001Good evening and uh welcome to uh tonight's regular board of directors meeting. It's February 24th, 2026, 5:30. Please rise with me for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Thank you. That Thank you. The next item here is our land acknowledgement. Who do we have for the land acknowledgement? >> Daisy. Um, Evergreen Public Schools resides on the traditional lands of the Shinookan peoples and the Kowitz tribe. They have lived on and cared for this land and its waterways since time in memorial. We thank them for their stewardship and make this acknowledgement to open a space of recognition, inclusion, and respect for all indigenous students, families, and
002staff in our community. >> Thank you, Daisy. The next item is to adopt the agenda for tonight. Um, please note, we're adopting the agenda that's in the uh that's being presented right now on the screen. There was a might have been a different version with the superintendent report in a different place uh that got printed but that's been fixed. So uh is there a motion to adopt tonight's agenda? >> I move to adopt tonight's agenda as presented. >> Second moved by Director Boanigra and seconded by Director Wilson to adopt tonight's agenda. All in favor? Hi. >> Hi. >> I want to recognize that uh Director Growalt is attending remotely um and that uh director Weatherspoon is not able to attend uh for personal reasons. Um the next item on the agenda is our superintendent report.
003Dr. Maloney. >> Thank you. Um as outlined before, I will share the operational expectation policy that corresponds with the topic and I just have one topic today. Um, so it is OE5 financial planning planning and OEE6 financial administration. So tonight I will present to the board of directors in the board workshop following this meeting the initial $14 million budget reduction plan for the school year. This is our first step in our three-year process to become financially sound for our students and our community. Our financial challenges continue to be driven by the three primary factors I have stated before. First is declining enrollment. Falling birth rates and shifting demographics have resulted in steady enrollment declines. Approximately 85% of our state revenue is allocated on a per student basis. Number two, state funding shortfalls. Washington's educational funding
004model does not fully fund basic education and continues to require programs and services without providing sufficient resources for school districts. And number three is inflation. Rising costs for goods and services continue to put pressure on district finances, not only here in EPS, but across the state. This unfortunately marks the fourth time in five years that we have faced significant budget reductions. Because so much has already been trimmed, the decisions before us are increasingly difficult. Unfortunately, the proposed reductions this evening must include staff position cuts. The initial budget reduction plan presented to the board will be available for review on the budget web page following this evening's board workshop. Over the last three months, we have held budget input and feedback meetings with staff and students, created a specific budget email for input from community staff
005and parents and students, engaged in conversations with the EPS community budget committee, and reviewed prior reductions and community input. As part of this work, we reinvisioned how we operate schools and programs to preserve as many opportunities for students and families as possible. With that in mind, the recommendations don't just include reductions. They also add select staff positions to address critical service gaps. These reductions are not decisions we want to make. They're decisions we must make to ensure the district's long-term fiscal stability so we can continue to provide a highquality education for our students. At the March 24th meeting, the board will vote on a reduced educational program resolution which allows the district to make reductions in alignment with our board adopted three-year budget plan. As a reminder, um all uh staff, students, parents um can
006submit questions or provide feedback at budget questions at evergreenps.org. that is found on our website on the budget page and information will be sent to staff tonight and then the rest of the EPS community tomorrow morning. And this concludes my superintendent's report for this evening. Thank you. >> Thank you, Dr. Maloney. Any questions for Dr. Maloney hearing? None. The next item on the agenda is public comments. I'm going to go ahead and uh get this out. By way of reminders, any community member wishing to address the board on matters of public concern may do so during the designated time on the agenda for public comments. Comments are to be directed to the board of directors as a whole and may not be addressed to individual members of the board, the administrative staff, or the audience.
007Although the board will not engage in dialogue, the board chair may ask a speaker a clarifying question or follow up at a later time on an issue raised during public comment. General reminders. Pursuant to existing policies, all members of the public attending school board meetings must treat each other and the board with respect in compliance with policy 5161, which states univil conduct on district property or at district sponsored activities by school directors, staff, parents, volunteers, contractors, or visitors is prohibited. Univil conduct does not include the expression of controversial or differing viewpoints that may be offensive to some persons. Individuals are not permitted to engage in conduct that interferes with the ability of other individuals to observe the board meetings. Interferes with the ability of other members of the public to offer comment to the board
008or interferes with the ability of the board to conduct its business. False or defamatory statements may expose speakers to civil liability. Members of the public may offer praise or criticism of school operations and programs, but the board will not respond to any comment concerning specific school personnel or other authorized individuals, positive or negative. Complaints about staff or programs can be addressed through the public com complaints policy 4220. Each speaker has a maximum of three minutes. The microphone will be muted at the end of the allocated time. No individual may speak more than once per regular meeting. There is no mechanism whereby a speaker can donate some or all of their time to another speaker. To reserve each speaker's fullotted time, audience members must refrain from excessive applause, cheering, booing, or other disruptive demonstrations of support
009or opposition during public comment. Violations will result in a warning. Continued disruption may result in removal from the meeting. And finally, please state your name and district affiliation, if any. Our first speaker tonight is um coming through remotely. Is that right? Our first speaker is Adam Aguilera. Thank you. Dear Evergreen School Board and Superintendent Maloney, my name is Adam Aguilera and I speak as a member of the Evergreen Education Association. I have raised concerns about transparency and accountability with Superintendent Maloney since late summer of 2024. What follows is a summary of what you all know and what demands an answer. Weeks before Superintendent Boyd's departure, he retained attorney Rick Kaiser to examine potential unjust enrichment and retaliation related to the chief operations officer September 4th, 2023 supplemental contract. Kaiser submitted invoices directly to Superintendent Maloney
010in July, August, and September of 2024, billing $450 an hour for a total of $29,980, and delivered a report dated August 23rd, 2024. That report addresses the concerns of the September 4th contracts. Kaiser interviewed three people, John Boyd, Director Perkins, and COO Jana Gomes. Boyd stated that Gomes requested the extra duty contracts but sought overtime pay for duties she was already contracted to perform. There is no known precedent for this arrangement arrangement in the district's history. On October 10th, 2024, you all received this information in detail at my appeal proceeding supported by witnesses Danny Stevenson, Tim C, and Camille Lman. On January 22nd, 2026, you received a signed declaration from PSSE President Mindy Troffer Cooper documenting email communications between a Vancouver police detective, Superintendent Maloney, the COO, and District Attorney Garrett Williams, who represented both
011the superintendent and the COO. That record shows one, for seven weeks, a Vancouver police dete detective repeatedly requested evidence related to complaints about the supplemental contracts and any associated investigation with no direct response provided during that time. On October 27th, 2025, the detective asked attorney Garrett Williams directly and with spec specificity for those documents. The following day, Williams responded that there were no complaints regarding the supplemental contracts, that no investigation had been retained, and that no uh investigation had been conducted, a false or misleading statement to law enforcement. There is no known record that the state auditor reviewed the core question the superintendent claims whether paying a classified exempt salaried administrator earning approximately $21,000 a month an additional $13,980 via an extra duty contract for work she was already contracted to perform is a legitimate
012use of public funds. You knew all this by the February 10th, 2026 schoolboard meeting. So my direct questions to this board, now that Superintendent Maloney is aware that the Vancouver police detective received false or misleading information, when does she intend to contact VPD to correct the record? At that same meeting, Director Wilson asked the superintendent to investigate the COO regarding actions she took against the PSSE president. Has that investigation begun? And what specific measures are in place to protect the PSSE president from further retaliation? >> Thank you for your comments. We onto the online list now on the screen. Our next speaker is Lynn Samuels. Lynn, are you here? >> Hi, my name is Lynn Samuels. I um have been a resident of the Evergreen School District boundary for almost four four decades. I have
013a granddaughter at Ellsworth and I have been lucky enough to work at Cington Middle School for the past 10 years. I wanted to talk to you tonight about some um data that I have regarding the needs and the comparisons between Covington and your other middle schools. This is all based on OSPI data. I will let you know that at my last checking of OSPI data, Covington had a student population of 862 students. That's 7% higher than our next closest middle school, Cascade, and 19% higher than Shahala. In addition to that, I looked at our low-income student population and found that Covington's low-income population is 9% higher than Cascades and 130% higher than Chahalis. I then looked at our homeless population and discovered that Coington's homeless population is 60% higher than Cascades, our next closest, and
014210% higher than both W East and Shahala. And finally, I looked at our students population with IEPs and discovered that our student population with IEPs was 15% higher than Cascades and 50% higher than the lowest middle school, which was why East with that number. Clearly, there are some significant differences in the student populations between our middle schools. Unfortunately, there are also some fairly significant discrepancies in terms of meeting those uh significant differences. In fact, Covington receives less money per student through district funds than any other of our middle schools, and we receive the second lowest dollar amount based on risk equalization, which makes very little sense to me. Now, I understand we are in a budget crisis. I get that. I understand that much of that need to fix it is coming from the state.
015My ask is that you look at the allocation you have for some of your standardized positions like associate principles, security and possibly counselors and rather than saying we give two to each school no matter what the need is that you allocate them based on the actual need and perhaps look at reducing your eastside middle schools to 1.5 FTE per M associate principal and security while increasing to meet the additional needs at Cington. and Cascade. And with my last 15 seconds, I guess I want to say ask the same question everybody in my building and everybody else is asking. Why in the heck aren't we closing another school? A school. Thank you. >> Thank you for your comments. Our >> next speaker is Lisa Rounds. Lisa. My name is Lisa Rance. I have been a teacher
016in the district for 10 years. I have two daughters that are graduates from the Evergreen School District and I'm a union rep. I am here today to speak about the vital con connection between our district administration and our classrooms. We often talk about the district as a singular entity, but for our students and teachers, the district is often felt as a distant office. I am here to advocate for our for a culture where our central office leaders are not just names on an email, but familiar faces in our hallways. Being in a budget crisis and hearing some of your budget cut plans, I don't hear about cuts at the administrative building level. The salaries here are ridiculously high and keep going up as studentf facing vital positions are cut. Also, having walked the second floor
017of this fancy district building, I noticed that over half of the spaces were used as storage or were empty. Why not maximize existing empty classroom spaces and lease out this space? Our former superintendent, John Deer, stated, "We will not have ASC out of portables until all students are out of portables." Well, guess what? they're still on portables. Later, superintendent obviously disagreed with that statement. Studies indicate that over 80% of teachers report higher levels of trust in leadership when those leaders are visible and accessible. By being present in schools, administrators can witness firsthand how a new curriculum translates into a daily lesson or how a facility issues or how facility issues impact student focus. They can feel the freezing side of the building and the burning up portables. They can drink our lead water and breathe
018our radon air. This reality check ensures our district policies are grounded in the actual needs of our students and staff. Being on the front lines of running and screaming students in the hallways or see the stressed out teachers with more put on our plates from PDs and from support staff positions cut. Finally, for our community whom you lost their trust by dragging out strikes over the years, seeing district leaders in the schools send it sends a powerful message. Education is our priority. When families see an administrator at the school participating in a classroom activity or simply saying hello in the pickup line, it would model lifelong learning and reinforce a sense of community and security. It shows them that the entire system, not just their teacher, is invested in their success. I urge the board
019to support initiatives that encourage or even require our central office staff to be in our school sites. Let's turn our administration building into a revenue maker and have the administration be actively present where the real work happens in our schools. Thank you. >> Thank you for your comments. Our next speaker is Angie Bunda. >> Hi, my name is Angie Bunda and I'm a parent in the district. At the February 10th board meeting this year at 18 minutes and 7 seconds, I was watching and I heard our superintendent, Dr. Dr. Maloney claimed that the allegations relating to COO Jana Gomes were due to her accepting a supplemental contract. However, Dr. Maloney had known since the summer of 2024 from page nine of the Kaiser report that in John Boyd's own words, Jana Gomes had demanded of
020John Boyd that she and her other salaried administrative bargaining team members be paid additional money for overtime for engaging bargaining. Dr. Dr. Maloney knows that Jana Gomes employment contract from 2023 24 required her to perform the task of chief negotiator. Dr. Maloney knows that Jane Gomes used an extraduty contract to get paid overtime. COO Jana Gomes was accepting an offer for which she was the architect. Dr. Maloney knows that John Boyd had never used a supplemental contract in this fashion except on September 4th, 2023. Under ESD policy BRSR1, the superintendent is the board's point of connection to the operational organization and in short the public. The board will direct the operational organization only through the superintendent. So I have a few questions. Why didn't Dr. Maloney respond to VPD detective J Ali on September 8th,
0212025 and provide him with the Kaiser investigation? Tell him about Adam Aguilera's complaint and appeal. Tell him about Tim C's complaint to board director Perkins about the supplemental contracts. tell him about Danny Stevenson's complaint and involuntary separation facilitated by Jana Gomes. Number two, why did superintendent authorize or later ratify district lawyer Garrett Williams false and misleading statements to VPD indicating that there had been no complaints about the 2023 supplemental contracts that no investigator had been retained and no investigation had been conducted. After the superintendent found out that doc detective JLE had been provided with false and misleading information, why didn't she make an effort to give him the correct information? President Weatherspoon on January 27th of this year told us all that she corrected information in a police report. The report indicates she corrected an
022earlier statement that that she said she was not on the board in 2023, but in fact she was. On October 9th of 2025, VPD detective Alli also indicated that she told him that John Boyd had a practice of doing out supplemental contracts of the nature of Jana Gomes was provided. She knew this is not true. The Kaiser investigation and all of the other evidence supports that John Boyd did this only once in the district and that was on September 4th, 2023. Why hasn't President Weatherspoon contacted VPD to correct this false or misleading information? Sitting in positions of power and controlling the narratives comes with the responsibility of providing correct and accurate information. The students, parents, and all of the employees at EPS deserve this. Will you please commit to correcting these inaccuracies? Thank you. Thank
023you for your comments. Next speaker is Kendall Tean. Hi there. My name is Kendall Teeman. I'm running for EA president. Two weeks ago, I listened to the superintendent statements about COO's innocence, and I was reminded of a literary passage as it related to her review of her facts. The message on February 10th from the superintendent to the public equates to the request that the superintendent wanted the public to reject the evidence of their eyes and ears as apparently she has done. Public education is under attack in this country. We are looking at reduction in force in our district and a budget crisis. With these administrative challenges facing the district, it would appear logical to increase public trust when it opportunity presents itself as compared to decreasing. In 2023, our CO was paid over $21,000 a
024month pursuant to our employment contract and 13,980 for 36 days between August 1st and September 5th of 23. In contrast, in 23, the governor of the state of Washington, Jay Eninsley, was paid approximately 17,000, not 21. Imagine if the governor of the state of Washington wanted to get paid overtime. If Jay Eninsley in 23 had stated that the legislative load was really heavy and it caused him to work overtime and he pulled out a supplemental contract and paid himself an additional $11,000 a month in April of 23 because he had spent so much time in Olympia working. and he wrote himself a supplemental check above his statutory salary. Now imagine then imagine there was an uproar. There was an investigation carried out by the governor into himself. Let's say he hired someone to work only
025with him and his attorney and they spent an additional 10,900 to investigate the issue. Let's also say that the investigation was not made public. Let's further say that once someone reported the issues to law enforcement, Jay Eninsley directed his lawyer to tell law enforcement there was no one who complained and no one was hired to investigate. It is reasonable for people not to trust a governor who would do that. But wait, let's add one more thing. The governor then caught in the middle of a deception campaign called a press conference to declare himself innocent. Well, board members, that's pretty much what happened two weeks ago. I wish it would have been a J Ensley because it would have been cheaper by the tens of thousand. Transparency in governments is absolute necessity for public trust. People
026will support their leadership if transparency and their leaders are credible. I'm asking you, board member Wilson, to bring a motion to address the false and misleading information and to hold the COO and the superintendent. Mr. Tina, I'll remind you to address the full board. The next speaker is Janie Williams. >> Good evening. My name is Janie Williams and I've been employed by the Evergreen School District for 30 years. First as a parah and now as a classroom teacher. I'm presently at Covington Middle School teaching eighth grade science and my classroom is in the annex. My classroom is unique because I am able to open my windows. This is necessary function because if someone should spray some kind of fragrance, it could affect my health. I have a health condition that is a hypertensive emergency triggered
027by an allergy, an allergic reaction to chemicals and sprays in perfumes, cologn, body sprays, and aerosol sprays. I have no spray I have no spray posters all over the building I work in, all over my classroom, and in the restrooms around the bathroom I regular use. The reason I'm standing before you now is that I was unable to open those windows on December 11th, when a student sprayed something into my room instead of instead I reached for my phone and dialed the number that I utter every night before I fall asleep so that if any such event occurs, it will be automatic. 5925. Just four, just four little numbers. 5925. On that day, I walked into the classroom healthy. And by the end of third period, I was taken out on a stretcher to Peace
028Health where they believed I was having a stroke or a heart attack. You see, I've tried to downplay what is going on because I love my job. I love working with students. I'm at work early. I stay late. All by choice. I want my students to have the best experience possible in my classroom. But that day changed my perspective. It doesn't matter how I feel. It's what needs to change in order for everyone to stay safe. Not just students, but all employees. I'm an employee of Evergreen School District and I deserve to know that when I come to work, you have my back. You care about me and support me as a human being. Right now, you don't. Right now, you can do something. You can add just a few words to a district policy.
029All perfumes, clones, body sprays, and all aerosols are banned from our buildings. these words then give me as an employee the right to do something when a student has them. You see, I fear fragrance more than I fear firearms. Thank you. >> Thank you for your comments. >> Our next speaker is Katherine Ferdick. Good evening. My name is Katherine Ferdick. My four children received their K12 education through EPS and I'm a volunteer. Tonight, I'm following up on budget concerns and matters raised during recent meetings. Since January 13th, this board has received public comment that included sworn statements and documentation alleging the COO and district's attorney provided false or misleading information to law enforcement. It also appears the district's attorney may have been acting on behalf of the superintendent. Given that context, I was surprised to
030hear the superintendent publicly declare the COO innocent of all allegations while these questions remain unresolved. When serious concerns are raised, confidence is built through transparency and independent review, not through declarations. For years, there have been concerns about the transparency and accountability related to the COO. If any information presented previously was inaccurate or misleading, the public deserves to see that corrected directly. Trust is strengthened by clarity and accountability. At the same time, we're hearing about potential reductions of approximately 38% of associate principles along with possible cuts to teaching coaches. These are significant changes. The community deserves a clear explanation of how reductions of this magnitude will affect school operations and student safety before decisions are finalized. We should anticipate the full impact as much as we can and have a plan in place proactively to mitigate
031the predictable fallout rather than just seeing a number that facilitates budget reduction. I also want to raise a question about consistency. Two weeks ago, it was stated that paying the COO nearly $14,000 in overtime through an extra duty contract was acceptable. If that's the precedent, how will the district respond when remaining principles and associate principles who may be working longer hours due to staffing cuts? Ask similar questions about compensation. More broadly, what safeguards are in place regarding supplemental contracts? What prevents misuse? And what oversight exists to ensure fairness and accountability? clear policy guidance instead of blind faith and perpeteratively trusted experts. Would it help restore public confidence? Finally, I'd like to follow up on board member Wilson's request for an investigation into Miss Gomes. Why has that request not been formally placed on the agenda?
032A transparent review process for credible concerns is appropriate and necessary. I'm not here to inflame. I'm here to advocate for honest leadership, fiscal responsibility, and public trust. Our deser our district deserves transparency, accountability, and decisions that put students first. I respectfully ask this board to address these issues directly and commit to warranted, open, independent reviews. Thank you. >> Thank you for your comments. Next speaker is Jacob Smith. All righty. Evening, uh, board of, uh, directors and, uh, superintendent. Uh, my name is Jacob Smith. Uh, I ran for the Evergreen School Board last year. Uh, I graduated from Heritage, and I have, uh, two nieces and a nephew in the Evergreen School District. Um, tonight I'm going to be addressing budget cuts. Um, I'm a bit concerned we didn't really have a conversation about cutting administrations.
033um three of our high schools uh went from the 4A division to the 3A division and when I was at Heritage three of our schools were in 4A but today that's not the case. Um I also raised concerns that we only have three liaison um in our district. Neighboring Vancouver has at least 12 liaison. I'm also very passionate about um other cultures because I've worked for the Walt Disney Company and in the third grade my classmate Felipe did his speech in Spanish at the library at Silverstar Elementary. Um if one of our amens gets cut and they speak a language other than English uh I would urge this board to steer them towards uh becoming a leazison to help our schools. Uh many hands make light work. I also speak in favor of getting more
034leaison due to Dr. Singleton alerting me to this issue as a strong proponent for our career and technical education programs in our schools. Some classes are very tricky to fill. Uh the second concern I have is our librarians. We don't have any in our schools. My youngest niece is struggling to read. Uh she's starting to learn to read even though she's bel beh be behind her grade level. The states with the highest reading scores have access to libraries and while bringing them back would be a tall order. Perhaps a librarian teacher to help lighten the load in course subjects such as English and history. Um how big should our class sizes be is the questions. Also raised concern about Washington DC and Olympia's priorities. I believe both entities are broken and they are not helping
035out with our education. Um, but I feel uh one of the errors that we did uh a few years ago, we asked the question for the Evergreen voters of $1.92 for levy. Uh, John Boyd restated the question and went to $1.70. And had we kept it at $1.92 and pass that levy, we would have additional $28 million and also it would have had helped a little bit for a reserve. Um, I floated the idea during the debate to go from a 5% to a 4% reserve. And just because we lowered the reserve amount uh does not give our board a blank check to spend it how they want. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Our next speaker is Camille Lman. My name is Camille and for the last two years I've been often addressing
036the same exact concerns specifically regarding the infamous supplemental contracts from 2023. But after the superintendent's performance at the last board meeting, those concerns are are actually quite dire. Superintendent Maloney indicated at 18 minutes 16 seconds into the last meeting regarding the Vancouver police investigation. These allegations against Miss Gomes had already been raised previously and reviewed by the district and no improprieties were found. So that was actually pretty shocking to hear that considering the fact that President Weatherspoon, Superintendent Maloney, and attorney Garrett Williams on behalf of COO Jana Gomes and the rest of the board were asked at least four times in the span of seven weeks for documentation information regarding complaints and allegations against Miss Gomes that had previously been raised and investigated or reviewed. After 7 weeks of disregarding VPD's request on October 28th,
0372025, the district did finally stop the tactic of delay and actually just moved right on over to deception. When attorney Garrett Williams wrote to Detective J. Alli stating, "No complaint was made regarding the validity of Ms. Gome's contract, nor was the investigator retained. The suggestion that there was a separate investigation concerning that supplemental contract is likewise incorrect. But Superintendent Maloney's statement that I referenced earlier from the last board meeting would lead any reasonable person to believe that BPD had been provided with the information regarding that $29,980 investigation. So why would the district choose instead to provide a false or misleading statement? However, it does appear that Ms. Gomes and Superintendent Maloney have at least learned from what happened in the Dodge case. So instead of manipulating an investigator from the insurance company to delete information
038from the report like Ms. Gomes did in the Dodge matter, then all the way to Ninth Circuit Court. However, this time the manipulation has just been like bumped up in the process. So now the tactic has become engaging in deception earlier on. So, if you just initially withhold the information and then provide false or misleading information during the investigation, then you can manipulate the outcome or at least the narrative through deception. Now, I know the board's aware of this email exchange because at the January 27th board meeting, doc uh director Wilson confirmed receipt of my email that I sent to the board on January 22nd, which contained those emails between Garrett Williams and Detective J. Alli. And further, the board actually ratified Garrett Williams conduct at the last meeting when nothing was done to correct
039superintendent's statement that she made during her report. While Director Wilson did at least call for an investigation relating to Miss Gome's conduct against Miss Tropher Cooper, the other members of this board present at that meeting remain silent. My hope is Director Wilson chooses to speak up again at this meeting, but this time to make a motion to seek the termination of the employment of the superintendent and the COO. The facts are all there and the children and staff of Evergreen deserve and need leaders who are transparent, trustworthy, and accountable for their actions. Hopefully, this step will move us in the right direction of restoring public's trust that has been so deeply broken and has remained broken for so many years now. >> Thank you for your comments. Our next speaker is Mindy Trough Cooper. Mindy.
040>> Good evening. My name is Mindy Tropher Cooper. I am the Evergreen PSSE president. On January 13, 2026, I was present at the SD school board meeting and I heard others give statements of concern about the COO. On January 14th, 2026, I had an unsolicited contact meeting with Miss Gomes. During this meeting, I was accused of being with the speakers the day before. There were also many other claims during that meeting which caused me great concern. On January 22nd, 2026, my declaration documenting the January 14th, 2026 unsolicited contact was provided to the Evergreen School Board and the superintendent on January 27th, 2026. ESD board member Gary Wilson at hour at 1 hour 11 minutes into the ESD board meeting acknowledged receiving the email containing my declaration. On February 20th, 2026, ESD board member Gary Wilson
041requested that there be an investigation relating to COO Gome's actions on the January 14th meeting. On February 10th, 2026, ESD board member Gary Wilson also acknowledged that the board was not responding to emails in what appeared to be their own policies. I have concerns not merely about the investigation as relating to me, but also to the other PSC members that were also referenced in those police reports. As of today, I have still not been contacted by anyone representing ESD relating to anything contained in my declaration, meaning no one has asked me any questions about the content of my declaration or any of the information contained within the documents that were attached to it. In the spring of 2021, the principal at Mountain View had engaged in contact in conduct that was much less direct than
042what Miss Gomes did with me. That matter was uh covered in the press. The district's actions were immediate and the principal placed on administrative leave. It appears that today where PSC employees are concerned that may not be the same. We may not have the same protections or concern as there was for those provided in the 2021 investigation or perhaps just a function of some being subject to different standards. Finally, it's unclear why this conduct conduct has to be wait. Finally, it's unclear why this conduct has to this date gone completely ignored and unadressed. I look forward to hearing from one of you shortly. Thank you for your comments. The next speaker is Danny Stevenson. Hello everybody. My name is Danny Stevenson. Uh you've heard my name thrown around a few times tonight. And I just
043want to start with the quote that's taking my heart right now, which is that for evil to triumph, all it takes is for enough good men to do nothing. So with that said, on October 10th, 2024, I spoke to all of you at an appeal proceeding related to the Kaiser investigation on the validity of the supplemental contracts. Since October 10th, 2024, you all have known that one, I worked in payroll until October of 2023, and I was a good standing employee. Two, in early of September of 2023, I was asked to to process a supplemental contract for overtime pay for an administrative salaried and exempt employee through an extra duty contract. And all the years that I worked in payroll, I had never seen a supplemental contract paid in this way. Number three, there were
044built-in red flags in our system at payroll, and processing the supplemental contracts triggered them. So, I raised concerns about this to my supervisors at the time. Number four, my concerns were ignored. Number five, I was after I was ignored, I spoke to a relative of mine who happens to work in the district, which resulted in Tim Cing Rob Perkins in September of 2023. Less than two business days later, Rob Perkins, after he was contacted, the COO put me on administrative leave. In October of 2023, I was involuntarily separated from my employment with the Evergreen School District, relating directly to the concerns which I had raised in a and a signed settlement agreement was made. You also know that there is no evidence that I engaged in photographing payubs, nor is there any evidence that I
045shared these with existing photographs with any relative. There is no evidence of this because it never happened. You all know this. And yet on October 28th, 2025, acting on your behalf, you let Garrett Williams tell a Vancouver police detective that my resignation was done voluntarily after it was discovered that there was a breach of confidentiality by photographing employee payubs and sharing them with a family relative. It is important to state that after this separation that I had to sign the document under oath with the Washington State Employment Security Department stating that my separation was nonvoluntary. It is my understanding that the district was then contacted and confirmed that at the same state agency my separation was nonvoluntary. So my questions to you, holding you in transparency and accountability, is one, when are you going to
046contact the Vancouver police and correct the false statements that were made about me, indicating that there is any evidence that I photographed any payubs? Two, that I did share any of these payubs with any of my family members. And three, when are you going to tell the Vancouver police the truth that I reported my concerns about the supplemental contracts internally because I was doing my job when COO moved to have me voluntarily separated? These three items are the truth. Please contact the Vancouver Police Department immediately and correct these falsehoods because you know the statements made on October 28, 2025 are false and misleading. Accountability has to start somewhere. You all have taken oaths and I hope that you will do your duty and make the effort to address this quickly. This has been my assistance.
047This has been my attempt to assist you in mitigating this. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. We'll proceed with the next item on our on our agenda. Do we Oh, I apologize. There is one more speaker. I remind the audience not to interrupt the meeting. The next speaker is James Watson Hughes. James, are you here? I apologize for almost skipping you. Please proceed. >> Well, I am James Watson Hughes. I am a school bus driver here in Evergreen School District for the last 5 years. I am also a uh trustee with the PSSE union. Um, I'm here to talk about transparency, equity, and consistency. The issue of the supplemental contracts has been brought up a lot, and it was first raised nearly 18 months before the strike uh that PSSE engaged in this year.
048Uh, it was brought forward repeatedly by educators and by parents in the community. One board member had requested three separate times that the board hold a workshop to clarify what had occurred. That workshop never happened. The concern persisted because it was never addressed. This does not show transparency. As we entered into new negotiations, community members asked a simple question. Will this happen again? This question was not strategic manipulation. It was the consequences of your own actions. There is a broad culture in this district where unpaid labor is normalized at many levels. So it was deeply troubling to employees that while hourly workers fighting to be paid for time actually worked, a salaried executive whose duties included negotiating contracts receive supplemental pay for time spent negotiating. It raises questions about consistency, about governments, and what equity
049means in practice. If you can show that these contracts followed district policies, that it was all above board, where are the receipts and why haven't they been provided? Why has it never been addressed? At the same time, the district declined open bargaining. Instead of transparency, we experienced closed sessions accompanied by rhetoric such as, "You don't have the juice. This isn't Burger King." That tone doesn't build trust. One of the central issues in bargaining was unpaid labor. Hourly employees routinely per uh expected to perform work beyond their contracted hours. And though we made some progress, it has not been fixed. The rhetoric from the district was to blame the classified staff. Unlawful, we heard. The implicit message was passed on that we would regret it. A form for extra pay doesn't mean much if you won't
050if your manager won't give it to you. and access to that form doesn't change the culture around the expectation of free labor in this district. And it doesn't change the culture of retaliation for those who stand up for themselves and for others um who stand up for themselves and others. This isn't how we build bridges. In March 2024, Rob Perkins made a comment during board comments saying, "Our unions are our greatest barrier to equity in this district. It is our duty to lift those barriers. >> Thank you for your comment. Your time is expired. >> The next item on our agenda is the board's consent agenda. Action requires a motion. I move that we approve our consent agenda. I'll >> second. >> Dr. Wilson has moved and uh Director Bookenra has seconded the approval of
051the board's consent agenda. All in favor? >> I I >> I posted. Okay. Uh motion carries. The next item on the agenda is the superintendent consent agenda. Is there a motion? Move to approve the superintendent consent agenda as presented. >> Seconded. >> Director Belenegra followed by Director Wilson. Uh moved and seconded to approve the superintendent's consent agenda. All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? >> Can you hear me? I >> We can hear you, Jenny. Um >> Okay. >> And we're able to record your I vote. >> Um y >> the motion carries. The next item on the agenda is a presentation, our teaching and learning and equity update. Dr. Maloney, I'm inviting our chief academic officer, Dr. Brian Fox, uh, to introduce our speakers this evening. Good evening. It's a pleasure each time
052you meet to bring to you from the teaching learning and equity update a highlight about our students and about our teachers and about our staff across the district. This evening we will focus on Weiss Middle School where staff continue to model strong family partnership and a focus on multilingualism support student acts on how multilingualism supports student success. At Y East leaders have intentionally listened to their community and translated that feedback into practices that strengthen beyond belonging and access for students and families. Their work reflects a clear belief that when students feel valued and families are authentically engaged, academic growth follows. This evening, principal Kate Dwine and bilingual family lays on Tiffany Fong Wartinan will share how their efforts are advancing our vision of belonging for each and success for all. Please join me in welcoming
053the Wist team. All right. Thank you, Dr. Fox. Thank you, board of directors for this opportunity and Dr. Maloney. Uh, so first I want to share a little bit of history around um our intentional work to build partnerships with our families. Um, as we came out of COVID, we conducted listening sessions with our multilingual families and there were several themes that emerged. Um, first the need for more accessible and frequent communication. Uh next, uh the need for clear paths for involvement in the middle school experience um and the desire for high expectations and high levels of support for students. So we set a path in motion for improving our partnerships uh and the student experience at Y East. So we are now in year four of a monthly Hispanic parent group. Um, we now have
054an annual calendar of topics, um, such as understanding our tech tools, meeting staff, uh, transitioning to high school, and then an annual Q&A with our EPS superintendent. And then we're also responsive to topics that the group is most interested in. So, for example, uh, we recently had a speaker on youth mental health and resilience come and talk to families. Um, in the last two years, we have also brought our parents directly into classrooms for learning walks and families got to have a or get to have a window into the secondary experience and the students are able to share what's happening in class. Our teachers are working hard to ensure that they're teaching language acquisition within their core content areas and partnering with families. So, for example, this year our professional learning has focused on student
055talk strategies and collaborating with families um such as sharing updates, translated resources, and key learning strategies. We've been talking about uh questions parents could ask while sharing a meal or during a carpool. And we also ensure that this weekly that with our weekly newsletter, the what's happening at Y East is available uh in both English and in Spanish. So related uh to the ability to be uh to integrate language is our hiring focus. Uh we believe it's important for students and families to see themselves and diversity and their languages represented in our school staff. And in addition to our bilingual family liaison and our multilingual parent educators, um we've been able to add staff in key roles um including uh core content teachers uh security and our front office team. It's actually our front office
056team that helps to create and translate this newsletter every week. Now, all of this uh communication and partnership with families is in service to our students experiencing a sense of belonging so that they're able to succeed academically. And I want to highlight uh more about how that occurs. Um so for our next section, I want to introduce uh our bilingual family liaison, Tiffany Fong Wartonin, and I want to demonstrate our approach to key presentations at the school. We want to make sure that all of our important information from our sixth grade orientation to our GPA awards to our dual language celebration is conveyed in both languages. And so we'll present to you just how we present to our students and families. So thank you for being here, Tiffany. >> All right. So we're really proud
057to be a dual language school. And while not every student is formally enrolled in our dual language program, the core philosophy behind those programs, which is an unwavering belief in multilingualism as an asset, shapes our entire school culture. scholar. >> During the school day, our commitment to multilingualism is visible and measurable. Between our dual language program and our high school credit Spanish courses, more than 100 students spend a significant portion of their day learning in Spanish. We also operate a newcomer class that's designed to welcome students and families who are new to the United States. This program serves as a home base and provides foundational support in reading, writing, and language development during a student's first year. At the same time, we recognize that language development is not limited to students who are in designated
058programs. Every student in our building is learning new language every day. whether it's academic vocabulary and science, the discourse structure of argumentative writing or the symbolic language of mathematics. So for that reason, oh sorry. Yeah. Thank you. So for that reason, we're working to ensure that language is embedded across all content areas. We're supporting teachers in using researchbased strategies that promote language acquisition while maintaining rigorous academic expectations. Multilingualism influences how we teach, how we partner with families, and how we prepare students for their futures. Yeah, we're proud of our students and our family partnerships and we're seeing some positive results too that I want to highlight. Uh, one, for the last three years, we've surveyed families on their feelings and views about their experiences. Every year, our Hispanic and Latino families are consistently favorable in
059communication, feedback, culture, and resources. And that similarly, our Hispanic and Latino students have shown no disparities um in their survey results. Uh this feeling of belonging is translated into academic achievement. Our students who are receiving services and English language development have shown a 9% increase um in ML students who are making expected progress and a 10% decrease in ML students not progressing. and that's on the annual WEDA test. Um, and this work has led us to strengthen our relationships with our Pacific Islander families as well. And our most recent development and listening, uh, to needs is to start a before school affinity program that's focused on volleyball and cultural exploration. And then finally, um, unbelievably, our dual language cohort, um, in eighth grade earned 90 high school language credits last year on their way to
060earning their seal of biiteracy on their diplomas for high school. But furthermore, our non-dual language students who hear that daily message that their language is an asset earned another 90 credits towards high school graduation. We have 180 high school credits uh, last year. We're always looking for ways uh to improve student experiences and outcomes. And at the same time, we're proud of who we are at White East. It's a school where students and families are valued. Multilingualism is seen as a strength. And partnership is at the center of that work. Together, we're helping students build the skills, confidence, and opportunities they need to create the lives they want and to participate meaningfully in our community. So, thank you for the opportunity to share some of the work. >> Thank you. Um, are there any questions
061for uh, Principal Dwine? >> Thank you. >> You talked about there being 100 students over 100 students learning in Spanish at some point during the day. Do you have uh, what's your total enrollment? >> 753 and >> so it's about 15% or so of the students who have some part of their day in Spanish. Yeah. >> Sorry, I wrote these down, but my glasses are giving me. Um, you talked about providing parents with strategies to use. Um, are those resources that you could share with all parents. Um, and would you share those with us via email? >> Yeah, I would be happy to. And we're we're thinking about trying to centralize some of those, maybe having some of those in our what's happening newsletter rather than just individual uh teachers sending newsletters home. So, yes,
062I'd be happy to. >> Thank you very much. >> Yeah. All right. Thank you. I would like to add >> I would like to add I was part of the learning walks that occurred was last week, right? Um we were there um excellent uh work and incredibly well attended and the comments from the parents were so positive. So I just want to commend the work that you all are doing um at White East for our students and our parents. Thank you. >> Thank you. Thank you. Thanks. I want to pause for make sure that applause gets heard. I trust that you appreciate having the school leaders, principles, and other staff members here at at at your board meetings. I certainly appreciate the time that um that Tiffany and Kate have put into tonight's presentation and
063and each of our schools that are uh uh featured. I know it's extra work and yet I also know that having met with them and worked with them, they're really proud of the good things that are going on at each of our 38 schools and programs. Um, every day staff from this building, ASC, are out at our schools and I have the privilege of joining some administrators on a regular and formal basis to visit and and watch instruction and see excellent instruction and student engagement. And I've had the privilege of being at W East to see some of the uh bilingual multilingual work that's going on in the classrooms. The progress in multilingual learner growth, the strong family feedback trends, and expanding opportunities for students to earn high school language credit all point to a
064system at East that is moving in the right direction. And this is the kind of coherent student centered work that advances our district goals. Looking ahead to your meeting on March 10th, we'll hear from leadership at Cascade Tech Academy. This concludes TLE update for this evening. >> Thank you, Dr. Fox. Okay, the next item on our agenda is the student board representative report. Uh, good afternoon everyone. My name is Laureli Medina. I am the senior student board rep. Daisy and I got the opportunity opportunity the other day to join um director Wilson and director Jenny on the legacy breakfast with the board and honestly I really enjoyed it and I think I can speak for both of us. We really love to be included in the conversation with different schools. Uh students discussed a variety
065of different topics some regarding school lunches and wanting more vegan and vegetarian options as well as gluten-free options. So one of the suggestions they made was for example for salads instead of putting the meat in it having it in a separate container that way they automatically have a vegetarian option or a vegan option. Additionally a lot of the students um brought up like because legacy is considered more of an alternative school. They wanted to have the option of like being able to work in other spaces that weren't necessarily confined to like a classroom setting per se. and that was given to them last year but like this school year it was unfortunately taken away from them and they would like like it if they had more accommodations regarding that. Also for our sack meeting Dr.
066Maloney came in and had a budget activity and then we just got a bunch of feedback from students on their priorities so we can use them moving forward for budget cuts. Uh right now as an update for Heritage there's been a lot of a concern with students well-being. Um, last week attendance plummeted because a lot of students got really really sick causing students to be super behind on school work and grades are really not looking too good and also spirits are pretty low. Our attendance for our winter formal was very low and as many of you may know we had an incident last week and a lot of students have been really concerned with regarding the safety and so I think right now our school we're really trying to kind of build our culture up
067just because we've worked so hard these past couple of years to kind of build our reputation up after the last incident. So that's another thing we're concerned with. On a more positive note, we have our multicultural assembly on the 27th which is a big hit where we have multiple clubs participate on cultural dances as well as we are having 11 students from Japan joining us and each student in ASP will have a student a Japanese student throughout the day. So that's something we really look forward to and they get to attend the assembly. On a similar note, um Mountain View is having their multicultural assembly tomorrow and it's really exciting because we'll have like mariachi playing and then a bunch of other clubs like AAPI, ASU and like Black Student Union as well will be
068there and like representing their own cultures. Um, I would say at the moment, like kind of like Lorelli was saying, attendance has kind of been plummeting and I can definitely see the senioritis hitting. Um, which is a little bit unfortunate, like we got a semester to go, but um, I think it'll be getting better um, once things kind of settle down and people get settled more into the second semester. Um, I will note that a lot of things are becoming or like a lot of things are picking up and students I can tell they're getting a little bit more stressed. Um, there are club activities like FBA state is happening, HOSA state. Um there's just a lot more travel and a lot more like things that students have to miss class for. And there's also
069um regarding the music program, there's still an ensemble and we also had our concerts last week which went pretty well. Um we got to interact with like um the incoming Mountain View students from the middle school. So that was nice. And then regarding some of the elementary schools that I was at, because I was at Marian and Furrest for other things, I can tell that there has been like a stronger community building because a lot more things have been or a lot more events have been introduced to try and like make that community stronger and also bring in some high school students to like kind of foster a new connection. >> One more thing. Oh, and then um this is like on a more unfortunate note, but a lot of students at Mount View specifically
070are a little bit upset about zero period being taken away. It's unfortunate and um there are a little bit of strong opinions on that unfortunately, but yeah. >> Does this conclude your uh student report? Okay. Just want to make sure. >> Can we ask a question? >> Uh yes. you have any questions for >> so um you had the student advisory committee meeting at um was it at Henry Adelax this last time how many students attended from the high school did you have any like a group of >> um I okay so we weren't both there but from what I saw from our like Arnold's notes I don't think a lot of people were able to like attend that's a really big issue in general with these >> I know that we tried the different
071time was a reason why I couldn't didn't attend because it was in kind of in the middle of the day or later in the afternoon after class got out. So, I was just wondering yeah if that approach worked >> that students were like wondering if like it could be within the school day because then they'd already be at the school instead of like having to arrange like transportation to like get to the school and like get to the meetings and all that. But yeah, that I will note that's like a that's a pretty big issue because um we're trying to get more representation from the students there, but they aren't really there because they have other things. >> Sure. Yeah. Everybody has a lot of activities. Any other questions for the students? >> Thank you
072for the report. Um, >> well done. >> Yeah, especially Yeah, I I really appreciate the the detail that you got into um and the issues that you're raising. We'll be sure to discuss those. The next item on our agenda is the good news report. Hi, Craig. Good evening, board of directors, superintendent Maloney, board of student board reps. I was like, did I break it? No. Okay, we're good. Laurel, I have to get the time from you for the multi I want to make sure, Lorelli, that you I need the time for Heritages Multicultural Assembly on the 27th. Um, I'm going to start with an update for on the battle of the bear. Uh, last um, good news report, we showed you a uh, we shared a video news story about the leadership students both at
073Mountain View and Evergreen that were organizing this first ever uh, spirit rivalry event on February 6 where the girls and boys basketball teams played. And I'm here to share that it was a huge success. Evergreen was the winner of Barry the Bear. You see the lifting of the bear there. Um but the attendance was uh tremendous. Uh there was great music. There was dance teams. Um it went really well and I I want to say that the leadership students that uh promoted this did an amazing job and uh next year it will be at Mountain View. So get ready for that. Um, last week Siftton Elementary School received their future earnings award for having the best attendance improvement over one year. They improved from last January to this January by 8%. Uh, for me, this
074was ended up being um, uh, two for one because the assembly where they were being honored, uh, Siftton also, um, had a a wonderful performance from Portland's International Lions Lion Dance Group. Uh, the school had been learning about the Chinese and Lunar New Year. So, uh, this, uh, dance group was brought in and, uh, the kids, uh, and staff and everybody just loved it. It was a amazing performance. Um, Pioneer Elementary School this month, they've had a sewing club. Every Wednesday in February on the early release, they've had students come to learn how to sew and 110 kindergarten through third graders signed up, which is huge. and they got to learn not only from parents and staff but by fourth and fifth graders that um had have sewing skills. Um that entire school on a
075Wednesday afternoon is filled with um these uh students and staff members. Oh, and now I just messed up something. What did I do there? I split the screen, didn't I? >> Don't let me I've never done that before. How do I unsplit it? That's a real closeup to that one person. Apologies. >> There we go. Well, I really zoomed in, though. So, all right. I'm going to read from my notes. Riverview. Um, if you and everyone can get the good news. Riverview celebrates every year the hundth day of school uh by having people dress up like they're a 100red years old. Um, and they've done that every year, at least since I've been here. And the pictures are just adorable. Um, and staff gets involved as well. Uh, Sha uh Shaha uh this month hosted
076a district-wide knowledge bowl. It was my first time ever going to the district-wide knowledge bowl. That was a lot of smart kids in one place. Over 30 teams. All six of EPS middle schools along with three um schools from Amis competed. Um and the classrooms are just packed with these competitions. Um we continue to um put a spotlight on unified basketball. This month, Mountain View had a um a scrimmage at one of their um uh assemblies and Shahala and Pacific. We showed you last time they played at uh uh at Shahala. They their home at home ended uh this year at Shahala Middle School hosting. And then finally, I want to go down and uh talk about Hila. They had um what they call a pathways day where students are able to kind of learn
077about the different pathways that are taught at Hila to see what careers they might have, but they do it with a theme of dinosaurs on the loose. So, a Jurassic Park theme. So, in each classroom, they're learning these path uh about these pathways. They're also solving mysteries. Um and as you could see, that person is just fine, but I'm not going to touch this anymore. But they the students got uh very into it. Um, and it was studentled. Uh, Dr. Maloney was there. She got a cast from the principal. Um, but nobody was actually injured by any dinosaurs and no, uh, dinosaurs were injured either. So, I apologize, Diana, for somehow doing something. Thank you. Thank you for your report. I'm I know how you feel, Craig, about computers and what they do. Oh, the
078next item on the agenda is uh for board comments. Go ahead and open it up for comments now. >> Okay. Yeah, I want to um echo what um Daisy and Lorelli mentioned about uh Legacy being there last Thursday for uh breakfast with the board with Jenny. And yeah, I know there's been a change. Um Andy had moved on to a different position. and they have a new principal in there and and they didn't hit on this right away, but they eventually, you know, started hitting on um you know, there's been maybe a little you know, discipline's good. Some of them were, you know, they're having more discipline there is probably can be a positive, but it has to be kind of compassionate as well. And they had mentioned um in particular room 210 is uh
079a very important uh space for them and and that was taken away and it that's where the kids would go to deregulate and yeah it's just really there's not really a space for that now and and I guess the um pared educators would know to go there to you know get you know be able to be needed. that's where they would go and look to help and and a friend I know that works there, you know, he had shared similar similar feedback. So, yeah, I don't know the answers, but just it's a concern for the students there. So, Oh, Daisy, >> I think one of the things that they were also mentioning was maybe having more student voice. Um because it seemed like a lot of decisions were made without like their input or without
080like staff input as well. >> Yeah, they I guess they've had a lot of meetings and are told things are going to get better but then nothing changes. So it's just some feedback from the students. So um secondly, um Christine, I had um emailed you today. I don't know if you got a chance to see that. Um it was concerning um about what was brought up tonight about fragrances. Um I was a little taken back by the um weekly board update um and was wondering if that was like did we get legal counsel on that? did was um Steven's Clay involved or um as far as um you're were leading leading to believe that we wouldn't be able to write a policy on fragrances. >> I I'm happy to talk with you later about that
081um in detail. So >> Okay. >> Yeah. Because um it was a concern. So I wrote to um was the legal and received a that was Monday because I didn't read it till the weekend and uh got a good response back from uh Christine Giri there and uh she's saying all basically full steam ahead there's no reason not to in fact we're almost required to uh get together and do a policy for that to uh if there's known hazard for uh a teacher. So definitely and three of us at the January 13th board meeting um wanted to move forward. Julie, you I brought it up. Julie seconded and Rob uh bas basically third. I mean it wasn't a motion necessarily, but you wanted to put it forward to a board workshop. So, if the board
082decides that I >> Yeah, I I was actually curious because since we brought that up that evening that I haven't heard anything more about it whether or not it would be um an item at a board workshop because I think we brought it up and I haven't heard anything more. I did look at our board calendar and I haven't seen it on there as an upcoming agenda item. So, if there's something that is needs to be known, I guess we just have to have that discussion because I'm not sure. And I remember at that meeting that uh um we agreed to have or to schedule a workshop item on the matter. >> Yeah. And then last board meeting I brought up again because it hadn't been scheduled and two board meetings later. So um and
083you Rob had mentioned you wanted to see it scheduled soon. So um I don't want to wait any further frankly. So, >> let's talk in leadership about the right time to have a workshop on that matter. >> And um yeah, appreciate um Lynn tonight, Samuels, with her report about Covington. I'm going to have to go back and listen to that because there was a lot of information there and yeah, I need to understand better. So, thank you for that. And um yeah, and I'm sorry Jane had already left. Uh, sure. Pass that along, Maggie, to her. Yeah. And, um, yeah. Um, I know there's been, you know, concerns in the past. Um, and if someone wants to write up a one page, nothing more than one page, just highlighting, you know, discrepancies that they, you
084know, we've heard it. Um, but, uh, I think a one page, uh, would be good for me to look at. uh just detailing, you know, the three or four or five major concerns with um the what's happened with the supplemental contracts, the investigation. Um we keep hearing it every board meeting and yeah, I understand there there are concerns. So I I think if it could be summarized um in just one page, I'd be interested in looking at that. So if you can email that to me. So, I'll be the board respondent for um March. So, um and and again, I I no one took me up on it last month, but I believe probably an investigation would would be warranted to just understand exactly what happened with the uh January 14th meeting. So, thank you.
085Uh my comment tonight has to do with the budget. Um is that I'm aware Gary and I um are members of the uh the budget the citizen budget committee uh and we'll be meeting tomorrow um to discuss the content of the of the budget proposals that will be presented in the workshop. Right. So, there will be time for those committee members uh to offer input and uh that the proposals will be on the district's uh budget web page uh for anyone to look at. Um and that's my only comment for the night or uh Jenny, do you have anything tonight? >> Um can you hear me? >> Yes. >> Okay. I just wasn't sure if you could hear me clearly. Um just a couple of things real quick. to piggyback on both of the comments
086on legacy. Um, aside from the comments that have already been made, one of the takeaways that I had actually was that one of the students that was meeting with us was talking about um, her, you know, learning style and her challenges with learning and that she was having issues with her math. And when we ended the session, um, one of the other attendees actually had gone over to her and offered to tutor her and to assist her with her math. So to sit and to watch that happen um just really made me um it it just it made my heart happy to see that. and I thanked her for taking the initiative just to kind of reach out to a fellow student to assist her in her her learning. So that was amazing. Um I
087also had the pleasure of attending the Chartwells cookoff and so got to um judge I believe there were five students um from the elementary schools. Um I believe we were in the north and then I have the south on in March. Um, so that was an amazing experience as always. I truly enjoy doing that. Those kids are some incredible cooks and everything was amazing. It was It's always a hard choice to make. Um, and then the other thing that has happened since our meeting is that on Saturday they had the elementary basketball tournament. Um, so that was an amazing event. They had tournaments going at Mountain View and White East. And I just want to send out a huge shout out and thank you to all of the volunteers and the coordinators because that event
088went off without any issues. It was amazing. The kids had a great time. Um, our team didn't make it all the way, but I was very pleased with just the the whole day itself. It was a It was a really really great um opportunity for our elementary students. So, I was glad to be able to be there. That's all I have. >> Thank you. Any other comments tonight? >> Yeah, I have some. Thanks, Rob. Um I want to thank Kate and Tiffany for coming tonight and presenting on White East. Um very well done. I do enjoy the presentations that are being presented to us. We have a lot of great things that are happening in our schools and I like it when they're highlighted. Um, congratulations to Siftton Superstars and their 9% increase on attendance.
089Um, one other thing that I wanted Oh, I I also enjoy that it's the time of year where all of the schools are having their multicultural assemblies and celebrating um all of our uniqueness throughout our district. Um, the Evergreen Foundation is having their annual event on March 28th. So, um hopefully we have a great turnout from the community at that to um help raise funds for the foundation. Thank you. Okay. Um at this time, um we'll call a recess of the board meeting, uh where the members of the board will sign papers and we will reconvene in a board workshop in uh Evergreen 3. Right. Evergreen 3 uh to see a presentation on the recommended budget reductions and hold a discussion uh after which the meeting will be adjourned. We stand in recess.