001Okay. All right. So, you need this. You got this. But I think that's it. I think I'm ready to go. All right. replace it later. Oh yeah. [Music] I have a pet. I had [Music] There we go. You guys are very smart. That'll be Try not to be here. That's ridiculous. probably a good idea to close a little bit. Hey Ruby. Hi. Good to see you. All right, we're gonna call this meeting to order at 7:01. Thank you all for being here. This is such an exciting um we are going to stand for the pledge of allegiance. I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands one nation indivisible with liberty and justice for all. We are going to start off um and we know that
002there's lots of students going on at high school. We want to try to get the kids front and center and then so they can go on to concert and other things. So we're going to start with our grits greenhouse project and community volunteers. Okay. So my name is Todd Morris. This is Dian Zachary and we run the grits program uh growing relationships in the soil. And that's what we do. We build community through meaningful work. Uh, one of our main projects of course out there through farm management is uh, a really large garden where we grow pumpkins, uh, corn and beans, kind of the three sisters idea of growing. And what we have realized over the years is that in order to get serious about teaching the kids about gardening and maybe even some transferable
003skills is we needed to have a a like a professional greenhouse. Uh that's going to allow us to start seeds, have a more robust plant sale at Mayday, and uh and get our crops started. We have some critters out there that if we plant seeds, they dig them all up and eat them. And so, and then if we So, we made some green houses uh from some arrow kits a few years back, but they're not really sealed up real well, and they get in there no matter how much we try to do it. So, um so we realized we needed a professional greenhouse. So, um we went through the process of getting one approved and purchased and then it was a matter I took a look at the plans and they're like, "This is, you
004know, I I consider myself kind of handy, but this was above my pay grade." So, we looked around for some folks to help out. A lot of lot of the maintenance uh started the project for us. I think that's what right here at the beginning. We'll have a maintenance crew. Um he just filed through because I don't have a specific thing for each. Um and and then uh Rick Christensen uh he said, "You know what? I I've been building forever." So, he said, "I I'll come out and do that. I want to work with the kids." He really wanted to teach the kids a lot of his work ethic and a lot of the the tricks to the trade. He recruited Neil Kerr and and his buddy Tom Bob was able to come out a
005couple times and uh and so they really started getting after it. So they got our kids going and whatever parts of it they could do um uh they would do. We sorted things out. Here's a group of This is probably early on. There's Rick and and some of the and uh uh Jumper and and some of the other folks we have that were helping out. Um they came out and kind of got after it and and then they leave a little bit of work for our kids to do and we kind of plugged away that until they come back out again. Uh Rick's got a really busy schedule. He's all over the world and so uh he comes out and does a flurry of work and and then we kind of do a little bit
006until he gets back. And so we're about when we get near the end there. The kids working on it here. We had a couple of these two right here, Brett and Kaden. They really owned it. They were like, "Okay, we're gonna they took on most of the responsibility." So, um, what we have now, getting the roof panels on was the hardest part. Um, and so that's where, uh, that took a little while to get that figured out. And once that was on, now they're throwing up the sides, and they'll be it'll be ready to go 100% for us next year. Um, we're getting a, you know, fan system. They have water. They have uh they ran electricity in there. We got donated uh I can't remember exactly what the amount was. It was a pretty
007high amount from OHOP uh that that hooked us up. So, we got power, water, and even phone cable if we need it out there. So, someday if we need it for something. So, it's really going to be Yeah, here's a good picture of what it kind of where it just about where it is right now. Um it's going to be um kind of our hub of activities. It'll be a nice dry space and somewhat sealed dry space so we can keep some things in there that need to stay nice and so it's really going to be a an allpurpose situation, but we're going to be able to do a lot of a lot of plant plant planting that we haven't been able to do. So Rick and Neil and uh Tom and and several people
008from the maintenance crew um have done a a bunch of work out there that I just couldn't figure out. So I've been really happy with them. the kids have been excited to to work with him and and he's got all kinds of um worldly advice for them. So, when it comes to work ethic and construction and and so it's been a it's been a really cool deal and we're really excited about just the huge amount of improvement in our planting we're going to be able to do with this with this greenhouse next year. And I think out of all the stuff we do, this is going to be something that we're going to work on to to have those transferable skills because there's a lot of greenhouse uh operations in the area. I'm going to
009try to meet with them and have them come out and consult with us about skills and some things that they would like kids to know so they could come out of this program and like go to work in one of the professional greenhouse green houses in the area. So, it's really going to help us with that transferable skill piece. So, um, yeah, it's just been a really great, um, project and I've been really, really thankful after looking at those plans for Rick and Neil and Tom to come out and figure it out for me because this is it was, like I said, it was up here. So, um, I really appreciate everything they've done. Anything to add to that? That picture, if you go back one, that's today on the left. We have 14 students
010that are previous students that came out for the traditional reunion. Um, so they feel tripped out when we came out to the high school group. Every single one of those students over the past three years because three of them are seniors that came out today have helped form the pad, run the gravel, built the walls, and done all that. And they joined us today to see what the broader she is looking. Diana set up a little table back there with some pictures and some some testimonials from the kids and uh so if you have a chance later to check those out that would be I take yeah over there in that I'm supposed to take questions and also Todd just uh as a way of appreciation we actually do have some certificates of appreciation to
011Tom and Rick and Neil uh reading uh in recognition of your valuable contribution and dedic dedicated service as a volunteer on the grits farm. Your time, effort, and teamwork have played a vital role in promoting sustainability, education, and environmental awareness within our community. And we'll go ahead and get these out. Sure. Yeah. We we noted that the work that you led and that um supported by these these great volunteers has now added to something that will pass be passed on from generation to generation and and promote farming. Absolutely beautiful thing. One thing I learned about Rick in particular is that he's not one for attention. So I knew it would be a struggle. He's out of town anyway now, but I knew it would be a struggle. might just have to go find. All right.
012We could we could probably take him to him next time we see him. Oh, that would be great. It would be meaningful to give them. Yeah, we'll do that. That would be great. That would be really nice. All right. Do any of anybody have any questions on the board for Mr. Mor around the grits program? How many kids you have this year? Uh we had about a little over 20 in each group. Middle school group. 42 student semester. Yeah, we start off a little higher numbers and kids move and things happen. Yeah. So, so we got over 50 recruited for next year. So, and and we have a legislative body that's going to be Have you heard about this is really exciting. um your program was uh being talked about around Olympia and so they
013want to bring all of the education committee for the house and the senate out check out the grit smart. Okay. All right. That's more than I was expecting. Very cool. It'll be we'll get they clean it all up. Mrs. Car on the board um her son is in the program and he's a wonderful kid. Yeah. and he's really he did a testimonial about what he's gotten out of the program and a lot of the kids that returned today did a testimonial just for we had a short amount of time several of them said boy I wish I had more time to kind of really put my words together so we just took a first sample we're going to do another every at the end of the year we always have writing take some time really
014write one out so I can say thank you because you know he's always liked school he's always done you know decently in school and everything but he's thoroughly enjoyed school since being you know I know it's a motivation for him you know so it's just it changed him and his activity level honestly he's a co baby so you know I mean it's it's changed him so and I know you guys can probably tell Oh yeah yeah yeah we play games every day and yeah he gets after it so uh yeah so it's been a he's a great kid and just we just have a really really amazing high school group this year so it's kind of fun to work with him We also have two amazing instructors that work out there with the first ever
015senior in the program this year, too. Honestly, don't know that he would have graduated without Yeah, he he had he had special plan to stay with us to get through. He's going to graduate. So, that was wasn't wasn't something he was planning on doing. And I I more personal like, you know, my son he's close with a lot of my mother so you know we go do stuff. We're doing it with other great students and it's when I'm listening to kids in the back seat, they're all talking about school. They're all talking about their assignments. They're all talking about it's like they don't talk about I'm waiting for them to talk about like other stuff and know they're talking about school the whole time. All right. They're all great serving community on Friday. So yeah,
016Dian did a comp compilation of all the volunteer hours we've done we've done with the groups. you know, different places we go help out, stuff like that. Farm, pumpkin patch. We had the kids come out. We've got the tree planting in the swallow land trust. Fry farm up in Ashford. We went up there twice this year, actually three times. Two times to work, one just to have free schoolage to take them up there. Um, Bethany and Luther Church, we went there twice. Helped out community garden. Uh, Gypsy Wagon, they generously donated coupons for our Easter egg hunt. And because of the donation, we felt like we wanted to get back and we did the landscaping halfway through, two hours into it. We were only halfway through and we're like, we got to go back. This
017just looks terrible. So, we spent four hours there. And then mostly recently community today and then we took the preschool for a tour. So, and we do the community garden middle school. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. All right. Yeah. But we're really excited about the Rick especially and and Neil coming out. Like I said, I those plans, but it's been really good. I'm really excited about what we're going to be able to do with this. [Applause] I got to take off my last band concert. All right. So, this really is the highlight. Um, we have the opportunity today to recognize a graduate in our school boarding and we're super super excited about this. So, I'd like to turn over to So, this is Ruby. Ruby Morgan, come here. So, um, for those of you in the audience
018that don't know, we have, um, a program in our district called Meatenville New Beginnings, which we partnered with the organization called Graduation Alliance. And that program is, um, it's really a dropout re-engagement program. So, for students to get significantly behind on credits, they have an opportunity to get re-engaged and and earn their diploma. But the state does allow a small percentage of students to enter into that program that are not significantly credit deficient. And Ruby's one of those students. So, she recognized a couple of years ago that she really needed an alternative program. She just had a lot of um a lot of priorities that she was trying to juggle. And so, she made the choice to go into that program. She was, you know, she was a great student. She was here at the
019high school, but she just needed something different. And so, she uh enrolled in the graduates program in New Beginnings. and she has been working and doing school and just doing all the things all on her own for the last couple of years. And so she actually is a class of 2025 graduate. So she's graduating on time. Um and has big plans ahead for her talking about real estate and she's currently making lots of coffee and doing lots of things. So yeah, so we're very proud of her and I'm glad you guys get to recognize her tonight. Awesome. So if the board we're going to give her the graduation experience. So, we're going to go over there and you get to shake everybody's hand. Would you like to give her Would you like to be the
020end of the line and give her the end? Okay. All right. So, you stay here. We'll have first start over there. Yeah. So, we would like to congratulate Ruby for this really outstanding effort. Thank you so much. We're so excited and honored to have this opportunity to be with you today. So, all right. We're gonna go ahead. Congratulations. Thank you. Congratulations. So, [Applause] thank you everybody. I don't know if you're aware of this, but third generation. All right. Congratulations. And we all graduated. We should get Yeah, we should get a picture. Yeah, let's do it. Oh, perfect. Do you want to get a picture of the three generations? Do you want to come from the north? Come this way and then turn around that way. That way back the door. Sorry. There we go. So
021that anybody that's hard there's a lot of hard things about being on the school board, but that thank you for letting us be a part of that. Okay. Um, another great thing we've been waiting for a long time to hear from the EHS chess team. Thank you so much for being here. the gear and everything. Where's your chest? Yeah. You know what? The community can't see us or here this way. So, you can see yourself on the screen. We want everybody to see yourself on the screen. people in YouTube land to be able to see. Uh so my name is Matthew Matthew Burns. This is my uh our chess team we've got. So I'm the adviser and I'm just going to have them really quick introduce themselves and and what role they play. Uh I
022chess club and I'm also a varsity player. I'm treasurer. I'm Corey Dempsey and I'm the founder. So, we've had a a really fun couple of years that we started this uh club. It was student created um by Brendan Olsen and then it's been student run since then. The only thing I really do is is organize and do giveaway. So, um, our president, uh, Hans Aemon works very hard, comes in every day, um, trying to create opportunities for chess for the students at the high school and also at the middle school. We have some middle school players come up and they play with us. Um, it's been a really, really fun uh, season this year. Um, we got to do some really amazing things and we have a lot of people to thank for that. Um
023the first group that I really like to thank is um um Miss Duran and obviously the school board and everyone who uh supports us. I constantly am in contact with other schools about their chess bubs and how they organize things and and I really feel like we have it the best here at Eatenville. We have a lot of support. Um when I talk to other schools about trying to get building use and buzz buses and transportation, it's always a nightmare for them. But we've never had an obstacle in our way. Um we've always been supported and we feel very grateful for that. Also, um Mario Regazo was um responsible for donating uh and making these hoodies for us. So, we got to wear these at state. Was awesome. Um yeah, it's been a great season.
024We uh finished 34 out of 48 in state and this is our third year at state which is fantastic. Um we've also been asked to host the regional next year um for the second time in three years. So snowed out the first time, huh? Got snowed out the first time. It got snowed out the first time. Well, we we didn't shy away from the challenge. res which I see is something that we're really good at is res plans and make it happen. So um it's been really great. These these kids work hard um they spend a lot of time after school making things happen um doing fundraisers and reaching out to the community and getting people involved. So really hats off to these guys. I might add I learned a new move when I went
025else went with me. One of you went with me and what I learn when I move learned really quickly was the move of when I was invited to play just to get out of there as fast I could. You remember that really fast but but no it was just amazing to watch the interaction, the camaraderie, the teamwork, the challenging people each other to new heights. Um, it was it was really it's obvious, you know, you're just going to get better and better and go higher and higher. So, thanks thanks for what you do to represent the high school and the school district and just youth in general. Thank you. And you guys beat my best friend's kid from Sandy, Oscar Larson. And he's very he's very shocked that students from the trees. So, and I
026said, "Well, we're just better. Yeah, that's awesome. And and we're getting better every time. Titus Low was our most improved player of the year. He uh ELO is your state ranking. And each time you play a game, you gain ranking or lose depending on if you win or lose a match. But he uh gained 123 ELO if I remember correctly, which is pretty impressive. Also another person I forgot to thank sorry uh was um his dad Peter Low who went with us in Chaperon on a state trip and also wrote an article in the dispatch um for us and was very kind of him to do that. So I have a question. Um Mr. Brower asked this of you when when you came to visit the chessa. Uh could you tell us what your favorite
027chess piece is and why? Um, I would be C7 because that's the one I use a lot. Mine would be the G1 because it's underestimated. Oh, I have I have to go with the any any of the nights. They each had an answer when I visited you and it was just like quick reasons I didn't expect shows that you've really studied it all out. [Music] Well, I we are so grateful and honored and proud of the fact that this is student driven. Thank you so much for stepping up because we know you couldn't have a student club without um a teacher that was willing to step up and be a part. So, thank you so much for your generosity. And what I love is the contrast. We saw our grits kids and we see our
028chess club kids and they, you know, all together were cruisers and doing great things here. So, just thank you so much. Can we give them a round? We need a picture. So, Can you guys come behind us? Easier probably. We'll stand behind our chairs. Oh, look at this. She's really smart. We sit and they stand. Look at this. Youth leadership. That's what it's all about. Smile. Thank you. Yeah, the IQ just went out of business. Speaking of knowledge, we are now going to hear from the knowledge. Oh. [Laughter] Not surpris Anderson. I co- coach the volleyball team with Alex Christensen who cannot be here this evening. Um we have state now second year in a row and um unfortunately our seniors could not be with us this evening but uh we have our president our
029captain of our team and one of our prime supporters here as you've been introduced introduced to him uh titus share with the board um our place this year six it was 42 teams so we placed in the top 10. [Applause] So, um last year we did not make it to the top 10. So, we um have jumped and we keep jumping up higher and higher each year. Um we also thank the school board for supporting us in our state endeavors and our transportation. Uh during the school year, we compete every Thursday in our peak season. We go to other schools that are definitely uh larger and smaller. We compete with Big Harbor and Bellereman and what are some of the other Oh, Sammy. Sammy. That was an exciting one. So, it last year we got
030to go to Stadium High School and tour of all the little nooks and crannies of the school. um we get opportunities to um engage with other schools even though they're not necessarily in our our league, but we get to have those those really good competitions. So, I know that we often share space with uh chess, but we um stand our own ground, too. So, this year we are losing our seniors, but we're gaining a lot of the cross country team. So we will be cross country anyway. Exactly. So thank you very much for your continued support. Thank you. Could you each tell us your favorite part of the look when you answer a question and don't be excited. It's not just about knowledge, but it's also about being able to know it quickly and quicker
031than other people. Is there a secret to the response time? Yes. There's a lot of strategy that we go into making sure that students have to hit a buzzer and then they can collaborate um as a team and then our captain can either answer the question or to another player. Be careful. This is being recorded. strategies. Well, you're Anybody else have anything specific? You're just so proud and honored again. Thank you so much. Like, this is such a great evening that we have the opportunity to recognize you and thanks for being great representatives special. Yeah, we need to have come back come back around. All right. Ready? All right. Thank you guys. Thank you so much. [Applause] We want you to know that you are free to go. You don't have to stay for the
032remainder of the Thank you. All right, we have another um great community member that we get to honor. Shannon Collins has been such a great help and support. Yeah, there she is. Okay, come up here. Come up here. Okay. I'm just the doer. I'm just the doer. I'm just the doer. Spirit award. We won. We've won that same award now two years in a row. So, and now I'm getting kind of competitive that we need to try to win another award next year. Sounds like a list. Well, and I would say um for those in the room who have not been had the opportunity to be involved with a daffodil flow, it's something you can't fake. Like some things you can put words out there and you can polish it, you can do things, but
033it's not that way with a flow. It is done one one planning piece at a time. stuff and last year uh Shannon um immediately started to think about how to do this year and she started to you know uh develop that concept and then when the theme came out then she each year there's a theme and it's released at a certain time and not sooner or later across the board and she immediately started to go to work on that and um it's a hard thing if we don't have a daffodil flow we don't have daffodil princesses there's scholarships associated. You cannot have any other school school groups be associated with the daffodil parade. And so it really is kind of like the capstone to it all. And um so I just wanted to present this
034certificate of appreciation to you and I'll read it in grateful recognition of your creativity, dedication, and generous volunteer efforts in designing the parade float for the 2025 daffodil parade. your hard work and artistic vision uh helped bring the community spirit to life and made this year's celebration truly truly memorable. So, we'd like to present this to you. And then thank you. I know he's really the one. He's the one he should have a certificate. I come up with the idea. I'm profile. I like it that way. Okay. He is very want. He can hold that. Well, I want it up close. So, I'm going to leave this right here, but then afterwards your certificate. Yeah. Big smiles everyone. Thank you. Yeah. I build the the museum here in town but on small scale. Oh, is
035that right? You don't have picture of that thing, right? What are we talking about? The float. We did the first one. Yeah, it was the museum. You got the holdund years old. We have We have pictures. No, it's right there. Yeah. It's right there. Think you you show the people what you did. So, that's your old museum you got here. So, we made it. Yeah. All right. Yeah. That's so great. Wonderful. My poor husband. Thank you so much. I should say my husband did. So I understand. Oh, I think we get the the flame from you though. I think they give us the thing for the float that there's that, right? They give us that the stuff for the float drink. What are we talking about? Yeah, they used to do it. Yeah, we did
036it. But then also Ruby's family took it on for a couple years. Yeah. You've had I've been senior circle. Yeah, that's Yeah. For five years. Five years. It is. It is. So, especially when sometimes we have to find some very random weird thing that we're looking for and it's kind of hard to find it and have to run around to certain stores. Well, yes. Yes. People look at you like, "What do you need? Why do you need that?" Yeah. Yeah. So, but no, it's it's fun, but really he's he's the one right here. What did you do with the museum? Where is it now? Is it in your yard? I transformed it to a playhouse for my daughter. All right. Literally, we like took it off the trailer with our tractor and he completely finished
037it and it has a floor and Oh my goodness. a real door because this door was um it looked real but it was imitation. Now it's a real door and he has it and so little so I have three children. So the middle schooler and the little one that's five they do slumber parties. It's adorable. It's literally like a play on. That was his idea, too. He's not just Yeah. Thank you so much. Thank you. close up with this. Oh, okay. Try try to get a fiveyear commitment out. All right, we're gonna go to comments. Well, Pierce College students just finished midterms, which was really, really fun. Very draining. And they're now looking forward to finals and end of school year, which I think all finals should be done on June 17th, so right around
038those last day. Um, and then Pierce County Skill Center registration for summer just opened up and Pierce College also opened up for their summer registration as well. Um, Pierce County Skill Center is going to have two sessions this summer. One's going to be June 23rd to July 11th and then the second session is going to be July 14th to July 31st and the time of days for those are 7:45 to 2:45. Um, and I think transportation is provided. They said that in their newsletter and then Pierce College summer classes also just opened and registration is now open until mid June which is also exciting. Can you? Oh, yeah. Bailey was supposed to be here, but I didn't get her copy of the thing, so I don't know what she was. Um, again, if you need
039to go, I understand. You're you're okay to stay. Okay, good. Good deal. All right. Um, I would consider a motion to approve the consent agenda. or are there any changes or additions to the consent agenda that I would approve the consent agenda? So moved and seconded all in favor of individuals and groups and we have hopefully my voice holds out. I'm getting over the last bits of the cold but Good evening, members of the school board and superintendent. As the school year winds down, I want to thank you and congratulate you on everything that's been accomplished this year. The progress has been meaningful, and I've been personally grateful to contribute in my small way, and I look forward to seeing the momentum carry into next year. I'm confident we'll see the impact in the upcoming
040test scores. That said, we still have farther to go. The improvements to the highcap program are a strong step forward. But we need to keep investing in curriculum that stretches students creativity and academic boundaries. Paired with more rigorous and engaging honors programs, we can address a concern many parent parents hear far too often. I'm bored at school. Let's turn the boredom into curiosity and continue keeping students challenged and inspired. Our AI initiatives have shown real promise. Let's continue building on that momentum. These tools can unlock new ways for students to explore, learn, and prepare for rapidly changing worlds. Another bright spot this year has been our focus on civility and anti-bullying. It's clear students are beginning to take greater ownership of their school communities, and that shift is meaningful. My daughter recently led a discussion
041with the younger students about leadership, and the interest in engagement from those students was incredibly encouraging. But it highlighted a clear gap. Those students are coming in ready and eager to lead well before eighth grade. Yet the structured opportunities are limited or non-existent. We need to grow our leadership programs. The eighth grade leadership program is a fantastic foundation. Seventh grade being partial is not enough. We need to expand these efforts into year-long options for sixth and seventh graders and have an unbroken chain leadership through from fifth into high school. The kindness gang is a great entry point, but we should be building a full and consistent leadership track that starts earlier and supports these students throughout middle school. If we expect the students to lead, we need to give them the space, structure, and encouragement
042to grow into these roles. And this is critical. I want to acknowledge and support the district's focus on helping underachieving students. That work is vital. The focus around getting students into the classroom, that is important. But we can't let that focus let us lose sight of students at the other end of the spectrum. those who are thriving and need new challenges to stay engaged. Supporting all learners means meeting them where they are and helping each of them to grow to their full potential. Thank you for your time and for your continued dedication to our students. Um we're on to reports presentations. We'll do our enrollment and budget status reports. Okay. So, I'll just give you a high level overview of enrollment where we're at as of May compared to budget um and a little bit
043in comparison to last year. um in basic education not including so not including POE we are down about 10 students from budget um and down about let's see down about 10 students from 23 24 um AL is only slightly below budget um and let's see and then compared to budget a running start and open door is pretty much almost spot on. Um TK and CTE is pretty well spot on. Um sped is in ahead by about 3.4 students um compared to budget and then bilingual is ahead by 2.8 students compared to budget. So that's where we are. Any questions on enrollment? Um so we have one more month left to count um towards our annual average and how the funding is generated for the year. um budget status. Let me go get to my notes
044here. Um so our revenues are slightly ahead of projections um were due to um an increase in transportation funding um for an increased writership um from last year um and also an increase in sped enrollment brings funding to um support those students. um expenditures are right on par where they should be at the time of the year. Um I want to call attention to our cash flow document. Um that's this one here. Um and since the state aortionment doesn't come in 12 equal nice payments um we have to budget we have to plan for that um because we know there are certain months that our our fund balance is going to be lower than the rest of the months. So, we need to be um cognizant of that and that's why it's important to maintain
045that minimum fund balance um for those months when our expenditures are a lot higher than our revenues. So, just kind of watching that closely and how that's going to impact us next year and how quickly we've brought down our balance. Um, as far as overall fund balance this year, um, we were fortunate enough to have that increase in writership um, in in sped enrollment um, and those few things that have helped us to um, possibly break even at the end of the school year, which would be um, incredible considering we had budgeted to draw down about 800,000. um this puts us in a really good position um to be able to um endure any challenges we're going to have next year. So, it'll help. It'll help. Um I am cautiously optimistic. Um let's see. Okay,
046so that's it on general plan. Any questions on that? We're going to turn the time over to Tracy for title. So in your packet are our Indian parent committees bylaws that we wrote together. Well, they wrote and uh I put them together for them at our yearly meeting and they're just for your review. That's part of the steps is to make sure you're aware uh that there is a committee and we're up to about 26 members which is wonderfully uh we're very excited. Tomorrow night um we'll be having a blanket ceremony, a traditional blanket ceremony for our graduates. So that's at 6 o'clock portal 4 at EMS. That's kind of where we have our meetings. That's our location. So we decided to stay there. Uh we're very excited for that event and that is all
047planned by our parents uh in the coalition. So um the other document you have is just the budget for the year and what they plan on spending uh the funds on what the what the committee decided to allocate their funding for which is roughly approximately $19,000. Does anybody have any questions for Tracy? Thank you so much. We're excited about um legislative updates just because we I'm hoping we can get to the band concert. Um what I want to build off what Christa was talking about our budget and being cautiously optimistic. The legislature did not do us any favors this year as far as funding. As a matter of fact, we lost in every category. So, it's going to be really important that we are thoughtful about the money that we are going to be expending
048next year because I'm not sure that we're going to be getting um what we had expected to be moving forward. So, I think if I could just add to that, um I am still waiting for this for the calculator to come out for our revenues. Um they're really late this year, I think, because they've got some extra formulas built in. Um so they changed this um special education formulas. They removed the cap which is great if you're not eating well. We don't get anything from it. Yeah. And then they changed the multiplier which could impact us in actually the opposite way. Um and we could see a reduction in funding and I won't know that until we actually put the numbers in in the calculator. Um so we could actually have been negatively impacted sounding
049like um from the changes. This happens over and over and over. It seems like every time that the legislature says we're going to come out and and help schools, we're in that too small to be considered big and too big to get that additional schools funding. So, we're just come out on the bottom every single time. So frustrating, but we're going to keep advocating. We're gonna keep hearing her story. All right. Uh new business, consider approval of EMS overnight trip at Camp Arnold. He's not here, but um I think most of us have been involved with overnight programs. Um I do believe that there this has been funded by outdoor education grants this year. Not sure that it'll be there next year. It's not. I think it was cut from the budget. Looks like they're
050going to Camp Ar, which is exciting. And um and lots of kids there. So this is really great. tell us a little bit about the meals and all of the things that they'll be doing. So, I would consider a motion to approve. Great. Second. It's been moved and seconded. All in favor approval of comprehensive school counseling program and welcome back. I know you came last meeting and and it was not on the agenda. So, thank you for being here. I'm going to start if that's okay. Sure. So um first I just want to start by thanking our school counselors and social social workers for taking this long journey. Uh we started writing our comprehensive school counselor plan September I think right off the bat. Um and two times a month we sit down and we're
051very focused on our agenda and uh write the the plan all together. And for those of you who don't know, in 2021 uh Senate Bill uh 5030 said that we have to start really aligning our counselors roles and making sure that they're not just doing busy work or supervision for principles, those kind of things that some or subbing some of those things that counselors are tending to do. And they asked that districts really look at the 8020 that counselors should be spending 80% of their time with students directly and 20% doing paperwork. And that the comprehensive school counselor plan should focus on things like social emotional well-being for our students, academic rigor, and career development. and we really worked hard to align our plan um with our district um sit plan and our building plans
052as well. So Ana is kind enough to come again and present brought a different co-star though. I'm Ana Parks. I'm one of the social workers at the middle school. This is Demi. She's one of my daughters since she's kindergarten elementary. Um and a lover of cheesy puffs. Um, so I just wanted to talk a little bit about our process. So we started actively writing the comprehensive school counseling program in September, but when we started the process really three years ago. Um, and so actually as a group, it has been a little bit discouraging to have some start, stop, and lack of momentum for something that we really felt like was valuable and that we really needed to help align and um, set clear vision for our program and for counseling and social work across the
053district. And so we were really grateful this year for Tracy's leadership, for her consistency um in supporting us in developing this plan. And she's right that we would show up and we would get right to business and they were productive um you know PLC time every single time. And now we have this product that feels very representative of um of our team, of our school district, of our values. And in hindsight, I think that the timing actually worked out really well. Um because if we had tried to do this three years ago, um you know, the strategic plan wasn't completed yet. And so it felt like things kind of fell out of place in just the way that they should have because we had the strategic plan and then we had the building sit plans
054um and even more so than aligning across counseling programs. We were feel like we were able to align um both this way and this way, which felt really good. And um what I really liked about having Jana and I present you together is Jana is a counselor by um training and profession and I am a school social worker. And I think that's one of the things that has continued to grow in Eatenville. that when I first got here and up until um this year, I was the only school social worker and I was school counselors and that was a part of our process working with OSPI. We joined a specific rural and small district um kind of consortium for support for CSP and um started that back three years ago and um it just they
055talked about that Washington is um unique in some areas of legislation where it's a mixed model. We have counselors and social workers fill in the role of supporting the comprehensive school counseling program. Um and to me that just means that it's richer and more diverse. We are multi-disiplinary team and so when we get together to talk it's almost now 50/50. Um there's three social workers and four counselors and the conversations and the perspectives and the collaboration is just very rich and um covers a lot of different areas of expertise and we have people new to the profession you know to Marian Baker 30-year veteran. So, um, it's been a really valuable process. Um, uh, I wanted to talk about and I think Tracy mentioned that you guys had the plan and kind of were able
056to look at it. So, the areas of focus that they gave us, OSPI gave, um, based on best practice from the ASA model, the American School Counselor Association. Um, and so that wasn't something that we chose, but we very much align with the vision set forth by the ASCA model um, and by the intent of the legislation. Um the three areas, the three focus areas were academic success, social well-being, and career readiness. Um and I want to back up too because one of the things that I think helped motivate this work um and the work of the Washington Counselors to lobby for legislation and I feel like she's doing Oh, hi. Like what is she doing? Um sit right there. Okay, go. Um so uh is that first with the development of standards and again
057like Tracy said just kind of defining the role that when we don't have legislation that defines the role every district every school in a lot of ways gets to use their support staff how you know um like modified to fit your TV screen like whatever it is that you need in that building. Um, and this has allowed us to take a step back and look at a wider lens of what is the goal of our school district as outlined by strategic plan and how do we support that within our council program. Um, and so the areas of focus were given to us and then we selected our goals um based on that and also based on our SIT plan and we were given an opportunity and Tracy gave us a lot of autonomy and a
058lot of voice in this and she said, "Do you guys want your goals, your individual school goals to be the same or different?" Um, and I feel like you could have argued either way, but we were very um, consistent and we were unanimous and that we wanted our goals to be the same across the district. We felt like that there was no way that we were going to be able to get to the end point if we started out a completely different spot. Um, if our vision is always the same and we're all marching towards the same goal, then our strategies can be different because they feel different. Our school structures are different. Um, our student needs are different. um depending on school population um and developmentally our approach is going to have to be
059different to meet the needs. So as an example um elementary is going to have more of a focus on social emotional lessons. They do a lot of um classroom lessons. They do a lot of um different group counseling and middle school is a little bit of both. You're straddling. You're changing so much developmentally in high school. You're really focused on careeress and graduation. But our goals remain the same. um even if our strategies and our approaches and the development needs look different. Um and I don't let's see if I missed anything. I didn't want to talk too much about the goals because um they're just very wordy, very numerical I guess in some ways. Um but can you have a seat babe? Could be my coaster right there. Um but what the plan does do
060is it outlines what Tracy mentioned the 8020. So the 80% is supposed to be 80% direct student contact. Um so not sitting in meetings um not um doing master scheduling, not doing attendance. Um that we are working directly with students because we know that that is where the impact is. We know that's what the research tells us. Um and so the plan that you have actually outlines um a lot of the things that we're doing that are um that are direct contact for our students. And that was also very validating because one of the things that um you know when you're in the work and you don't get a chance to step back and look at it's like oh my gosh actually look at all these things you were able to write down sometimes can
061feel very discouraging when there's a lack of vision and a lack of focus. Um, and so not only did it do that, but it helped us to feel, I think, some pride across the district and what our colleagues are doing, too, because we actually knew it wasn't that it wasn't there. It was just like, oh my gosh, you do that and can we try that? And, um, it's just been a really valuable process and sharing ideas, resource sharing, like we use that, could we maybe duplicate that? Do you guys think um because even as small as you are, there's not always the um the lateral collaboration. There's not a lot of transition. And so that's a goal of ours um to work get better because we know that that's better for our students. Um so
062lots of really cool things on the tier one supports and tier two supports in tier three. Um and the process for identifying student needs. So I did want to just point out um one more thing about our process. disrupted my food. So is that because we started and had some like um fits and starts and things we really did have a very long individualized process. So um it was PI and the AS model call out we said time trackers and so we're very intentional about what are we doing with our time and so each building you know we all have a little bit different identity a little bit different culture but by the time we came together we knew where we were at individually that was clear we had three years to or two years
063to reflect on it was like okay now bring it all together um and I think that that has just been really valuable and it has encouraged collaboration not just in our team but with administrators because we're having to have hard conversations ations about like, you know, I just don't really think that this fits with our model. I just don't think this is um what the intention is of legislation. This isn't the role of a social worker or counselor. Um and the hard conversations result in good work. I mean, that is that's what we're here for. Um when we talk about collaborative duties, um you'll see I don't have page numbers. I apologize when I say like halfway through, halfway down. Um the collaborative duties, we talk about conferencing regularly with administrators. Um and we also
064talk about program results and data. And oh my gosh, if you guys if we were in our PLC right now, the colleagues would be like kicking at the table like can you stop talking about panorama because um it has been one of the most valuable tools for our program. I think really in a lot of areas in the district and in buildings. Um, but as far as being able to measure data um to use smart goals and to look at our students in a snapshot um because it was the first time we were doing consistently a social emotional screener um across our district. So we knew where our students were at in those areas. And um Darren mentioned the anti-bullying disability committee and last year when we were talking about the survey, the parents that
065were there were like well I want to know I want to know how my child's doing in these areas. Um, and I just think that that's something that we know it's the whole child and we know that this is critical and we have to be having conversations about it. If we leave that piece out, we're never going to be able to um encompass the whole child and student success and challenges. Um, so Pan has been an amazing tool. It's given us um an objective way to look at our students, not just teacher perspective that's like could be subjective or um it's not just well someone said this parent said. It's like we are looking at actual data and we're comparing it at the beginning of the year, the end of the year. We have a
066goal next year of actually doing it three times a year, similar to how we do our other benchmarks. Um, as screeners, a really fast 10-minute survey. Um, but it g it informs our data and our interventions as counselors and social workers so that um, you know, it's not just a shot in the dark. Sometimes it does still do that. Do you present the pan panorama data to parents? Do we? And that is part of our next steps and ongoing. So, Panorama has also been kind of a fits and starts for us. Um, but we have goals next year of including that possibly as a part of our conferencing and progress reports. Um, and that's again based on feedback from the community saying like, I want to know how my kids doing in these areas. Um,
067and so we have we've mastered it individually. We know that we can speak the language. We know we can speak to the tool and we can speak to the standards and now we can go forth and share the community and be the experts in the area and say like this is what we know and this is what we have. um and yourself can support you and your family in that. Um actually to answer that too Rhonda, we do use it as individual tools. So we would use it in like a student support conference to say like hey let's take a look at this. This is an area. Yeah. Um so when we're looking at the whole child we're going to look at um the ABCs active behavior and um what no not consequence. It's the
068ABCs of like um oh attempts behavior and consequences of their um but that yes we're looking at their how are they doing academically academically how are they doing behaviorally how are they doing emotionally because we know that all contributes to their success um and I think that that covers it unless there are any specific questions I would like to the board to note that um it's really exciting to see the strategic plan here. You see our district goals very well defined in all of your goals and um the pillars of the strategic plan we can see really evident in this work. So thank you for doing that. I'm kind of glad that it took that extra time so that the be Yeah, that's the hindsight that I referenced. It was like, you know, I don't
069know that it could have worked out any other way. And um being in the profession that we're in, a lot of times we can feel really siloed. You know, there's one of us in the building and for a long time there was one of me in the district and who are our counterpoints, who are we collaborating with, who are our um colleagues in that work. And being able to have the foundation and have the framework to build upon made it um I think it was validating for our work too to know that this is the strategic plan of the district to fit into. It's I mean when we're all moving in the same direction, we can get our kids need to be a lot faster. So, absolutely. Yeah. We're not lost in the woods. Thank
070you so much. Anybody else have any questions? Um, so we need to actually have an a motion to approve this comprehensive school counselor program. So I would entertain a motion to approve motion. It's been moved and seconded. All in favor? Any opposed? Motion carries. All right. Spokane virtual academy educational cooperative agreement. Um I think Sally could probably speak a little bit more in depth about this, but this is basically an agreement um between us and Spokane public schools to um serve our um alien students in different way. would you like to share with what kinds of classes they're taking or anything like that? Well, we have a wide range of classes at both EMS and school for program from foreign language um to ELA. We talked about serving students who might be home based kids
071um as well as kids on site for other opportunities for learning. Any other questions? I know as a student I've used school multiple times. I think that right now you mentioned it's so rewarding and it's also just so nice to you know be able to do like the regular school schedule. I come home and know that you you know you're working on other things and especially like I've done at the high school after school I'm also working on you know like a seventh class. Um, it's such a great resource for high schoolers to be able to, you know, have higher expectations for themselves and, you know, get that reward. Did you use it in middle school for Spanish as well? Um, I took one semester of Spanish for in my eighth grade year, which I
072loved. So then I took it again. Thank you. All right. I would consider a motion to approve our cooperative agreement. Second move and seconded. All in favor? Motion carries. All right. Approval of a interlocal agreement. Um this was the interlocal agreement is really setting the stage for the next um the next item on the agenda. Um it is an interlocal agreement to um work to piggyback on the sips's contract to purchase um interact sorry um TV panel smartboards um at a at a great price that's been bidded out publicly and evaluated. That's what that is. All right. Consider a motion to approve it. No. Uh I would consider a motion to approve the inter local agreement with 160. Motion second. It's been moved and seconded. All in favor? Any opposed? Motion carries. All right. Approval
073of the interact interactive classroom smartboard purchase. Hi, I just want to give you some background of the new line interactive panel boards that we are moving forward with. Um this is a long journey so we want to make sure you highlight and realize what a huge impact this is for your staff and your students in this district. Um we have been looking at updating some of our classroom technology. We've been looking at it for a while. In fact um having wireless projection capabilities has been on our technology plan for a very long time. Um we attempted with the televisions and unfortunately due to the limitations of the residential TVs it did not come out the way that we wanted it to. So starting in 2023, we actually reached out to districts outside of ourselves to
074survey to see what it is that they are using in their departments and in their district. Then we actually took members of our technology team to districts um so that we could tour their technology and we could look at multiple panels. We actually looked at about 12 different panels working alongside Olympia school district. um they actually let us go into the classrooms and talk to those teachers about how having interactive panels affect their teaching practices. And so in 2023, we recognized that that was something that we needed to move forward and make happen as part of our school district. So um we piloted three different interactive devices starting in 2022 2023 school year. We piloted with eight different staff members um as well as well as we had been utilizing them in all of our
075professional development to see how it would work on our network and our systems. We then surveyed all of the staff to ask them specifically what their technology needs were. Not asking just about the televisions and their satisfaction but overall tech satisfaction. And we specifically asked how it impacts their academic achievement and whether or not there they felt that their technology was impacting student learning um so that we can align with our success plan. Um the results of the survey overwhelmingly skewed that there was technology issues that was impacting student learning location of the televisions, size of the televisions and the televisions being residential not working with our hardline systems. Um, so we have settled on the New Line Q Pro 75 inch interactive board. While the cost is slightly higher than the TVs over time,
076they are warrantied for seven years. They are made with Gorilla Glass, so you can actually hit it with a baseball bat. Um, I don't recommend it, but we did take turns punching it. Um, if it does break, they are actually fully replacing them up to seven years. Um, and it's about a twoe turnaround for the new board to come in because they come from the country. Um the other reason why this moving forward now is such a huge deal is that they are going to change in price due to the tariffs. The company that we do go through can only guarantee the price as of right now until their stock is out. Um so this is a huge deal moving forward. These interactive boards are going to allow our students to have better access to
077technology and allow our teachers to finally be free from the desks and be able to be part of the lesson um and bring students up to be engaged with the lesson um more than the technology allows them to. So that is what you've approved and it's a huge move forward for Eatenville. So hopefully a lot of excitement. [Music] Okay. Oh, no. I just curious um is Olympia or anybody ordering at the same time? So, Olympia moved forward with the Mino boards. Ultimately, due to the student the usability um we went forward with New Line um New Line because we already had the 60C partnership was already offering us a bulk deal that um was substantially cheaper than the other interactive boards. The other reason that New Line came on on top from Vimeo and u
078the Vonic boards is that New Line has a back-end management that is free with the board for life. Whereas in these other companies, they give you the free backend management for about three years and then it turns into $250 per board. So it would be a continued cost. Whereas in once we own the boards, we own the boards um and the program that runs the boards. These boards also allow us to communicate districtwide from the touch of a button, which is fantastic. So, if we needed to send out a lockdown, your front office can actually click a lockdown button. All of the boards will be able to say lockdown. Um, and you'll be able to go to lockdown before you do an all call announcement, which gives our students that little extra moment of safety.
079Um, and so it's not just a board, it's capital. So, it's a huge deal. Put you on the spot too much. Um, are they uh have they been in business a while? couple days you think you there's no way you'll know pretty is actually the number one seller of interactive boards. Um yes so is the number one company. This is not the cheapest of the cheap. This is actually one of the solid brands. We just happen to have a great deal on it because of our Jafera partnership that we already have for our Chromebooks. So it was one of those things where you're already a customer so be a customer again. So New Line also has one of the best warranties. They are the number one used interactive board company in the country which is
080why we wanted to move fast on the limited stock that they had because we knew it was going to go pretty quickly. And will teachers I still remember in your room the double screen thing was really powerful. Teachers be able to maintain or keep their TV till it dies to have double screens or so we talked about whether or not we were going to get we were going to remove the televisions just because they are starting to have issues. So we are seeing increased number of tickets for the televisions. Um we're trying to eliminate as much tech frustration in the classroom. So we will be surplusing some um we will be relocating others to spaces that we feel um would benefit from a television. Um so we will make sure that we handle those TVs
081responsibly. Um but the big push for this is moving away from that hardline. And so if we continued with the TVs and the interactive boards, um we would still be forced to continue purching and the docking station. So we would be removing the televisions from the rooms. Um we are going with a carting option due to the cost of removing the learning walls would outweigh the benefit not to mention teachers would riot over losing a learning wall. Uh so that is why we are going with the parking option. Thank you. Any questions? All right. I would consider a motion to approve the purchase of not to exceed 143 units until we have a analysis. So, uh, they're doing an analysis of how many boards we need. Um, and I'd like a motion to approve to
082purchase no more than 143 units. It may be less. We're pretty close, but yeah, we're close. I got a new spreadsheet for you. Okay. All right. All right. It's been moved. A second and seconded. All in favor? All right. Approval of the 2526 school year interd district agreement with school district. So, this is an agreement with school district in case we need to utilize uh their services for special education student that we potentially may not be able to provide programming for. We currently are not utilizing this agreement. Um but next year, you know, we don't we don't know what students are going to move in and what supports are needed. So, it's important to have this in place just in case. Um, I would see that if we have a student who is significantly hard
083to hear or very visually impaired, um, we may need to use use the agreement. I know we used it. Yes. All right. I'd consider a motion to approve the inter district council district. It's been moved and seconded. All in favor? Any opposed? Motion carries. approval of purchase to replace six windows at the high school. Um, so this one is kind of unusual just because of the price. Um, this only covers six windows at the high school. Um, and it's it's right around $20,000. So, Barson Glass 19,31096. Um, so I was I asked I didn't have a chance to talk to Brandon in depth about this um today, but he said there's three or four windows um on the upper floor in South Hall and then one to two on the lower. Um, and he's not
084quite sure what because I asked him what's going on with the damage, what was happening, and he's not entirely sure. Um, he thinks it might be some sun damage causing this. He's not sure. So he's investigating and trying to put the pieces together and figure out why so many at once are doing this. Um so just that time like windows only keep their energy for so long and it's been since 2009 it's just when things just start and glass is expensive. All right. So I consider a motion to approval of replacement windows been moved and second seconded. All in favor? Any opposed? Approval of replacement purchase for CT computers. So this is kind of a fun one and I'm sure be able to speech it's a little bit more than me um for the CTE
085program. So, I reached out to we had three quotes originally set up and then they sold out so we had to get another quote. Um, and so we ended up recommen they're recommending CDW. Um, it is a little bit more expensive than SHI but it's got a bigger processing unit. I believe it is. I don't know what the difference is, but it's more powerful than the ones SHI offers. Um, and so I reached out to Travis Collins and Kelly and asked them to provide me just some bullet points on what this purchase would do for them. Um and basically they're replacing 30 devices. Um so 30 for 30. The current devices are six years old. Um and Collins would use this for engineering, computer science, cyber um security and engineering. Um these devices are required
086due to graphic cards and the current computers that they have cannot be upgraded to Windows 11. though um the newer version this would be newer versions for the lab um with better graphic um capabilities and future pro software. Um he said that they'll be used for a variety of projects and activities including flight simulators, robot program robot program coding and 3D modeling. in their new framework they have cyber security coming I don't think any of us are working on sixy old computers so we understand how that works all right consider a motion to approve the purchase of CT computers it's been moved and seconded all in favor any opposed motion carries all right approval of uh donation grant from the Lions Club of $6,400 $100 for negative lunch balances. We just had negative lunch balance
087of $8,000 last meetings. So, this is really a generous donation from the Lions Club. And is this from the casino night? Yes. So Sheila Hammond um nominated herself to run around the district and collect goodies that could be auctioned off for this um and they came here and we took pictures with them down in the cafeteria and accepted their um the $6,400 check um which will be put to full use. That's awesome. So grateful for our very generous community. All right. All I would consider a motion to approve donation and seconded. All in favor? I. Any opposed? Motion carries. We're almost there, guys. Approval of the EM EMS ASB kindness gang. Ruby, do you want to share? Do you know a little bit about the kindness? Would you share with us? Well, originally, you have
088a whole contract. Um well I originally sat in on a couple meetings with his minus Mr. CZAC um for it was originally called the anti-bullying and civility committee and that was so thrilling seeing you know the community come together and have such a strong passion to make a difference and noticing that there was a problem and having the support and having the willpower to actually make a difference. Um, and we originally transferred it to EMS and was trying to get students involved because, you know, it's not, it's really hard when they're just parents who are like, we need to start doing this and students don't care about it. Um, but seeing this student driven empowerment was so exciting. So, the ASB at Eatenville or at EMS actually started the kindness game and they're taking back
089the word and wanting to make it their own. So, they've started all new programs. Um, I know with kindness tickets, which is very exciting. um where they give out little tickets. I had a couple a couple meetings ago. I don't think I have them anymore. Um and they give it out every time another student sees another student um showing an act of kindness and they give out a little ticket. They'll have them sign it. The student on the back will write what they did and they keep these tickets and they put them in a lottery and that at every monthly assembly they read these tickets and hopefully they're I'm hoping at the end of the year they'll be able to read off every single student who got a kindness ticket and have them come down
090and hopefully they're hoping the entire school will be on the floor and no one will be left in the bleachers and showing that every single student was able to at least do show some kind of it just seems come so far so exciting and Mayday day. They had their own bracelets they were sharing and they were they had their sign their sign and their and community day. I'm sorry. And so they were part of the street fair. It was really really fun. Graphic design. Yeah. So fun. Who does anybody know their counselor? That's great. This is my she started the whole thing all the way through. That's wonderful. Gratitude for her for stepping up for that. Right. I consider approval of EMS ASB kindness. I'll second. It's been moved and second. All in favor? Any
091opposed? Motion carries. Uh first reading of policy 2131. Um Darcy, did you have anything you wanted to add? It's pretty simple. um a simple policy just um ensuring that there's an approval process for guest speakers in the classroom and I think more importantly if it's a building uh guest speaker a districtwide guest speaker making sure that Mr. Brower is aware of that and has the ability to look into the speaker and approve or anything. Um so this is a first reading uh we can continue on and have it be a second reading but if everybody feels comfortable with it we can also pass. So it's up to Okay. So I would consider a motion to approve uh the amendments to policy 2331. Second. It's been moved and seconded. All in favor? I opposed. All right.
092We made it through team. Good job. We're on to superintendent comments. Yeah, I know we're we're late in the evening. I just want to mention that uh when we go back to our strategic strategic plan the reason why the civilian antioline uh was formed if you will at the beginning was because on that strategic plan survey to our community 1500 people were involved one way or another that was one of the things that came out so you're right Alice minus she came forward and said is this something that we might be able to to do and from that it's grown now science club uh and just great things. So I want to I want to recognize Mr. McCoy and others who are part of that who brought that forward. But just goes to show when
093we all have that transparency when we have those honest conversations that some great things can come about if we are just vulnerable and willing to go where the data take us. A couple other things testing is uh winding down. We just have some uh some uh you know makeups to do and such, but uh based on our IRA scores and um and just a preliminary blush, fresh blush, uh we're looking really good and I know you make sure that Mr. remarks and um so we're just really pleased with all those who have worked so hard to uh our staff and u school board and others who are directing that work uh to drive student achievement. Um the best is yet to come just started. I did want to know that. Um the other thing I
094wanted to do was just mention that um this Friday we are going to have two people be honored um at the Pierce County Skill Center at the WASA which means Washington Association of School Administrators uh region 111 uh awards ceremony. And I would like to call up if I might um We have them both here and uh I could say some things but honestly you both have been leading tonight and so really that just goes to show you that we got it right when we nominated you and you were accepted. So Darren, if you want to come up, you will be receiving a community leadership award. Uh Chris Sky skill center this Friday. [Applause] I try to embarrass him a little bit more on that day. You may have a little bit more time. And
095then Ruby also, would you please come up? She's been selected as a student for a student leadership award also in region 111. And again, the amount of work that she's done and continues to do the leaders she is. I remember when I had my interview for this position, she was one of the first ones that stood up and started asking questions, you know, like, you know, how do you see leading our community? What about concentration? What about these things? So, it's been a it's been a really great and again we'll see you on Friday and if I can collect those back. All right. Anything else? No, I don't. All right. Uh we're going to go to Si uh we're going to go to board comments and we'll start with Karen. I just want to say
096thank you for um it was a wonderful evening getting to see the students. Um just the amazing work that they're all doing in different facets of their life. Um, and I still can't get over students I've um been a part of their lives since elementary school and seeing how hairy they are getting um and growing their like beards. It's crazy that the forefront. Um, Mr. understanding that if you could I would love ask if you could email me your comments that you had tonight just so I can keep them in the forefront of my mind and not let them be lost in the reading tonight. I would I would love that if you have that in you um tonight and you know I mean there's big list of uh you know people changing positions and
097resigning and um and hires and everything and I just I just want to say thank you to all our staff and and that I just um there's there's not often one that I just don't love. So I appreciate everything that our staff does and Uh it just awesome. So um I I'll leave it at that. Thank you. And I thanks to our community. What an amazing community we have for all the extra stuff that they do. Thank again, thank you. Um sorry for me losing you. um if you guys don't know, she's taking off and um the work that she's done with Sally behind the scenes with the new laws for for MCOA and the things adding up I know has been bouncing. It's a big loss. It's a big goal. So, thank you. Super
098appreciate it. Um yeah, and that's really it. I just thank you very much. I know you're in the middle of signing. I just want to say I always enjoy the meetings when we have student participation and we're able to honor our students. Glad alliance is something which is really precious to me. See, it's just another avenue where kids have an opportunity to get those. Thank you. Um I agree the grits program and grad alliance are two really outstanding programs for kids and I'm so grateful for our board, the superintendent and district office that supports that work. Uh because if you didn't those uh impactful programs would not exist for kids. The other thing and Rick Christensen, Neil herr, and Tom Baba, outstanding community members who just volunteered. We didn't even ask. They said we want
099to help and it's outstanding. And Anna, thank you. You're still here. Thank you for leaving the so we can make sure we check them out. Um, and for the great connection you have with kids. It's amazing to me. The connection you have with those kids. They love you and I can tell you. Yes. Um this the thing I noticed with the chess club and with the knowledge pole is they both mentioned how they felt supported because we provided transportation. So I just want to note that our transportation folks we just owe them so much and it really impacts our kids. Um we can I just can't get over how grateful I am every day to not see plus cancellation. And that is something that Oh yeah, that's great. And we had the opportunity to go
100on a learning walk at Columbia Crest and uh what that we had Plet and I and Jay, Sally Grac, you weren't there. Um there were other teachers that were there and principles from other elementary buildings. And we really had the opportunity to see how our magnetic I Ready uh program was being integrated and those teaching practices and professional develop development is being integrated into the classrooms. We also had the opportunity to sit down and look at the data and the improvement. And they give us a rubric to kind of say, okay, this is what good teaching practices look like. This is what we've taught them. And when you go into the classroom, do you see these things um moving forward? And it was spectacular. It was so great to see all that great work happening
101and I know similar learning walks happened at each elementary and warehouser and received same rave reviews and so again that pillar of academic success. Thank you, Jay, for keeping that center focus with your cabinet and the principles all the way down the line, teachers. Um, thank you so much for all the great work the the community invested financially and their time into that our strategic plan and it's paying off and we're going to keep it at the focus. Um, I think other than the fact that school's winding down and things are getting real and exciting. So, thank you for all the great work that you're doing and for great communities. I'll miss you. Yeah, Darren and Ruby, you both are welld deserving of the service award. You're very thanks for coming in today. You're welcome.
102Thank you. All right. Is there anything that we missed? We're going to call this meeting to a close at 8:28. I don't know. The band's still going, but we need to check out comments over there and then maybe I also have some seats for you guys. Certain pyramid.