Eatonville School Board of Directors Business Meeting 02/25/2026

001We're going to call this meeting to order at 7 o'clock. Please stand. >> I also have the distinct honor and pleasure of doing special recognition today. And so I'd like to turn some time over to Tracy. >> Well, okay. You want to start? >> Well, yeah. We just uh really appreciate the work of our counselors and social workers and in particular we want to highlight J this night and so you want to come up and and uh have you stand here for a second and we'll have you stand here and get pictures of the work. So, in appreciation of Janet's compassionate counseling, steadfast advocacy, and creative problem solving, her dedication strengthens our school community and helps students thrive every day. And then we have a few words. >> Yeah. I just want to really acknowledge

002all of our counselors and social workers and all the hard work that that they do and what a wonderful team everyone is together. But Jana, I just really appreciate you always thinking outside the box, always advocating for students and for families and just really finding resources for them to be successful and all your hard work does not go in those. You're amazing. >> Thank you. >> Would you like to stand there? >> Yeah. No, you two stand here. We'll stand on the side. You got to get your front or back. It doesn't matter to me. >> What are we doing here? Now we're >> keep going that way. We're like >> Okay, we ready? Everybody put your smiley faces on. I'll take Thank you. >> I'd like to add to that to um so grateful

003for the all that you do, not just in school, but in the community and the outreach that you do. It really is impactful and all of your team all of our counselors are wonderful, but particularly the extra is very appreciated. So, thank you. >> And don't feel like you have to stay. >> That's my gift to you. appreciation of you. You can leave. >> Um now we're going to hear from our student representatives. >> All right. At the middle school um the inside volume and civility meeting. They just had their um last meeting for the year which is May 7th um at 5:30 at the EMS library. And it's a great way to hear the end of the year updates and see a presentation done by the students at EMS which is going to be

004talking about everything that they've accomplished next year and then their plans for either bringing it to the high school or what they're planning on accomplishing next year. Um, EMS kindness gang will also be sponsoring an eatenville family agency monthly dinner which is just a great example to set for the community. And then the ongoing mentorship with Eatenville Elementary School and EMS is going well and it's led by Jenna Mery which is really exciting. And there are currently 48 students in the EMS kindness gang and it's growing every day. And then the EMS kindness gang also recently hosted and attended the healthy street fair which is supported by Tacoma Pierce County Health Department and 170 students attended which is very big and 30 parents. Um, and then the EMS kindness gang also recently introduced their new

005mascot, which is a big heart and his slogan is you're only as cool as you treat people. I love the students with everything. It's really cool. Um, and then the EMS kindness gang and leadership are working together and they're making a welcoming video for the incoming fifth graders from the elementary schools. Um, and they're also currently speaking at Warehouser Elementary and spreading the word about kindness and then also prepping the kids um for that transition into sixth grade, which is really nice. Um, and then they're also preparing for a cla a class color war. Um, and their plans to show that kindness is cool by coming together and showing color. Um, and then I also just wanted to recognize Mrs. Minus for her hard work and dedication to the school and her passion for the

006anti-bullying and civility committee. And I also want to recognize Mr. Justice for his new plans at EMS as well as his dedication to student learning and student involvement as well. Then I also recently visited the Washington state capital in Olympia with board members Rhonda Litenberger, Karen Carr and Katie Henselman as well as Superintendent Brower. And I wanted to thank the board as well as superintendent for the amazing opportunity to represent school district at the capital. From my perspective, I understood the purpose of our visit was to represent student voices and advocate for student concerns. In my case, specifically those related to running start and dual enrollment opportunities. It was also an opportunity to learn from legislative hearings and student perspectives from across the state. Throughout the day, we met with Republican representatives and I was

007asked to express gratitude for our new stadium. While I am very appreciative of that investment, it was not the focus or purpose of my participation. I understood that I was to advocate for the needs and priorities of students in our district as it relates to dual enrollment. Additionally, many of our meetings with representatives were brief and limited introductions rather than meaningful discussion or advocacy. We were also handed unknown gifts to give to politicians as well. This did not feel genuine and did not align with what I understood the purpose of the visit would be. Although I am very grateful for the opportunity to tour the capitol, advocacy, not ceremonial engagement was my reason for attending. This experience felt performative. My understanding of student board representation is to communicate student voices to the board and beyond

008when appropriate. I take my responsibility to elevate the voices of dual enrollment students very seriously. In the future, when students are invited to participate in legislative visits, I ask that the purpose and expectations of the visit be communicated clearly and honestly in advance. In addition, it would be very helpful for board members to take time to ask questions of the student representatives and work together on a agreed upon advocacy and gratitude plan together as one eatenville strong voice. Thank you again for the opportunity to share student feedback and improve student visits for the future. >> Thank you >> and thank you for that feedback. >> Very much appreciated. >> Thank you. >> I don't have as much warehouser recently for their I think it's the kids heart challenge month written down. Yes. Um, uh, third

009and fifth graders were given CPR training lessons in PE. >> Excellent. >> Thank you. >> Um, for Evville Elementary, they So, FFA has been going to the elementary and they've been showing off their animals and showing them what they can do with FFA. Um, the fifth grade class, the fifth grade classes specifically have really enjoyed FFA coming. They get to see the goats and the sheep and whatnot. Um, and then South Sound 911 present. There was a South Sound 911 presentation and they came to present um with several grade levels about the importance of using 911 and what kind of emergencies you use it for. Um, they had a family reading night on February 3rd and students and family got the chance to read together after school. And then there was a math and bingo

010night as well on March 17th where students and family got to do math and play bingo at the end of school. And then for Columbia Crest, um they had for their 100th day of school on February 10th. So these all dressed like 100 year olds. And then right now they have second grade swimming coming to the high school. And second graders have really talked about how they really enjoy the high schoolers being able to teach them. And then on March 19th, they had the Nquali River water testing where they partnered with the Nquali River Education and they got to do water testing and they sent eight student delegates at to Green Congress in Evergreen and Olympia. And then they've been having a lot of Mayday dance practice for community day. And Nelly Robertson, a former

011warehouser teacher, um she's been going and she's been helping the students with that. And then um they're doing an April pet assembly inspired by me and Eli when we went over there and we got to speak with them and they've asked um me and Eli Ruby to come and speak with them and talk to them again about setting up and hopefully getting to be there for when they do the assembly. >> That's awesome. >> Yes. >> And then for the high school um we finished uh friendship of kindness week through February 9th and February 13th. Um it was really good. We got to represent our share day. Although we didn't get to necessarily project it as much as we wanted to. We're hoping to further do that next month when we do it again. Um

012and then spring sports start on March 2nd which is very exciting. I really wish I could do track. Um and then the drama play um Alice and Wonderland Jr. Their first show was on the 20th and they're playing Alice in Wonderland and I've heard it's really good. So I'm going to try going. And then as far as I know, Eli is working on a men's mental health awareness sort of like program that we can start at the school specifically because of stereotypes and also like statistics going with mental health and whatnot. And then um like I already mentioned, we're looking on how to make share day a more fun and interactive thing that students kind of know more about instead of it just being oh share day on the announcements. And then to add on

013to what um Ruby said about the state capital, um I really do agree with her and I think that you know for future to come that it should be more of students advocating and speaking out while we're at the capital instead of walking around kind of thing because it felt very a little not suffocating but it felt like we were just walking around. We we skipped a day of school to go walk around. And of course being in the capital was nice but it would have been nice to actually speak out in some great Thank you. Appreciate that. And it is a very hard thing to do when they're in session and we get 5, 10, 15 minutes with legislators. It's tricky >> and um and I do understand that we were seeing Republican representatives

014because those are representatives and others um that if you're not their constituent typically during session, they won't allow you. But I I hope you did meet some of my colleagues um Rep. Kellen, who was on the education board that we introduced you to, who's a Democrat, and several other people on the education committee. But what I'm hearing is that you really would like to be able to testify on issues that are important to you, and those often aren't part of like a day on the Hill where we go and advocate, but they come up like the night before. So, if there are bills or something that you are watching that are really important to you and you want to advocate, I think those would that would be great opportunity. I'm always happy to help and

015go. Um, but of course I would want to make sure that that was something that you wanted to educate on. But I so appreciate your passion. >> Um, I appreciate your honesty. I appreciate your feedback. I appreciate um the passion that you have for standing for what you know to be right and wanting to make sure all of you um that you are doing the right thing for students, but also thank you for being wonderful representatives of eaten school district. I think we just really appreciate um the heads up because going into it um you know the day on the hill we were told um by bystanders and other teachers what it was to represent and what our job was and then I know I think there's just a little bit of loss in communication

016um as stated in our um strategic plan that we didn't just really understand what our role was. Um so going into just knowing our role I think we would have been a lot more prepared and prepared for what you guys needed of us. Um, but I know that we kind of were confused and we understood that our purpose was something different than we did before. >> Can Can I Can I make a comment too? >> Yeah. >> Can you hear me? Okay. No. I just I just wanted to say as well that um I I mean I hear everything you guys are saying and I understand um what you're saying and how it felt for the time that you guys were there, but when you guys had to leave and you left a little bit

017early, Rhonda and I were also able to attend a session where it was studentled and it was all the students that were representing their school with Democratic and Republican leaders and they each specifically went out around to each students and let the students represent what was most important to them, ask them questions, and it was a big round table. It was really great to hear what all the other students were thinking. So, I think you guys just missed it a little bit. And if you guys were to be able to be involved in that, you would have gotten everything you wanted. I know I learned so much just from that session with the kids. >> Yeah. And it was a a little later. It was like at four o'clock, so that was late in the

018afternoon for you. So, and I apologize that I didn't get to plan that. That was just the way the day was. >> That's I just have a question because I've never been to the day on the hill. Is is there an when you guys were there as students, did you see an opportunity for advocacy in any way? Like were they interviewing kids? I mean, or was it for all districts? Was it more like a tour and a meeting of your repres? I mean, what was the what was the organization of the event? because the event might have not been lent to that as well. So, I'm just curious like what was the Can you walk me through that a little bit? Was it >> We weren't really told what at least for me, I didn't

019understand what um the purpose was. So, I was maybe looking for some direction. Um but when I met with students in passing um they talked about how they were advocating for things that were important to them, things that they knew the students were looking for and asking them to um represent. Um but going into it not knowing you know what we are trying to represent and then also the guidelines like um not really sure what are we supporting and should we be bringing things that are important to us and important to the student body in or is this more of a learning and listening and more just seeing how everything works. So coming in I was excited to advocate excited to listen and take things back to the student body. Um and there was a

020schedule that we were supposed to follow but I know we didn't follow it exactly. Um, and they did say at around 100 p.m. there's supposed to be a student listening meeting. Um, but I know that I think we missed that. Um, so we didn't know that there was going to be another meeting up for and I know that during session is difficult to plan that ahead, but we just we were >> All right. Thank you. Appreciate that. Um, moving on our agenda. Um, I would consider any changes or additions to the agenda. Hearing none, I would consider a motion to approve the consent agenda. >> Second. >> It's been moved and seconded. All in favor? >> I. >> Um, thanks. Motion carries. >> Sorry. Can I get a repeat? The motion will be second. >>

021Yes. >> Uh, Pette motioned. >> Seconded. >> Thank you. Thanks for asking. >> Had to flex my brain there a little bit to get that out. All right. uh hearings of individuals and groups and we have Mr. Neil Colini. >> Um yeah, my my name is Neil Colini. >> Oh, I'm sorry. She's got >> I've got to start a thing. >> Yeah, if if you want to be on the screen probably right over here. >> Yeah, we're >> Let's see. >> There we go. Now you're on the screen. Okay, >> we're good now. >> You're on. Y >> my name is Neil Colin Beanie. I'm a a community member here at Deville. Um I wanted to bring up a topic um relating to um optics and communication and transparency. Um through my employer recently, I've

022had the opportunity to represent a another school district um as a construction manager. And while the topic I'm going to bring up isn't really related to construction by any means, um I've had the opportunity to really engage and sit in with a lot of meetings with another school district and really kind of gather how a school district and school boards um strategize and think of what communication and what communication not to send out to the public or to the community um to kind of strategize what information needs to be put out into the into the public. Um I want to preface that this isn't in any way accubatory to the district or the board any way or anything like that, but just it's kind of given me an opportunity to um see things from the

023Eatenville school district and the board in a different perspective. Um, specifically going back to the um, event on the on January 29th where a couple board members and the student representatives got to go to uh, Olympia to be at the capital. Um I just wanted to relay kind of how the information that was presented to the community could be construed or the lack of um information provided could be um could be interpreted in a in a in a way um specifically the information that I was able to gather was I saw a Facebook post um that showed the student representatives and couple board members at the capital which didn't provide a lot information, which is fine. And I thought, okay, that's great. Look at that. They get to go to the capital and have go

024see how laws are passed. Um, but then in February, we got the superintendent newsletter and uh the there was a couple paragraphs in there that described um uh the representatives um and the board directors got to uh be uh actively engaging with lawmakers. Um, I know that the legislative representative Rhonda, you were um present there and that you were in meetings with, you know, Representative Marshall, Representative Barkus, Saturday and June. Um, so if that's kind of the only information that we're the community is receiving, it kind of puts it in optics of like why were they actually there? Um and it kind of puts it in a perspective of well it kind of sounds like um they were there to meet um to talk about legislation which requires public >> um about events like that.

025Um so there's not any room for um >> thank you appreciate your feedback and for sharing your thoughts. >> All right. We're on to reports and presentations. Um Christa. >> Okay. >> If I could just start with the enrollment report. Um so um I sent you all an update about 10 days ago um on where we're at and in that I summarized you u a few things. Um from January to February um count date we had a 6.56 um FTE decline um across the district. Um but from December to February we had an 8.46 FTE decline. Um which definitely pales in comparison to last year. So that's good and it's normal this time of the year to see those um declines. The important thing is that we are we are experiencing a positive budget variance

026of 26.94 as of February. Um so we still got quite a bit of time left to go. Um AOE is ahead from budget by 14 um.16 FTE and um special education enrollment is ahead by 21 FTEE um from September to February. Um and are there any questions on enrollment at all? Okay. Um so budget status um always seems to be a bit of a roller coaster. We saw some gains and some losses over the last month um which netted in a um neutral ending projected ending fund balance of 2.3 million. Um so in our revenues um our state revenues are up ahead slightly due to um enrollment. Um but we also got news that our transportation allocation was adjusted upward um over last year by um $160,025. So due to getting everybody to school and

027higher writership counts, um it's been adjusted by about 160,000. So um both positive things. Um expenditures, we're seeing some savings. Um some potential savings in employee benefit so far. Um some other potential savings that we're seeing so far are in purchase services across various departments. Um so again, you know, when we budgeted, um we budgeted to be end under a million dollars ending fund balance, um which is nowhere in a financially stable situation that we want to be in. Um so we've been able to um do a lot of hard work and some shifting um to bring us up to a projected ending funds at 2.3 million. Um, while that sounds positive, and it is positive, it also, um, there's also a flip side to that in our cash flow projections. Um, so if you

028look at your cash flow projection sheet on the lower right hand side, you're going to see um, your number of days of cash flow. Um, there's a green bar here that establishes that >> pages. Oh, wait. is >> there it is. So, >> oh go back. >> Sometimes it's just by itself. So, >> projection is going to show you a month by month. Um, so that >> is there do you have it? >> Yes. So, on the bottom right hand side is your your graph showing your cash flow um number of days in cash flow. Um there's different schools of thought around that. Um the um government finance officers association um recommends a minimum of 30 days of operating expenditures that includes payroll and general operating expenses. Um with an ideal target of 60 days.

029Um while I don't think there we're going to get anywhere near 60 days, um 30 days would be ideal and it's also what um the state auditor's office recommends and OSPI recommends. They routinely emphasize maintaining that 30 days. Um between month um 30 days actually ends up being about an 8 to 10% fund balance. Um we're not we're not quite there. We're not there. Um and so we have so April's days of cash at hand is above the recommended minimum while most other months fall um quite significantly below that. Um but that is somewhat the nature of the funding model when we're not given equal um payments over 12 months. Um so so we've got some good news today and we've got some bad news today. One last thing that I want to mention is

030that Jay and I took a phone call today from um SNP um who does our our bond ratings um and we got preliminary information that our bond rating will go down slightly. Um it's to be expected. Um it was lower back in 201819 when our fund balance was quite a bit lower. Um, so they compared us to they said we had a lot of positives in residential growth. Um, and stability enrollment is fairly stable. Um, and so they took us from a double A minus to a A+. So they're taking us from double A minus to an A+ with a stable outlook. So not surprising. They just they compare our fund balance. um they said to that we would have to have like a 15 to 18% fund balance to maintain that that higher um

031that higher rating which in a lot of regards isn't really attainable unless you're storing your money and we're spending our money to >> further they they again reiterate we are just as the other school >> this is not a unique >> and as such then we are not going to That's next level up. >> Yeah. >> We're not even close. >> Yeah. So, >> I don't know anybody. >> No. And so, they compared us with all the other districts across the state and um that's how they came up with that rating. Um well, one of the ways. So, it's not entirely bad. It's just it is what it is for what fun balance you have that we have. >> Any questions? Any questions? Um, I noticed our insurance rates are going up again another what

03218%. >> 18%. >> And if you look at the compounding since 2018, it's significant. Thank you for that data. I think it's important for us to share that out. >> Yeah. >> To um our lawmakers who are looking at not increasing any of our material operations funding. So >> So that's a $120,000 increase in one year. That's the highest it's ever been except for a few years ago was 94,000 but $120,000 is significant. >> And note that in five years now it has more than doubled. So in five years the amount that we're paying has more than doubled. >> Do do we know uh more of a obscure question why a dip from January to February? Do we know do we do I mean is it a single I mean I don't know if it's

033public we can say is it a single family I mean do we know why or do we know >> um >> do we do exit interviews or anything >> I can dig a little deeper um I know that the I think the report that I sent you guys was by grades span I think if I remember correctly so we can kind of look and see where it fluctuated by grade bandan and then >> oh I could do that >> and then usually what it amounts to is just digging like Amy is very um you know Amy expects me to call her every once in a and say, "Hey, you lost five students. Where did they go?" Um, and so Amy's very in tune to what's happening with those families because unfortunately I don't have like

034detailed information. >> Yeah. >> All right. I just It's a It's a bigger drop than other months. I was just curious. So >> historically historically in January semester >> semester has looks like a high school too. So I wonder people make changes. I just I just like data. >> I do. >> I like data as no. Maybe press solve that for next year. Maybe. >> All right. Thank you. >> Yeah. Let's solve it. Solve it. >> My agenda. >> Thank you. I appreciate all of your reports. Jake, we're gonna if you could give us a construction update, that would be wonderful. >> Yes. Well, I mean some things we do are not so noticeable but so important when we think of the lives that we try to impact with our students as such and and

035you see it in their achievements and things but you know sometimes we it's not as noticeable as if you put up a stadium but it's more important it's the most important and so I just want to I just want to I just want to start with that that the work that we do each day our students to get them the highest possible places they go is by far the most important thing we do. Now, having said that, one thing that's is noticeable is the fact that the stadium has definitely moved forward really fast way. So, we currently have a lot of movement back there. For one, we have the roof on completing now and we also have the side on. It went on today. So that then the back will go on next and that

036was you come from a windy place right next to a really rainy mountain and snowy but I mean point is we get all the rain down here. So we want to make sure that we have that adequate um cover for our for for our you know for anyone who attends any event. And so I'm really proud of the team for coming together at a lot of meetings to make sure that we're we that's going forward fast the um so much so that now the some things that we're putting on the roof and getting the structure done for the stadium now they're going to be able to vacate. So now by Monday we'll start to see more gravel be put over there which is the base now and then in preparation for the asphalt. So the

037asphalt is next and then at that point then we have to wait for the right weather to put the last rubberized coating on. But the great thing is that we're working with our general contractors right now and the very first students that will ever see that use of that field will start on Monday. That's our track and field. So we're going to be able to safely put an orange fence with some barriers all the way around it so that they will have a safe way into it. And Amy's been working on this. all they worked on is so they have a safe entrance in and then they'll be able to do their their practice on the field and then they'll they'll vacate safely coaching the first one on and the last one off to make

038sure that all goes well and so I'm super excited about that that we are now able to start to use the field um so then thereafter we have the ADA access is is is completed to the point now where we'll also So, put the asphalt down. Once asphalt comes in, they'll do it all at once. They'll do anything related to asphalt, whether it's GD access into the um stadium or around the track. Um that'll all be done at the same time. Uh so, that's getting all ready. The um the the next step then will be that um that we will we'll we're getting dangerously close to preparing the entrance for our restroom which is being manufactured right now in Spokane. We don't have a due date or we don't have a a deadline or I

039mean a date for when that will be completed but it'll be soon enough. So, this is another chance to say um May 1st at noon, everyone is invited to be in the stadium uh for our community day, but also for our given play and that'll be a second one. Um at the same time, now we have materials off the fast pitch. We were out there today with Jen and the coach um making sure it's been mowed. Thank you Brandon and your team for that. And then our general contractors also taken their roller and smooth it all out so it'll be no safe now. Um and so that will start on March 2nd. Again, there'll be a safe way in and a safe way out uh during this. Um yeah, I think that's probably all I

040wanted to get right now. It's it's going really well and we're continuing to apply for our grants and things and we'll just keep at it and we're we're thankful for our voters again to make this possible as well as as a lot of generous people and a lot of hard work grants and things a lot of those and also Cassidy and others have worked hard to give that to the place we do now and it's going to be a beautiful thing. >> Great. Thank you. Um, I'm going to keep the legislative report short because there's so much other great stuff here to hear about. But I think the thing that I'm hearing most about or people are curious about is what is our transition to kindergarten funding looking like? Right now, all bills that have

041to do with policy have kind of settled in or out. Um, everything right now is about dollars or appropriations. And um, the current uh, Senate budget is looking to cut $19 million from transition to kindergarten. the governor's budget cuts 39 million. We're just advocating um it's there's going to be some loss. I'm hoping that we can say get share our story that we are a desert a childcare desert that we don't have additional resources and that they really should consider when they're cutting the resources that areas have and look individually at school districts. So, we'll see where that goes. Um I think that's the most important thing for us to be thinking about right now legislatively. uh safety and committee quarterly report. >> Okay. >> Um we had a uh we had our safety committee

042meeting on uh February 19th and um the meeting opened up with presentation from American Heart Association Representative Julian Dorney regarding uh CPR kits and mannequin distributed uh to campus. These kits provide hands-on CPR instruction materials to support uh skill development. Uh the committee also discussed districtwide CPR training for all staff is scheduled for August 25th uh on our back to school uh day. Uh the committee also discussed identifying specific employee groups who may require formal CPR certification based on assigned duties and risk exposure. Um, and then we uh we also discussed with our emergency operations plan and policy uh the uh the potential for updates to policy 3432 um with revising the policy language and the committee emphasized the importance of ensuring full alignment with current state requirements and our next steps would include identifying

043ing the gaps, reviewing procedures, and conf uh confirming compliance with applicable regulations with any uh recommended updates. Um we moved on with uh playground and safety. Uh we have safety enhancements uh are in progress at Warehouser Elementary including a newly ordered uh uh play structure and updated uh resurfacing materials. So getting rid of the rock and bringing in some engineered wood chips. Uh these improvements are intended to enhance student safety and reduce potential injury risk. Um we also discussed building security and operations. Um the committee discussed custodial shift scheduling, building closure procedures and focusing on after hours access uh with supervision uh reinforcement of secure building protocols and uh eliminating prop doors and maintaining controlled entry points. Um the staff uh were reminded to notify the maintenance department with the emergency uh when when emergency

044replies uh supplies require restocking. And uh we also have the uh uh Mr. Dickerson, Kevin Dickerson from the PSCSD. Um he shared some information about uh upcoming workplace injury prevention training opportunities. Um this is something that we are required to um cover at all of our safety meetings and uh so we have some my partner's already got me signed up for one for the 26th. >> They're they're good. >> And then Zane Gibson with South Pierce Fire and Rescue offered participation in a regional Lavar Grill scheduled for April 23rd. uh involving seven school districts and it uh is to strengthen the coordinated emergency response effort. So I think uh Mrs. Allison given that she's up at Columbia Crest was going to work on having a representative from our district there and our next meeting will

045be June 27th. >> Thank you Brendan. Appreciate you doing this work. >> Can I ask a question? >> Yeah. Is there any update at Warehouser on the trees at the playground? >> Yeah. Yeah. So, um we actually been some of the trees going in to the uh uh the drive in the access. >> I saw that. >> Yeah. And then um all the limbs should be down and taken care of uh out there around the playground area. Seems like every time we have a windstorm, there's something that wants to come loose out there. But, uh, I think everything is looking pretty good right now. We just >> So, it's not going to be barricaded off anymore. >> No. >> Of course. >> No. And I apologize for that. >> That's okay. But it uh you

046know, so by the time you get some equipment out there, get up in the air, then there's another one hanging somewhere else or you try and shoot up into there without breaking any more limbs. But I think it's kind of an ongoing thing, especially with the winter, you know, wind and so >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> I have a question. The CPR you mentioned too for staff, is that going to affect, maybe this isn't really the right question, but is it gonna affect any of their contract language or anything else if we're requiring people to get CPR that do not have it at this moment for >> that would probably be something that they would >> well and I think what at the meeting what they did was they they were asking me specifically who

047in their contract is required of it and are we providing it to them? >> We're not talking about adding it to other people's job duties. >> Yes. So this is just a an over this is just a chance to have the mannequins and to hear the click and to know how hard >> I understand that. I'm just talking about if we're going to add something to someone's job duties. >> Just those who are already required and that's not this >> certification. They specifically brought in the HR director to address that. >> Thank you. Any other questions? Karen, you have any questions? >> No, I'm good. Thank you. >> Um, all right. We're gonna go on to our CTE report. >> Yeah. Anywhere where you can be seen. >> Well, I'm sorry. It's okay. Be good.

048I'll stand up. >> A little bit closer to us. >> My presentation. >> All right. And then Oh, you don't want to be in the camera yet. >> Okay. So, um I'm Kevin Powell for those of you who don't know me. uh CTE director and I'm going to talk about high school stuff and middle school and then Todd is gonna talk about the farm program. >> Okay, go ahead. She's my clicker. >> So, I'm gonna go through this quickly. Let's see. I might have to stand a little closer. Uh so, I can actually read that one. Um >> I can read that any better. Um so, here's our course offerings at the high school. Um, so we have um Todd offampus. Uh, we have Mr. Banford doing woods and material science. Miss Nightale, food science

049and forestry. Mr. Collins has some engineering and computer science and a new cyber security. Then Miss Hancock um has biomemed, human body systems, which used to be like anatomy, and then leadership. And then I teach business English, finance, Microsoft, uh, business and office procedures. slashin internship. So it's like all the TAs and then new internship that program that I'll talk about in a little bit and then Mr. Sword out has photo video and then some advanced media kids. So okay so um some highlights that uh some of the teachers have sent me. So this is from our friendship and kindness this week uh that Miss Hancock sent me. So these were our days that we had and you guys talked about this a little bit. I don't know. Did you guys make this? Did you

050make it? >> Miss Hancock sent it to me, so I'm like, "Oh, this is perfect. I'll put it right in there." Um, so that was a great time. It's always nice to have that during like the Valentine's time. Um, so I'm assuming kids liked it. Kids seem to like that kind of stuff. So I've heard good things about it. So go ahead. punch. >> Um, so Biamemed had a little lab um that was um looking at time of death for Anna Garcia and they completed some analysis, polygraph hair analysis, looking at all of that type of thing. Um, crazy cool stuff. Like I've never took a class like that. So I'm like, "Wow, that is super cool." Um, okay. So, um, our forestry and, uh, woods classes were able to take a trip out to

051Warehouser Bale Tree Farm, and they got to observe some on-site logging operations, um, tree processing, log truck loading, and so forth. So, that was pretty cool. These are some pictures um, from the day that they went out there. Okay, so we have another field trip also not very far. Uh, Mr. Banford got to take his kids out to talk to the people with the new field and facilities. So that was very cool. Um they got to meet with the foreman, provided kind of an overview of the product, the project. Uh talked about the materials that went into it, all of that type of thing and the reason behind those choices. Um and then talked about careers in that industry. The tree farm one also talked about logging careers. Um I personally had a guest speaker

052from Peak Credit Union. One of our advisory members um works at Peak Credit Union. She came out. She had a really fun activity with my finance kids. Um learned about banking, talked about debt. They played a little budgeting game. It was kind of nice. And then I'm going to have her out again in the spring to talk about some more stuff. So it's kind of nice to have those partnerships. So um these couple field trips were all new this year. So hopefully like the obviously the facilities won that. a onetime thing, but hopefully we can go and have kids go out to those, you know, the tree farm and stuff like that more often and see those kind of things because those are kids love that stuff. >> How did you make the connection with

053the tree farm? >> Um, Miss Nightingale, her husband like works >> and forestry. >> Yep. So, that was kind of nice. So, they took Yeah. kids out there and Mr. Vansburgg went and Miss Nightingale. Um and um so hopefully that's a connection that she'll be able to continue since her husband's connected to that. So that was nice. Um yep, go ahead. Uh so at the middle school, I was trying to see if I was that one. Sorry. Um we've got our science seven and eight are both uh CTE. Uh got some script stuff out there. And then Mr. Sneezak has some coding, engineering, video, and some leadership type classes down there. And so, uh, Mr. Snezak gave me kind of a rundown of what he's been doing in his classes. His engineering classes are designing

054and program some, is it Spiro RVR robots? I don't know if I pronounced that right. Uh, he's got video production kids doing some daily news segments. I thought that was kind of cool. Um, so around the halls, focus on filming and editing skills. So, I like that our middle school classes kind of transitioned up to the high school. So, his kids, if they come and take Mr. Sword out's class, they've already got some experience in that type of thing. So, they'll have some skills already to do the video editing, photo editing, and stuff like that. Um, and that's kind of what we want. So, like our science classes, they kind of go towards like Miss Hancock's classes and stuff like that. So, it's a great transition. And then the leadership kids are organizing some school

055service projects, um food drives, celebrations, cold weather pits, um producing daily news broadcast, uh planning some schoolwide events like a dance and a pep assembly, and then just some activities to build school connection and community. And then um we had our science club. Miss Metler and Miss Bland took some kids out to do the salmon toss and they learned just like the salmon life cycle and how it's good to return those nutrients to the land and water. Um, and then uh apparently they did something new and removed the tail fin from each salmon this year to uh see if there's a difference with it. So >> So they know >> Okay. Is that what it is? Okay. I was like, "Okay. I know it's >> I I'm not a fishian kind of lady. I don't

056know much about this. So, okay. And then on the next slide, I think there should be a few more pictures. Um, they looks like they had quite the fun time. So, okay. So um in CTE for those of you who don't know we have what are called frameworks which are basically an entire document that's like 20 to I don't know I think this new one I'm doing it's about 60 pages for Mr. Banford. Um and basically where um it says like all of our units all of the standards and all of those types of things that have to be on file with OPI for us to be able to offer those classes in CTE. So during a lot of our PLC time, we like constantly updating those. Um they just sent out a report that

057says, "Hey, these are your frameworks that are good. These are the ones that need to be updated because of how old they are." And I could do that with the agriculture ones. So we resubmit those to OSPI and they're like on a cycle every five years or so. Um and so to be in compliance, we have to have all of those. I literally have an entire filing cabinet drawer full of them. And actually I was showing them this to a student today and explaining them. Uh so yep yep Eli's like what what is what is this CTE director thing? Why do you have to come to the schoolboard meeting? So yeah um so one framework that I just submitted recently is the new class for next year for Mr. Banford which is a construction class

058so that we can have like a two-year program pathway for him. So that's super exciting. Um, and he's been working with some other local school districts kind of see how they do a construction class because it's kind of hard to build a big huge shed. They're like, well, we build like scale models. So, he's been working with Franklin Pierce and some other school districts to kind of see how they use this curriculum to build like stuff on a little bit smaller scale. So, that will be next school year. >> How do you decide what courses to offer the next year? like if like picking up instruction like what drove that if you don't remember. >> So we have been so we have a wood tech class and there wasn't really like a second year for

059kids to take. So um we were kind of looking around like what do other districts offer? Um and it uses a core plus uh curriculum which is free which that is great. Uh so we thought that kind of works perfect. We, you know, we did wood shop, all those things years ago and bringing those back like kids love that stuff and so we're hoping that this gives kids, you know, a lot of skills to then go to like the skill center, stuff like that. Okay, so a little bit talk about grants. So Perkins grant we apply for every year. Um, and actually the last few years we've gotten about $13,000 as opposed to 8,000 in the past. So, um, we were able to finish replacing Mr. Sword Out's Mac Lab, which yay. Uh, cuz it's

060taken us about, I think about three cycles of grants to get it replaced cuz they are just so darn expensive. But we are good now. Thank goodness. Uh, Mr. Bford did the fish grant and he actually got a router table and router set up. Working with things. That's great. Um, we did, well, I did apply for a career launch grant to we were going to buy a little bit more equipment for Mr. Banford and we're going to buy a commercial dishwasher that fits in the space of a residential one. You stick the the trays like they would push through the machines. Um, but we didn't. So, we're going to look at trying to see if we can budget for that in the future for both of those things. And then, uh, Mr. Banford is way

061No. Yes, it is Mr. Vanford on the Lumen Teachers and Technology Grant. The technology name threw me off. Uh he's waiting to hear back because he's wanting to get three computers uh to run stuff on his CNC machine, which is a machine that we just got up and running and um had to have some wiring done and stuff like that. So, that's super exciting to get this piece of equipment that had not been going um up and going. So, >> is that like the laser cutter CNC? I'm not quite >> I don't know like that equipment he'll tell me these things and I'm like okay I >> okay it is perfect. Yeah it's like I I don't know like because he's telling me all these things I'm like okay I don't know what that machine

062does but that sounds perfect. >> This is more my thing the college and the high school thing. So, uh, very exciting opportunity. Actually, Mr. Banford had gone to, um, our summer conference that's held every year in August and met people park. They're like, "Hey, we're doing some college in the high school stuff." So, he brought them out, talked to us all about it, and we actually started it with my classes. um where if they take any of my classes, business English, finance, Microsoft business and office procedures, which is the TA class, or Miss Hancock's leadership class, they can get college credit towards the retail business management program at Clover Park. What's great about that program is it's all online. So after a few years, if kids are having room in their schedule, they could take

063the last couple classes they need online, still be on campus, um, and finish off the certificate for that. So there's 85 students that we have registered. Um, they came out in like November, kind of talked to the kids about it. Then they came out in January, kind of helped us register everybody. and between myself and uh Miss Hancock, we have 80 k 85 kids registered for this semester. So, it's super exciting. Um and then the certificate of kids leash business uh the retail business management certificate. So, I have several students who are taking like three of those classes because they have me for so many classes per day. So it's I'm excited to see like next year like kids that are you know juniors or whatever adding more of these classes and try to get

064them. >> So when we in the past and it may have changed so um when we did college in high school we had to pay per credit for those students. It's we don't have to pay. Is it subsidized by the state? State's now taking that on. Excellent. Thank you. >> There's no fee for there's no cost >> for the student or the school. So yeah it's great news. Very exciting. Yeah. Um, and then I stuck in some pictures um from students, though I put the name of who it was underneath. If you notice the pictures up there, that's Madison Bolt uh from our photo media class. So, um, okay. So, new classes. So, this year we started a cyber security class you using the project lead the way curriculum to kind of use all the

065um different uh classes of the project lead the way curriculum. So, kind of getting our money's worth. Uh, kids are really enjoying that. Mr. Collins said that kids are loving that. They're um doing some stuff, you know, with uh solving real world security problems, stuff like that. Uh, next year, construction. And then this has kind of been my baby. Uh, so Amy and Mr. Brower and Pette and I all met a couple months ago, talked about some opportunities for kids to maybe like get credit for working outside the school. And so in a situation where they would go to like an employer, we have to vet those employers and things like that. And I was talking to Amy, I'm like, what? I think we could like do a pilot program and have them work in

066the district for second semester. So, we have four kids um doing a pilot program for an internship. So, I've got three girls down to elementary school. They're having a great time. They go down there third period every day. Um and then one student is working up here at the district office 2 hours a day. And she's just like all the time I'm like, "How's it going?" She's like, "There is so much information, but she's having a great time." So, she's like, "I got to go down and try food at the elementary school today." That was really cool. Like, the kids are loving it. So, I'm like start with four kids and I'm hoping next year we can increase that um to more students, but it's going well. Um I'm super excited for it cuz I'm

067like, you know, talking to the kids about it because we want to handpick the kids that we sent because we're like, it's a pilot program. We want to make sure kids that we're sending out are good kids. Um, and so we're very particular about who we're sending, you know, and I'm like trying to tell them, okay, if you're going to be absent, you need to message your your staff person. We are treating this like a job. They fill out a weekly job report um and track their hours and stuff like that. Um, so I think it's going really well. I think I've gotten positive feedback. Christa can tell tell us how it's going. Um, but I'm like, well, we don't really have to vet the employers if it's all people who've already already work in

068the district. So, um, starting out like this, I feel like is a great kind of little bit of a jump into it and then, um, we'll kind of see how that goes. I would like to have kids out, you know, in different spots, maybe transportation or food service or, you know, different areas like that and then just see how that goes. So, okay. Okay. So, and I a couple I don't know couple weeks ago or so, uh we're working on some new graduation pathways. So, there are certain pathways that are already approved the state and to get more graduation pathways, you submit applications. So, Amy and I sat down, we to put all the stuff through OSPI. So now by taking um these classes together, kids have other opportunities for a graduation pathway. So these

069ones are all approved. Um so um got the names there. Professional communication, business technology, computational engineering, business management, professional operations, and then applied materials and construction. And we're approved now. We're approved now for all of them. So that's super exciting. Okay. Okay. So this is just we're thinking about some of the outside opportunities we have for students. Um so helping them with their resumes, editing help, that kind of stuff. Um the photo and video students are helping with some providing some photos and videos for the website. senior movie. Santiago has been interviewing all those kids for the senior movie, which is great. Um, we've been working with Dr. Best. Miss Hancock uh works with him closely for her biomemed and u human body systems class. We have robotic stuff, maker space, 3D printing. We've myself

070and Miss Nightingale have been teaching him a little gardening too. Um some electrical simple home repairs. Mr. We have first been doing uh collect compost from the community for the from the community center. Um volunteering at Pioneer Farm. We've been doing some photo and film competitions and festivals. Uh learning about MIG welding. Uh plant sales, helping the fry farm, traveling pumpkin patch. Uh we've got some game design, video and tabletop stuff, cooking and baking, sewing. Oh, I guess I put gardening on there twice. Uh and then just serving at community events. So those are just some of the outside things that our kiddos have opportunity to do. >> Odd question is your it's not a heavy one. Okay. The your that the foods teacher whose name I lose right now, >> Miss Elizabeth. >> Is

071she is she still running her? Last year she was running out of club like on Wednesdays of like just >> Oh, did you just make it up? Like I loved that that window. I It was actually my idea to have a club that kind of combined >> FFA stuff and FBA stuff. And so we kind of rotate. Like today they wanted to make banana bread from scratch. I'm like, "Okay, let's >> But it's still like that same kids get to >> Yep. Yep." So, every every week I'm like, "Okay, what do you guys want to do next week?" And we have a little tiny like greenhouse cuz I'm like, "That's perfect." Like, we're trying to teach them. Yeah. Real life skill stuff. >> Yeah. Surviving something >> life savvy. >> Yeah. We actually let the

072students come up with that name. So, y >> So, we kind of switch it around. um like we'll do sewing, we'll do you know cooking, we'll do gardening kind of yeah a combination of all of those. Um so dual credit so slightly different than the college and the high school. Um but just taking almost all of our CTE classes of the high school uh they almost all of them have dual credit attached. Um can see her better. So we're in the process of registering those students. Usually we wait till closer to the end of the year because they have to, you know, get a C or better both semesters generally to get that. So we kind of wait till a little bit farther into the year to register all of those students just so we're

073not registering kids and have to put in, you know, if they didn't get to see her better or whatever. Um that is the same as we've done for years, but um yeah, still doing middle credit and the high school. So lots of opportunities for their Okay. Few different partnerships. Talked about the Fry Farm and the Pioneer Farm. Peak Credit Union, Dr. Best, the River Salmon Project, Community Center, and then MPC Builders are another some partnerships that we've been working on here. Uh advisory committees, we have been a joint advisory with Bessel for about the last eight years. Um and that has been great. So we part so as CTE we have to have advisory committees and we meet three times a year and the advisory committee is like made up of teachers and business partners

074that kind of tell us hey these are things that kids should know out in our industry. Um and so joining with BETHL made it so we not only had other teachers to talk to because we're pretty much all singletons here. Um, but it also gave us a bigger business space. We tried in the past to do our own. We would get like either one business partner or like none because nobody wants to drive here to Eatenville at like 6:00 at night after work. So, working with uh Bethl has been great just for networking and stuff like that. Um, so we do three a year, fall, winter, and then spring. And um, so it's kind of nice cuz like Mr. more. She gets to meet with the agriculture teachers down there. I get to meet with

075the business teachers and then we can, you know, kind of pull our stuff. I've gotten a ton of ideas just from being in the meetings. So, it's been a really great partnership and it's given us access to a lot more industry partners that we wouldn't have normally. Uh, some priorities for next year, we're always trying to increase industry recognized certifications. Currently food workers card is the only one that we are doing because they pulled our funding for the Microsoft testing this year was legislatively funded. I'm don't know if that will come back but it's very disappointing. Um so always looking for any kind of stuff that kids can put on resumeumés um and that type of thing. Uh just increase professional development for staff. So that might be going to like a CTE conference, but

076it also might be going to like an industry kind of conference like uh Mr. Morris might go to something that's you know put on by somebody outside of the education world uh just to keep up his skills in that area. Uh increase college in the high school. So we're looking at doing it in Mr. Bamford's class. And so that was actually another reason that we chose construction. It's college in the high school class. And so we're working with Clover Park currently to have that in place for next year. Uh looking at purchasing some more equipment for the wood shop. And so I think next year we'll use our Perkins money to do that. And then the commercial dishwasher I was talking about. So if we whatever we don't are able to purchase this year, we

077will look at do using budget money and Perkins money to do those different things next year. Okay. So February is CTE month. So, I have been trying to promote CTE a little bit more and I'm like, this would be perfect for CTE month. So, you haven't seen them on the um Facebook Instagram pages. I have Allison posting them every so often. Um I just did one up for all the different program pathways. So, here's the agriculture one. You just click the room. Uh I did communication one and it talks about the classes and it combines middle school and high school stuff. We got the business pathway, um health science, STEM, and yeah, that's the last one. And then as always, unless you have questions for me. Okay. >> Sorry. I'm so busy. >> Yes. Thank

078you so much. That was really great. >> Okay. Okay. >> Um yeah. Um many of you in here are already pretty familiar with it, but I'll go ahead and give a good general review of what the grits farm is uh and what we do out there. So, um grit stands for growing relationships in the soil. Although the Google AI makes up all kinds of different uh things for the acronym. I thought that was funny. I was looking up the address or something and it has all kinds of different ideas, but that's what it actually stands for and that's what we do. We build relationships and build community through meaningful work uh related to farm work, but also this the framework that I came up with is um natural resources, how they earn their science um

079credit. And so we we learn this uh science of natural resources from a perspective that starts with just them worrying about themselves because I think that's where most kids are. It's where a lot of us are. Uh when you start globally, they're like, "Oh, who cares?" But I say, "Okay, let's start with survival skills. How are you going to manage your natural resources for a few days just to survive in the woods?" And that's when we really start to take a look at the natural materials that are available to them and why they need them. Um we look at the chemistry of a lot of it. Uh then we move from there to the idea of like okay so then let's say you want to homestead this area want to stay there a little longer.

080How are you going to manage your natural resources differently then? And so they then they start thinking about you know storage and and how they harvest and making gardens and things like that. Then we move towards a community idea like you want to invite your friends and family come live out there. Then they have to talk about shared resources and how they manage that. And so it starts to piece together to them why we eventually care about national and global resources and why we have to manage those. We can't just go take what we want and not not have any plans for those. So that's the idea philosophically for the main framework which is natural resources. We also have a farm management uh um framework out there where we talk about sustainable farms and we

081work like with Fry Family Farm as a good example of ways that in our society around here people could make some money um in farming. We don't have a typically a lot of the big farms here. We have more of the smaller organic farms and either someone can make a living or they can make a little extra money or just take care of themselves. And so um we spend a lot of time talking that we do three hours each year. So what I have is a middle school group in the morning uh that comes out for second and third period and um they have to apply to be in the program and we are look we look for students that a combination of students I have a whole thing I could do but I'll just

082keep it short. Basically, there's a group of students that we need, and this is for both both groups, who need the FAR. They need an environment that is a little less chaotic, an environment that is a little more hands-on, and where we really focus on the set of standards that we create at the beginning. So, we have five goals at the farm. Um the five goals are the first one is that we are going to um have three harvests. So we do a we we harvest our pumpkins and corn uh and beans and sunflowers uh right away. Then they plant a fall garden that we harvest and then they plant a spring garden that we harvest. And so we want to try to have three uh good harvests for them to to really get their

083hands in the soil and really try to propagate some growth. We have making the farm what I call Pinterest perfect which was really a stressor this year when we had the legislators come out and so um see we wanted somebody comes out here we want to make this place look good which I think is also part of like agra business and agra tourism is like you really want the place to look nice so when people come out there it's more not more than just the farm it's it's you know pleasant experience um then we talk about learning about the world around us with science so that's one of our big goals then the last two are the most important to me uh building a healthy and happy community where everyone there feels like they're part

084of the community. They feel supported. They feel welcome. They feel accepted. And that's a huge thing out there. We spent a lot of time on that. Um and when it comes to how that applies to industry for CTE, those are what they call soft skills. Um we focus primarily on soft skills and employability. And I think that stems with a phrase that we use out there is being easy to be around. Um, we talk about that. They'll say, "Hey, you're not being very easy to be around right now." And how that can impact them professionally. Definitely, you always want to work with somebody that's easy to be around. You want to work with somebody who's antagonistic or, you know, frustrating to be around. Also helps in their personal relationships. So, um, we spend a lot

085of time focusing on how can we do that? How can we become somebody? And and really we spend a lot of time combating a lot of the stuff they get from society. A lot of stuff they get from social media. So S society says be combative, be mean to people, be judgy, you know, take care of yourself, you know. And so we we have to really it's it's it's interesting that when the kids get around figuring it out and we set our we create our standards around respect and kindness. When we're creating it, it's really obvious. this is how I want to be treated by other people. I want to be treated with respect. I want people to hear me out. You know, I want all these things. And uh but then when it comes

086to applying it, we fall back into our defaults which we learn from society, which is not to do those things. And so we really spend a lot of time with that back and forth figuring that out. So that's a big key part. And then the last major goal and when you make big goals, you make some that are like really big. Can we accomplish this? Maybe, maybe not. but to take our community building skills and all of the stuff that we learned back into society and just hopefully plant just a few seeds out there to try to kind of bring us to a loca an area in our society where we're getting along with each other. So, um that's a major focus out there for me that we have the CTE stuff that's really important,

087the skills, but that those soft skills, the employability and the in the community aspect is a big part of the program. So, middle schoolers in the morning and then high schoolers, I have them all elected. And high schoolers earn a science and CT uh uh credit for natural resources, also farm management. Um and then they also get their PE and health out there. Middle schoolers get uh science from me and their um CTE credit for so um I could talk oh a couple things. We got the greenhouse built out there and we are just today planted our first batch of tomatoes. We're still working with uh cobbling together a watering system and we have a few heat heating pads. So, we're just kind of starting with that and seeing how that works. Hopefully, some of

088that will be available to sell at Mayday. So, that there's a lot of promise in that greenhouse as long as we we start getting the funds to to get all the automation and things there. Um we work with a nascal miscali river um education project. We toss salmon too. Um and then they came out we they staked some to the ground. So they usually we have to go somewhere else but last two years they've come out and we tossed them in Oh Creek right there and then we st some in the ground and they put some game cameras out to watch um what we saw is a lot of um looked like golden eagles actually that came in and really scavenged. like a raccoon fossil, but it was kind of fun to see the wildlife

089that came in with that. So, uh they did Simon salmon dissection. We'll go to um Pioneer Farm. We help them with their garden and then they take us out and talk about their plans for their wooded area out there and then we, you know, learn about their different tours and things like that. So, those are a couple of partners in Fry Family Farm when we can afford it. It's getting tight. It's getting tight now, but uh we like to go up there and like I said, get a get a full-on experience on a farm that's that's designed to make money, a business farm. And so we get a lot of uh information from that. And so that's a good partnership we have too. So >> yeah, Mr. Morish partner. >> Do do you guys ever

090get and I don't know how we would it's a piece of their overall future as an adult. So it's not direct correlation, but do you ever get like any data or feedback from kids that have left? Like how is you know what impact it's had on their on their career now or their future? Do you guys have a data or any way that you get that information back from them? Well, they don't have a lot of data from that moved on, but we did have some come back for the legislative testify and talk about what they got in the program, how it impacts. We did have a couple of witnesses. >> I get I have them do a testimony at the end of every year. Okay? >> So, they could they could talk about and

091by say they ended every year for some of the kids, they'll have four years. They could go all the way from seventh grade to 10th grade. Not all of them do, but they can. >> And so, that that's one of the things I say what how did you feel about yourself and all this stuff when you came into the program? And then they and then and then a how how do you feel about now? What are some things we do weekly goal setting? Um and I I really push them to make that goal setting based on our standards. How we get how are we growing as individuals? How are we getting to along with people better? And some of them they focus a lot on their grades and that's important especially dur certain dur certain

092times of the year. Um but then at the end we evaluate that to say which of these goals stuck with you, you know. So we um I don't have I probably should have a little more formal data collection. Um >> it wasn't a Gotcha. I just was earn >> No, I just I was I was just curious. I know that it's impossible to to correlate a student's success or failure later in life to one particular event and also what would they have done if they weren't in the farm? It's it's non-nowable. I was just curious if No, we have I have cight informal testimony. Yes. >> I'd like to add to that. I don't think you were there. Karen, you were at the farm when the legislators came out. Uh >> probably one of the

093most impactful things and when I sat in sat in chair Santos's office later was your your students who came I think your first year your very first a couple from my first year >> who came back and said this is the impact that it had on my life. uh they were so impressed by that. That really had a huge impact. So um and you didn't have to have formal data collection because those students came back because they cared about you and they cared about >> Yeah. I just threw out some invitations. >> It was really it was really impressive. >> And I Yeah. Some of the most powerful stuff. I mean, you got to, you know, every kid's going to get something a little different, but um and I always it's it's it's the availability

094of the program and it's their willingness to get something out of it. you know, I don't I don't take credit for, you know, I'm there, but there are some kids that are like I've had I would say one every couple years or anything that that'll testify that they are not sure they'd still be around if they didn't have that opportunity for that safe environment for a couple years and build friendships. Um, I had one kid that he was having a hard time with him. He was kind of a rough kid and I said, "Hey, this is you're in a spot now where we're starting to work about whether this is going to work out for you." And then he broke down and like I don't have any friends. Nobody s I had the lunch and

095this is a kid that the reason I don't have any friends is because he's beat up half the kids at school. So, so we started talking about said, "Well, that's this is for and then he got some really good friends and then he started getting involved in sports and athletics and graduated in a real healthy way." And like I said, it was him taking it on, you know. I give all the credit to the kids, but there's some there have been some pretty powerful testimonies when it comes to that. So, it's a it's a valuable program. You'll have your kids that go through and you know that's fine, but there are some that get some really important. >> That's awesome. when we were out there, um, one of the he shared his past experiences, um,

096he walked me back to my car because my car was parked quite a ways away and and with my cane and everything and he noticed that and yeah, >> walked me back to my car and we talked and the program meant a lot to him. I mean, it changed his life. >> Awesome. >> And those guys at my for my first year, they just had the one year. That's all they had. So, um, and they that was a unique but a really good group to start with and there's some really really special kids in there. >> Yeah, it was I was very impressed. >> And it was really cold. >> It was raining at first like come on and we had so much more planned, but it it >> was great. It was so good.

097Thank you so much. Karen, do you have any questions? >> No. No. I love it. I love what they're doing. So, no questions. >> Anybody else? All right. We're going to move on in the agenda and u the rest of this is really um businessy so if you want to leave please feel free. We're just going to be going over policies and behold >> that's right. >> Thank you. Thank you. Have a good night. >> Good night everyone. >> Not all you guys. >> Okay, we're going to move on to new business. Consider capital outlay approval of replacement ground equipment and purchase approval for warehouser. Um, is that you Brandon? >> Yes, >> that's Brandon. Okay. So, the first one here I believe is yes the uh so uh this one would be a uh

098new play structure for ages 2 to 12 and it comes with a uh um a three base swing set. So, six wings to replace the one that's out there. Um, this that has been removed was uh what the X is the engineered wood chips. >> I don't have what you have. Sorry. >> So, you have this. >> Yeah. >> I'm sorry. >> Okay. No, that's okay. I was flipping and I did stop pictures. >> There we go. >> Thank you. >> Yeah. >> Make sure we're all looking at the same thing. So, this is a 2 to 12 play structure. >> Okay. >> And uh a three base swing set. Um like I said, it's it's it's like the one that's out there. It's just it's a little shorter, but it's it's for six wings.

099And this that's been x was already uh approved um back in February or there we go. November 24th. Yeah. And uh and then we also on the back side here have uh the border, the 92 uh pieces of border, the six corners and freight. That's the one for 5943. Uh I think it's going to take a few more pieces than that. I think we're looking at more like 120 pieces. it should not come up to this 10,000 but so we're just asking for that additional 10,000 uh for the board on the back side which uh brings plus uh we are going to install it uh the maintenance department the install quote was 43,000 and um I'm pretty confident with the guys that are here that that we can do that um and so we threw

100in the 20,000 um I think >> that's just in salary we just for or additional >> uh it' be concrete it just be materials that we'll need >> Oh materials >> yeah there's about 47 small footings >> okay so the four materials got it >> um so with with that with the play structures and the swing set and uh the border and uh and then what we figure what it'll take in house to install uh comes up to the 106 42931. >> Great. And we've got these then in um items A through >> Absolutely. >> Um the self install obviously doesn't affect any kind of warranty or insurance or anything like that. Well, >> and they actually have like a somebody who comes out and inspects it. >> I'm just making sure they're dealing with

101I don't want insurance going back. >> We're dealing with the health department then they'll come out and >> Okay. Yeah, >> it's common practice. I when we were doing all of the budgeting for it and we were running the levy, we we looked pretty heavily into that to make sure that that was the cost we could do with >> I'm sorry. >> No, go ahead. They actually have a uh like a community-based install where they'll send out a I like one of their foremen. >> Yeah. >> And you can have because I was just looking at if you say it's 20 grand to install for concrete that's not wages. By the time you add up labor, we're at almost probably they're 40 grand to install and I just didn't want it to affect um like

102insurance or anything like that. Okay. >> Any other questions for Brandon? All right. Hearing none, then I would consider a motion to approve um items new business. A >> n >> just A only is for the wholeund. Yeah, you don't want because the next one's a for pre-approval which Crystal will talk about. You just want to probably do a right now. >> Okay. Or item A. >> Yes. >> So moved. >> Second. All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries. All right. pre-approval for payment of Miracle Play Systems. So, we can't order that until we send a down payment, which means that was closed out by a couple months by the time everything processes. So if we can get the at least the partial payment to this generated through special X cycle they

103call it which is outside of our normal monthly bills um then we can get the checks sent to them and get that ordered um so that we can hopefully get that installed alongside or near alongside the other piece of equipment. Um so we just need authority to cut that. >> So it's not an additional 86 that's >> that is part of the 106. This is just a special checkment for >> I forgot these are this is you said there's a source wall right like this is >> so the project's 106 and they want 86,000 of it >> well because the the the check is would be 86,000 for the equipment or we could do half of that as a down payment. The other part, the difference between a 100 is the the materials that he's

104going to need to install it. That's going to come directly. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> They make us pay for it. >> Yeah. They won't even give him They won't even give him the plans for install without payment. >> All right. And I would consider uh Do you have any other questions, Steve? >> No. Okay. Consider a motion to approve item B, pre-approval payment for sales. motion. >> She's got a first. We got a second. Okay. Um, it's been moved and second. All in favor? >> Motion post. >> Motion carries. >> All right. On to item C. Consider approval for fencing for West Playground. And um, yeah, this is just for West is that that's not included in this 106,000 fencing. Okay. >> All right. Um, any anybody have any questions around that?

105>> Okay, I consider a motion. >> Um, same thing. Just same question. I mean, we have like a bid. Is it the Is that from source? Well, do we have more than one bid or is it just Yeah. So, there's So, there's actually I even I've had several times where this company uh quality has come out. >> It's not in your packet. Exactly what you're asking. Okay. >> But Brandon went through and did some leg work and he has some information to share. >> So, um, we do I do have, um, a bid for EES, which came it came out to about $66 a lineal foot. And then uh with this new estimate with the warehouser with Bergsma fence um he's about $43 a lineal foot and to do the 385 ft. Um so this

106fencing would and and I don't know if Tracy wants to touch on this at all, but we we're fencing off about half of the playground and part of that basketball area. And there will be uh three walk-in gates with the double drive-in gate so that to be able to get materials or if you ever have to get in there. Um so the fencing and the chain link uh total with tax was 16852. >> Interesting. >> Yeah. The reason that we're requesting this fencing is for our TK students and our uh structured learning center students. uh the it's a it's huge playground uh at warehouser and the running that happens and the aloping from staff. So we want to make a smaller program for playground for our TK students potential preschool through there and then our

107more self-contained students. >> Is it vi is it chainling vinyl? >> Uh it's it's uh uh no it's not vinyl. It's chain link. Well I know is it vinyl covered chain? No no no no. There was a bid with one um with the black chain link and that was about 7,000. Yeah, 7,000 more and that was at ees. So it's roughly around 10% more. >> Great. Um any other questions? I consider a motion to approve the fencing at West Playground. So moved. >> It's been moved and seconded. All in favor? I any >> motion carries. Consider approval of fencing at EEES. Um I'm assuming all the same explanations and and purposes. We have both bids here. So I'd consider a motion for approval of fencing at Eat L. >> So much deeper. >> It's smaller.

108>> So much. >> Yeah. Well, what this one covers is is some fencing. You know where that big uh uh yellow gate is where you drive in? >> Yeah. uh right when you come in and you have the portable there. >> So right there where there's a big yellow tube gate where we drive in, it would uh take the place of that gate. It would be chain link and then it's an area from the other side of the portable over towards the teachers uh uh faculty room >> and that would have a gate in it. And then on the far side of the school like over by the uh bus loop Um, when you drive around there's a there's fence there and where it comes up the sidewalk, it would be another gate going from

109that point over to the building. >> Oh, >> and it encloses the playground. So, >> yeah. >> And the front of the school is our students that are in our SLC classrooms that are at the front there in the portables a lotment is happening. So, we want to make sure they're not running to the parking. So, it's basically three gates and then about uh 36 ft of chain link to go over to the portable. >> Yeah. Yeah. More buildings to work around. >> Um >> the other the other bid only covered two gates and no tax. So, you can kind you can see the difference there. It's quite a bit. >> So, I would consider a motion for approval. Yes. moved and seconded. All in favor? Any opposed? You guys need some chocolate or something?

110Let's get um consider approval of resolution 756 WIA authorization. Is that Christopher or Jay? This is a annual >> um Gavin. It's the annual one we do every year. Um just to make sure that we are registered, paid a part of and accepting a WIA program. Our kids can't participate athletics without it. So um I consider a motion for approval. >> So moved. >> Second. >> It's been moved and seconded. All in favor? >> Opposed? Consider approval of in local agreement with Bates Technical College. I don't know if you wanted to add anything. Um I think >> well we have to have those agreements in place in order for students to do running star those type of programs and um and we have doing that and many yeah it's really exciting that we have this

111um I would consider a motion for approval in a local agreement with Bates Tech. >> So moved >> second. It's been moved and seconded. All in favor? >> Any opposed? Motion carries. >> All right. another interlocal agreement with MASH which is Y >> MASH is moving all students to success in health. We contract with Fuja Sound ESC um and they have been working with Eenville Middle School and we have seen a lot of positive growth with students and staff and community. advanced system administration and just building uh positive behavior intervention systems supporting all school systems and then really working at NTSS structures for tier 2 and two tier three and now they I would like them to move up to CCA and and start that work there as well in building so that >> okay

112I would consider a motion for approval of national agreement >> a motion >> all right Karen's on it and we Second. Um, it's been moved and seconded. All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries. Uh, consider approval of overnight travel for the FFA. Where are >> you? >> Um, they are going to in late April for state live auction judging. Um the participants and coach will require local hotel rooms and they'll be in uh Pullman for a state convention early May. Lodging and meals are included in the conference and they are covering that cost. >> Um and they stay in dorms at WSU this one. >> Thank you. Sorry. >> Um Amy, do you want to add anything? >> No. Our FFA is just continuing to grow and be more and more active.

113So >> it is really exciting. Can I just say that as someone from having a kid at EES, my kid just loves it when they I don't know why it's just it's just like goat day or something. I don't know. But so no, I just I met up when uh Kelly was here, but they it's just been great. I mean, it's been great. >> The act just the active kid participation is >> and our kids are really successful and they are achieving. I appreciate it because we have students that are really active in FFA and being successful but do nothing else. Like they don't do sports, they don't do drama, they're not in the band. So it's just a really it's just another way to capture engagement for students that you know kind of meets

114their interests. So it's great. >> Yeah. >> So well structured >> and it hits on preparation for life in a really meaningful way. So appreciate that. All right. I would consider a motion for overnight travel for the FFA team. So moved. seconded. >> Moved a second. All in favor? I >> I motion carries. >> Consider approval of the following policy updates. Now, um so if you've looked at our annual calendar, you'll see that every month we have a focus that we're um looking at. And this month is CTE. So, um as a board, we take the opportunity to just look at these aren't necessarily new policies that we're just refreshing, making sure that they're a typo in one of them. So, as you're getting these in your work packet, you're reading through them. Um, I'm

115going to do these in bundles unless somebody would like to particularly pull one of the policies out and speak specifically about it. But these are all really just very generic. There's nothing um any nothing of significance that I felt. I don't know if anybody has a difference of opinion. I'm willing to take them individually. Okay. With that, I would um I would welcome a motion to approve CT policy and review CT policies um 2170 and 2413. >> So move second. >> It's been moved and seconded. All in favor? >> Carries. And um then >> I'm sorry. >> I was just reading it some punctuation. Oh, you can circle it and give it >> um and just a matter of thought if it's just typos, punctuation, the wrong word, you can circle it and we can

116change that without having to bring it before the board also. >> Yeah. >> So, if you ever find something like that, just pass it on to faster. >> Thanks for catching it. Um and then these following are just updates. Um if anybody any do you see any here that you had any questions about as you were reviewing your packet? There was nothing of significance. These are just again updates. So I will consider a motion to approve item 1 through >> 14. Is that right? >> Can I can I real quick? Just so people in the community understand how this works is we have policies WASDA issues updates to the language and it comes out to our board secretary or assistant whatever word you prefer. I'm sorry. >> So um executive assistant and it's updating language

117that we have to go back then and update our policy with that language. So they're not new policies that I'm aware of that when I didn't look here I didn't see any new and so it's updated language that's already approved by the state of Washington. So, >> and the language doesn't change. >> The language doesn't change. >> The big update was will and shall like all the wills changed to >> all we have to do because of wills and shells. So, yeah. So, it it just so the community understands it's not >> it's not brand new things. It's updated language and things we have to stay up to date on which we haven't done in public time. over time I would say >> we're we're and we're trying to tackle these monthly and just address

118every month focusing on the policies usually gives me a list every month and I get to go >> well they got that cool three tiered system now like immediate and everything else >> um all right so I would consider a motion for J one through 14 >> second move >> and second I >> opposed. Motion carries. All right. Superintendent comments. >> Yeah, we um made the news again for good um which is at our uh child nutrition uh if you will. And so we made that for receiving a small grant from A West Farm Credit and that was to expand our variety of fresh local grown produce for our students. So as such um uh Betsy Bamford and had a hand in that as well family farm and Pink Moon Farm and different samples down

119all the way from from some pies and squash and radish and turnups and micro greens and such. And so this is just kind of another example of how we're trying to take we're trying to be trying to take the things that are here and try to make sure that we leverage that for good to try to help our students be healthy but also to support local and that really help. We just mid year for the Joe Har uh ting program. uh we we are we don't we haven't released it yet. We're looking over the data to double check it, but basically there's been a lot of success for those students who are a part of the tutoring program as opposed to not having that support. And so we are we'll be supplying that soon. We're

120just going to wait on that tomorrow actually. That's good news. Um as mentioned, spring sports is rolling out. Uh we actually had our general contractor that actually rolled out our softball as I mentioned earlier and and um we're we're sure excited to get all the track students track athletes student athletes on the field and and to get going there and um should be a really good season there. had a professional learning day, a development professional development learning day uh where we did some data dives and uh had some some deep deeper conversations about what our data mean uh this last week. Uh we also have a a hall family partnership night and we'd like you to come if you're able to and then if there's more than two then we'll need to put that. But

121basically it's um going to be at Eatonville Middle School and that is on Tuesday the 3 from 5:30 to 7:00. There'll be a catered meal from Romesh Kamar and and uh one of his restaurants and we have well over 100 people at RSVP. It's a great chance to uh spend a night to get learn more about resources, activities, how to help our our families be successful, um and a lot of entertainment. So, we would welcome everyone out to that and maybe we just to kind of when we find out how many programs are going to be out there, we'll go through that. Um yeah, the this is the last weekend for Alice in Wonderland, our production for our and also we had several wrestlers that went to state and represented us down to Koma Dome.

122And each year we're just getting bigger and better. And um we have our spring conferences of the high school on March 6th is coming up as well. And uh just to end it, yes, this is national FFA week, which is I propose that we just uh locate something and uh actually I participate in FFA as a I went to state judging contest myself in Boston, Idaho, and then went on up to World's Fair Spokane Expo 74. I think I dated myself. >> That would be four >> 74. And uh and so these programs such as FFA really do they really do a lot for our students. again. I I'll never forget that trip and and just the opportunities we have. So, thank you for supporting those activities um that that are meaningful. We want every

123student to have something that they feel, you know, successful at that they feel engaged with. Uh and that um we mention and we mention a lot of different activities, but the more we can have the better. We just want to make sure our students have everything. So, with that, I am done. gonna go into board comments and Karen, I'm gonna tap you first so we don't I don't forget because that used to be something I do once. >> I just want to say thank you all for the effort you put in and for being there. Um it was uh I mean all good news. I was glad to hear from um this uh Miss Pal and and all her updates and uh lots of good information and um glad that the kids are enjoying what

124they're doing and hopefully getting as much as they can out of it. >> Excellent. Thank you, um Katie. >> Thank you to everybody who keeps our kids going in the right direction. Sure. Travis, >> no, not this time. I I I I was listening to what the students were saying when they came in and I'll talk to them back, but if they happen to play this back and listen, I just hope in the future if there's concerns about an event we go to that we encourage our students to to come in and work with us on how to make that plan better um by helping to make a difference rather than just having an issue. I think that if we're if we're going to help organize something, it's one thing. So, I'll talk to the

125students when they're back about what are their avenues of to help rectify situations. So, that's my I just I appreciate the opportunity to reflect on their concerns, but I would like to have a plan. I just don't like having issues. I like plans. So, that's all. >> Amen. >> Um, and I think I will close with one. I am grateful for our student representatives and they did a wonderful job in our advocacy day. And I guess I need to apologize because they got a lot of their information from other students who have actually gone to testify in specific bills and um had not had the privilege of being in an advocacy day which really was um something very special and unique that was u coordinated um in a much higher level than what some of

126the students probably that they talked to. So, I will accept responsibility for not fully um sharing with them what this day looked like, but also would love for them. This is a short session, so the opportunity to take students to testify in bills is much harder. There just aren't as many of those. It's just everything's rolling so fast and you don't know about testimony until 10 o'clock the night before and it's just really tricky. So, but I am so grateful that they care. >> Yes, >> I am very very proud of them and grateful that they care. Um, so many good things going on in our community. Super excited to see the track people out there and super grateful to all those who have hands-on the field because they are certainly trying to do what's

127best for students the best that they can with the circumstance that we have. And our district office at every level is working so hard. Um, and my I just extreme gratitude for all that you do. We know that every day that you're here is a gift to us. So, thank you. We appreciate you. All right. With that, we'll close this meeting at 8:45. Good night everyone.