001Well, hello everyone. Welcome uh to the April Advocacy Action Network meeting. Um it's good to see you this afternoon. Uh we are going to share some uh policy updates uh most specifically around some data that we've seen roll out um from OSPI um as a result of some of the funding reductions made during the last legislative session. Um, and then we'll spend the remainder of our time uh focused on a new um newish resource that we want to make sure is on the top of your uh minds as we head into the interim. Um, and then we'll spend some uh just time in in small groups. We've got a pretty small group in here today. So maybe we want to stay with everyone um to essentially talk through um some strategy and what's working and
002what isn't um for you all as we uh are a little bit over a month um into the interim this year. And then um as we shared last month um we've been hard at work to build out a advocacy action network calendar um for the rest of 2026. so that you all have a sort of predict predictable schedule as to when we're going to be together. Um and also um we filled quite a few of our meetings already with um guest speakers and topics um so that you all can have that information in advance too. So we'll take a look at that and um I think we'll wrap just a little bit before 1:00 today where I'd love for us to start. um is with some of the goals um that came out of our
003discussion last month. Um for those of you that were here um we essentially talked a lot about sort of what the interim um is, what it isn't, um how we can all and should all be spending our time. Um and then we also had some of the uh educational equity funding groups come um and share about their progress. Um but one of the things that you all spoke about at the beginning is just some of the goals um that you all um had sort of set out for yourselves. Um some of this is also like feedback from us about some things that we all should be doing um this interim. So, I'd love to just um reflect on uh those that are on the screen in front of you, thinking through um how you all
004are reflecting on the outcomes from last session. Um and then sort of sharing updates with your communities. Um how you all are staying connected with legislators. um while also like taking a breath um post a sprint of a 60-day session um that landed us uh in in some challenging outcomes. And then also um how y'all are potentially starting the process for organizing and identifying where it is you'd like to see the legislature go in 2027. Um part of that u may or may not include for you um submissions as a part of the WASDA platform revision process. Um, as you all um hopefully know by now, that window is open um for submissions during the month of April. So, um if you were hoping to submit a platform revision proposal for WASDA positions this year,
005um that window is still open until the end of this month, um April 30th at 5:00 p.m. is when that closes. But I'm going to take my slides off the screen and essentially just um would love to just ask the group um how how the beginning of interim is going for you um how uh have you been sort of processing um the outcomes of the session? Have you all had a chance to share with your community whether that's like formally through like a board meeting process? Um I know a couple of districts have uh done op-eds in some of the newspapers. Um, how are things starting for all of you? Feel free to either just unmute and jump in or raise your hand. Um, or if you don't want to um, speak or you're not
006in a place to do that, you can also feel free to use the chat box. curious to hear from um maybe two or three of you. >> Well, since nobody else jumping in. >> Thanks, Tom. >> Hang in there, Logan. Uh yeah, I've made some, you know, I've continued to make uh legislative board reports after the session, uh during our um meetings, uh pointed out that although our district um was relatively not impacted by those cuts to LEA and um uh TBK, TTK um that those were um cuts that uh happened that the funding continues. We didn't get the MSOC funding that we didn't keep up. we're not keeping up with the increasing costs. Um, and that our uh advocacy will need to continue encouraging people to um pay attention to the um legislative races
007because we have um an interesting one of our districts is the 32nd which has uh a a representative is now challenging the state senator. Uh, and then that opens her seat which has drawn at least five candidates so far. So trying I'm trying to engage with some of them because we don't know who will be representing that district next. Um, and they could be, you know, a good time to start building those relationships um, even when they're only potential legislators, not when they're actual actually assumed their office. >> Great. Thanks, Tom. Appreciate the update. Yeah, on on that note, um Cynthia and I and others have been talking about how um with this interim um just given um lots of retirements, folks potentially moving from the House to the Senate, um we are anticipating um
008a number of new legislators um potentially at the end of the election cycle this year. And so, you know, what does that mean for all of us um and all of you as it as we think about how we educate new legislators about the needs of students and the needs of districts and and the needs of the education system beyond, you know, just those one, two, or three talking points um or big issues that we might carry into the next session. How is it that we're educating our new legislators about sort of the broader context um of the needs of K12? Those are questions that we're starting to ask ourselves. Good points. Thanks, Tom. Anyone else want to share? >> Yeah, I can. Um so, this is a time of year when as we get
009close to May 15th where districts have to consider the, you know, reductions in force um requirements. And so we we were unfortunately talking about ours um this year and we're going to have to there's going to have to be another um 10 or so FTE, you know, on the on the reduction in force which um we've already seen the reductions. Our our class sizes are going up and our students are letting us know about that for sure um because it's it's not good for students at all. And then also we're having to having to, you know, make tough decisions like cutting back on library services. Another one is not good at all for students. So, you know, the impacts of these things are hitting students pretty hard and and um they're letting us know about
010it. >> Dave, can I ask real quick where you're from? >> Tqua. >> Okay, cool. Thanks. >> Thanks, Dave. um you know it th those are really unfortunate decisions that you um are very likely not alone in having to make and it's really important that we're surfacing um those decisions and that student feedback not only for ourselves um as a collective um but also for our legislators, right? to really make sure that we are then being the voices for our districts and our students to say look here's right here's some of the outcomes um of some of the stuff that you're doing. So um thank you for sharing. Um anyone else uh have anything they want to share about how intim starting for them? Logan, for us here at MAMS uh for this year, we're
011going to or for the start of the next school year, we're going to uh let three three teachers go. We're not going to renew their contracts is what we're doing. Uh same thing because, you know, the funding and stuff. Um it's it's it's hitting the smaller schools pretty hard because, you know, we we don't have especially for us on the reservation, we don't have anybody to back us up or find any other funding. our impact aid money is not get increasing in all at all. Um it's it's it's becoming pretty hard. We have to watch our pennies now. We're we're watching really close um what we do. We we probably fund a lot of stuff, you know, like extracurricular activities, you know, we have 80 85% of our kids do that. We don't want to
012let that go cuz that's what keeps them in school. Uh it's it's just I don't know. It's it's it's a scary time right now because you know the state funding is down and and our federal funding is down. So we we have to watch our pennies really really tight. So >> that's awesome. >> Thanks. Thanks Larry. >> Uh and thank you Tom and Dave as well. One of the things that um sort of everything that y'all have said makes me think about is um you know I know like RIFF day is not today but um as you all are getting towards more final decisions as to um write what your budgets are going to look like for next year um I I think it's very much worth um reaching out to your legislators just sending
013them a quick note um letting them know some of these things. Um, for those of you that have been to your regional meetings, you've heard us talk about this. Um, but, uh, some of the conversations I've been having over the last couple days is, you know, about how consistency matters, um, when it comes to how and when we're working with our legislators. Um, not just reaching out to them when we need something or when we need them to vote yes or vote no on this particular bill or get this thing in the budget. um but also to share real life impacts um of decisions. Um sharing what's going on at the district level um reaching out to them um especially not during session is a way to help some of that proactive conversation. So anyway,
014as you all are um continuing to navigate this um I'd encourage you to keep your legislators in the loop. Okay. I lost my slide deck, so give me one second to get it back. Um, okay. So, um, something that you're going to see, uh, in many of our Advocacy Action Network meetings over the next couple months, uh, half just for as a reminder for me, but also for you, we have 265 days, um, until the start of the next session. I'm going to keep that countdown, uh, going for us. Um what that means right now we're really early. Um we have a lot of time to be talking with our legislators um to be bringing these impacts to them to be processing to be going back and forth um to see what kinds of solutions
015um we uh could and should be trying to advance during the next session. Um what we want to thread for you from last month until um this month. So, um, for those of you that were here in March, um, we had representatives from the UDub SUPS group and the OSPI, um, funding equity, uh, work group, uh, come and talk about, um, some of their updates. Those groups, um, are continuing to meet. Um, at some point in the slides today, I forget where, um, I'll share a couple updates uh, on sort of next steps for both of those spaces. And then um what we really want to share with you today, I won't go into a ton of detail. Um but what I want to let you know is that um as a result of the
016funding reductions from last session, um we know and continue to know that our basic ed system remains underfunded. There are significant gaps in many areas and uh our formulas are not uh driving dollars out to districts in a way that is equitable. um and student need-based. Um and we also know that last session we uh did not make any sort of offensive progress um towards basic education funding and that um most sort of uh majorly um the legislature reduced LEA uh local effort assistance funding, transition to kindergarten funding, and school bus appreciation schedules. um and that there are some new maps um that have come out from OSPI that I just want to flash um in front of you really quick here that essentially show where those reductions are going to take place. Um, so
017what you're looking at in front of you right now is uh a map of all the school districts in Washington state and essentially the darker color of red um the more significant reduction um that that those districts are going to see when it comes specifically to um LEA reductions. Um what OSPI says is that of the districts that have experienced that reduction um the average is estimated to be um just under $200,000 um overall statewide that's about a $26 million hit um in levy equalization for school districts. Um similar map but it's different. Um this is a map about transition to kindergarten. Um we saw about a $25 million cut. um as you all know to that program um OSPI is sharing that um their average reduction is estimated to be about 350,000. There are
018some districts across the state that have experienced um significantly larger reductions. Um I heard someone at a regional meeting last night um and I don't remember their district um but they were suggesting that their transition to kindergarten program could be reduced by about 60%. Um so reductions are hitting out there. Lastly, this map um stacks the previous two together. Um so this shows um local effort assistance and transition to kindergarten reductions stacked on top of each other um for an overall reduction of just over $52 million. Um >> I have I have a quick question. Can you just send those um out to us maybe where we can look up those maps? >> Happy to send these out, Denise. >> That would be great. Thank you. >> Yeah. Um your um I would also just
019share that um your superintendent um received these oh about a week or so ago um on the the superintendent does a um monthly webinar um for district soups across the state and that's where um these are from. So, your soups should have them as well, but I'm happy to share them out. >> Thank you. >> Um, what I think is most important for you all to know just sort of as a next step here, um, one is that these maps are out there. Um, and two is that, um, by the end of the month, um, OSPI is anticipating being able to share more, um, specifics, um, with each district that we'll see reductions. So, um, things are starting to come out. Um what I also want to share with you all is that um the
020cuts and reductions to K12 um have um shown a pretty strong presence um in media outlets across the state. This is not every single article that's come out um because I know I couldn't fit them on one, two, or maybe even three slides. Um this is just a handful of um some of the articles that um I've had and sort of found and and filed away um so that we could put them on the screen here for you today. Um what I want you to know is that um pretty much every media outlet across the state is covering um impacts to K12 reductions right now. Um we're seeing them everywhere. Um, some of those reports are um opinion pieces like op-eds. Um, for example, that one right up on the top, um, Washington lawmakers will
021claim wins, but education funding isn't one of them. Um, that's an op-ed by um, WASA, the uh, superintendent association executive um, director Jeff Snell. Um others in here are um essentially just like you know your typical news article that comes from a repor reporter um from interviewing folks at the district level at the state level. Um others are opinion pieces from school districts themselves. Um and again this is not all of them. This is just a couple um that I was able to pull together to share with you today. What I think is important for you all to think about is um again one of the questions we asked at the beginning is how are you all sharing about um some of these updates and impacts with your communities. Um and that doesn't necessarily have
022to be in the form of a board report um in a board meeting. Um maybe you want to work with your superintendent and try to get an op-ed um into your local media outlet. Um maybe you're reaching back to your legislators and making sure that you're communicating with them. Um maybe you're talking with parents and families um out and about in community. Um just really important to be sharing about some of the decisions that have been made this last session, how they're impacting you. Um and most importantly that you all are going to have to make decisions um as a result of these sort of impacts that these ones right here are out of your control. Um, so the decisions that you all are going to have to make specifically around your budgets for next
023year, um, are based off of decisions that were not made by you all. Just important to be talking about on the OSPI K12 funding work group. um wanted to let you know that um that group has essentially reconvened post session um for what they're calling phase 2. Um some of you um some of you are likely on the larger uh 100 plus person workg group um that met prior to the 2026 legislative session. Um that group met last year. um their report is linked um here on the slide if any of you want to take a look at that. Um for phase two um that big group will still meet, but in between the large group meetings um they've also identified a smaller um what they're calling a technical advisory committee um that will meet
024um essentially more frequently. Um it's a smaller group. Um I think it's probably sitting somewhere in the ballpark of 40ish individuals. Um that group had its first meeting last Friday. We talked a lot about MSOC um in that particular space. So just want to let you know that that group is continuing to meet and talk. Um I don't have a good sense yet of sort of the direction um that that group will go. But um I will keep you all informed um as we uh have these meetings every month. Um from the school director perspective um Dr. Melissa Beard um was president and Nikki Lockwood um was president-elect. So, Tumb Water and Spokane um board members um are sitting on this technical advisory committee um alongside myself and um school business officer extraordinaire Daniel Lung
025Hoffer um from our team. He serves as our accounting analyst. Um many of you have uh met with him um or heard from him before. Um he has many decades in the school business uh world and I think will bring a lot to this group. Um so wanted to share that update with you. Um I don't have a slide but um what I will let you know also is the UDub um the UDub soups group that we heard from when we were together last month um will be holding their next convening in June. Um it'll be happening um right after the big um AWSP uh WASA summer conference. um and I will be um in that space to listen and learn. Um so happy to bring updates back to you as to how that group
026is going to progress um during our July check-in. Going to pause and just ask if there's any questions um from anyone. I see Renee joined us. Lisha, Amanda, good to see you all. Thanks for being here. Any questions on any of those updates before we move along? Okay. So, um what we wanted to let you know, um I don't know why it says Tim Garshaw was there. That's not supposed to be there. uh wanted to let you know that um uh there are a number of ways that you can be engaging right now beyond some of the goals that we talked about um previously. Um if you're newer to this work um and want some time to be able to learn um alongside directors and alongside legislators um uh shameless self-plug would encourage you to
027attend your WASDA regional meeting. Um legislators are joining those meetings. Um uh in every regional meeting that we've had so far, we've had u multiple legislators present. Um and they are there not only to listen and learn alongside our community engagement and advocacy based programming um but they're also showing up for dinner um and just sort of networking and hanging out with folks in the room. So um would throw that out there as potentially another opportunity to run into your legislator. um you can be inviting them to your events. It's we're coming up on graduation season. Um so consider um where and how you are connecting with them. Um sharing feedback and updates with your communities about the legislative session. We've uh talked about that quite a bit. Um by the next time we're together,
028Cynthia and I hope to have our story data bank um assembled for you. We talked about that for the first time last month. Um, but it's one of those um new tools that we're hoping to put together um that can essentially help you um have some more specific talking points um and databased points that you can bring to your legislators. So, um we're hoping you all will contribute to that. More on that next month. And then also um during the interim, Cynthia and I are going to be out and about um for sure over the next five or six weeks, however many are left um during regional meeting season um but also into the summer and fall. And so, um, if you all are interested at any point in, um, getting together with Cynthia and
029I, uh, maybe maybe you'd like to, um, have us come out to your district, um, and see and hear some of these examples, um, from your students or your staff. Uh, maybe you want to sit down with us for, um, a cup of coffee or a lunch. Um, please know that we are um, more than willing um, and interested in spending time with you where you are. Um, then you can just send us an email and let us know that you're interested and we can let you know um when it is we might be planning to be um out in your neck of the woods between now and the end of the year. Um, but we do hope to be um in quite a few spaces. Um, again, one of the things you've heard from
030us is that we really hope to um essentially open our arms to um a larger group of WASDA members to be engaging in this work. um you all showing up to Advocacy Action Network every month is a perfect example of some ways you can do that. And if you want to hang out with us um in person, just let us know. Um I'm not going to pull up this web page. Um but I do want to let you know that there's a really cool website out there. You can peruse it on your own. Um I'm not going to pull it up today because the person who helped to create it will be with us next month um to talk through it. But um if y'all are curious about a really great um clickable interactive tool
031that um as simply as it possibly can um be described essentially the funding issue with K12 um in a resource would encourage you to check out was schoolfunding.org. Um this is a web page that's been made um in partnership uh from folks at WASA, the school administrators association, and um ESD12's uh Monnique DGA. Um she's the executive director of communications down there. And uh Mon'nique is going to come uh talk with us next week um about um communications and engagement. Um and so I'm I'm sure she'll want to go through this web page in a little bit more detail. Um, this isn't a brand new resource. Um, hopefully many of you have seen this before. Um, but what I did want to let you know that it's out there in case you haven't seen this
032and um, it has very recently been updated um, to include um, just sort of a fresher um, uh, fresher data um, in terms of the numbers that are in there. So, um, would encourage you to check it out on your own. It's a really great resource to share um in particular with any new board members um that might be coming in. Maybe you're a newer board member yourself. Um this is a great tool. Um I also believe this is a really helpful one to share with new legislators, with community members. Um great resource. We'll talk more about it soon, but wanted to let you know it's there. And now um we are going to go into um some small groups. I think you all will be in groups of three um this month. And what
033we essentially um would love to have you all talk about is um in terms of policy issues, in terms of funding issues, where where might your district want to go for 2027? What's on top um for you right now? Um, I feel like a lot of us do best when we get to be in smaller settings with each other. Um, so would encourage some networking around um, what's on top for you and your board. Um, how are you all engaging um, with your fellow board directors, your district teams um, andor your communities to share updates? And when it comes to the previous strategy list of interim opportunities, um, what's missing um, and what else um, has or hasn't worked for you? Gigi, you've got to head out. Thanks for being here. Um, so we are
034going to go um into some small groups for um the next 10 minutes or so. Um would love to have you all chat about that um and we'll come back um and hear any updates that you might share with the group. Just give me one second and you should have a breakout room um popped up right in front of you to click on. Okay, there you are. We'll see you back here in about 10 minutes. Drop the questions in the chat. And um we'd love to hear from each group um just um if there's one or two things that you feel like is worth sharing um with the full group um from your time together. Um so maybe let's go first to room one. Um, room one had Amanda, Dave, Larry, and Tom in it.
035Does anyone want to share some highlights from that space? >> We we talked about funding uh both state and federal level. Uh uh uh what else did we talk about, guys? Uh we talked about how useful it can be to have um citizens groups who can help educate the public about the funding issues. So, it's um I know a lot of us have like uh groups, citizens groups that come together for a levy or for a bond or something, but um Amanda was pointing out how helpful it could be if those people were also working in this period of time to help um the community understand the issues and it wasn't just coming from the board. It's great. >> And there was the um the idea that uh helping the the community folks educate um
036providing them some materials like some of the infographic stuff that we always talk about and WASDA, you know, you guys have some of that stuff. So maybe packaging that some of that stuff up that uh you know could be given to the community groups to help them cuz a lot of that stuff is it's hard for somebody that's coming in to to know all that stuff and then to be able to come up with the infographics to communicate it uh well to the community. So that that's it seems like that there's an opportunity there for us to to kind of take some of the stuff that Wazda has done and then feed it to our community um education groups. That's great. Thank you so much, group one. That's a great idea. Um, group two had
037Denise, TJ, Trish, and Cynthia. We were discussing how we wished uh education would be more of a priority to our legislators and how like in my district um discussing this with our super my superintendent, she was saying that we could actually be okay with our fund balance and uh the the low enrollment and even these cuts if we didn't have so many mandates about how we spend our funding, if we had more freedom um of you know moving money from fund to fund or spending this on something else but because of all the state mandates we don't have any choice and it's disproportionate. Um, so, so yeah, so without all the categorical funding and mandates telling us what we have to do with our funding, we would have a better budget and a better functioning
038budget. >> Thanks, Trish. That's >> helpful. Anyone else from group two? Okay. Um, group three, I didn't get to write everyone's name down, but it had Nancy and Renee in it. I know that much was a third person and it was a really nice time. I was just so disappointed when we had to come back. It was a good talk with Renee and Bominy. Um I my concern was was something that is currently happening in our school district and they both had um experience with it which was really valuable to me to hear and I I didn't want it to end. I needed to hear more but Bom you you have stuff to share too because you were talking about more than just that. I yeah I think we talked about um what I said
039was at Canvas we have um a legislative advocacy committee that is pretty strong and functioning and they're the ones um who are working on like sort of the next quote like sort of an elevator pitch and moving forward with from this session and focusing on what we need to work on for the next one and what we're going to address and what's going to be our priority especially coming uh coming from our district. Um and the theme on just sort of um I liked what how you know was along um did with like the whole working together rather than each individual asking for what they want this term this time around because we needed to be united um because we you know it was important that we could all survive instead of just a few
040survive. Um so I think we were um kind of going off of that and just trying to figure out what's going to be the next um theme or priority um going forward for legislative um session. Can I ask a quick followup on that? Um, who not like specific names but like who sits on that district advocacy committee? Is that like board members, staff, community, students maybe mix? >> Yeah. So, we have a few committees and each um all of those committees do have a member or two that we kind of in the beginning of the year we say, "Okay, I want to be on this committee and you can be on this committee." So, we kind of divide it up so we're not all um at the district office every day of our week. Um
041so um I I am on that committee this time um along with another board member and then the superintendent also sits on all of these ones um and then maybe one district um director um whoever is available they rotate that and then as far as the rest of the committee we do have two students um that have been coming regularly and then um then it's all just community members who um have shown an interest when the application goes out. Um, and then um, yeah, that that's basically it. We have like some teachers that are on there, like a teacher director from the TTK program. She's often on there. Um, so they just serve like a year. I think it's two years. Like I know the citizens advisory committee is two to three years. Um, I
042think the legislative could possibly be two. I don't know exactly. Um, but yeah, but it's all community members. Um, and they're the ones who are the director. I mean the president, vice president sort of. And then we over um, we're there. Great. Thank you so much. Anything else from room three? Okay. Uh we will move to room four. Um which is everyone else. Um I got that Lisha was in that room, but I'm sure it was more than just you, Lkesha. Um who else from who from that group would like to share something? Well, I met the amazing Anna Marie from Everett and Megan from South Kids and so I'm gonna hand it off to Anna Marie. >> I I thought we had a a good conversation. Um you know, we're we're talking about um
043during this interim time um meeting with our legislators. Um m seems like um the most of us kind of know who our legislators are and they we know them, they know us and just kind of trying to continue the conversation about the importance of education for our students um and maybe how that's going to look. And then kind of incorporating if we have programs at school or maybe there's schoolboard meeting with students that come and speak about certain issues, inviting our legislators um to those meetings so that they can hear from the kids. And um and then again, I I think it's good to tell those stories about how um uh the outcomes, not having enough funding, how that directly affects districts and um kids in general and and what that means uh to to
044them and the community. Um, so and and of course it's great to hear it from the students. Um, because that's who that's what it's affecting, right? So anyway, I do you all want to add add more, Lisha or Megan? Okay, good work. Good work. I hope that was helpful um for all of you. Hopefully, you learned something from your conversations, maybe met a new school board colleague um and got to hear some good stuff from um the groups. I think you all had um some really really great ideas that we're going to take back and run with and hopefully you'll do the same. Um we have 6 minutes left. We're going to get you out of here a little bit early today. Um, but before we wrap, um, what I want to put on the
045screen, you don't need to like I mean you can take a picture, but, um, we'll also email this out to you. Um, this is the schedule for, um, future Advocacy Action Network meetings. Um, we're going to stick with our Tuesday at noon um, time frame. Um, it's not necessarily always like the third Tuesday or the second Tuesday cuz just with with calendars um, we couldn't make that happen. Um, but this is what we've got in front of us right now. Um, we are doing our best to fill in topic and skill-based content um, each month, some of which is populated on the screen in front of you already. Um, if there are gaps here that you feel like are missing, please let us know. Um if you have something you'd like to bring to the
046group um like a particular policy area you're working on um or maybe a particular um uh update that you want to share with the group, please let us know. We're happy to build you all into these as well. Um, in addition to having guest speakers, um, over our next couple of months, um, we will always make sure we're holding time for sort of group discussion and debrief, um, after, um, each of our guests come in or come out. Um, but wanted to put this in front of you so that, you know, we've got a plan. Um, and then I also just wanted to ask because I've heard from a couple of you that calendar invites um, might be helpful for these meetings. Um, thumbs up, thumbs down, thumbs sideways. >> Would you like to start
047getting calendar invites from us? Okay, great. Um, you all will get those um once we finish up today. Um, so with that, our next meeting will come back together on May 26th, right after the Memorial Day weekend. Um, we'll go um 90 minutes during that time. Um, so what you saw throughout that calendar is that a couple of our meetings we extended by an extra 30 minutes with the goal to essentially build in some skill-based um, content for you instead of just bringing in a guest presenter. Um, so next month is uh, one of those. And so um, next month we will have um, folks from the state board of education uh, join us to talk about their future ready initiative. um they've been doing work um for the last couple of years to be
048thinking about graduation requirements and sort of updates and some design changes. Um that work is going to come to a point where they're ready to share it out. Um and so the day after um they sort of finalize uh the first draft of their plan. Their staff is going to join us. Um so you all will be some of the first people to get to see their uh first draft of that plan. um Alyssa Mueller, their policy director, um will be with us and then um also Mon'nique DGA from ESD12 um will come to share a little bit about the communications perspective um and some skills that y'all might be able to take back from Mon'nique. Um I'm sure she'll share about this. Um but but Mon'nique as the director um of communications for ESD12
049runs a statewide um sort of consortium uh of folks that districts are able to um join. They hold um regular meetings um and it's essentially about how um that network is supporting each other with um communications efforts at school districts. So um Mon'nique will come chat a little bit about that and more. Um, so we'll see you back here um on May 26 at 12 o'clock. Um, if you can't make it, don't worry. The meeting will be recorded and sent out to you. >> Thank you. >> Of course. Thank you all so much for being here and we'll see you soon. >> Thanks, Logan. >> Thank you. >> Thanks, Logan. >> Thank you.