll be working on that. We'll also have registration starting to open up the 1 of August online, but then we'll do some support sessions throughout that week of the 13th. Uh making sure that people get um get their kids registered. Um you know, Lynn, our food service lady, continues to get recognized. If you read the bulletin last my last article, highlight that. um she just continues to knock it out of the
025park and uh is is frankly nationally recognized as a food service director and um you know it it's not just a bunch of fluff. actually happening in our schools and you know the things that they're doing are are pretty pretty interesting you know for kids and and how they um you know get kids feedback on taste and food and um you know but then they also have theme days where I don't know they wear Batman suits and all it gets pretty crazy in there and then probably my biggest learning last year I spent all my career trying to keep kids quiet in a cafeteria and then one today they're in there and it's a Taylor Swift sing along and the whole place was just rocking and I'm like kids are into it. They're at their
026seats but it was like I I've been doing it all wrong. So, uh she just does a great job with that. Uh Thursday we have some new furniture coming for our high school, three classrooms and then that commons area out uh in the where the students are where the copy and pot machines are. Um and it we had a little extra money um in one of our grants. So we went ahead and outfitted those. Um but we have furniture in our high school that came from the old high school. One chair is dated has a date on it of 1956. Um so it's well constructed. Um I've actually decided I'm going to grab it and keep it as like an antique. Um but uh you know we have some upgrades to do and it'll it'll
027it'll make it a nicer learning environment for our students and you know Craig's done a great job of kind of working his way through the elementary but this grant was high school specific so I I kind of went there. the commons area furniture is kind of more I want to say Starbucks PB stroy kind of tables uh stools where um you know it's it's I want to I want to see how well a it holds up and b how little kids take care of it. I kind of pregamed them a little bit around. I'm going to put this in here and depending on how it goes in the next year, you know, depends on what I put in our new construction uh when we get there. It's fine if it's made out of iron or
028if it's actually going to have padding or no, you know, but I think uh you know, I I'm of the belief that you give kids uh quality things and and ask them to take care of it, they do a really good job with it. If you put garage sale kitchen tables in a commons area, then they're going to treat them like a garage sale kitchen table and you know it's not taken care of as well. So um hopefully hopefully that plays true. Um we are hiring um uh we did find uh a sped teacher for that program uh that we talked about and then I'm our new uh women's basketball coach happens to be a special ed teacher as well. Uh so um we have the opportunity through a couple resignation or a resignation and
029a movement in the last week that I may fill those spots and shift those over into our special education area. So we'll be staffed about right finally in special ed because special ed is if you find them you hire them and then uh you know use them as a multi-talent because they're good people. So other than that you see a lot of summer maintenance going on around here. We got new concrete going in for some of the sidewalks that won't be torn up during our construction. Um, we got concrete pores going down below. Um, yeah. So, lots going on. You know, we've, uh, we've got a a lot of things that we're buttoning up, lots of painting going on throughout the building. Um, and just making sure we're ready to go here for the next
030in about a month. Any thoughts or questions on any of those? We got >> Thank you for finding a Spanish teacher. >> Oh yeah. Well, yeah. We have a >> that was a good find. >> As new as new board members, um we had online foreign language and so a that's one of the toughest things to do online. B it's really not quality. Um so we hired a we found a gentleman who is uh high energy and is pretty exciting guy and so he will be here. Um, but he also one of his one of his uh questions in his interview is, "I'll take this job as long as you consider letting me take kids on the road." Um, you know, and he has he actually personally owns houses in Chile, Ecuador, and has done
031this taking kids abroad. >> So, I would expect he'll he'll be trying to figure out how to do that with some of our kids. Um, but he also he doubles down is also a French teacher. So, >> I don't know if we're going to we we've only we're only offering Spanish. So, we got to get that going and get kids kind of caught up. Um, but, uh, you know, I think I think he's fun energy and I'm anxious to see him in front of kids. He's he's a character for sure. >> Number two was shout out to Lynn again. Yeah, >> she was awesome during >> during the pancakes >> pancake feed and good lord I I came in at 6 and she'd already had gotten the tables out and she was just amazing. Signs
032were out and she was here at the end when I came back to help get things finished up and buttoned up and she's a rock star. >> Yeah. >> The last one is Greg Leno will be retiring from the tribe this year, he tells me. But some of those old chairs that are like in the egg rooms, we were actually got a bunch of those probably 15 years ago or so. And he made he got us the uh bleachers, those aluminum bleachers, six sets of bleachers that they used at the mud rags and then the Fourth of July activities for the logging show and the fireworks. And then they're going to go back when Craig gets a little time. They're gonna go back. They're doing another mud drag in September and they'll be safe down
033there because Greg's like with all the construction >> be nice to have. >> Not a lot of room here, but it'll be a great secure location. >> Yeah. >> Until we get them moved up. So that was awesome. >> Good. >> So, thank you to Greg. Might not be a bad thing to just He's taking care of us. and he goes, "Well, I'm not sure that the next person will have that vision, but being a local guy, you know, hopefully he'll pass the word on a little bit." Anyway, >> how long has Lind been here? >> I don't know. >> She left for a little bit, went to North Bend, >> but before that, I would say well on 20 years. >> Yeah, probably. So, tribal report. >> No, Angie, I talked to you today
034and she was unavailable tonight. >> Um, so next we'll move to audience time. Citizen input on non-aggenda items shall be three minutes per person, 30 minutes per item. Citizen input on agenda items will occur after the board discussion and for a vote. Speakers may provide objective comments or criticism of district's operations and programs for complaint about individuals. The district has a board policy and complaint process. Please contact district office for guidance on filing a any audience input. Okay. Um then reports and discussion. So the HMK update >> um yeah you have this in your packet. So, every board meeting uh starting next month, we'll have one of their representatives in in the house to talk kind of where we're at. Right now, we are in in schematic design. Um and we've met with them a
035couple times. We have another meeting later on this month, uh where we'll look at kind of their renditions. Um, you know, we we dreamt big the first two meetings and now they're trying to narrow us down to let's make that an alternate and decide if you can afford that once we get pricing. Uh, we're on schedule to go to bid in right after the first of the year. So, the end of December, first part of January. So, um, they're they're looking now and working with our our we did a CMGC. Um, so we've already selected our contractor in Triple Wellman. So the the designer and the contractor are working together for efficiencies. Um and so we'll start to see recommendations coming out of that. Um so yeah, we've kind of given them all our ideas
036and hopes and they've gone away to uh come back with some design features. Lots of security issues in that. Um if you look at our hallways, um you actually cross a hallway to get to a main office. I think we talked about that the other night, you know, and and it's now you've really got to channel people into an area to for security vestibules and things like that. Um, you know, our campus is is a a gorgeous campus, but it it feels more like a little community college just because there's so many outbuildings and different things. Um, so we're really working on on how to best secure. our kids are doing pretty good of uh tolerating, you know, ringing to get into a door if they're in between classes, things like that from the outside
037in. Um once you're in, then they they move pretty freely in that process. Um but we we do have some security challenges we want to address with this. Um and depending on cost, um that'll dictate how far we go with that. But right now, we're slated to have um at least a culinary lab, which will double with our coffee business. So, that'll be part of that culinary lab. And that culinary lab has a big rollup door that goes out to a a courtyard, if you can envision by the art room, uh and music room. I was hoping for a new music room, but uh our ceiling's too low in our existing music room to get any ducting in there for a culinary in that spot. Um, so then we'll have like three or four classrooms
038down through there and then an outdoor learning space with with some kind of cover um, you know, to mitigate either rain or sun or whatever happens to be happening at the time, which will be >> more so rain around here, you know, and we talked about it, but you know, our kids sit, you know, like out by TJ's shop at lunch, it can be drizzling and they just sit there and I mean that sounds bad, but our kids are so used to being in the moisture that, you know, if it's not a downpour, it really doesn't affect them. Um, but I want to give them a nice kind of place to gather. Um, and also, you know, if a teacher wants to take a group of kids outside and do something or if they're doing
039a class play or something, um, it could be a great venue for that as well. um the rollup door on the on the culinary with the concept there was you know if we're doing something like before a ball game either in the gym or um you know at the field or a track event um it's in a decent proximity and you have can have some outdoor seating things like that for people to gather and we'll just see where that goes but I think that it helps us kind of valid or it gives us a good prep kitchen space and a place to do instruction so then if we take our truck on the road. Um then it really kind of dubtales nicely with that. Um you know, so I think it'll add add some more
040opportunities for kids and some community exposure in that and uh we were not trying to teach culinary to 15 kids in a in a 10 square foot area. That's just not a safe conducive way to do it. Um so yeah, I think I think we've got the vision. Um, we also, um, again are trying to meet with every high school family, um, between now and October, uh, as they come on with our counseling program that we're trying to re revamp a little bit and we double down and and hire an additional counselor in that as well. So, lots of lots of moving parts that um you know, we've we got got a lot of things going on, but I think it's all good stuff. >> Will there be a covered space by the middle school?
041I know they don't allow them in. >> Actually, we just uh put that out to bid um last week on the front. >> Sure. >> Yeah. >> I was kind of missed when they built it. >> Yeah. Um, so the hope is that we can put like a like almost like what's out here except attached to the building that looks like it belongs there. >> And then if we redo this one, my goal is to put that take this cardboard structure and bring it over there between the gym and the end of that building. >> Right. That's originally, but now that the middle school's down farther, I wasn't sure what. >> Yeah. So, we may have two covered areas outside that middle school, which will help a ton. So, >> we do get more rain
042than sunshine, I believe. >> Yeah. No, Greg and I have been kind of working through all those. >> Next is the ODA requirements report. >> Yeah, I think u I put this in here because rarely do we get positive news from the state. Um but really this gives us um just kind of an overview. It gives you an overview of how our our um programs that uh work with our students with disabilities are performing. So we had nine out of 10 points which meets requirement. We do have a couple areas in there that um for whatever reason we were non-compliant. My cues and I go back and look at those. Um but typically it's because we delayed a staffing because either family weren't available or you know something happened. So um you know I watch
043this um these are 22 23 data points so it's kind of tough to go back and and dig those up as far as what really happened but um you know I will take a meets in our special education areas anytime we can get it in that process. But um you know we monitor that and they monitor us and so uh that's exciting to get that news. >> Future agenda items goal session for August which is what you were referring to earlier, right? >> Yeah. And we can do that a couple ways. Um, you know, we can depending on how how deep we want to get into that um goal setting. Um, you know, we can schedule some time and bring somebody in to work with us for a couple hours over time, you know, different
044times. We can, um, you know, we can take a day and just really hammer it down and just kind of really get to know and understand. Um, typically sometimes you can include uh principles in that, you know, so that they hear the discussion and be available for input and answering questions. Um, but maybe you and I can get together and and figure out what our best strategy is. And um, like, no, I don't know your schedule. I do you I know you said you travel a lot. Is is there you said two like half your month is on the road. >> Yeah, probably three weeks of my month is on the road. >> Yeah. So, >> um, I've had boards go evening, a couple evenings. I've had boards go like on a Saturday or Friday.
045Whatever works, I'm I'll I'll make work. But Justine and I'll kind of get together and throw out some options. Um, if anybody's going to that uh OSBA training, it might be good to do it after that. Um, you know, just because we'll pick stuff up. Um, if anybody's going, I I would join and go so you don't have to go by yourself. Um, >> it's always good for me to hear. >> It's been tossed down about six o' and I don't >> Well, and and that's the other deal is we talked about changing our our meeting times to earlier in the day. >> But sometimes depends on your work schedules and >> I like I like earlier, but working that's different. six work for you or >> uh six if you're in town? >> As
046long as I'm in town. >> Yeah. >> You know, six is fine. Seven is great. >> Yeah. >> Just remember if we have an executive session or a special session that's called before that meeting, that bumps us up to like five. And so that's about >> the earliest that a lot of people can get here. So >> that's true. If >> we ever do that to you, we'll bring boot >> six or seven. Okay. So, we'll we'll have our a meeting calendar on our next agenda. We'll we'll make note to to look at some different times. The other thing we could do, um it's not the most ideal, but I have had boards that will do the executive session after the regular session, which sometimes depending on how late the end of that meeting is,
047you know, you you don't make very good decisions. >> People are tired. And I'll try to zoom in. I mean, I'm leaving tomorrow and the last couple years I haven't been back till October. So, when we had cell service, um, I would zoom in and mute me. So, I'll just tell you how that goes. And I don't know if that's an option with you. You have when you're out, you can zoom in, too. Yeah, that that's a possibility. Yeah, >> there are options. >> Oh, yeah. >> Last half hour I was running through. >> Just be sure you let me know within 24 hours if you're not going to be at the meeting um either by Zoom or even in person so that I can be sure that we still have a forum of people
048here. >> When you travel, do you travel with a laptop that you can a camera? >> Uh I do have a laptop. Yes. That I travel. >> Otherwise, we'd send a Chromebook on, >> right? But it's a work laptop, so I don't know if they'd like that. >> Well, if you need a device to take with um just get with us and lady behind the curtain will give you one to take on the road. Make sure the lady behind the curtain. >> What's that? >> Yeah. >> Technology lady. >> Yes. Okay. >> Next is food service RFP extension for 2025 2026. >> That'll be in the next agenda as well. So future And that is all for our agenda. >> There any other topics that new board members would like to have information on or
049it's all just kind of new right now? But you know, our hope is to make our agendas kind of answer curiosities that you all have around learning and kids and programs and you know, so if you have things once we get rolling, don't be shy about. Um, >> yeah, I'm really interested in reading and how how the kids are achieving in that area. >> Okay. Well, good. You're going to love uh you love our principal cycle that we do because a lot of it focuses around literacy scores, either formative and summitative assessments and different things. >> Okay. But my my only hope is and I think you've done a little bit of that but like you had a group a committee for just idea ideas and with HMK you know just making sure that we
050don't end up with community members going wow why is that happening you know just more input I think is always good especially in the beginning I think you're trying to do that so >> yeah well and uh you know just today I stumbled upon a a potential partnership with our tribe um with early childhood and even though we don't have early childhood on our campus um talked with Angela about how to maybe partner on some staffing and things like that that would fill those empty rooms out there in that new new facility and and uh so we're going to meet next week with uh the Children's Institute out of Portland who I've worked with before um just to see if we can start to maximize all these slots for our little guys. Is there um
051is like does the public library that's in line do they have like a you know an early reading program that that maybe >> Yeah, our summer school kids are kind of accessing that. They >> they do a summer reading program and they do offer like month I don't know how it looks during the school year but during the summer they offer because they're connected to the Schmecka Library consortium and it >> be really neat if whatever you're doing here they can match that do it there. >> The uh the challenge is that they how are they open only a couple days a week right now? >> No, they're open Monday through maybe not Monday. So they're open Tuesday through Saturday, I think. Um 10 to 5. >> Yeah. So the hours kind of change on
052us a little bit. >> It' be fun to have like >> But they're one of our partners for summer school right now. >> They're a great resource. The library is great. >> Yeah. >> Yes. >> That's what I've heard. And I haven't visited, but I know somebody who works there. It just would be so neat to have like something for the two, three, and four year olds, you know, like grandma's going in and reading at a certain time or other volunteers, you know, who just read with them but also follow like are trained in something that's very basic that could give, you know, a little jump start for kindergarten. Yeah, we do a we do a week-long kindergarten camp. Um that I thought was super successful last year. Um where they come in and we
053actually teach them kind of how to do school. >> You know, we actually can line them up and they're not punching each other in the year and you know they actually do pretty darn well. Last year was like the first group that I I was laughing because you know we got to the end of the week and I was like you all are still smiling. they go this is like our first group of kinders that have kind of come uh postco that you know came in that really had some socialization skills because you know during co kids didn't play with their cousins you know they weren't out in the neighborhoods they weren't at the parks and I think kids are getting more of those experiences now which is definitely showing up in in some of
054the interactions we're having with them. Um, I'm interested in the high school curricula, high school and middle school curriculum both, like what textbooks were being used and if curriculum is being used. Um, I don't know the last time that curriculum was audited or like updated, but if there is any outofdate curriculum being used, I'm interested in the possibility of looking at updating that or what if there might be funding opportunities or grant opportunities to update curriculum. Yeah, I know. We just did math just >> math just went. Yeah, >> I'm interested in social studies and literacy >> or language arts and what's being taught both middle school and high school. >> Okay. >> Yeah. And I've I've had the opportunity to um have some young people work um on my property and I um really
055noticed that they struggled with um basic math facts and um and I think that that you know it just would help them so I don't know what if it was just those particular kids or or whatever but I know they struggled with basic things that we were doing on the farm. arm because of that. And so, and I think math facts is fun to teach. It can be, you know, >> um, yeah, last year we really went after computational fluency, numerousy, um, throughout probably K 10. Um, we had some kids make some good ground, but >> yeah, >> it's it's definitely a a deficit in today's world. >> It really is. I noticed like even yeah older kids can't do basic math like in the store or whatever you know or you know I'll be
056talking to them and they they can't estimate even. So I think it yeah there's been something going on. I don't exactly know what, but I just feel like that it it's such a strength to be able to do quick math, >> you know, in any uh whether you're at a store or whether you're at work to be able to do math in your head. I think it just really helps people >> have account change back. >> Yeah. All of that. >> Well, when we get when we get principles, that'll be one of the first things we bring forward is kind of >> um what our state results were, how that dubtales with our spring. Um, and then we go right in and the first thing we do is do some do some testing right at
057the beginning of the year to see how much we lost over the summer, kind of what those needs